Pureblood

The neighborhood was rather quiet, she thought to herself as she was washing clothes that morning. It was good anyway, although it was due to another vampire attack.

"Where's that priest of yours, kid?"

"I know you're gangsters. Go away." She heard little Henry scream out.

"Look at this rude runt."

She sighed. Couldn't there be a day where there would be no noise on the street? She thought to herself as she lifted the basin of soapy water. She was going to teach them a lesson.

The guy who seemed to be their leader was tapping Henry's head by the time she arrived. "That rude mouth of yours."

"Don't touch me" Henry protested.

"We need him to sign this. Our construction work is getting held up because of all of you. Don't think we're going to go easy on you all because you're orphans, so hurry and get him, will you?"

She'd had enough, she thought to herself as she bit her lower lip. Angrily, she stomped towards the men, the basin on her hands. "Hey assholes, who the hell do you think you are, you better shut your faces and scram out of here before I tear you a new one." She yelled and made to pour the water on the leader when he dodged and swiftly grabbed her at the back of the neck.

"Ouch" She yelled.

"You again? Can't we have a day without you trying to be a hero?"

Her siblings rushed towards the man but were stopped by his bodyguards.

"And where are we supposed to go if you get rid of our house?" She asked and he tightened his grip on her neck.

"Do you think I care, feisty little bitch?" He snarled.

"Excuse me...can someone give me some directions?"

They all turned to see a guy behind them looking through the street like he was lost.

"What the hell..."

"Can you tell me how to get to the nearest police station?" He asked, flinging a cigarette through his fingers.

"Can't you see that we're in the middle of something? Go find it yourself." The leader said.

He seemed not to care.

"Ah..ok."And with that, he turned to leave.

Mr. Gangster leader turned to them and gave a nod to his men who shoved the kids away.

"You little rats should tell the priest to come out now or else my fists will do the talking on your sister's face." He said and she groaned as he grabbed her neck harder.

Her expression soon turned to a surprised one when she saw the guy with the cigarette returning back. "You know...you should really watch your mouth or do you want to spend the night in a slammer."

Mr. Gangster leader was surprised at his level of courage so he let go of her immediately and turned to face him."Who the hell do you think you are? One of the bodyguards asked. "Alright, you asked for it." He smiled.

The second bodyguard was about to make an attack on him when he discovered something and panic was written on his face as he whispered to his boss who frowned. "Fuck this, we'll be back next week. The priest better be around." He said and they ran off, throwing mean glances at him as they did.

Her siblings threw their arms around her and she gathered them in hers. "Sorry, was I too late?"

"No, you came at the perfect time." Henry replied.

"I was just about to give them a beat down." Henrietta said and Henry scoffed.

"Liar, you were rather quiet."

"By the way, don't tell Father Michael that I swore."She pleaded. He'd yell at her again if he knew.

"If you'll do the laundry for a week." Henry said, a wicked smile on his lips. He hated doing the laundry.

"Ok, deal"

"Yes!"

"It's better to avoid scums altogether like that next time." The guy with the cigarette said as he turned to leave.

"Wait." She called out and he turned to look at them over his shoulders. "Thanks so much for today."

He tore his eyes off them with a sigh. "No need to thank me. I just hate seeing lowlifes trying to make money like that." He replied as he went down the stairs in front of the building.

"Oh, wait. I can tell you how to get to the police station." She said and he slightly lifted his hand without shooting her a glance. "I already know where it is."