Chapter 42: The Enemy of My Enemy
The Shotgun Mary Invades Los Santos
Outside of New Arcadia (Two Days Later)
The song Ace of Spades by Motorhead was blasting loudly in an afterhours bars on one of the main roadways in Bayou Fountain as an overweight Caucasian man with long brown hair and wearing a black t-shirt with the confederate flag on the front, denim jacket with the sleeves cut off, black pants, and black boots found himself sitting at the bar drinking a beer.
The name of the bar was the Trip Club, with a name like that one would think the place was rather upbeat but in reality it was just another dive bar owned by the Dixie Mafia and used as a clubhouse for the gang whenever they needed a place to crash and unwind.
This night seemed like any other for the man who was now downing his fourth mug of beer. It had been a long couple of days for the man. He'd just gotten back into Louisiana after going to Mississippi to handle something for the gang. He just gotten back and this was his way of celebrating, well the first part as he spent much of the night debating to buy a hooker before going home to his wife that he described best as being dryer then a towel under a hot lamp.
"Yo Hoss give me another." He said before looking to the bald bar tender who nodded his head.
"Alright, but I'm taking your keys man." The bar tender shot back as he pulled out another glass and started to pour the man a drink while he fumbled trying to pull his keys from his pocket.
Before he could pull them out the sound of gunfire quickly caught his attention as he dove down and watched as a redheaded man kicked open the front door and fired an M9A1 Beretta at the Bar Tender striking him three times in the chest, once in the head, and sending him flying backwards until he collided back first with the shelf of beer.
"Holy fuck!" the gangster yelled out as he went to grab his gun only to be stopped as the redheaded man pistol whipped him on the side of the head with enough force to knock him to the floor. He then responded by grabbing the man by the throat and pressing his back against the wall.
"This one is for Buck!" Jimmy yelled out before he repeatedly slammed the back of the man's head against the bar stand until his face and hands were coated in blood and the back of the man's head looked like it could have been in a French Art Museum on Abstract Art.
After tossing the man to the ground Jimmy quickly grabbed a bottle of Whiskey off the ground and started to pour it on the bodies of the Dixie Mafia member and the Bar Tender before doing the same with three more bottles but this time pouring them across the floor of the bar until it was almost coated with the substance.
"I always did like fire." Jimmy let out before he lit a match and tossed it inside of the bar then watching with a smile as it went up in flames before running off as the smell of burning flesh started to hit his nostrils.
Elsewhere
The sound of moaning, the smell of candles, and the song Feel the Same by Candlelight Red seemed to fill Mark's senses as he found himself sitting in a chair with a lust filled look in his eyes as Ana sat on his lap bouncing up and down on his fully erect member.
Despite arriving in New Arcadia a few days prior this was Ana's first time seeing Mark since she'd left out on her mission with Mai and after returning she quickly found herself alone with the youngest Roman who only after an hour of talking was quick to go down on her.
She and Mark both led dangerous lives, but whenever she had to go out and do something without him Ana knew the Creole worried about her. Despite her skills being well superior to his own he felt comfortable watching her back when she was doing something dangerous and that was something that turned Ana on the most. Mark's need to protect her, it was something not many men she'd been with often showed. His level of devotion and love was admirable and of course well rewarded.
As the dup shared a quick kiss Ana felt the urge to wrap her arms around the neck of Mark while he wrapped his arms around her waist as she grinded into him and caused him to let out a low moan as she stuck out her tongue and licked the side of his neck up to his ear.
"I love you." She whispered out into his ear forcing Mark to tighten his hold on her before moving to give her another kiss that seemed to last just a few seconds as Ana gave a low moan of satisfaction as she felt herself cum all over the youngest Roman who quickly pulled himself out of her and fired his load onto her butt and lower back while Ana moved in for another kiss and grinded her lower lips against his softening member.
"Why'd I have to pull out?" Mark asked in a hushed manner that made Ana chuckle.
"Because you're not wearing a condom and I'm ovulating." She let out while Mark rolled his eyes. "So unless you want a son or a daughter running around her I suggest you keep pulling out." She finished while moving to rise off Mark who watched her walk over to the bed and bend over to grab her clothes.
"A boy!" Mark let out to Ana's confusion as she turned back to look at him with a raised brow. "I've often thought about having kids with you and if we do have kids I would rather a boy." He stated while she gave a slight chuckle.
"I may regret asking but why a boy?" she asked.
"Boys are easier, plus our kid would be Blasian and with a boy I can handle him and having to deal with girls but I'd rather not have to beat all the boys chasing after daughter." He let out earning a slight chuckle from Ana who quickly grabbed Mark by the hand and forcibly pulled him down on the bed.
"Let's stop talking about kids." She let out before moving to give Mark a quick kiss then making her way into the bathroom.
"If you're worried about him you should know better than to check on him." Mark let out while Ana closed the bathroom door on him and quickly pulled out his cellphone and dialed a familiar number.
Outside of Blaine County
The sound of her cellphone ringing seemed to break Mai from her trance as she found herself in the drivers seat of her car as it sped towards the city of Los Santos. The sound of the ringing seemed to bring an annoyed look to the face of Mai as she looked over to the familiar Chinese man in the passenger seat next to her and noticed him smiling at her while Jill lay sleep in the backseat.
"You gonna answer that?" he asked with a slight chuckle before Mai rolled her eyes and answered her phone.
"No we haven't reached Los Santos yet Ana." Mai retorted with frustration in her tone.
"I know I'm just calling to check on you three." Ana replied while Mai chuckled.
"You never did that before I was carrying your…precious cargo." The Vietnamese woman shot back.
"That's because that precious cargo has a habit of hurting people and going off script." She replied.
"Just the way you like um right?" Mai asked with a slight chuckle.
"Just remind Lee what I told him before he left, I don't want him anywhere near Rancho." Ana retorted.
"I'm sure he got the message." Mai shot back before hanging up the phone while Lee sat beside her chuckling. "Damnit why's she so worrisome now, she always like this with you all because I've never seen her like this before?" Mai asked while Lee chuckled.
"Only when she thinks we're biting off more than we can chew." Lee shot back to Mai's confusion. "Whenever we do something that's small she has no problem but big things she's got all eyes on us. She's not so much as worried about me taking on the Psychos though." He added with a smile.
"She's worried about you going after Neto?" Mai asked earning a nod from the BSU member.
"Yeah, not just because he's…somewhat friends with you but also because of that prick's skills." Lee shot back while Mai nodded her head before turning back to the road and noticing that she was now entering the town Sandy Shores.
"Well this looks like the perfect place to bury bodies." Lee shot out.
"Bury bodies and cook meth." She replied. "You guys can't bury bodies down there can you?" she asked with a raised brow.
"Nah, the second you hit three feet into the dirt you're gonna get a hole filled with muddy water. I ain't complaining though I'd rather dump a body in a swamp than dig a hole in a hot ass desert any day." He retorted while Mai rolled her eyes at his statement.
"Can I ask you something?" she let out causing Lee to look at her with a raised brow. "When it comes down to Ana and Mark I get their connection but what's your story, why are you involved in all of this?" she asked while watching Lee go silent before returning her question with one of his own.
"I can probably ask you the same, why would you join the IAA or even the military for instance when you had a good life ahead of you?" the Chinese man asked with little emotion in his tone.
"Because I wanted to help people who couldn't help themselves from the evils this world had to offer." She let out while Lee chuckled.
"That was before you realized that the evils were your superiors am I right?" he asked while looking away from her. "It only took me one meeting with Devlin to realize I hate every inch of that prick." He shot back while Mai continued to look away from him.
"I answered your question, are you gonna do the same?" she asked with a seriousness in her tone.
"I didn't really have a choice in the matter." He replied to her confusion. "After my parents died I was alone with only my brothers to survive and the only way out of the foster system is to buy your way out and drugs sell a lot faster than anything else." He added while Mai eyed him closely.
"But you could have gotten out of the foster system and lived a normal life afterwards." She shot back while Lee chuckled.
"You can only leave the foster system once you're eighteen and I was already dying in that foster home since the day I stepped in it." He retorted. "Mark got the worse out of all of us when it came to living in that hell hole but it wasn't rainbows and sunshine for me either." he added while Mai looked away from him.
"You know how people say their first kill is always the hardest?" he asked causing Mai to snap her head in his direction and notice him looking out the window watching the sandy roads go by. "I must be an evil piece of shit because to this day I still don't regret killing my foster parents and if I were given the opportunity to do it again I wouldn't hesitate or even in think twice." He let out before looking at Mai with a serious look.
"You see that's the main difference between you and me and you and us." He let out while Mai continued to stare at him closely. "You chose to be a part of this life, but none of us had the choice. I wasn't born into the life like Mark and his family but I also didn't choose it. It was forced on me and I just adapted to survive it." He finished before moving to look away from Mai who turned her attention back to the road as silence quickly engulfed them both.
New Arcadia
The sound of a door closing seemed to be what caused Buck to open his eyes as he looked up and noticed a familiar redheaded woman sitting in the chair across from him wearing the gown of a patient and looking down at him with a half-smile on her face.
"Good morning." Alison greeted earning a slight smile from Buck.
"I was hoping to sleep in." he shot back with a smile that quickly faded as he looked down and noticed the bandage on the woman's forehead and arm as the memories of his mistake filled his head.
"Ali I'm-." he started only to be stopped by the FIB officer.
"I know, you were just trying to help and these things happen." She let out while pointing to the bandage on her forehead. "You don't have to beat yourself up for it." She let out while moving to put her hand on his shoulder while he nodded his head.
"Mark tell you I was here?" he asked.
"He coughed it up when I started asking to see you and he kept saying you couldn't see me." She let out while Buck nodded his head.
"He didn't want you to worry?" he let out.
"Well he failed at that." She shot back with a half-smile. "Are you gonna tell me who did this to you or are you gonna make it difficult for me?" she asked with a seriousness in her tone while Buck took a few seconds to come out with something.
"Dixie Mafia." He let out to her surprise at how quickly he answered her. "Some guy I'd never seen before but he came down the street blasting and hit me and Andre. Told me to tell Mark that they were coming for us after what he and Lee did?" he finished while Alison gave him a confused look.
"What did he and Lee do?" she asked while watching Buck struggle to hunch his shoulders.
"I don't know, Lee and them Vietnamese dudes been beefing with them pretty heavy but I thought they'd be turning their focus on the Apostles since they were the one's that hit them up last." Buck shot back while Alison nodded her head.
"Where's Mark and the others now?" she asked with a raised brow.
"I don't know they said they were gonna check up on me later." he let out while Alison nodded her head before standing up.
"I'm gonna come see you later as well, I gotta get back to my room before the doctors come by." She replied earning a slight nod from Buck.
As she walked out of the room though she was quickly confronted by Locke and Sawyer who approached her with serious looks on both of their faces.
"Did he tell you anything?" Locke asked with a serious look on his face.
"The Dixie Mafia, they're the ones who attacked him." She replied to the confusion of Locke while Sawyer still kept the serious look in his eyes. "He said they attacked them as retaliation for something Mark and Lee did but he doesn't know what they're talking about." She finished.
"Probably that robbery." Sawyer let out earning the attention of the duo. "About a few weeks ago, the Dixie Mafia took a hit and someone made off with a supply of meth. Word around the bayou is that they got hit by a small group and they could make out an Asian guy and a black guy." he let out while Alison and Locke eyed him closely.
