A/N Saints Row 1 and 2 are not owned by me, I adapted the story to my taste, as there is a female runner in the first game, like it should have been, no offence Volition, Inc (the creators of said game)
Ok so read and it should make since, it's a love story, in some twisted fantasy of my mind. I do hope you like it; let me know what you think.
Enjoy
Purgatory was quiet, unusual – yes, but no one was around… nobody, and that suited Li just fine. It had been a long time since the place was empty and she relished the peace it brought. She went to her room and changed into a very sexy cat costume with a stunning pair of black heels with a glittered heel; shimmering hose leading to fur adorning her hips and behind.
More of the sheer shimmery material about the back and torso black fur accented the top of her large breast the same material covered her arms, and around the neck of the outfit donned the same black fur. It had a medium sized bow of red satin on the back where the long floor length tail attached and one the neck of the costume – holding a medium silent bell as a collar. She had a cat eared hat and clawed gloves to complete the outfit.
Li's next destination was down to the stereo system to plug in her mp3 player, she was about to do something she had not done in years.
The stripper pole in the middle of the floor called to her, she sashayed over to it and twirled around it as the music began. Singing one of her favorite songs 'Pet me Poppa' dancing around the room, she had a beautiful voice- which echoed around the HQ and it saddened her that she never got to use it other than in privet.
It had been eight years since she joined the Saints, five of them spent in a coma due to the former leader.
Li swayed and bounced as she danced around the room hopping on the bar from the barstool twisting her hips enjoying herself acting as if she was on stage in front of a large audience. Lost in her own world she continued on to another of her favorites 'Daddy' – as it started to play next, she slithered of the bar and around the room singing her heart out.
Sexy, graceful, her exotic looks and a voice of an angel she heard it many a time and she - the front woman of the Third Street Saints did not want any of this at the time, she had other plans, to be a singer like Aisha, it was out of courtesy she wore the Saints purple.
Julius Little saved her life those many years ago….
Li was walking home from a gig at a local nightclub, it was a warm autum evening, she was fifteen at the time and she needed the money - holidays were coming up her grandmom, a retired teacher had took her in from the time she was a baby. Li had to work in this town, if she had to sing and dance for it then so be it. Walking the streets in a pair of oversized jeans and baggy hoodie she made her way home, she lived in a rough part of town and she knew well enough to protect herself.
Walking up the street just a few blocks from her house she passed as phony watch sales man, shaking her head politely as she continued her trek home. Li had gotten to the corner she was stopped by a hooker on who blocked her path.
"Girl when you gonna stop fuckin' around and start slingin' dat sexy ass of yours?" The woman said rather rudely.
Taking her honey colored eyes from the battered pavement she looked to see it was someone she knew, Cathy, Li use to watch her kids when she was thirteen and stopped after -her jon at the time tried to recruit her.
"You scared me Ms. Cathy, I'm just heading home how is Rashad and Ivory?" The girl smiled up at the older women.
"They good baby, you should stop by one day and say hey. Oooh I gotta go, bye baby girl." And she headed to a very expensive looking car that stopped close to them.
Returning her attention to getting home once more, she heard from across the street a few gang members, VK (Vice King) talking about a Westside Rollerz tag on their turf. She watched as another group the owners of said tag walked up on the unknowing gang and began questioning them.
Things soon turned ugly as the two groups started to fight. One pulled his knife and went to lunge as a third group pulled up in a low-rider, Los Carnales, then soon the sidewalk was covered in blood.
Li ran as the gunfire was going off and was almost hit by the Carnales car as it was making its getaway. She was dazed by the incident, laying on the pavement near the wrecked car, shortly she sat up to clear her head and continue to make her way home hopefully without further issues.
That was until she heard a gunshot on her left, and then a second gunshot soon her honey eyes widen in horror as she was staring down the barrel of a Vice 9 pistol.
Li closed her eyes tight and heard a third shot, hearing a body hit the ground she was scooped up by a dark skinned man in a black leather jacket with a royal purple shirt beneath, black backwards drivers cap to match.
