Lagos , Africa 1985
Once upon a time in the capital of Nigeria, Lagos, there was a boy called Fred.He was the son of John and Ambala Flleming.Fred was born on 26th June 1985. He didn’t really have a happy childhood, because life in Nigeria, is very, very tough. Fred had a brother, called Dube. Dube was a eight years older than Fred, but he loved him , really, really much. The place where the Flleming family lived was like a ghetto and life in the ghetto is usually unbearable. Overcrowding is very common. People starved to death, and the kids there, were really sad and hungry. Their parents wished that they lived in a better place and that they could buy everything that their kids needed. The kids were always on the lookout, because the place where they lived, was dangerous.They  made a game out of everything, because games was everything they knew. They wanted to play basketball? The trashcan was the backboard and the ring, and the basket was a small ball of cloth. Dangerous men were always passing by Lagos.Children were the ones that were endangered. Men took kids, and tortured them, made them beg for money, took out their eyes so people would pity them. It was sick to watch by other people.
Once while Dube and Fred were playing basketball with the other children, four armed men came in a Sadler, and parked it next to the court. They went to them and they asked if anyone wanted a job and promised them big money. All of the children made a blanc facial expression and there was a moment of complete silence. Then they all pulled out their Desert Eagle’s, and they aimed at Fred.Dube approached them and he said : “If you get your hands off my brother, I’ll come with you”. They all nodded, and they entered the Sadler, pressing the horn and forcing Dube to get on the back of the car. Dube bent down on his knee’s, and he leaned towards Fred, hugging him, and giving him a kiss on the cheek. He promised that everything is going to be alright and that they will see eachother again, in this life or the after life. Dube then started running, and Fred started crying.The men yelled “Los Santos here we come”.Fred then went home, and he hugged his dad, explaining the whole situation in tears. His father ordered him to stay home, forever, because he couldn’t afford to lose Fred too.
Fred grew up to be a lonely child and a lonely person. He didn’t have a person to talk to, except for his parents. He didn’t talk much to other people that came to visit the Fllemings.He was closed inside, and very sad. He never forgot the day when his brother was taken. He and Dube had a really special connection and dedication to eachother. He was hoping that one day, they will see eachother.
Fred was only fifteen when he decided to go on a journey to find his brother. He locked the door of his room, and he packed a bag with clothes and some food he stole from the kitchen. He left a note on his bed explaining everything to his mother and father. He opened  the window, and started running.  He reached Lagos’s airport, and saw when the next flight to Los Santos was coming. The ticket was very expensive, and he didn’t have any money to pay. He looked around and he saw two tickets to Los Santos right next to the baggage of two men.Fred decided to steal one of the tickets. The men were too busy talking. Fred took the ticket,and ran off.He got on the plane, without anyone asking questions, and he landed in Los Santos, the next morning. He was really confused, because it was all new to him. He didn’t have anywhere to go, and  he only had food for a week. Fred wasn’t really prepared for this  kind of an adventure, but he promised himself that he’ll do anything to get to his brother.
Fred was only 15 and he was so scared of what’s going to happen next. He didn’t know where to start, so he just started walking forwards.He got to El Corona, but he had no idea, that it was a gang turf. He thought that it’s safe place to go. As he was walking, a few Mexicans approached him and surrounded him in a circle. They started pushing him around, and they took his bag , then kicked him in the stomatch. Fred started crying and he started running. He figured out that Los Santos, isn’t really different from where he lived. He was hungry and he had no energy to move on. He passed Unity Station and stopped at the 24/7’s Dumpster, searching it for some food, but he had no luck. As he was crying, a purple Savanna stopped at the 24/7, and a few black men in purple came out of it. Fred knew that they were dangerous right when he saw them. He approached them, and asked them for a couple of dollars to spare. Three of the men looked at him and laughed, but the forth man didn’t. He leaned towards Fred and offered him some food. Fred just nodded, and entered  the car with the men. They drove to Idlewood, and went inside a house where apparently one of them lived. They gave him some food, and Fred ate it all. When Fred was done, he grabbed the door handle and he tried  to open the door, but failed. The door was locked, so he turned around, and asked the men what’s going on. They said “You’ll see”.
