(funk it i will just make it 2,000 words at this point for this chapter)
(First person pov)
(Charlotte pov)
I was doing what i always do at this time of night that is to deliver drugs, yeah I know not the most legal job but i have to do what I have to do since the fact that I am not a unnatural and my little sister is one so she needs resources for her night watcher exam in a week so she can go to hunt void beast to gain materials since the fact is that only people with night watcher badge can hunt void beasts outside the city walls. I kept my head down and continued to walk the same path as always to reach the secret place that was agreed to met up this week's hottest spot.
Soon i reached the place it was a looking house well as much as an old slums house can look it was normal I stood in front of it's door and knocked on the door 3 loud times and 3 soft times then i waited for 3 seconds to repeat the process once again as I finished the secret knocking method given by my gang that i worked for for some time.
As the door opened so i walked instantly without looking back just as i entered the door before me closed with a soft thud.
I kept my head lower not to cause problems since only members of top 3 gangs of the slums are allowed to keep there head high up without being told while i was in the 6th rank gang which happened to be the weakest amount all the gangs since it was the newest and had the fewest members as of now, but I didn't really care since as long as i get paid.
As i walked inside the house and was leaded to a door that lead downwards to the basement the really drug trading area. I walked down the stairs and reached the room where i gave the drugs to the counter on the side of the room because now was not the drug trading time since it was time for the gang bosses to make deals.
I stood while my gang was standing and lifted my head slightly so I could look around and saw that there were about 60 or so people here(each gang has to began 10 people here no more or less) but even with all of them here the room was quite spacious as there was a big table in the center of the room with six chairs and each chair had a person sitting on it. Those people sitting on chairs were the gang leaders of the slums. If i remember the order of each gang from top to bottom was
1 - overlords
2 - the fallen angels of death.
3 - silent killer.
4 - monster.
5 - poison master.
6 - shadow wolves.
And the gang i am in is the shadow wolves and our gang leader name is rose but we call her the "wolf queen" since she is a unnatural with the talent to turned into a giant 3 meters tall wolf and her physical star rank is 2 which is quite good since only the top 2 gang leaders can match her strength but when she is in her wolf form even they start to struggle against her.
That is how our gang has been about to survive without being destroyed by the other gangs.
(Third person pov)
Soon everyone there started to quite down as they all each stood on there own respected gang areas as the leader of overlords. I think his name was aadhav (a name with a deep meaning) his nickname was "true overlord" he looked like a weak old man but everyone here knew better then to believe that. As he stood and began to say "it great to see all the gang leaders here at one place and I can go on about great it is but i doubt anyone of you like hallow pleasantness, correct everyone". All the other gang leaders nodded at aadhav words then he continued to talk about gaining everyone approval on the topic "as you all know that this drug trading place is just a cover up for us to meet together and makes on how to move forward since the police have began to try and control our movements which has been uneventful this time like everytime but they haven't stopped trying which has been a problem in everyone business, so i wanted to talk about plans to deal with them". As aadhav finished his words the gang leaders and there gang members began to muttered to themselves and there subordinates on the matter then soon one of the gang leaders (the leader of monster named "knōdalon" and his nickname is "the mindless troll" since he was dumb and was big in size also his talent is called "strength multiplier") stands up and says "why don't we just bride then like always and kill the ones who refuse, wouldn't ut be easier". Knōdalon sounded please with himself for coming with an answer but soon he got annoyed as some when he heard a mocking laugh come from one of the gang leaders (the gang leader of poison master name is "Vishakaya" and her talent name is "poison mist" and her nickname is "the mist of death". She was a beautiful older women with light green and slightly greenish eyes) she laughed mockingly at knōdalon words and his lack of public awareness.
