[FADEIN: The camera panning through the crowd, drawing cheers and people holding up signs. After a moment the bell rings, drawing another pop.]

TF: The following contest is the MAIN EVENT! [Pop!] of the evening…And it’s a SIX MAN TAG…Set for ONE FALL…[MUSIC UP: “Phenomena” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The crowd pops loud as Shawn Hart stands on top of the ramp way. Hart has on black leather pants with white ring boots, the EPW IC title slung over his shoulder. Beside him stands Felicia, also wearing black leather pants, and a white T-Shirt that reads “I’m Felicia” in black letters. She has in her hands a stack of papers.]

TF: Introducing first…From Orlando Florida…Weighing in at 223 pounds…He is the Intercontinental Champion…Representing HOPE!!! THE PHENOM! SHAWN!!! HART!! 

DT: The man who pinned Sean Stevens and nearly pulled out one of the greatest upsets in the history of this sport, Shawn Hart getting a loud reception from these fans here! 

DM: Hart shocked the world when he managed to come back from what appeared to be impossible odds to nearly win the War Games single handedly, and tonight, Dan Ryan rewarded him by putting him in the World Title match at Black Dawn. 

MN: He lost all the same, they don’t give out any awards for almost winning…

DM: We’ll see about that after Black Dawn…

[MUSIC UP: “Killing In The Name Of” by Rage Against The Machine. Cameron Cruise jogs towards the ring. The crowd popping big for Cruise as he makes his way to the ring. Cruise hits the ring, with Hart keeping his distance from him.]

TF: Hailing from Jacksonville, North Carolina…Weighing in at 263 pounds…CAMERON!!! CRUISE!!! [Cruise hops to the second rope, getting a pop from the crowd!]

DT: One of the four men in the main event of Black Dawn, Cameron Cruise made a statement at the end of Aggression 50, and now he’s going to try to make an even BIGGER Statement and capture the title he’s sought all these years but has eluded his grasp, the EPW World Title!

MN: Give me a break, Stevens has no reason to even set foot in the ring with the sideshow freak, THIS bum gets a crack at the belt?! This is pathetic…The main event won’t last more than 5 minutes, if that! 

DM: Cameron Cruise is a two time World Tag Champion, he’s a two time Intercontinental champion…If anyone has been long overdue for a shot at the World Title, it’s Cameron Cruise and Black Dawn will finally right that wrong and it may see him finally climb to the top of the mountain! 

[MUSIC UP: “Happy Birthday” by the Birthday Massacre. The crowd goes nuts as The First burst from behind the curtain, his face painted up in a spiderweb motif. He’s wearing his standard HOPE wife beater, black gi pants, black ring boots, with his right hand taped halfway up his arm, the letters “EPW” written on the tape in black. Muse follows behind him, wearing a top hat with large gold rimmed goggles strapped on it, a black tube top covering her chest above a white corset. A black leather mini skirt, fishnet stalking, and black calf high heels complete her outfit.]

TF: And hailing from Salem, Massachusetts, weighing in at 210 pounds…Representing HOPE!! THE!!! FIRST!!!!

[First does his ‘jump from the apron to inside the ring, landing on the second rope’ spot and yells at the crowd, who yell back in approval.]

DT: And speaking of men who should be World Champion, if it wasn’t for the desperate acts Sean Stevens took to save his title at Aggression 50, this man right here would be the new EPW World Heavyweight champion!

MN: But he’s not, so quit dreaming, and nothing Stevens did was desperate…He had this whole thing planned out long ago.

DM: So you’re saying his efforts to flee the ring with his belt, and when that failed, using the belt as a weapon to get himself disqualified was all a plan?

MN: Sean Stevens doesn’t have to defend his belt in ways you find acceptable, what matters is that he defends it…He walked into that ring champion, and he left it champion, and there is nothing you or any of these morons can do to change that fact! 

DT: Well we will see who is left standing after Black Dawn Neely…

MN: That will be Stevens, it always is…One of these days you two will learn to accept that. 

[First’s music fades out…Nothing happens for a few moments.]

DT: Anthology clearly playing mind games with their challengers.

DM: Well the longer First and Hart remain in the ring the more likely something will happen, these three men have no use for each other. 

