Post by Steve Awesome on Mar 26, 2010 22:39:33 GMT -6
The scene opens as Steve Awesome slides the key card through the door of the room at the beach front hotel in Florida. He swings the door open and a visibly upset Zelda Knite walks in and sits on the bed, tears falling from her eyes. Steve tries to ignore it, not wanting to get in the middle of things between her and her brother, but he just can’t stand to see a girl crying. He walks over and sits next to her, wrapping his arm around her and she buries her head in his shoulder as he comforts her.
“Hey, Z, it’s okay.”
She shakes her head no, and looks up at him with his angry water logged eyes.
“Adam is a jerk.”
She goes back to crying on his shoulder. Awesome nods his head as he rubs her back.
“Yeah, he can be. But it doesn’t change the fact that he’s your brother.”
She picks her head up again and stares at him, make up running down her face but she still managed to look so angry.
“I have no brother.”
And then right back to the shoulder again. Steve couldn’t help but laugh.
“That reminds me of this one time when my sister Jackie said that about me. She was really mad at me about something….I can’t really remember…..”
“Did it have anything to do with you trying to force her to pose nude against her will?”
“Uh…..no. Nothing that bad, but the point is that after awhile, she stopped being mad and remembered that we’re family.”
“That makes sense for you. Your like the nicest guy in the world…..”
She picks her head for the final time and starts wiping her eyes and sniffling her nose a bit.
“…but Adam is a jerk.”
Steve couldn’t help but to laugh.
“That might be true but he still loves you. He may have messed up big this time, but I bet you couldn’t even begin to count how many times he’s come through for you. And besides, you know he’s going to want to try and make it up to you, so there’s always the suck up period to look forward too.”
One of Zelda’s eyebrows slowly raise as her interest suddenly starts to peak.
“What did you do for your sister?”
“I bought her a car.”
Upon mention of a motor vehicle, the other eyebrow raises up and she starts to smile.
“Well since you put it that way…maybe I’ll forgive Adam…..eventually. He might be a jerk, but he is still my big brother after all.”
“That’s the spirit Z.”
She wraps her arms around his neck and hugs him tight.
“Thanks Steve. You’re a great guy to talk too. How your single and living with Kelly’s parents is beyond me.”
Awesome lowers his head. The innocent observation by the younger Knite hit a little bit harder then he had expected.
“Yeah…..uh…hey Zel….could I ask you for some advice on something?”
“Sure. I’ll do my best.”
Awesome fiddles with his thumbs for a few moments before finding the confidence to throw it all out there.
“If you liked someone…..I mean really liked them…..but you knew there were a lot of issues that could mess it up…..would you still go for it?”
Zelda smiles.
“Pfft…you kidding me? Did Link stop when he got to the Spirit Temple? Did Mario stop when he got to level 8-4?”
Awesome stares at her, unsure how to respond.
“I don’t….really….um….”
“The answer is NO. They didn’t stop! Because they knew that sometimes the best things were worth fighting for. They knew what they wanted and they went out and got it. So I say if you really like this person then you should just go for it. No matter how many “issues” may come up. Unlike video games, you don’t get a continue so you may never know when you’ll get another chance.”
Despite the video game references, Zelda’s advice made perfect sense. Awesome nods his head and stands up from the edge of the bed.
“You’re right Zel, I have to try. If I don’t tell this person how I feel I know I’ll be kicking myself later. Let’s get out of here.”
Awesome grabs his car keys off the key hook and the two walk out the door.
Fade
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The handi-cam is doing its thing, this time capturing the beautiful image of an orange and pink sky as the sun slowly sets. Steve Awesome leans against a wall, watching the amazing sight. Dressed in only a hoodie and a pair of blue jeans, Awesome looks into the camera.
“Silence? Really?”
A small chuckle escapes the lips of the Face of the Franchise.
“Sorry. You know how much I enjoy irony and this is chalk full of it now Kole. After everything you’ve done, after the pushing and the goading, the evil schemes, you finally get what you wanted. A Match against me, live on pay per view, a chance to prove yourself against another former world champion….and your silent?”
He puts his arms up.
