Joe was filing the final papers for Fight Hell 3. With these papers, everything and anything on this night would be as legal as prostitution in Amsterdam.

But, before that moment could come -- he felt the shadow on his back. He lowered his head. Somehow, he knew who was behind him.

He could smell the leather of the man's coat, could feel fan-generated wind lightly whipping the man's tattered ends of his jeans. Could hear the jangling sounds of tens of zippers moving about. Could see the black -- utter, total black -- of the man's knee-high boots.

He could sense the hate.

This would usually have been where one of Joe's many watchers would've stepped in but Thanh Vactor, Osyrus and Dez Aragon all had matches to prepare for.

"It's the son of Saccaro... isn't it? Little cunt."

"I'm not so little anymore, Joe. No smaller than your soul is."

Joe raised his head. He still didn't turn to ensure that this was the right person he had identified.

"What do you want? I heard from... little birdies... that you were in the neighborhood."

"That's right. Your robins and blue jays and all those damned fowls that you have packed into your wallet... they gave you good info. Congrats."

"Just shut the fuck up with the bird shit and tell me what you're doing here."

"You know why I'm here. Your goddamned uncle."

"He wasn't my uncle, asswipe."

"I don't give half a fuck, Campbell. Shut up. Your... legal guardian, whatever you want to call him. Ronnie Massaro. You know, the guy whom you tarnished to make this media machine. He got my dad fired. And I know... he got my dad killed."

"Gimme proof."

"I only have to believe... and you've got to believe it, too, down in your heart. You know the facts as well as I do, Campbell. And you know, down deep, there is legitimate proof... the only question is, do I have it yet?"

"Well, good to know, but I haven't got a heart, or a soul... or any clue of what you're talking about. Now get your fuckwit ass out of here."

"I will, Campbell... but I came here because I don't plan on leaving."

The door to the office opened.

"My name is Michael Saccaro... and you just filed my contract into legality, Joe. I'm here to make your life sore... because I'm gonna take and rip this promotion out from under you, like Kinkade is doing. Like Universal couldn't do. I'm going in, on the inside, and I'm gonna eat you alive from there. See you next Sunday, Joe."

The door slammed shut.

And Joe thought a simple thought.

I've really got to fucking read these papers.

A dark room stank like sweat... A single light swayed back and forth in the darkness of the room...

"Psychiatry.. It's a funny thing... You pay money and I fuck with your life..."

The voice trailed off as a slight snicker escaped...

"What does it mean to you? It means you pay someone 325 dollars an hour to listen to your words... Why pay that much? I know why they pay that much.... If they didn't No one would listen.."

The light slowly stopped swaying as graphic images of murder, rape and other violent acts began to play on the wall cast from a projector somewhere out of view.

"Such acts are usually blamed on a psyco-traumatic experience during childhood... But honestly in my opinion that is just a scapegoat for cowards who can't admit that humans are barbaric."

A man slowly stepped in front of the projected images. Tattoos covering his body like graffiti scrawled in anger... Slowly as he lowered his glasses slightly as the images changed from atrocities to snippets of matches from the Asylum...

"At least these people stand up and prepare for execution like men... And I, I go to make sure their heads hit the basket below the chopping block..."

The man slowly turned his back and watched the brutality of the Asylum...

"There is much more to learn but... That can wait until next session"

The man reached up and grabbed hold of the light above unscrewing the bulb from it's socket and dropping the bulb as the projector image faded out.

"So where the fuck have you been? Kyrpton Vactor and Osy not being in the same room with one another I can understand but you should've been here to put a fist through that sneaky Italian cunts face... Saccaro? I'll fucking kick him in his Saccaro if he comes in here making threats again, speaking of Italian cunts." Joe's last words were mumbled as a certain individual walked into the room.

Dez Aragon's eyes sat dead set on Frank Minio. Not because he had anything personal against him, but because it was his job, his habit. Plus, Frank Minio was slowly showing to be just as crazy as the rest of the vagrants around the Asylum locker rooms.

Frank had just arrived into the room as Joe finished his rant and sipped on his liquor, here at Fighthell. He grinned, happy to be this close to finally ridding himself of the Asylum, and at the small event he was about to orchestrate.

"Frankie! I have a small offer for ya." Joe muttered, the alcohol on his breath riding the oxygen to give a bitter musk into Frank's nostrils. Frank nodded for Joe to continue, interesting, slightly.

"I have a man employed, sad to say, by my wonderful crumbling empire here. Calling himself Lucifer. I want you to send that loon home in a damn meat wagon, ya follow mate?" Joe grinned deeply, all to comfortable in his chair.

"I follow." Frank said solemnly. He was deep in his own thoughts, probably of some wild goose chase of pipe dreams of lives past, present, and non-existent.

"If ya do this for me, I'll find more work for you, and I'll find work for all of your little friends that you called me about. Considering there is still a a lot of trash to take around here.!" Joe broke into a rigid laughter, pointing to the door. Frank took his cue and walked quickly out, to prepare for a quick beat down.

Everyone in the Qualcomm Stadium rose to their feet and roared supportively as Frank Minio parted the curtains and marked the beginning of Asylum's FIGHTH3LL.  Usually the Nevada native would've acknowledged such a rapturous chorus of cheering on his way down to the Asylum but tonight he'd been given a task to complete that left him in a less than appreciative mood.

He would have to quickly adjust to his new surroundings and doing what he was about do would surely be a regular thing as long as he was obligated to act upon the will of Joe Campbell.  Tonight he'd been told to hurt his opponent so that was what he would do.

Minio stepped into the Asylum and immediately made his way over to the opposing side, turning his back on the entranceway as his music slowly faded out.

BOOM.

The entire video wall and top of the aisle way went up in a burst of huge flames that slowly died down to let "The Hell Song" by Sum 41 hit the speakers and Lucifer himself to appear on the ramp with a microphone in hand.

It was a spectacular entrance that left Minio's arrival looking somewhat pale in comparison, Lucifer's explosion of flames and bravado wouldn't have been out of place at a wrestling event.

"AHAHAHA! I HAVE RETURNED AND WHAT A FITTING TIME IT IS TO DO SO, IN HELL!" Lucifer screamed into the microphone "I SEE THAT TONIGHT WE HAVE SOME ITALIAN DUDE LOOKING TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF, WELL THIS MAY JUST BE YOUR LUCKY NIGHT MARIO BECAUSE YOU WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AS HE WHO WAS BURNED AT THE HANDS OF LUCIFER!"

It was the typical Lucifer arrival... a huge introduction and a lot of mocking and insults, but there was something different about tonight.  Frank Minio just continued to stand with his back turned as though he'd completely zoned out anything that was going on behind him, concentrating not on what was happening before the match but what would happen during it.

"INSOLENT FOOL!" Lucifer screamed "YOUR DEFIANCE WILL BE GREETED ONLY WITH THE RAGE OF ONE THOUSAND RAGING, RAGEFUL, RAGERS."

Giving up on riling up his opponent, Lucifer made charge toward the Asylum as the crowd stayed on their feet in anticipation of what was to come.  Lucifer was by no means even in the same class as Minio in fighting terms but he was renowned for being able to take incredible punishment... perhaps tonight would be his lucky night.

Lucifer charged into the Asylum but was greeted by a turning Minio who caught him with a snapping right jab.

Lucky night? Maybe not.

Lucifer hit the deck... a man who'd been hit in the head with sledge hammers and recovered had just gone down to a simple right hand.  Confused more than anything Lucifer rose to his feet and staggered about the canvas as Minio circled slowly around him.

Furious and a little embarrassed by the Asylum newcomer a man who'd been in the promotion since it's first event rushed forth looking to make amends, throwing himself toward Minio with a flying kick only to hear the crowd's delight as Minio caught him by the leg and swung him viciously around into the Asylum rim.

Clutching his back in agony Lucifer didn't even realize that he was letting down his guard further, where other fighters would've stepped back for a moment to taunt Minio shot in ruthlessly by sending a tremendously fast right, left, right and left again combo of fists into Lucifer's ribs.

The man who claimed that hell was his home was finding out fast that he needed to relocate.

Lucifer vomited across the canvas, such was the punishing extent of the shots to his ribs as a "Holy Shit! Holy Shit!" chant broke out.  In almost four years of competition there had been a lot of sights in the Asylum but not many matches had involved blows so stunning that they'd induced vomiting.

"YOU WILL NOT SHAME SATAN IN HIS HOME TOWN!" Lucifer screamed as he almost slipped through his own vomit upon getting to his feet.  He turned to Minio who was waiting for him to make a move... where caution would've proved to be the more sensible approach Lucifer steamed in with a right hand that was caught by Minio...

...who dragged Lucifer using his own momentum to deliver a stunning punch to the back of his skull.

He called it the Flatliner and while Lucifer wasn't dead he was likely out for the count, not even throwing up his hands to cushion his fall he'd merely fell face first to the canvas with a hefty smack.

As the official started to count, Minio remembered his conversation with Campbell earlier in the night and let out a regretful sigh because of what he had to do next.  Instead of letting the official make a count on the downed Lucifer he took him by the arm and applied a rather simple looking armbar.

Until he snapped back and clear as day, broke Lucifer's arm at the joint.

"Ohhhhhhhhhh!" The crowd exclaimed in shock as they looked at the video wall for a second glimpse of Lucifer's arm bending horribly far back.  Minio released the hold immediately as the barely conscious Lucifer tapped the canvas with his healthy arm.

"Blood" by El-P hit up again as Minio clambered out of the Asylum as quickly as he arrived, the huge ovation from the crowd wouldn't erase the partial guilt for what he'd just accomplished.  As EMT's rushed the Asylum to tend to Lucifer and arena staff mopped up the vomit from the canvas.  FIGHTH3LL moved on from what had possibly been the most brutal opening to an event in Asylum history.

"Halo" by Soil.

Enter Asylum's only hope of bringing Kinkade to FIGHTH3LL to defend the Asylum championship.  Reports for the night thus far had been foggy, some arena staff had speculated that The Jersey Devil had already arrived while security had claimed that he definitely hadn't passed through the doors.

Having asked more than enough people if they'd seen his newfound nemesis Token opted to go back to the usual way that he solved a problem, the quickest and move abrasive way.

"Alright you fuck, I know you're here somewhere." Token barked as he paced out onto the steel rampway with Kinkade's Immortal title clasped in one hand "Now I'm not the fucking Freak, you ain't getting any of that slow and methodical shit from me.  Either you come out here and agree to take part in the main event later tonight or I'm gonna take a fucking shit on this belt... before I bust it into about eight thousand pieces!"

Token continued furiously down the aisle as the crowd roared with approval, one hefty toss later the shiny gold Immortal title landed with a hefty thud in the middle of the Asylum.

"Come on faggot!" Token roared again as he clambered into the Asylum, snatching a sledge hammer as he went before spitting a thick mouthful of phlegm onto the belt "I'll do it!" He shouted as he drew back the hammer.

Still nothing occurred at the top of the aisle.

SMACK.

People in the arena almost dropped silent as Token once again showed his lack of patience when it came to waiting for something, he brought down the hammer right on the center plate of the belt and cracked it.

"Not gonna be much left of this if you aren't quick, fuck." Token snarled, drawing back furiously again...

...until the lights went out.

"In my eyes, indisposed
In disguise as no one knows
Hides the face, lies the snake
The sun in my disgrace."

"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden came accompanied with Kellen Kinkade at the top of the aisleway and an incredible amount of booing and jeering.

"Last time I was here someone tricked into digging a pretty deep hole." Kinkade snarled "If you bring that hammer down again you won't need tricks my friend, because I'll dig a hole and bury you in it without a second thought."

The crowd continued to boo before looking to Token for retort.

"You'll need to grow a set before you can live up to that promise." Token said with a smile "But here you are... looks like you're half way there, gonna come down here and take this belt back, tough guy?"

