(Butch): To quote my wife, you think you're so smart, don't you, Senester? You think you've got me all figured out, know me better than I know myself, that old chestnut. Because you and I have such a storied history, don't we? I mean forget Batman and Superman, when it comes to the greatest gladiator match in the history of the world, it doesn't get any bigger than the Gladiator of God and the almighty himself, does it?
Buth allows a subtle, slight smirk to tug at the corners of his mouth but it vanishes just as quickly as it appears.
(Butch): Because you are my maker after all, aren't you, Senester? You brought me here from the slums of the Worldwide Wrestling Coalition battling nobodies like Noble Pruitt and Johnny Tsunami to the high rollers' table of HWA. You made sure the stars and planets were perfectly aligned so this could all pan out to your every whim. I'm guessing you also expect some sort of stereotypical bloodlust-fuelled, Scottish tirade about mentioning my daughter and numerous threats at what will become of you if you dare mention her name again. But I know better Senester. Michael James made the fatal mistake of mistaking me for some hotheaded non-educated delinquent but I know you're smarter than that and I'd like to hope that you know I'm also smarter than that as well.
Remember I am not blind nor am I ignorant to what has happened in the past. You think airing some dirty laundry the world already knows about just because some unfortunate woman had her life changed is going to change anything or make me feel differently about how my own child will perceive me?
I'm not ignorant to what I did during my time spent in those towers in your company Senester. I remember the name and face, including Ms Valdez' of every person caught up in the collateral damage of my quest to keep my family together. You're right to a degree though, I was selfish. Selfish because I wasn't quite willing to let my sister, who I promised my father on his deathbed I would see right, go unfairly and leave her two kids without a mother. You can twist and manipulate my reasoning all you want but it doesn't change the facts and it certainly doesn't change the past.
It's actually ironic you chose the lion as a way of making your intentions clear to me and also funny regarding your musings about how I explained the matter to Evina so she could actually sleep at night. See I explained it was just like Mufasa in the Lion King, betrayed and hoodwinked out of power by a sly lion with an ulterior motive, sounds familiar, doesn't it? Another thing the Lion King taught us was you can't change the past. It may still hurt but you can't change it and you have one of two options, run from it or learn from it.
Well I have learned from my past. You can keep bringing up old names and expect old wounds to involuntary wince, so much so that the mere mentioning of Hans', Dragon's and Nick's names is the only dignified response you're going to get from me, I'm not getting tricked and drawn into a he-said, she-said debate, God knows I did enough of that with likes of Michael James and Eddie K. Same goes for ICE, Blush and Callisto, the other oh-so-famous notches on the Parker bedpost eh? You think my wife, Wisdom, the greatest female athlete on this planet gives a crap about women I slept with over ten years ago? You think I or anyone else cares?
Butch smirks again, this time the expression lasts a little longer.
(Butch): I've learned Senester, you could say I've evolved which contradicts God's will entirely because he is the Lord of all creation, isn't he? You can say Evina's name a thousand times over, you can question my integrity as a human being, as a husband and even as a father but it doesn't change a thing. The world knows what I have done, there is no shying away from that but you think showing some stupid vignette of som victim you paid off to "tell her story" is going to make Evina hate me? She is two years old Senester, she isn't even out of her pull-ups yet, she's still mastering how to use a fork properly, for God's sake, she thinks Buzz Lightyear is going to be the next president! And you think you can scare by making a video about a woman saying she hopes she finds out what kind of man her father is?
We all have skeletons in our closet Senester and Evina will find out about mine when she is old enough to understood and she will make her own decision. She doesn't need you dredging up old news like its something no one ever knew happened and trying to stir the pot with a f***ing toddler.
So I ask, is that the best you can come up with to try and taunt me? To test mine and Wisdom's resolve? I can confess myself disappointed if I'm being honest, Senester. Tell you what, I'll let you have a think, have your match with Kosh at Havoc, get all our frustrations out and then see what else can you can come up with. Until then, see you at Havoc, bright and early at clocking in time!
Butch stops smirking and just stares at the camera as the scene fades to black.
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