Fan Fiction ❯ The Dwayne Wayne Chronicles ❯ The Dwayne Wayne Chronicles-Ch. 7 ( Chapter 7 )

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The Dwayne Wayne Chronicles-Ch 7

Malcolm-Jamal Helmsley sat in the prison cafeteria, picking at his
lunch. He'd been in The Cauldron for 2 months now and he hated every
second of it. However, he and Willie's fortunes improved since
Malcolm's performance in The Gauntlet a couple of weeks ago. Scruggs
was actually tolerable, Malcolm and Willie's food was better and they
were able to leave work early. Malcolm smiled to himself, thinking
about how he would use this to help implement his plan. The plan was
for Willie to get ten of the meanest people The Cauldron had to offer
to participate in the next Gauntlet. The ten men would fight one on
one and the 5 men left standing would make up his new group. Malcolm's
portion of the plan was to convince the prison administration to
change their format and to let him talk with one of the high rollers
in the v.i.p booth. Malcolm thought that he could convince one of the
important people to get him, Willie, and the 5 men out, probably by
paying a lot of money for their services. Malcolm got up from his
seat and threw his food away.

Malcolm started to leave the cafeteria when Officer Scruggs clapped
him on the back.

Malcolm turned around and said, "Hi, Scruggs."

Scruggs replied, "Hello, Black Prophet. I need to talk to you."

"What about?"

Scruggs said, "The warden would like to talk to you about The
Gauntlet."

Malcolm said, "Lead the way." Malcolm and Scruggs went to the warden's
office and stepped inside.

Malcolm looked at the warden's office and saw that it was very simple.
A picture of the warden's family was displayed prominently on his
desk. Bookshelves filled with old philosophy books lined the walls and
a watercolor painting of Thomas Jefferson hung above one bookshelf.
Warden William Johnson was 6"1, with gray hair, blue eyes, pasty white
skin and a portly build.

William said, "Take a seat, Malcolm. Scruggs, you can sit down too."
Malcolm and Scruggs sat down and Malcolm asked, "What can I do for
you, warden?"

William said, "First of all, I'd like to congratulate you on your
performance in The Gauntlet. I've never felt so alive watching you
beat up those guys." Malcolm thought that the fat bastard had issues.

The warden continued, "The reason I wanted to talk to you is because
I'd like to know what we can do to make The Gauntlet more interesting.
The Gauntlet is our big moneymaker here and we've noticed that our
pay-per-view numbers are declining. We fell from a 5.5 share to a 2.5
share"

Malcolm smiled and responded, "I have a suggestion for you. Let Willie
and I pick ten of the meanest fighters in this facility. These ten
fighters would fight one-on-one. At the end, you'd have 5 people left
standing as the winners. The hook will be that the fighters are not
only fighting for their lives, but they're fighting for their
release."

"I like it, but I don't know if I could allow 5 of our most dangerous
tenants to just walk out of here."

Malcolm said, "Listen, Warden. I can guarantee that you'll get better
fights and you'll make more money. Besides, you don't really care
about the prisoners or anything, look at it as less problems for you."

"Okay, we'll try it. Is there anything else?"

Malcolm answered, "Yes, if this succeeds, you release me and Willie
Wayne along with the 5 winners in The Gauntlet. I'd also like to be in
the v.i.p booth and talk with some of the important people, o.k?"

William smiled and answered, "Deal." Malcolm smiled in return and
Scruggs got up and led him out of the office. As Scruggs led him back
to his cell, Malcolm thought that everything was falling into place.
He was confident that this Gauntlet would give he, Willie, and 5 other
people their freedom. Malcolm and Scruggs got to Malcolm and Willie's
cell. Scruggs locked Malcolm in the cell and said, "That was a good
idea, Black Prophet. Have a good day." Malcolm raised his eyebrows as
Scruggs walked off.

Malcolm sat on his bed and closed his eyes. Willie walked into the
cell and said, "Hey, Malcolm."

Malcolm replied, "Hey, Willie. Did you get the 10 people?"

Willie said, "Yeah, it was tough but I found some worthy candidates.
Besides, people wanted to go in The Gauntlet after they saw how we've
been getting treated better. How did it go for you?"

"It went great, man. Scruggs lead me to talk to the warden.
Apparently, the pay-per-view numbers have been going down so he asked
me for an idea to spice it up. Of course, I told him about our plan
and he decided to go with it. The proviso is that this Gauntlet has to
get higher pay-per-view numbers than what they've been getting and
we'll be out of this hellhole."

Willie said, "Okay, but what if it doesn't get higher numbers than
the last ppv?"

Malcolm scoffed and said, "C'mon, it'll work and even if it doesn't
I've got a contingency plan. I'm going to talk to one of the big
players and have him or her buy our way out of here."

Willie said, "Are you really that convincing?"

Malcolm smirked and arrogantly answered, "Damn right I am. I would
say that the group would be an unbelievable asset for him or her. We
could be like an elite commando group or something."

