Chapter 70: So Hard to Say Goodbye
New Arcadia (One Week Later)
Ring
Ring
Ring
It was the familiar sound of Mark's cellphone that broke him from his early morning routine of showering, shaving, and brushing his teeth before reaching out in order to pick up the device and bring it to his ear.
"You know I hate early mornings, right?" Mark asked while rubbing the sleep from his exhausted eyes.
"You the motherfucker who told me to call you when I landed." The familiar voice of his middle-born brother called out causing Mark to let out another low groan.
"Right…the address you need to go to is already programmed on your burner. Take a Taxi there and they'll hook you up with what you need." Mark spoke out with little emotion in his tone.
"I can follow a map." Marrick replied while Mark chuckled.
"Be safe out there brother." Mark.
"Don't worry about me little brother take care of your own shit." The Roman Brother spoke out before hanging up on Mark with the youngest Roman finishing cleaning himself up and making his way out of the bathroom and back into his bedroom where he noticed an empty space on the opposite side of his bed that caused him to let out a low hum.
He then moved to make his way into the kitchen and becoming completely awestruck by what he noticed standing at his sink making a breakfast that consisted of strawberries, blueberries, and cut bananas.
There at his sink was a familiar multi-colored haired woman of Japanese descent dressed in only a pair of sky blue sleep shorts and a white wife-beater with nothing underneath. This was Mark's first time really seeing Ren out of the bed after their excursion with Paul and his people. Unlike himself, Ana, and the other kidnapped party, she and Alison were the most disturbed by the brutal display of torture.
She often stayed in bed and had even avoided eating meat. She'd seen death and combat, but she hadn't seen something so…brutal.
He didn't want to sneak up on her, especially when she had a knife in her hands, so he merely moved for the refrigerator and reached on top for a box of cereal and catching Ren by surprise.
"You scared me!" she let out while reaching for her heart as Mark moved to walk over towards her with the box in hand.
"You've been jumpy lately." He retorted while sliding the box towards her.
"I think I got a right to be." She muttered while looking at the floor before being taken off-guard by the feeling of Mark wrapping his arms around her and pulling her in for a tight hug that she didn't resist.
"I would say you'd never be put through something like that again, but-." He started only for the girl to cut him off.
"I know already, just don't make jokes the entire time." She let out before giving Mark a small smile that he easily returned before moving to kiss the top of the woman's head causing her to let out a low breath of air that caressed his chin and caused him to pull her in closer.
"I got your back!" he whispered out while feeling as the Japanese woman gently ran her hands down his side in a soothing manner that left him slightly shivering at her touch.
Before either could act more on the situation, a loud pounding at the front door quickly caused them to separate with Mark reaching for his M1911 and moving for the door while Ren slowly crept up behind him and watched him look out the window before giving a low groan of frustration and moving to open the door.
Once the doorknob was turned and the door swung open Ren was greeted by a familiar female BSU member standing on the other side with her right arm wrapped in a sling.
"Tasha!" Ren greeted with a raised brow.
"What brings you here." Mark pointed out with little emotion in his tone.
"No…we're going to have guest." She retorted earning a raised brow from the youngest Roman.
Meanwhile
Clack Clack
This was the all too familiar sound to Lee as he found himself sitting inside of the BSU Clubhouse with an anger filled expression written across his face as he pumped his Shotgun with little emotion in his eyes.
It was Get Back time for him and many of the BSU members, their target…The Psychos and the for their actions at the wedding of Marshall. This would be the first of many Get Back's to come and not their toughest opposition.
New Arcadia (Weeks Prior)
The sound of running slamming across the ground was the first thing that caught the attention of Nikki as she found herself sitting at the bar of the BSU operated club enjoying a lunch that consisted of four Slider Burgers, French fries, and some Pork Ribs that left Tup's mouthwatering at the sight.
"Where'd you get that from?" he asked with a raised brow.
"I ordered it from the kitchen." She replied in a nonchalant tone before passing the man of Filipino descent the menu.
"We serve food here now?" he asked while looking over the menu that included mostly snackable foods like sliders, nachos, chicken wings, various other finger food.
"Mark's finally opened his eyes and realized that if you want people here forever you got to feed them as well." She stated while taking a bite out of a pork rib before watching Tup take a seat beside her and turning his attention to the woman behind the bar.
"Hey can I have what she's having." He asked earning a nod from the woman before she retreated back into the kitchen.
"Can I join in?" came a new thick Southern accent that caught the duo by surprise and caused them to look back at a new face that was becoming annoying.
"The fuck are you still doing here?" Nikki asked with her Irish accent filling the air.
"Dude we made peace with your Dixie Mafia buddies and you're not kidnapped anymore." Tup stated while eyeing Dewey closely. "So you don't have to be around us anymore." He added while eyeing the man closely.
"And what you expect me to just go back to them and expect them not to shoot me?" he asked with his own accent smearing his words. "Nah they lost a lot of guys trying to protect me from you guys and the only way I can really pay them back is with my pretty head on a stick. So, I'm sticking around." he stated while moving to take a seat next to the duo.
"Can you at least shower before you come here?" Tup asked with some disgust in his tone.
Before Dewey could even answer the question the sound of the double doors to the club opening filled the ears of the trio who watched as two familiar faces strolled onto the dancefloor.
"Kyra!" Tup let out with a raised brow.
"Well if it ain't everyone's favorite Guinea." Nikki let out with a mouth full of food as she caught sight of Charlie with a smile.
"Show some respect you fucking Paddie!" the IAA Contractor let out earning a chuckle from the woman. "Now tell your boss to unshack himself up with Ana so we can get back to business." He added earning raised brows from both BSU members.
"Neither of them are here…and neither is your man Tully." Came a familiar voice that caused the duo to turn their heads and notice Jill walking down towards the bar with a familiar blonde haired man sitting in a wheel chair.
"Well if ain't meals on wheels." Charlie joked earning an anger filled look from Link.
"I can walk stupid, I just have to train myself to do so again." Link let out with anger in his tone while Jill stood behind him with a serious look on her face before speaking.
"If you haven't heard someone snatched up Lee and Buck at a friend of ours funeral and we haven't been in contact with either of them or Mark or Ana since it happened." She added while approaching the duo with a serious look.
"Jimmy, Thire, Eddy, Ren, and even Alison are all missing as well." Tup added with some sadness in his tone.
"Why are we just hearing about this?" Kyra asked with a raised brow.
"We thought it might have been you who snatched um up again…just like last time." Jill replied with some venom in her tone while Charlie eyed her angrily.
"Well something ain't adding up here?" Dewey let out.
"And who the fuck are you supposed to be?" Charlie asked with venom in his tone.
"It wasn't us Jill." He retorted with some venom in his tone while Nikki looked out the windows of the club and noticed several silhouettes moving around outside.
"Then if not you then-." Jill started before the sound of her cellphone vibrating quickly caught her attention.
"GET DOWN!" Nikki screamed out at the top of her lungs while watching as the silhouettes each lifted their arms to reveal a series of weapons that they then used to unload into the club prompting Jill to knock Link to the floor before ducking down with everyone else to avoid the bullets.
"Perfect fucking timing." Nikki called out while drawing her Pistol and firing three shots out the door while Tup did the same before reaching under the bar and pulling the Remington 870 off it's rack and firing it out the damaged windows and receiving a sea of chatter in a foreign language.
"Russians!" Kyra called out before both she and Charlie reached into their jacket pockets and pulled out their Beretta's and unloading on the shadow of one man and hitting him several times in his chest.
"When did you guys piss off more Russians?" Link asked while crawling behind the cabinet and taking a side next to Dewey and Jill.
"I think these are the same Russians just angrier!" Jill called out while firing two shots out the window and hitting one Russian man in the shoulder.
"And with full knowledge that our heavy hitters aren't here." Tup spoke out with some fear in his tone.
"They ain't here, but we're all we need." Nikki spoke out while firing another barrage out the window and causing two Russians dodge just as Link's cellphone started to ring.
"Hopefully that's good news." Tup called out while dodging more rounds that ripped the bar and rained glass and liquor on the group.
"Palmer please tell me you're nowhere near a bunch of Russians." Link called out over the gunfire only to be met with more gunfire on the other end of the phone.
"FUCK Russians we're being hit by Armenians!" the redheaded woman called out from the other end of the phone as she kneeled behind a series of crates and the BSU docks headquarters with Ethan, Sullivan, and twelve other BSU members as they stood around the waterfront firing off their weapons in the direction of five brown cars that had broke through the gates with a series of men and women jumping out and opening fire on them.
"They're trying to flank us." Ethan yelled out at the top of his lungs as he stood behind a crate firing an M4A1 while Sullivan fired a barrage of rounds from a Mac-10 that managed to hit an Armenian Gangster several times before watching as another armed with a Mini Uzi ran up from behind his cover and shot a BSU member in the neck.
"Sam!" Ethan called out before racking his Rifle and blowing out the windows of one Armenian vehicle.
"Our guys at the docks are being hit." Link yelled out while looking to Tup who was on a video call with a female BSU member with long black hair and a nose piercing.
"Jenny what's going on?" he asked with some concern in his tone as he noticed BSU members falling at a barrage of gunfire.
"The Russians knew about our stash houses they're hitting us now-AHHH!" the woman started before screaming out in agony as a bullet struck her in the side and embedded itself into her kidney before several others shredded her cellphone.
"First Cambodians now we got Russians and Armenians." Tup spoke out with venom in his tone after seeing the woman get shot.
"You can add Ballas to that list as well." Jill added earning looks from the group. "They're hitting Marrick and the Roman Boyz, Mark's mother took a bullet." She added earning mixed looks from the group.
"You bastards!" Nikki screamed out before jumping out and firing a well-placed shot that struck one Russian through the chest that bounced around and completely shredded his inside.
"Any of you have an idea?" Kyra asked before a bullet whizzed over her head while Link found himself looking down at his still weak legs with an anger filled expression on his face then back to his phone where he could hear Palmer yelling orders to the BSU members who seemed as they were being completely overwhelmed why the hail of gunfire from the Armenians.
"We need to do something before they rush us." Charlie called out with venom in his tone.
"You were in the military why don't you do something or where's Marco?" Tup asked with venom of his own.
"How about I throw you out there with them." The IAA Contractor yelled out before the sound of bullets hitting the door caught the attention of everyone.
"They're coming through the door." Tup yelled out while aiming the Shotgun at the door and racking off a slug that managed to strike the first Russian to peek his head inside right between the eyes and saw off most of his face.
"Damn!" Link whispered out before lowering his head until he felt something poking him in the side causing him to turn his head and notice Dewey staring at him with a slight smile.
"You fall for that ruse to?" he asked causing Link's eyebrow to raise before he looked down and noticed that the scars he'd received from his incident with Neto falsely removing his kidney's.
"Ruse!" Link spoke out before a bullet whizzed by his head that immediately broke him from his concentration and brought an anger filled expression across his face.