Kinkade didn't reply, he simply made his way down the aisle and up the steps as the crowd roared with anticipation for what was to come.  Kinkade clambered over the Asylum rim and made his way directly over to Token who stood in front of the belt with the sledge hammer.

"Are you going to get out of my way or shall I move y-" Kinkade began only to be swiftly cut off.

"Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy.

Joe Campbell appeared on the ramp to a reaction only slightly better than the awful one that Kinkade had received upon his arrival.  With a broad smile on his face Joe spoke up "Nice to see you made it Kinkade, shall I fetch some handbags for you guys or are you going to produce your own?"

A smart remark that wasn't appreciated by most of the crowd, who didn't quite get the joke.

"Nice to see you accepted my offer Kink-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP." Kinkade screamed, getting a huge ovation from he crowd despite their contempt for him "You think I'm here because of some bullshit gamble that you've come up with? I'm here because this piece of shit standing in front of me." Kinkade scowled over at Token "Keeps turning up at fWo events and getting in the way of important things, I'm here to finish things with this asshole... it has nothing to do you you so walk your ass back through the curtains and drink something you sad little alky fuck."

Token smirked to himself "Gonna have to agree with him for once Campbell, fuck off and do something productive like reenact the Kenny Rock suicide."

The crowd laughed and jibed at Campbell insanely as he scowled at the top of the aisle, humiliated on Asylum's biggest annual event he skulked to the back like a scolded dog.

"Now that prick is out of the way, you gonna give me a reason to hit you in the face with this?" Token sneered at Kinkade as he held the sledge hammer menacingly.

"Not before I tell you that I'm prepared to defend the Asylum championship tonight in the match that was proposed, but I have terms." Kinkade shot back as Token added in "Shoot."

"First of all I want it to be a ladder match, both belts suspended above the ring... whichever one you grab you get to walk away with."

Token smirked to himself "Ladders... you haven't seen me fight often have you?"

"Never stayed awake for a full match." Kinkade sniped back "And secondly I'm not down with four Asylum guys and just me... I want to bring in someone from the fWo to compete as well."

Token displayed another satisfied smile "All pussies anyway, bring whoever the fuck you like."

"So we've got a deal?" Kinkade said as Token nodded with a "Yep."

"Good." Kinkade said as he stepped a little closer "By the way Sean, you can keep ahold of the belt until later but do you know what's going to happen if you hit it with that hammer again?"

"Surpr-" Token began to speak but was promptly cut off.

CRUNCH.

A firm kick below the belt from Kinkade sent him down to his knees... it only took him a couple of seconds to recover and be ready to pummel The Jersey Devil with the sledge but Kinkade had already made a quick exit from the Asylum.

"You get one for every scratch I find on it when I take it back later tonight." Kinkade laughed maniacally as he exited up the aisleway... giving Token time to scream a line similar to that he'd screamed at Kinkade not seven days ago.

"YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!"

"Champion" by Grinspoon hit up again as Jeff Garvin made a swift exit before a furious H e H could get back to his feet and take revenge.  The crowd booed The Original as he made his was up the aisle as though he'd just picked up a championship belt, throwing his arms into the air triumphantly.

One week ago he said he'd finished with fighting, tonight his wrestling rules had backed up that statement.

"So, we did it!" Lucinda squealed, reiterating the same point for the umpteenth time. It was just too big a shock for her, and completely unpreceedented.

Karen sat there, on the sofa, smiling thinly. It was good to be back in the confines of an arena that housed the weekly shennanigans of theAsylum, which rivalled the twist and turns of her own life. Of course, the last few weeks haven't been fun... but she was now learning to deal with everything, effectively. Or close to it.

But at Turmoil, The Lassie did something even she didn't foresee herself doing. Ripping out the mask of Mercy. One of the big secrets of tA was finally exposed, but the fans didn't really feel fulfilled, after seeing the real Mercy. Maybe it was due to the fact that she fled seconds after being exposed, and most people didn't get too good a glance.

In any case, Mercy was missing now. In hibernation. She'd been found out, but perhaps, there was still hope?

"Aye. The mystery's been exposed, and the little game is over. Sad, though. I was bleeding looking forward to fighting her, just the two of us. Ye know, just to see who's better.

Bloody hell, I didn't think the mask would mean so sodding much to her, that she'd disappear. Bah, doesn't matter now. We've got more pressing matters, I do believe. That twat, Poser, is still lurking around. And where the hell is McGarron? Wasn't he supposed to be here before us?"

Lucinda got up from her seat and walked over to the mini-fridge, still smiling. She was more bubbly than usual, mainly because she'd started this crusade against Mercy a long time ago. Scott remembered how much the mask intrigued her, and if she had the chance to actually unmask the enigmatic Mercy... it would be rather exciting.

Almost like a drug.

"Don't you remember? Eddie & McGarron agreed to a pie-eating contest today. Winner takes all... the pies. Loser gets the hell out of tA. I don't know if it's even started or whatever, but I assume we'll get a call soon. Don't worry about it, I know Eddie.

He can't beat Fatts in a pie-eating contest, that's for sure."

Taking out a can of Ginger Ale from the fridge, Lucinda was pleased that she didn't have to waste any change on the vending machine. She'd made it a point to haggle the backstage officials, however stoned they were under the influence of Campbell's wondeful stash, that her locker-room would have a fridge.

Opening the can, she noticed something on top of the fridge. Like... an envelope.

"You know quite a bit about Eddie, don't ye? I suspect you might have a yearning for the boy. I just can't bloody imagine why, he's dumber than a brick..." Karen remarked, reaching over to her bag and pulling out a white t-shirt.

Not that she was naked or anything. But the Lassie's dressing was far too exquisite for her to consider even marching down to the cage in, seeing how she had a fight with Hank Earl Hoskins later. But Pembridge was somewhat pertubed, as she stared at her t-shirt. She hadn't exactly been involved in fights over the last few weeks. Maybe she herself didn't feel like dishing out some pain... but now, Karen was wondering why she was in a rut, as far as her career was concerned.

It probably had to do with the company she was involved with, she reckoned.

Realising that Lucinda hadn't answered her question yet, Karen snapped herself out of her mini-trance and shot a glance at Lucy, who seemed to be rather stoned at the moment. Her can of Ginger Ale was on the floor, the contents of which had exploded and started to cover the floor... while Lucy stared at something.

"What's wrong?"

Lucinda turned around, no longer bubbly. Instead, she was concerned... and even appeared to be a little frightened. She passed the contents of the envelope she found, which was -- not surprisingly -- a letter. Addressed to both Lucinda & The Lassie, no less.

"Karen, Mercy, how are you two doing? Blah blah, you did something you shouldn't have by touching the mask. Blah blah, FIGHTH3LL will be the night on which I slaughter the two of you, blah blah blah. The fat friend of yours, as you're reading this, is lying in an alley somewhere in downtown, having gotten the shit beaten out of him. Blah blah, if you want to see him survive, you'd better hurry. Blah blah, Eddie's eager to slaughter someone as well. Blah blah.

Blah blah.

Blah blah blah.

If you're up for it, we could end it at FIGHTH3LL. Tag-Team Fight, under Tornado Rules.

Blah blah."

Karen stared at the paper she'd just read from, stunned. She crushed it and looked up at Lucinda, who'd already grabbed her jacket and her car-keys. The girl from Manchester sighed as she shot up from the sofa and begrudingly, unknown to Lucy, followed suit.

The situation was spinning completely out of control.

It didn't get much bigger than Fight Hell. No, this was Asylum's grand stage, it's sensational show that everyone looked forward to. For the last eleven months, even cHEESE and egg NOG, the infamous Legion of Dairy, had this date marked on their calendar. It was the one show everyone wanted to be a part of. If you were only going to have one incredible match in your Asylum career, this was the show you would have it at. This would make careers and it would break them.

Tonight would be no different.

With cHEESE and egg NOG slowly regaining "pop" status back on the wrestling circuit, all focus with the Asylum slowly faded away. It finally boiled to the point that the Legion had officially decided they wanted nothing to do with the Asylum. Ever again. With all focus back on wrestling, the two never really put much thought into officially quitting the Asylum. Until they caught wind of the third-annual Fight Hell and decided that would be their chance. With Campbell being drawn into his asinine wadger with Kellen Kinkade, it would be easy pickings to get their release from the company. So the two set in motion, ready to rid themselves of the Hell that was the Asylum.

Joe sat quietly at his desk. His mind racing over a thousand thoughts, each more important than the last. He tapped a pen in his hand gently against his desk, the "plick" it made was the only thing that could be heard. Until the handle on the door began to stir, ripping Campbell from his trance and making him wonder who it could be. As the door flew open, his questions were answered, he sighed as egg NOG led cHEESE into the room. The two came to a step only a few feet into the room.

"Boys!" Joe bellowed, his arms raised his side as a greeting of sorts. "I was wondering when you cunts were comin' back!"

egg NOG's blank stare shifted to a cold frown. His right hand rubbing his left in a soothing motion. Campbell, somewhat surprised by the usually happy duo, motioned to a pair of chairs in front of his desk. "Sit the fuck down, boys."

NOG shook his head. "No." He said with a mumble. Joe looked shocked, did he just tell Joe Campbell "No"? Did Joe just hear correctly?

"I'm sorry, what the fuck was that?" Joe asked, his hand cupped behind his hear.

"No." egg NOG repeated, this time louder than before. "No need. We won't be here long."

"That so?" Joe dumbfoundedly asked. "What makes you say that, cunt?

"We're out." egg NOG informed Mr. Campbell.

"So you've finally come out, have ya? Fucking great to hear. I always thought you were a little too close for 'brothers'." Joe joked with a small chuckle.

cHEESE snarled, "He means we're out of our contracts. We're done with the Asylum."

"That so? And who the fuck told you this?"

egg NOG tilted his head back, "I told myself this."

"So, what, you're Dirty -fucking- Harry? You tryin' to make me shit my britches to let you go?"

egg NOG glanced to cHEESE, it wasn't going like they'd planned.

"Fack fucking chance." Joe continued, "You're done when I say you're done. Never before."

"You may think that." cHEESE interrupted, drawing the attention of Campbell. "But you really think we'll show? Sure, you could send one of your goonies after us. All's grand, right? Wrong. Someone's bound to know we're gone. And I'm willing to be that even you couldn't cover your trails for that little mess."

Joe smiled and nodded. "You're absolutely right. I couldn't."

See, Joe was covering his ass. cHEESE made a valid point, someone would know. Rather than let them walk all over him, he was taking his own path.

"Here's what I propose. I'm going to get one, last fight out of you. You win, you're free to go. You lose... and you will, you're stuck in the Asylum for as long as I fucking say, deal?"

Joe leaned forward, resting his chin on clasped hands, and winked to the Legion. cHEESE looked to egg NOG and egg NOG to cHEESE. They turned back to Joe and nodded.

"Good. Off with ya, then. I've got a fucking pay-per-view to run."

cHEESE and egg NOG backed out of the office, one final fight to get ready for.

Or was it?

The screech of the car, before the sound of its engine going dead. Having parked, Lucinda & Karen exited the car, not caring how haphazard the former's parking was. There was little time to waste, and definitely none to spare. Lucy wanted to save Fatts, The British Lassie wished to not miss her match with Hank Earl Hoskins.

Running down the block, Karen kept glancing at her watch, shaking her head. She didn't understand why they were rushing, neither Mercy nor Eddie were gonna risk killing Fatts. The reprecaussions that would arise were endless, and that would leave the newly-formed duo with a ton of problems.

"Down here!" Lucy remarked in between pants, pointing at an alley they were approaching.

With the Manchester girl leading the way, she surged forward, making a sharp right turn into the alley. Narrow and long, but it wasn't such a big deal for Karen. Sure, it might have been night time, but she could handle herself. Lucinda, on the other hand, was starting to feel that something was amiss.

