You cannot change the truth, but the truth can change
you.
--Unknown
Thursday, February 27,
2003
11:30 am
Weslaco, Texas
***The scene opens with a shot of a letter…it seems
to be the same letter left to David by Jeannette. The paper seems wrinkled and wet. The scene moves back to find that the letter is outside the front
of the Dunn family home. Rain pours
down from the sky covering the piece of paper.
Suddenly a slamming noise is heard.
We look at the front door to see David Dunn locking up the door. He’s wearing a green army jacket with some
blue faded jeans. He also seems to be
carrying a green backpack filled with god knows what. David looks at his keys for a second then throws them far off
into his yard. He takes one more look
at his house and walks off.***
Friday, February 28,
2003
11:38 pm
New Orleans, Louisiana
***The scene reopens as David walks into the New
Orleans city limits. His clothes look
dirty and he looks to be pretty tried.
David continues he’s journey into New Orleans for a few minutes until he
reaches an old motel entitled, “The Ragin Cajun!” David walks into the office where an elderly gentleman sits
behind a small wooden disk reading a newspaper. David puts his bag down and rings the bell on the desk. The elderly man looks up from his paper and
smiles at David.***
E.M.: Can I help you with something son?
***David reaches to his back pocket and pulls out his
wallet.***
DUNN: Yeah.
I need a room for the night.
***The Elderly man reaches over and grabs a key. He tosses it over to David.***
E.M.: Twenty-five dollars a night. Check out is at noon. If you have any problems press zero to get
me here at the front desk.
***David reaches into his wallet and pulls out
twenty-five dollars. He throws it to
the man. David swipes the key up from
the desk.***
DUNN: Is there a bar close by here?
***The elderly man picks up his paper and begins to
read again.***
E.M.: There’s one about two streets down from
here. It’s called Kelly’s Dive.
DUNN: Thanks.
***David walks out of the office. The elderly man goes back to reading. David finds his room and unlocks the
door. He looks around at the room for a
few seconds.***
DUNN: I’ve seen worse.
***David tosses his bag
on the bed and leaves the room.***
Friday, February 28,
2003
11:59 pm
New Orleans, Louisiana
“Kelly’s Dive”
***The scene reopens with David sitting down on a bar
stool with his head lowered. To in his
right hand is a half empty glass. In
the other is a half empty bottle of Jack Daniel’s. The bartender passes David a few times looking at him. He really doesn’t bother him only he wonders
what seems to be bothering him so much to be drinking alone. The bartender walked up to David and was
about to say something only when he opens his mouth David looked up at him…***
DUNN: What?
***The bartender shook his head as if he didn’t have
anything to say then walked away.***
DUNN: Oh Jack…
***David finishes off whatever was left in his glass
then poured himself another. A smile
formed on David’s face as he thought about something…only…suddenly his smile
disappeared…the cold emotionless stare formed back on his face as whatever made
him smile ended with a sour note. He
turned his head to the back of the bar where a woman’s voice could be hurt
screaming, “No!”. David got off his
stool and stood straight up. Looking
across the room he saw a man grabbing a woman’s hand, forcing her to sit down
next to him. The woman tried to break
free but the man was seemingly too strong for her. David calmly walked over to the man and looked down on him. The man looked up at David with drunken
blood shot eyes.***
MAN: What do you want?!
DUNN: I believe the woman said no.
MAN: Get the fuck out of my face before I fuck
you up man.
***David quickly moved over behind the man and
slammed his face into the table causing him to let go of the woman. She quickly ran away from the man side to
behind David.***
MAN: You son of a bitch!
***The man lifted his head off of the table and got
right into David’s face.***
MAN: You shouldn’t have done that.
DUNN: I don’t have a problem with you unless you
want me to.
MAN: Oh you got a damn big problem now…
***The man swings at David but he ducks the punch and
nails him with a sharp upper cut to the ribs.
The man dumps over onto another table holding his side. David turns around to check on the woman…***
DUNN: Are you okay Miss?
***The man leaps up from behind but David was waiting
for him and grabs him by his shirt collar and throws him head first into one of
the walls in the bar. He falls with
blood seeping from his forehead. David
shakes his head at him then turns back to the woman.***
DUNN: Now as I was saying…are you okay miss…?
ANN: It’s
Ann…and yeah I’m fine. Now. Thank you so much sir.
DUNN: Don’t worry about it. I’ve handled worse people than that before.
***David goes back to his bar stool. He finishes off another glass then pours
himself another. Ann walks up next to
him and sits next to him.***
ANN: How can
I repay you?
