Chapter 1

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?: get out I am done with your shit!
Mia: it's midnight where am I going to go?!
?: how about you send her to buy some more goddamn beer Susan, considering she doesn't do shit all day it's the least she can do
Mia: how dare you say that!? I am the only one that does all the cooking, cleaning, and work my ass off to keep a roof over our heads because all you do is waste the foster money on drugs and alcohol!!
?: what did you just say you ungrateful little brat!? (Gets off the couch and walks over to Mia and pulls her hair and then throws her to the ground) you want to repeat what you said bitch!? (Slaps her across the face)
Mia: n no j j James please I am sorry I didn't mean it
James: yeah that's what I thought but your still getting punished, Susan hand me my beer bottle
Susan: okay, teach the brat a lesson
Mia: n n no p please stop I I didn't
James: shut the fuck up, your lucky I am not throwing the glass at your head and only cutting you up a little (breaks the bottle and walks towards her with a piece of glass)
Mia's pov
I don't know how long he spent cutting me, I lost count after the third slice and I was exhausted and in pain that I felt myself falling asleep on the floor.
End of pov
Susan: don't even think about staying here tonight I told you to get out!! (Walks over to her, grabs her by the hair and drags her to the front door and kicks her side so Mia falls off the porch steps and lays on the sidewalk) you can come back when you learn to be grateful for everything we do for you, all we ask is for you to cook, clean, work and in return we give you a place to live
Mia: you left out the part where you abuse me (mumbles)
Susan: what did you say!? (Slaps her across the face) get the hell out of my sight before I get James to hit you with the whip
Mia's pov
After Susan said that last sentence, I gathered up any kind of strength I had to get up and start walking away from the house so I could be as far away from them as possible. I was only walking for thirty minutes before I felt something wet hit my cheek and five seconds later it stared pouring, you have got to be kidding me!? It barely rains in LA and of all nights it chooses to rain now!? I had no choice but to keep walking though, I couldn't find a park or a bench that was available to sleep on, my old faded t shirt was drenched along with my ripped jeans, my sneakers were drenched in water and I couldn't tell if it was the rain drops hitting my cheeks or my tears anymore. I lost track of how long I was walking for but the sharp pain on my side where I was kicked started hurting so much that I had to stop walking and lean against a wall next to an alley. My body slid to the ground and I buried my head in my hands and started crying, I hate this. I hate that I am only sixteen years old and instead of being a normal girl with two loving parents the universe granted me two parents that threw me in the system when I was only three days old. I mean what kind of parent does that to a child. I kept crying until I heard two voices in the distance, I leaned over behind the wall I was hiding in to see a group of boys surrounding another guy who was being pinned against the wall.
End of pov
?: how many times do we have to tell you Petrou this our territory!
Petrou: I don't make the rules hossler, you want to fight with someone take it up with Hudson
?: oh that's right I forgot your just his bitch, maybe I should give Hudson a little warning present about what's going to happen to him or any of his men that try to sell in our territory again (points his gun at Petrou)
Petrou: please don't Hossler, I have a girlfriend who's pregnant I need to be there for her
Hossler: what do you think Richards, should we let him live or should we kill him? (Smirks and keeps his gun aimed)
Richards: I think we should let him live but I also think we should teach Hudson a lesson so he never steps foot on our land again, shoot him in the shoulder, he'll live and we'll get our point across
Hossler: fine (looks at him) your lucky I am in a good mood today (shoots him in the shoulder)
Mia's pov
I let out a scream when I heard the gunshot, stupid stupid stupid Mia. I need to find a way to get out of here so I ignored the pain in my side and stood up but my body gave out and I fell to the ground. My only option was to crouch down and wrap my arms around my knees even more and tucked my head to my chest and hope that no one heard me screaming or I'll be dead by tomorrow.
End of pov
?: boss did you hear that?
Hossler: yeah we can't have any witnesses, find whoever did it and get rid of them
Hossler's pov
My boys and I looked around the alley to find the person that let out the scream. Whoever it was couldn't have gone far since this is the furthest alley that has anything close by. I was walking around when I spotted a figure in the corner of my eye, so I quickly walked over and I found a girl crouched against the wall, now what is a little girl like her doing out here at this time? I walked closer and she must have felt my presence because her body started shaking even more and she looked up at me with these big brown eyes, she was definitely small for however old she was and looked like she hadn't eaten in days, there were scratches around her arms and she was soaked from the rain and she was shaking probably from being cold or the fear she must be feeling right now. I decided to take a less intimidating approach with her and crouched down to her level.
