Riley 4 - Customer Values
In a dark room, a figure was sleeping in a queen-sized bed that has been set up just under the window looking out towards the complex also by the bed was a nightstand with a cellphone in charge. The phone started going off as the figure answers it. "Hello?" the voice asks.
"Hey, Riley. I got something I need y' all to do. The gang calling themselves the Vagos are out making sales today. I need you three to go out and find as many as you can and interrupt them. Take anything Y'all find and put it to good use. Their guns, drugs whatever." Thugnificent tasks him.
"Yeah, no problem man. Who do we do about their members?" He asks.
"Chase them off, buy them off, whatever. We just want to prove these LS gangs that the Lethal Injection crew is here and not playing around so hitting them and taking their stuff will be a good wake up call." He added as Riley became more and more awake throughout the call.
"No problem man. We got this." Riley ensured him as he hangs up. He went to take a quick shower and change into his usual blue jeans, brown shoes and a black short sleeve shirt. He also had his armor vest under his shirt and puts on his L.I.C chain. He digs into his nearby nightstand and pulls out his Uzi holds it in his hands. After years of constant holding himself as a street cat, it was now time to prove it to himself, which means hurting some people, even some being killed. But he could back out now not with all his friends on board. His granddad was off with Willona, and after what he did back outside their home he doubts Huey would help him out. "If they ain't with me, they're my enemy and it's only self-defense." He assured himself as he slips a full clip into the weapon. He sends texts to Lamilton, Cindy, Ed, and Rummy explaining the situation and to get ready to meet up outside the complex. After half an hour Riley, Cindy, Ed, and Rummy were waiting on Lamilton to bring his BeeJay XL up front. as they pile in. Riley took the passenger seat and Cindy, Rummy and Ed took the back seat and Lamilton starts driving.
"So Riley, Give us the low down on the job again." Rummy asks to break the silent ice instead of being clueless.
"Some gang called the Vagos are doing their sale day today and Thugnificent wants us to go break a few of them up to send a message to the other gangs as well as get some of their profits as well." Riley informs the four.
"I've been hearing about them. They're the Latinos based gang wearing yellow." Cindy brings up after being told by the other LIC members.
"Not bad We're finally going to see what these Los Santos Gangs have for us. Do any of y' all know anything about doing drive-bys?" Ed asked.
"Riley and me used to use my grandma car to go and spray people with our water squirters and bb guns. But I don't think any of us got a chance to do the real thing." Lamilton told them.
"All right not bad, not bad. But I hope y' all ready for the real deal in case we do need to pop some people on the streets." Rummy told him as he emphasizes this by pulling out his Assult Riffle and Ed does the same and Riley and Cindy had their Micro SMGs in their laps. After looking around they eventually found three men wearing yellow clothing and Bandanas on El Burro Heights. There was three of vagos hanging around a yellow and black Buccaneer with several packages in the trunk along with five pocket knives, three TEC-9s, and three Desert Eagles.
"Are before we go in there. We need to think of a plan." Rummy advised them.
"I got man don't worry. Me, Riley and Lamiltion will flank to the left and then you two give us the signal to come in." Ed suggests as Rummy nods. The three begins to make their way around as Rummy and Cindy sneak their way up to the three Vagos. Once they saw Ed, Lamilton, and Riley in position hiding behind a few dumpsters. Rummy motions Cindy to follow him and his lead as they approach the Vagos who now noticed them.
"Hola amigos" The one with a bandana greeted while the other two puts their hands behind them.
"Hola esse." Rummy greeted back while eyeing the three down.
"You two looking for something to light up?" The bandana-wearing one asks as he tries to walk them up to the trunk of the Buccaneer. The three hidden boys then came closer until they were right behind them.
"Yeah, All of the things inside the car." Rummy said as he pills out his AK-47 and Cindy pulls out her Uzi. The three puts their hands up in surrender and they tried to back away until they were stopped by Ed holding his AK-47, Riley holding his Uzi, and Lamiltion holding his Pump Shotgun.
