Chapter 37: First White, then Black, and Yellow.
Who's Left to Paint the Streets Red
New Arcadia (1 Month Later)
T'was two weeks before Christmas and across the country everyone was feeling the holiday cheer. Everywhere except city dubbed "The Little Difficult" as tragedy, fear, anger seemed to be on everyone's minds.
Just a few days ago there were numerous attacks on the cities Asian American Community that reached the tipping point with the hanging of Kenneth Ma, a Chinese man who was mistaken a Vietnamese and hung from a tree outside of the city.
This caused a series of protest not just in New Arcadia but across the U.S. as the Asian Community stood as one united against the continuous hate crimes that seemed to be taking place in the city and seemed to be going unanswered.
In East New Arcadia the protest seemed to not be going anywhere as Sonny found himself sitting in his back office with his hands. The New Arcadia gangsters had pushed them and the Dixie Mafia's was hurting their people and everyone was looking to him to strike back, but at the moment he didn't know exactly how to do that.
The sound of knocking at his door seemed to break him from his trance as he looked up and watched with mixed looks as a familiar Chinese American man stepped into the office with an angry expression on his face he walked up to Sonny and eyed him closely before asking out.
"Where do we start?"
Elsewhere
The sounds of giggles and moans seemed to fill the room of an apartment near the 2nd Ward as Adahy found himself kneeling down on the floor while his face was buried between the thighs of Dede who forcibly gripped the top of his head and buried his face deeper inside of her all the while she sucked on her lips.
"Right there Papi right there." She let out with a moan while grinding herself against the mouth of the Creek Warrior who responded by rolling his own tongue across her stiffened clit.
As the woman gave out another moan that was followed by an orgasm Adahy found himself lapping up her juices like a dog while smiling as he felt the woman drive her fingernails into the back of his head while she rode out the high of her climax.
"You're better at that then you said you were." She retorted while Adahy chuckled as he ran his tongue over her thighs.
"Feel lucky I don't do it too often." He replied while running his fingers over the woman's moist flower.
The duo had grown close over the last few months almost to the point where some would consider them as dating, but they were just friends with benefits and not much more.
"Why'd you come here to see me?" he asked while Dede let out a low moan before responding.
"I was in the neighborhood." She replied.
"New Arcadia is not in walking distance to Metra, so why were you in the neighborhood?" he asked only to watch as the woman pulled off her shirt and revealed to him her nicely plump ample C-Cup breast and dark almond colored nipples that looked nice on her nicely bronzed skin.
"Stop asking questions and fuck me already." She let out before giving Adahy a kiss while the man fumbled to pull off pants before finally dropping them to the floor and then watching as Dede ran her tongue over his nipples before taking his semi-erect member in her mouth.
It didn't take him long to figure out that the Azteca Chola was hiding something from him, but right now he didn't care. This was Dede's second time giving him a blowjob out of the maybe nine times they had sex. The girl didn't like giving them because there wasn't much pleasure she felt from it. Adahy mostly called that a waste of talent because she was really good at giving them the way she stroked him off, and her tongue around his erect member while massaging his balls seemed to be leaving him weak in the knees and almost ready to blow his load.
"Don't finish on me yet, we're long from done." She let out before forcing the Creek Warrior out of her mouth then forcing him down onto the bed and then climbing on top of him.
As Adahy slid his member inside of her couldn't help but to let out a low moan while Dede give a low shutter as he started to go in and out of her moist cunt.
"Si Papi Si!' she screamed out while bouncing up and down on his lap while Adahy slapped her on the behind and ran his hands through her long curly hair as he matched pace with her and continued to force himself in and out of her. Soon the duo seemed to be moving in tandem, when she bounced up Adahy drove u, when she came down he fell down.
The duo continued this movement for a few more minutes until Dede decided that she wanted complete control so she forced her hands on the chest of Adahy and forced him to lay complete before moving to stand up and then squatting down on his dick.
"Fuck that feels good." She let out while moving herself up and down on his erection and noticing the lust filled look in the eyes of the Creek who found himself not wanting to move as the woman continued to bounce on him.
She then fell forward so that she could grind on his member but while she did that Adahy captured her right nipple with his mouth and proceeded to suck on it causing her to let out a low moan while grabbing him by the back of the head and forcing his face deeper into his chest.
Adahy then lifted himself up so that he was now in a seated position while Dede continued to bounce on his lap. Then in a move that surprised him she kissed him again on the mouth. He didn't know if it was meant to shut him up or turn him on because she wasn't a big fan of kissing and neither was he. Task thought it was because he was trying to give off the image of a tough guy but that wasn't it, he just wasn't that much of a fan of kissing because he often felt it could be used for both pleasure and desist.
After she pulled her lips away from his she wrapped her arms around the back of his neck and started to forcibly grind into his lap while he clutched onto her butt so that he she could have better leverage and elevation while he moved back to sucking on her breast and stomach.
The duo was then broke apart by the sound of both of their cellphones ringing at the same time causing them to both let out angry groans before separating and moving to grab their respective phones.
"Now isn't a good time Chayton." Adahy let out with a hint of venom in his tone.
"Doesn't matter our shipment is here and I need you here to move it with me." Task let out from the other end of the phone while Adahy rolled his eyes.
"Alright I'll meet you at the warehouse in a few minutes." He replied before hanging up while Task hung up his own phone with a loud huff before walking out of the casino in Liddell and making his way to his car without realizing he was being watched.
After getting off the phone with Task, Adahy then turned his attention back to Dede who was still speaking on the phone.
"Alright, yeah we're still set for tonight. Alright we'll be-." She started before Adahy came up from behind and grabbed her by her hips before teasing her entrance with the tip of his erection.
"Five seconds." He let out while Dede tried to hurry up and get off the phone but before she could give her final goodbye she was taken off-guard as Adahy forced himself inside of her and caused her to let out a low moan.
"Yeah I'm fine, I almost slipped is all." She replied while Adahy continued ram into her while she tried her best to muffle her moans. "I gotta go, talk to you later…Angel." She said before hanging up the phone and turning around to slap Adahy lightly on the chest.
"Idiota." She said only for the Creek to give her a firm slap on the behind before continuing.
"So what was that about?" he asked with a chuckle.
"Shut up and keep going." She let out while Adahy continued to pound into her. "That's right harder, faster, deeper." She added just as Adahy felt his climax approaching along with Dede's as he felt her start to tighten up around him.
"Right THERE!" she yelled out upon releasing her juices just as Adahy pulled out and fired his load onto her backside before falling on top of her while she leaned over the dresser.
"That was great." he said with a running his hands through Dede's hair as the duo found themselves on the verge of letting sleep overtake them.
17th Ward, New Arcadia
After meeting with Sonny and a few other members of the Destined to Destroy street gang, Lee was a man on a mission and that mission was destruction. As he stood in one of the warehouses next to Mackey's Fishery he found himself loading a few Shotgun shells into his Tactical Mossberg 500 when the door to the building opened and he noticed Link walk inside.
"Fresh off the road and you're already getting back into the fight." He said while watching Lee give a low chuckle.
"No time like the present." The Chinese man retorted while cocking his Shotgun.
"You know when you said you were going to Dockington to get us some help I wasn't expecting you to bring Luna and Robbie back with you." He replied with a slight chuckle.
"Neither did I, I'm still wondering how Mark will take it now that they're here." He declared while Link nodded his head.
"He shouldn't be too pissed, Luna has a smuggling racket under her belt nothing to serious especially for us to deviate from our plan." He replied while Lee nodded his head.
Before the duo could do more talking though they were interrupted by the sound of the warehouse door opening and then watching as Jimmy walked into the room with a familiar redheaded woman following close behind him.
"Time to take your punishment." Link whispered while lee rolled his eyes before looking to Alison who ran up and gave him a quick hug.
"Glad to see I was missed." He said with a chuckle before being taken off-guard as Alison slapped him on the chest repeatedly.
"Asshole, it's been almost five months since we've seen you." She let out while eyeing Lee angrily.
"Sorry I just forgot I really like the smell of fresh air while being on the road." He replied while Alison slapped him on the chest again before looking down and noticing that he was wearing a belt similar to a police officers with his Pistol holstered on his right hip, four holsters for ammo was also on the belt, and he was also wearing a bulletproof vest under his shirt.
"Don't tell me you're gonna start this fight with them already?" she asked with a shocked look on her face while Lee remained silent before speaking out.
"I don't like what they're doing in this city not just to us, but to those like me." He replied while Alison eyed him closely and noticed the angry look in his eyes. She could tell he was angry about the attacks on the Asian Community and was looking to get revenge for it. She also knew there wasn't much she could do to stop him, yet she would try.
Before she could say anything else though the group was interrupted by a new well-familiar voice entering the room. "Hold your jets."
Upon turning their heads the group was surprised to see a familiar Chinese American woman walking into the room with her usual cocky smile and red dress with black sunglasses that hid her eyes.
"Ana!" said Alison as the IAA Agent walked up to the group.
"Sorry I've been away for so long, but you know how this job is." She replied while sending a look to Alison before returning her gaze to Lee.
"I missed you in Los Santos." She said while he and Jimmy gave her a chuckle.
