The Book of eXtreme: Mikey's America; Chapter II

[Mikey eXtreme]

The Return of
Mikey’s America

Chapter II

American Darkness

One of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling had come to Slam and brought it to Pantheon. Mikey eXtreme and Zombie McMorris proved to the world that they are an unbeatable force.

Chelsea Armstrong and Jeff Purse were defeated. Enemies of the state, that Mikey dealt with personally. There wasn’t anything that Mikey wouldn’t do for his America. After all, he was in control, he called the shots.

Moving on from Pantheon, Mikey would find himself in a match with the “almighty” #BeachKrew, the ones in charge of the WCF, and though Mikey had no real problem with them, but they were a problem for him this week.

Wade Moor, the World Heavyweight Champion. Dustin Beaver, the Television Champion. Johnny Rabid & Kyle Kemp, the Tag Team Champions. That brings the total of WCF champions in this match to five.

This was one of the most competitive matches Mikey had ever been in. The only thing that comes close to this moment, was his short stint in the Ultimate Showdown match. The biggest failure of his career. Mikey remembers that night like it was yesterday, his dreams being crushed. The pain was still with him, and though he has recaptured his United States championship, that night was supposed to be so much more.

That was supposed to be the start of a monumental run for The King of Darkness. But instead, it was the beginning of a downfall. It was the week before Scarecrow viciously took him out of action. The next two months were full of doubt, full of anger.. full of rage. Mikey sat there, unable to do the one thing he loved, unable to step inside that ring and destroy whoever was put in front of him.

This was Mikey’s shot to gain even more recognition. If his team could muster out a win, then there would be a new television title, and Mikey planned on taking it home to the darkness. He would hold both the United States and Television championships, something he felt that he deserved. The Television championship has alluded Mikey since he arrived in the WCF. Losing every match that the Television title was placed in.

This was his time, and he would make every second of it count.

Back to the Minors

Mikey eXtreme: New Mexico?

Mikey questioned the location of Slam.

Mikey eXtreme: Why the fuck do I want to travel out there? There’s nothing fucking out that way.

Mikey looks towards Vidalia and Freakshow, they both shrug.

Mikey eXtreme: We don’t need to be out there that long, just long enough to bury these fools.

I’ve already stepped in the ring with Kemp a few times. He’s somebody that doesn’t deserve to live in Mikey’s America. He has a gambling problem. That’s a rule breaker, a cheater. We don’t need those kinds of people in my America.

We need people who will make the country a better place, and hell, Kemp couldn’t even make it out of the minor leagues.. and now he thinks because he has found himself aligned with the #BeachKrew that he’s hit the big time? That he’s in the majors?

Kyle Kemp, you’re horribly mistaken. You don’t belong in that ring with me. You don’t deserve to breathe the same air as me. I am the greatest American hero of your lifetime, hell of your father’s lifetime too. Nothing compares to me, and there is nothing you can do to beat me.

Just look at our previous encounters, Kyle. Sure, that last meeting was a no contest.. but the ref gifted you that fucking match. We had you beat. The Dark Riders had defeated #BeachKrew. Just like we had defeated every other team that ever stepped in that ring with us.

This time will be no different, Kemp. You will step inside that ring with me.. and the rest of these idiots.. and you will not make it out. You will be picked apart like the weak link you are.

Mikey lets out a slight chuckle.

Mikey eXtreme: It’s almost kind of adorable.. a little boy like yourself being carried around by a group of weak minded fools. You think you’re in control.. but you’re not. You think you call the shots.. but nobody calls my shots. Nobody tells the King of Darkness what to do.

Kyle, I’ve given you two chances already. You haven’t taken my advice yet, but here I am offering my words of wisdom once more. I urge you to take this advice, I’m telling you to stay in the back. All you’re going to do is get yourself hurt out there. All you’re going to do is find yourself buried from the neck down.

The King of Darkness and his merry men behind him, torturing your soul for all of eternity. Do you really think the rest of #BeachKrew can protect you, Kyle? Do you? I am all that matters around here. Your true leader, the leader of Mikey’s America.

