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NOTE: I Do not own the song or the words to The Sound of Silence - I just needed to use them in my promo.

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Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left it's seeds While I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence

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HOME OF MASTERMIND
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

Ever since I lost to the Wizard at Leap of Faith, I felt alone.
Yes, the Misfits came to my rescue when I needed them the most.
But the match still ended in a loss.

Another loss.
My eighth loss in a row.
My record is 9 straight losses.
That's what I'm going to be going up against in my next match.
That if lose my next match, I'll equal 9 straight losses in a row.
I cannot, I will not let that happen.
I have to find a way to win.

But at the moment, I feel alone.
Not even being around my family, my wife Maria, and my four kids, makes me feel a part of them.
I still feel alone.

So here I am sitting in the darkness that is my Thinking Room.
Thinking, sitting in my infamous Thinking Chair.
Looking into the darkness.

The darkness that over the years has been my friend.
The darkness that I feel engulfs me
The darkness that I feel loves talking to me
The darkness that makes everything feel SILENT.

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In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence.

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Even while I am sleeping I seem to be alone.
I hate feeling this way.
I can normally embrace it.
But this isn't me.
I don't want this feeling
Pity parties aren't what I am used to having.
Yes I have to credit The Wizard for his win at Leap of Faith
Yes I also have to credit Antony The Jerk for the way he ended the match
I didn't have to say 'I Quit' which would have made me even more depressed.
I didn't have to give The Wizard that satisfaction for hearing me say those words.
By throwing in the towel, still gave me a loss, but it saved face.

As I have stated Even whilst I am sleeping I seem to be alone.
Walking down streets that no one else seems to be on.
Those streets are somehow lighted but to me it is still dark
The streets are lighted but where I walk it is darkness even in the light
The light becomes dark
What is this telling me?
What are my dreams telling me?
How do I get out of this?
How do I get away from this hell that is nothing but silence?

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And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence

Even when I'm not sleeping, and not dreaming, I continue to sit, and watch people try to converse with me.
My wife, my children, my staff, my inlaws.
They are talking to me
But I can't hear anything come out of their mouths.
I'm oblivious to what they are saying.
For what they are trying to discuss with me.
I just stand or sit there nodding.
I just stand or sit there looking at them.
I just stand or sit there feeling numb.
They are wanting me to converse with them
I can't.
I seem powerless to do so.
It breaks my heart that I can't hear my children, speak to my children.

It's got a powerful grip on me.
It's winning and I'm losing.
it's eating away at my every fabric of my being.
I am in a dark place
I am in a place that has no sound or I don't think has any sound
I am in a place where I feel nothing
It's like I am giving up
But I can't afford to give up.
I can't afford to let it win.
But this is disturbing.
Where I am is disturbing.
I'm hearing nothing and that's the most disturbing part.
It's...... The Silence.

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"Fools, " said I, "You do not know Silence, like a cancer, grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells, of silence

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I felt like a fool myself for feeling the way I was feeling.
Stuck.
Stuck feeling sorry for myself
Stuck feeling like I am back on 9 losses should I lose my next match.
Feeling sorry for oneself, feeling stuck in one place, and just feeling depressed is like a cancer
If you let it continue and don't do anything about it, it grows.
If you stop talking and do nothing, it grows.
If you stop trying to reach out to people and do nothing, it grows.
I need to find my voice and ask for help
Because if I don't I will continue to wallow.
I'll continue to stew and I'll continue to be plagued
by this cancerous silence.

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And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sounds of silence

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I know that if I bow down to this
It will take me forever
It's a warning sign
Like a siren going off
To ask for help
Ask anyone and everyone
Stop, and talk.
Ask anyone and everyone
For help
To break the sound of silence
The walls of silence
Silence itself.
Don't let it beat you.
Don't let it win.
Don't let it stop you.
Don't let it make you out a martyr.
You can do this
One simple word.
Break the walls
Break the silence
And just yell........

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STOP

LISTEN TO ME

I NEED HELP

t.b.c

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THINKING ROOM
HOME OF MASTERMIND
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

The camera fades into Mastermind's thinking room, and it focuses on his Thinking Chair. It had its back towards the camera. It was obvious that Mastermind was sitting in his chair.

"This upcoming Warfare I have a match which I can redeem myself.
This upcoming Warfare if I don't beat my opponent then I find myself equaling a record I thought I would never see or be near again.
This upcoming Warfare is about redemption.
This upcoming Warfare it is time to get myself back on track.
This upcoming Warfare it is about me.

"Not only do I need to focus on myself, and win this match
It is the starting point to kickstart the Misfits again
I need to lead the way
I need to show what I am capable of
The Misfits WILL be a force in the XWF
I will make damn well sure of it
It's not enough to just stand back and wait for things to happen
Wait for matches to come and go
It's about making what we were supposed to do.

Stables like Chaos Inc, Bob a Job, Cataclysm, Apex, the Arm Collectors. They went out and proved themselves.
It's now up to the Misfits to do the same.
I need to lead the way to do that.
And it starts this coming Warfare
Against a member of THUGS.
Tommy Wish."

Mastermind turns his chair around to face the camera.

"Tommy Wish is a Thug all to himself.
Tommy Wish thinks he is the biggest thug of them all
Tommy Wish wants a piece of me, and so I want a piece of him.

"You wish you want to beat me?
You wish you want to destroy me?
You wish you can be better than me?
You wish you will beat me.

"Let me tell you this, Tommy. When I am finished with you, and when I win our match, you're going to wish you never ever come up across me again.
You are a big fat ass.
I can beat you Tommy. You've beaten me before, so it's my turn to turn the tables on you, and beat your sorry punk ass.

"I've visualized beating you.
It will come to fruition.
I've visualized destroying you
and so it will be done.
I'll just sow the seeds of doubt in your mind now.
YOU WILL NOT BEAT ME THIS TIME
because IT'S MY TIME.

"It's been FAR too long since I've used my MIND CONTROLLER finisher/ But come this Wednesday, I will be controlling you into submission.
And as you lay there, wanting to submit, and you will
You are going to wish that you had taken me seriously.
It's my time to shine
not yours.

"You may think that you have beaten me a couple of times before, but that's the point right there. BEFORE
As in, in the past.
I've got your number now Tommy.
It's all about dialing it in.
It's all about stopping you.
And it's all about silencing you.
YOU WILL BE SILENCED.

"So as you lay at the bottom of my MIND CONTROLLER, and with the immense pain soaring through your body, and you want to give up, or give in, all you will be seeing is the one and only sound that you need to submit to, silence. Then and only then, will you feel what I have been feeling these last 8 matches when I lose. Despair and heartache.

"It's time I do you this one last favor, Tommy.
When I will beat you finally this Warfare
I will not only Master your Mind
I will also SILENCE YOU."

Mastermind smirks his infamous smirk, as he takes one last look at the camera before he turns his chair around to face the wall again. The camera fades out.

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