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Jet, 2010 | San Diego, California | Pre-Awakening
“If you leave I will never forgive you,” Jet’s mother hollered at him in her Greek accent. Aisha, his half-sister’s mother, glared at Jet as well. Why were they all ganging up on him like this? Jet knew they got bad vibes from Brian and Mathiaz, but it wasn’t as serious as they thought. They were just a couple of goofy guys, and they were his friends.
“Please,” Aisha pleaded, her facial expression softened. “If you care for nothing else, care for your mother.” She also had an accent, but hers was Ghanaian. Neesi was Jet’s mother, but Aisha may as well have been as well. “It’s bad, Jet, there’s something not right about those two, and we’ve got a horrible feeling. We have had this feeling for weeks, we asked you to stay out of trouble. Why won’t you listen?”
“I’m not a child,” Jet said coolly. “Why do you keep treating me like a goddamn child? Mind your own business! I’m 15, I don’t need you to hold my hand. Everyone thinks I’m a wuss because of you all!” Jet turned and stormed out of the house, slamming the door. He walked fast, but the door opened again.
“Jet what the hell is wrong with you?” Nhucha, his half-sister, demanded, shaking. She couldn’t stand that Jet would be so callous toward their mothers. They nearly died to get to the States, they protected Jet and Nhucha because they wanted a better life for them, obviously. “Stop! Just listen! They aren’t trying to hold you back, they just don’t want you getting into bad shit!”
“Shut up,” Jet snarled over his shoulder, “you’re supposed to be on my side! Thanks a lot!” Nhucha slowed to a stop and then yelled something at him, but Jet ignored her and picked up his pace.
It was pitch black tonight, no moon. If it wasn’t for the street lamps and some faint city lights, Jet wouldn’t be able to see where he was going at all. He slowed to a walk. Brian and Mathiaz, their gang leader’s sons, chose this night specifically for the lack of moon. Jet had managed to befriend these two and felt like it boded well for him, like he would be favored for it. They didn’t seem too bad, even though Jet’s family hated them- they would see how wrong they were soon. He could feel the scowl on his face, thinking about the fight that he and his family just had. It was like they all knew something was up. He wondered how families were so good at this shit.
There was something up, and Jet was just trying to help his family by doing this, it was the only way. They were so poor, always barely scraping by. Of course, the government and corporate “cops” who everyone called “mercs” made sure it stayed that way. Jet needed to make money and he needed to protect his family, he was, after all, the man of the house. He felt like he wasn’t doing enough for his family, certainly not enough to be called a man. In this shitty era, joining a gang and proving your worth to them was the only way to combat the merc’s habit of simply coming into your home and taking whatever they wanted as the government looked the other way. So, this was it. This was his initiation. After 5 years of training and preparing, they had to make sure that they could trust Jet completely, even though he wasn’t sure if this was a good idea. For a split second, he thought about running, but something drew him to the house. It was familiar, but he couldn’t place it.
[POP POP]. Jet went rigid then snapped his head up in direction of the gunshots. He heard horrified screams coming from the house. What the fuck was going on here? Dogs started barking and windows lit up down the street. Jet ran up the stairs to the front porch, ripping the screen door open and bolting inside. This was supposed to be a robbery, not a damn thing more. Why were there gunshots? He began to follow the direction of the sound and stumbled into a room to find a horrifying scene; a man, dead on the floor in a pool of blood and Ami- Ami!- who had been shot in her side, barely holding herself up on the floor in front of the man. Jet looked closer and realized that the man was Neil, Ami’s ex. Ami raised her head, shaking. She spotted Jet and her eyes narrowed, then she reached toward him.
“P..please-” she tried to choke out.
★ Parts I, II, III & IV were combined, original release dates were ★
Initiation pt I/Issue #3 ||| 8.1.2023
Initiation pt II/Issue #4 ||| 9.1.2023
Initiation pt III/Issue #5 ||| 10.1.2023
Initiation pt IV/Issue #6 ||| 11.1.2023
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