"Woah Woah calm down. Just take it." He told them. They ended up tying the three against some railings as they load the weapons and drugs into the back of the BeeJay XL. Ed also pats the three down and found a pack of Redwood cigarettes as well as $531 between all three of them. The five then loaded by into the van and begin to drive off. " so where to next?" Rummy asks.
"Well, we better find them fast. We've been driving around for a while and I'm running out of gas." Lamiltion mentioned as his meter and was below the middle marker.
"Hold up let's ask those two." Riley suggested looking at two men clearly high on something laying on A bench.
"Why? what if they go snitching?" Cindy questions.
"Calm down. They're just a couple of stoners. They'll just think we buying from them too. But if they do then Y'all can cap them." Riley answers. With no other arguments Lamiltion drove up to the curb and Riley poked his head out. "Hey yo. You two know if anyone selling around these parts?" Riley asks them while the three in the back had their guns hidden but ready.
"Oh yeah. Some Vagos are selling over in Mirror Park. Behind the Chico's Hypermarket. I think they doing some serious business since some had like...AK's and all that." One of the stoners answered him. Riley nods as Lamilton made their way to the mentioned market. They parked in a nearby lot and Lamilton was chosen to wait in the car and wait for the signal to pull them out. The remaining four then sneaks closer to the store and found a dumpster next to the roof of the store. They jumped up and begins to crawl on the roof. They saw it was five Vagos with a handful of customers. As they crawl closer they could hear what two of the vagos were talking about.
"Yo man you know a lot of our guys are getting hit out there right?" The first one whispered.
"You know who it is that's doing the hits?" The second asks. "Is it that new LIC crew that's coming up? Or is it a different set? Or just someone else trying to make some moves?" The first one asks.
"Don't really know for sure. At first, the dudes on the streets thought it was that fool Lamar Davis. But now they're saying it's some fat white ginger." The other explained.
"Doesn't matter. We represent the Vagos. This was our city first, and it's going to stay that way."
" Okay so how are we doing this?" Cindy asks.
"I got this one. You and Riley are going to jump down and get the two talking and Ed and I will hold down the other three." Rummy planned out as he was loading his AK with ammo.
"All right we got this." Riley said as he and Cindy stood up and back away to get a running start. The two backed up to the other end of the roof, tied Bandanas around their faces and took off jumping off and landing on the two Vagos. Riley then stabbed the Vago he landed on in the arm and slashes a gash on his face while Cindy was beating the second one with her bat hitting him once in the gut, then in the mouth and then across his back repeatedly. The three Vagos took aim but couldn't get a shot off as Ed and Rummy open fire and the Vagos ducked for cover as the two slides down held their aim at the vagos.
"Against the wall! Against the wall! Right Now! Move!" Ed shouted at the three Vagos drops their weapons and lines up against the wall and they look back at the two groaning members still on the ground. Rummy also lined up the few customers who failed to get away during the chaos. "All right, all of you drop your wallets and phones." He demanded as the regular civilians immediately did so dropping their belongings. Ed kicks it all backward allowing Cindy and Riley to pick them up. "You three, drop the goods too." Rummy demanded as they grew an annoyed look. After a minute of not complying, Ed then grabs one of the Vagos and throws him to the ground and Cindy begins repeatedly driving her bat into the gang member's face, body, and legs.
"Ok ok. We'll give you the stuff." One of then spoke up as he reaches into his shirt and pulls out an enlarged envelope as the other does the same. Riley takes out his phone and text Lamilton to bring his BeeJay XL around. A minute later Lamilton backed up his van into the opening and opens the back as he helps Riley and Cindy load up the score.
"Picked up about three pounds of weed and about 11 thousand dollars." Riley counted. "Let's call it a day and take this up to the guys." Riley said.
