Post by Masao Akiyama on Jun 10, 2017 16:57:46 GMT
Background music: The Heat is on – Mitch Murder.
Laid on the mat, breathing and trying to rouse himself he felt a hand place on his shoulder becoming aware of Warren Kane just to his left he flinched out of habit but the voice was desperate, shaky conspiratorial.
“Cannonball, I got your back. You can do this Raine. Now Get up.”
So he did, pulling himself up each rope he caught sight of Spike on the Table, Warren holding him there even as the voice in the back of his head chimed in.
Don’t do it…he’ll screw you.
Devlin stood in what felt like forever, and then he lept and his awareness was somewhat hazy, even as he felt himself being pulled to his feet watching Warren fight with himself claw at his face with mild comprehension even as he sat down and reality caught up.
Holy shit…You did it.
He traipsed through the door to his place, belt in one hand, bruises and cuts forming, tape on his shoulder and a smile on his face as he looked at her, Alex was asleep in the back and she moved to hug him even as Devlin nuzzled her.
“How does it look?”
Devlin lifted the Belt into sight before Kate pushed at him with a frown.
“Are you crazy?! What if you’d lost, what if he’d hurt you what if..”
Devlin silenced her with a kiss which on her side got a slap at his arm, once, twice and then she held on before he broke the kiss and smiled at her, before she frowned at him again gently.
“I’m still mad at you.”
Devlin smiles at her and rubbed at her and as they move to sit down and he put the belt down and they both just sort of looked at it for a few moments and Kate was the one to ask the question.
“So, what are you gonna do now Dev?”
Devlin licked his lips at that question looked at the belt smiled at her and pulled her close.
“Enjoy it whilst it lasts, and wait for the next guy to step up I guess.”
Kate laughs a bit and nuzzle on in and spoke gently.
“What about Tristian?”
He sighs and looks down rubbing his nose and looking down.
“I’m not really his friend you know, I’m just a guy who is from the same city as him, I’m trying to right by him because he’s one of us, but there’s only so much I can do expect wish him well, he’d want any of us to keep up the good fight you don’t just win and stop.”
Devlin shook his head.
“Though I think I’s time I stopped saying I wasn’t a hero any more, right?”
Kate laughs gently and kisses him again.
“About damn time.”
Background music : Obsidian – John Carpenter.
Like we needed a reminder of Devlin’s leap through a table, we’re getting one anyway, the world pausing as Devlin jumps hanging in the air and the video glitches starting to appear before we cut to Devlin in the ‘D:Tv’ Studio. The Man of Steel belt taking pride of place right next to that cardboard CWC Belt he made, you have to be consistent after all. He regards the Raine trophy wall for a moment and clicks his tongue before turning to face the camera as if surprised.
"Oh, hey, you just caught me In the middle of some homework, Life’s been a little busy since that belt came the Raine household, but I’ve already found there is no time to rest, no time to stop because here comes a new challenger!"
Devlin reaches up to pull down a projector screen, revealing Ryan Shane’s face projected in its full glory , Devlin takes a moment to rub at his nose and then smiles just a bit.
“Ryan Shane, Come on down! Seriously you are not quite who I expected to be the first to step up but I would like to be the first to say, thank you Shane. Thank you for taking that chance.”
Devlin points at the screen with a wide smile.
“I get it, I’ve seen the forums the endless tirades, there a lot of you who think I’m lucky, but I’m bold, I made a leap and made the choice to fall with the prize so I could go out there and give Spike Kane a bloody nose, some of you will argue that doesn’t really make my victory legitimate, that it took two folk at the same time to take Spike down, that Devlin Raine does not have what it takes to be main event, some of you are still asking, what has Devlin Raine done since the CWC?”
Devlin turns to gesture to the new title and then looks back with a wiggle of brows.
“Somehow, despite all of this I’m still the underdog, aren’t I? And Ryan Shane I asked you to prove yourself, you and me and if you win? We’ll go one on one for that Belt right behind me and you get your shot at redemption in the Man of Steel.”
