Contract Family

Delilah's POV:

I was abandoned as a kid because my parents died. I grew up in an orphanage, fending for myself. I learned survival skills. Eventually, I turned 16 and left the orphanage. I decided to start my own little family, but it wasn't a blood connected family I wanted. I made a small criminal group, and that was my family. We started out with a couple of members, but by the time I was 18, there were a few of us. We all had our own specialties and talents, and this is what kept us together and protected.

I lead this little group of ours. I keep everyone in line and make sure they do their job. I protect them and make sure we aren't caught. Occasionally I let another member in if they seem like they can benefit us. The group became to really feel like my family, and I'd do anything to protect them. Over time, they nicknamed me Contract Mother, which is often shortened to Mother. The Contract part comes from how we make illegal contracts with people. Mother comes from me leading them and treating them like my family and kids.

The first person I met and started working with was James. I found him in an alley fighting people. He is a year older than me, but much more immature. He's a very talented shooter, so he became one of our three gunners. He's a trigger-happy person who believe in shooting first and talking later, therefore his nickname became Trigger.

A few weeks after meeting James, Henry came into the picture. We don't know much about him, but we know he went through 4 years of college studying business. We don't know why he wanted to join us, the kid had a lot of future ahead of him. He was brilliant, and only 23 years old when we met him. He had no interest in running the group, only helping us financially and keeping us out of the dirt. He became our businessman, making deals with people, getting our contracts, and doing other stuff like that. He handles the money, resulting in his nickname being Cash.

When I was walking the streets one day, I came across a street performer. He wasn't ordinary though, he stole two peoples wallets, without anyone else noticing. I talked him into joining our group, and he became our con artist. He tricks people out of their money, and sometimes even their belongings. The boy said he dropped out of highschool and was 15 years old, and said his name was Colby. He often uses the act of being a street jester to steal, so we call him Jester sometimes.

The next person to join was introduced to me by Henry. The guy was 18 years old and named Lewis. He grew up around parents who were tech geniuses. Lewis disliked his parents forcing him to learn tech skills, so to get back at him he joined us. He wanted to use what he was forced to learn to do bad things, not to do good. He often hacked people using viruses, so we called him Virus.

The next two members came at the same time. We found them at an illegal street race. One was driving a car, the other one drove a motorcycle. Annie was 22 years old, and loved racing cars. She didn't tell us much about herself, nor could Lewis find anything more than what we already knew. She earned the nickname Drifter by always making a big entrance with a drift. The other girl was 19, her name was Haley and she drove motorcycles. She was always speeding and illegally racing, getting the nickname Speedy.

The next members were our spies. They were cousins that had been together since they were born. The youngest was a girl named Jen, she was 17. She was very violent and could easily be angered. Her older cousin was 20, his name was Finnick. Finnick was good at hunting down our targets, and Jen was good at taking them out silently. Therefore, Finnick became known as Seeker and Jen was Silencer.

Our next member was originally a target of ours. Finnick caught him sneaking in, but the kid didn't mean to. He carried a samurai sword with him, and claimed his name was Lenny. After a long discussion, we allowed him to join us. The kid was only 17, but he had amazing skills with his sword. He became known as Slice, seeing as that was his favorite way to destroy things.

The next person to join was a girl named May, she was only 17. Her father was an assassin, and he taught her a lot about guns. When he was killed she took a sniping gun and ran. She bumped into James on the streets and he brought her to us. She had incredible accuracy, so we let her in. Her nickname became Sniper.

When I was 18, May introduced me to a guy she knew. His name was Garret and he was 21 years old. He was also good with guns, but best with pistols. He seemed to never miss a target either. The group talked and decided to let him in, nicknaming him Clearshot.

The latest members we received were two 14 year old twins, Ellie and Elliot. They ran away from their home. They were smart, good at deceiving, and not bad with a fist fight. We felt bad for them, and could also use them so we took them in. They became known as Yin and Yang.

With that, we had our little dysfunctional family put together.