RALLY TIME!
::Jonathan Marx and Brandon Jacobs pull up Silver Cross Field in a big Cadillac where numerous fans are already gathered. They exit their car to a large ovation from the crowd already in attendance::
JONATHAN MARX: Thank you everyone, I'm glad to see so many people showed up early.
::through the crowd of people, Joliet Jackhammers manager Matt Nokes emerges::
MATT NOKES: JONATHAN! It is a pleasure to have you here.
JONATHAN MARX: Matt, I'd like to thank you for letting me use the outside of one of the best minor league baseball fields in America for my rally today. I follow baseball quite closely, I think you have a hell of a club. Don't let your 8-14 start get you down. I know you'll turn things around.
MATT NOKES: Thanks, it really means a lot coming from you.
BRANDON JACOBS: ::extends hand to Matt Nokes:: It is such an honor to meet you. I remember as a young fan watching you play for the Yankees when you hit 24 dingers out. You and Tony Pena were two of my favorite catchers of all-time.
MATT NOKES: Back in 1991, I had my swing, but all good things must come to an end.
JONATHAN MARX: Where should we set up?
MATT NOKES: We've got a stage for you right outside of the gate and the ground crew have set up your tables.
BRANDON JACOBS: This man is a king!
FAN #1: Can we help unload the car?
JONATHAN MARX: I thank you.
::a group of fans carry several heavy boxes over to the tables::
MATT NOKES: So, what do your chances look like against Maelstrom?
JONATHAN MARX: I'm not going to kid you, it is going to be really tough to beat Maelstrom, he is a fighting champion. But he doesn't have the conviction that I do about my beliefs and sometimes, heart and desire can overcome the odds.
MATT NOKES: Amen. Well, you know whose side I am on. Pete Rose Jr. is rooting for Maelstrom.
BRANDON JACOBS: Figures.
JONATHAN MARX: Pete Rose reminds me of Maelstrom. Both of them were great at what they did, but they didn’t full respect the sports in which they competed and made ethical mistakes which tarnished their legacy. The difference between Pete Rose and Maelstrom is that Pete Rose realizes what he did was wrong and wants forgiveness but Maelstrom can’t see that, at least not yet.
MATT NOKES: That is a hell of comparison.
BRANDON JACOBS: Some people don’t want to be saved, or they hope that forgiveness will come after they have retired.
JONATHAN MARX: Maelstrom doesn’t have to suffer like Pete did though. It really makes me kind of sad…. But I know a way to change that. ::Marx walks over to the boxes and starts shaking the hands of people who helped to carry things over. He grabs the box labeled t-shirts and begins to open them up::
JONATHAN MARX: Gather around everyone, you are all going to be the first ones to get the new specially designed t-shirt for the Maelstrom-Marx match.
::Marx pulls out a t-shirt which says “Anarky Won’t Be Necessary” which has a picture of Maelstrom in the Ghostbuster logo replacing the ghost::
MATT NOKES: Whoa! That is an awesome t-shirt.
JONATHAN MARX: Let me honor you by making you the very first recipient of this t-shirt. ::hands t-shirt to Matt Nokes who promptly puts it on:: GATHER AROUND EVERYONE! Since this doesn’t officially start until 8PM and it is only 7PM, this is a hell of gathering here, looks like we have a good one hundred people at least. I want all of you, the die hard of the diehards, to be the very first to get the free t-shirt which Matt Nokes is so proudly wearing on his chest!
::Marxism chant erupts from the crowd::
JONATHAN MARX: All of you people make me very proud to be a wrestler, and I hope that I can live up to the faith that you have in me. I may be young and Maelstrom may be a legend, but unlike Maelstrom, I bleed old school wrestling. The GLCW is my home and I’m proud to be in a league which would give a man like myself, who has the “radical” belief that the great wrestling which happened back in the 1980s in front of crowds who lived and died for the wrestlers that they hold dear could still exist today. There are those like Maelstrom who think they are too cool to care about the title. They disrespect all of the hard work of everyone in this company. I ask you today, should we let people like Maelstrom win?
CROWD: NO!
JONATHAN MARX: Then I must fight and I will do so will every fiber of my being, I warn you in advance that there may be some blood shed because I’m going to fight until I am unable to fight any longer and I’M GOING TO TAKE BACK WRESTLING FOR THE PEOPLE! THIS IS YOUR SPORT AND I’M GOING TO HELP YOU SAVE IT!
::crowd erupts into a Marxism chant::
JONATHAN MARX: I know that the odds are against me, but I’m loving every minute of it. WE ARE GOING TO SHOCK THE WORLD RIGHT HERE IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS! A lot of people think that I was just put in this match to soften Maelstrom up for his match against Anarky… but I’m going to do the impossible. I’M GOING TO WIN THE TITLE, OR DIE TRYING! ANARKY WON’T BE NECESSARY!
::crowd chants “NEW CHAMP!” at Marx::
JONATHAN MARX: I love all of you more than you will ever know, I hope to see all of you at the show with your signs and love for old school wrestling. Now, before the masses arrive, let’s get this party setup so we can welcome in the age of Marxism with a bang!
:
eople take t-shirts and start unloading boxes, while Brandon Jacobs and Matt Nokes set up the sound equipment and speakers for an all out party, Marx looks at all the people tediously working and then gazes up in deep thought at the moon::
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