Special Treatment

Author's note: This is another interlude chapter. It takes place right after the events of the previous chapter.

WARNING: This chapter will contain some sexual content. Read it at your own discretion. You've been warned.

Right the helicopter had crashed when Shaundi had failed in getting a shot on Killbane, she and Vince found themselves somewhat stranded. In the weeks, even close to a month since they had been in Steelport, Vince knew exactly where he was.

He had called Zimos and asked if he and Shaundi can crash at his place after what he had just gone through. Though Vince was able to walk, he was still in a bit of pain after jumping onto the pavement. He had Shaundi in his arms and while she felt some pain, it wasn't as bad as the pain he was in.

The two walked a few blocks until they were in front of a Friendly Fire in Espina. Shaundi was ahead of Vince. She turned around and saw that Vince walked slowly. He winced a bit, his teeth were visible, and his right hand rubbed the right side of his torso.

Shaundi's eyes widened. "Oh my god, Vince, are you okay?"

"I told you…I'm fine," Vince said, when it was clear that he wasn't.

"No, you're not fine," Shaundi said. "You really need to lie down soon."

A purple and black Churchill pulled up. A black woman happened to be driving. She looked to her right and immediately pulled over. Vince kept aching but tried to move. Shaundi went to him and put his left arm over her shoulder. She looked up and the Churchill slowly backed towards them. The woman got out.

"Hey, are you guys okay?" the woman said.

"We're fine, we don't need any help," Shaundi said.

"Shaundi," Vince said. "I know her."

Shaundi looked at the woman. She looked like a hooker. She had a miniskirt, a jacket, and a button-down shirt that was tied at the bottom that bared her midriff and unbuttoned a bit at the top exposing her cleavage. She even wondered if she worked as a stripper as well.

"Excuse me, who are you?" Shaundi said.

"I'm Venus," the hooker said. "I'm one of Zimos's ladies. He sent me to look for y'all."

Shaundi looked at Vince, who nodded his head to verify that it's her.

"I can give y'all a ride back to the pad," Venus said. "Come on, get in."

Shaundi got to the door to the backseat and opened it. Vince slowly got in, while Shaundi kept an eye on him. Once he was in, she got in soon after.

"Sit tight, you two," Venus said. "I'm taking you back to the pad."

Venus put the car back in drive and they were off. Zimos's pad was not far from where they were. It didn't take long for Venus to get to Zimos's Car Wash. The light on the sign was shining, as were some of the street-lights.

Shaundi got out of the car. Vince got out through his side. He still struggled to move, but he managed.

Venus turned around to the two Saints. "Damn, what happened to you?"

"I jumped from a helicopter," Vince said.

"Shit, I'm surprised you're standing right now," Venus said.

"I did the same thing," Shaundi said. "It wasn't that high."

"I hear that, come on, I'll get you to Z's place," Venus said.

Vince and Shaundi walked up the stairs. Z's pad was up a few floors. Shaundi noticed that there were multiple doors in the hallways. It was likely where the other ladies were staying. After all, it seemed like Zimos owned this whole place, as the car wash had his name on it.

Venus led the way and finally found the room with the big Z on it. She knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" a voice said, though it sounded like Zimos.

"It's Venus, those people are with me," Venus said.

The door opened. Zimos stood there and gave the gesture for everyone to come in. Shaundi looked around. She was sort of weird out, yet intrigued by the layout of Zimos's pad. She even saw what looked like a sex worker sleeping on a couch, but she was fully clothed.

"Hey, Playa, how you doin'?" Zimos said.

"I'm a bit fucked up," Vince said. "Can we crash here for tonight? We got into some shit out there."

"Sure thing, my brotha, you know you always welcome in my place, ya dig?" Zimos said and looked towards Shaundi. "Hey there, little lady, how you been, girl?"

"Z, please don't talk to me," Shaundi said.

"Something wrong, girl?" Zimos said.

"This is about that Spring Break when I was in college," Shaundi said.

"Oh shit, I thought you looked familiar when I saw you," Zimos said. "I almost didn't recognize you without the dreads."

"You had dreads?" Venus said.

"A while ago," Shaundi said.

"Listen, you two can sleep in my room tonight," Zimos said. "One of y'all can sleep on the floor. Whatever works. I got an extra room, but someone else is in there right now."

