Chapter 6: Yet another showdown with enemies.
Disclaimer: I do not own Saints Row
There he stood, trying his best to tell her he loved her Skylar was confident but even he couldn't get the words out to tell her.
"You what?" She asked him with a confused look on her face.
"SHIT I'M FUCKING BLOWING IT!" He screamed in his head.
"Shaundi I lov-" He was cut off by the sound of his phone ringing.
"Dammit." He said aloud.
"One sec Shaundi." He said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket. Looking at the screen it was Pierce.
"What Pierce?" He said in an extreme annoyed tone.
"Boss I'm trapped down by that apartment building we bought when we first got to Steeleport. Some fuckin' Morningstar and Luchador fucks started shooting at me, I was able to outrun them for about 15 minutes but they shot my tires and now they got me held up inside it. A few random Saint's are out there trying to fight them off but their outnumbered man." He yelled into the phone.
"Shit OK we're on our way stay put and be careful." He hung up the phone.
"What is it?" Shaundi asked with concern.
"Its Pierce he's held up by some Morningstar and Luchador guys." He said as he ran downstairs.
"Shit we gotta help him." She said as she followed close behind."
"What the fuck is going on." Johnny asked in a confused tone.
"Pierce needs help." Skylar told him.
"With what did he get his ass kicked by some strip club bouncers again?" Johnny asked with a smile on his face.
"No but I'll explain on the way. You strapped?" Skylar almost face palmed himself. Of course Johnny was strapped. They all ran to the elevator. Skylar was pushing the button over and over hoping it would get there faster. Finally it got there and they all ran inside of it with Skylar pushing the button to get to the first floor.
"Hang in there Pierce." Skylar said out loud.
Pierce was hiding behind the counter of the lobby in the apartment building waiting for Boss to get there. He clutched his pistol in his hands waiting for the sight of any fucker in a red and black suit or a green mask and tights to find him. He briefly looked up to see a purple venom speeding down the road taking out a few Moringstar and Luchadors in the process. He looked on with a smile of relief as he saw Boss, Johnny and Shaundi getting out of the car with their guns blazing.
"Man this is fucking awesome!" Johnny yelled in excitement.
"Don't get to distracted in your excitement Johnny!" Skylar yelled over the gunfire.
"Shit man you know me I'm always focused when it comes to murdering!" Johnny yelled back.
"Where's Pierce?!" Shaundi yelled out in question.
"Inside the building here give him this Johnny and I will cover you!" Skylar yelled as he tossed Shaundi a TEK-Z10. Shaundi caught it no problem and began running towards the building as Johnny and Skylar covered her. She ran to the doors opening them and looked around the lobby.
"Pierce?" She said looking around the lobby.
"Over here." He said as he poked his head up from behind the counter.
"Oh thank God. Here catch." She said tossing the weapon to him.
"Thanks now let's get the fuck out of here." He said to her. They both ran to the doors. Before going outside they leaned against the walls on either side and poked their heads out to see what had awaited them outside.
"Shit Boss and Johnny took most of them fucka's out." Pierce said in a impressed tone.
"That's why their the dream team." Shaundi said in a dreamy voice as she admired Skylar watching him take care of business in the only way he really knew how to.
"Yeah well even the best teams need help from time to time let's go." He said as he prepared to run outside. Before he did though he looked st Shaundi who had yet to move. Instead she was looking on at something or someone.
"Shaundi." Pierce said to her trying to get her attention.
"Shaundi." He said a bit louder this time hoping she heard him.
"SHAUNDI!" He yelled finally getting her attention.
"FUCK WHAT?!" She yelled.
"Damn girl relax I said your name like three times why didn't you answer?" He asked her.
"Sorry I got sidetracked. Let's go." She said as she ran outside firing her gun. Pierce followed close behind her but he was tackled by a Luchador member. While they were on the ground the fucker in the green mask pulled a knife from his tights and tried to cut Pierce's throat.
"FUCK OFF ME ASSHOLE!" Pierce yelled at the man. Pierce was able to throw a punch at the mans right temple which made him drop the knife. Pierce quickly grabbed the knife and stuck it in the mans neck and watched as his body went limp and fell over him with the wound gushing blood everywhere. Pierce looked up and saw another Luchador running towards him. Acting quickly Pierce grabbed the knife from the dead mans neck and threw it towards the running Luchador's face catching him directly in the forehead.
