Hello everyone! Sorry its been so long since I dropped a chapter. A combination of work, computer problems, and good old fashioned writer's block held up this posting. Thank you to everyone who favorited, followed, and or reviewed the story thus again, I have to give praise to incredible LynGuerra who has been my key motivation since day one to write this story. Without LynGuerra, this wouldn't have happened, so please make sure to check out her saints row fanfic "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Please remember to leave reviews and give me your thoughts and suggestions. As always, I own nothing other that OC creations, blah, blah, blah...please dont sue me. Enjoy!


"That was pretty fun!" Kat decreed as they pulled into huntersfield to drop her off. After making there housecall, Mei decided that they would drop off Kat, while they went back to scoping out potential locations for the new Saints Crib.

"That is was homie. Gotta say, you got a lot of potential…for a ho." Gat laughed "But you still got a ways to go."

"Really Gat?" Mei asked, not bothering to mask her annoyed tone "This woman just put in a lot of work in just to course of a day"

"True dat." Gat agreed "But it takes more than killing to be a real gangster, let alone to call yourself a Saint."

"Wow, there's more to this than just killing?" Kat replied sarcastically "Please, won't the mighty Johnny Gat instill some words of wisdom upon me?"

"Its actually 'Mighty Johnny Gat, patron Saint of Gangbangers and hair gel." Mei chimed in

"Look, there's shit you gotta know if you don't want to end up like the motherfuckers we popped in the alley." Gat retorted "There's a reason why I got a rep as a bad ass motherfucker…."

"….who ended up on death row and need me to save his ass from the electric chair." Mei finished

Gat glanced at Mei with a smile "Really think you're in a position to say that, little miss extra crispy?" he asked

"Burn jokes…really Gat?" Mei asked "I thought you had better material than that?"

"I'm just working with what I'm given." He replied, returning he attention to the rearview mirror so that he could get a glance at Kat. "Ready my gangster edition of SunTsu's 'Art of War'?" he asked

"Yeah, Ok." She replied "I can hold my own, and even channel my more sadistic side when I need to be. But if your advice keeps me alive to see another day, then I'm game.

Mei was ready to make a smart remark, until she remembered who she was riding with and decided to keep her mouth shut.

"Its strange to see Gat play the big brother role." Mei thought "But then again, it kinda makes me remember how he looked out for me when I got canonized." As Mei thought about it more, Kat did remind her a lot of herself when she first joined up. Sweet, but not so innocent, merciful but sadistic, and ruthless but prepared to give her life for any of her crew.

"Number one.." Gat said, breaking Mei out her train of thought "Know the all the crews and what colors they fly. There has been plenty of fuckers who got wasted by some nobody from a no-name crew because they didn't realize there are were small-tome assholes whose flags were gray, or yellow, or green."

"Green flags?" Kat interrupted "There are actually people who representing with green flags?"

"Don't joke about that." Mei said "If one of the Saints Lieutenants hadn't fucked up the order, we would have green flags instead of purple."

"Bullshit" Kat replied

"It true, we wouldn't bullshit on this." Gat said "Julius gave Dex the order to place over at Sloppy Seconds, but somehow we ending up we a double our order of clothes and flags with the wrong color."

"Damn" Kat replied in awe "Sounds like you the gang dodged a bullet getting the color purple."

"Fuck Yeah!" Mei and Gat replied in unison. Gat glanced back at Kat to ensure he had he attention before continuing.

"Number two" Gat continued "Know the neighborhoods that each gang controls. You don't want to be caught the wrong neighborhood wearing the wrong colors. Its just gives triggers motherfuckers an excuse to blast you right then and there. You also don't want to be caught in another gang's neighborhood wearing their colors. Some people might see you as a poser trying to pass yourself as a member, in which case you they might kill you the minute you walk outside. Needless to say, they catch some dumb walking around, wearing their flags, she'll end up being gangraped non-stop until they finally get bored with her and put a bullet in her head."

"Gat…." Mei started

"Hey! The gangbanger trainee asked for my words of wisdom" Gat snickered "I'm just telling how it is. I know a lot of people who got themselves killed trying to pretend that they were banging. So don't rep what you aint…..and don't mess around with dumbassess that rep what they aint. Its only gonna lead to you turning dead in dumpster. Ya feel me?"

"Yeah" Kat replied "I get what you're saying"

"Good to hear." Gat said merrily "Cause its time for rule number three: you rep for a gang, you only live in a neighborhoods that the gang controls. The last thing you wanna do is get caught living in a rival crews hood."

"Why?" Kat asked "If they want to come at me, then let them. Nobody's going to make me leave my home"

"That's good!" Gat said mockingly "Maybe me and boss can look into getting that carved on your gravestone."

"But…" Kat started, but Johnny cut her off

"You be killed in a matter of hours if you get caught walking into the wrong neighborhood, what do you think will happen if the Brotherhood find out they got bangers from another crew literally moving into their turf? They would torture you just for kicks…..and if you're stupid enough to make such a mistake, you deserve whatever happens to you."

