Misfortune and Hope

Hours before, the knock at the metallic door, slid open and came out an older man who wore a top hat and working-class clothes; the man saw the kid and gestured for him to come in.

Why is he going ahead inside? Angelo asked as he approached the warehouse cautiously; he tried to make each step he made silent as much as possible without getting caught on the spot; Angelo then turned to the left to find a small door to entice inside.

The door made a small crack so that Angelo could see what was going on on the inside; he then peaked inside and saw the kid giving the top hat man a bunch of cash from his pouch.

Angelo thought to himself as he devised a plan; he felt like someone was bumping him from behind, so he turned to see a muscular man in working-class clothing; his face was dirty. It appeared the man had been working in a furnace.

"Who are you, and what brings you to this place."

"Oh, I am lost. I'm looking at the place called Clockwork Dens work. Do you know that so-called place," Edward said, trying to avoid confrontation with the man.

The man shows Angelo the direction, but before he can leave, the muscular man grabs him in the arm and punches Angelo's face.

when the man raises his fist toward Edward, suddenly, he is hit by a needle on his neck; the man pulls out the small dart of a needle from his neck and looks at it, "Huh, where did I get…."

The man's eyes began to close closely, and his body became loose and fell to the ground, Angelo saw this in shock as a figure came into the picture, and Angelo recognized the figure,

"Jerome, what brings you here? And what's that in your hand," Angelo asked as he looked at Jerome's left hand holding some flute, but it was a wooden pipe with both holes from top to bottom.

"It was nothing, probably the same reason as you are," Jerome said as he walked toward the door and peaked what was going on, "Hmm, I see two other men approaching the kid. Do you have some plan…."

Jerome said as he looked behind to see Angelo changing his clothes to the unconscious man wearing them; Jerome's face turned sour, "Why are you wearing those clothes, don't tell; you're going to fool with that shit!" Jerome comments on Angelo's change in appearance, "Relax, I know for sure this is going to work, you will see me this plan goes smoothly."

Edward said this wasn't the case, "So what happened to your so-called plan works out for you?" Jerome said as he mocks Angelo's appearance while tying up their boss; as Jerome said, Edward's plan ended backfiring in the end, "Shut up."

"*Sigh* whatever you say this, why don't work with people like you," Jerome said, "What did you just say!?" Angelo told as the two began to argue,

"Shut up, two of you. I'mtheyoutwoshouldblameatsorryforbring youintomymess a-and."

The kid stops talking as Angelo puts back his hat to his head; as he gets it from the ground,

"Alright, Alright, your talking nonsense. Now that we are involved, would you mind telling us everything?"

"…."

The kid counties to talk about why he was working and stealing; Angelo was right; the kid was being used and exploited by other kids. He was doing him to afford to pay his mother's medical bills.

After finishing talking, the two look at the kid and decide what should they do with him.

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Angelo and Jerome are now outside the warehouse; after that, the two begin to walk as Angelo thinks back to what happened earlier ago,

"Alright, it's decided, here," Jerome said as he approached the kid and gave him a business card that said a direction to a particular place,

"Go there with your mother and present this card to them, and they will do the rest, now," Jerome said as he counties explained that this card is a lifetime of free medical check-ups and medicine.

"A-Are you fine giving me this?"

"Yeah, get out here before I change my mind."

that was the last time they were ever to see the kid again s the two were finally back in the park, "Just wondering why did you give the card to that kid." Angelo asked Jerome as they continued to move away from the warehouse.

"....Mind your own business."

"You're seriously saying after we went through today!" Angelo said as he tried to ask Jerome himself, "Shut up, more like your, the one to talk who tries to disguise another thug."

"Just you know, it was pretty decent, disguise," Angelo said.

"Whatever you say...."

The two stop talking as the atmosphere between them becomes silent and the sound of sea waves passing through the shore.

"Well, this is where we split up; I hope I don't see you again. Working with you is giving me a headache," Jerome said as he headed out of the park in a different direction than Angelo. as he saw Jerome, Angelo mumbled, "A guy like sure has soft spots, huh...."

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The very next day, on the morning of December 22, 1888, the man panicked his way to the office, as each step he takes is crucial to giving a piece of important news to someone higher than him,

"Boss. Boss! I have something to tell you about."

"What is it? You could see I'm busy counting?"

The boss said as he continued to count his cash and coins on his office desk when the skinny man barged in to tell the boss some news.

"The warehouse is burned down to the grown!"

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?" The boss completely stood up from his seat, shocked to hear the news, "The operations had come to a halt when we heard this news. " The skinny man said.

The boss, who is in complete shock, holds his head as he puts down his smoke on the tray and sits back down to think deeply, "But don't worry, the boss, we surely will get right back and work--- "

"Your fired." the boss said.

"What now?" the skinny man was confused by this.

"I SAID YOUR FIRED! get the hell out of my office NOW!"

The man was terrified by this and good at his boos, leaving the office for good. as he headed out, two figures came into the office.

"Who are you both!"

"Calm down, mister Zenith...." the masked white man said as he sat down in the chair facing the boss.

"Here is my partner, name Rosie" The masked man introduces his partner, who is also a wearing cloak similar to the masked white man.

"And we came here to make a deal with you. Would you come to join us?"