Chapter 64: Party Boat

It was four weeks since that precinct job Sunny's nose wasn't as bad as she initially thought it was going to be. Chelsea pointed them to a doctor who had a side 'job' from his regular duties from his priced job as a concierge doctor for the rich. Not like he had a choice in the matter since Chelsea was the one who helped cover up the fact that he was running a cloned med mill with help from a bunch of medical students. She would keep quiet as long as he provided free medical care whenever she needed it, in return she wouldn't show his esteemed colleagues a certain video of him with a friend's wife and her friend from the yacht club in his kitchen making a peculiar type of 'pie'. The type of pie that involved some moaning as an extra ingredient.

Sunny was lucky enough to have gotten a bloody nose that was slightly bruised. She had to wear a band aid and put an ice pack over her nose. She could still breathe but her nose would be sore for some time. Sunny told herself if Roberta asked what happened to her nose "I accidently walked into a door baby, accidents do happen".

Geraldine was slightly twitchy. One of the first times she got tasered was during weapons training in the earliest days before her as a bounty hunter when the instructors would taser new recruits to give them a taste of what to expect when encountering a bail jumper. Needless to say it was something that she wasn't a fan of.

Chelsea was, let's say, semi lucky. Despite being called a rubber round; it hurt like hell. Chelsea was left with two cracked ribs and a giant softball style bruise. She winced in pain as the bandages where wrapped around her ribs "Argh! Dammit!" complained Chelsea "Mm! Take it easy!". All three of them ended up with a price for that job. It was a price that they weren't going to forget when they saw Wolf again.

Despite the fact that Sunny and Geraldine healed up pretty nicely Chelsea on the other was a different story. The bruise looked incredibly raw. Even though she healed her ribs were sore. Trying to put on a sports bra was difficult for her without wincing and cursing in pain "I'm gonna get that fucking pig" Chelsea swore that revenge driven promise. Sunny examined herself. Her nose had healed greatly. She was lucky it was only bruised and bloodied. Chelsea ended up apologizing two more times to Sunny, even though Sunny kept telling her it was okay but it didn't make Chelsea feel better knowing that she had bloodied Sunny in that way.

Sunny couldn't help but imagine the look on Linda's face when she saw the picture of her little sister's nose bloodied. She didn't want to think about it but it had haunted her dreams after she went to bed that night; Sunny twisted and turned. She dreamt of Linda with half of her face gruesomely gone. Linda whispering in her mind blaming her for everything that happened. Like a ghoul whose job it was to haunt her nightmares and persists until Sunny was driven to madness. She would wake up sweating with Geraldine and Chelsea comforting her after she screamed out for Linda. Sunny felt helpless. Her sister was being held captive by a rotten cop and he's going to kill her if she didn't obey him. Life was as cruel after her first kill at thirteen. It was that nightmare that she knew wouldn't end as long it persisted to torment her.

The Hanger

The three met Pierce at the abandoned hanger. He said that it was an urgent matter.

"Take a seat" he says "You three look like hell" Pierce looked at them "Well we had it rough a few weeks ago, it was kind of a complicated situation" Sunny carefully explained "Okay" Pierce didn't pursue the subject.

"We have a problem that's going to be coming our way, it's coming sooner than expected" Pierce uploaded a picture of a Middle Eastern man on the screen "This is Reza Shafyee". The man was clean cut all except a neatly trimmed beard. He looked middle aged and proper for someone who may have crossed Pierce "He may look ordinary but don't let his looks fool you. His background before going into business for himself was strangely unique. Rumor has it that his father was one of the first ones to be recruited into the SAVAK during the height of the Shah's rule". Chelsea raised her hand "The what?" she curiously asked "In simple terms, they were the secret police of the Iranian government. A death squad to hunt down the Shah's enemies; regardless of who they were. They were effective in snuffing out individuals in political parties or active guerrilla groups".

