We skip ahead a few more missions to find CJ, Ryder and Smoke laughing and watching TV. CJ's older brother Sweet walks in...
Smoke: |
[To Sweet] “Hey, what’s up, yo? What’s up, man?” |
Sweet: |
"Hey, turn that TV off right quick. Listen up fellas — like we were sayin’, no more base in the streets.” |
Smoke: |
“Finally!” |
Sweet: |
“Yeah. We gon’ unite the families once more. The Flats been pumpin’ our guys fulla base for too long while we argued amongst ourselves. Now, all the family sets are gon’ meet at the St. Brutus Hotel. I say it’s time we went down there and made it official: keep that s--- off our streets. I’ll go. I’m our representative on this one.” |
Smoke: |
“Hey, it’s all good. Sweet, think you can handle this? I’m down with you.” |
Sweet: |
“Alright — let’s roll, homies.” |
When the Orange Grove Families fell off, a new gang called the Flats moved in and flooded the streets with drugs. Sweet decides it's time to take back the turf, so he's going to a nearby motel where the heads of each of the families are meeting. CJ drives the crew over there.
Sweet goes into the motel, leaving the other guys to wait in the parking lot.
A few moments later, however, the place is overrun by cops — a rival gang must have ratted them out. Patrol cars and motorcycles pack the parking lot, and a helicopter keeps an eye on things overhead. Smoke and Ryder can't handle the heat and take off in the car, but CJ wont leave his brother Sweet — he runs straight into the chaotic motel.
As CJ enters, a wounded gang member tells him he's seen Sweet in the back. CJ equips his shotgun and we get our first glimpse at the game's improved targeting system. The camera now zooms up closer behind your character, giving more of an over-the-shoulder look at what CJ is firing at (it's similar to targeting in Manhunt). CJ shows off his strafing ability on a few cops, as well as his new ability to target headshots with standard guns. As CJ continues to run down a long hall, girls occasionally run past him from room to room, hunched over and panicking. Cops bust in through windows and crash through a skylight, rappelling down to the floor. CJ blasts them off their ropes one by one before finally reaching the room his brother is in. The way back is too dangerous — their only chance is to escape to the roof.
Up on the roof, though, CJ has to deal with a SWAT chopper. CJ blasts it over and over with his shotgun until the whirlybird explodes and comes thundering down. CJ and Sweet make it back down the street, where they're lucky to find that Smoke and Ryder have circled back around for them. CJ hops in the backseat and trades driving for shooting — it's his job to keep cops at bay.
This next part of the mission is first-person shooting, where CJ keeps the cops at bay while someone else steers the car. As your crew makes its getaway, CJ shoots up countless police cars, helicopters and motorcycles. Eventually the guys run into a roadblock and have to take a detour through a long alleyway.
At this point an eager cop leaps onto the hood, while at the far opposite end of the alley, a police chopper dips its nose and flies towards the car, its blades angled down. It turns out that the blades are only low enough to reach the cop who’s kneeling on the hood though, and he’s chopped into several nasty chunks. Once past the chopper, CJ and his crew are home free. The mission ends.