Thanks to everyone who has read this story. I got laid off recently, so I had to focus on job hunting before writing. Please remember the leave reviews, they motivate me greatly and also help to inspire me to write more. As always, a special shout out to LynGuerra who is person that inspired me to put idea to paper (figuratively speaking). My sure to check out the SR Story 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World'. Lola is a badass who is not to be messed with. I don't own anything expect OCs and I'm currently looking for work so don't bother trying to sue me for money.
Mei stood overlooking the balcony on her floor as the both original and newly recruited Saints partied beside each other like they were old friends. Even with the hurricane still raging outside, they didn't seem to have a care in the world. Despite this, Mei understood that now the hard part of reclaiming their lost territory would have to begin. But right now, she would let them enjoy this victory.
"You truly are amazing Boss." A voice said behind her "Can't believe we actually managed to pull that off."
Mei turned around to see Lily standing there with two beers. She extended one of them to Mei, which she graciously accepted. Lily then took a spot next to Mei along the balcony and looked out at the sea of purple in the middle of the courtyard.
"I know what you mean. It still didn't seem more than a fantasy until we actually touched down on the island." Mei replied "But now that we have our people back, we have the numbers to start showing the motherfuckers in this city that the Saints are running this again."
Lily smiled "So how do we move against first? There's a lot of competition we have to take out before we can lock down the city."
"We've already got plans in place. So there's no need to be hasty." Mei reassured her "Besides, the other gangs are either going to ignore our increase in numbers or rush to make sure their own turf is secured. And since the Saints don't control anything outside this of this hotel right now, nobody's really sure where to find us. But all of that we'll deal with tomorrow. You and I have an urgent matter to attend to."
Lily frowned "Really? And what might that be?"
"We both owe Carlos a special treat for all his hard work. Wouldn't you agree?" Mei teased "Find him and bring him back to my suite. I'm going to head back a freshen up a bit."
"Ok. But don't forget that I still owe you some one-on-one time to show my own gratitude." Lily replied as she made her through the sea of purple bodies looking for Carlos. After a few minutes, she found him over at the bar with McCormick, Joey-D, Monster, and Pierce retelling the tale of his first prison break with Mei.
"You guys should've seen it! The Boss was like a fucking female terminator or some shit just dropping mothers left and right!" Carlos recalled excitedly "She was just dropping them with headshot one after another like it was nothing. They should've just shot themselves and saved the Boss and me the trouble of having to shoot them."
"I call bullshit!" snorted McCormick "I know that the Boss ain't no slouch, but nobody is that fucking good. Hell, you make her sound like she shoots as well as Gat."
"Actually, she shoots better than Gat. I remember when she joined up, they would argue over who was better." Joey-D recalled smugly as he downed a shot of whiskey and continued "So one day they had themselves a little shooting competition in VK territory to see who came back with the higher body count."
"And did the Boss win?" Pierce asked
Monster spoke up "She didn't only have a higher body count, but she was dropping them faster too. Gat with a freaking submachine gun ended up being humbled by a girl blasting off with a fucking revolver."
"I'll bet Gat wasn't too happy about that." Carlos commented
"It's gets better!" Monster laughed "He tried to say that the only she outshot him was because the sun was in his eyes. Despite the fact that he wears sunglasses."
"Add the fact that their raid into VK territory took place in the middle of the night." Joey-D added
They all broke out into a fit of laughter when Lily walk over. Carlos spotted her and instantly went to grab her a shot when she held a hand up to stop him.
"Boss wants to see you." She told him "Says to come to her suite ASAP."
"Got it.!" Carlos put down his beer and turned to the other Saints at the bar "Boss probably wants to go over plans for taking on the Brotherhood. I hit you guys up later!"
As he followed Lily back to Mei suite, he kept thinking about different ideas the Boss might've come up with. As the reached Mei's suite, he turned to Lily.
"Do you know what the Boss wanted to see me for?" he asked
"No idea." Lily replied mockingly "Guess you'll find out soon enough."
Carlos rolled his eyes at her as he knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Mei asked from inside
"It's Carlos." He replied "Lily said you wanted to see me?"
Mei giggled "Oh…Come on in. The door's unlocked."
As Carlos entered the room he noticed Mei was wearing a thick purple night gown. As he heard the sound of the door closing shut, he turned to see Lily locking the door. She had devious smirk on her face and a look in her eyes that could only be described as mischievous.
