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Tenten's POV

"Who lead that attack?!"

The silence was severely angering as it greeted my ears in a mocking wall of nothingness

"There are no snitched this time--this person helped kill family! so tell me--WHO?!" I bellowed crashing my fist to the table knocking glasses and bottles over

"...Kin, did." came a defiant voice "She took the new recruits and then I imagine she lost her never--abandoning them."

"Shut it High School!" she barked

My eyes went straight through the rest of the family and singled her out. "I should kill you." I picked up a gun and walked toward her with it hanging by my side

Her eyes were wide and fearful as I weaved my way around my comrades to the trash that got two of my charges murdered.

"That's why you don't have respect--that's why you weren't picked to be in charge!" she started to try to stick up for herself

"I was trying to strike when they didn't expect it--" I raised the gun to her head

"Riv." warned Shadie

I pulled the hammer back.

"Riv."

I pushed the barrel against her forehead

"Riv!" she yelled

"Bang..." I whispered "...the deaths are on you." I punched her in the stomach "Get out."

"B-but--" she stammered from the ground

I shot the floor by her legs and she ran out of our head quarters.

"...Anyone else want to go and try to shot the fucking place down?!" I yelled spinning my shoulders and glaring at everyone that could have the slightest doubt in my leading ability "...alright...those of you that were friends of the dead, I want you to speak up. Let me know who you are."

"Here" replied one of my oldest and best guys, Goji

I walked up to where he was sitting on an over turned bucket and put my hand on his shoulder "Hey, Go. Who'd you lose today?"

"Tavon and Lou Lou. He was my cousin and she was a good little kid." he replied through gritted teeth "A good little girl."

"I know what you mean, Man, I know." called Jazz, another of my ol' boys "This whole room is the lowest branch on the mother fuckin' tree. Everybody's a loss--we outta go out and find that bitch and kill--"

"Jazz I love that you think the same way I do but...would that bring 'em back? There is nothing more that I want to do then put a bullet in that god damn head of hers!" everyone cheered and some readied their guns for a traitor hunt "But I say we get back at the fucking Clears! Kin didn't put a bullet in our friends and family--Night Land scum did!"

"We're all in Riv!"

"Yeah, let's go now!"

"No, we can't rush into this shit like we did today. I didn't wanna have to hold a dying boy in my arms as he breathed his last breath--but I did!" I stepped onto a nearby desk and started to shout "I came close to ENDING all this fighting TODAY!" the crowd before me stared in awe "It's true!"

"Yeah, tell it girl!" yelled Shay being held back by Diggs

"You know what that proves?! We CAN win! There WILL be a victor! And will be the RIVER GUARDS!" the whole place was screaming with excitement and pent up anger was voiced, finally

"We're out on the streets tonight!" I declared then whispered to myself as I stood high above the rest of my family "We'll make them even more afraid to cross the water, it's going down Brink."

Later that day as I crouched under the bridge in the pitch blackness I could feel my heart beat harshly against my ribs. I told all of my best shooters to be down here with me while that calm and less trigger happy member went up with High School and Diggs to...gently wake the Clears.

I turned to Roll Out and half smirked.

"We're here..." he whispered "You are the best leader anybody could have asked for."

"Come on, Outtie. Don't talk like that." he then smiled his goofy grin

"Yeah, I know I shouldn't but you're like...I don't know a sister and a mom to me." he smiled like the silly little brother I will always remember him as "I just wanted to thank you again for taking me in."

"You know you shouldn't thank me...after all I brought you here." he looked at me sympathetically

"You're not as bad as you think you are, River." he put a large, tan hand over my smaller, scarred one


Flashback

"Riv I'll lead the bomb squad." recommended Shadie

"No way." stepped up Diggs "I'll do it."

I gave them an unsure look then sighed "Shay I want you to stay back here."

"Say what now?" she asked raising her blond eyebrows

"Diggs, Man don't let me down." I started to walk away but Shadie pulled me back my shoulder

"What the hell?! You know I can do this!" she sounded more pleading than angry

I lead her out of everyone's earshot and leveled with her "You're the only one I want running this place if I get downed tonight."

"What?" she looked shocked "You said that--"

"Look." I said shortly "I'm eight-teen. I've been doing this for five years and I've known you were the one to take over after me because...that's just the ways it's gotta be." I sighed

"But--"

"Don't fight me on this one. I love you and you are my sister. I don't have a plan this time and I'm really...afraid, right now. So if I'm done, I'm done. You. Are. In. Charge."

