Prologue:Down through history evil doers have claimed to hear a voice calling out to them. In ancient times most of these men or women were put to death believed to be consumed by a real demon. The voice gets in your head until you do what it tells you. Psychologists and scientists throughout the world now claim this affliction is a mental health disorder. Schizophrenia is characterized by thoughts or experiences that seem out of touch with “reality”. Doctor’s now can put a label to this so called disease then pitch pills at it.
Schizophrenia is a real disease but can be misdiagnosed. These cases are rare but do happen. Does this mean that some cases of hearing voices are real? Does this lend credence to religion? Science stands on one side of the issue while the occult on another.
The occult culture believes that a voice can be heard. Witches, satanists, and voodoo priests and priestesses alike have sought out “The Call of the Damned”. The story goes that a general in the army of darkness can wield the voice at any time he or she deems necessary to carry out evil throughout this world. This call to action, various occult organizations claim, are to remind everyone that evil lurks all around. In the era of safe spaces and block buttons all in hopes to avoid any hurt feelings… The Call of the Damned reaches out once more. The Church of Satan call out every May 1st to the unknown voice in a special group meeting.
The group claims that no call has ever been heard. Yet year after year they continue to listen close. Tommy Crimson uses his “influence” and cameras to spread his dead eye society. He recently learned of this voice but quickly deemed it, “bullshit”, end quote.
The influence and the call of the damned are completely different. Crimson uses insecurities and shortcomings to bring people into his dead eye society. He uses PC culture as a weapon but points it at different individuals of all sexes and races alike. Tommy uses the great millennial generational gap to influence, divide, then conquer. This can be done by The Fury at any moment. The Call of The Damned can only be heard by those deemed worthy. Not even Tommy Crimson has heard the call but has he been listening?
Preface:Time changes everything. Six months ago, Tommy Crimson was on top of the wrestling world. Now he watches on as his biggest foe to date takes that honor, literally. Virtual reality has not taken off as Crimson predicted. Once facebook realized Tommy’s intentions were broadcast worldwide two weeks ago, he was let go from the project and now the social media giant attempts to distance themselves from Fury Studios and Tommy Crimson.
Fury Studios recently signed another backer in the National Rifle Association. Crimson’s computer wiz’s and videographers will create ads while Tommy continues his work throughout the world in professional wrestling. The extra money generated from ads will help Crimson spread his message through top notch produced promotional videos of himself.
The malibu compound was sold in auction moments before Crimson faced Quinton Cross on Climax Control 202. Tommy intends to move everything back to Florida to Furyland. They are enroute to Reno, Nevada for a new filming location then will be returned to Crimson’s abandoned amusement park that doubles as his personal compound.
The wrestling world is ablaze about the upcoming fourth battle between Crimson and Kristopher Ryans. Every wrestling magazine from Vegas to New York has one of the two men on the cover. Many pictures of Tommy’s bloody face are shown from the last installment Climax Control throughout these different magazines. Ryans flying through the air with his own version of Godbooked is another popular photo. Quinton Cross is also shown also as is Crimson wiping the promising young wrestlers blood onto his own face like some sort of ritualistic warrior face paint from long ago. These magazines are flying off the shelves nationwide.
Tommy left Climax Control 203 in a full rage. He flew back to Florida on the red eye after the show. The Fury finds himself against Dmitri, an ancient vampire. The flight back to Jupiter gave Crimson a long pause and time to think about everything that has occurred since Sin City Wrestling reopened it’s door. The plane ride did little affect his rage after watching his foe use Tommy’s finisher to win a match while Crimson was disqualified in his first one back. Pride can lead to real rage if left unchecked. Tommy knows this.
5/2/2018
2:49 a.m.
FuryLand(Jupiter, Florida)
The abandoned amusement park sits in complete darkness. Crickets can be heard all over now that summer has swept the south. Tommy had to come down to Florida to sign some paperwork about the move back with his high dollar filming equipment and to deal with his rage. On the outer edge of the condemned park sits a small building with no windows. Tommy had this built and dubbed it his “rage room”. The door is locked while the inside there is only a overturned television set that glitches with a converted cross. The hint of light from the screen allows the camera in the corner to film. Camera’s cover the entire abandoned park due to Tommy’s obsession for catching any and all “footage”.
The screen flickers to static suddenly further illuminating the room. Tommy Crimson is laid out in the floor among broken glass. All the glass broken by Crimson himself before blacking out with pure rage from the events that took place at Climax Control. The screen glitches from white to black shining across the floor on the many broken bits of glass. A voice can be heard throughout the small building like a whispering echo throughout.
“Start anew to conquer them all.” The voice calls out.
Tommy can hear the voice still in his head. It continues on which leads him to come back to life on the floor. His arms are cut up from laying on the glass but he immediately takes notice of the distinct voice.
Crimson slowly staggers up to one knee then shakes his head.
“Mark yourself.” The voice rings throughout once more.
Without even thinking Tommy reaches down and takes up a piece of broken bottle. He reaches up slowly with the sharp piece of glass then digs it into his flesh. Tommy carves an “X” between his eyes then hits his knees to bow to this unforeseen force in hopes it shows itself to him.
Crimson suddenly can smell something burning then notices some sort of bright light coming from underneath the bottom of the rage rooms door. Smoke begins to bellow from underneath leading Tommy to get back to his feet. He quickly opens the door and realizes the entire park is ablaze all around.
