Rub Out/Walkthrough

The following is a walkthrough' of the Rub Out mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Walkthrough
Meet Lance Vance at the bridge of Starfish Island and then he'll give Tommy an M4 Carbine to start the shootout. Walk closer to the garden at the left of Diaz' Mansion until Tommy sees the main guards. Use a sniper rifle or M4 Carbine to finish off the main guards. Keep going along the side of the mansion and turn right to get to the back of the mansion. There will be a few guards along the way - finish them off.

There is a big garage-shaped entrance at the back. Go inside and walk along the right side of the swimming pool. Enter Diaz' mansion and go up the stairs. Kill a few guards while doing so. When you see an entrance at the third floor of the mansion, take it and go through a small indoor maze, killing a guard while doing so.

Go into the main room with Lance behind you. Diaz is in this room. Kill all of the guards and approach the stairs. Tommy will confront Diaz. Finish off the last guards and follow Diaz into his room. Use a minigun or your most powerful weapon and blast Diaz with it. Diaz has armor so it may take a while.

Diaz exits his room on his stomach. He is coughing and injured. Tommy and Lance take out some Desert Eagles and ask Diaz for his last words. Two Desert Eagle shots fly into Diaz and Diaz dies in a white flash, leaving Tommy, Lance, and Ken with the mansion.

Alternate Strategy
Instead of fighting your way through to the door, get into Lance's car and drive all the way to the bridge to Prawn Island, next to the bridge is a VCN building, enter the door and you should see a VCN Maverick steal it and fly onto Diaz's roof and land it, on his roof is another entrance that quickly leads to Diaz.

If you don't see the helicopter, drive for a while then go back to the VCN.

Alternatively, if you've collected 80 hidden packages, the Sea Sparrow will spawn in the back of the mansion. Use it instead so you don't have to go to the VCN building to get a chopper.