Chapter 5: The Concrete Soldier
Too Catch a Murderer and his Guns
New Arcadia
The sun had already risen on this new day in New Arcadia as Alison found herself stepping out of her apartment wearing a pair of blue jean pants, black boots, and a black collared shirt while her long brown hair was tied into a ponytail and in almost a quick huff she moved to Mark's door and started knocking on it. To say the dinner the night before went well was a understatement to Alison. All she originally wanted was to learn a little more about Marcus and his family, but she wasn't expecting what he gave her.
A total of ten murderers and two different stash houses of weapons in New Arcadia. When she told Lieutenant Locke he couldn't believe his ears and wanted to know how she got the information and if her source was creditable. In truth she was taking a big chance trusting Mark's information, but if this meant getting weapons off the street and solving two major cases it was worth the shot.
After knocking two more times the door quickly slid open and revealed a tired looking Chinese-American man wearing a black wife-beater, black sleep pants, and white socks that was wiping the sleep from his eyes.
"Can I help you?" Lee asked as Alison got a glimpse inside of the house where she noticed a Mexican man sleeping on one couch and a blonde haired man on another while an Indian man was on the floor.
"Yes I hoping to speak with Marcus?" she asked as Lee combed his hair back with his right hand.
"Sorry but he left out about forty-five minutes ago." Lee replied with a chuckle.
"Right he mentioned that last night." She said earning a raised eyebrow from Lee.
"Last night!" Lee repeated.
"Yeah we had…dinner together." She said earning a loud "Wait" from inside of the house as Link, Felix, and Manfred approached the door.
"You had dinner with our brother…that make you our sister-in-law?" Lee asked with a chuckle earning a slight blush from Alison.
"No I…was just getting to know my neighbor a little better." She said earning a chuckle from the group.
"I'm sorry I'm Alison Trueblood." She said extending her hand to the group.
"Lee, this is Felix, Lincoln Aka Link, and Manfred." Lee said introducing the group.
"Nice to meet you, so you're his friends?" she asked while shaking each of their hands.
"No we're his brothers we've been together since the system, if you know what that means." Stated Lee earning a nod from Alison.
"He mentioned that." She said earning a nod from the group.
"Well then if you hear from him tell him I'd like to see for him later." She said earning nods from the group before walking away.
"He never mentioned dating the cop." Said Manfred.
"Hell being around the cop is a big red flag." Said Felix.
"Whatever he's got planned, I hope it's smart." Said Lee before his cellphone started to ring causing him to answer it.
"Yeah!" he said before taking in the voice of Davey on the other end.
"Brother we have a problem, a very very small problem." Davey stated on the other end of the phone.
Brent
Just a few miles outside the city limits of Red Stick and across the Mississippi River was a small city known as Brent. Brent was a rather small city with a rather small population. When one is driving down the long stretch of road that leads into the town they might confuse it for just a wooden area outside of the city limits and not a town. It didn't have any real major attractions other than the might Brent Oak Tree which was over three-hundred and fifty years old.
Another thing about the town that made it unique was housing. There were more trailers in this town than houses and those living there were basically living on top of each other. One could go through a streets where there were houses and trailers on the same street and there was no real racial divide between resident even though the town was over seventy percent white and amongst those there that weren't actual residents were two Natives that were a very very far from home.
"AH!" said Task as he gave violent grunt after being punched in the face by a Caucasian man with a shaved head, bright blue eyes, and wearing a blue t-shirt over a black leather vest, blue jean pants, and black boots.
"Doug enough." Came a new voice as Task looked up at the man and spit blood on the floor while Adahy sat beside him in silence as a skinny Caucasian man wearing a brown shirt with a confederate flag printed on the front, acid washed blue jean pants, and black boots.
"Bobby wants them in one-piece not busted up." He said before approaching the duo and noticing the blood leaking from their foreheads and noses.
"Man good help is hard to find these days." He said with a chuckle before looking over Task and Adahy.
"Sorry where's my manners my names Hasil, what's yours?" he asked earning silence from the duo.
"Cat your tongue." He said with a chuckle.
"Right after the kidnapping, robbing, and beating you all took I'd wouldn't be much for conversation either. In truth though all I need you two to do is listen." Hasil said with a chuckle.
"My brother has a proposal for you both and I think you'd want to hear him out…if you want to get out of here alive." He stated before standing up and walking out of the room leaving Task and Adahy alone.
"You got any ideas?" Task asked while turning to Adahy.
"Yeah the next prick that comes through that door I'm gonna break his skull in half." Said Adahy replied earning a nod from Task as the duo continued to look for the door.
New Arcadia
After arriving at the NAPD Police Station it wasn't long before Alison found herself readying up and mobilizing for the bust. As she sat in the passenger seat of a police issued Buffalo with Tavon and Regina her heart was beating fast like it always would before a bust. She was also gripping her police issue MP5 Submachine Gun extra tight while her bulletproof vest hugged her torso almost like a child, being that the group was raiding a series of weapons stashes and going after murderers they weren't taking any chances with things.
"We're almost to the location." Said Tavon over his radio.
"Alright remember we have a two minute window to hit all two targets so they can't alert their pals so go in fast and hit them hard." Said Locke replied over his Walkie Talkie.
