Blackstone

It's been an entire month since the letter was first received. The atmosphere is much different than before, it's full of tension. The tension of an arising chaos that is about to happen, and change everything. Within that time Flowers and that one Zoryem spoke, and both made deals. The Flowers learned more, and more information while the Zoryem made sure their deal was more fitting.

The government and Flowers worked very hard to think of ways to minimize damages. The one thing Flowers didn't like was that the Zoryem didn't know the locations of both gangs. At first they tried to search, but with a high land and little time it was impossible.

They had no choice but to wait for the event to start, and the Zoryem would refuse them finding out where he and the others lived. All they knew was that this conflict would begin in this one location called Blackstone.

Flowers told the SDA to wait outside the area of that place. More so to be there the day it began, and to surround the big area half an hour after it began.

One thing Flowers doesnt like is that the government is excited for this for a different reason. They want this to succeed so that they could brag about their accomplishment.

They will only appreciate this bragging as it will result in more SDA members. It will also make citizens much safer, and there will be more people to enforce the law. This is what Azalea thinks at least, the other two just want their freedom with their work.

"Our goal is to kill everyone within that place, not one of them should escape. Unlike that doctor these people are real criminals, they deserve death. I have a suspicion that they must of killed many civilians before. This is going to be their way of paying back everything." Azalea says as he paces around, he begins to mutter to himself.

"Hey, I want you to calm down as you're going to make this difficult. That agent was right about you letting your pride of proving yourself get in our way." Petunia says as he puts his hands on Azalea.

"Listen we made a deal with that man so we won't be able to target them. I know we agreed that we won't keep an eye on them, but we should still be cautious of them. Sure they haven't done anything to catch our attention, but why would they request such a thing from us?" Petunia begins to think a bit, maybe they are doing something that requires no monitoring.

"Yeah that's strange, I've told him to have them just stay out of this. I hope he wasn't lying as I don't mind dirtying my hands on some group who thinks it's funny to waste resources. If I find out that they are doing more crimes, I'll kill all of them myself." Azalea says as he stares at an empty wall.

"I know but we made that deal, and we are to let them be. For the time being of course, we should just wait patiently, and see what happens." Petunia says as he can't imagine what they might do.

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Gael and most of the elders are traveling together, it's today where things change. Gael made sure it would happen in Blackstone, he wants it to be an ironic ending for the Lurkers. After all they all first meet at Blackstone in their early years to make deals.

The Lurkers were always the strong and powerful ones, they were in control. This was the place the Lurkers would rub in their thoughts of being unbeatable and safe.

"You're being petty about this Gael, I know we made preparation but still. You will die because of it, and I won't mind having a smarter leader that can think things throughly." Sam says with a smirk.

"Yeah go ahead and say that, you're all my body guards so risk your lives for me. This will also hopefully make you all less angry as I made you all transport Ashly. If I was to take her with me, you all would think I would hurt her so your welcome." Gael says with a tone that doesn't sound to happy.

"Well I'm just making an assumption, we don't have a great relationship, but I'm being catious." Sam says as he turns to look at their offerings.

"I just want this to get this over with already. I will miss Ashly, but we can't do anything about it. I want to respect our old boss's wishes, but this is far greater than that, Ashly's end is here." Corey said as he looked at Ashly who was just staring forwards.

Gael turns around, and he can see a few more younger members behind them. He made sure to bring in extra at a reasonable size to not rise tension. He is glad he did as he ordered more to arrive much later to help them get rid of these pests.

If he brought more the Lurkers won't want to negotiate, and they will be suspicious. They will be cautious of him, and ruin what he wrote in that letter. The elders are all tired, Gael made sure that they stayed up late to check on Ashly.

The elders are surrounding Gael like shields which they don't like. Some give glances at each other, and Gael notices. "Try something, and you are all dead!" Gael says as he turns to some of them. "Just do your jobs, and afterwards you won't see me for months, it's that simple." The elders look forward which makes Gael smile.

Ashly and Daniel are tied up on two separate horses. Two younger members are transporting them, but they don't seem to be checking up on them. This is great as Ashly and Daniel look at each other and nod.

