Post by Joe Everyman on Oct 23, 2010 12:36:50 GMT -6
I was looking back on my life
And all the things I've done to me
I'm still looking for the answers
I'm still searching for the key
And all the things I've done to me
I'm still looking for the answers
I'm still searching for the key
Have you ever lost everything, Gabriel? Have you ever woken up one morning and looked around and realized that everything is gone? I had to do that this past week. And it wasn't even because of me this time. For the first time in my life, someone else decided to slide in and f*ck up something about it. For once...I don't have to sit in the dark, wondering where I went wrong. No, no, instead...I have to sit in the dark and figure out how to get my just... bloody... revenge...
The scene somberly opens up in a portion of downtown Washington D.C. The sky is dark, as it is well past midnight. A heavy cloud bank moves by and covers the nearly full moon. Barely any lights are coming from the near by shops and apartments, just an empty, darkened street. Slowly, a figure walks around the corner. As the camera zooms in, it can be seen as Joe Everyman. He is wearing an old, beaten Washington Capitals jersey, torn down the middle, showing a "I Believe In Joe Everyman" shirt underneath, also worn. He is slowly walking down the sidewalk. As the camera slowly moves up towards Joe, he looks up into the sky.
Joe Everyman: Moon went away...just great...
Joe keeps walking and eventually comes to a bench a bus stop and sits down on the bench. He then looks down at the ground, and catches his eye on a rain puddle out in front of him. He leans down and picks up a small rock from a crack in the sidewalk and tosses it into the puddle, making ripples go through it.
Joe Everyman: A calm thing can be disturbed by something as small as a pebble. Chaos ensues. That was your plan all along, wasn't it Gabriel? I was calm, doing well for the first time in a while. I was on a hot streak. I was on fire. And you had to come along and disrupt that. And you had to do it...by taking my wife from me. No, you didn't do it because you loved her. You didn't do it because you thought she could be better without me. Instead, you did it purely to harm me. And look, now that all of this hell has started, Ashlie left me as well. The one person keeping me sane and safe during this left me as well. And it's all because of you Gabriel. You tried to ruin my life...well, no longer. This Sunday, this penance you have planned will not be from me. It will be for you, and all of the times you have sinned in your miserable life!
...pain...
You will learn the hard way of why you never f*ck with me. None of the 'don't question my heart' stuff from before. No, this is far past that. Now that Ashlie is gone, I can go back to being myself. I can go back to loving Maria just like the day I met her. I can go back to being with her as much as I possibly can...but no. You had to take that away from me, didn't you? Somewhere in that damaged heart of her's, memories of me still lie. I will find them and pull them out. I will show them to her somehow. But first, I have to murder a priest. What you have done, Gabriel, should go against everything you stand for. But, instead, you believe what you're doing is right. You believe that no matter what you do, you will come out the victor. But not anymore. Gabriel, you will pay for your sins.
...suffering...
I will rest at nothing to get my wife back. Nothing can possibly stand in my way this time. No championship gold, no future shots. Nothing in this wrestling company is on the line in this match. All it is...is about a life. What are you getting out of this Gabriel? Another mindless zombie of a follower to do your bidding? What is your long term goals in this? Exactly, there are none. You can't even come out here and tell me what it is, because deep down, not even you know. And that's pathetic. I know what I am doing in this match. I knew what I was getting into as soon as you fired the first shot at me. But, did you know what you were getting into, Gabriel? You stole my wife, the one person in my life that still makes me smile. And you took that away from me. You may have started at the beginning, but do you know how this is going to end?
...destruction...
I know exactly how it will end. It will end in your death. Not in the sense of me beating you so badly, bloodying you up, and then pinning you and let the EMT's take you out. No, no, this will end in me going to jail in I need to. I've already lost everything else, what's one more thing on my sh*t pile already? I am willing to die for Maria. And you know that's what this is all about. Are you willing to die for your morals? Your standards? Your...God?
...sorrow...
I am. And I will show you. If you think I have fought hard before in huge matches, then you will sh*t yourself when you get into the ring with me on Sunday. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is going to hold me back from getting Maria back. She has a heart of gold, and in there somewhere, she still loves me. But she has been clouded by your blackness. By your deceit. By your cruelty. It's over this Sunday Gabriel. I will show Maria that I love her. I will show her all of the wrong doings that you have done to her. That you have done to everyone. You will burn for your sins, Gabriel. You will pay the price. The winner will prosper and get their just rewards. The loser... will be cast down into Hell for all eternity. I hope you are ready to face this fate... because it is all you have left to look forward to.
Joe looks down at the puddle again, which has finally stop rippling. Joe then stands up and stomps his foot into the puddle, sending the rain water soaring through the air. Joe looks up at the moon again, which has finally broken from behind the clouds. The scene then slowly fades to black.
The end is coming, Gabriel. Your day of reckoning is on the horizon. Are you ready to face death? Are you ready to face eternal damnation? I am, and I will if it means getting my wife back. But, that is not my only task. My other task it to make you feel pain. I want you to feel everything that I have felt because of you. I want you to have you heart ripped out, just like I did. I want you to feel the burn of the flame, just like I did. I want you to lose the one you love the most... just like I did. The end is calling your name, Gabriel.
...Gabriel...
I can hear it now. That dark voice inside of me...it's calling your name.
...Gabriel...
Your last day on this Earth will be at the Road to the Gold. My road, will be paved in gold. Yours will be paved in blood. You will burn for your sins. It will end, Gabriel. Nothing will stop me. This will be your final nightmare.
...Gabriel...the fires will purge you for your sins...and down to hell you will be cast...forever...
The wreckage of my past keeps haunting me
It just won't leave me alone
I still find it all a mystery
Could it be a dream?
It just won't leave me alone
I still find it all a mystery
Could it be a dream?