Chapter 63: The Day Your Whole World Went Day

Outside New Arcadia

The scene was almost solemn at a private airfield outside of New Arcadia as Mark, Task, Buck, Davey, Eddy, Manfred, Robbie, Ana, Alison, Courtney, Jill, Nikki, Asuka, and even Gwen stood on the runway each with emotionless looks on their faces as they watched a private jet land on the runway and come to a halt directly in front of the them.

After the stairs were dropped the group then watched as an injured Link was the first to step off the plane followed by Jimmy, Thire, and Tup who each couldn't help but to keep their gaze to the ground in order to avoid the look of the youngest Roman.

"Where is he?" Mark asked while Jimmy and Link looked back to the plane.

"He's still mourning, go easy on him." Link retorted before watching as Jimmy threw his weapon to the ground and kneeled down in defeat just before being approached by Gwen. The only Roman sister then took him in her arms and even she found herself unable to hold back her tears.

She then watched as Mark, Manfred, Ana, Jill, Alison, and Courtney made their way up the stairs and entered the jet where they noticed a familiar Chinese American man sitting on the floor of the plane holding the body of a familiar Cuban woman in his arms.

"She didn't have a chance." He spoke out with sadness in his tone as more tears started to fall from his eyes onto the body of Luna who Mark couldn't help but to lower his head at the duo.

The woman was probably one of the groups oldest friends. She had been loyal to them since they were all the way in Dockington, even helping the group hide when the BGA was after them. Her death impacted them all, but no more then Lee it seemed.

He knew about the relationship the duo had but didn't think her death would affect him this bad.

Still the group watched in awe as Mark reached out and ran his hand through Lee's hair. The group hadn't showered or bathed since they left Los Santos so Lee still had the dried blood on his body and skin and this seemed to upset Mark.

They would avenge the woman when everything was said and done.

They would have their pound of flesh.

New Arcadia (Two Weeks Later)

The smell of lavender candles filled the air of Mark's apartment as he found himself slowly opening his eyes and coming face to face with a familiar redheaded woman who looked him over with an emotionless look on her face before pressing her lips against his own for a passionate kiss that seemed to make time stop around the youngest Roman before he felt her stroke his semi erect member with her right hand.

Then in a move that drew moans from them both she proceeded to rub his tip against her lips, her patch of pubic hair, and her clitoris. The teasing motion excited them both and caused them to let out low pleasure filled moans before she started sucking on his bottom lip.

As she moved to slide Mark inside of her though she was taken off-guard as the man pulled away from her with a slow tug that caused her to look at him with wide sad filled eyes.

"Sorry I really want it…but I have to go check on the others." He spoke out before moving to roll out of the bed while Alison rose up in her naked state and eyed him closely.

"I understand!" she spoke out with hurt in her voice before being blindsided as Mark pressed his lips against her own for another long passionate tongue filled kiss.

"So how does it feel, knowing that tomorrow you'll be committed to just one woman?" she asked earning a slight smile from the youngest Roman.

"I'm not gonna lie, I'm nervous about it all. I'm thinking about Courtney but at the same time I'm also thinking about everything else." He spoke out with anger starting to fill in his voice. "Neto, Miguel, Cruz, they're all on my mind."

"Try not to think about that right now." Alison spoke out while leaning over the edge of the bed and grabbing a hold of the Roman. "Think about this, by this time tomorrow you're gonna be standing at the alter watching as your bride comes down the aisle. You're still so young and you're about to be married to someone you truly love." She stated while holding Mark's hands closely.

"And if that doesn't perk your interest think about the night after you consummate your marriage. You get your wife and both me and Ana at the same time." She added while kissing the youngest Roman on the shoulder and watching as his lower member started to twitch at the mention.

"That's is good, but it's still business as usual after that." He replied while Alison wrapped him in her arms.

"It's always business as usual with you, but I trust you will find a way to resolve this issue without more bloodshed." She finished causing Mark to turn around and press his lips back against her own as they shared another passionate kiss with the FIB Agent again rising on the tips of her toes so that Mark's erection was sliding across her bare stomach and with a devilish smile she grabbed a hold of him and started to press his tip against her belly button in a move that brought him great pleasure.

She knew that aside from his ass and eye fetish he also had one for stomachs and belly buttons. She still didn't know if it was a type of stomach. Both her and Ana had flat stomachs while Courtney had a little more cushion with her size but it didn't seem to matter to her for what came next.

To her shock Mark took the bait, grabbed the both of her legs, and then hoisting her in the air so that he could drive into her while standing up. This brought loud pleasure filled moans and cheers from the FIB Agent who found herself losing herself in her lust while Mark was lost in his thoughts.

He appreciated what she said, but in truth he didn't say a way of ending this conflict without it coming down to more bullets and bodies. With Merryweather being a tool at his disposal he didn't doubt he could quickly end anything Ernesto or Neto had to throw at him, but he knew that if he went down that path there would be no road to return and he didn't want to take it that far.

As Mark moved to lay her back down on the bed though the sound of knocks at the door caused both him and Alison to give loud frustrated groans before the youngest Roman moved to throw on a pair pants, grab his Pistol, and make his way to the door while Alison layed on the bed in anger.

After swinging the door open Mark was immediately shocked to see his older brother Martin standing on the otherside of the door with his wife, Piper, standing beside him with a raised brow.

"Marcus good to see you little brother." Martin spoke out while Mark looked at him with a raised brow before slapping hands with him then turning to the man's wife.

"Yeah good to see you to, unannounced." Mark replied.

"Sorry is this a bad time?" his sister-in-law asked while eyeing Mark with a raised brow.

"No, why don't you two come in and make yourself at home while I go throw on a shirt." He replied while stepping aside and allowing the duo to enter before making his way back to his bedroom where he noticed Alison still lying under his covers with a half-smile on her face.

"is it the guys?" she asked with a raised brow.

"My older brother Martin and his wife." He replied.

"The lawyer?" she asked earning a nod from Mark before he pulled on a black t-shirt.

"If I promise to finish where we left off will you stay?" he asked earning a smile from the woman.

"I'm not going anywhere until we finish." She shot back making sure to spread her legs so that the youngest Roman could see her exposed flower. This drew a chuckle from Mark before he made his way out of the room and noticing the duo sitting on his couch with mixed looks on their faces.

"So what do I owe the visit?" he asked with a smile.

"We just wanted to see how you were processing the idea of being married." Martin replied earning a slight smile from Marcus.

"You mean if I'm getting cold feet?" he asked while Martin remained silent.

"To tell you the truth, I had my doubts at first…but they all faded after Lee lost his girl. I love Courtney and I want to be there for her…for the rest of my life." He spoke out while Martin nodded his head.

"Oh that's so sweet." Piper retorted while smiling at Mark.

"Glad to see our grandmother left you with something ingrained." Martin retorted while Mark gave him a half smile. "She'd be proud to see you now." He added.

"Trust me brother…she's still looking over me." Mark shot back earning a nod from Martin.

"Of course she is." Martin replied with a smile. "So your bachelor party gonna be at the club?" he asked earning a slight nod from the youngest Roman.

"Good I'll let the family know." He interjected to Mark's confusion.

"By family you mean you and Marrick?" he asked with a raised brow.

"No I mean the family, pops' let the whole family know about the marriage so we've got family coming in from Sunbelt, Red Stick, and even outta the country." he added earning a raised brow from Mark.

"Why the fuck would they do that?" Mark asked to the shock of Martin and his wife.

"Don't be surprised or get nervous little brother, we're a family and we don't often get weddings. Funerals yes, but weddings no and the fact that its you is what's drawing the entire crowd." He explained.

"We only had a few people from your family at our wedding, but I think we all know why." Piper spoke out while Mark nodded his head.

