A/N: SPEED IS LIFE! It really is for me. Here is Chapter 17...fresh off the Microsoft Word Processor document thingy. Big shouts to all of you loyal fans and to princesslady, I understand what you're saying about Jazmine's potential pregnancy thing but thing is sweet little innocent Jazzy we're talking about here, she's still kinda gullible like her pops, but moving along let's CONTINUE THE SHOOOOOOOOOW

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Chapter 17: The Prospect Park Zoo Massacre

Five minutes later, the Freeman brothers found themselves standing outside of LICH. Riley rubbed his hands together to keep warm, while Huey just adjusted his scarf and tried to think of how he could get to Prospect Park in time.

"So how's Jazzy?" Riley blew into his hands. It was only twenty-one degrees outside and he was only wearing black Southpole jeans and a black tank top.

"The doctors are checking on her now. Riley I think she's pregnant." he slowly spoke with his head down.

"Damn Huey, guess Granddad was wrong about me knockin' a chick up first!" Riley laughed. Huey gritted his teeth at Riley, which caused the corn-rowed Freeman brother to jump back.

"It's not funny. Tom is going to have a heart attack!"

"He'll trust you still…he likes you a lot. He knows you'll be a great dad." Riley patted Huey on the back.

"If you say so…" Huey blew into his hands. "We have twenty-six minutes left and we have NO car."

Suddenly a black Lincoln Towncar pulled up in front of them. The black tinted driver's window rolled down to reveal a familiar face.

"Yo, what ya'll doin down here?" Caesar smiled.

"We need a ride to the zoo!" Riley said opening the passenger door.

"Nigga, ain't you suppose to be in the hospital?" Caesar said looking at Riley's injured body. "Plus, it's closed."

"I will explain it to you as we drive there." Huey said climbing into the backseat.

"Where's Cindy?" Riley asked noticing her absence.

"At the hotel, sleeping."

"Wow, did you drill her that bad?"

"What are you talkin about? Ol' girl is just really really tired, that's all." Caesar said whistling.

"Right…" Riley hummed.

"So Huey do you mind tellin' me what the hell is going on…" Caesar said as he began to drive towards their destination.

Ten minutes later…

"Oh snap!" Caesar gasped. "So they're going to kill Mela if Riley doesn't show up by midnight?"

"Basically." Huey sighed.

"Well I gotta put the pedal to the medal!" Caesar slammed his foot on the accelerator. "Hey man, do you see that bokken back there?"

"Uh huh" Huey grabbed the wooden sword. "Cee, how'd you get your car here to Brooklyn?"

"This is my cousin's car." Caesar smirked.

"Okay…we'll looks like we are here." Huey noticed a sign indicating that they were at Prospect Park.

"The zoo is right over there." Caesar pointed to an entrance guarded by two Bloods with blood-stained metal baseball bats. Huey surveyed his enemies from the backseat and chuckled to himself.

"This is going to be too easy." he said he got out of the car and took cover behind some nearby bushes. When Huey ducked into the greenery, the leaves made a little bit of noise, possibly blowing his cover.

"Ayo, you heard somethin?" a Blood asked his partner.

"I dunno, probably just a damn squirrel!" the other Blood responded with a yawn.

Huey then emerged from the bushes and hit the first Blood square on the top of the head with his bokken. The results caused the gangbanger to fall down instantly. The other Blood saw his comrade go down and pulled out a walkie-talkie.

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" he yelled.

He then stuck the walkie-talkie back in his pants and wielded his metal bat. He then took off and charged at Huey. The young revolutionary just smirked as he knew what to expect and how to counter. The Blood on cue then raised his metal bat hit in the air as he got closer. Just as he was going to bring it down, Huey used his amazing speed to get close to him and hit him right in the ribs with his bokken.

"Oh shit! I think they're broken!" the Blood yelled rolling around on the ground.

"They just might be…" Huey placed the bokken back in his sheath. While putting his weapon away, he noticed something sparkling in the Blood's back pocket.

Riley and Caesar just looked at the unconscious bodies, then Huey, then at each other in total shock.

"That was a cake walk. C'mon Riley and Caesar!" he smirked as he let the keys to the main gate dangle on his middle finger.

