Spike had woken up and was heading out to his first day at one of his four jobs, more specifically, Mecharoni's. He was greeted by Parma John, who said, "Hello Spike! I'm glad you're here, we've got five deliveries, and Ember called out sick, so you're our only delivery boy right now."
Spike gulped, five deliveries, and all by himself, that'd be hard. Ember was a friend from back home on Westion, and she was a member of the MystRaven student council, but if she called out sick, he didn't have a choice, "Sure thing boss. You said I get a delivery mecha in the brochure you gave me?"
John nodded, "Of course, these mechas are specially designed for pizza delivery, along with combat. Those cheapskates at Rusty Rat have tried to stop deliveries before, but we here at Mecharoni's will not stoop to that level. The mecha will keep the pizzas warm, and protect you if Rusty Rat attacks you." before leading Spike out back and into the mecha. He gave him the list of addresses and which pizza went to which address.
Spike gulped as he climbed into the delivery mech, but unlike before, he didn't feel overcome with instinct. He started heading out to the addresses. He read the first address, "1575 Main Street order a Supreme Pomegranate and Lemon Pizza. Man this place has nutty combinations. Let's see, 1573, 1574, there it is, 1575!" before climbing out of the mech and ringing the doorbell. When the person answered he said, "I've got the Supreme Pomegranate and Lemon Pizza you ordered."
The person looked confused, "I didn't order a pizza, sir..."
When Spike looked at the address, he read out the name, "Are you sure? I've got your name right here, Al B. Zienya… wait a minute..."
The person snickered lightly before bursting into laughter, "You got a prank call! Listen, for your trouble, I'll pay for the pizza and give you a 35% tip." before pulling out the money for the pizza, along with 45 Nova Gems. "I hope Nova Gems are ok for a tip."
Spike nodded, "Yeah, money's money, hope you enjoy your pizza." before getting back in the delivery mecha and heading to the next address, 1389 Green Ave. As he piloted the mecha there, he saw a Shadowscythe attacking the nearby area. It was part of the job that he'd have to face enemies, but he didn't expect a Shadowscythe. He attacked the Shadowscythe Mecha with his giant pizza cutter weapon, slicing it directly in half. When he got out of the mecha to check on the address, he saw the pizza was perfectly safe. He stepped out and said, "Sir, I've got your Adventurer's Sushi and Tapioca Pizza."
The customer licked his lips and said, "Thanks man! Here's your tip." before handing him 75 credits.
As Spike finished the last three deliveries, he separated the money he got from tips and the money that went to Parma John. On his first day, he'd made 750 credits and 45 Nova Gems in tips, which was pretty good.
When Spike returned, Parma John smiled at him, "Good job Spike, not a single complaint from any of the customers, and you even took out some of those Shadowscythe thugs. I think you've earned a bit of a raise."
Spike was shocked at the fact he'd gotten a raise on his first day of work, and told Parma John, "There was one little problem. The Supreme Pomegranate and Lemon Pizza, whoever ordered that one, it was a prank call, but the person at the delivery address paid for it anyway."
John sighed, "Kids these days don't respect how much time and effort is wasted on these stupid prank calls. Well, just get in the back and start washing some dishes."
Spike nodded, heading into the kitchen to wash dishes from the lunch rush. He never noticed it until now, a lot of these plates had some sort of green sludge on them. He looked out of the kitchen door's window and saw some weird alien eating an entire pizza in one gulp and said, "Ok, now that... that is fucking scary..."
One of the other employees brought more dishes back and heard Spike, saying, "You have no idea. That guy is the place's best customer, he comes here every morning when we open, and he doesn't leave until closing time. I don't trust the guy though, how does he have the credits to pay for the pizza when he's spending all his time here? I'm Lyra Heartstrings by the way."
Spike looked over to his co-worker, "Seriously? He spends that much time here? That's insane. I like pizza, but I can't eat that much pizza."
Lyra nodded, "Yep, and he always gets the Gelatin and Kimchi Pizza."
Spike gagged at the idea of a pizza with gelatin and kimchi on it, but to each his own. As his shift came to an end, he hung up his apron and hat and said, "I'm heading home boss. Thanks for the good hours"
John smiled as he started getting ready to close the shop, "No problem Spike."
The sludge-like alien customer looked up from his table and looked at Spike and asked him, "You're the new guy right? Name's Bloghurl. I'll tell you, this pizza is worth the 1,000,000,000 light year trip."
Spike gulped, he was a bit nervous around this guy, but he smiled lightly and said, "Nice to meet you, but we're getting ready to close."
Bloghurl looked at his watch and said, "Oh, it's that time already? Well, I'll take my last pizza to go then." before getting up from his chair and taking the pizza he'd ordered and left.
Parma John sighed as Bloghurl left, "Finally he's gone... I mean, the guy is our best customer, so I can't complain, but so many other customers are intimidated by him. He never does anything but just sit and order more of our Gelatin and Kimchi pizza. I don't know why, but I just have a bad feeling about him..."
Spike nodded, "I don't blame you boss, he gives me the creeps. Well, I'm out, see you tomorrow boss." before heading back to his dorm room