Dont Plead Me Your Case....
((FADEIN: Black roses. The camera zooms back and we are shown that the roses are in a vase, in the window of a hospital room. Lying on the bed, still with a look of hurt and jealousy on his face, is 'Simply Sensational' Sean Edmunds. He looks at the roses with disdain as the nurse walks over..))
NURSE: "My, my ... these are rotting! I'll get them disposed of right away."
((As the nurse goes to touch the roses Edmunds claps his hands. The nurse turns to look at him, almost with bewilderment. All he does is shake his head and beckon her to move away from them.))
NURSE: "Alright then, if you want to keep them in the window, that's fine ... I guess I'll go get your supper then."
((The nurse exits the room and the camera centers on Edmunds, who once again has the white cardboard pieces with writing on them. He sighs as he picks up the first one...))
EDMUNDS: (via the card) "So Jarod, you decided to leave me a little present while you visited, eh? That was mighty nice of you. Black roses. A nice touch, too. But I guess I shouldn't expect this generosity from you often. Especially during our match that is coming up soon."
((Edmunds tosses the card to the floor and holds the next.))
EDMUNDS: "Thank you, Jarod. For also bringing up the events of the last match I was in. For reminding me over and over again of the two words that I uttered. The last two words I've uttered since before that match. I know where you were going with that Jarod. You are trying to make me feel even worse, aren't you? Trying to make me feel down about my undeserved, clearly disappointing defeat. You're right, Jarod. My ego is having a hard time coping with this. Because never in my mind did I ever believe leading up to that last match on Massive Assault that I would utter those two words. And I tell myself every day that I will never say those two words again."
((Edmunds throws the other card to the ground and holds up the next one.))
EDMUNDS: "I failed, Jarod. Something that I never thought would be possible against Jean Rabesque. Sure you know, sure Hellion knows, sure the world knows that I should have beaten Jean Rabesque that night. But the fact of the matter is, I didn't. I don't know what I was thinking, and I never thought that it would happen. But I suppose I was blinded by my inability to put things into perspective. I went into that match trying to grasp a way to tie up the loose ends of my past, and I failed ... miserably."
((Edmunds holds up the next card.))
EDMUNDS: "I told you, Jarod. No matter what state of mind I am in, no matter how much my body aches from the pain.. no matter how much my mind stings from the loss, I will still be able to move on. I told Jean before the match that I would be through with him afterwards. I am not going to dwell on this ... all I can do is pick up and move on. If you believe I am going to utter those two words in our match, those same two words that have banished me to the depths of underachievement, then I hope you don't mind when you come away disappointed. No one will ever be as disappointed as I was after Massive Assault, Jarod... but people will start to feel the wrath of this pain."
((Edmunds holds up the next to last card.))
EDMUNDS: "You drove home the point loud and clear, Jarod. You've tried hard to drill it into my head. But you're already trying to drill something further than it already is. There is no more pain to be had. There is no disappointment to be made. There is no more underachieving to do. "Simply Sensational' Sean Edmunds will begin to recover from this set back right there on this upcoming house card, right there in my match against you. We all suffer set backs, Jarod. Some hurt more than others ... some seem unbearable. But we always move on."
((Edmunds holds up the last card.))
EDMUNDS: "I'm done lamenting. And I will be ready, psychologically and hopefully physically, for you. You play a tough game, Jarod. I've seen you in the GLCW rings and I know what you're capable of. But I also know what you're not capable of, and that, my friend, is making me submit ... not after what has happened before. I will see you in the ring. Once again, Jarod, thank you for the flowers. I will be sure to keep them forever as a sign of your generosity ... and your sensei's."
((FADEOUT: As Edmunds tosses the last card on the floor. The nurse comes back into the room with his food and looks in disbelief at the large cardboard pieces that have been laid astrewn across the floor.))