Short Stories

Singer

I grew up in a family living in SteelPort but don't let the name fool you its a dangerous and filled with gangs.The one controlling them all is my family,The Sealed Death this gang was fabled to rose up from nothing with only their wits they won the gang battle in '87 claiming victory and rule over SteelPort they wanted me to become one of the lieutenants but I didn't want to."You are bullshitting me right?" my dad said "You aren't becoming a fucking singer" I turned around and said "I goddamn swear on my fucking life I'll never become a fucking murderer" he grabbed my hand bringing out a switchblade and started to cut me "One cut equals to one complain" he said "Fuck you" I said he started to cut me more I grabbed his hand holding the switchblade and cutting his hand holding me."Skata!" he cursed I ran to my room shutting the door and packing all my things from clothes to money and I went out the window.I landed on the ground rolling and immediately running I took my keys to drive my bike wherever I go I know it's better than this.

Few Hours Later
I already drove 5km away from SteelPort until I saw a sign "Welcome to Kissax" it was written on the sign "Kissax huh wonder what that means" I said "Well Kiss stands for the band and ax well cause why not?" a feminine voice I turned around to see a girl with dark eyes,pink dyed hair and most importantly her bleeding under her transparent jacket "What happened" I said looking at her wounds she quickly covered it up "Look I already saw it and you need some first aid" I said holding her hands to see the wound "Damn that's a big cut huh,well let me check if I have some first aid" I said.I looked through my bag for a first aid kid or bandages and alcohol "Look you don't have do this ya'know" she said "Well too late I already brought out the stuff" I said "Now this might hurt cause this is alcohol" "Its fine I can handle it" she said I placed a but of alcohol on all the wounds I can see and bandaged them up "Thanks by the way who are you" she said looking at me "I'm Josh" I said "You?" "Scarlett" she said bringing her hand out and I shook it "Pleased to meet you Scarlett and who did that to you the cuts and bruises" I said "Pleased to meet you too and my manager did" she said "Why?" I said "If sales are bad or my performance he'll hurt me" she said "Sales? Performance?" I said "Yeah I'm a singer and my manager is a hypocrite" she said smiling "Nice and kindly explain why he is a hypocrite" I said "Ok but can we keep this to ourselves like don't tell anyone" she said "I promise" I said "Well...He believes to have a good worker you gotta treat them well but he does the fucking opposite he doesn't live up to his fucking belief" she said angrily "Wow chill a bit" I said "Yeah,hey how about you come with me" she said "Come to where?" I asked "I know a good spot for some chill time" she said grabbing my hand "You ready?" "Ready as I'll ever be" I said.She took my hand and we ran through the woods only to end up to a bench overridden by nature and a perfect view...the perfect view of the stars,the moon "Ain't it perfect" she said "It's perfect" I said still holding her hands she looked at me and smiled "Hey how about we come her everyday and talk to each other" she said "Where will I live all I have is $100" I said "Hmm you can get a motel for $5,food here are really cheap and I'll lend you some instruments that you know how to play to just go to the park and play maybe a song or two so people can give you some change" she said "Thanks Scarlett" I said "Well so what's your story" she said sitting down on the bench faced towards the moon "Well...I'm a criminal" I said "Oh really you don't look like one" she said on the verge of laughing "Well I'm a criminal kind off because I'm part of a gang in SteelPort called The Sealed Death" I said scratching my head "Sealed Death?Huh I heard my manager say that before agh whatever continue" she said "I left my family and hometown to pursue my career of being a singer" I said "Singer?Just like me huh well that'll help you once I lend you some instruments,so what instrument to do you play?" she asked
"Well I can play a song on a acoustic guitar" I said "What song?" she said placing her head on my shoulder "My own song" I said "Can you sing it?" she asked whilst yawning "Maybe some other time you should rest Scarlett" I said "You make a goo.." she said before falling asleep "Night" I said shutting my eyes....