"What do you mean you won't do it?!" I asked.
"What we mean cabrón" one of the Vigos I was meeting said. "is that we ain't gonna do this. What would we even do with a boat eh?"
"I don't know, do some gang shit man. Look it's a simple job, and the person that is selling the boat is a little punk trying to get some quick cash."
"We still aren't doing it." another answered.
"Fine but I'll remember this. Trust me." I said as I got up and walked out of the garage in La Puerta down South in Vespucci.
"Yo tell us how well it goes zorra." the final one said as I left. As I walked down the ally back to the street I took notice of the destruction that Franklin and Lamar caused when they came to repossess that bike. I walked out of the alley way while getting looks from all the Vago gang members I passed. Crossing the street I entered the alley and stopped at the latter on the side of the building to my right and climbed to the top. Going across the roof I came to a stop at the corner on the other side at the end of the building, the corner that overlooked the intersection right before Floyd's apartment. Leaning over the edge I placed a camera to the side of the building.
The camera's I made we're to look like Valkyrie's from Rainbow Six, just improved as they are self sustaining since they have a small solar panel inside the shell. Yes it does make it slightly more bulky, yes I have to point it directly ahead when I get off and yes it's battery is limited at night but I think I did a good job recreating the camera. Going back down the way I came I headed towards Floyd's home and came to a stop next to the entrance in the red wall across. Looking up I placed another camera right next to the power boxes, and knowing this placement I knew I couldn't be on it a lot as this position wouldn't allow much recharge time. Only having a charge time between 8:45 am to 10 am which doesn't leave much leeway. Next I walked up the stairs that lead to his home and placed another just above the door across from his. Doing this will allow me to know when Trevor gets here as I do not know exactly when since I couldn't exactly remember when, but I'm hoping this face recognition technology in the cameras work.
With that done I left and went and walked down the shops facing the beach and continued to do so until I came to Smoke on the Water. Walking in I stopped at the register and was greeted by a African american man who looked to be in his early thirty's. He was wearing a grey button up shirt, light blue jeans, a pair of black rim glasses and his hair was in dreads.
"What can I do for you man?" he asked.
"Yea just give me the weakest thing you have." I asked as I looked at the colorful bongs on display.
"You sure you don't want nothing stronger?"
"Well I don't want my first time to be bad and plus I just need something to relax."
"Alright I just need to see your license and I can sell it to you."
"See I don't have one-"
"Then leave. I can't sell you something without that permit." He said, and his hostility surprised me. Giving a sigh I pulled my sidearm out and laid it on the counter. I really didn't like forcing people to do anything but I really need something to relax.
"Look just give me some and I'll pay a little extra. How mush is two blunts of your weakest stuff?" I asked.
"T-twelve dollars." he said, visibly shaken by the gun if his stutter was anything.
"Fine I give you twenty five." I said as I placed the cash onto the counter next to my gun. "Just give it."
Nervously he placed the weed on the counter and I gave him the cash; placing my gun back when I grabbed it I grabbed the blunts and left. Turning left I walked until I came back around to the street that held the entrance to that alleyway into the Vago's hideout. I walked until I was in front of the pink building at the end of this block and walked to my truck before unlocking it and getting in. I leaned back into my seat after shutting the door before giving a long sigh.
"I really fucking hate this shit. It's such a drag." I said as I lite one of the blunts and started to smoke it. Probably not a smart idea to be doing this where I was but I don't care to be honest. After about two hours I started the car and headed to the Shenanigan's Bar in Legion Square to see if I could get some guys to help me with the job. Arriving I parked on the side of the road and headed into the bar. On my in I spotted two guys already, a bald guy and a guy with a pony tail. 'Could be useful. Just need three people.' I thought as I entered the bar. Going left I ignored the looks the people coming down the stairs were giving me.
The bar inside looked reminiscent to a restaurant, booths by the windows, tables being in the middle of the floor and a bar at the back. Going to the back I noticed a shady man sitting at the bar, so I decided to talk.
"You come here often?" I asked.
"I don't know, you trying to pick me up?" he asked with a chuckle.
"No I'm just looking for one more person to help me with a job. Hey can I get some whiskey?" I asked.
"Depends, what kind of job and what's the pay?" he asked as I received my drink.
"The job is stealing a Marquis yacht, and the pay is decent for a small job such as this." I said as I took a sip of the whiskey.
"Who are we taking it from?"
"So many questions you have..... but it's just some rich boys son trying to sell it to get some cash. Says his dad doesn't use it."
"The Father?"
"A man named Micheal Da Santa, a man of mild wealth."
"Alright but is it just gonna be me and you?" he asked pointing to me with his cup in hand.
"No, there are two guys outside that I'll hire." I said.
