Chapter 10 : Betrayal

Hiro's POV

Beep Beep Beep !

My alarm clock woke me up. The week had passed and it was Friday again. We were plugged in and making money this whole week. We had sold all 10 bricks by Wednesday.

Carlos had sent out a FedEx truck to meet us today. It would be bringing more kilos to us. We would give 90% of the profit to the drivers and they would unload the truck. This made for an smooth, easy transaction.

I rose from my bed and headed straight for the bathroom. I rubbed my chin hair and combed my head. Damn I was pretty. No homo. I brushed my teeth and I was back in my bedroom.

What would I wear today? Choices, choices. Since we were making money, I had been buying a lot of things lately. Like a brand new flat screen for my parents and new furniture. They were suspicious about how I was getting this money, but as long I was providing they didn't care.

I decided to throw on my Red October Yeezy 2s with a pair of black Trues. I pulled my black/red True Religion hoodie over my head and headed out. Not without my gun, though.

Since I was buying stuff around the house my mom started letting me use the Benz to drive to school. Woodcrest High was on 85th and I lived on 70th. The car ride was about 5 minutes and I was at school.

I looked down at my diamond bezel. It was 7:40. School started at 7:45, so I was five minutes early. I walked up to the side door of the school and entered there, mostly because my locker was on that side.

As soon as I entered the school, the hallway was filled with shocked people. At first I didn't know why, then it hit me. Murda Man Trigga was some people's favorite rapper. They thought when he got rich he was going to put the whole city on. Oh well.

I brushed my way through the crowd to my locker, where Riley was waiting. I raised my eyebrow as I advanced towards him. "Wassup?" I asked. "You see what we did? Niggas really sad about this" He snickered.

"Yeah, I know. Another body for Dark Side" I added. "True, true. But I gotta get to class because I'm not a senior like you" Riley stated, walking off. I shook my head and emptied everything into my locker. I grabbed my textbooks and headed for class.

The first couple periods went by pretty fast and it was lunch time. Riley would always sneak out of class down to the senior lunch hour, much to Huey's disapproval. But today he wasn't here. We sat at our regular tables and talked about all kinds of things, but today an interesting topic came up.

"You know that nigga Lamilton been trying to get me on a date with him!" Cindy stated, rolling her eyes. "He know I fucks with Riley, too. Just thirsty"

Caeser stopped what he was doing and looked at Cindy sideways. "Do he know where you stay?" He asked. She nodded her head. "Why?" She asked. "Because they owe him money. How do you think I got shot and Jazmine's lip got busted?" Huey said. "Well nigga how I'm supposed to know, you don't tell me shit!" Cindy exclaimed.

"Well it's dangerous for you to even be in contact with him. You should stay with Jazmine this weekend." I suggested. "That'll work, because it isn't safe right now Cindy" Jazmine said. Cindy shrugged her shoulders. "Why not?"

"But did y'all hear what happen to that Low End rapper?" Cindy questioned. "You mean did we see?" Caeser replied, with a devilish grin. "You did it, didn't you?" She inquired.

"Nah, ask that man" Caeser said, pointing at me. Cindy looked at me and gave me a high five. "Damn Hiro I didn't think you was a killa too. But good, cuz that nigga needed to go!" Cindy shouted, gaining some mosey looks from other tables. "Cindy you gotta stop being so loud" Jazmine said.

"Caeser and Hiro, y'all starting to scare me" Jazmine implied, smirking. "How many times y'all got away with murder is ridiculous" Huey added. "But always remember this, you live by the gun, you die by the gun"

Caeser exploded with laughter. I just thought for a second. All this robbing and killing we've been doing. It's only right that it came back on us. If not us, possibly our loved ones, or even our children. The rate we were going I honestly couldn't see us making it to 21.

"So Cindy... What's been up with you and Riley?" Jazmine asked. Cindy turned bright red. "Um, nothing.." She replied. "Y'all fucked yet?" Caeser chimed in. She turned and punched Caeser in the arm. Ouch, for a girl she hit like a dude.

"And no! Not yet..." Cindy trailed off. "Don't worry, he has dreams about it every night" Huey spoke up. Cindy eyes lit up. Damn, Huey was really putting Riley out there.

"That nigga did WHAT?" Riley asked. By this time, school was over and Riley was back at my locker. "He told Cindy about your um.. dreams" I mumbled. "That fag ass nigga! Always hating" Riley shouted.