"If its because you're white don't think the whole family is racist, it's more because of me. I've made some mistakes and told some people off." Martin added before sending a look to Mark.

"Mom and dad will be there as well." Martin added to Mark's surprise.

"Why is she there?" he asked with a raised brow.

"She likes to be the center of attention." Martin replied while rolling his eyes. "Trust me though she won't say anything hurtful." He added.

"Better not!" Marcus spoke out with a hint of anger in his tone.

"All in all though brother we're proud of you." Martin spoke out while tapping Mark on the shoulder.

"Thanks brother!" Mark shot back while smiling at the man.

Elsewhere

The song Can't Stop Me by State of Mine blared loudly on the radio of a dark room as Jimmy found himself sweating profusely while throwing several punches and kicks to a bean bag that hung from the ceiling.

Where Mark gave them the order to rest he'd spent his time training, whether it was in the gym or the gun range. He was the second best shot out of all of them behind only Mark and he saw himself as being one of their best fighters as well, but he was bested in his last battle by Joaquin once again.

He didn't care if the man was special forces, he didn't care if he had years' worth of experience then he himself, he didn't care. He was put to sleep by the man and in that time he blamed himself for the lost of Luna and so many of their brothers. If he'd beaten the man or shot just a little straighter in the conflict he could have probably saved more people then they'd lost.

It was a terrible way of thinking that Mark told them to try to forget but still it often reared its ugly heads in the minds of the group.

After throwing several more punches to the bean bag dummy Jimmy responded with a sharp kick to the side of the bag before collapsing to the ground on his knees and giving a violent shriek. After violently giving the ground a violent punch he felt a familiar soft hand rubbing across his right shoulder causing him to lift his head in surprise and notice a familiar African American woman standing behind him with a worried expression on her face.

"It's okay…I'm here for you." Gwen spoke out with a smile before wrapping the man in her arms where he immediately started to unload his tears into the woman's chest while Davey and Eddy stood by watching in the distance.

"You think he's really ready for a sit-down with Ernesto?" Davey asked while sending a look to Eddy.

"No, I'll let Mark know." The taller man retorted while moving to pull out his cellphone and send a text message to the youngest Roman.

"We should have been there with them brother." Davey spoke out earning a look from Davey.

"And what difference would we have made brother?" he asked. "Neto and his guys took down both Lee and Jimmy, our heaviest of hitters, along with Thire and Tup as well. We wouldn't have been a difference maker." He added.

"Us doing something would have been ten times better than us doing nothing." Davey responded while moving to walk away from Eddy who sent a look back to Jimmy and Gwen and noticed the woman still holding onto the sobbing Ginger.

Meanwhile

A sharp knock at the front door seemed to be what jolted Link awake causing him to quickly draw his Pistol before moving over to look out the window.

"Who is it?" he asked in rage.

"It's me!" came a familiar voice that caused Link to lower his weapon before opening the door and seeing a familiar woman on the otherside.

"Are you gonna let me in?" Jill asked before watching Link step aside to allow herself to enter the home and take in the site of the man's home.

"What's with the visit?" he asked while eyeing the woman closely.

"Marcus wanted me to see if you were good for a sit down with Ernesto." Jill retorted while hearing the man give a low groan.

"Will Lee and Jimmy be there?" he asked with a raised brow.

"From what Davey and Eddy said Jimmy's not ready for much of anything right now and I believe we both know the answer to Lee." She stated while eyeing the man closely.

"Luna was like a big sister to all of us while we were living in Dockington." He spoke out while Jill eyed him closely and immediately noticed the somber look on his face.

"What were you all doing in Cypress Hills anyway?" she asked with a raised brow.

"Lee's been spending a lot of time in Los Santos as of late and Mark wanted us to keep an eye on him." He started while Jill eyed him closely. "Originally, we thought he was just going to spend time with Mai, but this time he took Luna with him. Luna's a major drug trafficker but we thought you know maybe he convinced her to get in on a threesome." He added earning a roll of the eyes from Jill. "But we also noticed them leaving out of the private airfield, that Lee had taken his Shotgun, and Antonio had went with them."

"So me, Jimmy, Tup, and Thire went out there to make sure they were safe. If it was a drug deal with the Da Nang we would have been alright with it, but we weren't accounting for the Azteca's and Vagos to hit them up." Link finished while Jill eyed him closely.

"Guess it was a good thing you boys were there." She spoke.

"Didn't make much of a difference now did it?" he asked in anger.

"Lee's alive, you're all alive, Mai's alive-." She started before Link cut her off.

"But Luna's not." He interjected in anger.

"That's a battle Link, not everybody is always gonna come back alive. Nobody is bulletproof." She interjected.

"It wasn't the bullet that killed her though." He replied. "If that bullet wasn't dipped in fucking cyanide, she would be right here walking around with the rest of us." He added while Jill eyed him closely. "Even you have to admit Jill, we do some fucked up shit to people but dipping a bullet in cyanide is past the point of war." He added in anger.

"So what happens now, you've been with this group a lot longer then I have so what exactly is about to happen?" she asked while noticing the man walk over to grab his leather jacket in anger.

"The gloves are coming off?" he answered in rage.

Red Stick

While the Brothers were gathering themselves up for the meeting Task found himself opening his eyes and seeing a familiar Argentinian woman resting in the bed alongside him with a rather peaceful look on her face that he hated to disturb.

So instead he merely moved to plant a small kiss on the head of the woman before walking over to his closet and dressing himself in a white t-shirt under a dark blue jacket, blue jean pants, and white sneakers.

"You have an exchange today?" she asked while eyeing the man closely.

"A meeting!" he replied.

"This about the truce breaking between Mark and the Aztecas?" she asked earning a slight nod from the man. "I was never down for a truce between those Sewer Rats anyway." She added while leaning her head back in anger.

"I know you weren't but a little peace would have done all of us some good." He replied before giving her a half smile.

"It lasted long enough, besides what did you expect it would last forever with them. Trust me you can never trust those kinda people." She replied.

"Isn't your little prison alliance still in the works?" Task asked earning an anger filled nod from the woman.

"Not that it's something I wanted." She replied in anger.

"Just take advantage of it while its here…a lack of bloodshed is what all of us need right now." He added while moving to plant a kiss on the side of woman's head.

An Hour Later

The song La Vida Loca by Kid Frost filled the radio of Ernesto's dark blue Tornado as he, Felix, Syke O, and La Tortura found themselves speeding down a long stretch of road leading to New Arcadia with mixed looks on their faces.

"Do you really think you'll be needing that?" Ernesto asked while looking to Syke O who was loading a fresh magazine into a Mini Uzi and La Tortura who was loading a fresh magazine into her Pistol.

"Luna wasn't just Lee's hyna, she was close to Mark, Jimmy, and Link as well. They knew her back when they were in Dockington and she looked after them." Felix replied while looking to his feet where his new present from Neto was resting between his legs.

He was very appreciative of the Rifle because now he felt like he had a weapon of his own that was apart of him and his heritage. It would be his instrument of death and after modifying the weapon with an ACOG Sight, Foregrip, and Compensator he felt like he could take on Mark in a gunfight. He knew the odds would be stacked against him but he wouldn't go down easily.

"So they're all gonna be torn up inside." Felix added without looking to Ernesto or the others.

"Hey we didn't break the truce, those Bullshitters did when they went to Los Santos." Syke O retorted in anger. "They had no business in Neto's backyard."

"Besides this could be a trap and I think we should be ready for anything." La Tortura added while looking to Ernesto.

"Mark won't kill us, he knows the consequences that'll be coming his way." Ernesto interjected just as the group pulled into a Junkyard on the outskirts of New Arcadia and followed a trail to the back where they noticed a familiar African American man standing with a familiar Lakota, blonde, and woman who was holding a laptop in her hand.

