The Quest for the Gargano (pt. II)
By Ken Kaze
“Can you believe this, George? They’re hosting a locker room for some damn monster. Hospitality for a beast that wants to devour me? I thought these people loved me. I thought David Yoder loved me. All of those warm, bubble bath, Jacuzzi massages I gave him…”
Kaze looks down at George for a moment, blushing.
“What? Don’t look at me like that! You’re looking at me like I’m some sort of homo sanders! You dirty bastid, George. Stop thinking like that. It was consensual.”
Kaze glances down at George once more.
“Of course I know what consensual means! You act as if my smartness is very low or something. You know I’m smarter than Einstein and the rest of those genius dudes. I’m the smartest guy on earth!”
Kaze approaches a door. On the door it reads, “Sgt. Rowengarter.” Kaze looks down at George and shrugs, obviously bemused.
“What do you think George? Do you think the Gangreeno is going under an alias in an attempt to divert me? Hmm, if so… he’s smart… but not smart enough.”
Kaze strokes his chin as he ponders his own thoughts.
“Nah, I don’t think so. I don’t think he even has a brain. So if he has no brain, that must mean he’s really stupid. Because he is a monster after all, so he’s gotta be stupid. They usually are.”
Kaze drags George down another corridor passing several backstage technicians. As he comes to another door, his foot catches onto a wire tripping him, sending him flying face first through the door. George lands in front of him and rolls into a wall. Kaze quickly jumps to his feet looking behind him at the splintered mess on the floor caused by his head going through the door. He walks over to the door, crouches down a little, and peers through the hole his head had left. He comes from behind the door and walks back into the corridor looking at the wire that had just tripped him.
“You son of a Billy goat’s cheese market… I could kill you, you know that? I could strangle you right now and ring your neck until every last drop of breath is gone from your throat.”
Kaze glances at the wire with a serious intent face.
“What do you mean breaths don’t come in drops? Shut your mouth, sucka fool! You don’t know anything anyway!”
Kaze’s face all of a sudden turns bright red as his mood changes from mad to irate.
“Don’t you ever talk about my mama again!”
Kaze fist drops the wire immediately. He stands back up and begins to stomp the living crap out of the wire… which, there is none. But anyway, Kaze elbow drops the wire and grabs it with his hands. He stands up and begins slinging it around everywhere. He then runs and jumps face first into a wall and then falls flat on his back with the wire around his neck. Gasping for breath, he begins to bite the wire.
“Hahaha! I got you now, wire! You think you can choke the life outta me, but I’ll just bite right through you!”
Kaze stands back up and throws the wire to the ground, followed up with a leg drop.
“I’ll be right back. I’m going to let you meet your maker.”
Kaze walks back into the locker room he, just a minute ago, flew head first into. He instinctively walks straight to George, grabs him, and then walks out.
“Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s GEORGE!!!”
Kaze slams George down across the wire with all of his strength. The veins bulging from his body make it apparent how much strength it is he is using and the amount of anger he is releasing from within.
“DON’T!”
SLAM!
“YOU!”
SLAM!
“EVER!”
SLAM!
“TALK!”
SLAM!
“ABOUT!”
SLAM!
“MY!”
SLAM!
“MAMA!”
SLAM!
“AGAIN!”
SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! SLAM!
“Bastard.”
Kaze spits on the wire before reentering the locker room he broke into prior. He stops at the door to glance at the hole for a quick second, and continues inside. He sets George down beside another trashcan.
“Here. You can talk to your friend if you want. I’m gonna go see if I can find the Grannogonzo now.”
Kaze makes his way onto the other side of the room and picks up a piece of wood that came from the door. On this piece of wood is a sign that reads, “John Gargano.” Kaze quickly turns around and stares at George, kind of startled.
“George! This is it! We’ve found the Gargoyle! We’re in the heart of his layer right now! This is his locker room! He might be here any second, so we better leave. For some reason, I’m thinking this isn’t such a great idea after all. I’ll just destroy him once I see him in the ring.”
Abandoning his plan at the last minute due to him chickening out, Kaze grabs George and exits the locker room. He walks back down the corridor from which he came. Kaze will just have to meet John Gargano in the ring.
