Chapter 34: Fractured Truce
The Fleeing Family
New Arcadia (Four Days Later)
The sun seemed to be shining brightly on this morning in New Arcadia as Mark found himself sitting in chair across from Courtney who was lying fast asleep in his bed. These past couple of days after being released from the hospital the woman hadn't said much to Mark or to anyone. She mostly just wanted to curl up under the sheets and spend her days like that.
None of the BSU members had a problem with that and decided to give her the space she wanted and a hand. She may not have asked for it, but the group would help her whenever they saw she needed it. She still had problems walking, she didn't want to cook but needed to eat, and sometimes needed help getting to the bathroom. All of the BSU members were pitching in to help however they could, they each cared for the girl in their own ways and each wanted revenge for it.
Mark didn't turn his head but he remained alert as the door to his bedroom opened and Link walked into the room carrying a tray of food before setting it down on the dresser next to her bed and then turning to the youngest Roman and saying "You just gonna stare?"
This seemed to earn a slight chuckle from the youngest Roman.
"She's only in this position because I wasn't watching her, you got fucked up because I wasn't watching you, and the same can be said for Davey, Eddy, Miller, and Viktor." He shot back while Link nodded his head while looking at the ground.
"Everything has a purpose." Link called out to Mark's confusion as he turned to face his longtime brother in arms. "I know you're not much for believing in higher powers, but maybe this is all a part of some divine plan." He finished causing Mark to let out a low chuckle.
"You've been going to church with my sister haven't you?" he asked earning a slight nod from Link who remained silent. "If God or whoever is keeping me alive just so I can learn from watching people I care about get hurt he's got a sick sense of humor." Mark shot back while Link watched him rise from his chair.
"Where are Lee and the others?" he asked.
"Lee, Davey, and Jimmy went to the damn protest rally to get in on that, but everyone else is in the back." Link shot back while Mark gave a chuckle.
"The go to the protest after I tell them not to go." He replied. "We're supposed to be keeping our heads down with this case coming against us." he finished while Link gave a chuckle.
"Yeah well you know them they love to fight and pull Skinheads and White Nationalist back down to earth." He shot back while Mark gave a low growl as his cellphone started to ring causing him to look down at it and notice he had a text message from Maurice.
"What is it?" Link asked while watching Mark put on his shoes.
"Tell the others to put on their shoes we're going for a ride of our own." Mark shot out while Link gave a confused look before nodding his head and walking out of the room as Mark sent a look to Courtney. "We'll be back." He said before walking out of the room.
Metra, Lincoln Parish
As the sun seemed to start rising on this day in New Arcadia Ernesto found himself sitting on his front porch watching the sun rise. This wasn't something he often did, he took it up shortly after arriving in this city.
New Arcadia didn't have many high buildings like Los Santos or Sunbelt so being able to see things like the sun and the stars without having to be behind bars seemed to send a wave of peace over Ernesto.
The Onda member seemed to almost be completely at peace in this moment. There hadn't been any attacks from Mark or the New Arcadia gangs causing him to believe there was some truth in the words in the youngest Roman. With that truth, and no bullets flying back and forth at each other these last couple of days Ernesto finally had time to just sit and think about himself and his life.
His life can best be described as a damn shit show with no much to live for and the biggest threat to his family being himself. His eldest son was killed working with him on a heist, his was killed just last year, and since coming to New Arcadia Miguel has had several brushes with death that he only seemed to live from was because of disinterest on the side that didn't care for him.
It seemed like the only way for his kids to get ahead in life was for him to not be in it. He was in prison when Carmen and the others went off and created lives of their own. They did it without him in their lives despite writing letters to them from prison. He wasn't there and they'd gotten far, but he seemed to drag those that stuck around him down with him.
Before Ernesto could think more on the matter he was interrupted as Felix walked out of the safe house with a low yawn and quickly took a stand beside him. "It's a calm morning, isn't it?" the man of Quechan descent asked while Ernesto nodded his head.
"Seems that way." The Onda member shot back while looking down the street and noticing that it was that time of morning where the kids would leave their homes and begin their trek to the school bus.
"No attacks from Mark have come so far." Felix shot out while Ernesto kept his gaze away from him and watched as a little girl of Mexican descent with her hair tied in pigtails and wearing a backpack that look almost bigger than her started to walk down the street while Miguel walked out of the house.
"And if you ask me we should make the first move and hit them before they hit us." Miguel shot back while Ernesto kept his eyes away from him.
"Since Mark has broken away from Joe he's lost a lot of manpower and support so now would probably be the best time to do that." Felix added before the group was interrupted by Ernesto.
"Watch!" the Onda member said causing the duo to direct their gaze at the young girl as she approached their home from the sidewalk and to their shock and surprise instead of continuing to follow the sidewalk to the bus stop she merely walked into the streets and made this wide arch around the house before going back onto the sidewalk and continuing her trek towards her bus stop.
"Que hay con eso."
"What was up with that" Miguel asked while looking to Ernesto.
"Since we've been here there's a been a police raid on this house, a National Guard raid, several murders, a drive-by, and a bomb exploded outside of this home." Ernesto stated earning nods from the duo.
"I'm getting tired of seeing that shit every morning, so I'm willing to try out this truce." He added to the shock of the duo.
"Papa, I know this shit is rough but we can't just let those BSU assholes live for everything they did." Miguel shot back. "And what makes you think that Mark is willing to let this truce go on himself?" he added with anger in his tone.
"Because he said he doesn't want this truce, but someone else is making him sign off on it." Ernesto pointed out.
"Maybe that's what that IAA bitch wants." Miguel yelled out. "Get us in a false sense of security then finish us off." He added.
"Or!" Ernesto said Ernesto pointed out before turning to Felix who quickly nodded his head.
"Or Alison asked him to end this war and because he listens to her better than anyone else-." He started before Ernesto cut him off.
"This truce is real and Mark is face deep between some white girls legs as we speak." He pointed out earning slight nods from the group.
"You really want to take that chance?" Miguel asked.
"If It means a few more days of peace then yes." Ernesto shot back while Miguel gave an angry growl before walking away while Felix looked to Ernesto.
"You know him better than any of us, what can you tell us about him?" Ernesto asked while Felix slowly nodded his head.
"If Alison did ask Mark to end this war he'll do it out of his love for her, in which case it's not the smartest thing to make a move against him." Felix shot back earning a nod from Ernesto. "Something like this happened in Sunbelt a few years ago when we were warring with the Skinheads." Felix pointed out.
"Mark extended his hands for a truce, because the BSU leaders decided that they wanted to end our hostilities with them. A few months went by then one day the Skinheads attacked us and left a few of our guys in the hospital." Felix started.
"What happened next?" Ernesto asked.
"One of the leaders of the Skinheads…Mark killed his son kidnapped his daughter, killed his wife, and then worked his way up to killing all of his people." Felix shot back to Ernesto's shock.
"When you shake the hand of Mark and say you want a truce, you better take it, because if you don't he'll take this war to depths nobody wants to see." Felix pointed out earning a slight nod from Ernesto before he turned is head and watched as more kids started to make their way to the bus stop.
New Arcadia (9th Ward)
The drive to the home of his parents wasn't long for Mark as he found himself sitting in the backyard of the house with his father Maurice, mother Yolanda, and brothers Martin and Marrick while Link, Buck, and Eddy stood in the distance.
"So you mind telling us why you didn't tell us any earlier about your meeting with that fucking spic?" asked Maurice as he eyed Martin angrily while Mark watched the duo closely.
"Can we keep the racist remarks to minimum?" Martin asked.
"Nope!" Marrick pointed out with a hint of anger in his tone.
"What did you and him talk about brother?" Mark asked already knowing that Marrick and Maurice intended to interrogate Martin and he didn't want to be a part of it.
"He told me that he had a talk with someone within the BGA and that they see us a liability." He stated to the groups shock. "They're sending in some out of town specialist to come and kill us and bring order to New Arcadia." He added earning a low growl from Maurice.
"Guess we should have seen this shit coming when we told Joe to go fuck himself." Yolando pointed out with anger in her tone.
"That fat fuck was gonna do this well before we left him it was only just a matter of time." Mark stated before turning to Martin.
"Did he mention what gang was coming after us?" asked Marrick.
"No, just that some gangsters from a real gangster city were looking to bring structure here." He pointed out.
"Carcer!" Link said earning the attention of everyone in the group.
"What you got to say white-." Started Yolando before she noticed Mark eyeing her closely. He recently told her that he didn't like the way she called his brothers white or Asian boys and to refer to them by their names so she had to change the way she spoke to them if she wanted to continuing working with her family. "Link, what do you have to say Link?" she asked while eyeing the redhead man closely.
"When I think of a gangster city four places come to mind Los Santos, Liberty City, Dockington, and Carcer City." He stated. "We can immediately rule out Dockington because they don't travel and we can throw out Los Santos because the only real structure there comes from the brown gangs more then black." He finished.
"I like the way you think brother, but we can't just rule out anyone so far." Mark shot back earning a slight nod from Link.
"Why'd Neto come to you exactly brother?" he asked with a raised brow.
"He wanted me to leave, said that outta all of you I have the most chance for a future." He replied while looking away from the group.
"Well are you going to leave, ride off with your white woman into the sun-." started Yolando as she eyed Martin closely before Mark interrupted her rant.
"Enough!" he yelled out earning the attention of the group. "What Martin does is his own choice, but for the moment I think it would be best if we all rode into the sunset." Mark shot back to the groups shock and surprise.
As the Romans and BSU members spoke on their plans they each failed to notice the short haired African American woman watching them with one of her eyes through the high-powered camera as she shot pictures of the group.
"A perfect family picture." Said Regina as she took another picture of the group before she watched Mark pull out his cellphone, excuse himself from the group, then make his way into the house away from the others who seemed to be in a harsh debate over his plan.
"I thought we were maintaining a distance from each other." Said Mark as he put his cellphone to his ear before a familiar voice filled it.
"When you break protocol I turn a blind eye but when I do it you try to give me the third degree." Stated Ana as Mark gave a low chuckle. "Don't worry your phone isn't bug, well at least not yet it isn't. Give it a few more days but still be on your guard." The IAA Agent stated earning a nod from Mark.
"Any news on our delusional friend?" he asked.
"Neto touched down in Los Santos a few days ago and I guess he must feel like he's coming home a champion because he had himself a little party." She replied earning a low growl from Mark.
