Huey slowly opened his eyes to try his best to adjust it to the bright room. It took him a few seconds but he managed to do it.

"Look who finally decided to join us."

Huey turned to see Alex sitting on his phone. He started to sit up to try and get out of the bed, ignoring the pain that was rushing through his body.

"Don't even bother trying to jump off the bed before you want to rip open your stitches." Alex told him as he gentle pushed him down.

Huey stopped fighting and laid his head back down. As he did, the last things he remembered flooded his memory and his eyes flung open.

"Jazmine!" He shouted and tried to jump up again but Alex beat him to it.

"Sit your ass down Ghost. You just got shot in your shoulder and side."

Huey moved his shoulder and felt pain all through his arm.

"You got lucky that the one on your side only got the skin, it could have been a lot worse. I had to take the one in your shoulder out since it didn't pass through." Alex explained to him.

"How are the rest?" Huey asked with his eyes squeezed shut.

"I patched up HO. It was easy since the bullet didn't do a lot of damage to his leg. The other two are fine."

Huey groaned. "I fucked up. I fucked everything and I fucked up bad. I don't deserve none of the shit I have. Within the space of a month I fucked us all over. You all deserve better."

"You're fucking right." Alex agreed making Huey open his eyes and look at the light skin doctor. "You think I was gonna cuddle your ass? Hell no nigga. You know everyone been saying you haven't been making any moves since that last robbery, they are growing impatient and will go off and do their own shit. What happened to the Ghost that would kill someone in a matter of seconds with his bare hands? That's the leader we want. Not some bitch ass nigga running around following some light bright stripper." Huey glared at him when he mentioned Jazmine. "I ain't even lying. Now, I hear they kidnapped her, her friends and Raven. So what are gonna do about it?" Alex crossed his arms as he looked at his injured boss.

"What time is it?"

"Coming up to 3pm." Alex answered which caused Huey to be shocked.

"Why the fuck didn't you wake me? It's been nearly 12 hours since that bastard has had them. You know he has a reputation of treating women like shit." Huey stood up angrily, ignoring all the pain in his body telling him to sit his ass back down.

"Because you needed rest. You all did. Remember I'm still a doctor." He raised an eyebrow as Huey slowly slide off the bed.

"Whatever. I have some shit to handle." With that, Huey left Alex shaking his head and made his way upstairs. He didn't know where everyone was so he decided to start with his cousin's house. He knocked and waited.

The door swung open and there his identical twin cousin was with concern written all over their face.

"Huey! Glad you ok cuz." Dante said relieved as he pulled him into a hug.

"Bullet wound." Was all Huey said to get him off him.

"My bad."

From the side, Huey heard light footsteps and saw a girl with long box braids. She looked up and gasped.

"Hwey!"

"Hey Coco." He patted her back as she hugged his legs. She stepped back pointed to his bloody shirt.

"Hwey hurt?" She frowned.

Huey shook his head. "Fake. Riley poured Kool-Aid on me." He told her.

The look his cousins were giving him just said that she was too smart to believe that.

"Ok Hwey." She rolled her eyes before walking to the fridge to get some juice.

"I need a favour but first..." Huey trailed off as he looked at Coco innocently sipping on her juice box.

Dante sighed as he understood what he meant and walked over to his daughter. "Hey baby. I'm going to need to go to your room and pack an overnight bag then put on a movie while daddy, uncle Dem and Huey have a grown-up talk."

"Where I going?" She pouted.

"Going to stay at grandad's house. You like staying with grandad don't you." He told her in a parental tone.

Huey was always shocked at how much he could change when it came to his daughter.

"Imma call the rest." Demetrius said as he pulled out his phone to call who Huey guessed, Riley.

"I guess." She shrugged as she didn't really feel like going tonight but knew she didn't have much of a choice.

"Good girl, now go on." He gave her a kiss on the forehead before directing her towards her room. Once they heard the sounds of whatever film she was watching turn on, they all got serious.

"So who we fucking up Ghost? Just say where and when and we down." Dante said seriously.

"Yeah no one can fuck with my family." Demetrius knotted his eyebrows together.

"I guess you heard then." Huey said in defeat as he walked over to the fridge to get some water for his very dry throat.

"Of course. Got told not long after you arrived here. We been itching, waiting for you to wake up to find out what's the next move."

Before Huey could reply there was a knock at the door and Hiro, Caesar and Riley piled into the room.

"Nigga." Riley nodded towards his brother who nodded back.

"Glad you ain't dead." Hiro smirked.

