Who is Russel King
Summary: The Gurrens are a new gang with the same goal as any other gang: start up in Achievement City and destroy the Fake AH Crew. But with the Crew seeming to be one step ahead of them, will they end up on top?
Word Count: 2,059
A/N: Here is my contribution for the Big Bang! Decided to go with the Gang AU because its a fun AU to do. Thanks to Aly (aka thepackwantsthed) for doing this whole thing and big shout out to Davie (aka jackinthatpattillo) for doing the art for my fic :D!
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“Russell! Earth to Russell! You there dude?”
Russell King blinks a few times, snapping out of his daydream and looks over to see his friend and fellow gang member, Ian.
“Mm? Yeah I’m here. What’s up?”
“Jeez you were really out of it there. You alright man?”
“Yeah I’m fine. Had a late night that’s all.” Russell pauses to run a hand through his red hair. “What did you want?”
“Romero is calling a meeting. Something about stating a claim here. I don’t know I wasn’t quite paying attention myself.”
Russell snorts and shoves Ian away, “You are horrible. Alright lets go.”
Russell follows Ian out of the room he was in to the main area. Him and Ian were apart of a new gang called the Gurrens. Their goals were pretty much like all new gangs trying to start in Achievement City; start up their gang and attempt to take out the Fake AH Crew. Attempt being the key word because every time a gang had tried it seemed like the Crew was one step ahead of them.
The meeting wasn’t long and Russell wasn’t quite paying attention, Romero just introducing some new recruits. Once it was over the guys ended up sitting around a little fire they made.
“Alright who wants to hear stories?” Ian gleefully asks, rubbing his hands together.
“Stories?” Russell snorts. “What are we five?”
“Aw come on. Besides it would be good to inform these rookies about the Crew anyway.”
“You are going to scare them away before they even get any action.”
“Stories about the Fake AH Crew?” one of the rookies, Mitch, if Russell remembered right, chimes in.
“Well more like rumors, but stories none the less. Wanna hear them?”
The rookies nod and Russell sighs as Ian launches into the stories. He talks about each member as best as he can, since they really are just rumors and no one knows for sure if they were true. Russell picks up the slack when Ian can’t describe them.
“Wait,” Another rookie by the name of Cruz says. “You only listed nine of the main guys. Isn’t there ten?”
“There is. The one Ian missed is the Screen-looker. He’s the one of the last members to join supposedly but he is the more dangerous for gangs.” Russell informs.
“Really? Why is that?”
“They say he’s the reason so many new gangs get wiped out.” That got everyone’s attention and they all lean forward to listen as Russell explains. “He’s their undercover man. He can create any disguise and with the help of the Hacker he can easily get into any gang or even the police.”
“But how would he get information to the Crew if he’s in really deep.”
“No one knows. Anyone that might is either dead or apart of the Crew. Don’t worry though. Romero did very thorough checks to make sure he didn’t get in. You guys took them remember?”
Mitch groans, “Those were so long and intense. I never had to give up so much about myself before in my life.”
“So don’t worry too much about him. Besides if he is amongst us I’m sure we’ll find him eventually.”
“Russell’s right,” Ian agrees as he throws an arm around Russell. “My buddy here is pretty smart and if anyone can sniff out a snitch it’s him.”
That made the rookies relax a little and the topic of conversation shifts over to their own stories of how they got here. Russell tunes them out and looks around the warehouse, his eyes finally settling on a camera. Romero had them installed so they could try to catch any undercovers. He watches as a green light blinks for a few seconds before turning back to the red it usually was. Russell turns back to the fire and smiles, not bringing it up. They would just think he was crazy anyway if he did.
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Ian was walking along the streets of Achievement City, looking for Russell. He said he had to go meet someone a while ago and still hasn’t returned, so Romero sent Ian to go look for him.
‘Where could he be?’ Ian wonders. ‘What if he got captured by the Crew?…Nah I’m over thinking this. He’ll be just fine.’
Someone suddenly bowls him over and they fall to the floor. Ian swears up a storm and looks over to cuss out the person but to his relief it was only Russell.
“God damn what is your head made of?” Russell asks. “I think I have a headache from the collision.”
“Man where have you been?” Ian questions. “Romero was getting antsy. You look a little worse for wear.”
“Ah, that. Well, I met my friend and we chatted for a while. Got jumped on my way back.”
“You alright?!”
“Ian relax I’m fine. I got them all without a problem.”
“That’s good. Come on we need to get back. Romero wants to go over the plan again before the big day.”
Russell nods and the two climb to their feet. As they turn to head back to the warehouse, Ian chatting about something Russell didn’t care about, he turns to look back at where he came from. He almost swears he sees a man with red hair and a beard watching them go.
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The big day soon turned into a very bad one. Their way into the meeting zone was easy and simple, but what they found there sent Romero into a fit of rage. The men they were going to meet to get the goods were all dead and said goods were no where to be seen.
“God dammit!” Romero screams, kicking over a barrel.
Russell walks over to the guys and examines one of them. Rolling them over he spots a familiar insignia and turns to address his boss.