"His little party gonna be cut short, did you talk to him?" Mark asked.
"I mentioned money and he immediately took the bait, so now our friend is on his way to Los Santos and I'm pretty sure he'll be able to stir up enough trouble and keep Santa Muerte preoccupied and out of your hair." She stated.
"He'll keep him preoccupied, but I think I'm in a little bit of a spot myself." Mark replied. "Neto had a nice chat with someone from the BGA before he left. Then he met with my brother Martin, he said that the BGA see us as a liability along with some of the other gangs across the country and they're looking to clear out the old and bring in the new." He finished.
"I warned you this could become a problem. New Arcadia is a second tier city when it comes to gang violence and wars there can affect other places. It started with Sunbelt, now it's moving into Liberty, Los Santos, and other cities." she replied.
"I understand that now, which is why I'm looking to get myself ready." Mark replied earning a few seconds of silence from Ana.
"Have you talked about this with the others?" she asked.
"Lee and the others are aware." He replied.
"What about Alison, she has a right to know as well." Ana replied.
"We haven't been doing much talking since Steve came home." Mark stated.
"I understand that, but I think she would understand it better if you told her instead of just disappearing in the night." She shot back earning a few seconds of silence from Mark. "I'll see you tonight hero." She finished before hanging up the phone and leaving Mark to think to himself before moving to dial the number of Alison.
Before he could do so though he was taken off-guard by the front door exploding open and Lee and Davey running inside and catching his full attention.
"What the hell happened to you?" Mark asked while the duo sent him a serious look. "And where's Jimmy?" he asked with a serious look on his face.
Elsewhere
Things seemed to be going somewhat slow for Alison as she found herself sitting at her desk going over a few notes on what she had on the New Arcadia Serial Killer. It had been almost two weeks since she'd last heard from him or seen any of his work.
Her last conversation with Mark implied that the man wouldn't be returning to New Arcadia for a while now, but he was still alive. She didn't want to press the matter anymore because of the conversation they needed to have, but right now she wished she did.
After a few moments of thinking Alison found herself letting out a deep stress filled breath as she thought about the youngest Roman. It had been a few days since she'd last seen or heard from him. She knew he was going to remain ghostlike to avoid the two of them being seen by prying eyes but she had to admit…she really wanted to see him.
The sound of her office door opening up quickly broke her from her thoughts as she noticed a familiar bald headed man walking inside with a wide smile causing a smile to spread across her own face.
"Major Locke it's good to see you." She let out earning a nod from the man.
"Likewise Alison, it's good to see you back in the chair." He replied before moving to take a seat across from the woman.
"So how has things been?" she asked.
"Tiresome as usual, these protest have been putting everyone on edge and there's been some violence in the city because of it." He stated earning a nod from Alison. "A few hours ago a fight broke out between some White Nationalist, Skinheads, Anarchist, and some black residents who are still fed-up by all of this." He added causing a shocked look to spread across Alison's face.
"God." She said while noticing Locke smile.
"You know there are a lot of cameras outside that building despite it being so old and we're good at picking out people in large crowds-." He started causing Alison to quickly cut him off.
"Just tell me what you want to tell me." She let out while Locke reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a few pictures before setting them on her desk.
"It seems a few of Mark's boys couldn't resist showing their sides in the protest." He let out while Alison looked at the photos and noticed pictures of Lee, Jimmy, and Davey tangling it up with a White Nationalist.
"The men they got into with were all members of the Association for White Advancement, or AWA, so it's understandable if they want to fight them but it's still something they shouldn't do. Especially with this case against the Roman family and their close associates." He declared while Alison shook her head.
"I haven't seen Mark, Lee, or any of the others in a few days." She shot back.
"I figured you two would be keeping your distance, but if you can get a word out to him let him know that he needs to work better on keeping a low profile." Locke stated before rising him his chair. "I know you love him Alison that's why I'm giving him a fair fight, I wouldn't be doing this for anyone else." He finished before making his way out of the room while Alison took a deep breath before pulling out her cellphone and dialing a familiar number.
"Yeah…I need your help again." She stated.
Outside of New Arcadia
The sun was beginning to set on this day in New Arcadia and the sky was beginning to darken but deep in the swamps outside of New Arcadia a bright fire seemed to be figuratively igniting in a church as members of the New Arcadia Chapter of the Association for White Advancement or AWA found themselves taking center stage and voicing their complaints about today's protest.
Like the name told the building was filled with Caucasian men and women of varying age and varying styles. There were teenage punk rockers, the obvious skinheads, those self-proclaimed "God Fearing Christians, even a few people in pants suits who looked like they had recently just left their jobs and were probably there to voice their anger for having to rub shoulders with their darker skinned coworkers.
The Association for White Advancement isn't a relative new society but they are far younger then some of the others. What makes them unique in their own way was the fact that they were founded by a man who almost won governor of the state of Louisiana. He was a former Klan's man and almost won which showed just how much support this man once had.
He wasn't the current leader of the organization anymore after so many controversies he faced. No those shoes were filled by a close associate of his by the name of Jamie Deacons. He shared the same views as the original founder and right now found himself walking up to address the growing concern for "White Justice" that the city of New Arcadia has been denying the group for so long.
"Brothers Sisters we…are under attack." He said and his voice seemed to cause a wave of cheers and appaulance from the people. "Today's protest just proved that, not only are we being discriminated against by the liberal media but there are traitors amongst us." He added earning waves of shouts and hoots from the crowd.
"Traitors that fly the flags of BSU, SHARP, and Anti-Racist Action who think that just because they're willing to lie down with the niggers, gooks, Jews, and wetbacks that it makes them better than us." He shouted earning more shouts from the group. "We are the true heroes of our race because we're pure white, we are the ones that are preserving our survival, we are the one's-." he started before being quickly shut off by a new voice in the crowd.
"Are a bunch of fucking idiots." Came a new voice that caused everyone to turn their heads and notice a New Arcadia man of Creole descent standing in the doorway with a Chinese man and four whites beside them.
"Fucking Nig-!" started an overweight Caucasian man that Lee quickly recognized from the protest as he rose to his feet along with a Caucasian woman in a pants suit that he also recognized.
"Hold brother, this…mutt has something he wants to say to us. Let him say it so that we can prove him wrong just like his people." The leader said with a sick smile that Mark easily returned.
"Glad to have the floor but I doubt I'm the only mutt in this room. If any of you know Louisiana history or modern genetics you'd know that nobody in this state is pure almost ninety percent of those living here and can trace their roots back here is mixed blood from either a European man and African Female and in some cases vice versa." Mark stated with a smug smile.
"That right?" Deacons asked with his own smug smile.
"So what does that make you the more superior blacks or is that just a way to try and bring us down to your level?" he asked.
"You're level is lower than ours you know what they say about people who walk around hating themselves because of who they are…they're just a waste of air." Mark shot back.
"Please any of us can pass for white in this modern age even if we are mixed." Yelled the Caucasian woman in the pants suit.
"You wouldn't, back in those days it wasn't if you look white you're in. They look at your family tree and go down the list and as soon as they find a hint of coffee in that white cup then they treat you as such." Mark stated with a smile. "That's why a lot of the chapters of the klan and white nationalist look down on those from this state. We're about as pure a set of stained underwear." Mark pointed out.
"I'm sick of hearing this niggers mouth." The overweight Caucasian man yelled out as he moved to step to Mark only to stopped by Mark drawing his M1911 Pistol and pointing it at his head catching everyone by surprise as they remained still while continuing to eye the group as Lee, Buck, Davey, and Eddy also drew their guns on the group.
"You won't kill us." Deacon yelled out with a hint of fear in his tone.
"I didn't come here for that I actually came here looking for my friend." Mark pointed out to the grou[s confusion. "Some of you might remember him during the protest you were saying he wasn't white because of who he hanged around with. Now you and your boys got into a fight with my brother and we haven't seen him since." He finished while eyeing the group angrily.
"Maybe he's out getting AIDS from one of your hood rats?" asked a woman in a dark leather jacket as she stood by a man who chuckled and was dressed the same as her. His chuckles were then interrupted as Mark fired his Pistol and struck the man once in the stomach causing a wave of screaming to come from the man as he fell to the ground while the woman fell next to him.
"Well I guess we know who's the bitch in that relationship." Lee said with a chuckle before Mark turned his gun back to the overweight man.
"You have several seconds to tell me where my brother is before I put one right between your lard filled face asshole." Mark stated while pressing the hot barrel of his pistol against the man's cheek and causing him to scream out in pain while Deacon called for him to stop.
"Alright alright-." The overweight man yelled out causing Mark to kick him to the ground and eye him closely.
"We're listening." Mark said while eyeing the man angrily.
"I didn't touch your friend, but I did follow that piece of shit." The overweight man said while eyeing the group angrily. "I saw him go through St. Ann, then out of nowhere this dark grey Bobcat pulls up and some spic forces your guy into the truck." He finished to the group's surprise.
"How do you know he was brown?" Lee asked.
"When he drove away he put on some of that fucking mariachi music." He yelled out causing Mark to send a look to Lee and Link who each nodded their heads.
"Looks like those Ass-Takers went back on our truce." Lee stated while looking to Mark who holstered his Pistol and gave the overweight man a sharp kick to the stomach that sent him sprawled out coughing.
"Have a nice night." Mark stated while drawing his lighter and moving to set one of the confederate flags on the wall on fire before walking out with the others while a few of the men inside moved to put out the flames.
"Are we gonna pay Ernesto a visit?" Lee asked while following after Mark.
"In a minute, but first we're gonna show him just the extent of what breaking this truce with us can mean." The youngest Roman stated while walking away with the others.
Elsewhere
While Mark and the others were making their way to Metra, Joe found himself sitting in his office going over some paperwork with Cake sitting directly beside him when the door was kicked open and the duo noticed Muujai standing in the doorway with a M9A1 Beretta in his hands.
"What the fuck?" Joe asked with wide eyes as he noticed the Somali man lift his pistol to his head before pulling the trigger and revealing to the duo that his gun was empty.
"The fuck was that about?" Cake asked with anger in his voice.
"If I were Marcus you both would be dead right now." Muujai stated while holstering his gun.
"How'd you get pass Security?" Joe asked.
"I work with you remember, but even if I didn't do you really think those guy's downstairs are able to shoot it out with Marcus Roman and his family and survive. Hell if some don't betray you and let him in I suspect many of them will just take their chances and leave." Muujai pointed out to Joe's anger.