I snickered a bit and grabbed my book bag out of my locker. Me & Riley were going to the courts on 65th to hoop today, so he was riding with me after school. It was hard to get him to move faster because he would always stay and flirt with all the girls. They loved touching his hair, like they haven't seen dreadlocks before.

Today was no different, he was up to his usual antics. I stopped on the sidewalk of the school. "MAN BRING YO ASS ON" I shouted. He shot me a glare, but followed after me. But not after smirking at all the girls.

He caught up and we got in the car. "Uptight Asian ass" He snickered. "You take too damn long, fuckin wit them hoes but ain't getting no puss" I stated. "Boy you sound dumb you must not know who I am" He smirked.

He proceeded to tell me about how he and some girl had sex on the couch in his living room. Even thought I knew he wasn't lying, I ignored him anyway. "Then after I was done she couldn't get up from the couch" He said. "We here" I said, ignoring his comment.

Huey's POV

I walked into the house after dropping Jazmine & Cindy off. I felt relieved that Cindy would be safe staying with Tom. There was no doubt Lamilton was locked on to Cindy. I didn't know what his intentions were exactly, but I knew they weren't good.

I looked around the house. It was quiet, Granddad was no where in sight. I sat on the couch and unloaded my homework onto the living room table.

Suddenly, the phone rang. I answered and was met by hostility. It was Lamilton. "Tell them niggas I'm on they ass. They had too many chances, now it's no talking" Lamilton hissed. Just as I was about to reply, the phone clicked.

"Dammit" I said, slamming it down. I had to find Riley. I grabbed my jacket and rushed across the street. I knocked on Jazmine's door and Tom answered it. "Well hello, Huey" He said, confused. "I have to talk to Jazmine and Cindy" I stated.

He nodded and let me in. I walked up the stairs to Jazmine's room. "Afro maniac" Cindy exclaimed as I entered the room. Jazmine was in her personal bathroom in her room, while Cindy was sitting on the bed.

Jazmine walked out of the bathroom. She had her hair out of her ponytail and it was flowing down her back. Damn she looked beautiful. "Umm, do y'all know where Riley is?" I asked. "He went somewhere with Hiro, why?" Cindy replied.

"Lamilton just called, he's looking for him" I stated. "What!? We gotta find him" Jazmine shouted. "Well let's go" Cindy said, hopping off the bed. They followed me down the stairs and to the door.

"Daddy we'll be back" Jazmine yelled. "Ok, be safe" Tom shouted from his room. We walked back across the street and got into my car.

I pulled out of the driveway and we were off. "So where we going?" Cindy asked, from the back seat. "I really don't know" I replied. Jazmine and Cindy looked at me sideways. "Da fuck?" Cindy said. I shrugged my shoulders at her comment. I guess we would just ride around the city looking for him.

Riley's POV

We entered the gym and it was packed. People were watching and sitting in the bleachers. A 5-on-5 was in progress as we walked into the sideline.

A short middle-aged man dribbled down the court and pulled up for a three... Swish.

"That's game again, who got next" He said. "We do" I spoke up. He turned and nodded his head. "Where yo five?" He asked. My eyes searched the gym. I saw a 6'3 player, a 6'0 player, and a 6'9 player. "I got those three, plus my man Hiro" I declared.

The man's eyes lit up. "This is going to be an easy win" He stated. "We undefeated" I shook my head at his foolishness as my team strutted onto the court.

The ball tipped of and we had possession. The man was guarding me. It was time to embarrass him. He got up into my shirt and I blew past him. His teammate stepped up and I dropped it off to Hiro for the easy score. Too easy, I knew I had him.

We blew the game open and went out in fashion. One more point before we won. I dribbled behind my back. Once. Twice. I threw the ball in between the man's legs. I got around him and had a wide open lay up. He came from behind and pushed me in the back.

"Daamn foul!" I shouted. "Ain't no fouls, lil bitch" He replied, pushing my chest. He backed up and stared at me. I balled my fist up and swung. I hit him square in the eye. Now this was a grown man I was fighting, but after years of fighting Huey, I knew I could take him. He stumbled back, gripping his eye.

Then out of nowhere, Hiro connected to his nose. Blood began to flow everywhere. The man fell to the ground. Hiro stood over him and began to stomp the side of his head. A crowd gathered and stopped the fight. They separated us and Hiro grabbed his bag. "Let's go" He said.

I followed Hiro outside and he made a turn for the alley. "Yo what we doing back here" I asked. He pulled out a long blunt and his lighter. "Flame up" He replied, smirking.