[The lights dim…]

VOICE: And the prophecy read that…One day like the Phoenix rose from the ashes…That a boy will be born unto a family in the slums…This boy will go on and use the knowledge that he gains while fighting for survival in the streets…To become a great leader…And in time that boy will grow to become KING!

[MUSIC UP: “King Back” by TI. A series of spotlights hit the top of the ramp, showing the EPW World Heavyweight Champion “Triple X” Sean Stevens wearing a black airbrushed T-Shirt reading “Always The King”. EPW World Heavyweight Title Belt strapped across his waist, black tights with blue X’s on the legs and seat, black ring boots, aviator style Mark Jacobs sunglasses on. To his right is Jared wells in his black Scott Steiner style trunks, with “JW” in white on the right leg and “Daddy” in white on the seat, his EPW World Tag Team Title belt over his shoulder. To his left is Sean Edmunds in a sequined white robe that says “Simply Sensational” in red on the back. The three men stand on top of the ramp way for a few moments before heading to the ring. The crowd booing LOUD!]

TF: And their opponents…At a total combined weight of 727 pounds…The team of “Simply Sensational” SEAN! EDMUNDS!…One half of the EPW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS…JARED WELLS!!! And the EPW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!! “TRIPLE X!” SEAN!! STEVENS!!! They are…ANNNN! THOLOGY!!!! 

MN: This is a how a team enters the ring, as a unit, this is solidarity. These three punks coming out here all were trying to draw attention to themselves. Anthology on the other hand cares about supporting each other. 

DT: Read into the entrances what you will Neely, My attention was on the fact that in the trash talk leading up to this match Sean Stevens made the claim he’d risk his career Vs The First at Black Dawn...

DM: A bold statement by the EPW World Champion, and as we know, owner Dan Ryan said that no such stipulations would be put into that match.

MN: Well of course not, I mean if somehow Stevens suffered a flash pin, well EPW wouldn’t last three months without Stevens on the roster…I don’t know about you guys, but I enjoy having a roof over my head! 

[Anthology hit the ring, ref Pat Jones maintaining order as best he can while gathering up the various belts from the competitors. Cruise and Hart leave the ring, leaving First to start for his team, while Stevens and Edmunds take to the apron, having Wells start for Anthology. After a moment Jones calls for the bell and the match begins.] 

DT: And we are under way for the main event! Wells waving First to come to him…First shakes his head…And now he points to Stevens! [Crowd pops! “I want him!” First yells at Wells.] Stevens not even LOOKING at The First…[“Tag! Tag! Tag!” chant] this crowd wants to see it, they want to see the fight that ended in such controversy at Aggression 50 pick right up here at Aggression 51!

DM: I can’t blame them, why wait till Black Dawn, let’s see it tonight! 

DT: Wells seems to be wavering with this crowd screaming at him…He backs towards the Anthology corner…STEVENS HOPS OFF THE APRON TO THE FLOOR! [*Loud* Boos!] Oh of all the low…

MN: What? This kid doesn’t deserve to be in the same ring as Stevens, Aggression 50 proved it, Black Dawn will be a farce! Good on Stevens to not dirty himself fighting such filth! 

DT: First circling Wells now…Wells goes to grapple First…First sidesteps and lands a couple of left jabs…Dropkick by First staggers Wells…First grabs Wells and whips him to the ropes…No, reversal by Wells…Wells with a clothesline, ducked by First…First back off the ropes…SPINNING HEEL KICK SENDS WELLS TO THE MAT! [Pop!]

DM: First has to stick to that quick strike offense, using his speed to negate the huge size advantage that Wells has over him.

MN: He has nothing but smoke and mirrors…Sooner or later Daddy will catch him and it’s gonna be pain for the freak!

DT: First grabs Wellls as Wells gets to his feet, First with an arm bar and he makes the tag to Shawn Hart…Hart in now and he lands a kick to the ribs of Wells…Hart now stomps on Wells foot! Wells hopping around in pain and Hart with a FOOTSWEEP drops the big man! [Pop!] Wells pops up and charges at Hart, gets caught with a hiptoss…Hart has the arm barred standing over Wells…Hart now…Licking one of his fingers? OH MY GOODNESS HE JUST GAVE WELLS A WET WILLY!! [Crowd Laughing!] Wells thrashing on the ground in a fit and he gets to his feet…Wells with a roundhouse right, Hart ducks it…CATCHES WELLS WITH A SCHOOL BOY!!

