"Word" - spoken sentence or word
'Word' - thoughts
Italics- action or current expression
Gotham
Southside metropolitan area
4/05/2017
16:27
Adam POV
Keeping my head low as I dashed into the kitchen, I could already hear the sounds of the chaos I caused behind me because of my actions and on entering the kitchen Immediately noticed the steel door probably leading to the back alley but slowed down to strain my ear and I could hear hushed sounds outside
'Cops...shit'
Quickly scanning the kitchen to map out a possible escape plan, my eyes inadvertently noticed a heavy looking metal kettle before glancing at the dirty glass window providing a view into the alley and an idea starts forming in my mind
Officer Richard POV
Retirement from the police force was a rare opportunity given to the extremely lucky who had seen the evil of the city and preserve with git and determination and I was one of the lucky ones, for the past 20 or moreso years, I have compromised where I was supposed to, bent my head when it was needed and pushed through when I was required to and so here i was, close to retirement with enough funds to manage my daughter through college and enough balance points to hopefully remove her from this God forsaken anus point called Gotham, so imagine my surprise when I was called to return a favour on such a short notice
'What am I doing here'
That was the question I kept asking myself as I stood at alert in a dirty diner alley for more than half an hour, worse was I had a parrot in the form of a rookie which I was his training officer as was the police custom for every retiring officer
"...could patrol intermediately to cover more ground inca..."
'i am meant to retire soon and leave this cursed job but no, am out here in the lawless part of town because of a cocksucker and his vendetta',I thought to myself in barely suppressed anger ignoring the rambling rookie next to me, 'i would have told him to suck a dick...but .. he once protected me from a damning issue thay could still ruin my potiental retirement so I had to repay somehow..'
'..think the investigation is going..'
..and besides....that guy is a psychopath and I wouldn't want to be in his bad books as long as I'm in this town' but yet, a part of me had nothing but pure unadulterated hatred at him for being dragged out here because some one of his useless faggot family member with nothing to worry about died
".. following procedure we should.."
"CAN SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET ME THINK YOU IDIOT", I finally exploded on the rookie, tired of his rambling that was only adding to my anger and gave him a cold, condescending glare
'What protocol? don't this idiot realize that this is not even cleared with hq?'
I finally stopped glaring at him and looked away
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Sigh 'I can't fault the kid, he's still young and ignorant with a misplaced sense of justice'
"Moving around will not help in the situation since this is supposed to be a covert operation so technically we are operating outside the law", I told him the truth so he can understand the full gravity of the situation and have a sense of caution
'wont want him dying on my watch due to ignorance and besides, now he knows, he was think twice before filling a self-damning report'
"..wait, what!?", he replied with shock which was kinda annoying
'This kid's an idiot', I thought with a shake of my head
Sigh "did you really think we were going to raid a suspected den with just 2 squad cars and zero communication with headquarters?"
He was stunned at my question and hurriedly replied with panic written over his face, "B.but you told me that there was hidden reinforcement and we were only meant to secure the back as the reserve force"
"Idiot we are the hidden reinforcement", I said with a huff, "and besides, would you have followed me if I didn't say that?"
He struggled to reply before whispering "then why are we here?" With a downtrodden look
"Because I had to repay back a favor and the guy is a psychopath, that's why"
"The psychopath decided to carry out a stupid vendetta because his family member is dead, and I owe the asshole a favour so I have to take my one foot in the grave ass out here to provide backup and bring you here as support, kid if we were to die here today, nobody will care and the force will not pay any of our family any severance packages cause we were AWOL at the time of our deaths and retirement is so near that it's hurting my head thinking about it, so could you do me a favor and keep quiet so we can hopefully leave here and i can finish my baby sitting duty, okay!" I said all in one breathe before exhaling heavily to calm myself
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"..You shouldn't be here kid, I...I don't even know why I brought you here... maybe am just a scared old man who thinks I could use you as a meatbag if things go wrong", I laughed mirthlessly at the end of my tirade
We stood in silence and I could feel the stunned disbelieving gaze on my back
'what's with all this uptown newbies with childish innocence, you would think that being born in Gotham was already enough to kill your Innocence
"..Did you really bring me here to use me as a meat shield?", he finally said after a while
"maybe, maybe not, I don't know....am just trying to live to retire ki.."
