Half-Way Hung Up

Well shit. I shoot my mom a look. She lays on the floor, soulless. The person I told I was going to turn around the family to. Get us out of this dumpy place. Get my brothers and sisters into college.  Speaking of them, where are they? I swiftly snap back into reality and look for them.

"Jaileen and Jordan, where are you!" I yelp with the remaining strength in my body.

No response.

"JJ and Jordan please!".

Radio silence.

I rush to their room and find them sleeping soundly. I'm surprised these grimy motherfuckers left them alive.

I wish I could hug them with all of my might, but I let them sleep. I decide to take my mom's corpse out and bury it before it gets too late. It finally got to me. As I put her near the flower bed she loved to grow, I thought back to the memories of my mom teaching me how to fight. Being there when nobody else was. I wanted to be more for her and look where it got me.

Fuck Mary Poppins.

I storm to my room and rip my Matsua vest off the wall. I go outside and try to burn it and before I can familiar faces greet me.

The Matsua. ALL the members. Right there. My 'brothers'.

"Long time no see! Hate to see we had to meet like this but hey, should've coughed up some more of that money hahahaha!". 

That's the leader, Big Yang. He's does all of the operations and heists for the Matsua. The Big Dawg. The BIG Dawg. Wait a damn minute.

"Obese motherfucker! Why did you murder my fucking mom you snake?!" I call out.

Big Yang responds, "You broke the rule, Sudo. You know the rule. Matsua gets 70%. You get 30%. You're the best we got and you're robbing us while robbing them". 

Yeah I took a little extra of my cut and gave them a little less. But that is because I robbed the damn place, it should be ALL of my money. But these are my brothers. I give them a bit of my share every Saturday. Never miss a day. Until last week. Pulled a heist at the Lake Garden. Stole 50 thousand dollars. My biggest heist yet.

Guess how much they got out of that?

1 thousand.

"Yang, you of all people shouldn't be complaining. You run this shit and you have more money than us! You know I have to pay Jordan's tuition! Us motherfuckers gotta eat to!" I holler out.

Big Yang chuckles. "I didn't think it would come down to this. Burning the vest of your family.  Over money". 

"Nigga you killed my mom over money what is your point?" I respond.

"Oh shit. Well um. Turning your back on your brothers isn't gonna to help this situation for you" Big Yang says.

"You guys aren't even my brothers at this point. What brothers kill their mom at midnight with no motherfuckers at home? You all are PUSSIES" I spit at him.

Lil Yang, Big Yang's son, responds, "We knocked on the door before we killed her, promise!". Everyone errupts in laughter. Ain't shit funny.

"That shit was corny as hell. Matter of fact, I'm glad I'm burning this Teletubbies ass vest. Why is it bright red and orange with stripes. Nigga I don't look hard I look like Tony the Tiger. Hopping right off the cereal box. And ain't shit GRRRREAT about that wack ass fit you got on Yang".

Oh shit, the ultimate ignorance. Roasting. Finna smoke his ass.

He looks down at his pants. Them shits ain't Dior. Them shits take it off at the Door.

"Them fake ass Dior pants. I'd rather be butt naked then wear that! And them fake ass Yeezy's you got on. Them shits had to have come off Temu".

His pawns laugh at my jokes a bit. They then hush up when he gives them a stern look.

"I came here for my money, Sudo. Not games" says Big Yang.

"Well your money isn't here you dumbass. I told you before, Jordan's tuition has get paid somehow" I say looking at him loopy.

Big Yang straightens up. "How will he go to college if he ain't alive after this?" he says menacingly.

Nobody plays with my family. Not even fat ass donut shaped motherfuckers.

"Don't try me bitch. You better off touching a dumbbell first before you touch my family!" I whip out my blade, letting him know it's up.

He motions his soldiers at me while talking to me. "You know, it never had to be this way. You always pay on time. Now that you have a family and all that bullshit they've gotten in the way. Guess I'm gonna have to move them". 

His soldiers rush me like how niggas rushed into Popeyes when that sandwich came out.

2 fights in one night?! Hell yeah.

One big goon shoots in headfirst. That's Frito. We call him Big Man. Well. Not we anymore.

He comes at me at full force. This the nigga I did football with? I see why, damn. Big bitch.

He tackles me to the ground on the street front. "Sudo man. I'll let you go if you got any Honey Buns". Oh hell nah. Yang got these bastards working hungry.

"There's a vending machine across the street, go get one pussy!". I pick him up and fling him towards the convenience store and he slams right into the machine. Ironically enough, the whole stock falls out the machine and onto him. 

Another goon rushes. From the athleticism this is for sure McCoy. McCoy and I first heisted together when we were 11. That motherfucker there is some tough cookies. He can almost always hang with me in fights.

