Chapter 19: The Battle of the Spouses
Time and Tide Wait For No One
It doesn't matter if It's fate, an accident, or some-kind of act of god it's here now…and it's our mess to deal with."
New Arcadia (Two Years Later)
"Come on this way." Said an African American kid with black cornrows as he led four other kids through a broken window in a boarded up vacant home in the cities upper ninth ward.
"It's right here." He said before leading the group down into a backroom where they quickly went wide eyed at the sight of fallen man lying face down on the floor covered in plastic wrap.
"See!" the boy said before lifting plastic off the corpse and revealing to the group the decaying body of an African American man who appeared to have been shot in the back of the head.
"Damn dude got fucked up." Said another boy as he continued to stare at the body.
"He ain't the only one here either they got bodies in almost all the vacant homes on this strip." Stated the boy earning a nod from the group.
"Want to see um all?" he asked earning nods from the group before they exited the house only to find two New Arcadia Police Officers waiting for them as they exited the area.
Liberty City (Three Days Later)
The rain seemed to be a constant downpour on this night in the city that never sleeps as a middle-aged Italian Mafioso with black hair that was slicked back and wearing a black suit with a gray tie walked into a high class restaurant in the Algonquin borough.
This man's name was Nicky Morello and as of now he was the current Boss of the Ancelotti Crime Family. After replacing the deceased Charles Matteo Nicky has helped to bring the family back into levels of power not seen since the early fifties. That power and status was now being tested though by one of the city's oldest gangs, the McCreary Crime Family.
The war between the two families has been bloody with the Ancelotti's finding themselves outgunned and without the aid of the Albanian Mafia since the latter now has enough power and decided to break away from the larger Italian Crime Families.
"Nicky it's good to see ya, come in." Said an Italian American male who looked to be in his early 40's with short black hair and wearing a black suit as he opened the door to the club allowing Nicky to see the bright red décor of the inside.
"Hiya Vinnie, how's the family?" Nicky asked with a smile earning a chuckle from the man as he led him into the restaurant.
"Yeah which one." Vinnie replied with a chuckle before the duo were greeted by two more Mafioso's.
"Come on boss they got your usual table ready." Vinnie added before leading the Underboss into the dining area where Nicky and Vinnie greeted a few more Mafia members and associates with their girlfriends as they made their way deeper into the restaurant.
"Excuse me!" said a Nicky as he walked past a table where a man and woman were dining. He didn't know why but his eyes were somewhat drawn to the redheaded woman wearing a dark black dress who looked up at him with bright blue eyes.
"And there he goes." Said Alison as she sent a look to Nicky before looking at the skinny Caucasian man with short brown hair and a slight facial hair sitting across from her wearing a black suit.
"I think he might have the hots for you." The man replied earning a slight chuckle from Alison.
"Ha shut up Steve." She replied before reaching for her dress moving to talk on a hidden Walkie Talkie.
"Jenna do you see him." She asked as a rather busty long haired brunette wearing a black jacket over a white dress shirt, black pants, and glasses sat inside a surveillance van that was disguised like a food truck.
"Yeah he's sitting down at a table with two twin. I can't hear anything but I do have visual." She replied earning a nod from Alison.
"Alright then just keep your eyes open." Said Steve as he took a bite of his spaghetti dinner before turning to Alison.
"I told you I'd get you out to dinner." He replied earning a half-smile from Alison.
"Guys we got something." Stated Jenna causing the duo to look down before lifting their heads up as a gunshot rang out followed by a loud scream as Alison, Steve, and a number of others lifted their heads and noticed that one of the twins Nicky was eating with was face down in a bowl of spaghetti with a hole in the back of her head.
"SHIT!" yelled Nicky before a bright flash of headlights coming outside the window in front of him caused him to fall back from his seat as a van came speeding through the window, shattering the glass while the vehicle ran down the other twin.
"Damn!" said Alison as she and Steve took cover just as a series of gunshots went off in and around the restaurant as men dressed as waiters and caterers rushed into the restaurant firing Assault Rifles and Submachine Guns at the Mafioso's who drew their weapons and desperately tried to fight back against the ambush.
"Nicky, oh shit your leg." Said Vinnie as he rushed to the Boss.
"I'm gonna get you out of here, but you need to cover us." The man replied before handing Nicky his pistol and then grabbing the man by his shoulder and pulling him to the back of the club while Nicky shot a man twice in the chest and another once in the neck while Alison and Steve watched the duo.
"Morello's getting away." He yelled just as the back door of the club opened and a group of armed police officers moved on the dining room floor.
"Just stay down." Said Jenna over her com device as the attackers now found themselves getting into gun battles with the police while Mafioso's were laying on the ground.
"Retreat." Yelled an attacker with a thick Irish Accent as he shot down two officers with an AR-15 Assault Rifle before running out the hole in the wall with the other attackers.
"What a night." Said Steve with venom in his tone while he and Alison rose to their feet.
"Report, was Nicky Morello captured?" asked Alison as she was met with a few seconds of silence while a helicopter flew over their heads.
"Negative no Nicky Morello." A voice responded causing the woman to lower her head in anger.
New Arcadia (Hours Later)
The sun was starting to rise on this day in New Arcadia as a familiar blonde haired man stepped out of his bed with a groggy yawn before moving to throw on a pair of black sleep pants then running his hands across his back tattoo before making his way into the bathroom.
After showering, brushing his teeth, and washing his face Link then looked at himself in the mirror. He wasn't one to brag or feel to overconfident about himself but he had to admit he did look good after all these years. Thanks to Mark and Lee making him hit the gym more the Irish-American man now had a rather well-muscled physique and he had now grown into his full height of five foot eleven. His still kept his blonde hair short and he didn't have much of his baby face anymore. All in all Link had finally grown up.
As he stepped out of the bathroom the man quickly made his way to the kitchen where he started to prepare some coffee just as a familiar Mexican-American man make his way down the stairs of the house and entered the kitchen.
"Morning." Said Felix earning a response from Link who watched the man take a seat at the dinner table in the middle of the kitchen and let out a low yawn. As Link eyed Felix he easily noticed that the man had now grown to his full height of six feet which even Felix had to admit was a shock to him. He now kept his black hair somewhat longer then it normally was and styled into a slight fauxhawk.
"You want some coffee?" Link asked earning a nod from Felix.
"Please mano, I was with Chayton and Adahy last night." Felix replied before watching as Link poured him a cup of coffee. "Thanks amigo!" he added earning a nod from Link before the duo watched as Manfred stumbled into the kitchen.
"Morning!" he greeted earning nods from the two as they watched him take a seat at the kitchen table. Unlike Link and Felix Manfred didn't change to much he was still the same height of five foot seven, his black hair had grown out and so did his facial hair, but he was still rather skinny being that he was more of a shut in he didn't like going to the gym with the group.
"What do we got for breakfast?" he asked while beating a rhythm on the table.
"Cereal, Mark's still not back so I hope you wasn't expecting any breakfast." Link replied earning a roll of the eyes from Task.
"Jesus Christ how long has it been since he's been gone?" asked Manfred with anger in his tone.
"Almost three months since we last seen him, but he called me the other day said he's doing good wherever the hell he is with Ana." Link replied before taking a sip of his coffee.
"Hopefully he comes back home soon or else I might have to shoot Joe or his father in the face." Declared Felix as he took another sip of his coffee.
"He should be back soon his father's running low on drugs and he's gonna need us to get him some more." Stated Link before the group heard the front door opening and watched as Lee entered the house with Buck following behind him.
The Chinese man had changed a lot in these last couple of years, he had grown just two more inches so that now he was five foot ten, he skin had somewhat darkened, he kept his hair cut low, and he kept just a stubble of chin hair on his face. He also had the phrase Honor and Dedication tattooed on his chest and skull and dragon design going down his left sleeve.
"We're back!" Lee said as the group noticed him carrying bags of Up N' Atom in with him before setting them on the table while Bucky did the same.
The young boy had changed somewhat the most compared to the others, he was a few weeks from being sixteen and the years had started to show. Thanks to being around the other BSU members the teen had a muscular build to match his five foot four height, he now kept his hair in cornrows, and he also picked up a habit that Mark, Lee, and many other New Arcadia gangsters followed by keeping a towel in their back pocket and on occasion he could be seen sagging his pants.
"Alright then guys eat up we got a job today." Said Lee as he reached into a bag and threw Link a biscuit that the blonde quickly snatched out of the air.
"What's the job?" he asked while looking to Lee with a confused expression.
"The guy in the 2nd Ward are paying us three thousand just to do a run up north and pick-up something." Said Lee earning a nod from Link.
"Can't I gotta pick-up some scrips for Chayton and Adahy today?" Replied Felix.
"And it's collection day so I gotta be in the shop." Added Link causing Lee to send a look to Manfred before speaking.
"Manny what are you doing today?" asked Lee earning the attention of the Indian man.
"Working on something online-." He started before Lee interrupted him.
"Well now you're on collection." Lee replied to the South Asian man's surprise. "Have Viktor and Miller stay with you." He added.
"But they prefer you being there." Manfred stated.
"Well now they'll understand with you three being there so take care of it." Stated Lee as he reached into his back pocket and handed the Indian man five hundred dollars.
"You do a job last night?" asked Link earning a shake of the head from Lee.
"Nah I've been saving, but I've been thinking about shaking down a corner boy in Red Stick for a little extra." Stated Lee.
"Count me in, the score I took with Task and Adahy last night was horrible." Declared Felix earning the group's attention.
"Was it a bust?" asked Link earning a shake of the head from Felix.
"No it went good, but we only made two hundred dollars." He replied.
"Each?" asked Buck.
"No that was the entire score two hundred dollars in one's and fives." Felix shot back with a hint of annoyance in his tone.
"Fuck you do rob a corner store?" asked Lee with a raised brow.
"Remember how you guys told the story of robbing that arcade back in Sunbelt, well we tried to do the same with this place in Red Stick." He replied earning a chuckle from Lee and Link.
"Wish you would have told us, that way we could have told you why your plan wouldn't have worked dude." Said Link earning Felix's attention.
"For one you robbed it on a Tuesday, an arcade gets the most money on Friday and Saturday, and that's anywhere." Stated Lee with a chuckle.
"You need to learn the pattern of the arcade some of them open on Sunday while some don't. If it's closed on Sunday the dude who owns the place while either collect his money Monday morning to take it to the bank, but if it's open on Sunday you gotta learn what day of the week is a slow day because that's when he knows it's full and it's best to crack it open." Stated Link earning a roll of the eyes from Felix.
"Well I wish you would have told me that now Punto." Replied the Mexican man.
"You need to do a lot more thinking for heist man, don't worry though we got something big coming up in a few weeks…in Sunbelt." Stated Lee earning confused looks from the group before they watched him throw on his black leather jacket and send a smile their way.
"Now come on I want to get this over with and Link call Davey and Eddy they need the exercise." The Chinese man ordered before walking out of the room.
Red Stick
As Lee and the BSU members went about their day Task and Adahy found themselves sitting at the counter of their home discussing their own plans for today.
"So your friends back on Cedar Hills know this is coming their way?" Adahy asked earning a nod from Task. The Creek Warrior hadn't changed much over the years, but his major difference was the new bumps, bruises, and scars that decorated his body from the many underground fights he'd participated in New Arcadia.
"Yeah they I have a friend coming down to make the pickup and he'll make sure it goes to the right people." The Lakota replied, he too hadn't changed much over the years his biggest change to his person was that now he had a Lakota Warrior tattooed on his right arm and his hair was now long enough to be in a ponytail. "Let's hope Mark's contact will do business with us, we need the money and my people need what they got." Task added earning a nod from Adahy.
"Don't you think it's time we stop relying on him?" the Creek asked earning Task's attention. "I don't have a problem working with Felix he's one of us, but we need to think about distancing ourselves from Mark and Lee. If we rely too much on them we get lazy and week, plus his loyalties aren't with us or our people." Stated Adahy earning a slight nod from Task.
"I see your point and I do kinda agree, but we have to think about the big picture. Mark is better connected than any of us, Meska, Clay, or any of the other warriors and we need that." He stated before looking down at his map. "Plus when we do jobs by ourselves, we get incidents like last night." He added earning a roll of the eyes from Adahy.
"That's another thing we need to work on doing heist him working with us." Stated Adahy earning a roll of the eyes from Task.
Liberty City
As the rain seemed to pour down out the FIB building in Liberty, Alison found herself staring out the window overlooking her desk as she found herself looking over some paperwork before a low grunt caught her attention as she watched Steve approach her carrying two mugs of coffee.
"Black with extra sugar just how you like it." He stated earning a slight chuckle from Alison as she took the mug before taking a sip of the coffee.
"Last night was a real shit show." Alison replied earning a chuckle from Steve.
