Chapter 35: The Serial Killer's Grasp
The Changing City
Bayou Fountain (3 Months Later)
The sun hadn't yet risen on this day in New Arcadia, but the eerie morning fog seemed to blanket the swamp as a large warehouse deep within the swamp stood out amongst the fog.
Inside the warehouse Juwan White could best describe the situation as money being handled. Not literal paper money, but money in the form of cocaine and heroin. Juwan was a Gangster Apostle member from Carcer City and there he used to cut the drugs and prepare them to sold on the streets and that's what he was doing but now on a larger scale.
As he walked through the warehouse he couldn't help but to look at the twenty young African American women who stood completely naked with only doctors mask, hair nets, and gloves on their persons. These young women were cutting, bagging, and handling the heroin and cocaine before it would be sold in New Arcadia. With the introduction of the GA in New Arcadia the process of drug dealing had changed completely.
Every few minutes he couldn't help but to look at the bare bodies of the women, some were female gang members who needed a way of making money but most of them were girls who were snatched off the streets of New Arcadia, Red Stick, and Liddell. They needed a labor force to cut their drugs and women made the best workers for this especially when the threat of death or rape loomed over their heads. Occasionally he'd catch one of the guys guarding over the warehouse getting a little closer to the girls, and honestly he didn't care what they did as long as the job got done.
This seemed to be happening right now as he noticed a Gangster Apostle member with a shaved head and neck hair walk up behind one of the girls and begin to slowly rub her thighs. He didn't know the woman's name but he had to admit she was rather beautiful with light brownish skin, black hair that curled up, pretty eyes, and a nice looking body. Out of all the woman in the warehouse she had to be the prettiest and caught the most attention. She seemed to shake while under his touch because she knew there wasn't much she could do other then let him have his way.
Before the man could do more to her though the group was interrupted by a knocking at the door that caused Juwan to lift his head. He figured one of the men outside was coming in for a shift change so he quickly ordered the bald man to answer the door.
"Keep working girls, we got an order to fill." He yelled out while looking to the woman who tried to keep in her tears while she continued to work.
As the GA member answered the door he was taken by surprise to see a familiar African American man standing in the doorway to his shock though the man stood before him choking and gagging as he clutched his bleeding throat tightly before falling flat on the ground.
"What the-." The bald man started before looking up and noticing several men wearing wool bag over their heads with red X's in the middle staring at him with G36 Assault Rifles in their hands.
"Oh Shit!" he yelled out just as the group opened fire on the warehouse.
New Arcadia
The sun was beginning to rise on this day in New Arcadia as Steve found himself starting to open his eyes and notice the sun starting to rise over the city through his window. The sight seemed to bring a smile to his face, these last few days it has been nothing but rain in the city of New Arcadia. Signifying the start of the rainy season and in New Arcadia when it rained it stormed.
After looking at the sun he then turned his head to the edge of his bed where he noticed a familiar redheaded woman sitting at the edge of his bed wearing a blue sports bra, black gym pants, and white running shoes. The sight of her seemed to bring a smile to his face as he rolled over to watch as she bent over to tie her shoes.
"The view is amazing." He said causing Alison to whip her head around to notice the smile on his face.
"Morning!" she said with a slight smile while Steve smiled at her.
"Morning to you." He said before slowly pushing himself off the bed with a low groan. It had been a few months since he was released from the hospital and he was noticeably getting better from his injuries but he still felt some discomfort that he tried his best to hide.
"You should rest." She let out while approaching him.
"Sorry but it ain't my day off unlike someone's." he said while moving to run his hands through Alison's hair causing the woman to lean forward and give him a kiss on the cheek.
"Maybe you should take it off." She replied while Steve gave a slight chuckle.
"Nah I've spent too much time in the bed, even if you are beside me I gotta get back in the game." He shot back earning a slight smile from Alison. "Enjoy your run today." He added while Alison nodded her head before the duo shared a kiss and went their separate ways.
After tying her hair into a ponytail Alison made her way outside and started to perform her morning stretches. As she went to stretch her legs though she failed to pay much attention to the gray Sentinel that drove by her house as four men looked out the window and eyed her closely.
"Time to get this started." She said before taking a deep breath of fresh air and then beginning her morning jog around the street. It was quiet and has become one of her ways to relieve stress that had been building up these past few months.
These past three months she hadn't seen or even heard from Mark, Lee, Link, or any of the other BSU members. She knew the group had left the city of New Arcadia to regroup after that emergence of the Carcer City street gang the Gangster Apostles. To make the situation worse the New Rising Council had sold them out in favor the Apostles putting them at a disadvantage and causing the landscape of New Arcadia to change forever.
Crime in the city had dropped, but drug related overdoses and attacks seemed to be on the rise as the Gangster Apostles brought in a new wave of terror that the city of New Arcadia wasn't use to. It was scary and many people were starting to feel the fear.
"Marcus where are you?" she asked while lifting her head into the skies where she noticed a black and green helicopter passing her by just as a dark blue Buffalo cruised by her.
Elsewhere
The sound of fist cracking against someone's head seemed to be the only thing heard in a house in the 17th Ward as Lonzo found himself standing over an African American man who was once a drug dealer in the 17th Ward.
As he threw another punch to the man's jaw forcibly bloodying it he could help but to lift his head and look into the eyes of his audience. There were two groups of people watching him 17th Ward Dealers and Buyers who were once loyal to Marcus Roman and BSU and Dealers who were now showing their allegiance to the Gangster Apostles.
Over the course of three months, or more or less two weeks, the Carcer City street gang had become the enforcement arm for the BGA in New Arcadia and were now spreading their will throughout the city. In accordance to their deal with Muujai, the Midwestern Gangsters were now in firm control of much of the 17th Ward a territory they shared with the Ballas. Forcing hostilities between the two sides.
Instead of killing all of Mark's loyalist they decided to just make them change employers. Now instead of paying a ten percent street tax to Mark and BSU they were paying a twenty-five percent street tax to the GA. The increase in tax had many of them upset but many of them knew there wasn't much they could.
Amongst the crowd of 17Th Ward dealers stood two of Mark's close associates in the streets of the 17th Ward, Andre and Quick. Neither liked the idea of working for the GA or kicking up more money but at the end of the day they knew there wasn't much he could do. It was either kick up money and do business or end up like the man in front of them.
The man had been beaten up so bad that his face was badly swollen up to the point where his eyes were closed shut, his bloody lips were expanded, and there were several knots forming at the top of his head. The Carcer City gangsters seemed to have a name for this "A Pumpkin Head" it was hard to look at but they seemed to get pleasure in making them watch it.
"This is what happens when you don't pay us." Lonzo yelled out while looking to the New Arcadia Gangsters. "You'll niggas may have had shit sliding in the past, but that shit ain't gonna fly no more." He added while looking closely at Andre and Quick.
"Now we know you bitches robbed a them racist fucks, and we don't care all we care about is getting paid." He shot back while eyeing the group closely. None of them wanted to say anything despite none of them stealing the drugs from the Dixie Mafia they weren't gonna voice that. The last person who did was lying before them now in a pool of his own blood and wasn't looking to good.
"Get this piece of shit out of here and have my money next time." He yelled out while giving the dealer a sharp kick to the gut while the others walked over to him and started to drag him away just as Lonzo's phone started to ring.
"Lonzo how things on your end?" came the familiar voice of Doom as Lonzo gave a low chuckle.
"We good, had a little incident with a nigga coming up short but I think now that problem fixed." He replied. "How things on your end?" he asked.
"Good everything is good." Said Doom as he found himself standing in a swamp outside of New Arcadia with eight other GA members watching with a smile as a black and green helicopter started to descend in the swamp. He then started to approach the helicopter with a smile and noticed Queen in the pilot seat smiling back at him.
"Any problems?" he asked while eyeing her closely.
"No problems at all son." She replied while looking the backseat of the helicopter and noticing twelve kilos of Cocaine and heroin in the backseat.
Meanwhile
The sun was shining but there was also a wide smile shining off the face of Muujai as he entered Joe's back office where he noticed the man sitting at his desk with Cake and Slim. The latter of whom gave Muujai and disgusted look as he eyed him closely.
"So how did the operation go?" Muujai asked while eyeing Joe closely.
"Doom and Queen just checked in, they got the product here with no complications." Joe shot back while Muujai smiled at him. The BGA Hitman couldn't help but smile at Joe as he eyed him in his new position, messenger boy. People still saw Joe as the Drug Kingpin of New Arcadia but in reality, that title had switched and Muujai seemed to be the man calling all the shots.
"Good, have you found a new place for them to begin cutting the product?" the Somali man asked while eyeing Joe closely. "If we're going to be churning out this much product we're gonna need a place big enough to handle the cutting." He added.
"We're looking into another spot deep in the bayou, but we're running into several problems." Stated Joe.
"The biggest being those fucking white boys." Added Cake earning the attention of Muujai.
"Most of the niggas in this city are so urbanized you put a forest on either side of them they fucking panic. On top of that you got a lot of white problems in the swamps. Dixie Mafia, AWA, Skinheads, and fucking Klan members know all the back roads to the swamp. They'll hit us up just like they did again." Stated Joe.
"Sounds troublesome." Said Muujai.
"Mark knew all the routes into and out of the swamp." Stated Slim causing Muujai to send the man a look with a smile.
"I'm sorry, but I believe me and you have never been properly introduced. I believe you know who I am but may I ask your name and where have you been these last few months?" Muujai replied with his sinister smile.
"Homies call me Slim, and I just got out the Parish." He shot back while Muujai nodded his head.
