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Date Posted: 23:59:40 03/26/02 Tue
Author: Anthony "Shadow" Craven and Cleo Camacho
Subject: ready or not...(unpretty version)

[Scene opens up in a small bistro in Chicago. Cleo waits for her guest to arrive for a meeting that she arranged. She spots Shadow entering the place and waves him over to the table, he walks over and reluctantly takes a seat across from her. She greets him wit ha smile but he still feels unease about the whole thing. He orders a beer and Cleo starts the conversation.]

Cleo: So tomorrow is the big day huh.

[she said trying to break the ice.]

Shadow: What’s this babe? No insults, no crying that I have changed? No comments about me watching my own back cause no one else would?

[he said, mocking surprise but also slightly meaning what he had said. Cleo looked hurt by the comment and replied back to him.]

Cleo: Quit patronizing me Tony. I meant and still mean all those things I said. I think you got you ego blown way out of proportion and that you are biting off more than you can chew. You think because the boys club of the Circle is here, that you can go do anything you want. What you fail to realize is that Most of these men in your so called Circle hate you guts. They can’t stand even being in the same ring as you. You’ve heard what they had said about you recently. They take more shots at you than your opponents and they are on your side.

Shadow: Well at least it’s all in the family babe.

[he said sarcastically, knowing what she really meant.]

Cleo: This isn’t a laughing matter Tony. You are getting your self in deep and don’t have anyone to save you. Hell your own partner for the match was found in a drunken stupor earlier today with his jaw busted. If that’s what you are counting on to succeed then you might as well quit while you are ahead because it won’t get any easier. I guarantee that Crisis and Jackson are ready for the match and are more than willing to show you they aren’t the pushovers you claim them to be.

Shadow: What are you saying. That I can’t handle them myself? That I’m going to fold under pressure cause my poor excuse of a partner decided to get blasted and get his jaw fucked up? There is no mother fucking way I’m going to lose to them. Ali or no Ali, makes no difference to me babe. Hell can’t say I was counting on his ass too much anyway. He served his purpose last week when he helped me lay out Snoops and send a message to Crisis. This week was just his opportunity to show me more of what he’s made of. But like I said, if he feels getting his ass drunk before it goes down will help him out. More power to him but I don’t need him anyway. The way I see it. It’s my match to win or lose. I’m the person who wanted it, and I’m the one who will go into it to cause pain and suffering or I’ll be the one who will lose it all. Do you honestly think if I was counting on his shrimp ass to be of any help to me, I would have let him get wasted. Hell no, but like I always say. I’m the Shadowman. I don’t need a damn person to help me with shit. I can take care of business my damn self. That’s why Red hired me and that’s why she has me in the Circle. Cause I know how to get things done. May not be pretty, or the best way but in the end I get them done.

[Cleo raised her voice, hoping to get her point across to him that he wasn’t as indestructable as he thought he was.]

Cleo: And it’s with that attitude you are going to get your ass laid in the ring with no one to help you. God why did you have to piss off Nikki and the Outlaw like you did?

Shadow: In case you have forgotten babe, they aren’t the best of friends either. It’s like a mutual thing between the three of us. We all mutually hate each others guts with a passion. Besides, I’m better off wit the pipsqueak Ali on my side cause at least I don’t have to worry about him trying to steal my thunder.

Cleo: There’s that damn ego again. It must be a Circle guy thing.

[She said back to him sarcastically.]

Shadow: No babe, but it is a requirement to be in the Circle. Besides, I have the talent, and the intensity to back up my ego. Let’s see Crisis say the same or even Jackson for that matter. So far I see they are zero for two against the Circle. What makes going against me any different.

Cleo: Besides the fact you stole the man’s title?

[She asked wit ha raised eyebrow and crossing her arms, with a slight smirk on her face.]

Shadow: Details. Anyways babe. It ain’t his. It’s where it should be. With me. Not some has been who can’t hold on to anything and just gets stuff handed to him. What the hell de he honestly do to deserve this belt. Not a damn thing. Me on the other hand, well I’m the perfect example of what it means to be an Olympic champion. If he wants to prove other wise though he better start tomorrow, cause I promise I won’t just hand it over like Snoops did. If he wants it. He has to earn it. Plain and simple. To get the gold, you got to be the best. Apparently Snoops wasn’t cause, like I said he just handed it over to him. So I had to interject myself to show him the errors of his ways.

Cleo: But did you have to attack him the way you and Ali did? I mean what did it prove. Other than you are a opportunistic cheapshot artist.

[Shadow grabbed his chest as if she shot him in the heart. She knew he was being sacastic but it really started to irritate her.]

Shadow: Ouch those words wound me babe. I prefer to see myself as a Go-getter, a upstart. I see what I want and take it. Those who can, do. Those who can’t get their shit stolen.

Cleo: Call it what you like Tony but just watch yourself. You are walking into a battle you have a slim chance of winning.

[She remarked with a serious face and in a serious tone to get him to realize she was not joking.]

Shadow: Like I said babe. As long as Ali can be sober long enough to take out Jackson or even detain his ass for awhile, the rest is up to me and I'’ more than ready to show Crisis what I’m really about. He can get all the one-sided views from Odyssey he wants and take me for granted but just like Odyssey he will learn when it’s go time, I am more than ready to rise to the occasion. I proved it time and time before and this time is no different. You see who deserves to be the true Olympic champ and I promise it ain’t Crisis.

Cleo: Well I don’t like the new you or your non-chalant attitude Tony, but I wish you the best of luck. But like I said before, watch….

Shadow: ….my back. Yeah I know, cause no one else will watch it for me. You fail to see though babe. It’s always been like that for me, and it will continue to bet he same. I don’t need help, don’t want help and don’t welcome it. I’ll be the same way till I die. That’s why I’m the Bastard of Wrestling cause I’m to damn hardheaded for my own good and rather get beaten down than ask for someone to help me.

Cleo: Yeah and it’s the same attitude like that, that Sianna had when she disreguarded the doctors orders and everyone elses pleas when she enter the match and cost the life of yours and her’s unborn child.

[Shadow looked at her coldly, wondering why she would bring up that incident of all things. He snarled at her.]

Shadow: That is the wrong thing to say babe. If you were even my friend I would kill you dead for that comment. You don’t know anything that is going on. You want to keep playing wit that fire, then go right ahead, but you will get burned in the end. Not saying, I’ll be the one to do it but you will get burned. Like I said, leave my business with Sianna out of it and things will go a lot better.

Cleo: I was just trying to show you where that kind of attitude gets you.

[Cleo said, trying to apologize but also stress her point. Shadow just waved it off.]

Shadow: yeah well stop their before you even continue. Like I said, it’s about me and Crisis, not me and Sianna. I’ll deal with that in my own time and in my own way with out your help. I’ve had enough of it. As for Crisis and Joey. They’ll learn what a man with an attitude of all disreguard for his own safely and the safety of others really me. I’m walking in with one goal in mind. To see them both, broken bleeding and in a body bag. Now if we are done babe. I need to finish up some things before tomorrow.

[Shadow excused himself and left his half oh the check as he left the Bistro, Cleo just sat confused about the whole thing and wondered where everything was leading to. She shook her head and ordered another drink to calm her nerves. Fade to black…]

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