They get distracted by how unbelievably brilliant the sight is,
and confuse it for foolishness.

Vinnie will proclaim that all of my moves have been in error.
Should he know the definition of the word.

I have assembled a team that is capable of doing what needs done.
No, not because I need them to carry me.
To believe that lie, which I'm sure Vinnie does,
Would be to believe that I am cowardly.
Certainly nothing I have done as yet could provide cause for that.

Do you think me a coward, Vinnie?
Or do you think me wise?
Finding soldiers to fight my battles while I lead them to victory?
I will fight beside them.
And I will crush you in the ring along side of them.
I know, my team has made claims of taking victory, but their claims are false.
It is not their victory to be claimed.
It is not my victory to be claimed.
I am simply the general.
And they the troops.
The Victory is all of ours.
And assuredly, it will be swift.
For no team lead by Mastermind
And supported by the likes of McBride
Or Ezekiel Cart Williams V
Could support the dead weight
Of Crybaby Jane Lane.

There is only one strong member on your team.
And you fools each believe it is you.
It is not.
It is not Vinnie Lane.
It is not Mastermind.
It is not Michael McBride.
And it is assuredly not the boy with AIDs.
Will he even be well enough to fight in the ring?
One can remember a time when poor Ezekiel was having coughing fits
In the ring from too much stress on his body.
Do you remember that day, Ezekiel?
When you lost to your own sickness
The first time.
Does it haunt you?
Knowing you're not even good enough to beat John Austin?
And a disease.
You had a strong team then. Not just you.
But you botched it for your team.
Like you will this week.
You had Asylum to back you.
They had Shadows
And Austin.
Austin is the man so obsessed with
NeoNero that he can't focus on any other match.
Unless it involves Christine Nash.
And yet, Ezekiel fucked that match up
Worse than Austin could have ever dreamed of.

How does that feel, Ezekiel?
To be outed in front of your team?
For being unable to win a match
Where you had the distinct
Advantage.

Should we discuss records further?
To prove how useless Michael McBride is?
That might be fun.
When is the last time you won a match, Michael?
When is the last time anyone ever cheered for you?
When is the last time anyone ever even cared about you?
Until me. I care, Michael.
I don't like you, but I care.
And to tell you that I would have chosen someone else over you?
Never.

But Mastermind did.
Because he thinks lowly of you.
Michael, I do too
But I wouldn't rub it in your face.
It's why he wanders around telling fables about children
And their father.
Then compliments my team.
All the while
He ignores
Your cries for

Validation.

Yes, I know it hurts.
Michael, you want him to tell you that you
Are worth a damn.
But he cannot
Bring himself to lie.
At least not to you.
See, Michael
He has to lie
To himself
Every day.
When he tells himself
That he is that "dam" good.
It's a lie.
And he knows it.
Yet he repeats it.
Because he knows if he
accepts the reality of the world.
He would have to
Kill himself.

Mastermind.
You are without a doubt
The worst captain ever.
You have no knack for choosing
Teammates.
You picked people
You thought would help you
And yet, in your ignorance
You failed to make sure
Your team would come through.
My team, on the other hand.
They're doing what I expected of them.
Enough to destroy you.
And you have no way to stop us.
Your team is vastly too
Incompetent.
Your team cannot even
combat our weakest member
S.W.A.T.
He maybe the weakest
But he is miles above you.

You guys are fucked.
When you step into the ring with me.
And not fucked as in that teenage girl you picked up, Vinnie.
No judging. I would have done the same thing.
Are we one in the same now?
No, I'm still above you.
But at least you're in the same boat I am.
I can appreciate someone who likes to touch
Young girls like I do.
Although, it's not the same in your case
Because after you fondle them
You get make up tips
And new hair styles
Did you braid Rosie's hair?
And her to you?