"You ok girl?" he started to carry her over away from the carnage, short time later the car that tried to run her down blew up, the man checked her told her she was to be ok and introduced her to the man behind him.
"This is Troy, you can thank him later."
Troy nodded his head in her direction, "Hey."
The older man started to state that there is a war going on and that the streets are no longer safe, the gangs are at each other's throats.
"Yo, we need to go. Now ain't the time to be recrutin'" Troy demanded.
The man looked behind him, "In a minute, we need all the help we can get." He turned back to Li "If you want to be part of the solution then meet at the church on Third Street."
With a wary nod of her auburn head, she agreed.
Li danced around singing to her heart's content, not noticing the tall, well built, tanned tattooed Asian standing at the top of the stairs, smirking - making his way down to sit in front of the statue of the Saint of All Saints.
He watches with profound interest as he rest his elbows on his knees and raises a curious eyebrow over his ever present eyeglasses.
He is use to seeing that tight little body wrapped in the most expensive cloth money could buy. Suits hugging her luscious curves, a fedora tilted covering her eyes, the seer intimidation she harnesses astounds him.
The Saints know her as their kick ass, ball rippin, don't question my judgment leader, she collected the flags of her victims and her body count matches that of his own, but why in the hell is this women acting a fool alone? This was a side nobody ever got to see.
He remembers the day they first met, the first time she proved to be his match.
Li walked over to the church to properly thank the men that saved her the other night, she walked up on some rally of the two men who saved her with a sea of other purple clad companions.
Standing a listening a while to the man in the black leather jacket the crowd started to cheer, when a man eyed her then called up to the leader standing on the stairs.
"Yo, who the fuck is this?" the two-toned haired man pointed at her.
His hair is what caught her attention – the tips of his hair where dyed white and the rest a jet black, then his face, handsome, but he kept his eyes hidden by the rectangular shades he wore. Then his body, Li caught herself and she felt her mouth was open a little too long, while assessing the man that slightly insulted her.
Shaking her thought, "Fuck you!" she stated glaring at him in irritation.
"She is someone Troy and I saved last night, figured she would roll with us." The leader stated.
The 'skunk' looked between the man and herself, "You know as well as any, those who roll wit us, needs to get canonized." He punched his fist into his hand with a pleased grin on his face.
Li soon found herself surrounded by the men and women that were just a few moments ago listening to their leader.
'Shit, Li what did you get yourself into?'
Li looked around and prepared for the onslaught, a series of kicks and punches flew at her from various directions, and she managed to jump, duck, and return several taking only two hits from the sixteen persons out there, those two hit came from the 'skunk' himself.
Julius called it quits when she received a blow to the back, "Alright, that's enough."
Troy helped her to her feet, "Everyone has to go through it."
The skunk leaned in close to her ear, "Blood in, blood out." Li caught him in the jaw with a sound right hook.
He watched as the girl walked away with Julius and Troy, wondering what a little girl like that learned how to fight. Several of the members stood laughing at the fact that Gat got decked by the newcomer.
"Fuck ya'll, I'll get you back for that, just wait." He hollered after them, she promptly gave him the finger as her response.
Ever since that day they bickered about everything, her driving, her shooting, he went as far as tripping her in the middle of a gunfight with some bangers from the VK.
Six months in she got the feel of how things operated...
Li was making money quickly, she sent her grandmom away from the old house they use to live to a hotel room on the beach, she made sure she left her money enough for whatever it was she wanted. Li was also gaining respect as the top killer of the Saints. She left the lounge life, the same day she was canonized, and decided that she could do a little better with her appearance now that she could afford it besides it was her birthday. She headed to the salon and got a full makeover, she had her hair done, manicure/pedicure, and makeup was on point.
Then she took herself shopping, she brought herself a purple mini skirt – showing off her lovely well toned legs, she purchased a black pair of ankle strap heels, along with a purple short sleeved polo shirt and argils purple and black – deep v-neck sweater vest.
