One More Chance... One Last Chance (War RP2)
Sept 27, 2016 17:42:28 GMT -5
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Post by Gemini Battle on Sept 27, 2016 17:42:28 GMT -5
What is War?
Gemini was alone in his Penthouse suite after watching Invidia bail out on the conversation. She wanted nothing more to do with Gemini and honestly he didn’t blame her. He was feeling different. He imagined Grayson Pierce locked in a cell across the hall and wondered why he was feeling such compassion for the human race. This was truly unprecedented in Capuan history. He called his head psychologist Dr. Patel and scheduled an appointment for later in the day.
Today was a busy day for Gemini Battle and it needed to be scheduled perfectly, and his personal assistant, Dr. Patel, was the best in the business at keeping track of his hectic schedule and knowing when to fit things in and take things out. He heard the pained expression in his voice when he talked about compassion, and even though Dr. Patel is a clone of a human, he scheduled it for that day and took something out because he still understands enough about the Capuan mentality on the subject; not as much as the lead Capuan Historian Dr. Patel, but I digress.
He sat back and enjoyed the brief moment of solidarity. He was excited for War. It was truly his favorite event of the year. Many people feared the ultimate clusterfuck match, but Gemini thrived on it. He loved stepping into the ring and putting his skills to the test against literally everyone else in the fed. He remembers 3 years ago when he first entered War as Grayson Pierce.
It was just 6 weeks earlier that he had jumped from the body of a man named Hyena into the body of Grayson Pierce. It was clear after the interactions between the two that Pierce was the far stronger choice as vessel. He was still getting used to the body, and he was considered the new guy in the fed. Number one contender to both the World and Hardcore Titles he was primed for quite the explosion of title matches in the upcoming future.
He entered and eliminated two men and lasted to the final 10. And in that final 10 he was the least tenured person in the fed to be there. That means that anyone has a chance to win this match. Even Kidd Krazzy who might be crazy for entering the WCF when he did. This young star has hardly wrestled, yet alone been in a match of this magnitude. The best wrestlers in the world are going to compete in this match and he’s stepping into a literal War when he steps into that ring.
But a man that is ready for War is Koola. This guy is a hardcore SOB, isn’t he? And there are no rules in War other than to eliminate the other men. This guy could bring his hardcore style into the match and wipe out the competition. But what he doesn’t realize is that being hardcore is so much more than just beating with weapons. It’s a frame of mind; a state of being. He can step into the ring, but he can’t step over the boundaries of victory. Not this soon.
But it’s not out of the question. Anyone can win War. When he joined WCF he didn’t think there was a chance that he could win, yet alone make it to the top ten. But he did. And if it wasn’t for the efforts of 3 wrestlers who ended up becoming the most dominant stable of that year, he may have made it even further. He’s sure that Joe Smarts plan on doing the same thing.
The guy is training at the same gym that Corey black trained in. If he thinks that by doing so he’s going to become the next greatest wrestler to ever step foot into a WCF ring he’s out of his fucking mind. Gemini’s been to the white house, but he ain’t Obama! You can’t count the guy out, but you can’t count on him either.
Another guy you can’t count on is Brian Paine.
Or is it Brian Payne? Didn’t that guy get beheaded and sent off on a biking funeral where we lit the bike on fire and rode it off into the desert? Or was that another guy?
Brian Payne is the most unpredictable man in the history of the world. On a scale of 1-10 he’s a fucking 10 on the unpredictability scale. He’s also a 10 on the hardcore scale. That makes him a 20 in hardcore and unpredictability. He’s the most hardcore and unpredictable guy EVER. That makes him dangerous, but it also makes him worthless. Everyone is fucking hardcore. Everyone knows how to fight with weapons. And unpredictability is the only thing that keeps one apart, yet it’s something that joins everyone at the same time. The man wants to fight, that much is for sure. But there’s fighting, and then there’s wrestling… and then there’s winning War which he doesn’t have a shot at.
Looking through the list of jobbers… I mean new roster signups that Seth decided to enter into the War match to pad the numbers he found that very few, if any of them truly deserved any of his time. Gemini was not foolish. He understands what people who don’t have a history in the fed can bring. He’s seen men come into companies and win the title in their first match. But never anything like that in the WCF.
The WCF was a different creature all together. There was not a single veteran on the WCF roster that is unprepared for anything. Each and every one of them have seen it all, and conquered even more. They won’t be surprised to see a man like El Fuego Del Eterno Silenciso come into the match and flip circles around the ring. They will watch him run circles around everyone. But he will get caught… they all will get caught… and he will get taken out with the rest of them.
They won’t be surprised when a tiny Little Tornado comes in like an F5 and tries to blow the competition away. Not even a rough upbringing can prepare a man for the torment and pain that comes with entering the War match.
It truly is the toughest match in the WCF. But not every man that has won War goes down in the annals of WCF Lore. Men like Epic have won the War match to a not-so exciting conclusion. But then there are the men like Jonny Fly and Slickie T who have become mainstays in the WCF lore. Future hall of Famers Johnny Reb and Jeff Purse have won the match and the World Title along with it. War is full of surprises and full of action.
