*** This RP is going to be written in semi-screenwriting form. The Dialogue blocks would take too much space to write like an actual film/movie, so that won't be the same. INT. means an interior shot and EXT. means exterior. (V.O.) means voice over. What all of you are doing is basically screenwriting. Check it out! It might be a good fit for some of you
FADE IN:
INT. HOSPITAL - DAY
Out of date technology is strewn throughout the bland hospital room. The IV BEEPS! A WOMAN pants on the hospital bed. Sweat fills her brow and her eyes can barely stay open. This is JESSICA LYNN FUTURE, 30's, the bruises on her display a troublesome home life.
SUPER: July 19, 1980
TWO NURSES enter the room with a shrieking BABY LEX FUTURE.
Lex Future (V.O.): From the moment I left my mother's whom, I perceived the world as a terrifying place.
They hand Lex to his mother, whose radiant smile lights up the room. The father figure is nowhere to be found.
INT. LEX FUTURE'S HOME - NIGHT
Couldn't even call this place a home. More like a double-wide trailer, shrouded in beer cans and empty pizza boxes.
Lex Future, 7, laced in clothes from Goodwill, a bruise under his eye, sits at the table as he works on his homework.
Lex JUMPS as the door opens. LARRY FUTURE, 40's, he wears a mechanic's shirt and sports an empty beer can in his hand. A case of beer in the other. He stumbles through the doorframe.
Every muscle in Lex's body tightens. Slowly he peers to his father, who trudges right past him.
Lex: Hey-- Hey Dad.
Larry replies with a grumble. Sets the case of beer down, tosses the empty one to the ground. Cracks open another.
Larry: How was school?
Lex: Um, good. I'm doing my work right now.
Larry: Hmm. You get that grade tested-- Test graded?
Lex reluctantly pulls a piece of paper from a folder. It's got a gigantic B circled in red ink. Hands it to Larry.
Larry stammers as he studies the paper.
Larry: A B?!?! You little-- You got a B?
Larry drops the beer, unlaces his belt. Lex quivers.
Lex: I missed one question, sir. They were worth--
Larry: You have some nerve coming in this house with a B.
Lex: I'm sorry! I tried--
Larry: You tried?!? I'm gonna' make damn sure you try from now on.
Larry grabs Lex and bends him over the table. WHIPS! him again and again with the leather strap. Over Lex's screams...
Lex (V.O.): My father was a miserable bastard. Beat me every chance he could. Told me he did it 'cause he loved me. 'Cause he wanted a better life for me. Said he didn't want me to end up like him, a mechanic, who lied to his clients everyday to pay the light bill. I figured once I had straight eyes, I'd impress him. But, it didn't stop there.
EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - NIGHT
Several hundred STUDENTS and PARENTS fill the Highschool stadium. Lex, 17, Quarterback and the offense are huddled on the field. Larry Future scours the sidelines as if he were the coach. He's not.
Lex: Blue 45-- Redman go wide. Watch my 7. Break!
Lex and his squad hit the goalline. The massive defense lines up as well. One of the linebackers strays to the left.
Larry: LEX! THEY'RE BLITZING! AUDIBLE!
Lex peers over to his irate father. Peers over to the coach who shakes his head "no."
Larry: GODDAMMIT BOY!
Lex: Hike!
Lex snaps the ball, drops back, all of his wideouts are covered... before you know it BOOM! Lex goes down like a sack of potatoes.
Larry throws his hat down on the ground.
INT. LEX'S TRAILER - NIGHT
Lex, still in his football gear, is tossed up against the wall by Larry.
Larry: Dumb son of a bitch, you lost us the game! And I told you exactly what to do!
Lex: I said I was sorry!
Larry: Sorry ain't Goddamn good enough anymore boy!
Larry PUNCHES Lex in the face!
Larry: Get the hell out of my house! When you get a brain you can come on back! You got me?
The words pierce Lex like a thousand shards of glass. Tears fill his eyes.
Lex(V.O.): No matter what I ever did, I never made the man smile. He had me terrified of my own shadow. Nothing I could ever do was sufficient.
INT. FUTURE TRAILER - DAY
Larry Future sits on his disheveled sofa watching WWF wrestling on his busted ass TV.
Lex(V.O.): Only time I ever saw the man smile was while watching Bruno Sammartino or Hulk Hogan. That's when the dream came to life. I wanted to be a Wrestling Icon. No-- I needed to be a wrestling Icon.
INT. CANADIAN DUNGEON - DAY
Those same wooden walls and green flooring we all know so well. "The Hitman" gives Lex Future everything he's got. Brett locks him in an armbar, which Lex easily counters into an armbar of his own.
Lex(V.O.): I entered into Real Estate and several years later I became a millioniare. Even bought my dad a mansion in Beverly Hills. Figured I'd get an ounce of love or support... The man wouldn't even meet me for lunch to accept the house papers. I had been wrestling in my free time and at this point a friend connected me with Calgary's famous Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
"The Hitman" evades with ease, grabs a leg and before you know it LEX IS IN THE SHARPSHOOTER!
Lex: AHHHH!!!!
Lex taps the mat! "The Hitman" refuses to show mercy. He WRENCHES BACK!!! Lex's back nearly snaps in two!!
Lex(V.O.): He took me to hell and back. Day in and day out. He said it wasn't enough. So I quit my job and devoted my entire day, my entire night to training.
INT. DUNGEON - DAY
Years later, Lex and Bret lock up, but this time, Lex is in control. He lands a takedown, which is countered, but then Lex counters again.
Bret: Good. At ease.
Lex(V.O.): Three years later and I was in the best shape of my life. But still, in Bret's opinion, I was nowhere near ready to compete.
EXT. GWA HEADQUARTERS - DAY
Lex Future stands before the Global Wrestling Alliance's lavish headquarters.
Lex: And now, three years later, I'm here. And I'm ready to tackle the GWA universe. This week I've got a Triple Threat ladder match for the GWA TV title. Rob Winter, you've proved to be tough as nails. Mr. Ultimate, you may have some tricks up your sleeve. But one area "The Hitman" made sure I was impeccable in is technical wrestling. You two better bring your A game. Because this win is for my father.
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