Introspection

::It is just a day away from when Neil took both barrels of a sawed off shot gun to the stomach and ribs. Less then a second and life changed for both Neil and Gideon. This isn’t the first time someone has tried to kill Neil or Gideon. This is the first time it has been serious. Like the old lion that defends his place. There are the scars of old battles. Both of them remember that during UPWF’S F.O.A.L. 2 NEIL took over 110 staples. Both of them Remember NEW’s High Stakes PPV. Like slow motion the events replay themselves.::

"Gideon flips him over the ladder and on top of his shoulders…… Below the ref watches in horror as Gideon roars out, deafening the crowd. Looking behind him at the two tables stacked up at ringside, Gideon makes a cutthroat gesture with his thumb across his throat, and roaring out on the descent, executes the Crucifix Powerbomb. The arena explodes into an ovation as it sends Gideon and Steve crunching through the two tables and hitting the mats at ringside with a sickening thud. Both men remain motionless as the ref runs out to check on them……"

::Through whatever happened Neil and Gideon always knew they were the best in the sport. There was never fear. Most of the time there wasn’t even respect for their opponents. Wednesday was different. They saw it all ended in one second. Each man is dealing with what happened in their own way………::

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Early morning 8AM

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At the Randell-Whittaker Mansion

::Neil is watching TV with Ricky. It is one of those mind numbing cartoons that children love and adults grind their teeth at. After yesterday it barely bothers Neil. The main thing is he is home.::

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At Gideon’s Mansion

::Gideon can be seen in the hot tub with two women of a breast size that are excessive even by Porn standards. Since there is no cameras both ladies are topless and judging by the clothes strewn about clothing was indeed optional below the waist as well.::

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Early morning 8:15 AM

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At the Randell-Whittaker Mansion

::Neil is at the fridge. He goes to get a beer. He looks at it in his hand then puts it back and gets a glass of lemonade instead.::

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At Gideon’s Mansion

::Gideon can be seen in the hot tub smiling one of the ladies can’t be seen then suddenly she bursts out of the water. A smile can be seen on her lips.::

Gideon: I am impressed you managed to hold your breath for over 3 minutes though you did have the benefit of a snorkle.

::The ladies giggle and Gideon smiles but you can see in his eyes that there is no real enjoyment. He is just going through the motions today.::

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Early morning 9:45 AM

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At the Randell-Whittaker Mansion

::Neil is playing his old guitar from his high school days when he was a back up guitarist. He got the guitar from the mother of a friend of his when he was killed September the 11th. Neil is watching Ricky playing with a ball while he is playing a few chords from a few of the good groups from the 80s. He is focusing on a few of the songs from Monster Magnet at the moment.::

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At Gideon’s Mansion

::I could describe the next bit but this is not an article for Penthouse Forums. While the description may be vivid and entertaining I have more respect for women then to objectify women graphically for the mostly male fan base. While Gideon may consider blondes a light snack and a pleasant diversion it would be considered low brow appealing to the more base urges of the adolescent male. (IE males between the ages of 18 and 25.) Plus Devin and Crystal would more then likely kick my ass.::

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Early morning 10:46 AM

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At the Randell-Whittaker Mansion

::Neil is watching some wrestling tapes. Ricky is sleeping in his arms.::

Gold and Glory: February 22, 2004

"He takes Skill Willie’s ankle and locks in an ankle lock and Skill Willie comes alive screaming in pain. Skill Willie refuses to give up and manages to turn back over on his back. Hughes then takes Skill Willie’s other leg and turns him back over sitting in a Boston crab. He tells York to ask Skill Willie if he quits."

::Neil smirks as he notices something that catches his eye. He hits rewind then slow motion.::

Gold and Glory: February 22, 2004

"Skill Willie refuses to give up and manages to turn back over on his back………

Hughes then takes Skill Willie’s other leg and turns him back over sitting in a Boston crab………"

Neil: I’ll have to talk to Jason about Skill’s right knee.

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At Gideon’s Mansion

::Gideon is in his gymnasium going through hundreds of strikes at an incredible pace. You can see moves from 7 different styles as well as the Muei Thai Gideon is infamous for. Open palm strikes, triple round house kicks, 5 kick combos, jumping dbl kick, elbow and back fists combos, barrages of boxing punches, knee strikes, Shin kicks at varying heights, sweep kicks, somersaults and rolls, and axe kicks to side kicks. Now Gideon truly goes into action mixing up strike after strike ending with a somersault kick to a low crouch.::

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Early morning 11:17AM

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At the Randell-Whittaker Mansion

::Neil is still watching more of the match clips when Stephanie comes into the living room.::

BW: Hey babe. What ya up to?