ONE!!

TWO!!!

NO!!

DT: Wells kicks out and he’s LIVID! Edmunds trying to calm him down in the Anthology corner…Edmunds tags in and tells Wells to just relax on the apron while he handles business…Hart now…Well with the gestures he just made I’m pretty sure he told Edmunds to kiss his ass…[pop!] Hart now…Tags in Cruise!

DM: I don’t think Cruise was expecting that to happen.

MN: Typical Hart, rile up the other team and then bail out before having to suffer for it.

DT: Cruise and Edmunds lock up…Cruise backs Edmunds into the corner…Unloads with a forearm across the chest and another one…Edmunds sent to the opposite corner…BIG HIPTOSS AS HE STAGGERS OUT! [Pop!] 

DM: Wells couldn’t use his size advantage against First or Hart to his advantage but Cruise is having no problems throwing Edmunds around.

MN: Oh just keep flapping your gums about how great this rag tag bunch of losers is doing, you’ll be singing a different tune soon enough!

DT: Cruise gets Edmunds to his feet and sends him to the ropes…CRUISE WITH A POWERSLAM! [Pop!] Cruise pops to his feet, Hart tags Cruise from behind…Hart rushes to the top rope…HART OFF THE TOP WITH A WINDMILL FIST DROP TO THE FACE OF EDMUNDS!! [Pop! Camera cuts to ringside where Felicia, Muse, and 3 fans hold up score cards, 2 reading ‘10’ 2 reading ‘9’ Muse has a ‘6’. Hart sees this and glares at her. She notices it’s upside down and flips it around for a ‘9’.] 

DM: Well the judges and the fans seem to be approving of Shawn Hart’s actions tonight.

MN: It just hurts so much when reality bends to the will of idiots and makes them look right...Come on Anthology get it together! 

DT: Hart tags The First back in…First with a series of right hands backs Edmunds into the ropes…Stevens makes a blind tag to Edmunds as First sends Edmunds to the other side…Edmunds hangs onto the ropes…First turns around…GETS BEHEADED BY A RUNNING CLOTHESLINE FROM STEVENS!! First did a 360 in mid-air! [Boos!] 

MN: There we go! This is what happens when the champ gets involved, people start paying the price! 

DT: Stevens now with a stomp to the head of First…Stevens drags First over to the Anthology corner and tags in Wells…Wells puts the boots to The First as he’s laying on the mat…Wells gets First to his feet, Wells locks in a bear hug! 

DM: Wells using his power and size to keep The First from being able to get moving and this bear hug will suck the wind out of First.

MN: It’ll end this match is what it will do…Crush him like a bug Wells! 

DT: First firing a right hand to Wells and another…Another breaks the hold…First lunges to make a tag…Wells catches him…Has First up…SPINEBUSTER BY DADDY WELLS! HE COVERS!!

ONE!!

TWO!!

NO!!!

DT: First kicks out! [Pop!] Wells makes the tag to Edmunds. Edmunds back into the ring…He’s got First to his feet, he sets…SNAP SUPLEX! Edmunds drops the elbow into the chest of The First and another one…Edmunds pops to his feet and throws his hands up [Boos!] not exactly making friends with the crowd here…Edmunds gets First up…GERMAN SUPLEX! EDMUNDS WITH A BRIDGE!

ONE!!

TWO!!

NO!!

DT: First still not done fighting…Edmunds gets First back to his feet…Edmunds sends First to the ropes…BACKDROP! NO! FIRST WITH A NECKBREAKER! Edmunds set a little too early and he paid for it! First needs to make a tag! [Crowd clapping, making noise!] 

DM: Edmunds has left First with an opening, now the question is if he can make the tag and get one of his two team-mates into the fight.

MN: Come on Edmunds stop him! 

DT: Edmunds makes the tag to Wells…FIRST TAGS CRUISE! [Pop!] Now these two men, former friends going chest to chest here! 

MN: Take him out Wells, he stole all your thunder, all your glory, Anthology was always your deal, and this parasite took the spotlight! 

DT: Wells shoves Cruise…Cruise shoves Wells back…Wells off the ropes…Shoulder block…NO EFFECT! 