"Alright. And I know we aren't doing this today, so when?"
"Tomorrow, just meet me at Pacific Bluffs Country Club around noon. I'll be sitting out in the parking lot, just look for a red Sadler."
"'Kay, I'll be there." he said. I nodded and got up and headed out, but I had a feeling this guy shouldn't be trusted seeing how he decided to join on the job so easily. If I was still playing the game I'd think nothing of it as Rockstar made it to where the was no way another player could double cross you and steal your money, but with this being another reality I had to play my cards right as I could be crossed at any point in time. Exiting the building I saw that the bald guy and ponytail man was still outside.
"Gentlemen, would you like to join me and do a job?"
"Get da fuck outta here you dumbass." Baldy said.
"Yea fuck you." the other guy said. 'Great they're drunk.' I thought with a grimace.
"How about I say this, does thirty thousand each sound good?" I asked.
"Wait for da boph of us?" baldy said as he pointed to himself.
"Yup, thirty grand for both of you." The only reason I said this to them is I knew they were gonna die if they joined in on this or they'd fall off the boat and be lost.
"Sure dat sound good to me, Mikey you wanna join?" baldy asked.
"Im down Paul." Mikey said.
"Alright well since you both are rightly smashed right now I think I'll give you this." I said as I put a piece of paper with the plans for this in Paul's pocket. "Just now that if you aren't there by the time it's ready to start I'll hunt you down and kill you both." I said coldly.
"Right sir!" They both saluted me.
"Whatever." I said as I walked to my truck, got in and left. Heading north up Strawberry Avenue I turned left onto San Andreas Avenue and then left again onto Elgin Ave. Going past the right light I headed to the parking lot above the Ammu-Nation and parked my truck there. Getting out I looked at the time and saw it was 19:32 which should mean that Jimmy is awake. Putting my phone up I headed back down the ramp I came up and down the street towards Hotel Wisdahl. Entering it I noticed it look pretty nice, and hopefully it wasnt too expensive. Arriving at the front counter I was greeted by a good looking girl that looked to be in her mid to late twenties.
"Hello sir how may I help you?" she asked with an upbeat smile and attitude.
"Cheapest room you have." I said and it took her about a few seconds before responding.
"Alright there are two rooms. One on the third floor on the corner of the building, and a second one on the eleventh floor. Which one would you like?"
"The one on the third floor." I said, knowing that if things got bad I could just go down the fire escape and run.
"Alright that'll be twenty dollars per night, and how long will you be staying?" she asked.
"Don't know but just have it start at about two weeks."
"That'll be two hundred and eighty dollars." she said and I handed her the cash. In turn she handed me the key to the roof. "Your room number is 321 and have a wonderful day sir."
"You too good lookin." I said as I gave her a wink and headed for the stairs. It took me about a few minutes to get to the room; opening it i was greeted by a bathroom to my right and an open area ahead. The room only had one window and I was guessing it lead to the fire escape as it was to the right of the room. The bed was on the wall across the room from the door to the room so the window outside is just a fake, and finally on the wall separating the bed room and the bathroom was a flat screen TV. "Welp better get this shit rolling." I said as I called Jimmy.
"Yo who the fuck is this?" Jimmy asked.
"Hey Jimmy, it's just someone who knows you. Now not to sound creepy but I know you need money. So how about we make a trade. I have five hundred thousand dollars. have anything worth that?" I asked.
"My dad does have a yacht that he doesn't use anymore....."
"Good then I'll meet you tomorrow at Pacific Bluffs Country Club at 12:30. If I don't see you your dead." I said as I hung up the phone. I didn't care if I didn't let him finish as I already knew what was going to happen, and I was going to be the cause. Setting the phone down on the nightstand next to the bed I laid down and grabbed the TV remote. Turning the TV on I played something quiet and started to lay down for the night.
Location: Pacific Bluffs Country Club parking lot
Time: 12:02 pm
"Hello?"
"Hey Brandon, how's everything going in Blaine county?" I asked as I was leaning on the front fender of the Phantom. I had already acquired the trailer and was waiting for Jimmy to get here and sell me the boat.
"Doing good so far. Have had a few problems with the locals though." he said with a sigh.
"Which gangs?" I asked with my arms crossed.
"Mainly the Lost MC, but the Aztecas have been giving some problems though."
"How are the girls doing?" I asked.
"They're doing alright. Twilight and Micha are hitting it off real good, nerds I tell ya. The other girls are doing good, but Applejack and Rainbow keep asking about you." he said finishing with a chuckle.
"Why do they care about me? Last time I checked I was just some guy who did bad things and was non redeemable. I know AJ didn't approve of me killing all of those guys when Ghost was abducted. To be honest it pains me but someone got's to be the bad guy."
"But still..."
