Chapter 1.

"Haaa...Haaa...Haaa..." The panting of a little girl echoed throughout a narrow alleyway. The little girl walked deeper into the alleyway while constantly turning back her head, looking out for danger. Once she thought it was safe, she opened the brown wallet in her hands and faintly smiled.

"This guy was loaded...who goes around carrying 5 thousand euros in cash? What an idiot..." The little girl remarked as stuffed the cash into her pocket and disposed of the wallet. The little girl then walked to another part of the alleyway, before making a sharp right, and she was back onto the busy streets of Athens, her home.

The little girl maneuvered her way through the dense crowd and as she continued to walk, the crowd got lighter and the streets got dirtier. After walking for another 5 minutes, she stood in front of a small dilapidated shack. The little girl dug into her pocket and pulled out a small rusted key she used to open the door. Inside the home was empty and the only thing accompanying her was the moonlight piercing through the windows.

"Guess Mama is still out working." The little girl shrugged as she walked towards the corner of the small shack and opened a hatch in the ground. Inside that hatch was an open wooden chest that had a sparse amount of money inside of it. The little girl put her earnings inside of the chest and swiftly closed the hatch. She opened the small refrigerator looking for something to eat and found a small bun leftover from yesterday.

As she sat down on the old couch, she heard keys jangling at the door. The girl quickly sprung up and hugged the figure that walked in.

"Mama!" The little girl hugged the scantily dressed woman with a bright smile on her face. The woman smiled warmly and patted her head, "Hello my little princess, I missed you." The woman bent down and kissed her daughter's forehead.

The little girl smiled and quickly ran to the hatch. She opened the hatch and presented the amount of money she "earned" today.

"Look at how much I got Mama! This could last us a month or two!" The little beamed and her mother pinched her nose.

"Medea, what did I tell you about stealing?" Medea's mother asked with seriousness. Medea looked down and answered, "I shouldn't steal because I may tip the karmic balance within me..." Medea answered flatly.

"Exactly. I don't want you to steal from the wrong person, what if you get hurt?" Kalliopi, Medea's mother, expressed as she brought Medea into a tight hug.

"B-But, I want to help you, Mama! I don't like seeing you struggle!" Medea tearfully expressed which only made Kalliopi hug her tighter.

"I know my little princess, but if you were to get hurt or even killed, my entire world would crumble. I don't want to even imagine it happening, so when you go out and steal it only pains my heart." Kalliopi's voice shook as she held back tears. Medea only cried harder at these words.

Their heartfelt moment ended abruptly due to the kicking down of the door. Kalliopi wasted no time and swiftly placed herself in front of Medea. Soon, five figures entered the small shack.

"What a sad moment, maybe I should have waited a bit huh?" A tall blonde man exclaimed, inciting the laughter of the four other men. Kalliopi slightly frowned and kept Medea behind her.

"Why are you here Vasileios?" Kalliopi asked, which made the blonde man, Vasileios laugh.

"Why am I here?" Vasileios repeated before licking his lips and pointing his finger, "I'm here for the little one behind you." Kalliopi gnashed her teeth and blocked Medea's line of sight with her body.

"She's has done nothing to you Vasileios!" Kalliopi yelled in anger, causing one of Vasileios's goons to slap her hard enough to draw blood and send her to the ground.

"Mama!" Medea tried going to her mother but was kicked away by the same goon who slapped her mom. Medea crashed into the small wooden counter and was rendered immobile.

Vasileios walked over to Kalliopi and pulled her head up by her hair.

"Watch your tone when speaking to someone superior to you whore." Vasileios slapped Kalliopi into the wall behind her. Kalliopi had the wind knocked out of her and keeled over. Despite her situation, Kalliopi made eye contact with Vasileios and mouthed "Fuck you."

Vasileios's face contorted in anger and he kicked Kalliopi in the stomach.

"Stupid whore!" Vasileios kicked her again, "Watch.Your.Mouth!" With each pronunciation, Vasileios kicked Kalliopi.

"Cough! Cough!" Kalliopi coughed up some blood and smiled.

"Bitch." Kalliopi said as she spat blood on Vasileios's shoes. Vasileios's only smiled and looked at the crying Medea.

"How about we put on a show for your daughter? I'd say around 5 thousand euros worth!" Vasileios dragged Kalliopi by the hair and stopped right in front of Medea.

"There are five of us here, which means around a thousand euros per guy right?" Vasileios cruelly smiled as he tore off Kalliopi's clothes. Kalliopi looked up at Vasileios in anger.

"Vasileios, I swear by the 12 gods, if I don't kill you then someone else will!" Coincidentally, at her swear to the gods, lightning struck and it began to rain heavily. Vasileios only smiled and pulled down his pants. From there on, Medea watched as her mother got raped five separate times by five different men. Medea's dark red eyes produced more tears today than she ever has in her entire lifetime.

Once they were done with her mother, Vasileios pulled a gun out of his suit jacket and held it against Kalliopi's head. Kalliopi's dark red eyes met with Medea's dark red eyes. Kalliopi smiled as she said, "I love you, my little princess."

*BANG*

Kalliopi's dead body dropped and Medea's eyes widened in sadness, anger, fear, and regret.

"MAMA!!!!!!!!" Medea yelled as she forced her body out of the broken counter and hugged her mother's dead body. Medea's mourning was quickly interrupted by Vasileios who grabbed her by the hair.

"Get the cinderblocks, let's send her to her mother," Vasileios stated as he dragged Medea out of their shack and threw her into the trunk of his car. Medea cried in the trunk of the car and continued crying until her tears of sadness turned into tears of rage.

"By the 12 gods, By the 1 God, or By the 2 million Gods, I don't give a fuck! I swear that I, Medea Diana Rinaki will tear the man named Vasileios to shreds with my own two hands!" Medea swore to the heavens, who responded with a red lightning strike.