It Has Begun.....

[Hazeone-Supreme]

Ken Wantobe leads The Express to S.I.N.'S locker room. Opening the door, Minion and Angel are starting to celebrate Minion's Victory, Blade and The Machine go over and slap Minion on the back , who coughs and spits out some blood wine he had just gulped in celebration, Angel has made some Redrum Punch that she favors.
Ken smiles, one of his few, true smiles, happy to see the simple pleasure Minion has for his win. It has taken a toll on Ken to keep the tag belts and this little family of S.I.N. together, well one distraction has been lost..Now to focus on the one true thing worth keeping here...This family!!

The lights in the room start to flicker on and off, in a strobe pattern. The colors changing from white, to blue, to red. All in the room start looking at each other and around, not knowing what is going on.

Ken sees a tiny flicker of flame on a table in the center of the room and points to it. The temperature in the room has suddenly dropped to the point , you can see your breath in! A breeze coming from the center of the room, brings the smell of Brimstone and the small flame has grown!! the flames color has changed as it has started to grow, from Red Yellow to a harsh orange white.

All have to cover their eyes as the flames intensity has started to blind them....

Suddenly...It is gone, the lights are normal, the breeze has stopped and the room has regained it's normal temperature.

As their eyes adjust back to normal , all focus on the place where the flame was, now gone ..but replaced with a steaming puzzle box!

Ken reaches out to touch it gently, expecting to get burned, Instead it it icy cold. The box is a black onyx and carved with mystic symbols and dragons...Ken recognizes the design ..He knows how to open it!! Ken looks to the group and back to the box.

Ken presses a side and pulls a pin out and then twists it this way and that...He places it on the table and it opens...


Inside it is a scroll, with two keys, one key has a dragons head and the other a pentagram. taking the keys out, and placing them on the table...Ken opens the scroll, it has the feel of human skin.....The rest crowd around Ken's back to look at the scroll.


"It makes no sense to me Ken" Bade says

" I suspect only Minion or I could read this!!"

Minion smiles " So true..I can read this!!"

" Well ?? What does it say??"

Ken smiles "We are taking a trip"

"To where??"

"A Commentary in Hell!"

"What?? Hell?? For real ken??" Machine says shaken by what has just happened.


Ken chuckles

" For real...A town called Hell ...in Michigan"

Machine relaxes "Had me going there for a moment ken"

" I wish it were other wise...but I suspect..before this is over..What We have just seen is only a small taste of what is to come!!!"

To lighten the mood and break the spell Ken says


" Shaggy..Scobbie...Its time to get to the Mystery Machine!! Other wise know as my Hummer!!....Lets get packing!!"

Minion begins to walk toward his chamber to gather some items when he turns back to Ken with a curious raised eyebrow...

Hey! Who are you calling "Shaggy"? Heh heh...

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Minion just turns and goes into his room, leaving Ken with a weird look, wondering if Minion was trying to be funny, or just stranger than normal.

Angel sees the others scrambling and still doesn't quite know what to make of it. She runs over to Minion's room and peeks her head in the door. Minion has placed the "pentagram" key on a chain and is now wearing it around his neck. Angel calls out to him...

Minion! What the fuck??[/b]

Minion looks up and smiles at his "sister"...

Dearest sister...the time has come! The time we have been waiting for. Time for SIN to become "whole" again![/b]

Angel squeals with delight and hops up and down like an idiot. She runs off and starts getting a bag packed of her own. She pours the rest of her RedRum mixture into a large pitcher to take on the road.

Soon, everyone is ready and have gathered by the door to the locker room. One last check over things to make sure nothing important is left behind, and the group leaves the building....out to the parking garage down the street and they all pile into Ken's Hummer. Angel playfully shouts SHOTGUN!![/b] and jumps ahead of Machine to claim the front passenger seat next to Ken. Machine facepalms and moves to the back seat with Blade and Minion.

They drive on for a while, all talking back and forth about what might possibly lie ahead. They pass the time and soon....the chaos is broken when Angel suddenly shouts, Yaaaayy!! Welcome to Hell, boys![/b] She points out the window as they drive through the town, being sure nobody misses any of the bizarre sights along the way...




