04-05-2019, 08:03 PM
The Goddard family has been making a splash in recent weeks, it also started with Minerva, she had warned everyone in the squared circles of wrestling that she wasn’t alone. Soon, others started to surface from the Gypsy Clan that resided in Tombstone, a compound somewhere in the Texas desert. Eli Zachariah and Sawyer Goddard, the older brothers of Minerva and the prize sons of Jon Goddard, a man seen almost as a Messiah. Sundown as well, the monster they called a “Serial Killer “, who ran rough shot in the EMERGE brand of the SCW. Sawyer was a peculiar individual, he had a very interesting upbringing. The youngest son has been a bit eccentric, at times wearing severed animals head especially those of pigs.
Sawyer though had met Tatyana Petre, a Tarot Card reader and beautiful woman that seemed to take an interest in the twisted Goddard son through the readings, she traveled with the Carnival that frequented with Tombstone, bringing in income, it is where the family had begun, hosting at times with the Gypsy Clan. Sawyer always had an eye for her….
Tombstone
Somewhere in Texas
A Few Weeks Ago
Sawyer was wearing black jeans, boots and a t-shirt, standing looking out at the lake, Leonora was in a black dress, barefoot with her nails polished red, boots next to her as she dipped her feet in the cool water, she could see that something was bothering the one known as “The Pyg Man”….
Tatyana: “What troubles you, my Midnight Casanova?”
Sawyer: “Is this place, it’s so calm and serene yet the voices keep screamin’ in my ears and I can’t help but ta allow them ta, ya know? Subconsciously I want them ta stop and yet it’s a constant reminder of what I had.”
The Tarot Card reader takes one out of her deck, buried inside her dress pocket, she holds it up, her green eyes gazing over at Sawyer….
Tatyana: “The Death card. Is this why it was chosen, Sawyer? Is there a story behind this you wish to speak of?”
Sawyer: “Yeah. I don’t talk about it much, I can only feel it when it hurts.”
Tatyana: “What is it?”
Sawyer: “I don’t know if I should speak of it. Ya might find me ta be weird, strange.”
Tatyana: “You wear pig heads and dress like this, I think we are passed strange.”
He starts to chuckle, glancing over at her beautiful smile….
Sawyer: “Fine, do ya wanna know why I only paint half my face?”
Tatyana: “At the risk of sounding corny and cliché, I want to know everything about you.”
Sawyer: “Really?”
Tatyana: “Yes, listen to me Sawyer, I want to know everything about you.”
He slowly turns to her, squatting down and running his fingers through her long auburn hair. Her lips and bright eyes capture him in stillness for a moment, her beauty paralyzes Sawyer, caught in a gaze, one that he had to control for Sawyer had a tendency of being too “rough” and persistent with women, he couldn’t take rejection and has hurt many in the past whom Jon Goddard and Sherriff Austin covered up….
Sawyer: “Two became one. I had a Twin brother, Samuel. He drowned in this lake, I was afraid ta swim, I could have saved him and instead I watched him die. Paralyzed in fear, I couldn’t move a muscle and or even scream, not even a small sound, a squeal or peep. I saw the fear in his face, turn pale until he went under. It wasn’t until Sundown came and jumped in ta get him….. by then it was too late. “
Tatyana: “My dear, how horrific, it must’ve been very hard.”
Sawyer: “It was hard but then I felt weird afterwards, ya know?”
Tatyana: “How weird?”
Sawyer: “On the day we buried him, I felt his soul enter mine and we became one. Since then I promised to wear half his face. I know, it sounds sick….. twisted, stupid, dumb. It’s real, I tell ya it’s real.”
Shaking her head, Tatyana’s hands with the long and pointy finger nails, caresses the side of his face with the paint on it, bringing him in closer, a gentle kiss planted on that part of his features. His blue eyes gaze at her…..
Tatyana: “Don’t you think that Samuel, would be proud. Just like your family. Now you set out for your destiny with Eli, Sundown, Minerva and your papa. I will be there along for the journey whether physically or in spirit.”