CRASH
I was interrupted by a loud bang and the sound of breaking glassand instinctively turned to face the source of the sound ready to pump any fucker full of bullets only to see find a broken window and an empty alley way the that's when my honed instincts screamed at me that something was wrong and I knew I fucked up when I heard the sound of the door we were supposed to guarding groaning loudly
'A distraction', I thought enlightened but regret and fear was already gnawing on my mind at such a rookie mistake but I quickly pivoted my body to point at the door once again that am sure that someone was already exiting before squeezing the trigger and yet out of the corner of my eyes I idley noticed the rookie was still facing the wrong direction like an idiot but it wasn't surprising because all this happened in mere seconds, feeling the reassuring recoil of the bullet leaving the barrel, the blur dived to left narrowly avoiding the bullet, stunned at first, I was quick to recover and pulled my trigger once again but it was too late, already the person was in arms length of me and a steel grip redirected the gun upwards firing the shot into the sky and all I felt was pain exploding under my jaw before darkness started encroaching on myconsciousness, I could only hope the rookie was going to protect my unconscious body
'Yeah, we dead, haa...I was so close to retireme..'
ROOKIE POV
As soon as I hear the sound of glass breaking, I swiftly focused my attention to the disturbance and was even proud to admit that I responded with immediate effect which should impress my training officer (and that was my first mistake), I was confused when I assessed the scene only to see a broken window, (that was my second mistake), I didn't even notice thesenior officer swerving back to face our original direction till I heard a gunshot which startled me and I already knew shit was about to go down but i was too nervous at the moment to think straight and respond effectively before my training officer went down due to a powerful uppercut while i stupidly watched in stunned disbelief (and that was my 4th and final mistake) and before I knew it, the person was on me and I fumbled to fire a shot but my shot was off target by a long range and in my defense all this quick events was jumbling up my mental faculties cause all this shit was happening in seconds, in FUCKING SECONDS!!, and the last thing I saw was an enlarging fist before I was unceremoniously sent to la la land
Adam POV
Standing over the 2 officers bodies, I was already looking for an escape route because I knew that reinforcements was probably on the way and all I know I was seconds away from being swarmed for both sides of the alley by the cops, looking around I saw a fire exit and immediately sighted a dumpster next to it, calculating the distance, I adjusted my posture before breaking into a dash and nimbly climbed the dumpster before using the momentum to jump off it and reached for the fire escape, upon getting a grip on it valuted my body onto it before crouching silently waiting for any other movement
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Minutes pass and nothing happened
Squinting my eyes in confusion, "where are the reinforcements? Or is the situation inside the diner so bad that they're preoccupied there?...or are there no other officers?... This is very confusing..'
