JUST A MAN
SOMEWHERE ELSE
“What happens when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object?”
[He bends down, looking at Newton who can barely see straight.]“Isn’t that what you asked me, Riddler?”
[Edward tries to speak, but nothing comes out; just blood. There’s internal injuries here and the Riddler is in trouble.] [The Scarecrow stands, grinning.] [Then his boot comes down.] [Crunch.]“You see little birdie, you may be undefeated but you remain human. Beneath the bravado and intelligence, you are but a mortal man. Your bones still break beneath my feet. Your blood still spills from your weakened frame. Which of us truly cannot be defeated? Is it you, the man, or me, the monster?”
[Suddenly, the sound of screeching tyres can be heard in the distance. The Scarecrow immediately looks up to see a van hurtling towards him. With a giant thud, it crashes into him, vaulting him ten feet away in a heap.] [Hysteria hops out the driver’s side, accompanied by No Face. Injustice are here to rescue their partner in crime and just in the nick of time. Had it been much longer and there may be no Main Event tonight.] [They rush over to him, Hysteria pulling him to his feet and dragging him away, only Newton refuses to go. He stops dead, looking back at The Scarecrow before reaching down to pick up his broken glasses.] [With a hobble and a limp, Edward stumbles over to the Hayman – who lays disjointed and twisted in a heap upon the ground.]“I’m still standing, Scarecrow.”
[Then he falls to one knee.]“Well, there or there about.”
[Hysteria and No Face once again rush over, helping him back to his feet. They drag him towards the van and help him get inside. The camera watches as the vehicle turns around and heads back in the direction they came.] [Then it returns to The Scarecrow.] [Crick.] [Crick.] [Click.] [His body unravels before our very eyes and he sits up, looking in the direction of the van.] [The Scarecrow smiles.] [Cut.]BLOOD MONEY
BACKSTAGE
“I had a visitor last week” [Neptune barks.] “He told me you sent your regards!”
[Death Row’s grin turns to a toothy smile.]“Oh he did did he?” [Death Row scoffs.] “I may have called in a little favor.”
“What goes around comes around Death Row” [Neptune fumes.] “And yours is coming around!”
[Neptune takes off in a quick walk towards his opposer.]“Come get some you little bitch” [Death Row taunts as he pulls the infamous shank from his pocket, displaying it for Neptune.] “I’ll finish your ass off right here!”
[But Neptune stops.]“He’s mine” [Bobby shouts as he points a finger at Death Row.] “Leave us!”
[Death Row gives an odd look, thinking Neptune may have lost his mind. But he’s not pointing at Death Row, he’s pointing at Adam Eve who has appeared at the opposite end of the hall.]“I don’t think so” [Adam growls.] “I saw him first.”
[And with that, Eve moves forward. Both he and Neptune closing in on the outnumbered Death Row who turns his body to prepare himself for a double attack, the intersecting hallway to his back.] [And we cut back and forth.] [Eve’s fierce expression.] [Neptune’s rage.] [Death Row’s vicious smile.] [Eve!] [Neptune!] [Death Row!] [EVE!] [NEPTUNE!] [SQUIRTING BLOOD!] [WHAT THE HELL?!?!] [Death Row’s eyes widen in panic as his shank clangs against the concrete floor. His hands grab at his throat; blood pouring from between his fingers.] [From behind, a hooded man, shadows concealing his face, takes one step backwards. A large blade dripping with crimson red in his hand.] [He points at Death Row who falls to his knees, unable to gasp for air.]“You should have made sure I got the money you promised me, DR” [The attacker taunts.] “Now you’re paying with your life!”
[With that, the hooded man hurries down the intersecting hallway disappearing into the shadows.] [THUD!] [Death Row’s body falls limp against the concrete; his own blood puddling up around him. Meanwhile, Bobby Neptune and Adam Eve stand in near shock.] [Near!] [Suddenly, Neptune turns to run. The panic in his voice echoing through the halls.]“Help! HELP!”
