Olivia Benson sat in her apartment, looking through the files Fin had been able to get about the 3rd Street Saints. According to the statements of their previous leader, Julius Little, the Saints had been started to try to protect the citizens of the Saint's Row neighborhood in Stilwater from gang violence. But according to the FBI, that all changed when a man by the name of Jack Spade joined. The Saints had become increasingly more violent and had later made a huge land grab, claiming the territory of the gangs they crushed, and funneling the street money into their gang. Julius apparently had made Spade the leader before vanishing. However, it seemed he hadn't had that long a tenure as a gang leader. While on a boat with Mayor-Elect Richard Hughes, a bomb was detonated, putting him in a coma for 5 years.
This was where is got interesting. Out of the blue one day, Spade woke up from his coma and, together with another inmate Carlos Mendoza escaped the prison island he was held at killing 34 people doing so. He quickly reformed the 3rd Street Saints and launched a war against the three gangs that had claimed Stilwater in his absence. The level of violence and carnage this time around was even greater than before. Immediately following the Second Stilwater gang wars, the Saints found more conflict in the conglomerate Ultor, before partnering up with Ultor, which made the Saints a household name.
About a year ago however, things changed. A robbery gone wrong found the Saints working in the nearby city of Steelport, where they destroyed an organization called The Syndicate. During and after their fights with the Syndicate, an anti-gang group called STAG, Special Tactical Anti-Gang Unit, was sent to Steelport to try and stop the gang violence. However the Saints made the elite unit look like fools, blowing up their Aircraft Carrier from the inside and stealing numerous pieces of equipment. After a city-wide street war between the Saints, STAG, and a gang called the luchadors, STAG received a huge black eye, when it was revealed that the second in command of STAG, Kia Windslow attempted to blow up a monument on a small island, and frame the Saints. However, Spade managed to stop the bomb, killing Windslow in the process.
A month following the departure of STAG, its leader Cyprus Temple attempted to assassinate Spade in retaliation for his subordinate's death, as well as the disgrace of STAG. The attack would have been successful, had it not been for the interference of Steelport mayor Burt Reynolds. Temple was sentenced to serve a life sentence, due to unintentionally killing 9 people and wrecking a large section of the warehouse district in his failed attack, however a week into his sentence, he committed suicide.
Looking a bit more into the known activity of Spade, she was surprised that despite proof of thousands of crimes, he had never been legally sentenced to jail time. Following the events in Steelport he had been granted a pardon, meaning he was legally a free man. But something about their involvement with Manhattan seemed off. Why did they come to the city to begin with? Olivia had been informed by Munch that a nightclub called "Saint's Row" was scheduled to open soon, but why come all the way to New York from Michigan to open a club? She had a feeling she was missing something important.
"Where's the boss?" Shaundi asked as she walked into the penthouse of the hotel the Saints were staying in while in Manhattan. "He went out an hour ago. He was watching local news when he saw something interesting. He said he'd be a while and not to worry." Viola replied as she ate an apple, watching Pierce and Oleg have a video conference chess match. "No backup? Did he at least bring his piece?" Viola looked at Shaundi like she was an idiot. "Did the man who sleeps with a submachine gun under his pillow bring his piece? Ask another stupid question, like "Is he a reckless driver?" Shaking her head, Viola grabs her book and walks into the room she shared with the boss.
Casey Novak staggered slightly as she walked into her apartment, having come from her favorite bar. She set her purse on the counter and reached into her pantry, spinning around pointing the gun at the man who was looking through the pictures on her wall, not a care in the world. "I always told mom and dad you played for the other team, but they didn't listen. Never did about anything, now that I think of it. And everyone wonders why I'm so screwed up." Turning, his bright yellow eyes fixated on her gun. Jake Novak, more famously known as Jack Spade, grinned at her. "What's the matter big sis, no big hug for your loving brother?"
Chapter 2 of expanding the Turf, any thoughts yet? Read and Review. Seeing as it's a fanfiction, I hope no one will complain that the Saints vs. STAG war was different then in the video game.