Noticing the downed officers stirring after awhile, I decisively decided to escape before my good luck? runs out
Officer Save POV
As I was escorting officer Robins; the officer to find my nephews body, towards the diner unexpectedly we heard a loud bang sound out in the establishment
'those bastards really got antsy, didn't they', I slowed down my footsteps
"What's going on, should we call for backup", Robins nervously questioned me
"No", I curtly replied and ignoring his protests before pushing him forward, confident that my officers were able to handle the situation but still cautiously approached the diner with my hand lingering around my holster and entering, relaxing as I saw my officers was relatively unharmed ; apart from some bruises here and there, but they were smart enough to train their guns on the cowering crowd opposite them. One of my men was engaged in a scuffle with a patron, rolling around on the floor like wild animals, the other officers watch the spectacle with wary eyes, hesitant to open fire in fear of shooting their own, rolling my eyes at such hesitation, I signaled an officer who immediately nodded before leaving the diner, I released officer Robins before calmly walking over to the grunting duo and grabbing a fork as I reached them, ignoring their grunts of exertions, I grabbed the back of the man overpowering my officer before stabbing the side of his face right where his eyes were located, he screamed in maddening pain but I ignored that in favour of pulling the fork out of his flesh before grabbing his hair and pulled it back to reveal his bobbing throat, which i then stabbed the fork into while securely locking him down with my legs then began moving the fork side to side which was hard because of the bluntness so as to correctly open his throat and forcefully expel blood from his body, the officer grappling with him has long since scrambled away to safety and was sitting on his ass silently watching us in shock
Gurgling
SWISH SWISH
The only sounds in the diner was the sound of the struggling, restrained man whose life essence was being forcefully expeled from their body and the sound of moving fork in their oesophagus, I stared deeply at the customers with a cold indifferent look which made some of them avoid my eyes or flinch in fear, and after a short while the man finally stopped struggling and stilled, and after finding the person I was looking for amongst the crowd thankfully still safe and sound, I let out a deep breath before letting the body fall into his own pool of blood which was also spreading towards in the officer that was still sitting on the ground who then scrambled to get away from the blood like it was magma, calmly turning around to face my officers who collectively flinched under my passing gaze i walked over to officer who was trembling and shaking severely in far, placing my blood soacked hand on his shoulder which caused him to wince deeply, I asked them asked him in a warm voice
"Hope, i didn't kill the suspect"
"Hmm, N.n.now that I look at him, it might be him, I think he's the one Sir", he stuttered back
'But I can still see "him" lingering in the crowd, Scoff You're still lying like a pig till the very end ain't you, what did I expect tho?'
"Good, I wanted to kill the bastard with my very hands, I don't think jail would have been enough", when he tried to reply I interrupted him continuing my spiel, "but still regardless a civilian's life, it's paramount for officer to take care of their own right? Especially when threatened by pigs", he could do nothing but shake his head in fear which cause me to not in satisfaction before turning to the tensed up crowd, "Sorry about the mess, I got a little carried away and had to resort to such barbaric methods", I said in a loud voice brimming with false positivity,
"Normally I wouldn't indulge in such behavior but this past week have been kinda rough so you'll have to excuse my behavior", I smiled brightly that did not but cause them to tense up more in agitation, "but y'all shouldn't worry, I won't harm anybody here since I've gotten it outta of my system", hearing the ding of the entrance door being opened, a smirk creeped onto my face, "but all of you did witness an officer killing a civilian which would be very bad for PR", that statement caused them great alarm and I could hear them mumbling amongst themselves, but to be honest , they had every right to be, "and the gang members fearful of being caught suddenly attacked us coincidentally causing the death of an important officer that identified the suspect of the case I hold dear and so..', I paused, turned around and start heading to the exit, "..the officers responded leading to a massive shooting leading to numerous deaths in the diner, such an unfortunate event indeed", I passed the retaining officer on the way who was now wielding a fully automatic gun, on giving him a quick nod exited the diner ignoring the protest of Robins who was scrambling to reach me after he understood my statement but I was already outside and could already hear the ensuring sound of bullets flying and people screaming
PKRAAAAAAA
AHHHHH
'i gave you enough chances to change but you didn't, did you really expect sympathy because you're a cop? Anything that eats and sleeps with pigs will eventually become one so you deserve anything that happens to you, you're even lucky I gave you hero death, more than you deserve",
I lit a cigarette staring up at the murky sky remembering last week the conversation I had with the diner manager who gave me the information I needed after some 'intense cohesion' and the resulting elaborate plan I orchestrated to protect him from retaliation
