Doctor, Doctor!

[Dr Jonas Potter]

..::PROLOGUE::..
Last chances are reserved for those men who stand on the edge of oblivion. If you are backed into a corner, it is by your own doing. You are basically relating your situation to any wounded animal, Ander. Your argument doesn't make you unique. It makes you like every other animal on the planet. Your imaginary corner is nothing more than a mental block put their to hype yourself up and make you appear more of a challenge than you really are. I get it, Ander, I really do. You want to make your mark on NCW. And you want to use me to make that mark?

Have you gone mad?

Or are you just talking out of your ass?

I haven't backed you into a corner, Ander. I simply painted the picture of truth about you and your immediate future for Road to the Gold Sunday night. Beyond that, I couldn't give a damn about what you do from there.

You are going to stop my reign?

You are going to bring it to a screaching halt?

I have beaten bigger, badder and tougher men than you in my time here in NCW, and I don't think that I will have as tough a time as you think I will. You see, Ander, I took this title from around the waist of Kristoff Bates in a match that he devised and he was favored to win because it was his creation. And in the end, I beat him at his own game and I took this title and I haven't looked back.

Nor will I.

A month later, Bates was back again. He had a rematch and he wanted the title back. Again, we fought tooth and nail, and again, I was victorious! I have beaten Spike Kane, twice no less. I have beaten Alex Jones! I took Falcon to his very limits. I took the number one contender for the World Title, and winner of Road to the Gold, Xander Famularo to the brink! I beat the likes of Seth Evans, Jason Evans, Freakke the Clown, Nathan Webb and I did it all with everyone laughing in my face because they thought I was a bloody joke. So if you think for one single moment that you pose a serious threat to this title reign because you backed yourself into a corner with loss after loss..

THINK AGAIN!

The S.S. Potter is running full steam ahead as scheduled, Ander, and you are just the next stop on this incredible journey that I am on. From Doctor to professional wrestler. From slicing into my patients to slicing and dicing my opponents. This is my lifeblood, Ander, and being the Honor Champion is one of the proudest things I have done in my entire life.

You will not take it from me.

But you will try.

And for that....you must pay the price.

And the price is defeat!

..::SETTING::..
Its the night before Road to the Gold V and Jonas is lying back in his bed, leaned up against the headboard. Using a few pillows to prop himself up, he flips through channels on the television trying to calm his nerves. A commercial for the upcoming NCW Pay Per View comes up and it begins running down the matches on the show. Then it mentions the Honor Championship match between Jonas and Ander Carvetti. Claxton walks into the room to catch the last part of the commercial.

..::PHILLIP CLAXTON::..
I thought you looked fairly well on that spot!

..::DOCTOR JONAS POTTER::..
Oh what do you know?

..::PHILLIP CLAXTON::..
Well excuse me for trying to lighten your mood! What the hell is wrong with you anyway? Ever since you watched Carvetti's promo you have been sulking about with a foul look on your face.

..::DOCTOR JONAS POTTER::..
I will tell you what the problem is, Claxton. The problem is that in this business, the more you win, the more people want to take a shot at you. They want to bring their best effort every match out against you just to prove they are better than you.

..::PHILLIP CLAXTON::..
The spirit of competition, you mean?

..::DOCTOR JONAS POTTER::..
It goes much deeper than that, Claxton. When you wear that gold around your waist, it just puts a target on your back the likes of which you never knew existed until the moment you won it. The whole perspective and dynamic of the situation changes.

..::PHILLIP CLAXTON::..
I see. And something about Carvetti makes you think that he could take that title from you?

..::DOCTOR JONAS POTTER::..
The one thing I know for sure is that any man can beat any other man on any day. I can be in top form, and make one wrong move, or zig right when I should have zagged left, and he takes advantage and lays me out for the one, two three. It's a very real possibility tomorrow night, and any other night.

..::PHILLIP CLAXTON::..
So it's the pressure of your goal then?