"I don't really see it that way, sure seven of those Italian Mobsters were killed but we swept up nine Irish Mobsters. To me that sounds like a reasonable trade." Steve declared earning a serious look from Alison.
"Yes but four civilians were caught in the crossfire, four of our own are in critical condition, and above all we lost Nicky Morello." Alison shot back earning a nod from Steve.
"Don't worry he'll turn up, we didn't spring our net just yet so the Chief wants us to make a move again later today." He stated earning a roll of the eyes from Alison. "But for right now, he wants us to go to the Police Station they're brought in Packie McCreary for questioning." He added earning a nod from Alison.
"Don't see why his brother Francis may have been killed but that family still has friends in all the right places in the LCPD." Alison replied earning a nod from Steve.
"I know but that's another problem we'll be looking to in this city." The male FIB Agent replied while Alison rose to her and followed Steve out the front door before taking a sip of her coffee.
"Black with extra sugar." She whispered under her breath while a slight smile spread across her face at the thought of a familiar Creole she had met in Louisiana.
Cuerpo de Christo, Texas
Just a few miles away from New Arcadia in the next state over there was a coastal city in South Texas called Cuerpo de Christo. The city was a major tourist attraction and offered some of the best beaches for onlookers but the beaches weren't on the minds of Mark as he rolled over on the white sheets of his bed and wrapped his arms around the woman lying next to him before planting a kiss on her shoulder.
The Roman had changed a lot over these last few years he still kept his hair in the same box-cut like style but thanks to a late growth spurt he now found himself standing six feet two and his body now featured a few more tattoos including the phrase Disturbed tattooed on his chest above a small triangle tattooed on his heart.
"It's about time you woke up." Said Ana earning a slight chuckle from Mark.
"What can I say you took a lot out of me last night." Mark replied as Ana gave a slight chuckle to hide her low giggle as she felt Mark run his hands over her exposed hips.
"So are we spending the next few days like this again, or do we have another job?" he asked with a chuckle of his own while planting another kiss on the woman's shoulder before watching her rise from the bed.
"Actually you have a job today a really big job that I really need you and your team to succeed on." Ana stated earning a confused look from Mark who watched her as she made her way into the bathroom.
"Team, you want me to call Lee and the others for this?" he asked.
"No I mean a team of my other assets who do jobs for me like yourself." She stated while Mark heard her turn on the shower before rising from the bed and making his way into the bathroom.
"I finally get to meet the other guys in positions like mine, this must be hard job." He declared with a chuckle while watching Ana step into the shower.
"The job itself isn't too difficult, it's the competition you should be more worried about." She replied while Mark gave her a confused look.
"Competition, I thought you said we were working as a team. Who are we competing against?" he asked earning a few seconds of silence from Ana.
"My husband and his assets." She replied to Mark's shock and surprise. "It's gonna be a five on five job with his five best vs my five best for…as you would say bragging rights." She added before grabbing Mark by the arm and pulling him into the shower with her.
"This competition means a lot to me Marcus, so I want you to give it your all and don't disappoint or embarrass me in front of Devlin." She stated earning a nod from the youngest Roman who moved to give her a quick kiss on the forehead.
"I never have, I never will, and a damn sure ain't about to start today." He replied earning the usual side smile from the woman he now seemed to tower over.
New Arcadia
Back in New Arcadia Manfred found himself walking out the front door of the rather large two story home in East New Arcadia the members of BSU found themselves living together. The neighborhood was quiet and was mostly filled with families and their kids but it was still a good distance from Uptown New Arcadia where all the violence was located and the group's worked.
The Indian man then found himself walking just a blocks down the street to a liquor store before making his way inside where he was greeted by a Vietnamese woman who almost instantly started yelling at him in her native tongue as he walked behind the counter and moved for the register.
"I don't get paid enough for this." He said aloud just as an African American man walked into the store and went grabbed a beer from the back before moving to the register.
"Seven ninety-nine." He said before watching as the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a stack of money and then handing it to him before walking out.
"Thank you come again." Said Manfred as he proceeded to count the money. "I feel like a damn stereotype." He said amongst himself while continuing to count the money.
Since BSU was now in control of corners in the 17th Ward the local dealers and hustlers now had to pay a street tax to them in order to sell on their territory. The group didn't like the idea of going all the way to the 17th where police could be watching them so with the money they've made doing heist the group have bought two businesses and established drop off points in New Arcadia. One of the businesses was a butcher shop in the 17th Ward owned by Mark and the other was a Soul Food restaurant in the 3rd that was partially owned by Mark's brother Martin.
The drop off points were a little different, they could drop the money off they could mail it off to a series of addresses or they could come into a store like this one where members of BSU held day-jobs and worked alongside the Vietnamese and Indians in exchange for protection against thieves.
While Manfred was getting comfy at work Lee found himself driving on a main road of a rural area in Central Louisiana with Link and Buck sitting beside him as he pulled his moving van off the main road and down a dirt path.
"So what exactly are we picking up?" asked Link as Lee continued to drive down the road.
"Weed apparently we're about to meet one of biggest weed suppliers in the state." Said Lee as he noticed that he was approaching a barbed wired fence surrounding a large compound. "We're here!" said Lee as he parked the van just as a skinny and somewhat dirty Caucasian man ran out the building and approached the van.
"What do you want dude?" he asked while letting out a sniffle.
"We're here to pick-up a package." Lee replied while the man who was obviously higher than a kite scratched his neck.
"You guys aren't Narc's are you, you know you have to tell me if you are?" he asked earning a shake of the head from Lee.
"NO!" the Chinese man stated earning a chuckle from the man before he yelled for the gate to be opened.
"Jesus awesome security." Stated Lee.
"I don't get it why's there so much security for weed?" asked Buck as he sent a look to Lee and Link.
"Weed, still illegal here and if there's this much security you can only imagine how much, HOLY SHIT!" Link yelled causing the group to look to the road where they noticed eight fields of marijuana being worked by a bunch of people that looked like they were taken from the sixties.
"That's a lot of weed." Said Lee as he stopped the van in front of a large tent before stepping out with Link and Buck just as Davey and Eddy jumped from out the back of the van with mixed looks on their faces.
"You must be Lee, Kendrick said you were coming." Said a skinny Caucasian man with dreadlocks wearing a red and white plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled all the way up, blue jean pants, boots, and a red bandanna tied around his head. "Everyone here calls me Cosmic." He stated while extending his hand for Lee to slightly shake.
"Yeah we're here for his pickup." Lee declared earning a nod from the man.
"He also said you might be the guy who can help me with a problem I got." Cosmic added earning a confused look from Lee.
"Depends what's the problem?" the Chinese man asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well these last couple of days we've grown this really really good bud, and I mean it's really good bud man." He stated with a chuckle earning confused looks from the five. "You see it makes you really really hungry dude and we've…we've eaten all of our snacks man and we need to restock." He stated earning a confused look from the group.
"So why don't you go to the store and buy some more?" Buck asked earning a shake of the head from the man.
"And put money back into the hands of those pigs, I don't think so man." He stated earning confused looks from the group.
"Okay then what do you want us to do?" Lee asked earning a nod and a smile from the man.
Northern Louisiana
While Lee and the others were with Cosmic in Central Louisiana Felix found himself sitting in the backseat of Adahy's truck with the Creek and Lakota Warriors. These past few years the North and Central American blended Native has been spending more time with the Northern Natives even somewhat more then he spends with the BSU members.
He didn't know exactly why but he felt more at home working with the Natives then he did working with the BSU members. The trio agreed on a lot more topics then he did with the BSU members and he felt he was doing more help for his people then he was with Mark. He often questioned being a soldier for BSU when he could have been doing the same for the Vagos who lived in his neighborhood, but this way he felt he was doing better.
"So are we not talking about last night's horrible heist?" asked Task as he sent a look to Adahy and Felix.
"I told Lee and Link about it, they said we should have done more surveillance on the place before hitting it." Felix stated earning a roll of the eyes from Adahy.
"Of course I knew hitting that place during the middle of the week was a bad idea." Stated the Lakota as he sent a look to Adahy.
"Didn't see you voicing those concerns." The Creek Warrior replied with venom in his tone.
"We had a bad night, let's chalk up to that and make up for it with this." Said Adahy as Task rolled his eyes before the Creek pulled his car up in front of a house in the middle of nowhere with four vans in front of it that were almost filled with boxes of pharmacy meds.
"Seems like a lot." Stated Task as he stepped out of the vehicle with Felix and Adahy.
"Let go of me." Came the voice of a woman causing the trio to lift their heads and notice a skinny Caucasian woman and a Chinese-American man being forced out of the house by two Caucasian men carrying Shotguns.
"What the hell?" asked one of the men as he eyed Task, Adahy, and Felix.
"RUN!" the woman yelled as the trio watched the two men lift their Shotgun and take aim at the trio.
"SHIT!" said Task as he, Adahy, and Felix jumped to cover behind the cars while the two men fired on vehicle's causing nine more men to come out of the house firing Assault Rifles and SMG's.
"Well ain't this great." Stated Adahy as bullet from an M16 whizzed by his head causing him to move to cover.
Liberty City
The drive to the police station wasn't long for Alison as she and Steve walked inside of the Liberty City Police Station before heading for the interrogation room where they noticed an officer sitting down with a familiar shaved headed Irish-American man wearing a green shirt over a long-sleeved white shirt, khaki pants, and white shoes.
"Talk McCreary we know you were involved in that attack last night." Yelled one of the officers earning a chuckle from Packie.
"How do you know?" the Irish gangster asked with a smile while Steve shook his head.
"He's not going to talk." The FIB Agent stated earning a nod from Alison.
"You know what this is Packie?" asked the cop as he held up a hair in a small baggie.
"Hair from your wife's tit." Packie replied.
"No hair from your thick fucking skull you mick bastard." The cop shot back earning a chuckle from Packie.
"They're trying that trick." Said Alison while Steve shook his head.
"For one that hair is too long to be my own and if that was my hair I'd believe it when I hear the cell doors close." Stated Packie earning a nod from the officer.
"You know I served under your Packie father." The officer stated earning a chuckle from the gangster.
"So give yourself a fucking medal." He yelled out.
"Your brother didn't want this for you Packie. You may think you can handle it, but you can't take on all of Liberty. The McCreary Family rang bells in the past, but that was then and this is now…you keep knocking on the devils doors eventually someone will answer." The officer yelled out earning a chuckle from Packie.
"He can answer and then he'll be shot." Packie replied earning silence from the officer before he walked out of the room.
"Talk about being tough as nails." Stated Steve earning a nod from Alison as the duo continued to watch the Irish man.
South Texas
The sun seemed almost like it was beaming down directly in one spot as Mark found himself sitting on the back of Ana's car dressed in a black leather jacket with a dragon on the back over a white t-shirt, dark gray cargo pants, and white shoes.
He wouldn't let Ana hear his complaining but deep down he hated the desert mostly because he hated what was in the desert from the scorpions, snakes, and birds with the taste for human flesh the desert was a scary place and whenever he came out here whether it was to bury a body or otherwise he always ran into a desert creature.
"Here!" came a familiar voice that caused Mark to lift his head and notice Ana standing before him with a canteen of water. "Drink!" she advised causing Mark to take the bottle and take a drink from it.
"Thanks." He said before handing it back to the woman who gave him a look that caused Mark to roll his eyes before drinking the canteen dry.
"I don't want dehydration being a reason for a poor performance." Ana stated before walking to the back of her car and pulling out a briefcase before presenting it to Mark.
"A present for you." She said causing Mark to open the case and go wide eyed at the weapon before him.
"MP7 Submachine Gun, Holographic Scope, Extended Clip, thirty-two round magazine." Ana stated earning a smile from Mark before he took his Glock 17 out of the holster under his jacket and stuffed it in the back of his pants beside his Knife and replacing it with the Submachine Gun. The Roman also had a M203PI EGLM Grenade Launcher attached to a Standalone Pistol.
"What's the occasion?" he asked with a chuckle.
"My husband is bringing out his best and most loyalist soldier." She stated earning a nod from Mark.
"The guy who killed Brian?" Mark asked earning a nod from the woman.
"Yes and I have a feeling he'll be gunning for you particularly." She stated while Mark gave a chuckle.
"I'd be surprised if his entire team wasn't, I mean me and you are-" Mark started while hopping off the back of the car.
"He may know about us, but I don't expect him to come to you and openly start a fight but in case his man tries something-." She started before Mark interrupted her.
"I make sure he doesn't try anything again." He replied earning a nod from the woman.
"Unlike your's his team has worked with each other before, but I need you to put all of your differences aside for this." She stated earning a nod from Mark.
"Don't worry I'm a friendly person." He replied before the duo noticed a cloud of dust being picked up as a car sped to their location.
"That's him?" Mark asked earning a shake of the head from Ana.
