High everyone! This chapter was going to be longer, but my laptop harddive died on me...twice...And since it's my birthday tomorrow (29 and counting, I'm officially an old man) I decided to publish what's essentially the first half of the original chapter. No worries, next chapter will be worth the wait (and at 10,000 it should be XD). I contemplated giving up this story, but was really moved by the individuals who told me I should keep it up. Thanks as always to LynGuerra, who's one of the cornerstones that keep me motivated to keep writing. Also, a special nod to both psycho-k and
Freethinker037 for giving me many suggestions and ideas that show up in this chapter and the next! As always, I own nothing and I'm too poor to sue. Enjoy!


"I don't know anything more than you do." Morris said quietly "Are you sure it was one of the escaped prisoners that murdered Alan and his family?"

Morris had been brought into Stilwater Police Headquarters, for what he thought was possible some unpaid parking tickets his wife had racked up on the car. The last thing he expected was to be told that one of his closest friends was not only dead, but that his entire family had been murdered as well. He sat there in an enclosed office as two detectives informed him of what happened.

"We're pretty sure at this point that banger known as 'Archangel' was involved" said the older gentleman who identified himself as Detective John Perkins. The younger female detective identified herself as Detective Danielle Brooks. Perkins seemed to be handling all the questioning, while Brooks leaned against the adjacent wall, listening to everything Morris was saying.

"But there's no way!" Morris pleaded "How do you know it wasn't some random home invasion?"

"There was no DNA evidence, but the crime scene has many similarities to other crime scenes from a few years ago" Perkins explained "And if the escaped prisoner knew how to find your friend, then you might be next. But I think the better question is how she even knew where Alan lived."

Morris hung his head "Alan told her. He was running at the mouth with the Jane Doe prisoner after she woke up. I didn't think would…"

Perkins slammed his fist onto the table, starling Morris and causing him to become stop speaking. The detective wore an angry scowl across his face as he leaned down and locked eye with him.

"Let's not waste each other time Mr. Kotter." Perkins growled "Your bubby Alan is dead along with his wife and two sons. This woman doesn't give two shits about killing a man and his entire family. So with that being said, let's stop bullshitting each other and you tell me everything that happen between you, Alan, and our Jane Doe."

Morris hung is head once more as he began thinking about his options. He knew that they had nothing to hold him on; it wasn't as though he murdered Alan's family. But being anything less than cooperative would place him in a negative light. The last thing he needed was people thinking him and Alan help those prisoners escape from the infirmary. It would make it seem as though Alan (and possibly himself) were marked for death for being 'loose ends', rather than correctional officers who had the misfortune of pissing of the wrong woman. With the death of Alan and his family, he understood that any attempt to leave Stilwater would only further any suspicions the SPD had about him. Even if Morris stuck to his story and they believed him…it wouldn't change the fact that their Jane Doe was still out there, and now quite possibly know where his family lives.

Seeing no better alternative, Morris began telling the detectives everything. How Alan how groped and smacked the prisoner due to her being in restraints. He told them about the warning she had given them, which prompted Alan to taunt her with not only his full name, but his actual address as well. He even informed them of the last conversation with Alan; and how after hearing how their escapee broke Johnny Gat out of police custody, they decided that they were going to take their families and leave town for a while. After Morris finished telling them everything, the room was quiet for a few moments. Detective Brooks spoke for the first time, breaking the silence in the room.

"Mr. Kotter, I am very sorry for the death of your friend and you have my condolences." She said calmly "But I have to ask you if Alan happened to know where you lived."

"Yes. His family has been over a couple of time to have dinner with us. Why?" Morris' eyes now darted between the two detectives "Why's that important?"

"There's a chance that you and your family are still in danger." Perkins explained "You guys were going to leave town because you were worried about this woman coming after you, right? There's still a chance that she may come after you Mr. Kotter."

Morris shook his head "There's no way! She wanted Alan! Alan's the one who disrespected this crazy bitch! She's got no reason to come after me whatsoever."

