Perception {Dreamnotfound}

34 | Sudden Separation | 34

-George's POV-

As soon as that last sentence left Clay's mouth, Zak appeared. Vincent close behind him, but luckily only those two. Nick's eyes widen rapidly, and he hesitantly jabs the sword he was midway through placing in its' scabbard at me instead.

"Acting. Go" he breathes, and I get the message. Quickly I crouch down, backing up against the nearest wall and cowering. It's better if Zak thinks less of me anyway.

"What're you doing?" Vincent asks as he spots Nick. "You know Techno wants him all to himself, right?" Nick smiles in greeting, taking a couple steps in their direction. "Just keeping tabs on him. Make our job easier."

"Know his target?" Zak asks, and immediately I start panicking. Nick can't defend me, and he can't stop Zak from taking my profile and checking. I'm done for if Zak knows.

"Does it matter?" Nick laughs. "You say it like he's capable of killing them anyway." Although it hurt, mostly because I still believe it's true, it was a good save. "Fair point" Zak shrugs, stepping around Nick and towards me.

"What're you doing around this area? Got a death wish?" He pulls out that iconic axe, wooden, but encrusted with near a hundred diamonds. Zak is known for that axe, and people wouldn't dare touch it if they saw it laying around.

It's probably worth several large apartments and a small fortune, but nobody is dumb enough to mess with it. Not given its' owner, or the just as iconic symbol engraved into the wood. Elite assassin property.

I keep my mouth shut and my head low, begging that Zak isn't looking for a fight. Clay seems nervous he is, standing between me and Zak incase the shorter decides to stoke for the fun of it. Skeppy has caused a few fights before, some which have gotten out of hand and messy pretty quickly.

Thankfully he backs off, and it takes all of my willpower not to release the breath I've been holding in the entire time. Showing any sign of weakness could cost me.

"Whatever. I've got somewhere to be" Zak scoffs, fixing his hair and tucking his weapon away. "Another meeting with 'Mr high and mighty'? Damn you must've done something to piss him off this time."

"Could he possibly do anything worse than what he did last time?" Vincent adds with a laugh, most likely recalling the memory. Zak is known for elaborate pranks, so I'd imagine he tried one of those against Techno.

"Lava is a perfectly acceptable way to dispose of corpses" Zak tries to justify, and the other two laugh. "Not that, idiot. Although burning the target profiles of the dead bodies wasn't helpful either."

Nick earns an elbow to the stomach as Vincent feels the need to remind Zak of the incident they're talking about. "Y'know, the time when you tried to convince Techno the lapis blocks by the hub were actually water?

Zak's face flushed red in embarrassment, only causing the younger two to laugh even harder. Despite the situation, even Clay snickers. "It almost worked too..." Zak grumbles.

"Yeah, until you forget that he's Techno and can MLG like it's nobody's business."

"God I hate that guy" Zak fumes, not used to his schemes failing. His track record seems pretty flawless with pranks except for Techno, he's especially keen on trolling Darryl. People like to laugh about the latest attempt of his, seems to brighten the atmosphere of the city.

"Don't we all" Vincent replies. "Come on, get your ass to your meeting." He shoves Zak further down the street, waving a goodbye and turning to me. "Think we just leave him here?" he asks, and Nick nods. "Probably best."