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Jackson POV

"Alright, everyone is here," I started with a sigh as 20 men were piled into a room.

"What's the move?" Ian asked.

"We're going to that apartment complex, and we're going to get in there no matter what, we know that Trevor is on the top floor," I explained, "and if we have to, we're going to break in, any way that we can."

"Do you think all the Clowns are in the same apartment?" Drake asked.

"Probably not, our main target is Trevor because we know he's the leader, and we get Marti out of there safely and we leave Yarborough as quick as we can," I said.

Trevor isn't going to live.

I'm going to make sure he goes out in the most painful way possible.

"Lets head out, its already 12, the guard should be off his post by now since it's so late," I started.

"What if he's still there?" Ian questioned.

"We distract him then, we've got 20 men right now, we're going to pull this off," I explained. "Let's go."

They all nodded and stood up, making sure their guns were loaded, knives were ready. Then we all walked out of the hotel room wearing our jackets. I was holding a crowbar in my hand as we got to the hotel stairs.

He's going to know what's coming for him. I don't want to hide it at all.

We walked down the street together, I lit a cigarette as we neared the apartment, I could see it in the distance a few more blocks away.

You're going to pay Trevor.

Some people on the streets had stopped to look at all of us, some were whispering, some were staring, some were on phones.

If the police come, my men are not going down.

I'll let myself be arrested if it means protecting them.

We finally got to the apartment complex, I looked around the corner of a building and saw Jay was still sitting outside.

"Shit," I whispered, "Tony, Frank, go distract that guard as much as you can," I said to them. They nodded their heads and walked over.

I watched as they went up to the guard, "alright, Ian, Drake, and I are going to circle around and try to find the staircase, you guys stay on guard," I said to the rest of them. "Spread out, and call if police show up."

They all nodded and Ian, Drake, and I walked around the building and found an emergency fire staircase. "This is it," I said as I opened the door.

Thankfully no alarm.

We headed up and after about 40 flights of stairs my legs started burning, I glanced back at Ian and Drake and noticed they were feeling the burning as well.

We have to keep going.

After what felt like an hour, when we got to the 70th floor finally, I looked through the small window that showed the apartment. I hid behind the door as I saw Trevor walking around.

"He's in there right now, that means Marti is as well," I whispered to them. They nodded and cocked their pistols.

I pulled up my crowbar and smashed the window. Immediately there were gunshots going off at us, we moved down to avoid them and waited for the last shot to go off.

"Trevor what was that?!" Marti asked worried.

He is in here... don't worry Marti, I'm coming to save you.

"I'm not sure, stay in the bedroom Marti, whoever it is, I hope they'll enjoy being amputated," Trevor laughed, it was dark and full of malice. I tried not to become to afraid.

This isn't for me after all... I have someone to save.

I gulped as I dared to look through the window. Trevor was standing there with his pistol pointed at the door, staring right into my eyes. I stood up straight and faced him.

"Oh, so you made it out alive?" Trevor asked.

"Yeah, and I've come to get what's mine," I snarled as I stuck my hand through the broken window and opened the door.

Trevor stood there with a wicked smile on his face. "You think I didn't know you were coming at some point?" Trevor asked.

"I figured you knew I was here," I said as Ian and Drake walked in behind me, pointing their guns.

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Trevor POV

Oliver, Richard, and Marie walked up behind me with their pistols pointed at Jackson, all wearing their masks. Marti is inside the red room, those walls will make sure he can't hear a thing going on out here.

I don't want the gang getting caught on my behalf, I promised them that we'd all be living calmer lives since moving here.

I can't keep that promise now, but I can assure them they won't go to prison.

"I brought backup too," I chuckled as we all cocked our guns.

"Where is Marti?" Jackson asked irritated as he gripped the crowbar in his hand.

"None of your business, you psychotic stalker," I spat at him.

"Funny you say that I'm the psychotic stalker, didn't you stalk Marti for months and then literally kidnap him?" He asked slyly. I bit my inner cheek as I glared at him.

"And didn't you blow up a hotel just to get him back?" He asked as he took a step forward.

I stepped towards him and chuckled. "So what?" I asked.

"So what? You think you have the nerve to call me a stalker yet you did all of that crazy shit?!" He asked annoyed.

"Yeah, I said, "So what"?" I said with a smirk.

Suddenly I heard police sirens coming towards us, I got a big smile on my face, "sadly little boy," I said as I stepped towards him again.

"Breaking and entering with intent to kill, is really illegal," I smiled as he scowled at me.

"Did big bad Trevor call the cops?" Jackson sneered.

"I didn't," I said.

"Then who?" He asked confused.

"Maybe it was the security guard, he's very skeptical of you and your little Dzhaun group," I explained, "you see, his son was killed by one of your men, he's pretty angry about that."

"Who was his son?" He asked as he reached for his pistol.

"Damien," I snarled as I shoved my gun against his forehead, pushing him back to the door.

"Jackson, we should go, we can settle this later," Ian said as he was backing up and out of my apartment. Drake was doing the same.

"No," Jackson said and shoved my gun up, I kept a strict grip on it as I laughed at his attempt.

"You should know not to mess with me, little boy, you could get severely hurt," I whispered. I kicked him in the stomach quickly and pointed my gun back at him.

There were heavy footsteps coming up the stairs, I looked back at Oliver, Richard, and Marie and motioned to them to leave with my head then looked back at Jackson. They all three got on the elevator and as it closed, five police officers came up.

"Put the guns down! Hands up!" They yelled at Ian and Drake, they dropped their guns and put their hands up.

I looked to see Gavin, the police chief who is an honorary member of the Clowns. He walked up to me, "are you alright mr. Ivanov?" He asked.

