Doin' it Grand

by Blaze Fury

Chapter 8: Lost and Damned

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I headed inside with Brandon and went into the kitchen, passing the living room I could see some of the girls looking at me with a hurt look but i ignored it for now and went forward. Going back in I sat down from where i bolted and pulled under the table. I leaned forward and rested my arms on the wooden table while Brandon when and messed around with the cabinets.

"So would you like to share?" He asked while still looking around.

"Only if you do the same in return... anyways he gave me some important info after the fiasco died down. Apparently the military is working on a space travel." I tapped the table.

"So? We've been to the Moon before, what's the big deal?" He gave me a raised eyebrow as he looked over his shoulder.

"No no not like that I mean literal space travel."

Turning around her crossed his arms over his chest and gave me a unbelieving look. "What like Interstellar?"

"Not exactly but sorta yeah."

"Do you know how retarded that sounds..."

"Yeah it does but I believe what he said, how stupid and impossible it sounded..."

"So if, and this is a big fucking IF, if we can get to their project how can we send them back? I doubt we'd be able to go in and come out."

"Well we'll have time to think about this thoroughly as I kinda want to do as much of the story we can so I can blow up some shit." I chuckled darkly.

"So what happens next in the story?" He asked, causing me to stop and scratch my chin.

"The death of Jay Norris as the mission Friend's Request so next should be the Jewelry store robbery in Rockford Hills."

"Vangelico right?"

"Yeah how did you know?" I asked as I was curious as to how he knew the store.

"I had to escort a rich chick there once so she could buy some more, memorable job."

"Memorable in a good way or bad way."

"Bad, fucking bad. I had to hold myself back form putting a bullet through her eyes. Bitch was annoying and kept talking down to me."

"Well if what I remember happens, there was two choices. Going in loud or doing the smart approach... and knowing Micheal he'll do the smart move"

"So he's going to need guns."

"Yeah if he's going for the loud approach." I smiled at his mistake.

"Well my bad I never really played the campaign that much." He snarked.

"It's okay man I wasn't trying to be an asshole about it. But for the smart approach he's going to need to get a Bugstar pest control van and some knockout gas from Humane Labs."

"That shouldn't take him that long." He was rubbing his chin in thought by this point and I decided to get up. Standing I pushed my chair under the table before walking over to Brandon and leaning against the counter. "Think he'll grab the van or just a single case?"

"To be honest, I'd just get a single one even though in the game it drops three. I'll have to keep an eye on the news to see what he does. It is guaranteed he's going to do it if he wants to repay Martin for the damages to the stilt house."

"Still can't believe he did that..."

"Well I mean he did think that the tennis couch was fucking his wife." I made a gesture with my hands.

"Yeah but that fuck couldn't afford a stilt house, and the cheapest one was around four hundred and fifty k. He wouldn't ever be able to afford that."

"Yeah but he had his rage clouding his judgement at the time so cut him some slack, cause Martin didn't."

"Anyways, do you know when that psycho is coming into the game?" He raised an eyebrow at me as he asked.

"Should be after this heist, since Micheal is going to say something on the news that'll get Trevor to come here. After that we'll have to keep an eye out on the docks and Vespucci beach."

"How? We really have access to complex cameras out here in the country." He waved his arm around.

"I know this, I did place some cameras around the place to keep a good eye on him. He maybe crazier than us but compared to us he's just a kid with a gun."

"Yeah he really does act like a kid, we have actual military experience behind us." He said and I nodded in agreement.

"Yeah and I also have a feeling that if I continue to try and manipulate the story it's going to drag me into it."

"Why's that?"

"Just a gut feeling really.... I don't have a real reason behind it."

"I trust you on this." Nodding we stood there for a minute in silence before I patted his shoulder.

"Come on man lets go sit down and enjoy ourselves with everyone else. I mean I came here to spend time with you, Micha and the girls." I stopped leaning against the counter and started going to the living room, my shoes making clacking sounds on the cheap linoleum floor. Brandon said nothing and instead followed me. Walking into the living room the girls gave me a cautious look, though I could see a look of pity in them too. Fluttershy had woken up by this point and sat beside Dash and AJ, Rarity, twilight and pinkie being after them. Sitting on the opposite side of the sectional couch was Micha and he gave Brandon and I a bored look as we walked in. The couch was a brown cloth design and it had a glass coffee table in the middle of it that was all in front a large flat screen TV that hung on the wall. Sitting down on the side with Micha, I got comfy as Brandon sat beside me.