He took three hits and passed it to me. I hit the blunt pretty hard and started coughing up a lung. Hiro began laughing like no tomorrow. "Man don't hit it that hard. That's strong!" He implied. I hit it once more, a little softer this time. Then things changed.

I felt as if I didn't have a care in the world. Everything brightened around me. I felt like I was floating above it all. Hiro started a conversation, but I couldn't pay attention I was so high. My thoughts were louder than anything.

I closed my eyes for a second, then a loud thud awakened me. Hiro had been struck in his back with a baseball bat. He fell to his knees. Before I could realize what happened, it was a gun to my face. The shooter, Lamilton.

"You niggas thought you was just gon fuck me over!" He shouted. "Nah it ain't going down like that.." He trailed off. My heart was in my throat. Damn, would it really end like this?

"Oh yeah, and say hello to Mikey and the rest of them for me, they saw the same thing you're seeing now" He whispered. Then it hit me, and hard. Lamilton had gotten rid of them because they were becoming too powerful. He hated the fact they were becoming more and more relevant. I hated Lamilton. If I ever got out of this I was going to have his head. If ...

Then police sirens went off. "Fuck!" Lamilton shouted, looking around. He looked into my eyes and smirked. "I'll see you later" He turned and ran down the alley. He hopped into a black mini van and disappeared.

I sat down, back against the brick wall. My heart was pounding out of my chest. Why did God keep blessing us? This must be a sign. We have to get him before he gets us.

"Hiro man, you aight?" I said, helping him up. He got up and looked around, confused. "Man I thought I was dead" He stuttered. "Nah, not yet bro" I replied, smirking. "Let's go we gotta meet Caeser behind the old church. He nodded his head and we walked to the car.

Caeser's POV

Where the fuck is these idiots? I been waiting for almost an hour. The truck been here longer than me, though. Suddenly I heard the sound of tires and loud music. They had made it. Hiro parked on the side of me and hopped out the car.

I got out and walked around the back of my car to the trunk. They followed up behind me. I popped the trunk, revealing pistols with suppressors. "Damn boy what the hell?" Riley asked, confused. "Yeah what we doing?" Hiro questioned.

"What it look like?" I said. "There is about 50 bricks and $500,000 dollars in the back of that truck." I stated. "Damn! But don't you remember what Carlos said?" Riley replied. "What you scared of that nigga? Fuck him." I spat.

"Naw we down, let's go" Hiro exclaimed, excitedly. I threw them ski masks and they masked up. Riley & I carried black duffel bags on our shoulders. I did my old trick and left the keys in the ignition.

We snuck across the parking lot the the truck. There was two people sitting in it. I slid across the side of the truck on the driver's side. He was on his phone.

I popped up and opened the door. "Get out!" I shouted, pistol to his face. The passenger reached under the seat and was stopped by Riley. "Drop it bitch!" Riley hissed from the passenger window. We held them up and made him open the truck.

Hiro laid them on the ground, the pistol over them. "Don't move or ima blast both of y'all" Hiro spat. One of the men began to chuckle. "You don't know who you're fucking with! You're DEAD MEN" He shouted. "Yeah yeah, like we ain't heard it before" I chimed in.

Riley and I emptied the goods out the back of the truck. We bagged everything and hopped out. "Ight lets go, nice doing business bitches" I shouted, running away.

We ran across the parking lot. Out the corner of my eye, I saw one of them stand up and point a weapon at us. I spun around quickly and aimed for his forehead. Bulls eye! His body dropped to the ground and the other man took off running.

I sprinted and was at my car in seconds. Riley hopped in the car with Hiro. I floored the pedal and we were out of there. Easy money... We stopped and got out of the car at Hiro's house.

"This nigga Caeser crazy bruh!" Riley shouted. "I swear he is" Hiro added. I nodded my head in agreement. "I got us money, though" I mumbled. It was true. We came up when we needed it. Hiro went in to check on his parents then we were gone. We drove to my house since my mama wasn't there. We needed to count the money and mange the work. It was time to lock the streets down.

Phone Rings ...

"Hello"

"Um hello Mr. Venzuela, I'm afraid to tell you the truck got robbed today.."

"Really? I thought I warned those boys about fucking with my money!"

"They came with masks and took everything, and they killed Troy"

"I don't give a fuck about him. My money is gone. It's time to exterminate these pests . Shame, I grew found of them. Oh well."