Editing Alexa Morrison (section)

=== Return of the Smuggler ===
On March 3, 2025, Alexa received troubling news—Hans Naumann, the smuggler she had long distrusted, had returned to San Andreas. An unregistered B-11 Strikeforce had landed at Sandy Shores Airfield, marking Hans’s reentry into the criminal scene. Alexa, already wary of Hans from previous dealings, found his return deeply concerning, especially given the lack of clarity surrounding his motives. Two days later, Hans purchased the McKenzie Field Hangar in Grapeseed and restarted his smuggling and arms trafficking operation. As drug prices began to plummet across Los Santos, Alexa grew more suspicious, linking the price drop to Hans’s renewed presence. 

Not long after, Alexa received an audio tape from an anonymous courier. Distressed, she contacted Jim and arranged a meeting on her yacht. When Jim arrived, Alexa played the recording—it revealed that Marty had been kidnapped by an individual referred to only as "the Phantom" and was being tortured. Alexa, visibly concerned, insisted that Jim and Edward help locate and rescue Marty. Jim, though hesitant, agreed.

As the situation worsened and drug markets continued to falter, Alexa passed on intelligence suggesting activity at McKenzie Airfield. Jim and Edward followed up, initially suspecting the Alamo Hellraisers. Surveillance, however, confirmed the worst: Hans was indeed behind the disruption. Jim attempted to intercept him, but Hans escaped via aircraft. After another failed attempt to confront Hans, Jim and Edward captured one of his associates, who revealed Hans’s involvement before taking his own life. Alexa, upon receiving this information, advised Jim to inform Giuseppe of Marty’s capture. She understood how volatile Giuseppe could be, especially where family was involved. Behind the scenes, Alexa began to piece together the deeper implications. She asked herself, yet again, why Hans had returned—and more urgently, who was the Phantom, and where was Marty? These unanswered questions disturbed her deeply. Marty had given Alexa the strategic edge she needed with Giuseppe, and if anything were to happen to him, Alexa knew the blame would fall squarely on her shoulders. The uncertainty gnawed at her. Hans’s reappearance was unwelcome enough, but the added mystery of Marty's disappearance made the situation volatile. Alexa hated not knowing, and she hated even more the feeling that control was slipping away.

With Hans’s largest narcotics smuggling deal completed, drug prices across Los Santos dropped to an all-time low. For Alexa, this was the final insult. She had spent years stabilizing and regulating the underground market, and Hans had undone it in a matter of days. Her anger grew, as Hans had perhaps caused more damage than Damian ever did. More than ever, she wanted him dead. Alexa, having tracked Hans’s location independently, had already predicted the meeting would happen. On March 30, 2025, at 16:00, the confrontation—later referred to by Alexa as the 'Observatory Incident'—took place. At the Observatory, Jim and Edward faced off with Hans. When Jim moved to shoot Hans, Edward intervened, revealing their weapons pact. Alexa was informed afterward and was deeply disappointed—not only that Hans had escaped again, but that Jim had allowed it. She believed Hans should have died there. His smirk and escape reinforced everything she despised about him. For Alexa, it was a definitive missed opportunity to eliminate a long-standing threat. In her mind, this only confirmed what she had long believed: Edward was a traitor. Even if she didn’t have proof before, she had always 'known' he would betray Jim one day. The Observatory Incident simply validated her distrust.

Later that evening, Alexa visited Jim’s home. She found him disheveled and heavily drinking. When she asked if Hans was dead, Jim admitted he was not—and that Edward had protected him. Alexa wasn’t surprised. Instead, she shifted focus to Marty’s wellbeing and the chaos that Hans continued to bring. In private, Alexa saw the entire ordeal as confirmation of her initial instincts. Hans's return was dangerous, unpredictable, and unnecessary. She had been willing to support Jim, but his emotional spiral made her view him as weak in that moment. And though she left his home frustrated, she was more focused than ever on regaining control. The Titan 250-D’s final departure for the East Coast closed the chapter for now, but Alexa knew that loose ends like Hans rarely stayed buried forever.