More than a few hours had passed since Marcus and the others had been arrested. Josh had run off and now Shaundi and Gat were left sitting in a jail cell awaiting word from their lawyer. Marcus had tried getting a hold of troy who had been a former member of the saints and had been known to cut the saints a break since he was the chief of police. But all of his calls went unanswered.
Marcus was soon led to the cell that contained gat and Shaundi and he was glad to see that they were okay. He was especially glad to see Shaundi who had greeted him with a tight embrace and a small tender kiss. "you guys okay" he asked as he went over to gat
Gat who had sat over in the corner had a look of discontent
"what happened to us?" he asked as he looked to Marcus. Shaundi looked to gat with confusion "we got arrested"
"no, I mean with "us" the saints name use to mean something more than body spray and ass tasting energy drinks." gat said as he paced the cell
"our brand is worth a lot of money, whats the problem Gat?" Marcus asked
"My problem is that you've let the money and fancy life style get to you and the saints have turned into vice kings who wear purple." Gat stated as he went back to his corner. Suddenly Julius's words played in Marcus's head which caused a slight rise in his anger.
"If you got something you want to say just say it" Marcus said now taking a more stern tone. Gat just looked at Marcus and shook his head.
"look man you want to play the bitch who sits in a boardroom all day go ahead I'm done" Gat said as he got up and was now face to face with Marcus
"after we get out I'm walking" Gat retorted as Marcus was now clenching his fists but was stopped as Shaundi gently put a hand on his shoulder which told him to let it go.
"fine you want out Gat then walk but don't fucken question my leadership again." Marcus said as he turned and sat on the opposite side of the cell. Shaundi who had watched the exchange could only hope that this was just Gat venting his displeasure of the situation because she knew Marcus trusted and relied on Gat like a brother and if Gat was now talking about walking out on the Saints it would cause Marcus to question his trust in others, maybe even their relationship.
Hours had passed and still no word on when they were to be released Shaundi had fallen asleep and was using Marcus's lap as a pillow. While gat had spent the last hour laying on the other bench staring at the roof. Marcus who had watched as guard walked back and forth by the cell door until one of the guards started to unlock their cell.
"Alright you three, someone has posted your bail" the guard said as he unlocked the door and stood aside as two women who looked like twins and wore the same identical outfit and four men dressed in the same clothing as those they had fought at the bank. One of the women addressed them
"our employer would like a word with you" said the women on the right
"if you would indulge us" said the women on the left. All three saints who were now standing looked at each other before they were bound and blindfolded.
After an hour of travel there were released from there blind folds and were now in what looked like a private airliner. Marcus looked around and noticed more of the same guards from the bank and the two women from the jail as they stood next to an older man who wore an expensive european suit and a pin on his right lapel with a star.
"ah so we meet at last, please let me introduce myself I am Phillip Loren chairmen of a multi billion dollar organization called the syndicate, and these two women are viola and kiki." he said as he lite a cigarette.
"never heard of it" Shaundi said as she glared at Loren
"of corse not my dear or else you would not have robbed our bank." Loren said calmly as he stood and walked toward Marcus.
"our organization has watched your rise to power for sometime and we are impressed and are offering you the chance to join with us, think carefully about my offer it will only be given once." Loren said as he extinguished his cigarette
Marcus had already stopped listening to this fool no way was he going to give up everything the saints had built just to be a bitch to some French fuck
"listen you french fuck I-"
"please, I am Belgian" Loren corrected as he returned to his chair
"Go make a fucken waffle then we're done here" Gat replied speaking for the first time since the jail.
Loren shook his head and sighed "and I had so hoped to come to a rational business arrangement." Loren stated as he signaled one of his men to shoot Marcus. Unknown to everyone was that Gat had free his hands while Loren had been talking and jumped the guard and quickly broke his neck while turning to Loren who had pulled a knife and stabbed Gat with it how then threw Loren into one of the windows. The force caused the window to shatter and severely injure Loren's face. Viola and kiki quickly rushed him to safety as more guards entered from the back. Gat freed Marcus and Shaundi and then took cover behind a small bar.
"we gotta get outta here" Marcus yelled over the gunfire as their cover was quickly degrading.
"you go I got these bitches, ill get to the cockpit and fly the plane back to Stillwater and you two jump out." Gat said ducking from rounds just over his head.
