by T. Styles
“No, he’s my baby.” She said softly. “Now can you leave us alone? I just buried my mother and all I want to do is go home and get some rest.”
Madjesty unhurriedly walked away. She almost reached her friends until she heard Jayden say, “Let me strap you in, Cassius. It’s time to go.”
Madjesty was inflamed. Jayden stole her son and lied to her face. She was about to confront her, when a blue compact car pulled slowly out of a parked spot. It seemed like time stopped as the driver pulled up in the middle of the street, next to the truck and parked. Lonnie J appeared from behind the driver’s seat with red eyes, Madjesty turned white. So what Harmony was killed. His daughter was infected with HIV and he wanted to kill her spawns too. He lifted his shirt and pulled out two .45 automatics and fired at the Escalade. His shots spread evenly from the front to the back.
“Get the fuck down!” was the last thing Luh Rod said before metal rain crashed into the truck. He lifted his weapon and fired back but it was like Lonnie J had fifty niggas with him. And since he was caught off guard and without his brother, he was ill prepared.
Madjesty dropped to the ground and tried to pull on the door to free Jayden and the baby but it was locked. Whoever the attacker was meant business and wasn’t leaving until he took lives. Although it seemed like the assault lasted forever, it was only a matter of seconds and then the car pulled off leaving death in his wake.
Madjesty defecated her pants when she realized she might have lost her son and her sister. Her stomach knotted up and cramps ran through her body. Part of her life returned when she heard Cassius’s loud cries. If he was whimpering, even if he were injured, it meant he was alive. Madjesty stood up, crashed the window with her elbow and unlocked the door. Blood and body parts were splattered everywhere but she didn’t care. She hoisted the baby from his car seat and held him in her arms. Then she tried to reach for Jayden who was slumped over in the back seat but she couldn’t get a good hold of her.
“Give me the kid.” Gage said walking up behind her. Madjesty didn’t let him go until she inspected his little body for wounds. Although blood was everywhere it didn’t belong to him. Relieved, she handed him to Gage as the rest of Mad Max looked up and down the street worried that the gunman would return.
Madjesty rushed into the truck and a prickly sensation took over her body. Everything in her told her that Jayden was dead but she didn’t want to believe it. Once inside, she eased behind Jayden and placed her head in her lap. “Oh my, God.” Madjesty cried out rocking her slowly. Sticky blood was everywhere. “You can’t die on me, Jayden. I need you. Please don’t do this shit to me.”
Spirit and WB checked Kreshon and Luh Rod’s pulses. “They’re dead, Mad. We gotta get out of here before the police come.”
“I’m not leaving my sister!” She yelled. “Do you hear what the fuck I’m saying? I’m not leaving her!”
The sirens scared her friends and made them more nervous about the situation. “Mad, I know you fucked up and I can’t say I understand what you’re going through right now. It would be disrespectful.” Fierce said. “But if you stay here, you gonna go to jail. Now you wanted for murder and this ain’t a good look to prove your case.”
“You think I give a fuck about the police? Huh?” Mad spit. “Fuck the police! This is the only family I got left.”
“Wrong.” Gage said softly looking at the baby. “You got a son. And he needs you out! Not behind bars. And you got us! If you stay here they gonna pin this shit on you and what happened to that white girl back at The Hole. We gotta dip and we gotta dip now.”
“We not going to leave you.” Spirit said trembling. “But if you stay, we gonna get locked up too. And I didn’t tell you everything about my past, Mad. But if they get me, I’m never coming home. They throwing away the key!”
“What you gonna do, Mad?” WB said looking up the block again. He was contemplating running on them mothafuckas.
“Ya’ll just take the baby…I’m staying.” When they didn’t move she yelled, “Go ‘head.”
“Mad, we not leaving you and we not taking your son. What you gonna do is put him back in the car seat and come with us. The police are coming and he’ll be okay. We need to act like we were never here.” Spirit said, wiping their fingerprints off the doors.
Mad was going to scream on them again until Jayden said, “Mad, you gotta go.”
When her sister spoke her eyebrows rose. “Oh, shit! Oh shit!” She smiled. “You alive.”
Her voice was low and heavy. “Yes, but you gotta leave. Please.”
“Where were you shot?
“In my leg but I’m gonna be okay.” She said although she couldn’t be sure.
The sirens were so loud now it was obvious they were on the other block. “Mad, please let’s go. Your peoples said she’s good.” Gage said putting the baby back in the car seat. “This not good.”
Madjesty looked at Jayden and said, “I’m so sorry for everything. I love you so much.”
“I know. Now go…please.”
Madjesty kissed Cassius on the forehead and left the scene. She would’ve taken him with her but she was on the run. Keeping the kid would have complicated things. Reluctantly she ran away with her new family, leaving her old family behind.
Coming Soon
MAD MAX: Children of the Catacombs
353
