JEAN PAUL ROBBERY
|
JEAN PAUL v MANOR Conflict:
On February 6th, 2024, Terry Linkston and James Malding got held-up at gunpoint and robbed by Jean Paul and Ginger Ale, whilst doing a Gruppe 6 job. After a couple of hours of looking, James and Terry spotted Jean Paul at the hospital, whilst they were waiting to pick-up Saint Gomez. As Jean Paul went into the hospital, Terry decided to hide into the boot of his car, before eventually hopping out and robbing him at knifepoint in Legion Square. Whilst Terry is robbing Jean Paul, Benji Ramos arrives and encourages him to take everything JP has due to Jean Paul stealing most of the Company's assets a couple days before. As a result, Terry gave Benji a USB that the Company were looking for, but kept the gun he found in a bush that JP had been suspiciously driving back and forth over. In return for giving the USB back to the Company, Terry asked to receive the information about its uses once the Company figured it out. After being picked up by Sparky and a few others, Terry stashed the PD Glock inside the crafting bench at their Grove Street house. SK plans to move it eventually, once they purchase another house and advised them all not to talk about it with anyone outside their group.
RESULTING DECISIONS:
This robbery of Jean Paul is what eventually resulted in a meeting at Ganton Court between Sparky Kane, Terry Linkston, James Malding, Saint Gomez, and Gigi Costello, in which they finally decided on the name of The Manor.
|
TENSIONS ON GROVE STREET
|
JAY and ELZ ROBBED -> Confronting FUTURE
Jay Martin and Eli Porter were snooping around some weapon crates at the dock after they had finished a Grime run, when they were spotted by a group of masked individuals who then proceeded to rob them. After doing some research and speaking to other people who had been robbed, the three suspected robbers were Jean Paul, Future Cortair, and Aubrey Webster. Future later admitted to James Malding and Sparky Kane that he was robbing people at the Docks but once questioned about robbing Jay he backtracked on his story. In a confrontation on Grove a couple days later about the situation, Future was stabbed by Terry Linkston. Although not a part of the Besties, Future Cortair is very close with 4Head who is a member, and who also lives in a house on Grove.
SECOND INCIDENT -> AFTERMATH
Not long after this incident, another robbery occurred in which Gigi Costello was robbed by Fanny and Ming Jingtai during a G6 run. Returning to Grove Street, Gigi is with James Malding when they spot Fanny and Ming, who are also both part of the Besties, at Grove Street. James and Gigi both proceeded to confront Fanny, who denied her involvement in the robbery, despite Ming telling James it was them. The confrontation that occurred invoked the outrage of the Grove Street Housing Association who had spotted what was happening. The group of the HOA that spotted them included Chang Gang Associate Gomer Colton and neighborhood watch Richard Woytkiw, who proceeded to press James and Gigi for attempting to hold up Fanny on Grove Street. Some other incidents that have raised tensions on Grove street include Chang Gang and Jean Paul using Terry Linkston as a hostage for a Laundromat that they were robbing, and also Terry, James and Gigi being robbed at gunpoint during a Gruppe 6 by Mr K., Ramee and other members of Chang Gang and the HOA of Grove Street. Matt and Sparky were also robbed during a money run by Ramee, although he eventually returned the majority of what he stole. Similarly, Gigi was again robbed doing Gruppe 6 by CG twice in one day, although they again returned some of what they stole. All of these robberies and incidents caused early tension and strained relationships between the Manor and their neighbours, noticeably the Besties and Chang Gang.
|
TROUBLEMAKER LUKE
|
LUKE's & COZNEY's Situation:
Luke Atar earlier in the morning meets up with Cozney King in order to steal AC units and rob other groups that were attempting to do so. Unknown to Luke, Cozney is a known snitch as Stephen Joyce had taken part in his kidnapping and assault on behalf of Mr K and Solomon Walker. Spotting a group including Cora Star, a member of ADMC, Cozney and Luke attempt to rob them which leads to a scuffle that results in Cozney being the last man standing. In the chaos Cora had snuck off with the AC units and stashed the loot. Upon returning, Cora is also smacked in the head by Cozney with a wrench. Cozney then attempts to get Cora to reveal the location of the stashed loot to which she refuses and threatens revenge with the ADMC, claiming they have 25 members. In response to the threat Cozney attempts to ocean dump Cora. Cora would later be found by members of ADMC.
