Scorpion's Nest: The Gutter Rats and Petra, The Brains

 So remember when I said that "Scorpion's Nest" had a heist type plot?

Well, one of the things in a heist-type plot has to do with rivalry either between the heroes and the villains or with in the heist crew, or with another crew pulling the same job. 

This particular plot deals with the latter. 

The Scorpion's Nests is going head to head with the Gutter Rats. Which is kind of amazing. The particular crew is rougher around the edges than the Scorpion's Nest, but they're also a bit more polished in terms of how they work together(since this is Declan/Enzo/Mai pre "Nottingham's Legacy", and all). They even have their own theme tracks:

Reckless, by JAXON GAMBLE

 

Dangerous, by UNSECRET and Manafest

 

Remember the Name, by Fort Minor 

 

Every successful crew has to have a leader--the "Brains" as it were. In this particular instance, the "Brains" of the Gutter Rats is:

Petra.

I love this woman. 

Ok, fine so I tend to "love" all of my women characters, so this isn't a new sentiment. I haven't written a female character yet that I despise(ok, some of the villainesses are kinds icky, but that doesn't mean they aren't fun to write).

Petra is shrewd and tenacious and level-headed and maybe just the tiniest bit self-sacrificing. She's protective of her fellow Gutter Rats and will do anything to keep them alive. 

Literally anything. 

In my head, she looks like this:

This is Anna Popplewell, known for the Chronicles of Narnia films, the television show Reign, and most recently as the narrator for AJ Pearce's Emmy Lake Chronicles(which--even though there's only one book so far unitl the second one comes in...August, I think?--are fantastic, by the way)

Petra's soundtrack is relatively short at the moment, but still pretty good. It gives a little insight to her personality:

Bad Girls, by M.I.A.

 

Wild Thing, by JAXON GAMBLE

 

If I Die Young, by The Band Perry

 

Never Say Die, by CHVRCHES