Post by Angel on Aug 8, 2010 22:47:50 GMT -6
"You've got what you wanted Alex...
My career...
My life...
It's on the line...
For you to take...
And all you have to do is...
Beat me...
One more time...
But can you do it Alex?
After all this time...
Can you finally end my career?
Think about it....
Don't give me the brash...
Arrogant response...
Think about it...
For two years we've torn each other apart...
For two years we've given each other all we have...
We made each other what we are...
And you think after everything...
You can just end me...
Without ending yourself?
I am you, Alex...
You are me...
You can't just end my career...
Without ending your own...
Think about that."
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{ For the first time in what seems like months, Angel steps through the front door of his home, the one he shared with Shelly and Hayleigh. The lights are off and Angel's hand brushes a bit of dust as he hits the switch to turn them on. }
"Welcome home, Angel."
[/color]My career...
My life...
It's on the line...
For you to take...
And all you have to do is...
Beat me...
One more time...
But can you do it Alex?
After all this time...
Can you finally end my career?
Think about it....
Don't give me the brash...
Arrogant response...
Think about it...
For two years we've torn each other apart...
For two years we've given each other all we have...
We made each other what we are...
And you think after everything...
You can just end me...
Without ending yourself?
I am you, Alex...
You are me...
You can't just end my career...
Without ending your own...
Think about that."
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{ For the first time in what seems like months, Angel steps through the front door of his home, the one he shared with Shelly and Hayleigh. The lights are off and Angel's hand brushes a bit of dust as he hits the switch to turn them on. }
"Welcome home, Angel."
{ His eyes locked on the source of the voice, his blood began to boil almost instantly as the hatred welled up inside him. He glared at her, his face becoming a mask for his emotions as he gritted his teeth and uttered. }
"...Shelly..."[/color][/size]
{She stood up from the arm chair she occupied and approached Angel, but he just backed up and moved past her. She looked sad, almost as if she expected a different response. }
"What... Are you doing here?"[/color]
{ Shelly sighed as she lowered her eyes. }
"I want this to be all over Angel."[/color]
That's all I've wanted from the beginning.
"But I know as long as we have Hayleigh... You won't stop... So I'm here... With the papers."[/color]
{ It all became too real for Angel just now, his head becoming light as he realized this was the moment... The final moment he and Shelly would be considered husband and wife. }
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"But I wonder...
One way or another Hayleigh comes home...
Win or lose...
I get what I wanted from the start...
So why fight?
Why prolong this?
Why should I continue trying to destroy you...
When your giving up?
Where as I'm willing to do what's right by my family...
You want to throw in the towel...
You want to run away...
To hide...
To...
...Quit...
Isn't that right Alex?
It's all become too hard to handle?
Too much to deal with?
You just can't handle it anymore?
So why should I put myself through more hell...
More pain...
When your willing to give me what I want?
The answer is simple...
You'd understand Alex...
If you were a REAL father...
Hayleigh is my flesh and blood...
She is MY daughter...
And MY LEGACY...
As much as I love her...
As much as I want to walk away...
And be the father she deserves...
I could never ask her to carry my burden...
This is who I am...
This is what I do...
And she will always love me Alex...
Like a FATHER...
That's why I cannot quit on her...
LIKE YOU...
I cannot turn my back on what you've done...
What you plan to do...
I cannot simply walk away and agree to terms...
You took her from me...
You fed her bull**** about me...
And you will pay...
With your flesh...
Your blood...
And your soul...
I could give you my career...
I could take my daughter...
And I could sail away into the sunset...
Her hero...
But I know Alex...
She would NEVER ask me to do that...
She would NEVER want me to do that...
Even at her age...
She understands...
When she see's me in that ring...
Fighting my heart out...
She knows it's for her...
It's always been for her...
I fight for her...
Everyday...
Everynight...
For the rest of my life...
But who will you fight for?
Who's honor will you defend?
And where will you be when this night is over?
Your LEGACY...
In nCw...
Begins...
And Ends...
With Me...
Remember that."[/color]
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{ Angel sat down on the couch across from the arm chair Shelly stood before. She slowly made her way around the couch and sat next to her still husband. Shelly slowly, carefully rested her head against her husband and looked up at him. }
"Where did it all go so wrong?[/color]
{ Angel stammered as he looked down at her, never having really thought about it himself. }
"I... wish I knew..."[/color]
***July 22nd, 2003***
{ Angel sat backstage at the Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His head is being wrapped up as the door to the locker room opens, he looks up. }
We met at a PWW event...
{ Angel's eyes don't even blink as the most beautiful woman he has ever seen walks into view. She stops for a second, just a second, as she becomes overwhelmed with an emotion she has never felt before. }
I was called to check on one of the wrestlers, I was told he was very disturbed.
{ She walks over to him and introduces herself as "Shelly Taylor, Chris' sister." Angel laughs, not having known his best friend had a sister. }
I had done and said some things that management was worried about.
{ She took the chair next to him and began to ask him some questions, but with each one she got a little more personal, a little too interested in this man, and soon, he was the one asking her a question. "Want to go out sometime?" }
I never thought...
{ She knew it was wrong, but she was intrigued. This man was unlike any she had ever met before, so she said "Yes." }
That this would be the moment...
{ When they met the following evening, Angel was dressed in his finest jeans and button up, Shelly was of course dressed in knock'em dead red dress that left Angel's jaw firmly planted on her hotel room floor... The two of them didn't make it to dinner. }
I'd find true love...
{ They spent the whole evening in that hotel room, not just doing what you'd expect, even though they did. But mostly they spent that evening getting to know each other, discovering more and more that the person across from them was the person they'd been waiting their whole lives for. }
How right was I?
***Present Day***
{ Angel looks at the coffee table where the divorce papers are sitting. }
All it takes is one signature and this is all over...
{ He reaches forward and grabs the pen next to the papers. }
All it takes is pen to paper, a few scratches and that's it...
{ Shelly raises her head as he puts the tip of the pen to the paper. }
It's that simple...
{ He begins to scrawl his name. }
And just like that...
Angel Blake.
I'm free.
And now Alex...
You die.[/color]
The End.
Welcome to the end
Of everything that haunts me
Somehow I pretend
All was meant to be
I am not the saint here
Never the good son
Hell has taken over and I know
When I say “Go”, runaway, runaway...
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