Hi eveyone! Just want to say thanks to everybody who has read this story and commented on it. The reviews are a real motivator for me. As always, a special shout out to the incredible LynGuerra, who has been the main inspiration for my writing and about 90% of the reason why the story has more than one chapter. Make sure to read and review her fanfic "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", another Saints Row inspired story than even now keeps me guessing as to what will happen next. I have a few definte things I want to accomplish with this story, but I more than happy to hear any critisms or suggestions. As always, I own know nothing so please don't sue me. Enjoy!


Troy sat in his office, with his desk covered in case files of various former Three Street Saints members. Almost all of the Saints in these cases were dead, with the expectation of a few who had been arrested or dropped their flags in an effort to save their lives. There were three case files that Troy reviewed with utmost most attention. Johnny and Mei were a terror on their own, but the ominous third case file caused just as much dread and concern. He closed his eyes and began rubbing the side of his forehead, trying to figure out how he arrived at this point in his life. When he was asked to transfer to the undercover division of the Stilwater Police Department, he saw it as a golden opportunity for advancement, but to ultimately do some good. He began building a reputation on the streets and was eventually recruited by Julius. From there, he began building his own crew of guys for the gang. Despite his Stilwater Police Department handler wanting to install fellow officers in his crew, he fought against it. He knew that he recruited would be examined by Julius personally and he didn't want to take the chance of a cop being discovered in his crew. Not only could it affect his standing with the gang, but it might cause others to take a closer look at him, sometime that could prove to be extremely fatal. He also didn't like the idea how having fellow officers commit criminal acts on behalf of the gang. If Julius was truly as serious as Troy believed, then there was no way around blood being spilt in the streets. Worst case scenario, should the SPD leave him out to dry, he could still take the gang down with. There were however things that he never accounted for when he joined the Julius and the Saints in their plan to 'clean up Stilwater'.

Before going undercover, Troy had heard stories about the infamous Johnny Gat from other officers in the SPD. He remembered one Sargent telling him about how Gat once went on a one-man rampage against the officers at the fourteenth prescient, killing more than half the officers inside because a rookie made the mistake of trying to force himself on Gat's then-girlfriend, Aisha. Then, there another story of how a captain tried to have some officers bring Gat in for questioning, only to have their severed heads delivered to their commanding officer. The police captain turned up dead a few days later when he was blown up by a pipe bomb planted in his mailbox. Something that Gat was also suspecting of having a hand in. The general warning he got from his handler was to stay as far away for Johnny Gat as he possibly could, and then some. This became impossible when shortly after recruiting Troy, Johnny Gat was brought in by Julius. However, Johnny Gat was a pretty easy guy to get along with, so long as you didn't piss him off. The two of them butted heads a lot regarding the best way to approach doing something. Where Johnny was always prepared to charge in, with guns blazing, Troy preferred the quiet and discreet approach with limited collateral damage. And yet, their varying styles made the Third Street Saints in a force that was should not be taken lightly. As Julius once put it, "Sometimes you need a club, other times you need a spear. It's all about who can get the job done in that situation, and still get the best results." At the end of the day, Troy always had Johnny's back, the same way he knew Gat always had his. And as happy as Troy was in the beginning to clean up Stilwater, he saw things with things that made him question who the 'good guys' were in Stilwater. He saw officers abusing their power to prey on everyday citizens, taking bribes from the Vice Kings to look the other, and even acting as drug couriers for Los Carnales. Whereas you had the Saints out patrolling to make sure The Row was safe after dark, protecting people in their neighborhoods from being bullied by other gangs or cops, and even arranged community blood drives to help both themselves and the citizens. The Saints had never felt like a criminal gang, but a somewhat dysfunctional family that sometimes did questionable things to keep other safe. While half the SPD pretending there was no gang problem and the other half took bribes, the saints had wiped out the other gangs. Troy even considered asking for pardons for the gang for the civic services. But he knew that something like that could never happen. If you have gangbanger cleaning up the Stilwater, that just makes everyone look bad. From the Chief Monroe all the way up to the Mayor, if you threatened their power you have to be removed. Regardless of whether you wore a purple bandanna or a badge, they would have you locked up and consider the matter closed.