"Yeah we were kinda in a hurry." The Chinese man shot back while Ana grinned.
"I can imagine, but not in too much of a hurry to cause a little mayhem." She replied while the duo remained silent. "Before you go off on your crusade of vengeance I have a priority mission for you." She replied to the groups confusion.
"What?" Link asked with a raised brow.
Outside of Red Stick
The drive to the warehouse outside of Red Stick wasn't long for Task as he stepped out of his truck and made his way to the front of the warehouse and opened its doors to reveal a dozen crates sitting in the middle of the warehouse.
As he approached the crates and popped one of them opened he gave a slight smile to see five M16A2 Assault Rifles filling it high along with magazines of ammo. When it came down to getting guns Task didn't know where they came from other then his Southwest Native got them from a guy out in Sandy Shores and moved them to the Midwest and South where they would be sold.
This shipment of guns though was going to the Azteca's and Vagos in New Arcadia in their brewing war with the 4th Ward. There was a truce now between them, BSU, the Roman Boyz, and a few other gangs but the 4th Ward wasn't in on that truce. They wanted to keep up the fight especially since BSU and the Roman Boyz basically paved the way for them to take a victory.
The gangs were rearming and Task was willing to help for the money, but what he didn't like about this new war was that Miguel was now calling shots for the Azteca's. Ernesto was still in Sunbelt City and Miguel was keeping him out of the loop of what was going on in New Arcadia. He felt that he could do a better job leading the Azteca's against this new threat than he ever could. Task wouldn't care much about this new change in leadership if it wasn't for one thing that makes this war different from the last…The Gangster Apostles.
The Apostles were backing Joe and had become the enforcement arm for the BGA in New Arcadia. They had the numbers, they had the weapons, and some of them had the training and with all of that they left Mark running out of the city. When they warred with BSU Mark had a pull-back never taking it too far and always shooting to the left when he, Felix, or Adahy came in his crosshairs. These guys won't do that though.
As Task loaded up the last crate of weapons into his truck he was taken off-guard by the sound of a series of car engines approaching his location. They were too many to be just from Adahy and nobody else knew about this spot so he quickly reached into one of the crates and pulled out one of the M16A2 and loaded it with a fresh magazine of bullets before taking aim at the road.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Came a new voice that caused Task to turn his head and notice an African American woman wearing military fatigues and aiming an AR-15 Assault Rifle at his head. Task then watched as four more men emerged from the tree line with their weapons trained on him just as the cars came into view and he watched as a muscular African American man carrying an AT4 Rocket Launcher stepped out of the car.
"Well ain't this a nice place to be." Doom said with a smile before watching as Queen walked over and forced the Rifle out of Task's hands.
"You won't be needing this where you're going." She said before hitting the man in the mouth with the butt of her gun and completely knocking him out.
Elsewhere
After a quick shower with Dede, Adahy now found himself walking out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist where he noticed the Chola sitting on his bed and putting on her shoes.
"You never told me what you were doing last night and what you're doing tonight?" he asked causing the woman to shake her head with a chuckle.
"You're persistent I give you that." She said before remaining silent before speaking out. "Last night me, Angel, and Lady Joker went into the 4th Ward and started hunting down those Mayates. We got them to come to us, by them thinking we were hookers. We robbed them and beat them up until-." She started before trailing off.
"Somebody ended up dead." He shot back.
"Yeah, we're doing it again tonight." She replied causing Adahy to nod his head. He wanted to tell her how dangerous the game they were playing was, but at the end of the day she wasn't his girlfriend or wife. He wasn't supposed to care about her and he tried to keep that in mind.
"Good luck." He said before watching as she fixed her hair before walking out of his apartment while Adahy got dressed for the day before looking at his phone and seeing several calls and text from Task.
2nd Ward, New Arcadia
Things seemed to be going well and slow for Keegan as he found himself sitting outside one of the two housing projects in the 2nd Ward that once was the main drug spot for the Roman Boyz. Since the absence of Marrick, Maurice, and Marcus Roman though, the drug spot was now under the control of the Gangster Apostles.
Members of the Roman Boyz were still living in and around the building but none of them were selling drugs in the area without an "OK" from the Apostles who would either take a cut of their profit or have them selling solely for them.
As Keegan looked around the project he took in the faces of everyone around him. He was being used as a spy for Link and BSU to figure out the faces of those who betrayed the Romans and those he could probably get to help them in their rebellion against the GA.
After a few moments of looking around Keegan quickly spotted an African American man with short black dreadlocks and wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans standing on side of the basketball court of the building slinging drugs when a tall African American man in a blue hoodie approached him. At first glance Keegan took the man for just another drug addict but he was quickly shocked as the hooded man grabbed the dealer by the shirt and slammed him back first against the fence that surrounded the court.
This quickly caused a number of the men at the court to draw their Pistols and aim it at the hooded man but instead of blowing the man's head off like he expected they merely looked at him with mixed feelings and as Keegan got a look at his face he was quite shocked to see a very familiar man standing before the group.
"Shit Marrick." He said before hopping off his bench and running into the crowd.
"You niggas switching sides on me now?" the middle Roman asked while looking around the group closely just as a man in all black that was a member of the GA approached the Roman and smiled.
"Well look whose come back to die." He said causing Marrick to look at the man angrily. "I've been waiting to see you for a-." he started before the loud blast of a gunshot that blew the top of the man's head off and caught everyone by surprise as Keegan stood behind the dead gangster with a serious look in his eyes.
"Time to go." Keegan said before grabbing the shocked Marrick by the arm and pulling him away while everyone else ran from the basketball court.
"What the fuck you doing here?" Marrick asked with venom in his tone as Keegan forced him into his car before speeding off.
"I've been here helping your brothers and his crew out." He replied to Marrick's shock.
"You heard from Mark?" he asked with a raised brow.
"Not for a while but them white boys and that Chinese nigga holding up at some spot in the 17th Ward." He replied before Marrick spoke out.
"Take me to their asses now." He said while Keegan nodded his head before turning the car around and making his way to the 17th Ward.
Outside of New Arcadia
The song Sosa by Chief Keef seemed to fill the ears of Task he found himself sitting in the backseat of Doom's car in handcuffs with Queen sitting next to him with her gun aimed at his side while Lonzo and Doom sat in the front.
From what he could guess about the group they were the guys running things and from what Felix and Ernesto described these were the guys who had Mark running with his tail between his leg. The group didn't give off the image of regular gangsters to Task they seemed like professionals like the people they would see in movies and he could only guess how many bodies they each have on them.
"You a quiet one you know what." Queen stated causing Task to give her a passing glance. "Most niggas we have in that seat would be falling out like fucking babies, but you quiet my dude." She stated.
"I'm guessing this ain't your first time in this type of situation." She added while Task remained silent.
"You know it's a long trip back to New Arcadia do why don't you make it more lively by telling us exactly why they call you Task. It that short for something at least?" she asked.
"Why do you care?" he asked.
"Maybe it might make your death quick and painless instead of making you scream like I want to do." She replied while Task took a deep breath and spoke up.
"It's short for Taskmaster, back when I was living on the Rez I had this little habit of completing every task someone ever gave me. Since then I've been known around as The Taskmaster or Task for short." He let out earning a chuckle from Lonzo.
"Clever name." he said. "Tell me though how do you think you're gonna get out of this?" he asked while looking back at the man.
"It doesn't matter if you kill me, I figured I wouldn't live long or see the outside world with the life I live." He started before looking to the group. "At the end of the day though, I'll die knowing that's it's only a matter of time before Mark and the others come back and give you the slow death you all deserve." He stated before looking to Queen and adding. "He doesn't discriminate on gender either."
This drew a laugh from all the GA members particularly Doom who turned to look back at the man and said. "I'm glad you feel that way, it's good to happy empty faith in something that'll never happen. Don't worry though, when we're done with you it won't be long before we see him."
"Or we'll see each other, depending on if whatever god you believe in decides to let you rot." The Lakota stated.
"My almighty is the God of the Gangsters, and he's gonna bless me for whatever I do compared to you dirt worshipping ass nigga." Lonzo shot back with a chuckle.
"You call me a dirt worshipper but at the end of the day everyone's gonna remember The Taskmaster while all of you are just gonna be another hood legacy. It'll be amusing though because you're all gonna die far from home with no respect, no glory, and no grave because they don't bury bodies out here and Mark has a way of killing that's fitting for all of you." He replied causing Queen to strike him over the head with the butt of her gun causing a trickle of blood to leak from the side of Task's head as he looked at her angrily.
"That's gonna look like a backhand when I'm done with your bitch ass." She retorted while Task eyed her angrily before the duo was interrupted by Lonzo slamming on the brakes of the car just as another GA member did the same and causing their convoy of vehicles to stop.
"The fuck is this shit?" asked Lonzo as he stepped out of the car with Doom. The latter of whom gave an order for Queen to keep an eye on Task while they check out the reason for the hold up.
As the duo made their way to the front of the convoy they quickly noticed three other GA members standing outside the leading car and looking at the front tire that looked like it was on a flat.
