Chapter 10: A Day of Injury, Bullets, and Blood
New Arcadia
The drive to New Arcadia General wasn't long for Lee and the others as they quickly jumped out of their car and rushed through the door of the hospital with Link being the first to approach the lobby desk where a nurse was waiting.
"We're here for our friend Marcus Roman." He spoke in a fast tone that showed the nervousness in his voice while the woman rummaged through the charts.
"He's in room 132, but he's about to be taken into surgery." She replied earning a nod from Link who led the group down a hall where they searched or more less hunted for Mark's room before spotting it at the end of the hall then running through the doors.
"Jesus Christ!" said Link as he and Lee approached the youngest Roman who was lying on a bed with bandages over his head, left, arm, and torso while he lay on the bed unconscious.
"Someone's gonna bleed for this." Lee yelled with anger in his voice earning a nod from Felix, and Buck just as Mark's cellphone vibrated from Heavy Joe's number while a few nurses came in and strolled the youngest Roman out of the room.
New Arcadia Police Department
"So what's your connection with Heavy Joe." Asked Tavon as Alison found herself sitting back watching the video from the interrogation room with Locke, Regina, and Derrick while Sawyer and Tavon sat a distances away.
"I'm not connected with Joe or anyone else." Mark replied in a emotionless tone.
"Really because that fight with the Ballas said differently." Sawyer replied earning silence from Mark.
"What can I say I'm a guy that likes to fight." Mark shot back earning chuckles from both Sawyer and Tavon.
"Really because you know what I think?" Tavon asked.
"No but I have a feeling you're going to tell me anyway." Mark shot back earning a chuckle from Regina.
"That kids got some fight in him." She said with a smile.
"I think you're Joe's new errand boy and that you've been doing all his dirty work these past few months." He replied earning a roll of the eyes from Mark.
"How did it feel to kill all those people Mark?" Tavon asked as the group noticed a half-smile form on Mark's face.
"You know just because my last name is Roman doesn't mean, I'm a murderer." The Creole shot back.
"No it just means you have blood on your name." stated Sawyer with a chuckle.
"Since you don't want to talk about your connection with Heavy Joe or your father maybe you can tell us about your foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Simpson." Tavon asked earning Mark's attention and a close eye from Alison.
"You know I like how you claim not to be a murderer, but it seems like no matter where you go death follows." The Homicide Detective added earning an angry look from Mark. "I'm actually wondering who you're gonna kill or get killed now."
"ENOUGH!" Mark yelled with anger in his voice while Tavon and Sawyer chuckled and.
"I think we struck a nerve, now we're getting somewhere." Said Tavon as he smiled at Mark who looked up at him with a smile.
"What was your reason?" Mark asked earning a confused look from Tavon. "For becoming a cop, if we're getting to know each other, I shouldn't be the only one answering questions." He added with a chuckle.
"He's trying to lure them in." said Locke.
"I want to make the streets better." Tavon responded earning a shake of the head from Locke that caught Alison's attention before she turned back to the video.
"No that's not why you became a cop." Mark shot back with a smile. "You aren't the only person who can read people, because I made a living doing the same."
"Okay then why did I become a cop?" Tavon asked with a chuckle.
"Because growing up I picture you as being that skinny little nerd with big glasses and buck teeth that everyone used to pick on growing up-." Mark started and by this point Alison, Locke, and Regina could sense the rage building in Tavon.
"Guys like my father, brothers, and just all around thugs used to make your day a living hell. Then one day you realized that you could make their days a living hell by becoming a cop, because with a badge you could make them all fear and respect you." he added with a chuckle.
"Then you realized that nobody would really take you seriously as a cop, so before you got the badge you hit the gym, the dentist, an eye doctor, or really anyone that could fix your appearance and you were happy with the results." The Creole stated before his eyes widened in amusement. "I bet you were so happy with the results that you went back to every girl that turned you down showed them how you looked then, turned them down for laughs." He finished before cackling while Tavon looked at him angrily.
"Then you became a cop and you think that just because now you're good looking and you have a badge the world will love, fear, and respect you-." Mark started before Sawyer interrupted him.
"Enough Roman." He yelled.
"But I hate to tell you this buddy nobody fears you because you'll always be the weak spineless nigga you always were, once a bitch-ass nigga…always a bitch-ass nigga." The Creole finished earning a few seconds of silence from Tavon before he started to chuckle.
"He got to him." Said Derrick as the group watched closely as Tavon stood and threw a right hook for the side of Mark's head knocking the teen to the floor before pouncing on him and beginning to throw blows to Mark's face and torso while Sawyer tried to pull him off.
"Jesus!" said Alison as she watched Tavon strike Mark in the mouth with enough force to make the Creole spit blood before Sawyer pulled Tavon off.
"And I thought you was supposed to be the good cop you dumb motherfucker." Mark shouted causing Tavon to break free from Sawyer's grasp and send a kick to Mark's.
"Calm down man!" Sawyer yelled before shoving Tavon out of the room while Mark slowly rose to sit back down in the chair.
"Yeah listen to the obvious pig fucker, you know inbreds are some of the smartest people on Earth." Mark replied earning a smack across the head from Sawyer.
"Say something smart again and I'll let him have a crack at you again." Sawyer yelled.
"Like I'm worried about him." Mark shot back before looking to Tavon who was pacing the floor.
"I like how you like to beat your suspects, if only you could have been doing that when them gangsters was smacking your ass around like a volleyball." Mark yelled out with a chuckle before Sawyer drew his Nightstick and slammed it against Mark's chest with enough force to take the breath out of the youngest Roman.
"You got something smart to say now?" Sawyer asked with anger in his voice.
"Yeah…someday a guy like me is gonna kill you all." Mark replied with anger in his voice and earning a surprised look from Alison.
"That maybe, but you won't be pulling the trigger." Stated Tavon before Sawyer watched him draw his nightstick and raise it up high before bringing it down on Mark's left forearm, that was still handcuffed to the table, earning a loud scream of pain from Mark as the duo watched him crumble to the floor while gripping his arm before Tavon started to repeatedly strike him again and again with the nightstick while Sawyer tried to pull him off.
"Turn it off I've seen enough." Said Locke as he watched Derrick turn off the video.
"This is bad Lieutenant for all of us." He replied.
"Just what we need more problems." Locke added while rubbing his chin before watching as Tavon rose to his feet and walked out of the room in a huff.
"What happened to the kid?" Locke asked while turning to Sawyer.
"I dropped him off a few blocks away from the hospital, if he got there I don't know." He replied earning an angry look from Alison.
"And you just left him there?" she asked with venom in her tone.
"Yeah I did, and why are you getting so defensive of him for?" he asked with anger in his voice. "In case you forgot Marcus is affiliated with Joe and probably has blood on his hands. So as far as I'm concerned what Tavon did to him was justified, these gang members pride themselves on killing cops and making us look like fools. So we need to remind them that if they want to do wrong…we'll be there to beat their ass if we can't lock them up." Sawyer replied before walking out of the room in a huff.
"Damn!" said Locke as he lowered his head in anger before Regina approached him and said something in his ear.
"How bad is that tape?" he asked while turning to Derrick.
"If the tape is leaked best case scenario Mark sues and takes money from the department and get's Sawyer and Tavon fired. Worst case scenario Mark sues and take enough from the department that they shut us down and fire Sawyer and Tavon." Derrick stated.
"And me as well for letting it happen under my command." Said Locke earning a few seconds of the group.
"We don't have time to worry about that now. Martin went to the hospital to check on Mark but when he comes back I want you to handle the interrogation of Chayton, while me and Alison head to the twelfth ward." He stated to the groups surprise.
"What's going on?" The FIB Agent asked.
"The Ballas and Black Kings are holding court and they're a couple of New Arcadia Drug Dealers there. It looks like the Shotcallers are trying increase their numbers to help fight Joe." He stated earning nods from the group while Alison kept a serious look but felt disappointment shoot through her at the knowledge that she couldn't check on Mark, but she knew he was in the right hands with Link and the others.
New Arcadia
The drive to the fifth ward wasn't long for Lee, Felix, and Buck as they stepped out at a pawn store before stepping out and making their way inside where they noticed Heavy Joe standing with an African American man with short black hair, bright brown eyes, and wearing a black t-shirt over a black and blue jacket, blue jean pants, and black shoes.
