Blood Will Be Shed

UNAIRED FOOTAGE
SANFORD, FLORIDA
JULY 24TH, 2021

LOVE. It’s an amazing feeling. A feeling that no matter who you’re it will change you. Pyro vowed he’d never love again but look how wrong he was. Love without fail is the strongest emotion there is. It can either be a good feeling or a bad feeling. With the good love of someone, it’ll make you a better person. Although when you get the bad kind of love, it’ll break even the strongest of people. Pyro thought he was getting a good kind of love when he was with his ex-wife. He was so wrong though, especially since she left without a warning. Pyro only found out his ex-wife had gone and taken their daughter when he arrived home. This is something that broke Pyro which nearly ended up with him killing someone. Rock Johnson decided it was time he got help or he’d have no job. Pyro thinks Rock Johnson is just kicking him while he is down but others don't think that is the case. Who could’ve guessed that someone like Pyro could’ve been broken, right?

Well, it did happen. It was clear for all to see. Only there was one person who through it all was the only one he could rely on. That person ended up being Anya Brendon. Someone Pyro was introduced to by his therapist who Pyro felt like he was betrayed by. Anya Brendon was Pyro’s Case Worker or Social Worker, whatever you want to call it. At the time Pyro didn’t believe that he needed anyone but he was wrong. As Pyro got to know Anya, he opened up more to her. He started to get feelings that he had the first time he met his ex-wife so long ago. At first, Pyro did whatever he could to fight his feelings but he just couldn’t. The guy everyone considered a monster with no feelings had been overcome by love. Anya Brendon, who is now Pyro’s girlfriend, is the woman who taught Pyro what love was again. Anya was to Pyro what kryptonite was to Superman. Unlike Superman though, Pyro didn’t become weak. Others may have started to believe so but with the love from Anya, it started to make Pyro a stronger man. It started to make someone who was considered a monster become more human.

The best day of Pyro’s life came when both he and Anya said “I love you.” to one another. That day not only proved to Pyro that he could love again but that he was just human. Pyro and Anya would do more things together and Pyro opened up more to Anya. There was no one but Anya who knew the truth about Pyro. Although Pyro portrayed himself as this monster that others see him as. Inside Pyro, he really did have a heart and feelings. He used to hide his feelings with bloodshed, pain, and misery. Pyro believed that if he was suffering that others should suffer along with him. Since being with Anya though, Pyro has become less violent and more able to express himself. Even to the extent that he saved his long-term enemy who has now become his Tag Team Partner. It wasn’t so long ago that Julius Fairweather and Pyro were at each other's throats. The mutual respect between the two and clearly the change in Pyro had led to the birth of Fire And Ice.

The monster that is within Pyro is something that Anya had never seen in person. Something she’d never been in the presence of. All Anya had seen was the sweet, charming, and loving side of Pyro. Something that people wouldn’t believe even if she told them. Especially if she spoke to anyone from Project: Honor. They’d just think that she was feeling sorry for him, when in fact she loved him as much as he loved her. Pyro worships the ground that Anya walks on and would do whatever it took to make sure she was safe. For the first time since they’d been together, Pyro had accepted Anya coming along to watch him train. No matter how much he’d told her how violent it’d be it didn’t convince her not to want to come along with him. She just continued to sit there giving him that look with her eyes that could get Pyro to do anything she wanted him to.

As Pyro and Anya pulled up to an abandoned warehouse, Anya could see that there were a lot of vehicles around for what seemed to be just an abandoned warehouse. As Pyro brought the car to a stop, he got out and walked around to the passenger door. Once at the passenger door, he opens it for Anya who steps out giving him a kiss on the cheek once she is out. Pyro smiles before closing the door and pressing a button on the key fob to lock the car up. Taking Anya’s hand in his, Pyro leads Anya through the door of the abandoned warehouse. As they step in, Anya can see that what looked to be an abandoned warehouse from the outside had been set up as a place for fights. Clearly, none of it was legal and the people there were not people you’d want to be mixing with. As Pyro walked past people holding Anya’s hand they looked on. One person was either brave or stupid as they slapped Anya’s ass as she walked past him.

“Anya, I’m sorry for what’s about to happen.”

Before Anya had the chance to respond to Pyro, he let go of her hand and stood in front of her. The guy started laughing and trying to act up in front of his friends. Only his friends knew what Pyro was like from his reputation from seeing him at previous fights. Without any second thought, Pyro Roundhouse kicks the guy who slapped Anya’s ass and knocks him out before he even touches the ground.