"If that's true then that means Mark isn't being honest going legit if he's ripping people off for their drugs." Locke stated while looking to Alison.
"I'll call him here and confront him." Alison stated while Locke nodded his head.
"Alright but you better get him here immediately then. Steve was talking about coming up here to see you last I checked." Locke let out while Alison nodded her head before making her way back to the bedroom.
Metra, Lincoln Parish
The day was just starting but the living room of Ernesto's safehouse was as silent as a funeral as the Onda member found himself sitting at his kitchen table with Miguel, Cruz, and his nephew Ramone. Cruz had layed down his plan for what he was going to do to seek revenge against Mark and the Roman Family for what they'd done to his son.
After hearing it there wasn't any question that Miguel and Ramone were down and even Ernesto had to admit that he was also down with the plan, his motives for hurting the Roman's though was somewhat different then Cruz's.
"So are you two down for this." Cruz asked while looking to Miguel and Ernesto with a serious look on his face.
"You don't have to question where I stand on this." Miguel shot back with a seriousness of his own.
"I understand you're still hurting brother and I'm down for this, but are you sure you want to take this much risk. Going after Mark's family, you know how much damage he does when we go after those white boys but imagine what he'll do when we go after his own flesh and blood." Ernesto stated while Cruz merely chuckled.
"Doesn't matter how he feels, I want to see the hurt in that bastards eyes when we put some of his family in caskets." Cruz stated with a twisted smile. "So are you in or out?" he asked as Ernesto took a few seconds to respond before finally speaking.
"I'm in, but if we're doing this we gotta be smart with this. We have to do it quietly and make it look like it was just another accident." Ernesto let out earning a nod from Cruz.
"Don't worry about that, because we're not going after his immediate family…at least not yet. Today we're going after his cousins...in Sunbelt." Cruz let out earning a confused look from Ernesto. "I know that if we go after Mark's direct family he'll more than likely figure out it my involvement…but if we hit them in another state that'll take his eyes away." He finished earning a slight nod from Ernesto while Miguel gave him a confused look.
"Alright, when do we leave?" Ernesto asked while Cruz nodded his head.
"In a few hours, my homeboys are already ready to move out." Cruz stated while Ernesto nodded his head before rising from the table and making his way out of the room while Cruz sat with Miguel.
"You can't be serious about not going after Mark's direct family are you?" he asked earning a slight smile from Cruz.
"No!" he shot back to the confusion of the Onda member.
"We aren't just hitting up Mark's cousins in Sunbelt Miguelito. We're also going after one of his brothers…Marrick to be exact. We have a location on him and I'm sending Sinnner and a two more Vatos to make sure he's the next Roman in a casket." Cruz stated while Miguel nodded his head.
"Your father doesn't understand mijo. He's thinking about the cliqua when it comes to going after Mark because he knows what that fucking Mayate is capable of…but me I'm going to make the first move." He stated while Miguel eyed him closely. "Can I trust you not to tell him any of this." He asked while Miguel merely nodded his head.
"Of course carnale." He shot back while Sinner and Cruz both formed smiles on their faces.
Meanwhile
The drive back to the fish market wasn't long for Jimmy as he found himself parking his black Sultan in the parking lot outside of the warehouse next to the fish store where he quickly noticed three African American men standing guard out front.
With the resurgence of BSU in the 17th Ward, the gangs within the ward quickly fell back under their control and most were now in service to the multi-racial crew, or Mark and the Roman Family more or less.
As Jimmy stepped out of his car and walked past the trio, they quickly gave him a nod as he made his way into the warehouse where he quickly spotted Mark, Link, Manfred, Davey, Eddy, and Robbie standing across each other at a table in the middle of the room.
"You're late." Link let out while Jimmy gave a slight chuckle.
"Sorry I was clearing out some inbreeds." The redheaded man let out with a wide smile while Mark nodded his head with a chuckle.
"Amen to that." The Creole let out while watching as Jimmy took his seat across from them. "I appreciate you taking the initiative brother, but I was hoping we'd wait before making a move against the Dixies." He stated.
"Sorry, but I never was the one for waiting especially when one of my brothers is hurt in the process and neither are you." Jimmy retorted while Mark nodded his head.
"We'll get revenge for Buck when the time is right brother, but for now we need to focus our attention on the bigger picture in front of his." Link stated while looking to Mark and the others.
"If you're talking about the job tonight we're still doing it with or without Lee here with us." Mark let out. "We're just changing our approach." He stated.
"Not that." Link replied. "Andre was killed in that attack as well and he was our street connect with the gangs here." He added.
"Sorry if we don't share much concern or sadness about Andre brother it's just that we kinda don't care." Davey stated with a sick chuckle he shared with Eddy.
"We had a feeling Andre would get killed sooner or later brother. These things do tend to happen a lot." Jimmy stated.
"Yes, but he died prior to us figuring out someone to replace him should the time ever came. So right now we don't have someone to replace him as our guy on the streets and it's not safe for us to do be doing this on our own with all eyes on us." Manfred stated just as Mark's cellphone started to vibrate from a familiar number causing him to look down at it and notice Alison's number on his screen.
"I got to go, but we can talk about this later." He let out while rising from the table and making his way out of the room while Link rolled his eyes.
"I wish he'd take this more serious." Link stated while Jimmy chuckled.
"We're taking It seriously, just not as much as you are." The redheaded man shot back before rising from the table and making his way out of the room.
As Mark slide into his all-black Duke and drove away from the warehouse though he failed to notice the all-black van that was parked outside of it that quickly started to follow after him.
Cypress Flats, Los Santos
The smell of cologne and soap seemed to fill the bathroom of a home in on the West Side of Cypress. The smell seemed to ignite the senses of the man inside the home. The man was of Maori descent with short black hair, light brown eyes, and stood six foot one with a muscular physique.
After stepping out of the shower he quickly moved to throw on an all-black suit and while doing so revealed the various tattoos on his arms and back that was common amongst most Polynesians but one tattoo on the side of his stomach seemed to protrude and would quickly catch the attention of all those who saw it because it was the easiest to understand.
The tattoo was simple with only three letters printed rather bold and large, BSU.
This man was Cody Johnson, but within BSU he was known simply as Thire after the Punk Rock band he used to perform in his teenage years. It was in those same years though that he also became a member of Brothers Standing United and rose the ranks into becoming one of their most well-known enforcers. In his time with the gang he mostly called the Los Santos Chapter his home but he'd also lived and worked with the chapters in Sunbelt, Carcer, Seattle, and even Waston.
He was a Vagabond by all means and in his travels on the road with the gang he'd made friends and acquaintance with people from all walks of life including a Creole who once called Sunbelt his home.
Thire's reason for being in Los Santos now though was something he was regretting. He was here for the funeral of his close friend Lyle Bliss. He still didn't know the details surrounding Lyle's murder or knew who would take a shot at the man, but he did know that he would avenge him when the time came.
Before as he pulled on his tie though he was quickly caught off-guard by the sound of a knock at the front door that caused him to quickly step out of the room to answer it.
Upon opening the door he quickly noticed a Caucasian man who stood about six foot three with a shaved head, long black beard, and wearing an all-black suit standing outside of his doorway with a half-smile on his face.
"Morning man." The bearded man greeted as he slapped hands with Thire and quickly brought him in for a hug. This man's name was Lou, he was the younger brother of the now deceased BSU President Lyle but many would now call him the new president of the BSU Chapter President in Vespucci. It was a title he hoped he wouldn't have to carry so soon, but the time had come and he had no choice but to take it on.
"Glad to see you made it man." Lou stated while Thire nodded his head.
"Wouldn't miss this shit." he shot back with anger in his voice. "How's Frankie?" he asked earning a slight chuckle from Lou.
"She's trying to stay strong but you can see the cracks." He replied while Thire nodded his head.
"I promise brother I'm gonna get the son of a bitch who did this." He stated while Lou nodded his head.
"I know and I want you to, hell Hardcase, Tup, Jesse, and Samuel are as well. We can't go off knocking on everyone's door though." He stated while Thire looked away from him. "We already got those fucking Nazi and facist fucks to deal with but we know we aren't well liked by the Families, Ballas, or those Asian Gangs and rumor is whatever Mark and his gangs beef is in New Arcadia may affect us out here." He finished while Thire chuckled.
"Marcus Roman…is he gonna be here today?" he asked while Lou shrugged his shoulders.
"Not to my knowledge, he and his crew aren't that privy about standing beside any of us since what happened with Tasha and Ryan. Plus they're gonna be here with a few more guys from the Sunbelt and Blackwater chapters." He stated while Thire nodded his head.
"Lyle was well liked." He let out with a smile.
"And those that hurt him will get what they deserve…I promise that man." Lou stated before slapping hands with Thire and bringing him in for another before they stepped out of the house and proceeded to make their way to the funeral.
Elsewhere
"How does this look?" Lee asked as he stepped out of the changing area wearing an all-black suit with a pair of black shades that completely hid his slanted eyes and presented himself to Mai who gave a low chuckle.
"Are you going to a friends funeral or to do a street race Dragon Head?" she asked with a smile while Lee gave a chuckle of his own.
"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful." He shot back while looking himself over and deciding that he was gonna take the suit. "Speaking of Dragon Heads, there are actual Triads out here aren't they?" he asked to which Mai nodded her head.
"Triads and Tongs, I thought you were here for revenge not to get connected with other Asian gangs." Mai stated while Lee chuckled.
"A little of both actually, but I don't plan on meeting with or ever trying to join a Triad." Lee stated to Mai's confusion.
"Really, you're Chinese and involved with crime I thought being apart of a Triad would be the only thing on your mind." She stated.
"I can't speak Chinese, I rarely eat Chinese food, I can't read in Chinese, and I don't agree with Communism. I figure if they met me they'd see me as just another Asian American who left Chinatown. To them we either imitate blacks or whites." The Chinese man stated with a serious look on his face.
"Well with you it's kinda a hard thing to say being that your gang is mostly white yet you act mostly black." She pointed out.
"Hey I don't speak in Ebonics, I don't sag my pants, I'm not getting dreadlocks, I don't fuck with Hummus, I don't have a trust fund, and I damn sure not falling Ga Ga over a bitch with blonde hair and blue eyes." Lee stated earning a slight look from a Caucasian woman with brown hair that was eyeing him closely. "I may listen to rock music and I may associate myself with gangsters, but that's because this is America. It's a goddamn melting pot of cultures trying to ignore the one that's in your face and stick to the one that's not around is like not trying to catch a cold in a preschool." Lee stated while Mai nodded her head slightly.
"They'll see me as sellout, but I've been called worse." He let out with a chuckle.
"They call you a sellout for being exposed to so many other cultures and they'll call me one for out marrying." She let out while Lee chuckled.
"Actually, I see Asian women that out marry as the bigger sellouts." He let out to her shock. "I may like other people music and I may hang around with black people but you're on that trading up for better shit." He added to her anger.
"Really yet I bet you've been involved with black and white girls." She let out.
"Yeah just fucking, but in terms of actually having a girlfriend and being in a serious relationship I haven't gotten that far yet." He admitted with a seriousness in his tone. "Besides have you ever been on a college campus, all the Asian girls are popping their pussies in the direction of the white guys, so we have to go to black chicks because white girls will go to a black guy in a heartbeat when she ain't getting enough attention." He added with a seriousness in his tone that brought shocked looks to the faces of everyone in this store.
"I think we need to leave now." Mai stated while looking at the people with Lee chuckling beside her.
