Chapter 9: The Three Finally Meet
The Pain of the Day
Liddell (The Next Day)
The sun was shining brightly on this day in New Arcadia as a plane found itself touching down at a the local international airport before coming to a halting stop on the runway. As the door slid open and the passengers stepped out with happy smiles on their faces from their flight, amongst them was a man who had a different expression on his face.
The man stood about five foot nine with short black hair that was combed into a small afro and dark brown eyes. Despite being born in Petionville, Haiti the man had really light brown skin that was more common with those born in America. His clothing of choice consisted of a purple and white shirt under a black leather jacket, black pants, and brown work boots. People couldn't see it but on his upper right arm was a tattoo of the Haitian flag with the phrase "Hard to the Bone" written underneath. On his upper right arm was the letters THPB which was an acronym for his gang True Haitian Posse Ballas, a gang that was formed in Vice City but has since spread into Liberty and Texas.
As he walked into the terminal he quickly grabbed his bag which had a notecard on it that read his name Brian Rose. He hated his last name, roses were seen as beautiful flowers that brought upon a calm and loving feeling, while Brian himself didn't. He brought upon death and destruction everywhere he went, and that's why he earned himself the nickname…Killa B.
New Arcadia
Task found himself sitting on the bed of a hospital watching the local news while fidgeting with the bandage on his right arm. The bullet that hit him was the same used in AK-47 Assault Rifles, so it was powerful enough to rip clean through his shoulder like it was tissue paper.
He knew that when the bandage came off it was gonna leave a pretty nasty scar, but right now the young Lakota warrior didn't care. He wanted revenge, the attack from the Rednecks left four of his Native brothers dead, another three injured including himself, and the store in shambles. Payback was deserved for the Natives.
He knew the group was gonna protest him leaving the hospital but he could move and more importantly the young Lakota could fight. For it was better to die in battle then to live and let what happened go answered.
And with that thought in mind, Task quickly rose from his bed and started to dress himself in the clothes Adahy had brought him before he left just as Mekko Meska walked into his room.
"Chayton you must lay down." He said only for his words to go unanswered.
"I'll lay down when I put those damn Rednecks in the ground." Task replied before putting on his shoes then moving for his shirt just as Marisa entered the room.
"Great not even a few hours after getting shot and you want to fight." She said earning silence from Task.
"Chayton you can't fight with that arm, listen to me." Meska stated but his words seemed went on dazed ears as Task shook his head just as his vision started to blur.
"Damn it!" he said under his breath while Marisa and Meska approached him.
"Chayton what's wrong?" Marisa asked as the group watched Task's eyes widen before he collapsed to the floor and hit the tiles with a low thump.
"Get a doctor." Marisa yelled while Meska moved to the unconscious Task.
New Arcadia Police Department
Things seemed to be going less than good for Alison as she found herself standing in the middle of the group's office with the other members of the Major Crimes Task Force. She wasn't all that enthusiastic about today and it would be understood. As she lifted her head to face the board she noticed a picture of the youngest Roman postured on the wall with Lieutenant Locke standing next to it talking.
"This everyone is Marcus Kaleb Roman and from our Intel he's the youngest son of Roman Boyz leader and member of the New Rising Council Maurice Roman." He said earning nods from the group.
"So what can any of you tell me about him?" he asked while looking out at the group.
"Not much to tell, he was mostly raised by his grandmother in Red Stick. After she died he bounced around from foster home to foster home before finally going off the grid in Dockington City, Maryland a few years ago along with six other boys, named Lee Shen, Lincoln Mackey, James Rohan, Roland Smith, Jimmy Drakes, and Sabastian Thomas." Said Derrick as he looked through files on Mark.
"He turned up again in Sunbelt City, a few years back after a fight with a couple of Skinheads at a hardcore show along with Shen, Mackey, and Drakes." Added Tavon who then sent a look to Alison who remained silent. She knew much about Mark but was somewhat unwilling to speak on the youngest Roman and who he was.
"He's just made twenty and he doesn't have a military background that would constitute military training." Added Regina.
"He may not have a military background but I can say that wherever this boy goes…death does follow him." Locke stated to Alison's shock. "A few weeks after leaving that foster home the man and woman running it, Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, were found dead in a burnt out car and an autopsy shows that they were both bludgeoned to death before being set on fire." He added earning a shocked look from Alison who remembered Mark's story about the duo sex trafficking Mark and the other boys.
"A couple of months later Rohan is found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, Smith is killed in a drug deal gone wrong, and the body of Thomas was found in the trunk of a car outside of Dockington. He was beaten, stabbed, and burned before being froze to death." He finished earning shocked looks from the group.
"Jesus, so he's lost a lot in his lifetime." Said Regina earning a nod from Locke.
"Yes and whether he was the cause or directly involved in all these murders is something we want answers to, but we need to worry more about our own problem." Locke stated earning nods from the group.
"So right now finding Mark and bringing him in for questioning is a top priority." He added.
"The local police and sheriff's department know his face and are looking for him now, but in the meantime I Alison and Regina I need you two to back me up" Said to the two women's shock before presenting them both with a piece of paper.