"I could say the same to you." Huey pointed to his slight limp.

"Takes more than that to take me out bro."

"As much as I love reunions, we need to cut to the chase and get them girls back." Caesar said seriously.

Everyone turned towards Huey and for some reason, he was stuck. He didn't know what to say or what to do. This was a new feeling for him.

"Uh..." Huey opened his mouth but nothing came out which caused everyone's face to drop.

Riley was the first to speak up. "Nigga what you mean 'uh'? What's the motherfucking move nigga?!" Riley stepped up to him angrily.

"Ay relax cuz." Dante walked up to the brothers staring each other down.

"Nah nah. Fuck being relaxed. We already did that. Tell us Ghost. What's next nigga?" Riley spat out.

"Yo Reezy you need to step back a bit." Caesar stepped in.

"MC. We don't have time for no dumb shit. How he supposed to lead a whole fucking gang and he just sitting there like a dickhead?!" Riley cussed.

"You know what Reezy." Huey walked up to his brother so they were toe to toe. Huey was only an inch taller so they were pretty much eye to eye. "I'm really tired of your fucking lip you spoiled little brat. All you do is complain, grow the fuck up. We're not 16 no more! You can't be fake gangster and run around guns blazing. This needs logically thinking which is why I am the leader of the gang and not you." The air was tense but no one stepped up knowing Huey has been waiting to get this off his chest. Huey stepped back and now turned his attention to the room. "Now. Let's get to the warehouse. I have some people to address." With that, Huey stormed out the room with Riley glaring daggers behind him.

"Well fuck you too gay ass nigga!" Riley shouted out, hoping his brother would hear.

Dante shook his head.

"What?"

"Your bro just got shot and you're just gonna shout at him knowing he's hurt and already pissed at his mistakes. That's low even for you Reezy."

"Maybe if he didn't get caught up with-" Riley tried to defend himself but was cut off by his other cousin.

"You all got caught up. You can't just blame Huey. I know your ass was ready to make it official with Royalty. You were the one that looked ready to put a baby in her." Demetrius raised his perfectly shaped eyebrow at Riley who he could tell looked embarrassed.

"I think you done humiliated the poor boy enough. Let's go kill so people." Hiro looked at them all before walking out the house.

Dante went and got Coco before making his way to his car as everyone else got in their own.


It took about 20 minutes to get to the warehouse and Huey felt ashamed. He was an embarrassment to this gang. The guilt was eating him away but he had to push them feelings aside to be who he was. Ghost. A stone-cold killer, ass kicking, no shit taking, Ghost. That's who he is meant to be but instead he was acting like a bitch ass version of Huey. That stops from now. Ghost is back and he is out for blood.

"Sup Ghost." One of the members greeted him as they all walked into towards the main room. Huey showed that he acknowledges him and continued walking with his top people behind him.

Huey stepped to the front of the room and immediately, the room feel silent which just demonstrated how much power this one man held. His cousins, brother and right hands stood behind him as they all looked around at the people in front of them. It had a mixture of pissed, unimpressed and anticipated facial expressions. A lot were mad that Ghost was not who he was supposed to be while the majority where ready for the next instructions.

Huey took a deep breath before beginning to speak.

"Just by looking on all your faces I already know how you feel. Yeah I know. Shitting leader I am. Dad would be disappointed." Huey looked at the older members who knew how notorious Christian Freeman was. They understood what Huey meant. They all saw his sons gain those same ruthless characterises but now it was swaying but not for long. "That all ends today. After today, its war. Any Russian motherfucker that wants to cross our path will be tortured and killed. I am not telling you to forgive me for the lack of leadership these past few months but fuck all that shit for now and let's act like the proud Panther's we are meant to be. We need to protect our city. Our businesses. Our people. This is our house so don't let them motherfuckers try and fuck our shit up and kill us!"

Everyone in the room was getting pumped and began applauding and shouted their agreement which just fuelled Huey to push further.

"Now. As some of you may know, we" Huey turned slightly to look at Caesar, Hiro and Riley as he referenced them. "have gotten some friends in a bit of a predicament. They were kidnapped. Unfortunately, Midnight was captured too." There was low murmur in the room as a few people were shocked that Raven had been kidnapped.

Midnight was her street name since raven's were black, it was her favourite colour and she was born at midnight so it worked for her.

