In the late evening, Alan McTrick was closing his little shop. Satisfied, he tested the weight of his bag. Yes, very heavy. Very much money... He grinned.
He'd never store his hardly-earned money inside his store... He preferred taking it home, where he could be sure no one would take it away.
He began his long way home.
But when he turned around a corner, he suddenly felt something hard pressing against his back.
"Hands up!" a mumbling voice told him. "Give me all your money... or your life!"
McTrick smiled weakly. "I'd prefer my life..."
But then, someone came around the corner. It was Jimmy McScott.
Jimmy smirked inwardly. 'Now I can show my real acting talent.' Outwardly, he gasped. "Mr McTrick!" Then he looked darkly at the 'robber'. "Let him go right now, or else..."
The 'robber' raised his 'gun', which was hidden beneath a bundle of cloth. "Back off!"
Jimmy smirked and kicked the 'gun' out of the 'robber's' hands.
'Ouch! He didn't have to kick me that hard,' the robber thought.
Aloud, he shouted "Dang!" and began running.
"Don't you ever come back here," Jimmy shouted after him.
McTrick smiled. "Well done, Jimmy, my boy! Just at the right time! Your uncle would've done nothing like that. I think you have earned a reward..."
'I can't believe it,' Jimmy thought. 'It really worked.'
"R-really, Mr. McTrick?" he asked.
McTrick smiled. "Of course! I'll reward you... with a firm handshake! There!" He shook Jimmy's hands, picked up his bag and smiled. "Good evening to you, Jimmy!"
Behind another house corner, Ukyo stomped angrily on the ground. "Oooooh, I can't believe it! How can anyone be so... sooo... greedy?"
"Sorry," Usagi said in a small voice. "I was hoping my plan would work."
"Well, I only got a nice bruise on my wrist," Mamoru whined after pulling off his mask.
"Fine," Ukyo grumbled. "Tomorrow, we're gonna put MY plan to work, guys... and then I'll show him who's easily tricked!"
----
That night, Ukyo was still up in bed and sighed.
Usagi turned around in her own bed. "Is something wrong? Can't you sleep?"
"Oh, I just had to think about Ran-chan... I wonder what he's doing right now?"
"You must be very close friends," Usagi guessed.
Ukyo chuckled. "Well, I like to see myself as more than just his 'friend'... I'm his fiancee, you know?"
"Really?" Usagi was surprised. "I thought Akane was Ranma's fiancee?"
When hearing her rivals name, Ukyo instantly felt down again. "Well... she's ONE of Ran-chan's fiancees..."
"How can anyone have multiple fiancees?" Usagi wondered.
Ukyo smirked. "Ask his father! Anyway, I was just thinking what this new situation means for our engagement..." She sighed again. "Never mind, I think I'll figure something out..."
"Hey, do you two mind?" a mumbling voice came from Usagi's legs, where Luna was lying. "Some people want to sleep here..."
Usagi frowned and shook her legs around HARDLY.
"Whaaarrghh!" Luna flew a small distance through the air before landing on the soft carpet. "Usagi!!"
Usagi looked down at her. "I just want to remind you of all the times where you woke me up at night... because you and Artemis - or whoever it was you were with - couldn't keep quiet."
Luna blushed heavily when hearing this. Ukyo and Usagi giggled.
----
All by himself, Eric McScott floated through the corridors of his castle...
'And yes, it IS my castle,' he thought angrily.
He was in an awkward position... If those 'Japanese' people really restored the McScott family honor, he'd have to make it up to them... something he never liked. But, if they fail, he'd never get his eternal rest.
But he'd be damned before he would give away his precious amulet. "There just has to be a way out of this..." he mumbled.
Telling his wife? Bah, the old hag was getting soft with her old age. When they were young, she would have understood him. But now...
No, this was something he had to do on his own. If he only knew how...
"Excuse me..." a soft voice called out to him. "But I have a suggestion..."
"Who are you?" he asked and turned around in mid-air.
In front of him, a very old woman was standing, with a dry and wrinkled skin, and dirty rags that were flowing around her body.
"My name is Duplicas, and I think I might be able to help you..."
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(Posted Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:41)
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