AN This chapter was turned out pretty quickly but I don't think it will be like this in the future, not consistently anyway. The song lyrics are from Everybody Wants to Rule the World. As I forgot to post in the first chapter, some credit goes to NobleMETA as inspiration for this story. Enjoy and don't forget to favorite and drop a review.

Chapter 2
Welcome to the Family

Alpha felt his phone buzz in his pocket. Looking down he saw the car dealer's face on the caller id. Muttering quietly to himself, he answered the phone.

"Hey Simeon, what do you need from me?"

"Listen my boy." Alpha scowled silently, hating the man for saying that. "I have two prospects for you crew, they came here this morning and wanted a job. I gave them a job repossessing two cars from the same man. Not only did they make it back without tipping off the cops, but they also managed to make it back with the cars in perfect condition." Alpha's mouth fell open, he had not heard of anyone doing something like that for a long while, not since…another crew's young prospect had capped a Vago in front of 10 gang members and made it out of there with zero bullet holes.

"Is this the couple that was there when North and Theta were getting their job for the day?" Alpha remembered vaguely about receiving a call from his younger brother after their job, telling about a a couple of new faces that had gone to Simeon supposedly to get a job. Of course, Theta was especially nervous about this, but North had been able to calm him down before the job.

"Yes yes yes. They came in on a plane yesterday. They got my name from an LS Custom mechanic. The young man also said he had noticed the insignia from Theta's vest and remembered it from somewhere but didn't tell me where." Alpha thought silently for a minute before talking again.

"Alright, call the two in the morning, tell them you have a job for them, give them some difficult one and my crew will watch them. If they can pull it off, then we will talk to them at your dealership. If they can't, tell them to look for a crew somewhere else, but now that they know us, they will always need to watch their backs."

"Of course, of course my boy!" Alpha scowled again but said nothing. After Simeon hung up, Alpha stood up, stretching his legs and letting out a soft moan. Tex, who was in the next room heard him move about and came to the door, silently watching him.

"What is it babe?" she asked with a curious smile on her face. Alpha turned and considered her a moment before answering.

"Couple of new kids in town and they pulled a nice job for Simeon today. Remember that one gal that came some months back? Apparently this must be like her twin sister and her twin brother, but completely different families." Tex laughed at that comment, walking over to him and wrapping her arms about his chest, placing her head on his neck just above his shoulder blades.

"We are at peace with that gang now, we don't need to worry about them. Besides, after some of the shit they have been through, I highly doubt they want another crew breathing down their necks. Princess will keep her crew in line, and I think that they are quite good, just lacking in the age experience." This time it was Alpha's turn to laugh.
"Yeah, how old is the princess? 22? 23? But she governs them like chess pieces in the middle of a game. I want to scout these prospects out, if they are as good as Simeon is chocking them up to be, I want them. Tex, I want you to get Delta, Epsilon, and Maine. Tell them to meet here at 8 in the morning, we are going to scout these kids and if they are good, and if they can stand up to the test, then we will have them."

"Alright babe, but you should get some sleep then." Tex turned and walked out of Alpha's room and pulled out her phone. She conference called all three of the others and told them to meet at her and Alpha's apartment.

"Why?" came Maine's low growl.

"New prospects I expect." remarked Delta, who had pieced together the information connecting the three of them with Alpha and Tex on such short notice. "I want to do a little background on these kids, did Alpha mention anything that might allow me to try and find these kids in the databases?"

"Doubt it." remarked Tex. "He didn't seem to clear on anything except that he wants to tail these kids on the job and if they are as good as Simeon thinks, then we will have them." Delta let out a soft 'ahh' of surprise.

"Well, i was able to find something from one of the jobs Simeon had pulled yesterday. Let's see…" Delta quickly scanned the information to Epsilon to see if he would see anything interesting himself. "Simeon had two jobs pulled yesterday. One was by our very own Theta and North, and the other was pulled by…" Delta trailed off, trying to find something that would illuminate these two people.

"Alpha said that these two flew in yesterday?" asked Epsilon, now scanning the information pulled up on his screens. Tex confirmed. "Okay…Delta, cross the arrival schedules from all flights yesterday with hotel check-ins."

"Pulled up…and wait a moment." Everybody paused, waiting for Delta to finish processing. "There was a shootout by the Maze Bank this morning wasn't there?" Everyone else acknowledged that, even though Tex and Maine were the only two who had been present out of these four. "Found a pairing that would have been on a flight in last night and got a room, which just so happened to overlook the street. I think we have our two: a Ms. Madeleine Campbell from a small town in Indiana, and a Mr. Aleksander Young from south of Omaha in Nebraska."

"There it is, took us long enough to find it." moaned Epsilon. "Okay, Tex and Maine you should get some sleep, Delta and I will dig some stuff up on these two for tomorrows evaluation and then we will talk it over." Tex took her leave and Maine growled what sounded like goodnight into his phone before disconnecting. Standing up and stretching, she turned to see Alpha gazing at her.

