Chapter 1
The Party
The loud music was playing and the drinks had been spiked. It was an amazing party so far. Scar sat on the couch watching. He was 10 or 11, he wasn't really sure how old he was, as he didn't know when his birthday was. Angel was sitting beside him. She had her head in his lap, pretending to sleep as he played with her hair mindlessly.
They were listening to some of the older kids talk so that they could get some information on what was happening on the streets lately. Scar had not taken one sip of alcohol all night and was watching the others start to do or say more things they wouldn't with a clear mind. He began to feel happy he hadn't drunk anything. The twins, Nuts, and Psycho, where off to one side scamming money out of people with their magic tricks. And Hood could be found out in the back with some girls.
"I heard he got caught by the cops. They put him back into an orphanage out in the middle of nowhere." One of the boys said. Scar was glad he had never lived in an orphanage and he began to get lost in his thoughts once more.
He had been living with his Aunt and Uncle when one day on his way home from school his cousin and his friends attacked him. That was when Hood found him. Hood had run away from an orphanage and was living with Nuts and Psycho under a bridge. Hood took him back with him and helped him heal all his broken bones. It was just the four boys for a long time.
Only last winter did they find Angel. She had been left in a forest. She had climbed a tree trying to make sure no one found her, but when the boys had ran to the woods and climbed a tree close to her's, they found her crying. Scar was sure she was an angel, the way the tears had fallen so beautifully, no human could cry so beautifully. When they saw her smile for the first time they knew she was an angel.
Angel jumped up and put her arms around Scar. "Scar, they are coming. We need to go"
Scar looked at Angel. "What do you mean? Who is coming?"
Angel looked to see no one was paying attention. "The police."
Scar jumped up, Angel in his arms as he ran over to Nuts and Psycho. Putting his head close to one of their ears, he whispered, "The cops are coming." Both Nuts and Psycho looked at one another and told everyone the fun was over and they needed to go, Scar was already gone to find Hood. Angel squirmed out of his arms and ran to Hood. Whispering in his ear, he stood and said a quick goodbye to the girls sitting with him. And with that, the five of them left. Once they where a little over a block away, they heard the sirens going off, indicating that the cops had indeed come and crashed the party.