"Kick ass and take names like we do." Added Sawyer with a chuckle as Locke pulled his Buffalo away from the group while two vehicles of NOOSE officers followed after them while two more vehicles followed after Alison's group.
"Any advice for having the Jitters before a bust Alison?" Regina asked earning wide eyes from the girl.
"Yeah my superiors used to always tell me to always expected the unexpected." She replied.
"Amen to that." Said Tavon as the group finally arrived at an old beat up house in the cities 9th Ward before quickly stepping out of their cars.
"Get in positions." Said Tavon as he moved for the front door while Alison and Regina moved to the sides with NOOSE officers following after them.
"Breaching!" Tavon yelled before kicking in the door and rushing into the home while screaming NAPD at the top of his lungs.
"Shit!" said Alison as and Regina caught the sound of men moving around the house and even a few yells as both women look to the back of the house where they noticed an African American man wearing a white hat rush out of the backdoor before running for the fences.
"Freeze get on the ground-!" Alison yelled but her words quickly went on deafs ears as the man pulled out a Glock 19 and fired two shots her way causing her to roll to cover along with two of NOOSE members while one unlikely one found himself taking two in the chest.
"Son of a bitch!" yelled a NOOSE officer as he fired a single shot from his LWRC PSD Assault Rifle that hit the man square in the back and caused him to hit the ground hard.
"Move up!" Alison said before leading the NOOSE members towards the man who trying to reach for his gun only for Alison to kick it away.
"I can't feel my legs." The man started while giving a loud groan.
"You have the right to remain-."Started Alison before a NOOSE member stopped her.
"Unconscious!" yelled the NOOSE member that struck the man in the side of the head with the butt off his weapon knocking him to the floor to Alison's dismay as she watched the officers start to beat on the helpless man.
"You think you can shoot a cop and walk away from it." Asked a NOOSE member as he continued to kick the man in the chest with Alison moving to say something only to be stopped by Regina.
"Don't bother girl this how they send message to dudes who think they can shoot cops and run." The Narcotics officer stated prompting Alison to look back at the NOOSE member who lying on the group while officers stood over him. She knew that officer beatings were illegal and frowned highly upon it but she knew that if there was a way to help maintain order on the streets…some manner of discipline was necessary.
"Girls get in here!" yelled Tavon prompting the two women to walk away from the scene while the man continued to groan while officers beat him.
"What's us?" asked Regina as they entered the house and noticed five people on the floor in handcuffs.
"Check it out!" Tavon said before entering the room carrying two AK-47 Assault Rifle while NOOSE officers did the same with some Tec-9's and Glock 19's.
"Looks like your tip was good." Said Regina as the duo smiled at each other.
"It was better than good." Came the voice of Sawyer on the other end of the radio.
"Alison can you hear me." Locke asked earning the woman's attention.
"Yes sir I hear you loud and clear." She said.
"Good because when you see whoever gave you this information give him big wet kiss for me." Said Locke as he, Derrick, and Sawyer found themselves standing in a room in New Arcadia that had AK-47's, Mini Uzi's, Mac-10's, Shotguns, and almost a dozen pistols lining a cabinet.
"Talk about a big find." Said Derrick with a chuckle.
Red Stick
After leaving school Mark quickly found himself getting a phone call from Lee telling him to meet them at the clubhouse for a problem. So the youngest Roman quickly drove back to the clubhouse without any regard for the rules of the road as he pulled up in front of his grandmother's old home and stepped out of his car before rushing inside.
"What's the problem?" Mark asked as he walked inside and noticed Lee, Felix, Manfred, Link, Davey, and Eddy sitting around the couch before moving aside allowing Mark to take in the sight of a boy who couldn't have been no more than fifteen with short brown hair, bright green eyes, and wearing a gray colored shirt, blue jean pants, and skateboard shoes.
"Hey brother." The boy said as Mark quickly recognized him and realized that the young before him was Buck Barrett, Mark's prospect while he was a part of BSU's Sunbelt Chapter.
"No hell no send him back." said Mark as he walked out of the room.
"Come on Mark here me out." Said Buck as he ran after Mark.
"What's there to hear Bucky you shouldn't be here." Mark stated with venom in his tone.
"I should be where my mentor is." The young man replied with venom of his own.
"You were the reason I wanted to join BSU and then you left without taking me with you and that's some bullshit." Buck added.
"I left you because I left BSU and unlike you I didn't have anything to stay in Sunbelt for but you do. You have a family that you should be with now." Mark replied.
"You've met my family and you know what they're like, I'm better off with you." He replied earning loud scoffs from Lee, Felix, Manfred, Davey, and Eddy.
"Brother you're better off far away from us, by our logic dude." Said Lee with a chuckle.
"We ain't Lance and all those other assholes back in Sunbelt Bucky we're different then them and you don't want to be apart of the that." Stated Mark.
"Maybe I do." He replied while looking Mark square in the eyes.
"I know why you left Sunbelt Mark, all those other guys might not have seen it but I know why and it damn sure wasn't because you were afraid of Lance. You left because of her and what she did." Stated Buck earning wide eyes from Mark.