HOSPITAL Scrap -> More Pressing Matters
Following treatment, Luke and Cozney return to Grove Street and relay the information of what happened to Ste, Eli, and Jay. When Jay heads to the hospital for treatment on a broken leg, he has a run in with the roof running group. Unknown to Jay, whilst he was on the phone to Luke about the incident, one of the roof running group overhears him mentioning it and the group proceeds to press Jay about the situation. As the situation heats up, Jay is bonked by Hazel Havgreaves (non-ADMC) with a wrench. A conflict breaks out that results in the roof running group all going down again after Jay is helped in the conflict. Following this incident, the members of the Manor discuss the issue as Ste relays to the others that Cozney is a snitch and tells Luke to get Cozney to leave. Ste then has a phone call with Solomon Walker (high-command of ADMC) and they come to the agreement that Cozney is nothing to do with them and will be hunted by ADMC, whereas Hazel, who is nothing to do with ADMC, will be hunted by The Manor. They later squash the beef with Hazel who compensates Jay. However, another issue arises later on in the day when Luke spots Cora at a mechanics shop. Still annoyed about the situation, Luke messages Cozney telling him Cora's location. Cozney through his connection with Speedy had managed to acquire a gun and following Luke's information pulled up to the mechanics shop and started shooting at Cora. In the crossfire, Cozney fired shots that hit a Kaneshiro Clan member. Luke eventually tells the rest of the Manor about the text that had caused the shooting and they quickly realised that if another group got of hold of Cozney's sim card they would see that Luke was in cahoots with him and that they had broken the rough truce they had made with Solomon Walker and the ADMC. Fortunately for the Manor, they were contacted by the Kaneshiro Clan informing them of a $5000 reward for Cozney.
Taking COZNEY -> SETTLING the Score
Under the cover of this bounty, they planned to roll out and hunt Cozney to get his sim card and hide the evidence of Luke's involvement in the shooting. They had planned to use Luke as bait but then they get the information from the Ballas that Fin Win had been robbed doing money orders by a group including Cozney. The Manor react quickly and eventually spot Cozney in a vehicle. In the subsequent chase, they end up at the tow yard in which Ste hops out a car and shoots Cozney, before getting charged at with a knife by one of Cozney's group. Fortunately for the Manor, they win the altercation and are able to rob Cozney of his phone, which they then proceed to stash in their house. The body of Cozney is then presented to the Kaneshiro clan, who give the 5k reward.
In the aftermath of the attack, members of the ADMC requested to see Cozney's phone. Both Solomon Walker and Sean McQuillen demanded to see the phone as evidence of trust between the Manor and ADMC, but the Manor knowing the contents tried to play it off and kept it. Solomon's reason behind the request was to see how connected Cozney was to Speedy, as Speedy had called Solomon threatening him. Matthew Antov eventually relayed to Solomon, as he had read Cozney's messages, that the only traceable connection between Cozney and Speedy was the purchase of BUTCOIN and computer equipment like racks and GPUs. Suspicious of the Manor, the ADMC have not retaliated directly but are suspicious of their involvement in Cora's shooting as well as the initial robbery.
|
DEZMOND WRIGHT, MARTY BANKS, AND A SHOOTING ON THE BLOCK
|
Robbing DEZMOND's G6 Run -> AFTERMATH
Whilst taking part in robberies of Gruppe 6, Terry Linkston and Kenny Hopkins headed to the vault and held up Dezmond Wright in order to steal his truck and money pallets. Unknown to Terry and Kenny however, Dezmond was a close associate of Marty Banks and one of the biggest investors in Marty's casino, 404. Following the robbery, Dezmond called Marty and told him about the incident, who then headed to Grove Street to look for members of the Manor. Marty spotted the stolen pallets in the back garden of the Manor house and also saw a car similar to that which Dezmond described parked out front. Holding a gun Marty, then interrogated James Malding, Saint Gomez and Shankquan O'Neal about the robbery and the vehicle parked out front. Once Terry and Kenny pulled up, Terry admited to Marty that he robbed the G6 truck to which Marty then demanded compensation for Dezmond. Marty asked Dezmond, who had now arrived, what compensation he wanted to which he said he wanted the pallets moved to his own backyard a few doors down, and that the car parked out front should be ocean dumped. Under the threat of Marty and the gun, Terry and the others agreed to the demands and Terry and Kenny proceeded to start moving the pallets. Whilst this was happening, Dezmond changed his mind in regards to the ocean dumping of the car and instead started kicking it. Ramee seeing the commotion from his house on Grove took the opportunity to also steal some AC units from the trunk of the car.
