Jinx

ThE hOuSe ThAt BuIlT a ChAmPiOn

He steps closer allowing the home to fit into the frame. With a sick and twisted smile he opens the front gate and make his way on to the brick path that leads to the home.

Jinx: "I hate that you didn't like my jester Rage, I mean isn't that what people do at a time of heartbreak, present a flower or two? So what the rose you received had no color maybe in Reality there is No colorful flowers! Maybe your mother isn't going to alright, maybe there just sugar coating the Reality from you Mr. Rage! Just maybe they feel they have to protect there "Champion" from the truth, the truth that just maybe your Mother's shortness of breath is a bit more SERIOUS!"

He runs his finger around the broken glass

Jinx: "You see Mr. Rage you exposed your heart at Justice last week. And In doing so you exposed your weakness! A error that well prove costly at the PPV...A error that well prove costly for that tin belt you carry around. As You see this war being about your Champion, but In REALITY its about me wanting to show you what REALITY really is! You aligned your self with people you think can protect you, BUT WHERE WERE THEY LAST WEEK? hmmmm...WHERE WERE THEY WHEN MAMA DEAREST COULDN'T BREATH WHEN SHE WAS REACHING FOR THE STARS GASPING FOR PONE MORE BREATH? TELL ME MR. RAGE, WHERE WERE THEY WHEN YOU SAW THIS HERE HOLE?!?"

Jinx holds up his finger, and shakes his head before he moves into the house, wasn't that hard as the door has been shattered beyond repair.

Jinx: "I'm almost starting to believe you don't take me for the threat that I am. Almost as if you are DARING me to push it further, BEGGING me to push the envelope off the table. That Mr. Rage I can assure you is something you don't want. Fuck Sakes its something I do not want, because once a man is pushed to do something even he can thinks is going to far, no man can come out of the war the same. Not you nor I can handle the burden of my actions if pushed to the point of NO RETURN!"

He runs his finger along the walls, living a thin line of Crimson descent in tow. Along the wall...Along the pictures the make it feel like home. Jinx makes his way into the kitchen and pairs down at a piece of paper that sit next to the sink

Jinx: "Mr. Rage you have to realize in WAR there is no Moral line my friend. There is no right or wrong actions, nothing is ever PERSONAL when it comes to a Bloody war there is only DEATH! The line you talk about has been whipped away. This is more then a simple mind game, as I've been inside you head since day one Mr. Rage. This...This is what I would call FUN! As you see the world we live in is nothing more then a simple game! Were like a bad fucking Mario game, just running around, trying to survive, Guess you can say I'm looking for that Magical mushroom or better yet a simple flower to give me that edge in this game."

Rage takes out a black flower and a cell phone and sits it next to the kitchen sink. He leaves the phone blinking "4 Missed Calls" as he turns and begins to exit this perfect little home.

Jinx: "Take this as you wish Mr. Rage. Take it as a simple house call, take it as a sick and twisted little way to push you to your breaking point. Maybe Mr. Rage I'm not really here...Maybe this isn't the home you're thinking it is...Or maybe It's your worst nightmare......"

He drags his hand along the table grabbing a family portrait as he exits the phone through the shattered wooden frame, he doesn't revail the picture, he just simply walks to the street and looks around as a car is driving, nothing special about the car its just a everyday car, most likely a few kids going for a Sunday drive.

Jinx: "Now we step into what is MY REALITY!!!"

The Car drives by living a Myst of green smoke and a MIA Jinx. Until we are inside the car with the kids on there Sunday drive.

"Why don't we stop by Cory's place and see if he wants to come for the ride?"

"Sure.. why not?"

As they arrived at Cory's house, they noticed his parent's car leaving the driveway. So, then they pulled up to the house. They both got out of the car and walked to the front door.

Mark rang the doorbell. A few seconds later, Cory opened the door.

"Hey guys!"

"Hey Cory! How's it goin'?" Nathan replied.

"Not bad.., what brings you guys by?" Cory asked.

They told him, they wanted him to go for a drive with them. He hesitated for a moment, but then decided that he would go. So, the three guys got into the car and drove off.