"What you worried about what these assholes think, fuck them." Lee yelled out while sticking his middle finger in the air before making his way to the cashier who looked ready to call the police on him.
New Arcadia
The drive to the hospital wasn't long for Mark as he found himself stepping out of the elevator on the floor Alison was placed and quickly made his way towards her room while trying to avoid being quickly ID by the doctors and patients there who may say something to any visitor she had.
As he made it to her room he quickly knocked on the door before opening it up and revealing the familiar redheaded woman standing and looking out her window and the city below her.
"Hey!" she greeted with a smile that Mark quickly returned as he folded his arms across his chest and leaned against the doorway.
"You needed to see me?" he asked to which Alison gave him a stunned look.
"No good mornings or hey how are you feeling Alison?" she asked with a hint of venom in her tone.
"Sorry, I'm just a bit on edge." He shot back while looking away from her.
"Is it about Buck and the Dixie Mafia?" she asked causing Mark to look up at her. In reality he was more on edge with Lee being in Los Santos without him watching his back more so then dealing with the Dixie Mafia. Lee was his brother, figuratively speaking, he was a hot-head in Los Santos and would probably disobey Ana's orders and go after the man the Creole considered his greatest rival. Luckily for him though Alison didn't know that Lee was in Los Santos.
The Dixie Mafia was barely on his mind in reality, sure they went after Buck but they weren't seen as a major threat to the youngest Roman. Hell they were already being sent on the run thanks to Jimmy, that was just how we weak he saw them.
"Something like that." Mark let out while Alison moved to take a seat on the edge of her hospital bed while Mark eyed her closely.
"Did you and Lee steal from them?" she asked to Mark's confusion. "Be honest with me Marcus right here and now, did you steal Meth from the Dixies?" she asked again earning a slight chuckle from the youngest Roman.
"Is that why those motherfuckers went after Buck?" he asked with a smile.
"Answer the question Mark." She yelled out.
"No we didn't, we've had our problems with the Dixies and the AV since they went after Lee. He and the Vietnamese have been the main guys going after the AV, even after they lynched that guy from my brothers hood I haven't made much of a move against them because I knew Lee could handle them." Mark shot back while Alison eyed him closely. "I may lie to you a lot, but I'm always open about the shit I do to others with you and I'm not about to start changing that now." He added while Alison continued to eye him closely before lowering her head.
"When will this end Marcus?" she asked with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Soon!" he shot back while moving to run his hand over the side of the FIB Agents face causing her to rest her head into his palm.
"You're right about soon Roman." Came a familiar voice that caused the duo to both turn their heads and notice a familiar man standing in the doorway eyeing them both closely.
"Sawyer." Alison let out while noticing the officer and the serious look on his face.
"Me and you are going for a little ride." He said to both Mark and Alison's confusion as they eyed him closely.
"Sawyer what is this?" Alison asked with concern in her tone while Sawyer noticed that Mark had tensed up.
"Don't worry he'll be safe, he just needs to talk to some people so we can end this war before it gets any worse." He let out to Mark's confusion. "Don't worry I've already called your friends they're on the way to where we're going." Sawyer let out while continuing to eye Mark who lowered his guard.
"Alright then." He said to Alison's shock and surprise as she sent a look to Mark.
"You can't be serious." She let out while Mark nodded his head with a slight smile.
"Yeah I am, I do owe him my life so I might as well humor him." He let out before moving to follow Sawyer only for Alison to grab his arm and keep him in place.
"Can you give us a minute?" she asked while sending an angry look to Sawyer who nodded his head before walking out of the room with a loud "Hurry Up" being heard as he left out.
"I don't like this." She let out earning a nod from Mark.
"You don't trust one of your own?" he asked with a chuckle.
"Mark I'm serious, Sawyer maybe a cop but I don't think he's all the way on the up and up." She let out.
"I'm aware of that." Mark let out to her confusion. "Let's just say there are things about your officers that you don't know that I do know and that I know exactly where I'm going right now and whose going to be there." He let out to Alison's confusion.
"I'll be fine and I'll call you when I'm done." Mark let out just as Alison went to respond only to fall silent as Mark gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before walking out of the room and waving his hand at her.
As he made his way down the hall though he quickly spotted Sawyer standing near the elevator awaiting him with an angry expression on his face.
"So are you taking me to the Dixie Mafia so they can put a bullet in my head in exchange for some shiny coin?" Mark asked while Sawyer chuckled.
"Not everything I do is for money." He shot back as the duo climbed into the elevator and watched the doors shut behind them.
"You're dodging the question." The Creole shot back.
"No I'm taking you to the Dixie Mafia so the two of you can sitdown and end this war before shit gets more bloody then it needs to be." He shot back while Mark chuckled.
"Is that what they told you to take your mind off this?" Mark asked as the familiar ding of the elevator went off and the duo stepped out as the doors parted.
"For your sake you better hope they're willing to hear you out." Sawyer shot out with Mark chuckling as they walked out the front door of the hospital without noticing the all-black van parked outside of the hospital and the two occupants that were watching him.
"Call the boss, tell him we got that motherfucker alone." The driver said earning a nod from the man in the passenger seat as he pulled out his cellphone while the driver started to follow Mark and Sawyer as they climbed into Sawyer's car and drove away.
Los Santos
The sound of whimpers seemed to fill the air at a graveyard near Vespucci Beach as Thire found himself standing alongside the casket of Lyle with Lou and a couple of other BSU members from the chapters in Vespucci, Cypress Flats, the Outlands, San Fierro. There were even out of state members from the Sunbelt, Blackwater, Carcer City, and Waston Chapters.
All together there must have been a total of two-hundred BSU members from across the country. The chapters in Los Santos and even San Andreas were large, though not the largest on the West Coast, but being that Lyle was a President of his chapter it attracted a rather large crowd for his funeral.
As Thire looked around the crowd he quickly spotted the Sunbelt Chapter leader Ryan and his girlfriend, or more correctly Mark's Ex-Girlfriend Tasha with him. He then turned his head and noticed a BSU member who quickly caught his eye. The man's name was Jesse Peterson, he was a rather slim Caucasian man who stood about five foot eleven with short brown hair, dark green eyes, and wearing an all-black suit.
Jesse was a member of the Outlands Chapters and it seemed to show as the desert sun seemed to have left the man a permeant tan. Jesse like himself was another enforcer within BSU but unlike him he didn't do much traveling around the country to "Fuck Shit Up" he was strictly a Los Santos member and would often move across the city doing jobs for the members.
Beside Jesse stood another familiar BSU member to Thire. This man though instead of being solely white was mixed between white and black and that showed in his trimmed black goatee while his head was shaved clean. This man was also quite muscular and stood about six foot four with piercing black eyes and a twisted smile on his face.
Thire didn't exactly know this guy's real name but he knew most of the BSU members called this man Hardcase. Like Thire in his past life this man was once apart of a band that hailed from the Vinewood area, unlike his own though Hardcase's band mostly focused on a blend of rap and rock instead of Punk Rock. He didn't know much about Hardcase other than that he was a hothead from the Vespucci Chapter that got kicked out of his former band, but he often wondered how well the man could play on drums since he was a drummer.
Before he could look at any more members though he was caught off-guard by his hand being grabbed and looking down to notice a familiar Caucasian woman with short brown hair, wide brown tear filled eyes, and wearing an-black dress standing next to him with her fingers intertwined with his own. This woman's name was Francesca Simons or to all BSU members she was known as Frankie and she was now the recently single girlfriend of Lyle.
He and Frankie were rather close just like all members of the Vespucci Beach Chapter and it pained him to see her like this. So he quickly turned away from her as she layed her head to rest on his shoulder blade. He hated to admit it but he did have a soft spot for the woman. She was kind, smart, and funny but he didn't want to ruin the happiness she shared with his friend Lyle. He was going to betray his friend like a particular BSU duo.
As he sent looks to the Sunbelt group he couldn't help but to smile as he noticed an all too-familiar man standing beside Ryan and Tasha. This man's name was Nathaniel Rex, but to Thire and many others he was known by his Stage Name of Echo. He was the lead singer in not just one band but three smaller bands and he and Thire had even performed at a concert with each other once in the past but it had been a while since they'd seen each other.
Echo was a Caucasian man of Mediterian descent with short black hair, dark brown eyes, and wearing an all-black funeral suit but with a tattoo of a handprint on that barely showed on the right side of his neck. He was a member of a BSU Chapter within San Fierro but like Thire had taken up the Nomadic lifestyle and often found himself moving from chapter to chapter doing jobs for that chapter. It had been a while since the duo had seen each other but they were particularly close with one another in the long run.
As the funeral seemed to go along Thire and Lou watched closely as BSU members started walk up to the casket of Lyle and place roses on the top of his casket. As Thire watched them he couldn't help but grit his teeth angrily at the casket that had to be closed to hide what remained of Lyle. He deserved better than a closed casket funeral and a lot better then what he got.
In a moment though his thoughts were broken along with many others as they lifted their heads and noticed that there was a part forming within the sea of BSU members with a few of them letting out a few gasps and small talks as they stepped out of the way and continued to part.
"What's that?" asked Lou as he looked to Thire who watched closely as a few of the BSU members stepped aside. He then watched as Ryan and Tasha both went wide eyed before stepping aside and watching as a familiar Chinese American man wearing an all-black suit stepped through the crowd of BSU members with a serious look on his face as he approached the casket with a red rose clutched tightly in his hands.
"What is he doing here?" asked Lou as he, Thire, and Frankie all sent looks to Lee and watched him kiss the top of his rose before dropping it on the casket, then sending a look to the trio, and walking away with the same serious look on his face as he walked past Ryan and Tasha who both stood shocked and stunned by his arrival while the others looked on closely as he walked away.
After the funeral had ended and Lyle's casket was lowered into the ground and forever buried the group of BSU members started to leave the graveyard with the exception of Thire, Lou, Frankie, Echo, Ryan, and Tasha who all found themselves looking at the grave of Lyle while also looking up and taking in the sight of Lee who was leaning against a palm tree.
"He's got some nerve being here." Said Tasha as she sent a look to Lee and noticed him waving his middle finger at her.
"Lee may have defected with Mark but he has a right to be here just like anyone else." Lou stated.
"He has a right to be here, he and Mark maybe the main reason Lyle is in the ground. His shit in New Arcadia could be spreading to here." Tasha pointed out.
"Or it could have been our own shit." Frankie stated while sending an angry look to the woman. "You guys in Sunbelt maybe somewhat squeaky clean, but out here it's the wild west. There aren't just Neo-Nazi's in the clubs out here starting shit with us." she added.
"He right in West LS a lot of those Vagos like to go to punk rock shows as well and from time to time it turns into us vs them." Lou added.
"There is also our alliance with the Lost MC, because of that we got the Angels of Death all around the bay area popping shots at us." Stated Echo as he eyed Tasha closely.
"We are aware that all you have your fair share of enemies but none like them." Stated Ryan who sent a look to Lee with others before going wide eyed as they noticed Thire approaching the Chinese man with his hand outstretched.
"You know to say Los Santos is supposed to be a tourist spot you guys aren't really all that welcoming." Lee said with a slight chuckle before shaking hands with Thire.
"We're all a bit on edge and aren't to accepting of outsiders especially defectors. You should feel lucky you're not out in bad standing." He pointed out while Lee nodded his head and chuckled.