Kat sat there silently as she let Gat's words was over for a moment. She knew that joining a gang would be dangerous, but she never considered the pitfalls how and when she wore her colors.

"Besides, is it really that great living in huntersfield?" Mei asked

"Fuck no!" Kat exclaimed "It's a matter of fucking principal. Besides, no one knows the Saints are back."

"You're right, they don't" Mei said sternly "But after the cops find the calling card we left behind, they wont be saying 'Former Saints Boss kills family of four' , they'll be saying 'Saints mark their return to power by slaughtering a family of four'. With that being said, until we find a new place to setup shop…no wearing your flags in huntersfield. You got a cell? If so hand it over."

"Ok" Kat said, handing Mei her blackberry

"I'm gonna put Gat number in here, expect a call from us soon." Mei instructed "Once we got a new place set up, you can crash there. Sound good?"

"Sounds great Boss." Kat replied "It gonna feel good making Stilwater safe again….at least as safe as Stilwater usually gets that is."

"You got heart" Gat said as they pulled in front of her apartment complex "But lots a gangstas with heart end up dead real fast. We'll see how you do under pressure soon enough"

"Don't mind the sourpuss over there" Mei teased "Giving compliments to anyone is a very rare thing. We'll talk soon. And remember….watch your ass."

"um ….ye-yeah got it Boss." Kat stuttered "see you soon"

Mei watched Kat hungrily as see made her way into her apartment building, but also noticed Gat looking at Kat with a steely expression of concern.

"What's up Gat?" Mei asked "You got this look like something on your mind, so spit it out already"

"I think you should be careful with that girl" Gat remarked "She's shown that she's down for the crew, but if something happened like with L…"

"Stop right there!" Mei interrupted "Lin was a goddess in my fucking eyes, and I would never try to replace her. Also, I'm not messing around with Kat or anyone else we recruit. I need to stayed focused and there's no place for long in that equation"

"What about just simply fucking?" Gat asked solemnly

"Of course fucking is on the table! Just not right now. For the time being I plan to be as chaste as a nun" Mei said

"Would be easier to believe if you weren't dressed like a catholic schoolgirl getting ready to turn tricks." Gat retorted "Almost looks like you and Tanya…."

"Don't go there Gat." Mei warned

"As you wish Boss Lady" Gat snickered

"Damn straight! Right now, we rebuild our gang, take back Stilwater, and kill Dex, Julius , and Troy for being fucking traitors" Mei declared darkly

"Works for me, besides….I think I got a place where we can set up shop" Gat said "And its well hidden"

"Ok…." Mei said catiously "You got my attention, where are we headed?"

Gat smiled "Head over to the old Mission house, we should be able to setup shop there.."

"Why don't we just set up shop at the church?" Mei asked

"We can't" Gat said darkly "Those motherfuckers over at Ultor turned it into a tourist trap"

"WHAT!?" Mei screamed "Please tell me your joking" Her blood boiling as she pictured the first home she had ever had being turned into a tourist attraction for vacationing families and elderly couples in shorts and flip flops to take family photos in front of.

"Wish I was girl" Gat replied "So we gotta set up shop someplace else. But no worries, the mission house will be perfect"

"I don't know Gat" Mei said, shaking her head "Maybe this is a sign to change this up. Now that I think about it, reglious buildings are kinda 'been there done that', ya know?"

"We're not staying in the mission" Gat explained "Peep this, a few years ago there was this earthquake that dropped half the city below sea level. Rather than clearing their shit up, the lazy sons of bitches just built over everything. There's an abandoned hotel below the mission that will work for us."

"Sounds good" Mei awed "So when are you gonna tell me?"

"Tell you what?" Gat asked

"What the catch is as to why this super cool, batcave style place isn't being used by anyone yet?" she asked back

"Don't worry about it"

"Gat" Mei started

"There's only one slight hitch to the plan" Gat said as they pulled in front of the mission

"Which is what?" Mei asked

"We gotta evict the current tenants" Gat said nonchalantly

"Sounds like fun" Mei replied "You got the shotguns?"

"Please girl, you do you think you're talking to? Johnny always got the shotty!" he exclaimed

They two of them got out of the car and made their way to the trunk of the vehicle. Gat opted to go with a tombstone shotgun, while Mei perfered to get up close and personal with a baseball bat.

"Seriously?" Gat asked "Don't you think you need someone with a little more stopping power?"

"Fucker, did jail alter your memory and make you forget who I was? I Leonardo motherfucking Davinci with this bat"

"Just saying you might need to reach out and touch someone" Gat pointed out "What are you gonna do then?"

"Oh Gat, don't you know me better than that? One of my favorite prison guards had something special in his house!" Mei said, tapping the bag strapped to her leg

"And what was that?" Gat asked curiously

"Throwing stars motherfucker!" Mei exclaimed, pulling out an 9 point star to show Gat "It feels so good to have some again. I almost feel naked when I don't have a blade on me."