You step inside that ring with me, Kyle.. and you’re dead. The referee won’t be able to save you this time. Gemini Battle won’t cost me this victory.. I will destroy you. The eXplosion will be disastrous. Your career will be cut short. Your title reign will be done. Johnny Rabid will lose his partner, and the belts shortly after.

Rabies?

Mikey eXtreme: That’s right, Johnny, once your little buddy here is gone. You’re next. You escaped the clutches of the darkness in our last battle, but that was pure luck. Mark my words, Johnny, that luck won’t find you again.

I will hunt it down.. I will destroy it, just like I will destroy your future. Just like I will single handedly destroy the #BitchKrew here on Slam. Sure, it will go down as a victory for Preecha Kamon, Bonnie Blue, and Occulo.. but the world will know that it was the King of Darkness’ doings. That Mikey’s America dropped the bombs on the shores of the #Beach.

Mikey is sitting in the back seat of the van that they take from city to city. Freakshow is behind the wheel, with Vidalia in the passenger seat. The radio is playing some 1950s era radio station, and Elvis Presley can be heard in the background. There is a WCF camera perched on the dashboard, filming the entire ride to New Mexico.

Mikey eXtreme: It’s funny, you know, John. You and Kyle could not defeat the Dark Riders Gang.. but yet you were awarded a tag title shot after that match, and I applaud you for cashing in and taking those titles, but they’re mine. They should be around my waist.

Mikey looks down to see the US title around his waist.

Mikey eXtreme: This one is good, don’t get me wrong. But there should be two of them. I should be the United States and the Tag Team champion. I deserve them both. I am the supreme ruler of Mikey’s America, the greatest nation on the face of the earth. I am the greatest King that anyone has ever seen. I require as much gold as possible.

The US title.. the tag titles.. and even the Television title that finds itself on the #Beach. They’re all mine. While I’m at it, the World title should be mine too. Everything.. and I mean everything, is mine.

If anyone has a problem with that, well, honestly.. I don’t care.

December 6, 2016. Mark it on your calendar, John. The death of Johnny Rabid, the death of the #BitchKrew.

December 7, 2016. Mark this on your calendar, too. I know you wont be around to witness this, but mark it down anyway. December 7, the day the Darkness took supreme hold over the WCF. The day Mikey eXtreme began the ultimate slaughter of the WCF.

Mikey begins to laugh almost uncontrollably. There is something about his laugh that sends shivers down your spine. He begins rocking back and forth in the seat as he grabs and pulls at his bangs. The palms of his hands pressed over his eyes.

Mikey eXtreme: You just don’t get it, Johnny. Doom is coming your way. Hell, fire.. brimstone. Supreme darkness. I’m coming for you. What are you going to do? I’m sure the entire #BeachKrew will have a lot to say this week. But, I don’t care. Say what you will, talk all the garbage you want. You’ll all regret being in this match. You’ll all regret the way I make you look.

Johnny boy, You will suffer the most in this match. I blame you for the fact that the Dark Riders are not the tag team champions.. and for that, you deserve death. You deserve the worst beating of your life.. and I’m here to hand that out to you.

Mikey stares into the camera until the scene fades.

A Meeting De La Fontaine

Mikey stepped out from the shadows, confronting Armand De La Fontaine.

Armand De La Fontaine: I’ve been waiting for you to step out from those shadows.

Mikey looked a bit shocked. He tried his best to be as silent as possible.

Armand De La Fontaine: You’re no Freakshow, I’ve known you were there this whole time. Plus, that United States championship really weighs you down. I’m surprised Preecha did not deal with you when we first felt your steps.

Mikey looks down, why he would be wearing the belt at this time was a mystery.

Mikey eXtreme: We need to talk about this match.

Armand De La Fontaine: We do.

Mikey eXtreme: We cannot trust these people.

Armand De La Fontaine: No, we cannot. The #BeachKrew are slime.

Mikey eXtreme: No, not them. I don’t care about them, they’re doomed whether they know it or not. I’m talking about Bonnie Blue and Occulo. They cannot be trusted.

Armand De La Fontaine: Are they affiliated with the #BeachKrew?

Mikey eXtreme: No. It’s worse.

Armand De La Fontaine: Worse than #BeachKrew? That is almost hard to believe.

Mikey eXtreme: I’ll start with Occulo.

Armand De La Fontaine: Please, do.

