Chapter 12: Heist or Hit

A Surprise When you Get Home

New Arcadia (One Week Later)

The sun was shining high and bright on this day in New Arcadia as Alison found herself stepping out of the doors of the hospital before approaching her car, sliding into the front seat, and then driving away from the hospital. It had been a week and she was glad to finally get out of the building, but more importantly she was focused on seeing the young Creole.

She hadn't seen Mark since the day she arrived at the hospital and her mind was a flurry of emotions. She was angry because he promised her that he would be there or her, she was sad because he wasn't there with her, she was hurt because she felt stood up, but more importantly…she was worried because she hadn't heard from him in so long and the fear of something happening to him was great. She didn't even care that she left her badge and gun back at the hospital all she was worried about was Mark.

As she finally arrived at the apartment complex she quickly noticed an all-black Sadler parked in Mark's usual parking space. She figured the group must have bought it to replace the Creole's Buccaneer that had been wrecked in the drive-by.

After making her way up the stairs she quickly approached the front of Mark's apartment and starting knocking, without a care if it was too loud or not, and her actions were quickly met with the front door being swung open by a familiar blonde haired teen wearing a grey wife beater, blue sleep pants, and white socks.

"Alison!" said Link as he used his hand to shield his eyes from the sun.

"Where is he?" she asked with more anger in her voice then she intended.

"Well you see-." The Irish teen started before Alison pushed her way past him and made her way into the apartment where she noticed Buck and Felix sleeping on the couch, but quickly opened their eyes to see Alison making her way to the back of the apartment.

"What's going on?" Buck asked while ruffling his hair as he rose off the couch.

"Ali you might want to prepare yourself for what's in there." Stated Link as he followed Alison just as she arrived a room at the end of the hall before quickly opening the door and coming face to face with a half-dressed African American woman with curly hair and bright black eyes lying on Mark's bed.

"Hey!" she said with a smile while Alison felt her heart skip a beat before a familiar voice caught her attention.

"Hey sis." Said Lee as the redheaded woman watched the Chinese teen rise from under the covers without a shirt.

"What is this?" she asked in a whisper while Link looked up at Lee.

"Brother put some damn pants on." Link yelled before pulling Alison out of the room and then closing the door on his Chinese friend.

"What was that?" Alison asked.

"That was our brother being a whore." Link replied.

"Well if he's in there where's Mark?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"That's something we need to talk about?" he shot back to Alison's confusion.

Pelican State Casino & Hotel

The sight of sun rays coming through the window of the hotel room bathroom went unnoticed to Mark as he found himself using a plaster cast saw to cut through the cast on his left forearm. It's been almost three weeks since he got the injury and he figured his bones had enough time to reset despite everything he's been through the last couple of days.

As the shell of fiber glass finally fell from his arm Mark quickly took in the sight of his left arm, it had been a while since he'd seen his own tattoo covered arm and seeing it after so long actually brought a smile to his face.

He continued to look at his arm before the sound of the bathroom door opening caught his attention as caused him to look up and see a familiar woman of Asian descent looking down at him with a smile.

"Glad to see you're finally outta that thing." She said with a slight smile.

"You and me both." He replied before looking up at the woman in red with a half-smile on his face.

I suggest you hurry up and get dressed we're on a tight schedule." She said earning a nod from the youngest Roman who watched her walk away.

"Hey Ana what are we doing exactly?" he asked earning a slight chuckle from the woman as he watched her reach into her purse and pull out her Beretta Px4 Storm Pistol and cock the weapon before looking back at Mark with a smile.

"We do what we do best?" she replied earning a slight nod from the youngest Roman.

New Arcadia

"What do you mean he's not here?" asked Alison as she found herself sitting on one of Mark's couches while Link, Felix, and Buck sat across from her.

"He's not here." Said Buck in a low tone.

"And he hasn't been here in a week." Added Felix to Alison's surprise.

"And that's normal to you?" she asked with concern in her voice.

"Actually this is kinda a common thing." Said Link earning Alison's attention. "He tells us he's going away for a few days and then he leaves, it's like this every three months or so." The Irish man added to Alison's surprise.

"Well how long is gone?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It varies, I think the longest he's been gone was probably…three months." He replied to Alison's surprise.

"Well where does he go?" she asked causing the trio to lift their shoulders.

"That's something we still haven't figured out yet." Came a familiar voice as the group turned their heads and notice a full dressed Lee enter the living room wearing a blue t-shirt, black pants, and white skateboard shoes.

"Back in Sunbelt everyone used to put money in this pool and take guess as to what he does and why he leaves." Stated Lee with a chuckle. "And believe it or not but the biggest thing everyone voted on was second family in Dockington." He added with a chuckle.

"I doubt it's another family, we'd know." Link replied earning a confused look from Alison.

"So you don't know where he is and you don't know what he does when he's gone?" she asked earning nods from the group. "Do you even worry about his safety?" she asked earning chuckles from the group.

"Not really." Said Felix earning Alison's attention. "You know the kind of training Mark has under his sleeves, you'd do better worrying about those stupid enough to cross him." He added while Alison looked away from him.

"And there's no way you can call him?" she asked.

"Nope, in fact his phone is right here." Said Buck as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the youngest Roman's cellphone.

"If he needs us for something he'll call us from some weird number that's most likely outta state." Added Lee earning a confused look from Alison before she felt a hand being placed on her shoulder and turned to look at Link.

"It's best not to worry about him when he's gone like this." He said causing Alison to look down. "So why don't you go lay down to rest and if we hear anything we'll let you know." He added earning a few seconds of silence from Alison before she responded.

"Let me know when he calls, I need to speak with him about keeping a promise." She said before rising from the couch while Link nodded his head.

"Don't worry we'll let you know." Added Lee as he watched her walk out the front door before starting to chuckle. "I guess Mark tugging on her heart actually worked she's in love with our brother." He stated with a chuckle.

"Aye, but imagine for how long when she realizes just what we do in our free time." Felix replied.

"The bridge may be coming close to us." Stated Lee earning the group's attention. "Mark sent me a message a few minutes ago, to be on standby for something with Davey, Eddy, and Miller." He added earning confused looks from the group.

"What exactly are you doing?" Link asked with concern in his tone.

"Baseball time?" he replied with an evil chuckle.

Pelican State Casino & Hotel

The sound of cheering and a big band playing easily filled the ears of Marcus as he found himself walking in through the backdoor of the casino wearing a black business suit and tie while Ana walked in beside him wearing an all red dress that left her upper arms exposed and black heels while clutching a black bag in her hands.

When he first looked at the building he felt a sense of wonder wash over him, he'd never been so close to a riverboat casino before. Growing up in Red Stick he could always see one when going across the river on the bridge, but he'd never been this close to one let alone be inside. Sure you could argue he wasn't getting the full fun of being in a casino dressed as the help, but he was doing business.

As he walked out on the floor of the casino he quickly took in the sight of nicely dressed men and women drinking, playing card, slot machines, and various other games that were designed to take money. Upon breathing in the air the youngest Roman quickly caught the scent of smoke from cigars and cigarettes filling the air. It made him cough at first, he always hated the scent of smoke and hated being around it. It was one of the main reasons he chose to live a drug-free lifestyle, the straight-edge lifestyle.