Devlin smiles a bit and shakes his head.
“Yeah I did my research Shane, I Know you used to hold this belt once upon a time, shortly before Spike claimed it, shortly before you disappeared into the ether, and I get it, but I’m not going to go to al lth effort of winning this thing to lose it at the first swing, so you’d better believe that I’m defending this match up like I would the title, Destiny calls my name once again, and you Ryan? You have The Joker in the pack to go on, this week there will be no excuses , no arguments just me versus you in a good –old fashioned mano –a – mano contest to see if you come to the Pay per view to try and trophy hunt.”
Devlin laughs just a bit and rubs his neck to start pacing about with a sly smile.
“So, Shane, sh all we see if I can get the job done as they say? I mean, I was doing it before but not quite reading the heady heights and now I –have- reached the head y heights you seem to saying that somehow Winning the way I did Invalidates it, and you know what? There’s this part of me that really want to say otherwise, but I know for a fact that I owe Warren Kane, The I probably would not be standing here right now without him, but he proved me right…He was never interested in that belt, only interested in making sure Spike Kane didn’t have it, whereas I …I went in there with vengeance in my heart, justice on my mind the desire to see the name Kane as far away from the Man of Steel title as possible.”
Devlin takes a moment to reflect on that and smiles.
“Be careful what you wish for huh? But I am –not- going to stop here Shane It’s not in my make up, it’s not in my being to jut all it a day once I get what I think is the right thing you see I have a new goal… And that’s to make the name Raine as synonymous with the IWF as the Name Kane.”
Devlin rubs both his hands together and bounces a bit on the spot.
“Andrew Jacobson is an idealist, carrying us through ha new dawn, but me? I’m the light that shines in the dark, keeping the real horrors away, willing and able to go out, night after night, more than once a night hell I would wrestle every damn match on the card If I had to! So Bring yourself Ryan Shane and you had better bring your Championship game, because Anything less will meet you with No Fate but the one I dictate to you.”
Devlin raises both of his hands with a chuckle.
“Destiny calls Shane, show me what you got.”
Fade out.
Laid on the mat, breathing and trying to rouse himself he felt a hand place on his shoulder becoming aware of Warren Kane just to his left he flinched out of habit but the voice was desperate, shaky conspiratorial.
“Cannonball, I got your back. You can do this Raine. Now Get up.”
So he did, pulling himself up each rope he caught sight of Spike on the Table, Warren holding him there even as the voice in the back of his head chimed in.
Don’t do it…he’ll screw you.
Devlin stood in what felt like forever, and then he lept and his awareness was somewhat hazy, even as he felt himself being pulled to his feet watching Warren fight with himself claw at his face with mild comprehension even as he sat down and reality caught up.
Holy shit…You did it.
He traipsed through the door to his place, belt in one hand, bruises and cuts forming, tape on his shoulder and a smile on his face as he looked at her, Alex was asleep in the back and she moved to hug him even as Devlin nuzzled her.
“How does it look?”
Devlin lifted the Belt into sight before Kate pushed at him with a frown.
“Are you crazy?! What if you’d lost, what if he’d hurt you what if..”
Devlin silenced her with a kiss which on her side got a slap at his arm, once, twice and then she held on before he broke the kiss and smiled at her, before she frowned at him again gently.
“I’m still mad at you.”
Devlin smiles at her and rubbed at her and as they move to sit down and he put the belt down and they both just sort of looked at it for a few moments and Kate was the one to ask the question.
“So, what are you gonna do now Dev?”
Devlin licked his lips at that question looked at the belt smiled at her and pulled her close.
“Enjoy it whilst it lasts, and wait for the next guy to step up I guess.”
Kate laughs a bit and nuzzle on in and spoke gently.
“What about Tristian?”
He sighs and looks down rubbing his nose and looking down.
“I’m not really his friend you know, I’m just a guy who is from the same city as him, I’m trying to right by him because he’s one of us, but there’s only so much I can do expect wish him well, he’d want any of us to keep up the good fight you don’t just win and stop.”