“Stop!”
[There is a still silence as Neptune, with a shocked expression covering his face, looks back to Eve.]“Stop?” [Neptune utters.] “He’s dying!”
“We can’t save him” [Eve shakes his head.] “At least… not now!”
[With that, Adam reveals a stack of money. Dollar bills. Neptunes eyes widen.]“You PAID for this to happen??”
“No” [Eve looks down at the bleeding Death Row.] “I just made sure the money Death Row offered to have you assaulted didn’t make it to the right place.”
“You planned this!” [Neptune scolds.] “You wanted him dead!”
“Wrong” [Eve looks back to Neptune with squinted eyes.] “I just wanted him out of the way!”
“What?” [Neptune spouts with a disgusted look.]
“I don’t need Death Row’s help to beat you Bobby Neptune” [Eve proclaims as drops the stack of bills on top of Death Row.] “Just like I didn’t need your help when you interfered between us!”
“He had a knife” [Neptune points a furious finger in the direction of Eve.] “That blood on the floor could have been yours!”
“And now it’s going to be your blood in the ring” [Eve declares with a sinister stare.] “I’m going to prove to you just like I did him that you don’t have to be born a man to be the man! I’ll see you out there!”
[With that Eve turns to walk away while Neptune; on the other hand, shakes his head in disgust before turning to sprint.]“HELP!! HELP!!!!”
[Neptunes voice echoing in the distance as we close on the determined face of Adam Eve.]ADAM EVE VS. BOBBY NEPTUNE
SINGLES MATCH
CHECKING OUT AND CHECKING IN
RECORDED EARLIER
“Sir… Sir! SIR!!”
[A woman in nurse’s scrubs stands talking… yelling at someone.]“The doctor hasn’t cleared you to leave! You can’t go!”
[The camera pans, and we see the back of someone dressed in a blue jumpsuit. His brown hair visible as his back is turned to us. Then he pulls a masked down over his head and turns to look at us, his face now hidden. The Sharkman.]“Ma’am, I’m fine. I don’t need a doctor to tell me that.”
[The black hole is still visible in the center of the chest of his suit. It does not go all the way through, but stops just inside the blue fabric.]“I’m fine, and I’m needed out there.”
[He turns and walks through the door.] [Cut.] [We switch to a different scene. Another man from behind. This one is wearing jeans and tee-shirt. He is being led on his own accord buy a man in a prison guard’s outfit. They round a corner, and as they do the camera changes directions, We see Cael Gable. The officer points. Gable sees him.] [Sheriff Law sits behind a glass wall. He smiles wryly at the sight of Gable. Cael walks towards him and sits down at the stool on his side of the glass. He grabs a black phone headset on the wall, and Law does the same.]“Hello, partner.”
[Law smiles again as a Gable scowls.]“Why do you want me dead?”
“It’s simple. You put me behind these bars, and if they have it their way, I ain’t goin’ nowhere for a long time. It ain’t easy in here, and I want you to feel what it’s like to have your life taken from you.”
“Your men got it wrong! They almost killed the Sharkman!”
“Collateral damage.”
[Gable punches the glass, and stands. The guards look at him and move towards him. He puts his hand up and apologizes, and the guard stands down.]“So you aren’t gonna stop til I’m dead, then?” [Gable asks.] [Law smiles.]
“You want this all to end, do you? Fine. If you want your life back, then gotta win that title tonight. And when you do, you’re gonna give it to my men, who’ll then sell it. Like I said, life ain’t easy in here. I need the cash and I need it soon. That much gold is worth tens of thousands. Get it done, and I’ll let you be.”
“And if I don’t win?”
“Well, you just better make sure you do.”
[Gable grimaces.]“That’s it? You just want cash? I can get you cash without having to go this route.”
[Law grins.]“That’s not all I want. I want to see the Golden Boy lose his shine.] [Somehow the smile widens as Gable’s face twists in anger.]