And so many new people are stepping into the ring thinking that they can make a name for themselves. They think that they can step in and become the number one contender for the World Title and headline the flagship PPV, One.
The fed has been around for over 16 years and only a select few have ever headlined that famed night. Battle was one of them, and he wanted to do it two years running. Winning War would help him achieve that goal. He’s not going to let the likes of Zoey Dryback (I know your name but this got autocorrected to this and I couldn’t help but keep it), or Bruno Armstrong get in his way. Try as they might, they won’t know what hit them.
Zoey will surely use the fact that she’s a woman to her advantage. What she doesn’t realize is that women have been dominating wrestling for years now. I n the fed that don’t matter that Gemini was last in he had to defeat a woman to earn his Grand Slam. Just like he does this week when he faces off against Teddy Blaze to try and win his Grand Slam in the WCF.
But other women are in this match as well. Lilith and Sarah Twilight are looking to fight their asses off to win this match. And both of them have a surprisingly large chance to win. Lilith, even though she’s a complete lunatic, has that special ability to bring drive and intensity to a match that is hard to stop. And Sarah Twilight is one of the most manipulative and cerebral people you’ll ever step into the ring with or against. Zoey can’t hold a flame to those Femme Fatales, and we all know how much Sarah Twilight likes playing with fire.
RIP Ana Valentine.
People bring their best to the War match. To anyone bothering to filter through this entire diatribe there are certain things you have to take as fact. Anything can happen at War. The World Title can be put up at a moment’s notice. So when you prepare for this match you have to prepare to be the World Champion. With Thomas Bates and Corey Black fighting in the World Title Match, and the hatred that they have for each other it could very well in both men booting each other to the moon.
And if the likes Jay West or Jaice Wilds think that they can step into the ring and win that World title in their first go at it then they too are sorely mistaken. The best in the WCF yesterday, today and tomorrow are stepping into the ring at War.
Yesterday brings the likes of Odin, Joey Flash, Doc the Cock, and Gonzo’s ‘Cyborg Robot’ Murdock to name a few. The best in the WCF tomorrow such as Cliff of Doom, Kevin Bishop and Adrian Archer are going to be in the match. But only one man can win, and that’s the face of the WCF Today. Gemini Battle has been ascending this ladder for some time… untimely stripped of the WCF World Title he is ready to earn that title back and bring in the new reign of darkness that the WCF not only deserves, but that the WCF needs.
And as Gemini scrolls through his phone trying to figure out who he has to beat to become the World Champion at One he accidentally answers the phone and before realizing who’s on the other line he says.
Gemini: Hello.
He feels disgusted and violated by the voice on the other side.
Thomas Bates: Gemini… we need to talk…
Only one thought crossed his head as he listened to the mountain babble on about invaders or some bullshit…
He hangs up his cell phone and contemplates tossing it across the room, but decides that he isn’t worth it. Bates is fucking paranoid as shit, claiming that Joey Flash, Odin Balfore, Jay Omega, #BeachKrew and the like have come back for no good.
He hated to admit it, but there was something fishy going on in the WCF (Not meant to be an aquatic related pun.)
He wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Between Two Ferns
With Gemini Battle
Gemini Battle sits uncomfortably on the black steel chair next to a dying fern next to him.
Gemini: Why the fuck did I agree to do this?
Impatiently he taps his foot as the chair next to him remains empty and not a soul is seen except the camera man behind the standing camera, not even looking in it. But the flashing red light tells him that…
Gemini: Is this recording?
Camera Man: Yes.
Gemini can hardly hear him over the sound of chewing.
Gemini: Why?
The camera man shrugs then takes a large bite out of a small sprinkled donut.
Another awkward moment passes as Gemini spins his thumbs. He looks up at Invidia with a ‘can I please go’ look in his callused eyes and she looks back at him with a ‘if you fucking get up I’ll murder you in front of your family’ look in hers. He decides that is true as she is his family and technically would be fulfilling her threat.
Suddenly a tiny car drives onto the set and knocks over one of the dying ferns spreading soil all over the stage. Gemini gets up just as the car stops in front of his chair and a clown steps out of the car. Then another, followed by about a dozen more clowns, far more than can fit in the tiny vehicle. Finally the rotund interviewer steps out with white face paint on and wearing a mime costume with tiny shorts. He sits on the chair as the car backs up, destroying the pot with the fern and leaves the screen.
Zach Galifianakis sits on the chair completely deadpan and looks at his notes, before looking back towards Gemini, presumably checking to make sure that they aren’t wearing the same thing.
Zach G: welcome to the show, Gemini.
Gemini: The pleasure is all yours.
Gemini smiles, proud of the rib, but Zach no sells the shit out of it.
Zach G: It says here that you starred in a Stephen King movie, IT. Can you explain what it was like working with Gene Wilder before he passed?
Gemini: I… I don’t think Gene Wilder was in IT.
