Chapter 14: Just One Name
Authors Note: Thank you all for your reviews and support it makes me so happy how you guys loved the big plan to take down Doug last chapter. I hope you enjoy the next plot of my story. Big changes are a coming. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own GTAV.
The alarm on Melena's cellphone went off and she groaned at the loud annoyance it was causing her. She cursed at herself for letting Jackie talk her into drinking all that tequila and eating the worm. She didn't even remember coming home last night, let alone setting her alarm.
After a minute of slamming her hand on the touch screen she finally shut the alarm off or at least put the little fucker on mute and she sat up on her side of the bed stretching her arms out. It was a big day today, today would be the day that Aaron and April would finally tie the knot and get married. So naturally her and her friends decided to get hammered and high beyond their limits before the big day.
Melena let out another heavy yawn before feeling two slim, warm arms wrap around her waist. She smiled and looked over her shoulder to see Jackie, naked and nuzzling her cheek into Melena's lower back.
"Morning," She mumbled.
"Good morning." Melena giggled.
"Say it in French." She groaned. Melena rolled her eyes and raised her right hand to Jackie's wrists and ran her digits up and down her arms.
"Bonjour," She said feeling Jackie giggle behind her. "Comment allez-vous?"
"Huh?"
"How are you today?"
"Oh, I feel like a million things, so I am great thanks." They both shared a laugh and Melena tapped her arm. "Come on, baby girl. We have a wedding to go to."
"Wow, one night of misguided and awkward sex and you already want to get hitched?" She asked as she started to dig though her discarded pants pockets and pulled out a joint. "It doesn't take much to woo you, does it?"
"Bite me," Melena snorted while digging through her underwear drawer. "We have to get ready for Aaron and April's wedding."
"I know I'm just ball busting." Jackie said as she lit up and took a puff. "I got my clean clothes in the trunk of my car." Jackie said while watching Melena change. First she slipped on some stockings with a pair of white and black laced bra and panties. Melena picked up Jackie's purple panties and tossed them at her.
"Come on and get dressed we have an hour and a half drive a head of us." Melena scolded. She walked over to her closet and pulled out a black blazer and dress shoes.
"Can't I smoke a bowl and watch you dress?" Jackie whined. Melena said nothing and simply grabbed the comforter off the bed and wrapped it around her body. Once it was secured she raised an eyebrow at Jackie who simply stuck out her tongue out at her. "Fine, I'll go get dressed."
Melena watched her slip on her undies and then her pants before getting her top and walking out the door. Melena shook her head once again and readied herself for the day.
A lot has changed in the past year since Noah killed Doug. Melena still laughs when she recalls how she posed as a Merry Weather grunt in order to sneak that crate of evidence in Darius's hideout. She still wishes she could see his face when he saw Emory's stupid mascot costume and Jim's eagle mask and how she helped arrange that frame up with Freddy by staging Nikki as a sex abused victim.
Not one of those crooked fuckers stood a chance. She heard that Merry Weather was disbanded and the I.A.A. was still under investigation to this day. Darius and Freddy are serving two life sentences and were not eligible for parole.
After they were arrested Noah and the rest of the team had taken over the city with very little effort. With the Vagos and Ballas scattered this allowed the remnants of Grove Street to take over their hood once again. Jackie arranged her drugs to be moved through them while Emory took over the chop shops. Nothing got stripped without his permission in that town.
He went legit and now owns a car dealership in Los Santos. Drake, Nathan and Nikki went into business together and turned the Broken Arrow into a chain restaurant and opened all across America, but Drake still runs the one out in Grapeseed.
Colvin, Aaron, April and Jim still work for Noah, who arranges most of the deals and heists around the city. Thanks to his connections and deals he no longer needs to do bank jobs or heists anymore. They have gone completely legit.
April helps to rinse their money while working at the jewelry store Noah set up to sell their stolen jewels. It was such a crime it made Noah laugh. Colvin still helps out with Jackie's drug transactions and guards her deals to make sure none of those gangbangers get to greedy and press their luck.
Aaron was head of Noah's security while Melena became his legal adviser, being a former lawyer had its perks. She even set up her own office for openly gay people and unfair practices. If she was going to be a shady lawyer she was going to be a charitable one.
Life was pretty good for the gang. They had L.S. and Blaine County and they were all living the good life from now till the end.
Melena finished dressing and stepped out of her house in Rockford hills and met Jackie who was dressed in a leather jacket and skinny jeans. Melena didn't even want to know where she got dressed.
"Come on." She pulled out the keys to her car, Pegassi Vacca and opened the door for her friend. "Time to attend a wedding."
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Noah met his friends at church and he was currently making sure that everything was prepared for the wedding. He was arranging the table cloths, making sure the flowers were tied around the pews down the aisle and making sure that each table had a bottle of the same champagne.
With all the running around you would think he was the one getting married. Emory ran up after him after he saw him flip out on a poor flower girl.
"Relax, man." He chuckled as he led him away from the poor girl "Everything is fine."