Mikey eXtreme: I hold him partly responsible for my United States title being taken away from me.

De La Fontaine tries to interject, but Mikey doesn’t let him speak.

Mikey eXtreme: He was the referee in that match. Probably the worst referee that there has ever been. Allowing wave after wave of Kaz Mazy’s personal army to enter the ring to do what they pleased.

Armand De La Fontaine: I can recall Occulo trying to keep that match in order. The issue with that match was that the cards were stacked against you. Your hand was tied behind your back, literally and figuratively.

Mikey eXtreme: Yes, and why was that? Occulo tied that hand behind my back.

Armand De La Fontaine: But, that was the match stipulation!

Mikey eXtreme: It does not matter. He is a threat to Mikey’s America. He is part of the reason I lost that match and I will not forget that.

Armand De La Fontaine: And Bonnie Blue?

Mikey eXtreme: Her soul is marked for the darkness. She will pay for what transpired a few weeks ago.

Armand De La Fontaine: Which was?

Mikey eXtreme: She stole a victory from me.. she humiliated me. The darkness calls for revenge. She cannot be trusted.

Armand De La Fontaine: And what do you suggest we do about this?

Mikey eXtreme: Eliminate them. We don’t need them on this team. Preecha is a machine.

Armand De La Fontaine: This is a numbers game, Mikey. Occulo and Bonnie will be fine allies.

Mikey eXtreme: I don’t need them costing me this match. Costing me this Television championship.

Armand De La Fontaine: We must all come together to destroy the #BeachKrew. It’s the only way. We will expose a chink in their armor.

Mikey doesn’t look convinced.

Mikey eXtreme: This better not come back to bite me. I will keep an eye on them… for the both of us.

Mikey darts his eyes towards Preecha and then back to De La Fontaine. Preecha takes one step towards Mikey, but De La Fontaine stops him.

Armand De La Fontaine: Unity. Do not let your past cloud your future, Mikey. This week we are one, we unify to destroy the #BeachKrew. Next week, feel free to do what you need to your enemies.

Mikey fades into the darkness as Armand and Preecha continue to do what they were doing.

Mikey eXtreme on the TV

Hank Brown is sitting at a desk on a make shift Late Night interview show set. There are three comfortable chairs to his right as he looks into the camera

hank brown: My next guest, you probably know him as the United States Champion in the WCF. The one, the only.. Mikey eXtreme!

Fans applause can be heard, but there is no audience. It is solely Hank Brown in an empty studio. Mikey walks out from the side curtain, he waves to the fans and makes his way towards Hank, shaking his hand before sitting down.

Mikey eXtreme: Wow.

hank brown: Mr. eXtreme, how are you?

Mikey shoots Hank a stern look.

Mikey eXtreme: Read the cue cards.

Hank looks at Mikey and back to the cue cards.

Mikey eXtreme: I can’t believe we landed you! The King! The Greatest Living American! The Man who defeated Gemini Battle! Thank you so much for doing this!

Mikey eXtreme: I had a free minute in my schedule this week, so I figured it made sense to come out here and spend some time with the fans.

hank brown: This week, you take on the #BeachKrew and the television title is on the line! Do you think you will be able to cash in on this opportunity?

Mikey eXtreme: Do I?! Hell, I’m going to take the fight to Dustin Beaver, I’m going to drop him the same way Scarecrow dropped.

Gasps can be heard from the crowd.

Mikey eXtreme: What?! He dropped hard. I’m just saying..

hank brown: you can’t blame them! Scarecrow was beloved in the WCF!

Mikey rolls his eyes.

Mikey eXtreme: That might be true, but what I do to Dustin Beaver will make the entire WCF universe forget about Scarecrow. When I dismantle him, leave him broken and bloody in the middle of the ring. When I stand atop of him holding my TV title and my US title. The Televised United States champion will be crowned.

hank brown: These are strong words. Are you sure you can back them up?

Mikey eXtreme: I told you to read from the script, Hank. This is your last warning.

hank brown: Why are we even doing this?

Mikey eXtreme: Because as the future TV Champ, I have to be ready for the big lights of the tv studios. I will be the champion of television.

hank brown: I’m not sure that’s how it wor--

Mikey eXtreme: Read the cue cards.

hank brown: WHEN you destroy Dustin Beaver, and claim that TV title, what are you plans moving forward.

