Addict of Antagonism

[OrochiGeese]

*Thunder Strike is on patrol through the labyrinthine halls of the Peter Venkman Memorial Arena. After he turns a corner, he encounters Kurt Sanders and Jasper Woodruff. Kurt is smoking which is causing a laughing Jasper to wheeze like Mutley. Thunder takes the cigarette, snaps it in two with his finger, and places it in an ash tray. He continues walking without even making eye contact with Kurt but Kurt falls to the ground and begins doing push-ups.*

[Kurt:] "Sir, yes, sir! I apologize for the contraband, Sir!"

*Thunder Strike stops in place and turns around. Kurt signals to Jasper to join him and Jasper complies.*

[Jasper:] "One gold nugget, two gold nuggets..."

[Kurt:] "I don't know what I've been told, Alicia's moment is growing old."

*Thunder sits down next to the two of them, causing them to quickly scramble to their feet and back up. However, Thunder is calm and looks down at this combat boots.*

[Thunder:] "One of my powers as head of security is to send wrestlers to Dr. Gabriel Holt."

[Jasper:] "I see him twice a week! Works wonders, he does! I can play the piano now!"

*Thunder doesn't acknowledge this.*

[Thunder:] "Sanders, I think you're an excellent subject for psychological analysis."

[Kurt:] "Oh yeah, why is that?"

*Thunder looks Kurt straight in the eyes.*

[Thunder:] "You're addicted to antagonism."

*Kurt starts uproariously laughing, which causes Jasper to laugh and wheeze some more.*

[Thunder:] "And you find that amusing?"

[Kurt:] "Geese will be jealous. 'Addict to antagonism' sounds much better than his 'antagonistic feuder."

[Thunder:] "He was trying to demotivate you, I am trying to help you."

[Kurt:] "Bullsh*t - you're trying to help yourself and your friends.  You know I'm a threat to your precious Leesh and the other mindless soldiers of this company."

[Thunder:] "I'm not denying my advice would help others too. But that's not the only reason I'm doing it."

*Kurt puts his hands in front of him dismissively.*

[Kurt:] "You don't give a f*ck about my life, stop wasting our time."

[Thunder:] "Let me approach this another way. I don't just have the power to recommend you, I have the duty. One symptom of addicts is that they take bigger risks to get their fixes. The old methods stop providing the same level of satisfaction.  You started your antagonistic ways against smaller opponents."

[Kurt:] "Did you just call Yoshirozuna small?"

[Thunder:] "The rookie Yoshiro posed less of a threat to you than Kyle Walker does now."

[Kurt:] "Yoshiro's sh*ts were bigger than Walker."

[Thunder:] "And yet you clearly sh*t yourself when Kyle confronted you at 'Catalyst' for stealing the OG-Joshi World Title belt from Robin. The way I see it, you took back control of your addition for a few months after that. But then you started to look for that fix again which is why you and Charles tried to injure Tetsu. Then last month you got Wang disqualified in  a way that you knew he'd hunt you for."

[Kurt:] "Are you even watching? I've been busting Wang for the past two years without any pushback. He's no threat to me. Besides, that was just a league match. I just wanted to win, I didn't target him. He's not even worth the effort."
 
[Thunder:] "Not a big enough fix?  That's exactly what I'm saying.  And eventually you will put yourself and the UBL in danger. I know your type and I know the way the winds are blowing right now. You may not see it, but your future alliances are clear to me. What you don't understand is the war you're exposing all of us to, including yourself."

*Kurt looks equal parts confused and equal parts indignant.*

[Kurt:] "Just what the hell are you talking about? You see the future now? Didn't Cap return the Mind Stone?"

[Thunder:] "I clearly see the present, including its trajectories."

[Kurt:] "Shove that trajectory up your rectory, you holier than thou, hypocritical f*ck!"

*Kurt is angry and starts walking forward, causing Thunder to stand up as well.*

[Kurt:] "You're insufferable. Fact is - guys like you and Geese are the reason this place is a warzone. Both of you call me an antagonizer but we wouldn't even have a problem with Destiny if it wasn't for Geese and you."

[Thunder:] "It's not Destiny, it's Gauntlet-"

[Kurt:] "I don't care if it's f'n Cobra and Jarec is Destro. You two have brought more war and bloodshed to this promotion than I ever could. Jinchuu and Destiny were Geese's fault. Gauntlet is your fault. All I did was break a weak fatass, piss off a dumb giant, and steal some shiny gold belts to mess with some heads. Yet you call me an addict of antagonism?  You came to UBL just to f*ck with Geese! Ever hear of psychological projection, man?"

*Thunder begins walking away.*

[Thunder:] "You'll have time to explore that concept with Dr. Holt starting next week."

*Thunder turns the corner into another corridor.*

[Kurt:] "F*ck!"

[Jasper:] "We can do our homework together!"

*Kurt sighs, shrugs his shoulders, and flicks Jasper's forehead. The scene fades out.*