Chapter 31: A Ruined Funeral

What Do You Call Those That Do Whatever It Takes To Win…The Victorious

Lee Shen

New Arcadia (One Week Later)

The sun was slowly starting to set on this day in New Arcadia as Alison found herself alone in her hospital room doing pushups against the hard floor. She had been in the hospital for almost a full week since the explosion at the warehouse that took the lives of twelve NOOSE officers and left her severely injured but as each day persisted she slowly started to feel better and better.

The doctors diagnosed her with a somewhat mild concussion and whiplash that came from the force of the explosion knocking her backwards and causing her to hit her head. These injuries had forced her on bed rest these last couple of days so doctors could monitor her. They told her not to overexert herself with too much stress or work, but she ignored them despite the dark bruise on her stomach and various bruises along her waist.

As she looked at the floor and noticed the small pool of sweat on the floor she couldn't help but to think about the man who put her here and more importantly…his touch. While she was left dazed in the back of an ambulance the killer had approached her, spoke to her, touched her. This man was at the scene of his own crime and probably laughing at her.

This thought seemed to piss Alison off more as she rose to her feet and sent a punch to the side of the wall that shook the room.

"Easy there tiger." Came a familiar voice that caused Alison to turn her head and notice Regina standing in the doorway looking at her with a smile.

"Regina, it's good to see you." She said with a smile.

"Yeah, I would have been here sooner but criminals can't give me a break." The woman shot back while walking into the room and taking a seat next to the bed. "Shouldn't you be in bed?" she added while looking to the FIB Agent.

"Yeah, but I'm tired of just sitting here. The doctors cleared me to leave, but not to go back to work and I don't know what to do with myself." She replied.

"Maybe take it easy if anyone deserves it it's you." The NAPD Officer shot out while Alison remained silent.

"How's Steve?" she asked causing Alison's heart to sink as she remembered that the male FIB Agent was caught in an explosion of his own at another hospital and she was unable to go see him. They also weren't telling her much other than the fact that he needed surgery and was unable to take calls.

"I still don't know I'm hoping they'll let me see him after I leave here." She replied with a hint of sadness in her voice just as Regina walked over to rest her head on her shoulder.

"Don't worry girl, I'm sure he's fine." She replied.

French District, New Arcadia

Things seemed to be picking up in the Voodoo club as Courtney took the stage and immediately started to bump and grind against the metal pole in the middle of the room while a sea of men threw dollars at her.

She didn't like being a stripper or being paid for her body, but there weren't many jobs a girl without a high school diploma could do especially in the South.

As she moved to slide the cold pole between her butt cheeks she could easily make out the sight of Mark, Lee, Link, and Jimmy moving through the crowd of people on the dancefloor without sending her a passing glance.

These past few days Mark has been all but there for the young stripper. They went to bed together but they didn't sleep with each other or touch each other, he disappeared during the day for long hours and didn't come home to til late, and when he was home they barely spoke. She didn't know if it was because they'd had sex but Mark was treating her like many of her old relationships didn't and she didn't like it.

As the song ended Courtney quickly made her way off the stage and went to stand down the hall to await Mark when he came out of his meeting with Joe.

"Well damn the whole squad here." Said Blue as he sent smiles to Mark, Lee, Link, and Jimmy before laughing. "Well what's left of them." He added while the group eyed him angrily with death glares in all their eyes.

"Enough!" said Elijah, he already knew this situation was just a few seconds from exploding with bodies dropping on both sides so he had defuse this bomb before it went off. "Marcus it's good you came along with your family." He said while pointing out Lee, Link, and Jimmy.

"Get to the point." The youngest Roman let out with venom in his tone.

"Right the reason we called you here is to let you know that even though there is a truce with the Vagos. You and your family are safe from the BGA, nobody from our end will take a shot at you or any of your guys and you have my word." He stated earning a loud scoff from Lee.

"Of course you aren't, we all know that the chances of this truce going to shit is high and you want your best weapons here when it does." The Chinese man stated while eyeing the group closely.

"You can say, but so far things have been peaceful between both sides." Stated Muujai.

"The Americans gave the Japanese a few days-worth of peace during WWII before they dropped those bombs on Hiroshima." Stated Jimmy.

"Right now those Ass-Takers are probably bringing in guys from San Andreas, Arizona, New Mexico, and New Austin to reinforce their lost numbers with the Vagos we killed in the Rose District and Irish Point." He replied earning nods from Mark the group.

"Oh yeah and what are we doing to prepare for when the shit hits the fan?" Joe asked while sending a look to Mark.

"Don't worry about me, because I'm not doing the same for any of you." Mark shot back before heading to the door only to be stopped by Blue.

"Before you leave Mark we gotta talk about the price of getting this greenlight off you." He said causing Mark to look back at him in anger. "Right now you're kicking up ten percent of the money you earn from street taxes to Joe, but now you're gonna start kicking up ten percent of all the money you earn to the Army." He stated earning chuckles from Mark, Lee, Link, and Jimmy.

"You must be joking." Jimmy asked.

"I don't joke about money white boy." Blue shot out in a serious tone.

"Well then just me smoking some powerful herb if your ass is thinking you're gonna get a cent from us." Mark shot out with venom in his tone.

"It's the only way to get the greenlight off." He said.

"We don't give a shit about a greenlight and we don't give a shit about any of you." Mark shot out before leading his group out of the room while the BGA members talked amongst themselves.

"The nerve of those assholes to think we'd give them money after everything they've done to us." Stated Link.

"Seriously brother how much longer do we have to work for these jackoffs. I'm getting sick of this shit." Retorted Lee.

"Patience just be a little more patient and we'll-." He started before the group was caught off-guard by Courtney standing at the end of the hall with her arms folded across her chest.

"We need to talk." She said with her gaze singling out Mark who nodded his head before following her to the back of the strip club where people would receive private dances.

"What's on your mind?" he asked while eyeing the woman.

"I want to know what your problem is?" she asked earning a confused look from Mark. "These past few days you've basically ignored my presence and the fact that I even exist so tell me what's wrong with you?" she asked with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Tomorrow I'm leaving for Miller and Viktor's funeral." He replied.

"I understand you're still reeling from that but there is more to this…I know you." She retorted.

"No, you don't." he said before rising to his feet to her surprise.

"Do you want me to go with you?" she asked.

"No, stay here and be my eyes and ears. I'm hoping this truce last long enough while I'm away." He said before walking out of the room without giving Courtney a goodbye as she watched him leave she couldn't help but to lower her head as a single tear fell from her gaze.

Metra, Lincoln Parish

The drive to Metra wasn't long for Felix as he parked his car outside of the Azteca Safe house before turning to Adahy who was sitting in the seat beside him with a serious look on his face.

"You can do this, I got your back." He said before watching Felix nod his head then stepout of the car and make his way to the front door where he quickly gave the secret knock the Azteca's had shown him. The duo then watched as the door swung open and noticed Miguel standing on the otherside with a smile on his face.

"Felix Que Pasa homes." He greeted before slapping hands with the man.

"Glad to see jail didn't break you." Felix shot out.

"Shit no mano ain't no jail that can break me." Miguel shot back before stepping inside so Felix and Adahy could walk inside of the home where they noticed Primo sitting in the living room.

"Where's Ernesto?" Felix asked.

"He's in the back getting a beer." Miguel shot out while taking a seat on the couch before watching Felix and Adahy make their way into the kitchen where they noticed Ernesto sitting at a table with Cruz drinking beers.

"Good to see you mano." Said Ernesto as he eyed Felix with a smile along with Cruz before slapping hands with the man.

"Likewise, there's something I need to talk with you two about though…in private." He said while looking into the living room where Miguel and Primo were located. This caused a confused look to spread across the face of Ernesto before he and Cruz led Felix and Adahy out the back door and quickly closed the door up on the two.

"What is it amigo?" Ernesto asked with a seriousness in his tone as he eyed Felix in a manner similar to that of a father whose son was about to give them a bad report card or tell him he'd gotten a girl pregnant.

"How's Neto?" Felix asked.

"He's resting and healing rather well, but he still wants to know who that Dominican guy he fought was." He replied.

"I think I can answer some of those questions." He shot back.

New Arcadia

"Thanks for the ride." Said Alison as she stepped out of Regina's car as she pulled in front of her home before looking back at the woman.

"Alright you be safe now girl." Regina said before watching Alison make her way to her front door, give her one last goodbye wave before entering her home where she quickly caught the sight of a familiar Chinese woman sitting on her couch with a smile across her face.

"Well it's good to see you're finally home." Ana greeted while Alison eyed her closely.

"How did you-?" she started before Ana cut her off.

"Get in, it wasn't hard when you have the tools I have." She replied while standing up, approaching Alison, and then giving her a good once over. "Good to see you didn't get hurt too bad, maybe Mark will stop worrying me about you now." She stated to Alison's shock as she remembered Mark. Not once while she was in the hospital did Mark visit. The FIB Agent had chalked it up to him finding someone else to occupy his time, but to hear that he was actually worried for her caused Alison to let out a small smile.

"How come he didn't come to see himself?" she asked.

"He tried, but I told him it would look suspicious for him to walk in your room to see." Ana replied before chuckling. "Then he thought if he shot himself in the leg they'd let him in the same area as you so I had to talk him out of that." She added causing Alison to look up at her with wide eyes.

"He doesn't think the best when he worried." She finished with a small chuckle.

"He should be happy to see you when he comes back." Ana replied to Alison's confusions.

"Comes back, where's he going?" she asked with a look of concern in her eyes.

"Sunbelt, tomorrow is the funeral for Miller and Viktor so he, Lee, and the others probably left a few moments ago." She replied to Alison's anger.

"Shit I forgot about that. I said I would go there with him." Alison shot out.

"It's not too late to leave." Ana stated while putting her hands on her hips.

"But I…I gotta check on Steve I don't how he's been doing these last couple of days other then the fact that he needed surgery." Alison shot out.

"Don't worry Mark told me to keep an eye on him for you as well." Ana replied to Alison's shock as she turned to face the woman closely.

"Steve is in a temporary coma that came from him hitting his head after the explosion at the hospital." She said earning Alison's full attention. "He's in a coma but they had to perform surgery on him because he suffered some internal injuries from the force of the explosion which consisted of internal bleeding from his liver and internal bruising along his back." She stated to Alison's shock and horror.

"Oh god!" she replied.

"I wouldn't advice you going to see him because he's hooked up to a lot of medical equipment. He's recovering well but trust me that's not something you want to see." Ana stated while Alison lowered her head.

"This is my fault." Alison said.

"No it's the fault of some asshole serial killer with a boner for fucking with you. Nothing about this is your fault Ali nothing." Ana said to Alison's surprise as she moved to give the woman a hug to comfort her. The feeling of the IAA Agent so close to Alison caused a slight blush to fall upon her face as she moved to hug the woman back before parting from her.

"Now come on, I know a store here that sells great funeral dresses but we have to get there before they close." Ana let out to Alison's surprise before she followed the woman out of her house with a slight smile on her face.

Elsewhere

The drive back home wasn't long for Mark, Lee, Jimmy, and Link with the National Guard deciding to lower the security around the city allowing gangsters to move around more freely without the threat of being stopped and hassled.

Upon pulling up to their home they quickly spotted Manfred, Buck, and the freshly released Davey and Eddy loading their things into their cars. The duo was happy to finally be out of jail they didn't have to fight to keep their asses, but the feeling of being in the free world was payment enough.

"We all set?" Mark asked while approaching the group.

"Ready to leave on your say boss." Davey shot out while Manfred pulled Mark to the side.

"I know we're being extra precautions about leaving but are you sure we need all of this?" the Indian man asked while looking into the hidden back compartment of the black truck and revealing an assortment of weapons.

The guns present included Mark's CM901 Assault Rifle, his two Glock 18's, MP7 Submachine Gun, and his M1911 but there was also Lee's Ithaca 37 Shotgun, Beretta M9A1, and Sawn-Off Double Barrel Shotgun, Jimmy's M14 Battle Rifle and Ruger SR9, Buck's P90 Submachine Gun and Glock 23, and both Davey and Eddy's G36C's and Glock 23s. Also in the trunk was the groups bulletproof vest and boxes of ammunition.

"I'd rather be well armed and prepared then caught slipping." Mark shot out before covering the arsenal back up." Besides I have feeling we're gonna have unwanted guest and I've prepared for this." He added.

"You swapped out the BSU congregation and brought in some gangsters who can actually use guns?" asked Lee earning a slight chuckle from Mark.

"Something like that." Mark shot back as Buck returned to him with ice chest of food. The drive to Sunbelt from New Arcadia was just a little over a four-hour drive, maybe less since they were leaving at night but still a car ride no matter how long it actually was felt like hours would be passing and none of them wanted to be bored on the road.

Metra, Lincoln Parish

Felix felt like he was being put under extreme interrogation from both Ernesto and Cruz as the duo looked him over with serious looks and constantly asked him questions.

"So this Devlin guy, he's Ana's husband and the guy Neto fought Marco is his main soldier similar to how Mark is to Ana." Cruz stated earning a nod from Felix.

"Yeah, I can say I've never met Marco or Devlin personally like Mark and Lee have. From what they tell me though is Devlin recruits guys from the streets like Ana and Marco is a Dominican Trinity but he also has guys connected to the Italian Mafia, the Yakuza, and others." He replied earning a nod from Ernesto.

"Neto said he never heard of the Dominican Trinities, but they're very well-known across the East Coast." Replied Ernesto.

"I got familia in Liberty City, they say these Trinities are all over the city and put a spanking to not only guys repping Southern Raza, but Rifas, Lords, Families, Ballas, none of them are safe." Stated Cruz.

"I get this guy been in a lot of fights but how the hell could he match up against Neto. He didn't beat him but he did take him through the ringer worse than Mark did?" asked Ernesto.

"From what Mark told me, Devlin recruits guys from street gangs but if you want to be high up his ladder of assets you gotta have military training and he takes his best guys and he sends them to military bases for training." Felix stated. "Mark believes Marco has either Navy Seal or some kind of special forces training because he's good and from Ana tells him Marco has been used by Merryweather in the past and did jobs overseas. That's something Ana doesn't want Mark to do." He finished.

"So Mark has that same level of training?" Cruz asked.

"No Mark was trained by an Ex-Army Ranger Navy Seal prospect who loyal to the BGA in Dockington. Mark has never seen formal combat like the Middle East, because Ana doesn't take contracts or jobs from the military or any real law enforcement agency. Devlin on the other hand does to my knowledge at least." Replied Felix.

"Mark's on at tight leash then." Stated Cruz.

"I get Neto may want to go after Devlin and Marco, but they're a different breed then Mark and Ana and it won't be wise to fight them all at once." He added. "One IAA Agent is bad, but two we might as well be fighting as losing war." He replied while Ernesto nodded his head before looking to the man of Quechan descent closely.

