Michael Rhodes

* 2023
* 2022

**Michael Rhodes** is a character role-played by GhostDaGhost.

## History

### Early Life

Michael Rhodes was born in Seattle, Washington and lived there for his full childhood under the care of his two parents, Christopher Rhodes and Makaela Rhodes. During high school, Michael struggled to answer questions regarding his career choice. He didn't know exactly what he wanted until one day his friends were sick and did not show up to school, causing Michael to sit alone isolated from the crowd during lunch. A school resource officer sat next to him and asked him why he was isolated from everyone. Michael responded that his friends were absent due to being ill but then got curious and asked the officer how was life like being an LEO. The officer gave him a rundown on how academy and training went for him as well as the best calls he had attended. Michael realized that protecting and serving could potentially be a good career choice.

Michael graduated high school and immediately began studying to become a law enforcement officer. He would then graduate university and begin registration for the state police academy. Rhodes faced many challenging scenarios and intense training but was able to rise above all setbacks and graduate to full trooper status. The training that Rhodes endured forced him to toughen up and lock his emotions in a box which would hinder his ability to make friends while in service. Rhodes would end up being promoted to the rank of Corporal due to excellence proven at a difficult scene. After about 3-4 months in the force, he decided to retire from the state police.

After making some decisions, he realized that Washington was not the place for him and decided to move to Los Santos, San Andreas after having one final month of fun with his parents. He stayed smiling throughout the trip to Los Santos knowing he made his parents proud as well as figuring out what he wanted to do for his life. He finally arrived to Los Santos and settled down in a little house in Paleto Bay along with some roommates who were also waiting for the local sheriff's office academy. Rhodes passed through the academy and the training however due to life constraints back in Seattle, he had a huge delay between his training and graduation to full Deputy. Regardless, he passes and becomes a full Deputy.

### O'Ryan Involvement

Celebrating at a local bar in Mirror Park, Michael meets a woman who offers to bet with him on a sports game that was playing on the TV. She won the bet and Rhodes makes a counter offer of getting her number which she giggled but gave him her number. The woman, Jacqueline O'Ryan, then talks about her large family, the O'Ryans, as well as about her personal life. Feeling a bit curious and interested, Michael asks her out for dinner. Dates were made and they both felt comfortable with making their relationship official despite some members of the O'Ryan family being established criminals. Michael looked out for them regardless.

Several fellow officers and deputies were very suspicious of Michael being somewhat involved with the family. After about two months into the relationship, Michael decided to end things with Jacqueline on peaceful terms and remained as somewhat a friend to the O'Ryan Family.

### Unpredicted Meeting

Sitting in his car just jamming to the stereo, Rhodes gets pinged a 911 call of a female individual who had an accident with her bike. Michael responds and finds the individual who had indeed fallen over a tiny bridge but was hurt. Unable to reach medics, he transported the woman himself to Sandy Shores Medical where they have a brief conversation that ends up in him receiving her phone number and a name, Davie Gilmore.

Davie then reached out to him the next few days to hang out which they both met up several times at the Del Perro beach, Chumash beach etc. During the course of their hangouts, Davie started developing feelings for Michael which he wasn't aware about. Michael was called away back to Seattle due to a family emergency related to his grandfather. Once the situation was resolved, Michael flew back to San Andreas and unfortunately Davie had begun hanging out with a trooper which brought them together. Michael remained a friend to Davie and continued hanging out with her until they realized one day at the Del Perro Pier that they mutually have feelings for each other. They end up kissing and stayed together for a weekend at the Pacific Bluffs resort. Davie ended up cutting the relationship with her boyfriend at the time and got together with Michael. Michael then introduced Davie *as a friend* to his close colleague, Zachary Staten and his girlfriend, Kate Hawthorne. They both grew to like Davie as if she was their daughter which made Michael feel really happy that he potentially found someone that was compatible.

One day, Rhodes and Davie as well as Zachary and Kate all hung out at Zach's house where both Michael and Davie decided to reveal to them that they've been dating. At first, they both were scared that Zachary and Kate would end up treating them different but they turned out to be really happy.

### Staten's Wedding

Michael's friends, Zachary and Kate ended up engaging and Michael was asked to be the best man. Feeling happy and honored about the role, he accepted it given that Zach was his friend for a long time and he felt nothing but happiness for him. The wedding was had and a party was started on a Yacht a bit away from Paleto Bay. Davie unfortunately had to leave the party early which left Michael alone. Zach and Kate offered Michael keys to their place if he ever needed company.

### Enter The Devoted

While on shift, an incident occurred where two cops were ambushed by a group of heavily armed unknown individuals. Hearing the situation over the radio, Michael immediately sprung up with energy after thinking it was going to be a quiet shift. Another cop was then ambushed and taken hostage by the same group. Michael got his duty gear, rifle and went to the standoff which was at U-Tool off of Senora Freeway. The individual holding the deputy, Mac Foster, up had orange pants, shirtless with a corrections vest and a riot helmet and mask with a built-in voice scrambler. Rhodes took note of the appearance. Shortly after, Staten arrived to assist and helped check on Mac Foster when the negotiations were made and demands were met. The units began pursuit on the potential escaped prisoner who was revealed to be the leader of the armed group.