"Palmer-!" he started earning confused looks from the group. "Can any of you get to the warehouse?"
"Yeah we're all over it." She replied earning a nod from the man.
"There should be four RPG's in a crate hidden under the floorboards near the boats…use them." He ordered earning silence and surprised looks from everyone around him.
"What but Mark told us that we can't use those things anymore." She stated.
"Mark ain't here and your lives are in danger…so make the smart choice that will keep all of you alive and blow those motherfuckers to hell." Link ordered earning a few seconds of silence from the woman before she gave the order to Ethan and the others.
"Okay that helps them…but what about us?" Charlie asked in anger.
"There are probably Snipers watching the roof top, but we got something in the attic." Link stated to the group's confusion. "Jill and Kyra you need to get there while we cover the door." He ordered earning mixed looks from the two women.
"I hope you're right about this." Kyra spoke out before she and Jill ducked their heads down and rushed for the staircase of the club while Charlie, Tup, and Nikki provided them covering fire.
While they continued to fight off the Russians, Ethan found himself watching in fear as a BSU member was shot off the roof of the warehouse and fell face first into the murky waters before firing off his final several shots and ducking down as two Armenians came at him from the side.
"GET DOWN!" Palmer screamed out at the top of her lungs causing Ethan and the others to lift their heads and look on with wide eyes as the woman fired a Rocket from one of the RPG's with little regard for her nearby comrades.
Lucky for her no BSU members were hurt from the resulting explosion of the Rocket colliding with the side of one of the Armenians car however several of their gangsters were caught in the blast and many were reeling from the force of the explosion.
"What the fuck?" yelled out
"Nobody said these guys were armed like this." An Armenian woman yelled out before another explosion went off courtesy of Sullivan firing an RPG of his own that slammed into another vehicle and left a few Armenians running for cover.
"We got them on the run." Palmer called out with venom in her tone and a smile on her face before stealing a line from Mark's commands.
"Pursue and Destroy!"
While the BSU members at the docks were turning the tide of battle at the docks Jill and Kyra found themselves arriving in the attic and to their surprise see a series of military crates placed in lines across the floor.
"Holy Shit!" Jill called out before opening up a crate a pulling out an M32 Grenade Launcher and a belt of 40mm Grenades for the weapon.
"I think we know now where Mark hid the heavy weapons." Kyra spoke out while reaching into a Crate and pulling out Mark's Barret Sniper Rifle.
"Your bosses aren't gonna like this." Jill spoke out while Kyra sent her a look.
"They aren't the ones being shot at." The British woman spoke out before both she and Jill made their way over to the window and quickly turned the tide of the battle.
Sunbelt City (Present)
Proud
The was the first thing to come to the mind of Lee after he'd heard the story of how his BSU brothers managed to fight attacks from the Russians, Armenians, and Ballas. They had to break the rules Roland had sanctioned on them to do it, but in that moment and even in this one…he, Mark, and Jimmy were all proud of the group.
Now was the time for them to finished what their opposition started…and this time the heavy hitters were here to step.
Before Lee could think more on the matter though he was interrupted by Buck who approached him with his cellphone in his hands.
"It's the boss!" Buck stated earning a look from Lee who took the phone before pressing it to his ear with an annoyed look on his face.
"Please don't tell me you're calling this off?" he stated earning a series of look from Jimmy and the other BSU members who eyed the Chinese man as he let out four loud yeah's before giving off a groan of anger before hanging up the phone.
"Change of plans we're going back to the club." Lee ordered earning a series of confused looks from the group.
"What's happening?" Jimmy asked while giving his brother a raised brow.
"We're having unexpected house guest." Lee answered earning more raised brows from the group who watched him lower his Shotgun while Buck gave him a loud scoff.
"Hopefully the others are having more fun than we are then." He stated before moving to take off his bulletproof vest.
Vinewood Hills
BANG
BANG
BANG
These were the first things that immediately caught the attention of Daniel and Tavit as they found themselves jumping up from their seats in an Armenian Restaurant as shards of glass and bullets came flying through the window and struck the backs and chest of three Armenian Gangsters who didn't see the bullets coming.
"Get Down!" Daniel screamed out pulling Tavit to the ground as more bullets proceeded to fly by their heads and take out more Armenians who were unfortunate enough to be standing in place.
"Damn!" Tavit yelled out in anger.
The group was in the middle of meeting and whoever was hitting them had them completely cut off.
"Who's doing the shooting?" Tavit yelled out with venom in his tone.
"BULLSHITTERS!" Anya screamed out before ducking down as a bullet whizzed over her head and caused her to drop her Pistol on the ground while Daniel, Tavit and Israel returned fire with Ivanka and Cakes.
"The Roman?" Tavit asked with a raised brow before looking to Ivanka who peeked her head from the window and noticed several dark clad men standing in firing positions unloading Submachine Guns into the restaurant.
"It's a bunch of white-." She started before immediately being silenced as a 5.56 Round tore through right cheek with enough force to saw through her tongue, shatter her teeth, rip through her left cheek and leave blood spewing from her mouth.
"Ivanka!" Cakes screamed out with fear in her tone before moving to check on the girl only to duck back into cover as five bullets hit the ground in front of her and left her rethinking her options.
"I hate hurting pretty girls but a long lasting scar sounds like an effective enough message." The Iceman whispered out under his breath as he fired two more shots in Cakes direction causing her to retreat back into cover.
"TAVIT!" Israel screamed out while sliding the Armenian Gangster an AK-47 to which the gangster took without question before raising back up and firing a barrage of rounds that managed to hit one BSU member four times in the chest and send him crumbling to the ground while the others moved to cover him.
"Cover him!" yelled out a bald BSU member of Puerto Rican and Irish descent as he raised his MP7 Submachine Gun and unloaded onto the restaurant while two more BSU members moved to grab their downed brother and drag him to cover.
"Oh you think your bad don't you." The Iceman whispered out before shooting a young Armenian gangster armed with an Mini Uzi in the chest, before doing the same to another man in his early twenties with a four piece to the gut that left his insides spilling out, and upon moving to look for the third he spotted another gangster of Armenian and German descent before taking him out with five shots to his legs and chest.
"Fucking bitches!" Daniel cried out as he and Israel moved to fire their own weapons out the window and hit a BSU member in the leg.
"SMOKE UM!" the former Marine yelled out before watching as the Puerto Rican BSU member and a Caucasian BSU member with an undercut to reach into a nearby car, pulling out four silver canisters, duct taping the top and tossing them into the restaurant to the shock of the Armenians.
"What the fuck is that Air Freshener?" Anya asked with venom in her tone before the canisters started to spray out a murky white cloud into the air that immediately filled the room and left the Armenians coughing and grabbing their eyes.
"What is this?" Israel asked with venom in his tone.
"Homemade Tear Gas they're trying to smoke us out." Tavit yelled out while moving to cover his mouth and eyes.
When Mark had agreed to Neto's terms to demilitarize the BSU members in Los Santos one thing that may seem meaningless that was included in that list was Smoke Grenades and Tear Gas Canisters.
This didn't mean the group couldn't make their own though.
With only a few peppers that had been left to ferment in alcohol, like Vodka, and poured into a household can of soup, beans, or even air freshener the group had managed to create an effective weapon to use against their enemies.
"Iceman!" The Puerto Rican man called out earning a nod from the man who layed down covering fire before watching as the BSU members each loaded up into their vehicles while continuing to shoot out the windows into the restaurant.
Mark had only wanted to send the group a message and he didn't want his own side to take too many causalities. Two injured brothers was one to many for the band of seven, so now was the time for them to take their leave.
…But not before upping the score just a little more.
"I think they're leaving!" Daniel called out while Israel gave him a smile.
"This is Vinewood, LSPD must already be in route." He spoke out before looking back to his brother who could only look on with wide eyes filled with fear as he watched almost in slow motion as a 5.56 Round came flying through an open window and struck Israel in the back of the head and creating a golf ball sized hole in his cranium while his blood and brain matter sprayed across Daniels's face.
"NO!" Lisa screamed out at the top of her lungs while Daniel completely froze in fear at the sight of his brother hitting the floor with a loud thump that seemed to resonate across the gang members.
"Now we're one for one." The Iceman whispered out before giving a smile and moving to come climb into a car with a blonde-haired Caucasian man who quickly sped away from the location with the other BSU members trailing behind.
"NO, THEY'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS!" Daniel screamed out as loud as his lungs would carry while the other Armenian gangsters quickly surrounded him.
Davis
POP GOES THE WEASEL
The songful melody was the first thing to catch the attention of Ant who quickly lifted his head with several other Balla members as they found themselves stepping out of the newly constructed gas station near Grove Street with a raised brow as the grew noticed a white Ice Cream truck driving down the road.
"When the fuck ice cream trucks started rolling through the hood?" one of the Ballas asked while Ant continued to eye the vehicle.
"Mane any ice cream truck you see in the hood moving dope out the back." Another one declared earning a look from the group.
"Shit ain't nobody from our block moving no weight out no ice cream truck." Finished a last just as Ant looked on with a raised brow as the vehicle made a hard stop in front of them that quickly caused his eyes to widen in shock.
"SHIT!" he screamed out before taking out running and leaving the other Balla members dumbfounded until the back door of the ice cream truck came flying open and out jumped Marrick wearing a Jungle Camouflage Bulletproof vest with four holsters for Rifle magazines carrying an M4A1 Assault Rifle and wearing a gold chain on his next.
"FUCK LS!" the middle born Roman called out before shooting one Balla three times in the chest and causing him to fall down while another Balla beside him moved to draw his own pistol before being ripped to pieces by a New Arcadia gangster of African and French descent with a camouflage bandanna across his face and armed with a Draco.
"New Arcadia bringing the murder rate up at a city near you." The man called out while racking the weapon across two other Ballas while Ant and the rest moved to take cover behind two cars while Marrick fired a barrage at them.
"Ain't no escaping this shit motherfucker." Marrick yelled out at the top of his lungs in anger. "You long over do." He screamed out just as the sound of car engines filled the air prompting him and the other New Arcadia gangsters to lift their heads and notice three purple cars speeding towards them at break neck speed prompting Marrick to let out a low groan of anger before sending shots for the lead vehicle and hitting the passenger in the neck with three well-placed shots.
"GO!" Marrick yelled out at the top of his lungs before watching as five more Roman Boyz hopped out of the ice cream truck including a dark haired BSU member from Sunbelt who'd Mark had loaned off to Marrick for this job.
"You better be as good as my brother said." Marrick yelled out earning a smile from the only Caucasian member of the group who quickly pulled out a M249 Light Machine Gun and racked it in front of the Roman.
"They don't call me GI Joe for nothing." He declared before grabbing a hold of the weapons foregrip and firing off a barrage of rounds at the incoming vehicles and causing them to swerve to avoid the first as the powerful 7.62 Rounds bore through the skull of the driver and left him slump along with the passenger and quickly crashing into the gas station.