Zach G: What’s that… oh that’s right? This says Bill Skarsgard, not Gene Wilder?
Gemini: Actually, Zach. I wasn’t in that movie. I’m not an actor at all, and I’m not a goddamned clown. I’m a wrestler. Ever hear of the WCF?
Zach sighs
Zach G: Ugh, I guess we gotta do it. Alright. What do you want to plug?
Gemini: Well of course I have something to plug or I wouldn’t be on this show. This Sunday October 2nd is WCF War. It’s a massive Battle Royal where the winner gets to compete in a World Title match at the biggest event of the year, One.
Zach pretends to fall sleep but wakes himself up.
Gemini: Also, I’m competing in a King of all Media Match against Teddy Blaze too before the match. I’m pulling double duty.
Zach G: That’s what I used to call it when I walked my twin dogs. Double duty… because they would poop twice. Well, once each.
Gemini stares blankly at Zach who returns the deadpan stare. The two men, Zach with his white face point with marks over his yes, and Gemini with his pale white face and blood red lips, stare each other down, neither one even flinching.
Zach G: Whelp, you blinked I win.
Gemini: I didn’t blink!
Zach G: Yes you did, and you just did again, so even if you didn’t before you did now so I still win because I haven’t blinked… or blank. Look at my eyes!
He opens his eyes wide and forces Gemini to look into them. Gemini obliges for a second before slapping him square across the matted and bearded face of the comedian.
Zach G: (under his breath) You hit like my mom.
Gemini: I bet she used to hit you hard.
Zach G: She died before I was born.
There’s an awkward silence until a member of the crew coughs in the distance.
Zach G: Well I don’t normally have wrestlers on the show so………… I think we’re done.
Gemini: You’ll be done when I say you’re done. I came here to shoot and SHOOT I WILL!
Zach G: PLEASE DON’T SHOOT!
He puts his hands up as if Gemini is holding a gun to his chest. Gemini shakes his head and puts his arms down. Zach is shaking in fear, his earlier expressionless demeanor has been replaced with glass eyes of fear and hands shaking like he’s been in the cold for hours.
Gemini: I didn’t come on this show to waste my valuable time. I came on this show because I know that some idiots in my fed decide to spend their time surfing YouTube rather than training. And I know that if I don’t do something like this that my message won’t get across.
People like Teddy Blaze who I will be competing against pretty much the entire night. He sits at his computer plugging away at Photoshop trying to make meaningful art that could cut to the core. He’s taking his cues from Zombie McMorris who made a career doing the same thing.
Zombie has been a fierce competitor and a worthy foe for my entire tenure in the WCF. But I fucking hate him with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. He’s disrespectful, he’s oafish, and he’s condescending. He doesn’t understand what it takes to be a true leader, and a true champion. He sits behind Buddy Roman using his eloquence in a manner more becoming of what a champion really is. He’s inches away from scoring the big one, but if he keeps up his current charade of apathy and dispiritedness he’s never going to become anything more than that coked up madman that jobs out to the real talent in the fed.
Both of these men, Teddy and Zombie, have one thing in common. They have made a living trying to make their tertiary titles relevant. It’s an honorable journey to undertake. Many people join a fed and see that there is a title called the People’s Title or the Internet Title and think that it’s a joke, but these two men have made it anything but that. They have made it a viable and coveted title that the entire roster craves.
But then the impossible happened. During Ultimate Showdown Teddy Blaze made a decision. Should he give up the glory of being the best People’s Champion in the history of the fed and go for broke. He really thought that he had a chance to win the whole thing, I think. And when he made the decision to pin Kevin Bishop he threw out the only thing that ever made him relevant.
He was rewarded by being crushed by God’s Paradox and being forced to relocate to the Internet division, which is the only other place where he can be considered relevant again. And even that luxury won’t last after War when I take that title away from him.
But that match is a different beast altogether, and I’m nothing if I’m not a good multitasker. I have the ability to keep my mind on both tasks while maintaining complete focus on one task at a time. And right now I’m concerned about War. This match means the world to me, and I intend on doing better than I did last year when I eliminated more people than anyone in the history of the fed and came in the top 5.
But this year the top 5 won’t be good enough for me. I finally won the World Title this year, and now, just 2 months later I find myself without that same World Title I’ve fought my heart out for, but with another opportunity to earn it again. And that’s what I do. I EARN my title shots. I don’t expect them handed to me simply because of a ‘rematch’ clause.
The fact of the matter is that I was NEVER PINNED to lose my World Title. Bates tossed me a World away because he knew that he could never beat me one-on-one. He knew that he had to get me out of the picture while he tore away at the meat of the fallen. He’s nothing more than a vulture and this week I hope he defeats Corey Black because when I win War it will be all the more satisfying knowing that I’m going to be stepping into the ring with the man who’s shadow everyone thinks I walk in and show the world that his ‘shadow’ is a mere penny to the MOUNTAIN that I am!
This year I won Ultimate Showdown and proved that I was the best Champion in the fed at the moment. On October 2nd I prove that I’m the best in the entire WCF, Past, Present AND Future.