“Never, ever, touch my girlfriend again. You better tell your asshole friend when he wakes up, he is lucky I don’t gut him.”

After Pyro had said what he had, he took Anya’s hand in his again as she smiled at him. They eventually get to Pyro’s trainer DJ aka Damien Jones.

“Anya, this is the man who not only trained me but is the reason I’m a wrestler, to begin with. So, Anya, I’d like you to meet DJ.”

DJ is quick to offer his hand as he takes Anya’s hand in his and kisses the top of her hand which gets a cold icy stare from Pyro.

“Nice to finally meet the woman who made my boy Pyro a man.”

Both Anya and DJ laugh as Pyro just stands there looking at them both all serious.

“DJ, look after Anya, I’m going to go get ready for my fight.”

With that, Pyro walks off leaving them both there. DJ obviously knew that Pyro was there for a fight but it was news to Anya who smiles trying to hide the fact she didn’t know. Eventually Pyro walks out after being announced that it was his fight up next. The warehouse is filled with the roars of people cheering. Soon the cheers stop and turn into shock though as everyone finds out who Pyro is facing. Anya now looks worried as three guys enter the fighting area along with Pyro. Pyro was up against 3 others at the same time. Pyro looked over at Anya seeing that she looked worried which led to one of the guys taking a cheap shot.

The fight looked as though Pyro was going to lose as the three guys had the upper hand on Pyro. It isn’t until Pyro hears Anya’s voice that he starts to get the momentum back.

“PYRO!!! DON’T HOLD BACK!!! UNLEASH IT… UNLEASH THE DARK AND SINISTER PYRO THAT WE ALL WANT!!! I LOVE YOU, DO IT FOR ME, BABY!!!”

It was as if the whole time Pyro had been holding back. Even though he’d not had the upper hand against the three other guys, he’d still been holding his own in the fight. As soon as the woman he loved told him to do it for her, that was all he needed to hear. He was no longer worried about holding back. Pyro blocked a punch before headbutting the guy and splitting the guy's nose open. Blood sprayed everywhere just adding fuel to the fire for Pyro’s bloodlust. The look in Pyro’s eyes had changed too. The guy that got headbutted is on his knees as the other two guys rush at Pyro. Pyro moves out of the way, getting behind one of the guys locking him in a sleeper hold. The whole time Pyro has it locked in, he looks at the other guy who is trying to attack Pyro. Fortunately Pyro managed to use the guy he has in a sleeper hold as a human shield until he puts him to sleep.

Anya looks on smiling as Pyro catches her out the corner of his eye as he releases the sleeper hold and that guy falls to the floor. Before the guy had even had a chance to hit the floor, Pyro has dropped the other guy who is still standing with The Exorcism so a Superman Elbow. This knocks the guy out cold just leaving the guy with a broken nose who starts shaking his head. The crowd is roaring in excitement as Pyro walks over to the guy who is still on his knees. Pyro wraps his hands around the throat of the guy and starts to strangle him. The whole time Pyro is staring into the guy's eyes watching as he starts to drift. People are begging for Pyro to let go but once he releases that monster from within, he is unpredictable and dangerous. Anya pushes past everyone as DJ looks on knowing that even he wasn’t capable of stopping Pyro as he calls for Anya to not go near him. Once Anya was there she starts talking to Pyro who can see that the guy he is strangling is fading away.

“Pyro, listen to me. It’s done. You’ve won. You did it, baby.”

Everyone gasps as Anya just stepped in between the guy and Pyro who is still strangling the guy. Anya cups the face of Pyro, she is at the same time impressed by what he is capable of but at the same time worried also. She knows deep down though she can get him to stop as she starts to stroke his face with her thumb. Looking into Pyro’s eyes, Anya could see the years of hurt and pain. She tried to keep a smile on her face trying to get through to Pyro who starts to loosen the grip around the guy's neck. It’s just as the tear runs down Anya’s cheek as she can feel the pain that Pyro is going through as she looks into his eyes. The sight of the tear and Anya wrapping her arms around Pyro instantly makes him let go. Pyro just wraps his arms around Anya and buries his head into her shoulder.

“I’m sorry.”

That’s all the Pyro whispers into Anya’s ear.

“No need to be sorry. Just make sure that at the Fallout show you bring the monster I’ve just witnessed. Come on, let's go and get you cleaned up.”

As the hug breaks, Anya looks into the eyes again of Pyro to notice that the hurt and pain she’d seen had gone. It was like he was a totally different person again as they kissed before leaving the abandoned warehouse to total silence and shock.