"Oops looks like they gotta rebuild that shit again." He declared with a twisted smile before unloading on the second Balla car and forcing the gang members out of the vehicle where they quickly started to unload on the New Arcadia gangsters who continued to take cover behind the ice cream truck.
"Shit you better do this shit quick Marrick." The New Arcadia Gangster with the Draco called out. "Grove Street Ballas ain't no small set and they surrounded by allies so you need to get your payback now." He added causing Marrick to give him a low growl before looking through the scope of his Rifle in search of Ant.
"There your bitch ass go." He whispered out before squeezing the trigger of the weapon but instead of hitting Ant, who managed to duck down in the nick of time, striking a Balla who was moving behind him armed with a Shotgun.
And after seeing the man fall Ant quickly got the message…He was the Target.
Instead of sticking around and slugging it out with the New Arcadia gangsters he took off running in the opposite direction, not so much out of fear, but he knew Marrick and his shooters would more then likely follow him and no sooner did he start to run Marrick was on his heels to the shock of those who came with him.
"Marrick don't break cover." GI screamed out at the top of his lungs before silently cursing and turning his Machine Gun in order to cover the middle born Roman who continued to chase Ant while the other Ballas turned their guns on him.
Surprisingly he managed to run through the shells without taking a single hit and even managed to fire off a few shots that hit one Balla in the shoulder while continuing to give chase to Ant who looked back in terror as he noticed the Roman getting closer while other members from his set seem to get smaller as they put distance between them.
New Arcadia
The sound of the front door of the club slamming open was the first thing to catch the attention of Mark, Ren, and Manfred as the trio each turned their heads and looked on with mixed looks as Lee, Buck, Jimmy, Eddie, Nikki, Ethan, Palmer, Sullivan, Thire, Tup, and several other BSU members entered the bottom floor of the club with mixed looks on each of their faces.
"You made it in time." Mark called out while looking down at the group with an emotionless look on his face.
"Yeah and you know how much I hate when revenge is called off or postponed." The Chinese man retorted as he led himself, Buck, Jimmy, and Eddie made their way up the stairs into the VIP section while the other BSU members of New Arcadia started to move around downstairs.
"Yeah well I need you all here for this." Mark stated with some annoyance in his tone.
"Here for what?" came a familiar voice as both Jill and Link approached the group from behind with quizzical looks on both of their face.
"Shouldn't you two be resting?" Mark asked while eyeing the woman closely and noticing her bandages and turning to his still recovering brother who merely nodded his head with a half-smile.
"We're good enough for this." She stated while continuing to eye Mark who merely nodded his head.
"So what's this meeting about boss?" Buck asked while eyeing the man closely before the front door to the club came flying open to the surprise of many of the New Arcadia BSU members who moved to stand on their feet before watching with mixed expressions as a rather large group of men and women of different ethnicities and backgrounds came marching into the club with various looks on their faces before resting their eyes on Mark.
"LS and San Fierro Chapters are here." Mark let out while eyeing the group closely as they sent him a series of looks before moving to approach the group with Lee, Link, and Jimmy following behind him.
A complete contrast
This was the first thing to come to the mind of Jill as she watched the four men approach the group. She knew from reports that BSU was mostly composed of Caucasian men, with the exception of New Arcadia and Sunbelt being the most diverse, and this chapter seemed the same. There were a number of Caucasian men but there was also a large number of Asians in the group, something Lee immediately noticed.
This was the only similarity between the two it seemed. When it came down to New Arcadia BSU many of them looked battle hardened, more muscular, and strong in their mostly black clothing and low cut hair whereas the LS/SF chapter members wore more color, didn't seem battle hardened at all with only a few members who look like they'd been in fights in their lives, and in a way flamboyant to Jill.
Like their leader the Concrete Soldier, the New Arcadia BSU members were his Concrete Warriors whereas the LS/SF chapter looked like they were the Protestors at a Rally.
"Darren Nick…welcome to The Little Difficult." Mark greeted while approaching the two leaders of the group extended their hands to greet the Concrete Soldier and his second in command with smiles donning their faces.
"The Little Difficult is gonna be a bit easier with us here." Darren greeted while shaking Mark's hands while Lee did the same with Nick then vice versa with the BSU members moving to do the same with their West Coast brothers with Thire and Tup moving to hug a few members from their old chapter.
"Opposites must attract." Jill spoke out while looking down on the BSU members as they continued their introductions.
"What do you mean?" Kyra asked while approaching the woman who eyed her closely.
"I mean these guys look like the kids you see in anti-smoking commercial's, something you'd expect from this gang, whereas Mark's guys looks like real gangsters…it's almost like a stark transit." She added while Kyra chuckled at the woman's observation.
"Don't let their appearance fool you because in truth their chapter is more dangerous then Mark's own." The IAA Agent spoke out to the confusion of Jill. "Armed Robberies, Contract Killing, Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Hijacking, and a few other crimes is what defines Mark and the New Arcadia BSU...but those guys down there are a different breed." She started while Jill eyed her closely.
"Many of them are BSU on the weekend, hardworking computer engineers, urban pioneers, and working six figure jobs in San Fierro during the day…but at night they're computer hackers, extreme Leftist, and Marxist with dreams of overthrowing your countries government." She stated while Jill eyed them closely. "Tell you truth they're the reason why Mark is still connected to BSU…the IAA needs to know what groups like this are doing in their free time that the NOOSE can't find out about thanks to all of the…backdoor channels the groups has." She added with a smile while continuing to eye the group closely.
"Mark, Lee we'd like to introduce you to San Fierro's newest chapter president Sid." Darren started earning the full attention of Mark who turned his head and watched as a man of Caucasian and Indian descent with long black hair, and as Lee would say a rather douchey mustache, approached him with a smile on his face.
''It's nice to meet you man," he spoke out before extending his hand to Mark who quickly moved to shake it with a smile.
"Likewise!" Mark stated while eyeing the man closely before his eyes fell on Ren who was talking to a rather attractive woman of black and Korean descent with long blue hair hidden underneath a black baseball cap. "I hope you guys didn't just come here to talk chapter politics with us though." Mark whispered out earning a nod and smile from Darren and Sid.
"REN!" Nick yelled out earning the attention of everyone who watched as the man of Japanese and Irish descent quickly approached the girl who opened her arms wide for him and brought him in for a tight hug and a quick kiss that left most of the New Arcadia BSU members stunned.
"Well. Today just got a helluva lot more interesting." Kyra pointed out with a half-smile while sending a look to Mark who seemed like a deer in headlights.
New Arcadia Police Station
While the day was already in full swing for Mark and the members of BSU, Alison found her day just starting as she walked into the police station with somewhat of an amused look on her face that quickly caught the attention of Sawyer as she walked by his desk.
"What are you so cheery for red?" he asked with a smile donning his face. "You enjoy your little unexpected vacation?" he added causing Alison to stop in her tracks in remembrance of the past few days being a hostage of Paul with Mark and the others.
"Yeah…it was just what I needed." She let out with uncertainty in her tone that Sawyer immediately caught up on before watching her begin to make her way to her office without even telling her the news,
…She had a guest.
Upon opening the door to her office Alison could have immediately recoiled back in fear at the sight of the smiling Caucasian man sitting at her desk with a white cowboy style hat covering his head and a rather serious expression written on his face.
"Agent Trueblood, I don't think we've been formally acquainted." He spoke out causing Alison to look at him with a raised brow.
"Who are you?" she asked before slowly shutting the door behind her in order to give them both privacies.
"Roland, and as you can guess I'm with the iAA." He pointed out before giving her a smile. "I'm actually your boyfriends new handler with Ana getting so much field work…and we're off to a pretty rough start." He stated while the Waston Native eyed him closely.
"Really I wonder why you're off to a rough start did that come before the kidnapping or after?" she asked causing Roland to laugh before interrupting him. "No don't laugh, because we both know this field work that Ana is on is nothing but Devlin trying to keep her away from Mark." She finished while Roland eyed her closely.
"Contrary to popular belief Ms. Trueblood, Devlin doesn't give a shit about Ana's relationship with Mark and if he did care Mark would be long gone and Ana wouldn't be able to do anything about it." He started while standing from her desk and moving to approach her. "And unlike you we've got real work to do, and not solve your man's problems." He added while moving to stand over her.
"Why are you here?" she asked with some venom in her tone.
"The first time Mark and his friends disobeyed my rules of no more automatic weapons and explosives being used in the city, I let it slide. But what happened last week…well there can be no forgiveness for that." He stated to Alison's shock.
"They were under attack with no help, what did you expect them to do?" She asked with venom in her tone.
"Run like the cowards I know all of them are." He stated earning a raised brow from Alison. "When Mark first implanted himself in BSU they were nothing but a bunch of punk rockers with connections to some left-wing extremist, now they're a major player in the South and when enemies are shooting at them…they're shooting back with heavy weapons." He finished while Alison eyed him closely.
"He gave them a fighting chance." She let out to which Roland replied with a simple smile. "I don't like all of the things that Mark has done and I probably won't like the things he'll do in the future, but they're necessary." She finished while Roland continued to eye her with a smile.
"You keep telling yourself whatever you want to make it seem like the blood on his hands isn't on yours, but just know Ms. Trueblood what's going to happen next is also gonna be on your hands as well." He finished before giving her an evil scowl that she quickly returned before watching him make his way out her office without saying another word.
"Everything okay?" Sawyer asked while watching Alison pull out her cellphone and dial a familiar number only to receive the voice mail of the person on the other side.
Meanwhile
The feeling of his cellphone vibrating quickly caused Mark to get annoyed as he looked down and noticed Alison calling him prompting him to ignore her call once again. He knew she wasn't in any danger that he himself could solve with her being at work, but his annoyance wasn't at her more so from the hard pill he was forced to swallow a few minutes ago.
Him and Ren, weren't a couple, but they'd been under each other almost everyday for the past couple of months and not once has she ever mentioned STILL being in a relationship. The duo had never kissed or had sex, but there were feelings between the duo that they both shared and right now it felt like he'd been kicked in the gut.
He guessed she was feeling the same because despite being present for the meeting between the three chapters she chose to sit not on Mark's left side as his advisors, with Link taking back his seat despite his injuries, but instead near the middle of the table closer to the LS Chapter members.
This meeting wasn't open instead being amongst the main members of the group's faction. From the New Arcadia group this included himself, Lee, Link, Eddie, Manfred, Jill, Thire, Tup, and Buck who he really just brought into the meeting for an additional voice in case the group had to vote on something.
For the San Fierro group there was Sid taking center with three more members from his chapter. He was flanked to his right by a rather tall skinny looking Caucasian man with long brown hair that looked like the average San Andreas Surfer and a wide smile spread across his face.
This man's name was Riley Helm and he was Sid's right hand in a role similar that Lee played for Mark. Despite the wide glowing smile spread across the man's face and his rather layed back almost frat boy personality Riley was not someone to be taken lightly. He stood six foot three and weight well over two hundred twenty pounds of lean muscle and to top it off he's was once a professional MMA fighter before falling into drug use.
