Chapter22:Beggar

'You two know each other?" Zero asks as he makes a show by putting his head on my shoulder. 'Yeah, she was one of the foster kids I crossed paths with. We lived together for a while. A year before I joined the army. Ally, the girl that went missing. She was adopted by a rich family after the social worker picked us up from the house. She just got accepted into NYU, called me up to tell me the good news and bam, next thing she is gone. Haven't seen her in four years." 'You talking about the same Ally we hunted down a few years back?" Zero queries. 'Yeah man, that girl was a fucking angel compared to Riya and I." 'I go by the name of Beggar now," I tell Luke, who frowns at me. He must have heard something about me. He says nothing. Instead he nods his head. 'I'm Radar now." He winks and I shake my head, still the same Luke I remember when we were living in the foster house together. 'Come let's get some food in you before my baby starves," Zero whispers in my ear when Radar goes back to his chair. 'You just told me my ass is fat," I snap at him and pinch his chin. 'I meant p h a t, not f a t, meaning pretty hot and tempting," Zero says from behind me. 'And that is supposed to make her feel better?" After walks past Zero and smacks him on the head. 'You and Killer need to stop doing that shit." Zero says as he rubs the sore spot. 'What shit?" Killer says as he smacks Zero's head too. A sweet laugh comes from the back, it is small and soft. I turn my head and see the short woman sitting on the right two places down from Radar. I give her a chin lift when she looks at me and smiles. Her eyes are hard, which means she has seen shit and that smile is fake. I hate fake people. The table fills up as all the others gather and get into their places. I take the seat next to Zero and wait for him to bring my breakfast to me. 'We're heading out in a few. Mercy and you will go in the cage, we need to get the place sorted before three, then we still have to get back here and get the rest of the things." 'Okay, is there a dress code for tonight?" I ask as Zero places a mountain of food in front of me. His eye with the scar goes small as he stares at me, 'That is something you need to talk to the women about.