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Date Posted: 13:00:06 03/12/03 Wed
Author: "The Sentinel" Gabriel Blade
Subject: My Re-Retort (jeeze, hope this doesn't keep going) (IM)

(Scene opens with a shot of The Ultimate Model of Annoyed “The Sentinel” Gabriel Blade sitting in a comfortable padded chair in his new hotel room, his television aglow, his face displeased, the remote control in his hand. The words of his opponents have been getting to the Sentinel far too much recently, far more than they usually do. Specifically troublesome have been the words of the LWA Champion Lee F’n’ Todd, but almost as bothersome have been the words of Mr. Perfection Brian Thorn. Clicking the TV off and tossing the remote onto the bed, Blade turns to face the camera.)

Gabe- Brian Thorn, I’m not going to waste much time addressing your supposed rebuttal of my assertion of your imperfection. As I said when I first addressed you, I expected my message to fall on deaf ears. The pathology of your madness is too great to be defeated by simple logic; I knew that from the beginning. But let me just say this, some day you will finally realize, or be forced to realize that it is you who denies the truth and you who warps his mind to believe and perceive only what you want to. And when they day comes, as unfathomable, unbelievable, indescribable, and beyond comprehension as you believe yourself to be, and as much pain as you may have felt when you heard others tell you you were not perfect, the truth will be even more unfathomable, unbelievable, indescribable, and beyond comprehension, and the pain of it will be that much worse. You can go on bragging about your brown hair, brown eyes, good looks, charisma, talent, education, wealth and whatever else all you want. You can preach your own virtues all you want, you can tell the world just how exceptional you are, and you are exceptional, Thorn. No one can deny that. But some day you’re going to have to come to grips with the fact that you are just that, exceptional, not perfect. I just hope to be there when that day comes, and to see the look on your face.

(Shaking his head in virtual disbelief but final acceptance of the arrogant insanity of Brian Thorn, Gabe prepares to continue.)

Gabe- Oh, and as for my injury report, if you want to find about the condition of my body, you don’t have to break into UWS headquarters, (standing somewhat menacingly, very aggressively.) All you have to do is look me in my eyes like a man and ask, I’ll tell you everything you want to know. My knee (placing his hand on it) has been bashed, beaten, and bruised more times than I can count. You should know, (darkly) you’re one of the men responsible for it. There was a time that the doctors said that it would never be the same again. I say that it is now every bit as strong as it has ever been. But maybe I’m wrong, maybe my knee is still weak, maybe it can’t handle the pressure it once could, maybe it could be easily snapped and reinjured. You want to find out? Then just step into the ring with me, you’re welcome to try. My back, it was nearly snapped in two at the first Iron Man thanks to a snapped strap in the plow horse event and the effort of “The Threat” Shane Brandon. Since then it’s been pounded and stretched and targeted more times than I can count. Maybe it never healed quite right, maybe it’s starting to show signs of wear and tear. Maybe it’s ready to give out at any moment. Only one way to find out. My head has been nearly caved in and ripped off my shoulders on a regular basis. I’ve had more than my share of concussions since first putting on the tights and stepping into that ring, maybe one more will finish me. But that’s a risk I’m willing to take. Every other part of me has suffered from the countless nicks and cuts, bumps and bruises, and other small injuries we face every day. Any one of my injuries could possibly be taken advantage of, any one of them could prove my undoing. You want to try, all you have to do is make your way to the finals, I’ll do what I can to see you there. Then we can see just what shape my body’s in. And we can see what shape yours is in as well. We can see if there are any parts of you that haven’t quite healed, that are just this much off from their former condition. We’ll see if there are any parts of your anatomy that can’t stand up to the onslaught, if there’s any part of you just waiting to snap. If you want it, Thorn, I’m more than ready.

(Blade’s steadfast stare tilts into a sneer as he recalls some of the more poignant of Thorn’s attacks, and prepares to address them.)

Gabe- And as for your other opinions of me, your labeling me vain, that’s got to be the single more ridiculous thing I have ever heard. And it’s just another example of “the perfect intellect” failing to understand simple reality. I don’t think that any wrestler doesn’t deserve to be in the UWS with me. Not (spitting the name) Lee Todd, not you, not anyone. Any man who steps into the squared circle to do battle with his fellow Warriors is worthy of standing beside me or against me in battle. What I don’t think you deserve is the money, the fame, the guaranteed spot at the top of the card you get whether you work for it or not. What I don’t think you deserve is the wealth in all its forms that a sniveling little rat like you could never possibly earn. When there are saints in this world who never receive a cent of compensation or a sliver of recognition and you have all the material and social benefits the world has to offer showered down upon you, that’s what I say you don’t deserve. Any man who wants to step into a UWS ring is welcome to do so, and any man who works his way to the top of the mountain, wrestles with the best of them, and earns the title of their equal is welcome to that title. I don’t want the Unified title, the LWA title, the OWF title, or the Iron Man title just handed to me. I don’t want anything handed to me. A title that hasn’t been fought for means nothing at all. Yes, you do want people to believe that you’re perfect, Sin is a psychopath, Lee Todd is a punk, and I am the Sentinel. But none of that grants or denies any of us any position in this federation. If you knew anything about me, Thorn, if you understood me in the least, you would know that I live for competition. Without competition, a Warrior can never push himself to be the best that he can be. Without competition, a Warrior can never earn his Honor. But you would never understand that, and you could never understand me. You only see what you want to see, and you only believe what you want to believe so you can put others down and make yourself feel better, make yourself feel like more of a man. Now, that is vain.