It was BSU that got him clean, and it was BSU that he swore his allegiance to despite already being in his early thirties.
And to Sid's left sat a rather Caucasian man with short black hair, bright green eyes, and a rather smug smile spread across his face. This man's name was Lucas Garland and he was Sid's left hand man, his advisor in matters, sorta like Mark's Link or Ren. At first glance Mark couldn't see why he could be considered a wise member.
Not that he truly cared.
"I got the call that Liberty City would be joining us for this sit down as well." Mark pointed out while looing to Nick and Darren who merely gave him back a smile.
"Their flight got delayed from what we heard." Darren let out with a half-smile.
"We won't be needing them here though for what we need to discuss, seeing as the Northeast isn't on the ground fighting like the rest of us." Nick added earning a look from Mark who merely nodded his head at his response.
"So aside from a meeting of regional leaders what else is up for discussion." Lee asked while eyeing the West Coast members closely.
"We had a sit down with Neto a day's weeks ago." Darren let out earning raised brows from the New Arcadia members. "He wasn't too thrilled about us calling him up for a meeting, in face he made several jokes about not being worth his time." He added with a smile.
"Yet he still came through." Link let out a raised brow of surprise.
"He came through, mostly to rub it in our faces that we aren't worth his time." Nick declared with some disappointment in his tone. "Needless to say, as long we don't bother him and you follow the sanctions he put on you and New Arcadia and we stay out of their conflicts and he'll allow us to be in peace." He stated earning a confused look from many of the New Arcadia BSU members with the exception of Mark, Lee, Jimmy, and Link.
They knew why Neto was leaving them be, outside of Mark, Lee, and Jimmy BSU was nothing more than a mere bug to someone like Neto. He was an Azteca, Onda, and possibly one of the most dangerous men on the West Coast. There was no need for him to give BSU or any Punk Rock Crew any attention if they weren't involved in crimes or directly challenged him.
If the war between all of them was officially over…there was no need to see them as a challenge.
"You believe him?" Lee asked.
"The way he put it…yeah I believe him, but it also makes me think just weak he see's us." Darren stated with a smile. "And if he sees us as weak our enemies see us as weak as well and the last few weeks events didn't bring any reassurance to us."
"Which is why we're here." Nick added earning Mark's attention. "In order to stay alive and not get caught up in your war again our members had to retreat to San Fierro, Sunbelt, New Arcadia, and the Pacific Northwest Chapters for protection and to cover, but not since we have some safe passage back in our city we want everyone who left to return home and if you could spare any bodies you could send to us." he stated earning looks from Ren, Thire, Tup, and other BSU members from the Los Santos and Cypress Flats.
"I can understand that, but some of your brothers have assimilated into my Militia and more have found a purpose here in New Arcadia." Mark stated while giving the group a serious looks. "However I'm a person of free will despite what many other chapters say about me." He added with a smile. "If any of your people want to return home I won't stop them from returning and if any of my own want to leave…I'll allow it." He finished to the shock and surprise of both Lee and Jimmy and even Ren who looked at him like he was insane.
No one would question him on it though while another chapter was here.
"The Iceman and his squad are already in Los Santos. I can give him a phone call and they can be at the airport waiting for all of you when you touch down. That should give you all more…outstanding members in your ranks." Mark stated earning smiles from Darren and Nick.
"Kirk is also in your city right now carrying out an assignment for me…if that means anything to you." Mark added to the shock of the group.
"What the fuck is that guy doing?" Darren asked with a raised brow while Mark merely gave the group a smile.
Rancho
"COME HERE BOY COME HERE BOY!" Marrick screamed out in remanence of a father chasing down his son who was avoiding a spanking.
And what a spanking Marrick was trying to put on Ant.
He'd literally chased the man on foot off Grove Street and Davis all the way into Rancho. This was Ant's plan, to lead the middle born Roman into South Rancho Ballas territory. He could tell the man had ran out of ammo since he wasn't firing shots at him so he would be an easy target for the gang.
He would just need to get past Jamestown a feat more difficult said than done.
After a few more seconds of running and noticing a complete change in demographics, Ant found himself finally entering the long controlled Vago hood taking in deep exhausted breathes before looking back and noticing the largest Roman continuing to chase after him moving on pure adrenaline and hatred for the man who shot his mother with the intent to kill.
He'd chase Ant down to the ends of the earth if he had to…if it meant he could put him in the ground.
"GET YO ASS BACK HERE BOY!" Marrick screamed out at the top of his lungs while continuing to pursue Ant as he moved down a long street before moving to run across a four way street.
Upon doing so Marrick immediately turned on the brakes as he noticed a dark blue Emperor speeding across the street and slamming into Ant who was sent flying before crashing on the street with a violent thud and a terrible cracking noise coming from his back.
"Shit!" Marrick whispered out in anger before watching with a raised brow as a familiar man of Mayan descent stepped out of the vehicle along with three others armed with Pistols and Submachine Guns that they immediately turned on the Roman.
"Marrick…I didn't expect to see you in my neck of the woods." Neto greeted while sending the man a half-smile.
"it ain't from wanting to be here." The middle born Roman declared in anger before his eyes fell on the injured Ant who was trying to crawl away from the talking sides. "Piece of shit over there but a bullet in my mother." He stated earning a nod from Neto. "Mark may not be the motherly type so he didn't come here…but you know me." He added with a smile.
"Sounds fucked up, but you can see why we'd have a problem with two Mayates shooting up our hoods." Stated Gata as she kept her Pistol aimed at Marrick's head before the group noticed a rather shot up ice cream truck pulling up behind the middle born Roman with the remaining Roman Boyz members and GI stepping out with their weapons raised and mixed looks on each of their faces.
"Whoa keep your guns down…we don't want to start another war." GI let out while raising his hands to the New Arcadia gangsters.
"Looks like someone's got sense." Neto let out with a half-smile. "Not that it would make a difference."
"Hey you kill us, you know what that'll bring on you…more death and this time it won't be Mark coming for you it'll be the IAA and Mark won't be kicking it off." He stated with some fear in his tone.
"You really think that threat means anything to me." Neto retorted while giving the men a dangerous smile before the sound of his cellphone vibrating quickly caught his attention and caused him to look down at the device before looking back up at Marrick and the others then noticing an all-black Luxury car pulling up behind the New Arcadia group.
"One of your amigos?" a Roman Member asked before watching in surprise as the door to the car swung open and a rather tall dark haired Caucasian man stepped out with a rather emotionless look on his face and wearing a dark blue dress shirt, slacks, and dress shoes, but his most defining feature had to be the Swastika on the left side of his face just under his eyes and the various white power tattoos that donned his hands.
"Looks like he'd be better suited for you white boy." Stated one of the New Arcadia members while watching as the man approached Neto and the others who quickly raised their weapons in his direction.
"I'm not here for a fight." He spoke out in a rather monotone voice while continuing to approach the group.
"Well you should know we got a real big problem with guys like you around here." Gata pointed out while keeping her weapon raised on the man.
"I know my appearance may be controversial but if you must know I'm no longer a part of that movement anymore." He stated before lifting his right-hand and showing off a familiar phrase that Neto was becoming all the more bitter of.
"You're one of Mark's side projects huh?" Neto asked while noticing the undeterred expression on the man's face. "Must be aggravating for you to take orders from someone of Mark's color." He added.
"BSU is not here for you or your gang Neto, we're here to get even with those who attacked New Arcadia in Mark's absence." He stated earning a raised brow from Neto. "We've already hit the Armenians and the Roman's are owed his blood." He added while looking down for Lil Ant only to find that the man was nowhere in sight.
"Where the fuck did he go?" Marrick yelled out with venom in his tone while searching the area for Ant who was slowly limping out of the Vago neighborhood with blood spewing from his open mouth and open wounds.
"Looks like things weren't meant to be." Gata spoke out earning an angry look from Marrick who seemed ready to put a bullet in the woman before GI Joe placed a hand on the man's shoulder.
"He got away now, but he'll back with more of his people." Kurt spoke out earning a look from Marrick who in turned sent a look to Neto. "If he's gone than there's no reason for any of us to be in your hood." he added earning a look from Neto.
"What makes you think we'll just let you leave?" Neto asked with little emotion in his tone.
"The knowledge that Mark isn't afraid to kill women and children if it means hurting those who touch his family." Kurt replied earning a raised brow of anger from Neto before turning his back on the man and making his way back to his car while Marrick and the others hopped into the ice cream truck and drove.
"I guess Mark will really accept anyone into his ranks if they'll kill for him." Gata pointed out with some venom in her tone.
"He does if you're useful." Neto pointed out to the woman's confusion. "That guys like me and Mark, he's skilled, but the skills he's got are more acquired then truly taught." He added earning a look from the woman.
"Nothing you can't handle." Gata asked while eyeing Neto who merely gave the woman an emotionless look.
"He's not here for me…he's here for Ivan." Neto replied to the woman's surprise.
New Arcadia
"Kurt being on the West Coast is gonna make a lot of the boys out east angry." Darren pointed out while Mark nodded his head.
"He'd be right there with them if they treated him better and not so much like the outsider." Mark pointed out with venom in his tone. "Despite his past actions…and the blood of our brothers he spilled, Kurt is useful to us, and can provide additional help to you and yours in the event Neto or our Russian friends come after you." He added earning a nod from the group.
"Well, I'm not one for turning down extra help." Nick pointed out while sending a smile to Ren who quickly returned out while Mark's look became ever more and more emotionless.
"Good, now with that business out of the way we can move onto the real talk." Darren pointed out earning raised brows from Mark and the others before they watched as many of the nameless members from the San Fierro and Los Santos Chapters started to make their way out of the room with the New Arcadia/Sunbelt group looking confused by their actions before turning their attention back to Darren and Nick who seemed unmoving.
"Whatever this is, it must be big if your entire chapter is not involved with it." Jimmy pointed out while eyeing the two men closely.
"Tell me brothers are you familiar with Syntax." Darren asked earning a raised brow from the youngest Roman.
"The computer company?" Mark asked earning a chuckle from Sid.
"More like our future overlords." The San Fierro BSU leader corrected to Mark's annoyance.
"Syntax is the world's innovator in computer technology and one of the biggest manufactures of software, hardware, and middleware. Their communications and security system is the best in the world, and don't get me started on their AI and Nanotechnology." Manfred stated while showing off his own air of superiority.
"You did your homework." Sid pointed out earning a smile from Manfred.
"Sounds a little too technical for my liking." Jimmy stated with annoyance in his own tone.
"What does this have to do with us." Lee asked while rubbing his forehead.
"Well if you haven't been watching the news there has recently been a mass exodus of large tech companies and their CEO's moving out of the San Fierro Area and into New Austin." Sid stated with a smile. "Amongst them is Winston Trace." He stated.
"The CEO of Syntax is moving to Sunbelt?" Manfred asked with a wide smile on his face.