"….except for the fact that you watched Alan take advantage of her being restrained and never made a move to stop him." Brooks replied cooly "Most gangbanger's have a 'guilty by association mentality', and this woman is no different. As far as the Archangel is concerned, she's got to kill you in order to send a message that if anyone disrespects her, she going to put them six feet under. Even if it's only perceived disrespect, she'll feel that it needs to avenged."

Perkins shook his head "You might as well have ass-fucked the bitch while she was still in restraints, at least then you would have…."

"That's enough Perkins!" Brooks cut him off, clearly annoyed by her partner's choice of words "We don't intend to let anything happen to you or your family Mr. Kotter. That's why we'll have several undercover units discretely following your family. The Archangel decides to come after you; the SPD will be there to stop her."

Morris liked the idea of a protective detail, but didn't like the idea of his family out in the open. Especially if those rumors about this woman being a trained killer before gangbanging were actually true, which would mean that his family was in danger even as he sat in the interrogation room.

"Wouldn't it be better for me and my family to enter the witness protection program?" he asked "considering what this woman is capable of, it would probably be the better option here."

Perkins shook his head "We don't have enough probable cause to support placing your family in witness protection."

Morris could feel his anger rising "Really? So you don't have enough cause to relocate my family, but you've got enough to drag me in here and play '20 questions'?" he looked over at Brooks "Or are you hoping that when she shows up and massacres my family, you'll be there to arrest her? Well you can all go fuck yourselves."

Morris got up and made his way to the door only to have Detective Brooks blocking his exit. Perkin came up from behind and gently placed his right hand on Morris' shoulder, nodding for him to sit back down. Morris glanced at Perkins, then back at Brooks. Feeling defeated, his made his way back over and sat down. He crossed his arms and continued to look back and forth between the two detectives, trying to figure out what the endgame was. As far as he knew, they had nothing to charge him on and if they wouldn't give him the protect he needed, he was going to leave Stilwater with his family the moment he left the prescient. After several tense moments of silence, Brooks finally spoke.

"Mr. Kotter, I understand that you're in a difficult situation." She began "And if the roles were reversed, my response would probably be no different than your own. But if there's a chance that Archangel knows where you live, your undercover security detail to will be there to protect you from this woman. She may have two other associates helping her, so we're keeping a lookout for them as well."

"This is bullshit!" Morris growled "If there's some grand concern, then I demand you place my family in witness protection!"

Perkins came over to the side of the table and pressed his fists downward into the table as he leaned over to the table and stared Morris down.

"You're not a position to make demands of the Stilwater Police department." He said venomously "You're already in enough trouble as it is without acting like some spoiled kid."

"I've done nothing wrong!" Morris barked

"You colleague sexually assaulted a female prisoner, Mr. Kotter. And to make matters worse, you didn't report it!" Perkins retorted "We've looked into your personnel files as well as the late Mr. Whitmoore, and it seems that this wasn't the first time he did this to a prisoner! I'm not saying he did this to every female inmate he came across, and I'm certainly not suggesting that you were there every single incident. But your complacency in Mr. Whitmoore's deplorable conduct lead you both to the current situation with him dead, and you living in fear of sharing his fate. Had you two idiots have been paying proper attention to your jobs, the citizens of Stilwater wouldn't have anything to fear from this woman."

"Sure. Because the 'citizens of Stilwater' had no concerns about their safety with the Ronin, Brotherhood, and Sons of Samedi running loose." Morris replied sarcastically "Besides, If you won't help me, I'll go public with this story."

Brooks laughed "And what are you going to tell the media? That you need help because you and your buddy groped and smacked around a dangerous criminal who later broke out jail? By all means, the blame for the Archangel's escape might be blamed on officers last attending to her. And since no one's about to condemn a man who was recently murdered along with his entire family, that leaves you holding the bag."