"Bullseye." Pierce said with a cocky smile. He got up dusting himself off and felt a warm liquid on his hands. Looking at them he saw it was the Luchador's blood who tackled him to the ground.
"Dammit asshole got blood on my suit." Skylar and Johnny were still firing away at the Morningstar and Luchador's both of them barely breaking a sweat.
"So tell me something." Johnny casually said as he shot down a Morningstar.
"What?" Skylar said in a equally casual voice as he shot down some Luchador's.
"Why the fuck are these guys wearing masks?" Johnny asked him.
I mean are they some pro-wrestlers gone mad or something?" Johnny asked.
" I dunno maybe. Their boss is a wrestler named Killbane." Skylar informed him.
"Killbane? Really wow what a fucking horrible wrestling name." Johnny said in a unimpressed tone.
"Yeah he fucking sucks I kicked his ass no problem and I'm not even trained." Skylar said.
"I gotta see that sometime." Johnny said as he fired at a group of Morningstar.
"Got the video back at the penthouse we'll watch it later." Skylar told him.
"Wow you really have a copy of that?" Johnny asked him with a smile on his face.
"Yep I watch it sometimes to remind myself how badass I truly am." Skylar said with a cocky smile.
"Shouldn't have expected anything less." Johnny said.
"No you shouldn't have." Skylar said with the same cocky smile. Shaundi ran back beside Skylar kneeling down beside him looking up over the hood of his car.
"Jesus Christ how many of these fuckers are there?" She asked him.
"I dunno but we gotta be thinning them out I mean we've had to have killed at least 50 or 60 of these fuckers." Skylar said not looking at her as he fired at everything that wasn't wearing purple.
"At some point they gotta give up I mean how much more can they handle? Shit how more can we handle?" She asked him.
"I can handle plenty and Johnny is having a fucking blast." Skylar told her.
"Listen Shaundi I gotta tell you something." He said to her.
"Can't it wait I mean we're kind of busy here." She said reloading her gun.
"That's the point something bad can happen any second and I gotta tell you this." He said kneeling down beside her and looking at her.
"What is it?" She said looking into his eyes.
"Shaundi I lov-"
"BOSS LOOK OUT." Johnny yelled as he tackled both Skylar and Shaundi out of the way of a incoming missile.
"SHIT!." Skylar yelled out as he watched the explosion. All four of them looked up and saw a huge man on a scaffold holding a rocket launcher.
"Killbane." Skylar growled out.
"That's Killbane? Shit I'm not impressed." Johnny said eyeing the man who would scare anyone else besides The Saints.
"What the fuck are we waiting on let's kill this fucker." Shaundi said as she started running towards the building.
"No Shaundi don't." Skylar said pulling her back.
"Why he's right fucking there now's our chance." She said looking at the asshole on the scaffold.
"Shaundi we can't we're low on ammo and he's got a rocket launcher its better if we just wait it out." Skylar told her.
"Why the fuck is it everytime you have the chance to kill him you back out last second?" She asked him in a pissed off voice.
"OK so say I do go over there you know what'll happen? He'll fucking fire another rocket on one man like the damn coward he is and kill me then while you guys are distracted he'll most likey fire yet ANOTHER fucking rocket on you guys killing you in the process.' He told her with anger.
"Alright alright fine you're right." She said in defeat.
"REST ASSURE SAINT I WILL NOT FAIL AGAIN I PROMISE YOU!" Killbane yelled from the scaffold.
"I'm gonna break his fucking neck when I get my hands on him." Skylar said as he watched perhaps the biggest pain in his ass walk away.
"You'll have to beat me to it." Shaundi said wrapping her arm around his neck.
"Shit that fucker ruined my funeral he's got at least one bullet from me coming." Johnny said as he wiped his sunglasses off on his jacket.
"Alright let's get out of here." Skylar told them. He pulled his phone out and called a Saint to deliver one of his vehicles. Minutes later they all got in the car. Skylar naturally took the wheel, Shaundi joined him up front while Pierce and Johnny took the backseat.
"Well that was fun." Johnny said with a smile.
"Yeah so much fun let's not do it again for awhile we don't want the fun leaving it." Pierce said while cleaning his nails. They drove to the penthouse and parked inside the garage making their way to elevator.
