Chapter 9

It was a saturday evening. Rose was currently in her room, assisting Lex in his homework.

 "So, you just have to find the decimal point of the fraction and sum it all up. You do know how to convert a fraction to decimal, right?"

 "Yep" Lex grinned.

 Just then, her java phone rang.

 "Excuse me" Rose stood up and picked the phone on the bed.

 It was an unknown caller.

 Curious, she accepted the call.

 "Hello, who is this?"

 "Are you Annie Albert's sister?" a gruff voice rang from the other end.

 "How did you have my number?" Rose tone became stern.

 "Don't ask stupid question. Just know that we have your sister in our custody. If you care about her life, meet us up at the location i am going to text to you"

 "A note of warning, don't let a single soul learn of this. If i find out you informed the police.. hehehe"

 The caller hung up. Rose heart beat increased by a notch. Annie was in trouble!

 "Mum? are you okay?" Lex read Rose body language.

 'Something's amiss' he thought.

"Have you done your homework? Come, let me help you" Rose tactitly changed the topic.

* * *

Evening..

 Star Bands nightclub was one of the most renowned night clubs in the south bronx. Lights shone from within as loud electro music blarred.

 Currently, six hefty men surrounded a lady, a few distance away from the nigh club.

 "Bitch, are you sure she's going to show up?" one of the hefty men sporting a buzz hair cut cussed at the lady.

 "Since i said she will come, then she will. And mind the language okay? i'm a lady. Not a bitch" Annie rolled her eyes.

 "Hmph. Bitch, how do we gurantee you aren't lying to us" another one of the hefty men with a gash scar on the left side of his face, eyed Annie.

 "Then you can just have both of us okay. Is that satisfying" Annie was started to get annoyed of the questions.

 What's up with these brutes? couldn't they just shut up and wait?

 A few weeks ago, she borrowed money from these brute's boss.

Pico was an underground loan shark. Off recent, he had been demanding that she pay up her death or he'd kill her and her family. If it was just her family she wouldn't mind. But her life was at stake.

 She racked her brains for how to raise up quick cash, but nothing came up. She quit her stripper job to become an hookup girl but the cash kept on coming slow due to her stingy customers.

 But days ago, she saw Rose entering an expensive car and driving off at the grocery shop. It would've been okay if it was a one time thing, but it happened twice.

 Her brain began to work fast and placing the pieces together, she solved the puzzle. Rose was seeing a rich guy.

 And the probability of him being her sugar daddy wasn't low!

 Hence, she decided to play this dirty trick on her.

 "She's coming!" one of the gangsters yelped lightly.

 Annie reacted quickly and hid behind a truck.

 "Uhm, excuse me" Rose who just arrived sighted the six gangsters.

 Her heart skipped a bit. They look dangerous.

"You are that bitch's sister?" the gangster with a scar eyed her ravaneously like a wolf on heat.

 "Yes" Rose gulped.

 "Hope you are a sweet little girl and didn't call the cop heh?" one of the gangsters with a malnourished body patted the pistol tucked in his belt.

 "Yes.. yes" a cold ran up Rose spine.

 What's up with Annie? how could she associate herself with such dangerous people?!

 "Your sister owes us three thousand. Are you aware?" the gangster with a buzz hair cut licked his lips.

 He had to admit that both sisters were blessed with the curves. Except Annie had a foul air around her. But this one looked so untainted and that made him want to grab her that instant and ravage her to his heart desire.

 But he held himself back. It wouldn't be too late to enjoy her. He was confident because he didn't believe Rose sister could bring out the whooping sum of three thousand.

 Just as he expected, Rose face sank. Three thousand?!

"You mean three thousand cents?" she fervently hoped she was right.

 But alas..

 "Pft. Bros. Are you hearing this bitch?" the gangsters roared into laughter.

 What a joke! how much was three thousand cents worth? just thirty dollars!

 "Bitch. Your sister owes us three thousand grams. Bucks. Dollars" the gangster with buzz hair cut carressed Rose cheeks, which he found to be soft.

