The room was silent as Mare completed her mission and rose to the top of the food chain. Several mouths hung open in surprise while others smiled to themselves in a self-congratulatory way. All heads nodded respectfully when she made her proclamations and none dared to object. As she walked away she could hear Scorpio giving orders to clean up the mess.<br/><br/>Not long after she arrived at<span style="font-style: italic">her</span>new office a few junior members of the gang showed up to clean out Gabriel’s stuff, also on Scorpio’s order. They quickly removed any trace of the former leader from the room.<br/><br/>Perhaps an hour later Scorpio knocked on her door to check in.<br/><br/>“Things are under control downstairs. There’s really only one issue – our prisoner. A lot of the guys have bad blood with the Spades and want to get rid of him. To top it off, he’s refusing food and water. He won’t last long in this climate without either. What should we do?”