The Long Beach Riots

## Summary

The Riots in Long Beach are getting worse, so many of the Hernandez's are going on a drive through the streets of Long Beach and trying to appease the public, and Scott and Napoleon are coming for a ride.

## Synopsis

The Riots in Los Angeles are getting worse, particularly in Long Beach in the Gateway Cities. Scott is offered a ride as well as Napoleon, Scott agrees and Napoleon initially refuses but decides to go along after Scott nearly begs him to come along. On the ride there, Napoleon is largley uncomfortable, being out of his comfort zone as well as quiet and soft spoken.

Lawrence begins talking about how many of the people working in the Greenhouse are going on strike, and now the food is being compromised in Los Angeles. Scott asks Lawrence how much food they have left in the city and how long it can last them, Lawrence tells him he's really not sure. Scott asks Lawrence what he does know, Lawrence says that what he knows is that when the hungry become the starving, that's when they become the most dangerous. Napoleon asks who will the hungry blame. For the whole ride there, Napoleon is visibly anxious, and trying to keep his space from Caligula as much as possible.

Lawrence, Scott, and Napoleon begin discussing the riots, and how the recent trial by combats will impact the riots. Lawrence says that the people of the Gateway Cities, riot often as it has a large part in how the internal government of the Gateway Cities District will decide on new things, and when they do they to break many things. Many of the other districts are calm and peaceful in their protests, but the Gateway Cities isn't.

Napoleon, Scott, and Lawrence discuss what all of this means for Los Angeles. Napoleon says riots and protests happen all the time, that doesn't mean they always get something done, he's very weak willed in his response and more trying to hide himself. Scott says that these are worse though, in the San Fernando Valley alone dozens of stores have been looted. Lawrence says that when Riots do happen in the Gateway Cities, they're violent.

As they drive through Long Beach, the protests aren't violent at all. All of the stores are intact, nothing has been broken or stolen, and everyone is for the most part calm and peaceful, simply walking and chanting through the streets of Long Beach.

Some of the security guards reccomend to Lawrence and Caligula that he stop discussing the protests, as he's just a teenager and probably doensn't know too much about them, Scott tells the guards that he wants to hear what the brother's have to say about the matter. The car pulls over in Long Beach on the side of the road, a small crowd surrounding the limosuine and the group of people. Lawrence asks Scott why he talks to him so differently than many other adults would, Scott tells Lawrence that if you talk to somebody like an adult they'll act like one, if you treat someone like a child then they'll act like a child, drawing parralels between Lawrence, Caligula, and Ryker.

The Hernandez and Green brothers walk over to the shoreline aquatic park, standing near the edge of it as the crowd watches them. Scott gives a small but effective speech about the trial by combat, not justifying it in anyway at all but not backing down from it, promising that he will listen to the demands of the people of Long Beach as time goes on. Caligula thinks that Scott's speech is stupid, and tries to teach Ryker how to give a "real speech."

Caligula gives a speech at first, but does it poorly and isn't receieved very well. He soon tries to repair that speech but only makes it more awkward and awful, then walks back over to his brother's. Scott walks forward again and reminds them that they're trying to do everything they can, Scott knows that he's lying at the moment, but he promises to himself that he is going to make Long Beach less angry by listening to them. Scott seems to be getting a decent amount of aproval from the people, but anytime Caligula speaks everyone just yells over him. Caligula feeling angry starts screaming at the people, and things turn to chaos after one of the protestors walks forward and says that they tried being peaceful, and in return were only insulted by Caligula.

Scott tells Napoleon that it's in their best interests to take care of the Hernandez's, and Napoleon agrees, but is visibly annoyed when Scott tells Napoleon to watch over Caligula.

Scott notices that Lawrence is standing directly in front of Ryker, protecting him with his body from anybody. Scott does to Lawrence what he's doing to Ryker and has a quick conversation with Lawrence, as Scott tells Lawrence and Ryker only to worry for their brother as he's the only having things thrown at him. The crowd's begin throwing objects that are for the most part harmless like food. Scott realizes that Caligula getting angrier is only making the protests worse, and Scott goes to go get him to stop his screaming but Lawrence warns him that doing as little as raising his voice to the prince could cause Scott some issues.

Napoleon stands in front of Caligula like Scott's doing to Lawrence, taking several pieces of food to the face. Caligula begins screaming for their heads, becoming viscous and violent. Napoleon has to stop protecting Caligula and instead hold him back from attacking the protestors after a tomato hits his head. Napoleon grabs Caligula by the shoulders and calls him a violent child who is only causing chaos, and that if he doesn't want more food thrown at him by the protestors then he should shut his mouth. Caligula tells Napoleon he can't talk to him like that, and forces Napoleon to take his hands off of Caligula's shoulders. Caligula once again reminds Napoleon that he is the prince, and he can have anybody he wants killed protestor, or right hand man's advisor. Napoleon slaps Caligula and screams at him, telling Caligula that he won't be able to give the order to have Napoleon killed if the protestors kill him.

Napoleon thinks about what to do, staring around at the crowd's. Napoleon calls the News Network, and has them give a broadcast displayed on the Screen's on the buildings saying that the emperor himself would be coming out in public in the Hollywood. Many of the protestors slowly leave over time, and they can leave. Scott is given the choice of scolding Napoleon for lying to the public like Caligula is demanding, or he can go thank his brother for getting rid of the crowd's. Scott decides to smack Napoleon on the back of the head to appease Caligula, and then begins telling Napoleon to be careful of what he says and does next involving Rubio, and tells him he should have told Scott first before making any actions calmly, but is throwing his arms around wildly while Caligula is watching.