Saints Row 3 Lovers
Episode 21: Operation – Queen
(King Lycian)
(Bishop Morris) (Bishop Mctovin)
(Knight Kensington) (Knight Miller)
(Rook Rockwell) (Rook Washington)
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At the Wesley Cutter Airport…
Car pulls up…
Car door opens…
Footsteps approaching…
Car door closes…
Footsteps stopped…
This is an all and out war.
How so?
My wife's been taken.
Do you know who, or where it took place?
Cameras at the Broken Shillelagh were disabled. Either a hack, a power outage, or whatever… I'm hoping Kinzie will find out eventually…
Ok, then what do you need me for?
You and me Foxy, we're gonna need your strategic intelligence for this mission… So, without further ado, I need you back here…
Foxy and the Boss get in the car together.
Where are we going first?
To Kinzie's. She has traffic cameras everywhere in the city, so I'm going there to see what can she pick up for any clues…
Before you drive off, how do you know she was taken?
Her phone was left on the ground in the bathroom of the Broken Shillelagh. Knowing her, she never leaves her phone behind…
Hm, I see. Let's hurry up and get there already.
At Kinzie's Warehouse…
Kinzie, what do you have so far?
Right now I'm currently doing a widespread search in the traffic cameras over in Loren Square, and Henry Steel Mills.
Why those spots? They could be anywhere.
No, they wouldn't. These vehicles were matching the same model every time I look directly at it.
Just like every vehicle girl…
Who are you?
Don't mind her. Can you explain it to me better?
Ok, look. You see this?
In Henry Steel Mills, black and white traffic cams are showing vehicles coming down the street, but one vehicle with a different license plate changes.
Korean?
Look more closely. I follow this car closely and carefully when they go off the grid away from the city. Right here when the Boss goes to fight Killbane, the license plate changes. Now it's Spanish initials and numbers.
Ok?
By following that, when heading to the factory in Henry Steel Mills, the cameras were disabled. Whoever these people are, they're very smart, dangerous, and discreet.
Look here Isabella, this doesn't explain what happened to your wife… We're wasting time.
Kinzie, fast forward to the events of my wedding. Foxy just gave me an idea.
Sure.
Fast typing…
Several clicks…
One loud sound of a single key hitting the keyboard…
Right here…
What are you trying to look for?
Speed it up a bit faster, right when STAG started invading the city…
Fast forwarding to 2x…
Stop!
Stopping at the time where the Daedalus shows up…
Switch the camera to the back of the Broken Shillelagh…
Disabled cameras covered by white static.
Scoffing…
Footsteps walking off…
Keep the camera right there Kinzie… I'm going to that exact location! Foxy, you're with me…
Yeah, coming…
Back at the Broken Shillelagh…
Behind the back of the sports bar…
Isabella: [closes car door and walks around]
Foxy: All right, we're here… So what now?
Isabella: [gets on one knee and examines closely at the ground]
Foxy: [hands in pockets and pops neck] I can try to find something around here…
Isabella: Tire marks… Ok, they were speeding, like they were in a hurry… [looks up and around] But to where?
Foxy: Hey, Isabella? Lookie here… [points]
Sees a camera causing short circuits…
Foxy: Apparently they shot it down…
Isabella: [calls Kinzie] Someone's setting all this up… and I got a good feeling on who it can be…
Foxy: Yeah?
Kinzie: Boss?
Isabella: What's the camera behind the Broken Shillelagh called?
Kinzie: BSTC 02…
Isabella: Any footage of it before the camera was shot down?
Kinzie: I'll see what I can find…
Isabella: I'll stay on the phone…
Foxy: Who do you think it is?
Isabella: The VanGong's… Bella's parents…
Foxy: Any reasons why did they snatch her up rather than talking to you about it?
Isabella: What I heard from Bella, they talked to her first, and one of them drew their guns at me…
Foxy: I see…
Kinzie: Sending you the video…
Isabella: [gets a message and looks at it]
Within the video, a matte black sedan pulls up, showing a man in a suit and hat with black gloves holding a device in his hand, and the other woman with the same lab coat hiding in a bodysuit wielding a weapon, shooting the camera instead of hacking it.