After the explosion on Alderman's Hughes' Yacht, Troy decided it was time to remove the last gang remaining in still water. Especially since Dex confronted him about being a cop, and explained that he always knew what Troy was. And even though Dex said he was walking away from the gang and that he would tell anyone, Troy decided to act before someone else put two and two together. Over the course of the next seventy-two hours, more than half the Saints in Stilwater were either arrested or killed while resisting arrest. Although Troy wouldn't be surprised if some officers took special liberties while trying to apprehend his former friends. Some were killed either by overzealous cops looking to settle the score for their fallen brothers, or dirty cops who were pissed that they stuck their noses where it didn't belong. Even when the trails for the Saints in police custody started, there was a polarizing atmosphere from both the public and the SPD. Some people saw Troy as a hero who risked his own life to take down the violent gangs in Stilwater. Others saw him as an opportunist who was getting a bunch of undeserved praise. Realistically, Troy knew he couldn't blame his detractors for thinking that way. He had be a lieutenant in the gang and he had just as much blood on his hands as the other Saints. Yet, he got a promotion while his former crew got heavy jail time, most of whom acting under Troy orders. During one of the proceedings while testifying about the Saints' raid on the Carnales drug lab. Joey-D, one of the Saints present interrupted Troy recounting of the raid.

"BULLSHIT!" Joey-D screamed "You planned that raid too! You were right next to us shooting up fucking Reds, so where the fuck do you get off acting like you ain't done anything wrong? Bitchass Narc!"

After this outburst, Joey-D ended up being removed from the courtroom by 3 officers, but his words still hung in the air. After everything Troy had done, how could he be considered blameless? Had most of the people on trial not acted under his orders? How can condemn the foot solider, but provide immunity to the Lieutenant that handed out the orders? After the trial was over, Troy was greeted by Commando Cassie and Johnny Gat, both of whom blamed him for the destruction of their gang. But even the two of them couldn't hope to walk after trying to kill an officer in broad daylight. Troy survived the attacked, although fourteen fellow officers weren't so lucky. Cassie was given life without parole, while Gat was given the death penalty. Once again, Troy was made out to be a hero and was promoted to Chief of Police. Troy completely betrayed the people who trusted him the most, and yet he was praised for it. But Troy didn't get a moment so everything to bask in the glow of his new promotion…he had new problems. Without the Saints, Stilwater had quickly fallen prey to many up and coming gangs. Within a few months, the Ronin, The Brotherhood, and the Sons of Samedi had established themselves as major players. Even now, Troy felt grief stricken over destroying the Saints, only to have three new gangs come to town as though nothing ever happened. While he conceded that he couldn't bring back the Saints, he decided he would try his best to ensure fair treatment where he could for some of them. He made sure that under no circumstance was Mei to be pulled off life support. While some people called for her death, he couldn't in good conscious pull the plug on someone who had saved his life more than once. He also used his authority to look into what happened on Hughes yacht. Mei might be a homicidal killer, my there's no way she would blow up a boat with her still on it. Troy also had Cassie transferred to a minimum security prison in the hopes that she could spend the rest of her life sentence in a relatively peaceful and relatively safe prison. And when word reached him that Gat might have an 'accident' on the way to the showers, he pass the word along to the warden that if anything happened to Gat, him and his staff would become permanent residents of the Stilwater Penitentiary. In the end, Troy had fought besides the Saints through more life or death situations than he cared to recall. He made sure that nobody went out of their way to harm any of the Saints still incarcerated at Stilwater Penitentiary, which is more than most people would have done, especially considering that some of those same 'friends' had tried to kill him. Even if he hated how things had turned out, he still wanted to make sure that they received the best treatment in this situation.. At one point, Troy considered approaching the Mayor about receiving formal pardons for some of the gang. But this idea was quickly dismissed when he thought about some of the more disturbing things the gang had done during its rise to power. Like Johnny, Mei, and Ben King threw Tanya Winters out of a penthouse floor window at the rebuilt Kingdom Come Records. Then there was Mei, who would blow up Kingdom Come records, thus the need for it to be rebuilt. There were also so many shootout report with just Gat alone, the department had a room with nothing but reports on his activities. And then there was Cassandra Anderson a.k.a "Commando Cassie", who considered to be so dangerous, Julius kept her existence from the rest of the gang. Only the other lieutenants ever of her involvement in the gang, since Julius wanted someone who could act independent of the gang.

