Vercetti Estate, Vice City

Ring!!!!

Tommy stumbled out of his bed and slowly got up as he reached for the phone. He, his henchmen and the Cubans were partying all night long yesterday at the Malibu.

"Talk", said Tommy.

"Hey Tommy, thanks for the help yesterday. My Papi is fine after the doctors took out the bullet from his wound. Anyway, as a gift I just sent Pepe to give you 10 pounds of pure cocaine. Remember Tommy, always have big cojones."

Tommy hung up the phone, got dressed and waited outside. Around 5 minutes later, a Cuban Hermes drove into the driveway and halted by the stairs. Pepe got out of the vehicle and opened the trunk. He took out 5 cardboard boxes and drops them in front of Tommy.

"Here, 10 pounds of pure Cuba cocaine right off the great country of Cuba." said a happy Pepe.

"Thanks, I'll see you later" said Tommy as he motioned for a henchman to get the boxes and walked back into the mansion. While walking up the stairs to his office, Tommy hesitated as he suddenly thought of a trade he could make with the cocaine he just got.

"I could trade the cocaine for the money that would be used to buy some of those new heat seeking rocket launchers and some more desert eagles", thought Tommy. When he reached up the stairs, he called for a quick meeting with his associates. Around an hour later, limousines and helicopters started to pour in. The limousines were parked next to the stairs while the helicopters landed on the large grass field next to the mansion. When all the associates gathered in the front foyer, Tommy escorted them to the large dining table next to the stairs. After they all settled down, Tommy began, "Gentlemen, thank you for coming to this quick meeting as I apologize for the heat outside. Alright, today I want to talk about a trade that would make us richer".

"What is the trade?" asked one of the associate.

"Cocaine with money", replied Tommy.

Mumbles started to fill the room until an associate started "But Mr. Vercetti, you know it is very dangerous during cocaine trades. Many are ambushed unexpectedly".

"I know" said Tommy.

Mumbles started again, some associates are shaking their head. "Gentlemen quiet down please, your job here is to find a dealer that is interested, I'll take care of the rest." said Tommy in a calm and casual tone.

When the associates left the mansion, one of the henchman came up to Tommy and whispered in his ear, "What are we going to do with the cocaine?" Put them in the little room at the bottom of the side stairs where I hided M4s, shotguns and body armor", said Tommy. "Yes sir" replied the henchman and then he left.

Two days later

Tommy was relaxing in his office, daydreaming, until when a henchman walked into the office and said "Mr. Vercetti, one of the associates got a dealer interested. His name is Ralph Luvee and it seems like he is a high rank member of the south-side hood gang in Liberty. "So when is the deal happening?" asked Tommy with interest.

"10 in the morning tomorrow at the airport helipads sir, his men will be coming in by a helicopter" replied the henchman.

"Good, that should provide us time to prepare" said Tommy.

At that moment, Ken Rosenberg stumbled in shouting " Hey Tommy what are you doing, can I help?" Tommy, seeing Ken hyped up with coke again replied

"No need Ken; I'm just arranging another trade". "Oh what kind of trade is it this time, cars, weapons or drugs?" asked Ken.

"Drugs, cocaine in fact" said Tommy.

Suddenly, Ken's skin turned pale and sweat started to drip down his face. Tommy asked if something was wrong but Ken just said "Nope, nothing, well I need to get going now so bye" as he staggered away.

"That was weird" thought Tommy but he quickly shrugged it off his mind and continues his planning.

Next day later 6:45

"Alright people, that's how we go today, snipers, take my helicopter and station on top of the freight and cargo while 12 of you will be hiding near the north, south and east side of the helipad with M4s ready in case they attack. 3 of you will come with me, and remember to wear the body armor unless you want to end up dead. If you guys follow what we're suppose to do today, this deal should go without a hitch." explained Tommy as he rolled out the plan.

"Yes Mr. Vercetti" the men said and they filed out. Tommy then told one of his men to bring him the cocaine. Much to Tommy's amazement, the henchman came back empty- handed saying that the cocaine had been stolen.

Surprised, Tommy ran downstairs to look at the room. When he got there, he saw almost all the boxes were opened. One of them was on its side with cocaine pouring out and scrunched up papers were scattered all over. Tommy bent over and picked up a paper and unscrunched it. There were still traces of cocaine inside it. Someone had been smoking the cocaine. Tommy tried to think hard which bastard did it. It could be anyone of his employees but just then, Tommy remembered something suspicious about Ken the other day.

Just when he mentioned his cocaine trade, Ken's mood suddenly changed. Was he hiding something from him? Tommy didn't even hesitate to rethink again. It must be Ken who sniffed his cocaine.

"I'm going to make that bastard pay for this" mumbled Tommy as he ran out of his mansion to his Infernus. "Guys, wrap up the cocaine and meet me there just as planned" yelled Tommy to his gang.

"Where are you going?" asked his right-handed henchman named Dennis.

"To settle unfinished business" said Tommy as he roared out of his drive-way.