"About earlier..... I am sorry for the outburst. It's just i had memories brought back that I would rather be forgotten."

"Ah'll be the first ta say it, I don't like the way ya acted... but painful memories tend ta do that to yah." AJ said, looking me dead in the eyes. Her emerald eyes showing understanding as if she had known the pain of mine, in some way or another.

"But don't think we've forgiven you buster!" Rainbow yelled as she pointed a finger at me, her magenta eyes showing that she was defending her friends to the end.... tough loyalty in her.

"And I don't expect you to." I said with closed eyes before looking to Twilight, who's flinched slightly at my gaze. "And to you Twilight I am truly sorry for my outburst, but I know that any excuse I make will not be enough but I mean it to the fullest.

"I-I believe you," she cleared her throat and looked at me with a more authoritative look. "Just make sure not to do it again okay? Friends aren't meant to be mad at each other all the time." Friends? I haven't even been around them in a while and I'm a friend to her? What notions of friendship are to be useful here in the god forsaken city? The only thing here in Los Santos that'll get you anywhere is money, as they say 'Cash is King'. Though a thought came to my mind, maybe... just maybe there could be redemption in this place. This thought made me grin before laughing out loud which was soon followed by Pinkie laughing alongside me, what she was laughing about I had no idea.

Twilight looked at me with a flustered face as I laughed before giving a humph and folding her arms under her small bust. "I don't see what I said to be funny."

"I-it's not t-that." I managed to say as my laughs died down. "Just a funny thought came to mind is all."

"You do know I wasn't joking about you being my friend right?" She asked with big eyes as she looked at mine. Shock adorning my face as I saw she was being serious.

"What do you mean? You girls haven't even known us for that long and some of you have seen us do things that aren't nice." I tried to defend myself.

"Yes but I know that deep in my heart that you are a nice and kindhearted person." I looked to both Micha and Brandon, turning my head from side to side before bursting in laughter again. "What's so funny!?" She demanded, and it took me half a minute before i was able to talk again.

"T-twilight.... sweetie... I kill, steal, and other bad things just to get by everyday. Do you really think a monster like me can have 'friends'?"

"Well you have those two sugar." AJ chimed in as she pointed to the guys.

"That's because we have been together since this whole thing started, as well as some others but something else happened and we all split our ways."

"What do you mean by 'since this whole thing started'?" Twilight inquired with a raised eyebrow and leaning towards us.

"I'll tell you a story of a young boy, fresh from school and ready to start his life as an adult." I waved my hands around in dramatic fashion as I told my tale. "He came home and had two of his best buddies there and they drank themselves to they passed out. When they awoke they were somewhere familiar but not in the same place. Inside of a world they once knew as a game they met others who were sent there too and they all as a group did the best they could to survive." I finished by resting my hands on my legs.

"Who's this mysterious boy!? I want to throw him and his friends a party!" Pinkie exclaimed as she bounced on the couch, and I gave a deadpanned expression as I watched her.

"Pinkie." I said with an even tone, which got her attention and I watched as she looked my in the eye with her cyan orbs.

"Yes Chrissy?" She asked with innocence and I grunted in annoyance form her nickname.

Gritting my teeth I looked at her and responded calmly. "One, don't ever call me that again... please. Two, those boys were us. Basically this isn't our original world. Neither it is for you girls."

"Ooooooooh....." She responded before she looked like she was about to get up.

"Don't even think about throwing a party, I don't like them." My words seemed to have hit her hard as shock took her face and her hair straightened slightly.

"W-what do you mean you don-t like parties?" Her hands were cupping her mouth as she looked like she was on the verge of tears.

"I don't like them and thats it Pinkie, I only tolerate them. Now please for me, lets drop this." I said as I looked to the rest of the girls. Pinkie nodded and didn't say anything as she sat back in her seat on the couch. ""So what is it do you girls want to watch? I have a variety of different movies to watch stashed here." I received a chorus of agreements from the girls as they all seemed to get excited from the proposition of watching a movie.

