Chapter 54: A Good Day Ruined

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Somewhere in New Austin (One Week Later)

The sun was shining brightly on this day in one of the largest states in the US. The sun was out and the winter temperature had to be well over sixty five degrees. Not too cold and not too hot that was what was going through many of the minds of the men in orange jumpsuits traveling in a grey prison bus traveling down the freeway towards The New Austin State Penitentiary in Wallville, New Austin.

This prison would be the new home for these inmates that were coming from separate prisons in New Austin and even as far as San Andreas on its long journey to New Austin. It was a journey that saw Daniel "Falcon" Guerra found himself taking again for the second time in his young lifetime.

The Falcon, he'd gotten that nickname from his Nuestra Syndicato Brothers for his habit of taking flight on a South Sider in almost every prison he's been to in his lifetime. His actions got the attention of many of the NS Generals at Flamingo Bay who eagerly made him a boss once he'd touched down at Bolingbroke. They didn't account on him being shipped out of state almost immediately though.

He'd done time before in the New Austin Prison System, but he knew that every day he would be fighting for his life just like last time. He'd gotten stabbed by members of the Tejano Syndicate, jumped Onda, and hospitalized by Aryans. Still he fought, and he got out of there alive but he younger and a hot head then, now he would have to fight like each day was his last.

The silence seemed to overwhelm him, but he wasn't complaining he would enjoy the silence before it was stripped away from him again by days of endless chatter and nights filled with screams from guys being raped or killed.

As he moved to lay his head back and enjoy the ride the sight of the bald Caucasian guard standing before him with a Shotgun in her hands seemed to unnerve him as he stood by the door with an emotionless look on his face.

"How we doing back there Marty?" the driver asked while the man with the Shotgun eyed the inmates.

"Quiet so far we just might get everyone there in one piece." The man with the Shotgun replied with a chuckle earning another one from the driver while Falcon only layed back in his seat.

"Things are looking up then-." The driver started only to go wide eyed as he looked back at the road and noticed a garbage truck speeding their way before plowing into the front of the bus with enough force to completely halt it and crush mostly the entire front portion of the bus and leave everyone sitting in the front somewhat seriously injured.

"What the fuck?" Falcon started as his vision started to slowly return to him and he quickly caught sight of a green Baller pull up alongside the bus with three masked men stepping out armed with Assault Weapons.

"How's the door?" one of the men asked as he and the others made it to the side of the bus and noticed that the door of the bus was now on the otherside of the road along with a stop sign and bits of metal.

"On the otherside of the road." The second man replied as the duo entered the bus and started to look through the dazed, injured, and disoriented inmates before stopping at Falcon, grabbing him by his arms, and then dragging him from his seat.

"Who the fuck are you?" he asked.

"You're ticket out." The lead man replied as he pulled out his gun and fired a single shot into the chains on the man's leg before pulling him out of the bus.

"What about us?" asked a Caucasian inmate with a shaved head that quickly caught the attention of the second man who turned back and quickly lifted his gun and shot the man point blank in the head.

"We only needed one of you." The man shot back before the third man emerged from the jeep with a Jerry Can and quickly ran over towards the front of the van while the inmates inside looked on with scared expressions written on each of their faces.

New Arcadia

"Two weeks!" Locke let out breaking Alison from her trance as she lifted her head and noticed the man sitting across from her with a smile on his face.

"Two weeks since what?" She asked with a raised brow.

"Two weeks since there's been a gang related homicide in the city of New Arcadia." He replied earning a stunned look from Alison. "Or gang related anything for that matter. The city has been quiet these last couple of weeks and we've received no new intel on things." he added while Alison looked on in surprise.

"I didn't notice it is strange since this city is used to a homicide almost every other day." She replied earning a nod from Locke.

"I guess we should be thanking Mark for that." He interjected earning a confused look from the FIB Agent. "A lot of departments still believe Joe is in charge and that he found a way to talk down Mark, end the war, and keep his position of power. I think me and you both know that isn't true though." He stated while Alison gave a slight chuckle.

"Mark is running all of New Arcadia now!" she stated.

"Well should Joe ever get exposed it will be made to look like his father Maurice is running New Arcadia, but we know whose really got everyone in line." He shot back while Alison remained silent. "This could actually be good for the city. Mark is bred and enjoys gangland combat but he's all about making money and making sure his brothers are safe. If he can keep the murder rate down it maybe a win for us." He stated while Alison gave a slight chuckle.

"The cities clean while he's dirty that seems like a lot of weight on his shoulders." She replied while Locke took a drink of his coffee and nodded his head.

"If you're not busy later maybe you can help me out then." He said to the woman's confusion. "We got a tip about someone in the swamps whose been cooking up seven pounds of meth they're trying to move later this week." He stated earning Alison's full attention. "I could use another gun."

"What's this all about?" she asked with a raised brow.

"Have you heard about the spike in violence in the city of Sunbelt these last couple of days." He replied earning a raised brow from Alison. "Last week some black guy went hit-and-run on a Mexican Kid and crushed his skull." He stated to the shock of Alison.

"SCPD couldn't generate any cooperative witnesses with the kid and his older brother being gang affiliated. The Cholos took it on themselves to bring justice for their loss and hunted down the driver and beat him to death without realizing the guy was the cousin of a 52nd Orange Grove OG known as G-Trak." He added while Alison continued to listen in.

"52's responded by killing two Mexicans and there's been a gang/race war ever since." He finished while Alison shook her head.

"Shit!" she let out while Locke nodded his head.

"Worst part is this morning they were called to a local high school on the cities Southside and black girl was stabbed three times in the back while she was going to the bathroom." He continued whole Alison looked on with wide eyes. "After the students found out the school broke out into a full-scale race war and another student, "Mexican Kid," was shot three times in the chest in the cafeteria." He finished while Alison shook her head.

"Jesus, children are doing this?" she asked.

"Kids start banging early." He replied with a shake of the head. "SCPD's Gang Task Force are hoping they can use Mark to try and broker a peace between the two sides." He replied to Alison's confusion.

"Mark is known for war I doubt he knows how to broker a peace?" she asked with a raised brow.

"He will if black community leaders and people start urging him to. It's their sons and daughters that are being killed indiscriminately instead of the actual gang members who are fighting." Locke replied while Alison again looked at him with wide eyes.

"And you want me to get close to Mark and ask him to walk try and talk to the two sides and get them to come together?" she asked.

"You and him have a history and I doubt it's still sour after you saw that video." He shot back while Alison remained silent. "You can be mad at him all you want Alison at the end of the day you love him and he needs you in his life." He finished before moving to rise from his seat while Alison layed back in silence before noticing two familiar woman sitting at the booth across from her own.

"You know he's right?" Shawna started only for Alison to look out the window and noticed a small plane flying over the building.

She didn't pay much mind to the plane as would many people in her situation. It didn't seem unnatural even as the plane came touching down at a private airfield where three men of Cuban descent were already waiting and quickly started to unload the wooden crates out of the plane and into a fish truck.

After being loaded up the trucks quickly found themselves being escorted to the docks near the 17th Ward and loaded into a warehouse where more Cuban men were waiting and quickly unloaded the trucks with a Cuban woman standing by with a slight smile on her face as she watched one of the men open a crate and pull out a kilo Cocaine with a smile on her face.

Elsewhere

The familiar ringing sound of the front door being opened came as no surprise to Lee and Buck as they found themselves walking into a shoe store in the business section of the 17th Ward where they immediately moved past the cashier and everyone else waiting inside and moved to the back room where they put a set of numbers into a keypad before entering a secondary office area where they noticed a familiar Creole sitting in a rolling chair behind a desk while Link, Thire, Manfred, and Ren stood behind him.

"Nice new digs." Said Lee with a smile.

"Glad you like it because this place is gonna be our new HQ." Mark replied to the groups confusion. "If the feds ever look into us the club, the fishing shop, and even are home is gonna be the first place they start looking. So this is gonna be our spot under their noses and with exception of Jimmy, Tup, Davey, Eddy, Tector, and Billy…this place is under the radar even to the guys within our own crew and my family. I'd like to keep it that way as well." He finished earning nods from the group.

"I guess it is about time the leaders got their own teacher's lounge." Buck replied with a smile. "Shoe store wouldn't be my first choice but I guess it's time I got some new kicks." He added with a chuckle.

"Did our package come in?" Mark asked looking to Lee who only gave him a wide smile.

"Your Madraza connection payed off well. The shipment came in without a hitch and Luna's people were able to get into the state and into the city where its being cut now and ready to be distributed." The Chinese man replied with a smile.

"Are we really getting into the drug business after everything that happened to Sunbelt?" Thire asked while looking to Mark who merely shook his head.

"No, Sunbelt was touching the drugs directly but us we're not gonna touch them at all. My connection with Madraza has him dropping the product in the gulf, the Cubans pick it up, cut it, package it, and then it's my brothers job and the Ballas in the 17th to move it and we get a cut for it." Mark replied with a smile.

"We don't touch the drugs but by estimation we'll be making well over nine hundred grand a year if we just stick with our territories in the 17th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and what we've taken in the 4th." Link added.

"That's a lot of money and we're gonna be under a lot of eyes." Ren replied while Mark nodded his head.

"And reasons for that is why we have a number of other smaller businesses to keep our money hidden and untraceable." He shot back.

"What about the other gangs?" Lee asked earning the attention of everyone in the room. "We haven't had any violence in the city these last couple of days but once everyone's supply starts to run out they'll need a new connect and many of them won't want to bend over backwards for a group of white, Asian, Samoan, and Dominican despite our leader is black and from here." Lee replied while Mark chuckled.

"They won't be listening to me they'll be listening to my father who will be giving my orders." Mark shot back.

"Or giving his own." Ren stated.

"It's still a work in progress but hopefully we can enjoy this moments peace while it lasts." Mark replied with a half-smile and earning chuckles from everyone in the room. "How about that other thing we planned out?" he asked while looking to Lee who merely smiled at him.