..::DOCTOR JONAS POTTER::..
Sort of. Sometimes I feel like the walls are closing in on me here in NCW, Claxton. Like I am being painted into this box of a certain type of performer, or a lower level competitor. Sure, I carry a lower belt, but I don't want to be known as the "best of the rest". I have other goals to achieve here in NCW once my Honor Championship Title Reign is over.

..::PHILLIP CLAXTON::..
I know you do, Jonas. And that is a big reason I chose to come with you when you extended the offer. We have been best friends and we have scraped, clawed and scratched our way to the top time and time again. Some days there is going to be someone there with a hammer just trying to knock you back to the bottom, and some days there will be people behind you trying to stab you in the back. It's important to keep your eyes and ears open so you know how to navigate the pitfalls of both.

..::DOCTOR JONAS POTTER::..
It can be very tricky figuring out who I can and can't trust, Phillip. You have no idea how much I depend on you to level me out now and again.

..::PHILLIP CLAXTON::..
Oh, I wouldn't say I have no idea. I am pretty sure I know! So, with that said. How about you go ahead and start to get those lights turned out and get your rest. Tomorrow is a big day for you.

..::DOCTOR JONAS POTTER::..
yes, quite right you are. Thank you, Claxton. I mean that. You are a true friend, and I appreciate you to no end.

..::PHILLIP CLAXTON::..
I know you do, Jonas. Get some sleep, old boy. I will see you in the morning.

..::SETTING::..
Claxton leaves the room, shutting the door behind him. Jonas sits there a moment, contemplating the simple, yet effective, words from Claxton. A smile comes across his face as he turns off the television and then reaches over and turning out the lamp. As he climbs under the covers and gets comfortable, the scene fades to black.

..::EPILOGUE::..
Ander, I appreciate that you acknowledge that I have worked to make the Honor Championship mean something again. I have tried to restore the luster of the name and truly bring honor to it. I have conducted myself as a professional in every sense of the word and I have proven myself to be a worthy champion. Many say I have nothing more to prove as the Honor Champion.

I say they are wrong!

They are dead wrong!

You see, Ander, becoming the longest reigning Honor Champion in the history of NCW is a huge deal to me. It is my most important goal right now because I want to prove to the rest of NCW that being a champion, any champion, in NCW is worth doing well. It's worth putting your best foot forward every time out.

Win.

Lose.

Or Draw.

I lost a few weeks ago to Gjenrei. Did you hear me whining about it? No, I congratulated him on the victory and moved on. That match was history as soon as it happened, and you can't go back and change anything in the past. All you can do is hope to control the future and what happens in it. You can try to control your own destiny. And the only way to do that..

Is to set goals and achieve them!

If you think for one moment that you are going to come in and take my title away from me because you are backed into an imaginary corner and feel that you have no other choice but destroy me, then you are beaten already. You already have it in your mind that you have to completely annihilate me to gain a victory and gain this championship. That means two things...

You have fear in your heart...

And your fear is controlling you.

We have all been there, Ander. When I first came into professional wrestling from medicine, it was like the exact opposite of my hypocratic oathe. I am doing things to people that I have vowed to treat and repair in my other profession. Do you know what kind of man you are dealing with? Think about that for a moment. You are dealing with a man who took a vow to practice medicine and improve the quality of life for patients who are injured and hurt, and yet every week I go out to the ring for a match and the only way to win is to inflict the injuries I have vowed to treat.

Yeah, it's sinking in now, isn't it.

Some say I am not all there. Some say I am just a joke. Actually, most say I am just a joke. But when I am done with you, and this Honor Championship, people will think differently. My opponents will think differently. Management will think differently. And you?

You will know the stinging taste of defeat at my hands.

You will know that I am the most dangerous man in NCW.

And you will know me as STILL the reigning NCW Honor Champion.

The only thing that ends on Sunday Night....

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