Progressing down the alley, and getting themselves wet courtesy of a few puddles, it was Lucy who first spotted Fatts. Sprawled out on the ground, lifeless. Evidence to suggest that the aforementioned pie-eating contest did materialise, in the form of cream all over McGarron's face. However, it was mixed with blood, supporting Mercy's claim that Fatts had been taken out.

Approaching the body of their slave, however, Karen & Lucy found themselves in rear chokeholds.

"Hello, ladies."

The distinctive voice of Mercy, who was the one choking Karen. Eddie, on the other hand, had Lucinda in his grip. This was exactly what it looked to be; a sneaky set-up. Lucy's cursed under her breath, while the Lassie played it cool, not wanting to struggle and cause herself to choke.

"You see, playing with my mask did nothing. Except to infuritate me. Now, it has come down to this.

Unless, of course, you ladies are so kind as to accept my offer for a fight at FIGHTH3LL? You love to fight, don't you, Karen? You were looking to fight tonight, weren't you? Don't worry about Hank, he's been informed of you having prior engagements. He's happily gone off to drink himself silly.

But the matter in question now is us, and FIGHTH3LL. I want payback, and doing it in this alley isn't quite the most honourable thing to do.

So, do you accept?"

Karen shot Lucy a glance, before nodding, to indicate she did. Mercy smiled, before motioning to the King Of Poland to release Lucinda. Frowning slightly, to imply his reluctance, Eddie relinquised his grip on Scott... before ramming his forearm over her head, instantly knocking Lucinda out.

"Bloody faggot," Karen muttered, aiming it at Poser.

But that would be the last word she would say for the night, as Mercy rammed her left forearm into the back of the Lassie's head, bringing about another instant knockout. Karen & Lucinda now lay on the ground, face down, unconscious, with their slave/bodyguard too lifeless.

The job done, Mercy & the King Of Poland walked away.

FIGHTH3LL beckoned.

The Bizarre Kid had won this battle.

August Monday was left with his sorrows and his second loss in the Asylum.

Michael D’Alessandro for once in his life strode with a step with a dash that showed some type of joy. For some reason he was Siamese twined with John C. Willis with all his adventures, and a certain amount of stupidity began to wear him down, but now not, not today, nothing would change that. He just had to make one thing clear with Campbell. He opened the office door of Joe Campbell, and as the two locked eyes, and immediately Joe sighed..

“What the fuck do you want?”

In his custom made two piece suit, Michael D’Alessandro strode up to Joe’s desk and put his hand down on it, and leaned, “Campbell.. I want one thing. I know you don’t like us, but we don’t want anything to happen like last time. No ring-outs Joe, that’s what we want for this. And you bloody know we deserve it.”

“Fine, I don’t sodding care, I have more on my fucken plate than two fucks who don’t draw, and you’re fucken bollocks strutting in here asking for my damned self to fucken make rules. You’re shite, get out my of my office.”

Michael D’Alessandro grumbled as his hand clamped, his joy sucked from him. As he glared angrily at Campbell, he shoved his hands back into his pockets. He was ready to tell him what happened to Sebastian, but he assumed that that would just have to wait and see for himself.

The lights went dim. Almost all the arena was in virtual darkness. Then the arena was filled with the light tinkling of a piano it was a repetitive tinkle, beating like an axe trying to chop down a tree. Then a light white light lit up in the rafters of the roof. A figure was distinguishable balanced on the scaffolding and beams holding the arena up.

"What the fuck is he doing there?" was the first reaction of the audience then "Who the fuck is he?"

The piano notes continued to play like water trickling down a gentle waterfall. But. With a marching like repetitiveness. It got louder. And louder. But still they were the same notes. The man then walked along the beam directly above The Asylum. You can see the man looking down upon the octagon.

"REP YO’ CIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITEEEEEEH!" Thundered out of the speakers in the arena. As if by cue the lights flashed on like lighting. Then a rain of silver confetti fell from the ceiling of the structure flooding the whole arena.

The man that prowled the rafters then became visible. He had cappuccino splashed skin, short jet black, stubby, dreadlocks and all sorts of piercing around his body. He had a rather muscular build that was displayed obviously by his tight lime green T-shirt that pressed against his muscles. He was also bright attention grabbing brown denim jeans and lime green wrestling boots. The man had some sort of back pack strapped to him as he dived from the rafters to the centre of the asylum. He was aided by strings attached to his back pack. Never-the-less he pretended he was flying or jumping by doing a praying mantis pose all the way down.

"Rep Your City" by E-40 continued to pound out of the speakers system like someone trying to break down a door. The man stood in the centre of the Asylum. Slap bang in the middle. Dead in the centre. He took his back pack off and it was zipped up by the workers in the rafters.

Slowly the music started to fade. Someone threw a microphone to him which he caught with one hand. Our first impression is he is a showman. The music stopped. The man of mixed race just glared at the audience making sure he had their attention. You know how. Like that dickhead History teacher would do at the start of a lesson if one kid was talking. Fuck the forty odd other students in the class, he’d stand there glaring at everyone else making sure he had their attention. Prick.

Eventually everyone was quiet. He was the centre of attention - which is what he wanted.

"I am here in the Asylum. I am Reggie Harrison-Willis and I am the best thing that has happened to this fed in a long time." He greeted the world in what seems to be a wining dragging voice. "I’m not going to make this speech a long drawn out patch of piss which you probably wont remember tomorrow. Even though I can’t. I’m very entertaining. Which you’ll find out about me in the upcoming weeks."

There’s a lot of "I"s and "Me"s. This guy is obviously full of himself.

"Now I’d say I had an normal life. But I wont. As that’d mean I’d be like you fucking lot. And let’s face it, you’re probably all nice people. But there’s a reason why I’m in here and you’re not. I’m a bit a special." He brags. The crowd started getting restless - another Egomaniac - big deal they thought. A few whispers started.

"SHUT UP!" He screamed. Like a toddler having a tantrum. "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" His moaning voice groaned. "JUST FUCKING SHUT UP! I’M FUCKING TALKING! DON’T YOU FUCKERS HAVE ANY MANNERS."

The people were shocked. That grown man was having a temper tantrum in front of their eyes.

"Fina-fucking-ly." He grunted at the eventual silence. "Now I’m here to--"

"FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!" the audience started to chant.

Reggie’s jaw dropped. "Why are you fuckers being so insolent? I told you to fucking shut up!"

"FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!"

"I SAID FUCKING SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! I’M FUCKING TALKING!" He barked like a bulldog trying to get at his food.

"FUCK YOU!"

"DO YOU FUCKERS NOT KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP!?" Him screaming was obviously encouraging them. RHW started to jump up and down whilst screaming "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" over-and-over again.

"FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!" they replied.

"That’s it." He just threw the microphone down and hopped over the four foot wall and walked off to the backstage area. He had enough. He threw his tantrum. He didn’t get what he wanted so he went.

What a baby.

”Okay yanks. In a matter of seconds…” Joe was interrupted by a small crowd of San Diego fans near the ramp way, but Campbell silenced their chatter when he flashed his revolver in their direction.. preparing to pull the trigger. He walked to the far end the stage, continuing his tirade.

”Now, as soon as that bloody Osyrus gets out here.. we are going to see one of these men ‘win’ the opportunity to become my new bodyguard. Seeing how some people have made too many mistakes these last couple of weeks…” Joe looked right at Dez and shook his head in disgust. “…The search for new employment has begun and it will not end until I feel that I have competent men by my side. And since this match is so important, I have decided that I need to see this action first hand. But enough of the chit chat; let ‘s get this shite started.”

Campbell directed Vactor toward the steel dome; extending his right arm, which pointed down the ramp way. “Needles” by Seether blared over the P.A system as the cruiserweight attacker headed to the ring, wearing his traditional Japanese or Vietnamese black gown. Vactor slowly walked down the ramp; eyes focused forward as he stepped up onto the platform.. entering the large dome. In the center of spherical fighting stage… Thanh started to remove the jacket portion of his attire; muscles rippled down both of his arms and across his stomach. He slowly moved his arms and legs side to side in a stretching fashion; resembling a modern day Bruce Lee. Thanh Vactor stopped his stretching as he stood in the dome peacefully; eyes closed.. thousands of spiritual miles away from where he was going to physically do combat. But the calm before the storm was over when the lights dimmed… and the royal, trumpet fanfare began.

Vactor quickly opened his eyes as even Joe Campbell and Dez looked toward the entrance way, waiting for Thanh’s opponent to make his arrival…

”I’ve been patiently waiting for a track to explode on.

Niggas done if you want, then your ass’ll get rolled on.

If it feels like my flows been hot for so long…

If ya thinking I’m fucking fall off, ya so wrong!

“Patiently Waiting” by 50 cent roared into the arena, but not as loud as the fans’ negative reaction when the warrior known as Osyrus stepped onto the stage. His trademark black hoodie with his own logo on the front, covered his face as he rose both arms into the air triumphantly as if the battle had all ready been won. Osyrus put his arms down; then looked over in Campbell’s direction as the owner of tA smirked evilly, before the hybrid competitor continued down the aisle way. Vactor didn’t look intimidated, never taking his eyes off of his much larger opponent.. that out weighed him by eighty pounds of muscles; towered over him by a foot while the strobe lights flickered and flashed inside the venue.

When Osyrus reached the base of the dome; he removed the hood from his face. He glared menacingly at his new adversary with his silver, pierced right eyebrow and stone face expression… before breaking character with a slight smirk that started from the right corner of his mouth. Osyrus stepped into the cage, extending his arms outward to their sides, slightly covering the door as the official closed the gate... locking it with a large thick chain and bolt lock.

”Now… there’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.” Osyrus said in a cocky fashion. Taking off his hoodie and throwing it on the ground… The people in attendance were surprised as the official walked away from the door. This must have been the surprise he had meant earlier in the evening.

The official waved his arm toward the time keeper.. seconds later the bell chimed and the match was underway.

Vactor started to bounce rhythmically, side to side while Osyrus mirrored his movements.. as the two circled each other. Vactor kicked his right leg out toward Osyrus, but he moved out of the way easily as he shot a smirk at Thanh.. as he continued to move around the dome.

”Is that the best thing they taught you, in those sweat shops that you used to work at?”

Osyrus laughed out loud while Thanh tried to connect with various kicks.. which were blocked easily by Osyrus’ triangulate blocking style.

“… Let me show you how it’s done, son.” Osyrus snarled as Thanh swung his leg toward Osyrus’ face like a bat at a baseball, to silence his cheap talk. But this time… Osyrus didn’t block it, rather he caught Vactor’s leg in his hands as he now hopped on one leg, seemingly defenseless. Osyrus flipped Vactor off with his right hand; left hand still held Thanh’s right leg.. before he dropped to a knee; swinging the momentum of his body toward the inside of the leg that he held… as Osy tried to twist Vactor’s leg off at the knee cap with a sickening dragon screw leg whip, that made some fans cringe.

“How did you like that wrestling, you dumb ass fighter?” Osyrus said, never short on words.

Vactor screamed out in pain, before slowly composing himself as Joe Campbell watched from a few feet away. Osyrus reached down; pulling V up by the back of his neck… before he drove his right quadriceps muscle into Vactor’s chest several times. Osyrus finished up the flurry with a right, opened hand palm strike to the bridge of the V’s nose… which rocked the smaller of the two men back to the canvas. Osyrus shook the numbness out his hand as the official started to count the foreign fighter down.

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Thanh Vactor was back to one knee; supporting all his weight on that right leg… when Osy started to advance on him quickly; not letting his prey get any breathing room. ‘The Personification of Talent’ leaned down to pull Vactor back up to his feet with both of his hands around V’s throat… but was stopped in his tracks by a flurry of left sided mid kicks to his rib cage. When Osyrus tried to block them, raising his knee against his rib cage; Vactor spun to his right.. sweeping Osyrus’ other leg out from underneath him.

The crowd applauded the fast exchange as Vactor popped onto his feet; back stepping when Osy got to his feet seemingly effortlessly; the leg sweep seemed to have no affect on the tough wrester.

