Post by Eddie Phoenix on Jun 5, 2013 16:45:52 GMT -5
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(Eddie is laying on his stomach on his couch, shirtless and wrapped in blood stained gauze that has already turned brown and needs a change. He has spent the last few hours watching his match with Gravedigger over and over again through one eye as the other is shut with an ice pack over it. He just watched the final outcome of Mayhem. He looks down because he is distracted by the light of his phone which keeps buzzing. He has been receiving text all day. Eddie tries to sit up but is in obvious pain, using the arm of the sofa he manages to sit up anyway. He lets out a *sigh* of relief and looks towards the camera.)
Eddie: Gravedigger, for a good portion of this year you and I have stepped in that ring and tried to one up one another, for a good part of the year you have ran around, picking up steam and climbing that ladder. For the past half a year you and your cronies have been the poster boys for seeking and revealing the hidden truths behind ...I guess CRW. And I would applaud you if my shoulder wasn't in absolute pain. ..I think it's time for another cortisone shot...Gravedigger, all you have spoken about is the Truth, VERITAS, splashed across hundreds of shirts. Signs of the masses becoming Veritas seekers. Gravedigger, of all the truths you have uncovered and revealed there is one that I know will forever stick with you, there is one that has changed you. There were words. They were words that you never heard that spoke the truest of all that you were seeking. ..See, I saw it in your eyes Gravedigger when you had me by the neck, outnumbered at the bar. You knew, you knew then what you know now. Digger, you felt it, that sense of urgency, when Tobias, Waters and Sasso were trying to rearrange my smile as much as they rearranged my bar you knew then what came to fruition on that ramp.
Reaches down slowly for his water bottle, in a slow overdramatic sequence Eddie grabbs the water and takes a sip as he grimaces in pain and grinds his teeth
Eddie: See, gravedigger, you say on that ramp you did something out of character, you stopped for a brief moment. But, there it was Digger. See Digger, you took me the furthest I have been pushed physically and psychologically since I have been in CRW. But, you didn't stop because a lapse in judgement, oh no, that lapse in judgement came when you made it personal. the lapse I speak of was that realization that you had just gave me everything you had, every bit of Digger was given to me, all 6'10 three hundred and twenty five pounds of pure anger and hatred, and I wanted more. Digger..(He Adjust some of the gauze around his hand) in all the matches we have had, I have never gotten hit the way you hit me at Mayhem. I have never seen you so focused, nearly met me stride for stride, blow for blow...but that lapse, that lapse wasn't anything other; then the truth. Maybe not the one you expected all this time but definitely the on that spoke to you the loudest, the one you found at Mayhem when you stood uptop that ramp with the chain wrapped around your fist and I stood up and put my hands up. Gravedigger, you knew the truth right then and there, Digger, at that moment you knew no matter what you could, would or should do to me...you were not going to beat me on that night.
(Eddie tries to stand using the sofa as his walking stick. he slowly lifts himself up as he moves along the back of the sofa, slowly limping towards the island that separates his kitchen and living room. He reaches and slides the orange Vicodin bottle off the counter top, presses down on the child proof lid, turns and opens it. He down two pills dry,without water and slowly makes his way to the sofa. He crumbles over the back of the sofa and lands on the cushions while letting out some grunts of discomfort )
Eddie: Digger, The truth you received came in the form of what you didn't hear, the words "I Quit". It's probably the first time you have been told the truth without actual words but when you stood there you saw the same thing in my eyes you saw that cold painful night you guys invited yourselves into my bar. Gravedigger, here is the truth, you single handedly made me remember who I used to be. See for so long I struggled with who I was, not knowing if CRW was even the place for anymore. I sat at a table that night and with my hands folded called out to any force of nature that can hear me and asked for a sign. I asked for any little proof as to why I should stay wrestling. And like a spider to a vibration on it's web there you were. See, at that moment we both were looking for something. I was looking for a reason and you were looking, well to make a point. Both were made at that moment. See Digger, I don't have a master plan like you had. I don't plan at all. I can't even tell you what I will do tomorrow better yet at Code redemption when I face Diego De La Vega for the WORLD HEAVY WEIGHT TITLE. I don't make plans Digger, Plans are for Schemers. I'm just a wrench, and CRW is the gears. Chaos, Anarchy, Madness, I'll leave that for those who seek to find themselves....Me, I just do what I have always done....change the game.(Eddie smiles, we just can't figure out if it's in pain or in self realization. Which ever it is Eddie leans back with one arm behind his head as it seems like the vicodin are working faster then normal) Gravedigger, you stand nearly 8 inches taller, you weigh nearly one hundred pounds more then me. Your punches feel like cement blocks and your kicks like two by fours to the ribs. Hell, just because of your size and girth I'll go on a limb and say your nuts physically can actually be bigger than mine, you are a beast of a man, But,
(Slowly blinks lost in thought)
Eddie: But...with all that difference between us the fact still remains, that when it comes down to it, in the clutch, on the biggest stage when it matters most for all the marbles; you just don't have the size heart it takes to beat me in those moments. *YAWNS* There is a reason I took Phoenix as a wrestling name Digger, well there are two, one it sound cool but, because when the chaos has burned everything down around me...I ..soar..... the highest (Eddie slowly closes his eyes and is smiling,)....So tell me Digger, was.... the.... unexpected..... everything...... I promised...was it...... VERITAS
(Closes his eyes and dozes off quietly as the camera pans back and fades out)