AIRED FOOTAGE
PERTH, AUSTRALIA
JULY 27TH, 2021

It had been a few days since what had gone down in Sanford, Florida. Anya Brendon and Pyro were now in Perth, Australia. They both thought it’d be a good idea to get there earlier than they needed to. It meant that they could both spend some time together before the show and enjoy themselves. It was quite early in the morning, Pyro kissed Anya on the forehead who smiled in her sleep. Pyro had pulled the cover-up over her to make her comfy before he’d kissed her on the forehead. He then heads off down to the beach, which lucky for Anya and Pyro, they’d managed to get a place that leads out straight to the beach. Once at the beach, Pyro finds a nice quiet where he is met by a cameraman who still looks like he is trying to wake up himself.

“Don’t screw this up. Look around us, we’re the only two here and I could quite easily make you disappear.”

The young cameraman takes a big gulp as Pyro sits down cross-legged and starts to laugh wickedly. After what seemed like forever, the cameraman had finally set up and was ready to record. So the recording starts with Pyro sitting cross-legged on the beach.

“I would hate to be in the shoes of Mason Destruction, Yelich, Artemis Shepherd, and Pandalike. They have the punishment of having to deal with me at Fallout Ten: Dead By Daylight. In a match-up that can only be described as nothing but paradise for me. A match-up where it made sense for me to be the killer. I’m the only one on Fallout and even in Project: Honor who will step over lines that half of you would only dream of. Survival for you guys doesn’t look good at all and if by some miracle one of you escapes, count your lucky stars. I’m walking into Fallout with a killer mindset and the willingness to go to lengths no one ever will. I am what Fallout stands for, I am brutal, I will shed blood and most of all, I will make anyone suffer. I’m known by many nicknames here on Fallout. The Nightmare, The Messiah Of Fire, and The Savior. Just know that the one thing people seem to forget is I’m Fallout’s Monster. As soon as the time calls for it and the switch flips in my head, I’m like a whole different entity. Those scary stories you were told about to scare you. Well, forget about them because they’re not real. What is real, is who I am and what I am too. Unfortunately for Mason, Yelich, Artemis, and Pandalike, they’ll find out firsthand what it’s like to meet a real monster and it won’t be pretty. Blood is going to be shed whether it’s mine or yours, that doesn’t bother me. Pain is going to happen, lot’s of it too. Let’s not forget the physical and mental torture I’m going to happily put you through too.”

It was like Pyro was at peace with himself as he sat cross-legged. There was no sign of the monster he spoke about yet but there was the sign of that sick smirk that suddenly appeared on his face.

“Dead By Daylight. That’s just a game. A game that was originally published by Starbreeze Studios. As of January First, Two Thousand, and Eighteen, Behaviour Interactive acquired the publishing rights, therefore, becoming the games publisher as well as developer. I know, even I’m capable of doing my research. You know, the freak, the creep, and the murderer.”

If Pyro had rolled his eyes any harder, he’d be looking into his own mind and that’s just a scary thought to do.

“Just for those that are too stupid or ignorant to listen, allow me to tell you all again so that maybe this time you actually listen. I’m not actually a murderer, I don’t know how many times I have to say it to get it through to people but it’s actually boring now. Just because I’m actually the killer on Fallout Ten doesn’t mean I actually am one either. Anyway, enough with dealing with stupidity, this is a Project: Honor show not an Action Wrestling show.”

Pyro just grins as he interlocks his fingers and pushes them outwards in front of them causing them to make a cracking noise. A noise that makes the cameraman cringe but at the same time gives Pyro pleasure.

“It seems that on the Dead By Daylight game there are twenty-four killers and five legendary killers too which turns their respective killers into alternate killer characters. Well, how fucking exciting right? It doesn’t matter how many are in the game, there is only one important killer and that’s PYRO. The only way that Mason, Yelich, Artemis, and Pandalike are ever likely to escape is if they play the game. I know I said earlier that it’d be a miracle if any of you escaped and that was true. I’m not about to allow any of you to get away from me. I’m going to torture every single one of you. Just be grateful that my request for real hooks to hang you on ended up getting rejected. Something about Rock Johnson not wanting any deaths here in Project: Honor. Pfft. Any ol’ excuse for him to take away my fun. Other than Mason Destruction, the other three are just dead weight anyway. It’s fine, I know Rock Johnson hates me, and anything that I ask for he’ll refuse. All I wanted was my damn hooks, I really didn’t think it’d be a problem. What’s wrong with sticking a hook through someone's back? Just think of how that hook will penetrate the skin, watch as the blood runs down and drips onto the floor. That sight would be one hell of a sexy damn sight but no, Pyro asks and Pyro doesn’t get it, Rock Johnson is an asshole.”