"How did you get connected with BSU?" he asked to Felix's confusion. "You know so much about Mark because you've been working for him for years, so why betray him now?"

"When I was in Middle School I used to go to the hardcore shows and one day I got jumped by some Skinheads and they backed me up…Mark backed me up." He stated while the duo nodded their heads.

"Well why did you leave Sunbelt and come here?" Cruz asked with a raised brow.

"Multiple things led to us leaving them but the final nail in the coffin came with Mark's girlfriend cheating on him. He left Sunbelt and we didn't know where he went, but when we found out we left Sunbelt. A brother shouldn't touch another's old lady and that got a lot of us thinking about loyalty." He said earning nods from the duo.

"Well then why are you willing to leave him now?" Ernesto asked while Felix lowered his head.

"Because Mark isn't the leader I thought he was. He's just another racist asshole that takes advantage of people." Felix shot out earning a nod from Ernesto and Cruz.

"Good answer." Ernesto said before reaching into the back of his pants and pulling out his .44 Magnum and immediately putting it to Felix's head.

"Ernesto no." Adahy called out.

"This pricks been working for the enemy this long and now he's willing to turn his back on them. How do we know he won't do the same?" the Onda member asked while pulling back the hammer on his gun.

"Because he's been helping you since he found out about you. I would have been killed when we hit the Roman Boyz if it wasn't for Felix, more of you would have been dead when Mark attacked, and you wouldn't have all the guns you have now if it wasn't for him." Stated Adahy causing Ernesto to look at Felix closely. "Plus think of all the information he can tell you about Mark, Joe, and all those other New Arcadia gangsters." He added causing Ernesto to go silent for a few seconds before speaking up.

"Why do you want to fight beside us?" He asked while keeping his gun aimed at Felix's head.

"Because I want to fight beside my people and not against them for an enemy that is the worst of the worst." The Quechan man shot back before a few minutes passed and Ernesto lowered his weapon before eyeing the man.

"You're gonna have to prove yourself to me home." Ernesto said with a low growl.

"That's all I ask for." Felix shot out before standing on his feet and making his way for the door only to look back at Ernesto and Cruz and add. "Tomorrow I'm going to a funeral in Sunbelt for my friends Miller and Viktor. I'm sure Mark and the others will be there if you want to get in I can put you on the guest list."

This seemed to cause both men to lift their heads in delight at what they had just heard. They knew there was a truce taking place between the New Arcadia gangs and themselves, but if they could knock off Mark while he's not in his own territory this war would come to a quicker end.

Outside of New Arcadia

After going shopping for a funeral dress with Ana, Alison now found herself sitting in the passenger seat of the woman's bright red Infernus watching the scenery go by while Ana sat in the driver's seat rocketing down the streets of New Arcadia.

This was her first time ever spending a long period of time with IAA Agent and the silence growing between them was becoming somewhat unbearable. Ana was a naturally silent person while she was somewhat more upbeat and peppy despite not being herself for a couple of days.

"Different here." Said Ana earning the attention of Alison who turned to face her. "The first time I came to Southern Louisiana I was wearing a long sleeveless red dress thinking that because it's the American South it doesn't get cold down here." She added earning a raised brow from Alison.

"Oh really and what happened?" Alison asked.

"It rained and temperature dropped below thirty." The IAA Agent replied earning a slight chuckle from Alison. "I've traveled all over the US and most of the world and I gotta say there aren't many places like here. It's raining when the suns up, it's hot with a cold wind, and the air constantly smells like a river." She stated while Alison continued to laugh.

"And every time you tell Mark it smells like a river he doesn't believe you." The FIB Agent asked earning a slight smile from Ana.

"Doesn't believe me and shrugs it off like it's not true." She replied earning a chuckle from the woman.

"It's a lot different from Waston." Alison shot out before adding. "I guess when you've been in a place so long, everything just seems normal to you."

As the sun started to set on this day the duo finally found themselves pulling into a small rest stop just outside of a small nameless town near Sulfide, Louisiana.

After they pulled in front of the building Alison found herself somewhat confused by Ana's actions as she watched the woman step out of her car with a slight smile on her face.

"We're only a few hours from reaching the New Austin-Louisiana Border and it isn't all that safe to drive on the roads this late at night with Truckers on Anti-Sleep medication and coffee." Ana stated earning a slight nod from Alison who watched the IAA Agent make her way to the entrance of the rest stop. "Plus I want to see just exactly how you look in that dress." She added with a slight smile earning a raised brow from the FIB Agent.

Red Stick

Things seemed to be going somewhat slow for Task as he found himself sitting in his living room with his gaze to the floor. The Lakota was still kicking himself up about betraying Adahy and joining up with Ana but his mind kept telling him he was making the right choice.

Being on Ana's payroll meant he could a lot more for his family aside from selling guns to send them money. The IAA Agent could have him making double if not triple of what he makes in a month selling guns and the only thing he had to do was simple…sell out his friends. Pass information about Neto and the others Ana.

He and Neto weren't as close as he was with Adahy but he knew the Creek warrior was heavily influenced by the man…heavily.

The sound of the front door opening seemed to cause him to snap his head up in its direction where he quickly noticed Neto, Tinto, Primo, and Miguel make their way into his home and eye the Lakota closely.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"It's party time skin." Replied Tinto as Adahy made his way into the living room and eyed the group closely.

"What are you doing here?" he asked with a raised brow.

"We wanted to know if you two are coming with us for a little fun in Sunbelt." Neto stated with a slight smile.

"Those BSU Puto's are burying their friends Neto killed and we thought it best to…show our respects." Replied Primo with a slight smile as Task remembered the news about Miguel breaking both the backs of both Miller and Viktor prior to their deaths.

"I don't think that will sit well with the New Arcadia Gangsters you know with your truce and all." Replied Task.

"Fuck that truce, besides we ain't in New Arcadia those Cabrons are on our turf in Sunbelt and we got a few homeboys that're more than jumpy about getting a shot at that those Mas Puto's." stated Miguel as Task sent a look to Adahy.

"I'm in!" stated the Creek Warrior before all eyes fell on Task who froze before speaking up.

"I'm in!" the Lakota shot out before making his way to his backroom where he quickly made his way to his dresser and pulled out his cellphone before sending a text to his newest number.

Sulfide, Louisiana

"It looked nice." Said Ana as she found herself sitting on one of the beds in the small room she was sharing with Alison after stepping out of the shower. The room had two beds so they wouldn't have to share a bed but it was still small with the duo not being able to get much room between them.

"Don't you think it's too revealing. I mean it is a funeral?" asked Alison as Ana gave a chuckle.

"You're overreacting." Said Ana as she picked up her cellphone and noticed she had a text message from Task that warned of the Azteca's and Vagos heading to Sunbelt to crash the funeral.

"Who's that?" asked Alison as she walked out of the bathroom wearing a white gown that fit like a shirt and went all the way past her knees while looking to Ana who was wearing a black muscle shirt and her black panties.

"Mark, just checking in on us." The IAA Agent lied while setting her phone on the dresser.

"Oh!" Alison shot out while looking to the floor and causing Ana to give her a raised brow of curiosity as she looked at the woman.

"You know you wouldn't think telling me things would be smart because of my profession, but I can tell you I'm good to talk when you have a problem." Ana stated earning the attention of Alison who looked up at her and noticed the serious look on her face. "So tell me what's wrong Ali." She finished causing Alison to go silent for a few seconds before speaking up.

"You'll just think less of me." Alison shot out while taking a seat on the bed on the side of Ana's.

"Try me." Ana shot out earning a few more seconds of silence from the FIB Agent before she spoke up.

"The day of the explosion, he sent me on a wild goose chase and he left me a message outside of Mark's bedroom window." She started earning a confused look from Alison. "I saw Mark having sex with another woman." She continued causing Ana to nod her head while inwardly screaming out in anger.

"I know I shouldn't feel hurt by this because I'm with Steve and he showed him a tape of me and Steve together…but it still hurts me." She finished while looking to the floor.

"You still love him, what you're feeling a natural response to things." Ana shot out earning Alison's attention as she remembered something she wanted to ask the woman.

"Did you feel the same way when you found out about me?" she asked causing Ana to give a slight chuckle.

"A little, I was kinda somewhat numb to it." Ana replied to Alison's confusion. "Mark did have a girlfriend before you and to be a good boyfriend we stopped having sex." She added earning a raised brow from the woman.

"She hurt him and I hated her for that, still do, but I know at the end of the day Mark can fuck whoever he wants but he'll never forget about me." She finished with a slight smile.

"He's probably already forgotten about me. That woman he was with…she had a lot more to offer him then I do." Alison shot out while noticing Ana give a low chuckle.

"It doesn't matter if her behind or breast are bigger than yours Alison because you have to remember Mark was willing to shoot himself in the leg to go see you at the hospital. Do you think he'd do the same for her?" she asked causing Alison to look away from her.

"Trust me Mark doesn't hate you, he isn't gonna forget about you, and he's not gonna leave you for some stripper." she added to Alison's shock.

"She's a stripper?" she asked.

"Yes, I was curious about who she was so Mark told me a little about her and she makes extra money on the side by doing jobs with him." Ana replied causing Alison to look away from the woman.

"I think I'm gonna go to bed." Said Alison as she went to lie down on her bed while Ana nodded her head before turning out the lights and moving to lie down on her own bed. The IAA Agent didn't sleep though instead she quickly sent a text message to Mark warning him about what was coming his way.

The youngest Roman then responded with a text of his own telling her that he wasn't worried followed by asking her about how was she and Alison. Before the IAA Agent could respond though she quickly noticed a slight whimper coming from the bed beside her and noticed Alison lying on her side facing away from her and letting out a few quiet whimpers of sadness.

This didn't seem to change Ana's emotionless gaze but it did make her insides contort so the IAA Agent quickly responded to Mark's question with a simple response. "We're Fine But You Need to Fix Something."

With that she set her phone on the nightstand next to her bed before rising from her bed and then moving to into the bed of Alison and climbing under the covers with her, catching the FIB Agent by surprise.

She then felt Ana snake one arm under the pillow she was using while the other wrapped around her waist just over her bruises stomach so she could spoon her from behind. Still stunned by the turn of events that was playing out Alison found herself unable to speak or move as she looked out the window while the moonlights glow seemed to bath both her and Ana in its luster.

"I'm not Mark and I'm not Steve, but I'm here for you tonight so think of me as whoever you want as long as it takes your mind off everything that's making you sad." Ana's response was somewhat shocking to Alison who couldn't help but blush and feel frozen by her response. When she first met the woman she saw Ana as this cold heartless woman who was using Mark for her own goal but here she was comforting her.

Despite Ana's normal cold demeanor, Alison found the IAA Agent to be quite warm and she couldn't help but blush at the feeling of having her breast poke into her back. This was the closest she'd ever been with a woman with literally no personal space between herself and Ana and unlike Mark and Steve who towered over her there wasn't that much of a height difference between herself and Ana.

She was five-six and Ana was five-seven that made the position somewhat more comfortable between them, especially with her arms wrapped around her. They might not have been as muscular or tan as Steve's or tattooed and defined like Mark's, but she couldn't but to feel every bit as safe in them.

"Ana!" Alison let out in a low moan while moving both her arms back to place them on top of the arm Ana had around her torso. "Thanks for being here for me." She added while nuzzling her head deeper into her pillow.

"It's my pleasure." The IAA Agent replied while nuzzling her nose into the back of the woman's head and into her dark red hair to get a good sniff of her lavender scented shampoo.

Elsewhere

Ana's text seemed to bring a confused look to the face of the youngest Roman who didn't get a response back from her after that. As he put his phone back on his charger he couldn't help but to look out the window of the small hotel room the BSU members had chosen to stay for the night. It wasn't the best living quarters but originally he, Link, Lee, and Jimmy were choosing to sleep in their cars while Manfred and the others protested.

Unlike him, Lee, Link, and Jimmy Manfred, Buck, Davey, and Eddy weren't used to sleeping on the road. They weren't in foster care and they didn't have to leave a city in a broken down Sabre Turbo to keep from being killed by a prison gang. He couldn't blame them for it, they had somewhat normal lives aside from them choosing the life of crime. They were used to living inside where as he and the others could adapt to survive wherever.

They had chosen to stop in the city of Bayotville, it was just ninety miles east of Sunbelt City. It was only an hour's drive so the group could stop for the night and rest after four hours of being on the road. As Mark looked out at the moon he couldn't help but to think of Ana and Alison. He wanted to see the woman to make sure she was okay but that had to wait until he got back.

His mind also seemed to wander on the coming Azteca threat. The BSU members had weapons and Mark had a strategy but he was still worried. They were going to be on their turf in Sunbelt and not his own in New Arcadia. To make things worse the Azteca's and Vagos could more than likely just hit them with waves of soldiers and it would only be his own fighting back. The BSU members in Sunbelt were useless in a gunfight like most BSU members, so they'd more than likely get in the way.

He may have hated the group but dying at a funeral wasn't something he wished on a lot of people.

New Arcadia

It was a few minutes to closing time at the Voodoo Club and Courtney found herself packing her things and getting ready to head home before she was caught off-guard by the sound of talking coming from the back room.

"I still believe keeping Mark alive any longer is a risk." Came the familiar voice of Joe as Courtney pressed her ear to the door to listen carefully. This statement caused Courtney to raise her brow in surprise, Mark had earlier warned her that Joe was conspiring against him but she didn't expect it was this bad.

"I was actually hoping he would take the deal and give us a cut of his profits. It would have helped him in the eyes of the army especially if he's bringing in as much as money as you believe he is." Replied Elijah with a hint of disappointment in his voice.

"You know how they get when they get older don't want to help us after we helped them." Added Blue.

"You forget you're the reason he and that group he roles with is greenlit." Stated Muujai as he eyed Blue closely. "You tried to have him killed and successfully killed one of them, none of them are the types to forgive and forget and if you want some advice I'd keep my head down while I'm in this city." He added to Blue's confusion.

"Marcus may run the 17th, but his father runs the 2nd and the 3rd Ward and his family has a lot of influence in the city especially Uptown. You can't drive through a neighborhood without hearing niggas talking about the Roman Family like they the Italian Mob." Stated Joe.

"And you need that influence don't you Joe?" asked Blue as he eyed the heavy set man closely. "If you haven't noticed, the Roman Family is basically the support that keeps you alive." He added to Joe's confusion.

"Martin Roman is your lawyer that represents all your cases and does your books, Maurice and Marrick Roman runs the gang that is your biggest earner, and Marcus Roman and his white boys are your enforcement arm." Stated Muujai.

"You lose them you lose a great number of your assets, now can you risk that?" asked Elijah as Joe went silent for a few seconds before speaking.