"No that's your first partner." She replied as the car came to halt before the group and Mark watched as a man in his early forties standing six foot four with slightly greying brown hair, bright blue eyes, and wearing a gray suit stepped out of the car and the duo.
"Ms. Chan!" the man greeted before extending his hand to woman.
"Mr. Vasiliy, Marcus this is Isaak Vasiliy he was once the boss for a faction of the Russian Mafia operating in the San Fierro Bay Area of San Andreas. He's also ex-Soviet Military." Stated Ana earning a nod from Mark. "Isaak, this is Marcus Roman Black Guerilla Army solider from Dockington." She added earning a nod from the man.
"The Volk Brotherhood, you guys sold guns to the Ballas on the West Coast." Stated Mark earning a chuckle from the man before he extended his hand to shake Mark's.
"Someone does their homework." Vasiliy replied before extending his hand to shake Mark. "And it's good the man who passed me up as Ana's number one." He added earning a chuckle from Mark.
"What can I say I have a good teacher." Mark replied earning a chuckle from Vasiliy before the group noticed a larger cloud of smoke coming their way that caused them to turn their heads and notice four more vehicles approaching their location.
"That the rest?" Mark asked earning a shake of the head from Mark.
"No that's my husband." Ana replied as Mark turned and watched as the cars pulled up just a few feet away from them their position before watching as a Caucasian man in his mid-forties who stood about five foot six with wild black hair and wearing an all-white suit with black dress shoes.
"Please don't tell me that elderly tool is your husband?" Mark whispered before watching as a sinister smile spread across the man's face.
"Ana it's good to see you again darling." The man shouted causing Mark to roll his eyes.
"Devlin." Ana replied while the man gave a chuckle.
"So this is your team and the famous Marcus Roman I've heard so much about you boy." He said while sending a look to Mark who only responded with a growl. "I thought he'd be taller." He added.
"I got size in other places." Mark replied with a slight chuckle.
"I bet." Devlin stated. "So where is the rest of your team?"
"They're on the way, but I don't see yours with you?" she replied before watching as a smile spread across Devlin's face.
"They're around but I feel we should wait for the rest of your team to arrive before we let introductions start." He replied before turning his head where the group noticed a cloud of sand approaching their location.
"Seems like your boys are coming in late." Stated Devlin as the group watched as the car pulled up next to Isaak's before the trio watched closely as a Mexican man in his late twenties who stood about five foot seven with a shaved head and facial tattoos with a skull design and wearing a dark blue and silver jacket over a white wife-beater, dark blue pants, and white shoes while the letters MBG was tattooed on his neck.
"Scary looking." Said Devlin as he eyed the man who moved to take a stand beside Mark and Vasiliy while sending Ana a look and a nod.
"Mark Vasiliy this is El Sol, he's a Marabunta Grande Lieutenant from Mexico with ties to La Onda and the Salvadoran Leadership of the gang." Stated Ana as the duo sent the man a look. "He doesn't speak a lot but he can understand you and speak enough English to give you an insult." She added as the group sent the man looks that he quickly returned to them.
"Isaak Vasiliy Volk Brotherhood." The man stated while extending his hand to the MBG member who looked at him before looking away.
"Oh-Kay then." Vasiliy replied while Mark sent the man a look. He wasn't to particularly fond of Vagos or anyone that worked for La Onda or carried out their orders, but he could work with them for the right reasons and now seemed to be the right time for it. He wasn't gonna let his petty squabbling get in the way of things.
"And here's another." Said Devlin as the group noticed another car speeding towards their location before watching as a Chicano standing about five foot eight wearing a red hat over his black hair, a white t-shirt under a red and black baggy jacket, black jeans and black and red shoes with the X4 on the side of his neck written in Roman Numerals.
"Sup!" the man said while the group sized him up.
"This is Hector Ramirez, North Side Rifa's from Denver and the nephew of a NS leader in San Andreas." Stated Ana.
"Y'all can call me Lil Duro." The man replied while Mark noticed that the man had two gold teeth in his mouth. He knew some Rifa members were known to mimic blacks but he thought this guy must have been a knockoff of a black gang member from Eastland.
"Struggling Chicano." Mark whispered while Ana sent him a look.
"Ana you didn't say I'd be working with a fucking scrap." He said upon eyeing Sol and approaching the IAA Agent.
"Trouble at home Ana?" asked Devlin with a chuckle.
"In the interest of making money I'd assume you'd put your differences aside, especially since you both are dropouts." Stated Ana as Duro gave a low growl.
"You can't put your differences aside for a day?" asked Vasiliy.
"I'll never trust a scrap ass bitch a day in my life." Duro replied while eyeing Sol who returned his looks.
"This Chavala got something to say, let him say it." Sol shot back as Mark sent a look to Devlin who couldn't help but smile as he watched the situation preparing to explode.
"Gladly!" said Duro as he went to reach behind his back for his gun but before he could the man was stopped as Mark forcibly grabbed his wrist and kept him from drawing his weapon.
"I came here to get paid not watch you two continue your goddamn shoe war. If you got a problem with him leave, because we don't need an asshole getting in the way of our profits. Especially a gang dropout who follows the teaching of the group that wants him dead." Said Mark as Duro forcibly jerked his arm away from him.
"Alright I'll play nice but touch me again and you catching a bullet homie." The Rifa member replied while Mark gave a low growl.
"Get stretched today prick." Mark replied before sending a look to Ana who nodded her head in approval of him.
"Great save their Marcus would have been interesting to see if those two tore each other apart." Stated Devlin. "I think we're all embarrassed over this one Ana, if this is your best I'm disappointed in you." Stated Devlin.
"Shut up bitch!" yelled Duro as both he and Sol sent the man angry looks.
"He's right, show some respect." Added Vasiliy while Mark sent a look to the silent Ana.
"And here's your-." Devlin started before the group sent a look and noticed another cloud of smoke coming their way but instead of seeing a car the group noticed that a figure riding a motorcycle was approaching them.
As the man pulled up before the group they quickly noticed that he had SS lightning bolts painted on the side of his bike and as he stepped off it the group noticed he stood about six foot one with long blonde hair, some facial hair, and was wearing a dark blue shirt over a black leather vest, black pants, and white shoes. What made the group stare at him more was the large Swastika etched on the side of the man's neck, but what made Mark angry was patch on the side of the man's vest that read "I KILL NIGGERS!"
"Oh this is interesting." Said Devlin with a chuckle earning an angry look from the man before he turned back to Ana/
"Annie!" the man greeted with a deep-south accent.
"Tully!" Ana replied while the man lifted his head and sent a look to his team.
"Boys this is James Tully, he's was an associate of the Aryan Vanguard of Texas." Stated Ana while Tully sized the group up before they each said their names.
"What is this a picture for a "We are the World" cover band." The Aryan replied with anger in his tone. "A fucking nigger, two border jumpers, and a commie, but I shouldn't have expected any better from a gook." He added earning a low growl from Mark.
"This guy!" said Vasiliy as he eyed Tully angrily.
"Fucking racist motherfucker." Said Duro.
"Keep your mouth shut you fucking spic if you ain't speaking English I don't want to hear it." Yelled Tully.
"Whoa." Said Devlin as Mark gave a chuckle.
"And what the nigga gotta say?" asked Tully as Mark eyed him angrily.
"Keep talking you skinny white bitch and you'll be experiencing what niggas, border jumpers, and commie do to stupid hick white boys in the south." Stated Mark.
"Practice what you preach Mark." Yelled Devlin.
"HOW DO MY KIDS TASTE DEVLIN?" Mark yelled earning a slight chuckle from the group while Devlin eyed him angrily before sending a look to Ana.
The Creole then said something in French before sending a look to Tully.
"You AVT you bitches can put race aside for a profit, so think about this as a business opportunity and nothing long-term. So let's both grow up and get this shit over with and go back to hating each other tomorrow." Mark yelled earning a few seconds of silence from Tully before he nodded his head.
"Fine I can work with you to, mostly because I want to see the Jew cry." Stated Tully as he sent a smile to Devlin.
"I'm not Jewish." Replied Devlin.
"No your names not Jewish, you are an obvious Jew." The Aryan shot back while Devlin sucked his lips angrily.
"Thanks!" whispered Ana earning a nod from Mark who eyed Devlin angrily.
"I'm going to enjoy watching my men pummel all you into the dirt." The male IAA Agent stated.
"You keep talking about this team of yours, but where are they because we're here differences and everything." Yelled Mark earning a chuckle from Devlin.
"They're here and they're ready." He replied as the group sent a look to the other cars and watched as five men stepped out and started to stand behind Devlin with mixed looks on their faces.
"Allow me to introduce my…gladiators." He said before Ana and her team watched as an Armenian American man that stood about five foot nine with a shaved head, black wife beater, khaki pants, and white shoes that gave him somewhat of Cholo appearance.
"Robert Atchabahian, Armenian Mafia." He introduced with a half-smile.
"Discount Cholo." Shot Mark earning a laugh from Duro and Vasiliy.
"Fuck you bitch." The man yelled earning a chuckle from Mark.
"Scratch that Struggle Cholo, he's struggling to be a Cholo." The Creole declared earning more laughs from the group and even a smile from Ana and Sol.
"Alright then moving on." Said Devlin as the group watched an Israeli American man who stood about five foot seven in his mid-twenties with a shaved head and wearing a black jacket over a white t-shirt and camouflage pants stepped up to the group.
"Ben Rosenstein, Israeli Mafia." Devil stated earning a chuckle from Tully.
"That Jew get any taller?" asked Tully earning a few chuckles from his end.
"You weren't kidding the Nazi Knockoff does look like he was raped in prison." Stated Ben earning an angry look from Tully who went to say something before Ana stopped him.
The group then watched as a Japanese American man who stood about five foot five with a shaved head stepped up to the group wearing a black suit and as the group looked him over the could see a Katana hidden under the suit of jacket.
"Ryo Hamada, Japanese Yakuza, he don't speak much English and he won't entertain a bunch of children so don't expect a comeback." Stated Devlin earning angry looks from the group.
They then watched as an Italian American man that stood about five foot eleven with curly black hair, black eyes, and wearing a gray suit approached the group.
"Charlie Lazano, Leone Crime Family Capo." Stated Devlin as the group noticed a wide smile spread across the man's face.
"This the broad you call your wife boss, no wonder you aren't that interested she don't look worth two shits." Charlie stated earning a low growl from Mark.
"What your tongue grease ball." Mark replied with a low growl earning a chuckle from the man.
"What are you gonna do if I don't, you fucking Moolie?" he asked as Mark gave another growl. He didn't like the term Moolie, it was basically the Italian term of calling him a nigger but before he could respond Ana pressed her hand on his chest.
"Don't worry about Charlie, he's all talk with no bite." Said Ana earning an angry look from the Mafioso. "He's the one you really need to worry about." Said Ana as Mark turned his head and watched as a Dominican American man of Indigenous and African descent who stood about six foot one with short spiky black hair and wearing a green shirt over a black leather jacket with green bead necklace showing, black pants with a Machete strapped on the back, and white shoes
"Well Ana your champion is Marcus Roman, the Concrete Soldier of the Black Guerilla Army, well meet mine Marco Perez, The Caribbean Butcher of the Trinities." Devlin stated while Marco sent the youngest Roman who returned the look while each side took a stand beside the two warriors.
"Let's get this contest over with." Stated Devlin as he gave an evil smile.
Central Louisiana
"I can't believe we're going through with this shit." Said Link as he stood dressed in all black with a Mini Uzi in his hands while Lee stood beside him dressed the same but with his Tactical Mossberg 500 strapped to his back.
"Don't get your panties in a twist little sister we used to do things like this when we were kids back in Dockington." Stated Lee as he looked through a pair of binoculars and noticed a truck coming down the road.
"Yeah when we were kids but now it seems stupid to do it." Stated Link as he watched Lee signal to Buck, Davey, and Eddy who were on the otherside of the road.
"Yeah, but let's call this taking a trip down memory lane." Said Lee as Buck loaded a magazine into his MAC-10 Submachine Gun while Davey and Eddy did the same with their Shotguns.
"Okay get ready to move." Said Lee as he and Link pulled down their mask before pulling the tops off two road flares and then tossing them in the middle of the road causing the truck to come to a screeching halt.
"Outta the truck now." Lee yelled before firing a shell into the air while Link, Buck, Davey, and Eddy kept their guns trained on the driver.
"Wait I don't have any money so please don't shoot." The driver said while keeping his hands up.
"Like we're really gonna shoot you over this." Said Link as he looked on the side of the truck and noticed that the logo for the Candybox food company was written on the side. He then looked back to Lee who had pulled the man out of the truck.
"There's a gas station just less than a mile up the road, get there and use the phone." Stated Lee as he moved to climb into the driver's seat with Buck while Davey and Eddy hopped in the back.
