MGM GRAND LAS VEGAS NEVADA

Prelude



Robert, where have Drew and Jim been lately? Are they okay? They haven’t been around as much as they have been? I miss them!



Robert browses over the casino floor riffling through all of the tourist standing, gazing at nothing at all before glancing over at his Mom for a brief second followed by a sigh which was a signal of sorts, not one of his own resolve, his anxiety and tension had now reached a boiling point over the past few months. He was more like an old-fashioned kettle at this point. Still full of animosity and bitterness even when some steam forced its way out from time to time. Robert had been spitting venom for weeks now, he had a grudge and needed to fix it immediately! His sigh was softly deflating, it was as if an apprehension had lifted yet left him with a melancholy mental outlook!



Robert, are you okay? Something seems off! You know you’ve taken a while off work! You should really be getting back! Do what you have always done best!



Robert’s Mom acknowledged him once more now there was a sternness to her voice



Yeah Ma I’m top-notch! Don’t worry about me or the guy's everything is fine! Speaking of getting back to work I have a Championship match coming up in Florida!




Robert smiled followed by another sigh





The sigh was capitulated out of his body, it hung in the air heavy with a certain weariness to it. It signaled the end of deliberate effort and the beginning of passive deterioration. It was a murmur so unobtrusive that it almost went unnoticed, its sound and its movement dissipated out into the vastness of the casino and made no effect what so ever. It was not the start of any butterfly effect in any way. But in Robert’s life now was a pivotal turning point. A point where he would have to make a clear-cut choice, he could go on living his life and let the past stay in the past. Or he could grab his sword and shield and go into battle righting all of the wrongs. Either way, Robert had to make a choice and live with it, or be eaten alive in the process!




That’s great Robert! You’ve been champion for some time now, I really don’t see that changing anytime soon! But that being said Robert, I know when you are lying to me! I am your mother after all! I raised you! But I can tell you don’t want to talk about it! So I will drop it for now!



Here we are Ma! Morimoto’s! Some of the best damn sushi on Earth! You know that show Iron Chef?







Robert’s Mom nods while rolling her eyes



The one your father watches religiously? Unfortunately yes I do!



Robert points with a chuckle



That’s the one! Morimoto won the show a ton of times, not to mention this place has some of the best damn food in Las Vegas!



Hostess: Mr. Main, how are you? Right this way but can I get a hug first?



Of course!







Robert wrapped an arm around her shoulder pulling her in close, gently rubbing her arm. Robert could feel her fluttering as soon as her body pressed against his. She sunk into the warmth of his side, appreciative of the simple gesture. His touch made the room warmer somehow!





Hostess: Thank you so much! Now right this way Mr. Main! As you can see the restaurant is empty upon your request! Being such a valued member of the MGM Grand! Where would you like to sit Mr. Main? You can sit anyplace you’d like!





Robert looks around the room when a twinkle forms in his eye as he points towards the 500,000-gallon fish tank filled with tropical fish







There!



Server: Absolutely, that is our best seat in the house! Let me get your seat for you, Mam!



The server pulls out a chair for Robert’s Mom, she starts to do so for Robert, but he waves her off smiling in the process.



I’m a grown ass man I can get my own chair darling! Men are supposed to be pulling out chairs for ladies, not the other way around!



Robert winks as the Hostess blushes



Hostess: You are quite the gentlemen Mr. Main! Listen the two of you have a wonderful lunch! Your server will be with you shortly, and if you need anything, and I mean anything at all Mr. Main please feel free to come and get me anytime!



The waitress winks at Robert as Robert’s Mom shakes her head



Is there anywhere on this planet that is safe! My goodness, keep it in your pants!



Come on Ma what are you talking about?



Oh Robert, she was into you and you know it!



Ma, come on now! We were just being friendly! That’s all!



Waiter: Mr. Main! I see you’ve brought a lovely date with you!



Robert sneers at the waiter



That’s my Mom guy!



I would have never guessed. I can’t imagine she is a day over 30, and such a magnificent woman! Simply stunning!



Robert’s Mom blushes three shades of pink



Oh, stop it! You’re kidding! I’m half your age!



Listen if you want a tip you’ll stop now guy! I’m getting ready to eat here!



Waiter: Could I interest the two of you in a drink?



What’s in the Morimoto martini?



Robert’s Mom giggled



Waiter: grey goose vodka, nigori sake, shiso, lemon! It’s out of this world good!



I’ll have one of those!



Waiter: For you Mr. Main? The usual?



Robert’s Mom interrupts



The usual? How often do you come here?



