[STEELE] The Hardest Night Part 2 (Shogun-Tron Part 2)
Oct 24, 2017 9:16:51 GMT -5
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Post by Steele on Oct 24, 2017 9:16:51 GMT -5
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*In just one night, Jackson Steele's world became just that little bit more... hostile. Already a marked man with a target on his back - or more accurately, over his shoulder in the shape of the AWF Heavyweight Championship - he found himself in the sights of two potential usurpers to his throne, "Prodigy" Bobby Barrett, and "The Dark Prophet" Ezriel. Both men granted a championship shot by Felix Ziko, to take place on the final night of the XHF End Of Days Tournament.*
*In just one night, Jackson Steele's world became just that little bit more... hostile. Already a marked man with a target on his back - or more accurately, over his shoulder in the shape of the AWF Heavyweight Championship - he found himself in the sights of two potential usurpers to his throne, "Prodigy" Bobby Barrett, and "The Dark Prophet" Ezriel. Both men granted a championship shot by Felix Ziko, to take place on the final night of the XHF End Of Days Tournament.*
*Only... there was one small snag.*
*Defending his championship is not to be Jackson's only obligation at the EoD PPV. After three hard-fought matches against wrestlers far more experienced than he is, he found luck firmly on his side as he defeated Curtis Kanyon, then Michael Storm, and most recently Scorpion to advance to the tournament final, where he will meet Shogun-Tron.*
*Sunday, October 30, is shaping up to be the hardest night of Jackson's life. Three opponents, two matches. Make or break. He could be leaving Pittsburgh on top of the world, as both AWF Champion and the XHF End Of Days Champion for 2017.*
*He could just as easily be leaving with nothing.*
*With less than one week until the Pay-Per-View, we are privileged to be able to catch up with Jackson Steele as he prepares.*
*This is his story.*
JACKSON STEELE: THE HARDEST NIGHT
PART 2: SHOGUN-TRON (part 2)
"BACK TO ...THE FUTURE..."
"BACK TO ...THE FUTURE..."
*When we last left Jackson Steele, he had decided to undertake a hare-brained scheme, vowing to build a time machine - an actual working time machine - in order to go back in time and prevent Shogun-Tron from destroying the universe as he wins championship after championship in alternate timelines.*
*Something like that, anyway. As always - Jackson didn't completely think things through.*
*It is the morning after the night before, and Jackson has spent the night hard at work in his garage. Assisted by the capable scientific brains known as Chardonnay, Lulu and The Other One he steps back to admire his handiwork.*
Steele: "There we go, girls! She's finished!"
*He wipes the sweat from his brow as he gazes lovingly at a contraption that looks like it has been designed by a child. A giant hulking mess of wires, pipes and flashing LEDS gorilla-glued to the outside of a refrigerator that - if it had sentience - was probably dreaming and wishing for Jackson's plan to work out so that it could go home to the 1950's.*
Steele: "Right... who wants to be the first to try it out?"
*The three girls all jump up and down, begging to be the first one to go back in time.*
Steele: "Tough choice! Ok... let me see - Eenie Meenie Minie Mo-"
*Suddenly a door opes behind the girls.*
eXXXstacy: "JACKSON!!!"
*Uh-oh. It's eXXXstacy and she does NOT look pleased.*
eXXXstacy: "What the fuck? Don't tell me you've actually been in here all night building this... thing? I knew I shouldn't have banked on you getting bored and giving up within the first five minutes..."
Steele: "Hey - Jackson Steele does not give up!"
eXXXstacy: "Sometimes, Jackson, it's probably just best to quit while you're ahead. But now you're not even ahead any more, you've set yourself back even more now by wasting your time building this pile of junk!"
Chardonnay: "It's not a pile of junk! It's a time machine!"
eXXXstacy: "Time machines aren't real! You can't actually travel through time! All you can do is go forwards - at the rate of one second per second coincidentally enough - and right now Jackson you need to be looking forward to Sunday! Not messing about trying to go back in time so you can be the first and only X-Crown Champion!"
Steele: "You don't think I'm thinking ahead to Sunday?"
eXXXstacy: "Quite honestly - no! I don't!"