Isabella: Fucking knew it…
Kinzie: I'll track that same vehicle, and I'll call back as soon as I can…
Isabella: Thanks Kinzie… You do that… [hung up and shouted] FUCK!
Foxy: …Need a moment?
Isabella: [walks back to her car]
Foxy: [goes back in with her]
Inside the car…
Both car doors closed…
Started engine…
Foxy, you and I are going to attend to this meeting… and we're gonna get my wife back. As soon as Kinzie finds their last location, this is going to turn into some James Bond shit…
Meaning?
You'll hear the plan once we get to my penthouse… I'm rounding up every Saint…
Actually, let me do it. Save all that brain power for your next moves otherwise it will jeopardize everything you have created… In case there are backups within the plans you make.
Yeah, you're right… Here. You drive.
In the air, a jet soaring through the night skies of the disseminating moon, the twinkling beautiful stars, and puffy white clouds that were passing by, it felt very relaxing, and breathtaking. Not as breathtaking when being strapped up in the seat next to the VanGong's though. From looking inside the jet private plane, a man took off his sunglasses for a change and wiped his eyes. One thing about it, his eyes were bloodshot on one eye, as the other is a piercing jade iris. Regardless, putting his sunglasses back on, he pulled out his book to start reading.
The ginger haired woman, on the other hand, was shuffling through her bag. What was in it? No clue. She has kept it very hidden and close attached to not let anyone else see. But finally, Bella groaned softly, started by fluttering her eyes open…
Bella: [woke up and looks all around]
?: Hey sweetie…
Bella: Ahh!
?: Not so loud honey.
Bella: Ruby? Slick!? What the? Why am I here? Where's Isa?
Slick: Still hung up on the Saints huh? They're not coming. Plain and simple as that. Also, don't address us as our first names. We are your parents.
Bella: [looks out the window and cries] Wait… We're on an airplane?
Ruby: Yes. We're going home.
Bella: But… the Saints are my home.
Slick: [sighs in frustration] …
Ruby: You'll get to see them again soon dear, for now we want you to… have, or enjoy some time with us. Can we have that? Some alone and quality time?
Bella: [looks down] Okie…
Ruby: [wipes her tears with a tissue] Bella, try to catch some Z's, ok? We got a long flight ahead of us…
Bella: …For how long?
Slick: Nine hours.
Bella: [widen eyes in shock] …What?
Ruby: It's just us three on this plane too so no one's gonna snatch you away from us, alright? Try to go back to sleep baby…
Bella: [slump in her seat] I can't believe this is happening… to me…
Slick: [adjusted his sunglasses and shake his head]
Looking out the window, knowing it was going to be a long flight of a trip, Bella tried her best not to cry, and stand strong. Having faith in the Saints, wherever they are, she believes they'll come to rescue her.
At Isabella's Penthouse, so many Saints were parked and gathered outside to hurry inside the building, preparing for this meeting to undertake. Within Saints Headquarters, aka the Boss's Penthouse, Cya heard such an alarming sound going off from her phone, sending a direct message saying, "Code FDL"; not only her phone, everybody else's, including different penthouses across Stillport.
Molly: Oh shit…
Cya: …What? Oh shit what? Why did you say it like that?
Molly: Cya, pay attention alright? Bella's been kidnapped… and we're gonna have the mission dedicated into searching for her!
Cya: Is that what the big alarming sound was? For a group meeting?
The elevator dinged, seeing Zoë and the Boss walking out all determined, ready to prepare the plan.
Molly: Yeah, it's exactly what it is, and we need everyone at their A game…
Cya: Ok, yeah… I can try…
In the kitchen, the Boss in her left hand holding a folded up map. All the Saints was quiet, and several in the background are listening while locking and loading up every gun to use.
Cya: Zoë, do you know what's going on with the Boss? Shaundi, what about you? Anything about the Boss?
Shaundi: Just stay quiet and listen Decker…
Cya: It's Cynthia or Cya, you know?