"We'll figure something out," Shaundi said. "Come on, I need to see how bad you look right now."

"I'm fine," Vince said.

Shaundi shot him a look of "Come on, really?" Vince sighed. Zimos guided the two to his bedroom so that they could talk about what they could do. Shaundi went inside, but Vince got out for a bit.

"Um, Z, I got to ask, did Luz ever come by after all of the shit that happened earlier?" Vince said.

"She sure did, she got here safely," Zimos said. "That is one fine Latina piece of ass, by the way. She sleepin' in the other room."

"Hey, hey, easy there, tiger," Vince said.

"Chill out, my brotha, I ain't got into that, like you said earlier," Zimos said. "But if you cool with it…"

"I get that, but we'll talk about that later," Vince said. "I need to lie down."

Zimos nodded, turned around, and walked away as the door closed.

As soon as the door closed, Shaundi sat on the bed and looked at Vince, who continued to limp forward.

"You are not fine," Shaundi said.

"What are you talking about?" Vince said.

"The way you're moving, I know that it wasn't that high off the ground when he jumped, but you hit your back pretty hard against the pavement," Shaundi said.

"Shaundi, you know that I have been through a lot worse than this," Vince said.

"I know, which is why I'm a little concerned," Shaundi said. "I know you've been shot and have gotten hurt many times, but really, nobody is made of iron. I really need to look at you right now. I'm surprised we didn't go to a hospital."

"Will you stop? I know I'll be fine in the morning," Vince said.

"Vince," Shaundi said and went through a pause and took a deep breath. "Please, take off your shirt."

"What?" Vince said.

"I said take off your shirt!" Shaundi said. "I need to look at you right now."

Vince wore a violet long-sleeve button-down. He went forth to unbutton his shirt. He was wearing a white undershirt. He proceeded to take that one off as well. As soon as he was shirtless, a look of concern rose on Shaundi's face. She put her right hand to her mouth. Right around Vince's abdomen and his right, he was red, bordering on purple.

"Turn around," Shaundi said.

Vince turned around and saw that Vince was also bruised on his back.

"Oh my god," Shaundi said as her voice cracked a bit. "Come here."

Vince approached her as she sat on the bed. As soon as he sat down, Shaundi pushed him to lie down.

"Look, I think you should give it a few days before you do anything crazy again," Shaundi said.

"I think I'll be okay in the morning," Vince said.

Shaundi rubbed her right hand down Vince's chest and down his stomach a bit.

"I know why you had it be you that hit the ground," Shaundi said.

"What do you mean?" Vince said as he looked Shaundi directly at her brown eyes.

"Come on, I see the way you look at me sometimes, at least the way you looked at me lately," Shaundi said. "I know you care about your friends. We're all a family in different ways, but with me, it's a little different."

Vince gulped a bit. "Um, um…"

"Oh, don't be so nervous," Shaundi said as he started to rub Vince's face as she looked at his blue eyes and at his facial hair. "It's okay. You're here with me."

She said that with such a breathy whisper. It was almost as if she suspected that Vince had been eyeing her lately. Though Shaundi had quite a body count on her, she had wondered why she hadn't had anything meaningful. She even suspected that Vince had some other women as well, but he wasn't always open about it. He usually kept his sex life to himself.

"Okay, you got me," Vince said. "You're right, I have been feeling a certain way towards you lately. Yes, I have seen you in a bikini and gym clothes before, but when I saw you in those recently, it gave me a funny feeling seeing you like that. I know you have had your history with some guys back in Stilwater. I wouldn't even doubt if you had fucked any of our crew. You have changed so much since the dreadlocked stoner that you were when we first met."

At that point, he started to rub his hand against her face. "Sit up." He said as he helped her get out of that small jacket she was wearing. Her crop top was sleeveless.

"I was wondering, whatever happened to that guy who won your show, at least in the first season," Vince said.

"Puerto Rican Thunder God? He was sweet, but his performance didn't live up to the name," Shaundi said with a smile.

"You know, with you having a lot of exes, as well as banging some of the crew when you first started, I'm surprised you never gave me a shot," Vince said. "Shit, I even saw some tension between you and Pierce a few times."

"Pierce is okay, but he's too into his own shit," Shaundi said. "As for you, well you never asked me." She smiled some more. "Besides, when I saw you in your towel, it gave me some of those feelings, too."

