Absolution

[Chase Michaels]

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Location: Dallas, Texas
Time: Several Days ago
Off Camera

The scene opens on park in Dallas Texas, I'm sitting on a bench looking out over the park, I'm dressed in my usual gear, Black Hoodie with my Saints cut over the top, a pair of jeans along with a pair of black modern military boots. Red is sitting just off to one side of me dressed in her usual gear a pair of tight red leather trousers, black leather thigh high boots, a red and black leather jacket.

Chase: Thing got a little hectic last week didn't they?

She smiles at me.

Red: Yeah they did... I need to ask...

Chase: I did I go out there to attack Nitro... Honestly I don't really know why I went out there other than he paid me to be out there... So whether he thought I would be in the ring with Robinson and our old rivalry would spark up again and we would be more concerned about each other than about him... Or whether he thought Robinson would see me there and be more concerned about me than him... I guess we'll never know...

Red: I think it's safe to say that you're not sorry for what you did?

Chase: Of course I'm not... He laid his hands on me and I made him pay for it... Had Robinson laid his hands on me then he would have been the one I laid out...

Red: I thought so... I want you to know that no matter what happens I have your back and so does Connors... Speaking of Connors I heard things are being settled between you and Aeryn... At least financially?

Chase: Yeah... I still think I love her but...

Red: You can't get that image of her and your best friend out of your head... No matter how you try you just can't forget that...

Chase: We've been through a lot... God knows she's taken the brunt of it but despite the way I live my life I've never cheated on her... I've never even be tempted to...

Red: Wow...

I look at her and smile.

Chase: Yeah I know with my being a biker and a supposed bad boy... I've never even been tempted to cheat on her and I don't think I ever would... But then she goes and sleeps with my best friend... I know I wasn't there but I wasn't there as I was trying to protect her...

I look at Red and can't help by smile...

Red: What?

Chase: I'm used to keeping things to myself but with you... I don't know I feel I could tell you anything...

She blushes as she smiles back at me.

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Location: Dallas, Texas
Time: Present Day
On Camera

The scene opens on a gutted and abandoned factory on the outskirts of Dallas Texas, I'm standing in front of a fire contained inside an old oil drum, I'm dressed in my usual gear, Black Hoodie with my Saints cut over the top, a pair of jeans along with a pair of black modern military boots. Red is standing just off to one side behind me dressed in her usual gear a pair of tight red leather trousers, black leather thigh high boots, a red and black leather jacket with her hooded red cloak over the top.

Chase: Welcome to Dallas Texas... Welcome to Timebomb... I guess it's fitting that I'm set to face Seifer at Timebomb... Every wrestling promotion we've been in we've always been at each others throats... Ever since he was one of the crusaders that tried to stand against myself and my fellow Wolves in the WolfPack... Back then we were dominate no one not Seifer Black, not even the mighty Matthew Robinson could stand in our way...

I stand staring at the flames as their light lights up the surrounding area...

Chase: It's funny Seifer is always going about how he apologised to me for what he did... But what he did... Apologises just don't cut it... You crucified my pregnant ex-fiancée live on national television... You and the crazy dead bitch Shelley...

I stand staring into the flames again remembering the night, remembering feeling helpless as Seifer and Shelley crucified Aeryn who was pregnant with my child... I also remember what happened after as they're was a major complication with the birth and both Aeryn's life and that of our baby was put into extreme jeopardy.

Chase: You really think anything you could say or do will make up for what you did that night... You can blame Shelley all you want... But you could of stopped her... Was it out of anger or just pure jealously that you decided to do it... Huh?

I stand and look at the camera with both my hands clenched in hatred.

Chase: The doctors said we lost the baby just to unforeseen complications... But in my eyes... It was because of what you and Shelley did that night... So you want to say I'm petty... You bet I'm good damn petty... You didn't have to deal with the aftermath of what you did... I did and I still do to this very day... You're a scar burned into my skin... Every day I wake up hoping to forget what happened but everyday I'm confronted by the same memories burned into my brain... Not only that but Aeryn was never the same after that... Every day I looked into her eyes and I saw the same pain that I felt... She lost a big part of herself that day... A part that no amount of apologises from you could ever replace... You see you claim to be an archangel... But you're nothing but a scum sucking demon... You stole the life of my unborn child, you stole part of someone I will love to the day I die...

