The Gangleader, Is a Kid?

Chapter 18: young volcanoes

By the way that's Ryder up top (Conor Ball)

"Always wear your invisible crown"~

Ryder has just pulled me into and empty classroom, i look around and notice it's a music class. I look over to him and see that he's looking out the window nervously. "What's wrong?" I question as i prop myself against a desk. "Well, i, what gang are you in? No, scrap that. I already know. Look, they're ruthless! You have to get out. They won't hesitate to kill you! Damn. I don't even know why I'm telling you this! I mean you could kill me if you wanted to! Will you?" He looked at me with a panic filled face. "What? No" i shook my head, this kid is rambling. Why's he so scared? "What aren't you telling me?" I looked at him and saw him visibly stiffen. "Well..." He twitched his feet again "don't lie to me" i said sternly. "I, my brother. He, he was apart of that gang. And, well..." He looked up at me and then straight back at his feet. "They hurt him, badly, he had to leave the country. They were gonna kill him! Because of your gang i don't have an older brother!" He was getting more and more angry. He walked up to me and poked my chest. "Im just trying to help you before they hurt you!" He sighed and rubbed his hand through his hair frustrated. "Thank you" i said. He looked at me confused. "Most people wouldn't care," he seemed to understand and nod "want to skip?" I asked looking around the room, then the clock. We're ten minuets late already so why not? "Uh, where to?" He asked nervously. "We don't really have to go anywhere, class is boring, plus music is so much better!" I grinned. He smiled and picked up a guitar. "My dad taught me how to play" he smiled at the memory. Then frowned sourly. "I used to play a lot when i was younger" i leaned back "but you don't anymore?" I asked, he looked up at me and back to the wooden acoustic guitar "no, not anymore" he trails off. "Things change you know? For better, for worse. Doesn't mean we shouldn't go along as we did before. Play, i know you felt happy when you were playing then, the only reason you stopped is because what happened after you stopped, you know what that means? You just got to never stop playing." I grinned again pushing the guitar towards him, he sat down and pulled it up to his chest. Feeling the wood he began to strum the strings.
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La, do da da
Oh wo oha
Oh wo oh ah wo!

When rones and ruins, we are the lions, we are the collaciums,

In poison places, we are empty venom,
We're the beginning, of the end,
Tonight, the foxes hunt the hounds, and it's all over now,
Before it has begun, but we've already won,
We arrrrrrrrreeee wild, we are like young volcanoes,
We arrrrrrrrreeee wild, we are like young volcanoes,
Marry Connor (don't know who she is),
Well the song goes on, Connor Ball young volcanoes fall out boy :)

"Are you feeling better now?" He looked at the guitar and to me, his grin was ear to ear. He nodded, "come on, I'm feeling like ice cream" i said. He looked sad "yeah, I'm not really erm..." I see him put his hands in his pockets and his feet shuffled. There were human analysis classes, sociology was combined. I could tell what most people were feeling or if they were lying easily. "Come on it will be my treat!" I said slyly. His face lights up then dims again "i-i can't" his feet shuffle yet again. That was starting to get annoying. "You'll be doing me a favour" he sighed and looked up and smiled, "sounds like a plan" we walked into the corridor and saw a teacher coming towards us, i grabbed Ryders hand and ran, i heard yelling, but carried on. I ran passed a class and saw my friends and stopped ran backwards and waved through the window in the door. Ashley looked at me puzled. I heard more shouting and started running again.

Ashley's pov

I was trying not fall asleep in some boring ass lesson when I'm staring out the window in the door and i see someone, no two people run pass.
Was that Caleb?
Suddenly Caleb reverses into the view of the window. He waves, then looks back smiles cheekily and starts running again.

What the hell just happend?

"Hey, pssshhh, Jackson, did you just see that?" I whisper shouted at him

"Dude, nothing happend, you must be higher than me on the weekend" he smiled a million dollar smile.

I just shook my head and focused on going back to sleep.

Calebs pov

We burst out the school doors and headed straight for my car. He stopped when he saw it, "dude, that's your car?" He asked, i smiled "you know it bruh" his jaw hit the ground. "Get in"

When we got to the ice cream place we ordered two massive bowls, of course i had to basically force it down his throat at first but now he was really into it. In fact he is wolfing it down, it's like he hasn't eaten for day...s it all makes sense now.

"So, what do you like to do in your free time?" I asked slyly. He didn't look up "well, i have a little brother to look after but he mostly stays round the neighbours. So yea" he sat back as he finished his ice cream.

I picked my keys off the table "come on, I'll take you home" he froze. "It's ok, it's not far, i-i can walk"
"Nah don't be silly"
"It's-it's cool"
"Dude. Get. In"
"No. It's fine. Mind your own buisness" Ryder was persistent. But so was i.
"How bout we make a deal?" He nodded slowly as he saw i wasn't going to give in. "I get to see your place... If you get to see mine?!" He again, nodded slowly. "Good, now get in." He climbed in and he gave me directions to his place. It wasn't too bad, until we got to the end of the road, there laid a beaten down old house, if you call it a house. He started getting out but stopped when he saw me getting out too, "what are you doing?"
I looked at him like he was an idiot "looking round obviously. The 'dah' tone was evident. "Dude-" i cut him off "you made a deal" he just sighed and walked in. There was a chorus of laughter from the kitchen and he flinched. I put a hand on his shoulder giving him a reassuring look. I already know what's going on here, i just don't want to believe it.

He walked through the door way and i heard it all stop. "What the fuck are you doing here you little shit?" I stepped through the doorway and all eyes fell on me.

"Holy shit!" One man said.
Another screamed "you brought a friend? You think you run this place? WHAT THE FUCK???"

Ryder looked at my calm expression, he was really scared but he was trying hard not to show it, he was trying to be strong.

One guy stood up and now Chase stood in front of Ryder protectively. This is weird. He usually puts us first. But Chase can handle them easily. I've mastered most combats and the ones that i haven't i know how to defend myself against.

"You think your tough? Come on boy! I bet you ain't even been in a fight!" The other men drinking round the table all laughed. Chase was not happy.

So he may of smashed a bottle round his head "talk to me like that again and you'll be lucky to be in a coma for the next 50 years!" He sneered. All the men froze into place.

"Your tat! It's-its, boss we are so sorry. We didn't know!" I raised a finger and he shut up. "Stop being an ass lick" i turned to Ryder and pulled him out of the room, he replaced his shocked expression with a mutual one. Strong.

"What with the gang?" He asks a hint of fear in his voice.
"No dumbo, the school. It's a boarding school" a look of realization crosses his face. For the third time that day we got into my white Chevrolet with a black stripe down the middle and headed back to school.

There's something that doesn't add up about his story. We wouldn't just exile a guy for no reason. And the guys all had the same tattoo but smaller on the palm of their hands indicating they weren't major involved but maybe sold drugs or did a job here and there. And if they were associated with the kid why didn't they try to save him?

I don't know what it is, but i want to know.
I need to know.
I know Ryder believed that to be the truth.
He deserves the real truth.

Everyone does no matter how painful.

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