"I get that, but we're still friends despite the circumstances. Besides you can't out us in bad standings with the way Ryan and Tasha always call Mark to come running back to Sunbelt to save their asses we should all have medals and how would it look to out us in bad standing when one of our brothers broke a cardinal rule and started a relationship with another member's girls behind his back." Lee pointed out with a slight chuckle. "Me and you have personally left members lying in pools of their own blood for that." He added with a sick smile.
"I didn't like what happened either brother or how the cards went in Mark's favor but I had to follow my orders." He stated while Lee nodded his head.
"Right!" the Chinese man pointed out before watching as Lou, Frankie, and Echo started to make their way towards him. "Well the gangs all here." he added with a warm smile.
"Yeah and we're wondering why you're here Shen." Lou replied while Lee nodded his head.
"What I can't be present to bury a friend?" he asked.
"You and Lyle were never close and neither was Mark so I doubt you'd be here without a reason, unless you're here to help us find who did it." Stated Frankie as she looked at Lee with merely gave her a slight smile.
"Sorry, but I'm not here to help you I'm here for my own business and just thought I'd stop here on the way." Lee pointed out in a matter of fact tone. "Lyle maybe a Chapter President but I have no obligation to helping you and your chapter hunt down whoever killed him when I'm not a member." He added.
"Right but his death maybe your fault." Lou stated while Lee gave him a confused look before chuckling.
"You've been talking to Tasha haven't you, she loves to blame us for everything bad that happens but the only reason she, that bitch she calls a boyfriend, and much of the Sunbelt Chapter is still alive is because of us saving their asses." Lee pointed out with a hint of anger in his tone before turning to Thire. "If Lyle was killed because of us then you can expect that I'll be back in LS to make things right, but right now you know nothing and I know nothing so until we have the real truth about who did and why you can stop pointing the finger our way." Lee shot back with a hint of anger in his tone.
"Now if you'll excuse me I have some business to take care of." He let out before stepping past the group and beginning to walk away from them only to be stopped by a familiar voice calling out to him.
"This business you're handling will it help me blow off some steam." Thire let out to the surprise of Frankie and Lou.
"A lot of steam." Lee said with a slight smile.
"Then I guess you're gonna need some help." He said before making his way towards Lee just as Frankie reached out and grabbed his arm.
"Thire you can't just go with him." Lou stated.
"Think about it though if I help him, he'll owe us a favor. Just in case they aren't at fault for Lyle's death we can still use this for him to help us in case we are going against someone like the AV, Angels of Death, or the Vagos in the Flats or the Beach." He stated before turning his head to Lee and asking "Am I right?"
"I don't need much of an excuse to bash the Vanguard or the Angels, and frankly I am anxious to test the Vagos out here and something in my stomach really wants to test the assholes in the Flats." Lee stated with a sick chuckle.
"You're saying that now but those guys from the Beach aren't a joke, there's a reason why they're able to fight wars against the Families, Da Nang Boyz, Boys of Polynesia, Pscychos, and a bunch of other gangs and still keep going strong even through injunctions." Lou stated while Lee chuckled.
"Yeah but they haven't dealt with someone like me before." Lee pointed out before making his way out of the cemetery with Thire following close behind him.
"Before we do this, we need to make a pit stop first." The Chinese man stated to Thire's confusion. "I hope you're on friendly terms with the Da Nang Boyz." He stated to the confusion of the man.
Sunbelt City
The drive to Sunbelt wasn't long as Ernesto found himself sitting in the passenger seat of Cruz's car while Miguel and Lady Joker sat in the backseat. The group had also brought Felix, Task, and Adahy along with them for this mission.
The Roman Boyz weren't as deep in Sunbelt as they were in New Arcadia but they did occupy a small Housing Project in Southwest Sunbelt. This put them in direct conflict with gangs like Marabunta Grande and a faction of the Ballas that also called the area home. Despite being in a new city the New Arcadia gang endured, well at least until today.
As Ernesto reached for his MP5 Submachine Gun he watched as Miguel loaded a fresh magazine into his M16 while Lady Joker loaded clips into her Mini Uzi's with a confused look on her face.
"I still don't get it, why are we here and not finishing off the 4th Ward?" she asked while Miguel sent her a concerned look.
"Let's just say these guys have had shit coming their way for a while now as well." He replied before sending a look to Ernesto who nodded his head. He knew the Chola and Adahy wouldn't exactly care if they were hitting up the Roman Boyz, but he figured Task and maybe even Felix may have some resentment.
He just hoped Felix kept his mouth shut about who they were attacking. He was from Sunbelt and more than likely knew about Mark's family having control of this particular apartment complex. Task was becoming more distant with the gang especially with everything he's been put through.
"So who exactly runs this place?" asked Task as he sent a confused look to Felix.
"Some Ballas last I remembered." Felix lied while Task eyed him closely.
"Why hit the Ballas here then, I thought we were focusing more on the New Arcadia gangs?" the Lakota asked.
"Don't ask questions to just do what we're paid to do." Adahy replied causing Task to roll his eyes as the group stepped out of their cars and watched as a dark red Tornado pulled up. The duo then watched as two Chola's stepped out with two more men.
The sight of La Tortura and Lady Casper seemed to bring a smile to the face of Miguel as he and Ernesto shared hugs with the two women before introducing them to the group.
"Glad you two could help us with this." Said Ernesto as La Tortura nodded her head with a smile.
"We got your back, these Mayates have been on the top of our list." La Tortura stated.
"They mostly been warring with Marabunta but they've killed a few of our homeboys in the past." Lady Joker stated while Felix eyed the two women closely and quickly realized that they were both members of the Southwest Vagos. He's had problems with them over the years and he hoped that the duo didn't recognize him as they pulled off whatever it is they were doing.
"Alright let's put these motherfuckers in the ground." Yelled out Cruz as he reached into the trunk of his car and pulled out an AK47 Assault Rifle while Ernesto grabbed his AXS Assault Rifle and tucked his .44 Magnum in the back of his pants while Felix grabbed his P226 Assault Rifle, Task an M16A2, and Adahy a Remington 870 Shotgun.
"These Mayates like to keep a lookout but we know a way to creep through." La Tortura stated as she and Lady Joker both pulled out their AK-47 Assault Rifles and started to creep their way through the apartment complex where they quickly spotted three drug dealers standing in front of a set of staircase talking amongst each other.
With them in their sights Miguel and Lady Joker quickly unloaded on the three men cutting down one of them and hitting another three times in the right shoulder while the last grabbed him by his arm and quickly started to pull him around the corners.
"Them fucking ese's rolling on us." He yelled out while drawing his Glock 19 and firing off three shots in the direction of Ernesto and the others before being taken down by Ernesto who fired off a single that hit the man in the center of the head.
Just as he watched the man hit the ground though the group quickly watched as more Roman Boyz started to pile out of their apartment building firing off rounds in the direction of the gangsters causing them to roll to cover behind vehicles and using the side of houses as cover.
"We clearing you New Arcadian lames out." Yelled La Tortura as she hit a man with a shaved head and large upper build in the upper lip and watched him hit the ground with a thud before diving for cover as a man with long black dreadlocks of Haitian descent fired off a barrage of rounds her way with an AK-47 Assault Rifle.
"We here to stay bitch and you ain't leaving this motherfucker alive either." He yelled back before being shot twice in the side by Felix who finished him off with a headshot before turning his attention to a man armed with a Shotgun and watched him fire a single shot at Lady Casper who ducked for cover as the powerful slug blew out the window of the car she was using for cover.
"Lookout!" yelled Adahy as he fired off a slug from his own Shotgun and struck the man in the right arm with enough force to actually dislocate his arm. As the man screamed out in agony and pain though he was finished off by Lady Joker who riddled the man's torso with rounds from her Mini Uzi.
"We got more coming up the street." Yelled out Cruz as he shot down another gangster with a flat top before looking back and noticing three Ballers pulling up the street with several armed Roman's ran in their direction firing off rounds without realizing that they were too far away.
"Don't worry we got backup of our own." La Tortura yelled out as a yellow Voodoo and a black Glendale pulled out on another side of the apartment complex. Ernesto then watched as a several more Vagos from the South West quickly entered the fight and provided backup for the group.
"Fuck you motherfuckers." Yelled out a Roman Boy member as he fired from the second floor of the apartment complex before being hit several times by two South West Vagos and actually falling over the railings in the process.
"Talk about a face plant." Miguel yelled out with a chuckle before being hit shoulder tackled to the ground courtesy of Ernesto as an African American men armed with a G36K Assault Rifles fired on them from the second floor.
"You motherfuckers fucked with the wrong crew." He yelled out with anger in his tone as the group watched another man who looked to be about sixteen with short black dreadlocks come running out of an apartment building carrying two Molotov Cocktails in his hands before tossing one over the railings and hitting the ground in front of two South West Vagos and watching as the flames started to climb up their bodies.
He then tossed another in the direction of Felix and Task, the duo were quick enough to move but another one of the South West Cholos was unfortunate as he quickly clutched his right arm as flames danced across it after being hit with the burning liquid.
"Those are our guys, Carson and Cleveland Roman." Stated La Tortura as she looked to Ernesto and Miguel who both nodded their heads before sending a barrage of rounds in the direction of the two Romans who quickly ran down the walkway firing their guns at the group.
"They aren't skilled like their cousin if they're running." Yelled out Cruz as he fired off a barrage of rounds at them that blew out the windows of four apartments before watching as Carson tripped and hit the ground hard while Cleveland sent a barrage of rounds his way.
"Don't let those motherfuckers live." Yelled out Cruz as Task and Adahy shot down two more Roman Boyz before hitting one more with several rounds in the arm and the side of his head.
"Shit!" said Task as he turned his Rifle around and fired off a single shot that caught Carson in the back as he tried to stand up and caused him to let out a loud shriek of pain while Cleveland fired off three more rounds at the group before grabbing his younger brother by the arms and pulling him into an apartment while Task and Adahy continued to shoot at them before needing to reload.
"We got them trapped." Yelled out Lady Joker as she fired off a single shot that hit a Roman with long black dreadlocks in the center of the head and watching him hit the ground hard while Ernesto finished off his last magazine for his Rifle and quickly drew his .44 Magnum and fired off three shots in a quick section that hit one gangster in the face, another in the chest, and the last in the neck instantly killing them both.
"Cover us." The Onda member commanded as Felix, Task, Adahy, Lady Joker, La Tortura, Lady Casper and the remaining Cholos quickly turned their gun fire on the remaining gangsters while Ernesto, Cruz, and Miguel made their way up the stairs to the second floor of the apartment complex and headed for the door.
"I'm gonna-." Ernesto started as he went to kick open the door before the sound of gunshots caught everyone's attention as they watched Ernesto take a few steps backwards as all three shots found there marks in his chest. Luckily he was wearing a vest but the force of each hit did leave him winded and somewhat off-balance.
"Papa!" Miguel yelled out before pushing him away then firing a barrage of rounds at the door before rushing through it with Cruz in tow while Ernesto sat to catch his breath while the sound of nine gunshots went off.
"MIjo!" he yelled out before rushing inside of the apartment where he quickly noticed Miguel and Cruz standing over the body of Cleveland Roman. The man had been shot what looked like seven times with three of the rounds hitting him in the face and the rest in the chest as he lay on his back with his blood soaking the floor while his brother Carson lay with his back against the couch in a pool of his own blood as he too was hit in the leg and arm.
"This is over." Said Cruz as he approached Carson and quickly noticed the man laughing while blood leaked from his mouth.
