Post by Maniac on Nov 25, 2010 8:03:11 GMT -6
( Maniac is on his hands and knees staring at the tombstone before him. He reaches out, his hand obscuring the name from our view. For a moment his eyes look sad behind the mask but it doesn't last. Soon the sadness dissolves as he stands up to his full height. }
"Chris..."
{ He turns on his heels,the voice coming from directly behind him. }
"Mom?"[/color]
{ Rayne stood in front of him. }
"No Chris, not Mom. Just me. Just the woman you loved, who loved you. The woman you shattered into a million pieces and left to die. Just me."
{ His eyes narrowed. }
"Leave me be."[/color]
"No Chris. Not until you wake up and realize what your doing is wrong. Not until you acknowledge your mistake and fix it."
"I've made no mistakes and no amount of ghostly apparitions will stop me from doing what must be done. Much like the threats and promises of Lex Sense, your words are hollow and they fall on deaf ears."[/color]
{ Maniac walks around her and begins to head away, however Rayne appears in front of him again. }
"People don't start seeing things that aren't there because their happy with the way they lived their life's. Your broken Chris. It's what drew me to you. We are so much alike. But this mask, this thing you've allowed to grow inside of you. You must face it down and defeat it. You must Chris! If not for me then for your own soul."
{ Maniac has had enough, he snaps and grabs Rayne by the neck and goes to slam her against a near by tree but as he pushes her backward she dissolves in his hand. Maniac's fist slams against the tree and he spins around again, she's sitting on the tombstone he came to see. }
"Tell them what you did Chris... Tell them why their dead..."
{ He took a step forward and as he did the world around him suddenly changed and shaped itself into something else. It became very smoky yet darker some how. Something was pounding on a wooden door, he looked around but could not see anything. Just then his door came crashing down and a Fire Man came rushing into the room. }
"Come on kid, we gotta get you outta here."[/color]
{ The fire man took young Chris into his arms and carried him out of his room. The entire house was on fire, the flames licked at them as he carried the boy down the hall and through the kitchen. Chris looked toward his parent's room but he couldn't see anything but flames. The fire man got him outside and a safe distance from the house where he was met by the rest of his crew. Someone else took Chris and wrapped him in a blanket and sat him down on the side of one of the trucks. }
"Anyone else in there?"[/color]
{ The two fire men looked at Chris then turned their backs to him, but he could still hear them. }
"Looked like the parents were still in their room... There was no saving them... Kid's room was about to go up when I found him."[/color]
{ Chris pulled the blanket up around his shoulders more, pulling it tighter and tighter. Rayne sat down next to him. }
"You know how they died right?"
{ Young Chris ignored the full grown Rayne next to him. }
"They said they found what was left of a cigarette in the bed with them. Also said that your dad was too drunk to wake up and your mom was too high... Funny thing... When they asked around... Everyone said your dad didn't smoke..."
{ Chris' eye began to twitch as he slowly turned his head and looked at Rayne. }
"I do not care what you think happened here. They are dead. I am Free. And that is all that matters."[/color]
{ She raises an eyebrow. }
"Are you really free? Since stepping back into the ring what have you done? Who have you really beaten? You've injured men, fought in brutal matches, but in reality you've done nothing to impress upon anyone how truly dangerous you can be. Chris Diamond was a force to be reckoned with, Maniac is just a blunt instrument, hitting things at random until he breaks or his target does. Your nothing. Your no one. And soon no one will care about you anymore. Lex Sense and Gabriel Karras already fear you no more."
{ His eye twitched again. }
"Then that is their mistake. I'm not here to further my own career..."[/color]
"Then why are you here?"
"I..."[/color]
"Came back to get revenge on Rob for everything he did to you. Then what? Injured Mike Honcho for fun? Jobbed the Honor title to Lex Sense? There was a time you were the most feared man in all of professional wrestling. Do you remember that? Back when you could wrestle a whole match without throwing someone through a table or hitting them with a chair?"
{ Chris looked away from her. }
"Admit it. This thing you've become, this monster, it's not who you really are. It's just the pent up anger of a child lashing out at the people he thought should care for him. That's why you've systematically destroyed the people who love you, where as everyone else gets to skate by."
{ A single tear began to form in his left eye. }
"You killed them Chris... and you've never forgiven yourself... Now your trying to destroy everything good you've ever done with your life because you don't think you deserve it... Let go Chris. Admit it. Free yourself."
