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Chamber, leave the singing to me...

"I'm worried about him Julie, this is the first time since the coma that he's been out in the middle of the night like this."

"Oh I'm sure Will is ok, but I'm more worried about Steve..."

"Oh? How so?"

"This is the first time in ages that I've seen him this mad."

(Caring and concerned words from two women who are in love with her man. Caring words from Emerald Empress, and caring words from JulieAnn Roberts. Concerns, however, wears on their faces as we can see it captured on camera by an awaiting IWA camera crew. Awaiting for Wilburman. A missing Wilburman.)

[Time travelling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wilburmania Time Travelling Agency: Have you missed us or what? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DING! Back to 4am that morning in the Mean Suite.]

(The morning is young, very young. The sky is a shade of dark blue, but a clear and defining dark blue. As the moonlight shines into view, we cut to within the Mean Suite. We can see on the bedroom floor some pieces of clothing, silk stocking, garters, robes, leopard skin thongs... gifts of Valentines Day no doubt... just don't ask who was wearing what...

Guided by the moonlight, we can see the Mean Couple, naked in bed, covered, of course, appropriately by the sheets, all thanks to the Wilburmania Censoring Group... Empress lies herself on Wilburman's chest and shoulder, sound asleep with a hand across her husband's waist. Wilburman, however, is not asleep. He's wide awake, staring into the moonlight. Something is bothering him. With one arm over his wife's shoulder, he slides her body onto the pillow as he slips out of the bed. With a nearby vase in front of the camera, it cleverly obstructs Wilburman's lower body as he puts on the robe. Quietly, Wilburman steps outside the bedroom, and into the balcony. Looking out into the beach, the cutout shadow of the cliff, looking across to the the moon, looking into it as if searching for something... as if he was soul searching. In all of Wilburman's career, he's only ever been this intense on 3 occassions:

# The night before Equinox Bash
# The night before Volcanic Vacations
# The night before his 5 month wait for his rematch against Chamber in Hell in a Cell II

And this... makes it number 4.

Intensity comes from many things. Determination; hopes; drive; desire; belief. And sometimes... worries... more specifically, the fear. Is Wilburman really scared of the big bad Chamber? We've all heard how Wilburman has said that he is not in fear of the big man, despite the fact that he nearly ended his career, and more over, his very life. How can Wilburman not hold any fear to this man? Chamber is by far the biggest, baddest and nastiest player he has ever faced. Can Wilburman really be fearless?

Of course not.

Despite cries of objections from Chrissie, Chamber does strike a fear into his opponents' hearts, and not all opponents can overcome this fear, this worry. However, Wilburman is not one of them. So how does he go about overcoming this fear? This worry that he has of going into yet another clash with Chamber, perhaps his last battle? Knowing Chamber always come good with his words... how does Wilburman overcome all this?

The Heart, and the Will.

There are two other things that associate itself with intensity: the will and heart. There is no doubting the will and the heart of Wilburman, given the past between he and Chamber, there is no fear in the world that can stop Wilburman from stepping into the ring with him. Despite this however, he is a bit tense, just can't get to sleep. He quietly makes his way back into the room and puts on his jogging gear. Once he is dressed, he picks up his discman and heads out for his jog. But his is not to be his normal jog.

On this moonlight-lit morning, Wilburman has decided against his normal run, instead, he has decided to get some fresh fresh air at the top of the small hill at the side of the cliff next to the beach.

With the earphones on and the Metallica's Hero of the Day playing to his ears, he makes his way through the cross-country path to the top.)

### The window burns to light the way back home ~~~
### A light that warms no matter where they've gone ~~~
### They're off to find the hero of the day ~~~
### But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way ~~

(Humming the words to himself, he makes his way through the rock path and continues the climb. Climbing, humming, climbing, humming, songs after songs after songs, every step and every climbs is made with sweat dripping off the Mean Champion of Justice.

Finally, he reaches to the top, huffing and puffing deep breathes. He unhooks the earphones as the echo of his heavy breathing is heard, and nothing else is heard. He stands hands on hip looking down to the city beneath him. Whatever he was looking for whilst staring at the moonlight back in the hotel, he's still not found it. Despite the peaceful surrounding, despite the meditatery setting, Wilburman is still not certain, what is he uncertain of?... ... ... Hey, how the hell do we know if the man himself don't?

Time is passing, no point in wasting this solitude moment, as well as the oxygen, he puts on the earpiece as Superman Krytonite is played to his ears, Wilburman lowers himself and does some push ups.)

### I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind ~~
### I left my body laying somewhere in the sands of time ~~
### I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon ~~
### I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah ~~~

### If I go crazy then will you still call me Wilburman ~~

### I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might ~~
### Kryptonite ~~

(With an uncertain look on Wilburman's face, we take the time travel here.)

[Time travelling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wilburmania Time Travelling Agency: Have you missed us or what? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DING! Back to JulieAnn and Emerald Empress in the lobby of the Mean Hotel.]

"I'm worried about him Julie, this is the first time since the coma that he's been out in the middle of the night like this."

"Oh I'm sure Will is ok, but I'm more worried about Steve..."