"Fucking blowout, I think we hit a fucking nail." The driver said as he looked down as Doom looked down at the wheel and inspected.
"Or it could have been all these fucking potholes. I ain't never seen no place with roads as fucked up as this." Lonzo shot back while Doom continued to inspect the flat before noticing that the hole wasn't on the bottom of tire but the side and it wasn't from a nail.
"EVERYBODY MOVE-!" he yelled out but before everyone could follow his order the sound of gunfire erupting followed by the skull of the first GA member exploding from the back caught their attention as they noticed the blood and brain matter of the man pour out onto the hood of his car as his body slumped over it.
"Don't give them time to move." Lee yelled out as he, Jimmy, Davey, and Eddy led a charge on the vehicles from the left side using the trees for cover as they went. "Fuck them up." As the Chinese man yelled he was firing off Tactical Mossberg and managed to strike the GA member standing next to Lonzo in the chest and blowing off an actual chuck of his flesh in the process.
"GET DOWN!" Doom yelled out as he grabbed Lonzo by the side and pulled him behind the car just as Davey and Eddy combined the fire from their G36C Assault Rifles and managed to strike down all four men in the next car before they could get out while Jimmy shot a GA member who emerged from one car with an AKM Assault Rifle in the head and coated the top of his car in brains.
"Drive motherfucker drive." Queen yelled out while waving her hands as she signaled the driver that was driving Task's truck full of guns.
After getting the message the Apostle quickly threw the truck in reverse and drove backwards but as he drove he failed to notice the young Caucasian man with an P90 Submachine gun strapped to his back rolling out of the way of the truck.
"Stupid motherfucker you can't-." the man started before a loud explosion from underneath the truck caught him by surprise and blew the tires from underneath the truck and caused it to hit the ground hard.
"Gotta love mines." Buck replied before drawing his weapon and opening fire on the driver of the truck and shredding him to pieces with several shots to the chest and face.
"Son of a-!" started Queen as she kept her eyes on the stalled truck giving Task and opening as he headbutted her in the center of the nose catching her by surprise and forcing her to clutch her nose before he followed up with another headbutt that caught her in the forehead.
As he went for a followup though the woman struck first with the butt of her gun and hitting him in the side of the head causing him to fall back into his seat while seeing stars.
"I'm gonna light your ass up now." She yelled out while raising her gun to Task who immediately closed his eyes and awaited the bullet but instead of hearing the bang of a gunshot he heard the familiar shattering sound of glass breaking this caused him to open his eyes and notice an unknown Dominican man reaching into the window and gripping the neck of the GA female from behind before forcibly pulling her out of the car.
"Don't fight this chica." Robbie yelled out while fully pulling Queen out of the car and causing her to crash back first on the concrete but before he could successfully choke her out the woman performed a high kick and caught the smuggler in the top of the head catching him off guard and causing him to take a few steps back in the process.
"Motherfucker." The Air Force Veteran yelled out while moving to lift her Pistol at the Dominican man but before she could Robbie made the first move and managed to kick the gun out of her hand before following up by throwing a punch to the side of the woman's head then following up with kick that send her falling back.
"Stay down, if I wanted to you'd be dead already." He said only for Queen to chuckle at his response before jumping up and punching Robbie below the belt as hard as she could causing him to lurch forward with his mouth wide open. The woman then responded by grabbing him by the side of his head and slamming him face first into the side of the car.
"Let's see who killing who now bitch." She said while reaching again for her gun but before she could pick it up she was taken off-guard from behind as Task came up from behind her and threw the chain of his handcuffs around her neck. The man then processed to try and choke the woman out who did her best to try and fight him off.
"Queen!" Lonzo yelled out earning the attention of Doom who noticed the woman trying to fight from out of The Great Plains Native's grasp.
"Fucking-!" Doom started before being taken off-guard as Lee vaulted over the hood of his car and tackled the man to the ground while Jimmy did the same to Lonzo knocking him to the ground before the duo stood side by side and watched as the two GA members rose to their feet.
"Well look who's finally come back home." Lonzo stated with a chuckle.
"Yeah and we're gonna kick your ass before feeding you to the gators." Replied Jimmy with venom in his tone while Doom looked around at the group.
"Where's Mark?" he asked with anger in his tone.
"He ain't here, but don't worry I'll keep you occupied." Lee shot back before charging the man while Jimmy charged Lonzo.
As Lee went to get his hands on Doom the man quickly sidestepped him and caused the Chinese man to miss before turning back and throwing two punches that Doom quickly ducked. Jimmy seemed to far better with Lonzo though, the Army Veteran moved to sidestep him but Jimmy expected that and quickly stopped in his tracks before lowering down and throwing two punches to Lonzo's stomach before grabbing him by the side and forcing him back first into the side of the car and beginning to punch him in the face.
Unlike Jimmy, Doom, and Lonzo, Lee didn't have any formal military training when it came to hand to hand combat. So Jimmy was able to match Lonzo in their fight but Lee seemed to be having a hard time with Doom who seemed to keep dodging his strikes.
"You ain't worth my time." The Green Beret yelled out just as Lee got frustrated and strike him with a cheap kick to the shin that caused him to wince out in pain. The Chinese man then followed up with two punches that struck the man in the side of the head followed by jumping up and kicking the man in the chest with a dropkick that caused him to fall hard on his back.
"Am I worth it now." Lee yelled out before pouncing on top of the man and throwing a series of punches to his face.
As the BSU members continued to trade blows with the Midwestern Gangsters, Task continued to apply pressure to the neck of Queen. The woman wasn't fighting much and she was mostly slipping in and out of consciousness but Task didn't care. The Lakota was out for blood and he was gonna get it.
Before he could though Queen made one final desperate move and threw her elbow back as hard as she could striking Task in the head wound she'd given him earlier as well as in the right eye causing the Lakota much discomfort and forcing him to let her go.
After taking a few seconds to fight and cough up on the air, Queen responded by throwing two punches to the face of the man who couldn't do much on defense with his hands cuffed but take it.
As she went to throw another punch at his head Task sidestepped her and managed to knee her in the stomach before following up with another knee strike to the face.
In a rage, Queen followed up by grabbing both sides of Task's head before swinging him around slamming him head first into the front door of the car and shattering the glass of the vehicle in the process.
"This shit's over." She said before reaching into her pocket and pulling out a Hand Grenade.
"Bet you didn't think you were gonna get your ass kicked by a white boy did you?" Jimmy asked as he took two of Lonzo's punches aimed at his face before following up with two punches of his own that hit the man in the side and once in his right arm causing it to go numb and feel heavy on his body.
"You trained ain't you?" he asked while Jimmy chuckled.
"Army reserve." He replied earning a chuckle from the man.
"Reserve don't mean shit, if you ain't seen real combat." Lonzo shot back before charging Jimmy who prepared to strike the man out, but before he could Lonzo ducked down and hit Jimmy with a kick to the side of the leg that caused him to fall on one knee while Lonzo went to kick him in the side only for the redheaded man to grab him by his leg with his right hand then reach out and take him by the throat with his left.
As Jimmy and Lonzo went toe to toe, Lee found himself back on the defensive as Doom threw two punches his way and caught him in the side, face, and chest. The man then followed up with a strike to the side of Lee's head sending him stepping back a few feet. The Green Beret then went for another hard punch to Lee's face but before he could get it off Lee sidestepped him and while he was behind him he jumped up before bringing both of his feet down on top of Doom's knee causing the man to give out a loud shout of pain.
The groups fight was then interrupted by a loud explosion that caught them all by surprise and caused them to look back and notice Task's truck now a flaming wreckage with all the guns inside of it aflame as well.
"If we can't get them nobody can." Queen shot back with blood leaking from her nose and a nicely formed red ring around her neck.
"You bitch!" Task yelled out before he and Robbie charged the woman who sidestepped them both before hitting Robbie with a punch to the face and kicking Task in his already weak legs.
"LET'S GO!" she yelled out while Jimmy turned to Lonzo who grabbed him by his hair and slammed him head first on the hood of his car while Doom rose back up and punched Lee in left eye with all his might and caused the Chinese man to take a few steps back before visibly losing consciousness and falling to the ground in a seated position.
"Lee!" Buck yelled out while the three GA members hopped in the last remaining car and drove away while Buck, Davey, and Eddy went to go check on Lee, Task, Jimmy, and Robbie who were all visibly knocked unconscious.
17th Ward, New Arcadia
The sound of a loud bang hitting the table seemed to catch the attention of Alison who looked down at the table in the office area to notice Ana sitting in the main chair and a paperback book in front of her.
"What's this?" the FIB Agent asked while picking up the book and noticing that it had a blank cover but upon opening it seeing that it was filled with information and such.
"That's what Mark's been learning these past couple of months." She replied causing Alison to look up at the woman. "Mark's down in Mexico with a IAA asset who was once apart of the 75th Rangers. He went down there for some extra training." She stated while Alison looked inside of the book.
"Aside from more firearms and demolitions training, Mark's been learning all forms of breaching, reconnaissance, direct action, as well as counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence, and my personal favorite Tradecraft." She replied to Alison's confusion.
"Tradecraft." She repeated.