"CEO of Syntax and the third richest man in the world am I right?" Mark asked earning a nod from both Nick and Darren.
"Along with him he's also bringing NEFTI!" Sid stated causing only Manfred to gasp in delight at the revelation while Mark and the others look on with raised brows.
"He's bringing his Mexican Gardner?" Lee asked with a raised brow.
"No Lee, NEFTI, it's one of the most powerful Supercomputers in the world only second to the one in China." Manfred stated with a smile. "NEFTI is so powerful that the United States Department of Defense offered seven-hundred and fifty million dollars for NEFTI, but Trace turned them down." He stated earning a nod from Mark.
"That's because he knew a bigger payday would soon be on the horizon." Nick stated before leaning back in his chair. "One of our supporters, whose in deep cover in Syntax's organization, gave us word that the company will soon be moving into weapons manufacturing with NEFTI being at the forefront of this new phase." He stated with a smile. "We've already got enough guns on the streets, imagine what the world will look like five years from now laser pistols?" he asked.
"Sounds badass!" Jimmy let out with a smile.
"If you're asking us what I think you're asking us, you're gonna find yourself barking up the wrong tree." Mark stated to the groups confusion. "There's no way in hell we'd be able to pull off stealing something like that. We'd have the entire government swarming all over us within a few hours after we took it." He added earning a look from Darren.
"We thought about that, and capture was originally our top priority…but absolute destruction maybe better." He confessed earning a shocked look from both Sid and Manfred.
"What, we didn't discuss that?" the San Fierro leader spoke out in distress.
"We didn't need to." Nick interjected without even looking at Sid who quickly sent a look over to Mark.
"I thought you were guys were supposed to be capable of anything?" Sid asked earning a chuckle from Mark.
"No one is capable of anything, and something like you're asking for will require more time to prepare then what you're telling us." Mark stated before turning his look back to Darren and Nick. "Tell us what we need to know and we'll destroy it." He stated earning nods from the group
Sunbelt City
The smell of cinnamon and sugar was strong in the air of a local Donut Shop on the Northside of Sunbelt City. This particular Donut Shop was owned and operated by Mr. Eng, a second generation Cambodian whose parents left the crime filled streets of LS in the 90s for the safer calmer suburbs of Sunbelt City, his wife, and two daughters.
Sunbelt didn't have the same number of Cambodians as say Cypress Hill, but they'd managed to carve a piece of the city out for themselves and this piece was the donut market.
A few years ago a report came out that ninety percent of all Donut Shops in the Sunbelt area were Cambodian owned and those living in the city can tell anyone that this was fact and not fiction.
This gave them a piece of their own…but it also gave them a place for them to be easily spotted as Mr. Eng and his family would soon learn.
BOOM
The loud deafening blast of a Shotgun cracking through the glass door of the place quickly sent Mr. Eng and his family scrambling to the floor as the sound of the glass door shattering left them scrambling to the floor in search of cover as three armed gunmen rushed into the shop and quickly took the group hostage.
"Put your hands up!" Cheta screamed out as loud as her lungs would carry before placing her Shotgun to the head of Mr. Eng.
"Please don't hurt my family." He pleaded with tears in his eyes.
"They aren't the family we want." She retorted to the man's shock and confusion. "Where's your nephews." She ordered with venom in her tone that caused the man to be taken aback for a few seconds.
New Arcadia
With the meeting of the top BSU members coming to a close Mark found himself laying back with a rather serious look on his face as he sat beside, Lee, Jimmy, Link, Eddy, Thire, Tup, Buck, and Manfred.
"A lot to process." Thire whispered out before giving the group a half-smile.
"You thinking about taking them up on their offer to return home?" Lee asked while looking to both Thire and Tup who remained silent for a few seconds before the former turned his gaze over to Mark who was keeping his eyes away from them.
"Me and Tup have talked about it in the past, Cypress is our home away from home and we'd like to see it again." Thire started before giving the group a smile. "But we wouldn't feel right abandoning New Arcadia with what's potentially coming our way." He added earning a series of mixed looks from the group including an awkward smile from Mark.
"Besides, Marshall was our friend and we owe some Cambodian cocksuckers a few bullets." Tup added while looking to Mark who merely gave him a half-smile before responding.
"Then you better not use too many bullets on this computer because we're going right into the Psycho hoods after this." Mark retorted earning smiles from the group who then gave a series of violent howls before being interrupted by the door to the room reopening with a familiar woman of Japanese descent standing on the other side with an emotionless look on her face.
"Get your gear and ready up brothers, I need a moment." Mark ordered before watching Lee and the others move to stand and walk out of the room without looking at Ren who could feel the mixed emotion they were giving her.
"Brother!" Buck whispered out to the ear of Mark who gave him a raised brow in confusion.
"I'm down for riding for Marshall, but I got something else I need to handle today." He stated earning a look of confusion from the youngest Roman.
"Should I be concerned?" Mark asked with some curiosity in his tone.
"You know I can handle myself brother." Buck replied earning a smile from Mark before he dismissed the youngest BSU member then immediately turned his attention to Ren who closed the door behind them in order to give them privacy.
"Something on your mind?" Mark asked with little emotion in his tone as he looked at Ren with no emotion in his eyes.
"I'm sorry…I should have told you about me and Nick." She stated earning a shake of the head from the youngest Roman.
"You don't need to apologize." He started only for Ren to completely cut him.
"No I do, we never truly expressed them but I know how you feel about me…and I feel the same way about you." She stated while Mark eyed her closely. "I want to stay here in New Arcadia with you, but is that something you'd want after finding out about this?" she asked earning a few seconds of silence from Mark who looked away from her for a few seconds before responding after she asked him for an answer.
"Ren with everything you've seen and been through these past couple of months, why in the hell would you think I'd advocate for you staying here." he replied to her shock and confusion. "You're right I do have feelings, but right now isn't the best time to be around me…hell if I could convince any of the others to go to Los Santos and let me handle everything I would, but we both know they won't." he finished while looking away from the woman and rising from his seat.
"Then why don't you come with us then?" she asked with sadness in her tone as she eyed him closely as he approached her with an emotionless look on his eyes.
"With all the enemies I've got over there I'd just be moving my problems from down here over there and I can't have that." He stated while moving to rub her right cheek. "Go with them, and see if you can convince any of the others to join you in Los Santos, but I'm bound here. This is the only way I know how to live." He stated before moving to walk away from the woman who moved to turn her head and watch as Mark walked out of the room with a rather serious look on his face.
Outside of Red Stick
The low sound of grunts was becoming an all-too familiar sound for Task as he found himself standing by watching as several Red Stick gangsters who loaded up three crates of Tec-9's into the back of an black SUV with a familiar Caucasian man standing beside him with a raised brow.
"I think you need to get count this." Dewey spoke out while handing over a bag of money to the Lakota.
"Why because they're black?" Task asked earning a look from Dewey. "Why are you even here with me?" he asked with a raised brow.
"Mark thought you could use the extra help and I think he doesn't like me around so he sent me here with you." The former Dixie Mafia member let out while Task merely rolled his eyes at the statement before the sound of his cellphone started to ring causing him to pull out the device with a half-smile while the Red Stick gangsters prepared to drive off.
"Yeah did you find them?" Task asked while walking away from Dewey.
"I got a location, the Soldier wants us to hold before moving on them without his backup…but I'm not in the waiting mood." The voice of Cheta came out earning a nod from Task.
"You need me?" he asked with a seriousness in his tone that went unnoticed to Dewey as he noticed something moving in the shadows.
"For that…and for other things." she added earning a half-smile from Task.
"Uh Chayton we've been spotted." Dewey whispered out causing Task to immediately turn his head and watch as a large figure approached the duo with a rather serious look on his face.
"It's been a long time." Adahy let out his deep booming voice resonating through the area prompting Task to quickly hang up the phone and address the man.
"Long enough for your wounds to heal I see." The Lakota warrior declared while eyeing the much larger Creek who merely smiled at him.
"I'm lucky I didn't bleed out, you know with Mark stabbing me and leaving me for the cops." He declared while Task shook his head at the statement without saying another word. "So….you another color in his rainbow coalition?" he asked.
"No, he knows I have no interest with getting down with any organization and he respects that." Task answered.
"Yet you at his table, you're on his payroll, and you're probably just as high up in his hierarchy as Lee." Adahy added before giving Task a half-smile of his own. "I see you've gonna also gotten pretty high up in the Rifa's…so high you're in one of their beds." He added earning silence from Task.
"Tell me, how much do you really know about her?" he asked earning a chuckle from Task.
"I know all I need to know." He answered with a wide smile.
"Really did you know she was fucking Mark behind your back?" Adahy responded earning a serious look from Task. "Come on Chayton, you and me both know there's no way with Mark's track record with women that the two of them together has never crossed your mind." He added while Task continued to stand in silent.
"In fact if you trust her so much why don't you ask her what she and Mark are doing together every two weeks on Sunday." He stated earning a confused expression from Task that he was desperately trying to conceal.
"When you ask her that…do let me know." Adahy finished while walking away and leaving Task alone with Dewey.
"What was that about?" Dewey asked earning silence from Task who merely gave him an order to finish packing up the truck while he moved to climb into the driver seat.
New Arcadia
The sound of the front doors of the club crashing open quickly caught the attention of Link and a members of the San Fierro/Los Santos Chapters as they each turned their heads and watched as a rather tall Caucasian man wearing a cowboy hat strolled onto the dance floor with a rather stern look on his face.
"Who's the modern cowboy?" Nick asked prompting Link to walk away from the BSU members and approach the man.
"Roland what do I owe the pleasure." Link started before giving the man a smile.
"Cut the crap Mackey, you know why I'm here now where is he?" the IAA Agent asked with venom in his tone.
"He's not here, neither is Lee or Jimmy. I don't know where they went or when they will be back." Link replied earning an angry look from the man.
"If I was you I'd watch my mouth, because you're one of the main reasons you're in the situation you're in now." He stated to Link's confusion.
"And what situation is that…defending myself and others?" he asked in anger.
"You boys are becoming too much to contain and keep under control and the bosses are getting tired of it." He replied in anger. "The next time you see Mark you better make sure he isn't doing anything to bring more heat on you." He ordered earning a slight chuckle from Link.
"Does that apply the next time I see him, like literally the next time, you know in case he's out doing something I don't know about that could potentially be pretty big." Link stated earning a raised brow and angry look from Roland.
Somewhere in West New Austin
Hot
That was the first thing to come to the mind of Tup as he found himself sitting out in the desert looking through a pair of binoculars with an uncomfortable look on his face.
"Man why didn't I get stuck working the drone van with Manfred and his AC this time." He whispered out in discomfort.
"Who else is gonna spot for me." Jimmy replied while giving the Filipino man a half-smile before looking through the scope on his Barret Sniper Rifle down the road where he quickly noticed a convoy of five SUV's leading a large shipping track down the long stretch our road.
"That our target?" Tup asked while watching Jimmy hop on the radio.