"I'm working on that." He replied to the group's surprise. "While Mark and his boys are away, my nephew Cake is going to reach out to the Ballas in the 17th Ward. Mark may have killed most of their OG's and forced them to align with us but there are still enough of them to be a threat." He stated.

"Putting aside your hatred for the LS wannabes and putting them to use, smart choice." Stated Blue with a chuckle.

"Plus the 4th Ward is building up their numbers and I think they'll be more than a match to taking on the Roman Boyz especially after Mark is dead and with all the loses the Roman Boyz and the 17th Hard Heads have faced with the Azteca's and Vagos we'll be able to march right over them." Added Joe to Courtney's shock.

"Alright put in the calls." Replied Blue as Courtney made her way to the dressing room where she quickly went to grab her phone.

Sunbelt City (The Next Day)

The sun seemed to be shining high on this day in Sunbelt City as Mark found himself driving through the crowded city streets. The city was different then what he was used to in New Arcadia and Red Stick it was more white, more brown, and more fancy.

When he first arrived here with Lee, Jimmy, and Link he often wondered how such a wealthy city where the heart of the United States Space Program was located could have any ghettoes. He quickly learned though that the city was a cesspool of gangs. The Ballas were the largest, the Families were also here, the Vagos, Azteca's, and Marabunta are here in force on top of the homegrown Sunbelt gangs.

He knew first hand that this city also had a rather large White Supremacist infestation. There were Neo- Nazi's, Racist and Non-Racist Skinheads, and white people who had their heads so far up their asses they could smell their own shit before it reached their rectums. This was a red state and these people prided themselves on that.

As Mark, Lee, and Manfred pulled their cars up in front of the Sunbelt Chapter of BSU's clubhouse they quickly noticed that they were spotted by a few BSU members standing outside the clubhouse wearing suits and eyeing the group closely.

As Mark, Lee, Link, Jimmy, Manfred, Buck, Davey, and Eddy stepped out of their cars wearing their suits they quickly noticed the BSU members staring them down with one member who had a spiky Mohawk and wearing a black and white suit with a black tie shaking their heads at them while folding his arms over his chest. This man's name was Donnie he was a member of the BSU Sunbelt Chapter and was once a close friend to Mark and the others, but he quickly turned his back on them the day they left.

"Say something smart and I'll beat your ass like your momma should have when you got that haircut Donnie." Stated Lee with venom in his tone forcing the BSU members to step aside as they made their way into the building where they noticed Tasha, Ryan, and almost three dozen other BSU members from across the state of New Austin.

Upon entering the room, the group quickly noticed that almost all eyes were on them and all of the looks they were receiving weren't good. The stares ranged from anger, disgust, disapproval, and sheer hatred. The New Arcadia group knew before arriving that the Sunbelt Chapter would look at them negatively and blame them for the loses of Miller and Viktor. It was anticipated and Mark, Lee, Link, and Jimmy were no strangers to the negative stares, the same couldn't be said for Manfred, Buck, Davey, and Eddy. They'd lost friends but they'd never been the blame for deaths and in this case they kinda were.

"Well Marcus I wasn't expecting to see you here." Came a familiar voice that caused Mark to turn his head and notice an overweight Caucasian man with a long brown beard and wearing a black and white suit with a black hat with BSU Blackwater written on the top. This man's name was Duncan Reeves he was the president of BSU's Blackwater Chapter. He and Mark initially never saw eye to eye even after finding out about his group moving drugs and he figured he was here to laugh at his loses. "You know with you being the cause of this funeral and all." He added with a slight chuckle.

"You blame us for this funeral, but you're just at fault." Shot Link.

"If we weren't here solving your problems they'd still be alive." Stated Lee.

"A problem that you caused." Shot back another man who was mixed with Italian and Mexican descent with greasy jet black hair, dark brown skin, and wearing a black and white suit. This man's name was Falco Pinzono and he was the leader of the Stone Wall Chapter of BSU.

"Your war with the Skinheads was going on long before we came here." Replied Jimmy.

"We just evened the fight." Mark added.

"No you just added guns to the equations and when you did they responded with guns of their own." Came another BSU member from Sunbelt named Owen O'Brian. He was a Caucasian man of Irish Descent with short black hair, dark brown eyes, and a wearing a black and white suit.

"We don't seem to recall any of you complaining when we took control of all the clubs Sunbelt and expanded BSU across North, East, and Central New Austin." Link shot back with anger in his tone.

"I like the extra presence and the fear, but warring with the Azteca's ain't something I personally want to do." Came a familiar voice and chuckle that belonged to a Caucasian man with short blonde hair, bright green eyes, and wearing a black and white striped suit. This man's name was Doyle Morgan and he was another BSU Sunbelt member. He was also another close friend of Mark and the others and was also one of the dudes other than Mark in the BSU chapter that once sold drugs before being shut down by Mark.

"Please you're talking like you've been fighting battles with the Azteca's here all." Shot Lee with anger in his voice. "All you lazy bum ass motherfuckers are doing is just sitting back with your feet cocked up with a red phone ready to call us when you need someone to come save your asses." He added.

"We call you to come deal with your own messes." Shot Tasha.

"Girl your breath smell like dick and I don't want to see your mouth open." Mark shot back to the shock of Tasha and many of the others.

"Hey, you don't get to talk to her like that." Came the voice of a familiar voice that caused the group to turn their heads and notice one of the few black faces in the room. This man's name was Terrell Haywood and he was a rather muscular African American man with a shaved head and dark brown skin that made many think of Africa. He was a Sunbelt BSU member and Mark figured he must have taken on the role of the group's main enforcer since he and Lee were gone. This only seemed to make the youngest Roman inwardly laugh though. He was an enforcer with no bodies and only spilled blood came from broken noses and busted lips therefore unworthy of the title.

"Or what your funky overly stuffed swag fag ass gonna get dropped in front of everyone. I like those odds." Said Mark as he lowered his arms to his sides while Terrell eyed him angrily just as five other BSU members moved to stand behind only for Lee, Jimmy, Link, Manfred, Davey, and Eddy to stand beside the group.

The numbers weren't in their favors the group probably had better fighting experience and knew they could easily take on and beat down the BSU members. They just had to remember to make their first hits count and knock guys out before they can put them in a mosh-pit.

"Whoa calm down Miller and Viktor wouldn't want their funerals spoiled by you guys fighting." came the voice of Heather as she and Myra stepped in between the two sides but was quickly stopped as Tasha moved to throw a slap at Marcus that the youngest Roman anticipated and quickly captured her wrist just before her palm could make contact with his face.

"Not a smart move." Said Lee with a chuckle as Tasha tried to pull her wrist from the grip of her former boyfriend while looking into his eyes and seeing the anger filled stare he gaze he placed upon her almost like that of a snake about to strike its prey.

"Marcus." Came a familiar voice that caused Mark and the other New Arcadia BSU members to turn their heads and notice a familiar Chinese woman standing in the doorway of the BSU clubhouse wearing a black dress with a somewhat signature red stripe going through the middle. "It's not right to hurt a woman." She said aloud causing Mark to send a look to Tasha before allowing Tasha to jerk her hand free while he gave a low growl.

"I wouldn't try that again next time." Lee warned while Mark made his way out the clubhouse door with Ana following behind him while the BSU members each gave confused looks.

"I thought I told Mark not to bring any of his whores here." Yelled Tasha as she sent a look to Link and the others.

"They invited you." Link said while heading out the door while Lee and the others all gave shocked looks at the remark of the normally timid Irish man.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Mark asked after he and Ana were a distance away from the clubhouse.

"Thought you could use the extra support." She stated.

"We got it taken care of." He replied.

"I know you do, but I don't want blood to be spilled today so I have a plan to keep things…relitevaly peaceful." She added while Mark rolled his eyes.

"You're supposed to be taking care of Ali." He shot back.

"I am, and she wanted to be here with you." Ana retorted before looking off in the distance where Mark noticed a familiar redheaded woman leaning against the edge of Ana's car. The way the car was positioned and the way she was standing prevented Mark from seeing only the top of her head. "I doubt she'll tell you everything just yet, but you and her really need to talk." She added to Mark's confusion as he turned to face her only to watch as she motioned with her fingers to head in the direction of the car.

Like an obedient soldier he followed her order and headed towards her car while taking in the feeling of his heart racing a mile a minute with each step he took that got him closer to the car.

Upon turning the side of the car he was quickly taken aback by the sight of the familiar FIB Agent standing before him wearing a black funeral dress. The dress was somewhat short on her so it exposed her nicely toned legs that were covered in black stockings, she was also wearing a pair black heels, and a cross necklace that was similar to Ana's with her hair flowing down. As the woman turned to look at Mark with her almost sparkling water color eyes the youngest Roman could help but recoil at her outward beauty.

"Hey!" she said breaking the silence while looking away from Mark who continued to stare at her before looking her up and down then approaching her and as Alison looked up at him she was taken off-guard by Mark moving to inspect her body. "Don't worry I've got all my limbs and body parts." She replied with a half-smile before watching as Mark went to give her a hug before stopping.

"Are you, hurting inside?" he asked earning a confused look from the FIB Agent.

"No I'm…all healthy." She said before Mark moved to give her a hug that wasn't as tight as when he normally hugged her, mostly because he was uncertain if she was at full strength. "I should be thanking you for that." She replied earning a confused look from Mark who looked down at her with a raised brow.

"That Kevlar Vest you gave me, it can take a pounding." She said with a light chuckle earning one in return from Mark.

"Yeah that was level three body armor good enough to take a few shots from an AK-47 and only break a few ribs." He replied with a light chuckle while Alison noticed him continuing to eye her dress.

"You like the dress?" she asked with a slight blush.

"I love it, I like the conservative look you give you to but this is…breathtaking." He replied causing Alison to blush harder.

"Thanks, I just wish it didn't pinch my in the butt." She replied while moving to rub herself on the butt while Mark gave a low chuckle.

"I can scratch that for you if you want." He replied earning a brighter blush from Alison before the duo shared a quick laugh without noticing that they were being watched by the BSU members who seemed to eyeing the duo closely.

"Who the fuck is she?" asked Myra as she sent a look to Alison before sending a look to Link.

"You would think it'd be obvious by this point." He replied while continuing to watch Mark and Alison before turning to Tasha and noticing the stunned angry look on the woman's face. The Irish man then stepped closer to the Creole's ex-girlfriend with everyone watching him closely as he went to talk in her ear.

"You broke his heart, but don't worry she put it back together and she made him stronger in ways you never could." He said causing the girl to turn to face him.

"What about the other girl?" she asked.

"The other girl is just a friend with no real sway over him, but her…she's the real deal." Replied Link.

"Mark has taken several bullets for that one and killed people just to protect her, can you say the same in your past relationship?" he asked before walking away with Ana watching him with a smile.

"Since when did you get the claws in this family?" the IAA Agent asked while looking Link up and down as he looked back to Mark and Alison.

"Mark, Lee, and Jimmy have always protected me and I think it's about time I start doing the same." He replied earning a slight nod from Ana who turned back to Mark and Alison.

"You shouldn't be here." The Creole said before watching as Alison took his hands within her own.

"I promised you I would be here with you and I want to keep that." She said before moving to rub his right cheek only for Mark to respond by kissing her palm. "I know these used to be your friends, but with the looks they give you about this I think I need to be here to keep you from hurting them." She replied.

"I know, but I think our guest might hurt them more than I do." He shot back to Alison's confusion before she looked at his pants and noticed a familiar bulge in the front of his pants that came from his M1911 sticking out his pants.

"The Azteca's?" she asked.

"Felix is showing just whose side he's on in this war. A couple of days ago he tried to steal from us and now he's told them about the funeral so we're expecting guest and I don't want you here for that." He replied before Alison took her hand from his cheek and spoke to him in a stern voice.

"If it comes down to that, just…do whatever it takes to keep yourself, Lee, Link, Manfred, Buck, Davey, Eddy, Jimmy all of you alive." She stated earning a nod from Mark.

"I will…I promise, just keep these fucks from getting themselves killed in the meantime." He said while Jimmy made his way to the back of the truck where he quickly loaded the groups Assault Rifles, Submachine Guns, and Explosives into a duffel bag before throwing it over, then grabbing a Walkie Talkie that was in the back of the car.

"Get into position." He said before tossing the Walkie Talkie back into the backseat of the car before putting his M9A1 Pistol in the back of his pants and making his way over to Lee and the others.

Elsewhere

The sound of guns cocking seemed to be going off all around Task as he sat in the corner of a house in the Gulfton Heights neighborhood of Sunbelt City. The Lakota had to admit the neighborhood and the city itself seemed almost like a different world from what he was used to.

Sunbelt was mostly white and brown and the neighborhood of Gulfton was what he pictured a Barrio was like. Unlike the brown neighborhoods in New Arcadia and Metra that was mixed with brown, black, and white and only stretched maybe two or three blocks or one small apartment complex Gulfton stretched multiple blocks and included not just neighborhoods but apartment complexes as well.

The Azteca's had the most claim on it but so did the South West Vagos, a gang Felix mentioned hated along with Miguel, Marabunta was here as well, and a couple of other gangs loyal to Onda. To Task's surprise there was also a brown gang that claimed Families here which was…shocking at best to him.

As he sat back at watched the group check their guns he was taken off-guard as Adahy approached him with his AK-47 Assault Rifle in hands before looking him up and down.

"You know the chances of us getting out of this alive are slim right." Task stated.

"Please Mark's good, but he ain't that good." Adahy replied. "Why are you so worried about him anyway?" he added.

"Because he's our friend, Lee's our friend, Link's our friend and a few years ago when we were tied up in some Rednecks trailer they came to save us. They did that and they helped us out of situations and here we are about to shoot up the funeral of their dead friends." Task stated with a hint of venom in his tone. "Our people are looked down upon by whites and they give us a bad reputation, but Mark has been good to us." He replied with anger in his tone.

"You're right, but the French were good to the Natchez before they asked them to leave their lands in White Apple." Adahy replied.

"That's different." Task shot back before Adahy interrupted him.

"Is it?" the Creek warrior asked with venom in his tone. "There was already a gun dealer in New Arcadia, Mark knew about it, and allied with him because he had better weapons then we did. How long do you think they were gonna keep us around." He added.

"Adahy right's!" came the familiar voice of Felix as he approached the two Natives carrying his Ruger SR-556 Assault Rifle. "Mark works for Joe and sooner or later he was gonna turn on you if Joe gave the order." He added.

"That's a possibility, but has Mark ever mentioned betraying us around you Felix at all?" Task asked while eyeing the man of Quechan descent angrily before Miguel approached the group with two Mini Uzi's tucked under his shirt while a Glock 19 was placed in the back of his pants.