"Be on your guard." Ernesto ordered before moving to step out of the vehicle with the others in tow as many of them stuffed their weapons in the back of their pants before approaching Mark, Link, Jill, and Task.

"I would say it's good to see all of you, but that would be a lie right now wouldn't it." Mark let out while eyeing the group closely with an emotionless expression on his face.

"Where's your boy?" Ernesto asked while noticing the normally present Asian was nowhere in sight.

"You really wanted me to bring him here with all that's going on." Mark answered with a half-smile on his face.

"Far as I see it what happened to him is his own goddamn fault." La Tortura spoke out earning a low grol from Link who eyed the woman angrily. "He knew his place was down here why was he in Los Santos at that?" she asked while Mark put his hand to Link's chest in order to calm him down.

"They were doing a deal with the Da Nang Boyz who was the real target of Neto's attack and from what Lee told us Neto had no idea they were even there until the bullets started flying." Mark replied earning a look Ernesto. "We have a relationship with them that Lee takes great pride in so you can guess why he got involved in the conflict, but they were already caught in the crossfire." He stated.

"Your boys dropped a lot of bodies in Cypress Hill and that can't go unanswered. If you want this truce to last." Ernesto spoke out earning a look from Mark that seemed like a mix of confusion and…happiness.

"The truce was broken long before what happened in Los Santos Ernesto." Mark retorted to the confusion of the man who sat back and watched as Jill opened her laptop and played a video for the group.

"That's Billy and Tector two members of our chapter in Sunbelt and New Arcadia and the rest are members of the chapter in Mason and as you guess this is their clubhouse." Link stated while the group watched the video closely as a group of armed men stormed inside of the clubhouse and proceeded to kill all the BSU members.

"What's this got to do with us?" Syke O asked with an angry expression on his face.

"Wait for it." Mark ordered causing the group to again look at the video and watched as three of the men removed their mask and revealed themselves to group.

"Shit!" Felix spoke out in anger as he watched Miguel, Cruz, and Adahy lead the rest of the men out with angry expressions on their faces.

"I guess that leash I told you to keep on your boy is longer then I wanted it be huh?" Mark asked while eyeing Ernesto angrily.

"We had nothing-." Ernesto started only to be cut off by the words of the youngest Roman.

"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAD!" his words were sharp and seemed to catch everyone by surprise as they watched him lick his lips with an evil expression on his face. "My brothers dropped people in Los Santos, people none of you ever knew, and in the end they payed a price for it, but your son and closest allies dropped some of my brothers in our backyard. So don't stand there thinking we got our just deserve." He finished with venom in his tone before noticing Syke O and La Tortura starting to reach into the back of their pants for their weapons.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Link spoke out before the duo each noticed a series of red dots highlight their bodies causing them, Ernesto, and Felix to look around the junkyard and see well-armed men in all-black a variety of Rifles at them.

"Merryweather!" Syke O spat out with hatred in his tone.

"Ironic huh, just a few months ago we were standing beside each other fighting against them now here they are willing to put a bullet in your heads for us." Stated Mark earning an angry look from Ernesto. "See what happens when you invest your money wisely."

"Now here's what's gonna happen Ernesto because as far as I see it we're the one's in the right here." Mark started while the group eyed him angrily. "You can either disciple your son like you should have done a long time ago with some tough love or this tape will finds its way to the Sunbelt Police Department and this site we'll send him to an IAA Blacksite and you'll never hear from him again." He continued causing Ernesto to growl at him. "You can either show respect to the truce and hand Cruz over to us…or we can take him." He stated earning mixed looks from the group.

"You have until day after tomorrow to comply with these demands or we will move and it won't be pretty and it'll be a lot uglier if you and yours try to intervene." Mark finished while Felix eyed the man angrily.

"Just because you have a private military watching your back you're untouchable Mayate." Syke O spoke out with venom in his tone. "I don't see you making these threats to Neto."

"We'll handle Neto, but in the meantime I think it's best if you all watch your own backs." Mark finished while eyeing the group angrily before sending them away with a hand gesture while Ernesto eyed him angrily before walking off.

"You remember your promise to me?" Task whispered out while looking to Mark who nodded his head.

"Yeah I won't touch Adahy but you need to put him on a leash. If he wishes to continue his business in New Arcadia he's gonna need to get down with the get down." Mark retorted to which the Lakota nodded his head.

"And if he doesn't?" Task asked while Mark merely chuckled.

"For his sake he better I've already put too many of my brothers in the ground this year and I refuse to do that with anymore." He stated before moving to walk away with Jill and Link.

Meanwhile

The song That Green Gentlemen by Panic At the Disco played lowly in the backroom of the club where a familiar Chinese man layed on the bed letting out several low depressed filled breaths to the point where he didn't even notice the room door opening with two familiar faces standing on the otherside.

He didn't react to their presence until he felt someone take a seat on the bed and forcibly pull his head into their lap while the other went to the bathroom and started to draw him a hot bath.

"Shouldn't you be with Mark?" he asked with little emotion in his tone.

"He's at a meeting but he'll be on his way here when he finishes." Ana retorted while moving to stroke the hair of the BSU Second in Command.

"That meeting with Ernesto?" He asked to which Ana stayed silent for a few seconds before speaking out.

"You shouldn't be worrying about those kinda things right now." Ana interjected while Lee gave a low anger filled chuckle.

"Then what should I be worried about?" he asked while tensing up at the woman's touch.

"Being the best man at your best friend's wedding tomorrow." Ana retorted while Lee remained silent at the notion.

"Can I be honest with you?" he asked earning a raised brow from the IAA Agent not in curiosity, she had a feeling she knew where this conversation was heading with everything the man had lost.

"Sure!" she replied while continuing to stroke the man's head.

"Why is almost everything so perfect for Mark?" he asked with anger in his tone. "I mean I know he lost Shawna and Whitney, but let's not talk about them like they were real love interest to him." He started while Ana chuckled at his statement. "He's marrying Courtney, but he's still got you and Alison. Him and Tasha can do whatever they want to prove they hate each other but there still are feelings there and he's even got an Ex-Girlfriend in Vizor."

"Mark is the face of us but when it comes to hitting him in the heart, he's never truly had that…not like I have with my losses." He finished while Ana nodded her head before chuckling at his statement.

"You're right Mark has never suffered the same level of loss as you and life seems to fall in his favor." She stated while stroking the head of Lee. "I'm not going to defend him, but it's because of who me and Alison are that makes it so that Mark can never truly have us." She added to his confusion.

"I can't speak on Tasha and that woman in Vizor, but at the end of the day I'm married to Devlin Simmons and I may stay with Mark but I know who my husband is and no matter how great Mark will become he'll never be someone like Devlin and if he wanted him gone…there's probably nothing I can do to save him." She stated while Lee turned to look up at her with a raised brow.

"Same goes for Alison, she's got her boyfriend and she may love Marcus but at the end of the day her and Mark can never go out and be like her and Courtney. It's just the way it is." She added.

"Courtney is the only woman Mark can truly have but with us, he loves us but at the end of the day we'll have to leave him and its because of that I think he puts all of you in higher regards then us." She finished to the man's confusion.

"What do you mean?" he asked with a raised brow while Ana merely smiled at him.

"You had Luna, you had Mai, and you had your girl in New Austin but you never had all three at the same time." She replied while Lee looked at her closely. "You prefer to keep one person close to you at all times and they get all of your love, not like Mark who is splitting his love around." She replied with a smile.

"That makes you more genuine in my eyes." She finished before changing the subject.

"You know Mai has been asking about you." She stated causing the man to go wide eyed.

"How is she?" Lee asked with a raised brow.

"Resting Neto really did a number on her and she's a bit upset you never got to meet her father." Ana replied with a smile earning a chuckle from Lee.

