Grand Theft Auto VI Story Concept (Chapter One Addendum Out Now!)

[TheHoover69]

So, after several re-writes and editing I've finally finished this short concept I made for GTA 6. I got inspired to do this after receiving some kind words and good reactions to a post I made on the GTA VI Story Speculation thread, which you can see here:

 

To reiterate, this is just a fun concept I made in my spare time. I'm not saying that GTA VI's first chapter will go exactly this way. I wrote this based on some speculation that was made by me and a few others in the story speculation thread. I made another post in the thread breaking down how I think GTA VI's first chapter will go, which can be seen here:

 

This isn't going to be your typical concept posted in this section of the forums. I won't be going over all the characters, radio stations, vehicles, and etc. So, without further ado, here is the first part to my GTA VI Chapter One concept. Let me know what y'all think! 

 

GRAND THEFT AUTO 6

CHAPTER ONE

PART I

Spoiler

Intro Sequence

 

The story starts with a black screen, where a stanza from a fictionalized poem inspired by the real-life Bonnie & Clyde poem appears. In the background we hear the natural ambience of the Leonida wilderness, the wind rustling through the trees and foliage, the faint sounds of cars passing by on the highway, birds chirping, etc. Then it cuts to shots of the prison exterior, the one Lucia is currently incarcerated in. The shots alternate between exterior and interior shots of the prison complex. All the while, a brief narration from Lucia is overlayed on top. She discusses the nature of relationships in humans, and the concept of love. She talks about how powerful it can be, and how easy it can be used to do good in the world, but also justify doing bad things as well. 

 

After the narration, we see Lucia standing by the window in her cell. We can hear the sounds of locks being unlocked, and then the door to her cell being opened. A man's voice calls out to her, telling her to step outside of her cell. She walks out and stands in the doorway as the guard puts handcuffs on her and shackles around her ankles. This is where the player gains control of Lucia for the first time. This is a very tight, linear sequence that has the player following the guard escorting her to the administrative wing of the prison complex. The player is able to move the camera around and examine certain objects and also interact with certain NPCs (just like in RDR2). 

 

Once Lucia and the guard reach the admin building, Lucia is brought to Stefanie's office. The guard removes her handcuffs and shackles and then leads her into the office. Here, we see Stefanie reading Lucia's file aloud as she motions with her hand for Lucia to sit. As Stefanie reads the file, we learn of the crime Lucia was convicted of, what her original charges were, and details of how her trial went. She then looks up at Lucia. 

 

STEFANIE: Lucia ___________, do you know why you're here?

 

LUCIA: Bad luck, I guess?

 

There's a brief pause before Stefanie cracks a small grin on her face. She tells Lucia that the purpose of their meeting is for her to tell Lucia that her application for parole was accepted. Lucia breathes a heavy sigh of relief at the good news. Lucia asks what the next step is, barely containing her excitement. Stefanie tells her that a hearing will be set up with the parole board and she suggests that Lucia consult with her lawyer in preparation for the meeting. They then converse a bit about how life has been in the prison. It's revealed during this conversation that Stefanie and Lucia had developed a sort of surrogate mother/daughter relationship, with Lucia saying that Stefanie has pretty much been one of the few people who genuinely cared about and believed in her, something that she didn't receive from her childhood. They conclude their meeting with Stefanie giving Lucia some advice about love and relationships, telling her to be careful with who she gets involved with, that sometimes love can blind us to the danger that's right in front of us. Essentially reinforcing what we were told during Lucia's brief narration in the beginning. Lucia nods in agreement and stands up to head out of the office. As she reaches the door, Lucia turns around and tells Stefanie that she'll miss her, and that she's thankful for all the support she's given. Stefanie nods back, and humorously quips back to not miss her so much that Lucia ends up back in prison. 

 

From here, the shot does a fade transition to the outside entrance of the prison where we see Lucia walking outside dressed in civilian clothes (white crop top and black track pants). We see that two weeks have passed, it's sunny outside and it's late morning. A black late-2000s BF Club S (based on a 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit S [exterior/interior]) pulls up in the parking lot, a woman with a brunette pixie cut, tattoos, and sunglasses is behind the wheel. She slowly parks up by Lucia and exits the car. At that moment, both women scream in excitement and rush to hug each other. The woman's name is Kristina but goes by Krissie for short. Krissie is an old friend of Lucia's; they've known each other for the better part of 7-8 years. She's a former drug addict who successfully completed rehab recently and is now doing pretty good for herself, working as an accomplished tattoo artist at a well-known shop in Port Gellhorn. Both Lucia and Krissie exclaim to each other how different the other looks. Lucia is no longer thin and has a rather toned, athletic physique. Krissie is no longer pale and gaunt looking from the years of drug abuse, she's now at a healthy weight and her skin has a beautiful, radiant glow. Lucia asks Krissie what she did with her long hair, and Krissie responds back that the rehab has been quite the transformation for her. Krissie looks down and realizes there’s an ankle monitor on Lucia's right leg. Lucia notices and shrugs that it's part of her parole conditions, she then suggests to Krissie that it's time to hit the road back to Port Gellhorn. She agrees, and they both excitedly hop into the car and make their way back home. 

 

At this point an upbeat song begins playing. It's an original song produced by one of the game's few music composers (we'll use this track as a placeholder, Bleachers - Modern Girl). The intro credits begin rolling, overlayed on a montage of shots of the Leonida highways that the pair are traveling on, shots that look like they're being taken from a smartphone, and various other sights in the Leonida landscape. 

 

As the song nears its end, we see that they make it back to the house Krissie rents in the northern section of Port Gellhorn. It's a modest home, single floor, two bedroom, one and a half bathrooms, with a basement, and a gravel driveway with a carport capable of fitting two vehicles. Krissie remarks that her roommate just moved out a month ago, and so the timing was perfect for Lucia to grab the vacant room. Krissie parks her car in the driveway, and they make their way into the house. At this point, the player is given a tour of the house and its features and amenities. 

 

Lucia's room features a full-size bed and a wardrobe. The bed is where Lucia sleeps and saves progress. It works very much the same as it does in RDR2, in which the player has options to choose how long they want Lucia to sleep for. The choices are Morning (6:00am/06:00), Noon (12:00pm/12:00), Dusk (6:00pm/18:00), and Midnight (12:00am/00:00). The room can be lightly customized with the additions of extras like posters, a bigger bed, bigger dresser/wardrobe, and the color of the lighting. The bathroom is where Lucia/Jason can shower to clean themselves of dirt, mud, and blood. The bathroom mirror can be used for Lucia to apply makeup and style her hair (ponytails, buns, and braids), and Jason can use it for shaving and shaping of his facial hair. From there is the living room which features a couch, a loveseat, and a reclining chair that the characters can sit in and relax or use their phones to make calls, texts, and browse the internet. There's also a TV that can be watched for entertainment. There's also a laptop on a desk in the living room that the player can sit at and use to browse the internet. After that, there is a functional kitchen that the player can spend time in. It features a pantry that is stocked with snacks that replenishes itself, additional snacks can be purchased at stores that will then be automatically added to the pantry. There is also a stove and microwave where the player can cook meals (like the meals you can get at the saloons in RDR2).

 

Clothing shops, tattoo parlors, barber shops (Jason), and salons (Lucia) are now unlocked upon completion of this intro sequence. Since Kristina is an accomplished tattoo artist, players can visit her at her shop to receive tattoos at a discounted price (friends and family discount). Kristina also offers unique tattoo designs that cannot be purchased at any other shop. These personalized designs are inspired by distinct street graffiti that can be found all across the state of Leonida. The player must take a photo of a graffiti art piece with their phone, then text it to Kristina which will unlock the corresponding unique tattoo design. 

 

Mission 1

Welcome To Your Life

This mission is triggered by interacting with the laptop in the living room. 

 

We jump a few days later since Lucia moved in, and we see that she has been trying hard to land a job. However, due to her criminal record and long gap in her employment history, along with no mode of transportation, it's extremely difficult to land anything. While Lucia is not totally broke (she starts off the game with $800 to her name), she still needs to find work as part of her parole conditions. She hears Krissie enter the house, and she's excited to show Lucia something. Krissie beckons Lucia to come outside and look, and Lucia begrudgingly does so. Lucia sees that Krissie bought herself a new vehicle, a pre-owned 2020 Annis Pinnacle SLX (based on a 2020 Nissan Maxima SR [exterior/interior]). Lucia compliments the vehicle, telling Krissie that it is quite the upgrade. Krissie agrees and talks about how proud she is that she’s making something of her life now. Lucia looks over and sees that Krissie's old BF Club is still in the driveway, and so she asks why she didn't trade it in. Krissie responds by telling Lucia that she has been trying to sell it, but no one seems to be interested in buying it. Lucia sheepishly remarks that she'll buy it, as she desperately needs a car for work. Krissie thinks about it for a moment and then offers to sell Lucia her old car for the low price of $500. Lucia shrugs her shoulders and agrees to buy the car, she sarcastically remarks that it’s better than having no car. 

 

KRISSIE: Here, get this app on your phone. You can send me the money there.

 

Krissie grabs Lucia’s phone and downloads an app called Cash Stash, that’s a parody of Cash App, Zelle, and Venmo

 

KRISSIE: The cool thing about this app is you can also buy crypto and convert it to real currency if you wish. Plus, it’s all encrypted and sh*t, so you don’t have to worry about any kind of spying or having your private info leaked. If you care about that sorta thing of course.

 

LUCIA: Duly noted, is it installed yet?

 

KRISSIE: Yep, transferring the money now to my account… And it’s there!

 

LUCIA: Awesome. 

 

Krissie pulls out the key to her old car out of her pocket and hands it to Lucia. She jokingly asks Lucia if she still remembers how to drive a stick-shift, to which Lucia responds sarcastically. She also reminds Lucia that she'll need insurance for the car, but it's now Lucia's first personal vehicle of the game 

 

This can be changed later on in Chapter 2.

 

From here, Lucia is tasked with calling Mors Mutual Insurance and getting a policy for her car. After that, a brief tutorial is shown to the player explaining how insurance works in the game. Krissie then hands over the title of her vehicle to Lucia.

 

You have purchased your first insurance policy for a personal vehicle. Only vehicles that have been legally purchased (i.e. through car dealerships) can be insured. Whenever you get into a collision with your vehicle, call Mors Mutual to place a claim. Once done, you can take your vehicle to any repair shop on the map to have your vehicle repaired (the closest one to your location will be highlighted on the map). All you need to do is pay a flat fee, or deductible, of up to $200 and the insurance will pay the rest of the cost of the repairs. Without insurance, you'll be on the hook for the full cost of repairs. There are two tiers of policies, a basic and premium tier. A Basic policy will repair your car after your deductible has been paid. If your vehicle has been destroyed, you will have to pay a deductible of up to $500 to have the vehicle replaced. If the vehicle has any modifications, they will be lost once the vehicle has been replaced. If you opt for the Premium tier, it works essentially the same as the Basic policy. However, if your vehicle is destroyed or totaled, it can be replaced with a reduced waiting period and the replacement vehicle will spawn with all modifications made by the player, at the cost of a higher deductible. 

 

There are two types of vehicle repair shops in Grand Theft Auto VI, body shops and mod shops. 

• Body shops allow the player to repair their vehicles of damage, choose what color(s) they’d like to respray their vehicles, tint their windows, and change the wheels. Game time will be advanced by 3 in-game hours, just like in GTA IV, if any services are performed on the vehicle. 
• Mod Shops provide the player with the same services as the body shop, but also allow the player much deeper vehicle customization. Here, the player can apply liveries to their cars, add body kits and spoilers, modify the performance of vehicles with ECM tuning, transmission upgrades, suspension tuning, turbocharger and supercharger kits, adding performance-oriented intake and exhaust systems, customizing the alignment configurations by tuning camber, caster, and toe options, and also customizing the vehicle’s exhaust note (just like in Need For Speed: Heat). Game time will advance by 4-6 in-game hours depending on the number of services performed.
• While not a vehicle repair shop, if the player wants to customize their license plates, they’ll need to visit the Car Fence in either Port Gellhorn or Vice City. The car fences also provide document forging services, such as creating fake titles and VIN swapping for stolen vehicles. This allows you to sell stolen cars to used car lots and still get the max resale value if the car is in perfect condition. 

 

Additional Tip: Due to Lucia being on parole, she is confined to stay within the town limits of Port Gellhorn. If the player should cross the boundaries of the town limits, an immediate two-star wanted level will be gained. If the player commits any violent crime during this period, such as carjacking, robbery, theft, assault, murder, etc., an immediate two star wanted level will be gained by the player. Due to Lucia wearing an ankle monitor, any wanted level received by the player cannot be lost, as the police will have a constant tracking of Lucia's whereabouts. If the player is busted or wasted, they will respawn at the safehouse. This will remain in effect until the completion of Mission 12.

 

Krissie then asks Lucia if she thought about doing ridesharing. Lucia says it's crossed her mind, but she's never tried due to some horror stories that other rideshare drivers have experienced. Krissie mentions a story of a Leonida man selling drugs to deputies in Leonard County while working as a rideshare driver, humorously remarking how it can be pretty profitable for Lucia if she doesn't make the same stupid mistake that the Leonida man made. Lucia giggles that she's really trying to not end up back in prison so soon but agrees to give it a try now that she has a car. She's able to make her own hours and essentially be her own boss. So, she downloads a rideshare app and registers herself as a driver. 

 

LUCIA: Well, looks like I got a job now, I can’t believe it’s that easy! Filling out those tax forms is a pain in the ass though. I almost forgot how to do that.

 

KRISSIE: Wait until tax season comes around and you have to file all that sh*t!

 

LUCIA: f*ck, don’t remind me…

 

KRISSIE: You’re now back in the rat race! You make such a cute little cog in the capitalist machine.

 

LUCIA: I always wanted to be a working stiff. I can’t wait to develop chronic alcoholism and lament my life choices for the next 20-30 years. 

 

KRISSIE: That’s the spirit! I’ll pray for you.

 

They both smirk at each other and Lucia heads out the door to the car. She starts up the vehicle and opens up the rideshare app to see who needs a driver. From there, Lucia sees that there are 3 possible fares to choose from and it's up to the player to pick which one they want to do first. Once the player has made their choice, we see Lucia turn the volume knob up a bit to hear the radio. It’s already tuned to the 80s station, where we hear the DJ introducing Tears For Fears’ Everybody Wants To Rule The World to listeners. We see a small grin develop on Lucia’s face, and she turns up the radio.

 

The player is then directed to head to their first fare of the day. Depending on the choice the player made, the player can encounter one of the following possible fares:

• The first fare choice is a middle-aged couple who happen to be swingers, they need a ride back to their home from the bar and they try to persuade Lucia to join them for some bedroom fun, however Lucia refuses. You can hear the couple discussing other potential partners as they swipe through a dating app that parodies Tinder. 
• The second fare to choose from is an Epsilon recruit who was drugged during a ritual at a house party and needs a ride to the hospital.
• The third fare to choose from is an underaged teenage boy who needs a ride to a liquor store to buy alcohol for a party. He of course gets busted for his fake ID and chased out of the store. The player has the option to flee and leave the kid behind or wait for him to jump back in the car and take him to the party for a bonus tip (and achievement/trophy). The teen will then try to flirt with Lucia who hilariously refuses his advances. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Pick up the fare and take them to their destination.

 

After picking your first fare and completing it, two new fares will appear that the player can choose from. These ones have secondary objectives that can be completed for a bonus tip.

• A woman who cruises between drug abuse/trauma recovery groups despite not experiencing any abuse or trauma issues herself, sometimes showing up high or drunk (Fight Club reference). She's late to a particular group meeting and needs the player to drive fast so she makes it on time.
• A man who requests Lucia to tail his wife's car to see if she's having an affair. When it's revealed that she is not having an affair, the man requests Lucia to take him to his mistress' place so he can resume his affair. Lucia is audibly and visibly disgusted by this man. Lucia gets a bonus tip if she manages to perfectly tail the wife without ever getting too close or too far behind. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Pick up the second fare and take them to their destination.

 

After picking up a second fare, only one fare remains that Lucia can do. The player drives over to an apartment complex to pick up the fare, a young woman who looks to be in her early 20s and slightly ragged in appearance. The woman gets in and tells Lucia to start driving. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Take the fare to her destination.

 

The woman is quiet and doesn’t seem interested in engaging in conversation. Midway through the drive, Lucia gets an alert on her phone telling her that the ride has been canceled. Lucia pulls over to the side of the road and confronts the woman about the issue with the ride being canceled. The woman acts ignorant and insists she didn’t do anything to cancel the ride, blaming it on a glitch. Lucia doesn’t buy the excuse and sees right through the woman, accusing her of trying to scam her for a free ride. The woman denies this and demands Lucia take her to her destination. Lucia refuses and the two begin yelling at each other.

 

LUCIA: You better get the hell out my car, bitch!

 

SCAMMER: I ain’t gettin’ out till you take me to my destination, the f*ck you mean?

 

LUCIA: I ain’t goin’ anywhere for you now, get the f*ck out!

 

SCAMMER: Bitch, if you don’t take me to my destination then we gonna have a problem.

 

LUCIA: You already have a problem right now, and if you don’t get your stank-ass out my car in the next five seconds, then I’m gonna be your problem.

 

SCAMMER: TAKE ME TO MY MUTHAf*ckIN’ DESTINATION, BITCH!

 

LUCIA: A’ight at this point, you got two options. Either I take your hoe-ass to the police station, or I drop you off at the hospital. How you wanna play it?

 

SCAMMER: Only one goin’ to the hospital is you, hoe!

 

The scammer brandishes a set of brass knuckles from her purse to threaten Lucia. Thinking quickly, Lucia activates the child locks on the doors and hits the gas, peeling off and driving at a high rate of speed. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the secluded spot. 

 

The woman continues to threaten Lucia with violence, but her voice has a noticeable hint of nervousness and fear in it now. Lucia drives to an area in Port Gellhorn that’s very secluded with no witnesses nearby. She stops the car and gets out, walking towards the rear passenger door.

 

LUCIA: You just bought yourself a prison yard ass-whoopin’! Here’s your f*ckin’ receipt!

 

Lucia opens the door and grabs the woman by her feet and yanks her out with great force. The woman falls out, her purse spilling all the contents on the ground. The woman tries to grab the brass knuckles, but Lucia quickly stomps on the woman’s hand before she can reach it. From there, Lucia grabs the woman by the hair and begins repeatedly striking her in the face with her other fist. The woman is able to break free and gets to her feet. The player is now introduced to melee combat and fistfighting. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Beat up the scammer!

 

After sufficient damage has been dealt to the woman, we see Lucia walk over and grab the brass knuckles off the ground. She grabs the woman by her hair again and threatens to punch her with the brass knuckles unless she agrees to pay Lucia $100. The woman reaches into her pocket and grabs her phone, spitting blood and cursing to herself. She manages to transfer the money to Lucia, but she then threatens to get the police involved. 

 

LUCIA: Too bad you won’t remember much of this!

 

Lucia strikes the woman in the face one final time, knocking her completely unconscious. Lucia then picks up the phone and deletes the rideshare and money apps. Once done, she smashes the phone and then throws it into a dirty puddle. She gets back into her car, turns it around, and heads back towards home after deciding to call it a day. 

 

Once this mission is completed, Lucia can now access the rideshare app anytime she is not on a mission to pick up fares for cash.

 

Mission 2

Drugstore Cowboys

This mission is triggered by walking into the bathroom and interacting with the mirror. 

 

Two days later, we see Lucia posing in front of the bathroom mirror for a selfie. She takes a few of them and uploads them to her Lifeinvader and Bleeter accounts.

 

This part of the cutscene is interactive for the player. The player can select and modify the poses and facial expressions that Lucia can do and then add filters and captions to the photos once taken. Once the mission is complete, the player can check Lucia’s profile and see the new likes and comments she gets on her pics.

 

The bathroom door opens, and Krissie pokes her head in. Lucia asks her what’s up and Krissie whispers to her come out of the bathroom. Lucia cracks up laughing and says to Krissie to just tell her what she wants. Krissie insists she comes out, motioning frantically with her hands. Lucia shrugs and exits the bathroom and asks Krissie about what’s going on. Krissie tells her that her brother is going to be staying temporarily at the house. Lucia’s eyebrows perk up out of curiosity and she asks when he’s arriving. Krissie says that he’ll be arriving soon. Lucia asks Krissie to clarify what she means by “soon.” Krissie doesn’t elaborate, rather she says again that he’ll be arriving soon. Lucia then mentions that Krissie has never talked much about her brothers since they’ve been friends, and that she’s never met them either. Krissie acknowledges this fact, but chalks it up to them having a very complicated upbringing. She describes growing up with her brothers in a very dysfunctional home with parents who just didn’t give a sh*t and were always too high on drugs to actually raise their kids. Krissie says that they had to raise themselves pretty much, and that her two older brothers were always very independent-minded, often being gone from home for days or even weeks at a time when they were teens. As soon as Jason turned 18, he left home with his older brother and never came back. Despite this, all three stayed in touch through social media. It’s been eleven years since she last physically saw her brothers.

 

Lucia asks what the brother’s name is, with Krissie telling her that it’s Jason. Lucia then asks what he’s like, Krissie responds by telling her that she’ll see when he arrives at the house. 

 

LUCIA: Why the big f*cking mystery?

 

KRISSIE: Why does it matter?

 

LUCIA: I’m just curious

 

KRISSIE: Curious? Yeah, okay…

 

LUCIA: What!?

 

KRISSIE: I saw that eyebrow perk up; I know that look.

 

LUCIA: Are you for real, right now?

 

KRISSIE: You know, I kinda figured your time in prison would’ve dialed back your boy-crazy nature. Seems I was wrong.

 

LUCIA: Oh my god, what are you worried about? Are you thinking that I’d hook up with him? 

 

KRISSIE: Uhhhh yeah! That’s precisely it. Excuse me for thinking that you should avoid digging your hooks into the first man you come across, especially since you’re still fresh out of prison. Even more so, he’s my f*cking brother! And he’s only staying here temporarily, as in short-term!

 

LUCIA: Listen bitch, five years ago you were thirsting hard for Debbie Brooke’s brother Marcus, and you and her were good friends. You even slept with him too! Multiple times if I remember correctly. 

 

KRISSIE: First of all, bitch, I was given a tab of acid and some ecstasy when Marcus and I first hooked up at that big music festival. It just kinda happened! Those other times? I mean, why the hell not at that point? Have you been with a man that could write cursive with his tongue?

 

LUCIA: He could do that?

KRISSIE: Oh yeah. The man was writing straight poetry! Trust me when I say that when he ate me out, it was Shakespearian. Besides, Debbie had the audacity to accuse me of using her friendship to get close to her brother, as if any of this could’ve been planned!

 

LUCIA: Wait, you told me that was your plan all along! That the drugs were a nice bonus to enhance the mood.

 

KRISSIE: I was wasted when I said that! Like three f*cking gin and tonics deep! And God knows how many shots of tequila we did as well. 

 

LUCIA: Well you know what they say, a drunk person’s talk is a sober person’s—

 

KRISSIE: Oh, shut up. 

 

LUCIA: You and Debbie are still good friends though, right? She forgave you for that little affair with her brother.

 

KRISSIE: Yeah we are, but that’s not the point. That’s so far beside the point actually.

 

LUCIA: Well what is the point? What are you not telling me?

 

KRISSIE: I’ll explain it to you some other time, okay? Just not now. 

 

Krissie lets out a heavy sigh and then turns around to walk into the kitchen. Lucia proceeds to follow behind her. Krissie opens up the fridge and grabs a can of Zesta. She asks if Lucia wants one, to which she nods her head yes. Krissie grabs another can and tosses it to Lucia, who catches it with one hand. 

 

KRISSIE: Listen, can you do me a favor? A kindness?

 

LUCIA: Uhhh sure? *pops open the can, some of the drink fizzes out the top*

 

KRISSIE: If for some godforsaken reason you end up sleeping with my brother, can you please do it somewhere well away from this house? I don’t need the mental scarring brought on by hearing my own brother plow my best friend down the hall from me. I can’t believe I’m even saying this. 

 

LUCIA: Krissie, will you chill? I got more important things to worry about anyways. Maybe we’ll use that old motel just outside of town though. 

 

KRISSIE: Ugh, that motel? You know, the cops did a bust there recently. They found a meth lab, a crossdresser performing autoerotic asphyxiation, a prostitution ring, and some furries having a coked-out orgy. All in the same room by the way. 

 

LUCIA: And you know this, how?

 

KRISSIE: I watched one of those police bodycam videos on Electric Tit. Recognized the motel as soon as I saw it in the video.

 

Lucia shrugs and takes another sip of her drink. She then tells Krissie that she’s going off to work, making finger quotes as she says it. It’s clear that Lucia doesn’t really consider being a rideshare driver as real work since it doesn’t make her much money. Krissie says that she’s gotta go to work as well and bids her farewell. Lucia gets into her car and opens up the app and selects a fare. The player is then tasked with picking up the fare to deliver to their destination. The fare is a young woman standing in front of the Port Gellhorn Pawn & Gun store.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the pawn shop to pick up the fare.

 

The fare enters Lucia’s car and Lucia heads off to their destination, which is a low-end apartment complex in the northern edge of town. Along the way, Lucia and the fare discuss the state of the American economy, the job market, and how things have gotten even more expensive over the years. At some point, Lucia mentions she’ll need to take on a second job to be able to afford renting her own apartment. The fare asks Lucia if she has any experience bartending, to which she replies that she does and she can make some very delicious cocktails. The fare tells her about a bar near the beach, called The Slutty Fox, that opened up a year ago and it’s pretty busy, so busy that they need another bartender to help out. Lucia thanks for the heads up and tells her that she’ll check the place out today. Upon arrival at the fare’s destination, the fare gives Lucia the address of the bar she told her about. Lucia then heads over to the bar to check it out. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to The Slutty Fox 

 

It’s currently early noon, but the building is open and enterable. Upon entering, Lucia sees that it’s pretty quiet, with no one seemingly around. She walks around looking at the place and checking out the decor, noting that she likes the way the place looks. Soon, one of the staff notices Lucia and asks her if she needs help with anything. Lucia tells the staff member that she’s looking for a bartending job, mentioning she was told that this establishment is in need of one. The staff member confirms that and calls out for the manager/owner to come out of the office to meet Lucia. The manager is a mature Caucasian woman with graying hair and covered in tattoos. 

 

MANAGER: Hello! I’m Kimberly! Call me Kim though, please.

 

LUCIA: Of course! I’m Lucia, I heard about there being an open position here working the bar?

 

KIM: You heard right. The position became open as of two days ago. Young girl, a college girl, got up on the bar in some huge heels trying to do some acrobatic dance routine. One of the heels broke and she fell and cracked her head on the bar. 

 

LUCIA: My god, is she recovering okay? How is she?

 

KIM: She’s a vegetable.

 

LUCIA: Well… Damn. What a bummer.

 

KIM: It was her second night on the job too. Anyways, is that going to be a problem?

Lucia notices that Kim is pointing at her ankle monitor. 

 

LUCIA: Oh no, no. It shouldn’t be. I wasn’t given a curfew and alcohol isn’t prohibited as part of the terms of my parole. 

 

KIM: You have experience bartending?

 

LUCIA: I’ve done it on and off for a couple years.

 

KIM: You a good dancer? You gotta be able to entertain as well as be competent behind the bar to work here.

LUCIA: I’m pretty good on my feet. I once attended a class for pole dancing, totally on a whim. I was the fastest learner among the class, if that means anything. 

 

KIM: How convenient. You know, I’m looking at you now and I think you got something that the other ladies don’t. Something that this bar is really missing.

 

LUCIA: What would that be?

KIM: I look at you, and I see a pin-up girl. Oh yeah, definitely a pin-up queen.

 

LUCIA: You think?

 

KIM: Of course! I’ll tell you what. Come back to the bar sometime this week after 7:00pm for your first uhhh, let’s call it your interview. We’ll see how things go from there, okay?

 

LUCIA: Awesome, yeah. I’ll come back as soon as I can. Thanks for meeting with me!

 

KIM: No problem! Have a good day, dear. 

 

Lucia bids her farewell and exits the building to her car. She gets onto the rideshare app to see if there’s any other fares to pick up. There’s a fare requesting an urgent ride near a strip mall in the northeast side of Port Gellhorn. She accepts the fare and heads to the pick-up location. The exact location of the pick-up looks to be across the street from the strip mall and down the road some. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to pick-up location. 

 

Once Lucia arrives, she pulls into an open parking space and alerts the fare that she is waiting. A few minutes pass by when she gets an alert that the ride has been canceled. Lucia is confused, so she tries to message the fare to ask if they’re sure about canceling the ride. Before she can send the message, two men dressed in hoodies and sweatpants with ski masks hop into the backseat of her car. The men are carrying plastic bags with cash, bottles of pills, and other meds. Lucia yells at them to get out of her car, that she wants no trouble and wants no part of whatever is going on. One of the men pulls out a Glock pistol and holds it to her head and tells her to shut up and drive. She shifts the car into gear and merges back onto the main road. 

 

LUCIA: You two robbed the Pop’s Pills store back there? 

 

ROBBER 1: Stop asking, start driving. 

 

LUCIA: You two idiots rob a pharmacy, and you think I’m your best choice as a getaway driver? Motherf*cker, I’m on parole here! You’re screwing me over with this bullsh*t. 

 

ROBBER 2: Didn’t we tell you to shut up? As far you’re concerned, you showed up at the wrong place, at the wrong time. 

 

LUCIA: And let me guess, I bet the 12 are already on the lookout for you too. How many witnesses got a nice description of you to provide to the cops? I mean, we’re in the middle of broad f*cking daylight here! 

 

ROBBER 1: Then I guess that means you better be extra careful that we don’t get spotted by the cops then. 

 

LUCIA: What’s to stop me from driving y’all's asses to the precinct and doing my good deed for the day?

 

ROBBER 2: You know how easy it is to look up people on the internet? Finding their address, looking up their details through the DMV’s online records just by knowing your license plate? Or paying some damn hacker kid on the net to find your Life Invader account and do some geotagging, or tracing your IP address? Word gets around you rolled over on us so easy, someone’s going to get pissed and want you dealt with. So try it, bitch, if you’re feeling so lucky! 

 

LUCIA: Chill man, I got the message. Just put the damn gun down and let me focus for a minute. 

 

Lucia looks around to check for any cops as she comes up towards a 4-way intersection. She scans her surroundings and sees a Port Gellhorn police car coming up from behind, no sirens on. She moves to the next lane on her right and makes a right turn. At this point, Chromatics’ Tick Of The Clock is scripted to play on the radio.

 

OBJECTIVE: Escape the search zone without alerting the police. 

 

The player is directed to drive around Port Gellhorn while escaping the police search radius without alerting the cops. Cops will be alerted if you remain within their line of sight for too long. The player is advised to traverse through and hide in alleyways, avoid hitting pedestrians and crashing into other cars, parking the vehicle, shutting it off and then ducking down inside the vehicle to hide, and swapping cars to avoid detection (however for the purpose of this mission, if the player abandons Lucia’s vehicle the mission will fail).

 

Tip: When you gain a wanted level, the police will be given a description of you and your vehicle if police or bystanders have witnessed you committing a crime. Police will set up a search radius based on your last reported location and search for you within that perimeter. The more your wanted level increases, the bigger the search radius becomes. To evade your wanted level, you must escape from the search radius and remain undetected for a certain period of time. After enough time has passed without being spotted, the search will be called off and police will resume normal patrol. However, If you are spotted while the police still have an active description of you or your vehicle, police will initiate pursuit. If police have a description of you, but not your vehicle, you will be able to avoid detection as long as you do not remain within an officer’s line of sight for too long when in a vehicle. If only your vehicle has a full description provided to the police, swapping cars or changing your car’s appearance and license plates at a chop shop will get rid of the police description. To get rid of a full character description, the player will need to change clothes and modify their hairstyle. If you or your vehicle has only a partial description, you can remain undetected provided you do not stay within an officer’s line of sight for too long, otherwise pursuit will be initiated. To prevent the police from getting a full description of you, use masks and disguises to hide your identity when committing crimes. 

 

Additional Tip: If you are seen with a character who was previously wanted by the police while they have an active full description, you will be wanted as well once they are recognized by the police.

 

Once Lucia has successfully evaded the police search without being spotted, one of the robbers gives her an address to drop the two of them off at. It’s near the docks just outside of town. Along the way, one of the robbers praises Lucia for getting them out of a sticky situation. Lucia responds by shrugging it off, saying that she has some experience with this sort of thing. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Deliver the thieves to their drop-off point

 

ROBBER 1: Well, if you’re ever in need of some cash, we could always use your help again.

 

LUCIA: I don’t like to work with people I don’t know. To be honest with y'all, you two seem like amateurs. 

 

ROBBER 2: Some licks go smoother than others, it’s part of the game. It don’t always go down like this. 

 

LUCIA: Coming from you, that’s reassuring… 

 

ROBBER 1: How about this then? $450 as a tip for saving our amateur asses from the cops. 

 

LUCIA: Thanks, I guess? 

 

ROBBER 1: Real f*cking grateful, aren’t ya? Here, I’ll throw another $50 in, and we’ll call it even.

 

ROBBER 2: The f*ck, homie?? Leave some for us to split too! I still got child support payments to make! 

 

ROBBER 1: Cool it dawg, we’ll make some more once we cook the rest of that crank. Now that we got some pseudo.

 

LUCIA: Meth dealing, eh?

 

ROBBER 2: What’s it to you? 

 

LUCIA: Nothing. It all makes sense now. 

 

Once Lucia arrives at their destination, one of the men gives her his contact info on the WhatUp! app. He reminds her that communications on that app are encrypted and private, so she doesn’t need to worry. He tells her if she’s interested in doing some driving work for them, to message him on the app. He then hands her $450 in cash for a job well done. Lucia asks him for his name, the man replies asking her to call him RJ. He bids her farewell, and the two men jump into a waiting car and they leave the area. From here the mission is complete. 

 

If the player decides to hang out with Krissie post-mission completion, they will hear unique dialogue from her. She’ll talk about how soon after turning 19 she lost both her parents, with her mother dying from complications due to drug abuse and her father mysteriously vanishing from the home. She details how she was essentially on her own in Leonida before meeting and befriending Lucia. 

 

The getaway sequence during the mission is a light nod to the initial chase scene in the 2011 film Drive.

 

Mission 3

Bottoms Up!

This mission is triggered by entering the safehouse through the main front door. 

 

Two days pass and we see Lucia still sleeping in bed, dressed only in a loose-fitting white tank top and silver sweatpants. She slept past noon, and laments waking up. She tries to go back to sleep but can hear the rumble of a loud V8 engine approaching the house. She puts a pillow over her head to muffle the outside noise, but it seems to get louder and closer. She eventually growls out of frustration and gets up to take a look outside her bedroom window. Her window overlooks the driveway. She peeks through the blinds, where we see a familiar looking 1972 Declasse Tulip idling in the driveway. Lucia tries to get a look at the driver but is not able to discern any details other than that it looks like a man behind the wheel. She hears the front door open and shut and sees Krissie running towards the car. She looks happy and excited to meet whoever it is who just arrived. Then the driver’s door to the car opens, and out steps a man holding a duffel bag. 

 

He’s a caucasian male, tall, and looks rather athletic in build. He’s wearing a gray sleeveless t-shirt with denim jeans that have been cut into shorts, navy blue Slab slip-on shoes, and a backwards faded blue baseball cap. His hair is a dark, dirty blonde and looks rather shaggy in length. He also sports a small beard (looks similar to a level 4 beard on Arthur Morgan). As he exits the car, Krissie runs over to him and hugs him tightly. Lucia’s eyebrows perk up as she eyes the stranger up, inspecting every detail of him. 

 

LUCIA: So, you must be the brother? 

 

She tries to hear the conversation but can’t hear much. She tries opening her window gently, just enough to be able to hear what they’re talking about. 

 

KRISSIE: You haven’t changed much, I see. 

JASON: Nahhh, I’m still the same old me. You on the other hand, wow! 

 

KRISSIE: Yes, it’s been quite the transformation.

 

JASON: I kinda miss those dreads you had, they looked cool. You’re like a whole new person now!

 

KRISSIE: I essentially am a new person these days. 

 

JASON: No kidding. 

 

KRISSIE: Well come on in, let me show you around! 

 

JASON: After you!

 

Lucia sees the two begin walking in and, in a frenzied rush, Lucia heads to the restroom. She begins washing her face, and applying some light makeup. She applies some deodorant and then puts her hair up in a loose bun. Outside the bathroom, she can hear the muffled sounds of Krissie and Jason talking to each other as she shows him around the house. Lucia waits by the bathroom door, waiting for them to get closer to it. When it sounds like the two are in the hallway, Lucia opens the door, pretending to be surprised. 

 

LUCIA: Oh sh*t! I’m sorry! I didn’t know we were having company over! *gasps*

 

Lucia glances at Krissie, who has a look on her face. That look. The look of annoyance and slight judgment. Lucia nervously grins at her and then looks up at Jason. Their eyes meet, and then she notices his eyes begin to move in a quick downward direction, like he’s scanning her. 

 

LUCIA: Bingo! *thinking to herself*

 

KRISSIE: Oh don’t mind her! This is my roommate and bestie, Lucia. This is also where the bathroom is, the one with the shower at least. 

 

LUCIA: Hi! How are you?

 

She holds out her hand to Jason, who reaches hers and gives her a polite handshake. 

 

JASON: I’m good, feeling a little thirsty though. Forgot how terribly humid it is down here. 

 

KRISSIE: Well we got plenty to drink around here, don’t worry! 

 

LUCIA: Yeah! We got Zesta, eCola, Pindayho, and Rainé. Take your pick. *twirling her hair with her fingers*

 

JASON: Cool. I’m gonna go set my stuff down and lay down on the couch for a bit. I need some rest. 

 

KRISSIE: Yeah absolutely, make yourself at home. 

 

Jason turns back towards the living room. He sets his duffel bag down next to the couch and proceeds to lie down on the couch for a nap. He even places his hat over his face to cover his eyes. Lucia grabs Krissie by her arm and leads her into her room. Once in the room, Lucia shuts the door behind her. 

 

LUCIA: That is your brother?! Why didn’t you tell me how handsome he is? 

 

KRISSIE: Because he’s my brother? And also because I knew this would happen. 

 

LUCIA: Alright, look I’m sorry. I’m fresh out of prison, been there for 3 years, and I haven’t had any quality dick since I’ve been out. I’m a little uhhh… well, you know.

 

KRISSIE: God, you are acting like such a hoe, I swear!

 

LUCIA: News flash, I WAS a hoe. 

 

KRISSIE: Believe me, I haven’t forgotten. You haven’t changed one bit.

 

LUCIA: Is that such a bad thing though? 

 

KRISSIE: I don’t know, but really? My brother? I really don’t think he’s your type. Also, he’s never really had relationships, you know?

 

LUCIA: Are you saying he’s a virgin?

 

KRISSIE: What? No. He’s the farthest thing from a virgin. Don’t ask me how I know. It’s just that, he doesn’t seem like the type to commit. He doesn’t have many attachments in his life. 

 

LUCIA: You said he travels a lot, right?

 

KRISSIE: Yeah, he does. He’s not really the type to want to put roots down and settle. 

 

LUCIA: Would you want that to change? 

 

KRISSIE: I think he’d be happier, yeah. The way he talks, it’s like he’s chasing after some kind of ideal or dream but I don’t know what the f*ck that could even be. We’ve lived complicated lives growing up. He always looked up to those free-thinking, free-spirited types. 

 

LUCIA: Sounds like he’s a romantic. In a pretty cool way.

 

KRISSIE: Yeah, that sounds about right. Perhaps maybe chaotic rather, but I don’t know. He never really struck me as the pragmatic type. 

 

LUCIA: There’s nothing wrong with that.

 

KRISSIE: Sure. Promise me this though, that you’ll be careful with him? He doesn’t need his heartbroken or anything, okay?

 

LUCIA: I solemnly swear. *Lucia raises her right hand*

 

They both smirk at each other and hug it out. Krissie leaves the room and heads to hers to hang out, while Lucia gets ready to go out to The Slutty Fox bar for her interview. Four hours elapses, making it 6:30pm (18:30) by the time Lucia is ready to head out. She’s dressed in distressed black short shorts, a sleeveless band t-shirt, and her white sneakers, with her hair done up in a loose ponytail. Lucia gets into her car, and the player is instructed to drive to the bar.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the bar.

 

Once the player has parked the car in the marked spot, we see Lucia get out and look at her surroundings. The bar looks very crowded, with lots of people hanging around outside talking and laughing. She can hear music being played from inside the building, the bass pulsing in her chest as she draws near to the entrance. As she gets to the door, a bouncer opens the door for her and motions for her to come inside. As she enters, she sees just how packed the place really is. It’s dimly lit, save for some pulsing club lights near the bar area and the music is loud. People are grooving and vibing to the music, drinks in hand. She tries to make her way through the crowd and stops midway when she hears a bell ring. The bell seems to be a signal for the ladies working the bar to begin a risque dance routine to entertain the patrons. As the staff get up on the bar, we hear 2 Live Crew’s We Want Some Pussy begin to play over the sound system. The bass is thunderous as the crowd roars with excitement and cheers as the ladies begin entertaining the crowd. Lucia is awestruck, watching the ladies work the crowd into a wild and drunken frenzy. We see members of the audience offer up cash as tips to the ladies performing, begging for more. As Lucia continues watching, Kim comes up behind her and gives her a tap on the shoulder. Lucia is startled and turns around to see Kim smiling at her, glad to see that she actually showed up.

 

KIM: Enjoying the show?

 

LUCIA: This place is something else! I like it! 

 

KIM: Come on, follow me!

 

Lucia follows Kim behind the bar where she explains the rules and responsibilities for working the bar, and also shows her where everything is located. Kim then directs Lucia to go ahead and start serving drinks to the customer. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Serve drinks to the customers.

 

From here, the player must serve drinks to the customers to earn cash tips. The player can earn extra tips by doing creative bottle tricks and adding flair when making cocktails and serving the drinks as quickly as possible.

 

At this point, the dance routine ends and the ladies get back behind the bar to serve drinks. Lucia gets introduced to the staff and learns everyone’s names. She gets to know them a little bit more as they serve drinks together. Some of them can even show Lucia some bartending tricks that the player can use to earn bonus tips when serving. Suddenly, Kim grabs a megaphone and gets the bar’s attention. She introduces Lucia as their newest Fox, which causes Lucia to nervously wave at the crowd as they cheer. Kim gives them a humorous made-up backstory for Lucia, telling the crowd that she is a good Christian girl gone bad, fresh out of prison, looking for a good time pleasing drunk and horny strangers for money. Lucia smiles nervously, while asking Kim what she’s doing. Kim then asks the crowd if they’d like to see some of Lucia’s moves, to which the crowd loudly cheers.

 

KIM: You heard ‘em! Give the people what they want!

 

LUCIA: Is this supposed to be my interview?

 

KIM: Yeah, about that, how about we call it an audition?

 

LUCIA: I’m gonna need to loosen up some.

 

Lucia pours herself a double shot of some Cherenkov and downs it fast. She takes a deep breath and climbs up on the bar, the crowd cheering and whistling at her. At that point a bell rings, and then we hear Wanna Be by GloRilla play over the sound system.

 

OBJECTIVE: Make ‘em thirsty!

 

This is a rhythm-based minigame, where the player must time specific button inputs to fill up a “Thirst Meter.” Once the player fills it up, the player can press a button that makes Lucia do a special sexy dance move to drive the crowd wild. As the player dances, they’ll earn tips based on how well they do and earn bonuses from pulling off special moves.

 

Once the song ends, we see Lucia drop back down behind the bar where the other girls congratulate her on a job well done. Kim is especially impressed and tells Lucia that she definitely earned herself a spot working at the bar. Before they can celebrate, one of the staff calls out for help as there is a fight breaking out within the crowd. Lucia rushes over to where the fight is and helps to break it up. Unfortunately, a random drunk comes up behind Lucia and gives her a slap on the ass. Lucia turns around and full-on Spartan kicks the man in the torso, sending him falling on his ass and spilling his drink on another customer. This sparks another brawl between a few men, but it’s stopped quickly by the bouncers rushing in and throwing the offenders out the bar. Kim makes it over to Lucia and checks to make sure she’s okay. Lucia reassures Kim that she’s fine. Kim is impressed with how Lucia handles herself and jokes that she should be the bouncer at the bar. Lucia shrugs it off, claiming it was nothing, stating that she was just doing what needed to be done. Kim gives Lucia an extra $100 for her efforts, to which Lucia thanks her. 

 

We see a time lapse where it brings us to 2:30am (02:30). The bar is clearing up for the night and the staff are exhausted. Lucia collects her pay for the night which totals out to $450. Lucia then bids everyone farewell and exits the bar. At this point, the mission is now complete.

 

The Slutty Fox bar is inspired by the Coyote Ugly bar featured in the 2000 film Coyote Ugly. The scene where Lucia arrives at the bar for her first night working is a reference to a similar scene in the film.

 

Once the mission is completed and after 24 in-game hours have passed since completion, the player can have Lucia check her Life Invader page and Bleeter account. The player will see a post on Lucia’s Life Invader page where a friend has tagged a photo of her dancing on the bar. On Lucia’s Bleeter account, the player can see a short clip that was recorded from a customer’s POV of Lucia dancing on the bar.

 

At this point, the game lets the player know that they can now take on shifts at the bar whenever they are not on a mission from 5:00pm-3:00am (17:00-03:00). It functions very similarly to the club work Luis can do in TBOGT. The player makes their own hours and can participate in a range of activities at the bar to earn cash, such as serving drinks, dancing on the bar, participating in drinking games, betting against opponents at games of Darts and Pool, and breaking up fights and protecting the other bartenders and staff from harassment.

 

Additional tip: Lucia has the unique ability to incite other male NPCs to fight on her behalf. If the player finds themselves in a fistfight with a male NPC, other male NPCs within the immediate vicinity may join in the fight to beat up the male NPC that Lucia is fighting with. If Jason is accompanying Lucia, other male NPCs will not join the fight. 

 

Mission 4

Taken For A Ride

This mission is triggered by entering the safehouse through the front door.

 

The following afternoon, we see Lucia is still in bed sleeping, recovering from having quite the night during her first shift at the Slutty Fox. We see Krissie approach the door to Lucia’s room where she then knocks on it a few times. Lucia, still in a groggy and tired state, grumbles in annoyance.

 

LUCIA: What is it, Krissie? I’m trying to sleep!

 

KRISSIE: It’s half past one in the afternoon!

 

LUCIA: How about you come in, instead of having me yell through the f*ckin’ door?

 

Krissie enters the room, closing the door behind her. She then proceeds to open the blinds to let sunlight in, which makes Lucia groan and throw a pillow over her head to shield her from the light. 

 

KRISSIE: So, I see you got yourself a new job.

 

LUCIA: Oh yeah, about that. I forgot to tell you that I’m now a Slutty Fox girl. 

 

KRISSIE: You always have been.

 

LUCIA: But now it’s official! I even got the t-shirt!

 

KRISSIE: Yeah, I saw your debut on Bleeter this morning. Looks like you really rocked it that night.

 

LUCIA: I don’t know if it’s gonna be a regular thing.

 

KRISSIE: Why not? Beats driving around the loonies in this town. Pays more I bet as well.

 

LUCIA: You got that right. $450 on my first night!

 

KRISSIE: f*ckin A, girlie! That’s what’s up.

 

Lucia removes the pillow on top of her head and sits up in the bed. She stretches her arms out and cracks her neck from side to side. 

 

LUCIA: What’s for breakfast?

 

KRISSIE: You mean lunch?

LUCIA: Breakfast.

 

KRISSIE: Brunch?

 

LUCIA: Bingo.

 

KRISSIE: Hank’s Waffles?

 

LUCIA: Oh my God, yes!

 

Lucia lunges towards Krissie to give her a hug. 

 

KRISSIE: You need a shower. You smell like cigarettes, strong alcohol, and overcooked chicken wings with too much hot sauce. 

 

LUCIA: Is it that bad?

 

KRISSIE: Nah, I’m just giving you sh*t. But you do need a shower though, seriously. You look like crap.

 

LUCIA: Gee thanks, I’ll try to be quick!

 

Lucia heads into the shower to clean up and get ready for the day. Once she’s done showering, we see Lucia put on some nice jeans, a black long sleeve strapless top, and her white sneakers. She hollers over to Krissie that she’s ready to go, and that she’ll be in the kitchen waiting. She goes to the kitchen and looks out the window to see Jason working on his Tulip. She twirls her hair with her fingers as she watches him work. At one point we see him turn away from the car and pull his shirt up to wipe some sweat off his forehead. Lucia’s eyes slightly widen at the sight, visibly enjoying what she’s seeing. Jason then looks towards the window where Lucia is, and they both make eye contact. Lucia fights the urge to look away, instead managing to meekly wave at him. Jason nods his head and waves at her back, but then he starts walking towards the door to the house. Lucia steps away from the window and pretends to be looking for something in the fridge. Jason opens the door and walks inside, walking to the kitchen and sitting at the table. 

 

JASON: Now I remember why I left this damn state, this humidity is awful.

 

LUCIA: You’re from around here, right? I figured you’d be pretty used to it.

 

JASON: That doesn’t make it any easier to deal with though. Any water in there?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, here’s a bottle.

 

Lucia grabs a water bottle and gently tosses it towards Jason, who catches it with one hand. 

 

JASON: Thanks. *Takes a few big gulps of water* Lucia, right?

 

LUCIA: I’m glad you remember. 

 

JASON: Yeah, usually I’m pretty terrible with names. But I’m a pretty good judge of character.

 

LUCIA: Oh really? That’s a pretty useful skill to have these days. Although people who tend to say that, are often the ones who are too quick to judge before actually getting to know someone.

 

JASON: There’s probably some truth to that, but some people are easier to judge than others though.

 

LUCIA: Where do you think I fall into that spectrum? You think I’m easy to figure out?

 

JASON: One of the most pointless things a man can do is try to figure out a woman, but I know trouble when I see it. 

 

LUCIA: You’re calling me trouble? What makes you say that?

 

Jason points down at Lucia’s ankle monitor. To which Lucia nervously laughs and tries to shrug off.

 

JASON: I guess it has something to do with that, don’t it?

 

LUCIA: Look, I’m no saint or some sh*t, but as I was saying before, you ought to get the full picture before judging someone’s character. Especially if you’re going to judge me.

 

JASON: Hey, I’m man enough to admit when I’m wrong. I ain’t perfect either, by no stretch of the imagination. What did you do to get that thing on your ankle, if you don’t mind me asking? It looks uncomfortable.

 

Lucia walks over to the far side of the kitchen and then lifts herself up to sit on the kitchen countertop. Jason stands up and walks over towards Lucia, leaning on the refrigerator.

 

LUCIA: I’ve gotten used to it. Besides, I’d tell you, but it’s kind of a long story. Not a very good one, and not one I feel comfortable sharing with just anyone.

 

JASON: I’m here for a few days or so, I’m sure we can get to know one another pretty well.

 

LUCIA: Perhaps. And then what?

 

JASON: I’d say that’s your call.

 

LUCIA: You’re the one staying for only a few days or so, I’d say that it’s your call. Drifter man.

 

We cut to a shot of Krissie standing in the living room, staying out of Jason and Lucia’s eyesight, eavesdropping on their conversation. She has a look of slight concern on her face as they talk.

 

JASON: Drifter man?

 

LUCIA: Your sister told me a little bit about you. You like to travel around quite a bit, and you’re not really the committal type.

 

JASON: You make it sound like it’s a bad thing. 

 

LUCIA: I didn’t, but maybe that’s how you feel about it.

 

JASON: Alright little miss psychotherapist, you wanna play head games with me now?

 

Jason steps closer to Lucia, who slides off the kitchen countertop and back on her feet. Their eyes are intensely locked together.

 

LUCIA: Uh oh, did I just figure you out? Is that it? It seems you’re the one who’s easy to judge. 

 

JASON: I guess I don’t particularly like just anyone trying to get in my head.

 

LUCIA: Well, that makes two of us.

 

We see a small grin begin to develop on Jason’s face as they continue looking at each other. The shot changes to a different view to reveal that Krissie is in the background, between Jason and Lucia, standing in the kitchen doorway. She gently knocks on the doorway to get their attention; both simultaneously turn to look towards Krissie.

 

KRISSIE: Getting along I see. 

 

JASON: Interesting choice in friends, sis.

 

Lucia turns back towards Jason and gives him a sassy look. 

 

KRISSIE: She can be an acquired taste sometimes. Anyways, brunch?

 

LUCIA: About time, I’m starving. 

 

JASON: I gotta get back to fixing that goddamned car.

 

KRISSIE: I’ll bring you something back, okay?

 

JASON: Sure. 

 

Jason heads back outside to work on his car, while Lucia and Krissie get into Lucia’s car. From there, the player is instructed to drive to Hank’s Waffles.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to Hank’s Waffles.

 

Along the way, Krissie and Lucia discuss the conversation she had with her brother, revealing that she was eavesdropping on their conversation. Lucia asks why, asking if Krissie is really that bothered much by the two of them interacting. Krissie says she isn’t bothered by it, rather she tells Lucia that she’s able to see that Jason already kind of likes her. Lucia asks how she knows this, with Krissie responding that she just knows. Lucia mentions that she thinks Jason is really cute when he “gets kinda sassy,” as she describes it. After that, the conversation shifts to the two of them talking about Krissie’s time in rehab. Krissie describes it positively, claiming that while it was difficult, it was very transformative for her. 

 

Once they arrive at Hank’s, they park up and enter the building. They seat themselves at a booth and a server asks them what they’d like. The player can choose between two options for what Lucia would like to order. Once the selection has been made, Krissie will tell the server what she wants. From there, we get an outside shot of the building where we see time elapse, approximately two hours pass by. Once done, Krissie says she’ll go up to the cash register to pay for their meals. Lucia says she’ll wait outside by her car. Lucia exits the building and heads to her car. She turns the corner to see Stefanie and a man wearing a black polo shirt with an armor vest over it, emblazoned with the word “PROBATION” on it, and khakis. They’re both standing in front of Lucia’s car, with their car blocking it in the parking space.

 

Stefanie waves at Lucia, motioning for her to walk over to them. Lucia, suddenly feeling nervous, takes a deep breath and walks over to them. Lucia greets them and asks how Stefanie is doing. Stefanie doesn’t look too pleased with Lucia, instead of answering the question, she introduces her to her parole officer, Antonio De La Costa. Lucia reaches out her hand, the officer reciprocates, and they shake hands. 

 

LUCIA: I was wondering when I was going to have my first parole check-in.

 

COSTA: This isn’t a typical check-in. Normally we’d meet in my office on a specific day, but given the circumstances, we felt like an unannounced, surprise meeting would be better.

 

LUCIA: Given the circumstances? What does that mean?

 

COSTA: It means, turn around and put your hands behind your back.

 

Lucia sees the parole officer reaching for his handcuffs. Lucia turns towards Stefanie, confused as to what’s going on. Stefanie remains indifferent and unphased. 

 

STEFANIE: You heard the officer, turn around and put your hands behind your back. 

 

Lucia reluctantly complies, and the officer puts her in handcuffs. In the background, we can see patrons inside the diner take notice and some begin recording with their cellphones. Krissie rounds the corner and freezes when she sees what’s happening. Krissie decides to approach and ask the officer what is going on. Stefanie tells Krissie to stand back and to not interfere. Krissie distances herself from the situation and pulls out her phone. She calls Jason to let him know what’s going on.

 

KRISSIE: Jason, we need to talk. 

 

The camera then re-focuses back on Lucia. 

 

LUCIA: What the f*ck did I do? This is bullsh*t! 

 

STEFANIE: Calm down! No need to make this difficult.

 

The parole officer begins searching Lucia’s car, presumably looking for any contraband or illegal substances. The officer checks the front of the car, in and around the backseats, and then opens the trunk. The search doesn’t prove fruitful, as the officer confirms the car is clean. 

 

LUCIA: Are you going to tell me what this is about?

 

COSTA: We have a witness who saw two individuals, who fit the description of two suspects who allegedly robbed a Pop’s Pills pharmacy, enter what he described as a mid-late 2000s 4-door BF hatchback, black in color. The vehicle then drove them off and managed to slip past the local PD. 

 

STEFANIE: A nearby CCTV camera had captured the vehicle driving away from where the suspects were last spotted.

 

COSTA: Not only that, but your ankle monitor pinged your location in the immediate vicinity of where the witness spotted the suspects entering the vehicle. Care to explain?

 

LUCIA: I do ridesharing, I had a potential customer request a ride from the grocery store that’s near there. When I got there, the customer canceled the ride. I didn’t pick up anyone. Besides, does your witness have the plates?? Because I can tell you right now, I’m not the only person driving around in a car like this. Every day when I go out driving, I see at least 4 or 5 other Clubs like mine around town. 

 

COSTA: Let me see your phone, I wanna verify that.

 

LUCIA: In my pocket, right here.

 

STEFANIE: I’ll take it.

 

Stefanie reaches into Lucia’s pocket and pulls out the phone. Lucia tells her how to unlock it, then Stefanie opens up the rideshare app to see Lucia’s log of fares she’s done. She eventually finds the canceled ride from that day, confirming Lucia’s alibi. 

 

LUCIA: See? I told you. I’m clean. I got nothing to do with any robbery that happened! I ask again, did anyone see my plates or not?

 

COSTA: No, no positive ID on the license plates. However, since you were pretty much nearby, did you see anyone who looked like they robbed a store? You didn’t see two individuals running to a car and being driven off?

 

LUCIA: Anyone who looked like they robbed a store? The f*ck kinda question is that? What does one look like to you? Oh wait, I know. Black or Brown, right? f*ck outta here!

 

STEFANIE: Did you see anyone or not, Lucia?

 

LUCIA: No, I had my face glued to my phone at the time. I was trying to see if anyone else needed a ride but there was nothing else I could find. If anyone had run by, I sure as hell didn’t notice them. 

 

STEFANIE: There’s something more we wanna know. What were you doing at the docks that day?

 

LUCIA: Enjoying the sea air. What’s it to you? I can’t take a break and just drive around town?

 

STEFANIE: Drop the smartass attitude, it ain’t helpin’ you.

 

LUCIA: Look, I told you what I know. Am I free to go?

 

STEFANIE: Uncuff her. Let her go. 

 

Officer Costa removes Lucia’s handcuffs, and then Stefanie asks him if he could give Lucia and her some time to talk privately. He nods his head and walks back over to his patrol car. He pulls out his cellphone and makes a call. 

 

STEFANIE: Look, I’m sorry we had to meet this way, but you understand, right?

 

Lucia doesn’t say a word, just nods her head in response. 

 

STEFANIE: You’ll need to stop by Officer Costa’s office to submit to a drug test. It’s part of your terms of parole. Is there anything I should know? Anything you wanna tell me? 

 

LUCIA: There’s nothing going on. I just recently found a second job to help with trying to get myself back on my feet again. I’m trying my damndest to keep my head above water here. 

 

STEFANIE: Well, that’s good to hear at least. What is this second job you got?

 

LUCIA: Bartender at The Slutty Fox.

 

STEFANIE: Oh, Lucia…

 

Stefanie shakes her head in disapproval.

 

LUCIA: What? It’s an honest dollar. About as honest as they come these days. Besides, would you rather find out by me telling you, or find out some other way?

 

STEFANIE: Lucia, you know I care about you. I did everything in my power to help bolster your case for parole back when you were on the inside. You working in an environment like that? Do you know how bad that looks, how bad that makes me look? It’s hardly conducive to you trying to better yourself! 

 

LUCIA: When did this become about you? You think that was my first f*cking choice when it came to looking for work? You have any idea how many f*cking applications I sent out in the first few days of my release? Not a single one of the jobs I applied for wanted me. Now I got something, and yeah maybe the optics ain’t so great, but money is money. The people who work there aren’t so bad either. 

 

STEFANIE: Fair enough, but you better watch yourself. I can’t help you if you’re not gonna be honest with me or Officer Costa. Don’t make me regret this, Lucia. Please. 

 

LUCIA: Sure. So now what? 

 

STEFANIE: You’re gonna get into Officer Costa’s car where he’ll take you to his office. There, you’ll submit to a drug test, and you’ll be done. 

 

Lucia nods her head and Stefanie leads her to Officer Costa’s car, where Lucia gets into the backseat. Krissie notices this and comes running up to their car asking where they’re taking Lucia. Officer Costa tells Krissie that he’s taking her back to his office to submit to a drug test. He reassures her that it won’t take no more than an hour. Lucia gives Krissie the keys to her car so that she can make it back home, apologizing that their brunch had to end in such an embarrassing way. Krissie then tells Lucia that she’ll send her brother to come pick her up. Lucia nods her head, and they depart from the diner parking lot. From here the scene does a fade transition to the next scene, showing Lucia standing outside the front of the Port Gellhorn Probation and Parole Office. We then hear Jason’s Tulip approaching, its V8 engine rumbling loudly. 

 

JASON: Alright, alright, alright! Looks like you need a ride there little lady. Wanna hop in? *tries imitating Matthew McConaughey’s character from Dazed and Confused* 

 

Lucia smiles at him in response, feeling a sense of rejuvenation as well as she hops up and runs to get into his car. 

 

JASON: Weren’t waiting too long, I hope.

 

LUCIA: Nah, you’re good. Just glad to be away from there.

 

JASON: Krissie told me what happened, are you alright?

 

LUCIA: I’m okay, thanks. Hey, can you do me a favor?

 

JASON: Sure, what is it?

 

LUCIA: Can you take me to the Digital Den store in town? I need to get something.

 

JASON: Sure thing, no trouble.

 

At this point, the player now assumes control of Jason, and the player is tasked with driving to Lucia’s destination.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the Digital Den store.

 

As the player drives to the store, Lucky Girl by Fazerdaze is scripted to play on the radio during the drive. The drive is quiet, with neither Lucia or Jason talking. Once they arrive at the store, Lucia asks Jason to stay inside the car, reassuring him she won’t be long. Jason nods his head, saying he needs to smoke a cigarette anyways. Lucia turns around and enters the store. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Buy a burner phone.

 

She looks around and finds a shelf that has a few prepaid cell phones on display for sale. Lucia grabs one and the player is then tasked with finding the shelf with phone covers.

This is where the player is introduced to the concept of buying smartphones and upgrading them. The tutorial also showcases how the player can customize their phone with wallpaper layouts, phone covers, and other accessories.

 

Once the player has picked out a cell phone cover, we see Lucia get in line behind a few customers to check out. She looks around and sees a CCTV camera in the store. She looks directly at it, staring at it for about 3-4 seconds. She buys the items and then walks out back to the car.

 

JASON: You got what you needed?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, yeah. More or less. You mind if I bum one of those off of you?

 

JASON: Sure. I didn’t know you smoked.

 

LUCIA: I used to, but with all this bullsh*t I’ve been dealing with. f*ck, I just need it.

 

Jason hands her a cigarette. He then reaches over and lights her cigarette for her, to which she thanks him.

 

JASON: I sorta get it. I’ve had my own run-ins with the law over the years.

 

LUCIA: Yeah? What did you do?

 

JASON: Nothing too crazy, mostly petty theft, a grand theft auto charge, assault and battery, possession of stolen property. sh*t like that. I’ve done some worse things that I luckily haven’t been caught for yet.

 

LUCIA: Like what?

 

JASON: It’s a long story, not a very good one either.

 

LUCIA: Oh, f*ck you! *said while laughing*

 

JASON: I shot a man, killed another about a year ago. It was an ugly situation. Not the first time I’ve had to use a gun on someone though. sh*t happens. 

 

LUCIA: I… I know how that feels.

 

JASON: How it feels to kill?

 

LUCIA: Yeah. I’ve been in an ugly situation too. More than once.

 

JASON: And is that part of the reason for the ankle tag?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, it is.

 

JASON: So, I guess we’re on the same page? Like we understand each other a little better?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, I’d say so. Look, do you have some time to kill?

 

Jason smirks at her, waiting for her to realize what she said. Lucia realizes and laughs at herself.

 

LUCIA: No pun intended! That was poorly worded.

 

JASON: Sure, I got time. What do you wanna do?

 

LUCIA: Let’s go to the Pizza This… over there, get us a slice or two.

 

JASON: I’m down. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the pizza joint. 

 

Jason drives them over to the Pizza This… restaurant across the street and down the road from the Digital Den. Once parked, the pair enter and they grab a booth. They order some food and drinks, then proceed to chat. Lucia tells Jason details about what happened earlier at Hank’s Waffles. She explains that she lied about her involvement in a robbery of a pharmacy that happened recently. She also reveals to Jason that she’s been feeling on edge ever since leaving her parole officer’s office. Jason asks what she means by this, and she clarifies that she’s got a bad feeling that she’s being watched much more intensely now. Jason says he’s not surprised, explaining that if the cops think she was in on a robbery while on parole then of course they’re going to be monitoring her much more severely. Lucia confides to him that she was going to do another job for the guys who pulled off the robbery, telling him that she has their contact info through the WhatUp! app. Jason cautions her against doing another job, but Lucia says she wants to check something out. She pulls out the prepaid phone she bought from the store. 