But the china man was well prepared; he crouched down… sprung into the air as he launched his right foot into the center of Osyrus’ chest with his patented Pump Kick… sending Mr. Christensen tumbling around on the canvas. Again; the self proclaimed ‘Savior’ of the Asylum was back up from the ground, kneeling to his right side. Thanh charged, jumped off of Osyrus’ right knee.. then blasted Osy in the back of his head with a Shining Wizard! This time the so called wrestler was down… And out. The official ready to do the job he was intended to do, as the fans counted along.

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Standing straight up; feeling the back of his head for blood, as he also wiped the saliva from his mouth… Osyrus was back to his feet again for the third time.

“You son of a bitch.. you’re going to pay!” Osyrus snarled.

He charged full speed toward Vactor; whipping his arm at incredible speed for a hooking clothesline… but Vactor ducked as Osyrus went back for a second try while both men were in the center of the ring, going toe to toe… move for move. Campbell’s newest slave boy swung his leg at Osyrus again like before; his leg had round house kick written all over it, but Osyrus ducked at the last second before he got behind V… where he wrapped his massive arms around Mr. Thanh’s tiny waist. Osyrus pulled upward as he tossed Vactor through the air with a release German suplex into the Asylum steel mesh.

OW! The live audience spouted out as Vactor landed on his neck after colliding into the dome.

“How did that feel you little martial arts fuck? A little wrestling know how… goes a long way.” He wiped the sweat from under his pierced eyebrow; taking a second to look up to where Campbell stood on the stage… as he drug his right thumb across his throat. That was not a good sign for Vactor, who wiped the blood from under his nose.. crawling away from Osyrus, but didn’t get far enough away.

Osy grabbed V’s ankle first; before he began a full out assault on Thanh. Smashing him with his right bicep into the neck region before alternating between using his arm or his feet.. repeatedly stomping onto V’s skull with the heel of his foot, before he brought Vactor back up.

Joe Campbell started to clap loudly, which made the California fans he called demons earlier in the week, to boo and hiss with contempt for him and anything he enjoyed. The action in the Asylum dome ceased to slow down one bit because of what was going on outside the cage. Osyrus slowly lifted Vactor stirring body up by his waist again… He hooked Thanh in a front face lock, pulling Vactor up by his pants to gain leverage… as spiked him back into the earth with a stiff vertical suplex brain buster. While both men laid on the canvas; Osyrus still held on, he twisted his hips as he lifted Vactor back into the air… another vicious and unforgiving brainbuster split Vactor’s head open.

“It’s no where near over yet bitch.. I am just getting warmed up.” Osyrus leaned down in front of Thanh’s face; as he slapped the warm, stale taste out of his V’s mouth. The former ACW world champion hoisted his opponent’s dead weighted body up onto his shoulder… a few second delay; with Vactor’s feet being tossed up first, before his vertebrae connected with the mat… Death Valley Driver well executed, might have spelled the end.

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”It’s not going to end that easy for you my fine Chinese friend, and I use that word ‘friend’ loosely…” Osy pulled V off of the canvas, before tossing him into the Asylum mesh. “… I have to make an example out of you for all the non believers.”

People that had watched Fight H3LL from the start, knew that the event would be filled with the evil intentions of men… Their thoughts brewed and stirred in the deepest of their subconscious mind; and that disease even spread to the newly debuted competitors, that had never fought in an Asylum arena… Where Osy spat on Vactor first; in a disrespectful manner before he locked his hands under Vactor’s right shoulder blade and across his neck. The highly technically sound competitor pulled back on V’s upper torso with a Dragon Sleeper/Camel Clutch combination that Osyrus dubbed ‘The Dragon Clutch’. And as Vactor laid on the canvas, writhing in pain… he never gave up; even though Osy had pulled his torso so far back.. that Thanh could reach the small of his back.

”Tap out, you son of a bitch!” Osyrus bellowed loudly as the crowd boo’d when he increased his intensity. But Vactor would never say die…. Fighting to straighten his body out amidst the pain.

”Fuck it then.” He released the hold; clobbering V on the back with stiff forearm shivers… as he rose to his feet then stomped on the back Vactor’s neck. Osy leaned over; he grasped the back of Thanh’s neck like a rag dog… yanking him upward, but Vactor had other plans indeed.

YEAHHH! The audience roared in admiration, for what happened next.

Mr. Thanh Vactor connected several times in the blink of a naked fan’s eye. He struck the would be fighter in the groin three times with alternating jabs…

RIGHT

LEFT

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And once in the side of Osyrus’ face with a swinging kick. But Vactor showed his resilience once more with a solid boot that was firmly ingrained into Osyrus’ chest… a modified Thrust kick from the ground up… Where Vactor was used to employing an attack, when came to larger opponents. Thanh had backed Osy up long enough so he could get back to his feet; slowing inhaling quick breaths of air. Osyrus began to grow more enraged with every step he stomped toward V… rubbing the middle of his chest, where Vactor made his mark.

Again; the large muscular, and hot tempered competitor rushed toward his small adversary… fire in his eyes and rage in his black heart. Vactor stood poised and ready; arms in front of him in a Praying Mantis fashion…Osyrus drew nearer and nearer with every passing second while Joe looked on as well.

OH!!!!

Mr. Christensen was not known for his speed, but Vactor was. Osy completely missed his target when Vactor parried Osyrus’ charge… wrapping his feet around Osyrus’ ankle… which sent Christensen into the mesh, face first. V rolled up on the ankle he held; now he had Osyrus in an ankle lock… while simultaneously he rubbed the warrior’s face across the Asylum mesh. Joe Campbell was right in front of the action; he knew that no matter who would win… he would be the ultimate winner.

Osyrus fought to pull himself from off of the cage; Vactor slapped him in the back of his head in a taunting manner while crowd laughed and cheered their approval. Holding the back of his head while Vactor smirked… Osy slowed down V’s momentum as he pondered his next move. You could never count the tricky wrestler out as he slowly walked toward the center of the dome; where Thanh could be found. Dez was now at Joe’s side when the two conversed, their voices were not audible.

”You know what little Asian man, I don’t want to fight you anymore. I don’t care this much to be Joe Campbell’s lackey.. when I can go on my own and win championship after championship with out being held down. You know what, you little fuckhead… I am going to let you get a knock out shot…” Osyrus paused to spit the salty blood out of his mouth before he continued.

”… Don’t you want to win your debut match over the wrestling industry’s best fucking wrestler alive today? Don’t you want to be Campbell’s bodyguard.. so your rice eating ass isn’t sent back to the sweat shops? And I am not even going to attempt to block your weak ass kick. So if you’re not scarred… fire away little man. Fire away.” Osyrus stood in front of Vactor urging him to bring it; he smirked as did Joe. No one knew what was going to happen next while Thanh kicked his leg out a few times in front of Osy.

But he didn’t move as promised.

V backed up a few steps; he bounced into the air as he did earlier in the bout… flying toward Osy with a Jumping Front Kick, but Osyrus was nowhere to be found. He ducked low as he tried to take out Thanh Vactor’s leg with a front style, chop block… but the tiny terror avoided the shoulder to knee cap collision. Osyrus hated to be shown up or out done; and he was going to let it twice against the same opponent… He rolled back around, striking the back of Thanh’s leg with a rising chop block that dropped Vactor on the back of his neck, while Osyrus tore through his thigh muscle.

”Enough of this fighting bullshit…” Osy snarled. Lifting V’s right leg off of the mat, alternating his attacks between the groin and the quadriceps muscle when he struck with his right bicep. Vactor tried to fight off the lower body break down; he kicked Osy in the chest, but it did no damage.. when Osyrus decided he wanted to end it with one last manuever.

The spreading of Vactor’s leg; Osyrus stepping through as he pivoted his body onto his left foot… and the crossing of the leg’s Osy held; pulling back as he sat down. That series of moves signified that the wrestler locked in one of his most infamous moves…

The Industry’s Best. Also known as the best sharpshooter in the business.

Inside the Asylum dome; Thanh Vactor continued to scratch and claw his finger tips into the canvas to escape. Each movement more desperate than the last while Osyrus yelled out loud.. he knew that victory was only mere moments away… as V’s energy level faded. Campbell applauded what he witnessed thus far; pointing to Dez to take notes as the men in the ring battled for supremacy. Now Vactor laid on the Asylum fighting platform motionless. Osy looked back over his right shoulder to check and see if it was true what he heard.

”That’s it… it’s over. Count him out ref.” Osyrus released the hold as Vactor’s legs hit the canvas with a thump. “… What a pathetic end, an assassin my ass…” Osy reached down to turn Thanh over on his back but was unpleasantly surprised when the self appointed body guard/slave and contract killer sprung to life.. grabbing Osyrus by the throat, taking him to the ground.

Playing dead. How un fair was that? But in any event, it was highly effective as Vactor took over on Osyrus; striking him in the face with lighting fast opened palm strikes to the fast.. that seemed to daze the gangster rap wrestler as he swung his arms in the air wildly to block the punches. Thanh hopped onto his toes; slide his right foot across the solid ground surface, where both men’s DNA samples could be found. He reared it forward again, blasting Osyrus in the temple with his ankle. Osy’s head bounced off of the mesh, landing face first into the mat.

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“Is that the best you got.. because as you can see I am still able to get up. And until you can keep me down.. this fight is nowhere from over.” Osyrus had pulled himself up with the use of the cage, spitting out blood in between every few words.. while wiping the sweat and blood mixture from his face.

”I’ll make sure to do just that.” Vactor spoke softly… and in seconds was in Osyrus’ face as he grabbed him by the back of his neck.

BOOM! V drove his right knee into Osyrus’ rib cage. Osy doubled over in pain.

BLAM! Even the fans felt the last shot, Thanh driving his left knee into Osy’s kidneys.. back stepping as he spun… His Spinning Back Fist crashed into Osyrus’ face. Again; Mr. Christensen found himself on the canvas in the worst position he thought possible… On his hands and knees, being counted down again.

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“Nice shot coming from a twelve year old looking motherfucker…” Osy spat out blood ridden insults from the ground as he slowly rose up. The official still counted.

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Finally back to his feet at the last second; Osyrus wiped the blood from his swelling fat lip. He ripped the black wife beater from his chest… as Osy sucked in and snorted out loud breaths of air like a wild animal. “… I don’t think you were listening,” He paused to catch his breath as he smirked at Thanh, who was in utter amazement that his adversary had risen from the dead again.

”I told you that this issue isn’t over quite yet boy.” Osy slowly stalked forward. Vactor wasn’t going to waste anytime.. He needed to finish or he could be in big trouble. Osyrus was approaching fast; killer instinct look glazed over his crazed eyes… Thanh let Osy take another step forward and only one step before he leaped into the air like a cat; swinging his leg at Osyrus’ cranium at lighting speed…

But Thanh should have learned by now.
You shouldn’t go to the well, once to often..
Because one of these times you’ll pay for it.

And he did.

Osyrus blocked and caught the kick in mid air… latching onto his leg; turning slightly to toss Thanh toward the gated Asylum door with a T-Bone suplex as Vactor slammed into it with authority.

OH! The crowd in attendance bellowed after the replay showed. The chain rattled continually after the impact, as it was apparent that the climax to this ending was only moments away as Osyrus knelt down like a caged animal. Preparing to ram himself and Vactor through the cage door…

Thanh had finally gotten to both feet when Osyrus took off like a rocket; crouched low and aimed straight at Vactor’s rib cage. A wicked and deadly spear was coming… another thing that Osyrus stole from Kellen Kinkade in a way; the Killing Spree… but much, much better. Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide was seconds away from ending all the speculation of who would become Mr. Joe Campbell’s new bodyguard…

That is, if it would have connected.

