Post by Gemini Battle on Aug 7, 2016 11:34:41 GMT -5
Fire and Rain
No sun shone through the UV protected windows in the 21st floor of Gemco Towers. The giant ego-fulfilling logo on the outside has been adorned with gold mistletoe and lights in celebration of Gemini’s most recent successes. It also served a practical purpose to keep low flying planes from hitting the side of the building causing a much worse version of 9-11 because Gemini would be involved. The rain still poured down, it was day 12 of the downfall and if Dr. Patel’s calculations were correct we could expect another 28 days of this glorious horrid weather.
Things were going precisely as planned and a meeting was scheduled with Father Mcann, Lord Gravlock, and Frank Gore, the new leader of the Vampire squad. The leader of the Vampires changed so frequently that it was hard for Gemini to keep up. They get dusted by a rogue slayer or by an uprising in the ranks so frequently that it didn’t matter who was in charge at any given moment. However, it did give him some leverage on the underworld every time a new leader emerged.
Voice: Sir, Mr. Thomas Bates is on the phone…
His assistant phoned him through the intercom of the Under-Tel phone system that Gemco patented to be able to connect to any phone of the same brand throughout America with the simple switch of a button.
Gemini: Fucking giant doofus piece of shit cock bag dickwad.
Voice: He can hear you sir.
Gemini: Ya fuccin’ cunt. How many times do I have to tell you not to put me on speaker phone, Cheryl?
Voice: It’s Linda, sir.
Gemini: Denise… take me off speaker phone.
He heard the click.
Gemini: Now, do you remember what we say when Bates calls.
Voice: Yes.
Gemini: So…
Voice: Sir… Mater Bates on line 2 for you.
Gemini: Fucking giant doofus piece of shit cock bag dickwad. Tell him I’m not here.
Voice: Sir… he heard you before…
Gemini: Tell him… I’m not here. And DON’T take a message.
Voice: Okay, sir. I’ll tell him you said you aren’t here and that I’m not supposed to take a message.
The phone clicks off and he shakes his head.
Gemini: This is why we’re not supposed to use failed experiments as help. But NO…. Dr. Patel insisted that she could do it.
He returns to his plethora of paperwork. He cuts his arm and then fills a vile with his own blood. The only way to sign papers in his line of work is with blood. She he goes and signs papers without reading them, knowing that his lawyer, Dr. Patel, would make sure there was nothing on his desk that he shouldn’t sign.
And just as he thinks about what a good help his staff is he comes across a contract with the terms “Death by Fire” on top of it. Those words would make anyone curious and he reads it aloud.
Gemini: From the desk of Seth Lerch;
I hereby give the undersigned Gemini Battle full authority to completely and unequivocally destroy Teddy Blaze at this week’s upcoming Slam. He has been a thorn in the side of the WCF for some time and needs to be taken care of. There has been no man in the history of the WCF that has embarrassed himself more completely and been more useless to the cause as he.
3 Years ago he began as a Texican High Flyer, an American Luchador, and then he disappeared as quickly and as unimpressively as he arrived. Then he came back as unimpressively as he originally came and left. Then he had a fantastic feud with David Sanchez and even in defeat proved that he was worthy of being in the fed.
But then as the weeks went by and he lost more and more, all it seemed to do was endear him to the fans as the locker room lost more and more respect for the man. He won the TV title and then lost it, only to win it from the guy he lost it from the next week in a boring and anticlimactic ‘feud’ if you can even call it that.
Then he won the People’s Title, and it is probably true that he was very successful at retaining this belt. It all stemmed from this belief that he was worthy of a championship. It all stemmed from the fact that even in defeat a man can persevere and conquer streaks. The former longest reigning People’s Champion was Steel Toe Joe and he was a legit World Title contender. Teddy Blaze can hardly break the mid card and that is a compliment for him.
