Dev Trek 2: The Woof of Karn : The Invictus Cut (Dev)

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And so we find Devlin on the other side of the country, back in time before grand statements , before Invictus, before the whole thing and he was rocking back when he saw a name he didn’t really want to see on his phone.
His older Brother, Jayden, also known in some of the wrestling circles a Mesterio Raine.

He’d pick up the phone with a tone of irritation and a smirk.

“What can I do for you Bro?”

There was a pause and Mesterio chuckles the sound of the engine in the background, seemed he was on the road, again, Devlin suppressed the urge to say anything else, a deep breath in and he listened.

“Devlin! I hear you’re back on the burn, Where’s my invite!?”

Of course it was about the business, not how are you? How’s your wife? How's my Nephew?
No right to the work, right to form the team again, right back to Him, always him.

“There’s this thing called HR Bro, call them not me I don’t have any pull on scouters, They asked me not vise versa, I got an invite because Me and Nighthawk know some of the same people, but I had to work for that shot, Buts my ass for a good month in some gym taking my lumps to prove to Verona I still had it! I got caught by the right scout on the right day, maybe it was the Stygian Program, I don’t know either way I got myself an invite, I don’t have an ounce of anything , they just think I’m interesting.”

Heeeeeeeere we go.

“Bullshit, You’re nothing without me Devlin, I’m your brother does that count for nothing!? We trained under the same people for years, and then you had to go off and learn other places, Little brother always trying to overshadow me, do better!”

Devlin just put the phone down to listen to the edges of the tirade, sighing as he rubbed his face and shook his head, Iceman had encouraged him to step out, seek other places, learn more things , you stagnated in a bubble, and always don’t take life so seriously.. but sometimes he just wanted to throttle the voice on the other end of the phone, the asshole older brother who through the world owed him everything.

“DEVLIN?! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!”

Devlin picked up the phone and sighed.

“Grow up Jayden.”

And then he hung up, and closed his eyes, sighing just a bit moving to wall to lean on it, exhaling a breath even as he punches it once twice and stops at the third time with a grimace and turning around to sigh.

“More things change, Master of my destiny, captain of my soul.”

He would of course call his wife later and tell all about it , but for now? For now he was angry, and he was not going to talk to Kate angry, she didn’t deserve that.

Background Music: - Danger Zone Kenny Loggins

James Franklin Karn stands resplendent, The crowd signing the catchphrase even as the footage starts to distort, twist and bend as we cut very briefly to Images of Devlin making his entrance from all sides of the ring , masks coming off as Cardboard belt is laid in the middle of an empty ring.

The KIWA Logo flashes as we show high lights of the Metamorphosis match between Karn and Field, The Crown prince and JFK trading Blows even as we inters lice with Devlin’s –skin of the teeth- victories as of late JFK’s supremely confidant look mirrored against Dev’s ‘how the hell did that happen?!’ shock before the “D:TV” logo appears again and we’re treated to the ‘newsroom’ with a graphic of The Invictus Championship in the bottom left.

“Greetings fans and followers! Enemies and friends I as ever, am your host, Devlin Raine, here to delight , delve into the mysteries of the unknown and talk about the upcoming Invictus challenge! I mean, why Use Twitter when you have a whole arena to broadcast to, and much to my delight I believe your exact words were…”

Footage cut to Sacrifice and last week as JFK speaks into his mic.

“You want your shot at MY title? Son, anytime, anyplace”

Back to Delvin who has a glowing smile.

“As awesome as just jumping your ass would be, I am going to take care of business in that ring, to your face, well at least to start with because I’m not stupid enough to think that we won’t end up elsewhere but The ring is where we start Karn, and I’d like to think KIWA Won’t work for you.”

He takes a moment to stop smiling with a distinct nod then beams looking brightly into the camera.

“But I looked at the ‘rules’ for Invictus and well it might just well be I see both of the Rednecks during our fight, which will speak volumes about the sort of champion we have.”

The Destiny Dealer takes a moment, breathing as he sits on the ‘desk’ hands spreading over the top of the desk even as he looks at the Trophy and cardboard belt and tips the camera just a bit so he’s alone in the view.

“But that’s just me being weary, old habits and all that, but the Invictus seems like a Tricky beast so I’ll keep a bat at hand…Just in case.”

Devlin laughs a bit and closes his eyes shaking his head and taking in a slow controlled breath as he smirks to speak softly to himself.

“How does it go?...Oh yeah.. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul….I’m hopeful you know where that verse comes from, Because that’s me JFK…That is me, Destiny Dealer , master of my fate, captain of my soul and right now the only thing standing in my way of the next rung of the ladder? That’s you. Jimbo, you.”

That gets a big old grin as he claps his hands and rubs them together his form starts to bounce as he grins.

“Of course, You’ll pull out your catchphrases, I’ll pull out mine you’ll even pull out all the stops, and I hope you do, I –love- this stuff, I love the tension, the excitement I say every match is a championship match, every moment is me mastering my own fate, forging my own destiny and I will –not- let you play spoiler… I can’t. A least not without a hell of a fight”
 
Devlin smirks a bit and leans closer to the camera.

“The year of Devlin Raine, has only just begun, I’m just getting started, I’m not some punk, snot nosed kid with no idea of what he’s doing, no Mister Khan I know –exactly- what I am doing, I know exactly what it is I want, Your first Test as Champion is me, The dark horse and I will bring my –absolute- best, 110% no bull No lies and no holding me back either. You and yours don’t scare me.”

Devlin spins a bit on the spot and eyes close to smile.

“It’s gonna be glorious, and In the end there can only be one of u s stood tall. If I win, you and Pooler meet for that and I become nothing but a pale memory, until next time , If I win though….Then it gets interesting, and I’ve –always- preferred interesting. Bring your Worst I’ll bring mine, May the best man Win and progress to .. The Danger zone!”

Devlin laughs to himself.

“Sorry, I had to… See you soon JFK...See you soon, when Louisiana bears witness to destiny!”

We fade out to a commercial, Problems with your professional life? Nowhere to turn? If so.. Let KIWA work for you..
Fin