Sawyer: “Easier said, I’m a freak.”
Tatyana: “I prefer eccentric.”
Sawyer: “Poppa always hid me, afraid ta let me loose, he thought that I couldn’t blend inta this gorger society. Minnie did it, well… she tried anyway. Funny how people turn so quick. I get ta fight all these so called wrasslers, icons and now monsters who have become a fixture in the biz and some assholes that can’t win a match. All they needed ta do was unchain me. They liked ta keep me locked up. I was, unstable.”
Tatyana: “No, you were conflicted. We all have our crosses to bear. You and I are no different. For a very long time I have watched you, seen you go through the motions and steps until I allowed the cards to speak for themselves. This is the road you must take.”
Sawyer: “I know. It was our time coming. Eli and I were going to help Minnie no matter what. We had always promised that sooner or later the three of us would be in the ring, including Viveca and now Sundown. They don’t know what’s coming Tatyana. They don’t understand what lengths we’re willing to go….”
She smiles, leaning in and kissing him gently on the lips, just then Eli walks up from the path. He is in jeans, a t-shirt and trench coat, carrying an axe….
Sawyer: “We marked this spot.”
Eli: “Your spot? Boy, I’m the one carryin’ the axe. Since the beautiful lady is in my presence, I will show my manners.”
Sawyer: “My brother loves me.”
Tatyana: “I see that.”
Eli: “We have a very special relationship if ya know what I mean.”
Tatyana: “I can only. I was simply preparing him for his challenges ahead.”
Sawyer: “Dante and Mordecai.”
Eli cracks a smirk and shakes his head, he walks up to the lake and looks out at the water….
Eli: “It’s like the River of Styx. I feel as if we need coin, give it to the carrion so we may pass. We can’t let poppa down and Sundown…. Minnie or Viveca.”
Sawyer: “I know big brother.”
Tatyana nods, Sawyer kisses her again on this time on the lips, standing up and walking over to his brother, Eli speaks softly…..
Eli: “You told her about Samuel?”
Sawyer: “I did.”
Eli: “Can we trust her?”
Sawyer: “Yes.”
Eli: “You know that we Protect Our Own, very few are allowed in our circle.”
Sawyer: “Poppa will understand, especially when we bring them the heads of those that get in our way in EMERGE, ya know that Eli.”
Eli: “Ain’t that simple lil’ Brother. We got rules ta follow.”
Eli chuckles a little, still looking out at the lake….
Eli: “Look, If ya trust her, I will trust yer judgement. Just remember lil’ brother, we both have a task to accomplish, no distractions.”
Sawyer: “Big brother, we all got distractions, like Min…?”
Eli: “…. Not this conversation.”
The older brother hoists the axe on his shoulder and walks away, passing Tatyana….
Eli: “So does that shit really work, them cards?”
Tatyana: “Yes they do.”
Eli: “I want ya ta read mine. Fer now, do what’s best fer him…. Don’t distract him, I’m tellin’ ya this fer yer own good.”
Tatyana: “The big brother, protective of his little one, I admire that.”
Eli: “I ain’t protectin’ him, I’m protectin’ ya.”
Tatyana says nothing, Eli looks back at Sawyer and nods, walking back into the woods. Sawyer stands there, glaring out at the lake. The gorgeous Tarot Card reader stands up, she makes her way to Sawyer, bracing him from behind….
Tatyana: “Remember the card…. Death.”
Sawyer simply cracks a smile…..
Later that day…
Every ever since the Goddards had left to begin their war of attrition, the compound itself had begun to fall into disrepair. John had expected as much beforehand, the people here while free to do as they please but deep down still needed a sense of direction. They had been following John for a long time after all. Jasper played his role, but he wasn’t getting any younger after all…
So our focus is on the centre of the compound, folks all doing their part but our focus shifts from the grander panoramic view to that one Eli Goddard. Holding Axe in hand, with nothing on from the waisit up he chops wood in the blazing sun. In the distance by the well, we see John Goddard watching with a bucket in hand as he begins to now walk towards his eldest.