"You seem to be all on Mark nuts a little too hard nigga." Cake retorted.
"Which is something all you should be doing more than me. He's broken away from you, so has the entire Roman Family, and they've taken the 2nd, 3rd, and 17th Wards with them. If I were you I'd be worried about them striking out against you or strike them before they get the chance." The Somali BGA member stated earning a nonchalant look from Joe.
"If the Roman Family want to break away from the Council they can do that for now. We can't risk an all-out war with them and those fucking spics. Our numbers are spread too thin as it is and we need to use this opportunity to get back to making money." Joe stated earning a slight smile from Muujai.
"So you're just gonna let Mark and his family go unpunished for walking out on you. I should have figured since you still haven't retaliated against the Vietnamese for breaking their word and-." He started before Muujai interrupted him.
"That will be dealt with." Joe shout out catching Muujai by surprise as he eyed him closely. "Bullets is the norm for handling things in New Arcadia and that's why we're in the current situation we're in, but if we talk more then maybe things will go different." He added while Muujai gave him an emotionless look before giving him a smile.
"This is your city do what is best for it brother." He stated before moving to walk out of the room and leaving Joe alone with Cake.
"I still don't trust that nigga." Cake pointed out.
"I don't either but right now we need to deal with him." Joe shot back.
"You really gonna go after Mark?" he asked.
"Why you scared to get into a shootout with Mark and a bunch of white boys?" he asked.
"Hell no, I ain't scared of shit. I'm just thinking it might not be a good idea to start some shit with Mark." He stated.
"We kill Mark, we war with his white boys and the Roman Family, we war with them we war with the 2nd, 3rd, and 17th Ward. They have the numbers, the better guns, and they backed by some shady people. We don't kill Mark; we war with the BGA and they have more than enough resources to kill us." Joe pointed out. "All options seem to point to our deaths in this chess game." He finished while Cake nodded his head and continued to eye the man who seemed to be backed between a rock and a hard place with nowhere else to go.
Metra, Lincoln Parish
Things seemed to be going somewhat slow for Alison as she found herself sitting in the office of a specialist in Metra with Steve awaiting the return of their doctor.
"I hope you weren't too alone without me." Steve let out earning a slight smile from Alison.
"Just a little." Alison shot back before giving Steve a quick kiss on the forehead. There was truth in her words, bad truth but truth all the same.
"I thought of you almost every night while I was in that hospital." He stated earning the attention of the woman. "I saw a white light and the only thing I could do was beg the lord not to take me when I still had you in my life." He finished causing Alison to eye him closely before moving to grab his right hand.
"I love you." She stated without being able to catch herself as the words slipped out of her mouth. Those words seemed to be the only thing Steve needed though as he returned the phrase to her with a smile and a kiss of her hand.
Before the duo could go any further though they were cut off as the door to the office came flinging open and they noticed a Mexican American woman with long brown hair, almond color skin, bright brown eyes, and wearing a doctor's lab coat come walking into the room with a bright smile on her face.
"I hope I'm not interrupting." She said in a cheery voice.
"Don't worry we can continue this later." Alison stated while looking to the woman.
"Alright then my name is Dr. Carmen Ocelot and I'm here for your checkup." She stated earning a nod from Steve before turning to Alison. "And I hate to say it, but I'm gonna have to break him away from you for these parts." She stated earning a slight nod from Alison.
"I understand, I'll be in the waiting room." Alison stated before sharing a quick kiss with Steve before making her way out of the room and into the waiting area where she was taken off-guard by the sight of a familiar Creole heading for the front desk.
Upon seeing Mark Alison quickly rushed to grab him by his arm and shoo him out of the building to Mark's shock and surprise. He failed to notice the woman, his mind was focused on something else. Something more important.
As the duo walked out of the building Alison quickly let go of the youngest Roman and proceeded to look him over for any signs of an injury.
"What are you doing?" Mark asked as Alison lifted his shirt and eyed his torso only to see that like always it was covered by a bulletproof vest.
"Are you hurt, are any of the others hurt?" she asked in a worried manner.
"What no, I'm fine, Lee's fine, everyone's fine." He replied.
"Then why are you here?" she asked with a seriousness in her tone. "You know we're not supposed to be seen together." She said earning a nod from Mark.
"I know that, but don't worry I haven't had any eyes on me all-night and I didn't know you were here." He stated.
"Then why are you here?" she asked while folding her arms over her chest.
"Thinking about scheduling for a physical and Buck hasn't had his flu shot." He lied while Alison eyed him closely. She knew he was lying, from what she could see he wasn't carrying any of his guns but he was carrying his Buck Knife and that meant he was working. "I guess I can try again another day though." He retorted before moving to walk away only to be stopped by Alison grabbing his arm.
"You don't have to leave." She shot back.
"I think I should because I already know who's in there with you." Mark retorted causing Alison to go silent.
"Just because he's here doesn't mean I want you gone." The FIB Agent stated earning a few seconds of silence from Mark before he responded.
"It may seem that way, but trust me I'll always come back." Mark stated to Alison confusion before she was taken aback by him giving her a smile before moving to turn around. "I'll see later." He said while Alison watched him leave with a confused look in her eyes.
As Mark walked away Link and Manfred found themselves sitting in a black van watching the duo closely as they parted.
"Well that's gotta be heartbreaking." Stated Manfred while Link nodded his head.
"Yeah and it looks like Mark couldn't follow through." he added.
"I'm pretty sure Lee and the others won't have a problem though."
Elsewhere
The day seemed to have gotten better for Felix as he found himself sitting at a restaurant in the Rose District, Cruz's turf, with Miguel, Task, Loka, Angel, Lady Joker, and Dede. The war with the Roman Boyz was over so it was assumed to be safe for them to walk through the Rose District without the fear of being hit by a stray bullet from a Roman Boyz member who was trigger happy.
The group had become rather close with each other in these last couple of days as they each decided to take their breaks from a long war.
As Felix watched the group he couldn't help but to watch as Miguel talked with Dede while Adahy seemed to be talking with Lady Joker. The duo seemed to be growing a lot closer in the past few days with the Creek Warrior being a shoulder for the girl to cry on following the death of her brother.
The man of Quechan descent then looked at his Lakota friend who seemed to be stuck in a state of quietness that somewhat unnerved him.
"Hey Chayton-." Felix called out just as the doors to the restaurant were kicked open and the group was taken by surprise as a metal object was thrown into the building along with two others.
"Que-!" Miguel started before the first object exploded revealing itself to be a flashbang and leaving the group blind and deaf while the other two exploded and released a blanket of black smoke into the restaurant that left them coughing and gasping for air.
"Damn FELIX-!" Loka yelled out as Felix moved to follow her voice along with that of Lady Joker, Angel, and Dede as Adahy lifted his head and was instantly knocked to the floor by the force of a Pistol being slammed against the side of his head.
"The fuck is this?" asked Miguel before he too was knocked down as the screams of Loka, Lady Joker, Dede, and Angel became muffled just as the sound of screeching tires filled their ears.
As the smoke started to clear the group of males quickly lifted their heads and started to scan the restaurant only to find that their female companions were no longer with them.
"DAMN!" yelled Felix at the top of his lungs.
Elsewhere
Things in the 3rd Ward seemed to be calm a little too calm for Regina as she found herself sitting atop a rooftop looking through a pair of binoculars down on a group of young African American men who were guarding the door to a building.
"Showtime!" she said before watching as a black Cavalcade pulled up in front of the building and outstep both Maurice and Marrick Roman.
"And the birds are in the nest." She said with a smile while watching the duo walk into the building with a few other.
It seemed the intel she had gotten from one of her CI's was solid. The Roman Boyz were having a meeting, and big news was being spread to all the leaders. Big news that Regina herself wanted to know along with everyone else in the city.
Metra, Lincoln Parish
Things seemed to be going slow for Ernesto as he found himself walking out of his bedroom and making his way for the kitchen. As he passed through the living room though he was immediately stopped in his tracks by the sound of a gun cocking.
In his lifetime he'd grown familiar with the sound of guns being cocked, almost to the point where he could tell the difference in caliber and type of weapon. It was a useful trick, but he knew in the back of his mind that this would more than likely be the last sound he'd hear before he died.
Before anything else could go through his mind he was immediately blinded by the living room lights being turned on and catching a glimpse of a familiar figure sitting in his living room chair holding an M1911 Pistol in his right hand that was aimed in his direction.
"Ernesto." Mark greeted with a lack of emotion in his tone.
"What the fuck is this?" Ernesto asked while eyeing Mark angrily.
"I can say the same thing." Mark replied. "Why am I here."
"You tell me why you're here?" Ernesto started before Mark cut him off.
"But why am I here, why is this occurring?" he asked before standing up and eyeing Ernesto closely. "You already know why I'm here though, don't you so tell me where he is?" he asked while keeping his gun trailed on Ernesto.
"I don't know what the hell you're talking about." Ernesto shot back.
"Somebody from your camp snatched up Jimmy after he came back from the protest. I gotta say you guys were smart using a vehicle that those fucking inbred pricks use but you fucked up by having the radio station set to Mexican Radio FM." The Creole stated with a half-smile.
"What the hell are you talking about neither me or any of my guys snatched up your boy." Ernesto yelled out.
"I figured you didn't, you're old school and you old school cats take peace over war any day even if you don't want it. But I know there are a lot of people in your camp that don't want this peace and people who would probably keep it going." Mark pointed out with anger in his tone.
"Nobody on my side made a move against you." Ernesto yelled out with anger of his own.
"Well someone brown did snatch up Jimmy and since you brown guys like to flock together you're gonna find him and bring him to me alive." Mark shot back with anger in his tone.
"And if I refuse?" Ernesto asked with anger in his voice.
"About a few hours ago my boys snatched up your girl in the wheelchair and a few more girls from your Barrio." Mark shot out to Ernesto's shock and surprise. "If I don't get Jimmy back in three days you'll be finding all of them hanging upside down under a bridge with each of their throats slit." He stated with venom in his tone.
"You son of a bitch." Ernesto yelled before moving to charge Mark only to be stopped by the sound of Mark pulling back the hammer on his Pistol.
"This truce isn't entirely broken Ernesto, find Jimmy and you'll get your girls back but if you don't find them we'll see this as an act of war and continue our assault and take this war to depths no man should see." The Creole stated before adding something in French and then moving to walk for the door.