"You guys ready?" he asked earning nods from the trio before they started to make their way to their vehicle with Task grabbing his MP5 Submachine Gun in the process.

As Miguel watched the three leave he couldn't help but to look at the attack force the Azteca's had amassed with twenty-five well-armed Soldados ready to take a life without a second thought and another fifteen on call as a reserve force. Sunbelt was their territory so they were able to bring a force not just because they were expecting a long fight between them and the BSU members but also to show off their own strengths.

As Miguel sent a look to a Primo was standing with an AKM Assault Rifle he noticed the man of Honduran and Mexican descent talking with a few Azteca's of Salvadoran descent and watching him load his weapons into the trunk of the car. He then sent a look to his father Ernesto and Cruz who were making their way to a house across the street and when he saw them he knew exactly what they were they going to do.

"Neto let's go!" Ernesto yelled while knocking on the door before opening it and stepping inside with Cruz who both noticed Neto snorting a line of Meth off a Combat Knife that with enough skill that he didn't spill even a little of the powdery substance.

"You getting high already?" Ernesto asked with venom in his tone.

"Bullets are gonna be flying at this funeral Carnale and when they are I don't want to feel them until after I cut that Puto Grande's heart from his chest." Neto shot back with a slight smile as the duo continued to watch him. "Besides I'm still hurting from that last fight with that other fucking tri-racial Cabron." He added with venom in his tone.

"Felix warned you that looking into that IAA bitch's personal life was dangerous and that she has others just like Mark in her pockets." Replied Ernesto.

"And I told you I'm gonna gut that fuck and his boyfriend when I see him." Neto shot back while going for another sniff of his meth.

"You sure you want to be high when you're more useful in your right state of mind?" Cruz asked with venom of his own.

"That Mayate, his Chino friend, and the rest of those Gringos don't even know we're coming." Neto replied before giving a low chuckle. "Unless your new friend out there said something." He stated.

"Felix is one of us now, we can trust him." Ernesto shot back.

"If you say so Jefe." Neto shot out before rising from his seat and making his way out of the house with Ernesto and Cruz following after him as they went.

As the group loaded up into six separate cars and drove out of the neighborhood they had to drive through an apartment complex outside of their neighborhood without noticing an African American man wearing a camouflage bucket hat, black t-shirt, and khaki pants watching them from the top floor before pulling out his cellphone and making a phone call.

17th Ward, New Arcadia

The drive to the 17th Ward wasn't long for Courtney as she stepped out of her car and made her way to the front door of Orlando before watching as a familiar African American man stepped out of the door with a half-smile on his face and four more men stepping out with him.

"Sup gorgeous." Said Mookie as he eyed the girl with a sick smile that caused Courtney to stop in her tracks.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked with a hint of anger in her tone.

"That ain't no way to greet a nigga especially after he had a day as long as mine you feel me." He replied before looking the woman up and down. "What do you say I go and hit this last lick and me and you go back to my crib." He added.

"Go fuck yourself." She shot back.

"Why I gotta do it myself when you can do it for me?" he asked before giving her a toothy smile along with the other men that were with him. He then reached out and ran his hands over her cheek causing Courtney to freeze in place at his touch before he sniffed her hair and chuckled.

"See you later girl." He said before walking away with the other men in tow while Courtney continued to stand somewhat frozen in place due to fear and disgust.

Sunbelt City

The metaphorical line in the sand was drawn in the case of the BSU members in full view of Alison. The line in this case being the coffins of Miller and Viktor and the two sides were setup like a feuding family. She stood beside Marcus on his side that only contained himself, Lee, Link, Jimmy, Buck, Manfred, Davey, Eddy, and Ana while on the otherside of the coffins were the remaining BSU members who numbered well into the thirties.

There were other funerals going on and a few families checking on their dead relatives on this day and Alison hoped they wouldn't get hurt or would leave when things got to hot.

She didn't know many of them by names but Lee and Link were cold enough to point out Mark's ex-Tasha for her and Ryan, the guy she cheated on Mark with. As she looked over Tasha she couldn't help but to feel somewhat jealous by the girl. Her skin was a lightish brown color that almost made her look somewhat golden, bright brown eyes that were somewhat slanted that Lee mentioned she got from her father that was of Mongolian descent, and she had long black hair that Lee also mentioned was actually her own, and full lips.

The woman was also wearing a black dress that hugged her curves rather well and as Alison continued to look her over she made sure to make note of her body. Mark often told her that body didn't mean nothing to him, but she knew had to be somewhat telling a lie. He was a man after all and it was only genetic that he found a woman with large breast and hips more attractive than someone who was flat in both areas.

As she looked her over she noticed that the woman had a lot of curves and her breast were probably around the same size as her own. Also with the curves she had somewhat more meat on her body unlike herself and tattoos on her wrist and back. She hoped nobody saw her, but she also took a look at the Tasha's butt when she wasn't looking. It wasn't as big as Courtney's but it did stick out more further then herself and Ana's and seemed to fit her body just well.

After analyzing the woman and seeing just how pretty she was she could somewhat understand why Mark was with her. She was beautiful especially in the face and she could only imagine how she was in the sack.

The FIB Agent then turned to look at the man she cheated on Mark with, Ryan. She wouldn't say it out-loud to Mark, but the man was rather dashing with his pretty boy smile, aqua blue eyes, rugged chiseled face, and hair movie star hairstyle. To add to that, he was an inch taller than Mark who stood 6'2 and he was just as muscular with the exception of the broad shoulders that Mark possessed.

As she continued to look him over she couldn't help but to continue to look at his face, not out of lust but curiosity. She was from Waston, the city where BSU was formed. She went to school and rubbed shoulders with some of their earliest members and Ryan didn't fit the mold. He was…pretty, movie star pretty, the BSU members she saw some were handsome but many of them had faces that shown they've taken a few hard blows to the face. Many of them had noses that looked like they had once been broken, small scars on their faces from where knuckles tore away skin, teeth that had been knocked around, and permanent marks on their knuckles.

Even Mark, Lee, Link, and Jimmy had some permanent marks and scratches on their faces that show that they're no strangers to the otherside of the someone's fist. As she looked at Mark's right hand she noticed that the knuckle for his index finger didn't stick out as far as the others because he pushed it in during a fight.

Ryan on the other hand was different he had no scratches on his face that looked like it belonged on a television show set in high school. He had no bruises on his hands, his teeth were perfect, and he just gave off that look of someone who'd never been in a fight before which seemed somewhat weird for her.

Before she could continue to look at the man though she was taken off-guard by a hand wrapping her own. To her surprise though it wasn't Mark who had seeked out her hand, but instead the groups youngest member Buck.

At first she was going to pull her hand from his grip but as she peered past the black sunglasses the teenager was wearing she noticed that his eyes were somewhat bloodshot like he had been crying. The FIB Agent then realized, he was crying so she tightened her grip on his hand. She then looked around to Manfred, Davey, and Eddy to notice that they were also trying their hardest to hold in their tears. Alison then realized that this was the first time the group had lost people close to them and were trying their best to keep straight faces.

Her gaze then moved to Mark, Lee, Link, and Jimmy. Link was probably the closest to tears but Mark, Lee, and Jimmy seem to have dry eyes. The group was experienced with death especially to those close to them. They went through foster care with three others they called brother who were killed and they've probably lost more friends along the way. They lived hard lives and this was the end result.

As Mark sent a look to Alison she quickly noticed the FIB Agent strip her hand from Buck's before putting her arm around his shoulder and pulling him closer to her so that he could rest his head on her shoulder. He told the group earlier if they wanted to cry they could do whatever they wanted, but knew many of them weren't gonna try their hardest not to so he didn't feel angry at Buck for showing weakness instead he kicked himself for not being able to show it.

After turning away from the group he looked up to Tasha where he noticed the woman continuing to eye Alison angrily. He figured the woman must be feeling jealous for seeing him happy with another woman and he could careless. He was proud of Alison not only to be seen with him and being here for him, but for being like a big sister to Buck and the others and comforting them when they needed it. Something Tasha never did while she and Mark were together.

Mark then sent a look to Ana and noticed the woman bowing her head with her eyes closed. She wasn't sleeping but going through a deep moment of silence. He then watched as her eyes shot open and she speak out in a whisper and said. "They're here."

This drew a nod from Mark who sent looks to Lee and the others who immediately nodded their heads before turning to Jimmy who pulled out his duffel bag filled with guns and set it before the group. This drew confused looks from the Sunbelt, Blackwater, Stonewall, and El Camino BSU members as they watched them closely.

"Setup your positions and stay close to cover." Said Mark as he watched Jimmy pull out his M14 EBR Battle Rifle before handing Mark his CM901 Assault Rifle and G18 Pistols while Buck grabbed his P90 Submachine Gun and looked the weapon up and down.

"What the fuck do think you're doing?" yelled Tasha as he watched Lee cock his Ithaca 37 Shotgun while Davey and Eddy looked through the scopes of their Rifles.

"I suggest all of you disperse if you don't want to get caught on the otherside of a stray bullet." Lee pointed out to the groups shock before they heard the BSU members turned their heads and noticed six cars beginning to pull into the graveyard and speed towards the group before coming to a grinding halt before them.

As Mark, Lee, and Jimmy took up the front Buck, Davey, and Eddy took up sides around the other BSU members with Link, Alison, and Ana moving to stand beside them just as they watched a lead man of Mexican descent with brown hair and dark brown skin step out of the car with a chuckle and carrying a FX-05 XiuhcoatlAssault Rifle.

"Marcus come out and play." Said Neto as he smiled at Mark angrily while looking out and noticing the angry look on the Creole's face as he stood side by side with Lee and Jimmy while Ernesto, Miguel, Primo, Cruz, hopped out of their cars and loaded their cars with their weapons drawn on the group.

"What is this?" asked Ryan as he stood back with a hint of fear in his voice along with Tasha as the New Austin BSU members found themselves frozen in fear at the situation they were now placed in.

"Sorry we're tardy for the sendoff, but I guess that's how a lot of things have been going for us lately." He replied with a venomous chuckle while Mark continued to eye Neto angrily while Lee looked past the group and noticed Felix standing amongst a crowd that was using a black Glendale for cover.

"Buck is he-." Started Alison causing all the other BSU members to turn to face her.

'Yeah he's the asshole that killed Miller and Viktor." He replied to the groups shock as they continued to watch the scene play out before them.

"I guess our little truce doesn't mean shit to you." Said Lee.

"We never agreed on that truce, the National Guard forced it but in case you haven't noticed…we're not in New Arcadia." Stated Miguel.

"Yeah we know this dry air smells like your mom's ass." Shot Lee.

"At least I have a mom Chino." Miguel shot back. He knew that comeback didn't work out so well last time with Mark but thanks to Felix he now knew that Lee, Link, and Jimmy were parentless. His words hurt for a second but not enough to break the Chinese man's comedic spirits.

"Just because you suck on your dad's dick like a baby does his mom's tits doesn't make him your dad bitch." Lee shot back earning a low growl from Miguel.

"I'm only gonna say this once Neto, take your men, get back in your cars, and leave this cemetery or else." Mark stated.

"Or else what, because in case you haven't noticed Pendejo's you're outnumbered." He yelled out with anger in his tone as a few seconds of silence passed over the group before Mark sent a look to Ernesto and Miguel.

"Ernesto Miguel how well do you both know the history of Sunbelt City?" he asked earning confused looks from the duo.

"Quit stalling." Miguel shot back.

"I'm guessing you only know about enough to pass a New Austin History class, but me I know all about New Arcadia, Red Stick, and the state of Louisiana itself." He said before looking away from them. "In late August of 2005, a category five hurricane with winds of 175 miles per hour slammed into the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and attempted to destroy the city like many others have also tried." He added to the groups shock.

"I was in the city when it flooded, so was Lee here, and Tasha over there. We saw a lot of people die in that city." He replied.

"Get to the point." Neto shot out with anger in his tone.

"When the water started to go down and they started bussing people out of the city, me and Lee went to Alabama with 60,000 refugees but do know where the bulk of the New Arcadia Refugees came?" He asked.

"Sunbelt City." Stated Lee. "220,000 thousand refugees to be exact and do you know where many of them ended up living?" he asked.

"My father and my brothers came here and they brought the Roman Boyz with them, but when things started to get heavy here they left." Mark stated.

"Yeah because we were beating their asses." Yelled out Miguel earning a chuckle from Mark.

"Please bitch you weren't shit." Came a familiar voice that caused the group to turn their heads and notice a familiar African American man with a fade stepping towards Mark with an angry expression his face. "You and your bitches weren't shit, we got more problems from them Ball-Sacks and Mara Bitches then y'all." Shouted Marrick as he eyed the group angrily.

"Marrick and my father went to back to New Arcadia, but they did leave something here. Something all of you overlooked…Another faction of the Roman Boyz." Said Mark as Marrick gave a loud whistle before Neto, Ernesto, Miguel, Felix, Task, and Adahy were taken off-guard by the sound of the whistle repeating itself across the cemetery. They then watched in shock and surprise as the men and women who they thought were paying respects to dead friends and families quickly pulled Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles, and Submachine Guns from their persons with one man carrying an M4A1 Assault Rifle climbed out of a casket while the Paul Bearers reached inside and pulled out guns of their own.

Despite the increase the new arrivals there were only ten of them in total plus with Mark and the other armed members of BSU they were still outnumbered and somewhat outgunned but the tides were somewhat turned.

"Sup Miguel." Came a new voice that caused everyone to turn their heads and notice an African American man with dark brown skin wearing a pair of khaki pants, a camouflage shirt, and a black hat with the numbers 504 written on the top of it. The man was also carrying an AKM Assault Rifle as he sent a smile to the Azteca's.

"You know that guy?" asked Cruz.

"His names Daquan, I went to school with him." Miguel said.

"Daquan Roman, you lil bitch." He said revealing the two gold teeth in the top of his teeth.

"Marcus Roman, Martin Roman, Marrick Roman, Maurice Roman, Curtis Roman, Gwendolyn Roman, Hakeem Roman, Daquan Roman, shit how big is Mark's family?" asked Davey with a raised brow.

"Big, but not many of them are involved in crime." Stated Ana as she eyed the three Romans with a raised brow.

"You think this makes a difference, we still out number you." Replied Ernesto with anger in his tone while Mark gave a violent chuckle.

"Not for long." Said Mark as he turned the safety off his CM901 before moving to lift the Rifle with Neto but before the duo could fire a single shot the sound of a gunshot filling the air caught everyone by surprise as Neto found himself flying forward from a bullet striking him in the back. This caused everyone to have confused looks before another gunshot went off and struck Mark in the center of his vest and knocked him backwards.

"Mark!" Alison yelled out.

"Whose doing the shooting?" asked Lee before he to was struck in his vest while Miguel was struck in the back of his vest and fell to the ground.

