Hello and Welcome to the world of Ten and Ray…

The life of a Jewel thief is rather dangerous…

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Chapter 1

She heard the church bells ringing in the distance. She pulled her trench coat tighter to block out the cold. The bells meant that it was time, 10:00, she always worked at the beginning of the hour, and finished exactly at the end of it. She stood atop Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology tonight her goal was simple, get the Hope Diamond and get out, easy enough.

The Hope Diamond, ah it would be the crowning jewel in her collection, literally. It was world renown, with its blue hue and it's supposed curse. The curse was her favorite part, some people mysteriously disappearing, some losing all of their money, and a few even driven to insanity...

She was a pro, she had never failed, not once. Over the last year and a half she and her brother had worked to become a world famous jewel thief. Her favorite gem was by far the diamond! Tonight if the succeeded they would attain the 14th stone in their collection. She took out her pocket laser and and began creating a hole in the roof of the building she worked quickly, her fingers fumbled with her belt. But eventually she hooked it in an hopped through the hole , it was a 20 foot drop down and she landed with ease.

"I'm in," she said her voice echoing in the darkness.

A buzzing in her headphone told her that she was heard. "Okay," spoke the person on the other end. ",to your left you should see the display case" she turned to see the case. "Now Ten listen carefully!"

"I always do." Ten said cheerfully.

"Well I sure hope so" mumbled the person on the other line.

"Kay let's keep moving Ray..."

"Right, there aren't any sensors on the ground so you can just walk over there but watch out for guards! They're the only ones I can't control, but you know what to do if you get seen." Ray spoke.

" Yeah," she said clutching the dart gun tightly. Ten crept over to the display and hopped over the ropes around it. She slid a glass cutting knife out of her pocket and began making a hole in the glass only big enough to stick her hand in. Her brother Ray to care of all the technical stuff like that, he was a genius, great with computers. Ten had always been better at the physical stuff, she was a great shot and hardly missed, but she hated guns. Her passion was with knifes, she loved knifes and always had one up her sleeves.

She reached for the diamond, when she touched it, it was like there was electricity running through it. It felt right in her hand, she smiled at it and pressed her lips against the stone...

"How many times do I have to say DON'T DO THAT! Exclaimed Ray.

Ten smirked in retaliation, but had little effect due to the fact that Ray wasn't even in the museum.

"Keep moving." Ray spoke.

She inched towards the case , looking out for…"Guard!" Ten hissed.

"Did he see you?"

"I don't think so," Whispered Ten under her breath barely breathing.

"Okay, just place the flower and get out of there!" Ray said in a shaky voice, he always got nervous when things went wrong.

Ten reached into her pocket and grabbed the daisy, She placed it in the diamonds spot, The flower had exactly ten petals, a little joke of theirs, she smiled at her triumph and began walking towards the hole she had made in the roof when she heard a sound behind her. A click of a loaded gun and a voice.

"Turn around slowly with your hands up..." Wow she thought, I've been caught. She laughed at the Idea and turned to face the guard. "Why are you laughing?" whispered the guard.

She always had a gun up her sleeves, and now she had her gun pointed at him. He shot but she was exceptional fast and dodged it, while at the same time shooting at his heart. She hit her target; he hit the ground and began snoring. She had no qualms about hurting anyone as long as the recovered. But shooting someone with an animal tranquilizer made he feel sick inside , that's why her brother had invented a type of instant sleeping medicine. Which they transferred into small painless darts.

"Good job, now get your butt out of there!" Ray said impatiently.

"Right." Ten hooked herself back into the rope and pulled herself back up to the roof. When she had packed up he bag, she heard her brother at the base of the building she tossed him the supplies and hopped of the roof she landed gracefully and stood up making the Y with her arms in that universal Ta-Da form.

Ray rolled his eyes. "Now lets get out of here." The church bells rang again in the distance, signifying a job well done.

Chapter 2

Harry the Janitor hated mornings, but today he was especially sour, the night guard Earl didn't sigh-out so that meant he was still in the building. Harry would now have to go and find him which might take all morning. Muttering darkly under his breath he turned the corner to the Hope Diamond exhibit, it was the most popular display at the museum and his pride and joy.

"Earl! Where in tarnation..." Harry exclaimed as he tripped over the sleeping man. "ooffhhhh..." he groaned as he sat up. "Earl, sleeping on the job I see," he said rubbing the back of his head. "Earl, hey Earl! Wake up!"

"Whaaa?" said a drowsy Earl. Suddenly remembering where he was, his eyes widened and he tried to sit up... flustered he spoke "The diamond! Check the diamond!"

Harry went over and checked the display case there, in place of the Hope Diamond was a daisy...

