Victoria was leaning against one of the walls of the Lyon's Den. Vincent could feel her gaze upon him as her words drifted into his ears, and he listened well as this was his sister, his Queen and he wasn't looking to let her down. He wasn't Eddie Lyons, his self-righteous holier-than-thou cousin. He could be just as sick has his sister and it was time for scw to prepare for double trouble as it was time for the primal prince of the Lyons family to make his singles debut in Sin City Wrestling.[/i]
“You know how important this is Vin.” Victoria said her voice calculating “You win this match you get a shot at, Kevin Carter and the Internet Championship. A chance to follow in my footsteps and become a champion almost as soon as you arrived.”
“Just like my queen.” said Vincent
“Yes exactly!” said Victoria “As my twin, you can be just as dominating as I am. Justin Smith is….well Justin Smith. Daniel Morgan could be something of a wild card, but you're Vincent Lyons Jr, you are the Primal Prince Of The Lions Den and you will show both of them no mercy. Then you'll go on to show Kevin Carter that you are everything he wanted Eddie to be back when he was under a mask as The Entity.”
“Be careful what you wish for Kevin.” said Vincent with a smirk.
“Yes!” said Victoria “Now it's coming to him in a different form. One more dangerous than Eddie ever will be, unless he chooses to do away with his precious honor.”
“A foolish notion.“ said Vincent shaking his head.
“But you are no fool are you Vin?” said Victoria, “You're going to show them that you're not just my twin, that you're your own man, you're a fighter, a survivor, and you belong in SCW.”
She was right as usual he did want to be his own man and she was here supporting him to become that he knew wouldn't be easy but he had survived worse.
“You got this Vincent.” said Victoria, “This this is our life now and we will show that alone or together The Lyons Twins are….
He could still hear her but he could also feel his mind drifting remembering. Her voice began to fade.
“Vincent? Are you listening?” she said
The smell of salt water…
“Vin?” Victoria's voice faded further.
Cold air…A storm on the horizon…
“Vincent!?”
But he was gone, lost in a memory as the locker room and Victoria faded and his past swallowed him whole.
-Sometime Last Summer.-
The wind cut through Vincent's hair like a blade as the icy air of the Bearing Sea stung his face from his post on the bow of the boat. Despite the cold he was actually feeling relaxed. He had been on this boat trip for a few weeks now with his friend and he felt free, no expectations from his family, no wrestling just him the open seas and Charlie.
Charlie, who he had known since high school and was one of his good friends, had studied Nautical Science and taken courses on sailing. Charlie sat at the helm, keeping his hand steady on the wheel while keeping his focus steady.
“So you think this whole escape from the family and find yourself thing is going to work for you Vinny?” Charlie asked.
“Maybe man…” Vincent said with a shrug “I don't know. I just know that I needed something different, Char. No legacy, no rings, no wrestling, no Victoria. Just the open seas and whatever we can find.”
“I hope you find whatever it is you're looking for.” said Charlie “Just bear tight, winds are getting a little tight here this is the Bering Sea not the nicest in the world.”
“Everything okay?” Vincent asked.
“I think so…” said Charlie “But the winds are picking up, I don't think it'll be a full storm, might be a squall.”
“Squall?” Vincent asked “Like in Final Fantasy?”
Charlie shook his head with a slight laugh “No, it's more of a quick nasty mini storm still definitely not fun.”
As soon as Charlie finished speaking a hard gust of wind rocked the boat sending Vincent falling backwards.
“Shit this isn't good! Grab hold of something!!..." Charlie shouted.
Vincent got back to his feet and before he could find something to grab and secure his balance there was a sickening crack and the boat shuttered violently as it started to tilt to one side.
“Vincent, hold on!!” Charlie shouted.
The boat jerked again in a large wave crashed on the top rushing over the deck and knocking Vincent into the side of the boat head first.
He started to fade as he saw another wave come down and then darkness.
……
“Vincent? Hello? Hello?” He could hear Victoria's voice again, he was back.
“Victoria?” he muttered.
"Vincent? What happened? You went blank there for a minute…” Victoria asked.
“Vivid memory…” Vincent said “Reliving in my mind.”
“You going to be okay brother?” Victoria asked some actual genuine concern in her voice for once.
“Will be fine…” Vincent said “Understand goal. Become Internet champion. Will punish Justin Smith. Will punish Daniel Morgan.”
“Yes Vincent.” said Victoria "And your queen will be right here by your side to guide you proper.”
“Cameras...” said Vincent. “Want to talk to cameras.”
