Post by EZRA on Apr 23, 2010 10:53:44 GMT -5
OOC Note: I know the saga of War & Peace seems to be getting crowded and I also know that I am only allowed 4 characters to control (unless the rules changed recently) but that is why I am putting this here to let you know that a few of the characters are just temporary. In the end, I will only have 4 character permanently but for the story to go the direction I need, more characters are needed. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this next chapter.
Ahh, dear viewers. We meet again. Last time we visited each other we heard dear Ezekiel mutter his first words since he was lit on fire but our dear friend, Raenius. It wasn’t anything too fancy, just a few words assuring his Doc that Scarlet could be allowed in the room. It seems that dear ol’ Scarlet has come back to her old ways of being the sweet girl that Ezekiel first met a month or so before his accident. In other news, Marek faced Cormac the Temporary in a brutal underground fight that saw Marek walk away the victor. Apparently that last match paid off his ‘debt’ to the shady promoter and soon he shall be reunited with his sister. But why doe she need to wear a blindfold. Once again, Xavier made a mystery phone call and we got a small hint towards a name. ‘D’ should be heading to Los Angeles soon and we shall see what will unfold there. Now, let’s get to the action![/i]
“Did your flight land yet?” Xavier said into his cell phone. “Alright. Good. You’re going to meet up with Kristoff and Nikolle. .. Don’t argue about it, D. They’re going to help Ezekiel once he gets on his feet. .. I’ll explain it all later, just head to the address I gave you and they will be waiting for you. .. Alright, man. I appreciate all of this. I should be heading home tomorrow. .. Later.” Xavier hangs up the phone and walks through a gate as the scene fades.
We quickly open back up to the inside of a vehicle. Marek is in the backseat the rag seen from before tied around his eyes in a makeshift blindfold. The promoter is in the passenger seat and the bodyguards are seated in the backseat on either side of Marek.
”How much longer?” spat Marek in his native Japanese. ”If my sister was close like you said she was, it shouldn’t have taken this long to get to her location. Is there something you’re not telling me.?”
The promoter in the passenger seat simple smiled as he rest his hands in his lap.
”All in due time, my boy.” he said wryly. ”One must be patient if he expects to get what he wants in life." The man leaned back in his seat, the smile still etched on his face as the scene fades.
Once again we open back up and we are in the infamous Room 13 that is still occupied by Ezekiel. The door opens and in walks Dr. Mavetti as Scarlet sits next to the bed, watch some sort of religious network television show.
“Must you insist on watching this garbage day after day?” asked the doctor as he he walked to Ezekiel’s bedside.
“It is helping him heal.” Scarlet simply replied, not looking away from the screen. “I pray for him and so do those people on the TV. He’s made great progress since I returned, you can’t deny that fact.”
“It isn’t your presence that has helped him heal, girl. It is his will to live and recover. Don’t try and turn this into some miracle.”
Scarlet turned towards the doctor and stood up. “Believe what you want and I will believe what I want. Why are you in here anyways, his check up isn’t for another 45 minutes.”
“Being a doctor in this hospital means I can come and go as I please, but I do have a reason. Ezekiel has visitors. I think you will be delighted to meet them.”
The scene fades to a caption stating ‘Earlier in The Day’ before opening onto the possibly long forgotten apartment that War & Peace shared with Xavier. We are at the front steps to the apartment as we see a man walking up the stairs and knocking on the door. He is dressed in a black and green hoodie with black jeans and green shoes. There is a large logo similar to the symobl for ‘Daredevil’ printed onto the back of the sweater. After a few knocks the door opens and in walks the man.
“Hello?” he says a few times as he cautiously walks through the house, hands in his pockets. “If no one is here, who opened the damn door?” He stills walks through the house before a voice startles him.
“You must be in the infamous D, right?” the man turns around to see another man with a salt and pepper beard standing in the doorway to the room. “We’ve been expecting you.”
The man pulls his hands out of his packets and points a finger at the bearded fellow. “You scared the shit outta me, old man. And my name is David. I hate when Xavier calls me D. And I only see one person, so who is ‘we’?” David made the finger quotations in the air as the bearded turned away from the room. “Get back here, old man. Don’t and play all Confucius with me. I don’t time for this crap. I’m like 3,000 miles from home and only doing this because Xavier is a friend.” As David protested the man leaving, he followed him while talking. As David turns into the other room he stops in his tracks as he comes almost face to face with a beautiful Brazilian woman.