Deputies and officers managed to take down the group and the prisoner-looking suspect. Rhodes brought the prisoner to interrogation where he removed the mask along with the voice modulator. He began questioning his motives after mirandizing him. The prisoner's demeanor suddenly changed to a bit more calm but a bit confused. Michael was confused on his change. He got nowhere but only knew of the name of the group called The Devoted which consisted of him, who he calls himself The Prophet, and the other members they caught. The Prophet's real name was Marshall Jones, a suspected escaped prisoner who assaulted and took a Corrections Officer's gear. Staten took over the interrogations and investigation as police equipment were stolen.

Later on in the weeks that would come by, The Devoted would continue attacking civilians and police officers which attracted the attention of the LSPD CID and BCSO's CID/DARE divisions. Michael was introduced into the DARE division where they would assist CID with warrants and particularly, gang violence.

### Moving Together

Upon getting out of shift, Michael and Davie end up getting a house on North Rockford Drive in Richman where they would spend the rest of their free time in. Davie confessed to Michael one night that she wants to spend her life with him. A thought came to Michael when he heard that, marriage. He felt a bit nervous, afraid but also knew that it would be okay because Davie was exactly the woman he'd want in his life. The only thing he needed now was a ring to propose. He was ready to start a new life.

### Emotional End Times

A couple weeks pass since the last attack from The Devoted, Michael is preparing for another day on shift. Davie had started working at the Pacific Bluffs resort, which was the place that Michael and Davie got together, and was also starting a shift. Davie had asked him if he wanted to go out later with her which he replied with a yes. The two would part ways and go to their respective workplaces.

That night, Michael gives Davie a call but no response. He calls again about 10 minutes later, no response. He sends a few texts, no response. Michael then drives down to the Pacific Bluffs resort where he notices that she wasn't present but her car was still there. Feeling a bit alarmed, he calls Staten who immediately shows up to Michael's house to meet him there. Michael sends a few texts again where suddenly a cold response by her phone was given. The other end identified themselves as Marshall Jones. The Devoted had found her and kidnapped her. Michael informs Staten who immediately rushes up to the last place they encountered The Devoted which was the abandoned mineshaft in the Senora Desert. Nothing was there. They both alert all active patrol units of the kidnapping and to be on the lookout for Davie Gilmore. Soon, the media and police agencies were aware of the missing woman that is Rhodes' significant other.

A couple days pass, Staten realizes they need further help so he informs Michael that he will need to obtain help from the O'Ryan Family which he still had ties to. Staten was able to obtain the assistance of Fred Handsworth and Sunniva Handsworth. Michael was also able to obtain the assistance of Brian O'Ryan, one of the family's good shooters, as the other O'Ryans were busy with an out-of-state trip. They began searching the state from head to toe for Davie and the Prophet. More clues are left behind places and on Bleeter where videos were posted of her being held in captivity. Staten and Rhodes began taking risks with their sworn jobs such as using their duty rifles and gear for these searches and potential conflict. They cared more for Davie than their own job, willing to sacrifice it all for her.

Next morning, Staten is contacted by Marshall Jones who requests him and Michael to meet him at a small pond up on Mount Gordo. Nobody else. Michael then brought up the idea of contacting BCSO SWAT to be ready and sniper position however the idea was thrown out and they both instead decided to rely on Fred, Brian as well as Sunniva and Kate as their backup. They began the meetup and drove up to the mountain where they found Marshall, armed with an AK-47, and someone who wore Davie's outfit but had their head covered in a bag. There were several armed individuals around the pond with rifles. Staten and Michael went in without any long rifles and instead had their pistols and radio to call for backup ready. Marshall and Staten exchanged words where he decided to offer himself for Davie. Marshall almost took the idea until he then had a moment once more struggling with himself. He orders the gunwoman next to him to execute Davie. Rhodes and Staten watch and stay frozen in place as who they believed to be Davie fell to the floor after being shot in the head. Suddenly, the gunwoman desperately ran towards Michael which triggered a sudden response from Marshall saying "This wasn't how it was supposed to go..." and gunned down the gunwoman who ran towards Michael with his rifle. The other devoted armed their rifles and began opening fire on Michael and Zach. They run desperately for cover which was almost non-existent on the hill. Never has Rhodes have heard Zach yell so loud for backup on the radio. Their friends immediately show up to take care of the devoted that are beginning to swarm Michael and Zach. Zach gets into a conflict with Marshall and ends up gunning him down while Zach himself collapses from the blood-loss during his confrontation with him. Michael attempts to shoot at a devoted but ends up being shot near his right eye, causing him to pass out.

