"We're just going to get some damn paint. How much trouble could we get into?"


I spoke too soon. Rembrant and me walked inot the crowded street to find Beansie and Virgil's little junkie bitch L.C., Destroyer Lieutenets. "Oh, Shit!" I said, grabbing Rembrant and pulling him behind a building.

"What do we do now?" he asked. "We smash their heads in, thats what." I replied, anger building up in my chest. "They know better then to bop on our side of Coney. Come on." "No, wait!" he said grabbing my shoulder. "They're probably stronger than we are, you know that! And they might be packin'! Vermin told us to stay out of trouble, remember?" I couldnt stand what I was hearing. "If they get away with that, they'll think they can do it all the time! Do you want our rep beaten to shit?" "Course not! But lets just run home an' tell Cowboy and Snow, they'll take care of em'. It's their job tonight." In one ear and out the other. I followed Beansie and L.C. to a place where not very many people were. Rembrant ended up following me eventually. That's just the way he is. "Look who dicided to show their pussy colors on our turf," I said and they turned around. "Geek and Freakazoid! What you think you doin'?" L.C. laughed. "Two little Warriors, one with no colors, gonna stop us? This some kind of joke?" "Yeah, and you're the punchline. Now get the fuck off our turf or we'll have to show you out!" I said, stepping closer. L.C.'s face was pale as a ghost with deep sunken junkie eyes which made me sick. "Hey Rembrant, think these fools escaped from the circus. Should we send em' back?" Rembrant finally got the courage to step up with me. "Depends if they want em' after we're done." Beansie and L.C. laughed themselves to tears. "You ain't shit! Bring it on suckas!" At that moment I lept onto L.C. punching and beating him as hard as i could. Rembrant grabbed Beansie to keep him from jumping me and they started going at it. "Son of a Bitch.....!" L.C. mumbled under his breath as I shoved my knee hard into his stomache. He grabbed my hair from the back and smashed my head against the brick wall. Blood dripped from it and the pain was obvious. My vision was impared and I couldn't function at all. "You Warriors are dead tonight!" I heard L.C. yell, picking me up and staring into my face. Suddenly his expressions changed and he dropped me. "No way.....its a chick!" Beansie stopped and let go of Rembrant who wasn't doing well either, but in better shape then me, and laughed. "Cleon lets some pussy soldier?! What's wrong with his head?" "Let them go, man, we gotta tell Virgil his shit!" They laughed and walked away from us as my face was pressed against the cool cracked ground and I heard Rembrant running towards me. "Tasha! Tasha, you ok?"

I would have responded except I happened to black out at that particular moment. Next thing I know I can see colored shapes slowly taking form of a person looking at me concerned. It was Vermin, of course, freaking out. "Oh, thank Christ you're ok! Fuck I thought you was done for!" Rembrant, Fox and Cleon were standing next to me as well. I sat up and looked at Cleon, who wasnt exactly pleased. "Warlord........Rembrant and me.......Destroyers....tried to stop them...." "Slow down, Blood. Rembrant told us the story. We're on our way to take care of Virgil and those fools for good." 'Then I'm coming with you..." "You do what I say and I say you not stir up trouble!" he yelled. "You never make a move like that without me saying so! You could have been killed!" "Defending my home, Warlord! Ain't that what a soldiers supposed to do?" "You are to leave the bopping to us and report back what you see and hear! That is your job! Now you are going to stay here while we gone and if you ever do something like this again, you will no longer be welcome here! Is that understood?" I paused and layed my head back on the couch. "Yes Warlord....." "Good. Fox, Rembrant, Vermin, lets go." One by one they headed for the door, Vermin patting my shoulder before leaving, and left me behind. The only thing I could hear was the sounds of sirens and people outside of our Coney Island hangout. It wasn't much, but its quite comfortable with brothers to keep you company. But now I was alone, and I felt betrayed by my surroundings. I started thinking about Luther and my real family. Well, the Rogues were my family. We never remembered having a mother and father. Thatnever really bothered me, though. I had brothers I could count on. At least, I used to. Whenever I think about Luther nowadays I cry to myself. I couldn't tell you how close we were. Sometimes I wonder if he still thinks about me. His mind is so warped who knows what he thinks now. But I do miss him. I missed him so much at this particular moment I cried as hard as I could. Ajax thinks that crying is for pussys, but I know that everytime I do cry, there's always someother bopper in this city crying with me. That way, I never truely feel alone.