Grand Theft Auto: The Score of All Scores

Chapter 8: The Planning Part 2: The Master of the Underworld's Visit to Los Santos

A/N: Alright, before I start the next chapter of Grand Theft Auto, I would like to take a few moments of your time to make a sincere apology. I had some major plans for the Union Depository again, and I came up with a very reasonable idea for the heist, but then the attacks in Paris of November happened, and it was just a month after Chapter 7's release, and it made me view the idea a lot differently. You see, the idea was going to involve a terrorist like attack on the bank with people being caught in the crossfire, and it was just too insensitive for me to write it, and with me been thinking on it for a while now, I am officially coming to the decision to cancel the Union heist. I will plan for something else now, and I do want to hear your feedback on the matter, as I might just attempt to do the military heist now, but I do want something though that will help me not be insensitive to the people in Paris. I know it has passed, but the impact is still felt, and personally with me writing this apology to say to everyone, I felt it needed to happen, so please do take this into consideration. It was painful to see what happened in Paris, and I want to be respectful to them, so because of that, the union heist will no longer happen, and you will see it reflected in this chapter. I might re-open that possibility though, but for now… it is cancelled. I will continue to support this story however. Besides, I am writing a new chapter now, and this time we are going to have Constantine and his group visit the entire gang so far. At least that is what I can do to compensate, and also, about the military heist idea; I think I just found a way. If you got a better idea, let me know, but I think I got an idea. With that taken care of, let's get started.

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Los Santos Vinewood Sign

Michael De Santa really needed some time to rest and chill, but sadly the news that hit him sadly ruined it. He was planning to do the Union Depository heist with the new crew he has built, but right now he has learned that they were some major problems with it. Firstly, he learned that the security has been massively increased to levels of the president coming to town. That means guns in every roof to ensure that no one gets attacked, and even police on every corner at least for a good part of the city, making an attack at the bank go near impossible, but what he learned next really hit him hard. Trevor told him on his phone that Oscar won't be able to get the plane they need in order to carry all the gold to the unknown location, and also the business hit a turnoil for some reason, as his planes were getting shot down lately. Lamar, Franklin, and Morgan did their part of the job, but now it was all pointless thanks to the news that they received. Michael was supposed to get the C4 and guns but right now the FIB are doing an investigation on all gun stores to investigate the recent events. It was seemed just as everything was working against him today.

"Stupid shit, stupid fucking shit… tight security, Oscar not available, how could this get any worse?" Michael said to himself just as he kicks a trash can near him. Michael is also mad that another agent is on the case now. He remembered about call earlier from Dave Norton warning him of a new agent is on to him, and this really started making him nervous.

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Flashback (a few hours back)

Michael De Santa was getting done with a movie scene for the new movie he is doing at the Vinewood Studios for the day. It was a pretty good day for him (at least for the time being) as everyone seemed to be prepared for the day and overall everything went out smoothly. They were shooting a major stunt scene with a shootout at the refinery where the film's climax was taking place, and it required plenty of sets to be built and well, the crew knows all the things needed to make a movie happened. Michael De Santa then reported back to the studio to meet his good old friend Solomon Richards just as he goes to close out the day.

"What a good day of shooting Michael De Santa. I know I can count on you for good luck." Solomon said just as he goes with a film reel to him.

"Yep, the entire crew knows what they are doing for one, and two well… you can imagine how it will play out. Say, any reason for the film reel there?" Michael cracked a smile but also wondered about the film reel.

"Well we are still releasing a few films in film, and of course with the digital conversion going out on the theaters, we still need to preserve some history. The feature film that you are working on right now, is being shot on film, and I am sure it will look great when it's done."

"It will alright. But I am also doing something very special as well. I am shooting it in 70mm film."

"That is amazing. You know I love those 70mm film reels. This will make the movie truly special."

"Yep. I used to remember the time when I went to see a long movie, with the intermission and all, and seeing a super wide image. I am trying to recreate that experience, but of course everyone is talking about the UMAX. The super load, super big, crystal clear shit that I am not really into, although with the studio doing a lot more digital, at least those digital heads would get their pleasing of the movie."

"Yeah, digital makes things easier, but they are certainly old folks like you that prefer film, and its important to preserve the film format for movies."

"Yep… well I am out of here. Got to head back home and rest on my bed." Michael then said just as he walks out of the building and makes it for the car. Just as he gets in, he gets a phone call from someone. "Now who that might be?" he might asked. He then answers the phone.

"Hello."

"Michael, this is Dave." He said in a very worry some way.

"Dave Norton. Why you are calling? I thought we both disappeared."

