Enigma's Home for the Souless
Aug 6, 2021 0:25:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2021 0:25:44 GMT -5
11 Days ago….
Xavier Lux: Some parts I remember vividly, other parts are foggy, like being in a dream. It’s weird Jones, I remember going into the abandoned town which I could see perfectly, especially the church which is where the driver had told me I needed to go to.
Scene opens up with Xavier Lux, who has agreed to give his exclusive story to Edward Jones on what happened in the days leading up to the House of Cards pay-per-view. He lays on a bed of the local hospital, wearing a special cast around his whole torso that hopefully will aid him as he recovers from the injuries he suffered at the hands of Brim. He closes his eyes and continues speaking and as he does, we are magically transported to the abandoned town in El Salvador, to the spot we last left him at before House of Cards.
Xavier Lux: But as soon as I crossed the entrance I found myself surrounded by the fog, I tried to go back but the entrance was gone, there was nothing but thick fog… I tried not to panic, I went left, I went right, counting my steps as to not lose my place but even as I tried to walk back the way I came from, I could never get there. I was engulfed by the fog with no real direction, and it is at this moment that I remembered Paco’s words to me before we parted ways.
Paco: Listen mi’jo, before you go in there, just know that it is, how do I say this, different in there.
Xavier: Different? How?
Paco: Look, let’s just say that if you thought the cloaked ninja was weird, you haven’t seen anything yet. Don’t question what happens, just embrace it and hopefully you’ll get your answers.
Xavier: Different? How?
Paco: Look, let’s just say that if you thought the cloaked ninja was weird, you haven’t seen anything yet. Don’t question what happens, just embrace it and hopefully you’ll get your answers.
Xavier: So just embrace and I’ll get my answers I thought to myself. Alright fine. I stopped moving and calmed myself down, closing my eyes. I took a deep breath, then another, and a few more until I got my heartbeat just right. I opened my eyes back up and still saw nothing but fog; I didn’t let it bother me and instead I just continued walking forward. You know it was at this moment that I started to think about my opponent for House of Cards and what may happen if I didn’t make it, but since I’m telling this as a story to you now Jones, why don’t I just talk about my current opponent instead? Lovely…
This will be the third time Outcast and I will be facing each other and it would be so easy for me to just come out and say: “I’ve done it twice before, I can and will easily do it again.” But as much as I hate to admit it, facing Outcast has been everything but easy. The man is an animal, he attacks viciously without a care for his opponent or himself, he doesn’t care how much he has to hurt himself as long as he knows that his opponent is getting hurt worst.
Because of that though, Outcast is more 'cast' than anything else. I don’t think he ever got over his injuries sustained at the golden opportunity matchup, which were a few, then he took a beating at the prison yard match and again in his match against Dylan Thomas at House of Cards which, as much as I hate to admit it, was match of the night. But it is not possible that a man his age, having gone through those three matches plus all the stuff he got going on outside of the ring, could be 100% now.
And this is the man that is challenging me for the World Title?
An old man, a broken man, half of the man he used to be if not less?
But I understand why you are getting this World Title shot, you successfully defended yours and since I held the top two titles in OCW, you holding the third only made you the defacto number one contender. Plus there is a hunger for Outcast vs. Xavier Lux Part III; the fans want it, Who’Re and the front office want it and as much as the rest of the roster may deny it, they want it too. Ask them face to face, they’ll say they don’t or that they don’t care but deep down inside they know that you and I facing each other means nothing but chaos and destruction and it is very likely that one of us doesn’t survive the match. They are banking on this, because with one of us out of the way, that means they are one step closer to challenging for the World Title.
Well they are right about one thing, we will bring chaos and destruction for sure and that is regardless of the match stipulations for our match because I love violence, and I know Outcast for damn sure loves violence. I remember when I first joined GCWA, Outcast was in the middle of a feud with The Lost Souls and that is one of the most violent feuds I have ever seen up close and personal. What those two did to each other was quite… inspiring. Watching those two completely destroy each other made me wish and hope that I one day, would have a hated opponent like that.
