July 22nd 1979. 2:46 am. Coney Island, after the big meeting set up.
The Warriors walk down the beach. They are all silent until Cochise speaks up.
Cochise - I think the Warriors has a bright future. We made it through that whole night!
Swan - We'll see Cochise. We'll see.
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August 13th 1982. 4:12 pm. Coney Island.
Swan is carrying a box out the front door of the hang out.
Vermin - Dude, where you going?!
Swan - Starting a life. A real life, not a life of danger. I have a few years left in me. I'm tired of cops and other gangs screwing with me.
Vermin - What about us, we named you Warlord..
Swan - Not my problem.
Vermin - What made you think of this anyway?
Swan - Well, now that you mention it. We have been betrayed. Most of out members have recruited to different gangs. Don't ask me why I have no reasons. We have fifty soldiers left. Problem is, about thirty are young bloods, and that does us no good. We are all leaving.
Vermin - But man, I don't have anywhere to go.
Cowboy (Just waking up and coming out of the back room) - Whats going on Warlord?
Swan - See you later..
Swan walks out the door. Vermin shrugs his shoulders as him and Cowboy go to the door and look out. Vests. Hundreds of Warriors vests. Laying on the ground. Vermin looks at Cowboy.
Cowboy - Dude, what the..
Vermin - I know, they are all gone. Its just us. But the warriors are finished.
Vermin takes off his vest and puts on a t-shirt. Cowboy just takes his vest off and sits on the floor.
Cowboy - The Warriors are finished, but.. I left everything to join this gang. I can't go anywhere.
Vermin looks at him.
Vermin - My life was lost years ago. I can't remember my mom's name anymore, let alone where I'd live.
Cowboy looks around.
Cowboy - I guess we are living here, roomie.
Cowboy laughs and tosses Vermin a beer. Vermin just sits against the wall as the beer flies past his head.
Vermin - But how can we just live here. No bread. Which means no food. No water.
Cowboy (laughing) - Smash and grab.
Vermin laughs and retreives the beer he had missed while thinking about the situation.
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August 13th 1982. 11:56 pm. Coney Island.
Cowboy runs like an sob into the local corner store. He runs out with a bag full of bottles of water, all the money they had, and all the junk food off the racks. Vermin laughs and they take off into the Liquor store next door. Vermin grabs a bottle of vodka and busts it. The cashier looks at Vermin and Cowboy cleans out the cash register. They run off into the street. Step after step Vermin gets more tired, although Cowboy has much more of a blood rush and is speeding down the road. Vermin looks back as he sees a cop and he starts running faster. They jump a fence and hide behind a dumpster. The cop leaves but when they get up they are confronted by some run-away Warriors.
Vermin - Holy crap. Why'd you guys decide to hang out here?
Random guy - No where else to go.
Vermin - Why don't you come join up with me and Cowboy?
Cowboy - We are making a gang.
Vermin turns around confused. Then he grins.
Vermin - I like it. I like it. How about Vermin's Gang of Soldiers?
Cowboy - Not quite. Anyway, come back to the hang out. And when we think of a name for a gang one of you can do a burner on the hangout to prove your loyal to the new leaders.. One of you guys is an artist right?
"I am!"
Vermin - Holy crap. Rembrandt? Why are you here with these guys?
Rembrandt - I needed somewhere to stay and to hang out with people I trust and I know have my back. Just like Cleon taught me.
Vermin - Smart kid..
Cowboy - Anyway, lets go!
They all hopped back over the fence and ran back to the hang out.
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August 15th 1982. 2:17 pm. Warriors Hangout.
Vermin and Cowboy are sitting at a couch, with about now sixty soldiers walking around the hangout. Cowboy and Vermin appear to be wearing new colors. They are wearing their usual clothes (jeans, sneakers) except they have black vests on. The vests have skulls on the chest on each the left and the right side of their vest. Vermin spills his beer. He gets up and turns around and looks down to study how much he got on the couch. Now you can see his back, where there is a fist with barbed wire around the wrist with messy writing above it that reads: The Desolaters. Vermin sits back down.
Vermin - Desolaters. Come here. (They all come over and stand around to listen to hear what Vermin has to say.) We have gotten to a large number of soldiers here, but the problem. Ever since the Warriors went down people have though that there is no gangs in Coney Island. Some guys from west Coney are trying to start a gang. They, do know about us. But they are the people who do. They are trying to get big and shut us out. Let's go show them what the Desolaters are made of.
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Minutes later they storm into the hangout of "The Heavy Muscles" and are all packed with bats and knives and hammers and such. Vermin busts through the door first and takes out a young kid with a blow to the head with a brick. The kid falls as the rest of The Heavy Muscles turn to The Desolaters. The Desolaters charge and it is pure Chaos. Blow after blow. About an hour later, only two Heavy Muscles remain. Cowboy hits him in the face with his fist as the guy falls to the ground with a spin and is out cold. Vermin tackles a guy and then one of the New Bloods of the Desolaters hits the guy in the face with a bat. Vermin looks up and smiles. Vermin claps as the wounded, but victorious Desolaters walk out of the doors.
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Moments later they are walking in the door of "The Desolater's hang out". Rembrandt just finishes a burner that says "The Desolaters" at the front of the hang out and turns to the rest of the soldiers. He smiles and Vermin gives him the thumbs up. Cowboy directs the Desolaters into the hangout and him and Vermin confront Rembrandt.
Cowboy - I'm glad you came back..
Rembrandt - Cleon always said soldiers need to stick together.
Vermin - Well he sure as hell was right.
Hope you like part one. Enjoy part two, that will be done by Cowboy_rules.