Oh, Mr. Main comes here at least twice a week when he is in town!



What is the usual?



Waiter: Oh this one is a special drink made just for Mr. Main! It was so well liked by our staff we just had to put it on the menu! It’s called DEVILS ADVOCATE! It has Patron Roca Reposado Tequilla, Yuzu, Pomegranate and Habanero pepper!







I’ll have one of those as well!



Ma, you here to eat lunch or get drunk?



It sounds good and I’m getting one!



Whatever make it two and keep them coming!



Waiter: Right away Mr. Main! Do the two of you know what you would like for lunch? Before I put in the drinks?



Yeah we will start with two spicy tuna rolls, a spicy salmon roll, three shrimp tempura, and two soft shell crabs! Then we’ll have some sashimi as well! 12 pieces of maguro! For dinner let’s have two 10 oz. Australian wagyu filets! Mom anything else?



Robert’s Mom looks over the menu for a second before speaking up once more



Yes an order of wasabi fried rice and a bowl of miso soup please and thank you!



Waiter: I’ll get that in for the two of you and have your drinks out as soon as they are finished!



Robert watched as the waiter walked away. He then turned his attention to the crowd outside the restaurant that was beginning to form. Robert knows he’s been spotted! His expression was of one being forced to endure an unpleasant odor. His gaze was unwavering and unabashed. Those grey eyes behind gunmetal spectacles did not travel up to his Mom’s face or down to the floor, but they followed something in the background, focusing on something a couple of feet further away. Perhaps his introspective nature lead him to be locked in thought as he observed, it was hard to know. But he made no gesture of recognition, no raised hand or stiff nod. Robert gets up from his seat slowly walks towards the fish tank. He stares for a moment before running his still oil fingers over the recently buffed glass, eyes fixed on the tropical fish. Part of his brain admired the fish, it reminded him of the falls leaves, vibrant and thin. Beneath the scales of impossibly bright orange were guts, a heart, and muscles. Yet looking at it head on it almost disappeared except the bulging eyes. The other part of his mind was on the glass itself, the tank. Water is heavy, how were these sheets of glass held together with glue strong enough? His finger trailed downward leaving a rainbow sheen in the restaurant light.



Robert!



Ya?



There is quite a crowd out there! You’ve been spotted son!



Yeah I’ve noticed! Listen, Mom! There is something on my mind, now I’m not going to say exactly what but I do have a question for you! If someone did you wrong in the past, or has been talking about you what should you do? These people have taken things near and dear to me, they’ve stolen my smile! All I can think about is getting my retribution! Is that wrong of me? Should I just let the past be the past and push forward with my life! Or should I right all of the wrongs and balance the universe?



Robert, you’re not wrong to feel that way! In the bible, it says “ an eye for an eye “ now whether or not you take that literally is up to the reader! It sounds like you have been placed in a very tough predicament! One where if you decide to act on things in the past there may be certain ramifications, maybe not now, maybe even not a few months from now, but eventually things will come full circle like they always do! Imagine tossing a pebble into a pond, those ripples from that very stone effects everything in that pond. Robert, I can’t tell you what to do and what not to do, but I can say this. If this is something that you can let roll off your back then do just that, Let bygones be bygones, water under the bridge! You remind me of a duck Robert! On the surface of the water you have always been calm, cool and collected, but just underneath the surface of the water, your feet are going a mile a second! If this is something you are losing sleep over or something you cannot let go, then Robert you have to do what will bring you peace!



Now they have cameras and reporters out there! Wonderful, so much for a quite lunch! I should have the MGM Grand security escort these sons of bitches off the property. But…. I’m going to go out there and give them what they want! They haven’t heard from me in a while I’m sure they are anxious!



Robert right now? What about our lunch?



Ma, we haven’t even got our drinks yet! Plus while I am out there, you can flirt with that waiter a little more! But don’t flatter yourself he’s clearly gay!



He is not! I’m a woman I know these things!



Whatever you say Ma!



Robert gets up from the table lighting a cigar along the way



Those things will kill you, Robert!



Robert smirks



Busting my balls all the time will kill me too!




Dread owns Robert at times, pushing against him like an invisible wall, attempting to reverse his every step sending him back to bed. Dread has his stomach padlocked up tight, nothing is getting in or out. Just locked! Dread sets in Robert’s face like rigor mortis, his teeth locked tightly together. But unless it can turn back time, drag the sun from the sky and inject amnesia into his mind his time has come. The time to answer all of the questions he has answered a million times over the past few years.