"Well Slim, if you must know we came up with some rules while you were gone. The first rule is that the Roman Family, is no more they're a dead memory in New Arcadia so we don't talk about them. The second rule is that we don't praise the Roman's…they're the devil so right now you're praising the devil and I'm not a Christian but I don't like the celebration of evil in prescence." He replied while Slim eyed him angrily. "Do I make myself clear brother Slim?" he asked while Joe sent a look to Slim that said he was wanted him to reamin silent.
"Yeah I got you." He replied earning a nod from Muujai.
"Good!" he finished before turning to Joe. "I'll talk to Doom and the others about sending a message to those white boys about forgetting what year it is. I'm pretty sure they'll be extra happy about going after them after they lynched their boy." He added before walking out the room while Slim turned to Joe.
"What is this shit Joe?" Slim asked with anger in his tone.
"It's something we're handling so don't worry about it too much." He shot back while Slim continued to eye him angrily.
Elsewhere
After her run Alison had returned home and having dropped a sweat she couldn't help but to take a few breaths as she looked in the driveway and noticed that Steve's car was gone signifying that he had went off to work.
She knew it was a longshot to get him to stay home, he always was stubborn. At the same time she didn't really want him home. Their relationship was still going strong but there had been pieces of doubt sown in her head after her nights with Mark. She cheated on Steve, but at the same time she didn't feel wrong for it and with that she wondered if that made her a bad person.
Before she could think more on the matter though she was interrupted by the sound of her cellphone ringing causing her to quickly look down and notice a familiar person calling her but not one of the familiar persons she really wanted to speak with.
"Hello!" she answered.
"Good morning to you." Came the familiar voice of Locke as Alison gave a slight smile at his tone.
"You as well, is everything okay?" she asked.
"Yes I'm fine, and I hate to bother you on your day off but-." He started before Alison cut him off.
"Don't worry about it, I've been looking for something to do anyway." She replied.
"Alright then, I've got this guy from off the streets who says he needs to talk to a cop but he'll only talk to you. He says it concerns things going on in New Arcadia, my department really needs that information but he'll only talk to you." He replied to Alison's confusion.
"Any particular reason why?" she asked.
"No idea." He shot back.
"Alright I'll be there in a few minutes." She replied before hanging up her phone and looking to notice a familiar dark red Buffalo driving by her. As she looked at the vehicle she noticed that it was the same vehicle that had passed her by earlier and she didn't recognize it from the neighborhood.
"Interesting." She said while continuing to eye the vehicle she couldn't help but to think of Ana as she took in the vehicles bright red coloring. The IAA Agent wore the color red almost like it was trademarked and would always be seen wearing something red.
She hadn't heard from the IAA Agent in almost two months and was growing just as worried about her as she was Marcus. The woman had shown her a softer side that Alison never thought she would see and after experience that she often found herself wondering more about the woman.
Right now though she was wondering about her location and if she was alright.
Downtown Los Santos
The smell of cinnamon scented candles seemed to fill the air of a luxurious hotel in Downton Los Santos as Ana found herself starting to slowly open her eyes and look around and notice the sun shining down on her face.
The time zone was two hours behind New Arcadia, so the sun had been risen in the city of Los Santos. She was normally a morning person but after her long night she could understand why she slept in. As she rolled over on her side she noticed a large bottle of red wine that was almost empty and two glasses. One belonged to her and the other belonged to her companion for the night.
"It's about time you got up." Came a familiar voice that made the IAA Agent smile as she lifted herself from the bed and eyed the person before her.
"Good morning to you to Mai." Ana greeted while eyeing the Vietnamese woman with a smile as she took in the sight of her wearing a long black nightgown that was somewhat see through allowing her take notice of her nicely curved and sculpted body.
Open-minded, it's one of the words Mark and many others best use to describe Ana because when it came down to sex or love in general. She loved to try new things, new positions, and didn't mind toys. That open-mindedness only came for people she actually cared about though and in her world there have only been two people that she actually cared about enough for that and one of those people were standing in the same room as her.
Ana didn't have many exclusions her love didn't just extend to men but also women. Not many women could have the same feelings as she has for Mai though. The duo had met each other during the war and had been together ever since so it was only natural for them to develop feelings for each other.
"Last night was amazing." Ana added while rubbing her head before watching as Mai folded her arms across her chest before taking a seat on her bed.
"Yeah it was, but you still never told me why you're here in Los Santos." Mai shot back while looking over at Ana.
"You don't believe I didn't come all this way to see you?" the Chinese woman asked while smiling at Mai.
"Neto told me from his contacts down south that there's a rumor that Marcus and his entire family have been kicked out of New Arcadia by the Gangster Apostle. Is that true?" she asked while Ana gave a slight chuckle.
"Kicked out would imply that he was forced out. I can assure you that Mark left of his own free will and will return to solve that problem." Ana shot back while the Vietnamese woman eyed her closely.
"So that's why you're here, Mark is away and you needed someone to get you off." She stated.
"Please I've visited you while I knew exactly where Mark has been." Ana retorted while Mai looked away from her and kept her gaze away from the woman. "If you must know though, I've got an assignment out here in Los Santos and I thought dinner with an old friend wouldn't hurt." She corrected while Mai gave a low scoff.
"Old friend, yet we've been trading blows with each other just like those two." Mai shot back while thinking of Neto's feud with Mark.
"We had one quick fight, and you can't say you didn't like it." Ana replied while Mai gave a chuckle.
"It was entertaining until you got a little more physical then I was hoping for." Mai shot back while Ana chuckled.
"Don't act like you didn't like it, or getting into a fist fight with Marcus. You always did love a good sparring session." Ana pointed out with a chuckle.
"Sorry, you and me have different taste in men." Mai replied with a chuckle of her own that caused Ana to go silent for a few seconds before turning away from her.
"He's cheating on me you know." She let out to Mai's confusion.
"Who Mark?" she asked.
"Mark can stick his dick anywhere he wants, but at the end of the day I know he won't leave me. No Devlin…and he's not hiding the shit either." Ana pointed out while Mai gave her a stunned look.
"You're cheating on him though." Mai shot back.
"Me and Devlin have a complicated marriage and you know that. I lay with Mark…and I lay with you but I never do that when he's around. He follows the same rules…but now I think he's trying to replace not just in bed either." The Chinese IAA Agent retorted before adding. "And you know what that may mean."
"A burn notice." Mai finished while Ana remained silent. "He can't do that."
"He can if he wants to really replace me, he has the connections and I'm not gonna lie that's what actually scares me." She finished while Mai looked directly at her before crawling over towards her.
"I won't let that happen." She pointed out while Ana gave a chuckle before moving to give Mai a quick kiss on the forehead that was soon taken as an invitation by the Vietnamese woman who pushed closer to Ana and gave her a long passionate kiss on the lips.
The kiss then grew more passionate as Ana lightly bit the bottom lip of Mai before giving it a playful tug while a devilish smile spread across her face. Mai knew this meant that the IAA Agent was asking for entrance to her mouth and she quickly delivered it as she opened her mouth and allowed Ana's warm velvet like tongue to explore and gently caress her own.
Soon Mai found herself blushing under the kiss and becoming aroused as she started to run her hands down Ana's sides causing her to shudder under her touch. She was still barely dressed from the night before only wearing a night gown like herself. The sex the duo had last night was wild almost animalistic with neither getting fully naked. With this, things were different, there was more passion then lust that the both of them needed to let out.
As the duo pulled their lips apart they seemed to take a few seconds to gaze into each other's eyes and faces. They were different yet somewhat the same. They were both Asian and their countries of origin both bordered each other but there was still a difference to them both. They had the somewhat of the same features but with Mai having slightly darker skin while Ana the opposite.
After looking each other over Ana moved to caress Mai's face before pressing her forehead against hers, wrapping both her arms around the neck of the woman and pulling her in for a quick hug. A move that somewhat confused Mai.
In her time with Ana she'd learned that the woman was never really the type for such affection before sex. She'd changed and she liked it. "I've…missed your touch." Mai let out causing Ana to let out a soft chuckle as Ana gave her a quick kiss on the side of the neck.
"I've missed yours." She replied while the Veteran started to tug at the bottom of Ana's gown. After three quick pulls Ana followed her request and grabbed the bottom of her gown before pulling it over her head and throwing it to the otherside of the room while Mai stared in awe at the sight before her.
Of the two of them Ana had the bigger breast. They weren't a D-Cup but they were still rather plump, perky, and fit her just well. Mai didn't complain that her breast were smaller it just meant that she got more to pay attention to when she was with her.
"Beautiful as I remember." Mai let out while running her hands over them both while Ana gave her a quick kiss on the side of the neck before showing her aggressive side and following it up with a sharp bite that caused the woman to let out a loud yelp as a hickey started to form on the side of her neck. Mai then responded by giving her nipples as quick pinch and causing her to let out a moan of her own.
"More…please." Mai moaned out and Ana couldn't help but to form her usual wicked grin as she grabbed the back of the Veterans head and pushed it until she was face-to-breast with her chest. Taking her chance Mai quickly give a quick lick to Ana's hardened nipple before taking her right boom into her mouth.
Her boob felt so good in her mouth and as she started to suck harder Ana couldn't help but to throw her head back and let out a low moan while running her hands over Mai's bare back. After a couple of minutes of swirling her tongue around Ana's boob she quickly pulled the nipple out of her mouth with a loud moist popping sound then moved to do the same to her left. As she ran her tongue clockwise then counter-clockwise over it she couldn't help but to pick up the woman's scent that seemed to be a mix of strawberry and cherries. Two red fruits to match the woman in red.
As Ana continued to moan Mai found herself getting wetter under her touch and after a while she found herself pulling away from Ana's breast and then moving to kiss her again on the lips. Then kiss wasn't long though as Ana layed Mai on her back before forcibly pulling off her gown and exposing her own naked body.