Huey placed the key in the door and slowly pushed the gate open enough for the three to barely slip in. The scenery was dark and gloomy, similar to how the mood was if the boys didn't get to Carmela soon.

"I haven't been here since I was a young buck." Caesar said looking at the dim zoo.

"Be careful guys." Huey said scanning the dark area.

"Well well well, looks like my guest, better yet guests have arrived!" Mario's voice boomed through the Public Address system. "You see if you can get through my goons, then you'll get to your precious Carmela."

Riley growled as he grabbed the steel bat from one of the fallen Blood soldiers. Caesar nodded and did the same thing.

"Good luck." Mario then closed the link.

The boys kept their guard up, watching each other's back until they made it up to the very-well lit Visitor's Center. Huey saw a map and began to study it diligently.

"Where could he be?" Huey spoke to himself.

"Doesn't matter, nigga." Huey felt the cold steel of a pistol poke him in the neck. "You's a dead motherfucka!"

Just as the Blood was going to end Huey's seventeen years of existence, Riley ran towards them and swung the bat violently at the Blood's head causing him to do a back flip from the impact.

"Thanks…" Huey whispered.

"No problem, but we got more!" Riley pointed to ten Bloods with bats, tazers, chains and glass bottles.

Huey did a cartwheel and hit the closest enemy in the knee with his bokken. The Blood went down and let out a loud yelp. He clutched onto his leg in pain. Huey laughed, knowing he just broke his opponent's leg. A nearby Blood then used Huey's cockiness to his advantage and punched him in the mouth while he was laughing. This sent Huey flying back a few feet into a bench, which broke on impact. The young revolutionary jumped right back up and got into his fighting stance.

The Blood that sucker punched him was well-built, just like Huey. He then signaled for the rest of the Bloods to stay back.

"He's mine…" the gangbanger growled.

Meanwhile Riley also had his hands full. He was holding his own against three Bloods.

"Ya'll suck!" Riley spat in all of their eyes.

Riley then hit one of them in the groin with the metal bat.

"MY BALLS! MY BALLS…MY BAAAAAAAAAAALLS!" Bobby, the smallest Blood yelled in an extremely high-pitch voice.

Riley then grabbed him and threw him into a pin full of pigs.

"He took out Bobby!" Leeroy screamed. He was an average size fellow.

Riley then swung his bat at Leeroy, aiming for his skull. However he missed by an inch and Leeroy capitalized by kneeing Riley in his severely damaged ribs.

"AH! SONFA…" Riley fell onto his knees holding his ribs.

Leeroy let out a small cackle and then elbowed Riley in the back causing him to fall completely to the ground.

"C'mon Buster!" Leeroy motioned for his other partner to come. "Let's kill em'!

Buster, another average sized dark man jumped onto Riley's ribs with his steel toe Timberland Boots.

"AHHHHH!" Riley coughed out a ton of blood.

Buster grinned and grabbed a chain and wrapped it around Riley's neck.

"Let's tie em' to the back of my bike." Leeroy pointed to his red Kawasaki ZX-7RR.

Only a couple of feet from him Caesar had successfully taken out his four enemies.

"Good thing I had Cindy's stun gun with me." Caesar chuckled. He then looked over his shoulder to see Riley connected to a chain that was connected to the back of a motorcycle.

"ESCO!"

Caesar ran and chased after Buster. He clotheslined the Blood with his bat, knocking him out. Leeroy grinned while he brought his sports bike to life. The smoke from the exhaust burned Riley a little bit, but the real pain began when the bike began to slowly accelerate. The concrete was beginning to tear into Riley's skin.

"ESCO!" Caesar yelled again and threw his bat.

Praying his aim would be precise, he watched the bat soared through the starry sky. Being on point the metal bat hit Leeroy right in the back of the head.

"Oh shit!" he cried, holding the back of his head. The sports bike then came to a screeching halt. Caesar saw the man hop off of his bike and got into a fighting stance.

"Yo Cee, come untie me from this bull!" Riley said, trying to free himself. Just as Caesar came to help, a roadblock came in front of him named Leeroy.

