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No More Faith....; Phenetic/Colossus 10/10/2007
Topic Started: Feb 5 2008, 07:14 PM (378 Views)
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Darkness consumes the day and the wolf's howl echoes throughout the moon lit night. The silhouettes of the whisper trees blow their leaves throughout the cold, wispy wind. The dreaded sense of death, pain, and sorrow are felt throughout the land, and are tensed up into one force of energy. A dark figure arises from the shadows and travels across the vast forest and valley. A deep sense of evil is perceived from this sinister being. One can only begin to imagine what burrows through the mind of a true demon, of a true sadistic, malevolent psychopath.

Yes, this is what is behind closed doors, locked up with the skeletons rotting in the closet, this is what is behind the eyes of a psychopath. The camera fades in closer to the shadowy figure, and begins to pan around it. The figure becomes clearer and it is revealed to be Phenetic, walking with his son Steve. They make their way into a graveyard, so many corpses, lost souls, and forgotten loved ones. They stop at one of the tombstones, it reads:

Natalie White

1983-2007

Beloved Wife and Sister


Steve reads it carefully and grows confused, why doesn’t it say mother? Why wouldn’t she label herself as a proud mother? Is she ashamed of me? Does she not love me?


Steve: Hey dad?

Phenetic does not remove his eyes from the tombstone, even though they redden brighter than a tomato, and flood with water, he still locks on to her name.

Phenetic: Yea kiddo?

Steve: How come it doesn’t say mother on there? Did she not love me? Was she embarrassed of me? Was she ashamed?

Phenetic looks down upon his son, he slowly squats down, and hugs his son. He gently kisses him on the forehead and looks him straight in the eyes.

Phenetic: No, your mother didn’t write that, I did. At the time I did not even know you existed, but don’t ever think that about your mother! She loved you more than anything in the world.

Steve: But why wouldn’t she tell you about me? I mean you are my father so you should have the right to know!

Phenetic: We…we went through some problems…

Steve: She told me that you cared more about wrestling, you cared more about being out there and working.

Phenetic: That’s not true, I loved your mother more than anything and anyone, just like I love you and care for you!

Steve: But why wouldn’t you ever come home? Why wouldn’t you ever come visit her? Why didn’t you try and make things right?

Phenetic: Because…

Steve: No, I know why. You were too busy out with your two friends, you were too focused on Colossus. You know why I am a fan of Colossus? Because he does what is right! I’ve watched the two of you on Meltdown since you both first appeared, Colossus always stood up for the little guy. You, you made people Centurion’s life a living hell! You exploited your own tag team partner, Diablo, to his Money in the bank opponent. He looked up to you and saw you as a guide, as a mentor, and you pushed him away, just like you pushed me and mom away.

Steve storms away, but Phenetic quickly grasps him on the arm, trying to defend himself by explaining what happened.

Phenetic: But Steve listen…

Steve: No, you made the choice! Now go back out there and show all the fans you love them more than me and mom!

Just then we see Phenetic’s eyes shoot open and almost bulge out of his sockets. Phenetic is backstage in his locker, staring deep into the bathroom mirror. He glares into his eyes, and examines his face, bruises and scars all over his body, he will be feeling this for weeks.

What…what have I become?



I’ve turned into…some sort of…animal…



Have I really caused this much pain and anguish? Have I really caused this much torment?



How can one live like this?



Simple…they don’t….


Phenetic hears the door creak open and he sees Colossus standing in the doorway, staring blankly at him. Colossus lets his head down as he takes a deep breath, he slowly walks towards Phenetic and he looks him dead in the eye.


Colossus: Listen Phenetic...what you said out there, about me being the better man tonight. Regardless of the good sportsmanship, this still doesn’t change the fact that I will forever hate you and you WILL be the bottom of the barrel in the company.

Yea…in THIS company, who said anything about me staying?

Colossus: So I just came here to say, I hope God has pity on your soul, because I probably never will.

Phenetic turns from the mirror and stares at Colossus, he is almost offended by the God comment.

Phenetic: I’m sorry, but God? I’m sorry but you know what? Fuck your God! I laugh at your God, I spit at your God, and I damn sure, will never, EVER, respect your God! Your “God” is an egotistical bitch, who thinks he deserves everything! Well you know what? He doesn’t deserve shit from me, because I don’t believe in that sorry excuse of a fucking fairy tale you call the bible. So fuck you, fuck your God, and fuck your Christianity religion.

Colossus: That’s an ignorant fucking statement to make…

Phenetic: NO! What’s ignorant is that your beloved church fills our communities will child molesters and demands money from us every time we go to church. If your God was so loving, why would he send his only begotten son here on Earth to die? Why would he put a man like Hitler on Earth to kill the Jews? Why would he put men like Stalin, Saddam, and Osama on this earth? Simple, he didn’t, because he doesn’t exist!