"Brothers I got one shopping truck with no logos or symbols being lead by a convoy of five black SUV's with the same make, model ,and year." He stated to Tup's confusion. "Doesn't get more top secret evil corporate security than that." He added with a half smile.
"Good proceed with the plan and get them coming our direction." Mark ordered earning a smile from Jimmy.
"I eye Commander!" the redheaded man let out before taking aim at third SUV in the convoy and eyeing the rather young looking driver with a smile. "I see you-!"
BOOM
The blast of the high caliber rifle was deafening to both Tup and Jimmy who merely sat back with a smile as the powerful bullet ripped through the passenger side window of the SUV and tore a massive hole into the side of the drivers head while passenger and those in the backseat were quickly taken by surprise as the man's bloods and brains quickly shot out onto all of them and the uncontrolled vehicle quickly plowing into a mound of sand to the shock of the others.
"WE'RE HIT!" the passenger screamed out over his radio affectively stopping the convoy with the passengers of the second vehicle who moved to check on the survivors of the first.
"NOW!" Eddy screamed out at the top of his lungs catching the security officers by surprise as they watched the man of Irish descent jump from a mound of sand with his G36C Assault Rifles in his hand and aimed directly at all of them.
Thire, Jill, Nikki, Ethan, Palmer, Sullivan, and five more BSU members soon popped out on both sides of the stalled convoy with their own weapons drawn and began to rain down a barrage of bullets onto the vehicles with those still inside feeling lucky that the vehicles were bulletproof.
Those who stopped outside weren't so lucky as they were hit with bullets from weapons of varying calibers and torn to shred while those inside the vehicles being completely helpless in watching their fate.
"Drive!" the driver in the last SUV called out over his Walkie Talkie. "We can't let them get the computer, so just drive our armor should hold out against their weapons." He added before watching the other drivers slam onto their gas pedals and send each vehicle speeding forward away from the hail of gunfire.
"No you don't!" Jimmy called out while shooting the driver in the last vehicle in the chest and causing him to jerk back violently in his seat as the bullet bounded around in his body before coming out his lower back while the other guards looked on with shocked expressions.
"We thinned out the security brother it's on you." The familiar voice of his Ginger brother brought a smile to the face of Mark as he moved to pick up his CM901 Assault Rifle before making his way over to Lee who was climbing inside of a grey jeep with a smile on his face.
"Fall back to base then brothers." Mark spoke out while moving to climb into the backseat of the vehicle while Lee hopped into the driver seat and noticed Manfred already sitting in the passenger seat typing on his laptop.
"We got it from here!" the Concrete Soldier let out with a wide smile on his face as he looked into the back of the jeep and noticed a familiar weapon that was placed for him.
Meanwhile
While majority of the New Arcadia BSU members were carrying out their mission, Buck found himself in a different corner of the world, East New Arcadia.
When it came down to New Arcadia, the East Side of New Arcadia was an entirely different world to someone who wasn't from the city and even those who were from the city.
It was the largest section of the city, and the most populous with over a hundred thousand people calling this section of the city home. It replaced the sprawling urban architecture with nice suburban homes and rather active wetlands.
It was also the highest crime ridden area in the entire city.
The area was somewhat of a mix of low income and middle class, but out here is where the real low income resided and not just low income but criminals often hiding and committing their crimes.
It was easy in this part of the city, primarily because despite it being the largest section of the city and housing over a hundred thousand people…there was only one police station that served this entire district and they were severely undermanned and underfunded.
When it came this area Mark had labeled it a no-go zone for most BSU members, primarily because most of the crews out here had longtime beef with the gangs from Uptown like the Roman Boyz and this could potentially make them targets for attack if they were here.
But this fell on deaf ears to the youngest member of the New Arcadia chapter as he found himself parking his car in front of a small home in a rather rundown neighborhood with an alert look on his face.
After stepping out of the vehicle he quickly moved to the passenger side door and grabbed a brown duffel bag before making his way up the steps of the home where he proceeded to knock on the door while making sure to keep his eyes looking out for anything around him.
He only had to wait a few seconds before the door came flying open and he noticed a familiar beautiful African American woman in her early twenties with long black braids standing in the doorway before greeting him with a smile.
"Hey Ruth!" he greeted while watching the girl open the screen door.
"I told you that you didn't have to come over here." She pointed out while continuously giving him her cute smile that seemed to brighten his day.
"I know, but I really wanted to see you." He replied with a smile.
"You just better hope my brother doesn't catch you." She interjected earning a smile from the man before he moved to push the bag in front of her.
"I brought you something for your little sister." He added before moving to hand her the grocery bag of items to which the girl accepted with a smile.
"Thanks!" she let out before locking eyes with the young BSU member who gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Get your coat, I'm taking you out." He ordered earning a wider smile and a giggle from the girl who moved to walk back into her house while Buck stood outside waiting without noticing that he was being eyed from afar.
Outside New Arcadia
The screeching sound of the runway jets wheels hitting the ground was still an unsettling sound to the middle born Roman as he, the surviving Roman Boyz members, and GI Joe stepped off the jet with a series of mixed looks on all of their faces.
"We shouldn't have left." The middle roman spoke out in anger. "That fuckers still out there laughing at us." He added.
"That's something you need to take up with the boss man." GI Joe stated while following behind the Roman who looked back at him in anger. "We were compromised and couldn't be there long." He added.
"Who made you in charge of my decisions?" Marrick asked in anger causing GI Joe to go silent before moving to walk away from the Roman Boyz while pulling out his cellphone and dialing a familiar number.
"Hey I'm back brother." He spoke out with little emotion in his tone.
"Good, you all whole?" Link asked with concern in his voice.
"A few dead Roman's, but the one who matters is fine and being his usual dickish self." GI spoke out earning a chuckle from Link.
"Sounds about right." Link let out with a chuckle before adding, "The teams out handling something for our brothers out west. Mark wants you to return to the Proctor Apartments for a meeting, Ethan, Sullivan, and Palmer are already in route there." he added earning a nod from the man.
"Roger that I'm in route." He declared before hanging up his phone while Marrick watched him walk away with an angry growl before a familiar car pulled up in front of them with a familiar New Arcadia gangster stepping out with a smile.
"What's happening lil brother, how was that San Andreas sun?" Tune asked while smiling at Marrick over fucking rated.
New Austin
The remaining SUVs continued to speed down the road with the large truck following close behind with the remaining passengers hopping on their phones and radios in order to call for backup only to find that they were being jammed on all signals.
"Damn it we're alone out here." The driver of the new leading SUV spoke out with fear filling his voice.
"And I doubt they're done so keep your eyes peeled." The Passenger spoke out before his eyes quickly caught sight of an all-black jeep pulling out of a sand dune in front of him and immediately moving to cut them off.
"Shit they're back get down." The passenger called out while watching as the back of the jeep was forcibly opened where they caught a glimpse of a Creole man manning a Browning High Power Machine Gun with a sick smile.
"Tough armor ain't shit for this." Mark let out before racking the weapon and firing a barrage of rounds that immediately tore through the cabin of the SUV with ease courtesy of the powerful .50 Caliber Rounds that seemed to turn the tough armor into wet paper.
"AHHH!" the driver and passenger of the second vehicle screamed out in pain as the powerful bullets tore through the windshield of the vehicle and shredded their bodies while filling them with glass before the drivers felt himself lose control of his vehicle as his life slipped away and sent it crashing into the sand.
"WHOA!" Mark yelled out with a smile before a bullet whizzed over his head courtesy of the passengers of the last surviving SUV as they returned fire on the youngest Roman who immediately ducked while Lee maneuvered the vehicle around the bullets.
"Manny take them out!" the Chinese man replied earning a nod from the man of Indian Descent.
"Good I'm glad I get to use this out again." Manny let out with a smile before moving to type on his computer.
"Red Baron Prototype Active!" Manny spoke out with a smile while Mark looked to the skies and noticed a familiar bright red RC plane flying over the groups head.
He still wanted to know where the hell Manny got this weapon, every time the group asked he always said a friend out west he met in an internet chat but they were calling bullshit.
As the passengers of the SUV continued to fire on the jeep they were soon met with a small barrage of bullets courtesy of the RC Plane as he dive bombed them before speeding off.
As expected the small caliber bullets of the vehicle didn't pierce the outer hull of the bullet proof SUV but it did give Mark a window to get back on the Machine Gun and fire off another barrage that ripped through the front of the SUV destroying the engine, striking the battery, gutting the transmission, and ultimately creating a violent explosion that took the driver of the truck by surprise as he crashed into the wreckage and continued to move on before another fly-by from the RC shot up the cabin windshield terrifying the driver.
"Alright time to-." Mark started before to his shock the truck came to a screeching halt with the driver quickly jumping out and running off into the sand while Mark, Lee, and Manfred eyed him quizzically.
"Should we let him go, I can get the Baron to do a fly over him." Manfred added earning a shake of the head from the youngest Roman.
"Don't bother he isn't a threat." The youngest Roman let out before hopping out of the back of the jeep and making his way inside the cabin of the truck where he proceeded to drive it down the road after the jeep.
15 Minutes Later
"This is fucking stupid." Lee spoke out while Mark and Manfred merely chuckled at his response as the trio found themselves standing on top of a bridge watching as the captured truck sank to the bottom of a lake just outside Sunbelt City. "You know those assholes are just gonna recover it when their trackers come back online."
"It's a Supercomputer brother we can't just destroy that marvelous piece of technology. Think of the huge loss to science." Manfred pointed out with concern in his voice.
"Nah I don't want to destroy it mostly because I don't want to do what that San Fierro asshole says." Mark pointed out with venom in his tone. "If we capture or completely destroy this thing every government agency in the country will be after us and we'll probably be in hotter water with the IAA then we are now." Mark stated with little concern in his tone.
"Plus this job didn't come from the metalheads out east this came from some one of their West Coast leftist cells." The Creole added to Lee's confusion. "We do this, get in deeper with them, and expose them to the IAA…we're out of that hot water and things return to business as usual." He finished earning a nod from Lee.
"Chess not checkers?" Lee asked with a raised brow.
"Hell yeah brother!" Mark finished before Manfred broke up the duo's conversation.
"Okay so what are we doing now?" the Indian man asked before watching as twisted smiles spread across the face of the Concrete Soldier and The Shotgun Mary that seemed to startle him.
"I'm not gonna like this am I?" he asked earning chuckles from the duo.
New Arcadia
Calmful Bliss
It was the only phrase Buck could use to describe himself in this exact moment as he found himself walking down Whiskey Road following behind the smiling Ruth as she took in the bright lights of the street with wonder.
When it came down to BSU, Buck had learned from both Mark, Lee, and Jimmy. When it came to dating with their lifestyles, it was better to date someone who didn't share the same life as them and didn't know too much about them.
It was this ignorance that Buck enjoyed most about Ruth because she viewed him something different then Mark's partners.
Unlike Ana, she didn't see him as a tool.
Unlike Alison, she didn't see him as a murderer.