"You stupid fucking Mexican all you did was ensure your death. My cousins Marcus and Marrick will hunt you all down and kill you all." He let out with a sick chuckle.
"We'll see about that Puta." Cruz yelled out before pulling out a Switchblade and dragging it across the man's throat and then watching as the light started to fade from his eyes as he squirmed from underneath him. "You were just the beginning because I'm coming after your entire family." He added while Miguel and Ernesto sent looks to the doorway and quickly noticed Felix, Task, and Adahy standing there with mixed looks on their faces.
Adahy kept an expression of someone who didn't care while Felix tried to hide his utter disgust. Task though seemed to not be hiding it as he looked at all three men with anger in his eyes. If he'd known, they would have been going after Mark's family he wouldn't have been apart of this. This was a planned attack against them and he knew there would be consequences for that coming.
"Si Mon, let's go!" Ernesto said as he, Cruz, and Miguel started to make their way out of the room while Task, Adahy, and Felix watched them closely.
3rd Ward, New Arcadia
The sound Danger by Marco Polo Torae seemed to be playing in the background as Marrick pulled his car up at his apartment complex before quickly making his way up to his apartment before taking a look back and noticing that the little homie who would be standing guard at the bottom of the staircase wasn't there.
As he looked back though he quickly spotted a rather attractive looking woman of Honduran descent stepping out of the apartment next to his just as he was sticking the key in his door.
"Hey Papi!" she greeted with a slight smile moving her hand behind her back just a red flag went off in Marrick's head as he kicked open his front door and formed a wide smile as he found that he hit someone who was standing behind it in the face.
He then turned his head as the woman quickly moved to draw a Pistol from the back of her pants but was quickly taken off-guard as Marrick hit her in the face with a forearm strike that was hard enough to send her falling back with blood leaking from her nose while her gun slid off the guard railings.
While she was down the Middle Roman quickly made his move and rushed into his apartment where he noticed a man of Mexican American trying to stand up. Before he could though Marrick quickly charged him and sent him flying back first into his wall and shattering a glass mirror that was hanging on the wall and proceeding to choke the man.
"FUCK YOU!" the Mexican man yelled out as he punched Marrick three times in the face before the youngest Roman took his right hand off the man's throat and grabbed a shard of glass from the mirror and quickly stabbed the man in the right eye with enough force that it actually lodged within his skull.
"FUCK!" he screamed out also adding a few words in Spanish that Marrick didn't know.
As he looked up though he quickly noticed another man of Mexican American descent aiming at him with a Pistol and as he fired Marrick quickly lifted up the screaming man with glass in his eyes and used him as a human shield while Sinner riddled his body with bullets before Marrick tossed him his way and the he fell on top of the man causing them both to hit the ground.
"You motherfuckers in the wrong house." Marrick yelled out before rushing to his living room couch and pulling a Remington 870 Shotgun from under the cushions before he could use the weapon though he was taken off-guard as the woman from early gave a loud shriek before jumping on his back and taking a switchblade she had and stabbing the middle Roman in the shoulder.
This drew a loud scream from Marrick who started to run backwards and slam the woman against the wall as hard as he can before finally reaching back with his right hand and grabbing a handful of the woman's hair then flipping her over her shoulder and causing her to hit the ground back first with a loud thud that literally knocked the wind out of her.
"Should have stayed down." Marrick said with venom in his tone as he pointed his Shotgun at the woman's head and quickly squeezed the trigger blowing her brains all over the floor and forever staining his carpet.
He then turned his attention back to Sinner who'd rolled from under the corpse of his friend and looked up to notice Marrick moving to aim his Shotgun his way. So with the speed of a cat he quickly ran out the apartment door with Marrick giving chase and firing off Shotgun slugs as he ran.
"You better run motherfucker but you can't hide from me because I'm coming for you." He yelled out while firing another Shotgun slug that went over the head of Sinner as he climbed into his yellow Tornado and drove off.
Cypress Flats, Los Santos
The drive back to the East Side of the Cypress near a suburb near Little Phnom Penh wasn't long for Lee as Thire pointed to an alleyway for him to drive down. As he quickly drove down the alleyway he quickly spotted five men standing in the alleyway with a few of them looking familiar.
"The fuck are they doing here?" the Chinese man asked as he and Thire prepared to step out of the car.
"Thought we could use some backup." He replied as Lee watched him step out of the car before following him as they were quickly approached by Echo, Jesse, Hardcase, and two more BSU members.
"Glad you guys wanted to help out." Thire said with a chuckle as he shook hands with Echo.
"You know I got your back." He replied while Thire sent a look to Jesse.
"I'm just here to keep an eye on you." He shot back.
"And I'm here for the fun." Hardcase added while Lee turned his attention to the last two men.
"Who are these guys?" The Chinese man asked while looking at one of the men and noticing that he looked to be of Filipino descent with long black hair that was tied into a ponytail, dark brown skin, and beady black eyes.
"That's Tup, he's the newest member of the Cypress Flats Chapter." Thire stated while Lee nodded his head.
"Tup, that your band name?" Lee asked.
"No, it's just something the guys call him." He replied while Lee chuckled.
"And you let them?" he asked with a chuckle while Tup gave him a confused look. "Tup, that's a male sheep man." He let out to the surprise of the BSU member.
Lee then turned his attention to the next man who was a tall Caucasian man with a shaved head wearing a black and white Los Santos Panic hats with bright blue eyes and a somewhat emotionless look on his face. "Whose this guy?"
"That's Samuel he's also from the Cypress Chapter." Thire replied while Lee nodded his head.
"No nickname for you?" he asked with a smile.
"Don't need one." The man replied while Lee nodded his head before looking to Thire.
"This really what you'd call backup because this ain't the hundred and first airborne?" Lee stated.
"You and Mark may have taught me and Echo a few things while we were in Sunbelt." Thire started while Echo sent a nod to Lee. "But the rest of BSU aren't like us, but these guys have proven themselves and I can vouch for them." He added while Lee sent looks to the ragtag group before nodding his head.
"I hope you're right about that." The Chinese man stated just as the group noticed an all-black van starting to back into the alleyway before stopping in front of Lee who turned his head and watched as the backdoors opened and a man of Mexican descent stepped out with a serious look on his face.
"You Mark's guy?" he asked with a thick accent that showed that he was either a recent arrival to the country or just visiting.
"Lee Shen, at your service." Lee shot back while the BSU members gave him a confused look.
"El Toro sends his thanks." He let out before opening the back of the van revealing an assortment of guns that shocked the BSU members as they looked at them all as they ranged from Pistol to even Grenade Launchers.
"These guns are needed across the border, take what you want but be sure to bring it back in one piece." He stated while Lee nodded his head before looking to the BSU members.
"Take your pick." He said before watching them send each other confused looks before approaching the truck and starting to reach for guns. "I suggest you grab something you know you can use and not just take the biggest-." Lee started before watching as Hardcase gave a deep smile before pulling a Minigun from the back of the van.
"Never mind." He said in defeat. He knew he could tell the group to not take the big guns but he knew many of them wouldn't listen. Hell he was the same he'd take a big gun just for the fun of it.
To his surprise though the rest of the group decided to be more practical and take guns they could more easily manage. Jesse took up an G36C Assault Rifle and a Glock 19, Samuel took a M16A2 Assault Rifle and Glock 19, Tup took up a UMP45 Submachine Gun and Glock 19, Echo grabbed an M4A1 Assault Rifle and a Glock 19, and Thire himself taking up an MP5-PDW Submachine Gun and two USP Pistols.
"I'm surprised none of you carry pistols." Lee stated while looking to the group with a chuckle.
"With gun laws, here the way they are you should." Echo stated while Lee chuckled before pulling out his M9A1 Beretta and revealing his Bullet-Proof vest that featured an ammo holster for Pistols on his right breast pocket.
"I never leave home or even sleep without these things." Lee stated reaching into the back of the van and pulling out a Saiga 12 Shotgun from the back. "Okay we're good now." Lee said before the Mexican man told him about returning the guns before driving out of the alleyway.
"Since when did Mark hook up with the Madraza Cartel?" asked Thire as he watched Lee make his way to the truck of his car.
"Best not to ask questions." The Chinese man replied before popping the trunk and pulling out his gun belt where the group noticed he had two holsters for ammo and a holster for his Pistol. The group then watched in surprise as he pulled two Grenades from his trunk and smiled at them.
"You guys still have your vest?" Lee asked while looking to Thire and Echo who pulled back their shirts and revealed that they were both wearing Kevlar Vest. They wasn't as resilient as the one Lee was wearing but they would at least hold out to some gunfire.
"Alright the three of us are gonna go in first and get their attention then you guys will come in and bring the heat." He said while looking to Hardcase, Tup, Samuel, and Jesse who each nodded their heads with Hardcase being the most visibly upset.
"Why do I have to stay back here when I have a big gun?" he asked.
"Because I want to keep my head." Lee replied before pulling his half face-mask over his mouth and nose before watching Thire and Echo pull out two black bandanas and wrap them over their faces.
"Let's go!" Lee ordered before leading the trio down an alleyway near the suburb while Hardcase and the others stood by with mixed looks on their faces.
"I hate being dependable." Hardcase let out just as Lee, Thire, and Echo made their way alongside a house and quickly spotted five Little Psycho members standing on a corner.
"That's a lot of them." Said Echo as he looked to Lee who quickly pulled the pin on his Hand Grenade and tossed it in the direction of the group.
The BSU members then watched in shock as the device went up in a violent explosion that took the car with it and blew away three of the Psycho members while the other two were sent flying from the force of the blast with one man having his right leg completely blown off.
"Now it's not!" Lee let out before running from the side of the house firing his Saiga and striking the Psycho member who was knocked away in the head with a clean headshot that splattered his brains on the sidewalk.
The Chinese man kept his firing stance as he heard a loud whistle that indicated the other gangsters were on their way and it wasn't long before he watched a man of Cambodian Descent ran out of one of the houses armed with a Mini Uzi and sent a barrage of rounds in his direction causing the New Arcadia Gangster to barrel roll to cover and fire a single shot that hit the man in the center of the chest before rolling and hitting another man that was running out the house with a blast to the shoulder.
"Somebody trying to roll on us, fuck they asses up." Yelled a Psycho member as he ran around the corner firing an AKS Assault Rifle at Lee who took cover behind a car and while the gangster was focusing on him Thire quickly lit him up with a hail of gunfire that left the man falling back into a pool of his own blood.
Thire wasn't the only BSU member to get into the action though as Echo got into a firing stance on one knee and fired off five shots from his Assault Rifle that hit a lady Psycho with a Desert Eagle in the side and left her falling back screaming and clutching her side.
"There ain't no crying in this life." Lee yelled out as he fired another three shots from his Saiga that hit another gangster in the arm and chest then sent him falling back.
As Lee went to reload though he looked up and quickly spotted a dark grey Glendale speeding in his direction. This caused him to jump to cover as quick as he could as the car slammed into the side of the car he was using for cover. The Chinese man then unloaded two slugs from his Shotgun into the passenger side window and struck the woman that was driving it.
"I've been shot, blown up, stabbed, and left for dead but I was almost killed by an Asian driver…what is the world coming to." He said with a slight chuckle at his own expense as he noticed more Psychos running down the street firing at him, Thire, and Echo.
"Find cover and stand your ground." Lee ordered before hopping behind the Glendale with Thire and Echo who blindly fired from cover as the Psychos riddled the vehicle with bullets.