 

JASON: Ahh, a burner phone? Smart.

 

LUCIA: I need your help with this.

 

JASON: Hold on, why me? I’m not trying to get roped into whatever is going on with you, these hoods, and the local PD. I’m trying to help my sister out with something while I’m here. 

 

LUCIA: I’m not asking you to put yourself in harm’s way, think of it more as recon work.

 

JASON: Recon?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, recon. I’m gonna contact the guy, he goes by the name of RJ. He’s gonna provide me with an address that I pick him up from. Only I’m not gonna be there. You’re gonna be posted up nearby keeping watch on things.

 

JASON: You’re trying to see if the cops are staking them out aren’t you? You think they’re under surveillance?

 

LUCIA: The thought has crossed my mind; I know they’re involved with selling crank. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised these guys might be using some of their own product and getting sloppy. 

 

JASON: Alright. Contact him.

 

Lucia downloads the WhatUp! App on the burner phone. Using the contact info provided to her by RJ, she lets him know she's interested in driving for them again. A minute later, RJ sends her an address. The address is for the Lucky Plucker in town. Lucia deduces that they’re going to rob the pawn shop that’s around the corner from the Lucky Plucker restaurant. Another message comes through to Lucia, saying the robbery is happening tonight at 6:30pm (18:30).

 

JASON: So, what happens if the cops don’t show up? Am I supposed to leave them scratching their heads wondering where their getaway is? You may not wanna burn bridges with these guys.

 

LUCIA: Not yet at least. If it ain’t some kind of trap, then try to get their attention and drive them to wherever they wanna go. Say whatever it is you need to say to them and get out of there. 

 

JASON: And if the cops do show up? 

 

LUCIA: Leave them. That’s their problem.

 

JASON: You’re not worried that they might think you ratted them out?

 

LUCIA: Not really, they don’t seem like they’re big time or anything. f*ck ‘em. I doubt they have any real connections to anyone.

 

JASON: Well, if we’re gonna do this right, we don’t want you near the scene of the crime. I’ll drive you back to the house and then I’ll head out to the pick-up point. I’ll keep an eye on things. 

 

Jason pays for the food and drinks and takes her back to the house. The player is then tasked with driving to the pick-up point to stake things out. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the Lucky Plucker. 

 

Once the player has arrived and parked their vehicle in the marked spot, Jason begins watching the pawn shop. It doesn’t take long for two men to show up, having been dropped off by another person driving a brown Willard Marbelle. The Marbelle drives away, and the two men enter, dressed in hoodies, sweatpants, and ski masks. A few minutes go by, and Jason begins hearing the wail of sirens nearby. It turns out it was a sting operation, a trap set up by the cops. Jason turns on his vehicle and begins driving when he hears gunfire erupt from the pawn shop. Jason stops, choosing to wait till the gunfire ends to avoid getting caught in the crossfire. However, before Jason can get out of there, one of the robbers approaches his car on the passenger side. The man sticks his hand into the car, pointing the gun at Jason’s head.

 

HOOD: Out the car motherf*cker! Get out! I’ll blast you!

 

Jason remains cool and raises his hands, looking like he’ll give up the car. With one quick motion however, Jason grabs the robber’s wrist with both his hands and begins struggling to get the gun. Jason manages to break one of the robber’s fingers in the struggle, causing him to drop the gun on the passenger seat. He keeps a hold of the robber’s wrist, with the robber continuously threatening him.

 

JASON: How about we go for a little ride!?

 

Jason hits the gas, burning rubber out the parking lot and onto the main road. He manages to drag the robber for a fair distance before letting go of his wrist in the middle of a 4-way intersection. As the robber tries to get up, he’s promptly run over by a speeding Vapid Sandking XL. The player is advised to leave the area to avoid the police. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Leave the area without alerting the police. 

 

Once a sufficient distance has been reached, the player will have completed the mission. Afterwards, Jason will call Lucia’s phone to tell her that her suspicions were right about it being a bust. Lucia thanks him for going along with it and tells him she’s going to dispose of the burner phone. She finishes the call by saying she’ll see him back at the house.

 

Upon completion of this mission, Jason is now unlocked as a playable character. The player can now switch between these two characters at any time when not on a mission. Unlike Lucia, Jason can freely explore the map at the player’s leisure since he does not wear an ankle monitor. He can also evade any wanted level gained by the player.

 

Once completed, Lucia and Jason can check each other’s social media accounts. One of Lucia’s friends will have tagged her in a video posted on her Life Invader page of when she was handcuffed at Hank’s Waffles. Both Jason and Lucia can reply positively or negatively to the tagged video. There will also be a video on Bleeter showing another angle of the situation. There will also be a few Bleeter posts from random users talking about the failed pawn shop robbery. 

 

When not playing as Jason, the player can see Jason engaging in a few activities around the house such as wrenching on his car, lying on the couch playing around on his phone, in the kitchen making coffee, smoking cigarettes by his car, and taking the trash out of the house during the morning hours. In the afternoon and midday hours, Jason is not present at the house. He’ll be back by dusk to hang around the house for the rest of the night (you can actually dynamically witness him arriving back at the house and parking his car either in the driveway or the street anytime between 6:00pm-7:00pm [18:00-19:00]). From there, you can see him engaging in some other activities such as drinking a water or soda with his sister Krissie and sharing funny stories, watching TV in the living room, washing dishes in the kitchen, smoking cigarettes by the front door, and sleeping on the couch. It is possible to catch Jason around Port Gellhorn during the midday hours, although it’s a rare occurrence. You can sometimes find him re-fueling his car at a gas station, smoking a cigarette outside an auto parts store, or hanging out in the parking lot of the Lucky Plucker talking to two female peds (one of them being the Mud Girl, albeit clean with no mud this time) sitting in the back of their Canis Seminole Frontier (this event only happens once). Lucia can interact with him for extra dialogue.

 

When not playing as Lucia, she can also be seen in many different activities around the house during the day. In the morning hours, you can catch her sitting at the kitchen table on her phone, drinking coffee, applying makeup in the bathroom, hanging out by the carport smoking a cigarette, and speaking to a friend in Spanish over the phone (topics discussed range from TV shows, Lucia’s parole, whatever happened to Lazlow after Fame or Shame, family drama, visiting Vice Beach to party, and the death of a mutual acquaintance). During the afternoon and midday hours, Lucia is not home. In the evening hours Lucia can be seen back at the house. The player can see her posing for selfies around the house (while complaining that there is no decent lighting around the house), watching TV while lying down on the couch, her and Krissie drinking beers at the kitchen table and sharing funny stories, on the laptop browsing the internet, playing a dancing game that parodies Dance Dance Revolution and doing very well at it (similar to what Tracey does in GTA V), playing another game that parodies Hotline Miami, and sleeping in her bed.

 

GRAND THEFT AUTO VI

CHAPTER ONE

PART II

Spoiler

Mission 5

It’s Bad You Know

Lucia will receive a text message from Officer Costa stating that she needs to see him at his office. The mission is triggered by walking into the front door of the Port Gellhorn Probation and Parole Services building. 

 

The cutscene starts with an anxious Lucia waiting in the lobby area to get called in to see Officer Costa, her parole officer. It’s crowded and noisy in the lobby, with Lucia looking increasingly uncomfortable as she looks around the room seeing all the other ex-cons, troubled teens, and drug addicts. Eventually, Lucia is called into the office, much to her relief. She enters and takes a seat within the office.

 

COSTA: How are you doing today?

 

LUCIA: Peachy.

 

COSTA: You don’t have to lie to me now.

 

LUCIA: Was it not enthusiastic enough for you?

 

COSTA: You know, for someone who is so damn close to ending up back in prison, you have such a sh*tty attitude towards the people who are trying to help you.

 

LUCIA: You call what you did to me at the diner “helping me?” That was you trying to embarrass me, humiliate me in public. You didn’t need to do all that extra sh*t.

 

COSTA: We took the necessary measures, and you were let go regardless. We could’ve played it a lot worse.

 

LUCIA: Whatever. What am I here for?

 

COSTA: I have the results from your drug test. Care to guess how you did?

 

LUCIA: Let me guess, my piss was as dirty as the Carcer City River.

 

COSTA: That’s really delightful. It came back clean, so you can rest easy there.

 

LUCIA: Thanks for telling me something I already knew.

 

COSTA: How’s your employment?

 

LUCIA: Good. I work two jobs, I do ridesharing and bartending.

 

COSTA: Where at?

 

LUCIA: The Slutty Fox. 

 

COSTA: Interesting. It’s a nice bar, I've been there a few times with some of my other cop buddies.

 

LUCIA: Can you do me a favor? Let me know in advance when you plan to visit next. That way I don’t take a shift that night. I don’t wanna give the regulars there the wrong impression.

 

COSTA: Anyways, looks like the local PD wrapped up the case of those two suspects who allegedly robbed that Pop’s Pills store not too long ago. A nice little sting operation.

 

LUCIA: Cool. 

 

COSTA: Yeah, I’d say so. Both of them ended up dead. One was shot about 30 or so times in front of the pawn shop they tried to turn over, the other somehow ended up less than half a mile down the road from the scene and was run over by a dipsh*t driving one of those stupid lifted trucks. Did you hear about that?

 

LUCIA: Nope. Sounds like justice was swiftly served.

 

COSTA: Apparently their getaway driver must’ve lost their nerve. Tried to get away and ended up dragging his partner down the road a bit.

 

LUCIA: Maybe it was a regular person trying to prevent their car from being jacked?

 

COSTA: You’d think that, but I’m not sure why they’d risk a vehicular manslaughter charge. A witness eyeballed the car, said it looked like an old Declasse sedan. It was either red or orange in color, they weren’t sure. There’s one other thing though.

 

LUCIA: And this all has to do with me why?

 

COSTA: A Drone phone recovered from one of the suspects, goes by the name of Roberto Jimenez, was contacted on WhatUp! A few hours before the robbery took place.

 

LUCIA: And?

 

COSTA: Well, we had some of our computer people look into it, and they saw that the message came from a phone that had been activated that day. They downloaded the app, registered themselves on the app with what we presume to be false information, and then contacted this RJ character. And I got to thinking, I was getting a hunch. I checked your monitor’s GPS for that day, and I saw you were at a Digital Den store.

 

LUCIA: I was there, yeah. I was getting my phone repaired and I bought a new phone case. Wanna see it?

 

Lucia reaches into her pocket and pulls out her phone, showing off her new phone case.

 

LUCIA: Ain’t it cute? Goes with my eyes. Says a lot about my personality. 

 

COSTA: Your phone wasn’t damaged, last time I saw it.

 

LUCIA: At the time, but I dropped it in the driveway at my place one night. Really cracked the sh*t out of the screen. I was lucky that they could even repair it, I thought I’d have to get a new phone.

 

COSTA: Well, I’m glad you remember what you were doing there. Maybe the staff will remember as well, maybe even the CCTV too.

 

LUCIA: Wait, you’re still thinking I’m some sort of suspect? What the f*ck?

 

COSTA: Lucia, the world is getting a little too f*cking small for these coincidences. Wouldn’t you agree?

 

LUCIA: It’s a small town, officer. 

 

COSTA: It looks bad. It’s bad, you know?

 

LUCIA: What do you want me to say?

 

COSTA: The truth. 

 

LUCIA: Sounds like you’ve made up your own “truth” about me.

 

COSTA: I tell it like I see it. You’re into something, and I’ll find out what it is.

 

LUCIA: You know, you’re in the wrong business. You should’ve been a detective.

 

COSTA: I was. For 25 years, I was a detective in Liberty City before moving down here. Don’t think for a second I haven’t lost my touch. 

 

LUCIA: Duly noted. Are we done here?

 

COSTA: For now, yeah. I’ll contact you again when you need to have another check-in. Or perhaps, maybe I’ll just find you instead.

 

Lucia rolls her eyes and exits the office. Once she’s back in her car, she calls Jason and asks him to meet her near the Port Gellhorn racetrack. She also tells him to make sure he isn’t being followed. Jason voices some concern over having to make sure he isn’t being followed, but he agrees to meet with Lucia. The player is tasked with driving to the meet point.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the meet up location.

 

Once there, we see Jason already waiting in the parking lot standing in front of his car. Lucia walks over to him and tries to hug him, but Jason backs up from her. 

 

JASON: You gonna tell me what’s going on? Why am I looking for people following me?

 

LUCIA: I need you to listen to me, okay? Please?

 

JASON: What’s wrong?

 

LUCIA: You know those guys who got busted the other day?

 

JASON: Oh I vividly remember. One of them tried to jack me for my car.

 

LUCIA: Listen, my PO knows about the burner phone.

 

JASON: Okay? You got rid of it though, right?

 

LUCIA: That’s not it! My face is on the CCTV camera from when I bought it. That asshole is going to see that and put it together.

 

JASON: So how the f*ck am I supposed to fix this?

 

LUCIA: I… I need you to go to the Digital Den and wipe the footage somehow. Make it look like, you know, a robbery.

 

JASON: Oh for f*ck’s sake! What? I told you I’m staying out of this. I did you that little favor, that's it.

 

LUCIA: It doesn’t f*cking matter, Jason! If they get me, they get you too! 

 

JASON: How? I’m not a part of this!

 

LUCIA: I think they may have a witness. Someone from that night who might be able to ID your car. 

 

JASON: Goddammit. How do you know this?

 

LUCIA: My PO told me earlier. A witness saw you driving away from the scene of an accident. They don’t have much to go on though, all that the witness told them was that it was some old sedan that was either red or orange in color.

 

JASON: Doesn’t sound like they have really anything on my car, that’s such a vague description.

 

LUCIA: Except for the fact that the Digital Den has a camera on the outside of the building that you were parked right in front of. 

 

JASON: f*cking sh*t. 

 

LUCIA: You’ve done this sorta thing before right? Armed robbery?

 

JASON: Yeah, I’ve done time for a small stick up once, but I’ve done quite a few of them. I mostly stuck to stealing cars though. 

 

LUCIA: Well then you don’t need me to tell you what to do. Just know what’s at stake here. I can’t go back. I… I don’t want you to go either, for that matter. 

 

Lucia goes in to hug him, wrapping her arms around him. Jason, however, stands there motionless for a moment before reluctantly reciprocating the hug. 

 

JASON: I guess I’m doing this then.

 

LUCIA: You have a gun, right?

 

JASON: Yeah. Courtesy of one of those hoods by the way. 

 

Lucia lets out a sigh of relief, remarking that at least they don’t have to worry about procuring a gun for this. Jason asks Lucia to go get his sister so she can drive his car back to the house. He then says he has to get something out of the trunk.

 

Here, the player is introduced to the vehicle controls menu that was mentioned in the leaks. This is where the player can choose to open the glove box, center console, a vehicle’s hood/bonnet, and the trunk/boot.

 

Jason retrieves a slim jim, a flathead screwdriver, a dark green bandana, and a .45 caliber pistol from the trunk of his car, telling Lucia he’s gonna need another car to pull this off. Lucia hugs him one more time and thanks him for doing this for her. Jason just shrugs his shoulders and bids her farewell. Lucia then gets into her car and drives away. The player is then instructed to find a vehicle to steal. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Steal a vehicle.

 

There are three cars in the racetrack parking lot for the player to choose from. The first one is a Declasse Impaler LX, the second option is a Karin Asterope GZ, and the third option is a Bollokan Brasile (based on the 2018 Kia Rio EX hatchback [exterior/interior]). Once the player has stolen the vehicle of their choice, they’re directed to head to the Digital Den. It’s Bad You Know by R.L. Burnside is scripted to play on the radio during the drive.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the Digital Den store.

 

Once there, Jason tries to enter the store but sees the door is locked. He looks over at the posted business hours sign and sees that they just started closing the store. Jason impulsively shoots out the glass to the front door, gaining access to the store. Two staff members, a young geeky looking guy and a woman who has a goth/e-girl aesthetic, come running out from the back office to see what the commotion was. Jason aims his gun at them and orders one of them on the floor, while having the other one come open the cash register. The staff members comply, one lies down on the floor and the other opens up the cash register. Jason orders the woman to put the cash in a plastic bag. Once done, he aims his gun at the CCTV camera and shoots it out. He then aims it back at the woman and demands to know where the security footage is being kept. The woman points to the back office, but Jason orders her to lead the way. As they turn around to head to the back office, the male staff member is on his feet aiming a pistol at Jason. Jason immediately grabs the woman and holds her hostage, demanding the man put the gun down. He inches forward with the woman, approaching the back office but the man won’t drop the gun. Before things get ugly, the woman shouts for the man to listen to Jason. 

 

This particular moment introduces the player to the hostage-taking mechanic.

 

FEMALE STAFF MEMBER: Oh my god! Matt put the f*cking gun down!

 

MATT: No way Marie! Not today! Finally, I’m standing up for myself!

 

MARIE: This is the time you wanna play hero? When I’m this close to having my head blown off?!

 

JASON: Listen to the girl, Matt! I’ll do it! 

 

MARIE: MATT! PLEASE!

 

MATT: I’ll get you out of this, I promise!

 

JASON: You’re gonna find your way into a grave if you don’t put the f*cking gun down now! DROP IT!

 

MATT: Not a chance!

 

MARIE: Oh for f*ck’s sake, Matt! If I give you a blowjob later, will you drop the gun?

 

MATT: Uh, um… For real?

 

JASON: Sounds like a good deal, bro. 

 

MATT: Okay, I’ll put the gun down.

 

Matt puts the gun on the floor and steps away. Jason orders him to kick the gun over to him instead. Matt does so and kicks it to Jason. Jason, while still holding onto Marie as a hostage, lowers himself down to grab the .38 caliber snub nose revolver. Jason then thanks Matt for finally complying, then proceeds to shoot him in the groin. Matt screams in agonizing pain and rolls around on the floor, blood pooling on the floor by his groin. Jason forces Marie into the office at gunpoint and orders her to show him where the security feed is being stored. She tells him that it’s all on a USB stick that’s plugged to the computer. Jason takes it and begins rooting around the office. He finds a box of blue USB sticks in one of the office cabinets. 

 

MARIE: Did you really have to shoot him in the f*cking dick? I wasn’t going to actually blow him!

 

JASON: What can I say? I got an itchy trigger finger. What are these blue thumb drives for?

 

MARIE: Those are the sales transactions and inventory reports! Why the f*ck would you want them?

 

Jason proceeds to grab the USB drives and stuff them into his back pocket. 

 

JASON: Get down on the f*ckin’ floor! I mean it! Now count to 100 before calling the cops.

 

Marie complies and gets on the floor and begins counting. As Jason makes his exit, he can hear approaching police sirens. 

 

JASON: Spoke too f*cking soon!

 

OBJECTIVE: Lose the cops.

 

Jason hurriedly gets into his getaway car and drives away but is spotted by the police. The player must lose the cops and dump the car outside of town. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the secluded spot.

 

Jason drives to a swampy area outside of Port Gellhorn where he dumps the car. He then throws the USB sticks into the swamp water. After that, the player is directed to leave the area. The mission is then complete. Afterwards, Jason will call Lucia to let her know it’s done. She’ll thank him and wish him a safe return back to the house. 

 

Upon mission completion, the player can hear a news report on the radio regarding the robbery. There will also be a news article that can be read on the in-game internet from Weazel News, with the headline “Cock Shot! Leonida Man loses dick trying to stop robbery!”

 

Jason earns $400 from the robbery.

 

Mission 6

Fight And Flight

This mission is triggered by Lucia. The mission starts when the player walks into the kitchen at the safehouse.

 

Three days have gone by since the previous mission. Lucia is washing a few dishes at the sink, periodically looking out the kitchen window where she can see Jason working on his Tulip again. It’s currently just before noon and the skies are clear. Krissie comes walking into the kitchen, yawning. It appears she had just woken up, which is normally not the case for her as she’s an early riser. 

 

LUCIA: I was about to call the f*ckin’ coroner for you! What kept you?

 

KRISSIE: I… I couldn’t sleep. Just had too many things on my mind.

 

LUCIA: Penny for your thoughts?

 

KRISSIE: Maybe some other time, I gotta get ready for work in a bit. f*ck, I should just call out instead.

 

LUCIA: It’s not too late to do so!

 

KRISSIE: Yeah, f*ck it. I’m not goin’ in today.

 

LUCIA: Hey, can I ask you something?

 

KRISSIE: Sure, what’s up?

 

LUCIA: How do you, you know… feel about things?

 

KRISSIE: Feel about what exactly? Like between us or between my brother and you?

 

LUCIA: The latter.

 

KRISSIE: Well… it seems to be doing him some good, I guess. I’m not gonna get in the middle of it.

 

LUCIA: You think he likes me?

 

KRISSIE: Totally. I know for a fact he’s out there working shirtless hoping you’ll check him out.

 

LUCIA: Tell him it’s f*cking working. You think he can do some work on my car sometime? Is he like an actual mechanic?

 

KRISSIE: Yeah, as far as I know, that’s how he’s made most of his money over the years. Among the other sh*t he’s done, for sure. What’s wrong with my old Club?

 

LUCIA: Oh nothing really. I just wanna keep him busy. Maybe I’ll disconnect the battery in my car just for kicks. 

 

KRISSIE: Ugh! I gotta call my boss and let him know I can’t make it in.

 

LUCIA: He’ll be cool with that? You’re not gonna call in sick?

 

KRISSIE: Nah. Me and him are tight as f*ck, he’ll give me the time off. Besides, it’s not like I ever ask for a day off. I think I’m becoming a workaholic. 

 

LUCIA: Hey, one more thing. You know any good gyms around here? I need to start working out again, and I wanna go to a place that doesn’t charge a bullsh*t price for a membership and actually has decent equipment. 

 

KRISSIE: I’m sure even the rattiest f*cking gym in town is leagues better than whatever you had in prison. 

 

LUCIA: On the contrary, we had the most state-of-the-art sh*t in the yard. Real quality stuff.

 

KRISSIE: Well sh*t. You could try the one I go to. It’s on the corner of Willis and Union Ave, across the street from Cock-Eyed.

 

LUCIA: Okay, I’ll check it out today. 

 

Krissie nods and heads back to her room. Lucia finishes up in the kitchen and heads outside. She walks towards Jason’s car and looks around it. Jason has a portable music player connected to his phone which is playing Swang Wide by Archie Lee. When she gets to the rear of the car, she looks at all the stickers that Jason has on the rear bumper. She comes back around to the front of the car where we see Jason is under the car on a roller. 

 

LUCIA: Hey.

 

Jason doesn’t respond, he keeps on wrenching away.

 

LUCIA: Uhhh hello?

 

JASON: I’m busy!

 

LUCIA: I said… *Lucia winds up her foot to kick Jason* …hello! *she swiftly brings her foot down in a kicking motion, but stopping short to gently tap Jason on his side with her foot*

 

Jason, slightly exasperated, rolls himself out from under the car.

 

JASON: Hello there!

 

LUCIA: For a hippy, you sure are uh… cranky!

 

JASON: Clever. You must’ve used all of your brain cells to come up with that. All two of them. 

 

Lucia winds up her foot and proceeds to kick Jason hard on his left thigh.

 

JASON: Hey! What the f*ck?

 

LUCIA: Next kick is going to your balls.

 

JASON: What are you, like 5 years old?

 

LUCIA: I’ve been described as being ‘young at heart.’

 

JASON: What they really meant to say was, woman who acts like an annoying f*cking teenager.

 

LUCIA: So sensitive, eh?

 

Jason rolls his eyes; he then gets up off the roller to go start the car. With a turn of the key, his Tulip roars to life. Lucia nods her head, complimenting the car saying that it sounds powerful. Jason gives her a little smirk in response.

 

JASON: 420 cubic inches, 6.9 liters of good ol’ American muscle. 475 horsepower with 500 lb-ft of torque. The best goddamn motor Declasse ever made. There’s a reason why drag racers still swap the 420 big block into their cars. Strong and dependable. 

 

LUCIA: What’s the gas mileage like on this thing?

 

JASON: Low enough to cause every goddamn eco-warrior to sh*t a collective brick the size of the Rotterdam Tower. 

 

LUCIA: Doesn’t that kinda go against your whole hippy thing?

 

JASON: Hey, I want the world to be a better place just like everyone else. It’s just that life is too short to drive around in some little hybrid sh*tbox.

 

LUCIA: True sh*t. Well, I’ll let you get back to working on this beast you got here. I’m sure you’re super busy.

 

JASON: Actually, I’m about done. Maybe we can go for a drive in a bit? I wouldn’t mind seeing if you could handle this monster. Tonight maybe?

 

Lucia smiles at him, she looks back at the car and sees Jason’s navy-blue t-shirt hanging on the front left fender. She grabs it and gently tosses it towards Jason, who catches it with one hand.

 

LUCIA: I’ll think about it. I gotta run though, got some things to do. I’ll let you know, okay?

 

JASON: Yeah, sure thing. I’ll see you later. 

 

LUCIA: See ya! 

 

Lucia gets into her car and heads over to the gym that Krissie told her about.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the gym.

 

The gym is a part of a franchise that has locations all over the state and is pretty popular. Lucia goes in and takes a look at the place, she’s pretty impressed with how clean it is and with the quality of the equipment. A staff member approaches her and asks if there’s anything he can do for her. Lucia inquires about a membership, to which the staff member goes over the features and what the membership includes. He even takes her on a short tour of the building so Lucia can familiarize herself with the place. To her surprise, this location also has an area where members can practice and learn martial arts. This particular gym teaches traditional boxing and Muay Thai. Lucia then purchases the membership.

 

After leaving the establishment, Lucia gets a call from Kim. Lucia answers and Kim asks if she’s busy for the day. Lucia says she doesn’t have anything planned at the moment and that she can come in for a shift if needed. Kim is relieved and asks her to come by the bar tonight for a special event they are holding. Lucia then heads to the bar. From there, the camera pans up towards the sky where we see time elapse all the way to 1:30am (01:30). 

 

Lucia is getting in her car to head home after another wild night at the bar. She suddenly gets a ride request from a fare at a bar that’s just down the road from the Slutty Fox. Lucia accepts and drives down to pick up the fare. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Pick up the fare.

 

When she arrives, the fare can be seen waving at her on the sidewalk. The fare is a young Cuban guy, mid-20s, dressed in a tropical shirt, white tank top, jeans, and white sneakers. He gets in and tells Lucia to get going. Lucia begins driving him to his destination. The guy is quiet and doesn’t talk, but Lucia notices him staring at her intensely when she looks in her rear-view mirror. She starts getting a little nervous and decides to check where the drop off is. She notices that it’s set to the docks, just like with RJ and that other hood that one day. Lucia manages to discreetly type out a text to Jason to meet her behind a warehouse on the southside of town. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the warehouse.

 

Suddenly, the weather turns for the worse and begins pouring rain. Lucia keeps an eye on the passenger through the rear-view mirror, where she sees him once again stare at her. Lucia hits the button to activate the child locks and begins speeding up. She deviates from the GPS route to head towards the warehouse she told Jason to meet her at. She then cancels the ride as the man begins to question what Lucia is doing. 

 

PASSENGER: Hey, hey, hey! Where are you going? *in Spanish*

 

LUCIA: What was gonna happen when we got the docks, asshole? *in Spanish*

 

PASSENGER: f*ck you, you rat! We can do this right now then! *in Spanish*

 

The passenger lunges forward with a knife, but Lucia was prepared with some pepper spray that she sprays onto his face. She’s able to prevent the guy from fully attacking her, with the knife falling onto the floor in front of the front passenger seat but is still cut by the knife on her right shoulder.

 

LUCIA: You’re calling me a f*cking rat? You don’t f*cking know me! *in Spanish*

 

PASSENGER: RJ told me about you, with that f*cking ankle monitor and being on parole. You can’t tell me that it wasn’t a set up!

 

LUCIA: Your dumbass friends got themselves into that mess. It’s their own fault what happened to them. 

 

Suddenly, Lucia’s face feels like it’s on fire. It seems that she’s also affected by the pepper spray, which is making it incredibly difficult to drive, especially in the pouring rain late at night. Even though her vision is impaired, she can see in the rear-view mirror that the passenger is attempting to lunge at her again. Before he can do so, Lucia quickly slams on the brakes. This sends the man flying headfirst into the dashboard, hard, knocking him out. Lucia rolls down the window and sticks her head out, in the hopes the rainwater will provide some relief to her face as it burns from exposure to the pepper spray. 

 

Eventually Lucia makes it to the warehouse and drives around to the rear of the building. She parks the car, reaches over and grabs the dropped knife. The man is beginning to regain consciousness, but Lucia opens up the rear passenger door and grabs him by his feet and drags him out the car. Lucia tries to turn the man onto his back, but as she does so he manages to punch her in the face. Lucia is briefly stunned and knocked to the ground. The man slowly gets back on his feet, as does Lucia who picks up the knife. Lucia must use the knife to fight the man off and kill him. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Waste him. 

 

Once the man has been wasted, Lucia will stand over him and rapidly stab him multiple times in the neck just to make sure he’s dead. The player can make Lucia loot the body and receive $1000 from the man’s wallet. 

 

Jason arrives on the scene and finds Lucia standing next to the body, still holding the bloody knife. Jason gets out and runs over to her and asks if she’s badly hurt anywhere. Without a word, she looks him in the eyes and shakes her head no. Jason takes off his denim jacket and wraps Lucia in it to keep her from getting more soaked by the rain. Jason looks over at the body on the ground, he then asks if Lucia knew the guy.

 

LUCIA: No, but he seemed to know me. He thought I ratted out those guys. The ones who got killed robbing the pawn shop.

 

JASON: You did a real number on him. Look at his neck… I know a prison shanking when I see it.

 

LUCIA: Just… just making sure he stayed the f*ck down.

 

JASON: sh*t. This might’ve been the guy who dropped them off at the pawn shop that night?

 

LUCIA: You saw him?

 

JASON: No, but someone driving a dark colored Willard Marbelle drove up and dropped them off across the road from the pawnbroker. Most likely it was this guy since he seems to have heard about you. 

 

LUCIA: We gotta get rid of this f*ck.

 

JASON: There’s a car scrapyard out past Yorktown that I can take him to. I’ll stuff him into the trunk of some older junker and crush him into a cube. 

 

LUCIA: I was supposed to take him to the docks, his car is probably there. You should make him and his car disappear at the scrapyard. But there’s a problem… I… I…

 

JASON: What?

 

LUCIA: I can’t go past Yorktown; my monitor will go off once I’m outside the town limits.

 

JASON: You don’t need to, just head back home and get yourself cleaned up. 

 

LUCIA: I can’t. It’s gonna look suspicious to my PO. I’ll go to the motel past that old gas station off of Route 6. That’s the furthest I can go, meet me back there when you’re done. I’ll make something up when I have to check in with him again.

 

JASON: Are you sure?

 

LUCIA: It’ll be fine, just trust me, okay?

 

JASON: Okay. I got you. 

 

Jason proceeds to open up the trunk of his car, walks back and picks up the body, and then loads it into the trunk. He then checks the body for car keys, which he finds in the man’s back pocket. They both get into their cars and drive to their respective destinations. We stay in control of Lucia as she drives to the motel. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the motel.

 

During the drive, Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones is scripted to play on the radio. Once Lucia arrives at the motel, we switch to Jason who is driving the man’s Marbelle to the scrapyard. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the scrapyard.

 

He makes his way into the car scrapyard after picking the lock to the gate, then drives to the crusher. Jason locates and climbs up into the crane and the player uses it to pick up the car containing the body and then place it into the crusher. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Place the car into the crusher.

 

Once the car is crushed, Jason climbs out of the crane and notices two flashlights being pointed in his direction. The noise from the machinery has alerted a couple of employees. The player must be stealthy in their escape, avoiding being spotted by the security guards.

 

OBJECTIVE: Find a vehicle.

 

Once the player has escaped from the scrapyard, the player is instructed to find a vehicle. There’s a convenience store within walking distance with two vehicles, a Dundreary Admiral LS (1995 Lincoln Town Car) and a Declasse Rancher XL, parked outside that the player can steal. Once a vehicle is acquired, the player is instructed to drive to the motel. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the motel to meet up with Lucia. 

 

Once there, Jason exits the vehicle and calls Lucia, asking what room she is in. She tells him she’s in room 203. He arrives at the room and knocks on the door. Lucia grabs him by the hand and pulls him in. 

 

LUCIA: Is it done? You got rid of him and the car?

 

JASON: Yeah, it’s taken care of.

 

Lucia breathes a sigh of relief and sits at the end of the bed. Jason sits next to her, and they sit in silence, staring at a TV that isn’t on. Jason looks over at her and notices that her wound on her right shoulder is bleeding through her shirt. 

 

JASON: Hey, you’re hurt. Looks pretty bad.

 

LUCIA: f*ck. I forgot about it, I’ve been running on pure adrenalin. I hardly feel it. 

 

JASON: Mind if I take a look at least?

 

LUCIA: Be my guest.

 

Jason pulls at her shirt to reveal the wound. 

 

JASON: This looks like it’s gonna need stitches. 

 

LUCIA: I can’t go to a f*cking hospital, not now.

 

JASON: I know, let me check and see if there’s anything we can use.

 

Jason looks around the room and finds a first aid and trauma kit, complete with stitching wire and bandages. He opens up the kit and finds some alcohol wipes which he applies to Lucia’s wound. He asks her if it hurts, to which she replies that it does hurt a little but to proceed with the stitching. Lucia removes her shirt to make it easier for Jason to treat her wound. 

 

JASON: Just so you know I’m not a trained medical professional, okay? So you can’t sue me.

 

Lucia laughs before nervously asking him if he even knows what he’s doing at all.

 

JASON: I’ve had to stitch a few wounds of my own before. Sometimes you can’t go to a hospital because the staff will call the police for stab wounds and gunshot wounds. 

 

Jason pauses for a moment to show her some scars that he had to stitch up originally. Lucia tells him that they healed pretty nicely, which makes her feel a bit more comfortable. He finishes applying a numbing agent around the wound and grabs the stitching wire. He grips her shoulder with one hand and gets ready to put the wire through her skin to sew the wound shut. 

 

JASON: Take a deep breath alright. You’re still gonna feel some pain here.

 

Lucia takes a breath and nods her head to tell Jason to start. He pushes the wire through her skin, which causes Lucia to gasp and grunt in pain. She manages to keep it together and hold herself still so Jason can complete the stitching.

 

JASON: You’re doin’ fine girl, just fine. Almost done. 

 

LUCIA: Can I ask you something?

 

JASON: Sure, shoot.

 

LUCIA: What’s it like just living your life on the road? Drifting from place to place?

 

JASON: I guess it’s like having the ultimate freedom in a way. I never feel like I’m tied down to just one place. I feel like I’m actually independent, you know?

 

LUCIA: Sounds really nice. I can’t say I’ve ever felt that way, you know? Independent. Free. Between prison, my past relationships, and my parole, being truly independent has always felt like a pipe dream to me. I've never had the chance to really see the world, you know?

 

JASON: You're still young, I'd like to think that you'll achieve that. Assuming we don't get caught for all this, of course. But living the way I do, it’s not for everyone. It can be pretty hard when you’re in a new place and you don’t know anyone, and you only got $40 to your name. Some days I wish I could have some roots, you know? A place I can call home. 

 

LUCIA: I imagine it gets pretty lonely at times.

 

Lucia places her hand on Jason’s hand, the one that’s gripping her shoulder. She caresses it gently with her thumb. Jason pauses with his stitching and looks Lucia in the eyes.

 

JASON: It can be. 

 

They gaze into each other’s eyes for a brief moment, before Jason drives the stitching wire into Lucia’s flesh. Lucia winces a bit but keeps her gaze on Jason.

 

JASON: All done. Go look in the mirror and see how it looks.

 

LUCIA: What? No faith in your own work?

 

JASON: Nah, I just hope it’s aesthetically pleasing for your selfies though.

 

Lucia laughs and gives Jason a playful shove, calling him a dick. She gets up and goes into the bathroom to check it out. She comments on it, saying she didn’t realize the cut was so long. Jason responds saying it’ll be a badass scar when it’s fully healed. Lucia agrees. Jason then loudly yawns and stretches his arm out.

 

JASON: What time is it?

 

LUCIA: Almost sunrise, I bet. We should get some sleep. What little we can get at least.

 

JASON: Yeah. So, I’ll uh… take the couch and you can have the bed.

 

Lucia walks over to Jason and sits on his lap, putting her arms around him. 

 

LUCIA: Or you could just stay where you are now, it is kinda cold in this room.

 

JASON: It is, isn't it? Doesn’t help that I’m still wearing these damp clothes. 

 

LUCIA: Better get yourself outta those, make yourself comfortable.

 

Lucia stands up and removes her jeans. Jason admires the view while removing his shirt and jeans. Jason then scoots back towards the headboard lying on his back, with Lucia crawling towards him and then lying down beside him resting her head on his chest.

 

LUCIA: Your heart is beating kinda fast.

 

JASON: Adrenalin, I guess. 

 

Lucia lifts her head off his chest and kisses him on his neck. Jason’s body slightly tenses up a bit as she kisses him.

 

LUCIA: Did that help?

 

JASON: I think so.

 

Lucia rests her head on his chest again to listen to his heartbeat. 

 

LUCIA: Seems to have made you feel a little bit more relaxed.

 

JASON: Only a little? Maybe you should try one more time?

 

Lucia giggles and kisses him again on his neck, his body doesn’t tense up this time.

 

JASON: Yeah, that’ll do it.

 

Lucia pulls him in tighter towards her body and they both close their eyes and drift to sleep. The following morning, they wake up, get dressed, and check out of the motel. Lucia drives Jason to his car which was left at the docks. They embrace and hug each other again, with both protagonists telling the other to stay safe and that they’ll see each other back at the house. From there, the mission is complete. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, gyms are now unlocked. Gyms can be accessed anytime the player is not on a mission. Some gyms have martial arts training that the protagonists can participate in to learn new fighting styles. The fighting styles that the protagonists can learn are as follows: Boxing, Traditional Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Savate, and Mixed Martial Arts.

 

Also, upon completion of this mission, Jason and Lucia will now share her bed at the safehouse. Jason can sleep on her bed to save progress. The player will also notice that they both flirt with each other when greeting the other.

 

Mission 7

Premeditation

This mission can only be started as Jason. The mission is triggered by entering the safehouse through the front door.

 

The following morning, we see Jason and Lucia lying in bed in her bedroom at the house. Jason is the first to awaken, slowly and gently getting out of bed so as to not disturb Lucia. He puts on a pair of black basketball shorts and a tank top and then heads to the kitchen. We see Krissie is already there, sitting at the table drinking a cup of coffee. She looks rather upset, glaring at Jason when he walks into the kitchen.

 

JASON: Sis? Is there a problem?

 

KRISSIE: Bro? Does it seem like there is one?

 

JASON: I don’t know. You tell me.

 

KRISSIE: What exactly is going on between you and Lucy?

 

JASON: Nothing you need to worry your caffeine-addicted head about.

 

KRISSIE: You’re sleeping in her room now? And where the f*ck were you and her the other night?

 

JASON: Why the f*ck do you care? Are you the Catholic f*cking Church now?

 

KRISSIE: I told you that I don’t want you getting wrapped up in her bullsh*t. And I don’t need her finding out what you’re really here for.

 

JASON: Look, I’ve been thinking. Maybe I could use her help.

 

KRISSIE: Absolutely not.

 

JASON: You said that she knows him. She might be able to find out where this guy is. I don’t have any leads and neither do you.

 

KRISSIE: I don’t want to make her an accessory to this sh*t. She’s already under a lot of heat from the cops, they think she’s involved in some armed robberies around—

 

JASON: Krissie! *pounds his fist on the kitchen table* I’m already wrapped up in some bullsh*t with her. I just robbed a mobile phone store just so I could wipe evidence of her buying a burner phone. Those guys who have been robbing places in town, fell into a trap because the cops were running a sting. I had to dispose of a body for her too. A man tried to kill her, thinking she snitched on those guys.

 

Krissie gasps at Jason’s revelation. 

 

KRISSIE: Oh my god. Was she hurt? Are y’all still in danger? Is that why y'all weren’t here that night?

 

JASON: Yes, she was hurt, it wasn’t anything major. I took care of it. As far as I know, no we’re not in any immediate danger. 

 

KRISSIE: What do you mean you took care of it?

 

JASON: I stitched her wound up, that’s all. Look, she’s already an accessory to a whole bunch of sh*t right now. Having her get involved with us could be very helpful.

 

LUCIA: Get involved in what?

 

Both Jason and Krissie turn to face Lucia, who is standing in the living room. It seems she may have eavesdropped on the conversation.

 

LUCIA: And why the f*ck are you telling her about the things we’ve done?

 

JASON: SO WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME f*ckING PAGE! OKAY? It’s done. No more secrets between all of us.

 

LUCIA: Well, I’d say your sister is up to speed on what’s been going on with us. Now how about you tell me what is going on between you two?

 

JASON: I’m not just here to visit and catch up with my sister. I’m here to help her out with something. 

 

LUCIA: Okay… and what is it you’re helping her with?

 

KRISSIE: Lucy, we… we need to talk. 

 

Lucia walks into the kitchen and takes a seat at the table next to Krissie. Jason walks back towards the refrigerator, leaning up against it. 

 

LUCIA: So talk.

 

KRISSIE: You remember that coke dealer Raymundo Moya? Everyone called him Ray-Ray.

 

LUCIA: Yeah. We had a f*cking toxic, on-and-off-again relationship. What about him?

 

KRISSIE: You remember how he got us hooked on coke and pills? Well, at one point when you two were on the outs, we hooked up. Repeatedly. 

 

LUCIA: What?

 

KRISSIE: Just let me explain. I was really addicted to those opiates, and he had a good supply of them. He let me run up a tab of sorts, saying I could pay him later. Well, when you got busted and sent to prison, I had no money. I was broke and I was always strung out. I couldn’t pay him back and so he sold me over to a pimp from out by Pope County, his name was Darrell. I was stuck there for a while until some guy tried to help me get out of that situation. However, Darrell found me and beat me and then injected me with an OD of heroin. I got dumped in an alleyway to die but some stranger found me and got me to a hospital in time. 

 

Lucia begins to tear up and hugs Krissie. She apologizes profusely about what Krissie had to suffer through, even blaming herself for introducing her to Ray-Ray. Krissie reassures her that it’s not her fault, she couldn’t have known what would happen while in prison. Krissie finishes the story by telling her how after she recovered in the hospital that she vowed to get revenge on both Ray-Ray and Darrell. She managed to cook up an elaborate scheme with the help of a few hookers who also worked for Darrell. With their help, she was able to steal about $30,000 in cash that belonged to Ray-Ray and make it look like Darrell stole it. Darrell was eventually killed in a drive-by shooting in Vice City days later as a result. Ray-Ray was arrested and questioned by police but was ultimately let go due to lack of evidence. Krissie then explains that she was able to pay for an expensive, but effective rehab program using the money. Once she was out, she got back into art and tattooing and was able to get a job as a tattooist in a Port Gellhorn tattoo shop. She was able to rent a house, the one the players are currently using as a safehouse, and the rest was history. 

Lucia looks towards Jason and asks what he has to do with all this.

 

JASON: I’m here to help my sister get revenge on that degenerate f*ck. She was about to be trafficked out to who the f*ck knows where. I don’t even wanna think about what could’ve happened to her if it got to that point. 

 

LUCIA: What about your other brother? Does he know about any of this?

 

KRISSIE: He does, but he’s locked up in Bolingbroke on the west coast. 

 

JASON: So it’s just me to do the job. 

 

LUCIA: How come you didn’t want me to know any of this?

 

KRISSIE: I was gonna tell you, but I wanted to wait until Ray-Ray was gone. I didn’t wanna make you an accessory to any of this if it went sideways and we got caught. You wouldn’t know anything and so you wouldn’t be in any trouble. I was just looking out for you. 

 

LUCIA: I appreciate that, but I can take care of myself. You know that.

 

Lucia and Krissie hug each other again. 

 

KRISSIE: Are you sure you want to help?

 

LUCIA: f*cking right I wanna help! No one f*cks with you. I know for a fact that dickless asshole wouldn’t have pulled that sh*t if I wasn’t in prison. He knew how much you meant to me as a friend. He knows I wouldn’t stand for that. 

 

JASON: So where do you recommend we start? He’s a local dealer, right?

 

LUCIA: I know a place we can check out right now, I’m willing to bet we’ll find him there today. You ready to go?

 

JASON: Ready as I’ll ever be.

 

LUCIA: Good. Let me get changed and we can get going.

 

JASON: I’ll be outside. 

 

We see Lucia leave the house in her iconic outfit. Jason is waiting by his car and asks if he should drive, with Lucia replying that she’s going to drive. We take control of Lucia, and we get into her car, with Jason getting into the passenger seat. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the auto detailer.

 

During the drive, Lucia and Jason converse about Ray-Ray. Lucia goes over how she initially met him and describes how bad their relationship was. Eventually, Lucia reveals to Jason that they’re on their way to an auto detailing shop. She describes Ray-Ray as a car enthusiast, similar to Jason, who frequents a popular high-end shop for maintenance and detailing. She also mentions that Ray-Ray has a small car collection that he keeps in a garage unit somewhere in town. The plan is for them to stake out the shop and wait for Ray-Ray to pick up one of his vehicles, and then tail it back to wherever he keeps them garaged. 

 

They arrive at the detail shop and park up in a parking lot across the street so as to not be easily noticed. Lucia notes that it doesn’t look so busy at the shop, so maybe they won’t have to wait long. The screen does a fade transition to the next scene, where a couple hours have elapsed. We see the pair watching Tit-Flick videos on Jason’s Drone phone from a content creator who drugs his high school teachers with homemade hallucinogens. Lucia exclaims that she loves watching these flicks as well and asks Jason if he’s seen the one involving the high school drama teacher, however Jason says he hasn’t seen it yet. Lucia promises not to spoil it for him but says it was one of the deepest re-interpretations of a Shakespeare classic that she’s ever heard. Jason smirks and says he can’t wait to see it. He then asks Lucia if she knows that the show Dance Tarts is coming back for an all-new season, and it’s being filmed in Vice City. Lucia expresses surprise, saying that she didn’t know about that. She goes on to tell Jason that Dance Tarts is her favorite reality show. She mentions to Jason that her favorite dance mom on the show is still in prison for stabbing a rival dancer’s mom at a dance competition in Los Santos. She describes the mom as being very “ride or die” for her daughter on the show. Jason shakes his head asking why that show is so popular with women, saying that all it does is normalize child abuse, narcissism, extreme vanity, eating disorders, and general exploitation. Lucia laughs, saying that’s what 90% of reality shows on television do. Lucia then explains that she loves the show despite all the drama, that what really draws her in is the wholesome relationships the mothers have with their daughters and how they support each other through the struggles brought on by the competitive world of dance. Jason scoffs at the notion of there being anything “wholesome” about the show but does concede the drama is entertaining.

 

Soon they see a black Benefactor Dubsta pull up by the shop. The occupants exit the vehicle, with the passenger revealed to be Raymundo “Ray-Ray” Moya and his associate. Lucia points him out to Jason, telling him that’s who their target is. Ray-Ray steps into the building while his associate waits by the Dubsta. A garage door to the building opens up, revealing a white Benefactor sedan. Then they see Ray-Ray walk around the vehicle, inspecting it, and then shaking the shop manager’s hand. The manager hands Ray-Ray the keys and he gets in and starts the car. It begins pulling out and then merges onto the main road, with his associate in the Dubsta following behind.

 

JASON: That’s a 1999 Benefactor Striker GT (1999 Mercedes Benz E55 AMG). A clean one too!

 

LUCIA: That asswipe loves his Benefactors. 

 

JASON: No love for Übers or Obeys? 

 

LUCIA: Guess not. I’ve always preferred Obey anyways. More reliable. 

 

JASON: That’s the f*cking truth.

 

OBJECTIVE: Tail Ray-Ray to his garage.

 

The player is then tasked with tailing after their target. During the drive, Lucia and Jason talk about the times they were in prison. Lucia describes her stint in the LDC’s female prison complex as not too rough. She was able to make friends pretty easily with some of the other inmates, but still got into her fair share of fights. She delightfully gloats that she made the best prison shanks. Jason on the other hand describes his time in prison as being quite dangerous. He did time in a prison out in the Midwest and was forced to join a white prison gang, due to the racial politics that are still ever-present in male prisons. He had no choice in the matter, but it’s still one that he regrets heavily. Lucia empathizes with him and tells him that she doesn’t judge him for making that choice. She acknowledges that he did what he felt he needed to do to protect himself while in prison.

 

They finally arrive at the garage unit where Ray-Ray keeps his car collection. Lucia parks her vehicle a little way down the road in order to stay out of sight. They wait for Ray-Ray and his associate to leave the area. After a few minutes, the Dubsta pulls away and drives down the opposite way they came. 

 

JASON: So, what are we thinking?

 

LUCIA: Well, I know he’s got cameras watching the place, both inside and outside. He’s able to tap into them through his phone on an app.

 

JASON: So, maybe we lure him out here by stealing one of his cars?

 

LUCIA: Exactly, but he ain’t gonna come alone. He’ll definitely bring a crew with him to deal with you, don’t ask me how I know this. 

 

JASON: How much does he love these cars?

 

LUCIA: How much? sh*t, you'd think he'd have given birth to them himself. That's how much. 

 

JASON: You think he might chase me as far out as towards the Grassrivers? 

 

LUCIA: I believe he’d be crazy enough to do so. 

 

JASON: It’ll take the cops a long time to find him out there, that’s for sure. 

 

LUCIA: I’ll disable the CCTV he has on the building. There’s most likely a circuit box somewhere nearby here that I can f*ck with. That'll get his attention for sure. 

 

JASON: I’m sure I can find it. Leave it to me.

 

OBJECTIVE: Scope out an entry point and locate the CCTV circuit box.

 

The player is now switched to Jason, and he is tasked with scoping out possible entry points inside the building and the circuit box so Lucia can disable the cameras. Jason is able to find an entry point into the building, by climbing a couple stacks of pallets that are beside the building and breaking in through the fire escape door located on the roof, which looks worn and easily breakable. Jason will need a captive bolt gun to punch out the lock on the door handle. Jason locates the circuit box that the cameras are connected to on an adjacent building that is just out of view of the cameras watching the front entrance. Lucia will need a crowbar to pry open the box and wire cutters to cut the wires for the cameras. He takes a picture of the circuit box and sends it in a message to Lucia through the WhatUp! app. He then returns to the car and the player is switched back to Lucia, who is tasked with driving them back to the safehouse.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the safehouse.

 

During the drive, Lucia asks what they’ll need to pull off the job. Jason tells her that he’ll need a bolt gun to break the lock on the fire escape to gain entry, a crowbar, and wire cutters. Lucia tells him that those are easy enough to source, she then asks him about the car. 

 

JASON: What do you mean?

 

LUCIA: It’s a luxury car, right? Don’t those have immobilizers and sh*t?

 

JASON: Already ahead of you. I got an immobilizer bypass in my bag of things back at the house. Just in case I needed it.

 

LUCIA: Good to know you came prepared!

 

JASON: That’s how licks like this get done right. Preparation is key.

 

LUCIA: To think that if I had met you sooner, maybe I wouldn’t have ended up in prison. You seem like you know your sh*t. All my ex-boyfriends were idiots when it came to this sorta thing. 

 

JASON: To live a life of crime, you’d have to be an idiot.

 

LUCIA: Fair point. I feel a little bit more confident doing this with you though.

 

JASON: Only a little?

 

LUCIA: Did you forget about my ankle tag?

 

JASON: I’m sorry, when I look at you the ankle tag is not what I think of.

 

LUCIA: What do you mean by that?

 

JASON: I plead the fifth.

 

LUCIA: Answer the question you son of a bitch. 

 

JASON: Your soul-piercing eyes, black widow-like demeanor, enigmatic but charming personality, and your impeccable sense of drip.

 

LUCIA: Good answer. Although I prefer praying mantis over black widow. More gruesome. 

 

JASON: I’ll keep that in mind. 

 

Once at the safehouse, Lucia will tell Jason that she’ll look into where he can get the equipment they’ll need and text him on WhatUp! with the locations. It’ll be up to him to actually source the items they need. They’ll hug each other tightly, with Lucia telling Jason to stay safe.

 

After this mission is complete, Lucia will message Jason about where to find the equipment they need. Once the player has the locations, they can go get the items at any time during free roam in between missions. 

 

The crowbar and wire cutters can be purchased or stolen from a hardware store in Yorktown.

 

The captive bolt gun will need to be stolen from a dairy farm, out near Lake Leonida (there is mention of a dairy farm in the world events list, supposedly it’s located by Lake Leonida, which is based on the real-life Lake Okeechobee).

 

Mission 8

Down The Line

This mission is triggered by Jason. The mission starts when the player enters the bathroom in the safehouse. Sourcing the job equipment must be completed before this mission can be started.

 

The following day we see Jason standing in the bathroom, looking into the mirror. It looks like he’s contemplating something as he looks at himself. He exits the bathroom and comes back with his bag of things. He pulls out an electric hair clipper. The camera then changes to a shot outside of the bathroom, where we can hear the loud buzz of the hair clipper. After the buzzing stops, we can hear Jason’s phone receive a text message. We see a shot of his hand picking up the phone and revealing the contents of the message, which is Lucia asking Jason to meet her over at the Lucky Plucker.

 

We see Jason exit the house with a clean-shaven face and a fresh buzz cut, wearing white t-shirt and khaki cargo shorts and his Slab slip-ons. He gets into his Tulip and reverses out of the driveway. Once on the road, the player is directed to drive down to the Lucky Plucker to meet with Lucia.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the Lucky Plucker.

 

Once there, Jason exits his car and walks in. We hear Stranger by Dirtwire playing over the restaurant’s sound system. He sees Lucia sitting at a booth, typing out a text message on her phone. He sits across from her in the booth, this startles Lucia as she doesn’t initially recognize Jason due to his cleaner appearance. 

 

LUCIA: f*ck! You scared me for a second! I thought you were some random guy.

 

JASON: Good, that means it’s working.

 

LUCIA: Uh what’s working?

 

JASON: Since we’re gearing up to commit felony murder, and since I’ve been in town for quite a while, I figured I’d modify my appearance so I’m not so recognizable when we go through with the hit.

 

LUCIA: But we’re masking our faces for this thing, right?

 

JASON: Yeah, we are, but still.

 

LUCIA: But I liked the scruff though.

 

JASON: It’ll grow back. 

 

LUCIA: Aww! Well let’s talk about the plan then.

 

JASON: Okay, so to recap, we take my car, and we head over to the garage. You disable the CCTV system and give me the go ahead to break in. Once I have the signal, I’ll break in and take that nice Benefactor we saw. We’ll wait for him to show up, which won’t take long because he keeps a good eye on his cars right?

 

LUCIA: That’s right.

 

JASON: Once he arrives, I floor it and lead him on a chase to a secluded area in the Grassrivers and I deal with him and his guys out there. Then I torch the cars and get rid of the evidence out there and make my way back to Port Gellhorn. You pick me up from the motel across from the Taco Bomb and take us back to the house. Sounds easy right?

 

LUCIA: Assuming it all goes to plan.

 

JASON: Right, if it goes to plan, which it most likely won’t.

 

LUCIA: But we can hope right?

 

JASON: That we can. That we can, indeed. 

 

LUCIA: So, I was thinking. I remember you asking me about how I got stuck with this f*cking ankle tag. We talked a little bit about how it feels to… well, you know.

 

JASON: Yeah, I’m still curious about that if you’re comfortable telling me about it. 

 

Lucia takes a deep breath and tells him it was from a job that went sideways about 4 years ago. She explains then when she and Ray-Ray were on the outs from their relationship, she was seeing another man. This man was a member of the Spanish Lords back in Liberty City who was hiding out in the Hamlet area from some warrants he was wanted on back in his home state. They had gotten some information about some Cuban gangsters and smugglers using a house in the neighborhood as a stash spot for drugs and cash, and their plan was to rob it. While high on coke, Lucia carjacked a vehicle and picked up her new man to do the robbery (who was high on meth). They went to the address of where the alleged stash house was located and broke in. Unbeknownst to them, they were given false information and it turned out to be some elderly couple’s house. Lucia’s partner ransacked the house but found nothing of any real value except for a couple hundred dollars in cash and some jewelry. The partner, in a drug-induced rage, threatened to kill the elderly couple. Lucia pleaded with him not to do it, urging him to leave with her. Her partner put his gun to the elderly man’s head and almost pulled the trigger before Lucia intervened. She shot her partner in the head. In a panic, she threw the stolen cash and jewelry on the floor and escaped out of the house through the front door. Unfortunately, a Vice-Dale Sheriff’s deputy was patrolling in the area and saw Lucia, still wearing her mask and wielding a pistol, hop into a stolen car and begin speeding off. The deputy took off in pursuit of Lucia. The chase didn’t last long though, the chase lasted for about 5 minutes before she was T-boned by a drunk driver who ran a red light. She was arrested on the spot, as well as the drunk driver. It turns out the drunk driver was fleeing from a hit-and-run where a pedestrian was struck and killed earlier by the impaired driver’s truck. 

 

Lucia was originally charged with grand theft auto, breaking and entering, aggravated armed robbery, aggravated murder, two counts of attempted murder, attempted burglary, felony use of a firearm in commission of robbery and felony eluding of an officer. Thankfully, due to her lawyer’s (he’s described as being like a Saul Goodman type of character) defense alleging that Lucia was merely an unwilling participant that was coerced into performing the robbery and the elderly couple’s testimony that she essentially saved their lives, most of the charges ended up being dropped. She was convicted of one count of grand theft auto and sentenced to 6 years in prison with possibility of parole. Jason empathizes with her, telling her that for what it’s worth she did the right thing. 

 

LUCIA: Yet here we are, plotting a murder of another one of my ex-boyfriends. Kinda hypocritical in a way, don’t you think?

 

JASON: Eh I don’t think so, it’s not like you and I are going out lecturing others how to live their lives. That’s real hypocrisy right there. 

 

LUCIA: I suppose, yeah. That doesn’t make us good people though.

 

JASON: No not exactly. What? Are you looking for some kinda redemption or something?

 

LUCIA: Redemption? f*ck no. It’s just got me thinking that’s all. Like who benefits from this? Only you, me, and your sister Krissie. We put this sick f*ck down and then what? Some other asshole comes along and fills the vacancy of poisoning the community. 

 

JASON: It’d be the same if the cops were to get to him. He gets locked up and someone else comes along, like you said, and fills the vacancy. Nothing has actually changed. But my sister has some peace of mind at least. And besides, she wants this. So it’s not totally a net negative. It’s like the circle of life, ya know? sh*t goes in, sh*t goes out, sh*t goes back in again. 

 

LUCIA: I don’t know if that’s the right comparison, but thanks for putting things into perspective, I guess?

 

JASON: That’s what I’m here for. 

 

LUCIA: Yeah, about as clear as f*cking mud, but thanks anyway.

 

JASON: So, we’re good on the plan then? 

 

LUCIA: Yes. I’d say so. 

 

Jason then reaches over the table and lays his hand on top of Lucia’s hand.

 

JASON: Nervous?

 

LUCIA: My parole officer, I’m just worried that I’m gonna end up back in the can again. He knows I’m into something, but I don’t think he has any real idea. He’s just very f*cking suspicious. 

 

JASON: Well, we’re being as careful as we can here. We’re gonna pull this off. Then, we’ll see how things go. 

 

LUCIA: I gotta get going for work. I’ll see you later tonight, okay? 

 

JASON: You will.

 

They both stand up and give each other a hug. Lucia goes to pay for her meal and then exits the building. Jason stays behind and decides to grab something to eat for himself. The scene does a fade transition where it is nighttime outside The Slutty Fox bar. It’s another busy night, with people hanging out outside chilling, eating food, and having a laugh. We see Jason’s car pull up into the parking lot and he heads inside the bar. His outfit has changed, with him now wearing a flannel shirt with white undershirt, jeans, baseball cap, and workman’s boots. Once inside the bar, Jason tries making his way to the front, having to gently push through the crowd because of how packed it is inside the building. He makes it to the front where he sees Lucia and the other bartenders filling multiple pitchers full of water. The manager, Kim, grabs a megaphone and begins getting the crowd’s attention. She makes an announcement saying that the patrons are in for a special treat for tonight, in which the crowd cheers loudly. A bell rings, which signals the ladies to get on the bar and perform a dance routine, Come My Way by Bones Owens begins playing over the sound system. Tonight, they’re performing a water show. The bartenders, decked out in sexy country girl/cowgirl-style outfits, begin dancing and splashing each other with water and even the patrons too.

 

Jason looks on in excitement, enjoying the atmosphere and being mesmerized by Lucia’s moves on the bar. Lucia eventually sees him in the crowd and shuffles her way over towards him on the bar. Jason pulls out some cash and plays along with tipping the dancers, giving Lucia $60. She gets down on her knees, grabs him by the shirt collar, and plants a kiss on his cheek, leaving a visible lipstick mark. She gets back up on her feet and continues with the show, every now and then making eye contact with Jason as she performs with the others. As the song wraps up, the crowd gives the ladies a raucous round of applause for the show they put on. They jump back down behind the bar and resume serving drinks. Lucia makes her way down to where Jason and converses with him in between serving drinks. 

 

JASON: Howdy, cowgirl. 

 

LUCIA: Howdy cowboy, quite the surprise seeing you here.

 

JASON: Oh I’m just full of surprises, you know? My sister told me about you working here, thought I’d check it out.

 

LUCIA: Did you enjoy the show?

 

JASON: I’m pretty f*ckin’ blown away! And soaked for that matter. That was awesome. I’ve never been to a bar like this before.

 

LUCIA: It gets crazy in here, tonight is a slow night.

 

Jason nearly spits out his drink in surprise. 

 

JASON: This is a slow night?!

 

LUCIA: Sorta, you’d be surprised at how many people we can fit in here before we’re in violation of building and fire codes.

 

JASON: Color me impressed!

 

LUCIA: We’re trying to get more women in this establishment, I don’t know if you noticed but the dudes to chicks ratio is wildly out of balance. 

 

JASON: Yeah I’m noticing that now. So what did y'all have in mind to tip the balance?

 

LUCIA: Well, now that you’re here I do have one idea. Hold on just a sec, okay?

 

JASON: Uh, sure yeah. 

 

Lucia walks over to Kim and begins talking to her. During their conversation, Jason notices that Lucia and Kim keep looking back over at him. Lucia walks back over to him, megaphone in hand.

 

JASON: That was fast, what do you got planned?

 

LUCIA: It’s a surprise.

 

JASON: Uh for me? Or for the patrons?

 

Lucia lets out a devilish giggle and proceeds to use the megaphone to make an announcement to all the ladies in the building that they got a special treat for them this evening. Lucia stands up on the bar and says that tonight they’re going to do something special for the women in the building, something that she hopes will encourage more to come visit the bar. Lucia then points at Jason, to which he can immediately feel all eyes on him. He looks back over to Lucia and nervously asks her what the hell is she doing. She then asks the women in the bar what they think about Jason, to which we can hear some women begin whistling and screaming in excitement. Lucia then starts encouraging the women to “bid” on him, that whoever wins can take him home for the night. She then grabs Jason’s hand and helps him get up on the bar with her. She tells Jason that he better impress with his moves and a bidding war soon starts. Jason, slightly annoyed at being put on the spot like this, asks for a double shot of Mount Whiskey to loosen him up. Lucia gives it to him and downs it quickly. 

 

A bell rings, the same one that signals the staff to start dancing on the bar, and we hear Wilder Than The West by Renee Blair begin playing over the sound system. Although still a little nervous, Jason begins getting into the groove. It turns out that Jason actually knows some pretty solid moves, enough to make the women in the crowd start screaming and cheering for him, and also making the bidding war intensify. As the amount increases, Jason begins shedding his shirt, and then his t-shirt much to the excitement of the ladies in attendance. At one point he lays himself down on the bar, on his back, and one of the bar girls pours some liquor all along his torso. A few women rush to drink it off of him. At one point, one of the bartenders puts a shot glass between his lips and pours a shot into it, and one woman goes for it, and they do a mouth-to-mouth shot. Once Jason removes the glass from his lips, the same woman grabs him and gives him a big, wet kiss on the lips. Lucia is seen at the other end of the bar watching all this go down, and she has a big smile on her face. Kim comes up to her and asks if Jason is her boyfriend. Lucia responds saying that he isn’t, clarifying that she isn’t really sure what they are at the moment. Kim gives her a look and she says to Lucia that she can tell that she likes him a lot. She reinforces this by telling her that he is quite handsome and seems like quite the catch. Lucia nods her head and keeps looking at Jason, who’s having a lot of fun by now. At this point, two other men are inspired to join in on the fun and hastily jump on the bar and begin dancing for the women too. 