"You done a great deal Carlos. For the Saints…for me…and we're very grateful." Mei said quietly "I wouldn't have been able to rebuild the Saints if you hadn't help me escape. Gat would have gotten the electric chair if I hadn't been there to save him."
"I would have been raped and possibly killed in an alleyway if the Boss and Gat hadn't saved me." Lily chime in "And the original Saints would still be locked up with the possibility of being executed for cash hanging over them."
"Needless to say, I'm grateful for all your hard work." Mei took several steps towards Carlos "And seeing is how I made you wait so long….I wanted to make sure it was worth the wait."
Mei took off her bathrobe to reveal her wearing nothing but black and purple corset that left her breasts exposed. He also noticed she wasn't wearing any panties either. Carlos stood there in complete shock for a few moments until Mei broke the silence.
"I know I've been teasing you too much." Mei stepped closer "And I do owe you a blowjob….with interest."
"I…I..I'm….are you sure Boss?" he asked nervously "A lot of the other guys in the crew…."
"….have never so much as seen a nipple." Mei finished, now pressing her bare breasts against his chest "So long as you don't go bragging about what the three of us getting up to, there won't be anyone problems from any of the fellas."
Carlos was trying to process everything when a thought crossed his mind "Three of us?" he asked
"Yeah. The three of us" Lily said coyly "It's fair to say that I owe you some pussy to say the least."
Carlos turned around to see Lily standing there wearing nothing but her underwear. She had on a pair of red and black silk bra with matching panties. He also noticed that she had taken two red ribbons and tied her hair into two long ponytails.
Mei let out a low whistle "Wow. And here I thought I pulled out all the stops. How did you come up with that sexy selection?'
"It was rather simple actually." Lily came up behind Carlos and wrapped her arms around him "This outfit is what he fantasized about me being dressed in when I gave him that blowjob I promised. At least that what his diary said."
Mei cocked an eyebrow at Carlos "You keep a diary?"
"No! I don't keep a dairy!" Carlos began blushing furiously "It's a…journal."
Both girls broke out into a fit of laughter which only turned a shade redder with embarrassment.
"Sorry Carlos." Mei said after recovering from her laughing fit "We didn't mean to tease you like that."
"Also, you should be careful where you leave things lying around." Lily chimed in "I could only imagine what Gat would've done to you if he found your 'journal' instead of me.".
"Why would Gat care anyway?" Carlos asked
Lily squeezed him in closer "Considering the things you wrote about doing to the Boss. He might end up being castrated while being hung by your testicles."
"I know Gat can have a bad temper…..but just because Carlos….." Mei began, but Lily cut her off.
"He also wrote about fucking you, me, and Aisha." she explained "One of his fantasies involved him fucking her while she's in a recording studio booth singing about how good his cock feels."
"Wow. And here I thought you were more innocent than that." Mei's hands made their way towards his belt buckle "I wonder…what sort of things do you fantasize about me doing?"
Carlos blushed further into another shade or red "I'd rather not say."
"Then that means you're going to have to show us then." Lily teased
Mei nodded in approval "She got a point there. Come on Carlos, Lose those clothes. Don't worry…we'll be gentle with you…for now."
Mei and Lily both took a few steps back from Carlos as he timidly began to remove his shirt, shoes and pants. When he removed boxers, both women approach him and got on their knees in front of him.
"What are you two doing?" He asked nervously
"We're going start thing off with those blowjobs we owe." Lily said gently "So just relax and enjoy the show."
Carlos rubbed the back of his neck cautiously "Is there anything I you would like me to do…..while you're ….know…"
Mei looked up at him with a gentle expression "Carlos, for tonight…..in this room…you're now calling the shots. Anything you want from me, you can have. I belong to you tonight, so you don't have to ask me… just order me."
"Same goes for me." Lily said
"And what said I wanted to two to suck me off at the same time?" he asked timidly
Without any hesitation, both women began licking and sucking on his cock. Mei was slowly bobbing her head back and forth along Carlos' cock while Lily began sucking on his balls. Within moments, he felt himself cum inside of Mei mouth.
"Now that you got your reward, why don't you share some with Lily?" Carlos said daringly "I know she would like a taste."
Carlos was sure he was going to receive an asskicking. Instead, Lily tilted her head back with her mouth open as Mei leaned over her and dribbled semen into Lily's mouth. After a few moments, they both swallowed their shared load.