I run my hand through my hair and massage the back of neck.

Chase: Answer me this Seifer truthfully... When Chelsea was pregnant with Shelley and someone not on endangered Chelsea's life but that of Shelley would you be able to ever forgive them?

I look into the camera lens with hatred burning in my eyes..

Chase: If you said that you would find be able to find a way to forgive them then you're even more full of shit than I thought... Either that or Chelsea and Shelley don't mean that much to you as I thought...

I look down at my Saints cut.

Chase: Being brought up the way I was, living the life I live, I've always lived by the saying you put one of ours in the hospital we put two of yours in the morgue... You not only put one of the most important people in my life in the hospital you put one of them in the morgue... So what do you think I'm going to do to you? For me nothing you can do or say will ever be enough for me to be able to forgive you... You can call me a petty excuse for a human being but you really need to look in the mirror when you say that... People say the greatest revenge is to be able to turn your cheek and forgive the person that wronged you... For me the greatest revenge is knowing the for the rest of your life you'll constantly be looking over your shoulder, every time you hear a bump in the night you'll be wondering no praying that it's not me come to take my revenge on you... Cause trust me Seifer there is come a day whenever I will get my revenge on you... And it's going to get bloody... People might ask why don't I get my revenge on you in the middle of the ring... While that may give me a feel good moment to know I've taken something from you... I know it's not going to ever be enough for us to be even... I'm going to continue to take things away from you... Until I feel it's the right time for me... To take everything from you...

I look directly into the camera.

Chase: But don't worry I'm not like you... I wouldn't hurt someone innocent as Shelley... She doesn't know the type of monster she calls daddy.. I've done some pretty despicable things in my life... Some things that have marked me to my soul but I've never set out to hurt someone so innocent as pregnant woman and her unborn child... That's something you can't say... You're constantly seeking forgiveness for what you did... You're seeking absolution for what you done... But I want you to hear me loud in clear... For what you did... You'll get no absolution from me and if it was up to me whatever higher power you believe in would not be able to offer you absolution cause what you did... You should never be able to forget or be forgiven.... I sincerely hope that you're haunted for the rest of your life by what you've done... Cause I know Aeryn will be and I know I will certainly will... You took from us one of the most precious things on this earth, more precious than money, more precious than diamonds... Something that can never be replaced or forgotten... So for you there should never be forgiveness... For you there should never be absolution... Only fear and dread... Cause if you have never believed anything I've ever said then you need to believe me when I say, every time you feel happiness when your in the company of Chelsea and Shelley and you feel safe I want you to remember... No I want you to be haunted by the fact that I will be waiting in the shadows to exact my revenge for what you did...

I pause for a second as I feel Red gently brush her hand against mine.

Chase: But this week isn't about revenge it's about the WCF World Title... It's about moving on in the tournament and getting a shot at Fly... At least that's what it's meant to be... Cause my whole career I've had things taken from me... Not only in my personal life but also in my career... In WWA a place where I first got my big break... Ric Reaper and myself had that WWA World Tag Team titles taken away from us cause we were too good for the opposition they tried to stop us with... We went into the WWA record book as the Undefeated WWA Tag Team Champions... And it wasn't cause they wanted to get rid of the titles like you see nowadays... No it was because no one could beat us... Then I went on into singles competition where I was crowned the number one contender for the WWA World Title but that was taken away from me when the company closed it's doors... Then we skip forward to NWA... Where I ended the undefeated streak of Messiah by beating him for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship only for it to be taken away from me by backstage politics... Then I defied the critics and went on to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship again only to have it snatched away from me and then I was never given a my one on one rematch for the title... Now I know most people would consider that I'm whining on about the hardships I've faced... But the reason why I bring them up is cause I want people to understand why I'm going to start taking things from people... Like when I not only take Seifer's chance at winning the World Heavyweight Championship but when I take away his chance at getting revenge on Johnny Fly... Or should I say his chance at trying but failing to get revenge on Johnny Fly...