Huey continued. "We can't let them get away with that shit. They need to pay for what they did. Tonight, I will get them back and don't you worry about how I am. These injuries don't mean shit. I will fix what I did wrong. I need you all to be armed and ready for anything. For who knows how long, shit is not going to be pretty so I want you all to protect yourself as much as you can, I don't want you getting hurt or worse."

People were nodding their heads in agreement as Ghost's motivational speech was taking affect.

Reezy stepped up besides his brother and the two shared a knowing look that said everything they needed to say. 'I'm sorry' and 'I got you bro'. The younger brother reached into his pocket and pulled out the bandana that were a staple of who they were and held it in a closed fist. Hiro, Caesar, Dante and Demetrius stepped up too and did the same thing Riley did. Huey smirked before pulling out his own. He paused and stared at it and somehow felt the power radiating off it and touch his soul. The Panther's mouth was wide open on the bandana as it roared and Huey was ready to roar too.

Slowly, he raised his closed fist that held onto the fabric and screwed his face in anger.

"Let's win a fucking war!" Huey shouted and instantly the room filled with determined shouts from every single body in the room, all fired up for the next move.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Caesar screamed next to him.

The two looked at each other and nodded. As the cheering died down, Huey spoke again.

"While we're gone, I'm going to need people to defend the clubs and makes sure none of them get even a mile close. Today, I want more product on the street, get our money up. If you catch any one the Russians slipping and you manage to catch them, bring them here and beat the shit out of them until they tell you something. If not, just kill them on sight. Look out for a dagger tattoo on their neck as I have seen it on every one that has tried to come at us. We will be back." With that, everyone moved out the room, glad to see that they were getting the leader they deserved. "Let's go." Huey directed to the people around him who then followed him to the tech room.

"Hey Ghost. What can I do for you today?"

In front of a desk full of computers and a large screen was a Latino no older that 18. Huey had heard about his skills. The boy could hack into anything he could get his hands on since he was 14. One of his friends dared him to hack into the police database which he did but the same friend boasted about it in school and 18-year-old Pedro, was arrested. Huey got him out and asked if he would like to work for him but didn't force it on him but the teen jumped at the opportunity and has only been working for The Panthers for 5 months and was already showing the dedication and skill that Huey wanted.

"We need you to track Midnight." Huey cut straight to business.

Pedro looked around the room and saw how tense it was and swallowed. "The implant has only been in for 2 months. I have still been making tweaks to it."

"But it works does it not?" Riley asked annoyed.

"Yes but-"

"Then find her!"

"Reezy relax." Dante held his cousin back. Riley had been on edge ever since the girls got taken and no one could blame him as they were too.

"I am relaxed..." He whispered.

Pedro didn't scare easily. "Listen. I wanted to tell you that her chip might not work because of the new signal I have been working on. It might have interfered with the one she has in which will make it hard to track her. I been meaning to switch all of yours out but it's been hard to get a hold of you."

Huey crossed his arms. "Yeah. Sorry about that, shit been crazy... you said might, so it can still work." Huey pointed out.

"Yes but what would take about 5 to 15 minutes will take 30 minutes or even an hour to track." Pedro explained.

"He's right. Without swapping out the chip she has, it will take longer for this new one to locate her but it's not impossible." Hiro added on which Pedro nodded along. "Track her."

Pedro turned to the computer and began to type what looked like random things to them on the keyboard. Seconds later, the map of America popped up.

"Well that isn't useful." Riley mumbled.

"Patients." Pedro replied as he continued to type. "While you're here, I might as well take out those old chips and put in the new ones. I think it's time we start giving it to everyone else."

"Smart thinking." Hiro smirked at the teen. Hiro usually handed the tech but he much preferred the money side so he was glad they found a smart young man to do that instead of him.

"Shouldn't we get Alex to come do this shit?" Demetrius asked as he saw Hiro pull put a tray, cotton and scalpel.

"We could... but where's the fun in that?" Caesar smirked.

"What's fun with getting your flesh sliced open?"

"It won't hurt Tri... that much." Hiro smirked as he sat on one of the chairs. "So. Who's first?"

They all turned to look at Huey who rolled his eyes.

"Bitches." He mumbled before sitting on the chair in front of Hiro and did his best to move his large afro out the way so Hiro had better access to the chip.

Hiro picked up a remote and moved it to the back of Huey's head. As he waved the red light over it, there was a quiet beep before a faint red light began to flash under Huey's flesh. Hiro created the remote specifically so they could locate the chip that tracked them and find it under their skin without having to dig around for it.

