//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Not As Planned // Story: Doin' it Grand // by Blaze Fury //------------------------------// It has been close to three years since we had been sent to Los Santos, and for the first few months everything was going great. We had gotten someone else to the group, Wildcat. He jumped on with us and we went on with our criminal activities. We did any odd jobs we could find, whether it was drugs, weapon's or dirty police jobs. We did them all. We had found out that this wasn't really a game anymore one day when Wildcat got shot in the leg while running to cover. After we escaped from the job we decided to be a little more cautious of our surroundings and how we did things. Though we did learn one day that this was just like real life. We had gotten a serious job offer from a guy named Martian Madrazo, and since we all played the game we knew who he was. But he wanted us to go into some back ally deal to steal the guns that the gangs were getting from crocked cops. When we got there we found nobody, and I thought that maybe we had arrived early. But I was wrong, it was an ambush. We got behind cover as fast as we could but Brock didn't make it in time. It still pains me to this day thinking about it but I know nothing I could have done could have changed anything. Anyways when we finally got out of it and killed every one of the bastards that gunned us, we grabbed Brock and left. Later on we buried him in the cemetery behind Hill Valley Church. It had been a little over a year and already one of us had died. We had grown close over that time, so much that we addressed each other by actual name, and to have one of us taken away was devastating. Evan was hit harder than any of us since he knew Brock the longest, but it still hit us all. He was usually the one that would cheer us up whenever we were either angry or sad. But with him gone, who's going to do it now? I mean someone else could, but it wouldn't be the same. I could never figure it out but Vanoss and his guys left and went off to god knows where. The last thing I heard from them was a text from Evan saying that they'd see us again one day. KV tried to stop them from going but I told him to let them. They were obviously hurt worse by the events than we were. After that we slowly went back into routine of doing odd jobs, though this time we were more methodical about how we went about our work. No more going in blindly. It's either we get a decent amount of information or we don't go. Everything after that went well for us, more money and weapons. That was until one night I got jumped when I went for a late night jog. I didn't go unarmed but the guy was quick and got me to the ground. I had tried to get my gun out but had to block the knife he was trying to get into my face. He slowly got it down to were it went into my right eyebrow and then down through my eye and got part of my cheek. I kneed him in the nuts before pushing him off of me and grabbing my gun and shooting the guy. The cut wasn't too deep but I later found out that the damage was enough to destroy my sight in my right eye. I learned how to do things with my new depth perception, but I still had a few hic ups here and there. Micha, KV, and I learned and went on with our lives as notorious criminals. After half a year of doing odd jobs we got to the point where we got noticed by a few people who wanted our expertise for some jobs. One of them was Lester Crest. We excepted his proposal for the Felicia heist, simple right? Well everything was until the get away. It took nearly thirty minutes to lose the cops after we escaped. Though we still escaped it let me know that the cops will continue to come after us no matter what. We decided to lay low for several months after that heist, so the cops wouldn't get us. And during this time I decided to get some safe houses around the state. Most out in Blaine county, the industrial district, and Paleto Bay. I kinda grew paranoid over the months after the attack where I lost my sight and my friends think its a bad thing, but in my opinion the paranoid people survive. But after a long period of time we all got a call from Lester again talking about a big score. The Pacific Standard job. We had already knew how the heist would go, but we had asked Lester to get as much information as he could before we started. It took him close to six months to get the necessary information, equipment locations, and unmarked weapons. When the time was up it took us close to a month to get all the setups done. The reason why it took so long was because we had to lie low after each setup to avoid the cops. They knew what our movements have been over the years, kill every witness that sees. Though the masks we were helped in that regard, so not so people had to die. Anyways after completing the last setup, retrieving the motorcycles we were ready to start this. On the day of the heist we got up and headed over to Lester's garment factory and prepared for the Heist. After we were finished and got the plan down, we left and headed to the bank on Vinewood Boulevard. We entered the bank around nine in the morning, thankfully we were right in our assumptions that