Morris shook his head "The public will want action! They won't stand for the way I being treated." He looked over at Brooks smugly "I'm also sure if word gets out about other people she's paid visits to, the SPD is going to come across looking very incompetent. "

"You seem out of touch with the wants of your fellow citizens Mr. Kotter. " Brooks returned to leaning on the wall "So allow me to put things into perspective for you; the people would rather we use our resources to catch this woman and put her back in jail as opposed protecting some fool who pissed her off. Also, if word got out about her serial killer-like calling card, then two things are going to happen. The first, people will say 'Wow she a real psycho who kills anyone who harms people in the Row. The second thing people will say is, 'Wow. That correctional officer must have really have done something bad for this woman to come after him'. But since you're confident that everything is going to play out so well, you're more than welcome to leave. After all, no formal charges have been brought against you."

Brooks proceeded to walk over and opened the interrogation room door. Morris maintained his icy stare with Detective Brooks, but made no motion to leave. After an intense moment that felt like an eternity, Brooks closed the door and resumed her position of leaning on the wall across from Morris.

"Please understand that we need your help Mr. Kotter, and we're more than happy to place in witness protection afterwards." She said softly "So work with us to take this woman down. Who knows….. If it turns out that she's not after you, we'll pull the protective detail and you can forget all about this and continue about your business. We'll even still relocate you should you still feel concerned about you and your family's safety."

"And what I tell you to go fuck yourselves?" Morris asked defiantly

"Then we'll have to bring formal charges against you for violating the Stilwater Penn's code of conduct." Perkins replied casually "And I don't think I have to explain the harsh conditions you'll be dealing with. You think that's prison's dangerous for a correctional officer? Try being a prisoner who was a correctional officer in the same prison. I wonder how many convicts would love the chance to settle the score with you. Or maybe someone will try snaking you in the chow hall, just so they'll boost their rep while locked up."

"Those charges would never hold up in court!" Morris retorted

"They don't need to hold up during your trial Mr. Kotter, since you'll be a marked man." Perkins explained "Who's going to hire you as a correctional officer if this situation comes to light? You'll be lucky to hold down a job mopping floors at Tee'N'Ay . Also, if this goes to trail, there's gonna be media coverage, which I'm sure would lead to the Archangel finding you. So what's you answer Kotter; help us take down a dangerous criminal or risk the possibility of death?"

Morris knew that he options were limited in this situation, but even still never expected to have the Stilwater SPD strong-arm him into using his family as bait to lure out a homicidal psychopath with an axe to grind. On the other hand, he conceded that maybe having armed cops guarding him and his family around the clock might not be the worst thing in the world right now…assuming the got the drop on her. He might not only survive crossing paths with her…he might even be looked on as the hero helped take down the so called "Butcher of Stilwater".

"I guess I don't really have a choice, do I detective?" Morris replied dejectedly "What do you need me to do?"

"Inform you wife and daughter about the situation, and they need to avoid going anywhere without a lot of people around." Perkins explained "It will make monitoring their movements easier if they don't divert too much from their standard routine. However, they don't have to change any plans for parties or family gatherings. If you're daily routines seem too predictable, it might tip the Archangel off that you're not only being watched but protected."

"But you will be protected Mr. Kotter." Brooks assured him "Even if she doesn't make a move on you, we can follow her back to wherever she hiding and get the drop on her."

Morris felt a wave of relief wash over him "So you're going to watch over me and family until you capture her?"

"We'll give you protection for a long enough time to determine that she's not coming after you. We're not the damn Secret Service" Perkins barked "If after a month she hasn't come after you, we're pulling the protective detail."

"Until then, its vital that you and you're family not leave Stilwater." Brooks implored

"Fine." Morris agreed "Just promise me you'll keep my wife and daughter safe from this crazy bitch. If Morris Kotter's a dead man walking…then so be it. Once my family walks away alive, that's all I care about."

For the first time since the interview began, Perkins' expression softened "Don't worry, me and Brooks will make sure you all get out of this alive."

Carlos watched as the prison guard from Stilwater Penn left the police prescient and walked to his gray Keystone. As the guard drove out of the parking lot, he saw three unmarked Five-Os following him. Carlos was in a stolen blue Komodo with Becky in the passenger seat with McCormick and Cassie riding in the back. After being yelled by Lily, Gat and Cassie both proceeded to chew him out over the attention he had drawn to himself with the modifications to his car. For now, he was getting by with stolen and repossessed cars in order to get around.