John: “Eli!”
Eli pays no mind, lost in his own small word where he is in control. He slams down the axe onto of the wood and the impact alone causes it to split into four chunks, a testament to the strength he has. He kicks off the remnants before placing another log and slamming the axe down ontop of it, probably thinking it was Mordecai or Dantes skull laying there…
John: “Eli, you ignoring me boy?”
Eli wasn’t ignoring him per say, he was lost in the moment. But that soon ended when some of the bucket splashed into his back bringing him back to reality! The cold water on his hot skin causes him to spin around with the axe only to stop inches from Johns face where he hasn’t moved at all. Immediately Eli steps back and drops the axe to the ground looking away…
Eli: “Sorry pa… I didn’t mean…”
John just laughs while putting down the bucket and sticking a old tin cup into it to fill up with water which he hands to his son.
John: “You don’t need ta apologize boy, you reacted as expected… What’s on yer mind? You’re choppin up a lot of wood, you lookin’ to build a dam around here?”
John chuckles to himself looking at the litter of wood, the nights were getting colder here so it mde sense to do this but even still, eli wouldn’t let anyone else contribute to this task.
Eli: “No dam, it just… Makes things simpler for me pa, that’s all.”
John: “I understand, you got a lot on yer mind. Sawyer and Wendell?”
Eli: “Yeah, though I worry for Sawyer more.”
John: “I do as well, but I rest easy knowing he is with you to keep him on the path. His mind is fractured beyond repair, we can only nurture that which was left in the tragedy’s wake.”
Eli: “I know… I’m tryin’ but these gorgers are influencing him.”
John: “How so? You speakin’ of that Jenni Helms?”
Eli shake shis head as he takes a sip from the tin cup of water and sighs.”
Eli: “Naw, but the lifestyle the folks out there live. It’s poison, our Sawyer looking for romance now.”
John takes the cup and refills it to drink some of the water himself. He looks at Eli surprised at the news of this romance, Sawyer seems to be chasing.
John: “Romance you say, who’s the lucky lady?”
Eli says nothing at first, but then speaks up…
Eli: “Tatyana… I caught em by the lake, talking.”
John: “Just talkin?”
Eli: “Yeah…”
John: “That’s the tarot reader isn’t it? I knew her mother she was good people, she was wise…”
Eli: “Well I don’t like it, we don’t need distractions, we have a job to do.”
John: “Aye you do, but we all need comfort for our souls that is the truth of it. Even you Eli need a little distraction, you can’t be choppin wood the rest of yer life, you’d be better of jerkin it off.”
There is a sudden pause between the two before they both laugh, Eli rarely laughed in a jovial way because it usually meant someone was about to get hurt. But the truth is he did have amazing smile when he did.
Eli: “I don’t need to Jerk it.”
John: “Ah, so there is someone then?”
Eli: “I have my eye on someone yes, but I’m not ready… I want to do right by our family, by this war we’ve started. My heart can wait even if Sawyers cannot.”
John: “I understand son, just don’t let this war consume you. Leave some time for you to reflect, you’re a hunter you know patience is key. Only fools rush in, and we’re no fucking fools.”
Eli: “I know… I know…”
Eli nods to his father and the two look on as Sawyer and Tatyana are seen waling out of the woods side by side. There is a smile on his face which in turn puts one on Johns which Eli catches. There was more to Sawyer than Eli knew, something John hadn’t told anyone.
But Eli never questioned his father, he knew better than that.
