HOLIDAY: “Don’t worry my dear, it won’t be long now. With you as bait, that sympathetic fool Derrick Arzon won’t be able to resist. That’s the tragedy behind young love. It blinds the weak of heart into thinking that they can be heroes. As if a little painted brat like you would even be worth the trouble.”
***Nikki seethes at Holiday and kicks in his direction. Holiday deftly steps back, and then shrugs and pulls the duct tape from her mouth.***
HOLIDAY: “Never let it be said I’m completely without a heart. These could be your final moments on earth. You deserve some last words.”
***Nikki’s eyes go wide and flash with rage.***
NIKKI: “You absolutely unbelievable asswipe! You’re seriously doing this?! You’ve legit gone full supervillain?!”
***Holiday smiles.***
HOLIDAY: “Call it what you will girl. Rhett Holiday is not a man to be trifled with. When you cross The Fallen...”
NIKKI: “Oh. My. GOD. Do you HEAR yourself?! You’re freakin’ Doctor Doom!”
HOLIDAY: “Dr. Doom is a fiction you disrespectful harlot. But those explosives are VERY real.”
NIKKI: “Oh yeah, well you won’t be talking so big when Derrick gets here... oh dear lord now you’ve got me talking like a lunatic.”
HOLIDAY: “Now you are starting to grasp the seriousness of your situation. In mere minutes you could find yourself scattered to the four winds. And it will all be recorded on these cameras for posterity.”
***Holiday gestures to the television cameras recording the struggling girl.***
HOLIDAY: “That simpering fool Derrick Arzon can watch your demise on loop for eternity, reflecting on his pathetic failures and...”
***Suddenly there is a loud THUMP on the studio door. Holiday and his followers glance up at the door in suspicious anticipation. After a few moments there is another loud THUMP on the door. Holiday cocks an eyebrow and gestures for Oliver to check the door. The young man runs up to the door and gingerly places a hand on the knob. A voice can be heard from the other side of the door.***
VOICE: “See big guy, I told you it was a pull door. Try pushing HARDER.”
***Oliver looks over to Holiday who sneers and steels himself for combat. He sneers and beckons with one hand for the young man to open the door. Oliver nods and yanks the handle, just as Mighty Anaconda dives, shoulder-first through the door and goes spilling messily to the floor. Rhett Holiday cocks his head and turns a confused look to Nikki, and then back to Oliver. Just then, Mighty Cobra bounds through the door with his hands on his hips. He points a dramatic finger at Holiday.***
COBRA: “Vile villain! Cease your evil ways and repent to a righteous ass-kicking from... The MIGHTY Coldsnakes!”
***Without another word, Cobra bounds over to Oliver and extends a gloved hand.***
COBRA: “Hello young lad! You should be careful, things could get violent around... HI-YAH!”
***Mid-word, Cobra hauls off and kicks Oliver squarely in the junk, lifting him nearly six inches off the ground. Oliver shrieks and collapses to the ground in a quivering heap. Holiday puts his hands on his head and grimaces.***
HOLIDAY: “Oh for the love of...”
***Cobra turns and valiantly faces off against Holiday.***
COBRA: “Your time has come evil-doer! The mighty boot of justice will rustle your jimmies something fierce... AAAAHHHHH!”
***Cobra screams as Oliver bites deep into his ankle. He begins dragging the young man around the room by one leg while shrieking at the top of his lungs and slapping ineffectively at the back of Oliver’s head. Holiday balls up his fists and gestures toward Evelyn.***
HOLIDAY: “Would you snap out of your idiotic stupor and help him?”
***Cobra screams at the top of his lungs.***
COBRA: “Help! Anaconda! They can fight! The kids can fight!!”
***Anaconda stumbles to his feet, looking confused. Evelyn screeches and throws herself sideways at Anaconda, wrapping her arms and legs around the gigantic man’s head and tearing at his face and chest with her nails. Anaconda manages a gurgling scream as he falls backward onto his back and begins flailing his arms around. Cobra manages to get his hands on a nearby piece of stage lighting and begins ineffectively bludgeoning Oliver over the head and shoulders while shrieking in terror. Rhett Holiday stares at the scene, completely dumbfounded. He shoots one furious look over at Nikki and then sighs in disgust. Holiday runs over to Anaconda and stomps hard down on his head.***
HOLIDAY: “You idiots DARE to come here and make a mockery of my carefully laid plans?! I will destroy you both for his. And before you fight back, remember, it is The Fallen that holds all the cards!”
***Holiday holds up his remote control menacingly. Cobra lurches himself free of Oliver and tackles Holiday’s arm.***
COBRA: “Give me that evildoer! Only MIGHTY Cobra gets to press the shiny red button!”
***Cobra violently squeezes Holiday’s hand shut, pressing the button on the controller in the process.***
HOLIDAY: “You fool!”
NIKKI: “Ah holy crap!”
***A long pause fills the room. The explosives do not go off. Nikki looks down and lets out a ferocious growl.***
NIKKI: “Oh HELL no! Are you telling me these explosives were never even real?!”
***Holiday looks from the controller to the explosives to Nikki.***
HOLIDAY: “Calculated and evil deception that..”
NIKKI: “You dirty rotten scumbag! I’m gonna kill you!”
***Just then Anaconda grabs Holiday from behind with his massive arms. Holiday seethes and curses at Anaconda. While The Fallen is struggling with the masked wrestler, Oliver crashes violently into Mighty Cobra, sending him exploding through a nearby cardboard backdrop. Evelyn jumps on Anaconda’s back, forcing him to drop Holiday. A furious Holiday attacks Anaconda, dropping him with a series of knee and elbow strikes. All the while, Nikki stares on, completely speechless. Just then a pair of hands reach in and untie her bonds. She turns to see Derrick Arzon, standing with one finger across his lips in a shushing gesture.***
ARZON: “What do you say the two of us get the HELL out of here?”
***Nikki glances from Arzon to the chaos going on across the room and nods.***
NIKKI: “Frick yeah. This ain’t how I was planning on spending the new year. Thanks for the save cool-guy.”
ARZON: “Any time pretty lady. Now let’s run before Holiday finishes off the Coldsnakes.”
***Derrick Arzon and Nikki Wyld run for the door as an enraged Holiday begins slamming Cobra’s head over and over into a stage camera. Nikki and Derrick exit and run down the hall, out of the building, and into the night, smiling at each other and giggling under their breath.***Statistics: Posted by Gary Bloomfield — Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:35 pm
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