The scene opens up in the same location in the Grove only we’re across the street now and to the right as Seifer steps out of a small restaurant if you want to call it that. It has a place for the chef and on the other side has some stools, a place to stand behind that a cash register and a way for the chef to get out, that’s about it. Seifer stands outside of it with a neutella crepe in his hand as he begins to chow down. He makes his way across the small street and around the corner, which to his left is Cocowalk where he was earlier. Up ahead across the other street he can hear someone saying his name�?over and over and over again. Only it’s not someone who’s actually calling him, rather someone who is whoring his name out. Obviously Seifer’s interest has perked and he makes his way towards the dude. He looked to be in his early twenties, was pretty skinny and pale white, which for Miami is rather odd, and he wore a white muscle tank top. He was handing out some type of PWT merchandising, cards or something. Seifer could hear him better as he neared. “Buy some cards of the GREAT Seifer! Buy some posters, get some free! I’m talking about Seifer! Who wouldn’t want to see the greatest wrestler of our era against some other fine quality wrestlers?!?!�?/FONT> Seifer rubs his head slightly as he nears. “I’ve got tons and tons of posters and cards that I’ve made up with various superstars for fantasy matches! Come on people, think about it!�?/FONT> A few people have taken interest others have walked briskly by or others completely avoided him, yet he didn’t seem to mind. “Seifer versus Jacob Mitchell! Or Seifer versus Dante Cross! How about Seifer vs WallStreet?! Or Seifer versus Angelique! Who wouldn’t love to see that.�?/FONT> Sigh, okay this dude seriously doesn’t get that it’s not cool to whore his name out like that. It must be what Seifer’s thinking as he looks like he has a headache as he crosses the street and mumbles to himself, “This fucker must be on drugs.�?/FONT> “How about Seifer versus Christian Michaels IV! Chummon! Seifer versus Legacy! Seifer versus Hexus, Seifer versus Mace, Seifer versus Burnout! I got one for all of you! Seifer versus Nic E. Dangerously! Or how about Seifer versus Bobby Johnson?�?/FONT> Seifer passes by Johnny Rockers and isn’t too far from the booth he’s at now. “I got one for ya! Seifer versus Kill Switch! Or maybe the leader of The Cause in Keisha Williams?! How about Seifer versus Sean Hunter. Or Seifer versus Syck! How about a triple threat with Seifer versus Jakal versus JJ Cool J?! Seifer versus Lesmond?! Seifer versus Jimmy Stryker! I GOT IT! Seifer versus Ryan Rage! Yea baby, heh heh, YEAH!�?/FONT> Finally, finally Seifer makes it to him and steps around the booth. “What�?the�?hell is wrong with you kid?�?/FONT> “SEIFER! Oh dude, would you be willing to sign some autographs for me? I’m like your biggest fan man. I’ve got so many of these poster cards made up with you against some other guys that would be like dream matches.�?/FONT> Seifer picks up one of the cards on the table. “Seifer versus THA NUMBA ONE DEALER! Drugs Money Cars! Hank!.�?/FONT> “Are you effing kidding me?�?/FONT> “What?! You played football, he plays hockey!!�?/FONT> �?/FONT> “So?�?Seifer tosses down his famous comeback/question with a perplexed look on his face as if to ask what the hell that has to do with anything. “I’m not sure.�?/FONT> “…�?/FONT> “But I do have a picture of you with the entire Cause, oh man they’re soooo hot!!! Can you autograph it?!?!�?/FONT> Seifer shakes his head, goddamn he was getting a headache from this guy. “What’s your name kid?�?/FONT> “Bernard! I hail from stupidville!! Will u teach me how to rassle?�?/FONT> “No.�?/FONT> “WHAT?!?! That’s it Seifer! I’m your biggest fan and you say no!!!�?/FONT> “Bernard, there’s a difference between being a fan and being an obsessed freak who gets off by whoring out someone’s name. Not even *I* talk about myself that much.�?/FONT> “Whatever dude, you’re still awesome in the ring but you’re an asshole. I wanna see Seifer versus RuCKuS that’s what I wanna see!�?/FONT> “If you want to see that then clearly you’re more interested in seeing me put out twenty billion promos as opposed to an actual skilled wrestling match because I’d smoke him in ten minutes flat.�?/FONT> “Seifer versus Me then!!�?/FONT> WTFx0r?!?! “…�?