MARTY Shoots JAMES, SAINT & SHANKQUAN
James, Saint, and Shankquan waited at the front of the house with Marty, whilst Kenny and Terry moved the pallets. However, when Dezmond went to the backyard to check on Terry and Kenny, Terry took the opportunity to stab him before quickly jumping in his car with Kenny and driving away. Someone with Marty heard the commotion from the backyard and alerted Marty that Dezmond had been stabbed. In a fit of rage, Marty shot all three of the group that had been stood at the front of the house, before running away when cops arrive.
Following Moments:
Having been shot James, Saint and Shanquan were transported to the hospital and Terry arrived to see them. Suspecting that Terry may go to see them, Marty appeared masked up with a gun at the hospital and got Terry and James to come into his car and head back to Grove Street. At gunpoint, Marty forced James and Terry into the backyard of The Manor's house, before shooting Terry in front of James. Marty once again fled the scene but the Police again arrived quickly and questioned James about what had happened. James feigns ignorance of the situation to the cops, however Dezmond turned up and started snitching to the Police about the Manor and the initial robbery incident. Dezmond informed the police that behind the house the Manor stashed the loot from the earlier robbery and also pointed to James' car being the one used in the robbery. Marty then returned again in order to support Dezmond's statement and even planted some illegal money in the back of James' car to help convince the police of their story. As a result of the snitch, James Malding was arrested and brought to MRPD. Fortunately, he was later released but his car did get impounded for a parking violation. Terry was also arrested at the time and plead guilty to all charges.
|
SO ARE WE FRIENDS WITH CHANG GANG?
|
CHANG GANG's Pushing It!
After a few smaller incidents and robberies by Chang Gang on members of the Manor, many of the gang were confused on where they stood in their relations with CG. On some occasions, members of Chang Gang, like Peanut and Chris King refused outright to rob or scam members of the Manor due to their close proximity and good relations. On other occasions however, CG members like Ramee El-Rahman and Taco Prince robbed and held up members of the Manor, often only returning part of what they stole following conversations. After repeated moments of disrespect, the final incident that caused the Manor to retaliate was the robbery of Terry Linkston by Taco and Jean Paul, in which they stole 1500 jewellery parts.
Jean Paul, Taco & Ramee ROB Terry!
Essentially, Ramee, JP and Taco pulled up to the hospital and spotted Terry Linkston in his 10F. Seeing Terry, Ramee started joking around with Terry, who he calls 10F Terry, and in doing so took 1500 jewellry parts out of his car before putting them back. However, when Ramee went into the hospital, he radioed Jean Paul and Taco telling them that Terry had jewellry in his car and to take it if they wanted to. Not really knowing who Terry was, Taco stole the jewels in front of Terry and put them into his own car before eventually driving away with JP. Terry thinking it was originally a joke asked for them back but once Taco and JP refused he realised he had been robbed. Terry then proceeded to follow the car to the Pawnshop where Taco and JP again refused to give the jewels back. Eventually Terry followed them to a gas station and again asked for the jewels back. Annoyed by Terry's persistence, Taco held Terry up with a gun and stole his car. Taco later returned the car to Grove Street undamaged.
