that now,” she continued massaging him. “Let’s worry about us.”
Ava needed an outlet for the pent up emotional and power-hungry hormonal high she was feeling.
And she was content to let Jake – for the moment – be just that.
* * *
The next morning, Jake was comfortable letting Ava handle the logistical aspects of their recon work. And she was happy to do so. Keeping Jake’s nose out of things made her life easier in more ways than one. She was therefore able to send out groups that did little more than drive around and report what they saw. Most of the intel they provided was useless to her, but it allowed Ava to create the illusion that she was collecting the data she had already compiled while still in Atlanta by way of the trips her men Brownie and Blondie had made.
After a couple days of this, Ava felt she’d made it look good enough to proceed with the rest of their – her – plan.
The time her recon work had bought them had also given them a chance to recruit more members for their growing organization, providing them with the manpower necessary to make their first few critical strikes.
Ava recognized that this would be the time at which they were most vulnerable. Even though the controlling gangs around the Miami area were disorganized and unprepared for what was coming, they still far outnumbered Jake and Ava’s crew; plus, they were fighting on their home turf. But Ava hoped that taking her plan and dividing it into two distinct stages would allow her enough time to continue to grow their numbers, yet not take so much time that they showed their hand, and in the process gave the rival gangs time to get organized against them.
The first stage of her plan involved adding even more risk to their already risky venture by splitting their forces. Jake didn’t like it. Jake liked having the upper hand when it came to numbers and firepower in a fight, but Ava told him that this was the only way that they could ensure they’d be able to secure that advantage in future operations.
Therefore, they divided their crew into two teams, Jake’s team and Ava’s team. Each of them took around 20 guys, one Stryker armored personnel carrier, four armor-plated SUVs, and several support vehicles. Their numbers seemed paltry when Ava considered their objective – taking entire Miami neighborhoods – but it was all they had; and the longer they waited to recruit more men, the more likely it was that someone would let it slip about what they were up to.
Ava went over the plan time and again with Jake before they made their first move. She was concerned that he’d botch part of the operation without her around to stay on top of things; therefore, she pulled Mad Dog and Rambo aside in private and away from Jake so that he wouldn’t feel embarrassed or belittled by her lack of faith in him, and reviewed everything with them as well. She felt better knowing that they understood what was going on, and better yet, that she could trust them to see the plan through to fruition with or without Jake’s involvement.
Ava developed a two-pronged attack for this first stage of their Miami takeover. She chose what she knew to be two of the more lightly-controlled sections of town out of the ten total areas she’d outlined and that included Carol City, North Miami, Hialeah, Little Havana, Miami Springs, Westwood Lake, West Miami, South Miami, Coral Gables, and Palmetto Bay. Jake and his crew would take the northern target – Carol City – and Ava and her men would attack from the west, hitting Westwood Lake.
During these two offensives, both Jake and Ava split their 20-man units into small squads of four or five. In this way, they could spread out, becoming acquainted with the areas more intimately, finding out exactly who was controlling what and how. Then they could rough some people up, break a few heads, slit a few throats when and where necessary, and assassinate the leadership
Ava needed an outlet for the pent up emotional and power-hungry hormonal high she was feeling.
And she was content to let Jake – for the moment – be just that.
* * *
The next morning, Jake was comfortable letting Ava handle the logistical aspects of their recon work. And she was happy to do so. Keeping Jake’s nose out of things made her life easier in more ways than one. She was therefore able to send out groups that did little more than drive around and report what they saw. Most of the intel they provided was useless to her, but it allowed Ava to create the illusion that she was collecting the data she had already compiled while still in Atlanta by way of the trips her men Brownie and Blondie had made.
After a couple days of this, Ava felt she’d made it look good enough to proceed with the rest of their – her – plan.
The time her recon work had bought them had also given them a chance to recruit more members for their growing organization, providing them with the manpower necessary to make their first few critical strikes.
Ava recognized that this would be the time at which they were most vulnerable. Even though the controlling gangs around the Miami area were disorganized and unprepared for what was coming, they still far outnumbered Jake and Ava’s crew; plus, they were fighting on their home turf. But Ava hoped that taking her plan and dividing it into two distinct stages would allow her enough time to continue to grow their numbers, yet not take so much time that they showed their hand, and in the process gave the rival gangs time to get organized against them.
The first stage of her plan involved adding even more risk to their already risky venture by splitting their forces. Jake didn’t like it. Jake liked having the upper hand when it came to numbers and firepower in a fight, but Ava told him that this was the only way that they could ensure they’d be able to secure that advantage in future operations.
Therefore, they divided their crew into two teams, Jake’s team and Ava’s team. Each of them took around 20 guys, one Stryker armored personnel carrier, four armor-plated SUVs, and several support vehicles. Their numbers seemed paltry when Ava considered their objective – taking entire Miami neighborhoods – but it was all they had; and the longer they waited to recruit more men, the more likely it was that someone would let it slip about what they were up to.
Ava went over the plan time and again with Jake before they made their first move. She was concerned that he’d botch part of the operation without her around to stay on top of things; therefore, she pulled Mad Dog and Rambo aside in private and away from Jake so that he wouldn’t feel embarrassed or belittled by her lack of faith in him, and reviewed everything with them as well. She felt better knowing that they understood what was going on, and better yet, that she could trust them to see the plan through to fruition with or without Jake’s involvement.
Ava developed a two-pronged attack for this first stage of their Miami takeover. She chose what she knew to be two of the more lightly-controlled sections of town out of the ten total areas she’d outlined and that included Carol City, North Miami, Hialeah, Little Havana, Miami Springs, Westwood Lake, West Miami, South Miami, Coral Gables, and Palmetto Bay. Jake and his crew would take the northern target – Carol City – and Ava and her men would attack from the west, hitting Westwood Lake.
During these two offensives, both Jake and Ava split their 20-man units into small squads of four or five. In this way, they could spread out, becoming acquainted with the areas more intimately, finding out exactly who was controlling what and how. Then they could rough some people up, break a few heads, slit a few throats when and where necessary, and assassinate the leadership
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