Chapter 36 : The Informant
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Next day - Impact Zone
Jessie and Chris were walking through the Impact Zone the next day making sure none of the barricades were taken down by the Aces & Eights .
" Nothing out of the ordinary . " Jessie said .
" Which could be a good thing or a bad thing . " Chris said .
" For me its a bad thing , because its to quiet which means they are plotting something big . To bad we don ' t have an inside man in their headquarters , because I would really love to know what they are planning . Sting , Hulk , and Jarrett have not arrived yet so we can ' t tell them what Rose saw yet or figure out who else is in their close circle . " Jessie said .
" Jessie , what did you just say ? " Chris asked with a thought .
" Sting , Hulk , and Jarrett are not here yet . " Jessie said curious .
" No , I am talking about the we don ' t have an inside man in their headquarters ? " Chris asked .
" Well , we don ' t . " Jessie said as she and Chris walked into catering and sat down with the Naturals and MCMG talking about strategy .
" We don ' t what ? " Andy asked .
" Have an inside man in the Aces & Eights hideout . Wildcat , what is going through that head of yours ? " Jessie asked .
" Aces & Eights had an inside man in Impact Wrestling to tell them everything about us and the Impact Zone . " Chris said .
" Yeah , we kind of knew that already , because the inside man was Devon Dudley . Why , Cat ? " Chase asked .
" If those thugs can stick an inside man into the Impact Wrestling then why can ' t we stick an inside man in the Aces & Eights ? That way we know what they are planning in the hideout and we also find out where the hideout is located . " Chris said .
" Then we can make the place implode on them . " Sabin added .
" Thats not a bad idea Chris , but who do we stick as the inside man ? If A1 hadn ' t stuck his neck out and got himself caught he would have been perfect , but that ' s not the case . " Shelley said .
" What about Alastor ? " Roode asked . Team Canada walked in with Storm and Gail .
" Wildcat came up with an idea to stick an inside man in the Aces & Eights to inform us of happenings and where the hideout is located , and I was telling him that would have worked perfectly if A1 hadn ' t got caught by the Aces & Eights the day he rescued the flags . " Shelley said .
" Still an inside man isn ' t a bad idea . But , why haven ' t we asked A1 where the hideout is located yet ? " Storm asked .
" Haven ' t exactly got a chance to have a decent conversation with him . The last time we saw Alastor was at Chris and Jessie ' s old apartment and we had so much going on that we didn ' t even talk about it . Then he was gone after we got rid of the thugs . " Petey said .
" He has to be close by though . " Jessie said .
" Why would you suspect that ? " Roode asked .
" Because he is just as much apart of this as we are here at the Impact Zone and the thugs of Aces & Eights are at their hideout . " Jessie said .
" Then where is he ? " Andy asked .
" Right here . " Alastor said walking into the catering area .
" A1 , " Roode , Williams , and Young said together .
" In the flesh . " A1 sat on the other side of Gail .
" So , what are you doing here ? " Chase asked .
" Easy Chase , I ' m not here to fight . I ' m here to listen and to talk , so , chill . Now , I overheard some Cat say he wanted to put an inside man into the Aces & Eights clubhouse . Sounds good Wildcat , but I already got an inside man in the clubhouse , two in fact and you want have to worry about if they are loyal or not because I trust both of them with my life . Now , as far as where the clubhouse is located that will be answered all in good time as soon as I figure out where all of the entrances are located , only the close group knows every entrance . I was not one of the close group . I was an informant and a watchdog , I was given locations to go to and learn about the surroundings and who was at those locations . Some information I didn ' t give to the whole Aces & Eights , but kept them as my own little secret . Including my own little hideout , which I will not talk about here where listening ears can here me and find my location . Only the insiders as I will call them know where I am located and that is good enough for me . They well be the go between informing me and you guys here at Impact Zone of the happenings at the clubhouse . " A1 said .
" Hang on , how about we do this with the rest of the close group ? " AJ walked up with Daniels and Kazarian .
" Of course , " Storm said .
" And in the conference room with Jarrett , Booker , Hulk , and Sting . " Daniels add .
" Okay , but call Matt Hardy and Kurt Angle as well we need to know the facts as the leaders of the locker room . " Chris said .
" Okay , but what about Bully Ray ? I thought he was apart of the leaders , too ? " Chase asked .
" We will talk about that in a minute . " Jessie said as they got up and walked to the conference room .
Conference Room
Once the group had gotten to the conference room , they explained to the leaders of the locker room what was taking place as well as Hulk , Sting , Jarrett , and Booker T .
