Pier Pressure
The Next Evening… 7:30 PM, 1115 Boulevard Del Perro
Since yesterday, I've been spending time at my apartment for the morning and part of the afternoon. I've been chilling in here eating my lunch from the Up N Atom Burger nearby my apartment, which makes it pretty convenient for me to either walk there or ride my bicycle. On the other hand, I smoked weed from my bong which made the taste pretty amazing for me.
Personally, marijuana would be the only drug that I would smoke since all the others turn you into a complete mess of yourself. I'm not going out the way those fake-ass douches of Vinewood did, snorting and shooting up bullshit drugs into your system. Weed is completely natural for me.
Anyway, I've been sitting on my couch watching Moorehead Strikes Again and I receive a call from Miles. I try to find my phone, but turns out I left on top of my kitchen counter so I went to get it.
"Hello, Miles? What is it, dude?" I ask Miles in a lazy tone.
"Austin and I are going to the Vanilla Unicorn. You know, place where you get to view nice curvy babes, see tits, the usual. You coming?"
"Uhh… sure! No problem, Miles. I'll meet you within 40 minutes or less. Give me some time, alright?"
"Okay, Thomas. See you there!"
I went to change out of my clothes, which was me simply wearing a white t-shirt and black short pants. Looking for some good clothing to wear to the strip club, I put a red plaid shirt with a long-sleeve white shirt underneath, some blue denim jeans, and a pair of black sneakers.
Not too bad, Thom. Not too bad. I thought to myself.
With that being settled, I went to my garage and drove my Bravado Gauntlet to the Vanilla Unicorn. My drive to the strip club was a bit messy since I was coming down off my high from the weed I smoked.
Fortunately, I didn't hurt anyone except a few scratches on my car around my trunk and the sides of my car. It only took me about 20 minutes just to get there. I park in front of the club, got out of my vechiles and see Austin and Miles there.
"Austin, Miles! Your boy is here." I said to the both of them with a cocky smile.
"Aw, yeah! I knew you'd make it through! Anyway, let's go inside and see some nice sets of tits." Miles said with cheer.
We went inside and the interior is amazing. The lighting of the club is da There's a bar with an aquarium, a shelf full of alcoholic bottles, and other items. Nearby is the booth where the DJ plays mixes of popular songs and does the announcement for the next stripper to come out. Since there's only one pole available for all of the strippers in the club to use.
Beside the three of us are the open booths where the guys flirt with the strippers and there's a door that leads to the private rooms. The good thing out of this is that we still get to touch the strippers without being kicked out.
"So what do you think, Thomas?" Austin asked me.
"This is better than The Triangle Club in Bohan, but nearly as good as the Honkers in Alderney City." I responded to his question.
"Alright, enough chit-chat guys! Come on, let's take a good view." Miles said
"Are you really this desperate to see some girl's breasts up close or are you going to take photos of her and try to take her home with you?" Austin asked Miles in an annoyed tone.
"The first one is a yes, the second might come later when I'm three bottles deep."
I sighed saying, "Come on guys, let's not waste any time here."
We all head down to get a view of the next stripper and the DJ announces who the next stripper is coming out of the curtain.
"Here comes our next stripper, let's give it up for Chastity!"
Everyone cheers her on as she makes her way to the pole. As far as appearance comes, she looks good. She has short black hair, black lipstick, and brown eyes which isn't bad for someone like her. Some people are throwing money at her and others make dirty comments. She begins pole dancing and the three of us start having a conversation.
"Well, Thomas. Aren't you glad that you came here?" Miles asked.
"Yeah, everything looks good around here. No tacky designs and no fake breasts on those strippers. This is great!"
"Ahh… I for one most enjoy the view around here. I'm going to drink down some whiskey, then try and get a private dance." Austin said to the both of us.
"Same here. I'm going to drink and hit on some of them." Said Miles.
"As for yours truly, I'm going to spend some time watching Chastity over there." I told Miles and Austin.
I went over to the stripper stand nearby while Miles and Austin went over to drink at the bar. Gotta admit though, watching a stripper doing what she does isn't so bad. Anyway by the time Chastity is done with her set, I hear a sound from my phone. I went to check my phone for messages and I received one from Gerald.
I went to check the message and it reads:
"Sticking punks up is the perfect hustle for a new kid in town. Marks ain't gonna recognize you, won't be able to come back. Take advantage of that low profile at a meet under the Del Perro pier. l don't care what happens to the Lost and Vagos dudes involved, long as the product finds its way to my spot. Oh yeah, there will be some change in it for you."- Gerald
Del Perro Pier? Isn't that where the ferris wheel and all that festival stuff is?" I thought to myself
Given the fact that all three of us are at the VU and that Miles and Austin might be drunk, I went to go inform them about what happened
"Hey guys, Gerald just sent me a message about a drug deal taking place under the Del Perro Pier so I'm going to need some people to contact."
