Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you for the support!

-Chaos (the author XD)
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"I promise you, kid. They are not gonna hurt you."

"How do you know that?"

"Because, you're a hostage. They don't kill hostages. Trust me, all these people want is me dead. You are going to be just fine, ok?"

"Ok, I trust you."

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He closed the cell door, a sad look in his eyes. He couldn't believe what had happened, he saw the look in the kid's eyes as he said that to him. No one had said that to him before.

No one had told him that they trusted him.

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"Mini how we doing on those cameras?"

"They're down."

"Alright, you guys are a go. Wildcat, you're in."

"On it, boss."

Lui kept time on a small digital watch, Tyler had one minute left, but he was only supposed to warn him at the thirty second mark.

Outside, the guards were dead on the ground. The perimeter was like a graveyard, all for one damn job.

"Messenger is dead."

"Nogla, you're in."

Nogla walked on the runway where inspection workers would walk if the warehouse was still in use. He held a gun and watched the drug-lord as he walked towards the East exit.

"Delirious, he's headed to the East exit."

"Alright, Wildcat and Basically, you're with me. Head to the East exit. Remember, Basically kills the dude."

"What about us?"

"Take care of the hostages. We want them safe. And Moo, keep an eye out for any Vertigo laying around."

"On it."

Wildcat, Basically, and Delirious regrouped and cornered the drug lord, having closed all exits off.

"Give it up, asshat. You're surrounded, it's over." Basically called at the figure huddled against the corner.

"My name is not asshat."

"Oh yeah, well what is it?"

"Asher Queen. And I advise against you killing me."

"Why? Because you found a will to live?"

"Because if you kill me, he's not gonna trust you ever again."

They all stopped in their tracks. What angle was this 'Asher' playing at? Who the hell was he talking about?

"Who the hell are you talking about?"

Asher took a step forward, a risk he was willing to take because deep down he really wanted a chance to change. Even if it meant he had to deal with the most dangerous gang in the city.

"I think you know exactly who I'm talking about. And I'm really sorry, but he has no idea who you are."

Basically raised the gun. He had a job to do, and this guy was obviously lying through his teeth. He knew he was lying, because all of them had seen him die a year ago.

He was about to pull the trigger, when his ear piece went off. It was Brock.

"Guys? You're gonna want to see this."

"Moo, don't do this. This isn't fucking funny we have a job to do the last thing we need is you playing some practical joke!"

"This really isn't a joke....I promise."

Basically took one look at Asher before making a decision.

"Knock him out, we'll finish this later. We have some business to attend to right now. And I think the outcome of this is going to decide just how much we let this asshat suffer."

"You're right. We need to get to the bottom of this before we do anything."

They tied Asher up and dragged him towards the holding area, Mini held the cops off by hacking into their system to not take any calls. This was serious business.

As they approached the cells, they could hear their friends already trying to talk to him.

"Look, you guys are insane. I don't know who the hell 'Vanoss' is! Why does everyone think I know this shit?!"

"Hey calm down, calm down. We're not accusing you of anything, we're just asking you some questions, ok?"

"Stay the fuck away from me, you psycho."

"Ok, ok. I won't touch you I promise. Just calm down, our friends are coming."

"More of you? How is that supposed to calm me down?"

"I really didn't think this through, ok? But I promise. We're not gonna hurt you."

No, it can't be. Asher is right. Basically thought to himself as he shoved Asher in front of the small group.

"I thought he was lying, I thought he had to be lying. How the fuck can he not be lying?!"

"Join the club, Basically. Right now, we can't worry about that."

The small group shuffled next to the other half of the group, knowing that they should stay a little ways from him.

"What did you do to Asher?" The question was cold, it was like they were his enemy. If this was under different circumstance they would be terrified, but this isn't different circumstance.

"He's just unconscious, promise. We didn't hurt him." It was funny, they never thought he could get any scarier. But then again, the day was full of surprises.

The glare is what drove them to take action. "Wildcat, wake him up."

"On it boss."

Asher blinked a few times and looked around. His eyes landed on a familiar face.

"Hey, kid. I take it the reunion isn't going as smoothly as these asshats might've thought?"

He laughed, it was small and quiet, but it was a laugh nonetheless. "Asshats?"

"It was totally a thing like twenty minutes ago, you had to be there."

"You two know we are still here right?

"How could we forget, you're the psychos with guns who want to shoot him and find drugs so your client can get high."

"How did you-"

"I'm not stupid, I saw you looking for Vertigo. Here's a hint, it's in the box on the third stack to the left of the fourth cell down. You're welcome."

Moo looked where he had said, and there sat a case full of Vertigo. He turned and looked at him. "Thanks."

"No problem."

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"Hey, kid. I told you, you can trust these guys."

"Oh, I know."

"Then why the fuck did you make such a scene?"

"I've been in a cell for the past year. I think I'm allowed to have a little fun."

"You know they have to kill me, right?"

"Yeah, I know. Are you sure it's ok to trust them?"

"Positive. You may not see it now, hell, you may not ever see it, but these people, they're your friends. Even if I've said a lot of bad stuff about them, you can trust them. Especially the one with the blue hoodie."

"Ok, I trust you."

"You have no idea how much that means to me, kid."