Susan stared up from behind the rest of her gang at the strange boy who stood in front of them. Behind him, around five or six other people stood. They all looked the same; icy, strange, dark, and powerful. There was no doubt in her mind that her gang had a low chance on surviving the night, but it still wouldn't stop her and her members from fighting for their life. The strange boy looked at them, a hint go humor playing on his face that she had seen so many times before on the other gang leader's faces that had once gone against them. Susan and her gang may be a sad group of young teens, but after the other gang messed with Susan's gang, they lost the smug look, she made sure of it.
"Which one of you is leader?" the strange boy, the leader, asked. When no one spoke, his eyes scanned over everyone, looking at all of them in return. Strangely, to her, it looked like his eyes changed colors slightly as he did. Then, his eyes skimmed over her and stopped on Loric. "You must be it." he said.
Loric laughed, "Yeah right." He said, between chuckles, "From what she says, I'm not even worthy to try." Glaring at him, it took all of her mental strength to keep from smacking in the back of the head. Susan was the only girl in the gang, and she had been made to show she was worthy to be part of it. Because of that, she had been made leader.
Susan pushed her way through and stood in front of her gang. "What do you want?" she asked, her voice edged with ice. Now that she was standing in front of this boy, Susan could tell that he was barely older then she was, maybe by about one or two years. "And who are you? I haven't seen you in this area."The boy smiled at her again, sending chills down her spine. Her discomfort didn't show on her face though, as it hadn't for years when confronted with other gangs.
"My names Jason." he replied, "What is yours?" His eyes scanned over her with a hungry look. Susan laughed. "Wouldn't you want to know." she said, chuckling again. He stepped towards her and instantly Susan's gang surrounded her. She pushed them back. "I can handle a boy." she said softly when Loric and Radell started to protest, "What's the worse he can do?"
She turned her attention back to Jason. To her surprise, the other people in his gang had also stepped up to his side. Jason was watching her with a sudden interest. He leaned down and whispered something to the girl beside him that took a few seconds to travel to Susan's ears. It was after the girl had nodded when Susan finally was able to understand that he had said, "The girl is mine." One of the boys stepped in front of Jason and rolled something onto the ground between their gangs. When she glanced down at it, Susan saw that they were weapons.
"I'm going to make this fair." Jason said, looking at her once again. "You and every person in your gang may choose a weapon. After that, we will give every one of you a three minute head start." Jason and his gang took a few steps back, indicating that they weren't going to stop them from getting to the weapons. Mark took a step towards the weapons but Susan stopped him when she saw what he was going for.
"No guns." she told him, loud enough for the rest of her gang to hear. She had a strange feeling that bullets would have no affect on Jason and his weird gang. Staring down at the weapons, Susan's breath caught in her throat when her eyes found a dagger. Reaching down, she was even more surprised to find out how light it was, even with the blade made of steel. Looking at it closely, Susan found out that in the middle of the blade was a slice of wood embedded in it. Suddenly, she had a very weird feeling that she had seen this dagger before. Before Susan knew what she was doing, her hands reached down to the end of the dagger and turned the jewel at its hilt to reveal another dagger hidden inside, only this dagger was completely wooden with silver laced around the blade. Looking up at her gang, Susan nodded, indicating for them to pick their weapons. They walked over carefully and picked, eyes never leaving Jason's gang. Because of what Susan said, no one picked guns. Silently, they walked back over to her. They too knew that they might now survive the night.
Jason, who had been watching quietly, said, "Your three minutes start now." Turning around, Susan's gang ran deep into the forest that surrounded them. Within seconds, they were separated, but it usually wasn't worried about. Her gang stuck together in twos, so if something happened, the couple could keep each other safe. The only person Susan had to worry about was herself because, for some reason, she was always alone if they got separated. It didn't take long for him to catch up with her in the dark forest. When Susan finally came to the clearing in the forests center, he was there waiting for her.
