Cyrus sits in his kitchen, hands under his dirty beard, his eyes pointed directly out the window, towards the large dark figure in the distance, the building synonymous with DIWF, home to some of the most brutal matches of all time... The Devious Cathedral. His eyes are locked on the structure, deep and piercing. The camera pans out, wider, to find his house destroyed. Holes in the walls, dishes on the ground, shattered... it looks like a tornado blew through the house, leaving nothing but the roof intact... only it wasn't a tornado, it was something far worse.

The chair looked to be fitting to Cyrus' ass, as though he hadn't moved in days, and had you been able to smell, the smell of urine was a dead give away. He had been motionless... without any sleep, the bags under his eyes a testament to that. Cyrus was disturbed, it was obvious the voices were starting to take over.

He hurt. Not physically. There was nothing harmed in that Tables, Ladders and Chairs match that we last saw him in... he hurt mentally. The pain he felt with the voices in his head, he didn't know how much longer he'd be able to take it. Suicidal thoughts never ran through his mind before now, before... Azrael.

But since the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match, Cyrus hadn't been doing much thinking. Nor eating... or drinking... Cyrus didn't catch the last Showdown, Cyrus didn't even remember he was an employee of OPW. Cyrus just... was. He existed...

Or did he?

He didn't exist, he was dead to the world. It was obvious that he hadn't eaten in close to, if not longer than three weeks, and only when he was forced to drink to save his life did he drink any water. He was more primal to the world than Terry Shaivo, and looked much worse. Once considered one of the most attractive men in the wrestling industry, Cyrus was suddenly one of the most disgusting, one of the scariest... one of the 'weirdos'.

While Cyrus sat in that chair, looking at the Devious Cathedral, one could only wonder: What's he doing? Why isn't he moving? How long until he snaps? Has he already snapped?

What has Cyrus become? What will Cyrus become?

The camera panned up close to Cyrus, catching just his wide open eyes and blank state. Slowly, Cyrus' head turned... slowly... slowly... his eyes remained open... and as his head aligned with the camera, eyes still wide... the camera faded.

"With eyes wide open
I can't recall my crime I think I sealed my fate
I can watch my world evolve
Alone in our own way, I think I sealed my fate
Nothing left to die for
I can't recall my crime I think I sealed my fate
Thoughts inside can make me crawl
Think I sealed my fate
Make me drop down on my knees
Break me down until I question me
Darkness can't destroy my drive

Sun doesn't rise at all
Who knows how far I'll fall
Sun doesn't rise at all
Welcome my downfall
Sun doesn't rise at all"

 

Mushroomhead - Sun Doesn't Rise