Starlight Saint

After his surrender to Starlight and Paul, Price was driven back to the mansion. On the way, he called everyone who remained of the Westside Rollerz and had them meet him back at the mansion for a very important meeting.

After an hour, Price began what was to be their final meeting to announce that the Rollerz would be disbanded, effective immediately. This meant that everyone would have to either drop their flags or find another gang to join. Some members were confused by this while others could see the truth for what it was: The Saints had beaten them.

Among the ones who dropped their flags, one member was feeling very resentful for what happened. He couldn’t believe this was happening. The same bitch who cut off his hand had also brought his gang to ruin. From that day he swore his vendetta to Starlight in silence as he dropped his flags and went into hiding.

After the announcement, Price had left to go find Donnie. Starlight returned home where her parents greeted her.

“So, is it done?” Johnny asked.

Starlight nodded, “Yep, the Rollerz are just a memory now.”

“Julius will be glad to know that.”

“You should take a day off from working with the Saints to unwind,” Aisha offered. “Better yet, a week.”

Starlight hummed, “A week is tempting, but if we don’t push against the Vice Kings or the Carnales soon, they might come to us first. I think we can afford a day though.”

“Then let’s have a family outing. It’ll be good for all of us, especially since I have to return to the studio in a couple of days.” Aisha was not looking forward to that.

“If it makes you feel any better, mom, I got the deed to a mansion on Misty Lane,” Starlight offered.

“We, uh, won it in a lottery,” Johnny lied. However, Aisha saw through that lie quickly.

“Johnny, if you’re gonna lie, make sure the other person doesn’t know you that well. It doesn’t take a genius to know Starlight swiped the place from the Rollerz. While I’m not all that comfortable moving into a place that was once a gang headquarters, it’s still better than where we’re living now.”

Johnny’s embarrassment was compounded by his daughter giving him an ‘I told you so’ look.

Aisha continued, “After our outing tomorrow, I’m gonna start gathering some boxes for us to put our stuff in. I’m also going to check out the mansion and see what we keep and what we sell.”

“Sounds good to me,” Johnny said.

“I’ll call Paul and tell him he can do whatever he wants for tomorrow,” Starlight offered.

The next day was filled with activity as the three went to have lunch at some uptown restaurant followed by a movie at Max Visions Theater in Humbolt Park. They decided on ‘The Gods Hate Kansas’. After that they went to the Stilwater Science Center where Starlight had a blast while Johnny was bored out of his mind until some random passerby started hitting on his daughter which ended up with the poor guy on the receiving end of her father’s fist-fueled catharsis and the family having to leave quickly before the cops came.

After a dinner at a place of Johnny’s choice, which he picked Freckle Bitch’s, much to Aisha’s exasperation, the three returned home to prepare for tomorrow.

The next day, Starlight did her morning rituals before heading back to work with her father while Aisha began making preparations for their move.

At the church, the other Saints were going about their business while Johnny made himself comfortable behind his desk in a room that had a number of Aisha’s posters on the walls. He avoided putting the more questionable ones up because Starlight wasn’t ready to see those yet.

Since Paul hadn’t checked in yet, Starlight decided to pass the time listening to her music for about an hour before Julius came into the room. Starlight put her headphones away to pay attention to her leader.

“You did fine work takin’ out the Rollerz, Starlight, but now it’s time we moved on to bigger fish. We still got King and the Lopez brothers to deal with. It’s time we started movin’ on one of them. Who are you plannin’ on goin’ after next?”

Starlight pondered on that for a few moments. However, she already knew who she planned to target next. “The Vice Kings have been a thorn in mom’s side for too long, so Paul and I are taking them next.”

“Alright, Johnny and Dex will tell you everything we know about who King surrounds himself with.”

As Julius left, Paul approached her. Starlight quickly noticed that her friend looked like he just got out of bed while holding his head as if he was nursing a headache. “What happened to you?” Starlight asked.

“Overslept and I have a hangover. Since we were taking a break yesterday, I spent it taking part in the demolition derby. I won first place and celebrated with a night of drinking.”

“Well, congratulations on winning the derby. I hope you are still in a decent fighting condition because we’re about to go after the Vice Kings.”

“Ugh…alright, let’s do this.” Despite his willingness to get the day started, it was obvious that Paul was very hung over and Starlight was concerned that it might hinder his performance today.

Starlight wasn’t sure about his effectiveness while in that state so she turned to one of the thugs nearby. “Hey! Bring me a shot glass, an egg, a bottle of worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and a bottle of Tabasco Sauce.” She handed the thug some money for the groceries. “Please hurry!”

The thug ran off and returned fifteen minutes later with the requested items. She put the glass on a table before taking an egg from a carton and breaking it, placing the raw yolk into the glass. She then added the other ingredients before handing the glass to Paul. “Drink this.”

“What the fuck is that?” Paul asked.

“It’s a hangover remedy. I could have added tomato juice to it to make it look less disgusting but I felt that you needed to learn a lesson on not overdoing a night of revelry when you have things to do the next day.”

“I ain’t drinkin’ that.”

“Don’t blame me if you get gunned down by some common thug just because you couldn’t think straight with your headache.”