"OH SHIT!" Carlos awed "I can't believe you two really did that. I half expected a punch in the nuts."
"I was just happy to see you developing confidence, so I was a little excited to do it." Mei commented
"I've done more degrading things to survive." Lily remarked "This is actually a nice change of pace for me."
"I can't believe you two did that." Carlos repeated "Are you alright with doing….more?"
"Carlos…..do I really have to let feel how wet my pussy has gotten again?" Mei asked "Or are you going to fuck me till I pass out from exhaustion?"
Lily was now glancing at both of them curiously "Did I miss something?"
"Carlos didn't believe he was making me wet, so I let finger fuck me a while back." Mei replied nonchalantly
"I knew it." Lily exclaimed "I bet it was that day we had a planning meeting in here! Pierce thought it was probably mold, but the rest of knew the smell of sex too well. We figured you guys were simply fucking before we came in."
"We'll talk about that later." Mei turned to Carlos "What would you like to do next?"
Carlos mumbled something incoherent as he began blushing once more.
"Sweetie, being shy is alright and everything but there's no reason to be" Lil said gently "Also. I getting real horny with from all of this talk of sex without the actually sex."
Carlos a few deep breaths before finally speaking again. "I want to fuck the Boss."
"Works for me." Mei replied seductively as she got to her feet and gently lead Carlos by the hands towards her bed with Lily close behind. Mei crawled on all fours onto bed when he suddenly felt Carlos' hands grip her thighs as his cock penetrated her without warning. All she could do was cry out in ecstasy as she her hands griped the linen on the bed. After several minutes of non-stop thrusting, Carlos finally released his seed inside her.
"Incredible." Me mumbled exhaustedly "How does it feel to no longer be a virgin?"
"It feels fucking awesome!" Carlos cheered "I still can't believe this is happening."
Mei giggled "You better believe it!"
"And you better get ready, cause it's my turn now!" Lily climbed onto the bed and began sucking on Carlos' cock.
Becoming lost in the moment, Carlos suddenly grabbed Lily's pigtails and began to forcefully fucking her throat with an increased momentum until he felt himself shooting his seed down Lily's throat. To his astonishment, she took his entire load without any sort gag reflex. Carlos slowly removed his cock from her mouth, Lily sat there with smug look on her face. She then proceeded to open her mouth to give Carlos a view of the ejaculated seed. Lily winked at him before swallowing and opening her mouth once again to that she consumed his cum.
"Slut." Mei smirked
"Oh please." She retorted brashly "You're just mad that I beat you to it."
"Whatever you say Lily." Mei rolled her eyes
"Anyway, looks like my break is over." Lily pointed towards Carlos
Mei glanced at where Lily was pointing. In the span of a few second, Carlos' cock was already rock hard again.
"Well I guess I better not disappoint then." Lily laid on her back and slowly spread her legs "Come on Carlos. Please fuck me till pass out."
"She really seems to want it." Mei remarked "What are you gonna do?"
"I guess I'm fucking her pussy till she passes out." He remarked smugly "You hold her hands for me. Just in case she changes her mind."
"Sure thing." Mei replied deviously as she pinned Lily's hands behind her head "Fuck her cunt till she begs you to stop."
"Wil do!" Carlos carefully positioned himself between her thighs "I hope you're ready for this."
Carlos slowly entered Lily, with her becoming increasing tighter the further he penetrated. He started off slowly to give both himself and Lily time to adjust. Once he found his rhythm, he began fucking her with more roughness and force than he had with Mei.
"Your cock's so fucking good!" She cried "PLEASE! HARDER! HARDER!"
"Like a fucking bitch in heat!" Mei awed
"This is so fucking incredible!" Carlos was dumbfounded that he was actually having a threeway with the two women. One of whom he had admired for years. And both of whom he had fantasized about constantly.
"Please, Carlos…" Lily cried out pleadingly "Choke me out and fuck me harder!"
With no hesitation, Carlos took his hands off her waist and wrapped them around Lily's throat. As he slowly tightened his grip around her neck, he felt pussy walls tighten around his cock. As he felt himself about to cum, tried to pull out of her. But as he tried to remove himself for inside of her, Lily locked her legs around his waist.