End of pov
Hossler: what's your name little one?
(Mia looks up at him but doesn't say anything)
Hossler: didn't your parents teach you it's rude not to answer when someone is speaking to you (lifts her chin up)
Mia's pov
I felt my body shake even more as I looked into his intimidating crystal blue eyes, he had blonde hair and was wearing a black shirt that showed off his biceps and tattoos, he was much taller then me and I was scared to answer him, but he kept staring into my eyes almost daring me to look away but I couldn't. I was frozen.
End of pov
Hossler: I am going to ask one more time sweetheart what's your name?
Mia: m m Mia
Hossler: Mia what?
Mia: j j just m Mia I d don't have a l last n name
Hossler: hmm and how old are you Mia?
Mia: s s sixteen
Hossler: what's a sixteen year old little girl doing out here alone at this time of night, don't you know how dangerous it can be?
Mia: I I g g got k k kicked o out o of m m my f f foster home
Richards: what's taking so long Hossler, did you find whoever it was and kill them? (Says over a little speaker)
(Mia's eyes widen and tears stream down her face)
Mia: p p please d don't k kill m me, I I w won't t t tell a anyone, j j just l let m me g go a and w we'll p pretend y y you n never saw m me
Jaden's pov
I looked at the girl in front of me who was pretty much begging for her life and I couldn't help but take pity on her. But she still saw and heard too much so I can't just let her go.
End of pov
Jaden: I'll make you a deal sweetheart, if you come with me like a good girl and not yell for help or try anything then I won't kill you
Mia: a a are y y you g g going t to h h hurt me?
Jaden: not if you don't give me a reason too
Mia: s s so w what a a are y you g g going t to d do w with m me?
Jaden: I don't know yet but for now you need to come with me and I'd prefer it be the easy way instead of the hard way
Mia's pov
I looked at the boy in front of me, he didn't look that much older then me, maybe a couple years but not a lot and it's not like I have a lot to lose if I just follow him and he ends up killing me anyway. I decided to stand up but the second I did the pain in my side gave out and I almost fell back on the ground until the boy helped me up.
End of pov
Hossler: where are you hurt?
Mia: m my s s side
Hossler: okay I'll have one of my guys look at it when we get to the house
Mia: o o okay
(Hossler picks her up bridal style and carries her to the car)
?: are you out of your mind Hossler!? Why didn't you kill her!?
(Mia flinches from the screaming)
Hossler: would you mind lowering your voice Bryce, your scaring her (sits her down on a seat and looks at her) do you know who we are Mia?
?: of course she knows who we are, and now that you've let her see our faces the second she escapes we are fucked
Jaden: she's not going to try and escape, are you Mia? (Looks at her)
(Mia shakes her head)
Jaden: I like verbal answers sweetheart
Mia: n n no
Jaden: good girl, now that we have that out of the way, I am Jaden, that's josh (points at him) he's third in command, then Bryce, Blake and Quinton (points at each of them) there's more of us but you'll meet them later
Mia: w w who are you guys?
Quinton: your kidding right? Have you been living under a rock?
(Mia shrugs her shoulders)
Jaden: we are the Hossler gang sweetheart and I am the leader
Mia's pov
My eyes widened and my body started shaking again, I had heard of the Hossler gang on the news, they are the biggest gang in LA known for committing crimes around the city and the police can never catch them because they always wear a mask. The only other thing that's known is that there's two leaders, Jaden is obviously one of them but where's the other one? It's not any of the boys that are here because he didn't say it was one of them so I guess I'll find out eventually. Blake I think it was started driving and It wasn't until we were on the road for ten minutes that I realized I was just kidnapped! Well is it considered kidnap if I came willingly? He hasn't chloroformed me yet so that's a good sign... but I am still with the most dangerous gang in LA where I am probably going to end up getting killed, my shirt is soaked through from the rain making me feel exposed so I quickly brought my legs up to my chest and wrapped my arms around myself, the bleeding had stopped but it was dry and sticky against my skin and I couldn't help but wonder what the boys must think about me right now. Fifteen minutes into the drive I felt my eyes get heavy and my mind was exhausted but I don't trust these people so there's no way in hell that I am going to sleep and instead I laid my head against the glass window.
