Warning: Before you proceed, just keep in mind that english is NOT my mother language. So there will certainly be mistakes in this text. Yet, I'm eager to improve, so if you see any correction that could be done, don't hesitate to contact me :-) Thanks in advance ^_^
Author's note: Those who follow me on facebook, skyrock or Twitter, know that I'm doing for the moment a series of funny WWE comics. The next one to appear will be a Wade Barrett vs CM Punk, inspired from the latest RAW (2011.01.24). I started to get a funny idea for another comic between those two, took a few notes... And before I knew it, it became this crazy story.
Here, I take the opportunity to show the premises of the SECT idea in CM Punk's mind, which will lead to the brainwashing New Nexus that we know now.
Background Music: When you create something, the type of music playing in the background can influence your mood, and therefore the story you write. If you want to "dive" into the creative atmosphere of this story, listen to Nickelback 's album "Dark Horses". ;-)
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IN MEMORY OF WADE
(sometimes your wishes never come true the way you wanted)
Chapter 1 - The Gathering
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The members of the Nexus were sitting silently around a table in the far side of the big meal room, away from all the other wrestlers who - by the way - cautiously avoided to stay any longer than necessary in the same area as the former NXT rookies. All the Nexus members were carefully trying to avoid each others' gaze. For the first time, almost all of them felt bad about what had happened the night before. Oh, it's not like they actually did something. But they knew what was about to happen and did nothing, waiting for fate to choose for them.
Fate, or one of the recent member in the group.
CM Punk was the only one alert, staring at them, one after the other, his piercing eyes trying to read through them. He had started the day in a complete bliss, feeling that it was one of the best days of his life. But with the passing hours, the Nexus members were really getting on his nerves. He didn't like how things were turning. They were the Nexus, damn it! Not a bunch of sissies! They had no time to mourn! They had people to beat the living daylights of!
CM Punk sighed deeply, then pushed his plate away. "This is boring! I'm gonna have a walk!".
Heath Slater brought his gaze upon him with a questioning look. CM Punk went on, gesturing their whole group. "This...! You guys, are totally boring! There's no way to have in-betweens with you. It's either total destruction, or total depression."
"We don't feel exactly fine with the recent events", Heath explained with his slow and careful accent. The fact that all the other Nexus members kept silence could indeed mean that they approved the red-haired statement. Punk sighed. Better kill the chick inside the egg, before resentment turned into rebellion. No one wanted to have a bunch of psychopaths after them, especially if the said psychopaths were wearing a black tee-shirt with a big yellow N on it. And most particularly not, if the said psychopaths were also depressive sissies.
"All right!", he clapped his hands once, to get their attention. "I destroyed Wade Barrett. I admit! But don't you dare looking at me like that! That's what ALL of you wanted! If you were still by his side, and not crying for a true leader who was not totally obsessed by John Cena, I would have stayed where I was, just another potential Nexus member. But noooo, you had to turn on him, didn't you ?".
He shifted his gaze on David Otunga. "You first, you challenged Barrett about the leadership. You were the first one to warn him that he would be fired from the group if he didn't stop all his Cena non-sense. So don't you dare blaming ME, while I succeeded where you FAILED!". Otunga unnoticeably clenched his jaws and retreated slightly in his chair.
CM Punk's voice sounded caustic and somehow hostile. The few other wrestlers still in the meal room chose that precise moment to pack their stuffs and leave.
"I heard many adjectives attached to the Nexus' name. But never Hypocrites", CM Punk went on. "Yet, it's exactly what you are now!". He paused then lowered his voice: "You were with me - if not physically, then spiritually - when I executed him".
Heath Slater started to speak again, his gaze constantly shifting away. "But you didn't need to go that far."
CM Punk crossed his arms against his chest and leant backwards, considering Slater. He would have to be careful with this one. Otunga was brutal and narrow-minded, easy to control. But Slater... Well, you never knew what kind of a wicked tornado could hide behind his soft and girly features. CM Punk was sure that he hadn't shown his true potential of cruelty yet.
"You're either NEXUS, or you're AGAINST us". CM Punk reminded them their motto. This was somehow useless, as all of them were veterans from the group. Technically, he was a newbie. But a dangerous newbie. A newbie who saw the Nexus as a tool, and had plans for the group. Plans that they wouldn't like to hear anytime soon. "Wade Barrett already stopped being a Nexus a long time before I ever ripped his Nexus armband and kicked him from the top of the cage."
He marked a pause, remembering the look in Wade's green eyes as he had torn the Nexus armband from his arm. It had been surprise, despair, loss... Of course, Wade had created the Nexus from the start, and had jeopardized his career for that group. Removing the NEXUS armband had been like ripping his soul away. CM Punk had done it on purpose. He had then kicked the man violently down the huge cage. Wade Barrett had started his long fall, never leaving CM Punk's eyes, but to the latter, he already looked dead inside long before he ever hit the ground.
CM Punk shrugged mentally and went on: "But you already felt it, didn't you? Otherwise you would have never plotted against him to put me on the lead". Better make them feel really responsible and guilty. "I didn't ask for this! But you were in such a need for a true leader. So...", he sought for the best words, with maximum impact, then started in a feverish way: "... I decided to SACRIFICE myself for a better cause. For the Nexus cause... Because I have FAITH in the Nexus, and FAITH in our future!"