"it's essentially espionage." She shot back.
"I know what it means but why is Mark learning all of this and where why he's in Mexico?" she asked with concern in her voice.
"Because he's tired of failing." She retorted to Alison's confusion. "At the end of the day, Mark has limited training mostly in firearms but if you look at his hand to hand it's shit, he's a good tactician but he could be better, and more importantly he relies too much on others." She stated.
"He felt that if he could learn more, but he knew that I would hold back on him. So he went out and found someone who wouldn't." she finished while Alison stood in shock while continuing to go over the book until she found a page on Marksmanship.
"Have you heard from him?" she asked while keeping her eyes away from Ana.
"No, when it comes to training for things like this it's best to distance yourself from everyone close to you so you can better focus." He shot back while Alison nodded her head. "I miss him to though and I'm gonna wring his neck when I see him." She replied earning a slight smile from Alison.
"I should be wringing yours." The FIB Agent shot back to Ana's confusion.
"The boys weren't the only people I was worried about." She shot back while Ana nodded. "Your job is just as hard if not harder." This drew a slight chuckle from Ana who didn't want to admit that she missed the redheaded woman as well.
"How have you been?" she asked.
"More worried, but I took up jogging to relax my nerves." The FIB Agent shot back.
"Huh maybe I can go jogging with you one morning since I'm back." She replied earning a slight smile from Alison who appreciated the company.
Their company was quickly interrupted though by the sound of the door to the room opening and seeing two African American men walking into the room.
"Where Lee at?" Marrick asked upon seeing Ana who couldn't help but smile at him.
"Good to see you to Marrick." She replied. The duo had been formally acquainted through Mark after a job he helped them pull off. In her opinion of the Roman Brothers she had to say Mark was her favorite, then Martin because he seemed the most grown up, then Marrick, and Hakeem being last because he seemed the most like a child. She also wasn't too fond of Maurice Roman who talked a big game on hating her but keeps staring at her out the corner of his eyes.
"If you must know though, they stepped out but should be on their way back." She retorted.
"Good because them motherfuckers got some answering to-." He started before the sound of screeching tires and voices caught them by surprise.
"Right on time!" Ana said before leading Marrick and Keegan out while Alison brought up the rear. She had never been formally introduced to any of Mark's family and she knew the fact that she worked for the FIB would be a major red flag so she decided to keep her distance away from the group.
"Goddamn you guys are hardheaded." Came the voice of Link as the group entered the warehouse and noticed Link and Manfred helping to sit Lee, Jimmy, Robbie, and Task on a table. The group each had bruises and cuts lining their faces from their fight but that didn't hurt any of their spirits.
"He got this one, but I ain't done yet." Lee shot back while Alison ran over to the table and began to immediately look over his eyes.
"Damnit Lee, you just get back and already you're hurt." She said earning a chuckle from the Chinese man.
"It's what I do." He shot back while Ana approached Jimmy and started to look over his head wound while Link and Manfred helped Robbie and Task.
"Who's the redhead?" Robbie asked while looking to Link.
"Alison, we'll introduce her to you later." He shot back while Robbie nodded his head.
"You think you can get these things off?" Task asked while looking to Manfred.
"I got something." Responded Eddy as he walked over to the Lakota warrior with a pair of bolt cutters and proceeded to cut the chains on his handcuffs while Davey went to find a handcuff key to fully take them off his wrist.
"No hard feelings about the grocery store?" he asked.
"Last I remember I knocked you out with a can of soup when it was your friend who charged me." Davey shot back while Task eyed him closely. "I hold no grudges towards you, just those you've been working for." He added while Task nodded his head.
"Why did you save me?" he asked while looking over at the BSU members.
"We may have been having our differences these past few months but we're still cool." Said Lee while Link and the others nodded their heads.
"Plus you still work for me so they don't have a choice." Ana pointed out while Task eyed her.
"You're the only reason I'm not in a box right now aren't you?" he asked.
"You can thank me later." She replied.
"Well I'm happy for this little reunion but I got a few requests to make." Marrick shot back with venom in his tone as he eyed the group closely. "Now that you're all here how about we make our plans of attack." He stated.
"Yeah we attacked and we got this from it." Said Jimmy as he showed Marrick his eyes.
"I'm guessing you ran into their soldiers. If you didn't leave in such a hurry I could have warned you not engage them." She replied while the group watched her throw three pictures on the table that they quickly recognized.
"Those are the pricks." Stated Jimmy as he rubbed his eyes.
"Just as I figured, from what I can gather on these three are they're three of Carcer's most ruthless gangsters as well as decorated veterans for the U.S. Military." She let out to the group's confusion.
"Alonzo Gaines, known on the streets as Little Lonzo that was before he came home with a metals and bodies from Iraq and Afghanistan." He said while Jimmy eyed the picture of the man closely.
"Jessica Creek, aka Queen, Air Force veteran served in Iraq. Her older brother and her boyfriend were members of the GA. Both were killed while she was deployed and when she came back she made their killers pay." Ana stated before everyone's eyes fell on the last man.
"And this guy, the man with the Rocket Launcher is Sergeant Deshawn Emmett, known on the streets as Doom. He's served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait and has collected a number of metals over the years and is called a war hero by some. Behind closed doors though, he a high ranking member of not only the GA but he has a lot of sway with the Kin Nation and is marked for death by a lot of people within the Soul Nation." She stated.
"And now us." Stated Jimmy.
"This man is a Green Beret, so I suggest all of you exercise extreme caution whenever you take him on and for some of you to not take him on at all." She stated while sending looks to Buck, Davey, and Eddy.
"Alright I'll be cautionite but that's not going to stop me tonight." Lee shot out while sending a look to Buck. "Get me The Punisher." He said to the groups confusion.
"Wait you're gonna use-?" he started before Lee cut him off.
"Yes now get it for me." He replied while everyone gave confused looks to the Chinese man who watched as Buck went over to a closet in the warehouse and walked out with a familiar weapon. It was Mark's CM901 Assault Rifle the group could recognize it anywhere because of all the different parts on it that made it look like a gun from a cheesy action move. It still had the M203 Grenade Launcher on the Under barrel, and a Hybrid EO Tech Holographic Scope, and the barrel was still long with a compensator at the end of it for added accuracy.
"You gonna use Mark's gun?" Link asked as Buck handed the weapon over to the Chinese man.
"Yup, I want to send a message tonight and I'm gonna do that." he stated while the group looked him over none more so then Alison who couldn't take her eyes off the weapon and remember all the times she'd seen Mark use it.
"Do you know how to change the rounds?" asked Ana to Lee's confusion. "The reason Mark uses that gun is because it can fire both 5.56 rounds and 7.62 rounds just by making a simple adjustment. Do you know how to do it?" she asked while Lee shook his head.
"Then I have something you can better handle in my car, Shotgun Mary." The IAA Agent stated causing Lee to give her an angry look.
When it came down to using guns Mark was their Human Arsenal and could use almost any gun you gave him from Pistols to long distance Sniper Rifles. Jimmy was also good with guns but often preferred to use Rifles that kept him a distance away from people. Lee on the other hand was their up-close-and personal guy, he was lethal with Shotguns but increasing distance often messed him up. This earned him the nickname Shotgun Mary, a name he often hated.
"Hey I like how all of you are planning shit but how about helping a real nigga out." Stated Marrick as the group turned to face him.
"Why are you even here, I thought Mark said he would tell you when it was time to come back?" asked Link as he eyed the middle Roman.
"I ain't here shit from Mark in months, motherfucker missed his own birthday plus dads." He replied. "The reason we back is because some of my niggas been telling me they been getting hit up by some white boys and need some backup." He shot back while Ana eyed him closely.
"We?" she asked.
"Yeah I Courtney wanted to come to." He let out to the groups surprise.
"Where is she now?" Manfred asked.
4th Ward
The sound of car engines and cat calls seemed to fill the long stretch of asphalt that was Pine Road. When it came down to working girls in the city of New Arcadia French Town was more known but if one didn't have enough money for the high-priced escorts they usually came down to this strip of land for something much cheaper. This is where Dede, Angel, and Lady Joker found themselves.
The trio found themselves standing alongside of a dive bar that they noticed many of the 4th Ward Gangsters frequented. The Chola's were assisting the Vagos in their brewing war with the 4th Ward over the territory of Irish Point. With the Roman Family gone, they were moving in on the 2nd and 3rd Wards and that included Vago territory.
Setups were often easy for the girls, each was beautiful in their own regards and knew that the gangsters and civilians would approach them and right now they were each looking to die for.
"These Mayates aren't taking the bait!" stated Angel as she noticed a dark-skinned man of Haitian descent with long black dreadlocks walk over to a rather curvy light skinned African American woman with short hair and standing on the otherside of the street.
"They ain't biting now, but they will." Replied Dede as she and Angel watched as the man took the woman by the arm and started to lead her down a dark alley.
"Dumb puta." Said Lady Joker as they noticed the duo step into the shadows out of eyesight.
"So baby what you trying to do right here." The man asked while holding onto the woman's left arm and guiding her further down the alley.