“Make sure you win.”
[Law hangs up the phone and stands, walking away.]“PUGH!”
[Gable yells after him, hanging of the phone with a slam.] [Cut.]CAEL GABLE VS. THE SHARKMAN
DOUBLE FEATURE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
A NEW MAN
FLASHBACK
“Keep moving.” [One of the Guards says.]
“Stand down.” [The voice comes from a man walking toward us. He’s the same lifelike model Bot as before.] “You’re not going to rip my head off again, yes?”
“I would never.” [Neptune says.] “I’m a new man.”
“The Treatment was successful?”
“Yes. All those stains scrubbed clean. Thanks to you.”
“You are a valuable strategic asset to us, Mr. Neptune. I think it’s time we discussed your role.”
“Whatever you say. By the way, did you get that new recorder console in your wrist?”
“Yes, I did. I act-”
[Things move fast as Bobby drops the righthand guard, grabbing his sidearm and putting a hole through the left one. He rushes the final Bot, pinning him to the floor.]“‘Good. It’ll work without you.”
[He shoots the Bot’s arm off and picks it off the floor.]“Despite the fact that you trapped in my mind for what felt like years and forced me to face all matter of inner demons in the worst way possible…I do feel kinda better. Thanks for the arm.”
“They’ll put you back in Treatment.” [The Bot says, somewhat bored and not bothering to get up.]
“I’ll be out of here in a pod long before then.”
“Yes. But what good will it do you?”
[He hits a button on the wrist and it play’s back the bot’s voice.] “Yes, I did, why-“ [A door opens at the voice recognition.]“The day I become someone’s asset is the day I die. Hopefully that’s not today.” [He shrugs] “Guess we’ll find out.”
[He dashes out the door but the camera doesn’t follow him. The window to the galaxy begins to consume the frame, the sound of alarms and laser fire fading from the background. Outside the window, a small ship is launched into space, speeding away into nothing.]HOUSE OF CARDS
RECORDED EARLIER
“Look, I don’t care how you do it…but Sergei Solokov needs to be gone. He knows too much already, and I can’t have him interfere with what’s about to happen. Do you understand? Hello?”
[Before he can get a response, the signal on his cell is cut off. He slams the phone on the desk in frustration, burying his face in his hands. Suddenly his cell rings, sending the President into a panic as he picks it up and answers. It takes us just a moment to recognize the voice as General Dzagoev.]“Mr. President, the time for games is over. You’ve angered Sergei Solokov with your treachery and deceit, and when the Red Tsar is finished your house of cards will come tumbling down…but I can offer you a way out, if you’re willing to negotiate.”
[This only infuriates JGF, shouting into his handset.]“No! I do not negotiate with terrorists, Dzagoev.”
[This gets a surprising chuckle from the General, which sends a shiver down the spine of the President.]“Suit yourself, Mr. President. Sergei looks forward to destroying you…for Mother Russia.”
[With that, the signal cuts out again. JGF goes back to the window, peering out in search of the Russian menace that awaits him. Lurking in the shadows is Sergei, staring intently at his primary target as a radio call comes in from the General.]“Scare him, but don’t break him…yet. We want to reveal his cowardice before taking him out.”
“Понял.”
[A smirk comes to the face of the Red Tsar as he approaches the White House, unafraid of the Secret Service agents posted around the perimeter.] [Cut.]SERGEI SOKOLOV VS. JACKSON GRANT FITZGERALD
SINGLES MATCH
KILLING HER
RECORDED EARLIER
“You need to eat, Jensen. You’re killing Stephanie for every moment we allow you to recover.”
[Hands clasped behind his back, a cold look on his face, is DTR. The patriarch of the family walks slowly out of the shadows, pacing around Jensen’s chair, the prison he has been trapped in.]“You have but a few more hours until I begin draining you again. So eat. You wouldn’t want to wither away.”
[Jensen looks pained as he tries to readjust in the chair.]“Dave. I… I can’t. If I lose any more blood, I’ll die.”
