CHAPTER 1

Right Kick, left punch, duck right, left hook!

Ding ding ding! "And the winner is..... 'Crusher'!!" The announcer yell through the mic as the crowd went wild. The fighter waved to the crowd as he left the ring. Meeting up with his manager and coach, Rick, and took the towel from his hands.

"Good job! How are you man?" He said as he inspected for serious injuries but only to found none. The fighter took his bag and water bottle after giving his coach a swift nod. Rick handed him his money that was about 2 grands from all 4 fights that he won.

"Fine, just sore you know?" The fighter said as he waved his coach goodbye. With a wave as a response, he went out the door. He was now near his bike that was at the corner of a dark alleyway. There he spotted a group around 20 men. He intended to just take his bike and run, that is.... until he kicked a DAMN can!! The men simultaneously turned to his direction and stared at him wide eyed before attacking him. He managed trouble defeat a couple of them But with his already tiring body he was barely standing... That is until he received a blow to the back of his head. A turn to see his attacker but he was masked But a cap and was holding a wooden stick for what he guessed was the weapon he was hit with. As he fell limp onto the floor he could hear one man's words before losing consciousness.

"Boss will kill us when we get back."

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Annalissa was at her chair at the den reading the latest book. 'Maze Runner' as the other guys was minding her own business. The den was the mansion that was abandoned in the middle of the forest, But with some cleanup, it became the ideal hideout. Avoids the people's eyes and Big enough to fit 100-150 people. Well that is though most members live are their own home. Now that she thought about it, her second in charge, Henry was supposed to be back by now.

Just then the doors to the mansion slammed opened..With all 8 of her members on tow. But what caught her eye was the guy that was being manhandled by two of her men. They layed him down on the couch while the rest went away from it. Annalissa thought the guy was familiar from somewhere, but where? She turned to the men who was fidgeting uncomfortably under her gaze until Henry spoke up.

"Boss, we'll explain.." She was silent, urging him on with a blank face. "this boy saw the deal. We would've left him as he was But..." Henry trailed off when he saw movement from the guy.

The other group panicked, attacked and ran. She thought as she went to the sleeping guy's side. Idiots.. she thought again as she saw the impact he gotten was light. He was waking up though, and she have a whole lot of investigating to do later..

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Xavier woke up to a white ceiling. He had a killer headache as he tried to sit up. As he turned to look around, he was met with a pair of split colored eyes. His eyes widen as he remembered where he was. I was attacked and kidnapped. He thought. As he scan through the room, he noticed every eye was on him. He gulped when a bulk man around his early 30s stood in front of him.

"How are you boy?" The man asked Xavier. All he could do was nod, afraid to cross the deed to his death. Strangely, the man gave him a reassuring smile and pat his shoulder before turning around to the others.

Clapping his hands together, he said "Alright guys! Nothing to see here!" shooing the others while a few stayed. Xavier scan through the guys again until he met a familiar face.

"Sam?" He called to one of his friend from school. The other boy eyes widen as he recognized Xavier.

"Xavier? " Sam called out as he made his way to him. The girl that he now noticed turned her head to Sam.

"you know him?" The girl asked.

"..Yeah. He's a friend from school." Sam answered hesitantly. Holding his hands up in surrender as the girl narrowed her eyes at him. Then she turned back to Xavier.

"What's your name?" she asked in suspicion. Now that he looked at her closer, she was beautiful. Her light brown hair that went a little over her breast with dark highlights. Her half tanned skin and her red and blue eyes. But she somehow looked familiar somehow..

"..Xavier Collins " he answered after checking her out. Her eyes widen when he said his name though. He wondered why?

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Xavier Collins? Isn't that..? She thought as she turned to look at Sam, who went to the same school as them.

Annalissa was the leader But she was also a mere 16 year old. A freshman, well more like a sophomore/junior in her case. Her identity was a secret to other than her gang members, family and close friends, which she had none. She heard rumors about Xavier. He was the supposed bad boy at school, popular, arrogant and having whores and jocks surrounding him.

But she can't be discovered by outsiders, it was too risky. That was her promise to her predecessor, until you reach 18, you must keep your identity hidden. So that other gang leaders won't underestimate us. Was his last words. No he didn't died, just retired. The a young boy scream pulled her from her thoughts.

"Lisa! Lisa! I'm home!!" she turned to her 9 year old brother, Alec. She squat down from her seat and he jumped onto her lap with an 'oof' sound. He had light brown hair like her but his eyes were both sky blue like their father. He was grinning from ear to ear until he saw the strange man that was sitting on the sofa.

"Lisa! Who's that?" he asked pointing to Xavier. Now.. how to answer his question?

To reveal my identity or to play dumb?

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Xavier stared at the 9 year old boy as he point his finger at him. The boy looked somehow mature in his eyes, despite his childishness. The girl before him was glancing from him to her brother and then she opened her mouth to speak.

"He's Xavier Collins. He's Sam's friend. " she explains matter-of-factly to him. The boy turned to Sam now.

"He's your friend Sammy?" Sam nodded mutely not knowing what to say. The boy was now facing Xavier with his light blue eyes. "I'm Alec! Nice to meet you!" He said cheerily as he stuck out his hand to him.

He smiled weakly and took his hand. Just to let go the next second. The girl now stood up, carrying Alec to the man who talked to him before. "Alec. Go play with Henry for now. I have some business to attend to now." she spoke to him softly. Alec only nodded before jumping out of Henry's grasps and hugged her legs tightly. "I love you Lisa. " And ran out the room with Henry in tow.

Now it was the two of them, with the exception of 5 other men in the room. Xavier looked at the girl's mismatched eyes and repeated his question..

"Who are you?" she took a deep breath before breaking it to him. Closing then opening again, with a serious expression she said:

"I'm Annalissa Winters, Head of the Black Blood gang."