"I... Did... Nothing... WRONG! They got what was coming to them and I do not regret it. They died so that I could live and if I could go back and change it, I would not. I'd watch them burn all over again. If they had not died..."[/color]
"You would have never gotten adopted by Rob and Shelly's family."
{ Chris stood up and began to walk toward the house, but as he got closer everything once again melted away. Maniac stood once more in the grave yard, Rayne still sat on the tombstone. }
"I would never have become the man I became... A man people should fear... A man the wrestling world will fear once more..."[/color]
"You need to let go Chris."
"What I need to do is none of your concern. What I need to do is finish the lesson I began teaching on Collision. Sense is a fool to think I could not beat him simply because I did not feel like playing by Honor rules."[/color]
{ He shot Rayne a cold, steely glance and she too disappeared. }
"Simply because I chose not to defeat him by pin fall does not mean I did not defeat him. I was not the one on my back by nights end. I was not the one who was over powered and thrown like a two bit whore through a table. I was not the one who attained the honor title through a DQ. I won that belt by destroying my opponent and I could win it again if I so chose."[/color]
{ A smile creeped across his face underneath the mask as a thought occurred to him. }
"If you be so sure of yourself then why not put your title where your mouth is Lex? You demanded this match out of a sense of redemption, looking to redeem yourself and your cheaply won honor championship. Next week, once this cage match has come and gone, lets settle this, one on one with that Honor Championship on the line. Only this time Lex, lets dispel honor rules. In fact, lets just eliminate anything that could get in our way. I want to face you on the next edition of Collision in an empty arena match for the honor championship."[/color]
{ Maniac walked very slowly over to the tombstone. }
"Tell me, what be your answer Lex? Your not afraid to meet me on my terms are you? I'll give you fair warning Lex, if you agree to this match, you will not walk away from it. I've grown tired of your threats. I've grown tired of your promises. I've grown tired of you running your mouth. All month long you have been chasing me Lex, unable to catch up, unable to keep pace, unable to match up to your predecessor, to the master, to the Maniac you wish to become. I'll make this simple Lex, I will devour you, body and soul. Both inside that cage and the week after. You called this match a 'Nightmare' Cage match... How quant... But for you Lex, the nightmare has only just begun."[/color]
{ Maniac stares at the tombstone. The name on it finally becoming visible, almost like it just appeared there... }
{ Maniac peered behind the stone and picked up a shovel... }
"Is it better to out monster the monster or be quietly devoured by it?"[/color]
{ He slams the point of the shovel into the ground... }
"Chris..."
{ He turns on his heels,the voice coming from directly behind him. }
"Mom?"[/color]
{ Rayne stood in front of him. }
"No Chris, not Mom. Just me. Just the woman you loved, who loved you. The woman you shattered into a million pieces and left to die. Just me."
{ His eyes narrowed. }
"Leave me be."[/color]
"No Chris. Not until you wake up and realize what your doing is wrong. Not until you acknowledge your mistake and fix it."
"I've made no mistakes and no amount of ghostly apparitions will stop me from doing what must be done. Much like the threats and promises of Lex Sense, your words are hollow and they fall on deaf ears."[/color]
{ Maniac walks around her and begins to head away, however Rayne appears in front of him again. }
"People don't start seeing things that aren't there because their happy with the way they lived their life's. Your broken Chris. It's what drew me to you. We are so much alike. But this mask, this thing you've allowed to grow inside of you. You must face it down and defeat it. You must Chris! If not for me then for your own soul."
{ Maniac has had enough, he snaps and grabs Rayne by the neck and goes to slam her against a near by tree but as he pushes her backward she dissolves in his hand. Maniac's fist slams against the tree and he spins around again, she's sitting on the tombstone he came to see. }
"Tell them what you did Chris... Tell them why their dead..."
{ He took a step forward and as he did the world around him suddenly changed and shaped itself into something else. It became very smoky yet darker some how. Something was pounding on a wooden door, he looked around but could not see anything. Just then his door came crashing down and a Fire Man came rushing into the room. }
"Come on kid, we gotta get you outta here."[/color]
{ The fire man took young Chris into his arms and carried him out of his room. The entire house was on fire, the flames licked at them as he carried the boy down the hall and through the kitchen. Chris looked toward his parent's room but he couldn't see anything but flames. The fire man got him outside and a safe distance from the house where he was met by the rest of his crew. Someone else took Chris and wrapped him in a blanket and sat him down on the side of one of the trucks. }
"Anyone else in there?"[/color]
{ The two fire men looked at Chris then turned their backs to him, but he could still hear them. }
"Looked like the parents were still in their room... There was no saving them... Kid's room was about to go up when I found him."[/color]
{ Chris pulled the blanket up around his shoulders more, pulling it tighter and tighter. Rayne sat down next to him. }
"You know how they died right?"