Scoff, "I didn't want to be the one to wring that bastard neck myself or the autopsy might cause people to be suspicious of this entire charade, yes I can imagine, I bring the officer on a hunch not even aware that the main suspect was among the customers and from my detective intuition found that officer clearly knows some of them, so I decide to round them up for questioning, the thugs believing the jig was up, attacked my men which quicky devolved to an all out brawl thay ended with the key witness officer and multiple others dead so I stop the investigation uncertain if the main culprit was already amongst the dead, through a series of self guilt and being reprimanded by the higher authorities decides to stop the investigation never really sure if the main culprit of nephews death was already dead or still alive...', I lay out the sequential events that will mostly follow after today before dragging another puff of smoke, 'cant really believe that idiot thought I brought him here on a 'hunch' or even fall for that investigative bullshit, I only needed the idiot as an alibi to cover the loose ends and cleaning him made Gotham a little cleaner', I muttered inwardly, looking at the people passing by minding their own business while moving briskly to avoid trouble with some sneaking small glances at my direction
"The customers probably had nothing to do with this but I couldn't allow any loose ends regardless..and besides the pigs sealed their own fates when they didn't immediately hand over the culprit after I pressured them, after all, Shrugs, nobody's clean in the city anyway",
I let out another puff of smoke and continued my dark thoughts vaguely aware of the now quiet dine
Adam POV
Walking down the hallway to my apartment after I rushed back home to avoid any further complications or misfortune, I chanced upon my neighbors kids sitting outside their apartment door whispering to each other; with the boy coughing irregularly and already I knew that the reason they were outside was probably because their mother was conducting her business in the their apartment
"You'd think that after all this time she would have saved up enough money to treat her children yellow eyes but what more did you expect from a junkie prostitute', putting away those meaningless thoughts, I ignored them and headed to my door, unlocked it and proceeded to enter but was stopped by a light tap on my leg, looking down with my left side eye, I saw a fair little girl, Helen was her name, the same one whose brother tried to steal from me years ago who had was still short, had messy dark hair, a freckled face and a bit of an overbite
'Doesn't she ever increase in height?'
"mister can you borrow me some money?", She said with a small voice trying to act cute and innocent; which I knew she wasn't by a long shot.
"No" I replied stoically, "get away from me"
"No", she then said with a mischievous smile completely dropping her nice girl act before putting her foot in my doorway trying to prevent me from closing it. I don't even who she was trying to fool; I already knew about her devilish attitude and fiery temper; unlike her mother and I already regretted not slamming the door on her face at the first opportunity which I planned to rectify now
"Look", I said fully rotating my head sideways; tired of straining my side eye to see her; did I forget to mention that she was short, like very short for her age, she had the height of seven year old which was probably cause by malnutrition and genetic deficiency, "you little grasshopper, I don't enough patience and kind heartedness to release any funds of any kind to your thieving little hands", I then shoved her foot out of my doorway and entered my apartment
"Then I'll just pick your lock and steal all your stuff", she replied in an annoying sing song voice, and another annoying fact about this short gremlin was that she and her brother were annoying little thieves that sneak into people places to sell their stuff and she was so good at it that she was never caught red-handed but yet everybody knew it was her; because of her less experienced brother who she manages to keep out of trouble most of the time, but people could just curse and grumble in disgruntled annoyance due to the fact that the rat was intelligent and didn't stray far away from her mother; who everyone knows have protection of some local ruffians who were using her bodily services
'God help me before I strangle this girl', I thought to myself in mounting frustration before taking a deep breath and replying her in a barely restrained voice, "it's like your little bird brain has forgot the warning I gave both you 2 year ago so I will remind you again, hopefully for the last time", I then try to infuse as much anger as I could in my voice, "next time your malnourished little legs enter my apartment for any reason at all, you going to be crawling for the rest of your life"
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Cough
Cough
The hall was silent following my threat, silent except for the periodic wheezing of her brother
"Damn nigga, you ain't gotta say all", she finally said while laughing nervously seeing my stone cold expression before looking at me with a sad, pleading expression, "I need the money to add to what I have to buy some medicine for my brother who as you can hear is not in the best of health", she finished in a pleading tone while pointing at her brother who stopped to stare at us while covering his mouth with his hand
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Sigh
"Don't care"
I shut the door on her face and walked to my room
"You're such an asshole dick head", I could already hear her muffled yelling behind my door which I ignored in favour of heading deeper into my aboard, "you damn half baked, half burnt looking human!! fine, don't help me but don't regret it when I report you to the landlord that you used your scheming little rat brain to divert water to your apartment, ohh you didn't think i knew did you?! i also know the landlord has a beef with you negro and will be happy i have such vital information for him, you hear me, amma snitch on your dumbass.."
