Gemma:

⚠️ Contains Violence ⚠️

There has been notes left in our gate lately. They won't let me read any of them because I'm not allowed. They say nothing for your pretty head to worry about. Dad or my brothers always snatch each note from my hands. When I ask what they're about. They reply with the....

"Don't worry about it."

I'm not worry!

I'm nosy!

There's a huge difference!

I am sitting in the main room with Blair when Kane and all my brothers' friends come walking through the door.

"Valley's lab!" I called out to them.

That's where my family and part of their mafia constantly are having their meeting at. They have been waiting on those numbskulls to get here before they start it all over again today. They've been going down there every night for the past week. I know something is up because my guards have doubled. I had a lot before, now I have way too many. My brothers' guards have doubled as well. If it wasn't serious I wouldn't need 11 guards following me around or standing at every entrance in a room I'm in. I want to know what they're talking about damn it.

My laptop!!!!

The lab!!!

How could I forget.

It's you. You always forget shit.

Shut it.

I never took out the cameras! I just disconnected the warning sound from the lab the following morning after all my immature pranks. I run up to my room with guards trailing behind me. I grab my laptop and headphones and run back down the stairs. Passing each guard which in return has them turn right back around and run after me. They're normally quiet but they are huffing right now. Well, blame my father and Renzo buddy boys. You'll be getting all the exercise in the world, following me around. Blair is looking at me like I am crazy. I toss an earpiece and hit Blair in the eye. He lets out a grunt and all I could do is give him a small apologetic look.

"Sorry Blair."

Blair waves me off like it never happened. What was the point of making that noise if you are going to pretend it never happened to begin with. We each stick our earpiece in as I turn my laptop on and click Valley's lab icon.

"The French Mafia has declared a war on us." Renzo's voice rings out through my headphones.

"For what?" Julian asks.

"So, fucking what!" Lucian says.

"They have learned we killed their don." Matteo says.

"Who?" Vincent asks.

How?

What?

Who was their don?!

When did we get in a fight with another mafia again?

Blair looks at me with a scared look in his eyes.

"Fuck!" Blair whimpers.

"What?" I question him.

He immediately puts his finger to his mouth and does a be quiet motion. He then proceeds to point at my laptop, which drew my attention back to my screen.

"When the fuck did we fight with another mafia?" Gianni says confused.

When is he not confused?

Right!

"Rocco Monet. He was the don of the French Mafia. His half-brother. Pierre. They share the same mother but different fathers. Pierre was his second in command now he's taken his brother's place. Eye for an eye as he said." Dad talks.

My face went pale. Eye for an eye?! Who is he trying to take out. When I look back over at Blair his face is white as a ghost.

Is he dead?

I don't know! He isn't even blinking.

Can you hear his heartbeat?

Bitch I'm you! Can you hear his heartbeat?!

"That snaggletooth goldfish wanting to be a piranha was The Don of The French Mafia?" Maximus whines out.

"Unfortunately, he was." Dad answers.

"Shouldn't have messed with our family." Julian huffs out.

"He doesn't want Gemma. He wants one of our heads on a gate post." Renzo says.

"Most likely someone too important to Gemma. And too important to this Mafia." Dad says.

Who is he going to go after! They're all important to me! Every single last one of them! I feel a light squeeze on my hand as I try to think of who he's after. I look over at Blair as he gives me an apologetic look.

At least he's alive.

No, his ghost is just comforting you. Obviously, he's alive.

"He would not say who. Just gave riddles or hints. None were clear on who he was talking about." Matteo says.

"What are the hints?" Vincent asks.

"Hint one: Roses are red Violets are blue. Leaves are green. So are you." Renzo read out.

Roses?

They were mom's favorite. Which is why we still have the garden she done when I was little.

Blue......

I don't know what blue means but....

Green....

Eye color?

Which one has green eyes.

Leonardo, Vincent, Lucian, Julian, Valentino, Matteo, Renzo. Dad.