“Of course. Time to let them know who you are from your own mouth.” said Victoria with a grin.
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The camera flickers to life in a dimly lit room where Vincent Lyons Jr and Bombshell Roulette Champion Victoria Lyons, his twin sister, stand side by side. After a few moments it's Victoria who speaks first.
“Peons of my queendom.” Victoria said with a smirk “The time has come for further growth of The Lyon's Den in SCW. You see Eddie Lyons is going to continue to be a failure. Eddie Lyons thinks he can win the elimination chamber and go on to become the world champion but we all know that's not going to happen.”
She pauses for a moment.
“But there is another." she said “One who understands how to get the job done. One who is willing to do whatever it takes to become a champion. One who has a mind exactly like mine because he is my twin, Vincent Lyons Jr and he, as I did will become a champion very quickly after his arrival.”
She looks over at her brother with a proud expression.
“But I suppose you don't need to hear from me, you want to hear from him.” she said, “So Vincent go ahead tell them what's on your mind.”
Vincent looks to his sister with a nod and turns back to the camera after a heavy exhale begins speaking.
“Justin Smith.. Daniel Morgan” Vincent said "You think you know what it means to be tough to be strong but all I see are empty shells pretending to be something they're not.”
He keeps a scowl on his face as he speaks.
“Look at you Justin…” said Vincent, "You like to talk a big game about what a tough guy you are. But are you really such a tough guy when you have your ass handed to you time and time again by literally everybody? Do you know the things that I've had to endure to still be here?"
Vincent pauses and starts shaking a little bit.
“Charlie went up the hill….Charlie fell down the hill… Charlie went up the hill… Charlie fell down the hill..”[/color] Vincent starts repeating.
Victoria steps forward and rests her hand on his shoulder giving him an authoritative look with another deep breath he exhales and begins speaking again.
“I had to survive.” said Vincent “I had to survive in a situation that would have broken a man like you. Instead it made me stronger and you and the rest of these low lives that have been disrespecting my sister will pay.”
He still keeps that scowl on his face.
“And what about you Daniel Morgan?” said Vincent “You walk around with a smug attitude with this aura like you're better than everybody but you're not and I will show the world just how fallible you are. I am going to win this match and I am going on to face Kevin Carter where I will become the internet champion.”
He looks over at Victoria who nods back in him in approval.
“I have endured things that neither of you could have ever survived.” said Vincent “But I did because I'm a Lyons and now I'm here. I'm here to fight, fight with my sister, fight for my sister. I must repent for abandoning her. bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother….”
Vincent starts repeating himself again until Victoria rests the hand on his shoulder once more calming him down.
“We are twins…” said Vincent “Supposed to be a team. But I was selfish and sought my own needs, while she carried the weight for both of us here for almost a year now no support from our good for nothing cousin. I promise you if we had become the mixed tag team champions, we would still be the mixed tag team champions.”
He looks to Victoria who gives him a signal to continue.
“But no more.” said Vincent “The Lyons Twins are back together and soon we will both be champions and I will make amends for being a bad brother and leaving her on her own.”
He looks back with a nod and a smile at Victoria.
“The entire game is changing now.” said Vincent “Because the true male heir of the Lyons Den has arrived, the one who truly started the new generation. My sister won her championship in one of her first matches in this company and now it's not going to take her twin much longer either.”
He gives an intense glare into the camera.
“My name is Vincent Lyons Jr.” he said “And none of you are ready.”
Both Vincent and Victoria smirk into the camera and laugh arrogantly and a bit sadistically together as the scene fades to black.
__________
Vincent sat on a bench in a nearly empty Lyons Den in the early hours of the evening. He was waiting for his sister to return from the girls room when he could feel the approach of their cousin Eddie Lyons.
“Surprised to catch you alone.” Eddie said
“Victoria is in the bathroom.” Vincent replied not looking Eddie in the eyes.
“You don't have to do this you know.” Eddie said “Let her sink her claws in, you know what she's doing, controlling you, twisting you into something…”
“....She is helping me!” Vincent snapped, interrupting Eddie now intensely looking into his eyes, “You saw our debut. I won, and I did it under her guidance.”
“Helping you?” said Eddie, "Do you really believe that? I think deep down you know she's using you but you don't want to admit it.”
“What do you know about it?" said Vincent “You don't know anything about what I've been through. What I had to endure on that island, but she understands, she's teaching me to use it to make myself stronger than I ever was before.”