Ignoring the fading noice as I got further away
'dont care, for a child she sure has a vile tongue, she has as much colorful vocubalary as a espanic hooker' I thought to myself over the gradually fading noice and threw my backpack on the floor before falling on the bed face first
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Feeling tired from the incident that happened earlier I decided to snooze a little to clear my head, watching my bag out of the corner of my eye I remembered I should probably search it incase anything was planted
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'Nah, I'll do it later', before promptly dozing off
Arell Pov
Standing in front of the body mirror wearing an intricate gown with red embroidery and different designs while tugging at the neckline; which was a little tight and was causing me discomfort, admiring my stunning reflection as I recalled an exciting conversation earlier today
FLASHBACK
Laying on my bed despondently, I made a game of counting revolution my fan was making while choosing to ignore the noice that was coming out the phone on my bedside table
457
^..Nothing right..^
458 not only are you stagnating but ^..you were publicly disgraced...^
459..
I continued to ignore the static voice of my brother scolding me over the phone for the past 20 minutes
^...Such a loser bum with no potiental... ^
460
^...Can't take on challenges....^
'damn, doesn't he ever get tired of yammering? The asshole probably likes to listen to his own voice' I speculated inwardly as I tuned out the rest of the lecture which just me getting insulted, gazing at thr ceiling I wqs lost in thought pondering a deeper question that need an even deeper reasoning which was: how did the first fish that evolved know it could safely breath air? I mean it must have seen other fishes die without water so what gave it the confidence to walk on land? am sure it must have been a retard or something to try that...which could explain most of human behavior.
^...yet you seem to enjoy dragging down the family name an...and...and are you even listening?^
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"No"
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^You slimey fucker^, Sigh ^shit is not looking good for you cus father doesn't even care what happens to you anymore, that bitch Lucy is too out of it to understand what's going on and our siblings are probably numb to your failure cus it's not even funny again and so it's left to me to call your dumbass and correct you but yet you still act ungrateful^, he then stops to take a deep breath, ^you're ruining this family's name and yet your don't even seem to care, you bastard, am trying my best to help you but you can't even put any effort on your end^
"On my end?", Scoff, I finally reply with barely restrained anger and unconsciously clenched my fists ignoring the pain of my fingers digging into my flesh, "you stupid assholes were the ones that sent me to this wretched and corrupted place and I dutifully obeyed with no issues because I tried to take some responsibility, and with as much dignity as I could muster, endured consending looks from lower life forms and prideful looks from a stupid bitch with more tits than brain that will soon get what's coming to her, all of you are lucky I didn't go on a motherfucking rampage and kill all this ungrateful lower life forms without care", I was speaking through clenched teeth at this point and my knuckles were white with pressure, " and you. You didn't even bother to check my progress for months and now only call to scold me for a minor setback and yet you still act all high and mighty like i should be happy for this insults your hurling at me, you bastard!!!",I was roared out in anger as I supported my upper body with my arm to glare at the cell phone, all was I could do breath heavily to keep a lid on my anger and already a deep feeling of injustice and pain was already welling inside of me and after some time lifelessly flopped back on my bed.
