Post by Gideon Cross™ on Jan 5, 2022 18:45:13 GMT -5
The Master & The Apprentice…
Chap. 03
Chap. 03
Four months prior to signing with OCW…
Cross Manor Estates, Cross’ Gaming room
Anaheim, California
The city is littered with shells, suits and weapons. Red, silver and gray are the new colors of what was once a spirited city, which has now become the stage of a tragic civil war.
The air which would normally be rich in scents of food, fresh fish and new brews is now merely a canvas for the stench of death and the cries of the dying, hell has descended upon this area.
An army and a rebellion fight each other because of the lies of their leaders, but it's starting to become clear which side will win. The dead and wounded of the losing side lay in heaps across the city and the faces of the fighters are grim with the certainty of death and anguish, but they refuse to give up.
With the thought of victory in their minds the winning side fights with a sense of relief knowing all will be over soon. Some have succumbed to a frenzy and are killing any enemy they see in a fury of blood and gore, while others fight by only focusing on their enemy and not the carnage around them.
The toll on both nature and humanity is heavy. It'll likely take generations before this city will have recovered. It's clear lost bombs, debris and bodies have taken the place of businesses, monuments and roads is what can be heard coming out of the 2021 ASTRO Gaming A20 Wireless Headset Gen 2 for the PlayStation 5, Online Championship Wrestling’s newest signee Gideon Cross can be seen wearing atop of his head.
“You’re the only survivor of your squadron soldier…” The narrator says as our scene slowly begins to unfold as it does we can see Cross playing a futuristic fantasy game known only as Final Fantasy XIV. He can be seen wearing a plain black tank top with black Nike basketball shorts along with a pair of black Nike sandals that can be seen worn on his feet.
GIDEON CROSS: “FUUUUUUUUUUUCKIN NOOOOOOOOOOOB!!!!!!”
Cross can be heard screaming at the top of his lungs, before calming himself down and continuing on in the game.
GIDEON CROSS: “Come to poppa, come to poppa ya lil’ bitch!”
Cross says as he continues on into the game, totally focused on the game, his girlfriend Alexandria de la Cruz lying prone on his bed, her legs bent backwards as her feet dangle up in the air over her back as she watches Gideon play.
GIDEON CROSS: “You see that Alexandria, I annihilated that monster there in the field..”
ALEXANDRIA DE LA CRUZ: “Where are you at babe?”
GIDEON CROSS: “I’m playing through the quest known only as the Road to Zenith..”
ALEXANDRIA DE LA CRUZ: “So a quest that is part of the main quest huh?”
GIDEON CROSS: “Yea.. something like that babe..”
Gideon laughs in a playful way as he pauses the game looking back at his girlfriend who he had just made eight months with, too many that’s nothing, but for Gideon that was something considering he usually dumps them after the 2nd or 3rd month of becoming bored of them.. Anyway as he does his personal manservant/ butler interrupts the moment.
CALEDON YOUNG: “I apologize sir, but today is the day you go down to meet with your training coach, you remember the very man I talked into training you sir and I was just wondering if you were ready to go or not?”
GIDEON CROSS: “Yea I remember and I still can’t believe you’re making me do this Caledon…”
CALEDON YOUNG: “I wouldn’t have too, but you seem insistent on getting yourself killed, I looked over that OCW contract Gideon and it’s an ironclad contract, they’ve covered their bases on everything. No loopholes to escape through nodda, so yes I had no choice in hiring someone to train you..”
Gideon sighs.
GIDEON CROSS: “Yea.. yea.. If you say so then yea I guess.”
CALEDON YOUNG: “Well like I said I wouldn’t have had too, but you left me with no choice Gideon, now lets go before you’re late sir, don’t want to keep Mr. Cragen waiting now do we?”
As Caledon says that, Gideon grabs his training bag and rushes out his bedroom and down the stairs to the outside, wasting no time boarding the Enterprise. A few minutes pass, like 40 mins to be exact and we see yours truly “The Brat Prince” Gideon Cross arriving at the Fear Factory, he steps out of the Enterprise, as he does he wastes no time in walking towards the known Los Angeles training facility.
He can be seen wearing a white tank top, black baggy basketball shorts, white Nike shoes with a black Nike logo on the side. Walking behind him is his personal bodyguard Ciaran “Tombstone” Toombs as well as his personal manservant Caledon Young, Young can be seen dressed in a cheap suit and tie and alongside him walking can be seen being his girlfriend Alexandria de la Cruz.
De la Cruz can be seen wearing a pink short sleeve shirt that can be seen revealing that of her pierced navel, her lower half can be seen consisting of tight fit designer jeans and a pair of sandals. As Cross walks through the doors of the training facility, a not so familiar voice to those of OCW can be heard, that voice being a known legend within the wrestling industry “The Beast” Gabriel Cragen, Cragen can be seen being a rather out of shape looking Caucasian male. Cragen can be seen wearing a black Fear Factory promotional t-shirt and a pair of black shorts. As Cragen looks on from inside the square circle, he yells at Gideon, something Gideon surely isn’t used too, especially considering how pampered his life has been..
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Gideon is it?”
Cross nods.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Well get in here kid, we don’t have all damn day..”
GIDEON CROSS: “Um.. yes we do, I’m paying you good money, more money you’ve probably made eeeeeeever since opening this shit hole of a facility you call a gym..”
Noticing the kind of individual Cross is, Cragen bites his tongue knowing he’ll get his revenge inside the squire circle.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Look kid, my job is to train you and well that’s what I’m going to do, plain and simple, so c’mon and let’s get this thing going, after all it’s not like we have all the time in the world..”
