10-13A to 10-78
• The Abyss is full of life. Benji starts his day with lots of cop news. Reggie lets Benji know that Quangle ran him over in Vespucci. Benji and Hades agree to start cop hunting and being more aggressive with cops that come around Vespucci.
While Benji responds to an anonymous ping for his ammo pick up, Jayden calls Benji sounding panicked, and asking Benji for help. Jayden has ten cops plus Air 1 on him (Jayden was racing at the time. Unbeknown to Hades, the cop Opal was shot down by someone else driving a similar car to Jayden. Quangle called out Jayden’s car as the suspect thus leading to the chase. Marlo, Louis, Skye, Benji, and Boa work on trying to get Jayden out.
While attempting to do pick-ups Benji is pitted nonstop and met with more than usual aggression from the police. Surprised by the level of aggression (Hades still thinks this is all over Jayden’s race) Benji tries to do rat routes but the cops leave no space or opportunities for that to happen. Benji’s car eventually doesn’t make a crucial jump and lands on its side, Benji, Boa, and Louis make a run for it on foot. After more swaps and intense chases, only three of the six get out.
Jayden, Skye, and Louis are eventually caught and taken to interrogation where they learn that the chase and aggressive pitting and escalation from the cops was for a cop being shot down. Everyone being GSR- plus not having the murder weapon and no actual positive ID leads to lesser charges for the three Hades caught, (although Jayden’s time has an error and is sent up for nearly 30k months, which is later fixed. Tony (Hades Lawyer) assists with making sure Hades’ members are not pinned with the attempted murder of a government employee.
In preparation for upcoming cop chases that could lead to excessive pitting Hades’ members buy trucks (the Gaurdian) that can ram police cop cars out of the way.
Brian Knight sees Benji later with some Hades members. After some banter back and forth between Benji and Brian (Benji asking if they needed to go that hard for a race, and Brian explaining it was for a cop being shot down and Benji should have asked his gang member why he was being chased before getting involved), Brian also comments on Benji having a nice home up north in Sandy. Benji feeling that Brian is trying to stir and get a rise out of Benji ignores his comment but the plans for Hades to start shooting cops are underway.
Reggie, Valdez, Benji, and most of Hades, (later joined by Ray), go on a field trip to look at the best spots to ambush cops creating callouts and plans for what Hades believes is their only response to the treatment they have been receiving from the police force.
1st approved location Friget
2nd approved location Diddion Drive
3rd approved location Vinewood Dirt or Dirt Road
4th approved location Rockford Plaza
NOT approved by Benji for a good ambush location
Boulevard Del Perro Alley (but keep in mind for a good swap-out location)
Tuner shop
Old Benny’s Bridge
24 Hour (swap spot)
WHERE ARE THE BENCHES AT?
• Benji gets his first anonymous ping to pick up ammo and a second ping to drop off cash. To ensure that Hades is not blacklisted Benji completes the pick-up and drops-off as soon as possible.
• Benji meets with Flippy to briefly discuss their lack of benches; and what they have been contacted by others to buy so far. Clowns’ bench for golf, clubs, bats, and Molotov. As well as ammo and SMGs from other unknown groups were mentioned. Flippy assures Benji that he doesn’t have a bench. Benji lets Flippy know that if he ends up getting one to reach out to Hades as they will be a good customer. Benji and Flippy also feel that guns are going to start deteriorating with the introduction of benches and are getting prepped.
• Benji and Ray meet with Remedy about supplies for ammo. Remedy working as a middleman to an unknown group proposes a business deal for Hades to sell gunpowder and casings to Remedy. Already having been in contact directly with the sellers of ammo Benji and Ray feel like Remedy reaching out is a bit late as they feel like they would need more of an incentive to sell much-needed supplies to Remedy.
TO RETALIATE OR NOT
• Boss and Underbosses meet on top of the Abyss to discuss the recent run-in with the Besties. Johnny was robbed for boxes of car parts and said he was ok to not slide. Other members of Hades, Lance in particular, were upset that Hades didn’t slide out for Johnny to stop Besties from robbing their people. Benji says he is ok to roll out, but because of time zones, it will fall on Ray and those around during AU and EU to handle the war. Ray said he was ok doing whatever, and if the gang as a whole or the person who was robbed wanted to war then he was ok to handle it. Benji also mentions that they need to talk to Lance, (to “recalibrate him”), and the parties involved with the Bestie run-ins on how they respond.
IT’S YOU NOT ME
• Benji sees Claire hanging out at the Abyss and learns that no one has told her that she has been kicked from Hades. Benji tries to give the task of notifying Claire that she is out to Perez as he hasn’t done it yet and Benji feels like Perez is too shy or uncomfortable to do it. Perez says he is too shy and needs Benji to tell Claire to get out of the task. Ray also pushes Benji to be the one to notify her. Benji obliges and lets Claire know that she is out. The reasons behind her being kicked from Hades are, not enough gang funds to support a hang-around, the stars didn’t align, it’s you, not me, and Perez has said that you don’t fit well in the gang. Ray jokes that he couldn’t tell if Benji was kicking her or demoting her, to which Benji said that’s the point.
• Benji then brings up the previous gang members Marlo and Fifi. Benji mentions that Marlo is the one who said the ADMC war was all because of Perez’s ego and wanting to protect Fifi. Benji also says that Fifi has all three of them, (Marlo, Perez, Edbert) and Ray to an extent wrapped around her finger.
• Benji and Ray talk about getting their synergy back up and being the two powerhouses that they are. With two leaders Hades should be more of a force in the city. Hades’ University of Crime will be set up to go over swap spots, blocks, and basic criminal procedures for jobs and chases. Benji also makes the decision to get all of his cars repaired and prepped in case they are needed in a chase with the help of Perez (doing the majority of the work), Gabby, Winter, and TicTac
BRIEF MOMENTS
• Molly calls Benji and lets him know she is back part-time and is not doing well but needs some normalcy in her life. She also offers to get Benji on a song and lets Benji know that royalties are nice
• TicTac brings Racoon from Hydra to the Abyss. Racoon is looking for people to hang out with since no Hydra is around and according to TicTac and Molly is talking badly about Hydra. Benji tries to call Flippy to give him a heads up but Flippy isn’t awake.
• Smalls and Diggie get into a chase with the cops towards the end of the stream from a boost. Smalls manages to get away on his own and Diggie wanting to be part of the group says he needs help as well.. even though he doesn’t. His joke is found out pretty quickly and he confirms he doesn’t need help.
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Benji of Hades begins his day discussing cop news and agrees to become more aggressive towards the police, particularly after an incident involving Quangle running over Reggie. This leads to a large police chase involving Jayden after Quangle identifies Jayden's car, mistaking it for another vehicle involved in a separate incident. The chase involves multiple Hades members, including Marlo, Louis, Skye, and Benji, attempting to help Jayden evade the police. Benji and Hades members experience unusually aggressive tactics from the police during pick-ups, prompting a discussion about retaliation and potential ambushes on law enforcement. Benji and Ray discuss a potential business deal with Flippy involving gun deterioration and the need for ammo, as well as address internal issues within Hades, including a member being kicked out and past conflicts involving the ADMC. Hades plans to create a 'University of Crime' to improve their criminal operations and synergy. Benji also briefly discusses music royalties with Molly and tries to give Flippy a heads up about Raccoon's comments. Finally, Benji and others help Sammy Smalls escape the cops.
