Blu♡

~ Chapter Two ~

"Yo Khalid dunk that s**t" Mehsham says as he passes the ball halfway down the open court to Khalid. "Slam dunk" Khalid screams while tossing the ball into the net. "Hell mehn this game was fire" Deinem adds just as Blu approaches. " What's good guys" I say, "Everything is good, how's your old man ?" Deinem chips in while the other guys gather their things that are displaced on the ground. "Oh he aii, just here to see Brian" I reply, "You should check out the back, he'd be there" Mehsham joins in.

" Oh and don't forget to say hi to his momma for me" Khalid says while winking and this makes the boy to laugh.

"Eww, perve!!" I retort before taking the back route to go find Brian. Khalid and the rest of the guys always joke about whose gonna hit on Brian's mom first, as digusting as that sounds,it kinda thrills them. I reach the back route and at the end of the back route alley, I see Brian conversing with some alley kids, I wait for them to disperse before I approach him.

"Hey nuggets" I say slapping his arm playfully. "There's my burrito" he retorts hugging me "Let's head upstairs" "Aii" I agree. "Where's your ma anyways?" I asked as we climbed the stairs, "She out for a lil while,care for some crackers?" Brian says while turning the key chain and opening the door. Brian has been my bestfriend since Jones allowed me to leave the house and that was only on special cases like when he had visitors or something, he wasn't scared of me displaying my powers at anytime, he very much didn't care. I met Brian while playing with some dumped bike at the dumpster in the alley that's where most street kids traded and swapped their items, ever since then he and I kinda like bonded. Brian knows I'm divergent cause one hot summer,I burned up and his house nearly cut fire.One of my special power is that I react to climatic changes I guess that's why when the weather is hot I get really got and when it's cold well you get the story. After what seemed like a minute of me being lost in thoughts, I get back to my senses and answer "neh I don't".

"Don't what?, the crackers? mehnn that offer was off the table minutes ago when you were busy thinking about your bullshit" he gently sparks, "I wasn't thinking dummy, I was just quiet that's all" I say while trying to wrestle with him. Brian tosses me on the couch which causes my shirt to lift up, revealing the long raised scars on my back, he gasps loudly using his hand to gently trace the scars down my back with anger in his eyes as he asks " He did this to you? didn't he, I finna kill that mofo" he immediately jerks up. "Don't Brian" I say touching his chest. "It's not a big deal"

"Not a big deal?, look at your body Blu, you have been badly bruised and scarred and I'm just supposed to let that go" he screams.

"Sometimes scars can be a badge of honor" I say sheepishly.

"Are you kidding me right now?" he scorns.

"If you try anything B, He'd call the mob and I'd be killed" I half plead, he looks af me for a while and calmly lifts his hand to stroke my dirty cheek, "Listen to me Blu, I don't care if you're divergent,I like you for who you are, okay. I've told you many times we could easily leave this ratchet town, we could run away to somewhere better."

" It's not that simple nuggets, there's your ma and lil brother and our friends,we can't just leave them behind" I say sadly.

"C'mon, we could always come back when you want Blue bear" he mumbles.

" I know, I know I'd think about it" I say , he pulls me into a tight hug and kisses my forehead "I care about you, yh aii" , "Yeah same" I reply.

"I'd always be there for you,trust" he says while patting my back,then just as fast I drift off to sleep.

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I wake up to Brian's clock chiming, I check the time it's 8:08pm, hell!! Jones is gonna kill me , am meant to be at the clubhouse bar right now s**t. I tiptoe to the door careful not to wake Brian, I reach the door just to hear my name from the living room " Blu? is that you?" Brian's mum asks, "Yes ma'am, it's me" I reply while blushing at being caught late hours in her house as usual,I could never get use to it.

"How are you doing, haven't seen you for a long while hope Jones be treating ya right" she quizzes not really paying attention to me, I fidget for a little while before answering "Yeah he cool".

" You finna be going now before them street boyz getcha" she purrs, "Yh rii, goodnight ma", she responds nodding her head.I rush downstairs hoping that when I get to the clubhouse Jones won't flap me to the wall to resume his beating. After about 20 minutes, I reach the backdoor of the clubhouse and reluctantly open the door to loud music blaring from the speakers. I get to the counter just in time to see Adriel, " Yo" he says tossing me a bar apron "where have you been Blu? your late man big time, I had to handle your shifts" Adriel complains.

"Sorry man, lost track of time, uhhm where Jones at?" I say

"Haven't seen him since he walked in here with a bunch of well dressed gringos"

"Gringos? What do you think they want" I enquire , "Blu I don't know but whatever it is, it usually ain't good". Just then a drunken girl limps over to bar, with her words slurry she says"Can I get them red cocktail",she tries to stable herself with the bar counter.

"Don't you think you've had enough" I say while rolling my eyes, Adriel pinches me while I groan," she means to say coming right up" he readily assures her while she sneaks me a death glare.

"Pull yourself together if you wanna survive the night" he whispers into my ear while moving aside to take another order.Just as I began to prepare the blondes order one of Jones goons come to get me. " Jones needs you now" he commands, "yh I bet he does" I retort removing my bar apron and giving the blonde her drink.I follow the big goon into the inner chambers of the clubhouse, I rarely go there unless it was urgent, so I wonder what Jones needs this time.I walk passed the well dressed gringos and exchange dark glances with them before I pass .I steadily open the door leading me to Jones.

"Sit" he orders. I systematically obey while the rest of the goons leave the room.

"You should know why your here but incase you don't I'm here to enlighten you. You my dear are gonna make me more ectasy than ever before"

I stare at him disbelieving "Yo you know that ain't possible right, if I speed up the rate at which I'm already making them,I'd burned myself out,my powers ain't strong enough. I say

"I didn't ask you what you can do,I sincerely don't care how you make them just get it done" Jones barks causing him to choke and cough till he spills out blood from his mouth.

" How many of those pills are you using?"I ask "You know your health condition those pills would only make your worse".

He chuckles "Health condition?,I don't have any health condition Blu, because you finna heal me as you always do".

"I won't "I say with authority.

He points a gun to my head then says" I wonder what my carpet fur would look like with divergent blood trickled all over it, like I said before I wasn't asking what you can do,I was giving an order, or would you like me to hand you over to the Mob they would be glad to finish the work themselves" he laughs some more.

"Do it now" he orders.

I reluctantly stand up from my sit then stretch my scrawny hands to his then I close my eyes and transfer the pains from his body to mine,immediately I feel the excruciating pain coursing through my veins as I scream then I fall to the ground out of exhaustion and pain.

He waits for a while then feels better due to the effect of my healing he laughs some more than yells for his goons to come get me again,"Get her off my floor and usher the gringos in"he kneels slightly then mutters to my hearing"DON'T forget to make enough or say goodbye to your survival".

I look at him tears clouding my vision I just saved his life for the umpteenth time and he still wants more, how did I become this pathetic,the goons lift me off the ground as I pass out.