 

Later on, the scene cuts to Jason and Lucia exiting the bar after a wild night, with Lucia out of her hot cowgirl outfit and in a pair of denim shorts and a white Heroin Chic t-shirt. Lucia asks if he’s worn out, to which Jason replies that he’s down to hang out some more. He pulls out a wad of cash out of his back pocket and counts it. He earned $300 from his little show he put on in the bar. Lucia corrects him, telling him he made $360 as she hands him back the $60 he tipped her earlier. They get into Jason’s car and Lucia tells him of another bar not too far that should be quieter so they can talk more. As they head over to the bar, they are stopped at a traffic light at a four-way intersection. 

 

A customized and lifted Declasse Walton L35 with a loud exhaust can be heard pulling up in the lane next to them. As they wait at the light, the truck begins revving its engine and the driver can be heard trying to get Jason’s attention. Jason looks over and greets them. The driver of the truck compliments Jason on his Tulip, to which Jason says thanks and tells the driver that he likes how he modified his truck. The driver says he’s having a rather slow night and wants to make things interesting. Jason asks him how he intends to do that. The driver suggests a friendly drag race, but Jason politely refuses. The driver asks if he’s sure about that, revving his engine, he then asks if Jason is intimidated. Jason laughs assuring him that he isn’t, but he’s got a friend in the car and he’s trying to keep things cool. Lucia scoffs at him and then encourages him to do the race. The truck driver eggs him on some more, and Jason finally agrees to do it. They both begin revving their engines, waiting for the light to turn green. Lucia is very excited and tries to pump him up for the race. Jason reassures her that he’s got this, saying that the driver has no idea what’s under the hood of his Tulip. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Win the street race.

 

The light turns green and both drivers hit the gas. As soon as the race starts, Troublemaker by Grande Royale begins to play on the radio. Both drivers managed to get a good launch at the start, but the truck’s 4WD allows it to instantly hook at the start and get a good lead on Jason. Jason ain’t sweating though, as his beast V8 allows his car to steadily catch up his opponent. It also helps that his car has a performance-tuned rear axle and a modified 4-speed transmission with an upgraded shift kit. The race has a relatively simple layout, mostly a straight line for flat-out accelerating but with a few sharp turns thrown in that the player needs to be ready for. There’s also light traffic that the player needs to avoid crashing into that adds to the challenge. 

 

Once the player finishes in first place, both drivers come to a stop at the side of an old dirt road. The truck driver congratulates Jason on a good race. The man tells Jason he’s with the Thrillbilly Mud Club, to which Jason mentions that he knows about them and is a fan. Jason says he follows their official account on Snapmatic and watches the videos they post on their social media channels. The man offers Jason a chance to participate in some future events they’re organizing, to which Jason accepts. He also mentions that he’s the guy to reach if Jason wants to earn some extra cash winning illegal street races in Port Gellhorn and the Hamlet area. They trade contact info and the man bids farewell to the pair and drives off. Lucia is impressed and gives him a high five. The simple high five turns into gentle hand holding as they smile at each other for a moment. She then asks him about the Thrillbilly Mud Club and what they’re about. Jason tells her that it’s an organization that does a lot of motorsports stuff such as off-road racing, drag racing, extreme mudding, and other things. They often hold big events and parties at a place called the Redneck Mud Park. Lucia expresses interest in attending these events, even if it means she’d be surrounded by a bunch of moronic and racist redneck types. Jason assures her that not all of them are like that, but if anyone says anything to her that he’ll deal with them. Lucia begins to laugh and then teases Jason about being a redneck himself. Jason denies this, but says he isn’t much of a city boy either. Lucia continues to playfully tease him about being a redneck, although Jason continues to deny it. In response, Jason pulls Lucia a little closer to him and begins gently poking her on parts of her body she once described as being ticklish. Lucia, trying to keep herself from laughing while playfully fending off Jason’s tickling attempts, accuses him of acting like a 13-year-old.

 

JASON: Oh yeah? Maybe I’m feeling a little ‘young at heart’ myself now!

 

LUCIA: More like an annoying f*cking teenager, remember?

 

Jason soon ceases tickling Lucia and the two try to catch their breath from all the laughing and carrying on, feeling slightly exhausted. It becomes noticeable that the two of them have moved even closer to each other in the car, and they continue looking into each other’s eyes for a moment. Just as they’re about to go in for a kiss, Lucia feels a sharp vibrating on her right ankle. She immediately becomes alarmed and looks down at the monitor. It’s rapidly beeping red and now vibrating. Worried, she asks Jason where they are, to which he realizes they must’ve crossed Port Gellhorn’s town limits. She tells him to get the car turned around and to immediately high tail it back to town.

 

As they speed through the mostly empty streets of Port Gellhorn, Lucia looks towards Jason and asks him where he’s going. He tells her that he’s heading back to the house of course. 

 

LUCIA: Well, what if- what if we don’t go back to the house?

 

JASON: Where else are we gonna go?

 

LUCIA: I-I don’t know! Just… Anywhere but back to the house. Let’s just make this our night.

 

JASON: What about the beach?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, that’ll do. Yeah, let’s do that!

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the Port Gellhorn beach.

 

Jason asks if she’s worried about being busted by the cops. She assures him that she isn’t worried, admitting that they’re going to come for her sooner or later. She tells him that he doesn’t want his sister to have to deal with that drama in her place, especially now that Jason is involved. Jason says that they can tell the cops that he got lost for a bit, since he’s not from around here. They decide to stick with that story, thinking it should work. She notices that the monitor has since stopped flashing and vibrating, having gone back to its normal state with a static green light. Lucia lets out a heavy sigh, seeming relieved, but she still feels anxious. 

 

They finally arrive at the Port Gellhorn beach a little after 2:30am (02:30). They park near a couple vehicles and walk towards the water. In the near distance, to their right, they can see a small bonfire with a small group of people sitting around it. One person has a guitar, and another one is sitting on top of a cajon, tapping out a beat. Jason and Lucia look at each other, with Jason motioning towards the group, asking her if they should see what they’re up to. She shrugs and they both walk over to the group. The two musicians are currently in the middle of a song, with the others grooving along and singing along. As Jason and Lucia stand nearby the group, listening to the song, Lucia tries to feel for Jason’s hand. When she finds it, they both interlock their fingers together. 

 

Once the song is finished, the guitarist notices the duo and greets them. Jason and Lucia greet them back and introduce themselves, and the group introduces themselves in return. One of the men in the group recognizes Lucia as one of the bartenders from the bar earlier. He compliments her on the show they put on, with Lucia asking if he’s a regular there at the bar. He says he isn’t, that it was his first night at a bar like that. He admits that he’d be willing to come back again though. Another person in the group asks the pair if they’d like to sit and join them, to which Lucia accepts. One person notices Lucia’s ankle monitor and asks her about it. She shrugs it off and says she made some dumb decisions in her life, that she’s trying to better herself nowadays. The person replies back that she’s not alone, and that everyone there has made some stupid decisions in their past. Jason notices the guitarist has the same Cranky Hippie sticker on his guitar that he has on his car’s bumper. Jason compliments it and says that he has the same one on his car. The two musicians tell Jason that they’re travelers who hop trains and travel around the country busking for money and making new friends. Jason explains that he’s lived a similar life before coming back to Leonida, resulting in the two musicians and Jason trading a few anecdotes of their experiences traveling around the country. Lucia gazes up at Jason as he shares his experiences with everyone, looking at him with a fond smile. One of the women in the group asks Lucia if she’s ever traveled the country, to which she replies she hasn’t. However, Lucia shares a few humorous anecdotes of her own experiences while living in the state of Leonida. Afterwards, the guitarist then asks the group if they want to hear another song, to which everyone unanimously agrees.

 

Just as the guitarist hits the first note on his guitar, José González’s Down The Line begins to play. We’re treated to a montage of scenes alternating between the group listening and grooving to the song, and scenes of the group having fun on the beach. The scenes of the group having fun on the beach are filmed in a Tik-Tok/Instagram Live style, echoing the importance of social media in VI’s story.

 

These scenes include the following:

• Jason & Lucia and another couple engaging in a piggyback race in the sand. The first race is with the women on their men’s backs, with Jason winning the race. We can see the two smiling and high fiving each other after the victory. 
• There’s a second race shortly after the first, showing the roles reversed with the women carrying the men on their backs. The rival woman accidentally trips and falls while Lucia successfully carries Jason on her back across the finish line. Everyone is then seen laughing and celebrating.
• The women attempt to make a sandcastle, but it gets ruined when two guys fall over on it.
• From the camera’s perspective, Lucia and Jason attempt to take a cute selfie together.
• Jason finds and picks up a turtle, showing it off to the camera.
• Lucia and another woman doing somersaults.
• Lucia using the bonfire to light a cigarette.
• Jason and another man shotgunning beers.
• Jason and Lucia walking along the shoreline, holding hands.
• Jason, Lucia, and other members of the group making silly faces at the camera.
• Jason and another man wrestling shirtless in the sand, with Jason successfully pinning the other guy down.
• Jason and the other guys posing for a picture, trying to look tough.
• Jason & Lucia and another couple swing each other rapidly in a circle, seeing who let's go first. 
• Lucia and the women trying to do a synchronized dance for social media.
• Lucia’s and Jason’s silhouettes looking out towards the water, noticing that the sky has gotten brighter as dawn approaches.
• Jason and Lucia hugging each other while standing knee-high in ocean water.
• Jason carrying Lucia out of the water
• Jason and Lucia embracing each other, and finally sharing a long kiss.

 

As the song approaches its end, we see Jason giving Lucia a piggyback ride back to his Tulip, the sun already barely risen. The scene does a fade transition where we see the two of them snuggling in the backseat, fast asleep. The scene ends with a fade-to-black.

 

There are more references to the 2000 film Coyote Ugly in this mission. The water show is inspired by a similar scene from the film, as is the scene where Jason dances on the bar for money.

 

Upon completion of this mission, both Lucia and Jason can check their social media accounts to check on some updates. On Bleeter, both Jason and Lucia can see a clip of Jason dancing on the bar that was recorded by a bar patron. On Jason’s Life Invader page, a cute African-American woman sends him a DM with her phone number asking him to call her sometime. Jason can call her to hook up with her at her place in Yorktown. She then becomes a booty call that Jason can call during free roam but only during the evening hours (between 6:00pm-2:00am [18:00-02:00]).

 

The Thrillbilly Mud Club is now unlocked and both Jason and Lucia can participate in events there, ranging from shooting competitions, off-road races, mud wrestling (Lucia only), and drinking games. The club is only open Friday-Sunday. 

 

Street races are also unlocked for Jason to participate in after midnight around Port Gellhorn. It works similar to Midnight Club: Los Angeles wager races, where the player can wager a certain amount of money or win pink slips to other racers’ cars.

 

GRAND THEFT AUTO VI

CHAPTER ONE

PART III

Spoiler

Mission 9

The Price of Freedom

This mission is started automatically upon completion of the previous mission.

 

It’s a little past noon, sunny outside with a cool breeze. It looks like it rained at some point as the roads are dark and damp, with visible puddles everywhere. Jason and Lucia are still sleeping in the backseat of the Tulip, all snuggled up. Jason is the first to awake and looks down at Lucia, whose head was resting underneath his chin. He moves some of her hair away from her face, and then starts twirling it around his fingers. This causes Lucia to wake up, who slowly rises and stretches her arms out while letting out a yawn. Jason whispers to her a good morning, Lucia turns around to face him and smiles. She lays back down on him, her head resting on his right shoulder. She whispers a good morning to him as well and then asks what time it is. Jason looks at his watch and tells her that it’s 12:16 in the afternoon. Jason asks if it’s too late for breakfast, to which Lucia replies that there’s no such thing. 

 

JASON: Hank’s?

 

LUCIA: You read my mind!

 

JASON: I can hear that sizzling bacon right now!

 

LUCIA: Oh my god, I didn’t think I could be turned on by that. New kink unlocked?

 

JASON: I’ve always believed bacon to be the perfect aphrodisiac in the morning. In fact, I’d do some pretty degrading things right now for just a single slice of it.

 

Lucia smirks, then turns her head towards Jason and plants a kiss on his cheek. She tells him that they should get going now, as it’s going to be packed there. They both climb out of the backseat and out of the car to stretch their limbs. Jason opens the trunk of his car and digs through a duffel bag where he pulls out a stick of deodorant. He applies it on himself and then offers it to Lucia. Lucia takes it and notes that it’s a men’s deodorant. Jason tells her that it’s better than nothing, Lucia then rolls her eyes in response while applying it on her. She mentions that she’s got to pee, with Jason claiming he has to do the same. They walk over to the nearby rest area and walk into the respective washrooms. They enter at the same time and exit out at the same time. They get back in the car, and just before Jason reverses out of the parking spot, he tells Lucia he finds it strange that the police haven’t contacted them yet. Lucia realizes this, and tells Jason to carefully look around, as they may be waiting around nearby. Jason scans the nearby surroundings in his rearview mirror before spotting an unmarked, black Bravado Buffalo. Jason lets Lucia know, with Lucia responding that she also sees two Leonida State Trooper cars nearby as well. Jason asks her what they should do. Lucia just shrugs and tells him to just drive out of the parking lot like normal, she predicts that they’ll pull them over as soon as they exit and are back on the main road. 

 

Jason reverses out of the spot and merges onto the road, heading in the direction of the Hank’s Waffles, when he sees the unmarked Buffalo begin tailing at a distance. The two state trooper cars come speeding up with their lights on, immediately getting in close behind Jason’s car. Jason shakes his head in annoyance and begrudgingly pulls the car over onto the side of the road. Lucia reminds him to be cool and to stick to their story. Two troopers are seen exiting their cars but not approaching Jason’s car. The occupants of the unmarked Buffalo pull up on the side and exit their car. Officer Costa exits from the driver side, and Stefanie exits from the passenger side. Lucia notices her and lets out an exasperated expletive. Jason asks her what’s wrong and Lucia tells him that someone she knows from the prison is with them. She tells Jason not to worry about it, but that the woman is going to be very pissed at her. Soon, the whole group approaches Jason’s car, with one of the troopes ordering them out of the car with their hands up. The troopers have their hands on their gun holsters, ready to draw just in case. Jason and Lucia both comply and exit the vehicle with their hands up. They are ordered to get on their knees, and they comply with the order. In the background we can see some passersby slow down to look at what's going on, with some filming the scene with their smartphones. The two troopers approach the duo and handcuff the both of them, then walk them over in front of the first patrol car.

 

At this point some of the shots in this cutscene come from the perspective of the officers’ bodycams, the patrol car’s dashcam, and from the bystanders filming on their phones.

 

Stefanie and Costa approach Lucia and casually ask her how she’s doing. Lucia responds that she was trying to get some breakfast. Stefanie then asks her who the man with her is, to which Lucia replies that he’s just some guy she’s seeing. She reveals to them that he’s been temporarily staying at her friend’s place. Stefanie and Officer Costa give each other a look, a look that suggests that they think she’s lying to them. Stefanie asks the trooper standing with Jason to guard him and ID him while they talk to Lucia privately. The trooper acknowledges and then asks Jason for his ID. Jason replies it’s in his wallet in his back pocket, trying to play it cool. The trooper pulls it out and begins looking through the wallet. He finds Jason’s driver’s license and holds it up to Jason’s face to make sure it’s him and confirm that it’s not expired. The trooper puts it back in the wallet and continues looking through. The trooper then pulls out a military ID which surprises him, citing the stickers on Jason’s car. Jason explains he didn’t join the armed forces out of a sense of patriotism, but out of a need to improve his life and they offered some good benefits to help with that. He says that the things he witnessed and had to participate in made him regret his choice of joining the military. The trooper reveals he was a former serviceman himself and tries to empathize with Jason, telling him he can relate. Jason then asks the trooper why he became a cop then, to which the trooper replies that he asks himself that most days citing the sh*tty pay and grueling hours. Despite all that, the trooper says he’s in it for helping improve the community and keeping it safe. Jason smirks loudly, and then asks the trooper if he felt that way when giving minorities fines that were marked up by 150-200% for traffic offenses. The other trooper standing nearby, an African-American Leonida State Trooper, overhears his comment and gives the other trooper a stern look. The other trooper glares back at him before turning his attention back to Jason. He then tells Jason that the department isn’t perfect and that they sometimes make mistakes, but despite that, they care about the safety and well-being of all citizens in the state of Leonida. Jason scoffs at the trooper's statement, while in the background we can hear a frustrated Stefanie trying to talk with Lucia. The troopers and Jason turn to look at what’s going on with Lucia.

 

STEFANIE: Jesus Christ, Lucia! Do you have any idea the lengths I’ve been going to keep your ass out of prison again?

 

Lucia gives Stefanie a look of indifference in response. 

 

STEFANIE: Oh, so you want to go back? Is that it?

 

LUCIA: Oh, for f*ck’s sake, Stefanie! This isn’t some f*cking cry for help! There’s nothing going on!

 

STEFANIE: I am trying to help you! I mean, how well do you know this man?

 

LUCIA: Well gee, let me think! For all I know he’s probably some thug, serial killer, or just another drug dealer that I like to f*ck for a free high!

 

Stefanie rolls her eyes in annoyance and shakes her head. 

 

LUCIA: Is that what you wanna hear? I work two goddamn jobs in an effort to scrape together a living, to change my life around. I haven’t failed a drug test since I’ve been released, I haven’t even gotten a speeding ticket! But because one day I was nearby a crime scene, I—

 

STEFANIE: What I heard from the local PD is that it sounds like two crime scenes now.

 

LUCIA: Listen, I already explained to Officer—

 

COSTA: We’re through listening to your excuses. We’ve heard enough. 

 

LUCIA: Well, if we’re done talking, are you gonna arrest me or am I free to go?

 

Stefanie, who clearly looks fed up, orders Officer Costa to uncuff her. He does so, and they walk back over to the other two troopers and Jason. Stefanie asks what they found on Jason, with the trooper responding that he’s clean, but that he did have a .45 pistol in the glovebox. Jason stipulates that Leonida state law does not require its citizens to have a permit for concealed carry. Stefanie orders the trooper to uncuff him, and she tells the duo that they are free to go. Jason and Lucia get back in their car and prepare to drive away, when Stefanie walks up and taps on the passenger side window to get Lucia’s attention. She rolls it down and asks Stefanie what she wants now. Stefanie warns her that she is on very thin ice now, and that there won’t be any more chances. Lucia sarcastically thanks Stefanie for the “warning” and she rolls the window back up. Jason merges back onto the road and the player is instructed to drive to Hank’s Waffles. We can see Stefanie have a look of disappointment on her face as she slowly shakes her head. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to Hank’s.

 

Along the way, Jason asks Lucia if she’s okay. She replies that she is, but she still feels quite angry. Lucia then asks Jason how he feels, if he’s okay. He responds that he’s fine, that one of the deputies was chill but he wasn’t sure if it was an act to get him talking more. She tells him not to trust cops around here or anywhere in the state, to which Jason agrees. Jason then brings up when the deputy saw Jason’s military ID, and that they talked a little bit about his time in the service. Lucia expresses great surprise at this, saying that she never would’ve figured him as the “bootlicker type,” given all the hippie stickers on his car. Jason asks her to not call him that, and he reiterates to her that he didn’t join because he wanted to. Rather, that he felt like he had to and that he had no other choice at the time. He mentions that the benefits were too good to pass up but laments the damage that has been done to his mental health as a result of his time in the Army. Lucia tries to console him, telling him she’s sorry for what he had to be put through during that time. Jason, however, shrugs it off and changes the subject by asking if she wants to listen to some music. She accepts, and Jason turns the radio on. When the radio is turned on, Madreblu’s Certamente is scripted to play.

 

Once at the diner, we see the pair exit the car. We see Lucia eagerly run up behind Jason and take his hand to hold. As they’re eating their food, Lucia notices a Port Gellhorn police car pulling into the parking lot. An officer exits the squad car and enters the diner. He walks up to the pick-up area at the front counter and converses with a staff member. Every now and then we can see the officer turn around and look at Jason and Lucia. They both notice quickly and look at each other. Lucia whispers to Jason that they’re going to have to go through with the plan soon, citing that something feels off and she’s beginning to get a bad feeling. Jason, concerned by this, asks what she means, but Lucia replies she’s not entirely sure yet. She thinks she’s getting paranoid about the law finding out and surmises that she might end up going back to prison after all this. Jason tries to reassure her that things possibly won’t go that way, that they have a solid plan. 

 

The officer is handed a box of food and a coffee by a server, and he proceeds to exit the diner. As the officer gets into his car, Jason can see the officer communicating on his radio while keeping eye contact on them. Jason concedes that Lucia may be right and agrees to go through with the plan tonight. Lucia places her hands on top of his, she tells him that whatever happens that it was worth it. Jason nods his head and then turns to his side to catch the attention of their server, asking for the check to pay for their food. 

 

JASON: You know, there’s still some time. What if we can find a way to jam the signal on your ankle tag?

 

LUCIA: I wish but the minute this thing gets jammed or stops transmitting, my PO will be up my ass within seconds. The whole thing will be blown.

 

JASON: But how would he find you?

 

LUCIA: It’s not a matter of whether or not he can find me. Rather, I won’t have a solid alibi and it’s just a huge f*cking red flag regardless. 

 

JASON: What if we removed it?

 

LUCIA: How? The strap is cut proof, and there’s an electric lock on this thing too. You need a chipped key to unlock it.

 

JASON: We’d have to clone a key. We’ll have to get our hands on a key cloner. 

 

LUCIA: Car thieves use them for cars that have push-button start systems.

 

JASON: A lotta Bravado Buffalos, Gauntlets, and Vapid trucks around here. Boosters are always going after them.

 

LUCIA: So, what are you suggesting? We go around staking out every Bravado or Vapid vehicle we can find in the hopes that a thief will show up to boost it? 

 

JASON: They say every 30 seconds a car is stolen in America, and Port Gellhorn is not that big of a town. We’ll definitely run into one. In fact, there’s this one Vapid Caracara 4x4 I’ve had my eye on. Maybe I’m not the only one, you feel me?

 

LUCIA: Okay, I’m game. So, what exactly are we doing?

 

JASON: Well, it’s not gonna be a “we” thing. I don’t know if these boys will be armed, but most likely they will be. They won’t be messing around and if lead starts flying, you can’t be near when it does. I’ll need you to drop me off a couple blocks from the house it’s parked at though. We’ll need to wait until it’s dark though.

 

LUCIA: Okay, and?

 

JASON: So when they show up, I’ll get the key cloner off of them. I’ll meet you back at the house when I’m done.

 

LUCIA: You think it’ll be that simple? Really?

 

JASON: No, but I’m prepared if it doesn’t go so simply.

 

LUCIA: Be careful, okay? Please.

 

Jason nods his head and calls over the server for the check so he can pay for their food, the screen then fades to black. We transition to a scene showing Lucia dropping Jason off in a neighborhood late at night, a few houses down from where the truck is parked. Jason sneaks into the backyard of a house and jumps a few fences to get closer to the truck. He climbs over a final fence and hides near some bushes by the driveway where the truck is parked. He sits and yawns as he prepares to wait for any potential thieves to show up.

 

An hour goes by before a bright green Shyster PMP 700 comes coasting slowly by. It stops and out come two men approaching the Vapid truck. Jason peeks out from the bushes and gets a look at them. One of them is carrying a tablet device, which would be the key cloner, and the other is standing guard with a pistol. Jason pulls out his pistol and gets on his feet in a crouching position. The PMP 700 begins driving away as the guy with the key cloner gains access to the truck. The player is then instructed to hold up the thieves for the device.

 

OBJECTIVE: Take the key cloning device.

 

As Jason holds them at gunpoint, the other thief begins shooting. Jason kills him and sees the PMP 700 turning around and coming back. Jason shoots the thief with the device and takes it, avoiding gunfire from the approaching car. Jason pops out from cover and shoots the driver of the PMP 700 and steals it. As the player drives away from the scene of the shooting, he calls Lucia to come pick him up from behind a bar in downtown Port Gellhorn.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the pick-up location.

 

Once there, Lucia rounds the corner and Jason gets into the car quickly. She drives them back to the safehouse.

 

LUCIA: How did it go?

 

JASON: Got a little messy, no surprise there.

 

LUCIA: Well you were prepared at least.

 

JASON: Let’s just get the f*ck outta here.

 

Once back at the safehouse, the mission is then complete.

 

Mission 10

The Name Of The Game

This mission is triggered by Lucia. The player must have her sit on the couch in the living room.

 

The following morning, we see Jason and Lucia sitting in the living room. Krissie is in the kitchen making coffee for the three of them. 

 

JASON: Alright, ready for a little taste of freedom?

 

LUCIA: I’ve been savoring the moment, trust me.

 

KRISSIE: I really hope this works! 

 

LUCIA: That makes two of us!

 

JASON: Okay, let me see this thing…

 

Jason grabs the key cloner and looks through a menu of functions it’s able to perform. One of the functions is frequency matching. He presses a button where the device tells him to hold it close to the source he wants to match. He holds the key cloner next to Lucia’s ankle tag, seeing that it’s searching for a frequency. It finds the one being emitted from the ankle tag and begins tracing it. Once the match is completed, Jason plugs his phone to the device and opens up the Sightseer app on his phone. He’s able to download the traced frequency onto his phone, and then uses it to communicate with Lucia’s ankle tag. After a few seconds, we hear a click, and the strap unlatches from the ankle tag. Lucia’s ankle monitor has been successfully removed.

 

LUCIA: Holy sh*t! It worked!

 

JASON: Damn right it did.

 

LUCIA: Is the tag still on?

 

JASON: Yeah, it’s still on. That’s what the green light is for, yeah?

 

LUCIA: Good. f*ck, this feels so good. It’s gonna suck when this is over though, having to put it back on. 

 

KRISSIE: Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess. Here’s some coffee for y'all!

 

LUCIA: Thanks.

 

JASON: Yeah, thanks sis. 

 

They drink some coffee and Krissie asks if they’re ready to go through with their plan. Lucia and Jason look at each other and confirm that they’re ready. They then get up and get changed. We then see them exit the house and get into Jason’s car.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the garage.

 

LUCIA: You remember when we were pulled over after leaving the beach that one day?

 

JASON: Yeah, I remember. 

 

LUCIA: My case worker, Stefanie, said something of me being linked to two crime scenes.

 

JASON: Two?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, two. The only one I was aware of that they linked me to was that one drugstore robbery some time ago, where I got forced to be those clowns’ getaway driver. 

 

JASON: The same ones who got wasted after that pawn shop stick up, right?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, those two. She didn’t elaborate on what this second crime scene was, and it’s been bugging me this whole time. My head is f*cking spinning, wondering what it is she’s referring to.

 

JASON: Maybe the Digital Den stick-up I did? I got rid of the CCTV footage showing you buying that burner phone.

 

LUCIA: That could be it, but I’m not sure. You don’t think?

 

JASON: Think what?

 

LUCIA: What about that dude I killed? The one who thought I snitched on his guys?

 

JASON: How would they connect that to you?

 

LUCIA: I had my ankle tag on at the time, remember? I picked him up from a bar, he specifically requested a ride from me.

 

JASON: His phone got crushed with his body at the scrapyard. Come to think of it, I haven’t heard anything on the news about them recovering that car or his body there. Before I got caught at the scrapyard, I was able to pull the car out after it was crushed and put it on top of one of those car stacks. 

 

LUCIA: I haven’t heard or seen anything on the news about him going missing either. I picked him up from a bar, there had to have been a CCTV camera that showed him getting into my car. Plus, my ankle tag will show that I was there at the time I picked him up too. f*ck, this ain’t good. 

 

JASON: So, is that what you’ve been having a bad feeling about? Because now I have a bad feeling too.

 

LUCIA: Someone knows something. Stefanie mentioned she heard it from the local cops.

 

JASON: Your PO was there talking to you, he didn’t ask you why you were out near the edge of Yorktown that night? Or about us accidentally going out of bounds that other night?

 

LUCIA: I got asked about the other night, but I told him that we got lost for a bit and I wasn’t paying attention. But he didn’t ask about me being out on the outskirts of Yorktown, which I did think was odd. 

 

JASON: sh*t, they must know something about that murder. That’s gotta be it.

 

LUCIA: I don’t know, but it’s likely. Anyways, let’s just focus on the job at hand here. Let’s get this done.

 

Once they turn onto the street the garage is located on, we see Jason drive past it and park his car down the road a bit to stay out of view of the cameras. We then see the pair sitting in Jason’s car, with Lucia behind the wheel and Jason in the passenger seat. Once the two confirm they’re ready, they both put their bandanas over their faces to conceal their identities in case of witnesses. The player assumes control of Lucia, where they must quickly make their way to the circuit box. Jason makes his way to the pallet stacks and begins climbing to get on the roof.

 

OBJECTIVE: Disable the CCTV cameras.

 

Once Lucia has disabled the CCTV, the player is switched to Jason who is waiting on the roof. Lucia gives him the signal and he goes to work on the fire escape door. He primes the bolt gun and aims it at the lock in the center of the door handle. The bolt punches out the lock and Jason kicks the door in. He draws his gun just in case and begins making his way down the stairs to where the cars are kept. He finds the Benefactor Striker and pulls out his slim jim. He gains access to the car and plugs the immobilizer bypass into the OBD II port. The device lights up as it begins communicating with the car’s ECM. While it’s doing that, Jason brings out his flathead screwdriver and jams it into the ignition lock. Once it makes contact with the starter switch, Jason turns the screwdriver. The engine can be heard trying to start for a few seconds before fully roaring to life. Jason then starts going through the glovebox and trunk on the vehicle. In the glovebox there is nothing useful, but in the trunk is a duffel bag that contains $20,000 in cash. Jason excitedly shuts the trunk and presses a button by the bay door to open it. With the door open, Jason gets back into the car and slowly drives forward out. Lucia contacts him and tells him that she sees Ray-Ray heading his way in the Dubsta, and he ain’t alone. There’s a second car behind him, a dark blue Bravado Buffalo STX. 

 

JASON: That’s okay, I’m ready.

 

Jason turns on the radio and searches through some radio channels as he waits for Ray-Ray to pull into the parking lot. As soon as Jason has visual contact on Ray-Ray and his goons, we hear S!ck by The Warning begin to play on the radio. Ray-Ray and his guys try to block the exit but Jason guns the car in between theirs and makes it through the gap. He merges onto the main road at high speed and keeps on going. Ray-Ray, in a furious state, unleashes a tapestry of profanity as he and his guys try to get turned around to chase after him. 

 

Nearby, Lucia can hear another vehicle loudly approaching. It’s a yellow Karin Sultan screaming down the street to catch up to the chase, and she can see the front passenger waving a pistol around in the car. Thinking quickly, Lucia picks up a small boulder and runs out into the road, almost into the car’s path. She throws it with all her strength just in time for it to land on the windshield directly in front of the driver. The car wildly swerves before hitting a street lamp and flipping over spectacularly. Lucia quickly gets into Jason’s Tulip and drives off to catch up to the chase to take out the second car. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Catch up to the chase to take out the second chase car.

 

She communicates with Jason asking what road he’s on and what direction he’s heading. He tells her and she takes an alternate road, essentially running parallel to the chase as she catches up to them. She calls Jason on speaker phone to make a left turn a few blocks down where she’ll try to take out the second chase car. 

 

JASON: With my car?!

 

LUCIA: Yes! Your car! It can take a beating!

 

Jason groans and lets her know he’s making a left turn at the next block. The timing is perfect as both Jason and Ray-Ray manage to pass through the intersection just fine, with Lucia clipping the left rear quarter panel on the Buffalo STX sending it spinning into a parked car. Jason witnesses the crash in the rear-view mirror, much to his horror. He calls Lucia to ask how badly damaged his car is. Lucia keeps the engine gunned and keeps going straight after clearing the intersection. 

 

LUCIA: That’s what you’re worried about right now?

 

JASON: Come on! I knew you’d be safe in that car. That thing is a tank!

 

LUCIA: Safe?! This junker doesn’t even have working f*cking air bags!

 

After hearing Lucia call his car a junker, Jason loses his focus for a second and accidentally sideswipes a random person’s car. 

 

JASON: You did not just say that about my f*cking car!

 

LUCIA: Face it! It’s kind of a junker!

 

JASON: I can’t believe I’m hearing this right now!

 

LUCIA: Relax! It ain’t anything that some good old fashioned elbow grease and a gentle buffing can’t fix.

 

JASON: Yeah, I’ll give you a gentle buffing when I get back!

 

LUCIA: I’m looking forward to it!

 

An annoyed Jason throws his phone to the front passenger seat as he attempts to re-focus on the chase. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Lure Ray-Ray and his crew to the Grassrivers.

 

Jason manages to successfully lead them out of Port Gellhorn and all the way down to the Grassrivers. He turns off onto a dirt road to head into the Grassrivers, looking for a secluded enough spot to take them out. He finds a clearing and parks the car, hopping out with both his .45 caliber pistol and .38 snub nose revolver and getting into cover.

 

This is where the player is introduced to dual wielding in combat

 

As Ray-Ray and his guys approach, Jason gets out of cover and starts shooting. He manages to fatally strike the hood sitting in the front passenger seat. The Dubsta stops and the rest hop out and begin firing at Jason. During the shootout, we hear a hard rap/trap beat as background music (Shoot It Out by JDot Breezy as a placeholder).

 

OBJECTIVE: Take out Ray-Ray and his crew.

 

Once his crew has been killed, Jason shoots Ray-Ray once in the stomach and he goes down. Jason walks around the front of the Dubsta to see Ray-Ray clutching at his wound, sitting down. He tries to reach for his gun but Jason shoots him again in the shoulder. Ray-Ray drops the gun and screams in pain. Jason walks over and kicks it away from him. He keeps his .45 aimed at Ray-Ray’s head.

 

JASON: It’s turning out to be a real bad f*cking day for you, isn’t it?

 

RAY-RAY: f*ck you. Who the f*ck are you?

 

JASON: My name ain’t important, but you know someone close to me. My sister.

 

RAY-RAY: I’ve had quite the share of women, my friend. You’re gonna have to be much more f*cking specific!

 

JASON: Does the name Kristina ring a bell? Kristina ___________! The one you enslaved through drug addiction, kept her hostage through a f*cking debt, and then sold her off to be f*cking trafficked?

 

RAY-RAY: Oh, now it makes sense. You’re the brother, eh? You must feel like a real hero. Let me ask you, was it all worth it?

 

JASON: Oh I’m savoring every moment of this, don’t worry. You should be asking yourself that question though.

 

RAY-RAY: It doesn’t matter. You ain’t my problem anymore.

 

JASON: The f*ck is that supposed to mean?

 

RAY-RAY: I made a phone call. That’s all I’m saying.

 

JASON: Lotta good it did you.

 

RAY-RAY: They told me to expect a possible hit. I didn’t think it was gonna go down like this.

 

JASON: What? Someone warned you? Who?

 

RAY-RAY: The same people I called earlier. Expect a visit from them soon. Very f*cking soon. 

 

Ray-Ray begins coughing up some blood, his breathing becoming more strained.

 

RAY-RAY: You gonna finish me or what? Just do it already.

 

JASON: I want you to know something first, you remember that $30,000 that got stolen off of you a while back? That was my sister who did that, not that two-bit pimp Darrell. She framed him and you took the bait.

 

Ray-Ray turns his head to look Jason in the eye. His expression is one of surprise and anger.

 

JASON: You got robbed and played by her, and killing you is the cherry on top of all this.

 

Jason notices that Ray-Ray is wearing a chain with a crucifix on it.

 

JASON: You religious? You might wanna get a prayer in. 

 

RAY-RAY: How kind of you, you sick bastard.

 

JASON: Consider it my one good deed of the day.

 

Ray-Ray begins to say a prayer to himself. Midway through the prayer though, Jason shoots him in the neck. Ray-Ray begins violently choking and gagging on blood and the bullet lodged in his throat. He lays on the floor convulsing in pain and then Jason stands over him, placing his foot on Ray-Ray’s chest, before putting a final bullet into his head. 

 

JASON: Watch your step to Hell, it’s a long fall. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Place the bodies into the Dubsta.

 

The player is instructed to pick up the three bodies and place them inside the black Dubsta. Once done, Jason finds a plastic lighter on one of the bodies. He breaks it open, spilling flammable lighter fluid in the vehicle. He then lights a cigarette and flicks it into the Dubsta where it slowly goes up in flames. He then turns around and walks toward the Benefactor Striker. Jason pops open the trunk and takes the duffel bag with the $20k and then sets that vehicle on fire by shooting the fuel tank causing a leak. He then lights another cigarette and flicks into the forming puddle of fuel. He then disassembles his .45 caliber pistol and the revolver and throws the parts into the water.

 

This is done so that the player can be introduced to legal and illegal gun dealers in Chapter 2.

 

OBJECTIVE: Make your way to the motel to meet with Lucia.

 

The player is instructed to leave the scene of the fire on foot and make their way back to the motel. As the player makes their way through the vastness of the Grassrivers, Jason comes across a parked pickup truck. It’s a Vapid Scout Sport (1995 Ford Ranger Splash [exterior/interior]). Jason gets in and hotwires it to start the truck up. Once it’s started, Jason navigates his way back to the main road and begins heading up back to Port Gellhorn. Once he’s on the main road, Over Broken Bones by The Blackwater Fever begins to play on the radio.

 

The sun has started setting and it’s getting darker as Jason drives back into Port Gellhorn. He finally arrives at the motel across from the Taco Bomb but doesn’t see Lucia anywhere. He initially figures that perhaps she’s waiting on him to contact her to come pick him up, it’d probably be less suspicious than having her wait all this time at the motel. He decides to send her a text message to come pick him up. However, 30 minutes goes by with no answer. He decides to call her instead, but her phone just keeps ringing and ringing with no answer. Getting increasingly worried, he tries calling her again but no answer still. With no other plan in mind, Jason gets back in the truck and drives to the house to check and see if everything is okay.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive back to the safehouse.

 

Jason makes his way back to the house, however as he turns the corner onto the street that the house is on, he sees five Port Gellhorn police cars and an unmarked police vehicle parked out front. The neighbors are all hanging outside their homes, looking on at whatever is going on. Some people have their cellphones out recording. Jason parks across the street from the house and sits in the truck, waiting to see if his sister is okay. He looks in the driveway and sees his car is parked in the carport, which means Lucia came back to the house. She also had covered his Tulip with a large blue tarp and parked her car behind it to hide the vehicle. He looks to his right and sees a man and two women standing by his truck, wondering what’s going on at the house. Jason reaches over and rolls the window down and gets their attention. The man comes over to the passenger window.

 

JASON: Excuse me friend, what’s going on over there?

 

BYSTANDER: Do you live in that house?

 

JASON: Uh no, no I don’t. I live down the road, but I see the squad car blocking the road at the intersection down there.

 

BYSTANDER: Well I ain’t sure what’s going on. It’s been like this for the past hour or so. The cops just showed up, sirens blaring. We heard the noise and so we came out to take a look. Next thing we know, those cops just kick the door in and storm the house. All the other neighbors started coming out when they heard the noise. 

 

JASON: Has anyone been let out in handcuffs or anything?

 

BYSTANDER: Haven’t seen anyone come out yet, except for a few cops. Most of them are still inside. This unmarked unit showed up about 15 minutes ago. Some guy in a suit, I think a detective or some sh*t. Went in there and hasn’t come out yet either. 

 

JASON: sh*t, must be something bad goin’ on there. 

 

BYSTANDER: Yeah, you’re telling me! I know the one woman who lives there. The girl with the short hair and tattoos. Very nice girl, I’m not sure what she’s got herself into but it must be something real bad. 

 

JASON: What a shame, shame indeed. Anyways, thanks for the info. I guess I’ll just wait here until they open up the road down there. 

 

BYSTANDER: Well you could back out and make a right at the next intersection, and come back up that way. I don’t think they got the whole intersection blocked off over there.

 

JASON: I might do that in a few minutes. I guess I wanna see what’s goin’ down. 

 

The bystander walks back to the two women he was talking earlier with. Jason rolls the window up and keeps watching the house, waiting to see his sister or Lucia come out. Soon, Krissie is seen being escorted out of the house in handcuffs. Jason can see that she’s been crying heavily, we can see a look of sadness begin to develop on his face. Afterwards, Lucia is led out in cuffs as well. Jason looks down towards her feet and sees that she did put the ankle tag back on again. He lets out a frustrated sigh as he looks down at the steering wheel. He buries his face in hands for a moment before taking a deep breath. Suddenly, a man in a suit emerges from the house and he walks over to a group of policemen nearby. He says something to them and then turns his gaze towards Jason. 

 

Jason notices and looks back at the man. The man in the suit is stone faced, he changes his stance looking as if he’s about to draw his service weapon. Jason, maintaining eye contact with him, slowly hovers his right hand over the gear shifter, then grips the shift knob. The man in the suit swiftly pulls out his weapon and aims at Jason, ordering him out of the car. In rapid fashion, Jason engages the clutch and shifts the truck into reverse, revs the engine and then dumps the clutch. The rear wheels begin spinning and screeching as the truck propels itself backwards. Jason turns around to look what’s behind him where he sees a Port Gellhorn police car try to block him from backing out onto the main road. Jason turns the wheel slightly, angling the truck so that it hits the left rear quarter panel of the squad car. He smashes into the patrol car and does a quick 180-degree J-turn as he gets back onto the main road. From there, he shifts it back into first gear and floors it. The man in the suit gets into his unmarked squad car while the other officers follow suit to pursue Jason. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Lose the cops. 

 

Once the player has successfully evaded the police, they are directed to head east out of Port Gellhorn. Before Jason can make it to the on-ramp to get on the interstate highway, he’s t-boned by the unmarked cruiser. The crash sends him spinning into another vehicle which causes his truck to flip over onto its roof. Jason struggles to get out but it’s too late. The man is already out of his car and has his gun aimed at Jason. He identifies himself as a Port Gellhorn detective and places Jason under arrest. Once out of the truck, Jason is placed in cuffs and is placed into the back of a PG police cruiser. The detective can be seen pulling something from his coat pocket, which turns out to be a syringe. He then gives Jason a shot of an unknown substance, however Jason is too battered from the crash to resist. The scene then does a fade-to-black. 

 

At this point, the mission is considered complete. 

 

The scene where Jason arrives back at the safehouse and has a brief stand-off with the detective is a light nod to a similar scene from the 2012 film Jack Reacher.

 

Mission 11

Loose Change

This mission is started automatically upon completion of the previous mission. 

 

The mission opens up to a black screen, we don’t see anything, but we can hear some people speaking although their speech is muffled as it seems to be coming from behind a closed door. We then hear a door creak open and then slam shut. We then hear two male voices quietly talking amongst themselves.

 

VOICE 1: How long have they been here?

 

VOICE 2: A few hours or so. 

 

VOICE 1: They in any condition to speak?

 

VOICE 2:  The girl is fine, but this guy took a bit of a tumble after a crash during that pursuit. He’s a little bruised. 

 

VOICE 1: That’s fine. As long as he can talk. 

 

The screen suddenly flashes brightly, revealing that the protagonists are handcuffed to chairs and had blindfolds over their eyes to keep them blind. As their eyes readjust, they see they’re in what looks like a warehouse. It’s dark, but there is some light coming in from the windows indicating that it is daytime. 

 

LUCIA: Where are we? What the f*ck is this?

 

JASON: Yeah, doesn’t look like no police precinct to me.

 

One of the voices is revealed to be the detective who captured Jason earlier.

 

DETECTIVE: Astute observation.

 

LUCIA: What kind of game you got running here?

 

VOICE 2: A pretty fun one if you play by our rules.

 

LUCIA: And you are?

 

SPERANZA: Detective Colin Speranza, Vice Division.

 

JASON: And what’s your name?

 

ATKINS: Detective Myles Atkins, Port Gellhorn Narcotics Task Force. Hello Jason.

 

JASON: Hello Detective. Thanks for almost paralyzing me from that crash by the way, I’m not sure police pursuit policy allows for that sort of thing. A PIT maneuver would’ve sufficed.

 

ATKINS: You’re alive ain’t you?

 

JASON: Ahh there’s that warm empathy I’ve come to expect from Leonida cops.

 

SPERANZA: We got some things to talk about.

 

LUCIA: By all means, Detective. What brings you out to the Panhandle? Figured Vice City would keep you busy with how rampant drug crime is there. 

 

SPERANZA: Detective Atkins and I have some shared interests.

 

LUCIA: Wait a minute, you’re not gonna tell me you two assholes are corrupt, are you?

 

JASON: f*cking cliche! 

 

ATKINS: It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you two.

 

LUCIA: Say it ain’t so, officer!

 

SPERANZA: Enough. Don’t act so clever, because as far we’re concerned, you two are not very clever at crime. I mean, really? Conspiracy, multiple counts of first degree murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a couple counts of tampering with evidence, and a few counts of grand theft auto, all the while you’re wearing that ankle tag? We’ve had you since day f*cking one. 

 

LUCIA: What are you saying?

 

ATKINS: You really thought that y'all were steps ahead of us? Not a f*cking chance. 

 

SPERANZA: We knew it was you who drove those two hoods from that pharmacy stick-up a while back. We knew it was you who communicated with RJ to set up a robbery of the pawnbroker, we already had the CCTV footage of you buying the burner phone. Props to you using cash by the way, but we were still able to get a copy of the receipt that was timestamped. 

 

ATKINS: I mean, you really think that your PO would be stupid enough to tip you off about a potential lead in an investigation without already having obtained the evidence?

 

LUCIA: sh*t…

 

ATKINS: sh*t indeed! And then you send your boyfriend here to go “wipe” the evidence under the guise of a robbery? I mean, there couldn’t have been much money in it for you. Most of the sh*t bought there is paid with credit cards and financed on payment plans. The phones aren’t worth dick either because they’re bricked the moment they leave that store unauthorized. 

 

SPERANZA: Normally with a little sh*t crumb robbery like that, cops wouldn’t bother investigating it. They’d take a report and call it a day. Especially since no one could identify your boy here, even if he did maliciously wound a civilian. The car used for the getaway was stolen, so no way to trace that back to anyone but the original owner who reported the car stolen hours later. 

 

JASON: Alright, we get it.

 

ATKINS: We’re not done yet. Does the name Jesús Sosa ring a bell? Known on the streets as Chucho.

 

Jason and Lucia both shake their heads no. 

 

ATKINS: Well, you oughta know him.

 

LUCIA: Me? Why?

 

ATKINS: You picked him up from the Red Ruby bar late one night. CCTV footage shows you arriving in a black BF hatchback. He was an associate of those two clowns that got themselves blown away by PGPD.

 

LUCIA: Okay? And?

 

SPERANZA: Well, we were hoping you could tell us what happened next. Chucho is a known meth cook and dealer from Vice City with connections to S4S and a Cuban smuggling outfit.

 

LUCIA: I doubt anyone will miss him by the sounds of things. 

 

ATKINS: I’m inclined to agree. However, his sudden absence is causing some problems within the criminal ecosystem back in Vice. We got rival groups competing for ownership of what was once his turf. We’d prefer if things return to order as soon as possible.

 

JASON: That tends to happen from time to time in the drug trade. Maybe someone got too greedy.

 

ATKINS: If you don’t wanna talk about what happened, we can pretty much get the full picture of what happened to him since we recovered his body and what used to be his car.

Jason looks down at the floor in frustration, cursing to himself under his breath.

 

SPERANZA: That now brings us to Raymundo Moya. You know him as Ray-Ray. Care to tell us what that was all about?

 

LUCIA: No idea what you’re talking about.

 

JASON: Not ringing any bells, I’m afraid.

 

ATKINS: Here, I have a bell I can ring for you.

 

Detective Atkins proceeds to punch Jason in the face three times, much to Lucia’s dismay and horror. 

 

LUCIA: Oh my god! f*cking stop! You f*cking pigs!

 

ATKINS: Any bells ringing in there, Jason?

 

SPERANZA: We’re through with the games, now spill it. We can escalate this, trust me on that.

 

Jason spits some blood onto the floor but refuses to talk. 

 

ATKINS: No? Well, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. You don’t have much going on in that head of yours. 

 

Atkins draws his pistol, puts it up against Jason’s right temple, and then cocks the gun. Lucia, alarmed at what may happen, intervenes by asking what they want to know.

 

SPERANZA: Why did you two organize to get rid of him?

 

Lucia explains that they killed Ray-Ray because Jason’s sister, Krissie, feared retaliation for her theft of $30k from him. The detectives look at each other and begin to laugh. Lucia asks what’s so funny, to which Atkins replies that what she told them isn’t the truth. Atkins further elaborates and states that there was no fear of retaliation, that any suspicion of anyone else’s involvement in the theft went to the grave with Darrell the pimp. Speranza concludes that it was done simply out of revenge.

 

SPERANZA: Come on, it’s a tale as old as time. Little sister is put through hell, and her big brother comes to her aid to get even with those who harmed her. 

 

Atkins then tells Jason and Lucia that they actually inadvertently did the two detectives a favor. They explain Ray-Ray was in cahoots with Detective Atkins and his task force, working as a confidential informant. Ray-Ray used his position as informant to rat out any potential competition to his business, which not only benefited himself, but also Detective Atkins and his task force who took a cut of the profits. As long as Ray-Ray held a monopoly on the drug market in the Panhandle region, business remained smooth and the money rolled in. However, Ray-Ray recently started becoming addicted to his own product and began acting more ruthless and reckless. He managed to catch the attention of the DOA office who began actively investigating Ray-Ray. Had the DOA managed to get a hold of Ray-Ray, they surely would’ve uncovered the links he had with the Port Gellhorn police’s narcotics task force through Detective Atkins. 

 

JASON: Just like the FIB and Freddie “Frosty” Calhoun up in Boston.

 

LUCIA: And Israel Rodriguez with the Chicago PD.

 

JASON: Like I said, a f*cking cliche. 

 

SPERANZA: Well congratulations, because now you two are part of the cliche too. 

 

ATKINS: Looks like you two are our newest recruits in our informant program.

 

LUCIA: Hooray.

 

ATKINS: Stow the sarcasm, there’s some benefits here that I think you two will like.

 

JASON: Such as?

 

SPERANZA: We’ll get into that later. You two have a job that needs doing. I’m sure you’ve noticed by now you don’t have that ankle tag on anymore. You like that?

 

LUCIA: And if I do this job for you, it stays off?

 

ATKINS: It stays off either way. It’s a matter of whether or not you’ll keep your freedom at this point.

 

LUCIA: Okay, we’re listening.

 

JASON: What about me?

 

ATKINS: It’s pretty straightforward with you. You work with us; we’ll make sure all the evidence we have on you gets “misplaced” somewhere and forgotten about. With enough time, it’ll join the cold cases. If you play ball, of course. Otherwise, we’ll see to it you’re put in front of a judge and then sentenced to a maximum-security penitentiary somewhere in the Midwest for the rest of your life.

 

JASON: Guess I don’t have a choice. 

 

ATKINS: That’s right. Now that we’re on the same page, let’s talk shop.

 

Atkins explains that their job is to kill the business owner and manager of a local Uncle Jack’s liquor store franchise in Port Gellhorn and then travel east across the state to the North Beaches area to eliminate an associate of Ray-Ray who was recently arrested. The associate is making a deal with the DOA to turn state’s evidence and they have the target holed up in a beach house there. Speranza takes out a piece of folded up paper from his back pocket and stuffs it down Lucia’s t-shirt and into her bra, she glares at him intensely while cursing at him in Spanish. Speranza explains that the address for the target and a mugshot of him are on that paper. Atkins goes on to explain that Ray-Ray used that liquor store as a front to deal drugs and launder some of his money. Speranza adds that they won’t be getting paid for this job, clarifying that their compensation is whatever money and drugs they find in the store’s backroom. This is to avoid leaving any kind of paper trail. Lucia asks why they want the business owner killed, to which Atkins explains that the DOA linked the business owner to Ray-Ray. Atkins further explains that this guy knows that Ray-Ray is dead, and so if he’s caught by the DOA, he’ll share the dealings Ray-Ray had with Detective Atkins. Jason asks why they don’t bust him themselves, to which Speranza replies that it’s a DOA case now and that local PD can’t interfere without express permission from the DOA agent in charge of investigating the case. Lucia accepts the job, holding the detectives to their end of the bargain. They reassure the pair that they’ll uphold their end of the deal. Jason remains unconvinced but doesn’t say anything. Speranza gets the keys to the cuffs while Atkins keeps his gun aimed at Jason and Lucia. Speranza removes the cuffs and then draws his gun, motioning for the pair to leave the building. Atkins follows them out and puts them into the back of his unmarked patrol car. 

 

We see the pair get dropped off by the racetrack in town. Jason then gets a phone call from Krissie. Krissie sounds frantic, asking if he is okay. He tells her that he’s okay and asks what’s going on with her. She says being held at the local police precinct and that she’s scared and alone. She asks about Lucia, wondering where she is since she got arrested with her back at the house. Jason tells Krissie that Lucia is with him which surprises her. Krissie asks why that is, but Jason responds by telling her that he can’t explain now. He then hands Lucia the phone so she can talk to Krissie. Lucia confirms that she’s okay but also explains to Krissie that she can’t really talk about what’s going on with her and Jason. Lucia reassures Krissie that she’ll be okay and asks if she has told the police anything. Krissie says they tried asking her some questions regarding a murder but she pleaded ignorance. She tells Krissie to call her lawyer, the one who defended her at her trial. She explains to her that he’ll help her get out of whatever legal jam she’s in. Lucia also reiterates to Krissie not to say anything else to the police, that she does not talk without her lawyer present. Krissie acknowledges Lucia’s request and then bids her farewell, telling her to be safe. Lucia hands Jason his phone and he also says his goodbyes to Krissie, telling her that he’ll see her as soon as this is all over. Jason then turns to face Lucia.

 

JASON: So… How do you feel about all this?

 

LUCIA: You know, I feel pretty good actually.

 

JASON: You feel good knowing we’re now in the pocket of some dirty cops and being used as two-bit hitmen for them?

 

LUCIA: It could be worse, all things considered. Could’ve dragged us out to the Grassrivers and killed us or had us thrown in prison. 

 

JASON: You always see the silver lining, don’t you?

 

LUCIA: Beats being a damn cynic all the time.

 

JASON: Touche. So, what do we do?

 

LUCIA: Let’s find a way back to the house first. Need to change out of these clothes.

 

Lucia opens up the rideshare app and requests a ride to pick her up. Their ride soon arrives and they get in. Once at the safehouse, Lucia attempts to open the door but finds that it’s locked. She tries using her keys on the door, however those don’t seem to unlock the door. Lucia realizes that the landlord might’ve come by and organized to have the locks changed since the bust. Jason and Lucia look around the house to try to find a way in, when Lucia finds a window that isn’t locked and is able to be pushed open. They both climb in through the window and change clothes. Jason dons a white t-shirt, khaki cargo shorts, and his Slab slip-on shoes. Lucia dons a black crop top, denim shorts, and her navy blue high-top sneakers. The pair then start packing up their belongings and clothing into two duffel bags. When finished, Lucia grabs her car keys and they exit back out the window they entered in from. As they exit back out the window and close it, they then make their way to the carport in the driveway. That’s when they both notice that Lucia’s car is no longer there, along with Krissie’s car as well. Jason’s car, surprisingly, is still there under the blue tarp.

 

LUCIA: Where the f*ck is my car?

 

JASON: My sister’s car is gone too. That mothef*ckin’ piece of sh*t landlord must’ve had them towed and impounded.

 

LUCIA: Son of a bitch! *in Spanish*

 

JASON: I guess we’re taking my car then.

LUCIA: Why the f*ck did he keep yours?

 

JASON: I’m guessing he probably planned to sell it on one of those car auction websites.

 

LUCIA: f*ck it. Let’s just focus on getting a place to bunk down for the night. Take us to that motel outside of town, please?

 

JASON: The one across from the Taco Bomb?

 

LUCIA: That’s the one.

 

JASON: Sure. 

 

Jason then removes the tarp off the vehicle and takes a look around, inspecting the damage on the front end. Despite the impact from the chase, the front seemed to only sustain minor damage. The front bumper is damaged and hanging slightly loose, the driver side headlamp is damaged and nonfunctional, and the hood and front left fender are slightly damaged. Jason groans in frustration at the damage, with Lucia asking him to stop worrying about it. They get in and Jason backs out of the driveway. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the motel.

 

Along the way to the motel, Jason and Lucia converse about their predicament. Jason vents his frustration about his sister being in police custody and Lucia’s willingness to cooperate with the crooked detectives. Lucia counters by asking Jason if he has any better ideas, then says that right now this is the best they could hope for. Jason makes a point by pointing out that their situation is going to lead them down a slippery slope, he then asks her if she really trusts them to uphold their end of the bargain. Lucia says she doesn’t trust them, but there’s nothing else that they can do to get out of this situation. Lucia tries to reassure Jason that they’ll be okay, and that his sister will be fine. Jason reminds himself that his sister is smart, he then asks Lucia about her lawyer. Lucia assures him that her lawyer is very good at what he does, telling him that his sister is in good legal hands. 

 

Once they arrive at the motel, Jason goes to rent a room while Lucia waits in the car. Jason comes out and signals to her that he’s got them a room for the night. She gets out and follows him to their room. They put their bags down Lucia goes to sit on the bed. Jason goes to use the bathroom. Before he enters the bathroom, Lucia asks him if he’s hungry, stating that she’s starving. Jason says he could go for some food right now, asking if the Taco Bomb is still open. Lucia confirms that it is and gets up to go get some food for the both of them. 

 

We see her cross the road and walk inside the Taco Bomb, all brightly lit against the darkness that surrounds the area. The camera perspective is on the outside of the store, looking at Lucia through the window talking to the cashier. She’s then handed a bag of food and she exits the building. A car pulls up into a parking space, with two men exiting. The men greet Lucia and ask her how she’s doing. She smiles and replies that she’s fine. The driver of the car attempts to flirt with her, but Lucia laughs it off and insists she needs to get back inside for the night. They bid farewell to her and she crosses the road back to the motel. As she approaches their motel room, she sees Jason standing outside smoking a cigarette. He opens the door for her and flicks the finished cigarette to the ground and follows her inside. 

 

As they eat their food, Jason tells Lucia that once they get this job done, he plans to leave Leonida and travel out west towards San Fierro or northwest towards Seattle. Lucia, surprised by this, asks Jason why. He explains that as far as he’s concerned, he accomplished what he set out to do here in Leonida, which was to help his sister get revenge on Ray-Ray. He says that he didn’t “sign up” to be a paid killer for a couple of corrupt cops, adding that he doesn’t like where this is all going. Lucia reiterates to him that she didn’t “sign up” for this either, explaining that things could be worse and that they could both be in prison or dead by now. Jason scoffs, then calls out Lucia for readily taking their deal. He accuses her of taking their bait and thinking only of herself, predicting that those two detectives will betray them as soon as they’re no longer useful to them. Lucia angrily counters that she understands the risk of being at the mercy of a couple of corrupt detectives, she then asks Jason how dare he accuse her of thinking only of herself. She then asks Jason what he would have done differently, asking if he had any better ideas. Jason is unable to answer.

 

LUCIA: Don’t tell me, you’d tell them what they wanna hear and as soon as you’re free, you’d bolt. Right?

 

JASON: Hey! Don’t forget that I’ve lived most of my life on the run. None of this is new to me. Besides, it beats being their puppet.

 

LUCIA: Oh come on! You really think you can just run forever? Is that it with you?

 

JASON: You seem quite happy to be their little tool. You think that’s something you can just be forever? Huh?! Let me clue you in, tools lose their usefulness over time. Eventually they get replaced! Do you get that?

 

LUCIA: Well allow me to clue you in on something, luck runs out. These people, these crooked motherf*ckers, will find you eventually. And they will kill you. This ain’t the wild west anymore Jason! You’re not some f*cking cowboy!

 

JASON: And you ain’t some f*cking double agent! So I guess we’re both f*cked, aren’t we? I’ll run out of luck, and you’ll outlive your usefulness. We’ll both be dead.

 

Jason then stands up, punches the motel room door, and then walks to the window. He looks as if he’s staring outside, but he’s really focusing on Lucia’s reflection in the window. He then sees Lucia stand up off the bed and approach him. She tries to touch his arm, but he pulls away. 

 

LUCIA: Ask yourself this, do you really want to keep living on your own? On the run all the time, alone, with no one to watch your back. No one to look out for you?

 

JASON: I don’t need looking after.

 

LUCIA: That’s not what I’m saying. I’m asking you; would it really be so bad to try and fix this? If we stick together, we have a fighting chance.

 

Jason doesn’t answer her, he continues to stand by the window and remains stoic.

 

LUCIA: You accused me of only thinking about myself when I accepted those cops’ deal, but did you really think of me when you said you plan to just up and leave after this? How do you think that makes me feel? I care about you! I’m trying to help you.

 

Jason turns to face Lucia, gazing into her eyes. He reaches out his hand to touch hers. We then start to hear some moody, romantic music begin playing in the background (Shell Suite by Chad Valley as a placeholder track).

 

JASON: Lucy, I… Look, I really like you. I care about you too, I do. But… 

 

LUCIA: But what?

 

Lucia reaches up and caresses Jason’s face. 

 

JASON: f*ck it. 

 

LUCIA: Ask me how I feel.

 

JASON: Alright, how do you feel?

 

LUCIA: I feel like I can’t do this on my own. I need your help. Neither of us are gonna last on our own. That’s how I feel. I need you, Jason. I do.

 

Jason looks down at the floor and takes a deep breath. Lucia grabs and holds both his hands.

 

LUCIA: Tell me you feel the same? 

 

Jason looks back into her eyes and then goes in to kiss her. They embrace tightly and continue to kiss each other by the window. Lucia then grabs his hand and leads him to the bed. He sits on the bed and she straddles on top of him. She undoes her ponytail and then removes her top, with Jason removing his shirt as well. They then kiss again and fall back onto the bed, with her on top. The camera then shifts to an outside perspective, looking upwards to the sky. We see the sky slowly go from being pitch black with the stars shining, to getting brighter as the sun comes up. As the sky gets brighter, the music fades out until all we hear is the sound of birds chirping and a gentle breeze in the air. 

 

It’s now late in the morning, 10:30am (10:30) to be exact. We then see Jason and Lucia still in bed together. Lucia is sitting on her side of the bed and we see her putting her bra back on, while Jason lays there next to her twirling her ponytail in his fingers. She then turns back towards Jason and crawls back on top of him. She rests her hands on his chest as she looks straight into his eyes.

LUCIA: About last night, I get it if you’re still feeling—

 

JASON: No, no it’s fine. We’re good. 

 

LUCIA: We’re good?

 

JASON: Yeah. I realized you were right. I wasn’t thinking straight, ya know?

 

LUCIA: Glad I could give you a bit of a reality check.

 

JASON: Not exactly the kind of reality check I’m used to getting! *laughs*

 

LUCIA: Oh yeah?

 

JASON: Yeah, a reality check for me usually results in a few bruises and a night in the county jail. This is a nice change of pace. 

 

LUCIA: Listen, I need you to get this.

 

JASON: I’m listening.

 

LUCIA: The only way we’re gonna get through this, is by sticking together. Being a team. 

 

JASON: I know. 

 

LUCIA: Do you? Tell me that you understand.

 

JASON: I understand. 

 

LUCIA: I need you to trust me, and I need to trust you as well. This is the only way we have a chance of getting out of this sh*t and having a fighting chance at staying alive and out of prison. 

 

JASON: I got it.

 

LUCIA: Trust?

 

JASON: Trust.

 

At this point, Lucia gets a text message on her phone. It’s from Detective Atkins. 

 

Went digging in the evidence room and ‘misplaced’ some hot ones for you. Look for a brown sedan parked nearby the liquor store. They’ll be in the backseat in a plastic bag. Delete this message. 

 

LUCIA: Looks like Mr. Atkins is giving us a little present.

 

JASON: How charitable. 

 

LUCIA: Says to look for a brown sedan in the parking lot.

 

JASON: My eyes will surely be peeled. 

 

They both get out of bed and get dressed. In the next shot we see them getting into Jason’s car. The player is then instructed to drive to the liquor store.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to Uncle Jack’s Liquors. 

 

They arrive at the liquor store and Jason reverses into a parking spot. They look around and see that there are no CCTV cameras on the outside of the building. Lucia tells Jason to wait in the car while she looks for the guns left by Atkins.

 

OBJECTIVE: Locate the stashed guns. 

 

Lucia finds the weapons and opens the car door. She grabs the bag and walks back over to Jason’s Tulip, getting back into the front passenger seat. She pulls out a .45 caliber pistol which she hands to Jason. Lucia takes out a 9mm polymer pistol. They then grab their bandanas and cover their faces. Lucia rests her hand on Jason’s thigh and asks him if he’s ready. Jason doesn’t say anything, but nods his head yes.

 

LUCIA: Let’s get this over with. 