"So, where exactly are we going?" Nathan asked.

"Well, no place special..." Mark replied.

As they drove, they saw a few girls that they knew walking along the road. They decided to pull over and ask the girls if they wanted to come along.

"Howdy girls". Nathan said.

Mark got out of the car and asked the girls

"You girls up for a drive?"

"I dunno girls.. what do ya think??" Karla replied.

"Well, where you guys headin'?" Leah asked.

"No where really... we're just cruisin' the open road" Mark said.

"Are you sure you're not cruisin' for girls?" Sandy asked.

The guys laughed.

"Nope, so you girls wanna come along or what?" Nathan asked.

"Ok, let's go boys!" The girls said.

They all piled into the car and started driving.

"Let's make this a road trip." Cory said.

"Well.. we could, but I don't know if we'd get far." Mark replied

"Why not?" Cory asked.

"My car is old and I don't think it's road trip material" Mark said.

Everyone laughed and continued to enjoy the ride.After a while, Mark noticed that the car was running out of gas. So, he decided to pull over.As he did, the motor shut off.

"Dammit!" Mark yelled.

"What happened??" Everyone asked.

"My car just ran out of gas.." Mark replied.

"Oh great! Some drive this is" Leah said.

"Shut up Leah.. it's not his fault." Sandy said.

"I didn't say it was!" Leah replied.

"Mark, I don't think there's a gas station anywhere around here". Nathan said.

"I think we passed one a long time ago, I knew I should've stopped in there." Mark said.

As Mark tried to think of what to do, the others got out of the car to stretch. They noticed there wasn't any sign of life anywhere around them, just a bunch of trees.

"I think we're in the middle of no where... it didn't seem like we were driving that far" Karla said.

"I knew this was a bad idea, we should've just kept on walking." Leah said

"I'm sure the guys will figure something out, right guys??" Sandy said.

"I hope so.., my parents don't even know I'm gone". Cory said.

"Well, it looks like we may have to hike our way back to town" Mark said.

"Uhh... do you think that's a good idea? Coz I don't." Nathan said

"I suppose you have a better idea??" Mark said.

"We could just wait and see if someone passes by and ask them for a lift." Nathan replied

"Ya, we could do that". Mark said

Cory walked a little distance away from the car to see if he could see anything within distance. He noticed that there was a hidden driveway not far from where they were, so he walked back to the car and told his friends.

"I didn't see no driveway, what are you talking about?" Nathan asked.

"There's a hidden driveway back there, I saw it with my own two eyes.." Cory said

"Ok, let's go see if there's anyone around to help us" Mark said

So, they all started walking towards where the hidden driveway was and saw an old house at the end of it. As they made their way to the house, it looked like it hadn't been lived in for years. When they got to the door, they weren't sure if they should bother knocking. But Nathan went ahead anyway. There was no answer after knocking a few times.

"Hello?? Anyone home..?" Nathan said

Still there was no reply

"Why don't we just go inside and see if there's a phone we could use?" Sandy asked

"I don't think we should.. isn't that called, breaking in??" Leah said

"Not really, we could just say the door was open.. so we just went in. But I don't think this place is being lived in, look at it..." Sandy replied

The others agreed to go in and see if they could find a phone. When they went inside, they saw furniture covered with white sheets and cobwebs everywhere. Leah was able to find a phone, but told the others it didn't work. So, Mark went outside and around the house to see if he could find the phone wire and possibly fix it. He found the wire and saw that it was cut in half. As he tried to put the wire back in place, he heard a noise nearby. So, he walked around the back of the house and saw a man standing by a tree near the house.

Mark said, "Hey, do you live here?"

The man didn't reply and started walking towards him. As he got closer, Mark noticed the man's face looked like it was disfigured. The man then took a huge knife from behind him and slashed Mark's neck. Mark fell to the ground. The man walked around the side of the house and looked in the window to see the other people searching through the house. He then went around the back of the house and dragged Mark's body down to a door that lead to the basement. As the others were going through the house, they found a flashlight and some batteries. They went into the living room and sat down to wait for Mark to fix the phone wire.