"Finally, It's about damn time." McCormick sighed "Let's grab this guy and bring him back to the Boss."

"No dice, dude." Replied Becky

"Why not?" McCormick asked "We spray the three cop cars, run him off the road, and then drag him back to the hideout. It'll be easy"

"While I'm sure Johnny would admire your 'enthusiasm'…." Cassie replied "…I didn't break out of jail so I could get killed in a shootout on a highway where the cops have the numbers advantage. Remember, we need this alive and going to work the next day so we can break the other Saints out of jail. And since he's got police protection now, either the cops or the CO think he's next on the Boss's hitlist. And seeing as how we were tailing him, their paranoia isn't that far off."

"Besides, the Boss already knows the CO's and where lives, so there's no need to run the risk of being caught." Carlos said "That's why the Boss doesn't want us wearing purple yet."

"Or driving tricked out rides with purple paint jobs." Becky teased

"Yeah, yeah…. Just go ahead and laugh it up." Carlos grumbled "Anyway, the guy's name is Morris Kotter and he lives over at 451 Copperton."

"Wow" McCormick awed "How the fuck did you find that out?"

"I didn't, that's all Shaundi right there" Carlos smirked "Apparently, she extremely good at computer hacking if you can believe it."

"Shaundi? The stoner hippie with the dreadlocks whose fucked more dudes than a professional pornstar?" McCormick Laughed "I guess you really can't judge a book by its cover."

"You can say that again." Carlos smirked "Anyway better call the Boss and let her know what happened."

Carlos pulled out his phone and selected the Mei's number from his list of contacts. She answered immediately after the first ring, which is something she always did when he called.

"What's up Carlos?" she asked "You and the crew still got eyes on Kotter?"

"No go Boss." He replied "He got picked up by the cops after the funeral for that prison guard. He was at the police station for about an hour. Then he left with three unmarked cop cars following him."

"So he got Five-O watching his ass? That's so fucking hilarious!" Mei laughed "Like those idiots could protect him from me. Doesn't matter anyway, I doubt they'll protect him for long. Come on back to the hideout with the others. We gotta go over some shit for this meeting with the Brotherhood."

"Sure thing Boss, we're on our way back right now." Carlos hung up and glanced around at his passengers "Boss wants us back at the hideout."

"Hey, that works for me!" McCormick smirked "It'll give me a chance to work on my shooting"

"Which is something that all of you really need to work improving!" Cassie teased "I got to make sure none of you get killed out there. It'll just make me look bad after I took the time to teach you."

"Got it Cass!" Becky replied cheerfully

"Always" chimed in McCormick

"By the way, Carlos" Cassie was now glancing in his direction "How the hell did you set up a meeting between the Boss and the leader of the Brotherhood anyway?"

"Yeah, I was wondering about that too." Becky narrowed her eyes at Carlos "How do you have the rep to arrange a sitdown like that."

"Easy." Carlos smiled "I had to repo an Atlasbreaker from one of the members. I promised to cut him a break and tell the repo company that I couldn't find the monster truck if he set up a meeting with his Boss."

The other Saints in the car instantly started laughing at the Brotherhood member's predicament.

"Can't believe that's all it took" Becky giggled "I'm amazing Maero didn't kill him for being so stupid."

"What can I tell you, those guys really seem to love their big trucks and tattoos." Carlos smirked

After they pulled up outside the mission house, they made their way down to the hotel, where Mei was have a sparring session with a tall man with an extremely pale complexion. He had green eyes, spiky black hair and mutton-chop sideburns.

Mei saw them walking in and instantly put a hold on the sparring as she made her way over to them while removing her fingerless boxing gloves. She was wearing a black and grey mini skirt and had nothing covering her chest other than the pink bra. Carlos and McCormick stood there staring at Mei like love-struck puppies until she brought them back to attention.

"Boys, if you done fucking me with your eyes, let's get down to business." Mei commanded

"Maybe if they were getting laid, they wouldn't drool over every half naked girl they see." Becky teased

"Are you volunteering?" McCormick asked with mock seduction

"Not with a million condoms McCormick" Becky retorted

"So there is a number….good to know" he replied coyly "I'm going to have to remember that later for future reference."