DM: You know Cruise isn’t going to back down here…No quarter given nor asked for! 

DT: Cruise now off the ropes…SHOULDER BLOCK! WELLS DOESN’T BUDGE! 

MN: Of course not! Cruise isn’t upstaging the driving force behind Anthology! 

DT: Both men staring at each other…Now they are criss crossing the ring…Wells drops down, Cruise hops over him…Cruise off the ropes..Wells misses with a clothesline…Cruise off the ropes…DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE!! BOTH MEN DOWN! 

DM: A stalemate from the former dangle brothers as both men were thinking the same thing and it ends up laying both men out in the center of the ring. 

MN: Come on Wells, get the tag, and get the champ in there! 

DT: Wells over to his corner…Makes the tag to Stevens…Cruise almost to his corner…NO! STEVENS PULLS HIM INTO THE ANTHOLOGY CORNER! Stevens now stomping the daylights out of Cruise! 

DM: The World Champion laying down the law here as he’s mauling Cameron Cruise!

MN: This is about the natural order of the world…This is about a nobody being put in his place by the greatest wrestler on the planet today. 

DT: Stevens grabs Cruise and hooks him…CRUISE ELEVATED…BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX! Stevens just DRIVES Cruise into the mat! Triple X, the EPW World Champion now drops an elbow on Cruise…Stevens thinks about it for a moment and now tags in Edmunds…Who quickly starts stomping to the chest and head of the fallen Cruise.

MN: Beat him into a pulp don’t let him make it to Black Dawn! 

DT: Edmunds pushes Cruise into the corner and whips him to the other side…EDMUNDS WITH A DROPKICK IN THE CORNER! He just CRUSHED Cruise into those turnbuckles with that textbook dropkick.

DM: And he caught Cruise right as he hit the corner to that was dead on timing by Edmunds! 

DT: Cruise gets snap marred to the mat…Edmunds with a ROLLING NECK SNAP! He drops into the cover!

ONE!!

TWO!!!

NO!!

DT: Cruise gets the shoulder up at 2! Edmunds gets a chinlock on Cruise, keeping the bigger man down Cruise fighting as he knows this match may be key in building momentum towards Black Dawn…

DM: Cruise has had a great deal of success in the past at Black Dawn, at the first Black Dawn Cruise won a 4 way match for a shot at the EPW World Title…This time he’ll be in another four way and he won’t just be fighting for a title shot, he’ll be fighting to win the EPW World Title…

MN: That’s all he’ll be doing, he ain’t winning it, that’s for sure! I hope nobody gets to upset when Stevens ends that farce of a match in under 5 minutes. 

DT: Edmunds makes the tag to Wells and Wells now taking free shots at Cruise as Edmunds holds Cruise’s arms…Cruise stuck in the wrong corner here as Pat Jones tries to prevent a three on one…Wells pulls Cruise out of the Anthology corner…He lifts Cruise up…He has Cruise over his shoulder…PLANTS HIM WITH A POWER SLAM! WELLS WITH A COVER!!

ONE!!

TWO!!

THR—NO!

DT: Cruise kicks out again! [Pop! “Cruise!” chant] You have to know he’s going to fight until he’s knocked out practically…These men stabbed him in the back, they betrayed him when they brought in Stevens to Anthology under the condition he’d get to run Cruise out of the group…

MN: Look, when you can add the most dominating wrestler in the business to your group, you do whatever is needed, and if it requires pushing a never-will-be like Cruise to the curb to do so, then so be it. 

DT: You’ll say anything to defend these guys you are completely without shame…Wells pulls Cruise to his feet…He sets him up…CRUISE IS UP…PILEDRIVER BY WELLS! Cruise got PLANTED…Wells with the cover! 

ONE!!

TWO!!

THR—NO!!

DT: CRUISE KICKS OUT AGAIN!! [Pop!] Anthology’s busting out the big guns and they still haven’t found a way to keep Cruise down!

DM: Cruise has gone through wars in the past, and tonight you know with the EPW World Title in his sights at Black Dawn that he’s going to do everything he can to keep fighting. 

MN: He’s just getting himself beaten up so he’ll be in no shape to compete come Black Dawn this foolish pride of Cruise is going to backfire big time!

