WWE Heroes
John Cena's Story
It is night time in Soleanna. An image of fireworks is reflected in the clear water. A gondola rests in the pier. Fireworks burst into the air. A royal gondola sails underneath the bridge for some celebration as the crowd cheers. A beautiful, young woman smiles and waves at the crowd. The city square is surrounded in a circle of gondolas. The maids are dancing on the royal gondola as it approaches the square. Two cloaked figures stand between the priests in the center as the woman walks up the steps toward him, followed by two more cloaked figures. She stops in front of him and the cloaked figure hands a lighted torch to her as a festival is just beginning. She gazes at the torch and the fire reflects in her eyes. The fire suddenly turns an ominous glow of red, as a fireblast attacks the town and damages it, setting the place ablaze. The woman suddenly flies upward and sees a vision of the town in flames. She sees a giant pillar of fire like she's never seen before. All of a sudden a dark monster emerges with a roar. The vision is suddenly interrupted.
Hooded Maid: Miss Shahra.
The woman, Princess Shahra III of Soleanna, returns to her senses.
Shahra: It... It's all right.
She looks at the priest and bows to him, and he and the figures bow toward each other.
Shahra: We give thanks for the blessed flames. May we always continue to have peace.
She looks upward.
Shahra: Sun of Soleanna, guide and watch over us with your eternal light...
Torch in hand, she walks up to the large torch and lights it up, starting the Festival of the Sun. More fireworks appear. The crowd cheers with joy, and Shahra waves at the people. All of a sudden, an ongoing missle blasts the altar and more missles attack the town. Shahra panics and wonders what's going on. An airship approaches the town of Soleanna, glowing two red lights. The hatchway opens and robots drop down onto the town, surrounding Shahra, the maids and the priest at the altar. She and the maid look up and see a small ship in the shape of an egg come down and land on the altar. In that small ship pilots a brilliant, mad scientist, which goes by the name of Dr. John Laurinaitis, who bow to Shahra.
Dr. Laurinaitis (introducing himself): A pleasure to meet you at last, Princess of Soleanna. I am Dr. Laurinaitis. I've come here to obtain the secret of the Flames of Disaster from you. And to take the miracle gems that are the key to its secret... The Chaos Emerald!
Shahra realizes that she has the Blue Chaos Emerald and holds onto it for dear life as he continues.
Dr. Laurinaitis: Now Princess, this way please.
She tries to back away from him as best as she can, shaking her head no. A blue whirlwind surrounds the altar, around Shahra, the maids and the priest. She looks around to see who had caused it; it belongs to a man, who is none other than...
Cena: My... That's a pretty snazzy performance there.
Shahra is surprised to see Cena at the top of the building near the altar. Her visions switch from Cena to a mysterious man in silver near the flames before reverting back to normal.
Shahra: You... It can't be!
The camera makes a close-up of Cena, looking at her. The robots fire a gun at him, but Cena jumps up as the platform explodes. He makes a flipping move and takes out the robots at the speed of light in a blue flame. Dr. Laurinaitis and Shahra watch in astonishment at the battle as Cena comes down and kicks one robot over the edge of the altar as it falls. He then approaches Shahra.
Cena: I'm John... John Cena!
Cena then grabs Shahra to keep her away from danger. Dr. Laurinaitis is furious.
Dr. Laurinaitis: Not that irritating man again! Attack!
Laurinaitis's robots fire missles at his command, but the missles narrowly miss Cena and a panicky Shahra as he runs off with her. More missles chase them both as they run through the town. The mysterious Man in silver watches atop one of the houses, seeming to notice Cena and Shahra, as if he has something in mind.
?: I've finally found him... the Iblis Trigger!
He makes a fist, as if he knows that vengeance will soon be his.
CM Punk's Story
The story takes place 200 years in the future. Dark clouds settle in the sky on a devastated city known as Crisis City, formerly known as Soleanna.
CM Punk (narrating): This world was devastated before I was born. A harsh, bleak place, where we live in eternal darkness. Life is a struggle, and people live without hope.
Punk flies through the city during a thunderstorm as his narration continues.
CM Punk: How did this happen? No one will answer me directly. But they always point... to the flames.
He looks around as he flies, and is stopped by a pillar of fire. He uses his psychokinetic blast to winnow down the flames and continues flying.
CM Punk (narrating): These flames. They burn away at my world, destroying everything in their path. They come from an eternal life form that we cannot truly defeat. The Flames of Disaster known as Iblis...
He feels disappointed at this when a voice is heard.
?: Punk!
A young women drops down on one of the buildings.
CM Punk: AJ! What's wrong?
AJ Lee: He's appeared again.
