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15% In the middle of it All / Chapter 5: Chapter Five | | September 22nd

Chapter 5: Chapter Five | | September 22nd

Two months since the search party for Renee started. Any results ? Not a sign of her whereabouts. It went from daily searches to twice a week searches, weekly searches, every other week searches to monthly look outs.We just had to accept that the worst might've happened to her. What did we expect, really ? An 11 year old living by herself in the streets with no food or water ?

Just when I started to contemplate about her fate, I heard a knocking at the door. "On it." says Tanisha as she opens the door. From where I was I could only hear what was going on.

"Um, hi." says the woman at the door.

"What can I help you with ?" asks Tanisha.

"I'm holding a search party to find missing children."

"What their names ?" replies Tanisha with an exaggerated sigh.

"Belladonna, 10. Keshawn, 10. Renee, 11." she says, lifting a picture of their faces. Tanisha's eyes look at her up and down, ignoring the paper in front.

"Nisha, who's at the door ?" asks Mr. Smith, walking towards the entrance.

She sighs hearing her stepfather's voice. "It's no one." she answers.

"Don't lie to me, young woman. What do you want ?"

The woman re-explains the reason for her visit. "If you see them, please let us know." she adds handing in a card.

"We will. Goodbye, now."

"Good afternoon, sir." responds the woman as she leaves the premises. At the same time,Denzel walks into the living room and turns on the Tv. Now onto Naire news...

"Did you only wake up now ? Don't you have class ?" asked Tyler in a grating voice.

"Took a sabbatical year..." mumbled Denzel while browsing in the fridge.

"Three orphans from the Cherished Infants Orphanage have gone missing....Renee, an 11 year old. Keshawn, a 10 year old and Belladonna, also 10. If you have any information on their whereabouts or if you see them walking in your neighborhood, please contact the orphanage at...."

"We should contact them." suggests Tyler, glancing at the card that was given to him. Denzel chokes on his drink. "Kids ! Get out of your rooms." he continues. Keshawn, Tyrell and I walk out to the living room and sit on the couch.

"They left for a reason, we can't make them go back there." protests Denzel.

"They're kids, they don't know better." Denzel shakes his head. "Sha, call mum."

Tanisha sprints towards her mother's room. "Mum !"

"It's useless, your mother and I are on the same page for this." comments Mr.Smith as he sees Tanisha run.

On the other hand, Ms. Davis doesn't seem to agree with his statement. She marches out the room narrowing her eyes as she stares at her husband. "We're not letting those monsters take away our kids, Tyler !"

"They're gonna find them one day or another !" argues Tyler. Denzel and Tanisha exchange a look before signaling us to head inside a room. All five of us disappear in Denzel's room leaving the two adults in the living room.

"If they find them they'll just realize that they found a family !"

"They're not our kids." insists Tyler.

"You're right. They're my kids not ours."

"Their names are everywhere, you can't hide them."

"Who said I'd hide them ? You just gave me an idea, Tyler." she responds in a sharpened tone. "I'll change their names and sign them up for school. They're gonna be my kids and I'm gonna raise them like non selfish human beings."

"You're not gonna do that, Janet." he says, rubbing his brow. In that same instant, Ms.Davis busts herself into Denzel's room.

"All five of you. In the car. Now." she orders. We pass by Mr.Smith avoiding eye contact.

"My son stays here." commands Tyler firmly. Janet puts Tyrell down on the couch and we walk out the house to the car. "My car stays here too. Take yours." adds Tyler.

"Where are we going ?" asks Denzel, seated in the front passenger seat next to his mother.

"Belladonna and Keshawn are no more." replies Janet. Each one of our eyes widened. Where was she taking us ? What did she mean by Keshawn and I are no more ? Those are the questions I kept thinking about as I now sat anxiously in the car.

"We're going to change your names, sign you up for school and eventually this search party will come to an end... Y'all can't stay locked up in our house forever..."

A sigh of relief came out of my mouth as I heard her words.

"Y'all alright with that ?" she asked us.

"Yeah !" answered Keshawn and I simutationly.

And so,we left the house as Belladonna and Keshawn and came back with different names.

***

"What did you do ?" questioned Mr. Smith as we entered the house. Three women were sitting on the couch unfazed by our presence.