Nathan said, "He's been out there a while, I wonder if he found it." Leah said

"Maybe he took off on us and left us stranded like his damn car!" Nathan replied

"Nah.. he wouldn't do anything like that. I'm gonna check and see if he found anything"

So, Nathan went outside and around the side of the house. He called out, "Yo Mark! Where are ya dude??"

There was nothing but silence. Nathan continued walking around towards the back of the house and didn't see anyone. He thought to himself

"I wonder where he is?"

Nathan then went back into the house and told the others

"I couldn't find him. So, I think Leah maybe right about him taking off on us". Sandy said

"What does she know, she always thinks the worst of people."Leah said

"I do not! I was just saying, that he may have gone to get help or something.." Sandy replied

"Ya sure, as if we believe that." Karla said

"Now.. now girls, play nice." Leah said

"Ha! Ha! Very funny.." Cory said

"Ok, so what do we do now? Since there's no sign of Mark" Nathan said

"I guess we should wait and see if Mark comes back".

So, they waited until it started getting dark, a thunderstorm was starting to roll in. They decided that they should spend the night in the house rather than going out in the storm to find help. There was still no sign of Mark, everyone started getting worried.

"Why would Mark take off on us like that??" Sandy said

"I'm sure he went to get help." Karla said

"Well, if he went to get help.. then why has he taken so long to come back? Do you think something may have happened to him?"

"I dunno, but I'm going to sleep.." Karla said

"How can you go to sleep, when your friend is out there somewhere?" Nathan replied

"Well, I'm not about to go out there and find him, besides I'm sure he'll be back in the morning. Don't worry!"

He then went to find a room upstairs that had a bed.

"Wait for us!" Nathan said

"What?, You're all chicken to stay downstairs alone?"

Just then, there was a loud thump. Sandy whispered

"What was that??"

No one said a word. Then they heard it again. Nathan said

"You guys stay up here, I'll go see what that was".

He then went downstairs with the flashlight. Nathan looked around the living room, but didn't see anything unusual. Then he walked into the kitchen, where he heard the noise again. When he flashed the light towards the corner, he saw a man with a clown face printed among it standing there with Mark's head in his hand.

Jinx: "It's really rude for you all to come breaking into my humble home. You would think your folks would have taught you better"

Nathan stood there in fear, then he yelled and ran back towards the stairs.As he ran up the stairs, he told the others that they had to get out of the house. When they asked why, he told them what he saw. So, they all ran down the stairs and headed towards the front door. But when they tried opening it, the door wouldn't open. As they turned around, they saw Jinx standing there with a knife. Nathan yelled

"Get upstairs, I'll deal with this guy" Sandy screamed

"Nathan.. don't! He'll kill you!"

Just then Jinx took the knife and slashed Nathan in the back of the head. Everyone freaked and ran up the stairs. They went into one the rooms and slammed the door shut, then pushed a dresser up against it. Cory said

"We gotta get out of here" Leah said

"Ya.. but how??" Karla said

"Why don't we try the window?"

Cory went over to the window and tried to open it, but it was nailed shut. So, he took a chair and smashed the window with it. Then he told the girls he would go out first, then help them out. So, he went through the window and onto the roof. He then said

"Ok, come on.."

The girls went over to the window and started going through it. Sandy was the last one to try and get through the window, when the man started banging at the door. Sandy's shirt got caught on the nail, she yelled

"Oh no! I'm stuck...!"

So, Nathan tried helping her. Jinx broke through the door, and moved the dresser. Nathan scrambled to get Sandy's shirt un-stuck. As he finally got it, the man started walking towards the window. As Nathan and Sandy started crawling up the roof, the man grabbed Sandy's leg. Sandy screamed

"AHHHHH! Let go of MEEEE!"

As she tried kicking his hand. Cory crawled over and kicked the man in face. The man fell back. Sandy took a hold of Cory's hand and went further up the roof with the others. They finally got to the top and wondered how they would escape. Cory said

"What the hell do we do now? I wanna get out of here.."

"Maybe there's a drain pipe somewhere, so we can crawl down."