Li brought a ton of clothes, sexy underwear and shoes, with jewelry and other accessories to match, and feeling right proud of herself she headed to her home nearest the church and unloaded her items, walking over to the HQ she made her way to Johnny Gat's office, he had been looking for her.
"You needed me Gat?" she stood in the doorway to his office, it was covered in posters of a scantily clad Aisha, he was sitting with his feet on the desk, polishing his guns.
When he looked up he, for the first time in his life at a loss for words, she was breathtaking. She wasn't dressed up, but she wasn't wearing her normal tomboy clothing either, he didn't think that many curves lived on the human body other than Aisha's and that body was posted all over his walls.
However, Li was not showing too much skin, the half-breed, light skinned, five foot six, lethal weapon that was his road dog, when they weren't trying to kill each other.
He realized she could meet him or anyone in a gunfight and knock some shit outta dudes bigger than her, he respected that. She is intelligent and cute, but now… nah… now she was beautiful and she carried it well, very well. He scanned her up and down as she stood waiting for an answer.
"Gat?" she called to him again.
"Huh… oh yeah, let's roll, I promised to help Ish wit some shit." He went to get up but realized his pants grew a little to snug. "Uhh… go start the car, I'll be there in a minute."
With a simple non-chalet "Ok. But hurry up its my B-Day and I need to see my grandmom." Li shrugged and headed to the car her heels clicking on the stone floor of the church.
Johnny moved the gun in his hand to the desk he was sitting at, to gather his recent discovery, he seen plenty of females and never got the reaction he just had. Hell even Aisha had given him his own special 'rise'. Shaking it off he left to help Ish.
So lost was she in her own thoughts, crazy thoughts that even in a coma she couldn't shake, everything that had happened to her during her advancement with the Saints she was still did not think in a million years Johnny was jealous of Troy.
Li remembered it clearly….
Troy had seen her a few days before when she left with Johnny to the King's record studio, he watched her walk out of the church and into Johnny's Venom.
"Damn she looks good." Troy smirked as she took a seat in the car, Johnny came out a moment later and they pulled off.
A few other members of the Saints had noticed her too and waited until she was out of earshot- for fear of getting fucked up.
Troy called from the archway, "Nah yo, I'm askin her out." Troy being the higher rank than the soldiers are, they had to respect that.
A few days later, Troy found her in Julius's office going over some plans for the next attack, on Los Carnales with Dex, hovering over her shoulder.
"Li." The both of them looked up.
"Yeah, wazup Troy?" She asked as raised an eyebrow.
Troy licked his lips, "Can I talk to you a sec?"
"Yeah sure, gimmie a few." She waved the papers in her hands and saw him step out of the doorway.
"Aight I'll be out front." He called behind him.
Johnny heard him and watched as he walked past his office. 'Fuck this dude up too.' Johnny went back to cleaning his guns. Few seconds later Li stopped in front of his office talking with one of the soldiers , he looked up knowing it was her he heard her coming up the hall, the guy she was speaking with nodded to what she asked and watched her walk away… hard. Hell Johnny couldn't help but stair, she had on a pair of tight black low rider skinny jeans and a purple camisole top with purple heels to match.
"Daaaaamn, she got a phat ass." The dude said watching, not noticing Johnny shooting him rocks from his chair.
Johnny cleared his throat and the kid scurried to his assigned task. Johnny left the office following behind, he stood in the shadows of the archway listening close to what the two of them were saying.
"Sup, Troy you need to talk?" Li said as she came down the stairs towards Troy.
"Yeah I uhh.. I wanted to know if you wanted to go get something to eat or hit up a movie." He was looking at the ground with his arms folded kicking a rock near his foot.
"A date, you are asking me out?"
Johnny started to laugh, it was funny she could kick his ass seven ways from Sunday and what surprised him the most was her answer.
"Yeah, what time?"
Troy looked up grinning, "How about now, I'm Jonesn for a Freckle Bitches Fun Bag."
