You Again?

[Jack]

Seated in a corner of a rather nondescript and shade filled room sat current Breakout Champion Stardust AKA Cody Rhodes. His reemergence and embracing of a new persona had been met with successful results thus far. He was facing a man he had defeated a few months prior, another champion, Sami Zayn. Zayn had built a reputation on having a huge amount of heart and his ability to always dust himself off and get back to his feet. So holding a victory over him in the past wouldn't be enough to break his will. But it would be fun to try. Slumped in the chair, Rhodes was dressed in his street attire with a plastic mask covering his face. It was a mask styled like his own Stardust alter ego, the same kind they sold at merch stands.

| Stardust | Sami Zayn..correct me if I'm wrong..but didn't I tear you apart already? Didn't I prove that I'm a better champion and you're just a liar, a fibber and a fraud? And didn't I beat your within an inch of your miserable little ginger life? I'm sure that I did, no, I KNOW that I did. So, the question is, what are you doing back? Are you going to grovel at my feet and tell me that I'm a better athlete and performer than you and go walking off with your tail between your legs? Or are you going to try and even the score and somehow pull off a win over me?

He placed his hands onto the sides of the mask and began to tilt his head side to side, back and forth.

| Stardust | Oooh, what are you going to do Sami? Decisions, decisions! You really do have me stumped here! So many realities and so many possibilities! Show me some of that FIRE and pump your fists and let everyone know how you won't ever give up! I get all tingly just thinking about it! Truly, a sterling example of bravery on this planet! Perhaps one of the finest the human race has to offer! Splendid, splendid!

The feverish motions end and Cody reaches a hand onto his mask, clutches it tightly, crumbling it up, and drops it onto the floor. Revealing his face, unpainted and without any eye contacts. But his glare is dark and penetrating, and the expression on his face is cold and chilling. He speaks in a low, intimidating tone.

| Stardust | It's too bad for you that the thrill is gone. The first time I faced you it was interesting and new. But now? I just regret letting you stand back up so you could challenge me again. I'm going to put you back where you belong, under my boot, insect. I will beat the drive, ambition and HEART straight out of you. You won't stand up to me again because when I'm done with you, you won't be able to stand at all. The doctors in the ICU will try and tap into whatever it is that prevents you from backing down when you're faced with something so clearly superior to you. I hope that never say die attitude serves you well when you're trying to learn how to walk again..

There appeared to be many sides to Stardust/Cody Rhodes but the one currently being shown looked to be deathly serious and violent. The scene faded on Rhodes' unmoving, unchanging, scowling face.