Tommy staggers out of the dark room and over his left shoulder just behind him the television turned over in the small building scrolls, “Start anew to conquer them all.”
The Fury rushes to get out of the park before he burns alive in it. The large weathered grandfather clock he passes reads, “3:00 a.m.”. The witching hour. In folklore this hour is associated with supernatural events and bad luck. The huge steel gothic structures are all now burning to create one huge death trap. Tommy can see the large steel willow tree in the distance near the front gate. Fire has the back gate blocked completely leading Crimson to snake his way through the flames.
Tommy notices a figure with long hair in the distance. He looks close but can’t make out the individual amongst all the fire and smoke. Crimson makes his way by the huge steel willow tree finally. Rusted chains dangle from the large steel structure. Every championship belt that Tommy has ever held are attached to the dangling chains. Thirteen world championships amongst many other title belts are now all burning with a few melting from the intense heat of this fire.
Tommy makes his way to the front gate when he notices the long black haired figure again. He rushes over to the ticket booth now believing he has the unknown arsonist cornered. He rounds a small fence on the opposite side of the booth to a dead end. The individual is gone but a message reads across the tall fence, “I Know Who U R.”
Tommy falls to his knees and wonders if Dmitri just burned down his compound and left him in it to die. Crimson ponders this while the cameras throughout the park begin to give out, one by one. They continue to film The Fury until they melt.
“Is he a real fuckin’ vampire? How did he just disappear? What the fuck!?” Tommy screams out with real frustration.
Crimson remains unsure as he never saw the face of the individual nor got a good look at them at all. The dark hair, clothes, and recent demeanor of his upcoming opponent tell Tommy it was Dmitri. No proof will remain of who burned FuryLand to the ground Crimson fears. He then leaps up and makes his way out of the corner between the fence and ticket booth. The only way out is through the front gate. Tommy gets to the gate and takes hold of the right side with both hands. The iron gate burns his flesh but he pushes it open quickly anyway to escape.
Tommy ends up in the road directly in front of the gate. The gravel crunches under his the weight of his feet as he backs up to take in the full sight of his beloved compound burning to the ground. A hovering drone catches the shot that will become famous in the coming days. A photo of The Fury looking on with the flames illuminating his face. Two small trickles of blood run down both cheeks from the “X”, he carved in to his forehead after hearing the voice of the damned.
Tommy stands completely white eyed with cuts and bruises all over his arms from a wild night in his personal rage room. He blacked out from breaking glass and tearing out pages from popular wrestling magazines while tearing the room to shreds. The room was built to withstand such abuse to contain Crimson’s rage into a single building on the FuryLand grounds. By losing control this time, he has essentially allowed possibly a “real” vampire to follow him home only to burn Tommy out. The flames continue to consume everything he’s worked so hard for while all he can do is watch helplessly from the front gate.
The image captured of Tommy watching FuryLand burn goes viral almost immediately. A small crew from an hotel four miles away suddenly comes flying up the gravel road that leads to the park. Tommy continues to watch his personal compound burn while his most trusted camera man, AJ Maclin, exits the production van as soon as he gets it stopped. The rest of the Fury Studios crew that came with Tommy all stand behind him and watch on as the amusement park falls in on itself.
AJ slips up behind Crimson.
“Did you do this?” AJ whispers from behind The Fury.
Tommy continues to watch the park burn and send embers up into the dark of night. He doesn’t even blink as he replies to his most loyal employee.
“I did not. No man did this. Not a human one anyhow.” Tommy replies with a lifeless glare.
AJ appears puzzled by the statement.
“Do you want to cancel the filming here in Florida and get to the other spot in Reno?” AJ asks with real curiosity.
“No. We go ahead as planned. We film the short documentary we came to do. I am changing what it’s about is all. Then we go to Reno for the finale.” Tommy explains his plan vaguely.
“Well if it’s not about *BEEP* then what’s the short doc about now?” AJ inquires further.
Tommy finally turns away from his burning compound to face his cameraman. The “X” in his now forehead still bleeds slightly. The sight of Crimson wearing a mark that his infamous grandfather did scares the hell out of AJ.
“We are going to find out if vampires are real and if so... How does one go about murdering one in a wrestling ring.” Tommy explains with wild eyes.
AJ attempts to turn away but Tommy pulls him back quickly.
“I know where another ancient vampire lives… Right here in Florida.” Crimson grins as he finishes then lets go of AJ completely.
Tommy gets into the production van as one of the Nerd Squad hackers reels the large drone in. They sent it ahead when they heard FuryLand was ablaze on the police scanner at the hotel. They drive away from the burning amusement park while bright red and blue lights begin to wash across the tree line. Emergency vehicles from the other end of Jupiter have finally arrived to put out a fire that’s record hot.
“Objects May Be Closer Than They Appear”, reads across the bottom of the small mirror Crimson looks deeply into while the van peels away. He watches the fire burn out of control in the mirror when he notices the “X” in his forehead. Then Tommy recalls hearing The Call of The Damned. A grin creeps slowly across the face of the downtrodden Fury at these realizations.
Tomoka Correctional Institution(Front Gate)
Daytona Beach, Florida
5/3/2018
11:55 a.m.
A white Fury Studios production van pulls into the parking lot of the Tomoka Correctional Institution. Dust from travelling covers the van and the back glass someone has written in the dust, “Start anew to conquer them all.”