 

They both exit the car and begin marching up to the front door. Lucia kicks both doors open and the pair aim their weapons. However, it appears that the store is empty. There are no customers and there is no one at the cash register. It’s quiet, with only Judge Dread's Al Capone playing over the store’s sound system. Jason leans towards Lucia and whispers to her, asking her where everyone is. Lucia whispers to him to just head to the back and cap the manager as ordered. They both begin making their way to the back of the store. Suddenly a blast from a shotgun rings out, the pellets striking some soda bottles by Jason. Lucia and Jason frantically dive for cover. 

 

LUCIA: You okay?

 

JASON: I’m good! I think he knew we were coming!

 

The player then takes control of Lucia, and they’re tasked with eliminating the manager.

 

OBJECTIVE: Waste the manager and his goons!

 

Lucia yells over to Jason that she notices the manager brought some hired muscle along with him. Jason yells back that the guy was prepared for the hit. There are 3 hired guns and the manager that the player must eliminate, and the player can switch between Lucia and Jason during the shootout. Once the enemies are eliminated, along with the manager, the player is directed to enter the backroom of the building. Jason notes that the room is empty, there is no cash or drugs lying around. Jason then gets heated, accusing the dirty cops of possibly setting them up. Lucia tries to calm him down, agreeing with him that it’s a possibility. She then suggests to him to check the register and take whatever cash is in it. Lucia looks around the back of the store for the CCTV footage. She finds the computer linked to the CCTV system and wipes the footage. She then destroys the computer by shooting at it. Jason links up back with her and he tells her he grabbed all the cash. They then walk out of the store, cool and calm. 

 

Once outside, they both hear the faint wail of approaching police sirens. They briefly glance at each other and rush into the car. Jason turns it on and shifts into Drive and guns the engine, peeling out of the parking lot and onto the main road. Lucia reaches over to the radio and cycles through the radio stations, stopping on the Classic Rock station just as Tom Petty’s You Wreck Me begins to play. Lucia exclaims she likes this song, with Jason also excitedly claiming he loves the song too. Jason cranks up the volume as the song plays. Just as the chorus of the song kicks in, Jason then whips the car into a drift, doing a U-turn at the junction and heads north. 

 

LUCIA: When we get to the Hank’s Waffles, make a right at the intersection and take Route 5 East.

 

JASON: Then get on the interstate and head northeast past Lake Leonida, right?

 

LUCIA: Yep, should take us to Ambrosia and we won’t be far from the North Beaches.

 

JASON: It’s gonna be a long drive.

 

LUCIA: But a fun one though!

 

JASON: Damn straight. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to Ambrosia.

 

During the drive to Ambrosia, Jason and Lucia will converse about the hit at the liquor store. Jason will ask Lucia if she thinks the detectives gave the target a warning that they were coming for him. Lucia answers that she’s not sure, but then asks what they’d have to gain from doing so. Jason cites the empty backroom devoid of cash and drugs as evidence that the target was given warning. Lucia counters that the target knew Ray-Ray was recently killed, so he must’ve been expecting some kind of blowback. Jason replies that he was under the impression that Ray-Ray didn’t have many rivals in the area, that he was essentially the kingpin in the panhandle part of the state. Lucia then concedes that maybe there’s a possibility it’s true that the target was forewarned but reiterates that the detectives wouldn’t gain much from doing so as they need the protagonists alive to take out their second target. Jason then tells Lucia that there better be some money from their next hit. Lucia tells Jason to relax, they’ll figure something out if there’s no money at the end. 

 

Once the player approaches the town limits of Ambrosia, it transitions to a cutscene of Jason pulling into the parking lot of a motel. Lucia heads in and gets them a room on the second floor of the motel. At this point, the mission is complete.

 

Upon completion of the mission, Lucia will receive a phone call from Detective Atkins. He’ll congratulate the pair on a job well done, saying that he admires the pair’s handiwork. He tells her he’s at the scene of the crime watching forensics collect evidence and the coroner wheeling bodies out of the store. Lucia will accuse him of possibly setting them up to be killed, citing the manager’s hired guns and empty backroom. Atkins denies this and tells her that there was no guarantee there’d be any cash or drugs there. Lucia curses him out, but Atkins tells her to calm down. He then reveals to Lucia that their second target should definitely have some cash with him. Lucia scoffs at this, asking why she should believe him. Atkins tells her that while the DOA will seize most of their witness’ assets, they’ll allow him to keep some of his illicit proceeds to help him get started in his new life in a witness protection program. Lucia asks how much but Atkins says he doesn’t know, giving a range somewhere between $40,000-$60,000. Lucia remarks she’ll believe when she sees the money for herself, she then ends the call.

 

Jason will receive a phone call from his sister, Krissie. She’ll tell him that she’s out of police custody and free, thanks to Lucia’s lawyer. Jason is relieved to hear the good news, then asks her where she is. Krissie reveals that since the bust, the landlord had evicted her from the house she was renting. Jason says he knows, telling her that they had to break in through a window to get their stuff out and that both Lucia’s and Krissie’s cars have been towed. Krissie reveals that she’s staying with her boyfriend in Yorktown now and that she’s safe. Jason wishes her well and tells her that he’ll try to help her with getting her things back from her former landlord. Krissie thanks him and tells him to stay safe and bids him farewell. Jason says his goodbyes and then ends the call. 

This mission introduces the player to the game mechanic of renting rooms in motels and hotels. It works about the same as it does in Red Dead Redemption 2. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, the player can hear news reports on the radio regarding the murders of Ray-Ray and his crew, the bust at the protagonists’ first safehouse, and the recent shootout at the Uncle Jack’s Liquors store. There are also corresponding news articles as well that the player can read. 

 

Mission 12

In On The Kill

This mission can be triggered by either protagonist. It’s triggered by interacting with the television in the motel room. This is the final main story mission for Chapter 1. 

 

Depending on which character the player is controlling when starting this mission, the cutscene will start slightly differently. If playing as Jason when triggering the mission, we see Lucia enter the motel room after apparently stopping by a pharmacy store. If controlling Lucia when triggering the mission, we see Jason come out of the restroom in the motel room. 

 

The mission cutscene starts with both protagonists watching Weazel News. The news anchor is covering the recent shooting and robbery of the Uncle Jack’s Liquors store in Port Gellhorn. It then cuts to an interview that a Weazel News reporter is having with Detective Atkins. Atkins goes over a few details regarding the shooting, revealing that a witness had seen the car the protagonists fled in. It turns out that this witness was able to give an almost full description of Jason’s Tulip to the police, but no plates. Jason and Lucia glance at each other before looking out the window overlooking the motel parking lot. 

 

LUCIA: You’re gonna need to lose that car, cops are going to be looking for it.

 

JASON: You think the local PD might be on the lookout? It may just be Port Gellhorn cops and the neighboring county sheriff.

 

LUCIA: Maybe, but we shouldn’t take that chance. I know that car means a lot to you.

 

JASON: We’re gonna need it for now. Let’s just get this f*cking guy and we’ll torch it later. In the meantime, I’m gonna go shag some plates from one of the other cars in the lot. 

 

LUCIA: Well, do it now before someone decides to call in a tip to the cops. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Steal license plates from another vehicle.

 

Playing as Jason, the player is instructed to steal license plates off another vehicle and apply them to the Tulip. This is a useful trick for when police have a full description of your vehicle, as swapping plates can bring it down to a partial description making it harder for police to detect you. Once a license plate has been taken, the player is instructed to apply it to the Tulip.

 

OBJECTIVE: Swap plates on Jason’s car.

 

Once done, Lucia comes out of the motel room and jumps into Jason’s car. Jason gets into the driver seat and the player is instructed to drive to the North Beaches to take out their target.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the North Beaches.

 

Along the way, Jason and Lucia conversate about the job. Jason asks Lucia for a recap on their target so he can better prepare himself. Lucia tells him that this guy is some type of government witness for the DOA. Lucia explains that they got him holding up in a beach house on the northernmost part of the island, near Peanut Island. Lucia also mentions that Atkins called her not long after getting into Ambrosia the other day, telling her that this guy should be carrying a good amount of cash on him as part of a deal the target and the DOA worked out. Jason scoffs, as does Lucia. The conversation changes to Jason’s sister, as Jason updates Lucia on Krissie’s situation. She’s happy to hear that her lawyer was able to help Krissie out, noting that she’s probably now on the hook to pay him a fee for his work. Lucia also expresses relief that Krissie has a place to stay, but regrets that she got her busted along with herself after they killed Ray-Ray. Jason laments that they now have no place to stay. Lucia remarks that he should be sort of used to that considering his past. Jason comments that motels cost money, but then jokes that neither of them are rushing to put in applications at the nearest Burger Shot to earn a dollar. Lucia replies that the type of work they’re doing now pays more anyways, despite all the danger and risks involved. Jason responds telling Lucia if they even find any money this time, like what happened back during the liquor store hit. 

 

As the pair approach the beach house, Lucia tells Jason not to get too close. She tells him to pull off to the side of the road and park the car. They then get out of the car and begin walking their way to the beach house, staying off the road and sneaking through the other properties in order to stay somewhat hidden. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Approach the beach house.

 

JASON: How much security do you think this guy is under?

 

LUCIA: Probably a fair bit. They probably got a couple DOA agents in the house, and a few more around the perimeter. 

 

JASON: Wow, look at you being all tactical and sh*t.

 

LUCIA: I used to watch 72 all the time back when it aired.

 

JASON: That show f*cking ruled, too bad the last season was total sh*t though.

 

LUCIA: Ugh, don’t remind me! 

 

JASON: I’m willing to bet these guys are a little nervous, considering what we did back in PG. They must be expecting a fight.

 

LUCIA: Maybe, maybe not. I mean, who’s really dumb enough to tangle with the DOA?

 

JASON: Is that a rhetorical question?

 

LUCIA: I’m sure you know the answer to that. 

 

Once they make visual contact with the beach house, they both take cover by a nearby parked car. They both scan their environment, looking for any agents who might spot them. It becomes clear there isn’t anyone keeping an eye on the place from the outside. They sneak around and make their way through the driveway and towards the back of the beach house. There, they see the body of a dead DOA agent lying on the ground. With both their pistols drawn and bandanas on, they cautiously make their way into the house through some partially open sliding doors. Inside, they see two more bodies of DOA agents with one on the floor and the other slumped over in a chair by the kitchen table. They make their way upstairs, keeping their guns at the ready in case they run into trouble. Once upstairs, the player is instructed to search the rooms for the target.

 

OBJECTIVE: Search the rooms for the target. 

 

As the player opens the door to the main bedroom, it’s revealed that their target is already dead. However, there’s two men climbing out a window to get onto the rear deck. One of the men has a duffel bag on his person. Lucia opens fire and kills the man holding the duffel bag, while the other man runs away. Jason runs over to the bag to check the contents. It’s revealed to be full of money. Suddenly, Lucia notices a red laser trained on Jason’s head. Acting quickly, Lucia calls out Jason’s name and dives towards him. She’s able to save his life in the nick of time, just a bullet comes crashing through the window. Lucia lays on top of Jason, who thanks her. He then sees the laser on her head and he reflexively rolls the both of them to the side, now saving her from getting shot. Lucia quips, thanking him for repaying the favor. Lucia grabs the bag of cash and the two crawl their way out of the room and into the hallway. In the distance, they can hear a boat starting up and driving away. Jason runs into another room to see where the boat is, thinking it might be the guy who climbed out the window and ran. The boat, a Lampadati Toro, makes its way to Peanut Island, where Jason sees a man climb down a water tower and run towards the boat. Jason throws Lucia the keys to his car and tells her to go to it, he’s gonna go after the guys in the boat. He sprints down to the jetty where the boat was parked and hops onto a Seashark that’s located nearby. He powers his way towards the boat.

 

OBJECTIVE: Chase the boat and eliminate your attackers.

 

The player is instructed to chase after the boat, which begins speeding southbound in the channel in between the North Beaches Island and the Leonida mainland. The player is advised to be cautious when pursuing the boat, as the sniper will attempt to kill Jason. The player can avoid being shot by keeping track of the laser’s position and avoiding it. If the player keeps Jason’s aim steady, they can aim for a jerry can onboard the boat that will cause a spectacular explosion once struck. 

 

Alternatively, the player can switch to Lucia who’s driving parallel to the chase on the North Beaches island. If the player is fast enough, they can drive onto the bridge that takes the player onto the mainland passing the Evergreen Mall. Once there, the player can get out on the bridge and have Lucia intercept the boat by aiming her gun towards either the boat’s occupants or towards the gas-filled jerry can to eliminate them. 

 

Once the player has eliminated the sniper and his accomplice driving the boat, the player (now controlling Jason) is instructed to make their way down to the southern tip of the North Beaches island and park up at the docks there. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Make your way to the docks to meet up with Lucia. 

 

Once the player has arrived and disembarked onto the dock, Jason calls Lucia and relays his position to her. Lucia says she’s on the way to get him. 

 

This is how the player is introduced to a new game mechanic where they can request the other player character bring them their personal vehicle. This option is available as long as the player is not currently near their personal vehicle. If the player already has their personal vehicle nearby, the player can still call the other player character to come to them to be their companion or hang out.

 

Once Lucia arrives, she moves over to the passenger seat and Jason gets into the driver seat. The player is instructed to drive to a scrapyard and body shop located near the motel outside Port Gellhorn. Lucia says she found the place after doing a quick Eyefind search and suggests that Jason dump his car there. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to Wyman’s Body Works and Scrap.

 

The player must backtrack a bit and head back up through North Beaches to get on the bridge that takes them onto the mainland towards Waning Sands. The bridge linking North Beaches to Vice Beach is closed during the mission due to a major traffic collision. 

 

As they pass by the Evergreen Mall, two police vehicles speed past them. Jason looks into the rear-view mirror, while Lucia turns around in her seat to look behind to see if the cops will turn around. She still had some cash in her hands as she attempted to count how much was in the bag. Suddenly, the Leonard County Sheriff’s SUV slams on its brakes to make a sharp U-turn. It appears to be making a beeline straight for the protagonists’ car. Jason tells Lucia to tighten her seatbelt as they brace for a police pursuit. The player is then tasked with losing the police before making their way to the scrapyard.

 

OBJECTIVE: Lose the cops. 

 

The player now has a three-star wanted level that they must evade, along with the police having a full description of the car. During the chase, Lucia will assist the player by shooting at the pursuing police, attempting to shoot out their tires. Alternatively, the player can switch to Lucia and fire on the police while the AI controls the vehicle and keeps it following the GPS path. 

 

Once the police have been evaded, the player is instructed to head for Wyman’s shop. Upon arrival, Jason and Lucia walk into the shop. There they see a man in a light gray tank top, denim shorts, and flip flops sitting at a desk talking on the phone to someone. Once the man sees the couple that walks in, he ends the call and asks the protagonists what he can do for them, introducing himself as Wyman.

 

JASON: I got a car I no longer need.

 

WYMAN: Ah, lookin’ to donate for salvage? Sounds good. Whatcha got?

 

JASON: ‘72 Declasse Tulip. 

 

WYMAN: Whoa there, you wanna salvage that? Where’s the car?

 

JASON: I parked on the side, I’ll show you. 

 

The three of them walk outside the shop and around the corner. Wyman sees the Tulip and compliments the car, seeming surprised as to why Jason would want to just scrap the car. 

 

WYMAN: Sure the paint is worn, but you could still fetch something decent for this.

 

JASON: My needs have changed; I’m looking for something different. I’ve been tryin’ to sell it but all I keep getting are a bunch of damn tire kickers and low ballers. 

 

WYMAN: Goddamn, I know how frustrating that is. Say, I feel like I might’ve seen you before.

 

Jason and Lucia look at each other nervously. 

 

WYMAN: Yeah, I’ve seen this car around town a couple times. You’re the boy who got into that race with Roger not that long ago, ain’t ya? 

 

JASON: I don’t know any Rogers I’m afraid.

 

LUCIA: Are you gonna take the car or do we have to keep shopping around?

 

WYMAN: That eager to get rid of it, huh?

 

JASON: Like I said, needs have changed. 

 

Wyman then gives them a suspicious look as he eyeballs the two of them. He notices the bag Lucia is carrying is not zipped all the way and sees the cash. He takes note of the bandanas around their necks as well.

 

WYMAN: I think you two might be better off trying to sell it yourselves.

 

JASON: You’re not gonna take it? 

 

WYMAN: Well, I’ve been in this business for about 10 years now. Taking this car off your hands, under these circumstances, might give people the wrong impression.

 

JASON: What is that supposed to mean?

 

LUCIA: Jason, come on. Forget this, let’s go elsewhere. 

 

WYMAN: I have a reputation to protect, I don’t do this kind of business with people I don’t know. 

 

JASON: How much is it gonna cost?

 

LUCIA: Jason! The f*ck? 

 

JASON: Hold on a minute!

 

WYMAN: $5,000. Take it or leave it. 

 

JASON: $2,000

 

WYMAN: Oh f*ck off! $4,500

 

JASON: $3,000 and you don’t catch some lead. *brandishes his pistol*

 

WYMAN: Deal, but on one condition.

 

LUCIA: Conditions? f*ck that, we don’t do conditions. 

 

WYMAN: Maybe I used the wrong word, how does “proposition” sound?

 

JASON: Go on.

 

WYMAN: I’ve seen you at some of the auto parts stores in town, you know cars pretty good?

 

JASON: I can turn a wrench, sure. I’m also good with electrical and ignition systems, if you catch my drift.

 

WYMAN: Okay. What about you?

 

LUCIA: I haven’t turned a wrench, but I know how to start a car without a key if you catch my meaning.

 

WYMAN: Loud and clear. I’ll take this car off your hands then, but money first.

 

Lucia goes through the duffel bag and tosses Wyman $3,000. Wyman then asks for the keys, which Jason hands over to him. Wyman tells the two to pay him a visit in a couple of days, he may have some work for them. Jason gives him his word that he’ll stop by, Lucia remains silent. Wyman then bids the two farewell and heads back inside his shop. 

 

JASON: Well now what?

 

LUCIA: I’ll get us a ride, at least that’s over with. Thanks for costing us that $3k by the way.

 

JASON: Relax! It was the only way he was gonna take the car off our hands. It’s done. 

 

Wyman comes back outside the shop and hands Jason a car key.

 

JASON: What’s this?

 

WYMAN: Looks like you two need a ride, you can take that piece of sh*t over there to get wherever it is you need to go. I don’t need it and I don’t care what happens to it. 

 

JASON: Thanks, appreciate it. 

 

Wyman nods his head and walks back inside his shop. Jason and Lucia head over to the vehicle that Wyman pointed out to them. The key goes to a 2004 Imponte Imperior GX (2004 Pontiac Grand AM GT coupe [exterior/interior])

 

JASON: I guess that $3,000 wasn’t such a waste. 

 

Lucia rolls her eyes and asks if he wants to drive or if he’d prefer if she drove. He tosses her the key and tells her it’s her turn. Lucia walks around and gets into the driver seat, while Jason sits in the passenger seat. Lucia starts the car and calls Atkins to let him know that the job is done. Atkins answers the call and asks Lucia what the nature of the call is. Lucia confirms to him that the job is done, but they weren’t the ones to kill the target. Atkins asks for clarification, and Lucia explains that someone else had already killed the DOA agents guarding him and the target himself. She tells him that they managed to kill the assassins and grab the cash. Atkins tells the couple to meet him over by the Port Gellhorn docks. 

 

The next scene has the protagonists pulling up near a warehouse in the docks. It’s quiet, with no one around. The only person around is Detective Atkins, as evidenced by his unmarked police interceptor parked nearby. The two walk inside the dimly-lit warehouse where they see Atkins sitting at a table near a window. On the table sits a money counting machine and an empty suitcase that’s open. Lucia takes the bag from Jason and sets it on the table. Lucia asks Atkins if he knows anything about the people who had already assassinated the target. Atkins says he doesn’t know exactly who it could’ve been, but it could’ve been some drug cartel looking for vengeance.

 

JASON: Drug cartel? You said this f*ckin’ prick was an associate of Ray-Ray’s.

 

ATKINS: Who do you think supplies him with product?

 

LUCIA: Hold on, Ray-Ray never had those kinds of contacts. Especially when I knew him.

 

ATKINS: Well things change, especially while you’re rotting away in prison.

 

Jason takes the bag off the table and draws his pistol, aiming at Atkins. Lucia draws her gun and aims at him as well. Atkins continues to sit, looking unphased at having guns aimed at him. 

 

LUCIA: You said this guy was turning state’s evidence. Ray-Ray and most of his crew are dead. That evidence is meaningless now. What are you not telling us? This whole job has been pretty f*cking sus from the start.

 

JASON: The people at the beach house looked like they were doing a cleanup job. Ray-Ray wouldn’t have access to guys like that. Too professional and high-end. Start talking. 

 

ATKINS: Alright, put the guns down and I’ll explain. 

 

Jason and Lucia lower their guns but keep them unholstered just in case. 

 

ATKINS: Raymundo Moya was working with some bigger players, they’re the ones who have the big-time contacts. He was dealing with the Guardia Brothers. 

 

LUCIA: Guardia Brothers?

 

JASON: Who the hell is that?

 

ATKINS: Serious narcotraffickers and smugglers. They’re in charge of a vast smuggling and distribution outfit, allegedly of course. They’re in league with the cartels, both Mexican and Colombian. The brothers act as conduits for them. 

 

LUCIA: I’ve heard of them. One of the brothers owns one of the trendiest nightclubs in Vice City. The other one owns a popular ice cream chain. 

 

ATKINS: They were essentially middlemen to Ray-Ray. Word on the street was that they were unhappy with Ray-Ray and didn’t like dealing with him. They were planning on whacking him and setting up someone they trusted to be in charge of the panhandle area. 

 

JASON: So I didn’t even need to kill this guy anyways… 

 

ATKINS: But we’re glad you did. It showed how useful you two could be for us.

 

LUCIA: You’re welcome for the leverage.

 

JASON: So, what about the manager of the liquor store?

 

ATKINS: That one? No, that was the god's honest truth right there. The DOA was looking into him and we didn’t need him opening his big mouth. The other guy? That was more of a favor for our other friend, Speranza.

 

LUCIA: Speranza should be thanking whoever sent those hitmen that killed the guy first.

 

ATKINS: You should be thanking them too. You said some guys killed the DOA agents guarding him? That’s a pretty big f*cking deal, a really stupid thing to do. Be glad you two aren’t gonna catch the heat for that. You lucked out. 

 

JASON: If you say so, pal. 

 

ATKINS: Yes, now put that bag back on the table. We need to conclude our business here.

 

Jason puts the bag back on the table. Atkins goes through it and begins putting bundles of cash into the money counting machine. Once it’s all counted up, the total comes up to $62,000. Atkins takes the majority of the cash, taking $42,000. The $20,000 left over is given to Jason and Lucia, which is split between them. Atkins thanks them for the cooperation and tells them that he’ll call them again when he needs their services. Atkins then asks for the duo’s guns back, saying that they need to go back into the evidence room. They hand the guns over and Atkins bids them farewell. 

 

Jason and Lucia exit the warehouse, seeing Detective Atkins driving away in the near distance. Jason pulls out a cigarette and lights it. He takes a puff before Lucia grabs it from his lips and takes a puff herself. 

 

JASON: What the hell have we got ourselves into?

 

LUCIA: A real sh*tshow. Feels like my whole life has been nothing but one sh*tshow after another. 

 

Lucia hands the cigarette back to Jason, who takes a puff from it. 

 

JASON: At least our pockets ain’t empty.

 

LUCIA: Nope, they ain’t empty.

 

Jason takes another puff from the cigarette and then hands it to Lucia.

 

JASON: So, what now?

 

LUCIA: Let’s go back to the motel outside town. We’ll figure out what to do next there. I’d say a celebration is in order though!

 

Lucia takes another puff from the cigarette, then hands it to Jason. 

 

JASON: Just what the doctor ordered after risking our lives for some corrupt cops. 

 

Jason takes one final puff from the cigarette before flicking to the ground and smothering it with his shoe. They share a kiss and make their way back to their car. They arrive back at the motel and rent a room. There, we’re treated to a montage sequence of the couple celebrating.

 

The scenes in the montage sequence are as follows, set to an edited down version Part II (On The Run).

• A scene with Jason and Lucia drinking alcohol and laughing together.
• A scene where Jason is playfully chasing after Lucia around the motel room.
• A scene with Lucia taking a picture of Jason holding up some cash. 
• A scene of Lucia taking a selfie with Jason.
• A scene of Jason making it rain with cash on Lucia on the motel bed.
• A scene of Jason and Lucia dancing together in the motel room.
• A scene showing a motel staff member asking them to keep the noise down.
• A scene of Lucia doing a striptease for Jason, while he uses the cash to “tip” her. 
• A scene with Jason and Lucia, both half-naked and in bed, kissing passionately.

 

As the song wraps up and begins fading out, the scene does a fade transition showing the couple lying in bed sleeping. It’s late morning, with Lucia waking up first and heading to the bathroom. Jason then wakes up soon after and sits up in the bed. He then gets up and begins cleaning up the cash that’s lying around the motel room after their night of celebrating. We then see Lucia come out of the bathroom and help Jason with cleaning up the loose money. Afterwards, they sit down and discuss what their next moves are going to be. Jason brings up that with the money he can buy a new personal vehicle, Lucia agrees with that. Lucia then mentions they should possibly look into finding a way to launder their money, explaining they could try using a small local bank to accomplish that. Jason then brings up Wyman, saying he wanted them to come back and see him for some possible work. Lucia then suggests that they look into a way to procure guns, mentioning gun stores and back-alley gun dealers.

 

With the couple having some ideas on how to proceed next, it’s up to the player to decide what they do first. And with that, this mission is complete, and we move into Chapter 2. 

The next chapter will introduce the player to a variety of different gameplay mechanics.

 

• Money Laundering.
• Street Dealing
• Buying, selling, trading, and managing personal vehicles through used car lots.
• Purchasing firearms from legitimate and illegitimate gun dealers.
• Selling stolen cars to the Port Gellhorn car fence.
• Strangers & Freaks side missions. 

 

In the next chapter, the player will be properly introduced to Vice City and all it has to offer. 

 

To Be Continued…

 

Edited October 25, 2024 by TheHoover69

[Dom.]

Holy sh*t, this was a fun read. I could see it all playing out in my head!

[The-Ghost]

I haven't read the entire thing but what I have read makes me want to report this for "leaked" materials, that's how good it is lol.

 

Spoiler

One rather minor thing I've noticed in what you've written here is when characters, especially Jason, include car manufacturers when mentioning any vehicle, I just don't see him doing that in regular talk but other than that, what I have read was brilliant.

 

[TheHoover69]

11 hours ago, LeakyLine said:

Holy sh*t, this was a fun read. I could see it all playing out in my head!

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

 

3 hours ago, The-Ghost said:

I haven't read the entire thing but what I have read makes me want to report this for "leaked" materials, that's how good it is lol.

 

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One rather minor thing I've noticed in what you've written here is when characters, especially Jason, include car manufacturers when mentioning any vehicle, I just don't see him doing that in regular talk but other than that, what I have read was brilliant.

 

Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you liked it! I don't think that characters will namedrop car makers either during the game as well, I just added them in to for the sake of the readers. 

[Krymefull]

I know this is basically speculation and fanon based on out of context unfinished missions and story beats. But damn; this is surprisingly on par with Rockstar's standards and quality. I won't be surprised if at least 1/4 of this makes it into the game in some way.

Edited May 19, 2024 by AnythingGoner

[FannoF]

It might’ve took me a f*cking day to read this but my goodness was it a good read. For all we know 99% of it won’t be in the game but it for sure gives a really great impression for what the story might be/feel like. 
 

10/10 would read again. 

[Guest]

Hell yeah!

 

This is how I visualize the ideal first chapter of GTA VI should be. Not as fast-paced as GTA V, not too slow like GTA IV's first missions, more like RDR2's Colter. Simple gameplay tutorials, but not a boring strings of filler missions. Every moment matters to the character's and story's developments. There's funs and jokes, the weird and awkward times, the serious and tense bits, the bittersweet and emotional times. I wish the real game will bring the same balance as what you've written.

 

I also like your interpretation of Jason and Lucia's romantic relationship. It's not that one side manipulate others for own profits. It's the circumstances, the world is closing-in, that pull them together. When they're at the beach and celebrating in the motel, it reminds me of Arthur, Lenny, and their quiet time. These are the moments that make us laugh now, but will make us cry in late game. I'm not ready for the breakdown, man, but I can feel it.

 

Btw I picture Myles Atkins as Diego Klattenhoff, same actor that I use in L&S as a narcotics detective too. He got the annoying, sly corruptor face already. Feel like he'll be a great antagonist here, and a pretty badass one too from the way he stands unshaken by Jason and Lucia in the warehouse's scene.

 

Can't wait for Chapter II. I wanna see your depictions of the underworld with the S4S, Guardia Brothers, the gangsta music industry with Bobbie, and maybe Russians and Italians too. Take your sweet time with it. And I suggest to drop that, when ready, in this same thread.

 

Fun question: if I play this, is Lucia still able to "hang around" Slutty Fox after leaving Port Gelhorn? and can Jason find the mud girl after locking his heart with Lucia? I'm on a mission on behalf of @universetwisters lol.

[TheHoover69]

58 minutes ago, One of Wisemen said:

Hell yeah!

 

This is how I visualize the ideal first chapter of GTA VI should be. Not as fast-paced as GTA V, not too slow like GTA IV's first missions, more like RDR2's Colter. Simple gameplay tutorials, but not a boring strings of filler missions. Every moment matters to the character's and story's developments. There's funs and jokes, the weird and awkward times, the serious and tense bits, the bittersweet and emotional times. I wish the real game will bring the same balance as what you've written.

 

I also like your interpretation of Jason and Lucia's romantic relationship. It's not that one side manipulate others for own profits. It's the circumstances, the world is closing-in, that pull them together. When they're at the beach and celebrating in the motel, it reminds me of Arthur, Lenny, and their quiet time. These are the moments that make us laugh now, but will make us cry in late game. I'm not ready for the breakdown, man, but I can feel it.

 

Btw I picture Myles Atkins as Diego Klattenhoff, same actor that I use in L&S as a narcotics detective too. He got the annoying, sly corruptor face already. Feel like he'll be a great antagonist here, and a pretty badass one too from the way he stands unshaken by Jason and Lucia in the warehouse's scene.

 

Can't wait for Chapter II. I wanna see your depictions of the underworld with the S4S, Guardia Brothers, the gangsta music industry with Bobbie, and maybe Russians and Italians too. Take your sweet time with it. And I suggest to drop that, when ready, in this same thread.

 

Fun question: if I play this, is Lucia still able to "hang around" Slutty Fox after leaving Port Gelhorn? and can Jason find the mud girl after locking his heart with Lucia? I'm on a mission on behalf of @universetwisters lol.

Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it. 

 

To answer your questions, yes to both. In this version of the VI's story, once the Thrillbilly Mud Club is unlocked Jason can encounter the Mud Girl again at the club. Her and Jason will have unique dialogue if the player chooses to Greet her. Depending on the dialogue options chosen at this point after greeting her, I'd say Jason may have a chance at hooking up with this woman

 

As for Lucia still working at the Slutty Fox, the player can still have her take shifts there. It's not explicitly stated in-game, but Kim employs Lucia there in an under-the-table style arrangement. Meaning Lucia is not technically on the books as an employee, but she can work there and pocket all the tips she makes. This is what allows her, and by extension the player, to be able to just pop in the bar at any time to take a shift. 

 

As for Chapter 2, I'm gonna start drafting some ideas. But things are definitely gonna escalate as Lucia and Jason delve further into a life of crime together. 

Edited May 20, 2024 by TheHoover69

[Agent Edward]

Beta tester, if I ever needed a proof that you already played the game... haha. It's good to know that good writers still exists, we may need your work eventually.

 

Now to the constructive criticism, I really like the fact that you made Lucia and Krissie talk dirty to each other, saying that she didn't have any dick for a few years already, as this is stuff that women actually talk about, just like us men talk about pussy, but I'd change the part about her being a prostitute in the past, it sounds too predictable, a loose woman sure, before meeting Jason of course, but not as a profession.

Edited May 21, 2024 by Agent Edward

[TheHoover69]

50 minutes ago, Agent Edward said:

Beta tester, if I ever needed a proof that you already played the game... haha. It's good to know that good writers still exists, we may need your work eventually.

 

Now to the constructive criticism, I really like the fact that you made Lucia and Krissie talk dirty to each other, saying that she didn't have any dick for a few years already, as it's stuff that women actually talk about, just like us men talk about pussy, but I'd change the part about her being a prostitute in the past, it sounds too predictable, a loose woman sure, before meeting Jason of course, but not as a profession.

Glad you liked it. The dialogue between Krissie and Lucia was actually challenging at times because I really wanted it to come across as natural and realistic for their characters. 
 

As for the prostitute thing, I wasn’t trying to imply that Lucia was one at any point. Only Krissie was a hooker, and that was only because she wasn’t able to pay back her debt to Ray-Ray. As a result, she was forced into that life after being “sold off” to Darrell. I tried to paint Lucia as being more Boy-Crazy or just plain promiscuous. 

Edited May 20, 2024 by TheHoover69

[Agent Edward]

29 minutes ago, TheHoover69 said:

Glad you liked it. The dialogue between Krissie and Lucia was actually challenging at times because I really wanted it to come across as natural and realistic for their characters. 
 

As for the prostitute thing, I wasn’t trying to imply that Lucia was one at any point. Only Krissie was a hooker, and that was only because she wasn’t able to pay back her debt to Ray-Ray. As a result, she was forced into that life after being “sold off” to Darrell. I tried to paint Lucia as being more Boy-Crazy or just plain promiscuous. 

Oh, I got what she meant by hoe now lol, that's some mad writing there, no kiddin', I'd enjoy the f*ck outta your version of GTA6, I just hope that Jason and Lucia survives by the end of this story lol.

 

By the way, regarding Jason's appearance, I'd change his hair and beard color to dark brown instead of light brown/dirty blonde, as Rockstar have changed his appearance since the leak.

Edited May 21, 2024 by Agent Edward

[Ivan1997GTA]

This was quite a good read. It's quite like how I imagine the story of GTA VI would start.

 

I can't wait until the game comes out in like a year and a half (or maybe even later if it gets delayed), so that we could compare the story how it was written here, and how it really plays out in the game, because there's a very high chance that the game's actual story could go differently.

Edited May 21, 2024 by Ivan1997GTA

[HadACoolName]

Took a few hours to read all this, but that was a fun read. Really enjoyed it.

 

Great stuff, if you decide to do anymore, I'd certainly look forward to reading it

[CrumMunchers]

Bro has officially cooked so hard he might've even inspired me to maybe post my concept I originally had for VI lmfao.

 

I will say, the balance between the seriousness and the humor in this concept is what I hope Rockstar masters if they wanna stray from V's "Michael Bay"~esque action comedy or IV's dramedy~ish narrative to make a compelling story for the upcoming game.

[Guest]

17 hours ago, CrumMunchers said:

Bro has officially cooked so hard he might've even inspired me to maybe post my concept I originally had for VI lmfao.

Do it man, my curiosity is high now with all these waits for the game.

 

If you need some help, come visit us in the concept lounge 

[TheHoover69]

So for some good news, I’m happy to announce that I’m working on Chapter 2. I finished the mission flow for the chapter and have started on a rough draft.  Not sure how long it’s gonna take before final draft is ready for posting, but I’ll use a famous R* saying, which is “in the coming weeks or so.” 
 

Thanks for all the support! 

[almightyvasi]

Hey true talk now you could put all that effort into scripting.. you know give it a shot no point wasting it on a GTA forum

[Pashaforever]

[JDawg_]

This looks so incredible even the pink color is perfect af, good luck and keep up the good work.

[psychedtfout]

Currently working on my 6 chapter version of VI. You my friend have inspired me to keep going it gets hard sometimes trying to keep pace. But this helped a lot 

[TheHoover69]

1 hour ago, psychedtfout said:

Currently working on my 6 chapter version of VI. You my friend have inspired me to keep going it gets hard sometimes trying to keep pace. But this helped a lot 

Glad I could help get you back into it. I’m midway through my Chapter 2 concept, and I agree it does get hard. I’m a bit of a perfectionist, and so I often struggle with my drafts and end up scrapping stuff and starting over again. I almost gave up on doing this in the first place, having re-wrote my chapter one concept about 4 or 5 times or so before I felt even somewhat satisfied with it. Chapter 2 is going a little bit better for me now that I’m in the swing of things. 

Edited May 30, 2024 by TheHoover69

[Dick Justice]

I'm scared to read this in case I like it more than the actual story. 

[TheHoover69]

GRAND THEFT AUTO VI

CHAPTER 2 CONCEPT

 

Welcome to my Grand Theft Auto VI concept, where I take what we've seen in the trailer and the leaks and I try to make a story out of it. 

 

Thanks for all the support and the positive feedback I've received from the community! It's helped me to really go all-in on this. I hope you enjoy the second chapter of Jason and Lucia's descent into Leonida's dangerous criminal underworld, in their bid to make it big and to survive.

 

CHAPTER 2

PART I

Spoiler

Intro Sequence

 

It’s been three weeks since the events of Chapter One. During this time, Lucia and Jason have been temporarily staying with Krissie and her boyfriend at their place in Yorktown. We see a montage consisting of shots of Yorktown, where we also hear a brief narration from Lucia detailing their peaceful stay there. We learn that Jason was able to help Krissie get her things back from her former landlord, along with her car as well. Lucia also managed to get her car back as well, which her and Jason have been sharing during this time. She mentions in her narration that Stefanie has been repeatedly trying to get in touch with her since the events of the previous chapter. However, Lucia has been ignoring her calls. Lucia remarks how they haven’t had any trouble from the cops recently and are now planning their next moves, starting with getting the $20,000 cleaned and into their accounts.

 

It’s mid-afternoon, skies are partly cloudy and it’s hot as hell outside. We see Krissie’s boyfriend, Paul, and Jason hanging out in front of the house smoking cigarettes. Paul met Krissie when they were in rehab together and have been in a relationship since then. Paul is described as a tall guy, tattooed, around the same age as Jason, and in average shape. He works as a part-time barber and full-time bartender for a popular Irish pub. He’s only ⅛ Irish but makes it a big part of his identity, going so far as to sometimes wear vests and flat caps and talk in a fake Irish accent to impress people. When not talking in his fake Irish accent, he speaks with a generic light Southern accent. He also has a very nice and well-groomed beard and mustache. Jason is helping fix Paul’s car, a 1986 Übermacht Zion. Paul pulls out the engine oil dipstick and measures how much oil is in the car. It looks to be just under the minimum mark on the dipstick. 

 

PAUL: f*ckin’ Christ, as soon as I fix this thing, something else breaks! German engineering, eh?

 

We see Jason lower himself down onto the ground to peer under the car with a flashlight. Jason asks Paul to lift the vehicle up some more. Paul adjusts the jack to lift the car a bit higher. 

 

JASON: Well it ain’t the oil pan again. It’s bone dry between the pan and the block.

 

PAUL: Probably leakin’ oil into one of the cylinders.

 

JASON: Could be. You said you saw blue-ish smoke coming from the exhaust, right?

 

PAUL: Yep. This is my dad’s car. I’ve been wanting to keep it, but I’m getting sick of all the upkeep. Think I might sell it. Thank god, my father ain’t alive to hear me say that.

 

JASON: Wouldn’t hear the end of it, would you?

 

PAUL: Nah, I think he’d kill me! I wouldn’t hear a damn thing, know what I’m sayin’?

 

Jason gets out from underneath the car and puts his flashlight away in his pocket. Paul lowers the car back down and pulls the jack out from under it. Jason takes the jack and pulls it towards the porch in front of the house.

 

JASON: Well it’s a good thing it ain’t your only car, at least you still got that Suzuka! 

 

Jason points over to Paul’s main car, parked on the grass in front of the house. It’s a blue 2006 Dinka Suzuka FF (based on a 2006 Acura RSX Type-S [exterior/interior]).

 

PAUL: Yeah, that car is invincible. Nothing will kill that Dinka! f*ck all that Karin bullsh*t, Dinka is the best out of all them Jap brands. 

 

We see Lucia open the front door, dressed in a white t-shirt and black leggings. She calls out to Jason and Paul, asking if they ever plan on coming back in. Jason responds saying that they’ll be back in a second or so. 

 

PAUL: Hey, I gotta ask. I ain’t askin’ for any details or anything, but is Krissie safe? Are we safe?

 

JASON: What do you mean? 

 

PAUL: Well, I know you and your girl got into some sh*t, and I ain’t judgin’, ya know? But do I gotta worry that someone may try to come back for her? I’ll protect Krissie, you know that.

 

JASON: Look, I don’t think you gotta worry about that. That thing me and Lucy was involved with? It’s done and dusted.

 

PAUL: *whistles* Bongo! Caja! Come here! I just hope you’re right.

 

JASON: Trust me, you’ll be alright.

 

Around the corner comes two speeding Boxers, homing in on Jason and Paul. As Bongo approaches, Paul takes up an exaggerated boxing stance in anticipation, while Caja seems to be aiming for Jason. Bongo launches himself up on his hind legs and “boxes” with Paul. Caja runs up and does the same with Jason. Lucia and Krissie both come outside, wondering what’s taking the boys so long to come back inside, when they’re greeted with the humorous scene of Jason and Paul “boxing” with the dogs. Lucia and Krissie both whip out the phones to record the occasion. Paul is the first to get “knocked out,” followed by Jason.

 

LUCIA: The dogs remain undefeated still!

 

KRISSIE: Guess that means they get your plates, boys!

 

JASON & PAUL: Aw hell no! *in unison*

 

LUCIA: Well hurry up and get in here! It’s almost done!

 

The two walk back inside the house, the dogs dashing inside ahead of them. We see Krissie finish cooking up some lunch for everyone. Lucia is sitting on the couch in the living room, trying to take a selfie. Jason compliments Krissie on her cooking, while making a joke about how he wishes he could get Lucia to cook for him sometime instead of always getting takeout. Lucia shoots Jason a look. That look. The look that tells you that you f*cked up. 

 

LUCIA: Boy, you better shut up over there!

 

KRISSIE: Bro, take it from me, you ain’t missin’ out on anything. Unless it’s prepackaged with clearly written instructions on the box, Lucy can’t cook for sh*t! I wouldn’t let her cook for a starving refugee!

 

LUCIA: You too, bitch! *in Spanish*

 

KRISSIE: Oh you know it’s true! Now come on and get some food, you hangry bitch! 

 

Lucia gets up off the couch and grabs some plates from one of the kitchen cabinets. We then cut to a shot where we see everyone finishing up their meals. Krissie and Paul get up from the table and put their dishes away, with Jason and Lucia following suit. Krissie then tells them that Paul and her are going out for a while to enjoy the day. She then asks Lucia if she’s sure about the two of them leaving, telling her that they’re welcome to stay longer if they want to. Lucia thanks her for the offer but insists that Jason and her need to go out and do something with this money since it seems they don’t have to worry about any heat. They all bid each other farewell and share some hugs. We then see Lucia and Jason get into her car, a 2009 BF Club S (based on a 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit S [exterior/interior]) with Jason behind the wheel.

 

Mission 13

Customer’s Always Right

This mission is started automatically after the cutscene ends.

 

Jason turns the car on and shifts it into first gear. He then pulls off and gets onto the road, with the player directed to drive to Lucia’s lawyer’s office.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the lawyer’s office.

 

Along the way to the lawyer's office, Lucia pulls out her phone to call him. She lets him know that they are on the way and that they have the cash with them in a duffel bag. Lucia reassures him that they aren’t being followed and that any potential heat seems to have cooled down, she then ends the call. Jason asks her about the lawyer, wanting to know if this guy is really the person they should be going to for this matter. Lucia assures him that this is the right move, adding that she trusts him with this task. Lucia will then flip through the radio stations before stopping on the classic hip-hop/rap station, where we hear the DJ introducing Trick Daddy’s I’ll Be Your Player (Remix) to listeners. 

 

The player can choose to change the station to one of their preference, which will trigger a humorous exchange between Jason and Lucia. Otherwise, the player can leave it on the station she changes it to. If the player doesn’t change the station, they can adjust the camera’s position to look inside and see Lucia vibing and dancing along to the song. Jason can be seen lightly grooving along as well as he drives.

 

OBJECTIVE: Enter the lawyer’s office.

 

Once they arrive at the office, located in Port Gellhorn, they park up in the lot. They enter the building with Lucia checking in at the reception desk and Jason sitting with the duffel bag in a chair in the lobby. They are soon called in by Lucia’s lawyer, Houston Phillips. 

 

Houston’s appearance is inspired by the late Gerald Shargel, a well-known criminal defense lawyer for the New York City mafia families. 

 

They both head inside his office and take seats by his desk. Jason puts the duffel bag onto Houston’s desk. 

 

HOUSTON: I want to start this meeting by saying that I’m not too pleased to see you, Lucia _________, resuming a life of crime. However, I’m glad to see that it’s at least paying dividends for you. As your lawyer, you know I will do everything in my power to help you and defend you in a court of law. 

 

JASON: Even if you’re putting yourself at risk of disbarment and facing prison time?

 

HOUSTON: I won’t say too much, but let’s just say that I’m not one for uhh… convention. I ain’t no Tom Goldberg, but I provide a valuable service to the community and I take pride in my work. It’s what guarantees repeat business. Lucia knows all about that. And for the record, it’s true what they said about him. I mean, I’m not one for slander, but that man had some weird habits.

 

JASON: Like what?

 

LUCIA: Don’t worry about all that, Houston is good at what he does. I’m still grateful for the hard work you put into my case. You really went above and beyond for me.

 

HOUSTON: Oh! There’s no need for all that! Say less, as the kids say these days. So let’s get down to brass tax. 

 

LUCIA: Right, we got $20,000 in cash here. Dirty money that we need cleaned and into our accounts, split 50/50.

 

HOUSTON: As you know, this falls under my Deluxe Services Package, but for you and this time only, I’m willing to do this free of charge. After this, I’ll be taking my usual 5% fee. However, it’s gonna take some time for this cash to get… cleaned.

 

JASON: What do you mean it’s gonna take some time?
 

LUCIA: Jason, don’t worry. How long?

 

HOUSTON: A few days or so, at most. You’re still pretty fresh outta prison, and it’s not like either of you can just waltz into a bank and just deposit this without being red flagged. I have a guy who's very good at this sorta thing. A real wizard with accounting and all that. In fact, I helped him beat an embezzlement case recently. 

 

LUCIA: Trust me, this guy could defend an innocent person all the way to death row!

 

JASON: That’s a lotta trust.

 

HOUSTON: Well if what Lucy here has been telling me is true, you don’t have very many people to trust. Allow me to be the first person you can add to your small list of those you can trust. 

 

Houston holds out his hand to Jason for a handshake. Jason looks at Lucia and then shakes Houston’s hand. Lucia follows suit and also shakes Houston’s hand. Houston then takes the duffel bag and walks to the far right side of his office, where he takes down a painting on the wall. Behind the painting is a state-of-the-art wall safe. In there is where he places the cash. He then puts the painting back into its place. Houston then asks them what their next plans are. Lucia tells him that they need to get a hold of a gun. Houston reminds them that they’re in the Southern United States, guns and gun stores are absolutely plentiful. Lucia mentions to him that both Jason and her are convicted felons, and they cannot legally own a gun.

 

HOUSTON: Don’t worry, I have a list of places here that are willing to overlook certain details of their more colorful clientele. Also, I know a guy who will come out to meet you and personally sell you whatever tools you might need.

 

Houston looks through a few desk drawers, shuffling some papers around until he finds the list he mentioned. He hands Lucia the list.

 

HOUSTON: Here you go, a list of all the recommended gun stores in the state and their addresses. As I said before, they’re a little lax when it comes to regulations and whatnot. 

 

He then grabs a blank piece of paper and tears a chunk off of it. He grabs a pen and quickly writes down a phone number and a name. He hands the note to Jason, who examines it and puts it in his pocket.

 

HOUSTON: If you need something a little more urgently or something you can’t find in the stores, call this guy. He can provide you with some extra services and products. 

 

Lucia and Jason both thank him for his help. They shake hands one more time and then bid farewell, with Lucia mentioning to him to expect more use of his services in the near future. Houston tells them that he’s looking forward to it. Back outside in the parking lot, Lucia asks Jason how he’s feeling. 

 

JASON: That was… surprisingly easy. You’re absolutely sure we can trust this guy with our money?

 

LUCIA: Yes, Jason. We can. As if I, of all people, would just give away our f*cking money to some random jagoff. 

 

JASON: Okay, I believe you. So, how about we get ourselves some guns?

 

LUCIA: With what money? We just handed in most of our cash.

 

JASON: Maybe this Patrick guy could use our help with something. We do him a favor, he can do us a solid and hook us up.

 

Jason pulls the note back out of his pocket and dials the number written. It rings a few times before a gruff sounding man with a heavy Southern accent answers. Jason asks if this is Patrick, to which the man on the other end deflects and asks who he’s speaking to. Jason answers back that Houston gave him his number.

 

PATRICK: f*ck, that lawyer? Ambulance chasing motherf*cker.

 

JASON: Yes, the f*ckin’ lawyer. 

 

PATRICK: Why would he refer you to me?

 

JASON: Well it definitely ain’t on account of your remarkable personality, I can tell you that much. 

 

PATRICK: Comedian, huh?

 

JASON: I don’t joke pal. I need a gun, and you need a couple new loyal customers.

 

PATRICK: I don’t do business with people I don’t know. f*ck off. 

 

JASON: Whoa, hold on, hold on. Maybe there’s something we can do for you? You sound quite perturbed.

 

PATRICK: Perturbed? The f*ck does that mean? Don’t talk that fancy bullsh*t to me, boy. 

 

JASON: Whatever, it doesn’t matter. Is there something you need done or not? I’m trying to pave the way for business here!

 

PATRICK: Hmm… Okay, meet me by the racetrack in town. I wanna get a look at you first.

 

JASON: Done. 

 

Jason ends the call and looks at Lucia. She gives him a look of pleasant surprise.

 

LUCIA: Well look at you Mr. Smooth Talker, over here wheelin’ and dealin’. 

 

As she says that, she walks two fingers along his shoulder and pulls him closer to her by his shirt collar.

 

JASON: Each to their strengths, my dear. *said in a crappy imitation of a posh English accent*

 

Lucia’s expression drops from a sweet smile to a more doleful look. Jason, confused by the change in expression, asks her what’s up. 

 

LUCIA: You are so cringe sometimes.

 

JASON: I’m cringe? Me?

 

LUCIA: Oh shut up, you big cute dummy!

 

Lucia smiles at him and kisses him. She then tells him to get in the car so they can head out and meet Patrick. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the Port Gellhorn Raceway.

 

Once they arrive in the parking lot, they park up next to a dark blue 2002 Bravado Dorado. Standing by the SUV is Patrick McClellan, the local back-alley arms dealer. Parked on the other side of his vehicle is a black 1977 Imponte Noble (based on the 1977 Pontiac Phoenix coupe [exterior/interior]). There are two younger guys standing by it, one of them has a shotgun holstered on his shoulder and the other has his Glock pistol resting in his jeans’ waistband in the front. Their eyes are trained on both Jason and Lucia, watching their every move.

 

Jason and Lucia exit their vehicle and approach Patrick. Jason asks if the man is Patrick, to which he confirms that he is. Patrick then asks Jason who his “lady friend” is. Lucia introduces herself, but then tells Patrick not to refer to her as just someone’s “lady friend.” Patrick chuckles to himself and then holds out his hand to her for a handshake. Lucia shakes his hand, as does Jason. Patrick tells them that he’s got a simple job for them to do.

 

LUCIA: We’re listening.

 

PATRICK: My van got stolen a few days ago by some new competition. As if that wasn’t enough, they tried to kill me. As you can tell by me still standing here, they weren’t successful. I want you two to recover the van and take out the crew who took it.

 

JASON: How big is this crew?

 

PATRICK: Not very big. About ten or so guys, give or take. Main guy’s name is Hector.

 

LUCIA: Where can we find them?

 

PATRICK: East towards the Leonida State Prison. It’s not far from here. My guys scoped out a warehouse they seem to be using for stashing their goods, it’s right across from the prison. According to my Trackify app, my van is there.

 

Patrick hands Jason a pink sticky note with an address written in black marker. Patrick tells them that the address written on the note is where they are to deliver the van once they recover it. Patrick asks about compensation, assuming that they’re looking for some payment. Jason explains that they’ll do this job as a favor, in exchange for some free hardware now to get the job done, and for Patrick’s services as a gun dealer. Jason adds that since the spot they’re going to is a stash spot, they’ll most likely find some cash and other goods lying around. Patrick tells Jason that he drives a hard bargain and then walks over to the rear of his Dorado where he opens up the hatch and unzips a duffel bag. He retrieves some weapons which he gives to the protagonists. They’re each given a .38 caliber revolver with some extra ammunition and a switchblade. Jason asks what the switchblades are for, with Patrick saying they’re for if they want to keep things stealthy quiet.

 

PATRICK: The prison is just right across the highway, if guards in the towers hear gunfire, you’ll likely draw the cops to you. Oh, one more thing. Once you get the van, bring it over to Wyman’s shop. Have him repaint it and fix any damage on it. Don’t worry about the plates, they’re fake anyways. 

 

Lucia expresses concern over this, considering what happened last time during the Uncle Jack’s Liquors hit. Jason assures her that there should be something this time around, citing there should be no worry about this rival crew being tipped off about the impending raid. Jason accepts the job and the two get back into Lucia’s car. The player is then directed to drive to the warehouse.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the warehouse.

 

During the drive to the warehouse the two briefly conversate about Lucia’s friends back in Vice City, with her expressing how much she misses them. She mentions that since she no longer has the ankle tag, that Jason and her need to head down to Vice City to celebrate. Jason expresses interest in this and suggests they do that as soon as the cash they left with the lawyer makes it into their accounts. Lucia wonders how much the city has changed since she hasn’t been back there in years. Jason states that he’s only ever been there a couple times in his life, and that it was a long time ago for him as well. 

 

As they approach the warehouse, Jason suggests that Lucia park a little further down from the warehouses. Lucia parks the car by the cell phone tower located on the dirt path away from the warehouse. They then exit the car and begin approaching the building. They do a quick scan, noticing a couple CCTV cameras out front. Lucia suggests they scope out the place before getting in there, to which Jason agrees. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Scope the warehouse for the CCTV circuit box and an entry point.

 

The player is left to look around the area for entry points and the CCTV circuit box. The player is reminded that they need to stay out of view of the CCTV cameras while scoping the place out. There are two points of entry that can be found, a door on the front of the building that has a keypad next to it, and an open window around the back of the building. The CCTV circuit box is located around the side of the building, however it’s within view of a camera. 

 

Once they’ve scoped the place out, Lucia and Jason walk back over to her car to figure out a plan. For the first decision, the player can decide if they want to wait until nightfall or do it now during the day. If the player chooses to wait until night, it’ll be easier to sneak around and remain stealthy due to the reduced field of vision of cameras and enemies. After deciding when to do the raid, the next decision is to decide on the entry point. If the player wishes to go through the front door, the keypad will need to be shot to disable the lock. This will alert the rival crew inside, leading to a gunfight which will in turn lead to police responding. If the player chooses the window, they can remain stealthy and sneak inside the building. If for whatever reason the player is spotted in the warehouse, the player will have a small window of time to kill the enemy before they can alert the others. Failing to do so will lead to a noisy gunfight which will lead to a police response. 

 

Once the approach is selected, Lucia and Jason will don their bandanas and begin the raid. If the player is smart, before they gain entry into the warehouse they should look around and steal some license plates off any parked vehicles nearby and apply them to Lucia’s car. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Take out the rival crew and recover the van.

 

Once the player has eliminated the crew, the player will have time to loot the bodies and pick up any weaponry lying around. There is a duffel bag on a table in the warehouse that the player can pick up and use as a loot bag. Most of the crew are armed with only pistols, however one of them has a pump-action shotgun, and another has a micro SMG. After that, the player will need to locate the office to find the keys to the van, a white Bravado Rumpo, and cash. Once located, Lucia will quickly kick the door in where she’ll find the keys and a plastic bag containing only $6,000 in cash. She takes it and hops into the van, with Jason quickly running out of the warehouse to retrieve Lucia’s car. 

 

• If the player remains stealthy while eliminating the crew, the player can just take the van to Wyman’s shop. Jason will follow the player in Lucia’s car. 

• If the law responds to the raid, Lucia will need to lose the cops. Jason will split off from Lucia in her car as a diversion to make it easier for her to lose the police, saying he’ll meet her at Wyman’s shop as soon as he ditches them.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to Wyman’s shop

 

Once the player has arrived at Wyman’s shop, the first part of the cutscene can play out in two different ways. If the player was able to do the job stealthily, the cutscene will show the two park up at Wyman’s shop together. Jason and Lucia will exit their vehicles and proceed to hug each other and compliment one another on a job well done. If the player had to lose the cops, once Lucia has arrived at Wyman’s shop we will then see Jason pull up shortly after. The two will once again hug each other, with Jason asking Lucia if she’s okay. She’ll respond that she’s fine and they’ll compliment one another on a job well done. 

 

We then see the two walk into Wyman’s shop. Inside, we see Wyman having an argument with a co-worker over conspiracy theories, specifically the legend of the Leonida Skunk Ape. Lucia gets Wyman’s attention and says that they got some business for him. Wyman asks what’s going on, with Jason replying that they need to get the Rumpo they recovered fixed up and repainted. Wyman says that it’s going to cost them.

 

JASON: Put it on Patrick’s tab.

 

WYMAN: Patrick? Who the hell is Patrick?

 

JASON: You know who he is.

 

WYMAN: Patrick? Not ringing any bells.

 

JASON: What the f*ck? Patrick told us to bring it to you, which clearly means he knows you!

 

WYMAN: I don’t know any damn Patrick's! Do I look Irish to you? 

 

LUCIA: Oh for f*ck’s sake you backwoods jagoff, Patrick the gun dealer!

 

WYMAN: McClellan? Oh! I know him. Why didn’t you say so? I’ll bring the van in.

 

Lucia hands him the keys and the two take a seat on a couch in the office. The scene then fades to black. A couple hours have passed, and we see Lucia and Jason napping on the couch together. Wyman comes into the office and loudly claps his hands to wake them up, startling them. Lucia curses him out in Spanish, while Jason asks what’s going on. Wyman tells him his guys fixed the van up and repainted it. He then hands Jason the keys. Jason and Lucia get up and stretch their limbs as they awaken and then exit the building. Lucia gets into her car and tells Jason she’s going to get them a motel to stay at for a while, with Jason nodding at her in acknowledgement. He then gets into the van and begins driving it to the drop-off point.

 

OBJECTIVE: Deliver the van to the drop-off.

 

The drop-off is a house east of Port Gellhorn. Jason parks it in the driveway and leaves the key under the driver’s seat. And with that the mission is complete.

 

Upon completion of the mission, Jason will call Patrick to confirm the job is done. Patrick is happy to hear this and offers to sell them guns anytime they need them. Jason thanks him for this and then ends the call. After that, Jason will receive a text message from Lucia informing him that she got them a room at a motel in Yorktown, which will be highlighted on the map. The $6,000 stolen from the crew will be split 50/50 between the two protagonists.

 

While not considered a safehouse, the player can have Jason and Lucia stay at Krissie and her boyfriend’s place in Yorktown. They can sleep in the guest bedroom, so that the player can save their progress. The player can also interact with Krissie and Paul and have unique dialogue after completion of certain missions. The dogs can be petted and played with. 

 

The completion of this mission gives the player the opportunity to purchase weapons from gun stores located across Leonida and from Patrick. Gun stores stock a wide range of weaponry, from handguns all the way to assault rifles. The player can also purchase different types of ammunition for their guns and customize them with upgrades and accessories. 

 

Patrick is an illicit arms dealer who can sell the player weapons that aren’t sold in stores, such as explosives, RPGs, and rare collectible weapons. He also offers unique modifications for specific weapons, such as being able to convert the polymer pistol into being able to fire in a full-auto capacity. Patrick, when called by the player, will travel to the player’s location in his Bravado Rumpo van so that he can sell the player whatever they need. He can also be called during missions if the player requires his services. 

 

The warehouse featured in this mission was first seen in leaked GTA VI footage, specifically in Americas 2022-05-25 13-29-33.

 

This mission also introduces the player to the concept of pocketed cash and banked cash. It’s similar in principle to how it worked in GTA V’s Online mode. Pocketed cash is carried on the player character’s person and can be used to make purchases. Certain purchases can only be made with cash, such as when buying drugs, weapons from Patrick, and other illicit goods and services. If the player is wasted or busted, a percentage of your pocketed cash will be lost upon respawning. To prevent the loss of pocketed cash, it’s highly suggested to bank your cash. This is done through the lawyer, Houston Phillips, which will be further elaborated on in a later mission in this chapter. 

 

Mission 14

Just For Kicks

This mission is started by Jason. The player must interact with the TV in the motel room.

 

Two days go by since the events of the previous mission. We see Jason sitting on the couch in the motel room flipping through TV channels. He stops on Weazel News, who are currently covering the story of a Leonida Man who drove himself to the hospital in a stolen ambulance. The news story details how the man had accidentally shot himself when cleaning his gun. Nearby, a neighbor was having a medical emergency and paramedics were dispatched to the home. According to the reporter, the man’s car wasn’t working so he hobbled over to where the ambulance was parked and drove off towards the nearest hospital. As he arrived at the hospital, he crashed into another ambulance parked in front of the hospital. Vice City police officers stationed nearby promptly tased and beat the man before he received any medical care for his injuries. 

 

JASON: Leonida Man strikes again! Seriously, what’s wrong with this state?

 

Jason changes the channel again where we see a new episode of Princess Robot Bubblegum airing. It’s at this moment we see Lucia enter the motel room. She notices what Jason is watching and comments that the last time she saw an episode of that show was back in 2013. Jason states that he doesn’t understand the appeal of the show, but he then makes a flirty remark to Lucia suggesting that he’d like to see her cosplay as the main character at some point. Lucia rolls her eyes at the suggestion, joking that she spends enough time with no clothes on around Jason. 

 

JASON: Fair point. Any word from that lawyer about our money?

 

LUCIA: It takes time, Jason. You know that. 

 

JASON: Yeah well the money we got from the last job isn’t gonna last for very long. 

 

LUCIA: I know, I know. 

 

She sits on the couch next to Jason, snuggling up next to him. They sit in silence as Princess Robot Bubblegum keeps playing in the background. Lucia sits up, looking like she just got an idea.

 

LUCIA: I’ve been thinking about something.

 

JASON: Do tell.

 

LUCIA: What if we hit that pawn shop? Remember? The one where those guys got killed by the cops?

 

JASON: You wanna do that pawn shop? Really?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, it’d be kinda like an ironic joke, or maybe a big “f*ck you!” to those guys who tried to rob it.

 

JASON: Even better, it’d be like a big “f*ck you” to the cops.

 

LUCIA: Exactly! I went in there yesterday, took a look around. It looks like an easy job.

 

JASON: You already scoped it out?

 

LUCIA: Hell yeah. There’s two cash registers, three sets of glass counters with jewelry, tablets, and smartphones, and finally a safe. There’s also two cameras in the shop, but with masks on, I don’t think we need to worry. 

 

JASON: You’ve thought of everything haven’t you? But how are we getting into a safe?

 

LUCIA: One of the employees will know the code to the safe. We’ll just have to make them give it up. It’s not like it’s a bank, these people will easily roll over for us. 

 

JASON: Sure, but let’s be real here, there isn’t gonna be a whole lotta money in that f*ckin’ place.

 

LUCIA: What do you think about robbing two places in one day?

 

JASON: Hella f*ckin’ risky.

 

LUCIA: Could be hella f*ckin’ rewarding too. 

 

JASON: What did you have in mind?

 

LUCIA: Hank’s. 

 

JASON: You wanna rob a f*ckin’ diner?

 

LUCIA: Why not? No one ever robs a f*ckin’ restaurant.

 

JASON: Too many people. And since we’re in the South, there’s gonna be some cowboys who wanna play hero. 

 

LUCIA: True, but statistically speaking, you’re more likely to get your head blown off robbing bars, gas stations, liquor stores, banks, etc. With restaurants and diners, you catch them with their pants down. 

 

JASON: So maybe you can cut the “hero factor” down somewhat.

 

LUCIA: Yes, and most of the places don’t allow the f*ckin’ patrons to have a gun with them anyways. Also, these places are insured just like a bank. Managers? f*ck ‘em, they just want you to ge out as soon as possible. Servers? f*ckin’ forget about them, they ain’t takin a bullet for anything.

 

JASON: Okay, okay. Which one should we do first? 

 

LUCIA: The diner. It’s still morning time, it’ll be kinda busy in there. Plenty of money to be had in the registers and customers will have cash and other valuables on them too. There’s only two cameras. There’s one behind the counter and another by the rear entrance. We’ll need to mask up there too.

 

JASON: We should swap cars after doing the Hank’s lick. 