Neil: Watching some of Willie's matches since he is going to be carrying that dimwit Finale. I'm going to go for a swim then Gideon and I are going to meet up and plan some strategy.

BW: All right...thought I'd review my match with Paige. I know there's some things I could work on.

Neil: I'll invite Gideon over to supper tonight. We can go over it as a group. I chalked it up to a little bit of ring rust after being in Hollywood for so long.

BW: Yeah, that and I was out of shape. Too many hamburgers, I suppose. I wish Ricky would get off this McDonald's kick. It's all the kid eats these days.

Neil: I'm going for a swim.

::Stephanie sits down on the couch as Neil gets up, heading for the pool. He bypasses Bobby in the dining room, who is trying to feed a stubborn Ricky.::

Bobby: Come on bud...just try one bite. You'll like it.

Ricky: NO! I 'ant fench fries.

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At Gideon’s Mansion

::Gideon is getting dressed in his trademark business suit. Gideon is straightening his hair and smiles as he looks in the mirror. Gideon checks his inside jacket pocket and the throwing knives are placed well. After the incident yesterday Gideon is carrying something to deal death from a distance. Most people would use some sort of firearm but it is not Gideon’s way.::

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Early afternoon 12:09 PM

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At the Randell-Whittaker Mansion

::Neil is getting out of the pool. You can see several scars from various fights. Most of the scars are only faint lines. He goes to the den to gets some things he will need for the promo today.::

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At Gideon’s Mansion

::Gideon is having lunch. Gideon grabs a fish out of the aquarium in the kitchen. He starts cutting up the fish. The breakfast consists of sushi and orange juice. Odd choices but when you have spent most of your life in Japan you do pick up some new habits.::

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Early afternoon 12:51 PM

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At the Randell-Whittaker Mansion

::Neil is checking on some of the motor bikes and decides to take the Warbeast (Not the original car. The real Warbeast is in New York in the parking garage of Neil’s Penthouse. It is called the Warbeast 2 but Neil never liked the title.) Neil has a duffle bag as he gets in and heads to meet Gideon at the Airport.::

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At Gideon’s Mansion

::Gideon is carrying out a duffel bag. Gideon gets in the limousine and heads for the Airport to meet Neil. Gideon’s cell phone rings. Gideon gets it out of his jacket pocket and answers it.::

Gideon: Hello

Amanda: I thought you might be interested to hear about the promo Finale and Willie did on you last night.

Gideon: I doubt it. Finale is the wrestling equivalent of Adam Sandler and Skill…… Well if he had any less emotion or charisma you could replace him with Tony Schivone.

Amanda: They did a parody of you and Neil.

Gideon: Excellent. That saves us trying to figure out how best to belittle them. Can you have a mannequin, a wig roughly resembling Skill Willies hairstyle, and his usual ring gear delivered to the Core Arena for when we get there?

Amanda: They will be there.

Gideon: The mannequin doesn’t have to be realistic. Heaven knows the original isn’t.

::Amanda laughs.::

Amanda: How is Neil doing?

Gideon: He is a bit shaken. He wasn’t shaken by the attack but he was shaken by the emotions he felt. I think that is the first time he realized how he felt about Steph and Ricky.

Amanda: Tell him I said hi.

Gideon: No problems. You are the best Amanda.

Amanda: (Laughing) That is why you pay me the big bucks.

Gideon: Yes. You are a great personal assistant as well as a secretary. I’ve got to go. I have many plans of attack for Finale and Skill.

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Early afternoon 1:42 PM

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::Neil and Gideon arrive at the airport and board the plane carrying the duffel bags.::

Neil: What is the plan.

Gideon: Rip them a new one. They did a parody of us.

Neil: Go figure they knew their stuff was shit so they are better off trying something else.

Gideon: I’ll have the promos played during the flight as the in flight movie.

Neil: I’d rather watch Mr. Nanny then listen to those idiots cut a promo.

Gideon: About the only real difference in quality is Finale hasn’t worn a pink tutu yet.

Neil: I’ll go along with that. "Yet".

::They see the first promo where they are playing basketball. They are laughing.::

Neil: You know the thing that is ironic. I mention how often Finale talks about people being gay and it goes right over his head.

Gideon: As well as the reason that Eminem was in the promo. It is understandable. Skill has no idea what Charisma is. Though I was mildly amused by the fact that Skill thought he was there to make fun out of how Finale dressed.