Li laughed, "You know that shit will kill you one of these days, I'm not dressed let me go…"
Troy stopped her mid sentence, "Nah, you look good the way you are." He said as he slipped a hand on the lower part of her back leading her away.
"Thanks." She said quietly, and the two of them hopped into a Socialite and drove off.
Johnny had the same thoughts the other day, and now he was confused as hell as to why he is feeling the way he do and he got Aisha waiting for him at home.
Aisha is classy she can get ghetto when she need to but something about Li makes his dick hard for no good reason. He headed back to his office to clean up and then home hopefully the drive and Aisha will clear his heads.
The next day Johnny cornered Troy in his office, Johnny couldn't shake Li from his mind and the time he spent with Aisha was comforting, but he kept seeing Li when he looked into his on again off again girlfriend.
"Troy, the hell up wit you and Li?"
"Why?"
"Cause I'm askin that's why."
"What concern is it of yours, you got Aisha."
Johnny looked at Troy through his black shades and if looks could kill, Troy would at least be injured in the glare.
"Don't do shit to hurt her, or I'll fuck your skinny white ass up." Johnny shouldered past Troy opening the door to Li staring him in the face a raised tapered eyebrow and a hand on her hip.
"I can look out for myself, you know." She glared at Johnny, she could see his dark eyes through his glasses from the light the windows gave, he closed his eyes and walked away without another word.
Li watched him leave then was distracted as Troy walked up to her and planted a kiss to her forehead. "Let's go, I'm hungry."
"Stupid, you always hungry." She smiled as they headed to grab something to eat.
Three years had gone by and Johnny kept his distance, except her birthday of course, unless it was necessary that he and Li had to go on missions for Julius. Li cleaned up the neighborhoods and took over massive territories.
Julius seemed to get a little resentful towards Li as she was doing what he never could. Julius stayed out of sight most of the time he wasn't about to show how he felt, the girl could kill him with a look, he gave her the power and skills to be the perfect weapon, the power he wanted.
Troy and Li, to Johnny's understanding where to meet at the Mayor Alderman Richard Hughes yacht, Johnny had a feeling something wasn't right, he couldn't shake it and Aisha could tell he was greatly disturbed.
"Baby what's wrong, its Li right, you need to call her if you feeling something." Aisha rubbed his shoulder and reached to hand him his cell.
Johnny never told Aisha how he felt and she assumed that it was brotherly love for the girl, when deep down he wanted her, Aisha understood his lifestyle but, she wasn't the type to go run with him shooting shit up she lacked the fight the raw unbridled rage, Li had that and he felt in his heart that she and he would be perfect together. But this feeling was gnawing at him and he couldn't stand it.
Sighing he dialed her number, she picked up on the second ring,
"Sup, Gat?" she was listening to one of Aisha's songs.
"I was calling to see if you aight, I got this feeling something ain't right." He did his best to not sound like a man in love and worry for her safety.
"Gat, things are cool, Troy was supposed to meet me, but he couldn't make it. I'm heading to the yacht now. I'll hit you up later I see it." Li hung up.
"Troy ain't wit her." 'Fuck, I hope she'll be ok.' He said to Aisha as he thought to himself.
"That girl can handle anything, You coming to bed?" Aisha seductively wrapped her arms around his neck, whispering into his ear.
"Yeah I be there in a sec."
Aisha left to the bedroom and Johnny sat fighting with himself over why Troy would not be there. He went to bed and took his frustrations out on Aisha; or rather, Aisha took out his frustrations – seeing as though he was still recovering from his injury.
Dex was packing up paperwork into his duffle bag, stopping for a second he look at his watch and smiled to himself. He looked over once more at the desk he was leaving and saw a picture of Julius, Li, Troy with his hand around Li's waist and Johnny with himself kneeling in front of Li. He smiled in memory and threw the frame in the trash. He quickly left out the abandoned church.
