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Chapter 16: Common Enemy: Part 1.

Claude was the only one to react to Max taking out his 9mm returning the favor aiming his right at Max. ActionMax decided to take matters into his own hands. "Wow Max Payne the living legend." Max didn't flinch keeping an eye on Claude giving Tommy, and Carl quick glances. People from the crowd start running for the exits. "I think there's been a misunderstanding… Hey!" One of ActionMax's security guards grabs him, and puts a gun to his head. "What the hell?"

"Oh shit." Tommy realizes what's going on.

Lazlow and OG Loc are frozen in fear standing still. "We don't work for you anymore. Joey Leone pays us now."

"This sucks." ActionMax said nonchalant.

A uniformed officer stands next to ActionMax's turncoat security guards. "Glad you're here the situation was getting out of hand." Max is relived.

"I don't know Payne it seems your helping these wanted criminals." The officer said with a smirk.

"Fuck. Leone, he must have paid them off like 8-Ball said." C.J. said reaching for his Uzi.

Nick Reo appears next to ActionMax. "You should have accepted our deal Vercetti."

"Fuck you!"

"Let's bring Mr. ActionMax here to the Gentlemen's club, and kill these six." The guards follow nick out. Then Mafia henchmen start to charge onto the stage.

"Woo! Hold up." OG Loc holds his hands in front of him. "I'm part of these guys."

The mobsters open fire Max, Claude, and Lazlow jump behind a large speaker as Carl, Tommy, and Loc jump off stage ducking underneath the gunfire. Lazlow sits in between Max and Claude as they are pinned down by the gun fire. Max, and Claude look at each other but attempt to aim their weapons at each other but Lazlow grabs both their arms. "Wait! Don't shoot at each other, you two need to work together to get us out of here alive. There the bad guys, you have a common Enemy."

The two men from opposite sides of the law look at each other but reluctantly give each other a nod. "Enemy of my enemy is my friend." Max looks around. "We need some help here. Where did your friends go?"

A mule speeds toward the stage then does a 180 making the rear face the stage. C.J. stands in the open back holding his dueling Uzi's. "C'mon this way." He opens fire on the Mobsters. Max and Claude grab onto Lazlow making a run for the truck. The jump in the back then Carl shuts the door. "Go!" Tommy in the driver's seat puts his foot to the floor speeding the truck through an entrance for vehicles getting them out of there away from the barrage of Mafia bullets.

Max stands up in the back of the trunk looking down the barrel of Carl's gun. "Not a smart move joining us. I don't like cops." Max isn't fazed showing no fear. Claude looks on unsure what to do when the truck comes to a stop. Tommy has parked the truck in an alley by the multi-story car park.

Tommy opens the back. "What the fuck! Why is the cop with us?"

"Because Joey Leone wants us all dead even these guys." Max points to Loc, and Lazlow.

"What, why me?" Loc whines.

"Shut up." Everyone says in unison. "Yeah Jeffrey!" C.J. adds.

"What do you think Claude?" Asked Tommy.

Claude shrugs as Lazlow cuts in. "As the host of chatterbox I believe I should let you guys know my opinion, and It is this guy can help us." Tommy rolls his eyes.

"Yo!" The look to see Jay Banks from their job in San Andreas standing outside the truck. "You guy's are going to need all the help you can get."

"Jay?" Said Tommy confused. "Where the hell did you came from?"

"I was at the concert when I saw you guys on stage." He said. "I booked. There where way too many mobsters. Then I spotted Tommy in the truck so I followed in my new Patriot." He points to it behind him. "There's some deep shit that needs to be taken care of because they took ActionMax."

"And we can't get fucking home without him." Said Tommy.

"You're going to need the cop with all the troops Leone has."

"What so he can bring his buddies to arrest us." Said C.J.

"Nah there's a warrant out for the arrest of Max Payne. Yeah I know who you are."

"Crooked cops." Not the first time Max had been affected by them. "I knew Liberty was bad news."

"Carl put your gun away." Tommy sighs. "Listen detective I think we can work out a deal, and both profit from this."

At the Gentlemen club ActionMax sits in a chair with a few mafia henchmen watching him, Joey enters the room followed by Nick. "You're the guy Vercetti, Carl, and that silent guy is working for?" Joey asked looking at the young man. "What's your name?"

"ActionMax, and the silent guy is Claude."

"Whatever. Are they loyal to you?"

ActionMax thinks for a second. 'They might not like me since I put them in this situation but they do need me alive.' "Yeah I guess you could say their loyal to me."

"Good. We've been watching you, and you should already have figured out that I bribed your guards." ActionMax acknowledges Joey with a nod. "And we have the cops on the payroll taking care of Payne."

"Do you really want those guys's coming after me, and you?"

"I'm hoping they try it." Joey smirks evilly. "I have men all over St. Marks ready for them, and if they don't come a couple of death squads."

"I can take care of them." Said Nick. "I've killed guys like them before."

"Well guys it sounds like fun but I'm getting out of here. Freeze." ActionMax looks around noting nothing happened. "Freeze! Freeze please! Oh what the crap."

Joey starts to laugh. "What are you doing?"

Luigi walks in the room with a letter in his hand. "Joey this just arrived for…him."

"What?"

"It says to ActionMax." He reads off then gives it to him.

ActionMax takes the letter, and reads it out loud. "Dear ActionMax. You are abusing your powers as an author interfering with the fic' therefore you have been cut off for now, and are now on your own. From the staff of Fan Fiction."

"Alright what the hell's going on?" Asked Joey.

"Great timing for this." ActionMax crumbles the letter. "Now I really do need to rely on them."

A/N: Only one more chapter left!