"Pause. Rewind. Take it back. You did what with who?" Royalty screamed.

"And saw who?" Ming added.

"And they said what?!" Cindy ended.

As always, the girls were sitting at home, talking about last night's events. Ming was telling them that some guy kept spilling his life story to her drunkenly at the bar, even when she told him that it was none of her business. The tea was hot but she didn't want to see him sobbing in her face as she poured drinks. Royalty had two girls bet on who could get her to sleep with them so throughout the whole night, they were staring and talking to the young girl. No matter how many times Royalty would tell the girls vividly how much she was only attracted to males, they still tried their best to purse her. She spent most of the night running from them. Then there was Cindy who actually seemed to have a good time. Her and Caesar engaged in very interesting conversation once he came back and even said he wasn't half bad. He made her laugh without trying too hard but she wouldn't let anyone know that. She has too much pride to admit to it.

It was all down to Jazmine who just couldn't stay away from drama. Seeing her ex while also making out with Huey in the space of a couple of minutes definitely topped them all.

"I can't believe Jayden is here... is he as fine as he was back in high school?" Cindy asked mysteriously.

Jazmine groaned but answered anyway. "I hate to say this but he was looking good. Had that birthday glow about him." She really didn't want to admit it but the Lord did bless the boy with good looks that it would be foolish is someone tried to argue against it.

"What happened to the 'fuck him' attitude we had when you broke up?" Ming crossed her arms.

"Times have changed Ming." Cindy laughed.

"Anyway, it's not like I want to get back with him. I moved on a long time ago."

"Ok then so let's talk about Huey Freeman and how you both nearly fucked in the office." Royalty jumped in after a long time.

Jazmine once again groaned; she has been getting a lot of attention lately. "We just kissed for a while before you came and ruined it."

Royalty pretended to be hurt. "I am sorry if I warned you so shit wouldn't be awkward. Give a girl credit, ungrateful bitch."

"I know but guys... I was thinking about when he first arrived to the club and went to talk to Raven, he came out with a lip stick stain on him." Jazmine told them nervously. She forgot to mention that part.

Silence.

No one said anything or moved. All three girls' mouths were hanging open from this new information Jazmine was telling them. The strawberry blonde looked at her friends wondering why they were frozen. Did she say something wrong? Did she break them?

"Um guys..." Jazmine proceeded to wave her hand in front of their faces to see if they would snap out of it and it seemed to work when she saw them blinking.

"I guess I gotta commit murder today." Cindy spoke up first. Her face screwed up in anger as she looked at her best friend.

"There's no need for that." Jazmine rolled her eyes but wouldn't be lying if she said she wasn't intrigued.

"Maybe Cindy is right for once-"

"Shade."

"You can't let him get away with that. How dare he mess with her then you in the same place on the same day. That's some bullshit." Ming ranted.

"I think you best ask him before you jump to conclusions." Royalty shrugged.

Cindy and Ming looked at Royalty as if she was crazy.

"Since when was you against violence?" Ming questioned.

"Since she got that Freeman dick. They both dick-notized them." Cindy smirked at them.

Jazmine just found it funny that they automatically assumed she had seen that part of him. They haven't gotten anywhere near there.

"Royalty is right. I have to talk to him. If he is trying to be serious, I need to know that him and Raven are nothing at all. I don't have time to be chasing anyone." Jazmine concluded and everyone nodded in agreement.

"Now that that is over, can we do our shopping now. We have a day and a half to make up a routine for Saturday." Royalty spoke up again.

"Ok who are you and what have you done to Royalty?" Cindy looked at her friend shocked.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Was the answer they got and they all just laughed.

With that, the girls eventually left their home to get their things sorted while also discussing what they could do for their stage entrance. Jazmine had to hold her tongue on the topic while also creating different scenarios in her head on how the dreaded but needed conversation would go. She hoped it ends well.


Later that night, on the other side of town, there were a group of 10 men dressed in all black standing outside a warehouse.

The leader watched intensely at the activity happening outside.

'5 men outside, easy.' He observed before turning back to his people.

"HO, I want you on the roof. If you see anyone coming in, you know what to do." Huey instructed Hiro who nodded in response before running to the building not far to get in position. He was going to be their sniper. "Reezy and MC will lead the rest of you inside. Reezy, you will take 3 and go around the front. MC, you will take the rest and go in by that side door, I will go in the back. When you hear a gun shot, that is when I want you all to go. Do you understand?" Huey instructed his men, which they all understood.

Before Huey could go, he stopped at his brother.