"That makes no sense!" Kane mutters out.

Yes, it does!

Eye color you idiot!

"Hint Two: Heart is cold as ice. Face is hard as stone."

Who's heart is the coldest?

Dad, Renzo, Valley, Lucian, Julian, Alonzo?

Who's face is stone?

Dad, Renzo, Valley, Lucian, Julian, Alonzo?!

Which of those has green eyes?

Dad, Renzo, Valley, and Lucian.

Well, that's narrowed it down some.

Note to sarcasm.

"What kind of shit is that!" Bain yells.

My headphone's speakers crack and distorts from his outburst. We both take out our earpiece and rub our ears. When I put my earpiece back in I almost miss the third hint.

Why you screaming so loud for?!

"Hint three: Which of the youngest Rossi brothers would make the little gem crumble?" Dad whispered out.

Little Gem? That's me.

No, I figured it was a gemstone dumbass!

The youngest Rossi brothers would make me crumble.

Vincent, Leonardo, Lucian.

They all would make me crumble.

Yeah, even the arses would make you crumble.

"Little Gem... that's Gemma. That's my Sorella. That's what I call her." Valentino screams.

Valentino.

He's younger than Renzo and Matteo. But older than the rest.....

Valley?!

"Hint four: Which of the Rossi's would make the rest Rossi siblings shatter to where there's nothing left if they were to die?"

Me.

That's me!

If anything happens to me, it'll make my siblings crumble. They wouldn't want to live.

That's just insane!

That's like suicide!

"Gems! If anything happened to Gemma again. None of us would be able to deal with it. We would be on a suicide mission. Without her we aren't whole." Lucian speaks up.

"Hint five: Which of the Rossi brothers always managed to save a Rossi from suicide? Poor fucker couldn't die correctly."

Think Gemma think!

What did Lucian's journal say?

He wrote it in it.

Who saved him?

Julian, Renzo, Valentino, Matteo, and Nikolai went looking for Lucian.

Julian was the one who found him.

Julian was the one who saved him.

It was always Julian and the four oldest brothers.

My eyes got wide. Looking on the screen I see Julian, Valentino, Renzo, Matteo, and Nikolai's face pale. Lucian's eyes got huge. Like they are about to pop out of socket. While dad and our uncles look at one another, what are they hiding?. Kane and the rest look confused. Like they had no idea which brother was suicidal.The answers are all the same. Either Valentino, Julian, Lucian, Renzo, and Matteo. Or a mixture of them.

I haven't narrowed it down to any individual!

This is stupid!

Blair gives my hand a squeeze and proceeds to hug the living shit out of me. He gently kisses my head.

"Goodnight. I'll see you in the morning."

He lets go of me and head down into the area his mother is being held captive in. He usually stays with her around this time until it's morning. Like I said earlier. We all have grown fond of Blair. He's like an additional brother to us. Well to me he's my best friend more than brother.

"Night Blair." I call out to him.

I totally forgot I was even spying on my family until I hear Renzo's commanding voice.

"We need to keep Gemma safe. When they attack we need her somewhere safe." Renzo orders.

"Her safe haven." Valentino suddenly answers.

"There's one last hint well riddle." Matteo says.

"What is it?" Vincent asks.

"When new, he can't be seen at all. But he grows with each night fall. And as he looms over the wall. Hark and hear the lone wolf's call." Dad reads out from the torn piece of paper.

The meeting suddenly ends when dad gets a call. Everyone starts to come back into the main room, so I quickly exit off his icon. Dad comes up moments later after everyone else. Everyone has an apologetic look on their faces once again. What is up with all these looks!?! I'm still stuck on this damn riddle. He's talking about the moon.

The moon phases.

When was the new moon?

Fourteen days ago, I believe.

Fourteen days ago?

Yes.?

I'm taken out of my thoughts when I hear voices talking.