[His pale face and sunken eyes make this apparent as he looks towards DTR, pleading.]“You can’t?”
[DTR turns towards Jensen, a scowl.]“You CAN’T!?”
[And in an instant, his scowl turns into an expression of pure rage.]“DO YOU WANT HER TO DIE!? ARE YOU SO SELFISH AND SELF CENTERED THAT YOU WOULD LET HER DIE!?”
[Jensen tries to calm DTR down, but he is unable to draw the strength to speak over DTR’s yelling. In his rage, DTR throws one of the many jars filled with Jensen’s blood across the room, letting it splatter on the ground. ]“You’re KILLING her, Jensen. But you don’t care about that, do you? You only care about YOURSELF!”
[Jensen cringes back as DTR yells, the Virus unrelenting.]“Fine then! If you don’t wish to help keep her alive, then don’t!”
[DTR TEARS THE NEEDLE FROM JENSEN’S ARM! Cussen yells in pain as DTR throws the needle down, blood pouring from Jensen’s wound.]“Then I guess I’ll have to do this the hard way, won’t I? So be it. Next week, Jensen, I’ll be taking the blood I need in our match, no matter how much I have to beat out of your disobedient body!”
[DTR storms off, leaving Jensen behind. As soon as DTR is gone, Jensen collapses from the chair, fighting to stand up as the scene fades out.]JENSEN CUSSEN VS. DTR
FIRST BLOOD MATCH
SIGNAL FIRE
BACKSTAGE
“So what’s wrong, brother?”
[Doubt doesn’t respond, but it does stop its pacing. It leans against the wall beside Smiley.]“So?” [Smiley pushes further.]
“So… I have something I need to tell you.”
“So spill it, brother.” [Smiley responds as he pushes off the wall.]
“You have to promise-“
[Before it can even finish the statement, a golden portal opens in front of them as a tomahawk pokes from the abyss towards Doubt’s masked face.] [A clink of metal as Smiley Jr. collides with the tomahawk knocking it out of Doubt’s face. Tommy Hawk steps out of the portal with eyes glowing golden as Solomon Rhodes steps out on his right flank.]“What the fuck do you want?!” [screams Smiley who is practically seething from their continuous interruption into their lives.]
“Why do you persist to side yourself with this monstrosity, Smiley?” [says Solomon Rhodes with a sign of disgust as his lip turns up slightly.] “Do you realize what that thing has done?”
“Do you know what I’VE done?! Keep bothering us and you’ll be quick to find out.” [sneers Smiley who turns his crowbar towards The Dragon.] [Tommy Hawk steps towards Smiley and shakes his head.]
“You lash out at us when it’s that monster that you should be questioning. Go ahead, Doubt. Tell him about your sister.”
[With this, Smiley looks confused. He turns to Doubt who doesn’t budge.]“What’s he talking about? Syndi is dead, right?”
[No response from The Masked Emotion.]“Right?!”
“Unfortunately, your trust only seems to go so far, Smiley. Your ‘brother’ was reunited with his sister weeks ago yet chose not to tell you. For fear you’d react in the same way that you did with Stephanie.”
[A moment of silence as Smiley turns towards his brethren.]“Is this true, Doubt? Did you find your sister?”
[A pause before the mask nods in acknowledgement. Smiley’s teeth are bared as he turns towards the open hallway and begins walking.] [Doubt reaches out a gloved hand for a moment, but Hawk steps into its path.]“Your lies have cost you a friendship, but your monstrous acts end here.” [says Solomon as he steps behind Tommy.]
“I have seen the future, creature, and it’s my duty to end your reign of terror. Once and for all.”
[With these parting words, the two leave towards the ring leaving Doubt to stand… and stew… and clench its fists in anger.]RHODES & HAWK VS. KNOCK KNOCK
TAG TEAM MATCH
YOUR PART TO PLAY
SOMEWHERE ELSE
“You seek knowledge, is that correct?”