"Don't go blank on me now." She whispered causing Mark to break from his trance and turn to face her.

"Never do, heist or hit?" he asked earning a half-smile from the woman.

"Heist, and there's our target." She replied before causing the youngest Roman to turn his head and notice an overweight Caucasian male with short graying hair, bright blue eyes, and wearing an expensive black suit with a red tie with a cigar hanging from his mouth.

"Who is he?" Mark asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Stephen McAndrew's, he's the owner of this casino and we'll be taking his money." She stated earning a slight chuckle from Mark. "If we're gonna rob a casino we're gonna need a lot more people than just you and me." He said earning a chuckle from the woman.

"So you do remember how to do a heist." She said with a smile. "We're not robbing the casino just his personal stash of money that he takes from the house." She corrected earning a nod from Mark.

"He should have a safe in his room, find a way to get there undetected and get to work. When he gets there he shouldn't know the safe has been empties until he opens it" She said while passing the bag over to the Creole.

"Sounds like I gotta play dress-up, but what are you going to be doing?" he asked while earning a chuckle from the woman.

"I'm gonna keep him busy." She said in a seductive tone that caused Mark to roll his eyes before he watched her approach the obese man while swaying her hips.

"Always with the seduction." He whispered to himself before walking away.

New Arcadia Parish Jail

Things were silent for Task as he found himself lying on the cold hard floor of his cell. After the stabbing he'd been moved to protective custody for his own safety. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Rednecks retaliated for him killing their man and to make hit worse Adahy and the others had retaliated themselves.

He was glad to hear his brothers outside were out holding it down and fighting the assholes that killed so many of them. He was happy, but at the same time he was scared because no matter how he sliced it he was looking at a lot of time behind bars maybe even life and that's what he was afraid of.

Dying in prison, he didn't know what would kill him first diabetes or the Rednecks but one thing was for sure as long as he didn't die in prison he was alright.

New Arcadia

After having his conversation with Alison and the others Lee had left the apartment with Buck and Felix, to handle a few things. First on behalf of Link to buy Mark some new sheets for his bed because he soiled the old ones with his activities from the night before. His next task was to meet with Joe who had an assignment for him, but before he would go see the New Arcadia King Pin he was gonna handle something…for his own family.

"I don't get it we bought new cars we did we have to steal this hunk of junk?" asked Buck as he found himself sitting in the back seat of a black Cavalcade while Lee and Felix sat in the front.

"Because we need a vehicle for the job tonight." Lee replied to Buck's confusion.

"Job…you mean the jewelry store." He said earning a nod from Felix.

"Yeah, but quit saying it out loud its bad karma." The Mexican replied earning a nod from Lee.

"Don't tell me you believe in that?" Buck asked.

"Believe it or not Bucky we're very superstitious of things, and since you're with us now we'd appreciate it if you followed the same rules." Stated Lee earning a nod from Buck.

"Okay what are the rules?" he asked with a slight chuckle.

"First rule we specialize in two thing heist and hits anything else we don't do. We either steal shit like money, drugs, or valuables or we carry out murders. Anything else is not worth our time unless it's our own group. Then we do whatever our brothers need us to do." Stated Lee earning a nod from Buck.

"Second rule don't ask why for anything." Added Felix earning a confused look from Buck. "If we get a job you don't need to know why we're doing we just do it, all questions are asked by us and if we decide on it we do it." He continued earning a nod from Buck.

"Third rule we happens between us stays between us." Said Lee earning Buck's attention. "You might have noticed while we were in Sunbelt we had secrets that we didn't tell anyone and to this day we still haven't told anyone and what you do stays between us and if you don't want us to know, you don't tell us…but if we find out you're doing something could hurt us, we will respond." He added with venom in his tone while Buck nodded his head.

"Fourth rule if you're gonna be one of us you gotta become one of us." Stated Felix earning a confused look from Buck. "After this job you're gonna have some money in your pockets and you're gonna use it. Go buy yourself some clothes and shoes if you want to be one of us you gotta look like us." He added.

"Nothing brightly colored, shits gays." Added Lee.

"Plus the darker clothing the easier it is for you to sorta blend in to your surroundings then the guy who's wearing a bright orange shirt." Continued Felix.

"You're also gonna learn how to fight like us and shoot like us, so you're gonna have to start going to the range and the gym." Lee added earning a nod from Buck. "BSU is known for their brawlers but in our line of work you need to learn how to shoot."

"Maybe you can build some muscle up to while you're at it." Stated Felix with a chuckle.

"Fifth rule, and this is something important to Mark that I greatly agree with." Stated Lee earning Buck's close attention. "The BGA taught him that it's good to be known but you need to be ten-percent physical ninety-percent mental."

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked with a confused look on his face.

"He means you gotta get an education, we don't like dumbasses in our ranks. That's one of the main reasons why we didn't get along with the guys in Sunbelt, pricks were too fucking stupid for their own good." Stated Lee.

"Tell me about it I literally had to explain why a lot of the shit they spoke was offensive." Added Felix earning a nod from Lee.

"You can't fix the mentally brainwashed brother." Stated Lee before he turned to look back at Buck. "You get what we're saying brother?" he asked earning a nod from the teen.

"Good because we're here." said Felix as Buck looked out the window of the car and noticed that Lee had drove the group to the ports before slamming on his brakes in front of a warehouse where the group noticed four drug addicts sitting outside.

"GO!" said Lee as he and Felix jumped out of the car with Buck following behind them. He then watched closely as Lee punched one of the men in the face while Felix grabbed another before slamming him on the side of the road while the other one tried to run away.

"Bucky catch um!" Lee yelled causing Buck to run after the drug addict before slamming into his back and knocking him into the ground.

"Come on get him in the car and tie him up." Said Lee as Buck pulled the man to his feet before escorting him to the Cavalcade before tossing him into the back and hopping inside with Felix who started to zip-tie their hands and feet while Lee hopped in the driver's seat and drove away from the port before arriving at a warehouse just a few blocks away and driving the car inside.

"Come on be quick." Said Lee as Felix rolled one man in the backseat before grabbing the others and then tossing them in the front seat.

"Feel free to piss, shit, and vomit as you wish boys." Said Felix before he, Lee, and Buck walked out of the warehouse before closing the door on the vehicle.

Pelican State Casino & Hotel

Things seemed somewhat quiet for a medium built Caucasian man wearing a white dress shirt, black bowtie, black slacks, and dress shoes as he found himself pushing a food cart through the halls of the hotel section of the building.

The men then stopped the cart outside of a room before reaching for the doorknob and giving it a sharp turn then pushing the door open so he could enter the room.

"Hello room service-." He started before he felt a sharp sting in the right side of his neck followed by feeling a limpness in his body.

"Sweet dreams." Said Mark as he watched the now unconscious man fall to the floor with a thud before putting the needle that was once filled with animal tranquilizer in a small pouch before setting it aside and then turning back to the man.

