Confessions of a Teenage Gangster
In the city of Townsville...(nighttime)
Aria sat on her bed as she thought about her dad. The way he hit her. The way he would give her that glare. She was 16 and she felt she could stand up to him, but every time she tried, she failed.
Aria touched the bruise her dad had given her. She wanted to get out of this cursed house as soon as possible. She grabbed her backpack, climbed out of her window, and decided to take a stroll down the streets of Townsville.
As Aria walked next to a closed market, she noticed many "Most Wanted" signs. "I wonder if they had family problems too and they ended up like this—living on the streets, doing evil, no home, no family or friends," she thought.As she stared at the posters, she heard laughing and cackling coming from behind her. She saw three black boys, all wearing long black hoodies and baggy pants. Aria tried not to get involved with them, so she walked away. Every turn she made, she could still hear their laughs, but not every turn she made was the right turn. She ran down a dark alley which had lead to a dead end. "Shit!" she muttered under her breath. She turned around and saw the three men pounding their fists into their palms as they came towards her. One pulled out a dagger as the other two held her down to take her bag. As Aria screamed, one of the gangsters that had held her down reached for her pants. Aria had tried to find one way to escape, but instead, she saw five shadows (that had the shape of more gangsters) against the wall. "Oh no," she thought.