"I have no love for her or a brother who could do that to another brother, so you can understand my reasoning for being here with the rest of you. The real Brothers who Stand United." The young man added earning a few seconds of silence from Mark and the group before his cellphone broke everyone from their trance.
"We'll talk about this later." Said Mark as he looked at his phone and noticed he had a text message from an unknown number.
"Lee Felix with me." Said Mark as the trio pushed past Buck who stood in silence watching them as they left of the house.
"Can today get any more fucked up?" Mark asked before walking away.
Brent
The sound of the door opening is what caught Task attention as he looked to Adahy who gave a wicked smile as he went to run at the door before the sound of a Shotgun being cocked caused him to sit back down.
"These them?" came a new voice as Task and Adahy watched a tall Caucasian man who must have stood about six foot two with short black hair and wearing a black leather jacket over a black t-shirt, black jeans, and black boots.
"Yeah this is him Bobby." Hasil said as Bobby looked over the duo.
"Why are they beaten?" he asked with anger in his tone.
"Well boss the boys they-." Hasil started before Bobby struck him over the head with enough force to make the man fall back.
"That's for not following my orders, now get out." He stated causing Hasil to slowly walk out of the room.
"Sorry about my friends they aren't used to being around people of your…complexion." Said Bobby stated while looking at the duo with a chuckle.
"Now I gotta say you did something yesterday I never thought I'd see. You beat Brock in a fight, hell I couldn't do that shit." He stated while still looking at the duo.
"Cut to the chase." Said Adahy finally breaking the silence and earning a nod from Bobby.
"Alright then…I want to become your new manager. I get a cut of your profits and in return I book you fights across the state and you don't wind up in a situation like this." Said Bobby with a chuckle.
"How does that sound?" he asked earning silence from Adahy.
"Now I know giving up your money is hard for you and so is putting down the fire-water, but what do you say we work together like we did on thanksgiving." Stated Bobby.
"You really think bringing up that bullshit holiday will-." Started Task before Bobby interrupted him.
"Nobody talking to you boy because as far as I'm concerned this my land not yours." Yelled Bobby.
"Your land!" said Adahy with venom in his voice earning Bobby's attention.
"As far as I'm concerned you have no authority here or anywhere. You see all the land around here was Muscogee land before the white man ever sailed, and then your fore-fathers stole it. They picked it up and sold as if they were entitled to it. So as far as I'm concerned the Louisiana Purchase don't mean shit and you and your people have no authority here." The Creek Warrior stated with venom in his tone.
"That so we have no authority here then I guess that means you won't be needing our currency." Said Bobby as he held up the wad of money Adahy had won in his fight.
"I'll take your words as indication that you're declining my offer. So I guess that means I have no use for either of you." Bobby started before rising back up to his feet.
"Enjoy your last moments together you'll need them to pray to whatever God you savages believe in." said Bobby before he walked out of the room where he noticed Hasil waiting for him.
"Tell the boys to start digging the holes around back." He said before moving past the man and out of the trailer where he looked around the trailer park that looked almost like it was taken from a book on Southern Redneck living.
As he took in the sight of his surrounding he failed to notice the black Sentinal parked across the street from the trailer park with an African American man behind the wheel with a phone to his ear.
New Arcadia
The drive to New Arcadia wasn't long for Mark, Lee, and Link as the youngest Roman parked his car just a few buildings down of a soul food restaurant in the cities 1nd Ward before stepping out and making their way for the door.
"Are you sure we can trust this guy?" Link asked.
"We're about to see but safeties off just in case." Said Mark as the trio entered the restaurant where they noticed a familiar heavy-set African American man sitting at a table by himself.
"Marcus." Said Joe earning a nod from the youngest Roman who took a seat across from him while Lee and Felix took a seat on his side.
"Joe what do I owe the meeting?" Mark asked with a slight smile.
"Well the fact that you're still breathing after killing those boys on the corner would be enough." Joe said earning a slight chuckle from Mark.
"Aye that's true." Said Mark with a chuckle.
"So why did you call me here." The youngest Roman asked.
"The other day you mentioned Dockington and working for Leroy Barksdale." Said Joe earning a nod from Mark.
"Leroy was BGA in Dockington-." Joe started before Mark interrupted him.
"And you're BGA from Sunbelt." Said Mark earning a nod from Joe.
"That's right so you must know I got in contact with Leroy last night to talk about you, and you know the one word he used to describe you and your crew?" Joe asked earning a slight smile from Mark.
"Creative!" Mark replied with a chuckle.
"Effective!" Said Joe earning a nod from Mark.
"Leroy said he ordered you to do killings you did it, to do hijackings you did it, to take corners…you did it and you earned a nickname for yourself…the Concrete Soldier. He said you climbed the ranks real fast in his organization to the point where you was almost as BGA lieutenant…until a little disagreement happened." Started Joe before Mark started to chuckle.
"If that's what they want to call trying to kill me so someone else can take control of the streets." Stated Mark earning a nod from Joe while Lee and Link eyed the television that was turned to the news that was going a broadcast on one of the biggest weapons bust in New Arcadia history.
"They greenlit you for death." Joe started before Mark gave a chuckle.
