Nilah Sullivan

**Klorox Sullivan** (*Cousin*)

**Benjamin Banks** (*Cousin*)

Nilah is a 23 year old hoodlum of Hispanic descent. Nilah started her life as troubled child with shitty parent relationships and only her brother to rely on. She grew up and found the gang life which is now where most of her time resides.

## Physical Description

Nilah is a 5'2 female, with platinum blonde hair, tattoos, and glasses.

## Background

Nilah Sullivan was born to her mother Ciara and father Kendric Sullivan. Her parents had one other child named Rico Sullivan. Shortly into their childhood their mother and father got divorced which for most kids turns out fine, but for them led to years of abuse. After their father left there was no one to shield her from the abuse of her mother. Nilah's mother would talk down on her like she was nothing and made her learn to hate herself. Rico was the golden child in their mothers eyes; he never received the same treatment Nilah did. Her mother would beat her with anything she could find. There were many times Rico had to step in and intervene, distracting their mother so Nilah could go outside and roam the streets till she cooled down. Nilah was always a daddy's girl, but once her dad left she became second to his new wife and his step-son. Nilah and Rico’s father went from seeing her every week and wanting to always be involved with them and what they were doing to barely talking to either one of the Sullivan children once a month. The abuse of Nilah's mother finally grew to be too much, she was depressed, had anxiety, and extreme anger issues. Nilah took out her frustrations on the streets and she was constantly in fist fights. Rico had to break quite a few of her brawls himself. Nilah was a short girl and still would fight someone the size of a linebacker. She usually won the fights as well. The moment she turned 18 she worked in a club dancing and singing being the showstopper they brought out on weekends. Rico hated Nilah selling herself out, but she could care less. The men of the club gawked at her like she was something they could own rather than a real person, but the money was what she needed to leave her mother and the life she hated behind. Nilah met tons of men within the club scene who offered her drugs and cash, but none who gave her an offer she could care anything about. Nilah often sold drugs Rico provided her with to her customers in the club to pull in extra cash. After a while though this was growing tiring for Nilah and she wanted to do more. Nilah knew her brother was very involved within the street life. They lived in New York and bounced around the worst neighborhoods. After their father left it was all their mom could afford. It wasn’t surprising to Nilah that Rico grew into the streets. Nilah grew into them as well in her own ways. Nilah began to wonder what else there was for Rico and her to do to make money to move away. She was becoming desperate. Things with their mother were getting no better for her and it was becoming intolerable. Nilah scouted out a local store and watched the in’s and out’s of the owners there. They weren’t the kindest people, no one would care if they got robbed. Nilah presented her idea to Rico and he tried to persuade her off of it, but Nilah was hard headed and persistent. Knowing his sister Rico gave up trying to convince her not to and began to plan together the best way to go through with this plan. It wasn’t long before Rico and Nilah got guns from some of Rico’s street friends and decided to rob the store. They were in and out pretty fast and it was one of the best thrills Nilah had ever felt. It brought the relief Nilah needed from her mothers treatment and she knew this was just the beginning. After a few months of committing small robberies like these Rico and Nilah decided to go for something bigger. A local bank that resided just outside their city. If they could do all the robberies they’ve done and not be caught they could do this. Neither of the Sullivan siblings knew how wrong they were. The robbery went wrong when Nilah fucked up the hack and things were taking alot longer than usual. They should've been out by now. The cops showed up and Rico ended up having to grab a hostage at gunpoint to prevent the police from barging in on them. Finally Nilah grabbed what they needed and threw a smoke grenade when the pair ran out the back and hopped in their car. There were cops aiming at them and Nilah was closest to the driver seat so she ended up driving the getaway vehicle. This was a huge no-no for the pair. Nilah was literally the worst driver. As Rico screamed at Nilah where to turn and go she began to be stressed. It wasn't long before she crashed and had a head on collision with another vehicle. It was a bad crash, the car had flipped over. Rico was knocked out, but Nilah remained conscious and crawled out of the car. She had a bat in the backseat and grabbed it as fast as she could. A rookie cop decided he was enough to approach Nilah and try to apprehend her. Once he was close enough Nilah swung her bat straight to his ribcage and shattered most of the left side of his ribs. As the cop fell down and gasped for air Nilah was tased and passed out. During the trial due to Nilah’s violent takedown she got a way longer sentence then Rico. Nilah got sentenced to 25 years with no parole. This wasn’t exactly how Nilah pictured getting away from her mother, but it was something. Nilah pretty much hung around by herself for her first 4 years of her sentence. It wasn’t uncommon for her to be stuck in solitary for some stupid fight with another inmate. After an incident where Nilah tried to strangle her bunkmate, the warden decided to move Nilah into another cell with a girl named Sable. Nilah wanted to try and be nice to this girl like she did with the others, but she wouldn’t budge. Nilah bothered Sable everyday, almost chatting her ears off and it’s not like poor Sable had anywhere to go she just had to listen. After a couple weeks Sable finally gave in to Nilah’s chattiness. It wasn’t long before the two girls became inseparable. Sable told Nilah of her past with her old crew and her dead boyfriend Oscar. Nilah really helped Sable come out of her own head and helped her realize there was more to life than just her old crew. It wasn’t long before Nilah had beef with other girls within the compound again. She couldn’t remember if she gave the wrong girl attitude or cut some girl in the lunch line, but a group of girls finally had enough of Nilah’s shit and decided to shank her in her sleep. Sable woke up to the girls knocking something over and yelled