“I know that these little promo things don’t really have much to do with the actual in ring stuff but for as long as I’ve known you Kole, you’ve always been the type of guy to brag to anyone who would listen. I just did that, I did this, I own that, I had gay sex with him and so on and so forth but whatever. Maybe you don’t have anything to say. Maybe you said everything you had to say in the weeks leading up to this moment and your just waiting to let your fists do the talking…..and that’s all well and good….but please make sure your ready for a long….
He takes a couple of steps towards the camera.
“…grueling….”
He follows up with a few more steps.
“…..conversation that you won’t soon forget. I know your sitting somewhere in your tower. Thinking to yourself that you have this match in the bag. That there’s no way I can beat you, I mean after all….you made me who I am today right?”
Awesome cocks his head back and forth while his right hand performed the same motion.
“Ehhhhh…..kinda. See….I admit that during those empire days I learned a lot from you Kole. You took a braggadocios young man with loads of untapped potential and you turned him into a media cash cow. You took a kid fresh from the land of Xtreme and turned him into a man who should be feared inside that wrestling ring. You instilled an arrogance in me. You made me think I was a God. You developed a killer instinct that I didn’t have before and with those new tools you helped me catapult up the ranks of this company and I became a world champion.”
“But then things imploded Kole. You were committed into a mental hospital, I was screwed out of the world championship due to outside means that I can only credit to karma, the rest of the Empire fluttered away and then there was nothing. I was left alone with nothing. Just an arrogant kid with nothing to brag about. I became a shell of who I was Kole. And that’s when I decided that I needed to make a change. I took that arrogance, and I turned it into confidence. Instead of bragging about what I could do, I became confident of who I was. And I managed to make the change from a young blow hard to the man you see standing before you. A hall of famer, a role model to the younger generation, and the Face of the Franchise. It isn’t about money, it isn’t about status. It’s about not giving up. Never surrendering. It’s about giving it everything you have till the very last second of the very last minute. I have the power of the screaming fans pulsating through my body Kole….and it makes me have to ask you…..”
He cocks his head to the side.
“Are you sure you want to face me?”
“Because I think you picked a fight with the guy you thought I was. The guy I used to be. But now Kole…I’m so much more. More than you could ever realize. And what you put me through, what you put Kelly through….is going to pale in comparison to what I put YOU through this Sunday. You wanted this Kole. You made it so I couldn’t refuse. And now at Sovereign I’m prepared to show you the one thing you’ve been too afraid to realize for yourself….”
Awesome stands almost face to face with the camera. A confident grin forms on his face.
….that I’m better than you…..
Deuces.
“Hey, Z, it’s okay.”
She shakes her head no, and looks up at him with his angry water logged eyes.
“Adam is a jerk.”
She goes back to crying on his shoulder. Awesome nods his head as he rubs her back.
“Yeah, he can be. But it doesn’t change the fact that he’s your brother.”
She picks her head up again and stares at him, make up running down her face but she still managed to look so angry.
“I have no brother.”
And then right back to the shoulder again. Steve couldn’t help but laugh.
“That reminds me of this one time when my sister Jackie said that about me. She was really mad at me about something….I can’t really remember…..”
“Did it have anything to do with you trying to force her to pose nude against her will?”
“Uh…..no. Nothing that bad, but the point is that after awhile, she stopped being mad and remembered that we’re family.”
“That makes sense for you. Your like the nicest guy in the world…..”
She picks her head for the final time and starts wiping her eyes and sniffling her nose a bit.
“…but Adam is a jerk.”
Steve couldn’t help but to laugh.
“That might be true but he still loves you. He may have messed up big this time, but I bet you couldn’t even begin to count how many times he’s come through for you. And besides, you know he’s going to want to try and make it up to you, so there’s always the suck up period to look forward too.”
One of Zelda’s eyebrows slowly raise as her interest suddenly starts to peak.
“What did you do for your sister?”
“I bought her a car.”
Upon mention of a motor vehicle, the other eyebrow raises up and she starts to smile.
“Well since you put it that way…maybe I’ll forgive Adam…..eventually. He might be a jerk, but he is still my big brother after all.”
“That’s the spirit Z.”
She wraps her arms around his neck and hugs him tight.
“Thanks Steve. You’re a great guy to talk too. How your single and living with Kelly’s parents is beyond me.”
Awesome lowers his head. The innocent observation by the younger Knite hit a little bit harder then he had expected.
“Yeah…..uh…hey Zel….could I ask you for some advice on something?”
