Getting Close To The Gangleader

Chapter 4

Zander's POV
I was on my way to an underground boxing place that's called 'the inferno'. I fight so I can financially maintain me and my sister. My father left my mother and us when I was about sixteen. My mother got into drugs and she didn't care about us anymore so I got a job but I wasn't getting enough money. I got into underground boxing and as soon as I turned eighteen I packed up and left along with Lizabelle. We've had to move a few times because I've had problems with the guys I've won against and they wanted to kill me. This is the fourth time we've moved in less than a year and i really hope we stay here.

I'm on my way to 'the inferno' on my motorcycle but something catches my attention. I hear yelling from somewhere and I decide to get off my motorcycle and follow the voices. I turn a corner and see Anastasia holding a gun to a guys head.

"Anastasia!" She turns to look at me and says,

"Fucking hell! Get the guy and put him in the car."

I watch as she shoots the guy in the head and the two men that are with her come after me. I recognize one of the guys to be the guy she's always with, I think his name is Aaron. I turn to start running but they catch up to me. I start throwing punches at them but they dodge every one of them and one of them holds me down while the other one injects something into my neck. I suddenly feel really tired and the last thing I remember is getting carried by someone before I give out.
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I wake up and groan when my head starts hurting. I try to move around but curse when I notice that my arms and legs are tied to a chair, I look around to see I'm in a room with cement walls. I chill on the chair for a while until someones head pops in and as soon as he sees I'm awake he closes the door. That was weird. I try to listen to his footsteps but can't hear a thing. Damn, they're sound proof walls. I look up when the door opens again and I see Anastasia walk in with two guys behind her and my eyes widen. I'm taken back when she throws a punch at my left cheek, I groan and she throws another punch to the side of my head. I look at her cold stare and I get chills as I get that vibe from her that tells me not to piss her off or she'll kill me.

"Who do you work for?"

"What...what do you mean?"

"Just answer the fucking question!"

"I don't work for anyone!" What the fuck is she talking about?

"Then what were you doing there at that time? It was pretty late and I don't think you live around there?"

"Why would you think that?"

"Your sister goes to a private school and you don't seem the type to live around there. Now answer me. Who's your boss?"

"Boss? What are you talking about?"

"Guys can you leave us alone. I need to talk to him."

The guys exited the room quickly so only her and i were in the room. I feel something coming down the side of my face and know it's blood. This girl can pack a punch.

"What the fuck Anastasia! What's going on?!"

"I'll explain everything but you have to promise not to say anything. If you do I'll kill you like the other guy and I don't care who you are...I will kill you."

Just like that she left and left me confused. Why would she kill me? What's so important that I can't say anything about her to anyone?

A couple minutes pass by when she comes back. I look at her and see she has two sandwiches on a plate with a first aid kit in her other hand and a water bottle. She sets everything on a table that is in the room before coming over to me and cutting the rope from my wrists and ankles. I glare at her as she leans against the wall as if nothing happened and everything was fine.

"Look, I'm sorry okay. I just thought you were working for someone and were spying on me. I couldn't risk it so I brought you here. I admit I made a mistake."

"Alright. I forgive you. But who exactly are you? I mean if you suspect someone is spying on you you must be important or you're hiding something. What are you hiding? And why do people call you boss?"

Then her "boyfriend" walks in. That obviously was a lie since she took her time to say their "anniversary". When I went up to them that day they weren't holding hands. They were too distant and couples are usually all over each other. But why would she lie about being in a relationship.

"Hey Ana- Oh sorry. When you're done I need to ask you something." Since Ana isn't going to answer me I call out for him.

"Hey! Can you tell me who she is?" Aaron looks at her and she nod.

"Well Zander...this girl right here is the leader of the most powerful gang of the country. The divergent gang."

Holy shit...
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Anastasia's POV
Zander just looks at me with wide eyes that are now filled with fear. I chuckle and step out of the room with Aaron to see what he wanted.

"What's up?"

"Oh, me and the guys were wondering if you wanted a pepperoni or cheese pizza?"

"That's it?"

"Hey, pizza is an important matter. So which one?"

"Just order both of them."

I say as I hand him two twenties. He turns around with a grin on his face as he starts going upstairs.

"I'll order wings too then."

I shake my head and go back into the room to see Zander eating his food. When he's done I tell him to get up and sit on the table. I lean slightly on him and he starts trying to move away.

"What are you doing?"

"Calm down. I'm going to clean your wounds."

He relaxes and I look at his eyebrow. I start cleaning it and when I'm done I look at his other cheek and sigh. The bruise on his cheek looks ugly. It has this purple/green shade and it's big.

"The bruise on your cheek isn't looking the best right now but your eyebrow will heal."

"Okay."

I stand up straight and I turn to leave but he grabs my arm. I turn around and raise my eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Excuse me?"

"Why are you like this? You act like you're so cold and heartless but I know there's some part of you that still cares. I don't know why you turned like this but...I hope we can get closer and you can trust me somehow."

"The only people I can trust are my brother and Aaron, it'd take a miracle for me to trust you. I've learned to act like this and it's just how I am now. The reason behind it...y-you don't need to know. I'll have someone escort you out of my house and you can go back to your family."

Before he can say anything else I get out of the room and close the door. I go to the training room and change into a pair of Nike shorts. I take my top off since I already had a training bra on. I go over and start punching the punching bag. Memories of my parents dead bodies, of Gabriel crying at night as he calls for them, of the family we used to be, along with other dark memories I don't want to mention. All these images kept popping up and I took out everything on the bag.

"Ana! Anastasia! Calm down!"

I ignore him and keep punching the bag but with more force this time. I'm too engrossed in my thoughts and it's as if I'm in reliving it all. Suddenly I feel arms go around me and I turn around punching the person repeatedly in the face. They're able to push me off and pin me down.

"Anastasia! Snap out of it!"

I open my eyes and see Aaron on top of me. His face looks bad. He has a split lip, a black eye is forming, and a bruise on his jaw. I brush my hand gently against his face and he sucks in a breath. I push him off of me and run out the house. I ignore everyone and everything around me and just let my legs take me wherever.

This is all my fault...
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Diego Barrueco plays as Zander. Hope you guys are enjoying it so far.