"Three days Ernesto, remember three days." He finished before walking out the front door.
"DAMN IT!" Ernesto shouted just as Felix, Miguel, Adahy, and Task came bursting through the back door.
Elsewhere (24 Hours Later)
The sun was finally starting to set on this day as Jimmy breathed a small sigh of relief as he looked around his surroundings through foggy eyes as he refrained from moving as the barbed wire that was once slicing into his skin found itself being held in place.
A full day had passed since he was left in position by his unknown attacker and he was already starting to feel the effects of it. Normally the human body could only go a few hours without water but Jimmy was somewhat used to not having a lot of water thanks to his training in the Army.
To make things better it wasn't especially hot today so he wasn't losing too much of his bodies water through sweat but he was losing it through the occasional piss that he couldn't hold and he was on being held on an empty stomach so there wasn't much shitting being done.
Today was bearable, but he knew tomorrow was gonna be a hot day and if someone didn't find him soon he knew he'd be dead.
He had hope that Marcus and the others would find him, but in the meantime, he still found himself saying a silent pray to whatever God that was out there that he would survive. He never did that before, especially since he grew up in a Jewish household, but now was a desperate time and he was a desperate man.
As his vision started to blur and he felt himself beginning to fade into sleep though he could hear yelling in the background.
Metra, Lincoln Parish
Mark's words and threat seemed to be ringing through the head of Ernesto like a broken record as he found himself sitting in his living room with his head in his hands doing his best to try and think where Mark would have taken Loka and the others.
He racked his brain over the matter even looked to Felix for a clue but it seemed he knew nothing. With Mark's vast knowledge of New Arcadia and the surrounding area the women could have been anywhere and striking out may cause them to lose them.
Before he could think more on the matter though he was taken off-guard by the sound of the front door opening and watching as Felix, Cruz, Miguel, and Adahy walked through the front door with serious looks in their eyes.
"Find anything?" the Onda member asked as he eyed the group closely.
"Nada, neither us, the Vagos, or Marabunta have Mark's guy and they don't know anything about it." Stated Cruz.
"That fucking Mayate is basically using us to do his dirty work." Replied Miguel. "I say we actually go out and snatch up one of his guys and get him to tell us where Loka and the others are." He stated with venom in his tone.
"I agree." Added Adahy with venom in his tone.
"Mark finds out we snatched up another one of his guys we might be doing a recovery mission instead of a rescue one." Stated replied Ernesto.
"Well we aren't gonna find his damn friend, so we gotta do something." Yelled out Miguel as he eyed his father angrily. These past few days he was growing more and more frustrated with the man who was once a barrio legend but was slowly showing that he was becoming a has-been.
"I know someone that maybe able to help us." Stated Felix earning the attention of everyone in the group who noticed the uncertain look in his eyes.
Outside New Arcadia (Hours Later)
As the sun started to rise on this new day in New Arcadia the sound of tumblers being turned and the sight of blinding light seemed to fill a dark room that was soon filled with a series of angry grunts from Loka, Lady Joker, Angel, and Dede as they found themselves looking away from the light.
The four women were tied to four chairs that were backed against a dirty wooden wall. The women had been here for a few days without setting foot outside but from their surroundings they figured they were in an abandoned house somewhere on a swamp.
The house smelt of a swamp with dirty water and mosquitoes in the air and they figured the swamp must have ran under the house because at night they could hear frogs and even alligators croaking and snarling under the floorboards.
It was a scary place to be, but they figured this must be why their kidnappers must have kept them there. Even if they did escape, they had no knowledge of how to navigate the swamp better than their kidnappers or where they were to begin with.
"Rise and shine buttercups." Said Lee as he walked into the room with a smile with Davey and Eddy following him inside. "I hope you had a swell night because I know I did." He added before standing in the middle of the room and looking at each woman in the face and noticing the dissatisfied looks each had on their faces.
Their gazes then switched to the door of the cabin where they noticed Buck walk in with a white bag and a four-piece cup holster that held white cups of coffee that he started to pass to Lee and the others.
"Thanks brother." Lee said before taking a cup of coffee then reaching into the bag and pulling out a breakfast bagel and proceeding to eat it.
"Nothing like a hot coffee on a cold morning and a good breakfast." The Chinese man stated while the four women watched him take a sip of his coffee. "You know when we were orphans me, Mark, Link, and Jimmy we didn't eat breakfast our foster parents wouldn't let us. Now I think it's our favorite meal of the day." He finished before taking a bite of his breakfast bagel while taking in the hungry looks in the eyes of the women.
They had been here for almost two days and weren't getting much food from the group and water came in form of being shot by a hose. It wasn't just to hydrate them but also to wash away the smell of piss and shit that was lingering around them.
The BSU members always found it stupid how in movies guys would be dumb enough to let their captives go to the bathroom, it was just a recipe for disaster. That recipe was something they didn't follow. These chola's weren't the first hostages they had to keep and they weren't gonna get any special treatment.
"You got something to say." Lee asked while looking to Lady Joker with a smile on his face.
"I'm gonna cut your fucking heart out you fucking puto." She stated earning a chuckle from Lee.
"From where I'm standing you're in no position to make threats or you can make them but I won't take them seriously." He replied while moving away from the woman. "Besides if we don't get Jimmy back you girls are gonna be dead and I'm gonna be learning to arch those drawn on eyebrows of yours with a straight razor." He added.
"I thought we had a truce, but I guess you levas can't keep your word for anything. Should have expected that from a bunch of snitches." Stated Loka as she eyed Lee closely.
"Leva, you calling us traitors for turning our back on our little truce yet you're the one who shares the bed with the guy who turned his back on the people who treated him like family." Replied Lee.
"You ain't his family." Dede shot back with venom in her tone. "You BSU faggots think that you're all brothers just because you listen to the same kind of music but none of you can actually understand each other. But all of you know that well enough already don't you?" she asked while eyeing Davey and Eddy.
"Yeah we do know it." Came a new voice that caused the group to turn their heads and watch as Mark walked into the room with a serious expression in his eyes. "At the end of the day we know that when it comes down to me and them the police will always look at me over them and they'll get a lot more benefits of life then me, but the difference between us is that we can find respect in that." Stated Mark as he eyed the women closely.
"You've been talking with Adahy and he's been filling your head with that purity bullshit, but what you and he fails to realize is that purity is a dying concept but down here…it's been dead and buried. If you want to be pure then go somewhere where being pure means something because down here…you're the mutts." He finished while eyeing the group closely before turning his gaze back to Loka who was eyeing him angrily.
The woman had never forgiven him for putting her in the wheelchair and killing her brother and she probably never will forgive him. That was something he could live with though, he was in no means looking for her forgiveness.
Before he could say more on the matter though he was interrupted by the sound of his cellphone vibrating from a familiar number that had left him a text message telling him to go a hospital that was miles away from New Arcadia.
"Whose that?" asked Lee.
"Ana!" Mark replied with a confused look before looking to the others. "Guard them I gotta check on something." He replied before moving to head for the door while Lee and the other turned to the women who remained silent while eyeing them.
"You want to listen to Queen?" he asked with a sinister smile while the group of BSU members rolled their eyes at the joke.
"Fuck you cabron." Loka yelled out causing Lee to give her a slight smile before finally chuckling and eyeing her closely.
"I got just the thing to teach you some respect and I must say I've been waiting to use it." He said with a slight chuckle while all the girls eyed him confusingly.
New Arcadia
The sound of a car engine seemed to fill the air as Muujai found himself standing in an empty warehouse watching with a half-smile on his face as the headlights of an all-black Manana came into view before pulling up alongside him.
The song War by Chief Keef was blasting from the vehicle to the point where the vehicle was shaking the ground and seemed to somewhat damage the ears of Muujai as he watched both doors on the left side of the car open followed by the driver side door and notice three people step out.
The driver was an African American man who looked to be in his mid-20's with short black dreadlocks and wearing an oversized black t-shirt over a white t-shirt, baggy black jeans that sagged well past his waist, and white shoes. The man also had a series of tattoos on his arms with the most prominent being the phrase Terror Squad Gangsters.
The backseat passenger was an African American woman with short black curly hair, dark brown skin, dark black eyes and wearing a dark blue muscle shirt under a black button up shirt, blue black jeans and black boots. Like the man the woman also had a series of tattoos but her most prominent seemed to be a large tattoo on her lower forearm that was the emblem for the United States Airforce.
The front passenger seemed to be the most imposing of the group. He was a rather tall muscular African American man who stood six three with a shaved head, a somewhat rugged face, and wearing a black wife beater that showed off his tattooed arms, stud ear rings, black pants, and dark blue shoes. His facial expression seemed to belong to that of a serious man as he eyed Muujai closely.
"You the guy?" asked the man who stepped out of the passenger seat quickly asserting himself as leader of the group.
"Yes you can call me Muujai and might I ask who are you three." He replied with a twisted smile.
"Homies call me Doom." He stated before Muujai looked to the two others with a smile on his face.
"I'm Queen." The woman with the Airforce tattoo replied while the man next to her eyed Muujai closely.
"Lonzo!" he said with a cocky smile.
"When word came down from the prisons in Carcer that the Chairman himself was looking to move guys into New Arcadia I was expecting more numbers." Muujai stated earning a slight smile from Lonzo.
"We got homies already here that's been laying low for us to make our move." He replied while looking at Muujai closely.
"And we already know our first targets." Doom stated while eyeing Muujai closely.
"If you're going after Marcus Roman and his family I think you're gonna need a little more under your belt then what you have." Muujai shot back with his signature smile.
"I was in the Air Force, Lonzo here is Army, and Doom…he's a goddamn Green Beret with tours in the Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan." Stated Queen with a wide smile. "I think we can handle whatever this fucking swamp ass city can throw at us." She added while Muujai gave a slight smile.
"If you're certain then you can do you, but remember the terms of our agreement." He replied. "Gangster Apostles can setup shop in New Arcadia as long as you act as the enforcement arm of the BGA while we conduct our business here." He added.
"We aren't too happy about the idea of working for that fat piece of shit that calls himself running things here." Doom shot back with venom in his tone.
"Don't worry, you won't be working for him and he won't be running things here for long. It's only a matter of time before Brother Joseph…checks out." Muujai shot back with a smile.
"Why not just kill the fat fuck now, drive right up to his house and put a bullet in him?" asked Lonzo with a nonchalant response.