"They greenlight me and a RICO case comes crashing down on them ain't that some shit." Said Mark earning a nod from Joe.
"Leroy knows you didn't snitch, but a lot of the other leaders don't feel the same way so he wanted me to have you killed." The Drug Kingpin started while Lee and Link put their hands behind their backs to grab the handles of their Pistols.
"Are you gonna follow through with that order Joe?" Mark asked with an evil smile while Joe gave him a few seconds of silence.
"No…I won't but you have to prove just how effective you are to me and in return, I tell Leroy you're dead and you bring that effectiveness to me." Said Joe earning a chuckle from Mark.
"Alright I'll show you what I can do but all I have is one demand." Started Mark earning a chuckle from Joe.
"You can worry about your demands after you prove yourself." He said.
"Alright what do you want me to do?" the youngest Roman asked.
"What do you know about Rednecks?" Joe asked earning a chuckle from Mark.
"They're a bunch of country-bumpkins who like to live outside the city limits where they can smoke meth, drink moonshine, and fuck their sisters." Mark stated earning a nod from Joe.
"Yeah well a few of them have taken up underground fighting and last night they snatched up two of my associates and I need you bring them back to me alive." Said Joe earning a nod and a smile from Mark.
"Alright I can do that, but I must ask why aren't you having any of your guys doing this?" Mark asked with a slight chuckle from Joe.
"You should get going, I'll text you the address and some of my boys will be there to watch how you perform and some of them you already know." Stated Joe earning a slight chuckle from Mark.
"Alright consider it done." Said Mark before he rose from his seat with Lee and Link before the trio made their way out of the restaurant.
"Looks like your plan worked you took most of his guns off the streets along with most of his hitters." Said Lee earning a nod from Mark.
"Exactly he'll see this as police looking in on him, so now he's gotta outsource some hitters to keep his organization silent." Mark said with a slight chuckle.
"And this will bring you into his table." Said Link.
"Aye and another source of income for the group." Said Mark as the duo continued down the road.
"Yeah but what are you gonna do about Bucky. I get having him here is bad but he does have a point he'll be better off with us then back in Sunbelt." Stated Lee earning a low groan from Mark.
"We'll talk about this later." Said Mark as the trio passed a seafood shop where they noticed a black Buffalo parked out front with an African American man in the driver seat checking his phone.
"Dumbass." Said Lee as Mark took a sniff of the air before taking a look inside of the seafood shop where he noticed a familiar brown haired woman standing behind the counter.
"Yo I'll catch up with you." Said Mark to the duo confusion before they looked inside of the seafood shop and saw the familiar woman.
"Recognize that ass anywhere." Said Lee as Link rubbed his forehead.
"Aye brother what I get putting use to her but we don't need another mother." Said Link earning a middle finger from Mark before he walked into the restaurant where Alison was standing in line looking behind the counter.
"Throw on that Creole accent for us brother." Said Lee with a chuckle earning another middle finger from Mark who approached Alison.
The woman was then taken off-guard as she felt a soft clean smelling article of clothing being layed upon her shoulders as she looked down at it she noticed that it was a black zip-up jacket with a white dragon design on the left side. After taking in the sight of the jacket she turned her head and quickly noticed a familiar man standing behind her with a slight smile.
"Bonjou, my brothers tell me you've been looking for me." said Mark earning a smile from Alison.
"Yes I wanted to talk to you about what you gave me last night." She said earning a nod from Mark.
"Did you tell anyone else I gave it to you or who I am?" he asked earning a shake of the head from Alison.
"No-." she started before Mark stopped.
"Good keep it that way." He said as Alison went to speak to him just as she watched him grab a drink from a cooler before paying for it.
"We need to talk about this." She said earning a nod from Mark.
"Wi laterright now I have to handle something and so do you." He said before moving to walk away before Alison stopped him again.
"Don't you want your jacket?" she asked.
"No it's about to rain and a white shirt and rain in New Arcadia don't mix." She said earning a confused look from Alison.
"Am I interrupting something?" came a new voice as Mark and Alison turned their heads and noticed Regina stepping out of the back.
"Non nothing at all." Said Mark with a slight chuckle before he turned to Alison.
"Wa pli tar Alison." Mark said.
(See you Later Alison)
After those words left his lips Mark quickly found himself walking out of the store while Alison turned to Regina.
"Who was that?" the Narcotics officer asked.
"Just some guy who just approached me." Alison replied earning a nod from Tavon.
"He give you his jacket?" she asked earning a nod from Alison.
"Yeah he said it was going to rain." She replied earning a nod from Regina.
"You becoming really popular here girl." Regina said earning a raised eyebrow from Alison.
"Really why is that?" she asked.
"Let's just say that Creole boy ain't the only person around here with their eyes on you." She said just as the woman came up and handed the woman a bag of dinner plates.
"Really who else." Alison asked with a raised eyebrow while grabbing her bag.
"You'll find out sooner than you think." Said Regina as the two women stepped out of the restaurant just as it started to rain.
"Damn!" said Regina as they both ran to the car and climbed inside.
"The weather here changes fast." Alison said earning a chuckle from Tavon.
"You ain't in LS or Liberty anymore, the weather here can change like flipping a light switch." Said Tavon as he snapped his fingers.