He whipped the area with disinfectant before slowly cutting it open with the small knife. Blood slowly began to pour out but Hiro just went straight in with the tiny clamps and grabbed hold of the chip. Huey didn't even flinch. Seconds later, it was laying on the silver tray with the same red light flashing over the blood it was covered on.

"Done." Hiro grinned.

"You ain't gonna close it up?" Riley asked trying to hide his nervousness. He could face any type of person in a fight but for some reason hated medical care.

"Well-"

"I think it would be better if I do it." Hiro was cut off by Alex walking into the room. He took a quick look at the screen and saw that it showed the map of the state they were in.

"Why isn't our chips come up?" He pointed to the screen as it was all blank when it should have tiny dots on where they were.

"I have made new trackers that make it harder to track the old ones which is a good thing you are here so I can take the old one out and put in the new one." Pedro explained as he pulled out a different tray of small chips with their names labelled on it.

The top people of the gang were the test dummies of it which had be proven to be successful so now they had a better version, they could distribute it to everyone else. It wasn't as if they would be spying on everyone's movements, they would only check if they needed to such as now.

"You just gonna let me bleed or are we going to cover this up?" Huey asked as he felt the blood dripping down his neck.

"Right, one second." Pedro typed on a different computer before handing one of the new chips to Alex. "Same place."

Alex nodded, grabbed some gloves and expertly slipped it back into the same place the old one was and used medical glue to close it instead of stitches. Pedro saw it was in and typed some more things on the computer before on the same large screen that was still searching for Midnight, a red dot began to flash with the word 'Ghost' right next to it with their location now.

"And just like that, it works!" Pedro smiled proudly.

Huey nodded. "You did well." He pulled out his wallet and gave the boy $150 just like that.

"Thanks man."

"Now, the rest of you. Call me when you find her." Huey pointed to the seat he just sat before walking out of the room to have some time to himself before they leave.


He found himself in his office and slowly sat down at the desk to finally attempt to relax his tense body. It wasn't as if he forgot he just got shot less than 24 hours ago but he chose to ignore it and keep going as if he wasn't in some type of pain. This was not the time to show any weakness.

His desk didn't have much on it since it wasn't one that would be found in the normal businesses. It was just plain and basic. Huey slowly lifted his t shirt up and looked at the bandage on his side. There was some blood soaking through because of all the movement he was doing. He knew that when they go get the girls and get them to safety, it would get worse but he didn't care, he will deal with it after.

He couldn't stop blaming himself. He hasn't felt this much guilt since... Cairo. He deserved so much better. Huey sometimes wished it was him that died and not Cairo because they were after him not Cairo. He was just there. Wrong place, wrong time and wrong people. Maybe they had some curse that meant they weren't allowed happiness. That seems to be the only explanation.

Huey looked at the scar above his belly button that will continue to remind him of the day he lost one of his brothers. That then made him flip over his left arm to see 'RIP Cairo' on his wrist. 5 years after his death, the group of friends all decided to get a tattoo to remind them of the boy who died too soon. It was a reminder for Huey to not take advantage of his life since he got lucky and lived but after that day, he wasn't the same.

What a lot of people don't know is that Huey was there when Cairo's murderer was murdered too.


A week had passed since Cairo had been killed and Huey had been shot.

His friends and family were in mourning, all wondering how this could happen to poor sweet Cairo. They already missed his laughter and his jokes that could light up a room.

The group of friends were handling it differently. Robyn and Riley forced themselves to act as if everything was normal since they were younger and didn't know the best way to handle losing a friend. Caesar and Hiro barley spoke and paid no attention to the world around them. Huey hadn't been seen since he was shot and kept himself to himself which meant no one knew the anger boiling inside him every second of the day.

However, Raven was the worse. She lost one of her best friends. They were the first to meet each other and she brought him into the friendship group. She would sit in the dark for hours replaying that moment his eyes lost life and wondered if she could have done anything or if his mom blamed her for becoming friends with each other. She would cry for hours, not eat, nothing. Robyn struggled to comfort her and wanted Huey to help Raven get through it but no one could get a hold of him.

Huey was spread out on his bed, staring at the ceiling. He could do this for hours. His mother would always have to come and check on him each hour hoping he didn't do anything to harm himself as she saw the self-hate in his eyes and was scared for him. He had yet to have a deep conversation with his father.

His empty thoughts were now interrupted when he heard the front door close and mumbled voices. He was about to go look until he heard footsteps up the stairs and pretended to sleep when he heard it stop in front of his room. The door cracked open then seconds later, close softly and Huey let out a breath. He guessed it was his father since his mother went to do some shopping.