"So you finally decided to come back to Prospect Park, huh?" Leeroy spat.

"Wha…? Do I know you?"

"Nigga, you don't remember me?!" Leeroy pointed to the scar going across his right eye. "You did this…"

"Oh it's you!" Caesar gasped. "Look man, we was kids…"

"Right. So you left Brooklyn and came back I see…"

"Just a friendly visit." Caesar said, still ready to defend.

"Shut up! This ain't no joke!" Leeroy then pulled out a shiny silver Walther P99. Caesar's eyes locked onto the weapon in awe. He then quickly aim at Riley's forehead.

"It end's here." Leeroy smiled. Riley looked at the weapon and shivered as he anticipated the bullet to blow his brains out. The Blood then pulled the trigger slowly.

"ESCO!" Caesar cried.

Nothing. Leeroy pulled the trigger again. Still nothing.

"I'll be damned. I tell these niggas to keep the raw heat loaded!"

Caesar then took the offensive and tackled Leeroy into a nearby metal fence. Behind this fence housed a family of baboons. They literally went ape shit and started throwing fruits and other 'objects' all over the place.

"Looks like your family is disappointed." Caesar said as choked Leeroy.

The life slowly began to drain out of the elite Blood. Caesar smirked and continued to apply more pressure.

"Caesar, stop!" a young girl yelled from the shadows.

"Cindy?" Caesar looked up and saw no other than the blonde. He took his hand from around Leeroy's neck.

"Let him go. If you continue this, you're no better than him. You don't have to kill him." Cindy walked up to Caesar.

"But…he tried to kill Riley!"

"It doesn't matter. Two wrongs don't make a-" she was cut off by a swift uppercut by Leeroy.

"Bitch shuddup!" Leeroy then swung at Caesar. The dreadhead caught Leeroy's fist and squeezed it with extreme pressure until it cracked.

"You done fucked up now! You touch my woman, now it's lights out for you."

Caesar then grabbed a vacant firearm dropped by Buster. He took it off safety and aimed right in between Leeroy's eyes.

"STOP!" another figure emerged from the shadows. It was no other than Huey, who apparently won his battle against the other elite Blood.

"Spare him." Huey pointed his bloodly bokken at Leeroy.

"Why? He hurt Cindy!" Caesar yelled pointing the pistol towards Leeroy's heart now.

"We can't resort to their tactics." Huey then loosened Riley from the chains. "We are only here to get Carmela."

"Nigga, I know you ain't talkin. Every dude you fought you've broken some bone in their body."

"Yea I injured them, but I didn't kill them."

"Thanks, Huey…" Riley took a deep breath. "These niggas is wild!"

Cindy slowly got up and dusted herself off.

"I'm okay…my father has hit me harder." she stuck her tongue out at Leeroy.

"Cindy…" Caesar pulled his love into an deep embrace. "How the hell did you find us?"

"Well…I called Carmela's cell phone and some Hispanic dude told me she was here and he said all of ya'll was here." Cindy looked around and noticed all the bodies. "He ain't tell me all of this though."

"Well the guy you spoke with on the phone has Carmela hostage somewhere in this establishment." Huey began to walk until he heard a familiar voice.

"It's midnight…if you want Carmela. Then send Riley up to the main plaza, alone." the voice of Mario echoed through the PA.

"Alright, if he wants me. I'm comin' fo that ass!" Riley yelled. Despite the fact that his ribs were extremely damaged due to his determination to rescue his love seemed to give him the power to still walk. "Huey and Caesar, get Cindy the hell up outta here!"

"Alright." Huey lied. "Caesar and I will escort Cindy to safety."

Huey then walked up to Caesar and whispered something in his ear while Riley's back was turn.

"Word that makes sense…hopefully I'll see you, Riley and even that backstabber in a little while." Caesar whispered back.

"You will, I promise." Huey then gave Caesar a brotherly hug and Cindy a sisterly hug.

"Good luck!" Cindy whispered. The two then walked Huey use his stealth to stay close to Riley.

Riley then began jogging towards the main plaza praying Carmela was okay. He noticed a bunch of Bloods standing around the plaza.

"Don't worry, we're just here to make sure there's no interference." a Blood spoke while steadily holding his AK-74u.