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Detective E. S. Aslor was on his fifth cup of coffee, but him mood was not improving. He was here by nothing more than chance, he was on his way to New York and there happened to be a lay over, he was attempting to sleep on the plastic airport chairs when the news came on, though it was still six in the morning but he stood up and walked over to the television transfixed.

"The Daisy has struck again, this time surpassing any of his former attempts, the Hope Diamond..." said the news reporter.

Aslor swore under his breath as he whipped out his cell to call a taxi. The detective had been in-charge of the case for the last year. ( The last detective had given it to him after the 7th stone was stolen. ) Detective Aslor was going to prove that he was better than his senior officer.

"Ugh" he thought to himself as he brushed a strand of dark brown hair from in front of his eyes , "14 diamonds now... how, how does he do it?" he spoke out loud this time. Always the same the video cameras, sensors, and all other security devices turned off for exactly one hour, one small hole in the case contained the diamond, and in place of the diamond a daisy with 10 petals. What was he missing? Was he really that bad at his work? Was The Daisy really that good?

"Run back the tape one more time Jenny," Aslor spoke.

"Yes, right away sir."

He watched and re-watched the tape, he noticed something at the very top of the of the camera just a slight movement he enhanced the lighting of the picture and slowed it down. A foot! He was filled with joy, The Daisy's first mistake! Yes it wasn't much but now the perfect Daisy, was not so perfect anymore...

"Jenny, call the Press..."

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"How's Aslor doing?" Ray asked from the inside of the bathroom. The brother/sister duo where staying at a cheap inn on the outskirts off town, Ten was sitting on the edge of the bed in a oversized blue tee and a pair of dark jeans, watching Detective Aslor tell channel 6's news woman how close they were,"I kind of feel a little bad." Ten said. (She was never this nice, must of been fatigue...)

"Naw," Ray said. "I prefer living a free life."

"Yes, we caught The Daisy on camera." Aslor spoke on the TV.

"What!" Exclaimed Ten all of a sudden awake.. "On camera? But how?"

" So what does the infamous Daisy look like?" Asked a reporter.

"You see we only captured the foot of the thief on tape, but one mistake means The Daisy is getting lazy..." Aslor faced the camera, " Daisy if you're watching I'm after you, it's only a matter of time before I find you, and I will, It's all going to be down hill from no..." Ten had turned off the TV and glanced at Ray.

"Impossible!" said Ray coming out of the bathroom in a pair of sweats and a tooth brush in one of his hands. "I know I was perfect! I triple checked it!"

Ten was staring off into space recalling the old myths of the Hope Diamond, "Rather unlucky wasn't it," she muttered under her breath.

"What?" Asked Ray.

"Oh nothing, wipe your face, you have toothpaste on it," Ray grimaced and Ten continued. "And your punishment is to take me out to coffee."

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" So, Dutch Bros. or..."

"Starbucks," Ten interrupted not nearly awake yet.

"Sounds good." said Ray smiling cheerfully.

"Ugh," Ten said disgusted ",morning people". Ray just laughed, Yeah Ten complained about her brother but in all honesty she knew she was pretty darn lucky. Her brother opened the door for her and she stepped in first, ah she thought to herself the smell of coffee in the morning, even the bitter smell seemed to rouse her.

They walked to the counter together. "The usual I presume?" Ray asked sweetly.

Ten nodded once.

"Cool, we'll have a Tall coffee black with 2 extra shots and one Hot Cocoa. The girl behind the counter nodded at a lost for words, probably because she thought Ray was attractive. Women and their fantasies, She had no idea what they saw in him, personally she thought he was a complete nerd. (That's probably because she lived with him).

When there drinks when done the girl handed Ten the Hot Cocoa and Ray the Coffee. Ten rolled her eyes and they traded, Ray was to much of a wuss to handle coffee. The woman behind the counter seemed shocked, "Um, not to pry but aren't you a little young to be drinking coffee?"

Before she could answer Ray cut in, " She's a bit older than she looks." He said smiling sweetly the girl looked a bit dazed as she gave a half-hearted "Have a nice day."

Ten was nearly breathing fire by the time they left the cafe. " I hate looking like I'm 8 years old!" It was true, she was small, flat chested, and had that childish vive around her. Her curly black hair was often put up in pigtail, Ray was just the opposite at 17 he looked more like he was in his early twenty's, he had straight black hair and a go-ti, both were skinny Ten standing at about 4"11 and was around 80 lbs, and Ray at 6"3 was about 145 lbs. To their disgust they where often mistaken for father and daughter even though they were only 2 years apart.

They decided to take a walk around a neighboring park.

Ten sucked down her coffee quickly and tossed her empty cup in a trash can. " So," She spoke with new energy." Where to next?"

"The Atoney Ruby, usually at a Museum in New Zealand. But for the next couple of months is on display at a school in Japan..."

Ten looked up, with a sinister smile "So now is the time to strike."

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