The time is roughly 10 am Wednesday morning the week of the first round of the RoughKut Tournament; Donnovan Midas is standing at the base of his bed putting on his belt. The room looks a little messy and we can see a folded up cot in the background, Anthony Christopher Edwards is no where in site but the room door is wide open as if someone has just left. Donnovan walks over to the dresser and begins to pick up his belongings such as wallet, watch, change and keys to the rental car provided by the tournament heads. Just at this moment ACE comes running thru the door looking very wide eyed and nervous�

--- ACE ---
Donnovan �. Uh �. I just passed by Sebastian�s room and �

--- Donnovan Midas ---
And what ACE�

--- ACE ---
Well � it looks like he is cutting a promo against you�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
Damn � This early in the morning � the guy is wasting no time on this one is he�

--- ACE ---
Nope and I saw all the crew just standing outside the room waiting for the camera to come out�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
ACE � I thought you were going to get some coffee?

--- ACE ---
I was �.

--- Donnovan Midas ---
OK � but there are two things wrong with that then, ONE you have no coffee� and TWO the elevators are the opposite way of Slater�s room so exactly how did you find out he was cutting a promo?

--- ACE ---
UH � well �. Uh �

--- Donnovan Midas ---
Your such a sick basterd you know that right � if you want to ask her out then just go ahead and do it ACE, just don�t start stalking her I don�t want to have to remind you of Becky Bonner�

--- ACE ---
That was a low blow Donnovan, you know I didn�t stalk that girl we were seven years old and she said she liked my pet snake �
Donnovan just begins to crack up as ACE just looks on realizing the comment he had just made was not a smart one�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
Please I don�t want to know anything about your pet snake�

ACE reaches over and grabs his jacket after giving Donnovan the finger�

--- ACE ---
Alright where are we going?

--- Donnovan Midas ---
We are going to the Joe Lois arena�

--- ACE ---
What the hell for?

--- Donnovan Midas ---
My cousin Timmy works there and he is going to give us a tour�

--- ACE ---
Give me an f�n break Donnovan, you are going to be wrestling there on Friday and for the next 5 Friday�s in a roll hopefully� And the best thing you can think of us doing on our very first free day in Detroit Michigan is going to get a tour in the very same damn arena that you can take a tour in anytime you want on any Friday you want�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
Alright prick well tell me where you want to go?

--- ACE ---
Cheetahs!!!

--- Donnovan Midas ---
A strip club�

--- ACE ---
Yeah a strip club it will clear your head before the match�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
If you were to stop thinking with that head between your legs for a moment you would realize that it is near ClarenceVille and that is about 15 miles from here�

--- ACE ---
Fourteen point seventy-one miles to be exact and twenty-one minutes I mapquest it, so grab your jacket and let�s hit the rode�

Donnovan just stares at ACE and laughs at how much thought he has put into going to the strip club today, ACE is bouncing up and down just waiting for Donnovan�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
My god you are worse then I thought� I really hate to burst you bubble but Cheetahs burnt down in March and I am not sure if they rebuilt it but it is under FBI investigation�

--- ACE ---
How in the hell do you know this?

--- Donnovan Midas ---
Well that same cousin who was going to get us into the arena was a regular at that club and to make a long story short �

--- ACE ---
Save it! I know how screwed up your family is so I will save those precious seconds of my life�
ACE stops bouncing and gets a very disappointed look on his face as he just plops down in the chair that is near the TV� He reaches over and turns it on, as the TV begins to show a picture we see Sebastian Slater and his sister Sarah on the screen� Donnovan turns around and looks at the screen, ACE begins to look around trying to see where the voice of Slater is coming from�

--- ACE ---
Donnovan maybe I am going crazy but I think Sebastian Slater is in our room�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
They don�t play any games in this tournament he just cut this promo what about five minutes ago and now it is playing on the TV�

--- ACE ---
Oh shit Don� I think it is worse then that � I think he is getting a live feed�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
No bullshit! I think you are right� that is not good ACE�

--- ACE ---
Nope! When you get a live feed in the first round you kind of suspect that the upper management believes that you are sticking around for a while�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
Yeah �

--- ACE ---
Do you want me to call and book our flights�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
(Enraged) Look ACE you are my pal and everything but DON�T ever say that again ok� You can kid around all you want and joke but to sit there and admit defeat already is something that I am not about, this is one big joke to you and that is cool because you don�t have to fight but when you start second guessing what I can do... YOU START PISSING ME OFF� Sebastian is a great fighter and a man amongst men but you act like you have never heard of an underdog� What about Buster Douglas � What about the 1980 American Hockey team � what about the Boston Red Soxs �

--- ACE ---
Looks like someone has been watching the history channel lately�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
(Laughs) I hate you so much, you just can�t go five minutes without a joke can you? (ACE shrugs his shoulders) Sebastian will underestimate me, he will think I am a pushover and let his guard down� and at that point I will defeat him and advance in the tournament�

Just at that moment Sebastian begins to speak of Donnovan Midas in a good way and shows him respect� Donnovan just stares at the screen and looks at ACE who is looking back at Donnovan�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
Ok so much for that ideal� lets go to the strip club �

--- ACE ---
Now that is the Donnovan Midas that I know and love�

--- Donnovan Midas ---
You aren�t going to tell Deb are you?

--- ACE ---
I WOULD NEVER�

The scene fades away with Donnovan exiting the room and ACE following with his hand behind his back and his fingers crossed�
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