The city was Huge to say the least. There were skyscrapers at almost every turn of the eyes. Huge buildings and parks littered the city, with restaurants,bars and the rest were like sand in the desert.
But despite this prosperous outside, the city had a clear division between classes. As the scums and thugs of the society,lived at the very edge of the city in various slums and ghettos where the laws were an all time low and the crime rate was sky high.
It was a competition or more like a wilderness, where survival was only for those who could take it.
Out here, anarchy was the way of life as various gangs of the underworld situated their HQ here.
which caused a chain reaction and many crimes took place here without limits or moral norm.
Coming over to the outskirts of the city, those who were able to ascend from the lawless trenches, came here.
They were the ones who were able to carve a path for themselves in this hearse reality.
They gained assess to 'jobs' and 'better' living conditions. Although it was not far off from the trenches, but it was better than being in that lawless place.
After that came the low class citizens who where the working class of the city.They were those who toiled day and night just to get enough to fend for themselves becoming slaves to their so called 'employer'. They were the major targets for small time gangs and groups who believed that when you gather enough bits of crumbs you could get a massive load of bread.
Gangs present in this space where those that had a little bit of foundation or those that had an affiliation with larger gangs.They resulted to more drastic moves like drug distribution, prostitution,weed selling and others among others.
The middle-class of the society lived in another part of the city close to the center.Many high rise buildings were present in this space with amusement centers and parks were present here. The HQ of some businesses or companies were situated among others that lived here.
They were also owners of small time businesses living here also higher ups of some companies were based here and all the above mentioned where in the middle of this spectrum as they were neither doing too well nor not doing well at all.
Gangs in this space where also those that came from the lower spaces and ascended while leaving bloody roads behind in their place.Other we're gangs that had a partnership with higher gangs and organizations.
Don't be confused here, as affiliation and partnership were not the same thing. As lower tier gangs 'leeched' of higher ones. They depended on them for everything as they did not have a foundation of their own and in return they become henchmen for their patron gangs
While, middle-tier gangs were those that had a foundation of their own and had a source of income.Some even sponsored other small time groups.
And from this tier where HIGH-TIER GANGS.
But we will get to them later for now, let get back to Kris.
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Kristen and Jason went home after taking care of things at old Joe's bar.And when they got home they both sighed at the same time slept,trying to get some rest after a very long day.
For Kristen,it was a very long night as the memories of his family's death came back to hunt him in the form of nightmares.
He woke up in he middle of night and he couldn't fall asleep again as the nightmares returned to hunt him.
Since he could not sleep, he stood up from the bed and went looking for a book and pen.
Then he sat at the desk....Thought for a bit, before he started writing.
He wrote plans upon plans upon plans. He made plans from the beginning to the extent that his brain could collect.
And what could kickstart all of his plans was "money".
With money he could get many things done and set his plans in motion and also set somewhat of a foundation for himself in this shaky world.
He wrote for about 5 hours before sleepiness began to set in.He could not help but close his eyes and slept with his head on the desk.
In the morning, Kristen woke up with a headache.He shook his head trying to get it out of his system.
Jason also woke up early as he had plans with Kristen.After greeting each other, they both went about their morning rituals. After taking their baths, Jason went into the kitchen and got something up for them to eat.
After eating, Kristen looked at Jason before saying
"This is it we are here and there is no going back"
Jason looked at Kristen then said while standings up from his seat
"what more do we have to lose"
Kristen also stood up and they both stood up moving towards the door.
They both moved towards the bicycles which they both they borrowed they hired last night.
After at each other a moment before nodded and them proceeded to ride in different ways.
Kristen holy towered the lower tier of the city as he didn't want anyone to recognize him in this part of the city since his face was all over the news and the police were searching for him and he did not want to be brought to custody.
He rode for about half an hour plus before stopping in front of a gate like place. The buildings beyond this gate were old and decimated.
There were apartment buildings 5 to 7 stories high and looked almost identical, littered around and people of Various shape and sizes where everywhere.
The traffic around this area was empty as few cars passed through the area.
Kristen looked around for a bit before moving towards the first buyer's location
It was in an abandoned alleyway.And everything was damp.Beggers littered the area and various gangsters where around watching.
Kristen parked his bike at the entrance of the alley way and moved inside cautiously and quietly.
He looked around for a moment wandering where the buyer was when he suddenly heard a voice behind him
"Hey kid did you bring the stuff"
Kristen turned around and saw a man leaning on the wall with a 'paper wrap' in his mouth which he smoked.
Kristen looked at him for a moment before saying coldly
"I have the goods,where is the payment"
**CHUCKLE**
The man chuckled as he looked at the underaged kid who looked like he was supposed to be in school talking to him in such a cold voice and was about to be tangled up in this dark web
He brought out something from his pocket which was reveled to be cash, 50 dols to be exact and gave it to Kristen who removed a pack of the goods and gave it to the man.
When the deal was completed the man moved towards the exit but stopped when he got to the entrance then turned his head slightly to Kristen before saying
"Be careful kid, you look like someone with a story, a story that led you here.....but still be careful as this waters run deep"
After dropping that he left
Kristen sighed when the man left then he looked at the money in his hand and smiled. To tell you the truth he was nervous about this deal and was worried that the buyer would take advantage of his age and stature to take the goods from him.
But he was forgetting one thing and that was the gang that supplies the goods was a gang that was about to become a middle-tier gang. So they had a huge reputation which scared off smaller gangs.
He continued smiling before he moved towards his bike and continued his journey to sell more and have more money.
Like that... he moved from one secluded location to another selling goods and getting more money
He continued like that for an entire day before all the goods were finished.
And the total number of goods he carried was 20 packs and each of them was prized at 50 dols each which came to a total of 1000 dols.
Kristen was stunned as he had never seen this much money in his life but he calmed down and thought about it
The money belonged to the gang and they were only going to get a part of it but that part was going to be bigger than his salary in his old job for a month and he got all this money in a day.
He took a deep breath then climbed on his bike.
He rode for about a another hour and half before he stopped at his destination.Getting down from the bike he moved into the bar which was reveled to be Old Joes bar.
Going into the bar he sat a the counter and waited
old joe came to him and then said
"how are you kid I hope all's goin well for you"
"yes old Joe it's good.Thank you"
Kristen said
At this moment someone sat down next to him then said
"Am done shall we go?"
Kristen looked at Jason who sat down beside him before saying
"let's go"
They moved towards the room which was designated for them to drop their loot.
Upon entering the room they were met with the two ladies.
"oh boys your here. come on and tell me all about your adventures "
Said on of the ladies with a playful and amused expression on her face
Kristen ignored them and brought out the money from the sales.
Jason also did the same thing
The lady looked at this and said, still with that seductive voice
"Aww so cold I wanted to have some fun teasing you guys but *sigh*"
After saying that,she took the money, and with her assistant,they counted it. And when they finished, the first lady removed a bit of money from the load and gave it to Kristen.
"here's your pay sugar"
Kristen took the money and counted. It was a total of 300 dols.He looked at them while pocketing the money
Then they proceeded to collect more goods which they would sell tomorrow.
After everything was done they both rode their bikes back home.
when they entered the house they both sighed from the tiredness but when they remembered the money they got they couldn't help but get exited at what the future holds for them.