He doesn't speak to me at all. He pulls out a machete. He gestures for me to come here. I guess we are going to see who's better. 

Our swords clash against each other and the metal causes tiny blazes of heat to fly through the air. Chopping, cutting, slashing, stabbing. He gets me in my leg, but quickly counter back with a stab to his liver. He coughs and withdraws his machete. 

As he withdraws back I headhunt on his retreat and slice his head off his body. Womp womp.

I gesture for another challenger to step forward and the last guy comes up onto me. That's Puff. 

Um. That's it. I don't know this nigga. He's an NPC.

Puff says, "So what do we have here!". This nigga actually had the nerve to speak to me.

"You don't even fucking matter". I cut him straight down without hesitating and the pieces of his body fall onto the ground in halves. Yes I did a kill I've done before. You think he deserves a better one? I don't know who the fuck he is!

I get ready to fight Yang, but all of sudden I feel a presence behind me. I am being put in a headlock by someone in a mask. 'Who is this?', I think.

This person puts me to the ground. Whoever did it is sloppy. I'm not even knocked out. But I damn sure pretend to be. Like how you pretend to be asleep in bed when your Mom comes in and you playing the DS when you not supposed to be.

Damn it just hit me again. I don't have a Mom.

"I got him, Yang. Where's my promised pay?" says the anonymously hidden person. It sounds like a....she. When in the hell did this sexist ass gang have a girl as a member?! And this is my replacement? She can't even-

I'm going to stop my self right there. 

"Oh shit. You actually got him?! Damn. What has the world come to. From kitchens to assassinations. Here's your money then". He slips this woman 50 bucks. She could've made that shit quicker plus more just by doing TikTok dances.

"50 bucks isn't enough! What the hell? You know what?". She looks down at me.

"I want him too. He looks handsome as hell. Then we'll call it even". 

Oh hell nah! 

When I tell you I got up and ran quick as hell, boy. They couldn't catch my ass if I was football going at a slow speed.

"Wait pookie come back!". 

Let me let y'all know something real quick brothers. If she claims you in a relationship and she doesn't even know yo ass, she's CRAZY. 

"Girl I don't fucking know you, get the hell away from me!" I exclaim, running full speed.

I take a quick glance behind me and she's still on my ass like butter on toast.

I finally run into a thin, dark tunnel where somehow the dumb thing didn't find me. 

"You can run from me, but you can't hide!" she says. This girl dumb as hell. I'm hiding right now!

I stay quiet until she's left. 

I wait for a few seconds then step out of the tunnel. That silly ass distraction. I need to make it back to Yang. 

So you know that Kung Fu Killer Wolf Bitch from the Boondocks, right? She must've had a damn baby, cuz this girl snatched my ass up when I walked out of the cave!

She brought me back to Yang. So glad she didn't bring me back to her place.

"Once Yang is done with you I'm taking you back to my place cuz dayum" the girl sensually says.

FUCK.

Big Yang claims, "Can you shut your horny ass up and just give him to me!?". 

I suddenly remember that I have a place to go. A place to take my family. A place that I can be safe. The Emperor's Palace! Jackpot! Wait what. Niggas don't say Jackpot. Fuck. Whatever.

I slither out of her grip and quickly grab my brother and sister from sleep. "Come on JJ and Jordan we have to leave!".

They are confused but run along with me. When you see a black person run, you don't ask no damn questions. You run with em.

They must've seen Mom dead on the floor. JJ lets out a cry. 

"I know sissy, she's gone. But we have to run as fast as we can". 

We must've either lost Big Yang or they must not be chasing us. Cuz where the hell did they go. We make it to the palace suspiciously with great time. I knock on the window and he awakens from his sleep. 

He ended up taking about 15 minutes to get the door. I should've killed his ass, I KNEW IT.

"So you've come back to decide on our deal?" The Emperor says and glares at me.

"I don't know yet. I don't know how much I can trust you. I'm hung up on this decision". I truly am hung up on this decision. I get a sword and money? What about cars, clothes, bad Asian chicks in kimonos or something? Is that on the list?

The Emperor looks at me and has a look of understanding. "I mean, you don't know me and I'm making you a pretty crazy deal. That's bound to happen. But you can definitely trust me. There's more than just protection for your family, money, and that sword".

An Asian chick in a kimono comes out of the bathroom.

I say,  "So where do I sign the damn paperwork. Hurry up I don't got all day!"

He has a smirk on his face. "No paperwork needed son. Welcome to your new family. You will have a room to stay in and your family as well. I just never offered that to you before well, because you couldn't trust me. HEHEHEHEHHAHAHAHA". 

This nigga got the ugliest laugh, but at least he got the Asian chicks.