Troy was standing outside of the police station hold his badge in one hand and a picture of him and Li in the other, placing the picture in his pocket he clipped the badge on the inside of his jeans to hide it and made his way over to the docks to meet up with Li.
Julius watched from the shadows as Li pulled up and heading over to the awaiting boat, he moved closer to get a better view, tracking the young woman's movements, as the Mayor spoke to Li he could see her distain for the older man increase. Hughes said something along the lines of money offering.
Julius knew time was ticking and he got out of there quick. He hopped in his car and drove away, feeling slightly guilty to leaving the girl to her fate, but what could he do, she had too much power and he was too old.
After he turned the corner he saw Troy coming from the opposite way he watched as Troy parked his car and got out, a second later there was an explosion Julius continued around the corner pulling over he closed his eyes in apology, he patted the bag of money and drove to his hide out.
Troy sped up parking his car on the opposite side of the street when he saw Li's car, stepping out he figured that he would come clean with her she would understand and hopefully wouldn't kill him for lying to her. With a smile, he closed the door, taking a step forward, his worst nightmares shown in a cloud of fire in front of him. In that instant, she was gone.
Running over to access the damage, he called the police to have them send over a squad and fire department. Troy then called Johnny…
"Yo, Johnny." Troy's voice cracked, after he picked up, he had tears in his eyes.
The sound of sirens and yelling was heard in the background.
"Fuck you want?" Johnny was annoyed to hear Troy calling him.
"I got some bad news." Troy was trying to contain the sobs.
Johnny was far from liking how this conversation was going, "The fuck is it Troy!" Johnny hissed as he hobbled outside as to not wake Aisha.
"She's gone. Oh God." Troy was crying and Johnny froze, his heart stopped.
Johnny looked at the phone and his infamous temper started to flair. He calmly asked once more what the man on the other end of his cell said.
"Fuck you say?"
"Li is dead, t-t-the yacht blew up. I was coming to … Oh God, I was coming to meet her and, she's gone."
Johnny was crying and he didn't know it, his heart sank he closed his eyes,
"I'm coming for you Troy." he pushed the end button on his cell and he sat out in the summer night, his blurred eye staring at the night sky.
Li finished her dance, she felt eyes watching her, she turned to see Johnny watching her.
"How long have you been sitting there?"
"Long enough." He got up coming down the stairs towards her.
Li folded her arms looking down to her right, she felt Johnny place his finger on her cheek and lifted her chin to meet his gaze. Li's heart quickened as she looked into his unshielded eyes, she felt her face burn with fever.
"Johnny… no." she slipped away from him and headed to her room for a shower and change of clothing.
Johnny stood there a while as she ascended the stairs, he heard her door close, he sat on the couch propping his feet on the stripper pole platform.
"Fuck am I thinking?" he rubbed his face and berated himself again, he had gotten over her or so he thought.
When she came barreling through the courtroom door landing on the security guard to rescue him, he all but pissed himself. He found out that she wasn't dead in a coma after he went on a rampage after Troy, because of his feelings he got his ass caught and landed him in prison, relieved she wasn't dead but still laid up in the pen wasn't good either. She had the look of worry flash in her eyes as she grinned at Johnny quickly.
"Fuck took you so long?" he smiled relieved as he un-cuffed himself.
"Fuck you, you ready to roll?" she handed him a gun and they left trails of security guard bodies from the courtroom to the front door.
"Ish would kill me if I got the chair." He said once outside in the bright spring morning, as they drove to Forgive and Forget.
Li paused for a second after they pulled out of the drive through. "You and Ish still together?" she asked trying not to sound a little saddened.
"Yeah, Troy is the chief of Police, King wrote a Biography, and I don't even want to talk about Dex." Johnny finished.
As they drove to Aisha's he noticed after he mentioned Troy her attitude changed, as well as minor physical changes, her hair was longer and she had a murderous glint in her eye, mixed with utter confusion as her eyes scanned the city they drove through.