"You good to go Ghost? I don't think it's a good idea for you to go in on your own." Reezy said casually as he began inspecting his AK47 he held in his hand.

"They call me Ghost for a reason. I have never seen you so concerned." Ghost smirked.

Immediately, the younger man got defensive. "Man shut the fuck up. I only said something because mom was calling about your ass, I don't care about you, that shit gay."

Ghost just rolled his eyes at his brother but held out his closed fist towards him. "See you on the other side."

Riley basically punched his brothers closed fist. "Whatever nigga."

This was how they showed concern for each other, it was just the brother's way as they were not affectionate ones, especially to each other but would still hurt anyone who tries to harm the other. Whenever they go on 'missions' like this, that was their way of saying goodbye and making sure the other makes it out alive.

They both smirked as they pulled up the bandana that was resting on their neck around their mouth. It was black and had the outline of a panthers mouth as if it was roaring. Everyone in the gang got one once they joined so whenever you see it, you know who you were dealing with. Huey and Riley got theirs for Christmas when they were 5 and 7 from their uncle which their mother was fuming about and their father just laughed, he thought it was cute. It was too big for them anyway so they never put it on again until they actually joined.

Ghost ran somehow silently, around the parked vehicles as his way of getting to the back entrance without being noticed. He used his training to rely on his sense of hearing since it was dark and he was focusing on staying hidden. He stopped behind a black Range Rover and peered over it. The same five men were talking and laughing in Russian and was fully unaware that they were about to die in the next few minutes. Oh well.

Ghost got to the back and saw there was one with his back towards him smoking.

'First kill.' Ghost thought. He crept from the last car and tiptoed up the man who was in his own world. He reaches into his pocket and pulled out a glistening dagger. A 13th birthday present he got from the same uncle, who the mother now says she dislikes jokingly because of his presents and influence. What made it even worse, his father got Huey a three set katana that he was asking for since he was 10. He always carried at least 1 of these items.

Within seconds, his hand was over the smoker's mouth who then began to panic and thrust around but Ghost was quicker. Before he could get elbowed in the stomach, Huey pulled out his trusted dagger and ran it across the man's throat. The gurgling sound of the man choking on his own blood hit Ghost's ears. Deciding he didn't need to hold onto the body any longer, he watched it collapse to the ground and the area around him flood with blood.

Ghost heard someone coming to the door and hide behind it, knowing they would come out and see the body.

The door opened and a man walked out, lighting his own cigarette, oblivious. "Trevor, I saw-" He paused when he finally realised the body on the floor. "What the-" He was about to run inside and scream but Ghost once again, beat him to it. He jumped out of his hiding spot and drove the dagger straight into his neck with his friends' blood still present on the blade. You could see it poking out on the other side of the neck demonstrating how much force Ghost put into it. Knowing the man will bleed out in a few seconds, Ghost removed the dagger, stabbed him in the chest for good measure and let another body drop to the ground.

Not wasting any time, Ghost ran inside. Three men were present.

"Hey!" One shouted and from there, everything went into chaos. Two of the men pulled out their guns, ready to shoot Ghost but he managed to get out of the line of fire before it made contact with his skin. He rolled to his right and grab the third man, using him as a human shield. Bullets flew his way but not one touched him, it all collided with the man he held onto.

"Ahhhhh!" The human shield screamed before falling silent, dead.

Shocked at what they did, they froze, giving Ghost enough time to pull out his own pistol and shoot the other two, hitting them right in the skull. Once again, he threw the dead man to the side and continued making his way further inside, keeping his eyes and ears open.

Not far, he could hear the sounds of gun shots and shouting which he understood that his people were now inside, shooting up the whole place. Knowing he has to find them quickly, he sped up but still paid attention to his surroundings.

He turned left and a few men were there. One threw a punch at his head which he ducked under and sent an uppercut straight to his chin, making the man fall on his back knocked out cold. Another tried to stab him in the stomach so he grabbed his hand and snapped it in two. The man screamed in pain before falling to his knees, before Ghost could make sure this one didn't get back up, another ran over and attempted to kick him in the head. Ghost let go of the one he was holding and threw him in the direction of the one who was coming at him. Seeing him stubble, Ghost ran up the wall and flew off doing a superman punch into the man's skull. Once his left foot landed, he jumped back into the air and roundhouse kicked the enemy in the chest who dropped to the floor coughing in pain. Ghost pulled out his gun once again and shot them all before moving further in the building.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, he was grabbed. One on the left, the other on the right. They restrained him using all their strength but Ghost is not only stronger but has more skill. He managed to do a back flip out of their hold and did a cartwheel to give them some distance. The man on the right ran at him with a knife but Ghost had his own. He jumped out the way and stabbed the man in his ribs who then stumbled back in pain and holding onto his bleeding side. The other man pulled out his gun to shoot Ghost but the gang leader slid under it and kneed him in the leg, making him fall to his knees. Once at the same height, he grabbed the hand that had the gun in it and used it to shoot his friend before forcing his hand towards himself and shooting himself in the head. Their bodies pilled and Ghost moved on.