Steele: "Well you're wrong. I know that Shogun-Tron is one hell of a competitor. You don't get through to the End Of Days Final by being a pushover, or by being unprepared. But the same goes for me - I wouldn't be in the position I'm in now if I just left everything to blind luck and chance! You think my promos have just been a waste of time but they're what got me this far!"
eXXXstacy: "Jackson, I'M what got you this damn far! Who the hell do you think pressed for you to be in the AWF Title tournament? ME! Who do you think pushed to get you into the End Of Days Tournament? ME! Who has given you assist after assist in your matches? Who put their body on the line as a distraction to let you beat guys like Alexei Kyznetsov? Me, Jackson!"
"Your promos are... funny, I'll admit. They're quirky. They've won you a lot of fans. But they're hardly putting the fear into your opponents. You either outright piss people off because you accuse them of doing something that they haven't done, or you play this ridiculous dress-up game for cheap laughs. But you're the AWF Champion Jackson, you need to up your game otherwise nobody is going to take you seriously. You're not going to have any edge at all going into your title match and honestly - up against Barratt and Ezriel - it's going to be hard enough as it is. Throw in another match against Shogun-Tron as well and you've got a real uphill battle on your hands."
*Jackson sighs.*
Steele: "I know, I know. Don't you think I know all of this? Which is WHY I've built this time machine in the first place!"
eXXXstacy: "Will you forget about the damn time machine Jackson!?!? Jesus christ! It's not even a time machine anyway - it's a fridge covered in lights and wires! Put down the hammer and TELL ME, right now - how are you going to counter Shogun-Tron's FUTURE BLASTER?"
Steele: "His what? WHat the fuck's a FUTURE BLASTER?"
eXXXstacy: "This is my point exactly! You know literally NOTHING about him! I think I know more than you do - I might as well be the one in this match, not you! How much does Shogun weigh?"
Steele: "Uh.... 270?"
eXXXstacy: "He's 211 Jackson! Which means you're bigger and heavier than he is. You've got the marginal size advantage and one would also presume strength advantage too... but he wears tough armor - so you'll wanna go careful if you give him Ass To Mouth."
*Jackson turns to the other three girls and whispers an aside.*
Steele: "{That's the name of one of my finishers, I'm not literally gonna give him Ass-to-mouth...}"
eXXXstacy: "He likes to use quick martial arts strikes, especially chops. He's fast - probably faster than you are - so you'll need to rely on your stamina and longevity and hope he blows up early. Just keep blocking the kicks and chops he throws at you, look to hit him on the counter with.... JACKSON!"
*While she was talking, eXXXstacy was pacing round the room, not really keeping an eye on Jackson. She turns back to find him, screwdriver in hand, tinkering with a control panel on the time machine.*
eXXXstacy: "Come on! You're not listening - what was the last thing I said?"
Steele: "I am SO listening! You said you made chops, they're on the kitchen counter."
eXXXstacy: "I did n- fuck sake Jackson! I'm trying to HELP you here and you're just messing around with your toys. You know what - you don't wanna take my help... I'll make you regret this, Jackson. You don't know what you've just signed up for..."
*She walked out of the room, leaving Jackson and the girls to contemplate the workings of time and space.*
..::THREE HOURS LATER::..
*eXXXstacy opened the door to the garage and peered round. There was a disturbing silence in the room.*
eXXXstacy: "Jackson?"
*She got no response. She stepped through the door, repeating herself.*
*After a few moments, Jackson's head slowly popped out from around the side of the time machine.*
Steele: "Ohmygodohmygodohmygod... Stacey... don't be mad..."
eXXXstacy: "Jackson... what happened? Where are the girls?"
Steele: "Don't be mad... but I sent them back in time..."
*eXXXstacy shot him a look that was 99% "you are such a fucking {Mongo Edit: Nah we don't say that anymore}" and 1% actual concern that Jackson might be telling the truth...*
eXXXstacy: "What? How... how.... what?"
Steele: "We couldn't decide which one of them was going to test it out so they ALL went in... I pressed the controls and it started shaking and flashing, and all this smoke started pouring out... I thought it was going wrong so I went to pull them out but... when I opened the door, they were all gone!"
eXXXstacy: "Gone? Where???"
Steele: "I don't know! 1911, maybe?"
eXXXstacy: "Or you vaporized them! Jesus Christ on a stick, Jackson!"
Steele: "What am I gonna do!?"
eXXXstacy: "Right now? Well since we don't actually know what's happened... maybe we should make the best of this situation... with the girls out of the way..."