"Let me guess, our dear government trained them?" Sunny sarcastically guessed "Well no one is perfect" retorted Pierce "Anyways his father did the SAVAK's dirty work. Torture, assassinations and ran his own independent terror cell that killed sympathizers to revolutionary groups. That changes when the Ayatollah Khomeini came back from exile and started the Iranian Revolution, high ranking SAVAK agents and officers were hunted down and killed. Shafyee went underground with his cell. They assassinated a fair share of military and political officials close to the regime. In nineteen eighty five Reza was brought into his fathers group. In several weeks from mid March to the end of April they were planning on assassinating the Ayatollah and putting the Shah back in power but they were all killed by the Revolutionary Guard in a shootout. Reza informed them of their plans".

"Damn man, everyone is snitchin' on each other" remarked Geraldine "Well apparently honor among thieves doesn't mean shit anymore" Sunny took a sip of water "Reza took the opportunity to fight in the Iran-Iraq War with his own little rag tag band of paramilitaries. Served from eighty six until the end of the war in eighty eight. His paramilitary squad fought in some of the toughest battles in those last years. They even preformed their fair share of sabotaging supply lines and even fighting the Republican Guard to a standstill in one battle. The way they killed prisoners sent a peculiar message" Pierce brought a black and white slide of a younger Reza holding the severed head of an Iraqi captain "Goddamn" all three of the women muttered "Don't fuck with us or we fuck with you" Pierce quickly summarized. "After the war ended Reza fell out of favor with officials in Iran. He was kicked out but his group defected with him. They formed their own little private army of hired guns. Fought in what used to be Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, the Congo and Afghanistan. He helped his fair of warlords in the Congo and helped armed insurgents in places like Columbia, Yemen and the Kashmir region".

"What's he doing now?" wondered Sunny "Well apparently everyone in his community thinks he's a saint. Preserving Persian culture and taking part in anti regime activist causes. Everyone views him as someone who came here to escape from the regime's persecution and made something of himself with hard work. Yeah well that hard work gave weapons to terrorist groups in Mali and Libya. He also broke into the cocaine trade and has been dealing with groups all over the city. We thought we had him when we dropped ordinance on his position in the Syrian War and thought it wiped him off the face of the planet. Turns out he managed to dodge it just in time, all we did was kill off his one of captains. Lucky son of a bitch

Sunny studied his photo to get a glimpse of who they're targeted "What do you want us to do? Sounds like we're going to have our hands full if we try taking him out" she deduced "Right now this is a simple recon assignment, he has one too many bodyguards to take him out. Plus every one of them are ex military, ie special forces. In a few days he's going to throw a party on his fancy yacht, his parties are well known to be the fancy type. You're going to have to improvise a bit when it comes to this. Meaning you're going to have use your own boat, if you have one".

"Shit, we could use my boat. It'd be perfect for this undercover shit" chimed Geraldine "You have a boat? When did you get a boat?" Sunny sounded amused "I just did some work for this real estate lady and she gave me a boat after everything was done. It has a sail and everythin', it's fuckin' perfect".

"Alright then, now remember act casual when this happens. Try not to let them on that they're being watched otherwise that boat you're on will be sunk" he warns.

As the three walked back to the car Chelsea came up with an idea "Hey listen, I think we're gonna need some more people for this" she suggests "What? It can't just be us?" Sunny looked back at Chelsea as she put her sunglasses on "Nah Sunny, she's right. It's just a bit too predictable" Geraldine tells her "Okay, what's the suggestion?".

"Let's take some of the girls from your girlfriend's strip club. Like let's consider this an impromptu vacation" Chelsea happily remarked "That's sounds like a homemade college porn flick with 'Bikini College Girls In Paradise' as the title" Sunny chuckled "Hey what's more hotter than a bunch of hot ass girls in sweet lookin' bikinis?" Geraldine smiled "Fuck, fine, I'll make the call" Sunny sighed "And...you have to bring your girlfriend too" said Chelsea "Oh no, I'm not bringing Roberta into this. I'm not going to put her in danger by having her involved with this".

"I'm not saying give her a garotte and break a neck or two, this is for you" Chelsea mischievously smiled "For me? We're girlfriends genius. If this was a way of you playing match maker than you failed at it" Sunny shot down the idea of bringing her girlfriend over "I meant you need to unwind a bit. You kinda haven't been the same since that cop made me punch you" Chelsea mentioned what happened weeks ago "I said you're forgiven, wasn't your fault that it happened.