Patrick , Jonathan , Greg and Michael were the names of the four men. They offered Fred a home, and the only thing that Fred had to do is, help them with whatever they ask him to. Fred agreed, because he had no where else to go, and he figured that maybe they will help him find Dube.Fred was only a kid, so he didn’t knew much about what’s going on.The men just came to him from time to time, telling him to go to different locations and paying different men, nothing else. He didn’t really understand anything they told him to go, because it didn’t make sense to him, but he hoped that one day, he’ll find out the truth. Every day, he had different notes and letters left out on his door step. He was ordered not to open any of those, and just sent them back to the men.


26th June
It was the day when Fred was turning 16, when it all actually started. Greg ,Michael,Patrick and Jonathan came to Fred, and wished him a happy birthday. Fred didn’t smile or thank them for their words, he just asked them “What’s going on?”. They looked at eachother with a confused facial expression, knowing that they should tell him the truth, now that he’s 16.They told him “Let’s go out, we’ll explain”. They entered the Savanna and went to the Pizza Stack that was near Ganton. They took a table and started eating. No-one was talking, complete silence. Greg made the first move. He started explaining to Fred, that they’re not really good men, and that they don’t do legal things to make a living. Fred wasn’t surprised , because he already knew that they were criminals the day he saw them. As they talked a few strange men dressed in black came to their table. Not one of them said a word, they were just staring at their table. One of the men pulled out a Silenced Pistol and aimed it at Jonathan’s head. He gave a fake smile, then pulled the trigger. Greg and Michael pulled out their Desert Eagle’s and started shooting the men, while Patrick helped Fred get out. He brought Fred at the house, and stayed there with him, hoping that Greg and Michael will return soon, but they didn’t. The next morning,they went at the pizza stack and went inside. There was an investigation going on about what really happened. There were a couple of dead body’s at the ambulance, so they went there, hoping that Greg and Michael aren’t there. They unwrapped the body’s, and they saw Greg , Michael and Jonathan. They were dead. Patrick, started crying inside, and Fred, just came to him and held his hand.

When Fred was eighteen , Patrick and the rest of the crew that he hanged out with, decided that Fred is ready to  be invited in to the set. One day when he was coming home, he tried to open the door to his house, but it was locked and the key that he had, didn’t fit. Fred bent down on his knee’s, and started hitting the door in anger. Patrick and the crew came to him and made a circle around him. Then a man that he never met before came before him. His name was Tip. From what Fred was told, Tip was the leader of the set, and it’s his word against others. It was his choice if he wanted to let Fred  join or not. Patrick had a talk with him and they decided that maybe Fred can do great , and that he had enough anger in him that will help their gang. Tip pulled out a purple bandana and a knife from his pockets. He extended his arm, and grabbed Fred’s wrist, cutting it. Fred was scared so he started screaming for help.  Patrick grabbed Fred’s head and whispered him that everything is going to work out for him from now on. Tip wrapped the purple bandana on Fred’s wrist, and smiled at him. Then they unlocked the door of Fred’s house, and let him in. He was now a member of the Idlewood Ballaz.
The Idlewood Ballaz was a gang  lead by Tip Anaya. He was the founder and first leader of it.The members used guns like Ak47 , Desert Eagle’s, UZI’s and Tec9’s.Every member was armed, even Fred. They sold drugs, weapons and killed people for a living. Some of the members wished that they didn’t do things that they did, but it was done.”Good men , gone bad”, some said.His members weren’t the most loyal members, because everyone of them worked something behind his back. The only one that didn’t was Fred.Every question that they asked Fred, he answered as honest as possible. There was something about Fred that the others didn’t have. Patrick believed that he was a natural leader, and that he should be the next leader after Tip. Fred didn’t really want  to do the things they ordered him to do, but he did them anyways.They had a beef with a gang called “East Side Crips Crew”, and they were planning to do a surprised attack anytime soon.
