Into Cyberspace
Minor Note: The name for this is an alternative title for the Deckers Die mission, but with the title being written a certain way, I came up with an alternate title.
It was time. Kinzie had the system ready for Vince to make their presence known in the Decker use-net. Kinzie and Vince were certain that Matt Miller would likely interfere in their plans, but they were ready.
Vince and Pierce were at Kinzie's warehouse. They both went to the area where Kinzie had her special setup with the supercomputer that the Saints stole from STAG, as well as the NEMO chair that they stole from the Deckers. Pierce was told to look at some monitors to see anything on the feed while Kinzie would handle the technical work, and of course, Vince had to be front and center in virtual reality.
"Okay, Boss, are you ready?" Kinzie said.
"Sure," Vince said with a touch of sarcasm, unsure of what he was about to get himself into.
Vince went into the chair and sat in it in a relaxed position. Pierce stood before Vince while Kinzie made some finishing touches on the setup for their special mission.
"You ready to fuck things up in virtual reality?" Pierce said.
"It's safer than being shot at," Vince said.
"You can survive a gunshot," Kinzie said as she raised her arm to grab onto something above that was connected to the chair. "But if your mind takes too much shock from this chair, you'll go brain-dead." Kinzie then lowers the contraption which was then lined up with Vince's face.
"Great plan, Kinzie," Vince said with the same touch of sarcasm as before.
"I know, you ready?" Kinzie said, walking towards another computer monitor that was on the side of the chair.
Vince gave her a thumb up. "Let's do it."
Kinzie started setting up the program while Vince sat there with a strange glow coming onto his face from that thing in front of him. It was likely similar to what people use when going into the virtual world with a helmet, except this chair didn't seem like it had a helmet. Vince was going into cyberspace.
Vince was now in. He felt like he was no longer on Earth, so to speak. This type of place reminded him of a place like the movie, "Tron," with the grounds looking like circuit boards, different colored neon glowing, and what stood out was something looking similar to a castle farther up from his sight, along with virtual monuments and statues. What exactly was the meaning? He knew he was now in a different world. Not just because of what he was seeing through his eyes, but also because this was something he had never experienced before. Oddly enough, Vince even saw what his avatar looked like from his field of vision, as something he did not expect.
"All right, you should be seeing a visual representation of the Decker use-net now," Kinzie said through a communicator on the machine.
"You know what I see, Kinzie?" Vince said. "I'm a fucking toilet, that's what."
"Oops, sorry about that, let me load up another," Kinzie said.
"I thought you know what you were doing," Vince said.
"I haven't finished your avatar yet," Kinzie said. "That one's just temporary."
"I don't have arms," Vince said.
"Just start moving through the data," Kinzie said. "I'll sort it out soon."
Vince had no choice but to start moving. Even though his avatar wasn't what he expected to be, there was something oddly intriguing about this world he was seeing. If this was the Decker use-net, then Matt probably had some kind of vision when it came to building this world. As he was walking through the corridor of the data world, the avatar changed into something even more odd – a blowup doll.
"This isn't much better, are you trying to tell me something, Kinzie?" Vince said.
"Quit complaining, I'm doing my best," Kinzie said.
Vince continued to walk through the data. At least he had arms despite looking like a sex doll. Right as he walked into a gateway, his avatar changed yet again, looking like a cyber avatar with a glow and an arm cannon.
"Now this I can work with," Vince said and saw some weird enemy avatars coming up in front of him. He blasted them with the cannon.
"Good, because Matt sniffed me out," Kinzie said.
"This is my world to shape as I see fit, not yours."A British-accented voice had entered the fold. It had to have been Matt, except his voice now sounded more distorted, making him sound deeper and scarier.
"All right, looks like Matt doesn't want you poking around here," Kinzie said. "You'll have to work your way through his defenses. Let's take out the firewall first."
"Firewall? What is it and how I will find it?" Vince said.
"It blocks us from accessing the Deckers' data," Kinzie said. "You'll know it when you see it."
It was now time to put that cannon to use. Many enemies popped out of nowhere, some wielding virtual firearms and swords, like any other Decker mercenaries that he had dealt with in the real world. Given the way this world looked and felt, Vince felt like he was in a video game. It was almost like when he went through that game with the avatar on the motorcycle, except he felt like he was actually in this world. He started to take a closer look at some of the monuments that were around. They looked like gravestone, even also looked like Celtic crosses. What exactly was Matt's vision in designing the use-net? None of it mattered, all Vince was focused was finding the firewall, even if he had to take down some virtual enemies in the process and climbing up the hills to get there.