"Please don't pull out!" she cried
"Lily…..I don't have a rubber…." Carlos started, but she shook her head
"Then breed me Carlos!" she screamed "Fuck me and breed me like that bitch I am! Just don't pull out!"
Carlos suddenly felt himself releasing inside of Lily. A few seconds later felt her pussy tighten and then release its grip on his cock. He glanced at Lily to see a smile of satisfaction across her face. She still looked slight red in the face from being choke and he could see the marks on her neck from where his hands were. He looked down as he pulled out to see a stream of cum slowly leaking out of her pussy.
Mei released the grip on Lily wrists and cuddled next to her in bed. Both women wearing a look of pure enjoyment on their faces.
"I wonder what me and Carlos' kids are going to look like." Mei said nonchalantly "I'm sure they'll be beautiful."
"I hope mine at least have my eyes." Lily concurred "Although having those hazelnut eyes wouldn't be the worst thing in the world."
"What are you two talking about?" Carlos asked nervously "Why would we suddenly be having kids""
"How cute! Did someone's parents not explain to them where babies come from?" Lily teased
"Um…..in case you didn't notice Carlos, we just fucked bareback and came inside me." Mei replied
"And I wouldn't let you pull out." Lily added "With the amount of semen you dumped into us, I'm pretty confident that you could've knocked up at least half the girls the crew."
"Oh shit…" he whispered "What have I done?"
Carlos was sudden overwhelmed with shock at the realization of what he had done. How could he think to use protection? Especially since the Boss had been flirting with him constantly
"She practically said she was going to fuck me after we broke the original crew out of jail!" Carlos thought to himself "How could I think with my dick and forget about using protection!"
Carlos' thoughts then wandered to the Saints and their plans for taking over the city. What would the rest crew think if they found out that he knocked up the boss and put her out of action? He started picturing the horrible things that some of the gang would inflict on him. Filled with dread, his mind suddenly wandered to the reaction this news would illicit from Johnny Gat.
"Mei's like a damn baby sister to Gat." Carlos thought worriedly "If I'm lucky…..the rest of the gang will kill me before Gat gets his hands on me."
"Lily…..Boss…..I just want the two of you to know….if you both end up pregnant…I'll take care of you both." He said quietly
"Um Carlos…" Mei began
"I going to make sure our kids get everything we didn't have growing up."
Lily rolled her eyes "Carlos…"
"I'll do whatever it takes." He continued "If I have to start robbing banks, I'll…"
"CARLOS!" they yelled in unison
"Yes?" he replied quietly
"We're not gonna get pregnant." Mei started rubbing his shoulders to calm him down "Since we both hatched this plan to 'reward' you for everything you've done….. me and Lily took precautions beforehand. Neither of us are going to get pregnant."
"Are you sure?" he asked nervously
"We're positive Carlos." Lily reassured him "Don't become a whiny bitch on us."
Carlos let out a sigh of relief "Thank goodness. Wasn't trying to be dad anytime soon."
"And I not trying to become a mom anytime soon either." Mei replied "But it's sweet to know that you were prepared to rob banks in order to support your children."
"Got to remember to play the 'pregnancy card' in case you ever want him to rob a bank." Lily teased
"Very funny." Carlos replied dryly
"That's enough teasing. Anyway, let's get some sleep." Mei crawled between Carlos and Lily, pulling up the bed sheets to cover herself.
Carlos and Lily soon follow suit, the three of them squeezing together for warmth.
"Hey Boss…..what did the guys do with O' Riley's body?" Carlos asked sleepily
"Yeah, I was wondering about that as well." Lily wondered aloud
Mei laughed softly "It's a surprise. But I will say this…tomorrow morning there's going to be no doubt that the Third Street Saints are back in business."
Bradshaw stood in the middle of the D-block section of Stilwater Penitentiary which only twenty-four hours before held the original members of the Third Street Saints. Forensic teams were collecting bullet casings, swapping for fingerprints, and removing the bodies of the dead security offers that responded. But without needing to look at any evidence, Troy already had a pretty good idea about who was responsible. It was already a fiasco having the three most dangerous members escape one after another, but now he had to contend with formerly incarcerated members of the gang as well. He had warned O' Riley that placing them all in one location was a bad idea from the beginning. But even he couldn't have predicted. There was no doubt in his mind that the former Saints leader wanted to retake Stilwater once more…..the only question was where would the Saints strike next? Troy was shaken out of his thoughts by the sound of footsteps approaching behind him. Detectives Perkins and Brooks were overseeing the investigation, but Troy felt it was his responsibility to handle this personally.
