Metamorphosis

[Jack]

Bright colored stars could be found among the darkness as a shape began to emerge from it. With piercing red eyes and a painted face, he list of possible culprits was rather low. The disturbed alter ego of Cody Rhodes: Stardust. He had added a new accessory to his already eye-catching wardrobe, a macabre black cape, having ditched his more comic book styled one for something a little more threatening. It draped over his body, concealing most of it. As he stared into the camera, a mock thoughtful expression appeared on his silver face.

| Stardust | I have a query for you, Seth Rollins. Have you ever been completely torn apart? Ripped in two? Melted down and forced to rebuild yourself as something entirely new and different? Pulled from every direction until there isn't a shred of what you identify as YOU left?

A wild grin slowly began to appear on his painted face. His emotions seemed to drastically switch from moment to moment. From serious and foreboding to excited and energetic at the drop of a hat.

| Stardust | I haaaaaave. Oh, I have, I have, I have! Once you get past the initial feeling of shock it really isn't so bad! You get to present yourself to the world in a whole new light! It's absolutely breath-taking! It's SO painful but exhilarating at the same time! Would you like me to help you feel this sensation, Rollins?

He cast a hand forward and beckoned towards himself with his fingers.

| Stardust | Then simply allow The Prince of Dark Matter to be your guide. I can take you to places that you never knew existed. Oh, I can take you places..

His voice lowered into a far more menacing pitch.

| Stardust | ..but I never said they would be places you want to go. Unfortunately for you, I'm not giving you much of a choice. You are trying to take something that belongs to me. You and your homeless little friend Dean Ambrose. You are trying to grasp a power that you can't even begin to comprehend. Do you truly want my cosmic key so badly? In your current state it would peel the skin from your face and cause your eyes to burst from your skull. You are unworthy of it. You don't deserve to even challenge for my celestial trophy.

A quiet bit of laughter fled from his chest before his going stone faced again.

| Stardust | ..But once I'm done and your metamorphosis has begun..perhaps then..all of this will make sense. All of this will sink in and you will find yourself in a whole new reality! Or maybe you're just going to get lost in a world of mind numbing pain. Either way..you're going to get to come out of this one as the hero. Sadly for you..the hero..DIES..in this one!

Stardust began to laugh uncontrollably and without an ounce of sanity as he clutched onto his Tag Title tightly, sinking his glove covered fingers into it. He gave an unhinged hiss in the direction of the camera before making a quick swipe with his cape, disappearing into the shade.