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Ranger McAller: Well, I started playing the game from SR2, so I don't much of the SR. I've seen the walkthrough on YT since I couldn't get it, so I don't know your feeling.

Guest: I was thinking something different from that, but the idea of Black Dragon and White Tigress sounds cool. If I get the chance to write this part of the scene, I'll think about it.

CHAPTER 16

SR: Vice Kings Part II

After some time the girls had been taking the time shopping and I've been looking for information about the Vice Kings, we were now on our way to our Headquarters as Johnny had called Aisha to meet him there.

So we took a cab and went to meet him. And as soon as we arrived, we were welcomed at the sight of Johnny wearing a black suit with a purple open-buttoned shirt underneath the jacket.

-Vice Kings: Always Use Protection – A Romantic Dinner-

"Damn, Johnny, you look good!" I said, amazed. Now that I take a good on it... ain't the suit the one we would see in the SR2? Kind of looks like it but it could be a different one; I'm not very used on using suits at the moment.

"He's right, Johnny. You look stunning." Aisha agreed.

"Hey, a guy needs to look good for a special occasion." Johnny bragged. "I made some reservation for you, somewhere special."

"Oh? And where could that be?" She asked.

"I'm takin' you to Mikano's."

She looked surprised at the place he chose. "Wow, Johnny, I love the place!"

"Alright, I have something to tell Lee and the girl about the next project. You can wait for me in my car." He said, giving a thumb at his customized Venom.

"Alright, Johnny, don't keep me waiting." She said as she walked toward the car to wait.

After she left, Johnny turned to us. "Well, I hope she's happy for it." He said calmly. "That place was expensive as fuck so I hope this is worth it."

"Relax, Johnny, it'll be." Kate stated.

Johnny shook his head. "Anyway, I've been talkin' to Eesh's sister. Turns out Tanya's been fuckin' people in every sense of the word. Not only is she blowin' King's bodyguard Big Tony, but she's fuckin' Warren Williams, their numbers guy, whenever Tony ain't lookin'. Between Tony and Warren, the only person she isn't leading around by their cock is King. So I'm thinkin' we put the hurt on Tanya, we're fuckin' up the Vice Kings. She's got an operation in Prawn Court, that's where we'll start. Roll in there and put the murder on anyone you see, customers included. Who wants to die for a blowjob right? When you go for Tanya, be careful, she's probably got some muscle in there." He warned.

"We'll keep our eyes up, don't you worry about it." I said. "Now, go and take the girl to your date or something, would ya."

"Fine, fine, I'll leave it to you two." He said as he walked toward his car.

After they left, we walked toward the church as Kate's Venom was still parked over thereafter we did '...To Kingdom Come'. So while we were talking to our HQ, Kate started a conversation.

"Alright, you found something about the Vice Kings? I only know about Benjamin King and Warren Williams, but not the other two." She wondered.

"Well, I found something. Their Enforcer is called Anthony 'Big Tony' Green and the slut that we're taking is Tanya 'Madame Tanya' Winters, AKA the hoe lieutenant of the Vice Kings."

"Cause she's going out with Big Tony and Warren at the same time? Shit, she's really a hoe." She grunted.

"Well, she's technically is. The only reason she became a Lieutenant is that she started going out with Big Tony before Warren." I conceded. "She's the biggest hoe in the universe."

"Ugh, I don't even know her but I already hate her."

"You and me both..." I agreed. I couldn't even believe that her ass was 'resurrected' in the SR4 version. If she ever comes back again, as King said, I'm going to find the tallest building and throw her ass off the building. "Anyway, Big Tony is the closest friend of Benjamin King and bodyguard. So it's going to be tough dealing with him."

"Uh, you think we should call Victor for help? It would be good for him rather than working on the Carnales' stuff." Kate suggested.

"We'll see about it once we're about to deal with Big Tony. For now, the Carnales are still rebuilding after we almost destroyed the gang." I shrugged.

"Yeah, I guess so..."

So finishing our conversation, we arrived at the HQ and entered Kate's Venom toward the Red-Light District, between the Bavogian Plaza and Rebadeaux neighborhoods.

Driving around the neighborhood, we were still looking for those patrols Johnny had messaged us to deal with. Just then, we found one of the cars patrolling alone with only the driver inside so I took out my SKR-9 Spree and aimed at the driver.

BRATTATTATTA! BRATTATTATTA!