"Brother Joseph maybe many things, but at the end of the day he's still BGA and a good earner for us. In order to kill one of our own everyone has to vote on it not just some of us." He replied.
"After hearing about what happened with Mark it doesn't seem like that vote is hard to come by." Doom shot back.
"I may have my problems with Marcus Roman, but I will admit that his situation was a messed up one. At the end of the day though Marcus was never a member of the BGA, he never took his oath he was just a good associate who could have been a part of us if someone didn't get too greedy." Muujai stated while eyeing the GA members closely. "That's all in the past though.
"And he'll be a part of the past in a few hours." Queen stated earning a slight smile from Muujai as he eyed the group closely.
Elsewhere
While Muujai as his new GA associates discussed their plan's Alison found herself back at the doctor's office with talking with Dr. Carmen Ocelotl about Steve and his physical state after his last checkup.
"So what's all wrong with him?" the FIB Agent asked while looking at the doctor closely.
"I think I can give you a list of some of the things that aren't wrong with him faster." The doctor responded before looking to Alison closely. "Steve's healed up well since the explosion, but he still has a very big problem-." She started before the sound of knocking on the door filled the room and caused both her and Alison to look to the door.
"I'm with a patient." Carmen shot out just as the door exploded open and they noticed three men masked men make their way into the room and almost immediately head to Alison.
"Damn!" The FIB Agent shouted out before reaching for her Gun Holster and pulling out her Glock 22 lifting it and firing a single shot that hit the first man in the right shoulder and caused him to let out a violent pain-filled shriek while the other two men looked at him in shock and surprise before pulling their own guns on Alison who aimed her Pistol at them.
"FIB DROP YOUR WEAPONS." She yelled out while eyeing the men closely.
"Fucking white bitch." The man with the bullet in his arm yelled out causing Carmen to eye him closely before a serious expression spread across her face.
"Miguel!" she yelled out causing the two men to turn to face her and watch as she ran over to him and pulled the mask off his face." What the fuck are you doing here and what is this?" she asked while looking at the man angrily.
"You weren't supposed to know it was us mana." Miguel stated while Carmen started to look over his shoulder.
"And you weren't supposed to shoot us." Came a familiar voice to Alison as she looked to the middle man and watched him pull off his mask to reveal a familiar man of Quechan descent eyeing her closely.
"Felix." She said with a raised brow.
"I guess Mark has been teaching you a few things, but I wonder just what all he's taught you." Felix stated while eyeing the woman closely before watching as she lowered her Pistol and sent a look to Miguel. The man looked to be in pain but he didn't appear to have a life-threatening injury, still to see him shot seemed to leave a bad feeling in Alison's gut.
"What is this?" she asked while eyeing Felix closely.
Bienvenue, Louisiana
Just a few miles away from New Arcadia on the otherside of the river was the city of Bienvenue Louisiana. It was about the size of a mid-sized city but still smaller then New Arcadia and Red Stick and centered around a large bayou with a high white population.
That is one of the main reasons why Marcus chose to avoid the city. It was the picture of what one would expect the Conservative South to look like. As he drove his Duke through the streets of the city he instantly noticed that he was getting looks from some of the people there and as he passed by a few shops and stores he noticed the Confederate Flag displayed proudly in the front window.
As he passed by one store that appeared to be a liquor store he couldn't help but to look angrily at the giant Confederate Flag painted on the roof of the building while the phrase "The South Shall Rise Again" was written on a window. To add insult to injury there was also a wooden carving of a Native American man with a headdress of a Chief outside the store with a bottle of beer in his hands.
"Now that's fucked up." Mark said to himself as he turned a corner and started to make his way to the cities hospital and making his way inside, where he again seemed to get a number of stares from people who looked at him almost like they hadn't seen a black person since their last lynching.
"There you are." Came a familiar voice that caused Mark to turn his head and notice a familiar Chinese woman making her way down the hall. "I was wondering when you would get here." Ana added while approaching Mark.
"Why'd you bring me to this ass backward place?" he asked.
"I know you don't like it here, but you can only imagine how I felt when I passed by a store that said Bomb Japan, Bomb China, Bomb All of Asia and get them in line." She stated earning a slight role of the eyes from Mark. "The reason we're here is because they have one of the best hospitals in the area." She replied to Mark's confusion before she led him down the hall where they entered a room and noticed a familiar redheaded man lying on a bed covered from head to toe in bandages.
"Jimmy!" Mark called out before approaching the snoozing man and giving him a quick once over.
"A farmer found him on his property earlier this morning, carved up and wrapped up in barbed wire and damn near dying of dehydration and hypothermia." Ana stated while moving to stand beside Mark. "You mind telling me why he was like that?"
"He got snatched up by some beaner a few days ago." Mark shot back causing Ana to slap him over the back of the head.
"This city is racist, just because you're here doesn't mean you have to act like you're from here," she shot back causing Mark to look away from her. "Did you hit them back for this?" she asked.
"We snatched up a few of their girls and are holding them hostage. Waiting for them to give us back Jimmy." The Creole shot back.
"You think if any of them knew about Jimmy they wouldn't have given him back to you by now?" Ana asked while Mark turned to face her. "Jimmy came to a few hours ago, and he gave me some interesting information…it seems Neto left you with a parting gift." She stated causing Mark to go wide eyed.
"It would seem he's unaware of your truce and sent someone to keep an eye on the Azteca's while he's gone. This was him making the first move." Ana stated while Mark looked to Jimmy and angrily gritted his teeth.
"I'm gonna make those pricks pay for this." He replied with venom in his tone.
"No you're not, you made peace with Ernesto and the others remember that, and you already have a plan for Neto and it's going into play soon." Ana retorted while Mark looked away from her. "There are more important matters for you to deal with then being dragged back into that war." She added while Mark remained silent for a few seconds before moving to speak out only to be interrupted by the sound of his cellphone vibrating.
"Alison." Ana asked earning a nod from Mark. "Good I'm getting tired of being in this damn town." She retorted before making her way for the door.
"What about Jimmy?" he asked.
"We can't move him yet, but don't worry he'll be fine here." Ana stated while she and Mark made their way out of the room.
"What exactly do you have planned for Neto?" Mark asked while Ana give a slight chuckle.
"The same thing that's in store for Liberty City." Ana shot back with a somewhat wicked smile.
Los Santos
The sun was beginning to set on this day in Los Santos as several members of Marabunta Grande found themselves kicking back in Murietta Heights at a house party for one of their OG's that had just done a dime in at Flamingo Bay in their SHU.
The man was of Salvadoran descent with dark almond skin, short black hair, dark brown eyes, a handle bar mustache, and wearing a black wife beater that showed off his toned muscled tattoo covered arms, khaki pants, and low top blue shoes. This man's name was El Soto and he was a well-known Marabunta soldado.
While inside he had earned his stripes for Marabunta and earned the respect of Onda by killing members Rifas, Loco Syndicate, and BGA. Before going inside though he was still a very feared man through the streets of Los Santos having been a member since the late 80's and fighting alongside the founders against the Azteca's, Vagos, Families, Ballas, and even Onda when they were Greenlit.
He was a dangerous gangster but he was also a loving husband.
As he moved to make his way to the kitchen of his home and see his wife he was cutoff by the familiar blasting sound of gunshots filling the air as a dark blue Glendale rolled by the house with three masked men each armed with Micro SMG's with thirty round magazines fired out the windows and into the house causing the gangsters inside to hit the floor as the sound of glass shattering, walls being ripped apart, and people screaming filled the air as four Marabunta members two men and two females were mowed down by the hail of gunfire.
Then in a flash the vehicle was speeding down the street without a care for the safety of those on the streets or the rules of the road as they ran smack into a mailbox and literally ripped it out of the ground in the process.
"I don't see how those fucking jigs can do this shit, it's a waste of fucking ammo." Stated Tully as he looked at the front seat of the vehicle and noticed Vasiliy pulling off his mask before looking to the man in the drivers seat.
"You alright with doing this Comrade?" the Serbian born former Russian Mobster asked while looking to the Mexican driver with tattoos covering his face that showed his affiliation to Marabunta Grande as he remained silent in the drivers side.
"I work with the IAA, you act as though that wasn't the first one of my homies that I had to kill. They weren't the first and I doubt they'd be the last." El Sol shot back as he finally drove the car through North Rancho.
New Arcadia
The drive back to New Arcadia wasn't long for Mark as he pulled his Duke outside of a restaurant that was across the street from a New Arcadia Trainyard that straddled the Mississippi River. This seemed like an odd place for Alison to want to meet him but he wasn't going to complain about it.
"Don't be too long." Ana said as she watched Mark slide out of the driver's seat of the car and make his way inside of the restaurant just as she noticed an all-black Manana pull up across the restaurant and watch as an African American man carrying a large case made his way into the building next door.
As Mark made his way into the restaurant he was immiedlatly taken off-guard by the sight of Alison sitting at a table with Link sitting across from her.
"What is this?" Mark asked while eyeing the duo confusingly.
"Sitdown Mark." Alison ordered earning a raised brow from the youngest Roman before he followed her order and took a seat across from her.
"He told you about the Chola's didn't he?" Mark asked while eyeing Link closely.
"No, he did." Alison shot back while Mark turned his head and noticed three familiar men making their way from the back of the Restaurant prompting him to reach for his M1911 Pistol only to be stopped by Alison who quickly grabbed onto his arm and stopped him from drawing his weapon.
"No you're gonna listen." She said while Mark eyed the trio angrily as they took seats across the table from them.
"You know involving her isn't the smartest thing to do." Mark shot back with a hint of venom in his tone as he eyed Ernesto, Felix, and Cruz closely.
"We didn't kidnap her." Stated Felix causing Alison to look at him closely. The group had decided to keep their plans of kidnapping on the wraps and go with different plan after Carmen stepped in.
"They reached out to me because they don't want any more bloodshed to come from this war." Alison retorted while eyeing Mark closely before turning to Ernesto and nodding her head.
"You may not believe us Marcus, but I can assure you that nobody on my side is involved with the disappearance of your boy. You may have your belief, but you have to remember you have a lot of enemies and any one of them could have snatched up your boy." The Onda member stated while Mark gave a low growl at the man.
"Listen to them Mark, with everything you've done don't you think they would have told you where Jimmy is by now." Alison stated while eyeing the Creole closely. "I'm asking you to let those girls go, don't restart this war when it has the biggest potential of ending now." She added while eyeing Mark closely and noticing the emotionless look in his eyes.