The 13-year-old slowly opened his eyes and tip toed towards to the door and opened it. Whoever was in the house began to talk and he wanted to get a closer look despite his healing bullet wound telling him to get back in the bed.

"I found out who shot nephew." Huey heard his uncle Dominic say. His eyes grew wide and he knew he needed to get closer. He crept towards the top of the stairs and expertly avoided the places he knew would make noise.

"Who?" His father asks with anger bubbling in his throat.

Mario was the next to speak. "I had one of them little niggas ask around. Turns out a girl called Nicki tried to make a move on Huey but he wasn't having it so she called her brother, Nick, who was supposed to rough him up, run up on him. She told him that Huey tried to fucking rape her. Can you believe that shit? What these kids be saying these days is beyond my fucking knowledge."

Huey, like his father, felt the anger in him growing larger and larger as they learn more information about the day he nearly died and his friend did.

Mario continued. "His friend got too into it and accidentally hit them. They have been laying low for a while but I know where to find them niggas."

"Let's go. Riley is at school and Huey is asleep so we good." Christian told his brothers who agreed and began to get ready to leave.

Something in Huey told him to go with them but he knew they wouldn't let him come if he asked.

He guessed he would have to find another way.

Christian jumped in the driver's seat as his brothers got in too and barely waited for them to close the door before speeding off down the road.

"He hanging out by the old liquor store." Dominic told his brother from the backseat who nodded and continued driving.

"I want him to suffer for what he did to my son." He mumbled but it was still enough for everyone in the car to hear him.

"But we gotta make an example of him. Show other motherfuckers that they can't just be running up on our kids like that. If that happened to Anthony, I would torture him so he feels the pain he would have felt." Mario added.

Christian nodded. "That's why I want to do it."

"I want to kill him."

The sudden new voice scared the men and caused them to scream and get their guns ready to shoot the intruder.

Christian had to quickly pull over to the side of the road to avoid crashing and turned to where the voice was coming from.

"Huey! What the fuck you doing here?! You're supposed to be asleep."

Huey had been hiding in trunk of his father's car and waiting for the right moment to make his appearance which he had to admit was hilarious the way they reacted if the situation wasn't so heavy. He decided now was a good time to make his presents known.

"This is why we call your ass Ghost." His uncle Mario shook his head as he sunk into his seat.

"Answer me Huey P Freeman." His father said sternly.

Huey sighed before climbing out and getting in the backseat as all the older Freeman's waited for him to answer.

"I pretended to be asleep and when you went back downstairs, I snuck out and listened to your conversation. When I heard you found out who shot me and killed Cairo, I knew I had to come. I needed to kill him myself."

The car went silent as they were all shocked at what they heard. Their 13-year-old son and nephew wanted to kill. He wanted to take someone's life. They could see the look on his face and knew he already made his mind up about it, which kind of scared them.

"Ghost. It's not as easy as you think." Dominic tried to tell him. They all knew how much the first kill will stick to your mind.

"I know."

Christian shook his head as he moved his hands over his short cut hair.

"I can't let you do it. Your mother will kill me."

"She doesn't have to know." Huey looked as his father in the same red eyes he inherited and they had a silent argument.

"Maybe he might be the next leader of The Panther's... Anthony is going to end up in college..." Mario said softly as he looked at the older men. Anthony was the oldest cousin so it was to be expected for him to be the next to take over but he spent more and more time doing sports that he barely spent time out on the streets to which he was grateful for. They all had a feeling that Huey was about to end up deep into the game from him showing interest in fighting and knew he could handle it.

"But it's too soon. He's only 13." Christian argued.

"I'm right here-"

"Not now Huey." Huey closed his mouth and sunk back into his seat. "Sorry. It's just a lot to handle. It's not every day that your son wants to kill someone."

"It would happen someday." Huey eyebrows screwed together in all seriousness which caused the tension in the car to rise. This was not what they expected.

"Ay Chris. We need to go before we miss them niggas." Dominic told his older brother.

He nodded and continued driving but couldn't help but think about his son that was about to go down the road he took. It was always something he thought would happen but not so soon. His friends shouldn't have been killed at this age which is why they were going to do what they had to do. They couldn't be disrespected like this and feel as they could harm the Freeman's as well as killing an innocent child. No child should be killed.

"There they are." Mario pointed as he saw the two boys they were looking for on the corner of the road.

"Huey. Stay in the car you hear me." His father turned to him seriously and all he could do was nod.