Mikey eXtreme: Total destruction, Hank. I plan to unify all the championships here in WCF and for the locker room to worship me. I am their king, I am their saviour, and most importantly, I am their god. Mikey’s America will grow and grow.

It all starts at Slam. It all starts with Dustin Beaver.

I don’t even know who the hell Dustin Beaver is. Honestly, he is of no importance to me. He has the one thing I want though. That belt has eluded me since I arrived here. I’ve had a handful of opportunities to grab it.. but each time I fell short. Each time I missed the mark. This time I won’t let that happen.

This time I will do whatever I have to do to get it done. This time that belt is mine. I can feel it. I can taste it. The Darkness has an overwhelming feel to it right now, and that can only mean one thing. That can only mean that I have been chosen to become the Television champion. That I am set to rise even higher within the Darkness.

I am set to rise even higher here in the WCF. The world will know my name.

hank brown: You’re right about that! After the break, we go on a cross country trip right here in the studio!

Where the River Goes

#BeachKrew were on top of the WCF, hell, they were the WCF. They controlled the day to day operations and Wade Moor was the one on top. Wade was the leader of the #BitchKrew and the current WCF World Champion.

Did he deserve such an honor? Mikey didn’t think so. Wade was in Mikey’s spot, but Mikey would let him stay there, keeping it warm for him.

Mikey had other sights set in his mind.

Mikey eXtreme: What is a leader? Somebody who is strong? Somebody who you can look up to? Someone that can take you from point A to point B no matter what the situation?

Yeah, I could hide in the calm of the eye of the storm
And never blow away
Well, I'm a young man with a knife to my back
Some things never seem to change

Mikey eXtreme: Is Wade a true leader? Or is he someone who is just in the right spot at the right time? Some people could say that I was in the right spot at the right time when Wade came down to that ring during my match with Gemini.. when Wade “handed” me the victory.

Well, you know what?

For that he must pay. For the fact that he has put any type of question mark next to my title run.. for the fact that people have a reason to doubt me? For that, I will hunt him down. I will stalk him, learn his tendencies..

Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide
Sing the song or keep it inside
Bought the farm, but the farmer done died
Sing that song, sing that song inside

Mikey eXtreme: Learn everything there is to learn about him. I will enter his dreams, I will be his nightmares.. because this is my nightmare. He is the reason I have to go out there and prove myself even more.

Do I have to prove myself?

The answer to that question, my friends, is no. I’ve proved myself plenty of times. I’ve captured this United States championship twice in the year that I’ve been here. I’ve beaten the top guys, I’ve been the main event.

So, no. I don’t need to prove myself. I’m a proven commodity. I am the King of Darkness. I am a god among men. I am the greatest American alive.

But yet, here I am.. getting ready to step inside the ring against the best the WCF has to offer. Against the almighty Beach Krew. Hashtag and everything. Here I am, readying myself to bury the world champion. To humiliate him infront of the world.. because I can.

I wish I could live in the dream
That I fly on the tarred & freathered wings
Well, I'm losing a game of reality
Dice where the dealer never ever pays

Mikey eXtreme: Do you think I want to team up with Bonnie Blue and Occulo? Preecha Kamon? I could defeat the BeachKrew by myself. Throw the whole lot of them at me, and see where they wind up. See how far deep I leave them, buried to their necks on the beach they love so much.

Hopefully, they can hold their breath for a long time.

Mikey begins to laugh his familiar maniacal cackle. He grabs the camera pulling it closer to his face.

Mikey eXtreme: He is your champion? This man? He is a fool. He is not worthy of that honor. He is a scam. But each and every week you weak fools let him parade around here like he is a god. You let him beat you week in and week out.

You make him look better than he actually is.

But that ends now. Now The King of eXtreme steps in that ring. Now the tides come crashing down upon you, Wade. Now the tides come crashing down upon the whole Beach. A fury you’ve never felt before. A challenge like no other before it. I’ve been promised that my team will act as a unit.. just as the Beach Krew will do.

But.. we have one thing the BeachKrew don’t have. We have the most important factor in the entire WCF on our side.

Mikey eXtreme.