He then drove away leaving the man in the dirt yelling and screaming that he needed to find another job.
Northern Louisiana
"Cut it out!" yelled one of the men as the group stopped shooting at Task, Adahy, and Felix. He then sent a look to the two men with Shotguns causing both men to nod their heads before slowly making their way towards the trio's position.
"NOW!" yelled Adahy as he jumped up to toss Felix his Assault Rifle which the Mexican man caught in mid-air just as Task jumped up with a bow loaded into his quiver and fired an arrow that hit the man who was giving the orders dead in his right eye and watched in awe as the tip of the arrow exploded out the back of his head.
"FUCK!" the man yelled as Felix cocked his gun before setting it to Fully-Automatic and firing a seven shots that hit one of the men sent to investigate six times in the chest. He then squeezed the trigger three more times and caught the other man twice in the chest and once in the head. Thanks to Mark's training on using an Assault Rifle and Task's helping him with aiming Felix had now become a much better shot.
After shooting another guy three times in the leg, the two captives started to move away as Adahy jumped to his feet and fired a barrage of rounds from his AK-47 Assault Rifle that struck one man four times in the chest, another twice in the back as he tried to run, and the last twice in the legs.
"Why you!" yelled a man who'd been hit in the leg before he was shot in the throat courtesy of Task who had drawn his M9 Beretta and finished the man off before shooting another man who was running out the front of the house four times in the chest, successfully splattering his blood over the front porch.
"They're coming out the back of the house." Yelled Task as he noticed four more men coming from the side of the house causing Felix to aim their way after reloading his weapon and fire a shot that struck one man in the center of the head. The force of the bullet impacting the head of the running man caused his upper body to fly backwards while his legs shot upward in a comical fashion.
The Mexican gunmen then took another page out of Mark's book and passed his Rifle over from his right side in order to shoulder it with his left. The Mexican man wasn't ambidextrous like Mark or Lee, but this was seemed to be a good time to put his training to use as he watched Adahy sweep the last few men before watching as a man with a Pistol came walking out with his hands up.
"I give up!" he yelled before being shot in the chest courtesy of Adahy who could care-less about the man.
"Talk about a fun day." Said Felix as he broke from cover with Adahy and Task before approaching the downed couple who looked up at them scared.
"Are you Ms. Pullman." Task asked earning a nod from the woman.
"I'm Chayton, a friend of Mark's we talked on the phone about me picking up some meds." The Lakota stated earning a nod from the woman.
"Yes well I have them, if you're willing to get them from the back of dead person's van." She replied earning a nod from Task.
"No trouble for us." The Creek Warrior replied while Felix sent a look to one of the dead men.
"So who are these guys?" he asked while noticing a poorly drawn swastika tattooed on the man's shoulder.
"Just a bunch of methheads looking to get a fix." The woman replied before making her way towards her house with the Chinese man.
"I'd treat you boys to some juice for what you did, but my house is kinda." The woman started before looking to a dead man who had been shot in the head.
"That's okay we just came to get our meds." Task replied earning a nod from the woman.
"Alright then, you keep your money after today you're preferred customers." The woman replied before making her way inside the house with Task, Felix and Adahy following her and quickly going wide eyed at the boxes and boxes of medicine piled high in the woman's house.
"When you see Mark give him this." The woman said as she walked into the living room with a box in her hands.
"Is that Insulin Shots?" asked Task earning a shake of the head from the woman.
"No Adrenaline Shots, he burns through these things like they're candy when he gets shot…which is like every other day." The woman stated earning chuckles from the group.
"Hey I'll throw you boys in some Viagra if you can drive these bodies off my property." She stated earning confused look from the group.
Liberty City
It had barely been an hour since Alison and Steve left to go to the Liberty City Police Station so it seemed showing to Jenna and a few other FIB Agents as they watched the duo walk back in the building with mixed looks on their faces.
"What happened?" Jenna asked while watching the duo take their seats back at their desks.
"They let him walk, barely thirty minutes of questioning and after that they let him leave without any charges." Stated Alison.
"Talk about a fucked system." Added Steve.
"Well the day might be looking up for you, because the Chief wishes to see you." Replied Jenna earning confused looks from the duo before they rose from their seats and made their way to a back office where they noticed a man who looked to be in his early fifties with short greying hair and wearing a blue suit sitting behind a desk looking over a few papers.
"You wanted to see us Chief?" asked Steve earning a nod from the man.
"Yes Mr. Fisher and Ms. Trueblood come in." he ordered before watching the duo take a stand before him.
"I assume last night didn't go so well." He said with a chuckle earning slight chuckles from the duo.
"That's an understatement." Said Alison earning a chuckle from the man.
"Yeah well because of it we're moving up on our indictments and bringing them all in tonight." He stated to the duo's surprise.
"Sir are you sure that's alright?" asked Steve.
"I've gotten word that the Italians are arming up to hit the Irish back for the attack, so we want to hit them before they can strike. And with this indictment coming down over a hundred mobsters in Liberty City from all five families will be off the street, so we're kicking in doors in an hour and I want you two to be ready because you're going after Nicky." He stated earning nods from the duo.
"Alright then we'll ready up." Replied Steve earning a nod from the man.
"Alright then get ready, Alison I need to talk with you about something else." He stated earning a confused look from the duo before Steve made his way out of the room.
"What's this about sir?" the woman asked while taking a seat from across the man.
"There's another reason why these indictments are coming down so fast." He replied earning a nod from the woman. "You're being reassigned." He stated to the woman shock and surprise.
"You and Steve have done so much to get these indictments not only against the Italians but the Irish as well. I didn't want your name being taken off when these indictments come crashing down because you weren't here for the end of it." He stated earning a slight nod from the woman.
"Okay sir, but where am I being reassigned to?" Alison asked.
"The place where you got your stripes, New Arcadia." He stated to the woman's shock and surprise as she looked him over.
"I like the offer, but I have to ask why?" she replied while the man nodded his head.
"Believe it or not, a week ago the crime rate in New Arcadia had dropped almost forty percent from it's previous spot the year before." He replied to the woman's surprise.
"Well what happened?" the woman asked before watching as the Chief reached under his desk and pulled out a brown envelope before setting it on the desk before her.
"A couple of kids led police to vacant house with a dead body inside, the kids then led them to another house with three more bodies, and another with five, and one with ten, and another, and another, and another, and seven more all on the same block." He replied to the woman's shock and surprise. "A total of thirty seven bodies were found in vacant homes. Some as old as a year and some as new as a week old." He stated causing Alison's eyes to widen as she looked over the file.
"You know the city, you know the players, so command is putting you on a new team in New Arcadia composed of only FIB members to investigate these murders." He replied earning a nod from the woman who noticed that one of the men in the photo had been shot in the neck.
"But sir our branch deals with more organized crimes this could be the work of anything even a serial killer." Alison replied.
"Doubt it most of the bodies identified are all known drug dealers, gang members, and some of them have been questioned in murders." He replied to Alison's surprise. "I remember you saying in your report that there was an organized group of drug traffickers in New Arcadia who control the streets, so maybe I'm hoping you can bring your expertise to bringing the men responsible for this in." the he replied earning a slight nod from the woman.
"Who's all going to be on the team?" she asked.
"You, Steve, and Jenna I know for sure but there will be more boots coming to help in this including guys who've tracked serial killers." He replied earning a nod from the woman.
"Alright then I'm in." she said while feeling her heart skip a beat as a name and face ran through her head.
South Texas
"So what's the job?" asked Mark as he, Tully, Vasiliy, Sol, and Duro found themselves standing beside Ana and Devlin while their men stood next to them.
"Are any of you familiar with the Rapid and Ruthless movie franchise?" asked Ana earning nods from the group who knew what the series was but seemed mixed on liking it.
"Personally I think it's good." Said Duro.
"You would!" stated Charlie earning a middle finger from the NS foot soldier.
"Well the next movie is being filmed in Vinewood but they're doing a shoot for a scene at this abandoned airfield behind us. Four of you will go on the base and steal the cars while one of you from each team will be sitting at a rest stop not far from here where two car carrier trailers will be located. Get your cars on the trailer and get them to us at another location. The team with the most cars wins." Ana replied earning confused looks from the group.
"Seems easy so where does the competition come in?" asked Robert.
"I'm guessing there ain't enough cars for all of us on that base." Stated Vasiliy earning a nod from Devlin.
"Eight of you will go on the film set, but there are only seven cars. So I expect you to fight hard for that last car and I do mean hard because I want to see blood." Stated Devlin with an evil chuckle.
"Count on it." Said Charlie as he and Marco sent a look at Marcus who growled at the two men.
"Any of you have experience driving a carrier trailer?" asked Mark as Vasiliy raised his hand.
"I can handle it." He replied before stepping away from the group while Ryo stepped away from Devlin's team.
"Be careful." Whispered Ana earning a nod from the Creole as he walked away with his group while Marco led his own.
"This might be easier than I thought." Said Tully as the group almost easily walked onto the airfield the without being seen or even given a glance by the security guards.
"Scramble." Yelled Charlie as the men started running across the base lot in hopes of finding cars.
"There!" yelled Duro as the group noticed a hanger with four cars inside.
"Get those cars." Yelled Charlie as he, Robert, and Ben ran to the vehicles while Duro, Sol, and Tully moved on them as well.
"Mine!" yelled Ben as he grabbed the handle of a sky-blue Elegy RH8 but before he could slide into the vehicle he was struck from behind by Tully who pulled the man out the car before sending a kick to the side of his head.
"No jews allowed." Said Tully as he hopped in the car and started to hotwire the vehicle causing the alarm to go off and alerting security to the groups plans.
"Pinche Gringo!" yelled Sol as he traded blows with Robert before head-butting the Armenian man in the mouth giving him some breathing room to hop inside of the blue and white Warrener before beginning to hotwire it.
"This my whip bitch." Yelled Duro as he struck Charlie twice in the face but before he could hit him again the Italian-American hit the Rifa member with a hard uppercut that sent him flying over the hood of a bright red Benefactor Surano.
"Stay on the ground short pants." Charlie said with a chuckle before hopping into the vehicle while Robert hopped into another just as security guards arrived at the hanger causing the four men in cars to drive off while the remaining two ran to find more.
"Oh shit!" said Mark as he noticed an all-black Declasse Vigero racing a blue and white Dominator on the far end of the set while cameras followed them.
"There's me." Said Mark as he noticed the cars were about to do a pass a stopping point the Roman then went to intercept and reach the stopping point.
"Hey who's that?" asked a bald man wearing an extra tight t-shirt that hugged his frame as he stepped out of the Declasse while a bald African-Samoan man stepped out of the Dominator.
"Step away from the cars." Mark yelled while drawing his pistol and causing the men to lift their hands in the air.
"Now give me the keys and go." Yelled Mark as both men went to toss him the keys for their cars before running off while the young Roman was then taken by surprise as someone hit him from the side and knocked him to the dirt.
"Son of a bitch!" he said while looking up and noticing a familiar Dominican man standing before him with a smile on his face.
"Didn't think I'd let you go that easy soldier?" the Dominican said earning a slight chuckle from Mark.
"So you want to start this early, be my GUEST!" Mark yelled before charging the man and throwing four punches that Marco easily dodged before responding with a punch to the Creole's midsection that caused spit to fly from Mark's mouth.
He then went to throw a punch for his head but the youngest Roman managed to duck under his arm and respond with a knee strike to the man's midsection before grabbing him by his waist and slamming him to the ground.
"FUCK YOU!" Mark yelled as he hit Marco twice in the face but before he could throw another the Dominican man responded by head-butting Mark in the mouth successfully knocking him away.
"Shit!" said Mark as he noticed a small trickle of blood leaking from the side of his mouth while Marco smiled at him.
"You're good, but I'm clever." Said Mark as he lifted up the two sets of keys causing Marco to look down and notice that the keys he'd taken were missing.
"Pinche Mayate." The Dominican yelled as he watched Mark toss a set of keys over the Dominator where Marco noticed Duro standing next to it.
"Thanks dog." He said as Marco went to charge the man.
"No you don't!" said Mark as he performed a back spin with his leg extended and tripped Marco causing the man to fall forward and hit his head on the side of the Declasse before Mark kicked him away from the vehicle.
"See you around." Mark yelled before hopping into the black Declasse and driving away while Marco hopped back to his feet and watched the fleeing Roman.
"I guess you aren't worth underestimating Marcus Roman." Chuckled Marco as he reached into the back of his pants and pulled out a TMP Machine Pistol and loaded the weapon.
"Woah!" yelled Duro as he and Marcus finally drove off the movie set and caught up with both Tully and Sol as they sped away from the airfield.
"Vasiliy we've got four cars and we're on the way." Said Mark over a Walkie Talkie.
