Looking back, realizing that my gang was being absorbed instead of dissolved in when I truly embraced what Hypnoman had in store for me. Well, the Sleepwalkers sent to convert us. I'm a member of the Bishop Row Crew, an all girl gang in the northern part of Engine City. I grew up with just my mom, who was a waitress that had a one night stand which produced me during her first and only year in college. She rarely failed to remind me of that whenever she felt frustrated. I joined the BRC when I was sixteen, they were the first real friends I ever had. We watched out for each other, bonded.

I heard of my master and his Sleepwalker slaves about three months before we were converted ourselves. Word spread about some new supervillain turning women into hypnotized minions and trying to take over the city from the shadows. We didn't disregard the rumors but we didn't have any run ins with Sleepwalkers for a while. Then some of the girls involved with other gangs started acting weird. They seemed really keen on getting BRC members alone or at least acting like they wanted to make friends with us. Their boyfriends were suspicious but didn't seem to think of it. The guys in the crews the girls ran with started to vanish not long after that.

Turns out that while we were suspicious of those girls, the Sleepwalkers who converted us were already part of our gang. We jumped in three new recruits who turned out to have been loyal to Hypnoman the whole time, acting on orders to join and infiltrate the BRC. They let in a group of four other Sleepwalkers who got all of us. I put up a fight even though the hypnotic projector was hitting me square in the face. I felt like it'd be over for our gang if we gave in, like I was gonna lose the group that gave me so much.

But then one of the recruits sent to spy on us started talking to me. Honeybee. That's the name the streets know her by, anyway. She told me that the BRC was going to enter a glorious new chapter, that we wouldn't be fending for ourselves against other gangs, being on the sidelines of the main action. We wouldn't fade away. We weren't being dissolved. We were being assimilated, being brought into a greater whole. We'd just be one group of Sleepwalkers that made up Hypnoman's ever growing force.

The BRC was going to become part of Hypnoman's operation in this part of town. As for us, we were going to be Fugue Fists, Sleepwalkers that acted as security guards for important locations as well as enforcers. The girls in the BRC were going to be my true comrades in arms, and we were all going to join a syndicate with a membership in the thousands. We'd always be able to trust each other, take pride in marching behind the banner of Hypnoman. We weren't just going to be gangsters, we were going to be part of an army.

That's when I gave in. I chose to give in and let myself be brainwashed. I was going to have a stronger bond with the rest of the girls in the gang than I could've ever dreamed. The entire BRC fell under Hypnoman's sway by evening. We had our very first indoctrination session that night. It was kind of like a sleepover, to be honest. We had pizza and beer brought over while the new hierarchy was made clear to us.

Being a Fugue Fist's changed how I see myself somewhat. Up until now, I never thought I'd like the idea of being anyone's goon. Now, I'm mind controlled muscle in the service of a supervillain. I accepted the fact that it wasn't my place to question our orders, just to carry them out. Our compound's gotten a few new upgrades. We don't just have a much better security system, but an on-sight brainwashing suite for women we capture. We process every one of our new recruits there.

I brought my mother to the compound after getting permission from the Sleepwalker who oversees us. Special reward for the work I've done. I planned everything from the abduction to her indoctrination. I gave her a real thorough brainwashing, I'm not ashamed to admit it. I took all the bitterness out of her and replaced it with a zealous hunger to serve. Just like with the rest of the girls, my mom has been able to forge a deeper bond with me since becoming a Sleepwalker. She's not just one of Hypnoman's slave girls now, she's a full member of the Bishop's Row Crew. We initiated her not long after she was hypnotized. She takes part in our activities now.

I'm proud to call the Sleepwalkers my crew, and Hypnoman my master. May Engine City fall before a gang uniting all its women.