The big apple, the city that doesn't sleep, the capital of the world are all the names given to the famous city New York. It was on the 25th of December 2000, a young beautiful latin girl Claire Martinez was walking down the bustling Fulton street back home. She was from a graduation party of her best friend Keyshia Marie, they all had graduated highschool but being an immigrant from Mexico, her parents could not afford throwing her a party. It was around 10pm and the poor girl was so high to even notice the great danger staring at her. Within a blink of an eye, a white van pulled over next to her and out came two people, seeing blurry images Claire still couldn't notice the two notorious faces in town. Joe Batters aka Tick-tock a black man and Antonio Dolores aka King of shots of latin origin were notorious gangsters and the police were really trying to build up cases on them. Driving the van was their mastermind Kelly Max a white teen hence the name Brain Wizard.
"Wow! beautiful girl, what are you doing strolling alone in the middle of the night?" Antonio asked, "it's ...st..ill.. teeen it's ..not yeeet ..miiid.. night.." answered the staggering Claire. "Let's take you home senyiorita" said Joe Butters in a laughing tone. Without warning the poor girl was clubbed at the back of her head by the six foot two hundred pounder Joe, she lost consiousnes and was blindfolded his hands and legs tied and thrown into the white van where Kelly was waiting.
In the morning of 26th the parents Mr Daniel Pablo and Mrs Patricia Mines had started being worried about their daughter because it wasn't for her to sleep over at her friends'. They made a call to the police to discuss about the matter but as usual they were told to wait for atleast 48 hours to make the report. They tried making calls to her close friends and those she was partying with but all was in vain, the answer was the same "she left for home at around ten ". Being her first child and probably her best child, Mrs Patricia couldn't help the tears that flooded her eyes. "I can't believe this is happening to me" that's what she kept saying.
At the New York port inside a container labelled " MAERSK " and designated to Texas , Claire woke up in a rude shock. She found herself tied, and in a partially dark place. She tried to move but she wasn't able to because of this sharp pain around her abdomen. She wasn't alone in there, they were almost ten girls in there with her, "let me help you up" one of the girls said in a faint voice. She helped her up where she leaned her back on the wall of the container, "they said we can untie you when you wake up" said the petite black girl ,"I'm Tasha by the way" she said while untying Claire's hands and mouth, "ooouch my abdomen hurts" ,those were the first words uttered by Claire as she laid on her stomach. It's when Tasha was trying to help her up again when she saw the blood oozing from between her legs. "Oh my God!, you are bleeding" said Tasha falling back with her hand around her mouth. Her statement drew attention of the other girls and within no time they were all sorrounding Claire with their eyes full of tears and startled not knowing what to do next.
Tasha regained confidence again and they together helped clean Claire who was then losing consiousnes because of excessive bleeding. It was now clear that the young poor beautiful girl had been gang raped. "Kaboom" went the container door and three men walked in, the light from outside the container shined on the girls' faces and it was almost impossible for them to see the three men Clearly. "Shit mehn, the girl is bleeding, I told you she was still a virgin you morons", said Kelly walking towards Claire, "Haha, no wonder she was that sweet" replied Joe tapping Antonio on the shoulder. "It's just business girls , you are our liabilities from today, you follow our instructions and do what we want you to do then we give you a good life, but you fail you end up like her", said Antonio pointing at the half fainted Claire. "Come on guys, let's atleast take her to the hospital or maybe give her first aid and some food, she's lost alot of blood" said Kelly. "You aren't a doctor and that's not our work, we only hunt and sell ,we don't take care of bunnies" replied Joe. "Okay, I'm not gonna leave her here like this, am taking her back to the house" said Kelly trying to baby carry Claire, "whatever cute boy" replied Joe shutting the container door leaving the other girls in partial darkness.
Forty eight hours were up and Mrs Patricia was on the police necks to get them file her daughter as a missing person. The police filed Claire Martinez as a missing person and asked the FBI to help in the investigation of the case. This however didn't make Mrs Patricia and her husband feel comfortable and therefore she proceeded to hire a private investigator from the Junior Group of private investigators. Her husband tried to advise her to give the police time to do the investigation but she said she would do anything to get her daughter back. The investigators asked for a payment of twenty grand per week. This was too much for an immigrant family but Mrs Patricia dug into her savings account and made the first payment. The investigators promised to get her by the end of the week or if not that they would atleast have a loopend of where their daughter may be. A week passed and the second and the third but there was still no signs of Claire or any loopends. Mrs Patricia had now ran out of her savings and had no more money to pump into the investigators account. A few miles away in Manhattan was Claire and the other girls including Tasha. They had been forced to use hard drugs, mostly cocaine and they were being setup with old rich men and even women who frequently visited the Truth night club which was being owned by El Capone aka Big Tuna and his wife Martina Hugo. They were both Mexicans and were well known for their chain of dirty businesses including the running of the El Mano "the hand" who were responsible for kidnapping of Claire, Tasha and many other girls in New York. They had threatened the girls that if they say anything to the police or anyone they will leak the videos of them being sexually assaulted and later kill all their family members including them.
Claire together with the other girls was trying to cope up with their miserable life but she had a problem which she never understood. She was suffering from frequent headaches, dizziness and nausea and most of them thought that it was the side effects of the drugs they were being forced to use. Upon close investigation it was realized that she was a month and old pregnant. The matter almost brought a break up in the El Mano because Martina and Antonio were proposing that Claire be killed immediately but Joe and Antonio knowing that the kid might belong to one of them were against it. They then agreed to give her one of the rooms with only a mattress and pillow few metres from the club and seculude her from doing hard tasks. She was now doing the job of a bar tendant. She had given up hope in life several times but she chose to live because of the baby she was carrying. It was the beginning.