Huey sat and watched as they all readied their guns and pulled the Panther bandana over their faces. He looked at his father and uncles in admiration at how dangerous they looked in their all black and he could feel the power emitting off them. He wanted to feel that power.

Christian sped down the road and Huey saw Nick and his friend's facial expression drop. The three men jumped out the car, had the guns aimed and began shouting before the two could even think about running away. Unfortunately for Nick's friend, a bullet penetrated his skull after leaving Christian's gun while Mario and Dominic held Nick at gun point as they shouted for him to get in the trunk.

"Move bitch ass nigga!"

"Get the fuck in the trunk now before I put a motherfucking bullet in your head like you friend!"

Those were just the few words that were being shouted to the man. Huey leaned forward and his eyes slightly opened at the sight in front of him. He has seen someone get shot before but this was up close and personal. He could see the bullet wound in his head, the lifeless eyes and the blood slowly sliding down his forehead onto the pavement. It made a shiver run down his spine.

"If you make any noise, I will fucking shoot you." Huey heard his father say before slamming the trunk shut and jumping back into the driver's seat as his uncles hopped back into the car too.

"Damn. Didn't think we would be shooting them there and then." Dominic laughed as he looked at his older brother who just shrugged.

"Easy to just have one." He looked up in the rear-view mirror and made eye contact with his son. "Now Huey. This may be the day you become a man even though I wish it would be a later date or never. I hate to say this but I think you're ready to witness all parts of the life we live. One day, this could all be yours."

Huey slightly nodded before watching the world go past them outside. His bullet wound was throbbing but he ignored it. He didn't want to think about it. He was at least glad it was in his stomach instead of his brain like how his dad just did the other guy. From what Riley told him, some people thought it was cool that he now had a scar to prove he was shot but it was just a constant reminder that he survived while Cairo didn't. That name was going to haunt him for a long time. A reminder that the wrong person died that day. Well, that was how Huey felt.

Before the young boy knew it, he was trailing behind the older Freeman's as they dragged Nick across the floor to a single chair in a dull room. Huey knew they had already done this before.

"Please! I'm sorry!" Nick begged as he was thrown into the chair and duck taped to it.

"Shut the fuck up!" Mario punched him in the face which caused him to throw his head back from the force.

After he was strapped to the chair, they all stepped back.

Huey stood further off into the corner and just observed. This was the three men the streets feared. They didn't care if someone was the same height or taller than them, they will still square off to them. They weren't scared of no one.

"Why did you shoot my son?" Christian asked but he already knew the answer, he just wanted to hear him say it.

"I didn't shoot him! The other nigga did and you already killed him, you don't need me anymore. I didn't pull the trigger. Please just let me go." Nick begged.

They didn't like that answer. Suddenly, Dominic had kicked him right in his chest causing the chair to fall backwards. He picked it up and walked over to his brothers.

"Why the fuck did you shoot my son?!" His powerful voice roared into the empty room which was nearly enough to cause Huey to jump from the sudden base of his tone.

"It was accident..." Nick managed to cough out. "My sister told me he tried to force himself on her so I just wanted to rough him up so he didn't try it again. This dumb ass nigga got trigger happy and shot them. I was mad as fuck which is why we been laying low because I knew your ass would come after me. I'm sorry about little homie that died man. It wasn't meant to be like this."

Christian stroked his beard. "You probably one of the dumbest young niggas out here. Thinking you could run up on a Freeman." He laughed with no sense of humour behind it. "If Huey ever did some dumb shit like that which I know he would not." He took a quick glance to his oldest child who really and truly shouldn't be in the same room right now. "You come and tell me and I sort that shit out. You don't run up on him thinking you was going to get away with it. Not only did you fuck up there, you killed an innocent child because you don't think straight." Christian poked his head forceful before walking away.

"I know. I know." Nick turned to Huey who had his eyes trained on him with no emotion. "Look man. I'm sorry about all of this man, it wasn't meant to be like this. I'm sorry Cole died. I-"

The three men's eyes grew wide as they turned to Huey and back at Nick. During his sorry ass speech, a dagger managed to find itself lodged into his chest. They then realised it was the same one Huey had received for his birthday.

"His name... was Cairo." Huey breathed heavy as he watched Nick's shocked face.

Christian, Dominic and Mario all shared a knowing looking. Huey was more than ready.

"I guess this is where Ghost will be truly born." Dominic nodded as he looked proudly at the knife he got his nephew, in the chest of a disrespectful man. "Your mama is wrong, I did get the right present for you. Glad to see it is in use."

