Re: A very OP Christmas Part 2...

[Cryonix]

Gabe leads Alex by his shoulder over to the window. He smiles at him...

Gabe: You've always been able to talk to me. Not Mandy, not Jayden....ME. So I'm going to appeal to your sensibility and ask you like a man...like I've been asking you for years...and I expect a response, Alexander.

...What...the fuck...is bothering you so much, that you would have this happen to you?

[Jabberwocky]

Colin and Ashley both look over at Gabe and Alex. Both glance at Nikki, then at each other

Colin:"I...should really get my hand looked at actually..."

Ash looks down at Colin's hand, swollen and covered in dry blood

Ashley:"The 'ell you do boy?"

Colin:"...Lost a fight with myself..."

Ashley sighs, then looks at Nikki

Ashley:"If they have any of that red jello with the questionable whipped cream, I'll join you."

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex: What do you think's bothering me Gabe? People don't know what it's like for us Gabe...... how would you feel if you couldn't fight Gabe? If you had to just turn the other cheek from EVERYTHING? If you were so fucking WEAK that your brother's fiancee could ARGUE you into a fucking COMA? .... I don't want to behave like that in front of my wife and kids.... but I couldn't..... stop it..... I could just sit on my ass AGAIN.....

[Cryonix]

Gabe gives Alex a hug...

Gabe: Easy there, big man. Let it out

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex: No Gabe..... this isn't going away.....I'm a father now.... what the the hell do I have to teach those kids.... to offer those kids? What the hell do I have to offer this family?

[Pockets]

Nikki winces, overhearing the conversation between Alex and Gabe.

Nikki: I'm sure they do. Let's go.

[Jabberwocky]

Colin has already left to see about getting his hand bandaged. Ashley lets out a frustrated sigh upon overhearing Alex, the slight smile he had over the past few minutes gone again

Ashley:"...Yeah...let's go."

[Cryonix]

Gabe: Alex...you just got released from the hospital. Don't make me hit you. Your children are going to love you no matter what you do. You can teach them EVERYTHING our father taught us. You are upset that you cannot be a warrior. WE ARE MORE THAN THAT! Don't you get it? Didn't dad ever tell you? Your legacy is NOT trophies and glories won in the ring...

...your legacy...Alex....is in that room, right now. That is the one championship...NO ONE can ever take from you.

[Pockets]

As they walk down to the cafeteria, Nikki looks at Ashley.

Nikki: Uncle Ash, do you ever feel like no matter what, with certain people you're always going to come out looking like the bad guy?

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley:"Even when you mean well?"

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex: I know..... I know..... I just..... god I wish I didn't fell like such a failure all the fucking time.....

[Pockets]

Nikki: ... that you are going to be misunderstood in the worst possible way.

[Cryonix]

Gabe: The only one that thinks your a failure is you, man. We all love you. Why do you think I try to keep you next to me with with UFC thing man? I know it's in your blood. You're the best sparring partner I could ever ask for. We cant take you TOTALLY away from it, now can we? You're the Legacy. You always will be. That won't change.

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex: Please don't call me that Gabe

[Cryonix]

Gabe: If you aren't, then who fuckin' is, Alex?

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley looks over at Nikki

Ashley:"Some days I feel I brought that as a curse upon this family."

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex: YOU ARE! JAYDEN IS! I HAVEN'T DONE SHIT!

[Cryonix]

Gabe shakes his head...

Gabe: No...no we are not. The Legacy is an honor we've chased for....since we were kids. But you...YOU Alex...were chosen. You can't change what you are. You might try to deny it...but...you are the flagship for this family. We...follow...you. Not the other way around, man.

[Pockets]

Nikki looks curiously at Ashley.

Nikki: Brought what? Being misunderstood?

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex just slides down the wall, head in hands.

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley:"That...having good intentions overlooked, and faults magnified...or at least it feels like...I know it gets to Colin, on many fronts."

[Pockets]

Nikki: The big fight between him and Amanda....

[Cryonix]

Gabe squats down next to him...

Gabe: I'm going to tell you something...I'd never thought I'd have to tell you. Back when we were kids...I hated you. I worked just as hard as you, put in the same extra time you did...hell even more...I was always training with the image of you standing in my way.

Gabe sighs..

Gabe: Before I left for college, Unc took me aside and sat me down...and slapped me in the face. He told me, "Gabriel...I love you son. You think I don't see how hard you worked, how...diciplined you are? I see the...anger you have...because I didn't pick you to be the Legacy. I want you to understand, Gabriel. Alex...Alexander is my first...born...son. All the wrestling accolades I have...pale in comparison...to holding my children in my arms. Erin feels the same way about you and Jayden. The reason I named you 'Protector of the Legacy' is because...I know my son is going to be too close to the name. Having felt the weight of it on my shoulders as well....he needs someone to be his foil...his...release. To protect him....and share his burden with him. That is why...he will need you."

Gabe smiles...

Gabe: You get it man? You're not alone in this. I won't let you fall. None of us will. You...are the heart of this family generation. That's what it means to be the Legacy.

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex takes a deep breath.

Alex: Thanks Gabe.....

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley:"Well...that was a while ago now..."

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