Now he’s the internet Champion, and Gemini, that is the title that is keeping you out of the Grand Slam picture. That title and the People’s title, the two Tertiary Titles, as they are called, are the only title keeping you from your future goal of being in the WCF Hall of Fame. You can win Ultimate Showdown, you can be a Triple Crown winner, but you’re merely fitting into the mold of about 4% of the fed. And the Triple Crown isn’t as prestigious as it used to be as the list of people who are one title away from it shrink lower and lower. The only way to preserve your legacy is to win that Internet Title.
We know you can’t win the People’s Title so lets take that off the table. It’s not your style. So you must destroy Teddy Blaze and I allow the use of Fire at this week’s slam. Make it so.
Signed-Seth Lerch
It was hard to believe that these words were coming from the pen of the Owner and President of the WCF. It was so hard to believe in fact that Gemini decided to do a test on the paper. He smelt it.
Gemini: This doesn’t smell like cheap tequila and depression.
Then it struck him, he had experienced this before. It was a fraud and he knew exactly who to blame. He pressed the call button on his phone.
Gemini: Get the head of the ODC down here immediately.
Voice: Right away, sir.
He gathered the appropriate things. A few mice and a Phoenix. He knew it would take a bit for his next guest to arrive so he shined his World Championship belt.
It’s been a long time that he coveted this fucking piece of tin. He didn’t know why he wanted it so much but now that he had it he felt like a hole in him had been filled. He was World Champion, New York City was plunged into a month darkness, and Invidia made it out of the hell dimension with their son who was the prophesized one to keep the world safe.
What else could a man ask for?
But just because he had everything he needed in place didn’t meant that he could let up now. He had to keep fighting. He had to keep on moving in the right direction. Next he had to gather the 7 chosen ones, and he believed that he located Avarita. He came to NYC originally to locate him, thinking he would be at Wall Street where the greediest humans meet to exchange other people’s money in order to make them more money.
But this was too easy. And not nearly overcrowded enough. Greed would need the greed of far more people than can fit on the grand stage of Wall Street, so he narrowed the search down to Japan or China. China seemed more likely as it seemed like everything you but nowadays says “Made in China.” Either way there was a trip to Asia in his future.
The question was whether to do this trip before or after finding Pride in California. The smug factor there was filtering over to Colorado and he knew that he would find Pride there amidst the hipsters and millennials telling everyone that it’s just not fair that Bernie Sanders isn’t running for president. Life isn’t fair, assholes. Learn to deal with it!
He heard rumors that Sloth and Lust were together. The unlikely duo could be anywhere but sources have them near Texas. Gluttony and Envy were he and Invidia respectively so that only left wrath and this was the hardest one to locate. He was certain that former WCF superstar Scathe was the most recent incarnation of wrath at the time, but he doubted greatly that he still existed in that form. HE had his eyes on some of the most evil men in the world. Kim Jong Il in North Kora, Abu Bakr-al, the head of Isis… Donald Trump. It could be anyone.
Voice: The head of OCD is here.
Gemini: Tell Jeff Purse to go kill himself.
Voice: I’m sorry, not OCD… ODC.
Gemini: Ah, yes. Let him in.
A hideous disgusting creature walked into the office looking extremely disheveled and very nervous. No, not Jay Price. The man was not quite a man. It had the head of an owl and the body of a man. As the door closed its entire head turned to look at it before looking back at Gemini. Its eyes looked at the mice on the table and he walked towards it
Gemini: Have a seat.
The Owl Demon got closer to the desk and stopped and the shrill screech of the Phoenix sitting above Gemini’s shoulder. The mice were put out to make the Owl Demon feel at ease but the Phoenix was to keep him at bay. The Phoenix is the greatest predator an Owl Demon has. It’s like if an up and coming actress were to enter the room and you put out a bowl of Jelly Beans but Bill Cosby is standing behind you.
The creature sitting in front of him was Seth Lerch, the head of the Owl Demon Community. Though he has no relation, and doesn’t know personally the Seth Lerch that runs the WCF, since Gemini started in the wrestling company this Owl Demon has been running the gambit trying to assert his will on Gemini under the guise of being his boss in wrestling.
