I DON'T OWN THE WARRIORS

After Thurman chose the officers, BJ created the gang's logo. It was a black & orange looking blob with the word FURIES written in the middle of it. They all dug it, so BJ tagged it on the outside of their dugout. A few days later, Thurman got a local seamstress to sew the logo onto their uniforms. Once their uniforms were ready, The Furies began what Thurman called "Spring Training." For 3 solid weeks, the Furies honed their bopping skills for the day they'd have to earn their rep. Thurman & Cobb knew that their Furies were a small time outfit, The Furies didn't have a rep yet & until they did, a lot of gangs would try to waste them before they became a serious threat. After 3 weeks of intense training, Thurman called the Furies together.

"All right Furies, now that we can bop, we have to let Riverside know that we're here to stay & we also need bread, lots of it." he said. Thurman sent BJ out to lay down burners all over Riverside & sent Cobb, Zack, Darien, & Ryan to collect protection money from the local businesses. Cobb went to Pedro's Pawn Shop. As he came up on it, he saw the the Electric Eliminators were already looting it.

"No!" Pedro cried out, "My store, my beautiful store!" 1 of the Electric Eliminators came up & punched him in the gut.

"Hope you have more stuff for us next time, fag." he shouted as the Electric Eliminators ran off. Cobb came & helped Pedro to his feet.

"How are you?" he asked.

"Name's Cobb, I noticed that those Electric Eliminators did a number on your store." Cobb said.

"I hate those fucking hoodlums."

"Well, you don't have to worry about them anymore. I'm with a new outfit, we're called the Baseball Furies. You pay us, we make sure this never happens again."

"Deal, how much do you want?"

"For starters, how bout $25 & then $50 a month." Cobb offered. Pedro pulled a wad of bills out of his wallet & gave them to Cobb . "Great, 1 of our guys will be by later to tag your place, to make sure everyone knows that you're under our protection." When the Furies regrouped, they found that not only had all the stores been looted, but that all the owners had paid for the promise of the Furies's protection. Zack was real pissed off.

"We should wreck those toys right now!" he shouted.

"Hold on Zack." Cobb said, calming him. "What do you want to do, Thurman?" Thurman thought about it for a second.

"The Electric Eliminators are probably celebrating what they think is a victory. The last thing they'd expect is for someone to hit them back, but that's exactly what we're going to do." The Furies cheered. "Get ready Furies." Thurman said, taking his bat. "We're taking the fight to them!"

NEXT TIME, THE FURIES PROVE THAT THEY HAVE SKILLS ON & OFF THE FIELD. REVIEWS APPRECIATED.