When I woke up, my vision was blurred. I lifted my head, which caused me to cry out in pain. My vision eventually cleared and I found myself in an unfamiliar room. A dark room, even though it was just sunset outside.

The door opened up, bringing in a flood of light. A tall figure stood in the doorway and turned on the light.

"Finally awake?" It asked. I recognized the figure as Dayton.

"Where am I?" My voice was hoarse after not using it. "What happened?"

"All will be explained in time. Right now, you need to eat."

I groaned. He gave me a smile and walked up to me, picking me up in one scoop and taking me somewhere.

He sat me down at a table with chairs scattered around it. He walked out of the room and emerged a moment later with two plates of pasta.

He set one in front of me and sat down across from me.

"Alright. Ask away."

I poked at the food. "Where am I?"

"You're at my house."

"Why?" I took a bite.

"Well, as you may know, I'm a huge rival to your gang. And I decided maybe I could get them to lay off of me with you."

I laughed. "They don't give two shits about me. I wasn't even worth enough to trade off with this bullet wound, according to E-Vanoss."

"Then why are you there?"

"So I don't get another bullet, this time to the head." I made an imitation gun and put it to my head. "Anyway, what the fuck happened?"

"Well, those fuckers got away with a bulk of our supplies. And I'm sorry about Kent hitting you on the head, I gave him a thorough talk." He looked sincere. "My turn. Was that whole 'party' story fake?"

I nodded. "I was the bait." He seemed angry. "So, like, go ahead and do what kidnappers do and try to get a ransom or something."

He chuckled. "Oh, I won't tie you up or anything." His voice lowered. "Unless you want me to."

I started choking on the food. Holy shit, dude.

He laughed. "I'm sorry."

I shook my head. "It's fine."

There was silence once more. "You know," I broke it, "you are the nicest gang leader I've met. I mean, other than the hostage thing, that's not so nice."

He put his hands up. "I admit, it isn't. But I will do my best to keep you safe until your crew strikes a deal."

I groaned. "This sucks."

...

"So, how did a pretty girl like you end up in a gang?"

I shrugged. "I was in an alley, got shot, and I knew who they were, so I can't leave or else bam! Dead."

He nodded. "What were you doing in an alleyway?"

"I was taking care of a job."

"Are you a hooker or something?"

That caused me to laugh. "No." He raised an eyebrow. "Guess it doesn't hurt anything to say. I'm a hitman, or, woman I guess. You wouldn't know that, since I'm not in my mask." I set my fork down. "You hired me once."

"That Pip?" I nodded. "The Killer Bunny."

"Well, that doesn't sound imitating."

He laughed. "So how did that lead to you getting shot?"

"I stabbed Wildcat." He looked confused. "Hey! He grabbed me! It was self defense."

He nodded and grabbed the plates, walking out of the room. I sighed, he seemed nice, but that was probably all a tactic to get me to trust him.

I have to get out of here.

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O O F SHORT CHAPTER.

IM SORRY.

I finished the book and I'm impatient, would you guys like all the chapters at once or one a day?