" Okay , we will let A1 fill us in on everything going on in the Aces & Eights . " Jarrett agreed .
" What information do you already have on the Aces & Eights ? What facts can you give us ? " Jessie asked .
" You want a little information on the Aces & Eights ? Fine asked the questions and if I can answer them I will , but don ' t expect me to know every detail of the gang . " Alastor said .
" What are the numbers ? " Jessie asked .
" The numbers range from day to day , but the majority is thirty . Here I ' ve got something that will help . If those thugs were that smart they would know that they didn ' t get my real cut . " Alastor said taking the backpack he was carrying off of his shoulders and took out one of the Aces & Eights jackets .
" What is this ? " Petey asked .
" This is what the Aces & Eights call their colors . This is the cut you are given when you get patched in as a full fledge member of the Aces & Eights . Everything on this has meaning to the Aces & Eights , the only way for you to lose your cut is by betraying the club or at the sole discretion of the President of Aces & Eights . The bikes are also apart of getting patched in and a sign of your cut . " A1 spoke up .
" What is the meaning of all of the patches ? " Roode asked .
" Well , lets look at the front of the jacket . First lets look at the right side which simply has your name plate on the front meaning no one else by mistake will wear your cut . Reason I am getting special ones made for the two insiders . Next , the left side has the Aces & Eights name every cut has one and if you ever noticed Devon Dudley ' s cut , his has Sergeant - At - Arms wrote on it , those are only for special members or ones that have special identities in the gang . Prospects are also identified by the same patch . Now the most important part of the cut is the back . " A1 informed them flipping the cut over .
" Why ? " Eric asked .
" Because the banner is emblazoned on the back . Its a lot like carrying a flag into battle , it shows who and what you represent which is the well being and the pride of the Aces & Eights . " A1 answered .
" Okay , what is a Nomad ? " Andy asked looking at the bottom of the banner .
" The Aces & Eights are nomads . Nomads often wander the desert in search of water and land . The Aces & Eights are wanders in the Impact Zone , but they want power and glory rather than water and land . Which ultimately that was what water and land was in the desert , power . " A1 said .
" You said Prospects like its a rank in the military . Are there ranks in the Aces & Eights ? " Matt asked .
" Aces & Eights function through ranks . There are four different ranks in the Aces & Eights . First are the members that are not patched in yet . They have not earned their colors yet and you won ' t met them until they are patched in . Second is the Prospects , they are the ones who have earned a spot in the Aces & Eights and they are the main ones you have been running into . The ones you have been brawling with the first few days of the invasion and the ones you primarily fought against at the brawl against Aces & Eights and the Impact Zone , those were Prospects . The Prospects are like pawns on a chest board , you use them before you move your big players . The third rank is where I was recently at before I betrayed Aces & Eights . The third rank are the eyes and ears of the club and the ones who do the top brasses bidding , but can work outside of the club rules a little bit . Like me not giving them all the information I got . We are intel , interrogation , and torture rank ; we get our own group of Prospects to see to our needs . We hardly know of each other until we meet in at club business or gatherings . I know of only to other third rank members outside of myself and you guys know of both of them in some way . " A1 paused to take a breath .
" Who are the other two third ranking members ? " Storm asked .
" The Interrogator and the Examiner . I was the Informant or as they named me , the Watchdog . " Alastor said .
" The Examiner , is this the same Examiner that tortured me ? " Chris asked .
" That would be the Examiner and don ' t ask me his real name because I never asked or heard him say his real name . I thinking the President and VP knows , but they never told anyone . He is a narcissist , he thinks everybody is apart of his own game and when they are on his table they become like toys to him . Think of the guy that likes mechanical objects ; the one that likes to take them apart , figure out how they work , and put them back together again . That is the Examiner , but with a sick and twisted side to him and his favorite thing is to make people scream in pain . I pretty sure Chris Harris can tell you all about it . " Alastor looked at the Wildcat squirming .
" Hey , you start poking fun at my husbands expense and you can go back to Black Reign , I am sure his is a lot more sick and twist than your Examiner . " Jessie said putting a comforting hand on Chris ' s shoulder .
" I ' m okay Jessie , I just haven ' t forgotten what that lunatic did to me . " Chris looked at her with a soft smile .
" Who is the Interrogator ? " Booker asked .
" I think Jessie knows who he is very well . Isaac Jackson , is the Interrogator . " Alastor looked at Jessie .
" My father is one of the third ranking members of the Aces & Eights ? " Jessie looked at Alastor .