THE EVENTUAL CONFLICT with CG
As Terry realized he was not getting his jewels back, he started to call some other members of CG in hopes of sorting out the issue. He first called Ramee, who pretended that he had no involvement in the incident and asserted repeatedly that it was nothing to do with him, and that Terry should sort it out with JP and Taco. Terry then decided to call Mr. K, who was at this point running K-Town in Prison. On the phone, Mr K. came across disinterested in finding a resolution but said he would call Terry back once he had looked into it. Mr. K never ended up reaching out and at this point, Terry and the Manor came to the conclusion that CG did not respect them at all and and that they could not keep ignoring the robberies and disrespect they were showing them. After hearing about the incident, Sparky Kane decided that the Manor would go after Taco. The original plan was to catch Taco on his own, not harm him, but rob him for whatever he had on him, hopefully a gun.
On March 10th, after seeing that Taco had been selling lockpicks the past couple days, Matt, Ste, James, Terry, Kenny and Ricky devised a plan in which Matt would meet Taco to buy a lockpick, and then they would all swoop in and rob him. Unfortunately, due to miscommunication, the initial attempt to rob Taco failed as Matt's deal for the lockpick was completed before the others had time to set up. However, during the deal, Matt had heard that Taco and the group he was with were headed to the meat processing facility as they had just been hunting. The Manor therefore decided to lay an ambush for the group as they came out the facility. Ste and James were positioned on the highway above with the guns, and the rest swarmed in to hold CG up as they left the facility. Unfortunately, as Terry tried to hold up Taco, Vinny pulled out his gun. Ste and James seeing this shot Vinny down and as a result all hell broke loose. In the chaos, Ste shot Peanut and Terry hit Taco with a wrench. As Terry was moving Taco to rob him, Hazel then came up behind them and knocked him and Kenny out, after which Ste and James shot her down. Zolo, who hid as soon as the ambush started, then came back and hit Ricky, before again being shot down by STE. After escaping from the cops, with the majority of the bodies the Manor robbed 3 guns from Peanut, Taco and Vinny.
After everyone had received treatment at the Hospital, Vinny, Taco, Zaceed and Peanut had a meeting with Terry, Ste, James and Matt to talk about the situation and how to resolve it. In the meeting, Taco said that during the initial robbery he had no idea who Terry was, but revealed that it was Ramee that had told him to rob him, so he did. After some back and forth, Vinny and Taco offered to end it there and then by returning Terry's jewels in trade for getting the guns back. Unsure about what to do and another retaliation, the Manor refused the terms and said they would not return anything until Mr. K and Sparky had met the next day to talk about it.
CHAOS and RESOLUTION
The next day, a group meeting between Chang Gang and the Manor was held in the centre of Grove Street. After a lengthy back and forth between Mr K. and Sparky, Sparky made it clear that he would not be returning the guns as he was unable to trust the word of CG following the spate of robberies and other incidents. Angered by this, Mr K stabbed Sparky and the other 10 Chang Gang members present managed to take down the 6 Manor members (Sparky Kane, Terry Linkston, Matthew Antov, James Malding, Gigi Costello, and Ricky Lafleur). On the orders of Mr K., the downed Manor members were loaded into the back of their vehicles and taken to the Oil Fields. Mr K. then informed Sparky and the others that they were in possession of 4 PD Glocks and were intending to plant them on their bodies if they did not now come to a compromise. Having spoken to Solomon Walker earlier on in the day, Sparky knew the legislation was worded in a way that would almost certainly lead to successful charges of upwards of 100k and a raid of their main property, which was in Sparky's name. After consulting with the others, he realised that this plant would also result in them losing the 3 guns they stole anyway, as they were carelessly stashed in some of their apartments. Strong-armed by Mr K., Sparky eventually agreed to return the 3 firearms in trade for the original jewels stolen from Terry as well as assurances from Mr. K himself that none of CG would rob members of the Manor or continue the conflict, and that they would look to strengthen their relationships. Mr K. also offered reduced rates on Magazines, Ammo and Lockpicks, whether for the intents of purchase or re-sale.