"Sunny I'm not talking about that. I mean...you're screaming out for your sister when you have a nightmare, Geraldine and me have to calm you down". Sunny looked away in embarrassment "Hey theirs's nothing to be be ashamed but come on; you gotta relax a bit" Chelsea suggested "I'm pretty sure your girlfriend would agree with me". With a exacerbated sigh Sunny finally relented "Ah fuck, fine. But we're not telling her what we've been doing since we've been here". Sunny looked at her phone and figured that Chelsea was partially right. She really did need to unwind but also a part of her told herself that their was nothing wrong mixing some business with pleasure.

...

"Hey Sunny! What's up?"

"Baby, do you want to a small vacation down with me here ?"

"A vacation? Down in Blaine? I mean I heard it's pretty rough down there"

"It's dusty and I have yet to find Chelsea's secret meth lab" Sunny laughed "Hey! I heard that!" Chelsea overheard the conversation "Shut it!".

"Okay, I'll give it a shot"

"So listen, we're going to be doing this on a sail boat. So you're going to have to put a swimsuit on"

Roberta chuckled "Where'd you get a sail boat?"

"Oh it belongs to Geraldine, someone gave it to her as a gift" Sunny looked around at which swimsuit she was going to wear "You're also going to have to bring some of the girls from the club"

"Why? I thought it was going to us for a vacation?" questioned Roberta "Well it was mainly Chelsea's idea because she thought the girls could use a vacation, plus what's hotter than a bunch of girls in swimsuits?", Roberta laughed at that notion. It definitely reminded her of her film career "Okay, I guess the girls could use a break. I'll have to see who wants to come along. I hope that boat is big enough for everyone"

"If you bring Daisy and Riley tell them to keep the making out in public to a minimum"

"Sunny, come on, they're just really happy being together"

"Alright but if they start going topless then I'm not responsible if people start recording their with their phones"

Roberta started laughing "Okay I'll remind them when I see them".

"See you in a few days. Love you, bye".

A few days later

It took Geraldine two hours the previous day to prepare her yacht for sail. When Joannie gave her the boat Geraldine spent hours reading about sailing and boat engines. This would be the first time she take her out on the water. She also learned that taking care of a boat was a lot harder to take care, it was a lot harder than repairing a car. Sunny and Chelsea looked on Geraldine sailed to towards the dock.

"Bloody hell, you really do like a sailor" Chelsea looked on as Geraldine docked "I don't know anything about boats but I'm probably have to one up you with a private jet or helicopter" Sunny amused "Shit girl, you better be good at flyin' a chopper. I heard those lessons are hard as fuck" said Geraldine as she roped her yacht to the dock "Your girlfriend show up yet?" Geraldine asked Sunny "She'll be here, it's going to be a long ass time to get from LS to Blaine". Sunny took off her shirt to reveal a green flannel bikini "You really are a lezzy to the bone" Chelsea stared at the green flannel "You're just upset that I bought this and you're wearing that" Sunny pointed to Chelsea's camouflaged bikini that she wore when she first arrived in Los Santos "Hey it's just as good, besides it's perfect for going commando" Chelsea says as she stripped out of her cut off shorts "Alright Geraldine, Sunny and I showed off our swimmers; now show off yours".

Geraldine took off her basketball jersey to reveal a yellow polka dot bikini "That goes really well with you" Sunny complemented "Thanks, I bought this way before I got here. Saw it in some expensive store and just bought it" Geraldine felt proud after buying her swimsuit "This thing was like four hundred dollars when I bought it" she proudly boasted "I'm surprised you haven't bought an Inferious, I mean I'm amazed that Cavalcade that you drive around still works" Sunny says as she prepared the cooler "Well shit it got me through my bounty career, may as well bulletproof that motherfucker".

A white van parked. Their guests had arrived. Roberta ran to Sunny.

She jumped into Sunny's arms and gave her a big kiss "Get a room you two" Chelsea snickers at them, Sunny responds by flipping her middle finger at Chelsea while kissing Roberta.