All he could do was do as he was told, and that was to cleans the poison that was permeating in Emerge, a poison that had seeped down from SCW…
The camera is on, we find ourselves somewhere in the sticks. Trees surround us, a small fire burns brightly on the ground. From there the sound of footsteps on broken twigs can be heard cracking like bones in the night…
REC
The smaller Sawyer steps up into the camera view and begins to speak in his torn jeans, shirtless with a black jacket and half his face painted…
“Ya know, the sayin’ goes the bigger they are the harder they fall. We already know that this world is made of Gods and Monsters, the kind whom empower themselves with the talent of castin’ doubt which produces fear. What if ya boys met a man that had no fear? He was afraid of absolutely nothin’? Instead he’d put everythin’ on the line ta make his point be known. See, I’m the kinda man that doesn’t prey on the weak, instead I find the biggest beast in the field and rip em’ apart with my bare hands. They say, ya know them scholars and shit, it’s our carnal desires. What separates man from animal. I don’t know, I think I kinda embraced it. Made it a part of me…..
And now I wanna make it a part of ya Dante and Mordecai, even that lovely Shadowcat.
I think we are sendin’ mix signals here so let me clarify it.
Eli and I, Sundown, poppa, the rest of our family? We ain’t just some relics, a bunch of inbreds or trailer park trash. My accent may make me look stupid. Ya elitists and socialites poke fun of us. Mordecai and Dante on the other hand are hell bent on revenge fer what we have done recently. Do ya think we didn’t know the consequences walkin’ inta EMERGE? Did ya believe fer one second that Eli and I were just gonna come here and look menacing and not act upon the mission that we are sent here fer which NONE of ya know what the hell it is?
We do.”
Sawyer smirks, his eyes narrowing….
“Some may call us religious zealots, others some creepy family outta a horror flick. Do we look like cartoon characters? See, Mordecai is a man that at one time kidnapped that pretty Vanilla Skyy and tortured her fer a week. Dante was an unstoppable beast in all of his promotions and yet the sins of those who committed those acts toward the men and women, even that gorgeous Willow Wilkes, think that retribution ain’t comin’ ta them?
WE are that Retribution, ya stupid sons of bitches.
Eli and I, we aren’t here ta win matches. We aren’t here ta hold gold though we ain’t turnin’ it away because ya see, when we do, we take what ya want and go from there. See boys, I’m lookin’ right at ya Shadowcat. Yer sexy, yer luscious and enticing, but yer kin, yer acolytes, yer monsters, they ain’t gonna stop us. Nothing will….
Until we decide, we are through with them….
And then?
I’m coming fer my just desserts.”
He steps back, turning toward Eli who nods and walks up to the camera….
“Ignorance is bliss, you think you know us but you don’t. You think you understand us, but you do not. You’re blind to everything around you because you look only as far as the tip of your noses. You’ll understand soon enough though, because examples have ta be made once again it seems. You boys just don’t take no for an answer, you’re a little hard of hearing? You’ll stubborn and you something in life time I’d respect that. But I respect very little from the two of you because you’re not truly in sync, unlike Sawyer here and I.”
Eli looks down and lifts his hunting knife, a large machete.
“See this, you speak of war, you speak of chaos. This here had slain monsters, it has eradicated demons. You want to talk like you’re these beings with no souls. I lost my soul the day momma died. This isn’t a sob story, just the reality of things. Violence, that’s my key, that’s my addiction.
The hunt is my life and taking down my price game, well that’s the reward isn’t it. Taking you both down it will be challenge, no doubt about that. Ya’ll make it difficult, but that there done lies the excitement. Sawyer here spoke the truth that it isn’t about the gold that rests on the shoulders of those two gorgers known as the Marvels.”
Eli shakes his head, just as Sawyer does behind him.
“It’s about inflicting pain, but we know that you’re able to receive a lot of pain. You’re able to persevere so we’ve had to look, elsewhere haven’t we? See everyone has a weakness, and we know what yours are boys, and Sawyer and I are going to have a lot of fun when we face you two. Now it won’t be for the faint of heart, that there Drew Bryant better give out some warnings because what we’re going to do to you won’t be considered legal in a few states.