"I doubt he'd like me I don't do well meeting parents, on top of that there's a big age gap between the two of us." He replied.

"You're wise beyond your years Lee and you've seen enough battle that you might remind him of himself." She spoke out while Lee rolled his eyes.

"That sounds terrible." He let out with a chuckle.

"Remember girls always go for their fathers?" she interjected earning another chuckle from Lee before the sound of the door swinging open again caused the duo to look up and notice Manfred and Buck standing on the otherside of the door with half smiles on their faces.

"What is it?" Ana asked while looking to the duo closely.

"Mark wanted us here for a meeting." Buck replied while looking to Lee who raised off of Ana's lap and eyed the duo.

"You two have been with him lately…where we headed with the vote?" he asked with anger in his voice.

"I doubt Ernesto is actually gonna go through with Mark's demands so the way it's looking…we're going back to war." Manfred retorted while Lee eyed him closely.

"And what of Neto-?" he started only for Ana to cut him off.

"We'll talk more about that when Mark gets here, but for now you need to get in the shower because you stink." She interjected before rising up and looking to Lee who gave her a raised brow as she walked out of the room and pulled Buck and Manfred out as well.

"You boys have terrible timing." She spoke out while they both gave her a raised brow as she led them into the living room where almost every BSU member was present.

Meanwhile

The drive to Courtney's house wasn't long for Alison after receiving a phone call from the woman after leaving Mark's apartment. Upon making her way inside of the woman's home the FIB Agent quickly made her way to the back room of the house where she immediately went wide eyed at the presence of the woman.

There she stood her usual curvy self and beautiful face hidden behind a white veil and much of her body covered by a beautiful white dress that seemed to fit her just right and once she pulled the veil back Alison was again left stunned at the sight of the woman and her makeup that made her almost look like she'd been photoshopped and the tiara she wore across her head.

"Wow!" Alison spoke out while Courtney chuckled at her.

"You like it?" she asked while the FIB Agent nodded her head with a smile.

"You're stunning and Mark's gonna love it." Alison answered while Courtney shook her head.

"This isn't for him right now…it's for you." She replied to the woman's confusion. "Mark's upset that he can't see me today but he'll see me all-day tomorrow." She interjected while walking up to Alison with a smile. "You won't be able to make the wedding tomorrow, so I wanted you to at least see me in my dress."

"I won't be inside of the church per say…but I'll be there." She replied with a smile. "FIB and NAPD will be monitoring the wedding and making sure nothing…unexpected happens."

"I appreciate that to a degree." Courtney retorted before pulling tiara and veil off her head before catching Alison off-guard as she put the vale on her own head.

"You're gonna make a beautiful bride someday as well." The New Arcadia Native stated causing Alison to blush at her statement.

"I don't think I can love someone like Mark." She replied earning a chuckle from Courtney.

"Don't love them like you love Mark…love them like you're supposed to and without the fear that every day he steps out of your house maybe his last." Courtney retorted to Alison's confusion. "That's my one fear with marrying with Mark, that everything he's done will catch up with him." she finished while looking away from the woman.

"Maybe you should convince him to get out." She replied while Courtney chuckled.

"If I do…it'll probably have to be after all of this is over." Courtney started while Alison eyed her closely. "I don't see him just letting all of what happened to Luna and the others go."

Elsewhere

The song Slipping into Darkness filled the ears of Cruz as he found himself sitting outside of his home watching his son and daughter play outside of their home with smiles on their faces while his wife stepped out bringing him a beer.

Before he could take a sip though he was stopped by a familiar vehicle pulling up across the street from his home prompting him to tell his wife to take the kids and go inside to which she did without question as she noticed Ernesto, Felix, and Syke O step out of the vehicle and make their way towards his home.

"Don't break up the moment on our account." Ernesto spoke out with a half-smile. "These moments with your Ninos are precious and should be cherished." He added with truth in his tone as she tried to remember his time with his kids before being sent away to prison.

"Si, they're especially precious in our line of work." Cruz replied while giving Ernesto a rather serious look.

"You seem to be doing well looking healthy-." He started only to be cut off by the Vago gang leader.

"Lets stop la Mierda carnale, I know why you're here and I'm not gonna apologize or listen to that Mayate call foul on what I did. I did it with no regrets." He replied with venom in his tone as he eyed the trio closely.

"That Mayate isn't looking for an apology he's looking for your head." Ernesto replied while Cruz merely took a drink of his beer. "And he's got Merryweather and IAA on his side."

"Did you hear Neto killed Lee's girl in Cypress Hill a few weeks ago?" Syke O asked.

"They shouldn't have been stalking around in someone else's backyard where they know they have no clout. That's all I'm hearing right now amigo." Cruz retorted with no emotion in his tone.

"So you aren't hearing you broke a truce and Lee is looking to drop any brown face for hundred miles." Felix replied in anger.

"You should leave town Cruz." Ernesto added.

"You want me to leave mi Barrio at the mercy of that Mayate and his Chink amigo?" he asked in anger.

"Mi Familia came here for a better life to escape the fruit company strikes and political mess that came with it." He started spitting venom as he spoke. "We've been here since the sixties, do you really think I'm gonna let some young gun run me off. We've seen floods, hurricanes, and tropical storms the same as them." He continued.

"You've seen what he's seen, probably more with age, but he's got the connection and manpower to bury your family's history and legacy." Felix stated in a matter of fact tone. "You've been here since the sixties but the Roman's have been here since the slave ships arrived and have a deep roots in this city the likes of which you'd never believe." He continued.

"I'm not saying you should give up your Barrio or surrender to them, but do what's best for your family right now." Felix finished while eyeing Cruz closely before noticing a smile spread across the man's face.

"This coming from a flip flopper!" he pointed out earning an angry scowl from Felix. "Tell me Felix, you joined with us because you didn't like the war BSU was waging against us. You believed it was more off race and you didn't want to kill your own for them, but here you are telling me to abandon my barrio and let them just march right in?" he asked in anger.

"The same goes for you Ernesto, would you really abandon South West Sunbelt if Mark came knocking?" he asked in anger. "Tell me what's the difference?"

"A city where we outnumber them, prisons we control, and political system that doesn't favor a winner based off influence in the city." Ernesto replied.

"All the more reason why I need to stay." Cruz retorted in anger. "Because I don't have what you have and if I must die, I'd rather die fighting then hiding." He finished.

"You can go now." He retorted while eyeing the group closely before they walked off in a huff.

"He's gonna get himself killed." Syke O pointed out with little emotion in his tone.

"Nothing we can do about it then." Ernesto replied with little emotion of his own. "In the meantime, I need to focus more on my son."

Elsewhere

The drive to the club wasn't long for Mark as he found himself pulling into the parking lot just as Jimmy pulled in right next to him. This drew a slight smile on the face of the youngest Roman who stepped out of his car with Link, Jill, and Task in tow while Jimmy did the same with Davey and Eddy who smiled before greeting the group with hugs and handshakes.

"Good to see your outta my sisters house brother." Mark replied looking to Jimmy who gave him a slight smile before bringing the man in for a hug.

"I failed brother!" he spoke out in anger.

"We all failed, but now is the time we set everything right." he retorted before moving to lead the group into the nightclub where they immediately noticed Ana, Robbie, Buck, Manfred, Asuka, Nikki, Thire, Tup, and several other BSU members sitting around the club with mixed looks that soon turned serious as they watched Mark lead everyone into the club with a half-smile on his face from scanning for Lee in the crowd.

"Well brothers…here we go again." He started while everyone eyed him closely. "I won't beat around the bush with any of you, I'm not here to talk about my wedding, or try to make any of us feel better."