End of pov
Jaden: go to sleep little one it's almost two in the morning and we still have an hour drive
Mia: I I am n n not t t tired
Jaden: your lying and for the record I don't like liars, everyone in this car can see how tired you are go to sleep
(Mia looks at him with scared eyes)
Jaden: we aren't going to do anything okay
Mia: p p promise?
Jaden: yes
Mia: o o okay (closes her eyes and tries to go to sleep)
Ten minutes later
Blake: so why did you decide to bring a kid Jaden? It's not like you haven't killed them in the past
Jaden: there's something different about her, I don't know I saw her terrified for her life and even though that usually excites me with her... I don't know bro
Josh: what are you going to tell Nessa?
Jaden: ness is already going to love her I can tell (looks over at Mia)
Bryce: dude don't tell me your going soft, your already a simp for ness we don't need you simping over another girl
Jaden: your one to talk, Have you texted Addison to tell her why your going to be home late
(The boys start laughing)
Bryce: oh shut up
One hour later
Mia's pov
I opened my eyes to the feeling of someone carrying me and I instantly tensed up in their arms and tried to get out of their grip.
End of pov
Jaden: shh your okay, calm down I am just carrying you out of the car since you can't walk
(Mia just nods her head and lays her head on his shoulder while he opens the door)
Nessa: JADEN ISAIAH HOSSLER DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TIME IT IS!! I HAVE BEEN WORRIED ALL NIGHT WONDERING IF YOU WERE OKAY! (Walks over to him)
(Mia flinches at the tone of her voice and hides her head in Jaden's chest)
Jaden: first remember who your talking too and second I am sorry I had you worried, I should have at least called to let you know I was okay but something came up and things got... complicated
Nessa: (finally notices Mia in Jaden's arms) who's this?
Jaden: that's what I wanted to talk to you about but first where's griffin?
Nessa: with kio in the computer room, I was about to have them track you guys down with the van
Jaden: okay can you tell griffin to meet me in the medical room and then you and I can talk
Nessa: okay
Mia's pov
Jaden carried me to this room that pretty much looked like any ordinary doctors office which petrified me because I have never been a fan of doctors, they are rough and mean and I want nothing to do with them. Jaden tried laying me down on the bed but I didn't let go and I know what your thinking you barely even know him which is true, but he's the only one I sort of trust right now and the only source of protection I have. A few minutes later a boy not much older then Jaden walked into the room, he was tall with with brown hair, blue green eyes and was buff. Right off the bat he was intimidating and he could easily hurt me, Jaden tried to lay me down on the bed but I just gripped onto his jacket even more.
End of pov
Jaden: I need you to lay down so my friend can look at you okay?
(Mia shakes her head)
Jaden: he's not going to do anything to you, right griffin (looks at him)
Griffin: yeah I just want to clean your scratches and look at the bruise on your side
Mia: y y your l lying
Griffin: no I am not, I promise I won't do anything to hurt you
Mia: t t that's w w what the o o others h have s s said t to a and t t they s still d did it
Griffin: I am not like the others but I need you to trust me can you do that?
Mia: I d don't t t trust a a anyone
Jaden: do you trust me?
Mia: I d don't e even k know you
Jaden: have I done anything to hurt you yet?
Mia: n n no b but y you c could b b be t tricking m m me
Jaden: I promise you I am not, now I am going to give you a chance to lay down on your own or I am going to have to strap you down and I don't think your going to like that very much am I right?
Mia: p p please d don't
Jaden: then be a good girl and lay down
Mia: o o okay (lays down on the bed)
Jaden: good girl now I am going to go outside for a few minutes while he looks at you okay
Mia: n n no don't l leave m me alone w w with h him
Jaden: (sighs) fine then give me ten minutes and I'll be right back, griffin start cleaning those cuts I don't want them to get infected
(Jaden walks out of the room and towards the living room to see ness sitting on the couch, so he walks over to her and wraps his arms around her and pecks her on the lips)
Nessa: I am sorry for yelling but chase's gang is unpredictable and I was scared you got hurt (lays her head on his shoulder)
Jaden: I know baby I am sorry but come on compared to chase's gang ours is stronger and you know that
Nessa: yeah... but anyways who was the girl you brought?