The van pulls past the gate with passes all made by a NerdSquad hacker. The side door to the panel van slides open and two cameramen get out. AJ exits the driver side door shortly there after. The passenger side door open and Tommy Crimson comes out. Now wearing a solid black Tom Ford suit and all cleaned up. The crew then walk toward the secure part of the prison to enter.
They are all scanned as they walk through the doors for weapons then searched briefly by two large prison guards. After the searches of Crimson and his crew are complete they allow them into the prison. The warden greets them as they reach the visiting area of the prison.
“Welcome to the Tomoka Correctional facility!” The Warden calls out to Tommy.
Crimson wipes a few strands of hair behind his left ear then walks up to the warden.
“Thank you. Is he ready for the interview?” Tommy replies getting straight to business.
The warden’s smirk turns to a frown slightly.
“Yes we have him in the small visiting room. The one used for conjugal visits.” The Warden explains.
The Warden and three guards then lead the way to a small room past the large visiting room. The men walk down the narrow hallways then wait for the guards to unlock each and every door. AJ begins to feel uncomfortable by being locked in but doesn’t show it. The young crew he brought along to help film this short documentary are naive to the real danger they are in inside these walls.
“Here we go, he’s right inside here.” The Warden calls out as they all reach the locked door.
They peer through the small hole of the door to see a man sitting at a table all alone. Not just any man, Rod Ferrell.
On November 25th, 1996, Ferrell and an accomplice sneaked into Naomi Ruth Queen Richard Wendorf’s home. Ferrell beat them both to death with a crowbar. The victim’s were the parents of Heather Wendorf, a long time friend of Ferrell’s. He was helping her run away from home or “hell” as she described it to him.
Ferrell was seventeen at the time and claimed he was a five hundred year old vampire named Vesago. Richard Wendorf was found with a “V” burned into his chest along with dots. This was Rod Ferrell’s symbol and the dots represented everyone in his vampire cult. Scott Anderson was the name of the other young teenager, who helped Rod break into the Wendorf’s home and even handed Ferrell the crowbar from the garage that he would later use to murder the couple.
The teenagers all loaded up into a car afterwards then drove to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The vampire clan were captured when one of the teens made a call to her mother back home from an arcade in Louisiana. Ferrell was convicted on two counts of first degree murder a year later then put on death row. For two years, he was the youngest person on death row in all of America until his sentence was commuted to life without parole in 2000. Ferrell’s lawyers argued that he was insane but it did no good. He was put away for life. Now he sits in a room behind a door waiting to be interviewed for the first time in over a decade.
AJ reads this information from paperwork one of the guards handed him. A look of true terror crosses his face before he hands the clipboard over to one of the Fury Studios interns.
“Now that you know all the rules you can all begin filming! You have an hour to interview Mr. Ferrell but he refuses to speak for any television interviews nowadays. Goodluck.” The Warden wishes the crew well before headed back down the hallway with a single guard in tow.
The clipboard circulates around the crew and they all appear frightened after realizing who the man sitting alone in the solid white room is. One of the remaining guards unlocks the door the the small visiting room and then allows the crew inside. Rod Ferrell turns to face them and his eyes light up when he notices Tommy Crimson leading the pack.
“The Fury.” The double convicted murderer whispers out loud.
Crimson locks eyes with Rod Ferrell as he walks toward the table. The crew begins to set up behind him quickly. The rest of the production company sits in Reno waiting for Tommy to arrive to filming friday. Tommy is not worried about any of that now. He’s stumbled upon on true evil and is a bit smitten by the murderer before him.
“Yes.” Crimson replies in a deep tone.
“Wow. You are a fucking legend, man.” The handcuffed lifer proclaims.
The camera’s are rolling and the sound boom up in the air as Tommy takes a seat directly across the table. The first shot of this short documentary unfolds.
“As are you.” Tommy replies.
Ferrell grins slightly at the idea of Crimson believing he is a legend before looking down at his cuffed hands allowing reality to set back in.
“The other night I encountered a vampire… I wanted to see a real one up close before tangling with that bloodsucker, Sunday.” Tommy explains to Rod.
“I see. So you would call this “research” then?” Ferrell inquires immediately.
“Yes. See I want to kill this vampire and I see not even the state of Florida could put you to death.” Tommy exclaims to play on this man’s mental state.
“I was just a young man and began dressed in all black. Weird chicks liked that and would fuck me if I was lucky. I was just a lonely kid man that had to create a persona to be accepted only to be shunned for being different.” Ferrell expresses candidly.
Tommy turns his head slightly at realizing the parallels to his and Ferrell’s life. Then he focuses back on the convicted killer.
“This vampire burned FuryLand to the ground then disappeared at a thirteen foot tall fence. He left a note in blood across said fence that read, Start anew to conquer them all.” Tommy informs Rod.
Ferrell turns white. Fear consumes the thirty eight year old murderer. He bends his knees up into the chair then holds them like a child frightened at an unforeseen evil under his or her’s bed. Tommy follows up after seeing all this.
“What? Have you heard that before?” Crimson rises from his chair then leans across the table searching for an answer.
“The Voice.” Rod whispers with his face now hidden behind two knobby knee caps.
Tommy realizes immediately he is on the right track here in this high security prison for all the wrong reasons.
“The voice?” The Fury asks.
“I have not heard that muttered since I killed those people. See… I am a vampire yet I heard that voice call out to me and it was Charlie. I know his voice because I heard it in my head a week solid before I beat those people to death with that crowbar.” Ferrell confesses to a complete and utter shocked audience.