"what are you insane you'll never make it, besides how are you gonna fly a plane." Shaundi yelled in protest
"hey, i'll be alright i'll meet you back there now go" Gat replied as he pushed them towards the door. Marcus quickly grabbed Shaundi's hand and pulled her through the door. Gat was covering them with a stolen weapon and was pushing towards the cockpit.
Once on the other side of the door Marcus locked it and made for the cargo hold
"we can't just leave him" Shaundi said as she tried to go back for johnny but was pulled back and stopped by Marcus.
"hey, he can look after himself okay, right now we need to get off this thing" Marcus said as Shaundi gave a reluctant nod she made ready and followed him.
Beating down two guards who were coming from the hold Marcus and Shaundi grabbed their weapons and entered the hold.
The cargo hold was filled with exotic cars and pallets of drugs and money no doubt being shipped to where ever the plane was heading. The guards in the hold noticed the two saints and opened fire while a shootout on a plane was not a good idea it was better than dieing. Marcus and Shaundi fought to the back of the plane with only a few guards in the hold they were quickly dealt with as Marcus looked for a parachute, Shaundi went to the intercom to tell johnny.
"Johnny were about to jump let's go" Shaundi could only hear static and gunfire but a moment later she heard Gat's voice
"right on I'll see you in-" a loud burst of gun fire rang out and the line went dead Shaundi immediately froze even Marcus who was attaching his parachute stopped. Pressing the button agin hoping to hear him agin
"Johnny?" she said quietly but there was no reply
Marcus just looked down accepting the fact that his best friend was dead but was brought out of his thoughts by the sudden turbulence of the plane as it began to lose control. The cargo was beginning to come free from its bindings and the straps holding the cars were straining. Marcus knew they had to leave now. He ran towards Shaundi as he tackled her out of the airplane just as an explosion threw tons of cargo after them. Shaundi realizing what had happened and kept a death grip around Marcus's neck as they fell from the sky. The cargo from the plane was beginning to gain on them and as Shaundi watching the burning cargo noticed that a group of Syndicate guards had followed them.
"i think we have company" she yelled and pointed to the pursuers.
Marcus looked back and cursed as he had not expected them to follow. Looking to see how far up they were and then back at the guards he thought of a solution.
"uh..look your not gonna like what I have to do but try to remember you love me" he said as he dropped her and flipped over to take out the Syndicate. He faintly heard Shaundi's protests as she fell out of sight.
The syndicate Guards quickly caught up and began to open fire at Marcus but he flared his body to slow his decent and quickly shot past the guards which caught two of the goons off guard and were quickly killed. The remaining three returned fire but one was caught unaware by a burning car as it plowed into the man and killed him instantly. The remaining two tried to grab Marcus as they approached him one missed but the other caught hold of Marcus's arm which sent the two men into a spin. Marcus punched the man several times but his grip held after Marcus was able to get him into a hold and broke the mans neck. Letting go of the limp body Marcus pulled in his arms and legs to created a low profile which resulted in him falling faster as he raced to catch up to Shaundi he was almost able to reach her as he was hit from behind the last remaining guard had grabbed him from behind Marcus struggled to free himself but found his gun and put it under his arm and emptied the clip into his attacker. Finally free he caught Shaundi again who grabbed hold of him even harder than before. As he pulled the cord and deployed the chute.
"hey love, miss me" he said with a smile
"uh...your a fucking asshole" she yelled as she gave him a glare that could kill.
"alright, I probably deserved that" Marcus replied.
Marcus took control of the chute directing their fall into the unknown city below them. flaring the landing and gliding into an abandoned lot. Once on her own two feet again Shaundi turned to Marcus who was busy unhooking the parachute but looked to her just in time to see her fist connect with his face.
"ah... damn it I'm sorry alright" Marcus said as he rubbed his jaw but Shaundi just hugged him tightly
"never do that again" she said letting go of him
Marcus just nodded and looked around to try to figure out where they were
"any idea where the hell we are" he asked. Shaundi nodded after recognizing some of the buildings,
"ya welcome to steelport"
AN: posted chapters 3 and 4 and will post 5 through 7 sometime tomorrow now that i have a couple days free i will try and get as much out as i can before i get buried in work again. thanks to all who have followed and reviewed this story even though i have been extremely absent as of late i will try and not let it get so far in between chapters next time.
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Till next time.