"Where's Mark?" Joe asked with wide eyes.
"He got picked up by NAPD and now he's about to go through surgery." Lee replied to Joe's surprise.
"Shit forgot to tell him NAPD ain't no joke, they the worse in the South." The other man replied earning a nod from Joe.
"Well then since he's not here-." Started Joe before Lee interrupted him.
"He's not here but we can handle ourselves just as well." The Chinese man pointed out with venom in his voice earning a few seconds of silence from Joe before he nodded his head.
"Alright then Ghost, show them what I need done." Joe said earning a nod from the African American man before he led the trio of BSU members to the back of the store.
"I believe introductions are in order. Guys around here call me Ghost and I was affiliated with the Roman Boyz before Joe took me under his wing." He stated earning nods from the group. "We don't like using names around here so I'll just call you what comes to mind." He added earning slight nods from the group before they watched him lead them to a backdoor before opening it and allowing the group to see an African American man tied to a chair with a bag over his head.
"This guy used to be one of our dealers but decided to switch over to the Ballas. We believe he's holding onto some important information and we wanted to know if Mark could get it out of him?" Ghost asked earning a silent nod from Lee who led the group inside of the room before closing the door behind them.
Liddell
Things seemed to be going to slow for the likening's of Adahy as he sat outside the office of Mekko Meska while he talked with Clay and a number of the other elders over the arrest of Task and the attacks by the Rednecks.
It had been hours since they were attacked and it seemed that all everyone was doing was talking and not taking any form of action for what was done. He knew that things like this were a delicate issue, in the America eyes what happened to him and his people would go unanswered and retaliation would be met with swift justice. It seemed to be the norm when things like this happened to his people.
"This seat taken?" came a new voice that caused Adahy to lift his head and notice a young Native American man with medium brown skin, hazel eyes, and stood about six foot two with dark brown hair that was shaved along the sides.
"Only if you want to sit down and talk politics with me." Adahy replied earning a slight chuckle from the man.
"Nah there's enough politics being talked in the room behind us and I'm not much of a fan of talking." He shot back while taking a seat next to Adahy.
"You're not from around here are you?" the Creek Warrior asked earning a nod from the man.
"No my land is what is modern day Canada, Quebec to be exact, but I do like to travel a lot." He replied earning wide eyes from Adahy.
"Canada…you're a Mohawk." He shot at the man earning a nod from him.
"And proud to be outsiders like to call me Burke, but to us I am Karakon:kie Oneida but I prefer if you call me Danyen." He stated earning a nod from Adahy.
"Mind telling me why a Mohawk is all the way in New Arcadia?" The Creek Warrior asked earning a nod from the man.
"Well if you haven't noticed four of us are dead and nobody seems to be doing anything about it." He said with a chuckle. "So me and a couple of guys like me are here to…make things right in our own special way" He added earning a nod from Adahy.
"You really think they'll give the word?" he asked earning a shake of the head from the Northeast Native.
"Hell no I've seen situations like this one dozens of times. They'll shout and argue at each other for hours until they decide it's better to let everything be." He stated.
"Then what do you suppose we do?" Adahy asked earning a smile from the man.
"I say we do thing the way warriors are supposed to do them and get revenge on those responsible." He replied.
"I like the idea, but how are we going to do that when we don't know the names of those responsible?" Adahy asked.
"We don't know their names but we know the name of the man who's lying in a morgue and I'm pretty sure he's got a family, who more than likely have family friends." He stated earning a nod from Adahy before he rose from his seat and started to walk out of the room.
New Arcadia
"Respect!" it was one word but blared through the halls of a community center in the 17th Ward of New Arcadia as a crowd of African American men and women sat and stood side by side shoulder to shoulder while Antwan stood in the middle of the floor addressing them.
"We're only killing ourselves." He said in a strong tone that seemed to sound off throughout the building while those listening sat in a silence that would allow someone to hear a pen drop.
"Our sisters need us, they are raising our babies for us while we're out in the streets chasing women, money, or drugs instead of giving them respect." He added just as the listeners shouted "Respect" again at the top of their lungs.
"Our babies need us in their lives…not in jail, not in the streets, and damn sure not in the graves." He continued earning a smile from Brian who sat behind him watching him closely with intent eyes. He knew that when it came down to Balla OG's who can move a crowd Antwan was at the top of the list. When he spoke he did it with such authority that if he wasn't a dude from the block he could probably be running for president and with the country they were living in today…he'd probably win.
In truth Brian didn't blindly follow the political "We Need to Better Ourselves as Young Black Men" bullshit that his longtime friend was spewing out. In truth, it didn't make much sense to listen to someone you know as a drug dealing gang member preach about better yourself, but these people needed to hear it. They needed to know that Antwan wasn't just a street hustler but someone who's all for the community.
"Our mothers need us, too many have cried too many tears and buried too many sons." He continued and in that split second Brian looked into the crowd of people and quickly spotted two faces that stuck out mostly because they were on the lighter shade of things.
"Our brothers they need us, lifting each other up instead of shooting them down." He added before turning his gaze to Locke and Alison who were watching him closely. "Is that respect?"
After those words left his lips the room shouted "Respect" again and after dying down Locke slowly turned his head to Alison and started to whisper to her.
"That's Antwan Michael's, known on the streets as OG Twan, he's sort of the Ballas in New Arcadia." He said earning a nod from Alison who continued to watch him speak before following Locke's attention around the room.
"I know Twan." Regina replied while eyeing the man closely.
"Most of these people look like civilians." Stated Alison.
"17th Ward, 2nd Ward, and lower 7th Ward, it looks like he's got all the Balla Crews here." stated Locke as he pointed out known Balla members to her.
"Not just the Ballas, they got some independent hustlers in here as well." Said Regina as Locke and Alison turned to the Narcotics officer and watched her point out a few men.
"I see guys from all over New Arcadia." She stated with venom in her tone. "Antwan got down with the Ballas after the Hurricane, but before that he used to work under Joe." She added to the duo's surprise.
"We're keeping the grave diggers busy, and that's a damn shame." Twan said before Locke, Alison, and Regina watched him as he turned to them.
"I guess the police need us to." He said before approaching the trio. "You put more than two black men together and look who shows up." He added before stopping in front of them and looking Locke up and down while the crowd directed their attention to the officers.
"But that's alright though, it's our own fault because we commit the crimes." He said before turning his attention to Alison.
"I slung rock and messed people up…but I don't fight the power anymore." He said before walking away from the group while Brian gave them a joking smile.
"We gotta be about changing that power, and you have to keep your heads up, be a man, and demand respect." He stated earning another loud shout of "Respect" from the audience.
"Because sooner or later they have to give it you." He added before pointing directly at Locke and Alison.
"Take the skills they force on us slinging, pimping, surviving and use it to starting your own businesses." He continued. "Banks and shops that we own, take back these streets and neighborhoods that we lost from the hurricane and then we get respect." He said earning another loud chorus of "Respect" from the audience.
"Say it again." He yelled earning another loud shout followed by another and another until the word Respect seemed to be the only thing going through the minds of Locke, Alison, and Regina as they watched the cheering people while Brian sat back with a smile on his face.
New Arcadia
"Man when they gonna be done?" asked an African American man with long black dreadlocks, gold teeth and wearing a black t-shirt, blue jean pants, and white shoes as he sat at the front of the pawn shop with Joe and Ghost waiting for the return of Lee, Felix, and Buck.
His question was soon answered though as the backdoor was opened and the trio stepped out with Lee and Felix looking angrily while Buck looked somewhat queasy.
"The hell was you fucking the man?" the dread-headed man asked earning a look from Lee.
"Excuse Troy he ain't patient." Said Joe as he approached the trio.
"The Ballas are having a shipment of drugs delivered to them from Vice later today at cabin in the sticks by the Uptown Riders." Stated Lee to Joe's surprise.
"The Motorcycle Club." He said earning a nod from Lee.
"I forget them boys started themselves a chapter up in New Arcadia a few months back." Said Ghost.
"They got a chapters in Red Stick to as well as a few other places." Added Felix earning a nod from the man.
"I knew those fucking bikers was doing shit in Liberty, but they ain't pulling that shit here." Stated Joe before he turned to Lee.
"You think you can send the right message to them boys, that they have no business here?" he asked earning a nod from Lee.