"I'll be here waiting for you my friend." The Russian man replied as he stood alongside the carrier trailer while Ana sent a smug look to her husband.
"Guess my team isn't an embarrassment like you say they are." Stated Ana earning a chuckle from Devlin.
"They aren't but do you know what my team has that yours doesn't…the willingness to do whatever it takes to win." He replied as Vasiliy went to enter the carrier trailer he was taken by surprise as a gunshot went off and he felt a stinging pain in his shoulder that knocked that him forward and caused him to hit the ground hard.
"DAMN!" yelled Vasiliy as he looked up and noticed Ryo standing over him with a M9 Beretta in his hands.
"Nani mo kojin-tekina dake no hōhō wa, sore ga nakereba narimasen."
("Nothing personal just the way it has to be.") he stated before slamming the butt of the weapon over Vasiliy's head and knocking the Russian unconscious. He then grabbed the Ex-Soviet by his arms and dragged his body over to the two carrier trailers before sliding him underneath one just as four cars could be seen speeding down the road.
"I see the trailer." Said Duro as the group noticed two carrier trailers in the parking lot a rundown biker bar.
"Let's get paid." Said Tully as he pulled his car off the road before driving it up the top of the trailer with Duro doing the same while Mark and Sol stepped out of their cars and started to look around.
"Where's Vasiliy?" Mark asked while sending a look to Tully and Duro who were busy tying their cars down to the trailer.
The group was then interrupted by the sound of gunfire causing them to move for cover just as Ryo stepped from behind his trailer carrying an M16 Assault Rifle in his hands.
"I think we can take um." Said Duro as he drew a Mini Uzi while Mark drew his MP7 Submachine Gun but before they could let off a shot the group was stopped by more gunfire that caused them to wipe their heads around to see a green Imponte Phoenix, silver Buffalo, and red Benefactor come speeding down the road before coming to a screeching halt in the road.
"Step away from the trailer and the cars." Yelled Charlie as he, Marco, Ben, and Robert stepped out of the vehicles with their weapons raised on the four.
"Is this shit in the rulebook?" asked Duro.
"Everything goes in this." Said Charlie as Ben and Robert moved to put the remaining cars on the two trailers while Mark, Tully, Duro, and Sol kept their hands raised to the sky and sat on their knees in the sand.
"Hey Mark when I see Ana I'll be sure to let her know what a real man can do." Stated Charlie earning a low growl from Mark before he was struck over the head courtesy of Marco who eyed the Creole angrily putting the barrel of his gun to Mark's forehead.
"Go ahead and pull the trigger you mixed breeded coward." Mark yelled in a calm tone that only resulted in him before struck over the head again by Marco who did the same with Tully, Sol, and Duro knocking them all into the dirt.
"Don't be mad or disappointed all of you were out of your league from the start." The Dominican man stated while Mark eyed him angrily.
"See you bitches." Yelled Robert as he, Charlie and Marco climbed on the back of the group's trailer while Ben climbed into the driver's seat of their trailer and Ryo climbed into the seat of the other trailer and drove away from Mark and the others who noticed the body of Vasiliy appear from underneath the fleeing trailer.
"Fucking Bitches." Said El Sol as they noticed the angry look on the Marabunta member's tattooed face while Duro helped Vasiliy to his feet while noticing blood leaking from the back of the man's skull and shoulder. Lucky for the Russian the bullet was a through and through but still warranted a great deal of pain on his body.
"I don't know about you, but I don't like disrespect especially from a bunch of bitches like them." Said Tully as he sent Mark a look while the youngest Roman merely nodded his head in anger.
"Let's stomp some skulls." Mark replied while cocking his MP7.
"How are we supposed to catch up with them?" asked Duro as Vasiliy tapped him on the shoulder.
"I might not be able to join you but you can commandeer some vehicles." Replied Vasiliy as he pointed to a group of Motorcycles in front of the bar that belonged to the bikers inside.
"Let's go cruising." Said Mark with venom in his tone as he rubbed his sore head.
Central Louisiana
The drive back to the weed ranch wasn't long for Lee as he stopped the food truck in front of Cosmic but it seemed the second he put the vehicle in park the car was bombarded by the hippies who each seemed to have a ravenous case of the munchies.
"Shit get back." Yelled Lee as he stepped out of the vehicle with Buck, Link, Davey, and Eddy as they stepped past the crowd of hippies that seemed almost like a pack of zombies scrambling over a piece of meat.
"Sons of bitches." Said Davey as the group approached Cosmic who smiled at the group's.
"Dude glad you could pull it off." The Hippie replied.
"Yeah well if you want us to do something like that for weed again just let us know." Said Lee earning a nod from Cosmic.
"Glad to hear it brother, your trucks loaded and ready to go." He replied before exchanging numbers with Lee while the BSU members went for their truck.
"I should have gotten one of those P & Q Bars, I think these dudes giving me a contact high." Said Eddy as he rubbed his stomach while the other BSU members laughed at his statement.
Northern Louisiana
The afternoon sun was beginning to set on this day as Task, Adahy, and Felix found themselves sitting outside a hotel rest-stop on the Louisiana-Arkansas border with the three vans of pharmaceutical drugs parked in the distance.
"So where are you friends?" asked Adahy as he sent a look to Task.
"They're coming." The Lakota replied while Felix wiped his fingers. The trio had decided to help the woman get rid of the bodies on her yard by burying them a few miles away from her house and the Mexican man still had dirt underneath his nails.
"Digging holes and burying bodies for the price of an American dollar, what are we becoming." He whispered to himself earning Adahy's attention.
"Here they come." Said Task as the group lifted their heads and noticed a moving truck speeding towards their location before stopping in front of the trio. They then watched as a dark brown Native-American man with short black hair, beady black eyes with a scar over his right, and wearing baggy black jeans over a black and white jacket while a white bandana hung out his back pocket stepped out of the vehicle with a smile on his face.
"Chayton is been a while." Stated the man as he slapped hands with Task.
"Michael it's good to see you brother." Said Task as he hugged the man.
"You've gotten big since the last time I've seen you man." Michael replied earning a nod from Task.
"Yeah and you were fatter the last time I saw you." Task replied earning a chuckle from Michael.
"I try to stay off the fried bread man." The Lakota shot back with a chuckle while Adahy and Felix watched the duo closely.
"Who these dudes?" asked Michael as he sent a look to the duo.
"That's Adahy and Felix they been helping me out since I got here." Task replied while Michael extended his hands to the men.
"Michael Iron Cloud." He said before shaking hands with Felix and Adahy who introduced themselves to the man.
"So what's this you got for me?" Michael asked before Task led him over to the vans while Felix and Adahy stood by watching.
"Now I see where he gets it from." The Creek stated earning the attention of Felix.
"Get what?" the Mexican man asked while looking to Adahy.
"Despite never living there Chayton has a habit of acting like he a black dude from a hood in South Central instead of a Rez-Dog." Stated Adahy earning a confused look from Felix.
"That such a bad thing, I hang around with mostly blacks and whites-." Started Felix before Adahy interrupted him.
"But you grew up in a barrio and you speak like you're from the barrio, but Chayton is different. To me he's a partial image but a lot of those Lakota's are the image of what the White-America wants from us. If we don't conform to their beliefs and cultures is good as long as we conform to culture that ain't our own." The Creek declared earning a slight nod from Felix before he turned back to watch Task and Michael.
South Texas
The passing desert and the setting sun seemed to be the only thing in the eyes of Marco as he found himself sitting on top of a race car on the back of the stolen carrier trailer with Charlie and Robert. As he sat in silence he couldn't help but to hear his Armenian and Italian teammates boasting over besting their opponents.
The group spoke almost like they successfully killed the five men, but they didn't and the Dominican man was well aware of that. That was the main reason he was clutching his TMP Submachine Gun so close while it was under his shirt. Marcus Roman was still alive and he'd heard enough stories to know that this contest wasn't over and right now…it wasn't over.
As Marco closed his eyes and tried to drown out the sound of Charlie and Robert's laughter he instantly caught the sound of motorcycle engines approaching in the distance.
"Here he comes." The Caribbean Butcher muttered while standing up and turning around to notice Charlie and Robert eyeing him closely.
"What is it?" asked Robert as Charlie turned his head back and noticed three motorcycles speeding towards the trailers with a red truck following close behind.
"Looks like they've got some fight in them after all." Said Charlie as he noticed Mark and Tully speeding towards the trailer while Sol and Duro brought up the rear.
"I was thinking we needed some target practice." Said Robert as he went to draw his weapon with Robert and Marco only to be taken by surprise as Mark drew what appeared to be a Pistol and fired at the group, but to their surprise a bullet didn't fly their way instead came a smoking cylinder flying their way before hitting the floor of the trailer.
"What the hell-." Started Robert as the group took in a breath of the smoke and almost immediately started coughing from it.
"It's Tear Gas!" yelled Charlie as he and Roberts tried to cover their eyes and nose while Marco ran for the smoking container and quickly snatched it for tossing it off the speeding vehicle. The seconds he took to find and get rid of the cylinder seemed to be all the time Mark, Tully, and Sol needed as they pulled their motorcycles alongside the carrier trailer before jumping off the vehicles and landing on the bottom rum of the vehicles.
"You good dawg?" asked Duro as he looked at Vasiliy who was driving the truck one handed.
"I'm fine go." The Russian man yelled earning a nod from the Rifa member before he jumped out the back of the truck and onto the bottom trailer with Mark, Tully, and Sol.
"Hop a car." Yelled Tully as he sent a look to Duro who moved for the Dominator before a crashing sound caught his attention and caused him and the others to notice Robert and Charlie on the top of the vehicle.
"You bastards aren't going any-." Yelled Charlie but before he could finish his sentence Mark had grabbed him by his legs and forced them from underneath him causing the Italian man to fall backwards and collide back first on the hood of the car while Sol did the same to Robert.
"You son of a-!" Charlie started before he was struck in the mouth by Tully who started to pound into the man's face while Duro and Sol double-teamed Robert and slammed him back first on the hood of the car.
"Take the cars." Mark yelled before looking to Tully who had Charlie in the headlock. The Aryan then lifted his head and watched as Mark jump on the roof of the first car before climbing his way up to the top of the trailer where he noticed Marco standing with a half-smile on your face.
"I knew you would come for me." The Dominican stated earning a chuckle from Mark.
"Yeah, let's settle this." Said Mark as he charged Marco who lifted his Submachine Gun up to Mark but before he could squeeze the trigger Mark threw an uppercut aimed for the man's wrist and caused his hand to shoot upward before firing off three shots into the air.
Mark then responded by grabbing the man by his shirt and then slamming his back against the side of the car, causing the vehicle to tremble from the impact, the Louisiana Native then started to repeatedly punch the Dominican man in the face with his right while holding him in place with his left.
His barrage of right hooks was then stopped as Marco lifted his knee and hit the Roman in the gut before grabbing him by the front of his shirt and tossing him face first into the side of the car while moving behind the youngest Roman and kicking him in the back of the leg forcing him down to one knee.
Marco then followed up by grabbing the back of Mark's head and then repeatedly slamming Mark's face into the side of the car earning a loud scream from the Creole who responded by launching his head backwards and catching Marco in the stomach but it didn't seem to break the hold the Dominican man had on Mark as he started to punch the Roman in the side of the head.
"Stay down." Yelled Tully as he slammed Charlies head over the side of the Dominator before turning to Duro and Sol who seemed to be having their way with Robert with Duro holding the Armenian in a Full-Nelson and Sol hammering the man's stomach and face with punches.
"You guys go now." Tully yelled causing the duo to stop their actions before moving to untie the two vehicles while Tully looked up and noticed Mark being hit in the face again by Marco.
"Damn!" said Tully as he hopped on the back of the Dominator and went to climb to the top of the trailer but before he could make a move against Marco he watched as Mark broke free from his grip and grabbed a hold of the man's right leg and then with the speed of an alligator after snapping it's jaws on a poor animal Mark rolled his left and sent Marco falling to his right.
As the Dominican man went to rise to his feet he was again taken by surprise as Mark grabbed the man by the side of his head before slamming him head first into the back window of the Declasse shattering the windshield in the process as Mark then went to throw two hard blows to Marco's back bringing the man down to his knees.
As Mark went for a follow-up Marco turned over and struck with the quickness of Rattlesnake as he kicked Mark in the chest and knocked the youngest Roman off his feet. The Dominican man then looked on with anger in his eyes as he watched Sol and Duro back the two cars off the moving trailer and send them landing in the streets with the hubcaps falling off Sol's car.
"You!" said Marco as he looked down at the fallen Roman before reaching behind his back and drawing his Machete and moving to hold it over Mark's head but before he could bring the weapon down Tully came from almost out of nowhere and with his chain wallet wrapped around his wrist he slammed the stainless steel weapon against the top of Marco's head causing the man to stagger back before looking at the Aryan in a dazed state.