"This was a fucking disaster, Chief." Perkins slowly shook his head "These poor guards never knew what hit them."
"What do we know so far?" Troy asked
"There perpetrators blew holes in strategic points along the southern retaining wall of the prison block." Brooks explained "Forensics is still analyzing the explosives used on the cell doors. They're saying it looks like some sort of thermite compound used to burn through the security locks."
"Makes sense. Since these are reinforced doors, you can't break into them using normal means." Perkins remarked "The most sickening thing had to be those bombs."
Troy raised an eyebrow "Are you talking about the bombs used to breach the walls or the bombs they used on the cell doors?"
"Neither." Perkins replied grimly "Take a look at the ground. Notice anything out of place?"
Troy glanced down at the ground nothing but rubble and spent bullet casings. But as he continued looking, he began to notice twisted pieces of screws and nails that were more commonly used in the construction commercial homes than high security prisons.
"Oh my God…." Troy turned to face the detectives "Nail bombs?"
"That's correct Chief." Perkins pointed towards the D-block entrance "When the alarm system finally got around to working, the security teams in charge of this wing responded immediately. The first wave that came through the connecting hallway were greeted by one of these bombs. When additional members of their team responded. They in turn ended up on the wrong end of light machine gun fire. After the attacker retreated back into D-block. More responding officers pulled their fallen personnel out of the hallway and proceed the push into the prison block. They entered the prison block and saw dozens of nails bombs scattered throughout the unit. They had just enough time to realize what was about to happen before all of them detonated at once. So in total, we're looking at 104 dead correctional officers, 264 prisoners killed, with another 115 injured amongst both inmates and staff. And that's just from the main facility. We then have 65 special response officers dead in D-block with 18 injured, and over 500 prisoners missing."
"Damnit!" Troy growled "What about the tears gas vents that were installed? Also, why was the alarm for D-block not sounded sooner?"
"Apparently they had a prison riot break out in the main facility, Chief." Brooks said dryly "Due to the storm, there was some sort of power failure that caused all the cells to simultaneously open. This same power failure supposedly affected the some of the security functions on D-block. The cell doors didn't pop open, but the security cameras and tears gars vents were disabled during the power outage. As for the alarm system, there was some sort of malfunction that delayed the alarms from going off sooner. By the time the response teams arrived at D-block…"
"….they had a perfectly placed killzone waiting for them." Troy finished "And where the hell is O' Riley in all of this?"
"He's gone Chief." Perkins ran the back of his fingers against his chin "The last bit of footage we have of him shows him entering D-block with a Ms. Alice Kendal, the nurse overseeing this wing. Since their bodies weren't found, we can only assume they were taken by whoever broke the inmates out."
Troy took another look at the gaping holes blasted the prison block's retaining wall. Suddenly, he remembered how during a job to break into the SPD evidence locker to steal drugs, he proposed blasting a whole the back wall of the evidence room in order the remain undetected and avoid having to hurt any officers.
"It was her." Troy said suddenly "It had to be her…"
"Who?" asked Perkins
"The leader of the Third Street Saints….The Archangel." He replied darkly "The way they broke into the prison is very similar to a job the Saints did a few years ago. Besides, who else but her would have attempted to breakout the former members of the Saints and actually be capable of pulling it off."
"But there's been no sign of her." Brooks protested "The only incident after breaking Johnny Gat out of custody was that home invasion at the Whitmore house. If there had truly been capable of this, we would have seen bangers walking the street flying purple flags."
"Not unless you're trying to fly under the radar." Perkins hung his head in deep thought "Remember, there are three new gangs they have to contend with. Not mention the chief here handed them their asses last time. Chief Bradshaw knows how they think and operate better than anyone. If she had brazenly shown herself before now, we would have been on her in a heartbeat."
"But there's no way she could have pulled this off by herself." Brooks retorted "Even with Gat and possibly Anderson, you would need a new crew just to break out the old crew."
Troy turned to Brooks with a defeated expression on his face "Who says she doesn't already have a new crew?"
Perkins and Brooks exchanged nervous glances. Even without Troy saying it, the thought had already crossed their minds that the former Saints leader could be involved.
