The Grand Mansion Game Sweepstakes

Inside the Grand Mansion, Home of Brad Burns, the Italian kickboxer…

In the martial arts world, very few men were able to get rich just by their looks instead of their ability to fight. The ever so zealous Italian Brad Burns was that type of guy, although he was no slouch in combat. However, after the last special tournament, Brad lost a lot of money after an embarrassing defeat to a female Aikido practitioner. He stayed locked up in his home for several weeks after that fight. One day, an old friend decided to visit and give the depressed Brad some much needed uplift.

Doorbell…

Maid: "Mr. Burns you have some guests here to see you!"

Brad (lying on his bed in his boxers): "Wha? Aggghhh….who is it?"

Maid: "It's a man by the name of Zack and he's with a woman."

Brad (rises up): "Did you say Zack?"

Maid (nods): "Yes sir."

Brad (face palms): "Shit!" (Hops out of bed and grabs his robe hanging off the closet door.) "Show me where he is!"

Zack and his partner happened to be waiting for him at sunroom along the southern wing of the mansion. Brad definitely wasn't in the mood to see his old training partner & club crasher run his mouth up and down about his adventures. This had better be important.

Zack (sees Brad coming): "HHHeeeeyyyyy! Brad! What's good youngblood? Just came by to see how you wuz doin' after that tournament! Well at least you haven't gotten fat yet."

Brad (already annoyed): "Zack! Why are you here? And who is she?" (Points at Mila.)

Zack: "Oh yea yea. This right here is a firecracker! She's a rising star my man, she's a…"

Mila: "The name's Mila. Sorry to bother you."

Brad (kisses her hand.): "Very nice to meet you Mila. And don't worry. I never turned down a pretty girl at my house."

Mila (embarrassed.): "Gee thanks."

Zack: "Aw looks like he's getting back to his old self again!"

Brad: "You still haven't told me why you're here."

Zack: "I'm gettin' to it patna, but for starters, I wanna know what happened in that fight you had in that tournament last month."

Brad: "Didn't you hear? Not only did I lose in the early rounds, but it was to a woman I felt attraction to the moment I laid eyes on her."

Zack: "Aw damn! I know how that feels. Happens to me every tournament bruh. But like me you'll get ova it."

Brad (sits on one of his recliners): "I feel like I lost some swagger after that match. Even the Muay Thai circuits are making a mockery of me! How can I show my face after such shame?"

Zack: "Had a feeling you might say that. That's why I got a proposal! Mila roll that beautiful beam footage!"

Mila (pulls out a handheld projector, aiming it at the glass table): "Uhhh…yeah sure."

Zack's hologram video featured him mainly, but back at his warehouse in the US, he possessed something which caught Brad's attention right away.

Brad: "Is that what I think it is?"

Zack: "Aww yea. It's the Pandora's Box. Got Kagemaru to nab it from Shadowloo right before they could open it up. Pause the video Mila."

Mila: "Uh huh."

Zack: "Here's my idea. You remember my special tournament in Micronesia several years back."

Brad: "Yea that volleyball tournament, featuring some of world's top female fighters."

Zack: "Yep. This time I was gonna do the same thing, with you as the host and the Pandora's box as a constellation prize."

Brad: "I see. However, what does this Pandora's Box come to play here?"

Zack: "Aw it's just a money constellation. Hell not even Shadowloo could get it to work right."

Brad: "Well I could use the dough. My net worth is dropping like an avalanche. And I want the girl who beat in that tournament to take part."

Zack: "What's her name?"

Brad: "Aoi."

Zack: "Okay, but don't you have any other bitches you could be interested in."

Brad: "She interests me the most."

Zack: "I'll make a note of that, but even though you maybe in the hots for one chick. I got a list of homegirls who are eager for a playboy! Now let him see the other video Milly!"

Mila switched the video to a list of different female fighters, none of them Brad knew personally.

Zack: "I got about ten ladies here so far. The first one just got of college, now she works in Yokohama as some fitness manager at big sports gym or what not, anyway she's a self taught practitioner of Ansatsuken Shotokan Karate, Sakura Kasugano!

Brad: "Hmph."

Zack: "No. 2! A blonde bombshell straight outta Monaco. The daughter of a rich oil tycoon. She already rich so you two might get along real well! And she's barely legal, Miss Emilie de Rochefort!"

Brad: "Not bad."

Zack: "Yea that's the spirit! No. 3! A fiery redhead working as a CIA agent, with a knack for deadly high tech gadgets! She's a single mom in desperate need for a masculine figure to look after her daughter! She is known in her circles as Crimson Viper!"

Crickets…

Zack: "Numero cuatro! This next chick is also Japanese. A would be college student if she wasn't always sticking her nose in other folk business, but she's respected in her Osaka hood for bussin' heads! This is none other than Asuka Kazama!"

Brad: "At least she has a nice rack."

Zack: "Number 5! Now this is a babe right under your nose Brad in Italy! She's known in her city for telling the future and predicting the outcomes of people's fate. I heard that she can even perform magic using some sort of physic ability. This is a real treat pimpin'! Her nickname goes by the name of Rose!"

Brad: "I've never heard of her and yet she's from my country?"

Zack: "Yep, I think she will turn you out for real. Now let's keep it going. Number 6! Another Japanese! An unhappy subordinate to the former general of the Mad Gear Gang, Rolento. Instead of helping her boss rebuild his lost army, she would much rather live a more simple life and do it with the man of her dreams. Her codename is Ibuki!"

Brad: "Meh."

Zack: Lucky seven! I asked her personally to enter the competition since she kicked my ass all over the world, but I think she would feel a different way about you my man. A real life killing machine, but she promised to be on her best behavior! Christie!"

Brad: "Where's she from?"

Zack: "She's from the UK. Anyway, number 8! This innocent looking minx caught my attention just last month while I was swerving thru traffic in Quezon City. What's funny is this chick was named after an historical figure in her country. As pretty as she is, she's never gone on a date let alone have a man. Can you change that Mr. Burns? Her name is Josie Rizal!

Brad: "Well she does have the potential."

Zack: "Oh yea! I like her too. Number 9! Coming from the safaris of Kenya! She can flex like nobody I've ever seen and it's still sexy! (nosebleeds.) Just like Josie, she's so sweet and pure. I give you Elena!"

Brad: "That looks like it hurts."

Zack: Now the last girl is someone who know very well. It's none other than the Hong Kong Cinema actress herself miss Pai Chan. Man she might be over 35, but she is still a dime! UUUUWeeeee!"

Brad (In Shock): "You are brining Pai Chan into this?"

Zack: "Yea. What's the problem?"

Brad: "That woman is a demon! I never fought her in a match, but she is a beast in the ring and out of it! Now how do you expect me to tame her while dealing with the other girls?"

Zack: "Relax bruh. That's why I got referees too. We will set the dos and don'ts of the competition and if they break the rules, then they're out. Simple.

Brad: "I yi yi. I got a bad feeling about this."

Zack: "Mila, go call the producers, tell them this event is a GO! Whoo hoo!"

Mila (turns off the projector, and grabs her phone): "Yea yea. I'm on it."

And so…Brad was dragged into Zack's money making scheme. What's the worst that could happen for the kickboxer? Or maybe Brad could turn this shakedown into a positive somehow?