With his innocent companions callously slaughtered by the wicked Mr. Oz, EDWARD, dressed in rawhide and hardened muscle, found himself sitting inside of a cavern concealed by nature.
The shallow graves of his Ape Friends laid neatly before him.
Soaked to the bone, EDWARD ran his hands across one of the muddy graves before pressing himself to his feet.
"...you destroy ape friends..."
"...you unleash darkness and pain upon innocent..."
"...edward not forget..."
...
"EDWARD NOT FORGIVE!"
"EDWARD BURY FRIENDS..."
"TODAY DAY OF SORROW."
EDWARD hung his head low.
"OZ THINK THIS MAKE EDWARD SCARED, MAKE EDWARD SURRENDER SHINY. BUT OZ WRONG!"
Raising back up with a fiery vengeance burning in his eyes.
"OZ, YOU PATHETIC SHADOW OF MAN, YOU WALK IN CIRCLE! EDWARD SEE YOU, HAUNTED AND CONFUSED, CHANGING SHAPE LIKE SNAKE SHED SKIN!"
"EDWARD REMEMBER YOU AS GHOST TANK. BIG AND STRONG, YET FRAGILE AND LOST! YOU TRY TO BE POWERFUL WARRIOR, BUT YOU BREAK! YOU SHATTER LIKE THIN ICE UNDER EDWARD'S CRUSHING FOOT!"
"BROKEN FROM THEN ON!"
"MAKE YOU CHANGE!"
"MAKE YOU EVEN WEAKER!"
"EVEN MORE PATHETIC!"
"EDWARD LAUGH AT FLOATING CLOWN!"
"YOU PAINT FACE, YOU JUGGLE TRICKS, YOU HIDE BEHIND MASK, BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL EDWARD!"
"NO! EDWARD SEE PAST PAINT, SEE THROUGH TRICKS, SEE BEYOND MASK! EDWARD SEE FEAR! EDWARD SEE WEAKNESS! EDWARD SEE MAN LOST!"
"THEN YOU CALL YOURSELF OZWALD, BUT STILL, YOU NOT KNOW WHO YOU ARE! YOU JUST EMPTY NAME WITH EMPTY SHINY!"
"HOLLOW MAN! YOU WEAK, CONFUSED, LOST!"
"...AND THAT WHAT MAKE YOU DANGEROUS!"
"EDWARD KNOW ABOUT INNER BATTLE."
"HEAR ABOUT DEMON FIGHTING FOR CONTROL."
"THAT DEMON WIN, OZ!"
"IT WIN BECAUSE YOU NO HAVE STRENGTH TO FIGHT!"
"YOU NO HAVE COURAGE TO STAND UP!"
"EDWARD KNOW! BECAUSE ONLY DEMON COULD DO WHAT YOU DO TO EDWARD'S APE FRIENDS!"
"YOU LACK HEART, OZ! YOU LACK SOUL! YOU LACK DIRECTION! YOU CHASE SHADOWS IN DARK, NEVER FINDING LIGHT! YOU PUPPET DANCING ON STRINGS, PULLED BY INNER DEMON! YOU NO MAN! YOU NO WARRIOR! YOU JUST SHADOW OF MAN LOST IN DARKNESS!"
"EDWARD SEE TRUTH! SEE YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE! YOU WEAK! YOU AFRAID! YOU RUN FROM PAST, RUN FROM SELF, RUN FROM TRUTH! BUT YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER, OZ!"
"AND YOU WON'T HIDE FROM EDWARD!"
"EDWARD COME FOR YOU! COME FOR VENGEANCE!"
"EDWARD BRING LIGHT TO DARKNESS, BRING TRUTH TO LIES, BRING JUSTICE TO INJUSTICE!"
"EDWARD MAKE YOU SEE REALITY OF WHAT YOU DONE! MAKE YOU FACE CONSEQUENCES!"
"YOU LOST, OZ! LOST IN YOUR OWN MIND, LOST IN YOUR OWN BATTLE! AND YOU WILL LOSE TO EDWARD! EDWARD STRONGER THAN YOU! EDWARD BRAVER THAN YOU! EDWARD FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, FIGHT FOR FRIENDS! WHAT YOU FIGHT FOR, OZ? FOR DEMON? FOR FEAR?"
"YOU PATHETIC, OZ! YOU SAD SIGHT! YOU CHANGE NAME, CHANGE SHAPE, CHANGE MOTIVATION! BUT ALL YOU DO IS RUN! RUN FROM SELF! BUT NO MORE! EDWARD STOP YOU! EDWARD FIGHT YOU! EDWARD CRUSH YOU!"
