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Tyrone: I didn't do it. I swear I did nothing. Why can't I remember what happened? I didn't drink enough to blackout. I didn't do anything.
The scene opens to Tyrone Blades head down on a table, the Hollow Ones flag behind him while his hair falls down around him covering his face. He slowly raises his head, his eyes bloodshot and his beard having grown long and unkept as he stares into the camera.
Tyrone: Batti...I swear to you I did not do this. You ain't answering my calls, please, please believe me. There's some inconsistencies in the video. I've poured over everything I could get into. I even called Phoenix to get his expertise on the case. I'm doing everything I can. I need to clear my name. I need you to know that I love you Batti. This is the only way I could reach out that you would see. I'm sorry. Please believe me. Just....please let me talk to you. I'm innocent. I know I am. But if I'm not, then.......then I deserve to be buried in trash.
Tyrone rubs his eyes before brushing his hair back away from his face, his head lowering as his voice cracks, his hands trembling on the table in front of him.
Tyrone: I'm lower than trash if I really did this. I don't remember that night. Something is fuzzy in my memory. It's no excuse. I wanted to see the good in people for once, and I trusted the real snake in the grass. Or maybe I'm the snake. Maybe she was right and I'm just the piece of shit everyone thinks I still am. It was thanks to you Batti that I could try. I'm sorry I let you down. I let Jones down. I let the fans down. I'm sorry.
Tyrone hits a remote and shuts the feed off, dropping his face down onto the table once more as the camera pans around to show the Hollow Ones safe house in complete disarray, bottles of liquor thrown all over, ashtrays overflowing with cigarette butts, shattered poster frames, and money littering the ground. Tyrone lies there for several moments before lifting his head, turning towards a small TV, grabbing a remote and rewinding the infamous video. He stares at it as it goes frame by frame, his face growing closer each second, his eyes almost touching the screen as he stares at each pixel.
Mr. Jones: Mama Jones said that would make you go blind mo'fucka.
Tyrone doesn't move, doesn't speak as he keeps rewinding back and forth between frames, his eyes fixated on the screen.
Tyrone: I'm sorry Jones.
Mr. Jones: For fuckin' what mo'fucka?
Tyrone slowly turns his head, his eyes twitching almost nervously as he stares at Jones. Jones cringes as he sees the state Tyrone is in before sighing, stepping gingerly over broken class as he picks up a half smoked cigar off the table, lighting it and taking a log drag from it. He spins a chair around and sits down, his arms crossing on top of the backrest.
Tyrone: I said some shit at the gym man. If you're hear for your stuff I got it in the back room, made sure not to fuck up your shit alongside my life.
Mr. Jones: Oh you trippin' over that? Man I ain't concerned. Y'all had your adrenaline up, you was preppin' to knock Flex the fuck out, and I was in the crossfire.
Tyrone: The video though.....you seen it Jones. Y'all saw what I did.
Jones begins laughing as he sits up straight for a moment, wiping the sweat off his forehead as Tyrone turns fully towards Jones, placing his arms on the table as he rests his head on them.
Tyrone: I'm such a fuck up Jones. I'm always self destructing anything good I got going in my life. I lashed out at you, I might have done this shit with Eve that fucked up my relationship with Batti.
Mr. Jones: Man shut the fuck up. Y'all really think you did that shit with Eve? I told you not to trust her homie, and now she's getting at you at your most vulnerable spot.
Tyrone: I've stared at this god damn video for days Jones. I've gotten hold of all the other security camera footage. I don't know man.
Mr. Jones: So what then? Ya just gonna accept her words as fact? Nah homie, the fact is she's jealous as a mo'fucka of you and Batti. You two have shown that you can be in love while competing at the same time. She couldn't handle it with Stormrage or Sloan and left them on the curb. She was convinced it couldn't be done. And then you and Batti happened. She got a World Title shot. You won the Lethal Lottery. And y'all did it while holding hands skipping through the mo'fuckin daisies like that cute couple that makes everyone wanna puke.
Tyrone: And I fell right into the god damn trap. Whether I did or not Jones the visual is uglier than Eve's personality. Either way I'm fucked man. I'm so unbelievably fucked.
Mr. Jones: Blades homie, I ain't finna leave you on the curb like that. You're my brother, we been through everything. We gonna get this shit figured out, even if I gotta look like the walking dead just like you while we break this video down and find that bit of evidence that shit ain't right, I'mma be there for you homie. When I was at my lowest sitting in that god damn cell, you were always there making sure my commissary was full, hiring the best lawyers to get me out early, everything man. This is what we do. The Hollow Ones may only be a two man crew now, but we will never die.