"Sorry my friend but I need to borrow these." Said Mark before he started to strip the man out of his clothes then doing the same with his own and following up by dressing himself up in the man's clothing. He knew he wouldn't be able to truly pass for this man, but all he really needed to do was get to and from the casino owner's room without being detected as a threat. And he shouldn't have a problem with that, why would he…the IAA had taught him well.

The story he gave Alison about going to the IAA to give them information on the BGA was all true, but there was one crucial piece of information he left out…he surrendered himself to them. He told them everything about himself, even admitted to a number of murderers he carried out for the prison gang and because of so they deemed his crimes to heinous for him to receive any immunity. With that in mind and the safety of Lee and the others up for grabs, Mark made a deal. He'd do time until he was twenty-one, the age required for the death penalty, then he'd take the needle as long as Lee, Link, and Jimmy could get in witness protection.

He would have done his time proudly, but that was before he met Ana Chan. She was a rather mysterious woman and in truth Mark wondered if that was even her real name, but he wasn't complaining she got him outta jail in exchange for something else…he'd personally work for her.

It was no secret that the IAA had a habit of using criminals to do their dirty work for them. He'd often heard rumors about an IAA Agent in Liberty using an Eastern European hitman to do her dirty work and like him Mark was in the same shoes. Whenever Ana needed something taken care whether it be an assassination, espionage, interrogation, infiltration, or anything that could benefit her Mark was her go-to-guy and not just for her dirty work either.

The two had a relationship that wasn't really intimate with each other. They've had sex with each other, with her being Mark's first, but they didn't know much about each other or he didn't know much about her. He figured her favorite color was red because that's all she wore but other than that Ana was one of life's biggest question marks to him. At first he would try to have dinner with her and get her to open up to him, but to no avail and he quickly learned to stop fishing for information when he learned that she was married and had been for eight years.

He was hurt when he found out and he quickly started to turn down her jobs, and as a result the two now had a rather strained relationship. It was a relationship that got worse after Mark hooked up with his girlfriend in Sunbelt and promised that he wouldn't cheat on her, therefore denying the woman of the sex she wanted.

And with that the duo drifted apart, or that was until a week ago when she picked him up.

While thinking of what he'd been doing this weekend Mark had finally reached the elevator and was making his way to the top floor.

Heist and Hits, that was the motto he lived by and that was the motto his brothers lived by because it described the jobs they did and the jobs Mark would do with Ana. In his time growing up Mark had learned that Ana was somewhat of an adrenaline junkie who got a weird rush when she had done something exciting and adventuress and nothing was more exciting then robbing a bank, getting into shootouts with security guards, or escaping from the police in cars going over a hundred-fifty miles an hour.

He liked those kinda jobs in the past because that meant the best sex, the bigger the risk the better the sex. He knew with this kinda heist her engine would barely be purring, she hated the quiet approach and in truth so did he, he was a gunmen after all and jobs where he didn't have to use them were always his least favorite.

After stepping out of the elevator and made his way to the owner's room he made sure to keep his head down so he wouldn't be seen by the cameras in the corners of the room. He also thought back to the jobs he'd been doing this week, three hits and one other heist. His three persons of interest weren't that much important to him neither was the reason he was killing them. He'd learned that it was better to not ask questions with Ana just to go along.

As he walked up to the door he quickly used the key he snatched off the worker to open the door before walking inside of the room with the cart and then closing the door behind him. The young Creole then took in the sight of the lavish room before remembering his task as he scanned the room for any signs of a safe before spotting one in the corner of the room over a mini refrigerator.

"Bingo!" said Mark as he approached the safe and noticed that it had a digital keypad.

"Good this'll be easier than I thought." Said Mark as he pulled out the black bag Ana had given him before pulling out a silver magnet that was about the same size of a hockey-puck and then wrapping it up in a towel.

"Come to papa." Said Mark as he latched the magnet on the door of the safe before grabbing the knob of the safe and then successfully turning it allowing the door to swing open.

"You should never get a safe with a lot of flaws." Mark whispered with a chuckle before swiping all the money out of the safe and stuffing it in his back and then closing up the safe.

"Easy as pie." Said Mark as he put the safe under the cart before making his way out of the room where he quickly made his way out of the room only to come face to face with Ana and the owner of the casino.

"You what are you doing." He started before he felt a slight prick in the side of his neck followed by feeling a numbness wash over his body.

"You were supposed to be gone." Said Ana as she pulled her needle out of the owner's neck and watching as he started to fall forward before Mark quickly caught him and started to pull him in the room then tossing him on the floor.

"Thought you were gonna let him feel you up some more before you came back to the room." Mark replied earning a slight smile from the woman.

"Sorry but he isn't my type and you should know that best." She replied before walking away while Mark watched her closely. "Come on, lets get out of here." She added earning a nod from Mark as he grabbed the bag of money before walking away with Ana in tow.

"So now what are we going to do?" he asked with a chuckle.

"Well while he was rubbing on my thighs-." She started before looking to Mark only to see the short second of anger in his gaze upon hearing about another man touching her. "He talked about a story a friend of his told him about some men robbing a bank and then crashing the getaway car in a lake not far from New Arcadia." She stated earning a nod from Mark.

"And you want to go hunting for sunken treasure." He asked earning a chuckle from the woman.

"Well don't you know me so well." She replied earning a roll of the eyes from Mark.

Liddell

The sound of a gunshot quickly sounded off throughout the vacant home in Liddell as Adahy found himself standing over one of two dead men while Danyen and four other Creek Warriors stood by watching as he slowly executed the captured Rednecks.

"Now are you gonna tell me where your boss is?" Adahy asked as he got in the face of another man while pointing his gun at the man.

"He's in 1836 making your people walk the trail of tears." The man replied with a chuckle earning a strike across the head from the Creek warrior. He then followed up by putting the gun to the man's head and squeezing the trigger.

"Fucking bitch!" said Adahy as he turned to the last surviving Redneck.

"So are you gonna say something smart." Adahy asked before he heard the ringing of his cellphone, causing him to look down at the device and notice that the number was from Meska.

"Shit!" said Adahy as he quickly hit the accept button on his phone before putting it to his ear. "Kinda busy here Meska." He answered before Meska's words filled his ears and caused him to lower his gun and earning the attention of Danyen and the other Creeks who watched him closely before he lowered his phone.

"What was that about?" the Mohawk Warrior asked with concern in his voice.

"That was Meska, he says these bastards want to have a sitdown so we can end all problems." He said earning a confused look from Danyen.

"This could be a trap." Said one of the Creek Warriors.

"It maybe, but we have to take the chance." Said Adahy as he sent a look to Danyen who nodded his head.

"Let's see what they have to say." He responded earning a nod from Adahy who turned back to the Redneck with his gun lifted at the man's head before squeezing the trigger.

New Arcadia

The drive to a restaurant in New Arcadia's 4th Ward wasn't long for Lee, Felix, and Buck as they stepped out of a stolen Intruder before making their way inside where they quickly noticed Heavy Joe sitting at a table in the back across from a Vietnamese man who looked to be in his fifties with short graying hair, bright black eyes that widened upon seeing Lee enter the restaurant, and wearing a expensive gray suit.

