Teenage Crime Affairs (Ninjago Mafia AU)

Chapter 20: The System

~Kai's POV~

Veronica is a crime family daughter. A queen with power. A mistress no where near in distress. Just with a snap of her fingers she gets what she wants and nothing less. With a snap of her fingers she could have my sister and I dead on the spot and when she asked Nya and I to do some tasks for her I thought they would be badass tasks.

Yet, here we are. Standing in the middle of a fucking mall.

Veronica could have us go all out and kill some people, or do a heist or steal shit. A thing we mafia criminals do. No, this crazy ass bitch is having Nya and I be her fake friends to shop with in the mall?? She mentioned she only had four things for us to do, and we're on the third task. The first task she wanted Nya and her to have some girl time? Doing nails and make up and bunch of gross girly shit. Second task she wanted us to taste some food she cooked, and damn that girl can cook.

Third task she wants us to accompany her while shopping in the mall, and fourth task she wants me to take her on a fancy date. I get she's seventeen like me, but requesting criminals to do typical normal teenage stuff is wack. She really is underestimating the power she has. Hell, she even got us a room to stay at her house as long as we spend time with her. The more I think about it, it just seems she's lonely. Being born into crime doesn't give you the chance of a normal childhood or teenage dream. She never had the chance to make normal friends or go shopping or go on dates to prom and shit, I know Lloyd can relate to that.

Lloyd doesn't even really talk about what he remembers. All I know is that these two didn't have a chance. It makes sense why she asks us of these things, but it's still wack. "What store do you think we should go to next?" I hear the voice of Veronica, turning my head to see her turn in a circle to eye all the places. I just have to ask her something, not now though. Shortly after Veronica spoke I heard Nya giggle, "It's been forever since I've been to the mall like this. Kai and I used to go to the candy store every time we went to our local mall. Maybe this mall has a candy store?" she spoke. She wasn't wrong though, in fact it's one of my favorite memories with Nya from our normal life.

Each time our parents took us to the mall, even when Nya and I got older, the first thing we went to was the candy store. "Yeah, let's see if this place has something like that. It would bring some nostalgia." I spoke up to Nya and Veronica. I turned my head towards Veronica for her approval, since she is the reason why we are even here in the first place. Veronica hummed for a bit, then nodded her head, "Of course! Every mall I know has a candy store, I know the way." the noirette squealed. Before I got to do or say anything I felt her hand wrap around my wrist, dragging Nya and I along her side as we headed to the area.

The mall here is so different. Waaaay different. It's huge as fuck, bigger than any mall I've seen back home. It's just the norm though, especially in a place like this. I know we're here for a mission but I can't help not wanting to sneak out and explore all the crazy shit that happens at night here. I'm sure that might happen anyway with Veronica.

The whole mall trip was a blur though. After getting some candy, we went into more clothing stores. Not like any plain clothing stores, ones that you probably had to have big bills to be in. Veronica is rich so she bought anything and everything she wanted, and even treated Nya and I to a few things too. Once our trip was over, we stood outside the entrance and waited for a cab. Current time is five in the afternoon. "You two have done such a good job at completing your tasks." Veronica started to speak to us. I watch Nya step closer to me and softly punched my arm, "Yeah! Of course, even though it's just for information we had fun. Right, Kai?"

I look down at Nya with a awkward chuckle and a unsure smile, "I guess I enjoyed it." I replied to her, rubbing the area of my arm where she punched.