"Kinzie, I have a question, can I die here?" Vince said.
"Not sure, why do you ask?" Kinzie said.
"Well, these guys I have been fighting have been firing shots and some of them feel real," Vince said.
"Matt probably has some kind of special program that could probably mess up the system and maybe cause you to go to shock," Kinzie said. "But you're not really getting shot, so you should be fine."
"Good to know, all I need to do is get through them," Vince said.
Vince kept on hitting any enemies with everything he had. This was a totally new experience for him, but nonetheless, he had to see if he could survive this. Vince continued to move through the data. The moment he walked up another hill, he entered through another area, ready to continue getting to the firewall.
"In my world, the rules can change," Matt said.
Vince continued to move quickly, until just now. Just before, he moved at a normal speed, but now he had slowed down dramatically.
"What the hell's going on?" Vince said.
"He's altering the rules of reality there," Kinzie said. "You'll just have to deal."
It didn't take long for Vince to start moving like normal, but he had to prepare himself for any further disruptions. With more enemies popping out, including ones moving like any of those girls he had dealt with on the skates before, he had to try with all of his might to take them down. To him, he had just to pretend he was in a video game, which was really what it felt like in that very moment. It wasn't long until he reached an open area, as more enemies kept popping up. Vince blasted them with the cannon left and right.
Just think of this like a video game. Vince thought. That was one thing he had to keep repeating to himself. This was a not a case of fighting against rival gang members when he really could die, unless Matt had something up his sleeve to maybe fry his brain. In either case, a bright and clear orange wall was in front of him. It had to be it. He went right to it.
But it wasn't what he expected. Through his field of vision, some text came up, with three choices.
"Oh, I love these!" Kinzie said.
"I got to read this shit?" Vince said. "Come on, Kinzie, how do I get out?"
"And ruin it for you? No way, you got to figure this out on your own," Kinzie said.
"Thanks, Kinzie," Vince sarcastically replied.
In an unexpected turn of events, Vince found himself having to take part in some weird text quiz. It wasn't something he would have wanted to do, but in order to get closer, he had no choice. The only thing he could do was find the most logical answer to advance. He managed to advance out of sheer luck, except for one that had to do with a unicorn. That was the one time he got the question wrong and went through the quiz again, same answers as before, but had to use a different answer for the final question. He was now able to advance and get back into the adventure. The firewall was collapsing. The orange glow was disintegrating and the rest of the virtual world started looking clearer than before.
"I'm not going to be beaten by some noob you dragged into my world, Kensington," Matt said.
"Okay, we're back in business," Kinzie said. "Now let's take out Matt's anti-virus next."
"Okay, let's do this," Vince said. Only to sense a strange feeling occur as he noticed that his field of vision was now lower. He saw his avatar as he noticed he was made of porcelain and was shaped like a bowl of some sort.
"Kinzie, why am I a toilet again?" Vince said.
"But I didn't…" Kinzie said.
"I think this is more fitting," Matt said. "Wouldn't you agree?"
There was one redeeming quality, however – Vince still had his cannon.
"Give me some time, I'll fix it," Kinzie said.
"Hey, I still have my cannon," Vince said.
Vince knew he had to follow the some process as before. He had to walk down the paths and blast anything that got in his way. Whether they popped up in front of him or shot at him from platforms, it was a "do or die" situation. Though in some ways, he thought was kind of funny that he was doing this while looking like a toilet. It wasn't long until he came across an area that looked like a graveyard of some sort, with tombstones looking like Celtic crosses, as well as Christian crosses.
Seriously, what is the symbolism here? Vince thought. He had seen the same thing here before. This almost felt like there was a theme to it. In that same moment, he reverted back to his main avatar as more enemies kept coming out.
"Is something wrong with the connection?" Vince said.
"He's bombarding us with data," Kinzie said. "I'll try blocking it."
Vince had to hold off any enemies who fired at him to buy Kinzie some time.
"Is this the best you can do, Agent Kensington? BE GONE!" Matt said.
All of the enemies were taken care of, even though he was certain that they weren't actual representations of real people.
"Okay, the anti-virus is almost taken care of," Kinzie said. "You'll need to destroy the last bit of code."
