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Into the Void
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Topic Started: Jan 30 2014, 02:05 AM (44 Views)
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Jan 30 2014, 02:05 AM
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"tried to save a place from the cuts and the scratches tried to overcome the complications and the catches nothing ever grows and the sun doesn't shine all day tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away"
Toweled down, still wet from the shower... Adam Jones looks into the mirror. A stranger looks back. A man of whom bares little recognition to the man he once was. The man he thought he'd become. Sometimes, somewhere deep in the back of his mind, he caught glimpses of who he used to be. The Good Doctor, they'd call him then. A prodigy of the medical field, someone who had been catered since birth to save lives and give help where needed. That man had been long since dead and buried. The question was, who remained?
.i.
"Everything that I've done, I've done for family."
He appears for the first time this week for NEW Era cameras, just outside the Hammerstein Ballroom. Accomponying him is his brother, Mark, and girlfriend Penny Lane. In just a few short days, Adam will make his debut as a tag team with Mark -dubbed 'The Brothers Jones'.
"I got into this business, because of my family. Gave up everything to pursuit a career in professional wrestling. When Nightmare put my father into the hospital last year, I swore that for my family I would not lie down to that monster. And when I failed, it was my family that brought me back.
Mark here has been training with me diligently every single day while I was away. Like me, Mark gave up all ties to his previous life to pursuit a career here at NEW Era. And now..."
Adam's voice trails off. He was never a man for the cameras. He'd always preferred to keep things inside the ring. Unfortunately, it never worked out that way. He takes a breath, holding Penny close for comfort.
"Excuse me." He pardons himself, shaking his head. He'd thought he was prepared. But saying all that, so robotic and rehearsed, he couldn't do it. Penny understands, and leads him away. Mark, meanwhile, offers smiles all-around.
"Well then... Guess you'll just have to excuse my camera-shy brother, there. The guy just can't help himself, you know? Erectile dysfunction, and everything."
Fancying himself the ever-charismatic one, Mark can't help but laugh at his own joke.
"Kidding... just kidding. That was harsh. Now listen guys, I for one am glad you're here. I mean, this is my debut, isn't it? I couldn't be more ecstatic about it, you know. I mean, words can't even begin to capture how awesome this is going to be. The Brothers Jones will be NEW Era's hottest new tag team, by wide margin. As soon as we rack up the wins, I can rack up the groupies. And by groupies, I mean sluts. And by sluts, I mean I'm going to get my dick sucked on the daily. Ya know what I'm talking about?"
Mark beams as he speaks, a man who clearly enjoys the sound of his own voice. He approaches the camera crew casually, as though they were all close friends. They back up, but he doesn't let that deter him. Soon the cameras pan over, where Mark has placed his hand over the shoulders of the crewmember holding the mic up. A lady, of course, barely into her twenties.
"But listen, I don't want to fuck around. Me, I'm not very much like Adam in most regards. I like to have a good time, and enjoy myself. That guy just likes to brood and mope around all the time. Honestly, I don't see what Penny sees in him. But that's another story.
I don't want to sound like an asshole, here, though. This isn't just a party for me. When I came to NEW Era last year, that was personal. And that changed my life. I begged Adam to train me, then. I don't know why. He was the wrestler, not me. But somewhere down there, I knew I wanted in. So I trained. And I trained. And I trained every god damned day. I busted my ass trying to get good enough to step into that ring. For me, everything just sort of cascaded like a waterfall. It started with a drop of vengeance. I wanted to get back at Nightmare, for what he'd done to our father. And then that one drop turned into something else. I pushed myself harder and harder. I guess in that regard, my brother and I are exactly alike. We both found a place that we belonged. And now I'm here. Officially. Not just to help Adam, but to launch my own career.
When Adam came here, he'd already had experience in the ring over at Supreme Wrestling. I haven't. This is my first time. But I implore the Wrecking Crew to not be gentle. I won't pretend I know my ass from a hole in the ground, but the time for training wheels has long passed. The Wrecking Crew, they're a big deal I'm told. Multiple tag-team Champions. Appropriately named for their position within the Company. That's cool and everything. Just sets the bar, to me. And you better believe that I'm up to that challenge. After all, I'm such an honest guy. I used to be a Lawyer, after all..."
His eyes twinkle just a little, and then he nods. He's said what he wanted, and with a simple goodbye (and pinch to the girl's ass) he says goodbye. When he turns, the smile fades. He thinks of his brother for a moment. And can't help but feel a twinge of envy.
.ii.
Who remained? The million-dollar question. Adam looks to himself in the mirror, and can't the answer.
"You didn't have to come back, you know. Not if you weren't ready." Beside Adam, Penny approaches. All the time he'd been gone, and she stayed for him. Always supportive. He wondered if support was what he really needed right now.
"You want to know the truth, Penny? I hate this place. I hate this business. I hate everything about it. I just can't stand it anymore. Nightmare, everything he is and had done, killed it for me. He won. And I don't just mean the feud. I mean he broke me. He broke my spirit. He destroyed what little passion I'd had left. And now I don't know what to do. I haven't had a clue for months. It was either come back now, and try to figure it out, or do nothing. Disappear.
Wrestling is dead to me. And I can spout off a bunch of bullshit for the cameras, doesn't make it any more true. Might have been once. Now, I just don't give a damn. I don't know where I belong..."
Penny traces the side of his face with her nails He thinks that she's about to kiss him, for a moment. And then she scratches the side of his face, just hard enough to draw a little blood. He jerks back, surprised.
"I'm your girlfriend, Adam. But I'm not your mother. You want to figure out shit, then I can't hold your hand. Sooner or later the time will come where you know exactly where it is that you belong. And where ever that place might be, I'll support you. But I won't tell you what the right decision is. Because I don't know. Only you can figure that out. So hurry up and do it already, would you? Can't keep a girl waiting, after all..."
She smiles, and reminded him of the first time they started to be close. She wasn't the type of girl who was just supportive. She was the one who challenged him. And that was exactly what he needed. A challenge.
Without it, he'd never know who he was supposed to be.
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