DT: Wells tags Stevens back in…Stevens DRIVES a knee into the head of Cruise…Triple X now back to his feet…TURNS AROUND AND SUCKER PUNCHES FIRST! First and Hart both rush into the ring and get held back by Pat Jones, allowing a three on one attack behind the ref’s back! 

MN: Ha! Stevens just played HOPE for fools, of course maybe they WANT this to happen, Hart knows the little freak needs all the help he can get to win the title, maybe they want Cruise out of the way and are letting Anthology do the dirty work! 

DT: Jones finally turns around to see the beating all three members of Anthology are putting on Cruise…Edmunds and Wells quit giving Cruise the business as Stevens now scoops Cruise up…SLAMS HIM DOWN! Stevens pops to his feet he’s going out to the top…STEVENS OFF THE TOP WITH A FROG SPLASH! Cruise just got FLATTENED!! STEVENS HOOKS THE LEG!

ONE!!

TWO!!

THR—NO!!!!

MN: WHAT?! Pat Jones is out to embarrass Anthology! That’s the only justification for these obscenely slow counts! 

DT: He’s been giving the same count the whole match and Anthology’s hit Cruise with just about everything and they haven’t put him down…Stevens tags in Edmunds…The Sensational One hits the ring and he grabs Cruise by the legs…GETS CRUISE TURNED OVER IN A BOSTON CRAB! 

MN: If he wants to be a hero well then he’s going to pay in pain…Save yourself for Black Dawn Cruise, tap out, I promise not to laugh at you…For long!

DT: Cruise trying to fight out of this hold…He’s pushing off the mat…He’s almost got free! WAIT! [Boo!] Edmunds presses his head against the top turnbuckle so Cruise can’t push himself free of the Boston Crab!

DM: Edmunds using that turnbuckle to brace himself and prevent Cruise from escaping the hold. Pat Jones is busy asking Cruise if he’ll submit, so he didn’t see Edmunds illegal actions! 

DT: Felicia now jumps on the apron! She’s screaming at Pat Jones about Edmunds use of the corner to assist in maintaining the hold! 

MN: Which will only allow Edmunds to keep doing it, way to go you dumb broad! 

DT: Edmunds continuing to use the corner for leverage…First runs over…FIRST SPITS GREEN MIST IN EDMUNDS FACE!! 

DM: First clearly deciding turnabout is fair play here, retaliating for Edmunds tactics in kind!

MN: What?! He had that no good jezebel distract the ref! This match should be awarded to Anthology! 

DT: Well it’s not, both men down and they need to make tags…Edmunds and Cruise crawling to their corners…Edmunds tags in Stevens…CRUISE REACHES…DOESN’T MAKE IT!!

MN: I think Hart got alligator arms there! 

DT: Oh will you stop! Stevens pulls Cruise back into the middle of the ring and puts the boots to him…Stevens pulls Cruise to his feet…IMPALER DDT! CRUISE KNOCKED OUT! STEVENS COVERS! 

ONE!!

TWO!!

THRE—NO!!!

DT: CRUISE KICKED OUT AGAIN!! [Pop!] Cruise has taken one hell of a beating, Anthology’s thrown all they can at him, but he’s still fighting!

DM: If he’s this hard to keep down tonight, just think the effort he’ll be putting forth come Black Dawn when he has the chance to win the EPW World Title! 

DT: Stevens tags in Wells…Wells grabs Cruise and SLAMS him to the mat…Wells now waiting on Cruise…He’s got him lined up…Cruise to his feet…WELLS WITH A RUNNING KNEE STRIKE! CRUISE SIDE STEPPED IT!! REALITY CHECK OUT OF NOWHERE!!! CRUISE NAILED IT!!

MN: Oh you HAVE to be kidding me! Get up Wells! Get up! 

DT: Cruise crawling towards his corner…Wells slowly stirring…Wells closer then Cruise, has less ground to cover…Wells…MAKES THE TAG TO EDMUNDS…Cruise…MAKES THE TAG TO FIRST!! [Pop!] First hammering away with right hands to the head of Edmunds…DROPS HIM WITH A CLOTHESLINE! Edmunds scampers to his feet and gets backed into a corner…First sends him to the other corner…HANDSPRING ELBOW BY THE FIRST! Edmunds staggers out, First hooks him for a suplex…STEVENS FROM BEHIND WITH A CLOTHESLINE ON FIRST! HART NOW IN THE RING ATTACKING STEVENS!! Wells and Cruise pair off! It’s chaos in the ring! Hart and Stevens spill to the floor as do Wells and Cruise…First getting back to his feet from that clothesline…Edmunds…Wait a second, he just reached into his wrestling boot…EDMUNDS CRACKS FIRST WITH BRASS KNUCKS!! HE KNOCKED FIRST COLD!!