As much as he wanted to protest further, Paul’s headache was painful enough to be a distraction he didn’t need. In the end, he acquiesced to his friend’s offer. “Fine!” he grumbled. Paul pinched his nose and threw back the glass. It was as disgusting as he imagined it would be and more. The taste wasn’t too bad but the slimy texture alone would serve as a reminder to control his drinking in the future. The remedy helped a little, enough that he felt that he could fight effectively despite the headache.

With that done, Starlight led Paul to Johnny’s office where he and Dex were waiting for them. “What kept ya?” Johnny asked.

“Nothing important,” Starlight dismissed. “What do we need to know about the Vice Kings?”

“First, you should know about the kind of man we’re up against. The Vice Kings are named after their leader, Benjamin King. That don’t happen unless you’re a professional or a badass and in King’s case, he’s both. Then you got Tanya Winters who runs King’s sex trade and Warren Williams, their numbers guy. Thing is, Tanya’s leadin’ most of the higher ups by their cocks, including King’s enforcer, Anthony Green. About the only one Tanya isn’t manipulating is King.

“Sounds like this Tanya person is setting things up to stage a coup against King,” Starlight noted.

“Yeah, that’s what I figured too,” Dex affirmed.

Starlight remembered something else that she overheard from Troy a while ago. He mentioned something about Monroe and most of the precinct being bribed by King which meant that it won’t just be the gang they will have to contend with. She would have to plan her next steps more carefully this time.

Johnny continued his explanation, “Anyways, from what Julius told me, the VKs were started decades ago by him and King in order to drive out the Carnales. They succeeded, but that’s when things turned sour for Julius when he saw the gang he built with King turn into another group lookin’ to control the city, makin’ them no better than the Carnales. Seein’ this, Julius dropped his flags and went into hiding for a while until he started the Saints.

“Makes me wonder how Julius feels about King now,” Starlight wondered.

“Who kn–” Johnny’s phone suddenly rang. He looked at the caller ID to find that it was his wife calling. “Hang on, your mother’s callin’.” He answered, “Aisha, what’s goin’ on?” His cheerful expression quickly dropped to a concerned frown. “Whoa, slow down. Okay, that’s not slower, that’s louder. Shit! Where are they headed? Don’t worry, we got this.” He ended the call.

“What’s up?” Dex asked.

“Some muthafuckas grabbed Aisha’s sister right off the street!”

“WHAT!?” Starlight shouted.

Starlight’s mind briefly turned to her aunt Delilah who was always supportive of her sister and helped her to stay on the straight path to become the person she was today. She often visited and played with Starlight as she was growing up. She also curbed Starlight’s tendencies to be more like her father. It worked to some extent as she never turned out as violent as her father was, though she did find her own way to be a menace to her enemies.

Starlight loved her aunt dearly and was about as close to her as she was with her parents. Because of this, things were going to get messy today.

“Shit man, that’s the sixth girl this month.” Dex said. “We know who’s doing this?”

“Yeah, the Vice Kings,” Johnny accused.

“No way man, kidnapping ain’t King’s style.”

“Probably that slut Tanya goin’ behind King’s back, wouldn’t be surprised.” Johnny turned to Starlight and Paul. “Change of plans. Aisha said they were drivin’ a yellow sedan. If that ain’t more proof that it’s them, I don’t know what is. Meet me at my car nearby. We’re tailin’ those fuckers to find out where they’re keepin’ the girls and getting them back.”

As the three were leaving, Dex put a hand on Paul’s shoulder to stop him for a moment. “Keep an eye on those two, they look really pissed and I don’t want them going too far with their rampage.” Paul nodded and left.

A few minutes later, the three entered Johnny’s Venom sports car. “Let’s go.” Starlight coldly stated.

Johnny drove around casually while looking for any yellow sedans who might be around. Thankfully they didn’t have to wait long as they quickly spotted the vehicle. Johnny tailed the VK car to an old warehouse. They spotted the driver leaving his car and opening the passenger door and pulling out a dark-skinned woman wearing a strapless top that showed her love for Aisha on it.

Seeing the way the guy was forcefully marching Delilah into the warehouse while hitting her in the head with his pistol set Starlight over the edge.

Johnny stopped his car beside the sedan before Starlight quickly got out. She unsheathed her wado ichimonji and pulled out an SMG. Her gaze promised blood. “Stay here,” she ordered. Paul got chills when he heard that while Johnny was disappointed that he was going to miss the coming slaughter. He figured that Starlight needed some stress relief to help her calm down.

The next two minutes were a cacophony of pained screams as Starlight cut down the thugs who dared to abduct her aunt. She wasn’t about to allow the condemned to fight back so she used her magic to force their weapons out of their hands. She didn’t want this to be a battle, this was to be an execution.

After turning the warehouse into a bloodbath, Starlight found a locked door in the back. She knocked on it to see if her aunt was there. “Aunt Delilah? Are you in there?”

“Starlight? Is that you?” Delilah asked.

“Yeah, I cleared the warehouse of your kidnappers. Is there anyone else with you?”

“Just me and two other girls. The one who was leading these guys was dressed like a pimp. He’s got the key to the door. I heard that he was planning on going to Tee’N’Ay.”