Neil: We invite him to show how every promo Finale cuts had him saying the word gay about his opponents and he still hasn’t clued in to the fact that he isn’t in kindergarden anymore.

Gideon: You have to stick with what you know and for Finale that is using the word gay every promo and segment. I’m going to get this line uploaded to the MP3 player from my cell phone.

::A few minutes later after uploading the clip Gideon hits play on his MP3 player. "Skill: Well, what else did they do besides the unimaginative?". They laugh.::

Neil: That coming from Skill is funny.

::They play the most recent promo. They see the parody of themselves and can’t stop laughing.::

Gideon: We aren’t even going to have to try on this one.

Neil: Nope. Play the clip again.

::Gideon hits play on his MP3 player. "Skill: Well, what else did they do besides the unimaginative?". They laugh as they wait out the rest of the flight………..::

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Late afternoon 3:36 PM

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::They enter the Core arena. Neil and Gideon both have duffel bags. There is a large box there. They head to the interview area with the box. Both of them are snickering. They are waiting for the sound crew to get ready. They stand the box behind them and they are given the signal to start. Neil and Gideon are smirking as they open the duffle bags.::

Gideon: After seeing the fiction of the latest promo by Skill Willie and Jake Finale we had to laugh. I will call them the Mini Alliance. Still there were people before Skill and Finale that thought they were better then us.

::Gideon and Neil get out the Titan Wrestling Tag Team Championship belts. They drop them to the floor.::

Gideon: They were wrong.

::Gideon and Neil get out the NEW Tag Team Championship belts. They drop them to the floor.::

Neil: Guess what they were wrong.

::Gideon and Neil get out the PPW Tag Team Championship belts. They drop them to the floor.::

Gideon: Yet more people whose hopes and dreams were crushed by reality. We are better then them.

::Gideon and Neil get out another copy of the NEW Tag Team Championship belts. They drop them to the floor.::

Neil: Third title reign and undefeated twice.

::Gideon and Neil get out The Core Tag Team Championship belts. They drop them to the floor.::

Gideon: Even Skill and Finale can get this message. 5 times we have proven we are the best. Even in Core we have proven it. This isn’t idle boasting. We are the tag team champions and lets face it we crushed the hopes of Twisted Reality. Morpheus Omega and the other guy left.

Neil: Omega came back because his pokey ran out and did some shit work for Lanier.

Gideon: 4:20 left after we proved that a B rate tag team couldn’t beat us on the best day they ever had.

Neil: As for Tribulations. You have to be either stupid or insane to think you can beat us.

Gideon: As you know Tribulations counts as both. This brings us to our current opponents The Mini Alliance consisting of Mini Neil and Mini Gideon. They used to be Finale and Willie but they took what Finale said to heart. Let me quote him here.

::Gideon clears his throat.::

Gideon: "They’re nothing but a couple of leeches. They’ll suck ya dry of everything you’ve got and just move on to the next lucky contestant on Who’s Line Is Mine Anyways?".

Neil: We laughed for nearly an hour at their promo. We enjoy a good parody but it was by Skill and Willie.

Gideon: Speaking of Skill.

::Neil and Gideon open the box and inside is a mannequin of William Tremaine. It is dressed like him and to a large degree looks like him.::

Neil: Since we ain’t got Finale to act as a ventriloquist we can’t use him in the promo.

Gideon: Let us look at the career of Willie. His only contribution to Core was to be a placeholder between Jason Hughes and Jantz Spalding. He was to hold the belt while Jason Hughes was preparing to go after the Legacy title. How good is your career when the only good thing you did was took the pressure off Jantz by challenging him for the worst ever Core champion.

Neil: You don’t want to be treated as a joke Willie then maybe you shouldn’t have been a drugged out loser during your title reign. The truth is you couldn’t handle the pressure and you went with drugs because no one would hold your hand and tell you that you were the best. The only reason you got the belt is Jantz was leaving and you were a face on the roster with enough of what we call "Time served". You were given the ball and you dropped it. Luckily for Core Jason Hughes picked it up.

Gideon: As for the comments about Neil putting Veronica through a table and us being hippocrites lets recap for Skill.

Neil: She nearly blinded Gideon with Hair Spray. Finale did nothing to save her from me. I put her through the announce table. Jason told us not to attack her actually protecting her. She kicked Finale to the curb after he used her as a prop to try and get over by having sex with her during promos. Now she is with the TUE and we have considered the hairspray incident and the incident with the table dropped.

Gideon: We are not hypocrites. We are merely assholes that don’t get along with others. Listen to these words as we recap the new promo by the Mini Alliance.