[The Chief nods in agreement.] [The woman closes her eyes, looking into the abyss. She’s a psychic, though The Chief looks at Betamax suspiciously – as if he doesn’t quite believe it.] [Her eyes suddenly open with great fear.]“Y-You don’t have much time,” [she stammers.] “It is coming. At Red Snow, it is coming. I can’t quite see it, but I can feel it. It’s an evil unlike anything you’ve ever faced.”
[She whips her hand away from The Chief, grabbing a napkin and wiping her brow. She’s started to sweat profusely.]“Everything has been leading to this moment,” [she says whilst dabbing.] “Everything. Don’t you understand, my child? Your destiny was to choose.”
“I don’t understand,” [The Chief interrupts.] “My destiny?” [He asks.] “I’m a ghost. I live on the fringes, lady. I don’t have a destiny.”
[This time she interrupts.] “You’re wrong. You’re so wrong. You have a vital part to play.”“A part to play in what? Is someone trying to take over my business? Is that it? Is this evil responsible for the murder of Errol Flint? Tell me something!”
[She grabs his hand once more, closing her eyes.]“When the time comes, you’re going to have to make the tough decision. You’re going to have to do what’s right. It’s the only chance you stand of stopping this without the fight of your life. If you don’t make the right decision, everything you know could cease to be.”
[He rips his hand away.] “What decision?”“When the time comes, do not hesitate. Fire.”
[Suddenly, the woman starts screaming. She convulses back and forth, spewing white foam from her mouth as she does. Just then, her eyes open and with a vile, howling, horrifying scream, she falls face first onto the desk, dead. The Chief scoots back, almost falling off his chair. He looks at Betamax, who goes to check on her, realizing that her eyes have been burned from her skull.]“Her eyes, they’re gone,” [he panics.] “And so should we be. We have to leave; now!”
[He rushes to the door, looking back at The Chief who can’t make heads or tails of this.]“NOW!” [he screams.] [Cut.]
UNCERTAINTY
RECORDED EARLIER
“Why can’t you embrace it?”
[A voice startles him. He turns around to see Hysteria, his head tilted.]“You,” [Bruce says, immediately turning white in eyes.] “You’ve brought this on yourself!”
[Almost as quickly as he brought it on, Bruce snaps it backwards, reversing it.]“I don’t want it,” [he mutters.] “I just… don’t want it.”
[Hysteria nods.] “You wanted revenge. You didn’t ask for this curse, he gave it to you. He forced it upon you so that he wouldn’t be consumed alone. You were both once men, and now you’re something else.” [Bruce lowers his head.]“Do you know what happens when you become something else, Bruce? You willingly lose your humanity. You happily discard your morality. Everything my dear friend Edward Newton said, would be proven true.”
[Van Chan grunts.] “Stop!”“You’ll lose your wife, your kids, your home,” [Hysteria continues.] “You’ll look in that mirror and you won’t recognise yourself, that’s even if you do now.”
“Stop!”
[Hysteria backs away slightly towards the door.]“Mike Lane did this to you, Bruce. He did this.”
[Silence.] [Bruce’s eyes go white.] [Cut.]LANE & BVC VS. INJUSTICE
TAG TEAM MATCH
CHOICES WITH INTERGALACTIC CONSEQUENCES
RECORDED EARLIER
“The invasion is all but set. There is nothing left standing in our way. Lyra Starchild will try her hardest to fend off our forces, but she too will be taken by surprise. It is by your connection with us, Chosen One, that we are able to proceed.”
[Zappa smiles as he takes a draw and blows the smoke as he exhales into the air above him.]“Earth is about to know its full potential. We humans have only ever been able to tap into a mere percentage of what this planet is capable of.”