The next few hours were spent watching movies of different varieties from action to love dramas, those of which were hard to sit through as this world isn't very good at movie making. Though they were way better than what the game made their media to be out to be, but I blame the lazy game makers in that regard. By now all the girls were asleep on the other side of the of the sofa, while Brandon had seemed to have fallen asleep long ago if the drool was anything to go by. Looking over to Micha, who seemed close behind them, I waved to him and quietly got up and pointed to the direction of the bathroom.

"Hey I'm going to go and take a shower, then go to bed." He gave a slow nod as his eyes tried staying open behind his rimmed glasses. "Maybe you should give in and sleep, might have something happen tomorrow." Nodding his eyes closed and soon i heard quiet snores; hearing this made me chuckle lightly as I turned and crept away, unaware of a pair of magenta eyes watching me.

Once I was out of the living room I walked easier towards the bathroom, but I made a pit stop at the closet in the hallway to grab myself a towel. Opening the white wooden shack door i grabbed a large towel and closed the door and finished my trip to the bathroom. Not bothering to lock the door I shut it behind me and turned the lights on before undressing. Setting my boots to the side I placed my shirt and pants on the white counter and gave my chest a quick glance before ignoring it, going ahead and taking my underwear and sock off. Placing them in the hamper in the bathroom I walked to the separate shower and opened the glass door, entered and shut it right after.

Turning to the faucet I turned the water on, jumping as the cold water hit my skin. Sucking air I messed with the handles and changed the water to my liking. The sound of water sprinkling out of the shower head was all I could hear as I began to wash my body, not even noticing the bathroom door opening and closing. Grabbing a bottle of shampoo I opened it and squirted some in my hand then began lathering my hair. I did this for a minute or two to make sure that it was in my hair before beginning to wash my body. I was about to until I heard the sound of the glass door to the shower open.

Acting on instinct I grabbed the intruder and twirled around and shoved them against the wall and placed my arm against their throat. Huffing as I was on adrenaline it took me a second before i realized who i had against the wall, it was Rainbow Dash. Throwing my arm down in frustration I gave a huff as i waited for her to catch her breath.

"You know it's not a very smart idea to sneak up on me." I glared down at her, the water beating my shoulders.

"Yeah *cough* yeah I c-can see." She kneeled down and rubbed her sore neck. I waited about a few seconds before grabbing her and moving her to the back of the shower. "Hey!" Her words were raised as i moved her.

"Stop complaining. You were the one that came in here." I huffed and began to wash my body again. We were in the shower for a bit in quiet before I spoke again. "So why are you in here, naked, with me, someone you haven't know for a while?" I didn't receive a reply from her. "Not gonna respond?" My response to that was the feeling of her body pressing against my back.

"I-It's not that..."

"Then what is it?" I stopped washing myself as I listened, feeling her bare nipples against my sensitive back.

"Be...because." I heard her huff.

"I'm not going to get a full response from you am I?" I raised a brow even though she couldn't see it.

"Look. I'm not good with this okay? Ju-just roll with it 'kay?"

"Whatever. Just try not to get in the way." She backed up and I went to finish washing my body. Rinsing off I grabbed her sides and put her under the water. Squeaking in surprise I let out a small smile at her reaction before beginning to wash her.

"H-hey!" She blushed as i washed her hair.

"If you're gonna be in here then you're gonna get washed. No need in wasting water." I gave a bigger smile as I washed the soap out of her hair.

"What shampoo did you use?" She questioned.

"The same one I used. Judging by your personality you aren't one for girly stuff." I then moved on to her body, washing her back.

"O-okay i think i can get this now." She stampered in her words as my hands touched her lower back.

"Nope. This is punishment for coming in here and not telling me why." I chucked as i continued, my hands working around her body. She gasped and yelped when my hands went over her chest and near her privates. By the time i shut the water off I left her a blushing mess from the teasing, and to be honest it was fun. Felt like i was back in the real world... remembering that now made me think of my family and girlfriend. Though I need to forget about that, too much has happened here for us to me able to live in that world anymore... and it pains me to know that for a fact.

Drying off, I brushed my teeth and did my hair as I watched Rainbow get out of the shower. Watching her i went on with my duties and spat the toothpaste into the sink.

"Eye's caught on something?" She smirked at me in the mirror.

"What? Do you mean by that flat chest and small ass of yours?" she gaped her mouth at my words as I finished combing my hair. Turning to her, still naked mind you, I just smiled. "Too rude?" She looked at me in the eyes for a few seconds before her eyes went south and her face slowly grew red as she saw me.

