Tantamount

Brief Encounter

Song: Run boy Run - Woodkid // Tip Toe - Imagine Dragons

I woke up to Mike kicking my legs and ripping my blanket away from my body. "Good morning! Sleeping beauty!!!" I groaned and sat up, I had slept on the hard couch again and my body complained as I moved.  "I swear to god, do that again and I'll stab you, Mike"  He laughed while leaning on the door frame "Right, I always forget you're not a morning person. Do I get some good points if I made you tea?"

"Black tea?"

"Yup"

I walked to the kitchen quickly grabbing the cup Mike had left prepared for me. He followed close behind.  "So we have a job today, This small gang of assholes have been on the loose killing people and establishing fear. The residents of the most affected streets raised some money to pay us so we'll eliminate them."

I exhaled not really liking the idea of taking money from people who probably really needed it but also knowing we needed the money. "Let's take enough to buy food for the kids, give the rest back, they probably had a hard time getting enough to pay us." Mike nodded instantly agreeing with me. 

"Do we know where they at?" 

Mike shook his head no "We only know what streets they've spent most of their time in the last couple of days and the descriptions the residents gave me. Apart from that, it seems like we are going to have to look for leads."

We got our ODM gear and our weapons ready for anything that might come at us. We left our street heading to where we could possibly find the assholes that were causing trouble. I didn't like killing, I liked killing monsters and assholes but I didn't like the fact that I enjoyed it. I thought killing, even if it was bad people, was not justified and I knew every time I killed something changed in me. This darkness on my chest grew stronger with every kill, threatening to consume me if I let it get out of control. But my family kept it at bay, they made me want to be good. Mike went bar after bar looking for leads while I stayed outside not really feeling like I could handle the disgusting stares men gave. I had more nightmares the past few nights, these made me recollect my past and at times I felt like I was the same little girls i was back then. Scared and defenseless. Mike got out the bar waving at me "We got a lead! The men were spotted a couple of blocks away, they were overheard talking about a woman they wanted to...  well you know." He always avoided saying the word rape knowing i would immediately lose my shit when i heard it and get a sudden homicidal urge. Not saying the word didn't exactly help but for his sake, I always hid my anger. 

"Let's go find the bastards. Lead the way."

We took off in search of the men who were possibly on their way to do some horrible thing. As we quickly walked we heard a scream, of a woman. Without thinking i use my ODM gear to reach the source, leaving Mike behind. I reached an ally and the three men had the woman on the floor, two of them grab her hands keeping her down and one man was between her legs cutting the clothes off of her. 

"HEY ASSHOLES!" My blood was boiling. I took my two blades out charged at the men tackling and kicking them pushing them away from the terrified woman. Once she was away from them Mike arrived "Mike take her home, make sure she is okay. I'll take care of them." He knew not to question me when i was mad so he asked the woman if he could carry her and once she nodded he carefully lifted her and used his ODM gear to get out of the ally. 

"Jaja! this bitch really wants us huh?"

Not granting them a response I charged at the first man, the one in the middle. I punched his face with all my strength effectively breaking his nose. The cracking of his bones making me satisfied 'he had this coming'.