"Please... don't kill me..." He begged.

Christian took out a simple 9mm that had more bodies than Huey's age and held it to Nick's head.

"You see... if no one died, or got hurt, I would have considered it but a mother is now grieving her child because you wanted to be a big bad gangster. Let me tell you something." He moved the firearm so that it was in his mouth. Huey did not tear his eyes away. "You ain't shit and you will never get the chance to be shit. You will be made an example of. If anyone over the age of 18 tries anything with my sons or my family... they will be met with a bullet to the head." Christian was about to pull the trigger when a voice stopped him.

"Wait." Huey stepped up to the light next to his father and crying man. "I want to do it."

Christian dragged Huey over to where his Mario and Dominic were standing just a shocked.

"This isn't no game Huey."

"I know."

"I don't think you do."

"I do." Huey told him as serious as ever. "He shot me and killed Cairo. How many times do we have to go through this? Therefore, I should be the one to get my revenge." He went to glare at the man tied to the chair but his father forced him to look back up to him.

"Now listen to me boy. This is some serious shit right here. Your first kill is not something to take lightly. I don't want you to be traumatised after this. You've already seen too much..." He sighed. "I just want you to know that getting revenge won't solve your problems. In fact, in this case, it will create more because that will affect your mentality."

"Dad."

"Huey."

Huey sighed. "I know it will be hard to do it but I need to or I will hate myself for not doing it. I may be young but we all know I am at least 17 mentally." He turned to his uncles who couldn't help but nod in agreement. "What I'm trying to say is... if I start having nightmares or whatever, I will come and talk to one of you and we don't have to tell mom because she might just commit murder too." The men chuckled at the mention of Mackenzie. She most definitely would kill them all if she found out he was even out here with them.

"I think little man should do it." Mario shrugged.

"He got balls that for sure." Dominic showed the famous Freeman smirk which the brothers all mirrored. "If he's sure..."

Christian took a deep breath before looking at the gun in his hand and back at Huey. He did it again before picking his sons hand up and placing it in his hand. He slowly removed his large hand and watched Huey get used to the weight in his own smaller hand. "Get a feel of it..."

Huey looked down at it and looked at every curve and detail of it. It was kind of heavy but nothing he couldn't handle. He got a tight grip of it and his fingers hoovered over the trigger.

"Woah woah." Mario stopped Huey. "If your finger going to be all up on the trigger like that, at least aim it at your target and not at our heads nigga."

Christian and Dominic laughed for only a second before getting serious again.

This was a big moment.

"Whatever you do Huey... you cannot tell your mother about this."

Huey looked up at his father and nodded. He turned his head towards the man who was silently waiting to see how his fate would end. Was it really going to be at the hands of a 13-year-old seeking revenge?

Huey slowly stepped up and lifted the gun.

"Please... my sister..." Nick began to beg but Huey blocked it all out.

He closed his eyes, lifted the gun slowly, took a deep breath... and pulled the trigger...


That was 12 years ago. He was now 25 with endless amount of bodies on his hands.

He has only talked to his father once about that day after it happened and since that, they never went back to talking about it again. He would be lying if he said that after that day it didn't change him. He didn't take shit from anyone and perfected his fighting skills so that he was almost untouchable. His father saw the changes and kept a close eye on him to make sure he didn't spiral out of control which he was thankful Huey didn't.

Till this day, everyone believes Christian was the one that pulled the trigger but only four people knew the truth. Maybe it was time to tell the others. They deserved to know, didn't they?

Sighing, Huey stood and made his way back into the room where everyone else was. They were in there talking and he could see that they all had a small bandage at the back of the neck.

"Look who decided to join us again." Demetrius smirked as he saw his older cousin walk in.

"Where you go to nigga?" Riley asked.

"I had some thinking to do... I need to tell you all something." Huey told them more serious than he ever was which whipped the smile off of all their faces.

"What you gotta say bro?" Caesar asked.

"I killed Nick." He blurted out.

Hiro sent him a questioning look. "Nick? As in the bastard that killed our boy Cairo when we were 13, Nick?"

"Yes. I killed him."

"How did you kill him if you were only 13?" Dante questioned.

"I overhead dad talking about who shot us with Uncle Rio and Uncle Dom and decided to come with them so I hide in the car. It was too late for them to turn back so I joined them and saw them kill his friend and kidnap Nick. I watched them beat him up before I threw my dagger at him and told dad I wanted to kill him. He was against it but in the end let me do it. I pulled the trigger. I killed Cairo's killer." Huey summarised the years old story and everyone in the room was shocked.

