The lights around the arena began to flicker off, one by one with a loud buzzing noise accompanying it over the sound system. Entire sections of the arena soon began to black out, until only a spotlight was left on. Right above Major, illuminating his figure in the darkness. Otherwise, every light in the entire arena seemed to lose power.
Beep... Beep... Beep...The sound of a heart monitor beeping echoed through the arena as the titantron slowly began to hum with life, though it only showed a blank black screen.
Beep... Beep... Beep...As the beeping continued, an image began to fade into the titantron. The same image that plagued that had been
the topic of the industry since Showdown; the image of a battered, bandaged, and unconscious Matt Shanahan in a hospital bed.
Beep... Beep... Beep...As the image faded into the titantron to take up the entire screen, it began to flash between it and the image of an empty hospital bed, covered in bloodied wrappings and arm casts.
Beep. Beep. Beep. The scene of the empty bed finally remained permanent while short clips began to play over it. The first being that of Major Devastation hitting Matt with the Mother of All Bombs, then rewinding to show Matt standing on top of the ladder at the end of his first match at Showdown, holding the WWE:E Evolution Championship over his head. His match began to rewind through at a fast pace, not even highlighting his major injuries as it went.
Beep. Beep. Beep.The heart monitor had clearly began to speed up now, as the match continued to rewind. Suddenly, black and white footage of a robed man standing over an altar appeared on the screen, blood drenching the long sleeves of his black robes. The words "Peace or Annihilation..." began to echo over the sound system, mixing in with the sound of the heart monitor.
BeepBeepBeep.The sound continued to hasten as the footage overlapped. The black and white video panned out to show a younger Major Devastation laid out on the altar, blood covering his body with a dented unnamed title clear on his chest. The robed figured let out a devious smile pull across his lips as he kept whispering.
Peace... Or Annihilation...The original picture of the empty hospital bed finally changed to show another man laid out in it, wrapped in a full body cast. The black and white footage cut to the robed man's smiling face, continuing to whisper as it switched between him and a close-up of the Major Devastation double's face, laid out on the altar. The legendary Chrono Clepsydra vs Matt Shanahan match kept rewinding, now nearing the beginning.
BEEPBEEPBEEP!The heart monitor kicked into overdrive as the first video finally came to Matt Shanahan's entrance, pausing at the scene where he appeared on the stage with a trenchcoat on. The second, black and white footage stopped to show the robed man with his arms outstretched, the Major Devastation double lifeless on the blood-covered altar. The image of the hospital bed zoomed in to show the man's face... It was Major Devastation. Right as it zoomed in, the sound changed. There was no more whispering or racing heart beats...
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep...The heart monitor flat-lined, as the paused videos faded away, leaving only the image of Major Devastation lifeless in a body cast on the screen. After a minute, the titantron cut off, the heart monitor stopped... The spotlight remained on the real Major Devastation, the one standing in the ring, while a few scattered lights in the arena began to flicker on.
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