Hard fade into the theme for HiC Radio…. And the scene
before us shows Chamelion sitting at home… at the kitchen table with a bottle
of ice water and some cheese and crackers on a paper plate. Next to him is a
small radio…and he’s listening to the premier episode of HiC radio with
With a smirk on his face, Chamelion shakes his head at
“New Phone lines indeed, I just
think
Shhshing himself, he continues to listen, taking a sip of
cold water…he nods his approval and agreement about how big Rumble in the
“A Natural??? Eight and Ten thousand….?? JOBBER???”
Twisting his face, Chamelion bites down on a cracker and
chews as he holds his temper.. I mean, what good is it to take it out on a
radio??
“I’ll kiss you ass with my boot..
you… “
Chamelion bites his tongue so he can listen more closely to
“HAHAHAHAHAAH!!! Always win??? Hehehe… “
Chamelion laughs his ass off….remembering the only victory
came at the hands of Rob Robinson’s backstabbing game… and how Chamelion pinned
Dalton 1-2-3 in the HiC already…. And some people, like Lorenzo… think I’m the
one making up stories? Sheesh.
Steadying himself, Chamelion catches
“Politics…. Damned right, Kiddo!”
Taking another sip of water, Chamelion leans back
comfortably in his chair. On your back??
Like Lisa Lorenzo?? That much is certain.. come on you idiots.. get moving… the
show is getting boring listening to
“Ol Dalton is really trying to hype
himself up here… but the guy really should stop, cause more and more he just
looks like a damned fool. Since I have a
moment to get away from this program… let me direct my attention to someone
else who has an inflated idea of how good they are…. Miss Lorenzo…..
I gave you nothing? How about my continued support to keep the
title around your petite waist all this time?
How about the constant attention bestowed upon you? That’s nothing? Or do you perhaps mean, nothing to work with
against me that is true… or exaggerated beyond belief?
We can sit here and degrade each
other verbally and go over bit by bit how our title reigns were.. but where
will it get us? Well, maybe it will
enlighten the crowd, maybe it will be fun to pick and poke at the little
details of what happened during our individual runs… and if that’s what will
entertain you the most, then who am I to argue?
In each of our reigns we have one
loss.. both were clean, both had no one around to change the course of what was
to happen….. but while you all but faded from sight after our world title
match.. I stepped right back into the ring and invited the HiC to do it’s
worse.. and it did.. Demise tried to take me out.. he failed.. Platinum
couldn’t do any better… and Nightstryker?
A great competitor when he’s focused… but ultimately… ultimately he’ll
continue to stumble until he can get himself back on track… just remember also
that Platinum caused both Stryker and I a pinfall… so nice try on that issue….
Hmmm, the show is coming back on…
give me a few here, okay? I’d like to see what other fairy tales
Chamelion turns the radio back up… and sits back
comfortably for a good listen. Oh,
goody.. who’s your favorite
Ahh, feuds and stories…. Yeah, come on.. what’cha got to
say.. heheh, oh yeah, Chamelion and Lisa.. that’s it kiddo… keep it
coming. Prank on Raizzor?? That’s what
you’d call it? Come on, people.. it’s a
dead subject.. hehehe.
Chamelion just listens quietly about all the highlights,
but what he really looks forward to hearing is about
“Ya know, when
Now, Lisa dear… you also mentioned
how I missed half of what you had to say… let’s just wittle it down to the same
spiel you’ve tossed at me.. it’s not important… but unlike you, I’m willing to
admit a few things.. the first is, yes.. there is a bit of jealousy involved
here… you did pin me in the middle of the ring and take away my HiC World
title… I’ve never denied that… but you’re off about how…I’m not just saying I
held back as an excuse… I held back because in truth… there were moments where
I thought things got too out of hand… outside the ring, I showed concern… in
the ring, at the end I had so many moves I could have mimicked.. I tried the
hardest one, and I failed….
But when I speak of redemption, as
I have for weeks now… that has always been true… redemption for a loss that
should not have been… and now, an even deeper reason fills my desire to
overcome the sour taste of defeat… my father… and you may try to douse that
fire and say it’s a sickingly sweet… but unlike you, there is real love in my
family…
Yeah, even with all the fights my
brother and I have had.. I didn’t say there was harmony.. I said there was
love… and my father states it simply; Lorenzo chose to be in the HiC… she can
take the lumps like anyone… and had I had that advice last month… that touch of
concern I showed you would not have existed… and you, Lorenzo… would have had your
dreams ruptured… 1-2-3!
