don't recognize my reflection- part 10

                                    

                                          












Everyone stood still and looked up in the sky in which Shay had swiftly disappeared, unsure of what to think. 
All of a sudden, Tauk appeared out of knowhere, seemingly unscathed, carrying two bags of takeout food.
"Now where the fuck were you?!", Limon yelled.
"I uh- brought some food?", Tauk sheepishly replied.
"I paid you to make sure what just happened didn't happen.. and you dissapear and reappear with TAKEOUT. FOOD?!", Limon roared, clearly impatient with the guy's bullshit.
"Yes....?", Tauk said, dropping the food near his feet.
"Perfect- gimme that food you aren't getting any-", Limon grinned, his demeanor doing a complete 180 as he giddily grabbed the two bags of food.
"Now shoo, your fired Tauk!", Limon grinned.
Head hanging down, Tauk walked out with shame.





"Well shit-", Limon remarked, surprised at the turn of events. 
"I hope that bird eats her", Kenzo whispered a little too loudly while looking up at the sky. 
"What was that now boy?", Limon whipped his head back to look at Kenzo. 
"Nothin- SHOOT!", Kenzo commanded as his gang seemingly pulled guns out of nowhere to shoot at the giant bird in the sky. 
Stepping away, Limon hopped into his metal-fortified rickshaw and ran over Kenzo's lackeys like bowling pins before speeding out onto the street to get back to his mother's shop.
"Sons of bitches pullin guns outaa their asses I oughta-", Limon grumbled as swerved down the winding roads.


Back at Arca's shop..


"With one swoop, the girl was picked up that hideous bird that wouldn't leave my property for some reason.. ya think shes still alive?", Limon explained to his mother, who was sitting down in a swivel chair, wearing the towel hoodie made by Shay. 
"Hm- this is no good, you've got to go find her, nobody'll want to shop at your pile if they know they could be taken by that bird- get together your cousins to starta search party, if you don't find that girl I'll give your fourth property to your cousin Perla", Arca threatened politely with a smile.
"WHAT? Please ma not Perla, you know what FINE I'll find the kid, maybe we can take home the bird as a trophy", Limon grinned, imagining what a cool mantlepiece the bird's skull would be.


"Do whatever you have to do now shoo shoo I'm reading my newspaper!", Arca waved a hand to her son's face.


"Gladly", Limon said with conviction, grabbing his transponder snail to begin calling his cousins.





A few minutes later...


"So yeah, I need that girl to be found alive, and the bird... well it doesn't matter if that thing dies- yeah Perla I know that things been stealin the chicken jerky from your windowsill- all the more reason to catch it! Okay- bye!", Limon hung up the phone.








Shay was wandering the streets until she found a bench to sleep on.


The next morning.......





"Well- at least I didn't lose this thing", Shay contemplated to herself as she fidgeted with her log pose necklace. 
"What if this necklace is cursed...", Shay thought.