Phenetic grabs Colossus by the shirt collar and shoves him against the wall, he rampages into Colossus face and almost spits as he talks with so much rage and hatred on this touchy subject.

Phenetic: If he is real, then where is your god when we are at war? Where was your god when I kidnapped Kaylee? WHERE THE FUCK WAS YOUR GOD WHEN MY MOTHER TOLD ME SHE DIDN’T LOVE ME? IF HE IS REAL, THEN HE CAN KISS MY FUCKING ASS BECAUSE HE FUCKED ME OVER LEFT AND RIGHT!

Colossus pushes Phenetic off and gets right in his face as well.

Colossus: Because you deserve what your getting by the way you’ve been acting lately!

Phenetic: HOW DOES A FIVE YEAR OLD KID DESERVE TO BE BRUTALLY BEATEN AND SCARRED? HOW DOES A SIX YEAR OLD DESERVE TO BE LOCKED IN A SMALL CLOSET JUST FOR LOOKING AT HIS FATHER THE WRONG WAY? SIMPLE, HE DOESN’T! YOUR GOD LOVES NO ONE AND NEVER WILL! NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY GOD DAMN LOCKER ROOM!

Colossus: You’ll never change will you?

Colossus walks out of the room as Phenetic breathes heavily, he takes a nearby chair and throws it at the wall by the door. The screen fades…

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Scene is a New Jersey Catholic Church. I forget the name. Didn't really look, to be honest. After all the physical pain I caused Phenetic, after all the hatred that's been welling up inside of me because of what he did to me, to Danny...to Lucy...I needed to get back to basics. Training, wrestling, watching old video, it's all great. Great for my job, that is. Real life, the deeper things in it at least, is always more important than a job, than a career, no matter how successful or enjoyable that career is. People would do well to realize that more often. As I walked in, crossed myself, and began to walk toward an empty pew, I spot a priest celebrating evening prayers. He notices me--hell, I'm tough to miss, aren't I?--and begins to speak with a kind air infusing every word he says.

Priest: "Don't believe I've ever seen you around here before, young man."

Colossus: "Well, that would make sense, Father. It's my first time inside this church."

Priest: "Well then, welcome. This is St. Edward's, and I'm Father Curtis. Michael Curtis, to be precise. Can I be of any assistance to you, young man?"

Colossus: "Actually, yes. I think you can. I'm on the road often, Father, and I tend to attend Mass infrequently...rarely participate in the Sacraments. I grew up Catholic, but...I've gotten away from it ever since I started my job."

Fr. Curtis: "Would you like the Sacrament of Reconciliation, young man?"

Colossus: "Come to think of it...I've had a heck of a day. That doesn't sound like the worst idea I've heard, either, so....yes. I think I would like that. You can call me Colossus, Father, if you'd like."

Fr. Curtis: "Whatever you go by is fine with me, son. Colossus it is. We're alone here--as you probably saw, I was just finishing up evening prayers. I can take your Confession in the front pew, if you're comfortable with that. If not, the Confessional booth is always available..."

I put up my hand to signal no. Fr. Curtis seems genuinely kind. In his late 30s, early 40s perhaps. A kind soul. Regular hair, regular priestly garb, just a regular Joe. I walk toward a front pew, leading the way. Fr. Curtis follows and sits several feet away from me after crossing himself.

Fr. Curtis: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit..."

Both men: "Amen."

Man...I haven't done this in a while. Oh well. He isn't allowed to make fun of me, if I remember Sunday school at all. Isn't allowed to do much but listen and suggest, really.

Fr. Curtis: "I greet you in the name of God, my child. How long has it been since your last Confession?"

Colossus: "Several years, Father. As I said before, my faith is lapsed in practice."

Fr. Curtis: "What sins would you like to confess?"

I sighed right then, softly. Time to take the plunge.

"Sins of anger, Father. Great anger and violence. My job is one of violence. I harm men, but more than that...I have hated one of those men whom I have harmed. I seem to be at war with him, Father, but most of my body, most of my soul...doesn't want to be. But there is a part of me that wants to destroy him, Father, to remove him from my life like a tumor, to end him. I hate him deeply, Father. He's hurt my friend, harmed my fiancee, tried to abuse me personally. And I hate him for it, Father, I truly do. I know Christ was a model of love and peace, but try as I may....I can't do it. At least not for this man, Father. Sins of anger, violence, spite...those are my faults tonight, and for the past few months."

"Also, he's assaulted the God in which I believe, insulted Him and abused His name because of his own anger. And that makes me hate this man all the more."