*Jackson grins.*
Steele: "Are you thinking what I think you're thinking?"
eXXXstacy: "I think I am, Jackson. follow me..."
*She backs out through the door, and Jackson stalks after her, a lustful look in his eyes. He pulls the door open and recoils in shock.*
Steele: "What the-"
*Instead of eXXXStacy, Jackson is met by a stocky, grizzled old man who blocks his path.*
Steele: "H... Harry?"
Harry: "Surprise, bitch."
*The man is Harry "The Hammer" Hansen - the man who trained Jackson to begin with, and re-trained him in the run-up to his Championship victory.*
Steele: "What are you doing here?"
Harry: "I'm here to teach you a lesson, Steele! You think you've got what it takes to beat three men in one night - well The Hammer thinks otherwise! eXXXstacy told me you been puttin' off yer preparations and playin' time lord... well THAT ALL ENDS TONIGHT! Jackson Steele - I AM THE HAMMER - and I'm gonna BEAT YOU into shape!"
Steele: "Oh yeah? Well I'm... rubber and you're-"
*Harry throws a punch at Jackson, knocking him out cold.*
*Fade to black.*
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*Something like that, anyway. As always - Jackson didn't completely think things through.*
*It is the morning after the night before, and Jackson has spent the night hard at work in his garage. Assisted by the capable scientific brains known as Chardonnay, Lulu and The Other One he steps back to admire his handiwork.*
Steele: "There we go, girls! She's finished!"
*He wipes the sweat from his brow as he gazes lovingly at a contraption that looks like it has been designed by a child. A giant hulking mess of wires, pipes and flashing LEDS gorilla-glued to the outside of a refrigerator that - if it had sentience - was probably dreaming and wishing for Jackson's plan to work out so that it could go home to the 1950's.*
Steele: "Right... who wants to be the first to try it out?"
*The three girls all jump up and down, begging to be the first one to go back in time.*
Steele: "Tough choice! Ok... let me see - Eenie Meenie Minie Mo-"
*Suddenly a door opes behind the girls.*
eXXXstacy: "JACKSON!!!"
*Uh-oh. It's eXXXstacy and she does NOT look pleased.*
eXXXstacy: "What the fuck? Don't tell me you've actually been in here all night building this... thing? I knew I shouldn't have banked on you getting bored and giving up within the first five minutes..."
Steele: "Hey - Jackson Steele does not give up!"
eXXXstacy: "Sometimes, Jackson, it's probably just best to quit while you're ahead. But now you're not even ahead any more, you've set yourself back even more now by wasting your time building this pile of junk!"
Chardonnay: "It's not a pile of junk! It's a time machine!"
eXXXstacy: "Time machines aren't real! You can't actually travel through time! All you can do is go forwards - at the rate of one second per second coincidentally enough - and right now Jackson you need to be looking forward to Sunday! Not messing about trying to go back in time so you can be the first and only X-Crown Champion!"
Steele: "You don't think I'm thinking ahead to Sunday?"
eXXXstacy: "Quite honestly - no! I don't!"
Steele: "Well you're wrong. I know that Shogun-Tron is one hell of a competitor. You don't get through to the End Of Days Final by being a pushover, or by being unprepared. But the same goes for me - I wouldn't be in the position I'm in now if I just left everything to blind luck and chance! You think my promos have just been a waste of time but they're what got me this far!"
eXXXstacy: "Jackson, I'M what got you this damn far! Who the hell do you think pressed for you to be in the AWF Title tournament? ME! Who do you think pushed to get you into the End Of Days Tournament? ME! Who has given you assist after assist in your matches? Who put their body on the line as a distraction to let you beat guys like Alexei Kyznetsov? Me, Jackson!"
"Your promos are... funny, I'll admit. They're quirky. They've won you a lot of fans. But they're hardly putting the fear into your opponents. You either outright piss people off because you accuse them of doing something that they haven't done, or you play this ridiculous dress-up game for cheap laughs. But you're the AWF Champion Jackson, you need to up your game otherwise nobody is going to take you seriously. You're not going to have any edge at all going into your title match and honestly - up against Barratt and Ezriel - it's going to be hard enough as it is. Throw in another match against Shogun-Tron as well and you've got a real uphill battle on your hands."
