Grand Theft Auto: The Innocent Rose.
Chapter 11: Aftermath on Starfish Island.
Vercetti Estate Ruins.
Hours after the firefight had come to a close; the fires extinguished, the gardens incinerated, the paintings being gathered up to be sold, and the bodies of the fallen being dumped into the ocean bay where no crime scene investigators will find them, Douglas, Ryder and Angelo all stood within the walls of what used to be Tommy Vercetti's Office though the fires had spread to consume the room for the desk had collapsed to the flames heat, the safe cracked open and emptied, the window shattered after a rocket had torn the glass asunder.
"Any idea where they went in that boat?" Douglas spoke slowly breaking a still silence between himself, Ryder and Angelo; his voice more terrifying when he was calm and quiet for his actions would become unpredictable.
"No; we only know they sped off and managed to destroy all three of our Speedboats we had tailing them, but we found the Sqaulo anchored at a small dock just outside Escobar International Airport."
"Too bad… how's your leg Angelo?" Douglas spoke emotionlessly; his head turning slightly towards Angelo when speaking to the wounded Lieutenant.
"I'm ok but my leg will heal in time" Angelo stated from a cheap wooden chair; his leg having been treated and the wound bound in gauds but the pain was still burning his legs for his muscles had been badly damaged.
"It's a pity you failed… but the look on Rosa's face when she saw her parents… I will enjoy that mental image tonight" Douglas spoke with a sexual satisfaction; his hands twitching in anticipation for her got off on other people's pain.
Ryder and Angelo looked to each other though Angelo looked fearful whenever Douglas became getting aroused by the pain of others; Ryder merely grinned as he too had enjoyed Rosa's grief though not to the extent that Douglas did, all three of the criminals barely even noticed another Haitian Member enter the room before he spoke.
"Boss you have a visitor" Spoke a bulky Haitian; his deep dark skin hiding any features from under the blue hoodie he wore, The Haitian leaving the office only to be replaced by somebody dressed in a Vice City Police Uniform.
"Its good to have a dirty cop on my side when they can gain so much useful information; isn't that right… Iain Autumns" Douglas smiled to himself; turning and facing the very Police Officer that had guided him to Ryder as well as his friends.
The Police Officer Iain Autumns stood in the doorway; his uniform pristine and unmarked while several of his fellow Officers had been killed via rocket fire, "I'd have appreciated if you didn't kill so many of my compatriots… it wasn't easy to stop every SWAT Team in the City from coming down on your asses! It's a pity those that did come had to lose their lives when you could've easily have just disabled their weapons or left them with minor injuries".
"I don't care for Police… you know that" Douglas spoke' his tone that of an unspoken threat on Iain's life.
"Ok; ok… I'll use my cut to add to the restitution for those officer's families" Iain spoke; shaking his head in dismissal for he'd lose nearly four-hundred thousand dollars merely out of a fake kindness but he had a plan to recover that money.
"Can your authority and connections find out where that little bitch and her bodyguards went?" Ryder cut in; his friend's failure at even taking out even one of her bodyguards much less the sudden suicide divebomb of that Helicopter decimating their own Gang and allowing Rosa to escape aboard that Speedboat.
"I might be able to once this mess calms down; but you have to sweeten my take since I'm giving up a lot of my cut" Iain spoke up; his plan falling into place but he still needed to win over Douglas Ender.
"Fine… what do you want? Money? The fine art? Women?" Douglas spoke; his trigger finger twitching in impatience while waiting for his associates demands for his work it stopping the Police.
"First off; Sarah Fauna should be released back to her family" Iain laid out his first demand; smiling as he leaned against the damaged safe with his eye on the tremendous amount of money that had spilled out from it.
Douglas thought for a moment before shrugging her shoulders; being indifferent to the health and mental wellbeing of the girl after everything The Haitians have done to the girl for the last four days, "Fine; she can leave… anything else?".
Iain smiled widely as he stepped forwards; closing the distance between himself and the intimidating figure of Douglas Ender, "Yes; I'd like a share of the takings for my retirement and to be on the squad when you find Rosa Cortez… or is it Rosa Vercetti?".
"Why would you want that? You'll be outing yourself as a dirty cop" Ryder stated ignoring the confusion surrounding Rosa's family name; only turning his head and glaring at the dirty cop, holding resentment towards Iain for he could simply have taken Rosa when they were in the Interrogation Rooms and handed her over to Douglas but didn't for whatever his reasons were.
"Not if I put in a request, you should know that I have quite the arrest record and the LSPD want me on their force… considering that a major heist was committed in Los Santos in a Jewellery Store and another on a Merryweather Freighter where a Submarine was mysteriously stolen"
"Merryweather… I fucking hate those people" Douglas gritted his teeth while he spoke; cursing the Private Militia's very name, "Fine… but you'll get your money when you find her".
Iain gave a wide smile; he expected an additional task before he could get his money and then use it to disappear from Douglas' employ only to live his remaining years in the bliss that came with the physical comforts of money and women.
Douglas glared out the corners of his eyes while he thought; it wasn't a terrible suggestion and having somebody in Los Santos in the possibility that Rosa, Lucas and Marco were headed there whereas the possibility that they were headed to Liberty City was another option though far less likely.
"If I may interject again Douglas… Rosa was supposed to attend Los Santos University in the fall …as was I so I could keep an eye out for her there" Ryder spoke up; grinning ear to ear for he could not only find the girl but also recruit the many young adults in University into his own Gang and maybe even topple Douglas Ender himself someday.
"That's a bad idea… she knows you're a Gang Member now and could get you arrested on sight" Angelo chimed in; his expression unhappy for he was being excluded more and more with each moment.
Ryder sneered towards his friend; his plans dashed away by a mere oversight.
"What is going to be the Police Report to Weasel News going to be?" Douglas spoke up; turning his attention back towards Iain Autumns in demand for what the VCPD were going to tell the horde of reporters that would follow in the wake of the Gang War.
"Yes; Weasel News is going to be reporting that all people involved with The Vercetti Gang including Lady Mercedes and Miss Rosa are dead" Iain spoke clearly with a snide smile; his eyes staring directly at Douglas like nobody else was in the room.
"But Rosa is still alive…" Angelo stated blankly; merely blinking at the notion that they report Rosa was dead when she's truly still alive.
"Shut up Angelo; if you don't know what's going on then shut it" Ryder snapped back at his friend; going as far as to place the tips of his fingers on his Handgun in a threatening manner towards Angelo.
With Angelo silenced; Douglas merely gave an approving nod toward Ryder before marching towards Iain only to walk past towards the blown-apart double doors from the Office and into the Foyer, taking a moment to examine the damage caused by the guns, rockets, fire and the many deaths before finally speaking.
"Dispatch a team of Haitians to both Liberty City and to Los Santos… Iain and Ryder will head the Los Santos Team; I want the girl alive but Lucas and Marco on the other hand… kill them and bring me their heads".
