Post by Rob Diamond on Sept 24, 2011 11:48:55 GMT -6
{ Rob sits with his head bowed, we're only hours away from Battlegrounds going live on pay per view. His back is to us at the moment as he seemingly plays with something in his hands. }
"You don't pay very close attention do you Ricky?"
{ His head picks up just a little as he cocks his neck to look at us, at Ricky. }
"I'm not the Ace so don't expect me to sit here and pick apart everything you said word for word but I mean COME ON!"
{ He pauses and allows the master chess player to figure out what he ****ed up. }
"Seriously Ricky? Seriously?? You expect me to sit here and buy this chess analogy garbage when you can't even see the moves that have already been made?"
{ Wait for it... Wait... For... It... }
"Steve and I...."
{ Baited breath. }
"Reformed..."
{ Are you ready? }
"InFamous OVER SIX MONTHS AGO! So way to pay attention buddy. But oh wait, I forgot, it didn't have anything to do with your lazy ass collecting unemployment checks so you probably weren't paying attention to it. But hey, whatever Ricky, keep planning for my next move because it's so damn obvious..."
{ He "pfft's". }
"Speaking of my next move, check this out Ricky. You scoff at my career, at the things I've over come to be where I am today?"
{ Rob's not wearing his signature smirk at the moment as he glares into the camera. }
"Could you have done it? Huh, Ricky? Could you have walked a mile in my shoes and done what I've done?"
{ Let me take a guess as you research that question and say your going to come up with a resounding "no." }
"NO!"
{ See. }
"You sit there in your little recording studio, hanging out with Roxi, playing video games all day talking about how Leonard is holding you back?? GET OFF YOUR ****ING ASS AND DO SOMETHING ALREADY!"
{ Rob nearly throws the chair up against the wall as he stands, sliding whatever is in his hands out of our sight. }
"So you've been here since the beginning? So you wrestled in RTTG 1? So you've never gotten a World title shot gift wrapped for you?"
{ Sit back ladies. }
"BOO HOO!"
{ Warned you. }
"Neither has anyone else Rick! You don't get World title shots by sitting in a dark room and crying about it. YOU EARN IT! You go out to that ring and you DEMAND IT! You make it so Leonard can't look you over because the fans WANT it. But that's all too hard for Ricky Johnson, after all he's been here since practically day one and despite Leonard HANDING HIM THE BALL ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASION, he just can't seem to get his lazy ass over with a live crowd. Just keep dropping the ball buddy."
{ Rob feigns surprise. }
"What? Oh you didn't know what the people think of you matters Ricky? You didn't know that if they see you for the lazy sack of **** that you are you get booted from tv? It takes a hell of allot more than winning a title and holding it for the standard issue 35 days to be considered on of the best, but you didn't know that right? You didn't know that you actually have to PROVE yourself inside that ring every single damn day of your life? Wow... That's shocking... Tell me again how your the master chess player and Steve, Andy and I are all part of a conspiracy because the way I see it..."
{ He steps a little closer to the camera. }
"We're the goddam best wrestlers nCw has to offer and if you don't like it..."
{ The smirk comes through finally. }
"Then shut the **** up and beat us already."
{ Oh and it is magnificent. }
"As for you Lex..."
{ He begins to bring whatever he's holding back into sight. }
"You don't wanna do this, Rob."
{ But Angel steps into the shot. }
"Angel?"
"Rob, I appreciate what your doing, honestly, but I can fight my own battles."
"Yeah, then where the hell have you been?"
"Getting better."
{ Angel looks down at Rob's left hand, the one holding the mask... }
"You don't want to do this."
"Why the hell not?"
"You go down this road Rob, there's no coming back."
"You came back."
{ Angel shakes his head and lets a small smile escape. }
"No Rob, I haven't, because every time someone pushes me a little too far I go to where your going and I don't stop until their gone... Trust me, you don't want to live your life that way."