Li knitted her beautiful arched eyebrows and with a sinister grin looked over at the man sitting next to her, "I might have to pay him a little visit once I settle in."
"Li… it's good to have you back. Happy Birthday." He confessed he was extremely happy to see her and he wanted so much to take her in his arms, but he had to force that down.
Li looked over at him for a long moment 'He remembered?' "Thank you, and Happy Belated to you." She gave a half smile.
They pulled up a while later in the driveway exited the car and entered the house.
"Beer?"Johnny offered.
"Yeah." Li shrugged.
"Johnny who are you talking to?" came a familiar voice from up the stairs.
"Why don't you come down and find out?" he said as he tossed a beer to his comrade.
They sat on the couch as the woman continued to complain about Johnny's rude behavior.
"Why couldn't you just tell me who… Oh my God!" Aisha came down stopping in mid sentence, she rushed over to give the woman a hug tears streaming from her eyes.
"We thought you were dead, I can't believe it. Something is different about you." She said as she pulled away.
"Well coma does that to a person." Li stated with a grin. "Can I crash here for a few?"
Johnny took a drink, "Yeah we got planning to do and first is getting a base of operations."
Aisha turned from Li after giving her the ok to camp there until she found a place, "And where were you planning on doing that?"
Both Li and Gat looked around the house.
"Oh no." Aisha got up
"But its spacious."
"No."
Li grinned slightly, "And the color is very soothing."
"NO!" and she turned and headed up to fix the spare bedroom.
Gat looked over at Li who was giggling, "Don't worry I think I know a place we can go tomorrow morning. Cool?"
Li nodded her agreement.
Li stepped out of the room and headed to the elevator, Johnny was in the office across the hall.
"Li where you going?" he came to the doorway and leaned on the frame.
Li was dress to the nine, she was in a black pair of dress slacks and open toed heels, she had a purple dress shirt under a black dress blazer, her hair was pulled up into a sophisticated bun. She wore a platinum Italian horn pendant on her fine platinum chain around her slender neck and driving gloves, that indicated she was going to use her gun.
"I'm going to pay the Chief of Police a visit." She stated calmly.
"Oh… want me to go with you?"
"No. I got this." She said as she headed to the elevator.
Johnny watched as she stepped in and turned to face him with a sad grin on her face.
"You strapped?" he called after her.
"No."
The doors closed leaving him longing to go after that crazy woman, "Why ain't she strapped?" he knew she would be alright and went back into his office, not soon after he heard the elevator signaling there is someone else coming in, it was the Saints noisily returning back.
Li made sure that they worked to protect the city and have normal job, despite the fact they are the most notorious gang known. Taking out the Son of Samedi was a cakewalk, she is currently working on wiping the smug Ronin out now.
Li drove to the police station in her black Venom Classic, thinking the whole time about Johnny and his lingering touch, "He is with Aisha." She kept telling herself, she parked the car in the spot next to the Chief of Police spot. She entered as asked for directions to the man who let her 'die'.
A knock came on the thick door to his office,
"Enter." He called from his desk, putting the picture of he and Li away in the upper desk drawer, when he looked up his mouth fell open.
"Well, well, well Troy Bradshaw once busting caps in fools asses, to chief of police. You look like shit." She said as closed the door behind her and took a seat in the chair across Troy.
"You look beautiful." He managed to get out.
"What else is new?" she shrugged off his compliment folding her arms as she crossed her legs glaring at the man who replaced Johnny, less than more, she never slept with him, and now she is glad she didn't.
"I kept you alive, I… we thought you died in the explosion." He admitted
"And kept the scum off Johnny while he was locked down, why guilt?" she started to get angry.
"I cared, I was late cause I had to deal with shit here, I rushed to see you…" he paused she didn't blink it was unnerving, she boring into his soul, he continued on "to tell you I had been working undercover."
"I should of known that day when we were hijacking the truck and you said something along the lines of… "I should of paid more attention in hot-wiring class?" she stood up and came face to face with Troy.
"Li… I know no words can explain my actions…" he started to stammer.