"Ah Lee glad you could make it." Said Joe with a smile before he turned back to the Vietnamese man. "Mr. Ngyuen this is Lee Shen, he's one of my best soldiers and I think he can help you with your problem." Said Joe earning a nod from the man before he turned to Lee and extended his hand to the Chinese man.

"Nice to meet you." He said with a smile before Lee extended his hand to shake.

"Likewise." Lee replied with a half-smile.

"My man Ricky is around back, he'll fill you in on what you'll be doing." He said earning a slight nod from Lee who walked away from the man with Felix and Buck in tow.

"Did Joe just use you solely for your race?" Felix asked earning a nod from Lee.

"Looks that way, fucking prick." Lee replied before the group made their way out of the restaurant.

"So are we holding off on the heist?" asked Buck earning a shake of the head from Lee.

"Hell no, I'll be back in a few hours but in the meantime I got go ahead from Mark. Obviously I won't be able to be there, so I need you two to make it happen." Stated Lee earning nods from the group. "Call Davey, Eddy, and Miller and tell them meet you at this address." He added earning nods from the group.

"Alright we'll take care of it." Said Felix as he and Buck walked away from Lee who turned back and noticed a Vietnamese man in his late twenties with short black hair, black eyes, and wearing a grey suit while smoking a cigarette.

"You the guy I'm supposed to be working with?" Lee asked earning the man's attention.

"Yeah my names Ricky Thu, and you are?" he asked while putting out his cigarette.

"Lee Shen, I work for Joe." He replied earning a loud scoff from the man.

"And here I thought I'd be working with some two-bit street hustler." He said earning a raised eyebrow from Lee. "Alright then let's go kid." Ricky stated before leading Lee away from the restaurant.

Outside New Arcadia

The sun seemed to be setting on this day as Mark found himself standing just a few miles outside of New Arcadia at one of Louisiana's many Bayou's rubbing grease on the front of his body while Ana rubbed it on his back they both prepared to dive down in the cold waters.

In truth he wasn't too happy to be going down in the water of the Bayou, Ana wasn't from her so she didn't know that the Louisiana Bayou's are home to poisonous frogs, snakes, and even Alligators and Crocodiles, but his biggest fear came in the form of a small but deadly little creature that can do a lot of damage in numbers…leeches. The small little bloodsuckers were somewhat harmless on their own, but in a group they could be deadly and in a swamp like this…they may be moving in swarms.

The water caused a fear but being on land brought annoyances to. From a distance or on a photo the swap looked rather beautiful, but if one were to be standing directly in the Bayou they would have a different perspective. Every couple of seconds he was swatting away mosquitoes that were attracted to his sweat covered skin and to make things worse both he and Ana had earned the attention of a few Deep South folks that looked like they ate people for a living and were all out of dark and yellow meat. Lucky for him, his guns were never far.

"Why do you think the cars here, I mean we're miles from where the guy said it was?" Mark asked while feeling Ana glide her fingers over his sides.

"If you're forgetting when the Hurricane hit that area flooded with water and if my physics and the rules to life apply here then the powerful stream of water should have swept the car from it's previous location and brought it to another location and this bayou is the closest so we'll look here and if we don't find anything we'll try another." She said earning a nod from Mark who turned to her and watched her turn her back to him for him to apply grease to her back.

"So why are we greasing up?" he asked.

"That waters probably cold at the bottom and I think you would appreciate not freezing your ass off when we got to the bottom." She replied while Mark rubbed grease along her exposed lower back.

"Besides don't tell me you don't miss rubbing my ass-." She started before leaning back into him and causing the youngest Roman to touch her black swimsuit covered behind. "or my thighs." She said before she moved Mark's hands to her thighs. "Or my stomach." She continued with a moan before moving his hand to her exposed stomach then leaning back to give him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"I can't!" he said earning a roll of the eyes from the woman.

"And you won't if we don't get this money." She said before separating from the Creole. "So get to work." She said earning a roll of the eyes from Mark who quickly slipped on his wetsuit before climbing into an old motorboat used for fishing then stopping in the middle of the Bayou so he could put on his scuba gear.

"I got you covered." She yelled out as Mark noticed her lifting an H&K G3SG/1 Battle Rifle, with a Sniper Rifle Scope, and eyeing him closely.

"Yeah that thing can stop the gators from eating me but the not the leeches from sucking me dry." Whispered Mark before he put on his breathing mask and goggles before picking up a sock that he had stuffed with rocks and then diving down into the waters of the bayou.

With the aid of the rock stuffed sock the extra weight was able to drag him to the floor of the bayou quicker then he would have if he just swam and he quickly started to scan the area for any signs of a vehicle while Ana looked over the area through the scope of her rifle and quickly caught site of a toothless Caucasian man with long brown hair eyeing her from behind a tree.

"Damn hick!" she said before sticking the tip of her tongue between her lip gloss covered lips and then firing a single shot that impacted against the tree and scared the man into running away. "And there goes the neighborhood." She said with a slight chuckle as time seemed to be going slowly as Mark continued to scan the floor of the water with the flashlight attached to the Sig Sauer P226 Ana had given him and his Knife drawn just in case he caught sight of an alligator.

The fruit of his search soon worked in his favor as he caught site of a white car dug into the mud of the lake bed. As the youngest Roman approached the vehicle and shined his flashlight inside he caught site of two skeletons in the front seat and a third in the backseat that was clutching one of three metal containers in his arms.

"Bingo!" said Mark as he used the butt of his gun to break the window of the car before grabbing one of the containers and then swimming to the surface with it. As he breached the water he was quickly spotted by Ana who took the smile on his face as a good sign before she watched him pull the container outta the water with a chuckle.

New Arcadia

"There's our target." Said Felix as he watched a skinny African American male step out of a house carrying a bag of trash in his hands while Buck, Miller, Davey, and Eddy sat beside him.

"Alright what's our reason for doing this?" asked Buck.

"We don't ask why brother." Said Davey as Buck watched him rub the top of his back quickly.

"We just act." Added Eddy as he pulled his black ski mask over his face along with Miller and Felix before Bucky did the same.

"Let's do this." Said Felix as the group stepped out of the car before rushing the front door and then kicking it open earning a series of screams from the other side as Buck drew his gun and lifted it to an African American woman who was clutching her daughter while Felix, Davey, Eddy, and Miller started to attack the African American man.

"Nothing personal buddy it's all business." Said Davey he lifted his baseball bat over his head before forcibly bringing it down on the man's arm.

Meanwhile

While the group of BSU members were doing their job Lee found himself sitting in the passenger seat of Ricky's 9F in the Vietnamese Community of East New Arcadia parked outside of a nice home just a few blocks away from the lake.

"So how'd you start working for a guy like Joe?" Ricky asked breaking the silence.

"My brother works for him, but he got hurt so I've been filling in for him." Lee replied earning a nod from Ricky.