*Jackson sighs.*
Steele: "I know, I know. Don't you think I know all of this? Which is WHY I've built this time machine in the first place!"
eXXXstacy: "Will you forget about the damn time machine Jackson!?!? Jesus christ! It's not even a time machine anyway - it's a fridge covered in lights and wires! Put down the hammer and TELL ME, right now - how are you going to counter Shogun-Tron's FUTURE BLASTER?"
Steele: "His what? WHat the fuck's a FUTURE BLASTER?"
eXXXstacy: "This is my point exactly! You know literally NOTHING about him! I think I know more than you do - I might as well be the one in this match, not you! How much does Shogun weigh?"
Steele: "Uh.... 270?"
eXXXstacy: "He's 211 Jackson! Which means you're bigger and heavier than he is. You've got the marginal size advantage and one would also presume strength advantage too... but he wears tough armor - so you'll wanna go careful if you give him Ass To Mouth."
*Jackson turns to the other three girls and whispers an aside.*
Steele: "{That's the name of one of my finishers, I'm not literally gonna give him Ass-to-mouth...}"
eXXXstacy: "He likes to use quick martial arts strikes, especially chops. He's fast - probably faster than you are - so you'll need to rely on your stamina and longevity and hope he blows up early. Just keep blocking the kicks and chops he throws at you, look to hit him on the counter with.... JACKSON!"
*While she was talking, eXXXstacy was pacing round the room, not really keeping an eye on Jackson. She turns back to find him, screwdriver in hand, tinkering with a control panel on the time machine.*
eXXXstacy: "Come on! You're not listening - what was the last thing I said?"
Steele: "I am SO listening! You said you made chops, they're on the kitchen counter."
eXXXstacy: "I did n- fuck sake Jackson! I'm trying to HELP you here and you're just messing around with your toys. You know what - you don't wanna take my help... I'll make you regret this, Jackson. You don't know what you've just signed up for..."
*She walked out of the room, leaving Jackson and the girls to contemplate the workings of time and space.*
..::THREE HOURS LATER::..
*eXXXstacy opened the door to the garage and peered round. There was a disturbing silence in the room.*
eXXXstacy: "Jackson?"
*She got no response. She stepped through the door, repeating herself.*
*After a few moments, Jackson's head slowly popped out from around the side of the time machine.*
Steele: "Ohmygodohmygodohmygod... Stacey... don't be mad..."
eXXXstacy: "Jackson... what happened? Where are the girls?"
Steele: "Don't be mad... but I sent them back in time..."
*eXXXstacy shot him a look that was 99% "you are such a fucking {Mongo Edit: Nah we don't say that anymore}" and 1% actual concern that Jackson might be telling the truth...*
eXXXstacy: "What? How... how.... what?"
Steele: "We couldn't decide which one of them was going to test it out so they ALL went in... I pressed the controls and it started shaking and flashing, and all this smoke started pouring out... I thought it was going wrong so I went to pull them out but... when I opened the door, they were all gone!"
eXXXstacy: "Gone? Where???"
Steele: "I don't know! 1911, maybe?"
eXXXstacy: "Or you vaporized them! Jesus Christ on a stick, Jackson!"
Steele: "What am I gonna do!?"
eXXXstacy: "Right now? Well since we don't actually know what's happened... maybe we should make the best of this situation... with the girls out of the way..."
*Jackson grins.*
Steele: "Are you thinking what I think you're thinking?"
eXXXstacy: "I think I am, Jackson. follow me..."
*She backs out through the door, and Jackson stalks after her, a lustful look in his eyes. He pulls the door open and recoils in shock.*
Steele: "What the-"
*Instead of eXXXStacy, Jackson is met by a stocky, grizzled old man who blocks his path.*
Steele: "H... Harry?"
Harry: "Surprise, bitch."
*The man is Harry "The Hammer" Hansen - the man who trained Jackson to begin with, and re-trained him in the run-up to his Championship victory.*
Steele: "What are you doing here?"
Harry: "I'm here to teach you a lesson, Steele! You think you've got what it takes to beat three men in one night - well The Hammer thinks otherwise! eXXXstacy told me you been puttin' off yer preparations and playin' time lord... well THAT ALL ENDS TONIGHT! Jackson Steele - I AM THE HAMMER - and I'm gonna BEAT YOU into shape!"
Steele: "Oh yeah? Well I'm... rubber and you're-"
*Harry throws a punch at Jackson, knocking him out cold.*
*Fade to black.*
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