Gemini is surprised to find himself on his feet and pointing at the camera, allowing the moment to get the better of him. And he looks over to the quivering ‘talk show host’ who has his hand hovering over his genitals as though he just pissed his own pants.
Gemini: Listen, man. You don’t have to be afraid of me. I just have a lot of shit to do and if I didn’t get a good shoot here it would have really been a waste of a segment on my part. Fuck filler, right?
Zach G: So you… d…d…don’t have a g…g…gun?
Gemini: (laughing) No, I don’t have a gun, ya fucking weirdo!
Zach G: (under his breath) Pussy can’t even work a firearm.
Gemini gets up and chases Zach out of the room leaving the image of two chairs, a broken fern plant and a black curtain on screen.
Know Thyself
Gemini: I feel like the Waze app.
WCF Television Champion Gemini Battle lay on the comfortable sofa of the Battle Station’s lead Psychologist Dr. Patel with his eyes to the hanging chandelier hanging on the rafters of the raised cathedral ceilings in the magnificent room. The good doctor took notes in a yellow legal pad as Gemini spoke openly.
Dr. Patel: How so?
Gemini: Have you ever used it?
Dr. Patel: No.
Gemini: Well it’s this GPS app that changes the route based off of the responses of other people using the app. You have to trust them to do the right thing by you. And for the most part it works.
Dr. Patel: So do you feel that you rely heavily on other people?
Gemini: No, it’s not that. I mean… well. Going into War, of course, some alliances will form. And with the probable and unwanted arrival of #BeachKrew I’m going to have to look for some backup. I’ve lost anyone that I trusted in the fed. And even the more recent alliances that I’ve formed have been put to rest. He Brotherhood for example… Kevin Bishop and I teamed up with Lester Parish to defeat Zero Tolerance and hand them their first loss.
He and I have had a nonverbal understanding that we will work together again in the future; however, the most recent barrage of followers he took on may not feel the same way about me. Psychopomp competed in the Battle Royal that crowned me the Television Champion, and the only thing he could focus on was the fact that I kept pronouncing his name wrong. I called him Psychopump for the entire week. An honest mistake, both words are made up.
But that guy has got so much potential, and so much anger in him. Sure he’s jovial on the outside, but when the bell rings he snaps like Ken Shamrock. He knows when to bring the comedy and when to bring the fire. He’s a dark horse in the match and certainly no friend of mine. Neither is Damien Kaine, the other new member of The Brotherhood.
You see, I was an honorary member, as Bishop is an honorary member of the Battle Station. And if that man needs a warrior to stand by his side I will happily do it, and he decides to stand by my side in the fight against the invaders of BeachKrew then I will happily grab his hand and raise both of ours in victory if the time comes to it. But Damian Kaine too has little but disdain for me.
And there’s no real reason for that. He, Adrian Archer and I had a match of the night just a few weeks ago as he tried to dethrone me as the Television Champion. He fought hard, and he fought strong. He was inches away from winning, but my experience, but more importantly my DESIRE to WIN was stronger and put me over the edge in that match. I’ve been fooled too many times in Triple Threat Matches to allow myself to be kept out of the decision again. If you want to beat me for my title you have to pin or submit ME, not anyone else.
Dr. Patel: So you’re scared because you won’t have Kevin Bishop to fall back on.
Gemini: I’m scared of a lot of things, Doc. I’m man enough to admit it. I’m afraid that I’m not good enough to win War. It terrifies me that after the showing that I had last year that I might step in this year and be tossed out immediately. It terrifies me that I might step into the ring with Teddy Blaze and lose my TV Title and lose the Internet Title match and leave War with nothing but bruises and contusions.
But my fear makes me stronger. Imagine you were in a cage with a bear. Your fear would be tangible to the creature and it would try it’s hardest to destroy you. You could let your fear overwhelm you or you could let it strengthen you. If you’re afraid of fucking getting eaten by a bear you will do whatever it takes to not get eaten by that fucking bear. It’s fucking instinct. It’s this carnal knowledge that we all have and we don’t even know why.
So when I step into my King of All Media Match, and when I step into the War match my fear is going to make me stronger. So yes I have fear, and I will use it, but the fear is not about how Kevin Bishop may not be on my side any more. Kevin Bishop, Psychopomp and Damien Kaine will all suffer the same fate regardless of their allegiance to me or one another. No, my fear is not the fear of being alone. When I won Ultimate Showdown I did it by myself and I intend on doing it again at War, alone.
When I step into the ring those aforementioned alliances will form. Though I’m not well liked by all, there are people far more hated than I. I will use those alliances to my betterment. And even though I handed them their first loss I know Zero Tolerance and I will one day work together for the benefit of us and of the WCF.
These men and I have travelled the world together. They knew me at the last fed we were in as I knew them. They had a reputation as did I/ Very few people were able to make it to the upper echelon of that fed, and not because of the outstanding talent, because the talent in the WCF far surpasses the talent there, but because of the politicking that goes on. In order to be the best there you had to know how to play the game.