(A look of true disgust passes over his face as he prepares to answer Thorn’s obscene suggestion for his carrier change.)

Gabe- And as for your suggestion that I turn to FHW, I have never been more insulted in all my life. The LWA is my life, the LWA is may home, and despite Ken Holbrook’s bastardization of it and despite his forcing me to compete under the OWF banner, I will be an LWA competitor until the day I die. I’m no Crusader, I’m no Archangel, and I’m no FHW wrestler. I bleed the LWA, I always will, and you would do well to remember that.

(Blade pauses, staring into the camera and through it into Thorn’s eyes to emphasize his statement.)

Gabe- And if you want to read the laundry list of men with something against me, go right ahead and do it. Yes, there are a lot of people who love nothing more than to take me out. Sure, Curtis Slamm sees the name Sentinel and sees the chance to do what he could never do before. Curtis Slamm would like nothing more than to beat me in the middle of the ring to reclaim some of his lost glory. But you know what? Curtis Slamm has never beaten the Sentinel and Curtis Slamm never will beat the Sentinel. And yeah, Shane Brandon would probably love to beat me again and go on to take down the rest of the UWS in this tournament. But Shane Brandon is no longer the Iron Man, and Shane Brandon will never beat me. Because just as much as I have wanted this match with him, just as much as I’ve longed for it and ran after it, the Threat has been running away from it. You see, he’s afraid. He’s afraid that maybe he couldn’t have beaten me without the cheating, he’s afraid that maybe he’s victory was a fluke, that maybe he couldn’t do it again. And we’re going to find out on Sunday. We’re going to see once and for all what would happen if I hadn’t been beaten, smashed, and injured, if every rule in the book hadn’t been broken against me in the first four events of the night. We’re going to see what would happen if the Sentinel faced Shane Brandon one on one in a straight up fair match. And I’m looking forward to it. And yes, Sin does want to twist me into a soldier for his cause, to shape me into someone like himself. He does so because he sees in my what I see in him. A twisted version of self. Sin is what I could have been if the world had been more cruel to me, if I’d lost faith in the good in mankind. Sin sees this, Sin knows this, and because of it he believes that I could be his greatest ally in his war against man. But as much of myself as I see in Sin, and as much as I can understand a big part of him, I will never allow myself to become what he has become. And if that means that his sick mind will make me his next target, then so be it. I’m willing to fight for what I believe in, and I can handle the big monster. And (sneering) Lee Todd, Lee Todd has made a joke out of everything that matters to me, he has done his best to enrage me, infuriate me, to stick a knife in my chest and twist it. I know that beating me in the finals of this tournament would be the icing on the cake for him. And he is capable of doing it. But I’m also capable of stopping him. And if this tournament comes down to a one on one competition between me and Lee F’n’ Todd, I will relish it. If he and I are the two titans to clash in the final battle of this epic war, it will be a fight I revel in fighting, and one I welcome. And as for you, Thorn, of course you want to destroy me. I’m the most sound, logical voice speaking out against you, and I’m the man who stands atop you in this tournament. Nothing could be a greater blow to your fragile world view than to lose this tournament to me. So I know you will fight with every last breath to overcome those who stand against you and rise to the top. I certainly hope you will. And if you and I make it to the finals of this tournament, I hope you push me to my absolute limits. You can bet I will do so for you, and you can bet that I’ll enjoy it. Yes, there are a lot of people who are out to get me, for there own reasons as well as common ones. I stand at the top of the Iron Man mountain, and when you stand at the top, you have a very large target on your chest. And I do tend to say what’s on my mind without thinking, I feel and just let it go. And that might make me even more of a target. But I speak from the heart, I believe what I say, and I am willing to fight for it. I do have a lot of enemies, and they may be my downfall. So be it. If I am to fight the good fight and fall fighting, there can be no more Honorable defeat. But if I am to fight all those who stand against me and emerge victorious, that will be all the more Glorious. I’m ready to see what the outcome shall, Thorn, are you? Judgement Day is Coming, Prepare To Be Judged.

(Blade stares resolutely into the camera. He believes all that he says, he truly does. But he also hopes that his belief is all that shows through his bright blue eyes, that the tiny little part of him, the tiny little voice that is afraid, that can’t stand the possibility of failure, and the screams at him to do anything, anything it takes to win at all costs, for to fail, to fall would be the ultimate disaster. It’s a small part of him, a part of him that for the most part he is not even aware. But it’s a part that is growing, and a part that, one way or another, may just be his undoing.)

(Fade To Black.)

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