Red Stick
Things in Red Stick were going somewhat better for the BSU members as Lee found himself lying on a couch playing with a handheld game while the song Weak and Powerless by A Perfect Circle played over the radio. As the young Chinese man played continued his game he couldn't help but to send a look to the table in the corner where he noticed Mark sitting in silence.
"Still don't know what you're gonna tell her?" he asked earning a few seconds of silence from Mark.
"Nope not yet." He replied earning a chuckle from Lee.
"You know this song describes you when it comes to her." He replied earning a middle finger from Mark.
"One that pushes me and leaves me so…desperate and ravenous." Lee sang with a chuckle as Mark eyed him angrily. "So weak…and so powerless…over you." He ended earning another middle finger from the young Creole.
He was trying not to show it but Lee always could read him, and right now he could tell his brother from another mother was afraid to face the FIB Agent. In his lifetime he could only name two women that had managed to capture the heart of the youngest Roman and leave him in a state like this and none of them ended exceptionally well, but he despite that he could tell that Mark felt something for Alison that he didn't feel for the others and seeing him like this made him want to help him.
So with a loud huff Lee quickly rose off the couch and turned to face Mark. "Brother if you want some advice it's better to just go on and talk to her." He said earning Mark's attention.
"One of the things those guys in Dockington made you good at is coming up with a lie on the spot that can work out for you in the long run, but if you want some advice just go out and tell her you beat on the guys to make face with Joe." He stated earning a slight nod from Mark.
"Yeah that could work, but she's probably gonna ask me how I was able to beat on all those guys without breaking a sweat." He replied.
"You busted your hand." Lee corrected causing Mark to look down at his bandaged knuckles. "Besides you'll figure something out, you always do."
"You know…you give some good ass advice brother." Mark replied while rising from his seat.
"Someone has to around here, now go out and talk to her." He stated earning a nod from Mark before he made his way out of the room.
"Thank god I thought he'd never leave." Said Lee as he changed the radio to the song Bleed it Out by Linkin Park. The members of BSU were known for their likings of hard rocks but within Mark's crew there was a blend of musical preferences with Mark liking Indie, Felix liking Chicano Rock, Manfred liking Punk Rock, and Link liking Grunge.
Well Lee's preferred music was Rock Rap, or music that blended the vocals of rap with elements of rock. Many people would say that rock and rap were two things that couldn't be mixed but Lee found them all to be full of shit. Rap music today was always the same thing money, drugs, women, and violence but with rap rock covered a wide range of topics that stepped away from mainstream rock and focused on the things not spoken of.
New Arcadia
Things were finally returning to Task as he opened his eyes and quickly noticed Marisa sitting across from him watching him sleep.
"Damn!" he said while rising from his bed only for the girl to stop him.
"Stop it haven't you passed out enough today?" she asked while Task looked up and took in the sight of the IV machine he was plugged into.
"What's going on?" he asked just as an elderly doctor walked into the room with a smile on his face.
"Hello Mr. Highwolf you gave us quite the scare." He said while Task looked at him angrily.
"Who are you?" the Lakota asked with anger in his voice.
"I'm Dr. Roberts I was the one who pulled the bullet out of your shoulder." He said with a smile.
"Can you tell me why I passed out?" Task asked.
"I can but I need to know Mr. Highwolf-." He started as Marisa put her head down while Task eyed the doctor closely. "How long have you been a diabetic?"
As soon those words left the doctors mouth Task felt his heart drop a beat. He knew that Natives had a highest chance of getting diabetes by race and on his reservation having diabetes was like being right handed. He knew the chances of getting diabetes was high, but he never saw himself getting it especially at such a young age.
"As you know with type two diabetes your body doesn't produce a lot of insulin to breakdown the sugar in your body. When you were shot the bullet hit your shoulder but you still lost a lot of blood and therefore you lost a lot of the sugar that has been building up in your body that had yet to be broken down, and you passed out because of the lack of sugar." He stated earning silence from Task.
"Damn it!" he said with anger in his voice.
"That IV has insulin in it and it's helping you to breakdown your sugar, and now that you're away you can take it out." He said earning a nod from Task who looked at the needle in his arm and angrily pulled it out.
"Where's Meska?" Task asked with anger in his voice as Marisa looked at the shade that shielded her and Task from the outside world, but they could still see the silhouette of Meska talking with a man and two women.
"Why are you here questioning me and not out arresting the men who did this?" he asked as Locke nodded his head.
"We are looking into them as we speak, but we need talk to with your man with the bullet wound. He shot one of them in the head and now he's dead." Locke replied with anger in his voice.
"Really because four of my brothers are dead and another three are injured including my daughter. They fired the first shots not us." Meska stated with anger in his voice.
"I understand that but eyewitnesses say that after those men were leaving, your man walked out of the store with an Assault Rifle and shot one of the men in the back of the head." Locke replied. "There is a line between self-defense and a revenge kill and that's what this is. So if you don't step aside I will arrest you with him."
"You'll be hearing about this-." Started Meska before the duo were interrupted.
"If you want to bring me in bring me in-." said Task earning the groups attention. "Bring me in but don't threaten them."
"Chayton-." Started Meska.
"Let's get this over with." The Lakota said with venom in his voice.
"Alright then turn around and put your hands behind your back." Said Locke as he approached Task and started to cuff him.