“My name is Nikolle, this is Kristoff. We are the people that Xavier sent you to meet.” The woman was gorgeous. David had a hard time concentrating. “We are going to help Ezekiel recover faster and give him more training so he can continue a quest for revenge once he is healthy. Does it make sense now?”
David slightly nodded. “My name is David. I was sent to make sure that psycho slut doesn’t mess up anything else. Looks we got ourselves a tripod.” David smiled as the other two looked confused.
“Tripod.” Kristoff mumbled, not understanding.
“Yeah.” said David, excitedly. “Haven’t you ever seen 'The Girl Next Door’. Three legs of the tripod. If one leaves.. oh nevermind. You guys wanna head to the hospital or what?”
“Yes, let us be on our way.” said Kristoff, heading towards the door.
As Kristoff and Nikolle exited the room David simply mumbles “Where in the hell does he find these people?” He exits as well as the scene goes to black. When we come back we see the Tripod heading towards the hospital entrance and they stop at the check-in desk. The receptionist looks as the Kristoff and Nikolle talk amongst themselves.
“Hey, lady. My name is David and I am looking for Room 13.” says David, while eying his two new friends curiously.
“It’s right down that hallway, sir.” replies the nurse, pointing off to the left.
“Thank you, ma’am.” he says, turning towards the direction she pointed as Kristoff and Nikolle follow his lead. “Are you two going to involve me in this little conversation or am I just playing tour guide?”
“Be patient, boy.” said Kristoff, rather sharply. “We’ve been sent to help Ezekiel, not entertain you. You’ll find out all that is needed.” Kristoff then turned off down the hall where the receptionist pointed as Nikolle stood briefly to speak with David.
“He means well, David.” she said calmly. “He is just more business than pleasure.”
“What about you then, sweetheart?” he said, smiling. “Business or pleasure?”
Nikolle smiled slightly before turning down the hallway without answering as the scene fades. We open back up to the car with Marek and his 'buddies’. The doors open and one of the bodyguards grabs Marek by the arm and guides him out of the car. Once on flat ground, Marek yanks his arm away.
“I can walk fine on my own. Can I take the blindfold off yet?” asked Marek, growing more agitated. “I’ve played enough of your games.”
”One trait you lack is patience, young man.” replied the promoter. “I have one last favor to ask you and then you can see your sister.”
The men began to walk with Marek in the middle.
“What is it?” questioned Marek.
”I will ask it when we get to the spot. Just comply and all of this will be over.”
Marek scoffed at the man but continued walking. After a short walk the promoter turned towards Marek as they all stopped walking.
”We are here.” said the promoter.
One of the bodyguards grabs Marek’s arm and jerks him forward.
”Get on your knees, boy.”
“What? No, that doesn’t make any sense. This isn’t part of the deal.”
”Focus!” shouted the man. “I am not asking for sexual favors. Do you want to see your sister or not!”[/i]
Marek hesitates but takes a deep breath and lowers himself to his knees.
”Your search for your sister is finally over.”
The promoter reaches forward and pulls off Marek’s blindfold. Marek quickly recoils in shock as he finds himself mere inches from a headstone bearing his sister’s name.
“What is the meaning of this?” shouted Marek. As he goes to get his feet, he is quickly knocked down by one of the bodyguards, who is now holding a silenced pistol.
”Take it easy.” the promoter says, squatting down over Marek. “You were warned when you showed back up here to stop digging. But, you wouldn’t listen.” The promoter put his hand out and the bodyguard puts the pistol into his hand. He begins to pull back the hammer when all of a sudden a dull thud is heard and the promoter falls to the ground. We see a shovel lying next to him, the end bloody and then chaos erupts as we see that it is Xavier Bryan.
“Not on my watch, kid!” says Xavier as the two bodyguards lunge at him. He fights back but is quickly restrained as one of the guards grabs the shovel. He readies himself to swing but Xavier kicks him in the gut and wrestles his arms away from the other guard and flips him to the ground. Marek is slowly struggling to his feet as the guard with the shovel runs at him. Marek swiftly drops and kicks the man in the knee, sending him face first into a headstone. Xavier grabs the guard from the ground and nails a few punches to the head before grabbing him by the neck and whipping into another headstone. Both men lay motionless as Marek gets to his feet, eyes wide, not expecting Xavier to show up.
“Where did you come from?” asked Marek, rubbing his head.
“I’ve been tracking you for the past month or so. Didn’t want to interfere whatever you had going on.” replied Xavier. “But, I couldn’t just stand by and see you get snuffed out.”