"God I missed" Roberta gave Sunny another kiss "I missed you too" Sunny gives Roberta a kiss of her own "So what do you think of this sail boat?".

Roberta was amazed by the size of Geraldine's sail boat "I wouldn't mind if we had a boat to sail on" she said as she gave Sunny a quick peck "I think for our first real vacation will be in the Caribbean or on an Italian beach" Sunny smiled "You love to spoil me" "I know".

"Hey not to break the mood but let's get this show on the road, I wanna jump off from the sail into the water" Chelsea was eager to get into the water "Uh uh motherfucker" Geraldine warned Chelsea "You are not jumpin' from that".

Everyone starts to board the sail boat; Sunny briefly stops Daisy and Riley. "Did Roberta talk to the both of you?" she asked "Yeah, no making out. Way to be a downer" Daisy pouted "But if you two behave, when we really need a quick distraction then have at it" Sunny slyly winks "Aw you're too sweet" Riley blew a kiss at Sunny. "Alright, everyone on board" Geraldine announces. She starts the engine.

Within twenty minutes of leaving everyone starts enjoying themselves. Sunny went over to check with Geraldine "How's everything going?" she wondered "It's gonna be a while before we can get there" Geraldine looked over the horizon "I'm still surprised that the real estate agent who sold you your house gave this to you as a present" Sunny was still in disbelief after Geraldine told her how Joannie gave this as a going away present before transferring to the east coast "Well she gave it me before she left for the East Coast, guess I got lucky". Geraldine however never mentioned how she really obtained. That Joannie bought it off a woman that Geraldine would later drown in the ocean for her. Even if she told the truth about everything it would be hard to believe.

They eventually reach the destination. Geraldine dropped the anchor. "Okay we're here" Sunny announced, the girls start to unwind as their vacation began. "Hey I'm just curious about something" Chelsea wondered as adjusted her sunglasses "How are we gonna find out which boat this guy is on? Better yet how are we going to film this fuck when he arrives?".

Sunny grabbed a bottle of SPF-50 "Pierce told me that the name of the boat is called 'Lion of Tehran', it's a large fancy type; so watch out" she squirted a glob of sunscreen "Right now let's just focus on havin' fun" says Geraldine as she secured the anchor "Yeah I guess you're right" Chelsea took off her sunglasses "Cannon-!" she was about to jump in "Wait" Sunny halted her "Did you put any sunscreen on? You're going to get burned if you didn't put any on" she warned,

"Yes mum" Chelsea sarcastically retorted "You didn't, did you?"

"I did, I mean I may have missed some spots but I did". Geraldine scoffed "Shit man, we're gonna be laughin' our asses if you get burned".

"Whatever, make way!" Chelsea jumped overboard into the water "She gonna get burned" Geraldine tells Sunny "Yeah but it's gonna be funny if she does get burned".

Eventually Sunny and Roberta spent time reacquainting their eagerness to talk to each other again "How you've been baby?" Roberta looked over to her heart's desire "I've been keeping busy, you know just trying to do the right thing" Sunny subtly answered "You make it sound like you've done something bad while you've been here". Sunny did her best to give cover a story "I just-I don't know, I been through a lot" Sunny didn't give her a proper answer "Baby I know when something's up, you look a bit different" Roberta lifted her sunglasses "You look like you're hurting again".

Sunny rubbed her forehead "You're still having bad dreams, I can tell". Sunny sighed "I had one...a few weeks ago" she was embarrassed to say "Baby, there's nothing to ashamed of".

Sunny felt some relief after confessing how her nightmares had been plaguing her "Come on turn around, I'm going to put sunscreen on your back" Roberta squeezed a glob of white SPF on her hands and gently rubbed it on Sunny's tattooed back "You know when you told me about everything you went through as a girl, it made me understand you a lot more. It was really brave of you to tell me those things" Sunny carefully listened to Roberta as she rubbed her back "I thought you needed to know. After what happened that night with me and my sister, I thought you needed to know what I really did as a kid. I never let anyone in because I was scared" Sunny briefly looked back at Roberta.