And unlike Courtney, she wasn't involved in the life.
She viewed him as just another white boy who'd moved down here from New Austin, but the difference was…he was her white boy.
And he viewed her as his first love.
When it came down to high relationship, Mark was the only one who knew about Ruth and had actually met her. He chose Mark first because he was the most understanding when it came down to matters of the heart also because like him, she was also Creole and learning some French so the duo were able to relate and Mark could easily see why Buck took an interest in her.
Ruth wasn't by far and ugly girl, however she was overweight and not too much of a surprise she was actually two inches taller than him. He didn't care about her weight she had beautiful eyes, pretty lips, a smile to die for, she was a gamer, loved movies, animals, and as Mark pointed out huge fucking tits that you could bury your face in.
That fact that she was a 32F was an amazing bonus that Buck wanted to add, but he loved her for herself.
He would introduce her to the others sooner or later, once he decided to bring her closer to that side of his life.
"Hey Buck, come here!" she yelled out before waving Buck over to a New Arcadia style mask shop that was ducked off in between two larger buildings on the strip.
"This is one of my favorite stores." She called before leading the young adult into the store where he immediately went wide eyed in wonder at the well carved, well managed, and well-designed mask hanging on the wall.
"Creepy!" he spoke out before being taken off-guard as he watched the girl place a Margi Gras colored Thalia Comedy Mask over her face while also putting on a brightly colored wig that Buck couldn't help but to laugh at seeing.
"How do I look." She asked earning a chuckle from the man.
"Oh this funny!" she spoke before moving to place the Melpomene mask of Tragedy on him along with a brightly pink colored wig that he immediately disapproved of.
"Ah turn that frown upside down." She muttered out earning a half-smile from the man before he looked over at a sign that read "Build Your Own" with a series of clean white mask and some paint.
"I got one for you." He spoke out before moving to purchase two mask and moving to paint something across his mask.
Needless to say it wasn't coming out right because he was a terrible artist, but as he struggling to finish his design he soon felt a pair of warm hands grab a hold of his and help him to better trace his design and upon seeing Ruth's smiling face he couldn't help but to blush as he looked into her eyes and felt the softness of her lips press against his cheek.
"Nice try, now let me show you a real mask." She pointed out earning a smile from Buck who watched her move closely and carefully as she kept her design in the lines and crafted a masterpiece right before his eyes.
Sunbelt City
The drive to Sunbelt seemed longer than usual for Task, who still had Adahy's words ringing throughout his mind, as he pulled up at a local park where Cheta had directed him to come and upon arriving he quickly noticed the woman, Falcon, and five more RIfa members standing and talking amongst each other before directing their gaze over to him.
"About time you made it." The female Rifa greeted with a wide smile that Task didn't seem to return.
"I got here." Was the only words he could kick up to the confusion of Cheta who was immediately cut off courtesy of Falcon.
"Alright then, we got word a couple of those Psycho bitches are still here and hiding out with more of their boys in this neighborhood." He started while eyeing the group closely. "We're gonna use the cover of nightfall and the elements to hit them with a surprise-."
BOOM
The NS member didn't have enough time to finish his statement as a violent explosion went off in the distance catching him and the other RIfa members by surprise and causing them to each lift their heads in the direction of the blast and see a smoke cloud in the distance.
The cause of the explosion came courtesy of a car at the end of the street that was carrying a Psycho of Cambodian and Filipino descent to the store who was now burned to a crispy piece of meat thanks to the explosion that left a few of the other Cambodian gangsters shocked.
"Lou-!" One of them started before being shot three times, twice in the chest and once in the neck, courtesy of Jimmy who found himself standing on top of a roof unloading on several Cambodian gangsters down below and causing them to scramble for cover in order to avoid the rounds with a few of them ducking behind cars only to be shredded to pieces courtesy of the hidden BSU members.
"BSU Assault!" Eddie yelled out while jumping from behind a car with his G36C raised and striking a Cambodian gangster with four shots to chest before ducking down as a three more returned fire his way only for two of them to be mowed down by Lee firing his AA-12.
"Slaughter them all FOR MARSHALL!" Lee yelled out at the top of his lungs before looking on as Thire, Tup, Jill, Nikki, and several more members of the New Arcadia/Sunbelt Chapter came rushing from behind houses taking the Psycho gangsters off-guard as they found themselves being hit on both sides.
"RA-!" started a Psycho member before he took a shot to the back of the head courtesy of a BSU member with a black bandanna tied around his face and causing three more to duck for cover behind a car before running off as a Psycho with an AK-47 pulled back the slide on the weapon and ran out his front door firing a barrage of rounds that struck one BSU member in the chest and left him rolling across the floor.
"We got more coming in!" Thire yelled out while taking cover as three more Psychos started running from out of houses with Assault Rifles and beginning to rain fire on the BSU members who quickly moved to avoid the shots.
"I thought this hood wasn't big?" Tup asked with some concern in his tone.
"It ain't, but you would think they would be reinforced after what they did to us." Lee answered to the confusion of everyone who watched him rack his Shotgun and strike a Psycho member of Cambodian and Filipino descent that was running across the street with an M16 in the right shoulder and causing him to fall back clutching his arm in pain before screaming out in terror as a car full of Psycho came speeding down the street and ran over the man to the dismay of the driver who found himself unable to stop while the Psychos in the passenger and back seats on unloaded on the BSU Members with Mini Uzi.
"GET DOWN-!" Lee started only to watch as a the Psycho in the passenger seat took a shot to the neck but not from an bullet, instead there was a large arrow sticking out the side of his neck that left his blood spewing on the ground as the car continued their way.
"LIGHT UM UP!" Halcon yelled out before watching as a Rifa member in all red came running out of nowhere and tossed a Molotov Cocktail in the driver side window of the car setting the driver a blaze and leaving those in the backseat in a panic as the car speed past the BSU members who looked on with raised brows before watching as the Rifa's started to unload on the Psycho members.
"Who said you could start without us?" Cheta asked as she moved to approach Lee while firing her weapon at the stalled Psycho members.
"We didn't need the extra extra bodies." The Chinese man retorted to the groups confusion before they watched him look out in the distance where the group noticed two all-black vans pulling up along with three luxury cars that quickly pulled up behind the BSU members and released members from the Los Santos Chapter with Nick and Darren being amongst them while the Luxury cars came to the stop and dropped off six Vietnamese gangsters from New Arcadia being led by Sonny who shot a Cambodian gang member directly in the skull with a TMP Submachine Gun and quickly yelled something out in Vietnamese to his men who proceeded to completely unload on the Cambodians.
"We got two Chapters of Brothers here, the Vietnamese, on top of you guys to step on a handful of assclowns...we're step in each other's way more than anything." Lee added while dodging a bullet and firing a well-placed sshot from his AA-12 that blew the face of a TPG member.
"Shit, I'm taking yo ass out." Started a TPG member armed with an Tec-9 who was eyeing Lee from behind a house but as he moved to jump out with his weapon drawn, he was immediately blinded by a green beam hitting his eyes followed by a bullet striking him just above his upper lip.
"That was a nice catch with your face." Eddy yelled out while mowing down another TPG member with four bullets to his back.
"Gangs all here, but where's your fearless leader?" Falcon asked while shooting at several Psycho members as they tried to run away.
"In the belly of the beast!" Lee replied with a twisted smile.
A few blocks away from all the fighting in a home sandwiched between two trees, a wave of activity was taken place as Keo Eng found himself stuffing a few kilos of coke and money into a black duffel bag while a woman of Cambodian and Vietnamese descent stood naked against the wall screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Shut the fuck up and let me get this shit." Keo screamed out to the woman while tucking his Ruger into the back of his pants while he continued to stuff the bag without catching the low popping sound coming from outside the house as a TPG gunman found himself hitting the ground with a bullet between the eyes.
"Love these 7.62 Rounds!" Mark muttered while switching his weapon from semiautomatic to fully and aiming it directly at the frony window of the home where he noticed four TPG members moving around inside.
"Okay let's-." Keo yelled out while moving into the living room only for Mark to squeeze the trigger on the rifle and watch with a smile as the powerful rounds ripped through the glass and curtains and slammed into the bodies of the men on the other side who were completely taken off-guard by the surprise and could only fall from the force of the hits.
"Too easy!" the youngest Roman muttered out before slowly making his way to the front door of the home and kicking it open with his weapon raised where he immediately noticed three of the five men laying face down dead, while another man was trying to crawl away, and Keo gasping for air against the blood stained white walls after taking a bullet to the side of the neck.
"NO NO NO!" The man trying to crawl away screamed out before Mark fired a single round into his skull in front of the wheezing Keo who could only watch with wide eyes as the BSU leader approached him an emotionless look on his face.
"That's a nasty injury, that you have a fifty-fifty chance of surviving from…if an ambulance can get to you in time." Mark spoke out while eyeing Keo closely. "Tell me where those sick friends of yours are and hiding and I promise not to make things worse for the ambulance when they get here." He stated earning a look from the man.
"Fuck you man…I'm dead either way." He stated earning a nod from Mark.
"True but at least your homies can be up there with you soon, question is how bad do you want to suffer while you're still down here?" Mark asked while drawing his knife only for Keo to give into his demands.
"They left for Los Santos a couple of hours ago." Keo spoke out earning a nod from Mark who quickly noticed a familiar necklace with a cross wrapped around his neck that seemed to leave Mark seeing red.
"Thanks for your cooperation." Mark let out before jamming his knife into Keo's neck and causing the man's eyes to widen in fear while a loud screaming noise caught him off-guard and caused him to turn his head and notice a half-naked woman standing in the doorway.
"Don't run!" Mark whispered out only for the woman to completely ignore his words and run for the backdoor while Mark merely lowered his head annoyance before a loud explosion completely overtook his thoughts.
"I said don't run." He stated in disappointment while looking at the backdoor where he noticed the woman lying lifeless in the grass with both of her legs missing and a piece of shrapnel sticking out the side of her head courtesy of Landmine the youngest Roman had placed by the backdoor in the event of their being a runner.
"Los Santos, Jobs on you boys now." Mark whispered out while walking out of the home.
Los Santos
The song Refugee by Tribal Ink blared loudly on a dark blue Dominator that was parked outside of a gas station on the cities West Side. The occupants of the vehicle included the Iceman himself, and three more BSU members primarily from the Los Santos Chapter who stayed behind on Nick and Darren's orders.
"Are you sure we can trust this intel…I don't like being on this side of town." One of the BSU members stated earning a chuckle from the Iceman.
"You got a problem going through the hood Tatum?" Iceman asked earning silence from the man.
"He mean's deep in an enemy neighborhood, especially Vagos." The man in the passenger seat replied earning a chuckle from the Iceman.
"Well we have to be somewhere close to the airport so as long as you keep your fingers off your triggers and on the road we shouldn't have any real problems." The Iceman stated earning a look from the man.
"And what if we miss them." The last BSU Member stated earning a smile from the Iceman who loaded a fresh thirty round magazine into his Glock 19 with a smile on his face.
