Blessed is Nathaniel Havok

[Nathaniel Havok]

As the moonlight shines brightly down on the street, we find not a soul in sight. The midnight wind can be heard whistling through the atmosphere, as it tears through wooded area like a starving carnivore through its prey. Footsteps can be heard from afar, as a silhouette makes its way into our point of view. As the silhouette gets closer, the footsteps get louder. Consumed by the sound of the footsteps now, the wind seems not as violent. Our silhouette approaches, but stops before we can make out a face.

Unknown: Two weeks ago, I was in the main event. Beaten by a worthy foe, then taken out by a man hell bent on vengeance.

You haven’t heard from me since, and rightfully so. I wasn’t embarrassed, shocked, or even mad that I lost to Jason Kash. Truth be told, Jason Kash is probably my most worthy foe in, around, or ever, in the wrestling business… Let alone Action Packed Wrestling. We just don’t like each other, and we never have.

Nathaniel Havok steps out of the shadows, and his silhouette is shrouded in mystery, as we now know for sure that it’s him.

Havok: You haven’t heard from me… Because if you did, bad things would have happened. VERY bad things! Not to Jason Kash, no. I have no problem admitting that Mr. Kash was the better man on that night. However, Joseph Johnson, on the other hand…

Nathaniel laughs.

Havok: Mercy, protect the man who acts out in anger against the Enforcer of Sorrow! For he hath no clue what he’s done! He hath no idea, the hell that will be bestowed upon him! Joseph Johnson has signed his own death certificate! Unable to end his career at Shockwave, due to dastardly acts… I have a new agenda, a new goal in mind! I will bring Joseph Johnson to an end, I will be the one who rids APW of this retched soul! It all starts this week, it starts with the very first match on the Overdrive card!

I went from the main event, to the opening match… How does that happen? Aside from the fact that I have a personal vendetta against Joseph Johson, my personal vendetta against Action Packed Wrestling, seems now mutual. Jeff wants me to open the show? Fine! I’ll give you an opening match, that no other match of the night is going to be able to top! I’ll give you a shocker in the opening contest, a match that you will soon not forget! Why? Because I’m the Enforcer of Sorrow! Why? Because I’m the greatest entertainer to ever lace up a pair of boots in this company!

The Enforcer of Sorrow is back, baby! And trust me, I’m better than ever!

Nathaniel begins to pace, as he normally does while deep in thought. Something seems to be off about him, as this is not the Nathaniel Havok that we’ve all come to know, love, or hate… Depending on how you feel about him.

Havok: I have no doubt that Joseph Johnson was sent after me. I wouldn’t be a damn bit surprised if APW Management, or Hurricane Jeff himself, was actually pulling the strings on this one! Jeff knows what happened the last time that I attempted to take over Action Packed Wrestling, and I wouldn’t put it past him to try and take me out before I really get started again! That’s fine with me, because just like before, Jeff will fail time and time again!

Jacob Whitehead, anybody? No? No? Didn’t think so.

Putting me in the opening match, Jeff is trying to get into my head, but truth be told, it’s not going to work! Who knows? Maybe he’s doing it so Joseph Johnson can sucker me into something later, I have no clue. But what I do know is that Jeff and Joe can try all they want, it’s going to be to no avail. So this is what’s going to happen…

Tatsu Okimoto, Brian Hollywood... They’re just pawns in this little master plan. There two fall guys, placed in my path to distract me from my true goals. It doesn’t really matter to me, these two are trying to establish themselves as major players in Action Packed Wrestling. Me? I’ve been a major player around here for YEARS! By putting them in my path, APW management has only set them back! Because I’m going to use them as examples, this Thursday night!

What people don’t realize, is you never kick a man when he’s down. Jeff knows that Joe did what he had to do two weeks ago, and he did it well. I’m man enough to admit that Joe kicked my ass! Be it with a sneak attack, but he kicked my ass nonetheless. I took my time to regroup, and now I have a new plan. One that Johnson nor Jeff will be able to detour or distract me from! My head is where it needs to be, and I have never seen things so clearly before!

It’s funny to think that after this Monday, when I put a wrench in the plans of Jeff and Joe, that I’m going to have the upper hand once again. I haven’t had an upper hand, since before I formed the League! And even then, I had no clue that someone else was pulling the strings. But now, I stand alone. Truth be told, I wouldn’t have it any other way! Nathaniel Havok needs to be on his own, because there’s just simply NOBODY on my level! I stand head and shoulders above the rest, I AM THE MEASURING STICK IN THIS BUSINESS! Nathaniel Havok, he’s the best professional wrestler walking!

Brian Hollywood ACTS as if he knows this. He tells tales of Nathaniel Havok reaching the panicle of his career, as if he’s been around to witness it since day one. And while he sits there and says these things, he’s actually proving that he really has absolutely NO CLUE! I haven’t even scratched the surface yet, Hollywood. I haven’t even began to show the world what I can do. I, at this point in time, am in the prime of my career, and I’ve already had a longer career than most men in this business ever have! I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager. Fighting, clawing, scratching, bleeding my way to the top… And I have no plans of stopping anytime in the near future!