|
INTERNAL CONFLICT
|
MATT and JAMES: Stabbing Incident
On February 3rd 2024, Aubrey Webster was pretending to rob Matthew Antov's girlfriend Tatianna Donatacci. Upon seeing this, Matt attempted to press Aubrey and defend his girlfriend. Whilst watching, Stephen Joyce and James Malding started to mock and mimic Matt in his attempts to intimidate and press Aubrey. Heated by what was happening, Matt took offence to this and stabbed James, subsequently sending him into the ICU. After hearing about the incident, Sparky Kane refused to bring either into the gang that was forming until they both sorted out their differences. After a couple of weeks of stubborness, James Malding and Matthew Antov eventually squashed their beef for the sake of the new gang. There have been numerous incidents between the two members since their incorporation in the Gang. Following disputes over the money laundering operation, Sparky Kane arranged a final meeting between them where they decided to settle their differences once and for all. Sparky informed them that if they continued on their path they would both be kicked from the gang.
LUKE and TERRY's Situation -> Not Looking Good For TEZ
On the May 12th 2024, a disagreement took place between Luke Atar and Terry Linkston, with Terry ordering Luke to remove his Manor mask whilst standing at the pushing spot so that Police would not link any activity to the group. The confrontation between Luke and Terry escalated as tensions between them had been high over previous arguments. This led to a fist fight in which Luke went down. Once Luke had been taken to the hospital, the argument again kicked off when they met at a clothing store, and resulted in Terry shooting Luke. In the subsequent fallout, Terry was demoted to hangaround by Sparky. Terry was later kicked from the gang after going against Sparky's orders to not shoot a member of the Saints, in an incident involving Terry and Kylie Kane's relationship.
|
CYPRESS GET A TASTE OF THE MANOR
|
The Trunk INCIDENT:
On May 5th 2024, Terry Linkston had jokingly checked the trunk of Ilya Karishnikov, a member of Cypress at the tow yard. In response, Ilya quickly pulled his wrench and knocked down Terry. Seeing this incident, Ricky Lafleur retaliated and in turn knocked downed Ilya. Kol 'Coco' Cascade, another member of Cypress, was nearby and therefore pulled out a gun and shot Ricky. Following this incident, Coco took Ilya to the hospital but in doing so left Ilya's tow truck unattended and unlocked. A bystander who had witnessed Terry and Ricky be incapacitated came over to help them. In a moment of quick thinking, Terry asked the bystander to take the stuff out of Ilya's tow truck, claiming it was his own and that he didn't want someone to steal it. When Ilya returned to his tow truck, he realized that he was missing over $11000 rolled bills, 200 bags of weed and his HQ chip. In an attempt to get his belongings back, Ilya called Terry but Terry demanded $10k for the return of everything.
CYPRESS And MANOR Go At It!
After Terry refused to return the items he stole from Ilya, Cypress decided to rob one of the Manor's pushers at their weed spot. Lang Buddha, Harry Brown, Marty Banks and Clark Mason rolled up on Beetlejuice who selling weed on the Manor's block. At gun point, they robbed him but coincidentally some of the Manor pulled into the alley before they could leave. A group including Terry Linkston, Jon Joyce and Ricky Lafleur then chased the group back to Cypress where Lang ejected before firing a shot. A shootout ensued and the cops responded sending several from both sides to prison. Luciano Dicenzo and some of the others from the Cypress group went to the prison to speak with their boys, but as they did so Mathew Antov and Jon Joyce turned up as well. After a tense stand-off, they agreed to parley in the lobby of the prison and a cease-fire was called until they could talk to the rest of their groups about the incidents that had taken place.
Later the next day, Jon Joyce, Kenny Hopkins and Luke Atar met with Lang, Luciano and Harry to discuss terms and squashing the beef. In the heated discussion, the Manor argued that because Lang and his group had attempted to retaliate by robbing a pusher, they weren't going to return anything that was stolen. Whilst no war was directly declared, Lang then told the Manor that Terry wouldn't be getting the $50k he was owed by Marty Banks in winnings from the 404 Casino. The Manor claimed they'd get it back one way or another. Following on from this meeting, Sparky Kane as the leader then met with Lang, Harry, Marty and Donnie in order to come to an proper agreement. Following a short conversation, it was agreed that the Manor would return some of Ilya's possessions that were stolen (the HQ chip, a gun magazine and weed bags), as long as Terry was paid his $50k from the Casino. Sparky pretended that he didn't know about the whereabouts of the $11k rolled bills. In a gesture of good faith Sparky returned the other items on the spot and Lang agreed that they would release Terry's $50k from the casino.