But Crazy J, just like me, we don’t play the game. We aren’t victims of the boss’s hubris and won’t go silently into that dark night. We became the best in that fed because we were simply the best in the business. There was no amount of politicking that could keep us down and THAT’S why we won. And that hardcore politicking was why that company crumbled.
Zero Tolerance had nowhere to go, and they saw my name on the roster, they saw my stock rising and they KNEW what I was capable of. They KNEW that if I was in the main event picture here it wasn’t because there was bullshit politicking going on, it was because I was the BEST in the BUSINESS and only the best make it to the top. So they came and Crazy J won the Hardcore Title in his first singles match, breaking records in his own right.
That hardcore title has evaded me and one day our paths will cross where I will get an opportunity to grab that elusive title. Until then he can enjoy while he can, and while his teammates struggle to try and get the Tag Team Titles. I gotta say... that outcome surprised me.
Vegas had Zero Tolerance winning the tag titles… their dominance was unprecedented. They came in like a storm and took the WCF like fire consumes. But they weren’t able to succeed. Was it because of Salem Shephard? Was it because that man is having a hard time differentiating reality from fabricated fiction? Or was it because of Jason Cash and his inability to string together a series of rational thoughts not filled with alcoholic outbursts.
It was the fact that they have no leader. They fight as a unit, but they have three contradicting viewpoints even with one common goal. They may succeed eventually, but they have to let the wiser of the two take the lead. You need a point man, whether you like it or not. Whether you want to say that you’re a unit of three working as one, you have to understand that you’re a unit of 3 acting as one under a single rule. The goal is understood, but the mechanics behind it need to be understood and that’s what’s missing from the famed stable.
Yet, to answer your question, Dr. Patel, relying on people is NOT why I feel like the Waze App.
Dr. Patel: Then what is it you're referring to?
Gemini: The app modifies its route based off the needs of the driver. If you need to take the shortest distance it will take you one way, but more likely, if you need to get there fastest it will take you another way. It chooses the ideal situation for you.
Sometimes you use the app even though you know where you are going because it will notify you of where to go to escape the traffic, or avoid the cops. I feel like I’ve been on this path towards becoming the World Champion, and the path led through the World Championship.
I earned my title shot and failed multiple times. I wasn’t ready. It wasn’t the best path for me. So I travelled through the United States, and Tag Championships. I travelled through the Trio’s and a second Tag Title run. And 2 months ago I finally won the World Title at Ultimate Showdown. I fought to get myself into that match, and I fought through 7 other men to come out victorious.
But it didn’t end there. Because it still wasn’t my time. Everyone will point out the fact that I lost that title on my first defense. And that’s fair, I did. I can shout up the wall that I didn’t get pinned, but a loss is a loss. I didn’t deserve to win… it wasn’t my time. My path towards the World Title took me through the World Title itself.
It’s not the way that I thought this time would go. I thought that I would be the most dominant champion in recent history but I sit here on your couch wondering what the hell happened to me and then it clicked. My life is like the Waze app. It may not be the way I thought it was supposed to go, but it’s the way that I’m going. And at the end of the day it’s the best path to follow. Because now I get to compete in War.
And War is a special contest where only the best in the entire company have a chance at winning. The past two years I’ve had the most eliminations in the match. I went from top 10 to top 5 and this year I wasn’t to be number one. I’m getting better each year and I’m fighting harder each week. I’ve been tested by competing in a Battle Roya, a triple threat match, and a match against ZMac the past three weeks and I’ve rocked all of them. I’m being teste by competing in the King of All Media match before War and after that having to step in and win the entire match.
This night could be my night. It could be the most successful night of mine or anyone’s career. And just because I’m competing earlier in the night doesn’t mean I won’t be competing to win the entire match as a whole. And this path brings me to finally getting revenge on two men that I have yet to defeat. Joey Flash and Jay Omega.
We all know my history with Flash. We know that he has had my number and to watch him enter this match as a surprise entrant was quite the shock, but not quite as shocking as watching Jay Omega come in and put his name in the ring. He and I have quite the storied history as well, and now finally, I get the opportunity after a year of longing to do so, to get my hands on him. After he won War last year and had that World Title it was supposed to be him and me in the Main Event at One and when he got pinned by Wade Moor plans changed. Omega left and left me with a mess to clean up. I did the best I could, but I was destined for one thing and it didn’t happen. I was unable to be malleable to the situation and succeed.
But I learn from my mistakes. I am ready for anything now, so when Jared Holmes or Wade Moor tries to step into this match they will be sorry. When Jonny Fly or Steve Orbit thinks that they’re able to compete on my level I’ll show them what’s up. Even if Corey Black or Thomas Bates decide after they lose to step into the ring I won’t be surprised. Because I’m fucking ready for anything. I’m ready for War, Dr. Patel…
Dr. Patel?
He looks up and sees the good doctor with his face in his pad. Gemini sits up and check’s the man’s pulse.