You, on the other hand… You very well may have a bright future ahead of you in this business. However, I can already promise you… It WILL NOT be at my expense! I thank you for your kind words of admiration, thank you for recognizing my abilities and contributions to not only this company, but to this business. But that’s not going to stop me, it’s not going to make me take it easy on you, and it’s damn sure not going to give you any kind of “special treatment” in our match Thursday night on Overdrive! I have simply one goal in mind, to destroy anything that comes into my eyes view! To dismantle anything or anyone in my way, INCLUDING YOU!

I can assure you, Brian… There’s absolutely nothing like stepping into the ring with the Enforcer of Sorrow Nathaniel Havok. As a matter of fact, you need to realize that you’re stepping into the ring with me, before you ACTUALLY step into the ring with me. Do you understand what I’m saying?

Nathaniel stops pacing, and looks into the cameras.

Havok: I’m not the man you think you know. Hell, I’m not the man that anybody thinks that they know. I stand here today, a very changed man. If you thought that it was impossible for me to become more hard, more calloused, more evil than before… You’re wrong… DEAD wrong!

You’ve done nothing to deserve this, and I understand that. You’ve done nothing to deserve what you’ve got coming at my hands, and I apologize beforehand, for what I’m going to put you through. But you need to understand that I have to let it be known… NO ONE is going to stop me this time. It seems as if there is always a bump in the road for me… A pothole-like something, that always stops my forward momentum. Not this time, and not this early! Brian, I’m sorry… But it has to be this way. It has to happen, and I’m deeply sorry that it’s going to happen to you of all people. Just don’t let it discourage you. Don’t let it get the best of you, and you will be just fine.

With that being said, I have to go ahead and let you know that this Thursday… You’re going to see an evil like no other. An evil that you’ve never seen before, and never will see again. That is, unless we cross paths again someday.

I need you to understand that I’m only doing this, because it’s something that I HAVE to do. You know how the old saying goes, don’t you?

…It’s nothing personal, it’s just business.

Nathaniel chuckles once again.

Havok: And has anybody even heard from Tatsu Okimoto? A man coming into this company with such hype such promise, such good things said about him. And much like a bottle rocket, his flash is already gone!

The truth is… He already knows what he’s up against, and he’s running like a scared little boy!

It must be that Japanese proverb, stories told to him AS a little boy. He must be able to sense pure evil as it comes around the corner, because God knows he’s only running from me! Sorry, Brian… I don’t see him running away from you. Me, however… Well, you know. I think he’s making the right call, if you ask me. Maybe you should be taking notes, Brian. Maybe you should take a play out of Tatsu’s playbook, and hightail it as far away from the arena as possible on Thursday night. Tatsu is a very intelligent man, and even he knows that he shouldn’t be in the ring with me.

However, if for some reason, he decides to show up… The same thing goes for him, as does for you, Hollywood.

Nathaniel Havok is a changed man. Changed for the better, in my eyes. But for you, it might be a change for the worse.

I remember a time not so long ago, when Nathaniel Havok was a member the most dominant faction around at the time! In a time where APW was filled with talented schisms, The League stood above them all! We were a group of “equals”, but that couldn’t have been further from the truth. We weren’t equals, we weren’t even attempting to be on the same level. Because the entire time, I knew I was better than all of them! I knew the entire time that I could have easily surpassed them all at any time I wanted to!

…like what I did there?

The lesson behind that little history lesson is, I will do ANYTHING I have to, even get suspended, to reach a goal! So what makes either Tatsu or Brian think that they stand a chance in this match? They both already know that the match was over, even before it was announced! Nathaniel Havok will walk into Stockholm, Sweeden a defeated man at the hands of Hurricane Jeff and Joseph Johnson… But he will walk out a victor, making his way back to North America, having beat both Brian Hollywood and Tatsu Okimoto at the same damn time! And after that, before I head back to North America… If there’s any time left… I’d like to go ahead and get my hands on Johnson one more time. Hell, maybe I’ll even pay the APW President a visit, too. Who knows, right?

But what I do know, is that this Thusday night, there will be a foundation laid! A foundation that will cement Nathaniel Havok’s ultimate goal, into the minds of every man, woman, and child watching! Brian Hollywood claims that Tatsu and myself are in the wrong place at the wrong time? Bitch, please!

Hollywood… It is you who is in the wrong place, and at the wrong time. But my sympathies will only go so far. Because in the end, I’m going to do what I’ve got to do, to get the job done. I’ll do it in a fashion that only I could do it in, as well! And before you even know what’s happened, you won’t even know what hit you! I’ll make it as quick and as painless as I possibly can. But Brian Hollywood, you’re not going to be able to stop the inevitable, and prolonging your fate to be used as an example, is only going to cause you more trouble in the end. Better to be beaten well rested, than to run and be beaten tired.

…remember that.

Blessed is the man who walks through the valley of the shadow of death alone! Blessed is the man who looks fear in its eyes, striking fear with fear itself! Blessed is the man who withholds the torment of a thousand souls, relinquishing small portions to those who oppose him. The dosage is small, but a fatal dosage nonetheless.

Brian, Tatsu… Blessed is Nathaniel Havok. And cursed, is the two of you.

…I’ll see you soon.

Nathaniel backs up slowly until he is once again a silhouette. He then turns and walks off into the distance, disappearing from camera view as the scene fades to black.