Death of Mankind 2K7 presents: The Black Tablets
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*The scene opens with Corbin Kaige training inside of a wrestling ring.* Kaige drops the second man, Chris 'By God' Green, with a DDT. Kaige stands and pulls Green to his feet, but Green slams his arm between Kaige's legs.

"Gotta be ready for anything, this guy know's Caine." Green says loudly as he whips Kaige to the ropes. Kaige bounces back and the Greener flips him high into the air with a back body drop. Kaige falls hard to the mat.

Chris taunts Corbin as he turns to help him up, "You're outta shape man."

"Yea, and you're still dumb." Kaige replies as he slams his own arm between Greener's legs and stands up. Kaige catches Green with a body slam as he regains his footing, slamming Chris hard to the mat. Corbin then stomps at Green's shoulder a second before pulling Green to his feet, and locking in a side headlock.

"Not bad, not bad. But you're gonna need more than that..." Green says to Kaige as he back body drops Corbin.

Out of nowhere Green runs, and bounces off the ropes, running full speed back, and launches his body at Kaige, flipping in midair and landing a perfect elbow across Corbin's chest.

"What the fuck do you do you all day?" Kaige asks, as Green pulls him to his feet.

Green delivers his answer as he prepares to send Kaige to the ropes with another irish whip, "Train mostly." Green launches Kaige towards the ropes, and Kaige finds himself on the receiving end of the full force of five right hand knuckles, and a silver ring with a nice ruby in it.

"JAMES!" Greener cries out at the sight of the man who just stepped up onto the apron and knocked their friend Kaige the fuck out.

"OWW FUCK.... I thought I seen your ugly ass-" Kaige starts as he rubs his face and sits up, but stops when he sees Caine glaring at him. "WHAT? What the hell was that for and why you lookin at me like that?"

"We're even."

*End scene*

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*Falling*

*Falling*

*Falling*

*And then some more Falling*

*OOOh and then there was Falling*

*And yet some more Falling*

*zzz.zz...z.z..z...zzzz.z.z.z.*Falling Falling*

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In the form of man they amongst us,
but only to sight were they as are men.
Serpent-headed when the glamour was lifted
but appearing to man as men among men.
Crept they into the Councils,
taking forms that were like unto men.
Slaying by their arts
the chiefs of the kingdoms,
taking their form and ruling o'er man.
Only by magic could they be discovered.
Only by sound could their faces be seen.
Sought they from the Kingdom of shadows
to destroy man and rule in his place.

But, know ye, the Masters were mighty in magic,
able to lift the Veil from the face of the serpent,
able to send him back to his place.
Came they to man and taught him the secret,
the WORD that only a man can pronounce.
Swift then they lifted the Veil from the serpent
and cast him forth from the place among men.

Yet, beware, the serpent still liveth
in a place that is open at times to the world.
Unseen they walk among thee
in places where the rites have been said.
Again as time passes onward
shall they take the semblance of men.

*+XXX Hours later...+*

*Hi folks.... Still Falling*

*And then right about................................................................ here for a change of pace I do a little...................................................Just a little now mind you.......................................For a change of pace I do a little........................Falling*

*Is it sinking in that this is a long ass fucking fall? It hasn't? What If I told you that.....I'm still Falling*

After a long nap, and God couldn't even tell you how many hours, days, weeks, months, or even years I had just spent falling, with no end in sight I began to talk to myself as though somone were watching me. Like I used to do back in the day when I was making the promos for the feds I was in... Before I was banished to this rabbithole to fall....Or maybe I'm floating? Meh, minor details anyway, the main point is that I just sat there falling through nothingness.

*Falling*

Oh sure the occasional Tea cup, Rabbit, asshole in a mask, two liter of JC cola, fresh baked turkey, slim Jim, M&M , shoe, fly, don't , bother, me, laptop, cupboard, or even kithen sink would float by. But there would never be a razor! My face looked like a grizzlies ass, and twice as hairy too. And why was it always tea?! I just wanted a damn beer. It didn't even have to be~

*Smash*

*No... I'm still falling*

Wonderland just sucks like that and gave me a beer alright. Right across my head. Meh. Made me forget what I was rambling incoherently about... Hats eating rats maybe? Cows? spidermonkies? Keys that don't jingle? What did it matter I was simply there to fall forever because I fucked up and let HIM, loose again. All because I wouldn't let him do anything... Look waht he did to Devestation, Look what he did....Look at what he DID...to Ivvy.

Red

{Easy there fella, I can hear everything you say, and I did NOT kill Red...}

I didn't say you did you mother fucker!!! I said look at what you DID! I even accented it so you'd get the POINT!

{Who the fuck do you think you are? Assassin? Pffft, durh okay. I'm Hatter Madigan now bitch, and just like him you don't stand a chance in wonderland against me. Go back to where you were.....}

*Falling*

*Falling*

*Falling*

*Falling*

The fucker had a point. I didn't like it... but he had a point, and I didn't... And to think all it really took....was that one shitty day...when I was eleven years old....Oh wait no, Dr. Wayne and I went through that...It's been longer than that.... So long we couldn't pinpoint the day I lost my mind. We're pretty sure about the age of eleven it was gone though........When Gilbert killed dad.....well I think the veil between fantasy and reality was torched and my world got a little mixed up... Certainly. Whose wouldn't.... but that doesn't make me a carbon copy of the guy next to me....the guy...who is also...

*Falling*

God damn...Usually this hole has a mother fu~

*Thoo-Crunc-sna-crack*

"OW... Sticks and stones can break bones, when piled at the bottom of a deep as mother fucking hole. Fuck...It's been a while hasn't it....Meh, Couple months." I say to myself taking a light notice of the outline on a nearby shelf, as I stood from the enourmous pile of sticks that I crashed into.

I dust myself off, and motion in the outlines direction. "C'mon cat, let's see what kind of adventure you have for me this time to go on that will probably alter my life in some profound yet annoying way," and with that I begin to walk down the old familiar entryway to the maze known as wonderland.

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*The next scene opens to Kaige and Hatter sitting in a low key diner somewhere outside of "So you're telling me you killed Ivvy?" Kaige says to me.

"Yea......I....I don't know why I did it though...I mean... I thought I loved her more than Red man...." I say with such bullshit apathy it's a wonder he couldn't see right through it. I'd imagine he did, but he didn't let on to that.

"Well you loved the shit out of Red, and then that other side of you got loose. Was it him again? Was it the prick?"

'Prick? Who the fuck is he callin a prick? The guy who busted down after what should've been MY title match, but James renigged on his word...and kicked me in the side of the face! The nerve.'

"I think so Kaige. In fact I'm sure of it."

"You need to get some serious help man, you know that. But I think it might have had something to do.........."

The camera pulls back as Kaige's words fade out.

*End transmission*