As Ana looked her over instead of paying attention to Mai's breast she payed more attention to the various scars the woman had collected over the years. She herself was no stranger to scars, she'd collected her own over the last couple of years. She wore them like badges of honor though, ever scar a trophy for a battle won and she saw the same in Mai's case.
With that in mind Ana gave Mai a quick kiss on the lips before moving to plant a series of kisses down her toned stomach. The feeling of the Chinese woman's lips caused Mai to shutter as she felt her move her right hand down her thigh before arriving at her sensitive clit and beginning to gently massage it.
"Shit!" Mai let out as she bit her bottom lip at Ana's touch as she felt the woman begin to run her tongue over her oversensitive nipples.
"Tell me what you want, and don't sugar coat it." Ana let out while continuing to caress Mai's womanhood and nipples while taking in the sight of the Vietnamese woman who was trying to hold in her lust.
"I want you to eat my pussy." She finally let out after a few minutes of blissful torture as she noticed the familiar wicked smile spread across the face of Ana as she gave lightly bit down on one of Mai's nipples and moved down until her face was staring into the Vietnamese woman's lower lips.
Then in a flash she moved her mouth forward and gave the woman and big kiss that caused Mai to shutter and moan as she felt Ana's tongue maneuvering inside her like a wild serpent. The feeling of her warm breath on her seemed to add more pleasure to the experience as Mai put both of her hands behind her head and let out a loud ecstasy filled shriek as she felt an orgasm on the horizon.
"Don't hold back let it all out honey." Ana let out before going back to her oral task while pumping two fingers into Mai's wet flower, massaging her clit with her tongue, and gently kneading her breast with one hand.
"OH GOD!" Mai let out with a loud shriek as she felt everything that had built up inside of her come flowing out catching Ana by surprise as some of Mai's juices shot forward onto her face and caused her to recoil in surprise.
"So you learned a new trick?" she asked while looking down at the woman before her and noticing her panting loudly before reaching forward and grabbing Ana by the back of her head and forcing her lips against her own and pulling her down on top of her.
The Ana couldn't help but to form a smile through her planted lips as she and Mai kissed each other for what felt like minutes. After Ana pulled away from Mai she then watched as the Chinese woman climbed further on top of her until she was sitting Mai's stomach then to Mai's surprise lower herself and cause her to let out another low moan as she felt Ana's lower lips rub against her own.
"You miss that?" Ana asked as she slowly grinded herself against Mai causing the woman to let out another moan before moving to give the IAA Agent a sharp slap on the behind that only seemed to make her go faster. Whereas Mai was shaved clean Ana always kept a small patch on her on and the feeling of it brushing the top of Mai's pubic area seemed to make her feel more pleasure.
"Don't pass out on me yet, because I'm not satisfied." Ana let out while smiling at Mai who gave her a quick kiss before rolling from under Ana who moved to turn on her back but was taken off-guard as Mai instead forced her to bend over on the bed with her ass still up in the air.
"I still can't believe you didn't bring a toy with you." Mai let out while gently slapping Ana on her plump behind and getting a chuckle from her.
"I still can't believe you don't own one." Ana replied with a smile. "All those lonely nights I can only imagine not having some entertainment." She added causing Mai to let out a chuckle.
"I just found a better substitute." She replied while licking to of her fingers before sliding them into Ana's already moist twat and causing her to let out a gentle moan while fondling her breast as Mai ran her tongue over her lower lips.
Soon Mai then found herself slapping the Chinese woman on her behind again and causing a bright red hand print to appear in her skin. The hand print was on her right cheek and seemed to cause Ana to yelp but she soon let out another as Mai bit down on her left cheek with enough force to leave a bright red hickey on her skin.
Mai the moved to kiss the two marks while continuing to probe Ana's vagina as she noticed some of her juices starting to flow out and cover much of her palm. "I missed your taste." She let out while moving to lap up more of Ana's juices while the woman leaned upward and gave Mai a quick kiss on the lips.
"I missed you." Ana replied before giving a low moan as Mai went to kiss her again on the neck while continuing to massage her pussy and caress her erect nipples.
"Oh god!" Ana let out as she finally let out her own orgasm as she felt Mai run her tongue along the side of her neck and trigger an eruption of her juices that stained her red bed sheets.
The force of her orgasm was big and left the IAA Agent weak in the knees as she fell back into Mai's arms and processed to kiss the Vietnamese woman who gently layed her on her back and moved to lay on top of her.
Usually the duo would do this with a toy but they would have to settle with 'Bumping Boxes" against each other and neither was complaining.
The air was filled with lust and ecstasy and nothing was going to break the duo apart as Ana found herself on the bottom while Mai forcibly rubbed her womanhood against Ana's. Then as she felt her climax as well as Ana's approaching she moved to lower herself to Ana and begin to violently kiss her while continuing to scissor her.
After a few more minutes the duo both let out a muffled shriek as they both let out a powerful climax that left them both exhausted and almost unable to move as Mai found herself collapsing on top of Ana who used her last bit of strength to wrap the Veteran up in her arms as she passed out on top of her.
Soon Ana found herself falling to sleep as she clutched Mai tightly to her body while her mind thought of the other woman in her life she cared about.
New Arcadia
The drive to the New Arcadia Police Station wasn't long for Alison as she found herself walking through the front door and being quickly greeted by Locke who approached her with a smile and shook her hand.
"Still sorry about bringing you in on your day off." He let out while Alison gave him a smile of her own.
"It's okay where's this person?" she asked before Locke led her to the interrogation room of the station where she noticed an African American man with a light brown eyes and with a black mohawk sitting in a room with his head down.
"You recognize him?" Locke asked while Alison gave the man a once over. She thought she'd seen him before but she wasn't completely sure where.
"I think so but I'm having a hard time remembering." She shot back while Locke nodded his head.
"His name is Andre, and he's one of Mark's street soldiers from the 17th Ward." Locke replied to Alison's surprise as she remembered once seeing the man at Mark's house dropping off Courtney.
"Now I remember him, I've seen him once before." She shot out.
"Well I guess he knows who and what you are then if he's asking to see you." He let out while Alison continued to look at the man with the hope in her heart that he was carrying a message from the youngest Roman.
"Remember he has intel about what's going on in New Arcadia that we need to know. Find out why he's here first before you start answering his own. I'll switch the cameras off for you then." He shot out while looking to Alison who nodded her head before making her way into the room and watching as Andre lifted his head and eyed her closely.
"So Andre, you asked to see me." She greeted while taking a seat across from the man who nodded his head at her. "You mind explaining to me how you know me?" she asked while Andre looked to the glass and the camera in the rooms prompting Alison to tell him that it was only the two of them speaking and listening.
"I know you because Mark had me sit on your house a couple of times and tell me to shoot anyone who looked suspicious trying to get in." he let out to Alison's shock and surprise. "At first I thought she was just some chick he was dicking down, but I see now why he keep you around." He finished while Alison remained silent before speaking out.
"Tell me why you're here." She let out with a hint of anger in her tone.
"I figured if Mark gone, maybe he got you doing something while he's gone and right now I need to talk to him because I got a problem." He declared while Alison gave him a confused look.
"What kind of problem?" she asked.
"Them GA motherfuckers man." He replied while Alison eyed him closely. "They took over the 17th after Mark and his crew left. They got us kicking up taxes to them and if you don't pay them they fucking you over and right now I can't pay um and I want them off my block." He finished while Alison eyed him closely.
"I can't help you." She let out to his shock and surprise. "Truth be told I don't have a clue where Mark or any of the others are. I haven't heard from them since they left and I was actually hoping you were coming in to deliver a message to me from him." She shot back to his confusion.
"Shit, now I'm gonna get killed because of that." He replied while Alison gave him a confused look.
"Killed!" she repeated.
"Them GA fucks are crazy as shit and they capping whoever can't help them and right now I need money or help-." He started before Alison's phone started to ring prompting her to rise from her seat and head for the door.
"I gotta take this." She let out while Andre sat in silence while Locke processed to enter the room and begin questioning Andre.
"Hello!" Alison answered with hope that it was someone familiar on the otherside of the phone.
She got her wish
"Did you miss me?" the sound dampened monotonous voice was familiar, all too familiar, for it belonged to someone Alison hoped she would never have to deal with again or at least alone and right now she was alone, scared, and didn't know what to do.
"What are you doing calling me?" Alison asked with fear in her voice.
"Come on Ali baby you know there's nothing that can keep me too far away from you." The New Arcadia Butcher let out Alison viciously bit her teeth.
"I'm not afraid of you, Mark knows who you are." She shot back.
"I bet he does, but I know for a fact you don't know who I am and I know for a fact that and his men are gone and you're all alone." He replied causing Alison to go silent.
"When the cats away the mice will play." He let out with a violent chuckle.
"I'm hanging up." She replied.
"I'VE GOT A KNIFE TO THE THROAT OF A TEN YEAR OLD GIRL RIGHT NOW AND I SWEAR IF YOU HANG UP I'LL GUT HER AND LEAVE HER BODY IN YOUR BED." The man yelled out while Alison gulped in fear at his declaration. She didn't know if he was telling the truth but she didn't want to take the risk.
"Are you still there?" he asked while Alison angrily bit her lip.
"Yeah I'm still here." She replied.
"Good, because if you want me to let this girl go you're gonna meet me tonight." He let out to Alison's shock and surprise as she took in the location of the meeting before looking back into the interrogation where she noticed Andre sitting in silence while Locke grilled him with questions.
