"Know where the nearest police station is?"
The man who he had cornered ran in the opposite direction screaming bloody murder.
"I probably shouldn't have asked him like that..."
Killer sighed in frustration and walked down one of the many, many back alleys of Tallahassee FL, the thought of finding his sister plaguing his mind. He figured the best place to find a missing person was the police station. But of course people were uncooperative and either refused to answer, threatened to call the police on him or just straight up ran away.
"FUCK! How the hell do I find my sister!" He yelled towards the afternoon sky, slamming his scarred fist into the wall next to him and gritting his teeth.
Slumping against the wall and holding his head in his hands, Killer groaned. Life sure was a bitch sometimes...and only to the best people.
"Funny.. almost sounds like someone's crying..."
He strained his ears, trying to find out what exactly the sound was. It actually was crying.
"Tch.. damnit universe. Can't let me mope about my own problems in peace..." He popped to his feet and walked in the direction of the crying, eventually finding a red headed girl wearing a black, wooly hat slouched against a cracked, red, brick wall; a cigarette in her mouth as tears dripped down her face. She was smiling faintly at something she held in her hands.
"Oi! What's the matter. You're kinda interrupting my brooding...." Killer narrowed his eyes at her.
"Hm? Who the hell are you?" The girl bit her cigar in half and growled at him, though Killer could clearly see she was shaking and her voice was wavy with fear and uncertainty.
Killer looked at her with confusion. This girl didn't know who he was? That's a first. Practically everyone in the district knew who he was and what he had done 7 years ago. This girl clearly didn't go out much... or know much about anything either.
"Don't push yourself... you're clearly shaking" Killer spoke in a softer tone as he approached her slowly.
The girl backed into the wall, visibly shaking.
"St-stay away... you're one of them... they're coming for me...I know it..."
"The hell are you going on about? Who's coming for you? What'd you do?"
"Deixis...I attacked one of their members...he was trying to mug me..."
Deixis...the name sounded familiar to Killer. So familiar...he could almost taste it. Eh he didn't remember.
"Hm. Sounds like a simple self defense situation. What'd you do to him? Can't be that bad"
"I ripped off his ear"
"WHAT THE FUCK BITCH?!" Killer yelped and scooted about 10ft away from her, sweat dropping down his face in bullets. Never in all his years had he heard of someone ripping off the ear of another person. Cutting off an ear? Yes. Ripping one off with your bare hands was an entirely different story.
"Yeah..." The girl looked away bashfully, opening her right hand to reveal to Killer the unsettling but mildly fascinating sight of a bloody human ear.
"I have...a strong grip..."
Killer snapped his fingers repeatedly, something he did when he was thinking or bored. Now it was a mixture of both.
He wasn't obligated to help this girl with anything and he honestly wasn't warming up to the idea of becoming a body guard. But on the plus side if he was lucky she could pay him or at the very least owe him a favor, which he could then call in for help on finding his sister.
"Ok then. Lead me to them. I'll help you take them out...or whatever..." Killer sighed and cracked his knuckles, relishing the thought of finally having a good fight.
"I.. should lead you to them? Th-that's a suicide mission mister! We won't make it out alive!" She yelped in panic, waving her arms in front of his face violently.
"I don't mind. And don't call me mister...my name's Killer...at least that's what they all call me. Plus something about these Deixis guys seems familiar. Like I've met them before....it can't be that bad..."
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"This is bad Killer! This is very bad!" The Wooly Hat Girl squeaked from behind a grinning Killer. They were surrounded by about 40 gang members in the middle of what was once supposed to be some sort of stadium, but construction was abandoned halfway and now the entire thing was used as a headquarters for the district gang.
"Why oh why did I think you had a plan?" The girl internally face-palmed, praying to any deities she remembered from religions class that she'll be able to get out of this place.
"Plan? What plan? I only came here to beat the crap out of someone..." Killer cracked his knuckles and smiled at the gang members.
When Wooly Hat Girl led him here he rammed down the gate, waltzed in and knocked out the two people guarding the stadium all in the span of 20 seconds, leading to them getting surrounded by Deixis members of varying shapes and sizes.
"How do I recognize the one whose ear you ripped off?"
