A New Beginning- A Casino Cups Story {Under Editing}

Troubles Brewing [EDITED]

"Well let's get going!" As soon as Adrian said that, Joan immediately snapped out of her shocked trance and then to the emotion of surprise to as hot and raging as the sun, angry.

"How could you do this to me?!" She screeched in his face.

Adrian was surprised at first and tried to ask why she was yelling at him, but before he could, he was cut off by a stranger that approached them. It was one of the devil employees of the casino.

"Are you two alright? Do we need to call the police?"

Adrian told him that everything was alright and that there was just a simple misunderstanding. So then he asked another question.

"Well....are you coming in or not?"

Joan took her gaze from him to Adrian and sharpened it into a hot and intense looking glare that practically said, "Don't you dare!"

He, despite her intimidating glaring threat, replied, "Uhh...yes! We both will be going in. By the way, is there a eating establishment in here?"

The employee replied, "Yes! Actually there is! If you want, I can recommend you some of the specials?"

Adrian replied, "Yes, please do!"

The employee replied, "Ok then, follow me to a table and I will be your server."

As they were walking inside, Joan angerely whispered to Adrian, "How could you do this to me?! You know darn well WHO I work for and WHO I work against! What will happen if things go south and they discover who I am?!" She hissed in a low tone.

Adrian put on a fake smile to not let anyone suspect them of anything. Joan quickly caught on and did the same before the waiter turned around to check on them. He asked if they were alright and they nervously replied, "Yes!"

He raised his brow in confusion, then he shrugged his shoulders and turned back forward and led them the way to their table.

Adrian whispered to her, "I did this because we were running low on funds for our trip. And I figured since you're so used to going to Hell and back for work, I figured this would be a walk in the park for you. Besides, you know I'm really good at these games. I'm technically the grandchild of Lady Luck herself, remember?"

What he said was all true. A while back, Lady Luck married and had a child with a human man. And then years later, her daughter married the human/dragon hybrid son of the gatekeepers, the Lovecrafts. Some years later, Adrian was born. And from day one he was always considered the "Lucky Dragon Man", because of his supreme lucky powers that he inherited from his mother's side of the family. And it was true that they spent a lot of money to even get to Inkwell Isle and didn't have much left to have a good time with her mother.

It was also true that she constantly went back and forth between Heaven and Hell because of her work. But the thing that wasn't true was the supposed fact that she was used to coming down to Hell so many times for recon missions for Heaven. She never got used to the screams of tortured souls and the maniacal laughters of the devils and demons torturing those souls. Or the torture methods of making those souls as miserable as possible.

She always hated the sights, sounds, smells, and creatures of that place. Be it human or nonhuman, she hated it all to the very core of her inner being.

But as long as the employees and especially, if unlucky enough, the boss, doesn't discover who she was, and if she and Adrian were earning enough money discretely enough to not get noticed by anyone, they were fine. At least, for now.

She whispered to Adrian, "Fine! But if we get caught, and we somehow make it out alive, I'm going to kill you!"

Adrian made a smirk on his face, and said, "The only reason you're fine with this is because we're about to get decent food for the first time in 3 days. The food on the ship wasn't what you would call a gourmet feast and easy on the stomach."

Joan was silent for a few moments and then replied, "Maybe. By the way, you're paying for the food and the drinks!" Adrian smiled and said, "Sure thing princess." He teased.

An irk mark popped up on her head and she jabbed him in the ribs so hard that he almost let out a scream of pain. The waiter turned around and asked once more if they were alright. Joan angerly said that they were okay.

The waiter asked, "Are you sure? Because your companion there looks like he's about to keel over and die right where he stands."

She said he was fine, just nervous that he's going through such a "lovely" casino.

"Right Adrian?" She said in a threatening tone.

He used every bit of his power not to fall to his knees and nodded his head and said that he was fine and for the waiter to continue showing the way to their table. The waiter started to catch on what was happening and presumed that they were fighting with each other and decided to stay quiet and show them to their table without getting involved in the fight. (Good move).

Plus he was getting kind of scared of Joan and her way of discreet (?) and painfully obvious way of saying, "Shut up and do your damn job and serve me food!"

They finally got to their table and sat in their seats. The waiter said that he would give them some time to think about what to order and went to go get them some water. They stayed silent until the waiter came back with their water and then left again to help someone that was calling for him. He told them that he would be right back and told them to continue thinking over of what they wanted. As soon as he left, it went downhill from there.

To be continued...