Who knew that the very man I was watching would become that very same thing for me too? Who knew that I would pick up where TLS left off? But there is a big difference between the feud TLS had with Outcast than the one he and I are having. You see, Outcast and I have yet to face one-on-one.
Let that sink in for a minute… As much as he and I hate each other, we have never had a singles match of any kind. Shocking right? In the golden opportunity match there was four of us and you already know how many were in the prison yard match. I’m 2-0 because I have managed to outlast him, outwit him, outwrestle him frankly but there was always that seed of doubt in the back of my head that told me:
“yeah but you didn’t eliminate him”.
“yeah but you didn’t pin him”
“yeah but you didn’t pin him”
Xavier: I stopped walking as I heard a sound, I quickly took out a decent size machete Paco got for me and double checked the gun that was strapped to my waist. Hey, I didn’t want to just bring a sword to a gun fight, gotta be prepared for whatever lied ahead. I listened carefully but the noise was gone, so I continued walking, with purpose now, keeping my head on a swivel, as I felt something would reveal itself soon. Sure enough, the fog begun to clear on its own and the abandoned town was revealed again. I walked past what used to be a pharmacy, a gun shop, a barbershop and a diner of some sort. The fact that I heard absolutely nothing was concerning, if there were people there, or worst, ninjas, they were being very stealthy. I checked out some of the abandoned homes, most having their doors and windows broken down. The closer I got to the church the colder I begun to feel, which was kind of weird considering it was supposed to be in the upper 90’s. I finally made it to the old church and I looked up, taking in the massive size of it as you would have never guessed it was this big when you looked at it from the entrance. I was about to walk up the steps when I heard the same noise again; I quickly turned with my gun in hand towards where the noise came from and the fog cleared up a bit more to reveal a cemetery. There was a sign hanging above it that read…
Enigma’s Home for the Souless
Xavier: I found him, or rather it, well, I found something I thought; I didn’t know what quite yet but I knew this was the way to go. I headed that way and stopped right at the entrance, looking up at the sign right above me now. I contemplated entering for a moment or two but finally decide to go in, I didn’t come this far to chicken out now right? I looked around at the tombstones that were revealed to my left and right by the fog receding. The fog gave me this weird feeling, where before it engulfed me and tried to put the fear of the devil in me, now it acted as if it was scared of me walking on it, backing up with every step. I paid close attention to the tombstones, some of them were crooked, some of them were broken off and some to my surprise looked brand new. Some gravesites even looked like some people were recently laid to rest there. I paused as I started to realize that the names in the graves weren’t your usual names, but names like: Reid, AJ Cash, Beefcake Brian Hanes, Madness, POD, and there was even a massive family style site that read “HOP2K”. All names I didn’t recognize but I knew they meant something to someone, probably Enigma himself. I got to another area which to my surprise was very well kept: the grass was green and fresh, the tombstones were all taken care of, and there were four of them, all with different designs. I looked at the first one, “Incognito?” I stopped dead on my tracks and spoke out loud.
"These are it, the graves of the 7 Deadly Sins! The ones that have passed obviously so if my father is really dead, then this is where I will find him!"
"Damn, I am so sorry Marcus."
I stayed there for a few more seconds before moving to the final stone, anxiety took over, could this be really it? Was I about to find out the truth? Is he really gone or is all of this a damn game? But before I could see who’s it is, the fog got really thick again."No-no-no-no! Come on, not now!"
I cursed and begun to look around nervously and decide to remove the safety of my gun and holding it up, resting it on my other hand with the machete and aimed it at… nothing but fog. I tried to move towards the tombstone, but I couldn’t see it or anything anymore. I then heard the same sound for the third time, this time recognizing it clearly, the sound a branch makes when someone steps on it; quickly I spun around, but before I could pull the trigger, a hand reached out for me, grabbing me by my throat and pulled me into the fog.
I blacked out.
To be continued…