"On the otherside of the River there is a cabin deep in the swamps along a dirt road, you'll find your girls there." He stated to everyone's shock and surprise as they eyed him closely. "They're all alive and well…probably dehydrated, malnourished, and smelling of feces but alive." He added to their shock and surprise.
"What, you're just telling us where they are because we went to her?" asked Cruz as he eyed Alison closely. "You are whipped." He said earning a low growl from Mark.
"I'm giving them back because Jimmy turned up at a hospital a few hours ago carved up and left for dead outside of a farm not far from here." Mark stated while looking to Ernesto angrily as Alison and Link went wide eyed.
"Is he okay?" Link asked with worry in his tone.
"He'll live but he's pretty fucked up." Mark shot back while continuing to keep his eyes on the group.
"Did he say who kidnapped him?" Felix asked while Mark remained silent.
"Neto." Mark replied to the group's surprise. "He sent someone to help you continue your war against us without knowing that we have a truce.
"We didn't know that, we haven't even met the guy." Ernesto stated.
"I'm aware he's keeping a very low profile, I spoke with Neto prior to coming here. We had a very…interesting conversation." Mark stated with a slight smile. "His friend is someone from Los Santos, a Vago to be exact.
"Neto's actions don't reflect our own." Felix shot out earning a nod from Mark.
"I'm aware, so if you want your girls you can go get them, but just know that Neto's friend is a dead man when I see him. So don't get too attached to him, because when I finally meet him I'm gonna blow his head off." Mark stated causing Alison to send him a look.
"If he's down here to help us that makes him one of us and if you touch him you risk war." Shot Cruz causing Felix and Ernesto to send him a look.
"Like I said he's dead and if your old ass wants to stand in the way of that I'd be happy to send you to see your son. I like to reunite families if you didn't know." Mark shot back causing Cruz to angrily rise from his seat with Mark following him up. The duo were kept from attacking each other though as Alison and Felix got in between the duo.
While the negotiation was being met Ana continued to look around the street. She didn't know why but she had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. This uneasiness was magnified as she watched three SUV's beginning to pull up inside of the train yard.
"Things are about to get interesting." She said with a slight smile before moving to crawl into the backseat of Mark's and pulling up the backseat to reveal Mark's CM901 Assault Rifle and his MP7 Submachine Gun hidden in a compartment under the seat. She knew the Creole was wearing his vest and carrying his M1911 Pistol and Bowie Knife so he wasn't too outmatched just outgunned.
Still she wasn't going to take any chances so she quickly drew her phone and sent a call to Lee and the others.
"Enough Marcus." Alison yelled out before forcing Mark back into his seat while Felix and Ernesto did the same to Cruz. "This war has gone on long enough and too many people have been lost on both sides so now it's time for a change." She stated while the two sides eyed each other angrily.
"I agree with Cruz on this one Mark, Neto's guy is one of us and if you hurt him you can risk war with us." The Onda member stated while Mark gave him a low growl before going silent for a few seconds then finally speaking.
"You know it was smart of you to go to her to setup this meeting because if she wasn't here none of us would be walking out of here alive." Mark stated while Ernesto gave him a serious look.
"I don't want to start this war back up Mark, but I must ask do you really want to do this now with her here?" he asked while looking to Alison.
"You should be thanking her most of all." Mark stated while Ernesto eyed him closely. "A few days ago I walked into a hospital on a mission, to snatch up a specific doctor." He added causing Ernesto's eyes to widen.
"Don't worry I wouldn't harm your child, Neto said I didn't know the difference between a civilian and us but I do and I know she's probably the most civilian of all of us." He stated.
"Then why would you go after her?" asked Felix as he eyed his former leader angrily.
"To let you know what happens when a truce is broken with me. I don't just go after you, I go after your entire family tree and I mean the entire tree." Mark stated before moving to rise from the table with Ernesto moving to confront him.
"You son of a-." Ernesto started before the sound of glass shattering filled the ears of everyone as they moved to hit the floor while watching as Mark was taken off his feet and knocked to the ground by an unknown force.
"Damn!" said Ana as she looked to the shattered window before looking back at the trainyard where she noticed an African American man with short dreadlocks lying on his stomach and looking through the scope of a M2010 Sniper Rifle.
"Target down, you're clear to move in." said Lonzo as he pulled back the slide on his Sniper Rifle with a smile while talking over his Walkie Talkie as Doom stood by armed with an M4A1 Assault Rifle fitted with a Accupoint Sight and Foregrip with four other members of GA each armed to the teeth with guns beside him.
"Alright remember we're taking him alive." Said Queen.
"Man shit why we need to take this bitch ass nigga alive?" asked a GA member with a mouth filled with silver teeth, long dreadlocks that were tied in a tail, and wearing all black.
"Because the next time these New Arcadia niggas see this nigga they'll know what they're dealing with." Queen replied before moving to lead the group inside of the restaurant.
"FUCK!" Mark yelled out with a tone filled with pain and anger as he looked at his right arm and noticed that there was a long gash on his arm from where a bullet got close enough to graze through his skin but not pierce it.
"MARCUS!" Alison yelled out while looking to Mark with fear and worry in her eyes as she noticed his bloody shirt.
"I'm okay it's just a scratch." He yelled out while moving to grab his shoulder before looking to Ernesto, Felix, and Cruz.
"What the hell is this?" he asked with anger in his tone.
"We don't fucking know." Ernesto yelled out with Mark eyeing him closely and judging by the look in his eye he figured the man wasn't lying to him. The group then heard a series of voices coming from outside the restaurant and making their way towards the building. The way they spoke showed that there were more than five of them and each were black but didn't have the accent of a New Arcadia or even Southern Gangster.
"Shit!" said Mark as he quickly drew his M1911 Pistol and moved to stand on his feet as the first man came through the front door armed with a Remington 870 Shotgun. The youngest Roman then ran towards the door and kicked it shut forcing it close on the man's hand with enough force to cause him to yell out in pain as the door crushed both of his arms.
"Mother-!" he started causing the other GA members to raise their guns as Mark lifted his Pistol and fired a single shot that caught the man in the center of his head before barrel rolling behind a counter while the Gangsters sent a barrage of gunfire his way.
"That motherfucker killed Junior-." Started the gangster with the silver teeth before he too was silenced by five bullets striking him twice in the back and once in the back of the head blowing his brains all over the wall and causing Queen to turn her head and notice Ana aiming Mark's CM901 Assault Rifle at her and the remaining men.
"Shit!" he said as Ana squeezed the trigger on the Rifle and fired off four shots that dropped another man while Mark used this opportunity to fire three shots from his Pistol and hit another GA gangster in the chest and send him falling backwards before turning his gun on the last remaining hitman, Queen.
Sensing danger, the Midwestern Gangster quickly moved to cover as Mark and Ana pushed her into cover behind a white Sentinel that was quickly riddled with bullets from the duo.
"I'm pinned down." Queen yelled out as Lonzo looked through the scope of his Rifle and aimed it at Marcus.
"Don't worry Queenie, I got-." The Army Officer started before watching as a Chinese woman armed with an Assault Rifle aimed the Grenade Launcher attached to it at him. "SHIT!" He yelled out as Ana fired a Grenade at him but before the explosive could slam into him he was quick enough to roll off top of the broken train as the Grenade slammed into the top and created deafing explosion.
"Damn it!" Lonzo yelled out in pain as he picked himself out of the dirt.
"What was that about?" Mark asked as Ana loaded a fresh magazine and grenade into his Rifle before tossing it to him while drawing his MP7.
"There was a Sniper and a lot more guys waiting for you in the trainyard." Stated Ana as she entered the restaurant while Queen blindly fired from behind the truck at the duo who quickly returned fire.
"Looks like Joe and the BGA finally made their move." Said Mark as he looked down at one of the dead gangsters and noticed a six-pointed star with pitchforks tattooed on the side of his blood-stained neck.
"I placed a call to Lee and the others, but they're still a way out." Ana shot back before firing the SMG out the window and striking a GA member with an MP5 in the legs and chest before loading a fresh magazine into the weapon.
"We need to go." Said Cruz as he looked to Ernesto and Felix who gave him confused looks while looking to draw their own guns. "This isn't our fight, so let's not get involved." He added while Ernesto and Cruz sent looks to Mark and Ana who were exchanging shot's with the Gangster Apostles while Link kept Alison covered.
"He's right." Said Felix to the surprise of Ernesto as he sent a look to the man of Quechan descent and noticed the serious look on his face. "This isn't our fight, so let's not make it our problem." He added while Ernesto took a few seconds to respond before giving an answer.
"Alright then let's go." Ernesto stated before rising up and rushing out the back of the restaurant with Felix and Cruz in tow.
"Felix." Alison yelled out earning the attention of the Mexican man who took a second to look back at her before rushing out of the restaurant with the others.
"Hold it assholes." Yelled a GA member that was trying to go through the backdoor as he lifted his MP5 Submachine Gun at Felix and Cruz. Before he could do or say anything else though he was taken off-guard by a powerful bullet blowing the top of his skull off courtesy of Ernesto's .44 Magnum.
"Let's go!" Ernesto yelled out before leading the group away from the store.
"Damn their tenacious." Said mark as he and Ana lowered their heads as a barrage of bullets came their way.
"Any ideas hero?" Ana asked before blindly firing and striking a GA member in the knee and causing him to yell out in pain as he hit the ground.
"Yeah I'll cover you while you get Ali and Link to my car and drive out of here." Mark shot back while Alison gave him a shocked look.
"What about you?" Alison asked while looking to Mark with worry in her eyes.
"I'll keep them off you and busy." Mark shot back while Alison continued to eye him.
"MOLOTOV!" Link yelled out causing Mark and the others to go wide eyed before watching as three flaming bottles were thrown through one of the broken windows and collided with the a few of the table tops and cabinets of the restaurant and creating a wave of flames to engulf the building.
"Damn it, no time to argue so move." Mark yelled out with anger in his tone as he eyed the FIB Agent angrily and noticed the heat from the flames already starting to cause sweat to drip from her face.
"Just be careful and come home." Alison stated earning a nod from Mark who moved to give her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Alright we'll give you covering fire, on my count." Mark yelled out while he and Ana reloaded their guns while noticing two more GA gangsters preparing to throw more Molotov's into the building.
