Team SMKK

Chapter 9: Guys Night Out

Chapter 9 Guy's Night Out

Present: City of Vale

"Finally guy's night out." sighed Marcus as he walked down the city street

"Yeah, man. It's been way too long, man" said Kole walking next to him, his arm fresh out of the sling

"So who's the lucky guy we're after this time.

Kole pulled out his scroll and opened the wanted poster Shade had sent him. "Guy's name is a Michael Phoenician. Ooh looks like he's a capo in the Datura gang. We bag him and we'll be 3,000 Lein richer. They set up shop near the Agricultural District. It's secluded. Out of the way."

"Datura? How do you know so much about all of these street punks and shit?" asked Marcus following his partner to the southern part of the city.

"Sorry man. I can't divulge all my secrets. Why don't you tell me something about yourself?" said Kole trying to take himself off the spotlight.

"My life is an open book. Ask and you shall receive."

"Okay. So why are you such a nosey bitch?

"Because as a gambling man. I pride myself in being able to read peoples body language and see what their 'tells' are.

"Sorry bro, but I jot a hell of a poker face."

"Yeah which is why I want to know. I can't really read you all too well. I'm only able to beat in cards you because of my Semblance."

"What?"

"You never knew what my Semblance was? Dude it's been four years and none of you even thought about asking my Semblance?"

"Sorry, man I guess I never paid much attention. I was too busy trying to keep Shade killing me and trying to keep Kate from breaking up with me."

"Worst...friend...ever, of all time."

"So what is it? Probably x-ray vision or something to see what cards I'm holding, plus you're a perv, it's only fitting."

"I'm lucky"

"No shit. So are you gonna tell me or what?"

"No really I'm lucky. I can never loose a game, everywhere I go good luck always follows me. How else did you expect to ask out Kate, cause a schmuck like you has no chance in hell asking out a girl like her."

Thinking back to that day, Kole couldn't help but see the coincidence "Thanks, asshole. Too bad you couldn't have helped me deal with my ex."

"Ooh do tell."

"Don't tell anybody, and I mean anybody! But I already had a girlfriend while I was at Beacon."

"Seriously?" Marcus' mood changed from intrigued to disgust in a split second. "You were cheating on Kate? I've made A LOT of mistakes in my life, but I would never-

"Dude!" Kole interrupted "I didn't cheat on Kate. I cheated on my ex with Kate. I kinda want to say I dodged a bullet dumping her.

"Damn! Why'd you two breakup?" said Marcus in a joking laugh

"She was a crazy bitch."

"Okay first: how crazy are we talking? A freak between the sheets crazy or the psycho stalker? Second: you ditch one crazy chick for a second crazy chick. You have a fetish or something?"

"She had ties to the Black Lotus and put a hit out on me."

"Holy shit!" said Marcus in disbelief. And that's the same Black Lotus that tried to clip you and Kate the other day.