Post by Alex Jones on Oct 27, 2008 18:57:58 GMT -6
“Overactive mind”
2 am, a time when most people are blissfully asleep in their lands of fantasy. This is where AJ Phoenix finds himself most night, but not tonight, you see as he tosses and turns in his kind size bed visions shoot into his already fragile mind. This is part of what he’s seen......
A dark room, a light shines from behind, we see what looks to be a strippers pole. But it’s stained, stained with something, then we see AJ, or as he sees himself in his mind, he reaches out and touches the pole, he looks at his fingers and raises an eyebrow trying to figure out what it is, then his eyes raise with horror
“It’s blood!”
As his voice rings out the ground starts to shake, the walls seem to crash down and dust flies up covering AJ, then silence, nothingness, AJ then opens his eyes, we hear crying, sobbing, AJ turns his head to see what looks to be a woman, hanging from the top of the pole by her wrists, AJ looks up to see her wrists are bound with barbed wire, blood trickles down her arms, AJ looks on in horror and walks up to the shaking figure
“Hey!....HEY!..what is this place...c’mon I’ll help you”
She doesn’t move, instead she seems to get further away, then for some reason the woman looks up and screams, AJ’s eyes again raise becoming surprised, it’s Samantha, his former lover and manager, AJ tries to reach out but something stops him, a dark figure enters the room, Samantha recoils back trying in vain to get away, the figure leans down infront of her as she falls to her knees crying, we see the face, it is the man known as Fate, AJ tries to run but seems to be pulling further away, then darkness and a final scream
“AJ HELP ME!”
“Back to reality”
AJ eyes snap open, he sits up and looks around through the darkness, he breathes heavily as sweat pours from his body, AJ pulls his knees to his chest and closes his eyes trying to get the visions from his mind, AJ looks around frantically for something and finds it, he flips open his cell phone and searches the menu, he finds Sam’s number and pauses for a moment, he presses the button and pulls the phone to his ear, after a few seconds AJ sighs in relief
“Hey.....yeah it’s me....nothing, I just wanted to make sure you were ok...yeah I know it’s early I’m sorry I was just, something happened and it freaked me out, I know we haven’t spoken...I was just scared something happened to you....”
AJ’s voice trembles, his mind flashes back to the visions, the dream of Samantha’s pain, he tries to conceal it and show there’s nothing wrong through his voice but fails.
“No...no it’s ok....go back to sleep....yeah it’s good to hear your voice to....goodnight Sam...”
AJ presses the button on his phone, he closes his eyes and breathes deep trying to get rid of the visions that haunt him, AJ grips the bed sheets and turns getting up, he tries to get his mind back on business, he flicks through his phone and highlights the name “Kole K”.
“Hey, yeah I know what time it is, look man, I’m being forced to face a psychopath in six days, and in my preparation I faced Trent Helms, and he walked away and what do you do?, you form an alliance with him without telling me, you go and bring him i-...no you listen....no, no man that’s not cool, I have a huge title defence coming up and I need to know if my “friends” have my back or no-....”
AJ looks at his phone and realises Kole hung up on him, he shakes his head and mutters something, he puts the phone down and sits back on the bed, he closes his eyes and tries to get some sleep...
....A knock is heard at the door, AJ looks at the clock...5am, he shakes his head and gets up walking down the stairs in only a pair of boxer shorts, he opens the door and looks around, nothing, no one, then a bag appears over AJ’s head, a black bag, he struggles as two masked men pick him up and drag him outside into a waiting van, the white van then speeds off.....
“A twist in the tale”
The hood is removed, a light hits AJ in the face like a punch to the nose. The two masked figures stand side by side, AJ tries to shake it off and move but realises he’s tied to a chair.
“What do you want?”
Silence from his captors, AJ sighs and shakes his head trying to get his bearings on where he might be.
“What do you want?....are you gonna talk? or just stand there looking at me in my underwear?..”
One of them looks at the other and whispers, AJ laughs to himself and smirks
Masked man 1:: “We have you here because you have become a joke of your former self, you were once a great man and now we see you’ve become conflicted in your ways, you’ve become aware that the empire may not be what’s right for you”
AJ stops laughing and sighs, he starts thinking and looks away
Masked Man 1:: “Ahh you see now that it’s true. But what are you going to do about it?”
Masked Man 2:: “Yeah what are YOU gonna do about it?”
The first man in black slaps the second up the back of the head, AJ smirks and turns his head back to them
AJ:: “Chris?”
Both guys put their heads down and sigh, the lights come on and both guys take their masks off revealing Chris Mercury and Dylan Phoenix, AJ starts laughing and scoffs
AJ:: “What the hell are you two doing?...”
