Post by EZRA on Jun 16, 2010 6:44:41 GMT -5
The band is officially back together. As the physical wounds are healing, the emotional wounds shall start to heal as well. Marek was so overcome with emotion that he couldn’t even talk when he was visiting Ezekiel. The man who doesn’t speak much in the first place was rendered speechless. Also, we saw the point behind the mysterious arrival of Kristoff and Nikolle. Seems like Ezekiel will be adding some new things to his arsenal upon his return. And he made it clear that he fully intends to return and seek his revenge on those who wronged him. But, will that include Scarlet because it seems our Boy Wonder is still oblivious to the fact that Scarlet helped cause his injuries. Speaking of the witch, she was found talking on her phone and quickly hung up when David confronted her. What is she hiding? Could he possibly be making things worse then they already are? As for David he issued Scarlet a warning that if Xavier wishes, he can make her disappear if she doesn’t mind her Ps & Qs. Things seem to be getting more and more interesting as we go along, let’s see what’s in store for our group now.
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The scene opens up and we are in Ezekiel’s hospital room. It looks more empty with the cards and balloons taken down. A small bag sits next to the bed. Ezekiel is in his bed, looking at the TV which seems to be playing another training video similar to the ‘Muay Thai 101' except this one is showing how to apply various submissions. Slowly, the door opens and Ezekiel slightly turns his head to see Kristoff and Nikolle enter the room. He turns back toward the TV and pauses it before adjusting his bed so he is sitting up.
“I see you are doing much better, young man.” says Kristoff. He stops a few feet short of the bed and strokes his thick white beard. “I also see that you are enjoying the videos we put together.”
“You made these?” Ezekiel asked, surprise in his tone. “Xavier didn’t tell me that.”
“Well, we weren’t actually supposed to meet.” said Nikolle, stepping forward and placing her hand on the bed railing. “Xavier didn’t want us to get any personal attachment by seeing you all scarred up.”
“But we weren’t going to leave without meeting the infamous Iron Man.” said Kristoff. “You’ve inspired both, young man. You’ve come a long way from where you were a year ago.”
Ezekiel nods solemnly.
“Our presence is no longer needed and we both wish you a speedy recovery.” Nikolle says and she leans in and kisses him on the cheek. “We’ll be watching you, Zeke. We are all hoping you can get back to 100%.”
“Good luck, kid.” says Kristoff as the pair turn towards the door. As they exit, Dr. Mavetti enters with a wheelchair. Dr. Mavetti smiles as he stops the chair next to the bed.
“I have good news, Ezekiel.” says the doctor as he walks over and flips off the TV and ejects the disk. He continues speaking to Ezekiel as he puts the disc inside of a case. “Because of your improving condition we are taking you out of the ICU.”
Ezekiel slowly tries to sit up without the aid of his bed. “Why can’t I go home?”
The doctor frowns as he stuffs the case into the small bag next to the bed. “Because your surgeries are not yet done, my boy. We still need to fix the damage done to your eye.” Dr. Mavetti then helps Ezekiel sit up and dangle his legs over the side of the bed.
Ezekiel slowly puts his hand up and rubs his right eye. He sighs as he feels the scar tissue surrounding it. “I had gotten so used to it, I forgot it was damaged.” He manages to say in a raspy voice.
“We also want to keep an eye on your throat. Make sure your speaking doesn’t cause any damage to the surgeries that were done.” As he is speaking, the doctor puts Ezekiel’s arm over his shoulder and helps him into the wheelchair next to the bed.
“This is so irritating, doc.” he says, easing into the chair. “I feel so helpless.”
“That’s par for the course, son. You’ve been through a lot over this last year. Just be patient, and everything will fall into place. I’m sure Scarlet has said this plenty of times to you but it might help hearing it from someone a little more sane. Just have faith, my boy. Everything has its purpose.”
Ezekiel half smiles as the doctor places the small bag in his lap and begins to wheel him from the room as the scene fades. We open back up to Marek sitting at the dining room table in the massive apartment that belongs to Xavier and Crew. He sips at a glass filled with what looks to be lemonade. The stairs behind him creak as someone out of view begins to descend them. Marek slightly turns his head to see who it is as Scarlet comes into view. Marek sighs and returns to his drink.