Knōdalon got even more annoyed as she continued to laugh at him and he glares at her while saying "the fuck are you laughing at, you smelly bitch". Knōdalon words shown his anger and when Vishakaya heard knōdalon words she laughed even more as she finally says "what fucking dumb are you, the police have a new in control so the old tricks wouldn't work anymore, you stupid troll" vishaka was mocking and dripping with amusement at knōdalon stupidity. Knōdalon could only glare in anger as he was getting ready to attack vishaka he heard a cold voice say "will you two stop fighting little bitchs for few seconds because your shouting has started to hurt my hearing at this point". It was kira (the gang leader of silent killer and his talent is unknown and his nickname is "shadow of death". He was lean and tall man with black hair and eyes). Both knōdalon and vishaka instantly became silent as they both know not annoy anyone of the top 3 gang leaders. As silent returned to the basement room after kira words were spoken few seconds later aadhav speaks again "now that heated arguments are out of the way, we should really come up with a solution to this problem of the police coming into our area and messing with it after that new police chief took over". As the worls were spoken again no muttered were even said this time since no one had any idea on what to do with the new police chief.
**20 minutes later**
Still nothing no one knew what to do with the new police chief since his position was take over by the old chief of police since the old man had been in his position for a while and it made no sense to change it to someone else so suddenly unless the new police chief was someone with a strong talent it was unlikely for him to become the new police chief. Then someone finally stands up again (it zen the gang leader of the fallen angels of death and his talent is also unknown and his nickname is "zen the unkiller" he has white hair and white eyes and was somewhat small in size but size doesn't matter when the language spoken is about strength). He says with a voice as cold as ice "we all have kept our businesses and area in the slums since night watchers don't bother with us as long as we keep out killing and drugs and weapons export and import under a limit and within limit of nearby low-tear cities. That is also the reason why police have been unable to deal with us for so long but due to increased in void beast attacks since amount of void beast lacking forests have increased so more void energy is left unabsorbed and that in turned why void beasts became even more wild also the reason why night watchers are planning to attack all the nearby ones that can dangerous that is why police chief I trying to keep us in control so no problem will be caused when night watchers are hunting void beasts". Everyone understood the reason for the sudden police pressure but didn't know he had to bring that up all of a the sudden then sudden a new voice cold professional says "that means the night watchers won't be able to do anything about us for a while so police are trying to put us under control when they still have night watchers to deal with us, only flaw is that this entire plan depends on the fact that we don't fight back only flaw in the plan is the fact it depends entirely on us not fighting back". The person who had spoken was rose (the gang leader of shadow wolves who has blood red eyes and pure black hair like a black wolf). everyone there understood why kira had told them everything before now mixed with rose words they understood the thing they need to do only problem is how should they start now then the meeting continued for 1 hour then it was decided that they will start deal with the police in the slums then deal with the police chief.
(First person pov)
(Charlotte pov)
'My legs they hurt like hell why do we have stand while the leaders sit did it cost that much to buy some chairs' I began to think as i walk out of the building secretly began the gang meeting between the leaders was over and we were ordered to go away alone and secretly because to avoid getting noticed. I kept walking my house with multiple detours just in case until I noticed something or someone watching me corner of my eye. I kept walking normally without acting weird as if I noticed those people then they started to get closer then I just ran at full speed because they weren't even pertaining to hide.
I ran.
Not the careful, measured running I used when I wanted to blend in—this was full panic, lungs-burning, legs-screaming running. The alley blurred past me, neon lights smearing into colorless streaks as footsteps echoed behind me. Not one pair. At least three.
Great. Of course.
I cut left, then right, knocking over a rusted trash can just to hear the satisfying crash slow them down. It didn't. Whoever they were, they were trained—or desperate enough not to care. Either option sucked.
My chest burned, my legs felt like they were filled with broken glass, but I didn't stop. I couldn't. If they caught me, best case scenario I'd get robbed. Worst case? I'd disappear, and no one would even bother asking questions. That was just how the slums worked.
Then suddenly I bounded into a someone because of which I fallen down and when I look at the who I had bound into to instantly feel horror from depths of my soul when my eyes looked at those unnatural mismatch eyes one felt like an abyss while other looked like an endless sea of blood and her face it was calm unnervingly calm like I didn't even bound into her like my very existence was below her.