Suddenly, Vince's field of vision noticed that he was inside what looked like a virtual tank. He even asked Kinzie why he was in it, to which she said for him to just go with it. It felt even more bizarre to him as he was in a pixelated tank, as well as a pixelated world, and saw another tank that looked like the tanks from that one game he played. If he was in a tank and there was another tank, there was only one thing he can do about that. He saw the enemy tank moving at a fast speed in that little arena, trying to blast him. It was not hard to figure out that like in video games of that nature, he just had to blast the tank at the right time, and he did. He gave that tank all of his might until that tank finally blew up.
Back to business, and once again, his avatar was tampered with, as he looked like a blowup doll once again.
"Kinzie!" Vince said.
"I see it, I see it," Kinzie said.
"Pathetic," Matt said.
"Oh, I'm gonna enjoy kicking that kid's ass," Vince said.
On the plus side, he still had his cannon and had arms and legs. Not like he didn't move any differently as a toilet, but even as a blowup doll, it was better than that. Same process as before, with any enemy coming at him, he blasted. However, from a distance, another orange glow appeared.
"Kinzie, I see one more wall up ahead," Vince said.
"It's his internet security protocols, they're blocking access into the main…," Kinzie said.
"Yeah, whatever you say," Vince said.
After taking down various enemies that got in his way, Vince made his way up another hill until an open space, with platforms shaped like stars and enemies appearing on them, as well as more coming out. He reverted back to his regular avatar. He knew what he had to do. He tried to go forth any enemies, but found himself moving backwards as he tried to walk forward. He tried to walk backwards, only to see that he moved forward. It went on and off a few times, but when he found his movement off, he had to go with the opposite direction.
"Miller doesn't know when to quit," Vince said.
"Take this out and we can go for Matt himself," Kinzie said.
This part of the virtual world started to make Vince wonder even more about the theme and symbolism of this.
"You like the place? It's modeled after the Nyte Blayde season 3 episode, 'Rise of the Cyprian Order,'"Matt said. "Here is where The Cardinal lays his plan for a better…"
"Wait, you modeled this shit off of Nyte Blayde?" Vince said.
"It's an allegory for man's inhumanity to man," Matt said.
"No, it's a shitty vampire show," Vince said.
"I don't expect a chuckle-fuck like you to appreciate good writing," Matt said.
Rather than feel insulted, Vince started to chuckle at that response. So now the symbolism made a lot of sense. There had to be an explanation for all of the gravestones on the layouts and stuff. It was clear that this Miller kid was a huge fan of that show, which probably explained why the Deckers were at the STAG PR Center when he and Viola kidnapped Josh Birk. Nonetheless, he kept firing his cannon at any enemy he saw, until his field of vision started to break down a bit.
"What's going on?" Kinzie said as she looked at the screen. "Pierce!"
"Hey, I see the same thing," Pierce said. "Wait, something seems off about this."
The two fellow Saints looked at their monitors and saw that there was something wrong with this. While the computer system may have appeared to be crashing, some of the coding had some kind of weird message, with it saying "Now the real game begins" at the bottom of the screen. All the while Matt did some evil, yet cocky laugh.
"Now don't panic, we can work this out," Kinzie said.
"You're not really good at comforting people, are you?" Vince said.
"Just give me a sec," Kinzie said. "It looks like Matt is messing with us."
After a minute or so, the screen was back up.
"Okay, you're good to go," Kinzie said.
Back to action, as Vince was as his regular avatar. Right before his very eyes, he saw what looked like a cathedral.
"WHY AREN'T YOU DYING?!" Matt said.
"He's scared," Kinzie said. "Go to the cathedral and finish him off!"
"You mean where those giant tubes are feeding into?" Vince said. "That can't be a trap or anything."
"Must be his direct feed into the world, where all his information flows through," Kinzie said. "Yeah, that's definitely a trap."
"Again with the comforting skills," Vince said.
Vince ran up the ramp to get into the cathedral. Even while in cyberspace, an odd sensation went through his veins. With Matt asking why Vince wasn't dying, he started to wonder if he really could die here. As wondered before, it was possible that he could die depending if he would go brain-dead like Kinzie warned him before. But as a risk-taker, he was up for the challenge. He finally got up there. There was a lot more open space before, almost like this was the arena for the final encounter. Matt laughed like a maniac like before.