“Are you still mad at me, Marek?” Scarlet says as she digs into the fridge and pulls out some milk. She turns to the cabinet and pulls out a bowl and cereal. She prepares her little meal while continuing to talk to Marek. “You won’t even listen to my side of the story. You just believed what Xavier told you. Will you listen to me, please?”
Marek sets down his class after a drink and wipes his mouth. “Look, Scarlet. Xavier is like a father-figure to me and I saw the tape several times. Even if it was an accident, you left the ring with them.”
“They made me, Marek.” Scarlet replied back. “They threatened me if I didn’t leave. Raenius threatened me when the camera were focused on Osiris putting out the fire. That’s why you don’t see it.”
“Yes. I am sure that is exactly what happened. Should we look over the tape again?”
Scarlet nods as she answers. “Yes, so you see what really happened.”
Marek smiles slightly as he gets to his feet and heads into the office where Xavier’s computer sits among other things like David Dace’s ‘Match of the Year’ Award from HSW, the original GIW Tag Team titles that were given to War & Peace, and other pieces of Xavier and Crews wrestling history. Marek sits down at the computer as Scarlet stands behind him and slightly off to the side, eating her cereal. Marek begins typing the word ‘youtube’ into the search bar. After the homepage pops up he types in ‘Ezekiel Pax Gets Burned’ and Scarlet frowns behind him.
“I’m sure a different search term could have been used.” she says, sort of frowning.
“This one will bring up the most efficient result.” he replies.
A moment after he hits the enter key, a bevy of results come up all with similar names involving Ezekiel getting burned. Marek clicks the first option since he matches his search term word for word. A bit later the video begins loading and Scarlet sets down the half empty cereal bowl and watches with her hand over her mouth, knowing what is to come. The video begins right before the end of the match.
Vinegar: The High Flyer is up on the turnbuckle, letting Raenius get to his feet, leaping off, FULL FRONTAL! Raenius catches Zeke in mid air with that move! Cover, 1 2 3!
Mitchell: Here is your winner, The Resident Evil, RAENIIIIIIIUUUS!!
Hanson: Yes! That's what I'm talking about!
Vinegar: Raenius continuing to rain punches down onto Ezekiel's face, lefts and rights, stiff blows. Is this necessary?
Hanson: Of course it is! Finish him!
Vinegar: Raenius backing up, signaling for another Full Frontal, he runs right into a knee from Ezekiel.
Hanson: NO, he can't kill you if you keep kneeing him in the face!
Vinegar: Ezekiel going to bounce off the ropes, Dirge has come out of the crowd! He trips Zeke!
Hanson: Now THIS man knows how to kill a nigga!
Raenius lifts Ezekiel knee's him the gut. Dirge bounds off the ropes, and Raenius goes from the opposite side.
Hanson: VAE VICTUS!!
Just before Ezekiel is about to be broken in half, he falls to the side either from skill or exhaustion. Raenius and Dirge manage to miss each other. Ezekiel scrambles to his feet and nails the Decapitation on Raenius, causing him to stumble back into the corner. He nails a weakened High Beam on Dirge, temporarily knocking the big man down. Ezekiel backs into a corner and makes a 'slit-throat' motion as Raenius steps closer. Ezekiel inhales just as Scarlet tosses the flask from earlier into the ring right at..
Vinegar: What the--
Hanson: Dumb bitch can't throw!
Raenius catches the flask, quickly downs some beverage and just as Ezekiel unleashes the fireball, Raenius spits the liquid back at Ezekiel, causing the fireball to backfire, setting Ezekiel on fire from his chest to his face. Raenius' mask is on fire and Raenius drops to the mat and rolls to the ring as Ezekiel thrashes like a fish out of water.
Vinegar: Oh. My. GOD!
Hanson: Trademark Fail! Trademark Fail!