"Well, it seems like I got fucked, and sadly, if things keep going the way they are going right now, you might be soon."

"Hey man, try to stay possible here. I think you had one too many fucking beers."

"I am not kidding. There is a new FIB agent known as Cade Nenyager. Extremely good in his job, and he even got employee of the year twice in a row."'

"So?"

"So?" Dave then started flipping a bit. "He uncovered that I was one of the people responsible for the cover up on Steve Haines and right now I am going through a lot of hell lately, facing possible prison sentence of whatever amount of years; but before that I will be discharged with no pension likely. Every bit of this has information that will lead it all the way to you and your crew."

"Oh…. That bad huh. Well uh, everything seems to be okay in my life. Had a few run in encounters with the Lost and Ballas." Michael then tells him trying to keep his sanity somehow okay.

"Usual stuff, well this is bad. I advise you lay low for awhile and try not to get any heat on you and your crew, otherwise… you will regret it. Cade has connections to General Hawk, and trust me, you really don't want Hawk on your ass."

"General Hawk? The entire US Military? Jesus Christ." Michael now started getting panicky and now really upset. "And if what you are saying is true… oh fuck!"

"Yeah, well uh… I will give you time to process all of this info, as you are going to need to be ready if Cade and especially if Hawk comes for you… sorry you had to find out this way. My advice, stay out of this one at all cost." Dave then said, and then he disconnects the phone right then. Michael then immediately slams his foot on the gas (in reverse) and drives straight out of the studio lot.

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Michael then grunted "ARGGH!" as he has to take every single bit of this in frustration today all at once. Just when his day was going good, this happened, and now the entire heist and perhaps the Grand Heist is in jeopardy, and other than doing Trevor's stupid idea of robbing some sort of a nuke from the military base that could put them all in every watch list on the entire planet, this really is a fuck up day. Suddenly, he receives a phone call and then hey angrily yells.

"Shut the hell up everyone."

"Michael, I didn't expect for you to sound this way." said by a very old voice.

"Constantine?" Michael then said suddenly calming down. "I didn't expect you to call me."

"Trust me, I got more than one way to hook up with people, with my additional crew who keep tabs on everyone in the crime world, listen, I am in Los Santos visiting the city and its sites, and I was wondering… can we visit somewhere in the city? Just bring your main crew as I like to get to know them a little bit."

"Okay? I know a good place we can meet." Michael then replied, and then he texts him the house address to Lester's house. "There we go. We meet at my friend Lester's, you okay with that?"

"Sure thing."

"Alright, see you soon."

Michael then got off the phone and contacted both T and Franklin. "Hey guys, let's meet at Lester's. Victor Constantine is coming."

"Alright. Will be there." Trevor said with a smile over the phone.

"Sure dog, I be there."

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Lester's Home (half an hour later)

"Ah… guests from the major criminal underworld is coming here, seems to be interesting on why he would come so soon." Lester said to Michael as he entered the house with him and started getting the drinks ready for their guests. Lester never knew that Michael told Constantine to visit them at Lester's house, but is interested in meeting Constantine. Soon later Franklin and Trevor arrived and hang out for a bit before the main event. At one point though, the doorbell rings, and Trevor goes to answer the door. The moment the door open, we see Victor Constantine, along with Dominic Ashford and Ken Carmetik showing up. "Wow, I didn't expect we have 3 people here."

"Well just for you, I am Ken Carmetik BTW, he always like having some men as his bodyguards on him." Ken cracked a smiled just as he takes a drink from the table that Lester provided them. He drinks it but spits it out. "What is this American shit?"

"That American shit is our own beer." Lester smirked just as he comes straight to him, and just as he does he then looks at Constantine. "Well hello there Constantine, the one and only I can assume." Lester said as he introduced himself to Constantine. "I am Lester, the guy who made my crew's dream come true."

"Well it is nice to meet you Lester." Constantine said with a bit of a cracked smile just as he shakes his hand, and then he proceeds to Franklin. "You must be Franklin."

"Hell I am, they call me F."

"That is also simple to remember, but I think Franklin is the best way I will remember you, pretty much a street person I can say." Constantine then kinda joked sarcastically just before Ken comes in. "He does meet street person. You know, the gangster hood, you should do something more professional."

"Hey, I started off as gangster level and now at the big leagues. Shit man, I don't know if you are on crack or not."

"Actually on wine, plus your beer here is shit." Ken replied back just as Constantine took a drink of the gang's beer. "I gotta admit, I kinda like this beer, has a good taste to it, probably need to get some beer like this at my place." Constantine replied just as he drank the beer. "This stuff's good." Dominic then said with a smirk just as he drinks another one.