Devlin shook his head.
“Though I think I’s time I stopped saying I wasn’t a hero any more, right?”
Kate laughs gently and kisses him again.
“About damn time.”
Background music : Obsidian – John Carpenter.
Like we needed a reminder of Devlin’s leap through a table, we’re getting one anyway, the world pausing as Devlin jumps hanging in the air and the video glitches starting to appear before we cut to Devlin in the ‘D:Tv’ Studio. The Man of Steel belt taking pride of place right next to that cardboard CWC Belt he made, you have to be consistent after all. He regards the Raine trophy wall for a moment and clicks his tongue before turning to face the camera as if surprised.
"Oh, hey, you just caught me In the middle of some homework, Life’s been a little busy since that belt came the Raine household, but I’ve already found there is no time to rest, no time to stop because here comes a new challenger!"
Devlin reaches up to pull down a projector screen, revealing Ryan Shane’s face projected in its full glory , Devlin takes a moment to rub at his nose and then smiles just a bit.
“Ryan Shane, Come on down! Seriously you are not quite who I expected to be the first to step up but I would like to be the first to say, thank you Shane. Thank you for taking that chance.”
Devlin points at the screen with a wide smile.
“I get it, I’ve seen the forums the endless tirades, there a lot of you who think I’m lucky, but I’m bold, I made a leap and made the choice to fall with the prize so I could go out there and give Spike Kane a bloody nose, some of you will argue that doesn’t really make my victory legitimate, that it took two folk at the same time to take Spike down, that Devlin Raine does not have what it takes to be main event, some of you are still asking, what has Devlin Raine done since the CWC?”
Devlin turns to gesture to the new title and then looks back with a wiggle of brows.
“Somehow, despite all of this I’m still the underdog, aren’t I? And Ryan Shane I asked you to prove yourself, you and me and if you win? We’ll go one on one for that Belt right behind me and you get your shot at redemption in the Man of Steel.”
Devlin smiles a bit and shakes his head.
“Yeah I did my research Shane, I Know you used to hold this belt once upon a time, shortly before Spike claimed it, shortly before you disappeared into the ether, and I get it, but I’m not going to go to al lth effort of winning this thing to lose it at the first swing, so you’d better believe that I’m defending this match up like I would the title, Destiny calls my name once again, and you Ryan? You have The Joker in the pack to go on, this week there will be no excuses , no arguments just me versus you in a good –old fashioned mano –a – mano contest to see if you come to the Pay per view to try and trophy hunt.”
Devlin laughs just a bit and rubs his neck to start pacing about with a sly smile.
“So, Shane, sh all we see if I can get the job done as they say? I mean, I was doing it before but not quite reading the heady heights and now I –have- reached the head y heights you seem to saying that somehow Winning the way I did Invalidates it, and you know what? There’s this part of me that really want to say otherwise, but I know for a fact that I owe Warren Kane, The I probably would not be standing here right now without him, but he proved me right…He was never interested in that belt, only interested in making sure Spike Kane didn’t have it, whereas I …I went in there with vengeance in my heart, justice on my mind the desire to see the name Kane as far away from the Man of Steel title as possible.”
Devlin takes a moment to reflect on that and smiles.
“Be careful what you wish for huh? But I am –not- going to stop here Shane It’s not in my make up, it’s not in my being to jut all it a day once I get what I think is the right thing you see I have a new goal… And that’s to make the name Raine as synonymous with the IWF as the Name Kane.”
Devlin rubs both his hands together and bounces a bit on the spot.
“Andrew Jacobson is an idealist, carrying us through ha new dawn, but me? I’m the light that shines in the dark, keeping the real horrors away, willing and able to go out, night after night, more than once a night hell I would wrestle every damn match on the card If I had to! So Bring yourself Ryan Shane and you had better bring your Championship game, because Anything less will meet you with No Fate but the one I dictate to you.”
Devlin raises both of his hands with a chuckle.
“Destiny calls Shane, show me what you got.”
Fade out.
Well howdy there pardner.