You make a claim to have worked the
hardest to get where you are? Did you
forget when I won the championship what I had to go through? While you had to
best one person a t a time to move up the ranks.. which again, you had my help
to do so.. I had to worry about nearly the entire federation in one night, and
four men across from me in one match, three on my side who would backstab me if
they had a chance… and a two more in the same night… so, while you talk of
three matches last month.. one to which you lost, might I add… I can count 8
men in one night I had to beat.. and two matches I also won… so, it seems that
when it comes to our career highlights.. we’re dead even on paper, and I’m way
ahead in reality.
Now the show is coming back on, and
I’m only going to listen long enough to hear what
Chamelion smiles knowingly, and returns his attention to
the radio. Damn right I had that match
in the bag… and Protean will hear more about that if he even chooses to show
his face… Hi-C fruit box… no… no…o…a past with Chamelion, hmmmm. Isn’t that a thought? Damned right I want it bad, you silly son of
a ……ahem. Listening more, Chamelion
laughs at Protean’s game… oh god, don’t go picking me.. you’ve got a 95% record
of never being right! God.. nice going
“There really is only so much I can
take of listening to
Lisa.. you bring up an interesting
point… where was Chamelion in most of the main events in the HiC? Challenger… that’s right.. and what was the
usual result at the end of those events? I lost… you’re absolutely right… but I
got to headline, I got to main event… and sometimes, kiddo.. just sometimes…
that has the better taste.
But not this time.. No, this time..
there can only be two outcomes… either the most Devious SOB in the business
walks out of Rumble in the
Or Chamelion walks out of the HiC!”
A pause… Chamelion stares at the screen and let’s the
effects of his words sink in.
“You heard me… in the last eight
months I have put every ounce of energy I have into this company…. My career
nearly ended… tossed off buildings and sent through glass windows… vying for
illegal drugs to cure myself, as you so put it… scraping and crawling my way to
the top, and not giving a damn about anyone else… and that’s what I plan to
still do!
But would it be worth it anymore,
if the legend of the Chamelion were to be squashed by a lowly female? I can take a lot, Lisa.. I can admit defeat
and I can even admit to the better man… but you’re not a man… are you? You’ve carved a niche in the Chamelion no one
else ever could… so when you talk of jealousy, yes I have it… and when you
think of a man who has nothing to lose… aiming for your neck… you think solely
of me… not Protean, not Deacon Frost or any other man who may wish to put you
down… you look into the eyes of the man you wounded… and all talk aside, all
jokes, lies and exaggerations put to rest… you see into these eyes and realize
yourself, kiddo… that the real lie here in the HiC, is you!
So I’m offering you a chance I’ve
not given any other soul… because you found a way to wound me for real… it is
only fair you get the only chance to do what many have wanted to do, and non
ever could… take me out of the HiC completely.. end my career!
It’s a one time offer, a one time
deal, Lisa… for the price of failure in that regard is to watch the man you
believed you’d beaten stand above you the HiC World Champion once again… and
that is the only.. the ONLY path left to us both…
You getting it, girl… Chamelion
will either be champion, or no longer employed by HiC… for there is no way in
hell I’ll want to continue in a federation that let’s some self degrading,
title-rusting young woman stand as it’s champion… not in my time, and not when
I have made a solemn promise to my own flesh and blood!
He stops, taking a deep breath and calming down….
“Now the entire federation knows
they also have a chance… any of them could come out and cost me the match…
fine.. I’m not asking for any last minute stipulations… no barred from ringside
crap… cause at Rumble in the
I guess that’s it… it’s an all or
nothing deal… I’ve given the HiC my blood… and it’s time to collect… Lorenzo,
your paper-championship reign is days shy of going through the shredder… and if
Protean thinks he can slink in behind us and steal it away, he’s going to be in
for a hell of a wake up call himself….
You got me, Protean? You got thrown into the lion’s den and you
know it.. it’s why you shut up so fast after being put down with the Broken
Dreams last Thursday… you lay there, waiting to hear the 1-2-3 that would end
your shot.. but it never came….
Perhaps you thought it was a
reprieve, a second chance… but it’s not… it just means your pain is being
extended… one more night, one more failure… I don’t mind pinning you if the
opportunity arises… for this match is far larger then just Lorenzo and my
redemption… I can close the wound with or without her… but I can not close the
wound without walking away the winner… and with the HiC World title…
So do the smart thing, and keep
your mouth shut and don’t show up… for when the hunter and the hunted, both
wounded for the last month collide.. anyone in the middle.. is going to be laid
to waste… GOT IT?”
Sighing, knowing there is no turning back… Chamelion
stands… gives us one soft, somewhat off color grin.. and walks out of sight.
End.