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Date Posted: 19:19:29 07/11/02 Thu
(the scene opens up inside X-Rodd’s dustly old apartment. Anacostia, Washington, D.C. If you’re ever interested in seeing where the “ghetto” is truly derived from, then this is your place to be. Currently, the main character of this character is finishing packing up his things.
He’s decided that he was going to home. He has his wife, Ashley Eilers, and his brother, Rush. They’ve been wondering where he’s been. At the same time, he’s been wondering how his family has been doing. He called them once…
[I]…and the phone line seemed to have been disconnected.[/I]
At this X-Rodd doesn’t worry. Maybe they’re having some phone problems at home. Everything will be fixed upon his arrival.
[I]Everything.[/I]
(Ironically, the phone inside the apartment. With all the previously scattered clothes now rolled into an old green bag, the phone is easier to find and get to. X-Rodd picks it up and wipes off the dust with his hands.)
X-Rodd: “Hello?”
Voice: “Yeah, it’s me. Dude, where the f*** is your house at, dogg? We’ve been rollin’ around for like twenty minutes looking for you apartment… did you KNOW that they don’t have house numbers around here?”
X-Rodd: “Yeah… it’s cuz people wanted to get away from the cops. Listen, you get into my street, and it’ll be the third complex to your right. It’ll have the green dragon spraypaint on it and like Red Blood sprayed on the walls, too.”
Voice: “Ohhh… aight man, be there in a sec, I think I know where to go.”
(X-Rodd hangs up the phone, and looks across the room to the old couch. The Eternity Belt just lies there, looking beautifully as always. At this point he still cannot believe that he was able to defeat Abomination for it. The mofo had pinned him twice… but one presumption was that “three’s the charm.” He walks to it and marvels at its radiance. It has that peculiar shine… like the kind that somewhat glows in the dark.)
[I]If I’ve defeated Abomination… and if he’s now in the Hall of Fame… what will become of me when I retire??? Will I ever reach the Hall of Fame status in 360?[/I]
(He grins at his own thought. He remembers the character he created for Abomination. Lil’ Nate. Fun was his middle name back then, but now… it’s unknown what he is. The only answer can be found at home.)
Voice: “Hey X-Rodd… you ready to go?”
(X-Rodd stirs around to find his best friend and tag-team partner Nightstalker walking out of the kitchen.)
Nightstalker: “By the way, did you know that the expiration date on your milk was like four days ago? You don’t actually DRINK that shit, do you?”
(X-Rodd smiles.)
X-Rodd: “I feed it to my cat.”
(Nightstalker nods, somewhat acceptingly. But then he looks up.)
Nightstalker: “But you DON’T HAVE a cat…”
(X-Rodd grins aimlessly, and Nightstalker becomes pale.)
Nightstalker: “Now that’s GROSS dogg…”
(Suddenly some knocking can be heard on the door. Both men look at it, and X-Rodd nods.)
X-Rodd: “Hey Night… let me tell you something. This week you’ve made me proud, and let me tell ya. You’re the best partner a guy could ever find, and I’m glad it’s me who’s in your corner. One day, we’re going to beat Rosco for those Tag-Team titles, and then we’ll prove to the world that we’re the best Tag-Team there is to show.”
(Night smiles.)
Night: “Word.”
(He goes to the door and opens up. Both Jack Diamond and Rob Johnson enter the room, with big smiles from ear to ear.)
Rob: “Hey what’s up X-Man.”
Jack: “Yeah dogg, what’s going on.”
(This marks the first time the Red Blood’s Karnage are in the same room during a non-televised event. In an ordinary world, champagne should fit the occasion. But champagne being toasted in a crummy D.C. apartment?)
Jack: “YO, I brought in some Zima from the party last week dogg!”
Rob: “Shit man, I’ll bet that’s all stale by now. Stupid leftovers…”
(X-Rodd smiles)
X-Rodd: “I’ll take one.”
(Jack tosses him a bottle, and X-Rodd chugs it down whole. He belches, making the rest of the crew laugh out loud. Rodd rops the bottle and approaches Jack.)