"Come on Dumb-In-a-Can." Insulted Tully as he went to throw another punch that Marco quickly ducked under before swinging his Machete and slicing Tully across the chest and leaving a scar that thankfully wasn't too deep but it still hurt Tully enough to leave him moving backwards.
"Adios white-!" Marco started before letting out a loud scream as Mark hit him below the belt from behind.
"TULLY NOW!" The Roman yelled before Tully ran at the Dominican and hit once again in the mouth with another hard punch that sent him falling backwards and hitting the floor hard on the trailer.
"Thanks for that." Said Tully as he rubbed his bleeding chest while Mark spit out a mouthful of blood.
"I should be saying the same." Mark replied before the duo noticed Sol and Duro pass the trailer to the surprise of Ryo and Ben as Vasiliy came up behind them and followed the two Mexicans.
"Let's join them." Said Mark as he and Tully untied the last two cars before climbing in the driver's seat and reversing their cars off the trailer, sending them crashing into the hard streets, and then speeding past the two trailers.
"Looks like my team maybe winning after all." Said Ana as she and Devlin stood outside of a cheap motel watching with mixed looks as the four vehicles sped past two trailers with the occupants each having smiles on their faces.
"Maybe, I guess I underestimated them." Said Devlin with a crooked smile that unnerved Ana as she lifted her head just as Charlie and Roberts picked themselves up and climbed to the top of the trailer where they noticed Marco struggling to pick himself up.
"Sons of bitches." Said Charlie as he watched Roberts lean down to the passenger seat of the trailer where he noticed Ben sliding a weapon out the window.
"These will show those bitches." Said Roberts as he smiled at the M79 Grenade Launcher before passing the weapon up to Charlie who looked it over with a smile.
"Give them hell." Yelled Roberts as he watched Charlie take aim with the weapon and direct it towards Mark's Declassee.
The youngest Roman wasn't able to see the Italian lining him up but one of his teammates did.
"SHIT!" yelled Duro as he turned the steering wheel of his car and slammed the in back right side of Mark's vehicle catching the Roman by surprise and causing him to lose control of his vehicle as it moved to the left causing Mark to look to Duro's vehicle before it went up in flames as Charlie's Grenade slammed into the back of the vehicle and sent it flying forward in a cloud of fire and smoke that caught Mark, Tully, Sol, and Vasiliy by surprise as they watched the flaming wreckage of the car speed before causing them to swerve to evade the wreckage before looking back and watching as Ben slammed his carrier into the trailer knocking it off the road and into the sand dunes.
"Shit!" said Tully as they each looked on with wide eyes as Tully loaded another Grenade into his weapon.
"I refuse to lose to bunch of rejects like you." He yelled while Ana looked on with wide eyes.
"We didn't agree on them killing each other." The IAA Agent yelled while her husband chuckled.
"Really, because I believe earlier I saw Mark carrying an MP7 Submachine Gun. The same Submachine Gun I saw in your possession a few weeks ago. I have to wonder how Mark got his hands on it, unless you gave it to him." He stated to Ana's silent anger.
"Devlin-." She started with a hint of anger in her voice before she was cut off by the man.
"You gave your man a weapon so why shouldn't I do the same for my own it's only fair Ana." He stated as another explosion went off causing the duo to look back at the road where they noticed the three cars speeding and zig-zagging to avoid the Grenades.
"Damn!" said Sol as he narrowly dodged another Grenade while Vasiliy moved to intercept and slammed into the side of the Marabunta member's car knocking him off the road and away from danger.
"No reason you boys should get hurt." The Russian man said as he did the same to Tully and successfully knocked the Aryan off the road before Charlie could fire another Grenade.
"Fucking Commie, you die first then." The Capo yelled but before he could let fire a shot a rapid session of gunshots went off that caused him to duck for cover as Mark emptied the magazine of his MP7 at the Italian and missing every shot.
"Shit!" said Mark as Charlie jumped back up and fired a Grenade that struck the side of Mark's car blowing out the windows and sending glass flying at the Roman who thanks to his leather jacket was left unharmed by the flying projectiles.
"Devlin stopped this." Yelled Ana as Charlie fired another Grenade this time hitting the road before Mark and shattering the windshield of his vehicle and blowing out the front right tire causing him to slow down as sparks came flying from underneath his vehicle.
"Almost there just a little more." Said Mark as he struggled to push the vehicle to the drop off point just as Charlie got another lock on him.
"I SAID STOP HIM!" Ana yelled but her screams only seemed to earn a wider smile from Devlin as Charlie fired another Grenade while Mark turned his wheel to the right causing his vehicle to turn with it as the Grenade collided with the front right side of his vehicle and exploded sending the vehicle flipping for three rolls before ending up upside down in the middle of the road.
"SHIT!" Mark yelled before catching the faint smell of gasoline before looking out his broken window and noticing Charlie moving to fire another Grenade at him. "DAMN!" he yelled before moving to slide out through the broken window just as Charlie fired another Grenade that collided with the side of the car and sent it up in flames while Mark was knocked face down in the sand.
"Son of a bitch!" he said in an exhausted tone before watching as Ben and Ryo stopped the trailers in front of Ana and Devlin. The latter seemed to be in a state of happiness beyond all belief.
"I failed." Said Mark as Vasiliy, Sol, and Tully pulled their vehicles up to the youngest Roman before stepping out and moving to help him to his feet. Their gesture of kindness was soon rejected by Mark who slowly rose to his own two feet before taking a step back as he felt a sharp pain in his skull that followed a ringing in his ears.
"Mark Mark you alright?" asked Vasiliy as Mark nodded his head once before shaking it to knock his cobwebs off.
"Fucking pricks." Said Mark as he looked to Devlin who seemed to be celebrating with Charlie, Ben, and Robert while Ryo and Marco just bowed their heads.
The group was then interrupted as they noticed Ana standing over them with an emotionless look on her face.
"We fucked up!" said Mark while lowering his head.
"No, you did the best you could against a team who'll do whatever it takes to win." She replied while causing the group to look at her with mixed looks.
"I lost but if you played like them from the start things would be a lot different." She declared before the group turned their heads and noticed Devlin and his team approaching what remained of Ana's group.
"Well I must say darling your team put up more of a fight then I expected them to, so I must give you that." He stated with an evil smile while Ana remained silent.
"I must also give credit to Marcus, nobody has ever gone toe to toe with Marco before and lived I must say I'm impressed." He said with a smile Mark gave a low growl. "You lost this round but if your done hiding under my wife's dress maybe you could make some real money working for me." he added earning a chuckle from Mark.
"I'd like that." Said Mark to everyone's surprise including Ana. "Too bad for you… I'm a SORE LOSER!" Mark yelled before charging past Ana towards Devlin but before he could get hand on the man he was stopped as Ben stepped in his way but the Jewish man wasn't able to hold his own against Mark who quickly hit the man with a kick to the chest knocking him away.
"Mother-." Started Charlie as he and Robert's went to charge Mark only for the youngest Roman to dodge a punch from Charlie before cocking his right fist back before firing it off almost like a rocket and striking Roberts in the face dropping the man in one hit.
Mark then turned back to Charlie who quickly charged the young Creole but his actions would soon be regretted as Mark lowered himself to grab the Italian Mafioso by the waist before lifting him up and doing a one-eighty spin then slamming Charlie down onto his back as hard as he could earning a few looks of awe and pain from the group as they heard Charlie give a loud yell before Mark climbed on top of him and started to repeatedly punch him in the face.
Mark then looked up and noticed Marco standing over him with his Machete drawn causing Mark to hop off the injured Charlie before reaching behind his back to draw his knife and spin it in his fingers while eyeing Marco angrily.
"Let's put an end to-." Mark started before feeling a slight jolt of electricity fly through his body causing him to go numb for a few seconds before finally falling to the ground and passing out as Ana stood behind him with a Taser Gun in her hands.
"You've done enough today Marcus, just rest." She said with a hint of concern in her voice while rubbing the side of the Roman's head while Devlin looked on with anger in his eyes.
New Arcadia
The drive back to New Arcadia wasn't long for Lee as he pulled his moving truck into a warehouse near the scrapyard right across the river to the lower 9th ward and upon entering the building he was quickly greeted by the sight of five African American men standing behind a light skinned African American man wearing a dark brown color shirt, khaki pants, dress shoes, and glasses stood before him with his arms crossed behind his back.
"Xavier where's your boss?" asked Lee as he stepped out of the van with Link, Buck, Davey, and Eddy.
"He's still hesitant about seeing any of you third and seventeenth ward boys just like all the others." The man replied earning a roll of the eyes from Lee.
"A bunch of bodies turn up in vacant homes from all over Uptown and Downtown come up and apparently that's us making a play against the other crews. If we wanted to take all of you out we'd just do it you know." Replied Lee with a slight chuckle.
"Yeah well other niggas don't see it that way, so you better watch your ass in case something do pop-off. I hear Fatman pretty pissed and might be talking about making a play." He replied.
"Fatman, the dude in the fourth?" asked Link earning a nod from the Xavier.
"We ain't worried about them dudes if they want to try something…let um try." Stated Lee earning a nod from Xavier who reached into his jacket pocket before handing the Chinese man an envelope of money while the other men moved to the back of the van and started taking the bricks of weed out the back.
Liberty City
The sun had finally set on this day in Liberty City as a five Mafioso's for the Gambetti Family found themselves sitting down in the back of a pool hall playing cards and joking with one another just as the front door was kicked in causing the group to turn their heads and watch as five heavily armored FIB Agents burst through the room screaming for the men to get on the ground.
"All squads you are a green light." Said Jenna as she sat behind her computer screen while in another borough of Liberty City two FIB Agents arrested another three mafia members this time from the Pavano Family.
"We're moving on Morello now." Stated Steve as he led a team of FIB Agents through the front door of the Ancelotti bosses mansion while Alison came in through the rear.
"Keep your eyes open." Said Alison as the group started to scramble around the mansion in pairs while she slowly made her way into the large kitchen and started to scan through the area with her pistol drawn.
"Making my way up the stairs." Said Steve over his Walkie Talkie as Alison started to make her way out of the kitchen only for the sound something hitting the floor to cause her to whip back around and move to investigate the source of the noise.
"Come out with your hands up." She yelled before a hooded figure came bursting out of the walk-in pantry and swung at the female FIB Agent with a right hook that Alison quickly dodged before looking to the man and watching him reaching for his pistol.
Before he could let off a shot Alison quickly intercepted and kicked the weapon out of the man's hands as he went to fire it she then responded by drawing her own gun but before she could fire the man quickly grabbed a hold of her arm and held the weapon in place to keep her from firing.
He then managed to head-butt Alison in the mouth causing her to drop her gun and take a few steps back while rubbing her nose. She then looked up and noticed the figure moving for her gun but before he could pick it up she charged him and slammed him to the ground.
"Get off me you crazy bitc-." The figure started before Alison punched him twice in the face before grabbing the man's mask and then yanking it off.
"McCreary!" she said before Packie leaned up and hit her over the side of the head causing the woman to fall over.
"GET ON THE GROUND!" yelled Steve causing Packie to turn his head to the man before running while the officer fired shots at him. Then in a flash the Irish Gangster jumped through the glass backdoor of the kitchen and ran away from the house while the FIB Agent moved to Alison.
"Are you alright?" he asked earning a nod from Alison.
"Yeah, how's Morello?" she asked causing Steve to lower his head.
"McCreary got to him first." He replied while the body of Morello lay on the floor of his upstairs bedroom. The white carpet was now a light shade of pink as the blood leaked from what remained of Morello's head after the man took a Shotgun blast to the face.
South Texas
Things were finally starting to return to Marcus as he slowly opened his eyes and noticed he was lying on a bed in a small room that reminded Mark of a place a married man would screw prostitutes without his wife finding out or a place where there were hidden cameras in the bathroom.
"You're awake." Came a familiar voice to look down and notice Ana sitting in a chair next to the bed.
"Yeah and I don't have to wonder who put me to sleep do I?" he asked while noticing a half-smile on the woman's face. "You doubt my chances of beating that guy?" he added earning a slight chuckle from the IAA Agent.
"I don't doubt any of your abilities, but you've done enough fighting and taking a beating today. So I'm satisfied with the results." She replied earning a slight chuckle from Mark as he slowly rose himself off the bed.
"Please I think you would have loved to see me ring the neck of your husband." He declared earning a slight chuckle from the woman.
"I would have but you've done enough for me today. You did your job, you defended my honor, and you damn near got yourself killed while doing it. That more than he's done for me through our entire marriage." She replied while Mark got a series on look on his face.
"Why do you put up with him, when he treats you like that?" Mark asked earning a chuckle from the woman.