"There's no way she did this." Perkins protested "If she was recruiting, we would have heard…"
"This woman isn't Julius little." Troy cut him off "She doesn't go roaming the streets and just randomly recruiting anyone with a violent streak and a preference for wearing purple. Her motivational skills are better than his ever were…..and she's much smarter than Julius ever was. Remember…she had control of the gang for less than a month before that explosion on the Alderman's yacht. Part of me even now still believes that had she not gone into a coma, the Saints would have become untouchable. She also would have figured out that I was an undercover cop. Both her and Cassie seemed to have some suspicions about me. Ironically, Gat always vouched for me and ensured them that I could be trusted."
"So you really think she's behind this?" Brooks asked
"Everything that happened is too convenient." Troy replied "In the middle of a hurricane, we have a prison riot happen in the main sections of the Jail. And during this same riot with a major power outage in the new section of the prison that just so happens to disable almost of all the security features for the prison block. Then on top that, an group of unidentified perpetrators also chose to this same night to break into D-Block. For all of these incidents to be a coincidence is impossible. She broke the Saints out of jail and now they're on the loose in Stilwater again."
"Not to mention there's also Johnny Gat and Commando Cassie to worry about." Brooks added nervously "Not to mention whoever they got help from for this prison break."
Brooks starched his jaw tiredly "So what's the plan Chief?"
"Brooks, I want you to get a full report from the Anti-Gang task force regarding any activity by the Brotherhood, Ronin, or Sons of Samedi. If any of the other gangs hand a part in this jailbreak, then we might be looking at a sort of alliance between them and the Saints. Perkins, I want you overseeing this investigation of the prison break. If we find O' Riley or Kendal, we might get more information on the group responsible."
"On it Chief" Perkins replied
Suddenly, Troy felt his police cellphone vibrating. He took a look at the call ID and noticed it was Amy.
"Hello." He answered "Is everything ok?"
"No sir it's not." She replied, barely containing her fear "We have a major situation over in Union Square."
"We're in the middle of investigating a prison break." He said anxiously "Is it really that important?"
Amy was silent for a few moments before answering "They're saying the crime scene is similar to the Whittmore case."
Troy instantly felt a cold chill through his body "I'm on my way."
Xxx
Troy was in his modified Five-O doing twice the speed limit with the sirens blaring. Perkins and Brooks were following close behind in an unmarked Five-O with another squad vehicle bringing up the rear. When they finally arrived at Union Square, they were greeting to the sight of a large crowd of bystanders, SPD, and reporters at the scene. Troy instantly saw why everyone was gathered there….and it made him sick to his stomach. In the center of the Union Square was a cast iron statue of the late Alderman Hughes. Only now the statue had a dead corpse hanging from the neck of the statue. It wasn't until Troy crossed the police tape that he recognized the mutilated body as being Warden Richard O' Riley. His body looked as though it had been hacked to death with a large ax. His stomach had been cut open and his intestines were Troy being used to suspend his mutilated corpse from the neck of the statue.
"Chief Bradshaw!"
Troy turned to see an officer by the name of Jamal Williams approaching him with a very grim expression on his face.
"Sorry to drag you away from the prison break. But Mayor Hughes wanted you on this as well." Washington explained
"Don't worry about it Williams. This is obviously something we can't ignore." Troy glanced around "What do we know so far?"
Williams took a deep breath "We identified the deceased as Warden Bill O' Riley, but you probably knew that already. Despite his injuries, the on-site forensics team says most of it was done post-mortem. Most likely his was killed someplace else and then he body was put on display as a message. Once they…..um….'unwarp' the body from the statue, they'll transport him to the county morgue. We might even get lucky and find some clue as to where he was murdered."
"What about witnesses?" he asked "Or camera footage from one the surrounding buildings?"
Williams hung his head before taking another deep breath "There's no eye witness…..and no video footage sir."
"Seriously?!" Troy could feel his blood starting to boil "You're telling me that you've checked….."
"We checked most of them Chief and come up with nothing." Officer Williams interrupted "They're wasn't anyone around due to the curfew imposed for the storm. And it seems as though there was some power surge that knocked out the power in the area. So from the time the local business owners and office workers cleared out of the square till the morning, there was no footage being recorded."
"Fuck." Troy grumbled "Keep the crowd and the news crews back until forensics has recovered everything of note from this area. This entire area is our crime scene until I say otherwise. Is that understood."
Willams nodded "Understood Chief!"