"Absolutely." Lee replied before moving to walk out the room just as Ghost stopped him.
"You mind telling me how you got him talk?" he asked earning a slight chuckle from Lee.
"In my lifetime I've come to learn that every man has a breaking point when it comes to pain. They can take it and take it until they can't take it anymore." He stated before reaching into his pocket and pulling out something wrapped in a purple bandanna.
"I reached his about ten minutes ago." He finished before walking off with Felix and Buck while Ghost, Joe, and Troy looked at the bandanna before unwrapping the contents of it and revealing a severed hand.
Elmwood
The drive to Elmwood wasn't long for Adahy as he found himself sitting in the passenger seat of a pickup truck with Danyen driving and three other Creek Warriors sitting in the back. He knew the elders would be pissed because of the acts they were about to commit, but in truth he'd rather feel more pleased with himself if he did seek revenge because at least that way he'd have peace of mind.
"We're here!" said Danyen as he parked his truck outside a small house that now belonged to the wife of the Redneck that Task had shot in the back of the head.
"Let's do this." Said one of the Creeks as he put a black ski mask over his face while Adahy and Danyen did the same before jumping out of the car with their pistols drawn. They didn't intend to hurt the woman but they would if it meant they could find his friends.
"GO!" said Danyen as he watched one of the Natives kick the door with enough force to send it flying open while a loud scream echoed from inside that came from a blonde haired woman wearing a white gown.
"Shut up." Said one of the Natives as Danyen quickly knocked her on the couch before pointing his gun at her head.
"Where your husbands friends?" he asked with venom in his tone.
"I don't know." She replied causing him to look back at Adahy.
"You believe her?" he asked earning a shake of the head from the Creek Warrior.
"Nope." He replied.
"Me neither." The Mohawk shot back before grabbing a pillow off the couch then putting it to the woman's head followed by putting the gun to the top of the pillow
"NO!" she screamed as he pulled the trigger and sent a bullet flying over her head while the muffled gunshot rang throughout her ears. Thanks to angling the gun when he fired the bullet missed her but it left enough of an impression that he was would kill her if he had to.
"Now are you gonna tell me where they are now?" he asked with venom in his tone.
"I don't know, all I know is they like to hang out at a bar a few blocks from here." She replied causing Danyen to look back at Adahy.
"You believe her now?" he asked earning a slight nod from the Creek.
"If I were you, I'd forget this meeting over happened or we'll come back and you'll be seeing your husband again." He replied with anger in his voice before rising up and walking off with Adahy in tow.
"I'll call some more warriors we're gonna hit these guys and we're gonna hit them hard." He replied with anger in his voice earning a nod from Adahy.
Red Stick
"Do you have it?" asked Miller as he, Davey, and Eddy walked into the backroom of the clubhouse where he noticed Manfred sitting at a desk working on something in silence while a notebook rested next to him.
"This is how you know Lee is taking charge of things in Mark's absent." The Indian stated before the trio approached him and noticed that he was working on what looked like a metal cylinder that was tied together with wires while an old fashioned clock was tied to the front. "Mark goes in guns blazing and Lee likes to go in with a bang."
"How does it work?" Davey asked while taking in the sight of the explosive.
"Well we don't have C4 like we did back in Sunbelt so I had to improvise with items you can find in a home and the few sticks of dynamite Mark has buried so it should give you a good result." said Manfred as the group watched him put a clock on the explosive.
"Someone's getting shutdown today." He said with a chuckle before passing it to Miller who quickly looked over the explosive.
"The cylinder acts as a blasting cap so you can move it around just get it to it's location before the timer runs out." He said earning a nod from the BSU members.
"Consider it done." Miller replied before walking off with the duo in tow.
New Arcadia
The scene at the community center in the 17th Ward had quickly changed from a scene of lecture to a scene of fun as people found themselves eating, talking, and even dancing amongst themselves while music blared through the building.
"Tank didn't think I'd see your face after what happened at Voodoo." Said Locke as he, Alison, and Regina approached a Balla member wearing a purple boar's jacket over a black t-shirt, blue jean pants, and white shoes.
"Ain't nobody running me outta the city I'm from." He replied with venom in his tone earning a nod from Locke.
"Right maybe killing a girl and burning down a shop owned by Joe is enough incentive to say you ain't to be fucked with." Locke shot back with anger in his voice.
"Excuse me." Came a new voice that caused the three officers to turn their heads and notice Antwan and Brian approaching the trio. "Can I help you with something?"
"Maybe you can Antwan Michael's." he said earning a confused look from the Balla OG.
"Do I know you?" he asked.
"No, but I recognize your mugshot." He replied.
"I used to work under Detective Shaw." Stated Regina earning Antwan's attention and a smile.
"Good for you, and good for me knowing that drug planting bastards dead." He replied to Alison's surprise.
"Detective Shaw, didn't plant drugs on anyone." She shot back.
"He planted drugs on a lot of people, lucky for me god sends me a savior in the form of a hurricane." Antwan shot back with a chuckle.
"Enough chit chat, we want to know about the dead girl in that burned out restaurant." Locke stated.
"Well then maybe you want to go knock at the door of the man who owns the restaurant." Said Brian earning Locke's attention. "I hear insurance fraud is big down here." He added earning a chuckle from Twan.
"There's a mouth on this junior." Locke replied while Alison eyed Brian closely.
"Ou pa pral gen yon pi yo di pita blan ti gason."
("You won't have much to say later white boy.") Stated Brian earning a nod from Locke while Alison eyed the man closely. In her time with Mark she'd learned a few words in French and Creole and she was able to understand a few but Brian's sentence seemed off to her.
"I don't know what your friend just said, but if he doesn't want to be taken out of here in handcuffs he'd better step back." Locke replied earning an angry look from Brian before Antwan stopped him from acting on his emotions. Growing up in Haiti the police were seen as criminals with badges and the same could be said for cops in America to Brian.
"Like he said though, you should be checking the man who owned the restaurant." Antwan replied.
"I will, but right now I'm questioning the guy who's holding court and has a lot of reasons to do it." Locke shot back earning an angry look from Antwan.
"This is a cookout, a friendly gathering and nothing else." He replied.
"Maybe you'd like to sing that tune back at the station?" Locke shot back earning a chuckle from Antwan.
"You could do that, but you'd be having to bring me and a few of my guys as well." He stated to the group's confusion. "From what I been hearing you guys beat a guy so bad he's getting surgery." Antwan shot back to Alison's shock and surprise.
"Don't believe everything you hear." Locke replied while giving the man an angry look before to Alison and Regina.
"Let's go!" he said before walking out with the duo in tow while Antwan and Brian watched them leave with smiles on their faces.
"I didn't think the news about Mark would spread this fast." Locke stated earning a scoff from Regina.
"This New Arcadia, the city big but it ain't that big and the right news travels fast." She replied while Alison followed behind the group with her phone in hands sending a text message to Lee.
"Is Mark Having Surgery?" After hitting the send button she quickly returned her attention to Locke and Regina as they walked out of the center.
"What did he mean by being saved by the hurricane?" Alison asked.
"Before Hurricane Katherine the FIB was making a large case against a number of drug dealers in New Arcadia, but when the storm hit they lost everything from evidences to witnesses because of so a lot guys got off on cases ranging from Racketeering, Drug Trafficking, and even Murder." Stated Regina to Alison's shock.
"Jesus Christ!" she replied.
"Yeah if that case would have came down guys like Antwan, Heavy Joe, Maurice Roman, and over twenty others would be off the streets right now." Said Locke as the group made it back to their cars just as Alison's cellphone chimed causing her to look down at it and see that Link had responded to her text.
"He just got out." She read causing her to lift her eyes and notice Locke and Regina staring at her.
"Marcus Roman is out of surgery." She stated earning a nod from Locke.
"Alright you and Regina go see him, I'm gonna head back to the office I have a feeling the Major is gonna be on our ass for this." He replied before climbing into his car while Regina and Alison did the same before driving off.
Outside of New Arcadia
The evening sun was coming down brightly on this long day but it was coming down in bits and pieces thanks to the trees blocking much of the wooded areas outside of New Arcadia and the major cities where the lush green rural countryside seemed to stretch for miles.
