Tantamount

The Underground

Songs: Greek Tragedy - The Wombats // The Killing Kind Marianas Trench

Last update April 23, 2021

I woke up at the same time as usual. There's no sun to tell the time but my body had grown accustomed to waking up around the same hour. I stood up from the very hard couch, stretched my sore limbs, and yawned making my way to the kitchen. Mike was already awake.

"Good morning sunshine!"

"Shut up Mike. Once I get my tea you can talk to me" I said grumpily while preparing my usual black tea. I've never been a morning person and today was not the exception.

"So we gotta visit those assholes near the main street. They've been giving trouble to the girls again"

"That sounds like fun." We've taken the job of protecting brothels, we kept the women safe from men, well asshats, who felt like hurting the woman working. Protecting them was a simple job nobody wanted nor cared to do. I took a sip of my tea now feeling slightly more able to handle human interaction. Mike crossed his arms leaning against the wall staring at nothing in particular. I took another sip closing my eyes and letting the steam make my face feel warm. "What did they do this time?" I asked wondering if all the girls were okay.

"Three assholes came drunk and beat Amber, Dennis, and Shannon. They had done it for weeks but last night they took it further. The three girls are in bad shape."

"Fuck, they will not get away with that. Do they have enough medicine for the girls?"

"Yeah they are good don't worry. I made sure they had enough to treat them. They'll keep us updated." I simply nodded hoping they would feel okay soon although i knew physically they would recover but mentally... i didn't finish that thought and simply promised to myself that i would make sure those assholes wouldn't lay a hand on them ever again.

"(y/n)!!!" A little voice accompanied by the sound of little steps made its way to me eventually crashing on my leg.

"Hey kiddo, where's everyone else?" I left my almost empty cup of tea on the counter and picked up the little brown-haired cutie in my arms.

"They are still sleeping"

"Right, it's pretty early."

"Will you stay today?!! We could play games! Or you could read to us again! "

"Sorry kiddo but Mike and I have to do some things" I let Charlie back on the floor.

The little brown eyes looked at me with big pleading puppy eyes which could've made me cave and I would've stayed but we really needed to keep our clients happy and the girls at the brothel safe. "Let's go Mike" I gave a nod to Mike signaling to follow me and he just nodded in response.

"Wait! (y/n)! Will you sing us a song when you come back?" Charlie said while grabbing the edge of my sleeve. The kids had discovered my "Talent" a few years back and ever since I've been their walking musical. I act like I hate to do it but in reality, I love making those kids smile.

"Of course Charlie" I smiled and ruffled his hair while making my way to one of the rooms that connected to the kitchen. Once Charlie had left the room I unlocked the door letting Mike enter and locked the door behind him. This room had all our guns, knives, and ODM gear so we had to keep it safe from little grabby hands.

"What do you feel like using today? Revolver? Knives?"

I laughed "You know I like my knives" I reached for my babies. 16-inch blades with intrinsic details and embedded  Amethyst crystals. They had some sentimental value, they where a reminder that if I wanted freedom it wasn't gonna be given to me, I had to fight for it.