"Oh? How so?"

"This is the first time in ages that I've seen him this mad."

(Right on cue, a sweaty faced Wilburman appears in the main entrance catching the attention of his dear wife.)

EE: WIL!!

W: Hi sweety.

EE: Where have you been??

W: No where, just... my usual morning run... Hi Julie...

JAR: Hi Wil... you alright?

W: Sure I am... can I do anything for you?

JAR: I just brought over a promo tape that I thought you might be interested, Tom caught it earlier...

EE: Yeah, I've got it in the box, go take a shower first, you reek...

W: Of sexiness?

EE: No, you just reek...

W: (putting his head a little more closer to Carrie's) Of cuteness?

EE: Just go before I kiss you in public...

(Wilburman smiles and places a soft kiss on his wife's cheeks before disappearing into the elevators.)

JAR: He looks like he went for more than a run...

EE: No kidding...

(Scene opens inside the Mean Suite now, the telly is playing an old episode of the New Adventures of Superman. The episode where Superman has arrived to Metropolis, and has been threatened by Lex Luthor to leave or innocent people gets hurt. A confused Superman gave up the cape, and is watching the news with one Lois Lane as riots are spread over the city. Why are we watching this instead of chamber's promo tape? Cause Wilburman has finished watching the tape about 5 times. Empress enters the room, and sees the wind blowing into the suite. As the curtains are blown gently side ways, Wilburman's presence in the balcony again is spotted by the Mean Lady. Wilburman has showered, and he stands looking over the beach, in only his long shorts. Empress' arms finds its way around the Mean One's waist as she caresses a bite onto his muscular arm.)

EE: Penny for your thought?

W: Tempting offer...

EE: Julie's gone back to the office, the camera crew has stayed though, they're cutting a promo with Kris just now, I figured you might want to cut a little something too...

(Wilburman puts his head down momentarily as Empress tightens the hold on her husband. Whilst over at the TV...)

"Where is Superman?"

"What use is it Lois? What can he do? Do you think he can stop all this?"

"No... of course not, not even Superman can be in two places at once..."

"So what good is Superman when he can't help?"

"It's not just Superman, it's the idea of Superman..."

"The idea of Superman."

"The idea of Superman."

"The idea"

"The idea"

(Wilburman lifts his head, and with a sigh of relieve, it's almost as if he's found what he was looking for.)

"But then again, you'll find that out, come Sunday, when I whip your pathetic, deluded ass all over the ring. Until then..... keep your little fantasies. They're all you'll have left after Sunday."

(The scene is now in the gym where the Silver Amazon has just put in the final touches of her promo. Wilburman appears onto the scene and greets his sister-in-law, making the now rather popular "Has JT proposed yet?" joke. As Terminatrix leaves for the locker room to retrieve her gym bags, the camera has continued to run and now it's Wilburman's turn.)

W: Chamber, first of all, word of warning, if me cutting interviews inside empty arenas pisses you off, you're not gonna like this empty gym setting one bit, so you might want to just switch your TV off before your blood pressure gets so high that you'll burst a vein by me simply tripping you over... I worry for you man... how you gonna live through 40 at this rate? You are mad and pissed over words and catchphrases that I say, so tell me, how do you think I STILL feel about you putting me in a coma back in Equinox Bash last year? You're not the only one with anger and hatred, I got more of those than they got midgets and Transformer toys in Donny Cole's house...

(A light chuckle is heard in the background, but Wilburman's face is unchanged)

W: Chamber, I am not underestimating your in ring skills, I am no fool, I know that even though I know every wrestling move in the book, and all those that's not in the book, I know it'll still be a battle, I'm under no illusion of the struggle we will have on Sunday, we're both in this to hurt each other, there's no denying that, but at the end of the day, the winner will be the one that wants to hurt the other more, the one that will have their hands raised will be the one with more to fight for, the one with more to prove than anything in the world. You're in this with a will to force feed the mat to me, to beat me to a pool of my own blood and paint the ring with me... and for me... it's about releasing the built-up frustrated anger of months and MONTHS OF TORTURE AND MADNESS, IT'S ABOUT FINALLY GOING RELENTLESS ON YOU WITHOUT HOLDING BACK WITHOUT SOME SLAPPA NAMED CYRIL STANDING IN OUR WAY, IT'S ABOUT THE ULTIMATE REVENGE ON THE PAIN YOU'VE CAUSED ME!! I WILL SLAP THE JUSTICE ON YOU!! CAUSE I CAN...

(Wilburman regains his composure before facing the camera again)

W: Cause I can... and I know I can... I've done it before, and I'll do it again, I may never be the same I once was since Equinox Bash, but there's still the heart, there's still the belief, there's still the determination, the grit, the drive, and now... the anger, the fury...

You WILL face a whole new Wilburman Chamber, like it or not, and it really is nothing like you've seen before, cause not even I know what I will do to you on Sunday...

Oh yeah, one more thing, leave the singing to me Steve, cause you sound gay...

(As the camera fades, Wilburman turns around, only to be greeted by his rather shocked wife who had no idea of Wilburman's feelings and views... until now.

Scene fades.)