Post by Gib on Jul 2, 2009 20:30:12 GMT -6
FLASHBACK – The week before last months PPV.
(we are brought to a park, a park we once knew as the place Harold first caught a glimpse of Hope, he sits on a bench and Jackie Bates walks up to him, she hesitates and he motions towards the bench next to him. She sits and looks down at her feet, Harold sits back, stretching his arms behind her on the bench, not touching, she flinched recognizing the hand but not acknowledging it)
Harold: I am glad you came…
Jackie: where is my daughter?
Harold: Recess will be soon. We have some business to talk about though.
Jackie: Yes, I can’t live without my daughter anymore, I will do anything to be with her.
Harold: I am glad you said that, because anything might be what it takes…
(He sits forward, the corners of his mouth turn up under his mask. Showing a bit of a smile as he begins to rock gently)
Harold: See, you don’t have to live without her, you don’t have to live a life of sadness, a life of dread. You don’t have to be without happiness. I can bring you everything you once had, I can give you the life you want, I can serve as a husband to you.
Jackie: If you are leaning towards sex, that is not an option.
Harold: No, sex certainly isn’t part of this deal, I have no desires of the flesh, I just need the companionship that comes with family, everyone needs that, everyone needs to feel needed and I am just another person that desires the feelings granted to one by being needed.
Jackie: I don’t need you…
(Suddenly we hear the voice of Hope)
Hope: Mommy!
(She embraces her mother and Harold reaches out and pats her on the back, now slowly moving his hand to Jackie’s back, she flinches but doesn’t move away)
Hope: Mommy, are you coming to live with Uncle Harold and I? We would have so much fun, we could have adventures and root for Uncle Harold to win!
Jackie: We are talking, we are having some adult time. I will come see you in a couple minutes.
(Harold’s face beams, he is elated. AS he sits back Steve’s hair still fresh falls to his shoulders, Hope runs off to a slide)
Harold: This weekend I face your brother for his national title. I want you to know, I have nothing but ill intentions for him, as I feel ultimately you should hold as well, he has left you behind, he hasn’t cared about you. You have been nothing to him, nothing at all.
(Jackie’s face slumps, her shoulders drop)
Jackie: I know…
Harold: He hasn’t been a proper Uncle or brother, he has been whoring around and if you want him to be correct, to care, then you must make sure I defeat him this weekend, you must make sure that I am able to take his National Title, see, as Moses came down from the mountain with the word of god emblazoned upon slate, he saw his people worshipping a false god. Steve worships his title, as these people worshipped their false god. Now, if he loses that title and has nothing to worship, then I feel he will be the Uncle and brother that he should be…
Jackie: Maybe…
(you can see in her face that she is tired, tired of being without her daughter, tired of being treated as a non entity with her brother and Harold is taking full advantage)
Harold: Together as a family we can help Steve understand, we can help him want to be around you, we can help him become better, more passionate about you for one doesn’t realize what they have until it is gone, when I strip him of everything, when I destroy him he will rise, and he will for the first time appreciate you.
(Tears fall from Jackie’s eyes as Harold smirks)
Jackie: I just want him to care.
Harold: So do I… So do I.
(Jackie waits until she turns to Harold and speaks softly, her voice cracking with emotion)
Jackie: I can’t betray him…
Harold: You aren’t betraying him, you are setting him free…
(She puts her head back down, and Harold places his arm around her she moves into him, almost testing the waters as to what this life would be like. Suddenly she stands and runs off, Harold smirks and then you hear the most vile, blood curdling laugh that has ever been heard, the sadistic laugh of victory, Harold knows that he has won, Harold knows that she will join him, and he knows that Steve Awesome will be finished, no rehabilitation, no chance for a second rising, no chance for redemption.)
(we are brought to a park, a park we once knew as the place Harold first caught a glimpse of Hope, he sits on a bench and Jackie Bates walks up to him, she hesitates and he motions towards the bench next to him. She sits and looks down at her feet, Harold sits back, stretching his arms behind her on the bench, not touching, she flinched recognizing the hand but not acknowledging it)
Harold: I am glad you came…
Jackie: where is my daughter?
Harold: Recess will be soon. We have some business to talk about though.
Jackie: Yes, I can’t live without my daughter anymore, I will do anything to be with her.
Harold: I am glad you said that, because anything might be what it takes…
(He sits forward, the corners of his mouth turn up under his mask. Showing a bit of a smile as he begins to rock gently)
Harold: See, you don’t have to live without her, you don’t have to live a life of sadness, a life of dread. You don’t have to be without happiness. I can bring you everything you once had, I can give you the life you want, I can serve as a husband to you.
Jackie: If you are leaning towards sex, that is not an option.
Harold: No, sex certainly isn’t part of this deal, I have no desires of the flesh, I just need the companionship that comes with family, everyone needs that, everyone needs to feel needed and I am just another person that desires the feelings granted to one by being needed.
Jackie: I don’t need you…
(Suddenly we hear the voice of Hope)
Hope: Mommy!
(She embraces her mother and Harold reaches out and pats her on the back, now slowly moving his hand to Jackie’s back, she flinches but doesn’t move away)
Hope: Mommy, are you coming to live with Uncle Harold and I? We would have so much fun, we could have adventures and root for Uncle Harold to win!
Jackie: We are talking, we are having some adult time. I will come see you in a couple minutes.
(Harold’s face beams, he is elated. AS he sits back Steve’s hair still fresh falls to his shoulders, Hope runs off to a slide)
Harold: This weekend I face your brother for his national title. I want you to know, I have nothing but ill intentions for him, as I feel ultimately you should hold as well, he has left you behind, he hasn’t cared about you. You have been nothing to him, nothing at all.
(Jackie’s face slumps, her shoulders drop)
Jackie: I know…
Harold: He hasn’t been a proper Uncle or brother, he has been whoring around and if you want him to be correct, to care, then you must make sure I defeat him this weekend, you must make sure that I am able to take his National Title, see, as Moses came down from the mountain with the word of god emblazoned upon slate, he saw his people worshipping a false god. Steve worships his title, as these people worshipped their false god. Now, if he loses that title and has nothing to worship, then I feel he will be the Uncle and brother that he should be…
Jackie: Maybe…
(you can see in her face that she is tired, tired of being without her daughter, tired of being treated as a non entity with her brother and Harold is taking full advantage)
Harold: Together as a family we can help Steve understand, we can help him want to be around you, we can help him become better, more passionate about you for one doesn’t realize what they have until it is gone, when I strip him of everything, when I destroy him he will rise, and he will for the first time appreciate you.
(Tears fall from Jackie’s eyes as Harold smirks)
Jackie: I just want him to care.
Harold: So do I… So do I.
(Jackie waits until she turns to Harold and speaks softly, her voice cracking with emotion)
Jackie: I can’t betray him…
Harold: You aren’t betraying him, you are setting him free…
(She puts her head back down, and Harold places his arm around her she moves into him, almost testing the waters as to what this life would be like. Suddenly she stands and runs off, Harold smirks and then you hear the most vile, blood curdling laugh that has ever been heard, the sadistic laugh of victory, Harold knows that he has won, Harold knows that she will join him, and he knows that Steve Awesome will be finished, no rehabilitation, no chance for a second rising, no chance for redemption.)