{ Young Chris ignored the full grown Rayne next to him. }
"They said they found what was left of a cigarette in the bed with them. Also said that your dad was too drunk to wake up and your mom was too high... Funny thing... When they asked around... Everyone said your dad didn't smoke..."
{ Chris' eye began to twitch as he slowly turned his head and looked at Rayne. }
"I do not care what you think happened here. They are dead. I am Free. And that is all that matters."[/color]
{ She raises an eyebrow. }
"Are you really free? Since stepping back into the ring what have you done? Who have you really beaten? You've injured men, fought in brutal matches, but in reality you've done nothing to impress upon anyone how truly dangerous you can be. Chris Diamond was a force to be reckoned with, Maniac is just a blunt instrument, hitting things at random until he breaks or his target does. Your nothing. Your no one. And soon no one will care about you anymore. Lex Sense and Gabriel Karras already fear you no more."
{ His eye twitched again. }
"Then that is their mistake. I'm not here to further my own career..."[/color]
"Then why are you here?"
"I..."[/color]
"Came back to get revenge on Rob for everything he did to you. Then what? Injured Mike Honcho for fun? Jobbed the Honor title to Lex Sense? There was a time you were the most feared man in all of professional wrestling. Do you remember that? Back when you could wrestle a whole match without throwing someone through a table or hitting them with a chair?"
{ Chris looked away from her. }
"Admit it. This thing you've become, this monster, it's not who you really are. It's just the pent up anger of a child lashing out at the people he thought should care for him. That's why you've systematically destroyed the people who love you, where as everyone else gets to skate by."
{ A single tear began to form in his left eye. }
"You killed them Chris... and you've never forgiven yourself... Now your trying to destroy everything good you've ever done with your life because you don't think you deserve it... Let go Chris. Admit it. Free yourself."
"I... Did... Nothing... WRONG! They got what was coming to them and I do not regret it. They died so that I could live and if I could go back and change it, I would not. I'd watch them burn all over again. If they had not died..."[/color]
"You would have never gotten adopted by Rob and Shelly's family."
{ Chris stood up and began to walk toward the house, but as he got closer everything once again melted away. Maniac stood once more in the grave yard, Rayne still sat on the tombstone. }
"I would never have become the man I became... A man people should fear... A man the wrestling world will fear once more..."[/color]
"You need to let go Chris."
"What I need to do is none of your concern. What I need to do is finish the lesson I began teaching on Collision. Sense is a fool to think I could not beat him simply because I did not feel like playing by Honor rules."[/color]
{ He shot Rayne a cold, steely glance and she too disappeared. }
"Simply because I chose not to defeat him by pin fall does not mean I did not defeat him. I was not the one on my back by nights end. I was not the one who was over powered and thrown like a two bit whore through a table. I was not the one who attained the honor title through a DQ. I won that belt by destroying my opponent and I could win it again if I so chose."[/color]
{ A smile creeped across his face underneath the mask as a thought occurred to him. }
"If you be so sure of yourself then why not put your title where your mouth is Lex? You demanded this match out of a sense of redemption, looking to redeem yourself and your cheaply won honor championship. Next week, once this cage match has come and gone, lets settle this, one on one with that Honor Championship on the line. Only this time Lex, lets dispel honor rules. In fact, lets just eliminate anything that could get in our way. I want to face you on the next edition of Collision in an empty arena match for the honor championship."[/color]
{ Maniac walked very slowly over to the tombstone. }
"Tell me, what be your answer Lex? Your not afraid to meet me on my terms are you? I'll give you fair warning Lex, if you agree to this match, you will not walk away from it. I've grown tired of your threats. I've grown tired of your promises. I've grown tired of you running your mouth. All month long you have been chasing me Lex, unable to catch up, unable to keep pace, unable to match up to your predecessor, to the master, to the Maniac you wish to become. I'll make this simple Lex, I will devour you, body and soul. Both inside that cage and the week after. You called this match a 'Nightmare' Cage match... How quant... But for you Lex, the nightmare has only just begun."[/color]
{ Maniac stares at the tombstone. The name on it finally becoming visible, almost like it just appeared there... }
Christopher William Callaghan Sr.
{ Maniac peered behind the stone and picked up a shovel... }
"Is it better to out monster the monster or be quietly devoured by it?"[/color]
{ He slams the point of the shovel into the ground... }