Peaky Blinders

Chapter 1: Thomas

"you called the fuckin' meeting, and you're fuckin' late!" Arthur Shelby yelled as his younger brother Thomas Shelby walked in the room.

"I had a few things to figure out before the meeting," he told him calmly as he took out his cigarette holder and grabbed a smoke. He lit it before he began talking.

"Let's just get right down to it than, eh?" Polly, their aunt said as she crossed her legs, curious of what Thomas had called the family meeting for. There had been talk amongst the gangster community, and her and Tommy we're always the first to know. Although she was sure she knew what it was about, she wanted to hear it from Thomas's mouth.

"Alright than," he began, "everyone here has heard of the BBG, right?"

The group nodded.

"Johnny boy didn't you bang the youngest girl when you was a lad?" Arthur joked as he slapped John, their younger brothers arm.

John rolled his eyes.

"Boggs Brother Gang. They are the biggest gypsy thugs in England. The whole lot of them are bat shit, including her," John added, "last time we saw them was at one of them gypsy parties out in the woods, almost 15 years ago,"

"When ye banged her. You always took a liking to the Boggs girl," Arthur joked.

"We were ten, I didn't fuck her!' John argued back.

"Shut up," Polly cut them off, "they WERE the biggest gangsters. Not anymore," she was being Stern and serious, John's curiousity peaked, as did Arthur's.

"Correct Polly, were. The Boggs family started out like us. Their parents even friends of our fathers back in the day. The story goes that after a deal with the devil their mother gave birth to 4 sets of twins, but lost her life in childbirth on the last. All wicked and all boys, except the last set, one little girl. These boys grew up and made a name for themselves. Filthy rich with blood money from all over the world; but two weeks ago, all the brothers murdered, except the last set of twins. Nikolai and Scarlett. I heard the sister woke up to her brothers heads scattered about the front Lawn, while Nikolai is away on business in India... The girl is alone, a sitting duck with every gangster in England ready to take their money, lands and loyal men. Two of their three factories just outside of London have already been scavenged and burned to the ground,"

"So we go after the money? We have one girl standing between us and a fortune," Arthur asked excitedly.

"We will need a lot of men. I'm sure she's doubled up on security," John said.

Thomas sighed.

"We are going to offer her our services,"

Everyone was quite.

"She needs protection and we will offer it in exchange for money, land, and the loyal men she has left. There are rumors of different gangs and families trying to kill her, or kidnap her for hostage and ransom when Nikolai returns. She can't trust anyone but she is a gypsy, and so are we. We befriend her, and we have an ally in Nikolai when he returns. Having them on our side is key to our expansion. They have sway in communities we do not,"

"I heard their was fighting internally, that she killed her own brothers," Polly added wickedly, "Don't be naive, Tommy. Those are devil children. You've all heard the rumors. You can't trust that Nikolai and Scarlett Boggs is a lunatic. She bewitches men. Her name is the color of blood and that's exactly what's going to spill all over Birmingham if you do this!" Thomas could tell she didn't fully approve of this plan. She was a superstitious woman at times and even Thomas had to admit their was alot of stories about the family that raised concern; not only the ones about them as a gang, but the paranormal side to it too.