Chapter 1

Aisha's Place

I got a taxi- cab, whatever- to Cycles and bought myself two wheels. Kenshin wheels to be specific with ninety torque and 0.075 grip, it was officially my baby...did I mention it was black? After paying, with some money I hacked from one account and put into mine, I took the bike downtown to Aisha's. Then I palmed my forehead, "Johnny's in court today," I hissed taking the bike back across the highway and on my way to the courthouse.

The media was covering the whole thing apparently since there wasn't a direction they weren't in. I didn't mention it but after I got off the plane I bought myself a gun, a GDHC .50, slow to fire but powerful and accurate.

Anyway, concealing my gun in my big, black jacket, I walked through the courthouse without being detected as suspicious and, weirdly/stupidly enough, they didn't have a guard holding a scanner or a scanning archway. I walked through the mostly white room up the stairs to my left going right then right again until I found Johnny sitting in the room next to 'Legal Lee' as I recall. I passed the cop easily and took my seat.

"Mr. Gat you have been accused of over three hundred murders, do you really expect this appeal to work?" The old judge asked going through some sort of evidence.

"With the Statute of Limitations, I think it should be closer to two fifty." Johnny replied. I smiled and shook my head slowly, God I loved my brother!

"There is no Statute of Limitations for murder!" She yelled slamming something down.

"Why not?" Johnny demanded as I took my seat behind him.

"Watch yourself Mr. Gat," she warned and all I could think was, you, watch yourself.

"Or what? You'll hold me and content me to court? You're already planning on giving me the hair you think I give a shit about you not liking me? Fuck off." Another smile after another comment.

"I'm curious if you can keep your cavalier attitude with two thousand bolts running through your body- what's that?" I gripped my gun inside my jacket as someone walked in holding a pistol at one of the guards.

"Drop it." The dude ordered and the guard dropped it. As the gun hit the ground a shot escaped and bounced off walls until it disappeared. Everyone dropped to the ground as the bullet was fired.

"Anyone hit and need a lawyer?" Lee asked lifting his head above the defence table.

"Shit, 'bout time your burnt arse woke up." Johnny said to the other guy. Johnny had some sort of short, Sergeant cut with grey and white mixed together. He wore a black and grey striped suit with a black tie and dark purple shirt. He wore lightly tinted, rectangle glasses to cover his brown eyes. In this light his tight, muscular skin looked yellow. The other guy, who I didn't know, had a medium tan, dark brown eyes and chocolate brown hair. He was Gat's height and similar body shape, even if this guy looked younger.

"Hey Jackie, how are you Jackie, thanks for babysitting me Jackie, glad to see you to bro," I added sarcastically. Johnny rolled his eyes and gave me a hug.

"You ready to get outta' here?" The other guy asked handing Johnny the cuff keys and a gun. Johnny nodded in reply as we walked right out the front door- wrong. A couple of cops entered the room and the boys took them down with a single shot to the head each. We walked for a while longer simply shooting cops but leaving everyone else alone. We entered the food court- mess/eating area- where they attacked us from the lobby as well as from behind fizzy machines and all that. A couple of shots and a few grenades the new guy had and we made a run for the front doors.

I leaped onto my bike and took a different route to the boys to Aisha's place. No cops had followed me or hadn't been able to and so I went to Aisha's.

"Johnny I don't care if you just broke out of prison you do not mess with my furnitu-" Aisha began as Johnny pointed at the other guy like he was some sort of superhero.

"Oh my God, it's you." Aisha greeted as Johnny passed me a fizzy drink - what a brother.

"Surprised Aisha?" He asked taking a sip of his beer.

"That you're here or that you're talkin'?" She replied as Johnny and I simply sat back and listened.

"Pick one,"

"Well whatever it is, you look great. Hey you look different, did you do something with your hair?" I rolled my eyes and stared over at Johnny who was shaking his head as if I shouldn't say a thing.

"Can I just ask something?" Interrupted the new guy and Aisha stopped for me to continue. "Who the hell are you?" The guy turned around to me like I was retarded.

"I was going to ask you the same thing." He commented turning to Johnny.

"Boss this is my sister, Jackie this is the boss." Shit, the boss?

"If you're the boss where you been?" I asked rudely.

"Never mind her boss," Johnny added, "what's our next move?" The boss (whose name I yet not know) hesitated in turning back to Johnny as he seemed to want to say a few words that wouldn't be nice.

"We get our crew back together, so we're going to need a new place. Once we have a crew we can take this city." He replied as they took another drink.

"Well let's get on that." I sat there waiting until Johnny gripped my elbow and dragged me out with them. I waved my farewell to Aisha before Johnny could shut the door on me.