"Why not? If it gets the job done, if it teaches Lex a lesson, why not!?"
"Because you'll take everyone you love with you."
{ Rob turns and sees Zelda standing in the door. }
"You don't want your kids to see you as a monster the way mine have, the way you see Chris... The way Lex's kids see him."
{ Rob still has his eyes on Zelda. She bites her lip and slowly rubs her belly. }
"Are you?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"Oh my god."
{ Rob drops the mask on the ground as he wraps hsi arms around Zelda and pulls her in tight. Rob caresses the back of her head and whispers. }
"I love you."
"I love you too."
{ The two of them kiss and it's like their falling in love all over again. Angel grabs Rob by the shoulder. }
"You don't need to become a monster to beat him Rob because your twice the man he'll ever be. Just beat him and laugh as he pushes the only people who really care about him even further out of his life. What was the first thing I taught you when you came to my school?"
"You only lose if you don't try."
"No matter what happens, Lex has already lost because he refuses to try to be better. Tonight, in that ring, he is going to have to look the ones who love him in the eyes and chose between being the man they want him to be and the man he pretends to be. Either way the only thing you have to focus on is walking out of that cage with your hand raised in the air."
{ Rob looks at Angel. }
"And that's it? We win and just let Lex wallow in his own misery? No pay back? No revenge? Nothing?"
{ The slight smile on Angel's face twists into something a little bit sinister as he slowly begins to back out of the room. }
"No, that's not it."
{ Angel reaches the door and is about to leave. }
"Soon I'll be cleared to wrestle and when I am... Lex will answer to me."
{ With that Angel leaves the room. Rob and Zelda both turn to face each other. }
"So your not going to become a homicidal maniac now, right?"
{ Rob crosses his arms like he's got to think about. Zelda punches him in the shoulder. }
"Rob!"
{ He laughs. }
"Nah, I guess not. Besides it's not like I ever needed to be one before to whip his, Jimmy or Ricky's asses."
"Good to hear."
{ Rob turns to face the camera, smirk firmly in place. }
"I guess you were right Lex, I can't sink to your level... BECAUSE I'M BETTER THAN YOU! And mostly because I don't need to. While I admit it was fun watching you run like a chicken with your head cut off beating up old people and talking to phantoms I'm just not capable of sinking to your level of suck."
{ Shrugs. }
"Oh well. I guess we'll always have that one time you were pissing yourself wondering if I'm monster enough to hurt your lovely daughters."
{ He leans in. }
"Totally wouldn't of, bee tee dub."
{ Winks. }
"I did, however, rather enjoy my time inside your head. It's a rather nice place once you get past the dreary decor. Could really use a woman's touch... Bates... But we're past that now Lex because Battlegrounds is only a few hours away and pretty soon we're going to be locked inside a steel cage fighting for our life's... Metaphorically speaking of course... Well, some of us are speaking metaphorically, I'm sure you still think your man enough to rip me to pieces in front of your kids."
{ He rolls his eyes. }
"I am curious what your going to do once you see first hand that the way you are, the things you do affect them Lex. You warned me that I didn't want to go down the route of my brother or yourself because you seem to think you know how bad it can get. Tell me, when their sitting ring side watching their loving father attempt to kill the nice man who gave them t-shirts and took them out for ice cream will you still be so heartless? Will you be able to focus on me, Lex? Will you be able to hoist me up over your head and try to break my back like you did to Angel?"
{ Shakes head. }
"Probably not."
{ And grins. }
"But me?"
{ Then chuckles. }
"I'm going to show them what their father is really made of... Inside out... Because I want them to watch me break you, Lex. I want them to watch with tear filled eyes as they see their father for what he really is."
{ Close up. }
"A bitch."
{ Pull back. }
"And maybe when I'm done I'll take your kids out for a little dinner. Show them what a real man and father looks like."
"Not to mention wrestler."
"Oh and before I forget, while your down there... SUCK IT! Kristoff Liam Bates style."