"This is wrong and you know it." Meska said earning silence from Alison who sent a look to Task. She had to admit it did seem wrong to drag the young Native out of the hospital bed to be taken to the station after he'd been shot, but she did agree that what Task did was a revenge kill and nothing more.
As she thought more on the Lakota warrior her thoughts were quickly interrupted by her cellphone vibrating causing her to look down and notice she had a text message from a familiar number.
"Lieutenant!" she said earning the man's attention. "I need go see to a personal matter." She stated earning a nod from the man.
"Alright go but be quick." He said earning a nod from the woman before she walked off with cursing under her breath.
Red Stick
Things were going somewhat better for Lee as he layed on the couch listening to the song Rollin by Limp Bizkit but his music was then interrupted as Link, Buck, Felix, and Manfred walked through the door causing him to turn the music down to face the group.
"Where's Mark?" Link asked while looking around the room.
"He left to go deal with his old lady drama." Lee replied.
"So what are we gonna do today just chill here?" asked Buck earning a nod from Lee.
"Yup that's what I was doing before you guys showed up." Lee shot back while looking up at the ceiling with a smile on his face.
"Amen to that, I need a day off." Felix added while taking a seat on the other couch.
"What if I said I wanted to do something today?" Said Buck.
"Then go out and do something brother, you don't need us to have fun." Lee replied.
"He does if he wants to have our kind of fun." Manfred said with a chuckle.
"Yeah I want to see what other kind of fun you guys have when you're not out murdering people." Buck shot back earning a chuckle from Felix.
"You sure about that brother?" the Mexican man asked with a smile.
"Yes!" Buck replied.
"Bucky I'm gonna ask you that question again and only say yes if you really are sure." Said Link earning a confused look from Buck. "So are you sure you want to do this brother?"
"Yeah!" Buck said earning an evil chuckle from Lee.
"Alright then." The Chinese man said while reaching over his shoulder and grabbing his Sawn-Off Double Barrel Shotgun from onside the couch. "Let's go have some fun." He said with an evil chuckle.
New Arcadia
The taxi drive to a home in the second ward just around the Megadome wasn't long for Brian. As he stepped out of the car after paying the driver he took a look at blue and white house before him while smelling the wet air. He had to admit it was a lot different from the air in Haiti, Jamaica, Vice City, and Texas.
As he approached the front door and gave it a knock he quickly watched as it swung open and noticed a heavy set African American man with short black hair, brown eyes, and wearing a purple shirt, black jeans, and boots standing on the otherside with a Glock in his hands.
"Killa B it's good to see you." He said before slapping fist with Brian and bringing him in for a hug.
"OG Big Twan it's been a while." Brian replied with a smile. Despite the duo being from two different gangs Brian and Antwan were really close friends while he was still in Texas. The friendship had even brought a close partnership between the True Haitian Posse Ballas and the Deep Down South Ballas that could rival the alliances on the West Coast.
"I got a feeling you know why I called you here." Big Twan said earning a nod from Brian before he led the Haitian man into the house. In his lifetime Brian had always been one of the best Balla soldiers in the south, but why wouldn't he.
In his youth he used to play football so he had the size and body of a professional Linebacker, he came from a place in Haiti where violence was everywhere so he was no stranger to death, but more importantly he was a former Marine that had served four years in the desert.
Since he came home though he's been busier then he's ever been in his twenty-six years of life. From time to time he's been a contract killer for the Ballas across the south and East Coast, but his main occupation is being a drug and arms trafficker for Haitian Criminal Organization. He would move weapons out of the US and into Haiti while moving drugs out of Haiti into America. With his connections he made a lot of money and a lot of allies but he was always there for Big Twan when he needed them.
"I take it these New Arcadia niggas need to be put in they place?" he asked earning a nod from Twan.
"Motherfuckers been hitting us left and right, they even had the balls to roll up and rob me. This maybe there city but the south is the land of the Ballas, the Families may have us outnumbered on the West Coast…but the South and the East is ours you feel me?" he asked earning a nod from Twan.
"So what exactly do you want me to do?" Brian asked before Twan reached into his pocket and presented the Haitian with a phone.
"At any second I can call more guys from Texas here to back me up, but that fat motherfucker Joe got a nigga in his ranks I think right up your alley." Said Twan as he presented Brian the video of Mark fighting the Balla and Black Kings at the club from the night before.
"This kid looks young but I can tell he got military training and a lot of it." Said Brian earning a nod from Twan.
"I see why you call me this guy's good and will probably kill any nigga you send at him." He said before smiling at Twan. "That was until you sent me."
"You know where to find him?" he asked.
"Not directly but I have a feeling he'll stick his head out if wind Joe up and I know a place Joe likes to frequent." He said earning a nod from Brian.
New Arcadia
The drive back to her apartment wasn't long for Alison as she quickly climbed the stairs before walking inside and noticing a familiar Creole sitting on her couch with his head to the floor but upon hearing the door open he quickly lifted it and faced her with an emotionless gaze before rising to his feet.
"Hey!" Mark said as Alison slowly approached him before slapping him across the face as hard as she could causing a loud popping sound to resonate throughout the apartment.