He finally made it to the main room and saw there was a whole shoot out happening. He same his people on the left and far end of the room, ducking and shooting at the Russians who were closer to him. Aiming his gun, he effortlessly shoots as many as he could and he managed to catch two before they started shooting in his direction. He rolled in front of a car that just so happened to be in there and took cover.

"Ay yo Ghost!" He heard over the gun fire. He saw MC ducking then standing up and shooting before ducking down again. They looked at each other and nodded.

Ghost jumped up and ran as fast as he could towards MC as he provided cover. Once together, Ghost immediately jumped back into action, shooting at the enemy.

"Any trouble?" Ghost asked as they both ducked behind the row of barrels they were stationed behind, breathing slightly heavy.

"Nothing we couldn't handle." MC smirked at his friend and leader. Before Ghost could reply they heard Reezy's voice from the other side of the room.

"Ok, I'm reloaddiiinnnggg!" His crazed laugh rang just as much as the bullets did as they saw him stand and spray bullets in the Russians direction. Thanks to Reezy as well as the rest of the gang, their rivals fell to the cold concrete floor, dead.

The room stood still as The Panthers slowly walked out of their positions, staying alert just in case one pretended to be dead.

"Everything good on your part Reezy?" Ghost asked as they stepped over the dead bodies.

"Yeah nigga." Reezy smiled hard as his eyes laid on the context on the table in the middle of the room. "Oh shit..."

There in front of them was about 60 kilos of cocaine still wrapped in their large packaging as well as bags of money, at least a good hundred thousand in there.

"Did you know there was this amount of shit in here?" MC questioned just as shocked at the contents.

"No... I was told that there was at least 35 kilos and only a few hundreds of money." Ghost said shocked as he looked at the three bags of money.

"Maybe they stocked up last minute, tried to move their shit but we got here before they could." MC suggested as he used his gloved hand to bag up the drugs with the help of the other guys.

"Shhhittt, them niggas gonna be mad as hell." Reezy commented as he stared at the money.

"That's not my problem." Ghost commented as he zipped up the bags much to Reezy's protest. "Let's go." Ghost instructed as he grabbed one of the money bags. Reezy grabbed the other as well as MC while the other men that came with them grabbed the four bags of cocaine. As they were walking out, there was a man crawling slowly towards a gun not far from his reach as blood leaked from his wounds. Without even skipping a beat, Ghost pulled out his gun and shot the man in the head. He didn't even look at the victim or stop and look, he just continued his steps.

As they arrived outside, they saw HO standing with a different gun. He had already gotten their large black van and was waiting on the side with back doors open, waiting for them to get in.

"I see you had fun without me." HO smirked as he saw the bags and the blood all over Ghost that glistened in the moonlight.

"Acting like your ass didn't have fun out here." MC shared a knowing smirked as he looked at the extra dead bodies littered across the ground.

"I guess you can say that." HO laughed before jumping in the drivers seat. Ghost joined him up front while the rest went in the back.

HO casually drove away from the warehouse filled with dead people while Ghost sat silently looking in the distance.

"What did you find? You came out with more bags than what was expected." HO questioned.

Ghost let out a deep breath before explaining their findings which left his friend shocked too.

"Holy shit. Are you serious? They are not going to he happy about that." The Asian laughed.

"Just like I said before. Its not my problem. They want to start some shit, we're ready." HO could hear the hardness and determination in Ghost's voice and knew he meant every word he said.

The rest of the journey would have been in silence until Ghost's phone started to ring.

"Who's that?" HO asked as he looked at Ghost's now calm facial expression.

Ghost ignored him and chose to answer the phone.

"Jazmine, it's a bad time right now." Huey answered once he heard her voice.

"Wow, you just going to ignore you're girl?" Hiro shook his head jokingly.

"Shut up and keep you eyes on the road." Huey moved the phone away from his mouth, hoping Jazmine wouldn't hear him.

"Shut up? Huey! Who the fuc-" Jazmine started but Huey cut her off.

"Jazmine. I was talking to Hiro." Huey rolled his eyes even though she couldn't see.