"You Chinese y'all always quick for a dollar." He replied.

"My brothers black, we aren't blood brothers but we both weathered through Hurricane Katherine, the Megadome, Foster Care, the Streets of Dockington, and Sunbelt together. If that doesn't make us brothers I don't know what does." Stated Lee earning a nod from Ricky.

"Understandable, but what part of New Arcadia you from exactly?" he asked.

"Here, my mom and dad were Chinese, but they opened up a store not far from her. Hurricane took it away…and them with it." He replied earning a nod from Ricky.

"Sorry to bring it up." The Vietnamese man shot back.

'Don't worry about it, pain whether physical or emotional is nothing but weakness leaving the body and I've experienced so much of it I've kinda gotten numb to it." He stated earning a nod from Ricky.

"I can agree with you there that's what my mom told me growing up." He said earning Lee's attention.

"She came to this country after the Fall of Saigon with nothing in but her name and the clothes on her back." He started earning Lee's attention. "My dad was the same, they both experienced a lot of pain in Vietnam both from the North and even from the Americans when they got here, but you know something my father always told?" he asked while turning to face Lee.

"This world is full of pain and problems that are unavoidable, but as a people we must stay strong because the stronger you are…the easier life is." He stated earning a nod from Lee.

"And there's are target." Ricky added causing Lee to look out and notice a bright blue Dominator pull up in front of the house they were parked in front of.

"Let's go!" said Ricky as he and Lee stepped out of the car before approaching the vehicle while a Vietnamese man wearing a pair of dark blue sunglasses in his early twenties stepped out and noticed Ricky.

"Up Ricky man hold up-." He started before Ricky punched the man in the face with enough force to knock him out.

"Mảnh ngu ngốc của shit." ("Stupid Piece of Shit.") Ricky yelled before looking to the front door where he noticed three other Vietnamese men standing in the doorway. "None of you move!" he yelled with authority in his tone while Lee kept his gun trained on the group. New Arcadia General The drive back to the hospital wasn't long for Alison as she found herself stepping out of her car and making her way inside the hospital before approaching the woman sitting at the front desk who quickly greeted her with a good day and a smile. "Yes Alison Trueblood I'm here to pick up a few of my items I left in my room." She said earning a nod from the woman who looked through her computer.

"Ah your room is being occupied now, but I can send someone to get your stuff for you if you're willing to have a seat." She said earning a nod from the detective who quickly took a seat in the waiting area.

As she sat in silence her mind continued ponder on the whereabouts and actions of the youngest Roman. It seemed weird that he would just go off without saying a word and it seemed even weirder that Link and the others were so calm about it, almost like it was just another day of their lives.

"Excuse me mam." Came a new voice that caused Alison to lift her head up and notice an African American woman wearing a nurses outfit standing over her with a box.

"Your things." She said while extending the box to Alison.

"Thanks." She said before taking the box and then rising from her seat, but before she could leave she was taken off-guard by the sight of a familiar African American man running up to the woman at the front desk.

"Tavon!" she said before approaching the man and noticing that the worry in his face.

"I'm sorry sir, but that patient is in surgery now and you can't see him." She said earning an angry look from Tavon.

"Surgery listen lady he's my brother and I need to see him." Tavon shot back before Alison approached him.

"Tavon." Said Alison as she put her hand on his shoulder earning the man's attention. "What's going on?" she asked with worry in her tone.

"Somebody attacked my younger brother." He said to Alison's shock.

"Really?" she asked with concern in her tone.

"Yeah they broke into his house and beat him down while his wife and daughter watched with guns to their heads." He stated with venom in his tone while Alison stood by in shock and watched him yell at the woman before security came and escorted him out of the hospital.

Outside New Arcadia

The sun had long since set on this day as Mark found himself hauling up the last of the three containers while Ana sat in the dirt with a smile on her face.

"Good work." She said while watching him remove his breathing mask and oxygen tank.

"What can I say I learned from the best." He replied while taking off his glasses and then starting to remove his wetsuit.

"So how much do we have?" he asked.

"I was still counting but I think there's maybe five-hundred thousand all together and split between the two of us that's two-fifty each." She said earning a chuckle from Mark.

"You mean four-hundred for you and one-hundred for me with all the bits of information I bought off you?" he asked earning a chuckle from the woman.

"Correct but you still made your pay with that casino job and all the other jobs so you're close to five-hundred thousand." She said earning smile from Mark.

"Well I can deal with that." He said with a smile before the duo heard the cocking of gun and turned their heads to notice eight men aiming Shotguns at them.

"Now don't you move." Said one man in overalls as Mark sent a look to Ana who turned back to him.

"Can we help you gentlemen?" Mark asked with venom in his tone.

"Yeah you spook you can drop everything you got and walk away from here before I put a bullet in your head." Said one man in an accent that made Mark realize he was of Cajun descent.

"What if we don't want to?" Mark asked before stepping in front of Ana who looked down and noticed his Sig Sauer P226 stuffed in the back of his pants.

"Then we'll shoot you in the knee and make you watch as we have some fun with your bitch." Said another man with a missing tooth while Ana gave a low chuckle.

"You like that idea?" Mark asked.

"Never in a million years." She replied before quickly swiping the handgun from the back of Mark's pants as and putting it to his back earning a nod from the youngest Roman.

"Alright then I like those odds." Said Mark as he slowly stepped from in front of Ana allowing the men to see the gun in her hands but not before she fired off three shots that hit the lead man in the chest and following up by striking another once in the throat and another in the back shoulder before rolling to her right while Mark rolled to his left in the direction of his SCAR-L Assault Rifle and quickly scooped the weapon up before firing off five shot that hit one man in the side and then ended with another round that caught him in the cheek.

"Goddamn liberals." Yelled a man with a Shotgun as he sent a lung in the direction of Ana but the woman was able to take cover behind the boat before firing off two rounds that hit the man in the nuts and caused him to scream like a bat out of hell before Mark silenced him by shooting him in the head.

The other three men then started to run away but that wasn't happening with Mark who flipped the switch on his rifle from full auto to semi so he would be able to fire off precise shots instead of the usual burst of rounds. He then looked down his sight and fired off a single round that struck one man in the back of his head, he then caught another in the back of the neck, and then another with a shoulder shot followed by a back shot that actually had a round explode out his chest.

As he turned to finish off the last guy he watched in amazement as the back of the man's head exploded in a violent display of blood and gore. He then turned his head and noticed Ana clutching her H&K G3SG/1 Battle Rifle in her arms before sending a smile to Mark.

"Couldn't let me have all the fun?" he asked with a chuckle before Ana slowly approached him to his surprise before she moved to give him a quick kiss on the lips that surprised Mark as he felt her tongue slide across his lips and beg for entrance into his mouth.

"I can't!" he said before separating from her.

"Right, you can't cheat on your new FIB friend." She stated earning a surprised look from Mark. "Don't look so surprised you know I keep check on you and everything you do." She added earning a slight nod from Mark.

"Since we aren't going to be having any fun you can take your things and go, I'm finished with you." She said earning a nod from Mark who walked up to her and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and a hug.