"How has Ghost been since he's gotten back?" I asked.
"He's been.... different."
"How so?"
"Whenever he's around the girls hes like his usual self, but when get's secluded and by himself he spaces out and just stares off into space."
"I know, that bastard Madrazo will pay for what he's done. He better be lucky he's sequential to the story least I castrate him and torture him like he did him."
"That's nice to know I guess. So... what are you doing right now?" Brandon asked.
"Just waiting for some people to get to my location so we can do the mission Father/Son. Jim should be here shorty."
"Ah okay, well I'm going to leave you. Some of the girl's are calling me back over to them."
"'K. Be safe, and if anything happens just call and i'll be there shorty if I can."
"Will do." he said as he hung up the phone, but before I could the phone started ringing. Giving a sigh I brought it back to my face and I gave a groan as I saw who it was. Martin. Better answer least he continues. Pressing the answer button I brought the phone to my ear.
"What do you need?" I asked.
"I can't call a friend?" he asked in mock hurt.
"Shut up Martin, I know this is business."
"Sure sure. Just know I have my eyes on you."
"Cool, but what did you call me for? I know it isn't just to say hi friend." I said, sneering the last part.
"Oh I mean nothing bad Mr. Smirnov. I just want to put all that happened in the past."
"Just because you gave him back after I gave you the ranch doesn't make us even. I am still livid with you."
"Like I said, I would like to put this ordeal behind us." he said, trying to calm me down.
"Fine." I said before giving a pause. "What do you want?"
"I have a job for you."
"What's this job?"
"Well I can not speak this over the phone. Come to my Ranch as soon as you can and we can talk there. Legal matters I hope you understand."
"Yea I do. I'll be there when I get done with my business." I said as the guys I met at the bar last night arrived. "I have to go." With that I hung up the phone and waited until they walked up and when they did I opened my arms. "Welcome!"
"So whats the job?" the guy from the bar asked, killing my enthusiasm instantly causing me to drop my arms.
"We're stealing a boat. That's all. Now follow me to the beach." I said as I led them to the beach, and sitting in the water about 50 yards from the shore was the Marquis.
"Why doesn't the bloke got it in the marina?" Mikey asked.
"Don't know, don't care. The kid should be here shortly. I'll leave you guys to handle the transaction while I go grab the truck." I said as I left and headed back to the parking lot where the truck and trailer was waiting. Along the way I passed Jimmy but paid no mind as I didn't exactly want him to know what i looked like, because if he did then it might compromise things down the line. It took me about twenty minutes to get the truck down to the beach and when I had the trailer where I wanted I motioned for the bar guy to come up to the side of the truck. "He give you the keys?" I asked.
"No. Said he wanted the cash first." he said.
"Smart kid." I mumbled. "Alright here's the cash. Show it to him but tell him that we'll give it to him once he has the boat on the trailer." I watched as he went back to the kid and opened the briefcase full of cash before shutting it. Jimmy gave a nod before giving him the keys to the boat. It took us close to an hour to get the boat on the trailer and pulled out of the water since it was my stupid idea to do it this way. Would have asked if we could have had it brought to the marina to properly get it out but there are cameras all over there, right here tho, there are none. Getting the trailer out of the water and back on the beach I leaned back in the seat as the unknown guy came up to my door.
"That was the stupidest idea I've ever seen! What were you thinking?!"
"I feel stupid for asking this but what is your name?" I asked.
"WHAT! Answer my question now!" the unnamed man demanded.
"To be honest, i don't know. It worked didn't it?" I questioned. "Now what is your name?"
"Its.... Gabriel." Gabriel answered. I squinted my eyes as I knew he was lying but i decided to go along with it.
"Alright just tell Mikey and Paul to hop into the boat and we'll leave. Did you give Jimmy the cash?"
"I thought we were stealing it?" Gab asked.
"We are. Im just making sure you didn't give it to him." I said as I leaned onto the steering wheel. "Five hundred g's is a lot of money."
"I haven't seen him since we got the boat onto the trailer but I still have the cash. So we good to go?"
"Yea just tell those knuckleheads its time to go then hop into the cab." I said as i waited. Once Gabriel got into the truck I put it into high gear to get out of the sand, and in the rear view mirrors on my side I could see Jimmy running to get onto the yacht. 'Since those two idiots are sitting by the bow Jimmy should be able to get inside the boat like in the story.' I thought as I got the truck onto the freeway. Dropping it into first I pressed the gas pedal and floored it.
"So where are we headed?" Gabriel asked as I shifted into second and hitting fifty miles per hour.
"A warehouse in the Industrial district." I said as I shifted into third, passing the irst intersection. Out of the corner of my eye I caught the sight of a red sentinel entering the freeway. 'Right on time.' I thought with a smirk.