 

LUCIA: Good thinking. We’ll park my car somewhere out of town, somewhere secluded. We’ll come back to it after we hit the pawn shop and torch the other car. 

 

JASON: Sounds solid to me. I’m ready.

 

LUCIA: Alright, let’s go take a score!

 

We see the two exit the motel room and get into Lucia’s car, with her behind the wheel. Jason tells Lucia to take him to the gas station by the racetrack.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the gas station.

 

Once at the gas station, the player will be switched to Jason. He will see two empty beer bottles and some rags lying on the ground near a trash can by one of the gas pumps. Jason will grab them and the player is instructed to interact with the gas pump.

 

OBJECTIVE: Make molotovs

 

The player will be introduced to crafting, specifically weapons crafting. Just as it was done in GTA: Chinatown Wars, the player can collect empty beer bottles and fill them with gasoline from gas pumps to create molotov cocktails. Alternatively, the player can buy molotovs from Patrick. Once done, the player is then tasked with stealing a vehicle. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Steal a vehicle for the robbery.

 

The player can either carjack a vehicle driving by, or steal one of the three vehicles parked at the gas station. The three vehicles parked nearby are a Vapid Stanier, a Declasse Tahoma Coupe, and a Karin Taima (based on a 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD [exterior/interior]).

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the secluded spot.

 

Once a vehicle has been acquired, the player will be switched back to Lucia who is still in her car. The player is tasked with driving to a secluded spot out near the Red Hills area north of Port Gellhorn. Jason will follow the player in the stolen vehicle to the spot. Once there, we switch back to Jason as Lucia gets into the car he’s in. The player is now tasked with heading to Hank’s Waffles. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the Hank’s Waffles.

 

Along the way, the two talk about what their roles will be in the robbery. Jason says he’ll control the crowd while Lucia goes for the registers and cameras. Lucia agrees with this and tries to hype Jason up for the job. During the drive to Hank’s, we hear Portugal. The Man’s Feel It Still playing on the radio.

 

OBJECTIVE: Rob the diner. 

 

Once the player has arrived and parked up in the marked parking spot, it transitions to a cutscene. Jason and Lucia quickly survey their surroundings from their car, making sure there is no law nearby. They’re able to see that it is quite crowded inside the diner as well. They look at each other, getting their bandanas into place. 

 

JASON: Remember, let’s make this clean and quick. No messin’ around.

 

LUCIA: You go in through the rear entrance, I’ll go through the side entrance closest to the counter. Ready?

 

JASON: Ready.

 

They pull their bandanas down to share a quick kiss before exiting their vehicle and bursting into the diner. Jason fires off a warning shot into the ceiling and threatens the customers to stay seated. Lucia shoots out the camera behind the counter and moves to the center of the diner, while Jason moves towards the restrooms. Lucia shoots out the other camera and keeps her gun aimed at the staff, maintaining control of the situation. Jason peeks into the restrooms to see if anyone is hiding. He checks the women’s restroom first where he finds that it’s empty. He quickly moves to the men’s restroom where he sees one man hiding in the stall, clearly talking to someone on the phone. Jason kicks the stall door twice before it breaks open and he aims his gun at the civilian. It seems like the man in the stall was on the phone with the police dispatch and has alerted them to the robbery. Jason pistols whips the man twice in the face, knocking him unconscious. He then heads back out into the main area and keeps an eye on the customers and staff.

 

OBJECTIVE: Rob the registers and customers.

 

A timer has been activated now that the police have been alerted. The player has a limited amount of time to rob the registers and customers of money and valuables.

 

The timer measures how long it takes for the law to be dispatched to respond to a reported crime. It’s advised that the player should complete the robbery before the police show up to make the escape easier. If police do arrive at the robbery, they will wait outside for the player to exit and will then attempt to intercept the player and arrest them. If the player fires at the police, they will fire upon the player and attempt to kill them. If the player remains in the building, more police units will show up and block off potential escape routes, making getting away more difficult. Alternatively, the player has the option to surrender to the police (for the purposes of this mission, this will result in a mission failure).

 

The player now resumes control of Lucia, who’s instructed to get into the registers and get the cash. This can be done by aiming your weapon at the employees which will display a list of dialogue options. The player is prompted to pick the option to have Lucia order the employee to empty the register and place the cash on the counter. Alternatively, the player can get behind the counter and have Lucia do it herself.

 

JASON: How’s those registers looking? Empty I hope!

 

LUCIA: Looking good so far. 

 

Once the registers are done being robbed, the player is directed to rob the customers of their money and valuables. The player is reminded to be quick, as the police are on their way to the robbery. 

 

TIP: Tap R1/RB to check in with Jason, or hold for more options.

 

This tip allows the player to communicate with Jason. They can ask him how he’s doing or if he needs help with anything. The player can also ask to switch roles and have Lucia do crowd control and have Jason rob the registers and customers, among the other dialogue options. 

 

LUCIA: How’s it looking? How are you getting on?

 

JASON: So far so good! No one’s getting brave in here. 

 

The player must keep an eye out for potential NPCs that will take the chance to either escape or fight back. An NPC that is likely to do something will be highlighted with an orange marker above them. The AI will prioritize their attention on any NPCs that are likely to escape or fight back, but the player can intervene as well and intimidate the customer into compliance. If the player fails to keep watch over an NPC that is highlighted with an orange marker, it will then turn red. Once it becomes red, the NPC is about to take their chance with running or fighting. A red marker flashing at a steady pace means the NPC will try to run away. A red marker that is flashing rapidly means an NPC who will fight back.

 

OBJECTIVE: Escape from the robbery.

 

Once the customers and registers have been robbed, the player is instructed to escape. 

 

JASON: Let’s get out clean baby, come on!

 

TIP: Any vehicle you are seen entering will be known to the Law.

 

If the player was able to rob the diner before the cops show up, they’ll be able to exit the diner with only a full description of the player characters (this will be reduced to a partial description once the bandanas are removed). If the player was not quick enough and the cops did show up, the police will not only have a full description of the player characters, but also a full description of their getaway vehicle as well. 

 

• During the getaway, if the player manages to escape Hank’s with no cops on the scene, the player will hear a tense music track playing in the background (7oh2’s 7VNSPEED as a placeholder). 

• If the player escapes Hank’s with cops on the scene, a more aggressive track will play in the background (Kordhell’s Murder In My Mind as a placeholder).

 

OBJECTIVE: Torch the getaway vehicle and steal another.

 

Once a sufficient distance has been reached from the Hank’s robbery and/or once the player has successfully evaded any pursuing police, they will be prompted to switch cars. The player will be directed to drive a route that takes them to the northwestern part of Port Gellhorn. The player will arrive in an alleyway where the player must torch the car using one of the molotovs. The player is instructed to toss it into the vehicle's interior, which is actually pretty easy to do. Once done, the player must steal another vehicle for the pawn shop robbery. The player can either carjack a passing vehicle or steal the car parked nearby, an Annis Premio (based on a 1996 Mazda MX-5 M Edition [exterior/interior]), in the alleyway they torched their original getaway vehicle. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the Port Gellhorn Pawn & Gun.

 

Once the player has acquired a vehicle, they must now drive to the pawn shop. With the protagonists in a new vehicle, they can slip by the police provided they do not remain in the police’s line of sight for too long. During the drive, Jason and Lucia congratulate each other on another easy score. Lucia looks into their duffel bag and counts the money they got, reacting positively with what she was able to rob. They briefly discuss what they’ll do in the next robbery. Lucia says she’ll control the staff and customers, if there are any, and get one of the employees to open the safe. Jason will smash the glass counters and loot them of their jewelry and electronics.

 

OBJECTIVE: Rob the pawn shop.

 

Once the player pulls into the marked spot, the robbery will begin. The two put their bandanas on again and get ready to exit their vehicle, when Jason notices a hat under the passenger seat. The hat displays a car brand, it looks to be a vintage Declasse trucker hat. Jason puts it on his head and puts the hat that he was wearing, his old faded Horny’s hat, on Lucia’s head. Lucia gives him a sassy look in return.

 

LUCIA: Really?

 

JASON: Hey, these are rare! I like this kinda stuff. 

 

LUCIA: You’re such a kid sometimes.

 

JASON: Young at heart, remember?

 

LUCIA: Well grow up for a minute, we got a job to do. 

 

Once they exit the vehicle, they head inside with their hats and bandanas on. Jason holds the door open for Lucia and then locks it behind them, turning the sign displaying that the pawn shop is open over to the closed side. Lucia aims her gun at the staff and orders them on the floor in front of the counters. Luckily for them, there are no customers in the shop. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Smash the glass counters and loot the valuables.

 

With Lucia watching the employees, the player takes control of Jason. He walks behind the counter and takes a shotgun off the weapons display rack and uses the stock to smash the glass counters. He fills the loot bag with whatever valuables he can grab. After that, he begins robbing the cash registers. Once done, we switch to Lucia where the player is instructed to order one of the employees to open the safe.

 

OBJECTIVE: Rob the safe. 

 

Once the employee opens the safe, Lucia loots it for cash. She’s able to take $4,000 from the safe, which she then walks over to Jason and stuffs it into the loot bag. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Escape from the pawn shop.

 

The player is instructed to get back in the getaway car and escape from the scene of the crime. With no witnesses except for the employees, Jason and Lucia are able to escape without worrying about the cops, who are still looking for their original getaway vehicle from the Hank’s Waffles robbery. Once a sufficient distance has been reached, the player is then tasked with driving all the way up to the Red Hills area to switch back to Lucia’s car. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive back to Lucia’s car. 

 

During the drive back, Jason will ask about who they’re supposed to sell their loot to, noting that because of the pawn shop robbery they can’t just waltz into another pawn shop with their stolen goods. Lucia says that she’ll have to ask Krissie if she still knows the guy that would buy stolen stuff off of them back in the day. Lucia proceeds to call Krissie. 

 

LUCIA: Hey Kris, how are you?

 

KRISSIE: I’m okay, what’s going on with you?

 

LUCIA: Oh, things are good. Hey, a bit of a strange question, but do you remember that guy who would buy that stuff  from us? That big dude with the wicks? We used to call him Bobo.

 

KRISSIE: That dude? sh*t. I think I still have his number, why? What do you got my brother doing?

 

LUCIA: He’s fine, Krissie! Do you have the number? I don’t wanna talk about this over the phone.

 

KRISSIE: Dammit, Lucy! I thought you were done with all this?

 

LUCIA: You know me, the hustle never ends. We’re not doing anything crazy, I swear. Not too crazy at least!

 

KRISSIE: Fine, but I don’t wanna hear anymore about this sh*t. I’ll text you his number.

 

LUCIA: Thanks, you’re the best! I love you!

 

KRISSIE: Love you too, bitch! Don’t be a stranger. And say hi to my brother for me. 

 

Lucia ends the call and tells Jason that Krissie’ll text her the number. Jason, concerned, asks if Krissie is okay. Lucia tells him that Krissie’s worried about him. Jason sighs and then says that he’ll call her to let her know that things are okay. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Torch the car and get into Lucia’s car.

 

Once they arrive back at Lucia’s car, the pair check their surroundings to make sure there are no witnesses. Once they confirm that no one is around, Jason pulls out his last molotov and torches their getaway car with it. They then get into Lucia’s car, with Jason driving. He quickly gets them back onto the main road and heads towards Yorktown.

 

JASON: So, why do you call this guy Bobo?

 

LUCIA: It’s kind of a funny story. Me and Krissie originally wanted to call him Teddy, because he’s like a big fluffy bear, but his real name is Ted and he f*cking hates that. We were at this party once and Krissie was totally wasted, she called him Bobo out of the blue and he took a liking to it. Been calling him that ever since. 

 

JASON: How did you meet him?

 

LUCIA: What? You writing a book or something?
 

JASON: Just curious is all. 

 

LUCIA: I met him when me and Ray-Ray were dating. He was buying weed from Ray-Ray at the time and Bobo seemed like a nice dude. He told me that he’s got this side hustle selling stolen sh*t, and apparently he makes a killing from it.

 

JASON: So he’s like a fence?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, exactly. The dude will buy just about anything like smartphones, tablets, expensive watches, jewelry, pills, meds, and weed. Krissie and I would then start shoplifting and stealing, selling whatever we got to Bobo. It was pretty good money. 

 

JASON: Okay, sounds good. Call him up.

 

Lucia brings out her phone and calls Bobo up on speaker phone

 

BOBO: Hello? Who dis?

 

LUCIA: Hey Bobo! Remember me?

 

BOBO: Shiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeet! Is that who I think it is? Lucia? Is that you?

 

LUCIA: Awww, you remember? 

 

BOBO: Hell yeah I do! I could never forget you. I heard you got outta prison recently. I also heard about Ray-Ray. Sorry about that.

 

LUCIA: Uh… don’t be sorry about that. But yeah I did get out recently. 

 

BOBO: sh*t, my bad. 

 

LUCIA: It’s all good! Hey where you stayin’ at these days? Are you still living around the panhandle?

 

BOBO: Yeah, I’m in Yorktown at the moment, I got myself an apartment up there. You should come check it out, we need to hang out now that you’re back. 

 

LUCIA: You busy at the moment? We can come through right now. 

 

BOBO: We? Who you got with you? Is Krissie with you?

 

LUCIA: Nah, she ain’t with me right now, I’m with my boyfriend. 

 

BOBO: Boyfriend? Damn girl, you work fast. 

 

LUCIA: You know me, got them boys simpin’ hard on my heels. 

 

Jason looks over at her with a sarcastic expression on his face. Lucia looks back at him with a goofy smile. 

 

BOBO: Yeah come on through! It’s just me at my place right now. I got some beer if y’all want any. 

 

LUCIA: Cool, thanks Bobo! We’ll see you soon. Text me your address.

 

BOBO: Will do! Later on. 

 

Lucia ends the call and puts her phone back in her pocket. She then looks back over at Jason who’s giving her that look still. 

 

JASON: Simpin’ eh?

 

LUCIA: I wasn’t talking about you… specifically, I mean.

 

JASON: Mmhmm. Sure.

 

LUCIA: Baby, simps are scrubs, and you ain’t no scrub. A scrub could never get a woman like me. 

 

JASON: That’s very sweet of you, babe. Now, put some music on will ya?
 

LUCIA: Yes sir! *in an exaggerated sarcastic tone*

 

Lucia proceeds to flip through the radio stations, stopping on the R&B/Soul station where we hear TLC’s No Scrubs begin to play. Jason begins to laugh at the coincidence of this song playing after hearing Lucia talk about simps being scrubs. Lucia then turns up the volume and sings along to the song. The player is then given control of Jason where he’s instructed to drive to Bobo’s place.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to Bobo’s apartment.

 

Once the player arrives and parks in the marked parking spot, we see Jason and Lucia exit the car and walk inside the apartment building. Lucia knocks on the door and a few seconds later, we see Bobo open the door. Lucia and Bobo are happy to see each other and give each other a hug.

 

BOBO: Wow, you look so different! You got fit! 

 

LUCIA: Thanks! Exercising helped make time go by faster in there.

 

BOBO: I bet. What’s up big dawg? I’m Bobo.

 

Bobo holds out his fist for a fist bump. Jason bumps his fist in return.

 

JASON: I’m Jason, nice place you got here. 

 

BOBO: This place? Hell nah! but it’ll do for now. I’m trying to move to Hamlet at some point, I wanna be close to Vice, ya feel me?

 

JASON: Hell yeah, Hamlet’s nice. 

 

BOBO: Come on in, come in. 

 

As they enter Bobo’s apartment, Jason and Lucia take a look around and compliment the place. They then sit on the couch in the living room, placing their duffel bag on the coffee table. In the background, we can hear Faucet Failure by Ski Mask The Slump God playing in the apartment. Bobo is in the kitchen grabbing some beers from the refrigerator. 

 

BOBO: Hey, what beers y’all want?

 

LUCIA: Whatcha got?

 

BOBO: I got Cerveza Barracho, Pindayho, Pißwasser, and Patriot Beer.

 

LUCIA: I’ll take a Pindayho.

 

JASON: Patriot for me. 

 

Lucia smirks at Jason.

 

JASON: What?

 

LUCIA: Nothing, it just doesn’t surprise me that’s all.

 

Bobo comes back with the beers and hands them to Jason and Lucia. They thank him and then each take a sip from their beers. Bobo asks them about the bag, to which Jason looks to Lucia. Lucia asks Bobo if he’s still “in business.” 

 

BOBO: Man, you just outta prison, got yourself a new man, and you back hustlin’ now too? You’re something else, yo. 

 

LUCIA: Krissie always said I never knew when to hit the brakes. 

 

BOBO: For real, but yeah I’m still doin’ my thing. What you got in there?

 

Lucia unzips the loot bag and scoots it towards Bobo who starts sifting through it. As he looks through it, we see a smile develop across his face. 

 

BOBO: You got some Fruit tablets and iFruit phones, some jewelry, some really nice watches too. Easy stuff that’ll move quickly. Nice haul. Sit tight, let me do some uh… accounting.

 

LUCIA: No problem. 

 

Jason looks to Lucia and nods his head in approval.

 

LUCIA: He’s a good guy, he’ll hook us up.

 

Bobo returns with a fat stack of cash in his hand, which he then hands to Lucia. He then takes the loot out of the bag and stashes it in a cardboard box that’s located in a cabinet in the living room. The three finish their drinks and then Lucia and Jason bid Bobo farewell before exiting his apartment. 

 

BOBO: Hold on a minute, let me give you something real quick. 

 

LUCIA: What is it?

 

BOBO: Here’s a list of some associates that I network with in this thing I got going. There’s a lotta demand for these kinds of goods, and these are people I trust doing business with. I trust them, so you can trust them too and they’ll pay a fair price for whatever you get your hands on. Just make sure the cops aren’t too far behind, ya feel me?

 

LUCIA: Thanks Bobo! You’re the best.

 

BOBO: Good to see you still on the grind. Later y’all! Stay safe.

 

Lucia and Bobo hug once more and then they all bid farewell as they exit. Once outside, Lucia gives half of the cash stack to Jason. From here the mission is complete. 

 

This mission unlocks fences for stolen goods. Bobo is a fence that operates out of his apartment in Yorktown, the other fences work at specific pawn shops dotted around the map. These specific locations are the only places the player can sell stolen goods such as phones, tablets, jewelry, pills, meds, and other collectible items. 

 

This mission also unlocks free-roam robberies. Many places around the map such as gas stations, bars, diners, liquor stores, pawn shops, etc. can be robbed any time when in free roam. The player can opt to do these solo, or have the other player character accompany them in the robbery. If you choose to rob a location with both protagonists, the profits will be divided 50/50 between both characters. Examples of a free-roam robbery are seen in Americas 2022-02-10 20-25-15 and Americas 2021-12-17 10-31-22.

 

Be on the lookout for opportunities to receive special robbery tips. Sometimes, doing favors for the right kind of person will net you some inside info on a particular business that can be robbed for a substantial amount of money. Some businesses have illegal operations that can be discovered and robbed without fear of the police being alerted. Always survey your surroundings and see what useful information you can dig up for your own gain. 

 

Be aware however, too many robberies in a short span of time will get the police to begin setting up sting operations at potential high-risk targets. If you’re not careful, you could be walking yourself and/or your partner into a trap! This is in reference to the Easy Score/Cop Trap events seen in the leaked World Events list.

 

This mission also unlocks the collectible hats challenge. There are 100 unique hats that Jason and Lucia can discover around the map. Once discovered, they’ll automatically be added to both Lucia’s and Jason’s wardrobes.

 

An early work-in-progress version of the Hank’s Waffles robbery is seen in Americas 2021-07-12 12-19-51.

 

The dialogue between Jason and Lucia in the motel is a direct reference to similar dialogue heard in the opening scene from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.

 

Mission 15

No Place To Go But Down

After completing the previous mission, at some point Wyman will call Jason and ask for his help on a matter that he’d rather not discuss on the phone. Jason asks if he should bring his girlfriend along, to which Wyman agrees. Jason will then call Lucia to let her know of a job that Wyman has for them and asks her to meet him at Wyman’s shop. 

 

The cutscene starts one of the three ways: 

 

• If the player is already controlling Jason and arrives at Wyman’s shop, we’ll see Lucia hanging outside by the entrance. Jason will exit his vehicle and ask if she waited long, to which she responds that any minute spent here is a minute too long. This makes Jason laugh as they head inside to meet with Wyman. 

• If the player starts the mission as Lucia, we’ll see Jason arrive by getting dropped off by a rideshare driver. Lucia asks Jason if she really needs to be here for this, with Jason reassuring her it’s an opportunity to make some more money as they wait on the lawyer to get their money into their accounts. Lucia groans as they head on inside together. 

• If the player is controlling either character but has the other protagonist already accompanying them, we hear Lucia asking Jason if she can wait outside while Jason deals with Wyman. Jason asks why she has an aversion to being around Wyman, to which she replies that he seems like another backwoods conspiracy nut who shouldn’t be trusted. Jason agrees with her assessment of Wyman, but digresses that they should still see what he wants done if it means they earn some money through it. Lucia rolls her eyes and heads inside with Jason.

 

Once inside, we see Wyman in some gray overalls with his shop’s logo emblazoned on the back. He’s talking on the phone arguing with a customer about the cost of a repair bill. Jason points over at the couch, motioning to Lucia that they should sit and wait. Lucia pulls out her phone and checks her social media as they wait. Wyman continues arguing with the customer claiming that he’s priced out all the parts and labor fairly. The customer contends that another shop quoted them a lower price for the work, to which Wyman counters that his shop doesn’t price match. The customer then tells him that they want to pick up their vehicle and cancel the repair. Wyman tells the customer that his mechanic has already taken the engine out of the customer’s car to do the repair. Wyman then warns the customer that if they want to cancel the repair, they’ll not only have to pay for the labor for the mechanic taking the engine out, but also the labor for the mechanic to put it back into the car. The customer threatens legal action, to which Wyman laughs and tells the customer to make a decision and call him back. He then hangs up the phone and greets the two protagonists. 

 

Jason stands up and shakes Wyman’s hand, greeting him. Lucia remains sitting on the couch, only managing to lazily wave at Wyman. Jason asks what he needs help with, but Wyman has him follow into his office to talk. Jason motions for Lucia to follow them into the office, to which she shrugs her shoulders before begrudgingly getting up to enter the office with them. 

 

WYMAN: Whatever happened to the big bag of money y’all had with you before? Spend it all already?

 

JASON: No, not quite. It’s in a safe place getting uh… laundered so we can put it in the bank.

 

WYMAN: The bank? You’re better off burying your money, that’s the only way it’ll be safe. Have you seen the way the economy has been going? The inflation? Those goddamn bankers are trying to create another market crash! Not to mention the subprime auto loan bubble! Have you seen that? Look how close that is to bursting!

 

JASON: Uh yeah, well… you know. 

 

WYMAN: The interest rates are going up like crazy as a result! These goddamn money lenders and bankers are all in cahoots, like it’s a f*ckin’ game. Blowin’ coke up each others’ asses with those crooked f*cks on The Exchange as they try to start another war. I mean, how else are they gonna make their money? Defense contractors! Industrial-military complex! Merryweather! It’s all the same.

 

JASON: Right, so are you gonna tell us—

 

WYMAN: And people are so dumb to think the government has their best interests at heart. f*ckin’ sheep. Sheep in a fake fairytale. Fake! Like Finland!

 

LUCIA: You think Finland is fake?

 

WYMAN: Damn right I do. 

 

LUCIA: Have you never met someone from Finland? Looked it up on the internet?

 

WYMAN: Hell no. I’ve met a Swede though. Creepy little weirdos they are. You know they live in communes in the countryside where they take hallucinogens, trick tourists into strange sex rituals, and push their elders off a cliff? While some inbred kids are used as record keepers? f*cking strange sh*t. 

 

LUCIA: What!? That was a f*cking movie! 

 

WYMAN: Well, it made an impression on me. Don’t go to f*cking Sweden! Besides, their furniture sucks too. f*ck Krapea!

 

Jason attempts to steer the conversation back to the business at hand, but Lucia motions for him to hold on a minute as she continues to prod Wyman. 

 

LUCIA: What do you think of the country of Niger?

 

WYMAN: Oh, is that how you pronounce it? sh*t, I’ve been saying it wrong this whole time.

 

Lucia stands up out of her chair, her hands planted on the sides of her head trying to keep her sanity from ripping apart.

 

LUCIA: Oh. My. God.

 

JASON: Okay, can we seriously get back to business here? Wyman, you said you needed help with something, can you fill us in? I really don’t need to hear your f*ckin’ theories about the universe or the failings of capitalism.

 

WYMAN: *clears throat* Uh yeah. Let me think for a second. 

 

Wyman sits down at his desk in his office and begins to explain the job to Jason and Lucia. He says that he’s got a buddy who owns a shop fixing up bikes and choppers. His buddy has been complaining about the rise in prices for OEM bike parts and how hard it is to find good quality second hand parts for a decent price. Wyman told his friend that he’d look into it. Sometime later, Wyman says he got tipped off by another friend of his about a shipment of stolen bikes being stashed in a lockup south of Port Gellhorn. The problem is, this lockup is owned by an associate of the AOD, Angels Of Death, biker gang. 

 

Wyman tells the two that he briefly had a look around and saw that the place isn’t heavily guarded, with only two or three AOD bikers guarding the place at a time. Jason remarks that it sounds easy, but asks how they’re supposed to get inside. Wyman reaches into his desk and hands Jason a lockpick. He tells Jason that it’s just a simple padlock on the garage door. He advises the two that they’ll need an enclosed trailer to fit the bikes into and a truck to pull it. Jason suggests to Lucia that they steal a Bravado Heavy Duty diesel truck but then wonders where they’ll get a trailer. Wyman answers, telling Jason that he already has a trailer in his yard with fake plates they can use, they just need to find a suitable truck to haul it.

 

Lucia asks Wyman about compensation for the job, to which he replies that he’ll pay them a fraction of what the bikes are worth. Lucia asks for a more specific number, with Wyman saying he’ll pay them 10%. Lucia counters back with 20%, but Wyman refuses citing costs of his own. Jason says 15% as a compromise and Wyman agrees. He shakes Jason’s hand and offers to shake Lucia’s, but she just gets up and walks out the office. 

 

WYMAN: You two got Cash Stash?
 

JASON: I thought you didn’t use banks, or any of that electronic sh*t?

 

WYMAN: Of course I do! You think I wanna tangle with the tax man? They’re worse than the goddamn FIB or the IAA. Besides, I run a business. I’ll “gift” you two the money through the app once I have the bikes. 

 

JASON: Fine. You got an address for this lockup?

 

Wyman tears off a chunk from a piece of paper and scribbles the address on it, handing it to Jason. He thanks Wyman and exits the office to join Lucia. The two then walk out of the shop together. Once outside, they discuss the plan. Jason says they first need to find a truck, preferably a heavy duty diesel truck. Jason says he knows where he last saw one that they can use for the job. He says he saw it being advertised for sale on Craplist.

 

LUCIA: People still sell sh*t on there? I thought it was mostly crackheads and weirdos selling used sex toys and other degenerate bullsh*t on there. Figured they’d be using the PayDirt app. 

 

JASON: Believe me, I’m surprised too.

 

LUCIA: Do you know where the seller’s place is?

 

JASON: Yeah I recognize the neighborhood and the house in the pictures. I used Eyefind Maps to get the address already. I was thinking of stealing it for myself!

 

LUCIA: Well now’s your chance, let’s get goin’.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the house to steal the truck.

 

The player is instructed to head to the house to steal this particular truck. The player can either take one of the few beater vehicles parked in Wyman’s shop’s yard, steal a passing vehicle, or arrange for a rideshare driver to pick them up and take them to the house. 

 

Once at the house, Jason tells Lucia to stand guard and be on the lookout for the homeowners in case they get caught. Lucia nods her head and pulls out a pistol just in case. The player, controlling Jason, is tasked with stealing the truck. Jason uses a slim jim to gain access, and then uses the immobilizer bypass and the lockpick to start the truck. Once the truck is started, Jason waves for Lucia to come join him in the truck. 

 

As Jason backs out of the driveway, the homeowner comes running out of the house wielding a shotgun. Lucia, acting quickly, shoots and incapacitates the man. Lucia tells Jason to stop for a moment, with Jason asking her what the hell she’s doing. Lucia hops out and grabs the man’s shotgun as he writhes in pain, holding his wounded knee in the driveway and then hops back into the truck. 

 

LUCIA: Figured we could use this just in case.

 

JASON: Good thinking babe. 

 

Jason merges back onto the road and the player is tasked with driving back to Wyman’s shop to hook the trailer up.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive back to Wyman’s to get the trailer. 

 

During the drive back to Wyman’s, Lucia receives a text from her lawyer, Houston Phillips. The lawyer confirms to her that the money is finalized and should be in their accounts by tomorrow or the day after or so. Lucia shares the good news to Jason, who is relieved to finally know the money is coming to them soon. He then asks her about the cash they have now, saying that they’ll need the lawyer to launder that too. Lucia tells him that they’ll stop by Houston’s office again soon to get that done as well, she then asks how they’re being paid for this job. Jason tells her that Wyman will wire them the money through Cash Stash. Lucia seems surprised, saying that Wyman claimed to not trust the banking system. Jason says he thought the same as well when he told him that.

 

OBJECTIVE: Hook the trailer to the truck. 

 

Once back at the shop, Wyman opens up the gate to his yard and directs Jason to back the truck in. The player must line up the truck and reverse into the trailer to hook it to the truck. Once done, Wyman wishes them good luck. He also mentions to them that he likes the truck they stole for the job, saying he’ll throw in some extra money for the truck so he can salvage it for parts. Jason and Lucia take note of that and head out to the garage to get the bikes.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the garage.

 

During the drive, The Grave And The Constant by Fun Lovin’ Criminals plays on the radio. Along the way, Lucia asks Jason about the time when he killed Ray-Ray. Jason asks her why she’s bringing that up, figuring that she’d already put it all behind her once it was done. She says that she didn’t give it much thought until Bobo brought him up in conversation. Since then, it’s been something that’s been on her mind. She says to Jason that she wishes she was there to see Ray-Ray die. Jason reassures her that he didn’t make Ray-Ray’s death a quick one, that he let him suffer a bit in the end before finally finishing him off. Lucia presses him for details about it, to which Jason confides to her that he let him get a prayer in before executing him. He tells her that midway through his prayer, he shot him through the neck and watched him choke for a minute or two before finally killing him. Lucia’s eyes widen at this, with Jason asking her if she’s shocked by that. Lucia tells him she isn’t shocked and compliments him on the way he killed Ray-Ray. However, she tells Jason that she would’ve done a lot worse to him. Morbidly curious, Jason asks her what she would’ve done to the guy. 

 

LUCIA: I had a few ideas, but I settled on cutting his dick and balls off and letting that bastard decide if he’d prefer having them stuffed down his throat or shoved up his ass. 

 

JASON: I’m not surprised you’d go straight to cutting off his junk, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about doing the same to him too. He deserved worse. You know those cops we did those hits for? They warned that little sh*t about us coming for him. 

 

LUCIA: They did? That f*ckin’ explains everything. They did say Ray-Ray was an informant for them. 

 

JASON: That’s probably why he came with all that extra muscle. 

 

LUCIA: Could be. Goddammit, it still hurts knowing what that bastard did to Krissie, what he put her through. 

 

JASON: I’m glad you helped me with it, I wouldn’t have been able to pull it off without you. I’m really thankful for your help. It means a lot to me.

 

They smile at each other, with Jason resting his right hand on Lucia’s hand as they continue driving down to the lockup.

 

OBJECTIVE: Eliminate the guards and gain access to the lockup.

 

Once the player has arrived and parked in the marked spot near the lockup, they’re tasked with eliminating the AOD bikers standing guard by the garage unit. There are four of them hanging out, huddled in a circle in front of the building. One of them is armed with an AK47 assault rifle. Lucia asks Jason if they should mask up for this job, to which Jason says they don’t need to, citing that there's no CCTV camera on the building and they’re going to kill the bikers standing guard anyways. Jason gets his pistol ready while Lucia grabs the shotgun. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Open the garage.

 

Once the bikers have been eliminated, Jason swiftly unlocks the garage door using the lockpick. He lifts the garage door open and tells Lucia to get back into the truck and to get it into position in front of the door. Lucia gets into the truck and begins carefully reversing it and the trailer into the open garage space. 

 

The player is then given control of Jason. If the player takes a bit of time to look around, they’ll spot a loot bag on a table with some rolls of cash (totaling $5,000) and some pills and meds that can be fenced. There are also five pipe bombs on the table and extra shotgun ammo that can be picked up. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Load the bikes into the trailer. 

 

With the truck and trailer in position, the player must load the bikes into the trailer. There’s six sport bikes from brands ranging from Dinka, sh*tzu, and Pegassi that need to be loaded in. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Eliminate your pursuers and get back to Wyman’s.

 

Once the bikes have been loaded in, a shot rings out catching the pair off guard. It appears some more AOD bikers showed up on bikes and in a Vapid Sadler truck. Jason tells Lucia to get inside the truck and start driving, saying that he’ll provide cover fire for her. Lucia tosses him the shotgun which Jason uses to fire onto the AOD bikers. Jason yells for Lucia to hit the gas as he continues firing at the bikers. Lucia begins driving, peeling out of there in a frenzied rush. Jason, as soon as he gets a clear moment, sprints hard to catch up and jumps and climbs into the bed of the truck at the last second. 

 

The AOD bikers get back to their vehicles and give chase to Jason and Lucia. In the truck, we can hear Motörhead by Motörhead playing on the radio. One of the bikers is seen flying up the highway on his bike trying to catch up. Lucia sees him in the driver’s side rear view mirror and moves the truck and trailer into his path and slams on the brakes, causing the tires to lock up and screech, almost jackknifing the truck. The biker, unable to anticipate the sudden slow down, crashes and faceplants into the back of the trailer. Jason also comically falls back against the rear of the truck cab as a result.

 

JASON: How about a little warning next time!?

 

LUCIA: Sorry!

 

Lucia continues driving like hell up the Leonida highways as Jason uses the shotgun and pipe bombs to eliminate the remaining pursuers. The player can switch between the two as they see fit to shake the tail and make it back to Wyman’s. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Park the truck and trailer in the shop yard.

 

When the player arrives back at Wyman’s shop, they’ll see that the gate is still open. The player just needs to drive it in and park it in the marked spot. Once done, the pair exit the truck and Wyman will come around to open the trailer. He looks inside and is pleased with the haul, saying these will do nicely once salvaged. He then congratulates them on a job well done and wires the money to Jason, including an extra few thousand thrown in for the truck they stole. Wyman heads back into his shop and bids the couple farewell. Jason then sends half the payment to Lucia so she gets her cut from the job. From there, the mission is complete. 

 

Upon completion of this mission there will be several Weazel News reports and a couple articles on the in-game internet from various other news media outlets detailing some of the events from the previous missions. The following are the most notable ones:

 

• The first Weazel News radio report details how the Port Gellhorn police have made a connection between the Hank’s Waffles and pawn shop robberies that occurred recently. The police’s original theory was that these were two unrelated robberies that just happened to occur on the same day. The news anchor goes on to mention that the police have recovered the remains of two firebombed vehicles that were stolen that same day and used in the crimes. Witness statements also further corroborate a link between the two robberies as being done by the same two culprits. 

• The Port Gellhorn police department announces on Bleeter that they are searching for an unidentified Latina woman in her late-20s and an unidentified white male in his late-20s or early-30s. An image taken from a CCTV camera from the pawn shop robbery showing the two masked protagonists is displayed in the bleet. 

• On the TV, the player can catch a Weazel News segment where a reporter is interviewing Detective Atkins at the warehouse the protagonists broke into to recover Patrick’s van. He talks about the bodies being recovered from the warehouse being identified as belonging to known criminals from San Andreas involved in the illegal arms trade with links to the Marabunta Grande. 

• Another Weazel News radio report details the Leonida Highway Patrol swarming the highways and interstate south of Port Gellhorn today after numerous 911 calls were made by motorists reporting a rolling gun battle and chase between a biker gang and unknown assailants in a pickup truck hauling a trailer. LHP are investigating to determine whether this was a road rage incident that spiraled out of control or something more serious.

• The Vice City Sentinel runs an article detailing how the FIB led a successful crackdown on several websites found on the Dark Web facilitating the illegal sale of firearms and drugs, murder-for-hire, cryptocurrency scams, human trafficking, and terrorist activities. The article also mentions the FIB uncovering an alleged “red room” being operated out of an abandoned storage unit in Crosstown in Vice City after they received an anonymous tip, leading to the building’s manager being arrested. Other such “red rooms'' have been uncovered in Carcer City, Liberty City, and Los Santos with alleged links to an underground fetish porn production company. 

• There are a few other articles and radio reports going over reality show drama, celebrity scandals, a class-action lawsuit against Coil and their unreliable cars, and a viral social media trend involving vampirism that has claimed the life of a high school student in Alaska. 

 

The player can go on Bleeter and see a few bleets from users asking what happened on the highway south of Port Gellhorn, citing numerous police and emergency vehicles and road closures to clean up the aftermath. There’s also a short video on Bleeter taken from a motorist’s smartphone who witnessed the AOD biker crashing into the trailer when Lucia brake checked him. You can hear the vehicle’s occupants’ shocked reactions to the bloody impact. 

 

At some point after completing this mission, Lucia will receive a call from Stefanie. Lucia will answer the phone where she then sheepishly greets Stefanie and asks her how she’s been. Stefanie angrily demands to know where she is and what’s been going on with her, citing the numerous calls she made that went unanswered. Lucia smugly remarks that there’s been a recent change to her parole terms. Stefanie says she knows that, noting that her ankle monitor has since stopped pinging and adding that Lucia’s file in Leonida’s criminal database has been mysteriously deleted. Stefanie also mentions that any other information about Lucia is currently hidden behind a firewall that requires special clearance to gain access to. Lucia acknowledges this, but doesn’t give an explanation. Stefanie then mentions that she and Officer Costa attempted to visit Lucia’s former residence to contact her, only to find out that both her and Krissie no longer live there. Lucia tells Stefanie that she moved and that she’s not at liberty to say where neither of them are right now. Stefanie, with a hint of sadness and betrayal in her voice, says she knows about the two robberies Lucia and her boyfriend pulled off, citing the bleet from the PGPD on Bleeter. She urges Lucia to turn herself in so she can help her. Lucia denies any involvement with the robberies, and then coldly tells Stefanie that her help isn’t needed. Before she ends the call, Lucia orders Stefanie not to contact her again. We can hear Lucia let out a sigh of regret before blocking Stefanie’s number on her phone. 

 

At some point after completing this mission, Detective Speranza from Vice City’s Vice Squad will call Jason and ask him if he and Lucia have interacted with Detective Atkins lately. Jason says that the last time they had any contact with Atkins was after they finished the hit in the North Beaches a few weeks ago, splitting some cash with him. Speranza will tell Jason that he’s heard some rumors from Internal Affairs and the DOA about an investigation on Atkins, noting that they’ve been tipped off about a suspicious financial paper trail. Speranza warns Jason that Lucia and him are not to have any further contact with Atkins, saying that the two now report directly to Speranza. Jason, concerned by this, asks what’s going on, but Speranza just warns Jason again to stay away from Atkins and ends the call. If the player switches back to Lucia after this phone call, she will receive a message on the WhatUp! app from Jason warning her to have no contact with Detective Atkins, per Speranza’s order. Alternatively, if Lucia is around Jason at the time he receives the call from Speranza, the player can hear Jason and Lucia have a unique conversation about the phone call. 

 

Mission 16

Caution To The Wind

At some point after the completion of the prior mission, Lucia will receive a phone call from her lawyer telling her and Jason to stop by his office, saying he has something he wants to go over with them. Lucia agrees to come by as soon as she can. This mission can only be started as Lucia. It’s triggered by walking through the main entrance to her lawyer’s office.

 

The cutscene starts with Lucia waiting in Houston’s office. They’re waiting for Jason to arrive, with Lucia having already sent a text to Jason urging him to come to the lawyer’s office. We see him shortly enter, blaming traffic for why he was late. Lucia and Jason share a hug and kiss before sitting down by Houston’s desk. 

 

HOUSTON: I’m sure by now Lucia here, will have told you the good news. That being that your money is finally in your accounts. 

 

LUCIA: We appreciate that, really. Thanks.

 

JASON: Yeah, thanks. 

 

HOUSTON: That’s not the only reason why I brought you in here though, I want to discuss how we’ll be handling money problems like this from now on.

 

LUCIA: We’re listening. 

 

HOUSTON: My contact, the one who was able to facilitate this, is a higher up with Shore Front Bank. He’s like a regional manager of sorts. Anyways, as you know, they're a pretty big franchise here in Leonida with multiple locations across the state. The way this works is that each location has a safety deposit box that’s earmarked for the both of you to use. Here’s a list containing all the deposit box numbers, you’ll need these.

 

Houston hands Lucia the list. She quickly glances over it and then folds it before putting it away in her pocket. 

 

HOUSTON: Whatever cash you bring to one of these locations will be put away in these deposit boxes, no questions asked. Afterwards, within an hour or less, the money will be cleaned and funneled into your account. As I’ve stated before, from now on, I’ll be taking a 5% cut of the proceeds.

 

JASON: What about your contact who’s doing this for us? Isn’t he getting a cut as well?

 

HOUSTON: He is, but his cut is built into my 5%. I actually get 3% while he gets 2%. Make sure to use the aliases provided on that paper I gave you. Now, how about a toast?

 

Houston gets up and walks over to a cabinet and pulls out some expensive liquor. He then grabs three shot glasses and pours a shot into each of them. They each grab a glass and make a toast.

 

HOUSTON: To a beautiful and fruitful partnership!

 

LUCIA: Cheers!

 

JASON: Here, here!

 

The three take their shots and shake hands with the lawyer, thanking him again for his service. They bid each other farewell and we see Jason and Lucia walk outside to Lucia’s car. They both pull out their phones and check their bank accounts to confirm the money is there. Once it’s confirmed, Lucia jumps with excitement and hugs Jason. She then asks him what they should do for the day.

 

JASON: I’d say a celebration is in order. 

 

LUCIA: I agree, what did you have in mind?

 

JASON: How about a road trip?

 

LUCIA: Oh yeah? To where?

 

JASON: A little place called… Vice City.

 

Lucia gets a huge bright smile on her face, clapping excitedly in agreement. 

 

LUCIA: You read my mind! 

 

JASON: But first, we need some proper transport. Something with a bit more style, ya know?

 

LUCIA: You wanna go car shopping?

 

JASON: It’s getting a little old sharing one car all the time, don’t you think?

 

LUCIA: You gotta point there. Well where did you have in mind? 

 

JASON: There’s a neat used car lot in town we can go to, they got some interesting stuff there. 

 

LUCIA: Okay! I’m down, let’s go!
 

The scene then cuts to a shot where we see Jason and Lucia being dropped off at the used car lot by a rideshare driver. They walk onto the lot, Jason scanning the inventory seeing what sticks out to him. Suddenly, a car salesman comes along and greets the pair. He does his little spiel for the couple, trying to get them excited about purchasing a car. He then asks the couple which one of them is buying today, to which Jason replies that he’s the one looking to make a purchase. The salesman asks Jason what he has in mind, to which he replies that there’s a few potential options that stick out to him. The salesman encourages Jason to take his time and to let him know when he’s made a decision. 

 

In free-roam, there are more choices to choose from when visiting a car lot. However, for the purpose of this mission, the choices are limited to four vehicles. The first choice is the iconic Vapid Gaucho Sport (based on the 1970 Ford Ranchero GT [exterior/interior]), a Maibatsu Penumbra FF, a Karin Previon, and an Übermacht Teuton XS (based on a 2003 BMW 540i M Sport [exterior/interior]). 

 

For the purposes of this concept, Jason will pick the Vapid Gaucho Sport as his purchase. It’s implied to be the canon choice of vehicle according to the promotional art for VI.

 

Jason picks the Vapid Gaucho Sport and the salesman compliments him on his great choice. The salesman then asks Jason to follow him to his office so they can discuss financing and paperwork. Once inside, the salesman asks Jason what his credit score is like. Jason, with a smug grin on his face, replies that his credit is fine but he isn’t looking to finance. He stipulates that he’s looking to buy the car outright for cash. The salesman grins back, saying that he’s sure that they can work something out. Jason asks if they accept electronic payments, such as through FruitPay or Cash Stash. The salesman nods his head yes.

 

We then cut to a scene showing Jason and the salesman shaking hands, then handing Jason the keys to his new car. Lucia compliments it, saying it suits him. 

 

JASON: Shall we go?

 

LUCIA: Think we can hit up a clothing store real quick? I’m in a shopping mood now myself!

 

JASON: Well get on in pretty lady. Let’s get you a gown!

 

The two hurriedly get into the car, where the player is tasked with driving to a trendy clothing outlet in town. Jason turns the vehicle on, its V8 engine roaring to life. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the clothing outlet.

 

During the drive to the clothing store, Lucia messes with the radio to see if it works and how well the speakers sound. She changes it to the Latin/Reggaeton station, where we hear Gatita Gangster by KAROL G playing. Lucia turns up the radio and comments that it sounds very good. Jason responds saying that it’s definitely not the factory sound system. Whoever had the car previously had upgraded it. 

 

Once at the store, we see them enter. A short little montage plays, showing Jason and Lucia trying on different outfits before settling on the ones they like best. We see Lucia buying a cute yellow/gold dress with a cute pair of heels to go along with it. Jason opts for an outfit consisting of an open button-down short-sleeve shirt, white t-shirt, khaki chino shorts, and a new pair of Slab shoes. Satisfied with their outfits, the two compliment each other and head back into Jason’s car. 

 

The camera pans upwards to the sky where we see time fast-forward to mid-afternoon of the following day. The camera then pans back down showing an interstate highway where we see Jason’s car pass by. The camera then gets into position where the player is then  given control of Jason. The player is instructed to drive to Vice City. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to Vice City.

 

During the drive, Lucia tells Jason that they’re going to be meeting up with some of her old friends, one of them being Vicki. Lucia is very excited to see them, and Jason is pretty enthusiastic about meeting them and having a good time. She gets a text from Vicki that they’re going to the Malibu Club in Vice Beach tonight.

 

JASON: Damn, they’re getting us in there? Isn’t that club hard to get into?

 

LUCIA: It is, but she’s got the hookups for tonight. We’re gonna be in for one of the craziest nights ever!

 

JASON: sh*t, I can’t wait! It’s so good to finally get out of this godforsaken part of the state. 

 

LUCIA: That makes two of us.

 

JASON: By the way, I booked us a room at a nice hotel. A really nice one.

 

LUCIA: You did? Where?

 

JASON: The Ocean View Hotel.

 

LUCIA: Oh my god! In Ocean Beach? f*ck yeah!

 

JASON: I got super lucky too. They were almost all booked up for the night. Goddamn tourists are coming in droves!

 

LUCIA: They all fly south this time of year! 

 

As the player nears the limits of Vice City, it transitions to a cutscene. The sun is setting, and it makes such beautiful colors in the sky, with the bright city lights to compliment it. Jason and Lucia look up towards the city’s skyline in awe of it, finally feeling a tiny taste of freedom and for once not having to worry about a damn thing. 

 

As they breach the city limits, we hear Mystery by Turnstile begin playing in the background of the cutscene. We're treated to a brief montage of scenes of the city’s various landmarks and its residents on the mainland and Vice Beach as Jason drives through the city. Some shots are done in a cinematic style, while others have that Tik-Tok/Instagram Live style as we see Lucia using her phone to take pictures and film some of the sights and people of Vice City. The final shot is of the new Ocean View Hotel, its bright pink neon signage shining bright into the evening as the song quietly fades into the city ambience.

 

The next scene shows them checking in at the hotel’s reception area. They then head up to their room and take a look. They’re both impressed with how it all looks. Lucia immediately takes her heels off and jumps on the bed, while Jason makes his way to the window overlooking the beach. He opens it up, where we can hear the ambiance of the Ocean Beach nightlife. She jumps off the bed and joins him by the window, where they embrace and both look on outside. 

 

LUCIA: Makes you wish you wish you could just stay here forever, you know?

 

JASON: Maybe we will, eventually.

 

LUCIA: I’ve always wanted a big house on one of those islands.

 

JASON: With a yacht to go sailing on. 

 

LUCIA: Doesn’t it just sound perfect, babe?
 

JASON: Yeah, just let me try my luck with the lottery.

 

LUCIA: Who needs the lottery? I’d say we have some pretty good means to earn that money ourselves.

 

JASON: Well you know what they say about winning the lottery twice.

 

LUCIA: You’ve won the lottery before?

 

JASON: In a way.

 

LUCIA: What did you win?

 

JASON: You.

 

LUCIA: Smooth. Cheesy, but smooth.

 

JASON: You know what? I’ll take that.

 

They kiss by the window when Lucia receives a text on her phone. She walks over to it and sees it’s from her friend, Vicki. She lets Lucia know that they’re outside the hotel waiting in a rideshare driver’s SUV. Lucia puts her heels back on and tells Jason that it’s party time. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head outside. 

 

The player is in control of Lucia, who’s tasked with heading outside to meet with her friends. Once outside, Lucia and Jason round the corner and see a black Albany Cavalcade XL parallel parked on a side street. As Lucia and Jason approach, a woman steps out and calls out to Lucia. The two women scream in excitement and rush to hug each other. Jason looks on with a smile on his face, standing with his hands in his pockets. Lucia introduces Vicki to Jason and they greet each other. We then hear a man inside the vehicle call out to Vicki, telling her to hurry up so they can make it to the club. Vicki tells the man to hold up a second as they climb inside the SUV. Lucia asks where the others are, to which Vicki responds that they’re already at the Malibu waiting for them. Once settled in the vehicle, the driver takes them to the club. 

 

Outside, the Malibu Club stands like a colorful neon monolith in the night, its bright pink, purple, and green lights shine like a jewel in this part of the city. The black marble on some parts of the building still retaining a fresh sheen to it, as if the building had just been built yesterday. The bass from the EDM music inside is thunderous and can be felt just outside the entrance. People are everywhere around the building and traffic is insanely congested around it. Once the group are within a block of the club, Vicki lets the driver know that they’ll get out here and she’ll pay for the ride. They then walk towards the club’s entrance, walking past a long line of eager partygoers waiting to get in and let loose. Vicki and her friend skip the line, with Lucia and Jason in tow, showing one of the bouncers a card that lets them all in together. 

 

Inside, Jason and Lucia are in total awe of the place. 

 

LUCIA: Is this what heaven feels like?

 

JASON: What?? I can’t hear you!

 

LUCIA: I said, is this what heaven feels like?

 

JASON: sh*t, this is about as close as I can imagine it to being! 

 

A man walks by them with an entourage of his own, Lucia seems to recognize the man. She pulls Vicki over to her.

 

LUCIA: Was that Al Di Napoli?

 

VICKI: Yeah! Yeah it was. 

 

LUCIA: He’s still relevant? The f*ck?

 

VICKI: Oh you know how some of those Vinewood stars are! They’ll do anything to delude themselves into thinking they’re still relevant.

 

LUCIA: The dude gets kidnapped like 12 years ago and he still hasn’t lived it down! So what? You got kidnapped and had to suck on some old lady’s toe jam for a few days. Big f*ckin’ deal!

 

VICKI: Crazy sh*t right? He lives in Vice, he’s got a house on one of the islands here. 

 

LUCIA: No sh*t?

 

VICKI: Yep! Now, come on! Let's go party!

 

LUCIA: We’ll join you in a second! We wanna get some drinks first.

 

Lucia tugs on Jason’s arm to follow her over to the bar. It’s crowded with almost no room to walk through. Jason walks in front of Lucia and makes his way through, pulling Lucia along so she’s not having to shove others out of the way. They finally get a spot at the bar and call for one of the bartenders. One of them comes by and asks what they would like.

 

LUCIA: Two shots of Cherenkov! 

 

BARTENDER: Coming up! 

 

Lucia pulls some cash out of her bra, but we see Jason already lay some dollars down on the bar for the bartender. 

 

JASON: I got it, don’t worry!

LUCIA: You already just bought that car and got us the hotel, let me save you some money!

 

JASON: Alright sweetheart, next round’s on you!

 

LUCIA: Thank you, babe. 

 

They get their drinks and the bartender takes the cash. They both take their shots and set the glasses back on the bar. Lucia then grabs Jason by the arm and leads him to the dancefloor.

 

As they make it onto the dancefloor, the current song wraps up and begins transitioning to Eli & Fur’s You’re So High. We see the world begin to move in slow motion, the lights pulsating in different colors. The dancefloor is packed, bodies colliding and grinding on one another. Lucia has her arms around Jason, gazing up into his eyes. His hands wrapped around her hips as they groove to the rhythm together. As the bass kicks in with the beat, the world starts to move back at regular speed with shots alternating between the two of them dancing and others in the crowd vibing and dancing too. We see Vicki approach Lucia and give her two pink tablets. 

 

As the first break in the song occurs, everything goes back to slow motion and we see Lucia put the tablets on her tongue and give Jason a deep kiss to share whatever the substance is with him. When the beat kicks back in, the world moves back at a regular pace. The lights begin to steadily oversaturate and bleed together, and we see closeups of their eyes, their pupils dilating. The music begins to echo and reverb to the listener as it goes on. 

 

By the time of the final break in the song, we can see Lucia grab Jason by his shirt to bring him in close to her. She says something into his ear although it’s very hard to hear. If the player has subtitles enabled, they’ll see what she says in his ear.

 

LUCIA: You’re mine. *in Spanish*

 

She then kisses him on the neck, while Jason’s hands move down to grip her ass and pull her against his body. They continue dancing together, with both of them becoming visibly sweaty, losing themselves to the music. The scene begins to slowly fade to black as the world moves in slow motion again.

 

The scene fades back in where we see Jason and Lucia and her friends all exiting the club together. Everyone is laughing and still feeling amped from partying. Vicki suggests they find an all-night diner to go to so they can all wind down for the night. Lucia agrees, stating that she feels like she’s starving. Vicki’s date pulls out his smartphone and finds a diner they can go to nearby and that it’s within walking distance, just a couple blocks away. The group decides to follow him to the diner. 

 

As they enter, the group sees some familiar faces from the club. The diners loudly greet and drunkenly cheer at the group’s arrival. They then get seated and order some food. The next scene shows the group having finished their meals and sharing wild and crazy stories. Lucia is in the middle of a story where she tells the group about how Vicki and her managed to escape a pharmacy after being caught shoplifting. The guy who caught them was some college jock type working part time at the store and was all by himself since it was really late at night. Vicki and Lucia pretended to offer the guy a threesome in the back office if he’d let them go. Obviously tempted by this, the man led them into the back office. They made him sit on a chair while Vicki got down on her knees to make him believe she was going to blow him. Lucia was standing behind him, rubbing the guy’s shoulders to make him feel more relaxed. As Vicki undid the guy’s belt, she removes it and hands it to Lucia who begins to lightly strangle the guy with it. She doesn’t put too much pressure on the guy’s neck with the belt, managing to make him slip unconscious as they then bolted out of the store. 

 

DUDE 1: That’s some crazy sh*t!

 

JASON: What about the cameras? Wouldn’t they have you on film stealin’ sh*t?

 

LUCIA: That’s the best part! That dude deleted the security footage and turned off the cameras. There was one in the back office and he didn’t want the manager to find out about him having a threesome in there!

 

VICKI: Sometime later, some junkies came through and stole a bunch of sh*t from that store! The dude was still passed out in the chair!

 

JASON: That’s f*ckin’ wild! That dude must’ve been so f*cked. 

 

DUDE 2: I don’t wanna sound like a simp or nothin’, but lookin’ at you two girls, I gotta say that would’ve worked on me!

 

VICKI: College bros are easy like that. 

 

LUCIA: Amen to that!

 

The server comes over and asks if they’re ready for the check. The group says they are and asks to split it. Jason grabs his wallet and is about to put some cash on the table when Lucia reminds him that she’s got it covered this time. 

 

LUCIA: Next round’s on me, remember?

 

JASON: You see this right here? She’s solid. She a real one. 

 

DUDE 1: She givin’ that I don’t need no man, I got my own money energy! 

 

JASON: For real! Like everytime I try to pay for our food or drinks, she’s racing to get her wallet out before I do! Can’t let me treat my own lady.

 

LUCIA: Oh, you know that ain’t always true! You know I like being treated, but maybe I like to treat you sometimes! Besides, it makes me feel like I owe you or some sh*t.

 

JASON: Owe me? Owe me what? I never once felt like you owed me anything. 

 

DUDE 2: Yo, forreal forreal! Females be doin’ that sh*t, makin’ it seem like everything is transactional.

 

DUDE 1: That’s why brothers be sayin’ chivalry is dead and all that.

 

VICKI: Whoa! Hold on! Females? Boy, don’t be talkin’ any of that female bullsh*t. Yo ass is gonna be walkin’ home!

 

JASON: Oh sh*t! You’re in trouble. 

 

DUDE 2: Damn, I done did it now, homie!

 

LUCIA: You boys are ridiculous sometimes, like really!

 

VICKI: Girl, you know I gotta ask, where’d you find this handsome man?

 

LUCIA: Met him through my friend Krissie, you remember her? He’s her brother.

 

VICKI: You’re her brother? I didn’t even know she had a brother! 

JASON: It’s true. This is my first time being back in Leonida in years. I spent most of my life up in the Northeast and Midwest. 

 

VICKI: Well let me ask you something, you got any other brothers?

 

DUDE 2: Oh! What about me baby?

 

VICKI: I’m just messin’, don’t worry. 

 

The server comes back with the checks and they pay for their food and drink. They then get up and exit out the building. Once outside, they can hear a commotion in the parking lot, sounding like people arguing. The group goes over to investigate where they see a small group of people being antagonized by a group of guys claiming to be part of San 4 San. One of the guys in the group being antagonized, a young black man wearing an orange beanie, white t-shirt, and jeans, tells the other group to leave them alone and to back off. 

 

VICKI: Holy sh*t, is that Dre?

 

JASON: Dre? Who’s Dre?

 

LUCIA: Dude’s an influencer and music promoter I think.

 

Vicki goes over to Dre’s group and asks what’s going on. One of the guys from S4S tells Vicki to shut up and stay out of it. Of course, this sets her off and she begins cursing out the group of S4S members. Lucia, sensing trouble, takes off her heels and pulls Jason with her to help. The other two men follow behind them. One of the guys then shoves Vicki to the ground, pissing Lucia off. Lucia runs at the group and grabs hold of one of the S4S members by his wicks and starts wailing on him. Jason rushes forth and jump kicks a dude who was about to sucker punch Lucia from behind. The other two men join Jason and Lucia, causing an all-out brawl to break out in the parking lot. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Beat up the S4S members. 

 

One of the dudes who came to assist Jason and Lucia in the fight unfortunately gets knocked out swiftly by an S4S member. Vicki quickly tries to drag him away from the fight, while the other three keep fighting. An older, wealthy looking guy comes over to try and stop the fight but he also gets punched hard and knocked out. The group that Dre is with have their phones out and are recording the brawl. 

 

Once the brawl is finished we see Jason ask if Lucia is okay, to which she responds that she’s fine. She then asks the dude who helped them with the fight if he’s okay, to which he replies that he’s a bit bruised but doing better than his friend who got knocked out early. All of a sudden, one of the S4S members gets up off the ground and charges after Jason from behind. Lucia notices and quickly yells for Jason to look out. He looks up and sees his reflection in a building’s window in front of him, watching the S4S member charging at him from behind. Just before the man can strike at Jason, he manages to fluidly dodge and catch the man’s arm and then Jason uses his right arm to elbow the guy in his face, instantly dropping him. 

 

JASON: Thanks for the heads up.

 

LUCIA: Don’t mention it, you got some good moves.

 

JASON: You did very well yourself!

 

With all the S4S members finally beaten and knocked out, Dre comes over and thanks Jason and Lucia for their help. Jason tries to ask him what that was all about but Dre just brushes it off as a typical beef that isn’t a big deal. Lucia tries to tell him that a beef with the S4S isn’t something to just shrug off. Dre remains indifferent and says he’s got some connections of his own that can handle it. He then asks the two if they’re from the city, to which they reply that they aren’t. Dre asks for their Life Invader pages so he can add them as friends, saying he’s impressed with how they handled themselves. Lucia asks him if he needs help with anything, to which he replies that he might have something soon for them to help with. 

 

Suddenly, police sirens are heard approaching and Dre advises them to get out of the area. Vicki and her friend stay with the dude who got dropped and tell Lucia and Jason to listen to Dre and get to safety. Jason runs over to the knocked out older guy and searches him. Lucia asks him what the hell he’s doing, until Jason fishes out a key fob from the man’s pocket. He begins clicking the lock button where we can hear an alarm chirping. It’s coming from a red Pegassi Zorusso parked nearby. Lucia grabs her heels and runs with Jason to the car and they get in, with Jason behind the wheel. Jason turns the vehicle on and peels out onto one of the main roads, heading towards one of the bridges that connects Vice Beach to the mainland. Lucia asks him where he’s going but Jason just tells her that the night ain’t over yet. She begins to smile and then tightens up her seatbelt.

 

At this point, two super cars come ripping by Jason and Lucia, narrowly avoiding them. Lucia encourages Jason to catch up with them and see where they go. Jason obliges and uses the paddle shifters to shift down a gear to catch up to them. 

 

JASON: Let’s see what this baby can do! Come on!

 

OBJECTIVE: Keep up with the racers. 

 

As the player keeps up with the other drivers, we hear a driving, melodic synthwave track play in the background (Spirit of the Night by Tesla Boy as a placeholder). The race takes the player on a loop around most of Vice Beach and back, before getting onto the bridge that passes over Ferry and Watson Islands. As the player comes up to the Kesaya Center on the left of the highway, it transitions to a cutscene where we see the iconic moment Lucia sits up in the convertible and shouts while throwing her arms up into the air. We can see in the background a passenger in the Grotti Furia racing with them filming the couple on his smartphone. Once he gets the shot, he gives Jason a thumbs up and they speed away. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Pull over at the gas station.

 

The player is given a route on the minimap that has them drive the highway a bit more before taking an exit ramp back onto city streets. The route ends at a nearby gas station where Jason and Lucia decide to dump the car in case the cops come looking for it. A cab passes by and Lucia flags it down and the two catch a ride back to the Ocean View Hotel. The camera pans up towards the sky where we can see that it’s daybreak, with the sun beginning to rise. It then fades to black. 

 

The game fades back in showing the couple in bed together half-naked. It’s mid-afternoon, specifically 1:30pm (13:30) and sunny outside. Lucia is the first to wake up, stretching herself out and then walking to the bathroom. Jason then wakes up and begins stretching his arms, asking what time it is. He looks at his cellphone and sees that it's well into the afternoon. He gets out of bed and walks inside the bathroom where we can hear the shower running. 

 

The final shot is of the couple walking out the front entrance of the hotel, remarking on one hell of a night they had together. From here, the mission is complete. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, the player can check both protagonists’ Life Invader pages. 

 

• Dre will have added them as friends and left a post on both of their pages. Lucia and Jason can respond to the posts left by Dre. 

• Vicki makes a post on Lucia’s page that the player can respond to.

• There are new photos added to the tagged photos album on both Jason’s and Lucia’s pages taken by Vicki from when they were dancing at the Malibu Club and eating at the diner.

• On Bleeter, the player can see the video taken by the passenger in the Grotti Furia. Due to the video being taken at night and at speed, there’s a motion blur effect on the video making it hard to see Lucia’s face in the video. 

• On Bleeter the player can see a video taken by one of the onlookers of the brawl they were involved in. 

 

After this mission, Detective Atkins will call both Lucia and Jason at some point. The calls cannot be answered due to Speranza warning them to avoid contact with Atkins. Atkins will leave a voicemail on Lucia’s phone asking for her to meet him, saying he has a job for her. 

 

Car dealerships are unlocked upon completion of this mission. There are two ways to purchase vehicles in this game, you can visit an actual dealership or you can buy vehicles on the in-game internet. There are multiple used car lots dotted around the map that the player can go to purchase or sell vehicles. There are also a few luxury car dealerships in Vice City that sell high-end sports cars, super cars, and luxury vehicles. Used car lots typically sell cheap economy type vehicles to mid-level vehicles, although on rare occasions, you can come across a used car lot selling a higher-end vehicle. Dealerships are open every day from 7:00am (07:00) - 11:00pm (23:00).

 

Every in-game week, starting on Monday, the dealerships’ inventories will update and randomize with a new selection of vehicles to choose from. Players can sell or trade their personal vehicle in order to get another, or the player can own multiple cars at a time. However, to own more than one car, the player must own a garage to store their extra vehicles. The player can own more than one garage and there are several around the map that can be purchased. 

 

You can sell stolen cars to dealerships, however, doing so can lead to the cops being called on you or only being offered a small fraction of the car’s resale value. You can sell stolen vehicles to the car fence, with one being located in Port Gellhorn and one in Vice City (once unlocked), but they will only pay between 50-75% of the max resale value of the vehicle. To get the max resale value, you’ll need to visit the car fence and purchase forged documents and pay to have the VIN swapped. Only then can you take a stolen vehicle to a dealership to sell and get the max resale value. Vehicle must also be in good condition with no damage. 