***She thinks for a brief
second.***
ANN: How
about I buy you a drink?
***David holds up the
bottle of Jack Daniel’s.***
ANN: Oh, well
is there anything I could do to repay you?
DUNN: Don’t worry about it. I was glad of helping. Just call it my good deed for the day.
ANN: Oh come
on. There’s got to be something I can
do to repay you…you…I never caught your name.
DUNN: Never gave it.
ANN: Oh…well…
***Ann is about to get
off the stool next to David…***
DUNN: It’s David.
ANN:
David…David…you look like someone…oh…someone on TV…damn I just can’t
place your face.
DUNN: It’s cool.
***David finishes off
another glass.***
ANN: That’s
where! Your name wouldn’t be David Dunn
would it?
***David starts pouring
himself another drink.***
DUNN: Sadly…
***David puts the
bottle back down on the counter.***
ANN:
Wow. What brings you to New
Orleans?
DUNN: Heading up to New Jersey.
ANN: You on a
bus or something?
DUNN: No I’m hitchhiking.
ANN:
Why? I don’t mean to be rude or
anything but you have to be making millions.
Why would you hitch-hike?
***David looks up from
his glass.***
DUNN: Don’t know…just felt like it I guess. Maybe to get my personal life in order a
little bit. It seem every time I think
I have found of the truth I find out the truth is a virus.
ANN: A virus?
DUNN: Look…I helped you out okay. I really don’t want to go into any of this
right now. If you want to repay me…just
leave me be.
ANN: Oh, I’m sorry…
***Ann gets off her
stool.***
ANN: …thanks
for the help. I hope everything works
out for you in the end.
DUNN: So do I.
***Ann walks out of the bar. David sits there looking at the bottle of
Jack. It seems almost empty. David opens it and pours the rest into his
glass. The bartender comes by and takes
the bottle. David nods at the bartender
as he finishes off the rest of his glass.***
Saturday, March 1,
2003
2:03 am
New Orleans, Louisiana
“The Ragin Cajun
Motel”
“Room 107”
***The scene reopens in David’s motel room. David is lying on the motel bed with his
arms relaxed behind his head as he looks straight up at the fan slowly turning
around. David inhales deeply then
exhales.***
DUNN: The truth…the truth is never what it
seems. There are always two truths to
everything. Show me a man that knows
the truth…and…I’ll show him that it’s a virus.
It’s wrong. It’s distorted. It’s what he wants the truth to be…not what
the truth is. I was like that
once. I thought I knew the truth…but I
didn’t. The truth I knew was something
I didn’t like…I would even go as far as to say that I hated it. So when I found out the true truth…it wasn’t
something I hated…or didn’t like…it was something I couldn’t deal with. And so now my journey begins…
***David tries to fall asleep but can’t his eyes open
to see the ceiling fan once more.***
DUNN: I’m not the only man that has the wrong idea
of what the truth is about. There are
others…right off the top of my head I can think of one right now… Dynamic
Dynamite.
Listen…no…shut the
fuck up for once in your life and listen to what I have to say Dynamic. You’re making a mistake here. You’re making a very big mistake. No not about thinking your going to make an
impact against DH or thinking your hot shit.
You’re making a mistake at who you are.
Because when I look into your eyes, you know what I see. I see a scared little boy who doesn’t know
what is real and what’s a lie. I’m sure
when you were growing up your parents told you that you could be anything that
you wanted to be. I bet your were a
good student in school who had dreams oh becoming a great star. I even bet you really think of yourself as
the Franchise of the world of wrestling.
The Truth is a Virus.
Your parents lied
Dynamic. You can’t be anything you want
to be…all you can be is something they want you to be. It’s never what you want…it’s what they
want. If your lucky though…you’ll break
out of there control and be what you want to be…only…it’s not that simple. That little voice of doubt rings in your
head telling you that your parents wanted more for you. They had a plan for you…now…now all you are
to them is a disappointment. It’s that
little bit of doubt that kills a person…until he finds out the truth that
is…once the truth is unleashed it makes it all but worse. Then the doubts start to get worse…”Did I
choose the wrong path?” “Maybe my
parents were right?” They’ll build and
build until one day you snap…you’ll walk around on this planet we call hell
trying to figure out what is the truth and what is a lie…or better known as a
virus.
You’ll respond with
something witty or strong about how I don’t know what I’m talking about. That’s sad really. You know the doubt’s there Dynamic…you know it but you won’t let
yourself admit it. That’s okay
though. It’ll come in time. Everything does you know. It could be tomorrow or the next day…or
after our match. One way or another
you’ll learn this isn’t where you belong.
