THE VISION
SOMEWHERE ELSE
“Help!”
[The muffled cry of a young woman cuts into this scene as the broken earth flies around our vantage point, displaced by the bare feet of this young woman. She has jet black hair, and is wearing garments made out of a gold silk. Her skin has not been damaged by the harsh life her people live, but yet she is running from something.] [But what?] [Behind the golden girl, boots slowly walk into our view. They walk with meticulous stride, never breaking into a pace other than what is intended. Even the running of the girl is not enough to cause his pace to quicken.] [As this dark figure continues his pursuit, its gloved hands slowly drop a piece of tattered cloth. This cloth was once golden, like the girls, but it now only carries a dull sheen of dirt and destruction. All that it was and had ever been has been destroyed, but still the figure persists.]“Please!” [The girl cries to the moon as she gets even closer to the looming moon and the eye that is watching all.] [The dark figure’s pursuit seems never ending, but we are quickly taken from that image. Instead, we move past this figure to look at what lurks behind.] [An endless array of bodies. All strewn casually aside like livestock to the butchers. The trail of bodies stretches far beyond the horizon. All that remains is the stench of their demise.] [Death.] [BANG!] [The eyes of Tommy Hawk open with force as he is jolted out of his vision. Sweat drips down his forehead as he slowly gets control over his emotions.]
“It will not come to pass.”
[Hawk’s fist tightens as he walks into the distance.] [What will not come to pass?] [What did we see?]LYRA STARCHILD VS. VOODOO
SINGLES MATCH
THE THIRD SEAL
BACKSTAGE
“Come and see.” [Lux invites the confused Cross.] [Behind Bellator, the wall seemingly fades into nothingness to reveal his inner sanctum.] [It’s changed since the last time we saw it. Instead of the dampness of running water, we find that the walls are sticky and pulsating with blood, almost like a beating heart. Instead of the loud running water, we only hear the slowly moving existence of thick blood. The shackles that had held The Sharkman lay on the ground leading up to the altar that Lux Bellator has constructed.]
“I’m not going in there.” [Desmond says slowly, much to the chagrin of Bellator.]
“What?” [Lux forcefully asks.] [Cross cocks his head, and looks accusingly at Bellator.]
“Have you forgotten who I am? And where I came from?” [A passionate Desmond returns.] “I know what you seek to do, and I knew from the moment you came to me what your desire was.”
[He turns and looks around as Lux seems incensed.]“Is there a black horse somewhere?” [Cross asks.] “Are you re…”
[LUX NAILS CROSS! HEADFIRST INTO THE BRICK WALL!] [The Warrior of Light kneels down next to Cross.]“And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and see a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.”
[Lux stands over the fallen man.]“Justice, Desmond, that is why I sought you out.” [He says.] “You turned your back on a path that would leave you at my side, and God does not broke betrayal. I will bring a famine upon you, Cross, and rid the world of your perversions.”
[As Cross begins to rise, Lux walks back into his sanctum. Cross tries to reach out to follow, but his hand finds only brick.] [Lux Bellator is back on VHS, but his march towards breaking the seven seals continue.] [Except this time, he faces someone that has walked his same path.]MISSING PIECES I
BACKSTAGE
“The gods of Valhalla are whispering in my ear, Jacob Phoenix” [North mumbles as he focuses on the wrapping job.] “You are simply a rest stop along the way!”
[As he finishes the wrapping around his hand, North stands to his feet; testing the integrity of the tape by pounding one fist into the other.] [With that the Skull Splitter exits the view, leaving behind the used roll of tape as the lights go dark and the sound of a shutting door echoes through the room.] [Suddenly, a shadowy figure appears amidst the darkness. Their identity concealed by the shadows as they reach down to scoop the roll of tape from the sofa, reviewing it meticulously in the palm of their hand.] [And we fade to black.]JACOB PHOENIX VS. VIKTOR NORTH
SINGLES MATCH
MISSING PIECES II
BACKSTAGE
LUX BELLATOR VS. TOMMY HAWK
SINGLES MATCH
FOR THEM
BACKSTAGE
“Are you okay?” [Phoenix looks on, legitimate concern on his face as he extends a hand to the girl.]
“I’m here to help you, there’s no need to be scared.”
[The girl looks up at him, eyes wide in what looks like fear or possibly shock. She backs away at the extension of his hand, her lip trembling before letting out a shriek.]“Mother! Mother!”
[Phoenix moves to his feet quickly, looking back towards the door mother went through, fists up expecting a fight.] [Nothing.] [No sound. No movement.] [Flicker.] [The candles go out for but a second, the flames reigniting and revealing Mother behind an unsuspecting Phoenix. SHE SLAMS HIS HEAD INTO THE WALL! His skull bounces off of the concrete and he hits the ground in a heap, Mother towering over him, a foot on his neck.]“Keep your hands away from my children. Don’t lay a finger on them!”
