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"Eggsy, there is no such thing as honor amongst thieves." The interrogator said to Eggsy as they sit across from each other in an interrogation room. Eggsy folds his arms and slouches in his chair a bit. He had stolen a car, ran from police and hit a police car the night before. "Now, you can start giving me some names of the boys you were with, or you go down. It's up to you."
"I want to exercise my right to a phone call." Eggsy says.
The interrogator sighs and grabs the paper that had sat in front of Eggsy. "Well, I hope it's to your mum, to tell her you're going to be 18 months late for your dinner." He tears the paper and walks out.
Eggsy sits in silence for a moment, then he straightens up and pulls the medal, that he wore on a chain, from under his shirt. He tugs it off and looks at it in his hand before flipping it over to see numbers on the back. He grabs the phone and punches in the number. After a quick ring a woman answers.
"Customer Complaints, how may I help you?" She asks.
"Um... My name's Eggsy Unwin. Sorry, Gary Unwin. And I'm up shit creek. I'm in Holborn police station, and my mum said to call this number if I ever needed help and-" the woman cuts him off.
"I'm sorry, sir. Wrong number." He thinks for a moment as she's about to hang up.
"Wait! Wait! Oxfords not Brogues?" He says unsure.
It's quiet for a moment before, "Your complaint has been duly noted, and we hope that we have not lost you as a loyal customer." She hangs up and he lets the phone clatter onto the table.
Outside the police station the interrogator stands on the front steps, leaning against the wall, having a smoke break when his phone rings. He pulls it out and answers. "Yeah... You what?.. Uh... Y-... Yes, I totally understand." He hangs up and scoffs with a little toss of his hands. He tosses his smoke away and ascends the stairs. He goes back into the police station and a few seconds later Eggsy comes out. He looks around as he goes down the steps.
"Eggsy." A female voice calls when he's half way down. He turns to see Harry where the interrogator was a moment ago with Y/n standing beside him, both holding an umbrella and wearing glasses. "Would you like a lift home?" She asks.
"Who are you two?" Eggsy asks.
"The people who got you released."
"That ain't an answer."
"A little gratitude would be nice." Harry says.
"My name is Harry Hart, this is my daughter Y/n, and I gave you that medal. Your father saved my life."
Later the three sit in the empty Black Prince pub, Harry and Y/n sit across from Eggsy. "So before you was a tailor, was you in the army?" Eggsy asks Harry. "Like an officer?"
"Not quite." Harry replies.
"So where was you posted, Iraq or something?"
"Sorry, Eggsy, classified."
"But my dad saved your life, yeah?"
"The day your father died, I missed something. And if it weren't for his courage, my mistake would have cost the lives of every man present. So I owe him. Your father was a brave man. A good man. And having read your files, I think he'd be bitterly disappointed in the choices you've made."
Eggsy sits back offended and upset. "You can't talk to me like that."
"Huge IQ, great performance at primary school..." Y/n lists off. "Then it all went tits up. Drugs, petty crime, never had a job."
"Oh, you think there's a lot of jobs going around here, do you?"
"Doesn't explain why you gave up your hobbies. First prize, regional Under-10's gymnastics two years in a row. Your couch had you pegged as Olympic team material."
"Yeah, well, when you grow up around someone like my stepdad, you pick up new hobbies pretty quick."
"Of course." Harry hums. "Always someone else's fault. Who's to blame for you quitting the Marines? You were halfway through training, doing brilliantly, but you gave up."
"Because my mum went mental. Banging on about losing me as well as my dad." Eggsy sat forward angrily. "Didn't want me being cannon fodder for snobs like you two! Judging people like me from your ivory towers with no thought about why we do what we do. We ain't got much choice. You get me? And if we was born with the same silver spoon up our arses, we'd do just as well as you. If not better."
Y/n raises an eyebrow at him just as a group of guys come into the pub. "What the fuck you doing here? You taking the piss?" Ryan asks.
"Some more examples of young men who simply need a silver suppository?" Y/N asks.
"No, they're exceptions. Come on." Eggsy tries to leave but Harry objects.
"Nonsense. We haven't finished our drinks." Harry picked up his almost empty pint of beer and took a sip as the group come closer.
"After you nicked his car, Dean says you're fair game." The chubbier guy, Poodle, says. "He don't give a shit what your mum thinks."
"Um, listen, boys." Harry says. "I've had a rather emotional day, so whatever your beef with Eggsy is, and I'm sure it's well-founded, I'd appreciate it enormously if you could just leave us in peace until I finish this lovely pint of Guinness."
"You should get out of the way, Granddad, and little miss here too, or you'll get hurt and all." Ryan says.
"He ain't joking. You should go." Eggsy tries to get them to go.
Harry makes a little 'tch' sound and gets up. "Come on, Y/n." She gets up with him. The five guys move out of their way. "Excuse me." Harry says politely.
