This choice: Little Jimmy will shrink • Go Back...Chapter #10Pete's Pit by: Drez  
Jim Hawking isn't your average 12-year-old and there are several reasons why. First off, Jim is a boy genius. Secondly, he was forced to mature rather fast from hanging around with Gene Starwind. Jim could swear with the best of them thanks to Gene (and Aisha). Thirdly, Jim has a Ctarl-Ctarl has an ally...and not many 12-year-old's have that...or any other Terran for that matter. And finally, Jim was really the brains of the outfit. Only Jim took things seriously (most of the time), while Gene went bar-hopping and boozing it up. Despite Gene being a booze hound, Jim hadn't abandoned him. Maybe that was because Gene had basically adopted Jim when Jim was living on the streets. Jim's parents had been killed, leaving Jim alone to wander the streets of Sentiel III. Who had killed Jim's parents remains a mystery to this day. It might've been the Kei Pirates or the Ban Pirates...or an unknown group...or the MacDougal brothers. All that Jim knew that his parents were killed by learning something that they weren't supposed to know--that infomation had came from a letter written by Jim's father to Jim himself. The letter didn't go into detail what they had learned, just that it was dangerous and secret. Jim couldn't remember his parents at all...so Gene had became his parent. Despite being a booze hound, Gene didn't hurt Jim...or abused him in any way (unless you counted him treating Jim like a kid). Starwind and Hawking Enterprises had become the only home that Jim came to know. So Jim was forced to mature just by hanging around with Gene. Jim also inherited traits that were anything but child-like; knowing how to fire a gun, how to hack into anything with his computer, etc.
Hot Ice Hilda had entered the picture then and nothing was normal anymore. The following events seemed to happened so fast that it seemed Hilda had died the very next day when Jim and Gene had met her...as well as it might've been. How long did they were with Hilda? Jim couldn't remember now.
Melfina had been like a mother to Jim..which confused Jim and chagrined Gene. Maybe Melfina looked like his real mother.
Aisha Clan-Clan had been nasty (and still is nasty) to them. After being with Aisha for a few days, Jim had came to like the Ctarl-Ctarl...and she seemed to like Jim too. Jim and Aisha were almost like siblings, they got along so well.
Jim walked alone on a street in Heifong City on a moonless night. He whistled a tune while he walked toward a local dive called "Pete's Pit". Pete's Pit had been Gene's favorite bar to go to, and Jim was sure he could find Gene there tonight. It was well over midnight. Jim had received a call for a job earlier that night. Gene hadn't been around to hear the call, and neither was Melfina or Suzuka. Melfina was probably out shopping as usual, while Suzuka was probably hunting down some scum. Aisha was probably beating the tar out of someone who had called her an animal. The call had came from a payphone that was on the street where Pete's Pit is on. The person who had made the call was a rather short man dressed in a trench coat. The phone call went like this:
"Starwind and Hawking Enterprises; where we fix anything from broken engines to broken hearts. This is Jim Hawking Spe..."
"Can you really help me?" asked the short man. The man was so short that Jim couldn't see his face. The man's face was below the payphone it seemed.
"Sure, what with?" asked Jim, thinking that the man was a little kid.
"Just come to Pete's Pit around midnight and I'll tell you everything" said the man, as he jumped up to switch off the videophone. As he did, Jim saw his face. Instead of a little kid, the face of a middle-aged man greeted Jim. The phone switched off before Jim could say anything more.
Pete's Pit was more of a tavern than a bar; it served food as well as drinks. Jim had no problem getting into the place, although the bouncer eyed him with a questioning look. At first, Jim scanned the place to see if he could spot Gene. After a minute of looking, Jim spotted Gene sitting at a booth with a rather busty female--a hooker, most likely. Jim started to walk towards the booth, when he felt a tugging on his pants. He looked down and gasped to see the man who had made the call earlier. He was no bigger than Jim's waist! Jim just stared, allowing the short man to drag him to a nearby booth.
"Jim Hawking, I presume" said the short man.
"Yes.." said Jim. "why are.."
"I must tell you, your friend is in danger" said the short man, pointing across the way to Gene's table. "that's the woman who did this to me"
"Huh?" asked Jim.
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