Shakir looks down at the moist ground beneath his feet, it has an aroma of death about it, a smell that Shakir seemingly likes, the aroma of decay.. Shakir walks further into the great maze of graves about him, the night offers a small cool breeze that only comes between large gaps, when the cool air rushes against Shakir it reminds him of death and just how unpredictable is truly is. Shakir’s feet is mired in mud from tromping through the mud, his once clean brown and tan robes now blanketed with wet, damp, filth . Shakir is driven by the vision Allah gave him the night before. Shakir knows there is no turning back now, he has come to far on this journey alone. Shakir finds the one thing he seeks, the grave of Michael Dredge and just as Allah fortold in his vision there would be a silver shovel waiting for Shakir to begin the ghoulish task of unearthing the casket that guards the body of Michael Dredge. Shakir firmly grips the shovel pulling it from the earth that it was impaled into and begins to frantically dig as if he was digging up some buried treasure chest. As he digs hard and fast he talks aloud to himself.


Shakir: Talon I am digging up another dead brother, just as Senester did your last. But do not worry filthy American I will not taunt you with an unanimated dead corpse. Allah has a completely different plan in store for you he came to me in a vision last night and told me what has to be done. I being the obedient servant that I am took this task on willingly knowing that I have already failed Allah one to many times…. I know and accept that my partner and I are one step away from getting thrown away like useless trash, so it is only right for TNT to do what they can to correct all of the blemishes that we have made. Talon I will not bath not once through out the week I want you to smell the scent of your dead beloved Michael Dredge….. Smell the stench of death that he has become, smell it upon me while looking me in the eyes! Tell me that I am superior then he ever could be! Tell me what it was that he saw in you, what was there to truly believe in, in the so great Talon Wilkinson!? Look at you Talon you had the world in the palm of your hands you had the love and affection of Allah himself but you cast it to the side. You valued the guidance Michael Dredge showed you but you just couldn’t understand that a greater being was calling you, a greater being that is far greater then Michael Dredge could of ever dreamed of being! If I had been in your shoes I would of betrayed Michael Dredge and ran to Allah with arms wide open ready to accept and embrace his loving affections. Just think of what Allah could of done with you, he could of molded you into something far grander then Buff Bridges, Michael Dredge, Reaper, and Hans could ever be combined into one! Allah would have to had you not denied him, he loved you more then all of his angels, prophets, barons, and messengers…. You truly could have been the reflection of perfection but now that chance has come and gone Talon..

Shakir’s zealous loyalty to Senester continues to drive him onward to stab at the ground more frantically with anger behind each stab, his anger grows more and more towards Talon for turning his shoulder to his beloved God.

Shakir: You have hurt me so very deeply Talon, you have offended me to my limits with your blasphemous ways! I have been granted free reign against you by Allah himself! I will punish you and make you scream and beg forgiveness! Even when the match is over if I have my way with you American boy, I will continue to beat the sins from your poisoned body. I beg to Allah that you are no longer handed any more opportunities, I beg that you like Curt and I are forced to fight from the bottom to prove yourself! Are you really World champion material Talon? A true icon doesn’t need a big gold belt around their waist to remind the world of their greatness, Allah taught Curt and I that from the very beginning….. Talon you learned from the experience of Michael Dredge but I learn from the experience of Allah the very one who taught Michael Dredge all that he knew, which of us will truly come out on top when we fight one another at Havoc? Fear not Talon even with your limited knowledge I still will not under estimate you, after all you did become the man to beat for a time here in HWA. You know Curt and I laugh at your failed attempt of a legacy within HWA, even to this very day we laugh at you, and we will continue to laugh at you for a very long time to come. How many like yourself failed at creating a legacy here in the HWA? If I remember correctly your beloved mentor Michael Dredge failed just like you, imagine that!


Shakir hits something solid beneath the tip of the shovel he tosses the shovel to the side falling upon his hands and knees swiping the wet dirt from the top of the casket. The casket is made of metal and is purple in color, across the top of the casket reads The Dark Messenger Michael Dredge. Shakir lowers his face down to the moist filth casket placing his ear against it as if trying to listen to what is within the casket. After a moment he lifts his head and crawls out of the hole he has made and rest against another tomb stone that has The Dark Prophet Reaper inscribed across it.

