AN: As stated last time, Brooke took over the Syndicate building for the Saints, and the Saint empire is growing in Steelport. Of course, for anyone that has played the game would know, that is not even close to the end of it, as with a certain party is concerned, and what happens afterward is well known.

Chapter Five: Here's To New and Old Friends

It was somewhat wide known knowledge that Matthew Black was a new member of the Saints. What was going to be the end result of that was most likely a bad result, but that was down the road, and he really did not care for that at the moment. He was more concerned with Brooke, his longtime friend that was the leader of the Saints. She was as deadly as she was beautiful, and Matthew knew that she was beautiful. He was always attracted to her, and that only grew as he met her once more in the present time frame. Matthew wondered if a relationship with her was possible, with everything that was going on. He originally thought no, but what is life without a little risk? Matthew better than anyone knew that was possible, as he was a top business owner in Steelport. Matthew had a history of getting what he wanted, but what he really wanted was Brooke, but was that even going to be possible?

Matthew was in the elevator, heading up towards the Saints penthouse. All the while, he was going over in his head what he was going to tell Brooke once he saw her. He had an idea as to what he was going to say to her, but as he finally reached the penthouse, he heard party music going. Once he stepped into the clubhouse, he saw a bunch of strippers about.

"Zimos." Matthew said to himself as he took a good look around. He saw the rhinestone pimp standing next to Pierce, and gave him a wave as Shaundi bumped into him.

"Shaundi, where's the boss?" Matthew asked her.

"In her room." Shaundi said, looking angry that there was a party going on. Matthew could relate to Shaundi, being angry that there was a party going on while she was dealing with the death of Johnny, but that constant anger was really starting to piss him off. Being glad to be rid of her company, Matthew headed towards Brooke's bedroom. Standing there for a moment, he gathered himself before knocking.

"Brooke, it's me, I need to talk to you." Matthew said.

"Come in." Brooke said. Matthew slowly opened the door, and stepped inside. Matthew turned to Brooke, and saw that she was in a state of undress. She was wearing some skimpy shorts, and her purple and black bra.

"Are you gonna talk, or are you gonna stare at my tits?" Brooke asked him, laughing as well. Matthew snapped his head up from her chest, and cleared his throat.

"Look, I needed to ask you something important." Matthew said, looking away from her.

"Okay, sure. Ask away." Brooke said, crossing her arms. Matthew took a deep breath, and was about to speak when...

BRAAAAAP!

"Shit!" Brooke said, throwing on a t-shirt, grabbing a gun, and heading outside. Brooke was gone for a minute, and then came back, tossing a missile launcher to Matthew.

"What's this for?" Matthew asked her.

"Assassin hookers! Use these to take out the helicopters that are flying around the crib!" Brooke yelled.

"Got it." Matthew said. He ran out with Brooke, and ran to the roof. He saw a few helicopters flying around, and with the seeking missile launcher that Brooke gave her, he was able to take down the enemy helicopters with ease. He scanned the area for anyone else, but saw that there was no one else around. He heard the gunfire come to a rest inside, and walked in to see various dead hookers laying around.

"Nice party. Reminds me of my high school graduation." Matthew said.

"Where in the hell did these hookers come from?" Brooke asked.

"Zimos. My life says Zimos." Matthew said. Brooke nodded in agreement, and looked around with disgust at the dead bodies that littered the clubhouse.

"Well, better get started with the cleanup." Brooke moaned. "Say, what did you want to ask me?"

"Nothing, not important right now." Matthew said, looking away from her.

Brooke looked at him with curiosity, but knew that he was not going to tell her anything, not right now at least.

It was a few days later, and Matthew was driving through the city. As he was at a stoplight, his phone rang. Hitting the button on his ear, he put the call through.

"Yeah." Matthew said.

"It's me. I need to talk to you." The female voice said. He recognized it as Viola DeWinter, who ran the prostitution ring in Steelport.

"What is it?" Matthew said.

"I am at Smiling Jack's. Come on by." Viola said. Before Matthew could say anything else, she hung up.

"Well, shit." Matthew said, heading on to Smiling Jack's, wondering what she could say that he need to hear.

Matthew walked into the diner, and saw Viola sitting at a table, just staring out into the street. Matthew sighed, walked over to the table that she was at, and sat down across from her. Viola looked at him, and it was obvious that she had been crying.

"What happened?" Matthew asked her.

"Killbane." Viola said. Matthew kind of knew that Killbane was a bastard, but what could he have done that really would have upset her?

"What did Killbane do?" Matthew asked her.

"After we sent the assassins to the Saints crib and the plan failed, Kiki and Killbane got into an arguement. Then Killbane took his hand, and snapped her neck right in front of me and Miller." Viola said. Matthew blinked, and whistled low.

"Damn." Matthew said. He only met the DeWinters briefly, but he really became friendly with Viola. So, the death of Kiki kind of hit Matthew hard, but that still did not explain why he was here talking to Viola.

"So, why did you seek to talk to me?" Matthew asked her.

"Killbane knows that you are with the Saints, and I can't work for him anymore after what he did." Viola said. "I was wondering if the Saints might take me in."

"Not likely." Matthew said bluntly. "After what happened with Johnny, be glad that you are still alive right now."

"So what am I going to do now?" Viola asked him.

"Don't worry, I am going to think of something." Matthew said. At this point, that is only thing that he can do.

AN: Next time, Matthew introduces Viola to Brooke, and with a friendly intro between the two women, STAG decides to introduce themselves to Steelport.