"Now was there anything else?" Troy asked "I was told by the station that there's a reason this was connected to the Whittmore case?"
"With all due respect sir, it's probably better is you see it for yourself." Williams pointing towards the statue "It's pretty unsettling."
"I can see the body from here Williams." Troy exasperated "I still don't get….."
"Sorry sir….but that not it." Williams interrupted "It's what's on the back of the statue that they wanted you to see."
Looking closer, Troy now noticed a back section was obscured from the public via a large makeshift forensics tent.
He cocked and eyebrow Williams "This 'important thing' I needed to see is hidden from the onlookers…yet you felt it ok to leave a dead man corpse of display?"
"No sir! Not at all!" Williams replied nervously "There is another set of tents to cover the crime scene. Ah! Here they are now."
Troy followed where the officer was pointing and another forensics vehicle pull into the square and begin setting up another privacy screen in front the statue.
"Good" Troy nodded "Next time make sure the victim is taking into consideration first next time. Now….let's proceed."
As Troy followed Martin towards the statue, he noticed there were officers and other medical responders gathered around the opposing side of the statue which was barred from public view. He could see expressions of complete confusion, worry, and absolute fear on their faces as they started at the back of the statue. As Troy passed the front of the Hughes statue, he wondered to himself what could possibly be on the back of this statue that could have everyone's attention more than a mutilated corpse hanging in the front?
As Troy came around to the back of the statue of Alderman Hughes, he received his answer instantly. The back of the Bronze statue's jacket had a large fleur de lis symbol painted on with what appeared to be bright fluorescent purple paint. On the base of the statue, were the words 'WE'RE BACK BITCHES!' written on the base of the statue. If there was any doubt before that the Saints were back in business, this calling card they left in in Union Square would silence any doubts. He understood that they couldn't keep this quiet forever. With a forced calm he turned to face officer Williams, who seemed to be torn between confusion and utter fear.
"Where's Mayor Hughes?" Troy asked, but Williams' eyes were still transfixed of the luminescent message that had been plastered on statue. He understood the young officer's fears but refused to let that hinder their jobs.
"WILLIAMS! GET IT TOGETHER! THIS IS NO TIME TO FALL APART!" Troy Barked "I understand that you're concerned, but there's nothing to be worried about. It's not a matter of 'If' we'll catch these degenerates, but a matter of 'when'. We have to show the public that the SPD are prepared to handle this problem and aren't afraid. Do you understand me officer?"
"Sir, yes sir!" Williams replied with renewed determination "It won't happen again Chief."
Troy smiled "Good to hear Williams. As I was asking before, where is Mayor Hughes right now?"
"Mayor Hughes left for her office after see overseeing the crime scene. She asked that you come directly there ASAP."
"Good Job Williams." Troy patted him on the shoulder "I'm going to make my way there now."
"Chief….Will we be able to stop the Saints this time?" Williams asked nervously "I heard a lot of stories about the Saints growing up. A lot of the officers make them sound like boogeymen that wear purple. With there already being three gangs running loose, I worry about being able to protect Stilwater."
"I know it won't be easy. But we're not defenseless." Troy remarked "We'll lock all these fools up soon enough."
"Good to hear." Williams let a small sigh of relief "Thanks Chief! That's really good to hear."
Troy walked back to his squad, wishing he felt an ounce of the confidence he had just given Williams. He had survived the Saints before…..hopefully lightning would strike twice.
It would take Troy another hour to reach Hughes ice with the traffic being redirected due to the debris from the storm. When he pulled up to City Hall, it was surrounded reporters trying to get information from Mayor Hughes regarding O' Riley's murder. When they saw Troy exit the squad car, they rushed to gather around and bombard him with questions.
"Chief, Are there any suspects in the murder of Warden O' Riley?"
"Did O' Riley have any enemies that would have done this?"
"Could former members of the Saints be responsible?"
"Chief, are the rumors of gang involvement in O' Riley's death true?"
"Chief, is it possible that we have a serial killer of kind running loose of the streets of Stilwater?"
After pushing his way past the reporters, he made his way directing into Hughes. Giving only a stiff nod to her secretary before letting himself in.
Mayor Hughes was leaning on the front of her desk with her folded and her head down. When she saw Troy enter they both exchanged a curt nod. District Attorney Chang was already in seated in her office. She seemed be nothing short of terrified about the situation. O' Riley's disappearance had barely begun to make its way around the news outlets before his mutilated body turned up in Union Square.