"He can say what he wants but at the end of the day he'll kill himself should I leave and he's too weak to leave on his own." She stated earning a nod from Mark. "I can go to him right now with fresh hickeys you put on me and he'll ignore them or you can come inside of me and he'll-." She started before Mark interrupted her.
"I'm gonna stop you right there." Mark shot out earning a slight chuckle from the man.
"He can say or do what he wants, but at the end of the day I have his heart, soul, and testicles in a jar." She declared earning a low chuckle from the Roman.
"Hate to be in his shoes." Mark replied while Ana gave a slight chuckle.
"He's already trying to buy you from me." She replied to Mark's confusion. "He wants to make you apart of his team, so you'll be working for him and I turned him down but I want you to do the same." She stated.
"You got nothing to worry about." Mark replied before Ana snatched his hand into her own.
"I mean it Mark, Devlin is good at getting what he wants. He'll try to draw you in with money, cars, women but you can't give in to him." She added earning a nod from Mark.
"Well I have money, I don't care for cars, and I'm not fond of easy women." The Creole replied while rubbing the side of the woman's face earning a smile from her.
"I need to take care of something but will you be here when I get back." She asked earning a nod from Mark who then moved to give her a kiss on the forehead.
"Whatever you say." Mark replied before he and Ana shared a quick hug with each other.
Northern Louisiana
"That's all of it?" asked Michael as he sent a look to Task who nodded his head before taking the envelope of money from the man.
"Thanks man, I appreciate this." Task replied while pocketing the money.
"When was last time you called your family?" asked Michael catching the Lakota by surprise.
"It's been a while, how are they?" he asked.
"They're alright you're sisters becoming a woman and looking more and more like your mother each day." Michael replied earning a slight smile from Task.
"And my grandfather?" he asked.
"Still the same crotchety old man that spews shit about the old ways and fighting the government like he did all those years ago." Michael replied earning a chuckle from Task. He knew exactly what his Lakota brother meant his grandfather was once a part of a Native American Advocacy group that formed to address Native American Civil Rights and protect their people from the hostility of the government.
His grandfather would always talk about the old days including what he saw at the Wounded Knee incident in 1973. To Task the man was a hero for his people, but he knew that if the man saw him now he's probably be disappointed in him.
"Tell them I said hey when you see them." Said Task earning a nod from Michael.
"I will, but you should think about coming to see them for yourself man before you're nothing but a memory on the rez." He replied earning a slight nod from Task who shook hands and hugged the man one more time before walking away and watching him leave with the med while Adahy and Felix stood by.
"You gonna be good?" asked Felix as Task nodded his head.
"Yeah, I just gotta make a phone call when I get home." The Lakota replied with a half-smile before making his way for his vehicle with Adahy and Felix in tow.
South Texas
It had been almost twenty minutes since Ana left Mark in the room and in that time the Roman had taken the time to dust himself off and wash the dried blood and dirt off his body before hearing the chime of his cellphone causing him to look down and notice that he had a text message from Ana.
"Come to my room." he read before a half-smile spread across the face of the Roman as he stepped off the bed before making his way out of his room.
As the Creole made his way towards the room he could hear the faint sounds of moaning coming from otherside of one room prompting him to stop in front of the room. He figured someone must have been inside with a prostitute the hotel was shady enough to earn that type of business, but as he went to walk away from the door he was stopped by a familiar voice.
"Come on that's it, that it baby." The voice was loud and very familiar to the Roman who turned back and around and went for the knob on the door.
Upon turning it Mark then slowly slid the door open just enough to get a peek inside. His eyes then fell upon the sight of a fully nude Ana sitting on the lap of Devlin and grinding her hips against him as she let out low moans with each thrust.
As Mark watched the scene he couldn't help but feel a lump grow in his stomach that fueled his anger and sadness.
To make his blood boil more Devlin actually turned to face the youngest Roman with a smile on his face while Ana looked to the ceiling with her eyes closed. The look in his eyes reminded Mark of an arrogant child when they've outsmarted their classmates. His gaze left Mark in anger as he reached into his back pocket to grab his knife, but he quickly stopped while noticing Devlin look to the ring on both his and Ana's fingers.
The action soon replaced Mark's anger with sadness as realization hit him like a ton of bricks. Devlin was married to Ana while Mark was just the dirty lover coming between a failing marriage that hadn't quite failed yet.
Without saying a word Mark then decided to walk away from the door while trying to hide his anger but upon turning the corner he was quickly met by the sight of Ryo standing before him with an emotionless look on his face and carrying Mark's MP7 Submachine Gun in his hands.
"If you've come for a fight I would advise you right now isn't the time." Mark declared with a hint of sadness and anger in his voice. He then watched as Ryo spun the weapon in his hands before presenting it to Mark handle first to the Roman's confusion.
"You and your team were the more honorable today." He said with a slight accent to the confusion of Mark who slowly took the weapon. "And for that you have my respect." He added before moving to walk past the Creole while Mark stood in confusion.
"Wait if you could speak English this entire time why haven't you said anything before now?" Mark asked while the Japanese man turned back to him with a smile.
"People say I talk too much." He said with a smile before lifting his left hand and showing Mark that he was wearing a glove over his hand but he was missing two fingers on his hand.
The man then walked away from Mark who nodded his head at his actions. He knew that it was tradition for the Yakuza to chop off the fingers of those they felt couldn't keep their mouths shut about business so he quickly put the pieces together and figured out that Ryo must have left them because he got tired of losing his fingers.
"Your friends are in the bar across the street if you want to see them." The man added causing Mark to walk away from the hotels and head down the streets to an old cowboy bar that he instantly hated after seeing the confederate flag in the window.
He then spotted Vasiliy, Sol, and Tully sitting at the bar drinking before he took a seat next to them.
"What's on the menu." He asked earning a series of responses from them.
"Whiskey." Tully replied.
"Tequila." Sol added.
"Vodka." Vasiliy finished.
"I guess I'll stick with water, I never liked alcohol." He replied while the bar tender handed him a glass of water.
"Never met a black guy that didn't like Gin and Juice." Declared Tully."
"I'm guessing I'm the first black person you sat down and had a drink with." Mark replied earning a slight chuckle from Tully.
"Nah I sat down with a black person for a drink once, a woman to be exact she was my PO. I felt I owed her, despite everything I am and everything I did and told her she still let me slide out of the system." Tully replied earning a chuckle from Mark.
"So that's why AVT greenlight you because you got a little jungle fever?" Mark asked earning an angry look from Tully.
"No, they let me go because I wouldn't kill the same person that got me into the life." Tully shot back before taking a sip of his drink. "He was loyal to the cause a true believer of the cause, but because he spoke against their way to make money they wanted him dead and wanted me to do the slicing." He added with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Well you know why I'm out in bad standing what about you all?" Tully declared earning a chuckle from Mark.
"Long story short, when you're on top of the world even your own friends will conspire and attempt to bring you down." Stated Mark before he and Tully looked to Vasiliy.
"I'm gay!" the Russian man stated almost like he was making a breakfast order to the group's shock and surprise. "In any criminal organization street gang or mafia, homosexuality is punishable by death but me…I'm not afraid of who or what I am, so the Volk's wanted me dead for that." He stated earning a nod from Mark.
"Any of you got a problem with that?" he asked with anger in his tone.
"You ain't fucking me." Stated Tully. "Just stay away from my ass." He added.
"None of you are my type." He replied earning nods from the group.
"I got no problem with it either, you do you I'm gonna do me and as along as we don't conflict with each other we're good." Stated Mark while Sol nodded his head.
"Alright we're good." Replied Vasiliy before all eyes fell on Sol.
"Unlike all of you I'm still a member of Marabunta but I'm inactive, this is just me getting right with my demons." He replied earning a nod from the trio.
"Understandable, but how would you like to get right with your demons with a little playback?" Mark asked earning confused looks from the group as they turned to him.
Liberty City
The drive back home wasn't long for Alison as she walked through her front door before taking a seat on her couch and looking up at the ceiling.
"Just when I was beginning to get used to this place." She said with a slight chuckle before turning her television to the news where she noticed the picture of Packie painted on the screen along with an APB for his arrest.
"Why me?" she asked before rising from the couch and making her way into her bedroom.
The FIB Agent then moved for her closet and quickly pulled out an old shoebox that was at the top before opening it up and grabbing an old cellphone that was inside with a familiar P99 Pistol and Trench Knife.
After turning the phone and waiting a few minutes to boot up Alison quickly went to her gallery where she was greeted with a familiar picture of herself with a job African American man that was taken in an airport bathroom in New Arcadia.
The sight of the picture and the smile on both their faces seemed to bring a smile to the face of the FIB Agent as she clicked out of the gallery and moved to the text messages where she noticed over two hundred messages that were sent between her and Mark in only a three month period. Along with the text came a few pictures. There were selfies of herself, shirtless pictures of Mark, him sending her pictures of his new tattoos, and her returning with nude photos of herself.
And at the bottom was a video it was the last message he'd sent her before the duo stopped talking for almost a year and a half.
"Happy Thanksgiving Ali, I know this holiday is total bullshit and built on blood but so is Christmas. You haven't been returning my calls or text as of late so I figure you've either taken my advice and moved or I've faded from your memory, either way I'm okay with it." the recording of the youngest Roman stated causing a slight tear to fall from Alison's eyes.
"I'm okay with it because like they say long-distance relationships never work out and as long as you're happy I'm happy. You deserve to be happy and you won't find happiness waiting for me." he added.
"So um, Happy Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and such…I'm getting this all over with now because I recently did a job and now I have to get rid of my phone so I'll…see you in the funny pages." He finished before the video ended and a tear drop splashed against the glass handheld device as Alison found herself lowering her head in sadness.
The video was old but it still hurt her to this day, she promised the Louisiana Native she wouldn't abandon him but in a way she did. She stopped returning his texts and calls not because she didn't want to be bothered with him but because she got consumed with work and later out of impulse she did something else she didn't expect herself to do…she replaced him.
"Hey Ali you home?" asked Steve as he walked through the front door of Alison's home carrying bags of takeout.
"I brought some food, in case you were hungry." He said before setting the bags on the kitchen table before making his way into the bedroom where he noticed the FIB Agent lying on the bed with her back to him.
"Ali are you okay?" he asked before kneeling down in front of her.
"Yeah I'm fine, just happy is all." She replied while trying to hide her sadness.
"If you're sad about what happened today you shouldn't be. McCreary got the jump on you you'll get him again and when we do I'll make sure he knows never to put his hands on a woman again." He declared earning a slight smile from Alison who leaned up and puckered her lips before pressing them against Steve for a gentle kiss.
"You're good to me." She said earning a slight nod from the man who wiped her tears away before climbing in the bed with the woman and wrapping her in his arms.
"Let's stay like this for a few minutes." He said earning a slight nod from the woman who found herself looking up at the ceiling wonder how the youngest Roman will react to seeing her.
South Texas
"Well that was fun." Said Devlin as he zipped up his pants before moving to kiss Ana on the cheek only to be pushed back by the woman while she slipped on her dress.
"You were wrong for making me do that." The IAA Agent said with a hint of venom in her voice.
"What Marcus needs to know, he's your…whatever but at the end of the day you're my wife and he's nothing more than a horny pig." he stated to Ana's anger.
"I'm your wife but you don't treat me like a wife. You don't call me to check on me, you don't tell me I'm pretty when you see me, and you don't defend me when people are making me the butt of their jokes. Mark does that and a lot more then you did for me." She yelled back.
"Why should I tell you these things when you prance around with my money and shack up for weeks with some lackluster gunman who can't keep a descent woman in his life so he steals someone else's." he yelled back but as Ana went to make a smart remark of her own the duo was interrupted by Charlie and Marco bursting through the doors.
"Do you mind?" asked Ana.
"Boss you gotta come see this." Said Charlie with a hint of panic in his tone as Devlin and Ana followed the duo out of the hotel room and towards the back of the building where they noticed a fire coming from a wooden building.
"No no no!" yelled Devlin as he, Charlie, and Marco stared at the fire and noticed that the cars the group had stolen were in the flames.
"Don't just stand there save-." The male IAA Agent started before a cloud of smoke and flames exploded out the top of each vehicle blowing them to bits and creating a beautiful scene in the night.
"What the fuck happened, where's Robert he was supposed to watching the cars?" yelled Devlin with anger in his tone.
"Robert is in one of the cars sir." Stated Marco to Devlin's shock and surprised as he looked at the flaming vehicle.
"I guess despite them not knowing him that much, Mark and the others don't like it when you kill one of their own and get away with it." Declared Ana causing the group to turn to the woman and notice the confident cocky smile on her face before she walked away leaving the trio in a state of shock and surprise.
Red Stick
The drive back home wasn't long for Task as he and Adahy walked through their front door before making their way towards their respective rooms.