"EDWARD NOT AFRAID OF DEMON! EDWARD NOT AFRAID OF CLOWN! EDWARD NOT AFRAID OF YOU, OZ! YOU HEAR EDWARD ROAR!?!"
"YOU HEAR EDWARD COMING! YOU PREPARE FOR STORM, MR. OZ! BECAUSE STORM COMING FOR YOU! AND STORM IS EDWARD!"
"YOU LISTEN GOOD, OZ! EDWARD FIGHT FOR JUSTICE! EDWARD FIGHT FOR FRIENDS! EDWARD FIGHT FOR TRIBE! AND EDWARD WIN! BECAUSE EDWARD STRONG! EDWARD BRAVE! EDWARD WARRIOR! YOU NOTHING BUT FEARFUL SHADOW LOST IN DARK!"
"EDWARD WILL BE YOUR END!"
"YOU THINK READY? YOU THINK STRONG ENOUGH TO FACE KING OF JUNGLE, STRONGEST WARRIOR, LEADER OF TRIBE, IN CONTEST OF THROWING?"
"YOU THINK YOU READY TO LEAD?"
"THINK AGAIN, OZ!"
"AND AGAIN!"
"AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN!"
"BECAUSE THIS BATTLE NO ORDINARY FIGHT."
"THIS BATTLE TAKE PLACE HIGH IN SKY, ATOP MIGHTY ARC OF FRANCE!"
"THIS WHERE EDWARD SHOW TRUE STRENGTH!"
"THIS WHERE EDWARD MAKE OZ FEEL SAME FEAR HE MAKE APE FRIENDS FEEL!"
"NO PLACE TO RUN, NO ESCAPE! ONLY STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND EDWARD'S VICTORY!"
"EDWARD NOT FEAR HEIGHT! EDWARD NOT FEAR DEATH! EDWARD NOT FEAR DEVIL MAN!"
"EDWARD ONLY FEAR LIVING IN WORLD WHERE MAN LIKE YOU ESCAPE PUNISHMENT FOR WHAT DO TO APE FRIENDS!"
"IN THAT MOMENT, YOU SHOW WORLD TRUTH ABOUT YOU!"
"YOU UNFIT TO LEAD!"
"UNFIT TO BELONG!"
"AN EVIL INFECTION THAT MUST BE CUT AWAY BEFORE IT INFECTS THE TRIBE!"
"EDWARD STAND STRONG FOR TRIBE!"
"STAND STRONG FOR APE FRIENDS!"
"ANARCHY RULES, OZ! YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEAN, HUH? IT MEAN NO RULE BUT RULE OF JUNGLE!"
"IN JUNGLE, ONLY STRONGEST SURVIVE, AND THAT EDWARD! EDWARD STRONGEST WARRIOR! EDWARD BRAVEST! EDWARD KING OF THE MOUNTAIN, AND EDWARD HAVE SHINY TO PROVE IT!"
"EDWARD FACE ALL CHALLENGES, AND EDWARD CONQUER THEM ONE BY ONE!"
"EDWARD STRONGEST WARRIOR!"
"YOU!?!"
"HMMM!?!"
"WHEN YOU KILL APE FRIENDS, WHAT THOUGHT GO THROUGH YOUR BRAIN?"
"YOU THINK YOU ALREADY BEAT EDWARD FOR SHINY?"
"YOU THINK SO LITTLE OF EDWARD THAT YOU BELIEVE YOU MUST TRY AND PROVOKE LION?"
"EDWARD MUST SAY, NOT THE SMARTEST DEMON................."
"HA!"
"EDWARD LAUGH AT YOUR FOLLY! EDWARD LAUGH AT YOUR WEAKNESS! LAUGH AT YOUR DUMB BRAIN!"
"MAYBE CLOWN FACE WAS RIGHT FOR YOU AFTER ALL, HMMM?"
"EDWARD READY FOR BATTLE! EDWARD READY FOR VICTORY! EDWARD READY TO PROVE THAT STILL AND ALWAYS BE STRONGEST, BRAVEST, AND MOST HONORABLE WARRIOR!"
"EDWARD PRAY YOU READY, OZ, BECAUSE NOW, NO TURNING BACK! THERE ONLY EDWARD AND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT YOU FACE!"
"SEE YOU ATOP BIG STONE ARC! PREPARE FOR BATTLE OF LIFETIME! PREPARE TO FEEL EDWARD'S FURY! PREPARE TO BE HURLED FROM GREAT HEIGHTS AND FALL BACK INTO OBLIVION!"