“Listen to yourself!” said Eddie, "This isn't you. I used to look up to you, you know. You were the strong one, the leader of all of us that was supposed to lead the Lyons Den in the next generation, but now you become nothing more than her puppet.”
“I owe this to her.” Vincent said “Because I abandoned her for my own selfish needs. I should have been here all this time by her side, maybe if I was, then her and I would be the tag team champions and not have lost it like you did.”
Vincent starts to shake his head.
“Bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother.” Vincent repeats.
“Vincent…” Eddie said “Are you sure you're okay?”
Before Vincent could reply Victoria's voice cut through
“He's perfectly fine.” Victoria said stomping up to them. “You need to mind your own business Eddie.”
“I was just telling him the truth.” said Eddie, shifting a slight gaze at Vincent.
“Your truth maybe." said Victoria “But Vincent and I have our own truth and it doesn't involve you.”
“He's more than just your attack dog Victoria.” said Eddie
“I'm nobody's attack dog.” Vincent interjected himself “I make my own choices.”
“Exactly.” said Victoria running her fingers along Vincent's shoulder “Come along brother we're done here.”
Victoria pushed past Eddie heading for the exit of the Lion's Den. Eddie said nothing, only looking into Vincent's eyes with a knowing look.
“Vincent! Let's go!” Victoria said more sternly.
Vincent pushed past Eddie who simply shook his head as he watched Vincent follow Victoria out the doors of The Lyons Den.
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The camera flickers to life with a close, tight shot of Vincent Lyons Jr's face barely illuminated by light. With a tilt of the head and a blinking of the eyes he begins speaking.
“SCW are you watching? Are you paying attention?” he began keeping a gaze on the camera. “Are you prepared?”
He pauses as though waiting for a response.
“No you are not.” he said. “I hear The whispers, oh he's Victoria's lapdog. Nothing but her shadow. And that's where they would be wrong.”
He smirks, with a slight twitch in the corner of his mouth as though there's something caged beneath the surface.
“I follow nobody. I bow to nobody.” said Vincent “What I do is protect. Victoria is my sister, my twin and I left her alone when I should have been by her side.”
He starts to shake his head violently.
“Bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother bad brother.” he repeats before smacking himself on the head a few times.
“She was left to deal with fools and liars. Weak men who spoke her name with no fear.” he said “But that time is over. She has handled herself among the so-called ladies in this company that disrespect her, but the men? That's where I have to step in.”
His smirk turns into a scowl as he glares into the camera.
“Those who have spoken against her, doubted her, those who have disrespected her, they will learn and they will regret every word they said.” Vincent continued.
He lets out a sharp exhale.
“Daniel and Justin.” he continued "You both are just in the wrong place at the wrong time because while there's others I might be more angry at than the two of you you stand in the way of my own personal destiny.”
He pauses and his eyes seem to darken as he continues.
“See I intend to be a champion as I stand beside my sister.” he continued “Both of us as champions and I don't care who have to go through. I will deal with the two of you and then I will go on to take care of Kevin Carter.”
He exhales sharply again.
“Kevin who is probably one of the more tolerable people in this company is also an unfortunate position.” [/color]said Vincent "But at least he's going to get out of me what he never could out of my good for nothing cousin Eddie.”
He pauses again keeping a look of instability on the camera.
“Eddie who should have been the one having her back in my absence.” Vincent continued “Instead he chose to join the hecklers and even failed her as a tag team partner. Simply despicable.”
He shakes his head in disgust.
"But all that changes now" said Vincent "Because Victoria she's great on her own but now the Lions twins together well that's going to spell trouble for everybody and if you don't believe us just ask LJ Kasey and Alexandra Calaway.”
His smirk appears more arrogant now.
“So forgive me Justin and Daniel.” he continued “But you two are going to just be simple casualties of war. A message as to what's coming to all the weak men who have been disrespectful to my sister knowing she can do nothing about it.”
There's a sort of primal look in his eyes as he pauses for a moment.
“SCW is about to see something new.” Vincent continued on “Something raw, something primal. You've seen men fight and you've seen men bleed, but what happens when the fight is not about the victory but about the hunt?”
He grins.
“I will tear through Daniel Morgan and I will break Justin Smith.” Vincent continued “And then I will go on to Blaze of Glory and take the Internet Championship away from Kevin Carter.”
He pauses again a little longer more deliberately.
“SCW watch closely," he continued “Because when I'm done and I stand over the bodies of those who thought they could stop me, you will all understand, and you will all realize you are not prepared, because nothing could prepare you for the Primal Prince of SCW.”
The camera lingers on him laughing sadistically and then…
static.