"I probably deserved that." He said with a chuckle earning another slap from Alison.
"What the hell is wrong with you Mark." She yelled with anger in her voice.
"I saw a way to get in good with Heavy Joe." He replied with a smile.
"You could have gotten yourself killed." She added.
"But I didn't." he replied.
"And where did you learn to fight like that?" she asked earning a few seconds of silence from Mark.
"I used to Box in Dockington and I used to do Mixed Martial Arts in Sunbelt." He replied earning a few seconds of silence from Alison who remembered Tavon's words about Mark having military training. With his words radiating through her mind she quickly moved to slap him again in a manner that could be seen by the youngest Roman before slapping him again.
"Are you having fun?" Mark asked rubbing his cheek.
"Guess he doesn't have military training." She said under her voice to Mark's confusion.
"Mark you could be going to jail for that fight." She replied earning a chuckle from Mark.
"No I won't I fought those Ballas in the defense of the bouncers, I doubt any of those guys are willing to press charges, I didn't have a gun or use a gun, my knife is under five inches and was on my side not concealed, and I doubt anyone would say anything about what happened." He stated earning an angry look from Alison who realized that the youngest Roman did have a point in his statement.
"Still Mark you gotta come in for questioning." She said earning a nod from Mark.
"I know that's why I called you here, to bring me in because I only trust you." He replied to Alison's surprise. "And to give you my side of things so you won't be too pissed at me."
"Alright I'm bringing you in, but you have to tell the others about helping me." She said to Mark's shock.
"I can't do that." He replied.
"You will and you are going to do it." She shot back before walking away from Mark who gave a low growl before watching her make her way into her kitchen.
"He doesn't have military training that's good." She said before lowering her head over her sink and letting out a deep breath just as she felt a pair of arms wrap around her stomach causing her to look back and notice Mark holding her in his arms where he started to rock her back and forth for a few seconds.
"Stop it!" with more venom in her words then intended, so her words came off more harsh then she wanted and the youngest Roman let her go before walking away from her while she lowered her head to the floor.
"Mark what happened to your foster parents?" she asked earning a loud period of silence from Mark.
"Okay then who is James Rohan, Roland Smith, Jimmy Drakes, and Sabastian Thomas?" she asked causing Mark to speak up with his own venom in his voice.
"Just put the handcuffs on me and let's get this over with." He shot back to her surprise causing her eyes to widen before resetting.
"Yeah sure!" she said before approaching him with her handcuffs.
Red Stick
"Okay then Buck you can do this." Buck thought for himself before making his way down an alley where he noticed an African American man standing by on a corner watching a younger boy.
From what Mark had told them older guys would watch kids on the corner as they did the hand to hand drug transaction and the kids would give them the money for a small cut. It was designed to keep guys over the age out of jail since the younger guys would be took young.
As Buck watched the boy hand the older man the money before walking away he quickly drew his gun and ran at the dealer before slamming the butt of the gun against the back of the man's head hard enough to knock him to the ground.
"Shit!" said the little boy as he watched Buck dig into the dealers pockets before taking out his wad of money then running off.
"That wasn't so bad." Said Buck before a gunshot caught his attention as he watched the older man rise off the ground with a gun in his hand and start shooting at him.
"And here he comes." Said Lee as he, Link, and Felix watched as Buck came running towards them before jumping into the backseat of the car just as more gunshots went off in the distance.
"Drive Drive Drive!" he yelled before Link stepped on the gas and sent the car rocketing forward.
"Well how was robbing your first drug dealer?" Felix asked with a chuckle.
"Fine up until he pulled out a gun and started shooting at me, but I got the money." Buck replied before reaching into his jacket and pulling out a few papers of money.
"I got three hundred." He said earning a nod from Lee.
"Not bad for a small-time dealer." Link replied.
"Yeah but I was hoping for something bigger." Buck replied earning a chuckle from Lee.
"Good because we got something else for you." The Chinese man said before he stopped the car in front of a local store where they noticed a police car parked out front with a cop in the passenger seat texting on his phone.
"You ever thought about stealing a police car?" Lee asked to Buck's shock.
"No how am I gonna do that?" he asked with wide eyes.
"For this we'll help you out with a distraction, but you're still gonna need to get the car." Said Lee as he, Felix, Link, and Manfred stepped out of the car with Buck following them and watching as they positioned themselves in a fighting stance.
"Fight Fight Fight!" Manfred yelled earning the attention of the officer in the passenger seat as he quickly rushed out of the car while Buck slowly moved behind him before sliding inside where he quickly started to hotwire the vehicle.
"Alright break it up." The man said as he tried to separate Lee, Link, Felix, and Manfred just as the other officer came out of the store to help his partner.
"Shit shit shit!" said Buck as he continued to hotwire the car before crossing two wires and causing the car to start up and the alarm to go off earning the attention of both officers and the BSU members.
"Hey!" one of them yelled causing Buck to grab the steering wheel before slamming on the gas petal, sending the vehicle flying forward away from the gas station while Lee and the others watched in confusion.
"Talk about thinking on your feet." Said Lee as the group sent a look to the officers before running off while they radioed in for their stolen car.