/FONT> “What?! Fine!! I’ll go make it to the WWE and then challenge you! I bet Vince would let you in for one match.�?/FONT> “I doubt it.�?/FONT> “He’d love to have you in his company!�?/FONT> “Hunter wouldn’t allow it.�?/FONT> “Why not?�?/FONT> “Because I’d easily steal his spotlight�?and his woman would fall head over heels for me. As would half the divas roster.�?/FONT> Heh. There’s that famous immortalized smirk. “That’s a bad thing? Dude those girls are so hot that I usually—�?but he’s cut off, thank Seifer. “I’ll tell you what Bernard. Since I don’t think it’ll be too much longer before the police come…�?/FONT> “I GOT A LICENCE TO BE HERE!�?/FONT> “Whatever. Since you’re annoying all these people, if I sign you a couple autographs will you leave and let everyone be at peace? Including myself. Thankfully I don’t say my name in a promo enough because you’ve whored my fucking name out. Thanks a lot penguin.�?/FONT> Wow, that was a blast from the past out of the blue insult. Bernard was hardly paying attention as he grabs three of his favorite cards and Seifer quickly signs them. “Now be gone! Shoo shoo shamoo!�?/FONT> “Seifer’s the greatest!�?/FONT> “I know.�?He says very nonchalantly. The dude packs his things and is out of there, well it takes longer than that but Seifer has already lost interest and walked away as he notices cameras on him again. “Oh God�?tell me you didn’t just waste film on that shit?�?/FONT> The cameraman nods his head. “Jebus, just ask me next time you want to catch some film man, I could have cut a promo on what Gia said as opposed to listening to my name being said a billion times and him name dropping half the MSN roster!�?/FONT> “To think most people would have thought you liked that.�?/FONT> The other cameraman holding up uh, whatever that thing that looks like a dry mop is. “Come on dude, who would enjoy that? I don’t care how arrogant I can get from time to time. No one enjoys their name being whored out like that. I may have to start wrestling under Mr. Jacobs if I run into that little bastard again.�?/FONT> “How come you didn’t knock him out? You knocked T.O. and Irvin out.�?/FONT> “Oh believe me I was tempted. But then I figured that some Cuban cop would try and act all big and bad and take me in and I don’t feel like going through the hassle. I’d actually like to get to bed early tonight, got a long day ahead of me tomorrow training wise. I’m not going to lose a step just because I wasn’t booked last week. Because as much as I love to bill myself as the Champion, I still haven’t won it back yet and I’ll have to battle a rival of mine in Ms. James.�?/FONT> “Speaking of her, if you don’t mind me asking questions.�?/FONT> Seifer shrugs and smiles, “Nah go for it.�?/FONT> “Sweet. Well, we caught her promo as well, didn’t get a chance to film it though damn that would have been nice, she was looking hot.�?/FONT> “Well I won’t deny that.�?/FONT> “Anyways, she seemed very relaxed, does that bother you in anyway?�?/FONT> Seifer looks around and then glances down at himself. “Um, don’t I look pretty relaxed? Or well maybe not at the moment because I’m walking but this is Miami man. This is one of the top American hotspots for tourists to come and relax, America’s slice of paradise. I’m laid back when I’m not wrestling or training or anything of that nature. So nah, I’m not bothered by it, let her relax while she’s down here.�?/FONT> “What about her saying that at the end of the night she’ll be Thee Gold Standard within�?PWT?�?/FONT> He shrugs again, “I know what she meant by it, and she’s right�?but in my way she’s right and not hers.�?/FONT> “See, after this match up, just like the last two she’ll be right back up there in contention. Georgia doesn’t need to win the title to walk out of that match with her head held high looking high and mighty as ever. All she needs to do is give me a good fight, and when Seifer and Gee step foot into that ring? You’re guaranteed to go home happy.�?/FONT> “Yeah, especially if you rip part of her attire. Come on Seif, you just KNOW the crowd would love you for that!�?/FONT> Seifer stops and just glares at the perverted cameraman. “They love me already. I’m going in there to win back my Heavyweight Championship, not to cope any feels and not to give fans a free peak. You wanna fulfill some fantasy? Become a wrestler and get into a match against her�?though then you’d look like a stalker so don’t do that.