The Street-Fighting Nerd- Rewritten

Chapter 1

•Ravens POV•

" Elijah! What information have you gotten on the three members coming to our school?" I glance over at Zoey and Jack as I say this, they not only my partners in crime, but also my classmates. Elijah looks up from his computer before looking down and reading out loud the only information we have on them.

" Three guys, a seventeen year old and two eighteen year olds. You'll end up having many classes with them. From what I can tell, all three could possibly be in The Black Thorns most trusted inner circle. They all transferred from an elite high school in California. Excellent marks in most classes, and all have small fortunes based on the things they are seen buying. Sadly, that's everything we have on them. It's not much." Elijah sighs, looking tired. I stare at him for a few minutes until he looks up at me.

" Thank you, Eli. You should go home though. First day of school tomorrow and you'll need to be on comms all day in case one of us has an interaction with one of the boys. Go get some rest, us three can close everything down." I gave him a small smile and nodded towards the door. He looked back and forth for a second before agreeing and packing up his things. " Bye, Eli. See you tomorrow. Sleep well."

We all said our good byes as he took the elevator up and was out the doors.
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Eventually the night wound down and we all were ready to go our separate ways. As Zoey, Jack, and I walked to the elevator to get our cars, I sighed.

" I hope Bill hasn't need drinking today. I'm still sore from what he done the other day." I stare up at the night sky, drinking in the light from the moon and stars. I glanced over to Zoey and saw her looking back at me.

" I don't understand why you let him hurt you. You are stronger than him. Just kill him and be done with him." She sighs out, sounding down with the conversation already. I rolled my eyes.

" I would love to kill him. But I can't. I have to deal with the abuse because of who he is. If suffering and being bloodied gets me closer to my revenge, I'll gladly take it. He has connections that I need before I can do anything. He's literally the second in command for The Vipers. I've gotten so much information from him without him knowing, if I kill him now then all that pain was for nothing. It has to be for something." I finally inhaled deeply, mentally and physically exhausted from the day. I looked over to Zoey and I could see it in her eyes. She understands. She knows I'll gladly let him hit me if it means I can steal information from him about his gang and take them down from the inside. Finally have justice for my family. But the pain still sucks.

Once we reach our cars, I take this time to look over the twins after our missions today. Zoey's long dark brown hair is thrown up into a messy bun, her stormy grey eyes shine in the street light coming through the windows, and her usual 5'7 height is now 5'10 due to those three-inche black heels. How she wears heels everyday is beyond me. She's still beautiful even after a very long day and tracking and killing. I turn my gaze to her younger twin, Jack Hart. His messy dark brown curls seem as though he's ran his hands through it a hundred times, hazel-green eyes show amusement as I look in them, and his muscular 6'0 frame is covered in a baggy hoodie.

" Checking me out now, Raven? I always knew you had the hots for me." Jack smirks, as if what he said was factual. Me and Zoey look at each other, then glance at him as we start laughing. That little smirk disappeared quickly.

" Bud, if she liked you at all, I doubt she would have looked at you the same way as me. She was just doing her check up thing. Make sure we are in one piece at the end of the day. You know, just making sure we don't pass out on our drive home." Zoey smiles at her little brother. She's right, I tend to check them over everyday, sometimes without realizing. If they get hurt trying to help me with my cause, I don't know if I could handle it. The whole reason I'm doing any of this is so I know I'll be strong enough and have enough resources to take The Vipers down. But they are both adults, and no matter how many times I express my concern, they will continue doing this until they can't anymore. Continue fighting alongside me.

" Thank you, both of you. For being here, for sticking by me. Just thank you for being here for me. It means so much to me." They both smile as I say this, then Zoey frowns. I look at her with a question on my face.

" Oh, no the frown is not because of what you said, I was just thinking of the three men coming to our school. What if they try to cause problems for us? Expose us to the school?" The concern on her face was enough for me to know she's been thinking about this since Elijah told us.

" If they try to start something, we'll just kill them, right?" Jack asks. Zoey and I shake our heads no. " Oh, well, shit. Then what are we supposed to do then?"

They both look to me then. I hold up a finger, letting them know to give me a minute as I think. The Black Thorns are a notoriously well known gang. Obviously, since they're number one. They are well known for being violent. Especially when it comes down to child abusers or molesters. That's one thing we have in common. However, that's what The Vipers do most, they take children from young ages all the way up to late teens and torment them until death or the child is broken. They attack families, innocent and not, and they make sure to try and leave one alive, as they did with me. The one they leave alive is shattered, a shell of whoever they were before. Just thinking it makes my blood boil. That's when the idea came to my head.

" What if we approach them first? Ask to work with them or they work with us. The one thing we know for sure is us three hate The Vipers, we want them dead. And The Black Thorns kill any child abusers or molesters they can. I bet you they came here to get closer to them, meaning they want them dead. We can join them and work together. Maybe try and get more information on both gangs while we're at it!" My excitement towards the end gets high as I think of the possibilities.

" That's great and all, but what about our roles at school? Jack is the football captain. You are the academically gifted nerd, and I'm supposed to be the brainless theatre girl. We do not hang out at school for a reason. Our roles make sure we don't get questioned. Us three cannot walk up to them at school, we'll have to wait and follow them somewhere." Zee let's out a breath. She has a great point. We all chose different social status to separate and watch our school. If we are seen together, it will cause questions to be asked that we can't answer. I'm the quiet nerd, Jack is the obnoxious jock, in charge of the other obnoxious jocks, and Zoey is the clueless but incredibly talented drama student. Our paths hardly ever cross. Fuck.

" Jack, as captain of the jocks, you might be able to get close to them. Act dumb like usual, and try to become friends. Ask them what they plan on doing tomorrow and if they don't tell you, try to stick around and listen to their conversations." To me that seems like a good plan. I'll be quiet and listen like normal if I have them in classes. But Jack will be the main plan, and Zoey and I will be back-ups. " I'm gonna head home and maybe think of more, most likely won't get the chance to though. I love you both, see y'all tomorrow."

" Bye, I love you, see you tomorrow." The twins say as we all get in our cars. It's currently nine o'clock at night and I'm hoping tonight can be peaceful. I turn the radio on full blast before the warehouse doors open and we zoom out.
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There's chapter one. Very different from the original but hopefully you enjoyed it.