New Arcadia
The drive to the New Arcadia Police Station wasn't long for Alison as she stepped out of her with a handcuffed Mark who she directed into the building causing Mark to look around the place before she pulled him in the direction of the back office.
No words were exchanged between the duo on the drive there and no words were being exchanged now as Mark returned his gaze to the tiled floor while Alison looked at the path before her while taking side glances at the youngest Roman. She knew that asking him about the murders of his foster parents was taking it a step to far. He may have told her that they were using him and the others as sex workers, but she couldn't see the kind-hearted young man she'd grown to known as a murderer. He wasn't his father or his brother…he was Marcus.
As she walked Mark inside of the office the duo were quickly spotted by Lieutenant Locke and the other members of the Major Crimes Task Force that took in the sight of the duo with wide eyes.
"Look who I found, at a store." She said with a forced smile.
"Damn that was quick." Said Tavon as he and Regina approached her.
"How'd you get him on your own?" Regina asked.
"You really got to ask?" Alison replied while Mark kept his gaze away from the group.
"Good work Agent Trueblood." Said Locke as he and Sawyer approached the duo before getting into the face of Mark.
"He must be giving the silent treatment." Said Locke earning a chuckle from Sawyer.
"Don't worry we have ways of making guys like him talk." Said Sawyer causing Mark to tear his gaze from the floor and look up at the group with an angry expression.
"Put him in the holding cell until we can get to him." Said Locke earning a nod from Alison as she gently pulled Mark away from the group and into another room with a large chain-link fence in the middle of it that was divided into five small rooms. As Mark looked up at the cage he quickly noticed Task sitting in a cage on the far right while Alison put him in the one on the far left.
"Just sit tight." She said while watching as Mark put his back to the cage and took a seat on the floor.
"So what they got you for Mark?" Task asked earning a surprised look from Alison as she turned to face the Native.
"I beat up five Ballas in a club brawl last night" He replied in a nonchalant tone. "And you brother."
"I shot a Redneck in the back of the head after they shot up a store and killed a few of my own brother and put a bullet in my arm last night." Task shot back earning a nod from Mark.
"Damn seems like we both had a rough night." Mark replied earning a chuckle from Task.
"Looks that way." Task added while Alison sent looks to the duo before walking out of the room and closing the door behind her.
Red Stick
It must have been thirty minutes since Buck stole the police car, and in that time he must have been all-over Red Stick in a high speed chase with a helicopter filming him as he went by.
"Damn!" said Buck as he narrowly avoided a mini-van and turned onto a new street with six police cars chasing still chasing him.
"Fuck my life." He said before his cellphone started to ring from Lee's number causing him to quickly answer it.
"Well aren't you in quite a predicament." Lee said with a chuckle.
"Yeah you got any idea on how to get me out of this?" Buck asked with worry in his voice as he sent a look back at the approaching cars.
"Run the next red light then make a left, keep going until you go under the bridge." Lee ordered earning a nod from Buck who noticed the light ahead of him change to red quickly causing him to slam on the gas petal and speed the police car into oncoming traffic while the cops behind him slammed their breaks to avoid it but only managed to run into each other earning a smile from Buck.
"Alright the cars are off me, so I'm heading for the bridge." Said Buck as he sped the car down a few blocks before coming to a halt under the interstate where he noticed the black Moonbeam parked with Lee, Felix, and Link standing out of it while Manfred sat up front.
"Pop the trunk." Said Lee as Buck quickly pushed a button that popped the trunk of the car while Lee, Link, and Felix moved to the back and quickly started carrying things out while Buck climbed into the Moonbeam.
"Let's go!" said Manfred as Lee and the others jumped into the Moonbeam while the sound of police sirens drew closer.
"Drive Drive!" Lee yelled as Manfred stepped on the gas and sent the vehicle rocketing forward.
"Thanks guys." Buck said while taking in a few deep breaths. "I didn't think I'd make it."
"Well you did good real good." Said Lee as Buck watched him open a black case he took from the back of the police car to reveal a Tactical Shotgun.
"Nice a Tactical Mossberg 500 with Pistol Grip, Flashlight, Recoilless Butt-Stock, and even a Holographic Sight." Said Lee as he checked the Shotgun with a smile on his face.
"That was in the trunk of the car?" Buck asked.
"Yeah that's where cops keep all there good stuff." Said Felix as Buck watched him pull out a black bulletproof vest with Police written across the front and back. While Link pulled out some road flares and a spike strip and Manfred pulled out a notebook computer.
"Well what that?" Buck asked while looking to another case.
"That's usually the Assault Rifle." Said Lee as he grabbed the case before opening it to reveal a Carbine Rifle with Holographic Scope and a Flashlight attachment.
"What is it?" Buck asked.
"I don't know Mark's the guy who knows about Assault Rifle and how to really use them." Said Lee replied before pulling out his cellphone and taking a picture of the gun then sending it to Mark's phone.
New Arcadia
The drive to fifth ward wasn't long for Brian, he was new to the city but thanks to stealing a car with GPS getting around the city and knowing where he was going wasn't that hard for the Haitian. As he stopped his car across from a restaurant he quickly threw the vehicle in Neutral, whenever someone was putting in work it was best to keep the getaway car ready for a quick escape and wearing the right clothes was essential especially if you were putting in work during the day which is why he had changed into all-black clothing but kept on a purple hat and bandanna around his face so the local gangs would know who hit them.