That your whole life is a lie…a virus…that’s when the truth will
come…that’s when, if you’re lucky, your life will end. The truth is far more painful than
death. I should know…
The scared little boy
inside you is screaming to get out Dynamic…it wants to hide…it wants to run
away from the path your living. I wish
you could realize this…I guess everyone has to suffer time to time to learn the
lesson so many other people have learned…sometimes it’s best to just give up
rather than continue on a path that with either cause you more pain…or kill
you.
Tuesday…if you haven’t
came face to face with your doubts or the truth…I guarantee that I’ll do
everything in my power to show you why the path you’re walking is a lie…and why
the truth is a virus…
***David sits up from the bed and looks across the
dark room. Shadows over come everything
in sight.***
DUNN: Shaun…poor young Shaun. So young…so innocent. He doesn’t know the ways of the world
yet. When I look into his eyes I see
that this path that he’s decided to follow is right. That someday all of his dreams and hopes might come true. But just as his partner…he doesn’t know the
truth…he hasn’t come face to face with virus.
By now you must be
asking the question…what is the virus that he speaks of. The virus is what eats away at you…it’s the
lie that you hide from yourself and the rest of the world. It’s the thing that makes you want to die
and live at the same time. The virus is
very simply…everything.
Money…animals…people…water…all of it is a virus. It all sucks you dry and in the end you are
left with nothing. That’s the truth of
it all. The truth is a virus…the sooner
you both learn that the better off you’ll be.
Shaun…your so
young…yet…you’ve gone so far in such a quick time. Even knowing the path you walk is righteous doesn’t make you any
more immune to the truth than any one else.
You built your life on simple rules and goals that your going to try to
follow out. Only it doesn’t work like
that any more. There’s always going to
be something, or someone standing in your way.
This week it’s DH next week it could be Carey or god…it doesn’t matter
in the end. When the truth is shown to
you, you’ll know full well at what you must do. What you were born to do…suffer.
That’s what life is
all about now isn’t it. Suffering. You’re a champion one day…you’re a bum the
next. Life will keep throwing you everything
it’s got to hurt you…to make you suffer.
Only in your case…I think you got a while before the suffering
begins. But when it does come for
you…don’t act surprised…or shocked…because I just told you about what’s to
come. This week DH are the
roadblocks…two men that are nothing alike…yet have the same cause.
Till doesn’t know the
truth…as you don’t Shaun. He’s going to
suffer just like you. Just as I am
right now. Hurting you isn’t going to
make my suffering go away. It’s only
going to make it grow. It’s only going
to make it worse. So why do I go
on? I go on for the chance that one
day…my suffering…my pain…the truth…the virus…will all go away. I’m living in my hell right now Shaun. It’s something I don’t wish upon you. But, sadly, Tuesday, your going to get just a
little piece at what I’m going through.
I can’t tell you to be prepare…it won’t help. All I ask for you is too pray…pray that I don’t do something in
the heat of the moment that could hurt you.
I wouldn’t want your suffering to come earlier than it’s suppose
to. You still have a long life ahead of
you…I won’t want to be the person to cut it short.
***David lays back down on the bed. Once again he looks up at the ceiling fan
slowly going around and around.***
DUNN: There is someone I wouldn’t mind cutting
there life short though…Strick Carrington.
Everyone thinks that I
hate Strick…that after what he did to me I want some kind of revenge…you got me
wrong. Strick is someone I admire. He’s suffered…he’s seen why the truth is a
virus. That’s what he’s all about. Back before I knew the truth…I was a lot
like everyone else. I wanted revenge
against someone who hurt me. Now that time
has pasted…Strick and myself have played a game of who can top this. Only…now…I know it’s not a game…for Strick it
was never a game. He wanted to show me
the truth…it took a while…but it worked.
Now…I’m not out to
hurt Strick…I’m out to repay him. He
showed me new deeps of suffering…or pain…of the virus. Now as time has pasted…I’ve learned more
than he ever has…I’ve learned the whole truth.
Now it’s my turn to show Strick the truth…the games are over…the gloves
are off. I’m going to show him
everything that he through was the whole truth was nothing more than just a
part of it.
Funny when you think
about it…how someone like me can admire someone like him…don’t worry
though…he’ll soon admire me…that’s when things will really become funny…It’s
only a matter of time…
***David turns his head
slowly popping his neck.***
DUNN: So many people…so many lies…none of them
know the truth…but soon…soon they’ll all learn that it’s all a virus.
…Enough said….
***The scene fades to
black.***