Alleyways

THIS IS NOT PART OF MY BLACK SUN/WASTELAND SERIES!!!!! It is its own little story!!!

Isabel peered out of the shadows in the alleyway. Someone was coming. She could tell by the footsteps that it wasn't a member of the Gold Serpent, or GS, gang. A cop? A guard?
As the mysterious footsteps came closer, Isabel realized that it was a person from a gang- but not the GS. How dare they come here! This was the GS part of town, and anyone else who came here was under Katherine's rule. Or, if Katherine was somewhere else, Sam's rule. They had to ask permission.
Isabel caught sight of the intruder. He was tall, maybe six-two, with crazy light brown hair and a dirty, tattered jacket. The emblem for the Poison Viper gang was clearly visible. Isabel clenched her teeth. This boy was not alone, either. From either side of him emerged two other people, a girl and another boy. Both had blond hair and looked like siblings.
"Is there anyone around here?" the tall boy asked.
"Nope," the girl answered. "Nobody tracking us, nobody ahead, either. Let's move."
Isabel's fingers tightened around her weapon- a flashlight. There was a bulge under the blond-haired boy's slightly cleaner jacket. It looked like a gun. A gun! They were violating the peace treaty just by being here. If they brought a gun, they might as well declare war.
So, since they had a gun- maybe two- the flashlight was useless. Could she run and warn Katherine before they reached the main camp? She was fast, and if she took the back way in, she might be able to make it.
Not the back way, she reminded herself. That was loaded with cops. The shortcut was risky- it went right along the bordering highway, and she might be seen if she wasn't careful. But she had no choice.
Five minutes later, she was running along the top of the old Wal*Mart, trying desperately to build up speed. In one flying leap she cleared the eight-foot gap between the Wal*Mart and the coffee shop, which would have been a lot lower if the previous owner hadn't built an apartment on top.
Finally she stopped, gasping for breath, at the hideout. Without pausing she burst inside.
"They're coming!" she gasped to Katherine. "The Vipers! They're coming!"