So, he went to the other side of the roof and looked down the side of the house. He saw that there was one, so he told the others that he found one. They then made their way to the other side of the roof. Nathan said

"I'll go down first, then you guys follow me down, ok?" They said, "Ok".

Nathan started going down the pipe, and Karla went after him. Then, Leah and Sandy went down. Cory waited until they got half way before he went down. Nathan and the others finally made it to the bottom, they then saw the man coming out of the house.
They started running down the driveway, when they noticed there were gates across the entrance. Nathan tried pressing the buttons at the side of the gates. But nothing happened. As they looked behind them, they saw Jinx coming towards them with the knife. So, they started running through the woods. They had a hard time seeing where they were going because of the storm. They soon heard sticks crunching a short distance away, they hurried through the woods as fast as they could.
Until they found a clearance, they stopped for moment to listen. But heard nothing but the sound of crickets. Cory said

"He's near us.., we better keep running." Nathan said

"Where the hell is he?" Then he yelled

"HEY FUCKED UP CLOWN! COME AND GET US!"

They waited for something to happen, then they saw him again. He was coming from another direction from where they came. Nathan took a big stick and tried hitting the man in the face with it, but HE grabbed the stick and threw it to the ground. He then slashed Nathan's stomach open. The others screamed and ran back towards the house. When they reached the house, Cory kicked the front door open and they ran in. Cory tried locking the door, but the lock was busted. So, Cory and the others ran down the hallway where they found a door. They opened it and saw that it led to the basement. Karla said

"Let's hide down there."

They all went down the stairs. Cory locked the door and then found a board and some nails, he put the board across the door and hammered the nails in. Cory said

"We should be ok down here until that maniac shows up again." Sandy said

"Be ok? How can we be ok, when our lives are in danger and we just saw one of our friends get killed??" Cory said

"If we stick together, none of us will get hurt."

Leah walked over to a pile of wood stacked against a wall, she noticed something sticking out of the pile. As she got closer, she saw that it was an arm. She screamed,

"Oh my God!! You guys, I think there's a body down here.."

The others ran over to where she was standing, Cory moved the wood from the pile. They saw that it was Mark's body underneath. They stood in shock. Then they heard the sound of footsteps moving across the floor above them. None of them made a sound. They moved to a dark area under the stairs and huddled together. A while had passed since they heard the foot steps, so Karla decided to creep up the stairs to see if she could hear anything. As she got closer to the door, the door knob started to turn. Karla screamed

"Ohhh Fuck..."

Then the man's hand smashed through the door and grabbed Karla by the hair. She screamed again. Cory came running up the stairs, he took a piece of wood and started hitting His hand. HE let go and crashed through the door. Karla and Cory ran down the stairs and went over by the wood pile. Cory then picked up another piece of wood and charged at Jinx. He swung it and it hit him in the head, the man fell on the floor unconscious. Cory yelled

"Take that!"

Then HE got up and slashed Cory in the arm. Cory slumped over in pain.
Sandy found a screw driver and jabbed it into the his back. The man stood there for a moment, then fell to the floor again. Karla slowly walked over to the man's body, she used her foot to move his head to see if he was still conscious. But there was no movement. Sandy asked

"Do you think he's dead?" Karla replied

"I think so.."

The girls then walked over to Cory and asked if he was ok. He said he would be fine, Leah took her scarf and gave it to Cory to cover up the bloody wound. Sandy said,

"Can we get the hell out of here now?"Cory said

"Ya, let's go.."

So, they all went upstairs. As they went into the kitchen, Leah said,

"Damn! I dropped my earring down there, I'll be right back." Sandy said

"That's all you care about? A stupid earring!!" Leah replied

"It's expensive, they don't come cheap ya know!"

And she went back down to the basement to find the earring. When she got down there, she noticed HE was gone. She then turned around and ran back up the stairs. She said to the others

"You guys! He's still alive!!!" They said

"What?!"

So, they all ran towards the front door. When Cory opened it, the man was standing there with the knife. They ran back into the kitchen and found a back door, Cory unlocked it and they ran out of the house. They ran all the way to the gates again and decided to try and climb over it. Soon, the man was walking fast down the driveway. Karla yelled,

"Hurry! Get me over this damn thing!!!"