The funny thing here is you think we’re jokers, you think we’re playing a role. This is our life, this is the way things are around here. It how we survive, because we’re doing this for the greater good. All ya’ll greater good… But it is like what our poppa says, actions speak louder than words because the time for talking is over…
See you two real soon.”
Eli looks back to his brother Sawyer who now steps alongside of him, the two smirking towards the camera. The flame from the fire lighting them up n such a way it is considered creepy….
Fade to black.
Sawyer though had met Tatyana Petre, a Tarot Card reader and beautiful woman that seemed to take an interest in the twisted Goddard son through the readings, she traveled with the Carnival that frequented with Tombstone, bringing in income, it is where the family had begun, hosting at times with the Gypsy Clan. Sawyer always had an eye for her….
Tombstone
Somewhere in Texas
A Few Weeks Ago
Sawyer was wearing black jeans, boots and a t-shirt, standing looking out at the lake, Leonora was in a black dress, barefoot with her nails polished red, boots next to her as she dipped her feet in the cool water, she could see that something was bothering the one known as “The Pyg Man”….
Tatyana: “What troubles you, my Midnight Casanova?”
Sawyer: “Is this place, it’s so calm and serene yet the voices keep screamin’ in my ears and I can’t help but ta allow them ta, ya know? Subconsciously I want them ta stop and yet it’s a constant reminder of what I had.”
The Tarot Card reader takes one out of her deck, buried inside her dress pocket, she holds it up, her green eyes gazing over at Sawyer….
Tatyana: “The Death card. Is this why it was chosen, Sawyer? Is there a story behind this you wish to speak of?”
Sawyer: “Yeah. I don’t talk about it much, I can only feel it when it hurts.”
Tatyana: “What is it?”
Sawyer: “I don’t know if I should speak of it. Ya might find me ta be weird, strange.”
Tatyana: “You wear pig heads and dress like this, I think we are passed strange.”
He starts to chuckle, glancing over at her beautiful smile….
Sawyer: “Fine, do ya wanna know why I only paint half my face?”
Tatyana: “At the risk of sounding corny and cliché, I want to know everything about you.”
Sawyer: “Really?”
Tatyana: “Yes, listen to me Sawyer, I want to know everything about you.”
He slowly turns to her, squatting down and running his fingers through her long auburn hair. Her lips and bright eyes capture him in stillness for a moment, her beauty paralyzes Sawyer, caught in a gaze, one that he had to control for Sawyer had a tendency of being too “rough” and persistent with women, he couldn’t take rejection and has hurt many in the past whom Jon Goddard and Sherriff Austin covered up….
Sawyer: “Two became one. I had a Twin brother, Samuel. He drowned in this lake, I was afraid ta swim, I could have saved him and instead I watched him die. Paralyzed in fear, I couldn’t move a muscle and or even scream, not even a small sound, a squeal or peep. I saw the fear in his face, turn pale until he went under. It wasn’t until Sundown came and jumped in ta get him….. by then it was too late. “
Tatyana: “My dear, how horrific, it must’ve been very hard.”
Sawyer: “It was hard but then I felt weird afterwards, ya know?”
Tatyana: “How weird?”
Sawyer: “On the day we buried him, I felt his soul enter mine and we became one. Since then I promised to wear half his face. I know, it sounds sick….. twisted, stupid, dumb. It’s real, I tell ya it’s real.”
Shaking her head, Tatyana’s hands with the long and pointy finger nails, caresses the side of his face with the paint on it, bringing him in closer, a gentle kiss planted on that part of his features. His blue eyes gaze at her…..
Tatyana: “Don’t you think that Samuel, would be proud. Just like your family. Now you set out for your destiny with Eli, Sundown, Minerva and your papa. I will be there along for the journey whether physically or in spirit.”
Sawyer: “Easier said, I’m a freak.”
Tatyana: “I prefer eccentric.”