Elsewhere
The sound of guns being cocked seemed to fill the air as Lonzo found himself loading a fresh magazine into his AK-47 Assault Rifle while looking over the weapon as Queen approached him with her M4A1 in her hands.
"You ready for this shit." She asked while Lonzo nodded his head.
"Fucking right, Juwan was my nigga before I shipped out and I been waiting to bust a cap in those white boys asses for that shit." he yelled out with anger in his tone.
"And we will." Came the familiar voice of Doom as the group turned their heads and noticed the man approaching them with a Tactical AR-15 Assault Rifle in his hands while his AT4 Rocket Launcher was thrown across his back. "We gonna send a message throughout New Arcadia and everywhere in this fucking state. The Gangster Apostles are here to stay and if you fuck with us, we fuck with you right back." He stated while the duo nodded their heads before looking back and noticing fifteen other GA members loading up in vehicles and preparing their guns.
Downtown Los Santos
The evening sun was already overtaking the city of Los Santos as Mai found herself slowly raising herself off the bed and noticing Ana standing before her. The Chinese woman must have been up for a while because she was already cleaned up and now dressed in a red button down shirt, black leather pants, black boots, and a pair of black fingerless gloves.
"Disappearing without a goodbye, that sounds just like you." Mai shot out causing Ana to turn to her with her usual emotionless look.
"You know how this goes sweetheart." Ana shot back before walking over to Mai and giving her a quick kiss on the lips.
"You need backup for whatever you're doing?" she asked while Ana gave her a chuckle.
"No, I got all the help I need and some I don't want." Ana shot back before making her way for the door while Mai watched her leave. "Take care and be safe Mai." She said while looking back at her with a smile before walking out the door while Mai continued to lay on the bed before pulling her legs up to her chest.
After Ana walked out of the hotel to the city streets she watched with a half-smile as an all-black Cavalcade pulled up to the front of the building and awaited her. As she stepped into the vehicle she noticed a familiar Serbian man sitting in the drivers seat of the vehicle while Kyra and Tully sat in the backseat.
"Glad you could join us." Greeted Tully while Ana rolled her eyes at the man.
"Where's Sol?" she asked while looking around the vehicle for the Mexican Marabunta member.
"He couldn't stop by to help up, but he did leave us some pretty good information." Tully shot back to Ana's confusion.
"Some of your BSU friends from New Arcadia are here, he didn't tell us who exactly but he said they're here looking for some payback against the Vagos for what they did to Jimmy." Kyra stated while Ana eyed her closely.
"Does he know where he can find the guy who did it?" asked Ana.
"No, but they're not relenting and I believe they have something planned." Replied Kyra as Ana looked out the window of the car before finally speaking up and saying.
"We have a mission, let's get to it."
Elsewhere
While Ana and her group were preparing to conduct their mission things were going somewhat the usual norm in Rancho for this time of day. The only thing that seemed to be out of the ordinary where a trio one Caucasian, one Chinese, and the other Indian dressed as cable installers found themselves on a phone line.
"I hate this places air." Said Jimmy with a low growl as he looked around the neighborhood of Rancho. He wasn't necessarily talking about the neighborhood but more the air of Los Santos itself which was ranked highest in the nation in ozone pollution.
"Yeah me too, and I thought New Arcadia smell bad." Manfred replied while working on a satellite dish for someone's home.
"You guys just aren't used to the swamps like I am, I don't think I'll ever be used to this shit though." Lee stated while Jimmy looked around the neighborhood and noticed a few Azteca's were standing around.
"How exactly is this gonna help us?" asked Jimmy as he looked to Manfred.
"You remember the wiretap Ana found in her place. She and Mark figured that it must have come from Neto and we're gonna return the favor." Replied Lee as he turned to Manfred.
"There's a lot of technical stuff to it, but basically I'm setting up bug of our own." Stated Manfred as they watched him pull out his cellphone and continue to work on the satellite.
New Arcadia
Things seemed to have calmed down for Alison, but despite that calmness she still felt uneasy as she found herself sitting in a small restaurant in Uptown New Arcadia near the private college. She wasn't alone though, for Andre sat across from her chomping down on a burger and fries. The man worked up an appetite after hours of being interrogated. Naturally he didn't speak on anything too important just things they already knew about.
"Ain't you gonna eat?" he asked while looking at Alison closely.
"No, I uh…ate before leaving." She shot back.
"This the part where you question me?" he asked while wiping his mouth.
"Sorta, what I really brought you here for is to ask for your help." She replied to his confusion. "Let's just say tonight I have to meet with someone I've been trying to avoid and Mark would be there to help me-." She started before Andre cut her off.
"And you want me to back you up." He let out while Alison slowly nodded her head.
"What's in this for me because I got a problem and you can't help me with it?" he retorted while she eyed him closely.
"You said you needed money, just how much do you need?" she asked.
"Ten g's." he shot back to her shock.
"Jesus I don't have that kind of money," she replied.
"I don't either, them white boys claiming we hit them for meth now the GA on our asses over the shit. They say we can sell it but we got to give twice as much shit as a cut for it." He stated.
"Well did you steal it?" she asked with concern in her voice.
"No we didn't steal they shit nor did the Ballas, but they still chewing us out over it." He shot back while Alison eyed him closely. There was a rumor going around that the Ballas from the 17th Ward stole a Meth shipment from the Dixie Mafia and killed a few of their members. The Dixie's seem to believe this and there were bodies from the incident but from the look Andre was giving her she either guessed he was a good liar or he was telling the truth.
"I don't get it why are you working for the GA now, when you originally worked for Mark and his family?" Alison asked.
"Them niggas ain't here." He shot back to her surprise. "We pay Mark for protection and every now and then he calls on us for help and he pays us for that, but since he ain't here we ain't getting shit." He added while Alison eyed her closely.
"I figured you don't have ten racks on you off hand, but I was hoping you could help me with something." He shot back to Alison's confusion.
"In the past whenever we had the money to kick up the ladder to Joe Mark would rip and run on another nigga and give that to Joe." He replied earning a raised brow from the woman.
"Rip and Run?" she repeated.
"You know Rip and Run, rip off another nigga money then run like hell." He stated while Alison nodded her head.
"Well what's stopping you from doing it?" she asked.
"I was hoping you could do it." He shot back to her shock. "Come on if I do it I can get made or killed, but you a badge you walk up and take they shit they ain't gonna do shit about it."
"I'm not going to help you rob a drug dealer it's not that simple." She stated.
"Well if you want to handle that problem of yours you better help me." He shot back causing Alison to go silent for a few minutes before finally an idea rang in her head.
"Alright I'll help you." She shot back while Andre smiled at the woman. "Just tell me what to do and I'll get someone that can help me pull it off." She stated while Andre nodded his head at her statement.
Blaine County
The sun was barely hovering over the skies of Blaine County as an armored prison transport truck found itself driving through the long stretch of road deep in the desert with two police cruisers providing an escort for the vehicle as it traveled to Bolingbrook Prison.
"The convoy is on approach, you're clear to move." Said Kyra over his Walkie Talkie as she found herself posted high on top of a hill that overlooked the road. Her RSASS Sniper Rifle was also in her hands and as she peered through the scope of the weapon she quickly spotted her comrades.
"Copy that it's show time." Said Tully as he pulled his mask over his face while revving the engine of an all-black Sandking they'd stolen and reinforced with a front ram for added damage. "Hang on back there." He yelled out while looking back at Ana and Vasiliy who were both masked and standing in the back of the truck holding onto the rails.
Ana was armed with her T91 Assault Rifle but she also had a Grenade Launcher attached to the weapon for added damage while Vasiliy was armed with an AK-74 Assault Rifle that was fitted with a fifty round drum magazine.
"YEE-HAW!" Tully yelled out while slamming on the gas petal of the large truck and sending it rocketing forward as fast it would go and not catching the eyes of the officers until it was too late.
"HANG ON!" Vasilly yelled out as the truck forcibly slammed into the side of the armored truck with enough force take the occupants by surprise as the vehicle lifted up on two wheels before slowly flipping over on its side. The armored truck was too heavy to do multiple flips but it still got the desired effects for the group.
"NOW!" Ana yelled out as Vasilly opened fire on one of the police cars while Ana fired on the other. "Remember wound, don't kill." She added while picking her target and shooting a cop once in the arm and causing him to fall back as the powerful 5.56 bullet tore into his arm and shot out his elbow.
"Whatever you say mom." Added Tully who was still visibly shaken as he hopped out of the truck armed with his G36C Assault Rifle and put fire on the other car striking one of the officers four times in the stomach before shooting out the tires while Ana hopped out the back of the truck and moved to the back of the armored truck.
"Time to go." She said while pulling out a block of C4 and setting it on the back doors of the truck before moving to cover. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
After yelling those words Ana the sound of a loud explosion came next as the force of the explosion blew the doors off the vehicle and Ana quickly jumped into the back of the vehicle to find her target lying on the floor.
He was a Caucasian man who looked to be in his late forties or early fifties with long brown hair and beard that was already starting to turn gray. The man was somewhat muscular and stood about six foot one with dark green eyes and somewhat sinister scowl like frown as he looked up at Ana while in his orange jumpsuit.
"Damn if you wanted to kill me Ana I was expecting a bullet to the head not this." The man yelled out while Ana gave her usual smile at him.
"I'm not here to kill your ass Sam, not yet at least because you're still in need." She replied while grabbing the man by his arm and forcing him on his feet. "Kyra we got the package and we're ready for extraction." Ana yelled out while she and the prisoner stepped out of the truck just as they noticed a black van driving towards them.
"You know when you said we were getting a high value target in the Madraza Cartel I was expecting a beaner." Tully shouted out while looking to Ana and the man.
"Shut it junior." The inmate yelled out while Ana rolled her eyes at the duo.