�?/FONT> “Damnit.�?/FONT> “Have a little more respect man. Anyways, by the way I mean Thee Gold Standard is that she’ll be right up there with me, near the top of the mountain and with the talent and ability to take my belt. But that’s just the thing, she’ll be up near the top, while I’ll be at the top, holding the title. She’ll have her shot at Criminal Intent yet again. But she won’t become ‘The Woman’�?well actually she already is The Woman. But at the end of the night, the title is mines.�?/FONT> “She seems really confident and hasn’t really come at you much.�?/FONT> “Then again so am I and neither have I. It’s because I hold respect for her but it doesn’t mean it’ll deviate me from my goal, only allow me to focus even more. She’s aiming high, too high in my opinion and we all know my opinion is the one that counts.�?/FONT> He pauses and smirks for a moment. “It was that same mentality that caused her downfall against the likes of Collins and Dam. If she wants to win she’s going to have to adjust her approach a little bit more, something she hasn’t really done and even if she sees this and tries to, it’s not going to happen over night. It takes time and finesse to build in a new approach to something and have it come out successful. She wants it bad though, I can tell that. She’s having dreams of being this great and wonderful champion whom everyone loves and respects and is aiming for as she sets standards and breaks barriers. Making it seem as if that’s what PWT needs when crowning a new World Champion.�?/FONT> They reach the end of the street and cross, up in the distance is where Seifer’s car is parked it was getting darker and darker as they walked on. “Thing is�?that’s exactly what I am. I don’t go around preaching it like she does. But aren’t I the guy that’s setting the standards around here? I force people to work hard against me, and I don’t even have to go at them full force to get that to happen. I make ‘em work and I bring out the best in a lot of guys and gals. Forcing them to step up their game to my level. When they finally step it up to what they think is my level, I raise it three, four ranks higher just because I can and continue to break the barriers. That’s all me baby, all me. I mean come on as much as people would love Georgia winning because as she said, they love her down there�?she’s fighting me. In my house. No one is going to get any slight edge over me in Miami. Well except for The Rock. But Gee is far from The Rock.�?/FONT> “Not even all the woman and girls who are cheering on Gee?�?/FONT> “Sure they’d love for her to bring home the gold�?but come on, the real reason they want to see Gee win is so they can pretend they’re her getting on top of me, even if for three seconds. Though I’m afraid for them they’ll just have to settle for pictures. Of course the guys are the lucky ones, they get to pretend to be me, not only as World Champion but putting her down. Come on, I know that’s how fans think. Hell I’d even go so far as to say some wrestlers probably think that too. Take Javen for example. The point is, I’m going to be walking out of Shockwave champion. I understand how determined Georgia is, but determination, buzz, hype about if Gee can win the big one�?none of that is going to make a difference. You can hype and get giddy and buzz about something all you want but when you’ve got me standing in your way from getting that, all that you’re going to be left with is disappointment. It gets harder and harder each time you get disappointed too especially if it’s in a short period of time.�?/FONT> “But it’s still good to be her.�?/FONT> “Well true. She has a great job doing what she loves and unless it’s for the top gold, she’s winning most all the time. But that’s just it, she can relate to the fans more than I can, they dream about it, she dreams about it. Cause God damn! It’s good to be ME! Why? Because this paradise she talks about, this is where I live. The dream she’s talking about? I’ve lived it�?time and time again. Wednesday night will be no different. I’m going to live it again. You’d think some would get ‘tired�?of it from living it all the time. Picture this. You have something you love and proof of that is because you’ve had that plenty of times before and suddenly it’s taken from you, how would you feel?�?