Tip ordered the members of his set to gear up and get ready, because the surprise attack to their rival gang was about to happen.They filled a couple of Savanna’s and Voodoo’s with four men each, and went at their HQ, which was at East Beach. Fred was  scared because he never killed anyone before, but he saw people getting murdered. When they got there, they parked behind their headquarters. They went inside it. They were on the look out for any crip that might be in there. When they got to the final room, they saw the whole gang gathered along with their leader ,Alex. Fred looked at the members, and his eyes didn’t believe what he saw. He saw his long lost brother, Dube. He didn’t see him for many years, but he recognized him . Everyone saw the spark in Dube’s eyes, because he saw Fred aswell. Just when Fred wanted to hug him, Tip aimed at Dube, and pulled the trigger right in to his brain. Dube’s body fell down on the floor, and Fred bent down and hugged it, while both of the gangs were fighting. Fred then started running to the door along with his other gang members. Fred’s world was ruined.
While Fred was crying in his room, Patrick and a couple of men came to him. Patrick told him that they were planning to get rid of Tip, and that they want him to be the new leader. Fred was shocked because he knew nothing about leading a street gang. The only reason that he said yes, was because he wanted to take revenge for what Tip did. There was a shipment coming from San Fierro,that they ordered. They were crates full with cocaine and crack. The day when the shipment was coming was the day when they backstab Tip. They went at the Port, and entered the ship. Patrick asked Tip if he could see if the crates  were valid and if they had everything they ordered in them.Tip bent down and started opening the crate, then turned his head towards Patrick. He saw his whole gang aiming their guns at Tip. Tip stood up and lifted his hands  up.Patrick  grabbed a rope and tied Tip. Then they grabbed him and placed him in  the of the Voodoo. Patrick, Fred and two more men, drove  the Voodoo, and went at Verdant Bluffs.Patrick wanted to kill him, but Fred said no. He didn’t want to be a murderer. But he did want him to pay, so  they decided to beat him up, and leave him at Unity Station. When they came back to Idlewood, Fred was the youngest new leader of the Idlewood Ballaz
Fred lead the gang for three years, and he made a lot of dirty money out  of it. The only man he trusted was Patrick, but he wasn’t trust worthy at all.Patrick and his members decided to pull the same stunt they did to Fred, because he wanted all the power, and he was tired from helping leaders, he wanted to be the leader. They didn’t kill Fred, because he was only 21, but they beat him up, kicked him from his house, and left him stranded on the highway. While Fred was hurt  and lonely, a red car came to him. The man that came out of the car was Tip. Tip helped Fred get in to the car, and he drove him to a hospital. After that he took Fred in to his house, and told him to take some rest on the couch. When Fred woke up, he asked Tip : “Why did  you help me?”, Tip said: “I’m sorry for what I did”. Fred smiled, and gave Tip a handshake. They weren’t different from eachother, because both of them were screwed over by their own gang members.Tip was running a Mexican food restaurant, and he made decent money off that business. Tip offered Fred a partnership of creating a new family that will be loyal to eachother. Fred knew what he was getting in to, but he already did the bad things, so doing them again, won’t change much. “26th Avenue Families” , was the gang’s name. They didn’t have as much as many members they had in Grove, but atleast they were loyal. One day, they hoped that they will take revenge. “26th avenue Families will own Los Santos” , Fred said. Tip just smiled.
Many hoped that 26thAvenue Families will work, but unfortunately, it didn’t.Most of the members did not believe in them and they were more interested in taking Idlewood Ballaz back.They had about thirty members in total, thirsty for revenge.They knew that they can’t take them on their own, so they tried asking help from the only people that they hoped they never ask help from, the Mexicans at El Corona, Varrios Los Aztecaz.Fred’s boys went there armed and tried to find their leader, or atleast, one of their leaders. They saw a Mexican with a black hat, and a blue bandana,  chilling at his hood, with a couple of Aztecas around him. They figured out that he was one of their leaders, so they went there and started talking to him. They offered the Varrios Los Aztecaz an alliance, promising them that they will protect them forever, or atleast, until they ask to brake the alliance. The Aztecaz accepted, and they took their guns and went  at the ganton bridge right away.They saw Patrick and the others, chilling and smoking ganja at a purple lowrider. Fred, aimed at Patrick’s head, and pulled the trigger, then the others started shooting . They killed every grove member that was there , and they made themselves the new “Idlewood Ballaz”. “This is it” , Fred said. Today, Idlewood Ballaz still rule the streets, and have no mercy against their enemy’s. Fred hopes that this will last.