"Oh…"

The man sighed. "I'm doing some business right now, can't you call back in like an hour or two?"

"No. We need to talk now." She answered him just as determined.

"Why?"

"I need to know if you're fucking Raven on the side."

Huey moved the phone away from his face, and scrunched his face up in confusing. This caused Hiro to pay attention again because he has never seen Huey pull that face before.

"What-"

Before he could answer, she continued.

"I see how she be staring at you like you have just been fucking. And why is it that every time I am around, she pulls you away. Lets not forget about last night and your lip stick stain. You're lucky my ass was distracted by my ex and your good ass kisses because I would have pulled your bitch ass up on it. I do not have time to be a mans side piece or the main chick that knows her man has a side chick. Make up you mind!"

Jazmine was talking so loud, even Hiro could hear, causing him to burst out in laughter. She was a brave one.

Huey sat there in silence for a second, wondering what just happened. This was not what he expected Jazmine to be calling about so late.

"I only go away with Raven because I hope she's talking about business and not some other shit. Me and her are dead and have been for years. I guess she might be jealous or something I don't know." Huey began as he heard the other line was silent, well silent from Jazmine, he could hear whispering from her friends in the back but decided to ignore it. "The lip stick came from when she tried to kiss my neck but I moved and told her I wasn't ok with that. Hopefully she got that message this time since I went off on her for a good 3 minutes. And I kissed you because I wanted to. Fuck your ex, his time has passed which is why he's an ex. I got you now, no one else." Huey concluded.

The other end of the phone went silent again.

'She must have muted herself.' Huey thought as he saw they pulled up to their new location.

"Jazmine." He tried to get her attention back.

"Huh, oh yeah umm." She stuttered, shocked at his forwardness again. "Prove it." She built her courage up again.

"What."

"Prove you want me." She answered again

"Ok. Make sure you're ready by 12 tomorrow."

"But I have to-"

"You said prove it, let me prove it." He cut her off again.

After a while of contemplating, she replied back. "Fine."

"Good. Night Jazmine."

"Bye…"

They hung out and Huey jumped out the van before Hiro could park properly.

"Ay!" Hiro called to his boss. "Jazmine really got you strung huh."

Hearing this, Huey paused in his steps. He hadn't put much thought into it.

"Let's just count this money." He replied. Ghost walked to the back and opened up the van for the rest to get out.

"Damn nigga finally." Reezy jumped out the van with the bag still in his hand. "We could hear your ass on the phone, I guess Mariah's ass got you on lock." He laughed.

"Why are you both on my dick today? We got business to handle." Ghost face hardened hoping they would drop the conversation.

As he walked inside, HO, Reezy and MC stared at the older Freeman in disbelief.

"Did you hear his conversation?" HO asked as they closed up the van.

"Yeah. As much as he doesn't want to admit it, he is definitely on lock. This nigga really all over her, in a short space of time. She must be a witch or something." MC laughed as they walked inside the building.

"Whatever nigga. All I know is that after this, I got some pussy to fuck as soon as we're done." Reezy smirked.

MC raised an eyebrow. "You just as bad as your brother. You always talk about Royalty like that but we all know you want her all to yourself so stop playing with her."

Reezy shrugged, now not liking the attention on him. "It's not even like that. We have an understanding. We just fuck, nothing else."

"Let's see how long that shit last." HO laughed as they walked inside.

When they got inside, Ghost was already sorting out the money using machines to count it and rubber bands to wrap up every hundred.

"You couldn't wait." Reezy smirked as he joined his brother.

"It's been a long night." Ghost answered, not taking his eyes off the table.

"Alright whatever."

For the next hour or so, they all sat there counting the money and sorting it out. The money was all in different notes so it took them longer to organize it all out but once they got the flow of it, it became easier.

"600 for you all." Huey handed out the rolled-up money to the men that helped they raid the warehouse who then thanked him and left to go home, leaving only four left.

"How much we got left?" Reezy asked.

"$19466." Hiro answered. With the reminder of the money, they shared it out equally. Usually, Huey is expected to get more but today he was feeling generous.

"I would sit and have a drink with yall but I got a girl to get. Deuces." Reezy backed away quickly after collecting his cash as he saw it was already coming up to three and he didn't want Royalty to stay up waiting for him.

MC shook his head as the crazy 23-year-old ran out. "And he claims he isn't whipped. You know I can't stand the both of you. Stubbornness and in denial must run in the family because you two are clueless as fuck."

Huey sighed in frustration. "Caes. Why are you so pressed about us and them girls?" Huey asked annoyed.

