Bully: The Aftermath

OK, this is the first thing I'm putting on this site. It originally started on the IMDb boards for Bully about 6 months ago, but I reached the maximum amount of content a single post could have, so I took it off and decided to put it on here. Only now, I can put it up in the way it originally was meant to be in. I can flesh out the stories for each character a little more than the original, possibly give more details into parts I felt lacked them. Anyway, I guess I should say that I don't own any of the people or places mentioned in these stories, Rockstar and Take Two do.

Also, there will be NO original characters who are significant to the plot of any of these stories. Most of them will be nameless, and all will be referenced very briefly and probably never mentioned again. Anyway, on with the show.

Chapter 1: Sheldon Thompson

After graduating from Bullworth as part of the last class before it's closing, Sheldon realized that if he went home, he would accomplish nothing, and if he stayed at Bullworth, he would still accomplish nothing. So, he bought himself a new wardrobe, as well as a suitcase, and caught a bus westward to San Andreas, California. He eventually settled down in the city of Los Santos, and worked as a management consultant in the Central Business District. After a year or so in the firm, he became frustrated and bored and quit. He had heard about a gang that practically ran the city, and realized that was how he would get what he wanted. After an intense questioning and a series of tests, he was sworn in as a member of the Grove Street Families, now led by Carl Johnson after his brother Sweets arrest and subsequent murder in prison.

Life in the Families went much better than Sheldon ever could have hoped. He had money, power, women. Everything he ever dreamed of was at his disposal. After about 5 years however, things started to get a little boring, and he started to feel as if he wanted out. But, as fate would have it, something made him forget all that. While he was driving his green Primo, he got a call from C.J., telling him to meet up with him at the "headquarters" of the Families, the Johnson House. When he arrived, he was immediately greeted by C.J. He was welcomed in, and told to sit. Once he did, he was asked how long he had been a member of the Families

"About 5 or 6 years," he replied.

"Well, you heard about what happened to Big Bear, right?"

"Gunned down in front of a Burger Shot 3 days ago."

"He was my second-in-command. But, now he's gone, and I need someone to look after the Families when I go. Someone who I know will do a good job at keeping them in check. Someone who I can trust."

Sheldon knew where this was going. Mind you, he had risen through the ranks faster than anyone before him, and had performed countless tasks put before him without question or hesitation. 9 times out of 10, he accomplished what he had set out to do, and then some.

"So, after alot of thought, I've decided to name you as my new second-in-command. You up for it?"

Sheldon looked on in a shocked happiness, and after a few minutes of thinking, he stood up, and proudly stated where his loyalties lay.

"Grove Street Families for life."

Sadly, he didn't get to enjoy his new-found power and rank, because 4 days later, he was standing outside of the Johnson House with a group of newly recruited members. A car carrying several members of the Los Santos Vagos, pulled up next to the group and unloaded practically every gun they had on them. Everyone but Sheldon was killed in the assault. The sound of gunfire caused C.J. and a few low ranking members to come running outside, guns blazing, to see what happened. When he saw the carnage at his doorstep, and Sheldon laying in a growing puddle of blood, he told the others who came out with him to put Sheldon in the backseat of the nearest car. C.J. started the car, and started to head towards the hospital, when Sheldon spoke his final words.

"It's all downhill from here..."

And with that, Sheldon Thompson lay dead in the backseat of a green Sabre. He didn't even make it to the end of the block. He suffered 33 gunshot wounds, and died at exactly 9:13 at night. His death in particular, sparked a massive gang war between the Families and the Vagos, which seemingly ended after C.J. was killed. However, the Vagos were soon beaten and broken apart, after being defeated by the Mountain Cloud Boys, led by C.J's old friend, Woozie, who looked to avenge his friends death. The Families were eventually reformed, though never returned to their former glory, and some time after, willingly became assimilated into the Mountain Cloud Boys, as the new leader realized that they wouldn't last a minute without any help. Though, Sheldon was never forgotten, and was remembered as a legend among the Families, often mentioned alongside The Johnson Brothers and Big Bear.

Well, hope you all liked that as much as I enjoyed thinking it up and writing it. And, for those of you who look for little hidden details or references, I suggest you look again and see if you can find them, as you should do with almost every chapter henceforth. The only hints I'm giving you for this chapter is that every hidden reference is somehow related to Coheed and Cambria songs, and that all of them are towards the end of the chapter. Thanks for reading, and look forward to the next one to come real soon

Next Chapter: Jimmy Hopkins, Part 1