The Phantom Thief   von Lluvia
                         (The story of a strange love)
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                                 Chapter four
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“Today, we got another note from the ‘Sapphire Phantom’! He will strike at
midnight. And this time, we will get him!”
These words came from Jose Gonzales - the Spanish Inspector who led the case of
the ‘Phantom Thief’ - who held a blue framed card with a rose on it in his
hands.  And he got new men today, so he was pretty positive that he was able to
do it this time. Also, one of his new man seemed to be pretty clever, as he
already had captured a wanted criminal on the first day. Though of course, no
one told Mister Gonzales that it wasn’t exactly Alan - the name of the new guy
- who captured the criminal, since he had help from some random girl. Not that
it meant that Alan was a bad policeman. Far from it!
So just like that, they prepared for the night.
And as the sun slowly went down a whole lot of policeman started to guard the
house of the rich man. Only Alan wasn’t with them. He got to see the
blueprints for the house and decided to go looking at another room. Actually, it
was the room with the diamonds in it. Most of the policeman were sure that the
Phantom would not be able to enter the mansion unnoticed, but somehow, Alan
wasn’t so sure about that. So instead, he waited there.
And sure enough, only a few minutes after midnight, he heard a sound and as he
looked to the window, he saw the Sapphire Phantom himself standing in the room.
Who actually looked genuinely surprised as he saw the policeman, though the
latter didn’t know what exactly was that surprising of him being here. But the
surprise didn’t seem to last very long as suddenly, the thief started
smiling.
“Oh. Looks like I’m not alone tonight, huh? Nice, I thought I’d never get
any company here before I flee. You seem to be more intelligent than the rest of
your people.”
Alan frowned. “And you seem awfully confident for someone who just got caught
while stealing.” He pulled out a pair of handcuffs.
The Phantom laughed. “Do you really think someone like me is caught that
easily? But it’s nice that you’re trying. Otherwise it would be boring. Ah
how I love challenges!”
With that, he went away from the window - he probably came in through that - and
in the direction of the diamonds, but Alan stepped into his way.
“What do you think you’re doing? You are arrested now!” He pulled out a
gun. He didn’t actually intend to use it, but he could if he had to. Though it
didn’t seem to impress the master thief very much. With a swift motion, he
grabbed Alans wrist - the one that was holding the gun, of course - and held it
firmly.
“Sorry but I don’t really like prisons very much, you know? I like gems much
more.”, he smiled, watching as the policeman struggled against his grip, but
it was useless. At the same time though, the thief wasn’t able to take the
diamonds as he would need two hands to not set the alarm system off and send
every single guard a signal. And as much as he liked publicity, thirty guards
and more could be a little bit too many, even for him.
So instead, he had to confuse the guy in front of him and he had a pretty good
idea how to do that.
“You know... you’re not only a pretty intelligent officer - I mean, it’s
not exactly an easy guess for a first timer that I don’t really try to take
the front door. Or any door by that means - you also have pretty good looks if I
dare say. So... forgive me my next action and continue trying to catch me, kay?
Otherwise it might get boring.”
Confused, Alan looked at the thief, determined to not let him pass. But he
simply wasn’t prepared for what happened next. Because the Phantom didn’t
try to get past him (at least not visibly) but instead... he kissed the poor
policeman.
Being completely and one hundred percent straight, it was more than enough to
shock Alan, especially as the thief deepened the kiss. 
And then, it was over. And the Phantom wasn’t in front of him anymore.
Trying to get his senses back together Alan turned around and saw the thief
working at the security glass of the diamonds. He just opened it as the
policeman got his language back. 
“What the hell?!”
“Sorry, like I said, you caught my interest. Also, I needed to get past you,
you know? But don’t worry, I’ll try to hold myself back the next time.
Though I have to say, you taste pretty good. See ya!”
With these words, the blue haired man threw a blue colored rose at him and
jumped out of the still opened window into the night, leaving Alan to stare into
space for a short time before narrowing his eyes. No one kissed him without his
permission, especially no thief like the Sapphire Phantom! He would get him into
prison for that one day! 
But for now he had to admit his defeat. He wasn’t fast enough to catch the guy
if he ran out of the house now and he couldn’t simply jump out of the window.
So he went down to the others, clenching his fist around the rose, grumbling
about how that stupid guy dared to do these things and how he’d get him for
that one day.

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