Post by Guernica on Aug 27, 2015 11:14:09 GMT
We open up to jet black screen with a white spotlight shining on the middle of it. Due to events that have taken place on Monday Night Sacrifice, Guernica is absent from the streets of Tijuana and is instead in and unknown place.
Guernica walks into the view of the camera, his head bowed. He quickly turns to the camera and begins to speak without all of the usual hesitating that he usually does.
‘Due to a certain incident that happened last Monday, I have been banned from my home. I have been cheated out of a rightly deserved opportunity at the Invictus Championship by somebody who simply will do everything with his wrongly earned power to keep it.’
‘But that isn’t going to work, Mohamed Al-Thani. You think that it will take long enough for me to return legally that I will miss the match at Lineage. You think that it will be a one on one fight between you and Alexander Atwater.’
‘I can guarantee you, that isn’t happening, Mohamed.’
‘I will do all in my power to not miss this match. I am not going to miss this match to finally get my name into Imperial Wrestling Federation’s history books, in my own home of all places! You’ve tried to take this opportunity away from me to send me a message that I am not ready for this chance, or even ready for this division.’
‘But when I defeated you on Sacrifice in that non-title match, I proved to you that I can take you on. When I fought with one of the greatest fighters in the industry, Rob Diamond, I proved to the watching people that I am not going to lie here and rot at the bottom of the ladder. I’m here to prove that I can make it here.’
‘But above all, I’ve proved that I don’t need to change my style, passion or heart to make it. Many a time, people have told me to ‘man up’ and stop being the nice guy that I can be, depending on who I face. But now you know I’m capable of doing anything with my style. I’m not just a dare-devil or a risk-taker. I’m a complete fighter with the mind to go with it.’
‘So Al-Thani and Atwater, when we face at Lineage, I’m doing it my way. This fight is on my terms, and my terms only.’
‘Al-Thani, I know for a fact that you are the biggest hater of my cause and you also have the biggest desire to prove me wrong, and convert me. But I’m not changing my ways. I don’t care about the words that come out of the mouths of people I don’t respect on a professional level. You’ve heard enough from me in the past, Mohamed, to know that I don’t have any respect for you. Professional or personal.’
‘I don’t need to say more to the likes of you. I would be a waste of my time. It might not be me who walks out as Invictus Champion, but I know for a fact that it won’t be you...’
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The scene fades to another dark scene, which appears to be a room lit only by candles. All that’s visible in the room is a desk with a visibly younger Guernica sitting at its edge, quill in hand. In the background, the fireplace flickers and cracks as Guernica starts to write on a piece of paper on lying on the table.
A voiceover plays:
Dear Diary, May 31st 2010
Last week I called this piece of paper a cure to all of my problems that I’ve faced.Specifically, to my mental state. Last week was the probably the best I’ve felt since my father was imprisoned. Imagine that, the greatest moment I had in the space of a month of rehab was talking to a piece of paper.
But while this suffices for now, sooner or later it’s going to end. It can’t last. I need to talk to somebody in real life, but I can’t muster myself to do that. I’m on the brink of breaking down inside again. I just can’t face this grief. It hurts like a kick in the teeth.
I want to wake up. Either wake up from this personal coma that I’m in, and break out of my shell; or wake up from this dream. This nightmare. But the longer this goes on, the more I come to this inevitable conclusion that this is not a nightmare. This is real, and I need to find a way to deal with it.
How? I don’t know. But I need to find a way out of this cage. I need to find a way...
Until I Write Again,
Jose
Jose
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We return to Guernica infront of the black-screen
‘But now I come to an old friend. Well, I mean ‘friend’ is definitely not the right word, but it seemed the right thing to say at the time. In truth, he is one of my greatest enemies on my CV because I have never beaten him. At each attempt, Alexander Atwater has foiled me with his strength in the ring.’
‘But I’m not ready to say that he’s too good. Whether that be because I’m too stubborn to admit it or because I know it’s not true, I don’t quite know yet. I guess we will have to wait and see. One thing I do know is true, is that Atwater is a strong opponent. It won’t between Al-Thani and me for the title. Atwater, I know what threat you pose in the ring.’
‘It’s hard to pose my own threat when I’m on the back foot, and have been on the back foot for each time we’ve faced. When each time I said I’ve come back stronger, I have, but just not strong enough.’
‘But sooner or later I can, and will, break through this barrier. Atwater, you know I’ve come on a lot since we’ve last met. As I said above, I beat Mohamed Al-Thani. I went toe-to-toe with The Greatest Of All Time, and now I’m ready for the Invictus Championship.’
‘Atwater, Al-Thani. No matter what I have to get through, I will turn up at Lineage, even if I have to force my way there. By any means necessary, I will compete for that title.’
‘That I can guarantee’
Well howdy there pardner.