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 Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:27 pm
[The following footage takes place after the end of Episode 3.] Salem and Drako walked alongside each other backstage, fresh from a ringside brawl that saw a dozen paid thugs sent by Cartwright and MMI to take the Gypsy Savage out. Instead, a familiar frenemy from the Damone family made the save, and now the two seemed to be searching the vicinity for something.
"They did something to Disciple, I'm sure he would've helped us if they hadn't jumped him. Damn, that had to be some fight...but, short of finding him, I say we get our hands on Cartwright and whoop some British a**, don't you think?" Salem said, glancing over at the Young Dragon, the pair coming up on a production area full of lighting and stage equipment in various types of storage.
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:58 am
Drako looks around, wanting to remain aware of his surroundings.
"Let's be clear, the whole reason I'm here is to kick his a**. It's almost ironic that the problem I have with him also concerns you. This thing between the two of you occurred in my company, and no offense, but he cost me money. Unlike big brother, I like things of value. So, I figure I'll come here and beat what I lost out of him."
Drako stops.
"Dude, how many guys did he hire to take you down?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:15 pm
Salem chuckled and reached over to pat Drako on the shoulder, glancing around as he listened to the Damone explain his earlier involvement in Croft's brawl. Salem had ups and downs with Drako and his extended family, but a common goal was enough to put them on the same page with each other.
Before Salem could reply, however, the Young Dragon had paused, his attention focused on a group of men gathered nearby with more tactical vests and police style equipment. They noticed Salem and Drako, the group of about half a dozen all turning their gaze to the pair and began to approach.
"Huh." Salem said rather flatly, rolling his neck a little and glancing at Drako as he tested the somewhat bloody tape on his knuckles. "Guess I'm popular today?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:37 am
Drako sighs. "I'm not even surprised. So, I won the first round of toss a b***h, since you forgot to actually toss a b***h. Round 2?"
The Soaring Dragon looks over the men.
"They really went all out with these guys. I want one of those batons as a souvenir."
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 1:54 pm
"I'm not gonna ask what for," Salem retorted, flexing his wrists and popping his knuckles as the group started approaching the pair with a vested interest. "But I got a new game, let's play Bloody Knuckles. Lemme show ya."
Salem then ran up into the group, leaping as the men tried to reach for weapons, unable to get to any in time before Croft catapulted into the ensemble and knocked the front-most man into the rest behind him like bowling pins with a Superman Punch!
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:12 pm
"You sassy mother..."
Drako watches Salem totally cheat in the game with an admittedly impressive superman punch. Not to be outdone, Drako moves into action, catching the first guy to rise, one slightly on the outside of the group by punching him straight in the nose. There's a satisfying crunch and a gush of blood as that one folds
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:18 pm
'The Sassmaster' couldn't hear Drako, too busy getting in a full mount to hammer some knuckles into a poor guy's face! Two guys started getting up on either side of Salem, pulling out plastic ziptie cuffs!
Still straddling the beaten guy beneath him, Salem reached over to wristlock one man and ziptie his hand to the opposite guy, their arms forming a bridge in front of Salem! Pulling down on the cuffs, the two men were forced together, cracking skulls on each other while Salem felt a jolt and seized up, feeling his nerves go haywire as a man behind Salem stuck a taser into his shoulders!
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:53 am
Drako clocks another guy the same way because it's easier, but all too soon, he's met with taser as well, dropping him to his knees as he's disoriented as well. That doesn't seem likely to just be random thugs, or at least they got really good equipment
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:56 am
Salem rolls off the guy he was pinning down, catching his breath even as the man who tased him tried to slip another set of plastic cuffs around his wrists! Flailing, Croft threw knuckles and elbows at the figure, fighting as he rolled away and tried to get back up!
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:01 pm
Drako is a bit more at home in a street brawl than one might think, and when someone tries to secure his hands, he snaps to just enough to throw his head back into the guy's face. He's a bit off and that probably didn't help but he tries to get out of the middle of the fray
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:11 pm
Salem gets to a flat footing just fast enough to see his comrade getting back up as well, and decides to lend his makeshift ally a hand! Charging at his aggressors, Salem tried to throw the guy nearest to Drako aside as more started trying to get up and go for their assorted weapons!
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:43 am
Drako is up, still a bit off from that taser, and it's become clear that they're not only outnumbered but a bit outmatched in terms of weapons.
"Ah crap!"
Several of the men rush the Soaring Dragon and he'll go down swinging, but he's definitely going down this time.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:27 pm
Salem tried to help Drako, but he found himself assaulted by billy clubs as men from all sides brandished their nightsticks and assailed Croft from every corner! Struggling as he could, the effort was made futile by a stinging shock that bit into his back, nullifying his nerves and making his limbs go limp! Struggling to cuss, Croft fought for words as someone put a knee into his back and started trying to cuff his wrists!
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:36 pm
it dawns on Drako as he's down and his arms are being restrained and actually cuffed that something is a bit different here. For starters, the equipment and then he hears:
"You have the right to remain silent..."
Blah blah, he knows the rest, but that makes a point that neither he nor Salem seemed to have considered prior to this moment.
"s**t, real cops."
He mumbles it low, mainly to himself, but he knows better than to say anything else. It does make him stop struggling so much, and now he wonders how long it'll be before they get their phone call. Pretty sure at least two or three of the cops had broken noses and how likely were they to play nice after that?
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:06 pm
Salem struggled but it consisted of a fair amount of twitching and a lot of shoulder action, what with his arms now firmly cuffed behind his back with the real deal in suspect restraints. The realization dawned on him almost as quickly as it had Drako, these weren't paid thugs at all but legit law enforcement looking to serve on Salem breaking Cartwright's restraining order! Lacking the motor functions to tell the officers about his own experiences with "Miranda", Salem was pinned and pulled up by half a dozen officers, keeping him withheld as they dragged him to a sheriff's SUV that had pulled up!
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