The Devoted began making an escape in a vehicle where they were ambushed by more of Staten and Rhode's friends. They end up shooting down the devoted that remained as well as the person who wore Davie's outfit. Brian brings a vehicle down to grab Staten, Rhodes, Marshall and the gunwoman from earlier. He unmasks the gunwoman who turned out to be Davie... dying from the high caliber gunshot wounds she received from Marshall's rifle. They are all urgently taken to the hospital before the police began to swarm the mountain. Michael and Davie and the rest of the injured parties are taken into surgery. Michael loses his pulse about two times on the operating table but is revived. The critical injury where his right eye is has almost costed him that eye. Davie is operated at the same time as well, pushing Paleto Medical's limits to the max. Davie's condition slowly deteriorates and unfortunately she passes away due to the torture she sustained in the duration of her capture and the shootout. Michael is continued to be worked on and they finally clear him from any danger. Due to the injury, he stays asleep for about a week. He wakes up and finds Brian waiting by his bed. A desperate Michael asks where Davie was and Brian gives him the dreaded news that Davie had died... as well as Marshall Jones, her killer. Michael's emotions skyrocket to the max... his future life had ended. The woman he loved with all of his heart was gone. He runs away from the hospital but is chased down by Sunniva who comforts him. Michael cries his whole heart out on her shoulder as they hug... suddenly he notices some police officers with the LSPD show up to the hospital, looking for him and Staten.

### Interrogation

Being cleared from the hospital, both Michael and Staten are individually brought in for questioning by LSPD's investigations division. The detectives accuse them both of murder as the body of Marshall Jones was dumped at the front door of the Sandy Sheriff's Office with zero trace. They know he and Staten were involved as well as everyone else who was at Mount Gordo. The BCSO's IA division is informed of the actions of Rhodes and Staten. Commander Michael Hunter brings Rhodes in to ask him on what happened as well as sympathize his frustration that LSPD wants them both arrested and put behind bars for good. Rhodes tells him all and was honest the best he could with him, being his patrol commander. Eventually, Rhodes and Staten were cleared of any potential charges and if LSPD attempted anything, the BCSO would step in. Although this was the only good thing that came of the aftermath.

### Thanks and Farewell

Michael finally returns home, to where he and Davie were going to start a new life. He grabs any essentials and gets into his car, going to Staten's house. He could not stand one second in that house where things were supposed to be better. He decides to sleep on their couch for however long until he can cope with the feeling of loss and being alone again. Funeral planning had to start sometime soon.

Michael would have dreams of re-encountering Davie in their home. She would be so thankful for him for everything and the dreams would seem so real. He would wake up and burst into tears realizing it was a dream. He felt like it was her spirit trying to thank him for the fun times and trying to provide him peace... that was only a very far guess but he kept that thought to himself. Occasionally, he'd hear Staten and Kate have heated arguments. Those two didn't seem like they were in good terms since the death.

A text message would be sent to Michael, he was reached out by the brother of Davie Gilmore. He was planning to come see Michael as well as Zachary and Kate. The reunion would be awkward as the very first thing he did was headbutt Zachary for failing to protect Davie. Michael and Kate would immediately jump to the defense and explain the situation thoroughly to him. They all shared a cry after the situation was explained and that the only fault was of Marshall Jones.

A few days would pass, it was the day of the funeral. The San Andreas Fire & Rescue repainted their livery's secondary color to purple, which was Davie's favorite color. The BCSO all were present as well as SAFR and SAHA. After the event was over, Michael and everyone else who stuck along sat on a hill to relax. Each time an hour passed, one person left the hill, leaving just Michael, Zachary, Kate and Davie's brother. He then revealed that he had letters that Davie wrote for all four of them in case that something happened to her. Michael reads his entire letter, he sat there frozen and bawling. She had indeed shared the same intention to get married and start a family. She was so hopeful and happy to finally settle down. It was over though.

Michael and Zachary would sit at home when they receive a text message from an unknown number. A You-tube link. It was one of the last remaining members of the Devoted, Glitch. The two would stare at each other however decided to keep the video away from Kate and Davie's family, agreeing to not take action unless absolutely necessary.

Davie's family would fly back home and unfortunately during the ride back home, Michael, Zachary and Kate received emails that all three of them have been dismissed from their departments by the government due to a massive internal conflict. Without a good job to maintain their properties' bills and such, Michael splits up from Zachary and Kate for the time being. He promises them that they will see each other one day but for now, time to move away and get a job.

### New Beginning

9 months later, Michael, who had relocated back to Seattle and was temporarily settling down with his parents after they heard of the massive events that had happened back in SA, is reached out through emails by an old friend who used to be his supervisor back in the BCSO. Colonel William Stewart had invited Michael to return to San Andreas to become a Trooper (with FTO certification) as he had taken over the San Andreas State Police once the government matter was addressed. Michael accepts the offer and notices that Zachary had also been invited back, fulfilling the promise that they were all going to reunite. Kate had also returned as a Deputy Fire Chief for SAFR once offered back. The three would hug each other feeling complete once more after the large amount of time.

TBD...