Chapter 53 Be Prepared (2/2)

”And that, little boy, is why it is sometimes much easier to get out fo something by being a woman,” Kennedy responded in a proud way.

As they walked a bit more, Kennedy suddenly stopped and dragged Laz off the sidewalk behind a large tree. The area was dimly lit and hard to see from the road.

”Alright, take this and hand me what you got from their wallets.” Kennedy took one of the 9mm's from her bag and gave it to Laz while holding out her hand. Laz, a bit startled, just took the wad of cash from his pocket and handed it over to her. She combined it with what she had taken and split the total in half, handing Laz almost $2,000.

”Looks like Angelo had as much as his two henchman combined. I would say that was a good score. Much better then just the kickbacks from the sales. Hmm... maybe we should try to get robbed a bit more often.”

Laz just accepted her comments and didn't respond. He had almost become numb to her way of thinking at this point.

”Hand me the ID's. Now remember, with that piece, make sure the safety stays on until you intend to shoot it. Don't blow your balls off or anything by accident cause I promise I will laugh until I cry if you do,” Kennedy instructed Laz with a serious face.

”Why do I need this now?” Laz asked, with a bit of concern while holding up the gun in his hand.

”Cause you won't always be fighting idiots who freeze up and wait to get their asses kicked. Sometimes you will need a bit of muscle that can be shown. You can't always think that people will not react when you flash them the evil eye after all.” Kennedy said as a matter of fact.

”Alright, fair enough. So should I always bring this around with me?” Laz couldn't help but question. He had used a rifle before, but this was fundamentally different. Rifles were used to hunt animals, at least in theory. Hand guns were meant to be used on other humans.

”Well, don't bring it to school or anything, but probably yes to everywhere else. You and I need to be prepared and I don't just mean for this job. You know just as well as I do that this thing with the powers will be growing bigger and bigger. There might come a time when we are hunted just for being different. We need to be ready.”

Laz knew what she was saying, although he never thought about it as deeply. If you knew trouble was coming but did nothing to prevent it or prepare yourself, than you were just welcoming disaster.

There is no excuse for ignorance.

”Right!” Laz agreed as he made sure the safety was on and tried to slide it into his jeans pocket. No matter how he positioned it though, it was too big to fit.

”Oh! Just be a man already. Here.” Kennedy chuckled as she put her hand into Laz's pocket and brought the gun out before standing behind him. She lifted up his shirt and tucked the gun into the back of his jeans before dropping the shirt over it.

”That's the best way to keep it until you get a holster and you might want to do that soon. Also, if you got a place, go fire off a few rounds and get a feel for it. If you can't get ammo, just let me know and I will set you up with some.” Kennedy said and she looked over her work carefully before deciding the gun was properly hidden.

”Also, bring it Friday.” Kennedy said in a serious tone.

”What is this party thing we are going to that I need to bring a gun to?” Laz asked a bit confused.

”It's a rich boy's party. Obviously people like us wouldn't be able to understand, but these privileged few like things to be big and extreme. I can't shock you with some of the details just yet as Tommy is making things out to be a surprise so I don't even know. But you should be ready for trouble and lots of it. From what I hear, his past parties have included fights to the death involving people being offered a lot of money to kill each other, obviously hardcore drugs and orgies to name a few things,” Kennedy explained with obvious disgust.

”This sounds more like an underground society party than a party for high school students,” Laz commented back.

”And that's why we need to be ready in case shit comes our way. I won't order your around about your personal life, but you might want to whack a few out before hand. Unless you can be immune to naked girls crawling all over you,” Kennedy laughed with an evil glint in her eye.

”What now?” Laz couldn't help but be curious.

”Nothing. Just remember you are there for me and I won't take you getting friendly with other women while we are there.”

”Yes mam,” Laz replied back and saluted.

”Stop that. Just remember: strong, silent type. Look mean and don't relax.” Kennedy giggled.

”Is that your type?” Laz joked.

”My type? Hmm... maybe something rich that is easy to take advantage of. How's that?” Kennedy joked back.

”Well that is not me for sure, not the rich part anyway. So then why do you treat me like this?” Laz asked, expressing a bit of the question on his mind. It had been bugging him for a while. Despite their connection to Tony, they hadn't known each other long and yet she always seemed to treat him rather nicely. It didn't seem to be a brotherly love kind of thing either since she seemed to be rather affected by his flirting. All these things combined made Laz a bit curious and even a bit nervous. He didn't want to be friend zoned this quickly into their relationship.

”Treat you like what?” Kennedy asked, a bit puzzled.

”I don't know, nicely? You seem cold to boys like Tommy and fake to people like that officer, but you seem... I don't know... real to me?” Laz responded, trying to explain himself.

”Well, if I had to give you an answer..” Kennedy trailed off while walking away.

”I would say it was because of your eyes!”

Kennedy giggled and with a burst of speed, disappeared, leaving Laz standing there with his mouth wide open...