"Ummmm."

"Jeez Rainbow never seen a dick before?" I turned around and grabbed my clothes and began to get dressed in my pajamas. Not waiting I left after I dressed and went to the master bedroom in the house and climbing into the bed. Joining me not too long after, Rainbow got in the bed with me. Bothered by this I glared at her. "You're lucky I can't file a restraining order on you."

"Just deal with it okay? Everyone else is asleep and I don't want to wake them up."

"Fine." I huffed as I rolled over and turned away from her. "Just don't wake me up."

"Sure thing." She whispered as I slowly fell asleep, the warmth of the bed sending me into a pleasant sleep for once.


The next morning was embarrassing to say the least as Rainbow and I were found cuddling in the bed as everyone either laughed or took photo's. Anyway over the course of the next few days I spent my time hanging out with my friends and the girls, Rainbow still trying to talk and socialize with me... much to my despise. We didn't really do much as there isn't really anything to do out in Blaine County so everyone stayed at the house and just chilled. The days were spent in relative peace as I just lived for better words, though I did have to go down to Dollar Pill's on Route 68 to get some milk and eggs because Pinkie has the *need* to bake shit. I told her it wasn't necessary but she ended up calling me silly. Other than that I spent my time in the back inside that faded yellow barn atop the hill trying to fix my duke that had be wrecked when I chased Merryweather nabbed Micha. It would take me weeks or even months to fix it, luckily enough the frame wasn't bent or the engine and trans damaged.

After a week out here that's when things began to pick up again. A day prior was when Micheal went and stole the guns and started the jewelry store heist, but that's not important. What is is the Lost and Damned coming and knocking on my front door. With my gun in hand, I cocked it before cracking the door open. Looking him over I saw he was wearing the typical biker attire for the Lost and Damned from the game, his aging hair hung from his head as his gruff face looked at me.

"Can I help you?" I raised a brow as I held the gun behind my head.

"Yeah I came here on behave of my chapter's president to ask for your... protection money." I glared at him for a few seconds before I slammed the door in his face. Undoing the lock on the door I walked out and shut it behind me.

"Are you really going to ask me that kind of shit?" I looked down at him, standing about a half a foot taller than him.

"Why yes. It is important for us to do this, rival gangs and such. Plus we need income somehow." He shrugged. Growling i dropped my hands to my sides, the gun in my right perfectly visible to him.

"I don't know what you on about but I don't need no 'protection'. Especially from some deadbeat biker gang." I growled.

"Look man I don't want no trouble but if your askin for-" I cut him off by firing a bullet at the ground next to him, an unamused expression on my face. To be honest I've had enough of this guys shit.

"Look man just go somewhere else and ask someone less fortunate for this protection money." I huffed and turned around and went to open the door to the house but stopped when I felt a cold barrel of a gun pressed to the back of my neck.

"We could have done this the easy way cocksucker. Now we'e gonna do this the hard way. Gimme the money and I wont put a bullet in the back of your skull." He emphasized this by cocking the hammer at the back.

"Look. You really don't want to do this. You'd rather me be a friend than an enemy." I held up my arms as he had the gun pressed firmly against my neck.

"Well all ya had to do was gimme the money and I would have been on my way. But you had to go and do it the hard way." I rolled my eyes as I twirled around quicker than he could react and grasped his wrist with the gun and pushed upwards. In a panic he fired his gun off, the bullet hitting the shingles on the house as I stared at the biker with a death glare.

"Like. I. Said. You really don't want me to be an enemy." My voice held no emotion as my eyes grew blank. Twisting around I pulled him towards me, my back hitting his chest while I brought my arm up and elbowed his own elbow. A sickening crack was heard as I broken it. Following it up I jabbed his chest a few times before his his throat once. Falling to the ground I grasped his pistol he let go off and dismantled it. The pieces fell to the ground as I took the magazine and shook it around. "Go back to your gang and tell them that we don't need any 'protection'. And that if I see so much as a single biker near my house.... I'll come down to your hideout and kill you all... Unless Johnny really want's me find where his ex-girlfriend is." I finished it with a sick smile on my face as I popped my knuckles against the mag.

