¤ IF you don't want what you are fighting for, you will lose. If you do want it but you don't want it enough, you will lose. If you fight me, you will lose. ¤

Ichabod comes running out of the double doors sweating profusely. He slams them shut and bars them. A tremendous racket is heard inside. He runs over to a chair and collapses in it. His pants are torn and blood issues from his legs. Steves unconventional training methods could get a little weird at times, but they paid off in the end. Ichabod wondered if Master Yiao had ever sicked dogs on Tikon to test his speed.

Steve sat across the table form where Ichabod collapsed and smoked a Newport calmly. When he had caught his breath, Ichabod snatched the cigarette and smoked it for himself. Steve just smirked at Ichabod.

I guess that is enough for now. But I give you one hour and you're going back in there. You wimped out on me for the past two days and now you gotta make up for it.

Um, I was dead . . .

No excuses. Now lets watch some segments, we got no time to waste. Your skipping lunch today.

Only if I get a beer.

Steve pulls out a couple of tapes and pops the first one into the monitor. It is the first interview with Tikon, and Ichabod watches Intently. He starts to drift off and looks off to the walls and posters in the room. But then Tikon says something that catches Ichabod's attention.

Did he just say what i think he just said? He doesn't give a sh't about the titles? Big mistake there. If he doesn't want them,then he won't win them. Which is fine with me. I can deal with being a double champion. But Ti, you are making a big mistake. If you don't care about those titles, then I will run all over you on Friday, because I happen to care about them a lot. Hoss has had his time with them, and he doesn't deserve them. If you don't want them, then you are both going to make this match that much easier on me. Don't be a f'ckin choad. Take what is given to you and be patient. Or else you are going to find yourself with a tainted crown, and i don't mean with blood. You know what they say about Absolute power.

Parke nods in agreement, and then hands ichabod another interview tape. But Ichabod spots the news break tape and picks it up. Steve tries to stop him from taking it for some reason, but Ichabod doesn't notice and pops it in. He watches the comments about the matches, and he smiles when he gets to the part about rookies making a name for themselves. Then he gets to the next segment, and Steve tenses up. Ichabod sees that a South Texas emale wrestler has been signed to the roster. When he hears her name, the cigarette drops from his mouth and Steve is already up anticipating a loss of temper.

Ichabod merely stands up, puts his foot through the monitor and stalks back into the room with the dogs. Steve begins to pick up the pieces of the television, but drops them again startled when he hears the sad agonizing yelp of an injured rottweiler coming from the other room.