Nathan: "It is strange how images play on your mind long after they have happened. They play on your mind, despite the fact there isnothing you can do about them. For example, several months ago I had a burning hatred for a man named Derek Steel. This man and I fought for several months, putting each other through tremendous amounts of pain. It all ended when we fought in an etreme dumpster match. A dumpster filled with barbed wire and glass and anything esle that would rip and tear as you fell from the stage inside. Well Derek Steel beat me, and I was sent tumbling from the stage and was lucky enough, if that is the right word, to have landed on the barbed wire and save myself from even worse injuries than I could have suffered. The images of that match still plague me sometimes. Me roaring in agony as I pulled myself from the dumpster to try and save myaself from being pushed over. All in the past though, much like the hell in a cell match. It isn't that far in the past, but the fact is that it has been and gone. I lost. That is all the record books will say, but I know that myself and Hellkat will be the only one's who truly know what happened"
(The stage crew lower the ring base to the floor with a thump, distracting Nathan momentarily. He looks over to the stage and watches as more stage crew start to dismantle the entranceway. Nathan looks down at his scarred hands, thining back to the match yet again. He remembers falling through the top of the cell and plummetting to the ring below, denting it with his own body. Nathan shudders, and then grimaces as the pain of his bruised and bandaged ribs settles in)
Nathan: "The pain is another constant reminder ofwhat I went through to be here today, the former World Heavyweight Champion. If anything tht word brings more pain than any, former. It means I was, but no more. Now who do I face? The man that would be champion, Johnny Kingdom. The self proclaimed Team Leader. Which team does he lead? I don't know, but it isn't mine. Johnny has an ego problem. He wants to believe himself to be more important than he really is, hence why he declares himself the Team Leader. Johnny want's to feel that he isn't failure, and he did that when he chaged his name from the loser Xavier to this new persona called Johny Kingdom. I don't even know if it is your real name, but I don't think it matters really. Either way you are just a wannabe champion"
(Nathan looks around the arena sighing to himself. He looks down at his trainers and then looks at the rafters, trying to search for something)
Nathan: "Johnny, your searching for something. Something that I thought I was searching for too, but I already had it. Your searching for recognition for your actions. That is why you screwed over Frost, that is why you sought to make an example of him. That is why you changed your name to try and curb your losing spree. I tried to gain recognition until I realised that I didn't need it, I was already recognised. This match is going to be about your search Johnny, and don't try to deny it. You want a shot at Helkat and her World Title. I want a remath for it. Either way we want to be on top of the pile fighting for what we think we deserve. The only difference is the paths we take"
(Nathan smiles slightly)
Nathan: "Have you heard my entrance music Johnny? Not 'Enemy', my new music. The words are significant. It is 'Did My Time' and there are a few words in the chorus that mean something. It goes something like 'I am the one who chose my path, I am the one who couldn't last. I feel the light fall from me, I feel the anger changing me' I think. These words are very reflective of me. I indeed am the one who chose my path. I got that World Title shot after nothing more than sheer effort and winning matches to earn it. I fought my way to the World Heavyweight Title. I was the one who couldn't last represets the expectations of people like you. You never expected me to get that far. Even when I did you didn't expect me to remain on my feet for too long. Did I shock you at all when I stood up after being smashed in the head by the chair and begging for more? Did it Johnny?"
(Nathan rubs his hand across his chin. Nathan looks down again and smiles as he looks back up)
Nathan: "As for the light falling from me, and the anger changing me. That is all about the dark side of me. We all have one Johnny. We all have a sick part of us somewhere. Even if it is just something that would love to lash out at the nearest person when we are in a foul mood. The pain and suffering does something to you Jphnny. It changes you, it drives the light out of you. It makes you angry and then you snap. Hellkat saw me snap when I unthinkingly smashed her skull in with a chair, when I pumulled her face in to open up the small cut on her head. What does this leave for you Johnny? This leaves you facing me in a pissed of mood. You can make all the wise cracks you want, they won't help you, just hinder you. I could go very Bruce Banner here and tell you not to make me angry because you won't like me when I am angry, but that is too much of a cliche for your brain to handle. What I will say is that Johnny Kingdom will probably be making another name change soon enough. Enjoy your name while you can Johnny. Go get yourself some credit cards or something"
(Nathan smiles and stands up slowly walking through the arena as the stage crew continue to pack away the ring. Nathan looks back as the ring finally gets packed away properly. He smiles again and disappears behind the black curtain as thescene fades away to blackness)
