Criminal Love

Don't Shut Those Eyes

Being a superhero was hard work, especially when you weren't the best at it. . .

Splendid needed a break from it all. From his job at the Daily Nut, the town's one and only newspaper. From saving everyone when he knew they could've just saved themselves. So today, he decided, was going to be his day off.

And what better to place to spend his day than at the Happy Tree Art House?

He loved the art pieces and just enjoyed the peace and quiet. So he zipped across town, happily ignoring someone screaming from a burning building, and made it to the museum. When he entered the museum, Splendid noticed there weren't a whole lot of people but was glad about that. Fewer people meant fewer distractions and noise during his trip. The blue-haired hero wandered around for a little while, eyeing the art pieces and enjoying the peace and quiet before heading up to the second floor. The displays on the upper floor were always more interesting, at least Splendid thought so anyway.

Splendid went up to the second floor and began to walk around, eyes going from every display or so. Then he noticed something wasn't quite right. Some of the displays were missing pieces. He knew the artworks were never moved, so where could they be? A slight frown on his face, the superhero was about to just leave the museum to let someone know what was going on when he noticed something in the corner of the room. Splendid's frown turned into a scowl as he moved closer to see what it was. Hidden behind one of the displays in the corner was a bag full of those missing artworks.

And he knew exactly who it belonged to.

X X X

Shifty's bag was starting to get heavy and that was good for him. More heavy equaled more money selling off the junk he swiped. The thieving man had his hand outstretched, reaching for a weird-looking gold idol when he stopped, fingers nearly brushing the small statue, as he noticed his brother coming back from his side of the museum.

Empty-handed.

Shifty dropped his hand back to his side, a frown on his face as Lifty walked over, the younger twin looking like he had just seen a ghost.

"Yo, bro! Where's your bag at?" Shifty eyed his brother, "And what's up with you now? You look like you're gonna shit yourself."

Lifty felt his blood run cold and felt sweat beads start to form on his forehead as he realized he had forgotten his bag when he was trying to get away from Flaky. Lifty gave his brother a nervous smile as he shrugged, "Oh, I guess I forget it over there."

Shifty's curious frown disappeared as his face became a mask of shock and slight anger, "You what?! You idiot, what happens if someone sees it! We'll be screwed."

Lifty held up his hands as he tried to calm down his fuming brother, "Okay, no need to panic. I can just go get it back and no one will-"

"Okay! Where are you two thieving idiots?!"

"Know. . ."

Both twins felt their hearts go into overdrive, hammering and pounding like drums as they heard the unmistakable voice of the last person they wanted to run into: that blue-haired idiot himself, Splendid.

And unfortunately for Lifty, the superhero's shout was heard not only by him and his brother but also by Flaky and Flippy who walked out of one the room as they heard Splendid's booming voice. Their eyes immediately went from where his voice was heard towards the two twins. Seeing Lifty, they frowned, locking eyes with the younger twin and Lifty could see they weren't angry at him this time. Only disappointed. And somehow that scared him even more.