Another death. Another life lost in the pursuit of War. Gemini dropped to his knees and sobbed after losing the only man he felt like he could open up to…
Nah, just kidding. The guy’s a clone… there are exactly 2169 people literally EXACTLY like him. There just hadn’t been a stereotypical death in the promo yet.
Gemini got to his feet and called for the cleaning crew to dispose of the body. Psychologist Patel was a new venture and they often led to a short shelf life of the clone in their first few pursuits. It was fine for Gemini as he didn’t like to share his thoughts and deepest and inner most fears to someone who would live after the story. If Patel or anyone else heard the story he would do his damnest to make sure that those parties wouldn’t be able to share it.
Suddenly a brilliantly bright light shone from outside the window and Gemini poked his head out. The beautifully crafted and immaculately kept spacecraft of the Guardians hovered outside the Battle Station like a fucking buzzard. Gemini made his way to the roof for entry.
One Last Chance
One Last Meeting
The spaceship was as beautiful as Gemini remembered it. It still stunned him how they got their hands on such advanced technology, and then it dawned on him that he was spending so much time wrestling that he had forgotten about the main mission to retrieve and save Wrath from the hands of destruction.
And the hands of destruction sat before him right now, passing a beautifully crafted glass piece around the three of them, constantly offering Gemini and him continuously declining the generous offer.
Alex Richards: I hope you’ve considered our offer.
Gemini: I have.
Bonnie Blue: And…
Gemini: Listen. I’m going to let you do what you want with Wrath. He’s your problem on that dimension now. You were right, Bonnie. I can’t care about the Capuans anymore. I’m an anomaly, and would never be accepted into their culture any longer anyway. I’m human now, and I need to start on focusing on saving the humans, not destroying them.
Invidia: But I’m going.
Invidia shows up from through the curtain. Her eyes are deeply sunken and sullen. She heard his words and was as disappointed in them as she was furious.
Gemini: You can’t go.
He pleaded with his beloved.
Invidia: I must. If you’re not going to save my kind then I HAVE to.
He pulls her aside, out of the prying ears and eyes of The Guardians.
Gemini: They’ll kill you. You can’t trust them.
Invidia: I have no choice. I have to go.
Gemini: That’s what I’ve been saying this whole time. This whole time we’ve been fighting this war because we have no choice. But I’m telling you that we DO have a choice. It’s right here in our hands right now. You don’t HAVE to go.
Invidia: No… YOU have a choice. I don’t. I’m still Capuan. I’m not human. I can’t live without this vessel. Your vessel is locked in a cage. You’re living despite yourself, but I can’t. I need this prophecy to be fulfilled. I need to save Capua.
Gemini: What have they done for you?
Invidia: They’ve given me Teddy, which I now give to you. I can’t take him with me. I need you to keep care of him.
He imagined the near 7 foot 500 lb. monster that she called son and imagined that he didn’t need much protection, but he saw the true look of concern and care in her eyes.
Gemini: Of course I will.
They turned around and looked at the Guardians.
Gemini: Listen guys. Thanks for the offer, and thanks for the heads up on Odin. But I’m gonna pass. I wish you the best of luck… all of you.
He looked at Invidia at the end of that statement.
Gemini: But this is where we part ways. I will not be going through the Wave into your Universe. And Invidia… I hope we meet again… in this life or the next.
Invidia: We will… I promise.
One last kiss was shared between the two lovers as Gemini headed towards the exit of the ship. A beam of light clouded his vision as he watched the forms of Bonnie blue, Polar Phantasm, and Alex Richards fade away. Finally ending with the face of Invidia with her crimson lips and stunningly blue eyes vanishing in front of him as well.
The ship went off, never to be seen again. Or so he assumed. He watched as his only connection to Capua left as well.
As painful as it was to watch Invidia leave he truly felt free for the first time in his life.
In an off moment of solidarity Gemini Battle stands at a podium with nothing but a red curtain behind him and his WCF Television Championship Belt in front of him atop the podium in front of the wired microphone.
Gemini Battle feeds off the energy of the WCF Galaxy, perhaps more so than any other WCF Superstar, so to find him in front of nobody but a stationary camera takes him out of his comfort zone. This was precisely the point. There was no comfort in War and there was no comfort in preparation for it.
Gemini: For those about to enter War… Congratulations. We are all going to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. For many of you this is the first foray into this event. I am most envious of you all. The excitement and the nervous energy really drives you to do your best. It makes you better than you imagined.
I’ve seen men like Cliff of Doom come out and post fire. He comes at me tossing shade as everyone else does, but the mere fact that he has the balls to do it considering our varying environments gives him just enough respect in my book to be considered a beating in War. Kevin Bishop, Adrian Archer, and everyone in Zero Tolerance, and lest I forget our Tag Team Champions Thomas Hawk and El Capitan. You all are ready for this match. You all have what it takes to make a name for yourself in this match. You all are ready for War.
