Post by Skyler Striker on Dec 9, 2006 7:52:21 GMT -5
The scene begins in the local mall, the day of Sunday Slam. It is busy shopping for a Sunday morning, and customers wander around buying things that they will never use. One man walking through the mall draws a few stares and cheers, wearing his traditional maroon outfit in its entirety. Skyler Striker sits down at the autograph desk and waves to everyone, grabbing a pen as his daughter talks to the store manager organising minor details. There is a line of about thirty or forty people – which is something as it is only 9:34 in the morning and the store only opened four minutes ago. Many teenage girls make up half the line and a few true male fans are the other part. Skyler has a stack of pictures of himself winning the Hardcore Title, which he is raising in the air in the picture. In real life, the title belt is over Skyler’s shoulder, and he begins signing pictures. A few girls pass through and he hugs them, to which he receives a few loud squeals in the ear. The first male to arrive at Skyler’s desk is about twenty eight – Skyler’s age. Skyler looks up and pulls down his sunglasses, a look of shock on his face as he stands up.
SS: Adam? Adam…Silver?
AS: Damn straight. How you been, Skyler?
The two embrace and pat each other on the back. Jade, looking on, has a tear in her eye but wipes it away and looks at the line, which is growing. She sighs and shrugs, turning back to the manager. Skyler shakes Adam’s hand and laughs.
SS: Not bad, man. Yourself?
AS: Good, good. It’s been what… eleven years?
SS: About that, yeah. What you been up to?
AS: Enjoying life. That’s my motto. Always has been and always will. I don’t really need to ask what you’ve been up to, do I?
SS: Not really, no.
Skyler smiles as he says this and grins, thinking of his high school past with Adam.
AS: The WCF Hardcore Champion. I watched that match. Brutal. How do you stand up to that?
SS: Because it’s worth it for this.
Skyler pats his title belt and Adam reaches out, rubbing his hand across it. Something strikes Skyler’s mind and he suddenly snaps, dropping the belt and grabbing his folding chair. He folds it and grins at Adam, before absolutely smashing Adam’s head with it. Adam drops to the ground and the people in line back away as Skyler raises the chair again. Jade turns to see the commotion and sees Skyler attacking Adam with the chair over and over. Adam is bleeding from the forehead and Skyler starts attacking his arm with the chair, and Jade rushes over to stop him. Skyler raises the chair and Jade stands over Adam, who is unconscious on the floor. Adam’s hair is stained red and his clothes are beginning to absorb some of the blood as well. Skyler drops the chair when he sees Jade and looks at his hands, which are stained with Adam’s blood.
JS: What are you DOING, Skyler?
SS: The fire… it’s not going to go away.
JS: What? What… fire?
SS: I thought it was over… the Fury Crusade should have ended. I let it become a part of me. It won’t leave now.
JS: What are you talking about?
SS: I always thought that the Fury Crusade would end when you came back… when I won the Hardcore Title. But there’s something still in the back of my mind. It just snapped when he touched my title. I don’t know why. This fire will not leave. I am the Fury Crusader, and always will be.
JS: Okay…
SS: Danny Vice… I thought about what you said… I am the flaw. I am a flaw in the WCF because I am an enigma. I have names yet I don’t know who I am. Maybe that’s just part of my journey. That I have to figure out who I am and why I absorbed that fire I swore I would never let control me. I am still the Fury Crusader. You’re right – you’re still stepping into the ring with Skyler Striker no matter who I claim to be. And that is why I will finish you at One. Because as far as I can tell – Skyler Striker has gotten the better of you every single time. Tonight, at Slam, I will finish you for good. You step in the ring with Skyler Goddamn Striker. The Fury Crusader. The Flaw. The Fatebringer, it doesn’t matter. I am Skyler Striker, and tonight, I will beat your ass.
Jade has tuned out while Skyler has been delivering his speech and when he finishes, she sighs and escorts him out of the building while medics come and attend to Adam as the scene ends.
SS: Adam? Adam…Silver?
AS: Damn straight. How you been, Skyler?
The two embrace and pat each other on the back. Jade, looking on, has a tear in her eye but wipes it away and looks at the line, which is growing. She sighs and shrugs, turning back to the manager. Skyler shakes Adam’s hand and laughs.
SS: Not bad, man. Yourself?
AS: Good, good. It’s been what… eleven years?
SS: About that, yeah. What you been up to?
AS: Enjoying life. That’s my motto. Always has been and always will. I don’t really need to ask what you’ve been up to, do I?
SS: Not really, no.
Skyler smiles as he says this and grins, thinking of his high school past with Adam.
AS: The WCF Hardcore Champion. I watched that match. Brutal. How do you stand up to that?
SS: Because it’s worth it for this.
Skyler pats his title belt and Adam reaches out, rubbing his hand across it. Something strikes Skyler’s mind and he suddenly snaps, dropping the belt and grabbing his folding chair. He folds it and grins at Adam, before absolutely smashing Adam’s head with it. Adam drops to the ground and the people in line back away as Skyler raises the chair again. Jade turns to see the commotion and sees Skyler attacking Adam with the chair over and over. Adam is bleeding from the forehead and Skyler starts attacking his arm with the chair, and Jade rushes over to stop him. Skyler raises the chair and Jade stands over Adam, who is unconscious on the floor. Adam’s hair is stained red and his clothes are beginning to absorb some of the blood as well. Skyler drops the chair when he sees Jade and looks at his hands, which are stained with Adam’s blood.
JS: What are you DOING, Skyler?
SS: The fire… it’s not going to go away.
JS: What? What… fire?
SS: I thought it was over… the Fury Crusade should have ended. I let it become a part of me. It won’t leave now.
JS: What are you talking about?
SS: I always thought that the Fury Crusade would end when you came back… when I won the Hardcore Title. But there’s something still in the back of my mind. It just snapped when he touched my title. I don’t know why. This fire will not leave. I am the Fury Crusader, and always will be.
JS: Okay…
SS: Danny Vice… I thought about what you said… I am the flaw. I am a flaw in the WCF because I am an enigma. I have names yet I don’t know who I am. Maybe that’s just part of my journey. That I have to figure out who I am and why I absorbed that fire I swore I would never let control me. I am still the Fury Crusader. You’re right – you’re still stepping into the ring with Skyler Striker no matter who I claim to be. And that is why I will finish you at One. Because as far as I can tell – Skyler Striker has gotten the better of you every single time. Tonight, at Slam, I will finish you for good. You step in the ring with Skyler Goddamn Striker. The Fury Crusader. The Flaw. The Fatebringer, it doesn’t matter. I am Skyler Striker, and tonight, I will beat your ass.
Jade has tuned out while Skyler has been delivering his speech and when he finishes, she sighs and escorts him out of the building while medics come and attend to Adam as the scene ends.
