A crowd has formed to watch the fight outside the bar. The maid is amongst the crowd, watching anxiously…
*the crowd is electric. Police have been paid off, and are turning a blind eye to the organised fight between Garas and Vinnie Balboa. Bets are being placed amongst the crowd.*
*Vinnie stands at the centre of the makeshift ring, shirtless. Loud music plays as an entourage of 4 blacked out Mercedes rolls up. Garas steps out the backseat, all his boys behind him. Garas enters the ring*
*Vinnie Balboa stares at Garas, focussed but angry. Garas looks cool, calm, confident…*
Referee: ok boys… no gloves, no blood rule, no rounds fighting. We fight til one man can no longer continue. Got it?
Vinnie B: Got it
Garas: …
Referee: Ok, FIGHT!!!
*A street fight begins. After numerous blows are exchanged, both men are bloody and bruised, but continue to fight. Vinnie Balboa has a broken rib, and fractured wrist*
*Vinnie B falls, and Garas gets on top of him, beating him relentlessly. Vinnie B is seemingly finished. The crowd is chanting*
Garas whispers to a semi-conscious Vinnie Balboa.
*Vinnie begins to have flashbacks… his childhood. His father picks him up from a well.. ‘ why do we fall, Vinnie? So we can learn to pick ourselves up’*
*His adulthood…his mother smiles gently at him…’Remember, Kal-El-Balboa, you will be a god to them, my son*
*Vinnie’s flashbacks intensify, as Garas continues to smash his face in…*
*Flashbacks of training at the gym…finally, a flashback of his wife. Smiling gently. Adrian…*
*Vinnie begins to sit up, blood and tears streaming down his face*
He clamps clamps a hand around Garas’ neck and begins to pulverise his face with intensely powerful straight right hand punches.
The crowd is surging. Blood, sweat and tears stream from Vinnies face, staining the pavement a blackish red.
Vinnie B: “AAAADRRIAANNNN!!!”
*Vinnie B stands, victorious. The maid runs over and tries to hug him. Overcome with adrenaline and the ‘thrill of the fight’, Vinnie B knocks her out with a right hook. Police swarm, and Vinnie B is sent to prison for an undisclosed period of time.*
*Ending scene: Vinnie Balboa sits in his cell, quietly reading. Outside his cell, inmates and guards are gathered in a circle, as 2 men fight brutally…prison fights…they are cheering… Vinnie glances up from his book, only briefly, to observe the brawl. He continues reading.*
And now, YOU choose the story.
Is a hit being placed on Vinnie Balboa? Choose the Escape Arc.
Or is Vinnie Balboa given the chance of a lifetime to resurrect his career? Choose the Tournament arc.
You’re in control. Choose wisely.