"And also, who is this sad low hair fuck?" Ken even said again just as he looks at Trevor, and this makes Trevor furious.

"Well this sad low hair fuck is yours truly, Trevor Phillips, remember that." Trevor grunted just as he looks a Ken with a very angry look, but Ken doesn't seem to care at all and in fact just takes it with a bit of a smile. "You don't scare me at all." Ken smirked.

"Well you should be."

"Boys, that's enough. Now I was wondering if we can get to the real business here, but just for you all know how I came to power. Well I have told my friend Michael once this before and I feel it is important for this for everyone to know. I'm not your ordinary criminal. You see where others believe they are the biggest shark in the sea; I come around to show them all that I'm the legendary Kraken. When I'm around, the whole world trembles before me, I am the best when it comes to the criminal underworld. Some call me a genius. Others a monster, King to my friends and the devil incarnate to my enemies. And if you are feeling dramatic a god! You see a good kingpin knows when to keep hidden from the law by any means necessary. Unlike any of my old friends and enemies I dabble in every type of crime known to man that can make me a profit. I built my empire from nothing but from the very blood and money of ALL my enemies. Not only do I have the money, but my buyers will pay tremendously for those goods. I chose you all to be the one to get me what I want because you and your crew are the best and I only deal with the best. I am sure that Michael told you what you need to get me, right?" Constantine then ask Michael.

"Yep… I made sure to tell them that."

"Well I am damn impressed, but you might know that we might be having some heat onto us soon, got word from a FIB friend that a new agent is investigating our case, and that he has some sort of connections to General Hawk." Michael then told the group and Constantine, causing some to gasped, but Constantine and his group to only smirk and laughed.

"What the hell?" Lester then gasped as he realized the suddenly of some of the situation.

"That dick who kicked me out of the military when I was young." Trevor then grunted just as he grabs a beer and throws it across the room.

"Are you for real? The US General of the Army?!" Franklin said now as he was taken by surprise of hearing who might be onto them now. "Man…. First I get thrown into all of this mess once more, now we might have the entire US military up on our asses? This is perhaps the reason I got done with the first Union heist and now trying to life a good life as a head of a car dealership."

"Ahhhahahahahaha!" Constantine then laughed so hysterically and in a dramatic way just as then he lets out a scream. "AAAHHH FUCK!" he said.

"What's so funny?" Trevor asked.

Ken and Dominic followed suit and laughed hysterically for several minutes non-stop until they couldn't breathe as if they were just taking this as if it was nothing at all for them to worry about. There could be something about that laughter that makes the group a little suspicious, especially Lester and Franklin. "Man, that was so funny. The way you guys reacted to what Michael said to y'all…. You reminded me of a few bitches and whores who complained about the conditions of the job, and how they have to fuck non-stop. Also the fear of being pregnant." Ken laughed.

"Yeah, also, funny joke… A rapist, a gangster and a murderer are in the same car... Who is driving the fucking car?" Trevor then added for a joke.

"Uh… the police officer." Dominic then answered annoyed.

"Nope, fucking me! AS I AM ALL 3 OF THEM MOTHERFUCKER!" Trevor mocked just as he starts to pump his muscles and dance around like a buffoon. It was applied that he was drunk from all the beers he was having. "Also, you know what was so fucked up man…. The fact I never got to sell a nuke I tried to steal to sell for some money; and it got all fucked!"

Constantine then dropped his beer can as he was drinking and then turns around to see Trevor with some good interest. He then takes a few moments to look at Michael, Lester, and Franklin and so did his gang, and then they decided to come up with something. "Well, I wanted to get something that I heard that was in the military base, so I can threaten the other groups who try to oppose me, and I would like to add it to my collection."

"Oh, so you are interested in it as well? A nuclear warhead, wow; for a major criminal that would take you all the way to the top instantly." Michael then replied out of curiosity on why Constantine would want one.

"Of course, but also the main goal being the computer chip and the access to the entire system that I previously mentioned, but supposedly I could add something else in case I need to use the warhead if I get one." Constantine then told the group as he rambles on and on about the nuke for several seconds.

"So, what's the point you are trying to make?"

"Perhaps we could make an agreement to work together to achieve the whole heist together. You see, you will need our help to make the heist of all heist happen, now by stealing the nuclear warhead from the military base, that would make you super target number 1 and you would be dead in a week. What if you sell it to me, and I clear for this job only everyone's record off of it at the end when it's done?"

"Is that for real? You can get us off the hook for the military job if we do it?" Franklin then said, surprised that Constantine is willing to help.