Five Years Ago

Troy marched into the Church ready to rip Gat a new one. He had officers who were going to take down a large shipment of illegally imported car parts from the Rollerz, but then the news reached him that freighter got blown up 20 miles from the port before it could dock and be seized by the SPD. He had spent the past hour being chewed out by his handler and was ordered to find out who did it. And when it came to blowing shit up in the Saints, there was a very short list of suspects…..He walked into Gat's office to find him watching the breaking news report about the sunken cargo ship.

"Why the fuck am I only hearing about this now?" Troy asked angrily "And how the fuck did Gat sink a fucking cargo freighter?"

"I'm flatted Troy, but it wasn't me." Gat sneered "It was commando Cassie. And she did one helluva job if I do say so myself"

"You got right!" A woman's voice said behind him

Troy turned around to see Dex, Julius, and a young girl enter the room. The girl couldn't have been any older than Mei; she had a pale complexion with red hair that stopped in the middle of her back. The she had on short skrit with green army camo, a short-sleeve while shirt, a loose black tie, and black gloves. But the thing that stood out the most other than her age was the cold stare that her emerald-green eyes held.

"Who the hell are you?" Troy asked

"Weren't you paying attention?" She asked slyly "I'm Cassie. You were just marveling at my handiwork"

"Take a seat Troy" Julius said "Let me explain it to ya."

Troy took a seat next to Gat while he waited for Julius to continue talking.

"Cassie has a….let's say 'unique' skill set that you don't find in most gangs, so I asked her to join." Julius explained

"I thought you didn't want any women joining the Saints?" Troy asked

"I won't lie to you, Its something I'm still nervous about, even now with Lin and that new girl Mei' Julius said "That's why Cassie's not flying any colors. She can go into certain jobs for us that won't come back on the gang"

"They're innocent people on that freighter who had nothing to do with those parts. For all you know, the parts weren't even there!"

"Yes they were!" Cassie replied coldly "Because I boosted them before I sunk the container. Lin's already offloading them. And as for the people onboard, they smuggle shit all the fucking time! Sooner or later, someone was gonna pop 'em. "

"How do you know that?" Troy asked "How can you be sure….."

"First of…." Cassie interrupted "I take my order from the Boss, not you! Second, you ever raise you voice to me again, I'll rape you with your own cock while it's still attached."

"ENOUGH!" Julius yelled stepping between them "Cassie gets the job done. And that's the most important thing. Most of the intel that our people have been using comes from her. And Cassie, I expect you to keep your cool and show respect to a Lieutenant. Same goes for you Troy!"

The room was silent, with only the sound of the TV playing in the background.

"Why wasn't I told about her?" Troy growled angrily

"Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?" Julius snapped at him "I don't have to tell you shit!"

"You know boss, this guy kinda sounds like a fucking narc!" Cassie proclaimed "Why would he be worried about the ship otherwise"

"Hold on Cassie! This fucker is a lot of things, but he's one of us" said Gat "He just tends to get his panties in a wad."

"That and ask to many fucking questions" said Dex

"Whaterver, we done here Boss?" She asked

"Sure. I'll hit you up later about the other stuff" Julius replied

Troy wanted to ask about the 'other stuff', but knew it wouldn't end well. It looked bad that he didn't know about this girl to begin with. And even he had to admit that he was sounding like a cop. Cassie began walking to the door and then stopped to give Troy one final glance.

"I hope for your own sake, you never make yourself my enemy. It's a nightmare that won't end until I say so."

