Starlight Saint

Starlight got out of bed and stretched as she prepared for another day of dealing with the Rollerz. She did have to wonder what Lin would have in store for her today so she made sure she had plenty of ammunition for the day.

One of the benefits of working for the Saints was that the income generated from various sources around the neighborhoods owned by them was shared among their members. As such she received a small cut of what the Saints earned periodically, which was about eight hundred today when one of the thugs came by to give her share to her. Julius mentioned that the cut would get larger as the Saints controlled more neighborhoods.

Before she went out the door, Aisha stopped starlight to tell her something. She didn’t look like she got much sleep last night and Starlight suspected that the stalker had said or done something to make her uncomfortable. For now Starlight would hold back her wrath until the Rollerz were finished.

“Hey Starlight, since you’re taking on the Rollerz, I have a contact who could use your help. His name is Phil and he runs a garage in Copperton.”

Starlight smiled and gave her mother a hug which Aisha returned. “Thanks for supporting me, mom. I’ll head out and help Phil when I can.”

Once she was ready, Starlight headed out the door and used her car to pick up Paul.

As they headed back to the western sides of Stilwater, Starlight received a call from Lin. She answered, “What’s up?”

“Hey, I think I got a way to get in deeper with the Rollerz. First though, Julius wanted me to tell you about a storage facility in Pleasant View where the Rollerz stash some of their high-performance cars. He wants you to clear them out so we can take that place over. When you’re done, meet me at the teahouse in Chinatown in a few hours. I need time to get away from these muthafuckas.”

“Alright, we’ll head for the storage facility right away.” Starlight ended the call and put her phone away. “That should give us enough time to help Phil out with his problems,” she told Paul.

Once they reached Pleasant View, Starlight parked the car a few blocks away from the facility to avoid raising suspicion. Now, it was time for recon. “Laserbeak, give me an aerial survey of the storage facility. Locate all blue shirts and blue cars within the facility and its entrances.”

Laserbeak complied and took to the air where it began a scan and spotted a fair number of Rollerz patrolling the facility as well as a number of unattended cars within the storage buildings. It then relayed the information to Starlight’s phone where she thanked her drone for the info.

“I think the boys would appreciate a nice gift. We’d need to take these guys down quietly though so they won’t think to use their cars against us. It’s still early morning so we will have to work fast before it gets too bright.”

Paul nodded in agreement so the two made their way to the facility. The front entrance was guarded by two thugs. Starlight had an idea but she didn’t want Paul around to see what she was about to do. “Check around the other side and see if there are guards there,” Starlight suggested. Paul nodded and headed to the other entrance.

Now that she was alone, Starlight called upon her magic to take control of the minds of the guards and have them shout insults at each other before they would get into a fight. This caused some of the patrol to investigate and try to break up the fight. The thugs were so focused on the fight that they didn’t notice Starlight approach them with her sword drawn. By the time they noticed that their numbers were dropping it was already too late.

Meanwhile, Paul found that the rear entrance had only one guard who looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there so he didn’t appear to be vigilant. Because of this he was able to sneak up to him and snap his neck. He then moved the body to the alley he came from before.

The remaining guards noticed that their homie was missing so they went to look for him. Because of this and because they weren’t aware that something was amiss, nobody was watching their rear because if they did they would have noticed the katana-wielding girl behind them.

The moment one of them shouted in pain the other guards turned to find Starlight pulling her sword out of the thug’s chest. Though they pulled out their weapons they were caught off guard when her partner sprayed the rest of the guards from behind with a T3K Urban SMG.

Once the last guard fell, Starlight gave a call to Julius to let him know that the facility was cleared and that they could move in at any time.

Starlight pulled out a cloth and wiped her sword clean of the blood before putting it away. “Not bad for a stealth job,” she commented.

While they waited for Julius’ crew, the two decided to check out the rides that were left behind. Paul pulled out the chop shop list to check it against the cars in the facility. Starlight noticed this and walked over to him as he seemed to approach one building in particular. “Find one?” she asked.

Paul nodded and pointed to a Raycaster sports car. “Good find!” Starlight noted. She began to inspect the car and was delighted to find what she was looking for. “It even has a racing exhaust so we won’t have to spend our funds at a Rim Jobs putting one in.”

