Zero looked at her reflection in the side mirror before brushing some of black hair out of her. She hated her new hair colour, she normally has it naturally, which is strawberry blonde. Her ice blue eyes had been replaced with jade green contacts, the government forced her to get rid of her tattoos and body piercing, expect for her bellybutton one.
'Ugh why did they do this to me? This isn't me.' Zero thought to herself as the black car drove along to Liberty City.
"Are you alright Katerina?" Dave Norton asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine and my name is Zero." Zero says, watching as the city come closer to her.
"You will have to get used to Katerina, since that your name." Dave says.
"You mean my fake name." Zero says, crossing her arms.
"Katerina, this a is fresh start for you, a second chance. I'd think this as a good thing, since your gang-" Dave says, Zero cutting him off.
"You mean my second family that you son of bitches killed." Zero says.
"Katerina please listen." Dave says.
"Oh, I fucking have been listening. Listening to you guys shoot them dead, listening to say how I fucking get a clean fucking slate. Listening to fucking enough bullshit, the soon I fucking get to Liberty City and away from you, the fucking better." Zero says, going back to staring out the window.
Dave sighed and turned the radio, Zero changing it until she found Liberty Rock Radio and Turn You Inside-Out by R.E.M start to play. Zero pulled out her packet of Redwood cigarettes and lit one up. Dave rolled his eyes at her as she tossed the lighter and packet onto the dashboard.
"You cut me off the Coke, so of course I will be smoking Dave." Zero says inhaling more smoke and breathing it out towards Dave.
"Just try to be normal, please Katerina." Dave says.
"Normal? What the fuck is that?" Zero asks while tossing the butt out of the car. The rest of the drive to Hove Beach was quiet and when pulled up in front of the apartment building. Zero opened the door into the trunk and pulled out her midnight blue duffle bag and placed the strap over her shoulder.
'As soon as I'm in my room I putting my piercings in. This is not fucking high school.' Zero thinks to herself as she and Dave walked into the place. Dave walked up to the front desk while Zero start to walk around the lobby and accidently bumped into a man.
"Sorry." Zero says looking at the man.
"It's alright lass." He says Zero noticing the Irish accent in his voice. "Are you new to this city?"
"Yeah I am." Zero says.
"My name is Gerald, but most people call me Gerry. What's your name?" Gerry asks.
'Now here come my first lie.' Zero thought. "My name is Katerina." She says.
"Nice to meet you Katerina. Can I call you Kat?" Gerry asks.
"Yeah most people call me that." Zero says. "So do you live here as well?"
"Nah, I live over in Dukes with my ma and younger sister. You should come and visit some time." Gerry says.
"Yeah I will, when I get settled in." Zero says.
"Katerina come over here please." Dave called.
"Gotta go, my friend is calling me. Nice to meet you Gerry." Zero says.
"Same to you Katerina. Bye." Gerry says before leaving, Zero walking over to Dave.
"Making new friends?" Dave asks.
"So what? Can you just give me my key and fuck off already?" Zero asks.
Dave sighed and handed her a key, Zero taking it.
"What about a car? Do I get one? How about a phone?" Zero asks.
"You will be in apartment 10C and you will have to save up for the car. There will be a mobile phone in your apartment along with new . Now for work, we have got you working in a bar over in Dukes. You will be starting tomorrow night." Dave says.
'Wonder if it's a bar that Gerry is a regular at.' Zero thinks to herself.
"Goodbye Katerina. Stay out of trouble." Dave says.
"Whatever." Zero says before walking over the lifts and waited for the doors to open. Zero was shortly in her apartment. Looking it was nothing like the one that she lived in, Vice City. It was big, but not as big as her old one. The walls were a nice pale yellow, and unlike her old one, this one had a balcony. Zero walked down to her room and placed the duffel bag onto the bed. She pulled out a small brown box that had all the pricings that she owned.
"Fuck you Dave. If I want to wear my piercings I will." Zero says while putting on a set of dangling guns earrings.
"Let's just hope they gave me some decent clothes." Zero says before walking over the wardrobe and opening it. "What the fuck is this?! Do I fucking look like a slut?!" She asks pulling out tiny denim shorts, crop, tops.
There was only a set of jeans and a shirt.
"The sooner this job starts to pay the better. At least they have my bandannas." She says before slamming the door shut. Walking down the hallway and into the kitchen she opened the pantry seeing only healthy food in there. Opening the fridge was only more healthy food, there was water, but no soft drink or booze. "What am I a fucking health freak?" Zero asks slamming the fridge door shut. On the bench was the phone and her . Turning the phone on she only found Dave's number.
She deleted the number and looked at her . Taking them back down to her room she grabbed her black purse and placed them into it. Zero placed her purse into her back pocket and left the apartment, in search of greasy food.
Down the road from the apartment building was a Burger Shot. After ordering a double bacon cheeseburger with a large fires and large coke, she walked back to her apartment. Along the way she eyed a blue and white Hexer bike.
"Hello there." Zero says to the bike walking over to it. She jumped on it, driving off as Johnny ran outside, seeing her drive off on it.
"What the hell's going on here?!" Johnny heard, looked and saw 15 year old Carly, who had flown with him to Alderney to help him finish packing up so he could live in San Andreas full time.
"Someone just stole my bike." Johnny says. Carly and Johnny ran to a nearby Infernus, got in it and drove off after Zero.
When she looked up, Zero saw that she hadn't gotten away with what she did.
"Bike's mine now, Bonnie and Clyde!" Zero shouts, Johnny speeding up and ramming into the bike, Zero flying off it and crashing a few feet ahead.
"Dude what the fuck?" Zero asks while climbing up to her feet.
"You don't fucking steal someone's bike, lady!" Carly says after she and Johnny get out, Carly aiming her AP pistol at Zero and Zero laughing at her.
"Come on kid. You wouldn't have the guts to shoot me." Zero says.
"Where would be the fun in that?" Carly says before clobbering Zero with the gun and knocking her unconscious. Carly and Johnny then grabbed Zero, dragged her to the car and threw her into it before driving off.