"I hear ya on that one." Gat said "But I prefer to just stab a motherfucker rather than trying to chuck something at them."

"You don't know what you're missing out on! Its one of the things that made doing hits for Mr. Wong so exciting" Mei replied

"Granted, you knew all that assassination stuff before you hooked up with Wong, It Doesn't change the fact that bullets are the law of the land"

"True, you right in that regard." She conceded "But nothing beats the classics"

"Whatever you say Boss" Gat said as they made their way inside "Just try not to get killed while you're playing ninja."

"Roger that" Mei replied mockingly "And with my skills, i am a ninja!"

Gat simply laughed as they made their way down the flight of steps, they began to see people gathered around bonfires and shacks made out of metal, cardboard, wood, and other materials that look like had been dug from the trash. As they reached the bottom of the stairs, a group of vagrant men spotted them. Before they could even blink an eye, Gat fired a blast at the vagrant on the left. This sent what was left of the homeless man's head flying through the air, landing with a sickening thud on the roof of one the makeshift shacks. The remaining two vagrants stood there is shock, looking at what happened to one of their friends' only seconds before. Mei used this opportunity to rush the vagrants. With all the strength she could muster, she swung the bat at towards the vagrant on the right, connecting with so much force that his head slammed into his other friend and sending them both to the ground with two loud cracks of their skulls hitting the stone floor.

"Damn girl, that was nice!"

"Told you I hadn't lost a step, so what you got to say now?"

"All I got to say is that you better pay attention, cus' we got company."

Mei looked out across the courtyard to see more vagrants heading in their direction. She heard movement above and looked up to see even more of them on the upper floors.

"I'm gonna head up top, you deal with to pussies down here" Mei instructed "Holler if you need help"

"Got it Boss" Gat replied "You do the same!"

Mei quickly dashed upstairs, swiftly dodging attacks broken bottles and lead pipes as she followed up every dodge with a strike to head from her baseball bat. On the fifth floor, one woman, had the misfortune of trying to pull an T3K Urban on her. Without missing a beat, Mei reached into the bag strapped to her leg and swiftly struck the woman in the throat with a ninja star. The would-be attacker dropped her machinegun and attempted to scream , but only blood spilled from mouth. As stumbled backwards, she went over the balcony a plummeted four stories, taking out two more homeless people down below.

"Hey, watch where you're aiming" Gat called from below, as he fired into a man who charge him with a machete "Its raining bums down here!"

"Don't be a pussy! You should be flattered to have people 'falling' for you. " Mei retorted

"Fuck you!" Gat yelled

"Only if Eesh says its ok!" Mei teased

After smashing the skull of a man who tried to hide in a hollowed out refregirator, Mei made her way back down to check Gat's progress.

"Yo! It about time your ass finished up, unless your not done playing ninja!" Gat teased, as he started to move dead bodies into a pile for burning.

"Don't hate because you ain't got my skills" she retorted as she pulled half a severed body into the pile.

"So…whatcha think?" Gat asked

"I don't know Gat. To be honest, I think this place is a fucking shithole." Mei said

"True" Gat conceded "But it's a shithole with potential" Gat Corrected as he proceed to sit on an old sofa while using the corpses of two dead bums as an ottoman.

"I'm still not so sure Gat." Mei said doubtfully

"Come on, think about it" Gat replied sternly "We get a stripper pole, some flat screens, maybe some nicer furniture…"

Mei smiled as she took a seat next to Gat " You have me at stripper pole."

"Fuckin A" Gat replied as the two of them exchanged a fist bump

Two hours Later….

After searching the bodies for any cash or weapons, Gat and Mei began the task of disposing of the 'previous tenants'. Something that was proving a bit more time consuming that expected.

"Ya know, this shit isn't exactly what I had planned for my day." Gat grumbled

"I feel ya on that shit" Mei replied "But we gotta get this placed cleared out"

"Yo, I ain't a fucking janitor" Gat protested

"No, you're a goddamn diva" Mei replied, dumping another body into the pile "And one way or another we gotta get these fucking corpses out of here"

"Come on, I know where you're coming from, but it this is the kinda shit we get people who just got canonized to do."

"Really? Then why don't we ask some of the crew to help us?" Mei asked mockingly "Oh yeah…because there is no crew"

"That's my point, Boss" Gat said gravely "We can't be a gang without…you know…a fucking gang?"

"Yo homie. You said it yourself. With most of the original crew dead, or locked up by that fukcing narc Troy…we're gonna have to start fresh and build a whole new crew." Mei pointed out

"Well lets get moving on that shit then, cause I'm done moppin up blood." Gat retorted angrily as they both made their way back upstatirs.

"I met this kid named Carlos who help me bust out. He seems alright but we're gonna need more than more than him and Kat. Any suggestions?"

"Yeah. I met some people while I was locked up" Gat said "I can make some calls and see who's down. But once I track these fuckers down, you gonna have to show them you're the real deal htough…they ain't gonna follow just anyone"

"Not a problem" Mei said "Just tell em where to meet us."