X-Rodd: “So… you whooped Cash’s ass last week at Black Saturday, hmm?”
(Jack smiles, and nods excitedly.)
X-Rodd: “And this was your first match ever in 360?”
(Jack continues his toothy grin… but X-Rodd doesn’t smile.)
X-Rodd: “So what… you think you’re better than me? I’m the Eternity Champion. I’ve been here a month and a half and I’ve already beaten a Hall of Famer. What the hell do you think about that?”
(Jack sighs, but doesn’t respond.)
X-Rodd: “You know what mothafukka… you make me sick. Walkin’ around the world as if you piss Golden Water or some shit like that.”
(Rob now begins to intervene.)
Rob: “Now look dogg…”
X-Rodd: “SHUTUP!”
(The whole room becomes quiet. X-Rodd nods his head right in Jack’s direction, while Jack says nothing.)
X-Rodd: “It’s people like you… (he takes a deep breath)… who I know will fit in just PERFECTLY in this crew baby. You kicked Cash’s ass, you got your shit going on baby. For two years, the rBk has been the “original 3-man stable.” Well brotha… for the first time there’s a fourth. Bienvenidos hermano.”
(X-Rodd goes and hugs Jack, who seems to have been struck with a shockwave of relief. Rob and Night start to laugh at the whole joke, and already tell each other that this bond would last a long time.)
Rob: “Hey X-Rodd… you know about this Saturday right.”
(X-Rodd looks at Rob and smiles.)
X-Rodd: “Yeah…. Looks like I’m only going to hold onto this belt for a couple of weeks, huh.”
(They all laugh…. Well, at least most of them did. All Rob did was laugh… but “nervously.”)
Rob: “Uhh…. Maaayyyybe…”
(X-Rodd laughs.)
X-Rodd: “Listen man, in life. There are always walls that we must climb and go over. Why is that? It’s because we do that alone. Now that we’ve got three other pairs of arms, then we don’t have to climb the walls. We can just simply break through them. You know what I’m trying to say?”
(Rob smiles… but then quickly shakes his head.)
Rob: “Naw dogg… you didn’t take in any pills before we showed up, did you?”
X-Rodd: “What I mean is… when the time comes, we’ll see what happens on Saturday. For now though… here.”
(X-Rodd takes his belt, and tosses it right to Rob Johnson. Rob is completely shocked.)
X-Rodd: “I could be the cockiest motherfucker in the world and say the belt is mine and that you’d never live to own it… but you know what man. Why don’t you hold onto it ‘till Saturday. I got some personal business to take care of, so somebody’s got to keep the belt warm, eh?”
(Rob is speechless, and Nightstalker laughs.)
Nightstalker: “Hey, how about that BMW you never use anymore, you think---“
X-Rodd: “Actually I think I’ll hold onto that as soon as I get home, thank you.”
(Everyone laughs once again. They continue to converse, as they continue to define the true definition for the term… “stable.”
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(The old ’82 Ford Mustand pulls onto the Cherry Run Mansion later that day. Out steps the Eternity Champion X-Rodd as he approaches the door. What does is this troubled man thinking about right now?)
[I]Rosco Banks… you crazy mothafucka. Hehe… just because you say some cuss words here and there, you think you’re gangsta. Boy, you probably don’t even know the meaning of the term, “gangsta.” All you think you need is colored skin and a pair of Fubu jeans. Oh yeah, and having golden dentures is probably your thing too. Well in case you didn’t know dogg, it’s not like that. Living the life of gangsta is struggling to survive in a depressed world, full of violence, rape, and drugs. Does this make me gangsta? Probably not now, but back in my day I lived and breathed gangsta. Even before I showed up back to my house, for the last few weeks, my old life seemed to coincide with the present. I felt like a kid again. Rosco, you’ll never feel that. You know why? I’ll tell you. It’s because you’re a motherfucking SELLOUT.[/I]
(X-Rodd approaches the door to his house. He debates whether he should knock on his own door or not…)
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