Marek nods and then picks up the pistol that the promoter dropped after Xavier threw the shovel at him. Marek looks it over before making eye contact with Xavier then looking at the promoter.
“Don’t do it, kid. We are going to head back Los Angeles and you won’t have to deal with this anymore.” Xavier pleaded as he put his hand out for the gun.
“He murdered my sister.” Marek said.
“You don’t know that, kid. You don’t want this guys life on your hands. Give me the gun.”
Even though the gun was pointed at the promoter, he slowly rose to his feet, blood dripping from his jaw where the shovel had connected.
”That girl got what she deserved.” he says, obviously in pain as he speaks slowly but deliberately. ”She was nosey, just like you. Just a dumb waitress who saw something she wasn’t supposed to see." He pointed at Xavier, upset at his interference. ”If you hadn’t interfered, life could on as if nothing happened. You’re actions will cost you sooner or later.
Marek pulls the hammer back this time and it clicks in place. “You’re actions have already cost you.”
Xavier quickly stands in front of the gun. “Don’t do it, Marek. It isn’t worth it. Give me the damn gun.”
Marek thinks it over before releasing the hammer and pressing the gun into Xavier’s hand.
“Good choice, kid.” Xavier says, relieved.
“If this comes back to bite me, I will blame you.” Marek said, his voice still tense. “I hope your right about this.” Marek then turns and walks down the path in the cemetery.
“I’m not going to be wrong, kid. Trust me.”
Xavier begins walking down the path but is interrupted by the promoter.
“You have no idea what you’ve done, the Yak---” the promoter is quickly cut off by Xavier quickly stepping close to him and grabbing him by the throat. He places the pistol barrel into the man’s stomach.
“This ends here. Trust me.” 3 quick silenced shots later and the man is lying on the ground next to his unconscious friends. He puts the pistol into his jacket and walks off down the path after Marek as the scene fades. The scene opens and we are back in Room 13 where we left Dr. Mavetti telling Scarlet that they had visitors. The Doctor opens the door and in walk David, Kristoff, and Nikolle. David looks at Scarlet immediately.
“Ahh.. you must be the girlfriend.” David said with a smile on his face. “Well, this is Kristoff and Nikolle. Let’s just say that the healing process just got a little quicker." Scarlet begins to say something but David puts his hand up. “Not now, toots. We got work to do.” The scene fades for the last time as David sits down next to Ezekiel and Dr. Mavetti leaves the room.
Ahh, dear viewers. We meet again. Last time we visited each other we heard dear Ezekiel mutter his first words since he was lit on fire but our dear friend, Raenius. It wasn’t anything too fancy, just a few words assuring his Doc that Scarlet could be allowed in the room. It seems that dear ol’ Scarlet has come back to her old ways of being the sweet girl that Ezekiel first met a month or so before his accident. In other news, Marek faced Cormac the Temporary in a brutal underground fight that saw Marek walk away the victor. Apparently that last match paid off his ‘debt’ to the shady promoter and soon he shall be reunited with his sister. But why doe she need to wear a blindfold. Once again, Xavier made a mystery phone call and we got a small hint towards a name. ‘D’ should be heading to Los Angeles soon and we shall see what will unfold there. Now, let’s get to the action![/i]
“Did your flight land yet?” Xavier said into his cell phone. “Alright. Good. You’re going to meet up with Kristoff and Nikolle. .. Don’t argue about it, D. They’re going to help Ezekiel once he gets on his feet. .. I’ll explain it all later, just head to the address I gave you and they will be waiting for you. .. Alright, man. I appreciate all of this. I should be heading home tomorrow. .. Later.” Xavier hangs up the phone and walks through a gate as the scene fades.
We quickly open back up to the inside of a vehicle. Marek is in the backseat the rag seen from before tied around his eyes in a makeshift blindfold. The promoter is in the passenger seat and the bodyguards are seated in the backseat on either side of Marek.
”How much longer?” spat Marek in his native Japanese. ”If my sister was close like you said she was, it shouldn’t have taken this long to get to her location. Is there something you’re not telling me.?”
The promoter in the passenger seat simple smiled as he rest his hands in his lap.
”All in due time, my boy.” he said wryly. ”One must be patient if he expects to get what he wants in life." The man leaned back in his seat, the smile still etched on his face as the scene fades.
Once again we open back up and we are in the infamous Room 13 that is still occupied by Ezekiel. The door opens and in walks Dr. Mavetti as Scarlet sits next to the bed, watch some sort of religious network television show.