East Sunbelt

A bright white light was the first thing to hit the eyes of Falcon as he found himself gasping for air in a dark room with his hands cuffed behind his back and three unfamiliar people standing before him with mixed looks on all their faces.

"Who the fuck are you?" he asked with venom in his tone.

"The people who just saved your life." Task responded before looking to Ana who merely smiled at the NS member.

"You've been given a second chance Mr. Guerra if you so choose to accept it." The IAA Agent stated to the man's confusion before he looked to the door and watched as a woman of Mexican and Argentinian descent with long black hair and wearing a red bandanna, red crop top, and khaki pants.

"This is a good friend of one of my friends and she's your ticket out if you appease her wishes." She continued before looking to Task and leading him out of the room for Cheta to have time alone with the NS member.

"I hope you didn't get too hurt by their plan of getting you out." She replied earning silence from the man before he finally yelled out for to, "Get to the Point".

"Alright then, the reason your sitting here is because the Rifa's need a leader in Sunbelt." She started to the man's confusion. "We need a Shotcaller who knows how to lead and help us grow and we know about what you did while you in prison here the last time. You were the only Rifa on the yard and two years later there was thirty of them. We need that kinda leadership here if we want to survive in a city with enemies all around." she finished while looking to Falcon who remained silent and continued to stare up at her.

"You want me to be your Primera?" he asked earning a nod from the woman. "You must have pulled a lot of strings to get me here." He added earning a smile from Cheta.

"We have friends in high places. They're high enough to get you transferred from San Andreas to New Austin, find out what prison transport you were on, take you, and have you listed as dead along with the rest of the inmates on that bus." she stated while Falcon nodded his head. "You may have heard his name whispered on the yards in San Andreas, The Concrete Soldier Marcus Roman." She added earning a chuckle from the man.

"The don't stop talking about him. He's caused a lot of trouble for them and for Onda and the Vanguard these last couple of years." He replied.

"But he's always been a friend to the Rifa's and helped the Syndicato. Right now he helps us to keep afloat in Sunbelt but he's not one of us and we refuse to work under him. Become our Primera, help us branch out and take Sunbelt and in return we'll follow you." She added while Falcon chuckled.

"And if I refuse I'm going back to prison?" he asked earning a chuckle from Cheta.

"No like a said everyone on that prison bus is dead and they can find your body a few miles out and nobody will know the difference or care." She replied earning a chuckle for the man.

"Where I do sign the application?" he asked with a slight smile.

"Lucky for you those Ass-Takers and Va-Hoes have bigger things to deal with then us right now." Cheta replied with a slight chuckle.

Elsewhere

The sound of screaming and loud yelling could be heard a church in the Central Sunbelt as Ernesto, Felix, Adahy, and several other Cholos brawling with a couple of black gangsters while their families stood by screaming and watching the brawl unfold before them.

"You don't fucking belong here!" Felix yelled out as he threw a hard punch at a black gangster face only for the man to respond by turning back around and punching him once in the face.

"You're the ones who're interrupting bitch!" the black gangster responded as Felix tackled him into a pew while Adahy tossed another man on top of a casket forcing it to fall under his attacker's weight and knock the dead African American man out while his wife stood by screaming at her fallen husband.

"Fucking Mayate!" yelled out a Chola as she hit a bald African American man over the head with a cross before being knocked down by another man and getting stomped out before Ernesto came to her rescue and knocked one man out with a hard-left hook before another much smaller man moved to knock him off his feet.

As the group continued to fight though the sound of police sirens quickly filled the air as officers started to pour into the church and quickly started to put guys in handcuffs Ernesto, Felix, and Adahy found themselves sneaking out the back of the church to avoid the officers as Delgado and his gang task force quickly came into the picture and started to arrest men left and right.

"Fuckers knew we were coming." Adahy yelled out as the group ran across the street to Ernesto's car.

"No the funeral director booked the Vatos funeral after their boys. That's why we were fighting people in suits and ties. You would think that motherfucker would know better." Ernesto started as he slid into his driver seat while the two others got into the back before he drove away from the scene.

New Arcadia

The sound of gunfire filled the air at an Ammunation in the 3rd Ward as Mark found himself standing by watching with Lee, Jimmy, and Link as Buck and nine other BSU members from the Sunbelt Chapter found themselves at the firing range practicing their shots and somewhat failing horribly at some the moving targets.

"Come on you guys can do better than that." Said Jimmy as he watched a blonde haired man with a Mohawk miss four shots at a moving target before finally getting a hit that wasn't even near the center of the piece.

"This is what happens when you guys go years without practicing." Jimmy replied with a chuckle.

"Why am I practicing again?" Buck asked with annoyance in his tone.

"Have you seen yourself shoot you got an accuracy rate of twenty five at the most meaning one in every four bullets you use is gonna hit something and I don't like those numbers." Mark retorted with a chuckle.

"That's why we gave you that P90 to use. It's not the most accurate gun but it's got a magazine of fifty bullets and we can hope at least twelve of them hit somebody." Link added on while another BSU member with fiery red hair turned to face them in anger.

"Well why isn't Lee shooting he's only good with a Shotgun?" he asked with rage in his tone.

"Because you're only using Pistols and last I checked I can use a Pistol better then you guys can use your own hands." The Chinese man shot back before whipping out his Glock 17 and firing a single shot that hit the moving target not in the center but on the outer portions.

"Little off!" said Lee as he handed Mark the Pistol who merely raised it and fired off its remaining fifteen shots and hitting the center mark in almost all the targets.

"Yeah just a little." Mark replied with a chuckle.

"Showoff!" Lee shot back before they heard the sound of the door opening and noticed Manfred standing in the doorway with an emotionless look on his face.

"Hey you come to join us?" Lee asked as he watched Mark load another magazine into his Glock.

"No Mark you got a visitor." He replied earning a raised brow from the Roman before he watched as Manfred opened the door all the way and revealed a familiar redheaded woman standing at the doorway with a half-smile on her face.

The sight of the woman seemed to leave all of the BSU members in surprise and shock. It had been almost a month since the last time any of them had seen or even spoken to her. So to her see now in the flesh seemed to bring up some warm memories to all of them.

"Everyone out!" Mark ordered earning nods from the group as they each made their way out of the room and whispered their "Hello's" and "Good to See You's" to Alison who could only smile at each of them and give a few hugs around.

"New faces?" she asked as Lee closed the door behind them and left her alone with Mark.

"Yeah guys from Sunbelt that are making the jump to here since things are getting a little too hot for them back home." He replied while Alison nodded her head.

"Glad to see you're integrating them in so fast." She added while looking down the stall at the targets.

"I gotta prepare them for the worst should it ever come and they have to defend themselves. In our line of work it's best to prepare for everything even the worst." He replied while looked to Lee's pistol that was still resting in his hands silently.

"I guess being a Kingpin doesn't come with a lack of enemies?" she asked earning silence from Mark before he finally did.

"So what do I owe the visit?" he asked with a no real smile.

"The gang war that's going on in Sunbelt." She replied earning silence and a slight chuckle from the youngest Roman.

"I don't answer my phone for Delgado and his Storm Troopers so they send you to talk to me?" he asked with a laugh while Alison nodded her head. "I've moved on from Sunbelt. With BSU here I have no reason to worry about their affairs anymore." He stated.

"Even if innocent women and children are dying left and right on both sides?" she asked with a raised brow.

"That's a gang war for you, innocent people die on both sides we've both seen it before. Race wars are much worse, we've seen those as well. Innocent people get killed because of the color of their skin and innocent people start killing just because they look like the side that's getting killed. I know how it goes and I doubt anything in my power can help deescalate that war." He stated while Alison shook her head.

"Can you at least try…what do you have to lose?" she asked with a smile.

"My life!" he shot back with venom in his tone. "Me and Orange Grove have history…some good some bad but the Vagos and Azteca's...we both know how that's going to go even with Ernesto sitting at the top-." He stopped only for Alison to cut him off midway.

"Ernesto in Sunbelt?" she asked with a raised brow. "If he's running things there maybe you can talk to him." She interjected while Mark shook his head.

"Yeah that's not going to work." He replied while leaning against the wall. "The reason things have been so quiet is because we got Miguel sent to a mental asylum to get him off the streets and we suspect Ernesto knows." He stated to the shock of Alison.

"I also pulled a job for the Rifa's a couple of weeks ago. They wanted me to hit an Azteca OG with them…I did it but they didn't tell me that the OG was a woman, wasn't involved in the life anymore, and was involved with Ernesto in the past." He finished before looking away from the FIB Agent.

"Jesus Christ Mark." She said with anger in her tone.

"Yeah I'm pretty sure we burned that bridge." He shot back before letting out a deep breath while Alison rubbed her forehead.

"If you won't talk to Ernesto fine then…I will." She let out to his shock and surprise.

"You can't be serious." He interjected.

"I've sat down with him before and I'm pretty sure I can do it again." She replied before moving for the door only for Mark to grab her arm and keep her in place.

"I'm not going to let you do that." He said with anger in his tone.

"Yeah I am, so either you're coming with me to see Ernesto or I'm going alone so you can either gas your car up and get it ready or let me go." She ordered earning silence from Mark before he rolled his eyes and breathed in a sign of and defeat.

Sunbelt City

The smell of ground beef, cheese, and French fries filled the air in Midtown Sunbelt as Task found himself sitting at an outdoor restaurant eating with Ana after the duo had finished their meeting with the Rifa's.

The Lakota had ordered chicken tender and fries while Ana had ordered a Tortilla Bowl with lettuce, cheese, beef, sliced tomatoes, and sliced cucumber with lime. The sight of which brought a raised brow the eye of Task.

"You sure you gonna eat all of that?" he asked with a raised brow.

