File in the Cake

Vince had made his arrival to Rebadeaux, where he saw Shaundi sitting at a bench in a gazebo with a hot dog in her hand. He looked around the place. He may roll by there quite often, but it was hard to believe that things looked different before his coma.

"Hey, what's up?" Shaundi said as she looked up and saw Vince approaching her.

"I can't believe what they've done here," Vince said.

"It's pretty classy, huh?" Shaundi said.

"Whatever, a strip club named Tee'N'Ay, that was classy," Vince said. "This shit's just tacky."

"The place is still here," Shaundi said and pointed towards the direction of said place.

Vince sighed. "Still, it's pretty damn tacky. So did you find out what was in that Loa Dust shit?"

"Science is hard," Shaundi said. "Never my best subject, but I did my best. Anyway, like I was saying, I can't work it out, but I know someone who can."

"Who?" Vince said.

"It's a woman who I met in prison," Shaundi said. "She knows more about this shit than I ever will. There's only one…"

"What's the problem?" Vince said.

"She's still in prison," Shaundi said.

"Great," Vince said caustically.

"Don't worry about it, I know you're going to break in," Shaundi said and looked towards someone who stood at the opposite end of the gazebo. "Samson, get over here."

Samson, a known explosives expert, approached them with looked like a bomb in his hands. He looked a bit different than how Vince remembered, as his hair was cut a lot shorter and was clean-shaven now.

"Hey, Shaundi, I rigged up that bomb you wa-," Samson said, but tripped mid-sentence and dropped the bomb, which slid towards Shaundi and Vince, but Samson inadvertently armed the bomb with the detonator in his hand.

"Um, you should probably hurry," Shaundi said.

"I'll make it as fast as possible," Vince said and picked up the bomb, which was on a timer.

Lucky for him, a Miami boat was near the docks. He ran with the bomb in tow and quickly got into the boat and started it up. It was on a timer for 20 minutes. He strolled on the water and crossed on the bridge. Though it was only for 20 minutes, the prison was quite a distance away. This boat, however, was fast enough to get to the prison island. He crossed two more causeway bridges.

The prison island was up ahead. There were only two problems, however.

Vince quickly called Shaundi. "Hey, Shaundi, the clock is ticking. What should I do?"

"Don't freak out, I got this all worked out," Shaundi said. "The prison is powered by an old generator underneath the building. Take out the generator and it's lights out for the whole island. You should be able to sneak in, no problem."

"Where would I find the generator?" Vince said. "I only got a look of the place when Carlos helped bust my ass out."

"I'm getting to that, relax," Shaundi said. "Just swing around the back of the island and go in through there. It'll lead you to the generator."

"Okay, and who is this woman I am busting out?" Vince said.

"Her name is Laura and…," Shaundi said.

"Hold up, did you say Laura?" Vince said.

"Um, yeah, do you know her?" Shaundi said.

"I've worked with her before," Vince said. "I'm sure I will find her."

Vince sped the boat around the island to make sure there was an opening. Lo and behold, there was a cave and a dock right near it. Vince docked the boat and pulled out the bomb and carried on his side. He didn't forget to arm himself, but in this case, he had only his Kobra pistols as the guards were likely to gun him down if he was to be seen and it would be better to have automatic weapons do the job. He ran up a train track that went into the cave. It was like this cave was used for mining at one point. He was only at the prison for five years, but in all that time, he was in a coma. No time for a tour, though. He needed to set the bomb to the generator.

He ran up a stairwell and then another until he reached a door that read "DANGER: HIGH VOLTAGE." He looked at the timer of the bomb. He only had slightly more than five minutes left. The door opened, the generator was in his sights. All the more reason to just set the bomb there. Vince stepped outside of the room and waited for the last few minutes before the bomb detonates.

BOOM!

He saw the blast coming out through the open door. A strange noise sounded through the atmosphere. It was clear that although the blast affected the power, it didn't affect the prison's alarm. He had to get Laura out soon.

Vince raced up the stairs, through the room where a lot of debris was shown from the explosion, and out through the door into the outside, where another stairwell was seen that led into the prison's exterior. A siren wailed, which only meant that the cops that handled matters at the prison responded. The cop car pulled up and went to a stop as two cops got out.

Vince had no choice but to take both of them down and take their car. He had to get inside the prison and into the main cell block. He raced down the hilly road and headed straight for the front gate. Many of the prison guards were out trying to find the person who set off that bomb. For all the guards knew, the person in the Five-O car was likely one of Stilwater's finest.

The moment Vince crossed in the prison's grounds, he saw a couple of guards patrolling the front entrance to the prison. Vince quickly got out of the cop car and pumped both of them with led. Considering he was an escaped fugitive, it wouldn't be a shock to him if they even so much as tried to gun him down on sight. He ran right past the bodies up the stairs towards the door to get inside, where two more guards, one male and one female stood. No time to waste as he gunned them down quickly. However, the woman guard was using a Tombstone. He quickly picked up the shotgun and went on his way.

Once inside, there was a strange echo sound coming from more from the middle of the prison. Could it be what Vince thought in that very moment? He crossed through two gates, gunning down anybody who got in his way. The sound became clearer behind the doors with the green sign above it that read "Stilwater Correctional."

One door opened, a gate was seeing on laying the floor, as if it had been broken off, as well as debris in flames. Oh, it definitely looked like a riot had gone underway.

