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"killing the wrangler leaders father." max says emotionless.

"what?" i ask in disbelief.

"i'm not proud of it. i didn't know who we were going after until they started shooting. i had to close my eyes. i mentally couldn't watch myself pull the trigger." he says gulping.

"but you were only a one stripe....and they let you in on a plan and kill mission? especially that big of one?" i ask trying to process.

"yeah the whole gang was recruited. the worst part is, it was an ambush. we killed the leaders father, and brother. maybe even more." max's head hung low.

"why?" i ask

"blaine wanted wranglers to get the message to stop coming after faceless." he looked up at me and i sat there stunned and kind of scared. blaine is even more of a monster than i thought.

"that's sick. killing their dad and brother. blaine is definitely going to hell for that one." i said.

"we don't know who killed either of them. too many people were firing guns at once and no one knows whos bullet did it except for the leader. he saw it happen last minute before being pulled out by wranglers." he explained.

max and athena fill me in on past missions and things that happened before me. they told me who the wranglers were and as much as they knew about them. but i had never heard this story before.

we sat in silence for a moment just letting our minds catch up.

i've made lots of money in this gang and learned self defense and gun training. maybe one day i can leave. maybe max and athena would come along.

my thoughts were interrupted by kingsman knocking on the door.

"blaine bought family dinner for the success today. he said to come eat." we all nodded and kingsman left to tell others.

kingsman. kind of trust worthy, but also an asshole. he used to hate me but now we're kind of good friends. in my first bank heist ever he helped me through what we had to do. he also bought me new clothes after mine got ripped up in a fight.

he's a kiss up to blaine sometimes because he wants his fourth stripe. but i think he wants to be sure he's safe.

my feet reach the end of the stairs and i look around. everyone's gathered in the pit on couches and on the floor eating pizza.

blaine stands up and opens his mouth to speak.

"to celebrate our success and all of your hard work." blaine smiles triumphantly makes my stomach churn. he raises a beer in the sky and some raise theirs.

since my dad was an abusive alcoholic i refuse to drink. so i hold up my cherry coke and slightly smile.

i take a bite of my pizza and sip on my cherry coke. my eyes roam around the room and they stop on the spray paint wall.

"til death do us part.....faceless now, and faceless forever." thats it. all of our names are on that wall in spray paint. we pledge and paint.

til death do us part...

i've gotta get out of here. even if that means i'll die trying.

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A/N: kind of a short chapter :) but hey i'm still excited.

also i just went on a shopping spree today and dude i'm SO EXCITED TO WEAR THE NEW CLOTHES.
(A/N but editing: they were ugly and i had no sense of style when i said this but go off i guess)

anyways. VOTE PLS.