Paul looked at Starlight questioningly, wondering what she was talking about. Starlight raised an eyebrow. “Rim Jobs? We went to one yesterday. They’re all over the city. They offer a great selection of customizations for vehicles, especially the quality fuzzy dice decorations.”

Paul cringed at that last part, thinking they were tacky.

“Hey, I think they’re cool!” Starlight defended.

Paul rolled his eyes.

Starlight snorted into a pout. “Whatever, let’s just get this car dropped off and go see Phil.”

As they left with the vehicle, Julius’ crew moved in and claimed the cars. They would need a paint job before they would be ready to be used by the Saints but it was a small price to pay as they drove out the Rollerz from Pleasant View.

Once they dropped off the Raycaster to Dennis they headed to Copperton, a neighborhood held by the Rollerz, to pay the contact a visit. The guy in question was wearing a white tank top and a dark yellow bandana with brown zig-zag stripes.

The man heard the two coming and went to greet them. “What can I do for…Starlight? Hey, it’s nice to finally meet ya. I’m Phil, an old friend of your mother’s. She once tried to hook me up with her sister but it never worked out.”

“That’s news to me. Still, it’s nice to meet you.”

“I take it your mom still has that stalker?”

“Yeah, but he will be dealt with in due time.”

“Here’s hopin’. So, what brings you to my shop?” Phil asked.

Starlight explained how she was doing work for the Third Street Saints and they were looking for people to spread their fame throughout the city. “I don’t expect you to help us for nothing so if you have something that needs done we can do so.”

Phil thought for a moment and decided to give the two a shot. “Well, if you aren’t afraid of gettin’ your hands dirty, there’s a few cars I’d like for you to get. Most of them are driven by the Rollerz so you’d be sendin’ them a nice ‘fuck you’ as a bonus. Hijack the cars and bring them to me. I heard you’ve been helpin’ Dennis, but I need this list done ASAP. I’ll even throw in a customized Attrazione.”

“I think we can handle that.”

“Tell your mom I said hi,” Phil requested.

Once they left Phil’s shop, Starlight had Laserbeak track down the vehicles on the list. The first target was a Mockingbird compact car, one of the main models used by the Rollerz. Starlight drove up to the target while Paul shot the driver. He then entered the car and drove it to Phil. The Rollerz weren’t too happy with what happened so Starlight had to help Paul by dealing with pursuers. They soon turned the car over and moved on to the next vehicle.

The process was repeated with the other vehicles. This included a Rollerz-owned Zimos standard, a Taxi, a Rollerz-owned Ricochet station wagon, a Thorogood pickup, a Rollerz-owned Voxel standard, a Titan armored truck, and a Rollerz-owned Quasar SUV.”

While Paul and Starlight were hijacking the Titan, which made the police upset with them, Starlight decided to take the wheel for this one. She noticed some foolish woman walking along the middle of the street in a gray dress that went past her knees while wearing sandals. Not wanting to waste time avoiding her and noticing her face looked familiar, Starlight decided to forego shooting the woman with a pistol and just run her over with the truck.

“Stupid Hippie!” Starlight shouted at what was left of Roxanne while Paul silently crossed the woman off the hit list. She sighed as she grumbled, “It’s like they think consequences don’t apply to them and so they think they can do whatever they want. Next thing you know, we’ll see them running for office.” Paul cringed at the thought of someone like that elected into any office.

Once they turned over the last car and visited a Forgive and Forget to get the Rollerz and cops to back off, the two headed over to the teahouse in Chinatown to meet with Lin.

Inside they spotted some skinny guy in a suit offer his lighter to Lin who took it and lit her cigarette before she tossed it over her shoulder, giving the guy a hint that she didn’t need him around. The guy took the hint and walked off, bumping into Paul’s shoulder. “Fuckin’ asshole,” he bitterly grumbled. Paul gave the guy an intimidating look that made the skinny guy back down and leave. Starlight took a spot to Lin’s left and Paul to her right.

“Seems you have ways of makin’ new friends,” Lin commented. “Things are movin’ too slow. We gotta step it up. I hear a guy named Joseph Price calls the shots. I don’t know much about him ‘cept that he’s friends with some mechanic named Donnie. If we get in good with Prince’s crew, we’ll always be one step ahead of those fuckers. Here’s the plan, go and tear up Donnie’s shop. Right when you’re about to finish off Price’s buddy, I’ll rush in and save the day. Make it look good but don’t you two dare mess up my car. If we’re lucky, Donnie will arrange a meet with Price. Thanks for buying my tea.” Lin then walked off.

