Post by Alex Jones on Dec 3, 2008 17:33:19 GMT -6
Part II-The sanctity of prayer
“Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven....”
Faint footsteps can be heard as we fade in, we see a pair of polished black boots clunking along a hardwood floor. We trail up so see AJ Phoenix, dressed in black jeans and a tight form fit white t-shirt with some stylish graphic, AJ enters a wooden door to the confessional cubical and kneels down.
AJ:: “Forgive me father for I have sinned, it’s been......ten years, two months, four days and two hours since my last confession, I’ve committed many sins in that time father including having sex out of wedlock, the sin of pride, of not loving thy neighbour and even sloth....”
Priest:: “Alright my son....just confess to what you remember and the lord will forgive you for your trespasses...”
AJ:: “But father, there’s been so many, for sex out of wedlock there was Anna, Georgia, Melissa, Kiana, Kayla, Mona, Janet, Jennifer, Samantha, Tiffany....”
We fade out for a moment as AJ says the names, we fade back in with a “2 hours later” graphic
AJ:: “...Harmony, Jessica, Allannah, that girl from the hotel gift shop and the young woman who cleans the floors here.....”
Priest:: “Is that all my son?...”
AJ:: “From what I can remember...yes...”
Priest:: “Well if you’re repentant then god will forgive you...”
AJ:: “Repentant?....”
Priest:: “Yes if you feel bad and want to be forgiven...”
AJ:: “....feel...bad?......No no Father, I’m just admitting I did it, I don’t really feel bad about it....”
Priest:: “But...you could go to Hell.....”
AJ:: “....well see Father I have a theory on that....I don’t believe sex out of wedlock is that big of a deal....it’s a primal human nature, and who are we to deny ourselves the gift that god gave us?...”
Priest:: “Sins of the flesh my son...”
AJ:: “Am I going to hell father?”
Priest:: “Yes....yes you are...”
AJ:: “What if I lead my life of sin and then recant and ask for forgiveness on my death bed?”
Priest:: “Then you’ll be forgiven and you’ll be able to enter paradise....”
AJ:: “......so...why am I talking to you?...”
Priest:: “I really have no idea....”
Silence as AJ ponders this, he then turns and exits the cubicle, he turns and walks towards the large wooden doors of the church, he pushes the door open as the warm sunlight washes over him, AJ slides on a pair of black rimmed sunglasses and smirks
“It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining, birds are tweeting, this is like a perfect day from my dreams”
“..dreams, you talked about those didn’t you Angel?. You talked about yours, mine, Shelly’s, you want to know what my dreams are?. To be remembered, revered, to have my name live on through the ages, to have young up and comers be compared to me, for my name to outlive me, even in death for me to be looked at as the best, and one of the ways I’ll do that is by helping you get rid of the cancer that’s eating away at NCW, but, that is for after transgression Angel. After you and I settle out business I’ll gladly stand by you and anyone else that wishes to rid NCW of this disease, but as I said, after you and I finish our business.....”
AJ smirks
“You asked me to stand up Angel, you asked me to stand up for what I believe in, I always do my friend, I always do. And right now, what I believe in is simple, the spirit of competition, This Sunday I step in the ring with a man who has beaten me EVERY time I’ve faced him, this Sunday I go against a guy who has almost been world champion, who took Steve Awesome to the limit, now that’s a challenge, that’s true competition Angel, it’s that kind of thing that gets my ****ing dick hard. That is my salvation, competition, going out there and giving my all, my heart my soul, I put it all out on the line and when the dust has settled I feel free, I feel like all my sins have been forgiven, if only for a small amount of time, that’s why I stopped Johnny Rotten from scrambling your brains with a chair, it wasn’t just because I have respect for you, it’s because I wanted you to be one hundred percent for our match, I wanted to know you’d be able to stand up to everything I have and defend against it. I have to know.....I have to know for a fact who’s better......”
“But this match may not answer that, we may never answer that, I could win, but it wouldn’t make me better than you Angel, it’d just mean at that moment in time I was better, you and I are two men who may never know who is “better”....”
“And some part of me is strangely comfortable with that....”
“Everytime I’ve ever stood across from you I’ve had this burning desire, not to just get the win but to get it in a way that leaves no doubt in yours or anyone’s mind that I’m your equal, I live in your shadow Angel, and it’s cold, it’s lonely, no matter what I do, who I beat, how long I hold the X-Division title, I can never let the sun shine on me and give me the true warmth, I’m always being blocked by you, and it pains me to say it, but people look at me as a copy of you, as “Angel lite”, it sickens me, I hate it, I hate it so much it makes me almost lash out and have a nervous breakdown, it’s not your fault though Angel, you’re one of the best to ever hold the X-Division title, I can stare at the record books all I want and take pride in the fact I’ve been X-Division champion for one hundred and eight days in one reign to your seventy days over two.....but it really does mean nothing unless I can emerge from your shadow and truly “arrive”. I could have held this belt for a whole year but unless I’d have beaten you it’d have meant absolutely nothing....”
AJ swallows hard and looks down
“I need to beat you, not just for my own career advancement, but for the sake of my sanity, it may sound sad but, I could beat a world champion and still have a need to beat you, you’re my greatest challenge, you’re the guy who I see in the future as my biggest rival, you’re the guy who’s wins over me will always sting the most and while I’m not ashamed of losing to you, It does pain me to realise that I haven’t been able to beat you. But, I’ll always have chances wont I Angel?. I can step up and face you and we can go toe to toe over and over, you’ll win some and hopefully I’ll win some. But this match is our biggest to date, I’ve been running rough shot over the whole X-Division, facing everyone, beating everyone, I’ve been a dominant force here, but then, you returned, the man who defined the X-Division, the man who many say IS the X-Division, a man who many say never truly lost the X-Division title.....”
“The X-Division legend against the current dominating champion, you add that in with our personal struggles, our former hatred that turned to respect once we both changed and grew up, and our burgeoning friendship, yes Angel I consider you a friend, but on Sunday all feelings of kinship will go out the window, we’ll enter the ring and stare deep into each other’s eyes and that hatred will return, then it’ll happen, an explosion of emotion and power, two of the greatest in ring performers and the two greatest X-Division stars ever to step foot in NCW will go at it, the crowd will be screaming, pulsing, staring with awe as we do things that should be physically and mentally impossible."
"It’s what we do Angel, we defy logic, and when all is said and done one of us will walk away with the X-Division title and with the title of the best. It’s epic, it’s like some kind of great Shakespearian battle, I compared us to other great wrestling fueds of the past, but truth is, the battle between us is more like the epic wars between generals, fights like those between Hector and Achillies, Alexander and Darius the third of Persia, Napolion and Wellington, when we stand face to face, the air is thick, the smell of sweat and blood will return and we will create art on canvas, we will have an epic battle in our own personal war and I refuse to let you beat me again and end my title reign!, I refuse to let it happen Angel.....I will remove myself from your shadow and then I will stand beside you..as a friend...and rival.....”
AJ sighs and moves away as the scene fades