"Because nigga. We can see these are not just regular girls. They know how to handle their own. Imagine how it looks for any girl like Jazmine to have you on ropes and cuss you out without you correcting them. I have seen you do that shit many times, you don't take disrespect lightly. Just get your shit straight. I'm sure they know how to fight and they obviously don't give a fuck about who you is. Just think about it. Anyway, you and Jazmine would have cute kids." Caesar teased at the end which was not what they expected to hear. He patted his friend back before leaving with Hiro not far behind him who just gave a knowing look as a way of saying to listen to Caesar.

Huey sat there looking at the remaining bags left on the table. It had been a very long night and he was still covered in blood. The drugs would stay here overnight until one of his people disposed of it.

Just as he was about to leave, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in." Huey called out with his finger resting on his gun. Anyone trying to kill him wouldn't knock but just to be sure.

The door slowly opened to reveal someone he needed to talk to but not now.

"Raven…" Huey sighed obviously tired.

"Wait, let me talk." She held her hand up and he could see in her eyes that she was practically begging him to hear her out. He nodded and continued. "I'm sorry. About everything. I don't know what came over me these past few days and I don't know why it took me so long to pull myself up on it. You know me Huey so you know this is out of character of me. I haven't show you the respect you deserved as my boss and as my friend. Tell Jazmine I'm sorry for giving her a hard time too, I was just being cautious which I still will be until I am 100% sure they are not trying to screw this gang over. I understand if you want to hand the business over to someone else… I'll just see myself out." Raven ended her apology and Huey was shocked. This girl was as stubborn as him so her saying sorry was crazy.

"Wait…" Raven was about to walk out when she heard him speak and slowly turned around to face him, scared for what he would say. "Thank you for saying sorry, I'll let Jazmine know what you said. What made you apologies?" He asked.

Raven sighed and sat on the table across from him. "I was sorting out funeral arrangements for my cousin and I broke down crying. I wished I saw her more often, to make sure she stayed out of trouble but I didn't. Now's she's gone, I don't want to lose anymore people on bad terms. We live in a dangerous fucking world Huey. I don't want to see anymore friends swallowed up by it." Raven answered, tearing up a bit thinking about her deceased family member.

Huey rose from his spot and walked over to Raven. She held a breath wondering what he would do next. He stepped in front of her and let out a deep breath. This day was just getting more complicated than it had to be.

"Ok. We're cool. Plus, no one can run a club better than you, that's why you manage it." Huey smirked at her and she smiled at him. In excitement, she jumped up and hugged him tightly while he just stood there as he usually would.

Realising what she did, she quickly jumped away from him. "Sorry. Wait, ewww you couldn't have told me you got blood on you?" She frowned and stepped back, checking herself to see if any blood passed onto her.

Huey smirked. "It's dry."

Raven looked at him in disbelief. "Nigga that don't mean shit. I hate you, bye!" The brown skin girl walked out the room shaking her head at the only remaining person left in the room. She was glad she managed to clear the air between them two, he was always someone she would love and respect and recent;y, she hasn't been showing that. She needed to clear everything up with her friend and boss.

The young man looked around the room, guessing he was now alone. He needed to shower and sleep. Shower and sleep. That sounded heavenly to him.

He grabbed the bags of cocaine and hid it just so it was out of sight, that would be sorted tomorrow. He packed up his things and made his way to his car to drive to the comfort of his home.

It had been a very long day.

Planning the robbery. Doing the robbery. Jazmine questioning him. Counting money. Lecture from Caesar and then Raven's apology. He couldn't go one day without some shit happening. He needed a day off.

What made it worse, he had no clue what to do with Jazmine so he guessed he would just wing it.

Wish him luck.


I hope you enjoyed the little action in this chapter, I tried my best and I'm going to try and make them longer so you can get more out of each chapter. Thank you for all your reviews, I can't wait to hear more from you all.

Lool I felt bad for Raven so maybe it's Jayden we have to look out for now who knows.

Guest: I wouldn't really say his character is based on Ghost from Power because Huey is much smarter but I just needed to find a street name that would fit Huey and I just so happen to be watching Power as I was thinking about it.

Bulmas Ego: Huey finally told her about the lipstick. Well she told him about it so she found it and made her point loud and clear that she ain't no side chick.

Chel29: Thank you so much for your reviews!

Your Hitta: Jayden will be making an appearance soon, stay tuned to see how it goes. After this chapter, do you still want to slap Raven? I think she might be changing, who knows.

Guest: I think all of the above and hopefully Jazmine doesn't have to fight Raven loool.

Until next time

-TBG