Ezekiel continues to thrash inside the ring, while Raenius thrashes outside. Dirge places some careful but hard boots to Ezekiel's head and body.
Hanson: Hahahaha! He's 'stomping' him out!
Raenius seems to struggle with the mask before throwing it the ground and he swiftly scrambles backward, back against the railing looking confused. Scarlet rushes to Raenius' side.
Hanson: Ha! Never trust teenagers.
Vinegar: What is the meaning of this?
Suddenly, Osiris rushes down the ramp and grabs a fire extinguisher from under the ring. He slides in, pushes Dirge to the side and sprays Ezekiel til the fire is gone. He tosses the fire extinguisher down and looks at Dirge. Dirge just stares past Osiris, smiling wryly at Ezekiel.
Vinegar: Dirge could've put Ezekiel out..
Hanson: He just didn't want to.
Vinegar: What a bastard!
Dirge's face switches to a grimace and he stares down Osiris as referees tend to Ezekiel.
Vinegar: This is no time for a staredown, guys.
Scarlet helps Raenius to his feet as Syn and Nyx come down to the ring and aid in getting Raenius to the back, his face red and blotchy from the heat. Scarlet holds up the right side, as Syn holds up the left as Nyx stomps out the mask and picks it up, following the others up the ramp. As they head up the ramp Scarlet looks back at the ring at Ezekiel with a worried look on her face.
“See, look right there.” Scarlet quickly blurts out as the video ends. “If it wasn’t an accident, why would I look back to see if he was okay?”
“If it was an accident, you should have been in the ring checking on Ezekiel, not helping his enemy up the ramp.”
Scarlet sighs. “I told you, Marek. They threatened me. You just can’t see it on camera.”
“I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt here. Eventually, the truth will come out and then me and Ezekiel are going to take out that damned Covenant.” Marek gets up from the computer chair and heads back towards the kitchen. He takes his seat back in front of his drink.
“Actually, I wanted to talk to you about that.” she says, sitting across from Marek.
“About what?”
“About wrestling again. You don’t have to wait for Ezekiel. He wrestled without you, so why not return the favor.”
“I’m not leaving Ezekiel behind, if that is what you’re trying to do.”
“That isn’t what I am asking at all. You know you’ve been dying to get back into the ring ever since you came back to the States. You’re only fooling yourself by not getting back in there.”
“War & Peace is a tag team, it wouldn’t feel right being in there without Ezekiel.”
“You saw the old videos of Ezekiel on his own, right? He wasn’t anything like he was when you were teaming together, was he?”
Marek thinks about it for a second. “I guess you’re right. He sort of re-invented himself. What’s your point?”
“That’s what you need to do. Re-invent yourself.”
“How?”
Scarlet reaches across the table and puts Marek’s hands inside hers. “I know exactly what you need.. Ryujin.”
Marek rips his hands from hers and jumps to her feet. “What are you trying to do, Scarlet? Where did you hear that name?”
Scarlet smiles and gets to her feet and slowly walks toward Marek. “Don’t worry about that.. Ryujin. Just think, with a name like that you could be anything. You’re the fastest wrestler to ever step foot in the ring, why sit here with Xavier and David and reminisce about the ‘old days’? Why not get back in there and show the world that you can handle your own?”
Marek has a look of anger and frustration on his face. After a moment his face returns to normal. “You do have a decent point, Scarlet. But, I can’t go back to where I used to be.”
“Why not? You’re not known anywhere else?”
“That’s part of it. If I am going to make an impact, I need a fresh crowd. Plus, Dirge and Raenius aren’t even there anymore. They’ve moved on so I need to as well.”
“What do you have in mind?”
Marek smiles slightly as the scene fades. We open back up to Ezekiel’s hospital room and David is sitting next to the bed.
“Yeah, Xavier called me earlier today.” he says to Ezekiel who is sitting up in bed. “Apparently he told him he doesn’t want to go back to UGWC.”
“Where is he going then? I thought he was going to wait. I still have 3 or 4 months until I can get back into a ring, if not longer.”
“We don’t know yet. He hung up after he said that, but that isn’t even the part that worries us, kid.”