there wouldn't be a lot of people. We did everything that you were supposed to do in the game, but instead of two people caring the money we only had KV handle it. When we were about done the alarms went off, signalling the NOOSE teams. I killed the bank teller that set them off before we got to the front door. We all put on our ski masks before nodding at each other as I cut the tie on the door and opened it. I stuck my head out and looked but quickly retreated it as several bullets were fired at me. I quickly shut the door and looked at my friends. "You guys ready?" I asked as I backed away from the door and got beside them before I pulled the carbine from my back and aimed it at the door. "As ready as I'll ever be." Micha said. "Eh yolo." KV said as he aimed at the doors as well. "Okay, well on the count of three Crash and I will shoot the door. Ghost I want you to fire the big guy out there at the cars." I said as I gave the plan, and really hoped for it to work. Since we couldn't have our names going out we came up with call signs. Mine is Fury, Micha's is Ghost and KV's is Crash. I have no idea as to why he chose that but I left it at that, since there is no changing his mind once he has it set on something. "Got it." Micha said as he grabbed the RPG from his back. KV and I aimed our carbines at the door before firing, causing them to open. As soon as they opened Micha fired the RPG, blowing up one of the NOOSE vans; as well as killing a few cops. Luckily our cars were still outside the bank, unlike in the game. In the mist of the chaos we rushed outside and beside our cars, using them for cover. I had driven here in a Elegy retro, which is basically a Nissan Skyline R34. I had made it look as close as to Brian O'Conner's skyline from the Fast and the Furious franchise, or at least as accurate as I could remember. I opened my driver door and moved the seat forward and grabbed a grenade launcher from the back before moving the seat back and shutting the door. I looked over to Micha and KV as they were behind Micha's car, which was a Kurama. I gave them a nod as I stood up and aimed at the cops, but before I could fire off any shots a blinding white flash started in front of me. I thought that the cops had thrown a flash bang, but I thought wrong when the light grew so bright before exploding. I was sent back by the explosion and into the stairs leading into the bank. I felt pain erupt from my back but thankfully I could still feel everything so nothing bad happened from that, other than the sore back I may have for the next few weeks. I gave a groan as I got up and grabbed my grenade launcher before get back behind my car. I hissed in pain as I backed against the side before looking over to my partners."What's the sit-rep?" I asked. "Don't know. Flash Bangs usually don't involve explosions." Micha said. "Naw dip Ghost." I said. "Uhh guy's you may want to check this out." Crash said as he pointed over our cars. I looked out in the open and saw a small crater that looked to have been where the explosion happened, but what I saw in the crater is what shocked me. In a group, unconscious, were six girls and they were all nude. "The hell?" I asked as I looked on in confusion, but that was shattered when I noticed the cops starting to regroup. "Fuck, okay Crash, Ghost change of plans. Give suppressive fire as I grab those girls and bring them over here. From there we'll put four in the Kuruma since it has four seats and I'll take the other two. That good?" I asked. "Why the hell are we taking those girls? They are of no concern to us." Micha said. "Well how do you think the government will react to having six girls mysteriously appear in the middle of a bank robbery from nowhere like the Terminator. Last time I check that didn't go over well for him." "Fury does have a point." KV said as I watched one cop growign a pair and tried to get to those girls. But before he could I peeked from the back of my car, pulled out my deagle and shot him. I watched as he fell to the ground dead before looking back to my partners. "Will you do it or not?" I asked Micha. We starred at each other for a few seconds before he relented. "Fine but this better not come and bite us in the ass." He said as he reloaded his carbine, as well did KV. I grabbed mine off the ground before I got into a sprint stance behind the car. "Alright...... Go!" I yelled as I ran to the craters and grabbed a girl. She had rainbow hair and a toned body, and she seemed to be lacking in the asset department. Along the way I could hear the roar of gun fire and the unmistakable smell of gun power as the covering fire worked. I took the girl back and laid her by my car before going for the rest. When I got to down to the last girl I had managed to pick her up before a searing pain erupted from my thigh, and I looked down and watched as blood started to soak my pants. "Ghost, us the big guns!" I yelled as I limped back to cover. When I neared I heard several explosions as he continued to fire off the grenade launcher. When I had finally got back and set the girl down I looked at the cops and saw that most of their cars were destroyed and most of the cops were dead. "Damn, never thought we'd have this