The woman merely chuckled, but out of the man's eyesight she had drawn switchblade and with almost lightning speed she spun forward and proceeded to stab him twice in the side. Her stabs weren't random she struck his right kidney, part of his liver, and his Spleen. The stabs were quick and the man could barely react as he gave a low wince of pain before the woman grabbed him by his dreadlocks and put her blade to his throat.
"I'm coming after all you 4th Ward motherfuckers after what you did to me." She let out before slicing the man's throat in one quick motion before tossing him into a trashcan and watching as his body knocked it over and covered much of him in trash.
As the man's blood stained the ground the woman walked away swaying her hips as she went.
Courtney was back in New Arcadia, and she was out for blood.
Metra, Lincoln Parish
The drive to Lincoln Parish wasn't long for Adahy as he stepped out of his car and made his way inside of Miguel's safehouse where he noticed the young Onda member sitting in his father's personal chair, giving off the image of a mob boss, while three other Azteca members he'd never seen before were sitting around him.
"What's all this?" he asked while eyeing the man closely.
"I can ask you the same thing hermano." He replied while sending Adahy a close look. "Our guns haven't reached their destination yet." he added while Adahy shook his head.
"Damnit Chayton." The Creek Warrior send under his breath.
"We payed you in advance, you and your boy wouldn't be trying to play us would you?" he asked with venom in his tone while Adahy looked at the man closely. Miguel was trying to gain a rep with the younger Azteca's, but it wouldn't be at his own expense.
"With everything we've done for you, I wouldn't be asking that question." Adahy shot back with venom of his own as he eyed Miguel closely. "I'll talk to Chayton and see what the holdup is, but next time you don't need an entourage to talk to me." He replied while sending angry looks to the other Azteca members who did the same to him.
"Asshole." He said under his breath while walking out of the house and sending a call to Task whose phone immediately went to voicemail.
"Where are you?" he asked with venom in his tone.
Frenchtown, New Arcadia
The drive to Frenchtown wasn't long for Doom, Queen, and Lonzo who found themselves being the only surviving members of the group who were sent to steal the guns from Task. The group had survived the altercation but each found themselves banged up but with no real serious injuries. Now they found themselves sitting in the Voodoo club with Joe, Cake, Stretch, Muujai, Fatman, and Mookie.
"So tell me again how you lost the guns?" asked Muujai as he stood before the group with a serious look on his face along with Joe, Cake, and Stretch.
"That Chink and them white boys showed up." Replied Lonzo with anger in his voice as he used a towel to wipe his bloody nose.
"So Mark and his group are back?" Joe asked with a hint of fear in his voice.
"We didn't see Mark, just the Asian and the white boys. None of the other Romans were there either like Marrick." Queen shot back while rubbing her sore neck.
"Damnit and I was hoping to really get my hands on those guns, but better nobody gets them if we can't." stated Mookie as he looked to Fatman. The man was still quite banged up from his altercation with the Asian who jumped him. He'd gotten payback though a few weeks ago in his own way.
"If it's hardware you need, we can handle that for you." Stated Doom earning the attention of everyone in the room. "We have a few of our old military connects who's been supplying us with military hardware these past few months and we've been moving them to buyers." He added while Fatman eyed him closely.
"Military hardware, shit I can get on that shit. Ain't nobody gonna fuck with me after I get one of those AK's with a Grenade Launcher." Mookie stated with a toothy smile showing off the noticeable gap in his mouth.
"We'll talk with our people up north tomorrow and see if we can get a deal on the table." Stated Doom as Stretch rolled his eyes before getting a text message from one of the guards outside telling him to meet them.
"I gotta check on something." He said before walking away from the group in a hurry as to not hear what Muujai or any of the GA members had to say. The group made no strangers on making sly comments about him and Joe may have been on board with taking their shit but he wasn't.
As he walked out the backdoor of the building though he was taken off-guard by someone rushing him from behind and pressing a gun against the back of the head.
"Welcome home Slim, sorry I couldn't give you a formal meeting." Lee said while pressing the gun to the back of the head of the man.
"Skip pass the talking homie and do as you feel." The New Arcadia gangster shot back while Lee chuckled before forcing Slim to turn around and face him.
"My friends right here would say blow your brains over the wall." Lee shot out while Slim noticed five Vietnamese American men standing beside Lee with Sonny in the middle. "I feel like talking though." He let out to the man's confusion.
"Me and you broke bread, dropped bodies, and had a few good laughs before you went inside Slim. I'd appreciate having more of those, but you gotta make a choice right now." Lee replied while Slim eyed him closely.
"Joe inside with Muujai and them GA motherfuckers, about seven of them plus the three you got into it with, ain't nobody else though." He replied while Lee nodded his head.
"Good!" he said before striking Slim over the head with the butt of his gun. "Nothing personal just need for it to look like you didn't help us." He let out while walking past the man with the Vietnamese gangsters behind him.
"Stay close." He said while moving to pull Ana's gift for him off his back. It was an M4A1 Assault Rifle with an ACOG Sight, medium sized barrel, and M203 Grenade Launcher under the barrel. The IAA mentioned that it was the standard weapon for the U.S. Military because of its high level of accuracy in close to mid-range. As he looked from the corner of a dark hallway he noticed Joe sitting down with Muujai, Cake, Fatman, Mookie, and the GA members with a mixed expression on his face.
Lee was more focused on the Grenade Launcher attachment though, the goal of this wasn't to do a complete hit but to send a message to Joe and the others that BSU was here, that the Vietnamese weren't gonna be kicked around, and that this war was just about to explode.
"Winston." Lee said while sending a look to a muscular Vietnamese American man with slanted eyes hidden behind black shades, short black hair that was made into a mohawk, and wearing a black suit. The Chinese man then watched with a smile as the Vietnamese man pulled a stick of dynamite with a long fuse and a lighter.
"Fuck Mark and his crew we can deal with those motherfuckers." Lonzo yelled out earning a slight chuckle from Mookie.
"NO FUCK YOU!" Lee yelled out earning the attention of everyone in the room who noticed the Chinese man before whipping their eyes around to the Vietnamese Gangster with the lit stick of Dynamite in his hands.
"GET DOWN!" Doom yelled out before Winston tossed the stick at the group and who had a few seconds to scurry away before the weapon exploded and took blew away two GA members while Joe, Muujai, and Fatman were knocked to their feet and were left winded by the explosion.
"Kill those motherfuckers." Queen yelled out as Lee noticed four GA and 4th Ward Gangsters standing in the VIP section draw their guns and move to the railings to shoot at him.
Before they could get a shot off though they were knocked down by another explosion that was courtesy of Lee who quickly went to reload the Grenade Launcher on the weapon while Sonny and his men opened fire on the group causing them to take cover behind tables.
"Torch it!" Sonny yelled out as another Vietnamese gangster lit a Molotov Cocktail and tossed it at the bar and ignited a rather large fire that was magnified by the different types of liquors.
As another man went to throw another he was taken off-guard by three shots to his chest that caused him to fall back and drop the bottle igniting his body in flames and leaving him running around as a ball of flames.
"Damn!" Lee said before looking and noticing that the former Green Beret was behind the shooting and as he quickly moved to turn his gun on Lee, the Chinese man jumped behind and table and sent a barrage of bullets his way but only managing to strike a 4th Ward Gangster in the arm.
"Uh!" yelled another Vietnamese gangster who took a gunshot to the mouth and actually lost his jaw in the process.
"Lee we can't keep this up." Said Sonny as Lee nodded his head at his statement.
"Don't worry I think our message has been sent loud and clear." Lee replied before firing another Grenade at the ceiling and watching with a smile as a large hole was blown into the top and the tiles started to collapse onto the floors.
"They're fucking up my club." Joe yelled out as Lee fired another Grenade into the officer area while Winston chucked two more sticks of Dynamite at tables and watched as they went up in piles of smoke.
"Let's go!" Lee said before pulling the stick on a Smoke Grenade before tossing it out onto the club floor blinding the remaining gangsters in a blanket of white smoke. With this momentary distraction Lee and the others took the chance to sneak out the backdoor while the men tried to righten themselves.
"Motherfuckers." Said Cake as the smoke started to clear and they took in the site of the club that looked like a major war had been fought inside of it. The damage was almost unrepairable and Joe knew it as he felt a feeling of rage starting to rise within him.
Elsewhere
Minutes must have passed since Lee left the group at the warehouse, and upon his departure Task found himself almost completely alone as he watched Ana talk with the other BSU members talk amongst themselves with Marrick and Keegan about their plans of attack.
"You look strangely familiar." Came a somewhat familiar voice that caused Task to turn his head and notice a familiar redheaded woman standing beside him with her arms folded over her chest.
Despite knowing about the woman and her relationship with Mark, he had never been formally introduced to her. He never really wanted to have a close relationship with the FIB Agent because at the end of the day she was…well an FIB Agent. She was also far from crooked and corruptible like many thought, she was a cop and he was a gun running crook. Mark may love sharing a bed with a his potential arresting officer, but Task didn't want to meet them.
"We met once before, your partners brought me into the station after I shot that guy in self-defense." The Lakota replied while Alison opened her eyes in remembrance of the man. "Chayton Highwolf, but everyone calls me Task." He introduced.