Austin said, "I might be able to join up with you on that, but Miles is already drunk as hell right now. I'm going to take him to his apartment at San Vitas Boulevard. I'll contact you when I'm done."
"Thank God! I'm going to need two more, this fucking deal sounds kind of heavy. You know anyone else?"
"I know of Jamila, the girl from a couple days ago. I'll see if she's busy. Just wait outside of the club till we're all ready."
"Alright, then. This could take a couple of minutes if not an hour at best."
With that, Austin left with Miles for the time being while I called up Lamar to ask him for any contacts.
"Yo, Lamar! How are you, my man?"
"I'm good, fool. What you need, my man?"
"Well, here's the thing. Gerald just informed me about a drug deal going on with the Vagos and the Lost, but I'm one member short of going it as a team. You know anyone that can pull off something like this?"
"Hmm… There is this one guy that I do know of, came to Los Santos couple days after you arrived. A guy who goes by the name of Samuel Ross. Dude drives a Dinka Akuma, just to let you know. He can be a dick sometimes, but knows how to get the job done. Imma contact the guy and send him to your location. Where you at by the way?"
"I'm at the Vanilla Unicorn."
"Trying to see some titties, huh my dawg? Anyway, he should meet you soon. Peace out, fool!"
After Lamar drops the call, I wait in my Gauntlet for the time being.
20 Minutes Later…
After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, I got out of my car to see if my contact had arrived at the strip club. I looked around the other parts of the parking spaces until I noticed a Dinka Akuma entering the area. I went up to approach the guy on the bike to greet him.
"Hey there. Aren't you the guy Lamar sent? Samuel Ross, I believe?"
"Hell yeah, you guessed right. And I'm guessing you're Thomas Marston?"
"Yeah, I am. Lamar gave you the details?"
"Yep. Now where's the others?"
Apparently, I forgot to see if Austin and Jamila were available for the mission. Due to my mistake, I texted Austin to ask if he was coming with Jamila which he responded to with a 'yes'.
Shortly thereafter, I see Austin drive in with his Buffalo and Jamila who's wearing a sky blue shirt with black jean. She's also sporting black bangs and yellow-grey running shoes.
"Hey there, Austin. You must be Jamila, I presume?" I said to both of them.
"Jamila, Jamila Thomas. And you must be Austin's friend, Thomas? You're no hustler or traitor are you?" She asked me in
"Yeah. It's funny how we share the name Thomas, it being my first name and yours being the last! And no, I'm definitely no hustler if that's what you're thinking."
"Well, my dear friend. Life works in mysterious ways if you didn't know that." Jamila told me in a loud tone.
"Hey! I'm sorry if I was being fucking ignorant. Besides, we're have to go to the Del Perro Pier ASAP! Anyway… meet our new friend here, Samuel Ross. Sam, meet Austin Johnson and Jamila. Now as expected, the deal should be a bit heavy but we're in luck since I keep some ammo in my car's trunk. As far as I know is that Gerald wants us to steal off some Meth from both Vagos and the Lost. We'll need to be smart about this, so everyone gather what you can for this."
Proceeding with this, I open the trunk and there's about a rack of rifles, pistols, grenades, tear gas canisters, body armor and shotguns for the mission. I selected a carbine rifle, and a pump shotgun. As for Sam, he had a customized Beretta M92F, an assault rifle, four tear gas canisters and a sawed-off shotgun. Austin and Jamila both took an assault rifle and bullpup rifle respectively, but both took heavy pistols and pump shotguns. All of us did take body armor for protection as well.
Once that was settled, we all drove off from the Vanilla Unicorn for the Del Perro Pier. Once we got there, we had parked at a parking lot underneath the pier since doing a meet at a discreet place like that that would throw off authorities. Once we saw the passage, we started to devise a plan to handle the enemies.
I was the first to speak.
"Guys, I have a good idea. You might want to listen up here for this one."
"Alright, Austin. If this idea of yours fails us, remind me to choke your lungs out if anyone of us dies. " Samuel said in confidence to everyone.
"At least have some faith here, you douche! Okay, as far as we know. Both gangs must have a moderate amount of guys on their side just to trade a package of meth. What those fucks won't be expecting is us which gives us the advantage. The best way to go about this is to split into two teams of two on both ends of the passage. One of us will have to throw tear gas or grenade as a signal to ambush the dealmakers. Once all of them are done for, we grab the shit and drive away from here." Austin stated in great detail.
"See Austin, have a little faith in people. Anyway, very well thought-out plan of yours, Austin! Alright, Jamila and Sam. You guys will have to drive over to the other end of the passage while Austin and I remain here. You all got that?"
"Caught that like a bull taken by the horns, Thomas." Jamila said, with her head nodding in agreement.
Soon, everyone goes into position. I notice that the meet is still taking place between the Vagos and the Lost which still gives us time for a distraction. Giving Austin a thumbs up, I call up Sam to perform the distraction.
"Sam, this is Thom speaking. Listen I need you to throw the tear gas canister instead to throw off both sides of the meet. Do you read me loud and clear?" I asked him.
