Rum Punch Massacre

The Rum Punch Massacre, also known as the Massacre at Gwen's was a mass assassination orchestrated by Mariah Stokes and her criminal subordinates.
==Background==
Mariah Stokes decided to retaliate against Bushmaster and aggravated him out of revenge for ruining her image and burning down her brownstone,Luke Cage: 2.07: On and On starting with the kidnapping of his uncle, Anansi.Luke Cage: 2.10: The Main Ingredient
==Massacre==
Mariah Stokes led Anansi to Gwen's tied and blindfolded. There, she would set up her message to Bushmaster by having her associates kill everyone present in the restaurant. Upon stepping inside, one of the Stokes shot out the security camera, allowing Stokes to enter. Inside she noticed that one of her own, Stephanie Miller, had been secretly working for the Stylers. Due to Miller informing on her Bushmaster had learned of Piranha Jones and managed to steal Stokes' money. Stokes ordered one of her men to shoot Miller in the head, killing her instantly.
In response, several innocent people attempted to escape, only for Stokes's men, including Shades, to gun them all down. When the shooting finally stopped, Anansi was shown the aftermath of the massacre, leaving him heartbroken and devastated at the loss of his friends and family. They then soaked him with Bushmaster Rum and set on fire. Stokes ignored him while, with his last words, he told her that he will haunt her for the rest of her life. While Shades watched in horror, Anansi screamed in agony, until Stokes finally killed him by shooting him is the head with her Stokes' Revolver.
Stokes was unaware that Ingrid Mackintosh was injured but managed to survive, leaving her as the sole survivor of the incident.Luke Cage: 2.11: The Creator
==Aftermath==
The massacre shook the city to its very core. Luke Cage was enraged that Mariah Stokes stooped this low, killing innocent people, including the children, stating that he regretted not killing her earlier when he had the chance to.
The murders were found out by Bushmaster and Sheldon, which devastated them to no end. The massacre would then go on to cause Stokes' relationship with Shades to fall apart, as she had violated his code of honor by needlessly murdering innocent people and, in the process, wasted a potential bargaining chip of Anansi in a fashion that revealed her to be unhinged. Where she saw a message being sent, he saw a pointlessly brutal, horrific, strategically idiotic atrocity. He briefly decided to kill her but, deciding she was not worth killing, left her employ in disgust with her actions and worked with her enemies to take her down, with Sugar teaming up with Cage, turning himself in to Misty Knight to testify against her.Luke Cage: 2.12: Can't Front on Me
==References==
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