Please read this FIRST! I am not good with fight scenes and I did not like some parts of Saints Row 4, namely where the Boss apologizes for beating Matt's face in. Therefore this does have some deviation and spots where it says something about skipping ahead and what not. Please bare with this.
Present Day, Zin Empire Ship
Jessie stood, leaning against the metal wall of the cockpit, as she stared into the infinite void of space. Her eyes would trail some of the smaller pieces of what was once Earth, the empty space a grim reminder of why she was still fighting Zinyak. What did that lunatic alien fuck think she would do? Wouldn't be normal to want to escape a mental simulation and fight against someone that wanted to drive you nuts? These thoughts and more are what kept her fighting, destroying Zinyak's precious simulation a little at a time. Now though a new thought, one that made her smile with a little hope tinging the expression, floated in her mind. Soon she would save Johnny Gat from whatever simulated hell Zinyak had him in.
She knew the others were apprehensive about the whole thing and she didn't blame them really. She was asking a lot, wanting them to save a man most didn't know and none knew the way she did. It didn't matter to her what they thought however. Johnny Gat had been by her side from the start. He had been her sidekick, her best friend, her second in command, right from the start. He had been the third person to find out she was a woman, the first two being Lin and Aisha, and he had accepted the fact. Her smile took a nostalgic look as she blinked back tears, her mind remembering the day Johnny had found out she was a 17 year old girl instead of the dude he had thought she was. The fact Johnny had seen her in her normal sports bra/jogging pants outfit that she wore at home and her hair framing her face instead of pulled back in its usual ponytail had thrown him for a loop for a few moments.
Misty Lane suburb, Stilwater, USA 2003
"What the fuck? Johnny what the hell are you doing here?" Jessie squeaked out as she reached out, grabbing the taller, older man's arm and yanking him inside. She leaned out the door, checking for anyone who may have seen the gang member, before shutting the door and turning to Johnny. Any words she would have had died into a fit of laughter as Johnny stared at the teen, shock evident on his face. "Good gods you can be dumb. How the fuck did you even find this house?"
As Jess spoke, still laughing at his expression, she walked to the kitchen and straight for the fridge. Johnny followed, one eyebrow raised as the confusion cleared enough for him to speak. "Who the fuck are you? And where the fuck is the dude I am looking for?"
"I'm that dude, dumbass." was Jessie's reply as she pulled a beer and a coke from the fridge, handing him the beer before cracking open the coke. Johnny took the beer and cracked it open before pointing at her and shaking his head. "No you are a fucking teen girl who should be at a mall. The motherfucker I am looking for may be a fucking shrimp but last I checked he didn't have tits and I swear the fucker is a mute."
Jessie rolled her eyes and pulled her favorite gun, a .44 mag, from the large pocket of her jogging pants, laying it on the counter with a small smile. "I am sure you can recognize gifts Johnny. You and Aisha bought that cause Aisha got a hold of my private cell and found out my birthday had just passed. Has a scuff near the inscription she had put on it from when I hit that wall when we took down the Kings that were in that abandoned police station."
Johnny picked up the gun, his thumb sliding over the inscription 'Once a Saint, Always a Saint' before he looked at the girl before him. Jessie smirked and shrugged as she sipped on her soda, part of her ready to fight if need be. She knew that this situation wasn't ideal for letting Johnny in on the fact she was a chic and she hadn't planned on telling him in the first place but as paranoid as the fucker was she should have expected that he would find out where she went when she disappeared. Johnny placed the gun on the counter and shook his head again, lifting the beer to his lips to take a long drink from the bottle. "Bullshit. This is bullshit. If you are him how the hell do you hide tits like those? And seriously this shit seems like some weird Twilight Zone bullshit."
Jessie rolled her eyes and reached for her gun just to have Johnny yank it away from her. Her eyes narrowed as he watched her, the temper she kept a tight reign on when at home finally rearing its ugly head. "Listen here motherfucker. I might be a 17 year old but I ain't some rich kid looking for a fucking thrill. I work for my brother doing some shit where I gotta look like a dude. I bind my fucking tits and don't speak unless necessary. Don't fucking give me that 'this is bullshit' crap either. Even Aisha knows I am a chic. And considering I have saved your goddamned ass more than once I think I deserve more respect than this shit. And how the fuck did you find out where I live anyways? Lin and Aisha don't know where my family lives just so you, Troy and Dex can't fucking find out this shit."
At the mention of Lin, Johnny's jaw dropped and he placed the gun back on the counter. Few outside the Saints knew that Lin was one of theirs and not a Rollerz member. Jessie nearly face palmed as she basically did a two for one in letting Johnny know she really was the guy he had been looking for and that Lin had been talking to her outside of giving her jobs to do. Grabbing her gun she pocketed it once more and sat down on a stool at the counter, more pissed at him than herself. Trying to ignore the feeling being stared at she drank her coke and waited as patiently as she could for him to say something.
"Ok... First ….. I followed your dumb ass and waited for that other guy to leave. Second I believe you. Lin needs to be careful if she is chatting you up in public though. Lastly... what the fuck are you gonna do if you slip up and speak? Cause eventually you are gonna wanna say something to something. What the fuck are you gonna do then?" Johnny said everything calmly, his expression hard to read when Jessie looked up to his face. Jessie smirked and shook her head before motioning to the house they were standing in. "Does this look like a place that my family has no connections period? Dude my brother knows someone in Ultor that is working on some voice changer thing. He took my favorite pendant to be used to make a necklace that will make my voice sound masculine instead of... Well you can hear me. I sound like a phone sex operator."
Johnny nodded again and leaned on the counter, making the teen lean over on the stool she sat on a bit. "Look I ain't gonna say I am all fucking for this. You are kid and a girl. But... I can see you wanna keep fucking do what you do. You are almost as good as me at killing motherfuckers and you are talented at leading the people that follow your dumb mute ass. So here's the deal. You keep it a secret from everyone else and I will back you all the fucking way. That means if the fucking tech thing your brother is getting you fucks up you don't fucking talk got me? I am not gonna be able to save you from yourself if you let it out around Dex or Troy. I especially won't be able to save your dumbass if one of the guys that can't go up in the ranks finds out that the new star of the Saints is a girl and tries to off you outa spite."
Jessie laughed then nodded with a smirk. "Johnny you worry about Aisha and getting out of trouble with her. I got this."
Johnny stood up and turned for the back door, obviously satisfied with her answer, then paused. Looking over his shoulder he tilted his head and smiled a bit, "Ok I gotta ask...now that I know you are a chic and all... What the fuck is your name?"
"My name is Jessie. You better remember it too. I ain't saying it again and I wanna keep my privacy for my brother's sake." Jessie told him with a laugh, her hazel eyes twinkling with mirth. Johnny chuckled and went out the door into the light of the Stilwater afternoon.