"Right let Ed and I take care of something first and we get going." Rummy said. Riley shrugs as he enters the passenger seat, Lamilton enters the driver and Cindy takes the window seat behind Lamilton who pulls out a lighter and a brand of cigarettes and shows it to the two. "You guys want a redwood?" He questions. Riley takes one investigating it for a second before taking the lighter and lightening it as Cindy does the same. Out of nowhere, the sound of two AK firing off an entire clip went off behind them. They look back to see Ed and Rummy rushing into the van and the five Vagos laying on the ground with blood staining the concrete around them.
"DRIVE MAN! DRIVE DRIVE!" Ed shouted as Lamilton started the car and he took off.
"Man, what happened back there?" Riley asks.
"We tied up loose ends. We couldn't have them going around snitching about us." Rummy explained.
"You killing them is only going to make it worse. Now the cops are going to be all over the spot." Riley argued.
"Look we don't that for sure. It's an unknown, unknown. Let just get to Thugnificent and hand the stuff to him." Rummy exclaimed as Lamilton drives as fast as he can until he sees two yellow Vapid Peyote tailing him.
"Shit Riley was right. I think we got some tailers." Lamilton said a bit worried. The first car fortified his point as one of the passengers pulled out a pistol and begins firing at them. Pedestrians and nearby drivers duck to avoid being hit by a ricochet. Inside the van, the four ducked their heads as Ed as he rolls his window down and returns fire with his AK. The first Peyote jerks to the side avoiding the bullets. Lamilton turns onto Milton Road and passes West Eclipse Blvd. The second Peyote speeds up and three members aim their pistols at the van. Riley saw this and looks at the Uzi in his hand as he thinks back to his thoughts earlier in the day. He shakes his head and looks out his window as the two vehicles were heading up into Vinewood Hills. Riley fires towards the wheels of the Peyote and watches the car veer to the other side of the road and collides into a Karin Dilettante resulting in a loud crash.
"Damn nice shot kid." Rummy complemented. Riley gave a small nod trying to shake off the adrenaline pumping in his body as they continued to make their way to Thugnificent's mansion. At said mansion Thugnificent, Macktastic, Flonomial, and Leonard who were still coming up for a new name for the newly created drug.
"Ok so what do we have for names?" Thugnificent questions as Leonard goes down the list.
"Diamond, Vibe, Slush, Nether, Vamp, and Trinity." Leonard listed.
"I kind of digging the name Vibe. We a rap group an all, It fits the concept you know what I mean?" Flonomial suggested.
"Yeah but Slush is a good name too. It describes what the stuff looks like." Macktastic suggested as well. Just then Thugnificent's phone started going off as the rapper looks at it. "Come on Y'all Riley and them are here." Thugnificent said as he got up and the four got outside to see Lamilton's BeeJay XL and the five unloading the van as Riley tosses Thugnificent the
"Now I want y' all to get yourselves ready for tonight because its time." Thugnificent told them.
"Time for what?" Cindy asks.
"The cook Javier finished the first batch of product and we got about a good 800 baggies of Vibe that ready to be pushed. One bag going to go for thirty dollars, the same going for the weed and the rest he's bringing. " Thugnificent said.
"Oh man, I can't wait to start counting stacks to the roof." Riley commented as he was getting over the Vagos that were chasing them.
"Yeah. While we doing that Ed and I will be looking for houses to jump into. Better to start building up our street cred as much as possible, so that way no more Vagos will try coming after us." Rummy plotted.
"And if they do, we'll just deal with them again." Ed said cocking his shotgun.
"All right cool. I'll drop Y'all off at the complex and then I'm heading to LS Customs to fix my ride up and then an Ammu-Nation to stock up." Lamilton said as his BeeJay XL had a number of bullet holes in it.
"That's right. We ain't taking no prisoners. So, for now, Y'all go relax, set Y'all rides ready and a couple of homies to roll with you and as much protection as you can get. Because tonight LIC is making bank. One way or another." Thugnificent assured them as cheers were heard through the mansion.