"Who are they ?" commented Janet, ignoring her husband's question. Her eyes were narrowing the longer she looked at the women. They were dressed in the same black suit aside from one who was dressed like a nun. The brunette with glasses, the brunette without glasses and the nun.

The strangers finally got up from their seats and neared themselves towards us."Beautiful little place you two have." said the nun.

"Who are they ?" repeated Janet crossing her arms.

"We're from the Cherished Infants Orphanage. Your husband called us over, reporting that he found two of the missing children."answered the brunette with glasses. All three of the women's eyes shifted to us. All my life spent at the orphanage I had never seen one of these women yet in their eyes I could feel that it wasn't the case for them. The grin on the brunette without glasses was as if she had found what she was looking for. Like she had found her prize.

"We haven't seen anyone." says Janet.

"Are all five of them your kids ?" asks the brunette with glasses.

"Yes, all five of them are my kids. Denzel, Tanisha, Quannell, Tamika and Tyrell. Are you looking down on me for having many kids ?"

"Not really, no. It's always the ones with smaller houses that have bigger families." comments the brunette.

"What'd you say to me ?"

"We weren't called for nothing, right ?" The nun faked a smile continuing to survey Quannell and I. "Those two look awfully familiar. What'd you say were their names?"

"Does every black child look the same to you ?" questioned Denzel. I look over to him before noticing the brunette shortly glancing at him, throwing Denzel a dirty look.

"Belladonna." says a voice.

I looked over to where the sound came just to realize that it was the nun who had uttered my old name.

They caught me

I rapidly look away hoping that she hasn't noticed me look her way.

"We can come by another time-" suggests the brunette with glasses.

"No need." interrupts Ms. Davis. "We don't need another visit." She looks over to her husband. The nun turns her head to him as well.

"I-I was mistaken. I apologize for wasting your time." said Tyler.

The two brunettes kept their eyes on us as they were walking out. I stayed close to Tanisha, keeping a poker face like her.

"Well if you ever see one of those three kids. Call us." instructed the nun with a tight voice.

"No. Goodbye." replied Tanisha as she waved her hand. The unpleasant atmosphere dissipated and we could breathe again.

"You made me lie to the law, Janet." comments Tyler, after closing the door behind the unwelcome guests.

"The law ? How are these women the law, Ty?" questioned Janet with a strict tone. "Did you see their faces ? Do they look like they want what's best for those missing kids ? Be honest with me."

He shook his head. "What-What even were these names you invented ?"

"Those names are their new names. Tamika King and Quannell Johnsonn. Under your law, those kids aren't missing which means you didn't lie. Which means, you ain't gotta call them anymore. Are you satisfied now ? Kids get ready for school."

And so, this marked the end of the 3 missing orphans search party. Unfortunately for us, Renee was still nowhere to be found.


Chapter 6: Chapter Six | | October 25th

Quannell and I finally started to attend school. Back at the orphanage, we were tutored so it was our first time ever stepping into a school and getting taught in a real class with no one knowing much about you aside from our name and age.

"How would y'all rate your first month at S.N.E.S ?" asked Tanisha, when we met in front of our building after school. SNES stands for South Naire Elementary School.

"I found it fun." replied Quannell.

"Same." I commented.

"Ace wants us gathered at the crib. He has an announcement to make. Denzel is coming to pick with Keemo." explains Tanisha as she lifts up her phone. Less than 15 minutes after, she gets a call from her brother saying he's here. All three of us sit in the backseats, Denzel in the passenger seat and Keemo in the driver's seat.

"Y'all know why we're gathering ?" asks Keemo joyfully.

"No. Why ?" Tanisha leans forward.

Denzel and Keemo exchange a sneaky glance.

"Should we tell them ?" whispered Denzel.

"C'mon tell us why !" said Quann.

"Just wait a bit. You'll get your answer." replied Denzel. Keemo chuckles a little.

Tanisha sighs. "Why'd you even bring it up ?"

"Why'd you even bring it up?" mimics her brother.

***

"Are you gonna tell us now ?" asks Quannell while we walk into the crib. Rayan awaits us there. Well she most likely was waiting for her now boyfriend, Keemo.