"SNIPER!" Jimmy yelled out before looking over a hill on the cemetery and noticing three men armed with Sniper Rifle aiming their weapons at them.

"ALL YOU FUCKING BSU SELLOUTS ARE DEAD." Yelled a Caucasian man with a shaved head and two thunderbolts crossing tattooed on his neck as he fired another shot aimed for the crowd of BSU members and striking one man in the neck causing the group of BSU members to scatter in fear while an Azteca gangster was shot in the back of the head.

"DISPERSE!" Mark yelled out just as five six red pickup trucks drove onto the cemetry with armed men firing from the back of the trucks at the group causing Neto, Ernesto, and the Azteca's to duck for cover behind their cars while Marrick and Daquan pulled Mark and Lee to cover behind a headstone and Buck, Davey, and Eddy provided covering fire so many of the BSU members could run away.

"You didn't say anything about fucking skinheads showing up Kinfolk." Said Daquan as Mark looked at his vest and noticed the bullet lodged in his vest before forcibly pulling it out.

"Yeah well plan's haven't changed." Mark shot back before looking at the cars before they started to park and the Skinheads started to jump out with their weapons drawn. "We meet them head on, Jimmy see if you can get to those Snipers, Davey Eddy get everyone back to the church." Mark ordered earning nods from the group before they dispersed while the Azteca members exchanged shots with the Thunderskins.

"I wasn't expecting this." Yelled Task as he fired several shots as a Skinhead who jumped behind his truck and fired off three shots of his own from an AK-47 Assault Rifle at the Lakota forcing him to duck for cover just as Felix fired off five shots that struck the man in his femur causing him to fall to the ground where he was met with a shot to the head.

"Mark, Lee, and Jimmy have been putting a hurt on the Skinheads for a while now. It was only a matter of time before they hit back." Felix stated before firing off three shots at a Skinhead armed with a Desert Eagle before watching him duck for cover behind his truck.

"So if this is their fight we are we getting involved?" asked Adahy with anger in his tone before blood splattered in his hair from an Azteca that was shot in the face by one of the Skinhead Snipers.

"That's why, these Cabron's are shooting indiscriminately and they more than likely see that we aren't BSU members." Shot Ernesto before he fired a barrage of rounds six rounds that struck a Skinhead armed with a M16A2 in the chest and shredded the center of his lungs.

"Hey Dumbasses we aren't BSU you fucking hicks." Yelled out Miguel with anger in his tone as he fired a barrage of rounds from his Mini Uzi over the side of his car.

"You fucking wetbacks can die too, especially for what you're doing to us white folks in New Arcadia. I lost a cousin in that bomb trick of yours." A Skinhead armed with a M4 Assault Rifle yelled out before firing a barrage of rounds at the Azteca's and striking one man in the chest before Neto hit him with two shots to the shoulder causing him to duck for cover behind a car.

"Come on!" Alison yelled out trying her hardest to direct the unarmed BSU members to the church while Buck, Davey, and Eddy provided covering fire.

"I hope this wasn't your plan." Said Lee as he looked to Ana and noticing the woman pulling Mark's MP7 Submachine Gun from her purse.

"I'm just as shocked as you are." She replied in her usual emotionless tone before firing off three shots that struck an overweight Skinhead armed with a Remington 870 Shotgun in the stomach and watching as he was pushed back before firing off a shot at her that she easily evaded.

"I think we're safe." Said Nathan before the loud blast of a Shotgun caught everyone by surprise as they noticed the enforcer for Ryan fall to the ground with a large hole in his from where the slug had hit him. The sight seemed to make Tasha and the other BSU members scream out in shock and sadness at their fallen member before rushing over to his body.

"Oh god!" said Alison as she looked at the downed man while Ana sent looks to Buck, Davey, and Eddy before yelling. "Cover the windows."

Her order was quickly followed as the trio moved to the window and started to shoot out them at any approaching Skinhead while Manfred and Link moved to the fallen Nathan.

"Why do we always get caught up in your shit." Yelled Tasha.

"Our shit, you're the fuckers that've been fighting with the skinheads for years." Link yelled back.

"Enough both of you, we won't survive long with everyone at each-others throat." She shot out trying to be the peacekeeper of the group but this only seemed to anger Tasha more as she eyed Alison before yelling out.

"Who the fuck are you thinking you can order us around." Her words confused the FIB Agent as she looked her in the eye and noticed the hate radiating off her. "You're just another one of Mark's no-named whores who's probably only with him because she's got daddy issues." She added.

"Hey!" Manfred yelled out with anger in her tone while Alison remained frozen in a state of shock at the woman's hurtful words.

The group was then interrupted by the loud sound of an explosion as one of the Skinheads pickup trucks was blown sky high courtesy of Mark who was moving to reload his Grenade Launcher before switching back to his Rifle and firing off six shots that struck a Skinhead in the groin before a shot to the head finally killed him.

"GIVE UM HELL!" Mark yelled out with anger in his tone as Marrick fired a barrage from his M240 Light Machine Gun and shoot-down three Thunderskins while Daquan hit another with six shots to his legs and arms before yelling. "That's right bitches Roman Family in this bitch and the murder rate goes through the roof."

His words seemed to be correct as Mark barrel rolled from cover and struck another Thunderskin with a swastika tattooed in the back of his head in the face and watched as the powerful 5.56 Round blew a hole through the back of his head that destroyed the Swastika.

A barrage of gunfire seemed to make Lee roll to cover while firing his Ithaca 37 but upon taking cover in a new location he was unhappy to see that now he was behind a blue Glendale that was being used by Felix, Miguel, and Ernesto as cover.

"Of all the places to land." He said with anger in his tone before turning his weapon on them just as Miguel and Felix turned their guns on him.

"Wrong place for you." Miguel shot out with anger in his tone before a barrage of bullets struck the top part of their car.

"We can kill each other after we take these Puto Blanco's out." Ernesto yelled out with anger in his tone while the trio continued to eye each other before turning their weapons on the attacking gangsters.

"Hey Felix you point that gun at me again and I'll you'll find it in a very uncomfortable place." Lee yelled out while blindly firing his Shotgun and striking and a Skinhead in the chest and leaving a hole in his chest that exposed his beating heart to the outside world.

"I'd like to see you try." Felix yelled out before striking another man several times in the chest with his Rifle before moving to reload.

As Mark reloaded his Assault Rifle and lifted his gaze he quickly caught the sight of Neto shooting down a bald overweight skinhead with six shots to his outward poking stomach and watching as a few of his organs started to fall from his stomach. The Roman then watched in awe as Neto drew his Machete and brought the blade down on the top of the man's head cleaving it in two at the nose before kicking him away and redirecting his fire on the other gangsters.

Then in a display of "Anything you can do I can do better" Mark rolled from cover to the surprise of Marrick, Daquan, and the others and watched as he moved to engage the Thunderskins in close combat.

"Idiot boy." Said Ana with a slight smile at seeing Mark trying to imitate the lethality of the gangster dubbed Santa Muerte. She then watched as Mark shouldered his CM901 and drew his two G18 Machine Pistols before jumping up while Neto continued to chop the head of the overweight Thunderskin just as a man armed with a M9A1 Pistol ran up on him.

As Neto turned his head and prepared to slice the man's hand off he was taken by surprise as Mark came crashing down on top of the man knee first crushing the man's ribs in the process while Mark fired off six shots from both guns into the man's body as he hit the ground before looking to Neto who eyed him angrily.

As more Thunderskins started to come their way the duo stopped their mad-dogging of each other and turned their attention to the Skinheads with Mark dual-wielding his two G18 and firing seven rounds from both weapons into the stomach of a Skinhead trying to aim his M4A1 Assault Rifle at him and then moving to shoot another man who was carrying an MP9 Submachine Gun while Neto tossed his Machete and caught the arm of one Skinhead before moving to redraw his Rifle only to be taken off-guard as a Thunderskin with a Shotgun ran at him only for Neto to duck to evade the shot before jumping back up and grabbing the barrel of the Shotgun in an attempt to wrestle the gun from the man's hands.

"You fuckers should be shot at the border." The gangster yelled before watching a smile spread across Neto's face.

"Got your nose." The former Zapatista yelled out with a sick smile before lunging forward and capturing the nose of the Skinhead in between his teeth causing him to let out a violent shriek that only got worse as Neto ripped the man's nose from his bare face causing him to let go of his Shotgun and pull back to grab his face while Neto spit the breathing tool on the ground with a smile.

"Don't worry where you're going you won't need it." He stated before firing the man's Shotgun into his groin causing him to let out an even louder scream of pain. "Or Conejos Gringo." He added before shooting him in the chest and giving out a loud war-cry just as Skinhead tried to grab him from behind causing him to drop down with the Shotgun pointed upward and fire a single shot that caught the man square in the face.

"Gringo Idiota." He said with a evil chuckle as Mark ran out of rounds from his G18's before tossing them to the ground and drawing his M1911 and firing three shots that caught one man in the chest, before turning to shot another once in the leg and then in the face, before turning and noticing a man with a Glock 19 moving to put the weapon to his head.

Unfortunately for him Mark was quicker and quickly shoved the barrel of his M1911 into the man's mouth catching him by surprise and causing him to freeze in fear as he looked into Mark's emotionless gaze.

"Please don't." he gurgled out before Mark pulled the trigger and caused Alison to take a deep breath. She'd seen Mark in combat many times, but she'd never seen him be this vicious before in battle.

"We got these fuckers." Yelled Adahy as she fired a barrage from his AK and struck one man six times in the chest before watching him crawl on his hands and knees into cover. While he continued to shoot Task sent a look to Lee and noticed the Chinese man pulling a Hand Grenade from his pants and moving for the pin.

As Lee turned to look at him he gave a half-smile at the Lakota before saying. "Thinning them out." Lee said before Task watched him toss the Grenade at one of the Glendale's four Azteca members including Cruz were using for cover.

"No!" Task yelled causing Cruz to turn his head and notice the Grenade on the ground beside him causing him to run just as the device went up in a violent fiery explosion that took the car with them and blew the Azteca members away in a violent explosion while Cruz fell on the ground with burn marks across his back.

"The fuck was that?" asked Ernesto as he turned to Task and Lee who were continuing to blindly fire.

"Guess they got Grenades." Said Lee as a few bullets whizzed over their heads while Task remained silent before nodding his head as he remained his new relationship with the Ana and her Assets like Mark and Lee.

The Chinese man then rolled to cover while Primo moved to Cruz and pulled him into cover just as Ernesto fired his Grenade Launcher and blew away five more Thunderskin Gangsters while Jimmy positioned himself around a headstone and looked through the scope of his MK14 and lined it up with the head of one of the Sniper before firing a single that struck the man in the head and blew his brains over the other two men catching them by surprise as Jimmy fired several more shots that struck another Sniper in the chest and caused him to fall off the hill while the last rushed to cover.

The man then pulled out his Walkie Talkie and yelled "Bring in the heavy hitters and burn these fuckers." Into the device just as three black vans started to speed in the direction of the cemetery before coming into a halt in front of the Sunbelt Roman Boyz.

"Dump on them white boys." Yelled a bald African American man wearing a white t-shirt and black jeans as he lifted his rifle along with the other gangsters just as the side door of the van opened and a long stream of flames came shooting out of the van and engulfed the gangsters in a sea of flames that none of them were prepared for.

"HOLY SHIT!" yelled Daquan as everyone turned their heads and noticed a bald Caucasian man with Nazi Tattoos jump from the side of the van carrying a Vietnam Era M9 Flamethrower with a wide smile on his face as he bathed the gangsters in liquid napalm.

"BURNED COON THAT SMELLS GOOD!" he yelled out while chuckling causing Daquan and Marrick to look at the man angrily before firing shot at him only for them to strike the bulletproof vest he was wearing and causing him to turn his flamethrower on them forcing them to retreat while two other men with Flamethrowers jumped from the other two vans.

"Fall back fall back now." Jimmy yelled out while also running for cover.

"Where the fuck did these assholes get Flamethrowers?" asked Felix.

"Dude Mark's got a Grenade Launcher, he's got a Grenade Launcher, they've got High-Powered Rifles, I'm pretty sure somebody here's got Grenades. You're really complaining about a Flamethrower; those things are more legal here then a damn Grenade Launcher." Lee shot out with anger in his tone as the other two men with Flamethrowers turned their attention to the Azteca's and fired a stream of flames at one vehicle and engulfing three gangsters in the flames while Ernesto, Task, Felix, Adahy, and Miguel ran while Primo pulled Cruz away from the flames.

"Last Grenade." Said Mark as he launched another Grenade Launcher at one man with a Flamethrower and causing blowing him away while the canisters on his back ignited and engulfed his body in flames.

After Mark killed the first man Neto turned his attention to the second and quickly rolled to cover as he fired a stream of flames at him that was so close to hitting the Mexican Gangster that he could feel the heat from the flames burning the hairs on his arms.

"YOU WANT TO GET HOT WITH ME ASSHOLE!" Neto yelled before running for a headstone and jumping over it before turning and firing his entire magazine for his M9A1 Beretta at the man and managing to strike him once in the throat causing him to let go of his Flamethrower and grab his neck just as Neto ran from cover with his Machete drawn.

"Mark!" yelled Jimmy causing him to turn his attention to the redheaded man who pointed to the church where the duo noticed final Flamethrower wielding Thunderskin approaching the church and launching flames in its direction.

"He's gonna roast them." Said Jimmy as he, Mark, and Lee watched in terror as the man set the side of the church on fire before moving for the roof causing Alison and the other to look on in fear as they watched the roof of the church start to burn.

"These assholes would really burn down a church?" asked Davey.

"Looks like it." Link replied.

"MARCUS!" Came the voice of Alison but to her surprise she wasn't the only one screaming for the young Creole. She could make out the voice of Ana calling out to him not out of fear but out of desperation. The most shocking voice she could hear though seemed to belong to Mark's ex-Tasha.

Their voices didn't go on deaf ears though they were heard loud and clear by Mark, Lee, and Jimmy who each gave low growls before rushing at the man with the flamethrower with Jimmy firing three shots at the man and striking him in the right leg causing him to fall to one knee.

"Fucking assholes." He yelled before turning to point his flamethrower at Mark and Lee.

"The fuck is with this guy?" Lee asked while looking to Mark just as the man fired a stream of fire that caused Lee to barrel roll to his right while Mark ran to his right.

"Whoa that's hot." Said Lee as he felt the heat of the flamethrower as he rolled to cover behind a headstone while Mark ran to another before tossing off his jacket that and tossing it over in between the duo to get the man to turn his Flamethrower away from them while Jimmy kicked open the back door of the truck and watched as the BSU members rushed out the front door.

"Where's Mark?" asked Alison as she and the others turned their heads to Mark and Lee who were still taking cover behind their headstones.