"I used to come here with Mark when we were younger and it's only a handful of times I could come here. So I'm going to take advantage." She shot back with a smile. "I may look small, but I do have a really big appetite." She added earning a smile from Task.

"You shouldn't be talking though, you're at a Tex-Mex Restaurant eating chicken tenders and fries." She replied earning a roll of the eyes from Task.

"I'm not an adventurous eater." He replied while Ana chuckled.

"You're just like Mark. I remember taking him to a five star restaurant on the North Side of the city for dinner and the first thing he does when he gets there is call the place Bougie and demanded tater tots, boil shrimp, and a small bowl of gumbo to dip it all in." she stated earning a loud chuckle from the Lakota.

"Great minds think alike." He replied as the duo continued to eat in silence for a few seconds before Ana finally broke out and asked, "Why do you do what you do?".

"I understand why some people want to rob banks and commit crimes but what's your reason?" she asked earning a raised brow from Task before he finally spoke up.

"To support my family." He replied while moving to set his food down with and look down at his drink. "You've probably looked through your little file on me a million times so you know how shitty my home life is." He replied while Ana merely nodded her head.

"Unlike guys who just want to line their pockets with money or want to have their names yelled throughout the streets as some hood legend…I just want to make things a little better for my family and my people. If I die in the process…at least I know I left something on my rez that'll help my people in the coming years." He replied earning a slight nod from Ana.

"That's noble…probably the most noble thing I've heard a criminal say." She replied while Task merely chuckled.

"Alright then what's your reason for being in the IAA. You don't come off as a Patriot fighting to see the greatness and expansion of this fucked up ass country." He replied lying through his teeth in the process.

"If you must know I'm not. My reason for joining the IAA was because I have family in rural China, I can speak five languages, I've got a Bachler's Degree in Criminal Justice, and a Masters in Homeland Security but I don't like sitting at desk and doing paper work so I didn't want to become a cop or a lawyer." She replied with a slight smile. "I had to qualify to be able to do field work. It was better pay, I was never in the office, the scenery changes, and well here I am." She finished while Task nodded his head. "Not really a Patriot just a person looking for whatever job can support me and my parents." She replied while Task nodded his head.

"Guess we all got that it common." He replied with smile before the sound of Task's cellphone ringing caused them both to pause for a few seconds before he moved to answer it.

"Speak of the devil." The Lakota replied while Ana smiled before lifting her head and noticing three young Mexican American men wearing wife beaters with shaved heads and sunglasses moving to stand in the food line without realizing that they were being watched by the IAA Agent.

"Yeah I'm still in Sunbelt." He said while Ana continued to watch the group closely as they smiled and joked.

Her vision then shifted to the road where she noticed an all-black Baller starting to creep up the streets in a slow crawl.

"Chayton!" Ana started as she noticed the windows being lowered on the right side of the vehicle and guns being pointed out.

"GET DOWN!" the IAA Agent yelled out as she knocked Task to the ground just as the sound of automatic gunfire started to fill the air the Mexican men quickly pulled out their guns and started to shoot back and the black SUV.

"SHIT!" Task yelled out as he moved to pull his gun from the back of his pants only to be stopped by Ana who forced his hands to the ground.

"This isn't our fight." She whispered out in his ears causing the Lakota to lie still on the ground as they watched one of the Mexican men get hit several times in the chest, stomach, groin, and arms before falling back in a pool of his own blood while another man moved for cover and the last man managed to get a clean shot at the driver and the shooter before falling down with a bullet in the right side of his neck.

"SHIT!" the passenger yelled out as the driver took a bullet in the head and slammed on the gas petal forcing the car to go forward before running down a mother and her son as they tried to flee the scene.

"Shit!" yelled out Task as both he and Ana lifted themselves off the ground at the sound of screaming and yelling in Spanish to look up and notice a Mexican boy probably around the age of four or five lying under the car with the wheel over his stomach.

"CALL AN EMT!" Task yelled out while Ana stood by with a shocked look on her face.

New Arcadia

"I'm calling your bluff." Lee as he found himself sitting down with Link, Manfred, Thire, Buck, Davey, and Eddy playing Spades in the VIP Section of their club.

"Am I bluffing?" Manfred asked with a slight smile of his own while all the other BSU members fund themselves watching the intense staredown between the two Asian males with mixed looks on their faces.

Before the duo could throw down their cards though the sound of approaching footsteps caused them each to turn their heads and take in the sight of a familiar African American woman with long black hair and wearing a black blouse and white pants.

"Lee someone's here for you." Courtney stated earning a raised brow from the Chinese man.

"Yeah who is it?" he asked.

"I ain't your secretary so go down and meet your guest." She ordered earning a roll of the eyes from the Chinese man before he lifted his head and noticed a familiar woman of Vietnamese descent standing by with a half-smile on her face.

"I fold!" he said before rising from his seat and earning mixed looks from the BSU members before they lifted their heads and noticed Mai standing by with a smile before Lee approached her and quickly pulled her in for a hug and a quick kiss.

"What are you doing here?" he asked with a half-smile on his face.

"I need to talk to all of you." She replied earning a confused look from Lee before he looked back and nodded to the others who each rose from their seat and made their way to the back office with the exception of Link as Courtney grabbed him by his arm and pulled him away from the group.

"Who is she?" she asked with a raised brow.

"A friend of us and a good friend of Lee." He replied.

"Shouldn't Mark be here right now?" she asked.

"He's handling something in Sunbelt and put Lee in charge of things here which shouldn't be too much." Link finished before walking away from the woman who shook her head as she watched him enter the room with the other BSU members.

"So what news do you have for us from the West Coast?" Lee asked as he moved to take a seat in Mark's chair while Mai moved to stand beside him.

"Well the war we started is picking up almost to the point of no return." She retorted.

"The war between black and yellow pre-dates the both of you. You can't blame yourselves for putting more gasoline on fire that was already bad to begin with." Link interjected while Mai and Lee remained silent.

"So you need me to come back and help you out?" he asked with a raised brow.

"No I came here to let you know that Neto has burned through much of us…and he maybe on his way to burn you." She replied while Jimmy chuckled.

"Great just what we need our two weeks of peace being ruined by the grim reaper himself." Manfred retorted with anger in his tone.

"We'll put everyone on alert." Lee replied with a hint of venom in his tone. "And you guys know protocol for these kinda situations already I expect all of you to follow them." He added earning nods from the group.

"I think it'll be a good idea if I stay here as well just in case." She replied while Lee nodded his head with a smile.

Sunbelt City

The smell of dirt and sand seemed to be the first things that hit the nose of Alison as she found herself walking into the Azteca controlled neighborhood with an emotionless but somewhat scared look on her face as she quickly noticed that she had caught the eye of a few Azteca's and were now following them down the street.

"They're following me." Alison whispered out over her earpiece.

"Yeah just keep your eyes forward and keep moving." The voice of Mark filled her ears as she continued to move forward.

"Why couldn't I just drive up to Ernesto's house?" the FIB Agent asked while Mark chuckled.

"Not unless you want to get shot. That's what happens when unknown cars come into these neighborhoods." Mark replied just as Alison noticed a man with black shades moving behind her closer. "If you're having second thoughts about this we can do go alone." He added while sending a glance to Alison.

"They're less likely to shoot me then you and we need to do this." She replied while looking down at her badge that was strapped to her hip.

"That may mean something in New Arcadia…but we're in their world now." Mark replied as the Alison was quickly approached by three men of Mexican descent who seemed almost like they'd stepped off of a prison yard with all their tattoos and muscles.

"You look a little lost lady." The lead man let out while Alison merely chuckled.

"Nah I'm in the right place but I'm looking for Ernesto." she replied earning laughs from the three men.

"You got a lot of nerve coming here and asking for the big homie." The gangster replied while Alison looked at him angrily.

"Look I don't have time to be standing here so can you just take me to Ernesto?" she asked with venom in her tone.

"Who you catching that tone with Puta?" the lead man yelled out as he moved to stand over the woman to exert himself as the dominant one to which Alison continued to stand tall and look him the eye.

"You are stepping out of line in the wrong hood." Came a familiar voice that caused her to whip her head around and notice Ernesto approaching her with Felix, Adahy, and La Tortura in tow with angry looks on each of their faces.

"Anything to get your attention." She replied with a slight smile.

"You got a lot of nerve coming here." La Tortura yelled out while moving to step around Alison and look her over while the FIB Agent continued to send looks to Ernesto and Felix.

"I'm just here to talk so can we do so in private please?" Alison asked earning a few seconds of silence from the group before they all looked to Ernesto who merely nodded his head before leading the woman back to his home.

"Nice place!" she let out as he took in the sight of Ernesto's home.

"So why are you here?" Ernesto asked while everyone looked to Alison.

"This war between you and Orange Grove." She replied earning a chuckle from Ernesto and the others.

"Why does our war concern you, you're a long way from New Arcadia?" Ernesto asked.

"Because innocent people are dying left and right on both sides." She replied with a half-smile. "Mark doesn't care about what's going on here but I do. I took an oath to-." She started only to be cutoff by Adahy.

"We know your stupid oath." Adahy responded while Alison looked to Ernesto. "If you ask me you're just here because Mark is too scared to come here himself with all the damages he's done here." She stated while Alison stood in silence. "So I suggest you leave before another body is added in this war." He added.

"We didn't start this war." La Tortura started. "They started it when they killed two of ours. We were owed blood when they killed that Peewee." She added.

"You didn't start it but you need to end it." Alison started only for Felix to cut her off.

"We are going to end it." Felix shot back.

"I see you've made yourself in right at home." Came a somewhat familiar voice that caused everyone to whip their heads around and notice a familiar Chinese woman standing in the walkway of the kitchen with her arms folded and her usual smirk on her face.

"Fucking bitch!" La Tortura yelled out as she moved to reach for her Pistol only for Ernesto to stop her in the process.

"This is Mi Casa and I won't have you drawing guns inside." He replied with venom in his tone.