{ Fade on the future Mr. and Mrs. Robert Diamond, the picture of everything you wish you were. }
"You don't pay very close attention do you Ricky?"
{ His head picks up just a little as he cocks his neck to look at us, at Ricky. }
"I'm not the Ace so don't expect me to sit here and pick apart everything you said word for word but I mean COME ON!"
{ He pauses and allows the master chess player to figure out what he ****ed up. }
"Seriously Ricky? Seriously?? You expect me to sit here and buy this chess analogy garbage when you can't even see the moves that have already been made?"
{ Wait for it... Wait... For... It... }
"Steve and I...."
{ Baited breath. }
"Reformed..."
{ Are you ready? }
"InFamous OVER SIX MONTHS AGO! So way to pay attention buddy. But oh wait, I forgot, it didn't have anything to do with your lazy ass collecting unemployment checks so you probably weren't paying attention to it. But hey, whatever Ricky, keep planning for my next move because it's so damn obvious..."
{ He "pfft's". }
"Speaking of my next move, check this out Ricky. You scoff at my career, at the things I've over come to be where I am today?"
{ Rob's not wearing his signature smirk at the moment as he glares into the camera. }
"Could you have done it? Huh, Ricky? Could you have walked a mile in my shoes and done what I've done?"
{ Let me take a guess as you research that question and say your going to come up with a resounding "no." }
"NO!"
{ See. }
"You sit there in your little recording studio, hanging out with Roxi, playing video games all day talking about how Leonard is holding you back?? GET OFF YOUR ****ING ASS AND DO SOMETHING ALREADY!"
{ Rob nearly throws the chair up against the wall as he stands, sliding whatever is in his hands out of our sight. }
"So you've been here since the beginning? So you wrestled in RTTG 1? So you've never gotten a World title shot gift wrapped for you?"
{ Sit back ladies. }
"BOO HOO!"
{ Warned you. }
"Neither has anyone else Rick! You don't get World title shots by sitting in a dark room and crying about it. YOU EARN IT! You go out to that ring and you DEMAND IT! You make it so Leonard can't look you over because the fans WANT it. But that's all too hard for Ricky Johnson, after all he's been here since practically day one and despite Leonard HANDING HIM THE BALL ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASION, he just can't seem to get his lazy ass over with a live crowd. Just keep dropping the ball buddy."
{ Rob feigns surprise. }
"What? Oh you didn't know what the people think of you matters Ricky? You didn't know that if they see you for the lazy sack of **** that you are you get booted from tv? It takes a hell of allot more than winning a title and holding it for the standard issue 35 days to be considered on of the best, but you didn't know that right? You didn't know that you actually have to PROVE yourself inside that ring every single damn day of your life? Wow... That's shocking... Tell me again how your the master chess player and Steve, Andy and I are all part of a conspiracy because the way I see it..."
{ He steps a little closer to the camera. }
"We're the goddam best wrestlers nCw has to offer and if you don't like it..."
{ The smirk comes through finally. }
"Then shut the **** up and beat us already."
{ Oh and it is magnificent. }
"As for you Lex..."
{ He begins to bring whatever he's holding back into sight. }
"You don't wanna do this, Rob."
{ But Angel steps into the shot. }
"Angel?"
"Rob, I appreciate what your doing, honestly, but I can fight my own battles."
"Yeah, then where the hell have you been?"
"Getting better."
{ Angel looks down at Rob's left hand, the one holding the mask... }
"You don't want to do this."
"Why the hell not?"
"You go down this road Rob, there's no coming back."
"You came back."
{ Angel shakes his head and lets a small smile escape. }
"No Rob, I haven't, because every time someone pushes me a little too far I go to where your going and I don't stop until their gone... Trust me, you don't want to live your life that way."
"Why not? If it gets the job done, if it teaches Lex a lesson, why not!?"
"Because you'll take everyone you love with you."