Robert continues onward towards the front of the restaurant looking down at his gold Rolex checking the time




His watch ticks like the timer on a bomb ready to detonate, killing everything within striking distance. Right now there is nothing Robert can do but push forward, he can't stop it, and he cannot drive time backward it or slow it down. If Robert could there are many things from the past he would erase entirely! Possibly even saving his dear friend Jim Caedus from a cowardly attack followed by Jim’s supposed untimely death! Each tick drags Robert forward one step at a time, defenseless, unprotected and vulnerable all at the same time! Nervously handcuffed to the allotted time. He can’t avoid it any more than the beating of my own heart as it pounds with futility against its cage of bone and cartilage. The dread slowly creeps back into his mind like an invisible demon sitting heavy on his shoulders, digging it’s claws deep within his flesh perched there mocking him! The dread creeps over Robert like an icy chill, numbing his brain. In this frozen state, his mind offers himself only one thought. It is today. There is no avoiding it. Robert feels like a cow being herded into a truck for the slaughter house, only the cow doesn't know where it's going.




Robert places his hands on the glass door looking at the crowd for a moment. He hesitates briefly before drawing in the rich Cuban cigar! As the speaks the smoke billows from his mouth




Showtime!



He pushes the door open and walks out into the sea of people



Okay, okay, okay one at a time!



Quickly a reporter cuts Robert off asking the first of many questions. Robert scowls signing an autograph before nodding to the reporter



Reporter: Robert is it true that the XWF is shutting down? There are rumors swirling that this is it for a company that has been around since the late 90’s! The web site was down for weeks, and some of the overseas shows got canceled!



Shutting down? Tell me why in the hell we would be shutting down after an amazing pay per view? Or why would we be having another card after? Yeah, we had a few shows canceled, when you’re overseas for months on end people start missing their families. Guys get banged up! We just need to get some people healthy and get some quality rest that’s all! There is no smoke or fire people, just growing pains!



Robert pauses for a moment



Sure we had some site problems a month or so ago! XWF shop was down and some guys had a hard time promoting, they like to promote through the site! I can’t say that I’d blame them I do it too! But like I said before, we are growing each and every day! Bandwidth issues will happen from time to time. People will try and hack the site. The world is full of ass holes! Just look around there is a prick on every corner! As long as there was no Russian collusion I’ll be happy! Really dumb question by the way! No more questions for you!



Reporter: Robert, we haven’t see Drew lately, where is he? Ever since that brutal attack by Erik Black Drew has been out of action!



Robert grimaces with evil eyes, before clearing his throat







Let’s not worry about Drew right now! Okay? We can talk about that low life piece of shit Erik Black though! Where is this loser at? Ever since I devastated him in the middle of the ring embarrassing his ass in front of the world he has been butt hurt! I told the kid going in he hasn’t clashed against first-class opponents! I was the titan that slayed the little shit! When I tell someone, anyone for that matter that I am beyond compare! I mean just that! I am second to none! I took his world and shattered it into a million pieces, ever since he has been on a downward spiral, loss after loss. I will say this, Erik Black if you ever step foot inside of an XWF ring again! I will come after you with a vengeance unlike you have ever seen before. I’ll finish you off this time for good! That is not a threat either bitch! It’s a fucking promise!





Reporter: Robert, did you hear what the Universal Champion had to say?




Robert’s ears perk




I didn’t! Can you quote it?




Reporter: I can: He said and I quote! “ Send Robert Main out there so we can have another go.” End quote!




A gracious leer crosses Robert’s face as he looks dead into the camera




Champ, be careful what you wish for! It might just come true! Last time we hooked up, you got by with the skin of your teeth! I was this close!





Robert holds his hand up showing a half inch of space between his index finger and thumb




Reporter: Robert we have heard you are due to defend the Hart Championship against PESTALANCE on the next Warfare! Now that the championship is out of limbo, what do you have to say about PESTALANCE and your match?




There you go with those thoughtless questions again! I thought I told you no more questions! Jesus H Christ! And what in the fuck do you mean in limbo you little shit head? Limbo? Are fucking you kidding me right now! Limbo! I take a few weeks off and all of the sudden the Hart Championship is in limbo? How quickly we forget the past and everything that I have accomplished over the past few months! Where is the respect a Champion deserves? I have been Hart Champion since December 6th, 2017! I have been Champion six damn months! SIX! I am the longest reigning Hart Champion in XWF history! I’ve defended against The Purebred Killers, furthest from their title I know! Mc Bride is useful as a cock flavored lollipop, and somehow some way the helpless Peter Gilmour a legend they say, had a Championship belt fall into his lap in a division that is less than worthless!