DM: Pat Jones is trying to maintain order with the melee going on outside the ring and didn’t see it! 

MN: YES!! PIN HIM! BEAT THESE FAILURES!

DT: Edmunds with the cover...He’s screaming at Jones to get in the ring…HERE’S THE REF!! THE COUNT!!

ONE!!

TWO!!!

THREE!! NO! NO!!!

DT: JONES WAVES IT OFF!! MUSE PUT FIRST’S FOOT ON THE BOTTOM ROPE!! 

MN: How can you defend this constant blatant cheating by these frauds?! Your every waking thought is consumed by hatred for the cheating Anthology does, but never a word about when others cheat!

DT: So Muse is supposed to let First get pinned there after Edmunds used brass knucks to knock him out.

MN: Well…Yes! 

DT: Edmunds is livid…He pulls The First to his feet…Hart hops on the apron…HART GRABS EDMUNDS AND DROPS DOWN, DRIVING EDMUNDS THROAT ACROSS THE TOP ROPE! Edmunds staggers…INTO A SOULBREAKER BY THE FIRST!! THE COVER!!

ONE!!

TWO!!!

THREE!!!

[Bell rings, the first few seconds of “Happy Birthday” hit on the PA but shut off as the melee outside the ring gets out of control.]

DT: Wells was about to make the save but the Heirs of Wrestling burst through the crowd and they pull Wells off the apron and are beating the hell out of him… Now it’s a 3 on 1 with the Heirs and Wells…Hart grabs Gallway and…Well the two of them now just watching the chaos around them, not really doing anything…

DM: With all the bodies flying around, maybe keeping your distance is for the best…

DT: Cruise and Edmunds now fighting on the floor…Meanwhile First getting to his feet in the ring…STEVENS WAITING BEHIND HIM…FIRST TURNS! X-FACTOR! NO! FIRST SIDESTEPPED! SOULBREAKER! NO STEVENS SHRUGS HIM OFF!! First and Stevens now trading punches in the center of the ring! 

DM: On the outside, both Pierce and Brody just sent Wells crashing into the ring steps! Wells gets a hand up on the step and stops himself, and instead hops over. He now has a chair! He’s out for blood! 

MN: I’ve enjoyed the Heirs antics up to a point, but stepping on Anthology’s toes…That’s a death sentence! 

DT: Edmunds with a thumb to the eye blinds Cruise…Edmunds now heading over to the time keeper, what the heck is he doing? While in the ring…Stevens is staggered by The First…Stevens drops to his knees…LOW BLOW BY STEVENS!! First crumples to the mat! Stevens now standing in the corner…Waiting for First to get up…

MN: And once he does he’ll be knocked out so hard he won’t even make Black Dawn! X-Factor ahoy!

DT: Edmunds has pulled the EPW World Title Belt away from the time keeper and he’s going back over towards Cruise with it…EDMUNDS WITH A BELT SHOT!! CRUISE SIDESTEPS! DROP TOE HOLD! EDMUNDS HIT HIS FACE OFF THE BELT!! 

DM: Quick thinking by Cruise saved his bacon there!

DT: Cruise now standing over Edmunds…And now he picks up the EPW World Title Belt and holds it aloft [Pop!] Stevens was waiting on First to get up, but now he sees Cruise with the belt and he turns his attention to him…Cruise laying the belt at the foot of the rampway, DARING Stevens to come out and get it…Stevens yelling at Cruise…First getting to his feet behind Stevens…WE’RE OUT OF TIME…THIS IS ALL GOING TO COME TO A HEAD AT BLACK DAWN!! YOU CAN’T MISS IT!!

[The camera cuts between the Tag Team brawl on the outside, Cruise waving on Stevens, First stalking Stevens from behind, and then finally a hard shot of the head plate of the EPW World Heavyweight Championship Belt before finally FADING TO BLACK.]