"Then we gonna give their mothers, fathers, cousins, girlfriends, or wives these bullets." He replied to the shock of the group at the calmness in his evil words.
New Arcadia
The day was beginning to come to an end and Buck had to call this one of the best days of his life as he found himself walking down the streets of Frenchtown with a smile on his face following behind Ruth as she walked down the street smiling at the sight of the dancing people before stopping outside of a restaurant where they would order food for the night.
"You know Buck tonight has been one of the best ever. You know how to show a girl a good time." She stated earning a smile from the man.
"I'm glad I could give you that." He answered earning a smile from the girl before she moved to grab his hand and give it a gentle squeeze that he soon returned.
"I'm gonna go to the bathroom, if the waiter comes can you pick something for me?" She asked earning a nod from the man before she moved to stand from the table and walk off while the young man sat and eyed the menu for a few seconds.
GRIT
"You're back-!" Buck started upon catching the sound of the chair being pulled out and looking up only to be taken off-guard not by the sight of his beautiful date but instead by a rather tall Caucasian man sitting across from him with a solemn look on his Russian face.
"YOU-!" Buck started before moving to rise from the table and only to be pushed back down courtesy of another man of Russian Face.
"Sit!" Vasily spoke out in anger.
"Judging by the way you jumped up, I guess you already know who I am." Ivan spoke out while Buck gave him an angry scowl. "So there's no need for introductions amongst us." He added while Buck continued to growl at him.
"Now the question is would you rather go quietly with us or wait until your date comes back and see her catch a bullet along with you?" he asked causing Buck's scowl to soften for a second before he felt a second hand being placed on his shoulder that caused him to look up with wide eyes that soon filled with fear.
"No!" he whispered out through shaking breaths.
West Los Santos
The sun had finally set on this day in Los Santos and Neto who after today's events now found himself walking inside of a gas station with an ice cream shop on the side near the airport with an unamused look on his face. He was alone but he was far from lacking as he kept his Glock 19 stuffed in the car and remained ever vigilant to everything around him as he stood and pumped his car full of gas.
His vigilance soon paid off as he spotted a dark gray Emperor pulled up a few pumps away from him and he noticed two Psychos both obviously brothers stepping out of the car mean mugging him while the third brother sat in the passenger seat of the car talking on the phone while clutching his own Pistol just in case something were to happen.
"Fucking Putos!" Neto whispered out while spitting on the ground in their direction and watching the two men walk into the store.
"I'mma put a hole in that fucking bean-pie when we leave." Johnny whispered out to Christian who merely smiled at him before walking up to the store clerk and requesting a pack of cigarettes.
Once he'd done this, he quickly went back to pumping his gas but upon doing so he immediately looked up with wide eyes as he noticed an all-black Baller stopping at the gas station then watching as two masked men hopped out of the vehicle armed with two Pistols with extended magazines hopped out of the car and proceeded to run for the gas station.
"SHIT!" Neto while moving to reach into the window of his car to grab his own Pistol but before he could even touch the weapon the sound of gunshots could be heard along with glass shattering.
But he wasn't the target.
The target was the third Cambodian man who was still sitting inside of the car ducking for cover to avoid the shots before giving out a loud scream in pain as three bullets struck him in the shoulder while he was trying to climb into the driver seat.
"KEN!" Johnny screamed out while ducking to avoid the bullets that went through the window of the store.
VROOOM
The sound of the car engine soon caught both brothers and Neto off-guard as they looked on in suspense as the Psycho member threw the vehicle in drive and tried to pull away from the gas station.
This would cost him his life, as two well-placed shots from the Iceman would strike the man in the side of his head, literally blow his brains on the side, and leave the now lifeless Kenneth crashing the vehicle into the ice cream shop while Neto looked on with wide eyes before turning his attention back to the gunmen and watching them run back to the black Baller, climb inside, and speed off away from the gas station while the two Eng Brothers rushed to their lifeless brother and immediately started to shout in anger while crying out in sadness.
Sunbelt City
"AH!" Tasha moaned out with a voice filled with pain as she found herself standing in her bathroom looking at her naked body in the mirror with a look of sadness and pain on her face.
In the time she'd been with BSU she'd been in a few fights, especially after Mark left, but had always come out relatively clean and bruise free from the many battles the group fought.
This wasn't the case anymore.
As she looked at her naked body she took in the rather disgusting sight of the dark purple bruises that lined her once flawless upper body and the new scar she'd received on her leg from being shot. It was a clear through and through that she knew she needed to feel lucky for, but still the sight of the rather ugly scar upset her stomach, but something else upset her stomach most of all.
After covering herself with a fresh white towel the woman moved to step out of her bathroom before immediately being taken aback by the sight of a familiar man standing in the corner of the room staring at her with his usual serious look.
"What the fuck do you want?" Tasha asked in anger before watching Mark reach into his pocket, pulling out a familiar necklace, then dropping it on the bed in front of her.
"You failed to tell me that one of those pricks stole my gift to you at the wedding." He stated with a little emotion in his tone while Tasha gave him a low scoff.
"Must have slipped my mind while I was lying on the ground bleeding to death with a bullet in my leg." She stated causing Mark to look away from her. "Tell me something Mark, how did you get so used to getting shot?" She asked with some venom in her tone.
"You don't!" he answered earning a chuckle from the woman.
"Really because the way you live and the way you do things makes me think you're addicted to getting shot." She started while Mark eyed her closely and noticed some tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"Tasha-." He started only for the woman to cut him off in anger.
"No Mark you need to fucking here this." She yelled causing him to go silent and eye her closely. "As I was laying their bleeding out, I fucking called out to you." She started to Mark's surprise. "I was calling your name for you to come and save me and when you didn't…I thought I was dead probably more than any other time I'd been in danger…because you weren't coming." She finished with tears now starting to fall from her eyes.
"I can't do this anymore Mark…I just can't." she continued with tears now continuously flowing from her eyes while Mark eyed her closely before moving to approach her only to stop once the sound of his cellphone ringing caught his attention from a familiar number trying to video chat with him.
"I gotta take this." Mark replied before moving to walk out of the house and answering the phone.
"You got some nerve or calling my line at this hour." Mark let out while noticing a familiar man of Mayan descent standing on the other end of the phone.
"You're only three hours ahead of me, unless I'm past your bad time abuelo." Neto replied earning a slight chuckle from Mark.
"Yeah and you better feel lucky you're not under my do not disturb list." Mark retorted with a smile. "So what do I owe the pleasure of this phone call?" he asked with some annoyance in his tone.
"You're breaking terms we agreed upon already." He stated to Mark's confusion. "I just watched a car full of white boys make a Cambodian mother very sad, but I guess you already know about that. Along with your brother and a few of his guys running through my Varrio." He added while Mark rolled his eyes at the man.
"Was any of you the target?" Mark asked with a smile.
"No but we agreed that you wouldn't supply them." Neto stated while Mark chuckled.
"Who said I supplied them." Mark let out with a smile. "If you're forgetting we have enemies all over Los Santos who like to pack and will often leave their doors unlocked for anyone to just walk inside." Mark added with a smile. "Answer me this question Neto, you know my style and I entrust most of my men with them…were they following my style?" he asked earning a scoff from Neto.
The duo had managed to keep from openly talking about the crimes, but he got the feeling Mark was trying to put him in a bind. However, he knew what Mark was hinting at. When it came down to weapons Mark loved high caliber military style rifles, and he often kept most of his men armed with these same weapons.
The BSU members who killed the Psychos were using weapons more common for street gangsters, then those with military connections.
"I can't help them, but that doesn't mean they can't help themselves." Mark pointed out while Neto merely chuckled at them.
"And what about your new guy…the New Age Nazi?" Neto asked earning a chuckle from Mark.
"Don't worry about him, Jaguar Paw, he's not there for you or any of yours and we both know that." Mark started earning a slight chuckle from Neto at his nickname.
"Jaguar Paw…I like it!" he replied with a laugh. "Just remember to keep your paws away from where they don't belong." He added earning a scoff from Mark who immediately looked up with a half-smile while noticing a familiar man in a cowboy hat approaching him with a rather serious look on his face.
"Well, if it ain't everyone's favorite cowboy…I heard you been looking for me." Mark let out while Roland approached him with a serious look on his face.
"For your sake you better have a good excuse for everything that happened today Marcus." He stated earning a raised brow from the Creole. "Like why there's a half a million dollar supercomputer at the bottom of a lake outside Sunbelt?" he asked in anger while Mark threw his hands up in submission.
"That was for you." Mark replied earning a serious look from the man.
"You pissed me off enough these last few days Roman, so I suggest you start talking." Roland stated earning a serious look from Mark who then proceeded to go into details about his actions.
"Taking out the Supercomputer was passed down to us from our BSU brothers in San Fierro." Mark stated while Roland eyed him closely. "That chapter is believed to connected with a number of left-wing extremist groups up and down the West Coast." He added now earning Roland's full attention. "The Supercomputer is intact enough to be recovered, but we scratched their backs and now we've found a way into meeting these extremist groups." He finished while Roland eyed him closely.
"Do you have a name?" Roland asked him closely.
"I can get a name by the end of the week after a few of my guys go back to the San Fierro and act as proxies between us and those groups." He added earning a few seconds of silence from Roland before he decided to speak up.
"You should have told me about this plan if yours Mark." He added earning a look of anger from the youngest.
"Why so you can shit on me and threaten me like you did the rest of my guys?" Mark asked with a smug smile.
"No…that's not it." He retorted while looking at Mark with a rather sinister looking smile spread across his face.
"Then what is it?" the Creole asked.
"I wouldn't have taken drastic measures." He replied earning a raised brow from the youngest Roman who watched as Roland eyed him closely before looking down at his phone as it started to ring violently from numerous numbers and chiming from different text messages as the BSU members across New Arcadia screamed of an attack.
But the one message that truly haunted Mark was a simple one from Alison that he didn't expect to see.
"WE FOUND BUCK, I'M SORRY!"
Authors Note: Hello Everybody, sorry for such a long late update things have been crazy with me these last few months. I moved across the country, literally changed time zones and everything, started actually going back into work, and dealt with some personal issues at home but hey this story ain't dead yet and as you can see this was a pretty long and violent chapter.
It takes right between Onkwehonwe's last two chapters of Concrete Jungle if you've been following along you know what happened with Buck and this chapter was mostly meant to give him a happy day before his final send off.
Introducing the San Fierro BSU chapter is something I've been wanting to do for a while now and eventually you will start to see conflict between the two sides.
The heist to steal/destroy the Supercomputer was actually based off a mission in Watchdogs 2 but executed rather differently and it was based off some real life things that are happening today as many Tech Companies, CEO's, and workers are starting to actually leave the expensive state of California and are now resettling and moving their businesses to Texas.
Stick around for next chapter as Mark now finds himself hunting Ernesto in what will be their final showdown.
Thank you all for reading Zilla2000 out.