"HELP ME!" came a loud yell that caused the group to turn their heads and notice that the driver of the armored truck had awoken from his head injury and was now screaming his head off for help as Ana looked at her feet and noticed a pool of gasoline starting to form around the truck from a leak in the fuel line.
"Come on let's go." Said Kyra as she finally pulled the van towards the group and watched as Tully, Vasiliy, and the prisoner hopped inside while Ana stood frozen.
"Move your ass Ana." The prisoner yelled out and his orders were soon met but to his shock the IAA Agent didn't run for the van instead she ran for the front of the transport vehicle.
"What the hell is she doing?" asked Tully as the group watched Ana closely as she slid to the front of the vehicle and noticed the man fighting to try and open the door.
"Stand back!" she yelled out while reaching into her boot and pulling out Colt Python Revolver and aiming it at the glass.
"Wait!" the driver yelled out only for Ana to fire four shots into the glass and watch with glee as it shattered to pieces. Most armored trucks were fitted with bulletproof glass that can stop most rounds but it could only take so many bullets and after years of training Ana knew the best places to hit the glass to make it shatter just as easily as regular glass.
"Hang on!" she said before grabbing the man by his shoulders and forcibly pulling him out of the truck. Lucky for her that man was a rather skinny man who was in his fifties or else things would have been more difficult. As she pulled him out though she heard the familiar snapping sound and looked down to notice that the man had a broken leg.
"What is this?" the prisoner asked while Ana pulled the man away from the transport vehicle just as it exploded and rained down fire and metal on the road.
"You saved me-." He started before being taken off guard as Ana cold cocked him with the butt of her revolver before running and hopping into the back of the van just as Kyra drove away from the scene.
"What the hell was that back there?" asked the prisoner as he eyed Ana closely.
"None of your concern." Ana replied.
"Jesus fucking Christ you going soft on me little miss femme fatale?" he asked.
"Excuse me but who the hell are you and why are you so important that we had to save you?" asked Tully as he eyed the man closely.
"Sergeant First Class Samuel Bookhart, 75th Ranger Regiment." He stated.
"Former!" Kyra pointed out while Bookhart sent her a look before turning back to Tully.
"Bookhart is our guy within the Madraza Cartel. Since the Zeros were formed from former members of the Mexican Army the Madraza Cartel has been looking to create their own elite Sicarios to match up against them and Bookhart here is their instructor." Ana stated while Tully gave a low scuffle.
"Oh yeah well how good are they?" the White Nationalist asked while eyeing Bookhart the closely.
"My first training cycle graduated eighty-four Sicarios out of a class of two-hundred. Since graduation they've collected four hundred and thirty-one kills which includes policemen, soldiers, judges, businessmen, and politicians. They've completed every mission they've gone on with success, I doubt you can match up to them." He stated while Tully gave a chuckle.
"Eighty-four out of two hundred that makes me wonder what you're teaching them." Tully shot back with anger in his tone.
"Bookhart doesn't hold back and trains his men the way he expects them to fight. That means live ammunition, active grenades and explosives, close quarter training with actual knives-." Started Kyra before Bookhart cut her off.
"I train them to be actual soldiers on the battlefield. If Ana wasn't going soft I doubt any of you would be around or getting kicked around your own cities." He stated.
"Look can you be quiet while we get to the airport I don't want to hear this shit." Stated Kyra earning a low huff from Bookhart who immediately went silent at her response.
New Arcadia
The sun was finally starting to set on this day in New Arcadia as Alison found herself standing across the street from drug house in the 4th Ward. She didn't like being this far out in the hood on her own or with someone she didn't trust.
"What is this place?" she asked while looking back at Andre and watching as he loaded a magazine into his Glock 19.
"This is the last stop on Gerald's route. He's the guy that collects the money the 4th Ward dealers brings in." he said before looking back at Alison. "Last time Mark and his crew hit these guys they scored twenty grand." He finished while looking at the door.
"So when he comes out we're going to make our move?" she asked while Andre nodded his head.
"Unless you want to take that mask off and walk in their with your badge and take it." Andre stated while Alison sent him an angry look.
"I'm not gonna use my badge to go in and take money." She replied while the man chuckled.
"Yet you're gonna use that Shotgun to intimidate them into giving them the money." He shot back while Alison remained silent before looking down and noticing Lee's Tactical Mossberg 500 Shotgun in her hands. She'd used the weapon before, but she was still somewhat of an amateur with a Shotgun. Still Mark told her when it comes to intimidation people are more intimidated when there's a Shotgun in their face then a pistol.
"How close are you and Mark exactly, like why does he keep you around if you ain't doing shit like this for him?" he asked while Alison remained silent before the duo notice two African American men starting to walk out of the building.
"Let's go!" she said while pulling her mask over her face while Andre did the same. The duo then rushed the two men who only had enough time to raise their hands in the air at the sight of them.
"Whoa whoa easy man." One of them yelled out revealing his mouth filled with gold teeth.
"Give me your fucking gun." Andre yelled out before moving to take the pistols both men kept under their shirts.
"Easy and nobody gets hurt." Alison said to the confusion of the two men who looked at her closely.
"Bitch do you know who you ripping off?" the other man yelled while trying to get in Alison's face while Andre kept his eyes on the other.
The duo was then taken off-guard as the door to the drug house opened and a heavy set African American man walked outside carrying a black duffel bag. As the man gave a loud "What the Fuck" the man Andre had his gun on made a move and quickly grabbed his arm and tried to wrestle the gun from his hands while the fat African American man dropped the bag and went back inside in fear.
"Hey!" Alison yelled out while sending a look to Andre as he slammed the man on the hood of his car while he continued to wrestle him for his gun.
"Stop!" she yelled out as Andre finally found his handling and squeezed the trigger on the Pistol, shooting the man once in the stomach and caused him to fall to the ground but after the shot was fired the second man lunged at Alison and tried to wrestle the Shotgun from her hands.
"I said stop." She yelled out before firing the Shotgun one time and striking the man in the right foot blowing hole clean through his shoes and tearing all five of his toes off his body.
"FUCK!" the man screamed out while Alison took a few moments to take a breath while Andre fired another shot and hit the man in the back of the leg causing him to fall backwards and hit the ground hard while clutching his foot.
"Motherfuckers." Andre yelled out before walking over to the front of the house and picking up the black duffel bag. "Let's go!" he said before moving past Alison who was still frozen in shock at what she had done. This was the second man she'd shot in self-defense but it was still something she wasn't used to.
"Andre you're dead you fucking motherfucker. You and that white bitch." One of the men yelled out causing Andre to stop in his tracks at his statement.
"That's Joe's money and you're gonna be fucking sorry." The other yelled out while Alison watched him continue to clutch his foot until Andre moved past her with his Pistol drawn and fired a single shot into the man's head to her shock and surprise.
"No don't shoot-." The second man started before the 17th Ward Gangster fired a shot in his head and sprayed his blood all along the pavement before moving to walk away from the scene and pulling Alison away with him.
Bayou Fountain
While Alison and Andre were leaving the scene of their crime outside of New Arcadia deep in the Bayou about thirty Dixie Mafia members found themselves standing inside and around a house that was being used as a meeting spot.
The meeting hadn't started yet but there were still around twenty members already there who were providing security for the event. As these men walked around the house and patrolled the house swamps around with everything from Pistols, to Shotguns, to Assault Rifles they had no idea they were being watched from afar.
"You got three white boys guarding the front door and another seven inside while the rest are doing walk arounds." Said Lonzo over his Walkie Talkie as he sat in a tree looking through the scope of his Sniper Rifle and doing recon on the Dixie Mafia members. "Not to mention another two on boats on those funny looking boats riding around the swamp."
"You mean those boats with the big ass fan on the back." Queen shot back while loading magazine into her AR-15 Assault Rifle as she sat in one of three cars with Doom sitting beside her.
"Yeah." Lonzo shot back.
"That's an Airboat, niggas can't use regular boats out here or the propeller gonna get stuck in that grass shit on the bottom." Doom retorted while Queen gave a chuckle.
"You know your shit." She said while eyeing the man closely.
"When my dad left my mom he moved out here and I visited him every now and again until he decided he didn't want to be around me anymore. That's one of the reasons why they picked me to come out here because I know shit about here." he shot back while Queen nodded her head.
"I'm still looking through the defense of this setup Doom and I gotta say I think the only way through is to sneak in." Lonzo shouted out while Queen nodded her head.
'All these trees and shit around we can probably sneak in through that way with him providing cover-." She started before being cut off as Doom stepped out of the car and made his way to the truck while the other GA members looked at him confusingly.
"What are you doing?" she asked while watching him pop the trunk of the car and pull out his AT4 Rocket Launcher.
"Where's the fun in that?" he asked with a sick smile while loading a Rocket into the weapon.
"You get your hands on that thing and you're using it everywhere." She said while the man gave her a chuckle before to step onto the side of the vehicle.
"Just get ready to start shooting." He said before watching as she started up her car while the other GA members started up their own cars.
"Fire in the hole!" Doom yelled out before taking aim at the cabin and then with a wild smirk fired a Rocket that shot forward and slammed into the front of the building creating a loud explosion that sounded off throughout the swamp as the Bunker Buster round blew the men guarding the front door to piece and knocked the men inside away with the top of the cabin starting to collapse on top of them.
"Holy mother of shit." Yelled one of the Dixie Mafia boys armed with a Shotgun as Queen sent her vehicle rocketing forward with the other two GA cars following in tow. The woman then quickly crashed through the front gates of the building alerting the guys who were on security to their new arrivals.