The Chinese man wasn't an experienced commander or tactical genius like Marcus, but he knew enough about controlling the battlefield that he wasn't a complete loss. "I think we're good." Lee let out before hitting his back against the side of the truck as a Psycho armed with a Glock fired off three shots that hit him in the vest from alongside the car in front of him.
"Spoke to soon." Thire yelled out as he fired the remaining magazine for his MP5 into the gangster before strapping it to his back and pulling out his two USP Pistols and firing two shots from both guns that hit the man in the center of the chest and sent him falling back.
"I think they got us right where they want us." Yelled out Echo as he shot another Psycho that was trying to run from cover in the arm and leg causing him to fall down and hit the ground hard enough to crack his neck as soon as he hit the pavement.
"No it's the other way around." Lee yelled out as he pulled out a small mirror and holding it from the side of the car to get a look at a few of the Psycho members. "Mai told me that a Psycho OG I should be looking for is a Hmong guy known as Dimes and I would recognize him by his silver grill.
"Push up on they bitch asses." Yelled out a gangster with a grey hat, with beady black eyes, and wearing a white t-shirt, gray pants, and white shoes that caused Lee to smile as he noticed that the man's mouth was filled with a silver grill that in his opinion could put even a few black guys to shame.
"Got you bitch!" Lee yelled out with a sick chuckle as he put down the mirror and loaded his Saiga.
"Okay you see the guy but how are you gonna get to him?" asked Echo before a loud rattling sound caught his attention and caused him, Lee, and Thire to each cover their ears as they noticed Hardcase walking down the street firing off his Minigun in the direction of the Psycho members.
"FUCK YOU ALL!" he yelled out while shooting down three Psycho members in a quick session while a few others moved to cover as Jesse, Samuel, and Tup came sprinting from behind him firing off their weapons as they at the Psycho members.
"DAMN!" yelled out a Lady Psycho as she and two males moved behind a car to use for cover but this didn't seemed to stop Hardcase who barrage the cars with rounds until it finally went up in a violent explosion that killed the trio and took four more Psychos with it.
"About time!" shouted before vaulting from cover with his Saiga in his hand firing off three slugs that hit one Psycho member in the chest and another in the arm causing the man to spin sideways before hitting the ground and noticing that a chunk of his arm was now gone.
"You shouldn't have fucked with my boss assholes." Lee yelled out as he fired off another shot that hit a man that was charging his way in the groin causing him to fall forward clutching his duck while tears filled his eyes.
"I'm sure that's gotta hurt." Lee said before lifting his Saiga and slamming the butt of his weapon over the man's head with enough force to leave him dazed. He then hit him again and again until the man's head was literally nothing but mush.
With Lee preoccupied Thire and Echo was still in the mix and shooting down more and more Psycho members as they came their way but neither seemed to be getting the amount of kills that Hardcase was getting as he fired another barrage from the Minigun and literally tore the legs from one man and watched him hit the ground with stumps for legs.
"That's not right." Said Jesse as he and Samuel fired off a barrage of rounds that hit a Psycho who appeared to have been mixed between Laotian and African descent and then watching him fall face first into the bushes.
"Tup lookout!" yelled out Echo as the young member of the Cypress Flats Chapter turned his head as a Psycho tried to tackle him to the ground. Luckily for him though he was ready for it and when the man reached him he lowered his shoulder before flipping him over them and causing him to hit the ground hard.
The man then started to yell something at Tup with what he though was Vietnamese but before he could finish yelling the BSU member had aimed his gun at the man's head and fired a single shot that forever silenced him.
"Good work Tup!" Thire yelled out before a Psycho charged him and tried to wrestle his Pistols out of his hands. The gangster didn't seem to get anywhere though as Thire kneed him in the ground, hit him over the head with the gun with enough force to cause him to hit the ground back first with a loud thump.
The man of Maori descent wasn't done yet either as he threw a forearm strike that hit the man in the nose with enough force to shatter it and leave him lying flat out with a bloody nose.
"No please please please please-." The gangster pleaded as Thire stood over him with an emotionless look on his face before firing a single shot from his Pistol and striking the man in the center of the face and causing his blood to splatter on him.
"Shit!" yelled Dime as he noticed the BSU members continuing to cut down his Psychos with almost relative ease now. The OG then moved to run away but before he could get to steps his right ankle could be best described as obliterated as Lee fired a single shot from his Saiga that blew the man's foot off his leg and caused him to fall to the ground shouting in pain.
"Talk about stumbling over broke dreams am I right." Lee said with a sick smile as he stood over the man and quickly stepped on the man's leg and causing him to shout in pain. "I hope you like it, this is what you get for fucking with Sonny." He said.
"Sonny who the fuck is Sonny I don't know no motherfucker named Sonny." Dime shouted while Lee gave him a confused look.
"Sonny the Vietnamese boss from New Arcadia." Lee shot back.
"Nigga I'm from Los Santos I don't give a fuck about some fucking Duck in a city that means nothing." He yelled back while Lee rolled his eyes.
"You know being Asian yourself I would think you'd have more respect for your people then calling them racial slurs. We should be coming together not tearing each other apart." Lee shot back.
"You just layed down most of my fucking set the fuck you talking about coming together." Dime's shot back while Lee shrugged his shoulders.
"That's because I had to take care of business and business doesn't discriminate." Lee finished before shooting the man once in the face with his Saiga and literally ripping the man's grill from his mouth in the process as the Shotgun pellets blew out all his teeth.
"I'd make a great dentist." He said before looking to the remaining BSU members and ordering them to leave.
The group quickly followed his order and started to fall back out of the neighborhood as more Psychos gave chase to them but only managed to get cut down by Hardcase who provided covering fire to the fleeing Punk Rockers.
"Did you find out what you were looking for?" asked Thire as the group turned and corner and made it back to Lee's car.
"Nope, but I have a feeling what I'm looking for is close by." He replied with an angry expression on his face as he drove away from the neighborhood.
Outside of New Arcadia
The drive to the swamps outside of New Arcadia seemed to take a little longer for Sawyer who had to drive around the BSU headquarters in the 17th Ward to pick up Jimmy, Davey, Eddy, Link, and Robbie who were now following after him in their own vehicle.
Sawyer had agreed to bring Mark to the Dixie's for a discussion or negotiation for a truce between them, but he also wasn't too trusting of the group so he thought it best to round Mark's crew up as well just in case something did happen.
The last thing he wanted was Alison coming his way, the woman had a way of getting what she wanted and if she wanted his head on a stick she'd more than likely get it.
As they pulled out to a small clearing deep with the swamp they pulled their vehicles to complete halts before stepping out and quickly doing recon of the area to make sure there wasn't any ambushes or traps set for them.
"So where are your friends?" Mark asked with a slight smile before Sawyer turned his head as the group noticed a red and black truck speeding in their direction before coming to a halt just in front of them.
As the BSU members quickly moved to take a stand alongside Mark they watched closely as a group of Caucasian men piled out of the two trucks before watching as a man who looked to be in his late forties with short black hair, squinted black eyes, and wearing black frame glasses and a blue button up shirt, blue jeans, and white shoes stepped out and eyed Mark with a look that the youngest Roman couldn't really read.
The group then watched closely as the man started to make his way towards Mark who started moving to meet him halfway until the duo were face to face with Mark standing just three inches taller than the man before him.
"You Marcus Roman?" he asked in a stale tone that reminded the youngest Roman of a robot more than anything.
"Who wants to know?" the Creole asked while the man kept the same emotionless look on his face as he responded.
"Friends call me Howie, let's just leave it at that." He replied earning a chuckle from Mark.
"You say that like we're friends." Mark replied.
"We can be." He replied earning a raised brow from Mark.
"Stane stick close." He ordered causing Mark to look up and watch as a man of Serbian descent stepped from the crowd and stood behind Howie. "Let's talk and walk Marcus?" he asked prompting Mark to nod his head before looking back at his own BSU members and calling for Jimmy who moved to stand alongside him.
"Let's!" Mark replied before he and Howie started to walk in the direction of the swamp while the Serbian man Stane and Jimmy followed close behind with silence being the only thing between them.
"I thought your right hand was Chinese?" Howie asked while Mark chuckled.
"It's an interchangeable position." Mark shot back earning a nod from the man.
"All of our problems came about because of him killing a leading figure in the Vanguard." He stated while Mark chuckled.
"You man attacked him long before we even knew who he was and you know it." Mark shot back while Howie nodded his head.
"He was merely repaying a favor to a friend." He replied.
"And he repayed it with his life." Mark retorted. "You can't blame my brother for defending himself because I'm sure any of your men would have done the same." He added while Howie nodded his head.
"No arguments there." He replied before moving to rub his glasses. "What about our drugs though." He added.
"It wasn't us, I can assure you of that." Mark replied causing Howie to chuckle. "What use do me or any of my guys have with meth. It's useless selling that shit in the city because nobody is gonna buy it and we aren't setting up outside of the city." He added.
"And word is you're getting out of the game." Howie added to Mark's surprise. "Yeah we know about that, just like how we know your Chinese friend is in Los Santos, or that particular redheaded cop you're fond of is laid up in a hospital." He stated causing Mark to let out a low growl at the man.
"This the part where you threaten everyone I care about if I don't do what you say, because I can promise it won't go well for you if you are?" he asked with venom in his tone.
"No this is the part where we come to a conclusion or stretch this war out." He stated while Mark eyed him angrily. "And with the way both of our sides seem to be fighting multiple conflicts maybe a peaceful resolution between us may ease the pressure." Howie stated while Mark gave him a confused look.
"So what do you want?" Mark asked while Howie gave him a crooked smile but before the man could answer the two sides were taken off-guard by the loud bang of a gunshot as they each watched one of the Dixie Mafia goons fall down with a gunshot wound to the center of the chest.
"The-!" Jimmy started before he two was hit in the chest and sent flying backwards. Luckily for him he was wearing his vest unlike the unfortunate Dixie Mafia member but the force of the shot did leave him winded.
"AMBUSH!" Mark yelled out as he pushed Howie back to his side as the group noticed two all-black Pickup trucks and a black van speeding towards them with masked men firing out the windows of each vehicle. "Ready up!" Mark added as he grabbed Jimmy by his shirt and dragged him to cover behind Sawyer's car where Davey, Eddy, Link, Robbie, and the officer himself were taking cover.
"I'm alright I'm alright." Jimmy repeated as Link handed Mark his M1911 Pistol while Davey, Eddy and Robbie drew their Glock 19's.
"Iron up!" Howie ordered as he watched his Dixie Mafia members draw their Pistols and even a few Sawn-Off Shotguns they had hidden on their person.
"All you motherfuckers are-." Started one man with an AK-47 Assault Rifle as he started to jump from the back of the truck only to be hit six times in the chest by Stane who was brandishing a M9A1 Beretta.
"Pieces of shit!" he yelled out before firing another shot at the passenger seat hit the man in the neck and face just as he was about to get out with an M16 in his hands.
"Cracker Motherfucker." Yelled one of the masked men as he racked a Mossberg 500 in the direction of Stane but ended up only hitting one Dixie member in the arm and causing him to scream out in pain.
"Robbie!" Mark yelled out as he ducked his head down from the gunfire before looking to the Dominican man who tossed him a Hand Grenade before watching Mark pull out the pin before sliding it in the direction of the first truck.