"Whatever just drive." Said Regina as Tavon drove away from the restaurant.
"So what did that Creole boy tell you Alison?" Regina asked earning a slight blush from Alison.
"Creole boy what Creole boy?" Tavon asked.
"Nothing really you know he approached me and asked me my name and we talked a little bit." She said earning a confused look from Tavon.
"What Creole boy?" he asked again with Alison breathing a sigh of relief that she didn't see Marcus because he already knew his face.
"Alison got approached by a Creole dude while I was in the bathroom and he was chatting her up." Regina said earning a blush from Alison.
"You didn't give him no attention did you?" Tavon asked.
"She must have she wearing his jacket." Regina replied as Tavon took in the sight of the jacket.
"You fell for that French accent didn't you." He said with a hint of jealousy in his voice.
"What can you say Tavon, it's the language of love." Regina said with a chuckle while Alison remained silent before decided to speak to change the subject.
"What's a Creole?" she asked earning confused looks from the duo.
"Right you ain't from here I keep forgetting that so let me explain-." Started Regina.
"Creole people are people who are descents of the early Colonial Settlers in Louisiana, who were mostly French and Spanish. They called them Creole to show they were born in Louisiana and not France. A lot of people think Creole only extend to white people but it also extends to blacks who families were more than likely slaves around this time and as more people moved into Louisiana they started mixing with the Creole." Said Regina.
"The Creole people ain't completely gone though there are still areas in Louisiana where French is spoken more than English and I think maybe one town where Spanish is widely spoken by everyone. You can't really tell who Creole by appearance but if you ever seen a TV show with a character with a thick New Arcadian accent he's Creole." Stated Tavon.
"Also if they speak French. I gotta say Alison if you date it that's good I have never met a Creole person who couldn't cook. They people like to have them cooking at a young age." Said Regina earning a roll of the eye from Tavon while Alison gave another blush before looking down at Mark's jacket and zipped it up over her torso.
Brent
An hour must have passed since Bobby left Task and Adahy to themselves and in that time the duo had sat mostly in silence for to them there wasn't much to say. The two Natives were warriors in their own rights and if they died they would rather die as warriors and that's what they intended to do. If anyone came through the door with a gun or not they would attack them no matter what.
"Holes are dug." Said Hasil as he entered the trailer.
"Where's Bobby?" he asked.
"He left about a few minutes ago said for you take care of those guys." The heavy-set man from earlier replied earning a nod from Hasil.
"Alright get the Shotgun and let's get this over with." He said without realizing that two cars were parked outside the trailer park and a black Buccaneer and a black Moonbeam pulling up before stopping in front of them as Mark stepped out with Link, Felix, and Lee in tow while Davey, Eddy, and Buck stepped out of the last.
"So who's watching us?" Link asked as Mark gave a low groan.
"I already know." Said Mark as he watched Maurice and Marrick step out of the car behind them with serious looks on their faces. The groups didn't make any conversation with each other and instead just seemed to watch other.
"Help me ready up." Said Mark as Lee popped the trunk of the Buccaneer revealing a black tarp lining the floor. As the group removed the tarp they revealed an assortment of handguns.
"Can't wait to see how this baby works." Said Felix as he picked up the Desert Eagle only for Mark to put his hand on the gun to the man's confusion.
"Actually none of you have to use a gun. I'm the one that has to do the proving so I might as well give these pricks a show." Said Mark as Felix handed him the Desert Eagle that he tucked into the back of his hands before grabbing both of his Glock 17's with silver slides before tucking them into the sides of his pants then putting on a pair of black gloves so he wouldn't leave fingerprints.
"Whatever show off." Said Felix with anger in his voice.
"Watch and learn Bucky this is the kind of things we do that Sunbelt wishes they could." Said Lee as Buck sent a look to Mark who sent a look to Maurice and Marrick before sticking his middle finger at the two men while Link approached him.
"Any advice?" Mark asked as Link nodded his head.
"Pop off a few rounds just to get the women and children inside and the Rednecks at you." The Blonde haired man stated earning a nod from Mark who started to make his way to the entrance of the trailer park while pulling a black face mask over his mouth and nose.
"He's going in alone?" asked Marrick as Maurice continued to eye his son just as a few Rednecks noticed him and started to approach him.
"You don't belong here boy." Said a man wearing a do-rag with a confederate flag design as he approached Mark who started to chuckle at the man.
"I think I'm where I need to be." Said Mark as he lifted one of his Glock's and fired a single-shot that hit the man square in the head and caused his head to jerk back with enough force that if he were alive would have most likely left him with a severe case of whiplash.
"Damn!" yelled another Redneck as Mark lifted his other Glock and fired two shots that connected with the center of the man's back and his neck.
"What's going on?" asked Hasil as he ran out of his trailer to notice a group of Rednecks running down the road carrying Handguns and Shotguns.
"A nigger came in and started shooting up the place." A man with a Mossberg 500 Shotgun said before running off while Mark stood in the middle of the road with a smile on his face as he watched the Rednecks run towards him.
"Step right up step right up." Said Mark with a sadistic smile as he fired a round from both guns that struck a Redneck twice in the chest and causing him to hit the ground with a thud and start rolling.