He then stepped out of the vehicle and made his way to the backseat of the car. Thanks to Big Twan he had just about everything he needed to aid the Ballas and Black Kings in their war with the local gangs. As he opened the trunk of the car the contents inside revealed an AK-47 Assault Rifle, Mini Uzi, a M9 Beretta, and a Colt .357 Magnum Revolver.
The weapons spoke volume to him of just how much work he was about to put in, but the job he was about to do was more or less sending a message. So he quickly picked up the .357 Magnum and stuffed it into the back of his pants before moving to the backseat of the car where he noticed a Jerry Can of gasoline was located.
"Alright let's do this." He said before making his way towards the restaurant. It was a rather small shack that gave off the image of a small soul food place to bring a girl on a date. He did know that the restaurant was one of the many places owned by Joe that he used as a front to launder his money. So getting rid of it would strike a blow against the New Arcadia Kingpin and send the message that the Ballas were fighting back.
As Brian entered the store he quickly noticed that it was empty, but he could hear someone call out to him from the back causing him to draw his Magnum and lift it up just as a door opened and revealed a rather attractive African American woman with short black hair, black eyes, and wearing a black shirt behind a black apron, blue jean pants, and a notepad in her back pocket.
"Sorry how can I-." she started before freezing in place at the sight of the Haitian man pointing the gun at her head.
"Please-!" she started before Brian pulled the trigger and sent a powerful .357 caliber round flying at the woman before hitting her directly under her left and leaving a small hole on her face while a large exit wound came out the back of her head.
As Brian watched her hit the ground with a thud he felt a ping of regret as the memories of seeing a few of his own friends fall in a similar manner fill his mind, but he quickly blanked them out before grabbing the Jerry Can and dumping the contents on the floor of the restaurant and then igniting the gasoline with a match before finally running out of the building.
"That will show that fat fuck we're coming for him." Said Brian as he jumped into his car before speeding away from the burning building.
New Arcadia Police Department
Things hadn't changed much for Mark and Task as the duo sat in silence for what left like days, without a clock being in the room it seemed like time didn't really affect the duo.
"Why so quiet Chayton?" Mark asked causing the Lakota Warrior to lift his head.
"Let's just say I got a lot on my mind." He replied.
"You mean with this possible murder case?" Mark asked earning a few seconds of silence from Task before he answered.
"No, I just learned today that I'm-." he started before trailing earning Mark's attention. "…A diabetic." He finished earning a shocked look from Mark who was about to respond before the door to the room opened and Alison walked inside holding Mark's cellphone.
"You got a message from Lee, I thought you might want to see it." She said before handing the man the phone.
"Thanks!" he said in an emotionless tone before putting the password into his phone then seeing that Lee had sent him a picture message of a gun asking what it was.
"I'm still waiting for that you know." Said Mark to Alison's confusion as she watched him text Lee.
"That's a Ruger SR-556 Assault Rifle, where'd you get it that gun can chew through body armor?" Mark texted before looking to Task.
"Diabetes I'm still waiting for someone to tell me I got it." Said Mark as Task looked up at him with a scoff.
"You say that like it's a good thing." He replied.
"its not, I lost my grandmother to it." Said Mark to both Task and Alison's surprise.
"It happened during Hurricane Katherine, food was scarce and you know diabetics they gotta eat to keep that blood sugar going. She'd make sure I was eating, but she wasn't doing much eating herself." He stated earning the duo's attention.
"We were in the Megadome and they gave us a curfew, so me and her layed down to sleep…but I only I woke up." He said to the groups shock. "She slipped into a diabetic coma and I guess she hit her head while laying down or something because she died from a brain hemorrhage."
After letting those words out Alison continued to watch as Mark sent another text to Lee.
"When I woke up…she was dead as dead could get, but I didn't know that until some nurse took me away from her and all these people just kept coming to me saying they were…SORRY." He said with anger in the last word to show his anger and sadness over the loss of his mother.
"Since then I've been waiting for a doctor to tell me I'm diabetic. Somedays I wouldn't eat just to see if I could go into a coma and have a doctor in front of me telling me I got it." He said. "I should have it though my grandmother has it, and my father doesn't talk but I can tell he's got nerve pains that come with diabetes."
"Am I wrong for that?" Mark asked while sending a look to Task.
"No you want closure and I can understand that." He said earning a nod from the youngest Roman.
"I don't see why either of you are having this conversation." Said Alison earning the attention of the two boys. "There are people who go on to live full lives with diabetes." She added earning a chuckle from Task.
"Not my people." he said. "On the reservation most people with diabetes don't live to see fifty, especially if they're diagnosed at a young age…like me." He added with venom in his tone.
"My grandmother lived to be seventy-two, but most of her days were filled with nerve pains, poking herself with needles, and always in the hospital. That's nowhere close to being a life." Stated Mark.
"A life isn't sitting around waiting for your death to come and knowing what's going to kill you, but most of my people-." Started Task before he sent a look to Mark. "And his people don't have that luxury."
