Chapter 7): Will/Fish
{I own nothing but my own Ideas, all other rights go to the creator of the books which was possible for the show: Caroline Kepnes.}
{Spoiler Alert if you haven't watched Season 2! Watch it before hand or don't, I am going to keep making this either way.}
{Skill Rankings: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, F}
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Joe closed his laptop after he was done with the feed, he was happy that he was good enough it couldn't be traced, he felt really confident in that. He also had no plans to go clean up the body either, he would leave that for the cops to start his legacy, but if they couldn't find it, he might leave a hint for them.
Lucky for him there were hundreds maybe even thousands of abandoned places in LA, plus it wasn't like he was going to limit himself to this one city in his hunting. This was just the beginning test for him after all.
Turning in his chair he looked back to Will who was staring at him wide eyed, "So, what do you think? Want to play a game?"
"HELL NO! That was sick and insane Joe, I thought that you were just troubled because of something in your past but this is on a whole other level." Will said while shaking his head not knowing how to rate on a scale what he just saw.
Joe shrugged, "Well anyway, who is Jasper?"
All of a sudden Will went quiet as that question was asked.
Sighing Joe shook his head, "Come on Will, you just saw what happened and we both know you have done bad things. Who knows, you could be the next player in the game."
"He is someone who I, well who wanted to business with me, but I didn't take his offer. Never even met the guy." Will started saying the moment he heard that he could be the next player, he did have a sorted past, so it wasn't like he was innocent enough to not be a player.
Joe already knew everything as Season 2 was his favorite and he knew everything that Will had done, he also knew that Will owed Jasper fifty thousand after taking that money from him and not doing the job. His only mistake was that he didn't use a fake name, instead he had already given him the fake name which is why he was currently looking for Joe.
Joe sighed as he continued to stare at Will who didn't look like he wanted to give up any more information, "Are you sure that is all? Because I am giving you this one chance, this one chance to tell me everything and maybe win a chance at your freedom. If you don't tell me all now and I have to figure out the rest on my own, well you won't like the outcome of that."
Will continued to just stare as if he didn't know anything.
Joe sighed while nodding his head, he took the food that he brought for Will and put it in the box before grabbing his keys, walking towards the storage locker door he decided he would just handle it on his own then. He gave Will his chance and he didn't say anything, he was bluffing anyway though as he knew that eventually Will could be trusted so he didn't mind him not really answering him.
As he was leaving his phone chimed, with a raised brow he looked down and saw that it was a message from Love, she was asking him if he would like to join her at the fish market in the morning.
(Text Messaging)
'This was a very late time to message me, how were you so sure I would be awake?'--Joe
'I took a chance and look it is working out for me. So, do you want to join me?'-- Love
"Sure, I would love too. Did you also see the stream tonight?'--Joe
'...Yes. Do you think it was real?'--Love
'I don't know. I want to believe it was though, if he truly did those things then I am happy that someone was able to stop him...Sorry if that makes me sound like a bad person.'--Joe
'No, no. I get it, the man was a monster, who kills someone just because they are too lazy to go out and get a job and make their own money. If it was real, then I am also glad that he is gone.'--Love
(Text Messaging End)
He smiled as he saw her last message before shooting off a smiley face of his own, he was tired and really wanted to get some sleep, so he told her goodnight. Driving home he yawned loudly going straight to his apartment, he was glad that Ellie wasn't awake again as he really was sleepy.
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Joe woke two hours later feeling like garbage, there was no way around it though as he needed to meet up with Love, she wanted to meet him at the fish market and who was he to pass that up. After dressing he went downstairs with hardly any energy as he rushed to his jeep so that he could meet her there.
The drive only took thirty minutes and when he got there, he could see Love already waiting out front for him, he smiled as he parked the car getting out, "Hey Love." He smiled while walking closer to her.
"Hey, thanks again for joining me. I hate going to these things alone, haven't had someone to join me in a long time." She said with a smile the cute beanie on her head making her look even cuter.
Joe couldn't help himself as he went into an inner monologue like the real Joe, 'Ahh Love, what are you doing to me? I know you are crazy and from the look in your eyes you can see the similar qualities in me. We are just two broken people going down the path of life, are we truly meant for one another, or will this end like the show?'
"Hey? Are you okay?" She asked waving her hand in front of his face.
He came out of his thoughts with a smile, he was sure that Love was the one for him, why else would he be starting in season two, he just needed to prove it to himself. "Yeah, I am fine. Let's get in there, so many fish to buy so little time." He said while walking backwards inside.
She giggled and followed him into the place, the moment they walked in he was overwhelmed with the smell of fish, he had to hold his breath for a moment. Joe wasn't the biggest fan of fish, sure he loved them as pets as they were low maintenance but eating them just was not good for his pallet.
Going inside he looked around and could see that chefs were picking out the perfect food for their restaurants, Love also made a beeline for a stall she had been going to a lot. Joe had been invited multiple times since he started at Anavrin seeing as they were starting out as friends.
Shrugging he walked around while also people watching, he was sure that after two weeks of knowing Love that he liked her, but he couldn't predict the outcome of what was going to happen. He wasn't like the previous Joe, which means he didn't have all the same problems just some of them, which most were easy to take care of.
He had been thinking of his Candance problem a lot lately and knew that he still needed to let her find him, he needed to take care of her before she could do more damage than she did before.
"Hey!" Love called out while laughing as she got closer to him, "You keep wandering off every time I bring you here." She laughed while handing him a coffee.
He smiled taking the offered drink, "Well I don't want to get in your way, this is your element, so I know you don't need any distractions."
"Oh, that's impossible. Wow! Look at that opah. Is that Ecuadorian or local?" She asked while checking out some fish that was next to him, somehow, they still ended up at the same stall that they were standing at in the show.
He chuckled as he took another sip of his coffee, "You don't need to impress me with your knowledge with fish you know. You are cute even when you aren't talking about fish."
"No, that's why it's good you took me up on this. For a guy who works at Anavrin, you sorely lack an understanding of the pescatarian lifestyle." She laughed as she patted his arm as they began to walk away some.
"Well, I don't really eat fish, and mu knowledge of them is spotty at best so..." He shrugged while looking around more, he looked back at her and she was staring at him hard, "Are you okay? You look a little..."
He was stopped from speaking as her lips connected against his own causing his words to faulter. It only took his brain a second to connect to what she was doing, moving his hands he brought her in closer as he deepened the kiss between them.
Without the worries that the other Joe had he was able to enjoy the kiss more, Love wasn't just another obsession like the others. No, he was sure he was the only reason that he was there was because he was meant to be with her.
As her soft lips broke him down more he finally pulled back breathless, "Wow."
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[Name: Joe Goldberg (Joe Angel)
Age: 26
Skills: Hacker (SSS)
Minds: John Kramer (A)]