"I love you." She whispered in his ear.

"No you don't." he replied.

"I do and you love me to." She said before giving him another quick kiss before allowing the youngest Roman to walk away from her.

New Arcadia

Things seemed to be going slow for Lee as he found himself standing in the living room with Ricky watching as the man he hit earlier along with the other three squatted down before them with boards tied between their arms. He heard about this method of torture being used by the Americans on the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

It was stress torture and designed to put a tremendous amount of pressure on the captive's legs until he suffered from muscle failure and basically collapsed. He knew that Ricky wasn't doing this for money or because these men were rivals he was doing it to discipline his own soldiers.

In gangs like the Families, Ballas, Spanish Lords and even Vagos members would dish out punishment in the forms of beatings and in some cases stabbings or shootings to their members when they fucked up. And fucking up could mean disrespecting your members, lying, turning your back on a member, but most of all fucking up the money.

And that's what all these men did, they've been skimming money from their bosses and this was their torture.

"This wasn't really a job was it?" Lee asked turning to Ricky who chuckled at him.

"Actually it was, Mr. Nguyen wanted these men dead and I was gonna sit back and watch one of Joe's guys shoot it out with them. Then he gave me you… and New Arcadia ain't San Andreas." He stated earning a nod from Lee. "Yellow gotta stick together better then it does there, we gotta come together Vietnamese, Chinese, Filipino it does no matter because at the end of the day…we're all the same." He finished earning a nod from Lee.

"You can give if you want, take the car to as a form of payment." He said before tossing the keys to the Dominator to Lee. "I'll be sure he signs it over to you." He said earning a nod from Lee before he started to make his way out of the house.

"And Lee. I look forward to doing more business with you." He said earning a slight smile from the Chinese man before he walked out of the house.

Meanwhile

The drive back to her apartment wasn't long for Alison as she found herself parking in her usual spot before stepping out of the vehicle with Tavon in tow. The man was an emotional wreck since finding out the news about his brother's attack. And she couldn't blame him for worrying.

The doctor had said that the man had received Compound Fractures in both his right and left forearms, his right shoulder was dislocated, all five fingers on his left hand were broken, he had four broken ribs and another two bruised, to make it worse his right leg was broken, but the real problem was coming from his left knee. Whoever had attacked him had taken wooden baseball bat to his knee and had tore his ACL, MCL, and Medial Meniscus.

It would talk almost half a year before his knee would heal enough for him to walk again but he still would need years of rehabilitation.

"Come on in!" she said before allowing Tavon to enter her apartment and watching as the man took a seat on her couch. She then responded by taking a seat next to him.

"He'll be okay, you know that right?" she asked earning a few seconds of silence from Tavon.

"Growing up, he used to always look up to me." He replied to Alison's surprise. "He used to always follow me around and try to dress, talk, and act like me." He added with a chuckle.

"He wanted to be like me so bad and I loved the idea because with my guidance he finished school and stayed away from the streets. Started a family and made an honest living with himself, but you know my biggest fear-?" he asked while looking at Alison with tears beginning to form in his eyes.

"That something I do results in him getting hurt." He said before lowering his head and beginning to cry in his hands while Alison pulled his head onto her chest and started to rub his back.

She knew he was in a compromising position right now and she didn't really understand his pain, but she had to be there for him. Unlike Mark he was there to visit her everyday while she was in the hospital and she would be there for him now, in his time of need.

As seconds turned to minutes she could feel him beginning to calm down and he was starting to grow less tense. She then watched as he picked his head up and looked into her eyes for a few seconds before moving his lips to her and sharing a quick kiss with Alison that lasted longer than Alison wanted. She then separated from the man and looked at him closely.

She was lost for words, she figured that the first person to kiss her in New Arcadia would be Mark but instead here was Tavon. He was here and Mark wasn't, the duo had been on a few dinners and went out for drinks a few times since she's been in New Arcadia but she often wrote that off as him being friendly, but here he was kissing her and rubbing her thigh.

"Let me get you a drink." She said before rising from the couch and then making her way into the kitchen as she opened her cabinets to grab a glass but as she reached for one she felt something rub against her lower back causing a deep red blush to spread across her face.

"I want something better than a drink." He said causing Alison to spin around.

"No we can't." she started before Tavon pressed his lips back against hers for another kiss that Alison was slow to break. She then looked back into his eyes and saw the hurt he was feeling and before she could think more on it her body seemed almost like it was acting on its own because she moved in to kiss him back.

It was an action that both shocked and surprised her because she was never this forward with anyone. She then felt herself starting to get flustered as Tavon removed her jacket and started to undo the buttons on her shirt while continuing to kiss her.

She then pulled off his shirt while he went for her belt buckle and started to undo her pants and slide them and her underwear down her legs and allowing her to step out of them. He then grabbed her by her legs and hoisted her up until she was sitting on the cabinet before undoing his belt buckle and pulling down his pants until they were just past his thighs.

"Go slow!" she said in an almost hushed tone while Tavon positioned himself between her before forcing himself inside of her earning a low shudder from Alison at the feeling. It had been years since her last time having sex so to Tavon it felt like his member was in a vice and the FIB Agent was entirely wet and nor was he lubricated so it seemed to somewhat hurt her.

He then gave her another kiss before slowing pushing himself as far as he could go inside of her to try and muffle her moans of pain and pleasure and get her used to the new feeling. She then felt a feeling of relief and emptiness as he started to pull out of her, he then started to slowly thrust himself back inside of her earning more low moans from Alison as she tried to fight through the pain similar to a virgin losing their virginity.

It seemed to go like that for a few minutes and as she started to get wet Tavon started to pick up the pace of his thrusting until he was damn near shaking the cabinet while Alison was while was holding onto his shoulders as he continued to thrust while his hands seemed to be all over her breast, thighs, and hips.

"Ali, I'm gonna!" he started before quickly pulling out of the FIB Agent and spilling his seed onto her stomach while she sat there panting into his arms. He'd finished but to Alison it didn't seem like she even start, she didn't know why something just didn't feel right. She didn't know if it was being with Tavon or if it was something wrong with her but she something just felt wrong and she couldn't put her finger on it.

Liddell

Things seemed to be somewhat calm and slow as Adahy found himself standing in Meska's office with Meska, Clay, Danyen, and the other tribal elders as they prepared for their sit down meeting with whoever was in charge of the Rednecks. Even Martin was there to act as a mediator between the two sides. Originally the group was against both of them being here but being that one was leading the attacks against the group and the other was trying to get Task off having them both here was probably for best especially if they tried something funny.

"They're here!" came the voice of a young Native as Adahy watched the boy leave the room before watching as an elderly Caucasian man with short greying hair, thick glasses, and wearing a black suit entered the room with a familiar man standing behind him.

"Afternoon gentlemen." The man said in a fatherly tone and with his appearance he gave off the vibe of someone's grandfather and not much of a criminal so it was shocking to see him.

"My name is Michael Knox." he said with a smile while Meska nodded his head. "And I believe you all know my son Bobby." He added while Meska eyed him closely.

