X-ACE MONARCH ZAK GUILTY OF MUTINY
GETS SEVENTEEN YEARS
Begins Prison Term on 12/28/1927
December 21, 1927: Captain Zero was getting a chuckle from reading the newspaper in regards to the trial. It had been a while since he was gleaming in happiness, especially which he was able to handle with missing tugs for the first time.
While Zorran and Zebedee were working on rebuilding the Municipal Garbage Co., Captain Zero was taking one last look on the records belonging to his three former tugs before heading to the post office for them to deliver them to the prisons the tugs were attending to. He also got a call from Klaus stating Zip and Zug had to be separated thanks to their friendship, and that the authorities were worried they would team up in either restarting the gang or finding more tugs to become Z-Stacks.
Just as Captain Zero was about to leave his rebuilt office, the phone rang. "Zero Marine, this is Zale."
"Hey, Zale." It was Captain Star. "I managed to catch a cold the other day, and I was wondering if you can pick up my lot of the X-Aces' money and deliver it to my place. Unless you managed to-."
"I have it with me. I will be at your house after I deliver my traitors' records to the post office."
"That sounds fine with me. Now remember, do not pester me about any future competitions at this time. I sent Klaus to substitute for me for the next while anyway, and he said nothing about competition as of yet. Just for the time being, please have your tugs leave my fleet in peace.
"We had our fair share of stopping those X-Aces and having them get their sentences for what they have done, so you and your tugs will continue to do your own jobs until further notice."
"Whatever you say, Ulysses. Take care now, lad."
Captain Zero then packed up his records and his rival's money and began heading out to run his errands, but not without leaving a notice to Zorran and Zebedee on his front door:
Zorran and Zebedee,
I have gone to run some errands dealing with having the post office send Zak and the switchers' records to their respective prisons, along with giving Captain Star his set of the money from the X-Aces. If you return before I get back, just wait and rest at the dock until then. I will deliver your next assignments once I complete my errands.
Captain Zero
Ten minutes later, Zorran and Zebedee arrived at the pier. They were just finished helping Warrior and Big Mac with wrapping up construction on Orrville's building. As they were reading the note, rain started to pour.
"Well, Zeb. We watched those fucks get their comeuppance, and it was definitely worth watching at that. We got Zak in prison for nearly two decades, along with having that double stack idiot get the unlucky number of years to serve. Hopefully there will be some trampers to scare him to make him cry!"
"You said it, Zorran," Zebedee laughed. "Anyway, we are just glad to have our business back. We no longer have mobsters to worry about, but eventually we get to go back to competition with those Star stacks. Yeah, now that we already had our fair share of alliance."
"Lad, let's enjoy this satisfaction," Zorran replied. "We should wrap up the mess and close the story of the rise and fall of a group of fucks who listened to a fat fuck to tear us apart. Those assholes are heading to prison now, so time to take it easy until the competition with the Stars officially resumes, okay?"
"Zak and those X-Aces are simply just a horror story. However, this rain is, indeed, a happy ending."
THE END