"Gangster Apostles Bitch!" yelled a GA member armed with an M16 Assault Rifle as he stuck his upper half and gun out the top of his sunroof and started to open fire on the Dixie Mafia members. Within the first few seconds of the gun battle he'd already cut down two members with shots to the chest and legs.
"Shit!" yelled the man with the Shotgun as he lifted his gun and fired a Single Slug that hit the man in the back and blew out his chest spraying his blood all over the top of the black Tornado and covering the windshield in his gore.
"Got you, ya fucking-." He started before he felt a sharp pain his stomach and looked down to notice that he had a bullet wound in his stomach. "Sons of bitches." He yelled out before another bullet caught him in the top of his head.
"Cracker Motherfucker." Lonzo whispered under his breaths while looking around the battlefield and watching as Queen and a few other GA members stepped out of their cars and started to open fire on the Dixie Mafia members.
"Fuck you cousin fuckers." Yelled out a GA member armed with a Mini Uzi as he fired a barrages of rounds and struck one in the chest before he was cut down by a Dixie Mafia member armed with an AK-47 Assault Rifle.
"You porch monkeys are dead." He yelled out before opening fire on Queen and three other GA members forcing them into cover behind their car.
"Light them fuckers up!" he yelled out in his thick Southern accent before watching as a skinny dark haired man in overalls lit the rag on a Molotov Cocktail before tossing it at one of the cars and engulfing two GA members in flames.
"I like my dark meat extra crispy." The man who threw the Molotov yelled out yelled out just as three Airboats started to make landfall around the cabin and Lonzo took notice of the sound of engines revving and noticed five ATV's both carrying two men making their way towards the cabin.
"Shit they called in extra backup." Lonzo yelled out as Doom gave a slight chuckle before reaching across his back and grabbing his AA-12 Shotgun and drawing a bead on the first ATV that was coming his way. The former Green Beret then fired off five shots that hit the front wheel on the vehicle, the drivers head, and the passengers chest causing the vehicle to turn to the side before rolling on its side and knocking both corpses over.
"Fucking chimp we got a gator that loves dark meat!" one of the Dixie's yelled as he drew a Micro-SMG and fired a barrage of rounds at Doom who had to roll for cover as the remaining ATV's drove passed him and started to hit the GA members from behind.
"Fuck these motherfuckers." A GA member yelled as fired an AKM Assault Rifle and hit one of the Dixie members in the arms and legs causing him to hit the ground hard and roll in the dirt.
"Duck for cover!" Queen yelled out as she tossed a Hand Grenade at the one of the airboats and managed to hit the driver in the nose with it causing him to clutch his nose as blood dripped on his white shirt.
"Son of a-." he started before looking down and noticing the Grenade rolling on the floor of the boat before going off and taking the driver and two of the passengers with them with one man's legs being blown off and sent flying into the swamp.
"Motherfuck-." He started before giving a loud shriek as an alligator swamp up and took a bite out of his right arm before pulling him deep under the murky water.
The skies were dark but the battlefield was well illuminated from the fires coming from the airboat and the cabin as the Deep South Dixies did battle with the Midwest Gangsters. Despite the Dixies having the numbers the Gangster Apostles were better equipped, better positioned, and thanks to their three veterans better skilled.
"Goodbye!" said Lonzo as he put a bullet in the neck of a Dixie Mafia member while Doom literally walked while firing his AA-12 and blew apart six other Dixies with head and body shots.
"Keep them from leaving." Yelled Queen as she and the remaining GA members fired on the Dixie Mafia members who tried to run for the trees and by the end of their assault they had managed to drop five men while only three had managed to escape.
"Son of a bitch." Yelled one man as he tried to crawl to his Shotgun only to be stopped by a hard boot slamming down on top of his hand and causing him to let out a loud shriek of pain before looking up and noticing Doom standing over him with a sick smile.
"You're fucked nigga." He said while Doom merely smiled at him.
"We've all been fucked since birth." He replied before firing a single shot from his Shotgun into the head of the man. Instantly killing him and blowing his brains all-across the battlefield.
"Let's go!" the OG yelled out before watching as the group ran back to their cars without noticing that they were being watched by the Dixie Mafia members who managed to escape their deaths at the hands of the Midwestern Gangsters.
Blaine County
The drive to a barn on the outskirts of Sandy Shores seemed to take forever to the group who found themselves sitting for figurative hours thanks to Bookhart going on and on about how weak they were and how he could make them better.
Tully best described him as a salesmen on a broken record and nobody seemed to prove the White Nationalist wrong.
"Finally we're here." Said Kyra as she pulled the van to an air hanger where they noticed a small plane parked out front of the building.
"Well it was fun talking to you pricks but I got a plane to catch." Said Bookhart as he started making his way to the plane while Ana stepped out of the van.
"Hold it Sam." She said causing the man to turn back and look at her with a smile.
"This the part where you spill your burning love for me or where you kill me?" he asked with a sick smile.
"Neither, this is where the part where you tell me where he is." She replied while Bookhart gave her a confused look.
"Where's who?" he asked with a raised brow.
"Don't play dumb with me, you just admitted it." She replied while he gave a chuckle.
"I don't-." he started before Ana quickly cut him off.
"Earlier you said if I wasn't going soft none of them would be getting kicked out of their own cities." She said causing the man to let out a loud scoff. "I never mentioned Mark leaving New Arcadia to anyone in the department or anyone in the chain of command, not even Devlin knows Mark is outside of New Arcadia. That means you had to find out from the source itself." She stated while Bookhart chuckled at her in a manner meant to throw her off, but Ana wasn't falling for it so he merely gave a loud scoff and decided to come clean.
"You know you worry too much about that boy." He yelled out while eyeing Ana closely. "If you weren't so soft on him and babying him maybe just maybe he wouldn't have come to me."
"You're not answering my question." She replied while Bookhart gave a low growl before responding.
"He came to me about a month ago. In the past when we did a job together I told him about my military background and how I train Sicarios south of the border. He wanted training, at first I wasn't going to give it to him. I told him I only accepted the strong and those that can prove something-." He started before trailing off.
"And what happened?" she asked.
"Fucking prick climbed on top of a fucking hill with a fucking Rifle and shot an apple out of my hand from three hundred yards. Needless to say, I was impressed, so I took him under my belt and he's been working with my Sicarios since." He continued before giving a chuckle. "At first they didn't like the idea of working with him but now they've got a nickname for him El Pistolero Negro."
"The Black Gunslinger." She repeated in English with a smile.
"He's at the top of the class and Cartel bosses have taken notice…Martin Madraza has taken notice." He retorted while Ana eyed him closely. "Right now he's on mission guarding over a shipment of coke as it travels into New Austin for Sofia Flores." He replied causing Ana to give a low chuckle.
"Sofia Flores, the Beauty Queen of the Madraza Cartel." she stated.
"That she is, but more importantly she's the head of their smuggling operation. Occasionally the bosses need to use my elite soldiers and they want the best and he's made a name for himself. He's not a Sicario loyal to Madraza but he is put to use by them so don't get too jealous if you think he's over their having a piece of her pie." Bookhart stated while having a quick chuckle.
"I honestly don't care where Mark sticks his dick. I'm more worried about his safety and his state of mind. With that said I believe you know what I'm gonna ask." She replied.
"Don't bother you have that boy pussy whipped. He won't kill any of the police unless he has to or anyone innocent." He retorted.
"It's not about being whipped it's about being human and once you kill a fifteen-year-old boy just to get into a gang you aren't human." She shot back with anger in her tone. "We know what you're doing down there Bookhart and what you make them do." She added.
"Well if you were doing your jobs right you'd know that's the way the Cartel have been finding out who can kill for them for years. That's been happening before I got there and it's gonna keep happening long after I'm gone and there's nothing I can say about it." He shot back with anger in his tone.
"Exactly how deep is Mark within the Madraza Cartel?" she asked.
"Deep enough that damn near all of Madraza's Buchones and their Underbosses have been throwing money, pussy, and blow his way just to get him to work for them full-time. They call him their answer their answer since Santa Muerte turned against them." He let out while Ana gave a chuckle.
"Just make sure he's safe and he comes back to me in one piece." She shot back while Bookhart gave her a low growl.
"You should be the last thing on that assholes mind, and yet you're one of the people he talks about he most. The other is some other woman." He shot back while turning his back on Ana and proceeding to walk away while she smiled at him as he left.
"That's my boy." She said with a slight giggle.
New Arcadia
The sound of Alison's phone ringing seemed to cause her to jump as she looked down at the device and noticed that she was getting a call from Steve.
"Who is that?" asked Andre as he sent her a look while she sat in his passenger seat.
"Nothing you should worry about." She replied before sending Steve a text message telling him she'll be home late and then turning to Andre as he drove into Downtown New Arcadia.
"You're Mark old lady ain't you?" he asked causing Alison to jump in her seat before turning to face him. "If you ain't capping niggas for him, stealing for him, or really looking out for him then that's really the only thing there is." He added while Alison remained silent for a few seconds before speaking.
"Our relationship is complicated." She replied while Andre gave a chuckle.
"I can imagine. He in these streets and you behind a badge shit don't look right. Fuck I'm looking at it now and this shit don't seem right to me." He shot back while Alison looked out the window. "Roman's and white girls though."
"What of it?" she asked with a hint of anger in her tone.
"Shit I ain't judging you got a nice body and Martin old lady fine ass fuck. It just seems like that whole family like white girls though." He stated.
"His father and the other brother Marrick doesn't." she replied.
"Marrick don't fuck with white girls because they mom got him on that only have love for sista's shit, but they pop's he be fucking white girls." Andre replied to her shock and surprise. "That nigga don't care where he get his dick wet. They got rumors he got more kids then we just know about."
