(100 Bullets #25) - Augustus Medici called a meeting of the Trust in Atlantic City after learning from Mr. Shepherd that in addition to Agent Graves, Cole Burns of the Minutemen was still alive. Once the 13 families arrived Augustus began the meeting, reminding everyone of how the Minutemen was created to keep them in check, to make sure no family turned against the other. He said they once they started trusting each other the Minutemen became obsolete, and an impediment to their success. Javier Vasco felt the Minutemen had been necessary, and Augustus knew he felt that way because the group once settled a bloody dispute between his family and that of Axe Nagal, but assured him they were no longer needed. He denied that Graves and any other surviving Minutemen were a threat, and Daniel Peres told him Graves would come after him first because they'd once been close friends.

(100 Bullets #41) - Javier Vasco, Helena Kotis and Fulvio Carlito, heads of their respective families in the Trust, brokered a meeting with Agent Graves through Mr. Shepherd. They met at the Seattle Space Needle, and Javier wondered what their bright lights looked like to the people below, and decided the little people's lives were filled with big dreams but even bigger disappointments. The families made it clear to Graves that the elimination of the Minutemen was nothing personal, although he disagreed, and they said they were in a position to give him what he wanted most. Augustus had promised that the elimination of the Minutemen would lead to even greater success for the Trust, but things were getting hairy without the Minutemen as peacekeepers. After Peres' assassination his family was removed from the Trust, and his assets were parsed out among the remaining families, despite Javier's objections. They disliked there being only 12 families, because an even number meant no deciding vote, so one more family had to go, and the Medicis were becoming too powerful. They intended to eliminate Augustus, and asked Graves to pick up the pieces afterwards, promising to reinstate the Minutemen. They made it clear they would rule the nation no matter what Graves did, but he could be part of their vision of the future.

(100 Bullets #68, 69) - Javier Vasco met Axel in the elevator, telling him the beginning of the end had begun for Medici's power play. Nagel regretted that he'd backed the right horse in Medici, but wouldn't be around to see him unite the Trust. Javier said that wasn't happening, and gave Axel poison to swallow, reminding him that what he did best was make everyone's lives easier. He promised he'd keep the house of Nagel alive, and Axel swallowed the poison and died.

(100 Bullets #70, 72, 73) - The Trust attended the funeral of Axel Nagel, and his children Anna and Lars were none too happy that the house of Nagel was to be absorbed by the rest of the Trust. Mia Simone told them not to fret, because they'd always be rich, and the politics of running a family in the Trust had a way of getting to people. Augustus, accompanied by Lono, said he regretted the death of Fulvio Carlito, but he knew the Trust had enemies within. He said he would forgive the past if the conspirators stopped, and told them they had to stick together to survive Agent Graves. He decided the house of Nagel would stand, and told Anna and Lars to decided between themselves who would lead it. Lars drowned his sorrows in a private room, and Vasco and Vermeer joined him. They told him he had to start thinking like a member of the Trust, and said he was right not to trust his sister saying she didn't care who ran the House of Nagel. Vasco got him a scotch, his father's favorite drink. Anna was waylaid by her father's friend Otto, shoved into a car and met by Lono. They drove past the club El Quijole to see the tail-end of Lars meeting with Vasco and Vermeer, and Anna was none too happy to see her brother talking to heads of the Trust without her. Lono had her driven home, and she waited for her brother to return.

(100 Bullets #92) - Former Minuteman Will Slaughter killed Mr. Rothstein, a man with connections to the CIA and FBI that supplied Graves with his attaches of 100 untraceable bullets. Slaughter informed D'arcy that Graves game was over, and they'd see how he'd react. Augustus was furious, and called Javier, suspecting him of the hit. Javier said he was happy to see Graves' power taken away, but he wasn't the one responsible.

(100 Bullets #94, 96-98) - Augustus found Graves choking Javier in his compound and made him stop. Javier again denied responsibility for Rothstein's death, and they discussed the old days and their alliance to change the Trust and it's old ways. Graves revealed that Javier offered to reinstate the Minutemen if Graves didn't interfere in his hit on Augustus, but that isn't why Graves helped stop it. Javier knew Augustus had no use for him anymore, and said that's why he was still alive. They bemoaned the new Trust being the same old same old and agreed that the Minutemen helped the Trust because conflict was their lifeblood. Only the heads of the Trust and Graves knew about Rothstein, so it had to be an inside job. Dizzy and Lono chatted outside, and Lono told her he was with Shepherd when he died, and his last words were say it wasn't Dizzy's fault. Dizzy said she still blamed herself, and Lono said he blamed her too, picking her up by her throat. They had a fierce battle, and Lono grabbed a gun from one of Javier's guards. Lono gunned down Javier's men and grazed Diz in the head with a bullet. He bound her, put her in a car and drove off, calling Graves soon afterward to tell her he had his girl. Graves reminded him he was with Augustus and could easily kill him if Lono harmed her, but Lono said he didn't care because he was with Benito Medici now. Lono called Loop, and was shocked when Cole answered, and Cole promised to come for him. Lono called Graves back and said he still wanted revenge for shepherd, and Graves said Shepherd's death was his own fault. He was supposed to finish Dizzy's training as a Minuteman, and if Graves had been the one to activate her by saying 'Croatoa' he'd still be alive. He told Lono he had a triggerword that could calm him down and make him much less violent and unpredictable. Lono called him a liar, and Graves said he'd already given him the trigger. Lono hung up, and Augustus was devastated at the idea of his son working with Lono. Lono delivered Dizzy to Benito, but he became furious when he saw the battered and bloody Dizzy and shot Lono in the face. The injured Lono fled, and Crete organized his men to find him, while Benito tended to Dizzy's wounds. Lono ran from the Medici compound, and suffered several dog bites, but made it over the wall and to freedom. Augustus told Graves he was done with his master plan, but Graves disagreed and would not be swayed when Augustus told him he should be happy the Minutemen were reinstated. They discussed meeting with Megan, Tibo and D'arcy, the remaining heads of the Trust. The remaining heads were having their own meeting, and Megan told them how Augustus had been the one to orchestrate the assassination of the heads of houses and the houses absorption into his and Javier's domain. D'arcy had her man will slaughter kill Javier with a sniper rifle, and Augustus was even more apprehensive about brokering peace in the Trust.

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