Troy walked over and gave her an encouraging pat on the shoulder. "How are you holding up Ms. Chang?"
"I've been better in all honestly." She replied shakily "I can't believe what happened to O' Riley."
Hughes shook her head "I'm afraid the untimely death of Richard O' Riley is just the least of our problems."
"What do you mean?" Troy asked
Chang looked puzzled "Yeah. How this possibly be 'the least of our problems' when a new appointed prison warden turns up dead mere weeks after taking the job."
Mayor Hughes took a deep breath. "I was at the crime scene earlier Ms. Chang. And as Chief Bradshaw can attest to….it was one of the grizzliest crime scenes I've ever laid on eyes. Especially after seeing this…."
She handed Chang a photo of memorial statue with the message that scrawled on the back. Troy watched as Chang slowly had the color drain from her face.
"It's not them." Chang said hysteria slowly creeping into her voice "There's no way this is the Saints. I know some of them broke out during the riot…."
"All of them." Troy corrected
"They couldn't have all escaped." Chang pleaded "Maybe some of…."
"Ms. Chang, I just let the Stilwater Penitentiary earlier today." Troy interrupted "Believe me when I say that as of this moment….there is currently no member of the Third Street Saints in jail."
Chang looked desperately between both Hughes and Troy "How could this have happened?"
"O' Riley." Troy said bluntly "Remember when we both raised concerns about all the Saints being in one location? Well….our worst fears came to pass. An unidentified group of assailants used explosive charges to blast holes in the wall of D-Block. These perpetrators proceeded to burn the locks off all the cells doors while also killing dozens of responding officers."
"There no evidence to support it, but it's obvious that our recent escapees mostly likely had a role in this." Hughes added "O' Riley had the misfortune of coming into D-Block as the break in was happening. And you already know what happened to him."
"What I don't understand is why they would kill him." Troy wondered out loud "The Saints aren't shy about using violence, but there's always bigger goal behind it. With the obvious exception of course being Johnny Gat."
"Maybe they wanted to send a message to Stilwater." Chang suggested "Or maybe even it was meant to send a message to you, Troy. Afterall, you did have half the Saints locked up."
Troy shook his head "The Saints sent a big enough message my break out of jail. There was no need to kill O' Riley."
"I actually know why they killed O' Riley." Hughes chimed in "And its sadly going to garner support for the Saints."
Troy and Emily both stared at Hughes for moment. Neither of them able to believe wat they had just heard.
"You almost make it sound like the Saints were justified in killing him." Emily replied dryly
"I think the better question is what aren't you telling us?" Troy asked
Hughes went back behind her desk and began typing on her computer. She then turned the monitor to face Troy and Chang. If front of Troy was an unassuming website in black and read. The site apparently advertised the opportunity to kill former members of the Third Street Saints. As he read further down the page, he saw the names of former Saints along with the affiliated crimes and what he assumed to be the prices for killing each aforementioned Saint.
"This sick bastard!" Emily cried "Was O' Riley….."
"Yes Ms. Chang." Hughes confirmed "Our dearly departed warden was selling the rights to kill incarcerated prisoners. Lord only knows what sort of twisted arrangements he made in order to cover up these murders."
"How did you find out about this website?" Chang asked
"I asked one of my F.I.B contacts to do some digging into O' Riley when he was initially taken from the prison. On the off chance the Saints weren't involved, I wanted to see who my benefit from him being missing or dead. At most I expected to find a disgruntled former client or a disgruntled ex-wife. What I didn't expect to find was our new warden auctioning off prisoners lives to the highest bidder. And once word gets out to the media, our prison break is going to seem more like a 'prison rescue'."
"What are our options?" Troy asked
"Myself and Ms. Chang will be working closely with the F.I.B to pursue legal action against anyone who made payments to O' Riley with the intention of getting to kill one of the Saints. No one's going to be conducting contract killings on taxpayer money."
"My office will get the process going right away." Chang confirmed
"Good to hear." Hughes turned to Troy "I was a very important task for you. I want you selected a list officers that are both capable and unknown to the gangs elements in Stilwater."
Troy's eyes narrowed "You want to…"
"That right Bradshaw." Hughes grinned grimly "We're sending officers undercover to bring down the Saints. This time for good!"