"Wait. They really let you kill someone?" Alex was confused.

Huey nodded. "I was going to find a way to kill him myself anyway, at least they were there while I did it to get me through it."

"That shit is loco. I'm 18 and I can never imagine killing someone let alone at 13. At 13 I was playing with computers." Pedro commented shocked.

"There's nothing normal about being a Freeman. Riley was 16 when he got his first kill and that shit was an accident."

"Hey hey, let's not go down memory lane now." Riley jumped back in.

"You're saying it like he didn't try and kill us first. It just taught us never to get in a car with you again." Caesar snorted.

"Whatever nigga." He mumbled.

"Why you telling us this now?" Hiro asked.

Huey sighed silently. "I have been thinking about the lives I have messed up from being associated with me."

"You do realise that this is the best shit me and Caesar could have done." Hiro smirked.

"Yeah man. It's not like you was holding us hostage to be your friends. To be honest, the perks of being friends with the Freeman's were amazing back in high school and still does justice to this day." Caesar grinned making Huey shake his head.

"So niggas really out here using our names for clout. Wooooow. Gay ass niggas." Riley shook his head disappointedly.

"Whatever man." Hiro rolled his eyes. "It's all cool Huey. You our bro and you did what you had to do. It's not your fault that they got kidnapped. All we can do is make it better by getting them back and getting them the fuck out of Chicago as much as we all hate to see them go."

Huey looked at his family in the room and knew he had the best ones he could ever asked for. Loyal. Hardworking. Strong. Reliable. Just a few words to describe them but he wouldn't admit it out loud before it fills up their head and Riley call him gay as always.

Their little moment was cut short by a weirdly feminine squeal came from the chair in front of the big screen.

"It worked! It actually worked! I found Midnight!" Pedro cheered.

Huey looked up and saw a small, blue circle flashed on the screen with the name 'Midnight' labelled next to it.

"Let's gear the fuck up." Dante jumped up from his seat and practically ran towards the armoury before anyone could say anything.

Huey gave Pedro one hard pat on the back that sent the boy to fly forward a little out of his chair. "Send over the location. You did good." Pedro nodded before getting to work and Huey turned to Alex who was silently sitting in his chair. "I'm going need you-"

"To stay here just in case one of you motherfuckers wanna get shot again. I know. Don't fuck them stitches up too much." Huey smirked at the doctor before going the same way the others went.


They geared up and grabbed as many items they could fit onto themselves. Guns, knives, ammo and even grenades. They didn't waste any time and was already out the door but was shocked to see about 10 people standing outside in all black and armed.

"You didn't think you were going by yourself, did you?"

Huey was surprised when he saw Mateo and Mikey as he hasn't seen them ever since they got shot which was bad on his behalf but as we all know he hasn't been thinking straight. They both seemed to be healthy and well for them to be standing in front of Huey the way they were.

"What you guys doing out here?" Huey asked.

"As Mikey said. We coming with you. You are not about to go in there alone and fuck shit up. It's about time I get some action up in this bitch." Mateo smirked.

"Yeah. We all been left out too many times and as you can see, it hasn't worked out very good." Mikey added.

Huey shook his head but he couldn't argue with that. The six of them could have rescued the girls themselves but it was best to have more bodies with them as it would make it easy for them to get in and out. Huey saw that the sun was ready to set and knew they had wasted enough time waiting around. He looked at his people who were all ready for action and said two simple words.

"Let's move."

That was all he said before they all made their ways to the different vehicles and began to follow Hiro's van.

Huey was sitting in the passenger seat as Hiro pulled up the map that Pedro had sent over and was racing to get there. His red eyes stared intensely on the road as he thought about Jazmine and the girls and starting praying they were alright.

'Don't worry. I will be there soon.'


Will they get there on time to save the girls or is it too late for them? I guess we just gotta wait and see.

I made up the tech stuff so if it makes no sense my bad, I just had to make it up so it could go with the story. I hope you liked the flashback of Huey after he got shot. I have realised that this story will have a lot of flashbacks because I want you all to get a feel of where they came from to be in the postion they are now in.

LavenderLuvER18: I guess you just have to wait and see...

BoondocksFever234: Huey still hurt but he's back on his shit and of course Raven had to be. Can't have no weak people in the gang, gotta be tough.

Make sure you leave your review about this chapter and what your hoping to say next chapter to see if you are right.

Until Next Time

-TBG