Well, that is, you are ready to compete in War, but you are far from ready for War itself. You see, you may be confident, and you may be strong, but you lack the experience and the knowhow of how to pace yourself, and how to make most efficient use of your time in this breathtaking experience. And youth, and inexperience doesn’t necessarily put you at a disadvantage. In fact it can be argued that the unpredictability that you bring to the table could be the very thing that sets you apart from the rest of the roster.
But what you don’t have is what I have. And it’s that feeling of being so closes, yet so far. Being fingertips away from victory but it feeling like a fucking mile or more. That makes you feel so…so… so fucking frustrated. You all know what it feels like to lose, but to be so fucking close so many times and not make it. It drives you to be better because you don’t want that feeling again.
What I have is what you don’t have. You don’t have the weight of failure on your back… yet. But after this week you will. Then we can talk.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. It overwhelms you and makes you a mere shadow of who you were, and renders you useless in this upcoming match. And if I didn’t mention you and this is your first War I’ll give you one guess which category you fall in. Except for one, but I’ll get back to you, Joey.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Gemini: Then there are those who have competed in this event before and failed. Many of us who have competed in the past have come up short. It is not a sign of weakness to fail as long as you continue to get back up. So to Teddy Blaze, Zombie McMorris, Lilith, Adam Young, Mikey eXtreme, Oblivion, and Doc Henry. I feel your pain. I understand your frustrations. I’ve said enough about Teddy in the past week, for those of you who are unaware allow me to point you in the right direction…
Gemini: Poor guy lives in this world of delusion and literally sees the world through rose colored lenses. Much like ZMac who, even though can’t score a victory against me still considers himself not only better than me, but better than everyone I’ve beaten. The man is a lunatic and almost as crazy as Oblivion. The only difference between Oblivion and ZMac is that Oblivion would actually kill to get what he wants. Despite Oblivion’s less-than-stellar win-loss record he still has done something that ZMac has never and will never do and that’s win the WCF World Championship.
You all will be entering the match and fighting for your lives. We all have done well in this match. We all have eliminated some… except Teddy, and we all have been eliminated before our time was truly up. But still we get up and keep fighting. Doc Henry is in the match. He showed up last year to the surprise of everyone. And he’s lasted this entire time. He’s fought for the Television title and the US title, both against me by the way, and come up short. But I do not take this man lightly. He’s the greatest Confederate Champion the WCF has ever seen, and part of the greatest tag team in WCF history. He knows how to win when it matters and anyone who is taking him lightly will surely get their asses handed to them by him.
We’ve got two lunatics in Lilith and Mikey Extreme stepping foot into the ring. Both of these wrestlers are missing a little something up top there, a screw loose, or more correctly many screws missing. But these two are arguably the two most dangerous wrestlers in the entire fed because of this. Lilith plays the role of lovable lunatic, but no one is more hated then her. Lilith, if you’re watching, cool down the act. We know that you’re not as dumb as you say you are and that you’re far more dangerous than you let on.
But probably not quite as dangerous a Mikey eXtreme. You see Lilith probably has killed a kitten or too by loving it too much a la Elmira Fudd, but Mikey kills for fun. This man has an alter ego that controls him. It’s that dark side that all of us have within us but most of us are able to control. But you see, Mikey HAS no control. I honestly can see Mikey winning the whole thing if somehow I don’t. But fortunately for the WCF Galaxy, we won’t have to live to see a day where Mikey eXtreme headlines One.
You’re Welcome.
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
Gemini: There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify, so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The problem is that we must wonder at it, like finding a diamond in a pile of shit. The Human Spirit is strong. I’ve learned a lot about the human spirit in the past few months. But I’ve learned the most in the past two weeks.
I was in the back of the arena two weeks ago as Slam was going off the air. And I heard the voice of the man that I consider my nemesis and who probably considers me nothing more than a nuisance… a fly on the wall that needs to be swat at. I heard the voice of Joey Flash, and any stroke of confidence I had going into War was shot. I didn’t think I stood a chance any longer, and for a brief moment, even though it was ever so brief, I nearly gave up.
It’s understandable to feel that way. Then you hear the news of men like Frank Patrick Venable returning, Sarah Twilight, and El hombre Bionico. FPV is a wonderful and charismatic character whereas Sarah Twilight is an evil and manipulative bitch. The two of them are like the angel and the devil on one’s shoulders and they can fight all they want but it takes a powerful person to truly decide for themselves.
And to El Hombre Bionico, to you I have one question… why? Why would you do this and not call me? I have the world at my fingertips; I’ve got the best scientists at my disposal. That shoddy job they did on you can’t hold a candle to what my team of Dr. Patels could do. You made a mistake not coming to me and it’s going to cost you. I could have given you everything, but instead you’ve lost it all. You’re nothing but a shell of what you used to be physically and mentally. You don’t stand a chance competing with true athletes any longer, and at the rate that you tend to go, you may put up a good fight for a week or two but you’ll disappear just like you did during our Trio’s reign, and just like your brother did after it. I used to look up to you, Gonzo… now I look down on you.