“Yo Romero you may want to see this,” Russell calls.
Romero storms over to Russell and when he spots the insignia he nearly loses it. There, on the floor beneath the dead man, was the Fake AH Crew symbol.
“How did they know?! No one outside of the gang was supposed to know!”
“Maybe we do have a mole,” Russell says. “Someone might have gotten past your interviews and gotten in.”
“I will find them. And when I do they will wish they were never fucking born.”
Romero then turns and storms out of the warehouse, some of the guys following soon after. Russell looks over to Ian and they exchange grim looks before leaving themselves. This was not going to end well.
A week later and they still haven’t found the mole. Ian asked Russell about his friend but Russell assured him that he never talks about gang issues with him. His friend wasn’t the brightest either so there was no worries there. One day though, they got a break.
It wasn’t even on purpose. Russell was just walking by and he saw one of the guys drop a police badge. In seconds the man was subdued and dragged before Romero, Russell throwing the badge at his feet.
“I think we found our snitch sir,” Russell says.
“I’m not a cop man!” the guy shouts, trying to undo the bonds.
“Then where the fuck did you get this man?” Romero asks, shoving the badge in his face.
“F-From the guy that I killed!”
“Really? But isn’t your name Justin McDanger?”
“I-I…”
“I think that’s all I need to hear.” Romero pulls out his pistol and kills the man. The rookies jump back and little and Russell takes a step back so he doesn’t stand in the pool of blood. “Let that be a lesson to you all. No snitches in the Gurren gang.”
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“We are all going to die,” Russell laments as he loads his weapons.
“Come on man. Be optimistic here,” Ian replies.
“I’m being realistic here. We are going against the strongest gang in Achievement City and you expect us to win? This is suicide.”
“It won’t be if we get the upper hand. They won’t know what hit them.”
Russell didn’t look so sure but follows his friend to the main area where the others were. Nothing needed to be said as they all load into their cars and drive off to where the Crew was supposed to be hiding out. It would be simple, get in and catch them off guard, kill them all and claim their place as the strongest gang in the city.
Except that isn’t how it went. Before they even got close, cars started to blow up right and left, the work of Vav. And like Ian said, if Vav starts, X-Ray would be next. Sniper shots started taking out the drivers as they kept driving. He might of had some help because twice as many cars were taken out than if it was just him. The cars that didn’t get blown up and sniped managed to make it under cover and out of X-Ray’s range. What only happened next could be seen as a bloodbath.
Members right and left were getting mowed down as they entered the building. Russell was separated from Ian and the others and took refuge behind some crates. He peeks out from behind his shelter to watch the people he’s spent over a month with get taken down by Mogar and the Mad King with the Boss and Redbeard covering them with guns.
A cry of pain causes him to turn to see Ian fall to the ground, gunshot wound to his stomach.
“Ah...Russell.” he cries, reaching over to his friend. “Help me.”
Russell bites his lip before taking a risk and diving out from his cover and shooting at the rival gang as he tries to make his way to Ian. Right before he can get there, the Boss takes one good shot and Russell takes a shotgun blast to the chest. Ian shouts as Russell falls to the floor and doesn’t get up.
“You fuckers,” Ian whispers as the Boss walks over to him
“You started it.” Is all he gets before having his head blown off.
The Boss takes a moment to survey the scene before walking over to Russell. He stares down at the body before kicking it lightly a few times.
“Come on Caleb,” he says. “They’re all dead you can get up.”
With a groan, ‘Russell’ sits up and throws the wig off, running a hand through his real hair to reveal himself to be the Screen-looker.
“Dammit Geoff did you have to shoot me with the shotgun?” Caleb asks as he rips his shirt off to reveal the bulletproof vest he was wearing. “You could have actually hit me.”
“But I didn’t….. You didn’t get hit right?”
“Yeah I didn’t get hurt. You sure they’re all dead?”
“Ray and Lindsay are out making sure there aren’t anymore survivors and JJ said everyone left that warehouse you guys were staying in.”
“Okay good.” He pauses to look over at Ian and sighs. “He wasn’t that bad you know. Only one that defended me when they thought I was the snitch. I almost got caught when I met Jack that last time but Ian bought my lie so it helped.”
“Sorry I killed him then. We can bury him if you want.”
“Nah it’s fine, he tried to kill you guys. We heading back soon? I wanna get back into my actual clothing.”
“Yeah, Kerry’s out back waiting for you. We’ll clean up here and join you guys shortly. Figured you two wanted some alone time after being separated for so long.”
Caleb playfully punches Geoff at that but smiles. He did miss Kerry badly, not able to get their thief out of his head. He walks past Geoff towards the back door.
“Oh and Caleb?” Caleb turns back when Geoff addresses him. “Nice story you told them about yourself.”
Caleb chuckles, “Well I was insulted when they didn’t talk about me. Got them real scared though so it was fun.”
Geoff laughs and excuses Caleb before going to talk to Michael, Ryan and Jack. Caleb exits the building and climbs into the car and greets Kerry with a kiss. The one thing he had to love about his job, besides the adrenaline that came with being undercover, was being with his lover when his mission was done.