"Anyway," Mei said loudly, bringing their attention back to her "Carlos, when do we meet with the Brotherhood Leader?"

"Tomorrow morning at 10:00am" Carlos beamed "We're meeting him at the Stilwater Caverns."

"Wait a minute, is that a good idea?" Cassie asked

"Maero's go-between suggested it." Carlos replied "Seemed like a good place to have some privacy and not be overheard."

Becky shook her head "It seems like a good place to get ambushed."

"Agreed" said Cassie and McCormick in unison

"It seemed like an option at the time." Carlos had a crestfallen look on his face "Anyplace that's neutral ground is bound to have cops. We can't set up a meeting on our own turf, since we don't have any turf outside the mission house and there's no way we can risk him coming here."

"Good thinking Carlos!" Mei patted him on the shoulder "It's probably for the best anyway. Besides, it's not like I've become so defenseless that I'm afraid of a possible ambush. Plus, I'll have Monster watching our backs."

"Who's Monster?" Becky, McCormick, and Carlos asked in unison

"He's that big brawler that the Boss was just sparring with." Cassie answered "He ran with the Saints back in the day. But what's he doing here though? Didn't he get locked up?"

"He dropped his flags a little while after we locked down the city. Because he left, I guess Troy gave him a pass and didn't turn him in. A few other people in the crew dropped their flags around that and got to walk away without a trip the jailhouse or the morgue" Mei explained "He went up North to Alaska. He figured it was a chance to improve his sniper skills…..and he always did love the cold of course. He was passing through town when heard about us gathering a new crew. He's also gonna help us break out the original members as well."

"Cool having another OG around" McCormick beamed "Maybe I'll show him some of my moves and teach him a thing or two."

"Suuuure" Cassie replied nonchalantly "The day you outshoot you Monster, I'll get down you my knees and let you face-fuck me in front of the whole gang."

McCormick smiled slyly "You ladies know you want me!"

"Whatever!" snickered Becky

"Not even in your dreams, McCormick." Cassie teased "Anyway, Let get back to our rescue mission. Monster and McCormick are going to start looking for good snipping positions to pick off the guards in the watchtowers. Becky, you and Gat are going to putting together explosives. I can't stress how careful you two need to be with this shit. One wrong move and we're going to be blown sky high! Got it"

"Got it, Boss" answered McCormick

"I'll meet up with Johnny right now, Boss" said Becky

"Good" Mei turned to Carlos "Monster is gonna hang back out of sight during our meeting, just in case there's trouble. Make sure you're armed as well."

Carlos smiled "Don't worry Boss, you know I got this! I'm going to go talk to Monster and work out the details."

As he walked off, she couldn't help but smile. Despite seeming like a puppy that was out to hump her leg (due to her own sexual teasing), she couldn't help but admire how reliable he was becoming.

"You're next conquest Boss?" Cassie asked coyly

"Maybe" she replied dismissively "There would definitely be a lot of energy in the bedroom, but he seems like the type of guy who becomes attached to you the moment you let them fuck you. But since I've been teasing him so much, the least I can do is pop his cherry.'

"He's a virgin?" Cassie narrowed her eyes seductively "You could have fooled me. Obviously he doesn't have a lot of experience with women, but I figured he had fucked a girl or two at least. "

"True" Mei conceded "But he needs to get himself a nice girl who good for more than some recreational fucking."

Cassie side-slid next to Mei "You mean a nice girl like me?"

Mei Patted her on the shoulder "I meant a girl who hasn't had more sperm in her than a free clinic."

"Hey!" Cassie huffed "First of all, that really a cruel thing to say. Second, for the cock I've sucked or fucked, I've got nothing on Shaundi. "

"True" Mei giggled "By the way, were you able to that 'special item' I asked for?"

"Yeah, it was easy." Cassie answered "I had Carlos' friend Luis make the modifications you asked for. Are you going to use it for the prison break?"

"You know it!" Mei grinned "I can just see the look on their faces when we show up to get our people out."