"Easy to laugh when you're hiding like a pussy," Vince said. "Come on out!"
"Gladly," Matt said.
Vince looked and saw something dropping towards him. He swiftly jumped and dove out of the way. As he lied there, he looked up and saw a new avatar, much bigger than him with wings and a sword, and looked like some kind of medieval or fantasy dragon knight sort of thing.
"What the fuck?" Vince said. This figure standing before him was much bigger. It was as if Matt was ready for this encounter.
"Don't you get it? I'm God here," Matt said.
"That's just fine," Vince said. "In the real world, you're just a bitch with a keyboard."
"Well, we're not in the real world now," Matt said. "Here, you cannot beat me."
"We'll see about that," Vince said.
Kinzie cut in, "All right, just…don't die until I figure out to copy his avatar."
Vince fired the shots from his cannon as Matt started ascending into the air. He even held on to fire an even more powerful shot, except Matt was not fazed by his shots.
"You expect to defeat me with that thing?" Matt said.
"Hold on, he depowered your weapon," Kinzie said. "I'm fixing it now."
All Vince could do is try to evade any attack that Matt threw at him. With Matt above him, he could try to zoom his way down and crush him. Even some blasts only a few feet away could take Vince down. It didn't help that Matt even messed with his avatar a bit, as Vince felt everything around him had gotten bigger.
"This is your true self – small and insignificant," Matt said.
"Don't worry, he's not bigger, you're just smaller," Kinzie said.
"Just great," Vince said.
"Now the world will look down on you," Matt said. "I will crush you like an ant. I'll kill you one way or another."
Vince ran around until his surroundings got smaller, more normal-looking like before. He turned towards Matt and charged his cannon to let out a powerful blast. It was so powerful, Matt's avatar got on its knee, and Vince's avatar ran right up the right arm.
"What are you doing? Get down!" Matt said.
Vince ran up to the top of Matt's avatar, grabbing onto the antennas that connected to the wings and emitting a lot of power with a mysterious glow and force and pulled them off.
"Coward! You can't win!" Matt said.
The wings were broken off. All that was left was Matt, except his avatar still towered over Vince's avatar. Vince fired his cannon. He had the chance and he took it. Except now Matt used his own powerful projectiles and fired three at Vince, which he dodged. But like before, Matt had tricks of his own. Vince once again slowed down.
"Look at you trying to move, amusing," Matt said. He walked towards Vince, with his cannon drawn, ready to fire. Vince tried to fire, but he couldn't emit the projectiles fast enough. It left him wide open. Matt brandished his sword and swung like in a slashing motion.
"ARRGGH!" Vince yelled, falling backwards. He put his hand on his midsection. Even in the virtual world, he felt a bit of pain even from that sword. It didn't feel too sharp, nor did he feel any blood emitting from his stomach, so it couldn't happen in the real world.
"Start those dodges early while you're slowed," Kinzie said.
Vince started moving a bit faster than before. He looked up and saw Matt's avatar positioned a certain way, as a weird substance was seen around the mouth area.
"Oh shit," Vince said and quickly ran and dodged as Matt started breathing fire towards him. He ran far enough and charged his cannon.
"FIRE!" Vince yelled and let out super blast right to Matt, causing him to kneel in incapacitation. Vince ran right behind him and climbed Matt's avatar.
"Stop fighting the inevitable!" Matt said.
"Hope you have your gravestone picked out!" Vince said as he fired some blasts to the back of Matt's head.
"Get off me and fight!" Matt said and shook until Vince jumped off and landed on his feet. Vince fired more blasts to Matt, until the blasts no longer could faze the cyber-god himself.
"Without power you may as well give up," Matt said.
Matt used this opportunity to breathe more projectiles towards Vince, as well as slash the sword downward. But all Vince could do was avoid any attacks. He did all he could to fight back with his cannon, even with the power back online. He was glad to have Kinzie at his side to help him out in cyberspace.
"GOT IT!" Kinzie said. Oh, she helped him, alright. Now Vince's avatar grew in size and looked similar to Matt's avatar, except his had more of a purple color scheme to Matt's blue color scheme. On top of that, he took Matt's sword.
"What?! That's IMPOSSIBLE! Guards!" Matt said. He dashed right towards Vince with his sword, only for Vince to block the attack with his sword.
"This is so COOL!" Vince said.