[The trio of Zetas each greet Zappa with an arm to his shoulder, in turn. When the last of the trio had placed its arm on his shoulder, they nod in unicen.]“A new day dawns as the Earth turns towards it’s star’s light this day…”
[The sentence is brought to an abrupt end as the trio of Zetas all freeze. Zappa’s eyes widen in a look of fear or surprise. Before him, the three Zetas dematerialise just as Lyra Starchild herself approaches Zappa. She sniffs at the familiar scent in the air.]“You lied to me, Chosen One.”
[She approaches, weapon drawn and aimed at Zappa yet she does not shoot. Zappa says nothing.]“Did you honestly think that I would be so easily fooled as to merely believe you and accept your lies? No. I have followed you, I know that the connection still exists. Which brings us to an impasse. Choices must be made, the consequences of which have never been more dire.”
[She draws near him, placing the weapon against his forehead. Yet she still does not pull the trigger.]“I could end you right now and that would ensure that the Zetas’ invasion is either delayed or stopped entirely. I should…” [She hesitates for just a moment.] “… Or I could give you one final chance to sever your connection yourself.”
[Zappa stares down the barrel of the weapon but does not falter.]“You are wasting your breath. I would never do such a thing.”
[Lyra shakes her head, looking genuinely disappointed.]“Don’t you see that the Zetas mean only death and destruction? I am here to protect Earth from such beings. From my own people… And from the Zetas. But, as it has been all along, you have the choice to make. When we enter the Badlands, I will prove to you my power. The power that landed me the All-Star Championship.
I will prove to you that I mean what I say. Following that, when you walk away empty handed, you will have a choice to make. Earth… Or the Zetas. You cannot have both. Derail the invasion, it only stands as long as your connection with the Zeta does.”
[She lowers her weapon but stares into Zappa’s eyes.]“Deep down, you know I speak the truth. The decisions you make have Intergalactic Consequences now. Choose wisely.”
[In that moment, Starchild beams out and is gone. Zappa is left to contemplate her warning.]CAPTAIN ZAPPA VS. LYRA STARCHILD
ALL-STAR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
SINS OF OUR FATHERS
RINGSIDE
“It’s about damn time I found you, Bellator.” [Kersh begins.] “You sure like to stay hidden, don’t you?”
[Bellator sneers at his partner, laying the briefcase down as he prepares for battle.]“If you had truly sought me out, you would have found me.” [Bellator mocks.] “Instead you saw fit to seek out my father. What discord did he seed among our partnership? What lies did he tell you?”
[Kersh now stands across the ring from Lux, looking like he’s just about had enough.]“Our partnership?” [Kersh scoffs.] “All we have is some unholy alliance that God knows what you have put it together for.”
[The Enforcer shakes his head before getting right up in Lux’s face.]“You mocked me with my son. You hold him hostage. You hold my father hostage, and his father, and so on. They’ve become little toy soldiers for you to play with in your little Holy War. If you think I’m going to let you keep doing that, then you have another thing coming.”
[Bellator seems to take in the seriousness of those words. Yet a smile slowly spreads on his features. Kersh seems captivated as Bellator’s eyes begin to glow a golden hue. Like the inside of a prison, Kersh can see what lies within them.] [Souls. Of a number that none could count. Yet at the forefront stands Trevor Kersh, and behind him we can see several other men who bear features resembling that of the Enforcer.]“I hold none hostage.” [Lux Bellator speaks into Kersh’s disbelief with a voice full of passion and zeal.] “I have freed these souls from a life of servitude to he who would have kept them in nothingness. They now stand ready to fight against whatever forces the Fallen One would bring to bear against them. A place in God’s army is not enslavement. No, it is the highest honor one can command.”
[Before Lux can continue, Brent grabs him and forces him into the corner of the ring.]“They didn’t choose that. You chose it for them.”
[Bellator shakes his head.]“You cannot believe El Salvador’s lies!” [Bellator spits out in response, his eyes returning to their natural color.] “Each and every one of them agreed to serve in the army of the Lord. They believed that their service would mean something. They believed that in death, they could serve the living in ways that even you could not.”