The duo then responded by firing a barrage of rounds at the man causing him to move back before firing off another stream aimed at Lee forcing him to jump for cover and land on his stomach.

"Fight fire with fire." Lee yelled out before pulling the pin on a Grenade and tossing it in the direction of the Thunderskin causing him to run to the side as the explosive hit the ground and went off.

"You-." Started the Thunderskin member before he was cut off by a Shotgun blast that struck him in the back and forced him forward where Mark and Lee noticed Kerosene leaking from the tank on the man's back.

"I'm always bailing you out." Said Kyra as she pulled back the slide on her RSASS Sniper Rifle while Mark prepared to end him with a headshot but before he could fire off his shot he was beaten to the punch by Neto who tossed a lighter at the man and caused the Kerosene to ignite and flames to engulf the man.

"Stole your kill." Said Miguel with a slight chuckle as Mark went to stare at Neto while Lee and Jimmy moved to keep Alison from approaching the Creole.

"Well that was a good warmup." Said Neto as he eyed Mark with a sick smile before watching the youngest Roman give a slight smile of his own while moving his hands behind his back.

"I know right." he said before he and Neto lifted his gun and went to shoot Mark only to find that he was out of ammo while Mark gave a slight smile before tossing a baggie with a white powder into the face of Neto taking him by surprise as he coughed on the substance.

"Is this baby powder?" he asked with venom in his tone at the familiar scent of the powdery substance.

"No, a distraction." Mark shout out before charging Neto and throwing three punches to the side of the man's head that Neto responded with by swinging his arm at Mark's head only to hit nothing but air as Mark ducked under his arm and responded with an elbow strike to Neto's chest that pushed the Mexican man backwards.

"Kick his ass Mark." Lee yelled out as Mark grabbed Neto by the side of his head and forced him down onto his back where he immediately climbed on top of him and started to pound into his face causing Felix, Miguel, and Primo to move to jump in only to be stopped by Ernesto.

"He's got this remember." Ernesto said while pointing to his nose causing the others to nod their heads. The group knew that no matter how many blows Mark threw at Neto he wasn't going to be feeling much pain because of the meth in his system.

This seemed to be true because as Mark threw punch after punch to the face of Neto he continued to notice the man smiling through the blood that was dripping from his nose. "FUCK YOU!" Mark yelled out preparing to throw another blow to the face of Neto that was meant to cave the man's skull in but before he could bring his fist down Neto shot up and slammed his forehead into the nose of Mark taking him by surprise and knocking the Creole off him.

"I let you get in that first ten shots and that was that was the best you could do." Said Neto as he slowly rose to his feet with the same smile on his face before spitting out a mouthful of blood, licking his lips, and smiling at Mark who was struggling to fix his hands. This display seemed to shock Alison, Buck, Davey, Eddy, Manfred, and the New Austin BSU members as they watched Neto almost like he was some kind of monster or something from all of their worst nightmares the way he shrugged off the blows from Mark, a man who all of them saw knock people out in one punch.

The Zapatista then charged at Mark who put his arms forward to protect his face as Neto threw three punches that Mark was able to block but still winced out at as the force of Neto's punches bruised his arms. As he went for another punch, Mark sidestepped him and went to throw a knee strike at Neto's gut but this didn't faze the man who swung his arm backwards and caught Mark in the side of the face.

Neto then responded by throwing another punch at Mark's lip bloodying it and causing him to take steps backwards and leaving him open for four more strikes to the face that Mark could only respond by head-butting Neto in the nose and mouth repeatedly. Further injurying himself and causing blood to spew not only from Neto's skull but his own.

Many of the BSU members have never seen Mark head-butts before but Lee and the others knew that whenever Mark started head-butting in a fight he was getting desperate and probably was running on fumes. The gunfight with the Skinheads had taken up a lot of his energy and he wasn't a doctor but he figured the Sniper bullet he took in the chest earlier must have hit bruised his lung because it was getting somewhat harder for him to breath. To add to it something didn't feel right every time he throw a punch or even a headbutt to the skull of Neto. It was almost like he was hitting a concrete wall.

As Mark went to throw another blow to the head of Neto he was taken off-guard as Neto launched his head forward and head-butt Mark in the nose forcing him backwards before being taken off his feet as Neto kicked him in the knee and brought him down to one knee.

"What's wrong Marcus you can do better than that?" Neto asked with a sick smile before grabbing Mark by the top of his head and beginning to punch him repeatedly in the stomach. "WHERE'S ALL THAT BIG TALK AND STRENGTH YOU USED BEFORE?" Neto asked before punching Mark in the gut with enough strength to have the Creole spit blood.

"STOP IT!" Alison screamed while Buck sent looks to Manfred, Link, Lee, and Jimmy who stood frozen in place.

"We gotta do something." He yelled before sending looks to Miguel, Felix, and Adahy who seemed to be smiling at the display with their guns trained on Lee and the others.

"YOUR WEAK!" Neto yelled out before kicking Mark in the stomach and sending him rolling away until he landed close to the others where Alison immediately ran to Mark's side.

"Stay down." She pleaded as the Roman desperately tried to rise to his feet. The display seemed somewhat gut-wrenching to the New Austin BSU members to see their strongest member down and out.

"You carry yourself like you're better than everyone else because you've faced the odds, but you're not Mark…YOU'RE HUMAN AND YOU'RE WEAK just like everyone else here." He yelled out while panting as sweat dripped from as Mark struggled to stand. "I promised Cheetah at his funeral I'd make you pay and today I do that, because now you know whose better out of the both of us." Neto called with a wide smile while Mark raised himself up to one knee.

"And it isn't you." Came a voice that got everyone's attention as they noticed Ana step out of the crowd of BSU members and take a stand beside the fallen Marcus.

"You must be Ana it's good to finally meet you in person." Stated Neto while breathing heavily causing Ana to let out a half-smile.

"I heard you've been looking into me. I think you would know that doing that is a dangerous task and I'm surprised Marco and Devlin allowed you to escape." Ana retorted.

"It wasn't too easy, but I must say beating your best was." He replied with a sick smile.

"Did you?" Ana asked while looking the man over with a sick smile. "There's a reason why I call Mark my best and it's not because of his skills, but his ability to use his head to beat his enemy…just like he did you right now." She added earning a sick smile from Neto.

"Really because I'm standing tall and he's down on the ground." He pointed out with a sick smile.

"How fast is your heart beating right now Neto?" Ana asked to the confusion of Neto and many others as they turned to face Neto who had a confused look on his face before realizing that his heart was beating at a rather fast rate almost to the point where he could hear it. "That wasn't baby powder Mark threw at you Santa Muerte it was another bag of Amphetamine that was mixed with baby powder to hide the smell as well as a few pills. I think you know what Mark was trying to do." She stated causing Neto's eyes to widen.

"Trying to get me to OD." He said through violent panting.

"And it looks like it's working." Ana said with a sick smile as Neto grabbed his chest and realized that his heart was beating almost a mile a minute and to add to it he was showing a lot of signs of an overdose. His body temperature was so high he was visibly sweating, he was breathing heavily, his energy and stamina was result in his body to somewhat shake, and his pulse was also rather high.

"Damn!" said Neto as he eyed Mark angrily and noticed the Creole slowly rising to his feet.

"There was a reason I let you beat me so easily it was mostly meant to get the drugs pumping in your system faster and speed up the process." He let out with an evil chuckle while spitting blood on the ground. "If you also haven't noticed your numbers aren't as high now from when you came here and it's because the Thunderskins weren't the only guys shooting at your own." he added causing Neto to and the others to look around and notice that the only ones left standing were himself, Ernesto, Miguel, Cruz, Felix, Task, Adahy, Primo, and three other Azteca members.

"This fight is over." Said Mark. "You can either keep fighting Neto and risk your heart stopping or you can go home and live to see another day." Mark stated before noticing Neto give a slight smile through his pain.

"You-." He started looking to Ana. "You think you and him are so smart don't you, you think just because you've got the IAA in your corner that you're untouchable but let me tell you all something…NONE OF YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE!" Neto yelled out before charging at Mark who pushed Alison aside and prepared to be hit by Neto but instead he was taken by surprise as Ana jumped before him and responded with a swift punch that caught Neto in the jaw and caused him to take a few steps back.

"I can take him." Mark said while looking to Ana who moved to stand before him.

"I'd rather end this right now, then wait another hour and a half of you two beating on each other." She replied while looking to Neto who eyed her angrily.

"What's the matter Mark why you hiding behind some Cuca?" Neto asked with venom in his tone while eyeing Ana angrily.

"Because whatever I want I get, and now you're fighting me." Ana shot back earning a slight nod from Neto who cracked his knuckles.

"Are we really gonna let him fight Ana?" Buck asked while looking to Mark and Lee.

"Trust me little brother, Ana's got this so much that this is almost a one-sided fight." Mark shot out just as Neto charged Ana who stood in place as the Mexican man threw a two punches that she easily sidestepped before responding by pushing Neto away from her.

"Come on and fight me." Neto yelled before swinging his arm at Ana who quickly ducked under it before responding with four quick punches to Neto's midsection and another to the center of his chest before kicking him away.

"If you say so." Ana responded before running at Neto and moving to throw a punch at the man's head that Neto easily moved to avoid before moving to throw four more punches that Ana easily parried with her hand before grabbing his right arm and spinning under it before following up with a backwards spinning heel kick that Neto managed to quickly step back to avoid.

As Ana went to throw three more punches at the former Zapatista's head Neto stepped backwards to avoid the first two before grabbing her arm as she threw the last and moving to toss her aside but to his surprise, along with everyone who's never seen the IAA Agent in combat, Ana performed a jumping Cartwheel and landing in crouched position on Neto's far side.

"Damn she's fast." Said Primo as Alison watched in awe along with the others as Ana performed another spin kick that this time hit Neto in the hand before quickly rolling towards him and jumping up to throw several blows at Neto but only managing to hit him three times before going for an overhead chop that Neto managed to prevent from hitting him by grabbing the woman's arm as it came down.

Neto then used his strength and threw a punch with his left into the face of Ana somewhat knocking her back before spinning her around and going for another punch that connected with the side of her face and an elbow strike to the center of her nose that caused her take a few steps back before flipping backwards and landing on her hands and then on her feet as Neto went to kick her in the gut.

"Not so pretty now are you?" Neto asked while continuing to breath heavily as his heart beat continued to speed up. As he looked at Ana he noticed the woman wipe a away a small trickle of the blood that stained her face from her bleeding mouth and nose. Everyone then watched with mixed looks as Ana then spit out a small amount of blood before smiling at the former Cartel Hitman.

His strike did hurt her, but it was nothing she wasn't used to taking. She mostly wanted to keep Neto fighting she could tell just by looking at him the effects of the drugs in his system were starting to take effect and that he was beginning to lose coordination and all she had to do was keep pushing him until he finally passed out. To add to that she was able to figure out that Neto must have either had some kinda plate in his head or was just a natural born hard-headed person because each punch she threw at his skull left her feeling a pain in her knuckles.

With that in mind, Ana made the first move and quickly charged at Neto who used his arms to block the strikes from her fist. The former Cartel Sicario then responded by head-butting the woman in the mouth with enough force to force more blood to spew from her nose and stain her dress before grabbing Ana's arm and forcing her into sleeper hold.

"I bet your pussy must be made of poison the way you have Mark on a leash." He whispered into her ear causing Ana to give a low growl before biting into Neto's arm with enough force to draw blood before breaking from his grasp.

The IAA Agent then from her grounded position struck Neto in his left knee with her elbow with all of her might catching the man by surprise and leaving him somewhat struggling to stand. Then in a move that stunned some she reached out with both her hands and jammed her thumbs into both eyes of Neto almost to the point where blood was leaking out.

In his blinded and disoriented state Neto pulled away from Ana and with his left hand covering his sore eyes he threw punch with his right that Ana easily caught with her left before spinning it around and overextending it outward and leaving Neto pinned to the ground.

"This mock war between you and Mark ends now." Ana yelled out before lifting her left arm to the heavens to the shock of everyone who was watching the display.

KA-KRAK

The sound seemed to radiate across the cemetery followed by a violent scream of pain as Ana brought her elbow down on Neto's overextended arm at the elbow with enough force to dislocate it and leave the Zapatista on the ground clutching his injured arm.

"Shit!" said Felix as he went to raise his Rifle at Ana only to be stopped by a gunshot striking his Rifle and blowing a hole clean through it.

"Be damned if I let you do that." Mark said while clutching his M1911 Pistol and eyeing the man of Quechan descent angrily.

"If I were you I'd keep your guns down." Said Lee as he drew his Shotgun along with Mark, Jimmy, Kyra, Buck, Davey, and Eddy just as Ana looked down at Neto with a half-smile.

"FUCK YOU-!" Neto yelled out before slowly rising to his feet and drawing his Machete with his one good hand prompting a smile from Ana who noticed Mark move to draw his Bowie Knife and intervene.

"No Marcus…I got this." Ana said before reaching into the back of her dress and pulling out a expandable Baton that she quickly spinned around herself before getting into a fighting stance.

"Oh shit this fights over." Said Link as he looked to Mark who kept a hurt look on his face as he remembered the close quarters weapon of choice for the woman.

As the duo went to charge each other Neto took a big swing with his Machete that Ana stepped back to avoid before swinging her Baton and catching the man in his already dislocated arm causing him to scream out in pain that was then magnified as Ana swung her Baton with incredible speed and caught him in the chest, stomach, side, and forehead before spinning behind him and kicking him in the back and causing him to stumble forward.

"Had enough?" Ana asked with her signature smirk while Neto gave a low growl before swinging his Machete backwards and forcing Ana to step back. She was too slow in her retreat though and Neto did manage to get a small slice across her chest that cut through the top of her black button up dress shirt leaving a large hole in her dress that exposed parts of her black lace bra and the scar just over her bust.

This action only seemed to make Ana smile in delight as she realized the fight that Neto still possessed in him. She made a promise to her fellow IAA Agents that she would keep Mark from killing Neto and herself from intervening but with everything he's done she felt a beating was worth it.

The group then watched in utter awe as Ana charged Neto and struck him once in the stomach, followed by his injured arm, then catching him two more times in the back before spinning behind him with Neto moving to follow her but as he turned his gaze he was only met with the Baton slamming him in the side of the head with enough force to create a cut.

"It's over." Said Mark, Lee, Link, and Jimmy at the same time as they watched spin around and lift her leg to perform another spinning heel kick that hit Neto in the side of the man and sent him spinning with blood flying from his mouth. Everything from that point then went inaudible for Neto as he hit the ground stomach first and lied their still while Ana stood over him smiling.