Isabella: [opens the map and spread it out on the dinner table] …
Pierce: Hold on, is that…
Isabella: Venice, Italy…
Zoë: [stands beside Isabella] I already told the Boss so you'll just have to hear it from me! Since I was on board of Thermopylae, the STAG was not only brought here by Monica Hughes, but… somebody else with enough money to bring them here into Stillport…
Kinzie: [tosses photographs on the table] Ruby and John "Slick" VanGong, Bella's biological parents…
Most eyebrows jumped, several gasps around, but all of them has no idea of what that entails, except for Oleg in the back. He knew the VanGong's the longest, and was genuinely upset now that the secret is out; knowing Bella is a VanGong.
Oleg: She's… a VanGong this whole time?
Isabella: [looks at him] …
Oleg: It makes sense now. Your wife questioned them, and from the way she sounded, it seems like she was fearful of mentioning the VanGong's.
Kinzie: So you must know something considering you have bad history with them!
Oleg: [sigh] Yes, it is unfortunate that it came at a bad time. Bella, my friend, has been taken by the VanGong's. We need a plan and act fast, now.
Shaundi: Boss, what is the plan?
Isabella: I have up to five groups, and the Saints are going to be the diversion to this whole operation… Observe!
The Boss pointed to five different spots which formed a pentagon in the middle.
Isabella: They are located here… in this part of Venice… Stillport is our home for now, and Stillwater is our desolate home, but right now for this plan to work, we are going to do it discreetly… Are you with me?
All: Yeah!
Cya: Uh-
Isabella: [taps on the map] Kinzie searched up the VanGong's, tracking them, identifying their names, addresses, locations, etc. They've been running for some time like they've said to Bella…
"We've spent years on the run and now that we are no longer trapped by them, we rid them of our torment."
Isabella: Bella also told me about their most powerful people that threatened their lives to save themselves, but furthermore, to gain control of their own lives…
Angel: What does that mean?
Kinzie: This may be a hunch but… taking Bella is the first step! Now that the goal is done, they're moving forward with a different approach!
Shaundi: Sounds like they're getting sloppy!
Isabella: To continue my point, Shin and Kinzie tracked down these guys, giving us the area on where they've landed… [taps finger] Venice's Grand Canal, the "Ca' Vendramin Ball"…
Molly: So, what, a party?
Foxy: It's a party, or rather…
Isabella: A gala party…
Seven seconds of silence until Cynthia spoke up…
Cya: I'm confused…
Shin: What's so confusing about it?
Cya: It's just… This is Bella we're talking about here! She doesn't look Latina! Doesn't sound like one! Does she even speak Spanish? Like, at all?
Shaundi: Dimwit…
Isabella: Ever since her arrival in Stillwater for a small amount of time before transferring to Stillport, Bella doesn't know where she came from… Yeah, I know she isn't Latina but then again, who gives a shit? Right now, I told you the origin of the VanGong's, the story behind the concept of the VanGong's, and now pointing directly at their location of the VanGong's… [slams fist] Now, will you please listen to what I'm about to say to my crew?
Cya: Ah, um, you're right! You're absolutely right! I am sorry! [clears throat]
Isabella: [sighs] I'm sorry for getting pissed, but anyways… Group one, that's Shaundi and Pierce, from the front entrance! Group two, Shin and Molly, side covers! Group three, Cya and Zoë, you're the scopes until further instructions! Group four, Kinzie and Oleg, you're the back entrance! And Group five, the rest of the Saints, you are the decoy slash diversion, drawing in from a big crowd! Further details once we book a flight to Venice! [cocks pistol] This mission is to take advantage of what we know about them, and how we can get the upper hand by the element of surprise! We reached this far and we're not stopping for absolutely nothing! My Saints, we are family, and I love you all, let's get my wife back, our queen! Operation Queen will begin when we cross the border! This is a game of chess! It's our time now, let's get this shit started!
All: [cheers]
YEAH!
Cya: So… fucking… cool…
Zoë: [smiles] I guarantee you'll love it even more when the plan is in motion…
Cya: No, I love this crew more than ever! Let's kick some fucking ass!
To Be Continued…