much trouble with the cops." "What's going on! Why aren't you headed to the bikes liked planned!" I heard Lester yell over the walkie talkie on my hip. I took it off before answering him. "Change of plans L, we had some mysterious girl's appear in front of us and decided to take them." I said as I applied pressure to my wound. "NO no no! Stop going off the plan! Head back to the fallout point after you lose the cops." He said obviously pissed before the communication stopped and all I heard was static. "Well someone's having a tantrum." KV said as he finished reloading. "Yea, but enough of that. You guys take the pink, other pink, purple, and yellow headed girls and I'll take the other two." I said as I opened my door and grabbed the rainbow haired one before leaning in and placing her in the passenger side seat. After that I placed the lavender hair one on top of her before leaning on the car for support. This fucking wound was really stating to hurt. I watched as they finished putting the yellow and purple haired girls in the back seat and shutting the doors. "That fluffy pink haired girl is heavier than she looks." KV said as he wiped his forehead. "Come on and get in your car. We need to go before back up arrives." I said I aimed at my splotch of blood on the pavement a few feet away before shooting it until my magazine was dry. After that I sat in the car and shut the door before starting the engine. The car came to life with a roar before it went to a hum. "So where are we headed?" I heard Micha ask on the talkie. I grabbed it before answering. "To La fuente blanca." I said. "But doesn't Madrazo own it?" KV asked as I put the car in drive and rolled up to the side of their car. "Not since a month ago." I said before a smile came to my face. "Race you to the ranch." and with that I burned rubber and shifted into first before pulling off. "Son of a-" I heard KV say before I saw his car start moving in the rear view mirror. I gave a grimace and pain spiked in my left thigh again, 'I'm going to have to clean the blood form the seat after this is down.' I thought with a frown. I put the talkie down in the center console as I concentrated on driving and avoiding traffic. I could still see KV and Micha in the mirror so that was good, but I decided to shift form third to fourth as we neared the turn for Senora Road. I hit the hand brake and pressed the brake before hitting the gas as I went into the turn, causing me to drift through the intersection. "You guys better hurry, the Police are calling their air support to find you guys." I heard Lester say and I picked up the talkie before pressing the button on the side. "You guys hear that?" I asked. "Yea we did." Micha said. "Well then pick up the pace." I said as I shifted into fifth gear as I passed the ramps for the Los Santos Freeway. I put the talkie down and payed no attention to anything else as I drove. Since coming here I have decided to master the art of driving and shooting, both of which are hard to do with my blind eye. But I make do. As I neared the ranch I slowly down shifted until I was in second before I pulled into the driveway next to the ranch's sign. Not far behind me was the other two, and when we got into the circle we headed over to the garages and stopped in font of them. We waited for them to open fully before pulling in. I slowly got out of the car before shutting my door and walking over to the passenger side and opened it and grabbed both girls and heaved them into my shoulders. I had to shut the door with my bad leg as my hands were full and using my good leg would have been bad. I'll let you guys guess why. Anyways I waited for the other two to get out their car and grab the other girls, and while doing this I had to stand with most of my weight on my right leg. I waited for them to grab the girls, and had to listen to KV bitch at how heavy the pink curly haired girl was. I told him to suck it up and shut up before I punched him for disrespecting a girl. After that we left the garage and headed inside the Ranch's main building, which doubled as a house. We walked down the small stairs ad came up to the double glass doors on the side. I pushed them open with my back and we entered through the living room. Said room was very ornate and had a lot of expensive looking merchandise. I ignored it as we continued on, past the dinning room and kitchen before entering a hallway at the end, which had three door. The first one was on my left, which was Micha's, the second was to my right and was KV's, and the last one at the end of the hallway to the right was mine. Luckily each one had it's own personal bathroom, though small. Anyways I laid the girls in my arms down on the bed in my room, and KV and Micha did the same. When we were down we left our respective rooms and headed to the dining room. I pulled a chair on the side facing the hallway out and sat down before grunting. I watched as Micha went into the Kitchen and opened a cabinet before closing it and coming back with some medical supplies. I gave a groan as I knew what was about to happen. "You know this was going to have to happen, so stop whining." Micha said as he set it down on the table before opening it and