for Nilah to get up. As both Sable and Nilah stood outnumbered neither one backed down. Luckily Nilah and Sable fought them off. They were quite the good team for two self-sufficient women. Sable started plugging Nilah with phones for her and her people. In return Nilah got Sable in connection with her brother Rico. Nilah and Rico had gotten in trouble with the law before, but Rico blackmailed an amazing lawyer so it was quite easy to make their way out of things. Nilah let Rico know what Sable had done for her and that she trusted her. It wasn’t long before she had Rico get the lawyer to look into Sable’s sentence. Rico’s lawyer got Sable out on a technicality. Unfortunately due to Nilah’s choice to beat the newbie cop with a bat she didn't have the chance to have her sentence appealed. Rico let Nilah know he was in contact with Larry and the other Hoover brothers. Larry, Mike, and Jayden Hoover were all old friends of Nilah and Rico’s from when they were younger they all lived in the same neighborhood as kids till Nilah and Rico moved away. Nilah specifically remembered Larry very well. They both liked each other as kids, but nothing ever really came of it. They were just two young kids at the time, but she never forgot him. After a few months Nilah began to grow stir crazy, the prison wasn’t the same without Sable. She had no lifeline there to help her through the bullshit anymore. Though Nilah did it before alone it wasn’t the same after knowing what it was like to have someone by her side. Nilah received an encoded message from Larry when she was in prison. It was code they used as kids she hardly remembered, but she needed to figure it out. Nilah decoded the text to uncover there was a plan in motion to break her out of jail within the week. She knew the exact time and date, but otherwise there wasn’t much detail. Larry just told her to be ready. That was probably the longest week Nilah ever lived through, but finally the day was here. She was gonna be freed. The time came for Nilah to be broken out, but nothing was happening yet. Nilah had carved a shank with a toothbrush and a razer during the days leading to the breakout. She began to grow impatient when she got another text from Larry through a phone Sable smuggled her months ago and he said Jayden and Mike were in the building on their way. Nilah wasn’t exactly the most patient person so she took matters into her own hands. Nilah took her handmade shank and stabbed one of the guards in the neck and stole his gun off his back. She aimed at another officer and began to be backed into a corner. She was severely outnumbered. Luckily Jayden and Mike showed up at the perfect time and shot down every officer cornering her just narrowly missing Nilah. Mike one of the Hoover brothers she remembered from childhood asked Nilah “How the fuck did you get gun?” Nilah pointed at the guard with a handmade shank in his neck and said “You guys told me to be ready.” Jayden and Mike told Nilah she was crazy then lead her to where Larry told them to stand by some random brick wall. It exploded from the outside and everything went up in smoke. More guards showed up with AR’s and started shooting at them. Jayden and Mike started to push back towards the hole in the wall where Rico and Larry were covering them. Shit was going south really fast. Red lights were flashing through the air along with the blaring sirens. Nilah took cover behind Mike when he shouted for her to run to Rico. As Mike covered Nilah she made a break to her brother, but one of the officers took a clear shot at her. Rico pushed Nilah to the ground and took the bullet himself. Rico fell to the ground, but luckily Jayden and Mike were close enough to drag him outside. Mike tossed his AK to Nilah and began to carry Rico with Jayden to their meetup spot for the getaway. Nilah grabbed the AK and began to beam all the cops remaining with Larry beside her. Just as they finished clearing them out they heard a group of explosions go off not too far from them. The two stood up and stared at each other for a brief moment, but knew this wasn’t the time for any kind of reunion. They sprinted to the meetup location and quickly caught up with the rest of the group. Sable ran to Rico, but Larry immediately took charge and said to make a break for the sewers. As they ran through the sewers trying to make sure Rico wasn’t bleeding out, Sable screamed at Nilah “Told you I wasn’t leaving your dumbass behind”. Nilah laughed at her and just as she began to speak Jayden yelled at them to be quiet. It wasn’t too long before they finally reached the sewer exit. There was an emo looking guy sitting inside a van right by the sewer exiting waiting to pick them all up. Larry introduced them to Kenne and let them know he was an old friend. They sped to a safehouse some guy let Jayden borrow for the time being. Helicopters and police cars sped by the warehouse for what seemed like hours. After a long silence and Rico was taken care of, Larry stood up and said “Whether you all like it or not this is a family now and we gotta handle this shit together.” Jayden mentioned knowing a place called Los Santos from some friends of Larry and his where he heard a lot of criminals head to when they need to lay low. Everyone was in agreement and could tell this was the best option, what choice did they really have. They all dug their grave time to lie in it. Larry created yet another plan to escape the place they knew to head to Los Santos. As they were in their getaway van driving in the direction of Los Santos, Larry said “You’re all Hoovers now. Welcome to the family.” Everyone in the car knew what this meant. It was more than just family, they were criminals and this was a gang. No one was opposed because they knew what it was. This was a family. A fucked up family? 100%, but a family nonetheless. Ever since Nilah’s father left her and Rico she knew she didn’t belong where she was anymore. Her brother was her only real blood family who mattered and cared about her. The Hoover brothers and Sable were the family she always wished she’d had. Hoovers offered her more than her old life ever did and she was gonna take that opportunity and run with it. Nilah took Larry’s phone and began to search up pictures of Los Santos looking at what their new lives would be. She didn’t know what to expect, but she knew either way it’d be a hell of a ride with her true family beside her. All she could do now was stare at the pictures she could find and wonder what would come next in this new home of theirs.

## Gallery

**Nilah with Larry Hoover & Rico Sullivan**

**Nilah with Larry Hoover**