Jaden: her name is Mia she heard us shoot Thomas and I obviously couldn't let her go but I couldn't kill her either
Nessa: so you brought her here? What if someone starts looking for her? Do you realize that we could go to jail if she escapes and we get caught
Jaden: she's a foster kid, they become runaways all the time and if she even had good foster parents she wouldn't have been by herself at midnight and second you should have seen the look in her eyes ness, she was so scared and hurt... she reminded me of you when we first met, but I couldn't tell the guys that obviously they would never let me hear the end of it (jokes)
Nessa: (laughs) true well I want to meet her, what's her name?
Jaden: Mia and from what I have noticed she's been through a lot and gets scared easily so just be gentle with her okay
Nessa: says the toughest gang leader in LA (jokes)
Scene change
Mia's pov
Griffin started cleaning the dried blood off my arm and it stung but when he started cleaning the cuts it stung so bad that I had to bite my lip from screaming out in pain. Finally after what felt like eternity he was done with only one of my arms and the bruises on my arms were visible.
End of pov
Griffin: how did you get those bruises?
(Mia shrugs her shoulders)
Griffin: what about the cuts on your arm? They were pretty deep but thankfully you don't need stitches
Mia: o o okay
Griffin: do you want to tell me what happened?
(Mis shakes her head just as the door to the room opens and Jaden walks in with nessa)
Mia's pov
The girl that was yelling when we first walked into the house came into the room and I instinctively gripped onto Griffin's wrist. She scared me after hearing how loud she could scream and I didn't like it. She walked over to me and I found myself shaking again until she looked up at me with her really pretty green eyes that reminded me of emeralds and she smiled at me.
End of pov
Nessa: hi Mia, my name is nessa
Mia: a a are you going to kick me out now?
Nessa: no and I am sorry I scared you by screaming I promise I won't raise my voice again okay?
Mia: o o okay
Griffin: alright Mia I have to look at the bruise on your side so I am going to lift your shirt up okay?
Mia: p p please d don't
Griffin: I have to and if you have anymore cuts I need to clean them
Mia: d d don't t t touch m me p p please (cries)
Nessa: hey hey shh it's okay he's not going to do anything he shouldn't just give him a chance and if you feel uncomfortable just squeeze my hand okay?
Mia: o o okay
Jaden's pov
Griffin lifted her shirt up and her entire stomach was pretty much black and blue, her side had a pretty deep cut though and she looked like she hadn't eaten in weeks. It was obvious that whatever foster home she was in she was getting abused. Ness turned around to look at me and we were both thinking the same thing. Griffin went to push on her ribs to make sure they weren't broken and she let out a scream.
End of pov
Griffin: I am sorry Mia, I needed to check your ribs which are just really bruised, but not broken which is a good thing
Mia: o o okay
Griffin: when was the last time you ate?
(Mia shrugs her shoulders)
Nessa: what do you mean?
Mia: I d d don't r r remember m my f f foster p p parents d d don't g g give m me f f food b because t t they s say I am t t to f f fat
Jaden: okay well you need to eat so I'll have one of my cooks make you something, and if your done griffin, I am sure Mia would like a shower so babe can you take her and give her some clothes, and throw those away she won't be needing them anymore
Nessa: yeah of course, come on sweetie (helps Mia off the bed) can you walk?
Mia: y y yeah It h hurts b but I can d d do it
Nessa: okay I'll hold your hand and help you (grabs her hand and leaves the room)
Griffin: I'll give it to you straight Jaden, she's been abused that's obvious, she's seriously underweight and I want to do a full body exam on her tomorrow and see what else could be wrong with her
Jaden: okay thanks bro, I am going to go tell Rafy to make some soup for her
Griffin: yeah that's probably the best thing for her right now and she's most likely going to get sick from staying in those wet clothes for so long
Jaden: yeah your right, okay you can go back to Kio, and I'll see you in the morning night
Griffin: night bro
Scene change
Mia's pov
Nessa led me to the bathroom and left some with a towel and a change of clothes so I took off the drenched t shirt and put it in the sink because I didn't want to wet the white tiles, then I unbuttoned my jeans and had to pull them down hard which made me hiss because of the bruises I have on my legs but the jeans were stuck to my skin like glue. Finally I managed to get them off along with my underwear and looked myself in the mirror, I winced at my reflection. I looked horrible, my light brown hair was dirty, soaked and tangled, my face was covered in dirt from falling off the porch steps, I had bruises upon bruises, scars and cuts everywhere. I looked away from the mirror and got into the bathtub which ness drew for me so it was nice and warm, I let my tense muscles finally try and relax from after all that shaking and I closed my eyes for a few seconds before finding any strength I had left to wash myself. My cuts once again started to sting and I tried my best to ignore it though and then I washed my hair with this strawberry scented shampoo and conditioner that was probably Nessa's and when I was done I got out and wrapped a towel around my hair after drying myself and noticed ness gave me a pair of underwear, a really big black hoodie that had the design of a little devil child and was holding a globe with a ring of fire around it, I assumed it was probably Jaden's hoodie and just put it on. It went all the way down to my knees and fit me like a dress and I had to fix the sleeves because they would have swallowed my hands if I didn't. I tried to brush through my tangled hair with my hands but it was no use considering I hadn't been able to brush it In days. So I just left it alone and walked out of the bathroom to see ness laying on the bed scrolling through her phone until she felt my presence and looked up.