Vactor dove out of the way as Osy’s shoulder collided with the gated door… blasting it open. It smacked against the mesh while it swung on it’s hinge. Osyrus turned for a second attempt but V was in his face; knocking his skull back with right and left knee lifts to the face, while his face was held tightly by Vactor’s arms. Osyrus staggered back after a final rising blow.. he got closer to the door when Vactor followed in hot pursuit.. jumping and connecting with a round house that completed Thanh’s signature move; The Black Out…sent Osy flying through the door way; where he landed firmly on both feet… outside of the structure!

The crowd erupted as a victor was finally crowned. Joe sarcastically clapped while “Needles” by Seether exploded into Qualcomm Stadium. At the bottom of the ramp way; was where Osyrus stood calling for the official to pass him a microphone.

”You may have won the battle, but it’s far from over between us. Like I continually said during this whole bout…” He walked over to the steel chain that laid on the ground, placing it in his hands before wrapping it around his right fist. “..It’s not over till one of us doesn’t walk away!”

Osyrus sprinted into the Asylum dome; the noise level escalated as the two ducked punches that were thrown at one other. Thanh started to get the upper hand; kicking Osy in his already injured ribs… but Osyrus knew how to kick a man, where it counted as well.

Low blow. Followed by an un blocked shot with the chain around the fist.

Thanh was down as Joe Campbell slowly made his way into the Asylum; as Osyrus lifted Vactor up in a rotating reverse fireman’s carry.. wrenching the cruiserweight’s neck and back as Osy continued to stretch him.

”Here’s your new body guard Joe… or what’s left.” Osy dipped his shoulder; releasing V’s legs first, but held onto his neck.. the second before he wanted to drive him face first into the ground with a reverse Death Valley Driver that he aptly named Oblivion.  Thanh was out cold while Osyrus stood over him, now making his way to the chain again… slowly pulling   Vactor’s head up; at the same time, sliding the chain around his neck like a choker necklace. And that was definitely what he had in mind.

”Wait one bloody fucking second.” Joe stopped the carnage from happening further. “I have come to a new decision that I think that you will agree with, but first you have to come to my office so we can discuss it.. not in front of this sun tanned fucks.” The audience started to boo, as Osyrus threw the chain down as he exited with Joe.

”…Oh and by the way Dez, grab Thanh while your at it.. this involves him too.” Dez scoped Thanh up onto his shoulder, as he exited the Asylum and followed behind Campbell and Osyrus. The four men disappeared behind the curtain while “Smack my bitch up” by Prodigy faded out.  What thoughts swan around in Joe’s cesspool head were never known until it became a reality…

Could this be the beginning of an evil partnership?

Silence fell upon the arena as the tA team champions - that's Splink if you didn't know - walked to the cage. There was no music, the official reason being Joe wanted to save on the arena hire costs and the venue offered a 10% discount if he cut the musics of some fighters. Splink were top of the list.

TMM, Slapnutz, Mr Pink and Wincy Willis walked into the cage, Mr Pink started clapping his arms in an attempt to get the crowd to at least clap the tune of their music but nothing happened. Slapnutz had a swearing match with Wincy Willis... like he'd ever stand a chance of winning!

TMM picked up a microphone and threw it into the air in an attempt to show off by catching it in the style of tom cruise in that awful film, Cocktail. Hand-Eye coordination ain't on form tonight as TMM not only dropped it but stubbed his finger as he did. That's gotta hurt!

Slappy got on the mic, his tag team championship bet being Polished from behind by Wincy Willis. She slowly moved down his body to rub something but he pushed her away and kicked her in the head. Wincy crawled into the corner of the cage, crying. Instant heat for Slap!

"I've had enough of this, cut my music" shouted Slap, forgetting the music wasn't playing. Slapnutz turned red with embarrassment at this mistake "Why didn't you change the auto cue, arsehole!" he shouted up to the executive producer of Splink Entertainment. The entire crowd turned around to see some Jerry Miguire lookalike sat on his arse in a room with a script and a big red button. "This is bullshit, we've come to see fighting not some sissy ass production" shouted someone from the crowd. "Lets kill them!" shouted another person. A big fat smelly man jumped up "No, let's all masturbate in a protest against this scripted sham!" All the men in the audience stood up and shouted "aye". One fatter man added "But men only!", the entire male gathering let out another "aye" before taking their pants off.

"Oh fucking hell, look what you've fucking done you stupid Scotch prick!" Screamed Mr Pink at Slapnutz. Slapnutz dropped the microphone and ran out of the cage and to the back. TMM and Mr Pink made a run for it too, "He's caused a fucking riot. This reminds me of that shite film Godzilla where all those Chyna look alikes take over Madison Square Garden.

Then like a angel sent from above a really large breasted woman, long blonde hair and an ass to die for climbed onto the cage and called for calm. "Oh men, please don't get your cocks out, it's not nice. Instead how about me and all the other good looking women in the arena get inside the cage and have a long session of lesbian loving for you!" Most of the men screamed their approval, this being fighting there were obviously a few arse bandits in the crowd. "Oh how fortunate, the international page 3 girls convention is here tonight". Over on the far side of the arena were 47 beautiful page 3 girls. They all rushed to the cage to be with the angel. Wincy was thrown out, One final announcement came from the voice of the angel "We need one man though" Shouts of ME ME ME ME came from the crowd. "There is only one serious candidate though, this person is pure sex, a real mans man, and he's hung like a horse. Give it up from SLAPNUTZ!" Slapnutz raced into the cage, not believing his luck. He was jumped on by all the girls and... well, this is where you had to pay $30 to watch on...

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...so the massive orgy was over, everyone was shagged out and TMM, Mr Pink and Wincy Willis went back to the cage to join the blushing Slapnutz. TMM shook his head in disgust. "You're an embarrassment!". The girls booed and chanted "Slappy".

"Ah shut your gobs and worry about how badly your tits are going to sag when you're older" TMM shouted back to the girls. A short pause for thought by them before they booed him again and checked each others tits for sagging.

"Fuck this, we're not here to promote pornography or put Slapnutz over as a ladies lover. No we're fucking here because we are the TAG FUCKING TEAM CHAMPIONS" TMM, turning red and with steam coming out of his nose threw the Microphone against the cage, the girls meanwhile continued their chants "Slapnutz is a sex god", "We want your Slap-Nutz" and "You are our god, you make us cream in our dreams, Slapnutz shag us til' we're blind" During all this Slapnutz was standing tall and lapping it all up.

TMM went over and picked up the microphone, he launched it at Slap but Slap - with the reflexes of Bruce Grobbler in his prime - caught the Microphone, did Tom Cruise better than Tom Cruise could, threw it high into the air and then headed it back to TMM - With snow on it. Cue more shouting for Slapnutz from the girls.

"Fe, Fi, Fo Thumb, I smell the shit of a challenger man. Be they alive or be they dead, we'll grind their bones to earn our bread" TMM tried playing the giant out of Jack & The Beanstalk. "So come out you mother fuckers, Be you alive, or be you dead, we'll break your bones and make you... bled. Well you get the idea, so anyone want to crack at these shiny titles then come down here and meet the force that is... err... Splink"

Slapnutz coolly walked over to TMM, the girls screaming at his every step, he took the Microphone off TMM and did some juggling. "Hello Ladies......" Mr Pink and TMM shook their head is disgust and general embarrassment. The page 3 girls and some camp men loved it though. "I'm Slapnutz" (Girly screams) "and I'm a feature of Gang Splink, you could call me the intense DRIVE (Abdominal Thrusts) behind Splink" (More screams) "Being the DRIVE and being in the mood for getting down to some fighting action then I'm not going to wriggle (wiggles his arse) out of a challenge and therefore anyone, in the back, come down here now and you can have these championships from us if we fail to beat you in a 10 minute time limit!" TMM and Mr Pink raced to Slapnutz telling him to shut up, he continued "A draw, no contest or time over result and we'll drop the titles to you! How's that for a challenge. So Fe, Fi, Fo ... and all the shit TMM said. Come and take this shiny object from above my crotch - Owwww!" (Another thrust and a moon walk followed by a spin.)

The girls screamed as TMM and Mr Pink raced to Slapnutz to bollock him....

A cold chill came over the arena, TMM and the rest of Splink shivered, The page 3 girls pushed out their chests to show off their nipples and any cats and dogs in the crowd started licking their arses.

Music played in the arena "What, they got fucking music!" shouted Slapnutz. It was no wine bar music, it's not a 'One true voice' tune either. No, this one was 98% Hoobastank and 98% "Remember Me". Not 100% because it might have turned out to be "The drugs don't work" by the Verve.

Why were they playing Kenny Rocks old music? Slapnutz walked over to TMM and whisperd "Have you hired some gypos to dress up as Kenny Rock and we can beat them up?". TMM turned and shook his head at Slapnutz. It was a mystery!

The music stopped... but no other tune started playing, an announcement came over the PA. "No music to listen to here, cutting back on costs, I'd tell you what music should be playing but that would constitutes actually playing the music which would then defy the point in not playing it. For full terms and conditions go to www.hogansbriefs.com". Everyone in the arena shook their heads. TMM just farted and Slapnutz puckered up to the camera like 'The Model' Rick Martell might.

WOW! A huge flash and a sharp cold snap which freezed together the lips of that annoying twat in Row Y with the air horn.

Stood in the middle of the ring... Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the Ultimate Warrior? NO it was Kenny Rock and .desolate. Where'd that truck come from???? TMM started to cry, Mr Pink did too but Slapnutz hulked up in front of them and challenged them to a pose down. Not surprisingly he got told to fuck off.

...

..... back, well it looked like there was 90 seconds left (Need to call that help line I think) Slapnutz was now tiring and the Page 3 girls had broken out of their private enclosure and were now around the cage, posing suggestively as they would in their page 3 shoots, it was quite off putting to the fighters - apart from Sexnutz because he issssss sexxxxx- ugggh- ahhhhh. ahem, he is sex. WTF? Twice in a minute!

.desolate had taken control of TMM now, Slapnutz was too busy having his photo taken with the girls on the outside. WHACK!!!! Illegal object as Kenny Rock threw his hip at Sexnutz's pecker. A world was broken, Riots broke out across the globe, just as well for Kenny Rock that he was dead. Could they put a dead man on death row?

Kenny Rock was loved by tA fans across the world. But when it came down to a straight battle between him and Sexnutz, he didn't have a hip to stand on. Was a pretty good aim for a dead man with no head either. On the subject of Kenny Rock's head, it was still sitting happily down the woman's top, it worked well as a replacement breast if you ignore the teeth.

Time ticked on, this was getting pretty urgent now. Mr Pink came in to help, he jumped from the cage onto Kenny Rock, knocking his body from his legs. Mr Pink got a leg and threw it out of the cage, TMM got the other and did the same. Finally TMM picked up his arms and body and threw them out. Mr Pink noticing a finger fell off threw that out too. 1 down, 1 to go... in 40 seconds. They'd never do it unless Sexnutz could stop looking so darn sexy and get on with fighting... man he looked sexy doing that too. Was there anything this talented figther/wrestler/sex god can't do?

It was 3-on-1 as TMM, Mr Pink and Sexnutz crowded around .desolate. It shouldn't have taken two men and a sex monster to beat a dead man but no mercy is a phrase that best describes Splink... I mean Sexnutz, TMM, Mr Pink and the rest just do as they are told.

Half a minute remained as .desolate whipped out a hammer and twatted the hell out of Mr Pink. TMM and Sexnutz took a step back, where'd that come from? .desolate, knowing he'd nothing to lose, put some shelves up on Mr Pink. Sexnutz pushed TMM onto .desolate - Oh how brave of Sexnutz! - TMM took a hammer shot to the foot before managing to kick it from him with his other foot. TMM punched .desolate once in the head and grabbed his arms. Sexnutz did a little 'booty wiggle' and grabbed his legs. The crowd knew what was coming... actually that was most of them when Sexnutz bent over but never mind that, It's a leg and a wing! With 19 seconds on the clock "A leg and a wing to see the king a 1... 2....3!"