The two go silent as Tyrone slowly lifts his head, placing his chin back on his arms as he stares forward, finally reaching out slowly for a cigarette. He lights it with some struggle. He exhales the plume of smoke slowly, his fingers still trembling as he stares down at the table.
Tyrone: I don't want to fuck your life up again Jones. You just got out of prison, so I got something set aside for you. Go legit, start some business up, run a car dealership, whatever. Just....get out while you can man. It's the least I can do for you.
Mr. Jones: Did you not hear a god damn word I said to you? Look man we gotta get back overseas. I got Myles breathing down my damn neck looking for you. Y'all missed every signing and interview they had set up for you. I was able to talk Titus into covering for your ass, but he took the entire cut, including mine. Batti's by herself on Meltdown, and you got Flex on Ascension. This is your chance to get back at that bastard. Let's hit the gym, go hard in the paint, and beat that motherfucker down. He wanna be a legend killer, I say we show him what a couple of real killas look like.
Tyrone: I ain't got the will to fight this battle Jones. I appreciate what y'all are trying to do, but I gotta sit here and take this misery. Maybe it's due karma for all the other shit I did, even if I'm trying to make right the debt comes due at some point. Maybe just do one thing for me man.
Mr. Jones: Anything homie, say the word, I'll kneecap Flex without a second thought.
Tyrone shakes his head as he rubs his eyes, blinking a few times to get his vision straight before looking towards Jones once more, taking another drag from his cigarette.
Tyrone: Go to Meltdown. Keep an eye out for me. Something goes down, you step in and shut that shit down you feel me? I'll figure out Ascension what I gotta do, but I need you at Meltdown at least.
Mr. Jones: Yeah yeah, I got you 'Rone.
Jones stands up and reaches his hand out towards Tyrone, who hesitates for a moment but the two clasp hands and do their intricate nine step handshake before Jones pats him on the shoulder.
Mr. Jones: Hollow Ones right?
Tyrone offers up a weak smirk as he nods his head in return to the question.
Tyrone: Hollow Ones big homie, even if one of us is down the other carries on. Always. Take care man, I'll see you at Ascension.
The scene fades out as Jones begins walking out, leaving Tyrone to the mess in front of him. It returns to a few days later, outside St. James' Park, fans wandering all around the arena as a hooded figure walks amongst them, his head kept low. He walks towards the gate and ducks under, evading security as he sticks to the shadows. Once inside the backstage area he deftly avoids any notice as he makes his way towards the darker hallways. He finds a spot to sit under some stairs, lifting his head finally to reveal Tyrone's face covered with a bandanna. He crosses his legs, his eyes showing weariness, though no longer bloodshot. He watches as others pass by, members of the ring crew, the announcers, and then her. He watches silently as Batti walks by, her eyes cast downward as well. He reaches out towards her as she stops in front of the steps, her sorrow is palpable. His fingers get within an inch of her back but he soon pulls his arm back swiftly. Moments pass and Batti continues on but Stacey Madison soon turns the corner. She looks around desperately, as if trying to find someone, her eyes gazing towards his corner. Tyrone instinctively withdraws deeper into the shadows, pulling his hood down more.
Stacey: Is someone there?
No response from the Hollow One as he watches her, almost inquisitively as she starts to take a few steps closer towards him. The shadows, so familiar to him as he found himself comforted by them, now masking his presence as even his breathing stops to avoid detection.
Stacey: Tyrone if that is you, just know I know what really happened, and maybe it's time the world sees the truth, about you, about everything.
Her voice was flat, Tyrone tried to peer into any sort of inflection but there was none. As Stacey watches intently for any movement, she's suddenly interrupted by Selena, and the two walk off together as Tyrone finally takes a breath. He looks down at his hands for a moment, his voice quiet, almost a whisper.
Tyrone: Figures she'd get her crew in on the act, but I would have expected a different tone in her voice. Fuck's it matter anyway, I know what's gonna go down tonight. Hash up all my fuck ups for the world to see again.
Tyrone slowly lifts his head and stares down the now empty hallway, his eyes adjusting to the darkness.
Tyrone: Flex, y'all wanna be the legend killer? Ain't that a shame homie, seems there ain't gonna be any legend left for you to slaughter after those three are done parading around the shambles of my life. Time to face the music, and maybe the only thing left to hear is the sound of that Click.
Clack.
Tyrone stands up and slowly walks out of the shadows and into the light, people suddenly emerging from both ends as he gets dirty looks from all those he walks past. He stares forward, his head held up as much as it can be. Maybe there's a dumpster he can join the trash in.
The scene fades out.