End Flashback


I left most of the important crew back at the abandoned building we call home. Where we eat, sleep, hell Shay once said she wouldn't mind getting married there because that's the only thing that's ever been a constant in our lives. It's the one place we could count on being there when we woke up.

The "bombs" were constructed out of cleaning supplies and put in the gas tank of cars that spanned a huge flaming square that we all helped coat in a line of gasoline, booze, and liter fluid on the opposite side of the river pinning them in a box of hell to be taken down one-by-one by our best gunmen.

An enormous, ear-splitting explosion signaled the up-coming events

The enemy came streaming out of the buildings close by while my firebugs darted into the water and crossed over to our side.

"Hold!" I shouted before anyone could shoot..."There you are...Brink!"

"OPEN FIRE!"

The rest was just a blur of white flashes and the smell of gun powder and hot metal. All I could tell was we were slowly winning. We were succeeding at this pointless fight. We all slowly moved forward, pushing their backs to the fiery walls.

"...This is it...I've done it...we don't have to die anymore...no more names on the wall after tonight." we were crossing the bridge when the worst sound I've ever heard in my life crawled sickly to me, making fun of every move I've ever made and every time I've ever felt a single pang of hope.

"Behind us! Sand Runners!" shouted one of my guys before being shot in the chest

"What?!" I spun around and saw the three leaders of the supposedly neutral gang to our west and then I saw Brink to our east. He was smiling with sick satisfaction and malicious intent reeked from every poor on his body "FALL BACK!"

It was too late...our small troop had fallen to the hands of foul play. Roll Out and I were the last two still on the bridge, being pushed extremely close to the bars and the rest were being slaughtered as they ran.

"Don't shoot!" yelled Brink forcing guns down with his hands just before all firing stopped "I have other plans for these two."

I growled and raised my hand guns at him and he pointed his at Roll Out. Instinctively I slowly lowered them and let both drop from my hands

"What are you doing?!" yelled my friend as that bastered approached us, gun in hand "Shoot him!" he looked at me angrily "Fine if you won't I will!"

He drew his weapon quickly "No!" I screamed but yet again, I was fast enough Brink hit him hard in the stomach with his shoulder pushing him over the railing.

I dove for him and grabbed his hand with my two. "Naruto!" I whimpered. It was a very long way down and he still wasn't breathing properly after the blow to his chest "Don't fall. Don't fall. Don't fall." I pleaded

He didn't look like he knew what was going on as I started to slip forward.

"No! No! NO!" I yelled and heard footsteps come closer

"This is pay back." he laughed and Naruto started to come to

"Oh...hey Riv." his voice as listless and crackling "You called me Naruto." he smiled weakly

"Focus help me get you up here!" I demanded with a panic stricken voice

Before I knew what to do next I felt a bullet grind to my inner thigh I let out a scream and my grip faltered releasing my baby brother to his most likely death.

"NO!" I started to jump over the bars but that fucker grabbed around my waist and held me close enough to the edge to see him drop "Get your hands OFF ME!" I kicked and scratched my jagged nails across his face "LET GO! Nar-uto! Let...Go!...Naruto..."

"I don't think so..." his voice was tainted silk "Get Medic. She's about out...keep her alive. I want her to know what happened this night." he pasted me off while I still fought, with what little strength I had left, to keep awake.

"Well...would you look at that. The great and powerful Riv has been brought down. She's alive still right?" asked a bitchy woman's voice

"Yes." their talking was far away now "She's very much alive."

"Oh, my." said a very quiet, younger girl's soft gasp sounded "She's in bad shape."

"Thank you, God. Just let me be ended soon..." I thought as my head lolled back and forth and my vision remained blurry

"Can you fix her?" asked a bored voice

"Yes. I-I believe so." I tried to focus on what they were saying "It's close but Brink-san missed the artery. She'll be alright." she concluded

He said nothing and left

"I-I think you're still awake but I um...your friend lived through the fall...we pulled him out of the water alive." she whispered as if she wasn't supposed to tell me

"Ugh...I..." I grumbled

"It's not a problem...w-what Brink-san did was wrong. I...I am very sorry." she mumbled

I nodded my head weakly "Thank you. He deserves to live" was the last thing I thought before passing out .


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-OD98