Sexnutz and TMM threw .desolate... Oh the ultimate swerve! His arms and legs fell off and his body crashed against the wall of the cage and broke into a thousand pieces.

"OH SHIT" screamed Sexnutz. They looked at up at the clock, it read 14 seconds. TMM and Sexnutz quickly threw the arms and legs they were holding out of the cage but they had to get the rest of him out before the time runs out or else we had new team champions! They raced to the side and started throwing pieces out but the more they tried the more he broke up.

10...

9...

8...

Sexnutz had an idea...

7...

It was a shit one so he carried on thinking....

6...

5...

TMM had an idea but it'd be shit because Sexnutz was the god here so they carried on....

4...

Sexnutz got another idea. He jumped up and in 1 second put over a message for everyone around the world to suck in the direction of the arena as if they were giving him a blow job. Errr.

3...

Storms rocked the world, mountains fell, seas parted, buildings collapsed, it was the end of the world as we know it.

2...

The roof was sucked off the arena but thankfully the walls remained, with the pressure all on .desolate bodily parts flew out of the cage.. apart from one!

1...

His ear is stuck in the cage!!!

0!!!!

.desolate and Kenny Rock were the new team champions!

So Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Canada and France were all underwater, Ireland was where Greece used to be and Greece was where Malta used to be, mountains were no more, millions were dead. Big fucking deal because the real disaster was Splink losing their tag titles to dead people! Good old Sexnutz, He'd find a way to repair the world no doubt. The people in the arena crowned him their new god and the woman with Kenny Rock's head for a breast was the first to jump into Sexnutz' manly grasp. Oh Sexnutz you are our saviour... but the fact remains we have NEW tag team champions, Sexnutz was the winner in the peoples eyes and .desolate and Kenny Rock couldn't celebrate their win because they were in thousands of pieces and dead... Oh what a mess. Can't wait for the rematch!

The chant starts...

SEXNUTZ

SEXNUTZ

SEXNUTZ

Slappy, Slappy, Slappy....

"No, his arm fell off, sorry lady you're a munter and I don't do super models, I don't care if you're Kelly Brook, you can just Fook off"

- Wake Up Slap, you've been dreaming.

"No, we lost, no... no... eh?"

Slapnutz opened his eyes to the vista of Mr Pink slapping him across the face and TMM recording his embarrassing moment of waking up on a camcorder.

"Slappy, you fell asleep during the new 'Best of TMM' DVD. You've been having a dream" Mr Pink said, his face close to Slapnutz.

"Did you just slap me, shouldn't you be showing more respect to Sexnutz? But we lost our tag titles to .desolate and Kenny Rock, it was all your fault TMM".

TMM did some wonderful panning shots of Slapnutz talking bollocks as Mr Pink laughs "Oh no, you've dreamt it all up".

Slapnutz woke up properly, "What a horrible dream, we almost lost the tag titles to Kenny Rock and .desolate after I said if we can't beat them in 10 mins they can have the titles and they all fell apart and we couldn't find all the bits to throw out and then I got the world, who love me to suck me off and they sucked the bits out of the cage but his ear..."

TMM was laughing in the background as Mr Pink reassured Slappy "Calm down Slapnutz, It's only a dream, you're really still tag champions"

"Oh thank god, it was so bad Mr Pink, there was body parts everywhere and we looked and looked for an ear but we couldn't fine it ANYWHERE and when we did it was too late"

"Calm Down!"

TMM got closer with the camera, a perfect mocking opportunity to use as blackmail in the future.

Slapnutz picked himself up and washed his face before going out to get some fresh air. In the room next door was the Lesbian dance act '2Dyke'. They were stood outside their room, basically practicing the splits and putting their legs over their heads. Slapnutz winked at one, he just got a shrug back. Slapnutz being ultra confident went up to one who had her right leg over her head and left arm tangled in that. "Hey Lesbo, you're in a bit of a tangle, you know a sex god like me could straighten you out in no time!"

The woman brought down her leg to do an axe kick on Slaps head as he went to get a mouth full of muff.

"Loser" she shouted as she left with her fellow lesbians and Slapnutz lay on the floor with a bloody nose. "Ah fuck, I dreamed all that up too. Dreams suck".

"Well, I have gathered you all here to discuss some business of sorts.." Joe Campbell paused to take a swig from his Jose Cuervo bottle; placing it back onto the floor. Osyrus was in one corner of the office; Dez was near Joe's side in the dark corner, where he always loomed... And Thanh Vactor stood behind one of the chairs in front of Joe's desk... rubbing his head.

"What a wuss. Still rubbing on your head after I fucked you up? Take it like a man damnit.. and try to pay attention." Osyrus snarled as he smirked at Campbell, who loved the hatred exchange. Thanh broke character, glaring evilly at the man he battle earlier in the night.

"Enough. I have brought you here to tell you what my decision is for the outcome of the Bodyguard match... I was very impressed with what I saw out there. Both of you; Osyrus and Vactor. You showed me that you would decapitate any man just to prove your superiority... And will to fight." Campbell paused as he rose out of his seat, he walked around to the front of the desk.. He stood in front of both competitors as he put his arms on each of their shoulders.

"... I have decided to keep you both on as my new bodyguards. Hell, we need some etra muscle around here, and with the two of you.. I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to fucking cross me.

Especially Kinkade!" Joe shuttered with the mere mentioning of that name.

"You want to keep HIM as your body guard too? After such a lame performance.. you want to keep china man? Why?!!" Hysteria evident in Osyrus' voice as he ran over to Thanh .. Joe Campbell stood between the two trying to separate them, before he reached for his trusty pistol. First Thanh, then Osyrus.. they both slowly stepped back. Osy smirked as if he wasn't afraid by the mere gun that Campbell held, but he didn't want to take his chances as well.

"A lame performance, didn't he beat you out there?" Dez chimed in, as he shot a smirk at Osyrus who didn't like to be reminded when he lost. Vactor smiled in a cocky fashion as he leaned against the wall that Dez was near. Joe had walked back around, taking another drink as he placed the large tequila bottle on the desk...

"All that matter boys is the team is back together. The team is back together!" Throwing his arms into the air triumphantly. The three body looked at one another; no man thought that he could trust the other... but what had Campbell reformed? Was he bringing back an all new alliance to defend the Asylum?

Only time would tell.

Cheno stumbled inside the cage wall, falling to his knees but raising his hands as if he were Rocky. The official had climbed into the cage but couldn't award him the actual title belt itself. Whatever the case, Cheno was champion, and Carnage wasn't. But the dispute couldn't be resolved without the former champion handing over his prize to the current champion, and both men knew this. They both climbed to their feet, broken, beaten, shattered…

… and heard the melody of an all too familiar theme song. "Smack my Bitch up" by Prodigy, and if you couldn't guess who was exiting the backstage area, you haven't been watching enough Asylum. But what he carried in tow was what made the crowd gasp.

Joe Campbell, the owner of the Asylum, the owner of everything that skull stands for, calmly walked out from the backstage area, carrying over his shoulders the Television Championship. He walked down to the ring with a cocky grin as this was all a formality. He was riding high right now, and he hoped that the entire day would go preciously like it has.

Whatever the case, his boy, his fighter, his weapon had defeated Carnage.

Joe climbed into the Asylum cage, microphone and television title in hand. He handed the belt to a confused Cheno, as Carnage took in the entire situation. He was still blaming Eddie, but when he saw the look in Cheno's eyes…

"Come on Eddie! Fuck mang," Campbell said, mocking Eddie a small bit as he spoke. "I knew you could do it Eddie, I knew, but I had to KNOW." Cheno's eyes narrowed, his head jerked back a small bit as he dripped blood on the Asylum's canvas. "Eddie, this fucking belt should have been yours all along. He may have been called the fucking champion, but that sick sadistic LUNATIC fuck wasn't one. He may have represented the word, but you ARE the word. And you proved it tonight." Joe said, pointing down to the television title. "Congrat-u-fucking-lations."

Eddie ripped the microphone out of Joe's hands, which shocked Joe a bit. Carnage stood there, waiting to pounce on both men if need be. Always prepared. "Funk…" Eddie said to a chorus of cheers as he threw the television title over his shoulder. "Wat yer funken sayin' mang, be dat ya made dis funken shiznit happen?" Eddie looked over to Carnage. "Wat, ya funken starded dat grudge yo 'gainst us? Ya funken stole his funken title?!?" he said, pointing to the title that now rested on his own shoulders.

"It was just a test Eddie. Just a fucken test to see if I could fucken trust your ass." Joe's eyes narrowed. "We had a lot of fucken shit between us Eddie, and I had to fucking know that was fucking behind us."

Eddie stood there, taking the television title off of his shoulders and holding it in his hands. He stood there for a moment, looking at his own reflection inside the glistening gold. The man that he had become.

"Wat bout da files mang?" Eddie said, screaming at this point into Joe's face. "Eh mang? Wat da funk be dat shiznit. Ya send me ta some funken vacant locale mang, and dere be dis book dat be like it from me. How much of dat be true? How much ya funken know 'bout me mang?!"

"Every word." Joe said. "Every fucking word."

Cheno sighed, pulling away from Campbell. "Den, ya know," Cheno tossed the television title over to Carnage, who caught it on instincts. "I ain't like bein' FUCKED wit."

Clearin' da funken table.

Knocking Joe Campbell CLEAR out of the Asylum cage, over the top and crumpling him down on the ground outside. Cheno stared through the cold metallic bars, as Joe recovered to his feet slowly, holding his mouth in agony. He backed up quietly, the fans cheering Cheno on as Campbell simply returned backstage, a raging inferno inside.

Cheno turned around, and there Carnage stood, holding the television title in his hand. There they stood, each with a scowl on their face as they stared hard into one another's eyes. That's when Carnage did something that shocked everyone.

He calmly handed the title back to Eddie.

Cheno told Carnage to grab one end and, they did, before raising it up between them to the cheering crowd.

They may not be the best of friends, but they had finally found common ground.

"I fucking knew it was you."

Tyler Burton paced towards Borst as the Englishman held a finger up to his lips and simply replied with "Shh."

"So what's going on? I saw you in the crowd and thought we were gonna do the whole you try to shoot and or kill me thing again." The Inmate continued as Borst looked him in the eye this time.

"SHH."

Inmate took in Borst's request and whispered more quietly as the two peered out into the arena from behind the video wall area.

"So what's going on?" Inmate whispered "Why are you here? And more importantly why are we whispering... you trying to lure some of Joe's roster away or something."

"Yeah." Borst whispered back "But be quiet."

Tyler shrugged "What for?"

Borst turned to face The Inmate and held out his hand.

"Pull my finger." He whispered.

"That's why were being quiet!?" Inmate exclaimed breaking the quiet tone "Jesus man, so are you really going to tell me what you're doing or am I going to have to pull your finger first?"

"Nah." Borst began "You've ruined the surprise now, not to worry... plenty of other thick yanks that I can try it on."

"I'm Canadian, you've known me for how long?" Tyler replied with a sigh "So come on... why are you here?"

"I'm in the main event... I'm the fWQuo bloke that gimp was on about earlier." Borst grunted back.

"Gimp? Oh... Kinkade! So you're really gonna contribute to the downfall of this place afterall... kind of ironic don't you think."

Borst remained silent.

"Shouldn't you be out there? Match is about to start and I'm guessing it's going to quite literally be Kinkade versus the rest of the world when he gets out there... you'd better go and help him."

Immortal and Asylum championships... both hoisted high above the Asylum in the match with quite literally everything on the line.  For Kellen Kinkade, Steve Christ, Dez Aragon, Token Weed and Pete Borst was the opportunity to walk away with whatever title they could lay their hands upon but as if the title's weren't motivation enough... Joe Campbell had foolishly implemented more.

The greatest irony was that regardless of Joe's efforts, Kellen Kinkade had not come back to the Asylum with Campbell's gamble in mind.  Instead he'd returned to reclaim his Immortal title and hopefully put to an end the constant interventions that Token Weed had been arriving on fWo television to participate in.