"Fine, I want it to be perfect, man!" Noah snapped. "If it wasn't for April we wouldn't have made our wealth as fast as we did and if we didn't have Aaron we would have had our asses kicked all over L.S."
"Come on, they know you mean well." Emory chuckled again. "You don't need to be Bridezilla in order for them o appreciate you."
"Eh, just humor me, alright." Noah picked up a wicker basket filled with envelopes. "Now, excuse me while I hand out these cards with their vows on them and give them a whiff I spent ten hours dousing them with desert sage perfume."
Noah rushed back to the church leaving Emory with a scented card, but to Noah's credit it did smell nice.
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It was noon by the time the wedding started and everyone watched as they prepared to say their vows. Noah was Aaron's best man while Nikki was April's maid of honor.
Drake and Nathan provided the food and Melena and the rest of the girls were bridesmaids. The two stood before each other and declared their love for one another.
"Aaron," April started. "When I first saw you at the Broken Arrow, I didn't know what to think. You were talking like a cartoon cowboy, you were a cowboy hat like a hipster and to this day you still smell like chewed tobacco." Everyone got a laugh out of that. "But, when that douchebag started to hit on me you were the only one to help me that night, not that I needed it, but when you broke his nose for me, I knew you were the only man for me."
"April," Aaron started. "When I first saved you from that guy all I was thinking about was how laid I was going to get that night, but I never thought that this nerdy, attractive girl would ever be my wife. The only thing I can say is that I love you and I could not be any happier that you are here in white."
They kissed and were officially husband and wife.
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The wedding was gorgeous. Everyone was dancing and drinking and just being happy for the newlyweds. Noah and Emory were sharing a drink with Nathan, Drake and Nikki at the bar while Melena and Jackie were dancing with April and Aaron on the dance floor.
"Ugh, this booze is kicking my ass." Noah grunted as he remained slumped on the bar. "So, did I do good?"
"Yes, you did well." Emory chuckled. "Seriously it was their wedding."
"And I helped." Noah slurred.
"Yes you did." Drake encouraged. "You took over their wedding, did you write their vows too."
"I wish I had." Noah laughed. "Holy shit I am wasted."
"Hey have you heard anything about Darius or Freddy?" Nathan asked bringing everyone's attention to him.
"I haven't thought about them since I paid that high class hooker to take me around the world." Noah chuckled. "Why the hell are you bringing those assholes up anyways?"
"Because, I have been keeping tabs on them, that's why." Nathan stated. "Apparently they all got stabbed last night in their cells."
"I'm not surprised." Colvin said as he handed Drake two empty beer bottles. "Freddy did blame them for the human trafficking after all. I'm surprised they even lasted that long in prison."
"Screw them." Nikki said following Colvin. "Didn't you hear that he had me chained up in his garage with clown makeup on me?" She giggled and gave them a wink. The rest of the crew met them up at the bar as Nikki started to give them shots. Jim grabbed one of the shot glasses and held it up high.
"Here is to April and Aaron who we wish a lifetime of happiness and here is to Freddy and Darius…we never really cared and we are glad you are dead."
"Here, here!" Everyone said before slamming their shot and slamming their glasses on the bar counter.
"Okay, I'm gonna get." Noah sighed before pulling out an envelope and handing it to April. "This is for you guys."
"Aw, Noah," April swooned before opening it. Her eyes widened in shock. "Holy shit, ten grand for flowers!"
Noah snatched the bill out of her hand in lightning speed before giving them the envelope for their honeymoon. "Whoops, sorry!"
"I don't know if I want this now, you've already spent so much." April said in concern.
"Save it," Noah held his hands up for them to stop. "I want you guys to enjoy your honeymoon."
"Okay, thank you." She said with an uneasy tone in her voice. Aaron wrapped an arm around her shoulder and gave her an encouraging smile. "Thank you for this, Noah."
He waved goodbye as his limo driver opened the door for him. It wasn't long after he left that everyone else started to leave one by one. After Aaron and April got changed into some casual clothe, they had their driver take them to the airport. They chose to go to Vice City for their honey moon and thanks to the checks everyone had given them they would have a great time.
On the drive over, April and Aaron looked over the checks and were writing down the names of people they would give a thank you note to. While going through the names there was one name that stuck out to Aaron.
"Bruce?" He asked to himself. There was no last name or words of encouragement, just a name. "Why does that name sound so familiar?"
"I don't know, I don't know anyone named Bruce then again I don't even know half the people who showed up at our wedding other than our own dysfunctional family." She chuckled, but Aaron was not laughing. He knew that name from somewhere, but he didn't know where.
"Baby, stop worrying about it." She giggled as she kissed his cheek. She was a little hurt when he didn't even acknowledge her kiss. He just had that blank stare across his face and he couldn't shake the name, Bruce.
That's when it hit him.
"BRUCE!" Aaron shouted, startling his new wife. He looked over at her in concern and gripped her hands with his own. "He is Noah's old boss from Liberty City!" He looked up at the driver of the limo.