{ Rob turns and sees Zelda standing in the door. }
"You don't want your kids to see you as a monster the way mine have, the way you see Chris... The way Lex's kids see him."
{ Rob still has his eyes on Zelda. She bites her lip and slowly rubs her belly. }
"Are you?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"Oh my god."
{ Rob drops the mask on the ground as he wraps hsi arms around Zelda and pulls her in tight. Rob caresses the back of her head and whispers. }
"I love you."
"I love you too."
{ The two of them kiss and it's like their falling in love all over again. Angel grabs Rob by the shoulder. }
"You don't need to become a monster to beat him Rob because your twice the man he'll ever be. Just beat him and laugh as he pushes the only people who really care about him even further out of his life. What was the first thing I taught you when you came to my school?"
"You only lose if you don't try."
"No matter what happens, Lex has already lost because he refuses to try to be better. Tonight, in that ring, he is going to have to look the ones who love him in the eyes and chose between being the man they want him to be and the man he pretends to be. Either way the only thing you have to focus on is walking out of that cage with your hand raised in the air."
{ Rob looks at Angel. }
"And that's it? We win and just let Lex wallow in his own misery? No pay back? No revenge? Nothing?"
{ The slight smile on Angel's face twists into something a little bit sinister as he slowly begins to back out of the room. }
"No, that's not it."
{ Angel reaches the door and is about to leave. }
"Soon I'll be cleared to wrestle and when I am... Lex will answer to me."
{ With that Angel leaves the room. Rob and Zelda both turn to face each other. }
"So your not going to become a homicidal maniac now, right?"
{ Rob crosses his arms like he's got to think about. Zelda punches him in the shoulder. }
"Rob!"
{ He laughs. }
"Nah, I guess not. Besides it's not like I ever needed to be one before to whip his, Jimmy or Ricky's asses."
"Good to hear."
{ Rob turns to face the camera, smirk firmly in place. }
"I guess you were right Lex, I can't sink to your level... BECAUSE I'M BETTER THAN YOU! And mostly because I don't need to. While I admit it was fun watching you run like a chicken with your head cut off beating up old people and talking to phantoms I'm just not capable of sinking to your level of suck."
{ Shrugs. }
"Oh well. I guess we'll always have that one time you were pissing yourself wondering if I'm monster enough to hurt your lovely daughters."
{ He leans in. }
"Totally wouldn't of, bee tee dub."
{ Winks. }
"I did, however, rather enjoy my time inside your head. It's a rather nice place once you get past the dreary decor. Could really use a woman's touch... Bates... But we're past that now Lex because Battlegrounds is only a few hours away and pretty soon we're going to be locked inside a steel cage fighting for our life's... Metaphorically speaking of course... Well, some of us are speaking metaphorically, I'm sure you still think your man enough to rip me to pieces in front of your kids."
{ He rolls his eyes. }
"I am curious what your going to do once you see first hand that the way you are, the things you do affect them Lex. You warned me that I didn't want to go down the route of my brother or yourself because you seem to think you know how bad it can get. Tell me, when their sitting ring side watching their loving father attempt to kill the nice man who gave them t-shirts and took them out for ice cream will you still be so heartless? Will you be able to focus on me, Lex? Will you be able to hoist me up over your head and try to break my back like you did to Angel?"
{ Shakes head. }
"Probably not."
{ And grins. }
"But me?"
{ Then chuckles. }
"I'm going to show them what their father is really made of... Inside out... Because I want them to watch me break you, Lex. I want them to watch with tear filled eyes as they see their father for what he really is."
{ Close up. }
"A bitch."
{ Pull back. }
"And maybe when I'm done I'll take your kids out for a little dinner. Show them what a real man and father looks like."
"Not to mention wrestler."
"Oh and before I forget, while your down there... SUCK IT! Kristoff Liam Bates style."
{ Fade on the future Mr. and Mrs. Robert Diamond, the picture of everything you wish you were. }