Shakir: I could hear him calling to me Talon…. The voice was speaking to me demanding that I open it and look inside at what remains. This grave yard is one that Allah owns with complete authority Talon, it has devoted followers and infidel sinners alike all buried here together. How much would you give Allah this very moment to stop me from opening this casket infidel Talon? How much would you give the god of all gods Allah to put an end to all of this darkness that surrounds you like a heavy blanket? How much would you give ME for me to be your new guide? Allow me to pick up where Michael Dredge left off and let me point you to the true path you should have been on from the start! Your friend Eddie hides his true darkness well but behind closed doors he fights for Allah and our team…. He fights for the truth! You don’t believe me Talon all you have to do is seek the truth for the truth as they say WILL set you free… I have given you warning about Eddie, but you still seem to not comprehend the words of warning I speak to you…. Keep your friends close Talon but your enemies closer, remember that old saying? Curt and I have been your enemies just as we are the enemies of many but we are not your true enemies, we only wish for you to see and understand the truth of Allah. Remember this Talon you do not have time on your side no human does, there all comes a time where we all must make a choice and depending on that choice determines are fate. Sometimes the wrong choice could lead us straight to our deaths I pray that you make the right choice.


Shakir crawls back down into the hole and pulls a crow bar, and hammer from the inside of his robe, he immediately sets to work on opening the casket. Through the loud clings and clangs Shakir is sure to speak over the noise.


Shakir: What Is within this casket is more then just a rotted, decayed, body, Talon ! For what is truly within this casket is a fraction of Allah’s knowledge this is nothing more then another lesson for me to under go to learn. What I seek from the deceased Michael Dredge is rather simple but what I seek I must not speak a word to you about, it is a surprise that you and the rest of the world will enjoy. Talon you showed the world how much you loved your brothers, but how much did you love Michael Dredge? How could you love a man that fought as hard as he did on the opposite team at the beginning of his career? You know what a man feels in his heart never vanishes, it always remains there and it can’t be wished away, buried away, erased….. It beats to the rhythm of the man’s heart and will be there until the day that man’s heart stops beating with life. Michael Dredge was always the dark one that he was when he first stepped into the HWA, you fight against what Dredge fought so hard for, why fight it anymore? You know Michael Dredge would want you on our team, the winning team, the original team he sided with for the very same reason Curt and I side with it…. Michael Dredge died a weak, broken man, but you do not have to! You can have eternal life in Allah’s paradise, in……. Heaven…. Don’t lose sight like Michael Dredge and Buff Bridges have, don’t drop off the earth like The great Prophet Reaper did and become a nobody…. Rise above it all and achieve what no man has yet to achieve here in the HWA, true legend status….. It is not to late to give yourself to Allah, give your life to him, praise him, worship him, give communion to him, pray to him and you will have all that you could ever want just like Curt and I!

Finally the casket gives way, Shakir looks down at it gripping the top and opening it a rotting bloated corpse lays within it but the camera is just out of range of showing it, the smell is horrendous but doesn’t phase the devoted Shakir who is digging around in the casket finding what he was looking for he quickly stuff’s it under his robe, it being to dark to see exactly what that item was.

Shakir: I have exactly what I came for but my journey does not end here Talon…. It has just began, maybe after our match if I leave enough of you intact we could go have a cheese burger together at one of those filthy American fast food places, and I can preach to you the good word of Allah and introduce you to him…. I do in fact extend my hand to you Talon but do not confuse it with mercy, for I will show none when we fight in the ring, I will fight to kill you because I know that if I beat you in singles competition it will increase my chances for me to claim more gold for TNT down the road. As I look down upon this bloated body of Michael Dredge I only have this to say, looks like I won’t be seeing you on the other side because I know through your lack of faith in Allah near the end of your life you will be turned from the gates of paradise and cast into the fiery depths below……