BATTERY:
3 days had passed since Fallout's triumph over Corvus. The victory had briefly rejuvenated Fallout's morale, as he used this time to reflect and relish the damage he had created. Corvus had been shown the true meaning of justice at Fallout's hands.
But time continued to flow as Fallout's satisfaction began to dwindle at an alarming rate inside his bleak asylum cell. He began to ponder to himself about the fact that humanity still refused to accept his message, and that they still refused to accept Fallout as their salvation. These thoughts piled on top of each other to build anger inside of Fallout, and a relentless yearning for destruction of anyone who crossed his path.
Fallout then picked himself up from the floor and began to walk back and forth inside his cell, creating a contingency plan. Whilst Fallout's demented logic was at work, unbeknownst to himself, he began to read his thought process out aloud in loud, concerned rasps.
"More action is required to educate the humans!" he hissed, stomping ferociously and rapidly on the hardened tiles.
"Despite my dominance, they fail to respect me!" he then bellowed before throwing his fist at his steel cell door, denting it severely. Fallout then let out a roar of disdain as his despair rose to new levels.
It was at this point that a maniacal chuckle from an adjacent cell silenced Fallout. This was utter blasphemy to his cause, and such blasphemy would need to be silenced permanently.
Enraged, Fallout threw himself against the crumbling wall with such a sheer force that the entire wall burst, uniting the 2 asylum cells. Fallout did not take his time to savour the fear and surprise on the inmates face. He began his onslaught immediately, applying the Cold Fusion to his throat with unrelenting force. The inmate howled in terror, frightened and confused as to what was going on as Fallout mercilessly continued to apply the hold.
And that would have been the end of the inmate had it not been for the intervention of the omnipresent Warden Parker. Instantly, he and the 2 other guards accompanying him heard the cacophony and rushed to the scene. It was a gruesome sight to behold. Blood gushing from the wailing inmates mouth, as the 2 guards wrestled Fallout’s neck down with all their strength before injecting a tranquilizer in his throbbing blue vein, all the while with Parker screaming
“We need a fucking medic now!” and attempting to aid the severely injured inmate, who clearly was having respiratory issues. Fallout was able to admire his work for a brief moment time before succumbing to the drug. Those who mocked him would be punished severely.
***
"Fallout's been moved to a maximum security cell." Parker said gravely to his deputy Cedric Blake, a middle aged veteran of asylum duty, joining Parker in a smoking session. Blake merely nodded. Blake knew Parker very well from his long tenure of work with him. He was always cautious as to not annoy or aggrevate Parker.
"And that damn Vance Bateman called from WZCW" Parker continued, taking a long drag on his cigarette before blowing and resuming.
"Told me Fallout's against Saboteur on Meltdown next week."
This startled Blake.
"You've got to be kidding me." he gasped in horror.
"I...Saboteur's my 6 year old son's favourite wrestler! He's got all the Saxoteur merchandise! Fallout's a rabid pitbull, he'll tear him apart in front of my son's eyes!"
Parker had no time to feel remorse.
"If anything, Saboteur's the hardest challenge Fallout has had to face yet." he said, his courage slightly restored.
"I know Fallout has yet to have been pinned or submitted, but he's damn well stoppable, just look at those battle royales for example."
"Well...yes, I'm not denying that." Blake retorted.
"But mark my words, if he's only got a couple of targets to focus on, he's going to be hellbent on destroying those few targets. And with just one..." Blake began to fidget with his lighter.
"I'm not sure Saboteur can handle it."
"Listen to you!" Parker spat out, disgusted.
"No faith in your son's favourite wrestler. Saboteur only narrowly lost to the world champion last week, so Fallout should be a walk in the park." Parker grunted and unlit his cigarette, before rising from his chair slowly and placing both hands flat on the table.
"Anyway" he said after what seemed like an eternity.
"Vance Bateman specifically requested that he wanted to see Fallout today. No security or anything."
"Are you going to listen to him?" Blake queried.
Parker scoffed before posing the rhetorical question
"What do you think?"
***
It was just as Fallout was gaining consciousness in his new, compact cell that he saw a short, elderly figure enter the room, in escort with 2 guards. After identifying the man as Vance Bateman, Fallout shuffled towards him, whilst demanding
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to talk to you about your next match." he replied carefully. Vance wanted to make a good impression with Fallout after hearing stories from Chuck Myles. He needed Fallout on his side, even it meant having to tolerate his insanity. He carefully entered the room and sat down on the floor with Fallout.
"Nice place, isn't it?" he said sarcastically.
"The only place that I consider pleasant is the wrestling ring." Fallout replied callously, gauging for Vance's reaction. To his surprise, Vance was estatic.
"Exactly!" he exclaimed enthusiastically.
"And that's why I like you. You're ruthless. You have a killer instinct. And you'll do an excellent job on Meltdown next week."
"A human that realises my true strength." Fallout said calmly.
"Wise...for a human of course."
"You're facing Saboteur." Bateman continued hastily, before stopping dead in his tracks.
"To be honest...I despise Saboteur. And there's a reason he's facing you on Meltdown."
"Why?" Fallout asked.
"This is the beginning of a new generation in WZCW history." Bateman said with pride.
"New superstars joining the roster, old superstars leaving the roster, titles being changed, titles being removed, new authority etcetera etcetera. And Saboteur fails to realise that without Saxton, that he's nothing more than a clown. A fool. He fails to realise that his days are numbered here. Unlike yours."
"He has an attachment with the humans." Fallout declared.
"With him disposed of, the humans will see how worthless he is, and how I am their salvation."
"Yes." Bateman replied professionally. It was at this time that Vance Bateman drew a Saboteur action figure from his pocket and handed it to Fallout.
"I have an important meeting in the morning, so I'm afraid I can't stay long. Just let it be know that I'm putting a lot of confidence in you. In the mean time, why don't you use that toy as target practice?"
Fallout promptly grabbed the limbs of the toy and in a single swift movement pulled the arms and legs off with ease. He then tore the head off and hurled the torso across his cell. Vance Bateman grinned, before leaving the cell, muttering to himself
"You've got hell to pay, Saboteur.".