"Right you were having a conversation with Mark about being diabetic." she replied while Task nodded his head. "I didn't know you were…involved with this and them. Especially after I saw you with those guys at the funeral." She added while Task chuckled.
"Mark doesn't like to talk about me much, I like that. If he did though he'd tell you I'm like a freelancer in New Arcadia. I don't really serve any side…I'm just a hired gun." He let out while Alison nodded her head. "You aren't trying to gather evidence on me for a case are you?" he asked.
"Questions like that are why I question being here." She replied while taking a stand next to Task who looked her up and down. He had to admit, he could never see himself with anyone outside of his own race, but he could see why Mark would take an interest in the woman. She was pretty, but she didn't give off that stuck up rich person vibe. Instead she gave off that innocent girl next door feeling more than anything.
In the face department she was a ten in the body he'd give her a maybe a seven. She had nice curves, a nicely shaped ass, but her breast were still quite small. Still everything else made her drop dead gorgeous.
As she started speaking though Task found himself opening his ears and taking her words as she started to state. "I'm a cop, I took an oath to saving lives and helping people…yet here I am hugging and playing big sisters to killers, brushing shoulders with drug dealers, and-."
"Sharing a bed with The Concrete Soldier." He let out while Alison went silent for a few seconds before correcting.
"In love with The Concrete Soldier Marcus Roman." Her words caused Task's eyes to widen. The way she said his name made him think about what she just said. She said she loved the Concrete Soldier, which was Mark's name for when he's on the streets dropping bodies. So not only did she love him for what he was, she loved him despite what he did as well.
"I see why he cares about you now." He let out earning the attention of Alison. "I remember two years ago after you left New Arcadia Mark was broken up about it and we tried to convince him that loving a cop was dangerous he often fought us on it. Anyone with a badge is dirty in our world, but he said you saw the good in him and now I see that you do." He finished while Alison gave him a slight smile.
"He's lucky to have you." He added causing the woman to look away from him and back at the others.
"I miss him." She let out with a half-smile and a hint of worry in her voice.
"He's coming back, he'd never abandon this city or any of them. He'll die before he does that." Task shot back.
"And that's what scares me." She let out while Task gave a slight chuckle before Ana approached the duo with Jimmy and Link following behind her.
"I see you two are making nice." She greeted while eyeing the duo closely.
"I had to meet the woman everyone talks about almost as much as you." Task shot back while Ana gave her usual smile just as the Lakota's phone started to ring causing him to look down at it and notice Adahy's number.
"That him?" Ana asked while Task nodded his head.
"I'll tell him what happened, I don't think he'll want to hear about how you guys saved me though or how I lost the guns." He replied while Jimmy gave an angry snarl and responded.
"If you ask me the asshole shouldn't be pissed off, where was he when you were in the back seat of that car with a gun to your head." The man asked while Task remained silent.
"Still the Azteca's already put a down payment on those guns and are awaiting that delivery." He stated while the group eyed him closely.
"If Mark doesn't come back to us soon, I may have a job you can work with us on to make up for the loss in revenue." Ana stated earning the attention of the Lakota and the others. "It'll have a very big payout, just try and hold out until then." She added while Task nodded his head.
"Thanks!" he said before jumping off the table he was sitting on. "I should get going." He added.
"I'll give you a ride." Said Alison to the surprise of the group. "There's someone I want to speak with. He deserves to hear some words from me." She added while the group nodded their heads before realizing who she was talking about.
"If you're going with him so am I." Jimmy stated while Alison nodded her head at his statement.
4th Ward
The drive to the 4th Ward wasn't long for Keegan as he and Marrick found themselves cruising the streets of Pine Road in search of a familiar New Arcadia stripper who had called them a few short hours ago and asked for a ride and a place to stay. The area seemed clear and the sun was already starting to set on this day so the duo could only guess the kind of damage the woman had done in the time she'd been here.
"Where is this girl?" asked Keegan as he looked at the streets before Marrick spotted the woman walking out of a dark alley with an emotionless look on her face.
"There she go!" he shot forth before watching as Keegan pulled the car up alongside the girl and watched as she quickly climbed into the backseat of the vehicle and closed the door behind her in a huff.
"Damn girl, you looked like you about to murk a bitch." Keegan spoke out only to be met with silence from the woman.
"Just drive." Marrick stated before watching Keegan start to speed his way down the street before stopping behind at a red-light behind an all-black van.
"So what do you make of Mark's little crew of white boys and Asians. I've met them a few times but I can't get no vibe off them niggas." Keegan stated while looking to Marrick.
"Shit they white boys but they got heart I'll give them that and Lee that's my yellow nigga right there. He from The Difficult, 10th Ward to be exact. So I can trust him a little better than the others. He got that New Arcadia vibe to him that they don't." he shot back while Keegan chuckled.
"Still though, back in Alabama shit like that really don't fly. Working with white boys and shit. You think niggas take you serious with you doing that shit?" he asked.
"Shit still like that down here, but ain't nobody trying them white boys because they know they roll with Mark. Link be fucking with passion, white boy roll through the 3rd and don't get no trouble because of that and ain't nobody tying to." He stated while Keegan nodded his head.
"How is Passion?" Courtney asked breaking her silence to the surprise of the group.
"Last I heard from Link she straight, he be going around there a lot. She stopped working at the Voodoo, we ain't been fucking with Joe after what happened with you and shit. Link been giving her money to stay afloat and say he got a job for later he trying to give her. You too if you want it." Marrick stated while Courtney remained silent at his statement. The woman then looked out the window as Marrick rambled and to her surprise notice a familiar trio of Mexican girls standing next to a bar then to her surprise watch as the van stopped in front of them.
"STOP THE CAR!" she yelled out before watching as four masked men hopped out of the car and quickly moved to grab the girls and pull them into the van. "I SAID STOP THIS CAR NOW!" Courtney yelled out as Keegan slammed on the brakes and watched with Marrick as the woman hopped out of the car and quickly ran towards the group.
"GET THE FUCK OFF ME!" Dede yelled out while striking one of the men in the face but he only responded by striking her in the mouth and knocking her to the ground.
"Stab him!" she yelled out before watching as Angel drew a switchblade and moved to stab the man only for him to grab her arm and slap her across the face before forcing the blade out of her hand. As she tried to crawl away the man quickly grabbed her by her legs and tried to pull her into the van while yelling out.
"I'm gonna have a lot of fun with your sweet ass." The masked man yelled out with a sick grin before he felt a sharp pain in his side as Courtney plunged her own knife in his side. "FUCKING BITCH!" he yelled out before turning around and swinging his arm with enough force that when he hit her in the face he knocked her a few feet back.
With him distracted with Courtney Lady Joker tried to sneak up on him from behind with her own knife but before she could stab him the loud bang of a gunshot caught the attention of everyone and caused her to quickly look down and notice blood leaking from her shirt. She then looked back just as the masked man struck her over the face with the butt of her gun with enough force to literally knock three teeth from her mouth.
"Nigga what the fuck you doing, don't fuck up the merchandise." Yelled one of the masked men.
"Don't worry she'll give better head this way." The man shot back before moving to grab the downed woman only for Dede to hop on his back and stab him three times in the side.
"Fucking bitch!" he yelled out with anger in his tone before striking the woman in the mouth as hard as he could then watching as the two other men started to force her and the still down Angel in the backseat of the van.
"Alright let's-." the wounded man started before being caught off-guard by the loud bang of gunshots as the group watched him be struck several times in the back by Keegan and Marrick who were running from down the street with their guns drawn.
"Fucking bitches." Yelled one of the men as he reached into his back pocket drew his own gun and started to shoot at the van while Courtney moved to the body of Lady Joker just as the driver of the van drove away from the scene.
"Sons of bitches." Marrick said with venom in his tone.
"Call an ambulance now." Courtney yelled while pulling the head of Lady Joker into her lap and started to rock her back and forth. "Hang on girl, stay with me." She let out while Keegan drew his phone and called an ambulance as Marrick walked over to the dead man and quickly pulled his mask from over his head and seeing the face of a man he'd never seen before but what made his stick out was the familiar number 4 tattooed on the side of his neck.
"4th Ward Bitches." He said with anger in his tone.
Elsewhere
The drive back to the reservation wasn't long for Adahy as he and Felix found themselves sitting outside of Task's home awaiting the arrival of the Lakota Warrior who would explain to them his exact whereabouts for the day.
The duo then watched with mixed looks as they noticed an unidentifiable car pull up to the house. This caused them both to get in a ready position just in case they needed to run or fight. As the driver side door opened they lowered their guards as they noticed a familiar redheaded woman step out of the car.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Adahy asked while Felix eyed Alison closely before watching as Task stepped out of the passenger's seat of the car while Jimmy and a Dominican man stepped out of the backseat that immediately caught the eyes of Felix.
"Well I had to see it to believe it." Said Robbie as he walked up with Jimmy towards Felix causing Adahy to step in front of the man.
"It's alright I know him." Felix shot back while eyeing Robbie closely. He and Robbie had once been close back in Sunbelt but had somewhat fell off after he left for the East Coast.