"JUST LOOK FOR SOMEONE WITH ONE EAR YOU DIPSHIT!" she whisper shouted into his ears, something that wasn't easy because of the considerable height difference between them.
The ring of Deixis members broke up and out walked 3 men, all of them half a foot taller than Killer and with the voices and body hair to match their appearance. These guys were clearly 18 to 20 years old at least. Behind them came a very familiar dirty blonde haired teen and another dark skinned tin with a bald head and stitches around his entire left arm. The dark skinned one was missing an ear.
"You..! You're the whore who ripped my godamn ear off! It hurts like a bitch!" The dark one growled and lunged forward, the flame of revenge burning in his eyes only to be held back by the blonde boy from yesterday.
"Don't attack him now...that guy...he's the one who knocked me and some of me boys out yesterday. Something about him is...off..." The Blondy spoke with a monotone voice.
"He is clearly no match for these three though... we'll make you and your girlfriend pay for daring to mess with the Deixis Clan... GET HIM!"
The first one ran up to Killer and swung his foot at his face while the second began advancing on him from the side.
Killer smirked and caught the first attackers leg, flipping him over his head and slamming him into the ground before ducking under the second ones outstretched arm and elbowing him in the ribs.
"Come on. Ganbatte ganbatte...try harder..." Killer punted his first attacker in the side of the head, snapping his neck at an akward angle with a sickening snap, effectively knocking him out cold.
The second attacker attempted foot sweep but Killer just jumped over his foot and stepped on his shin with his full leg strength, shattering the bones into a thousand pieces and leaving him screaming in excruciating pain.
Before the final man could even make a move, Killer ran at him with full speed and jumped into the air, kneeing him dead center on the forehead, sending him flying into a cluster of other Deixis members.
Killer landed on the ground and dabbed amidst the gasps of several members and Wooly Hat Girl, all of them clearly shocked at the prospect of the district's top gang getting squashed by one person.
"Heh...heheh...who's next?!" Killer looked at the blonde leader and one-eared black with a look on his face that matched his moniker.
"All of you! Attack!" The dark guy from earlier charged ahead of the crowd and ran headfirst into a headbutt from Killer. The other gang members all attacked him together but it was pointless, Killer just parried and dodged all their attacks almost as well as he could punch and kick them into next week.
Wooly Hat Girl stood in awe as she recorded the entire fight with her phone, Killer weaving through the numerous gang members and knocking them out with well aimed strikes to the head or some other vital body part and at a point just picked up one of the members by the leg and using him as a weapon. It was like he was possessed by a demon, a grin on his face as he effortlessly shred through the ranks of Deixis members.
5 minutes. 5 minutes was all it took for him to beat an entire group of almost 50 people.
"That was quite an interesting workout..." Killer walked away from the pile of bodies he had created, some of them half naked (yes he took some of their clothes for his personal use) and covered in the blood of teenagers, a toothy smile gracing his features.
"Interesting workout? You fucking destroyed them! That was the most badass thing I've ever seen! No entire gang in this district was able to beat Deixis...talkmore of one person!" Wooly Hat Girl fangirled, a sparkle in her eyes as she followed Killer out of the incomplete stadium that was now decorated with blood and bodies.
"Eh not that great a feat. Plus now you owe me a favor..or money...or both" he told her matter-of-factly as they walked into the open street, other civilians visibly disturbed by the sight of a boy covered in blood and a girl holding an ear walking side by side.
"I'll give you both because I don't think Deixis are going to bother me much with you as an ally" she took off her wooly hat and pulled out a few hundred dollar bills and pressed them into the calloused and bloody palm of Killer.
Who keeps money in a hat on their head?
"And if you ever need anything let me know! Ok not anything anything, but you get the gist" she said before putting her hat back on.
"Actually I do need something. My sister. I need to find her. Her name is...her name is... Amber. I don't remember the last name. But please if you can help in any way...."
"Consider it done my friend! I have a feeling we'll be meeting again" she waved at Killer and walked in the opposite direction, pulling out another cigarette from her pocket and sticking it in her mouth without lighting it.
"Bye.. Miss...eh...Miss...I didn't even ask for her name..."