Seth looked nervously at Percy, the Phoenix sitting on it’s perch.
Seth: I’d rather stand.
Gemini: I SAID SIT!
His voice deepened and growled as though possessed by a demon himself. It was taxing to bring this dark side out of him, it gave him immeasurable strength followed by a day of rest. He had no time for rest, but he also had no time for this nonsense any longer from the Owl Demon and it sat down immediately and began spinning its head around, waiting to be attacked.
Gemini: You don’t seem to understand the rules of the game, do you?
Seth: I just want you to succeed is all.
The fear can be heard in his voice. It trembled with each word and he stuttered the last word.
Gemini: I can’t simply burn someone alive, I must decimate them in a calculated manner. You know that I get thousands of contracts a day, and for me to sign a contract reading that I will burn Teddy Blaze alive at Slam in my own blood would mean that I would do it without even knowing. It would lead to arrest and stripping me of this title I worked so hard to attain.
No, don’t think that Teddy Blaze isn’t going to burn alive, eventually. His actions as of late have been uninspiring to say the least. He puts forth an effort to be envied against Spencer Adams, beating him to within an inch of his life, doing whatever it takes to retain his title.
He even kicked Alpine off of me at Ultimate Showdown in a ridiculous effort to retain his People’s Title. Then, did you see the pain in his eyes as he pinned Kevin Bishop. He was hurting. That fire that was there as he was trying to retain against Spencer Adams faded and only despair remained.
And as the referee counted the pinfall and took the title off of Teddy and gave it to someone else you saw a piece of him die inside. You saw Teddy Blaze become Teddy flickering flame and this week at Slam I put out that flame completely.
The owl creature smiled as much as its beak would allow and with it the Phoenix screeched again causing it to stop and shake in fear.
Gemini: You claim that he holds the only title that I covet, but there is a reason that I don’t have the Grand Slam Title from my Victory at Ultimate Showdown. I’ve never won a tertiary title because never in my career have I been a tertiary player. I never got into the games of working the internet or fighting for the people. That’s never been my game.
The only one I fight for is me and Invidia. The only reason I go on the internet is to find out information that I don’t already know. The world is full of scary things, Seth, and I am the scariest. Don’t you dare think for a second that if the opportunity arose for me to burn Teddy Blaze alive that I wouldn’t take it. But this is not that moment.
I don't have time for you anymore, Seth Lerch. You've been a terrible example for what your people stand for. I've done everything I can to help the demons of the underworld thrive and you've failed and leading them...
So what I ask of you is to NEVER contact me again.
Seth: But…
Gemini: ENOUGH! I am sick of your shit. For three years you have been up my ass, and now it’s getting too close. People are even beginning to think that the human Seth Lerch is an Owl Demon. So it’s time that you go. But, don’t think that you’ll leave empty handed.
You may never work with GEmco Enterprises again, but you do get a parting prize.
He pushes the button on his phone.
Gemini: Send in Phil.
A door opens from the East side of the room near the floor and out crawls a human man. Attached to that man’s anus is another man and attached to that man’s anus is a woman.
Gemini: This is Phil, my Human Centipede. He is now yours.
Phil: How could you do this to me? How could you just hand me over like I'm some sort of genetically modified monster, and not a human?
Gemini: Phil, you knew you were destined for great things. This is that. You will work for the Owl Demon Community and that’s where your skills will be put to use best.
Phil looked defeated but knew how to take orders.
Seth: What are his skills?
Gemini: He’s a great accountant. Now GET OUT!
Percy screeched along with Gemini so loudly that it even made Phil flinch, who was not normal prey to a Phoenix. The Owl Demon grabbed the leash and walked out of the office with the Human Centipede and finally, for the first time in a while Gemini was alone with his thoughts.
He removed them with his thought remover, placed them in the Pensive and focused on the future, and focused on Teddy Blaze.