"The hell you doing with them?" asked Adahy as he looked to Task before noticing the bruises on his face.
"They saved my life earlier today when the GA got the jump on me and took the guns because I had no backup." He replied to Adahy before moving past the man who stood in silence at his statement.
"You're welcome." Said Jimmy with a smug smile that only seemed to anger Adahy who ran after Task as he walked into his home, leaving Felix alone with the group.
"Robbie, I didn't know Mark had recruited you to help him in his little war." Felix stated while eyeing the Dominican man closely.
"Yeah he made an offer I couldn't refuse, and after years of him watching my back in Sunbelt I thought I'd be disrespectful to turn him down." He shot back while Felix chuckled.
"Watch yourself around them Hermano, they-." Felix started before Robbie cut him off.
"Don't call me that." He shot forth causing Felix to go silent. "As far as I see it Chico, I'm not your Hermano, Carnale, or anything. I ain't shit to you and you ain't shit to me or worth shit to me." He shot forth catching Felix by surprise.
"Mark maybe a lot of things but at least he's loyal to his amigos, you on the other are hear right now with men who tried to kill those who've been helping you for a long time." He shot out while Felix remained silent. "Who gave you money when you didn't have it, who helped your mom when she needed it, tell me Felix who?" he asked.
"What I'm doing is bigger than Mark, it's bigger than BSU. I'm helping La Raza, in a city that spits on us. You think Mark and that rainbow coalition you run with is worth shit but it ain't because they're all sellouts to their own." He replied.
"And the Azteca's are the answer for helping La Raza here. You saw firsthand what those Cabron's do to La Raza in Sunbelt. They push you around, they beat you up, and they look down on you just as much as black and white do here. The big difference is with other races they do it with hate, but with them they do it for fun." He let out while Felix eyed him angrily.
"And Mark and BSU is the answer to that hate problem?" he asked while Robbie chuckled.
"Shit no, I joined BSU because I thought we were just friends going to hardcore shows and watching each other's ass. I don't believe in their bullshit hell they're barely a damn gang. If they were one to take serious though I'd hate them because at the end of the day I hate Scrapas, I hate Chapete's, I hate those purple flag wearing Ball-Sacks, I hate those snot rag wearing Trannies, at the end of the day I hate gangbangers and those that represent them." He stated with anger in his tone.
"I can work with them because business is business, but to lie down in bed with them and do what they do. That'll make me a hypocrite like you." He finished while eyeing Felix closely. "Have fun with your Ass-Takers." He added before walking away from Felix with Jimmy in tow while Alison eyed the man closely before approaching him.
"Why are you here?" he asked while eyeing her with anger.
"To talk!" she shot back while Felix eyed her angrily. "I know you have your grudges with Mark and the others. I know you problem don't see them as friends anymore, but I just wanted you to know that if you ever needed me to talk or anything…I'm here for you." She stated while he chuckled.
"You trying to jump in my bed now?" he shot back with rage in his tone. "You know you're a weak pathetic excuse for a woman. How the hell are you supposed to be a cop when you're shacking up with a murderer. Making promises to see him again and fuck him whenever he wants it when you have another man at home. I just want you to know this won't end well for you Ali it won't." he added with more anger in his tone that caused Jimmy to almost want to step in between the duo.
His response was meant to hurt the FIB Agent, but Alison still persevered. She wasn't gonna let Felix scare her off, she had something she needed to say and she was gonna get it out one way or another.
"I get that." She replied to Felix's shock. "To tell you the truth I don't know why I'm with Mark when I know exactly why he is. Sure I love him, but love works in mysterious ways." She added before turning to face him.
"Like I said though, you still have a friend in me Felix. I know you're doing this because you feel it's the right thing to do. More right then what you were doing at first and your probably right, I just wanted you to know that you didn't hurt all of your old friends." She stated while looked at her with shock and confusion in his eyes.
"You don't have to respond to that. I'm going to leave, I just wanted you to know that." She finished before turning to walk back her car where Jimmy and Robbie were waiting for her.
As the woman walked away her words played in the mind of Felix over and over like a record as he walked into Task's home and noticed the Lakota Warrior sitting on the bed while Adahy sat in his chair with his head down.
"Is he alright?" he asked while looking to the Lakota.
"I'm fine, I'm just starting to open my eyes more to things." He let out from his prone position while Felix stood before the group with his head down just as Adahy's cellphone started to ring.
"It's Miguel." He said before moving to answer it.
Los Santos
The hour was late and the drive back to the apartment wasn't long for Neto who was still reeling from his earlier encounter with the crazy woman and her baby. He'd been thinking that maybe the Lost MC or even the AV may have put her up to attacking him but after looking over her body he discovered that she didn't have any tattoos or really give off the appearance of someone's old lady.
She just seemed like a regular soccer mom with probably some mental issues. Either way it went he didn't like the feeling from it.
As he walked into the front door he half expected to see Mai or Ivan, the home had been somewhat quiet with Paul gone. To his surprise though as he turned on the lights to the living room he didn't see any of them instead he saw a familiar Caucasian man with glasses sitting on the couch with a devilish smile on his face.
"Honey your home and you're late you're dinner got cold." Patrick greeted with a sick smile.
"The fuck are you doing here?" Neto asked before reaching for his gun and aiming it at the serial killer.
"I see then…you can't take a joke. It's funny you can dish them out but you can't take them yourself I find that makes you a hypocrite." He shot back while Neto merely cocked his gun. "Oh alright you damned party pooper I'm here on business, but I thought I'd stop by and see an old friend." He said while Neto eyed him closely.
"What kinda busy?" he asked with anger in his tone.
"Oh you know an assassination; it seems one of my disciples out here was seen talking to the police and I can't have that." He replied. "Did you get my present earlier?" he asked with a slight chuckle.
"You sent that housewife to kill me?" Neto asked with venom in his tone.
"Not so much as kill you, just to keep you on your toes is all." He replied to Neto's confusion. "Plus I am kinda pissed because of what you did in New Arcadia." He shot back to Neto's confusion.
"What are you talking about?" the former Zapatista asked with rage in his heart.
"You know all the those race related attacks and murders. I know it wasn't me so it had to be you." He replied to Neto's confusion before he realized he was talking about Tanaka's actions.
"Not that you care but I can promise you that everything that's happening in New Arcadia isn't my doing. I haven't left the state in almost five months." He replied earning a confused look from Patrick.
"You know what…I believe you. You never did strike me as a man to lie about your actions." He stated to Neto's surprise. "I must say though I'm still poised to find who did this." He replied while Neto chuckled.
How do you know they didn't do it themselves?" he asked. "We both know we started a threeway war, but tensions have always been high in that city."
"Tensions have always been high, but never this high and I don't like it because I didn't cause it." Replied Patrick while Neto growled him.
"Well then since you aren't the cause of what's been going on down south then I guess I can take my leave." Patrick replied before heading for the door only to be stopped by Neto.
"If you think you're gonna come in my casa and attempt to intimidate me you got another thing coming Cabron." he shot out causing Neto to take a step back.
"Oh you're angry how exciting, I know you won't hurt me though." He replied while Neto chuckled.
"What gives you that idea?" he asked.
"Because you've already seen what I've got going on. You were attacked by a woman with a baby today, what's stopping you from being hit by a bunch of kids selling chocolate, or maybe a man dressed like a priest. Unlike Mark, I'm more flexible and I don't care how many of my pawns die as long as I win in the end." He replied while Neto remained silent.
"Speaking of him you better watch yourself, word is he's gaining a reputation bigger than yours down in Mexico." He replied earning the attention of the former Cartel Hitman.
"What are you talking about?" he asked with a raised brow.
"If it gets you to hurry up and let me out of here, I'll tell you but take a few steps back you're making me uncomfortable." He stated earning an angry look from Neto who did what he said with anger in his heart.
"Take a seat amigo, and be wowed by the story of El Pistolero Negro." He said while Neto looked at him confusingly.
Outside of New Arcadia
The sound of muffled screams sounded like music to the ears of Lee as he found himself chomping down on an apple while looking up at a scared Caucasian man with short brown hair and bright green eyes who was now crucified on a metal cross while three Vietnamese Gangsters poured lighter fluid on it.
"Please you don't have to do this." He said earning a chuckle from Lee.
"Yeah I think I do." The Chinese man shot back with a chuckle before tossing the apple at the man and catching him in the center of the nose.
"We didn't lynch that fucking doctor." He yelled out with blood leaking from his nose.
"Then who did lynch him?" he asked.
"I don't know but it wasn't the Dixie's, it wasn't the Klan, AWA, or the Knights. I swear to you man." He said with his thick southern accent showing.
"Well even if it wasn't you, this will send a message to those that did do it that the Asians in New Arcadia aren't to be fucked with…ever." Lee said before lighting a match and then throwing it on the lighter fluid. He then watched with a half-smile as the flames moved up the cross and started to eat in the body of the man who found himself unable to move with his arms and feet nailed to the piece of metal.
His pain was excruciating, his stench unbearable, and his yells were unsettling. All of which would have made a weak man piss himself. Lee pushed through though along with Sonny and the others who stood by watching with mixed looks as the fires burned the man to the point where he was unrecognizable.