[She hisses a threat before grabbing the lone child by the hand, the candles flickering once more, Mother disappearing with it. Phoenix staggers to a knee and wipes a bit of blood from his mouth.]“I’m coming back Mother. Not just for her, but for all of them.”
[The segment slowly fades out as Jacob gets to his feet and leaves the hallway.]DESMOND CROSS VS. THE SCARECROW
SINGLES MATCH
FIRST SHOT
RINGSIDE
“Tommy Hawk.”
[Standing directly in front of Scarecrow is the OSW World Champion himself. Hawk is sans his belt at the moment, but he wears his anger on his face.]“We have business, evil spirit.”
[Crow sneers at that comment.]“No.” [He begins.] “I have business. Your only requirement is to go quietly into the night.”
[Hawk only shakes his head, but the Sweet Dreams winner continues before Hawk can speak.]“This is not about you. It wouldn’t matter to me if it was you standing here, or if it were the King, the Dragon, or the Shadow. All of you have one thing in common.”
[Hawk waits for the answer.]“You’re mortal.” [Crow finishes.] “And those who have life need not concern themselves with the affairs of those who are beyond them. Life can be snuffed out…”
[THE SCALP! HAWK JUST TOOK CROW’S HEAD OFF!] [The World Champion stands over his challenger with a look of disgust on his face.]“And the joys of life will never be felt by those who have none.”
[Hawk turns away from Scarecrow to look up at the moon, still a pearl white. Not the red from his vision.]“I will not allow you to do what you have come to do, Scarecrow. Your trail of tears will not end in my demise.”
[A fluttering of crow’s whispers through the wind, and Hawk is not surprised as he turns around to find Scarecrow gone.] [The Champion has taken it to his challenger, but this is far from over!]MOTHER VS. SMILEY
BOILER ROOM BRAWL
COMING TOGETHER
BACKSTAGE
“Shut it!”
[Voodoo says in a near panicked tone as he extends his hand toward the new found light.] [It’s Makena Jakande.] [She moves towards Voodoo with a slight bit of hesitance as she pushes the door shut on her way.]“I think I have what you said we would need!”
[Voodoo takes a deep breath as Makena moves even closer, extending her hand downward towards her seated partner. And when we see what is in her hand, we are shocked.] [Doubt’s missing glove!] [North’s roll of tape!] [Voodoo looks at the items and instantly begins to grin.]“These are perfect Makena!” [He reaches for them.] “You performed brilliantly!”
[As Voodoo takes the glove and tape in his hand he is quick to drop them on the plate, causing an additional hissing sound when he does.]“The possessions of two Earthly warriors!” [Voodoo says confidently as he holds his hands over the steaming dish.] “It’s all coming together!”
[Voodoo lets out a evil chuckle as Jakande joins with a grin of her own, as uncertain as it is.] [And we fade to black.]DOUBT VS. HYSTERIA
I QUIT MATCH
WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED
SOMEWHERE ELSE
“When you get to know a man, you get to know where all the bodies are buried.”
[Inside a cemetery, Smiley walks down a rubble path with a shovel placed carefully over his shoulder. He finally stops at three gravestones, kneeling down by the dirt. Smiley brushes away a few leaves and grins mischievously.]“But none are more important to you than your wife and daughters.”
[The camera rises to see the three gravestones belonging to Eve, Grace and Hysteria’s wife.]“Or what’s left of them, I should say.”
[Smiley stands up, slamming his shovel into the dirt.]“You made a mistake, Hysteria. You made the biggest mistake of your life. We were once brothers in arms, weren’t we? When Mike Lane threw you into that pit, locked the door and seemingly threw away the key, you handed the mantle to me. You gave me Destiny and Michaela, and you told me to end this.”
[He smiles.]“And I did.”
[Although he keeps on digging.]“Yet inside the Asylum, you came for me. You chained me down and stole my dreams, Hysteria. You asked me what I lost and I can tell you what it is; it’s the World Championship, isn’t it? But what have you lost?”
[He looks downwards at the graves.]“I think I have a good idea.”
[Suddenly, Smiley swings his shovel at the head stone, breaking it in two. He violently moves onto the next one, and the one after that, destroying them in a rage.]“There’s a Bad Moon Rising and tonight, I dine in the dirt with what’s left of your family. Because like them, I was betrayed by your selfishness.”
[He sits down, folding his legs.]“And in the end, this is where everyone you once called family ends up, isn’t it?”
[Silence.]“Don’t worry though, Hysteria; I’ve saved you a place.”
[The camera pans out. We thought Smiley was digging the graves of Hysteria’s family but he wasn’t; in fact, he was digging a whole new grave, one with a headstone that belongs to someone else.] [Hysteria.] [Cut.]