Looking at the ceiling once more with a despondent gaze I thought to myself self-mockingly, 'what am I even saying? I don't even have the power to go on a murder spree and would get killed before I move too far', covering my eyes with my arm to suppress the angry tears building up in my eyes, 'I guess weakness is my life companion..and I will always truly be a disgrace to the family name'
Hearing a sigh through the phone followed by a click sound, I could already imagine him setting down his glass to run his eyes in exhaustion, ^look, the problem is not your weakness to be honest, it's the lack of determination and commitment to change your life, I know you and I know you have this delusion to do less and gain more but as i said you'll need to work harder than the rest to accomplish anything^
^and besides, I specifically told you your strength and weakness and shared a guide to build on it but you're still stubborn and set on your path like a goat, look around, we; your siblings, have all found our specialty and so I have repeatedly told you that your path of 'power' isn't going to work, I even offered to impact you some forbidden knowledge I know and mentor you, but you refused and i keep repeating to you a universal fact that you keep ignoring which is;knowledge is power^
"Only a weakling like you hides behind such foolish notions, hmph, absolute power trumps knowledge everytime and that's an absolute universal truth and fact", I replied disdainfully because we have already had this talk over and over again
^Perhaps... but it's also true and a fact that you don't have the potential for that absolute power, right?^
Silence
Haa ^regardless the master in charge had no right to reprimand any of our blood in front of the lowers just because he's the head of a branch, he might as well be insulting the entire family which might set a dangerous precedence and I have properly cautioned him to be mindful and careful to prevent any foreseeable retaliation^
Tch "Whatever" I replied in a lackadaisical tone
^and before I forget, prepare yourself because he in acknowledgment of his mistakes and to make amends has selected you to be a red acolyte for the upcoming desend ritual, so your robes will delivered soon and somebody will come to teach you all you need to know^
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I finally sat up in surprise to stare at the phone and I could almost see the smirk on his face
"But I thought only the current high acolyte could be selected", I replied after awhile trying to suppress the budding excitement in my body
"Yes, normally that's true but after feeling guilty at insulting your, the master decides to let an acolyte of inferior blood to step down and so you can step up^
I sat up in silent contemplation and shock at the news but was still somewhat doubtful, " but it will take months to learn the process of the ritual and the descent is soon?"
"Then you'll just have to learn quickly wouldn't you, you have blood running through you so your intelligence will be enough even though you don't really your big head for anything important^, he stops to give me time to digest it before he continued
^and try not to screw up this time, that's very important, many high members, and perhaps father and his colleagues are keeping an eye on it, so no screwups and who knows,maybe you can curry the favour of one of the ancient houses if your performance is peak^, he finished in a satisfied tone which caused another wave of excitement to rush through my veins
^so good luck, and try and use what little intelligence you have to perform well so better not screw it up this time like you always do^
"Fuck you, you dick sucking bastard", I yelled back halfheartedly but couldn't keep the smile off my faceas I heard his laughter through the phone
^so keep your head high and try not embarrass yourself and in extension us again regardless of how it must be very tempting for you^
Tch "Whatever"
Silence
^so catch you later..and besides since women is not working for you, try sucking some dick, who knows, it might not even be that bad and might even feel natural to you^
Tch "eww gay, fuck you"
He laughs then I heard the click sound of the phone connection been cut off
I stared at the ceiling for a while in silence in deep thought, 'that's so gay', before bursting out in laughter
Flashback end
Standing in front of the mirror as a smile crept on my face which caused me to school my features and thought seriously, "I will do my best to gain the favour of a high elder through my extraordinary performance, maybe he might grant some obscure ritual that will increase my body potential paving way to a sweet revenge on everybody that looked down on me in anyway', I pondered with a maniacal grin on my face before shaking my head to dispel such outlandish thoughts, "Yeah right, I should stop such delusions and plan accordingly depending on my performance so I'll need to stay focus and give my hundred percent", I mumbled to no one in particular inadvertly looking at the picture frame on my bedside table through the mirror reflection, it was a picture of 2 people, I and my big brother; Roman Dymon, we were both serious in the frame and if anybody saw the photo they'll think we were 2 strangers taking a photo; which was as futher from the truth as it can, looking at it for awhile I steel my eyes in determination, 'i will not fuck this up even if it's the last thing i do', I thought in silent resolution.