"NOW!" Mark and Ana both yelled as they noticed both men starting to run forward with the weapons. The duo then fired a barrage of rounds at the duo with Mark striking one of the Molotov's as it was leaving the Gangsters hand causing hot shards of glass and burning liquid to rain down and cover him in flames.
Ana was also on the mark with her bullets as she hit the other gangster in the arm and forced him to drop his bottle on the ground, shattering it and causing a wave of flames to engulf his feet and begin to eat its way up his legs. The sight seemed to bring sick smiles to both the faces of Mark and Ana as they started to fire another barrage of rounds at the GA members with one man being hit twice in the chest courtesy of Mark's powerful 5.56 Rounds tearing through the brick wall he was hiding behind.
And with those rounds fired Link took the lead and made a beeline to Mark's Duke with Alison in tow with Mark and Ana picking off anyone that came close to turning their guns on them. As another two GA members were dropped Queen found herself getting a bit nervous as she grabbed her Walkie Talkie and quickly sent out a message.
"Doom this pricks putting up more of a fight then we thought he would." She said while the voice of the man on the otherside soon filled her ears.
"Don't worry girl I'm on the way with something for that bitch." He replied while Link and Alison finally managed to reach Mark's car and climbed in with their heads down.
"You're next." Mark said while looking to Ana.
"You better not die Marcus." The Chinese woman let out while Mark gave a slight chuckle before moving to give her a quick kiss on the lips. "Be careful." Ana let out before running out of the restaurant firing the Submachine Gun while Queen, Lonzo, and four other GA members sent a barrage of rounds her way as she climbed into the back of Mark's car.
"Alright drive." Said Ana as Link started up the car and prepared to start it only to be stopped by Alison.
"Wait what's that?" the female FIB Agent asked causing all eyes to follow her own and to their surprise see a bald muscular African American man standing in the trainyard with three other GA members standing beside him.
The sight of the man was intimidating on its own but what made the group recoil in fear was the sight of what was in the man's hands. Sniper Rifles were deadly when put in the hands of someone who can handle them from a distance, not much training was needed to be lethal with an Assault Rifle or Submachine Gun. But the weapon in this man's hand didn't require much skill to use all it needed was distance and it could destroy all those around it.
"LINK DRIVE NOW!" Ana yelled out as she watched Doom raise up an AT-4 Rocket Launcher and take aim at the restaurant in the direction of Mark who immediately saw the weapon take aim at him and started to move before he even knew what was happening.
"DRIVE!" Ana yelled one more time as Link slammed on the gas petal and sent the Duke rocketing down the streets while Doom launched a Rocket in the direction of the restaurant and watched in glee as it slammed into the building and created an explosion that literally shook the streets and created a cloud of black smoke that could be seen almost for miles.
"MARK!" Alison yelled out with fear and worry in her voice as she looked back at the flaming building where she noticed the flames literally billowing out of where it stood.
Outside of New Arcadia
The drive to the swamp wasn't long for Task as he and Adahy stepped out of their truck and made their way towards a cabin that was deep in the swamps.
As they made their way to the front door Adahy immediately kicked it in and made his way inside where he was quickly hit by the smell of noticed four women in chairs.
"Oh shit!" said Task who's eyes immediately went to Loka who was tied up in her chair squirming with all her might as her mouth was bound by a rope. What made the group turns their stomachs was the sight of the creatures making the woman squirm.
From head to toe one would think the girl was just dirty from lack of bathing but this wasn't the case. There was a white cup lying next to the woman that was filled with dirt and the other content of the cup was now squirming all over the woman's face and hair.
Nightcrawlers, or Earthworms as many people knew them as, seemed to be enjoying their new surroundings as they slimily crawled across the girls face and through her hair leaving her in a mental state of disgust and fear.
"Shit!" Task yelled out as he ran at the girl and quickly pulled the gag off her mouth, a feat he would soon regret.
"GET UM OFF OF ME, GET UM OFF OF ME!" She screamed as loud as her lungs would allow and causing Task to recoil as she gave a loud shriek in fear and sadness along with it.
New Arcadia
The drive back to New Arcadia wasn't long for Lee, Buck, Davey, and Eddy as Lee pulled his Dominator up to the trainyard and quickly noticed the police swarming around the streets while corners were checking over the bodies.
"Shit is one of them Mark?" asked Buck as Lee's cellphone started to ring from a familiar number causing him to quickly answer it.
"Brother you okay?" he asked before hearing a chuckle on the other end.
"Look to your left." The voice on the other end replied causing Lee to snap his head in the direction of an alleyway where he and the other BSU members noticed a man shuffling out of the darkness and leaning against the wall in the process with an Assault Rifle strapped to his back.
After stepping into the light the man finally revealed himself to be Marcus but to shock of the group he was looking worst for wear. He had a scratch on his forehead that was dripping blood down the center of his face, he was clutching his left shoulder with his right hand that seemed to be soaked with blood from a large gash that was leaking blood, his right pants leg was torn revealing a nasty burn that was already starting to fill with pus, and there was blood leaking from his left side where the group noticed a piece of shrapnel that had lodged itself into his vest and managed to puncture his skin.
"Holy shit!" said Lee as Davey and Eddy ran over to Marcus and put his arms on their shoulders before carrying him away over to Lee's Dominator before sticking him in the backseat.
"I think Joe just handed me my pink slip without even a two weeks' notice." Mark replied with a slight chuckle while Lee gave an angry scowl.
"Yeah now we get to return the favor." The Chinese man shot back with venom in his tone.
"No, Joe's brought in some heavy backup to take us out and their very well equipped, fucking Rocket Launcher is what brought that damn building down." Mark stated to the groups surprise. "We need to get the others and regroup outside of New Arcadia. If we fight these pricks head on now with what little we have there's no way we'll win." He added.
"So we're not running away?" asked Eddy causing the Creole man to look back at the group.
"We never run...but we do bide our time." Mark shot back the group drove away from the crime scene where Regina found herself looking over the bodies of the dead GA members with intrigue as Locke walked up behind her with Sawyer in tow.
"You see something you don't like?" Locke asked while Regina turned to eye the man closely.
"Yeah and I'm not liking this entire scenario." She shot back with a hint of anger in her tone.
Elsewhere
Traffic wasn't too heavy for Link as he pulled Mark's Duke around the front and looked back at the woman who seemed to be frozen in fear and worry as the memory of the building being blown to bits by the Rocket carrying gangster filled her head.
"What the hell was that?" asked Link.
"AT4 Rocket Launcher, that things an Anti-Tank Weapon and is used to destroy bunkers. Never thought I'd see one in the hands of street gangs." Ana pointed out while looking out the window.
"Unless they had those kinda connections." Link retorted while turning to face her.
"We have to go back." Declared Alison earning the attention of Link and Ana who turned to face her. "Mark may still be alive and he may need us." She added while the duo remained silent.
"LINK!" she yelled just as Link turned the corner onto the street the BSU members lived and was quickly shocked to see three black cars pull up in their driveway.
"Shit!" Link said with fear and anger in his voice as he watched twelve GA gangsters step out of the car while Ana ordered him to pull to the side. "We have to do something Manfred and Courtney are in there." He pointed out while moving to open the driver's side doors only to be stopped by Ana.
"Wait." She said to the surprise of everyone as they watched the GA members head for the front door. "They don't see it." She added to Alison and Link's confusion as they watched a GA member with a shaved head run forward and kick in the front door.
His actions were his last as a explosion went off from inside of the house and created a violent fiery shockwave that knocked him and the other GA members off their feet and flying several meters away from the house, some in flames and some missing limbs as the explosion rocked the neighborhood with enough force to completely destroy the house, set-off car alarms, and shatter the windows of the house closes to it.
"Jesus Christ." Alison yelled out while she and Link looked at the scene in utter disbelief while Ana gave a slight smile.
"Too much C4." She said before turning to the group. "I told Lee about the gun battle, you don't think he told Manfred and Courtney to get out of the house, glad to see they left a surprise for their enemy." She added with a low chuckle.
"We need to go." Link stated before driving out of the neighborhood and pulling out his cellphone and placing a call to Manfred.
"Manny your surprise caught a few people, where the hell are you?" he asked.
"Delta Welta." Link was taken off-guard to not hear the voice of Manfred on the other end of the phone but he was relieved to hear Mark's and giving an order at that. The order was simple and he hadn't heard it for a while but he knew things were bad if he had to hear it.
"What did he say?" Alison asked as Link hung up his phone and quickly drove out of the 9th Ward.
"He's fine." Link replied.
While Link was driving the two women, the door of a home in the 10th Ward was being kicked open as Doom found himself walking into the home of Maurice and Yolando Roman armed with TR-1 AR-15 Assault Rifle while five other GA members behind him started to rush inside the house and begin searching it while he walked over to a wall that was covered in pictures.
One of the pictures that really stuck out to him seemed to be a recent picture that must have been taken at a family dinner because it had Maurice, Yolanda, Marrick, Martin, and Marcus sitting at a table while Lee, Link, Buck, Davey, Eddy, and even Felix stood behind them smiling at the camera.
As Doom reached out and plucked the picture off the wall he noticed as a GA Soldier armed with a Mossberg 500 Shotgun approached him with a serious look.
"This bitch empty." He pointed out while Doom nodded his head. "Homies say Martin and Marrick cribs were empty to, but Mark's place…we ain't here nothing from there." He finished.
"They knew we were coming, so now they running." Said Queen as she approached Doom with anger in her eyes.
"No matter they'll come back and when they do…we'll be ready." Said Doom as he pulled a lighter from his pocket and quickly set the picture a blaze.
Meanwhile
The drive to Alison's home wasn't long as Link pulled Mark's Duke up to the front of the house and quickly watched as the FIB and IAA Agent stepped out of the car while he stayed in the drivers seat.
"Where you heading Link?" Ana asked while Alison watched the once blonde haired man closely.
"I'm not sure." He shot back before giving both women smiles then driving away from the house while Alison eyed him closely.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Alison asked with anger in her tear-filled eyes.
"Delta Welta." Said Ana earning the attention of Alison who turned to face the Chinese woman who stood by with her arms folded. "It's the codename for a mass exodus." She added to Alison's confusion as she looked at the woman with a raised brow. "Mark is calling for a mass withdrawal out of New Arcadia for his friends, family, and allies." She finished.
"So Mark is alive?" Alison asked earning a nod from Mark.
"Yes and it seems he's on the run, so it may be a while before we see him again." She replied to Alison's surprise.