Minion and Angel share some light chuckles as they mock all the cheesy "Hell" references in this obvious tourist trap of a town. Angel begs for Ken to stop so she can get some ice cream at the stand in that last picture, Awwww, c'mon, Kenny! "Ice cream in Hell??" **giggle** It's too funny to pass up. Pleeeeeease??[/b]....but Ken maintains his focus, only cracking a barely noticable smirk, but still refuses to delay their journey. Angel seems upset, but another point of interest soon takes her mind off of her stomach....



They reach the outskirts of town just after dusk, and just a few miles outside of "Hell", the Hummer pulls out on a barren stretch of dirt road that seems to reach a dead end in the dense, gloomy forest that seems to sprawl out forever in all directions. Everyone gets out of the Hummer and take up their belongings. They make their way into the forest from the side of the road and soon disappear from sight within the thick fog bank that looms among the gnarled and twisted trees.

As the remaining members of SIN walk cautiously through the forest, there seems to be no sign of anything that makes sense. Just fog and trees and thorn bushes everywhere. The entire surrounding area feels dead. Not a single sign of life anywhere. Not a sound but the crunching of dead branches and leaves under their feet. Minion starts to become a little agitated...

Wantobe-san. Where are we going? This is MADNESS![/b]

Ken provides no answer, but simply points forward and glares at Minion, showing him that pressing forward is the only thing they must do. Minion growls and lowers his head, obeying Ken's silent orders.

After what seems like hours of aimless wandering, the scenery begins to change. The sun had set long ago and these five travellers were led on only by the dim light of the full moon. Candles that had been lit were mysteriously blown out by unseen breezes and all the flashlights they had brought were strangely useless and dead.

An odd sensation begins to bother Minion. He grabs at his chest where his key is dangling from the chain around his neck. He yanks and tugs at the chain, breaking it away and he holds his key out in front of him. His arm seems to moving in various directions and the key has taken on a slight red glow! Ken looks down at his own key and realizes his has taken on the same bizarre properties. There seems to be an almost magnetic force pulling on the keys....drawing them like some sort of divining rod toward an unknown source of power. Ken and Minion walk together, slowly along the thinning edge of the decayed forest. The others follow close behind.

Within minutes, the group stumbles upon the remains of an ancient cemetery....



Minion turns to Blade, Machine and Angel with a crooked smile, as if he knows something is happening. They continue on through the ruins, stepping over several crumbling gravestones and walking past monuments built in memory of people who have long since passed away. The cemetery seems immense in its span, but Ken and Minion move with purpose, being led along by the forces guiding them through the keys they are holding...

Within another 20 minutes to a half-hour, a large structure becomes visible through the fog. The group approaches...closer and closer, and soon, it is discovered exactly where the arcane forces have drawn SIN....



The keys have delivered SIN to a grand mausoleum. The outer walls give way to a cavernous archway entrance, and a hallway that leads deep down into the Earth...and the catacombs beneath the graveyard itself!

Blade acts on a hunch and tries to use his flashlight again, and it works! Everyone thinks this is all very weird indeed, but the sense of something big happening lures them on, deeper into the musty halls of the crypt.

Further and deeper they go, pressing on until the group reaches a large open chamber...



The two keys begin to glow brighter and vibrate in the hands of Ken and Minion. There is a small table-like structure in the middle of the room....an altar with more ancient scripture. Minion translates it somehow and barks over to Ken, The keys! They must be placed as one! THERE![/b]

Minion points to a spot on the far wall that resembles a large stone door. It has two small keyholes on it, and the two men nod to each other before breaking away from the altar and being practically pulled across the chamber by the forces acting on their key artifacts! Minion and Ken brace themselves against the dusty stone wall as they struggle with the keys. Ken calls out to Minion to get the timing just right.

Minion...on my mark! 1..........2...................3!