"She just broke in." she shot back with venom in her tone.

"Actually the back door was open those high schoolers you had guarding it are too stoned to stop anyone right now." She stated while Ernesto sent a look to La Tortura before looking back to Ana.

"You gotta a lot of nerve coming here." He yelled out while the woman continued to smile.

"I'm well aware!" she started. "But once I heard she was coming here I knew I had to keep an eye on her." She added while Ernesto looked on in anger. "I'm also here to give you a warning." She continued earning raised brows from everyone in the room.

"Three of your guys were shot killed outside of restaurant Downtown by some gangsters in a drive by. Your man managed to hit the driver but he also shot wildly and ended up hitting a woman, Maria Johnson, and her five year old son Javier Johnson." She stated to the despair and confusion of everyone.

"Brown who married white?" La Tortura responded.

"Brown who married black and black is an Ex-Navy Officer and Retired Sunbelt City Police Sergeant whose now acting seat on the Sunbelt City Council." She stated earning wide eyes from everyone in the room. "So in the next coming hours I can see SCPD coming here and turning your neighborhood upside down and I can only imagine what they'll find when your guys are geared up for war." She finished while Ernesto rubbed his forehead in anger.

"Just what we need…more heat from the Juros." The Onda member let out with venom in his tone.

"And right now we're talking about a possible solution to this all." Ana stated while looking to Alison. "End this war and we'll use our connection and as well as Mark's to see you and your people aren't ripped to pieces for it. If you continue though SCPD and the Gang Task Force will be all over you and from what Mark tells me Delgado isn't a stranger to planting evidence to get guys off the streets." She added before Adahy cut her off.

"Is that what he did to put Miguel in an insane asylum?" the Creek Warrior asked.

"Maybe he did maybe he didn't but right now you need to be the leader your son wouldn't be right now, because if you don't the hammer is gonna come down hard on all of you." Alison added with venom of her own as she eyed the group closely.

"You can't possibly be considering this?" Adahy asked with venom in his tone as he looked to Ernesto who remained silent before finally speaking out.

"Say we did want to sit down with the 52's and wanted to come to a truce. You gonna walk into their hood and try the same thing?" Ernesto asked with a serious expression on his face as he eyed the two women closely.

"Where do you think Marcus is now?" Alison asked with a slightly raised brow before her cellphone started to ring causing her to quickly answer it and have her ears filled with the voice of a familiar Creole.

"Great!" She sounded off with a smile before moving to hang up the phone. "Mark says the 52's are willing to negotiate." She stated earning mixed looks from the group as they each turned to Ernesto who remained silent for a few seconds before speaking up.

"Tell them to meet us at the Taco Bomb off Verner at five." He stated earning mixed looks everyone in the room.

"Great I guess we'll be seeing you there." Ana stated while moving to walk next to Alison who followed her out the door while Ernesto stood with everyone in the room.

"Don't tell me you're really thinking about doing this shit?" Adahy asked with venom in his tone.

"The Five-Deuce have numbers but we're beating them and they know it. If we come to the table now then we'll look weak." La Tortura added.

"Looking weak will be the least of our worries if SCPD comes here and starts stirring shit up." Ernesto shot back with venom of his own before looking to Felix and Adahy. "You two have been helping out the Varrio and I really appreciate it, but at the end of the day you aren't SUR so you don't understand that when it comes to doing what's right for us. I have to make those decisions and right now Onda wants us to increase profits and precense on the streets and we won't do that if the feds are breathing down our necks." He shot back with venom in his tone.

Outside of New Arcadia

The sound of gunfire and the feet shuffling filled the swamps outside of the city of New Arcadia as a section of the swamp, that was now being referred to The Basic, now found itself being the main training grounds for Mark's newest incarnation of his Sunbelt Militia.

It was here that Mai found herself approaching Lee as he yelled at a few BSU members who were running laps around a section of the swamp to go faster while Jimmy and the rest were giving orders to those using the firearms to hit certain targets.

"I see you've learned to channel your inner drill sergeant." She said with a half-smile while Lee merely chuckled at her.

"Yeah and it only took several war movies about Vietnam to learn it." He replied with a laugh.

"So you want to tell me what war you're gearing up to fight?" She asked while looking to the Chinese man closely.

"No war, we just want everyone we can trust these guys if they're gonna be the ones watching our backs in firefights." He responded while Mai merely chuckled.

"Liar!" she responded before turning her gaze to the separate group of men training.

The first group to catch her attention was the one farthest from her where she could see Jimmy talking with five men armed with M40 Snipers Rifles and FN FAL Battle Rifles and firing at targets that were the farthest outside of the limits.

"You have a Sniper Team over there with what looks like two shooters, two flankers, and a spotter." She replied while Lee merely rolled his eyes as Mai turned her attention to Davey, Buck, and Eddy as they stood by and talked with nine men who were each armed with different weapons.

"You got what I'm hoping is three separate Fireteams, but they look unproportionate." She said with a raised brow while Lee shook his head.

"No, they're proportionate." The Chinese man corrected. "A Fireteam is composed of four people; a squad leader, a Riflemen, a Grenadier, and Suppressive Riflemen. Fireteam leaders are me, Jimmy, and Mark and those are our squads. In case we ever find ourselves on the offensive and have to split up we'll use them." He stated while Mai merely nodded her head.

"We also have two guys on our Machine Gun team with an old WWII MG42. If you haven't seen them around here yet." He replied to Mai's shock and surprise. "Yeah they think since Mark isn't here they can slack off on training but they're gonna-." He started only for Mai to cut him off mid-sentence.

"An MG42, the same Machine Gun used by the Germans at D-Day?" she asked with a raised brow.

"Yeah and a Flamethrower you wouldn't believe what we found after we raided the homes and safehouses those Aryans were keeping their shit in." he replied while Mai eyed him closely.

"And you don't think you're gearing up for war with all that firepower and all this training?" she asked causing Lee to look away from her for a few seconds before responding.

"You may think we're being too careful, but we need to be ready. Should a war ever come to our doorsteps we'll be ready for whatever and whoever comes." He finished while moving to look back at the group while Mai moved to rest a hand on his shoulder before chuckling.

"Then why aren't you training?" she asked earning a raised brow from Lee. "You're only good with your Shotgun. In fact you're probably one of the best person I've seen with a Shotgun and I've seen both Neto and Ivan use them." She said earning a smug look from Lee. "But you with a Rifle and or a Submachine Gun is said to be worse than the American casualty count in Vietnam and I want to help you with that." She stated.

"Many people have tried and failed." He responded while Mai merely took his hands in her own and held them closely.

"Maybe you never had a really good teacher." She replied causing a smile to spread across Lee's face.

"Alright then let's do it." He retorted with a smile.

Sunbelt City

The song Black Holes by The Blue Stones filled the ears of Task as he found himself sitting at what was once the old BSU clubhouse back when Ryan had first formed the group in Sunbelt. It wasn't as swanky as their latest one being only an abandoned house on the cities Northside but it was a safe spot for them to be at the moment.

As the sound of the door creaking open caught his eyes he immediately looked on with a mixed expression as Mark walked back into the room and took a seat across from him with a half-smile on his face.

"You proud of yourself?" Task asked while Mark nodded his head.

"I just found a way I could possibly bring this war to an end so I kinda feel proud of myself." He stated with a chuckle. "So how did finding the Rifa's a new Shotcaller go?" he asked trying to change the subject.

"We got him and he's agreed to help them, but do you really think he's the one that can help build them up?" Task asked while Mark nodded his head.

"I read his jacket and he's drank the cool-aid those Northern San Andreas Mexican's push out. He'll probably help them with recruiting some Mexican Nationals and making them some more allies where it counts." Mark replied while Task nodded his head before the duo heard the door reopening and watched as Ana and Alison both walked into the room with smiles on their faces.

"Glad to see you're both in one piece." The Creole greeted with a smile.

"Thanks to you not being there." Ana replied as she moved to stand next to Mark.

"Did you really get the Orange Grove OG to come to the table." Alison asked while putting her hands on her hips.

"You mean G-Trak, yeah he's upset about his cousin but he's got enough stripes and lyrics for his next album and he'll do just about anything to get a Collab album with my brother Hakeem." Mark responded earning a chuckle from Alison and Ana.

"Guess it's good to have a brother who is a rapper." Alison responded with a smile.

"Yeah but he's trash and the fact that people actually like him is still a shock to me." Mark shot back with a slight chuckle just as his cellphone started to ring once again.

"Let's just hope that meeting goes off-." Mark started before the sound of automatic gunfire filled the air and caused both Task and Ana to take cover while Mark moved to force Alison to the floor before pulling his body over her as the bullets continued to whiz over their heads.

"Stay down!" Mark yelled out as he covered the woman's head as he felt shards of glass rain down on his back and sliced his right arm in the process before the gunshots stopped.

"MOTHERFUCKERS!" Mark yelled out as he jumped off the body of the FIB Agent who called out to him as he ran out the front door drawing his M1911 and firing off three shots at an all-black Baller as it sped down the street and breaking the back windshield in the process.

"They get away?" Task asked with venom in his tone while Mark nodded his head in anger.

"Now I'm not so upset about what I'd done!" Mark replied as he covered his somewhat bloody arm before looking to Task who somewhat nodded his head to the man.

"You good?" Felix yelled out as he looked back from his position in the driver's seat of the stolen black Baller to La Tortura, Adahy, and Lady Casper who were each checking themselves to make sure that none of Mark's shots had managed to hit them and thankfully came out clear.

"Nah but I think I got that Puto!" Lady Casper yelled out with glee in her tone as Felix turned down another street and started to drive back to the Southwest.

New Arcadia

"Shit!" said Lee as he found himself trying to hit the center target with Mai's personal M4A1 Assault Rifle only to find his shots going wide right.