His words took Alison by surprise as she thought about the Roman Family. She already figured they were a rather large family just from cousins and uncles but she never figured that Maurice could possibly have more kids. He already had five that she knew of how many more could he possibly have.
"How many more?" she asked with a raised brow.
"Last I heard from Mark twelve maybe thirteen." He replied to her shock at the sheer number. "Martin believes he fathered two kids for this Mexican woman who stay in Sunbelt. They got this ex-crackhead that used to come around asking Mark for money saying Maurice got her pregnant back when she was still a fiend." He added to her shock.
"Did he give her money?" she asked.
"He does, but that's mostly because he doesn't want to deal with her shit." He retorted. "They say he got another girl in Red Stick with a little girl that's his and there's a rumor that Mark's been digging into that he got a white girl pregnant in St. Bishop Parish." He finished while Alison gave him a shocked.
"Jesus, how does his wife take that?" she asked.
"She ain't no damn saint, they on and off again every few years. There's a rumor that Maurice isn't even the father of Mark." He shot back to her shock.
"What!" she yelled.
"Yeah from what Martin says they momma and Maurice weren't even together around the time Mark was conceived. He did come over to get him some pussy every now and then but she with another nigga at the time and they can't DNA test that nigga because Maurice put a bullet in that nigga dome." He stated while Alison sat in shock and surprise.
"That would explain why he was so distant to Mark at birth." She replied.
"Shit distance, Mark barely look like Maurice or Marrick for that matter. He and Martin can pass for brothers because they both look like they mom but Maurice that's a fuck no." he replied while Alison sat in shock and silence and she went over the news she just heard in her head.
"We here." Andre let out as Alison lifted her head and noticed that they were now parked outside of a familiar parking garage on the outskirts of New Arcadia. "You know this place?" he asked while looking to Alison and noticing the frightened look on her face.
"Yeah I've been here." She let out while remembering that this was the same parking garage where Mark did battle with Brian. Or what was left of it after much of it was destroyed in the resulting gun battle.
With those words said she and Andre quickly stepped out of the car and proceeded to make their way inside with Alison holding on tightly to Lee's Shotgun while Andre did the same with his Glock.
"Damn who exactly we meeting in this creepy ass place?" he asked while Alison looked around at the building and noticed a familiar hole in the concrete floor above them.
"That would be me." Came a new voice that caused both Alison and Andre to whip around and notice a skinny Caucasian man with short brown hair, bright eyes, and wearing a collar shirt, khaki pants, and white shoes. The man looked to be in his mid-twenties and gave off the appearance of a college student more then anything else.
"Who the fuck is this bitch?" Andre asked.
"I see you brought a guest, I don't recall telling you to do that but the more the merrier. I've always been told." He said with a sick smile while Alison eyed him closely.
"Are you him?" she asked while the man chuckled.
"No I'm not him, right now he's handling some business of his own. I'm just one of his many loyal followers whose taken an interest in keeping up his work. You can call me Joshua." He said with his usual smile that seemed to have Alison shaking in her shoes.
"Where the girl?" she asked.
"You're the girl Alison, and I must say you are a pretty one. Too bad I'm gonna cut you from your V to your eye." He said with a sick chuckle.
"Man I'm sick of this fuck let's just dome his ass and go." Andre yelled out.
"You my friend I don't know you, but I must say you're in the wrong place at the wrong time." He said just as a series of lights blinded Andre and Alison and caused them to cover their faces before looking up and noticing a six cars parked behind Joshua and then watching as a large group of men and women hopped out of the car and clustered around them.
The duo didn't like where this was going or the sight of the group before them. The way they looked at them and dressed gave off the appearance of someone in a 1990's survivor horror movie. There clothes were ripped, some were wearing the mask of animals, other had symbols and designed painted on their faces and bodies in blood, some of the women weren't wearing clothes revealing bodies covered in blood, tattoos, scars, or weird piercing as they snarled at the duo.
"What the fuck did you drag me into?" Andre asked while looking to Alison before looking at a topless Caucasian woman with her nipples pierced and whose hair was shaved into a mohawk as she snarled at him before licking a menacing looking butcher knife.
The group were carrying a variety of crude weapons from chains, knives, axes, hatchets, bats, and even one man with a piece of wood with nails in it.
"You know what the boss mostly preaches to us Ms. Trueblood?" Joshua asked while looking to Alison who seemed frightened by what she was seeing. "He preaches to us to release our inner animals. For you see man has been walking this earth for a long time before religion, before social order, and before the fabrics of society got it's hands in us and do you know what people were doing then?" he asked.
"Killing, raping, pillaging, they were fulfilling their own deepest darkest desires that society frowns upon, but that's about to change and his hand will be the one that changes it." Joshua yelled out causing everyone in the group to let out a violent shriek while Andre grabbed Alison by the arm and proceeded to run with her as fast as his legs would carry him.
"Find them, catch them, and bring me so I can skin them both alive as a present for his holiness." Joshua yelled out as a heavy set burly man with a long beard lifted a Sledgehammer into the air and gave a loud animalist shriek to everyone that could hear him and watched in glee as the men and women started to run after Alison and Andre.
"The fuck do you get your hands in girl?" asked Andre as he forcibly pulled Alison with him before turning back around and taking aim with his Pistol before firing off three shots that hit one man in the chest and a woman in the arm. He then watched in disgust as the woman used her teeth to bite int her own wound and pull out the bullet before continuing to give chase to them.
"You gotta be fucking kidding me." Andre yelled out as they made their way for the way they came in before just as one man armed with a knife threw his blade at Andre and hit him in the back of his leg causing him to fall forward and hit the ground hard.
"Fucking bitch!" he yelled out while Alison grabbed him by his hand before looking back and noticing the group closing in on them.
"MARK!" she screamed as a tear fell from her eye that quickly snapped shut as a man barreled at her and attempted to grab a hold of her.
"NOW!" came a new voice that caught everyone by surprise as four masked men carrying Automatic Weapons jumped from behind pillars in the garage and opened fire on the ground striking a heavyset man with an Axe several times in the chest, a shirtless woman twice in the legs, and another man once in the head forcing the crowd to stop in their tracks and eye them closely.
"Stay the fuck back." Yelled one of the men as they ran at Alison and grabbed her by the waist while another man grabbed Andre by the shoulder and pulled him out of the building while the other two men kept their guns trained on the crowd.
"I'll be seeing you soon Alison Trueblood." Joshua yelled out from the crowd as the man forced Alison and Andre into a black van and drove away from the building.
"Who the fuck are you?" Andre asked as Alison realized the situation she was now in was somewhat worse then the last so she quickly broke from the man who grabbed her and bit down on his hand with all her might drawing blood from the force of the bite and causing him to yell out in pain as he let her go and went to grab his hand while Alison turned Lee's Shotgun on the group.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked.
"Damn that's a fucked up way to say to greet the guys who saved you." Came a somewhat familiar voice as Alison watched one of the men pull the mask off his head and reveal a familiar Caucasian man with black hair that spiked up at the top.
"Eddy!" she said with a shocked look before watching as the other man she bit pull his mask off revealing himself to be Davey.
"Damn you bite hard." He said with a hint of pain in his voice while Alison eyed the duo closely before jumping up and wrapping them both in her arms for a hug that caught them both by surprise.
"Yeah we missed you to big sis." Said Eddy.
"I don't think I missed this meeting though." Davey added while Alison moved to look at his hand.
"Sorry about that." She replied before turning to the other masked man and watching as he pulled his mask off to reveal himself to be another familiar BSU member.
"BUCK!" she yelled before moving to give the young man a hug of her own while he gave her a slight smile at the feeling of her warm hug.
"Missed you sis!" he said with a smile.
"I like the reunion but can somebody get me to a hospital." Andre asked from his position on the floor of the van.
"No hospital. We got someone back at the crib that can patch you up." The man in the drivers seat stated causing Alison to look up at him. He was still masked so she couldn't see his face but judging from the way he talked he wasn't Mark, Link, Lee, or Jimmy.
"Who are you?" she asked before watching the man send her a look before pulling off his mask to reveal a light skinned African American man with short black hair, dark brown eyes, and a trimmed beard with just a small soul patch in the middle.
"Keegan, Keegan Roman." He let out to her shock as she looked at the man with wide eyes.
Liberty City
The scene was dark as Marco and Charlie found themselves standing on the upstairs railway of a dark warehouse where they noticed Patrick on the ground floor with his cellphone to his ear having a very deep conversation with someone back in New Arcadia.
"Yeah!" he said for what must have been the tenth time.
"He's not giving up much information is he?" asked Marco as Charlie gave a loud scoff.
"That fucking guy gives me the creeps." The Capo shot back while Marco nodded his head.
"I'm not too fond of him either, but right now I just want to release him on everyone that thinks they can fuck with me." The Afro-Dominican man shot back while Charlie nodded his head.
"I know how you feel. I don't like him, but I do wish whatever that sick mind of his can come up with on my enemies." He shot back while watching as Patrick started to yell at the man on the phone before composing himself.
"Did you talk to your bosses?" Marco asked while sending a look to Charlie.
"Yeah I did, he ain't too happy about throwing shots at s street gang but he's willing to help in your war as long as we can do business together and you help us with a problem of our own out in Dukes." He stated earning a nod from Marco.
"Consider it done." The ex-Marine replied before shaking hands with Charlie just as Patrick got off his cellphone with a loud huff.
"Now where was I?" he asked before turning around and noticing a Mexican American man with short black hair and wearing the colors of the PPL gang. The man had been visibly beaten, cut up, burned, and doused with gasoline mixed with vegetable oil as he looked up at Patrick with anger in his eyes.