"I'm asking you now," Vince said. Their faces started getting closer, and closer until their lips locked. They kissed. Chills went through their veins the moment that happened.

They backed from each other and sat up and looked at each other in the eye once again like they can't believe they just kissed. But the two went in for another in different angles from each other's faces. Shaundi got to her feet. It wasn't long until Vince's lips went for Shaundi's neck and down to her cleavage from her top. He even noticed her bare midriff and thought that she had a nice sleek midsection and ever since she started working out more, he noticed she had gained some abs in the process. He guided his lips down to her stomach and even licked it, as well as her navel.

Shaundi kicked off her boots. Vince went for the waistband of her tight pants and pulled them down slowly, revealing a small pink and purple thong. He quickly pulled the rest of her pants off and quickly went for her top as he pulled it up. Shaundi raised her arms as Vince kept pulling it up, revealing a strapless matching pink and purple bra.

They both went and kissed each other again. As that was happening, Shaundi reached for Vince's waistband of his bands, undoing his belt, then buttoned, and unzipped his pants. She quickly pulled them down. It was clear that they were both excited. Vince even cupped Shaundi's breasts. Shaundi closed her eyes and titled her head back as a smile rose on her face.

Vince and Shaundi looked at each other in the eye again like they were ready to kiss and make out again.

"You are so beautiful," Vince said.

"And you are so handsome," Shaundi said as she reached into his briefs and started to rub him a bit.

Vince leaned his head against Shaundi's breastplate and reached behind her to unhook her bra. Once her bra was off, he went straight for her boobs by rubbing his face against them, as well as placing his lips against her nipples.

They both got back on the bed. Shaundi lied with her back towards Vince as he continued to play her breasts and the rest of her torso. It was only a matter of time until his hands reached down there.

Shaundi's eyes popped open, as did her mouth. He mouth opened agape, like she was feeling a nice sensation. She quickly turned around with a seductive look on her face. She crawled backwards and slowly pulled down Vince's briefs. The excitement was at an all-time high. She went down and started to go to work with her lips wrapped around his boner.

"Oh yes! Oh yeah!" Vince leaned back with his eyes closed. "Now it's my turn."

Shaundi crawled and slid against the headboard of the bed. Vince looked at her beautiful body up and down and at her beautiful face. Those eyes, those lips, those breasts, and those hips, they were enough to make this man go crazy. He slowly pulled down her thong. As soon as it was off, he put his face right in between her thick thighs and went to work down there.

"Oh yes!" Shaundi said. "OH YES!"

Once Vince got his face and made eye contact with Shaundi, the first thing he said was, "Are you ready?"

"Oh yeah, I'm ready," Shaundi said with a lustful look on her face.

Vince remembered that he had a few extra condoms in his wallet, especially since he used one of them when he had sex with Luz a few days prior. He took it out and put it on and ready was to go in.

"Fuck me, Vince," Shaundi said.

Vince said nothing and went right in and sprawled right on her. They were both so sweaty but it didn't matter. He thrust slowly at first.

"No, I said 'fuck me'!" Shaundi said.

It was then Vince started going a little harder. So much passion, so much fire, it was clear that this was some undue sexual tension that needed to be let loose.

Shaundi signaled. Vince got on his back. Shaundi got on top and stuck Vince's cock in her. She started riding him, as he clasped his breasts once again. It wasn't long until he sat up and put his face against her tits again and started licking and sucking her nipples.

They kept going and going, until Shaundi grunted and groaned, as she slowly got off of him. Vince even climaxed at the same time. Shaundi lied there and looked at Vince in the eye with a smile and leaned in to kiss him on the mouth.

"That was great," Shaundi said.

Vince didn't say anything, but he ran his hand through her brunette hair. Even though it was full of sweat, he didn't care.

"Has it been a while since you fucked a woman?" Shaundi said.

"No, it hasn't been that long," Vince said.

"I see, it's just that I don't see you try to talk to other women," Shaundi said. "I see that some of the girls in our crew look at you sometimes, like Aimee or Lucy, or even Precious."

"Precious? The one with her hair dyed white?" Vince said.

"Yes, her, I even heard her talking how she would totally fuck you," Shaundi said.

"Well, my mind hasn't been on women lately," Vince said.

"You've been looking at me lately," Shaundi said. "I just want to know why you haven't even tried."