Everyone then watched as a loud explosion went off and the truck went up in flames taking four of the attackers with it as a few of them had their body parts blown off and scattered across the battlefield as Mark sent looks to the Jimmy, Davey, Eddy, and Robbie and quickly vaulted over the side of the car he was using for cover discharging his Pistol with precision and hitting one man twice in the chest and another once in the throat.
While he vaulted over the car Jimmy, Davey, Eddy, and Robbie came out from both sides in two firing off their own pistols and cutting down five more men in the process with Jimmy taking out three on his own as he and Mark pushed forward and shot another man with an MP5 Submachine Gun who was trying to use the side of his car as cover.
"Mark!" Jimmy yelled out before scooping up the weapon and tossing it to the youngest Roman who easily caught it, took up a firing stance, and shot down one more attacker with three shots to the chest.
Being that Mark was the groups figurative gunsmith it was better to give him the higher power weapon then any of the others and it seemed to be doing the trick as Mark cut down three men with relative ease while Stane hit a man with a Remington 870 Shotgun over the head with his Pistol before jerking the weapon from the man's hands and then shooting him in the head with it.
"Kill these motherfuckers." Yelled out one of the survivors before he two was shot twice in his right and left leg before hitting the ground with a loud thud and was left screaming in pain while Davey and Eddy walked over him with wicked smiles on both their faces.
"We'll be with you soon buddy." Said Eddy as Davey gave a sharp kick to the man's bullet wound causing him to let out another loud shriek before the duo turned their guns on the remaining attackers with Mark and Stane who seemed to be having a field day in the barrage.
"Motherfucker." Yelled out one man as he went to reload his gun only to be interrupted as Mark dropped the MP5, drew his knife, grabbed the man by his mouth and plunged the blade into his throat with enough force to earn a loud squelching sound from the man as blood shot from the wound and stained the hand of the youngest Roman who couldn't help but to chuckle at what he'd just done before looking up and watching as Howie shot a man twice in the chest just as another man came at him from behind.
"Look out!" Mark yelled out before lifting his Pistol and firing off a single shot that hit the would be attacker in the side of the head and causing Howie to look to him with his usual emotionless look before nodding his head.
"They're trying to leave." Yelled out Robbie as the two sides turned their heads and watched as the several remaining men started to run into the swamps with the BSU and Dixie Mafia members shooting at them as they went and hitting one man who fell down a small clearing and landed into the murky green waters.
As the group each heard the clicks of their guns they couldn't help but to look down and notice that only two of their attackers were actually still left standing. With that in mind Mark and Jimmy quickly walked over to the man Davey and Eddy had shot and pulled off his mask.
Not to their surprise they quickly noticed that he was an African American man in his mid 30's with a slight gap in his teeth and an angry expression on his face as he eyed the group.
"So are you gonna tell us who sent you here or am I gonna have to get medieval on your ass?" the Creole asked only for the man to remain silent prompting Mark to roll his eyes and curse in French. "Alright Davey get me a towel, time to get to the waterboarding." He stated causing the man to go wide eyed before he heard a slight chuckle causing everyone to turn their heads and notice Howie sending a look to Stane who walked over to the back of his pickup truck and pulled out a Chainsaw.
"That works…better." Mark let out with a sick smile.
"Muujai!" he yelled out causing the group to turn their attention back to him. "Muujai alright, he sent us after you." The man let out while Mark nodded his head with a sick smile.
"Thank you." The Creole stated before looking to Howie and the others.
"I guess we have our peace, for now." He let out while Howie nodded his head.
"You gonna shoot this guy?" he asked causing Mark to let out a chuckle.
"Actually I was hoping you'd cut him in half with that." The Creole let out earning a loud protest from the man only for Eddy to kick him in the mouth with enough force to knock out a few of his teeth and hit the ground with a loud thud.
"We'll be in touch!" Howie let out while Mark nodded his head before sending looks to Jimmy and the others and commanding them to follow him while Sawyer sent a look to the downed gangster before looking to Howie and Stane then making his way to his car.
Los Santos
After the attack on the Psychos and returning their weapons to the Madraza Cartel gun supplier, Lee found himself celebrating with Thire and the other BSU members at a local club in Vespucci around the beach where a Strand of Oaks cover band was performing the song Radio Kids.
When it came down to cover bands he didn't really like them and often felt they watered down the actual band but he had to admit that the group did sound well compared to some of the others.
"Man that shit was intense." Said Hardcase who seemed to have the biggest smile out of the group.
"You seem awfully too happy to say we just massacred a whole bunch of people." Stated Tup who looked at the man quizzically.
"Don't grill Hardcase too hard kid he's not the brightest one." Stated Jesse.
"Hey they say I didn't get enough oxygen to the brain when I was young." Hardcase stated earning a chuckle from Lee.
"So I can trust you with a gun but not a plan that's good to know." The Chinese man let out earning chuckles from the entire group. "You all did good today, a helluva lot better than I was expecting." He said before turning his head to Thire and Echo.
"I took part in training the both of you so I expected nothing better." he let out earning nods from the duo.
"Yeah well if we had the same level of training you and Mark had you can just imagine what we could do." Echo let out.
"Which reminds, how you would teaching us a little more." Thire let out to Lee's confusion. "It's no secret you and Mark are the most skilled out of all of us, why not give us some more training just so we're better prepared." He added while Lee gave a slight smile.
"You're trying to go after the man who killed Lou?" he asked earning silence from the group.
Just as he went to answer though he was cut off as he noticed a familiar Vietnamese woman standing in the doorway of the club with a serious look on her face.
"Give me a minute." Lee let out to their confusion before they turned their heads and noticed Mai standing in the corner eyeing the closely.
"You got it brother." Thire retorted before rising up from his seat and walking away with Echo, Jesse, Tup, Hardcase, and Samuel following close behind as they made their way past Mai who started making her approach to Lee before taking a seat across from them.
"If you're here to grill me about not going after your friend you don't have to worry about that sweetheart. I've been ordered back to New Arcadia to handle real business." Lee stated while Mai eyed him closely.
"I'm not here to talk to you about that I'm here to find out did you find what you were looking for?" she asked with a seriousness in her tone.
"If by that you mean did the Psychos go after my boss then yes I have the answer. They didn't do it." He let out while Mai smiled at him.
"How does that make you feel?" she asked while Lee gave her a confused look.
"What do you mean by that?" he asked.
"You came all this way and killed dozens of your own people only to find out that the people you thought attacked you didn't really do it. How does that make you feel?" she asked.
"Like just another day, these things do tend to happen whether we like it or not." He replied while she looked at him quizzically.
"Plus you ally with the Da Nang Boyz yourself. You should be no stranger to spilling the blood of your own." Lee stated. "Besides the history of Asia is steeped in just as much blood as the rest of the world. We've been killing each other long before we came to this country and it's not gonna stop anytime soon." He pointed out.
"Well maybe you can make a difference." She pointed out while Lee chuckled.
"You sound like a former friend of mine." He stated to her confusion. "He thought he could simply pick and choose who he wanted to kill, but in reality we don't get that luxury in this line of work. You may follow some kind of moral code, but the next person won't and from my experience the guys with the most fucked up moral compass live longer than anyone else. The guys who aren't afraid to shoot women, who push the thought of killings someone's son or daughter out of their mind, and don't care about orphaning children or widowing wives The live the longest." He added to her shock and surprise.
"Being IAA I thought you would know this or that you would be more like Ana. Cold hearted and not afraid to do whatever it takes to win." He finished earning a few seconds of silence from Mai as she looked away from him.
"I guess that makes me a bad agent." She let out causing Lee to look at her quizzically. "Sometimes I doubt myself or don't think I'm cut out for this because when it comes down to me and Ana I'm nothing like her and I can't see myself becoming like her." She continued while Lee watched her closely.
"She makes for the perfect agent. She's always planning, scheming, and three steps ahead of everyone while me…I'm always stuck letting my moral compass get the better of me." She finished while keeping her gaze away from Lee.
"You ever think you joined the wrong agency?" he asked causing Mai to look up at him with a confused expression. "If you knew the history of the IAA you'd know it was originally made up of criminals and mercenaries who needed a get out of jail free card. They never had the real interest of the people in mind, only the interest of the country or should I say the people running it." He pointed out.
"So you're saying I would be better fitted for the FIB?" she asked with a raised brow.
"Both are equally trash in my opinion but at least with the IAA you know what you are and you're trying for a better world but are being roadblocked and sometimes not giving up on who you are is better than changing to become the next person." He stated while Mai continued to look at him in silence.
"It's funny you mentioned wanting to be more like Ana because I often find myself wanting to be more like Mark." He admitted to Mai's confusion. "When it comes down to being a leader, there's no question why Mark is our leader, but often times I think about what are we gonna do if he dies because I know everyone will come looking to me for answers and I don't know if I'll be able to give them like he can." He pointed out while Mai eyed him closely.
"It's not just the leadership thing though, when it comes down to love he's got it made. He's got two women that love him both to death and they're willing to settle with each other for him. When it comes down to me and love though I just get the sex but no actual love." He added.
"Isn't that what most guys want just sex with no attachment's?" she asked causing Lee to let out a low chuckle.
"Yeah retards they think having someone in their lives is a burden, but I've seen it in Mark's eyes. There's nothing in this world like waking up beside someone who loves you it's almost like a wonder of the world that everyone should enjoy at least once." He said with a while smile while Mai looked at him closely. "Have you ever experienced something like that?" he asked causing her to go silent for a few seconds before replying.
"Once and I often wish I could experience it again." She replied while Lee nodded his head before looking at Mai closely and then deciding just to make his move.
"Look I'm leaving tomorrow and I was wondering if you wanted to stay with me for the night?" he asked in a matter of fact tone that brought a confused expression to the face of Mai.
"Well you're forward." She let out while Lee gave a slight smile.
"Life's too short to just beat around the bush." He replied. "So what do you say?" he asked while Mai continued to eye him with a raised brow.
New Arcadia
The drive back to the hospital wasn't long for Mark as he found himself stepping out of the elevator on Alison's floor and quickly made his way towards the woman's room with a half-smile on his face. He had just finished visiting Buck and was now on his way to see the female FIB Agent.
She would be happy to know that he had come to a peaceful solution with the Dixie Mafia. He still had a lot more enemies to deal with but he hoped her seeing that he'd dealt with one without the need for firing a shot was possible.
As he made his way to Alison's door he easily caught a slight moan coming from inside the room that caused him to raise his eye quizzically before hearing it be followed by a slight giggle from a particular woman.
With the urge to investigate in his mind Mark slowly turned the doorknob as slowly as he could to not cause the slight creaking sound that often came from it and once he was done he slowly pushed it open to reveal that the dark blue shutters that gave the patients privacy was closed causing Mark to raise his brow as he slowly approached the bed and took a peek past the curtains.
Once he caught sight of what was on the otherside Mark instantly felt his heart drop into his feet almost like a falling rock as he caught sight of a familiar brown haired man lying on the bed of Alison with his eyes shut and his mouth a gape in pleasure as Alison bobbed her head up and down against him erection sliding him in and out of her mouth with a loud pop.
"That feels good." Steve let out as Mark gave a low growl before noticing Alison pulling the man out of her mouth with a loud pop and smiling at him as she stroke him off.
"All for you!" she let out while Mark lowered his head before taking a look back at the woman who chuckled before catching the faint sound of footsteps and looking over to notice a familiar figure in a black jacket walking out of the room.
As she went to stand up and give chase to the youngest Roman though she was caught off-guard as Steve grabbed her by the back of her head and slid himself back into her mouth.