The driver got startled and tried to drive away from us but Kate had her car ram next to the car so I could shoot the driver down.

As we continued chasing the patrol cars, there were times that the Vice Kings who were on the streets joined the gunfight that Kate had to maneuver the bullets.

"Shit!" She cursed. "I'm gonna get them one of these days for scratching my car! Lee, shoot at them!"

"What do you think I'm doing?!" I retorted as I aimed my gun at the driver, finishing her instantly. "Done, let's go get the last motherfucker before the Vice Kings start to get smarter!"

So she sped up looking for the last patrol car and after some minutes driving around, we found them. This time, as the game, the last one had the driver driving the car as the passenger seat had one of the Vice Kings gang members sitting next to him.

As soon as they spotted us, they sped up and the passenger started shooting with his T3K Urban at us.

"Motherfucker!" I spat as I felt the bullet graze just barely from my neck. "Either this motherfucker is lucky as fuck! Or I'm the unlucky bastard to almost die!" I stashed my submachine gun and took out my AR-40 Xtnd. "Eat lead, fuckers!"

BRATTATTATTATTA! BRATTATTATTATTA!

The chase got wilder by the seconds but at the end of the day, we managed to finish them off quickly.

"Phew, that's the last one." Kate sighed. "I'm gonna call Johnny that we finished with the patrol."

"Put it on the speaker, I have something to say to him."

"Alright." She took out her phone and started calling for Johnny.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

We waited as Kate's phone continued ringing for the call. I remember that Johnny instantly called the Playa back when it was a game, but since we know that Johnny is in the middle of a date with Aisha, maybe he's taking a moment to answer it.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

"Hey, you done? Tell me quickly since Eesh is waiting at the table." Johnny's voice sounded urgent.

"Yeah, we're done. It took some time since we couldn't find them but we're done." Kate replied.

"So much for Tanya's hired help." Johnny chuckled. "Now get your asses over the whorehouse and drop the chickenhead."

"And we deal with the customers too?" I asked, unsure if we have to kill the innocent bystanders.

"Didn't I say before? Yeah, them too, if they weren't stupid enough to get a blowjob for the Vice Kings, we'll show them that messing with the Saints ain't no joke, alright?"

"Fine, I get it." I grumbled. "Go and continue with your date, Johnny. We'll tell you after you finish."

"Alright, see you soon."

Kate hung her phone and she drove us toward the brothel called 'Raykins Hotel' in Prawn Court Neighborhood. Despite that we're going against gang members, killing innocent bystanders ain't part of a joke. I had killed non-gang people before, but that was because it was part of the job in the Hitman Activity and they had it coming. But now? Hah... it's gonna be harder than I thought.

(Stilwater – Red-Light District – Prawn Court – Vice Kings' Territory)

So after Kate drove us to the brothel, Kate suggested that we're going to need some reinforcement for it. So we had two Saints following us in a customized Destiny car from Bavogian Plaza since it was the closest and owned by our gang.

Getting some reinforcement and arriving at the Raykins Hotel in Prawn Court, we were now ready to finish off Tanya's brothel.

We parked our cars just outside the front entrance and prepared our weapons. Kate, as always, used her trusty Tombstone, I used my AR-40 Xtnd, and the two other Saints, by the name of Jeffrey and Cassie (not that I'll know of them in the future as the Lieutenants), were using a 12 Gauge shotgun, and a K6-Krukov rifle.

Jeffrey is a Hispanic man in his early 20s that joined us after the Carnales' end. Despite that he could join them; he preferred to join the ones that won. Anyway, he's the typical Hispanic stereotype of having a goatee, brown eyes, tan skin, a purple bandana around his head, a purple T-shirt that said 'Hail the Saint' (maybe it was custom made), baggy jeans, and black sneakers.

As for Cassie, or Cassandra for her true name, is a African-American woman in her 20s. She had the light brown skin, café eyes, black dreadlocks hanging like a ponytail, wearing a purple tank-top, skinny jeans, and beige shoes.

"Yo, ready for this?" Jeffrey asked confidently with his Hispanic accent as we were going to enter through the back door.

"You love makin' yourself a character, would ya?" Cassie scoffed. "At least let's finish with this since I have a blunt waitin' with the girls."

"Whatever you say..." Jeffrey muttered as he walked toward the back door with Cassie behind.