"You used us… You used me!" Li hissed as she raised her right hand and slapped the shit out of him so hard not only did he have a burning red hand print across his face, he swiveled in his chair to face the door once again.
Tears flowed from her eyes she gritted her teeth as she looked down at the overweight, balding police chief. Grunting her frustration for not bringing her gun to shoot him, she headed to the door opening it considerably.
"Li… I will do my best to keep my boys off of you." He said holding his cheek.
"You have no choice, it is either that or deal with me." And she closed the door behind her and left the man alone in his office.
Li headed to her penthouse near the shore, she parked her car in the garage and made her way up to the top floor, she unfastened her jacket throwing it and her gloves on a chair she grabbed a bottle of champagne from the fridge and a flute glass from the rank. Snatching her keys and cell, she locked up and made her way to the helipad on the top of the building.
Li sat drinking in tears as she over looked out to the sea, she was sitting so long she drank nearly half the bottle, she was still thinking of Troy and the shit he pulled, and how Julius led her to slaughter, she had to go after him, no doubt. Li screamed in frustration throwing the glass listening to it shatter, still pissed she chucked the champagne bottle over the side of the building as hard as she could.
Sobbing that she missed five years of her life because of this gang, now turned family she laid back with her eyes closed, her head was spinning from the alcohol and the cool summer breeze was helping slightly.
Li had dozed off for a while she woke when she heard someone walking up stopping just before stepping on her hair, as it was sprawled over the asphalt of the helipad. Opening her eyes to an upside down Johnny with his hands stuffed into his pockets, and shaded resting in his shirt.
She sat up and he helped her up, she dusted herself off and shook the dirt from her hair she needed a shower, not a word was spoken between the two for several minutes. Li walked past Johnny without a word, he grabbed her arm and pulled her close, bracing her back he looked into her honey eyes, and she met his dark brown gaze with fire.
"Let me go Johnny, I can't do this now." She was horse and her throat was dry.
"Why, because of Troy?" he continued to hold his gaze and her, reaching up to tangle his fingers in her soft hair.
She shook her head no as best she could with him locked in her mane.
"If he was a man, he wouldn't of let you walk on that yacht alone." Grinding his teeth as he spoke, remembering the call he received those many years ago. "I wouldn't of let you go alone, had it not been for me getting shot I would have been there." He let her go frustrated, he started to pace.
"Johnny…" Li hung her head as she continued to listen to him rant.
Johnny was furious, he was screaming, "I got locked up because of him, I went after him the second I got better, and I fucked up. I Johnny Gat slipped!"
He turned to face her and he didn't reach out to touch her, "I fuckin love you, I have loved you for eight fucking years! I flipped when that mutahfucka called and told me you were dead. Shit a part of me died that day and I went after him!" He pounded his chest, his face scrunched in frustration. "You died on me twice, once when the Rollerz got you and Lin, and then on that fuckin yacht."
Li could hear the pain in his voice, but she knew they could not be together; it wouldn't be fair to Aisha.
"Gat, you have a good woman waiting for you at home. She needs you." Li's heart tugged hard as she said that, it hurt her to say it but it was true, for the five years she been out of the game he had Aisha by his side.
"She may be good but your better, I need you." Johnny's rage subsided and he left Li standing on the helipad while he went home to Aisha.
Sometime later Li headed inside to her penthouse and took a long shower and dressed for bed, she was alone again this time with her thoughts, she curled up with a stuffed bear and drifted off to sleep.
Morning came in the luxurious apartment her phone vibrated on the nightstand; she reached over to pick it up.
"Hello?" Li said in a groggy voice.
The sound of wind whipping and horns blared through the speaker of the phone, "We need to wipe the remaining Ronin out today, get dressed, and head over to Ish's." Gat hung up.
Li drug herself out of the bed and into the bathroom; she splashed some water on her face, brushed her teeth, combed, and brushed her hair, pulling it up into a bun. She then went to her closet pulling a pair of black skinny jeans and a short-sleeved purple polo shirt out, she grabbed a pair of black tennis shoes and once dressed she placed her cell and keys in her pocket.