Thanks to Joe the entire future of the Asylum was now hanging twenty feet above the ring, if Kellen Kinkade could grab the Asylum championship he could close the promotion for good.  That was the extra incentive for the Asylum fighters involved, they weren't just fighting for a belt... they were fighting for their jobs.

"You built me up with your wishing hell
I didn't have to sell you
You threw your money in the pissing well
You do just what they tell you."

Marilyn Manson's "Antichrist Superstar" hit the the arena exploded as the first of the six fighters made his way out from behind the curtain and down the aisle.  Steve Christ was just as ready as the others to take part in a battle for the promotion to which he'd given more than his fair share of blood, Christ had taken the recently abandoned Extreme division to all new bloody levels in what'd been over a year with the promotion.  Now was the time if any to bring his resilience to the big stage.

As Christ reached the Asylum and threw out his arms in a crucifix pose to another huge roar from the crowd his music faded out to be replaced by that of the second man to arrive on the scene.

"It's the darkest place
Like beneath the stairs
The "IT" it comes
And it takes me there
We take everything in sight
All through the night
Leaving scars
And crashing cars."

"Fiend" by Coal Chamber marked the arrival of a man to whom the music certainly fitted in recent weeks.  Dez Aragon had been largely blamed for losing the Asylum championship to Kellen Kinkade at Turmoil, his poorly aimed gunshot took the Freak out of the equation and allowed The Jersey Devil to walk away with the big prize.

Dez made his way down to the Asylum with the sounds of uncertainty all around him... whilst the crowd had grown to love him during the era where Campbell was their hero both he and the Asylum owner were now the subject of very little crowd support.

Aragon made a quick check on the ladder that stood in the aisleway before continuing down to the Asylum as the next music kicked in.

"Raised on a strip called here brotha hill
Where guns pop and cops get killed
This is the place where paranoya
Destroyin` niggas cash cases mo` try to flash they lawyers
We`re losin` it."

"4 Alarm Blaze" by M.O.P hit and the crowd rose to their feet as Ty Hughes made his way down the aisle, wasting no time in walking directly under the ladder... perhaps to bring on any potential bad luck early in the fight so that it wouldn't effect him trying to take the gold at the end.  He stared up almost enchanted by the Asylum championship... a belt that'd evaded him for his entire career.

Almost on purpose the next song kicked in before Hughes could reach the Asylum.

"I'm the man
I'm the king
I'm the one
That's pure inside
Everyday, everyway I smell of suicide
Bitter sins how they grow within
So you tell me it ain't right
I am all sins
And you're my reason for life."

"Halo" by Soil had the crowd cheering insanely as Token Weed burst through the curtain and ran down the aisle.  Token swiftly climbed up the large ladder that was erected in the aisle and sat atop of it as if to illustrate just how quickly and easily he was going to climb to victory.

As the rest of his accomplices stood in the Asylum watched on he flashed them all the double bird, as though to suggest that neither of them really deserved to be in a match that he had done all the work to secure.

But as Token taunted his fellow Asylum members he failed to see a figure leap the guard rail from behind and place two hands on the ladder... shoving it over toward the Asylum.  The crowd exploded with boos as Kellen Kinkade toppled the ladder and sent Token flying over the Asylum rim and into the rest of the fighters, knocking them all over.

Furiously everyone in the Asylum struggled to their feet as Token prepared to jump the rim and beat the snot out of Kinkade who'd acquired a microphone and was now holding out a delaying hand.

"Easy now." Kinkade said smugly "I know you all can't wait to get a piece of me, especially after I just used pothead there as a bowling ball on you."

Kinkade pointed up at Token who climbed half way out of the cage.

"Wait!" Kinkade cried "But as I was about to say, four against one seems a little unfair to me so in league with something that Sean and I agreed to earlier in the night... please give a warm welcome to the fWo superstar that will also be taking part in this match...

...PETE BORST!" The crowd exploded as Kinkade roared out the name of the former four time Asylum champion and "Fuckin' In The Bushes" by Oasis sparked up.

Kinkade folded his arms cockily at the bottom of the aisleway as the music continued to blast through the speakers... but in the Asylum the four fighters appeared to be holding some form of discussion.  Token stepped forward and smiled.

"You might want to double check on that, shitface." Token spoke down to Kinkade who turned to see nothing... no Borst coming down the aisle to help him.

THWACK.

Kinkade turned back straight into the fist of Token Weed who'd jumped the Asylum rim and finally taken the chance to do what he'd been bottling up for a long time, crack Kinkade in the mouth when it really mattered.  The bout took an immediately grim shape for The Jersey Devil as Steve Christ, Ty Hughes and Dez Aragon all followed suit and climbed out of the Asylum to join the attack.

A stunning blow from Ty Hughes sent Kinkade reeling, back to the rampway Kinkade crawled slowly backwards pleading with the Asylum quartet to give him a chance.  He quickly tried to roll over and run but was trippled by Steve Christ as he attempted to do so.

Christ, Hughes and Token Weed continued to tear into Kinkade with damaging punches and kicks as he tried to stand.  Meanwhile Dez Aragon slowly folded the large ladder shut and held it horizontally across his body.

Kinkade managed to shove the three fighters pounding away it him, before squirming through them and getting to his feet in a dazed state to stagger back toward the Asylum.  Little did he realize that Dez Aragon had been measuring him up for a good shot with the ladder, Aragon rushed at Kinkade but the Immortal and Asylum champion ducked under the ladder.  This didn't stop the momentum however as Dez tried to slam on the breaks but ended up sending the ladder right into the bodies of the oncoming Token, Christ and Hughes!

The big impact knocked all three down before staggering Dez backwards and tripping him to the floor.  Kinkade reached the Asylum and clambered up the steps before slumping over the Asylum rim to catch a breather.  Meanwhile in the aisle Dez Aragon recovered picking up the ladder and flipping his hair out of his face...

...to reveal just for a split second, an earpiece.

Dez had some kind of earpiece in place and was evidently being spoken to by someone, Joe Campbell perhaps.

"Quickly!" The voice buzzed in Aragon's ear "Get that damned ladder into the Asylum."

Perhaps it was Campbell, it seemed like the logical answer for Joe to survey the match and give Dez tips and pointers on where Aragon could be getting tips from.  Dez arrived at the Asylum just as Kinkade slumped over the rim and into it, Aragon dumped the ladder over and into the Asylum.

"Now get a chair, we need to make sure." The voice buzzed again in his ear again as Dez made his way around to the announce area to snap up a steel chair that'd surely put an end to Kinkade who was staggering back to a vertical base in the Asylum.

Dez made his way back around to the Asylum door before the voice in his ear arrived once again... this time with a more urgent "LOOK OUT!"

SMACK.

SMACK.

The crowd sat in silent shock, because Dez Aragon had just beheaded two of his Asylum compatriots, Steve Christ and Ty Hughes as they came down the aisle and back toward the Asylum.

"Good!" The voice said now excitedly "Now get in there and get Kinkade up that ladder!"

And then it all began to make perfect sense, Dez Aragon wasn't a bad aim with a gun... in fact he'd aimed perfectly when he shot The Freak in the leg at Turmoil to guarantee that Kinkade would walk away with the Asylum championship.

Dez Aragon was working for someone else.

Aragon tossed his chair up into the Asylum and grabbed the ladder... setting it immediately in the middle of the structure right beneath the two belts hanging high above.  Dez grabbed the still dazed Kinkade and simply dragged him over to the foot of the ladder, prompting the start of Kinkade's climb.

The crowd had started to boo insanely at the huge screwjob unfolding before them as the earpiece Dez was wearing crackled into action again.

"Here comes Token, take him out!" The voice warned.

Dez lifted his chair back up just in time to catch Token arriving in the Asylum, Weed had held back from Christ and Hughes and had seen the entire situation unfold.  He now knew that Dez Aragon wasn't playing for the tA team and it worked to his advantage as he ducked Aragon's huge chair swing!

As Dez turned back he was met by a stinging kick to the thigh from Token that immediately had him limping one one leg, perfect to keep him in the same spot for...

CRACK!

A spinning backhand punch from Token that cannoned the chair into Aragon's face and sent him tumbling to the canvas with his earpiece crackling over and over with "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!"

Token looked up to see Kinkade almost reaching the top of the ladder, a problem that was quickly ammended as Token gave the crowd another thing to cheer for as he leapt into the air and hit the ladde with a solid Pump Kick... toppling it over...

...causing Kinkade to land rib first across the Asylum from at least ten feet in the air.

"Holy Shit! Holy Shit!" The crowed exclaimed as Kinkade landed hard on the rim before falling over to the concrete floor outside.  Token surveyed his surroundings before picking up the ladder and planting it firmly in the middle of the canvas.

As he began his climb the earpiece Dez was wearing continued to crackle.

"Get up Dez... GET UP!" The voice screamed "Token is going to win it!"

Dazed... Aragon pushed himself up with blood now trickling down his head from where Token had knocked the chair into it.  He took a grip on the ladder and slowly started to persue Token up the same side.

"Do anything... grab his ankle, just don't let him grab that belt!" The voice in his ear screamed as he grew nearer to Token and took a grab at his ankle.

"Shit!" The voice in his ear exclaimed as Token replied by firmly kicking him between the eyes, almost knocking Dez from the ladder.

"Damn it Dez... grab him! grab him! grab hi-" The voice continued before suddenly being cut off.

Dez finally caught ahold of Token's leg and clung on for dear life, refusing to let him climb any closer to the belts.

"Hello Dez." A new voice said through his earpiece as a look of concern suddenly came over the face of Dez "I bet you weren't expecting to hear from me this soon, but you know what they say.  You can't keep a good man down, especially if the bullet only clips him."

Dez stared frantically out into the crowd.

"You won't see me Dez... and it's too late for this guy to warn you about where I am.  I presume he's working for the fWo in a bid to close this promotion down? It's sad really Dez... Joe trusted you and this is how you repay him."

"He treated me like shit!" Dez screamed out furiously, something that confused the crowd because he appeared to be talking to himself.

"You should be thankful for that." The new voice replied "Because I'm not going to treat you that well, you're fWo friend here is unconscious and now it's time to pay the price for your treachery."

Suddenly Aragon's earpiece went dead and the crowd started to erupt... at the sight of a certain individual pushing his way to the front and clambering over the guard rail.

The Freak.

For the first time since Turmoil Brian Fenn-Grail clambered over the Asylum rim and into the eyes of the thousands in attendance and the millions watching in home.  Not even carrying a limp from the gunshot wound he'd received at the hands of Dez he marched over to the ladder where Dez and Token were still struggling before giving it a huge shove... showing little concern for either man atop of it.

The ladder toppled and soon "Holy Shit! Holy Shit!" echoed through the arena over and over again.  The ladder had fallen right over the Asylum rim, sending Token Weed into the front row of the crowd with an absolutely horrendous clatter and sending Dez Aragon crashing to the cold arena floor with a sick thud.

The Freak wasn't going to give Dez any chance at recovery however, he quickly snatched him up by the hair and tore out the earpiece that he was wearing.  Holding it high for everyone to see The Freak dragged the unconscious Dez up the aisle before throwing the earpiece off the ramp...

...before shortly sending Dez down after it.

"Holy Shit! Holy Shit!" Continued to echo as Dez Aragon crashed through the broadcast tables and equipment with a huge smash, laying motionless amongst the wreckage as The Freak simply looked down silently for a few seconds before disappearing into the back.

At ringside, Token Weed remained down and out amongst the crowd whilst Kinkade, Steve Christ and Ty Hughes were all recovering and making their way back into the Asylum.

Things had suddenly become extremely interesting.  The master plan that had apparently been forged by Kinkade, Dez Aragon and someone in fWo political power had all been torn to shreds in a matter of minutes, where Kinkade and Dez had been taking advantage of their opponents and putting forth a strong bid to win they now both seemed highly unlikely to come anywhere close to victory.