"KO!" Lee yelled with a chuckle while Alison and all the BSU members stood in shock at what they just witnessed as Ana swung her Baton to side to swipe off some of Neto's blood before turning to Ernesto.

"Mr. Ocelotl." She said to the surprise of Ernesto. "This is your last chance to take your men and leave here." She added.

"What makes you think I'd just do that?" he asked.

"Think about your daughter Carmen and your other kids." She replied to the man's shock and anger. "They've already buried one of your sons, do you think they can handle burying you and another?" Ana asked causing Ernesto to go silent for a few seconds before finally speaking out.

"Let's go." He said to the shock of Miguel and Primo.

"But Papa we can-." Started Miguel before Ernesto cut him off.

"No Mijo, we've lost today and we need to retreat while they're letting us." Ernesto stated before looking to Mark and the others. "Don't think this fight is over though." He replied.

"I'm hoping it ain't." Mark shot back while Ernesto moved to approach Neto and threw the man over his shoulder while Primo and Miguel helped Cruz. In the last second though Felix turned to look back at Mark, Lee, and the others and quickly noticed them eyeing him angrily before shaking their heads at him as Adahy pulled him away from him.

The Creek Warrior gave them the stink eye in the process before stepping past Task who looked back to Mark and the others and watched as they gave him a slight nod that he slowly returned before following the Azteca members and hopping into their remaining vehicles while Mark turned to Daquan and Marrick and ordered them to get back on the road to New Arcadia to lay low.

As Mark watched them leave the group could quickly make out the sounds of police sirens in the background so they quickly hopped in their own vehicles and drove away from the cemetery with Mark, Lee, and Jimmy falling asleep in the backseat of Ana's car in the process.

New Arcadia

The drive to the Voodoo Club wasn't long for Courtney as she parked her car in the parking lot and went to step out only to be taken by surprise as an African American man forced her back into her car and quickly got behind the steering wheel.

"What the fuck?" she yelled before moving to grab her gun only to be knocked over the head by the man.

"Dumb bitch I told you, that you were gonna give me some." He said before turning the woman over on her stomach before forcibly pulling off her pants while forcing a towel in her mouth.

Courtney's screams were muffled but she continued to kick and scream out at the man as she felt him slap her on the butt while the sound of his pants being undone filled the air. The feeling of him forcibly entering her then seemed to cause her to let out a loud yelp that was quickly muffled as the man turned up to the radio to the station Techno Radio where the song Sandstorm by Darude filled the tiny car.

Sunbelt City (A Few Hours Later)

It had been a few hours since the failed attack on the cemetery and Felix found himself sitting with Task and Adahy outside the home of Ernesto in Sunbelt sitting in silence trying to go over the events of their failed attempt on the lives of Mark and the others.

Ernesto and Miguel did know a few doctors they could have called to probably take care of Neto and Cruz but before they could get back to Gulfton Heights Neto started to seize. The sight of him seizing seemed to send Felix and the others in a panic but Ernesto.

He had seen a number of guys in the pen OD on drugs and helped a lot of them through having seizures so what Neto was experiencing was something he was somewhat used to. He never told Miguel or any of the others, but while he was locked down he once had a friend that was a fiend and there were numerous days where he had to save the man's life from an OD whether it was turning him on his side so he didn't choke on his own vomit or keeping him from biting his own tongue during the seizure.

Ultimately though his Carnale secame to his desires and finally overdosed in the shower room while he was on lockdown. He hated to admit it, but if there was one thing that seemed the closest to bringing Onda down it was drugas. Many of their famous leaders and even their founders died from drugs and it seemed to be the thing that would cause the deaths of many of them.

"I don't get it we had that Mayate what went wrong?" asked Miguel with anger in his tone.

"Did you miss the entire shootout with the Skinheads?" replied Adahy with a question of his own.

"Mark and Ana played us into a trap." Stated Felix earning the attention of everyone in the room. "I've been around the both of them long enough to know one of their plans when I see it." He added.

"I doubt Mark made a plan with those Skinheads to take us down." Retorted Primo.

"I'm not saying he made a deal with them to get them to attack the funeral, but maybe he gave them a hint of where to be in anticipation for us." He replied to their confusions. "I've only known Ana since I came to Louisiana with Mark, but one thing I've noticed about her is that she's the master in this game. She controls everything and I think she controlled this." He finished.

"So you're saying risked bringing the wrath of the Skinheads down on himself and BSU just to get an extra hand in taking us down?" asked Ernesto.

"Mark is a tactician not just a soldier, but Ana is ruthless. Ruthless enough to sacrifice her own potential forces just for a win." Felix stated to everyone's surprise.

Before the group could think more on the matter though they were interrupted as Felix's cellphone started to ring prompting him to answer it and after a short conversation rise to his feet. "Where you going?" he asked while eyeing the former BSU member.

"My mother's house, she wants to see me." He replied earning a slight nod from Ernesto before he spoke up.

"Alright, but before careful out there." He said before watching the man make his way to his car.

Elsewhere

Instead of going back to the BSU Clubhouse the New Arcadia Gangsters, Ana, and Alison had decided to relocate to a low-rise hotel in Downtown Sunbelt where they could lay low and lick their wounds

The most wounded being Marcus, who was now lying face down on a bed in his room of the hotel with bandages wrapped around his bruised knuckles and torso that seemed to take the biggest brunt of Neto's Assault.

As Alison sat beside the snoozing Roman she couldn't help but think about the man he was fighting and how she'd never seen anything like him. He was brutal, vicious, and gave off this vibe of being a cold and ruthless killer. She saw now why Mark was so embedded in this war with him. He was the man who killed Miller and Viktor, someone that ruthless killed them and put them through days of excruciating torture. If she were in his shoes she'd probably do the same.

"You might as well get comfortable." Came the familiar voice of Ana as she walked into the bedroom wearing a black wife beater and black leather pants with a blood-soaked towel to her mouth that wiped away the blood from her nose and lip. "The medicine I gave him is gonna have him sleeping like a rock for the next few hours." Ana replied while moving to run her hands through the curly black hair of the youngest Roman while Alison continued to watch her.

Today was the first time she'd ever seen Ana in any real combat that didn't involve a gun and she was still awestruck by the woman. The way she fought, the way she moved, and the way she projected herself was imposing. She was amazing and through the years she thought she was fragile the way Mark always jumped up to protect her, but she wasn't it was almost like she was protecting him.

"Rangers." Ana said to Alison's confusion as she looked at the woman closely. "Before joining the IAA I was an Army Ranger, I trained with the Navy Seals, and I worked for the Intelligence Activity Sector before finally working for the IAA." She finished before looking up at Alison with a half-smile.

"On top of that my father was trained in Martial Arts and taught me at an early age." She added while Alison eyed her closely.

"If you can fight that good why is Mark so overly protective of you?" the FIB Agent asked.

"When it comes down to me and Devlin, I'm always the one risking my life more so then him." She replied to Alison's confusion. "I was a field agent while he was a desk jockey mostly because of his inherited wealth. So naturally I was always the one fighting and being a shield to him without him returning the favor. Marcus is my shield, I never asked him to be but I didn't have to." She finished while continuing to rub the head of the youngest Roman.

"He's gonna be pissed to see those scars up close." Alison pointed out while looking to the woman's scarred chest and blood spots on her lips.

"He will, but I like the end results of them." She replied to Alison's confusion. "When Mark see's that you've been bruise or hurt he makes it feel better." She replied while running her hands over the scar that was just over her breast. "He kisses, massages, and caresses wherever he sees you're hurt. I figure he'll do the same to your bruises if he see's them." She replied while Alison slightly blushed and she remembered the few bruises on her lower back that she received from the force of the blast that knocked her back.

Before the duo could talk more on the matter though they were interrupted as Lee, Link, Jimmy, Davey, Eddy, Manfred, and Buck walked into the room to eye their leader before speaking to the two women.

"He gonna be okay?" Lee asked while looking to Ana.

"Yeah he'll be fine." She replied while Alison looked over the group before speaking.

"Where are all of you going?" the FIB Agent asked with a raised brow.

"We need to go see some people." The Chinese man replied earning a low chuckle from Ana who knew full well what the group was going to do.

"Be careful." Alison shot back earning a smile from Lee who reached out to touch her arm before retorting. "We'll be fine, just focus on him." Lee replied before giving the woman a quick kiss on the forehead to lessen her worry. The Chinese man then went to give Ana a quick kiss on the side of her head and to Alison's surprise she was met with a similar kiss on the forehead from Link who then moved to kiss Ana on the side of the head.

"Remember what we talked about." Ana pointed out earning nods from Lee and Link who lead the group out of the room without noticing Buck hanging back so he could give Alison a quick hug.

"Thanks for being there for me earlier." He whispered under his breath earning a slight smile from Alison who returned his hug before kissing him on the forehead.

"Just be careful out there." She replied earning a nod from Buck who turned to Ana who gave him an emotionless look before extending her hand for him to kiss her knuckles.

"What was that about, normally Lee or Link never kiss me?" she asked while turning to Ana.

"They see that you're shaken about everything you saw today. So they kiss you to make you feel a little better and to let them know they're alright. It's also something they do when they're gonna do something really dangerous that they might not come back from. So it's like a small pact that says they'll come back, I doubt they're doing anything to dangerous though or else they would have all lined up to kiss you." She stated earning a slight nod from Alison before the sound of the door slamming open caused her and Ana to lift their heads before rushing out of the room.

Upon entering the small dining area of the hotel the group was taken off-guard as they noticed Tasha standing in the room with Ryan, Duncan, and Falco eyeing the New Arcadia gangsters angrily.

"What's going on?" asked Ana.

"We got assholes in the house, no biggie." Lee shot back with anger in his tone.

"You sons of bitches, because of you twelve of our brothers are dead including Nathan, Donnie, and Terrell." Shot Duncan with anger in his tone as he eyed the group angrily.

"Well I guess he wasn't from the hood." Replied Buck with a slight chuckle. "You know Mark always did say it's easy to tell when a black person isn't from the hood, just put them in a shootout." He added before he was slapped across the face by Tasha who eyed him angrily and caused Alison to come to the teens side.

"None of you get to joke about this." She said with anger in her tone. "Because of you Miller and Viktor's funeral was ruined and we'll be burying more." She added.

"The Skinheads killed them not the Azteca's and that's you're problem not ours. You just like to make it our problems." Link shot back with little emotion in his tone.

"We had a vote." Said Ryan earning the attention of the group. "And we decided none of you are fit to be called BSU." He stated earning loud laughs from the group.

"None of you assholes are fit to be called BSU pretty boy. You weren't even initiated into them you just joined their friendship page on Life-Invader." Jimmy shot back with anger in his tone.

"And where the fuck is Marcus's ass, he needs to get out here and face the shit he's done." Tasha yelled before looking to Ana.

"He's resting." She replied with her usual smirk finding the woman's minor rage fest to be amusing.

"You don't speak to me, because I know exactly what you and that redheaded woman are. You're nothing but whore's who think Mark cares about you but at the end of the day he'll drop you." Tasha yelled out with anger in her tone.

"STOP!" came a familiar yell that caused everyone to turn their heads and notice Alison who held a look of anger on her face. "I think it's time all of you left now." She yelled while looking to the New Austin BSU members.

"Please like I'm really gonna listen to one of Mark's side whores." Tasha yelled causing a shocked angry look to spread across the face of the FIB Agent who stepped to her.

"No you don't get to call me a whore." She started before looking to Ana. "You don't get to call her a whore or look down on Mark for any relationship he had." She added with anger in her tone. "My name is Alison Trueblood and I work for the Federal Investigations Bureau. I make my own money, I have my own house, and I solve my own problems which is a lot more than I can say for you.

"When Mark was with you he was stuck with you and wasn't interested in any other woman, but you. Then you cheated on him and destroyed him." She continued before looking back to Ana, Lee, and the others. "They took care of him and glued him back together and I make no apologies for fixing what you broke." She finished before turning to the Ryan, Duncan, and Falco.

"And all of you have a lot of nerve coming here starting your crap." She yelled out with more rage in her voice. "Whenever you have a problem you're quick to call them to solve your problems. Just look at all of you, I grew up in Waston and I remember seeing the BSU guys there and none of you fit their profiles." She added with anger in her tone.

"You're all a bunch of wannabe gangsters and when things get to real you go out and get real gangsters to solve your problems, but no more." Alison stated to their confusion. "You might as well lose their numbers because whenever any of you have a problem that needs solving you can solve it yourselves." She finished.

"Bitch you must be-." Tasha started stepping to Alison and moving to put his hand in her face but in a move that shocked everyone there Alison lashed out and threw a hard left hook that hit Tasha square in the center in the mouth and knocked the BSU female to the floor.

"Holy shit." Said Lee with shock as he and Link looked in utter awe at the woman before them just as Falco and Ryan went to step to her only to be stopped in his tracks by the sound of a gun cocking that caused him to lift his head and notice Lee pointing his Pistol at him. "You might want to take a few steps back from that one or I'm gonna put two bullets in your head like a bowling ball." He added causing Falco to step back while the New Austin BSU members noticed their New Arcadia counterparts moving to stand around Alison in a manner that reminded her of mobsters protecting their boss.

"Let's go!" said Ryan with anger in his tone as he eyed the New Arcadia group before walking out of the hotel room with Tasha and the others in tow while Lee gave a slight chuckle before looking back at Alison who was standing in silence with the same angry look in her eyes that reminded him of the groups fearless leader.

"Holy shit, we're bad influences." He said while continuing to eye Alison who stood still in silence.

Meanwhile

Things were starting to return to Neto who was slowly starting to open his eyes and notice that he was lying in Miguel's bedroom at their home in Gulfton Heights. As Neto started to look around the room though, he noticed something that was out of place standing before him. Not so much as something though, but instead someone.

He was expecting the first thing he saw upon awaking was a Azteca of Mexican, Salvadoran, or even Native descent but instead standing before him was a familiar Tri-Racial Afro-Dominican man with a rugged face short black hair, dark brown skin, black eyes, and wearing a black wife beater that exposed his tattoo covered arms.

As Neto went to move from his seated position he was quickly stopped as Marco slammed him back down on the bed before putting his Machete to the man's throat.

"Make a sound and they'll only find your corpse." He replied with anger in his tone before watching Neto eye him angrily before closing his mouth. "Good boy." He said before eyeing the man closely.

"How do you like that black eye?" Neto asked while eyeing Marco's darkened eye, but instead of giving a smart remark Marco only responded by pulling out a cellphone and showing it to Neto.

"Mr. Devlin doesn't give a shit if you wage a war with Marcus but should you or anyone you're close to set your sights on Ana again…there will be extreme consequences." Marco points out before flipping through the phone to show an image of a man of Iroquois and Caucasian descent, followed by a Russian man, five members of the Rancho Azteca's.