While Starlight was alright with the plan, she was suddenly feeling a bit petty after Lin made her buy her tea, especially when the bill came to them to show that Lin ordered an expensive blend. She would remember this.

Donnie’s shop was in Sommerset which was the next neighborhood over from Chinatown. There was no need for subtlety for this one so they took Starlight’s car and drove up to it.

Paul got out first and began gunning down the thugs outside the shop while Starlight found an entrance into the garage. Since the objective was to scare Donnie, she decided to go inside giggling like a madwoman with her katana drawn. “Donnie…” she singsonged.

Her antics had the effect that she was going for as the thugs were talking about how they were here for Donny while trying to shoot at her. Starlight kept her moves erratic to throw off their aim. Once Paul joined in on the action, he distracted them so that Starlight could move in and cut them down. She continued giggling as they moved deeper into the shop.

“Fuck, this chick is nuts! Get Donnie outta here!” one of the thugs called out.

By the time they found the mechanic they had nearly cleared out the entire shop. Once Paul gunned down the last two bodyguards Donnie fled out the back with Paul chasing after him. He missed his shots on purpose but was still close enough to keep the mechanic unaware.

Just then, Lin drove up and called for Donnie to get down. He dove to the ground as Lin fired her SMG at Paul, intentionally missing him as he took cover behind a trash can. She then yelled for him to get into her car which Donnie wasn’t about to question. He slid across the hood of Lin’s car to get to the passenger side which she wasn’t too happy with as it scratched her hood.

Paul, feeling a bit cheeky, fired a couple of rounds that hit the door of Lin’s car. “Mother fucker…” she growled as she fired another burst, this time trying to hit Paul.

Lin suddenly noticed Starlight running toward the rear with her shotgun. Still giggling like a madwoman, she fired a shot that took out the rear window of Lin’s car. “Oh, you bitch!” However, she couldn’t fire at Starlight since she used the rear of her car for cover.

“Oopsie,” Starlight giggled

Not having time for this, Lin decided to drive off to lose the two. Paul grabbed a nearby Rollerz car and the two got in to give chase.

Wanting to get back at the two for messing up her ride, Lin decided to do some insane off-road driving through a group of trees and into a drainage channel. However, Paul proved to be a skilled driver as well as he kept up with her.

Meanwhile, Paul continued firing at the car while leaving a few more bullet holes. Starlight also took out her revolver and took aim. “Stay on target. Stay on target…” she muttered.

“Uaaah! Do something!” Donnie cried.

“I swear, if she puts another hole in my ride…” Lin thought. Suddenly, glass shattered as a bullet from Starlight’s revolver destroyed her side view mirror. “Okay, I'll admit that was a really great shot. Ugh, I need to remember never to make them buy my tea again.”

“Alright, I think that’s enough. Time to lose them.” Starlight said.

Nodding, Paul made a wrong turn on purpose which let Lin and Donnie escape. Lin looked back and noticed that they weren’t being chased anymore. “Looks like we lost ‘em.”

“By the way, who are you?” Donnie asked.

“I’m Lin.”

“Well, thanks for saving me. Let me set up a meet with Price, he will want to thank you.”

As they were talking, neither noticed a certain mechanical bird had set itself up as a hood ornament on Lin’s car.

Back with Starlight, she received a confirmation on her phone from Laserbeak that they were in position. “Alright, once Laserbeak plants the bugs in their headquarters we can hear everything that goes on in there.”

Paul gave a look that made him feel a little nervous about being near her.

“You do realize that was an act meant to scare Donnie, right? I had to sell it. I did get a few lead parts in my school’s drama club, after all. I’m just that good!”

Paul rolled his eyes before he heard his stomach growling. Hearing that caused Starlight’s stomach to make the same sound. “Huh, forgot we haven’t had lunch yet. This has been one crazy morning. Anyway, let’s find some place to eat.” Paul nodded in agreement.

With Donnie’s shop cleared out, the Rollerz lost their stronghold in Sommerset and left it vulnerable for the Saints to take over.