/FONT> “Would you not fight to get it back? Of course you would because you miss it. You miss that great feeling you had. It’s almost like a drug only not harmful. That’s what I’m going through man. It’s not a drug because I know if I don’t win I won’t be going through withdrawals or anything. But it is in the sense that I am so determined to get my Championship back that nothing or no one is going to stop me. I can sense how determined and how much she wants it. But by God I want my title back that much more.�?/FONT> “Now the big question of the night Seifer�?or rather the one that was answered. Georgia said she didn’t attack you.�?/FONT> “Pfft.�?/FONT> “You don’t believe her?�?/FONT> “That’s not all she said.�?/FONT> “Um, I don’t follow.�?/FONT> “She said she is as innocent as OJ is guilty. Meaning that since OJ is innocent, she’s guilty and therefore she’s my attacker. There’s a pause, as the dude I suppose isn’t following Seifer. “Meaning that since OJ is innocent, she’s guilty and therefore she’s my attacker. Which means that now I will be able to unleash all of hell onto her through my own body and torture her throughout the match before I decide to be loosen up and finish her off, taking back what rightfully belongs to me.�?/FONT> “So you’re saying that you don’t believe her.�?/FONT> “No, I’m saying that OJ is innocent. Just because she thinks he’s guilty doesn’t make it so. So if you use what she said according to what I believe, she’s my assailant. I mean come on, all the clues point to her so why run around playing cat and mouse? It’s not a game I play and therefore won’t. Sure I mentioned getting revenge but I don’t care if she did or didn’t do it. If she did and she’s still trying to hide then that’s just pathetic, if she didn’t then alright.�?/FONT> He pauses for a moment a smile crossing his face. “Actually�?if she did do it and is denying it could mean she’s trying to throw me off track and not come at her as hard. If that was your plan Gee, you failed. Because you’re the only person who stands in my way to getting the title. I will stop at nothing to go through you and take it. Doesn’t matter what you did or didn’t do. Georgia can cheers to herself and exalt herself as the World Champion Goddess and continue to live in her fantasy world but so long as I’m around and in contention or champion, she will not be.�?/FONT> A smirk plays on his face now. “Though I’ll tell you what Gee. After this Shockwave is over, I’ll invite you over to my house and we can have a barbaque on the grill. You can sit by the pool and hold my PWT Championship all you want. No, it’s not a date you idiots seeing as I’m more than happy with Rebecca. Consider it a grace of goodwill. So whatcha say Gee? You’ll get to hang on to my title for the afternoon, up for it?�?/FONT> Seifer laughs as he turns around and stops at the sidewalk, not giving us anytime to think he already hears that annoying voice. “I’M THE *THRILLA* OF MIAMI! WHOOOO! Seifer versus...�?/FONT> Before he can get anymore out Seifer has already charged at him and WHAM!!! Fist right to the jaw of the kid who saw it coming but Seifer was too quick he couldn’t even react and soon he was laying flat on the ground. He could hear the people around him and even up the street applauding him. Because come on, even you had to have thought he was annoying. Justice has been served. Seifer knows this and takes a small bow. “Damn, that felt good.�?/FONT> Though just what Seifer suspected would happen, here comes a Cuban cop. “Senor! You just attacked a civilian. Do you know what I’m gonna do?�?/FONT> Seifer shrugs his shoulders knowing what was coming, “And what is that?�?/FONT> The man sticks out his hand as Seifer looks down at it slightly confused and then shakes it. “Congratulate you essa! You da hometown hero mayne! You gonna be home the gold in Meeahhmee tonight!! We can’t arrest you!�?/FONT> Seifer smiles now, oh how he didn’t see this coming. “That I am Officer�?Taipia. That I am.�?/FONT> “Good essa vato!�?/FONT> The officer walks away as does Seifer, heading back towards his car. “Who woulda thought. See, they love me here! The offer still stands Gee. And that’s a wrap.�?/FONT> It is indeed because the cameras fade out. “Thanks for letting me conduct that interview Seif.�?/FONT> “No problem. Enjoy your time here, live it up!�?/FONT> He shakes his head and heads off towards his car as they head back to their van and the scene fades out. |