Starlight looked around the body count she had made and didn’t see anyone wearing pimp clothes so she figured that the pimp went to the place Delilah mentioned. She wasn’t sure what Tee’N’Ay was though.

“Alright, I’ll be back with the key. If it’s not me but someone wearing a purple shirt, you can trust them.” Starlight figured that she was probably not going to be coming back to the warehouse if she got her hands on the pimp who led this kidnapping ring, so she would entrust this to Paul.

Starlight then teleported her shotgun and a few rounds into the holding cell. “If they are wearing yellow, use that for self-defense,” she instructed.

“Huh? How did all this just appear in here?” However, Delilah’s question went unanswered as her niece ran out of the warehouse and jumped into her father’s car.

“The leader went to Tee’N’Ay,” Starlight informed Paul and Johnny.

“Gotcha!” Johnny put the car in reverse and quickly drove all the way back to the road which scared nearby drivers. He knew of a Tee’N’Ay one block over so they checked it out.

As Starlight got out of the car, Johnny and Paul also got out. “Wait out here,” Starlight ordered.

“Not gonna happen, little missy,” Johnny countered. “One, I wanna mess up this guy’s face before you do whatever you intend to do to him. Two, your mother would make me sleep on the couch for a week if she found out I let you walk into a strip joint unattended.”

Starlight gave her father a scandalized look, “Wait, that’s what Tee’N’Ay is?!” While she had received sex education recently, it was still an uncomfortable topic for her, but one that she felt that she would get used to before long.

“Let’s go,” Johnny said before the three of them entered the place. A bouncer looked ready to deny them entry but he wasn’t wearing yellow so he could be someone neutral.

However, even if he was neutral, that didn’t exempt him from getting floored by Johnny and knocked out cold. “Look at that, sleepin’ on the job,” he quipped.

Inside, the strip bar was lacking in sex workers but there were a few Vice King thugs inside, one of them was dressed in a luxurious yellow coat with a fur collar, a typical look for a pimp, which meant that he was their target.

Paul and Johnny made short work of the thugs while Starlight guarded the entrance to make sure the pimp didn’t escape. The pimp was then forced onto the floor on his stomach by her father. “You made a big mistake kidnappin’ my sister in law. I would have looked for better ways to fuck you VKs over than to deal with you, but you fucked up real bad.”

Making good on his promise, Johnny rolled the pimp onto his back before he smashed his face with a baseball bat. The impact knocked out a few teeth and broke his nose, leaving him in need of plastic surgery if he ever survived today. After breaking his fingers and another hit to the head, the guy was knocked out cold.

Paul grabbed whatever sturdy material he could find to make a rope with it and tie up the pimp. Johnny picked up the unconscious man and carried him outside to his car.

“Trunk?” Johnny asked.

“Trunk,” Starlight affirmed.

Before he did that, Starlight rifled through the pimp’s pockets and found the key to the warehouse door. She tossed the key to Paul. “Take my aunt and the girls to the church,” Starlight ordered. Paul nodded and went off to find a car to hijack.

Johnny then stuffed the pimp into his trunk and the two jumped into the car. “Let’s take him to Mr. Wong’s place.” Starlight offered.

On their way to Chinatown, Starlight called Julius to let him know that Bavogian Plaza, which was where the warehouse and strip bar were located, was ripe for the taking. She then placed a call to Mr. Wong to inform him that they were bringing someone who needed to be punished while pointing out his crimes.

After a few minutes, Starlight and Johnny arrived at Wong’s manor where they dragged the pimp who regained consciousness inside.

Wong awaited them in the foyer with his translator whose leg was in a cast.

“This is the one who kidnapped someone under my protection?” Wong asked.

“Fuck you, old man!” the pimp snapped. “I ain’t afraid of you or the Saints. Tanya don't give a shit about who's under your protection. To her, you're just some washed up Triad from the past who still thinks himself a big shot. You ain't shit!”

Wong frowned, “Disrespectful of his elders as well as women? It would seem that you are in dire need of discipline. This seems to be a good first task for my newest enforcer.”

The elder called for someone to enter the room. To Starlight’s and Johnny’s surprise, that enforcer turned out to be Joseph Price. The former Rollerz leader bowed respectfully to his new boss as part of his training. “What do you need, Mr. Wong?”

“This man in yellow is in need of strict discipline and I task you with delivering it to him however you see fit.”

Seeing the colors of a rival gang and the go-ahead to do to him as he pleased brought a wicked grin on the man’s face. “With pleasure, Mr. Wong.” He then grabbed the man by his velvet robes and dragged him into another room.

Wong then turned to the family duo. “Thank you for delivering this matter to me. Go and make sure that your aunt is alright.”

Starlight and Johnny bowed respectfully and left the manor. On the ride back home, Johnny voiced his thoughts, “Kinda wish I coulda done more to him, but this’ll do. Once we make sure Delilah is alright, let’s check on your mother and tell her the good news. I’m sure this’ll be the last straw for her. In which case, I think tomorrow we should really make her day and finally execute that plan of yours.”

Starlight smiled, “Finally!”