“Manson? My grandfather?” Tommy replies.
“Yes. Your grandpa and I wrote each other back and forth way back then. I was fascinated with his crimes. One night I heard his voice in my head call out, “Start anew conquer them all.” I have done my own research, Tommy. Charlie killed more people sitting in prison than he ever did when free in the late sixties. He was a general in the army of darkness, A caller, they are called in occult circles.” Rod reveals to Crimson and the crew behind him.
Crimson slumps back down into his chair at this revelation. Rod leans in closer scraping his handcuffs across the table top.
“The Call of the Damned can only be wielded by those capable of true evil, Crimson. The callers get into the minds of people like myself then do their bidding that way. I know you can get into the minds of people you are in direct contact with but this is different stuff. Manson used my hand to commit those murders here in Florida while sitting in a prison two thousand miles away.” The convicted double murderer explains to The Fury in great detail.
Crimson leans back in his chair while staring down this man intently. Tommy knows he saw a vampire disappear but then wonders if Dmitri has heard this voice and has become the real deal in his own mind. Tommy ponders this while Ferrell continues.
“I thought you were a caller but if you heard the voice you are not, Crimson. You are just a weapon in some unforeseen entities war. A pawn on a chessboard that can be sacrificed at any moment to protect the important.” The convicted killer proclaims.
Tommy becomes angry at this outburst. The chains rattle on the tabletop as the killer hovers over it. Crimson stands up then leans over the table to be nose to nose with the convicted killer.
“I’ll do what Florida didn’t have the balls to do if you don’t fucking watch it Dmitri Jr.” Crimson threatens the dangerous prisoner directly.
Ferrell laughs right in Tommy’s face then replies, “You can’t kill me, idiot. Only a caller can kill a vampire. You can drive stakes into my heart all day because a movie told you to with no success of killing me. Only a caller of the damned can control a vampire or anyone for that matter. This isn’t a game played with fake solid white contacts, cocksucker.” Ferrell spews rage right back at Tommy undaunted by The Fury whatsoever.
This shocks Crimson slightly but he doesn’t allow that to show. Tommy then wraps his hands around the throat of the convicted killer.
“Tell me how to kill that fuckin’ vampire! RIGHT NOW!” Crimson screams out while choking the most famous inmate in Florida.
Guards scatter into the room while AJ tries to pull Tommy off of Rod from behind. The prison guards come in and push Tommy off then begin to beat Rod Ferrell without mercy. Crimson spits down on Rod while the guards rain pain down on him. The warden walks in to inform the crew they have to leave immediately. Tommy leans down to Ferrell while the largest guard holds his foot down on his head essentially holding it flush against the floor. Crimson gets down on his hands and knees to face him directly.
“You are just a lunatic. A schizo that hears voices and believes he’s in a cheesy eighties movie about vampires. You will rot in this shit hole and I will figure out a way to kill Dmitri for what he’s done.” Crimson grins as he finishes.
“You don’t even know that he burned it down. How many enemies do you have in professional wrestling, Tommy? A thousand? Ha, you can’t kill my breed off with any mortal shit you got planned. You Are Fucked. Ha! Ha!” Rod laughs while spitting out the final insult before a guard sprays him in the face with pepper spray.
Crimson’s face turns red with rage. He brushes it off quickly then stands back up. He turns to the guard who sprayed the killer and exclaims, “Should of used garlic spray.”
They all laugh at the joke but Tommy and he turns away to find the warden.
“Mr. Crimson, you must leave now. I can’t have you fighting with prisoners in my facility. Get the fuck out!” The Warden demands.
Tommy takes hold of the Warden’s shoulders with each hand then closes his eyes. The two men are directly facing each other but the warden wants turned loose when Crimson opens his eyes. They are solid white alive with his “influence”.
“You are married but wish to be with this guard.” Tommy uses his head to point at the large african american guard behind him, who stays at the warden’s side at all time for protection.
The Warden slumps with defeat at Crimson knowing his deepest darkest secret.
“You will find no hope in that closet. There is no happiness to be found in that enclosed space you shut the world out from. The baptist church you attend every sunday believes you should be stoned to death for merely believing in your own feelings. Fuck ‘Em.” Crimson whispers into the ear of the warden.
The Warden’s love interest behind Crimson watches over The Fury’s right shoulder to see the warden’s eyes turn solid white. Tommy’s influence consumes him whole. Crimson then whispers a small request, “I need you to move Rod Ferrell into general pop.”
“But they will murder him the first night.” The Warden interjects.
“Good.” Crimson mutters.
Tommy then releases his hold on the warden and makes his way out of the small room. The Warden then looks at the guards as his brown eyes return in a milky glaze.
“Put him in general pop immediately.” The Warden orders.
The guards appear confused by the order because of Rod’s status but do as they are told. Ferrell hears this and begins to scream and thrash about knowing that his fate is sealed.
“FUCK YOU, CRIMSON!” Ferrell screams out while the camera faces Tommy as he walks down the hallway taking in the screams of a man, who just insulted Crimson to his face. He puts on a pair of gold elvis style sunglasses in a shot that will surely become a popular gif in the coming days. The guards open the doors for the crew and Crimson as they are escorted off the property.
They finally reach the parking lot after going through what seemed like hundreds of locked doors. The crew approaches the van to put the equipment away while AJ approaches Tommy.
“What did you tell that warden to do?” AJ calls out at his boss in a bold tone.