After standing like a statue for who knows how long, I heard the sound of muffled squealing and grunting coming from my closet
"Ohh you're finally awake, I almost forgot about you mon cherie", I casually headed to my closet and upon opening it saw a bound naked girl with different scars and different long gashes on her skin with dried up blood on them, her body with criss crossed with numerous red welts that looked beautiful to look at and who on seeing me started struggling even harder with heavy tears running down her face, I crouched down to softly rub her beautiful face which caused her to cry even harder, "look at you crying like a child because I've nothing given you any attention, am really sorry i didn't even have time for you all this while, you must have felt lonely", which caused her to cry even harder, "but unfortunately, I'm going to be busy for awhile so i won't be able to play with you again because from what I see, you'll probably be dead by then", she paused and I could see the relief and happiness welling up in her eyes at the thought of finally finding an escape from her perceived 'suffering' but I continued, "and so... I'll just have to play with you as fast as possible to spend what little time you have left together", and with that statement her body froze and pure fear starts radiating in full from her body, "but be warned, I will be a little rougher than before due to the time constraints on my", I ended my statement with a malicious grin that caused her to start struggling harder while I slowly digging my finger in her flesh, the ensuring screams that followed even leaked out my door and caused the people walking by to walk by even faste
Sydney POV
Walking to the drug store as fast as my little legs could take me, controlling my anger and frustration from earlier so I won't be distracted, 'I can't believe that idiot couldn't give a begging child some money, I even told that monkey I was gonna pay him back but he just had to be a butthole and even ignore me like I wouldn't snitch on him, just let him wait and see', I grumbled inwardly and I headed towards a drug store that was some distance from my apartment building, mindful of my surroundings incase of any suspicious activity, 'i really hate going to this creepy old man's store for anything but his prices are cheaper and it is all my savings can handle at moment', my brother's cough was get worse and although he says it getting better, I can already notice blood stains on his sleeves after he coughs and he thinks I don't notice he's trying to hide it, 'Dumb kid', and our lazy crack whore of a mother couldn't care less and only does the barest minimum to keep us alive cause she needs free workers and probably wants to raise me to follow her footsteps, shivers God knows how many pedos have been staring at me when visiting my whore of mother, after shivering again thanks to those thoughts and the faint chill in the air, I walked faster to escape the cold and to ignore the 'well meaning pedestrians' that were tryin to call me, 'if that toilet licking shit eater gave me some money, I wouldn't have came this far from my home and won't have to freeze my ass for this long, don't you worry asshole, am gonna make your life a fucking nightmare, i ain afraid of you fool', squinting my eyes at my plans for retribution, I buried my dark thoughts and plans for future as i finally reached my destination and upon entering, my nose was immediately assaulted by the smell of heavy disinfectant and other foul smells, covering my nose with my palm I walked to the counter to talk to the resident pharmacist: Mister Nakamura; a short middle aged Asian guy wearing a weird toupee that was not fooling anyone with slight hunch, even expectedly wearing what I like to call 'the pedo getup'; which was an awful looking sweater vest over long sleeve while wearing suspenders pants topped up with thick rimmed glasses
'i wonder why cops don't just arrest people with this 'uniform' it just screams "I am pedophile and little kids are my dream" because who else apart from pedophiles wears suspender pant with a vest?' but I stayed focused and talked to him regardless, "I need those cough drugs Mr Nakamura", I told him curtly while he stares at me with that creepy smile that can make even an unethical pervert shiver in repulsion
Shiver
"Ahh, little Sydney", he starts "finally come for the medicine I see, you must have worked really hard to find the money", he said all this with that creepy grin of his
"Yeah, you know me, always working", I reply with a tight smile, "can you stop the small talk and run my shit for me?", pointing at the drug cabinet behind him, "And I hope you remembered the symptoms i told you about last time I was here".
"Only God knows the things young girls do to get money in the rotten town at the time and age but am all for helping and won't mind hiring you if you're ever looking for a stable source of income", he paused to continue staring at me
'Dream on, you dickhead, am never getting anywhere near you more than necessary', I thought in disgust at his statement
"but no worries I didn't forget", he finally turns around, making me breath out a sigh of relief at not seeing his pedophilic face for awhile.
'i'll make sure to scrub myself repeatedly to wash off the filth he just contaiminated me with by just being in his presence', I thought to myself as I watched him select various drugs and tablets with some I couldn't even pronounce and after packaging them in a white bag that had his pharmacy logo handed it to me over the counter,
"That will be 264 dollars and 8 cents"
I sucked a cold breathe hearing such an amount, "you ain't tryna cheat me right? I can't pay all that to buy drugs for a common cough and/or cold", I winced back at the price that could flush my entire savings going down the drain like dirty sink water.