On "3", Ken and Minion both drive their keys hard into the dual locks on the massive doors. A bright light flashes and an explosive concussion blast knocks everyone to the floor! A few chunks of stone break free from the ceiling and crash down around Ken and Minion. As they looks up and get their eyes to focus, everyone stands back up to see the doors are now open....to reveal another chamber. Inside this room is wall with more inscriptions and artwork depiciting what looks like the end of the world....Hell on Earth!

On the wall is a small collection bowl....and a dagger with an inverted cross on its handle is mounted just above it. Minion seems to understand what is meant to be done, and he takes the dagger out of its wall-mounted sheath. He looks down with wonder as the blade reflects light onto his face and puts a grim sparkle in his eye.

Minion looks up at Ken, as if to see whether he knows what all this means as well....

It seems a blood sacrifice is in order, Wantobe-san.[/b]

Minion looks on as Ken stops to think about all of this for a moment....[/center]

Ken thinks for a moment, then speaks to Minion

"So far the mystical number has been two..so if blood is needed to accomplish this task..Two of us must give blood! Brother Minion..run the Blade across Your palm and then make a fist so the blood may drop into the bowl"

Ken takes the bowl from the wall and finds a place to set the bowl on and the two men stand across from each other

Minion runs the blade across his left palm and with His right hand passes the Blade to ken, Who does the same...Both men have done as Ken suggested ..But nothing has happened...A idea flashes into Kens head

"Minion!! The Two as One..."

Ken opens his left clenched fist.."Your left with mine!! grab my hand!!

Both men standing across from each other , grab each others left hand

And as their blood mingles and drips into the bowl.....

...Nothing happens.

A bit confused, Minion looks at Ken.

"I Don't understa...."

At that moment, the door in front of them begins to emit smoke from the sides. A large rumbling sound is heard as the door begins to violently shake. Ken and Minion take a step back as the door begins to collapse into the ground. Once it is no longer visible, a passage way is revealed, but cannot be seen into due to all the smoke. The foul stench hits Ken and Minion with such force, that they instantly cover their noses. Just then, the sounds of screams begin blare out and grow in volume. Painful agonizing screams echo in the halls of the chamber. At that moment, the sound of footsteps are heard. Minion and Ken gaze their focus upon the smoke, still covering their nasal cavities. Their eyes widen as the steps grow louder. At this moment, Angel grabs the arm of Minion and looks at him in the eyes.

"What's going on? Whats happening?"

"It is exactly what is supposed to happen my dear Angel."

Angel looks confused as Minion turns his head to the smoke, for it was not him that spoke those words. Minion remains silent as Angel turns to the smoke to see a silhouette of a man. Upon further investigation, the man is revealed to be....

....CARNIVORE!

As he emerged from the smoke, he walks up to Ken and places his hand on his shoulder.

"Ken, it is good to see you."

He then bows to ken as he provides one in return. He then turns to Minion.

"Dear Minion. You have done well as of late with your role in SIN. We require much more of you during this time, however that will be reveled when the time is right."

Just then, Angel speaks.

"Wow you guys have been gone a while now."

"I KNOW I didn't just hear my bitch out there?"

Angel turns to face the smoke as Carnivore begins to greet Machine and Blade and sees none other than....

....NEMESIS!

Angel then begins to jump up and down in excitement as she runs to Nemesis and gives her a hug.

"Oh My GOD!!! What have you been up to bitch?" Angel says with gusto.

"Oh, a little of this a little of that. We have a lot of catching up to do!"

Nemesis then turns to Ken and hands him a small pack.

"Hey Ken, got something for you."

Ken opens it up to reveal........red chopsticks! Nemesis smiles and gives him a kiss on the cheek.

"There chopsticks from Hell! LITERALLY! With a touch, they keep your food warm!"

"Why thank you Nemesis."

Ken then bows to Nemesis, but she doesn't bow, she just gives him a big hug. Then she turns back to Angel and they begin to talk in the distance. At that moment, the screams from the door begin to grow louder. As Ken and Minion turn, they see another figure emerge from the smoke......

......in the form of JESTER!!!

Jester makes his way out and heads up to Ken, bows then shakes his hand.

"My thanks go out to you Ken. If I had to stay in there any longer with Klown's bitchin I would have asked to go to heaven."