"Why?" she asked.
"Mark told me he would never abandon this city like he once did and he damn sure wouldn't leave because someone forced him out." Ana started before looking out. "He'll leave, regroup, rearm, and when he returns he gonna... but he can't do that now." She finished while Alison kept her eyes on him.
"He may call you or me or send letter to know he's okay, but we won't be seeing much of him or the others until they're ready to make their moves." Ana finished while Alison stood in silence as the words of the Chinese woman sunk into her body.
As the duo spoke Link found himself pulling Mark's Duke to a warehouse that was adjacent to the river and upon pulling out front he watched with a smile as Davey and Eddy slid open the doors and allowed for him to drive inside where he noticed Lee, Buck, and Manfred standing on an all-white fishing boat.
Upon seeing the group Link quickly moved to give them each hug's before climbing on the boat and heading for the lower deck in search of the youngest Roman. As he got made it down into the living quarters of the boat he was taken by surprise to see the youngest Roman sitting on a couch bandaging himself up while Courtney lay beside him.
He figured the Creole would be pretty banged up from his encounter with the Midwestern Gangsters but he wasn't expecting him to be that worse for wear. Still he was glad he was alive.
The group knew the protocol and they had to follow it. They all had to follow it, for their own safety.
"When will he be back?" asked Alison as she looked to Ana who looked out to the bridge in the distance where two cars with Maurice, Yolanda, Marrick, Martin, and his wife were heading out of the city.
"I don't know, but things will be a lot different when they return." Replied Ana as in another part of the city Joe found himself calling a meeting with Cake and the other members of the New Rising Council. Their meeting didn't seem to end as quick as they thought it would though as Muujai walked into the room with Doom, Queen, Lonzo, and five other Gangster Apostles taking the New Arcadia gangsters by surprise as they eyed the group.
"When they come back though, the landscape will change forever." She finished as the BSU members found themselves sailing out of the city of New Arcadia with anger in their hearts as they watched the buildings start to dace in the distance.
"It's already changing so for other places." She added to Alison's confusion.
Los Santos
The drive to Rancho wasn't long for El Sol as he found himself riding in the backseat of a dark blue Tornado with four other Marabunta members as they found themselves pulling up to a house in Rancho where an Azteca party was going on.
It didn't take long after the drive-by shooting for him to get the order from a higher up telling him to strike back at the Azteca's and he would do just that.
As he popped the trunk of his car he immediately grabbed his AKM Assault Rifle and loaded fresh magazine into the weapon while the other Marabunta members did the same.
"Alright, no survivors." He said with an angry growl before rushing into the backyard with the others and firing off a barrage of rounds as a series of screams filled the nights air.
Hove Beach, Liberty City
While things in Los Santos and New Arcadia were on the steps of becoming a raging battlefield Liberty City was no different, especially with the introduction of three new faces being added to the playing field.
"Any reason why we're hitting these Vodka drunk pricks and not Canned Labor Force?" asked Charlie as he looked to Marco and watched him load a fresh magazine into his ACR Assault Rifle before passing Charlie an MP5 Submachine Gun.
"Because we can wipe out those fucking LS Rejects on their best day anytime, but I want to make those fucking Ruskies hurt. I never liked Luis, but he was one of us and I have an obligation to exact revenge for his death and the deaths of those I did give a damn about." Marco stated with a hint of anger in his voice as the sound of Maria screaming filled his head.
The sound of her screaming at him about what happened to that woman's baby seemed to constantly fill his ears since her death. He didn't help Patrick kill that woman or her baby, but at the same time he didn't have much care for what happened to them or what he did to them. It was just who he was, he was a soldier and what happened to them was a consequence of war. She chose to fight and she chose to be involved with someone in the life…she knew the consequences.
And soon they all would feel the consequences.
"So who's the target then?" Marco asked as he continued to drive through the neighborhood while Charlie nodded his head.
"Scumbag by the name of George Baranovichi. A met him a few years back at a sit down so I can tell you he's high up in Kenny Petrovic's organization, the same organization that Devlin said Ivan was apart of." He stated earning a nod from Marco. "Those Russians have a business of bringing in whores from back east work in clubs as strippers or as escorts. George's club is a known place for this shit." He finished earning a nod from Marco.
"Where is this club?" he asked as Charlie gave a slight smile before pointing him in the direction.
Upon arriving at the club the duo quickly noticed the three Russian Mobsters standing out front guarding the door.
"How you want to go in loud or-." Charlie started only to be taken off-guard as Marco slammed on the gas petal and sent the vehicle screeching forward catching the Russian men by surprise as the vehicle plowed into all three of them and ran through the front door tearing down much of the interior and running down a few people while inside.
"What the fuck is-." Started a Russian man with short blonde hair and dark green eyes before he was struck three times in the chest by Marco who quickly hopped out the trashed vehicle and started to open fire on the Russian Mobsters inside.
"Next time a little warning maybe nice." Charlie yelled out with anger in his tone as he fired his MP5 and shot down to Russians with shots to the gut and chest.
"Kill those assholes." Yelled an overweight Russian American man with short black hair, dark black eyes, and wearing a black suit as he started to run up the stairs while a group of Bravata members with AK-47's rushed out of a room and started to open fire on the duo.
"That was George." Yelled out Charlie as Marco gave a low growl before lifting his ACR Assault Rifle and firing off six shots that hit one gangster in the throat and face before exploding out the man's body and striking another in the right cheek.
With that Marco then jumped over the hood of his car and fired off another two shots that hit another gangster in the back as he tried his best to move for cover. The Afro-Dominican man then pulled the pin on a Hand Grenade before tossing it in the direction of a group of Russians creating a loud explosion that knocked the men off their feet and sent them flying with severed appendages being sent flying with them.
"Damn he's fierce." Yelled a Russian American man with short black hair as he started to run up the stairs to George's Office before kicking in the door and noticing the man opening his safe and placing money in a duffel bag while holding his cellphone to his ear.
"Yes we're being hit now-." He started before turning to the man. "What are you doing here go out there and kill them." George yelled out.
"Sorry but I can't let you do that." Came a new voice that shocked the duo upon hearing.
"Move it!" Marco yelled out as he blasted three more men before another ran at him and tried his best to wrestle his gun away from the Afro Dominican who responded by giving him a sharp headbutt that knocked him back before drawing his Machete and swinging it sideways slicing the man's throat and sending his blood splattering across the wall.
"We're clear." Said Charlie as he and Marco proceeded to make their way up the stairs before heading into the office of George and being taken off-guard by the sight of the man crawling on his belly across the floor while blood leaked from his from legs.
"Don't worry he's alive I just so happened to slice his Achilles tendon so he couldn't escape." Said Patrick as he looked to Charlie and Marco with his usual sinister smile.
"Right!" said Charlie as he watched Marco walk over to George and stomp on his bleeding wounds forcing the man to let out a loud shriek.
"Why are you doing this…I have done nothing to you?" he asked with fear and pain in his voice.
"I know that's why your death is going to be quick because I just need you to send a message." Marco stated before lifting his blade over the head of George and then forcibly bringing it down, decapitating the man and leaving his silencing his screams.
"Well didn't you boys make a mess." Came the somewhat familiar voice of a woman to the group causing them to turn their heads and notice a tall skinny Caucasian woman with short straight hair that reached down to her neck and a purple pants suit that resembled a business woman but with a few buttons undone exposing much of her cleavage and flat pink shoes.
"What are you doing here?" Marco asked while looking to the woman closely.
"Making sure you boys aren't causing too much of a problem." She replied while moving to approach Marco and look at the severed head of George. "Overkill as always." She said before smiling at the group.
"First stage done let's move onto the next." She replied with a wide smile.
Authors Note: And there you have it for this chapter people sorry for the long wait but I've been busy these last few weeks with finals, test, projects, and people. But I'm out of school now and now I can divert my time back to my stories which will be good for everyone.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter I know a lot of people were worried about Jimmy's fate after that last chapter of Onkwehonwe's story, but yes we agreed that Jimmy wouldn't be killed fucked up but not killed. The kidnapping of Loka and the others was short notice though mostly because I wanted to show Mark have a small conversation with Loka and to get into more details about the other girls. I know what I did with them was short but they will be seen more in the next coming chapters.
A lot of people were confused last chapter with Maurice's words saying he was gonna pick the winning side. To him the winning side is Mark mostly because if you look at it Mark maybe the underdog but to him Joe has nothing that can match Mark. I may need to go back and fix that to clear the confusion.
New Arcadia being mentioned as a second tier city is kinda something I tend to notice with cities in America. When something happens in one city it tends to follow in other cities for example ever since the 1992 Riots in LA we've seen riots across the US with a lot happening more recently in the last few years and the same can be said about wars, cop shootings, and such.
If something happens in a major city it has consequences and ripples into other cities and other states. Another instance is this since the mass shooting at that school in Connecticut a lot of people in the Northeast are becoming more for stricter gun laws but a few years prior many weren't.
New Arcadia's gang war is starting to ripple out first it was in Sunbelt but now it's moving to Los Santos and Liberty City. Oh and you haven't seen the last of Charlie and Marco in Liberty City I have plans for them there.
The Gangster Apostles are based off the Gangster Disciples. In mine, Onkwehonwe, as well as Stelm, and the late Afro Spirit we've always like to base gangs are real life gangs and the Gangster Apostles is one of Afro Spirits gangs. We never really got much of a chance to use them since our stories take place in cities with no real GD presence but we got an idea for them to come to New Arcadia and start a war after reading a comic.
The character Doom is based on Chicago Rapper and actor Common, Lonzo is based on Larez Tate, and Queen is based on Anika Noni Rose who plays 50 Cents cousin on the show Power. You'll be seeing more of them in the next few chapters as they wage war with the New Arcadia gangs and the Roman Family.
El Sol in Los Santos is basically there to cause trouble for Neto mostly to keep him busy and hurt him for what his guy did to Jimmy. I won't really be going into much detail about that war between the Azteca's and Marabunta but Onkwehonwe will be showing a lot of it.
I also introduced a new female character I won't go into much detail about her just yet just know she's based off Elisha Cuthbert from 24 and you'll be learning more about her in the next coming chapters.
Stick around for next chapter as we go through a small time skip of a few months and Alison finds herself trapped I another game with Patrick, we learn a little more about this new woman, and Marco, Charlie, and Trinities take a shot at PPL.
Thank you all for reading have a nice day Zilla out.
