Taking Chances

8:45

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🍄Talyeh🍄

It had to be around 5 in the morning when I heard the shed door slam open. I pretended to be asleep because I was scared that I'd get in trouble. I heard Kobe yelling, and Bambi crying. After a little while I heard who I'm guessing to be Kobe hitting Bambi and then shoving her into the shed and slamming the door closed.

I sat up and looked at Bambi who was sitting on the floor. "Are you ok" I asked as I kneeled beside her, she shook her head no. "What's wrong, tell me what he did" I cooed as I wiped her tears, "everything hurts" she cried. "I'm so sorry" I hugged her gently trying not to hurt her anymore, "what happened" I tried to look her in her eyes but she stared at the ground.

"H-he did it again..." she stuttered, "did wh- oh poor thing" I cooed as I gently rocked her. "Cmon let's go lay down" I said as I helped her up. Once she was on her feet she had to lean almost all of her weight on to me for support because if I wasn't here helping her then she would have fallen.

I laid her in her bed and pulled the blanket over her, making sure to tuck her in. "Where's Kulture" she sniffled, "she's on my bed" I replied. "Can I have her" she asked quietly, "mhmm" I nodded my head and then handed her the baby. She took her from me and hugged her tightly.

I don't know every detail about what happened in that house; but I do know that it scarred Starr and it would take a lot of work for her to even look somebody in the eye or reply with more than just 2 words.

I listened to her coo and sing quiet lullabies to her giggling baby. After a little while everything fell silent, the crickets, owls, and and other nocturnal animals went silent. It was spring but it was still cold out. I could hear the sound of rain gently tapping the window pain.

I could smell the rain too, it was a nice smell. After what felt like forever I finally started to feel tired and I ended up falling asleep.

🥺Bambi🥺

I was completely exhausted and all of my strength was gone. I was tired but I was too scared to sleep. Instead of sleeping I thought of ways to leave this hell hole. I could try to squeeze through the window in the shed. No it's too high up and I'm not even close to tall enough to reach it.

Maybe when one of the guys open the door I could just make a run for it. That wouldn't work either though, I had no strength and when I do get fed the food has little to no nutrition so I can't even build my strength back up. I laid in on my mattress feeling defeated. I listened for Talyeh's breathing, it was slow and hard to hear meaning she was asleep.

I played in Kultures curls, her hair wasn't like mine, it was more like Mikes. She had tight coils that were kinda long, and she had a lot of hair for her age. After a while my thoughts went to Mike and I started to drift off and finally fall asleep.

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🔫Mike🔫

"We think we have Starr's location" Lucas said as he woke me up, "hmm- really" I sat up and wiped my face with my hands. "Yeah we think that the address is 6616 Hallford Drive" he said cheerfully, "alright, we'll go looking for it later" I yawned. "When's later" he asked, "tonight, when nobody can see us and if they do they won't be too suspicious" I yawned.

"Alright does 8:45 sound good he asked, "yeah it sounds good" I replied. Lucas left my room and I let my head hit my pillow. My thoughts drifted to Bambi and her beautiful eyes, and her smiling face. I knew by time I got her back she probably wouldn't look the same.

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"Y'all ready" I asked, "yeah" Aya replied as she flipped up the hood of her hoodie. Aya, Jiggy, Cohen, Spencer, Kendrick, and Arria were coming with me to check out the area that Starr was allegedly in. The only reason the rookies were coming was because they needed yo start gaining experience.

We got in one of Kendrick's cars and started the drive. "You put fake plates on the car, right" I asked him, "yep I got the real ones right here" he held up the metal plates. "Aight good, remember we're just looking and observing the area we're not gonna just swing in there and try to be super hero's, y'all understand" I asked.

"Yes" Aya said, "good, who has the address" I asked. "I do" Spencer said as he put the address into the gps and we started our drive. Everyone was quiet for the most part, there was a little side conversation going on between the rookies but other than that you would probably be able to hear a pin drop.

(Ima do a lil time skip cause I'm lazy asl)

We pulled up outside of the house, it was a pretty big house and whoever the owner was obviously had money. I examined the house to see if I could find anything suspicious. My eyes fell on a car, a kinda old Toyota Camry I looked at its plates. My eyes widen, Nah it can't be his car. I looked at another car which was a Mercedes Benz jeep which was also kinda old.

The plates for that car were also similar, "I know who lives here" I mumbled as I made a u-turn and filled off. "Who lives here" Cohen asked, "Kobe" Kendrick answered. "Morris Kobe" Aya asked, "Nah it's a different Kobe" Spenc replied.

"Are we supposed to hate him" Jiggy asked, "yes you're supposed to want to kill him right where that pussy ass bitch stands" I said through gritted teeth. "Okayyy, note taken" Aya muttered, "what he do" Jiggy asked, "he put his hands on Starr way too many times and I don't appreciate it" I replied.

"We're they like in a relationship and he put his hands on her or..." she trailed off, "Nah Mike and her was dating and Kobe's bitch ass kept tryna get into her pants" Kendrick replied. "Ohhh, ok that makes sense" they said, "as soon as we get home Ima start planning shit" I said.

"And Ima help" Aya pitched in, "yeah me too" Jiggy said. "I'm pretty sure there's something I can help out with" Cohen shrugged, "Nah I got it" I replied, "uh-uh, I'm helpin' cause ain't nobody supposed to be putting they hands on Starr" Aya spoke up. Man she's a good kid, "alright I'll allow it" I shrugged.

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I think the next chapter is gonna be the characters and their nicknames cause I forgot them and I know y'all forgot they nicknames too.