"So what'd I miss." Pierce asked them.
"Zombie Uprising marathon and dinner." Johnny informed him.
"You guys had a Zombie Uprising marathon without me?" Pierce asked sounding hurt.
"Hey you had the meeting with Ultor." Skylar said to him. They made it up to the floor and all walked into the penthouse. Pierce plopped himself face first on the couch.
"I'm staying here tonight." He said in a muffled voice due to his face being buried in one of the couch pillows.
"Fine you're lucky I'm to tired to throw your ass out." Skylar told him.
"I guess I'll head up to my room then night guys." She said to everyone then hugged Skylar.
"Thanks for dinner Shaundi it was great." Skylar whispered in her ear.
"You're welcome." She replied with her beautiful smile.
"Well I guess I'll get a motel then head back to Stillwater." Johnny said.
"Bullshit I won't have you staying in some roach dive motel you're staying here tonight." Skylar said to him.
"Sky no offence but I don't wanna sleep in the same bed with you again I mean that first time was awkward enough." Johnny said to him.
"God you had to bring that up again." Skylar said.
Flashback.
Johnny and Skylar spent the entire night at TEE'N'AY getting wasted off their asses despite Johnny telling Aisha they were doing otherwise.
"'Eesh is gonna be so pissed off at us." Skylar said in a drunken slurred voice.
"No she won't man just play it cool and we'll be fine." Said Johnny assuring him.
"Besides if she suspects something else I got the perfect story." Johnny said to him. They got into Skylar's car driving back to the house barely avoiding oncoming traffic.
"OK remember just play it cool Sky and we'll be fine."
"Bout as fine as that stripper back at the club man remind me to get back at her." Skylar said laughing. Johnny unlocked the door and walked in with Skylar behind him.
"Shh she's asleep." Johnny said to him as he flipped on the lights. But there she sat in a chair with her legs crossed, wearing her robe as well as wearing a pissed off look on her face.
"Where the hell have you two been?" She asked them in a angry tone.
"I told you 'Eesh we went to Rim Jobs to fix up Sky's car." Johnny said in his best sober voice.
"Then why the hell do you and him reek of beer like you've been in a bar all damn night?" Johnny and Skylar we're both at a loss for words they had no idea what to say. For several seconds the room was silent before Johnny finally came up with an excuse.
"Well 'Eesh Sky's car is littered with beer cans. We spent a lot of time sitting in the car looking at where his radio used to be, messing around with the wires and stuff so the fumes from all the beer cans must have like soaked in our clothes or something." Lamest excuse ever but Johnny thought it would work.
"So that's your excuse huh? Fumes from empty beer cans soaked into your clothes?" She asked them in a annoyed tone of voice with her arms folded.
"Um yep that's the story.' Johnny said with a confident smile. Aisha closed her eyes and rubbed her temples.
"You know what I'm tired and I'm not dealing with this right now I'm going to sleep goodnight." She said walking away.
"I'll be there in just a few minutes babe just gotta get changed." Johnny said to her.
"Nope not tonight Johnny I can't be around you right now sleep on the couch or something." She said to him as she slammed the door to their bedroom.
"Damn dude looks like you really pissed her off." Skylar said to him.
"Fuck off man." Johnny said to him as he laid down on the couch. Skylar walked into his room putting on some free throw shorts and laid down on his bed. A few minutes later he heard a knocking on his door. He sat up.
"Who is it?" He asked.
"Its Johnny can I come in?" He heard him ask
"Uh yeah sure." He told him. The door opened and Johnny walked in looking at him.
"Um OK I know this might sound weird but that couch is really fucking uncomfortable and I can't sleep on it so um, do you mind if I sleep in your bed with you?" Johnny asked in a really embarrassed voice.
"Um." Skylar said in an unsure tone.
"Look I would've tried my room but 'Eesh locked the door and she's a really heavy sleeper so I can't wake her up." He informed him.
"Alright fine." Skylar said to him.
"Can I borrow a pair of shorts?" Johnny asked him.
"Yeah sure." Skylar said to him. Johnny got dressed and walked over to the bed. They looked at each other for a second and Skylar moved all the way over to the other side of the bed.
"You stay on your side and I stay on mine." Skylar said to him.