 

The player can now rent a room at some of the hotels and motels in Vice City, including the Ocean View Hotel, and use them as temporary safehouses.

 

CHAPTER 2

PART II

Spoiler

Mission 17

Be My Guest

Wyman will send a message to Jason on WhatUp! to come see him for a job. He tells Jason to swing by the motel in Port Gellhorn across from the Taco Bomb. The mission is triggered by interacting with Wyman.

 

Wyman has contacted Jason for another job. The player is instructed to drive to the motel outside of town to meet with him. We can see Wyman standing by the pool area, wearing a gray tank top, denim shorts, flip flops, and a visor hat. We can see another man nearby lying on a pool chair playing with his phone. As Jason approaches, we can hear Wyman engaged in some kind of rant. 

 

WYMAN: Are you listening to me? What the hell you doin’ over there anyways?

 

DUDE: I’m just looking at this video Shanese posted on Life Invader.

 

WYMAN: Oh yeah, so Jay Norris can download your f*ckin’ brain and sell it to the Chinese!

 

DUDE: Come on! Not this sh*t again. And Jay Norris is dead, man. 

 

WYMAN: Oh yeah, he’s dead, is he? Just like there’s a country called Finland…

 

Jason rolls his eyes when Wyman mentions Finland again. 

 

DUDE: What?

 

WYMAN: …and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Bite my crank! Tiny people with tiny nooses around their necks, shoveling sh*t down our throats until we start to like the taste!

 

DUDE: Oh god, he’s off again!

 

WYMAN: Don’t let those f*ckers own you! Smash that sh*t on the ground! Break out of the f*ckin’ cage. Am I right? 

 

Wyman turns to Jason, looking for a response. The player can choose to either greet or antagonize him. If the player chooses to greet Wyman, the conversation goes as follows:

 

Spoiler

JASON: Well, go on then! We’re waiting. 

 

WYMAN: What do you mean? 

 

JASON: Smash your damn phone on the ground. Practice what you preach, brother!

 

WYMAN: Well I’d love to, but you know how things is, can’t live without this plastic sh*t anymore. 

 

JASON: Uh huh. I heard in a movie I watched recently, f*cking good movie by the way, that the things you own, end up owning you. f*cking profound that was. 

 

WYMAN: What movie was that?

 

DUDE: Don’t you f*ckin’ tell him!

 

JASON: Believe me, I’m afraid to do so.

 

DUDE: Did he tell you about his thoughts on the Swedes?

 

JASON: Yeah, it was regrettably an unforgettable experience.

 

DUDE: In the worst way possible, I bet.

 

JASON: Damn straight.

 

WYMAN: Oh f*ck the both of you. Now come on! Let me tell you about this job. 

 

If the player chooses to antagonize Wyman, the conversation goes as follows:

 

Spoiler

JASON: I don’t know what the f*ck you’re sayin’, but I bet it’s bullsh*t!

 

WYMAN: Bullsh*t? No way, José! 

 

JASON: Jay Norris was killed by a bomb on TV! It was an inside job. There’s no rabbit hole here.

 

WYMAN: Oh so you believe the deep state news? Like all the other sheep!

 

JASON: Yeah, okay. And where do you get your news from?

 

WYMAN: From unbiased journalists with integrity and a passion for the truth! On the internet!

 

JASON: You get your news from a f*ckin’ podcast hosted by some self-admitted meth addict who lives in the desert! Unbiased? Integrity? Get real! 

 

DUDE: That man’s gonna end up like Marvin Trill.

 

JASON: Now, you see that? That’s a f*ckin’ conspiracy right there!

 

WYMAN: Marvin? He was a true American, that man. Besides, that ain’t the only place I get my news from.

 

JASON: Let me guess, Liesdamnlies.net? And Marvin was a goddamn Epsilonist. 

 

WYMAN: How’d you know I was gonna say that? You a member too?

JASON: No! Like I would join a forum of paranoid schizophrenics and people with delusions of being gangstalked. No way. 

 

WYMAN: Oh well, either way, let me tell you about this job.

 

Wyman has Jason follow him towards the back of a parked RV nearby. Wyman starts by telling Jason about an opportunity he has for him to get involved in the import/export business. Jason, confused, asks for clarification. Wyman tells him about fencing stolen cars, to which Jason nods his head. Jason tells Wyman that’s his specialty. Wyman tells him that he’ll put in a good word for Jason with the guy who runs the car fence in the area. To do that however, Wyman tells Jason that his buddy is looking to acquire 4 specific vehicles for a buyer overseas. Jason says he’s interested and asks for more details. Wyman tells him that this buddy needs four classic Pfister Comet Turbos (based on the 930 Porsche 911 Turbo [exterior/interior]) , specifically two cabrio models and two hardtop models, with one of the hardtop models being a slant-nose variant.

 

Jason asks him if he has any leads on where these four cars are located, to which Wyman, thankfully, does know where they can be found. Wyman then asks him if he knows how to steal one. Jason says he does, but he doesn’t have the dummy ignition cylinder that those cars need to be stolen with. Luckily, Wyman says he has one and leads Jason inside the RV to take a look at it. Wyman pulls out a backpack and sifts through it. He pulls out an ignition cylinder switch and hands it to Jason. Wyman asks Jason to explain to him the process used to steal an older Comet Turbo.

 

JASON: First, you unplug the module plugged into the ignition switch behind the dash.

 

WYMAN: Correct.

 

JASON: You plug the dummy cylinder into the exposed module.

 

WYMAN: Okay, next?

 

JASON: Then I need to unlock the steering wheel with a crowbar or pry bar. Once done, turn the key on the dummy ignition switch and boom! You’re in business. 

 

WYMAN: Good, you know your sh*t! 

 

JASON: Well like I said, stealing cars is my thing. 

 

WYMAN: What about your girlfriend, she can steal cars right?

 

JASON: Yeah she can. I was gonna ask if we could cut her in on this, that way we can get it done quicker. 

 

WYMAN: Of course. I’ll let my buddy know and he’ll pay the both of you accordingly. 

 

JASON: Sounds good. Where are the cars at?

 

Wyman pulls out a folded piece of paper from the backpack. On it are the locations and pictures of the cars, along with the address of a lockup where they are to be delivered to. The first one is at a car show and auction being held in Yorktown. Jason puts the paper and ignition switch into his pocket and heads out of the RV. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the car show and auction.

 

The player is instructed to head over to the car show, which is in a warehouse in the northernmost part of Yorktown. Once there, the player has two ways to get a hold of the car. They can be smart and disguise themselves as staff for the auction in order to gain access to the car. This involves finding a staff member, stealthily knocking them out, and taking their uniform without being seen. This allows you to get access to the car and drive it away from the auction before gaining a wanted level. The other way is to just steal the car from the lot outright. Doing so you will incur a wanted level as soon as you approach the vehicle, as staff will alert security and police to the theft. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Steal the Comet Turbo.

 

If the player chooses to go the stealthy route, find a suitable staff member and lure them away to a secluded area to be knocked out. Once done, take their uniform and hide the body. Make your way to the lot where the vehicles that are being auctioned are located. Once Jason approaches the lot, another staff member will see him and ask him to move a few vehicles into the warehouse where the auction is being held. The player will need to move a Vapid Ellie, a Bravado Gauntlet Classic, and a Lampadati Viseris into the warehouse and line them up by the auction platform. Nearby, on some boxes, the player can find a crowbar that’s needed for the theft.

 

Once done, the player can return to the auction lot to steal the first Comet Turbo, which is a hardtop slant-nose model painted in a unique shade of metallic red with twin white racing stripes and red alloy wheels. Once the vehicle is started up, the player must be careful not to crash into any other vehicles or obstacles as they navigate their way off the premises. Doing so will alert the staff and will result in them catching onto the theft. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Lose the cops.

 

Once the player has successfully escaped from the car show and auction using the stealth method, the player will gain a two-star wanted level and a full vehicle description will be attributed to the player. Once the player has lost their wanted level, they’ll be directed to drive to a garage located near the docks by the Bocamar Bridge. The player must be careful to avoid being spotted by the police again, as the player will regain a two-star wanted level and be forced to evade the cops.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive the vehicle into the lockup.

 

As you approach the garage, the door will open up automatically allowing the player to drive in. Once inside, Jason will exit the vehicle and walk out of the building. From there, the mission is complete. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, Jason will call Wyman to let him know the first of the Comet Turbos have been delivered. Wyman will commend him for a job well done and tells Jason to let him know when he gets the three remaining cars. The three remaining cars will be marked on the player’s map. 

 

Jason will call Lucia to ask her if she’s down to help him steal some old vehicles for Wyman. She says it depends on whether or not she has to see Wyman’s face again, to which Jason replies that she won’t have to. Lucia then agrees to help Jason with the other cars. She asks if she should meet up with him now or meet up with him later at one of the locations for the cars. The player can then decide if they want Lucia to accompany him now or to meet up later. 

 

A Weazel News radio report will be heard at some point upon completion of this mission, detailing the theft at the car show and auction. There will also be an article from Weazel News on the internet that the player can read that goes into more detail on it. 

 

The method used to steal the Comet Turbos is the exact same method demonstrated in the 1987 film No Man’s Land, shown in this scene.

 

The line Jason says when the player chooses to antagonize Wyman at the start of cutscene is a direct reference to a line said by Kenny in the Telltales Games’ series The Walking Dead. The line can be heard here in this video. In season one episode two of The Walking Dead, Kenny admits to the game’s protagonist, Lee, that he is from Florida. 

 

As an easter egg, the player can buy an outfit for Jason based on the one Benjy (portrayed by actor D.B. Sweeney) wears in the film, complete with the Tom Petty T-shirt. The outfit can be seen here (spoiler warning!!!). The outfit’s name is The Unknown. 

 

The beginning of this mission can be seen in the 2022 leaks, specifically in Americas 2022-09-06 17-13-34.

 

Mission 18

Under Pressure

This mission can only be started as Jason. It’ll trigger as the player approaches the mission marker on the minimap.

 

Depending on whether or not the player already has Lucia accompanying Jason, the cutscene can start in one of two ways. 

 

• If the player has Jason by himself starting the mission, we see him hanging around the parking lot watching over a Pfister dealership in Northern Vice City. Lucia will be seen getting dropped off by a cab driver nearby and will make her way over to him. She’ll then ask him what the plan is for this job. 

• If the player has Lucia already accompanying Jason, we see the two of them in the parking lot smoking cigarettes and watching the Pfister dealership. 

 

LUCIA: So, what’s the plan?

 

JASON: Pretty straightforward, we wait until the dealership is about to close. There should only be one or two salesmen left in the building by that time. The service department closes an hour before the sales department does. Management should already be out the door by the time service closes as well.

 

LUCIA: How do you know that? You’ve already scoped this out?

 

JASON: I’ve worked at a dealership before. 

 

LUCIA: And you think this place works the same way?

 

JASON: Most dealerships do. Now, right before they close, we head in there and take down whoever is left in the sales department. We restrain them, and knock them out. If you look through those glass doors, you can see the car we’re after. It’s on that platform in the middle. 

 

LUCIA: Okay, once we take down the sales staff, I go for the car.

 

JASON: Yep, I’ll keep watch over the staff and when you get the car started, I’ll hop in. You drive through those glass doors and high-tail it all the way to Port Gellhorn. There’s a warehouse near the docks, that’s where they’re delivered. I’ll point it out once we get close. 

 

LUCIA: That’s gonna be one hell of a road trip. 

 

JASON: A fast one, for sure. Well, let’s wait for it to get dark. Let’s find a place to rest and then I gotta show you how to steal one of these. 

 

They then walk away from the dealership as the camera pans upwards toward the sky. We see time fast forward to 9:30pm (21:30). The camera pans back down to the parking lot, where we see Jason and Lucia approaching on foot and with masks on. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Enter the dealership.

 

As they approach, the player is switched to Lucia. Jason asks Lucia if she remembers what he showed her about how to steal a Comet Turbo. She reassures him that she remembers, commenting on how simple the method is. She questions why these cars aren’t stolen more often, to which Jason responds that most thieves can’t handle the power of them. He goes on to explain that thieves who stole them either died in a crash, or crashed and got arrested, and then adds that thieves probably wisened up and realized they weren’t worth the risk. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Take down and restrain the salesmen.

 

Once inside, the player is tasked with handling the sales staff. There are only two salesmen to deal with, with Jason taking one down and leaving the other to the player. Once they’ve been knocked out and restrained, Jason keeps a lookout for any potential threats as Lucia goes for the car. This model is a cabriolet painted in a unique color with black wheels.

 

OBJECTIVE: Steal the Comet Turbo.

 

As the player enters the car, we hear some glass shatter behind the player followed by some yelling. As Lucia and Jason turn to look, they’re met with guns pointed at them by three men in masks and tracksuits. They’re shouting in another language, which turns out to be Russian. Lucia exits the car with her hands up, with Jason huddling down into cover. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Eliminate the Russian thugs.

 

The player is switched to Jason and is tasked with shooting the thugs that stormed in. Once the player kills one of them, Lucia will reach for her weapon and fire on them. Once they’re dealt with, we see Lucia climb back into the car and begin trying to start it. Jason will then hop in with her just as she shifts it into first gear. She hits the gas and the car propels forward at speed, crashing through the glass doors. We then see a black Gallivanter Baller ST-D try to give chase after Jason and Lucia. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Lose your pursuers.

 

The player must first lose the tail before they can head to Port Gellhorn. Jason will fire at the SUV, attempting to shoot out its tires to disable the vehicle. Once the tail has been shaken, the player will be directed to get on the nearest interstate highway towards Port Gellhorn. Once on the highway, it will transition to a cut scene. We see a very short montage of some scenery along the Leonida highways as the sun begins to rise. The next shot shows the Comet Turbo pulling up by the lockup where the cars are meant to be delivered. We hear Jason point that out to her and she turns the car towards the garage door which begins opening. She pulls the car in and shuts it off. We then see the two exit as the door shuts behind them.

 

LUCIA: I’m never driving for that many hours straight again! Seriously, I feel like I could just drop right now.

 

JASON: Eight hours and some change, that f*ckin’ sucked. 

 

LUCIA: You were sleeping for the last three hours of the drive! At least you got a nap in. 

 

JASON: True, but it wasn’t a good nap. I’ll get us a motel.

 

The scene cuts to a shot of the Easy Inn motel, across from the Hank’s Waffles. They head inside to their room where they plop themselves onto the bed together. We then see time fast forward to the following morning. Lucia has just stepped out of the shower, wrapped in nothing but a bathrobe. Jason is sitting at the edge of the bed in just a pair of black sweatpants, watching the TV. She sits down next to him and begins gently rubbing his shoulders.

 

LUCIA: I can’t stop thinking about that job we just did, stealing that car. What were the f*cking odds that someone else came to steal the car.

 

JASON: Someone else must be after the cars too, there’s no way it was a random coincidence.

 

LUCIA: They were speaking in Russian, I think? It’s what it sounded like. 

 

JASON: I’m not sure, could’ve been Serbian, Ukrainian, or something. Obviously, we can’t go back out there to find out now. 

 

LUCIA: Do you know anything about who we’re stealing these cars for?

 

JASON: All I know is that this guy is a contact and friend of Wyman’s. He put out the order and Wyman reached out to me. He works in the “import/export” business, if you get my meaning.

 

LUCIA: Put out the order? So then, there has to be another crew looking for the cars then. 

 

We can hear Jason’s phone ringing on the nightstand by the bed. Jason gets up to answer the call, which is coming from Wyman. 

 

JASON: Wyman?

 

Jason puts the call on speaker phone so Lucia can hear. 

 

WYMAN: I hear you made another delivery.

 

JASON: Good.

 

WYMAN: Yeah, except there was some damage. The ballistic kind.

 

JASON: Complications.

 

WYMAN: I saw the news.

 

JASON: Is there something you’re not telling me?

 

WYMAN: I just learned that my buddy put the word out to other interested parties about the cars.

 

Jason looks over to Lucia, who’s shaking her head in disappointment. 

 

JASON: You just learned this? 

 

WYMAN: When I saw the news earlier yesterday, I gave him a call. He tells me that the buyer is putting more pressure on him to deliver these cars much sooner. The only thing he could do was get more hands on deck, if you get my meaning.

 

JASON: Well thanks for the heads up, but this is going to make things harder and messier now.

 

WYMAN: I’m sorry! It wasn’t the call he wanted to make, but like I said the buyer is pressuring him to deliver these cars fast. He’s just doing what he’s told to do. 

 

JASON: Got it. 

 

Jason ends the call and tells Lucia that she got her answer. Lucia asks how messy they can expect things to get. Jason responds that it can get pretty messy but that they may still have the advantage. Lucia asks what that advantage could be. Jason tells her that Wyman already provided him with a note with the locations of these vehicles, explaining that the other rival auto theft crews are scrambling to catch up and find the cars. Lucia grins and nods her head, she then asks how many cars are left to get. Jason tells her just two more. The next shot shows the two dressed and exiting out of their motel room on the second floor. From here, the mission is complete. 

 

Mission 19

Without Warning

This mission is started by Jason. The player must walk towards the south entrance of the North Point Mall in Vice City.

 

The cutscene starts in one of two ways: 

 

• If Jason approaches the south entrance to the mall alone, we see him hang around and pull out a cigarette as he waits for Lucia. She’ll shortly exit out the south entrance and call out to Jason to come inside with her. 

• If both Jason and Lucia approach the south entrance together, Jason will sarcastically ask her if she’s ready to do some shopping. She’ll get close to his face and whisper, sweetly asking him if there are any special deals to be had today. Jason will grin and tell her about two Comet Turbos that qualify for a five-finger discount. They laugh and head inside the mall together. 

 

We cut to a shot of a set of elevator doors, the elevator audibly coming up and coming to a stop. The doors open to reveal the couple as they walk out onto the rooftop of the parking garage attached to the mall. The player is put in control of Jason as they search for the third Comet Turbo on the list.

 

OBJECTIVE: Find the third Comet Turbo.

 

The player eventually locates it, parked on the far left side on the rooftop floor of the parking garage. This model is a hardtop painted in a rich metallic brown with black wheels. Jason walks over to the driver’s door while Lucia waits by the passenger door. He slim jims the lock open and gains access. Once inside, he reaches across and unlocks the door for Lucia who immediately gets inside. Jason pulls out the ignition cylinder from his pocket and gets to work on starting the car.

 

Once started, he reverses out of the parking spot and heads down to the next level looking for the fourth and final car on the list. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Find the final Comet Turbo.

 

They don’t see the vehicle on the fourth floor of the parking garage, and so they head down to the third floor. On the third floor, the player locates it parked in the middle section. This model is a cabrio, painted in white with white wheels. Lucia tells him to drive around the third floor for a bit as they wait for some of the civilians to clear out. Once the crowd has thinned out, Jason comes back around to the Comet Turbo Cabrio. Lucia steps out, taking the slim jim, pry bar, and the spare dummy ignition cylinder with her. She approaches the driver’s door and does a final look around to make sure it’s clear. When she confirms that it’s clear, she inserts the slim jim and attempts to unlock the vehicle. 

 

RUSSIAN HOOD: Hey! Shoot her! *in Russian*

 

Lucia, alarmed, looks up and sees two hoods in suits aiming pistols at her. She ducks down as they fire at her. Jason revs the engine and shouts for her to come back into the car. She runs and hides behind a pillar to avoid being shot as they continue firing at her. When they stop to reload, she sprints and makes it into the car. Jason peels out of there while the hoods scramble into their cars, a blue Imponte Ruiner with silver accents and a black Dundreary Virgo Classic, to pursue. On the radio, we hear Dangerous by The Hydromatics begin to play. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Lose your pursuers.

 

The player is tasked with outrunning the rival crew trying to kill them. After escaping out of the parking garage and back out onto city streets, the player is provided a route on the minimap that they are to follow during the escape. Midway through the chase as the player approaches a 4-way intersection along the route, it transitions to a quick cutscene showing the Comet Turbo making a sharp right turn against traffic. A crossing Willard Solaire slams on the brakes to avoid hitting the Comet Turbo, however, the driver of the Virgo Classic is unable to stop in time and T-bones the Willard. The Virgo is then hit by a Bravado Bison pickup truck, taking it out of the chase.  The blue Ruiner makes its way around the wreck and keeps pursuing. After this, the player is given back control.

 

The chase takes us into an industrial part of the city, where the player is directed to drive through an open warehouse and out the other side. Eventually the player makes their way onto a wide open road with construction work. At the end of the road is a big mound of dirt with plywood and metal pipes, making an improvised ramp. As the player approaches it, it transitions to a cutscene again. We see the Ruiner pull up along the right side of the stolen Comet Turbo and begin ramming it to make them crash. Jason, getting fed up, rams them back and dodges the dirt pile, almost getting into a head-on collision with a semi-truck pulling a trailer. The truck driver panics and the truck begins to jackknife. The pursuing Ruiner, having been rammed by Jason towards the dirt pile just mere moments earlier, ends up going into the air into a barrel-roll and through the semi-truck’s trailer, taking it out of the chase. It’s a spectacular crash, really showing off the improved vehicle damage physics.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the destination.

 

Jason tells Lucia to try to find them a secluded area to park and hide, as the chase most certainly brought them unwanted attention from the law. Lucia directs him to an area in the industrial district where they’re able to hide in a lot full of wrecked and scrapped vehicles. Jason then calls Wyman to let him know that they weren’t able to steal the last car, telling him that the rival outfit they ran into last time had ambushed them again. Wyman asks for their location, telling Jason he’ll send someone by in a big box truck to pick up the car knowing that it’s now too dangerous to be driving out to Port Gellhorn. Lucia tells Jason where they are, who then tells Wyman. After that, Jason ends the call. They both exit the car and look over the damage sustained by the Comet Turbo that they managed to steal. Lucia then walks over to a vending machine and kicks the glass, shattering it, in anger. 

 

LUCIA: I was that f*ckin’ close! I almost had it! Goddammit!

 

JASON: They knew we were coming.

 

LUCIA: You think? Maybe they got someone watching the cars or they got tipped off?

 

JASON: I don’t know, either one is possible. They really don’t want us to get that last car.

 

LUCIA: Well, with all that noise we made at the mall, police are gonna be watching that last one.

 

Jason walks over towards the damaged vending machine, while Lucia sits on the ground. Her face is buried in her hands as she pouts. Jason pulls out two Meteorite bars and sits next to Lucia. He then offers one to her, holding it in front of her face. She parts her fingers to see the candy bar and then puts her hands in her lap. She then looks back at Jason, still pouting.

 

JASON: I’m just glad you’re okay. That was close. 

 

LUCIA: Thanks for getting us out of there. 

 

She looks back at the Comet Turbo they stole.

 

LUCIA: I guess it wasn’t all for nothing. 

 

She begins to smile and takes the Meteorite bar from Jason. He stands up and offers his hand to her, to which she grabs and Jason helps pull her up to her feet. They walk back over to the Comet Turbo, and sit back inside it. Lucia opens up her candy bar and breaks off a piece of it. She then tries to feed it to Jason, but just ends up getting some of it on his lips. He begins to laugh, asking her what she’s doing. She just giggles as Jason eats the piece, telling her thanks. He then tells her that he’s got his own candy bar to eat. She leans in close and, in a flirty voice, tells him that she needs to clean that mess on his face up. Jason asks her how she intends to do that. She leans in further and they begin to kiss. The camera pans away and the screen does a fade transition to the next scene.

 

We see them still sitting in the car but now they’re both watching a video on Lucia’s phone. They’re seen laughing and commenting on how cringe the video is before hearing a truck approaching, which catches their attention. Jason tells Lucia to wait by the car while he goes to talk to the driver. The MTL Pounder pulls into the parking area and parks nearby the Comet Turbo. The driver exits the truck and walks towards the back, greeting Jason, as he opens up the rear doors of the truck and sets up a ramp.

 

JASON: Wyman sent you?

 

DRIVER: Yeah, was told I got some hot freight to move. 

 

JASON: That would be this beauty right here.

 

DRIVER: What the hell happened to it? Were you learning how to drive in this thing?

 

The man looks and sees Lucia exiting the vehicle.

 

DRIVER: Oh, that explains it, am I right?

 

The man laughs and nudges at Jason, thinking he made a funny joke. Jason just glares at him.

 

LUCIA: Excuse me?

 

Jason then grabs the man by his shirt collar while Lucia walks up and slaps the man in the face.

 

JASON: You leave her out of this. You’re just here to pick up the car, not be a f*ckin’ comedian. It’s none of your f*ckin’ business what happened to it. Got it?

 

DRIVER: Okay! I got it. Now get your f*cking hands off me!

 

LUCIA: f*cking incel asshole!

 

JASON: Come on, let’s go. 

 

Jason motions for Lucia to follow him as they walk out of the parking area. Once outside, we see the box truck pull away and drive off. From there, the mission is complete.

 

The chase sequence during this mission is another direct reference to the 1987 film, No Man’s Land. The vehicles that give chase to Jason and Lucia are modeled to look similar to the ones seen in the film, along with the climatic crash at the end being shot similarly to the movie. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, Dre will reach out to Lucia by sending her a DM on Life Invader to meet up with him. He says in the message that he’s got something in the works that he could use some help on. Once the player has responded to the message, the mission marker will appear on the map.

 

Lucia will call Jason, after responding to Dre’s message, letting him know that Dre has requested to meet her, saying that there’s potential work for them. Jason tells her that’s good, and tells her to go see him to find out what he needs done. Conversely, if Jason is with Lucia once the player has responded to Dre’s message, they’ll have a unique conversation about it.

 

Mission 20

Crashing Into A Wall

The player must be playing as Lucia to start the mission. To trigger it, they must interact with Dre upon meeting him. 

 

The player must make their way into Vice City, specifically over to the Washington Beach area of Vice Beach. In Dre’s message, he asks her to meet him at a popular Cuban restaurant there. Once inside the restaurant, the player will see Dre sitting at the outside dining area at the rear of the building. We can hear Oye Cómo Va by Tito Puente playing over the restaurant’s sound system. Once he sees Lucia, he’ll greet her and the player will need to greet him to start the mission. He’ll then ask her to take a seat.

 

LUCIA: Quite a spot you picked for this meeting. 

 

DRE: I thought it’d be appropriate.

 

LUCIA: Is that because you’re assuming I’m Cuban?

 

DRE: The only thing I’m assuming about you, is that I can rely on you. 

 

LUCIA: That’s a safe assumption. Why just me though?

 

DRE: I’m trying to get into the music business, but I need some outside eyes and support to help me on this journey, ya feel me?

 

LUCIA: Aren’t you a big time influencer and music promoter? I figured you already rubbed shoulders with some big names in the rap scene.

 

DRE: I want to do more than that. I want to produce, see? I want to… cultivate. I’m looking to manage and grow something big. Something of my own.

 

LUCIA: So like a record producer? 

 

DRE: Exactly, run my own record label, managing up-and-coming artists and helping them reach their true potential. The rap game these days, there’s so much untapped talent and potential out there. It’s all being pissed away on these f*ckin’ petty gang wars, drugs, and beefs. 

 

LUCIA: Yeah, believe me I know.

 

DRE: I could tell that about you. You seem like someone who grew up on the streets, and I bet you have some ambition. 

 

LUCIA: That sums me up pretty good. So what’s the plan? 

 

DRE: I’m sure you know about San 4 San, and their stranglehold on the rap music scene down here, right?

 

LUCIA: It’s no secret. 

 

DRE: Whatever they say goes. You can’t shoot a damn music video in this damn town without their permission, artists must do shout-outs to them when recording here or doing shows here, and all that other bullsh*t. It ain’t right. 

 

LUCIA: Oh, I know. But this isn’t something that me and you can just fix on our own. This sh*t runs deep.

 

DRE: I ain’t askin’ you to eliminate all these muthaf*ckas, although it would bring me a lotta pleasure to see these voodoo-lovin’ bitches disappear. I’m just lookin’ to knock them down a peg or two, show them that they ain’t top dog anymore. You feel me?

 

LUCIA: Sounds easier said than done. 

 

DRE: It’s a tall order, but not impossible. So anyways, onto this thing I need help with. 

 

LUCIA: I’m listening.

 

DRE: Them S4S boys got themselves an artist that they’re proppin’ up through Dolla Billz Records. He’s gettin’ pretty famous but not because he’s talented. He’s f*ckin’ trash. That bitch has a damn ghost writer, I just know it.

 

LUCIA: Are we talking about King Killa?

 

DRE: That’s right, and that muthaf*cka ain’t no killer. He’s just lucky because he’s connected with S4S. But the thing about luck is that it runs out.

 

LUCIA: It certainly does.

 

DRE: He’s holding a party at the NINE1NINE near downtown tonight. I managed to get you an exclusive pass to get in and get close to him. 

 

LUCIA: What do you mean by get close to him? 

 

DRE: He’s got a good eye when it comes to beautiful women, I’ll give him that, and you certainly are beautiful.

 

LUCIA: Okay, I don’t know if I like where this is going.

 

DRE: Relax! I’m not telling you to sleep with him and make any false accusations. I want you to give him this.

 

Dre whistles and motions for one of his guys sitting at the outdoor bar to come to their table. The man is holding a small Gutter & Blood shopping bag, which he presents to Lucia. She reaches inside and pulls out a small black velvet bag containing a plastic baggie. In the plastic baggie is a syringe and a colored liquid substance in a vial. 

 

LUCIA: What is this?

 

DRE: King Killa likes to party, he’s a known to f*ck around with heroin. I want you to make this his last party.

 

LUCIA: What exactly is in this though?
 

DRE: It’s heroin mixed with a generous amount of concentrated Fentanyl.

 

LUCIA: I don’t work for free, this is gonna cost you.

 

DRE: How does $20,000 sound?

 

LUCIA: Half now, upfront. 

 

DRE: You got yourself a deal. Here’s the address.

 

He hands Lucia a handwritten note containing the address to the club. 

 

DRE: One more thing, might wanna get yourself something nice to wear for that party, something that’ll get his attention. Don’t be afraid to show off.

 

And with that, Lucia gets up and exits the restaurant. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the Sessanta Nove. 

 

We see Lucia pull out her phone and do a quick search for a nearby high-end fashion store, settling on a Sessanta Nove store located not too far away. Lucia hails a cab and the player confirms the destination to the store. The player can either enjoy the taxi ride or pick the Skip To Destination option to fast travel.

 

Once at the destination, the player exits the cab and walks into the store. The player is directed to the left side of the store where women’s dresses are located. The player is prompted to pick the backless black long-sleeve dress with a nice set of heels to go with it. Once done, the player is then directed to head to a salon right across the street to get Lucia’s hair and makeup done for the party.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head over to the salon.

 

Once inside, the player is then prompted to interact with the staff to get Lucia’s hair and makeup done. It’s the player’s choice how they want to style her for the party. Once the player is satisfied with their selection, we’re shown a shot of the exterior of the salon, where we see time fast forward a few hours to 6:30pm (18:30). We then see Lucia exit the salon, ready to attend the party. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Take the taxi to the NINE1NINE Club.

 

The player is prompted to hail the parked cab nearby and use it to go to the club. Once there, Lucia is dropped off in front where the main entrance is. The outside is crowded, with lots of eager partygoers waiting their turn to get in. Lucia looks in her purse for the pass that Dre gave her. She walks up, skipping the line and shows the pass to the bouncer. He takes it and looks it over and then hands it back to Lucia, welcoming her to the club and wishing her to have a good time. Lucia thanks him and she heads inside. 

 

Inside it’s crowded but not as much as the Malibu Club was that one night. There’s loud, bassey trap music playing over the sound system, with the vibration from the bass being felt in her chest. Lucia is able to navigate the main area and all the different sections of the club to get a sense of the layout inside. She continues walking around taking in the sights of the club and looking for King Killa but he’s nowhere to be found. Lucia lets out a sigh and decides to head to the bar and get a drink for the time being. 

 

At the bar, she asks the bartender if they got any specials for the night. The bartender hands her a small menu of cocktails to pick from. The player can choose what drink Lucia orders. Once the selection is made, Lucia pays cash for it and takes a drink. Suddenly, the lights begin to dim and a voice is heard over the PA system, calling for the attendees’ attention. Lucia turns around and looks towards the central stage area. The announcer presents King Killa to the audience, to which they cheer loudly for. King Killa takes the mic and asks how everyone is enjoying the party, to which everyone cheers happily. Lucia begins making her way close to the stage, making herself clearly visible to him. He says to the crowd that the party is going to be a special one, as he’s revealing his new single off the new album he’s preparing to drop soon. He adds that he’s gonna do a live performance of it and the crowd loudly cheers. People begin to pack in close to the stage and many in the crowd break out their phones to record. The music begins and King Killa starts performing the song.

 

Everyone in the crowd begins vibing and grooving along. It’s actually a rather catchy song, and it gets Lucia to start grooving along as well. Midway through the track, Lucia and King make eye contact. She can tell that he grabbed his attention as he begins to move across the stage towards her. Some of the ladies behind Lucia try to move closer to touch the artist and be close to him. King eventually reaches his hand out to Lucia, inviting her up onto the stage. She takes a deep breath and takes his hand, following King onto the stage. 

 

They dance together, grinding up on each other and smiling during the performance. The crowd is going wild and enjoying every second of it. As the song nears its end, Lucia makes her way off the stage but stays in the front, keeping eye contact with King Killa. At the end of the performance, King thanks the crowd and appreciates the support they’ve been giving him over the years. He tells everyone to enjoy their night and he steps off the stage with his entourage. As the crowd disperses and heads towards other parts of the club to hang out, Lucia remains by the stage. She’s soon approached by a big guy in a black suit, obviously a bodyguard for the rapper. He tells her that King would like her to join him in the VIP area of the club. She accepts and he leads her to the VIP section. 

 

The bodyguard knocks on the door, where we see King open it and take Lucia’s hand leading her in. King expresses his relief that she took him up on his request to join him in the VIP area. Lucia looks around and sees that there aren’t any other people in the room. Lucia compliments King on his performance, telling him she really liked the new track. He thanks her and asks her to sit with him on the couch. She accepts and King takes her hand and leads her to the couch. They proceed to chat a bit, with King talking about his excitement for the future in the music world and how he got his start in hip-hop/rap. During the conversation, King rests his hand on Lucia’s thigh, which makes her slightly uncomfortable but she easily hides and disguises her discomfort, focusing on completing the job at hand.

 

King asks her if she’d like a drink, to which Lucia replies that she would. She tells him that she used to be a bartender herself for a few years and offers to pour the drinks for them. King compliments her and accepts. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Pour the drinks.

 

The player is then directed to head to the east side of the room where there’s a minibar stocked with alcohol. Once there, Lucia asks King if there’s anything specific he’d like. He asks for some red wine, to which Lucia locates. She picks out two wine glasses and pours the drinks. She pauses to look in her purse and ponders whether to drug his drink now or wait a little later. She decides to wait for the second round of drinks. 

 

She comes back with the wine glasses and gives one to King, where they toast and take a drink. Lucia asks him about the alleged ghostwriting rumors, to which he replies that of course those are lies made up by haters. She asks him to do a little freestyle for her, but he deflects, saying that he’d rather enjoy the time they're spending. She jokes, asking him if he doesn’t like to mix work with pleasure, to which he replies that that is precisely it. They finish their wine and Lucia asks if he’d like another, to which he accepts. She grabs the wine glasses and walks back to the minibar.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drug his drink. 

 

The player is then prompted to drug King’s drink with the drugs in the vial. She pours the wine and quickly pulls out the black velvet bag. She looks in the mirror in front of her and sees King looking at something on his phone, seemingly distracted. She quickly begins to pull the vial out of the plastic baggie when she suddenly feels King’s body right up against her. His hands gripping her waist. She freezes and slowly looks up in the mirror in front of her and sees that it is indeed him, groping her. 

 

She quickly and discreetly pushes the bag back into her purse without him noticing. King begins whispering in her ear that he’d hate to see Lucia go home alone for tonight, suggesting that they head back to his place to continue the fun. Lucia asks him about the drinks, to which he replies that he’s changed his mind. At this moment, we can hear a dark ambient track begin to play in the background.

 

LUCIA: Well I’d prefer to have another drink. We don’t need to move so fast, tiger. 

 

KING: You should know by now I’m all gas and no brakes, baby. 

 

LUCIA: No brakes?

 

KING: Nah, success don’t wait for no one. You gotta always be on the gas if you wanna get it.

 

King’s hands begin moving up her body, gently cupping her breasts. Lucia becomes incredibly uncomfortable and alarmed, knowing she needs to now act quickly.

 

LUCIA: What if you come up against a wall?

 

KING: Let me worry about that, baby. I’m a survivor. 

 

King begins to kiss her neck, but Lucia resists by trying to remove his hands off her body. 

 

KING: What you doin’? Girl, just relax.

 

King goes back to groping her and we can see Lucia looking directly at herself in the mirror. Her expression of anxiety and distress quickly drops to an expression of stone-faced anger and fury. 

 

LUCIA: Stop touching me. 

 

KING: What?

 

LUCIA: Did I stutter? I said, stop touching me. 

 

KING: Bitch, you came up to party with me. That’s what we doin’!

 

LUCIA: When I say stop, I f*cking mean, stop!

 

Lucia raises her right foot and stomps down on King’s foot with her heel. He reacts with pain and she then moves her head forward before swinging it backwards, smashing into his face. He stumbles backwards, cursing at her and asking her what she’s doing. Lucia tries to get in her purse and pull the syringe out but King charges at her and backhands her in the face, knocking her to the ground causing her purse to fly behind the minibar and also knocking a few bottles to the floor. She gets back up on her hands and knees but King then kicks her in the stomach, which causes a great deal of pain to Lucia. She writhes on the floor, her hands clutching her stomach. 

 

King walks past her and goes behind the minibar to look at himself in the mirror, where he notices that his nose is broken after Lucia had headbutted him. He curses some more and Lucia uses this as an opportunity to grab the wine bottle that fell onto the floor by her after she got knocked down.

 

OBJECTIVE: Grab the wine bottle.

 

Once the player has made Lucia grab the wine bottle, she takes a swig of it and kicks off her heels. She gets up on her feet, still holding onto the wine bottle. King notices this and walks towards her, attempting to beat her for breaking his nose. Lucia spits the wine into his face, temporarily blinding him and then smashes the wine bottle over his head, stunning him further. She grabs another wine bottle and smashes it against his head, causing him to fall to his knees. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Grab the syringe and vial. 

 

The player grabs the syringe and vial, where we see Lucia fill the syringe with the substance. Before she can react, King is on top of her, forcing Lucia onto her back and begins to choke her.

 

OBJECTIVE: Inject him. 

 

The player must mash the correct button to get Lucia to stab the syringe into King’s arm and inject the drug into him. Once done, we can see King begin to nod off, his eyes rolling back into his head. 

 

LUCIA: Remember what I said about that wall? You ain’t survivin’ this you motherf*cker. 

 

We then see King drop to Lucia’s side, his mouth beginning to foam and his body convulsing from the fatal overdose. Lucia tries to catch her breath and struggles to get to her feet. She makes her way over to the mirror and sees that her face is bruised and she has a small cut on her bottom lip. She also has hand marks on her neck from where King was trying to choke her. She begins grabbing her things, including the syringe and putting it back into the baggie. She gets her heels back on and fixes her hair so that it covers the side of her face that’s bruised. Before she exits, she turns around and looks for the wine glass she drank from earlier. She finds it based on the lipstick stain left behind on it. She puts it into her purse to be disposed of later and she exits out the VIP area, briefly looking around. She notices that his bodyguard isn’t around and then heads to her right. She exits out of an emergency exit and goes down some stairs. She goes out the fire escape which leads her to an alleyway. She quickly makes her way to a street and hails a cab which takes her to the hotel she and Jason are staying at in the city. The backing track begins to fade away into the city ambience. 

 

We see Jason on his phone trying to call someone when we see Lucia enter the room. Her phone is ringing upon entering, showing that Jason was trying to call her. She immediately makes her way to the bathroom. Jason, concerned, asks where she’s been. He follows her into the bathroom where he sees her examining her battered face in the mirror. 

 

JASON: My god, what the f*ck happened?

 

LUCIA: Jason… just please… just don’t.

 

JASON: Bullsh*t! I wanna know who did that to you! I’m gonna f*ckin’ kill them!

 

Lucia turns around to face him.

 

LUCIA: Jason! Stop! It’s done. You don’t need to worry.

 

JASON: Not worry? And what do you mean it’s done? Does this have to do with that Dre motherf*cker you met? What did he do?

 

LUCIA: It’s nothing! I handled it! Please, just calm down!

 

JASON: Baby, just tell me what’s goin’ on…

 

Jason tries to hug her but she backs away from him, using her arm to keep him away at arm’s length.

 

LUCIA: Stop! Don’t… please… don’t touch me. 

 

Her voice is shaking, body trembling. Jason looks into her eyes, where we see tears begin streaming down her face, her lip quivering as she tries to keep herself from further breaking down. He then notices the choke marks on her neck. He backs away from her, taking a step back. He keeps his voice low and gentle. 

 

JASON: Okay… Okay. You don’t need to say anything more. You’re safe now. 

 

LUCIA: I just… need a moment.

 

JASON: Okay. 

 

She wipes the tears from her face and looks back at him. Jason asks if he can look at the bruising, saying he wants to help. Lucia nods her head yes and motions for him to approach her. Jason steps closer and moves the hair from her face. 

 

JASON: It’s gonna swell soon. We need to get some ice on that.

 

Jason looks around and grabs a small wash rag and runs cold water over it, soaking it. He then takes the rag and applies it to her face, cleaning some of the blood from her cut lip and smeared makeup. He then holds the soaked ice cold rag over the bruise on her face and applies light pressure to it. 

 

JASON: You said you handled it, right?

 

Lucia gently nods her head yes. 

 

JASON: I bet you made a real mess of him, didn’t you?

 

We can see Lucia’s lips quiver into a small smile.

 

JASON: That’s good. You’re alright now.

 

Lucia then moves the cold rag off her face and she wraps her arms around him, hugging him. Jason reciprocates and we see them hold each other.

 

We’re then shown an exterior shot of the hotel where we see two days pass by. We then see Lucia lying in bed, staring at a clock on the wall. She eventually gets up and checks the time on her phone, then looks back at the clock and notices that it’s ten minutes behind. We can also see that her face looks fine now, no longer bruised. Jason then enters the room, carrying some food from the hotel restaurant on a tray. Lucia sits up and Jason sits with her, placing the tray between them. They each pick up a sandwich and take some bites out of it. 

 

JASON: How are you feeling?

 

LUCIA: Better. Even more so now that I got some food.

 

JASON: Well eat up, I got some extra sides just for you.

 

LUCIA: Thanks, you’re the best.

 

JASON: I try. 

 

LUCIA: I gotta call Dre, let him know that I did that thing for him.

 

Jason nods his head and we see Lucia get up and walk towards the window. From here the mission is complete. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, Lucia will call Dre to let him know she did it. Dre will tell her that he knows, stating that King Killa’s death has been all over the news. He then tells her he’s sending her the last half of the payment to her over Cash Stash. She thanks him and before she ends the call, Dre asks her to send Jason to see him. She asks why, with Dre replying that he’s got a job that’d be perfect for him. He reassures her that he’ll be paid for the job. She tells him that she’ll let Jason know and she then ends the call. If she’s not nearby Jason, she’ll call him to let him know about Dre wanting to see him. If Jason is nearby, they’ll have a unique conversation about the phone call. 

 

Detective Atkins will call Lucia once again, but she doesn’t answer the call. Atkins will then leave a threatening voicemail on her phone, telling her that he’s going to begin tracking her down. 

 

Speranza will call Lucia at some point upon completion of this mission. Speranza will ask her if she’s seen the news recently, to which she says she hasn’t. He goes on to tell her that he’s investigating King Killa’s death, saying it’s a vice case due to the cause of death. Lucia sarcastically congratulates him and wishes him luck in solving the case. He then responds that he doesn’t need luck, citing a video being shared on Bleeter showing Lucia dancing with King Killa on the night of his death. He then says that he knows it was her, citing witness statements and a piece of broken glass from a wine bottle that has Lucia’s DNA on it. Lucia asks him nonchalantly if he plans to arrest her, telling him that now is the time to do so since she’s still in the city. Speranza responds that he doesn’t intend to do so, so long as Jason and her continue to prove useful to him. She asks him how long he intends to keep them in his pocket, with Speranza responding that he’ll decide for however long that’ll be. He then reminds her to stay away from Atkins, telling her that there is an investigation into his activities. She acknowledges this and then ends the call. 

 

There will be a Weazel News radio report and article covering King Killa’s death. The report details that Detective Speranza of the Vice Squad will be in charge of the investigation and that no cause-of-death has been officially released by investigators as of yet. 

 

On Bleeter and Life Invader, the player can see many people commenting on King Killa’s death, paying their respects with tribute posts. There will also be some posts mocking his death and accusing King Killa of using a ghostwriter to help with his rapping. 

 

On Bleeter, the player can see a video a person took of King Killa’s last performance, showing Lucia dancing on stage with him.

 

Mission 21

No Good Deed

The player must be controlling Jason to start the mission. To trigger the mission, the player must enter the building.

 

After Lucia tells Jason about a job Dre has lined up for him, he decides to use this opportunity to get some pent up aggression out and make some money at the same time. Jason was told that Dre wants to meet with him at a pizza place in Crosstown. Upon arriving, Jason enters the building through the main entrance. It’s pretty packed inside, but it’s also the middle of another beautiful afternoon in Vice City. People are chattering and eating, and we can hear Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get by The Dramatics playing on the restaurant’s sound system. Eventually Jason notices that Dre is hanging out in the outside dining area. He makes his way over and Dre notices him. Dre greets him and goes to shake Jason’s hand when he’s suddenly punched in the face and knocked to the ground. Surprised and shocked diners look around to see what’s going on. 

 

JASON: Yeah, nice to meet you too.

 

Some of Dre’s entourage attempt to bum rush Jason but Dre orders them to stand down. He then gets back up on his feet.

 

DRE: I know what this is about, it’s about your girl. Look, from one man to another, I understand what you may be feelin’.

 

JASON: What I’m feeling? Tell me what I’m feeling.

 

SERVER: Sir! Are you okay?

 

DRE: I’m fine.

 

SERVER: Sir, I’m gonna have to ask you to leave the restaurant.

 

JASON: Gladly.

 

Jason turns around to leave but Dre intervenes.

 

DRE: Hold on, hold on. This is just a misunderstanding! We’re not here to cause any trouble. Here, take this as a show of goodwill.

 

Dre pulls out a wad of cash from his pocket, giving the server a few $20 bills. The server looks around and then walks back inside the restaurant.

 

DRE: Have a seat, let’s talk.

 

Jason reluctantly accepts and sits with Dre at his table. The diners begin focusing back on each other and their meals. 

 

JASON: Talk. 

 

DRE: Let’s clear the air here. I understand why you did what you did, okay? But you gotta understand that was the only way it could be done.

 

Jason leans in over the table towards Dre.

 

JASON: The only way? The only way was to use my girl as some kind of bait? Setting her up to almost get raped?! 

 

DRE: Things weren’t supposed to go down like that, mistakes were made homie. But it’s done now and she’s fine. I’m not happy about what happened to her, but your girl can look after herself.

 

JASON: Yeah she’s tough, but don’t you ever put her in a position like that again, you hear me? 

 

DRE: I hear you, loud and clear amigo. I gotta say though, you sure know how to throw a punch. Where’d you learn that?

 

JASON: I boxed in the Army.

 

DRE: You served?

 

JASON: Yeah, but I’m not one to reminisce about that sh*t. Change the subject. 

 

DRE: Sure thing, let’s relax and talk business. You want in?

 

JASON: As long as it pays.

 

DRE: Oh it will, you can bet your ass on that. Did Lucia tell you what we got goin’ on?

 

JASON: You’re trying to make it big in the music business, but you’re having trouble making inroads, right?

 

DRE: Exactly. I think you have a pretty good idea of what I’m up against.

 

JASON: Yeah I saw it in the parking lot that one night. 

 

DRE: Only this time, you’re gonna need more than those fists. Ya feel me?

 

JASON: No problem. What do you need done?

 

DRE: You got WhatUp?

 

JASON: Yeah, I do. 

 

Dre pulls out his phone and sends Jason a message on the WhatUp app. The message has the picture of an S4S gang member and his name, Deacon Winslow aka Dee-Dub. 

 

DRE: As the saying goes, you live by the gun…

 

JASON: ...You die by the gun. What else do I need to know?

 

DRE: He’s an OG with those S4S muthaf*ckas, so don’t expect him to be alone. 

 

JASON: Any idea where I can find him? 

 

DRE: Right now he’ll be at his favorite little dining spot, a Haitian place called Charron’s. It’s at the intersection of Saint-Marks Ave and 6th Street. 

 

JASON: Okay.

 

DRE: Lotta S4S boys hang around there, your best bet is to follow him home and waste him there. 

 

JASON: Yeah, like some random white guy in the hood won’t be noticed at all.

 

DRE: I’m sure you can manage, Lucy told me how reliable you two are.

 

JASON: Payment?

 

DRE: I’ll wire you the money through Cash Stash, as soon as I get confirmation that it’s done. 

 

JASON: Alright. Consider it done. 

 

Jason stands up from the table and begins to leave. Dre calls out to him, asking him if he forgot something. We see Dre standing holding his arm out to Jason, still looking for that handshake.

 

JASON: No hard feelings.

 

Jason shakes Dre’s hand. After that, we see Jason leave the restaurant.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to Charron’s. 

 

The player is instructed to head into Little Haiti to find the Haitian restaurant. Once in a vehicle, the player will have a route on their minimap to follow. During the drive, Down Here by No Good is scripted to play on the radio. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Tail the target back to his home.

 

Once the player has arrived, they’re instructed to park down the road a bit from the restaurant. We then see Jason looking in his rear view mirror, checking on the people coming and going from the place. There’s a lot of S4S members hanging around on the sidewalk by the restaurant and outside the houses around the area. Eventually, Jason catches Dee-Dub exiting the restaurant and walking over to his vehicle, a Willard Alauda (based on a 1996 Buick Skylark [exterior/interior]). 

 

We see Dee-Dub pull a U-turn and make a right onto a residential street. Jason turns on his car and also does a U-turn to follow him. The player must not get too close or fall too far behind from the target when tailing. 

 

Once the target has arrived at his destination, it’ll transition to a cutscene. We see Dee-Dub park his car in the gravel driveway of his house. Jason coasts by, watching him open the door and enter his house. Jason pulls up a little further and parallel parks on the street. Jason pulls out a pack of cigarettes and lights one up to smoke. As he smokes, he looks around and sees that there’s a fair amount of people hanging around in the neighborhood. There’s a big huddle of guys hanging around some modified cars at the end of the road and there’s loud rap music being played from one of the houses nearby. Jason notices two guys approaching his car, walking up to the driver’s window. He rolls it down. 

 

JASON: You need somethin’?

 

S4S 1: I should be askin’ you that, boy. Whatchu doin’ here?

 

JASON: Got some business here.

 

S4S 2: Business? Ain’t no business that a white boy like you would be interested in.

 

JASON: You holdin’?

 

S4S 2: What you in the market for?

 

JASON: Depends, whatcha got?

 

The first S4S member motions for the second guy to go into the house across the street. The guy runs across the street and enters a house. The gang member begins listing off some drugs that they got for sale and the prices for certain quantities. Jason settles on a couple grams of marijuana and discreetly hands the guy the cash. The man turns around and flashes a few hand signals towards the house, and a few moments later the second S4S member comes walking over with his hands in his pockets. They discreetly make the exchange and the two guys walk away from the car and back up the road. Jason examines the marijuana and sees that they gave him the correct amount and it smells pretty good. He says to himself that he lucked out with not getting ripped off. He then puts the car into gear and drives around the block where he finds an entrance to an alleyway. He turns up the alleyway and stops at the house he saw the target enter. He shuts the car off and hops the fence, sneaking up to the house. 

 

Jason readies his pistol and gently tries the doorknob on the back door. It turns out that it’s unlocked and quietly opens it up. He sneaks in and briefly looks at his surroundings. The house is decent, but it’s messy. Inside he can hear the man shouting at a woman. He slowly makes his way towards the source of the yelling which is coming from the living room. He carefully peeks through the doorway where he witnesses the argument. He doesn’t know what they’re saying as the two are speaking in Haitian Creole. Suddenly, he sees the man slap the woman who falls to the ground. Before the man can do anymore harm to her, Jason intervenes and shouts at the man. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Shoot him.

 

The player fires off a round and the man falls to the floor lying motionless. The woman begins screaming in fear and seems to be shouting at Jason. He tries to get her to quiet down, but he backs away and tries to exit back out the way he came. A shot then rings out and Jason grunts in pain. He’s been shot, but it looks like the bullet only slightly grazed his right arm. He turns around and, without any hesitation, fires back at who shot at him. He then realizes that he killed the woman.

 

Jason walks over to the woman’s body with a sullen look on his face. In the background, intense droning music can be heard fading in.

 

JASON: Goddammit… f*ck! I’m sorry… I… 

 

We then hear a shuffling noise behind Jason, who swiftly turns around to see that the man’s body is no longer lying on the floor. We hear a door open and see that the man got up and ran out the back door. Jason takes one last look at the woman’s body, before letting out a sigh of regret as he sprints out the back door to pursue the man and finish the job. The tense droning transitions to heavy noise during the foot pursuit. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Chase after the target.  

 

As Jason pursues the man in the alley, we can hear him shouting for help. Other S4S members take notice and begin to engage Jason in a fierce gunfight in the alley, as he desperately attempts to block out the fact he killed an innocent person. At some point, too many S4S members converge into the alley from both ends, forcing Jason to retreat by jumping a fence and running through some backyards. He attempts to run in the direction where he saw Dee-Dub running. 

 

Eventually he ends up back out on a street, where just a block away he can see Dee-Dub running into another house. Jason runs to get him, but is cut off by a car full of S4S members armed with micro Uzis and AK47s. He cuts to the left immediately, jumping through and shattering the window of a nearby corner store to take cover. An innocent customer tries to flee the store but is met with a hail of gunfire and is killed in the store’s doorway. The player is tasked with dealing with some more S4S gang members. 

 

Once they’ve been dealt with, the player must exit the store and continue heading north up the street and run into the house he saw Dee-Dub run into. Once Jason kicks in the front door, he’s met with a shotgun blast which he luckily dodges by diving into the room to his right. There’s a couple more enemies to deal with before the player can head upstairs to finish off the target. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Eliminate the target.

 

The player will find Dee-Dub in a bedroom sitting on the floor in the corner clutching at his chest. Once the player approaches him, it’ll transition to a cutscene with Jason asking the man if he has any last words. He won’t say anything and just sits there bleeding and with a scowl on his face. Jason then proceeds to fire nine rounds into him, with the final shot being in the head. With the final shot, the noise ceases and it becomes deathly quiet. With only the creaking wood and Jason’s heavy breathing being the only things heard.

 

Jason stands looking over the body when we hear the approach of several police sirens. Jason looks out the window and sees about 5 or 6 VCPD police cars lined up outside, with more approaching from the opposite direction. As the officers exit their vehicles, we can see them open the trunks of their cars and put on tactical gear and arm themselves with shotguns and rifles. 

 

OFFICER 1: We have an active shooter situation! I repeat, we have a mass shooting in progress! I want this whole neighborhood cordoned off now! We need air support ASAP!
 

OFFICER 2: We got numerous individuals dead and wounded here, we need medical fast!

 

OFFICER 1: Get me a goddamn NOOSE team over here! It’s a f*ckin’ warzone! 

 

The officers begin fanning out in different directions, looking for their suspect or suspects while also ordering all civilians to remain in their homes. We see Jason head down to the kitchen and he looks behind the stove. He sees there’s a gas line that’s connected to it. Jason damages the line, exposing the house to gas. He quickly grabs some papers on a table nearby and stuffs them into a toaster which he then activates. He runs out the rear door of the house and jumps a fence into a neighbor’s yard. The background noise ceases, with it being almost dead silent with only faint city ambience being heard. The quiet is ripped apart with a loud, fiery explosion erupting from the front of the house. Jason uses the explosion as a distraction to sneak away from the police. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Escape the search zone.

 

The player is now tasked with escaping the neighborhood. The player has a three-star wanted level and an active full description. It’s advised to the player to be stealthy with their escape to avoid getting into a firefight with the police. Due to the officers being armed with shotguns and rifles, they'll make short work of the player if they choose to fight them.

 

As the player sneaks around the neighborhood, they can hear various unique dialogue from the cops. The player can hear the cops trying to figure out if it’s a mass shooting or a gang shootout, noting that several of the dead were carrying weapons. If the player takes too long, a police chopper will arrive and begin searching for the player, making a stealthy escape much more difficult. 

 

When the player has made it out of the search zone without being spotted, the mission will be considered complete. If the player has been spotted by police before escaping the search zone, they must first evade the police before the mission can be completed. Once the player has escaped, the shot changes to an overhead shot of the burning house before fading to black.

 

The game fades back in where we see Lucia in a motel watching TV. It’s late into the evening and we can see Lucia looking constantly over to the motel room door anxiously. Jason comes in, carrying a brown bag of what is presumably a bottle of liquor. Lucia is relieved and gets up to greet him with a hug, but he brushes her to the side and sits down on the couch. 

 

LUCIA: What the f*ck is your problem?

 

JASON: My problem? MY PROBLEM!? I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO f*ckIN’ START!

 

LUCIA: Why are you f*cking yelling? You’re gonna get us kicked out! Just tell me what’s going on.

 

JASON: I don’t wanna talk about it! I wanna forget about it.

 

LUCIA: Yeah, because trying to bottle it up is the emotionally mature response…

 

JASON: Oh, I got something right here to help my emotions.

 

Jason pulls out a bottle of strong liquor out of the brown paper bag. 

 

LUCIA: Wow, great. Since when did you start boozing to deal with your problems?

 

JASON: Since today. I just… I just need to forget about today.

 

Lucia sits down on the couch next to him, she places her arms around him to keep him from drinking.

 

LUCIA: What’s troubling you, baby? Just tell me. 

 

Jason takes a few swigs as Lucia looks away, feeling unhappy, but still concerned for him. 

 

JASON: I made a mistake. 

 

LUCIA: What kind of mistake?

 

JASON: I… I thought I was saving her. That’s all I’m gonna say. 

 

Jason takes another big swig from the bottle, while Lucia tries to hug him. However, he holds his arm out, preventing her from doing so. He tells her to just let him blackout tonight. With a look of hurt on her face, she nods and goes over to the bed and lies down on it, watching him drink himself into oblivion. At some point we see Jason passed out on the couch. Lucia approaches him and puts a blanket over him and then turns off the TV before returning to the bed. 

 

The scene then transitions to the following morning. Lucia wakes him up by nudging him, but Jason says he doesn’t want to wake up. Lucia tells him that he doesn’t have a choice and that he needs to wake up. Jason groggily asks her what if he doesn’t wake up. We then see Lucia go to the bathroom and fill a cup full of cold water. She then splashes it in his face, causing Jason to immediately sit up.

 

JASON: f*ckin’ really?!

 

LUCIA: Get your sorry ass up! You’re not gonna feel better lying there and pitying yourself. 

 

JASON: What are you, my f*ckin’ mother? 

 

LUCIA: Your mother would’ve never done that for you! She’d be passed out like a drunken f*ckin’ mess, just like you are right now! I shouldn’t be having to do this!

 

JASON: Ah, I’m glad to hear that my little sister gave you some background on our dysfunctional family dynamics!

 

LUCIA: Yeah, she did, now can you please get up? This is just gonna lead you down a bad path.

 

JASON: Ha! As if we aren’t already on one right now!? Oh! That’s f*ckin’ rich, babe! Who the f*ck are you kidding?

 

LUCIA: Well, we’d have a better chance at things if we’re both in control of ourselves and we work together! I hate to see you like this. 

 

JASON: You think I like being like this?

 

LUCIA: Obviously not! Now please, let me help you.

 

Lucia holds out her hand to Jason, he shakes his head and takes a deep breath before taking her hand and getting up off the couch. She leads him to the bathroom so he can get his bearings and get a shower, but as soon as he gets in he rushes to close the door behind him. Lucia hears him puking into the toilet and she walks away shaking her head. We then see the two exit the motel room, with Lucia letting him know that Dre called saying he has one more job for the both of them to do together. He nods his head and she asks him if he’d like her to stick with him or if she should meet up with him later. The player can then make their choice on whether or not they’d like Lucia to stay with him or not. From there, the mission is complete.

 

There will be a Weazel News radio report and an article by the Vice City Sentinel, among other news stories, covering the events of this mission. The radio report from Weazel will explain that police thought they were showing up to a mass shooting, but upon further investigation determined it was a gang shootout between members of the S4S and unknown assailants. Witness reports seem to vary, with most refusing to cooperate with the police and others looking to use the network’s air time to plug their social media handles. However, some witnesses stated that there were multiple unknown shooters and others describe one white male being seen shooting it out with the S4S. All the casualties were identified as being members of the S4S except for one victim found dead in her home from a gunshot wound. 

 

On Bleeter, the player can find a video being shared on the site showing a woman hiding in her house and trying to film the shootout. Although not much can be seen, gunfire can be heard and a bullet comes crashing through her window which causes the woman filming to run away screaming. 

 

Mission 22

A Helping Hand

This mission can be started by either Jason or Lucia. To trigger the mission, the player must walk up to the entrance of the bar.

 

The bar is located in the southern portion of Vice Beach, known as Ocean Beach. The cutscene starts in one of three ways:

 

• If the player has both protagonists together, Lucia will ask Jason to hold up for a second before they enter the bar. Jason will ask her what’s up, to which she asks him how he’s feeling. He’ll reply that he’s feeling a little better, but he’s not looking forward to meeting with Dre again. Lucia caresses his face and kisses him, reassuring him that it’ll be cool and that she’ll do the talking. As they continue to embrace each other, we see Lucia reach down towards the front of Jason’s crotch. Jason will ask her what she’s doing, to which she makes a flirty remark about trying to ease his tension. Jason tries to tell her that he’s feeling pretty calm at the moment, but Lucia suggestively says that she wants to make sure. 

• If the player is in control of Lucia, she’ll see Jason waiting by the entrance of the bar. She’ll ask him how long he’s been waiting, to which he replies that it’s only been a few minutes or so. She walks up to him and kisses him. As they continue hugging each other, she’ll ask him how he’s been feeling. Jason replies that he’s been feeling a little better, but he’s not too enthused about doing another job for Dre. She reaches down towards Jason’s crotch and makes a flirty remark that he’s certainly feeling enthusiastic about something else. Jason whispers into her ear that Lucia has a Medusa-like quality about her, suggestively saying that whenever he looks at her a part of him seems to get hard. Lucia then suggests that they’re a little early for their meeting with Dre, with Jason shrugging his shoulders and asking what is going on with her. Lucia says that she’s just feeling spontaneous and adventurous, she then asks him to just humor her. She just wants to have some fun with her man. 

• If the player is in control of Jason, when he approaches the bar he’ll see Lucia waiting by the entrance. He’ll say to her that he hopes he isn’t late as Lucia runs to him and kisses him. She tells him that he’s right on time and asks how he’s feeling. He smiles at her, telling her that he’s feeling better. She says she can tell, making a flirty remark about feeling something hard as she feels up his crotch. This makes Jason laugh nervously, asking what’s got her in such a playful mood all of a sudden. She says she just wants to have some naughty, spontaneous fun, asking him if he thinks it’s wrong for her to feel that. Jason smirks and tells her that he doesn’t have a problem with it, that he’s just a little surprised at such a spur of the moment feeling. She then tells him she had a look around the place and suggests they go around the back of the bar for some “private time” together. 

 

She then starts to suggestively meander towards the alley on the side of the bar, enticing Jason to follow. He looks around and follows her around the corner. In the next shot, we see Jason with his back against the wall, looking down, eyes closed, and breathing kind of heavy. Most of the shot is obscured by a parked Declasse Impaler SZ. The next shot is of Jason’s face, as he looks upwards and notices something. We see a woman and a man on a balcony from a nearby apartment building watching them. The man is standing behind the woman, holding her with one arm and filming with his phone in the other. The woman is smoking a cigarette and begins cheering Lucia on, telling her to “Get it, queen! Work that dick!” Jason gives them two thumbs up just before he climaxes, trying his hardest to stay quiet. The couple on the balcony cheer and applaud them as we see Lucia stand up and bow. The couple on the balcony start kissing before the man picks her up and carries her back inside, presumably for some bedroom fun of their own. Lucia takes Jason by the hand and they walk out of the alley and enter the bar.

 

 They enter the bar, it’s dimly lit and not too crowded inside. On the sound system, we hear My Friend by Groove Armada playing. They eventually find the booth where Dre and some of his entourage are hanging out at and drinking. Dre waves Jason and Lucia over and greets them. Some of the entourage get up and leave so that Jason and Lucia can sit in the booth to talk with Dre. 