Li met Johnny near the house and they parked in the driveway of the home he shared with Aisha, the door was cracked when they walked up. Johnny poked his head inside and called for Aisha, it was dark due to the curtains being drawn.
"Ish you in here?" he flipped on the lights.
"JOHNNY IT'S A TRAP!" Aisha's voice called from her place in the livingroom, she was tied to a chair, but no sooner than she gave her warning Jyunichi severed her head from her body.
There wasn't anything the two of them could do, it happened so fast. Gat launched himself at Jyunichi, they fought Gat was blinded by rage, his head was in the game but, he wasn't truly there, Jyunichi stabbed Gat in the middle of the fight.
Hearing gat grunt in pain made her turn her attention to Gat as he laid on the floor holding his side, Jyunichi raised his sword in an attempit to kill Johnny, she made short work on the last Ronin before shooting in the bald man's direction to halt him from finishing her friend.
Li took out the remaining Ronin that littered the house and rushed to Gat's side, making sure he was well enough, she ran out the back door on Jyunichi heels. She was too slow, she lost him, running back in the house she helped Gat up got him out of the house, and put him in the passenger side of her car, on the way to the hospital, she called Shaundi, Pierce, and Carlos to inform them of Gat's situation, and locate Jyunichi.
She swerved in and out of the cars heading to the hospital once there she opened the passenger door trying to help the paling man out.
"SOMEBODY HELP ME, HE HAS BEEN STABBED!" Li called to the hospital doors, two ambulance drivers rushed out with a gurney and helped her to get him in the hospital.
Singing the last of the paper work that admitted Gat, Li pick up her phone once more this time to Troy,
"Troy Aisha's been murdered, can you get her body from her house."
"My fucking God… yeah I'm on it… you alright?" he heard dead air for a few seconds.
"Yeah, Johnny was stabbed." She sniffed, "I gotta go, thank you." She gave the address to the house and hung up sobbing.
An hour later her Lieutenants arrived to find her with her head in her hands and totally disheveled her hair was unraveling from its bun and blood caked to her clothes and arms.
Shaundi rushed over dropping to her knees in front of Li, "You ok Boss…"
Carlos chimed in "How is he, was it serious?"
Li looked up from her hands, her eyes were puffy and bloodshot, her nose was red, and she shrugged shaking her head no. Just then, a doctor Brooks came out of the double doors two doors away from where the group was sitting.
"Ms. Li?" the older man asked
Li stood up the others right behind her.
"Mr. Gat is fine the wound missed all major organs and he pulled through just fine." The Dr. smiled as he wiped his hand on a sanitation cloth.
Li's knees buckled slightly, "Is he awake, can he have visitors?" she asked very concerned.
"Just a few people for now, he is just waking up, follow me." Dr. Brooks started to walk away.
Li turned to the group behind her, "Stay here I'm gonna see if he is ok, I'll be back shortly."
She followed the Dr. to Johnny's room, he was laying there looking so peaceful, something she never saw him do.
Johnny slowly opened his eyes and saw Li looking at him with absolute worry. She gave a weak smile.
"Hey you alight?" she put a hand on his arm.
"Yeah I'm good, doc says I should be back to murdering in a few days." He grinned sleepily.
"That's good, I have the others looking for that bastard and I need you at one hundred percent." She leaned down and gave him a kiss on his forehead, "Get some rest I'll be back in a few days." She whispered against his skin.
"What about Ish's…." he couldn't continue he started to growl under his breath.
"I got it under control, get better, I will arrange the funeral." She kissed his forehead once more and left to meet with the others waiting for her in the lobby.
"Let roll out, I got things to handle. Johnny's is going to want the Ronin's heads and I am going to make sure he has a clear shot."
The four of them headed out of the hospital and to the Saints HQ in the Bavogian Plaza of the Red Light district.