"Hey, turned this bitch around, back to Noah's house!" He shouted out to the limo driver, but the driver just ignored him. Aaron grabbed the cork from the champagne bottle and tossed at him. "Did you hear me, I said turn around!"
The driver still did not listen. That's when Aaron noticed that they have been going in the wrong direction for the past half-hour. They weren't going to the airport they were going towards one of the hangars.
Aaron glanced up at the driver and he kicked himself for not noticing it sooner. This guy was not one of their drivers which meant he had to have been one of Bruce's boys. They pulled over to a nearby hangar door where they are greeted by a couple of men armed with heavy pistols.
The driver stepped out and held a gun on the two of them.
"Out, now!" He ordered. Aaron stood before his wife to shield from any gunfire. He also showed her the knife hidden in his lower belt. She retrieved it and discretely hid it behind her wrist.
Aaron stepped out and she soon followed. The driver had his gun pressed against Aaron's back and both of the gunmen had their guns on him. She saw an opening on the guard in front of her and without hesitation she flung her wrist up in a quick motion and sent the knife into the center of his chest.
The guard let out a groan before falling back taking the other two by surprise. April ducked behind the car as Aaron grabbed at the driver's gun and twisted his arm around, aiming the gun at the guard and making the driver shoot his own associate. Four bullets struck the guard in his chest before Aaron turned the gun on the driver and struck him in his leg. The driver fell down on the ground screaming as Aaron took his gun and aimed it at his head. April ran around the car and met her husband who wrapped his free arm around her waist.
"Are you okay?" He asked her.
"No, I'm not!" She raised her foot and stomped down on the drivers wounded leg causing him to scream out in pain. "This was supposed to be our special day and our fucking honeymoon!"
Aaron chuckled and gave him a light kick as well.
"You hear that, asshole?" He chuckled. "You pissed off the bride, my wife, and now you are going to have to pay for ruining her day. I think I'll take my time with you."
"Go ahead, prick." The driver chuckled from the ground. "Take all the time in the world and by the time I'm dead so will the rest of your fucking gang."
"What did you do?" Aaron asked. He tried like hell to keep his tone even, but he knew the driver could tell he was scared for his friends.
"You think I am the only one after your friends, there's a fucking bounty on all your heads and everyone is looking to collect!" He snarled before his phone started ringing. It wasn't coming from Aaron and April's dress didn't have any pockets. They both looked down at the driver and heard the ringing coming from his pocket.
Aaron reached down and collected his phone from his pants pocket and checked to see who was calling. There on the screen was just one name.
"Bruce," He tossed the phone on the driver's chest. "Answer it and put it on speaker."
The driver just looked at him before grabbing his phone and answering it he even put it on speaker like he requested.
"Bruce?"
"Bruno, my friend," A smooth voice came from the other end. "Tell me those hicks weren't too much trouble for you."
Bruno didn't respond, but Aaron did with a bullet to his head. Bruno fell dead and Aaron looked down at the phone.
"No trouble for him, but a shit storm for you, asshole!" Aaron shouted down at the phone. He looked over at his wife. "Come on, we need to go and warn everyone else."
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Nathan, Drake and Nikki were all hanging out at the Broken Arrow after their day at the wedding. They were having a few drinks and laughing about their time there when Nikki noticed the tomahawk stuck in the side of the wall.
"Hey, did you forget to take that out, or did you just put it back in?" She asked. Drake looked over at the small weapon and laughed.
"Wow, after everything that has happened I forgot all about it." He smiled and grabbed the handle just as someone walked through the front door, which was strange since he had closed sign up and the door locked.
"Sorry, we're closed." Nathan said. The man said nothing before he quickly pulled out a suppressed combat pistol from his coat pocket. He didn't get a shot off as the tomahawk from earlier found itself in the side of his head.
Nathan and Nikki looked over to see Drake pulling out his desert eagle and tossed Nikki her suppressed shotgun. Nathan had his pistol on him and they all quickly hid behind the bar and aimed their guns at the door.
They waited for more men to come, but they kept hearing gunfire echoing from the outside. After a minute of shooting it stopped and no one knew what to do, until someone knocked against the door.
"Are you guys opened?" Jim's voice said from the other side. "I have a real hankering for a fish fry." Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
"Fish Fry Friday is tomorrow." Drake called out as he watched his friend walk in.
"It's twelve'o'one in the a.m." He stated.
"I hate you."
"Guys," Emory said as he was followed by Colvin. "We were driving home from the strip club when some of these assholes started shooting at us."
"In my brand new car too!" Colvin shouted before tripping over the corpse with the tomahawk in his head. "I see you've had some trouble too."
"Could have been worse if you hadn't shown up." Drake said as he pried the weapon from the side of his head. "Where is everyone else?"
"I just got a text from, April." Nikki said, holding up her phone. "She and Aaron got attacked, but they are fine. They are on their way home right now."
"Okay, what about Noah and Melena and Jackie?" Emory asked.
"Let's go find them right now!" Colvin said.
"Right." Drake said before moving back behind the bar to place the tomahawk back into the post. This war was far from over.