Sawyer: “Poppa always hid me, afraid ta let me loose, he thought that I couldn’t blend inta this gorger society. Minnie did it, well… she tried anyway. Funny how people turn so quick. I get ta fight all these so called wrasslers, icons and now monsters who have become a fixture in the biz and some assholes that can’t win a match. All they needed ta do was unchain me. They liked ta keep me locked up. I was, unstable.”
Tatyana: “No, you were conflicted. We all have our crosses to bear. You and I are no different. For a very long time I have watched you, seen you go through the motions and steps until I allowed the cards to speak for themselves. This is the road you must take.”
Sawyer: “I know. It was our time coming. Eli and I were going to help Minnie no matter what. We had always promised that sooner or later the three of us would be in the ring, including Viveca and now Sundown. They don’t know what’s coming Tatyana. They don’t understand what lengths we’re willing to go….”
She smiles, leaning in and kissing him gently on the lips, just then Eli walks up from the path. He is in jeans, a t-shirt and trench coat, carrying an axe….
Sawyer: “We marked this spot.”
Eli: “Your spot? Boy, I’m the one carryin’ the axe. Since the beautiful lady is in my presence, I will show my manners.”
Sawyer: “My brother loves me.”
Tatyana: “I see that.”
Eli: “We have a very special relationship if ya know what I mean.”
Tatyana: “I can only. I was simply preparing him for his challenges ahead.”
Sawyer: “Dante and Mordecai.”
Eli cracks a smirk and shakes his head, he walks up to the lake and looks out at the water….
Eli: “It’s like the River of Styx. I feel as if we need coin, give it to the carrion so we may pass. We can’t let poppa down and Sundown…. Minnie or Viveca.”
Sawyer: “I know big brother.”
Tatyana nods, Sawyer kisses her again on this time on the lips, standing up and walking over to his brother, Eli speaks softly…..
Eli: “You told her about Samuel?”
Sawyer: “I did.”
Eli: “Can we trust her?”
Sawyer: “Yes.”
Eli: “You know that we Protect Our Own, very few are allowed in our circle.”
Sawyer: “Poppa will understand, especially when we bring them the heads of those that get in our way in EMERGE, ya know that Eli.”
Eli: “Ain’t that simple lil’ Brother. We got rules ta follow.”
Eli chuckles a little, still looking out at the lake….
Eli: “Look, If ya trust her, I will trust yer judgement. Just remember lil’ brother, we both have a task to accomplish, no distractions.”
Sawyer: “Big brother, we all got distractions, like Min…?”
Eli: “…. Not this conversation.”
The older brother hoists the axe on his shoulder and walks away, passing Tatyana….
Eli: “So does that shit really work, them cards?”
Tatyana: “Yes they do.”
Eli: “I want ya ta read mine. Fer now, do what’s best fer him…. Don’t distract him, I’m tellin’ ya this fer yer own good.”
Tatyana: “The big brother, protective of his little one, I admire that.”
Eli: “I ain’t protectin’ him, I’m protectin’ ya.”
Tatyana says nothing, Eli looks back at Sawyer and nods, walking back into the woods. Sawyer stands there, glaring out at the lake. The gorgeous Tarot Card reader stands up, she makes her way to Sawyer, bracing him from behind….
Tatyana: “Remember the card…. Death.”
Sawyer simply cracks a smile…..
Later that day…
Every ever since the Goddards had left to begin their war of attrition, the compound itself had begun to fall into disrepair. John had expected as much beforehand, the people here while free to do as they please but deep down still needed a sense of direction. They had been following John for a long time after all. Jasper played his role, but he wasn’t getting any younger after all…
So our focus is on the centre of the compound, folks all doing their part but our focus shifts from the grander panoramic view to that one Eli Goddard. Holding Axe in hand, with nothing on from the waisit up he chops wood in the blazing sun. In the distance by the well, we see John Goddard watching with a bucket in hand as he begins to now walk towards his eldest.
John: “Eli!”