Cragen says as Cross gets inside the ring, as he does Cragen locks up with him.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Alright kid, the first thing I’m going to teach you is the basics and a few simple holds here and there, understood?”
Gideon Nods, agreeing to Gabriel’s terms as he goes in and locks up with the wrestling legend.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Alright, now I’m going to swing you off the ropes, but first let me show you how I want you to embrace them on impact..”
Cragen says as he demonstrates to Gideon the proper way of coming off the rops when hitting them.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Okay, now your turn..”
He says as he swings Gideon into the ropes, as he does Gideon’s back collides on impact with the top rope, a red mark can be seen on his back as he comes off them.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Perfect kid, just perfect. I’d swear you’ve done this before?”
Cross chuckles a bit, before stopping himself and walking back over to where his trainer Gabriel can be seen awaiting him.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Alright kid, so the next move is I’m going to execute a simple maneuver called a russian leg sweep..”
As Cragen goes to execute a russian leg sweep, it’s blocked as Gideon attempts to go for a belly-to-belly suplex, but it’s blocked by Cragen, as it’s blocked, Gabriel can be seen looking rather upset with his student..
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Wha’ the fuck was that kid?”
Gideon chuckles a bit before advising his mentor of his previous training he had done when he had attended the fantasy wrestling camp back in the summer of 2021.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “So you have had some training then?”
Cross burst out laughing as he looked over at his manservant Caledon. Annoyed and looking a bit confused, Cragen stops him from laughing and buts in..
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Wait.. wait.. One minute, let me get this straight, this wasn’t your idea kid?”
GIDEON CROSS: “Nope.”
Cross says with confidence, as Cragen questions him on whose idea it was for him to come train with him.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “So who’s idea was it then?”
As Gabriel questions his new student again, Caledon speaks up from outside of the square circle.
CALEDON YOUNG: “It was me, I had thought Master Gideon had needed more training sir..”
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “He does and he doesn’t… that little stunt he just pulled just cost him a little thing I like to call ribbing..”
As Cragen says that Gideon chimes in.
GIDEON CROSS: “Ribbing what the hell is that?”
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “This..”
As a few minutes pass, Gabriel replies back, he executes a headbutt, dazing Gideon as he whips him into the ropes. As Gideon hits the ropes and starts coming back towards Gabriel, Gabriel goes for a backbreaker, but Gideon blocks it.
GIDEON CROSS: “You’ll have to do better than that Master Cragen..
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Master?”
Cragen questions as he’s caught off guard with what his student had just called him.
GIDEON CROSS: “Yea.. you know you’re like a Jedi Master and I’m like your apprentice you know..”
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Oh.. I see what is that like some Star Wars bullshit or something?”
As Cragen says questioningly, he lands a couple of punches on Gideon.
GIDEON CROSS: “That it is indeed Master Cragen..”
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Okay enough of that Star Wars bullshit understood?”
Cragen questions his student as he does Gideon catches him off guard and executes a small package as he does Cragen break free and both get back up from the ring mat and go right into locking up with one another, just as we hit the 15 minute mark of their training session. Cragen overpowers the youngster bringing him down onto the mat, it is at this very moment he puts Gideon in an abdominal stretch.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “You thought I wasn’t paying attention huh kid?”
A grin forms on Gideon on face, as Caledon steps inside the ring and starts acting at the ring official, he checks on Gideon, but Gideon won’t submit. He checks on him a 2nd time and still no, Gideon refuses to give up before finally breaking free of the hold. As he does, Gabriel executes a vertical suplex dropping Cross on his back.
GIDEON CROSS: “Outch..”
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “Ouch, kid that’s something you better get used too..”
As Cragen says that Gideon goes for a roundhouse kick, but Gabriel ducks, putting him in yet another abdominal stretch. Caledon checks on his employer, but Gideon refuses to give in.
GIDEON CROSS: “Never, never will I give into the force, the sith runs through these veins…”
Gideon says in a struggling voice as he attempts to fight his way out of the hold, however Cragen locks it in even more, causing more pain to Gideon, as the scrutinizing pain is seen in Gideon’s eyes, Caledon check a 2nd time on Gideon. Gideon again refusing to give in to his mentor who continues to crank the hold on even more in hopes of breaking down his student’s spirit..
CALEDON YOUNG: “What do you say Gideon?”
GIDEON CROSS: “NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVER!!!!!”
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “C’mon kid give it up!”
GIDEON CROSS: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVER!!!!!!!!!”
Cross replies back as Caledon check in on his employee once again as he does, Gideon reaches down deep within his sith lineage, that was created many moons ago by his father and breaks the hold and goes for a powerbomb, unable to lift the veteran into the air, Cragen reverses the maneuver into a frankensteiner, before attempting to put him in a surfboard, but Gideon manages to slide away.
GIDEON CROSS: “Gotta do better than that old man..”
Gideon says, taunting Cragen as Cragen whips him into the turnbuckle. Cragen goes for a headbutt, but Gideon manages to block it, as he does he slides out of the ring, taking a breather before climbing back into the ring, once back into the ring Cragen executes a small package powerbomb, dropping Gideon dead center in the ring, knocking the wind out of him allowing Cragen to beat him, as he does Cragen reaches out and pulls Gideon to his feet.
GABRIEL CRAGEN: “I give you that kid you’ve got skill…”
Cragen says as Gideon wipes away the sweat from his brow with his white towel, before climbing out of the ring and heading to the locker room area to clean off as the doors behind him close, the scene slowly fades out to darkness..