Ashly and Daniel have been talking throughout the month to ease boredom. They also discussed about the plan, and they hope that it hasn't changed. Ashly spots the huge sum of money that is meant as a gift. Well she thinks it's for forgiveness or something as she doesn't remember much about that.

In the opposite side, the Lurkers are moving towards Blackstone. Amir and Lucas are way in the back as to stay safe from the impending fight. They have arrived before the other gang, and all they have to do now is wait.

"Amir, let's hide inside one of these buildings to avoid the crossfire." Lucas says and Amir guides Lucas inside one of the buildings. They brought guns, and are waiting patiently.

Blackstone is a big, and strange location, it's made up of around 34 buildings. Most of them are broken down, and don't have second floor walls. It's a perfect place for ambushing, and the center is a plain field. The buildings have formed a shape of a circle around the center so it's much more convenient for their plan.

"Lucas is nervous because if the fight happens, Ashly and Daniele will be in the center. They won't be able to move, and I don't want them to get hurt as well. Is that asking for to much? Of course it is I'll accept getting them back with a few injuries it's just that…" Amir rambles on, but Lucas puts his hand on his shoulder.

"No Amir you're absolutely right, I'm also worried for their safety. It would be much better to see them with no serious injuries." Lucas says as he tries to calm down Amir.

"Lucas I'm thankful that you were willing to help us with this plan. I just hope that it all works out as we thought about this plan for weeks." Amir says he is scared that it won't work out in the end.

Lucas pats Amir's back. "It's alright Amir, just be confident that I'll work out. No matter what happens our main priorities are Ashly and Daniel, you hear me?" Lucas says and Amir nods feeling a bit better.

"I won't let anyone kill them even if it means I'll have to take some lives. As of now, Ashly is the only person who I can consider close to me. I still need to find my parents, but that can wait for now." Lucas says.

Blackstone is located near another district called Maiven. It's very nearby that this fight would cause the government to notice, and they don't know why Gale choose this location.

Lucas and Amir are counting on the Zoryem to be nearby, and kill the gangs. They made a promise to not shot or target five people, and they know who they are. They made a plan for the Zoryem to follow, and it's quite simple.

They are to stay outside the area, and begin to slowly move in when they hear gunshots. They know where the Iron Deadlock will come from so they made sure to leave that area unattended. The real power will be on them as they are the surprise attack, the ones to take control once they are weak.

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The Zoryem are at the outskirts of Blackstone. They are bored, but they have to concentrate. They are wainting so that they could kill some Lurkers. "Let's make sure to kill as many as possible, and cause damage to both sides!" Yells out a Zoryem, and the others cheered.

"Hey! Be careful alright, the government will intervene soon. As soon as they spot us our privileges will be revoked, and we will be hunted down. We might have a rough estimate as to where they might be, but we have to be careful of the SDA." A completely bald Zoryem said.

The Lurkers have caused them too much trouble so it's time for some payback. They are going to cause a crime scene, and brag about it for life. They will only do so with criminals that they can trust of course.

Meanwhile Flowers is about 30 minutes away from Blackstone if they took horses. The Zoreym told them to not interfere with the negotiation as they want it to last long. They want this to be a surprise attack which Azalea doesn't want.

Petunia is holding a letter as they are changing a few things. The SDA is at the nearest town, and they were told to not do anything until they received this letter. The SDA is around an hour away from this meeting place.

They hope that this doesn't blow things up as they want to kill both gangs. "I want these criminals to die already so that the civilians are safe." Azalea says with a bit of anger, and Rose pats his back. Azalea then calms down a bit. "You're right, I can't be angry as I'll let it take control. I just need to think for a bit, this has to go perfectly."

"I really do hate how the plan changed as I had to inform the government quickly. It was last minute, but this is the best we got so far." Petunia says as he almost crumbles the letter.

"Just sent that letter already, even now they won't arrive until it all begins. We need to be quick and efficient Petunia, we can't let them get away." Azalea says.

"Patiences Azalea, we know when this will start. I was told to wait until it did as we can't risk failure, this is a big deal." Perunia says.