The next day Crip marches straight into O'Rileys office, not wasting any time explaining the events of yesterday.

Crip: "Red found me!"
He says a bit too loud for O'Rileys liking.

O'Riley: "Shh! Do you want the entire gang to know? Quiet down." He whispers. "Last thing we need is a gang war on our hands."

Crip: "But what're we gonna do? He's after me O'Riley! There's no way he doesn't know where I live...What if he comes back?!"

O'Riley: "I said cool it!"

Crip quiets down, scared of O'Riley just the same.

O'Riley: "I don't want this getting out, you hear me. The others will try to find a way to fight, but we don't need that. Besides, he's probably not after you. He just happened to see you. You are overreacting."

There's silence for a moment.

O'Riley: "Where did he see you at anyways?"

Uh oh.

Crip: "I uh....I was in his part of town..."

He can't lie! O'Riley has this way of finding things out anyways. Lying will only make it worse.

O'Riley: "And just what were you doing in his part of town?"

Shit.

Crip: "I started seeing a therapist there..."

O'Riley: "A therapist hm? You snitch on us?"

Crip: "N-no! O'Riley I would never!"

O'Riley: "You better not have because if I find out, Red will be the least of your worries. Now get out of here. I've got to clean up your goddamn mess."

Ah...how's he gonna do that? It's not like he can stop Red.

Still, better out there than in here. He leaves, and Charlie is standing just outside. He tugs Crip along, until they're outside where the others are. There's Bear, Switch, Johnny, Lyric, Shank, Prophet, Tobias, Knots, Bullet, and now Charlie and himself.

Charlie: "Go on. Tell them what happened. If you don't, I am. Fuck O'Riley."

Oh shit! He heard! He should go tell O'Riley at once that Charlie's causing problems, but it's not like he can walk off. Hell the entire gangs expecting an answer.

Crip: "You listened in?! You fucking snake!"

Charlie: "Tell 'em!"

Crip: "Ugh! Fine! You all wanna know so bad? Mine and O'Rileys old gang leader Red wants me dead! There, you all happy now?"

The others look a bit shocked.

Knots: "Didn't expect someone to wanna kill you, of all people. O'Riley, sure, just not you."

Switch: "Well, we can't let that happen!"

Shank: "Damn right. You fuck with one of us, you fuck with all of us!"

Lyric: "So what do we do?"

Prophet: "Maybe it's best we keep watch at Crips house?"

Crip: "Ohhh no, I don't want any of you assholes knowing where I live!"

Charlie: "Except me."

Crip: "YOU NEED TO FORGET!"

Bullet: "Either way, if I see anything, I'm kicking some ass."

Shank: "Yeah! We can't just let it happen!"

Johnny: "Well, if you don't want us at your house, then you'll have to stay at ours for a while."

Crip suddenly feels all eyes on him. This isn't good at all. What choice does he have though? At least this way his apartment is still safe...for the most part.

Crip: "Fine, I'll do it..."

Charlie: "Meantime, we need to find this fuckers hideout. We can scope em out and attack when the times right."

Bear: "O'Riley should be the one making that call."

Charlie: "Yeah well I don't see O'Riley really giving a shit."

Bear: "Watch it."

Switch: "Woah woah, hey, let's not fight. They're the ones messing with us. I say we don't go after the gang....but if one of us sees something funny, we take care of it. Agreed?"

The entire gang responds with "agreed" and Crip can feel his lifespan chipping away. He felt like a piece of property.