Prologue:

It's been a long time since...well everything. Since I first met my wife, since her death, since the contest. It's been so, so long. I haven't kept track of time very well if you want me to be honest but my revenge against the clown fixed nothing. (Shows quick flashes of Axel meeting his wife for the first time, her disappearance at the park, and Axel destroying the ferris wheel. It then shows Axel shooting Needles Kane repeatedly, with the final gunshot flashing to show his current state now: bags under his eyes, bald and covered in a full beard)

My wife is still dead, I have nothing to live for. These past years I've been wallowing in my sorrow, sitting in my old abandoned workplace, a mechanics shop in some shithole slum area. No one dares come around me, as they know my reputation from the Twisted Metal competition. I've killed people, innocent and guilty. I've accepted that fact a long time ago, the feeling of guilt. The feeling of failure over not being able to save my wife, the grief I've suffered from the death of my wife, the anger I still feel for the fucking clown. (It shows lightning flashing over an abandoned garage named Gilbert's Auto Shop surrounded by decaying buildings. It then slowly moves into the garage to show Axel looking at a picture of him and his wife, then flashes of him running over innocent civilians while shooting at Sweet Tooth. It then shows a tear drip down Axel's face, with him punching the mirror in anger, shards of glass cutting his skin but not flinching a bit, with the reflection of the clown in the broken shard)

When I first met my wife, I was working in the slums at some garage run for minimum wage. It was love at first sight. I chatted her up about her car, her life, everything. She was so open, so sweet, so caring, so funny too. For some reason she saw something in me I didn't see in myself, some loner who lives in some shitty apartment. She was everything to me, and I meant everything to her. I felt it took a lot to deal with me and somehow she put up with it. Not to mention she was beautiful, oh so beautiful. We dated, got married and it's been great ever since. (Shows him working and talking with a beautiful African American woman, him covered in dirt and grime from working on a giant truck with huge wheels. It then shows the two chatting and laughing while drinking coffee somewhere, where she first kisses him. It then flashes to him dancing with her at a club, and then at a wedding with The Flamingos "I Only Have Eyes For You" playing in the background, Axel looking into his wife's eyes)

I wake up every night with these nightmares, the same ones with the clown, my wife, everything. Usually when I get these nightmares I get into my wheels and drive out into the night to pay with penance for my failures. But tonight I didn't, something was off. And then I saw him, the bald man himself, Calypso. (It then shows Axel rising quickly from the bed, sweat dripping from his forehead and flashes going by of the clown and his wife. It then flashes to him driving through the empty streets in his vehicle, raining and dark, grinding his feet against the street at high speeds. It shows him getting up and walking to his vehicle and turning on the lights, to see Calypso standing there, smug smile and all)

He told me about how he knew about the nightmares, the remorse, the penance I pay for my failures as a husband. He told me about how he could help me fix everything, how he could help me see my wife again, any means necessary. I looked at him, bags under my eyes and full beard, and told him he was full of shit. He told me he helped me kill the clown, I could trust him, he could help me again if I won this year's contest. I didn't have anything else in this life to live for, so I hastily accepted. (Shows Calypso putting his hand on Calypso's shoulder, then pans to Axel looking straight into his eyes and then looking down towards the ground. It then shows Calypso nodding his head, with Axel shaking his hand and a quick flash to black)

The way he put it, this is my chance to see my wife again after so many years. I still hear what the clown said, about how my wife called out for my name as he killed her. I will meet her again somehow, some way. I may be a failure now, and I still have penance to pay, a lot of penance. But I will not fail her now, I will meet you again my love. Just you wait. (Shows flashes of Axel and his wife, together once again. It then repeats the words Needles said at the end of Axel's TMB ending over footage of his wife being brutally murdered. It then shows Axel putting away the picture of his wife, entering the vehicle and driving out of the garage and into the dark, ready to enter the competition once again)

Arenas:

Suburban Terror- "I have gained my revenge, I only hope to meet with my wife now"

Junkyard- "I still wake up every day, nightmares of seeing the pieces of my wife shipped to me...the horror of it all"

Ghetto- "And I thought the police response for my wife's murder was horrible, they don't even respond here"

