'What the fuck is going on in the hood right now?'
G.W had spent the past few months back in the UK looking after his mum who had fallen seriously ill. To his utter shock she wasn't able to fight a serious tumour within her breasts and passed away in late June far too young. G.W spent a couple of weeks with his Gran mourning together but, after many a nights praying, accepted that God must be simply be working in ways he couldn't fathom. His home in the UK reminded him too much of his mother so he decided that the best option for both his health and her spirit would be to continue living in Los Santos. Using the small amount of cash his mother had left him he booked a flight back.
Upon his return to the Freeman's house, he noticed it was suspiciously quiet. No P beating Q whilst he whimpers. No goofy DeMarcus chilling on the porch with an Ol' English 40. No attitude from Darius tryna get everyone to help him jack rides. He'd already heard his brother had returned to New Orleans and fallen back in with his old set. He used his set of keys to get into the house and got to work dusting and cleaning the house up.
The next couple weeks were slow, G.W spent a lot of time in the house reading manga, binge watching anime and playing video games. He got himself out a little bit to see old friends and enjoyed the feeling of love he received when people saw he'd returned, despite keeping his mother's passing to himself; but something was definitely amiss. Upon his regular block spinning route he found himself on the Grove Circle but couldn't recognise it. It seemed far too affluent for a Southside block. He decided after some soul searching that he'd have to don the purple if he was to help his old friend Trae sort it all out.
The next few weeks however would handle most of the work for him, and even despite Trae having to deal with family issues out of state it was understood that the changes still needed to happen as Trae would eventually return. Kentrell was someone G.W initially thought quite interesting. His demeanor and actions were at the very least, memorable. However it became quickly apparent that he had a penchant for ultra violence and enjoyed doing dumbass things because he found it hilarious. This went a step too far however when he decided to piss both on a close friend of G.W and a prominent member of La Fuente Blanca (Twice) who G.W was also fairly close to. The current Ballas leader was told to rectify the problem however what could've been a simple fix turned into so much more. Billy initially demoted Kentrell but after the second case of pissing was told it wasn't good enough so Kentrell was stripped of purple but was not removed from Ballas ranks. Billy attempted to pull the wool over LFB's eyes. Any respect that was had was quickly being erased by the blatant disrespect towards LFB and connections to all suppliers were cut off. Due to ongoing conflicts caused by an attitude that G.W could only describe as 'Little niggas tryna prove they grown' this hit Ballas hard. G.W however was more focused at the time on ensuring his name was revered on an individual level, and making more connections with people he'd not met in his absence.
'Imma go Uma Thurman on this bitch'
G.W had been focused on getting up to date with changes in relationships around Los Santos and re-establishing himself as an individual you definitely wanna be friends with. He also begun gathering information on how others felt about the Purple and what Ballas had done up to this point. After witnessing the stark contrast in attitudes towards himself vs. towards Billy at the bottom of Quartz Quarry, he realised he needed to take the reigns before the hood became a warzone. His first move was to stop Kentrell from even associating with Ballas and Grove. He then opened a conversation with LFB about how to fix their relationship with Purple. Between reworking the look of Grove and stopping Ballas from causing any further mischief people began to ask: 'Are you the leader now?'. LFB came eventually with their proposal, a million dollars cash and Billy's demotion. However it wasn't as simple as he'd originally hoped. Whilst everyone agreed that doing anything but getting together that million would be a piss poor decision, they could not agree on who should be the next head.
G.W's vision for the hood and for Purple received pushback. It was assumed that this attitude would invite others to stomp on Ballas with superior force. What wasn't so obvious was that the respect and sheer power gained simply from standing like a stone in the face of adversity would make them much more powerful than they had ever previously been. During an important meeting about who would take the lead of the set, Billy had made the mistake of talking about Jackboyz in a negative light. These were people G.W considered to be family, a thing more important to him now than ever before. He wanted blood but Billy was illusive from that day.
After weeks of heated debates internally and dealing with apologies for other Ballas, the other members of the set began to notice a shifting attitude towards them. Even the Russian Mob who G.W had previously been told would never stop fighting, began to stop spinning around the hood unless to talk business. When it came to the final day before LFB's deadline, Billy showed up and admitted that Ballas best chances lie in the hands of G.W. He even came to apologize for the comments he made about G.W's old set and G.W decided that there had been enough bloodshed already. He took up the title of Kingpin officially and LFB restarted the supply chain after the stacks of cash were handed over. They were offered a 2nd option of 2.5 million which would be more beneficial; however G.W vehemently denied the option for the simple reason 'If we had two and a half mil, we'd give you the one mil and spend the other one and a half making the hood a better place for our families, some shit is more important than money and assets.' LFB's response to G.W's integrity and strength was to invest in the set by allowing them to take the two and a half million dollars worth of special equipment they'd originally intended to hold back.
'Grove is the best mothafuckin' place to hang in the goddamn city, come and catch a fuckin' vibe'
Since the downfall of the new school Ballas, G.W has taken it back to the old school. With all of the money being drained by LFB they really were back to square one. But G.W thought to himself it's the best place to start fresh. What he didn't expect was quite how quickly life would come back to Grove. In the week since the big events, Grove Street has someone new rolling down every few minutes, the music is right and the look of the street is perfect. New business opportunities have begun to blossom and G.W has even taken a proposal to City Hall about homelessness and where money could have a positive affect in the southside. He hopes that the state will donate money to fund a refurbishment of the church so that he can begin to host Sunday Service in place of the church's current Pastor, John.
The rest of the Ballas have begun to fully understand the vision as well, after seeing the positive effect that even hard-core gangsters can have on the area around them and the people they meet. Ballas future has become more bright than anyone could've hoped and they've reestablished themselves as one of the most powerful sets around within mere days.
A lot of unique stories incoming in various formats in the future, thanks for reading to the end and look forward to seeing us in game!
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