“What are you talking about?”
“He took Scarlet with him, Zeke. We think she is influencing him.”
The look on Ezekiel’s face changes to worry as he places his head in his hands. After a moment he looks back up. “Wherever he is going, whoever he is going against.. they have no idea what is coming.”
David nods in agreement before pulling out his cell phone and punching the keys then placing it to his ear.
“Any word yet?” he says. “Alright, bro. Try and keep us posted. I’ll see if I can make some calls.”
David hands up the phone as the scene fades.
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The scene opens up and we are in Ezekiel’s hospital room. It looks more empty with the cards and balloons taken down. A small bag sits next to the bed. Ezekiel is in his bed, looking at the TV which seems to be playing another training video similar to the ‘Muay Thai 101' except this one is showing how to apply various submissions. Slowly, the door opens and Ezekiel slightly turns his head to see Kristoff and Nikolle enter the room. He turns back toward the TV and pauses it before adjusting his bed so he is sitting up.
“I see you are doing much better, young man.” says Kristoff. He stops a few feet short of the bed and strokes his thick white beard. “I also see that you are enjoying the videos we put together.”
“You made these?” Ezekiel asked, surprise in his tone. “Xavier didn’t tell me that.”
“Well, we weren’t actually supposed to meet.” said Nikolle, stepping forward and placing her hand on the bed railing. “Xavier didn’t want us to get any personal attachment by seeing you all scarred up.”
“But we weren’t going to leave without meeting the infamous Iron Man.” said Kristoff. “You’ve inspired both, young man. You’ve come a long way from where you were a year ago.”
Ezekiel nods solemnly.
“Our presence is no longer needed and we both wish you a speedy recovery.” Nikolle says and she leans in and kisses him on the cheek. “We’ll be watching you, Zeke. We are all hoping you can get back to 100%.”
“Good luck, kid.” says Kristoff as the pair turn towards the door. As they exit, Dr. Mavetti enters with a wheelchair. Dr. Mavetti smiles as he stops the chair next to the bed.
“I have good news, Ezekiel.” says the doctor as he walks over and flips off the TV and ejects the disk. He continues speaking to Ezekiel as he puts the disc inside of a case. “Because of your improving condition we are taking you out of the ICU.”
Ezekiel slowly tries to sit up without the aid of his bed. “Why can’t I go home?”
The doctor frowns as he stuffs the case into the small bag next to the bed. “Because your surgeries are not yet done, my boy. We still need to fix the damage done to your eye.” Dr. Mavetti then helps Ezekiel sit up and dangle his legs over the side of the bed.
Ezekiel slowly puts his hand up and rubs his right eye. He sighs as he feels the scar tissue surrounding it. “I had gotten so used to it, I forgot it was damaged.” He manages to say in a raspy voice.
“We also want to keep an eye on your throat. Make sure your speaking doesn’t cause any damage to the surgeries that were done.” As he is speaking, the doctor puts Ezekiel’s arm over his shoulder and helps him into the wheelchair next to the bed.
“This is so irritating, doc.” he says, easing into the chair. “I feel so helpless.”
“That’s par for the course, son. You’ve been through a lot over this last year. Just be patient, and everything will fall into place. I’m sure Scarlet has said this plenty of times to you but it might help hearing it from someone a little more sane. Just have faith, my boy. Everything has its purpose.”
Ezekiel half smiles as the doctor places the small bag in his lap and begins to wheel him from the room as the scene fades. We open back up to Marek sitting at the dining room table in the massive apartment that belongs to Xavier and Crew. He sips at a glass filled with what looks to be lemonade. The stairs behind him creak as someone out of view begins to descend them. Marek slightly turns his head to see who it is as Scarlet comes into view. Marek sighs and returns to his drink.
“Are you still mad at me, Marek?” Scarlet says as she digs into the fridge and pulls out some milk. She turns to the cabinet and pulls out a bowl and cereal. She prepares her little meal while continuing to talk to Marek. “You won’t even listen to my side of the story. You just believed what Xavier told you. Will you listen to me, please?”
