"What kind of fucking stunt are you trying to pull? A wishing rock? Yeah right. If this thing grants wishes, then I wish you'd give me all your money!"
"Erm," Jon raised an eyebrow as he emptied his wallet, "wasn't I going to do that anyway?"
"Shut up, you pussy!" the mugger snapped at him. He took the few dollar bills Jon handed to him and added, "I meant, I wish you'd walk with me to an ATM machine and withdraw all you can and then give it to me!"
Crap, Jon thought as he felt his legs move of their own accord, there goes my savings! $146.51, down the drain!
"Hey, my legs are moving!" the mugger, who suddenly found himself walking alongside Jon, cried out in surprise. "It's working!"
Jon merely rolled his eyes.
The nearest ATM was just a block and a half away and the pair reached it very shortly. Jon took out his card and put it into the machine. He begrudgingly typed his number and withdrew the maximum amount allowed by his account, which was unfortunately high enough to allow his entire savings - $150, leaving his account $3.49 overdrawn. He handed the cash to his attacker.
"There," he said.
"It worked, I don't believe it!" the mugger grinned an ugly smile. "Wait, is... is that all you got?"
"I'm 16," Jon said. "You're not going to get a lot from someone my age."
"Yeah, yeah," the mugger said, "I see." Jon noticed with alarm, his opponent was fondling the wishing rock and was thinking to use it...