Robert takes a moment to catch his breath




Then I go on to defend against Mezian who could not win a fucking match to save his own life! He would lose to a god damn paper bag! Turning Point comes around whose next? The supposed next big thing Erik Black the world renowned mercenary, a combatant who was supposed to give “The Omega” a challenge! What happened there? I stomped a mud hole in his rectum and walked it dry! Then came the punch drunk redneck Muddy Waters his corner waved the white flag after I damn near popped his arm off! Rain & Snow came next! Hell they didn’t even show up! Mandii and I wrecked those two! This will be my 6th defense! Yet you believe the Hart Championship Has been in a demilitarized zone? Out there in left field someplace rotting away! I brought this Championship out of oblivion! I turned this nothingness into gold again! I turned a lump of coal into a freaking diamond! I am the living breathing king of this division! Without Robert Main the Hart Championship would be meaningless once more, bouncing from hand to hand week in and week out! I’ve made something out of this division and I’ll be dammed if some halfwit reporter is going to shit all over my hard work! My blood sweat and tears! I am Champion and I will remain Champion until I see otherwise!




Robert turns his back to go back inside the restaurant when the reporter ask another question




Reporter: What about Chris Chaos?




Robert stops dead in his tracks freezing in place. He cocks his head looking over his shoulder shooting daggers at the reporter! Robert takes another long draw from his cigar before leaping at the reporter lifting him off the ground by his shirt




FUCK CHRIS CHAOS!




Robert tosses the reporter to the ground storming back into the restaurant throwing his hands in the air making his way back to the table where his Mom has already been drinking her drink




Robert what’s wrong? You seem very upset! What did they say out there to get you so fired up?



Robert shakes his head slamming his fists down on the table



That mother fucker! He is going to pay for everything!



Who Robert?



Without hesitation Robert replies



CHRIS CHAOS



Robert side note! I got the waiters number!



Robert crosses his arms leaning back in his chair rolling his eyes while shaking his head



FADE

Chapter I Ravages of Time

The future was always something Robert always worried about. Always looking ahead, never living in the moment! He wasn’t sure if it was because of his young mind and maybe at times lack of wisdom, or if he never really gave thought to all the time that was enclosed to his life, his championship run has now lasted a small speck in the timeline of the XWF. He had so much time before this run as champion. Always plotting, reading himself for the next “golden opportunity”! Once that brass ring is obtained the clock “time” begins ticking away! Hour after hour, second after second! The sand pours and continues until time is up! The reign as champion stops and the cycle starts all over again! There has been so much time that Robert let it slide through my fingers like worthless pennies. So much time that he watched it drain like water in a bath tub. So much time that he let it vanish like a magician in an act. So much time Robert watched it dissolve like a mirage across a desert. He realizes now that he can never get it back, he wasted it away. Now he has come to realization that for some, today might be our last tomorrow. No more wasted time!



Time! What a strange concept! Time is something as precious as a newborn child, time will not lie or defy! As long as time is concerned people will come and unfairly go! It is unfair, unwavering and at times filled with brutality! Time won’t stop in this cruel unforgiving hell we call a world. Time is friendless and haunting! One giant mistake can ruin your whole life, within a blink of an eye! Time is ticking. Tick, tick, tick! Dawn is coming, as its rosy fingers being to spilling over the horizon! You can’t look back, time will end you PESTALANCE!



The camera slowly comes into focus, the room is filled from floor to ceiling with different clocks from around the world each ticking away. In the middle of the room is a throne with Robert sitting firmly on the red velvet seat staring into the camera! At his feet wrapped in snakeskin cowboy boots, just beneath the pointed toes of the boots sets the Hart Championship Robert’s eyes remain dead fast on the camera, as he taps his fingers on the oak chairs arm rest before he continues on clearing his voice.



The definition of time is as followed “the continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.” Now PESTALANCE you have to be asking yourself where in the blue hell is he going with this? Just bear with me and you’ll have every answer you might be looking for! I can’t imagine for a second you are intelligent enough to understand any of this! Just by listening to the way you talk I can see that you are very simpleminded and under-educated! But let’s cut to the chase huh! Your time is now! This is it! The shot you have been dreaming of! The one opportunity that has evaded you since steeping foot inside of a XWF ring! The question is, what will you do with a shot at greatness? Will you make the most of it? Will you walk out of Warfare as the new Hart Champion? Head held high from your newly acquired accolade? Your stock being at an all-time high? Only time will tell! The biggest problem that you face, is me! I took this belt from Danny Imperial December 6th 2017! In a match where he promised to best me in the ring! Once I entered the ring with the two week old Champion he found out otherwise! I attacked with utter viciousness bashing the new champions face into the canvas, chipped away at his soul until he could take no more! I took his championship reign and whipped my ass with it. I took the crown for my own and never looked back! Where is Danny Imperial now? He is fragmented, mutilated and scared of “The Omega”!



