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Mastermind · **06-08-2019, 08:54 AM**

PREVIOUSLY

We learned that Mastermind early career injuries had a lot to do with his early childhood of his mother passing away when he was 9 years old, and that his estranged father normally, became a drunk shortly after that. Now he has to work through those emotions to enable to get out of his injury predicament. Thanks to his new trainer in Australia, the famous Outback Jack, he had set him up with a 'Mental' therapist, David McKay, who was working him through the issues and how to deal with it.

And now the continuation:

1997
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
OUTBACK JACK'S TRAINING FACILITY
OUTER SYDNEY FARMLANDS

Mastermind sat there feeling really vulnerable. He did not want to feel vulnerable, and had spent most of his time since the passing of his mother, and the issues with his father, running away from that vulnerability. That is why he had chosen Wrestling, because he could become someone else entirely, and this allowed him to fully focus on that character, and not his own self.

But of course with the egos of the old guard of the New Zealand Wrestling Competition, who weren't aware of Mastermind's 'Past' issues, they were constantly trying to keep him down, either by not trying to 'injure' him, or by making things very rough for him in matches, that he would often come out of those matches with concussion that would put him out of action for a few weeks. His latest concussion had been a few months, but he was over that now, and that is why he was here in Australia, trying to become stronger wrestler away from New Zealand.

"So here's what I'm going to do," started David McKay, the 'Mental' therapist for Outback Jack's Training Facility who was 'Counselling' Mastermind through this very tough session because of his latest injury which was to his hamstring after he pulled it while training in just his second day after arriving at the facility.

Mastermind looked back at David.

"I know this has been very tough for you...... You have done very well to tell me what has clearly been a difficult time in your life..... With the passing of your mother at age 9...... To where the family had to move away because of the memories that your father clearly couldn't handle....... To where things started to escalate when your father started drinking...... We are going to stop this session right here, shortly. You can come back tomorrow fully rested, and fully ready to go for another tough session...... Because we are going to deal with these issues.... I know you don't want to..... But until you do, you are clearly going to keep getting injured, and keep on interrupting your career to a point that it may come down to a point, that it'll force you to walk away from the sport because of health reasons....."

Mastermind sighed and continued to look at David.

"But Outback Jack see's a lot of potential in you, if he didn't you wouldn't be here....... And I can tell from your file that you want this career as a professional wrestler more than anything else in life at the moment...... So we are going to break it down as it comes so I can give you 'mental tools' to deal with your issues. If I don't then your career is pretty much done, and it's that simple in my humble opinion, and I'll tell Outback Jack that myself...... It's hard times 'M', it really is. You are going to have to go away from here today having to think about if it's really in your best interests to push yourself into sorting yourself out now, because what I am hearing is, you have run away from yourself for far too long now..... I know you know that..... I also know you wouldn't be sitting here right now feeling really low.... feeling really vulnerable..... if you didn't want to work on stopping running away, and face yourself. That is what you are doing at the moment, and because of that... I see you are ready to face things..... We will carry on...."

Mastermind nodded and he didn't have to say 'thank you' but his body language and facial features said it for him.

"So here's Part one of what I want you to do....... say it out loud right now.... 'It's not my fault that my father began drinking.'........ so say it,"

Mastermind felt the lump in his throat get bigger.

"Go on 'M' you need to say it.... and you need to mean it, otherwise we're done. I'm sorry to put it so bluntly, but this is the first of many 'word situations' that will help you get your career back. 'It's not my fault that my father began drinking'.... Way you go."

Mastermind looked at David, then at the dirt on the floor that he seemed to be focusing on this session, then to the window, and then back on David.

"It's.... It's not my fault...... It's not my fault that my father began drinking,"

"Again."

"It's... It's not my fault...... It's not my fault that my father began drinking."

"And again,"

"It's not my fault.... It's not my fault that my father.... began drinking,"

"And once again."

"It's not my fault that my father.... that my father began drinking....."

"And again,"

"It's not my fault that my father began..... that my father began drinking......"

"Once more.... say it with a bit more feeling."

Mastermind sighed, feeling he was frustrated he let it all out in anger.

"IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT MY FATHER BEGAN DRINKING,"

David smiled. "No it's not your fault that your father began drinking, that's right. Well done. If you say that to yourself over and over again for the rest of the day, you'll eventually get to the point where you will believe it. Because 'M' it's not your fault that your father began drinking after your mother's death, it's his. For so many years, you took that away from him and put it on yourself, and blamed yourself. Hence in turn that blame then led the way for putting you in a 'victim' mentality of letting those 'Senior' older members of the NZWC to see that you were blaming yourself for something, and you were victimizing yourself, that you put it on them.... sorry... you allowed them to 'punish' you. And you didn't even realize it was happening."

"Wow," said Mastermind without realizing he was saying it "I was making them punish me?"

"Yes.... Yes you were. So they did."

Mastermind sat there stunned. The light finally came on inside of him that he clearly now saw what his 'Mental' Coach/Therapist was seeing. And this guy never met him before.

"Wow you're good."

David smiled "That's why Outback Jack employs me, I'm the best there is around."

Mastermind felt himself smile, which he felt weird.

"Say it again,"

"Um... It's not my fault..."

"No no, start again, and say it with meaning,"

Mastermind cleared his throat. "It is not my FAULT that MY Father began DRINKING!!!!!"

"Well done, that was meaningful,"

TO BE CONTINUED

PRESENT DAY

FRIDAY 7TH JUNE
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

The camera fades in to the mansion of Mastermind, and finds his standing in his victory clothes line room. He is looking at all the t-shirts representing his victories in the XWF.

"I only just finished my match in Tonga, with Fiji to go in two weeks time, I thought I'd take a quick trip back home, before heading to the United States on Monday to go to Tuscon, Arizona, where I make my debut match on Thursday Night Anarchy against the XWF's Queen Bee herself Sarah Lachland. But that's then, and my main focus is not on her, yet, but on the start my next Wednesday Night Warfare match, and that's up against a guy called Fuzz.

"I'm looking forward to facing Fuzz, because he use to be in the XWF in the early years, so it'll be good to test myself out against a returning old gun. I thought it would be against Centurion because I was aiming to meet him first, and was looking forward to challenging him at some stage, but Fuzz comes first and he's my immediate focus."

Mastermind grabbed his bag, that he had brought with him, and unzipped it and takes out a t-shirt. He showed the camera the t-shirt:

He then pegged the t-shirt on the clothes line, stood back and looked at it and smiled. He then nodded at the camera. The camera fades out.

A clapping sound can be heard, and the camera fades back in, and finds Mastermind sitting on his infamous thinking chair.

"So Fuzz, I may not know much about you, except from certain comments you have made online, for the XWF Universe. You seem to be pretty grumpy and to the point. What? You came back and thought you could mix it with the new competition, found out that you can't and so you are grumpy about it?

"What I know of you, Fuzz, is you are a former champion and that makes me think.... No sorry, that makes me know that you can be dangerous. I am not going to come to next Warfare thinking that because you are a grumpy has been, I'm coming for a hard fought match against a very strong opponent who knows this place inside and out, but because times have changed, so have your opportunities."

Mastermind sits forward in his chair.

"I'm ready for you Fuzz. The question will be are you going to ready for me? Because I know full well that you won't be, why? Because of your attitude. I can feel your attitude is pretty tense, which means from the moment you respond to me, you will know that i am in your head like some kind of mad man, but I'm not a mad man Fuzz. I am the Master of Mind's who likes to get people to respond to him without realizing that he made them respond, and have them thinking it was them who responded first, but that so isn't the case."

Mastermind smirks his infamous smirk.

"I hope for once you are warm with all the nice fuzzie wuzzie touchy feelie positiveness flowing through you... wait... what? Did I just say that. No but in all seriousness for someone like you who is grumpy at trying to make a come back, then you will feel that I am beneath you. Am I right Fuzz?

"Well I am not beneath you. The moment you think that is the moment that you will lose the match. You don't want that on your conscience do you. Well tough you are going to get it, because nothing you do, will save you from losing to the Master of Minds, and what you say, will be only cannon fodder. I hope you are ready for a battle Fuzz, because I'm ready to win the war."

Mastermind starts laughing as the camera, as it fades out.

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