"If you're looking for another rent boy to go with the girl, they're on the corner of Smith street." Poodle says just as Harry and Y/n reach the door. The guys turn back to Eggsy not noticing the two had stopped.
Harry reaches up to the locks above the door. "Manners." One lock. "Maketh." Two lock. "Man." He locks the door handle. The guys turn around and take a few steps to the duo as Eggsy looks away despairingly. "Do you know what that means?" He asks with his back still turned. "Then let us teach you a lesson."
Y/n smirks as she hooks her umbrella handle onto an abandoned pint to her right and throws it directly into Ryan's head. It shatters and he falls onto his back. Eggsy looks at her surprised as the guys look at Ryan on the floor. Y/n and Harry take a few steps towards the guys still standing and they look at the two one by one. "Are we going to stand around here all day, or are we going to fight?" She asks.
A/n warning, probably crappy action scene description 😅 also I don't know the four extra guy's names so they're being called by their jacket colors 😂
A guy in a red jacket throws a punch at her and she deflects with her umbrella making the guy hit Poodle instead and knock a tooth out. Poodle hits the bar and goes down as she dodges an attack from a guy in a blue jacket. Eggsy sits up straighter and watches with wide eyes. She kicks Red Jacket in the chest and knocks Blue Jacket's hands away with the umbrella before hitting him across the face with the handle. Harry then hits Black Jacket in the stomach and back hands Grey Jacket before grabbing his arm and hitting him and Blue with the umbrella.
Red comes at Harry with a knife and he pulls Grey in his way making him get stabbed in the right shoulder. Red pulls it out and Harry knocks Grey's feet from under him. Y/n dodges Blue's knife and kicks Grey down. Blue comes at her again and she sidesteps him. She taps his back with the tip of her umbrella making him flail his arms and she thrusts her umbrella under his arm, makes him face her and hooks her arm over him leaving him virtually immobile. Poodle comes at her with yet another knife so she uses Blue to push him into the bar again making him smash more glasses. Poodle picks up a bottle from behind the bar. She shoots a small wire from the umbrella, just as Poodle raised the bottle to her, catching his wrist, sticking it to the handrail, and electrocuting him.
Eggsy watches her in amazement as she lets Blue go to hook her umbrella handle on his wrist, spin him around and hit him in the chest making him crash into a table. Harry hooks Black's neck with the handle and pulls him over, just as Grey gets up, knocking their heads together. Red comes again with the knife. Harry deflects, grabs his arm and hooks his neck from behind. He spins him around and then kicks him into the bar, bending the handrail.
Ryan finally comes to with a bloody forehead and gets up, pulling a gun from his pants. Y/n opens her umbrella and kneels, Harry behind her, as he fires at them. They watch him through the display inside the umbrella as the bullets ricochet off of it which enrages him. "You fucking dirty, fucking dirty..." He falters as his gun clicks signaling it's lack of bullets. Y/n twists the ring near the handle and 'STUN' appears on the display and a trigger flips out. She pulls it and a ball shoots out of the umbrella hitting Ryan in the forehead. He flips and lands on his back out cold again.
Eggsy watches as she closes the umbrella and they stand completely unscathed, Y/n sporting a small smirk. Harry puts a hand on her shoulder and gives her a little proud smile. She smiles at him before they notice the bartender grabbing the phone. She presses a button on her watch making 'AMNESIA' appear on the display and a dart hits the bartender in the neck. He puts his hand to his neck and passes out.
Harry and Y/n return to their seats in front of a wide eyed Eggsy. Harry finishes his beer with a satisfied sigh while Y/n drinks her half filled glass. "Sorry about that." She says to Eggsy once she's done. "We needed to let off a bit of steam." She smiles at him.
"Heard yesterday a friend of ours died." Harry says in explanation. "He knew your father too, actually." He got up with a sigh and Y/n followed. "Now, I do apologise, Eggsy. We shouldn't have done this in front of you." Y/n looked at Eggsy a bit sadly as Harry pressed a button on his watch and then pointed it at Eggsy.
Eggsy quickly holds up his hands. "No, please! I won't say nothing, I swear! If there's one thing I can do, it's keep my mouth shut."
"You won't tell a soul?"
"Ask the feds. I've never grassed anyone up."
"Is that a promise?"
"On my life!"
A few tense moments pass before Harry puts down his arm. "Much appreciated, Eggsy." He picks up his umbrella and Y/n stands by the table for a moment and looks at Eggsy.
"You're right about the snobs. But there, too, there are exceptions." She says.
Harry puts a hand on Eggsy shoulder. "Best of luck with everything." Harry starts to head out with Y/n behind.
She turns and throws one more smile his way. "Goodbye, Eggsy." And then they were gone, leaving Eggsy alone to process everything that he just saw.
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