In the middle of this particular countryside was a long stretch of road that was one of the many backways into New Arcadia. Riding along this road was four members of the New Arcadia chapter of the Uptown Riders Motorcycle Club. The powerful black biker club could mostly be spotted on the East Coast, but in recent years like the Lost MC moving out West they moved to the South and established chapters all along the Southeast as far as Sunbelt.
With the increase in chapters brought a rise in numbers, precense, and illegal activity. In recent years they've managed to create strong connections with drug cartels similar to their white counterparts and are now able to import tons of drugs into the country and export them to their other chapters across the country who then sell them to buyers which include other biker gangs, street hustlers, and street gangs like the Ballas, Families, Deuce, gangs loyal to the Soul and Kin Nations, and even the BGA.
As the group drove along the long stretch of road the road a moving truck was following behind the group with an Uptown Rider sitting behind the driver while a number of blue containers were in the back of the vehicle. The containers were filled with Uptown Rider clothing and support wear but if one were to dig deeper they would find the keys of Cocaine hidden in the crates as well. Over the years the group had developed ingenious ways to hide their product from those that would take it.
"We're here!" yelled the Road Captain as he led the group down a dirt road where a cabin was located.
"Alright get ready." Said Lee as he cocked his Tactical Mossberg 500 from behind a parked car in front of the cabin with Felix found himself clutching the SR-556 Assault Rifle from behind another car, Buck in the trees around the cabin, and Ghost and Troy taking cover from inside the cabin with AK-47 Assault Rifles.
As the first bike came into sight the group quickly cocked their guns before watching as the truck came into view which signaled the start of their attack. Upon seeing it the group moved almost as one and rose from their cover with their weapons drawing beads on the bikers.
"Oh shit-." Started the Road Captain before Lee squeezed the trigger of his shotgun and sent the pellets from his Buckshot rocketing at the Uptown Rider before colliding with the center of his face and sending him flying back off his bike while the others let off a barrage of bullets that easily tore through the bikers and had them flying off their bikes.
"Damn!" said Buck as he fired his Pistol while watching Ghost fire several rounds from his AK-47 Assault Rifle that went tore through the leather vest of an Uptown Rider before striking his heart then blowing out his back and striking a tree behind him.
"Damn recoil." Said Felix as he fired his Assault Rifle and struck another Uptown Rider in the chest and along the sides of his bike. One thing about Felix was that when it came down to shooting he can handle using something small like a Pistol but when it came to high caliber weapons like an Assault Rifle he was still a novice, but he seemed to be slowly making progress as he watched the Uptown Rider slide off his car while Lee killed the other man with a shot to the chest.
"Outta the truck." Lee yelled at the driver of the truck who quickly tried to back the vehicle away from the cabin but before he could drive away the Chinese man had fired another slug that easily broke through the windshield of the truck and impacted against the Riders chest and blowing his guts into the seat.
"Damn, I wonder the shooting deaths for cops here is?" Buck asked while watching Lee sling the Shotgun on his back before moving to the driver's seat of the truck and forcing the dead Rider out.
"Joe said we didn't need the drugs." Stated Ghost as he watched Lee start up the truck.
"I know, but if the Ballas want drugs we're gonna give it to them." He replied to Ghost's confusion.
"Just follow me." Lee replied while Buck and Felix moved to the back of the truck before hopping inside while Ghost and Troy headed for the back of the truck and hopped inside.
"I hope you know what you're doing." He said while Lee started up the truck before driving away from the cabin.
New Arcadia
The drive to the hospital wasn't long for Alison as she and Regina quickly walked through the halls of the building before making their way into a room at the end of the hall where Alison quickly spotted Link standing outside the door of the room causing her to send the blonde haired man a look that he returned while the woman moved into the room with Regina.
"Oh God!" the redhead said upon eyeing the youngest Roman. He was just an hour out of surgery so there was a long bandage on his left forearm, a bandage on his forehead, while bandages were wrapped around his torso.
"Hard to look at…ain't he?" came a new voice that caused the two women to turn their heads and notice Martin Roman standing in the corner.
"You and your friends did a pretty good number on him, and you'll be feeling it soon." He stated earning an angry look from Regina.
"Who's to say your brother didn't attack our officers?" she asked earning a surprised look from Alison. She knew that in times like this it was best to not give those on the opposing side ammunition against the department, but even she found this wrong. "Your brother has some form of close combat training so who's to say our officers didn't beat him in self-defense?" she added earning an angry look from Martin.
"I guess we'll find out at a trial, and we all know what public opinion thinks." He replied with anger in his voice.
"Shouldn't you be at the station worrying about your other patient Mr. Highwolf?" Regina asked.
"I was on my way out, until you showed up." Martin shot back with venom in his tone.
"I can watch him." Came the voice of Link as everyone noticed the blonde haired man enter the room.
"You're the kid from the club." Regina stated instantly recognizing Link.
"Yes I am and I'm the guy who's gonna sit here with Mark while you leave." The Blonde said with authority in his tone that surprised Alison.
"Why don't you go with Mr. Roman here to the station while I stay here with him and wait for Marcus to wake up." Stated Alison earning Regina's attention.
"Alright then I can live with that." She said before turning to Martin.
"Watch him closely." The eldest Roman replied earning a nod from Link who watched as he walked out of the room with Regina in tow.
"Jesus I didn't think it was that bad." She said while approaching the sleeping Mark.
"He's got a concussion, bruised ribs, and a bruise on his leg, but his biggest problem is he's got a compound fracture in his left forearm." Link stated earning Alison's attention.
"It's only a partial break in his radius but the bone actually shifted down and pinched onto the muscles in his arm. That's why he needed surgery to get the muscles out because it was causing him a lot of pain." He added earning wide eyes of shock and sadness from Alison.
"I shouldn't have left him alone, or interrogated him myself" She said with anger in her voice.
"Don't beat yourself up, these things happen especially with NAPD." Link replied earning a confused look from Alison.
"What do you mean?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"NAPD has a laundry list of misconduct Alison, in 1995 a female police officer robbed a restaurant here and killed two of the owners children and her partner. The aftermath of the hurricane saw ninety-one officers leave and another two hundred were being investigated for abandoning their post so the city went to hell." He started earning wide eyes from the FIB Agent.
"Link not all cops are bad and that hurricane made a lot of people want to be with their families." she stated before the blonde interrupted her.
"Nine days after the hurricane two people were killed and another four were wounded after a gunfight with police, all were unarmed, one was shot in the back, and it was proven that the officers falsified evidence and lied under oath." He added earning silence from Alison.
"Years later a captain was fired for concealing information of another officer related killing that happened after the hurricane and another five officers were charged. This man was shot with an Assault Rifle and his body was put into his car and burned." He continued causing Alison to look away from him.
"And just last year an officer was sentenced to three years after he was proven of sexual misconduct with three underage girls." He finished while eyeing Alison closely.
"All cops may not be bad Ali, but there's something wrong with the police here." Said Link before he turned to look back down at Mark. "I maybe Irish, but I am afraid every time I see the police, because when I see them… they see him." He added before looking down at Mark.
"So does he have a case?" Link asked earning a few seconds of silence who felt like she shouldn't reveal that information to Link, but despite her best judgment decided to do so.
"Yeah he does." She replied while lowering her head.
"You got nothing to worry about Mark won't sue." Link shot back to Alison's surprise.
"What do you mean he won't sue?" she asked with wide eyes.
"Suing will just have people digging around us and when it comes to the police it's better to be on their good side then their bad side if you want to stay out of prison." He replied to Alison's shock.
"But Mark was downright physically assaulted." She replied earning a nod from Link.
"Aye he was, I just hope that when he wakes up he won't seek revenge in his own way. You've never seen him like that, and I hope you won't." he replied to the woman's surprise.
"You mean the way the BGA taught him." She said earning a slight chuckle from Link.
"He told you about that did he, you should feel lucky he didn't even tell the Brothers in Sunbelt about them." Link stated while looking down at the dragon tattoo on Mark's arm which was just one half of the symbol for the powerful prison.
"I did a little research on the BGA, they're a prison gang that formed in San Andreas. How did Mark get hooked up with them?" she asked.
"He had the balls to steal drugs from them in Dockington." Link replied to Alison's confusion.
