David told Marko of the repercussions of Star's actions and the thought of her being faced with that pleased him, but he still believed she should be dead already. She should be made to kill her beloved Laddie and then still die a painful, torturous death but Marko quickly fell back in line behind his leader though and went along with his wishes. David knew that for her to turn and be left to live their lifestyle was a punishment in itself but Marko struggled to work out for who. If she became one of them, as David had always wanted, Marko would have to put up with her and have to watch over her for David again. Marko really didn't understand the appeal of the girl. Admittedly she was looking better than she used to but still he could see his leader's infatuation for her hadn't gone away despite her betrayal. He decided he would go along with David's plan, anything to cause the bitch some pain, and then he'd finish her off regardless of what his leader wanted. David could and would do better. Marko doubted she would actually kill Laddie so that left it wide open for him to deal to her and still be on the right side of David. Marko wondered if he'd ever find a girl he would feel that strongly about.
After David had tracked and killed Michael, he had picked up Laddie's trail quickly afterwards assuming Star was with Laddie, as she wasn't with Michael. He had tracked Laddie to Huntington Beach so he knew exactly where to find him but once again, he had been surprised and more than a little annoyed to find Laddie was now living with his girlfriend and not Star. Laddie had always loved the beach and often asked Star or Dwayne to take him down there when he was young so it was no surprise to find him living in the old surfing town and since he had left the boys, he'd grown and become quite an accomplished wave rider. David had watched him for a few weeks to see if Star would show up to see him but she never did, which he found odd as their bond had been so strong. By the looks of it, Star had taken him back to his family and taken off and Laddie had tried to reintegrate himself back into his old life with varied success.
David and Marko arrived to find the beach quiet and his house dark and David easily broke into the light blue wooden batch and they found Laddie and his girlfriend asleep, apparently he was a true day walker now.
'Get up.' David nudged the bed with his knee making Laddie jolt. 'Get up Laddie' he repeated impatiently.
'Who the fuck…?' Laddie lifted his head and peered into the darkness, not understanding exactly who was there or the implications of their visit. He leaned over and flicked on the light and stared at a figure which he thought was from a dream, or a nightmare.
'Get up. We're leaving' David announced to the shocked young man and he cocked his head waiting for some acknowledgement.
'Oh my God…' Laddie was having trouble believing what he was seeing.
'Who's that?' Came a sleepy voice from next to Laddie.
'It's alright.' Laddie tried to keep her calm, while trying to keep himself calm.
'David, what are you doing here? You were… What do you want?'
'I want you to get up.' David was losing tolerance for the boy, he never had much to begin with for Laddie, and it was more of a demand than a request.
'I'm not going anywhere.' Laddie refused and Marko kicked over the lamp exploding the light bulb, making Laddie's girlfriend scream. It was then Laddie saw Marko in the glow of the street lamp outside shining through the thin curtains and he knew they were serious. Laddie jumped up to protect both his girlfriend and himself and it was a bad move. 'Get out!' He screamed. It was possibly the first, and only time Laddie had ever yelled at David and David grabbed him hard by the arm and pulled him downward.
'Have you forgotten who you are dealing with?' David asked in his quiet, very serious demeanour and Laddie's heart sank. At the same time Marko grabbed Laddie's girlfriend and held her while she whimpered. 'Looks like you need some encouragement to come with us… Marko?' Laddie turned to watch Marko smile at him and turn and launch straight into her throat, ripping big chunks out letting her limp body fall on the bed.
'NOOOOO!' Laddie screamed at Marko but it was too late.
'Quit over reacting. Now you have no reason to stay.' David said pulling the shaken boy through the house and out the door. David was pleased to see Marko hadn't lost any of his brutality in being alone, in fact it had intensified and it gave David the confidence he was missing not having his boys around him. David was a force without anyone else but with his brother back, he was unstoppable. There was no way Star would defy him now. No one would.