The door to B2O’s locker room opens and out comes Harvey Hamilton Ocean. There’s a lot of commotion going on in the background inside.
Jim Black walks up to the seemingly cool, calm and collective H2O standing outside the door. But Jim obviously know something is wrong as well.
Jim: It’s The Aerial Assassin, H2O!
H2O:Sigh The one and only, Jimmy Boy! What’s up?
Harvey steps out of the locker room as you can hear Baker and Dimsmore having a shouting match with each other. H2O closes the door behind him.
Jim: What’s going on in there?
H2O rolls his eyes as he folds his arms and leans back against the door.
H2O: Nothing Ji….
Harvey's train of thought gets interrupted. Jim and Harvey stop to listen as the voices get louder in the locker room.
The voices are unrecognizable from behind the door. But you can hear a woman screaming “Stop” while the two men argue.
???: I’m going out there tonight!
!!!: It’s been awhile since I fought with my partner. I’M GOING!
???: It’s been awhile for me too!
The voices become inaudible.
Jim: How are you going to determine your tag partner tonight? You should go in there and just pick him cause it sounds like Becky’s hands are full in there.
H2O: Listen, Jim. We tried everything to determine who’s going to be H2O’s partner tonight.
H2O: We tried Tic, Tac, Toe to Eenie Meenie Miney Moe and still haven’t determined a winner. But don’t worry. We’ll have this figured out soon enough.
A loud crash was heard. H2O runs into the locker room leaving the door ajar. Jim is able to sneak a peek inside.
He can see B2O’s reflection off a mirror.
H2O: Guys guys! One more game. Best out of 3 and we have about 125 minutes left of Tiberius’s entrance before two of us have to go out there.
Baker: Rock, Paper, Scissors!
Dimsmore: I’m built like a rock, I’ll crush you like paper and won’t need scissors to make you bleeeeed.
H2O: DIMZ!!!!
While the two play “Rock, Paper, Scissors”, Jim Black tries to open the door more to see who wins but is met with slight resistance.
Becky stands behind the door and shuts it slowly.
Becky: Nooooooo peaking, Jim. B2O will be out very soon.
The camera pans to the announce team.
Oh for the love of Pete!
THIS IS SERIOUS! PLAY CONNECT 4 A MANS GAME!
MADusa.... vs Pyra
The camera pans to the announce team.
She got all of it!
You said it!
The camera opens on the backstage area, the clanking sound of chairs dragging across the cement flooring echoing through the halls.
The camera pans around the hallway, the hustle and bustle of the push by production towards the main event buzzing through each faceless staff member as they move about.
The camera moves, turning to a locker room with a door slightly ajar. The door swings open, to reveal the One Man Revolution, Bobby Minio, stopping dead in his tracks as he meets eyes with the lens of the camera.
Bobby Minio: Hey Muge…
Mugen: Yes my friend?
Bobby Minio: Were you expecting company?
Mugen: No, but my door is always open to the wayward trav-
Bobby Minio: Like a CAMERA MAN?
Mugen: Oh… no I didn’t schedule that.
There is a moment as Minio’s brow furrows, still maintaining a locked stare over at the camera. Finally, after what feels like a much longer period of time, Minio shrugs and opens the door a bit wider as he turns back to face Mugen.
In the room beyond Minio, two chairs have been setup in front of a monitor, with a folding table in front of the chairs, covered in a spread with bowls of popcorn and cans of BUFF BLASTER™.
A pair of clipboards are placed in the middle of the healthy treats. Minio points to these and looks at Mugen but before he can say much more…
Mugen: Yes, we are going to be doing a little scouting tonight. See Sean McGee, my archnemesis of years past. I haven’t had the pleasure of facing off against him in a while so we may need to reevalaute what he is capable of doing now.
Mugen holds up his index and middle fingers up on his left hand in front of Minio.
Mugen: #2, Ryu Matsumoto. Now he is a friend of mine. A close personal friend of mine in multiple dimensions and as a result I have been scouting him at every waking minute.
Bobby Minio: But I’m a good friend of yours… Wait… does that mean you have been scouting me as well?
Mugen looks at Minio and blinks twice before completely dismissing the question.
Mugen: Now the last opponent……….Kassidy Hayes, I’ve been very familiar with him over our interactions in recent months.
Bobby Minio: Yeah, you seem to have a pretty good grasp on underestimating him and donating wins out of the kindness in your heart...
Mugen completely ignores the comment as he moves on.
Mugen: Kassidy is who we want to focus our efforts on, especially you. That is if you want to be champion old sport.
Bobby Minio: Muge, I would love nothing more than to walk out of that match Certifiably Great! C’mon. Now... what about the last competitor in the match? Our ol’ pal Paul Pugh?
There is silence in the room as Minio and Mugen look at each other. All of a sudden they both start bursting out in laughter.
Bobby Minio: That’s a trick question, we already know what that scumbag is going to do.
Mugen: Something stupid and not kind. Take note of that on the clipboard.
Minio grabs a clipboard but starts looking around confused before he starts patting himself down.
Bobby Minio: Uhhh, I forgot to grab a pen… you got anything to write with?
Mugen thinks about it for a second before he shakes his head no.
Mugen: Sorry old sport, guess we will have to improvise here.
Mugen picks up a can of BUFF BLASTER™ and tosses it over to MInio who very carefully handles it.
Bobby Minio: This is uhh, outside the box… I don’t think we can use this as ink.
Mugen: Sure you can, here you go, dip this straw in some BUFF BLASTER™ and try writing on the paper with it.
Mugen grabs a straw from the table and hands it to Minio who carefully cracks open the can of BUFF BLASTER™.
As he dips the straw in the can we hear crackling and popping sounds. A look of concern plays across a frowning Minio as Mugen is just standing there with a huge smile on his face.
Minio pulls out the straw to find out that is slowly dissolving and sizzling at the same time. He throws both the straw and the clipboard on the floor as he places the can of BUFF BLASTER™ on the table.
Bobby Minio: What in the holy F*** is happening right now?!
The two of them watch as the straw completely dissolves into the air and the drops of BUFF BLASTER™ start eating away at the pieces of paper as well as the clipboard itself.
Bobby Minio: Alright, I think I’m going to start easing up on my BUFF BLASTER™ intake…
The fumes from the burning items begins to fill up the room in the form of a visual haze. The camera man begins coughing, before the coughing gradually turns into a wet, violent choke.
The camera man stumbles out of the room, falling to his knees as he continues to cough and the scene fades into the next segment.