"Looking at that avatar's programming, you should have four main abilities," Kinzie said. "The sword can be used to slash at things close by, or it can create a giant shockwave. And as a dragon, you have medium-ranged fire breath and a quick dash to evade hits."
"Let's test this," Vince said.
Pierce saw this go on in the virtual world. "Come on, Boss, take him down!"
Several avatars of the enemies from before came up and started to open fire. But Vince had other ideas. He breathed fire over them and to any others, he slashed his sword towards them. More and more came out of the woodwork and they were all eliminated with the amount of power that this avatar had. The more some came up, the faster they were taken out.
"I don't know how you managed it, Agent Kensington, but it doesn't matter," Matt said, coming back into the fight. "I am God in my domain!"
"Fuck me, he's back!" Vince said.
"You're on even ground now, should be a piece of cake,"Kinzie said.
"That's a real help, Kinzie," Vince said.
It was time to finish this. Vince swung his sword. Matt dodged the attack and breathed some of those projectiles towards him. Vince breathed some fire, but Matt anticipated the attacks and jumped to deliver his own line of defense before moving into offense. Except there was one problem for him, Vince was armed with a weapon and he had more of an advantage.
Matt drew another sword, but Vince tried with all of his might to ensure that he will win the fight. Matt got more attacks onto him with his fire and projectiles, as well as the sword. It was not time to give up, though. Vince and Matt went back and forth on this. Matt had his own advantage, but Vince kept coming back.
It wasn't over yet, though. Matt drew yet another sword. "There's no room for you in my world. Time to die!"
Both warriors in the battle brandished their swords and swung. The swords touched, causing a mysterious force to emit. It was too much, but Matt was not about to quit. He swung, Vince dodged. They kept touching steel, even if it wasn't real. Matt showed that he had his way to fight in the virtual world and he found a formidable opponent, even though the leader of the Saints was really new at this. It got to a point where Vince finally took Matt down and delivered multiple punches to the avatar's face and got him to his feet, punching him once again, and finally drawing the sword one more time. Vince slashed Matt multiple times, right before the finishing attack, when he stabbed Matt's avatar in the chest, and then lifting him, and finally throwing him to the ground.
What was puzzling about this was that Matt's avatar had changed into virtual version of his real-life self, with Vince's avatar now towering over him. Matt looked up as he sat down and saw as Vince was stalking towards him and started backing up really quickly while breathing hard.
Vince had now reverted to his regular avatar and approached Matt with his cannon drawn. "Bye, Matt!"
"Wait!" Matt said. "I can clear your name, prove that you didn't destroy that bridge."
"I'm sure Kinzie can figure it out," Vince said.
"I literally have the world at my fingertips," Matt said.
"A little vague, Matt, got to do better," Vince said with the cannon still drawn.
"You tell me the name of a company and it becomes the property of the Saints," Matt said. "You get your empire back and I get to walk away."
"Kid, now we're talking," Vince said.
Matt led Vince to a fork, leading to two choices on which Matt can hook up the Saints with discounts in certain companies.
"What are these?" Vince said.
"They're backdoors into company records," Matt said. "One door leads to a weapons manufacturer, giving you discounts on weapon upgrades."
"And the other?" Vince said.
"An automotive parts distribution house," Matt said. "They'll discount work done on your cars. Pick one and I'll get you set up as a high-priority client, I swear!"
This was a tough choice. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have Rim Jobs and any other garages give discounts on tune-ups. However, weapon upgrades were expensive and who wouldn't want to save money on some special upgrades to weapons? Vince went towards the weapons manufacturer.
"Okay, so do we have a deal?" Matt said.
"Sure, just make sure you stay off my ass from here on in," Vince said.
"You have my word," Matt said. "Cheers!"
Suddenly, Matt's avatar just disappeared.
"Okay, Kinzie, it's time to go back," Vince said.
"Okay, just give me a second," Kinzie said.
It wasn't long until the system went off and the contraption was lifted. Vince was now back in the real world and took a major breather and got up and tumbled a bit.
"Whoa, Boss, you okay?" Pierce said.
"I'm fine, it was one hell of a ride I will tell you that," Vince said. "Maybe you should try it."
"Nah, I don't think I want to get involved in some cyber warfare," Pierce said.
"It was awesome, I think I need a rest," Vince said and fell on his back.
Pierce and Kinzie approached him. Kinzie looked down on him and shook her head.
"Amateurs," Kinzie said and looked at Pierce. "Has something like this happened before?"
