Walking down the street, Zoom takes a puff off his pipe. Beginning to let his mind wander for a bit, he notices that it's about time for Downtown to make a move that it will soon not forget.

Noticing to his left a fellow Earner for the city doing hard work, extorting the local butcher; Zoom turns right with a grin knowing he will see a cut from that soon enough... Before he knows it, his Right Hand Man Jerry is awaiting his arrival like he always does at 8:15 sharp; limo running.

"Come Jerry, we need to talk"

Jerry's eyebrows begin to wander as he knows he remembered to pay his taxes this week... Zoom enters the limo and they take off down a dark alleyway in Downtown.

"You've worked hard for me, I cannot thank you enough for everything. You and your kin have always been a sight for sore eyes around this shore. I am honored to have had you by my side in this time for Los Angeles and it's rebuild from the ashes. The lights, the excitement, the women, the drugs, the hard work... it's always gone unnoticed by myself and my under bosses. Thank you from the bottom of my heart old friend"

Jerry looks directly into his Godfathers eyes and claps his hand on his shoulder..

"Zoom... I would go into the fire and back with you, I work hard for LA and LA works hard for me. That's more than enough in my eyes."

Zoom chuckles as he hands Jerry a new set of keys; looking down Jerry is obviously confused. Zoom takes his turn as he claps his hand on Jerry's shoulder.

It's your time now, Jerry. These are the keys to your new HQ for your own family. It's time I release you and see what you're really made of... I know you won't disappoint me or the fine city of Los Angeles. I'm proud to call you one of my Captains for this adventure of ours. Just try to remember to tell the girls at the brothel to calm down with the phone calls.. I can't hardly sleep!

Jaw to the floor, Jerry finds it hard to come up with the words to express to his Godfather, but more importantly; his friend.

"Zoom... Thank you... I will make you proud. Consider this move a wise one, I will not let you down. I think we will call ourselves... "The Empire". Yes... that has a nice ring to it.

The Limo stops and Zoom raises his hand for his new Captain to begin his adventure into the wild streets of LA... before getting out, Zoom gives Jerry a hug and a nice pocket full of cash to begin his endeavors.

Jerry, our family lines intertwine back generations. I've always known you to be trustworthy, loyal, and a true friend when myself or mine are in need. I can't think of a better person to take on a new set of reins than you. I've had some of my guys drop by with a crate of the best whiskey this side of the Mississippi.

I know you'll do great and I look forward to working with you in the future!

Transistor shakes Jerry's hand.

BirdPerson just heard the great news concerning his old friend Jerry being Authed by the Godfather Zoom himself. He  takes Jerry into a bear hug to celebrate .

"Jerry my brother our Kin  goes back many generations, It makes me smile  witnessing  this day! Congratulations Brother  !

Fydora twirls into the street minding her own business until she sees Zoom and Jerry chatting. She couldn't of been more ecstatic for Jerry and decided to break her bloodline's absence from the streets to congratulate Jerry.

"Congratulations, you sexy man you. I know you will do yourself and Las Angeles proud. I hope you don't mind but I put a little wallpaper in your Headquarters. It was looking kind of drab."

And with that Fydora twirls her way out of the streets, grinning and giggling, holding onto her fedora and heading back to who knows where.

Listening to Zoom, Jerry has his thoughts going a mile a minute; getting his feet under him he quickly realizes he has much work to do for the city of LA thrusted in front of him. 

Zoom, I will do you and LA proud, I can assure you of that. I cannot thank you enough for this opportunity to show my true potential for you and this fine city. I look forward to the future and what it may bring. I think I can stop going to the brothels as long as the girls stay away from me as well ;).

Sliding Zoom his first tribute envelope, Jerry turns to Rock...

Well my old friend, it looks as if we have some ruckus to turn up here in Downtown, now I can't be having you sludge around the ground anymore. It's time for us to really show LA what we're made of. 

Noticing a Petty Thief walking around rich, Jerry orders one of his bodyguards to give the lad a shakedown for everything he's worth. 

Wally was speeding through Los Angeles when suddenly he went too fast and broke open a portal into time jumping himself forward days or weeks from the look of things. The streets were empty, fires raging, and the skies were dark.....a newspaper flew past and he grabbed it. It was dated on a few days ahead of where he just was....

"What happened in just a few days?" he muttered to himself.

He quickly sped up to jump back to just after he left a few days back to try to figure out what happened....

As he appeared where he ran as fast as he could to Zoom's headquarters. There he realized he was too late. This must be what was happening to cause such destruction...

"Hey Jerry, uhhh congratulations. Hopefully everything doesn't start off with a bang!" He laughed nervously causing Zoom to give him an angry look.

Zoom always knew what Wally was up to and what must have happened....

"You and.....well.....Rock will most likely do a great job here in Los Angeles. You know you can always come to me if you need help with anything. Although I've heard Rock is a junior detective so you should be fine!" He rubbed the back of his neck anxiously as Zoom began to walk over and Jerry just loooked...puzzled.

"Why are you acting so strange and where did you just run in from? I mean time period by the way." He crossed his arms.

"Zoom....zoomy....zoom zoom. I don't think it's anything to worry about. Probably an alternate timeline or something. I'll just go step on a few butterflies and we should be good." The response clearly didn't please Zoom, but he motioned for Wally to head off on his mission to save the timeline. 

Throwing empty bottles of alcohol at Jerry Rick struggles to stay on his feet. He quickly loses his footing falling into the wall and sliding down it. There's a clear line of drool making marks all the way down. The faint scent of shit floats through the air from Rick. Struggling to keep his body functioning he's still fucked up from the alcohol he found in a different dimension. Small poop stains on the bottom of his pant legs indicate he hasn't yet found his way home. The hallucinations took hold for weeks. Though he's slowly becoming less numb to his surroundings and gaining the ability to function appropriately. 

"JERRY" Rick yells as he pushes the side of his face across the ground towards Jerry. 

"JERRY YOU FUCKING FUCK" Rick belts out as the various dirt and grime gets lodged into his skin and hair. 

"Ahhhh fuck it." Rick exclaims. Realizing he can't appropriately function he just let's out one last sentence before passing out completely to hopefully sleep off the last of the bad alcohol.

"You're still a fucking idiot Jerry.... but... congratulations.... I wish Morty was here to see this...."

Passing out Rick lets out one last shart before going completely under.