“It doesn’t matter. That man could print these lies about Charlie in a book someday. He won’t do that with a prison shiv twisted up in his guts.” Tommy replies in a calm demeanor.
“So he’s as good as dead. That man was obviously deranged and schizophrenic as is Dmitri, boss! Can’t you see that? What are you searching for?” AJ responds immediately.
“I am looking for the answer to put Dmitri down. Cross was just a man so I knew exactly how to end his career. He was in my way and now he’s got his shit wired together somewhere because of me. I believe I saw that big bastard disappear without a trace in a dead end. Like batman ghosts that police commissioner, man. Gone.” Tommy explains with obvious confusion in his voice.
A female pulls up in a white Audi while AJ and Crimson go back and forth. She exits the vehicle quickly then walks up to Tommy.
“Mr. Crimson?” The woman calls out.
Tommy turns to see the little female standing before him holding a folder. She is Lilly Capps, a young intern that Crimson hired to for Fury Studios four days prior. The twenty year old doe eyed girl looks up at her new boss holding up a folder to him.
“Lilly?! How in the hell did you find us?” AJ exclaims at the new employee in complete shock.
“I sent for her through text. She did me a favor to get this file.” Crimson answers for Lilly.
Crimson opens the file and reads quickly while still standing in the prison parking lot. He notices AJ attempting to catch a peek.
“This is Dmitri’s SCW file. It came straight from head quarters.” Crimson explains while checking out the paperwork top to bottom.
“How did you get that, Lilly?” AJ blurts out.
Lilly acts shy a bit at first then responds, “I went to Sin City Wrestling headquarters after Tommy text me. I went to the front desk where the night guard was and blew him. Then it was pretty simple but it’s hilarious how ironic it is that old man cum tastes bitter and irrelevant.”
A shocked expression crosses AJ’s face while Tommy grins at the hard work his new employee has done.
“You never sucked a dick to help steal me intel, AJ. I mean, she’s basically my best employee two days in to her job. I digress, this file tells me that Dmitri is a mortal man. Unless he lied but vampires don’t have social security numbers.” Tommy explains while still reading the file over intently.
“So he’s not a real vampire?” Lilly asks with a sweet tone.
“This file says no but if that was him at FuryLand then he can disappear. That’s a magic trick that a vampire would know. I know where we need to go now. It says here he had a job prior to getting into the wrestling business. If this is true, I know where it all began.” Crimson informs to his listening crew.
“Where do we go?” AJ asks as he circles then van.
“We go to the mall.” Crimson replies.
“Vampires don’t go to the mall… Do they?” AJ replies with another question.
“This one did.” Crimson answers.
AJ looks puzzled as they all pile back into the production van.
“Can I come?” Lilly looks up at Tommy through the passenger side window of the van.
“Yes you can. You earned it.” Crimson replies with a sly grin.
Lilly crams into the van just before a grip slides the door shut. The group then exits the prison parking lot and head for the mall.
Tanger Outlets Daytona Parking Lot(Mall)
5/3/2018
5:37 p.m.
The Fury Studios van pulls into the parking lot screeching the tires. As soon as it comes to a full stop the crew piles out along with AJ and Tommy.
“We only need one cameraman for this. Stay in the van!” AJ orders his crew, who reluctantly get back into the van. Tommy tells Lilly to come along. AJ Maclin then loads up his camera and the trio head for the outlet mall in full stride.
“Where are we going? We don’t have permission to film here.” AJ blurts out while hurrying along with his heavy high definition camera.
Tommy doesn’t answer but walks through the mall looking for a certain store that is unknown to both of his employees that are with him.
“This way.” Crimson calls out.
The trio take off down along the store fronts. Crimson searches the signs looking for a particular store that he read about in Dmitri’s file. Finally he stops and turns toward one of the stores. AJ comes up from behind to film. The shot shows Tommy standing directly in front of “Hot Topic”. AJ shakes his head while Lilly rushes into the store ahead of them.
Tommy walks in the store and looks around. Opponents have accused Crimson of shopping here for years but this is his first visit.
Crimson walks in and notices many of his shirts lining the wall to be sold. Dmitri’s shirts are also in the store and even Ryans? This puzzles Tommy completely. Everything inside the store is black which intrigues The Fury but a fakeness about it all lingers.
“Over here, boss!” Lilly calls out from the middle aisle.
Tommy walks toward her with AJ close behind to film. When Crimson reaches Lilly she is holding up a pair of vampire fangs. Tommy looks around the store looking for clues to who his next opponent is. The black leather bracelets and entire walls dedicated to vampire wannabe’s.
“Hey you!” Tommy calls out at the store clerk after noticing him.
Crimson makes his way over to the clerks desk that is covered in various items of the occult and horror. The clerk stands nearly seven feet tall with long black hair.
“What?” The gothic giant clerk replies.
Tommy looks the clerk over and realizes when he answers that the clerk has a pair of vampire fangs in his mouth from the shelf.
“I will take every single Tommy Crimson shirt you have in this place.” Crimson explains.
“Really? Why?” The tall gothic clerk replies in earnest.
“I don’t want my shit sold in this store. So bag it up and here’s my black card.” The clerk appears surprised but does as Tommy wishes.
Crimson looks around the store and realizes Dmitri was just a freak that felt misunderstood. Working in a place like this where everyone wants to be someone else left Dmitri believing in the persona he created himself. Like Rod Ferrell, he felt outcast and searched for something to copy that felt more safe than facing reality.
