Third chapter of the day!

You know I myself am surprised that I could release three chapters a day.Quite scary,huh?

BTW don't expect such occasions everyday...

Or else you will find urself with a broken heart..

BTW just got this joke on chat,

Husband- Did you had any boyfriends before marriage?

Wife- .....

Husband- Why are you silent?

Wife- Can you stop talking for a minute.I am busy counting!

Here's the chappie...

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Sylver was sitting in a corner of the dusty warehouse.He had met John's group this morning and graciously accepted the invitation to join.Free food and protection was always welcomed.

He was reading a book which talked about War strategy.The book belonged to John.After learning that Sylver liked reading,John had given him this boom as a welcoming gift..But his mind was not in the book but thinking about what he had discussed with John earlier.

John was once a mercenary who had worked in the front line.He wanted to be a clerk in government office but war time happened and he became a mercenary.He was a front line soldier in the Atline army.In a borderside conflict with smugglers he had injured his leg.Thus ended his career as a mercenary as well as a soldier.Being a mercenary meant, he wasnt going to get any renumeration by the army for his injury.Later he had joined a theives gang in the city and was doing well, but a crackdown by Watch finished his group.He had escaped by just a sliver,by hiding himself as dead.

Finding himself jobless, he started to drink himself to sleep,to drown out all his worries.Once on his way back from the bar to his house, he found a girl crying in the winter night.Taking pity on her he had taken her home.The girl was Stella.Soon he grew fond of her and she became like hiis daughter.On her insistence, he took in other children who had  been part of Stella's older group.All the children were orphan.Seeing them huddle together and scrape their living his heart had melted.He had found a new meaning to his life.Like a man reborn,he sold all his belongings and started taking care of children.But the money earned was quickly finished.Finding no choice,he tried getting a job.But economic Decline along with war had led to massive unemployment.There were more people than the jobs available.Failing to find employment,he resorted to a job he knew well.Theiving.He started stealing small time.His daily earnings would barely fill their stomach.He sold his house to make thw two ends meet.Later on,he started taking the Cooper pair with him.They turned out to be good hands in the job.Peter,Dick and Charlie also joined the newly form Pick-pocketing gang.Thus their new family was born.John was the pillar they depended upon.

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John had offered him a place in his gang.Sylver was busy weighing the pro and cons of joining in, when John came towards him.

"Watchya thinking laddie?Don't think much or your brain will leak out"

"Hmm,..nothing.I accept your offer.Anyway I was Thieving part time, I just need to make it full-time" Sylver chuckled and replied.

Before he could say more,John hit his head and said"Damn brat! Don't insult me.We are not theiving,neither we are theives.We are economist s.We are manipulators of money.We are the bankers in the shadow.We are the cog that runs this country.Calling ourselves theives is an insult to our glorious profession, brat.We simply take money from the rich and help it back in the society. We are running this economy,boy! So never call us theives!"

Listening to John's scholarly speech, Sylver started chuckling which soon turned into a whole hearted guffaw.

John grinned seeing the moody lad smile.He needed something to smile over ,thought John.

When he had met the handsome boy with silver hairs in the morning, he had seen maturity far past his age in the boy's eye.He could also see that the boy would kill if required.This was something a 5 year old boy should not be like.He had felt the dirty shadow of society early on, which had changed him.Seeing him laughing ,he could finally see the five year old boy which he should have been.

"Humph,close your dirty mouth brat.Others are busy foraging.Come and help this old man set the dinner.Brat,you will be going with boys tommorow morning.Learn the tricks which I have taught them.I expect results from you in week.Or else you will be cleaning and sewing like girls." Grumbled John walking away.

Sylver smiled at the walking figure of John and thought, "You have given me a new family.I will repay your kindness,John.I will surely repay it."

After hearing John's history and easy to go way behaviour the final barrier stopping Sylver from accepting his new family had finally broken.