"Drugs ain't cheap my dear and well, according to what you described to me, the cough is not "common" and can very well lead to or very much be a sign of intense lung damage, so this is to mitigate the effect and extend your little brother's time in the earth and probably give you an idea of what you're really dealing with since you obviously can't afford a checkup".
Begrudgingly handing him the money after hearing his irrefutable logic, he starts counting the money, "of course , if you were working for me, you might enjoy an employee discount and with a pretty face like your's, might even enjoy free check-ups from my friends in the hospital", he said offhandedly which I didn't respond to, trying to keep the disgust off my face, idly rubbing the pen knife that I hid in my pocket incase he does anything funny. I quietly wait for him to finish counting the money and give me my change when the front door was suddenly pushed open by 2 shady looking men which immediately triggered my instincts
'da fuck, what's going on?, they ain't here for me right? I don't remember causing trouble for anybody this week and I don't even recognize them so am sure they're not here for me', I nervously reassured myself trying to stay composed and minding my business hoping Mr. Nakamura hurries up counting the change so I can get out of here. One of the man looking around and finding only the both of us in the store spoke in a scratchy voice.
"Hey old man, we heard you have information about all the girls in this area, especially the young ones, am i right?", his question was for Nakamura but yet it caused a growing pit of dread in my stomach and had me fidgeting nervously
"and who might you young men be?", Mr Nakamura replied curiously.
"I'll take that as a yes, we capi's men and we need extensive information on teenage girls, black hair and preferably little to no parental protection to avoid stressful situations from the cops, and don't bother asking too much questions, it none of your business and don't even act ignorant or your legs are going to be scheduled for rehab", he finished in a threatening growl.
With every word coming from him, a deep cold coursed through my body and had me in a nervous daze, 'What?, what do the capi gang need teenage girls for? Is it true that they're really just a den of harvesters..wait...wa.wasn't that the matching qualities of the missing girls in the news, what kinda bad luck is this!', I could feel blood rushing to my head and the beginning of a panic attack welling up in me.
"Hey kid, how old are you?"
'Fuck! fuck!'
"Bitch I know I ain't talking to myself, am I?!"
"Hmm.s.s.sorry sir, am 8"
"Idiot, why you asking such a stupid question", the other guy in their duo swiftly reprimanded the one that asked the question with a smack to the back of his head before pointing at me, "does she even look like a teenager"
"Bruh, I was just checking and who knows, she might be small for her age and why did you smack me you fool", he replied back defensively while rubbing the back of his head even shooting his companion a scalding glare
"Bro shut the fuck up"
Seeing both of them arguing and I, for once in my life was happy for my short height, 'who said malnutrition wasn't helpful', I resolutely grab the bag of drugs and decide to collect the change on a later date but then I felt a steel grip on the hand that was reaching for the drugs and with slow, robotic movement, tilted my head to stare at Mr Nakamura who was looking down at me with a malicious grin and a secure grip on my hand
"Coincidentally or luckily for you, you don't have to look far, this little girl checks out all the requirements you're looking for, don't be deceived by her height, she is actually twelve and you wouldn't even need to worry, her mother is junkie and won't even notice her gone"
'No! no! no!', I was already having a panic attack
"See, I would you she might be a teenager, laughs, my instincts are never wrong you bitch"
Tch "Whatever"
The duo bantered as they approached me with malicious intent, I start struggling with full force against the grip and screaming out at the top of my lungs, i reached into my pocket to pull out my pocket knife, but Mr Nakamura suddenly reached under his counter and retrieved a canister before spraying my face with it's content before letting me go so I tripped and fell on my butt, ignoring the dull pain, I scrambled to feet trying not to inhale whatever he sprayed me with but already i was feeling sluggish and my limbs were becoming more and more unresponsive but I tried my best to run but ended up falling on my face this time and even tried my best to get up but lost all control of my limbs and couldn't stop the hot tears creeping at the edge of my eyes as my vision got more blurred as the seconds pass
'...why me..sorry...John..'
Was the little girl's last thoughts as she lost consciousness on the cold, hard floor as her fate was left to be decided to the towering men who looked down at her with either cold or malicious expressions
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