"You're firing a burst of rounds so you need to remember that recoil kicks your gun back with each shot. Try to slow your shots down." She replied while Lee rolled his eyes before aiming down sight on the Rifle and firing a single shot that actually managed to hit his target.

"See!" let out while Lee chuckled at her smug response.

"PICK IT UP BOYS!" Jimmy yelled out earning the attention of both Lee and Mai as they turned their heads and noticed two skinny Caucasian men running with one man carrying the Browning M1919 in his hands while the other was carrying the tripod.

Lee knew the two men as Sean Tatum and Marshal Evenson. The duo weren't the most competent of BSU members to come from Sunbelt and Lee often wondered why they came to New Arcadia. They weren't apart of Mark's Militia even in its final years. They weren't shooters, brawlers, and they were probably the first that would probably run away from a fight then anyone else. Still they were here and swearing loyalty to Mark's Roman and Lee Shen's cause in New Arcadia so that earned them a spot even if both almost all of them wanted them out.

As part of Mark's rule for anyone joining his faction everyone had to learn to use a gun but the duo weren't good enough shots to be Snipers, neither Mark, Lee, or Jimmy wanted them on their Fireteams, and the duo had to be away from the shooting for their own safety. A simple solution Mark came up with was to put them on the Machine Gun with the simple role of laying down suppressive fire.

"Come on, three of your buddies just got killed while you're taking forever to set that thing up." Jimmy yelled out while the two fumbled around trying to setup the Machine Gun.

"Move your asses!" he continued causing everyone to stop what they were doing and watch the two struggling men as they finally set up the Machine Gun and fired off a short burst that missed their target entirely.

"You guys fucking suck!" Jimmy yelled out in anger while Lee sent a look to Mai who was already walking over to the duo and quickly moving to take up the weapon and fire off a short burst of fifteen rounds in the direction of the target and hit it multiple times.

"Shit!" said Tatum as Mai handed the man back the weapon and instructed him on how to properly fire it.

"I think having her around is already showing benefits for us." Stated Link as he moved to approach Lee. "It definitely improves moral around here." He added causing Lee to let out a loud scoff.

"They better get used to her now while she's around because it's not permanent." He replied earning a chuckle from Link.

"You sound disappointed about that." He interjected before walking away while Lee merely flipped him off on his departure.

Sunbelt City (An Hour Later)

The sound of Mark's cellphone starting to ring quickly caught his attention as he jerked away from Ana for a second as she continued to bandage his cut to answer the phone and be met with the familiar voice of Ernesto on the otherside of the phone.

"Yeah!" he said while Ana continued to work on him despite his protest.

"I guess your fucking talk with The Grove didn't do any fucking good because they're no shows." The Onda leader yelled out as he found himself standing at a Restaurant with Syke O, Comanche, El Chongo, and Chico.

"Really because someone just shot us up not hour ago." Mark replied to the surprise and confusion of Ernesto. "You wouldn't know anything about that?" he asked with a hint of venom in his tone as Ernesto looked around the room and realized that neither Felix, Adahy, La Tortura, or Lady Casper had arrived yet.

"No all of my people who know you're here are with me and have been for the last hour." Ernesto shot back while Mark chuckled.

"Well then I guess I'm gonna need to pay G-Trak a little visit later." Mark started causing Ernesto to yell something out before being cutoff as he hung up the phone.

"You can't be serious." Alison asked as she looked to Mark who merely eyed her closely. "Mark we didn't come here for you start killing we came here to make peace." She stated while Mark merely chuckled.

"I think the 52's just proved they don't want peace." He interjected.

"They just didn't show up or they're late that doesn't mean they don't want peace. So give it some time and hopefully this will work out." She stated while Mark gave a low sigh in defeat.

Meanwhile

"Those Mayates aren't showing up." Comanche yelled out as Ernesto nodded his head.

"Pinche-." Ernesto started before the sound of automatic gunfire filled the air as three SUV's pulled up in front of the Restaurant and nine members of the 52's Jumped out firing a variety of weapons and striking down the families sitting at the windows and killing them while the various gangsters jumped for cover before pulling out their own guns.

"Cabrons!" Ernesto yelled out as he pulled out his Magnum and fired a single shot that to strike one man in the center of the head while another man was struck several times in the chest courtesy of Syke O and Chico who layed down covering fire for Ernesto as he moved up and shot down another gangster with a shot to the throat.

"Burn those motherfuckers." Yelled out an Orange Grove Gangster as he turned to another man who lit up a Molotov Cocktail and tossed it into the restaurant causing Chico and Comanche to take cover as the flaming glass struck a table and started to burn the bodies of those that were hit when the windows were shot.

"Pinche Mayate!" Comanche yelled out as he fired two shots that hit a man in the stomach and sent him falling back while the man with the Molotov's started tossing them into the South Siders vehicles before he was finally hit in the back courtesy of Chico who continued to shoot the man until he managed to hit the back of his head.

"Shit!" said the lead Orange Grove Gangster as he moved to hop into SUV's with the remaining gangsters before he felt a sharp pain and then a tingling sensation in his lower body as Ernesto shot him in the back and watched him hit the ground with a loud thud while the other shooters took off and left him.

"I can't feel my fucking legs." The gangster yelled out while spitting up blood as Ernesto and the others ran up on him and proceeded to beat him down.

"G-Trak's a dead man for this." Ernesto yelled out while the man continued to chuckle.

"You too late bitch!" he yelled out just as Comanche shot him in the head causing a series of mixed looks from the group.

Elsewhere

The sound of loud music seemed to fill the ears of La Chichona as she found herself sitting at the table watching the younger sister of Sweetie dance and play with her eight-year-old brother amongst a group of people with a smile on her face.

It was Sweetie's sisters Quinceañera and most of the hood was there to join in on the festivities as both her and her sister were some of the most popular faces around the barrio. It was day she was happy for as he found herself talking with the girls sister and talking with a few of the guys from around the Barrio before they watched the duo make their way to the front of the house to meet with Sweetie's Father who was once a soldier in the same war she was fighting.

Just before the song they were listening to could end though the sound of automatic gunfire filled all their ears an all-black SUV came speeding by with two African American men leaning out the window firing two separate AK-47 Assault Rifles that easily shredded the house and three people standing in front of it while everyone else took cover.

"Shit!" La Chichona yelled out with venom and fear in her tone before the shots finally ended and the vehicle drove off while the sound of everyone screaming and crying filled their heads.

New Arcadia

The sun was finally starting to set on this long day as Lee found himself enjoying the sunset with Mai at a local Vietnamese restaurant in the cities 10th Ward near the water with a smile on his face as he sat with the woman.

He had ordered the grilled chicken over white rice with an assortment of vegetables while she had ordered Shrimp Pho with a side of dumplings. She had to admit it had been a while since she'd had good Pho. It was hard to find in Los Santos but down here it seemed like there were a number of mom and pop shops run by refugees from the Vietnam War that promised authentic taste.

"So is this your way of showing me you understand my culture?" she asked with a smile while Lee merely gave her a slight chuckle.

"Nah I barely understand my own culture…all I understand is you have good food." He shot back with a chuckle as he continued to eat.

"That's what you think but you know your own culture." She replied while Lee chuckled.

"I don't speak the language and I don't know much of anything about being Chinese aside from how to look." He shot back while Mai chuckled.

"Come on your really think I learned a lot about being Vietnamese while living in South Yankton?" she asked.

"But you had both your parents in your life to show you the way." He replied earning a few seconds of silence from Mai before she finally spoke up.

"To tell you the truth sometimes I don't think I do." She replied earning a confused look from the man. "I just learned my father is one of the founding members of the Da Nang Boyz. After I learned that I just started thinking I know less and less about him and my mother." She stated while Lee remained silent before speaking up.

"You may not know them like you think you do but just be lucky they're in your life." Lee replied with a slight smile.

"What's the last thing you remember about your parents?" she asked earning a few seconds of silence from Chinese man before he smiled and spoke up.

"Back when we were still living in San Fierro I remember coming home after playing with some friends and my mom telling me that Dad was getting a new job down here in New Arcadia. So for our last week there we spent time exploring the city because we never did it while we were there." He explained with a smile. "We took a ride on the trolley, we went across the bridge, and we visited almost all areas of the city, just the three of us." He stated with a smile.

"After we got here…we never really did that anymore." He finished while lowering his head before feeling Mai grab onto his hands and move to give him a quick kiss on the cheek that he easily expected.

"Remember that moment and live with it for the rest of your life because in that memory. They're always with you." She interjected before moving to hug the Chinese man who accepted it and gave her a quick kiss on the shoulder before he heard his cellphone start to ring.

"Who is it?" she asked with a raised brow.

"Link." He replied before moving to answer the phone with a raised brow.

Sunbelt City

The sun had set on this day and the flashing red and blue lights of police cars filled the South West part of the city as Ernesto found himself pulling up with Syke O, Comanche, Chino, and El Chongo to take in the sight of Felix, Adahy, Lady Casper, and La Tortura trying to comfort both La Chichona and Sweetie as they stood by alongside the police tape with tears in their eyes.

"What happened?" asked Ernesto as he approached the group with the other men who each held mixed looks on their faces.

"They shot up Sweetie's sisters Quinceañera." Felix retorted with a hint of anger in his tone.

"Her sister got killed so did her father, aunt, and uncle. Chichona' s younger brother was also hit by a stray bullet that caught him in the head." Adahy stated with anger in his tone as Skye O moved to comfort them both while Ernesto stood by with an angry expression on his face.

"So when do we leave?" asked Comanche asked with venom in his tone as he looked to Ernesto who stood in silence and merely clenched his fist in anger.

Elsewhere

The sound of pounding on the door quickly got the attention of everyone in the safehouse as they each drew their own weapon before Mark moved for the front door and checked through the peephole to see it was before unlocking it and watching it swing open.