End of pov
Nessa: ahh you look so cute!
Mia: I don't know if that's the right word for it but okay...
Nessa: nonsense you look adorable, do you want me to brush your hair or I can give you mine and you can do it
Mia: y you d don't h have t to i it's okay y you've h helped me enough
Nessa: are you sure? I don't mind
Mia: r really?
Nessa: yeah (smiles) come here
Mia's pov
Ten minutes later ness managed to tame my rats nest and just left my natural light brown curls to flow past my shoulders.
End of pov
Nessa: I love your hair it's beautiful
Mia: you think so?
Nessa: yes
(Mia is about to respond when the door opens and Jaden walks in with a bowl of soup)
Jaden: hey Mia how are you feeling?
Mia: b better
Jaden: good, you look a little better too but I bet your starving so I had one of my cooks make you some soup
Mia: y y you d didn't h h have too I I am o okay
Jaden: no way you haven't eaten in days, your going to sit on the bed and drink your soup (hands her a bowl and a spoon)
Mia's pov
I had the soup In my lap for two minutes now just staring at it for two reasons my ED is on full trigger mode right now and two I am not sure if I should drink it. What if they put some type of drug inside? What if this is their way of killing me? They tricked me into coming home with them and acting like they care but that's only because they wanted to kill me subtly. I don't exactly know how long I was playing around with the spoon and staring until I felt it being taken out of my hand.
End of pov
Jaden: open (holds the spoon up to her lips)
(Mia shakes her head)
Nessa: why don't you want to eat?
(Mia shrugs her shoulders)
Jaden: this is getting ridiculous Mia it's getting cold so open your mouth and drink now (looks her in the eyes)
(Mia shakes her head again)
Jaden: I am going to give you one more chance to open your mouth or I'll force the spoon into your mouth so you decide
(Mia whimpers and cuddled into nessa)
Nessa: don't scare her babe
Jaden: I am not trying too but she needs to listen or she's going to get sick, so last chance Mia which way is it going to be (looks her in the eyes)
Mia's pov
I didn't exactly want to say no to one of the most dangerous people in LA so I cautiously opened my mouth and he brought the spoon to my mouth and I drank it. It didn't taste any different, not that I can remember the last time I even had chicken soup but it didn't taste funny and I feel fine. Jaden brought another spoon full up to my lips and I just let him since I couldn't remember the last time anyone fed me and that's how I managed to drink half the bowl until I got full.
End of pov
Mia: I I a am f full
Jaden: you barely drank anything
Mia: I I had half
Jaden: more like a quarter
Mia: oh (whispers) but I am full
Nessa: it's okay, Jay don't push her I that's enough it's almost five in the morning and she's probably exhausted
Jaden: fine but your going to start eating better okay?
Mia: o okay
Nessa: this will be your room and ours is right across if you need anything okay?
Mia: o okay... can I ask you guys something?
Nessa: yeah
Mia: w why are you g g guys b being n nice
Jaden: do you want us to be mean (jokes)
Mia: n n no I it's j just y you g guys a are c criminals...
Nessa: that may be true but we aren't going to be mean unless you give us a reason to be
Mia: o o okay
Jaden: get some sleep, you need the rest (gets off the bed)
Mia: g g goodnight
Them: goodnight
(They leave the room and Mia closes her eyes while Jaden and ness go to their room and lay down on the bed)
Nessa: I am glad you brought Mia
Jaden: you are?
Nessa: yeah I have a feeling that she's going to be good for us
Jaden: you know what, I have that same feeling to but I am exhausted and want to get some sleep (turns the bedside lamp off)
Nessa: goodnight my love (leans over and pecks him on the lips)
Jaden: goodnight chicky (kisses her and closes his eyes)

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