"We all have a reason to grieve right now." He continued while looking around at the group. "Luna was a good woman and a close friend, Billy and Tector were good brothers, friends…and fathers. We were attacked by people we were supposed to have a truce with and we honored it, but they still attacked us. Make no mistakes brothers, they broke that truce long before what happened in Cypress Hill." He continued.

"How are we handling it?" asked Lee earning the attention of everyone including Mark who eyed him closely. "Are we going to sweep this under the rug…or are we gonna hit them back?" he added in anger while eyeing Mark.

"I gave Ernesto an ultimatum to either hand over Cruz by day after tomorrow and if he doesn't…we declare war." Mark retorted while Lee eyed him closely.

"And what of Neto?" Lee asked with venom and tears beginning to fill his eyes.

"He's not a problem of yours anymore Lee." Ana spoke out earning the attention of everyone. "He targeted and went after Mai, a targeted attack against an IAA Agent is the same as an attack against the agency itself." She continued while Lee eyed her angrily.

"As we speak Marco, Charlie, and a shit ton of IAA Field Agents are enroute to Los Santos along with some Merryweather troops as well." Mark added while Lee eyed him closely. "I know you want to get your revenge brother, but we can't fight a two fronted war states apart…not just yet at least." Mark finished earning an anger filled look from Lee.

He wanted to go off on Mark for just backing down to Ana, for not allowing him to seek his revenge against the man who took his love away from him.

He wanted to do it.

But he knew Mark had another agenda up his sleeve. He was talking the way he was talking to satisfy Ana and the others, but he knew behind closed doors Mark would do right by his brothers, no matter the cost or whose feelings get hurt.

"Alright then everyone you know the process and you've been through all of this before. The difference is we didn't make the first move, but day after tomorrow we make up for our late start." He finished earning cheers from the BSU members just as a loud knock at the door caused everyone to widen their eyes and draw their Pistols before watching Mark move to the door and slowly open it to reveal an African American woman in her mid forties with curly brown hair, thick glasses, and wearing a brown sparkly dress. She standing next to an African American man around the same age with a shaved head and wearing sunglasses, a blue and white striped shirt, and khaki shorts.

"Marraine!" Mark called out before prompting everyone to lower their guns.

"Marcus look how big you've gotten." The woman spoke out reaching her hands up to pinch the cheeks of Marcus to the amusement of everyone.

"Marraine?" Jill asked in a raised brow.

"Mark's aunt Gloria, Marraine is French for Godmother." Link answered earning a slight nod from the woman who smiled at the sight of the woman pinching Mark's cheeks.

"What are you doing here?" he asked before pulling away from the woman.

"Martin told me, your Parraine, and the familywe could find you here. We wanted to see you and give you some advice before you became an honest man." She pointed out causing Mark's eyes to widen.

"We?" Mark asked with a raised brow before noticing several vehicles starting to pull up outside of the club causing him to roll his eyes in frustration.

"Can this wait?" he asked earning a shake of the head from the woman before she walked into the club where the BSU members.

"I wasn't expecting this." Link spoke out with a raised brow. "Looks like the entire Roman Family is here."

"I was hoping for it." Buck retorted to the man's confusion. "You forget Mark's got this insanely hot cousin in Liberty whose like a model and I'm trying to meet her." he added causing Link to roll his eyes.

"I met her a few months ago, just because she's a model doesn't mean she much brother." Link replied patting the man on the shoulder. "Plus I think Mark mentioned she won't be here until tomorrow along with other parts of his family."

"Well fuck!" Buck called out walking away as the BSU members now found themselves being introduced to Mark's family.

Sunbelt City

The sound of low mariachi music filled the air at a restaurant in South West Sunbelt as Miguel found himself sitting at a bar drinking tequila by himself. He'd been coming to the restaurant as of late to get drinks and just to get away from the barrio.

Since being released from the mental home, he now found himself having a strong desire just to get away from people. He chalked it up mostly from being around people screaming about demons in the middle of the night, having full conversations amongst themselves, and attempting to kill themselves.

It was a hell he never knew existed.

Becoming Onda meant he was ready for prison. He saw himself as being physically, mentally, and emotionally ready for a prison. He even figured he would either die in prison or on the streets.

He wasn't ready for any of what he experienced in there.

Just when he was about to order another drink though he was stopped by a woman moving to sit down a few seats away from him. She was a rather attractive woman of Mexican descent with long black hair, desert kissed skin, dark brown eyes, with a noticeable mole on her right cheek, and wearing a dark pink crop top and black pants.

He hadn't seen her before now and she didn't seem to be from around the area, but she did seem to perk his interest.

"Hey Marie get her a drink for me." He replied earning a nod from the woman before watching her pour the woman and drink and present it to her. When she mentioned that the drink had come from Miguel the woman's gaze appeared to take a turn for disgust prompting the Onda member to rise to his feet and approach the woman with a slight smile.

"My drink isn't good enough for you." He asked causing the woman to look at him with a raised brow of anger.

"I don't have a problem with the drink but I'm not all too thrilled with hooking up with some two-bit gang banger." She replied in anger earning a chuckle from Miguel. "I got enough of you back where I'm from."

"What makes you think I'm some two-bit gang banger?" he asked. "Guys like me aren't the nickel and dime bag hustlers." He added.

"You don't look like a shot caller." She replied.

"Tell me what a shot caller looks like to you?" he asked with a smile.

"Like him!" she answered making sure to point behind Miguel causing him to turn his head and watch as Ernesto entered the room with a rather serious look on his face.

"We need to talk." Ernesto spoke out in anger.

"it can't wait?" Miguel asked while looking to him angrily. "We already know what you're here to talk about so why don't we just save it?"

His words caused Ernesto to grab the man by the back of his neck and force him outside the restaurant where Felix and Syke O stood standing with serious looks on each of their faces.

"Oh the cliques all here?" he asked before Ernesto slammed his back against the wall of the restaurant in anger.

"You fucked up nino." Ernesto spoke out in anger. "We had peace and you fucked that up." He yelled out.

"We shouldn't be making peace with those Cabron's papa. Too much blood has been spilled on both sides and I did what you were too weak to do." He replied.

"I went to war against an entire paramilitary organization to get you out." Ernesto replied. "A Paramilitary organization Mark now has in his pocket and can seek upon us for what you've done."

"Let them come!" Miguel retorted in anger. "Unlike you, I'm not backing down, hiding, or seeking peace with the group that locked me away."

"You killed so many of them nino. The code of the streets says they should have killed you a thousand times over." Ernesto retorted in anger.

"Then we can say the same about that Mayate, or better yet the hijo you wish you had or I turned out like." Miguel responded in anger forcing Ernesto ball up his fist at him. "You gonna hit me for speaking the truth?" he asked in anger.

"You're wrong I don't wish I had Mark as a son. I wish my own son, who I had high hopes for, would conduct himself better than some two-bit gangster." He replied in anger before walking away from his son in anger while Felix and Syke O followed him away.

"That could have gone better." Felix stated while Syke O shook his head.

"I know what you mean, but we know Mark won't go after Miguel not unless he wants all of New Austin coming after him." Syke O replied while walking away from Miguel who made his way back into the restaurant where the woman was still sitting at the bar.

New Arcadia

The sun was starting to set on this day as Lee found himself sitting at bar of the nightclub taking a drink of an energy drink when he was approached by Jimmy and Link who moved to take seats beside him where they got drinks of their own while Mark's family continued to talk to him left and right.

"You know I forget sometimes just how big Mark's family is." Jimmy spoke out with a slight smile.

"Makes you wonder why he ended up in the Foster System with us if he has all this love and support." Link retorted with a half-smile.

"It's because not all of it is love and support." Lee retorted with little emotion in his tone. "The way Mark describes it the first weeks in the system is that his family had deep roots in New Arcadia. Roots so deep that Mark can actually show you the plantation where his family originated from." He added to the groups surprise.