"Hey we got someone following us." Gabriel said as he looked in his mirror.
"Don't worry about it. It's probably just Jimmy's dad trying to chase us down." I said as we entered the tunnel.
"The passenger is climbing up. I think he's gonna try and jump for the boat!" he yelled.
"Hey hey, I'm right here. No need to yell. I have it all under control." I said, leaving the tunnel. Next thing I heard was the tall tale sound of the hammer of a pistol being cocked. 'Shit.' I thought with a mental sigh as I rammed into a tow truck.
"Alright I have had enough of this. I was planning on waiting until we got to our stop to take this from you but this shit that you're pulling has left me no choice." He said.
"So you're a Con man huh?" I asked.
"Yea? so what."
"Then I have no regrets of doing this." I said as I jerked the wheel to the right hard to get onto the on ramp for La Puerta freeway. Doing this caused him to be thrown to the door, and I continued on my way. Looking in the mirror for a brief second I could barely see Paul struggling with Franklin, trying to push him off.
"Stop the truck right now." Gabriel said as he pressed the gun to the side of my head.
"Would that be wise with people following?" I questioned.
"I don't care." he said as he pushed it harder.
"Oh well." I said as I applied the brakes just a little. But with the speed we were going it caused Gabriel to hit the dash. "Should have been wearing your seat belt."
"Mother fucker!" he yelled as he rushed to put the gun to my head. Releasing one hand from the wheel I grabbed the slide and yanked it to me. Losing balance he came towards me and I head butted him hard, causing him to slump into the seat. Wincing from the pain in my head I continued on driving like the truck did in the game.
"Man they are right, when you head butt you never win." I mumbled as I passed the off ramp for Dutch London Street. In the mirror i could see the boom going out to the side of the boat with Jimmy on it. I slowed down a little and made sure that Micheal could get it. Once I saw Jimmy fall I kept my speed until I saw Franklin jump off the yacht and into the sentinel, and by then I was passing over the water. To be honest I still think that Franklin should have stayed on because of the fact that it is a smarter idea, but i didn't make the game.
Once I saw their car slow down tremendously I floored it until i passed the red truss bridge I slowed down to the speed limit. Continuing on down Elysian Island freeway I turned right and headed towards San Andreas Ave on El Rancho Blvd. Once I was on San Andreas Ave I made the first left and made a wide turn down the alleyway and down the ramp. I had to take it slow as I didn't want to break anything. Pulling in I turned the truck to the right and back it up behind the Transfer & Storage Co. building in the spot where is usually a box trailer sitting. Getting out I walked to the other side of the truck and grabbed Gabriel and dragged his unconscious body to the warehouse next to the shipping building and tied him up in the back office before heading outside to the left side of the building and saw my Sadler sitting there right under the overpass. Texting Martin I told him I was on my way before cranking the truck up and headed to his ranch.
The trip there was uneventful to say the least and I gave a tired sigh as I pulled up into the ranches main entrance and stopped at the small round about at the main steps to the house. Turning the truck off I got out just as Martin came out to greet me.
"Mr. Smirnov, so nice of you to join me. I was expecting you to get here sometime before three." he said as he came up to me.
"Sorry Mr. Madrazo," I said formally "I would have been here sooner but there was an unexpected..... outcome to the business I was doing earlier."
"Alright very well. Since you are here let's head inside and talk business."
"Let's." I said as we headed inside. Going in I noticed everything still looked the same except for the fact that the wall I had put up that had the TV on it was gone and had the double doors there again. Kinda bummed me out seeing as I put a lot of work into that and I was very proud of myself. Oh well. Sitting down on the striped couch I waited for Martin to sit in the white leather chair. "So what's the job?" I asked.
"Well first a little backstory, see a friend of mine has been in a nasty dispute with a competitor of mine and is being tried. Now you know the legal system falls apart if jury members are not honest. We approached twelve members of a jury, and paid them to bring down a guilty verdict on my competition. My competitor must have paid them more for innocent. Only because they took my money do I greenlight all of them. Now I need you to take them out quick, or authorities will catch on. Can you do that?" he asked me.
"I can. Just make sure that you pay up at the end of this job." I said as I got up.
"Mr. Smirnov you offend me. I am a man of my word, and I never go against it." he said as he placed a hand on his chest. "But before you go, here is a PDA with all of the jurors locations in real time." he said as he handed me said PDA. I gave no words to him as I left. "A thank you would be nice!" he yelled as I walked out of his house and headed to my truck before getting in and checking the tablet. Looking around I saw that the closest one was by the SubUrban on Popular street. Giving a grunt I put the truck in drive and headed to finish the job Madrazo gave me.
I mean it's just a simple mission from him back on the 360, how hard could it be?