"Well..." I rolled my eyes, resting my rifle on my shoulder. "We should get this done now."

"Agreed." Kate said as we walked toward the back door.

Entering the brothel, we knew that the place would be full of Vice Kings gang members guarding the place. But I didn't assume that there would be more than I expected from the game, so we had some problems dealing with them.

"GAHAHAHA! YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME! YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME! THEN TAKE SOME!" Jeffrey roared in delight as he kept shooting with his shotgun and NR4 at the incoming Vice Kings.

"God, if any of these days, Jeffrey is goin' to get himself killed, y'know." Cassie groaned as she reloaded her K6-Krukov.

"Stop talking you two, and Jeffrey; get your ass down before you get yourself killed!" I exclaimed as I took cover from one of the pillars in the entrance room.

"THEY CAN'T STOP ME! I'M INVINCIBLE!" He bellowed drunk in adrenaline that he didn't notice one of the Vice Kings gang members about to shoot at him.

"Not on my watch, bitch!" Cassie declared as she aimed at the Vice Kings and shot her down.

Jeffrey noticed the dead Vice Kings gang member on the ground as we had finished on the lower floor.

"Gee, thanks girl, I hadn't seen her before she clapped me." Jeffrey said.

"The next time keep your ass in the cover before one of these days you get killed, dumbass." Cassie rolled her eyes. "What about you two? Should we get movin' over the upper floor or what?"

"It seems that we're finished here on the lower floor, so yeah, we get to move to the upper and deal with the remaining Vice Kings." Kate replied.

So we took the second floor and deal with the Vice Kings... and there some things that I had to expect. Some of the Vice Kings guarding the place were in the middle of sex with the prostitutes. Since they had little time to grab their guns, we had to easy to deal with them.

And I'm wondering; did the place have some kind of thick walls that wouldn't let anybody from inside hear outside? Maybe, cause nobody would like to hear someone having sex next door.

Anyway, we were now at the last door inside the brothel about to deal with the last one. Jeffrey and Cassie knew about the project of dealing with the Vice Kings and some of the customers that stayed on the Vice Kings' pockets, so they had it easy. I didn't shoot any bystanders nor did Kate since we weren't sure of doing it and we were glad to have brought someone else to do it. Not the easiest thing to say, but it ain't a job we would have done it.

As for the prostitutes, we left them alone since we knew that some of them were taking forcefully to work in the brothel. Others had no else to go so they worked inside the brothel voluntarily.

Back to the situation in the brothel, we were now standing behind the last door about to deal with the Vice Kings.

"Alright, fellas, ready for the last gunfight?" I asked.

"Hell fucking yeah, I'm ready!" Jeffrey cackled.

"Not another option for us right now, we're takin' the Vice Kings out of business." Cassie said.

"What she said." Kate agreed.

So I immediately kicked the door open, letting Jeffrey and Cassie enter with their guns up. There were three more Vice Kings inside the room and were prepared since this room didn't seem to have thick walls and had heard everything before we entered.

"Get out of this place, Saints!" One of the Vice Kings shouted at us while shooting at us with his T3K Urban.

"You're not welcome here!" A female Vice Kings bellowed shooting at us with her GDHC .50 pistol.

"Fuck off!" And the last male Vice Kings spat with his AS12 Riot.

"Well, we're sorry for invading this accommodation." Jeffrey said not sounding sorry. "But the Saints are about to take this place for ourselves!"

Cassie rolled her eyes. "What my friend is sayin' is... fuck off from our property!"

Then it got another gunfight inside the room. The Vice Kings were at the disadvantage since we had harmed more than they thought it would happen but just then, Jeffrey got shot on his guts.

"Mother... fucker..." He spat blood as he laid down holding his stomach while a trail of blood hung down his mouth.

"Hang in there!" Cassie shouted as she aimed at the male with AS12 Riot with her K6-Krukov and shot him down.

"Cover me!" I shouted as I crouch-ran to Jeffrey as Kate used her Tombstone to suppress them.

I grabbed the back of his collar and dragged him away from the Vice Kings' sights and put him behind a table.

"Goddamn it, dude, you need to keep an eye open." I muttered as I peeked at the shootout.

"I... *cough* thought that I could... *cough cough* do it..." He said confidently despite his foolish position.

"Yeah, well, you're not Johnny Gat that for sure." I said as I shot blindly at the Vice Kings. "Just hang in there; we'll take you to the hospital later."