Dez was gone... snatched from the match by a vengeful Freak who'd returned to Asylum television for the first time since Turmoil and now Kinkade was feeling the brunt of a two man Steve Christ and Ty Hughes pummeling.

Perhaps the only thing in favor of The Jersey Devil was the fact that the only ladder available to clamber to the gold with was still laying atop of Token Weed who was still motionless amongst the crowd following his huge fall from the Asylum to the front row seats.  

Christ and Hughes tore into Kinkade, they were the epitome of what the Asylum could do to a man in that their time with the promotion had turned them from skilled wrestlers to hardened brawlers.  They'd worked together before during the Mind Games match and seemed very much to be on the same page, both with a handful of Kinkade's hair their took turns at driving knees into his ribs.

A second or two later the two gave him a hefty shove that sent him staggering back into the Asylum rim spine first... as he bumbled back toward them in a state of agony they both sent a fist each driving into his face, knocking down down to the canvas and backward into the mesh again.

If Kinkade had a backup plan it needed to surface immediately, which it did.

"Fuckin' In The Bushes" by Oasis.

Everyone in the Qualcomm Stadium was out of their seat as Borst burst through the curtain and rushed toward the Asylum, the reaction was that of a group of people torn between emotions.  On one front Borst had turned his back on them to chase the wrestling dream but on the other he was still the former four time Asylum champion and legend.

The mixed reactions firmly became one sided negatives however, as Borst jumped the Asylum rim and immediately send a solid right fist right into the back of Steve Christ's skull... knocking him forward to the canvas.  Ty Hughes turned but was too late to block a typical Borst kick to the nether regions.

Several more typically dirty Borst kicks rained down on Ty Hughes as Steve Christ attempted to get to his feet only to be met by a similar fate, Kinkade pulling no punches in catching Christ for a forearm below the belt and taking a leaf out of Borst's book of unfair fighting.

With both Hughes and Christ down on the canvas the fWo company of Borst and Kinkade took full advantage in continuing to send wicked kicks and punches into them... Kinkade took grasp of Christ's hair and dragged him over to the Asylum mesh where he proceeded to grate The Third Coming's head into a bloody mess.

Borst continued to take the fight to all new lows as he delivered the aptly named From Russia With Love, holding Hughes' legs apart whilst repeatedly stamping on his groin.  Suddenly Borst and Kinkade halted their violent attacks, apparently to measure up more deadly and less cheap moves from their arsenals.

A furious Hughes struggled to his feet with nothing but attack in his mind, it proved to be his downfall as he put up little defense to Borst as he clasped him in a tight bearhug.  Borst squeezed the life out of Hughes as Christ also staggered onto his feet across the Asylum... unaware of Kellen Kinkade who was measuring him up.

The crowd were shocked into silence as their two Asylum heroes were put firmly in place by the invading fWo stars... Borst lifted Hughes into the air and drove him to the canvas, completing the Bearbuster right in harmonic timing with Kinkade spearing Christ down to the canvas viciously with the Killing Spree.

Asylum's hopes of victory and indeed survival had just lost their pulse.

Borst and Kinkade both yanked up Hughes and Christ and in one swift motion dumped them both over the Asylum to the arena floor with a clatter.  As Ty Hughes and Steve Christ lay motionless on the arena floor a furious, bloodied and beaten Kinkade turned to Borst.

"About time... where the fuck have you be-"

SMACK.

A roar went up in the arena that possibly drowned out any cheer that had ever taken place at any Asylum event.  71,000 people had all let out a massive cheer in light of Borst rushing at Kinkade to break his sentence with the most wicked Clothesline From Yankland of all time.

"Take that you cock!" Borst snarled as he got to his feet to berate the convulsing Kinkade "Closing down the Asylum? You'll be pissing in my swimming pool next... only I piss in my swimming pool, got it?"

With that Borst flashed Kinkade the two finger salute and clambered out of the Asylum, taking note to remove the ladder from atop of Token Weed so that he could place it between Christ and Hughes and even the odds a bit.  Exiting through the crowd Borst was an Asylum hero once again.

And so the fight once again drifted into uncharted territory, the outcome still as unpredictable as when the match had begun.  Nobody appeared to be showing any signs of life, Kinkade lay completely out of it on the canvas, Ty Hughes and Steve Christ remained still on the arena floor and Token Weed...

...was on his feet!

The crowd backed their favorite as he struggled up from amongst them and dumped himself over the guard rail... starting a tedious crawl back toward the Asylum from whence he'd fallen so sickeningly not long ago.  Token placed his hands on the ladder, pausing for a moment to send a firm fist into the temple of Ty Hughes as he tried to recover from the attack placed upon him by Borst.

Token struggled onto his feet and hoisted the ladder up onto his shoulder.  Making his way back toward the Asylum he spotted Kinkade who'd also started to show signs of life.

CRACK.

Not for long, Token placed the ladder on the rim of the Asylum before putting his weight behind it and sliding it into Kinkade's head with a sick crack that had The Jersey Devil back in the realm of unconscious that he'd only just left.  Satisfied with the blow Token climbed into the Asylum and picked up the ladder, this time setting it beneath the two title belts that hung high above the fighting area.

With the crowd still on their feet in anticipation Token began his ascent, scaling slowly up the ladder rung by rung.  Each one taking a painstaking amount of time due to the injuries Token had received from his huge fall earlier in the night.  Finally he was within reach and took a lunge at the belts, the crowd continued to buzz with anticipation but also agony as his lunge only knocked the belts around.  Swinging from side to side as he failed to take a steady grip on them.

Token made another snatch but this time he missed completely and wobbled around on the ladder precariously this time prompting sounds of concern from the ground, gradually he regained his balance but quickly found out that the concern had not been for his near fall.

But for the man scaling up the ladder behind him representing a certain fall.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The crowd said with grimaces upon their faces as Token prepared to reach again but was left reaching not for the belts but for his groin, as the bloody figure of Kinkade caught him in the crotch with a hard uppercut.

Kinkade turned his back to face away from the ladder before emerging between Token's legs to deliver a second blow that almost certainly put Token out of the picture for the night, which wasn't a bad thing considering that it would've put most fighters out of the picture. Period.

The Jersey Devil powerbombed Token down from the ladder and still managed to hold on as the man who'd plagued him in fWo ground ever since Turmoil fell to the canvas and indeed... partially through it must to the shock and awe of those in attendance.

A wry smile crept across Kinkade's face as he looked down at Token who lay in the dented Asylum canvas completely still, he turned and made the couple of steps further up the ladder before snatching out at the Immortal title.

And grabbing it, to pull it away and ensure that he'd be taking it back to the fWo with him.  Kinkade looked at the partially cracked belt with a glint in his eye before looking up again at the Asylum championship that continued to hang.

He reached for it.

Then stopped.

Kinkade looked back, down at Token Weed who despite the insane two falls was now stirring about in the dented canvas.  He looked outside the Asylum at the battered Hughes and Christ who were still trying to get to their feet and he looked across the crowd at the rabid fans, before coming to a conclusion.

"Fuck it, they can keep it." Kinkade uttered to himself, withdrawing his reach and making his way back down the ladder.  The crowd couldn't quite know what to make of The Jersey Devil's exit as he made his way up the aisle with the Immortal title in hand, disappearing through the curtain and not only confirming that the Asylum would continue as a promotion but that there would also be a new champion by the end of the night.

Token Weed was still out despite the odd movement to suggest that he was coming around, he still lay amongst the broken canvas that his body had destroyed upon impact whilst on the outside Ty Hughes and Steve Christ were finding their feet.

Both fighters put together the pieces of the situation at the same pace, they both looked up and realized that the Immortal championship was gone, they both looked up and realized that the Asylum championship remained and they both looked up to see the ladder standing and Token Weed out cold on the canvas.

It was every man for himself now.

Christ and Hughes set upon one another with a wicked exchange of right and left punches, like two pitbulls thrown reluctantly together in a fight to the death they accepted that cooperation was no longer the issue and that there could be only one champion.

Hughes took advantage as he put his boxing skills to use with the 1-2-3 combination of a right straight, a left hook and a right uppercut.  Surprisingly however the defiant Christ refused to go down but that was quickly to change as Hughes followed up with The London Welcome, a solid boot between the legs followed by a middle finger and a right cross punch that had Steve down on the arena floor motionless.

Content with his work, Hughes clambered steadily up into the Asylum before making his way over to the ladder that remained in the center of the structure following Kinkade's climb to Immortal championship gold.  Hughes placed a hand on it but then turned just in time to catch Token trying to struggle out of the dented canvas, paying him back in the exact same way that Token had caught him earlier... across the face with a wicked punch.

Hughes started to climb as anticipation in the arena once again grew, closer and closer toward the title that had always seemed to be just a little way out of his grasp the feeling was never more true than as he reached up within a foot of the Asylum championship.

WHACK.

And then just as it had been so many times before the title was snatched from his almost grasp, Steve Christ had recovered and snapped up a trusty chair with which to nail Hughes in the back as he stood on the ladder reaching for the belt.  Ty slumped against the ladder as Christ drew back and sent the chair snapping into Hughes' back a second and then third time.

Hughes slumped into the ladder and slipped down a few rungs as Christ slammed down the chair and made his way around to the other side, starting his own scale towards championship glory.  Within a matter of seconds the tides had turned and it was now Steve Christ reaching just a foot away from becoming the new Asylum champion, his finger tips almost caressing the belt as his grasp grew ever nearer...

...then ever further away.

Hughes reached through the ladder from several rungs below, grasping Christ's ankle and yanking him down to the same level.  As Christ landed he drew back at the exact same time as Hughes, Steve throwing a right fist through the gap between the rungs and Hughes throwing a left.

Both punches connected and knocked each man off his side of the ladder, Christ fell to the canvas with a hefty thud and Hughes landed with a sick crunch right on top of the still down Token Weed.

A few moments of crowd support went on and then in what was a testament to the determination of those involved to become the new champion of the Asylum... all three individuals started to move.  Hughes and Christ were up first, both once again crawling their way back to the ladder.  Token however had dug himself out of the dent he'd made in the canvas and was trying to pull himself up using the mesh of the Asylum structure.

Hughes and Christ continued to scale in search of pole position in the title race, finally both men reached the top of the ladder.

"CHRIST! CHRIST! CHRIST!" Echoed through the arena before swaying into "HUGHES! HUGHES! HUGHES!"

Christ made a desperate snatch at the belt but only ended up knocking it a little closer to Hughes, as Hughes reached for it he was met by the right hand of Steve Christ who'd missed the belt and was now making sure that Ty Hughes would miss it too.

"TOKEN! TOKEN! TOKEN!"

Both men looked down to see Token Weed look up and widen his eyes, he rushed suddenly toward the ladder and charged into it with a hard shoulder lunge... knocking it from beneath the two men standing at the top and to the canvas with a thud.

Token hit the mesh at the other side of the Asylum and slumped as he and the crowd waited for the hideous thud of both Christ and Hughes falling to the canvas.  But it didn't come as quickly as anticipated, screams of shock and surprise filled the arena as Christ and Hughes swung about on the cable suspending the title belt... both hanging in the air until.

THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUD.

They came crashing back down to earth with a hefty thud.

All eyes immediately looked to the cable suspending the belt but to yet more shocked ovations the title belt was no longer there.  Back down on the canvas Token Weed staggered to his feet before looking at Christ and Hughes down on the canvas and spitting a mouthful of blood with rage.

The Asylum logo slowly appeared in the bottom corner of the screen as the final view of FIGHTH3LL came into place... the Asylum championship laying between Christ and Hughes.  Each man still with a grip that only death could loosen, latched firmly onto the title.

No music hit... just a huge ovation of cheers and clapping from the 71,000 strong crowd that'd arrived at the Qualcomm stadium...

...to see the newly crowned champions.