I lowered my gun and put it in my holster, "I'm alright," I chuckled as Jackson looked up at me in confusion and horror.

That's right.

I've already got police here working for me.

You can't beat me.

I watched with pride as Jackson was being handcuffed, he didn't resist as they snatched him up.

He got close to my face, "you're not going to get away with this," he whispered harshly.

"What do you mean?" I asked, "I'm simply just defending my precious home that you and your thugs broke in to."

"Come on," Gavin said and dragged him away. Jackson was glaring at me as he was being brought out of my apartment.

"Thank you officers, you're truly brave for what you do," I said with a smile as they dragged Jackson down the staircase.

I walked over and closed the door, and pulled out my phone, I opened up my banking app and pulled up Gavin's information. I entered the amount of $10,000 and hit send.

I chuckled as I walked back into the red room to Marti, he was hiding behind the bed with a pistol pointed. He sighed and dropped it on the sheets when he saw me.

"What happened out there?" He asked while giving me a hug.

I hugged him back and kissed his forehead, "the Dzhaun, they were trying to come after you again," I whispered.

He pushed his face into my chest, I could feel him shaking slightly. "Please don't let them get me again," he whispered.

I rubbed his head, "they won't come anywhere near you, I told you before, I will protect you forever," I whispered back and lifted his chin up.

His eyes were a bit watery as I leaned down and placed a loving kiss on his lips.

I'll have to admit, Jackson did well, the only thing he didn't take into account is that I've got the police station wrapped around my finger.

He won't ever have Marti.

Now he'll be arrested and charged with every crime here, and back in Castle.

"Who's the new leader?" He asked with a sniffle.

I sighed, "I don't know if you want to know that... because that person has changed," I started.

He looked up at me with confusion, "w-who is it?"

I brought him over to the bed and sat him down. "Please don't be mad at me when I tell you this," I gulped.

I can't tell him the truth because I'll lose him forever if I do.

"It's Jackson, I didn't know he had survived the explosion, and I thought he was coming to help you but the look in his eyes told me a different story," I explained.

"Oh my god," he said and covered his mouth.

"I think they were really here for revenge for Josh," I stated.

"But Jackson... he would never do that," he said and stared at the ground.

I pushed his hair back from his face and moved his chin up to me, "Marti," I said with a soft voice, "I'm sorry."

I watched with complete guilt as he started tearing up and hugged me tightly. "I can't believe this," he whispered.

"I can't either," I said back. "You stay here, I've got to call Jay to make sure the window gets fixed."

"Okay," He said with a sigh and slumped.

I stood up and walked out of the room and pulled my phone out, calling Jay, he answered immediately.

"Hey Jay, we'll need a maintenance call for our window, the bastard broke it when he was trying to get in here," I explained.

"I'll send someone up soon," he said, "and I think you might want to look on your balcony, you'll enjoy it I promise," he chuckled.

"Oh?" I questioned as I walked towards our balcony, I opened the sliding glass door and looked over the edge.

The police had shown up with over five cars, and four vans.

"You were right Jay, I do like this," I said with a wicked smile as I watched very single Dzhaun member being arrested.

He laughed, "I told you."

"I'll make sure Marie gets that new car you told me about, let me know if you want any extras added on," I said.

"Thank you mr. Ivanov," He said.

"No, thank you," I said slyly and hung up.

Marti had come out of the bedroom and was walking towards the balcony as I slipped my phone in my pocket.

"What's happening now?" He asked with somber as he got to the balcony and looked over it, watching everyone getting arrested with me.

"We live peacefully," I said simply as I wrapped an arm over him and tried to hide my smile.

"I'd like that," he said softly and rested his head against my shoulder.

I kissed the top of his head, "only for you."

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Jackson POV

I looked around at everyone else in the van and they all had their heads down in shame, anger, and disgust.

"So what do we do now?" Ian whispered to me.

"I'll take the fall for everything, you guys just stay quiet, okay?" I whispered back.

"We're not letting you go down by yourself," he said while staring into my eyes. I looked at everyone and they were looking at me with seriousness.

"Fine," I sighed and sat back.

We arrived at the station and we were all walked into the cells, Ian was still with me, Drake was in another holding cell.

This is gonna be a very long night...

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Trevor POV

"What do you mean Richard is gone?" I asked Oliver over the phone.

"It seems like he left as soon after Jackson got arrested, he isn't answering his phone, and his car is gone," Oliver explained.

"What the fuck... let me try calling him," I said annoyed.

"Got it," Oliver said and hung up.

I dialed Richard quickly and immediately I was forwarded to voicemail.

"Okay then," I said and waited for the beep.

"Hey Richard, we're all curious as to where you're at right now, call any of us back when you get this message and let us know," I said and hung up.

"Is Richard okay?" Marti asked.

I looked him up and down, him wearing one of my oversized shirts and nothing else looked enticing.

"He should be fine," I finally said as I looked back into his eyes.

He gave a soft smile and walked over to me, I wrapped my arms around him and pulled him to me, kissing up his neck to his ear.

"I love you Marti," I whispered to him as I ran my fingers through the back of his hair.

"I love you Trevor," Marti whispered back, I could feel his fingers tips teasing the back of my neck.

"We should get dressed, I heard there's this club nearby that we might like," I mentioned.

"Oh? What kind of club would this be?" Marti asked.

"A fun one, trust me," I said and gave him a wink.

"Fine," he chuckled and walked over to the closet.

I followed after in there and got dressed into a bullet proof vest, a black Armani suit with red stitch. I slipped on black combat steel toe boots that added an extra inch to my height. I slipped on my rings and watch and sat down as I waited for Marti to get done getting dressed.

"You'll need this," I said as he finished and he turned to me. I smirked as I held up a collar.

He rolled his eyes, "seriously?"