"Focus!" he said to himself as time seemed to slow for him allowing him to see things more clearly as he fired off two more shots that struck one Redneck in the cheek and another in the side of the neck. He knew that firing both guns in the fashion he was doing greatly reduced accuracy and many people were to stupid to realize it, so instead of targeting the head Mark was almost exclusively aiming for the chest of his targets.
He quickly fired two more rounds that struck a main with a Shotgun in the chest and caused him to hit the ground with a thud.
"Come on you fucking Rednecks." Said Mark as he fired a quick shot at a Redneck that actually struck the man's left eye and sent him spinning to the floor.
"Kill that fucking nigger!" yelled a Redneck with an M16 as he started to shoot at Mark causing him to barrel roll to cover behind a broken down car where he started to reload his guns while three men with AR-15's and Shotguns started to shoot at the car, shattering the back windows and sending glass flying over Mark's head.
"Damnit!" said Mark as more shots went off around him before he heard the sound of an sounding and watched as three ATV's, each carrying two men, speeding towards him.
"Oh shit!" said Mark as the men riding on the back of the passenger seats each pulled out guns and started to shoot at Mark causing him to crouch down lower while pulling out his Desert Eagle before firing a single round that was powerful enough to hit the gunmen in the back before exploding out of his chest and hitting the driver in his own back causing him to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a trailer.
"Gotta admit Rednecks are creative down here." Said Mark before more rounds from the Assault Rifles caused him to lower himself again just as fire could be seen rising from the hood of the car he was using as cover while the two remaining ATV's sped his way.
"Damn!" said Mark before he noticed a propane tank next to a barbeque grill resting on the ground before the trailer next to the men shooting at him.
"Creative but still dumb as shit!" said Mark as he cocked his Desert Eagle before jumping out firing shots at the Propane Tank.
"Shouldn't we help him?" asked Buck as he sent a look to Link and the others who remained still and silent before a loud explosion caught everyone's attention including Maurice and Marrick as they watched a cloud of flames rise high above the trailer park.
"That answer your question?" asked Felix as Mark rubbed his ringing ears before looking up and noticing that the body parts of the Rednecks on were raining from the skies and to make it worse the two ATV's had also fallen from the skies on top of two trailers a flaming wreck.
"Hopefully nobody was in there." Said Mark as he started to make his way deeper into the trailer park while Maurice and Marrick found themselves standing in awe at what the youngest Roman had just done.
"Shit we got company." Said a Redneck as he ran in the trailer carrying Remington 870 Shotgun earning the attention of Hasil.
"Alright then that nigga ain't getting through." Said Hasil as he raised his Mossberg 500 Cruiser in the direction of the door along with the fat man from earlier who was carrying an M16 Carbine.
As the trio continued to look at the door they failed to notice the youngest Roman looking at them from the window with a smile.
"You gotta love dumbasses." Said Mark as he put his Desert Eagle back in his pants before drawing his two Glock's and taking a deep breath.
"Hi there!" said Mark as he repeatedly squeezed the trigger of his two Pistols and let off a barrage of bullets into the window striking the fat Redneck in the six times back and the other three times in the backside before finishing him off with a round to the head.
"Shit-!" started Hasil before he felt a burning sensation in his butt as Mark fired three rounds into his lower back until his guns gave causing him to vault in the room and scan the area with his weapons at the ready before reloading.
"Stupid nigger!" said Hasil as he crawled to his Shotgun and went to aim it at Mark who kicked the gun out of his hands before firing a shot from his gun into the Redneck's ankle earning a loud shriek from the man followed by a kick to the face to shut him up.
"One moment please." Said Mark as he pulled his mask down before picking up Hasil's Shotgun and making his way down the halls of the trailer while checking the rooms closely as he came up to a room at the end of the hall and kicking the door down startling both Task and Adahy who eyed the youngest Roman closely.
"Looks like you guys need a hand." Said Mark as he approached the duo and started to untie their binds.
"Who are you?" asked Adahy.
"A friend of Heavy Joe he sent me to get you guys." Said Mark as he finished untying the duo.
"Guess we owe that fast bastard one." Said Task with a chuckle as Mark finally let the duo out before leading them out of the room.
"Fucking bitches." Said Hasil as he tried to crawl on his belly out of the door of the trailer.
"Oh no you don't." said Task as he grabbed the man by his injured leg and pulled him back into the trailer.
"Mind if we do the honors?" Task asked while sending a look to a smiling Mark.
"Go for it!" said Mark as he handed Adahy Hasil's Shotgun before making his way into the kitchen while the sound of angry shouts and strikes landing sounded off in the room followed by the loud blast of the Shotgun.
"There we go!" said Mark as he pulled out a jug of moonshine before opening it up and taking a sniff of it.
"Oh damn that's strong, no wonder these bastards are losing their brain cells." The Creole stated before pouring the liquid on the floor of the trailer.
"Might want to get out of here." Stated Mark earning nods from the duo before they made their way out of the trailer followed by Mark who pulled a match from his pocket before striking it against the bottom of his shoe with enough force to light it.
"Fire in the hole." Said Mark as he dropped the match on the liquid and created a stream of fire that moved into the trailer while Mark walked away with Task and Adahy.
