Fae and Gabby 2: Return of The Walkers

Chapter 14

Back at the Freemans' home, Layla's group were practicing their kicks while Fae's group were quietly meditating. After a while, Cindy groaned. "This is so fuckin' boring! How does sitting here doing nothing gon' teach us anything?!" she asked, irritated. "Trust me, Cindy. I know what I'm doing. Just keep on meditating," Fae said.

As she walked away from them, Gabby whispered, "Man, this ain't nothing. She always be making me do some boring yoga shit when I was little." "And you think this stuff can make us kick some asses?" Cindy asked. Gabby shrugged her shoulders. "It sorta helped me out. Made me calm and be prepared on what's coming at me."

Jazmine smiled with her eyes closed. "I feel calm already..."

Fae walked towards Layla and told her, "How's your group going?" Layla chuckled as she observed the boys. "They're going. Caesar and JC are always goofing off and Cairo look like he don't know what the hell he doing," she informed.

Fae sighed. "This is going to take time until we can actually get to our main location and get out of there without dying." Layla nodded. "Tell me about it...so what's up with you and that light-skinned girl?"

Fae glanced at Jazmine, then looked back at her foreign friend. "Meaning?" "Meaning what's your issue with her? I saw your irritated face once she was on your team. What she do to get on your bad side?" Layla questioned. Fae looked away, annoyed. "She's...the girl that Huey has feelings for," she admitted.

Layla looked at Fae in disbelief, then stared at the mulatto girl. "Is you for real? She don't even look that tough," she stated. "Believe me, she isn't," Fae responded, "However, they've been friends before I ever showed up, so I can see why he'd start falling for her. Besides..." Fae looked down.

"She's pretty..."

Layla scoffed. "I swear, these boys always be going for them soft girls. He ain't even worth your time. I don't see why you gotta save his ass," she told her. Fae remained silent, not sure how to respond to that. Suddenly, the two girls turned their attention to the boys just as Caesar punched Cairo in the eye, causing him to fall back.

Layla gasped. "Caesar! What the hell are you doing?!" she yelled. Caesar gave a cocky smirk as JC burst out laughing. "I'm just doing my martial arts thing!" he called out to her.

Cairo glared hard at Caesar. "What the fuck is your problem?!" he asked. "That was just a warning. I wasn't having it when you got Huey and Fae hating each other. Nobody messes with my homies!" Caesar said.

Hearing a new friendship the older Freeman had created, Cairo was feeling rage and envy. He attacked Caesar as the two boys got into a fight, along with JC screaming. "OH, SHIT! Niggas fighting! Get him, Mikey!" The young Brooklyn boy called out to his brother.

Gabby and Cindy cheered while Fae and Layla quickly run to the scene. "My money on Caesar!" Cindy announced. "Shouldn't we try and stop them?" Jazmine asked, getting a bit scared. "Why the hell we do that?" Gabby asked as if that was the most dumbest question she ever heard.

Fae held back Cairo while Layla held back Caesar. "Enough! Layla, get Caesar inside the house now!" Fae ordered. Layla dragged Caesar to the house, as the Brooklyn Native called out to Cairo. "You ain't nothing but a bitch, man! I don't know why you here as if you fuckin' care about anybody! You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us, nigga!"

"Hell yeah! That's how we do it in New York!" JC bragged.

Once they were inside, Layla pushed Caesar onto the couch. "What is up with you?! Why you gotta start some shit?" she asked.

Caesar stood up and responded, "Man, I ain't starting nothin'! Ever since he brought his punk ass up here, he keep on getting to my boy's head! And the worst thing he done was get all up with Fae, knowing damn well Huey got mad feelings for that girl! That shit pissed me off!"

Layla sucked her teeth. "Boy, please! Who told you that damn lie?! Huey don't have no feelings for Fae. That's the other way around but no matter how much Fae likes him, your boy just decided to start falling for that Jazmine girl!" she explained.

Caesar looked at her dumbfounded. "The fuck you talking about? Huey don't like Jazmine. That's the other way around. He never thought about her like that, but as for Fae, that's different," he reasoned.

Layla scoffed. "And how do you know Huey likes Fae? Had he ever told you?" Caesar paused for a moment. "Well...not really, but -" "Exactly."

Caesar rolled his eyes. "But he ain't gotta tell me. I just know." The New Yorker walked closer to the Arabian girl. "I could tell by the way he acts...the way he looks at her...the way he talks to her...and the way he's himself around her...to show that no girl can replace the one that got him whipped. He noticed that the girl he always wanted...was right in front of him," Caesar noted, looking into her eyes.

Layla stared at him, feeling her heart melting. "Besides...how do you know Fae likes Huey? Had she ever told you?" he questioned, raising an eyebrow at her. "Well...not really, but -"

He put his finger on her lips, causing her to stop mid-sentence.

"Exactly..."

Caesar put his finger down and just as their lips were getting closer, a slam to the door was heard. Caesar and Layla turned to see Hiro and Shani jogging up to them, completely out of breath. "Where have you been?" Layla asked them. "It's a long story," Shani spoke, "Where's Fae?"

"You called?" The four teenagers turned to see Fae staring at them, waiting for a response. "Fae, Shani and I got some information on the metal bomb," Hiro informed. Fae nodded. "All right, then. Who is the person we're after?" she asked. Hiro sighed as he looked down.

"I'm sorry, Fae...but you were right. Wuncler took the Freeman family."

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"I'm sorry, Fae...but you were right. Wuncler took the Freeman family."

I was speechless. I cannot believe this was happening. I only made a hypothesis thinking it was the Wunclers. I never actually believed that they would be the one causing this trouble.

I never met them, but Huey told me a lot about them on how they were corrupting the lower and middle class. I'm just glad they're nowhere near Granike. Who knows what they would've done to me or my people?

I was angry. They've been torturing the Freemans for a while now. Why won't they leave them alone? Why won't they leave any impecunious citizens alone for that matter?!

I'm getting real tired of them...

"Fae? Are you okay?" Shani asked, noticing my expression. I started scowling. "I am not," I responded. I walked around, trying to control my anger.

"What is their gain? They have fortune, business, and people worshipping them. What is the reason for doing this?! While other people are struggling, starving, and don't know what to do with their life back in Granike, these people here are destroying everyone's lives for fun; making all this a big joke to them and I've had it!"

Out of rage, I punched through the wall, causing the group to flinched at the sound.

I hung my head down while I run my fingers through my hair, trying to calm down as much as I could. After a long period of time, Layla spoke up. "Now we know it's those Wuncler guys...what we gonna do about it?"

I lifted my head up, showing my face that looked so menacing, the gang backed away a little out of fear.

They can take my home...they can take my freedom...they can even take my life...but when someone takes my friends...they have crossed the line where no one dares to cross...this is a dream that has revolved into a nightmare...

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Aaannnddd that's it for this chapter! Now you know who said that quote that was apart of the summary. I hope y'all like it! I'll be sure to update more! More chapters are coming soon!