"Gem when one of us tell you to run. We need you to run and lock yourself in your safe haven. Don't come out unless one of your brothers or I let you out." Dad orders.

I nod my head.

Shit!

What?

The full moon is tonight!

So?

That riddle! It tells them plain as night when they're attacking.

It's the super moon!

It's still a fucking full moon ass hat!

"They're going to attack tonight." I yell out.

"What?" Valley asks.

"I spied! The last riddle is talking about the moon. The full moon is when wolves howl. It's tonight!" I explain.

"Shit!" Julian mumbles.

Everyone's voices become hush when Renzo's phone began to ring, and we all can hear what the voice is saying all too well.

"They're attacking at the gate!"

"Run!" Matteo yells before anyone else could even form a word.

I hop to my feet and start to run up the stairs towards my room. Lucian and Valley follow behind me. Julian, Leonardo, and Vincent are right on our heels. I run into my library and slide my shelf over. I immediately place my palm on the scanner and slide my metal door and enter.

"Here! Wear this under your shirt." Julian says. He places something in my hand and runs back to the door where Leonardo and Vincent are. Glancing down I noticed it is a bulletproof vest. I look up at Julian and he has an expression on his face that I can't quite read.

"Don't worry Gem. We all have one on." Leonardo says from the doorway.

"That doesn't protect your bloody melon!" I scream out.

"Go Little Gem. We'll be safe." Valley says.

Or so he thought.

I hug both my remaining brothers when all of a sudden Lucian shoves me off him. Lucian closes the metal door even with my pleading for him not too. I hear my shelf slide back over and knew Valley, my my protector, my knight, my big brother, has now closed me in. I scream and cry until my throat is raw. I slide down my door and land onto the floor. I stay like this for what feels like an eternity. I eventually put the vest on under my shirt and instantly feel something hitting my side. When I dig in it's secret pocket. I pull out a knife and a gun.

A fucking gun!

Knife!

Lucian and Julian....

It has to be.

The gun looks exactly like one Lucian always has. The knife is definitely Julian's because I recognize the knife. He was playing with it earlier this morning.

Plus, it has Rossi 5 on the handle of the knife.

Julian is the 5th oldest of all of us.

The last item is a small earpiece. I don't even place it in my ear. I don't want to know who is shot or hurt. Even if my mind is bugging me to listen. I just couldn't. It feels like days that I am trapped in here. I am starting to panic because I could hear the gunshots getting closer.

I hear screams.

Lucian's!

Without thinking.

I slam my palm on the scanner and my door slides open. I use all my strength and sling my shelf over. I run towards the direction I think his voice is coming from. I come to an abrupt halt when I see Lucian squatting over a moppy blond haired person laying on the ground. Blood is slowly surrounding him. I catch a glimpse of the tattoo on their hand. The hand has a particular clock. This particular clock was 3/4 whole. It was made to look like it wasn't complete. Like it looks frail at the ends and faded. However, you can see the hands on the clock and the numbers even on this 3/4 clock. The rest was like skeleton bones. The bones go all the way to the fingernails. The time on the clock is the month and day I was taken years ago. The bones are as they said they felt dead inside. I remember him explaining his tattoo to me maybe a month ago.

(Something like this.)

I knew right then and there.

Julian......

Lucian isn't even looking when our enemy comes stalking down the hall towards him. I see a matte metal object in his hand. His arm raises and he aimed it towards Julian and Lucian.

Gun!

Before my brain could react to my body; I run and end up sideways like a jet behind Lucian and a sprawled-out Julian.

BANGGGGG!

"Gemma!!!!" I hear his voice.

The force of the bullet knocks the wind out of me. Everything suddenly went dark.

Hello darkness my not so nice friend.

A/N:

Word Count: 2335

I know this is somewhat a violent chapter but what are your thoughts?

Do you think anyone has died in this one?

Thoughts?

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Edited: 5/26/23