 "And you are going to pay up that debt"

 "But.. but i don't have that type of money. It's.. it's too much!" Rose fearfully took a step back.

 "Hehe. I know hun. But you can pay five dollars" the gangster said, a sneer on his lips.

 Too bad Rose didn't notice it.

 "Yep. I hate bullying little girls. But there's a catch though" 

 "What?" Rose became guarded.

 "Hehe. I don't bite. You just need to have a drink with us brothers in that place" he pointed at the club.

 Rose became tensed. These men were up to no good for sure. They could just spike her drink and have their way with her.Just as she wanted to reject, the gangster with a buzz hair cut grabbed her, pulling her towards his chest.

 "Now. Now. Don't be a party pooper will ya? it won't hurt hun. It's just a drink" he chuckled.

 "Yeah. We could even negotiate while we're at it" 

 "Bitch, you should be grateful that our leader appreciates your lil bit of beauty. Who're you acting princess daisy for huh?"

 The rest of the gangsters sneered. As for Rose, she was caught in a deadlock. The arms snaked around her were so tough that she could barely breathe properly, talk less of wriggling out.

 Just then..

 "Isn't it unmanly to bully a helpless lady? where's your pride in that?" a shadowy figure suddenly sneered with mockery.

 Due to the dark of the night, the shadowy figure's identity couldn't be revealed.

 "Whoever you are scram. This dosen't concerns you" the gangster holding Rose warned lazily.

 "Alright. But.."

 Rose shivered. Fearing the stranger might back out, she gathered every ounce of her strength and screamed.

"Mister! please help!!"

 "Shut up bitch!" the gangster tried hitting her but a hand grabbed his, just at the last moment.

 "It isn't right to hit a lady" 

 The shadowy figure punched the gangster in the face, breaking some teeth and spilling blood.

 "What are you waiting for? get him!!" the gangster on the ground yelled in angst.

 "Friggin bastard. Die!" one of the bastard with a bald head unsheathed a small knife, swinging it at the shadowy figure's way.

 "Mister watch out!" Rose cried out in worry.

 "Hm?" the gangster noticed that a strong hand gripped his wrist. It was the shadowy figure.

 "Scum" the shadowy figure twisted the gangsters wrist causing the latter to cry out in pain.

 He followed up with a kick to the stomach.

Bam!

 The shadowy figure recieved a sneak face punch from another gangster by his left.

 "Oww" he retaliated, reaching forth and grabbing the unsuspecting gangster by the head.

Bang!

 He smashed the gangster head against the ground and threw him towards another gangster.

 Rose watched in awe as the shadowy figure dealt with the six gangsters in a fluid manner.

 She couldn't help but recall that cartoonish super hero her son wasted his spare money buying comics about.

 Batman!

 Somehow, both of them shared some similarity.

 "Miss are you alright?" the shadowy figure asked, shaking Rose off her train of thoughts.

 "Hm?" she glanced downwards and saw the six gangsters writhing on the ground like maggots in a hot pot.

 "Thank you! Thank you!" tears welled up in the corner of her eyes as she offered heartfelt grattitude.

 "You should start going. Before more of these scums show up" the shadowy figure waved his hands nonchalantly as he walked towards the night club building.

 "Right!" staring down at the wailing bodies of the gangsters she walked towards the leader and bashed his head with the sole of her shoe.

After doing that, she took to her heels.

* * *

 Curently, Inside the Night club..

 The six heirs were gathered together at a table filled with expensive liquor. Two girls snaked around Geo's side who brazenly groppled their assets.

 "You shouldn't have injured those six. So what if they made their way with her?" Liam said coldly as he took a sip from the cup of red wine.

 "Liam's right. It's just a random bitch, so what about it?" Geo laughed pervertedly, slipping his fingers into one of the ladies undies.

 "Mind your business" Percy scowled as he took a large chug, drinking directly from the bottle.

 "Yeah. Perhaps you both are forgetting who he is? how can hades fear cerebus?" Tommy laughed.

 Yep! the six heirs are in NY!