Five different times I have defended my championship. Five times 7 men and women stepped up and were sat down, each tasting bitter defeat! Each came in upbeat and ready to take on the challenge of “The Omega”! Promising new futures and greener pastures, as you can see all those promises were broken, falling on deaf ears! I took each of their dreams and turned them into their worst nightmares! I ground away any self-confidence they had left in their selves! I took their worlds and turned them each upside down one by one! I have heard the same thing a million times over! I have never faced an opponent like them! They will fight until their last breath and so they did! During our match, they attempted everything that they could! I’ve been busted open tasting my own crimson life juice, I’ve been hit with everything but the kitchen sink! Each opponent soon understood just how deep they were in! Winning was futile! I consumed each and every opponent that entered my ring, leaving a trail of wreckage behind! Each was overwhelmed by an aptness unlike they have ever seen before! A true genius inside the squared circle! You see PESTALANCE I have a knack for beating the shit out of people when they decide to come after what isn’t theirs! I have all of the know-how in this craft along with the expertise, I don’t take a licking, and I’ve never been taken to the cleaners! I’ll never succumb to defeat! I’ll always have the formula, the right stuff, and the goods. I’ll always do whatever it takes! PESTALANCE your no different than the others before you! Just another head I will be hanging on my wall!



[i]Robert leans over picking up the Hart Championship placing it over his shoulder



Don’t get me wrong you have racked up a few wins here and there hell you just won the “Second Chance, Battle Royal”! Hot shit!



Robert laughs



PESTALANCE do you know why you won that battle royal? I mean really sit back and think about it for a second! Really try and digest what happened! Who, if anybody in that match posed a real threat? It isn’t like you faced a who’s who of the XWF in this battle royal! What you did face was a bunch of deadbeat underdogs! Every single wrestler in this thing was nothing short of a dud! These bunch of has-been failures can hardly wrestle their way out of a paper bag let alone win a fucking match with any merit to it! Nothing like beating a bunch of underprivileged flunkies who have been down-and-outers their entire wrestling careers! PESTALANCE you achieved nothing! You face no one! The reason you won this match is because ROBERT MAIN wasn’t in it! You just hoodwinked your way to the top of the heap! In an effortless match against the downtrodden of the XWF! Now I get the opportunity to welcome you to the big time! You may have a shot at Dexter, but let’s be honest The Engineer is looking for a real challenge! Every match he has had defending the Universal Championship has been a layup, un-problematic, a piece of cake! You will be no different! You will fail against the Universal Champion squandering it all away! Giving the man another easy title defense! That is if you can manage to survive our match! You had better consider the grave reality of this situation! Time is certainly not on your side! There is no going back and getting a do over! Once you shake THE DEAD MAN’S HAND, that’s a wrap kid!



Robert reaches out grabbing a clock watching the seconds tick away



I’ve heard you say that you don’t care if you ever win a championship here, you don’t care about the money, and fame or anything at comes with being a professional wrestler! You want to wreak havoc playa! Here’s your chance! I’m not like the others you have faced here, you won’t bamboozle me! There won’t be a pull the wool over my eyes moment! What will happen is you’ll be victimized! Another innocent fool, in my game of chess! Another casualty an easy mark, another pawn in the game as I move closer to my final goal, what I deserve! I will demolished the very foundation you stand on pillaging and plundering you with shots that feel as if they were shot from a cannon! You’ll be swept away in the currant of pure wrestling, all the while being ransacked like a thief in the night! So wreak all of the havoc you’d like in this match! Try your best to become this ruthless savage, show me how inhuman and merciless you can be! I want to see a man across the ring bloodthirsty and as heartless as they come! Show me just how uncivilized you are willing to become! Everything that you decide to throw my way I’ll match you tenfold! What you will get come Warfare is a cold-blooded remorseless son of a bitch willing to do anything and everything to keep what is his! I am a crude animal that will heartlessly show you firsthand how unkind and fierce I can be! This match will change the course of your career! Just like many others I might just retire your ass! At the end of the day you’ll be the one smashed, trampled and left in ruins! I’ll annihilate you right in the middle of the ring on live television desecrating who you are and all your short sided abilities! You seem to talk a lot of shit, let’s see how well you can talk after you have been pirated and stamped out! PESTALANCE your time is running out!







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