Rosenberg's Office

After a whole day of packing, Ken Rosenberg waited for his taxi to come and he'll be off to Escobar airport, leaving for Liberty City to avoid Tommy's revenge upon him. He had regretted what he has done but he knew Tommy would never forgive him. Just then the door flunged open as a very angry Tommy stomped in with a desert eagle pointing straight at him.

"Please Tommy don't kill me...I'm sorry...it's my fault...I'm stupid...I'm a no good son of a bitch...just please forgive me" pleaded Ken while on his knees begging.

"I should've never trusted you Ken, you're no better than that backstabbing prick, Lance. I should've killed all of you sooner" yelled Tommy as he began to pull the trigger. However, something in his heart prevented him from doing so and Tommy changed the aim of his gun just in time as a bullet broke the coffee maker nearby instead.

"Get the hell out of here Ken, if I see you ever in Vice City again, I won't hesitate to kill you" said Tommy as he walked out of the office hoping never to see Ken Rosenberg again.

The meet

While driving to the meeting, the Hardwood Butcher wondered if he had gotten soft, he had never taken pity on anyone that crossed with him. He had killed so much without looking back, but no one else had known he was starting to soften except for Rosenberg and himself.

When he had entered the gate to the helipads, Tommy quickly pushed his thoughts deep down and felt a sense of relief that his men, were in place and ready. Tommy checked his watch. It was 9:47. Good, that should give him enough time to get ready. In a little after 10, one of Tommy's sniper yelled that a helicopter was flying this way. Tommy and his men waited until the red and highly graphitized helicopter had landed and the passengers had gotten out with cases of money.

Tommy examined the traders; they're all ironically wearing clothing suitable for winter. The leader of the squad of 4 was wearing red instead of blue. All were carrying Uzis except for the Leader who was holding a Colt. 45. Should be an easy trade considering to the light weapons they're carrying. The leader greeted Tommy,

"Hello my friend nice weather it is out here considering to Liberty's snow".

Tommy with much patience and alert replied back, "Yes it is, now show me the greens".

As each exchanged the merchandises, Tommy notices at the corner of his eye, what looked like 3 ponies coming at a distance. He whispers to a henchman,

"Trouble is coming, alert the boys". As each group turns their back away from each other, Tommy hears the Leader saying, " Oh yea, one more thing"; which he guessed what is about to come.

A bullet whizzed past Tommy as he just turned his head around seeing the Leader and his men, pointing their guns at him. Tommy quickly takes out both of his desert eagles and fired, hitting an enemy in the forehead and 1 in the right arm. The Leader and his surviving men took cover behind the helicopter, all desperately aiming at Tommy while his men, was pinning them down. Just as the same moment, the 3 ponies stopped right next to the helipad. Men in blues got out of the vans and started to shoot at the Vercetti gang. One of the ponies had a stationary gatling gun in the rear. One unfortunate Vercetti gang member was hit several times in the chest before he fell in a heap while another was sliced in half before he even screamed.

After watching his men getting cut down, Tommy ran toward the Pony, shot a pair of enemies and threw a pinned grenade under the van. The grenade exploded launching the Pony and its passengers up a few feet and landed in a thud smoking. One survivor was trying to crawl away from the ruined van, but he was quickly put out of his misery by a few well placed M4 shots fired by the remaining Vercetti gang. After a few minutes had passed, the battle ended with 24 south-side members dead, 2 of them escape in a pony, but will be dealt with by a Vercetti hunt and kill squad. The leader, still alive but laid wounded on the pavement beside his bullet riddled helicopter swearing and yelling threats at Tommy.

The Vercetti gang suffered at a considerable amount too. Out of the 17 members that were involved with this, 5 were lost and 3 were wounded. Tommy looked away from his men's bodies and walked over to the Leader and stepped on his hand. The Leader yelled in pain cursing at Tommy. Tommy stepped on the wounded man to get some information out of the Leader.

"Who is behind this?"

"Fuck you bitch, I'll never say anything!"

Tommy stomped on the south-side member even harder.

"OK- ok -I'll tell you".

"It was this rich bastard who offered 5 million dollars if we kill you".

"What's his name?"

"I don't know, but he said you were responsible for the death of 2 people whose very important to him".

That was all Tommy got from the man as he was starting to slip into a comma. Noticing that the helicopter was still operable, Tommy pulls the man back on his feet and pushed him into the aircraft. Knowing that the man wouldn't make it back to Liberty in his condition, Tommy snucked a note in the south-side member's pocket hoping that the VCPD would find it and broadcast the investigation around the country making sure the son-of-a-bitch who organized this ambush learns that Tommy Vercetti is not a man to be crossed with.

"Now go tell that billionaire of yours and Ralph that I will kill them when I find them.

The man, still have some conscious in him said thank you before slowly started the helicopter and took off clumsily. Seconds later, Dennis ran towards Tommy asking for orders.

"Take the money and cocaine back to my office and give our men proper burials, as for the rest, cremate them. Call me when you're done." said Tommy before walking to his Infurnus and driving off into the bright Vice City afternoon.