[Kersh shakes his head and throws Lux back into the center of the ring.]“I don’t believe you.” [Kersh says as he pops his neck, ready for combat.] [Bellator looks at him sadly for a moment before nodding in return.]
“Then we shall fight.”
[The bell rings as an official steps into the ring. But Lux is not done.]“Yet when we are done, I will speak the same truth I speak now. What truth will you speak, Enforcer?”
[Kersh just shakes his head as the two men walk towards one another.] [This fight is on!]LUX BELLATOR VS. BRENT KERSH
SINGLES MATCH
YOU’VE SEEN TOO MUCH
SOMEWHERE ELSE
“Curiosity killed the cat.”
[A disturbed, angry, squealing voice emanates from the flames.]“And I think you’ve seen too much.”
[Hawk stands, looking into the pitch-black fire.]“You know what is to come, don’t you? You’ve seen the pieces of this puzzle and formulated the grand picture. Isn’t that why you deemed Knock Knock a worthy target?”
[The voice laughs.]“And yet despite your efforts, they still stand united. Don’t you see? You cannot stop what’s coming, Tommy.”
[He tilts his head, defiant.]“At Genesis; the origin of evil, I will show you what those before me have been unable to. I will show you your end. You won’t be able to stop me, just like you cannot stop what’s coming. I’ll show you, if you dare to see.”
[Hawk steps closer, looking into the flames. They flicker within the reflections of his eyes, showing him the scenes to come. He falls backwards, hitting the ground with a ginormous thud.] [His eyes widen. His heart pounds. His face contorts into that of terror; and it’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen from The Spirit Walker.]“Your death will be the greatest casualty of them all, Spirit Walker.”
[Once again, a vile laughter echoes from within the flames before a large gust of black wind flies into the face of Hawk as he tries to cover his face.] [The fire is out.] [And Tommy Hawk looks as if the voice tells only the truth.]THE SCARECROW VS. EDWARD NEWTON
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
PURE
[A weary Lux Bellator enters his chambers. The Invasion briefcase dangles from his fingers as he walks forward, passing the stone Desmond Cross as he does so. A river of blood flows around him and into the distance as he kneels before his wooden altar. The book upon it still has three seals, although one of them is almost broken completely.]
“The bowl is not yet ready.” [Bellator comments before bowing his head.] “Yet You have provided a glimpse of my mission.”
[The bowl simmers before the light warrior, it’s black liquid contents not showing a sign of disturbance at the continuing filling. The masked warrior begins to slowly watch the liquid.]“My Lord, as your humble servant, you have revealed to me that in a broken world of evil men, there yet exists a space of purity. A space of untouched goodness that will be a light to those who have none.
[As Lux’s voice continues to float over, the bowl begins to change its appearance. Instead of the black murky liquid, it slowly forms into a hazy vision.]“That purity will show the world that it is not the Lord that has fallen. It is not Lux Bellator that evil intentions for them. The light of God has always shown, despite man’s best attempt to extinguish it.”
[Inside the bowl, we can see the visage of a woman walking inside of a home. It looks like a normal vision of middle-class splendor, as she bends to pick up a piece of dirty laundry off the carpeted floor. Yet as she bends over, we can see from how she bends in a squat that she is, in fact, pregnant.]“A child.”
[The pregnant woman continues on her journey through the house, her features still obscured as she rounds a corner to her bedroom. Modest furnishings adorn the walls and the bed itself as she sits upon it. The bowl still has not shown her face, instead lingering on the extremely large belly that holds a child.]“The birth of this child shall call forth the heavens to ring with delight. For this child was touched by evil.”
[The vision moves upward to show the face of the mother of this child. Yet it is still hazy]“And yet the light of God returned it to goodness.”
[As it begins to form into the features of an individual, the reflection of Lux Bellator smiling seems to appear over it.]“The time nears. I must prepare.”
[As the reflection fades, we can now see the face of the woman in the vision.] [Nicole Kersh.] [Cut.]