"Don't stop yet, I'm almost done." He let out to the woman who knew it was best not to fight him and decided to continue her task with a saddened look on her face.
Metra, Lincoln Parish
The drive back to the barrio wasn't long for Ernesto and the others as they each pulled their vehicles to a halt in front of the safe house and stepped out with mixed looks on each of their faces. Cruz, Miguel, Lady Joker, and Adahy each held smiles on their faces while Ernesto, Felix, and Task didn't seem to share their enthusiasm.
They had went after the family of Marcus Roman, they had went after the Roman Family, killed two of his cousins. Mark may not have been all that close with his family even within his own home but they didn't doubt that he would want revenge and when he found out it was them who had pulled off the hit he wouldn't be so nice.
As the group move to make their way inside of the safe house they each looked back and noticed that instead of following them into the house Task was climbing into the driver's seat of his truck and was preparing to drive off.
This prompted Miguel to say something but before he could get the words out he was interrupted as Ernesto put his hand on his shoulder and silenced him.
"He'll get over it." Said Adahy as the group made their way back inside of the house and noticed Lil Sinner was lying on the couch with a bandage wrapped around his torso while Beto stood over him with a serious look on his face.
"What the hell happened to him?" asked Ernesto as he looked to Beto while Cruz ran over to Sinner.
"He showed up like this mano, needing someone to patch him up." Beto replied while Ernesto sent a serious look to Cruz. He didn't want to press the Veterano at the moment but he had a feeling he was at fault for his nephew getting shot and was making moves behind his back.
He wouldn't talk about this with him now but he sure would later.
Before he could press the issue though an all-white pickup truck had pulled up in front of the house and three masked men in the tail of the truck carrying Mac-10's quickly jumped up and sprayed the house up. The sound of gunshots going off in the distance and flying pass all of them prompting them all to hit the ground with Cruz grabbing the injured Sinner and pulling him to the floor and causing him to yell out in pain as he woke up.
As the windows were shattered all around them and the walls were filled with bullets holes they each moved to pull their pistols out of their waistbands. After the last shot was fired Ernesto, being the most experienced in a gunfight, was the first to make it up to his feet with his .44 Magnum in his hands as he looked out he window and noticed one of the masked men slamming his hand on the top of the truck to get the driver to go.
With him in his sights the Onda member quickly fired off a single shot that hit the shooter in the chest and blew a hole the size of a man's fist within the man and caused him to fall out of the truck while the other two men put their heads down and Adahy, Felix, Miguel, and Lady Joker came out firing their guns just as the driver stepped on the gas petal and sent the vehicle speeding forward out of their neighborhood while the group fired on it.
"Fucking cowards." Said Cruz as Ernesto walked over to the man who'd fallen out of the truck and pulled off his mask to reveal an African American man who once had a gap in his teeth and a number four cut into his hair.
"Pieces of shit!" Ernesto let out as he felt his rage starting to build up inside of him.
Elsewhere
The sound of snoring seemed to be a sound of relief for Alison as she found herself looking back at Steve who was now sleeping peacefully on her bed while she was making her way into the bathroom and quickly locked herself inside with her cellphone and dialed a familiar number with hurt in her heart.
She didn't intend for Mark to see her with Steve like that, not up close or ever again. The FIB Agent had come over and one thing led to another that she didn't wish Mark knew about.
As her phone went through three rings she silently prayed that he would pickup the phone and after a fifth ring her prayers were answered as Mark answered the phone and met her with an emotionless "Hey".
"Hey…how did the thing with Sawyer go?" she asked with hesitation in her tone as the fear of asking him that she wanted to ask him seeped into her.
"It went well." He shot back with some truth in his tone. "We made peace with the Dixies and the AV with no bloodshed needed." He let out to her shock and surprise.
"Thank goodness." She said with a slight smile to which Mark gave a slight chuckle.
"That's not why you're calling me though is it?" he asked earning a few second of silence from Alison before she found her voice and managed to speak up.
"I'm sorry about-." She started before the Creole cut her off.
"You don't need to apologize. I was at the wrong place at the wrong time." He let out to her surprise. "Besides, whether I like it or not Steve is your boyfriend and me and you aren't-." he started before she cut him.
"Don't say that." Her words were quick and sharp and affected Mark as through he was just sliced by a Razor Blade as Alison felt herself starting to tear up. "I love you more than I could a friend." She stated earning a few seconds of silence from Mark who was left in silence stunned by her response.
"Are you still three?" she asked with worry in her voice.
"Yeah I'm still here." He replied.
"Can I see you tomorrow?" she asked with hesitation in her voice while Mark remained silent for a few seconds before speaking up.
"Yeah I'll stop by in the morning." He replied earning a sigh of relief from the woman.
"Thank you." She let out with a smile.
"Listen, I've got something to deal with right now Ali so I'll talk to you tomorrow." He let out to her surprise.
"No wait-." She started before hearing the loud beep on the other end of the phone as Mark hung up and left her sitting in silence. "Damnit!" she let out.
As Mark hung up his phone and stuffed it back in his pocket he quickly pulled his black half-mask over his mouth, picked up his Barret M82 Sniper Rifle with a silencer attachment and stuck his earpiece back in his head before looking out from his prone position on top of a shipping crate at the New Arcadia docks where he noticed a two men dressed in black hiding behind a wooden crate on top of a ship.
"I'm back!" he let out.
"Just in time!" Jimmy replied as he and Robbie watched as a man of Somalian descent stepped from out of the main office room and started to make his way down the side of the ship. "Drop this prick." Whispered Jimmy as Mark fired a quick shot from his Rifle and literally blew the man's brains out on the wall beside him while Jimmy and Robbie started to make their way inside of the office.
"Alright you know what a ship manifest looks like?" Robbie asked while looking around a computer at the desk while Jimmy searched the desk.
"A Manifest won't be on a computer they like hard copies at customs." Jimmy replied before pulling open the draw and finding a clipboard with a few sheets of paper on it. "And Bingo." He let out with a smile.
"We've found what we're looking for brother and now we're making our way starboard." The redheaded man stated while Mark pulled back the slide on his Rifle.
"Take your time." He replied before firing a single shot that hit one man in the right eye, than another that hit the man standing next to him in the chest, and another that literally peeled the wig of another man, and then another before needing to reload and getting right back to it.
When it came down to Sniping Mark was in his element, he loved ranged combat because there weren't many like him. He was a Human Arsenal with love for all kinds of weapons but Sniping was on the top of his list mostly because he rarely got the chance to show off his Sniper skills since most street shootouts didn't warrant it.
When Jimmy and Robbie had finally made it to the starboard side of the ship they quickly noticed that they have to step over a man of African descent who had been shot in the center of the throat and was left bleeding out on the ground.
"Talk about over kill." Stated Jimmy as Robbie looked at the downed man in disgust before they made their way past more and more bodies along with splatters of blood on the wall.
"You having fun up there brother?" asked Robbie over his headset while Mark blew the smoke on the barrel of his Sniper with a sick smile.
"Yeah did you find what we're looking for?" the Creole responded as the duo started looking through various shipping crates on the ship before arriving at the one they were looking for.
"We found the crate but can you tell me exactly what's inside?" Robbie asked while watching Jimmy pull out a set of bolt cutters and start to work the lock.
"Could be drugs, could be people, could be European Porn whatever it is Muujai's bringing it all the way from his homeland through Europe and I want it." Mark let out.
"For the record if he is bringing in European Porn are we keeping it?" asked Jimmy as he continued to work while Robbie gave a slight chuckle.
"Only if there's a redhead with nice ass in it am I keeping it." Mark replied.
"You don't like black porn?" Robbie asked with a seriousness in his tone.
"Any porn that coming out of Africa is basically guys riding around Africa picking up girls to bang and I don't want to see that. Only place you can really see good porn with black girls is America, Britain, and sometimes Russia." Mark replied.
"Okay so you're thinking on a global standpoint, but what if it's Japanese porn?" the Dominican man asked.
"Most of that shit is censored even the Animes are censored and that barely does anything for me. Besides any porno from Asian that's coming in illegally in the US probably full of underage girls or some extra weird shit that may or may not involve a panda." Mark let out.
"You sure know a lot about this." Robbie stated.
"You gotta know your porn brother it's what separates the perverts from the connoisseurs." Mark let out just as Jimmy got the crate open and the duo watched with smiles before completely going wide eyed as they noticed what was inside of the crate.
"You guys gonna tell me what's inside?" Mark asked.
"Something you can't tell Alison or Ana about like seriously." Jimmy let out to Mark's confusion as he looked through the scope of his Rifle and caught sight of what was inside of it.
"HOLY SHIT!"
Authors Note: And there you have it for this chapter everyone sorry it took so long I've been kinda busy with school and had to put this on hold. Because of So Onkwehonwe has been speeding past me in updates and I've sorta had to keep up.
If you've read his last story you should know that this chapter actually takes place prior to that but the next will be all up to date with everything.
Lee being in Los Santos and attacking the Psychoes was a result of a attack on the Vietnamese Mob and Sonny Onkwehonwe had pulled off a couple of chapters back where a couple of his characters left Sonny in a swamp face to face with an Alligator, killed a few of his guys, and framed it on the Psychoes.
What I mostly wanted to do from this though was to introduce more BSU characters from the various chapters within Los Santos. Some of these characters are minors, but others will play very big roles in things to come. The character Thire is visually based off a younger Temuera Morrison who is widely known for playing Jango Fett and Commander Cody and all of the Clone Troopers in Star Wars.
The new BSU LS Chapter President Lou is visually based off Jordan Patrick Smith, Lyle's girlfriend Fransceka is based off Nicole Da Silvia, and I haven't really been able to come up with actors for Hardcase, Echo, Jesse, Samuel, or Tup mostly because each one of them including Thire is based off a Clone Trooper of the same name from Star Wars the Clone Wars.
If you want to see which particular clones each is based off of I recommend watching season 4 the Umbara Arc because you'll see each of them. Thire is sorta the same, he kinda based off Fives but because Fives is kinda a played out name I gave him another name that symbolizes his band.
Cruz's attack on Marrick and his cousins is sorta a way to get back at Mark for killing his son. As you can tell the war between all of them hasn't come to an end just yet and it's just gonna get worse as it goes along.
I introduced the character Stane of the Dixie Mafia last chapter as the guy who killed Andre and put Buck in the hospital. The character Howie though is visually based off Jeffery Donovan's character on Shot Caller Bottles. Oh and don't think that the Dixie Mafia is just rolling over and bending to Mark it's far from that. Let's just say they've got bigger plans for the future that Mark won't see coming.
Oh and Onkwehonwe if you didn't catch it I setup for two things you can add onto in this chapter. With Lee and Thire going to meeting Mai in the Da Nang Boyz hood and what could be a lemon between Lee and Mai. If you want to add something to that from your own OC's side you can.
That last part is the interesting thing, next chapter I show the result of Neto's hack on Mark's group and unlike Mark's hack on Neto where a whole bunch of LS gangs attacked Rancho Mark's being hit by gangs from gangs across the country as well as the Zeros Cartel. What was in that crate will sorta even the battle between the two sides since it will basically be Mark's BSU, gangs from the 17th Ward, and the Roman Boyz vs The parts Dixie Mafia, Aryan Vanguard, the Condados, the Apostles, and the Zero's Cartel.
So stick around because next chapters battle will be fucking huge. Have a good night everyone Zilla Out.
