In the midst of the controlled chaos that is RIOT, a frantic Maxx Edwards is seen dashing through the hallways looking for one man and one man only, El Parca.

He passes by numerous talent and staff occasionally stopping to ask if they have seen the masked man but to no avail.

Finally, he stops as he finds himself in front of a door with an unmistakable logo, one representing Dennis Dillinger Enterprises.

Maxx makes a fist and raises it to the door before opting to reach for the door handle and let himself in.

Inside the not-so-private room, he doesn’t find the man he’s looking for, El Parca, nor his right hand man, Dennis Dillinger, instead all he sees atop a bench is one, Luis Bishop, who notices Maxx’s presence but doesn’t take much note of it before resuming flipping through his notebook.

Maxx sees the young boy studying and while hesitant, still decides to interrupt.

Maxx: You seen El Parca?

Bishop: Nope.

Maxx: What about Dillinger?

Bishop: Not even here.

Maxx: mmm…

Maxx takes note of the hard rejection before scanning the rest of the locker room and pacing around a bit.

Maxx: So if they’re not here, there’s no point in looking for 'em right.

Bishop: Guess so.

Bishop, who has yet to break gaze from his notebook since Maxx began to talk, finally breaks when Maxx joins him on the bench. Bishop instinctively recoils, hiding his notebook from Maxx.

Bishop: Hey!?

Maxx: Hey…

Maxx: So this where you’ve ended up huh?

Maxx: Guess I’ve missed a lot.

Bishop: What do you mean?

Maxx: I just thought you’d never leave Wrex’s hip.

Bishop: I mean I still have Wrex’s back, it’s just that-

Maxx: Hey, you don’t have to prove anything to me.

Maxx: It’s just that I didn’t that Wrex would approve of-

Bishop: I mean well technically he doesn’t actually necessarily know…

Bishop: So it’s not that he approves but he also doesn’t not approve you know?

Maxx: Sure, I get it, you’re a grown man now.

Maxx puts his best inoffensive accent.

Maxx: El Hombre!

Maxx: You’re just el hombre that consistently chooses the worst people.

Maxx: But hey! It’s not my funeral.

Maxx cracks a smile as he pats Luis on his shoulder and heads for the door.

Luis takes a moment to think before speaking right before Maxx reaches.

Bishop: Wait! What do you mean?

Maxx turns around at the outburst.

Bishop: You say I choose the worst people, but who are you to say that?

Bishop: Just cause you’ve been burned, maybe that says more about you than it does me or the people I trust.

Maxx: Who am I to say?

Maxx: I don’t know, I feel like I know enough about Wrex, and if what I’m hearing is true…

Maxx: And DDE is truly a conglomerate now…who knows?

Maxx: Maybe you’re young and naive or maybe I’m already old enough to be yelling at the clouds…

Maxx: Only time will tell, right?

Maxx smiles as he opens the door and exits, leaving a now frustrated Luis Bishop to return to his notes.

ROUND 2 - RIOT BLOCK

SUE PLEX vs. EMP

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