Being that this was a co-ed prison, many male and female inmates were running around, beating up guards, as well as some even fighting each other. With the inmates keeping the guards busy, Vince ran right after them and towards a door that had the sign that read "Cell blocks" above it.

Vince quickly went up the stairs, paying no mind to any convicts and guards getting into any brawls or beat-downs. If any guard tried to shoot him, he used the Tombstone to pump shots into them. Vince kept going up the stairs until he reached a floor were cell gates were open, with one having burning debris in the doorway, with a convict standing there as he wouldn't be able to get out and right next door was another open cell with a female convict that had a gray shirt over her orange jumpsuit. This woman definitely looked familiar to Vince, as he ran right towards her.

"Laura?" Vince said.

Laura looked up and said, "What are you doing here?"

"Hey, Laura, ready for a grand escape?" Vince said.

"A jailbreak? How exciting!" Laura said with so much enthusiasm in her voice.

Vince led the way down the corridor to another doorway. With the riot growing more intense, it reached a point where the inmates were now armed with weapons. Lucky for Vince, he had some extra magazines in case he needed to reload his Kobras. He repeated the same process as before: shoot anybody who got in his way. All that mattered now was making the escape.

What was weird about this was that Laura didn't try to arm herself. It didn't matter, as Vince protected her with all of his might. Even when picking up SKR-7s from fallen convicts and/or guards, he had to use anything he could find. This was a matter of survival now.

They reached the main area where the holding area, and the riot was still taking place on the lower floor. Vince knew they were almost home free. Vince and Laura kept running until they finally reached the outside.

"Fuck!" Vince said.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" Laura said.

"I just remembered we're on a fucking island!" Vince said. "And I'm not going to try to look for a fucking boat!"

"Playa, look over there!" Laura said pointing to her right.

Right behind three yellow poles in between the protective railing, what was getting more visible was a police helicopter on top of a helipad.

"Oh shit, yes!" Vince yelled. "Come on, let's get out of here!"

Vince and Laura ran right for the helipad. They went up the stairs and went inside. Vince started it up. He had dabbled in piloting helicopters sometime recently, but it wasn't time for a test. He wanted to get off the island as soon as possible. He put on the headset. Laura put on her headset. The propeller spun and the helicopter ascended and they were on there way.

"Thank you so much for this! I can't wait to see my husband," Laura said.

"No problem, still married to that one guy?" Vince said.

"No, I am married to someone else now," Laura said. "You might know him. He's been very supportive while I was in jail. It's really incredible."

"I might know him, huh?" Vince said. "I guess it shouldn't hurt to say hello."

"Oh, definitely," Laura said. "Some people said it was a bad idea to date your sponsor, but I say what the heck. It's love, right? He can do some favors for you if you need it."

"Right," Vince said. He couldn't believe that Shaundi knew this woman. For someone who was a suburban housewife who dealt drugs, she was always sweetheart to him. It was kind of an odd career choice for her.

"Can you drop me off at my house?" Laura said.

"Sure thing," Vince said.

It wasn't long until they reached the area of Misty Lane, which was where Laura's house was. It was already late night and Vince landed the chopper.

"Come on, I want to surprise my husband," Laura said. "I still can't get over that it's you, this is so exciting!"

"So who's your new husband?" Vince said.

"You'll see," Laura said.

"Also, you're sure you can figure out what's in the Sons' stuff?" Vince said.

As Laura got close to the door, she rang the doorbell to the front door, she said, "Don't worry, sweetie, when it comes to drugs or snicker-doodles, I'm the best."

The door opened. A man with long red dreadlocks, shirtless, a chest tattoo, a tattoo on his neck of Laura's name, and finally tye-dye pants opened the door. Vince saw him. He knew him alright. It was Tobias, another drug-dealer he worked with in the past.

"Ain't that the truth, baby?" Tobias said.

"Toby!" Laura said and jumped right towards him while Tobias hugged her.

Vince looked at them like this was kind of odd, but hey, like Laura said, this was love.

"Thanks for bringing my pumpkin-muffin back," Tobias said. "You need anything, you let me know."

"Oh, I already talked to Laura about that," Vince said.

"In that case, you mind givin' me and the wife some quality time?" Tobias said. "I'd like to have a belated conjugal before the PTA meeting. It's going to take a bit."

"Not at all," Vince said and gave them a hand signal that said, "Go ahead." He turned around and walked away while Tobias picked up Laura, who proceeded to shut the door.

It wasn't long until he reached the street. Before he got into the chopper, his phone started to ring.

"Hello, Pierce, what's up?" Vince said.

"Boss, you got to hear about a plan I got," Pierce said. "Remember how you want me to look at what the Ronin's got? Well, I have something I want to do."

"I'm listening," Vince said.

"Okay, it's going to involve you, me, Carlos, Johnny, and Shaundi," Pierce said. "We gonna hit Poseidon's Palace."

"Give me the details soon," Vince said. "I'm on my way back to the crib."

"Fo sho, Boss," Pierce said.

Vince was wondering if he liked being called "Boss" now. He was the leader, so maybe this had a nice ring to it.

Author's note: That's it for this one. A little cut and dry, but I didn't need to put in too much detail to action. It was all about the breakout and the escape.

Next up, the Saints pull off a casino heist. Stay tuned.