"Where is Master Klown?" Minion asks. Jester heads over to him and shakes his hand.

"Well, you hear those screams? Yea, that's Klown saying his "Goodbyes" to everyone. Trust me, you DON'T want to know what hes doing."

Jester then turns to Ken.

"It is time to set everything in motion. AWF is in need of a little house cleaning. Now that we are whole once again, we need to take the proper steps."

Ken nods in acknowledgment.

"What is it that is needed Jester-san?"

Jester smirks.

"I'll let Klown fill you in with the details...(Jester looks back to the smoke)....IF HE EVER DECIDED TO COME OUT!!"

Just then the screams begin to die out and laughter begins to sound out of the smoke. At that moment there is an image shown through the smoke. Upon further investigation it is revealed to be none other than......

......KLOWN!

Klown walks out of the smoke, looks up, takes a deep breath and exhales.

"Ahhh.......good to be back."

Klown then looks at Jester.

"Keep walking on thin ice, you'll see what happens!"

"OOOOOOOOOOO im shaking. Hurry up man, i'm hungry."

Klown turns to Ken and bows.

"My friend, how is everything? I thank you for coming to get us. I apologize for the trouble but it is not unnoticed. There is one more thing I need from you though."

Klown then hands Ken an envelope. Ken opens it and reads it with a surprised look on his face. as he looks up, Klown begins.

"It is a little thing I put together before our time away. All I need from you is to make sure things are still going as planned. Once you get there, you will see what I am talking about."

Ken nods and Klown does so in return. Klown then turns to Minion and places his hand on his shoulder.

"Minion. You have done well in light of our absence. Which is why we have a proposition for you."

Jester then comes up to Minion and places his arm over his shoulder.

"Mind if I talk to him about it bro?"

Klown smiles.

"Sure Jess, you know what to do."

At that moment Klown signals to Carnivore, whom is catting with the Express. Carnivore looks at Klown and nods, turns back to The Express and bows to them and heads over to Jester.

"Minion, me and Jester have things we wish to discuss with you."

"Umm, should I be worried?"

Carnivore gives a wicked smirk.

"Not at all my friend. This is a good thing we speak of. Come, we will talk about it on the way back to the arena."

Minion then turns and begins to walk with Jester and Carnivore. He then turns around and looks at Klown.

"How is your eye Master Klown?"

At that moment, Jester face palms.

"Oh god, why did you say that?"

Klown's smile quickly turns angry. Klown then begins to scream and grabs a table, flips it and begins to scream.

"HOW'S MY EYE? HOWS MY EYE? I CANNOT SEE OUT OF MY EYE BECAUSE OF OSIRIS! HOW DO YOU THINK MY EYE IS HUH?"

Minion takes a step back.

"No disrespect intended!"

Jester steps in between the two and looks at looks at Minion.

"Don't worry about him, he's just a bit bitter."

Jester looks back at Klown.

"You just can't SHUT UP about that shit huh? Give it a fuckin rest already! You are BACK! You will get your revenge! So SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

At that moment, Nemesis intervenes.

"Jesus! Will you too STOP THIS SHIT ALREADY? All you guys do is argue and complain! Lets get out of here!"

As they begin to leave, Klown stops Ken.

"Ken, our time away has garnered a lot of thoughts for me to process. You have become a most valued asset to the SIN organization. There are a few other thing we need to discuss that I have not addressed with anyone else. After we are done.......we will run AWF and all will feel our wrath.....but Osiris.....he belongs to me and me alone. When the time is right, he will understand the consequences of his actions. First we need to deal with his newest alignment in that of Jackel and Kouga Shuko. I have a game plan to deal with them, as well as everyone else on the roster. First, we need to set up a meeting with Frank Dubaine at once. We need to iron out our contract negotiations and if all doesn't go in our favor? Well, let's just say that it will. come now, we must head out. For AWF is ripe for the picking right now and we must capitalize anyway we can."

As Ken walks with Klown, Ken looks at Klown.

"So, how was it in there?"

"Hot."

As they walk out side and head to the car, The image of a door is shown with words on it....