Re-Igniting The FEUD
Around 24 hours after the agreement, Terry, Ricky and DJ Cooper ran into Marty and Luciano whilst driving near Mirror Park. Terry then asked Marty about where his money was, in which Marty replied saying that Aaliyah Court is the person who handles payouts. Terry then stated that he had contacted her and a few hours ago she said she would pay the money but still hadn't. It was later revealed by Aaliyah that Marty had in fact changed the code on the box of money and so she was unable to access it and make payouts. Things started getting heated, in which Marty said "If you keep asking me, I will keep the money" and "I'll do whatever the fuck I want, bitch". This aggressive tone then triggered Terry, who opened fire and chased down Marty. Marty was then shot down and robbed for a gun. Luciano attempted to fight back but was outnumbered and low on ammo. After getting both sides of the story, Lang and the other Dons agreed that they wouldn't give anything back the Manor and an all-out war was declared.
In the conflict that proceeded, The Manor regularly bested Cypress in fights on the streets but Cypress managed to keep the war even through other means. Very often the Cypress group set up on their home turf with heavy numbers and never attacked the Manor at Grove. Throughout the war, members of Cypress, most notably Lang Buddha and Marty Banks also regularly snitched, fled to MRPD when chased, and generally weaponised the PD. As a number of the Cypress group had clean records, more often than not in instances where both parties were down, the Manor were perceived to be the aggressors and sent to jail, whilst Cypress were let go.
ENDING!
Despite only rarely being shot down by Cypress, the Manor were losing a good number guns and money to the LSPD during the war. As a result, following the robbery of 8 guns from Cypress after a shootout at Snr Buns, Sparky Kane arranged a final meeting with Luciano and Harry, in order to end the conflict. The two groups agreed to go their separate ways, but internally the Manor have refused to work with Cypress in the future due to their snitching and working with Police.
|
BOILING POINT FOR THE SERPENTS
|
PRE-WAR INTRODUCTION -> MIGUEL Kicks It Off!
For a while now, there was tension between Hydra and Manor, Occasional run ins with eachother led to their strained relationship. These Incidents include, Leon Benz threatening to shoot Eli Porter over having no 'Racing Etiquette', and Manor Robbing Hydra's Sani Affiliates before being gunned down at the Sanitation yard. On June 7th, 2024, Ricky LaFleur was driving through Mirror Park and as he drove to Hydra's Cul-De-Sac, he accidently ran over Miguel Almerion. After creasing over the situation, Miguel shot Ricky with a Glockatron, he then turned to STE, also with Ricky, before gunning him down as well. Unbeknownst to them, DJ Cooper, hidden in their boot at the time, jumps out before shooting Miguel and his partner, Freya Pepperwoods, DJ was shot down soon after, failing to leave with Ricky and STE. Later that day, after further discussions occurred, It was decided that there were preparations to be made for an inevitable war, this included restocking the armory with guns, Mags, and Ammo, as well as any other materials needed for re-supply. Soon Ramee El-Rahman and Sparky were having a dispute which lead to Ramee calling him out on twatter, "OTT was right about SK", Alan Kyles would retwat this prompting Ramee to stir further. This lead to Ramee leaking info to Hydra about Manor's plan to ignite the conflict at a fitting time. On the next day, while doing sanitation, STE and Frank Scaletta were caught lacking by Hydra, and after a verbal altercation between both parties, Hydra gunned down STE and Frank, initiating the war.
Following Fights -> Resolution
About an hour afterwards, Manor's first 6-Man Squad was active, and the first fight between Hydra and Manor soon occurred around Mosley's Auto and the alleyway connecting to Forum Drive. This is where the bulk of the gunfire happened, Most members from both groups went down, only leaving two members from either side, the last moments of the fight happened in the Hospital where Clive Anderson and James Malding were soon shot down by Kio. Their first scrap ended with all 6 Manor members down, and going to prison, and 5 Hydra Members suffering the same fate, only Kio remained. Manor put up a good fight in the second fight, however they were dealt with. Their third and final fight of the day occurred in Mirror Park, where Manor caught Hydra's convoy exiting the cul-de-sac off guard. As the fight ensued, Hydra continued going down, with all 6 eventually being put down, while Manor only lost STE due to failing to reload his Glockatron and being shot.