grabbing some alcohol, tweezers, and some cotton balls. "Here this should help you." he said as he handed me a leather strap. I got the gist and placed it in my mouth before biting down on it. After I did that he cut my pants around the wound before dumping some alcohol it causing me to bite down hard and give a groan of pain. I'll be honest with you, no matter how old you get this shit still hurts like hell. Though not as bad as getting shot or having to pull the round out of the wound. "Okay here comes the worst part." he said as he grabbed the tweezers and stuck them in the hole. I bit down and grunted as he moved the tweezers around inside trying to find the bullet. After what felt like forever because of my damn adrenaline, I felt him touch the bullet before he grabbed it and started to pull it out, and I was about to start screaming but he pulled it out faster than I thought he would've. I started to calm down as the adrenaline began it's process of wearing off, but I felt it come back as he started to rub the open wound with more alcohol soaked cotton balls. After he was done cleaning it he had me sit up a little and pulled my pants down before grabbing some medical pads and gauze. I pulled the left leg of my underwear up as he placed the pad down and started to wrap the gauze around my leg. After about three times of going around it cut it and patted ti down so it would stay before getting up and putting the med kit away. I pulled my underwear back down and pulled my pants up before looking at the cut he had made in the pants. "Damn and these were brand new too." I said in sadness. "Quit complaining. You're all better now, are you not?" Micha asked as I pushed the chair back in and head to the living room with him in tow. When we got in there I saw KV sitting on the brown couch watching the news. If you want to know the glass doors across form said couch don't exist as I had them removed and replaced them with a wall and fireplace, as well as a flat screen TV. "It about us?" I asked him as I sat down next to him carefully, as I was trying to be careful about the wound. "Yea it is, and not everyone is happy." he said as he turned the volume up. "Officials describe these criminals to be heavily armed and trained. They advise you to watch out for them and call the Los Santos tip line if you hear and or see anything related to this incident. Authorities believe that this attack on the Pacific Standard Bank was orchestrated by the same criminals the robbed the Feliccia Bank off of the Great Ocean Highway a year ago." a reported said as she stood in front of the crime scene. "Do you think they'll find us?" Micha asked. "No, not if Lester knew what he was doing. Plus they won't be able to track us threw the casings as I hand made them while using forensic gloves." I said as I continued to listen to the news. "-itll do not know where this third accomplice came form but we are certain that he is as dangerous as the other two and should be taken with the same amount of caution. As for the smoking crater between what seemed to be the firefight between Los Santos PD and the criminals, we still have no idea as to what caused it as the authorities aren't releasing anymore information. Back to you Cameron-" and after that I stopped listening to it. "Well you know that the authorities don't want people to know that six nude girls popped up right in the middle of our fight from no where." KV said as he leaned back in the couch. "Yea, but how much do they know?" I asked. "Well you better be lucky that I had shot the camera's outside the bank, but I can't say for certain that they used other cameras along the street." Micha said as he finally went and sat down in the white chair next to the couch KV and I were sitting on. "Yea, and thankfully all the footage was in monochrome. So it'll make looking for your car harder," I said as I pointed to Micha. "And it'll make finding who those girls are harder." "Speaking of them, why the hell did you want us to get them besides the fact that they may not be from here?" KV asked as he looked at me. "Because they look young enough and I'd rather not leave it on my conscience that I left six innocent girls in the hand of the government where they'll do test after test on them." I said as I looked form Micha to KV. "Fine, but like I said earlier this better not bite us in the ass." Micha said as he leaned back and closed his eyes. "Well I'm glad that you agreed to doing this. Now we'll have to wait for those girls to wake up before they tell us their story so I suggest that in the meantime we build an alibi." I said as I got up and left for my room. When I got there I went into my closet and picked some casual clothes to wear before going to take a shower. When I was done I threw my dirty clothes into a special bin for 'work' clothes before I went into the room and saw that the rainbow haired girl seemed to be spooning the other one. I gave a chuckle at the sight before laying down on the couch at the end of the bed and closing my eyes. The thoughts and implications as well as consequences I'll be suffering form choosing to grab theses girls and how easily we lost the cops, and it was these thoughts that lulled me to sleep.