"Plus most of the people that don't suffer the pains can afford the good medicines of life, and I swear if my grandmother was alive right now I would use the same skills, I learned in Dockington to make sure she was taken care of." Mark replied. "She can hate me for it, but at least I'll feel better knowing I can do something for her."
"I don't even know how I can afford the medicine." Added Task.
"You'll figure something out brother, guys like us always do." said Mark as he handed Alison back his phone.
"They're ready to interrogate you." She said earning a nod from Mark who moved for her to put the handcuffs back on him.
"Remember brother take care of yourself and don't let it take over your life." He said as Alison finished cuffing him.
"I doubt I can take care of myself from inside a prison cell." Task replied.
"Don't worry you won't go to prison, all you gotta do is have a little faith in the New Arcadia Justice System…it has a habit of letting killers go." Said Mark earning a confused look from Task while Alison pulled him out of the room.
"Did you mean what you told him?" she asked earning a slight nod from Mark.
"Yeah it may sound weird but closure is what everyone deserves." Mark replied while Alison continued to pull him into the back.
"When I leave this place I'll tell you about my foster parents." He said to Alison's surprise, causing the FIB Agent to turn to face him. "And Rohan, Roland, Jimmy, and Sabastian all of them." He added to Alison's surprise.
"I only blame myself for Jimmy's death because my actions is what got him killed but the others not so much." He added to her shock.
"Mark-." She started before the Creole interrupted her.
"I lied to you." He said catching her off-guard.
"The day we met I said I wasn't gang affiliated but I am, or more I was more of a strong associate to a gang." He said earning a slow nod from Alison.
"Okay what the gang?" she asked.
"The BGA." He replied earning a confused look from Alison.
"BGA what is that Balla Gangster Alliance?" she asked with a raised eyebrow earning a slight chuckle from Mark at the ridiculous name.
"No, Black Guerrilla Army." He said earning a confused look from Alison who thought the name sounded familiar. As she duo finally arrived in the interrogation room she quickly allowed Mark to take a seat before handcuffing his left hand to the table.
"He's ready!" she said before watching as Locke entered the room.
"Good, Tavon and Sawyer can handle the interrogation." He said earning a confused look from Alison. "There's been a fire-bombing at a restaurant in the fifth ward." He added.
"That doesn't sound like our alley." She replied.
"It is if the restaurant was owned by Heavy Joe and if the burned body of the woman working there wasn't found with the back of her skull blown out from." He stated earning wide eyes from Mark and a nod from Alison.
"Joe isn't gonna be happy about this." Mark whispered.
"We're on it!" Alison replied before walking out of the room leaving Mark to himself before he watched as Sawyer and Tavon walked into the room.
"Now then let's get through introductions." Said Sawyer as Tavon closed the door tightly.
New Arcadia
The drive back home wasn't long for Brian, he can thank Antwan for hooking him up with an apartment near the lake. It was far from the center where most of the violence was taking place between them and their homegrown enemies.
It wasn't anything fancy but it was four walls and a roof over his head and that's all he really needed. Growing up in Haiti he didn't have much of a descent home to live good or bad. So when it came to living in squalor he didn't think much of it other than the fact that it was a place to be.
As he took a seat on a lumpy couch, layed his head, and took a deep breath just as a sound echoed through the back of the apartment causing the Haitian Hitman to draw his gun before making his way to the back room where he noticed voices coming from the other side of the bedroom.
"Alright!" he said before forcibly kicking in the door and earning two loud shrieks from those on the otherside.
As he looked inside of the room he quickly noticed two half dress African American women sitting on his bed shaking.
"Antwan send you?" he asked earning nods from the two women and half-chuckle from himself.
"Sorry, when you been doing this as long as I have your always on edge." He said before putting his gun in the back of his pants.
"Well then let us take care of you." Said one of the women as she seductively licked her lips while Brian smiled before taking off his shirt.
Red Stick
"So what are we going to do now?" Buck asked he down with Link, Lee, Felix, and Mercy at a Burger Shot eating with the group.
"Jesus man, after everything you been through today we'd think you want a break." Said Link.
"Seriously Buck you're like that drunken party girl." Stated Manfred.
"Well you've done three robberies, now we're gonna do a bigger one." Said Lee earning a nod from Buck.
"Oh yeah like what?" Buck asked as Felix sent a look to the building across the street allowing Buck to notice that it was a Jewelry store.
"We're robbing a jewelry store?" Buck asked earning a nod from the group.
"It's a small store but good enough for a beginner." Said Lee earning a nod from Buck.
"So what are we casing the joint?" he asked earning chuckles from the group.
"Casing the joint, dude it's a small jewelry store not the Union Depository." Stated Link.
"Speaking of which how do you think those guys managed to get that done?" asked Manfred.
"I don't know but they must have been really smart." Said Felix.
"Well then how are we going in?" Buck asked.
"You'll see tonight." Lee replied before going back to eating his food.
New Arcadia
The drive back to the New Arcadia Police Station wasn't long for Locke, Alison, and Regina as they walked into their office and noticed Sawyer and Tavon sitting in different parts of the room with mixed looks on their faces.
"How'd it go down there?" Sawyer asked while Tavon sat back looking away from the group.