" Yes , he is , the President wanted him for his interrogation skills . Isaac , has a way with getting the truth and information out of people , mostly just by intimidation . I never liked him , but I tolerated him to meet the fake agenda that they proposed to me . He is psychotic at times and a drunk , he can definitely out drink the Cowboy and he holds to much of it . He doesn ' t get hangovers very well , but the harder he drinks the more sadistic he becomes and the more rage that fills him . The day that he had you tortured Storm , that was the full rather of Isaac Jackson . I don ' t even think Jessie and her mother fully experienced him . Isaac can be a whole lot more diabolical if need be . " Alastor said .
" That is definitely my father , diabolical doesn ' t even discribe him anymore . If you want to sum up Isaac Jackson in one word , then evil is the word you want to use . " Jessie said .
" Now what was your job , Alastor ? " Sting asked curiously .
" Informant or Watchdog . I was given locations to check out and find out the secrets too . Like Wildcat ' s apartment , it was my jurisdiction and for a while my hideout , but I changed locations when I became a traitor to the Aces & Eights . I felt like since they knew almost every secret to the place then they would be able to find my base of operation , so , it would have been stupid of me to stay in that spot . I relocated and like I told them I won ' t give that information out just in case someone is listening to us . The insiders already know the location and that is good enough for the current time . I got the name Watchdog , because ultimately that was my job to watch significant individuals and report back to Devon about particular people and areas that I was watching . " A1 said .
" Why watch people ? " Sabin asked .
" Any number of reason , new recruits , people that were traitors of the Aces & Eights goals , and most importantly to them targets . Targets can be anyone from just causing fear or someone that can get particular results done to benefit the goals of the gang . Like Fortune , why do you guys think they were main targets in the Aces & Eights reaching their particular goals and how long do you think the gang has been watching each one of them . The fourth rank is the highest ranking officials in the Aces & Eights club . They answer to one individual , the President of Aces & Eights . In all honest the name Aces & Eights wasn ' t picked just by someone passing around a survey and saying her pick a good name for the club . It symbolizes the close group , the fourth rank of the food chain in the clubhouse . Eight fighters and one voice , the voice is the Ace and the eight fighers are the eight and each one had a particular job up to this point and that is to go undercover and get into the deep places here in the Impact Zone . They have been walking amongst you guys from the beginning and watching key figures in the whole plot to take down Impact Wrestling which isn ' t the actual goal of the Aces & Eights , their real goal is to take over and rule over Impact Wrestling as a whole . " A1 said .
" How do you know all of this ? " AJ asked .
" Because I am the Informant , the Watchdog . I didn ' t just watch those the Aces & Eights had me watching , just like I didn ' t just gather information on those that I was getting intel on either . I also watched and gathered information on the Aces & Eights , especially the close group and I can tell you how they got so deep . But , you ' re not going to like how far this goes and who is actually involved . " A1 hinted .
" Start talking . " Chase growled .
" Wait a minute there is something Chris and I need to tell everyone before we go into this , Rose already found out who the close group of the Aces & Eights is . " Jessie said .
" What ? How ? " Gail asked .
" Did you get my text message yesterday ? " Jessie asked .
" Yes , I did you said Rose was talking and her first word was daddy , nice Chris . " Gail said .
" Rose is talking ? " Jarrett asked .
" Yes , and she is blessed like Jessie and Makayla . " James asked .
" Blessed ? " A1 asked .
" Should we tell him ? " Jessie asked .
" Storm ? " Chris looked at the Cowboy .
" Go ahead , but know this Alastor if anyone starts hunting down my daughter because of it , then you are dead . " James glared at A1 .
" I hear you , " A1 said and Jessie told them everything about being blessed and Rosalie ' s vision .
" That explains a lot and is a lot of information that Aces & Eights doesn ' t need to get in their grasps . How much do they know about where you live Storm ? " A1 asked .
" Anyone that can look on a website , knows that I am from Leipers Fork , TN , Alastor . But , not everyone knows the exact address and no one I know in my hometown would give that information out . " Storm said .
" You didn ' t give that information out to anyone when Fortune was with Immortal did you ? " A1 asked .
" Jarrett knows where I live and Fortune , but that is it . " Storm said .
" That might not be good . Was Garrett Bischoff around when you ever talked about home , Cowboy ? " A1 asked .
" Not that I recall . Why ? " Storm asked getting tired of the questions .
" I told you , you wouldn ' t like how far this goes and who is actually involved with Aces & Eights . There is a reason that the fourth rank of Aces & Eights planned the first attack on the eve tenth anniversary of TNA and on the eve of the destruction of Immortal and Fortune . Of course , they were planning to invade even if Fortune hadn ' t broken away . It seems that the President had a sicker plan in store for the five Fortune members if you guys had stuck together longer . But , it didn ' t happen , which made the gang see Impact as even more vunerable . " A1 said .