Punk realizes that Iblis is attacking, and he gets mad. He quickly flies away as AJ looks on, runs, and jumps from building to building in the breeze. CM Punk and AJ have gone through Crisis City and are running right up to confront Iblis, who emerges as a golem monster ready to attack with a roar. They are stunned but look up.
CM Punk: Come on, you monster!
Iblis moves on and roars in the flames. They manage to defeat it with quick wits, and Iblis sinks into the lava. A pit of molten lava is shown where Iblis once stood.
AJ Lee: Looks like we stopped it for now.
CM Punk: But, it'll just rise up from its ashes again.
He hits a brick wall with his fist in frustration.
CM Punk: What's the point of all this? It'll never end.
AJ Lee: Calm down, Punk.
CM Punk (disappointed): Then tell me what we should do. How can we completely destroy Iblis?
AJ is unsure what to do and closes her eyes to think. All of a sudden a dark voice is heard.
?: ...By knowing the truth, of course.
He looks around to see who has said it, and he and AJ look up at a dark man similar to Randy Orton, but different, without a mouth, on the top of a ruined building.
?: Just as a flower comes from a seed, or a chicken comes from an egg, everything has an origin. You need to find the being originally responsible for this catastrophe.
He raises his fist.
CM Punk: Is that really the answer to our problem?
He points to the man.
CM Punk: Tell me, do you know who it is?
The man, later known as Mephiles the Dark, looks around at Punk with a sinister look in his eyes. Mephiles leads AJ and Punk into the database.
Mephiles: To fix this present timeline, you need to change the past.
They look around the database.
CM Punk: But, that's impossible.
Mephiles: With my help, you can, because I have the power to travel through time!
CM Punk (surprised): No way!
Mephiles: In order to change the past, you must eliminate the individual who has awakened Iblis. The Iblis Trigger.
CM Punk and AJ think and ponder, then...
CM Punk: If I eliminate that guy, will our world be saved?
Mephiles nods.
Mephiles: The Day of Disaster... Here are my records of this event. This was when Iblis was freed and his flames were released into the world.
He turns on the computer; Punk and AJ see images of Soleanna and other things.
Mephiles: And you have this person to blame.
Mephiles takes out a Purple Chaos Emerald and shows it to Punk, who takes it and gazes upon it. A vision of Cena and the flames appears, and the camera makes a close-up of John Cena staring blankly.
CM Punk: I see it! So, that guy is the Iblis Trigger?
Then he hands the emerald back to Mephiles.
Mephiles: I'll send us back in time to the point when the Iblis Trigger was alive.
He generates a Chaos Control with his hands, places it on Punk and AJ, and the three of them vanish.
It is a bright, sunny day in present-day Tropical Jungle. A portal has opened up, and Punk jumps out of it alone as it closes. He looks around.
CM Punk: Where am I?
He sees that AJ and Mephiles are not here.
CM Punk: AJ?
He looks again.
CM Punk: AJ!
Meanwhile, AJ somehow finds herself at Wave Ocean and walks in the sand between a house and a palm tree.
AJ Lee: So this is the past...
She sees two houses near the sand and puts her hands on her hips.
AJ Lee: I hope Punk is OK. He's pretty insecure when he's alone.
She looks around and ponders.
AJ Lee: The Iblis Trigger.
She bows her head down and looks up, then walks off as the camera pulls away from the hillside for a bird's-eye view.
John Cena's story
Cena runs off with Shahra through the town.
Shahra: Um... Why are you helping me?
Cena (looks at her): No special reason.
He makes a giant leap with her when...
Shahra: Cena!
Robots drop down in front of them. He sets her down and runs toward them, taking down one of them in the middle and avoiding gunshots from the other robots with a backward jump. He then makes a karate kick to take down the rest of the robots one by one, and makes a backflip, landing on his feet. He gets up and suddenly hears a scream. He turns around in surprise, runs at the sound and gasps in shock as he sees that Laurinaitis's ship has taken Shahra away.
Dr. Laurinaitis: I'm afraid our little game ends now.
The ship, called the Egg Genesis, rises upward with Shahra in tow. She reaches into her pocket, takes out the Blue Chaos Emerald, and tosses it down.
Shahra: Cena, take this!
The emerald falls downward, and Cena catches it in his hand and looks at it.
Cena (looking up at Shahra): I've got it! And don't worry, I'll rescue you!
Shahra (nods): I know!
Laurinaitis gives a "harrumph" and points at Cena.
Dr. Laurinaitis: It's only a matter of time before it's mine. Until then, you can hold onto it for me!
The Egg Genesis launches up into the airship with Laurinaitis and Shahra. The hatchway opens up for the Egg Genesis to get in, and it closes as the airship flies away. Cena follows the airship and looks up as it leaves.