Tommy watches as the clerk bags up all The Fury shirts they have in this particular Hot Topic. Four huge bags packed to the brim remain when he’s finished. Crimson realizes that down the road this huge gothic clerk could become another Dmitri. The same thing that gave his next opponent the courage to become more could strike this pale monster too. Tommy leans across the counter and whispers something into the clerks ear.
AJ continues to film but worries Crimson is harming this young man just as he did Rod not even an hour earlier.
Crimson’s most trusted cameraman continues to film as the clerk closes his eyes then reopens them. AJ nearly drops the camera when he realizes the clerk’s eyes are solid white.
The tall gothic clerk then takes hold of all the bags of Fury t-shirts and takes off out of the store. This particular Hot Topic is on the second floor which. A guardrail protects the consumers from falling down into the ground floor of the huge mall. The clerk walks right for this security rail while carrying the large bags of Crimson shirts. He walks into it, then on over. AJ rushes over to the railing to see the clerk’s body coming up the electric staircase leading him to puke.
Lilly giggles after watching the man die then skips off after Tommy, who takes off back toward the exit of the mall. AJ can’t believe the tear his boss is currently on and demands answers but gets none. People in the mall scatter to see the large clerk, who just committed suicide in one of the busier malls in America.
“Let’s go, AJ! Goddamnit!” Crimson screams out at his employee, who is now weeping openly.
The trio return to the van to head for the airport. Crimson is full of rage and feeling foolish for nearly buying Dmitri as a real vampire. He continues to fume over the disappearing act that Tommy still cannot explain. Time wasted and with no rage room now he must unleash it on the world in full force.
Interstate 4(En route to airport in Tampa)
7:21 p.m.
5/3/2018
The Fury Studios production van travels down the highway at a high rate of speed. The van hits eighty with AJ and Crimson sitting in the front seats. Maclin drives the van while still utterly devastated over the poor clerk at hot topic and fate of Rod Ferrell this very night.
AJ sits in the driver seat sulking in realities, he can’t change while Tommy has drifted off to sleep propped up against the passenger side door. AJ peers over and wonders if he should wreck the van to kill his boss and rid his evil of this unsuspecting world. The coward deep within Crimson’s most loyal cameraman will not allow such an act to occur.
Lilly sits in the back of the van with the other crew hands that traveled to Florida. AJ notices his rear mirror a distinct looking black cadillac but dismisses that it could possibly be Tommy’s. He thought the car was following them but today has been so tough he forgets it almost immediately.
“Come to me…” A voice calls out.
“Come to me and find your purpose.” The now female voice screams out.
Tommy wakes up thrashing around the van. AJ nearly wrecks but pulls the van back onto the road.
“WHAT!?” AJ screams out in the confined cab.
“Did you hear that?!” Crimson asks AJ directly.
“Hear what?” AJ replies.
“The voice?!” Tommy answers immediately.
“No. It was a bad dream, boss. That’s all.” AJ assures his tired employer wholeheartedly.
“Stop the van! Right now, AJ!” Crimson demands in a harsh tone.
“No. You are not hurting anyone else.” AJ exclaims wildly.
Tommy takes ahold of the wheel then steers the van to the shoulder with real force. The vehicle is going eighty five when he does this and it causes the large van to do a flip in the air! The slow motion shot inside the van shows everyone inside being tossed about amongst broken glass and metal debris as the van flips over and over.
The van ends up a twisted wrecked right by a swamp off the interstate. Flames lick up the side of the van from the engine compartment as Crimson struggles to escape out the passenger side window. The crew in the back have been thrown all over but all crawl out of the van in single file and dazed a bit. AJ breaks the driver side window to escape while Tommy takes off walking across the field as if some unforeseen force calls him.
The swamp is nothing but soupy mud but Tommy continues to walk into it while wearing a new two thousand suit completely undaunted.
Someone follows in the tree line out of sight with their own camera. They film the crashed van as the crew escapes then turn the camera to Tommy. They follow close behind as he walks into deeper into the swamp.
Crimson comes up on a solid white deer skull stuck on stick next to a small pond. The skull has a message across it that reads, “I Know Who U R.”.
Tommy realizes the arsonist is here. He begins to look around searching for a giant mad vampire in the trees. A faceoff of epic proportions is about to take place here in Crimson’s mind. A fog begins to take over the entire area suddenly. Deeper in the woods darkness draws around away from the sun now. Crimson watches as the thick fog clears and leaves a human form. The unknown person or person’s following Tommy film behind as they approach. The crew back at the van send up the drone after rescuing it from the burning vehicle and it takes up the feed.
The drone hovers above the trees and can make out Crimson slightly through the thick forest. The unknown camera following Tommy from behind is revealed from overhead to be Kira Phoenix and Lucien Castle!
Tommy watches as the fog becomes a lady right before the entire world. Crimson looks on completely confused by the unfolding scene. The woman walks across the swamp to Tommy with open arms. She is revealed to be Belladonna Grey.
Brother Grimm’s love interest has complete control of Crimson now. She reaches Crimson just as he hits both knees. Belladonna takes his face into her hands while Castle and Kira have stopped in their tracks.
“Start anew to conquer them all.” Belladonna whispers to Crimson while cradling his face motherly like.
Tommy doesn’t blink or anything he just looks deep into her eyes lost in a trance.