Riley just continued to run until he finally made it to the plaza.

"Ah so the little bitch has finally made it, alone I presume." Mario smirked, dressed in black and red army camo.

"RILEY! I'M SO SORRY I BETRAYED YOU! I LOVE YOU, NOT MARIO!" Carmela cried. The Queens native was scrapped to a chair.

"Let her go…it's me you want." Riley cracked his knuckles.

"No, she needs to see what's going to happen to you."

"Mario, she doesn't love you anymore." Riley growled.

"So what? The she'll have to see the one she loves, DIE!"

Mario then ran up to Riley who had no time to react and punched him his weak spot. The ribs. Fresh hot blood flew all over Mario's attire but this didn't phase the most elite Blood at all.

"Take this!" Mario then held Riley down by shoulders as he continuously kneed Riley in the ribs. Carmela watched in horror as the man of her dreams was being torn apart. Huey also did the same from his hiding spots on top of a nearby tree. He knew if he attacked now, now only would he get killed, so would Carmela and especially Riley.

"You still a weak ass nigga." Mario then pulled out a dagger. "Time to slice n' dice."

Mario lifted the blade in the air.

"GOTCHA!" Mario yelled bringing the blade down until a long gunshot rang out. The end result had Mario holding his hand in serious pain. Apparently someone shot him in the hand, but who?

Riley looked in the direction the gunshot came from and his jaw dropped in shock.

"Leeroy?"

"Yea, you guys spared me. I owe ya!" he shot another bullet at Mario.

The bullet missed.

"Shit! I'm out of ammo!" Leeroy panicked.

Mario then pointed his index finger at Leeroy. "Open fire on that tradin' son of a bitch!"

All of the surrounding Bloods shot off all of their rounds into their former member. At least ninety-seven bullets of all shapes and sizes whizzed through Leeroy's now lifeless body.

"LEEROY!" Riley yelled.

"You're next!" Mario then pointed at Riley. "Open fire!"

Riley closed his eyes tight as for the second time tonight he was destined to be shot up. The contagious sounds of clicking filled the air. All of the Bloods then threw their firearms down.

"Man that's some ol' bullshit!" Mario hung his head down in shame.

Meanwhile outside of Prospect Park Zoo…

"Hey, did you just hear that?" Cindy turned backed and looked at where the faint sound of gunfire came from. "Sound like some gunfire and a scream…"

"That was Leeroy…" Caesar said with tears threatening to fall from his eyes. "My former best friend."

"Former?" Cindy asked while wiping some of his tears away.

"Yes, long ago, nine years ago to be exact."

Flashback…

Leeroy and Caesar were strolling through a busy Prospect Park Zoo.

"Yo check out them apes!" Leeroy pointed to a cage of apes.

"Nice." Caesar said, looking at an open door leading to the apes. "Look let's go get a better view."

"Okay!" Leeroy happily replied.

The two now found themselves inside the exhibit with the apes.

"Wow look…" Caesar then picked up something squishy and brown. "Real monkey poo!"

"Maybe that's why my dad always talks about ape shit…" Leeroy giggled.

Suddenly the male ape let out a furious roar and charged at the boys. Caesar and Leeroy ran for the exit. As the ape's speed increased, the boys speed decreased. The exit was only a foot away and they seemed free until Leeroy tripped over a branch.

"Caesar, help!"

"I'm coming…" Caesar cried as he tried to grab his friend. The ape then scratched Leeroy across the face and roared at Caesar. This caused Caesar to flee in horror.

End Flashback…

"After that, no one liked me anymore because they said I was a punk ass." Caesar dug his face into Cindy's bosom. "So he turned to crime…now he's dead!"

"Oh Michael…" Cindy felt her own eyes getting watery. "We need to call the 5-0."

"That won't work. The police are pussies around here!" Caesar mumbled. "It's a shame."

"No, it's a dame shame." Cindy added.

Meanwhile back in the Main Plaza of Prospect Park Zoo…

Huey watched Mario march around and lecture his gang members on 'not using all their ammunition on one opponent'. He then felt a familiar vibration on the side of his hip, letting him know someone was calling him.