Mercury and Dylan look at each other trying to communicate non verbally somehow
Dylan:: “Well, we saw what’s been happening and we needed t0o get your attention”
Chris:: “And it’s obvious you need help in preparing to defend your title against Hammond and Fate”
AJ nods and raises an eyebrow
AJ:: “Pissed you got left off the card for “Mind games” and you’re trying to get some camera time?”
Chris:: “That to...”
Dylan shoots a glare at Chris and buries his head in his hands
AJ:: “So what’s your plan exactly?”
Chris:: “We’re gonna help you train...COMPLETE WITH 80’S MONTAGE MUSIC!”
AJ looks up at Dylan as Mercury presses “play” on the CD player, then survivors “eye of the tiger” blasts out.
AJ:: “NO!”
Chris turns it off looking almost disappointed, he then skips to the next song which is “the best” from the karate kid, AJ starts hopping around on his chair
AJ:: “NO NO NO AND NO”
Dylan walks up and kicks the CD players over, Mercury puts his head down like a scolded pup and walks away.
AJ:: “Wait wait wait...you both took me from my house right?, who was driving?...”
Dylan smiles and unties AJ, AJ gets to his feet and turns around, he smiles wide looking happy and surprised
AJ:: “Sam?”
Samantha Noble smiles leaning against the far wall, she throws some clothes at his feet and smirks
Sam:: “Get dressed...we have work to do....”
AJ smiles and starts to get dressed as the scene fades out
“The promo...”
We reopen back up with AJ sitting outside, his upper body drenched in sweat from working out, he wears a pair of black board shorts and a white bandana over his head, his long hair wet under it, AJ turns his head and smirks.
“It seems that Fate has been having a bit of a psychological crisis, just like me. See for weeks I’ve been trying to figure out where I’m at in my career and my life, my choices and choice of friends, and I believe I’ve almost made a decision regarding all of it, but Fate, well fate has been struggling with inner demons, trying to push ADM out, trying to become himself, it’s something that should be admired, and truth be told I’m more than a little relieved he’s trying to get rid of that side of him, because that side of him is something that should be dead and buried, it’s dangerous and destructive...”
“See when I was in Lethal Intent it was there, underneath, I was scared but at the same time curious, when Dark Prophet got injured it was just me, Fate and Jackhammer, so I walked out, and then Fate disappeared, Jackhammer, well Jackhammer has been trying to keep his career together, but then Fate returned and had his sights set on me...and my X-Division title....”
AJ pauses for a moment and shakes his head
“I don’t know what happened earlier, I can’t explain how you knew about my nightmare Fate, but what I can tell you is that it woke me up to the realisation that you’re more than just a real threat to my title, you’re a threat to my sanity, stealing my belt, wrapping it in barbed wire, I’m just glad the NCW security got it back from you un harmed. I earned that belt Fate, I earned it with my blood, sweat and tears, I put everything I had into getting that belt and now, now I’m defending it against anyone who wants a shot, all the naysayers have been silenced and they know I am the greatest X-Division champion this company has ever seen...”
AJ smiles wide and folds his arms
“And I’m going to prove it against you and Hammond, I’m not sure why Jack is in this match, cause although he has talent the truth is the last two times he’s been in the ring with me he’s been completely outclassed by the better man..”
AJ gets to his feet and stares at the camera
“I’ve made mistakes, but I’m in the process of fixing them, becoming the champion everyone wants me to be, and while I am looking forward to the match I’m more looking forward to after it, to see what happens, because lately I’ve been upping my game, the NCW management noticed it, they put me against Trent Helms and I stayed toe to toe with him until he decided to leave the ring. He has his issues with Adam Knite, Angel has his issues with Steve Awesome so it seems the top two guys I want to face are a little busy, so I’m stuck with you two. Fate, a man who is more than a little deranged but is a talent, and Jack Hammond, a man who I can’t seem to get rid of, no matter how many times I embarrass him...”
“So let me be clear, after this match if Jack Hammond wants another shot he has to get to the back of the line and Fate?, well I hope he gets all this out of his system and either goes to the back of the line with Hammond or goes onto something else, Either way NCW management will start bringing me others, bigger names, better challenges, I’ll be able to show the world my talents against people other than Jack Hammond.”
“But I don’t want this to seem like I’m writing them off, one of them could very well walk out with the title, they’re talented men, but I’m simply better. I’m a future world champion, a future legend, and I will show Hammond and Fate the dangers of chasing the dragon....”
AJ smirks as the scene fades