“I have all the answers you seek, Tommy. I burned your home so you would seek me out here and now. You are a caller. A true one like myself. I can teach you the ways but you are mistaken about Charlie. I used him to do evil upon this world. He was a puppet that I used while I waited for you to grow up. You are the chosen one.” Grey informs Crimson of his destiny.
“I called out to all of you.” Belladonna calls out while pointing out Castle and Kira behind Tommy.
“A voice in my head led me here.” Kira Phoenix squeaks out.
“Me too.” Castle exclaims.
Crimson looks back at his protege and mountain witch wife then back at Belladonna for more answers.
“My dear… Dmitri is a mere man where you are like I, a true caller. I can teach you how to wield this and render virtual reality obsolete.” Belladonna explains that Crimson’s prior attempt was weak at best in a loving tone.
“We will rule the wrestling business. You have laid the groundwork for that takeover to occur, Tommy. This “Dead Eye Society” you have created can achieve that with my help. I had to burn you out in order to smoke you out. I have succeeded and if you accept my guidance, nothing can stop us.” Grey explains with vigor.
She bends down and takes up both of Crimson’s hands. She then looks down at them then directly into Tommy’s face.
“You don’t need a stake to kill a vampire. Real or not you are capable of putting Dmitri down for good. Just like you did Quinton Cross or Calvin Harris before him. You just need two weapons to destroy him. Stakes are movie props while your fists hold the power to send any creature to its certain demise. Rise, my son and murder all that’s good while starting anew to conquer them all!” Belladonna finishes with a kiss on The Fury’s cheek.
Tommy stands up and all four begin to walk out of the swamp together. Crimson takes the lead as they all reach head toward the treeline where smoke bellows up from the burning production van. They all are headed for the airport as soon as the uber’s arrive but for now take their time on the walk out of the thick swampy forest. They will be flying back to Reno to film the remainder of this documentary film. The drone crashes into the swamp from damage sustained during the wreck in a fiery blast. The feed dies out completely.
Downtown Reno, Nevada(Main Street)
November 28th, 1980
Blue Lincoln Continental
12:25 p.m.
The shot of the street has been animated to look like the film, A Scanner Darkly. The animation is a dramatized event that occurred nearly forty years ago. The world is a different place in nineteen eighty one. On a busy street sits a blue car with a fifty one year old african american female inside. A week before this, Priscilla Ford began hearing a voice calling out to her.
The voice sounded like Charles Manson but she believed it was Jesus Christ himself speaking to her. The voice she claimed kept saying, “Dispose of all who oppose. Start anew to conquer them all.”
She heard this over thanksgiving and even days after. Finally she decided to come to main street in Reno to give the voice exactly what it wanted.
Suddenly the car pulls out in the animated historically accurate shot full speed. The woman drives onto the sidewalk at a high rate of speed hitting women, children, and men alike. The animated shot shows the brutality of Ford’s crime. The Voice of The Damned reached her like so many before her to commit evil atrocities on this world.
Blood covers the street in pools and when the dust cleared that day, six people were dead and injuring twenty three. The shot shows the blood and the call of the damned left this street running with it. The shot overhead shows the carnage as the screen begins to glitch. A converted cross takes over the screen as the shot turns to 2018.
Tommy Crimson walks down the exact same street now in modern day Reno, Nevada. The blood stain animation is now gone but the stench of death still lingers here. Camera’s from Fury Studios film the wide shot from every direction possible. Tommy bends down and touches the street where the blood was pooled in the animation before.
A camera pan close as Tommy looks up from the spot on the sidewalk and directly into the camera lens.
“Wonder who caused all that carnage on that fateful day in nineteen eighty Dmitri?” Crimson asks his opponent directly.
Tommy stands up and briefly turns away from the camera then continues.
“You call yourself a vampire but that’s not really true now, is it?” Crimson asks openly.
“I found out doing some research that you are basically a dungeons and dragons nerd gone awry. I know more about you know than any other opponent you have every faced by chasing down my own destiny. It ironic how things work out when you are the best living wrestler.” Tommy boasts.
Crimson turns back to face the camera with solid white eyes and a sly grin across his face. He walks toward the camera down the very sidewalk where Ford killed and injured so many.
“This is real what happened here, Dmitri. These people lost their lives because of real evil. I saw the place you use to work and it all clicked. You chose to call yourself a bloodsucker to become something else more important in your own mind. It’s adorable.” Tommy taunts the big vampire while strutting through the past murder scene.
“I’ve exposed you this week. You are at your most vulnerable now because of The Fury. See I don’t claim to be a supernatural being. My gift came from bloodline not a kit from Hot Topic.” The Fury continues to insult Dmitri without mercy.
“You see… We are completely different. I see many forms of you all over this business. I see people who want to be a Tommy Crimson, but do not have the mind for it. You are no different than these dicks, D. You wish you could draw crowds like I do week in and week out. You have lost who you really are in all that black you cover yourself in. You bought in by selling out essentially. I am me all the time while you want to be fuckin’ Dracula. So tragic.” Tommy continues to eviscerate his upcoming opponent with truth.
Tommy is joined by his newly formed Dead Eye Society as he enters the street from the sidewalk. The camera shot shows them all with Crimson standing out front.
“I thought you burned me out but you don’t have the sack to do some shit like that to a person like me. You think Calvin Harris made you his bitch? You just wait until you see what I have instore for your giant gothic ass come Sunday. You remember Harris right? Another guy who made you “second” best? Ha.” Tommy laughs at his opponents expense briefly before continuing.
