For Rivers Maite, the world sucks. His parents are divorced and his dad stole him away to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His new apartment is terrible and the area, in general, is terrible. One night, he stayed up late reading, and he hears yelling and fighting right outside his window. He looks and sees two gangs fighting each other. This goes on for the next couple of nights until finally, Rivers goes out there and unknowingly joins one gang called "The Scorpions". A couple of weeks later, a series of murders go on about town with evidence pointing to both gangs. The tension grows and their fights get carried out into the day. Then, a mysterious person called Jaylo walks into town. From a gang in New York, Jaylo is here to get something back. With a mysterious past, Jaylo seems connected to every murder... but how and why?