"You're called Santa Muerte because you bring death to those that step before you, but you won't be a real Santa Muerte until you see everyone around you dies because of you." Marco finished before putting his phone back in his pants and then moving for the window.

"You IAA Agents think you're untouchable because of your job but you can be hurt as well." Neto said earning a slight chuckle from Marco.

"Everyone can be hurt, but trust me it's a lot worse to see everyone you love die before your eyes." Marco replied before opening up the window.

"I don't love anyone." Neto shot out.

"That's what we all say, until they're all dead." He replied before hopping out the window while Neto gave a low growl of anger.

Elsewhere

The sun had finally set on this somewhat long day in Sunbelt and Felix found himself speeding through Southwest Sunbelt on his way back home. After a few minutes of driving he finally pulled up to his mother's home and found that the lights were on inside.

It'd been a while since he'd last seen his home and his mother. The last time he came here wasn't so good, being that he shot a Southwest Vago member and he had to leave the area and not even speak to his mother. He was hoping t change it today.

As Felix stepped out of his car and went to make his way to the front door though he shocked to see it open and a familiar Chinese man step out with a smile on his face.

"Welcome home traitor." Lee greeted causing a serious look to spread across Felix's face as he eyed the Chinese man angrily.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Felix asked with a growl.

"Greeting you." Lee replied with a sick smile before Felix was taken off-guard by something slamming a blunt object over the back of his head causing him to fall to the ground with a thud and as he looked up he quickly noticed Jimmy standing over him with a crowbar in his hand.

"Time for a nap." Said Jimmy as he slammed the crowbar over his head again successfully knocking the man of Quechan man out cold.

After a few minutes of being knocked unconscious things finally returned to Felix as a bucket of cold water was splashed on him that forced him to open his eyes and notice that he was in a dark room that was only lit by one candle and that he was tied up by his hands from the ceiling.

"Wake up buttercup." Said Lee as he threw the bucket to the floor while Felix noticed Jimmy, Buck, Manfred, Davey, and Eddy standing around him.

"Fucking assholes, what did you do to my mom?" Felix asked with anger in his voice.

"If your dumbass would have checked up on her you'd know she works late nights and has been these last few months." Lee shot back while movie to grab Felix by his chin and forced him to look him in the eyes.

"Yes we do know your mom's work schedule though." He said causing Felix to give a low growl.

"You'd really bring harm to the woman who's table you sat and ate dinner from when you had nowhere else to go?" he asked with anger in his voice.

"We don't want to, none of us want to, but you've been taking us down that road." Lee replied with anger in his voice. "You want to be an enemy we'll treat you like an enemy and you know how that goes." He added before letting Felix go.

"So what is this where you torture me before killing me?" he asked.

"Nobody here wants to see you dead brother." Said Manfred as Felix eyed him angrily before losing the hatred in his eyes.

"We're here to let you know that not only are you out, but that we are able to get to your mother and if you tell your new buddies anything more about us you'll definitely regret it." Jimmy retorted with anger in his tone.

"What happened today at Miller and Viktor's funeral was unacceptable. You were their friend and you led a group of assholes here to spit on that." Link added with anger that caused Felix to match his own anger.

"Please don't talk to me like I don't know how those Skinheads knew where to find the funeral. You put BSU at risk just so you could have an opportunity to kill the Azteca's." Felix shot back earning a low chuckle Lee.

"Do you know what they call those that do whatever it takes to win…the Victors." Lee replied with anger in his tone before forcibly ripping off Felix's shirt and revealing the tattoos he had on his body including the familiar phrase "There's Nobody Praying For Me" tattooed across his back with the letters TNPFM across his chest and on his arms.

"That's our property brother, not BSU's, ours." Lee said before looking to Jimmy who picked up a welding torch and quickly lit it while Davey and Eddy poured a bottle of liquor down the back of Felix. "And we want it back." Lee said before watching Jimmy eye Felix who looked at him angrily.

"I thought we gave the option of fire or knife?" the man of Quechan descent replied earning a chuckle from Lee.

"That's only for brothers, feel lucky Manfred and Buck pleaded for you though because I wanted to take a cheese-grader and scrape that shit off." Lee replied before taking the bottle of liquor from Davey and pouring it over the mouth of Felix forcing him to drink it.

"How's Mark by the way?" Felix asked with a sick smile while Lee gave a smile of his own.

"He's fine, how's Neto?" he asked.

"Breathing." Felix replied before watching Jimmy move stand behind his back him while Lee turned the radio on and the song Burn by Papa Roach started to fill the small room. The song seemed to fit the scenario for the BSU members as they eyed Felix. The song was about betrayal and getting revenge by means of fire.

As the song started to pick up and the chorus started Felix felt an intense pain shoot through his body as Jimmy pressed the flames of the wielding torch against his back and start to severely burn his skin that seemed to turn a dark black color after Jimmy ran the flames over him.

Felix's screams seemed to somewhat block out the music so Lee turned the radio all the way up but his screams seemed to exceed the music. The sight was almost frightening to Manfred, Buck, Davey, and Eddy as they watched their long-time friend be put through levels of pain they never felt possible.

The sound of his screams, the burned hair smell of his skin, and the fact that he was actually pissing himself from the pain was haunting them and Buck seemed to be the first to cave. As he moved to look away from the sight though he was stopped by Lee who forced his gaze back to Felix.

"Watch!" he said causing Buck to suck up his pride and disgust before turning back to look as Jimmy finished burning off the letters on Felix's chest and arm leaving a nasty burn that looked like it was bubbling on his chest.

After everything was over Felix couldn't help but to finally pass out at the relief of not being burned anymore and as his head slumped down Lee quickly approached the man while drawing his Combat Knife.

"Wait we didn't agree to this." Manfred shot out causing Lee to chuckle.

"Just because you didn't agree to it, doesn't mean it wasn't gonna happen." Lee retorted before bending down and beginning to carve something on the right chest of Felix.

After a few minutes of carving and Lee stepped back the group noticed that he was now sporting a Fleur-De-Lis just under his burn. A lot of people around the country knew the symbol as belonging to that of the city of New Arcadia in honor of their French Roots.

What many didn't know about the symbol was its dark history that only most scholars knew. Whenever tried to escape in the Louisiana Colony they were branded with the symbol. If they ran away a second time they were branded again with the same symbol. There were no third times though, if you were caught again they cut your hamstring.

It was a dark secret that not many knew but those that did knew either saw the symbol as that of evil or pride. They saw themselves the rebels and the non-conformist just like those slaves who tried for freedom. Felix on the other hand wasn't like them, he was just another runaway who got caught from the chain bearers that bound him.

Elsewhere

Things were finally starting to come to reality for Marcus as he slowly opened his eyes and lifted his head to notice that he was lying on a bed in a rather nice hotel room with much of his torso and his forehead bandaged. Upon raising himself up he immediately went to touch his head with hand as a slight pulsating wave of pain quickly ran through his head.

"I'd take it easy if I were you." Came a familiar voice that caused Mark to turn his head and notice Ana standing in the corner smiling at him.

"When have you ever known me to take it easy?" he asked with a slight smile of his own that somewhat faded upon seeing the blood spots on the side of the woman's face. "You okay?" he asked while standing up and moving to rub her cheek.

"I can take a punch." She replied as Mark moved his hands from her face and down to the muscle shirt. Then in a swift jerking motion he pulled it down by the neckline exposing the freshly formed scar that was just over her perky breast. "Don't worry about that it's healing well." She retorted before rubbing the side of Mark's face and allowing him to place his head on her neck.

"I could have taken him." He replied.

"I don't doubt your abilities, but the way I saw it he would have killed you before finally overdosing himself and making his heart stop and I can't have that happening." She said earning a slight chuckle from Mark before he moved to kiss her on the cheek and hold her in his arms by her petite waist.

"You need to talk to Ali." She let out causing Mark to break from his trance as he remembered the FIB Agent.

"About what?" he asked while moving to kiss Ana on her chest.

"On the night that she was injured, she saw you…with another woman." The IAA Agent stated causing Mark's eyes to go wide as he realized what he was just told. "The killer she's after left her a clue right outside your bedroom window." she added causing Mark to inwardly curse himself.

"Damn!" he said with anger in his voice after realizing why the IAA Agent was so distant when they first spoke to each other today.

Before Mark could curse himself more he was taken aback as Ana rubbed his right cheek and forced him to look at her.

"You love her you know you do, I know you do, and she knows you do but she also thinks you've lost the love you once had for her." Ana stated causing a confused look from Mark.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"The woman you slept with was a stripper with a body like a stripper-." she started. "I told her body means nothing-." He interrupted before Ana cut him off. "You can say that, all men can say it, but you have to show it." She stated causing Mark to go silent.

"Telling your wife she's beautiful everyday is a good thing, but it means nothing if you just look but don't touch and instead touch someone else." Ana replied causing Mark to look away from her.

"She's with someone else." He shot back.

"I'm with Devlin, but that's never stopped you before." She replied causing Mark to silent.

"I loved you before I knew about Devlin." He spat out.

"That wouldn't have stopped you from loving me Mark, because it's not stopping Alison from loving you." Ana replied causing Mark to go silent before speaking out.

"She deserves someone who can give her a normal life and she won't get that with me. Me, you, Lee, Jimmy…we sealed our fates a long time ago." He replied.

"She sealed her fate the day she saw you kill in cold blood and not bring you in." Ana shot back while continuing to rub the cheek of Mark.

While Ana and Mark were conversing with each other in the next room the subject of their discussion found herself in the bathroom standing under the shower as it sprayed a constant stream of warm water onto her body and in an exaggerate manor seemed to clean herself.

As the water sprayed down her chest she couldn't help but to look at her knuckles on her left hand and notice that they were sore and swollen from the force of her hit on Tasha. The seemed to be playing itself out in slow motion in her head and no matter how hard she thought on it she couldn't figure out where the punch came from.

She was mad, but never in her anger has she ever lashed out at anyone or done anything physical to hurt them…until today.

After a few seconds on staring at her hand she was soon taken off-guard by the sound of the bathroom door opening. The noise quickly caused her to whip her head around in a motion that would have probably given someone whiplash.

Upon seeing a familiar person standing in the doorway she couldn't help but to relax at the sight before her. The face and body of the youngest Roman was somewhat blurry and distorted behind the glass door of the shower but Ana could easily make him out by his light brownish skin tone, height, and the bandages wrapped across his exposed torso.

As Mark looked at the glass he couldn't really make out the bare woman before him but he could recognize her dark red hair and porcelain skin along with the motion that she'd turned her head as he entered the bathroom and shut the door behind them.

Despite being unable to see each other the duo a staredown was taking place between the two. It was a staredown that seemed to last an eternity before finally Alison noticed Mark start to move and to her surprise he was actually undoing his pants. This seemed to cause her to blush and while he did so Mark couldn't help but to look at the shower door. He could open it himself, but that would be an invasion of privacy.

She had to let him in.

And after completely coming out of his clothes he heard the click of the shower door as it slowly cracked open but didn't all the way open with some steam coming out of the shower at the opening.

With her invitation sent Mark slowly opened the door of the shower and took notice of the nude FIB Agent standing before him with her back turned to him. After a few minutes of staring the Creole then stepped into the shower and slammed the door behind himself.

Authors Note: This seems like a good place to stop with somewhat of a cliffhanger and a brain racking question. I know a lot of people have been complaining about seeing too many Mark and Alison lemons in the past but these last couple of chapters haven't had them or have had them with different people. Plus I'm kinda debating actually letting them have a lemon or not.

A lot of people ship Mark and Alison but I'm debating if they should have a full on sex or just have them maybe kiss, hug, and tell how much they love each other. If you want to add your input on the matter feel free to do so.

Sorry for this chapter took so long to be put it, it was actually supposed to be out last week but school has been busting my ass, balls, hands, and eyes. I took five test in less than 48 hours from each other. Not sure how did on those by the way but I studied as best I could.

Still no excuse, I should have some free time to write the next chapter this weekend but I won't just be working on New Arcadia I will also be working on my Zombie story on Fictionpress Into the Deadlands and also for all of you that have been asking the finale chapter of Roman Empire. I can't promise when any will be up but know I'm working on them.

Also if you follow Onkwehonwe story you can see the aftermath of what the fight between Ana and Neto from Neto's POV in his last updated chapter. We actually talked about Neto giving up meth while in New Arcadia to fight Mark with a level head but after this chapter I see him having more of a reason to leave the drugs alone.

Something else you can see in his next chapter is Neto's fight against Marco. That in my opinion is probably the most interesting fight because whereas Mark can't match Neto in skill Marco can but Marco is sorta like a War-Machine in his own right and fights fire with fire and not fire with brains like Mark does.

Also how'd you like the fight the first time Mark and Neto fought was kinda a test battle between the two and Mark knows that he can't beat Neto in a fist fight so he used his head. One of the things I've shown heavily is how Mark is able to outsmart his enemies and he did that with Neto. I actually looked up what a meth overdose can do and if you're me and have felt what an overdose on cold medicine because your doctor had you taking more than your body can handle you know what an slight OD feels like.

And no not with all overdoses do you need to go to the hospital it just depends on what you took and the amount you took. Neto has been snorting meth for a long time so naturally it would take his body a very large quantity of meth in a small amount of time to force him to have a fatal OD.

The use of flamethrowers at the funeral was used as a way to sorta even the fight with the Skinheads and give them some better weapons because come on Mark, Neto, Ernesto, and Lee are three of the toughest characters in this GTA Universe. Each could have probably been armed with pistols and knives and still been able to take out the Skinheads if they all came with Assault Rifles. It's not that they're overpowered it's more so that they're over-skilled and working together. They have the best combination of skill, brains, and firepower of anyone.

The scene of Lee and the others burning off Felix's tattoos was inspired from that episode of Sons of Anarchy and I was actually debating if they would use the cheese grader because come on it's a cheese-grader what can get more brutal than that?

The city of Sulfite, Louisiana is based on Sulfur, Louisiana a place that gets its name from its large Sulfur Mines. The scene with Alison and Ana is actually something I've been thinking of for a long time because never once have I really showed the two really get in touch with each other and Ana is often seen as this cold individual so naturally I try to make her cold but somewhat lighten up when Alison needs her to.

The fight between Ana and Neto was actually based on several fights, Neto is trained but Ana is another person's that's over-trained. There is a saying that nothing beats crazy, but if you have years of training and training that includes espionage your kinda unbeatable. With espionage you go to foreign countries with no backup and only the order to survive which kinda puts Ana a step above Neto.

Ana's actions will have repercussions for next chapter as another main character from GTA: Concrete Jungle comes to New Arcadia and set their sights on Mark, plus Mark, Alison, Ana, and Lee have to race against the clock to save Link from something I'm still unaware of.

Thank you all for reading and being patient have a nice night.