"About damn time." Delgado yelled out as he moved to enter the building with an angry expression on his face while Task, Alison, and Ana looked on with mixed expressions.

"I needed you to come here to end this war Marcus not make it bloodier." He yelled out while Mark rolled his eyes.

"Like I could do anything to stop these assholes from going out and killing each other." The Creole shot back with venom in his tone.

"You could have done something to stop the innocents dying." He replied with more rage then before. "I got unis swarming the South West right now because some eight-year-old kid and fifteen year old girl were hit in a drive-by." He stated earning shocked looks from the group.

"He couldn't have foreseen Orange Grove not wanting peace." Task shot back while Delgado eyed the Lakota angrily.

"Even if he didn't he knows that those gangsters in the South West aren't gonna let this slide and are already gearing up to end this shit. So I gotta ask what are you gonna about this Roman?" he yelled out while Mark stood in silence before turning to look at Alison who looked at him with a worried expression on her face before he whispered "I'm Sorry," to her before moving to follow Delgado out of the building with Task.

Liberty City

While things in Sunbelt and New Arcadia was coming to a head thing in Liberty could best be pictured as nowhere near as calm as officers from the LCPD, NOOSE, and the FIB found themselves breaking into a warehouse on the docks where they quickly noticed the bodies of several dead bodies belonging to Russian, Serbian, and Albanian Gangsters lying on the floor.

"Jesus fucking Christ." Said one man as he moved to step over a Serbian man who was riddled with bullets.

"Looks like an Eastern European party." Said another man as he moved to one of the crates in the room before forcing it open and finding that it was filled with small packages of Heroin.

"Any idea as to why this happened?" one of the Detectives asked as he removed the mask off a Russian Gangster who'd been shot point blank in the center of the throat.

"Looks like the Serbians were having a drug deal with the Albanians and the Russians came in and went Cold War on their asses." He stated causing the detective to eye him closely.

"When news of this hits the streets things are gonna get bloody." Said another officer as the group failed to notice a man of Afro-Dominican Descent and another man of Italian Descent standing across the street with mixed looks.

"You sure this was the right play we could have easily handled those fucking Ruskies." Charlies let out while Marco nodded his head.

"The Russians are a strong organization, with international reach, we could beat them, the Irish, and the Mexicans, but it would more than likely be a long war. If they're fighting the Dominicans, Italians, Jews, Albanians, and Serbians fighting alongside us. We can sit back and watch them take the heavy losses and do the most damage." Marco stated while Charlie nodded his head.

"This will put them on the defense in Liberty City, but what about Los Santos. Both of our factions don't have much pull on the West Coast in San Andreas." He stated.

"Don't worry those Russians are gonna have a lot more problem with those Aryans after what happened with BSU a couple of weeks ago." Marco replied before pulling out his cell phone as it started to ring.

"Patrick how are things going on your end." He asked earning a chuckle from the serial killer.

"All according to plan, Kenny Petrovic's daughter is now a thing of the past." The Serial Killer stated as he found himself standing over a nude Russian woman who was tied to a bed with a variety of stab wounds covering her body.

"Did you handle that thing I needed you to handle." He replied while Marco nodded his head.

"Yeah it's handled." He replied with a chuckle of his own.

Sunbelt City

The sound of soft crying resonated into the ears of Ana as she found herself walking by the bathroom of her usual room at the Milton Hotel in Downtown Sunbelt. As she moved to creek open the door she could make out the sight of a familiar redheaded woman crying her eyes out against the sink while her head was in her hand.

As Ana moved to walk into the bathroom Alison immediately whipped her head up and wiped her eyes at the sight of the IAA Agent standing before her.

"Oh I'm sorry did I bother you?" Alison asked while Ana chuckled.

"Only my maternal side." The Chinese woman replied as she moved to take a seat on the floor next to the woman. "All of this bothering you?" she asked while Alison slightly nodded her head.

"Mark told me not to get involved with situations like this because I'd only end up doing more harm than good for a volatile situation." She stated with sadness in her tone. "I didn't listen and now an eight year old boy and fifteen year old girl are dead on what was supposed to be a special day." She added as more tears started to fall from her eyes.

"You can't blame yourself for that." Ana replied while moving to sit closer to the FIB Agent. "These things happen especially in these volatile situations and you can't let that get to you. Your intentions were good so their blood is not on your hands and you need to remember that." She added with a smile.

"Yeah but the blood Mark's about to spill is on my hands." She interjected while Ana chuckled.

"When it comes to Mark I try not to think about what he does especially since I made him that way." She replied to Alison's confusion. "Mark was a killer and a gangster before he met me in Dockington. I knew what he was and I knew from the way he loved me that I could change him and make him a better person. I didn't do that though…because he was of more use to me the way he is now." She stated while Alison merely eyed her closely.

"So the blood he spills I try not to think about it because it's all a product of what I made him out to be." She finished while moving to rise to her feet and looking down at the redheaded woman.

"Now come on I had some food brought up so I can make us some dinner if you want." She replied while extending her arms to Alison who merely smiled at her before taking her arms and being pulled up by the IAA Agent who caught the FIB Agent as she fell into her arms and brought her in for a warm hug that Alison easily embraced as she hug the woman back.

Elsewhere

The sound of guns cocking filled the air outside of the Midland Housing Projects in Central Sunbelt as Ernesto found himself loading a fresh magazine into an AKM before looking to Comanche who had a set of Mini Uzi's, Syke O who had an AA-12, Felix who had AR-15, Adahy and his M16A1, Chino who was carrying an MP7, and La Tortura and Lady Casper who were both carrying MP5's.

"Alright then we're drop these Mayates for La Chichona and Sweetie." Ernesto stated earning nods from the group before they started to walk down the street and notice that the front of the Housing Complex was being guarded by three African American men in baggy clothing.

"Let's drop these Puto's!" Comanche started before a loud honking sound caught them all by surprise as an all-orange Emperor came crashing through the front gate of the Housing Complex and ran the three men down in a bloody display that left one man flipping over the top of the car before crashing down on the ground.

"What the hell?" La Tortura yelled out as the group watched the man who flipped over the car rise up and begin to draw his Pistol only to be shot once in the chest by a familiar Creole who came almost out of nowhere wearing an all-black trench coat and black pants and carrying an PDW Assault Rifle.

"The fuck's he doing here?" Asked Felix with venom in his tone as he watched Mark pull out a few smoke Grenades and toss them into the Courtyard as the Orange Grove Gangsters started to shoot back.

"THEM ESE'S HERE!" yelled out a Gangster earning mixed looks from Ernesto and the others before a series of gunshots caused them all to take cover.

"Motherfucker fucked up our element of surprise." Yelled out Lady Casper as she returned fire with La Tortura and Syke O and managed to strike down an Orange Grove Gangster as he tried to run across the street firing a Desert Eagle.

"It doesn't matter!" Ernesto yelled back as raised his Rifle and shot down two more 52's striking one in the center of the head and the other with four bullets in his stomach.

"You fucking Taco Munchers in the wrong hood." Yelled out a female gangster as she sprayed the group with a Mini Uzi before being hit by Lady Casper with a shot to the neck that left her spinning around and spraying blood everywhere.

"It's our hood now we evicting you Mayates." She yelled out before falling back as she was struck once three times in the chest by a Gangster firing a Pistol from the second floor of one of the buildings. Luckily she was wearing a vest but she still had the wind knocked out of her but the same couldn't be said for the Gangster as Chino shot him once in the face arm and watched him fall over the railing and land back first onto the hood of a blue Peyote.

"Damn you Mark!" Felix yelled out as he tried to look around for the man without realizing that the youngest Roman was much further into the Housing Complex then there group was and was shredding through any 52's that caught sight of him as he made his way up a set of stairs before taking cover as a man with a Glock fired off several shots that narrowly missed his head.

"Motherfucker!" he yelled out before taking a shot and striking the man in the hand causing him to fall back screaming before Mark grabbed him by his shirt and tossed him off the staircase.

"Look out below motherfucker!" Mark yelled out with venom in his tone.

"CAR!" yelled out Adahy as she shot down a 52 before watching as an all-black Baller came speeding towards them before Ernesto and Syke O opened fire on the vehicle shattering the windshield and striking the driver who crashed the car into the side of one of the building.

"Holy Crap!" Mark called back as he looked back and took notice of the Mexican Gangsters as they continued to fight their way through the more oncoming wave of gangsters.

"Should we help them out?" Task asked over his headpiece before using the RSASS Sniper Rifle Mark had given him to shoot down an Orange Grove Gangster who was running down the stairs with a single round to the chest that left him falling and sliding down the steps with a cracked skull and bloody nose.

"No they're fine." Mark replied as Syke O hit a man over the head with the butt of his gun before beating the man down with it then finishing him off with a blast that took the man's entire head off.

"Mayates just keep coming!" Chino yelled out as he shot down another man with several shots to the chest.

"We're in there hood but we got backup coming in!" Comanche yelled out as two more car full of Vagos and Aztecas pulled into the Housing Complex and beginning to rain down fire on the gangster who didn't have much room to escape as Syke O rained down shells from his AA-12 on the gangsters.

"I'M CLEANING HOUSE!" He yelled out while blowing a chuck of flesh off a heavy set African man of Ethopian descent and then shooting down another man who was hit in the back of the leg as he tried to run away.

"LIGHT THESE MOTHERFUCKERS UP!" Yelled an Orange Grove OG standing on the second floor of one building with an AK-47 watching as three men lit up a trio of Molotov's and started tossing them at the attacking South Siders.

"WATCH OUT!" a female Azteca yelled out as a bottle crashed down in front of her and the Cholo standing next to her and sent hot shards of glass and flaming liquid onto the both of them and causing them both to scream out in pain and agony.

"We making bean pie tonight!" the OG yelled out as he fired off a barrage of rounds that struck a Vago five times in the chest and sent them crashing backwards just as the group tossed another set of Molotov's that went crashing into a building and started to set it ablaze.