Nodding frantically the biker said nothing as he slowly got up and went to his bike. I watched him with cold eyes as he left, waiting until I couldn't hear his engine anymore before picking the pistol off the ground and going back inside. Huffing I locked the door and went into the kitchen to make some coffee.

"It's too early in the morning for the kinda shit." I grunted and turned on the news while waiting for the coffee to be made. Crossing my arms over my chest and leaned against the counter as my eyes trained onto the TV. To be honest I hope that I don't get pulled into the story that often and that it'll follow the course as much as possible without me. I really don't want to get pulled into it if I don't have to. There are only a few times I think I would get pulled into the story, mainly the time when Dave, Micheal and Steve raid the Lab. Any other time I think it'll go along just fine, and in my opinion I could care less how it goes as long as it doesn't effect me.

Watching the news, apparently they weren't as far as I thought. They were just now reporting Jay Norris being killed on live TV by his own phone. Shrugging I poured some coffee and sipped on it as I continued to watch.

"-Jay Norris, Life Invader CEO and controversial champion of openness and data mining, had his data mined all over the stage when his head was blown off while giving a keynote speech to shareholders at the Vinewood Bowel. Tuning it out I rolled my eyes at the stupidity and just drank my coffee. As I fixed myself another cup of coffee I heard the sound of feet shuffling and I turned around to see Brandon coming in, bags under his eyes and a grumpy expression adorning his face.

"Morning." I greeted and the reply I received was a grunt of aggravation. Deciding to go ahead I went and poured him a cup and set it in front of him. Turning back to the TV I continued to watch for about a minute before he decided to speak again.

"So why did I heard gun shots this morning?"

"Because a member of the Lost decided to come here and demand me to pay for 'protection'." I huffed as I remembered the thought.

"Please tell me you didn't shoot him." He glared at me.

"No, but I did break his elbow. And you probably would have done the same if you were in my shoes." he stared at me for a few seconds before sighing.

"You know this is going to result in some form of retaliation right?" He looked at me with a serious glare.

"I realize this yes, but I'm not about to be pressured into paying what is basically money to keep them from messing with us when me, you and Micha can easily go down there and kill them all." I huffed and crossed my arms.

"Whatever. But." He points a finger at me. "Just know if anything bad happens it'll be your fault. I won't tell anyone else this but just keep in mind."

"I will, and if they do decide to do something." My eyes shifted to a cold calculating gaze. "I'll brutally murder them all."

"Jeez man calm down. I doubt they'll do anything that'll warrant the wraith of hell." Brandon shivered at my glare.

"Anyways once Micha gets up we can get ready and then we'll go down to their base of operations here in Blaine county and have a nice, friendly, calm chat about all of this." I nodded to myself as I thought of the plan.

I didn't have to wait long for Micha to actually wake up,it took him about ten minutes or so. Once he had his morning coffee I told him what the plan for today was and he reluctantly agreed to go, because either he went or he would have laid back in the bed until sometime in the afternoon. When we were all ready, all three of us got into the truck and headed down to the trailer park they were residing in.

Though I did not realize it, as we turned off of the highway right after the rail bridge, a convoy of bikes and a lost and damned truck rolled by. Not paying it any attention I would not notice that the man in the passenger seat of the truck was none other than the old man I injured earlier that day, nor would I have seen the disgusting wicked smile he showed as we passed one another.

"So how are we going to do this?" Micha asked as we made the turn after passing the bridge.

"I'm going to tell him about a few things." I replied as I parked the truck right at the entrance to the trailer park.

"Such as?" Brandon asked as we all got out of the truck.

"Such as business of Trevor and drugs across the state. Maybe even intel about Johnny's ex girlfriend." By now we were casually walking to the hideout.

"Well what if Johnny is already dead? Last thing I remember is that Trevor bashed his skull in when we were first introduced to his character." Micha pointed out.

"If that's the case we can forget about the ex." Brandon huffed.

"If it is then we can just give the new leader useful information.... and if not then we can kill all of these fuckers later." I said as we rounded the bend and came to the open area in the middle of the park.

"I really hope you're right. I'm getting a bad feeling." Brandon shivered.

"Yeah... me too." My gaze hardened.


Author's Note

Sorry for the choppiness, I still currently dont have an editor and I edited the best I could atm. I'll go back in for this chapter and the other ones and try my hardest to get all of the errors fixed.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I really hope you stay for the next one.

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