New Arcadia
The drive to the clubhouse of the Uptown Riders Motorcycle Club wasn't long for Antwan and Brian as the duo quickly stepped out of their car and approached the front of the clubhouse where they noticed several bikers standing out front. Amongst them was a heavyset African American man who was probably in his mid-30s and stood about five foot nine with a long black beard, shaved head, and wearing the jacket of the Uptown Riders over a white t-shirt, black jeans, and black biker boots.
"What the fuck is this I hear about my shit being taken Terrell?" Antwan asked while approaching the man with angry expression on his face only to be blocked by an African American man who stood about six foot two with short black hair and wearing the Uptown Rider jacket with blue jean pants, black biker boots, and black sunglasses.
"Easy Twan, we had a minor setback but my boys are handling the situation now." He replied while Brian looked around the clubhouse and noticed a few Bikers in the garage of the clubhouse working on brown Sentinel while a young African American and two Caucasians that could have been in his early twenties stood by watching them closely.
A few miles away from the Uptown Rider Clubhouse the same truck filled with drugs that was stolen from the Uptown Riders was speeding down the freeway and dodging cars in the process as Lee drove the vehicle like a mad man, with the radio tuned to the hard rock station and the song Murder Melody by Cult to Follow blaring loud, and Felix and Buck struggling to stand in the back while Ghost and Troy sped behind them in a Moonbeam.
"We got company." Yelled Felix as he and Buck looked out the back of the truck and noticed three bikers approaching from behind.
"Take care of them because we a van in front." Said Lee as he noticed a black van with the logo for the Riders painted on the back side moving in front of the group.
"Let them bitches have it." Yelled Ghost as Troy opened the side door of his Moonbeam and peppered the van with 7.62x39mm rounds that easily tore through the vehicle and striking the driver along with a back tire that exploded with a loud bang.
"Outta my way." Lee yelled as the van started to skid to the right before colliding with the front of the truck that sent it spinning down the freeway.
"Shit!" said Felix as he and Buck fired their guns outta the back of the truck while the bikers moved to dodge the van as it collided with a rail guard.
"Talk about something new." Said Buck as he fired off three shots in an attempt to strike a biker but the movement of the truck made aiming difficult for the teen who'd barely had any real time at a gun range.
"Just die already." Said Felix as he fired a barrage of seven bullets at the bikers striking one in the shoulder and sending the man falling off his bike and onto the hard road where he was quickly ran down by a vehicle on the busy highway.
"Off my back!" said Buck as he fired a single shot that missed the biker but impacted against his front tire and blew a hole through it causing the vehicle to shake violently before falling over and sending the rider sliding.
"Talk about luck." Felix replied before looking down the sight at the last biker who was slowly gaining on the truck. "I don't want to hit anyone not on a bike." He said before looking back at the crates of drug and Rider Support Gear.
"Bucky give hand." The Mexican man yelled earning a nod from Buck who moved deeper into the back of the truck.
"More bikers in van." Yelled Ghost as he and Troy noticed another van pull up in front of the group.
"Damn aren't these bikers supposed to riding bikes?" Lee asked while ducking down to dodge a barrage of bullets from an Uptown Rider hanging out the back of the van with an M16 Assault Rifle.
"Fucking prick." Lee yelled while making changing lanes to avoid the shots while Troy found himself shooting at a group of three Riders on bikes that pulled up in front of the group.
"Die!" Lee yelled before drawing his pistol and blindly firing it from underneath the dashboard of the vehicle striking the Rider with the Assault Rifle in the knee and causing him to roll out the back of the van onto the road where he was quickly rundown by Lee.
"Damn bastards." Yelled the last biker that was following the group before he watched as a crate came flying out the back of the truck with wide eyes as it impacted with the road in front of him.
"OH SHIT!" he yelled before slamming into the crate with enough force that the sound of his bones shattering echoed throughout the freeway.
"Hell yeah!" Buck as Felix moved to the opening of the truck before grabbing the side rails then sticking out his Assault Rifle and firing a barrage of bullets at the bikers out front, successfully striking one in the back of the head and sending him falling to the Asphalt.
"You fuckers are dead." Yelled a Rider that was standing in the middle of the road firing a Sawn-Off Shotgun.
"Never stand in the road." Yelled Lee as he watched Ghost run the man down with the Moonbeam while Troy finally managed to kill the driver of the van blocking their path.
"Quit clogging the lanes." Said Lee as he fired his Pistol from the dashboard while Troy, Buck, and Felix also fired the guns and quickly struck the bikers in front of them with headshots, backshots, and shots to their bikes that easily damaged the vehicles that soon sent the bikers toppling to the ground.
"Alright we're getting off the freeway now." Said Lee as he and Ghost pulled the vehicles off the main road while a few Bikers were giving chase.
Elmwood
The scene in Elmwood was a bit calmer on this side of the small town as a group of eight Caucasian men found themselves walking out of bar with smiles on their faces and chuckling wholeheartedly at the night of debaucheries they had the night before.
"Ready up." Said Danyen as he loaded his Browning Hi-Power Pistol while Adahy cocked his AK-47 Assault Rifle.
"How do we know which ones did the shooting?" asked one of the Creek Warriors with a Remington 870 Shotgun.
"Does it matter, we'd be doing the world a favor by wiping all these long-pig eating classless inbreeds off the face of the earth." Stated another Creek that was dual wielding two Sig Sauer P226's.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Danyen asked earning a confused look from the Creek.
"Before the white man came here my people used to eat other men. That's what Mohawk means…man-eater" He stated.
"I'm pretty sure you don't eat man now do you?" he asked.
"No it was outlawed a long time ago, but the point is…not all man-eaters are inbred or classless." Stated Danyen before he turned back to the bar where he noticed the men making their way to their car.
"NOW!" he yelled causing the Natives to jump from their positions surrounding the men who were taken by surprise until the first shot was fired striking a man in the chest before five more hit him in the back and a last hit him in the back of the head.
As Adahy fired his weapon he quickly watched as all the men hit the ground almost like bowling pins before folding up on the ground.
"Ceasefire!" said Danyen as Adahy watched the group start to approach the Rednecks and fire shots into their heads, but his gaze instantly went to Danyen who he noticed grab the lifeless body by the neck before pulling a switchblade from his back pocket.
"Do we really have time for that?" he asked earning a chuckle from the man.
"We'll make time." He replied before moving the blade to the top of the corpses head.
New Arcadia
"I figured Mark told you why we left our foster home?" Link asked earning a nod from Alison.
"It was me, Mark, Lee, and four others when we started. It was hard for us at first because we didn't have a home, money, or a place to stay." He stated. "So one day we was walking the streets and we saw this shady guy dump a bag in a trashcan and went to go look in the back...we found that It was filled with guns." He stated earning Alison's attention.
"It was mostly revolvers but there was some Glocks in there."
"With the weapons you now had tools needed to rob people." She stated earning a nod from Link.
"Were those four other men James Rohan, Roland Smith, Jimmy Drakes, and Sabastian Thomas?" she asked earning a chuckle from Link.
"Yeah they were at first we were robbing just ordinary people, but then one day Mark, Lee, Roland, and Jimmy robbed a drug dealer and got more money from him then we did anyone else." Stated Link. "And that's when it was decided that we would rob drug dealers."
"A dangerous game." She said while folding her arms over her chest.
"We had it setup in ways where we didn't just walk up to guys on the streets, sometimes we'd plan it like making a heist. I was the guy who came up with the plan, Mark, Lee, Roland, and Jimmy were the gunmen on the ground, James would be in charge of getaway, and Sabastian would be the guy who watched the dealers and get to know their routine." He stated to Alison's surprise. "We took every step to be careful and it worked…until guys got killed."
"The first to go was Rohan, he couldn't let what happened to us go. So he took his gun and started hunting down the men who used to…partake in us. He found three of them but on the fourth one the guy was waiting and put a bullet in his head." He stated to Alison's shock.
"Roland's death was his own fault, at first we were robbing dealers of money but he took money and one day he took drugs and that it was smart to try and sell the dealer back his drugs. As soon as he walked down that alley he was shot in the head." He added causing Alison to lower her head. "There's deaths changed us inside but it didn't stop us from robbing, it just made us smarter thieves."
"One day Mark, Lee, and Jimmy tried to rob a dealer on the West Side, but they got caught up in a trap. From what Mark told me they were beaten and tortured for a few hours, until a man named Leroy Barksdale came in and decided to put them to work." Lee stated earning a nod from the man. "Leroy was a shotcaller for the BGA and ran their entire operation in West Dockington. The BGA took power in the prison systems there in the 90's and have basically dug themselves in like cancer. The Aryan Vanguard have the federal system, La Onda has Southern San Andreas, NS has Northern San Andreas, while the BGA has all of Maryland.
