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Chapter 1
Problem Child
The alarm goes off and Vic instantly hits the snooze. The phone rings, Vic groans and rolls over to answer. "Hello!" The person on the other end is Shane, Vic's right hand man. "Vic, you awake, man?" Vic answers with a tired voice, "Yeah, what's up?" Shane sounds very urgent and excited, "You gotta get down here to the clubhouse, there's some big shit goin' down!" Vic slams the phone down and leaves in a hurry.
Vic gets to the clubhouse and walks in to see Shane and Lemonhead loading their guns and checking their stock. "What the hell is going on here?" Vic asks. Shane turns to answer while loading "Vic, we got word that there's been a rash of stolen police vehicles in the area and we have a lead on who it might be." Vic turns to Shane and Lemonhead and laughs. "You guys called me up and rushed me down here for some punk stealing cop cars!?!" Shane turns to Lem and then back to Vic. "No, we called you down here because it's your little brother who's the punk doing the stealing." Vic's little brother, Steve, was an ex-cop turned petty crook and part-time muscle for a few loan sharks. Steve was a detective in Florida for years, but was recently fired and taken to court after being caught withholding evidence. Things in Florida were obviously tighter than that of Farmington. Steve came out to California because Vic said he would help him get on his feet. Vic had fell out of contact with his brother for about a month since he arrived in Farmington. Steve found a few ways to make an easy buck and now needs Vic's help more than ever.
"Oh yeah, it gets better." Shane says to Vic. Shane tells Vic that in addition to stealing some cop cars, Steve had taken out a very large loan with his employer and recently made it clear he could not pay it back. "Vic, he's in deep and you know they'll collect.one way or the other" Vic paces the room for a minute and then he picks up the phone. "Who are you calling?" Lem asks. Vic turns with a smile and says, "The big guns."
Vic waits for an answer and hears a muttled voice pick-up. The muttled voice is Mo, one of Vic's newest gang connections in the Farm district. Mo recently found himself oweing Vic some favors after being caught selling coke to a few school kids. Vic let him off easy and put him on the payroll. "Mo, wake your lazy ass up!" Vic says with urgency. Mo realizes who he's talking to and seems to wake up pretty quick. "Vic! What's shakin' on the Farm?" " I need a favor, Mo." Mo is not surprised with the reason for the call. "What do you need, Vic?" Mo asks. Vic explains the situation with his brother, Steve and then continues with a request. "I need your crew to take care of these loan sharks." Mo changes his tone and now is concerned. "So what do you need my crew for?" "Your team can do it just as good." Vic, always being the man with the plan answers back. "I need to make it look like a gang-related crime." "Don't worry, you won't do any time." Mo agrees and Vic briefs him on how everything needs to go down.
Vic plans on getting Steve out of his jam. He wants to have Mo's gang go in and take out the loan sharks and also make it look like a crime inspired by a debt issue with a member of Mo's gang. All Mo has to do is make sure an eyewitness sees them fleeing the crime and Vic will take care of the rest. Vic has another plan for this mission. He wants to clean Steve up and recruit him for the Strike Team. Vic knows his little brother just needs a chance to get it back together and he will be back on track. The Strike Team has been looking for a new guy to join the family and Steve would fit into the team perfectly.
Chapter 1
Problem Child
The alarm goes off and Vic instantly hits the snooze. The phone rings, Vic groans and rolls over to answer. "Hello!" The person on the other end is Shane, Vic's right hand man. "Vic, you awake, man?" Vic answers with a tired voice, "Yeah, what's up?" Shane sounds very urgent and excited, "You gotta get down here to the clubhouse, there's some big shit goin' down!" Vic slams the phone down and leaves in a hurry.
Vic gets to the clubhouse and walks in to see Shane and Lemonhead loading their guns and checking their stock. "What the hell is going on here?" Vic asks. Shane turns to answer while loading "Vic, we got word that there's been a rash of stolen police vehicles in the area and we have a lead on who it might be." Vic turns to Shane and Lemonhead and laughs. "You guys called me up and rushed me down here for some punk stealing cop cars!?!" Shane turns to Lem and then back to Vic. "No, we called you down here because it's your little brother who's the punk doing the stealing." Vic's little brother, Steve, was an ex-cop turned petty crook and part-time muscle for a few loan sharks. Steve was a detective in Florida for years, but was recently fired and taken to court after being caught withholding evidence. Things in Florida were obviously tighter than that of Farmington. Steve came out to California because Vic said he would help him get on his feet. Vic had fell out of contact with his brother for about a month since he arrived in Farmington. Steve found a few ways to make an easy buck and now needs Vic's help more than ever.
"Oh yeah, it gets better." Shane says to Vic. Shane tells Vic that in addition to stealing some cop cars, Steve had taken out a very large loan with his employer and recently made it clear he could not pay it back. "Vic, he's in deep and you know they'll collect.one way or the other" Vic paces the room for a minute and then he picks up the phone. "Who are you calling?" Lem asks. Vic turns with a smile and says, "The big guns."
Vic waits for an answer and hears a muttled voice pick-up. The muttled voice is Mo, one of Vic's newest gang connections in the Farm district. Mo recently found himself oweing Vic some favors after being caught selling coke to a few school kids. Vic let him off easy and put him on the payroll. "Mo, wake your lazy ass up!" Vic says with urgency. Mo realizes who he's talking to and seems to wake up pretty quick. "Vic! What's shakin' on the Farm?" " I need a favor, Mo." Mo is not surprised with the reason for the call. "What do you need, Vic?" Mo asks. Vic explains the situation with his brother, Steve and then continues with a request. "I need your crew to take care of these loan sharks." Mo changes his tone and now is concerned. "So what do you need my crew for?" "Your team can do it just as good." Vic, always being the man with the plan answers back. "I need to make it look like a gang-related crime." "Don't worry, you won't do any time." Mo agrees and Vic briefs him on how everything needs to go down.
Vic plans on getting Steve out of his jam. He wants to have Mo's gang go in and take out the loan sharks and also make it look like a crime inspired by a debt issue with a member of Mo's gang. All Mo has to do is make sure an eyewitness sees them fleeing the crime and Vic will take care of the rest. Vic has another plan for this mission. He wants to clean Steve up and recruit him for the Strike Team. Vic knows his little brother just needs a chance to get it back together and he will be back on track. The Strike Team has been looking for a new guy to join the family and Steve would fit into the team perfectly.