"So don't mind me asking but why did Joe send me to get you guys?" Mark asked as Task sent a look to Adahy who was eyeing the bodies of the Rednecks that were lining the ground before turning back to Mark and responding.
"We sell guns to a lot of people in his organization." Task replied earning a nod from Mark.
"No wonder he sent me to get you guys you're worth something. Think you can hook me up with some Silencers?" Mark asked as the trio made their way out of the trailer park Lee and the others were still waiting.
"After today we can find you anything." Said Task with a chuckle earning one from Mark while Adahy remained silent. It wasn't that he was ungrateful for Mark saving him that Adahy was being silent towards the young Creole it was mostly because he had a lot of bad-experiences with African Americans in his lifetime so he wasn't going to drop his views just because one of them saved him.
"You had to be a showoff?" asked Link as he approached Mark and slapped hands with his brother followed by Lee.
"What can I say the Concrete Soldier likes to leave a mark?" Mark replied with a chuckle while Task and Adahy approached Maurice and Marrick who handed the duo a cellphone.
"Glad to see you and your associate are in one piece." Came the voice of Heavy Joe earning a nod from Task.
"Yeah I should thank you and your new soldier for that." Task replied.
"So he did well?" Joe asked.
"If you were here and could see the bodies on the ground you'd see my point and he did all that on his own." Task replied earning a few seconds of silence from Joe.
"Alright then you owe me one for this." He finished before hanging up without saying goodbye while Task handed Maurice back his phone before walking away from the two Romans and approaching Mark.
"He took down an entire trailer park on his own." Said Marrick earning a few seconds of silence from Maurice who moved to the driver's side of his car and slid inside.
"Let's go!" he said while Marrick slid into the passenger seat before the duo drove off while Mark watched them leave.
"What no compliment?" asked Manfred.
"Not in my family." Mark replied before turning to Task who was handing him a piece of paper.
"In case you need guns maybe we can do business together." Task stated earning a nod from Mark.
"Alright what do we call you?" the Roman asked.
"My names Chayton but everybody calls me Task and this is Adahy." He stated earning a nod from Mark.
"I think I'll call you Chayton it sounds better to me." Said Mark earning a slight nod from Task.
"Chayton and Adahy you both are Native?" asked Link.
"What about it?" asked Adahy finally breaking the silence.
"Nothing just never been this close up to a full-blooded Native American." Said Link.
"I'm right here you know." Said Felix with venom in his tone.
"Your father was of Aztec descent and your mother was Quechua. Neither group was indigenous to north of the equator." Stated Lee earning a middle finger from Felix. As Adahy watched the Mexican-American man he quickly learned that he was white washed and didn't know much about his heritage.
"Well whatever it was nice meeting you two and I look forward to doing business with you." Said Mark as he shook hands with Task.
"No problem." said Task as he and Adahy walked away from the group and towards the black car that Maurice and Marrick had left for them while Mark turned to Buck.
"Learn anything brother?" Mark asked earning wide eyes from Buck.
New Arcadia
The sun was beginning to set on this day in New Arcadia as Alison found herself sharing a toast with the other members of the Major Crime Task Force in the same bar they went to the day they did the drug bust. The group was enjoying a much deserved celebration for their actions today. They took a number of weapons off the street and a group of killers along with them so all in all…today was a good day for them.
"I want to propose a toast." Said Locke earning the group attention.
"To Agent Alison Trueblood if it wasn't for you we'd be scooping up more bodies off the street." Said Locke earning a serious of cheers from the group before they touched glass and went to down their drinks. Alison still wasn't much of a drinker and she sure as hell wasn't use to being praised like this but she had to admit it did feel good to actually make a difference.
"Now's your chance lover boy." Said Regina as she elbowed Tavon in the side before pointing off at Alison who was now sitting by herself earning a nod from the man before he approached her.
"Get you another drink?" he asked before taking a seat beside Alison who smiled at him.
"Oh no I have to drive." She said earning a nod from Tavon.
"If you get to light-headed maybe I can drive you home." He said earning a slight chuckle from Alison just as her cellphone started to ring earning the woman's attention as she pulled it out and noticed she had a text message from an unknown number that turned out belonged to a familiar Creole.
"Speaking of which I need to go now." She said earning a confused look from Tavon.
"Wait I'll walk you out." He said before following the woman out of the bar and walked her to her car before holding the door open.
"Thanks!" Alison said while sliding inside the driver's seat before Tavon closed the door on her.
"So I was wondering maybe we could hang out sometimes. You know just the two of us." He said to Alison's surprise before she smiled at him and smiled.
"Sure!" she said earning a nod from Tavon.
"Great I'll call you with a time and place." He before Alison started her car and drove off while Tavon looked on with a smile on his face.
The drive back to her apartment complex wasn't long for Alison as she quickly pulled into her usual parking spot before hopping out of her car and noticing a familiar Creole man leaning over the railings of the second floor with earphones in his ears that led to his cellphone.
As Alison made her way up the stairs she could hear Mark humming a small tune that matched the music he was listening to. While she looked at the man who was barely out of his teens she noticed that he seemed to be in a state of inner peace while humming along to the song.