You can never become a War Winner. Not like Jay Omega and Jeff Purse, the only men in this match to have victories under their belts… that is unless any other surprise entrants come. But these two are ready for action. They’re ready for War. Jeff Purse won the whole thing by eliminating Eric Price when everyone thought it was his time. No one knows what it’s like to be on the precipice of victory and to just barely come up short more than he.
And then Jay Omega did the impossible by outlasting everyone and winning War last year to finally become the World Champion. His lifelong endeavor was finally accomplished, and he immediately relinquished the title and disappeared.
Weird.
But that’s precisely what I want to talk about. What have you done for me lately, Purse? You’ve been inconsistent and underwhelming. You spend more time hyping your return than you do actually wrestling and when you do make those epic comebacks they are lackluster at best. Perhaps it’s time for you to hang up your ladies handbag, or better yet, maybe it’s time you take your balls out of that bag, put them back on and man up. Clean ‘em off for like 20 minutes alternating hot and cold water every thirty seconds on the dot and then step into the ring like a man.
And don’t think that Jay Omega and you are gonna have that Pantheon reunion that you’re hoping for, because Omega isn’t the same guy he was when he was in Pantheon. He’s been through hell and he lived… kinda. Even after being shot to the moon and being reincarnated he could really tell you a lot about the world. But what he has learned is not to trust anyone here in the WCF. They let him down in the past and they will only let him down in the future.
Jay Omega, you only had me left. I was your last contact to this world and you let me down. You left me hanging with my cock in my hand and now you’ve lost me too. Any connection you had with this world is gone and it’s all your doing. So welcome back to War, may it be your last.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Gemini: So as I sat in the back and realized that my dreams were shot I had to step back from the situation. I watched as everyone in the fed crumbled to the will of Joey Flash and Odin Balfore upon their return. They came with the same fire and intensity that they left with and everyone on the roster got angry. But they weren’t angry… they were scared. They were scared that all of their hard work was going to go to waste.
Well here’s the thing about Joey Flash and Odin Balfore. They’re better than all of you. They’ve made a name for themselves with their passion, drive and talent. They’re the best that this company has to offer right now. And you all should be scared. You all should be nervous that they are back because they could easily beat any one of us.
So as I watched the hordes of you complain and bitch about how these guys came back and we’ve been fighting this whole time and they’ve been picking their own assholes and have some sort of advantage keep this in mind. They can only beat us if we let them. If we let their initial burst of talent intimidate us than we have already lost.
But I haven’t lost. I’m ready to step into the ring with Joey Flash, and Jared Holmes and Wade moor and Andre Holmes and Spencer Adams and Andre Aquarius and anyone else they decide to bring with them because I’ve been here and I’ve been fighting. I’ve never given up even when they gave up on this place.
And this is the true Public Service Announcement of the segment. If you want to be scared of these guys that’s fine, but use it to your benefit. Don’t let them win because THAT’S the only way that they can. They’re sitting in their million dollar homes and they already think that they won. They think that they have us all on the ropes. And for all we know they’re just trolling us because that’s all they ever really were, just a bunch of trolls who never truly wanted to compete, they simply wanted to dominate.
But they’re just men, and women. They’re people just like the rest of us. They bleed red and cry salt water tears. They fight to live and live to fight. Just like all of us. They’re not invincible… but we are. We are better than anyone could have imagined. They tried to destroy the WCF and we rebuilt it from the ashes to get our roster back to shape and to tell the most compelling and meaningful stories ever since I joined this company 3 years ago.
Don’t give up boys and girls. This is our time. This is our moment… but most of all THIS IS MY MOMENT! I have all the faith in the world that any member of this fed can beat these supposed ‘Invaders’ but it’s not THEM you should be scared of. It’s ME. Because I’m fighting to win. I’m fighting to survive. I’m fighting to kill, and THAT’S what you have to bring to the table when you fight in War. You can’t let your fear overwhelm you; you must let it drive you to be better.
He pounds on the desk in a sign of eminence as he stares his dead red eyes into the camera lens.
Gemini: Research tells me that the record for the most eliminations in the history of War is held by Oblivion at 10 in his career. There’s someone else that has that record tied, but I hear that he’s suffering from piss-in-IVitus as well as a serious case of butthurt, and won’t be competing any longer. Well folks, I brag a lot about by stellar performance last year eliminating 6 men on my way to the top 5. But this year I can do something else. I can break the all-time record by simply eliminating two men before Oblivion can eliminate one.
Seth, you hear me. This is going to be an historic night at War. When the night is over you will have the man who will be the number one contender to your World Title and the man who will be headlining One in December. You will have a new Internet Champion and New King of All Media and the man who holds the record for the most eliminations in the history of war overall. And I’m not going anywhere; that record is staying with me for the rest of the history of the fed. I’m gonna make that number so big that it can’t be beat.
Decades down the road, just like Pearl Harbor, just like the Kennedy Assassination and just like 9/11 which happened right here in New York City you and your friends and family will be talking about and you all will remember where you were the night that Gemini Battle had the greatest night in wrestling history and WON WAR!
