Chapter 2

Stay alive

The next morning Chloe got up bright and early. She walked over to her closet-well her and Rachel's closet since they shared a room-and took a look. Once she saw the clothes was looking for she grabbed them and changed. She put the dirty clothes in a corner then walked out the room and headed down.

Victoria and Nathan were already up,talking softly,when she arrived. "Morning Chloe."Nathan said when she sat down. "Morning boss,Victoria."she replied. She looked at Victoria. "Is your arm good?"she asked. "Yeah. Much better."Victoria said. Chloe leaned back in her chair and looked between Nathan and Victoria. "Having an argument are we?"she asked. "We were discussing why BlackHell is trying to take our territory."Victoria said. "It's pretty obvious,"Chloe stated. "Somehow,they lost territory and are planning to steal ours." "We know that!"Victoria snapped. "We need to know why ours and how did they lose territory."

"Logically,it would make more sense for them to take the Raider's territory because they're much closer than we are." That was true. The Raider's territory was practically side by side with BlackHell's territory whereas their territory was five blocks away from BlackHell's. Idiots Chloe thought. The Raiders weren't exactly the smartest gang and their choice to take territory beside BlackHell proved it.

"For the question for how they lost territory I don't have an answer."Victoria said. "It couldn't be form a gang war since BlackHell has the biggest gang,"Nathan said. "Unless one of the gangs did a surprise attack on them or got bigger in numbers." They all stayed silent trying to think of a reason for why BlackHell would steal their territory. "Well,"Nathan said,breaking the silence. "While we're trying to find a reason for this we need to start patrolling our territory." Victoria nodded then got up. "Well imma go get us some breakfast." "Here,"Chloe said and tossed her a knife. "I wouldn't put it past BlackHell to try and attack if they saw one of us."Chloe said. Though they couldn't. It was a gang rule that in restaurants,stores and business places gangs had to be peaceful around each other.

Victoria nodded her thanks and walked away. Now the silence just flowed through the place since it was just Chloe and Nathan. The thuds of footsteps vibrated over their heads. Oh thank god Chloe thought just as Warren appeared. "What up early birds!"he greeted and slid down the railing. "Morning Warren."Chloe greeted. They fist bumped and he bowed his head to Nathan. "Morning boss." "Morning Warren."he greeted back then put him in a choke hold and ruffled his hair. Chloe raised an eyebrow at the two. The boss wasn't normally this affectionate,even to his own gang members. He saw Chloe looking at them and stopped at once.

Warren fixed his ruffled hair. "I'm gonna go patrol the territory now."Chloe said. Nathan nodded. She walked over to the closet,entered the code and took a pistol. She walked over to the door. "Hey Warren,"she called over her shoulder. "Victoria gone to get us breakfast. If any of you touch my wrap you're dead meat." She saw his terrified face before she walked out the door.

BlackHell's got some nerve thinking they can take our territory Victoria thought as she waited in line to give her order. If she was leader she would make her gang attack BlackHell and eliminate them altogether. But even she knew that where her gang excelled in combat,BlackHell had strength in numbers. She sighed and tapped her foot as she waited in the line.

"Come on man! I'm only asking for a few free stuff."a man said. Victoria moved her head to the side of the line. A dark-skinned man was talking to one of the chefs. "Listen mister,"the chef said. "This is a fast food place not a charity. If you can't pay for the food the door is right there." The dark skinned man scowled. "Madam?"someone said. Victoria looked in front of her. She was in front the line now. "What will your order be?"a chef asked. "Sir,my brother and his friends need this food. I can't pay for it in cash but i'll find some other way to pay for it."the man said. The chef sighed in annoyance. "As I said before this isn't a charity. It's not my fault you,your brother and your friends are homeless or got no money."the chef replied.

Ok that went over the line Victoria thought. "Hey you there!"she called to him. He turned to her and raised an eyebrow. "Come over here."she told him. He looked at her,confused,but come to her. She pointed to the menu above them. "What do you and the rest of your group want?"she asked him. Finally he dropped the confused look. "No ma'am,you don't have to-" "Tell me what you guys want before I change my mind."Victoria threatened. The man looked at her with fear then looked at the menu.

"I would like a two breakfast sandwiches,one egg and sausage taco and a wrap please."he said. Victoria nodded and turned to the chef. "I'd like four breakfast sandwiches,one egg and sausage taco,two egg and pepper wraps,a bacon and sausage burrito and four medium-sized hash browns."she listed. The woman wrote down her order as she spoke. Then she handed it back to a chef and he barked out the order. "Miss,"the man said. Victoria looked at him. "What's your name?"he asked. She hesitated slightly but then decided to tell him. After all,he won't ever see me again. For some reason,that brought a wave of sadness through her.

"I'm Victoria." "Victoria."he repeated and it sent a shiver through her body. He looked at her and extended his hand. "I'm Drew."he replied. She took his hand and shook it firmly. Soon after their order was ready. Victoria gave the chef the money and moved out of the line. She looked through the bag until she found the two breakfast sandwiches,taco and wrap. She handed them to Drew. "Here you are."she said. He took them. "Thank you Victoria. I honestly don't know how to repay you."he said.

"You want to repay me?"she said. "Just stay alive and keep your brother and friends alive." With that she walked out the door turning back only once to see Drew still looking at her.