In the shadows of eagles, lurks a snake....
(Fade onto a giant screen TV, in front of it is Dakota whose eyes are locked onto the action as Nevada and Maelstrom tear into each other with extreme prejudice… Their last battle shows Nevada running Maelstrom over as a shocked crowd watched back in the days of the WWL… It then fades back even further as we see how Nevada and the NEH/UA almost ended Maelstrom’s career back in their New Japan days… From there it fades into a time where strange occurrences were witnessed, a time when Maelstrom and the NEH would ally themselves to fight a common foe or foes… Strange days indeed… We then fade into the GLCW and a even stranger scene; one in which Dakota made his debut, and coming to Maelstrom’s aid as he was pounced on by the UA… Slowly that fades into the NWL and Dakota’s first encounter with his uncle…. MAELSTROM…. And his first defeat…. He turns off the TV and gets up from his leather lounge chair, slowly he begins to pace, a maniacal gleam sparkles from his narrowed eyes…)
DAKOTA: I remember those days very well uncle Mael… And so do you, however you remember them for one reason, I on the other hand remember them for something else… Your demons are not my demons Mael… And if you have something to settle with Nevada and the NEH, go talk to them about it, I have nothing to do with what they did… Hold me accountable for my actions and my actions only Mael… And when we meet again you will realize just how big your error in judgment was, by allowing the ghosts from your past to cloud your judgment… You’re so hell bent on “exacting revenge”, so damn blind to what is staring you in the face that, you’re not thinking straight and you’re going to blink uncle Mael… And when you do, it’ll be the last thing you’ll remember for awhile… You want to talk about “impasse” and being incarcerated by it!? OK, let’s… Think about this uncle Mael… All my damn life I had to walk in Nevada’s shadow, in the shadows of the NEH/UA and as of late I had to walk in your shadows… All my life I was measured by you guys, all my damn life, all I heard was Maelstrom, this, Nevada that, and what can you say about the NEH or for that matter the UA… I always fell short when it came to you guys, according to you and the rest… Nothing I did was good enough, nothing uncle Mael!!! Always being looked down to… But as of late all that has changed!!! Losing to you was the best thing that happened to me, it gave me a rude awakening… It gave me insight…
(He stops pacing and stares at the walls, decorated with posters of Nevada, Maelstrom and the NEH/UA… He stares for what appears to be an eternity, clenches his fists as his expression becomes deadpan… He scans the walls until he comes to a poster of Maelstrom, he walks closer to it and glares into it… Several moments pass, before he speaks again, still glaring at the poster his tone changes as he continues…)
DAKOTA: It’s funny how really fickle fate can be Mael, you’re coming into this battle with one purpose and I also have a purpose… The irresistible force meeting the unmovable object; you’re hell bent on releasing the demons that have kept you prisoner of your six year impasse… You want me to experience this “firsthand”… (Grins sinisterly) I have experienced a lot of things Mael, (Smirks) no, I didn’t meant it that way but I can’t wait to experience what you have to offer uncle Mael, yea I can’t wait, but I will be patient; for my time is at hand, so screw all that crap about being the “chosen one”… I AM THE ONE!!! And I have chosen YOU, to take my message to the rest of the clan… I want you to tell them that you were wrong as were they, it is NOT my time!!! No uncle Mael, it is not my time, it is YOUR time!!! Your time to finally realize that your time has come, like Nevada, like the NEH\UA, your time is at hand so don’t think of me as that spoiled arrogant, pompous ass little boy you knew long ago uncle Mael… Things change… Yea, it is ironic that it was your fellow Pandorians who were responsible for herding you towards that asylum of breaching impasses.... And now I yet another Pandorian stand at the gate awaiting your arrival, and I will be at the gate to greet you, but I won’t be alone Mael, I will have hell with me, the very same hell Nevada, the NEH, the UA and YOU have put me through… And the ONLY thing you will leave behind at that gate will be your soul uncle Mael… In New Japan the guys may have broken you physically, but in the NWL I WILL break you both physically and mentally!!! You have been at the gate many times before; that I am fully aware of, your battles against Nevada are of almost legendary status, especially that last fight you and him had, back in the WWL… People still talk about that one uncle Mael, so I am going to give them something else to talk about… After the smoke clears, and you are carried to the back, and after the smelling salt clears your head, I want you to think back real hard uncle Mael… Yea Mael, think real freaking hard… Make sure that you are alone, maybe then you can learn to be a freaking man, look into that mirror you’re so damn fond of… Look deep into it Mael, but look beyond the façade you have built around yourself… Maybe then you can finally accept the truth…
(Turns the TV back on as it again shows Maelstrom vs. Dakota, the first encounter… Dakota continues to stare at the poster of Maelstrom; a menacing grin slowly crosses his face as he gets even closer to the poster… As the final moments arrive and we hear the 1, 2, 3 and Maelstrom being declared the winner, we also notice that Dakota’s demeanor has changed, his tone yet again changing as he hears the outcome…)
DAKOTA: It’s ironic how you talk to mirrors and I talk to posters of you… You must really have some serious doubts when you have to look into a mirror as if it had the answers to your questions… I AM the answers to all your questions uncle Mael; I am also the questions to all your answers… Confusing isn’t it!? (Smirks) Not really uncle Mael, just make sure to meet me at the gate, I will be more than happy to enlighten your ignorant ass… See you soon uncle Mael; yea very soon…
(He continues to stare at the poster, he also continues rewinding the tape, and turning up the volume, we again hear the “1, 2, 3!!! Your winner, MAELSTROM!!! Your WINNER, MAELSTROM!!! YOUR WINNER, MAELSTROM!!!” Slowly we begin to fade off; Dakota slowly becoming a silhouette of himself as the words, 1, 2, 3!!! Your winner Maelstrom!!! Continue to echo off into the fading darkness… Fade to black…)