"Yeah, don't even worry about it."
As I watch Sam throw the tear gas canister, the enemies start to cough. Nevertheless, Austin and I start to shoot at both Vagos and Lost members.
"It's an ambush! Who are these guys?" one of the Lost said in complete shock.
"Your worst nightmare, bitch!" I said in gusto.
The passage has pillars for support, but they are of average size, enough to cover one half of your body. As for both sides of the passage, it gives about a decent size of cover against bullets. The amount of guys there is fourteen in total. That meant seven from each gang, which sounds unfair of a shootout. They were moderately armed with SMGs and assault rifles. Also, there were three SUVs and Vans almost blocking the view of the other side which caused us unable to see both Sam and Jamila.
Austin starts to shoot his Assault Rifle at a Lost member wearing a leather jacket with a Lost shirt and black pants, firing at least a couple rounds into his abdomen, leaving him to stagger to the ground with blood. However, caught four wounds to the sides of his ribcage, but was wearing body armor. I managed to fire two members of the Vagos with my pump shotgun, shooting one in the abdomen and the other in the same area, but also shooting in the head leaving a large residue of blood on the wall. Afterwords, I went to reload the weapon quickly and asked Austin on his condition.
"Good shot, Thom!" Austin said.
"Thanks, you're not bad yourself. You okay, though?"
"Less talk, more shooting at those fuckboys!" Austin replied
So much for asking…
By that time, I received four or more wounds around my abdomen from one of the Lost, but still able to fight. A Vagos guy wearing khaki shorts and a yellow v-neck starts to fire blindly at us, forcing Austin and I to seek cover by the walls by the passage. I switched to my Carbine Rifle and fired ten rounds at the Vagos dude, who falls over and leaks out a pool of blood. We both quickly move up to a pillar of our own for cover as the remaining fire at us.
I manage to fire rounds from my rifle at the Lost and Vagos members which only killed one of them due to multiple shots around his body while one of them got wounded at the lower part of his abdomen. Austin shot the last one by firing a couple shotgun rounds into the last one, killing him at close quarters range. We manage to grab the meth package in time.
"Sam, Jamila. Our end is done here. Yours?" I asked both of them.
"Yep. Killed the little bastards with a dose of firepower." Samuel replied in an arrogant tone.
"Hey guys, I don't think we should stay for long. Let's get out of here before the cops show." Jamila said with caution in her voice.
After that shootout, we left the pier for Gerald's apartment. I told Austin to text Gerald the details about what had occurred at the meet. By the time we had arrived, Gerald came out of his apartment.
"Gerald. We got the stuff for you." I told Gerald as I threw the package for him.
"Nice. Now keep your mouth shut about me you hear?
Talk about being paranoid, this guy needs to calm down a bit. I thought to myself about Gerald's behavior.
Afterwards we left the apartment complex since business had already been taken care of.
"Well, that didn't turn out bad now did it?" Sam asked us with assurance in his voice.
"Hmm… if you mean disrupting a meet between two gangs for a pack of speed, then yes it went well. Anyhoo, I hope this Gerald guy pays well. The dude feels shady to me with the way he acts." Jamila stated to all of us.
"Wait, Jamila. One Question I've got to ask you. Why are you doing this?" I asked Jamila
"I'm trying to get money for my grandpa and myself just to get by. Matter of fact, Austin. I wish to thank you for this, really I do."
"Uh… you're welcome, I guess. What about your LifeInvader job and the income?"
"My old folk would be ashamed if he saw me doing this just for his sake. I'll have to use it as a means of cover for the time being." She stated in acceptance.
"Alright, enough with the sappy struggle story! Let's get out of here anyway. Don't trust this type of place." Sam said to all of us.
"Dude, at least have some respect for what she just said. Anyway, bye y'all." Austin said to all of us.
"Same here, dude. I'm exhausted right now. Imma just probably chill and smoke some weed" I said in a tired state.
"Okay, you have fun with that. Peace out, y'all." Jamila said
From there, everyone just went home to their apartments, retiring for the day. Afterwards, I went to my apartment and smoked weed for the rest of the night till I dosed off to bed.
Hey there, guys. It's Tom Tha Author here. Sorry for the long-a** wait you guys had to go through. Being a Senior in High School can have its challenges. Anyway, I've been working on this chapter for quite sometime since this week. I feel this is one of the best chapters that I've worked on so far and I couldn't be anymore happier. I'm thinking of doing a multi-1st person view for all the OCs involved in the story since I want you guys to feel just as connected to them besides Thomas.
Besides, I'm feeling quite tired now since it's nearly 2AM in the East Coast. Chapter 9 could take quite a while to come out for since I'll be busy for quite sometime. The mission, "Rich Men in Richmen" will be featured in this chapter. I would really appreciate it if any of you readers could leave a review for constructive criticism or positive ones for this story. Thank you all for the continued support.- Thanks from Tom Tha Author