Father Curtis sighs himself, and nods his head knowingly. Without looking at me, he closes his eyes and puts his thumb to his head. He is deep in thought, but then begins to speak. His words drop off easily and in slow succession. He speaks for a decent amount of time, at least it seemed to me...

Fr. Curtis: "You realize that your hate has consumed you, and that is important. It is a good first step. You're also right in acknowledging how Christ felt. Our Savior was a man of peace, a man of kindness, a man of good works and good principles. He did not hate, not even on the Cross. Father forgive them, he said....you know this, Colossus. You're clearly learned enough so that I don't need to lecture you on Church doctrine or Christian precepts. But you hold that most human of emotions--hatred--and it has become a part of you and the way you live your life. And that is indeed a sin. Because when hatred, rather than love, rather than peace, rather than good works or kind words, rather than self-sacrifice and respect....when HATRED rules our lives, we turn from Christ wholeheartedly. We deny Christ's gift of love and self in our life and we substitute intense passions and anger. And, let it be clear....it is a destructive substitution. You say this man has harmed your friend and your fiancee. I believe you. But I also believe that he has harmed you more deeply than the physical. He has attacked your innermost soul, and that my son...is so much more important than the external, no matter how much you love yourself, your friend, or your fiancee. If this man has shifted the way you view life, the way you view the Divine, then he has done far more than harm your body. I see your bruises and your cuts, and I do not wish to know how this man gave them to you. But the superficial, the wounds outside, can never harm you as much as this acknowledged hate can."

It's clear that this guy is wiser than his years would suggest. Each world seems backed up with some sort of deeper knowledge--not some sort of smug self-assurance or blind acceptance, but by a scholarly man who has wrestled with many difficult issues in his life, in the lives of his parish faithful. He is not an arrogant man, nor an overly-judgmental one. He makes listening easy, to be honest...

"This is not to say that you should not defend yourself, defend your loved ones, defend your honor and your faith. Our Lord said to turn the other cheek, but even the great St. Augustine realized that human frailty led to war and suffering. He called nations to act rightly before going to war, and to act rightly during it. You're an intelligent enough young man to remember the jus ad bello and the jus in bello. Right conduct in STARTING war...and right conduct DURING the war itself. That is for nations, my son, but it can apply to individuals in a similar way. You do not need to surrender to this man, this denier of faith and love, but you also need not surrender your soul to the hatred he brings about in you. The soul is of all importance, my child. Of all importance. If you give it up to hate, to anger--no matter how righteous you feel that anger is--you lose that most important part of your life, that purest form of Divinely-given love. The soul is key. Never lose it, never give its goodness away because of rage and hatred. That is my goal for you, Colossus, indeed it is our Lord's goal for all men and women. But never think it will be easy--it will NOT be--but always make it your day's goal, your week's goal, your life's goal."

I had to cut him off for one second...

Colossus: "But Father...he denies the existence of God entirely, says that suffering and evil prove that a loving God could not exist. He asked why God doesn't stop all the evil that he himself suffered, all the evil in the world..."

Fr. Curtis: "The man you hate is obviously troubled, but his questions have resonated throughout all time. I can only say that the free will given to humanity by God is a gift often abused by those who do not feel His presence in their lives. The evil men of our history, pushed by hatred and prejudice to do awful things...the parents who abuse their children without thinking of its toll on the young...all are evils, all are despicable in the eyes of our Lord, but without free will...humanity is no better than automatons. We would be wound-up watches set to tick away our lives without meaning or hope of change. But we can change, we always must change toward the good. Ours are not the lives of flowers, simple and straightforward. Life is fraught with difficulties and it always will be--such is the fate of sinful man. But with love and self-sacrifice, avoiding hate and vile rage, we can be better human beings. We must be better human beings. It is our Lord's call to us, to all humanity. You must always keep that in mind, even if your enemy--who must not be an enemy--does not. With these things said, with your knowledge clear, with your purpose settled--to protect friends and family while allowing reason rather than barbarity to rule over your actions--I ask if you wish to seek penance for your sins..."

Colossus: "I do, Father."

Fr. Curtis: "Then by my calling as a priest, I speak to you now: 'God the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son, has reconciled the world to Himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace...'"

I begin to cross myself. It hasn't been THAT long as to where I forget the end of the Sacrament...

"...And I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father,

And of the Son,

And of the Holy Spirit."

Both men: "Amen."

Fr. Curtis: "Go in the peace and mercy of God."

Colossus: "I will, Father. I will."

Focus and determination, Phenetic. It's what made me destroy you at One Last Call. But it's also what made me hate you. And I can't keep doing that. I just can't. So I won't. If you come after me, or anyone I love, will I hesitate for a second to take you down? No. No I won't. But I'm done hating you. So spare me the theology lessons, spare me the awful childhood story, because we are NOT the sum of our experiences, positive or negative. We're human beings with the ability to change for the better, no matter how difficult it may be. I'm looking to do just that, Phen, today...tomorrow....this week, the week after...