 

DRE: Good work in Little Haiti, it’s been all over the news! Looks like it really kicked off for you.

 

JASON: Yeah… It was crazy. 

 

LUCIA: You had another job for us?

 

DRE: Yes. But first, some good news. I’ve been in talks with a few artists in the area and other parts of the South. They’re interested in collaborating and working with me on this thing. There’s one piece missing though. An investor to provide the cash for this thing to grow. 

 

LUCIA: Okay, who’s the investor?

 

DRE: Y'all know who ________ ________ is, right? Everyone calls him Boobie.

 

LUCIA: Oh yeah! He’s a well-known producer and was one of the founders of Dolla Billz Records. 

 

DRE: That’s right. I’ve been in talks with him too and came to find out, he recently split with Dolla Billz. His partners and co-founders haven’t been paying him his fair share of the profits, despite being the one who brought all the talent to that label. He’s interested in starting his own record label, but as you know…

 

LUCIA: S4S still stands in the way?

 

DRE: Not just them. His former partners have been threatening to extort and intimidate him if he goes through with starting his own label. The thing is, those guys are connected with S4S. Dolla Billz Records was mostly a front for those assholes to launder their drug money. Many of the rappers still on that label don’t wanna jump ship over to Boobie’s new thing, fearing retaliation. 

 

LUCIA: So, what do you want us to do?

 

DRE: What if I told you that I knew where Boobie’s former partners were planning on meeting today, and the location of a major stash house belonging to the S4S? Kill two birds with one stone, ya feel me?

 

LUCIA: Is your information legit?

 

DRE: Let’s just say that I got it from the man himself. I’ll send you the details on WhatUp. How about a round of drinks?

 

Lucia looks over towards Jason with a smile, asking if he’d like a drink.

JASON: Well if you’re buyin’, I’m drinkin’!

 

 

DRE: Alright. Hey! Yo! Let’s get a round of the best liquor in the house over here! 

 

SERVER: Right away!

 

Moments later, we see the server present a round of shots to everyone sitting in the booth. Everyone each takes a shot and Dre proposes a toast to his two new friends, Jason and Lucia, and to a successful new business venture. They all toast and take their shots. Lucia thanks Dre for his time and says they’ll take care of the job for him. Dre says he’ll send over the details to her now. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the meeting.

 

Jason and Lucia exit the bar, where Jason asks Lucia what they should do first. Lucia suggests that they start with taking out the two former partners of Boobie, stating that if they go for the stash house first, word will get back to the partners who’ll green light a hit on Boobie. Jason agrees and then says they should get going now before they miss their window of opportunity. 

 

Once the player has acquired a 4-door vehicle, they’re directed to head to Ocean Drive in Ocean Beach. Boobie’s former partners are hanging out in front of the Seahorse Hotel and they have armed security with them. The player is reminded that they can call Patrick for weapons and ammo if needed. 

 

As the player approaches the hotel, it transitions to a cutscene where we see Jason coast by the hotel so Lucia can get a look at the targets. Once she identifies them, she tells Jason to drive around the block and park up for a second. Jason then makes a right turn and parks up, where we see Lucia get out and then get back in and sit in the rear passenger seats. She asks Jason to pass her the AK47 and the two put their bandanas on. Jason merges back on the road and drives around the block so they can approach the hotel again. 

 

LUCIA: I’ve always wanted to do a drive-by! 

 

JASON: You’re a real gangsta now, baby!

 

LUCIA: Hell yeah. 

 

As they coast by the hotel again, Lucia rolls her window down and takes aim. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Eliminate Boobie’s former partners and crew.

 

The player will be in control of Lucia, who’s tasked with taking out the former partners and crew. Jason will also help by shooting at them with a pistol or micro Uzi as he drives the car. Once done, Jason speeds away and the player is switched to control Jason. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the stash house in Hamlet.

 

The player is tasked with driving to the stash house located in Hamlet. After the shooting at the Seahorse Hotel, the police will be on the lookout for their vehicle as they will have a full vehicle description. The player can either swap cars, swap plates, change the car’s appearance at a body shop, or keep the car while avoiding being seen by the cops. During the drive to the stash house, Bring It On by J4 Krazy will play on the radio.

 

Along the way, Jason and Lucia will discuss the shooting they got into earlier, with Jason complimenting Lucia on her drive-by skills. The conversation switches to discussing future problems with S4S. Jason says Dre is a bit delusional if he thinks San 4 San is just going to roll over and not retaliate for all of this. Lucia agrees, saying that she’s pretty sure that once this job is done, S4S will have a pretty clear idea who was behind this. Jason then asks her if she thinks the S4S will come after them, to which she replies that she hopes not. She claims that they shouldn’t be able to figure out who they are since they’re not from Vice City and have no real ties here. Jason hopes she’s right, but figures that Dre is gonna wind up being killed sooner or later. Lucia shrugs her shoulders and says that at least they got some money out of it. Jason laughs and tells her that they gotta keep their heads down and should probably get out of the city for a week or so when done with this job. Lucia agrees. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Raid the stash house.

 

The player has two options for how they want to handle this. They can either break in through the front door, or sneak in quietly through the back. Regardless of player choice, either one will still result in a shootout. However, sneaking in through the back gives the player the advantage to catch the S4S members off guard to get the edge on them. 

 

Once the enemies are eliminated, the player will find a duffel bag on a table that can be picked up and be used to store drugs and cash found in the house. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Burn the house down.

 

Once the place has been looted, the player will be prompted to set fire to the house. The player can do this by grabbing a jerry can from the basement and making a trail from the kitchen to the basement and then lighting a match to light the gasoline on fire. Once the fire comes into contact with the gas line, the house will explode. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Leave the area.

 

Once done, Jason and Lucia are instructed to get away from the house before police and emergency services arrive. After the player has traveled a sufficient distance from the blaze, Lucia will call Dre to let him know that the job is done. Dre will then tell Lucia that he’s going to send her a message on WhatUp on where the two of them can find a dealer he knows to offload the drugs they got. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the dealer’s location.

 

The dealer is located in the Rockridge area of Vice CIty in an apartment near the stadium. As the player arrives at the apartment, it transitions to a cutscene. We see Jason and Lucia, with Jason holding the duffel bag, walking around the apartment complex trying to find Dre’s dealer. Jason and Lucia locate him hanging out with some friends in the parking lot. The dealer notices them and waves at them to follow him. Jason and Lucia follow the dealer into another building, which appears to be the stock room of a grocery store. Jason sets the bag on the table as the dealer has an associate go through it to see what they brought. 

 

They weigh up the drugs which totals out to a nice sum for the pair. The drugs are stashed away while the dealer hands the pair a plastic bag filled with rolls of cash. The dealer lets the two know that if they ever get their hands on weed, coke, meth, heroin, fentanyl, or acid, to bring the product to other dealers in his network that he works with. He then gives the two contact info and the whereabouts for these dealers. With that, Jason and Lucia walk out and congratulate each other on another job well done. They then split the money they received, and from there, the mission is complete. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, Street Dealing will now be unlocked. Whenever the player acquires drugs from robberies of stash houses, drug labs, transport vehicles, and enemy dealers, the player can sell these drugs to dealers located around the map. There are several in Vice City and more in other parts of the state. The drug dealing works a lot like a cross between GTA: Chinatown Wars and the street dealing seen in GTA Online. Certain dealers will pay more for certain drugs, if you’re looking to sell. Likewise, if you’re in the market to buy, some dealers charge more or less for certain drugs. Note that these dealers have different locations every day, never dealing in the same spot for days on end. When a player is near a dealer, an icon will flash on the minimap. Drugs are sold for cash and paid for with cash, so whatever money you earn through selling, make sure to deposit the cash at a Shore Front bank location where it will be secured and deposited into Jason and/or Lucia’s accounts. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, there will be a Weazel News report on the shooting at the Seahorse Hotel and the stash house fire in Hamlet, with police establishing a link between the two crimes. 

 

At some point after completion of this mission, the player can catch a Weazel News segment on TV. There, the player will see Detective Speranza being interviewed about increasing drug-related violence on the streets of Vice City and other parts of the state. 

 

On Bleeter, the player can find posts from users conversing about what happened at the Seahorse Hotel. There’s even a video being shared, showing the aftermath of the shooting before police and emergency services arrived. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, Lucia will call Dre to report that they took care of that job for him. Dre will be impressed and express his thanks to her and Jason. Dre says that Boobie will be relieved to hear the good news, and that this’ll definitely get him into Boobie’s good graces. Lucia wishes him well with his music career. Dre tells her that he owes them and that they can consider him a friend. Dre will finish the call by telling Lucia that once he gets things finalized with Boobie, he’ll organize a celebration for everyone at the Jack Of Hearts club in Vice City. Lucia will tell him that Jason and her will be looking forward to it. They bid each other farewell and Lucia ends the call.

 

Mission 23

Thanks For The Tip

The mission can only be started as Jason. The mission is triggered by answering the phone when Detective Speranza calls the player at some point after completion of the previous mission.

 

Two days after the events of the previous, the player finds Jason and Lucia back in the panhandle region of the state, intending to lie low for a few days. At some point, the player will receive a phone call from Detective Speranza. 

 

JASON: Detective Speranza, to what do I owe the pleasure?

 

SPERANZA: Enjoying your vacation out in the Panhandle?

 

JASON: Keeping tabs on us?

 

SPERANZA: Well of course! You’re my two favorite informants helping me fight an asymmetrical war on crime. Or rather, resetting the natural balance of the underworld ecosystem.

 

JASON: Underworld ecosystem?

 

SPERANZA: Yeah, I’ve been watching too many nature documentaries recently. Anyways, think of me more as your guardian angel, in a way. 

 

JASON: Guardian angel? 

 

SPERANZA: Exactly. You know, you have no idea how much sway the Vice Squad has in this state. f*ck the FIB and the DOA, we’re the ones who make a difference here. 

 

JASON: Make a difference? Yeah, like that stupid program from when I was in school. What was it called again? I think it was Children Understanding Negative and Toxic Substances? You know, in middle school I used to roll those stupid bumper stickers into joints for my weed. The adhesive on those stickers kinda enhanced the high. 

 

SPERANZA: Hilarious.

 

JASON: Did anyone else think it was strange that whenever that program gave a presentation at a middle school or high school, that reports of drug use skyrocketed afterwards? I thought we were supposed to see a decline?

 

SPERANZA: Now you’re starting to get it. Anyways, you two did me a favor a while back. I’d like to repay that favor.

 

JASON: Really? You make me nervous when you start acting all generous and sh*t. 

 

SPERANZA: You wouldn’t happen to still be in the market for a pristine, vintage Pfister Comet Turbo Cabrio, would you? Metallic Frost White with white alloy wheels and a dark blue soft top?
 

JASON: What do you know about it?

 

SPERANZA: Well let’s just say I had a date recently with Officer Eliana Esparza, of the auto theft unit. She’s been working this case that’s apparently a big deal, a lotta action around it. Something concerning the serial thefts of three other Pfister Comet Turbos…

 

JASON: I’m listening.

 

SPERANZA: I take her out on my yacht and we sail towards the Keys. We drink some expensive wine, eat food, delicious cheese bits! You know, the whole shabang!

 

JASON: Uhh whatever, what about the—

 

SPERANZA: Anyways we’re finally gettin’ it on, right? And I gotta say, this woman is a wildcat from hell! I honestly thought about arresting her for some of the wild and kinky sh*t this woman put me through! 

 

JASON: For f*ck’s sake… 

 

SPERANZA: When she went down on me, she sucked the soul out of me. Literally! I think I might’ve flatlined when I climaxed. I thought I heard the voice of God call out to me when I started ascending! She brought me back to life after she set that magnificent muff on my face. I swear, God took his time with that one. And when you come back from the dead, let me tell you buddy, you’re starving! I chewed her—

 

JASON: Will you shut up and tell me about the f*cking car already!

 

SPERANZA: Oh right, right. Straight to business with you, eh? Okay, so after that little stupid stunt you two pulled at the North Point Mall, a rival crew of thieves took the car for themselves.

 

JASON: Russians, right?

 

SPERANZA: That sounds about right. Anyways, they had set up a trap for you and your girlfriend that day. They figured they’d kill you and deliver the last car and collect the full payment for the delivery. But since you two got away with the third car, they’re holding the last car and are planning on shipping it to a customer of their own.

 

JASON: sh*t…

 

SPERANZA: sh*t indeed, but you may still have a chance at this. Esparza told me that her surveillance team found out that this crew is hiding it in a warehouse all the way up in Bohemia. It’s gonna be shipped to Mexico tomorrow. 

 

JASON: Okay, well thanks for the tip. I appreciate that. Do you have an address?

 

SPERANZA: I’ll message you.

 

JASON: So, I suppose we’re even?

 

SPERANZA: Not by a longshot, my friend. With this kinda partnership I have with you and Lucia… Well, you’ll always owe me. However, I know when a favor is owed. You understand?

 

JASON: Yeah I understand, amigo. 

 

And with that, Jason ends the call. Soon after, Jason receives a message on WhatUp from an unknown user. The message contains the address of the warehouse in Bohemia. Jason calls Lucia and asks her to meet up with him. She asks what it’s about, to which Jason asks her if she’s in the mood to snag a convertible, specifically a Pfister Comet Turbo Cabrio. She asks him if he really found another one, to which he replies that their “friend” Speranza tipped him off about it and told him where it’s currently being stored. Jason teases Lucia by telling her that Comet Turbo in question is white with white wheels and a dark blue soft top. Lucia reacts with excitement and tells Jason to wait where he is, that she’ll be there soon. Jason says he’ll be waiting and ends the call.

 

A short time later, we see Lucia arrive at Jason’s location, having been dropped off by a rideshare driver.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the warehouse.

 

Once in a vehicle, the player is instructed to travel to the warehouse marked on the minimap. As they begin driving, Lucia flips through the stations and stops on the modern/alternative rock station, where it’s playing Pins And Needles by Silversun Pickups. During the drive, Lucia brings up the threatening voicemail message left by Detective Atkins some days ago. Jason asks why she’s just telling him about this now instead of earlier, however she deflects and asks if he’s heard from Atkins at all lately. Jason says he hasn’t, but adds that Atkins has tried calling him repeatedly. Lucia tells Jason that the threatening voicemail wasn’t the only one left by Atkins. Lucia explains that before that voicemail, Atkins had called her and left a message detailing a job that he wanted her to do for him. Jason surmises that Atkins is most likely looking to coerce Lucia into doing work for him, to which Lucia says she had already figured that out beforehand. 

 

LUCIA: The thing is, how is he going to find us? It’s not like we have an apartment or a house of our own. We go from motel to motel. 

 

JASON: Speranza knows we’re out here, and I didn’t tell him sh*t about us lying low in back in Port Gellhorn. 

 

LUCIA: f*ck, this is just like when we were trying to kill Ray-Ray. 

 

JASON: At least this time, we’re prepared for any surprises.

 

LUCIA: I don’t know… You don’t think Atkins might, you know?

 

JASON: Might what?

 

LUCIA: Threaten to harm your sister or like kidnap her or something. To lure us out?

 

JASON: Don’t say that. If he touches one hair on her head, I’ll go out of my f*ckin’ way to track him myself and kill him. 

 

LUCIA: Speranza probably wouldn’t give a sh*t by the sounds of things. Atkins is being investigated right?

 

JASON: Yeah. Either by the DOA or Internal Affairs or by the FIB… One of those agencies. Sounds like he hasn’t been smart with his money. Something about a paper trail being linked to him. 

 

LUCIA: Speranza’s definitely gonna make us take him out. I f*ckin’ know it. 

 

JASON: Might happen sooner, rather than later. And I know that’s gonna be a big favor too, he’ll owe us for that. For sure. 

 

LUCIA: I hope you’re right.

 

OBJECTIVE: Scope out the warehouse entrance.

 

Once the player has parked up in the marked spot, Jason and Lucia will exit the car and sneak around to where they can get a view of the front entrance at a distance. Jason proposes they find a way to sneak in, however, Lucia disagrees, preferring to go guns blazing on this one. Jason asks if she’s sure, to which she replies that it’ll be satisfying to see them panic when they’re the ones being shot at. Jason remarks that he ain’t sure they’ll be panicking, but perhaps they won’t be expecting a shootout either. Lucia decides that they should wait until midnight to spring the attack, using the cover of darkness to help them get close to the entrance without getting spotted.. Jason goes along with it and they head back to the car they arrived in and decide to rest until midnight. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Enter the warehouse and eliminate the rival crew.

 

Once it hits midnight, Jason and Lucia exit the car they were resting in and spring into action. The player needs to eliminate the rival crew first before taking the car. The player can have Jason and Lucia attack together from the front, or have one of the protagonists go in the back way to surprise the enemy from both sides. Once the crew is eliminated, the player can loot the bodies for ammo, cash, and valuables. A loot bag will be located in the trunk of a parked Übermacht Oracle in the warehouse. The player will need to open one of the bay doors of the warehouse so that the Comet Turbo can be driven out.

 

OBJECTIVE: Make it on time to the Port Gellhorn Docks. 

 

With the crew dead, Lucia hops into the driver’s seat of the Pfister Comet Turbo, while Jason takes the passenger seat. He comments that he’s relieved to see that Lucia still remembers the method used to steal the car. Once the car is started, Lucia jokes to Jason that he should fasten his seatbelt. He flirts, saying that he finds it hot watching a pretty woman drive a fast sports car. She gets a cute grin on her face as she shifts into first gear, peeling out of the warehouse and merging onto the road to head to Port Gellhorn. 

 

Along the way, Jason calls Wyman to let him know that they managed to finally get the last Comet Turbo. Wyman is ecstatic upon hearing the news, telling Jason that he’ll call his buddy to let him know that he can expect the car soon. A few moments later, Wyman calls Jason back and tells him that they need to get to the docks within a couple hours in order for it to make it onto the freighter. Jason tells Lucia to let loose, to drive the car as fast as she can. The player will need to deliver the car within two hours (in-game time) to complete the delivery.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive the vehicle into the lockup.

 

Once at the docks, the player just needs to drive the vehicle into the garage space and walk out. After that, it then transitions to a cutscene. We can see that it’s just before sunrise. 

 

WYMAN: Hot damn! You two pulled it off! I gotta say, I’m mighty impressed. How did y’all manage to get the last one?

 

LUCIA: We got lucky. Got some good information.

 

WYMAN: I take it that we don’t have to worry about any sore losers looking to retaliate?

 

JASON: Nope. They’re long gone. 

 

WYMAN: Very good, very good. I want you two to meet a friend of mine, he’s the one who put this thing together.

 

We see a man in a suit walk up and introduce himself.

 

MAN: Good work, really. 

 

Jason and Lucia shake the man’s hand. 

 

MAN: Who are you?

 

JASON: I’m Jason, and this is Lucia.

 

MAN: I’m impressed, you two really came through on this. I got a load off my mind and a happy customer. You can call me Stevie, by the way. 

 

LUCIA: Good to meet you. 

 

STEVIE: Well since you two have proven to be reliable at finding and acquiring, I’d like to extend an opportunity to you two. 

 

JASON: We’re listening.

 

STEVIE: I run a uh… network for vehicles. I’m what you’d call a broker, of sorts. 

 

LUCIA: You mean you fence stolen cars?

 

STEVIE: To put it in the simplest of terms, yes. Perhaps you two could do some sourcing for me, I’ll pay you a fair price for whatever you can bring me. I also have an associate in Vice City that I work with that you can bring cars to as well. 

 

JASON: Sounds good to me.

 

STEVIE: I’m always on the lookout for anything that specifically catches my eye as well. If you’re interested in fulfilling some specific requests, I’ll make it very much worth your while. I’ll pay a premium if you can find what I’m looking for.

 

JASON: Absolutely, we’d be down for that. 

 

LUCIA: Yeah, definitely.

 

STEVIE: Great. My associate Billy will be in touch, he’ll message you on the WhatUp app.

 

WYMAN: I got their contact info, Stevie. I’ll send it to you.

 

STEVIE: Here’s your payment for the delivery, don’t spend it all in one place. 

 

Stevie pulls out his smartphone and wires the money to Jason and Lucia, splitting it 50/50 between them. They conclude their business and disperse. We see Jason and Lucia walking away together, holding hands. The scene transitions to showing the two checking into a room at the Easy Inn across from the Hank’s Waffles. Once they enter their motel room, we see Lucia kick her shoes off and she immediately begins jumping on the bed. Jason stands there, looking up at her with a smile. 

 

LUCIA: I’m not even tired! f*ck, I miss driving that car already.

 

JASON: You sure were something behind the wheel of that car! Maybe we should get you racing sometime. 

 

LUCIA: Another good paycheck for us as well too. Maybe I’ll buy one of those Comet Turbos eventually.

 

JASON: Maybe I’ll get one too, so we can match.

 

LUCIA: That’d be cute! I’d love that, like actually. 

 

Lucia then sits down at the end of the bed, where Jason joins her by sitting next to her. She undoes her ponytail, letting her hair flow freely. Jason uses his hand to caress her face, and moves some of her hair out of the way, she gently grabs a hold of his hand and kisses it, holding it against her face. She looks over at him, those big brown eyes gazing into his. In the background, we can hear Love & Money by Bronski Beat begin to fade in and play.

 

LUCIA: What?

 

JASON: You know, everyday I find myself asking the same question.

 

LUCIA: Yeah?

 

JASON: How did I get so lucky? 

 

LUCIA: You know, I sometimes ask myself that too.

 

They scoot a little bit more closer to each other, leaning their heads toward each other until they’re touching.

 

JASON: It’s crazy, you know?

 

LUCIA: Life is crazy.

 

JASON: Well, maybe we’re the crazy ones.

 

LUCIA: Maybe we are. Maybe, we’re the most normal ones on this planet. We see it for what it is, ya know?

 

Lucia lies down on her back, scooting back towards the headboard. Jason does the same, turning on his side facing Lucia

 

JASON: Which would be?

 

LUCIA: That for people like us, we’re set up to fail. To amount to nothing. Always struggling, never succeeding. Forever in debt. 

 

Lucia begins undoing her jeans and slides out of them.

 

JASON: The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

 

LUCIA: The American Dream.

 

Lucia pulls off her panties.

 

JASON: There was a time in history, where some criminals were almost like folk heroes, legends. They were called Public Enemies. People who had enough and decided they didn’t wanna die broke and starving. Playing by the rules just meant prolonging your misery, so they decided to just go out and take what they wanted.

 

LUCIA: What good are the rules, if all they do is keep you down and only benefit the select few?

 

Lucia grabs Jason’s hand and puts it between her legs. She lets out a soft moan. Jason moves in closer to her and kisses her on the neck. 

 

JASON: Some rules are just meant to be broken.

 

LUCIA: You know what they say, cheaters never win.

 

Jason climbs on top of Lucia, he pulls her top up, exposing her midriff and he kisses her there.

 

JASON: Some do.

 

LUCIA: Then we should just go out and take it. f*ck the rules. 

 

Jason continues kissing her stomach, but begins moving further down her body. The camera pans upwards to focus on Lucia’s face. We can see from her facial expressions, her breathing, and the little moans she lets out that she’s in total ecstasy. Lost to pleasure.

 

JASON: We'll take the money…

 

LUCIA: Yes…

 

JASON: We'll take one of those big houses on the islands…

 

LUCIA: Oh yes...

 

JASON: We're gonna take it all...

 

LUCIA: Take me… *in Spanish*

 

As the song continues building up, we can see Lucia getting increasingly close to climaxing. We see one of her hands tightly gripping the bed’s blanket. Her other hand gripping Jason’s hair. Her back arching. Her eyes closed, mouth open, her breathing getting heavier, and her moans louder. 

 

And just as the sax solo kicks in (at 3:26), Lucia finally climaxes. And with that, the scene and music fade to black. From here, the mission is complete. 

 

As the game fades back in, we see that three days have since passed. We see Lucia wake up in their motel room around early noon, having slept in a bit. Looking around, she realizes she’s alone in the room and it’s quiet. She calls out for Jason, curious to see if he’s still around somewhere, but there’s no answer. She gets up and heads to the restroom. In the next shot, we see her dressed up in black track pants, black t-shirt, and her white sneakers. She hangs out by the staircase on the second floor of the Easy Inn, lighting up a cigarette and just staring at the blue sky. She feels her phone vibrate and sees that she received a text from Jason. He tells her that he went to Krissie’s place to help her boyfriend fix his car up and that he’ll be back later in the day. She puts her phone back in her pocket and takes another smoke from her cigarette, still staring at the sky. Once she’s finished with the cigarette, she flicks it to the ground and rubs it out with her shoe.

 

Completing this mission unlocks the car fence in both Port Gellhorn and Vice City. The player can sell stolen cars through the fence, for up to 75% of the vehicles max resale value if it’s in good condition. The car fences also offer document forging and VIN-swapping for stolen cars as well. If you want to get new plates or customize your license plate, it’s done through the car fence. An associate of Stevie’s, Billy, will message the player on WhatUp for specific vehicles that Stevie wants the player to acquire. Finding and delivering these vehicles to the fence will earn the player the full resale value of the vehicle, plus an additional 20%. 

 

CHAPTER 2

PART III

Spoiler

Mission 24

Breaking Away

This mission can only be started as Lucia. To trigger it, the player must open the WhatUp app on Lucia’s phone and read the message sent to her from an unknown contact. 

 

At some point after completing the previous mission, the player will receive a new message on the WhatUp. Lucia sees that the message contains a picture, an address, and a time. She studies the picture sent in the message and realizes that the woman in the photo is Stefanie. The picture was taken outside her home at night, and we see Stefanie having dinner with her family through the window. Whoever sent this message, had been prowling around Stefanie’s place, taking pictures. Lucia looks up the address and sees that it goes to a new neighborhood under construction to the northeast of Port Gellhorn. The time says 10:00pm (22:00). Lucia quickly realizes that she’s being threatened and that she needs to meet with whoever sent her the message. She goes back into her room and grabs her pistol and puts on a white hoodie and white baseball cap.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the address.

 

Once the player has arrived at the address, the camera pans up towards the sky and we see time fast forward to 10:00pm.  We see Lucia walk up to one of the unfinished houses, as she keeps her head on a swivel constantly checking her surroundings just in case. She shines her phone’s flashlight around to see if anyone is around, but it’s dead quiet. She opens up the WhatUp app and messages the contact that she’s at the meeting point. Another minute of waiting goes by when all of a sudden a red laser is aiming at her chest, which she quickly notices. Without a moment’s hesitation, Lucia makes a break for the house under construction to get out of the line of fire. As she passes through the doorway, she’s tackled from behind by a masked figure. This person holds her down while another masked person comes over and zipties her hands together. They pick her up and sit her down on a chair, where one of the masked figures points a shotgun at her and the other shines a flashlight on her. Lucia pleads for them not to kill her, when Detective Atkins enters the room and greets her. 

 

LUCIA: So this is it, huh? Lure me out here to kill me? Why the f*ck are you doing this?

 

ATKINS: Shut up. It seems you have a real bad memory problem. Did you forget that I’m your friend?

 

LUCIA: You should be asking your partner Speranza that. 

 

ATKINS: Who’s the one who got you out of your parole? Me! Who’s the one that made sure you didn’t end up back in prison? Me! f*ck Speranza. That two-faced spic f*ck, lining his pockets with cartel money. Talks all this sh*t about having each other’s backs… Well as they say, no honor among thieves. 

 

LUCIA: You mean no honor among pigs? Color me surprised! Go rim a doughnut you fat f*ck! 

 

Lucia spits in Atkins face. 

 

Atkins grabs Lucia by her hair and slaps her twice before wiping his face clean. The man with the shotgun racks the pump and puts it up against her forehead, asking for permission to kill her. Atkins tells him to stand down, that he needs her for something important. We can see a visible circle shape imprinted on Lucia’s forehead from the barrel of the shotgun.

 

ATKINS: If I were you, I’d wisen up fast and try to get back into my good graces. You don’t wanna be on my bad side…

 

LUCIA: Is that all you got? You don’t have to take it easy on me… unless you really are that f*cking weak!

 

ATKINS: There’s plenty more where that came from, you little bitch. I can get pretty creative too, trust me on that. I’m talking some real medieval sh*t. Biblical. Things that would make the stuff you see from terrorists and the cartels look tame in comparison. 

 

LUCIA: What do you want from me?

 

ATKINS: A favor. The DOA knows about the money because a reporter and a private investigator have teamed up to investigate me. The reporter is one of those lefty, anti-cop, commie c*nts, she writes for the local paper here in town. I want you to kill her. It’d be a nice little ironic joke to see this privileged, self-righteous, liberal whiner catch a bullet from another woman. So much for all that women stick together bullsh*t.

 

LUCIA: Sounds like you got some major mommy-issues. Awww, poor little corrupt piggy! Sad and angry that no woman wants to lick your tiny pecker? Aww poor you! *in Spanish*

 

ATKINS: Enough with your sh*tty jokes, as if I’d ever waste my time pretending that some little dirty spic whore has anything of value to say. Just stick to what you know, which is getting slapped around like a useless bitch and sucking dick for free drugs. Oh yeah, I’ve been reading up on your file. I gotta say though, you have an interesting pattern with the types of guys you go for… what’s even stranger is what seems to happen to them after a while. A few of those guys are missing, some have been murdered. Why is that? I mean, I already know about Ray-Ray. But what about Alonzo? Just how much of that was really the truth?

 

Lucia looks up at him and scowls.

 

LUCIA: I don’t have to explain myself to you.

 

Atkins reaches into his inside coat pocket and pulls out a small brown envelope.

 

ATKINS: After you kill the reporter, you take this thumb drive and plug it into her laptop. You run the program on it and it will download all the files on her computer. When it’s finished, it’ll brick the laptop. Then, I want you to take a picture of her corpse on this phone, which you will bring back to me. 

 

Atkins opens the envelope and dumps the USB drive and cheap cellphone on a table behind him. He then orders one of his associates to cut Lucia’s zip ties, freeing her. Lucia walks over to the table and takes two items, putting them in hoodie pockets. As she moves to exit the house, the man with the shotgun shoves her and orders her to exit the house. As soon as she’s out of the doorway, she sprints to her car. She gets in and notices that a sticky note and a polaroid photo of a woman was left on the steering wheel of her car. On it is the address and apartment number of the reporter.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the reporter’s apartment. 

 

As Lucia approaches the apartment complex’s parking lot, it transitions to a cutscene. Lucia parks in an open parking space, giving her a clear view to the main entrance of the apartment building. She sees a dark colored Karin Vivanite pull up to the main entrance and stop. The rear driver’s side passenger door opens up, to reveal the target. Two other women get out and they each hug the reporter and bid farewell after a fun night of drinking at a local bar. The two women get back into the van and it drives away. Lucia then gets out of her car to follow her.

 

OBJECTIVE: Enter the target’s apartment.

 

The target lives in apartment B12 on the second floor. Once the player has located the apartment, the player is prompted to use lockpicks to break in. After Lucia successfully picks the lock, we see her quietly enter. The camera then pans backwards to the ceiling in the hallway, revealing a CCTV camera that is recording. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Eliminate the target.

 

The player will find that the reporter is taking a bath. Approaching the bathroom door, we see that it is not closed all the way. Lucia peeks in and sees the reporter lying down in the tub, with only lit candles to light up the bathroom. The woman has a washrag over her eyes as she bathes peacefully in the tub. 

 

The player can eliminate the target in multiple different ways. The player can simply use a gun, a knife (one is obtainable from the kitchen), a baseball bat, a belt for strangulation, throw an electrical device into the water to electrocute her (this will unlock an achievement/trophy called You Make the Water Warm), or just straight up drown her in the bathtub. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Download the files from the laptop and brick the computer.

 

Once the reporter has been killed, the player will need to locate the laptop and plug the USB drive into it. The player will then need to run the program on the thumb drive to obtain the files and brick the laptop.

 

OBJECTIVE: Take a picture of the reporter’s corpse.

 

Using the cell phone provided to her by Atkins, the player will need to snap a photo of the woman’s corpse. The player will need to be in close proximity to the body and the picture must be clear and in focus. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Leave the apartment. 

 

Once done with taking the picture and getting the files, the player just needs to leave the apartment and get back to Lucia’s car.

 

Once the player gets into Lucia’s car, the camera will pan away to another nearby parked vehicle where we see a man in the driver’s seat. He witnesses Lucia drive off and calls Atkins, letting him know that she did the job. Atkins tells the man to go and obtain the CCTV footage from the apartment complex.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head back to the meet point. 

 

During the drive back to the meet point, it begins to rain hard. Thunder and lightning can be seen and heard as the storm becomes a bit more powerful. On the radio, Digital Bath by Deftones will play.

 

Upon arrival back at the meet point, we see Atkins and his two guys standing in front of the unfinished house. Their positions revealed by the bright shine of Lucia’s headlights. The rain has also stopped, but we can still hear the faint rumble of thunder in the distance. Lucia walks up to Atkins and presents to him the thumb drive and phone. He holds out the brown envelope and motions for her to put them in there, which she does. He puts the envelope back in his coat pocket and then just nods his head to her, and doesn't say anything. Lucia looks at him and his two associates for a brief moment, waiting for something to happen, but they just stand there staring at her. She slowly backs away, not turning her back to them just yet, but they’re still standing there silently and staring at her. Feeling incredibly unnerved she swiftly turns around and walks quickly back to her car. Just as she pulls out her car keys, one of the men puts a bag over her head and the other zip ties her hands together. Lucia loudly pleads and begs for them not to kill her, arguing that she followed Atkins’ instructions. She’s then forced into the trunk of a dark red Schyster Tudor GSi (based on a 2004 Chrysler Concorde LXi [exterior/interior]). We then see Atkins walk up to the trunk, about to close it.

 

ATKINS: That was your first mistake. Your last mistake was coming back here.

 

He then slams the trunk shut and the screen goes black and silent. From here, the mission is complete. 

 

Mission 25

f*ck Around And Find Out

This mission is started automatically upon completion of the previous mission.

 

The screen is still black but we can hear muffled knocking on a door. There’s a few more knocks that go unanswered, and then we hear the metallic rattling of a doorknob being turned. The door opens, revealing the motel room at the Easy Inn that Jason and Lucia were staying in. We can see Jason’s silhouette in the doorway, standing there briefly, before he walks in slowly. 

 

Jason looks around the room and calls out to Lucia, however his calls go unheard. He opens up the blinds and curtains on the window to let in some natural light, and then shuts the door behind him. We can see that it is late morning now, sunny with partly cloudy skies. He pulls out his phone and checks his text messages. He had sent a second text to Lucia at around 8:00pm yesterday, telling her that he was gonna stay the night at Krissie’s place. He sees that Lucia hasn’t responded back. He scratches his head, feeling confused and concerned. 

 

He attempts to call her, but his calls go unanswered. He calls her up to four times, but she doesn’t answer. He curses to himself and we can see he’s becoming physically agitated. We see a sudden flashback to an earlier conversation they had, where Lucia brought up the threatening voicemail left on her phone by Atkins. Jason begins to hyperventilate a bit, making his way to the bathroom. He splashes water on his face to re-focus, but he’s still breathing heavily. 

 

He opens up the Trackify app on his phone, saying to himself that he used it once to find Lucia’s phone after she lost it one day when staying at Krissie’s. He’s able to pick up a signal and checks on the real-time location of Lucia’s phone signal. He sees that her phone seems to be located just north of Yorktown. He looks around the motel room and sees that most of Lucia’s things are still here, but her Glock pistol is missing. Jason walks back out to his Vapid Gaucho Sport and opens the glovebox, retrieving his Colt .45 pistol and holsters it in the waistband of his camo cargo shorts, covering it with his navy blue t-shirt. He then gets into the driver seat of his car and starts it, intending to track down Lucia. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to Lucia’s last known location.

 

During the drive, Jason calls Krissie and asks her if she heard from Lucia recently. Krissie says she hasn’t, stating that if she did that she would’ve told Jason. Krissie asks if there might be something wrong, to which he says that there might be. Concerned by this, Krissie asks what’s going on but Jason says he can’t get into it at the moment. He tells her that he’s got Lucia’s phone signal and is going to go find her. Krissie says she’ll try and call Lucia to find out what’s going on. Before she ends the call, Krissie pleads with Jason to find her and make sure she’s okay. Jason promises that he will and will call Krissie back once he has located her. 

 

Midway through the drive, the signal goes dead on Lucia’s phone. Jason notices and becomes alarmed. He pulls over on the side of a highway and tries calling Lucia, but now her phone goes straight to voicemail. Suddenly, he receives a message from an unknown user on WhatUp. 

 

He opens up the app on his phone and checks the message. Much like Lucia’s message, Jason sees a picture and an address, but no time. The picture is of Krissie and her boyfriend’s place, and it looks to have been taken in the evening. It shows Krissie, her boyfriend, and Jason sitting outside on their porch hanging out and chilling. There’s a fair bit of motion blur, which means it was taken by someone in a moving car who drove by the house. 

 

The address in the message is the same address that Lucia was given. Jason peels out back onto the highway, cutting off a couple cars and almost causing a traffic collision. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the address. 

 

Upon arrival, Jason spots Lucia’s car still parked in the same spot it was left in. He parks up behind it and exits his car. He looks around Lucia’s vehicle and sees that it’s unlocked. He peeks inside looking for clues. All he can find is the polaroid photo of the reporter that she killed, lying on the front passenger seat. He picks it up and examines it, but he doesn’t know what to make of it. Suddenly he hears a loud whistle from behind him. 

 

Alarmed, he swiftly turns around to see a man with a shotgun aiming at him. The man fires at Jason and he is struck in the chest. Jason falls to the ground in pain, and feeling like he just got the wind knocked out of him. The lack of blood shows that he wasn’t struck by lethal ammunition, but by police-issue rubber pellets used for riot suppression. Another man comes from around the vehicle and rolls Jason onto his stomach, and zip-ties his hands. The man picks him up and moves him into the unfinished house that’s still under construction. 

 

He’s sat on a chair, the same one that Lucia was put on from before. The man who led him in there puts a knife up to Jason’s neck, the blade lightly digging into his skin. Atkins comes into the room and greets Jason. 

 

ATKINS: Tsk tsk tsk! Not very good there, Jason. You trying to skip out on your responsibilities? 

 

JASON: Where is she? 

 

ATKINS: Who? 

 

JASON: Don’t you f*ckin’ play dumb with me. Tell me! Where is she?! 

 

ATKINS: I can play as dumb as I want. I set the conditions here, not you. But it’s so sweet of you to ask about her, almost breaks my heart a bit. 

 

JASON: f*ck you, you treacherous corrupt pigf*cking cocksucker! I’m gonna kill you when this is over. Mark my words on that!

 

ATKINS: Oh, you can try! But that’s only after I send you to prison for the rest of your worthless life. Assuming, you don’t get the death penalty for all the murders and other crimes you and your little whore have committed recently. 

 

JASON: Tell me that she’s still alive, you motherf*cker!

 

ATKINS: Say please. You know what? No, no. I wanna hear you beg for me to tell you. Go on! Beg. 

 

The man holding the knife to Jason’s neck slightly increases the pressure on the blade. Jason gives in, and begs Atkins to tell him that she’s okay or that she’s alive. 

 

ATKINS: Wow, some of the best begging I’ve ever heard. My dog at home doesn’t beg as sincerely as you do! But here’s the thing… I’m not gonna tell you anything about her. You’re gonna do something for me.

 

Jason immediately stands up and charges at Atkins, even though his hands are still zip tied behind his back. He manages to tackle Atkins to the ground and headbutt him in the face before his two associates pull Jason off and put him back on the chair. Atkins gets up and notices that he’s bleeding from his nose. 

 

ATKINS: Okay, I’ve seriously had it with the both of you. Give me that! 

 

One of the men hands Atkins a police-issue flashlight. Atkins swings it at Jason’s face, hitting him in the jaw with it. We can hear an audible crack as the flashlight strikes Jason’s face. Jason looks a little dazed before spitting out a bloody tooth. His jaw remains unbroken, surprisingly.

 

ATKINS: You wanna find out about your little girlfriend, you’re gonna do a job for me, just like she did. 

 

JASON: A job? What job? 

 

ATKINS: Some good old fashioned government wet work. You’re gonna help me with some pest control.

 

JASON: Who the f*ck is it this time? 

 

ATKINS: A private investigator was hired by a reporter to look into some of my uh.. off-the-books operations. Working in law enforcement sure is a thankless f*cking job, especially these days. Your girlfriend took care of the reporter, you’re gonna need to deal with the investigator. 

 

JASON: How? 

 

ATKINS: I managed to get a name, thanks to some files dear old Lucy was able to procure for me from our dearly departed newshound. The guy’s name is Jared Burns. I pulled his record, seems to like driving fast and has a history of aggressive driving with a few road rage incidents, including one time where he got charged with assault and did 3 years in prison for it. You’re gonna find him and piss him off, and then make sure it’s the last time he ever gets on the road again. He’s gonna suffer a bad case of… uh… what is it that the kids say nowadays?

 

MAN 1: f*ck around and find out.

 

ATKINS: Yeah, f*ck around and find out. I like that phrase, I really do! Plus with his record, the public won’t sympathize much with him. To them it’ll look like he got what was coming to him. We’ll provide you with a car to use, in the glove box is a brown envelope with a cell phone in it. When you waste Jared, use the phone to take a picture of his corpse, then put it back in the glove box. Are we clear? 

 

Jason spits out some blood onto the floor. 

 

JASON: Crystal. 

 

ATKINS: Good. Now get it done. 

 

Atkins instructs one of his men to bring a car around for Jason to use for the murder, and he instructs the other man to lead Jason outside. Once outside, we see that the car provided to Jason is a silver Fathom FR36. The man who brought the car out walks up to Jason and removes his zip ties, freeing him. Jason turns around and sees Atkins and the two guys staring at him. 

 

ATKINS: Go on! Get it done! 

 

OBJECTIVE: Get into the vehicle. 

 

Once inside the vehicle, just like with Lucia, Jason sees a sticky note and a polaroid photo of the target taped to the steering wheel. The sticky note has a Trackify signal code that Jason can input on the Trackify app to locate the car. He inputs the signal code into the app and locates it. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Locate the target.

 

The player is tasked with finding the target. They must use the Trackify app to locate the target’s car. The player will find it parked at a Quickstop gas station in town. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Lure the target out of town. 

 

We see Jared exit the gas station store and get back into his vehicle, a red Vapid Dominator GT convertible. Once Jared merges back onto the main road, the player must goad him into a road rage incident. The player can do this in a variety of ways such as engaging in tailgating, excessively honking the horn, antagonizing Jared by flipping him off and insulting him, cutting him off repeatedly, and brake checking him. Once Jared has been antagonized enough, he will begin chasing the player. 

 

The player must lure Jared out of Port Gellhorn in order to go through with the murder. The player must be careful not get too far ahead of Jared or let him lose interest in going after you. The player will need to maintain a “road rage meter” to keep Jared in pursuit of the player. If the meter decreases, Jared will begin to back off and resume driving normally. The player will need to keep antagonizing him until a sufficient distance from Port Gellhorn has been reached. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Murder Jared Burns. 

 

Once the player has led Jared far enough away from town, they will then need to kill him. The player can do this by pulling over and exiting the vehicle. Jared will park up behind the player and exit his vehicle and attempt to fight. The player can kill him with a gun or melee weapon. The player will need to act quickly if they intend to use a gun, because Jared will run back to his car to escape the moment he sees a gun being pulled. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Leave the area. 

 

Once Jared has been murdered and the player has taken a picture of the corpse with the cell phone, the player needs to get back into their car and drive away from the scene of the crime. Once a sufficient distance has been reached, it’ll then transition to a cutscene. 

 

We see Jason pull up at a gas station to refuel. Once he’s back in the car, he attempts to merge back onto the road. Feeling heated and impatient from what happened earlier and wanting to be done with this job already, Jason recklessly merges onto the road and cuts off a black Canis Terminus, the driver angrily honking at him. 

 

Jason rolls down his window and gives them the finger. We can see the Terminus aggressively accelerating to catch up with Jason, who notices in his rear view mirror. As they get closer, Jason holds his middle finger out the window again as the SUV passes around him. They then slam on their brakes, nearly making Jason lose control of his car, before accelerating off again. 

 

Jason slowly shakes his head and we can hear him now accelerating to catch up with the SUV. They try to brake check him again, but Jason anticipates this and goes around them. He then returns the favor and brake checks them. Jason then makes a right turn down a back road and speeds away. The Terminus follows after him and pulls up alongside him. The occupants roll their windows down and begin taunting Jason. They appear to be young college kids, two guys and two girls.

 

BRO 1: You wanna start somethin’ bitch? Pull over motherf*cker! Let’s go! 

 

BRO 2: f*cking pussy, pull over! You ain’t sh*t!

 

BRO 1: You drive like a bitch, dude! Little bitch ricer car too! 

 

GIRL 1: Tiny dick asshole! Pull over bitch, I’ll beat your ass! 

 

BRO 2: Come on, motherf*cker! Show me what you got! 

 

Jason rolls his window down and just gives them the finger again. The dude in the front passenger seat throws a Burger Shot drink into Jason’s car, spilling all over him. They laugh and speed away. Jason speeds up and then rams the SUV from behind. The SUV swerves a bit as the driver tries to maintain control. Jason rams the SUV again but this time it ends up going into a ditch, flipping over a few times before rolling back onto its wheels. Jason slows down, steers to the left, and yanks the handbrake, completing a 180-degree turn. He pulls up to the crash and exits the car, Burger Shot cup in hand. 

 

The driver and the passenger have both scrambled out of the wrecked Terminus, but the two women are stuck inside. The driver goes to help them get out while the passenger tries to charge towards Jason. Just as the passenger gets within arm’s reach, Jason does a quick side step and kicks the man’s shin out from under him, causing him to trip and fall on his face. Before he can even get up, Jason grabs him and puts him into a headlock.

 

JASON: Here, I think you forgot something! This belongs to you!

 

Jason smashes the plastic Burger Shot cup into the guy’s face repeatedly. The cup deforms and folds up enough that Jason then wrestles the guy to the ground and gets on top of him. He forces the crushed and warped paper cup partially into the guy’s mouth.

 

JASON: Don’t f*cking litter! f*cking trashbag. 

 

Jason then stomps the guy’s face, forcing the cup all the way into the guy’s mouth completely. The driver sees this and attempts to help fight Jason off. As the driver approaches, Jason pulls out a pistol and aims at him, telling him to back off. The driver puts his hands up and backs away. 

 

JASON: Yeah, who’s the bitch now, huh? 

 

Jason then holsters the pistol and turns around to return to his car. As he walks back, he sees the passenger on the ground getting up after having removed the smashed cup from his mouth. Jason delivers one last kick to his face, knocking the guy unconscious. Just as Jason hands out that final blow to the passenger, we hear the beat to Feel Nothing by HEALTH kick in. The world moves in slow-motion as the camera rotates itself in front of Jason as he walks back to the car. We see him turn his trucker cap backwards, pull out a Redwood cigarette, and light it with a zippo lighter. In the background, slightly out of focus, we see the driver rush to his friend’s aid, as the two women exit the wreck. We can’t hear, but can see the driver yell something at Jason, but he just turns around and holds up two middle fingers to them before turning back to face the camera. Just as the chorus kicks in, we see the FR36 peel off in a sick burnout as Jason speeds to make it to the meet point.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head back to the meet point. 

 

The player is put back in control of Jason and is tasked with going back to where he met with Atkins. Once there, Jason exits the car and walks up to the unfinished house. One of Atkins’ associates exits the house and Jason tosses the FR36’s car keys to him. Atkins asks him how things went, with Jason replying that it went peachy.

 

JASON: I did what you wanted. Now where is she? Is she alive?

 

Detective Atkins pulls out his cell phone and makes a call. He tells his associate on the other end of the call to turn Lucia’s phone back on, then he ends the call. 

 

ATKINS: See for yourself. 

 

Jason spits at the floor near Atkins’ shoes, wearing an expression of pure disgust and contempt for the detective. He turns around and exits the house and gets back into his car. He gets on his phone and opens the Trackify app to get Lucia’s signal again. Once the signal has been acquired, he starts the car and shifts into drive.

 

OBJECTIVE: Find Lucia. 

 

The player will need to follow and head in the direction of where the signal is coming from to locate Lucia. Following the signal will take the player down a dirt road in a forested area in the middle of nowhere. It’s getting dark, as the sun has already set, and it’s getting darker. Eventually the dirt road will come to a dead end, with a trail off to the right. The player will need to exit the vehicle and walk down the trail. As Jason exits his vehicle, he looks in the glovebox and finds a flashlight that he takes with him. 

 

It is pitch black outside, so the flashlight is absolutely necessary to navigate the trail in conjunction with the Trackify app. It’s extremely quiet in the forest, with only nature’s ambience to keep the player company. The wind rustles through the trees and leaves, bugs are chirping, the player can hear the sounds of wild animals off in the distance, and there are sometimes sounds that seem to be approaching. Eventually the player will come across an abandoned mobile home in the middle of a clearing. There are no lights on in the mobile home, but Jason checks the app and the signal is extremely close. He puts the phone away and pulls out his pistol while still holding the flashlight. 

 

As Jason approaches the door to the mobile home, it transitions to a cutscene. He shines his flashlight at it and tries the doorknob. It turns all the way and he gently and slowly opens the door, shining his light inside. He does a sweep of the floor first with his flashlight to check for traps, and then shines it upwards to check the layout of the home. He steps inside and makes his way towards the bedroom at the end of the short hallway, checking all the other rooms and closets along the way just in case. He opens the door to the bedroom and shines the flashlight around, eventually locating Lucia who is sitting on the floor in an open closet. She’s blindfolded, her hands and feet bound together with zip ties. He quickly moves towards her and gently shakes her, which causes Lucia to be startled and screaming. Jason calms her down, telling her that it’s him and he’s trying to get her out. He removes the blindfold and holds the flashlight up to show Lucia that it is him. She quiets down and becomes extremely relieved to see him. He pulls out his pocket knife and cuts the zip ties from her hands and feet, finally freeing her. He slowly helps her to her feet and asks if she’s hurt anywhere. She tells him to check her face, prompting Jason to shine the flashlight on it where he sees the bruises and cut lip from when she was slapped by Atkins earlier. Lucia is able to see Jason’s damaged face, seeing him bruised and beaten as well.

 

LUCIA: Did he do that to you?

 

JASON: He did, he ambushed me. Let’s first get out of here, this place is giving me the creeps. Can you walk or run?

 

LUCIA: I… I think I can. 

 

JASON: Take my hand, follow me.

 

As they make their way towards the front door to exit, a cell phone begins ringing loudly in the kitchen, startling the both of them. Jason slowly makes his way to the phone until he catches the faint smell of gasoline and gunpowder. He shines his flashlight and sees a homemade bomb towards the back of a cabinet under the sink with two jerry cans nearby that must be full of gas. 

 

JASON: sh*t!

 

Without a moment’s hesitation, he picks Lucia up in a fireman’s carry and sprints out the front door. Just as they make it about a dozen or so feet away from the mobile home, it goes up in a fireball. The force of the explosion causes Jason to fall to the ground. He immediately puts his body on top of Lucia’s to shield her from debris. After a brief moment, he lifts himself up a bit to look back at the inferno behind them. He then turns back towards Lucia’s eyes where they gaze at each other for probably what felt like almost an eternity. The fire reflects perfectly in her eyes, matching the rage they both feel. Lucia grabs Jason by his dog tags and pulls him down to her, where they share a long and passionate kiss. The next shot is of their silhouettes against the blaze, becoming one again. 

 

The scene then cuts to us seeing them coming out of the trail and back onto the dirt road, where Jason’s car is still parked. They get in and Jason starts the car. He backs up and gets the vehicle turned around to head back to where Lucia’s car is.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive Lucia to her car.

 

LUCIA: When did you find out I was missing?

 

JASON: This morning, I stayed over at Krissie’s last night since it was late by the time I was done helping Paul with his car. I sent you a text to let you know, but I saw you never responded. I got back to the motel by 10:30ish in the morning and saw that it was empty. Next thing I know, I get a message on WhatUp from someone, might’ve been Atkins or someone, I don’t know, with a picture taken by someone spying on Krissie’s house and an address for where to meet him. I went and he f*ckin’ ambushed me with a couple friends of his. 

 

LUCIA: That’s exactly what he did to me. 

 

JASON: He did? Motherf*cker… It shouldn’t surprise me that piece of sh*t will do whatever it takes, he’ll stoop to any f*cking low! 

 

LUCIA: It didn’t even cross my mind that it could’ve been him, but you know I won’t stand for anyone threatening the people I care about. I had to find out who sent that message.

 

JASON: Hey, I’m not blaming you. You did what you thought was right. Neither of us knew it was that sneaky f*ck. What did he make you do?

 

LUCIA: He had me assassinate some reporter who had been investigating him. I also had to wipe files off a computer, I’m assuming it was all evidence. He’s f*ckin desperate, the feds may be close to getting him.

 

JASON: Did he tell you to take a picture of the victim when you did it?

 

LUCIA: Yeah… he had you do that too?

 

JASON: I keep thinking he’s gonna further blackmail us with that sh*t, but then he sets up a trap to kill us? 

 

LUCIA: The evidence might be his backup plan? Or maybe he’s gonna try and bargain for a better deal if he turns that sh*t in. I have no f*ckin’ idea. You need to call Speranza though, like ASAP.

 

JASON: You think we might need his help?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, I mean think about it. Atkins is gonna go into hiding, most likely. Bide his time until he can either kill us or turn us into the cops. Speranza will give us the greenlight to take him out, plus he’ll be the one to locate Atkins for us. 

 

JASON: Probably best to not talk about this on a cell, I’ll try to find a payphone to use and contact that way.

 

LUCIA: Smart. So, what did he have you do?

 

JASON: Had me pull a hit on some private investigator. He said that the guy was working with some reporter, I’m assuming the same one you killed. I’m guessing we were the last loose ends he had when he had that trap set up for us.

 

LUCIA: He’s gonna have to try a lot harder than that to kill us.

 

JASON: I’ll say! Are you in any shape to drive?

 

LUCIA: I think so, where’s my car?

 

JASON: Seems to be right where you left it, in some neighborhood that’s still under construction. That’s where Atkins had me meet him. 

 

LUCIA: How convenient, I thought for sure they were gonna scrap my car or torch it. I was certain they were gonna kill me right then and there too! As soon as I was leaving, his two f*ckin’ clowns put a bag on my head and threw me into a f*ckin’ trunk. Some straight up f*ckin’ gangster movie sh*t. 

 

JASON: I say we put him in a trunk and then torch the car. Let him burn alive, ya know?

 

LUCIA: I wonder if he’ll smell like bacon when he’s cooked through?

 

The both of them look at each other and share a nice laugh.
 

JASON: You’re makin’ me really hungry now, babe.

 

LUCIA: I’m hungry too.

 

Once the player has arrived back at where Lucia’s car is parked, it transitions to a cutscene. Jason asks her if she’s sure that she can still drive. She reassures him that she’s okay and can drive, she then asks where they plan on staying. Jason says that he'll get them a room at the motel they stayed at once in Yorktown, fearing that if they stay any longer at the Easy Inn they’ll be tracked down. Lucia nods and they hug each other one more time, sharing a kiss. Lucia thanks him for rescuing her, but he tells her that she doesn’t need to thank him. He remarks that he was just doing what any man would do for his woman. They kiss one more time and she exits his car to get into hers. She says she’ll meet him at the motel, telling him to go on ahead and get them a room, while she’ll collect their stuff at the Easy Inn. Jason nods and he drives off, with Lucia watching him depart. From there, the screen fades to black and the mission is complete. 

 

The game fades back in and we see Jason and Lucia waking up in bed together in their motel room in Yorktown. Jason says he’ll get some coffee for the both of them, and Lucia walks to the bathroom. The next shot shows Lucia coming out of the bathroom, all dressed up and ready for the day, as Jason comes back with some coffee. They each drink their cup of coffee, with the final shot being of them exiting their motel room. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, Jason will call Krissie and let her know that he found Lucia and that she is safe. Krissie asks what’s going on, with Jason reluctantly explaining that they got trapped into doing someone else’s dirty work, but he won’t elaborate further on it. Krissie asks if she needs to be worried about anyone coming for her, but Jason says she should be safe for now. 

 

Lucia will call Krissie and tell her that Jason found her and rescued her. Krissie says that Jason won’t tell her anything and she insists on knowing what is going on. Lucia reveals that they’ve been coerced by some corrupt detective that heads up Port Gellhorn’s narcotics division into doing their dirty work. She says that Jason and her have been on “clean up duty.” Krissie asks how they plan to get out of this mess with the cops, with Lucia replying that Jason and her are working something out. Krissie asks Lucia if she needs to worry about anyone coming for her to get back at them. Lucia says Krissie should be safe, but to keep an eye out regardless. 

 

Lucia will unblock Stefanie’s number and call her. Stefanie answers and seems happy to hear from her again. Lucia apologizes for how things went during their last phone call, but she says that she’s doing fine. Stefanie tries to get her to explain what’s going on, but Lucia remains adamant that she can’t reveal anything yet. Stefanie reminds Lucia that she still cares and just wants the best for her. Lucia suggests that they meet for a coffee sometime to catch up, to which Stefanie agrees. 

 

Following completion of this mission, there will be several Weazel News reports and news articles discussing recent events. The following are the most notable ones:

 

• A Weazel News radio report will discuss the recent murder of a popular and well-known journalist for a Port Gellhorn news outlet. The Weazel News anchor will mention that the FIB are getting involved and have linked the recent homicide of a local private investigator to the reporter after receiving a tip from an anonymous source. PGPD had originally theorized that the murder of Jared Burns was the result of a road rage incident gone terribly awry and was unrelated to the journalist’s assassination.

• A news article from the Vice City Sentinel reports on a road rage incident that led to a vehicle crash along Route 3, involving 4 college students and an unknown white male last seen driving a silver Fathom FR36. The article suggests that this vehicle might’ve been the same one described by witnesses as being involved in the recent murder of Jared Burns. Police are refusing to speculate on the possible connection. 

• A news article from the Los Santos Meteor reports on a large-scale seizure of assets alleged to be belonging to infamous drug baron El Rubio. The FIB announced that they had delivered a big blow towards one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world, and that this is the first step towards dismantling El Rubio’s distribution network in the United States. Assets have been seized in Los Santos, Vice City, and Las Venturas. 

• A Weazel News radio report talks about a recent study concluding that Leonida drivers are the ‘biggest assholes on the road’ in recent times, beating out Los Santos drivers for the first time in 9 years. The study has shown a 45% increase in road rage incidents and an 80% increase in traffic collisions resulting in death or great bodily injury over the last 3 years. Leonida also has the most expensive car insurance rates in the country as a result. The study was conducted by the Bravado Independent Research Group (the same group that conducted a study regarding public opinion on cyclists in Los Santos in 2013), who also happen to sponsor this news segment to promote their cars, encouraging listeners to join the other ‘assholes’ on the road in a new Bravado today. 

 

On Bleeter, Port Gellhorn PD will post on their account that they are searching for a woman in connection with the murder of a local journalist. A picture taken from a CCTV camera in the apartment complex will be displayed in the bleet. It shows Lucia walking down the hall and approaching the journalist’s apartment door. Lucia’s face is not clearly seen due to the camera’s poor resolution and the fact that she was wearing a baseball cap on the night of the murder.

 

Mission 26

When You Play With Fire…

This mission can only be started as Lucia. To trigger it, the player must interact with the TV in the motel room.

 

We see Lucia lying down on the bed watching the TV. She flips through some channels before stopping on the Weazel Network channel during a news segment. 

 

ANCHOR: …we have just received an update on the shooting that happened hours earlier at a restaurant in Little Havana. It has been confirmed that one of the men involved has now died at a hospital. We go to Allisa Hardy, live on the scene.

 

ALLISA: Hungry patrons were in for a shock earlier today at a popular fried chicken restaurant in Little Havana, as two men arguing over dropped money escalated into a full-on shootout. It all started when 28-year old Vice City resident Allen Garcia had finished paying for his order and was pocketing his change, when he accidentally dropped some coins onto the floor. Sitting nearby was 36-year old Alfred Domínguez from Hamlet. Domínguez, seeing some of the coins land near him, decided to pick up what he could and pocket it. Garcia spotted him and confronted Domínguez.

 

It then cuts to an interview with a witness that had been recorded soon after the shooting occured.

 

WITNESS: I gotta say, the chicken in there is worth dyin’ for. It’s that good! I mean it was crazy as hell. I was sitting there eating some wings, and these dudes started arguin’ and sh*t. Next thing I know, I’m hearing BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG The one dude drops, while the other runs out the place! Fifteen minutes later, the dude who shot the guy came back to grab his food that he left behind! That’s how f*ckin’ good this chicken is! That’s a ringin’ f*ckin’ endorsement right there!

 

It then cuts back to the reporter standing outside the fried chicken restaurant where the shooting happened. The windows shattered and some still cracked from the bullets. 

 

ALLISA: You heard that right. During the confrontation, Domínguez had pulled out a 9mm handgun and shot Garcia four times. He then fled the scene, as Garcia lay on the floor bleeding. Incredibly, Domínguez returned to the store fifteen minutes later to grab his food that he left behind. Garcia spots him, pulling out his own gun, and shoots Domínguez several times in the back as he nonchalantly walks out of the store. Domínguez would later die at the hospital. 

 

It then cuts back to the witness interview from earlier in the day.

 

WITNESS: I’m glad the one dude lived, because now I don’t have to feel guilty about not calling 911 while I was eating my wings. I mean, I just bought this new iFruit phone and I don’t wanna get grease and hot sauce all over my screen. I left it to the professionals, you know, the staff to do all that. Although, come to think of it… I don’t think they called 911 either. Which I suspect is because they’re all illegals and they don’t wanna get deported. But hey, it all worked out!

 

It then cuts back to the reporter outside the restaurant.

 

ALLISA: Police have announced they have no plans to charge Allen Garcia with a crime, instead offering him a career in law enforcement citing his quick and decisive action in shooting Domínguez. Garcia remains in the hospital in critical condition, but is expected to survive. However, Domínguez’s family are reportedly planning to sue Garcia for wrongful death, citing that how he reacted when Domínguez returned to the store did not constitute self-defense. Back to you in the studio.

 

It then cuts back to the news anchors.

 

ANCHOR: Thank you, Allisa Hardy. In other news, a Leonida Man crashed his car during a police pursuit after he exited a local PeeWees restaurant without paying for his meal.

 

It then cuts to camera footage taken from a news helicopter capturing the aftermath of the chase, with the anchor giving more details on the new story. We then see Jason enter the motel room carrying a plastic bag full of snacks and some drinks, greeting Lucia upon seeing her on the bed. She greets him and she changes the channel. 

 

LUCIA: Did you make that call to Speranza yet? 

 

JASON: Not yet, I wanted to drop this stuff off first before I head back out there. There’s a payphone near the bail bonds office a couple blocks away that I’ll use. 

 

LUCIA: Good. So um… I gotta take care of something too, I’m gonna be gone for a bit. 

 

JASON: Okay. What are you taking care of?

 

LUCIA: It’s just something that I need to do. It’s been bothering me lately.

 

JASON: What’s been bothering you? 

 

LUCIA: It’s kinda personal…

 

JASON: Okay… 

 

LUCIA: What?

 

JASON: Why are you being vague about it?

 

LUCIA: Why do you think you need to know?

 

JASON: I didn’t say that I need to know, I’m just curious.

 

LUCIA: Well don’t worry about it, I’ll be fine. 

 

JASON: Are you sure you should even be worrying about some bullsh*t right now? Considering we got a corrupt detective trying to kill us or throw us in prison to save his own ass.

 

LUCIA: Bullsh*t? Look, no offense or anything, but it’s none of your f*ckin’ business, Jason.

 

Jason aggressively throws the plastic bag onto the couch before turning towards Lucia.

 

JASON: Given the circumstances, it kinda is my business! 

 

LUCIA: Given the circumstances? What are you, my f*ckin’ parole officer?

 

JASON: No! What is your f*ckin’ problem?

 

LUCIA: You! Asking me all these questions! 

 

JASON: You know what? f*ckin’ forget it. Do whatever the f*ck you want. 

 

Lucia shrugs and puts her shoes on and exits the room, slamming the door on her way out. Jason lets out a frustrated sigh. He thinks for a second and decides to go after Lucia. He exits the room and sees her walking down the stairway. He runs to catch up with her in the parking lot. As he runs up to her, he grabs her arm.

 

JASON: Can you at least just tell me where you’re going?

 

LUCIA: Stop asking! And let go of me! Let go!

 

Jason lets go and looks at her with an expression of both frustration and hurt, shaking his head. 

 

JASON: Why are you acting like this? All I’m asking is that you be straight with me! We need to stick together, remember?

 

LUCIA: Why do I have to explain myself to you?! For f*ck’s sake! What? You don’t trust me?

