The news of our heist was all over the news. The twins and I already had notoriety. This only made the media go crazy. The magic transformation seemed to scramble all camera and digital recordings, so the Umarov brothers got off scot free. That was good. My clone with the katana was unmasked and my profile went up even higher. I got bounties from Hartman Synergy Industries, the police and Credit Bank Corp. There was no way that I could go outside without being hunted anymore unless I was using Cody's face. That was fine with me. I liked the challenge. There was even a conference about local heroes being on the look out for me. That was pretty cool. I was wondering when that would come into play. The brothers were excited with the prospects of money and the new membership in the gang the sought out for years. When the guy I had spoken to yesterday came by the house, he was pretty happy. He congratulated us and said "The Crystal Shark Gang doesn't take blessed. I couldn't just let you guys waste away like that. Your mother is a good woman who deserves more than she gets."
It worked for the Umarov brothers. They were nodding and totally trusting of him. "I let you get the marks because I'm a man of my word. Be careful though. You will be our "specialists". When we need something, we'll call you in. That means no fights, no asking for tasks or backup, no reppin' us in public, and no showing off your marks to civilians. Got that?" he said. They looked disappointed but nodded when the man asked again. "Since we are a team of specialists, I hope you know that you're going to be paying out a lot of cash when you all us. You don't get a specialization for chump change after all." He turn to me and glared. "When the mark is set, you get 30% of the take." he said. "50%" I countered. He just scoffed and said "Getting greedy now, huh? 33%" "Smiling, I said "40%. Final offer." He smirked and said "You drive a hard bargain, kid. Deal." We shook on it and he left. It was a few minutes before Dmitri started shifting in place on the couch. When I asked what was up with him, he sighed and said "After almost dying and all, I'm ready to go out and find some girl to fuck." I shrugged it off.
My response got a visible response from the others. "You're not into chicks or something?" Sergei asked. They all were looking intently for my answer. The tension was a near tangible cloud, slowly rising. I shrugged it off and shook my head. I said "I swing both ways. I'm not a horndog like Dimitri is." It was still tense. They all eyed me a bit warily. I rolled my eyes. "Guys... is that going to be a problem?" I asked with a look of disbelief. Erik had the sense to say it wasn't at least. I could tell he was really put off by it though. Sergei looked from me his older brother. "How do we know that he won't come after our asses one day!?" he snapped. Dmitri said "Yeah, he's got a point though." He then turned to me apologetically. "I'm fine with you. But my ass... is off limits." I looked at them and said "I'm covering your bodies right now. If I wanted to fuck you in the ass, I would have asked by now." It was as simple as that. They all looked down at themselves with pale looks. "Well, I'm not giving up magic because of something like this. Just don't fuck around." Erik said. Sergei and Dmitri slowly agreed with him.
With that out of the way, we went back to watching TV. I warned them about transforming with the suits on. "I can't withstand the magical power. It will destroy the suit. If I am not there to make another one for you, that's it. So make sure you let the suit get off of you and away before you transform." They nodded and Sergei changed the channel. We watched some shows before the boy got a text on their phones. They got their deposits. After the fee for using the safehouse, each brother got 857,142.86 in their accounts. They cheered and jumped around. It was probably more money than they had ever seen together in their whole lives. They certainly would not be able to make that kind of money honestly even if they worked themselves to the bone. I was really happy for them. That probably meant that I had my money in the bank as well. I used the computer to check. It was all there. I smiled as I logged out and turned to them. "What are you going to do with all that money?" Sergei asked me. "I will probably invest it somewhere. That's how you make more money off the money you have." I said.
