"Good. I didn't really want to either. Peppermint on a sugar high is not a pretty sight." She smirked slightly, hoping Beckett and the other whatever-it-was would be able to deal with the child. They could manage it if they worked together, right?
"I'm glad…"
She turned to him. "Glad?"
"Glad they're gone."
"Pepper, you can't spend that much on candy," Beckett reprimanded the girl. "While I'm all for embezzling that jackass's funds, there's way better things to spend it on than a bunch of lollipops and stuff. Y'know, like medical bills, or gasoline, or a college education…" He trailed off, realizing that the kid almost definitely wasn't following along. She was too young to be worried about that sort of thing anyways.
"Ah." Nyx nodded. She was secretly glad too. She looked around the giant house and headed for the living room. "Well, guess we've got the house to ourselves."
And just like that, Seven's voice and face and smile flashed through her head.
Anne's at a meeting. Do you wanna play a game?
What game?
Hide and seek. You're it!
Nyx flicked her head slightly, as though to shake off the memory, and flopped on the couch.
"What did you think about the pyramids?"
He was planning on cutting the funds. So he slowly took a 100 dollars away every 10 seconds.
He smirked.
"I'm so evil…" He said, being slightly egoistic.
In 16.6666666… minutes, all the money would be gone.
Beckett tossed a wad of cash to the cashier.
"That should cover everything," he said, then grabbed Peppermint's candy-sticky hand.
"Y'know, I've always wanted to do that," he laughed once the three of them exited the candy store. "Slightly less exciting than I'd hoped, but what isn't? Now listen, I wanna find an ER before my bones reset themselves."
"Nyx… guess what?" He said, liking his evil plan
"Mm?" She looked up. "Oh, the pyramids were great."
"Guess what?" He asked, smirking
"I can't imagine," she said dryly. Guess what was a loaded question to her, especially having grown up with Seven.
"I'm taking a 100 dollars away from them every 10 seconds. in 16.66666 minutes, the million dollars will be gone!! I'm so evil!"
(Future writing tip: a well-written villain doesn't say that they're evil)
(That's the joke, btw)
(Yeah, but it's not funny. Just cringe.)
(You got me there)
Nyx snorted. "That's your idea of evil? I think Beckett will notice that the cash supplies are disappearing, by the way."
"Oh, no no no. I could do much worse… but i'm not gonna! Besides, who cares? not me, that's for damn sure." he chuckled
Nyx raised her eyebrows, grabbed a blanket, and curled up underneath it. "What are we going to do, then, before Beckett comes back here and is even more angry with you?"
"Oh, like he's even gonna be able to hurt me…" He said, egoistic
Nyx, a bit tired of the cockiness, yawned. "Is there anything else to do in this giant house of yours?"
"There's video games…" He said.