"I remember him getting high off a drug that his body couldn't handle," Pierce said. "He'll be fine, just give him a bit and I'll take him back to the crib."
3 COUNT CASINO
Matt had a meeting with Phillipe and Killbane. He had his friends, Homer, Lyric, Archie, Chester, Jack, Raymond, and Steven accompany him to this.
Phillipe and Killbane faced Matt and his fellow Deckers standing before them.
"Mr. Loren, sir, I must say that it was privilege to work for you and the Syndicate," Matt said. "But I think it's time that we must go back to England. I'm starting to miss the old country and I feel the need to make a change in my life. In fact, we all do."
Phillipe took a sip from his drink. "Matt, I respect you as an equal and also as a specialist in technology. I respect your wishes and I wish you all the best and to also in any future endeavors to cite me as a reference."
"Really, you're not mad about this?" Matt said.
"Nonsense, Mr. Miller," Phillipe said. "We will still take the fight to the Saints and STAG. As of this moment, Kirsten and Grace will assume full control of the Deckers. You're welcome to come back to Steelport any time, monsieur."
"Thanks, Mr. Loren," Matt said.
"Mr. Killbane, will you please escort Matt and his friends?" Phillipe said.
"Sure thing, Phillipe," Killbane said.
Matt walked out of the room with his friends as Killbane followed them out. Once they were close to the casino, Killbane looked towards Matt's fellow Deckers and friends.
"Excuse me, but I would like to have a private word with Matt," Killbane said.
"Okay, we'll wait for Matt by the door," Steven said as they all walked away.
Killbane and Matt walked around the casino. Matt looked up at Killbane and shook a bit, especially since he remembered that night he clocked him in the face with a steel chair, as well as his short temper.
"What is it you want to talk to me about, Killbane?" Matt said.
"Let's take a little walk," Killbane said as they started walking around the casino. Even though Matt was still a minor, it seemed he was allowed to walk around the casino as he was a part of the Syndicate.
"I really wish you'd reconsider, Matty," Killbane said. "These hands of mine were meant to rend bone, not hunt and peck on a keyboard."
"Well, if typing is the issue, I can recommend some good voice-recognition software," Matt said. "Or maybe I can provide some other blue-hats from other parts of Steelport to work with the Syndicate."
Killbane signaled to him to quiet. "You stuck with me and Phillipe even after the DeWynter sisters defected, as well as Barry's death. You and me, we've bonded."
"That's lovely, but I feel it's time for me to move on," Matt said. "To be honest, I'm a little scared of, well, dying."
"Phillipe may have his ways, and I do run a demanding workplace," Killbane said. "I appreciate how you've shared your concerns. I mean the way Viola and Kiki handled their…departures, as well as Barry somehow ending up dead made me just want to kill someone, you know?"
Killbane got a little rough as he started to squeeze Matt a bit, but Matt quickly broke away.
"Oh, absolutely," Matt said. "Well, I've got a flight to catch, so, cheerio!"
Matt quickly walked away to meet with his friends while Killbane stood there and watched him walk away.
"Matty," Killbane said.
"Oh god," Matt said.
"Feel free to list me as a reference any time," Killbane said.
"I will, Killbane," Matt said and walked away to meet with his friends.
"Are you okay, Matt?" Steven said.
"I'll be fine," Matt said. "I think I will have to say goodbye to Melissa before we go to Wesley Cutter."
"You can take her with us," Lyric said.
"I don't know, I got too much on my mind right now," Matt said.
Author's note: I have made my return. This was a chapter that I had a hard time with. I know I have done shootouts in various chapters, but with this one being in the virtual world, I didn't see any reason to go into detail about the shootouts, which was why I did it the way I did it. I did some brainstorming for it, but I think the way I did it worked.
Also, in the game, Pierce appeared in the cutscene. I thought it would be better if he had other dialogue because he was pretty much a non-factor in the mission in the game.
With Loren being alive in this, I thought it would better to add some input on his end for Matt's departure. In case you didn't know, there were Homie Conversations with Phillipe for Saints Row IV as he was supposed to be a homie but was changed before its release. There was actually a conversation between him and Matt, which I actually kind of liked as it showed that he possibly liked Matt like how Killbane liked Matt.
Also, this isn't the end of the Deckers storyline. With that being said, next up, the fall of the Deckers. Stay tuned.