So by the time we finished, the room had succumbed with gunshots on the walls, floor, the furniture, and the remaining Vice Kings dead. Another day in Stilwater, I think.

"That's the last one." Kate sighed. "I'm gonna call Johnny and tell him that we're finished here and later to Julius."

"Alright, I'm going to take the other two to the car for it can take Jeffrey to the hospital." I said.

As we did that, I expected that after the news of losing Prawn Court would be heard to the top members of the Vice Kings.

(Stilwater – Downtown District – Adept Way – Vice Kings' Territory)

-Vice Kings: Always Use Protection – All the King's Men-

At the King's Penthouse, the top members were sitting around a rectangular table. There was their Enforcer, Anthony 'Big Tony' Green, on the left side of the table; the Smart Lieutenant, Warren Williams, on the right side of the table; and the center there it was Benjamin King, the leader of the Vice Kings himself.

"How much is the studio incident gonna set us back?" Benjamin asked his Lieutenant and Enforcer.

"The incident? I'm sorry. I thought some muthafuckas blew up my shit. I didn't realize it ain't no thang." Warren replied.

"How. Much." Benjamin repeated with a little more authority on his tone.

"Including the loss of revenue from Aisha's death... I'd say we're talkin' millions." Warren answered.

The VK Boss nodded. "Okay. We got a few contractors that owe us, convince them to hook us up. That takes care of the building. As for Aisha, throw together some memorial box set. People eat that shit up. That should recoup some of our losses. How's Tanya's side of things?" He asked Anthony.

"Grip is short, Mr. King." His Enforcer answered.

Benjamin sighed. "I'm not happy, Anthony. You said she could handle it."

"It's not her fault Mr. King, the Saints have been fuckin' with her."

Then immediately, Warren sat up from his seat. "That's what I'm talkin' about! Are you gonna let these bitches disrespect us?"

"Everybody, calm the fuck down." He defused the unsettling air. "We ain't gonna start a war every time some muthafuckas act hard."

Just then, Tanya entered the meeting. "We gotta talk about the Saints."

"Thank you." Warren said before taking his seat.

Tanya walked toward Anthony and sat over his leg as he held by her waist. "Hey, baby..." She then looked at Benjamin. "They've taken Prawn Court..."

"How did this happen?" Benjamin wondered not so happy about the situation.

"How the fuck you think it happened?" Warren voiced out. "Look, we need to get together here and just-"

"What we need is for you to shut the fuck up, you feel me?" Benjamin interrupted him, standing up.

"Yeah..."

"What?" He growled.

"Yes... Mr. King." Warren muttered in compliance.

Benjamin nodded before taking his seat. "I'll have Monroe put some pressure on the Saints. While they're distracted, it should be easy to take back what's ours. Everything else is business as usual, understood? Now, this meeting is over."

(Stilwater – Saint's Row District – Mission Beach – 3rd Street Saints' Territory)

So after taking the brothel and neighborhood down, sending Jeffrey to the hospital, and returning to Kate's crib, we were now watching TV while I got the feeling that tomorrow may be the same thing as the Carnales did when they came to our turf.

"Another of your feelings, Lee?" Kate asked knowingly, as she noticed quickly at my expression.

"It's was too noticeable?" I asked back.

She shrugged. "When you get the feeling, you tend to do some faces or flinch in a way I got to see the first time when the Carnales invaded the Saint's Row. You think the Vice Kings are going to do something this time?"

"Yeah, I get the feeling but I don't know where." I lied. Of course, I knew that the Vice Kings intended to retake the Prawn Court for their business. But this time, they won't know that we'll be prepared for them. "I should maybe call Julius or Johnny about the situation. The Vice Kings are much more armed than the Carnales and we'll have to take good consideration of our guys."

She nodded. "Good idea, and while you do that, I'm going to finish the popcorn!" She chirped happily as she munched on the food.

I rolled my eyes playfully before I put my phone next to my ear.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

"Hello? Who's calling?" The owner of the voice was none other than Julius. And to say that I haven't talked to Boss in days would be an understanding. He had been working hard with the Colombians with Hector and managing the claimed neighborhoods.

"Hey, Julius, it's me, Lee." I said. "Listen, I know that you're busy at the moment or something like that but this is important."

"I'm listening." He replied sounding serious.