And with that, Cassie walked out the door. Their paths wouldn't cross again until her and Johnny's attempted to kill him for being and undercover cop.

Present Day

All three of them were dangerous, but Cassie scared him the most, in no small part due to her only answering to Julius. From sinking cargo ships to slitting people's throats in their sleep, there was very little Julius didn't have her doing. And when Lin was killed, it almost seemed as though her actions grew more violent. She started bumping off the Lieutenants for the Rollerz left and right, clearing the way for Mei to track down William Sharp. Even now, thinking about what Mei did to that dirty old bastard still gave Troy nightmares. Cassie was so similar to Mei and Gat, which Dex referring to them as "The Unholy Trinity", something that pissed Cassie off to no end. It was also Cassie who took out Price using a Bear APC she stole from the local National Guard Base. Like Mei, she seemed to have some sort of training prior to joining the gang that she didn't want to talk about. Even now, Troy believed that had Cassie not gotten locked up the same time as Gat, the Saints would probably still exist. With Mei waking up and breaking out of jail and then freeing Johnny, it had turned the City on its head. Not to mention the home invasion case that had her calling card written all over it. Not that any prints ever turned up at this scene or any of the others. For a deranged psychopath, the girl knew how to cover her tracks. Now he started at the third case file…..Cassie's file…wondering if there was any way to use her to trap the other two. Maybe Gat would try to rescue her, and then they could use Gat as bait to in turn recapture Mei. He didn't want anyone to dying; he just wanted them locked up behind bars. Troy's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Come in Amy" Troy said curtly

Troy' secretary entered the woman with a nervous look on her face. She was a rather beautiful brunette with brown eyes and thick blue glasses. She was curvy, but not chubby in whatsoever; she had the whole 'girl next door' look going for her, but she was extremely shy. Around the office she was known as 'Accident Amy', though she was not clumsy in any way. It was due to the fact that her father, the late former Chief, had told other officers that he never meant to get her whore of a mother pregnant. Some officers even said that Monroe considered making her turn tricks in order to 'make back his investment' on knocking her mother up. Troy wasn't sure if she was aware of this….it may have impacted her decision to become an officer. Although she was stuck doing mostly clerical work, she was determined to make the family name proud. Poor girl.

"How did you know it was me Chief?" Amy asked

Troy smiled "You're the only person her with enough manners to knock." He explained, causing her to blush "What's up?"

"There's something you need to know sir." Amy said timidly "There's been a prison escape sir."

"I know Amy, it's been all over the news that past 48 hours." Troy said dryly "The Saints…"

"No Sir!" Amy interrupted "Another breakout!"

Troy slumped in his chair "Where?"

"The Sunnyvale Women's Correctional Facility" she explained "No one was hurt, but the guards apparently were patrolling the high security cells, and they walked by only to find the cell empty."

Instantly, Troy had a feeling our pure dread wash over him. He knew exactly who had escaped the minute he heard the name of the prison.

"Amy…who was the prisoner?" he asked "Who escaped?"

"Cassandra Anderson, sir" Amy replied meekly "The woman who was with Johnny Gat when he tried to kill you"

Troy couldn't believe his shitty luck! Of course the one person to escape from prison would be the only person who could match Mei and Johnny on the psychopath killer category. There was no doubt in his mind that things were going from bad to worse to nightmare scenario. And It would only be a matter of time before Cassie linked up with Johnny and Mei. The idea of the three of them together sent a cold chill down his spine.

"Sir….are you feeling alright?" Amy asked "Maybe you should go home and get some rest."

"No" he said curtly "I'm ok Amy. Thanks for asking."

"Anytime." She replied shyly, trying to hide her blushing as she left his office, leaving Troy to longing to look into her beautiful eyes once more. Troy had a soft for Amy, but between his position and the fact that his former 'crew' killed her father; he felt it better to not any closer than he already was. Besides, with the city infested with more gang activity then before he went undercover, he had more pressing issues to focus on. He suddenly found his attention drawn back to the case profiles on your desk.

"Well….I guess I'm going to be seeing you three again very soon" Troy said to himself darkly