“Must you insist on watching this garbage day after day?” asked the doctor as he he walked to Ezekiel’s bedside.
“It is helping him heal.” Scarlet simply replied, not looking away from the screen. “I pray for him and so do those people on the TV. He’s made great progress since I returned, you can’t deny that fact.”
“It isn’t your presence that has helped him heal, girl. It is his will to live and recover. Don’t try and turn this into some miracle.”
Scarlet turned towards the doctor and stood up. “Believe what you want and I will believe what I want. Why are you in here anyways, his check up isn’t for another 45 minutes.”
“Being a doctor in this hospital means I can come and go as I please, but I do have a reason. Ezekiel has visitors. I think you will be delighted to meet them.”
The scene fades to a caption stating ‘Earlier in The Day’ before opening onto the possibly long forgotten apartment that War & Peace shared with Xavier. We are at the front steps to the apartment as we see a man walking up the stairs and knocking on the door. He is dressed in a black and green hoodie with black jeans and green shoes. There is a large logo similar to the symobl for ‘Daredevil’ printed onto the back of the sweater. After a few knocks the door opens and in walks the man.
“Hello?” he says a few times as he cautiously walks through the house, hands in his pockets. “If no one is here, who opened the damn door?” He stills walks through the house before a voice startles him.
“You must be in the infamous D, right?” the man turns around to see another man with a salt and pepper beard standing in the doorway to the room. “We’ve been expecting you.”
The man pulls his hands out of his packets and points a finger at the bearded fellow. “You scared the shit outta me, old man. And my name is David. I hate when Xavier calls me D. And I only see one person, so who is ‘we’?” David made the finger quotations in the air as the bearded turned away from the room. “Get back here, old man. Don’t and play all Confucius with me. I don’t time for this crap. I’m like 3,000 miles from home and only doing this because Xavier is a friend.” As David protested the man leaving, he followed him while talking. As David turns into the other room he stops in his tracks as he comes almost face to face with a beautiful Brazilian woman.
“My name is Nikolle, this is Kristoff. We are the people that Xavier sent you to meet.” The woman was gorgeous. David had a hard time concentrating. “We are going to help Ezekiel recover faster and give him more training so he can continue a quest for revenge once he is healthy. Does it make sense now?”
David slightly nodded. “My name is David. I was sent to make sure that psycho slut doesn’t mess up anything else. Looks we got ourselves a tripod.” David smiled as the other two looked confused.
“Tripod.” Kristoff mumbled, not understanding.
“Yeah.” said David, excitedly. “Haven’t you ever seen 'The Girl Next Door’. Three legs of the tripod. If one leaves.. oh nevermind. You guys wanna head to the hospital or what?”
“Yes, let us be on our way.” said Kristoff, heading towards the door.
As Kristoff and Nikolle exited the room David simply mumbles “Where in the hell does he find these people?” He exits as well as the scene goes to black. When we come back we see the Tripod heading towards the hospital entrance and they stop at the check-in desk. The receptionist looks as the Kristoff and Nikolle talk amongst themselves.
“Hey, lady. My name is David and I am looking for Room 13.” says David, while eying his two new friends curiously.
“It’s right down that hallway, sir.” replies the nurse, pointing off to the left.
“Thank you, ma’am.” he says, turning towards the direction she pointed as Kristoff and Nikolle follow his lead. “Are you two going to involve me in this little conversation or am I just playing tour guide?”
“Be patient, boy.” said Kristoff, rather sharply. “We’ve been sent to help Ezekiel, not entertain you. You’ll find out all that is needed.” Kristoff then turned off down the hall where the receptionist pointed as Nikolle stood briefly to speak with David.
“He means well, David.” she said calmly. “He is just more business than pleasure.”
“What about you then, sweetheart?” he said, smiling. “Business or pleasure?”
Nikolle smiled slightly before turning down the hallway without answering as the scene fades. We open back up to the car with Marek and his 'buddies’. The doors open and one of the bodyguards grabs Marek by the arm and guides him out of the car. Once on flat ground, Marek yanks his arm away.
“I can walk fine on my own. Can I take the blindfold off yet?” asked Marek, growing more agitated. “I’ve played enough of your games.”
”One trait you lack is patience, young man.” replied the promoter. “I have one last favor to ask you and then you can see your sister.”
The men began to walk with Marek in the middle.
“What is it?” questioned Marek.
”I will ask it when we get to the spot. Just comply and all of this will be over.”