"Yeah, because in life. They are some things that are meant to be done as a team, or alliances with one another. As long as you don't stab that person in the back somehow, the alliance will go out well and everyone will be happy at the end. I had to make a few alliances along the way as I rise to the criminal underworld, and I wouldn't be where I was now without those years of experience. I started with nothing and ending up with an empire though deals with other groups, and some should I say… clever plays. You gotta build your empire, and you will need a little bit of help from time to time from your friends and sometimes your rivals. Say you and I our enemies with one another, yet the US Military is a bigger one, then the enemy of my enemy is a friend. We would have one thing in common, the US military being the bigger threat, and we need to team up if we want to have any chance of surviving or winning in life. Sometimes you have to trust the people you despise the most, especially if they are the only ones who can save you… so… do we have an agreement?" Constantine explained.

"Well uh… we are going to need a few moments to discuss this outside." Lester then told Constantine and his group.

"Take your time, but do be quick though, I have to be back at my place by morning." Constantine then told them.

The group then head outside and then they begin to state their thoughts.

"Well I don't like the sound of him. Something is telling me that we cannot trust him. I don't know if that was his speech or just his plain…. Weirdness, plus Dominic and Ken give me the creeps." Lester admitted.

"Well you are right too, and I remember that after Devin screw us with our paychecks." Franklin then said.

"Well I know some of the past have come to haunt us here. And usually I don't do shady business with folks like them as I know with an army like them they will stab us in the back, but I am in for it if it's true."

"ABOUT DAMN TIME…. I AM GOING TO FINISH WHAT I STARTED!" Trevor then shouted out it the entire world.

"Well Trevor… I guess we can do it. But I hope you know the shitstorm that might follow, plus our group will need more time to train, but I suppose we could do it, and perhaps give our new crew members a good paycheck." Michael then smile for his friend.

"Well that's a good point we can add as well. More training, but if all things play out, our crew will be ready, but I do feel this is too big of a risk. Plus I don't know how they will react… but, I guess we can tell them." Lester then said.

"Well then shit, I am in." Franklin said.

"Alright."

They go back to Constantine and let them know of their decision. "You got yourself a deal. One new nuclear warhead coming up." Michael then said.

"Alright, I know you will need to discuss this with your crew, so let me know when you are ready. I will pay well if this job goes out good. Ken will be the one you report to, so take his number." Constantine then told the group and the crew then adds Ken's number to their phones. They were also asked to add Constantine's number as well. "We will keep in touch my friend."

"We will."

"Alright guys, we better be catching our flight… see ya." Constantine then said and he, Dominic, and Ken then went outside and call a cab to take them to the airport. Back in the house, the group now has some new found hope in their whole heist plan. They actually seem to be satisfied with it, and with Constantine lending some assistance in return for a nuclear warhead, they might just pull this job off at the end. Trevor seems to be happy that he is going to "finish" what he started and go on to steal a warhead to sell, even if it's to Constantine, and was drinking with his fellas now. "Cheers!" they said.

"Looks like we have some new hope on our heist problem, and I will admit, perhaps for once Trevor is going to get what he is wishing." Lester then smirked with a smile as he remembers the time the job went disastrous.

"Yep, stealing a device from Merryweather, which is still here for some dumbass reason, they said that they were going to move out of domestic operations, but they are still here and still do domestic operations. Heard it on the news a few months back." Trevor then said to the group.

"Well then let's give Merryweather a reason to leave." Michael said.

The guys then celebrated for the remainder of the night as they started to discuss new ideas and plans for their "Merryweather Heist 2.0", and how they are going to do it. It seems to finally be falling into place, just as hope is going away, it comes back in a big way. Constantine is nice enough that he is going to help out somehow on the job (covering their names) and now they can start making changes to the heist to adjust to the needs. No matter what happens, it looks like the crew is back big time. Once they got everything settle in, they proceed to call it a night and head home. Trevor continued to check in with Ron, and is heard that he is starting to recover, and he is happy to hear that. Franklin went back to his apartment where the new members are currently staying, and is having sex with Morgan again. And Michael, well… he went back home and went to bed. Who knows what will happen next?

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A/N: Alright, again... sorry if I drop the ball so hard on my original heist idea. It still affected me to this day and well I can say that I just got an idea for this new heist and I am going to do it. Merryweather 2.0. Say, how did you enjoy this chapter? I know there wasn't any action, but we get to see Constantine interact with the gang for a bit and see the return of a familiar face from the game? Well let me know and I will be honest, I don't know what chapter I will write next as I am thinking about a character situation like chapter, so let me know and I will see you guys later.

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