"They're fucking up their own homes." Yelled out Felix.

"Collateral Damage!" Ernesto yelled out as he drew his Magnum and aimed it at one of them who was getting ready to toss another Molotov and shooting him once in the arm causing him to drop the bottle and set all three of them a blaze while the OG tried to run for cover only to be shot down by La Tortura and Lady Casper.

"Get those mother-!" started another OG before he was met with a hard knee to the face upon stepping out his apartment as Mark knocked him to the ground and tossed a Grenade into his apartment where four other gangsters were getting ready to go out.

As the sound of the Grenade going off filled the ears of the Vagos and Azteca's Ernesto, Syke O, Comanche, and Felix each lifted their heads and finally caught sight of the youngest Roman as he shot a gangster in the chest before turning his weapon and shooting another man in the face and then returning back to the first man and shooting him in the head.

"There's that bitch!" said Adahy as Syke O and Ernesto watched closely as Mark ran at an Orange Grove Gangster and grabbed onto him to use his body as a bullet shield while two more gangsters behind him started to open fire.

"Shit we just shot the Homie!" one of the men yelled out before Mark shot him in the chest then pushed the dead gangster into the second man who fell under the weight of the corpse and dropped his gun.

"You a fucking dead mother-." The downed gangster started before Mark jumped up and came down feet first on the man's throat with enough force to shatter his larynx and cause him to cough up blood.

"No you are!" said Mark with a sick smile as he continued on his campaign to G-Trak's apartment where he could see the man firing rounds from an AK-74 Assault Rifle onto the group of Vagos and Azteca's and catching one man in the back and paralyzing him from the waist down.

"GOTCHA!" Mark yelled out as he went crashing through the window and knocking the man to the ground and started to punch him in the face.

"Cover me!" Ernesto yelled out as he started to run towards G-Trak's apartment while five Orange Grove Gangsters took shots at him as he went.

"Cover La Jefe!" Syke O yelled out as he fired off several shots that took out one of the men while Felix shot down another two with Adahy.

As the last man finally caught a bead on Ernesto and moved to squeeze the trigger on his gun the sight of a golf ball size hole being blown into his head caught everyone off-guard as they each looked on with confused expressions before finally lifting their heads upward and catching sight of a familiar Lakota standing on top of one of the buildings with a serious look on his face as he lowered his Sniper Rifle and eyed the group closely before a loud crashing sound followed by a muffled scream filled their ears causing them to turn around and notice a heavy set dark skinned African American man trying to rise to his feet with blood leaking from his mouth from where he'd been given a Glasgow Smile courtesy of the youngest Roman who stepped out of the apartment and looked down at the group before retreating while Task did the same.

"Motherfucker's!" G-Trak yelled out as he moved to pick up one of the Pistols off his head homies before Ernesto cut him off and started beating him to death with the handle of his Magnum before shooting him once in the head and finally killing him.

"I thought we were gonna bring him back to La Chichona?" asked Chino with a stunned expression his face.

"She wouldn't want someone's sloppy seconds." Ernesto retorted as the sound of police sirens started to fill the air and caused them all to retreat.

Hours Later

The smell of food easily filled the nose of Marcus Roman as he found himself walking in the hotel room he often frequented with Ana whenever they stayed in the city of Sunbelt. It was late so he didn't expect either of the women to still be awake.

As he moved to step into the living room he started to remove his jacket but before he could so he felt a pair of much smaller hands grab onto him and start to help him in the act and as he looked back he caught sight of the familiar Chinese standing behind him with an emotionless look on her face.

"Did I wake you?" he asked with worry in his tone.

"We haven't been doing much sleeping since you left." She replied while looking to the bedroom causing Mark to follow her gaze.

"How is she?" he asked.

"As you would expect…you need to talk to her and let her know that none of what happened here today is her own fault." She stated earning a slight nod from Mark who moved to give the Chinese woman a quick kiss on the forehead.

"Thank you for being here for her." He replied before moving to walk past the woman and enter the bedroom where he noticed the redheaded woman sitting on the edge of the bed with her head in her hands.

The sight of her in such a manner seemed to make his heart sink from his chest and down to his bowels.

As he moved to take a seat on the bed beside her and finally notice the sniffling in her voice. He then moved to rub her back in a soothing manner that seemed to calm her down and as she moved to look up at him she noticed his warm smile staring back down at her.

"Do you want to know a story?" he asked earning a raised brow from the woman who watched him layback with an emotionless expression. "When I was kid running the Westside of Dockington for the BGA there was a conflict, a war going on between this gang called the Westside G's and some Ballas. The war was over something petty, a girl If I remember right." He started while Alison eyed him closely.

"I tried my best to bring them to peace but neither side wanted it and innocent people were getting caught in the crossfire and the BGA were breathing down on me for it. So I did the one thing I told myself and Link told me not to do…I picked a side." He stated with anger in his tone.

"The side of picked ended up shooting up an OG's house while his kid was having a birthday party…and the shooters knew. They saw that big ass bounce house in their front yard and riddled it with bullets. They killed his son…five years old and I watched him bleed out in his father's arms helpless." He finished with a slight smile.

"What I'm trying to tell you is sometimes you try to do the right thing with the best intentions at heart but when you're working with these type of people…you're doing more harm than good. We can't stop all things so it's best to just…let them play out." He finished while looking at the carpeted floor.

"Children died today." She whispered out.

"And more would have died if this war continued and tonight it ended." He replied earning a slight chuckle from Alison.

"So in a way I got what I wanted." She drunkenly let out with sarcasm staining her words.

"That's one way of looking at it, but it's not the best way in my eyes." He interjected while Alison continued to remain silent before resting her head on his right shoulder and causing Mark to wrap his arm over her shoulder and continued to rub her skin and slightly shudder at his touch.

"Kiss me!" she ordered to his surprise and confusion as he turned to face her before puckering his lips and pressing them against her.

As he moved to break the kiss though he was immediately stopped as Alison pulled him closer to her and moved to slide her hands under his shirt and feel his toned stomach and his muscles. This drew a low moan from the Creole as he felt her poke at his lips with her tongue begging for entrance that he quickly gave and became even more excited as he felt her take his right hand and slide it into the front of her pants where Mark then proceeded to massage both of her lips and causing the woman to let out a low moan.

As she opened her eyes though she immediately could see that the both of them were being watched by a familiar Chinese woman from the doorway. This prompted the redheaded woman to lift her finger and motion for her to come here prompting a confused expression from Mark before he felt a pair of soft hands on his back and kisses along his shoulders.

The feeling of Ana's tongue rubbing against his neck seemed to bring more and more lust into his body as he felt her run her hands down the front of his pants and begin to stroke him through his pants and leave him moaning in pleasure before looking back and kissing the Chinese woman who forced her tongue into his mouth while Alison merely ripped off his white t-shirt and proceeded to kiss his chest and toned muscles.

After a few more kisses Mark then moved to kiss Alison on the lips bringing a slight smile to the face of the FIB Agent who moved back and watched as he kissed the IAA Agent with a fiery passion that left them both somewhat blinded by love and lust.

As they broke away Mark sent a look back to Alison who was looking to Ana and quickly moved towards her both her surprise and Mark seeing Alison pucker her lips and press them against Ana's before sliding her tongue into the woman's mouth seemed to bring more excitement and lust into the heart of the youngest Roman as he couldn't help but to touch himself while Ana's hands moved down to grab a hold of Alison's rather tight and firm ass while the redheaded took to handfuls of her breast and gently squeezed them before moving down to kiss her chest.

The Chinese woman then moved to grab the head of the youngest Roman and force him to into the bare chest of Alison where he proceeded to plant several kisses along her breast before taking her right nipple into his mouth and beginning to swirl his tongue around it to feel it stiffen against his tongue.

As he moved down to pull down her pants and lay her on the bed Mark could feel his own pants being loosed as Ana removed his belt and undid his pants with incredible speed before pulling his erection out of his pants and quickly running her tongue from the base of his shaft all the way up to his tip and run her tongue along his head and then take him down her throat.

"Shit!" he moaned out before looking down and watching the Chinese woman suck him off and touch herself with such vigor that seemed to draw out a beast in him as he turned back to Alison and started to quickly tongue her pussy.

This position seemed to create an "Action for Every Reaction Effect" between the trio. As Ana hummed against him cock, Mark let out a loud groan that caused him to press down harder on Alison's already stiffened clit and force her to let out a loud howl of pleasure as she gripped the bed sheets until her palms were almost bloodshot.

As Ana moved to take him all the way down her throat she couldn't help but to form a slight smile as she felt Mark's member pulsate along her tongue like healthy veins in somethings neck and in doing so Mark took his tongue off Alison's sweet spot and move it down to the place on her body that he has yet to have the pleasure of penetrating.

Once he did so he felt the woman give a sharp moan and a slight chuckle as she felt his tongue squirm against her anus thankful that she had cleaned up before they'd started.

"AHHH!" Ana moaned out as she took Mark's member out of her mouth and noticed a few drops of precum already start to spill out onto the floor. "Switch!" she moaned out to Mark and Alison, the latter of whom quickly shared a kiss with Ana before moving to get on her knees while Ana moved to lay her back on the bed.

Then almost at once the group went back to the oral exploration as Mark now found his nose being tickled by the woman's pubic hair as he tongued her clit and massaged her lips while Alison ran her tongue along his urethra and lapped up the drops of precum that Ana had left for her.

As the group continued on for a few moments Mark decided to pick up the pace as he forced two fingers into Ana and proceeded to churn her insides until she fell back onto the bed like jelly and melted into the sheets with a satisfied look on her face and a rather juicy looking flower that Mark started at hungrily before he felt a palm on his shoulder and look to notice Alison sitting next to him staring in bewilderment at Ana's moist flower.