Marek scoffed at the man but continued walking. After a short walk the promoter turned towards Marek as they all stopped walking.
”We are here.” said the promoter.
One of the bodyguards grabs Marek’s arm and jerks him forward.
”Get on your knees, boy.”
“What? No, that doesn’t make any sense. This isn’t part of the deal.”
”Focus!” shouted the man. “I am not asking for sexual favors. Do you want to see your sister or not!”[/i]
Marek hesitates but takes a deep breath and lowers himself to his knees.
”Your search for your sister is finally over.”
The promoter reaches forward and pulls off Marek’s blindfold. Marek quickly recoils in shock as he finds himself mere inches from a headstone bearing his sister’s name.
“What is the meaning of this?” shouted Marek. As he goes to get his feet, he is quickly knocked down by one of the bodyguards, who is now holding a silenced pistol.
”Take it easy.” the promoter says, squatting down over Marek. “You were warned when you showed back up here to stop digging. But, you wouldn’t listen.” The promoter put his hand out and the bodyguard puts the pistol into his hand. He begins to pull back the hammer when all of a sudden a dull thud is heard and the promoter falls to the ground. We see a shovel lying next to him, the end bloody and then chaos erupts as we see that it is Xavier Bryan.
“Not on my watch, kid!” says Xavier as the two bodyguards lunge at him. He fights back but is quickly restrained as one of the guards grabs the shovel. He readies himself to swing but Xavier kicks him in the gut and wrestles his arms away from the other guard and flips him to the ground. Marek is slowly struggling to his feet as the guard with the shovel runs at him. Marek swiftly drops and kicks the man in the knee, sending him face first into a headstone. Xavier grabs the guard from the ground and nails a few punches to the head before grabbing him by the neck and whipping into another headstone. Both men lay motionless as Marek gets to his feet, eyes wide, not expecting Xavier to show up.
“Where did you come from?” asked Marek, rubbing his head.
“I’ve been tracking you for the past month or so. Didn’t want to interfere whatever you had going on.” replied Xavier. “But, I couldn’t just stand by and see you get snuffed out.”
Marek nods and then picks up the pistol that the promoter dropped after Xavier threw the shovel at him. Marek looks it over before making eye contact with Xavier then looking at the promoter.
“Don’t do it, kid. We are going to head back Los Angeles and you won’t have to deal with this anymore.” Xavier pleaded as he put his hand out for the gun.
“He murdered my sister.” Marek said.
“You don’t know that, kid. You don’t want this guys life on your hands. Give me the gun.”
Even though the gun was pointed at the promoter, he slowly rose to his feet, blood dripping from his jaw where the shovel had connected.
”That girl got what she deserved.” he says, obviously in pain as he speaks slowly but deliberately. ”She was nosey, just like you. Just a dumb waitress who saw something she wasn’t supposed to see." He pointed at Xavier, upset at his interference. ”If you hadn’t interfered, life could on as if nothing happened. You’re actions will cost you sooner or later.
Marek pulls the hammer back this time and it clicks in place. “You’re actions have already cost you.”
Xavier quickly stands in front of the gun. “Don’t do it, Marek. It isn’t worth it. Give me the damn gun.”
Marek thinks it over before releasing the hammer and pressing the gun into Xavier’s hand.
“Good choice, kid.” Xavier says, relieved.
“If this comes back to bite me, I will blame you.” Marek said, his voice still tense. “I hope your right about this.” Marek then turns and walks down the path in the cemetery.
“I’m not going to be wrong, kid. Trust me.”
Xavier begins walking down the path but is interrupted by the promoter.
“You have no idea what you’ve done, the Yak---” the promoter is quickly cut off by Xavier quickly stepping close to him and grabbing him by the throat. He places the pistol barrel into the man’s stomach.
“This ends here. Trust me.” 3 quick silenced shots later and the man is lying on the ground next to his unconscious friends. He puts the pistol into his jacket and walks off down the path after Marek as the scene fades. The scene opens and we are back in Room 13 where we left Dr. Mavetti telling Scarlet that they had visitors. The Doctor opens the door and in walk David, Kristoff, and Nikolle. David looks at Scarlet immediately.
“Ahh.. you must be the girlfriend.” David said with a smile on his face. “Well, this is Kristoff and Nikolle. Let’s just say that the healing process just got a little quicker." Scarlet begins to say something but David puts his hand up. “Not now, toots. We got work to do.” The scene fades for the last time as David sits down next to Ezekiel and Dr. Mavetti leaves the room.