Vince sighed and looked at her. "I don't want things to get awkward between us."

"Why would they?" Shaundi said.

"I don't want things to get in the way of any other matters," Vince said. "I felt a connection with Lin a long time ago. This was when I first joined. But then she was killed. I haven't really had much of a real connection in a while. That isn't to say that I didn't have opportunities. I remember kind of having something like that with Tera for a bit, but it was mostly physical. That's not to say that I haven't had my share of flings and stuff, but nothing beyond that."

Shaundi was at a loss. It was clear what Vince was saying. She even wondered if she had anything real at all before. Though she was annoyed by Josh Birk, she often wondered if this guy was just in love with himself that he thought he could have any woman he wanted, but she clearly didn't go for it. Veteran Child was an ex that she would rather not endure. Though he was alright before, but when he kidnapped her, that's when things went a little too far.

It wasn't long until Vince fell asleep. She went to turn off the light and went to sleep.

It was now morning. The two got up. Vince still ached a bit, but it wasn't as bad as before. He looked to Shaundi and was still asleep. He went ahead and put his clothes on. He got out of the bedroom and saw that Luz was standing around ready to take off to go to work.

"Luz?" Vince said.

Luz looked up. "Oh, buenos días, guapo." She said "good morning, handsome" in Spanish.

"Hey, did you get here safely yesterday?" Vince said.

"Yeah, I did," Luz said. "What happened out there?"

"Shit's been crazy," Vince said. "Those STAG guys have gone after us and other gangs. I had to keep them away from my crew. Plus, those people will kill random people like it's nothing."

"I see," Luz said.

"Did Z try to...?" Vince said.

"No, he didn't, but I could tell what kind of guy he is," Luz said. "But he respected my boundaries."

"That's good," Vince said. He shouldn't feel jealous about this, but knowing that pimps have their ways with women, as well as Luz's history with certain types of men, it was just something that he was curious about. Even if Zimos did hit on her, let alone have sex with her, he shouldn't feel jealous.

It wasn't long until Luz took off. Whether it was to go to work or to go to her apartment, she was just leaving. She looked like she cleaned herself up. Maybe she had some extra clothes with her after all the stuff that happened with STAG the previous day.

After Luz left, Vince turned around and saw Shaundi coming out of the room. She had her clothes on, except for the jacket, which she was carrying.

"Oh, Shaundi, good morning," Vince said.

"What was that?" Shaundi said.

"What was what?" Vince said.

"That woman you were talking to, that's the same girl you let stay with us," Shaundi said. "Is something going on between you two?"

"Not really, just checking on her to see how things went yesterday," Vince said. "She was working during that shit with STAG yesterday."

Shaundi looked way and then looked at Vince. There was something that told her that something happened between them. The question was why she was jealous. She knew that he and Vince weren't together.

"I see, well, I have to go back to Brickston," Shaundi said. "See if everyone is okay over there."

"Okay, cool," Vince said. "I think you're right, by the way. I need to give it at least a few days before I go make another move on the Deckers and STAG."

"Right," Shaundi said in a mildly cold way. It was clear that she suspected something between Vince and Luz, even though those two talked in a casual way.

STAG PR CENTER

Later that day, Cyrus and Kia met with someone. It was with someone at Ultor. It was Dex. They talked in the boardroom.

"So you see, Commander Temple," Dex said. "With our partnership, Ultor's providing you with this big computer system that could help you try to get more data of the gangs here in Steelport."

"Interesting, Mr. Jackson," Cyrus said. "But will this give me all the files I need and also the skills to try to stop gangs through hacking? From what I've read, it seems that one of the gangs here in Steelport are experts at hacking through cyberspace, way beyond our expertise"

"I'm sure I can provide you people with any blue-hats or technicians so that you can do what you do best," Dex said.

"Okay, I can work with that," Cyrus said.

Another note: Some ideas just hit me and this was one of them. I had wanted to do something with Vince (the Boss) and Shaundi lately and I thought of the perfect scenario. This was an interlude and I had been doing stuff like that.

I will note that because I started playing the game again recently, I think when I describe Kinzie's warehouse again, I may have to do it correctly because it turned out that her computer system was upstairs. Not a big deal, but still.

As for that last bit at the end, you guessed it. Next up, the Saints try to go and acquire a super computer. Stay tuned.