Capítulo 4: Explanation of hierarchy & "Errand run"
~ 5 years old ~
So it turns out that I still have to go to school... Ugh... But not the school you are thinking of. In our school, we have to go to school six days a week. We learn the hierarchy of the Mafia and how each group has its own place. Let me explain,
There are basic groups called teams, normally the people you work best with and each team has to have a wide range of skills. That being said, if you can cover the basic skills needed to qualify as a team, with only two people, then you can have a two person team! Typically though there are four or more on your team. Some teams even have close to twenty people in it. The team that I grew up in was Team Racer, which is a four person team now that I am on it. The other members are Rick, Alex, and Sue. They are also the closest I will ever let anyone be to me. I don't really have anyone I rely on, but myself.
Anyway, a bunch of teams make up a family. The head of a family is the strongest person of the strongest team. And when I say strong, I don't necessarily mean physically the strongest. A guy named Butch is the head of our family, and he got to be in his position because he was strategic, quick on his feet, good at fighting with weapons, and the team he recruited works together really well. He seems to have taken a liking to me and I am still debating whether or not that is a good thing. He is always paying more attention to me than the other kids whenever he comes to observe our classes. I'm trying to just ignore him for now.
Back to the hierarchy, five families make a clan and you have the strongest of the five family heads to be the Alpha or the leader of the clan. Clans can make alliances with each other and typically you will see that each country will have one or two Mafias, because the clans will unite and claim a whole country as territory or will split the country in two. That happens when two different Mafias claim the same country but do not want to unify forces or if they are at war with each other.
Getting back down to the lower ranks, the teams will usually figure out which of the other teams are stronger and which are weaker than them because they will sometimes try to influence other teams or make a pact. A pact is where multiple teams come together within a family and are able to rely on each other. From there they can become an agency, which is a place where someone within their clan or an allying clan can hire them for jobs that were not asked of them from the higher ups. So one team can go to an agency to get back up for a job they were assigned and stuff like that. It is a way to make money within the Mafia instead of getting a job, like a normal person, outside of the Mafia.
Speaking of which, we are all technically citizens of a country. We have jobs, homes, and sometimes even families that don't know of the Mafia! Well, most of us anyway. Some of us, like me, are legally listed as dead, so we are always living in the shadows. Or at least away from anything that might make someone question our identity. Yup! These are the basic lessons for a five year old in the Mafia...
Other than school, not too much has changed. The biggest thing that happened to me is probably the discovery of how many genetic mutations I have. Due to this, I now wear colored contacts, hair dye, and a mask, that covers the bottom half of my face, on a day to day basis. With these accessories, my style actually looks more mature than it should and I am often mistaken for a full fledged Mafia member who is just really short.
Today I have the day off of school and I am planning on running a couple of errands for my team. On my 'To Do List' for today I have to just do the basics and grab some groceries, pick up Alex's gun from the repair shop, see what new gadgets Sue's sister has for her, and the daily task of checking the bounty on each of our heads. Yes, even I have a bounty on my head at the age of five. I like to see how much trouble I can get into without getting caught. Another one of my genetic mutations in my brain makes my mind age a lot faster than the normal person. I am just as smart as someone over twice my age. It is a very useful tool... hehehe...
I decided to start with stopping at Sue's sister's agency after a minor detour. I am walking down the back alleys of our Mafia owned territory which is reserved solely for people who don't want to be found. In other words, there are no normal civilians here or family members that are not in the Mafia. We call this tiny part of town The Crows Nest. I continue following this back alley until I turn off of it onto another, slightly more narrow, alleyway. This alley has a lot of brothels so it is not that busy or cramped at this time of day. There are also a lot of hotels on this road, so I stopped into one hotel that I have a friend in.
"Sorry but we are closed until 7 o'clock tonight, please come back later. Thank You!" A voice coming from a room behind the counter calls out.
"Really Rei? You won't even make an exception for your favorite brat?"
"Shadow? You're already here? You are an hour early!" Rei says coming out of the back room and looking to check the time on one of the two clocks he has on the wall.
"Rei... Are you reading the broken clock again? You know that clock is always an hour behind." A small smile creeps onto my face.
"Woops... Yeah, I guess you are right on time as always. Hehe... But, Shit! I just paid a guy 100 bucks to fix that clock! Ugh..." He puts his head in his hands and starts to rub his temples mumbling some death threats towards someone.
"What do you need from me today?"
"Dang, kid. Straight to the point aren't ya?" His head shoots straight up, and he looks towards me in mock hurt with both hands over his heart.
"I've just been bored this week since I only am allowed to run errands in this part of town once a week." The earlier smile immediately fell from my face at the thought of spending all my time in the same few streets in between my team's apartment and my school.
"Yeah, I guess I can get that..."
"So what do you need?" I try to get back on topic, so this conversation doesn't go anywhere near my personal life.
"Why do I even try to feel sorry for you, Shadow? Huh?" He sighs, "Fine, You might not be able to get all of this today but you always seem to surprise me so, who knows?" He opens a drawer in the counter and starts looking for something in it.
"Just name it and you got it!"
"Good attitude!" He finally finds what he is looking for and looks back up at me with a smile. I realize that he pulled a piece of paper out of the drawer. "So I need you to grab me four watches, two metal money clips, as many wallets as you can, one necklace, and six rings... You think you can swipe all of that?"
"I got my nickname for a reason" I say with a smirk.
He chuckles at my response, "Heh, Yeah, yeah you did."
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