DUKE'S DEAL I (Ch. 73)
Around the class floor are the bodies of several groaning teens, some clutching their sides in pain, others unconscious, the most pecular of this bunch are the two first year teens, noticeably in the midst of their downed upperclassmen, the two conclude the trash has been dealt with before each leveling their gaze at the other, to their understanding whomever should win was king, they would rule this school, before their fight comenses an intrution deters their focus. Barging into the confines of the class are several more upperclassmen each wielding weapons as they quickly surround the young lunin's,
"You two bastards think you can set foot here and claim yourselfs king?" The teen at the fore sneers, "i'm a generous man, get on your knees and i won't kill you!" He states, the two struggle in contemplation weighing between pride and wellbeing, just as the two are about to take a knee a voice calls over from the side,
"It's too noisy", to the shock of the two neither the gang nor their leader protest as they subtly lower their tones,
"Get on your knees" the leader re-eaterates, the two who are now on their feet look to each other before nodding then proceeding to strike first, the leader and the rest of his armed companions attack downing the two with sheer numbers, the teen seated by the side lifts his head of his table irritated by the commotion,
"I told you too keep quiet" he states abject apathy present in his voice, he works through the lot of them in quick succession leaving the two downed teens in awe,
"Why did you help us?" One of the two inquires,
"They ruined my sleep" he replies while exiting the class.
Months pass and those two teens identify themselves as his subordinates, the teens loitering around the hallway part as one of those two comes running through,
"Shit that's Daniel" one of them exclaim,
"The schools number two?" His friend inquires,
"Shhhh, i thought Bradley was the no two?" Another interjects,
"Naa it's definitely Daniel" the first responds.
Daniel tears through anyone in his way making due haste as he eventually arrives at his destination,
"Boss!, There's a car outside, they're looking for you" he states,
The boss seats up, begrudgingly, he stands to his feet slowly exiting the class, a few minutes later he's before a black Mercades car, an older teen in shades steps out of the back seat, his hair long but held behind his back by a band, his frame tall and muscular and his smile heavily mischievous,
"Duke Wade, join Dealers" he states,
"Not interested" Duke replies, "i hate gangsters" he concludes,
"Good!, That's why you should join us, we're not a gang, we're a family" he grins,
"Sure, that's what he always said too" Duke mocks while thinking back to his father, 'Gray Wade',
"That's unfortunate" the teen states, "if you ever change your mind, there's always a spot open" he states before heading back into the car, simultaneously somewhere in Jhevo another teen was being recruited, beside him where the heads of every highschool he'd seized control of, impressively he himself was just a middle school student, his name?, Darwin Trip,
"So your saying the boss when over to Grant middle school to recruit someone yet sent you too me?" He frowns questioning Dealers second i command, a teen with an incredibly aged and wrinkled face,
"Watch your tone boy" he replies,
"I guess i'll just have pay this 'Duke Wade' a visit" he concludes.
True to his words as Duke and co are walking down the now flourishing former impoverished streets of Jhevo's rural area,
"Duke!, Why'd you turn them down?" Bradley inquires,
"Yeah!, Everyone would kill to join them" he states,
"Why?" Duke questions, "are they famous?",
"Not just that" Daniel responds, "their rich as fuck!, This whole street basically belongs to them, they protect it's businesses and it's people",
"Let me guess, for a fee?" Duke inquires sarcastically,
"What?, No?, Didn't you hear me? They OWN IT" he re-eaterates, Duke comes to a halt now noticing the encirclement he and his friends are center of, the two still unawares to the situation inquires about his sudden stop when several teens each sporting different highschool uniforms step forward, a path opens up abd through it Darwin steps forward,
"Which one of you is Duke Wade?" He questions, Duke points to Daniel who shouts before proceeding to walk past, Darwin blocks him while putting on his brass knuckle,
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to fight, you have too, cause i want to" he states, "it's just you three here?",
"Three?" Duke inquires with a mocking grin as a massive black teen pedaling a bicycle arrives unto the scene, "make that four",
The fighting erupts and Tobi Daniel and Bradley find themselves making quick work of their highschool counterparts, Duke and Darwin go toe to toe, nighter giving an inch, the fighting devolves to violence when grown men in black suits appear at the scene of the fight, Duke and Darwin's bout continues unaware that even Darwin's forces have abandoned him, two men in black approach them but the two reply by sending their fists at the source of intrusion, their attempts at attack ultimately fail, more men in black arrive at the scene and shortly after a car follows, steping out of the car is a bald short middle aged man who surveys them before asking one question,
"Who are you?", The group holding Duke, Darwin, Tobi, Daniel and Bradley look to one another before replying in kind,
"DEALERS!" they said,
"Clean up this mess" the aged man states in a tired tone, the men in black pull out knives and various weapons in response surrounding the group,
"Tobi you know what to do",
"I can't believe we're actually doing this" he responds,
"Take him" Duke states towards Darwin, "Go!" He shouts turning to strike the closest of the suited men with venom, Bradley and Daniel mirror in kind as Tobi carried Darwin as the group bolt through the tight opening they'd carved, the men watch them dumfounded as the teens run into the distance,
"Sir...."
"Don't bother" the man replies heading back into the car.
"It's been a dozen years already huh" the teen in shades states, "no wonder you look older" he states,
"If you weren't injured i'd have hit you" the girl wrapping his injuries replies,
"You know you don't have to do this right?, Shifters...",
"Shifters this Shifters that, It's safer this way" She interjects
"It's been over a decade already, since when i started protecting these streets",
"It has hasn't it, Seb",
"You're the only one who still calls me that",
"I'm the only one special enough to call you that, isn't that right Corinth" she squints while shooting him a smile which he mirrors,
"Always".
The boys round a corner after several minutes of running, the boy's each take a breather while Duke inspects Tobi's bike, Darwin's kick sends the bike flying as he wastes no time putting his brass knuckle on,
"Get up, let's finish things, when i'm done with you you can go back to playing house with these three" he sneers,
"I'd rather 'play house' with these three than have over a hundred traitors as subordinates" Duke states with a smug smile,
"Sorry to interrupt your epic speech boss but....." He states with a pensive pause, "i think we're fucked!" He concludes staring at the sea of men in suits blocking the alley's entry and exit,
"Well fuck!" Duke exclaims.