"You know, your sister was the one who gave you back your teddy bear. She really does care about you" Roberta mentioned Biscuit "I know; I had an inkling it was her. I'm glad she did" Sunny smiled "I also know that you're the one who set up that meeting between us".

"Okay you're turn" Roberta lay down on her stomach. Sunny squirted sunscreen on her palm and started to rub it all over Roberta's back "That reminds me, I haven't seen your sister as of late. Wonder where she is?" Roberta curiously wondered "Oh, she's working on a case..." Sunny lied as only she and her compatriots knew the real reason why Linda wasn't seen as much "She's working on case here in town" "Really? Her work brought her out here? That must be hard for her.

"Well she's a patient woman, she's just a hard worker". After finishing up Sunny laid next to Roberta and relaxed.

The girls from the club started to tan or decided to take a dip. Geraldine decided to swim and jumped off her yacht into the water. Chelsea climbed back on board and dried off "Hey you two, aren't supposed to be swimming?".

Sunny and Roberta smiled at each other playfully "Wanna take a dip?" Sunny asked "Sure! As long as there isn't any sharks in there" Roberta laughed as she and Sunny jumped into the water.

Within the hour everyone is one on the boat enjoying themselves with beer and bratwurst. Chelsea stands watch as their target was in sight. Chelsea takes out her phone.

'Hey! Lion of Tehran spotted! Several clicks of our position!' she texted, Sunny peered over the railing and saw the target yacht from a distance 'Alright, play it smart...try not to let them know that they're being watched' Sunny texted back 'Shit they're heading towards this way!' Chelsea rapidly texted 'Play it cool!'.

Sunny signaled Geraldine.

Geraldine looked over as their target approached "Ideas?" Geraldine whispered "We're going to need a small distraction..." Sunny looked over at Daisy and Riley.

'Daisy, need a small distraction. Can you & Riley do...;D? '. Daisy whispered to Riley. Riley simply nodded and the two start kissing each. The other girls start whistling at them and encouraging them.

"Hey come on! You two! You promised!" Roberta came over laughing and attempted to break them apart.

Chelsea got a view with her camera. She snapped as many photos as she could. She saw Shayfee on the deck looking over their boat. His in comparison was way bigger than Geraldine's yacht.

The girls onboard looked on as the yacht passed by. They were mostly astonished by the size of it. They could hear the Persian music playing esquisitly in the background. It eventually passes without stopping. "Damn, that was a nice ass boat" one of the girls says "Hey my boat is just as nice" Geraldine defended her boat. Chelsea climbed down and hid the camera "Alright gawking at that boat! Let's get back to partying!" she happily hollered. All the girls started to snicker. Geraldine and Sunny looked at Chelsea, they goofily held their snickers "What?" Chelsea looked confused "What's laughing at? What? My string got loose?".

"Don't look in the mirror" Sunny snickered loudly "What? A bug landed on me or something?" Chelsea quickly used her phone and saw what everone was laughing at "What the-? My face! It's all red!".

The snickers turned into laughs "That's not funny!" Chelsea fumed "Goddammit! My face is gonna peel!". The laughs grew louder "Shit I told you we were gonna laugh our asses off!" Geraldine laughed "Shut up!" Chelsea tried to hide her face. Sunny realized that they got everything that they needed. It was time to head back.

"Okay, we're done laughing at Chelsea for burning herself. Let's get out of here before the sun goes down".

Geraldine raised the anchor and started the engine.

The Hanger

Sunny handed Pierce the chip with the photos "I think we got everything".

"Did he manage to see you?" Pierce wondered "He probably didn't notice, to him we were just a boat full of strippers having fun" she amused "You said he broke into the drug trade, right? Do you know how he's moving the product?" Sunny wondered "It's possible he might be using the Aztecas gang to move product around the state.

Also possible that maybe he's teaming up with your ex best friend". Sunny's eyes lit up "You're saying...?" she suddenly questioned "Not sure but I heard he's been trying to expand the market from Los Santos to Carcer City. It's rumored that he's trying to wrangle what's left of the Wei Chang Triad back to Los Santos".

