I studied Jonathan's face, or what I could see of it, he had his damn mask on. I didn't understand why he had it on, since it was dark anyways. Did he just wear it all the time? He truly was interesting, and I looked forward to getting his trust. Save for Tyler, it was easy getting everyone else's trust. We didn't really do any criminal activity until Brian; and he was the second to last one we recruited. Ohm was the last one, his family was homeless and we funded them enough to get them on their feet. It was nice to see how far he'd come.

I felt a pain on the back of my head and removed my gaze from Jonathan and onto Tyler. Tyler had hit me on the back of my head with his flashlight. "The fuck Wildcat!?" I held my head and looked back at Jonathan, who's ears were actually red this time.

"Stop staring at Delirious you're giving him a heart attack!" I heard Craig yell at me as though he was Jonathan's mother. Craig went up to Jonathan and examined him, and Jonathan shrugged him off haphazardly.

"You ok?" Brian walked up to me and put a hand on my shoulder "Yeah, yeah I'm fine." I shrugged his hand off and Marcel yelled, "Alright bitches! Time for Delirious to know why he's really here." Time to be a leader.

"Right. Delirious tonight will be your initiation. We'll do a small mission for now seeming as you've probably never robbed a store before." As I talked I saw Delirious's eyes widen. He looked scared. I smiled reassuringly and crossed my arms. We were professionals at that point, I'd been arrested enough times that I knew how to keep the gang safe, he had nothing to worry about.

"He's probably never done anything illegal." I stared at Wildcat annoyed. Obviously Delirious hadn't done anything illegal. Ohm looked over at me and snapped his fingers getting my attention.

"You okay dude? You've been acting weird ever since Delirious was first introduced to us." I had a new focus of interest, sue me. Delirious took up most every thought I had. This happened with every new member to some degree. Sure it'd never been as bad before but that didn't mean anything.

I told Delirious the plan and I could see him begin freaking out. I assured him it'd be fine, explaining everyone's strengths during missions and assuring him he was in safe hands. He calmed down, and even seemed a bit enthusiastic, bouncing on the balls of his feet slightly. It was barely noticeable, but I was glad he was warming up to everything.

"Can I just ask a few questions before we go?" I nodded immediately and Wildcat groaned.

"Make it quick, we don't have forever." Delirious stopped bouncing and held his hands in front of him nervously. Wildcat had been in the group just as long as I had, so he'd been through enough initiations to grow to hate them. I loved them though. Of course the initiations changed over the years but it was always making the person go out of their comfort zone.

"You guys can go ahead and get in the vehicles, we'll be over shortly." Basically nodded and Wildcat rolled his eyes.

"Alright then...come on fuckers let's get moving!" Basically yelled. The group began walking to the cars. One yellow bus and one white van.

I looked at Delirious and smiled at him, motioning for him to go ahead.

"Why do you want me to join this group so bad?" Not exactly the question I was expecting but, a fair question to ask.

"Your grip strength." Delirious didn't seem to have a reaction, though in all fairness it was hard to tell. "What?" Delirious asked. I crossed my arms and smiled. It made sense he wouldn't understand that.

"When I helped you up. Your grip strength intrigued me. Also that you didn't know who I was. Everyone knows me. Most avoid me, some try to get my attention. A few pick fights with me to impress me. You can probably tell it doesn't work. Everyone here joined after tragedy except for me, Wildcat, and now you." Delirious nodded and sighed.

"Right. Speaking of, what's up with Wildcat? He doesn't seem to like me." I chuckled and looked over at the bus, seeing Wildcat behind Nogla bugging him. Nogla turned around and screamed something and Wildcat jumped, laughing his ass off and walking to the back of the bus. I looked back at Delirious and shrugged.

"He's like that. He doesn't think we act seriously enough for a group of criminals so whenever he's around people he doesn't know very well he acts like a hard-ass. He's really nice once you get to know him though." Delirious nodded and sighed.

"We should probably join them. Don't want to get left behind." I nodded and we began walking to join the group.

I let Delirious get on first and I took a moment to get my thoughts together. Delirious was going along with everything with surprisingly little information. As I boarded the bus I saw Wildcat and Mini talking to Delirious.

I sat down and looked around at everyone on the bus. Lui already had his money mask on, Moo was putting his bandana on, Wildcat had his pig mask on, Terroriser was bugging Nogla, and Mini and Delirious were still talking. Mini sat on the outside of Wildcat's seat and moved Delirious so he was sitting next to me. Wildcat didn't seem too enthused, especially considering it's a giant mostly empty bus and they could've sat anywhere. I closed my eyes and suddenly felt the bus shift. I looked around. Delirious was half asleep, Mini was asleep with his head on Wildcat's shoulder. Wildcat was looking out the window unphased. Lui and Terroriser were whispering in the front. Moo was asleep in his own seat. My team was doing good. I planned to keep it that way for as long as I could.

I looked at my watch and saw the time. We weren't too far off schedule, so I knew everything would go according to plan. It should've been an easy heist. I looked out my window and saw we weren't in the town anymore, instead in the darkness of the road that linked the town and city. The 7-eleven was only 5 minutes away. I kept looking out the window when I felt Delirious move. He had his head on my shoulder, and I smiled at the familiarity of it. I caught Wildcat staring at me and flipped him off before going back to looking out the window.

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