"I am Meska, the elder of this tribe." The Creek Elder replied before extending his hand to the man. "Have a seat." He replied before watching the duo take seats across him and the other Natives.

"So you wish to end hostilities between us?" asked Meska earning a nod from Knox.

"Yes I do, I get why you and your people wish to fight. The actions of my men against yours was disrespectful and wrong so I'm here to make you an offer to end hostilities between our two sides." He stated earning a nod from Meska.

"What do you have to offer?" he asked.

"I have some friends in the DA and in the courts that owe me quite a few favors-." He started before Clay interrupted him.

"Get to the point." He said earning a nod from the man.

"I can make the case against your man Chayton Highwolf, disappear." He said to everyone's surprise.

"He's lying." Said Adahy.

"I hate to break it to you kid but I'm not, your man Chayton's case is going to be handled by a judge in my pocket, a jury I can rig, and evidence I can make disappear." He replied before turning back to Meska. "So what's it gonna be, get your man out or continue this war because I can tell you now you've been winning because I've been allowing you to win, but I make a few phone calls and I can have you shutdown." He said with a confidence in his voice that left Danyen and Adahy angry.

"Take the deal." Said Martin to everyone's surprise as they noticed him eyeing the man closely. "Trust me Meska…take the deal." He added before all eyes fell on the elder who remained silent for a few seconds.

"We accept." He said earning a smile from Knox.

"Good man, you've shown you care about your people and I'll be sure to tell my men not to touch your boy while he's inside as long as you keep up your end of the bargain." He said with a cockiness in his tone before standing up with Bobby and making his way out of the room.

"Good night." He said before walking out of the room while all eyes fell on Martin.

"Son of a bitch why'd you make us fold?" asked Adahy with anger in his voice.

"He offered us a way out but we can handle whatever the fuck he throws our way?" yelled Clay while Meska also sent a look to Martin.

"That guy was a Dixie." He said to the group's confusion.

"And what the hell is a Dixie?" asked Danyen.

"The Dixie Mafia is a criminal organization that operates in the Southern US. Unlike the Italians they aren't bound by blood, nationality, and don't have a real chain of command. They're a bunch of white criminals who came together for the sole purpose of making money." Stated Martin earning the groups attention.

"They have a hand in almost everything illegal in the south and they have a lot of power here." He added.

"Okay they sound like any other group of criminals to me." Replied Danyen.

"You aren't from here." The eldest Roman shot back with venom in his tone. "They have power like no other group and they have power within a lot of other organizations. Aryan Vanguard, Aryan Vanguard of Texas, White Trash Boys, Trailer Park Boys, Sunbelt Mafia. They have power within all these organizations and if you fight them you fight all of them." He added.

"You might be able to bring a guys from across the country to fight, but know this. A few years after the Hurricane New Arcadia's biggest criminal was a man named Cadillac Jackson and he went to war with the Dixies and you know where he is…in the stomach of an alligator and what's not in the stomach is in the swamp. And you don't have half of what he had, you can fight but you'll lose everything before you win." He stated earning a few seconds of silence from the Natives.

"He's right." Said Meska to everyone's surprise.

"You left your mark on them and we can get Chayton back so we might as well accept the hand we've been dealt." He added.

"Sir this is bull-." Started Adahy before Meska interrupted him.

"I don't want to hear a word out of you Adahy, you've spilled enough blood for one day." He said earning an angry look from the man before he stormed out of the room.

Red Stick

The drive to Red Stick wasn't long for Lee as he now found himself driving through the streets of Red Stick with Felix and Buck, all of whom were dressed in all-black and were holding motorcycle helmets.

"Alright masks on." said Lee as he put on his helmet while Felix and Buck did the same as they sped towards the Jewelry store.

"Okay how are we gonna get in?" Buck asked before noticing the entrance of the Jewelry store growing closer. "Lee what are you-." He started before the Chinese man crashed the car through the front door of the store and sent glass raining down on the floor while the alarm went off.

"Let's go!" said Lee as he and Felix hopped out with Buck in tow as the trio started to smash through the glass cases that protected the Jewelry and then put the items in their bags.

"Go go go thirty-seconds." Yelled Lee as the Felix and Buck continued to clean out the cases of the valuables while he ran to the back of the store and fired his Shotgun into the handle of the backdoor before kicking it open.

"We got our way out come on." He yelled before Felix and Buck rushed out the back of the store where a black van was located.

"Come on!" yelled Link from the driver's seat as Lee opened the door to the van allowing Buck and Felix to jump inside before he jumped in.

"Drive Drive Drive!" he yelled as Link stepped on the gas petal and sent the van speeding away from the Jewelry store.

"I love it when a plan comes together." Yelled Felix with a chuckle as Link turned a corner down the road.

New Arcadia (Four Hours Later)

The sun was finally starting to rise on this early morning in New Arcadia as Alison found herself stepping out of the shower and dressing herself in a bright red bathrobe while her red hair hung down her head after she finished brushing it.

After her "activities" with Tavon the duo went to sleep in Alison's bed and just a few moments ago she woke up and took a shower. For some reason she didn't feel as clean or even like herself. As she stepped out of the shower she quickly noticed Tavon standing in her room getting dressed.

"Good morning." He said with a smile earning a similar one from Alison.

"Last night was good." He added before approaching Alison and moving to bring her in for a hug only for Alison to turn him down.

"You should go and see your brother." She said earning a nod from Tavon.

"Right, I gotta go." He said before moving to walk out of the woman's room while Alison followed behind him before watching him step out with a smile.

"Can I see you later tonight?" he asked earning a few seconds of silence from Alison before she responded.

"No you should stick close to your brother, he needs you more than I do." She said earning a nod from the man.

"Can I get a goodbye kiss?" he asked earning another few seconds from Alison before she puckered up and allowed the man to receive one final kiss.

The duo then separated but not because they wanted to, it was because of the sound of something hitting the ground caught both their attention and caused them to look out and see someone familiar to the both of them staring at them with a look of shock and surprise on his face.

"Marcus." Said Alison as she turned to face the youngest Roman before noticing the bouquet of roses resting on the ground. He didn't say anything to her only lowered his head before turning around and starting to walk away. She figured this must be a hard sight for him, to come home after a week of being away and seeing her with the same man who put him in the hospital.

"I guess that arm of yours healed up nicely." Said Tavon with a slight chuckle earning Alison's attention and causing Mark to stop in his tracks. "You know I don't feel bad about what I did to you, you needed to learn things are different here in New Arcadia and when you fuck up…you get fucked up." He finished earning wide eyes from Alison.

"Tavon!" she said with concern in her voice.

"Every action has a reaction." Came the voice of Mark that caused the duo turn and face the youngest Roman who was still looking away from them.

"That's the law of Karma, every action has an equal reaction." Stated Mark as he turned to face Tavon and Alison with an emotionless look in his eyes. "You fucking up my forearm was an action that has an equal reaction to you." He added earning a slight chuckle from Tavon.