Eli pays no mind, lost in his own small word where he is in control. He slams down the axe onto of the wood and the impact alone causes it to split into four chunks, a testament to the strength he has. He kicks off the remnants before placing another log and slamming the axe down ontop of it, probably thinking it was Mordecai or Dantes skull laying there…
John: “Eli, you ignoring me boy?”
Eli wasn’t ignoring him per say, he was lost in the moment. But that soon ended when some of the bucket splashed into his back bringing him back to reality! The cold water on his hot skin causes him to spin around with the axe only to stop inches from Johns face where he hasn’t moved at all. Immediately Eli steps back and drops the axe to the ground looking away…
Eli: “Sorry pa… I didn’t mean…”
John just laughs while putting down the bucket and sticking a old tin cup into it to fill up with water which he hands to his son.
John: “You don’t need ta apologize boy, you reacted as expected… What’s on yer mind? You’re choppin up a lot of wood, you lookin’ to build a dam around here?”
John chuckles to himself looking at the litter of wood, the nights were getting colder here so it mde sense to do this but even still, eli wouldn’t let anyone else contribute to this task.
Eli: “No dam, it just… Makes things simpler for me pa, that’s all.”
John: “I understand, you got a lot on yer mind. Sawyer and Wendell?”
Eli: “Yeah, though I worry for Sawyer more.”
John: “I do as well, but I rest easy knowing he is with you to keep him on the path. His mind is fractured beyond repair, we can only nurture that which was left in the tragedy’s wake.”
Eli: “I know… I’m tryin’ but these gorgers are influencing him.”
John: “How so? You speakin’ of that Jenni Helms?”
Eli shake shis head as he takes a sip from the tin cup of water and sighs.”
Eli: “Naw, but the lifestyle the folks out there live. It’s poison, our Sawyer looking for romance now.”
John takes the cup and refills it to drink some of the water himself. He looks at Eli surprised at the news of this romance, Sawyer seems to be chasing.
John: “Romance you say, who’s the lucky lady?”
Eli says nothing at first, but then speaks up…
Eli: “Tatyana… I caught em by the lake, talking.”
John: “Just talkin?”
Eli: “Yeah…”
John: “That’s the tarot reader isn’t it? I knew her mother she was good people, she was wise…”
Eli: “Well I don’t like it, we don’t need distractions, we have a job to do.”
John: “Aye you do, but we all need comfort for our souls that is the truth of it. Even you Eli need a little distraction, you can’t be choppin wood the rest of yer life, you’d be better of jerkin it off.”
There is a sudden pause between the two before they both laugh, Eli rarely laughed in a jovial way because it usually meant someone was about to get hurt. But the truth is he did have amazing smile when he did.
Eli: “I don’t need to Jerk it.”
John: “Ah, so there is someone then?”
Eli: “I have my eye on someone yes, but I’m not ready… I want to do right by our family, by this war we’ve started. My heart can wait even if Sawyers cannot.”
John: “I understand son, just don’t let this war consume you. Leave some time for you to reflect, you’re a hunter you know patience is key. Only fools rush in, and we’re no fucking fools.”
Eli: “I know… I know…”
Eli nods to his father and the two look on as Sawyer and Tatyana are seen waling out of the woods side by side. There is a smile on his face which in turn puts one on Johns which Eli catches. There was more to Sawyer than Eli knew, something John hadn’t told anyone.
But Eli never questioned his father, he knew better than that.
All he could do was do as he was told, and that was to cleans the poison that was permeating in Emerge, a poison that had seeped down from SCW…
The camera is on, we find ourselves somewhere in the sticks. Trees surround us, a small fire burns brightly on the ground. From there the sound of footsteps on broken twigs can be heard cracking like bones in the night…
REC
The smaller Sawyer steps up into the camera view and begins to speak in his torn jeans, shirtless with a black jacket and half his face painted…
“Ya know, the sayin’ goes the bigger they are the harder they fall. We already know that this world is made of Gods and Monsters, the kind whom empower themselves with the talent of castin’ doubt which produces fear. What if ya boys met a man that had no fear? He was afraid of absolutely nothin’? Instead he’d put everythin’ on the line ta make his point be known. See, I’m the kinda man that doesn’t prey on the weak, instead I find the biggest beast in the field and rip em’ apart with my bare hands. They say, ya know them scholars and shit, it’s our carnal desires. What separates man from animal. I don’t know, I think I kinda embraced it. Made it a part of me…..