"Have you heard from Johnny that we took Prawn Court recently?" I asked.

"Yeah, I did. I heard from the other Playa about that. Good job by the way." He congratulated me. "Anyway, what of it?"

"I got another hunch about what's going to happen."

"Like the time the Carnales came to the Saint's?"

"Yeah, that." I nodded.

"Hmm... I think it would be a good idea to round up some guys to guard the Prawn Court since it was the Vice Kings' before we took it." He said. "Alright, I'm gonna call some people to keep an eye open in Prawn Court."

"Good, that's great, Julius." I sighed in relief.

"Alright, Playa, rest now since tomorrow might be another day of work, you feel me?"

"Yeah, I hear you, Boss." I said before hanging up my phone and returned to the couch to hang out with Kate.

"So? How went words with Julius?" Kate asked having a handful of popcorn on her hand.

"He'll have some of our guys guarding Prawn Court." I told her. "Not that I needed to tell him which area they would take back, Julius' smart enough to know where they would attack."

"Yeah..." She muttered before realizing something. "Say, have you got some information about Benjamin King? I mean, I have some knowledge of him since before I joined the Saints but nothing really concrete of his persona."

Hm? It's strange of her to ask me that...

"Well, there wasn't much information about him apart from that he's the leader of the Vice Kings, but there was something that got me interested." I mused.

"What is it?"

"The Vice Kings formed up during the Carnales' reign from Hector and Angelo's father, and guess what?" I said. "Julius had been part of them before he formed up the 3rd Street Saints."

Her eyes widened in surprise. "Whoa, Julius knows Benjamin King personally? How come there isn't any information about that?"

I shrugged. "I heard from one of the oldest members of the Saints when we were partying back when we took the Carnales' drug factory. I didn't think of it much back then."

Of course, none of the oldest Saints mentioned that. I mean, I do not know any of the oldest members of the 3rd Street Saints except for the Head and Lieutenants that were before our joining.

I knew that information before coming here that Benjamin and Julius were good friends before King took a different path for the Vice Kings. I always wondered what would happen if Julius had remained with the Vice Kings instead of creating the Saints. If not, well... I'll leave to that to the fan-fiction community.

And the worst of it was that Julius had been thinking the colors of our flag to be instead of purple, the Saints would have been green. Not hating the color at all, but I have enough memory to hate the gangs with color green...

"Huh... maybe we should ask Hector one day about it. It would be some grand explanation about the battle between the Carnales and the Vice Kings before the 3rd Street Saints were formed." I mused.

"That's would be a good idea." She nodded in agreement.

After that, we finished the movie and got to bed. I still wonder... how would happen with the Vice Kings after we finish them... Meh, I'll think of something later...

I closed my eyes and let my dream take me as Kate placed her head over my chest. Yeah, it is good to be here...

TO BE CONTINUED

State of Territories, Districts, and Neighborhood

3rd Street Saints' Territory [Purple] [3SS]:

Saint's Row District: Athos Bay – Harrowgate – Mission Beach (Headquarters)

Los Carnales' Territory [Red] [LS]: DEFEATED

Airport District: Huntersfield [VK] – Wardill Airport [3SS]

Barrio District: Cecil Park [3SS] – Encanto [3SS] – Ezpata (Headquarters) [3SS] – Southern Cross [3SS]

Docks & Warehouses District: Charlestown [3SS] – Poseidon Alley [3SS] – Stoughton [3SS] – Fox Drive [3SS]

Factories District: Black Bottom [3SS] – The Mills [3SS] – Pilsen [3SS]

Vice Kings' Territory [Yellow] [VK]:

Downtown District: Adept Way (Headquarters) – Brighton – Filmore – Union Square [3SS]

High-End Retail District: Atlantis Avenue – Nob Hill

Museum District: Amberbrook – Humbolt Park

Project District: Shivington – Sunnyvale Gardens

Red-Light District: Bavogian Plaza [3SS] – Prawn Court [VK - 3SS] – Rebadeaux

Suburbs District: Misty Lane [WR] – Tidal Spring [WR] - Huntersfield

Westside Rollerz's Territory [Blue] [WR]:

Apartment District: Sommerseat

Arena District: Pleasant View – Ultor Dome

Chinatown District: Chinatown

Suburbs District: Misty Lane (Headquarters) – Tidal Spring – Huntersfield [VK]

Truck Yard District: Copperton