Vertical Bird

{{infobox mission |name = Vertical Bird |image = Vertical Bird.jpg |game = SA |for = Mike Toreno |location = Las Venturas, San Andreas |reward = $50,000
[[Respect (GTA SA)|Respect]
Hydra spawns at Verdant Meadows |unlocks = Home Coming |unlockedby = A Home in the Hills }}

Vertical Bird is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given by Mike Toreno to protagonist Carl "CJ" Johnson.

Plot

CJ drops by Madd Dogg's Crib in Mulholland, his "new" home, and listens to Madd Dogg while he's rapping after having recovered from the suicide attempt. All of sudden all the audio is cut off and Mike Toreno's voice is heard who tells CJ to come out of the mansion. CJ gets out and finds Toreno, who has one more job needing to be done. Toreno says if CJ does this job, his brother Sweet will be released from prison. CJ agrees and hops on a speedboat docked on the water with a Knife and a Silenced 9mm in it. He heads over to the Easter Basin Naval Station in San Fierro where Toreno instructs him to sneak inside without being seen and that he can't help anymore. CJ gets off the boat and swims into the base while sneaking up inside, he kills a soldier armed with a M4 however, the alarm goes off and that forces him to rush his way. CJ then kills all the soldiers on his way and disables the S.A.M. sites. He later on goes and steals a Hydra plane and escapes the base while avoiding the soldiers who guard the place. Toreno happily tells CJ via the earpiece, that he has to head over to Tierra Robada and destroy five spy ships with the Hydra's missiles, another plane starts to follow CJ on the air however after an "air-chase" the other plane crashes into something and is destroyed, CJ with the help of the Hydra's missiles destroys all the boats and then lands the plane inside a hangar at the Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard.

Script

(CJ, Maccer, Kent Paul and Madd Dogg are in the recording studio in Madd Dogg's Crib.)

Maccer: Go on... Go on... Come on... Come on... Go on...

Kent Paul: Will you please leave yourself alone!

Maccer: Oh, fuck!

Kent Paul: Oh, you manky mongrel!

Maccer: Ooh, sorry geez.

Kent Paul: You shouldn't be choking the gecko in the first place! Remember what happened at that gig in Hamburg?!

Maccer: That groupie loved it!

Kent Paul: That wasn't a groupie, that was a roadie!

Maccer: But she had great tits.

Kent Paul: MAN tits! They were MAN TITS!

(The recording equipment stops working.)

Carl Johnson: Hey, what happened? Hey, where the sounds at?

Kent Paul: I dunno, bruv, it all just went!

Maccer: You're fucking shite you are, P.

Kent Paul: I can't be held responsible for dodgy gear, alright?

Carl Johnson: C'mon, keep it together, man - we can't fuck with his flow.

(A voice comes from a speaker from somewhere in the recording equipment.)

Mike Toreno: Finally! I thought I'd never get through to you.

Carl Johnson: What the... Toreno? Is that you?

Kent Paul: What's happenin' here?

Carl Johnson: Toreno?

Mike Toreno: Listen; you gotta pull one last string for me, OK? Communists at the gate, Carl.

Carl Johnson: I'm tired of this, Toreno.

Mike Toreno: I'm outside. Let's take a ride.

(The sounds are back and Madd Dogg continues rapping.)

Maccer: Now I'm hearing things - fuck me!

Carl Johnson: Hey, I gotta get out of here. You got this? Hey, Dogg, I gotta go hit a marketing meeting, I'm gonna catch you later!

Kent Paul: Right, mind how you go, sunshine. Yeah, sweet as... Come on. You having that, Maccer, you having that?

(CJ and Toreno outside the mansion.)

Mike Toreno: Well, no invite to the housewarming, huh, kid?

Carl Johnson: I knew you'd come anyway.

Mike Toreno: Yeah, well, that's not important right now. I'll bring you up to speed on the way, get in.

Carl Johnson: How long's this going to take? I got my own shit to worry about.

Mike Toreno: Would you like to see your brother this week?

Carl Johnson: Yeah, what can I do?

Mike Toreno: You just gotta steal a military jet off an amphibious assault ship and use it to destroy a flotilla of spy ships, nothing big.

Carl Johnson: Oh man, you shittin' me.

Mike Toreno: Would I shit you, Carl? There's a boat. All the gear you'll need is on board. I'll keep you briefed as you go.

Carl Johnson: I ain't coming back from this one, am I?

Mike Toreno: Yes you are, don't be ridic- here take this earpiece. Trust me, do as I say, you'll be home for a blow job and a bologna sandwich.

(On the earpiece Toreno instructing CJ.)

Mike Toreno: OK Carl, the ship is moored in the Easter Basin Naval Base.

(CJ arrives outside the Easter Basin Naval Base, with Toreno speaking on the earpiece.)

Mike Toreno: Sneak in the back without being seen. Once you're on the inside, I cannot help you.

Carl Johnson: Well, can you help me now?

Mike Toreno: Oh, well, no. Actually, no.

(CJ makes his way inside the base and steals the aircraft.)

Mike Toreno: Ya see? Ya see? What did I tell you? It was a snap!

Pilot: Stolen aircraft; prepare to be vaporized!

Carl Johnson: Did you hear that?

Mike Toreno: 'Prepare to be vaporized' what a bunch of bullshit. Ignore them. They shoot at you and it's an international incident. You're not a British tank, so you should be fine.

Carl Johnson: For real?

Mike Toreno: Yeah, well, probably. Now make your way to the flotilla and sink the fuckers!

(CJ destroys all the ships.)

Mike Toreno: You see? Child's play!

Carl Johnson: Fuck you TORENO, I never want to go through this again! I think I'm gonna hurl...

Mike Toreno: Ooh, what a big whiner, you want some cheese with that wine? Hey, you were spectacular. You know what, I'm beginning to think my little Carl is a double agent. Oooh.

Carl Johnson: Shut up, Toreno. Where do you want this thing?

Mike Toreno: What thing? I don't know what you're talking about - you stole it. Got nothing to do with me, I don't know what you're talking about. See ya 'round.

Carl Johnson: Toreno? TORENO! SHIT!

Trivia

• It may be noted that this is the only mission that takes place across each of the three major islands in the State of San Andreas. It starts at Madd Dogg's Mansion (Los Santos), CJ steals the Hydra from the Easter Basin Naval Station (San Fierro), and destroys spy ships in Tierra Robada (Las Venturas).
• Usually, if you enter the naval base, you will attain a 5-star wanted level, but this does not apply in this mission, and you would not get any wanted level.

Rewards

Upon completing this mission, the player is rewarded with $50,000 and respect. Also the Hydra is always available at the hangar in Verdant Meadows. Another thing to note is that the S.A.M. sites will not shoot you anymore whenever you are flying over or if you are near the Easter Basin Naval Station, but you will still get a 5-star wanted level.

External Links

• Vertical Bird mission on YouTube by GTAmissions - PlayStation 2 version.