He paused briefly, much for the effect; giving them time to assimilate his speech. He decided he liked this idea of religiosity. It offered a better control once people were taking the same path as his. And hurt, fragile minds such as theirs now, were easier to manipulate with Big Words.
"And there's no need to mourn Wade Barrett. He was a necessarily sacrifice". His voice was quieter than earlier, less feverish. "He is gone. And nothing will ever make him come back. We all have to move on. For the Nexus Greater Good."
He closed his eyes a few second, like a priest, not checking if the others would do the same. The fact that none spoke before he opened his eyes again was already a good sign, he mused. He scanned quickly the five remaining Nexus members around him, memorizing their face expression or the look in their eyes, noting those who seemed a little bit too emotional. Those, like Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel would have to be specially taken care of before they tried anything funny. Heath felt somehow unease. A minute ago, the idea that their new leader was perhaps crazy had briefly crossed his mind. It wouldn't be the last time, though...
"So", CM Punk concluded this little improvised meeting with a enthusiastic smile. "Now that we solved the past, we can look forward to the future". He was about to stand up when Otunga stopped him.
"Not yet. The meal is not over. There's a dessert today".
Taken completely off-guards by the sudden switch of subject, CM Punk frowned, puzzled. But he was also very happy that the conversation was somehow drifting away from Barrett and his very unfortunate incident. A waiter arrived at that precise moment, and put in the middle of the table a big plate with something that looked like a either a weird pizza, or a red pie with unidentified fruits on it.
Most of the Nexus members stared at it suspiciously for some long seconds. With the exception of David Otunga who glanced at each and everyone of them with dark and hateful eyes.
CM Punk shifted his eyes from the pie to the other Nexus guys. Seeing that none seemed ready to move, he started: "So what?"
"What, what?", Otunga snapped, sounding slightly hostile.
"What are we supposed to do with that... stuff ?", CM Punk made his question more accurate.
Otunga growled softly before explaining: "That stuff, it's me who made it! There's a problem with that?"
"Not as long as we don't have to eat it!", CM Punk laughed before realizing that it was not a joke and that Otunga was damn serious about it. He felt a cold chill moving down his spine while the dark Nexus stared at him with murderous eyes, before turning his attention back to his pie.
"Before we proceed", Otunga started in a solemn voice, looking at every Nexus members around the table, "I'd like to announce that I initially prepared this strawberry pie for Wade. Because he loves strawberries".
"Me too I love strawberries", Husky Harris retorted with a sweet smile. Suddenly it occurred to CM Punk that Harris had probably NEVER tried any of Otunga's cooking preparation. Yet.
"Wade is gone", Otunga went on, "and all we've left of him is this strawberry pie. I'm feeling sad and emotional here. That's why I didn't rush on it with a knife yet. All the Nexus members are sad. Look at Michael, he even has tears in his eyes!".
All turned toward Michael McGillicutty who blinked several times. "No, the tear in my eye, it's because I'm feeling drowsy and I try not to yawn".
Otunga growled again. Oh, if eyes could kill... Then, he took a deep breath. "Okay. I see there's no freaking way to be a bit solemn with you guys. Bring out your plates!"
Husky Harris was the first to extend his plate to Otunga. When the others stared in horror at him, he just replied with a smile and a wink: "Gluttony is my sin".
While Otunga was serving pie parts to the Nexus members, CM Punk felt a presence nearby, and turned, half-expecting to have the spectre of Wade Barrett looking over his shoulder with an accusing look on his face. But it was even worse than that.
CM Punk was facing with horror... a camerawoman from the WWE company, sent with total immunity in order to film for the mini video sequences that the directors were usually putting between two matches at various Monday Night RAWs. CM Punk didn't know how long the camerawoman had been there, but seeing the long cables behind the camera, he knew that there was no point in destroying the material. Everything was already live-transmitted to the editing rooms, for posterity.
So great! Soon, everybody would see what a bunch of sissies the Nexus really were. CM Punk felt a migraine gaining him. For the first time, he regretted Wade Barrett. Would the Englishman come back, he would gladly give him back his title and seat as leader of the pack. Then run away, screaming insanely.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
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Second WWE fic here, still around the Nexus.
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Why this fanfic?
As explained above, this wasn't planned to be a fanfic at the beginning. Just a few notes for a future WWE comics of mine. Then, with this crazy mind of mine, it evolved with more details and became what you just read.
It allowed me to explore how CM Punk might have come with his crazy brainwashing sect ideas of him, making the mighty NEXUS group turn into that joke of a NEW NEXUS. If they keep going on like this, the "WE ARE ONE", will become "WE ARE DONE". ;-)
This fanfic will be quite short though. Two or Three chapters. See it as an interlude before next chapters for "FROM NEXUS WITH LOVE" ;-)
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Note for all the Wade Barrett fans out there:
Don't leave yet ! You'll understand why in the next chapter ;)
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Special thanks to those who were somehow part of the many discussions than finally led me to this crazy idea (as well as many insomnia):
Becky, Austin R., Ninfea Di Luna, and nerdofthemove
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Heaven Ice Day you all ^_^
::Roselyne::
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