As the conflict with Hydra continued on the next day, they lost their fourth fight, but would be victorious in their fifth. It had now been two days since the war was initiated by Hydra, and on the following day, after losing four more fights. Sparky decides to call Flippy, proposing to end the war. In order to resolve it however, there was ending terms by Hydra. The first being that Matthew Antov was to give Miguel a fathers day gift, second, Terry Linkston to give Flippy a fathers day gift, and finally, Sparky give Flippy a wedding present for his marriage to Vee.
|
GROWTH, BETRAYAL AND THE REBUILD
|
Following its formation, the Manor grew quickly, establishing itself as one of the top gangs in the city and recruiting a lot of new members, including Blondie Banks, Taylor Lott, and Camila Sulan. After a period of success in conflicts, heists, and the drug operations, the Manor seemed to be on the path to greatness. However, the increased size and growing reputation of the gang began a series of problems that eventually led to a period of turmoil and Sparky Kane facing the ultimate betrayal.
The Manor's quick rise had led to a big target being placed on its back. As a result, the dominant gang in the city Hydra sort to put Manor back in their place, and a couple of conflicts broke out between the two groups. After doing fairly well in the first war, the second was much less even. Hydra re-established themselves as the top gang, and the Manor were forced to concede defeat. Swiftly following this, tensions with the Besties that had been fairly continuous eventually boiled over and another war broke out only a couple of days later. This war ended up as the most humbling of defeats and led to Sparky Kane repaying 250k that had been stolen from Future Hendrix in a previous incident at the Vanilla Unicorn. Given the back-to-back humblings, Sparky and the Manor began a period of internal development and rebuild. However, as the gang focused internally on rebuilding itself and avoiding conflict, a number of issues became exceedingly apparent. Sparky believed there was a need for more structure given the size of the gang, and a few members also began to voice that they felt excluded from the day-to-day operations. Sparky eventually appointed three shot-callers, Taylor Lott, Jon Joyce, and Jordan Bones, but the reaction to these appointments were mixed. Many people questioned Bones ability to lead and also Taylor's quick rise within the gang hierarchy. Discontent was at all time high and this entwined with the restrictions placed on the gang's behavior, given Sparky's desire to maintain peace, eventually led to events that resulted in 5 members leaving.
On the 15th of September 2024, after successfully robbing a cash-exchange, an argument broke out between Terry Linkston, Max Brown and Shlomi Specter. After a series of petty actions between Terry and Shlomi (including knocking each other out, robbing each other, and ocean dumping of Terry's bike), a confrontation broke out during a conversation with Stephen O'Connor, who was attempting to resolve the issues. In the heated altercation, Max goaded Terry to shoot him, and so Terry shot both Max and Shlomi in front of Ste. Ste then shot Terry and following a long conversation afterwards, eventually blooded Terry out of the gang. Over the past few weeks, Terry had caused a number of problems within the gang, and given his history, Ste felt he had no choice but to remove Terry permanently from the Manor. Following the shooting, Terry was in ICU and whilst the Manor stood over him, Kylie Kane stormed into the the medical room demanding to know what was going on and what had happened to her husband. As Ste explained the situation, Kylie pulled out a gun and shot Max, which led to Ste shooting Kylie and blooding her out of the gang as well.
