I arrived at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas early. I figured I might as well given the nightmares I had been having lately. I began putting some things in my locker. The lights flickered a bit but, in my time in this business, I knew Vegas was known for that sort of thing. As the flickering continued I began looking around. As I looked back in front of me there stood Ash Quinn.

 

"Baphomet requests your presence."

I waved my hand in front of her.

"Be gone you psycho bitch. I have shit to do."

Before I could fully react, Ash was beating me down. She lifts me up by my hair and laughs.

"I said Baphomet...requests your presence."

Not wanting to get attacked again I followed. As we entered the room a shadow seemed to encompass the whole locker room. Ash sits me down on a bench.

"She put up a bit of a fight but nothing the Queen of Ashes couldn't handle."

I sat on the bench, spitting blood on the floor a bit. My lip was split but my will would never be broken. I looked up a bit.

"What do you want from me?"

Ash Quinn, now joined by Lycana, sits beside me.

"Baphomet is impressed by you. He wants YOU to join US!"

Both women look at me with increasing anticipation. I thought about it, briefly. I looked at Lycana and spit blood in her face. Almost instantly both women beat me down. I laid on the ground and twitched a bit. An almost demonic voice could be heard.

"Enough! I think she has learned her lesson!"

The women stop immediately as the shadowy figure lifted me up, carrying me to the bench and lying me down on it. He began cleaning me up.

"Geri soon you, and everyone else will realize, we are not at all evil. On the contrary. We are here to help and, judging by how you look right now, you could use the help."

I was a little pissed off by his comments but, in all honesty, he wasn't wrong. Lately I had not been myself in the ring, or out of it. Maybe I needed guidance. Maybe I needed Baphomet. He finished cleaning me up as they left quickly. My eyes opened as the camera zoomed in on them they turned red and then the scene cut out

I awoke in my hotel room, as if nothing had happened. I set up my camera on the tripod and started it. I looked into the camera, visibly scared.

"Hey. So this is my newest entry in my video diary. Lately my nightmares had gotten the best of me. I feel as if Derrick is pulling away from me and then there is the Baphomet situation.
Seeing as I am making this in the town where the next XWF show will take place, let's talk about Baphomet and his cretins..erm..followers.
Baphomet, I have seen guys like you before. You pump others up making them believe in themselves only for your own gain. That is gaslighting my guy. You need to stop. There is enough of that in this business. Atara is gaslighting Betsy for her own gain. Romeo is gaslighting his associates. It is toxic and I will not stand for it. You have Ash believing she is some chosen one when she hasn't been chosen for anything. You may be able to lie to her but not to me"

I rubbed my face a bit. It still hurt from the attack.

"Ash, Lycana, listen here. You have fucked with the wrong bitch. You got the upper hand on me and when you least expect it, I will get my revenge. Maybe on Savage I will hurt you. I will leave you laying in a pool of your own blood. Got it?
When I look at the left hand I see a bunch of brainless idiots who need someone to boss them around. Bad news for you Baphomet, I am a dominant type of person and won't listen to you. You won't be able to pump me up just to break me down. When you least expect it, I will strike and you won't be around much longer after that."

I clicked my camera off as I shivered. A picture of me with my fingers in an L on my head popped up on the screen. I had to take the obvious shot as the scene ended.