"Well the woman who was in the building was shot before it was set on fire so it seems this was an attack by the Ballas on Joe." Stated Regina earning a nod from Sawyer while Tavon noticed Alison walking to the interrogation room before walking inside and noticing that it was empty.
"Where'd Marcus go?" she asked earning Locke and Regina's attention before they turned to the two men.
"Well let's just say there was complications." Said Sawyer said with a half-smile before the group heard the door to the office open where they group noticed a familiar African American man walk in wearing a black suit.
"Who are you?" Sawyer asked.
"Martin Roman." Locke replied earning a nod from the eldest Roman.
"Yeah I'm here to see my client, Chayton Highwolf." He replied earning confused looks from the group.
"You aren't here to see your younger brother Marcus?" Regina asked earning a confused look from the eldest Roman.
"You have Mark here?" he asked.
"Regina go get Mr. Highwolf for Mr. Roman." Locke stated earning a nod from the woman before she walked out of the room.
"He's not here now." Sawyer replied.
"Then where he is?" asked Locke said before looking to Tavon who was remaining silent with a guilty look on his face.
"I won't do it." Yelled Task earning the groups attention as they watched Regina attempt to drag in the Native who was fighting her every step of the way.
"Move your ass." She yelled while pulling him into the room.
"After what you bitches did to Mark, I ain't talking without a lawyer present." Task yelled to Martin and Alison's surprise as they watched Regina strike the man in his injured shoulder and causing him to fall to the floor.
"What did you do to Mark?" Martin yelled while looking to the officers while Alison, Locke, and Regina sent looks to Sawyer and Tavon.
"He doesn't know what he's talking about?" Sawyer yelled back.
"I heard him scream out in pain." Task yelled back to Alison's shock.
"What happened to him?" she asked while all eyes again fell on Task and Sawyer before Martin and Alison's cellphone vibrated causing them to look down and notice they had a text message from a familiar number.
"Oh god." Said Alison with sadness in her voice.
Red Stick
The sun had finally set on this day as Lee, Link, Felix, Manfred, and Buck found themselves gearing up for the Jewelry store heist but before they could change their clothes all of their cellphones vibrated causing them each to look down and notice a text message from the youngest Roman.
"Son of a bitch!" they each yelled at once before jumping into the car then speeding off.
While everyone was making their way to the youngest Roman he had finally managed to reach his destination…New Arcadia General Hospital.
As he limped in through the door he quickly earned the attention of everyone in the emergency waiting room who gasped as they took in the sight of his bleeding forehead, torn clothes, cut face, bruised torso, and badly bent left arm.
As they looked at him they watched closely as he managed to cough out "I need a doctor," before collapsing face first on the floor causing a number of people to run to him while his blood soaked into the white tiled floor.
Authors Note: And there's another chapter out of the way and in a short time to. The next chapter will be a while though I want to update my other GTA Story. So I hate to leave you at a cliffhanger but it had to be done.
I introduced Brian Rose or Killa B in this chapter as the first main enemy for the local gangs. One of the reasons for that is because as of now the Ballas have been getting hammered well now it's time for them to get some payback. He's visually based off actor Eli Goree who played Wells on the 100 and Dave Albritton in the movie Race.
Also he's more of a main antagonist to Mark, but Alison and Task will have run in with him that will end a little bloody. Also he and Mark will almost be like opposites too each other in the sense that Mark is Louisiana Creole while Brian is Haitian Creole, but they do kinda have a similar upbringing. And if you haven't noticed it the actor who Brian is based on and John Boyega the actor who Mark is based off do look alike.
What Task learned about himself having diabetes is to give a more realistic feel to the characters. Like throughout the GTA series there has never been a character who has had any real defect other than the obvious psychopathic tendencies, well in Task case he's got a disease.
I know I didn't feature Adahy hitting the Rednecks in this chapter, I replaced him to add Killa B, but I promise he'll be in next chapter.
The small robberies Buck did with Lee, Link, Manfred, and Felix was kinda like his hazing period, sure you can argue he's killed for them already but there's a difference between a common shooter and someone who is smart enough to carry out successful armed robberies.
What Mark said about his grandmother dying of a brain hemorrhage was based off how the grandmother died in the movie I Can Do Bad By Myself. I'm not really a fan of Tyler Perry movies but I can honestly say this one spoke to me a lot more than any of the others. Plus it was kinda sad the way she went, to die on a city bus and be forgot out for two days come on that's fucked up.
Brian's attack on Joe's Restaurant is based on a GTA Cinematic Movie on Youtube called Firestarter, but instead of an entire group going in and doing the job he did it alone because honestly if you cut the police chase that's a one person job.
The Jewelry store Heist was put on hold by Mark texting the group that he was at the hospital but it will be done in a future chapter and it will be done differently than the way Michael and Franklin did their Jewelry Store Heist, mostly because the shit in theirs didn't make much sense.
What happened to Mark during his interrogation will be revealed next chapter, I wanted to write it in now but it's good to leave all of you hanging on a cliffhanger.
Stick around for next chapter as Adahy finally makes his move against the Rednecks, Lee fills in Mark's place and strikes back against the Ballas for Heavy Joe, Martin helps Task deals with his case, and Alison digs into what happened to Mark.
Thank you all for reading Zilla Out.