He didn't even know she had stopped sucking him off and as he looked down he quickly realized why as she continued to stroke him off with her wet right hand while keeping her eyes on the IAA Agent. Then to both their shock and surprise she said something that neither of them were expecting. "I want to try!"

Before Mark and Ana could even register what just left her mouth the FIB Agent's mouth was already upon the IAA's Agent's moist snatch. This surprised them both but Ana couldn't help but to moan out as she felt Alison's tongue gently stroke and massage her clit. This was her first time eating another woman's out and she never assumed she would be doing so. She didn't see herself as a lesbian or bicurious, but she had to admit that there was some feeling for Ana inside of her. Feelings that were just as strong as her's towards Mark.

As she continued to eat her out Mark couldn't help but to massage the redheaded woman as she worked. She was inexperienced but was mostly going off things she knew Mark would do whenever he was eating her out and so far she was doing rather well.

"How is she?" Mark asked while moving to kiss Ana on the forehead.

"So much better than you." The Chinese woman shot back with a chuckle earning a laugh from Mark before they both shared a kiss that caught the attention of Alison who pulled herself up and quickly joined the duo.

"She's ready for you." Alison moaned out as she continued to finger Ana's moist cut before biting the lip of Mark who merely nodded his head before positioning himself at the edge of the bed and began to slide himself inside of the woman who gave a low moan of pleasure as Mark entered her womanhood and shuddering at the feeling of being one with her again.

"That's it big boy." She said with a chuckle causing Mark to say something in French knowing how well it turned her own.

As she moved to lay back on the bed she quickly looked up and noticed Alison positioning herself over her head so that her own flower hanging just over Ana's head drawing a smile from the woman who quickly stuck her tongue out and started to eat the woman's pussy.

The feeling of having a woman doing it felt rather different but it also had somewhat more pleasure to it then when Mark did it. People always say a woman knows a woman's body better but it was something Alison never wanted to test out until now and she'd wished that she'd tried it sooner.

As he moved to grab her breast she couldn't help but to stare longingly in the eyes of Mark who moved to give her a quick kiss as he continued to thrust himself into Ana's moist cunt while the woman continued to tongue the FIB Agent from below.

("Tu aimes ça?")

"Do you like that?" Mark asked her and earning a smile from Ana who pulled her lips back from Alison's and replied.

("Shì de, suǒyǐ tíngzhǐ tánhuà bìng jìxù qiánjìn!)

"Yes so stop talking and keep going." She retorted causing Mark to increase his speed and slap her on the hip and keep going while she moaned out in great pleasure before finally having her second orgasm and falling back while Mark pull out of her to keep from spilling his load.

This soon drew a smile to the face of Alison who got off the face of Ana climbed on top of her so that she could give her a long passionate kiss before pulling away and looking Ana in the eyes and saying, "I love you!"

Her words seemed to cause the woman's eyes to widen as she looked up at her and noticed the serious look on her face before watching her look back at Mark and rubbing his cheek. "I love the both of you." She said with tears beginning to form in her eyes and creating an ripple effect on both Mark and Ana who started each started to feel tears form in their own eyes.

Mark was the first to break the silence as he moved to kiss Alison with great passion before Ana pulled her away from him and down to face her so that she could share her own kiss with the woman. The IAA Agent then wrapped her legs around Alison who gave a low moan as she felt Ana rub her womanhood against hers in a manner that seemed to bring great pleasure to the both of them.

The sight of which seemed to give Mark his own boost as he quickly climbed onto the bed and started to slid his member into Alison's slick walls before starting to pound into her while Ana continued to rub herself against her.

The duel types of pleasure seemed to leave Alison moaning out while rolling her eyes into the back of her head at the feeling of such bliss.

Mark then groaned as he thrusted deeper and deeper into her and earning a loud cry from the FIB Agent that was only magnified as Ana took her breast in her mouth and proceeded to suck and leave a series of hickeys across her chest.

"Spank me!" she screamed out to the youngest Roman completely lost to the world around her as Mark continued to slap her white thighs until they were almost bloodshot red and bit down on the back of her neck as he continued to slide in and out of her.

Alison grew louder and louder with each thrust and rub from both killers and soon she found herself trying to hold in her orgasm but before long she had to finally let it out almost at the same time as Mark and Ana. The former of whom managed to fire off a small amount of his load into the woman before pulling out and spraying the rest on both women's woman hood before dropping onto the bed like a ton of rocks and finding that he was almost paralyzed by the pleasure.

Because of so both women merely pulled him into their arms before they each finally passed out and fell asleep.

The Next Day

The news of the attack in New Arcadia left Mark with a bad taste in his mouth as he found himself sitting in a bar with an angry expression on his face as he watched a broken-down television with Task that was broadcasting about the terrorist attacks within the city that left some of the country's most familiar beer factories nothing but ash.

"Guess that breaks your two weeks of peace and the rule of no violence on Sunday." Task stated while both he and Mark nodded their heads as they also took in the sight of the burning church within the 10th Ward.

"We both knew Neto was gonna come back on us for what Lee did in Rancho. We just thought he would come directly at us and not the city." Mark responded while Task nodded his head.

"So what happens now?" the Lakota asked before the sound of the front door opening up and shuffling feet moving into the direction of him and Task.

"I knew you'd come!" the Creole let out as he turned his head along with Task and spotted both Felix and Adahy sitting behind them.

"You did a good really good job cleaning up your mess." Felix yelled out with venom on his tone.

"And what mess are you referring to?" he asked with an emotionless look on his face.

"You went to G-Trak and you didn't tell him about peace, you told him where we'd be and where Sweetie and Chichona would be. They went to kill them and ended up killing their loved one so that blood is on you…both of you." Felix yelled out as he looked to both Task and Mark with Adahy standing behind him looking at Task with anger on his face.

"First off…leave Task and Screeching Whale behind you out of our shit Felix. Task isn't picking a side in all of this where as someone else is." Mark replied while looking to Adahy. "He's in it for the money and he's being accommodated unlike your new best friend." He stated before looking back to Felix.

"Enough with this…you may have Ernesto fooled but I know that's why you had to get to G-Trak first because he could expose you." Felix stated while Mark merely chuckled.

"You believe he's fooled because of our relationship but in reality you're the bigger fool for coming to me with a half-made puzzle." Mark replied with a hint of humor in his tone. "Tell me Felix…who do you think really ran over that kid. Some black guy who got drunk whose cousin just so happens to be an OG in Orange Grove or some black guy who came to me with a problem and a hot car that I took and delivered a solution." He replied to the shock of both men.

"I knew you'd retaliate against them for it and I made them believe that they weren't in the wrong." Mark started as he remained his conversation with G-Trak weeks prior. "I even gave some of them the hardware to fight this war and you're right I did tell them the address, but where you're wrong is when you say that I didn't know about your friend's party…I know everything most of you are doing and who you associate with remember." Mark replied as he pointed to Felix's cellphone which bulged out of his pocket.

"You had innocent people murdered." Felix stated with anger in his voice while Task sat back with a look of amazement.

"Did I?" Mark asked with a raised brow. "That one girl she has R.I.P. Carlos tattooed on her stomach. She was there when our good friend Cheta lost part of her family. In fact she was the one who put a bullet in the head of her aunt. She brought a family into this…the Rifa's wanted the same and I felt partly responsible so I decided to help them out." He finished.

"People lost their kids?" Felix shouted.

"People have been losing their kids long before that war was started so what makes your girl better then ours hmm?" Mark shouted back with venom in his tone as Felix moved to throw a punch his way only to be stopped as Mark grabbed his arm and slammed him head first on the bar and as Adahy moved to pounce on the Creole he heard the cock of a gun on the side of his head and quickly noticed a man of Mexican and Argentinean descent standing behind him.

"You may have been able to match up with Lee but me…healthy I'm way out of your league." Mark started with a chuckle. "And your too stupid to realize that you're standing in a bar with two people who don't drink so what reasons would we have for being here?" Mark asked as Felix looked around and noticed a series of red-wearing gangsters starting to stand from their seats and approach the duo.

"FUCK YOU!" Felix screamed out.

"Because I've spilled enough blood here and I'm in such a good mood…I'm gonna let the both of you go and you can go to Ernesto with what I've told you but we both know Ernesto won't believe you. That story is a little to…complex with too many holes that you're filling with my name. He won't believe you so if you feel like you want to…exact revenge yourself. Do remember that there is a greenlight against you in New Arcadia and no matter where you go in the city…I have people watching you and you'll be killed and no revenge will be taken. So keep that in mind." He finished before pushing Neto away and into the arms of Adahy who managed to catch him before holding him back as the Rifa's continued to train their weapons on them.

"This shit ain't over?" Felix yelled out while Mark chuckled.

"It is if you know what's good for you." Mark replied before watching the duo leave the bar before taking his seat back at the bar and ordering a Ginger Ale.

Authors Note: And there you have it for this chapter of New Arcadia everyone. It hasn't been that long since the last update because I've had a lot of free time with this Christmas break.

I know there was a lot going on in this chapter. Mark and Lee trying to train all the new members of his faction more so that they can be of more use in a fight. Mai being in this chapter was unexpected at first but it's a direct result to the last chapter of Onkwehonwe's last chapter of Concrete Jungle which takes place right after this chapter.

The gang/race war between black and brown in Sunbelt is kinda based on a similar war that took place on The Shield, but Mark planning it out and forcing it as a direct result of what happened to Cheta well that was my own little touch of things.

You gotta admit Onkwehonwe you didn't see this coming, did you?

And on to the lemon don't think of it that was just something that was out of the blue there was a reason for it and if you caught that last scene Patrick had something to do with it.

Thank you all for reading stick around for next chapter as the newest enemy to Mark finally shows their face and Mark, Lee, Jimmy, and even Felix find themselves in the crosshairs of this new throat.

Have a nice night Zilla 2000 out.

Also be sure to check out my newest story on Fictionpress, titled Of Eden and Gore tomorrow.