Harbor Shopping Plaza- "This is where I met her...the love of my life. The only love I have in my heart anymore…"

Harbor City- "I will slaughter any and everyone in my way if it means I get to see my wife"

Rooftops- "I will not fail, I'm may be done with my revenge but I'm not through my war yet"

Stadium Slaughter- "Minion huh? I have to beat him yet again...no matter. It was easy the first time around, it'll be easy to do again"

Middle: (Shows the final destruction of Minion, with Axel looking at the wreckage in the stadium, crows fly over the fire) Time to finish this freak off. (Shows Minion crawling out of the wreckage, with Axel slowly crushing his skull with the tires, then fade to black)

I still think about the day, the day at the park. We were there, walking, taking in the air..it was a beautiful neighborhood, a beauty only defeated by the love of my life. We would often take these walks, walks out into the world to discover everything it had to offer. That day we went to the park, looking into houses around the area that we could move into. It was nice, and that day in the park was the best and worst day of my life. When we passed the children's playground, me and my wife had the same idea in our heads...we wanted kids. Beautiful children to grow up and excel at life, the prospect of being a parent excited me to no end. It excited my wife too, bringing up our own kids to live a good life and find love like the one their parents have...In that moment is when everything was destroyed by one person, the clown. (Flashes to Axel looking at the picture of him and his wife the day of her disappearance, walking through the park with the sun shining and the sounds of a community coming together. It shows Axel and his wife looking at pictures of houses, specifically the Suburbs area in a better time, and then shows Axel looking at children playing, smiling and looking back at his wife. It then shows them kissing, then a black flash to her disappearance, sunny weather turned dark and stormy, with Needle Kane's face flashing through the thunder in the sky)

My wife disappeared, I was looking at my paper for ONE second and then she disappears. I kept looking for her everywhere, I was worried to death. In the end I couldn't find her, I ended up finding out about her death in my shitty apartment by some detectives looking into her murder. I couldn't face that reality, especially when the clown got away with it. All he would need to do was kill everyone chasing him. There was nobody that could face him like that, although at that time I didn't know who the killer was. (It shows the property papers fly into the air from the hard wind, with Axel running everywhere to find her. It then flashes to Axel crying next to two detectives showing him his wife's corpse in a picture. It then pans to Axel's eyes, his eyebrows coming increasingly angry and rage filled.)

I punished myself by building myself a machine from the tires of a giant truck, using my former mechanic work to build it. If no one was gonna find my killer, I would have to do it myself. And I did, I joined Calypso's contest and I killed the clown. But I never felt better, I never felt free. I felt guilty, like I still had to pay penance, even if I had to wonder the world for the rest of my life. It doesn't matter that I got my revenge, my wife was still gone. I know deep inside I did the best I could, but it didn't feel that way in real life, I still felt like I could've done better. I can do better, I hope my wife understands how I'm feeling when I finally meet her again after so many years. So many years to mourn, no longer. (It shows Axel swinging a hammer into the darkness, thunder illuminating the room. It then flashes to the vehicle Axel is working on, the tires from the destroyed monster truck from the prologue. He fits his arms into the slots, screaming in pain as he gets used to it and then drives out of the garage, destroying it in the process. It then flashes to show anger in Axel's face, his feet scraping against the ground. After that it fast forwards to show Axel pointing his gun at Needles, finger on the trigger. It finally goes back to Axel in present day, looking at the picture, tears dried up. His face becomes more stern as he climbs back into his vehicle and drives off into the night, ready for the next part of the competition.)

Arenas II:

Railyard- "I know I'm not responsible, but in the end I caused all of this. I must not fail my wife's memory"

Death Port and Docks- "The last thing I need to do is fall into the water. I have to stay focused, I already completed the halfway mark"

Carnival of Darkness- "I've killed this fucking clown, the clown that killed my wife, so many times. Why is he not dead? I know I killed him….I shot him!"

SCenter- "The more I kill, the closer I get to my goal. I can do this...all of these battles will lead to me winning the war."

Sewer- "This place only reminds me of the place where I killed that clown, not because of familiar landmarks, but because it was a dark, scummy place. Just like this."