"There's no point now, you feel me ?" replies Denzel. We directed ourselves to the back patio of the place, where we noticed that each member of the Gang was gathered.

"Stand tall !" shouts Cash.

"Respect." he adds, shouting in a hoarse voice. We all bow down.

"You're getting used to it now." Quannell whispers while he smirks as we slowly raise back up. I smile back at him.

"Y'all already know why we gather here. We gather for fights, announcements, new members and so on. Today we're gathered to welcome not two but four new members."

Four new members ?

"What ?" I blur out joyfully. Tanisha and I look at each other confused,mouths open.

"Did you already meet them?" Sha asks her brother.

"You guys are blind. They're right in front of us." replies Cix. He puts his palms under Sha's and my chin and closes our mouths. "Keep your mouth open and something will get into it." he adds.

"Is it those two ?" asks Quannell. I shifted my vision in the direction his eyes were looking. Next to Sky are two kids, one boy and one girl. They were both tan, around 4'9ft (1,44m), and had amber colored eyes. The hair for the both of them was shoulder length, wavy and brown which made them look practically identical. Thanks to their clothes, it was easy to differentiate them.

"They know who they are, please come forward." declares Ace. The two kids place themselves in front of Ace, facing him and Quannell and I do the same.

"Hey." says the girl.

She's even prettier up close

"Hey." I replied.

"What's your name ?" asks Quann.

"Aneesa." replies the girl.

"Asad. I'm her brother." answered the boy. I nod in acknowledgement.

No wonder they looked alike.

" I heard y'all changed names. It's true ?" asked Ace.

"Yes sir." Quann and I answer in an instant.

I may have grown a little, being now almost an inch taller, but I was nowhere near Ace's gigantic height. Looking up I could see a proud smirk on his lips.

"Asad Daoudi. Aneesa Daoudi. Quannell Johnsonn. Tamika King. Asad you will go by the name Ghost. Aneesa you will go by the name Third Eye. Quannell, you will go by the name KJ. Tamika you will go by the name Titi. I hereby declare you all exclusive members of the Silvers Gang. The people you now see around you are now your crew, your people, your family, your friends. Welcome." declared Ace.

Immediately thunders of applause were heard behind us. We turn around and bow at our public. I looked around and everyone was smiling at me. People were finally happy about my existence. It felt like a wonderful dream. The only thing that was missing in this beautiful dream was Renee.

"Welcome." Blu tapped us in the back. We get off the small podium and all four of us join Nate and Izzy in a corner.

"Now that y'all are officially part of the Silvers, we can reveal our real names." says Tanisha as she walks towards us followed by Red.

"My name is Isabel Gomes." says Izzy.

"I'm Nate." says Nate.

"No !" argues Isabel. "We already know your nickname, what's your real name ?"

" Klaewkla Suwanrat." Grumbled Nate.

"I'm Jordan Jackson." mentioned Red. "Should I tell the others names ?" He asks as he looks at Tanisha.

"Go ahead." She nods.

"JJ is my older sister Jessie Jackson. Sha is Tanisha Davis. Her brother Draco is Denzel Davis. Blu's real name is Diego DaLuz. Ace is Caleb Coleman. Cix is Kelvin Fils-Aime. Sky is Skylar Brown. Cash is Shigeru Yamazaki. Ray is Rayan and Wave is Keemo." explains Red.

"They don't have last names ?" asks Asad.

"If they do, I don't know them." scoffs Jordan.

"How old are they ?" asks Aneesa.

"JJ, Kelv, Denzel were born in '33. Rayan and Wave are from '32. I don't know about the others *." replies Tanisha.

*It's October of the year 22'56.*

Nate and Tyrell are 4 turning 5.

Izzy is 8.

The Daoudi twins, Quann and Tamika are 11.

Tanisha and Jordan are 11 turning 12.

Denzel will turn 19 while JJ and Kelvin are 19.

Rayan and Wave are 20.

Diego is 23.

Ace and Cash are 32.

Skylar is 34.

"Yo, I have to go. See y'all tomorrow at school." announces Jordan, handshaking Tanisha.

Not long after, all of us parted ways. Aneesa and Asad started to attend our school and we rapidly became closer.


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