A smirk comes across my face.

Chase: You know that night when you lost to Johnny Fly and were gone from WCF for that while... I want to say it was the happiest period in my WCF career but it was my most enjoyable as I was free from having to hear you prattle on about one thing or another... And as bad as things got for me I still had the warm thing that at least I had my job unlike your pathetic and unemployed arse... I bet deep down it stung your sense of manhood, I mean as sexist as it sound for a man to be able to provide for his family is a pretty important role... But you couldn't even do that could you Seifer, you put not only your career on the line against Fly but you also put your ability to be able to provide for your family on the line and you failed... So you not only failed yourself but you failed your family... And I bet it stung to have to rely on Chelsea to bring in the money so you were able to provide for yourself and Shelley? Although I suppose you're used to it now... It's quite obvious that you're no longer the bread winner in your family are you Seifer? Cause it's quite obvious that it's Chelsea who is the bread winner... Cause unlike you she hasn't completely failed at everything she's tried to do here in WCF... I mean you failed to with the Tag Team Championships with Robinson and then you failed not only at winning the World Heavyweight Title but you also failed as you lost your job as well!

Another smirk comes across my face.

Chase: Now I know people might think that's a bit ironic coming from me but lets face it, I'm nothing but a loser here in WCF but at least I've only being letting myself down... You've been letting down not only yourself but Shelley and Chelsea... And for someone as high and mighty as you I bet that stings... To know that you not only failed yourself but you failed the two ones you loved... You were goaded into putting your career on the line and you were foolish enough to accept... I know there's the whole risk against reward scenario but you let your greed rule... You put not only your well being on the line but that of Shelley and Chelsea... I mean what if Chelsea wasn't able to bring in enough money to look after all three of you? It wouldn't of been her fault it would have been your fault not hers...

I pause as I look into the camera

Chase: You're nothing but a self obsessed shell of a man... You put your needs for fame and glory above the well being of those you love... As much of a despicable degenerate I am I've always put the needs of those I love above my own needs... As selfish and self obsessed as I'm known to be I've always been man enough to put the needs of the ones I loved above my own... You see for me it's always been about what is best for those I love, like it should be for any man that considers himself a real man... But then there's the boys that claim to be a real man when they're nothing but posers as all they can see is themselves and what is beat for themselves rather than what is best for those that rely on them... You're not a real man Seifer... Your nothing but a boy in a man's body...

I pause for a second as I watch the flames dance.

Chase: Seifer you claim that you are going to win... You act like it's your right... Well guess what...

I look at the camera lens.

Chase: I'm the Lone Wolf... And I'll tear your damn throat out if I have to before I bow to you or anyone... For me this is not just business this is personal... As I don't care about the World Title... I don't care about advancing in the tournament... What I care about is taking away your chance to make up for your short comings by preventing you from advancing in the tournament... By take away your chance at getting revenge on Fly... About taking away your opportunity at the World Heavyweight Championship... So if you thought I was just going to bow out because it's your destiny or your fate to move on in this tournament

I look direct into the camera with a cold stare.

Chase: You'll be DEAD wrong... I've come here for a fight... I don't care if I win or lose... All I've ever cared about providing for me and mine... So be warned when you step in the ring with me the biggest mistake of your life will be to underestimate me and think I'll roll over and play dead... And the message that will be heard won't be the one you want as it will remain the same I send out every time I step in that ring ... I'm the King of My World... So do what ever you want... Say whatever you want... It doesn't matter to me cause come Slam the hunt is on... And it's survive if I let you!

I lift up a bucket of water and toss it over the fire so that we're enveloped by the darkness...

Chase: See you soon Stifler!

We walk away as Weight Beneath My Sin by Five Finger Death Punch can be heard.



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