Just as she was the last one to get over the gate, He was able to grab her shirt and pulled her towards him at the gate. He then took the knife and slashed Karla's throat open. Karla's body slowly slid down the gate. The others gasped in horror. Then they saw him trying to open the gates. So, they started running down the road in the direction of the car. When they looked back, He was gone. They quickly looked around them to see if they could see him anywhere. Sandy said,

"Where did he go?" Cory said

"Who cares! Let's keep going..."

So, they all started walking down the road. About half a mile, a truck could be heard in the distance. When the truck got within view, Cory and the girls started flagging it down. The truck then pulled over and stopped. The driver rolled down the window and said,

"Hey! What are you kids doing out in this storm? You're gonna get struck by lightning!" Cory replied

"We need help, we were almost killed by a maniac." The driver said,

"Well, get on in and I'll drive you kids back to town."

So, they got into the truck and drove off. The driver asked

"You say that you were almost killed by a maniac??" Sandy said,

"Ya! He killed 3 of our friends".

The driver shook his head in disbelief, he couldn't believe what he was hearing. They finally reached the town of ArcView, the driver drove to the ArcView police station. He stopped and let them out, he said,

"You kids take care, I hope they catch that lunatic."

Cory and the others thanked the driver for the ride and walked towards the police station. When they went in, they told the sheriff everything that had happened. The sheriff told them he would send some troopers out there to investigate. He then allowed them to call their families. Their families arrived and took them home.

Jinx: "Chris Chaos, It would be simple for me to say your on the wrong side of the ring this week, It would also be simple to just say "I AM YOUR DEATH PENALTY" and move on. But I'm not as generic as SOME people are. I believe in giving my slaughtered lambs a bit of dignity before they meet there doom. I did it with Lionheart, and everyone else before him, and I'll do the same with you. I'll give you and everyone else a ranting as if we were being judge."

"But I don't need to reiterate myself on my importance of a smash mouth promo. Ill just do it. Every mother fucker out there knows how necessary I am. It's just how the cards were dealt. I was given the high hand Chris. You should prepare to fold. I won't only break bones and records. I'm breaking your spirit!"

"You won't know what to say. This week, it won't be a draw. I've prepared myself to finally step to the boundaries. I'm not being held back any longer. I've put my sweat and blood in to this place, and it's time for my name to be remembered. I already on the track of Championship glory, but I want more. I want people to fear me, I want people to think of me as being a mofo you don't want to run into in a dark ally, I want you Chris to fear me once more."

"It is simply inevitable."

"Let's make this clear. You don't stand a chance in hell Chris. Don't even compare yourself to me. We'll never be in the same league. You're wasting your breath if anything. You're garbage went right out the window when you sputtered it from your cock suckers. A nasty bitch like yourself should find a better hobby. Because Wrestling ain't your calling, Chris. Listen to me, loud and clear. I don't give a damn about what I've done before. I don't give a damn about the championship I'm in line for, to me it's nothing but a selfish trophy. I'm not here for that, I'm simply here to show you all what is REALITY. I'm here for a paycheck if you well, and if you're what I have to destroy to get a fat one, so be it. I'm taking it all, or nothing, Chris"

"So while there is still time, bow out respectively, this has been a shit show since day one. Can you feel the hate? Nah, I bet you can't. There's nothing to hate about you anyways. I'm just here to take out the garbage. What did you think I would give you some sort of respect? Did you think because you tossed the word "CHAOS" at the end of your name that I would just sit in a corner and let you pass? Chris come Justice It well be my pleasure to show you just what the word CHAOS really means! And My friend there is nothing homely about it."

"There sits a fine line between people like myself and you Chris. There is a boundary that you will never make it over; a great wall keeping the wannabe's from the main draw's. What in the hell would ever make you think you could top my swagger? Have you not watched me over the past few months?"

"The Body count is almost in the double digits my friend. And your name is already etched on that list!"

"You have been hacking up that mid card, dropping matches to everyone I've walked over. You sit there and tell yourself you can beat me when you already failed to once before, keep thinking this time well be different, when I can smell the urine already spreading over your pants."