Clouds hover above to hide the sun to leave a darker scene. The camera pans close to Crimson’s face.
“Dmitri… I know that nerd that use to throw dice still lives in there somewhere. I watched Calvin rape you in a wrestling ring all while being half your size. It was precious. You don’t have to worry about that guy ever making you second best again. You’re Welcome.” Tommy brags openly about retiring the man the big bad vampire could not defeat.
“I know Kris beat you too. Yeah… I know that he’s beaten me also. But.. I have beaten him twice where you couldn’t handle him whatsoever. Do you see what I am getting at here, Vamp Guy? I am better than you are and even you know it.” Tommy spews facts into the camera lens.
Crimson stares into the lens with solid white eyes. People begin to flood main street once more which doesn’t bother Crimson nor his flock one bit. He continues.
“Start anew to conquer them all” Crimson’s voice booms throughout the stretch of street.
Every single person on the street stops suddenly then turns to face Crimson to await orders after he uses the call of the damned. They all are white eyed now with his influence. The Fury continues down the street to head for the ballpark where Climax Control 204 will be held.
“I am a top draw anywhere in this world. You are in the main event because you face me, Dmitri. When I first got to SCW you were the guy, man. I knew even back then that Ryans was more legitimate but didn’t know he had beaten you in the ring to prove it. You aren’t second best anymore, D. Maybe third or forth behind Kris and myself but definitely not second anymore.” Tommy continues to roast Dmitri while the huge crowd of people follow behind him now. The police arrive to contain the situation but Crimson ignores them completely as does his flock and crowd behind him.
The police realize they are overwhelmed by everything happening now that Tommy has left the designated filming area he purchased permit’s for. Crimson continues on with the cameras all on him and the growing crowd.
“This isn’t castlevania nor Twilight. You have no shot in hell at beating me. If you remember I called you out when I first won the roulette championship. You did not answer because you thought you were too big to even give me a response. I bet it doesn’t feel that way now… Does it?” The Fury reminds the world with a booming voice.
A swat team arrives to evaluate the unfolding situation while the police are completely stumped on how to handle this. News helicopters begin to hover above to film overhead just above the drones. The cameras aim at Tommy’s face to show the “X” he carved into his forehead bleeding once more.
“The Dead Eye Society will ensure my success this Sunday and beyond. These people would kill for me or gladly die doing my bidding. This is real evil and not some vampire shit show. How safe do you feel now, Vamp? Will you toss and turn in that coffin after watching this? Bitch.” Crimson curses at Dmitri.
“I have faced the best the world of professional wrestling has to offer. I’ve beaten world champions all over this world including our own. You have to face the reality that your time has came and went. You are simply a relic from a year ago that’s useless now. Before Crimson you were the guy but now you seem like a tasteless copy that can’t draw a crowd the size of the one currently following me to where I end you.” Tommy stops after saying this then looks around. The lights of the police and emergency vehicles wash over him as night slowly consumes the remaining light.
“It seems I have created a riot like atmosphere here. This crowd will surround this stadium because they have all come to watch the demise of you, Dmitri. They all come to see how The Fury will handle his toughest opponent in six weeks. What will he do now that he’s capable of anything? Your pulse will race like Calvin’s did when you face me down. No matter what you say being in a wrestling ring with me could cost you everything.” The Fury continues as the crowd walk closer and closer to the baseball stadium where Climax Control will be held.
The large shadow of the stadium looms on the street as the huge crowd gathers around Tommy. He walks up to the entrance gate with Castle, Kira, and Belladonna Grey in tow. The crowd begins to circle the large baseball stadium. Hovering drones capture the moment to stream worldwide. The crowd is so large now that it can in fact circle the entire stadium. They all lock arms with solid white eyes then look up at the tall walls of the stadium. Crimson halts at the front gate while the crowd continues to loop around it. He stands behind his Dead Eye Society and continues on.
The large crowd stands quiet and the only noise is the hovering news helicopters. The spotlights from each one all converge on Crimson at the front gate. The camera’s all focus on him as he stands behind Kira, Castle, and Belladonna.
“Do you think you can compete with my evil, D? Do you think all that shit you bought at the mall can save you against the Dead Eye Society? No. You are even more scared right now than you ever was against Calvin Harris. There’s good reason for that too. You know Calvin was like you and a wannabe. Wanting to be something he never could possibly be. Legitimate.” The Fury unleashes once more on his upcoming opponent with little regards for hurt feelings.
Tommy turns away toward the entrance of the park. He begins to walk through the gate then stops momentarily. He turns back toward the spotlights and cameras.
“I have started anew and now you will be the first of many that I intend to conquer. I murder all that’s good because I love watching others lose a piece of themselves while facing the best that’s ever lived. I now have full control over this stadium. It’s mine until I decide otherwise… The way I see it... You clearly only have one real option, D…” Crimson pauses for a moment before he finishes.
Tommy peers at the ground as a sadistic grin crosses his face. He raises his head slowly to finish.
“Join us or die.” Tommy gives the vampire an out but knows pride won’t allow for Dmitri to accept.
Crimson then walks through the gate while closely followed by Phoenix, Castle, and Belladonna Grey. The four go inside while the scene continues to unfold. All the major networks have reporters at the sight making this a country wide story now. A frightened female screen crosses the feed followed by a inverted cross as the feed slowly glitches then dies out completely.
