"Lovino... I think, maybe, we should just-" "SHH." Lovino turned back to Eric and glared- enough to shut him up for good. Lovino was in charge of our mini-mission to find the guys who've been playing on our turf. "alright, Cake, go. I see one of them. If he tries anything, pull your knife before he can pull his." Lovino pointed to the figure just coming out of an alley, wearing yellow dogtags that I could see from here. I ran up and forced him back into the dark alley, my forearm against his neck. "you've been selling in the wrong place, yellow. What's your name? Why the hell are you here?" I used my knee and other arm to keep him in place. "Notorious, and because a lot of people here are sick of the Martillo's shit." he tried to Yell for help and I pressed harder on his neck, cutting him off. "Notorious? For what? Shitty drugs and weak assholes?" I tore off his dogtags. "I think I'll keep these as a prize. Your bitches breed weak dogs." I pushed him to the ground and sent a foot into his stomach. "Martillo's time is up." he gasped. "you'll learn the hard way." I walked out of the alley and shoved the necklace into my pocket, taking the long way back to meet Eric and Lovino. "Notorious, and apparently people are sick of us. I say we cut everyone off for a few days, then send out freebies of E and Acid." Lovino handed the necklace to our God Father, Dominic. "no, we'll need to leave the flow open and give out freebies. I will not lose cash to some half-assed gang. We are a family! Also, Lovino, I need you to make a run to Lenny for me. He hasn't paid us yet, and quite a large interest has accumulated..." I walked away, not wanting to go with Lovino on what would probably turn out to be beating the crap out some politician with a gambling problem. Earlier today was enough. Dominic was convinced a family was only as strong as the weakest link- and the weakest was me. I didn't like hurting people (I did hurt a lot of people, though), but Dominic was convinced I needed to be more bite less bark. "Cake! One last thought, could you be oh-so-kind and show our newest member around for a bit? I would hate for one of you to be attacked all alone, especially because his mark is bright as ever." Our family's mark was a knotted design, red, on the inside of the forearm. Much more permanent than a necklace that could be easily torn off. "sure." I shook hands with the new guy who introduced himself as Gabe. "nice to meet you." his voice was deep, and it matched his six-foot-four build. "nice to meet you too. I'm Cake." "Cake?" "ever read The Outsiders?" I laughed and took him to the Warehouse, our main hideout. Where family could sleep or play cards or drink or sleep. I gave Gabe to the cards table and climbed a ladder to my little sleeping nook at the top, putting the yellow dogtags near the corner of my mattress before falling into a black abyss of sleep. ***** Sorry the end was rushed! 3: I'm tired but I had to post this tonight or Roy would've had my head ._. more tomorrow!
This is really good! And I read the outsiders in 7th grade, we did a unit on it in English class! Dally: Let's do it for Johnny!