"Chris, what you’re going against isn’t anyone in the mid card you’re used to. This isn’t the kind of match where you walk in and think you’re going to win. This isn’t the kind of competitor who will just let you mow over them. You know what this is? This is death. This is the black plague. This… is REALITY...I swear at times I feel as though I am a broke record, but the more I say it the less pay attention. Are you ready for this Chris? You can grasp onto your freedom but in a dictatorship you have no freedom. You can hold that freedom close to your heart before our match but when you enter that ring all your freedoms are gone. They become my freedoms and I’ll do whatever I wish with them. I’ll stop them to the ground, throw them around the ring, and even eat them. Your freedoms no longer exist in reality."

"That is where you will fail."

"See, Chris, you live in the place below me. That place consists of people who think they can run free. The people think that their lives are perfect but there are two people sitting on a perch casting a dark shadow over them. One is a man who would kill your wife without thinking and I'll kill you and set you next to your wife. See, Chris, I AM vicious. I AM malicious. I AM evil. So as we look down on you thinking you have your freedom I know the reality. I know that if you ever saw the faces of the dictators your freedoms would be gone. So what do you do?"

"You twist your freedom because you know it’s limited."

"I really didn’t want to face the likes of you because, let’s face it, compared to me you’re scum. You’re just another peasant trying to create a buzz and get attention. Well, Chris, you caught my attention. You’re going to be saying, after you bleed from the mouth, that you should have never gotten my attention. You’ll wish you still had the freedom to twist your false reality. You’ll reach out for it but I will be there stepping on your fingers and breaking them with the slightest of pressure. Then, tell me Chris, will it be so easy then? Will it be easy to witness your freedom being destroyed? Will it be easy to stomach the fact that in reality the only people walking out under their own volition will be the villains?"

"Will it be easy to accept defeat?"

"So keep that little detail in the back of your head, Chris. Keep the fact that when you enter the ring with me you’re facing a sick motherfucker. Keep the fact that after the match you’ll be lying on your back the victim of the brutal gunshot wound to the head. I’ll put the gun right to your temple and put it through your skull. The blood will squirt from both sides and land on my face. I’ll find it… amusing, really. I’m a sick bastard Chris. That’s why I’m unstoppable. I don’t have remorse when it comes to what I do. I have no remorse when it comes to laying out the bodies. I have no remorse taking the freedom from the peasants. You know what I do to people trying to express their freedoms? I exterminate them with pure Joy"

"Call it my very own final solution."

"Try and be the hero, Chris, and the villain will prove you wrong. You and everyone in the locker room can riot against me but what good is that going to do in a dictatorship?"

"Absolutely nothing."

"I find it amusing that everyone is trying to take down the sick fuck that is me. I find it hilarious that people are starting to gather to defeat evil. All the peasants are having meetings and discussing how they’re going to try and bring ME down. They use some logic like ‘We’ve beaten him before so we can beat him again,” but this isn’t the same Twisted soul of the before era, oh no he died when the hackers made there presence felt in the front office of AWR. I’ve grown to the pinnacle of power and I’ve grown to immortality. If the Highlander taught you anything is you can’t kill the immortal without chopping off its head."

"I’ll be damned if you even get that close, Chris."

"So proclaim you’re the hero. Proclaim you’re going to be the one to stop ME just like everyone else says. Everyone thinks they can stop me. Well, if you can stop me then why haven’t you? You all talk a big game but when you’re in the ring you freeze. You stutter step and I take advantage of it. You slow down while I speed up. You’re all steps behind me and then I’ll do it again like the tape is in rewind. I’ll be the Boogy man your mom warned you about. I’ll be your gift, your curse, your excellence, and your execution. You’ll see why they call me The Dark Pagliaccio. You’ll see why I am the one everyone stays away from. In the end, Chris, you might have your freedom but in reality your freedoms mean nothing. Then I will throw your deceased body over the cliff and show all the peasants what will happen when you try and be the hero against the villains. You will be the perfect example."

"And it will be oh-so easy...Almost like this picture...Almost like taking a life...Almost like driving a sane champion CRAZY!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GOTTA LOVE IT!"

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