"Hello?" Huey whispered.

"Baby…" Jazmine's voice whispered back through the phone.

"What's wrong?"

"The doctor says that I-" the phone suddenly cut off. Apparently the signal faded.

"Shit…" Huey cursed. He then noticed he had full service again and decided to call Cindy.

After a couple of rings the blonde answered merrily.

"Wussup?" she chirped.

"Hey you two need to head to LICH, Jazmine was trying to tell me something but I lost service."

"Alrighty."

"Thanks." Huey then hung up the phone.

Now Huey looked back at the scene and noticed Mario was not lecturing his members anymore. He was working on Riley's ribs again.

"You're going to suffer…" Mario smirked, punching Riley in the ribs.

His ribs at this point were practically non-existence. Unable to get up, Riley laid in defeat.

"Sorry Mela…" Riley blinked, allowing a single tear to drop.

"RILEY!" Carmela screamed.

Mario then ran over to some bushes and grabbed his buddy.

"My buddy!" he laughed, while loading a clip into his AK-47.

Seeing enough Huey jumped from off the tree and landed next to Mario.

"Who the-" Mario was cut off by a swift hit to the midsection, courtesy of Huey's bokken.

Huey then held his palm back and started focusing all of his energy to his right palm. Mario was still holding onto his midsection but noticed that Huey was doing something. The winds began to blow furiously as Huey continued to charge up for the finisher. Mario then slowly regained his footing and that's when Huey let out a battle cry. He then launched his right palm with full force for Mario. However Mario quickly sidestepped and countered by using the butt of his AK-47 to hit Huey in the back of the head, knocking him out instantly.

"This nigga thinks he's the Afro Samurai or some shit?" Mario grinned.

The leader then loaded the clip finally and took aim for the Freeman brothers. Carmela saw this and did something unbelievable. She freed herself from the ropes she was tied up to.

"What?" Mario gasped at Carmela's strength. He then took aim at her. "I advise you to step aside, doll face."

"No I love Riley and only Riley!" she grinned.

"Fine, have it your way!" Mario then began to fire at Carmela.

Carmela quickly rolled behind a nearly building for cover. She then noticed a vacant sawed-off shotgun lying in front of her.

'This is it. Do or die.' Carmela sighed in her mind.

She then picked up the gun and rolled back into the fray while Mario was reloading. Once gaining control she fired the weapon and hit Mario dead in the chest.

"B-b-b-bitch…" Mario slowly spoke as his life was ending right before his eyes. As felt his body becoming cold, he pulled the trigger of his AK-47 that he just finished reloading.

Out of the sixteen bullets fired from the assault rifle, six of them hit Carmela.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Carmela screeched.

She instantly fell to the ground and laid in a pool of her own blood.

"I did it, Esco…" she whispered before closing her eyes.

"Carmela!" Riley yelled. Trying to get up, only to fall back down. He then crawled over to her. "You can't leave me now!"

"Riley!" Huey said from his spot on the ground.

"We need to call 911!" Riley pointed at Carmela.

Huey got up and looked at the sight in horror. Right before his eyes he saw two lifeless bodies and one near-lifeless body. Leeroy had at least seventy bullets throughout his body, including four in his head. Mario had two shells launched into his chest, despite the fact that he had on a bulletproof vest. Carmela's wounds looked the least vicious. She had one bullet in right forearm, two in her right leg, three in her left leg.

"I'll keep the blood from flowing." Huey spoke as he dialed the number. He took off his jacket and shirt to keep the blood from flowing. Huey couldn't help but cry at the sight of the three teenagers.

'If this is a taste of how my revolution might look, I might just stick to having a day job…'

Thanks to Carmela, the evil Blood leader Mario has been defeated. However Riley and Carmela are in critical condition. What will happen to them now? Find out in the last chapter, that's right I said it…LAST CHAPTER. Chapter 18: Hello Baby?

A/N: It's hard to believe that this is all coming to an end. I'm thinking of making a sequel, just a thought. Be on the lookut for 'Scandalous Scholastics' though by Young Neil and myself, it should be out either tonight or tomorrow. BOONDOCKS FANFICTION UP ALL DAY!

T. MIKE