Prison Yard- "The police have tried to take me to prison before, I'm already chained up in my own grief. I will not slave away for some authority figure!"

Harbor Military Base- "Hell hath no fury, I will not fall to anyone. Not from that fucking clown, not from the fucking police, and sure as shit not from the military!"

Harbor City Airport- "I'm so close, there is no going back! I finally get to see my wife, my heart weeps so for this moment"

Ending:

I won this contest, just like I thought I would. My revenge was over, my penance almost over, the finish line at the end of the race is in my sight. For the first time since that tragic day I have something, Hope. I drove into Calypso's blimp, covered in the blood of my enemies and scrapes all over my chest. (Shows Axel driving his vehicle into the blimp, covered in blood and cuts, beaten and bruised but with a smile over his face)

In the throne room was the host himself, happy to see me. He felt like an old friend almost, he helped me get my revenge on that clown, although I'm still not 100 percent on everything since he appeared in the contest here. But I've killed him so many times there's no need for revenge anymore. I just wanted to see my wife again, and so I took my arms out of the machine that was my vehicle and stepped down to get my prize from Calypso. (Shows Axel driving into the throne room, Calypso equipping a smile on his face. Flashes to Axel shooting Needles Kane repeatedly, and then it shows Axel pulling his arms out of his machine, also bruised and bloody. Shows him stepping down and collapsing on his knees. It then flashes to a picture of his wife, a teardrop falling onto it.)

"I want…..I want to see my wife again" I told him. "I can't stand one more day without her Calypso, I've already killed the clown all those years ago, you helped me with that when I won that contest. This year, I won yet again. I'm hoping you can help me in seeing my goal". He smiled and told me that he could do that, one hundred percent. I thought he was going to teleport me to her or something but in all of my excitement and hope I failed to think of any ulterior motives that the bald man had. Calypso snapped his fingers, and within an instance his guards surrounded me, armed with assault rifles. They shot me, repeatedly. When they were done with me my body was in pieces...just like my wife. That bastard killed me. But there was the light that came for me. (It then cuts to the memory of him and his wife in the park before she disappeared, and then flashes to black, gunshots ringing and the clown's corpse filled with bullets. It then shows Axel looking up to Calypso, with Calypso snapping his fingers, having his men surround Axel. It then shows various shots of Axel getting brutally riddled with bullets, with one final shot of Axel's head slamming onto the floor, covered in blood. It then shows a bright light glow brightly over his corpse)

It was my wife, my beautiful wife. She looked into my eyes and kissed me. She told me everything was okay, none of it was my fault. I didn't have any penance to give, I didn't have to feel remorse for not being able to protect her. Inside I felt like I always knew this but I never truly believed her until I heard it from her myself. By god, I guess Calypso fulfilled his promise after all, even if he didn't intend to. (Shows Axel's wife, who kisses him and looks into his eyes. It then shows her putting her hands on his face, then shows them hugging, tears rolling down their faces)

But the time was cut short, my love told me I needed to wake up, I still had a job to do: end the evil that is Calypso's tournament. The destruction that the tournament caused, the people it destroyed, it destroyed my physical form. My wife faded further away, our time slipping together, our hands separating. I had one last teary goodbye, it was the last I would see of her for a while. And then I woke up. (Shows Axel's wife fading away, her hand on his cheek also fading. Flashes to Calypso and his tournament, and then to Axel's corpse disposed of in an alleyway. It then shows his wife floating away, with a tear flowing down Axel's face. It then cuts to real life, a suspicious garage with a little kid next to a taxi cab, experimenting on Axel, who appears more machine like. His eyes open, revealing a bright green glow, then a fade to black)

Note: I feel like this is one of my best chapters that I wrote so far, and I'm proud of it, although of course if there's anything messed up or inconsistencies just let me know and I'll go back in and fix it. I'm also nearly finished with Spectre's chapter, although I had more trouble with that than I had with this chapter to be honest. I'll try to release the Spectre chapter very soon, probably within days although I don't want to set down a time limit for myself. Thank you for reading, and goodnight.