Marek sets down his class after a drink and wipes his mouth. “Look, Scarlet. Xavier is like a father-figure to me and I saw the tape several times. Even if it was an accident, you left the ring with them.”
“They made me, Marek.” Scarlet replied back. “They threatened me if I didn’t leave. Raenius threatened me when the camera were focused on Osiris putting out the fire. That’s why you don’t see it.”
“Yes. I am sure that is exactly what happened. Should we look over the tape again?”
Scarlet nods as she answers. “Yes, so you see what really happened.”
Marek smiles slightly as he gets to his feet and heads into the office where Xavier’s computer sits among other things like David Dace’s ‘Match of the Year’ Award from HSW, the original GIW Tag Team titles that were given to War & Peace, and other pieces of Xavier and Crews wrestling history. Marek sits down at the computer as Scarlet stands behind him and slightly off to the side, eating her cereal. Marek begins typing the word ‘youtube’ into the search bar. After the homepage pops up he types in ‘Ezekiel Pax Gets Burned’ and Scarlet frowns behind him.
“I’m sure a different search term could have been used.” she says, sort of frowning.
“This one will bring up the most efficient result.” he replies.
A moment after he hits the enter key, a bevy of results come up all with similar names involving Ezekiel getting burned. Marek clicks the first option since he matches his search term word for word. A bit later the video begins loading and Scarlet sets down the half empty cereal bowl and watches with her hand over her mouth, knowing what is to come. The video begins right before the end of the match.
Vinegar: The High Flyer is up on the turnbuckle, letting Raenius get to his feet, leaping off, FULL FRONTAL! Raenius catches Zeke in mid air with that move! Cover, 1 2 3!
Mitchell: Here is your winner, The Resident Evil, RAENIIIIIIIUUUS!!
Hanson: Yes! That's what I'm talking about!
Vinegar: Raenius continuing to rain punches down onto Ezekiel's face, lefts and rights, stiff blows. Is this necessary?
Hanson: Of course it is! Finish him!
Vinegar: Raenius backing up, signaling for another Full Frontal, he runs right into a knee from Ezekiel.
Hanson: NO, he can't kill you if you keep kneeing him in the face!
Vinegar: Ezekiel going to bounce off the ropes, Dirge has come out of the crowd! He trips Zeke!
Hanson: Now THIS man knows how to kill a nigga!
Raenius lifts Ezekiel knee's him the gut. Dirge bounds off the ropes, and Raenius goes from the opposite side.
Hanson: VAE VICTUS!!
Just before Ezekiel is about to be broken in half, he falls to the side either from skill or exhaustion. Raenius and Dirge manage to miss each other. Ezekiel scrambles to his feet and nails the Decapitation on Raenius, causing him to stumble back into the corner. He nails a weakened High Beam on Dirge, temporarily knocking the big man down. Ezekiel backs into a corner and makes a 'slit-throat' motion as Raenius steps closer. Ezekiel inhales just as Scarlet tosses the flask from earlier into the ring right at..
Vinegar: What the--
Hanson: Dumb bitch can't throw!
Raenius catches the flask, quickly downs some beverage and just as Ezekiel unleashes the fireball, Raenius spits the liquid back at Ezekiel, causing the fireball to backfire, setting Ezekiel on fire from his chest to his face. Raenius' mask is on fire and Raenius drops to the mat and rolls to the ring as Ezekiel thrashes like a fish out of water.
Vinegar: Oh. My. GOD!
Hanson: Trademark Fail! Trademark Fail!
Ezekiel continues to thrash inside the ring, while Raenius thrashes outside. Dirge places some careful but hard boots to Ezekiel's head and body.
Hanson: Hahahaha! He's 'stomping' him out!
Raenius seems to struggle with the mask before throwing it the ground and he swiftly scrambles backward, back against the railing looking confused. Scarlet rushes to Raenius' side.
Hanson: Ha! Never trust teenagers.
Vinegar: What is the meaning of this?