"When Hurricane Katherine hit they scattered across the country. A lot of them went to New Austin but some of them went to Arkansas, Georgia, Liberty City, and even Los Santos and some of them just distanced themselves from each other and he was a child with no way of getting back into contact with them." He continued.

"It's more than that as well you know." Came a somewhat familiar voice that caught the three men by surprise prompting them to turn their heads and notice a rather elderly African American woman who had to be in her mid to late eighties curly graying hair, thick black sunshades, and a pink dress, but what was her most defining feature was the white cane she carried with her to identify that she was blind.

The trio had met the woman once before back in Sunbelt, she was the sister of Mark's grandmother and his oldest living relative. She'd lost her eyesight to diabetes a long time ago from what Mark had been told. He'd told them stories about he and his grandmother looking after her in his youth and he continued to do so while in Sunbelt and even to this day.

"Hurricane Katherine was a disaster to a lot of people, but it was also the start of a fresh start for a lot of us." The woman replied while moving to take a seat beside the young men. "In New Arcadia the Romans are criminals whether it be drug dealer, murderers, thieves, or hustler's that's who we were, who we are, and to some who we all will be." She started with a smile.

"Once we left this city and established ourselves elsewhere everything changed." She continued. "We became lawyers, businessmen, realtors, and there was a feeling of pride being called a Roman. For something good for once." She added with a smile causing Lee to give her a half-smile.

"If all of that was so good to you why didn't you bring Mark into it?" the Chinese man asked with a hint of venom in his tone.

"Because his path and his fate were sealed long before us." She replied to their confusion. "I maybe blind but I see more then all you boys." she added while moving to reach her hand out towards Lee's and only recoiling before she could reach him.

"If you had my eyes you'd be able to see the spiritual chains that connect the four of you boys." She spoke out to the confusion of the trio. "You four boys were destined to be with each other since the day all of you were born and when all of you are together…nothing can break you." She added earning hearty chuckles from the group. "Your fate was already written, the ink is dried, and nothing can change that."

"That sounds a little…hard to believe Ms. Roman." Link replied with a smile.

"I said the same thing to my mother when she said that same thing about my brother and his friends." She let out with a smile. "I was afraid when all of them to left to fight in Vietnam none of them would come back…but in the end all four of them came back alive, healthy, and whole." She continued with a smile.

"But they came back hungry and that's when the crime started." She finished before turning to Lee and eyeing him closely.

"There is a darkness in you right now son. It's clouding your mind and affecting your judgement beyond your usual perspective." She stated earning a nod from Lee.

"I lost someone recently…and it feels like nothing is about to do be done about it." He replied in anger.

"Oh something will be done about it my child." She interjected earning a raised brow from the man. "One of you hurts the other hurts, when one is happy or sad you're all sad, and if one wants vengeance the other will do whatever it takes to see you get it." She added with a smile.

"It's no coincidence all of you boys fell into each other's arms. God has plans for each of you and his will, will always be met." She finished earning a slight smile from Lee.

"Thanks Ms. Roman!" Lee spoke out while the woman nodded her head.

"Please all the family calls me Granny around here since my sister died and I expect you boys to do the same." She replied earning smiles from all three boys before the sound of a familiar voice caught their attention.

"Hey Granny!" Mark greeted walking up to the woman and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "You bothering my friends?" he asked with a chuckle.

"No, I'm giving your brothers a history lesson and telling them their place in the Roman Family History." She replied.

"Oh yeah and where is that?" he asked.

"When your great great grandfather was running dice games by the Mississippi River, The Italians and them Good Ol' Boys were always trying to run him out and it led to the death of them because he thought he could do it alone." She started while eyeing him closely. "So you know what his son did during prohibition when all those people needed him?" she asked with a smile.

"He went into business with his closest friends and they changed the landscape of New Arcadia…and now you're doing the same, but you're doing it differently and eventually will change this city for the better." She finished earning a smile from the man before tapping him on the cheek then walking off so that he could take a seat next to his brothers.

"Grannies got some of the best stories." Mark let out earning a few chuckles from the group while the bar tender handed slid the youngest Roman a Ginger Ale.

"She could make a guy a believer." Link added with a smile.

"Her and my Grandmother used to be heavy into Voodoo before they found God." He added with a half-smile.

"How do you go from Voodoo to God?" Jimmy asked with a raised brow.

"She had kids and I guess all those talks of Demons and Spirits didn't lead to a healthy home." Mark answered with a quizzical look on his face. "Not gonna lie they live long as hell though. Even during the old days people who did Voodoo stuck around for years." he added while knocking on the wooden bar top.

"You know I kinda like being around your family, this side at least, they're more open." Link added earning a chuckle from Mark.

"They're homely to others but always at each others throats and some of them are fucking throwed." he replied to the groups confusion before they watched him point out an elderly African American woman with a dark brown wig and green dress.

"When I was younger she thought I was possessed by a demon and tried to do a exorcism on my ass." He stated earning chuckles from the group before pointing to another much younger woman who could almost past for white with her skin complexion.

"She only likes light skinned people, but she married a dark skinned man and mad most of her kids are dark." He added earning more chuckles from the group.

"Yeah my family is a piece of work." he replied with a laugh.

"We any better?" Lee asked with a raised brow.

"I'd take gunfights with you guys then being locked in a bathroom and rolled around in toilet paper and hot baby oil anyday." Mark answered. "I think I still have the scars from that." he added while Lee eyed him closely before finally cutting to the chase of their discussion.

"Mark, I know you've got the best interest in my heart with your decisions-." he started causing Link to roll his eyes.

"Lee this isn't the place." Link stated only for Mark to cut him off.

"No he's right!" Mark interjected before looking to Lee with a serious expression on his face. "Finish!"

"You can't just expect me to let what happened with Luna go?" he asked earning a few seconds of silence from Mark before answered.

"I don't!" he replied before moving to pull a small sheet of paper out of his jacket pocket and presenting it to Lee who went wide eyed at the realization that on the paper was merely a phone number.

"Ana doesn't want any of us to go to Los Santos and take Neto on." Mark started while Lee and the others eyed him closely. "But if you call this number, he'll come to us and we'll have the advantage." He added causing Lee to direct his gaze to the number.

"Just know brother, if you call that number bleed must be shed and you may lose apart of yourself in order to get what you want, but no matter what you have to do…I'll back it." He added earning silence from Lee who continued to look at the number before a loud knocking noise filled the room and caused everyone to lift their heads in confusion before turning to the doorway where the sight of the Middle born Roman caught the attention of everyone.

"Anyone that ain't staying for the bachelors party don't have to go home but they gotta get outta here." Marrick yelled out at the top of his lungs earning a sea of groans from many of Mark's family members who started to hug and pat the young man on the back before clearing out the club while Marrick and five other Roman Boyz approached him with a wide smile with the BSU members and Ana standing by and watching closely.

"I hope you ready to party brother." Marrick asked earning a chuckle from Mark who picked up his glass of Ginger Ale and presented it to his older brother only for the man to knock the glass out of Mark's hands taking him and everyone by surprise as they watched the Roman Boyz members move to hold the youngest Roman down.

"What the fuck?" he asked in anger.

"You drinking real drinks tonight little brother." Marrick screamed out before presenting Mark with three bottles of hard liquor then forcibly pouring them into the man's mouth while Lee and the others stood by with half-smiles on their faces.

"You ain't against alcohol for your bachelor party." He yelled out while Mark let out a loud burp before looking to Lee and the others angrily.

"I hate you guys." He spoke out In anger while the trio merely laughed at him.

"Yo DJ play that track." Marrick called out at the top of his lungs while pulling Mark's cellphone from his pocket.

As Mark felt his chest starting to violently heave with his heart pounding loudly in his chest, the song Freak Like Me by Adina Howard started to play loudly. He knew the song well, it was often what Courtney would play when the duo were having sex.

