A bit of a megalomanic this one.

Rocky is in a tad bit of trouble. haha

The operation had been a great success.

Of course it'd been. The burning down of Geese Howard's primary shipping route had been blessed by the prince of destruction himself. As Kain watching the flames burst out from that warehouse, collapsing the walls with effortless power. As he listened to the screams of those unfortunate enough to be caught inside, their cries rising from the earth to the sky… oh.

It made him tremble.

(Kain?)

The burst. The screams… he couldn't get that beautiful sight out of his head. It kept replaying in his mind, over and over and over. He couldn't think of anything else...

(Uncle Kain?)

Kain had perched himself on the balcony over the lower floor of the warehouse, watching the festivities below. The place was no longer as bare, or as empty as when they had first taken residence. The nearly endless flow of funds Rock Howard had brought in had allowed them to hire a small militia and arm them with a rather gratuitous arsenal of military grade weapons.

"Uh… hey, Kain."

And now, they were preparing for their next attack. The first one had temporarily crippled the shipping routes. Most of HCon's money still came in illegally despite the CEO's effort to go legitimate. As a result, when the shipping stopped - so did the majority of the cash flow. The longer the cash was tied on the road - the fewer friends, and fewer resources Geese Howard had to defend himself. This was just the first step in bringing down the kingdom

The next was-

Somebody tugged his sleeve, and Kain Heinlein was interrupted from his scheming. He snapped his chin down to see his dear (moneybags) nephew staring up at him quite frustratingly.

"Uncle Kain. Hey! Why the hell do you need another million?! You've gotta tell me! Isn't this enough? And why won't you let me go home?! I can't sleep in my car forever!"

Ah, and here was his funding - coming to complain to him once again. The boy had somehow convinced himself that despite the fact he was funding criminal operations and had his fingerprints all over every bomb they planted, he wasn't a criminal. He used this imaginary lofty status to criticize and nag. Kain tolerated it of course… because his nephew was uniquely valuable to his purposes. Not only was he the cash flow, but was also the scapegoat.

Kain looked down at the boy and offered a gentle smile - that smile that seemed to unsettle him. Rock glared back.

"Rocky-boy… I've told you already, we don't want Geese catching you. If he does, we'll never bring him down. You need to stay here for protection - alright? Now be a good boy and call Yagami for me, alright?"

"Ugh. I can't get a hold of him."

"... then keep trying, rocky-boy..."

Kain tilted his head, letting his hair fall about his face. The gentleness in his voice slipped, and the cold underlying threat became apparent. Rock stiffened at his tone. Perhaps, only now, was he truly seeing the danger in engaging himself in this operation.

More danger than you know, boy.

Because Kain Heinlein never had any intention of sharing his victory with Rock Howard. When he finally succeeded in bringing Geese Howard to his knees, and took his place as the rightful heir as SouthTown's overlord - this little brat wouldn't be standing beside him. No… this kid would be sitting in jail. There was a reason Kain had directed his little nephew to put his paws all over the explosives before they went off. It was only a matter of time before the Police Department managed to ID him, and when they did - Kain was going to let him take the fall.

After all, Rock Howard wasn't pure. The blood in his veins carried the pedigree of that backstabbing fucker.

In Kain's eyes, that was already unforgivable.

So, although Rock was going to help carry out Kain's revenge against Geese, when the time came… he too would fall.

And Kain Heinlein would reign.

so it turns out ol Uncle isn't pulling for you. He's setting you up bby!

Guess Rock's crime drama addiction didn't prep him for this lol

Terry's out there looking for you!

and Yag is off chasing aliens or something he's not gonna help u ducky.

oof. kk

rev pls