Suddenly, Osiris rushes down the ramp and grabs a fire extinguisher from under the ring. He slides in, pushes Dirge to the side and sprays Ezekiel til the fire is gone. He tosses the fire extinguisher down and looks at Dirge. Dirge just stares past Osiris, smiling wryly at Ezekiel.
Vinegar: Dirge could've put Ezekiel out..
Hanson: He just didn't want to.
Vinegar: What a bastard!
Dirge's face switches to a grimace and he stares down Osiris as referees tend to Ezekiel.
Vinegar: This is no time for a staredown, guys.
Scarlet helps Raenius to his feet as Syn and Nyx come down to the ring and aid in getting Raenius to the back, his face red and blotchy from the heat. Scarlet holds up the right side, as Syn holds up the left as Nyx stomps out the mask and picks it up, following the others up the ramp. As they head up the ramp Scarlet looks back at the ring at Ezekiel with a worried look on her face.
“See, look right there.” Scarlet quickly blurts out as the video ends. “If it wasn’t an accident, why would I look back to see if he was okay?”
“If it was an accident, you should have been in the ring checking on Ezekiel, not helping his enemy up the ramp.”
Scarlet sighs. “I told you, Marek. They threatened me. You just can’t see it on camera.”
“I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt here. Eventually, the truth will come out and then me and Ezekiel are going to take out that damned Covenant.” Marek gets up from the computer chair and heads back towards the kitchen. He takes his seat back in front of his drink.
“Actually, I wanted to talk to you about that.” she says, sitting across from Marek.
“About what?”
“About wrestling again. You don’t have to wait for Ezekiel. He wrestled without you, so why not return the favor.”
“I’m not leaving Ezekiel behind, if that is what you’re trying to do.”
“That isn’t what I am asking at all. You know you’ve been dying to get back into the ring ever since you came back to the States. You’re only fooling yourself by not getting back in there.”
“War & Peace is a tag team, it wouldn’t feel right being in there without Ezekiel.”
“You saw the old videos of Ezekiel on his own, right? He wasn’t anything like he was when you were teaming together, was he?”
Marek thinks about it for a second. “I guess you’re right. He sort of re-invented himself. What’s your point?”
“That’s what you need to do. Re-invent yourself.”
“How?”
Scarlet reaches across the table and puts Marek’s hands inside hers. “I know exactly what you need.. Ryujin.”
Marek rips his hands from hers and jumps to her feet. “What are you trying to do, Scarlet? Where did you hear that name?”
Scarlet smiles and gets to her feet and slowly walks toward Marek. “Don’t worry about that.. Ryujin. Just think, with a name like that you could be anything. You’re the fastest wrestler to ever step foot in the ring, why sit here with Xavier and David and reminisce about the ‘old days’? Why not get back in there and show the world that you can handle your own?”
Marek has a look of anger and frustration on his face. After a moment his face returns to normal. “You do have a decent point, Scarlet. But, I can’t go back to where I used to be.”
“Why not? You’re not known anywhere else?”
“That’s part of it. If I am going to make an impact, I need a fresh crowd. Plus, Dirge and Raenius aren’t even there anymore. They’ve moved on so I need to as well.”
“What do you have in mind?”
Marek smiles slightly as the scene fades. We open back up to Ezekiel’s hospital room and David is sitting next to the bed.
“Yeah, Xavier called me earlier today.” he says to Ezekiel who is sitting up in bed. “Apparently he told him he doesn’t want to go back to UGWC.”
“Where is he going then? I thought he was going to wait. I still have 3 or 4 months until I can get back into a ring, if not longer.”
“We don’t know yet. He hung up after he said that, but that isn’t even the part that worries us, kid.”
“What are you talking about?”
“He took Scarlet with him, Zeke. We think she is influencing him.”
The look on Ezekiel’s face changes to worry as he places his head in his hands. After a moment he looks back up. “Wherever he is going, whoever he is going against.. they have no idea what is coming.”
David nods in agreement before pulling out his cell phone and punching the keys then placing it to his ear.
“Any word yet?” he says. “Alright, bro. Try and keep us posted. I’ll see if I can make some calls.”
David hands up the phone as the scene fades.