***Chapter 1***
The city of Minneapolis had a section, a street, as most would call it. Two gangs dominated it; on both sides they hated the others. But they didn't harm innocents, people not connected in either side, so it ended up with all players known and nobody else. This is important, for the sister of the leader had not known much, she had been kept in the dark, and nobody knew about her, except her brother's gang. But nobody cared, she was off limits. Her brother had plans for her, she'd go off to college and marry some rich young man that made her deliriously happy, and get out of the slums of the cities, until then, nobody could touch her. If they did, they would end up in serious harm.
The gangs had great hatred for each other. The reasons long and deep. They had constantly stifled each other's plans. It wouldn't have been considered as rival gangs if over the years it hadn't resulted in violence. Many years ago, a shoot out had taken place and members from both sides had been lost. Although the leaders knew that neither side had started it, a punk kid thought it would be funny if he shot at one of the gangs and the gangs had returned fire. It had set off a string of people turning from restrained violence to an all out war.
It didn't help that the leaders had never agreed on anything. One time the leader of the Endz side had suggested that they let their differences slid so he could set up a base for a day. The death roses had disagreed, saying that it wasn't fair. Other times when the Endz had somebody of the roses' side, they would try to bargain the release of their man. Very rarely it had been a female. Though both sides had females who disagreed with the others policy. That's pretty much what it was, it a sense it was like the Democrats and Republicans. Instead of elections, they had a more violent twist to fix things.
All was faring as usual, when one day a girl with bright locks ran down the steps in search for her ever-disappearing older brother. He was only 4 years older then she, and he seemed to take upon the role of their father. He had come and gone most of her life, leaving their mother slightly upset every time he left, and now she hadn't been feeling very well. They were an average Italian family, except with a not so average daughter in the quote unquote slums. Her mother had worried about her children all equally about living in this area. Now that the gangs had decided to take it a step farther.
In fact this blond girl, whose name happened to be Serenity, was an oddity, besides her family. She was one of the only fair haired and skinned young women on the street. This street consisted mainly of Asians and Italians. "Grantos, where are you?" She called turning on the street running into her brother and his friends. She was quite used to his usual crowd, they had been hanging around for the last 7 years. "Oh, hi, well I was wondering, if you wanted anything from the store? Mom decided to send me to the market today." Serenity gave a smile to his buddies before turning back to her brother.
"No, sorry Sere, waste of time. But if you want I could go for you." Grantos answered.
"Nah, I'm quite capable. Besides I have a car, thanks for the offer." Serenity hugged her brother and ran off in the other direction to a parking lot.
"She still calls you Grantos, G-man?" A boy slightly younger then 'G-man' with black short hair asked trying to smother a laugh.
"Dog, it's my sis, what do you expect? She says she loves my name, something about how our Ma specifically gave us names that would stick out and be somehow a better name to make us feel proud of ourselves or some shit like that."
"Eh, your sis may not have as much street smarts, but damn is she a looker." A young man with short brown hair suggestively put.
"Faux, you want to rephrase that so I don't cut off a very important anatomy part?"
Faux gulped. "Sorry G, but you can't deny your sis is going to get in trouble, especially around these parts. With her hair being the great gold that it is. It's unnatural!" At Grantos' glare, he bowed his head. "Ok, ok, your sis may not have much smarts on the streets, but she's got a fine brain when it comes to school and all that worthless shit down here."
"That's why she's not going to end up down here, she's going to go through life as innocent as she is, and she's going to go to a good college, and become rich and famous."
"On a different note." Interjected a blondish brown haired man with glasses perched on his nose. Besides looking smart, he was, and often times got them back on the subject on hand and laid out plans for future attacks with as little damage as possible. "Beryl's been around these parts again, I fear for Serenity's safety." He had been around the longest, instantly bonding a friendship with Grantos, Serenity and their younger brother.
"What do you mean Zek? Why would Sis be in trouble?" A blond dish water haired man asked he had also bonded with them, maybe a little too much with Serenity, Grantos thought analytically. He hadn't tried to move in with Serenity in anyway but protectiveness and acts like a big brother sometimes.
"Well K-man, Beryl's had it out for Serenity once she found out that she is still the innocent that Beryl isn't. Something about being jealous or something. But she's been spreading rumors through the guys at school that Serenity is looking for a new playmate."
"The seniors should know by now that Serenity is an innocent, and will never be touched by them." Grantos shook his head.
"They know that if you find out, that you'll kill them, so they don't believe anybody's stupid enough to cross your path." K-man replied. "Why worry about Serenity's safety Zek?"
"Remember last year? Before you had her shipped out? She caused a fight with Serenity and Serenity had a broken arm in result, but before that she threaten me that once she came back, she'd be ready and cause the destruction that Serenity deserved. I believe it's more then just virtue that Beryl's angry with, she's mad at what we stand for right now. Only after we took sides with Serenity."
"Then we stop her, as easily as that." Grantos interjected.
"We can't, when we weren't watching, she decided to join Endymion's side. And as of now, we are trying to establish a peace between sides, a no bloody fighting type of peace, that won't be broken until all the facts are in the open. If we kill one of them even if she is a danger to our own, it could open up another can of worms."
"Serenity isn't even technically one of our own." Faux interrupted grumbling.
"He's right, and so our rules don't apply to her, unfortunately. But they can't just attack her either, she's an innocent. And as long as she doesn't join our side they have no reason to know about her." Grantos informed his advisors, in a way, his cabinet.
"But that doesn't mean we can't protect her, there has to be some type of special agreement for attacking family members. If not, then I'm going to go in there and damn the consequences I'm going to tear Endymion apart so there's nothing left of him." Kit (K-man) growled.
"I wouldn't be so hasty, K-man, he's in a way just like me. Trying to do what's best for his gang, if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't even have this peace." G-man informed pointedly.
"Yeh, fine whatever." K said bored before he leaned back and stretched.
"You realize everybody believes we're race groups, fighting against another race? The Italians verses the Japs, and Chinks? Which isn't even what we call them of course, only those hate groups do." Zek informed shaking his head in disgust.
"They'll never get the true story, which would of course be suicide." Dog spoke up again.
"Too true, too true." Faux nodded in thought. A girl in a tight skirt and top walked by and he leaned over to pinch her ass. He promptly got hit in the head with her purse.
"Honey, if you want some of this, you'll have to pay." She whispered seductively.
"Go on Bess, make some money." Faux grinned. She walked off after giving him a seductive wink.
"Hey, G, man, did your sister say she's going to the market?" Dog asked.
"Yeh man why?" Grantos asked.
"Isn't that where the death roses are stationed today?" Dog asked tensely.
"Shit!" Grantos stood up and started running for the store.
"Are you fucking crazy dog? Why didn't you mention that earlier?" K-man yelled running the opposite way to grab his car. The others just glared at dog.
"Why didn't you?" Dog bit back. "I wasn't even aware of the plans just knew that they'd be there, I don't know what all the hassle is, it isn't like they know who she is!" Dog defended.
***Yeah yeah.
I know they don't talk like that, I just wasn't sure how to integrate an intelligent conversation with the 'slums' and how men talk, considering who I am. So I tried my best. Next chapter!