"Thank you." Sonny said while putting his hand on Lee's shoulder.
"Just doing my part for the community." He replied while the Vietnamese man nodded his head.
Downtown, New Arcadia
The drive to the hospital wasn't long for Felix, Adahy, and Task as they found themselves running through the front door of the building where they noticed Miguel and Cruz pacing the floor with some other Azteca and Vago members.
"What happened?" Adahy with anger in his voice.
"Some fools shot up Lady Joker, and we Dede and Angel are missing." Miguel shot out with venom in his tone.
"The hell do you mean missing?" asked Adahy with anger in his tone.
"Missing as in nobody knows where they are and they're not answering their damn phones." Miguel retorted while Adahy eyed him closely.
"Task what happened to your face mano?" asked Cruz as he sent a look to the Lakota warrior.
"I got hit up by some fucking GA's, they took the guns." He replied with anger in his voice.
"Motherfuckers, I'm gonna put those Puto's in the ground…and I expect a full refund." He shot back while eyeing Task angrily.
"We can worry about that later, do you have any idea who did this or where this happened?" asked Felix as all eyes fell on Miguel who remained silent.
"He sent them to the 4th Ward to set up gangsters there." Adahy stated causing Miguel to look up at him with anger in his eyes.
"Dede tell you that?" he asked while Adahy remained silent.
"Yeah they knew a spot in the 4th Ward where a lot of those Mayates like to hang out, so they been posting up there all day trying to see who they can hit up tonight." The Onda member stated.
"Then you sent them into the wolves nest." Came a new voice that caused everyone to turn their heads and notice Courtney approaching them with Marrick and Keegan behind her.
"YOU!" Miguel yelled out while eyeing Marrick angrily.
"Surprise motherfucker." The middle Roman shot back while eyeing the man with a smile. He really didn't know much about Miguel other than the fact that Lee constantly spoke on beating his ass.
"If I find out you're behind this I'll-." Adahy started before Keegan cut him off.
"Calm down Running Mouth, we brought your girl here and help the others so step your ass back before I put hot ones in it." The Roman Cousin stated while eyeing Adahy angrily.
"You say that like you couldn't have helped harder." Retorted Cruz.
"I'm not one for taking bullets for people I don't give a shit about." Replied Marrick causing Adahy to step to him only to be stopped by Courtney.
"If you niggas don't calm your asses down." She yelled out with anger in her tone before turning to Miguel and the others.
"You had your girls on Pine Road, that's 4th Ward turf alright. They have girls out there working the corners for them and if you a girl that don't work for them. They snatch you up, run a train on you, get you strung out, and then put you back on that same corner you was on to make their money for them." She stated to the shock of the group.
"And how do you know that?" asked Felix as he eyed the woman closely.
"Because they had me out there working a few nights before and I've been snatching they asses up since." She replied with anger and rage in her tone that the group easily caught.
"If they had you working for them do you know where they are now?" asked Cruz as he eyed the woman closely.
"Used to be a hotel just a few blocks down the way, but I doubt they use that spot anymore since Mark turned into the sight of a massacre." She replied to the surprise of the group.
"So you have no idea where they are?" asked Adahy with anger in his tone while Courtney shook her head.
"I've been snatching up these niggas all day and I ain't stopping until I get them all. If I hear anything I'll let you know." She replied before walking past the group with Marrick and Keegan in tow.
"Damn it, I say we go house to house in that neighborhood and find our girls." Stated Miguel with anger in his tone.
"Easy Mijo, I wouldn't go off running in the 4th Ward just. We don't have our guns nor do we have enough Soldados for a job that big." Stated Cruz.
"Are you suggesting we leave them?" asked Adahy through balled fist.
"No, we're gonna find them and get them to safety but we have to play it smart and slow or else we risk them getting them GA motherfuckers to back them up and we couldn't survive that war." The elder Azteca leader shot back while Adahy stood in silence and anger.
"I know you're hurting, but you have to be strong carnale." He shot back while Adahy balled his fist up before walking off in a huff with Task and Felix following close behind him.
The Next Morning
The sun was starting to rise on this day in New Arcadia as Alison found herself standing up and beginning her morning stretches that she usually did before going for her run.
As she bent down she quickly noticed Steve staring at her from the bathroom door. He was up early on this morning and she figured he must have been feeling better this morning. Over the last few days he's gotten more and more frisky with her.
At first she wasn't trying to have sex with him but she later gave into him. Their sex didn't really last long because of his habit of ejaculating prematurely but every time they were through she felt just a little dirty afterwards. She and Steve were together in a real relationship, but still every time she was with him she thought of someone else.
Before he could great her though the duo was caught off-guard by a knock coming from the front door that caught both their attention. As Alison went to answer the door she was a little shocked to see a familiar face standing on the otherside.
"Goodmorning." Ana greeted with her usual smile as she stood before Ana dressed in a light red sports bra that showed off her tone, black sweat pants that stopped just below her knees, and black and red running shoes.
"What are you doing here?" Alison asked with a confused look on her face.
"I thought we were going jogging this morning?" Ana replied earning a slight nod from Alison who went to respond before being interrupted as Steve walked into the living room and cut her off.
"Well who is this?" Steve asked while giving Ana a wide smile.
"Ana Chan, you must be Steve Alison talks a lot about you." She greeted while extended her hand to Steve and giving him a firm shake while Alison watched the duo closely.
She was surprised that Ana was giving the man her real name, or alias, she often didn't do that. Hell from what Mark said nobody in his family knew Ana's exact name other than the fact that she was Asian woman who often wore red and seemed to have power over Mark.
"Nice to meet you." He replied while trying to hide the fact that he was checking out Ana's body. "Surprised she talks about me, but she never really mentions you." He added.
"We knew each other back when she was first here, we reconnected a few weeks ago and she's been trying to get me to go jogging with her." She replied while sending a look to Alison who almost did believe her lie because of the way it flew off her tongue made her think it came natural.
"Well it's nice to meet another one of Alison's old friends." He replied before being interrupted by his cellphone ringing. "Excuse me." He said before putting his phone to his ear and walking out of the room.
"Sounds like he's just getting the news." Ana stated to Alison's confusion before she watched as Steve ran into the living room and turned the television to the news.
"This is Jessica Hunt coming you live from outside of New Arcadia where just a few hours ago the mutilated body of twenty-two-year-old Deandre Diaz was found in a sugar cane field by local farmers." Stated the reporter to the shock of Alison and Steve as they showed a picture of the girl before her death on the scream.
"Police are saying the cause of death may have been from a solid object striking her over the head but it appears she had been beaten, bound, sexually assaulted, and thrown out of a moving car before being discovered." He stated while Alison put her hand on her mouth.
"This crime is already causing an uproar with certain areas of the city but residents are worried if this is just another violent hate crime that took place in the city of New Arcadia or the work of New Arcadia's own Serial Killer showing his head again after a long hiatus-." He continued while Alison sent a look to Ana who shook her head indicating that this wasn't the work of the serial killer but she knew this was about to stir up more problems in the city. Probably more so then it could handle.
Authors Note: And that's a good cliffhanger to leave you on so you can realize that I'm a dick for what I do.
If you haven't figured it out the girl that turned up dead was Dede and this was something I've been building up for a long time I mean months in the making. This point of the story was already figured out, but I just didn't know who I was gonna kill off until a few hours ago when I played a game of heads or tails on who lives or dies.
I know it's a dick move to show Adahy find love then have it ripped away from him, but that's how it goes. Plus this loss will sorta build up his character for what I have planned in the future. Adahy has always come off to me as a strong rock that has been unchanged throughout the whole series. Whereas the others have faced loss and heartbreak it's time for Adahy to get his due.
This chapter was mostly supposed to follow Task and it started out that way but towards the end I got jumbled up mostly because I was gonna have Task work with Lee and the others to hit the GA but like Lee mentioned that's something the Asians had to do themselves or else they would look like they could never stand on their own and that's what Lee wants.
The fight on the highway was based off something similar I wrote in one of my past stories. The loss of the guns will cause problems with the Azteca's as well as problems with the GA. If you haven't noticed Miguel is running things for the Azteca's in Metra and he's starting to go mad with power. With Miguel I always saw him as that character who always had something to prove and was always living in the shadow of his father. Now he's in charge and he has to prove himself to the others so that he can step out of that shadow.
Felix's conversation with Robbie was something I thought of for a while because Felix feels that he's doing the right thing by working with the Azteca's and was unwilling to hear the truth about what he's thrown away and Robbie being close to him will sorta add more guilt on his mind for what he's done. He won't go back to Mark but it will make him see things differently.
Lee and the Vietnamese bombing Joe's club was based off a scene from Live by Night, burning the Klan member on the cross was based off a scene from Mafia 3, and there was another scene I wanted to add but I'll just save it for next chapter but it's a good one.
Stick around for next chapter as Task pulls a heist with Lee and the BSU members, Miguel and the Azteca's strike back against the 4th Ward and the GA, and the GA respond back in a big way.
Thank you all for reading stick around for next chapter have a nice night.