 

JASON: I didn’t say that!

 

LUCIA: Well then what the f*ck are you saying?

 

Jason sees two men approaching them, but puts his focus back on Lucia.

 

JASON: Nothing, I guess.

 

LUCIA: Oh so no more than usual? Perfect!

 

JASON: You’re un-f*ckin’-believable you know that?

 

MAN 1: Hey you need some help? This dude bothering you?

 

JASON: We don’t need your help, stay out of it. 

 

MAN 1: Oh really? Because to me, she looks like she might need some help either getting you to listen or getting away from you.

 

JASON: Excuse me? Who the f*ck are you? Stay the f*ck out of it and walk away.

 

Jason steps up and gets in the first man’s face. We can see Lucia starting to grin as she slowly backs away from the confrontation.

 

MAN 2: I don’t think so, homie. You walk away and let her go. Don’t embarrass yourself in front of your woman. 

 

JASON: I ain’t embarrassed at all.

 

MAN 2: I don’t know dude, you look like you gettin’ red in the face. You sure about that?

 

Lucia keeps backing away, smiling. 

 

JASON: You two are really f*ckin’ clueless, ain’t y’all?

 

MAN 1: Oh now you wanna talk some sh*t, huh? You don’t look like much of a tough guy. Let me tell you something, I do MMA. You don’t want none of this!

 

Lucia now has turned away and continues walking to her car and gets in. 

 

MAN 1: That’s right, let her go. You don’t wanna let your girl see you get your ass kicked.

 

Lucia starts her car, but doesn’t move it out of the parking space. Jason can see her reflection in the driver’s side mirror looking at him, with a smile. 

 

JASON: You should’ve walked away.

 

MAN 2: Only one walkin’ away is you, motherf*cker! Now get on before we make you move!

 

JASON: Oh is that right?

 

MAN 2: I’m gonna warn you bro, straight up! Don’t be mad at us after we kick your ass and your girl comes to us for a good time. That’s your fault. Now get moving!

 

JASON: Make me. 

 

MAN 1: Oh, it’ll be my pleasure, bitch!

 

Before the man has a chance to wind up his arm for a punch, Jason grabs him by the shirt collar and headbutts him in the face. The man’s nose is broken, with an audible crunch being heard upon impact. The man falls to the ground in a daze, while the other man punches Jason in the face. Jason shakes off the punch and then gets into a fighting stance.

 

OBJECTIVE: Beat the man up.

 

The player will need to beat the other man up with fists only. Upon knocking out the last enemy, it transitions back to a cutscene.

 

He walks over to the first guy, still lying down in a daze with his hands covering his face. Jason moves his hands out of the way, revealing the bloody and broken nose. Jason then spits in his face and kicks him in it, further damaging the already broken nose.

 

JASON: Guess you won’t be stickin’ that f*ckin’ beak of yours into other people’s business now, eh? Stupid ass muthaf*ckas.

 

He goes to approach Lucia’s car, which is still parked. As he gets to the driver’s window, Lucia shifts into reverse and backs out of the spot. Jason throws his hands up in the air out of frustration, but she continues driving away from him.

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the bail bonds office to use the payphone.

 

The player is directed to then head to the bail bonds office to use the payphone. The payphone is located outside the building on the side in an alleyway. Once at the phone, Jason will proceed to call Speranza and brief him about what’s been going on. 

 

SPERANZA: It’s me. 

 

JASON: We got a problem. 

 

SPERANZA: Yeah, so I’ve heard. Atkins?

 

JASON: We got forced to do some errands for him, we didn’t have a choice. And then he double crossed us. 

 

SPERANZA: He’s trying to save his own ass, the DOA is closing in on him. He’s already met with a lawyer to get a good deal for himself, apparently he’s got evidence linking you two to the recent murders there, along with some other sh*t. My guess is, he wanted to kill you two first and kept the evidence as a backup in case you two survived.

 

JASON: Yeah believe me, we know. How are we supposed to get to him? Isn’t he gonna be in hiding?

 

SPERANZA: Hiding? He’s a f*ckin cop. Cops don’t hide. Most likely, PGPD are gonna be looking after him, especially his colleagues on the task force that he heads up.

 

JASON: Well we can’t just storm a police station, that’d be f*ckin’ suicide! We’d be shot before we even get through the f*ckin’ lobby.

 

SPERANZA: Relax! That won’t be necessary. Your best bet is to hit him in between locations, when he’s out and about. 

 

JASON: How the hell are we supposed to know where he’s going?

 

SPERANZA: I got a couple guys who’ve been keeping tabs on him. They’re tracking him right now, as a matter of fact. I’ll get you a location, check your messages.

 

JASON: Understood. What about the evidence?

 

SPERANZA: He’ll be keeping it in his house in a safe, I’ll send my guys over there to turn the place over and retrieve it. Maybe even have them burn his house down to make it easier for you to get him.

 

JASON: That’ll be mighty appreciated. We’ll speak soon.

 

Jason hangs up the phone and brings out his cell phone. He opens up the WhatUp app on his phone, waiting for Speranza to message him. Moments later, he finally receives a message containing an address to find Atkins. We then see Jason get into his car. 

 

The player is then switched to Lucia, where we see her park her car in a parking lot behind a row of buildings. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Walk to the restaurant.

 

The player is directed to walk to a restaurant in the downtown area. Once in front of the restaurant, the player will be prompted to enter.

 

OBJECTIVE: Enter the restaurant.

 

Once the player enters, it transitions to a cutscene. Over the restaurant’s sound system, we can hear Jackie Blue by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils playing.

 

We see Lucia get greeted by a young hostess. Lucia requests a booth for two, the hostess then grabs two menus and leads her to an available booth. We see Lucia pull out her phone and tap out a text message. Moments later, a server comes to her booth and asks Lucia what she’d like to drink. 

 

LUCIA: Uh, I’ll take an eCola. Thanks.

 

SERVER: Comin’ right up!

 

Lucia sits in the booth, looking anxious, nervously tapping her fingers on the table and looking around. Suddenly, we see Lucia look up and a smile develops on her face.

 

LUCIA: Hey! It’s good to see you!

 

STEFANIE: Good to see you too, finally.

 

Lucia exits the booth to hug Stefanie, afterwards sitting back down in the booth together. We see the server come back with Lucia’s drink.

 

SERVER: Alright, eCola here! And what would you like?

 

STEFANIE: I’ll take Logger Light.

 

SERVER: You got it! I’ll be back.

 

STEFANIE: Thanks.

 

LUCIA: So, is uh… my PO with you?

 

STEFANIE: No, it’s just me. Just as you asked. 

 

LUCIA: Thanks. Things have been a little uh… f*ck, I don’t know how to explain.

 

STEFANIE: Things have been crazy, I presume?

 

LUCIA: Might be an understatement.

 

STEFANIE: You can trust me, Lucy, whatever you tell me stays between us. You know that.

 

SERVER: And here’s your drink! Now, are y’all ready to order?

 

LUCIA: I’ll have the plate of nachos, please. Give me extra cheddar as well.

 

SERVER: No problem. And you?

 

STEFANIE: I’ll take a French onion soup, please.

 

SERVER: Alright! I’ll put these in for you.

 

STEFANIE: Thanks!

 

LUCIA: I don’t even know where to begin, to be honest… I’m sorry about how I was when we last spoke. That isn’t how I wanted things to go between us, and I feel like such a bitch. You’ve done so much for me, you know I think of you as like my second mom, ya know? And here I am pissin’ it all away. I feel so f*cking awful. Things weren’t supposed to go this way…

 

STEFANIE: Hey, hey, it’s okay. You don’t need to apologize, I kinda figured you’d come around and reach out at some point. I know you pretty well, after all. 

 

LUCIA: You do, and you figured right.

 

STEFANIE: I’ve been worried about you, like really worried. You gotta tell me what’s going on, let me help you.

 

LUCIA: Look, I can’t say too much, but things are not good.

 

STEFANIE: Are you still with that man I saw you with at the beach that one day?

 

LUCIA: Yes, but that’s not the problem. He’s a good guy and I like him a lot.

 

STEFANIE: Is he a good guy, really?

 

LUCIA: Yes, he is. Without him, I wouldn’t be here right now. 

 

STEFANIE: Well I guess I’m just curious as to why such a good guy would take his girlfriend out robbing and stealing. It really pains me to see you like this, Lucia. It really does. 

 

LUCIA: I know and I’m sorry… I really am. This isn’t how things were supposed to be. 

 

SERVER: Alright, I got your food here! Nachos for you.

 

LUCIA: Thanks.

 

SERVER: And a French onion soup for you.

 

STEFANIE: Thanks.

 

SERVER: Enjoy!

 

LUCIA: Look, let me go back to the beginning and I’ll explain.

 

STEFANIE: Okay, I’m listening.

 

The screen then fades to black. Moments later, it fades back in and we see Stefanie and Lucia have finished their food as they talked. We can hear Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker now playing in the restaurant.

 

LUCIA: …and that’s how we got here. 

 

STEFANIE: sh*t… That’s a lot to take in. But it all makes sense with what I’ve been hearing from Costa and the others. I knew that the PGPD was corrupt, but I had no idea it ran that deep. 

 

LUCIA: Exactly. And that’s not all…

 

STEFANIE: What else is there?

 

LUCIA: You’re in danger, I think.

 

STEFANIE: In danger? What… What do you mean?

 

Lucia pulls out her phone and shows her the message she received from an unknown contact on WhatUp. She shows Stefanie the picture that was taken of her outside her house.

 

STEFANIE: Oh my god… Oh my god. 

 

LUCIA: Yeah, it’s from Atkins too… or at least someone working with him. I’m not sure.

 

SERVER: Ready for the check?

 

LUCIA: Yes, yes please.

 

SERVER: Did you wanna split it or put it on one tab?

 

LUCIA: One tab, I’ll pay.

 

SERVER: Alright! I’ll be back. 

 

STEFANIE: Thanks, but I’d rather you not spend your ill-gotten cash on me. 

 

LUCIA: It’s the least I could do, okay? I owe you a lot.

 

STEFANIE: Damn straight you do, but we can discuss that another time. I need to figure out what we do next, but I’ll try to help you the best I can. 

 

We then cut to a shot outside the restaurant where we see Stefanie and Lucia exiting the building. Stefanie thanks Lucia for meeting and speaking with her. Lucia asks her what she plans to do with the information she provided to her. Stefanie responds telling Lucia that she’s going to speak with Lucia’s PO about it and then with Internal Affairs regarding Atkins. She reassures Lucia that she won’t use any of their names, but she’ll most likely have to come in for questioning regardless. Lucia says she understands and they hug. We can then hear the rumble of a V8 engine approaching, and we see Jason’s car driving up the main street. Lucia sees him and motions for him to keep driving on down the street.

 

STEFANIE: Who was that?

 

LUCIA: My boyfriend.

 

STEFANIE: Oh, nice car. My father had one like that, although his was a Declasse I think. 

 

LUCIA: I’ll be sure to tell him that. Thanks again for meeting with me. I’m glad we could work things out, I missed you

 

STEFANIE: I missed you too, Lucia. Hopefully, something good will come of all this.  I’ll speak to you soon. 

 

We see Jason park his car in an open parking space on the main street and exit his vehicle. He walks up the sidewalk to talk with Lucia. Stefanie crosses the road and walks over to her car and looks in her purse for her car keys. Lucia pulls out a cigarette and lights it but as she does so, she notices a man across the street holding a duffel bag. He’s dressed in khaki pants, a dark red polo shirt, nice brown shoes, and a baseball cap with sunglasses. The man walks past Stefanie, but drops the bag in front of a parked car next to her. 

 

Lucia’s heart snaps in two. 

 

LUCIA: STEFANIE!!!!!!

 

Stefanie turns to look towards Lucia, but she’s killed in a violent bomb blast. The force of the explosion is enough to knock Lucia to the ground. We see Jason sprint over to Lucia, who’s lying on the ground and slightly stunned.

 

JASON: Lucy! Baby! Oh f*ck! It’s me, I got you. Are you hurt anywhere??

 

With Jason’s help, Lucia sits up and looks at the flaming wreck that used to be Stefanie’s car. Lucia's eyes fill with tears and she buries her face in Jason’s chest. Jason helps her to her feet and tells her not to look, as he tries to move themselves away from the scene. We see them get into Jason’s car and he hastily drives away from the scene. We can see some of the crowd with their phones out recording them driving away. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to Wyman’s shop.

 

The player is instructed to drive to Wyman’s shop. During the drive, we can hear Darkhorse by Emma Ruth Rundle playing in the background. They don’t speak during the drive, but we can hear Lucia softly crying to herself in the passenger seat, her face buried in her hands. Jason concentrates on driving, making sure to not be spotted by the cops as they are on the lookout for his vehicle. 

 

Once the player has arrived at the shop, we can see Jason drive through the open gate to the shop yard and park his vehicle among the scrapped wrecks there. He tells Lucia to stay in the car, but she asks what he’s doing. Jason explains that he needs to hide his car here temporarily since cops are going to be looking for it, and so he’s trying to get another vehicle to use temporarily to get around. Lucia nods her head, while he gets out to talk with Wyman. Lucia rubs her eyes and looks at herself in the mirror.

 

We hear Jason shout, thanking Wyman for helping them out with the car situation. He walks back over to his car and opens the passenger door, offering his hand to Lucia. She takes it and exits the car. They hug and embrace each other, Lucia keeps her face buried in his chest. Jason apologizes to her for what she had to witness, wishing he could’ve been there sooner. Lucia looks up at him, her eyes glassy from the tears.

 

LUCIA: Did you know about this? How did you find me?

 

JASON: I called Speranza, told him about our situation, and I asked him about how we’re supposed to get back at Atkins. He told me that he had some guys keeping tabs on Atkins, recording where he goes and whatnot. Speranza gave me an address on where I could find him… his last known location was downtown at a bar just a block away from where you were… 

 

LUCIA: Did he… Did… Oh god… no…

 

JASON: I think he found out about your meeting with that woman, I don’t know how. I’m sorry Lucy, I really am… 

 

Lucia drops to her knees crying, Jason drops to his knees with her while holding onto her. He holds her tightly, desperately trying to keep her together even though her heart and soul have been irreparably ripped in two. Eventually she attempts to get back on her feet, Jason helps bring her up. He suggests to her that they leave and get back to their motel so they can recover and stay out of sight for a bit. Jason leads her to their temporary vehicle, a 2001 Karin Taiga 4x4 (based on a 2001 Toyota Tundra Limited [exterior/interior]).

 

They get in and drive away back to their motel in Yorktown. Once they’ve arrived, we see Jason and Lucia enter their room. Lucia immediately lies down on the bed, curling up on her side. Jason lies down on the bed next to her. 

 

JASON: Is there anything I can get for you? Water? 

 

Lucia shakes her head no. They lie there in silence for a bit before Lucia inches herself closer to Jason. 

 

LUCIA: She was like a mother to me… she helped me when I was in prison. She was the reason I was able to get on parole… 

 

JASON: She sounds like she was a wonderful person, I’m sure she was. 

 

LUCIA: A part of me thought about killing myself when I was locked up… but she helped me get my head straight… helped me see things more clearly. Showed me that I could still be worthy of being cared about. 

 

JASON: She really must’ve seen something in you, because you are worthy of being cared about and you always will be. She believed in you. By the sounds of things, I wish I could’ve had a mom like her… I probably wouldn’t have ended up this way. 

 

LUCIA: Yeah well… look how I repaid her kindness… I got her blown away in a f*cking…oh god… what have I done?

 

Lucia begins crying again, Jason moves closer to hold her. He whispers in her ear.

 

JASON: Don’t ever say that was your fault. It never was, never will be. None of us saw that coming. It was that rat bastard’s fault, we both know it. 

 

LUCIA: I just wanted to help her… to save her from this bullsh*t. Even if she was disappointed in me or hated me for being the way I am, it would’ve been worth it.

 

JASON: I’m sure she knew what you were trying to do for her, she knew it in her heart. I don’t think she ever would’ve hated you.

 

LUCIA: I swear… when I see him, I’m gonna rip his f*cking heart out.., with my bare f*cking hands. 

 

JASON: We’re gonna get him. Come hell or high water, he’ll get what’s coming to him. 

 

Jason continues to hold Lucia in bed as the screen fades to black. From here the mission is complete. 

 

Upon completion of this mission, there will be several news articles and Weazel News radio reports discussing recent events. The following are the most notable ones.

 

• A Weazel News radio report will cover the bomb attack that happened in downtown Port Gellhorn the previous day. Three people were killed and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage was caused by the blast. Many people have been speculating about the bombing being the result of terrorist activity, but, according to the FIB who are currently investigating, this is unlikely to be the case as Port Gellhorn is the most boring town in Leonida that a terrorist could target for an attack.

• Port Gellhorn PD announce through Bleeter that they are searching for two individuals who are wanted for questioning regarding the recent bomb attack. A CCTV image of Lucia walking out of the restaurant with Stefanie is displayed in the bleet. However due to the camera’s poor resolution, it’s hard to make out Lucia’s face. Another image taken from a camera across the street showing Jason helping Lucia to her feet after the blast had occurred is also displayed in the bleet. 

• A Daily Globe article reports that Martin Madrazo had been assassinated in Los Santos when he was out driving a sports car on the Del Perro Freeway. His killers were quickly captured by the LSPD when they got caught in a massive traffic jam due to a multi-vehicle crash that had happened a few minutes earlier. The killers were known associates of a rival Mexican cartel that had been slowly gaining more prominence and power over the years. It’s also reported that this cartel has ties to a South American cartel run by El Rubio.

• The Premium Deluxe Motorsport dealership was raided by the FIB after a months-long investigation on its owner Simeon Yeterian. Yeterian, along with several of his associates were arrested on charges relating to fraud, extortion, grand theft auto, and numerous counts of murder. The investigation began when a high-ranking member of the Armenian Mob became an informant and revealed secrets of the organization, including its ties to Yeterian’s dealership. Yeterian had been investigated numerous times over the years, but, due to lack of evidence, has never been convicted of any crimes. The prosecution seems very confident about a conviction being landed this time. 

 

On Bleeter, the player can find a video being shared that shows a witness filming Jason’s car fleeing the scene of the bomb attack. You can hear the man filming say he is trying to capture the car’s license plate but is unable to get a clear shot of it. 

 

Mission 27

…Sometimes You Get Burnt

This mission can only be started as Jason. To trigger it, the player must interact with the payphone outside the bail bonds office. This is the final mission for Chapter 2.

 

It’s been a couple days since the events of the previous mission. We see Jason walk up to the payphone and insert some coins into it to make a call. He dials the number for Detective Speranza’s office.

 

SPERANZA: Detective Speranza speaking.

 

JASON: I need a location.

 

SPERANZA: He gave my guys the slip, so at the moment I have nothing. He must’ve realized we’ve been tailing him. 

 

JASON: f*ck! Now what are we supposed to do?

 

SPERANZA: You’re gonna have to bide your time and wait. I already sent some associates to Atkins’ house to steal his safe. It should be a smoldering ruin right about now, so he ain’t got many places to go.

 

JASON: Aren’t you worried he might be coming for you?

 

SPERANZA: Hell no, that podunk asshole coming into Vice? I have every gang-affiliated informant on our books spreading the word about Atkins. He’ll be gunned down the minute he comes within a mile of the city limits. He’s not gonna show his face around here. Not to mention, the DOA, FIB, and Internal Affairs are extremely keen to have a word with him too. In fact, a friend of mine in the courts told me that the DOA already has a warrant for his arrest, which they plan to execute today. 

 

JASON: So he’s basically stuck out here in the panhandle?

 

SPERANZA: Yep, he’s got nowhere to go. 

 

JASON: Well we gotta make sure we get to him before the DOA does. You said he was gettin’ himself a lawyer, right?

 

SPERANZA: Yeah, but I don’t know who it is he’s gettin’ his legal advice from. Might be a good lead to pursue if you wanna find Atkins. 

 

JASON: I know someone who may know who his lawyer may be. I’ll call you back if there’s any new developments.

 

SPERANZA: Gotcha. 

 

Jason hangs up the phone and then pulls out his cell phone. We’re then switched to Lucia who is in their motel room, lying on the bed staring at the ceiling. Her phone rings and sees that the call is coming from Jason.

 

LUCIA: Yeah?

 

JASON: I need you to call the lawyer, Houston.

 

LUCIA: What for?

 

JASON: Speranza can’t get a hit on Atkins’ location right now, but the dude has a lawyer who may know where we can find him. I’m thinking that Houston may know who this other lawyer is. After all, lawyers often spend their time with other lawyers.

 

LUCIA: Okay… I’ll call him. Jason, I… 

 

JASON: What is it?

 

LUCIA: …uh it’s nothing. I’ll call Houston and ask.

 

JASON: Thanks babe. I’ll see you back at the motel. 

 

Lucia then dials the number for her lawyer.

 

HOUSTON: Lucia! How are you? I hope you’re doing well. 

 

LUCIA: I’m okay, thanks for asking. I have a bit of a random question for you…

 

HOUSTON: Okay, sure.

 

LUCIA: How well do you know some of the other lawyers around here?

 

HOUSTON: Well enough, I suppose. Why?

 

LUCIA: You wouldn’t happen to know who’d be providing legal counsel to a disgraced, corrupt pig that heads up Port Gellhorn’s narcotics task force, would you?

 

HOUSTON: Hmmm… You know, I think I might know. A fellow I know who goes by the name of Henry Rosenberg. I heard he recently got himself a client who seems to be embroiled in some controversy stemming from some suspicious financial activity. 

 

LUCIA: Mr. Phillips? May I ask whatever happened to attorney-client privilege?

 

HOUSTON: You didn’t hear it from me, but you know how it is! Confidentiality goes out the window when you’re at a swingers party doing lines and drinking expensive wine.

 

LUCIA: Except in our case, right?

 

HOUSTON: Of course, of course! Our partnership is ironclad.

 

LUCIA: That’s what I like to hear.

 

HOUSTON: You might wanna visit him at his house up in the Red Hills area. 327 Marwood Drive. 

 

LUCIA: Thank you very much.

 

HOUSTON: You’re welcome, let’s speak again soon!

 

Lucia ends the call and gets up from the bed, heading to the bathroom. We then see Jason driving his Karin Taiga 4x4 and parking it in the lot at their motel. He heads inside and we see Lucia is dressed in black shorts, black boots, a white tank top, and an olive green jacket. Her hair is done up in a bun and she’s got some shades on. Jason stops to look her up and down.

 

LUCIA: What do you think?

 

JASON: It’s badass, I really like it! How are you feeling by the way? 

 

LUCIA: I’m doing okay, I guess. Better than before, I just needed some time to process… It still hurts, ya know?

 

JASON: I understand. Did you hear from the lawyer?

 

LUCIA: Yeah, he gave me an address to some lawyer’s house in Red Hills. 327 Marwood Drive. 

 

JASON: You ready?

 

Lucia walks up to Jason, placing her hands on his chest and kissing him.

 

LUCIA: Ready to kill!

 

JASON: Certainly dressed for a killing! Come on little spitfire, we got work to do. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Drive to the lawyer’s house.

 

The two climb into the Karin Taiga 4x4, with Jason behind the wheel. During the drive, Lucia tells Jason that she owes him an apology. Jason asks her for what, in a slightly sarcastic manner which she picks up on. She tells him that she’s sorry about that day back at the motel when they argued, admitting that she should’ve told Jason where she was going. Jason tells her that she got two guys beat up for their trouble, however Lucia smirks at this.

 

LUCIA: I didn’t ask for their help, they inserted themselves into something that wasn’t their business.

 

JASON: You could’ve helped, ya know? Instead of turning around, leaving me to it.

 

LUCIA: You handled it, didn’t you?

 

JASON: Yeah that time, what if they had guns?

 

LUCIA: But they didn’t.

 

JASON: Not this time, this ain’t the Wild West babe! I can't be getting into random fights like that all the time, it draws unnecessary attention.

 

LUCIA: Look, I was just upset alright? I’m sorry about that. I was going through something and it wasn’t something that I could just drop, ya know?

 

JASON: That’s fine, I’m not judging. I wasn’t gonna tell you that you couldn’t go off and do whatever it was you were doing. I just wanted to know where you were so I’d know you were safe. 

 

LUCIA: I know, I get it. I’m sorry. I won’t do that again.

 

JASON: Promise?

 

LUCIA: Pinky promise?

 

Jason gives her a funny look, but obliges and they do a pinky promise. 

 

JASON: You wanted to see me beat the sh*t outta those two guys, didn’t you? That’s why you were smiling, wasn’t it?

 

LUCIA: There’s just something about men fighting over a woman, ya know? It’s kinda… romantic and sweet! Who says chivalry is dead?

 

JASON: For those two clowns, it most certainly f*ckin’ is. God, us men are so stupid sometimes. Fighting over women? No wonder there’s no such thing as world peace. 

 

LUCIA: Well, regarding world peace, I’m fairly certain that issue is a lot more complex than that. If it makes you feel any better, those two assholes always hung around the 24/7 nearby the motel and they’d always catcall me and whistle at me. I’d tell them to go f*ck themselves and they thought I was flirting with them. 

 

JASON: Hey I don’t regret for one second beating eight tons of crap outta them, but I’m glad I can help make sure they’re catcalling days are over.  

 

LUCIA: Aww you’re such a sweetheart!

 

JASON: Look who’s being cheesy now.

 

LUCIA: So? It’s different when I’m cheesy.

 

JASON: How so? You know, this sounds an awful lot like a double standard.

 

LUCIA: When I’m cheesy, it’s cute and quirky.

 

JASON: Quirky?

 

LUCIA: Yes, quirky. When you’re cheesy, well… How do I put this? You’re cringe.

 

JASON: Is this your idea of tough love or a joke?

 

When Lucia hears Jason say the word love, she blushes a bit.

 

LUCIA: Sure. Yeah, you can say that. You’re welcome, by the way.

 

JASON: Yeah, thanks a lot babe. 

 

LUCIA: Here, let me get some music goin’.

 

Lucia wil flip through the radio channels, stopping on the 80s station where we hear the DJ introducing Two To Make It Right by Seduction. 

 

Upon approaching the house, we can see the lawyer getting his bright red Pfister Astron. Jason pulls into the driveway, blocking the exit.

 

OBJECTIVE: Ram the lawyer’s car into the garage.

 

The player is instructed to drive the truck down the driveway and ram the Pfister Astron, pushing it into the garage. Once done, we see Jason and Lucia exit the truck and pull the lawyer out of his car. They threaten the lawyer to give up Atkins’ whereabouts. The lawyer is unable to tell them exactly where Atkins is going, all that he knows is that he was told that Atkins planned to head into Yorktown to talk to a woman there. 

 

Jason and Lucia turn to look towards another, their faces bearing expressions of grim concern and anxiety. They press the lawyer for more information, but he’s not able to provide anything. Suddenly, we hear a vehicle making its way down the driveway at speed and screeching to a halt. It’s an unmarked Vapid Police Interceptor with four cops inside it. Jason pistol whips the lawyer, knocking him out, and they get into cover.

 

OBJECTIVE: Lose the cops.

 

The player will now gain a two-star wanted level, with full descriptions of the protagonists. They can either shoot it out with the cops and escape the search radius, or just hop into Karin Taiga 4x4 and lose the cops in a police pursuit. Choosing the latter option will result in the cops having a full vehicle description of the truck.

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to Krissie’s place

 

Fearing the worst, Jason and Lucia rush to Krissie’s place to see if she’s still safe. During the drive, Jason calls his sister, but she doesn’t answer the phone. Lucia then calls her a few times, but still no answer. Jason then decides to call Paul, Krissie’s boyfriend. He answers his phone, saying he’s busy at work at the moment. Jason tells him that they’re might be an emergency regarding Krissie, which makes Paul begin to panic a bit. He asks what’s going on, but Jason can’t elaborate. Instead, he tells Paul to try calling Krissie and see if she’ll pick up his call. Paul says he’ll do so and that if he doesn’t get an answer, he’ll leave work to check the house. Jason says they’re on the way to the house right now and he hangs up. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Investigate the house.

 

Once the player has arrived, they’ll see Krissie’s car is still in the driveway, the driver’s door is ajar. Lucia will walk over and close the door. Looking at the house, they’ll notice the front door isn’t shut. With their pistols drawn, they enter the house and split up looking around. The house is empty, however, the dogs are trapped in the bathroom yelping and whining. Jason tries to open it, but it’s locked. He kicks the door in and sees both Bongo and Caja in the bathtub. Caja appears to be fine, but Bongo has been wounded and can’t get himself out of the tub. Jason helps the dogs out of the tub while Lucia comes around to help.

 

Jason examines Bongo's wound and tries to stop the bleeding while Lucia keeps searching around the house. Eventually, they hear the sound of an approaching vehicle parking in front of the house, with a car door slamming shut. Lucia peeks out the front doorway and sees that it’s Paul approaching. 

 

PAUL: What the hell is going on? Is Krissie there? She isn’t answering her phone!

 

LUCIA: She isn’t here! But don’t panic, we’ll—-

 

PAUL: Don’t f*cking panic?! What?! I thought we were safe? You told me we were safe!

 

LUCIA: Calm down! 

 

Jason comes out of the house, holding Bongo in his arms. Paul sees this and becomes even more stressed and freaked out. 

 

PAUL: What happened to him?!

 

Jason places Bongo into Paul’s arms.

 

JASON: Listen, go and take the dog to the vet and get him some help! We’ll take care of this! Go! 

 

Jason pulls out Krissie’s car keys from his pocket and puts them in Paul’s pocket. Jason opens up the rear passenger door and helps Paul gently place Bongo onto the backseat. Caja comes running out and jumps into the car as well. Jason and Lucia then run back to their truck. 

 

PAUL: MAKE SURE YOU GET HER BACK! Safe and sound! Please!

 

LUCIA: We will! We promise that we will! 

 

Paul gets into the driver’s seat of Krissie’s car and peels out of there to get help for the dogs. Jason and Lucia enter their truck and drive away from the house. 

 

LUCIA: So, what’s the plan? 

 

JASON: Gonna get us some good hardware, that’s what we’re doing. 

 

LUCIA: Patrick?

 

JASON: That’s right. 

 

Jason pulls out his phone and calls Patrick. He asks if Patrick can do them a favor this time, saying that they’ll owe him. Patrick asks what’s going on and Jason responds telling him that they’re going to need some of his best hardware. Patrick asks for some clarification, with Jason asking what Patrick would recommend to take on a corrupt detective that heads up a crooked narcotics task force. Patrick says he has just the right equipment for the job and says to meet him a few miles south of Port Gellhorn, saying he’ll send Jason some coordinates on the WhatUp app. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Meet with Patrick.

 

After opening the app and getting the coordinates, the player is instructed to drive south of Port Gellhorn to meet up with Patrick. Upon arrival at the meet-up location, we see Patrick leaning on the driver’s side of a silver Albany Esperanto. Jason and Lucia park up behind his vehicle and exit. 

 

We see Patrick reach inside the vehicle and press the trunk release switch, opening the trunk. Jason opens it up further, where we see a big duffel bag inside. Patrick walks around to the back and unzips it. From here, the camera changes perspective to looking at the protagonists from the inside of the trunk. 

 

Paul leans forward and pulls out a carbine rifle, which he hands to Lucia. He then pulls out another carbine rifle, which is then handed to Jason. 

 

JASON: Holy sh*t, where did you get all this stuff?

 

PAUL: Been saving it for a rainy day! 

 

LUCIA: Considering the sh*tstorm we’re about to rain on Atkins, I’d say the occasion is pretty appropo. 

 

PAUL: I’m just glad someone is giving him his just desserts. That motherf*cker busted me one time and had me roughed up in a cell. He wants to be a gangster? Well he’s gonna die like one. 

 

JASON: Amen to that.

 

PATRICK: Amen indeed. You’re also gonna need these.

 

Patrick pulls out some tough armor vests. Jason and Lucia holster their rifles on their shoulders and apply the vests onto their bodies. He then hands them some extra ammo for the rifles and their sidearms. Jason thanks him for the favor, but Patrick thanks them for going after Atkins. With their business concluded, Patrick gets in his car and drives away. Jason and Lucia get back into their truck and try to come up with a plan. As they begin discussing, Jason gets an alert on his phone. He looks and sees that it’s on the WhatUp app. They share a look with each other and then Jason opens up the app on his phone. 

 

In the message, a picture of Krissie bound and gagged is displayed, with a set of coordinates accompanying the message. Jason tries to keep himself together and focused, but Lucia can see how much this situation is affecting him. She sees his hand trembling in anger as he holds his phone, glaring at the picture. She gently grabs his hand and holds it, looking into his eyes. She reassures him that they’re going to get Krissie back, safe and sound. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Head to the location.

 

After solving the coordinates to figure out where to go next, Jason puts the truck in gear and they head out. The coordinates lead the player to an old abandoned church to the west of Lake Leonida. In order to get there, the player will need to turn off an old back road and onto a dirt trail that takes the player to the abandoned church. 

 

Upon arrival, Jason parks the truck off to the side of the trail in a small  clearing. They grab their rifles and bandanas and move to take cover so they can survey the place. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Locate Krissie

 

The player will sneak around the outside area of the abandoned church and locate Krissie without being spotted. The player can switch between Jason and Lucia to accomplish this. The player will see Krissie in what used to be a back office in the church, tied to a chair. Once located, Lucia suggests they sneak in through the basement of the church and make their way to the office first to free Krissie. Jason agrees and they make their move.

 

OBJECTIVE: Sneak in through the basement and free Krissie.

 

The player will need to go down the stairs leading to the basement entrance to the building and gain entry. The door isn’t locked and can be pushed open to get inside. Once in the basement, Jason and Lucia will need to sneak upstairs to the main floor. There’s two enemies in the basement that can be eliminated with stealth attacks. Once they’re dealt with, Jason and Lucia will need to sneak up onto the main floor and look for Krissie. Once they’re out of the basement, they’ll find themselves in a hallway with a few rooms on either side of the hall. Krissie will be in the room at the end on the east side of the hall. Lucia will lockpick the door and open it, while Jason takes cover in the room and keeps a lookout. Lucia then walks over to Krissie, telling her to stay quiet, and cuts the zip ties. Lucia will then tell Krissie to sneak out the window and run over to their parked truck and stay there. Krissie is shaking and falling apart at the seams, almost going into a full-blown panic attack. Jason walks over to her and hugs her, promising her that Lucia and him are going to get her out of here. He caresses Krissie's face and tells her to listen to Lucia and to stay low and quiet. Krissie nods her head and sneaks out through the window, making her way to their truck. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Eliminate Atkins’ men.

 

With Krissie now freed and away from any potential crossfire, the player is directed to make their way into the main congregation area and waste Atkins’ guys. As Jason and Lucia approach the main double doors leading to the congregation area, they get their rifles ready and take cover. Jason tells Lucia that as soon as he kicks the doors open, he’ll lay down suppressive fire to allow her to head to the right and up the stairs to the above observation area. Meanwhile, he’ll stay on the main floor so that way they both have the high and low grounds covered. With a plan in mind, Jason then kicks open the door. Atkins’ guys, composed of other crooked cops on his narcotics task force and a few off-duty cops, are caught off-guard and scramble to get their guns. We then hear DSM-V by HEALTH begin to play in the background.

 

JASON: I got some police brutality for you motherf*ckers! Right here!

 

We see Atkins, surprised, at the other end of the room grab a shotgun and tell his guys to open fire.

 

A chaotic and fast-paced shootout commences.

 

Once his men are eliminated, Atkins will surprise Jason from behind by pistol whipping him in the head and taking the rifle out of his hands. He’ll then toss it away and knock Jason down to his knees and hold a pistol to his head, demanding that Lucia come down and surrender. 

 

OBJECTIVE: Walk down to the main floor.

 

The player will be switched to Lucia and is tasked with coming down to the main floor. Upon approaching Jason and Atkins, he will demand that she toss her weapons to the floor and surrender. Lucia refuses to do so, instead choosing to aim her rifle at Atkins. 

 

ATKINS: That’s a very bad move Lucy! I’ll kill him! But I suppose you wouldn’t mind if that happens, given your history.

 

JASON: What? 

 

LUCIA: He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Drop it, asshole! You’re the one who’s got some answering to do. 

 

ATKINS: f*ck you! I don’t answer to you! Or to Speranza, to the FIB, DOA, or whoever the f*ck else. 

 

LUCIA: YOU KILLED STEFANIE! Someone I cared about very much! She meant something to me!

 

ATKINS: She was a loose end that needed to be dealt with! I did you a favor! She was working with someone to get information that could cost us! 

 

LUCIA: What the f*ck are you talking about? She had nothing to do with this or our arrangement!

 

ATKINS: She kept poking her nose into things that were none of her business! It had to be done! Killing you with her would’ve been just the cherry on top, sweetheart. 

 

LUCIA: You treacherous f*cking pig! You got greedy and sloppy, it’s your fault the DOA and the feds want you. Not my fault, not Jason’s fault, not Speranza’s fault. 

 

ATKINS: Speranza? Oh you have no idea what kind of conniving snake that two-faced, cartel-backed f*ck really is. But go ahead, play into his hand. We’ll see how that works out. 

 

LUCIA: Correction, you won’t live to see it! 

 

ATKINS: And neither will he!

 

Atkins cocks his pistol and prepares to pull the trigger to execute Jason. At the very last possible second, Lucia raises her hands in surrender. 

 

ATKINS: About time! Toss your weapons over here!

 

Lucia tosses her carbine rifle over to the left of Atkins, and prepares to toss her pistol. Atkins looks over to his left as he watches the rifle slide along the floor. Within that same moment, Lucia nods at Jason, who then rises to his feet and punches Atkins in the face. The two begin struggling for his pistol. 

 

Lucia tries to get a clear shot but is unable to do so because of them struggling and grappling with one another. Eventually, Jason throws Atkins to the wall and grabs his arm that holds his pistol and begins slamming his hand against the wall to weaken his grip. The pistol begins to slip through Atkins’ grip, but Lucia can see Atkins reaching for another weapon. 

 

LUCIA: JASON!! 

 

Jason notices and quickly throws Atkins out one of the stained glass windows. Atkins manages to hold onto Jason and pulls him out with him, where they land on the grass outside. Atkins scrambles to get back on top of Jason, brandishing a knife to stab him with. Lucia gets to the window and squeezes off two rounds, with one hitting Atkins in the left shoulder and the other hitting him in his chest. However, it appears that Atkins was wearing a vest of his own and was not wounded by the bullet striking his torso. 

 

Before Lucia can fire any more rounds, another one of Atkins’ guys surprises Lucia and tries to wrestle the gun from her. Jason struggles with Atkins and disarms him of his knife and knocks him to the ground. Lucia manages to position her gun to shoot the man she’s struggling with repeatedly in the stomach area not covered by his protective vest, before getting a final shot off striking the man in the head, killing him. 

 

Jason asks if Lucia is okay, but Atkins uses this as an opportunity to strike at Jason and to get back on his feet. Atkins scrambles to his feet and runs to his unmarked Vapid Police Interceptor. 

 

Lucia shouts that she’s okay. Jason tells her to get Krissie to safety, he’s gonna go after Atkins and finish this. Lucia tells him to be careful, with Jason replying telling her to be careful as well. Jason runs after Atkins, but he’s already gotten into his vehicle. Atkins attempts to run Jason down, but dives out of the way. Jason must grab a vehicle to pursue Atkins.

 

OBJECTIVE: Take a vehicle and pursue Atkins.

 

There are two vehicles parked nearby that the player can make Jason get into to go after Atkins. There’s an unmarked Vapid Police Utility vehicle and a new Declasse Merit XS (based on a 2020 Chevrolet Impala Premier [exterior/interior]) parked nearby for the player to take. Once a vehicle is chosen, the player will need to chase after Atkins. 

 

The chase will take players on a variety of Leonida back roads and dirt paths in the rural areas of the state. Eventually, on a windy country road, a deer will run out into the road which Atkins will hit, causing him to lose control and drive into a ditch. As the car skids and slides in the ditch, it hits a small dirt mound causing it to get some air, landing on its side back on the road. The car flips onto its roof where it comes to a rest, and Atkins struggles to get out. Jason pulls up by the wreckage and pursues Atkins into the woods. Eventually, they come to a small clearing in the forest where Atkins is waiting for Jason. He stands there, lighting a cigarette. Jason approaches slowly, holstering his pistol in his waistband in front of him,

 

ATKINS: You smoke?

 

JASON: Redwoods. You?

 

ATKINS: I’m more of a Debonaire guy.

 

JASON: Fair enough.

 

Jason pulls out his pack of Redwood cigarettes and takes one out, then lights it with his zippo lighter. 

 

ATKINS: It’s kinda funny isn’t it?

 

JASON: I’m sure there’s a dark joke that can be made about our situation, sure.

 

ATKINS: Feels like I’ve seen this before, in a Western. You like Westerns?

 

JASON: I was just tellin’ my girl Lucy that this ain’t the Wild West anymore. How ironic, right? 

 

ATKINS: Yeah, well down in Vice City they don’t call them cocaine cowboys for nothing. But you do like them, right?

 

JASON: Sure, grew up on the movies and I read the books.

 

ATKINS: What was your favorite?

 

JASON: Boomtown Showdown, from 1993. The final duel at the end was my favorite part. I lost track of how many times I’ve watched that scene alone.

 

ATKINS: Ahh, I do like that one. Getting the feeling of deja vu over there?

 

JASON: So you’ve done your research on me. 

 

ATKINS: Outlaws, not criminals. Sound familiar?

 

JASON: The only sound I’m familiar with is this damn ringing in my ears that I just can’t seem to get rid of. 

 

ATKINS: It should be sounding like bells.

 

Jason takes another puff from his cigarette.

 

JASON: They say ask not for whom the bell tolls…

 

ATKINS: It tolls for thee… after you.

 

JASON: Say when. 

 

Jason and Atkins then get into dueling positions. Atkins has his hand hovering over his side holster attached to his service belt. Jason’s pistol is tucked and angled in his waistband on the front of his body, going for a cross draw style.

 

OBJECTIVE: Duel Atkins.

 

The player is locked in a duel with Atkins. It’s quiet, with only the faint sounds of the wind rustling through the trees and the deep thumping of a heartbeat. The duel works a little similarly as it does in Red Dead Redemption 2, with the player needing to lightly hold down the R2/RT button to fill up a meter. How much you fill this meter determines Jason’s accuracy. If the player can fill the meter completely before Atkins draws his gun, Jason will kill Atkins with one perfect shot to his head

 

For the purpose of this concept, the player fills the meter completely before Atkins draws his gun.

 

Within a fraction of a second, both men draw their pistols and fire, but only one body drops. Atkins is killed with a single shot to his head, the bullet tearing through his left eye. A unique kill cam shows this in slow motion from a top-down perspective, with a focus on the bloody, fatal wound sustained by Atkins as his head wings backwards from the bullet’s impact.

 

Jason keeps his pistol aimed for a few more moments, making sure Atkins doesn’t move. In the background, we can hear Night Creeper by The Blackwater Fever begin to play. The camera slowly pans around Jason where it’s revealed he did suffer a wound on the top of his left arm where it meets his shoulder, a deep grazing from a bullet that was fired from Atkins’ gun. Jason walks over to Atkins’ body and stares at it for a moment, the sound of thunder in the distance as a storm approaches. Jason looks up towards the sky, when raindrops begin to lightly drizzle from the moving clouds. He holsters his pistol and walks back through the forest back to the car. He makes it back to the road, where it’s now beginning to pour rain. Jason looks around and the road is still empty, it appears no one has come down this stretch of road yet as Atkins’ wrecked vehicle is still lying on its roof in the middle of the road, and the car Jason took to pursue Atkins is still where he left it. He climbs back into the car and drives away..

 

The scene cuts to Jason using a payphone at the QuickStop gas station by the Port Gellhorn Raceway. The sun is going down and it looks like the rain has stopped, the sky is partly cloudy. We see Jason holding the phone with his head and shoulder, as he uses his right hand to conceal his wound.

 

JASON: It’s done.

 

SPERANZA: Very good.

 

JASON: So what’s next?

 

SPERANZA: What’s next is, you and your girlfriend have to leave town. Hell, stay the f*ck outta the panhandle for a very long time. I’m assuming you two massacred the PGPD’s narcotics task force, in order to get to Atkins. When the FIB and DOA catch wind of this, they are going to lose their collective sh*t my friend. It’s gonna be like the Union Depository back in 2013 all over again.

 

JASON: Well they shouldn’t figure out it was us that did it.

 

SPERANZA: All evidence that Atkins had on you and Lucia has been disposed of, his house was razed to the ground, and now he’s dead. Along with his crooked crew of bastards to boot. As long as you two get the f*ck out of the panhandle and keep your heads low for a bit, y’all should be off the hook. I’m in possession of both yours and Lucia’s criminal records and I made sure to put whatever other information the government has on you behind a secure firewall. As long as you two are in my pocket and play ball, no one's gonna know you exist. I would recommend you two also stay off of social media from now on too, in fact, delete all that sh*t. 

 

JASON: Yeah I don’t know how that’s gonna fly with Lucia, but I’ll run it by her.

 

SPERANZA: Just make sure she doesn’t post anything incriminating, okay?

 

JASON: Sounds easy enough. So, where the hell are we supposed to go?

 

SPERANZA: How about an extended stay back in sunny Vice City? I can get you two in contact with some much better employers who need useful people like you and Lucy.

 

JASON: As long as it pays good.

 

SPERANZA:  Trust me, these people I know, will pay top dollar for you two. We’ll speak soon, let me know when you’re in the city. 

 

JASON: Later on.

 

Jason hangs up the phone and opens up a rideshare app on his phone to get a ride back to Krissie’s house. We then cut to Lucia, who is trying to comfort and console Krissie as she is extremely worried about her brother. Lucia reassures her that he’s okay and that he’ll be back at some point tonight. We hear a knock at the door along with sounds of dogs barking. Lucia gets up off the couch and grabs her pistol and takes a look out the living room window to see who’s at the door. It’s Paul, who has returned with the dogs. Lucia goes to open the door to let him. Paul relays the good news that Bongo was successfully treated for his wound, but he’ll need to take things very easy for the next couple of weeks. Krissie hears Paul’s voice and she comes rushing out to embrace and hug him. The dogs are excited and happy, however, Lucia tries to calm down Bongo since he needs to keep himself relaxed so his wound can heal properly.

 

The scene does a fade transition to the next scene, where we see the three of them in the living room drinking some beers, anxiously awaiting Jason’s return. Krissie is recounting the events of when she was kidnapped by Atkins in her home, when there is a knock at the door. Krissie eagerly looks through the window and confirms that it’s Jason. The two women rush the door to let him in, where they both notice his bleeding wound on his left shoulder. They set him down on the couch, with Krissie looking for their first aid kit while Paul offers Jason a beer. Jason accepts a beer and he’s handed a Patriot beer. 

 

Jason notices the dogs and pets both of them, as they’re excited to see him again. Krissie arrives back in the living room with the first aid kit. Lucia examines the wound and determines that it’s going to need stitches, with Krissie agreeing with her. Jason asks her if she remembers how to stitch a wound, with Lucia joking that she’s sure she can find instructions on the internet. Krissie laughs, saying that she’s looking it up on her phone already. Lucia goes ahead and begins applying alcohol wipes to clean the wound up before applying the stitches. The next shot shows Lucia stitching up Jason’s wound, while he takes a swig of some liquor. As it’s getting late, and after having such a frantic and panic-inducing day, Krissie and Paul decide to call it a night and head to their bedroom to get some rest, leaving Jason and Lucia alone in the living room as she carries on with the stitching. 

 

LUCIA: So this makes us even now.

 

JASON: Oh yeah, it does, doesn’t it?

 

LUCIA: I’m just glad you finally stopped squirming so much.

 

JASON: Hey, I was understandably nervous alright? This is your first time doing this.

 

LUCIA: And I think I’m doing a pretty good job, thank you very much!

 

JASON: Yes you are, hon. 

 

LUCIA: Almost done, just gotta get this last one through and then cut it. 

 

Lucia finishes up the stitching and rubs a few more alcohol wipes around the wound to clean it up some more. Jason then gets up and heads to the bathroom to check it out. He enters the bathroom and turns the light on, leaning on the sink to get a closer look in the mirror at the stitching. Looking it over, he seems quite pleased with Lucia’s efforts. We see Lucia come to the doorway, looking at Jason in the mirror.

 

LUCIA: So? What do you think?

 

JASON: I gotta say, I think you’re a natural. Way better than my first stitching job, like miles better.

 

LUCIA: Okay you don’t have to lay it on that thick, alright?

 

JASON: I’m serious! This is good work. You shoulda went to medical school.

 

LUCIA: Well I guess that’s my backup plan.

 

She enters the bathroom and closes the door behind her, standing behind Jason and embracing him. 

 

LUCIA: I’m glad you made it out of there. I’m not gonna lie, I was beginning to get worried after a few hours had passed with no word from you. 

 

JASON: I had to dump the car and torch it, hitchhike my way back into town, get to a payphone and tell Speranza that Atkins is no longer with us, and then finally get a ride back here. I had a lot on my plate.

 

LUCIA: Ain’t no rest for the wicked, as they say.

 

JASON: No doubt. Thanks for getting my sister back safe and sound, like really, thank you for that. That means a lot to me. 

 

LUCIA: Hey, she’s my best friend, of course I’d do anything to help keep her safe. 

 

Jason turns around and hugs Lucia, and they then share a long kiss holding each other tightly. She then rests her head on his chest, and they stand holding each other in silence for a brief moment.

 

JASON: Hey, I just realized, we’re gonna have matching scars now.

 

LUCIA: Oh sh*t, you right! Is it weird if I think that’s kinda wholesome? In a morbid and twisted way?

 

JASON: Kinda weird, but I don’t mind that. It makes it more special, I suppose.

 

LUCIA: What are the odds of that happening? Us getting wounded on opposite shoulders? Me on my right shoulder, you on your left. 

 

JASON: Considering the life we lead, I’d say the chances were pretty high. I guess I’m more surprised that it took this long.

 

LUCIA: Other couples get matching tattoos, we get matching scars. We’re so quirky.

 

JASON: You’re making me hate that word, quirky. 

 

They share a quick laugh, before intensely gazing into each other’s eyes. 

 

LUCIA: Maybe it was meant to be.

 

Jason notices Lucia’s voice shaking a bit, her eyes getting a little glassy looking like they’re welling up with tears. We can hear There Is No Other Place by Inhaler begin to fade into the background.

 

JASON: What’s wrong?

 

LUCIA: Nothing, it’s just that… I…

 

JASON: What?

 

LUCIA: I… I love you.

 

Jason looks down at the floor for a moment, before picking his head back up to gaze into her eyes. We then see a small smile start to develop on his face. He can feel his heart ready to burst out of his chest at any moment.

 

LUCIA: Do you feel the same?

 

JASON: I do. I love you too.

 

Lucia can feel her knees get a little weak, as she lets out a sigh of relief, tears streaming down her face as she smiles wide. Jason chuckles and wipes the tears from her face.

 

JASON: There’s no one else I’d rather be with. I just want you. 

 

They share a passionate kiss before Lucia suggests they take a selfie together, showing off their scars on their shoulders. Jason agrees to it and they change positions, with Jason standing behind Lucia and resting his hands on her waist. She positions her phone and attempts to take the picture when there’s suddenly a few sharp knocks on the bathroom door. Everything goes quiet and the music stops.

 

KRISSIE: Uhh are y’all okay in there? Been in there for quite a while!

 

LUCIA: …We’re just taking a picture together. Be out in a minute!

 

Krissie rolls her eyes and heads back to her bedroom.

 

KRISSIE: Uh huh, sure! 

 

Jason and Lucia snicker and smirk for a bit before they re-attempt to take the picture. Lucia gets the phone in position, remarking that she looks like a mess from crying a bit earlier. Jason jokes that that’s what the filters are for on the camera app. Lucia gives him a funny look before finally getting the picture right and snapping it. With a bright flash of the screen, we’re then shown the cute picture they took together in the bathroom which then slowly fades to black, marking the completion of the mission.

 

The duel scene between Jason and Detective Atkins bares a few similarities to the final duel scene from the 1993 film Tombstone, between Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo. In fact, the scene is a direct nod to the iconic duel itself. 

 

• The choice of location for Jason’s and Atkins’ duel is inspired by the film, as both duels happen in a clearing in a forest. 

• The shot where Jason enters the clearing, we see that he walks between two trees and that only his silhouette can be seen at first until he walks into the light, is taken directly from Tombstone. 

• Just before Jason and Atkins pull their guns on one another, Jason says “Say when.” This line is spoken by Doc Holliday (portrayed by Val Kilmer) during the duel with Johnny Ringo. 

• Atkins makes a reference to Red Dead Redemption 2 when he says “Outlaws, not criminals.” The actual quote from Dutch Van Der Linde is “We are not criminals. We are outlaws.”

 

Outro Sequence

 

We go back in time a bit, back to the scene of Detective Atkins’ murder, where we see a black FIB Buffalo pull up on the side of the road. We can see EMS and forensics crews and the coroner are here along with a few LHP troopers as well, helping direct traffic. As the two agents exit their vehicle, wearing black windbreakers that say FIB on the back, one of the troopers gets their attention and leads them through the forest to where Atkins’ body is. We see some forensics people looking over the crime scene and taking pictures while the coroner prepares to move the body into a black body bag. A woman wearing a dark blue windbreaker with DOA emblazoned on the back, notices the agents and goes to greet them.

 

DOA AGENT: Hey there, agent Laura Cokes, DOA.

 

FIB 1: Pleasure to meet you. I’m agent Hayden Hackett, this is agent Brody Knox.

 

KNOX: Nice to meet you.

 

COKES: Likewise.

 

HACKETT: So, looks like you got your man finally. The man formerly known as Detective Myles Atkins… a corrupt, bribe-taking, drug-addicted piece of sh*t who got what was coming to him. 

 

COKES: We were this close, and he ends up getting f*cking whacked. Most of his task force were torn to shreds in a shootout 6 or 8 miles Northeast of here. PGPD is losing their f*cking minds over this, it’s going to create a media sh*tstorm.

 

KNOX: f*ck the media. Any leads?

 

COKES: Nothing concrete but we suspect that perhaps a couple of former partners of his may have gone rogue. Probably got too greedy or perhaps they were trying to cover their own asses by eliminating Atkins. Possibly could’ve been revenge from any one of the many drug trafficking groups in the state. We know he was associated with Raymundo Moya who was assassinated some time ago, he assisted Moya in maintaining a monopoly on the drug market here in the Panhandle region.

 

HACKETT: His house was burned down this morning. Witnesses describe seeing two or three individuals ransacking the place and making off with a safe before the house went up in flames.

 

COKES: I know, we were on our way there to serve him a warrant when we got a call about a possible fire at his residence. We knew it had to be arson, the timing was very suspicious. 

 

TROOPER: Agents, I got a guy here who says he may have some information regarding possible suspects.

 

HACKETT: Bring him over here.

 

The trooper motions with his hands for the man to come and approach the agents. He makes his way under the crime scene tape and greets the agents, shaking their hands. The man is revealed to be Lucia’s former parole officer, Antonio De La Costa. 

 

COKES: You have some information for us?

 

COSTA: Yeah, I may have a solid lead worth pursuing.

 

HACKETT: What do you got?

 

COSTA: Over a month and a half ago, I was handed a file for a woman who had been granted parole. You see, I was her parole officer. 

 

KNOX: Go on.

 

COSTA: Around the time of her release, she had gotten a job doing ridesharing and working at a popular bar in Port Gellhorn. One of the conditions for her parole was that she had to wear an ankle monitor. We noticed she was in the vicinity of an armed robbery that occurred in the area. A witness spotted two men, believed to be the suspects, jump into a late-2000s BF Club hatchback where they were driven away. They managed to escape the police without being spotted. They were later dropped off at the docks. The thing is, she also drove a BF hatchback that happened to match the witness’ description. 

 

COKES: You questioned this woman about it?

 

COSTA: We did, but she came up clean. There was nothing conclusive to link her but we were understandably suspicious. I had relayed my concerns to the PGPD who kept an eye on her. Not long after, an unknown male had taken up residence in the home she was staying at, it appeared this man was a relative of another woman staying in the home. Since then, there have been multiple incidents that we could tie her to but could never actually prove her involvement, at least beyond a reasonable doubt. It was around the time of the disappearance of Jesús Sosa, AKA Chucho, that I received a visit from Detective Myles Atkins.

 

KNOX: He visited you?

 

COSTA: Yes. He said he was working on Chucho’s case when he came to me, and said he heard about me having some suspicions about a certain parolee I was in charge of. We exchanged some notes and I ended up giving the file I had on her over to him, saying he needed it to aid in solving the case. I didn’t hear back from him anymore after that, and all my attempts to get the file back from him were met with hostility from everyone in the PGPD. Eventually I was shunned from the department, I was no longer welcome there. Then I hear about the murders of Raymundo Moya and some of his crew, and then her ankle monitor goes dark. Sometime later there was the double robbery of Hank’s and another pawn shop in town. I saw the photos shared on Bleeter on the PGPD’s account, and I recognized the woman that they were searching for. 

 

COKES: Anything else?

 

COSTA: I tried looking through the state’s criminal database, prison records, court records, medical and other government and legal records on this woman, and I can’t find anything. Turns out, most of it has been wiped and what little else is out there is locked behind some secure firewall. I tried filing a FOIA request, and I got nothing! This set off all sorts of alarms with me. I suspect that Atkins may have coerced her or offered her to join as some kind of “off-the-books informant” to help aid in his criminal activities.

 

The agents look at each other with a suspicious look, not sure what to make of that last bombshell. 

 

COKES: You must be the anonymous source I heard about in the news lately. You linked the murders of the journalist and private investigator together, right?

 

COSTA: Correct, that was me.

 

KNOX: Nice to have a face to the source.

 

HACKETT: Do we know if Atkins had any other associates that should be looked into?

 

COKES: We know he used to associate with Colin Speranza, a detective who works in Ad Vice back down in Vice City. 

 

HACKETT: The Vice Squad? Oh for f*ck’s sake. I want him interviewed and questioned.

 

KNOX: I’ll notify Internal Affairs. 

 

HACKETT: Alright, let’s get out of here for now. I got a hankering for some coffee, I’d like for you to join us.

 

COSTA: Me?

 

HACKETT: Yes, I may have an opportunity for you.

 

We see the agents and Costa leave the scene. They travel back to Port Gellhorn, arriving at Hank’s Waffles for some coffee. Some sunlight is finally coming through as the clouds are finally beginning to part and clear up.

 

HACKETT: So, you didn’t tell me you used to be a detective for the LCPD for over 20 years.

 

COSTA: It’s a chapter of my life I’ve since closed the book on, but I won’t lie, I still do miss the chase sometimes.

 

HACKETT: You started back in 2000? 

 

COSTA: Yep, before then I was a beat cop from 1996 to 1999. As soon as the new millennium came, I got promoted. 

 

KNOX: 2008 must’ve been a hell of a year for you! 2009 for that matter too.

 

COSTA: Believe me, I remember every bit of those two years. Russian mobsters running amok, The war between the Alderney mob and the Ancelottis, the biggest and worst bank robbery to have occurred in American history at that time. f*ck, it was a nightmare. I hardly slept most nights back then. Around 2010, things started to calm down and go back to normal. I keep in touch with some of my old cop buddies, and they tell me it’s pretty quiet in LC most days. Crime doesn’t get too out of hand much anymore up there.

 

KNOX: I was in Los Santos, 2013, let me tell you, that was no f*cking picnic. 

 

COSTA: Yeah, a lot of us in the LCPD felt bad for you guys out there. The incident at the FIB headquarters, that thing with the IAA, the Union Depository? f*cking hell…

 

HACKETT: Not only that, there was the heist of that new casino back in 2019!

 

COSTA: Jesus… How did it get this way? It seems like all we do is play catch up with these f*cking scumbags, and every time they find a way to come out ahead. 

 

HACKETT: Yeah, honestly some nights I wonder what keeps me putting on the badge instead of a mask and robbing the nearest bank. For the amount of hours we put in, the stress, the sh*t pay, all of that! And for what? We’ve tried spying on everyone, developing AI to help predict future crimes using algorithms, and all sorts of other tech-related solutions, and what do these people do? Whine in the f*cking streets about their privacy and civil liberties! Give me a f*cking break. And then when some asshole carjacks them or kills someone for the fun of it, what do they do? They come crawling back to us. They spit in our faces and criticize us for doing our jobs the way we see fit, but we’re supposed to just smile and take their disrespect. Law enforcement really is a thankless f*cking job. 

 

KNOX: Makes me miss the days of the Old West, when we could just shoot ‘em and hang ‘em. There was no bureaucratic red tape to worry about, back then.

 

COSTA: Eh, what are you gonna do? 

 

KNOX: Here, here!

 

The three men raise their coffee glasses and then take a swig of their coffee. 

 

COSTA: So, you said you might have an opportunity for me?

 

Hackett and Knox look at each other, grinning.

 

HACKETT: How would you feel if we gave you a chance to get back into the chase?

 

COSTA: You mean be a detective again?

 

HACKETT: Yeah, something like that.

 

COSTA: What do you mean by something like that?

 

KNOX: You’d operate in a more unofficial capacity.

 

COSTA: Unofficial?

 

HACKETT: Think of it more as being a private investigator. You report directly to us and only us. You’d have access to our resources and personnel if you need backup. You don’t have to worry about red tape or any kind of government policy. We’d of course pay you properly as well. We’ll keep everything under wraps for you. 

 

Costa sits back in his seat, contemplating the offer. He then takes another swig of his coffee. 

 

COSTA: I do miss the chase.

 

HACKETT: It is getting a little tiring always having to play catch up with criminals, isn’t it?

 

COSTA: It is. You remember that bombing that happened here, over in the downtown area recently? I lost a colleague of mine in that bombing… she was a very dear friend of mine that I’ve known for a few years. She was helping me with bringing in this woman, and we were so close to doing so. She met with her and I had her wired up to record their conversation. Next thing I knew, she was gone… blown away by a car bomb. 

 

HACKETT: I’m sorry to hear that.

 

KNOX: My condolences.

 

HACKETT: But see, that’s the kinda thing we want to prevent from happening again. You understand what’s at stake here. So… are you in or out?

 

COSTA: Okay. I’m in.

 

KNOX: Just one more thing, this woman you mentioned who might be connected with what’s been going on… what’s her name?

 

COSTA: When I tell you this, I don’t want this getting out to the media. I don’t need this all over the news. Not yet at least… Not until I have the proof I need to take her down. That is if it is her.

 

HACKETT: You don’t have to worry, we’ll keep things close to our chest.

 

COSTA: Her name? Her name is Lucia _________. 

 

To be continued…

 

Edited March 11 by TheHoover69

[HadACoolName]

Well.. lemme go get a snack & settle in to read Chapter 2.

[psychedtfout]

seated.

[Agent Edward]

Bro, this is f*cking insane! The rivalry between Jason and Atkins is top-notch and he dealing with him RDR2-like is f*cking golden, keep it coming!

 

Let's hope the relationship between J&L and Speranza turns out smoother tho, similar to Michael and Dave.

Edited June 13, 2024 by Agent Edward

[TheHoover69]

On 6/13/2024 at 12:38 PM, Agent Edward said:

Bro, this is f*cking insane! The rivalry between Jason and Atkins is top-notch and he dealing with him RDR2-like is f*cking golden, keep it coming!

I had a different ending in mind for Atkins originally, but ended scrapping it. I plan to use it for Chapter 3, since I already have a rough idea of how that's gonna go, and I know it would be more badass if I saved it for Lucia

 

 

Edited June 14, 2024 by TheHoover69

[Agent Edward]

3 hours ago, TheHoover69 said:

I had a different ending in mind for Atkins originally, but ended scrapping it. I plan to use it for Chapter 3, since I already have a rough idea of how that's gonna go, and I know it would be more badass if I saved it for Lucia

 

 

Alright, I hear you.

 

Now, about this RDR2-like duel system, I think it's best for Jason to use his sidearm aiming down sights though, since most of GTA6's sidearms will be pistols it don't make sense to hipfire them.

[Guest]

Will take sweet time to read and review, but seeing Lucia reacting to radio's song reminds me of this, lovely.

[TheHoover69]

On 6/14/2024 at 9:10 PM, One of Wisemen said:

Will take sweet time to read and review, but seeing Lucia reacting to radio's song reminds me of this, lovely.

It's funny that you linked this YouTube video, because that's what I was thinking of when thought it would be a cool feature to have Lucia tune the radio stations for the player. Plus, I thought it would work great with the Radio Song world events that are linked to the whole Romantic/Pragmatic and Cool/Chaotic thing. I imagine that, depending on where the player's relationship with the two characters falls into, the songs will be different to reflect that. I'm trying to keep it ambiguous in my concept on where Jason and Lucia's relationship falls under in those categories, as I want to leave it up to the reader's interpretation. 

Edited June 17, 2024 by TheHoover69