I really hope and pray that one day, I can say the same for you.


Fade out metaphorically, to two souls, one newly clean...one deathly in pain.
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We see Colossus make his way out of the church, but is oblivious to the unidentified man walking into the church. Father Curtis kneels down in front of the altar to say a prayer when suddenly, he gets an eerie chill down his spine. Something dark and sinister has arrived and is making the almighty himself very uncomfortable. Suddenly a cold, evil voice is heard that immediately makes Father Curtis very nervous.

???: Luke 11:23….
"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters."

Father Curtis looks up, he slowly turns his head and sees Phenetic standing behind him in on the middle aisle. Phenetic has his signature sick, sadistic look upon his face and slowly steps towards Father Curtis, who is now slowly rising to his feet.

Phenetic: Mark 8:38…
"If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."

Father Curtis: Who…what is your name my child?

Phenetic chuckles a bit before making his way back to Father Curtis, who begins to back up out of fear.

Phenetic: Your child? I am not your child, you are not my father, my father is a washed up drunk who killed himself many years ago, after slitting his wife’s and my mother’s throat. He did all of this in front of his little child, who is the same demon seed who stands before you.

Father Curtis: Your…you’re the one they call Phenetic! The one Colossus warned me about.

Phenetic: In the flesh! Now listen here you cunt fu…

Father Curtis is now offended and deeply angered, he begins to step towards Phenetic, who refuses to back down.

Father Curtis: This is the House of God! I shall not have any person come in here and disrespect a force that has caused so much love and joy…

Phenetic takes his hand and covers the priest’s mouth. He gets right up into Father Curtis’ face and stares deeply into his eyes. Father Curtis now senses the true evil inside him and now tries to back away, but Phenetic corners him onto the altar.

Phenetic: Now listen here you little shit, there is no god! Look at what your sorry ass religion believes in! You believe in a god who “brings happiness and joy, but yet he throws a fucking temper tantrum every time he doesn’t get his way! Fuck that! I refuse to believe in some egotistical bitch of a god that you guys demand me to worship! I hate Christianity with a passion! It's a disgusting belief system that no should follow. Beyond the lack of evidence supporting the existence of bible-god, beyond silly shit like Marry being a mother and a virgin, your god is already described as something vile! You Christians and Catholics have flooded our streets and communities with molesters who are supposed to be the spokespeople of your god!

Father Curtis: God has created life on earth, he made you and everyone else you see before us!

Phenetic: NO! Cavemen created God thousands of years ago, that's right cavemen! Idiotic mother fuckers who could barely write or draw, let alone communicate with each other, created this “higher power”. Every time one of our loved ones passes away or is deathly ill, we look to some “savior” or “god” because we as humans are that gullible and idiotic. So instead of trying to become more evolved as humans, we sit here still in the dark ages because we are still hung high over some religious figure which we let corrupt our government. We as humans have existed in this civilization for over 15,000 fucking years, and how many years did we see peace? Only around 500, why? Because of greed, power, and religion. Look at the facts, why was World War 2 started? Religion. Why is this shi tin the middle east going on? Because of freedom of religion, and the fact they don’t believe in their beliefs like them. Fuck that shit, without religion, we are better off!

Father Curtis pushes Phenetic away with all his might and Phenetic is set back a couple steps, Father Curtis looks upon Phenetic trying to hold back his anger.

Father Curtis: May god have mercy on your soul…

Phenetic steps forward again and slaps Father Curtis across the face.

Phenetic: Fuck your religion, fuck your beliefs, FUCK your God!

Father Curtis can no longer bear this trenched soul and the anger gets the best of him, he pushes Phenetic back and towards the middle aisle.

Father Curtis: OUT NOW! THIS IS THE HOUSE OF GOD AND YOU SIR WILL NOT DISRESPECT HIM!

Phenetic pushes him down on the ground and walks towards the altar, he opens up the large bible placed on top of the altar and grabs a hold of the glass of wine next to it. Father Curtis stumbles up to his feet and reaches his hand out towards Phenetic.

Father Curtis: What…are you doing? Please….please don’t!

Phenetic: This is something we should have done a long time ago…

Phenetic chugs the wine down and drops the lighter on the Bible. A small fire occurs and begins to increase more and more. The father cries out in terror as he stumbles towards the altar. Phenetic backs away a couple steps and smirks, he walks around the altar and priest and slowly makes his way to the front door. He stops, looks behind him and smiles at a job well done.

Fuck your guy’s god….
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