I arrived at the outskirts to the city and the first thing I noticed were building touching the sky. The buildings were made of metal and huge. My parents had told me these were called skyscrapers and now I could see why.

The city only had a few and they were all near the center with other gleaming buildings.

Near the outskirts where I was the building were rundown and made of wood. Everybody’s clothes had faded colors.

As I walked through the gates a few guards were there but they let me through.

I had explored a few blocks and suddenly I heard some footsteps coming toward me and I turned around to see a guy coming out of an alley. He was looking around suspiciously and I realized that he might be trying to mug me.

I said “Hey, you okay?” He then swore under his breath and sprinted straight towards me.

He said “I’m sorry, but I gotta do this.” in a very sorrow tone. Then he tried to tackle me. I dove out of the way.

I punched him right in the jaw and it made a loud popping noise and blood sprayed out of his mouth.

I said “sorry” very timedly but he was unconscious.

I began to drag him into the alley he came out of and started to wait for him to wake up. He stirred about twenty stints later and started yelling unintelligibly I covered his mouth but that just made him louder.

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I said “Shut Up” in the same tone I used on the guy in the forest and he just stopped.

I then asked “what are you doing here” and he just muttered and pointed at his jaw. I realized I dislocated his jaw I did my best to set in place and asked the same question.

He responded with “dude, that hurt” and stayed silent until I stared at him in the most intimidating way possible and he responded albeit nervously “I’m really here because I need to join a gang.”

I asked “why did you try and mug me?” and he explained everything and gave me his sob story which was basically that he needed money for his little sisters meds and since he had almost know education the only way to make money was to join a gang.

He said to join the gang he wanted you needed to bring back 40 studs or steal something with that much.

He said that because of my nice clothes he thought I would have quite a lot of money so he decided that he would try and rob me, but what he didn’t know was that I was a super.

I asked him to take me back to his house. He did so but always looking over his back.

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When we got to his home which ended up being rundown apartment in a small building, I saw his sister and realized he really did need the money for her.

She looked like she was starving and her eyes had large bags under them. Though she did have a look of happiness in her eyes that I just couldn’t put my finger on.

She said “Hey Praely, where I have you been?” and he told her the truth everything that had happened and it shocked me. I now knew he could be trusted because even with her condition he knew he had to tell her the truth.

She looked disappointed after hearing the story, but also understanding. I worked up the nerve to ask them why she was this way.

And what I heard was shocking to say the least. Apparently she was a super with a power to stop time but it had a price and that was some of her life force. The amount she paid with depended on how long she used it for.

She had used it for an extremely long time for reasons unknown to anyone but her and she wasn’t willing to tell anybody. Shortly after it had happened Praely was lucky enough to have a guy approach him offering a decently high paying position within a gang and he immediately accepted the task he needed to join.

The gang was apparently of high standing within the underworld. I asked him to take me to the gangs headquarters so I could apply to the gang. I had a slight feeling that I knew where I could get the things needed to join.