Chapter 1: The Perfect Plan



The city of Bridgeport hides a long and dark history behind its tall buildings and bright lights. Sometimes local citizens call it a “Two-Faced City”, because of its misleading peaceful appearance. In the day time Bridgeport is a normal busy city, lots of shops and offices, colorful signboards and hard working, but happy people. However, everything changes when the sun goes down.
The night Bridgeport is a very unsafe place to be, high count of robberies and murders scare everyone away from staying too long on the streets. The city seems to be very empty in its dark hours and the reason for all of this is the “Night Riders”.



“The Night Riders” are a famous crime gang which rules the city at night. They are ruthless and cruel thugs who won’t spare anyone’s life just to get complete domination of this city.
They ride expensive choppers and wear a lot of leather. Their names were changed in to nicknames and loyalty was marked with blood.
“Riders” controlled the “black market” for guns, drugs and luxurious vehicles in the city. Their main intention was to eliminate any rival shops and establish full economical control. They were ready to remove anyone who stands in their way.



Like all gangs do, the “Riders” have a leader. “The Emperor” or “Emperor of Evil” was the most bloody-minded and brutal of all gang members. Everyone respected him like he was the real Emperor and their gang was an Empire. He and 4 of his best men were the “elite”, he newer went anywhere without them.
Emperor was well known for his famous “Fire of gratefulness”, when he burned people alive in their own houses if someone disobeyed his rules. Many lives have ended that way, many homes were burned and many peoples wanted him dead.



But things went downhill for “Night Riders” since the new mayor was elected.
Young and brave, an exemplary family man quickly got all the sympathies and became a strong and trustworthy leader of the city of Bridgeport. He had a strong plan for eliminating the cruel gang.
Reinforced police forces now patrolled every corner of the city, many shops got protection. But “Riders” gang didn’t give up, their cruelty grew tenfold. More and more innocent police men and shop keepers got hurt.
The war between “good and evil” got even more serious than before.



All gang members mostly were unscrupulous and greedy thugs, except one. Han Simmons.
The most quiet, young and innocent-looking guy was the only “Riders” gang member who didn’t seek benefit. His sad, sky colored eyes and careless exterior showed that he’s been trough some difficult times lately. Han was soon to be 20 and like other guys his age, he should be in college, not in a crime gang. But his soul was tainted with some bad and dark intentions, even when he hasn’t killed anybody yet, but his biggest and the only wish was to get revenge. Revenge on someone who has killed his family.



Han’s father was a pharmacist, he run a drug shop in the central square of Bridgeport. Low prices and good service created a strong competition to “Night Riders” drug shops monopoly. The “Riders” have threatened him multiple times to sell his pharmacy to the gang, but he refuses and kept the shop to himself. It was times like these when Han thought his father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. But his bravery brought him death.
One late evening when little Han returned home, his whole house was on fire and his parents were trapped inside. It was too late to save them from the deadly „Fire of gratefulness“.



Years have passed, but the sorrow still burned in Han’s heart with the same strength. He promised himself that he would get revenge for his patent’s death, no matter how much it would cost him.
Since the day he was left an orphan, he became more mature than other teenage boys. He spent his days in a foster home with no one to share his pain, but he didn’t give up and created a perfect plan on how to get revenge.
Han needed money, so with his last savings, he bought an old guitar and started playing for tips. He was talented and he quickly earned enough money to make the next step in his accurate plan.



The main idea was to join the “Night Riders”, get to know them, gain their trust and then “strike” in the right moment. Sounds easy? Well it wasn’t that easy as Han would have thought. It was very hard to find the gang members and not to get beaten by them. He spent 2 years observing them and he didn’t get caught. In that time he learned many things about them and gained very useful skills. He listened and waited for the right moment to encounter them.
“Riders” were suspicious about him at first, but he managed to convince them and Han finally became one of the “Night Riders”.



By the time Han has proved himself to be very useful to the “Riders”, he was indispensable when they needed to get information about their next „victim“. He could stalk someone 24h per day and no one would notice him. Han‘s young age helped him to mix into the croud, because no one would believe that such a handsome and nice young man could be a thug.
His job was simple: stalk the victim, follow it and finally entrap it. The gang fellows would do the rest.
Han wasn‘t proud of what he‘s doing, but it was the only way to get their trust. Only a trustworthy member could get close to the “Emperor“ itself.



He knew that he couldn‘t just follow and stalk gang‘s victims forever. One day he will have to kill someone. Someone innocent. Someone like his parents...
Han tried to avoid thoughts like that, but the truth was innevitable. There‘s still good in him, his hope of a better life hasn‘t died. Even if he‘ll succeed at killing the “Emperor“, what would happened to him? Death by the gang members hand? – Probably yes. Jail for about 20 years? – Maybe. But what about a happy life with a clear conscience? – No, that would be impossible.
Han rode away on his black motorcycle from thoughts like this, the sun will rise soon and he needs to hide his dark side from the rest of the world.
He didn‘t know it yet, but his first „serious“ job awaited him at the „Riders“ headquarters.

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Events: Emperor of Evil, Murder.
CC used: Skin by Lemonleaf, eyes by Escand, clothes and hair from The Store.