When Pyro mentioned the skin being penetrated and the blood dripping onto the floor, his eyes lit up like the monster within was starting to awaken a little.

“I do love how Dead By Daylight is a survival horror game though. There will be a big difference at Fallout Ten though. There won’t be any survival but all horror. The best thing about being the killer I get to bring a little friend along. Susie and I are going to have a lot of fun at Fallout. Yes, my axe handle covered in barbed wire is called Susie. I would tell you the story while it was called that but there is one problem, I don’t know the story behind it. All I know is that my trainer DJ handed it down to me. Just know that if you have a problem with the axe handle covered in barbed wire being called Susie, I’d be happy to set up a meeting between it and your skull. As if you guys weren’t fucked enough, I’m allowed to hit you with Susie. Then again I’m not one for rules so even if I couldn’t and I wanted to, I’d still smash your skull in with it. Mason Destruction was doing so well here in Fallout until Lesley beat him. Mason let a man with the name Lesley take the Ascension Championship away from him. Like, really Mason? How do you feel? I hope you feel embarrassed. You allowed the Joseph Seed of Fallout to defeat you and begin a New Dawn. I just can’t accept that you did that Mason. I could’ve saved you any more embarrassment if Rock Johnson had allowed me those damn hooks to hang you assholes on. I suggest that you sit down in front of your computer, laptop, or phone Mason and write a strongly worded email to Rock Johnson telling him you couldn’t be saved by The Savior because of him.”

Still in the same seated position, Pyro runs his hand through his hair before continuing on.

“Yelich. Is that what you get when you mix yellow with bitch? I know, I know, leave the comedy attempts alone. Before anyone says anything, I know there is a T in bitch too but fuck you. Seriously though, why in the hell is Yelich nicknamed The Undefeatable? Everywhere that little runt has been he has been a joke. He can spout off about how no one has beaten him, this and that but he already has taken an L while being here in Project: Honor. It’s fine though Yelich, I’m always happy to make people's dreams become a nightmare. Your nightmare starts at Fallout Ten. I’m nothing like you’ve ever had to face before. You won’t be facing Pyro the man in the ring, you’ll be facing Pyro the monster. It’s fine, just don’t start flinging shit at me when you shit yourself when you see what brutality I’m capable of. You seem oddly familiar though Yelich, hmm. Wait! I’ve got it. I swear you’re Victoria McKenzie outside of the fat suit that you wear right? No. It can’t be that, can it? Actually, it has to be that. There can’t be two people that are so dense that light bends around them. Albeit when you’re in your fat suit as Icky Vicky it must take a hell of a lot longer to get around you.”

“Moving on rather quickly from that horrible thing. I see I have fresh meat in Artemis Shepherd. It’s such a shame that in your debut you’re going to become just another sacrifice. It’s clear to see that you were signed purely to be thrown in to appease me. Christian DeMarco is a lot of things but I’m sure he isn’t stupid enough to throw you into a match with me unless he hates you. Just because you’re fresh meat Arty McFarty, don’t expect me to go gentle on you. You’re going to feel my wraith, feel what it’s like to survive the pain and misery that others have at my hands. I will be your worst nightmare and it’s one you’re never going to wake up from, see you soon.”

The monster side of Pyro is now starting to come out, the demeanor on Pyro’s face changes. The look in his eyes was full of pain and misery ready to be unleashed. Pyro gets to his feet almost growling now as he looks into the camera.

“I’m fed up with people like Pandalike. People think if they have a cute name and shit they’ll actually sound cool and look cool. Panda Pop, the monster is hungry. Hungry for blood and trust me, when he wants blood, he gets blood. At Fallout Ten you’re going to bleed, you’re going to be unable to survive and I am going to feed the monster with the bloodshed he needs. So fuck you, fuck Mason, fuck Yelich, and fuck Artemis. Dead By Daylight marks the end for you, it marks the end for all of you. We will be seeing you, real fucking soon.”

With that said, almost spoken through gritted teeth. Pyro growls viciously at the cameraman who actually stands there and pisses himself. It’s not until Pyro sees Anya walking down the beach towards him that the monster within him disappears. He just looks at the cameraman and walks off towards his girlfriend Anya Brendon with a smile on his face.