Viki's other alter, Tori, burnt Llanfair down to the ground.

The east side of Llanview had been rife with gang violence. Luna's goodhearted brother, Dylan Moody, along with his new girlfriend, Marty Saybrooke, committed countless hours to renovating the Angel Square Community Center—which they hoped would serve as a centerpiece of harmony in the district. However, even the new Community Center became the scene of several bloody skirmishes between rival gangs, the Arrows and the Prides. Marty began worrying about Dylan's safety, and their relationship suffered as a consequence of the ever-present danger.

The increasing violence in Angel Square prompted Dorian's maid, Carlotta Vega—a longtime resident of the neighborhood—to make her impressionable son, Cristian, promise never to join a gang. She had already lost one son to gang violence. Carlotta's eldest son, Antonio, the former leader of the Prides, was serving time in Statesville Prison on a murder rap. Now, a war was being waged between the "good" gang, the Prides, and the "bad" gang, the Arrows, and young Cristian was caught in the middle.

After getting his GED and a college degree in prison, Antonio was given an incredible opportunity to turn his life around. Llanview's newly appointed Police Commissioner, Bo Buchanan, needed someone to go undercover to find out who was selling guns to the gangs in Angel Square. Antonio teamed up with Max's sister, Officer Andy Harrison.

When Arrow gang member Luis plotted to "take out" Dylan Moody at Llanview's Community Center, he wound up fataling shooting Luna, who unknowingly happened onto the scene, and was mistaken for a plain clothes cop. All of Llanview mourned Luna's passing, while Max sank into an all-consuming depression when his true love passed away.

An all-out gang war erupted in Llanview's Angel Square. Teens Cristian Vega and Jessica Buchanan shared the joy and wonder of first love, to the chargin of her father, Clint, and his mother, Carlotta, who both objected to their relationship. That, though, did not stop Clint and Carlotta from embarking on a relationship of their own. Best of all, Angel Square had begun the process of repairing the inner strife that had threatened to tear apart the neighborhood. Peace was finally at hand.