"No shit." Johnny said back to him. The next morning Johnny woke up with a pounding headache and barely a memory of last night he thought he was in his bed with Aisha. So he scooted closer to what he thought was here.
"Hey baby I got a horrible hangover why don't you make some breakfast for me so I'll feel better." He said as he wrapped his arms around "Aisha"
"Damn baby your shoulders are huge you been working out?" He asked.
"Johnny get your fucking arms off of me!" He heard a manly voice yell out. He opened his eyes to see two huge tattooed shoulders in front of him.
"AH SHIT SKYLAR WHAT THE FUCK?!" He yelled.
"ME? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN MY BED?!" Skylar yelled back. Johnny rolled out of the bed onto the floor. They heard two women laughing. Both Johnny and Skylar looked up to see Aisha and Lin standing there laughing their asses off.
"I didn't know you two swung this way." Lin said laughing her ass off at them.
"Yeah if you guys do why the hell are you two going out with us." Aisha asked.
"What the fuck happened last night?" Johnny asked.
"Don't worry about it." Aisha said. Skylar got up to hug and give Lin a quick kiss on the lips.
"If you mention this to anyone I will kill you." He said looking into her eyes.
"Let's get you some coffee." Lin said laughing at him.
End of flashback.
"Jesus that's a memory I'd like to live down." Johnny said.
"Yeah me too. Anyways you can crash on the couch in my room tonight we'll get you fixed up tomorrow." Skylar told him. They made their way up to Skylar's room.
"You got something I can sleep in?" Johnny asked him.
"Yeah here." Skylar tossed him a pair of black pajama pants.
"Thanks man." Johnny said as he made his way into the bathroom. Skylar changed into a pair of free throw shorts and was getting ready to lay down in his bed before he heard a gentle knock on his door.
"Yeah who is it?" He asked.
"Its me." He heard Shaundi say.
"Yeah come in." He told her. She walked in wearing a purple tank top and purple pajama pants.
"Whats up?" He asked her.
"Nothing really uh can I ask you a favor?" She said to him
"Yeah of course." He replied.
"Um can you sleep in my room with me tonight? This whole thing that went down with Pierce has me pretty wired and anxious." She asked him.
"Uh yeah sure its no problem." He said getting up out of his bed. He walked over to the bathroom door and knocked on it.
Johnny I'm gonna sleep in Shaundi's room tonight so you can have my bed OK? He told him.
"Yeah that's cool." He heard Johnny reply back to him.
"OK and don't fucking sleep naked in my bed I know how much you love to sleep in the nude." Skylar said containing his laughter.
"Fine." He heard Johnny say in mock defeat. Skylar and Shaundi walked down the hall to Shaundi's room hearing Pierce's loud snoring downstairs.
"Ugh I thought we were rid of this." Skylar said to her. Shaundi laughed at that as she laid down on the bed. Skylar laid down beside her and he felt her move closer to him.
"Sorry if I'm to close I just don't wanna feel alone is all." She told him.
"Its no problem get as close as you need to." He told her.
"Hey what was it you wanted to tell me earlier? She asked him.
"Huh?" He said to her.
"You know when we were saving Pierce and you wanted to tell me something?" She asked.
"Oh yeah um I just wanted to say I lost some of my ammo and was wondering if you had any to spare." He told her even though it wasn't the truth and he cursed at himself in his head.
"Oh OK." She said sounding disappointed.
"Something wrong?" He asked her.
"No no everything's fine just a little tired." She said feeling tears form in the brims of her eyes. He scooted closer to her and hugged her tightly holding her. Little did they both know that's exactly what they both wanted.
Alright guys chapter six done and I gotta say I freaking love this chapter it may sound cocky but I feel like I worked really hard for this chapter haha anyway I think I've blabbed enough about what happened to chapter four if you wanna know read the chapter listed as "update" and I think I even commented as well letting everyone know what happened but anyways I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and the little mishap that happened between Skylar and Johnny is based on a little mishap that happened in my life at one time it was to good to pass up haha also in these flashbacks I might talk about Skylar and Lin's relationship as well as talking more about how Skylar lived with Johnny and Aisha (as it was requested by someone in a private message) also in the coming chapters another familiar face is going to return (I'm actually surprised this wasn't done in the video games) but as always guys rate,review and stay tuned for the next chapter.