Chapter 6

Sorry it took so long people my sister was sick.

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Eric walked down the streets shaking hands with the people he knew and just fuckin around while he walked to his house. He had to get the stuff he was running for Edwin and get it out of his house. All he had to do was deliver it. Then his debt to Edwin's cousin would be paid. The man had taken them in when Satiana was in the pen and had helped their mother with her coke habit. Which meant he gave her coke.

Eric hadn't liked it but he had hated his mother more so he didn't care. The bad thing was Abre was Edwin's cousin's daughter. 

"If Sati knew what I know she would kill Edwin just for the hell of it. Just to get back at his cousin. So, I can't let that happen." A motorcycle drove by and the person just looked at Eric. Something is up. You don't stare down somebody for no fuckin reason.' Eric thought as he kept walking home.

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Satiana made it to her car and pulled herself up in it. Her vision was getting blurry but she didn't care. She had made it this far and her brother's life depended on her making it the rest of the way.

"God Dom find him."

She fell into her car seat and 'Satin' came to life. The music blared from the radio she had put it on last night and there was a beer bottle in her car too.

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"Abre it's just you and me today." Mia said as she picked up the food that had been left on the table. It had once again been tuna but at least this time it had been edible.

 She shuddered as she thought about what Leon had said about Sati and Eric. They were like a part of the family now and to lose them would be almost as traumatic as losing her dad had been.

The service bell rang and Mia went up front to see who it was. A fine blonde haired man was at the counter and Mia smiled.

"Hi, uh the mechanics aren't here right now they went to get some more parts. So you'll have to come back later Mr…" She didn't want to sound to obvious so she subtly asked him for his name. He smiled and raised his hand.

"Spilmer….Brian Spilmer." Mia laughed and shook his hand. Abre who had walked into the room while the two had stared at each other made her presence known.

"Quite a cocky bastard aren't ya?" She tried saying one of her sister's favorite sayings but failed as it came out like, "Quite a coroky banstd rnt a?" Mia looked down and blushed. She knew what Abre was trying to say.

Brian looked over the counter at the little girl. Abre had food and grease all over her miniature mechanic clothes. Her hair was everywhere.

"Is she yours?" Mia shook her head as she picked Abre up.

"Naw she's my friend's sister."

 "Cute kid." He said. Abre mimicked him.

"Cute kid."

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A black car stopped in front of Eric and Johnny Tran got out. He had on a white wife beater and some black pants. On the wife beater there were red splotches that Eric knew all to well.

"Just the man I was looking for. Eric we got something to talk about come with me." Eric shook his head and kept walking past him.

"We ain't got nothing to talk about Tran and you don't want a repeat of what happened last night. If my sister finds out you were even talking to me she won't be so lenient this time." Johnny laughed at the irony in the boy's statement. His laugh sent chills down Eric's back but he kept walking.

"That bitch ain't a problem anymore." Eric stopped and turned around. Now the blood on Johnny's shirt was personal. He looked at the man more fully now. His right eye was swelling up and he had claw marks on his face. In his right hand, he clutched a small chain, which he threw at Eric.

"Here's a little keep sake for you to remember her by. The flame caught the light and Eric gasped. His sister never took off that necklace.

"What the hell did you do to my sister you bastard?!" Johnny laughed again and just stared Eric down.

"Only what she asked me to do little boy." Eric lunged at him but Johnny just grabbed his throat and pulled out a gun from under his shirt in the back.

"Now you did say you would come with me didn't you?" Eric nodded and Johnny walked him around to the passenger side of the car. In the distance, they heard cars coming so Johnny pushed Eric in his car and shut the door. He ran to the other side and just as he was about to get in Eric jumped out and ran.

"Damn that bastard." Johnny snared as he pointed his gun at Eric. He couldn't get a clean shot because Eric was running in a serpentine fashion.

The cars could be seen now and they were coming fast. Johnny didn't have time to deal with the kid right now but soon very soon the kid would be marked off his list.

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Satiana hadn't moved in the last fifteen minutes. She was too weak to even turn the key in the ignition. Her breath was coming in pants and it was becoming harder to remember where she was. Everything hurt but one thought remained clear and in focus.

"Dom save Eric. I can't be there save my baby brother." She whispered to herself and her car. Her blood soaked her seat and seeped through her fingertips. She didn't know why she had trusted Dom so with much of her life even when they had first met before they both went to prison she had felt a respect for him- a trust she had only had in her father and brother.

Her father- He had nearly killed her brother and her. She had lost all trust in him. Satiana had once had blind faith that her father was a good man. He had broken everything she believed in that night.

Their grandfather had been angry when he had found that his son was dead but he had been even angrier when he found out what his son had tried to do. Honor was the one thing a Lee had to uphold at all times. Her grandfather had killed men for less in Japan and China.

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Dom pulled up a couple seconds after Johnny pulled off and saw Eric run in the opposite direction. He jumped out of his car and ran after him.

"Eric stop man." Dom said as he took off. The boy didn't stop running and Dom picked up speed. He may have looked big but Dom was solid muscle. He could have lapped the boy and been back home. He yelled again for Eric to stop but he didn't. He noticed that only one hand was swinging as he ran- his left. His right hand was clutched to his chest. Dom hoped that Eric was all right.

The boy rounded a corner and jumped up on a trash- can to try and reach a window. It was Dom's chance he grabbed Eric's legs and dragged him down. Eric fell to the ground his left hand splayed out to catch him but his right was still clutched to his chest. Dom pulled his hand away from his chest and saw a red splotch on his shirt.

He lifted up the boy's shirt and inspected him finding no wound.

"It's not my blood." Eric sobbed as he sat up and pulled his shirt down. Dom's blood ran cold as he heard Eric's voice crack. The boy had been like a brick wall ever since they came here. His emotions had been locked up tighter than his sisters and he never cried.

Eric opened his right hand and showed Dom the pendant. The point of the flame had imbedded into his skin but that was just a tiny trickle of blood. The rest of the pendant was saturated in blood.

"Tran, he- we have to get to the house- my sister."

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Jessie pulled up right behind Satiana's McClaren.

"Hey Satiana!" He yelled but even if she was in there she would not have heard him because her music was so loud. He jumped out of his car and started to walk over to her.

On the ground, there were blood drag marks. Jessie stopped at this and followed the trail with his eyes. Back to the house- to the car. The car door was open so Jessie ran the rest of the way.

Satiana was unconscious her lips blue from the loss of blood. Her shirt was soaked and her face bloody.

"Sati…Sati…SATI!" Jessie pulled her out of the car as he heard cars drive up in the driveway. He didn't even pay attention to the quick footsteps of the people approaching him all he could see was Satiana's blue lips and bloody body.

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Sorry this chapter was so short people.