It was by far one of his favorites.

Then to Mark and everyone's surprise a group of about twelve nine scantily clad women of various races walked into the club floor and proceeded to dance in front of Mark who seemed to already be losing his focus and senses. There had to be something in those drinks.

Not that he cared as of this point.

"You're in the splash zone." Called out one of the strippers prompting Lee and the others to step back as they doused Mark with a bucket of water before proceeding to twerk in front of the youngest Roman who could barely even see where he was.

This drew some levels of cheers from the male BSU and Roman Boyz members who stood back and watched the youngest Roman closely as his eyes seemed to spin to try and keep pace with the behinds of the women he watched.

"He seems to be enjoying himself." Jill pointed out while looking to Ana who gave a loud scoff.

"Please he probably barely knows where he is right now he can't handle his alcohol." Ana replied while the woman merely chuckled.

"Can I ask you something?" Jill started earning a raised brow from Ana.

"You and Mai go a ways back, but you both seem to be doing two separate missions. Is what she doing in Los Santos an attempt at what you're trying to do here?" she asked earning a slight chuckle from the IAA Agent.

"Not even close." She replied to Jill's confusion.

"The goal is to connect with street gangs and flip them into working for the US Government. In a way that's what she's been able to do, but not by much." Ana added through the music in a vain attempt.

"I understand why she would try that with Neto and Ivan, even Paul to an extent…but why here with them i mean?" Jill asked with a raised brow.

"You don't believe I just love Mark?" the IAA Agent asked only to receive a look from the woman. "Tell you truth on paper BSU wouldn't be one of those groups the US Government would think to look into. They're not connected to the Cartel, Russian Mafia, or the high risk sexy groups that puts terror into the American public and add to foreign scares and talks of illegal immigration." She added with a smile.

"But they are and can be connected to domestic terrorist." She answered to Jill's confusion. "People don't believe it but there are a lot of Left-Wing Extremist and Anarchist groups here at home and with the help of Mark and BSU we can infiltrate, monitor, and combat them on a more effective scale. Even a few Right-Wing Groups." She added.

"Whose the bigger threat?" Jill asked with a raised brow.

"Whoever the President says at the time." Ana finished before watching a few of the women move to dance on Link, Jimmy, and Lee with Marrick pulling Jimmy away and reminding him of his relationship to his younger sister.

With in a matter of minutes the party was jumping and Mark the BSU members found themselves having the time of their lives.

What was unknown to them and Mark was the fact that Miguel was enroute to New Arcadia. He had an agenda on his mind and this agenda would be met.

The Next Day

"FUCK!" Mark screamed out as he was doused with another bucket of cold water that pulled him out of his deep sleep and caused him to look up and notice Jimmy, Link, Manfred, and Lee standing over him dressed in all white suits with black shades over their eyes.

"Wake up buttercup." Jimmy called out with a wide smile causing Mark to look around and notice Davey, Eddy, Robbie, Thire, Tup, and Task standing over him dressed in all-white suits with black sunshades.

"It's time!" Lee spoke out extending his hand to Mark who quickly snatched it with a smile before letting himself be lifted off the ground.

"Shit what time is it?" he asked.

"A few hours to show time!" Link answered while Mark merely chuckled before being presented his suit by Buck who looked up at him with a smile.

"I hope all of you had the time of your life last night." Mark let out before taking the suit along with a glass of water.

"Oh yeah watching you vomit on a Strippers back was quite amusing." Manfred added earning laughs from everyone while Mark looked up at everyone with wide eyes.

"I didn't?" he asked.

"Oh you did that shit brother, if it makes you feel any better that probably wasn't her first time having that happen to her." Eddy added with a laugh before handing Mark a few pain pills for his headache.

"Remind me to toss Marrick down a flight of stairs after this." He added earning chuckles from the group.

After getting dressed and clearing his head up just a bit Mark then found himself dressed and ready and lightly dozing off as the group drove to Greater St. David one of the largest and oldest churches in the city.

Upon arriving and stepping out of the passenger seat of Lee's Dominator Mark found himself quickly being approached by Martin and a smiling Marrick who Mark could only give the middle finger as they walked him to the front of the porch where their father Maurice stood with an emotionless look on his face.

This soon shifted to a smile as he moved to pat Mark on the back before looking over and watching Gwen move to take a stand beside Jimmy.

"You're making me a proud man today son." Maurice called out earning a slight smile from Mark who then looked back and noticed his mother staring at him from a distance before looking away from the man who didn't return the favor.

As the group made their way into the church, Davey and Eddy couldn't help but to look back outside of the church where they noticed a dark teal Tornado slowly cruise the street prompting the two men to stay at the front door while guiding everyone to make their way inside.

"Not here man!" Eddy whispered out in anger while reaching into his waistband for his Pistol.

"We're ready for them." Davey added with a hint of venom in his tone.

As the duo stood guard Mark merely stood at the podium and watched as his family started to fill the pews of the church. A wide smile quickly covered his face as he noticed Granny and his Aunt Gloria move to take their seats in the crowd along with the BSU members.

To his surprise Joe was amongst the crowd sitting with the guest as was Tasha and Ryan whom he invited but didn't expect to show up.

As Lee, Jimmy, and Link stood beside him he couldn't help but to notice that Davey and Eddy weren't in their seats so he sent Link to go and get them just as the church organ started to play loudly and the preacher started to preach.

"Hey Mark needs you guys." Link spoke out not even earning looks from the two men.

Instead he merely followed their gaze to the yellow Tornado that was parked across the street from the front of the church. Their vision then shifted as a familiar African American woman stepped from the back of the church in a white dress that caused all of them to turn their heads and smile at her.

"Hey!" she whispered out before slowly making her way into the church while Link turned to Davey ordered for him to go get Jimmy and the others.

"Try not to alert Mark!" he added earning a nod from the man who moved to walk back into the church while Lee pulled out his cellphone and immediately dialed Alison's phone number.

"We got a problem." He spoke out before watching as five all black vans started to pull up in front of the church.

As Link and Eddy watched the vehicles closely Eddy approached Jimmy from behind and proceeded to whisper in his ear while Mark kept his eyes glued on Courtney. Her white dress was perfect and she resembled an angel to everyone who could only stare at her.

"Shit!" Mark heard Jimmy whisper out before a loud crashing sound caught the attention of everyone who could only watch as the double doors of the church exploded open with a sea of gunfire that struck down five people standing in the back of the church as five masked men armed with M-16's Assault Rifles stormed into the church and started to open fire.

"NO!" Mark called out at the top of his lungs running to Courtney in order to shield her from the bullets while Lee, Jimmy, and Davey drew their guns and started to return fire only for four more masked men to come from both sides of the church and engage the BSU and Roman Boyz members.

"Get down!" Maurice yelled out knocking Marrick to the ground before he took several shots to the chest and stomach before collapsing over in front of the middle born Roman who could only look back up in anger and sadness as he crawled over to his father.

"NOOO!" Marrick screamed out at the top of his lungs just as a Grenade was tossed into the church that created a violent enough explosion that sent more people flying.

"Shit!" Lee called out at the top of his lungs before jumping up and firing three well-placed shots that caught one man in the center of the chest and caused him to fall back clutching his wound while another moved to help him up.

"Fuck on!" one of the men heard before turning his head and watching as Eddie came flying over one of the pews and used his body weight to knock the much smaller man to the ground before proceeding to punch him three times in the face before retreating as the gunmen turned their weapons on them.

"Who are these guys?" Task asked while firing his Pistol and managing to strike one man in the arm before Jill fired a point blank shot that hit one man in the center of the head and blew his brains cross the wall of the church.