Swearing revenge on Ste, Kylie then met up with Keandre Davis to talk about the situation. Watching over the meetings, Ste and few other members of the Manor eventually followed Kylie, and during a mix-up in which Kylie punched Max and attempted to jump in the trunk of Tatianna Donatacci's car, Kylie was shot down again. This led to an argument between Saint Martin, Tati and Ste, and also further reinforced Kylie's desire to get revenge for what happened. Afterwards, a text conversation between Ste and Kylie got particularly heated, in which Ste told Kylie that if she tried anything, he would 'pack up her and her husband again'. Later that day, Gigi Costello, Saint Martin and Tatianna Donatacci met with Kylie to discuss all that had happened. The girls disagreed with Ste's decision to shoot Kylie but attempted to sway her from revenge and going after Ste. Following the meeting, Saint secretly provided Kylie a gun, which she claimed was for defensive purposes only, and Gigi knowing Kylie's intention for revenge secretly warned Ste not to meet with Kylie alone. After these conversations, Saint who had already begun to feel excluded from activities in the gang made the decision to speak with Ste and leave the gang.
Waking up the next day, Sparky Kane was informed on all that happened and sadly met with Saint to confirm that she was leaving. Later on, Sparky also met with Tatianna, who seeing both Kylie and Saint leave the gang, had also made the decision to tell Sparky that she was putting down her flag. Heartbroken from the news that his brother in law, half-sister, and two others had all left the gang, Sparky grew colder and reminisced on his memories with each person. A couple of days later, on the 18th of September, Sparky received the news that Terry Linkston was finally out of ICU and thus arranged to meet with him and Kylie on Chumash Pier to speak about everything that happened. In the following talk, Sparky stood by Ste's decision to blood out Terry, but expressed his long standing support and feelings for his brother-in-law. In the conversation Sparky had with Kylie, Kylie shed light on some of the issues in the gang in terms of excluding people and they both argued back and forth over a number of issues. Whilst Sparky was speaking with his sister, Terry met with Dre and Luke Atar at the pier as well. Terry could not get past the actions of Ste and the texts he had sent to Kylie, and so he texted Dre to leave so that Dre would not have to make a difficult choice.
Terry then held up Luke and walked over to Sparky and Kylie in order to hold up Sparky. Terry told Sparky, 'this is on Ste for coming after my wife .... you're letting him do it'. Sparky told Terry that he had always backed him and respected him, and that he couldn't believe what Terry was doing. Seeing what had broken out Kylie stepped between Terry and Sparky, trying to dissuade Terry from shooting her brother. Kylie said it was all on Ste and not Sparky. However, Sparky growing frustrated at the betrayal snapped at Terry shouting 'I don't have loved ones anymore, I gave away my personal life for this shit Terry, I ain't got shit no more, I ain't had shit in years, this is me now, Manor is me, I am Manor'. Feeling hurt by this, Kylie then turned on her brother and stepped away to Terry's side and pulled her gun as well. Sparky again told Terry that although he had disagreed with Ste on some points, 'I am the Manor, so if you have a problem with Ste, you have a problem with me'. Terry then shouts, 'I am sorry but this has to be done, even though I love you, it's an eye for an eye'. Sparky then replied, 'I don't love you no more, do it'. At that point both Kylie and Terry shoot Sparky, Luke who had been stood off to the side then pulled his gun but was also shot down. On the drive away, still feeling love for his brother-in-law, Terry called Matthew Antov and informed them of what happened and to go save Sparky and Luke. In a full circle moment, what Sparky had done to Tommy Tate all those years had been done back to him. However, unlike Tommy T, Sparky Kane refused to abandon his gang.
In the aftermath that followed, Matt rushed Sparky and Luke to hospital. Luke was lucky and had only been grazed by the bullet and so was quickly patched up. However, Sparky's injuries required him to go into the intensive care unit. Once patched up, Luke told the rest of the gang what had happened and that he suspected Dre of involvement. In the end, Luke held up and shot Dre, in order to steal his phone. When Luke and DJ Cooper went through Dre's phone, they discovered the texts Terry had sent to Dre and that Dre had not warned the gang of what was about to occur in Chumash. With no leadership around, what remained of the gang, led by Matt and Luke, took Dre's keys and flag until a more permanent decision could be made. The gang then when to visit Sparky in hospital, and whilst they were there Sparky stirred and mumbled 'fuck him, take his keys to everywhere, fuck him' in reference to Dre. Later on, Sparky texted Luke saying he was his OG, tentatively confirming Luke as the first OG of the gang. Sparky also texted Matt telling him he was proud of him and that he had done well.
|
|