Insult to Injury [Invite]

That voice..

Austin had recognized the voice almost immediately. He wouldn't forget it so soon. After all, it belonged to one of the men he secret swore to see dead some day. They had an interesting introduction a couple days before and Knuckles had seen a glimpse of what Mikey and his crew had to offer. He knew if he wanted to bring them down in some way, it wouldn't be on his own. At least not if it came to physical confrontation.

"Oh, you know.. Another day, another dollar."

Knuckles was sitting at the bar, having simply turned to look at Mikey over his shoulder as he spoke. He despised the kid's choice of words. This would never be Riot's club. Not in a million years. But for now the bastards could think that. It would still irk him so.

"And to what do I owe this pleasure?" 

"I know them.. Apex and Lightning have a truce. At least we did. I don't know how long that'll last now."

Knuckles would shift in his seat, reaching to grab his glass and take a sip of the soda he had in front of him. Pulling a cigarette from his pack on the table, Austin would nonchalantly add the next set of words.

"Fuck 'em, as far as I'm concerned."

Truth be told, Austin hadn't spoke to Leon face to face in a while. But their truce was still in effect. Knuckles hadn't broken it yet, nor had they. There was only one incident that came close, but it never happened. But he knew that if he had to throw them under the bus and run them over to take down Riot, he would do it.

"So now that you guys are here, what happens?"

"Take out LG, huh? Might not be a bad idea.. But it won't be that easy. Their number's have grown recently. That Leon is quite a magnet."

Knuckles would roll the idea around in his head for a while. The ultimate goal was to destroy Riot from within  but if he could kill two birds with one stone, it would make it that much easier when Riot business was all said and done with.

However if he was to do that, he would have to do it smart. Calling them all out at once would make things much more difficult, unless of course he had the man power. While Knuckles had faith in his crew, he knew Leon was strong himself. And that he had probably been whipping his gang into shape as well. Not that it scared him. Austin still had a few things up his sleeve.

"Talk to me a little more.. If I destroy LG, How will you make this transition easier?"

"Solid. I'm game. Do you have a plan, or am I just suppose to start clipping members one by one?"

Knuckles spoke as if it was no big deal, mainly because it wasn't. Had it not been for Riot, there probably wouldn't be a truce at all anyways. Leon hadn't been an issue to him, but it wasn't exactly like they had business ties. He wasn't really losing out on anything in that respect. He had more to gain by them disappearing.

Austin would keep those hazel pupils locked upon Mikey as he spoke. This time he wasn't trying to just convince him he was in line with Riot. This time he felt like he actually wanted to do what Mikey asked him to do. LG being out of the way would work to his advantage. He was all ears at the moment.

Austin would lean back in his chair again, inhaling smoke before looking to the ceiling and exhaling a ring. For a moment he would stare blankly toward the ceiling before a smirk would finally crack upon the young outlaw's face and he would glance back toward Mikey.

"Okay. Sounds good.  I can try to set something up? Get then alone and ambush them.. Unless you just want me to draw them out in school.."

Knuckles would shrug. There were a lot of different possibilities, he was just throwing out a few suggestions. Whatever the plan would be, the 'former' leader of Apex had agreed to breaking his truce. The future had just grown a bit darker now. Were he to wipe out LG, things would change quickly.

"Red head? Tch.. I can only assume that is Steven.. There is already bad blood there, so don't you worry about him.. I'll take care of him first."

Austin would take another long drag of his cigarette. Steven was someone he hadn't cared for the day he laid eyes on the kid after his relative smashed into his motorcycle and Austin had kicked the crap out of him for it. Enough had happened between then and now to keep that fire burning hot. It was only a matter of time before they clashed again.

"And as for Leon, I've dealt with him before, I'll do it again. When push comes to shove, I'll take him on myself and show him just how superior Apex was to LG."

Big talk? Maybe. But Knuckles had already beaten Leon once, granted it was the first time he had met him and he was injured to boot. Leon had surely grown in skill and strength since, it would certain be an interesting match for sure. But Austin was confident he would come out on top. He had to.