Chapter 6: Rise
New York main base, one week later
"So boss, why are you gathering us here? Stage three ready?" Gretchen begins.
She sits in the meeting room along with other generals: Wang, Helen, Chuck, Francis, Menlo, Robert, Lisa, Gus; on screen there are also Vince who is in LA, and Becky and Joey, who are now dating and staying back at Arkansas.
"Jeez Gretchen, how many times do I have to tell you? Don't call TJ your boss please. It freaks me out." Spinelli complains. After Gretchen joined, the two girl decided to make up with one another, after TJ 'accidentally' locks the old gang, except for Mikey, in a room one day. They are all still mad at Mikey, however, and they beat up TJ after knowing he locked them intentionally.
"People, settle down please. That means you, Ashley!" Spinelli glares at him.
"I'm gonna rip you to shreds tonight." She teases. Only he can call her Ashley and get away with it.
"You know you love me." TJ gives her a seductive look as she sticks out her tongue.
"Get to the point, lovebirds." Lisa angrily speaks. "I'll be late for an important business."
"Tetris tournament." Gretchen whispers to Gus, who is sitting right next to her.
"You're right Gretchen. All of you can see here, with the addition of the lovely miss Lisa here, we have all the men, and women, needed for my next step. As you all know, we are a criminal organization, but we all believe our morals are clean. And why do you think that is the case?" TJ asks, looking at his fellow peers.
"We don't hurt innocent people?" Gus answers.
"We only take what is necessary and help others people in returns?" Helen answers.
"We're awesome?" Vince answers.
"All of you are right, especially Vince." Everyone chuckle as TJ continues. "That's what make us better than some regular thugs or some edgy teenagers, we dare to act, to do what's right. And I dare say we have to think bigger, to help even more people now that we have the capability to. My next target, is other criminal gangs." All of the generals are now interested, though more than half of them are looking concerned.
"I'm not saying we should eradicate them all, take one down another will replace. We will subjugate them, one by one, to only do what we told them to. This way, we can prevent them from harming other people, and potentially recruiting even more people to our group."
TJ begins his explaining his extremely detailed and thought-out plan, from controlling all the gangs in New York, then the US, then Mexico, South America and eventually, around the world. What seems to be so impossible is now possible right in front of their eyes. Though he doesn't mention it, they all understand how crucial Gretchen and Lisa are in this plan, which explains why he has waited so long before announcing Stage Three.
"With your approvals, I will launch the first attack on the other members of the Big Five in New York. Who's with me?" TJ finishes the speech for his plan. Everybody in the room understand this will only work if they're all in this together.
His generals have put all of their loyalty and trusts to TJ. They all approve of the plan simultaneously. They would now follow him to the end of the Earth, except for one person.
"Okay, go back to your place and get some rest, tomorrow you will receive your first assignments as generals. Except for Chuck, Spinelli, Lisa, and Gretchen, you all can leave."
When all of the others have left, TJ begins getting four huge maps out of his trusted red cap, and put them on the table.
"Okay guys, this is the first step of Stage Three…"
Over the next five years, Gretchen's technology dominates all fields, especially in combat and psychological warfare; Lisa is a huge threats to any Internet-related gangs, and a great asset when it comes to information; Chuck is a fighter and a natural-born leader, he leads assault gang after gang without a defeat, and pulls through many impossible battles; Spinelli, without a doubt, is an even better fighter and gunner than Chuck, no man in the world can match her, she is TJ's secret weapon. But Spinelli shines by being the Head of Engineering team (she and Gretchen single-handedly rebuilt a freaking bus back in Fourth grade, this shouldn't come as a surprise), the only person who is capable of making Gretchen's design a reality.
What comes next is history. The group changes their name to Robinhood6, the name that strikes fear to the criminal world.
A/N: This is just a short chapter to end the Prologue. The following chapters will hopefully be less plot-heavy, as I've tried to cover most of it in the Prologue. I already have a few ideas in mind, but I'm open for suggestions if you want to learn more about the live(s) of some specific character(s), or have some interesting stories of your own.