"You know you're starting to bore me now." Patrick let out while looking at the man angrily.
"Do what you want to me, just let them go." The gangster called out while Patrick chuckled before looking over and noticing two Mexican woman sitting on the floor tied up. One woman was around the same age as him but the other was still just a teenager that was probably around fifteen.
"Wow you're willing to give your life for them, that's admirable." The New Arcadia Butcher said before turning over and looking at the two women.
"Tell me do you love him?" Patrick asked while lighting a match.
"Please let us go." She pleaded.
"ANSWER THE QUESTION!" Patrick yelled out.
"YES I LOVE HIM!" she yelled back with tears starting to fall from her eyes.
"Then why did your love not make him stronger?" he asked while the woman gave her a confused expression. "They always say that love is powerful. Love can make a man walk into a building and wipe out three hundred armed men with a stick of gum and a toothpick…at least that's what Vinewood makes us want to believe." He added with a chuckle.
"So tell mew why didn't your love make him stronger?" he asked before answering. "Because love is weak, but hate…hate is forever." He said while lighting a match and holding it in front of the man who looked ready to meet his fate.
"In just the right dosage." He finished before swiftly whipping around and tossing the lit match at the woman and her child igniting the gasoline that dosed their bodies and lighting them up in a ball of flames with their screams echoing through the building.
"NOOOOO!" the gangster screamed while Patrick stood over him laughing and watching as the woman and her child tried to fight the flames.
"Take a good look because that's what you'll be watching the next few hours." The serial killer replied before walking away while the man continued to look at his wife and daughter.
"Fucking insane." Said Charlie as he and Marco walked away from the sight as the gangster started to cry and scream into the night air.
Los Santos
The drive to Downtown Los Santos wasn't long for El Sol as he found himself pulling his dark blue Tornado into a parking garage just outside Pillbox where he noticed a dark blue Dominator parked on the second floor with three men standing outside of it.
As he stepped out of his car and approached the trio he couldn't help but notice the smile on the face of the Chinese man and the W carved into the face of the Caucasian man.
"So you're Ana's guy that's gonna be keeping Neto and the Azteca's busy out here?" Lee asked with a slight smile. "Makes sense to use a Mara giving your intense rivalry, just didn't know one of you was on the payroll." He added while Sol eyed him closely.
"Everyone's got a price." Sol replied before sending a look to Jimmy. "Your friend looks like he had a run in with a Vago I know." he added.
"Yeah and I'm looking for a little payback." Jimmy shot back with anger in his tone.
"Last I heard nobody has seen that guy for a while, so he could still be down in New Arcadia." He shot back.
"If he's down there we'll find him." Lee shot back before sending a look to Manfred who approached Sol with a laptop in his hands.
"What's this?" he asked while Manfred opened the device and allowed him to look inside.
"Early today we planted a wiretap on a satellite dish on a home in Rancho." He started while Sol gave a chuckle.
"So what you stole me free cable how am I gonna use this to beat those Ass-Takers?" he asked.
"Cable and telephone go hand in hand these days if you didn't know." Lee pointed out.
"Whenever someone makes a call the signal goes to a celltower. What we did was make it so that all the calls that are made in Rancho have to go through that satellite dish before going to that celltower and when they do you have access to the conversation and the number of the cellphone." He stated while Sol nodded his head before watching as the Indian man pulled out a burner cellphone and handed it to him.
"This cellphone is infected with a very dangerous spyware virus and in doctors terms it's contagious." He replied to Sol's confusion.
"Send someone a text message with that phone and the virus will spread into their there's and it will send you back all their information. Their phone numbers, text messages, emails, and GPS." Stated Lee.
"The key to winning any war is intel and right now you've got your hands on just about every word the Azteca's say." Jimmy added with a half-smile.
"Useful, thanks." He said before watching Lee nod his head.
"Just bring us the corpse of Santa Muerte as payment." The Chinese man shot back before watching as Sol stepped into his car with the laptop and phone.
"Manny how many days is he gonna be able to operate those wiretaps?" Lee asked while looking to the Indian man.
"Two weeks at the most, why'd you want such a short time for him to have access to that. He can literally win the war with it." He replied.
"Because if Ana's intel is right then Neto's got a pretty good hacker on his friends list and if he's as good as she believes then he should be able to take those nodes down without a problem." Lee shot back.
"What are the chances he can hit our nodes in New Arcadia?" asked Jimmy.
"Slim to none, he'd have to come out of his hole and go to New Arcadia to do that and he can't send Neto to do it because I doubt he's smart enough to get that kinda technical." Replied Lee.
"But what about that woman she seems pretty smart?" asked Manfred.
"Still unlikely, even if she can get there and know where the nodes are she won't be able to take it down without us knowing." Lee shot back. "Besides I doubt he and his Mara Cucas can actually kill Neto, the goal is just to keep him busy and draw enough heat on him. A gang injunction is worth a million." He finished before opening the front door to his car and then turning to the duo. "Come on we got a plane to catch." He said before sliding into his car.
As the trio drove out of the garage, things in Rancho were a little different as a series of police cars lined the streets that were covered Roy Lowenstein Boulevard as yellow tape surrounded a large portion of the streets as police scrambled around the middle.
What was drawing so much of a heavy police presence was the sight of two LSPD Squad Cars that were now parked in the middle of the street and riddled with bullets from both sides. The driver and passenger in both vehicles were covered in blood and bullet wounds as their dead bodies slumped to the side while corners pulled them out of the car.
"One of these pieces of shit know something." Said a Caucasian officer as he stood in the middle of the streets and looked to one side of the street where he noticed Vagos mixed in with the crowd of civilians while on the otherside Azteca's stood mixed in with their crowd.
"These fuckers are gonna pay for this." He said with anger in his tone before walking away.
Red Stick
Things seemed to have calm down for Alison as she found herself sitting in the groups old clubhouse in Red Stick. Andre was getting his leg looked after by Davey, Eddy, and Buck so she seemed to be sitting on her own before being caught off-guard by a familiar voice.
"Glad we got to you in time." Upon hearing the voice she quickly snapped her head up and noticed a familiar BSU member standing before her with a half-smile on his face.
"Link!" she said before jumping up and wrapping her arms around the man and bringing him in for a warm.
"Good to see you to." He said while hugging back.
"Where have you been and where the others?" she asked while eyeing him closely.
"Easier asked then done." Link replied before moving to take a seat on the table while Alison took a seat on the couch.
"I don't know where Mark is, he's been AWOL for almost two months and we haven't got a call, text, or heard anything from him." He replied to Alison's shock. "Not even his family know where he is."
"And where are they?" she asked.
"Alabama, they got family there and they're looking to lay low while we were in Mississippi." He shot back.
"Where is Lee, Jimmy, and Manfred?" she asked while Lee chuckled.
"They're on a cross-country road trip." He replied to her confusion. "Right now they're probably leaving Los Santos and going to Dockington."
"DOCKINGTON?" she yelled out while Link nodded his head.
"Yeah, there's someone there that he believes can help us." Link replied.
"I doubt we need it." Came a new voice that caused the duo to look back and notice Keegan walk into the room.
"I believe you met Mark's cousin Keegan." Link introduced while Alison sent a look to the man. There was a slight resemblance between the man and Mark's brother Martin more so then Mark himself. Hr also stood about six feet and was well muscled with a few tattoos on his body. "He's got a crew in Mississippi and has done some jobs for us in the past, but now he's here full-time to help us." Link shot back while Alison gave a confused.
"Help!" she repeated.
"We taking New Arcadia by storm." Keegan let out with a sick smile.
Authors Note: And there you have it for this chapter everyone sorry it took so late to update. It's been tornado alley down here these last few weeks and our power went out a couple of days ago. Still I've been able to work on this chapter, the next chapter of New Arcadia, Into the Deadlands on Fictionpress is almost ready to be put up, and big news I've been working on the final chapter of Roman Empires.
I know everyone has been waiting for a long time but I've been having a number of setback hopefully the last will be the last. It may take a while though because I plan on going back and rereading the story because I want to settle all scores from beginning to end.
I'm glad for this chapter because I finally got to introduce Keegan Roman, Mark's cousin. I was supposed to introduce him when Jimmy was brought into the picture to replace Miller and Viktor in the war with brown but I decided to put him on ice until a better time and now is the best time. He is visually based off Anthony Mackie.
I know many are you are probably asking why was Mark mentioned but not featured in this chapter and why Felix, Ernesto, Task, and Adahy didn't have an appearance at all and that's because I've come to notice that this story may have a number of major characters and a few very strong supporting characters but the main story of everything seems to revolve around Mark. So to give them more time in the lime-light I've decided to put Mark on hold. This chapter was just to mention where he is and what he is doing but he won't be appearing in the next couple of chapters at all.
I also introduced Mark's instructor Sam Bookhart who is visually based off Sam Bookhart from the game Ghost Recon Wildlands. He was a former Ranger and now works training Siciaros and I can see Mark reaching out to him especially if he knows Ana. Originally I was just gonna have Mark join the Rangers and do a tour of duty with them before being pulled by Ana but this seems to work out a little better.
I also finally showed the lemon between Ana and Mai those who knew about it have been waiting a long time for it and I'm proud to say I like how it came out. Especially since it was the first lesbian lemon I ever wrote.
If you've been keeping up with Onkwehonwe Concrete Jungle you should know that things in New Arcadia are becoming a lot more bloodier and the GA will be at the center of all of it.
This chapter seemed to follow more on Alison, next chapter will follow more of Lee in Dockington but we will also see Ernesto in Sunbelt and Felix, Task, and Adahy dealing with the new regime under the GA.
Thank you all for reading have a nice day Zilla Out.
