Never Heroes

Chapter Eleven: Price to Pay

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I walked into a pawn shop a small bell ringing overhead as I read the sign on the door "There's Always a Price to Pay" it said with a clip art dollar sign below it. This was one of the only places I could find that could cater to my "needs". I looked at the junk that lined the walls of the room; guns, guitars, even a couple of "vintage" baseball bats. "Well what can I interest you in sir?" called the balding, middle aged store owner as I approached the front counter I set about 30% of the money I had on the table a clean 250 dollars "I want that gun, a bat, the footage, and the pump action you have under the counter" I said, pointing to where each item was around the room including the security camera, he nodded and first pulled the shotgun out from in front of him, set it down, then walked to the back to get the rest, he came back with a tape and a G3 with four boxes of ammo "Grab the bat on the way out" he said, I turned to leave "Wait" he called as I was just about to grab the bat "Can't I interest you in some heavier fire power? Gave some to some of your friends the other day" I paused not turning to face him "My friends?" I asked him, "Yea some Reyes guys" he replied "came in her bought some AKs and even an Rpg I got off the black market" I smiled and chuckled, grabbing the bat off its rack and turning to him resting the head of the bat on my shoulder. "Oh I see your interested" he said grinning, he didn't see me unsheathed my knife. I walked up and he began to talk again "I don-" I stabbed the knife through the hand he had on the counter pinning it down he screamed in pain tears welling up in his eyes. "I'm not one of them" I said grabbing a thing of lighter fluid that was next to him behind the counter and pouring it out onto the table making sure to get it on his hand as much as I could. "Wait wait wait! What're you doing man!" He screamed I laughed, smashing his display case with the bat and grabbing the display box of rings he had in there and dumping them into the end of my shotgun pumping it once as I stepped back towards the door "Isn't it obvious buck-o!" I removed my mask from my bag and slipped it on "I'm giving the place a little flare!" I laughed and pulled the trigger watching the sparks ignite the counter making him scream even louder as it ran up his arm. I stepped out the few people on the streets this early staring at me as I walked away from the growing flames. Suddenly, I stopped remembering something "Shit" I said, "I really liked that knife"