"Oh yeah and what's gonna be my reaction?" he asked while Alison watched Mark closely. Tavon didn't pay attention to the words of the young Creole closely, he believed that Mark was talking in future tense but in reality he was talking in past tense like the reaction has already happened.

"How's your brother?" the words were simple, but they sounded off to the duo almost like a shot from a cannon at just how quick it caught their attention and caused their eyes to widen.

"I hear he's not doing so good." He said causing Alison's eyes to widen in shock. "Compound fractures in both arms, shit just one of them had me ready to shoot myself in the head." He added earning an angry look from Tavon that could have killed him if looks could kill.

"Every action has a reaction, and I guess Karma putting your brothers address in the hands of the wrong people was the reaction to what you did my hands." He added with a chuckle.

"Mark stop it!" Alison yelled while sending a look to Tavon and noticing the hate in his eyes.

"I heard he screamed and cried for you to come save him like a bitch, but you never came." He added with a chuckle. "So I guess bitch runs in the family." He finished with an evil chuckle.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Tavon yelled as he charged the youngest Roman who gave a slight smile NAPD Officer stepped closer to him and went to throw a punch that Mark easily stepped to the side to avoid before spinning to his left and extending his left leg for Tavon to trip over him and fall to the floor with a thud.

"Come on that the best you got?" asked Mark with a chuckle as he watched Tavon slowly rise to his feet before turning around and throwing a punch that hit the young Creole in the mouth and caused him to step back with a small amount of blood leaking from his mouth.

"Stop it now." Alison yelled while Mark licked away from the blood before smiling at Tavon.

"My turn!" Mark said before he charged Tavon who got in a boxing stance and awaited a punch to the face that didn't come instead he was met with a sharp kick to his right knee that caught him by surprise and caused him to fall on one knee while Mark threw four punches into his chest.

"Mark stop!" Alison yelled with tears beginning to form in her eyes as she watched Tavon ram his shoulder into Mark's stomach and try to take him off his head.

"FUCK YOU!" Mark yelled while pounding his fist into the back of Tavon's skull before regaining his footing and then kneeing the man in the face.

"STOP IT!" Alison continued to yell as Tavon separated himself from Mark and three two punches to Mark's face before going for a third that Mark easily avoided before grabbing the mans left arm and then pulling him forward while he fell backwards.

"Fucking bitch!" Tavon yelled as he tried to throw punches at Mark who responded by allowing Tavon to fall in between his legs then wrapping his right leg over the back of the man's neck then following up by resting his left leg on top of the right in order to keep it still and apply pressure to the cops neck.

"Triangle hold!" said Mark with a cocky smile as he applied more pressure to Tavon tried to fight his way out of it while the blood flow continued to be restricted from his brain.

"MARK STOP!" yelled Alison with tears in her eyes as she moved to the youngest Roman and tried to pull him off Tavon only for Mark to continue to apply pressure to the man's throat.

"ENOUGH!" came a new voice that surprised Alison and caused her to look up at a woman of Asian Descent wearing a bright red dress with black sunglasses.

"Mark you've had your fun, now let him go and let's leave. You're obviously not wanted here." Ana stated causing Mark to look over at Alison who had turned back to him with tears in her blue eyes. He then looked back at Tavon who had long since passed out with blood leaking from his mouth.

"Right!" he said to Alison's surprise as she watched him release Tavon before rising back to his feet and sending a look to Alison. "I'm not wanted." He added before turning his back to the FIB Agent and then walking away.

"Let's go!" said Mark as he walked past Ana, stepping on the bouquet of roses in the process, who was staring at Alison and watching her closely before turning to walk away with the youngest Roman while Alison kneeled down to help Tavon.

Authors Note: And Boom there you have it another chapter of New Arcadia. I know this chapter had a lot of heist but that's because I said in the beginning this chapter would feature more heist then my last story and so far there has been a lot of hits being done but not many heist so I decided to make this entire chapter more heist oriented.

The Riverboat Casino Heist was based off a heist I talked about with Onkwehonweneha. It was a more subtle approach to another heist I have in the future that will involve stealing all the money in a casino. And the trick Mark used to open the safe with a magnet is actually another way to open a safe when not knowing a combination.

The Bayou diving for the money was somewhat based off the plot of the show Hap and Leonard. Which was an awesome show that was set in Texas but a lot of the filming actually took place in some parts of Southern Louisiana and Baton Rouge. The house that Hap was staying in is actually just a few miles outside of the city limits. The job wasn't really a heist but it allowed for more explaining about Mark's relationship with Ana who is visually based off Ada Wong from the Resident Evil Game but will have some influence of Maggie Q's character in the TV show Nikita. Her using Mark as a personal Assassin and having a relationship with him is also based off how Karen from GTA IV had a relationship with Niko and used him to do jobs for him.

The Jewelry Heist was somewhat based off how it was done in GTA, but how it was executed was taken from the new show on USA Animal Kingdom. If you haven't watched it I recommend it especially if you like Heist.

Lee working with the Vietnamese in this chapter was more to show another criminal element within the city of New Arcadia. Even though I hated season 2 of The Wire I liked that it showed another side of crime in the city of Baltimore that wasn't just coming from the black side, but also the white and I want to do the same but still have it be entertaining.

If one were to go into East New Orleans the population is mixed with I think maybe 42 percent black 41 percent Asian with most of that being Vietnamese and they have their own little gangs and groups around the city. You see their own little gang but you also see some of them immolating Crips and there is also national gangs like Born to Kill has been reported down here along with other major Vietnamese gangs.

The characters Ricky Thu is visually based off actor Dustin Ngyuen who played Harry Truman on 21 Jump Street and Mr. Nyugen is visually based off the deceased actor Don Duong. Who played the Vietnamese General in the We Were Soldiers. Both will play large roles in later chapters as Mark pushes to establish itself himself in New Arcadia.

The character Michael Knox is visually based on actor William Forsythe who played Manny Horvitz in Boardwalk Empire but is more known for his role as J.D. in the movie American Me. And yes he is a member of the Dixie Mafia. I decided to use the actual name with advice from Onkwehonweneha because not only does it sound better but the group never called themselves the Dixie Mafia, that was given to them by the media, they were just a network of southern criminals who came together to do business which doesn't represent a gang and showed no sign of allegiance other than to the dollar.

I didn't want to leave too much of a hint that Mark was gonna go after Tavon's brother but if you were able that he was moving on his family give yourselves a pat on the back because I was not trying to do that.

There was also a lemon in this chapter between Alison and Tavon I hoped someone liked it. I mostly did it to put Alison in Mark's shit list so he does think about her when he comes back to New Arcadia and unleash hell next chapter, but in truth I don't like it much and just wanted it to be over. If any of you have seen my lemons you would know that I have a lot more talent than what that was, that was a five second hump in a McDonalds Bathroom, I ain't that good at lemons but I can at least give you something better than that.

Well stick around for next chapter as Mark unleashes hell in New Arcadia to learn Brian out of hiding, Task gets out of jail and is looking to do some damage of his own, and Alison deals with the consequences of what she's done.

This is Zilla 2000 telling you to have a good day.