"Just terrific" Sunny sighed "Right now all we got is Shafyee in town, it's gonna be a while before we can get any further information. It might lead into something bigger" Pierce speculated "Who are you really?" Sunny wondered "I mean you couldn't have organized this with government help".

Pierce looked at her through his sunglasses "What difference does that make if that isn't my real name? You could go ahead and shoot me but how far is that going to get you? As far as you're concerned I fit the profile of someone who was killed in a helicopter crash during a mission in the Afghan-Pakistani border region while hunting down insurgents. Or better yet someone who was killed during a hostage crisis by FARC terrorists". Sunny looked over without a definitive answer.

"Who do you belong to? FIB? IAA?" she kept on guessing

"IAA? You're fucking joking. I wouldn't be caught dead working with that fucking amateur third rate agency" he coldly scoffed "Those pricks go around acting like they're the shield of the whole fucking universe, they couldn't get guard a goddamn shopping mall if their lives depended on it".

Sunny shook her head "What is it about this place that you brought you here? It can't be the bloggers or the fake celebrities? What's your angle?".

"People want to get ahead of themselves. Cause a disruption or two in the world. Certain things are trying to put it out of order. Those things need to be kept in order. And I'm the one who needs to keep those things in order".

They looked at each other without blinking.

Sunny leaves without a clear understanding of things. She and her friends were the puppets whose strings were pulled in whatever direction needed to be pulled in. An unknown force that pulled the strings to it's own whim.

...

Roberta lay next to Sunny as they soundly slept next to each other. As Sunny came back from her drop off she and Roberta hurriedly stripped out of their swimsuits and embraced each other lovingly. Their hands and kisses tenderly caressing around their bodies. They didn't say much other than kissing each other and staring into each other's eyes. The sunlight crept up in their hotel room.

Sunny yawned as she woke up "Morning sleepy head" she woke her love up "Best sleep I had in a long time" Roberta stretched her limbs and resting her arm against Sunny's chest.

"I forgot how much I missed sleeping next to you" Roberta snuggled up next to Sunny "Me too". They lay in silence as Sunny gently ran her fingers through Roberta's curly hair "So about that spot for your club, looked really impressive" she praised "Right? It's perfect for dancing".

"Yeah. Now we have to find bar tenders. Cooks. Couple bouncers. Maybe some more hot girls" Sunny chuckled "We can all do that, once you wrap up whatever you're doing here" Roberta rolled onto Sunny's stomach "Which is...?" Roberta playfully hummed "I have a few things here to do then we'll look for potential employees" Sunny says as she stroked Roberta's hair "You know I've been thinking the whole time you were gone, I kept asking myself 'What is she up to?' and 'I hope she's staying out of trouble' I tell myself".

Sunny smiled "I've been a good girl". She lifted herself up with Roberta in her embrace "You better behavior" Roberta softly kissed her "Girl scouts honor" Sunny teased.

After a few hours the girls start packing up to get back to Los Santos. They were tired from the amount of partying they had done.

Roberta held Sunny's hands "Let me know when you're done with everything here, we got lots of work to do with the nightclub" Roberta reminded "Yeah I know" Sunny kisses her "Stop with the smooches already" Chelsea interrupted "Shut it" Sunny tells her. Roberta held her laugh in as she looked at Chelsea's face "Don't laugh, it's not funny".

After Chelsea came back home she immediately ointment to her face. It was going to take days for her face to peel off her sunburned skin "Oh come on, it's not that bad" Roberta says with a smile "I mean technically it is your own fault" Sunny nudged her arm "How was I supposed to know it was your cherry blossom face cream" Chelsea crossed her arms "Uh the words on the bottom saying face cream?" Sunny reminded her of her mistake "Whatever Chelsea sneered "Hey Sunny mentioned something about a meth lab being in your house, please tell me she's joking".

"Ugh god! I don't have a meth lab!" Chelsea grunted in frustration "Okay so you are joking" Roberta chuckled "Anyways, see you when I get back baby" Sunny kissed her love goodbye.

They waved goodbye as Sunny finally relaxed for once.

And with that she knew everything was going to be okay.

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