After realizing that she was standing there watching him Mark quickly greeted her with a quick "Bonjou" and a half smile.
"Thanks for the jacket." She said taking the article of clothing off before handing it to Mark who quickly took it.
"Since when did you learn to speak French?" Alison asked with a half-smile.
"Louisiana Creole it's French but we say things differently and my grandmother taught me when I was young. I know the basics of it but I don't like speaking it because I'm the only person around me that knows what I'm saying." He stated earning a slight nod from Alison.
"Really that's a good to know." She said earning a chuckle from Mark.
"So I see my information had a big turnout." He said with a smile earning a nod from Alison.
"One of the biggest in the state, thank you for that." She said earning a nod from Mark.
"No problem." Mark replied with an evil chuckle.
"So when did you figure out I was a cop?" Alison asked earning a slight chuckle from Mark.
"The day I met you." He replied to Alison's confusion.
"Your badge was showing but it didn't have to for me to tell you were a cop." Said Mark to Alison's confusion.
"Then how would you have guessed?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You look, dress, and smell like a cop." He said to Alison's confusion.
"When you walk you walk with a sense of authority and your head is held high and you look people straight in the eye and after they talk you attempt to read them just like a cop…and a good one." Said Mark earning a slight nod from Alison.
"Okay so you knew I was a cop, how'd you know I was looking into your father?" she asked earning a chuckle from Mark.
"That was surprising to me as well, because I know you're not just any ordinary cop your FIB and if you're here that means you're hunting for the big fish. My father is a small fish, but I was mostly hoping to direct some of your attention his way." Said Mark with a chuckle.
"You must really hate your father if you'd give me that kind of information." She said earning a few seconds of silence from Mark.
"Trust me I hate that bastard with a passion, but I can't hurt him like he did me. So I have to use another means to hurt him." The Creole replied.
"Maybe there is a way you can hurt him." She said earning a raised eyebrow from Mark.
"You can become a government informant-." She started before Mark stopped her.
"Whoa let me stop you there sister there are three problems with your scenery. You see I'm no snitch, what I did was point you in the right direction of things. I don't wires and I don't believe in testifying against anyone." He said to Alison's surprise.
"Two I want to hurt my father I got no quarrels with anyone else outside of the Roman Boyz." He added.
"And lastly to become an informant I would have to get close to him and…I don't think that's possible, for you see the last time I interacted with my father I left my older brother sleeping on the front lawn." He said to Alison's surprise.
"So you won't help me?" she asked earning a shake of the head from Mark.
"Nope as far as I'm concerned your problems aren't my own and I refuse to deal with them." Said Mark as he walked away from a confused Alison who inwardly cursed herself over the situation she was in now.
Authors Note: And there you have it people the next chapter I hope you enjoyed it.
The town of Brent is based off my birthtown of Brusly. It's a very small town with barely any houses and mostly trailer parks. Let me describe it to you, if you drove 55 MPH and got straight red-lights you'll be in and out of Brusly in just a little over four minutes.
I introduced another character who's played numerous roles in my story in this chapter. Bucky is visually based off Ethan Cutkosky who plays Carl on Shameless. He was introduced in this chapter but he has a very big role next chapter.
The character Bobby is visually based on Garrett Hedlund who played Billy in Death Sentence and Jack on Four Brothers and he'll have more roles to play in the chapters to come as Task main enemy.
Also in GTA people say that NOOSE is based off Homeland Security but in truth Homeland Security isn't really a military force like NOOSE was so instead I decided to base NOOSE on SWAT and yes that was Dre that was beaten by the police.
Louisiana is a state that's mostly white and it's the South, the dirty dirty south so seeing Rednecks shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone.
I also talked about the Creole people, a lot of people don't know it but Creoles extend to blacks and whites. See before the Louisiana Purchase, it was land that was filled with whites, black slaves, and free blacks and during those times mixing was not wrong and slavery wasn't as bad with the French. It was not uncommon to see a white and black couple during those times and it was not uncommon to see them working together, because of so when America bought it from the French they made stricter laws and rules against blacks and whites and mixed race couples were looked down on and free slaves were in chains.
Creole people are a big thing in Louisiana and because so French is offered as the main secondary language here. Some schools don't teach Spanish they teach French and there are places in Louisiana where French is spoken more than English. And Creole is somewhat different then French like the way they says words may sound different almost like the way a Mexican and a Salvadoran might both speak Spanish but have different meanings for things.
Mark speaking French is common since he's Creole mostly if you don't speak it some people don't say you're Creole. Also I was mentioned that Mark worked for the BGA. If you don't follow any of my stories or Natives I can tell you that the BGA, the Black Guerilla Army, is based off the BGF, the Black Guerrilla Family, and him living in Dockington which is based off Baltimore and not interacting with them would be rare because they basically run everything in Baltimore and mostly all of Maryland.
Mark attacking the Rednecks at the Trailer Park was somewhat based off when Trevor attacked the Lost MC in Los Santos.
Stick around for next chapter as Mark and Task have their first team up and strike back at Bobby and the Rednecks in their pockets, Alison does something to try and bring Mark over to her side while also going out on her date with Tavon.
Thank you all for reading have a nice day.