"What?" asked Tex looking back at Alpha. alpha merely shrugged which slightly annoyed Tex so she repeated herself. "What?!" she asked, a little more earnestly and still got nothing but a shrug from Alpha. "Look if you are just going to stare and not say anything, take a picture, or go stare at the ones you already have of me." she said laughing. Alpha smiled and reached into his pocket, grasping something for a moment before moving toward her as something started in the background.

Welcome to your life. There's no turning back.

Even while we sleep. They will find you acting on your best behavior.

Alpha seemed to glide across the floor to where Tex stood standing and wrapped his arms around her.

Turn your back on mother nature.

Alpha lowered his head to Tex and raised her lips to his.

Everyone wants to rule the world.

Tex smiled and wrapped her arms about him, sliding them slowly beneath his shirt before tugging it off his body.

It's my own desires. It's my own remorse.

Alpha pulled off Tex's shirt and lowered her softly on the bed, kissing all down her neck and chest.

Help me to to decide. Help me to make the most of freedom. And of pleasure.

The music seemed lost to them as they lost themselves beneath the covers. Their bodies so entwined, it was near impossible to figure out where one ended and the other began. After a very steamy session, they fell asleep, arms wrapped about each other and knew nothing until the morning.

Alek awoke suddenly to a loud buzzing on his pillow next to his head. He answered the phone to hear 'Uncle Simeon' telling him about the next job he needed pulled.

"Motherfucking gangbangers don't even respect the damn car. I drove past the hotel yesterday and found it dented and scratched. I tell you my boy, unless we get the car back now, there will be no car to get back."

"Alright alright Simeon, keep your head on your shoulders. We will come to the dealership and get the address before going to get the car." Alek and Madeleine showered quickly and quietly, still tired from their latest escapade and hurried out to Madeleine's car. "We take yours babe and then I will be the one getting shot at in the Coquette Simeon wants back."

Within 20 minutes, they stood out behind Simeon's garage and waited for him to give them the details. After punching in the destination, they pulled out onto the road, unbeknownst to the Mammoth Patriot that had pulled out of the parking lot to follow them. Alek and Madeleine did one quick pass of the hotel, scanning for guards and gang members. Finding only three gangbangers and two guards, Alek had Madeleine park across the way before he made his way to the hotel. Passing the gangsters, Alek focused on attaching his silencer, before turning around and putting a round into the back of each head with such speed, you would have thought he was a cheetah. Alek ran to the car before anyone knew what was happening. Putting two bullets into the head of each guard, he turned the key and sped away from the hotel, closely followed by Madeleine and the crew.

Simeon stood waiting behind his dealership looking agitated. He was pacing, hoping that his car would be returned to him, and quietly wishing that the new kids made it back too. It would be frustrating to lose that caliber of criminal so early. Simeon looked up as he heard a familiar purr that could only come from a Coquette. Madeleine and the Freelancers pulled into the alley behind him and all exited their vehicles. Madeleine ran to Alek and kissed him before she realized that there were five strangers in the alley with her, Alek and Simeon. Pulling out their pistols she and Alek rounded on the newcomers and focused their sights on Alpha. Smiling Alpha put up his hands, whispering that everyone else should do the same.

"Greetings, I do not believe that I have had the pleasure of meeting you yet young man, or you my fair lady." Neither Alek nor Madeleine lowered their weapons but gripped each other tighter, eyes darting around but mostly to Maine, whose bulk was twice as thick as either of them. Alpha laughed, "There is no need to be frightened of us," he held out his hand to Alek. "My name is Alpha and I am the leader of the Freelancers. Alek slowly lowered his gun and shook Alpha's hand, staring intently into his eyes, trying to detect some amount of malice or anger. To his surprise all he saw was excitement and pride.

Alpha talked to both of them, telling them about the Freelancers, and how it had been built on the backs of his family which he headed himself. The family rarely used their real names anymore, and encouraged the rest of the crew to accept this practice with the exception of personal relationships. Alpha introduced Tex, Delta, Epsilon, and lastly Maine, whom Madeleine still eyed with caution.

"I understand that you two need a crew." Alpha stated, as it was not a question. Both of them nodded and Alpha continued, "While I have noticed that you are rather intimidated by Maine…" Madeleine couldn't help herself.

"Well yeah, he is huge and looks like a giant bear and that's not assuming that he has the strength of one, which I assume he does have." Alpha and the rest openly laughed at this point.

"Maine may be big and scary, but as long as you are on our side, you have nothing to worry about. Maine is my muscle but he is also very loyal and will not attack unless he has good reason too." Maine's lip curled rather nastily but Alpha didn't notice. "Now unless Delta and Epsilon have anything to say about it, I believe that you are to be welcomed into the crew." Both siblings shook their heads and Alpha clapped Alek on the back. "Welcome to the family you two."