"How so?" Alison asked.
"The BGA control almost all aspect of life in Maryland from Dockington to Rushmore City. Streets gangs like the Ballas and Families work under them, local drug dealers work under them, rival gangs can't get a foothold in their prisons. Whenever a Vago, Marabunta, or Azteca lands in the prisons around Dockington they don't last long and the same can be said for Aryan Vanguard. They're only in the federal prison with probably on five guys while BGA is dominate." Stated Link. "The only way you can establish a prison gang in Maryland is allying with BGA that's why the Spanish Lords are so powerful there and Undertaker Inc. is the main white gang."
"So what happened after Mark met Leroy?" she asked.
"He put us to work and had us robbing guys that didn't ally with them, we did until we payed back our debt and after that we thought he was gonna kill us…but he decided to bring us in his racket. He gave Mark a corner and a package of heroin and we sold for him." He continued to Alison's surprise.
"We had another corner right around ours they didn't like us taking their money, even though it was all going to the same person, so they threatened us and told us to move but instead…Mark, Lee, and Jimmy took it to them with baseball bats." Link replied to Alison's surprise.
"I guess that didn't sit well with the boss." She stated earning a chuckle from Link.
"Actually he promoted took Mark off the corner and gave him control of the drug operation in an entire apartment complex." He replied to Alison's shock. "Leroy liked go getters who didn't let people push them around and we got pushed around so much we wasn't gonna let that shit happen again."
"A few months pass and Mark was now Leroy's top enforcers, he was the guy picking up the money from the dealers and store owner and making sure it got taken to the top and if guys didn't pay he had people he could call to make sure they did." He added causing Alison to look down at the youngest Roman. "I didn't realize how much power Mark had though until one night, we were at a Korean owned liquor store and some Ballas come in trying to rob the place, and when they looked at Mark he didn't say a word but they dropped their guns and walked out without taking any money, and to this day that store has not been robbed or vandalized." He stated to Alison's surprise.
"Then what messed it up?" she asked.
"The feds brought a RICO case against Leroy, but we survived it and it didn't shutdown Leroy. He got arrested that morning and by that night he was calling Mark with orders." He replied to Alison's shock. "The BGA have so much power in prison they can reach out to guys in the streets and have them take control of their operation with them calling shots from behind the scenes, and Mark now found himself in control of the entire West Side of Dockington."
"Well what made him stepdown?" she asked.
"Haters!" came a raspy voice that caused the group to look down and notice Mark slowly rising himself from the bed. "When you rise up and have so much power, niggas are gonna hate and they gonna work hard to see you fall." He added while Alison sent him a look.
New Arcadia
Things at the Uptown Riders Clubhouse was somewhat on-edge as Antwan found himself sitting outside the clubhouse with Brian while watching Terrell talk with other members of the MC. It was becoming no secret to the duo that the Riders had lost the truck of drugs and as of now they didn't know where the truck was located only that it was somewhere in the city. The news was also becoming apparent that the group had lost maybe twenty or thirty of their members in the process. He didn't like the idea of losing money but Brian would rather have the Riders take the lost instead of them.
As the Haitian man continued to think on the subject he turned his head back to the garage where he noticed the two white boys talking amongst themselves while the black guy was being escorted out of the bathroom by a Rider.
He didn't know why but there was something he didn't like about them and it wasn't because he disliked white people but it was something about them and the air they carried themselves with that unnerved him.
"You better be coming with some good news." Said Antwan as he eyed the chapter President.
"We lost the truck, but we know it's in the city so my guys are gonna-." He started before the sound of gunshots caused him to whip his head around and watch as the gates leading to the clubhouse exploded open courtesy of a familiar truck speeding through it.
"Shit!" yelled Brian as the group watched the vehicle slam into the garage causing those inside to move out of the way as it came crashing inside.
"Son of a bitch." Yelled Terrell as he watched Brian, Antwan, and a several other Uptown Riders slowly make their way towards the truck before opening the back and seeing a small fire had been set inside and that the crates had been lost in the flames.
"Them fucking bitches gonna feel this shit." Said Terrell with anger in his voice before he turned two Prospects for the club.
"Go get the guns." He yelled before watching as the man started to run for the clubhouse.
"We gonna hit them bitches and we gonna hit them-." Started Terrell before he watched one of the Prospects open the door only to be knocked back by a spewing of fire as a loud explosion went off inside of the building that blew out the windows and sent balls of fire flying out of the building. The force of the blast was actually strong enough to knock the men off their feet and send them flying backwards.
"SON OF A BITCH!" yelled Terrell at the top of his lungs while Davey, Eddy, and Miller ran away from the charred remains of the clubhouse with looks of awe on their faces.
New Arcadia Hospital
"After Leroy went to prison, the leaders of the BGA decided it was better if they had a man on the streets running West Dockington." Started Mark as Alison and Link watched him closely as he took a sip of water before coughing because of his dry throat after having a feeding tube down it. "Naturally he wanted to make his successor, but I wasn't a member of the BGA only an associate. So to fix that I had to become a member and to do that I had to spend at least a year in a prison, so me and Leroy came up with a plan."
"I would get caught with a gun and do two years for weapons possession and when I got out I would have possession." Mark stated earning wide eyes from Alison.
"And I was gonna do it, I got this dragon tattoo as one-half to show I was down, but the other leaders had a problem with the idea of me leading and their guy on Dockington's East Side really really had a problem with the idea of a sixteen year old boy running half of a city, so he and few plotted to have me killed…and everyone even Leroy, who had loved me like a father signed off on it to save their own skins." Said Mark to Alison's shock.
"Some Ballas got me outta the city, chased me through the woods, shot at me, and when they cornered me-." He started before eyeing Alison closely. "They shot me three times in the chest, stabbed three times in the back, beat me, and left me for dead in the woods." He finished earning wide eyes from Alison.
"They came after us to thankfully me, Lee, and Jimmy got away, but Sebastian not so much. He went to see his girl, next thing you know we see him on the news found tied up frozen stiff in the trunk of a car under an overpass." Link added earning further silence from Alison.
"I blame myself for his death, if I wasn't so naïve I could have saved him but instead I didn't." Mark replied with anger in his voice.
"We avenged him the best way we could." Link stated quickly earning Alison's attention.
"You…-!" she started before Mark interrupted her.
"I ratted." He stated to her surprise and relief at the news that none of them killed for revenge. "I didn't go to Dockington PD either, I went to the FIB who transferred me to the IAA." He added to Alison's confusion.
"Why the IAA?" she asked now understanding why parts of Mark's file was restricted from her.
"In my time with the BGA I met with the leadership of the BGA in Maryland, San Andreas, and even Liberty. I met with Black Nationalist, Black Separatist, Black Extremist, Black Militant groups, Muslim Extremist, Terrorist Cells, Arms Traffickers who supplied those cells, Drug Traffickers, Cartel Members, Sleazy Cops, Politicians, Detectives, Italian Mafioso's from Liberty, Greek Mafioso's from Dockington's Greektown, and dirty FIB Agents. I knew where bodies were buried and hidden, I knew where money was being laundered, I knew who was trustworthy and not." He said earning a surprised look from Alison. "Everything I knew could cripple the BGA and make America a lot safer."
"The BGA thought I was dead so testifying behind a robe in open-court wasn't too hard, but I would have felt better if they could have seen my face." He replied while clenching his sheets tightly.
"So what happened after that?" she asked.
"We left Maryland and went to Sunbelt, and well here we are now." Mark finished with a chuckle.
"The BGA still holds a lot of power, much of the information the IAA used against them wasn't to really hurt them just the groups that allied with them that posed a bigger threat to national security. The leadership was taken down though, at least we got that justice." Stated Link earning a nod from Mark.
"Jesus you've been through a lot." She said earning a nod from Mark.
"Yup and now the BGA know that we're still alive." He stated to Alison's shock and surprise.
"How?" she asked.
"Heavy Joe is a member." He said to her surprise. "He got down with them while he was in a Texas Prison after the hurricane. He told the guys back in Dockington about me and they told him to put a bullet in my head, but he thinks I'm of more use to him alive." He stated to Alison's shock.