"You want something to eat?" asked Adahy earning a shake of the head from Task.
"Yeah but I gotta handle something first." The Lakota replied before making his way to his room and pulling out his cellphone to dial a familiar number.
"Hello Stella." He said with a smile being drawn across his face as he heard the voice on the other side of the phone.
New Arcadia
The drive back home wasn't long for Felix as he walked through the front door of the house and was quickly hit by the smell of roast chick and beans in the air. As he made his way into the kitchen he quickly noticed the sight of Link standing over the stove while Lee, Buck, Davey, and Eddy stood by watching.
"Hey Felix you ever thought you'd see a white boy try to cook black?" asked Lee earning a middle finger from Link.
"Pull up a chair we're just about to have dinner." Link said earning a nod from Felix.
"Thanks I'm starving for something cooked." The Mexican man replied.
"Yeah well I can't cook like Mark but I can at least say I cooked." The Irish man replied before Lee looked him over.
"So how much you make?" he asked while taking a seat across from the Chinese man.
"Too little for a hard day's work, but I do feel good because I did something good today." Felix replied earning a nod from Lee.
"We did something good today to." Said Buck with a chuckle.
"I don't think feeding a bunch of loaded hippie's constitutes something good." Replied Davey earning a chuckle from Eddy.
"It's good in the right light." Said Lee before the duo heard the door open again and watched as Manfred, Miller, and Viktor walked into the home and made their way into the kitchen.
"I hate you guys." The Indian man said before Miller and Viktor emptied their pockets and put all of the money they collected for the day on the table.
"Well it looks like today was a good day." Said Lee with a chuckle as he looked over the money before Link set the food on the table.
"Well we can eat." He started before the sound of the front door opening and something slamming on the couch caught the attention of the entire group.
"What the hell?" Lee asked before the group rose from the table and noticed a familiar face standing in the doorway.
"What the fuck y'all looking at?" Mark asked while lifting up his big bag of ass before making his way out of the living room while the group eyed him with surprise and worry at the bumps and bruises covering his face.
"There we go." Said Mark as he finished running himself a cold bath before dumping the bag of ice into the tub and climbing inside.
He then let out a low groan and a shiver as he felt his body go numb from the cold water sliding over his body but after a few seconds his nerves relaxed and he managed to take the cold before lifting his head and noticing Lee and Link standing before him.
"Take a picture it will last longer." Mark declared with a half-smile.
"You want to tell us where you been these last couple of months?" Link asked earning a chuckle from Mark.
"Working, you guys should see my bank account it's gotten so big I had to set up three more." Mark replied with a chuckle.
"You want to explain to us why you're so banged up?" Lee asked earning a chuckle from Mark.
"I met my match today in the deserts of South Texas. He's a scrappy young Dominican lad who floats like a butterfly and stings like piss after being kicked in the nuts." Mark shot back earning a low wince from Lee who knew the feeling.
"You need to start calling and coming back home more often everyone's here's been worried about you and everyone on the streets think you're hiding because of those vacant murders." Stated Link earning a roll of the eyes from Mark.
"Well I'm here now, and I'm gonna deal with those problems. I'm here for the next few weeks brother." Mark replied with a chuckle.
"And just when I was starting to like being a leader." Stated Lee before he walked out of the bathroom while Link stood over Mark.
"What's up?" the Creole asked before Link responded.
"Kozik was killed earlier this week." Link stated causing Mark's eyes to widen at the statement. "Myra told me yesterday, he got stabbed at a hardcore show by some white knight supremacist asshole and the funerals for next week." he stated earning a nod from Mark.
"What are we going to do?" Link asked earning a chuckle from Mark.
"We're going to Sunbelt to bury our friend and then we're going hunting." Mark replied earning a nod from Link. "Are you sure, can you be in a room with them?" the Irish man asked earning a few seconds of silence from Mark.
"We'll see." He replied earning a nod from Link who made his way out of the bathroom just as Mark's cellphone started to ring prompting him to pick it up, see a familiar number, and wait a few seconds before answering it.
"I hope what you saw didn't hurt our relationship." Came the voice of Ana causing Mark to let out a low chuckle.
"You say that like I'd be mad, what I got to be mad for. You were having relations with your husband I can't be pissed off at something like that it's what you are supposed to do." Mark replied.
"I didn't want you to see that, and I'd rather it was you." She replied.
"He was the victor today, and the victor gets the treasures nothing I can do about it." He shot back earning a chuckle from Ana.
"So I'm a treasure to you?" she asked earning a slight smile from Mark.
"Yeah and I'm gonna Shanghai you back the next time I see you." He replied.
"When will be the next time you see me?" she asked earning a few seconds of silence from the Creole.
"It maybe a while, I gotta take care of some stuff here but after that I'm all yours." He replied earning a smile from Ana.
"Alright then I'll see you then." The woman replied.
"Ana-." Mark said earning the attention of the woman.
"What is it?" she asked earning a few seconds of silence from Mark before he finally said what he wanted to say.
"I love you." He stated before closing his eyes a breathing a sigh of relief as Ana spoke again.
"I love you to Marcus." She replied before hanging up and looking to her left where she noticed Devlin, Charlie, and Robert standing next to her with smiles on their faces.
"Well isn't that sweet." Robert said with a smile while Ana held her phone to her heart.
"He finally tells you he loves you, but in about a few weeks you'll go back to being his side wife." Charlie added causing Ana to look up at him with a smile.
"You know Devlin honey, I'm getting tired of hearing the mouths of your…gladitors and if you really cared about them you would have warned them about messing with me." She replied before turning to enter the driver's seat of her car.
"I'll see you home tomorrow dear." Devlin replied before watching the woman drive off.
"Man I can't see how you deal with that one boss." Stated Robert as he and Charlie smiled at Devlin who merely nodded his head.
"Well boys you gotta-." Devlin started before the window behind him exploded causing the man to turn in the direction before hearing a loud thumping sound that caused him to turn his head to the side and notice Robert lying on the ground with a gunshot wound underneath his eye.
"Sniper!" yelled Charlie before he drew his gun and prepared for combat only for Devlin to stop him.
"We're not under attack this is Ana's way of sending a message." Devlin replied with a smile while Ana stopped her car on the side of the road before watching a masked figure holding an M24 Sniper Rifle slid into the passenger seat of her car.
"Did you do it?" she asked earning a slight chuckle from the figure.
"Yes mam." They replied with a British Accent as Ana watched the figure pull off their mask revealing themselves to be an African-British woman with long black hair, black eyes, and light brown skin.
"I got Robert right under the eye and I was about to hit Charlie but the coward ducked." She added earning a nod from the IAA Agent.
"Doesn't matter you did well today." Ana stated earning a nod from the woman.
"So when can I finally meet the legendary Marcus Roman?" she asked earning a slight smile from Ana who stepped on the gas petal and drove down the road.
Authors Note: Wow long chapter with a nice cliffhanger that I hoped all of you liked. The chapter was long as hell one reason for that was because I wanted to make up for the little action we had last chapter but I also wanted to highlight how things in New Arcadia have changed and how the lives of the main characters have changed with it.
With the time jump I also had to highlight just how much the group has changed from what they were two years prior with Mark and Ana growing closer, Alison moving on with her love life, Lee stepping up and becoming a better leader, and Task and Adahy starting to do their own heist and come into their own.
Another thing I want to point out that the main core characters in this story are Alison, Mark, Task, and Lee but for this part I will be adding a fifth main character or a main supporting character to the group similar to Adahy and Link and if you haven't guessed it's gonna be Felix. In these last couple of years he's put some distance between Mark and BSU and is looking to move on with things and work sorta away from them and that will impact a lot of things in these coming events.
I hope you enjoyed seeing Packie in this chapter I noticed that with this story I have done a lot of tying in with other GTA Stories on Fanfiction but I haven't done much tying up with the GTA Series itself so I thought adding him in for a chapter would help and maybe to show exactly how he ended up in Los Santos.
The Vacant Murders was something I picked off of the Wire, but at the same time I want to make a mystery of it. So I will say now no Mark and his crew didn't kill those guys in the vacant but a lot of things that happen later in the story will be tied into the Vacant Murders and I can promise it will leave you guessing for at least three more chapters.
I want to thank Onkwehonweneha in coming up with the name Cuerpo de Christo. It's basically based off the city of Corpus Christi, Texas. You may be wondering why are they in Texas when the story should mostly take place in New Arcadia or Louisiana period and I have an answer for that. Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi go hand in hand with each other similar to New York and Jersey.
It is a two hour drive from Baton Rouge to Houston and a four and a half hour drive from Baton Rouge to Dallas and with that time-zone the two states are kinda hand in hand. After Katrina many people from New Orleans went to Texas, when people in Louisiana get tired of living in the country and want to live in a bigger urban setting they move to Houston or Dallas, when people in Houston or Dallas want to live in a quieter setting they come here. There's never a time you can drive on a Louisiana highway without seeing a Texas license plate I promise you.
So like IV introduced cities in New York and Jersey and San Andreas featured cities in California and Nevada I'm gonna do the same but with Texas only Houston, Corpus Christi, and maybe Dallas or El Paso I'm still deciding.
You finally get to see more of Ana's husband Devlin in this chapter ain't he just an asshole. He's visually inspired by Derrick Simmons from Resident Evil 6 and since he was so obsessed with Ada in the game why not make him obsessed with her in this.
I also introduced Ana's other gunmen that work for her. I know many of you weren't expecting to see Tully make a return in this story but hey it's a change to see him working with Mark instead of trying to kill him. Like before he's based off actor Joe Anderson who played on Supremacy and Outsiders.
Along with him I introduced Vasiliy who is based off and visually inspired from Ray Stevenson's character on Dexter Isaak Sirko. Along with him there was El Sol who is visually based off Jay Hernandez character in Suicide Squad El Diablo but his name came from an MS member from the movie Sin Nombre. There was also Duro who is visually based off Efren Ramirez.
I also introduce Kira Lamport another one of Ana's gunmen who is visually based on Melanie Liburd who played the Red Priestess on Game of Thrones and Nix on Dark Matter.
If you haven't noticed it with the exception of Vasiliy and Kira Ana's team represent soldiers for the Big Four Prison Gangs. In the real world they are the Aryan Brotherhood, Black Guerrilla Family, Mexican Mafia or La Eme, and Nuestra Familia but in this they are the Aryan Vanguard, Black Guerrilla Army, La Onda, and Nuestra Syndicato or NS. Each gang has soldiers to do their dirty works and each gang fight vicious wars with one another which shows their hatred but I also wanted to show them working together with their main rivals like Mark working with Tully and Sol working with Duro.
I also introduced Devlin's team and his champion Marco Perez who is based off Dominican Actor Sergio Carlo who played Carbo on The Lost City. His gang was called the Trinities and is based off the Trinitarios of New York. Along with him was Charlie who is visually based on Vincent Piazza and inspired by his portrayal of Lucky Luciano in Boardwalk Empire. Ryo is visually based off Louis Ozawa ChangChien and inspired by his character in the 2010 movie Predator.
The character Ben was inspired by Israeli actor Raz Degan and Robert was based off actor Armenian actor Felix Ryan. There will be more of Devlin's soldiers revealed later in the series but so don't think he's down two people after this chapter.
The scene of Mark walking in on Ana and Devlin was based off a scene from Sons of Anarchy where Jax walked in on Barosky and Colette. I figured Devlin would want to try and knock Mark off his high horse while he could.
The gun battle and delivering Medicine to be sent back to Task's Reservation was based off an episode of Sons of Anarchy but instead of selling steroids to guys in a gym I found a better use for the meds that would see Task having his own set of money coming in similar to Mark's collections.
I also introduced Alison's new partner/lover in this chapter Steve Fisher who is visually inspired by the character Neil from Resident Evil Revelations 2. His relationship with Alison is now somewhat establish and she does feel for him, but you'll see how that last when Mark is thrown back into her life.
The character Cosmic is based off the character Truth from San Andreas, you can't have a GTA game without a constantly high hippie apparently.
The character Michael is visually based film director Chris Eyre and we'll see more of him a later time period.
Stick around for next chapter that I can tell you already is so long I have to split it into two chapters. The next chapter will feature Mark, Lee, Link, and the other BSU members returning to Sunbelt for a drug heist and for the funeral of a friend, Alison returning to New Arcadia and getting reacquainted with old friends, and Task and Adahy doing a weapons deal that leads to a lot of trouble.
Also next chapter I introduce a lot more characters including Jimmy, the fourth member of Mark, Lee, and Link's little troop of guys who escaped foster care and ended up on the streets in Dockington. I also introduce Mark's ex-girlfriend, the leader of BSU's Sunbelt Chapter, and a number of other BSU members and show the tension between his faction and Mark's faction.
Thank you all for reading have a nice day Zilla Out.
