Mettle - (n) the courage to carry on.

Entering the town on a hunt for justice
Sister and brother, side by side
All aboard the Ferris Wheel
A ride for the ages, with a warning put aside
"Don't trust the clowns!" he hollered
But no one could hear him up above
Still, he carried on, premonition inbound

Clowns invaded en masse
And something delightful became a host of horrors
He was trusted to save a man
The very man whom he had doomed to die
Vegan hot dogs were such a pain
And looking at himself in vain
His gravest mistake, dramatic irony
And he vowed to never let them down again

So he saved a life from venomous pain
Only for him to stare in Death's face
A split to save his own soul
And when Rosanna, Teala, both under his protection
Left to combat a villain unnamed
He knew with that promise, he had sold his soul
But still he carried on
And his sister from another mister
Returned from a challenge of hurt
And they knew that both were strong

Ironically, the next challenge was of strength
He was only beat by one, but it would be his bane
When both were to fight against each other for a second time
He let out his vigour, he couldn't die so soon
He had far too many loved ones waiting
But to no avail, he was triumphed against

He had put his theorist mind to good use
Lazarus, Bible… a second chance?
He told the rest to keep up the hunt
As his head took to injustice's brunt
But for once, his theory was proven canon
When music swept him from Limbo's grasp
A second chance, resurrection, he had predicted
And he knew he had put his resources to good use

He was not to fall again
And with all his strength, he embraced life
Though his sister was among the ones to pay the price
He would survive and honour their memories
For Everlock was not completely without justice after all

Time flew by, real life took a turn
When he joined a cult society for better judgement or worse
Little did he know
His past mistakes would return to haunt him
Colleen fell like Jc but got her third chance
And his sister, so close to the edge, met her brutal end
His heart was broken, he wanted to punch the man responsible
(Who probably didn't come back in fear of such an end, the coward)
But he would carry on until the end
Because a Detective would bide his time
And follow all leads until the case is closed, and justice had been served

Poor Matt's promise never lasted…

DATE OF WRITING: 21 Jan 2020 (~2100-2132) - though I wrote down a couple of ideas on the 20th
DATE OF POSTING: 22 Jan 2020 ()