"That's why he talked to you at the club you're not just your fathers soldier, you have a reputation." She replied earning a nod from Mark.
"I also have military training thanks to the BGA." He added to Alison's surprise.
"I was an associate but I was also a soldier for them and they like their soldiers to be top of line. I have close combat training, hand-to-hand training, training with all weapons, and if you couldn't tell from the video…I have training of what to do and say when being interrogated to get under the skin of the officers." He stated to Alison's surprise.
"So you intentionally provoked them?" she asked.
"I had to." He replied earning an angry look from Alison.
"Really why you couldn't after you deliberately told me you'd tell them that you pass me information?" she asked with venom in her tone.
"Because Joe's got someone a man on your team who passes him information." He replied to Alison's shock. "He told before you picked me up, he said I should be alright and that he had ears in the department and your task force." He added.
"Are you serious?" she asked earning a nod from the youngest Roman.
"Better to take a beating then a bullet." The Creole shot back to Alison's shock as her mind started to ponder on the information she was just told.
"Then who is it?" she asked earning a shrug of the shoulders from Mark.
"He didn't give a name or a face, the only person I'm certain he hasn't flipped is you." Mark replied earning a few seconds of silence from Alison while Mark turned to Link.
"Give us a minute brother." He said earning a nod from the man of Irish descent before he made his way out of the room and shut the door behind him while Mark turned to face Alison who was looking away from him.
"I can understand if you hate me for not telling you more about me, but at least try to understand the situation I was in." he said earning the gaze of Alison's bright blue eyes. "We were kids who had nothing and needed to survive, and leaving the foster home was my idea and with it I promised them that I would look after them. So if doing the things I did made that happen so be it, because I wouldn't change it. I'll admit my mindset may have changed from what it was when I was working with the BGA but that's different now." He stated with authority in his tone while Alison gave him a few seconds of silence.
She didn't really know what to say to the young Creole. He'd already told her about his past robbing drug dealers and he told her about his affiliation with the BGA back at the station, so why was she so lost for words right now. The more she thought about him and his situation the more she found it hard to really be made at him. He was just a hurt child doing what he had to do to survive, but the same could be said for most of the drug dealers, bootleggers, and scammers in the world. Many of them started out trying to survive but got greedy and she didn't know if Mark got greedy towards the end or not but she knew that he's been through enough.
"I don't hate you." She finally spat out to Mark's surprise. "Just tell me, if you had as much money and power as Link said then why did you stay in the life, why risk your freedom for the gang?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I was in love with the lifestyle." He replied to Alison's confusion. "It's something only someone who was in the position I was in can say. One day I was getting my head knocked around for cans of tuna fish and then a few months later I've got dozens of foot soldiers under me and entire neighborhoods under my control. I was sixteen years old and I could do anything, go anywhere, and be respected or feared by almost everyone.
"I know it seems weird but I'm telling you, the rush you feel kicking in the door of a drug dealer and taking everything he has…it's electric." He stated earning silence from Alison who looked away from him.
"Do you want to change?" she asked earning a confused look from Mark. "Is the only reason you're helping me to give a legitimate excuse to feeling that rush of kicking in the doors of drug dealers?" she added with anger in her voice only to be taken off guard as Mark took her hands with his right while ignoring the pain in his left.
"No, I'm helping you because despite all the shit the NAPD has done…I know you actually want to help this city and I've got enough sins under belt, so maybe by helping you I can sleep better at night." Stated the young Creole. She couldn't detect it but one could easily spot the bullshit in Mark's tone, he didn't give a shit about New Arcadia or the horrible things he's done in his lifetime.
"Why do you think I'm not gonna sue the department for all this shit that happened to me. Less money in the department means less cops on the streets." He stated earning a confused look from Alison. "Plus, if your team is taken down there really is no other reason for you to stay in New Arcadia, and…I don't want you to go." He said while rubbing her knuckles earning a slight blush from Alison. Despite the bullshit in his previous statement there was some truth in this one. He didn't want Alison to leave, he hated to admit it but he had started to feel for the redheaded FIB Agent probably more so then he wanted to admit.
The only plus to her leaving was the knowledge that the Task Force would be no more and he can probably wrestle control of New Arcadia a lot quicker, but he was in no hurry to do that at the moment.
As he continued to rub the woman's knuckles and smile at each other the duo was quickly interrupted by Link who ran into the room and went for the television that was on the wall.
"You guys need to see this." He said before turning the television to the local New Arcadia News.
"The streets have been littered with bodies and the sewers have been filled with blood on this day in New Arcadia Parish as dozens upon dozens of bodies fill the streets." Said the news reporter as Alison and Mark eyed the television closely.
"The attackers are unknown but the victims are all members of the Uptown Riders Motorcycle Club. The club moved into the state of Louisiana almost a year ago and into New Arcadia almost a month ago and it seems there stay isn't welcome. Police have recovered the bodies of fifteen members of the club who were involved in a vicious chase and gun battle earlier today on a busy highway." She stated earning a shocked look from Alison.
"New Arcadia Sheriff's Department was then called to a mass shooting in Elmwood that left eight men shot dead and some of whom were missing the tops of their heads almost like they had been scalped." She added earning a disgusted look from Alison.
"New Arcadia Police were then called to the scene of the Uptown Riders clubhouse in New Arcadia where a truck had crashed into their garage and an explosion went off inside their clubhouse that left six additional members dead and another three in critical condition." The reporter added causing Mark to send a look to Link.
"This cities going to hell." The Irish teen said earning a nod from Mark.
"Yeah!" he replied while Alison looked at her phone and noticed that she had gotten a text from Locke requesting her to meet him at an address.
"I gotta go." She said but as she went to walk out of the room she quickly noticed that Mark was still clutching her hand.
"Be careful." He said while planting a kiss on her knuckles earning a blush, smile, and similar wave of satisfaction to wash over the FIB Agent that had been locked away since he stopped making any real physical contact with her.
"I will!" she replied while rubbing the teens knuckles before making her way out of the room and closing the door behind her while Mark to turn to Link.
"Lee did something for Joe?" the Creole asked earning a nod from Link. "Damn, I wish I could have joined him." He shot back earning a surprised look from Link.
"Brother this could be bad, you know how Lee is." Link replied earning a chuckle from Mark.
"I do, and that's why I like this." Mark replied while licking his lips with a sinister smile.
Liddell
The drive to Liddell wasn't long for Adahy as he parked his truck outside the casino before making his way inside with Danyen and the other Creek Warriors following him inside where they were quickly greeted by Mekko Meska, Clay, and a number of other elders.
"You've got some explaining to do boy." Meska said with his attention directed at Adahy.
"I don't have to explain anything because I did what none of you were gonna do and made things right." Adahy replied before moving past Meska and the others.
"So you're welcome." He said while Danyen watched the young Creek with a smile as he went to take a seat at the bar of the casino, not for a drink but a place to rest his feet while Danyen took a seat beside him.
"You know those Rednecks are gonna retaliate against us." He said earning a nod from Adahy.
"And when they do we'll be ready." Adahy replied earning a slight smile from Danyen.
"I know I'm not a part of this tribe and this fight isn't really my own, but I can promise you that the Society of Mohawk Warriors are standing behind Creek." He stated earning a nod from Adahy.
"I appreciate that." The Creek replied with a nod while Danyen gave only a smile.
New Arcadia
"And there he goes." Said Joe as he stood in his store with a smile while watching as Lee, Felix, Buck, Miller, Davey, Eddy, Ghost, and Troy made their way inside with mixed looks on their faces. "I know I told you to send a message to those biker bitches, but I didn't think you was gonna get rid of their clubhouse." He finished with a chuckle.
"You want to send a message that you want people out of your city nothing gets them out faster than taking away the place they call home." Said Lee earning a nod from Joe.
"Right, well here's your pay for it thirty thousand." He said before passing Lee an envelope that was filled with money.
"Seems kinda small for everything we did." Stated Felix.
"Yeah well I told you make sure the drugs didn't get to the Ballas, not blowup their clubhouse." He replied earning eye rolls from the group.
"It's good enough." Lee replied while putting the money in his jacket.
"I'll be in touch, and be sure to tell Mark to get well soon." He said before Lee, Buck, Felix, Davey, Eddy, and Miller turned to face Ghost and Troy.
