A New Era
{the scene opens with trevor cane sitting at a television monitor watching the end of the pcx match at RAPTURE. he expresses no emotion, not even when his interference occurs, causing chaos to lose the title.}
the messenger
"it must be difficult, chaos, to watch like i have been watching, the end of rapture. you must truly be a man full of hatred. to come up each and every week with newer, and more brutal, ways to harass your opponent's in a pcx title match. it pained me to watch as your ego and your hatred took full control of new's television programming. i knew that if there was one thing i could do to stop your downward spiral into total hell, it would be to take that title away from you. it wasn't my intention on helping mwg win the title at all. you could have been wrestling a moose. i sat there, listening as the fans cheered. i listened as you and your opponent cried out in pain. i honestly hoped you would not come near my hiding place. i put myself in harm's way to help you, chaos. to show you the light."
{cane turns the television off. he pushes the chair back and gets to his feet. after taking the tape from the vcr that he ejected, he tosses it into the trash can.}
the messenger
"now you're a man again. albeit, probably still one wretched with anger. this raucous you have an opportunity to get even with me. new decided that it was going to be festive this holiday season and do it at our expense. a new year's ball drop match, huh? sounds like it is right up your alley."
{cane stops short and glances at the camera, his eyes squinting ever so mockingly.}
the messenger
"but then again, the matches against tact and mwg were both right up your alley, too. all that glory that you received in the tournament there seems to have eroded quickly. my how the mighty fall. that could be your new motto. because at raucous, you'll watch once more the step taken backwards in this company. your dreams and everything you have worked to create will fall to the ground with the new year's ball when i cut the rope and release it. the respect that you've gained within our community from the torture that you've put your body through ever since the tlc match where you won the title will crash when the new year's ball hits your body, breaking into a thousand different pieces."
{cane looks down at the ground.}
the messenger
"but look at me wander aimlessly. here i am, chastising your for your lacking manners, and i myself am falling guilty of the same vice. but i don't harbor anger, chaos. that is one of the biggest differences between us, yes? I am free from the general malaise that plagues lesser men. I do not worry about pride. i do not worry about outdoing myself every week."
{his head rolls around as he cracks his neck.}
the messenger
"there's a roadblock coming up ahead, chaos. a giant one. let us be restassured that on raucous, the new year's ball drop match, will be a match where you look to redeem yourself. not only in the fan's eyes, not only to feed your ego once more. but this time to repent. repent and give thanks to all that you've had, and all the pain you've missed out on. i'm not talking about the physical pain. but the emotional. the emotional pain stings the most, doesn't it? winning is great, for sure. but it can only mask that pain. on rapture i made sure you had the opportunity to experience the emotional consequences of your actions. this is the time to think to the future, chaos. to a new era. to a new chaos."
{cane walks over to the trash can and picks up the tape he tossed in.}
the messenger
"let's hope you've learned the lesson."