And now I wanna make it a part of ya Dante and Mordecai, even that lovely Shadowcat.
I think we are sendin’ mix signals here so let me clarify it.
Eli and I, Sundown, poppa, the rest of our family? We ain’t just some relics, a bunch of inbreds or trailer park trash. My accent may make me look stupid. Ya elitists and socialites poke fun of us. Mordecai and Dante on the other hand are hell bent on revenge fer what we have done recently. Do ya think we didn’t know the consequences walkin’ inta EMERGE? Did ya believe fer one second that Eli and I were just gonna come here and look menacing and not act upon the mission that we are sent here fer which NONE of ya know what the hell it is?
We do.”
Sawyer smirks, his eyes narrowing….
“Some may call us religious zealots, others some creepy family outta a horror flick. Do we look like cartoon characters? See, Mordecai is a man that at one time kidnapped that pretty Vanilla Skyy and tortured her fer a week. Dante was an unstoppable beast in all of his promotions and yet the sins of those who committed those acts toward the men and women, even that gorgeous Willow Wilkes, think that retribution ain’t comin’ ta them?
WE are that Retribution, ya stupid sons of bitches.
Eli and I, we aren’t here ta win matches. We aren’t here ta hold gold though we ain’t turnin’ it away because ya see, when we do, we take what ya want and go from there. See boys, I’m lookin’ right at ya Shadowcat. Yer sexy, yer luscious and enticing, but yer kin, yer acolytes, yer monsters, they ain’t gonna stop us. Nothing will….
Until we decide, we are through with them….
And then?
I’m coming fer my just desserts.”
He steps back, turning toward Eli who nods and walks up to the camera….
“Ignorance is bliss, you think you know us but you don’t. You think you understand us, but you do not. You’re blind to everything around you because you look only as far as the tip of your noses. You’ll understand soon enough though, because examples have ta be made once again it seems. You boys just don’t take no for an answer, you’re a little hard of hearing? You’ll stubborn and you something in life time I’d respect that. But I respect very little from the two of you because you’re not truly in sync, unlike Sawyer here and I.”
Eli looks down and lifts his hunting knife, a large machete.
“See this, you speak of war, you speak of chaos. This here had slain monsters, it has eradicated demons. You want to talk like you’re these beings with no souls. I lost my soul the day momma died. This isn’t a sob story, just the reality of things. Violence, that’s my key, that’s my addiction.
The hunt is my life and taking down my price game, well that’s the reward isn’t it. Taking you both down it will be challenge, no doubt about that. Ya’ll make it difficult, but that there done lies the excitement. Sawyer here spoke the truth that it isn’t about the gold that rests on the shoulders of those two gorgers known as the Marvels.”
Eli shakes his head, just as Sawyer does behind him.
“It’s about inflicting pain, but we know that you’re able to receive a lot of pain. You’re able to persevere so we’ve had to look, elsewhere haven’t we? See everyone has a weakness, and we know what yours are boys, and Sawyer and I are going to have a lot of fun when we face you two. Now it won’t be for the faint of heart, that there Drew Bryant better give out some warnings because what we’re going to do to you won’t be considered legal in a few states.
The funny thing here is you think we’re jokers, you think we’re playing a role. This is our life, this is the way things are around here. It how we survive, because we’re doing this for the greater good. All ya’ll greater good… But it is like what our poppa says, actions speak louder than words because the time for talking is over…
See you two real soon.”
Eli looks back to his brother Sawyer who now steps alongside of him, the two smirking towards the camera. The flame from the fire lighting them up n such a way it is considered creepy….
Fade to black.
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