"I gotta say you boys really showed your heart today." Stated Ghost earning a nod from Troy.
"It's what we do." Lee replied earning a nod from Troy.
"Right you boys need backup on things or need to make a little extra money let us know." Stated Ghost earning a nod from Lee before the duo exchanged numbers before making their way out of the pawn store to Mark's Buccaneer that was parked out front.
"Well today went well." Said Miller with a chuckle.
"Aye it's gonna get better when I get my hands on the cop that fucked up Mark." Stated Lee as the group took their positions around Mark's car but before they could slide inside their gaze was instantly drawn to two all-black Buffalos parking across the street.
"Looks like we might not have to wait long." Said Lee as he watched Alison step out of one vehicle while Regina and Locke stepped out of the other before making their way to the front of the store where they were quickly confronted by the BSU members.
"Can I help you boys?" Locke asked while Alison sent Lee and noticed the angry expression on the Chinese man's face.
"No, you helped our brother Mark earlier today." Stated Lee earning a slight nod from Locke.
"Don't do anything you'll regret boys." Said Alison causing Lee to send her a look, he knew Alison wasn't involved in what happened to Mark, but Lee she was still a part of the group that was.
"Nah we do that later." Felix replied while Locke looked the man up and down.
"So what are you gonna attack a cop here in broad daylight?" Locke asked with a smile.
"Maybe!" Lee replied while stepping to the officers face earning an angry look from the man while Joe, Ghost, and Troy stood inside the shop watching the scene closely.
"That Chinese dude going mayhem." Said Troy with a chuckle.
"What you expect, he from New Arcadia." Stated Ghost to Joe's confusion.
"Really what ward?" the kingpin asked with a raised eyebrow.
"9th Ward Eastside where the Vietnamese people be staying." He replied earning a slight nod from Joe who turned back to the scene before him and watched closely.
"Son I suggest you step aside or you'll be sitting in the same room that your friend was in." said Locke earning a chuckle from Lee.
"Good because you didn't give Mark a fighting chance but I guarantee I'm gonna take one." The Chinese man stated earning a surprised look from Alison who could sense the tension in the air.
"Well then how about-." Locke started before the sound of gunshots caught the group off-guard silencing Locke and causing them to take cover.
"Shit drive-by!" yelled Felix as he, Buck, Miller, Davey, and Eddy took cover behind Mark's car while Locke and Regina hit the ground with Alison who found herself being somewhat crushed by the weight of Lee who was shielding her.
"All you motherfuckers are dead." Yelled a Balla from his position in the passenger seat of a purple Low-Rider firing an Mini Uzi while Brian was in the backseat firing an AK-47 Assault Rifle into the store with Terrell and eight members of the Uptown Riders unloading into the store with Submachine Guns while they were on their bike.
"Stay down!" said Lee as he moved to cover Alison's head with his torso while keeping his down. She didn't see it but the Chinese man was still wearing his bulletproof vest so he wasn't too afraid to get hit. Thanks to his life choices he'd been on the wrong side of a drive-by more than once and knew that it was best to just stay down and let them unload their weapon and drive off. He knew that but Alison didn't.
Right now her mind was going into overdrive, she had been trained on being in situations where shots were fired but this was her first time being on the other end of a shooting. Time seemed almost at a standstill for her as she looked up and watched in almost slow motion as the bullets whizzed by their heads and exploded out the side doors and windows of Mark's Buccaneer before slamming through the window of the store and sending glass raining down on group.
The screams of a female onlooker and whimpers of Buck were almost too muffled to her and brought on that image of a war movie in the aftermath of a soldier being too close to an explosion. As the glass seemed to get closer to her Alison could feel Lee clutching her tighter while whispering in her to keep her calm.
As the bullets finally stopped flying the group felt a sense of relief as a wave of silence finally washed over them. They then took in a deep breath in what felt like forever but as they sucked in the air they were quickly met by the familiar smell of fire and watched lifted their heads to watch as three Molotov Cocktails were tossed into the window of the store before sending it up in a blaze of fire.
"Shit!" said Buck as another Molotov was thrown inside of Mark's car and quickly sent the interior up in a blaze.
"Let's go!" yelled Brian before the vehicles started to speed away from the scene leaving the group in a state of awe.
"RECOVER!" Lee yelled before jumping up with Felix, Buck, Miller, Davey, and Eddy who quickly scanned the area for any sign of the group coming back for a second pass.
"Sorry for tackling you to the ground, but I doubt Mark would forgive me if I let you get hurt." The Chinese man said before extending his hand to Alison who quickly took it before rising to her feet while Locke and Regina did the same.
"Talk about shock and awe." Said Regina as Locke nodded his head before looking through the broken glass of the store where he quickly noticed the body of Troy lying on the floor with over fifteen bullet wounds in his front and a large exit wound in the back of his head while parts of his body were being engulfed by the flames of the Molotov.
"Mark's gonna be pissed." Said Buck as he, Lee, Davey, Eddy, and Miller took in the sight of the youngest Roman's burned out Buccaneer.
"Talk about one hell of a day." Said Davey as Lee sent a look to Locke.
"Let's go boys this ain't our problem." Lee stated before turning to walk away to Alison's surprise while the other BSU members followed after him.
"I think this war just got worse." Stated Locke earning nods from the group.
Authors Note: And there you have it people a really really long chapter that I hope all of you enjoyed. A lot of the action in this chapter came from missions in GTA Online. The highway shooting was based on the drug run heist where you stole the convoy from the Ballas and Lost MC. Blowing up the clubhouse was based on a scene from Boardwalk Empire and the drive-by was based off a scene from the Shield.
As you all already know, New Arcadia is based off New Orleans and one thing they went over in GTA: San Andreas that they didn't go over in V or any of the other games was Police Corruption. We all know Los Santos is based off LA so crooked cops should be what everyone knows. So with this story to talk about cops and have a cop as a main protagonist and not go over the things that the police have done in the past, that have been proven, would kinda be stupid.
Was it a bit overboard to have Mark be downright beaten by the police, well it happens and we can't deny it.
The speech Antwan made about Respect is based off the speech the character Antwan Mitchell made on the TV series The Shield. I want to thank Onkwehonweneha for helping me add that to help give more of an idea as to who Antwan is and how he gets followers.
The Mohawk Character Danyen is visually based on Nathaniel Arcand and I also want to thank Onkwehonweneha for giving me some advice on the Mohawk people's culture and style that was needed to bring this character to life. He'll play another role next chapter to kinda help fill in the role of Task while he's dealing with his legal problems.
As I already mentioned in the past that the BGA or Black Guerrilla Army is based off the Black Guerrilla Family Prison Gang and Mark story about working for them in Dockington comes from the fact the BGF controls almost all illegal activity in Baltimore similar to how the Mexican Mafia control things in LA. BGF has power over street gangs and even prison gangs and has carved itself so deep into the Maryland Prison System that it control almost all prisons. Some aspects of Mark's story is taken influence from the Wire as well because it was also set in Baltimore.
The Uptown Riders New Arcadia Chapter President Terrell is visually based off actor Michael Beach who played TO in Sons of Anarchy.
Also with GTA Online most jobs are four man jobs so in order to keep that four man aspect of this story I have a total of four main protagonist and if you haven't figured it out that other main protagonist is…Lee well for now. If you're unfamiliar with my stories you should know that I can have multiple main characters and even some supporting characters that who's story exceed the main characters so which can give me four, five, and even six main characters.
If you look at Roman Empire you'd notice that there are probably as many as nine main characters from Martin, Marrick, Mark, Maggie, Felix, Luis, Navaro, Lee, and even Tweener. So with that knowledge I can tell you that as this story goes along there will be characters who have very strong supporting roles. I can promise that the role of fourth main protagonist goes to Lee and that the main supporting characters can change as the story goes along.
Stick around for next chapter as the war with the Rednecks heats up and Task feels the heat while he's in jail, Adahy deals with the fallout of his actions, Alison and New Arcadia Police Department again find themselves on the wrong side of bullets, Lee and Link do a job for Joe that has them going after the biggest supporter of the Ballas in New Arcadia (Celebrity Appearance), and Mark is given an offer from an old friend that has him questioning himself and his feelings for Alison.
Thank you all for reading, please review and have a good day Zilla Out.