" More vunerable ? " Roode asked .
" Lets just say this Roode . With two big and powerful groups like Immortal and Fortune battling it out for the power of Impact Wrestling , do you really think it would have been smart for Aces & Eights to come in then and try to take over ? No , they would have been crushed , but with the two powers gone that left the doors wide open for the gang to come in and start putting their plans into action . " A1 explained .
" Is Eric Bischoff behind Aces & Eights ? " Sting asked getting looks from Booker T , Jeff Jarrett , and Hulk Hogan .
" No , Eric Bischoff wouldn ' t have trusted anyone involved with Aces & Eights . Eric Bischoff may not have been the smartest guy to have around Impact , even though he is quite crafty at his appoaches to running a wrestling company and getting those to doe what he wants . He isn ' t a complete idiot , nor is he totally out of touch with the idea that someone could come in that is even more evil than he is and with stronger forces than he could round up . But , with Bischoff in power it and building Immortal , it made a nice road blocker for Aces & Eights to hault their plans until they were gone . Even if one of the gangs on men where involved with Immortal or even turned against Immortal to take them down . On top of Immortal being here , you had to imagine the fear the gang had when Fortune first joined Immortal . It was worse than having MEM and World Elite join forces against the Frontline . Of course before we even knew about who was in Immortal we had another group here battling against Fortune . I ' ll give you a hint they came from the Land of Extreme . " Alastor said .
" EV 2.0 " AJ said .
" Yep , once again a dumb move to make with that many guys around that knew how to crack somebodies head open with freakin weapons all over the place . It would be like running through a war zone without the help of a high power rifle and coming out unharmed , impossible . Then we had the nails in the big chunk of wood named Janice being used as weapon by psycho Abyss , another problem . But , the biggest problem was when Immortal and Fortune split and started playing World War III in the Impact Zone . " Alastor said .
" So , how is Garrett involved ? " Eric asked .
" Because , he is one of the eight in the fourth rank of Aces & Eights . You know the only difference in Eric Bischoff and Garrett Bischoff is that Garret can fight and he is a whole lot more sadistic when you have him driving behind a powerful force like Aces & Eights . The apple doesn ' t fall far from the Bischoff tree . " Alastor said .
" What ? " Sting and Hulk both said .
" Well Rose did say Garrett , bad , hurt Impact while she was naming the other guy behind the masks . And , I know of only one Garrett in Impact Wrestling and he has been with us for quite sometime . " Roode said .
" Damn it , " Storm said getting up and pulling his cell phone out of his pocket .
" Storm ? " Chris looked at him questioning .
" What ? I need to call Dani and make sure she and the kids are safe . If Garrett is with and he listened into our conversations , then he could know where I live . " Storm said .
" Go ahead , but what are you going to do ? " Roode asked .
" Tell , them to go to my mother ' s for now . I can ' t let them end up like Wildcat was , held hostage by Aces & Eights or worse attacked . " Storm said .
" I have a better idea . Why don ' t we find someone who could watchout for them carefully that way Aces & Eights won ' t think we are aware of anything , James ? " Jarrett said .
" No , not this time . I am not having anyone outside of the close group anywhere around my family . " Storm said dailing the number .
" Dani , what ? When ? Okay hang on , I ' m on my way . " Storm said hanging up the phone , his face was ghost white and full of worry .
" What ? " Jessie asked .
" How long has Taz been apart of the Aces & Eights ? " Storm asked .
" As long as he has been friends with Bully Ray and Devon Dudley . Taz , is the Ace , the mouthpiece for Aces & Eights , hidden in plain sight . Why ? " Alastor asked .
" Because the idiot and two members of Aces & Eights just showed up at my house and took my kids . " James growled at A1 .
" What ? " Harris , Roode , Gail , and Jessie looked at Storm .
" Jarrett , we need to deal with this . " AJ said .
" Right , " Jarrett said .
" A1 when we get back you are going to finish explaining everything you know about Aces & Eights . " Roode said .
" Fine , but let me go and talk to the insiders maybe they have an idea where the fourth rank is keeping the Cowboy ' s children ? " A1 asked .
" Fine , but if you double cross us . I will break you into tiny little pieces , understand me ? " Storm asked through clenched teeth .
" Understood . " Alastor said .
" Storm we are coming with you . " Chris said Jessie and Gail both nodded .
" Right , lets go . " Storm said as the ones going with Storm left the room .
" We ' ll stay here and help the locker room . " Sabin said looking Shelley .