“Sure. I’ll do my best.”
Awesome fiddles with his thumbs for a few moments before finding the confidence to throw it all out there.
“If you liked someone…..I mean really liked them…..but you knew there were a lot of issues that could mess it up…..would you still go for it?”
Zelda smiles.
“Pfft…you kidding me? Did Link stop when he got to the Spirit Temple? Did Mario stop when he got to level 8-4?”
Awesome stares at her, unsure how to respond.
“I don’t….really….um….”
“The answer is NO. They didn’t stop! Because they knew that sometimes the best things were worth fighting for. They knew what they wanted and they went out and got it. So I say if you really like this person then you should just go for it. No matter how many “issues” may come up. Unlike video games, you don’t get a continue so you may never know when you’ll get another chance.”
Despite the video game references, Zelda’s advice made perfect sense. Awesome nods his head and stands up from the edge of the bed.
“You’re right Zel, I have to try. If I don’t tell this person how I feel I know I’ll be kicking myself later. Let’s get out of here.”
Awesome grabs his car keys off the key hook and the two walk out the door.
Fade
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The handi-cam is doing its thing, this time capturing the beautiful image of an orange and pink sky as the sun slowly sets. Steve Awesome leans against a wall, watching the amazing sight. Dressed in only a hoodie and a pair of blue jeans, Awesome looks into the camera.
“Silence? Really?”
A small chuckle escapes the lips of the Face of the Franchise.
“Sorry. You know how much I enjoy irony and this is chalk full of it now Kole. After everything you’ve done, after the pushing and the goading, the evil schemes, you finally get what you wanted. A Match against me, live on pay per view, a chance to prove yourself against another former world champion….and your silent?”
He puts his arms up.
“I know that these little promo things don’t really have much to do with the actual in ring stuff but for as long as I’ve known you Kole, you’ve always been the type of guy to brag to anyone who would listen. I just did that, I did this, I own that, I had gay sex with him and so on and so forth but whatever. Maybe you don’t have anything to say. Maybe you said everything you had to say in the weeks leading up to this moment and your just waiting to let your fists do the talking…..and that’s all well and good….but please make sure your ready for a long….
He takes a couple of steps towards the camera.
“…grueling….”
He follows up with a few more steps.
“…..conversation that you won’t soon forget. I know your sitting somewhere in your tower. Thinking to yourself that you have this match in the bag. That there’s no way I can beat you, I mean after all….you made me who I am today right?”
Awesome cocks his head back and forth while his right hand performed the same motion.
“Ehhhhh…..kinda. See….I admit that during those empire days I learned a lot from you Kole. You took a braggadocios young man with loads of untapped potential and you turned him into a media cash cow. You took a kid fresh from the land of Xtreme and turned him into a man who should be feared inside that wrestling ring. You instilled an arrogance in me. You made me think I was a God. You developed a killer instinct that I didn’t have before and with those new tools you helped me catapult up the ranks of this company and I became a world champion.”
“But then things imploded Kole. You were committed into a mental hospital, I was screwed out of the world championship due to outside means that I can only credit to karma, the rest of the Empire fluttered away and then there was nothing. I was left alone with nothing. Just an arrogant kid with nothing to brag about. I became a shell of who I was Kole. And that’s when I decided that I needed to make a change. I took that arrogance, and I turned it into confidence. Instead of bragging about what I could do, I became confident of who I was. And I managed to make the change from a young blow hard to the man you see standing before you. A hall of famer, a role model to the younger generation, and the Face of the Franchise. It isn’t about money, it isn’t about status. It’s about not giving up. Never surrendering. It’s about giving it everything you have till the very last second of the very last minute. I have the power of the screaming fans pulsating through my body Kole….and it makes me have to ask you…..”
He cocks his head to the side.
“Are you sure you want to face me?”
“Because I think you picked a fight with the guy you thought I was. The guy I used to be. But now Kole…I’m so much more. More than you could ever realize. And what you put me through, what you put Kelly through….is going to pale in comparison to what I put YOU through this Sunday. You wanted this Kole. You made it so I couldn’t refuse. And now at Sovereign I’m prepared to show you the one thing you’ve been too afraid to realize for yourself….”
Awesome stands almost face to face with the camera. A confident grin forms on his face.
….that I’m better than you…..
Deuces.