Post by Alex Jones on Apr 22, 2009 22:07:04 GMT -6
Chapter 3-Yeah I’m arrogant.....
“I’ve had enough of being nice...”
The scene fades in, AJ Phoenix seems to be sitting out the front of Shelly and Angel’s former home. AJ’s in his usual baggy blue stylish jeans and black boots, he also wears a black hoodie sporting the logo of popular rock band Trivium. AJ smirks the hood from the jacket pulled up over his head, AJ gets to his feet and puts his hands into the pockets of his jeans.
“So let me get this straight. Angel suddenly has a change of heart and we’re all supposed to forget, we’re all supposed to forgive him and be nice and be a happy NCW family again?. Is that what is supposed to happen?, I guess I’m not much good at following scripts am I?.”
A certain anger seems to well up in AJ, one we’ve never seen before, a quiet dignified rage that seems to swirl like an oncoming storm.
“For months I’ve watched as a man I respected turned into a hypocritical piece of trash. I watched as a man who I thought could save NCW joined the group that would be the true problem, he wouldn’t listen to reason, he wouldn’t see the truth, no he sat blindly following Adam Knite. And a personal rivalry ignited once again between us, and in the middle was the man’s own family. But see here’s the kicker, I actually care for these people. I care for Shelly, I care for Hayleigh, but all I got was accusations that I was using them to get back at Angel....”
“And now he flip flops, he says he doesn’t blame me, he says that he believes me. And I’m supposed to sit back, accept it, shake his hand and embrace him like a brother right?, that’s what I’m “supposed” to do?. We have a long history Angel, I won’t rehash all of it, but I will go back to two weeks ago, the week we went one on one on collision. You accused me of taking advantage of her, I wasn’t, you accused me of trying to take your place, I wasn’t, and now you see the “error” of your ways. Well, excuse me if I’m not ready to believe you yet Angel, cause for all I know, you took the knife out of my back to find a softer spot to put it right back in.”
“In the grander scope of things, you said that the revolution was never about ego or power or gold. The idea was to get rid of the ego’s and just have it all based on competition, a grand idea, but it had two flaws, the first one was that in this business, the ego goes hand in hand with competition, to truly be the best and to put up the best competition you need to have that ego, that cocky nature. And two, to start a group like the revolution you’d have to have a big ego to think you could change things, so in the end it was all about ego, it was all about power and it was all about gold.”
AJ pauses for a moment and shakes his head trying to choose his words carefully.
“And you’re right, the war is over for Adam, he almost has what he wanted all along, the world title. But the war is also over for me. I tried saving NCW and I failed, NCW’s soul is gone, this war was supposed to bring it back, we were supposed to fight and become noble, but I turn around and I see JFK and MGK’s passive attitudes, I see Steve Awesome fighting his personal battles against Harold and I see that you and I are once again at each other’s throats, NCW is dead Angel, and I gave up on saving it....these last few weeks..I’ve been trying to save you...and I’d love to believe I succeeded, I’d love to believe I could embrace you and say you were one of us...but I just don’t believe you...”
“And why should I?. One week you say your beautiful wife is a whore and the next you say you love her. One week you don’t even call your daughter and the next you want her back so badly you cry and scream. One week you say you want to kill me, wrap your hands around my neck and squeeze, or make me bleed all over the NCW logo, the next you want us to shake hands and make up. You have two personalities Angel and I have no idea which one I’m against. The Angel who is a true savior, a hero to the people, or the slimy, manipulative cold hearted piece of trash that cares about himself and himself only.”
“I just don’t get you Angel. You say you believe me and that you can see past the ego to who I am, and then you chastise me and go on about my ego. Look I have a big ego, I always said it I never denied it. But inside I am a good person Angel, and inside you I know there’s still good, but I still can’t trust you, I can’t trust you until after this match, cause then I’ll know who it really is. I know you want your family back, I know you love Shelly, but I love her to, I do, I admit it, and for me to be able to trust that you two will be happy I have to know which Angel it is, because I refuse to let you hurt her again, I refuse to watch her break down and cry and then blame herself for what you became. “
AJ looks away and clenches his jaw, his eyes burn with fire and passion.
“I picked her up, I helped her realise that she could live without you. Don’t get me wrong Angel, this isn’t about “piss talking” this is about truth, and the truth is I was right all along and you were wrong. I told you Adam was wrong, I told you he was in it for himself. And instead of trusting me and listening to me and being a brother to me, you turned a deaf ear and tried to kill me, so tell me why SHOULD I trust you?. Oh I suppose it’s cause I should be the “bigger man” right?. I should do it cause it’ll make me be the guy that you HOPED I’d be?.”
“Well I’m so sorry to disappoint the man who turned his back on everything that mattered and left his wife a crying broken heap on the floor. But to answer your questions as to why I didn’t end you. Is cause the world needs you, the world needs Angel, the real Angel, not the confused enigma you became, not Adam’s bootlicker...the real Angel. But, if I think for one second that you are incapable of being the man your wife and daughter need...then I won’t hesitate in pulling the trigger....not this time...it’s too important....”
“This Sunday, the fight is for NCW, that’s what the team concept is, but the fight between you and me will be personal, we’re in love with the same woman Angel, and while you and Shelly have the history and a bond that seems to be unbreakable, Shelly also has a bond with me, I have no idea who she’ll be willing towards victory, I have no idea who she’d choose. But I have to know, which one of us when it’s this personal is better, in an ideal world all the others would be eliminated and we could settle this one on one. But if after all is said and done Shelly does choose to be with you, too love you, to cherish you, if you are what she wants I’ll do everything in my power to make it happen, all I’ve ever wanted is for her and Hayleigh to be happy and if you are what does that, then I’d do anything to make that happen......”
AJ goes silent for a moment and breathes deep, he closes his eyes and swallows hard thinking about Shelly, a single teardrop falls from his eye before he shakes it off.
“But, in the weight of this issue between Angel and myself I have almost forgotten the others involved. Others like Homeless Harold. A man who has been like an unstoppable freight train ploughing down competition. But, he’s still just like every other big, strong bad as that I’ve ever faced. Harold part of me is scared to face you, you’re a big guy, but you’re wrong, I’m not going to say size doesn’t matter, size does matter..just ask KLB's wife”
AJ laughs to himself and stops, he looks a little confused...did that really just come out of his mouth?, AJ shakes it off.
“You come across as a heartless monster Harold, cold, unfeeling, a true sociopath. But, you don’t know who you’re stepping into the ring with. My fight isn’t with you, it’s with Angel, and if you happen to get in my way, you’ll find my boot, wedged a few inches in your ass. You’re looking at a guy who is a future champion. I dominated the X-Division, I’m not some jackass you can simply walk over. Go ahead Harold....take me lightly..underestimate me.....I dare you...”
AJ laughs to himself and smirks, his arrogance returning, the cocky self assured AJ has returned...god help us all.....