"Doesn't matter finish them off." The woman screamed out before firing a shot under a pew and striking one man in the knee before shooting his collapsed body in the head with a well-placed round.

"Come on come on!" Buck called out at the top of his lungs as he, Thire, and Tup layed down covering fire for some of Mark's family members as they ran to the back of the church to avoid the bullets.

"I got you Ms. Roman!" Thire called out grabbing Mark's mother and helping her to the back of the church.

"ROBBIE LOOKOUT!" Thire called out to the Dominican man who turned his head and was immediately met with two bullets to the chest courtesy of a gunmen who then turned his weapon on Buck only to be blindsided by Nikki who started to pound into the back of the man's head with the butt of her Pistol before dropping a ceramic pillar onto the top of his head.

As three more men went to move up on them Ana made her prescience felt by firing a shot into the ceiling, striking one of the chandelier that came crashing down on the three men and crushed them under its weight.

"VAMANOS!" One of the men screamed out at the top of his lungs as the sound of police sirens filled the air prompting the gunmen to start leaving out of the church with Lee, Jimmy, Eddie, Buck, Thire, Tup, Ana, Jill, and Task to run after them as they ran to the door only to met by a barrage of gunfire from several masked men armed with G36C and MP5K's preventing them from leaving out of the church.

"Motherfuckers!" Lee called out at the top of his lungs.

"LEE!" came a familiar voice that sounded almost like a pain filled howl to everyone as they snuck peaks out of the door and noticed the body of Davey leaned with his back against one of the tree shrubs in the front of the church while Link tearfully crawled on his stomach away from the gunman having been shot twice in the back by the gunman.

"LINK!" Jimmy called out at the top of his lungs while noticing the tears falling out of the eyes of Link whose face had turned a deep shade of red with snot falling from his nose as he called out and extended his right hand to his brothers.

"LEE!" Link continued to call out earning an anger filled growl from Lee who snatched an M-16 off one of the dead attackers, switched it to full auto, and fired outside the church to the dismay of everyone and the surprise of Ana as she watched him fire off three shots that hit one man in the chest and stomach.

"BUCK!" Jimmy called out prompting the younger man to toss him the P90 Submachine Gun he kept hidden in the back of his jacket.

Jimmy was like a madman then firing off several shots into the chest and head of one of the attackers as he tried to toss a Grenade into the Church.

"HANG ON BROTHER!" Lee called out before lining up a target in his sights and firing a well-placed shot in the center of the head of one man who didn't stand a chance against the powerful 5.56 round.

Jimmy was the next in taking someone down striking a man twice in the right leg before finishing him off with three shots to the head that blew a chunk of the man's skull into the wind.

"On my call move up!" Ana called out before looking to all of the brothers who nodded their heads at her.

"NOW!" she screamed out as loud as her lungs would go before leading the charge out of the church with Lee and Jimmy.

More bodies soon fell as the BSU members managed to cut down three more gunmen, before the head exploded of the man standing closest to the man in the lead.

"Vamonos to the-." the lead man started before giving off a violent yell as Lee shot him twice in the back causing him to fall flat on his face while everyone else ran for the vans and left him there.

"Bastards!" Lee whispered out under his breath before watching the vans speed off as the sound of police sirens drew louder.

"LEE!" Jimmy called out breaking the trance of the Chinese man who rushed over to the fallen Link and noticed the man gasping for air with tears falling from his eyes.

"Link look at me Link!" Lee called out grabbing onto the back of the man's head and forcing Link to look up at him.

"CALL AN AMBULACE!" Manfred loudly called out as Eddie made his way over to the injured Davey and noticed that the man was clutching a bullet wound to his shoulder.

"I think it's a through and through." He called out earning a sigh of relief before a loud shriek caught the groups attention.

Their gaze soon spotted Jimmy walking over to a familiar African American woman in an-all white dress and collapsing beside her with tears in her eyes.

"No!" he whispered out while taking in the sight of the massive bullet wound in the back of the woman's head before extending his hands and pulling her into his lap where he embraced her tightly. "No!" he shrieked out once again before the sound of heavy breathing caught everyone's attention and caused them to notice one man who'd been shot twice in the back trying to crawl away from the group.

"YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" Lee started before a gunshot caught everyone's attention followed by the man's head exploding in a bloody display.

"Jesus!" Lee called out in anger before turning his head in the direction of the shot and immediately going wide eyed as he took in the sight before him.

Red

It was the only word the group could use to describe Mark as he stood on the steps of the church with his M1911 in his hands and the lifeless body of Courtney in his arms. The woman looked like she'd gotten the worse of the encounter. Her back was covered with bullet holes, her white dress was stained in blood, her dark hair hung almost lifelessly like her body, and her tiara was hanging off her head almost like a withered halo.

"No!" Ana whispered out in sadness as Lee, Jimmy, Task, and the others stood by and watched as Mark cradled the young woman in her arms before walking out of the church and setting her down beside Gwen and kneeling down on one knee.

The group then watched as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his wedding rings before resting them on her stomach before looking up with sad eyes just as the police cars and ambulances finally arrived on the scene.

It was a Massacre

Over thirty dead.

In a single day that was supposed to be about happiness and coming together, the entirety of the Roman Family; the Family, not just the criminal element, had been wiped from the history books in a bloody display.

All of this was running through the mind of Mark as he stood by watching them load his family members into body bags or the back of ambulances.

Davey was shot but he was probably the most alright but Link had lost a lot of blood and had to be rushed to the hospital.

He was touch and go from what Lee was reporting.

The dead though was…staggering.

His father Maurice, Gwen, Martin's Wife, Auntie Gloria and her husband, Robbie, several of his cousins even a three year old boy were all gone.

Even Granny wasn't spared a bullet, she was talking but was not expected to live giving her health and age.

As he watched Courtney be placed into a body bag Mark couldn't help but to grit his teeth in anger before feeling a hand being placed on his shoulder and noticing a familiar redheaded woman standing over him with a concerned look on her face.

Alison wanted to comfort him, but she knew she couldn't with all the other police and camera crew there. It was so many that Ana had to go ghost on the group. It was alright with Mark though.

He didn't need the comfort!

He needed his revenge.

Before the duo could say anything though they were stopped as a familiar bald headed Caucasian officer approached them with an emotionless expression on his face.

"I hate to do this to you with everything you're going through." Locke started to the confusion of Alison. "But Marcus Roman I'm placing you under arrest." He spoke out to the woman's shock as she watched Mark give a low growl before presenting his hands to the man.

"Locke is this really the place?" Alison asked with a hint of anger in her tone only to be ignored the man.

The arrest wasn't surprising to Mark, they were gonna hold him and more then likely all the BSU and Roman Boyz leaders for sixty days on some bullshit charges hoping with him off the streets everything will calm down.

But there was no calming this down, a storm was on the way and this storm rain blood down on the city of New Arcadia.

Authors Note: And finally done, sorry for the really late update everyone. I know all of you are probably double pissed with the long wait and the way this chapter ended. In truth I'm pissed about it as well. Tell you the truth though I already had this planned from the very beginning of the story but I never thought I could grow to care so much for a character along the way.

When I first introduced Courtney she and Mark were supposed to grow close enough to marriage but I never thought she could have that much of an impact on all my other characters. This was in hope of also effecting the reader as well. I know I didn't show much of her in the beginning but I'm hoping you all grew close to her along the way.

The church shootout is sort of based on the house shootout in four brothers and the wedding shootout in Sleeping Dogs but whereas in that game you never get to the wedding this one had Courtney being killed as she came down the aisle.

Also a lot of characters died in this chapter I want to know how you all will react to that and more importantly how you're feeling about Link will he live or die.

Thank you all for reading stick around for next chapter as the storm of blood finally consumes New Arcadia as Mark and the others go on a warpath.

Zilla 2000 out.