"Okay, that's sounds good."

Malcolm said, "Cool, now I'm going to catch some shut-eye."

Willie said, "Right."

Malcolm closed his eyes and dreamed about freedom.

Black Rose stood in front of Kamal and Shonuf. For the past 12 days,
she'd been unrelenting in her attacks against Big Money and Silk. She
got chills each time she hurt Big Money or Silk. PD and DP had to help
them every now and then, but it just wasn't the same when she smacked
them down. Black Rose smiled as she thought about how she'd stabbed
Big Money in the stomach when she and her compatriots attacked NWHS.
Black Rose couldn't wait for the next opportunity to battle Big Money
and Silk.

Kamal said, "Black Rose, you have done a good job punishing Big Money
and Silk. You haven't been able to finish them off, but we've got
someone that should be able to put you over the top."

Black Rose replied, "I hope so." Kamal snapped his fingers and a tall
man stepped forward from the shadows.

The tall man was 6"6, with dark skin, black hair and a tightly toned
build. His eyes glowed red as he stared at Black Rose.

Black Rose shuddered and asked, "Who is this guy?"

Shonuf answered, "His name is Red Tiger."

"Okay, but he hasn't said anything yet. What's up with him?"

Shonuf smirked and said, "Red Tiger, attack."

Black Rose looked at Kamal and said, "What the fuck is he doing?"

Kamal just grinned as Red Tiger jumped from his position and swung a
fist at Black Rose. Black Rose sidestepped the punch and kicked him in
the ribcage. Red Tiger absorbed the blow, grabbed Black Rose by the
neck and threw her to the ground. Black Rose lay on the ground as Red
Tiger kicked her in the ribcage. Black Rose got up and delivered a
spinning roundhouse kick to the jaw. Red Tiger fell down to the
ground, but he jumped right back up. Black Rose looked in amazement as
she ran up to Red Tiger and delivered a vicious palm strike to Red
Tiger's throat. Red Tiger shrugged off the strike and backhanded Black
Rose in the face. Black Rose stumbled to the ground and winced in
pain.

Shonuf said, "Stop, Red Tiger."

Black Rose looked in amazement at Red Tiger. The field general
remarked, "This guy can't be human. My roundhouse kick has killed
people a lot bigger than he is."

Kamal replied, "You're right, Black Rose. This was just a test to see
how he would fight. Actually, Red Tiger was one of our operatives in
Nevada until his untimely demise a couple of months ago. Thanks to
some friends, we brought him back to life with some improvements. He
doesn't really feel pain, he has better agility and power as well."

Black Rose got up and licked her lips saying, "Any superpowers?" Kamal
replied, "Sure, but you'll see when you guys go out tonight."

Black Rose asked, "All right, are we supposed to do anything special?"

Shonuf said, "No, just go out and start destroying shit downtown."

Black Rose smiled and said, "I think this could be the start of a
beautiful relationship. Let's go, Red Tiger." Black Rose and Red Tiger
left the room.

Shonuf smiled and said, "This is going to be the end of Big Money,
Silk and those bastards PD and DP."

Tammy started to nod off in her drawing class. She usually enjoyed to
sketch in the class, but right now she was too tired. Tammy thought
about how that Black Rose has been fighting with them for almost two
weeks now almost non-stop. Tammy's body ached from the vicious
assaults she'd taken from Black Rose and her friends. Tammy at least
took solace in the fact that most of her classes were easy as hell so
she could slack off. Her mind also drifted to what she was going to do
after graduation. Like Dwayne, she was considering not going to
college. Whatever she was going to do, she wanted to be with or near
Dwayne when she did it. Tammy sighed and was ready for the bell to
ring so she can go home and take a nice, long bubble bath.

Dwayne's eyes were closed in his AP Calculus class as his head lay on
his desk. He had fought to stay awake, but Ms. Lee's voice was sending
him on the way to dream street. He thought about how Black Rose was
really starting to piss him off. A while ago, he felt slightly upset
at how he felt during his fight with Black Rose at NWHS. Now, he
wished that he could get another chance to finish what he started. If
Black Rose wanted to deliver pain to him and his friends, it was
working. However, there was going to be hell to pay for pissing him
off like this. A splash of cold water hit Dwayne and he bolted upright
in his desk.

Ms. Lee looked at Dwayne with disdain and said, "Mr. Wayne, what is
the answer to this problem?"

Dwayne groaned and said, "The answer is 10."

Ms. Lee said, "Maybe you should sleep more. That's the first answer
you've gotten right in a while, Mr. Wayne." Dwayne was too tired to
respond to Ms. Lee's biting praise as the bell rang. Dwayne walked out
of the classroom to meet Tammy.

Dwayne waited for Tammy outside of the school. Tammy smiled tiredly at
Dwayne as he gave her a hug.

Dwayne said, "Man, nobody told me this shit would be this rough."

Tammy replied, "Ditto, but somebody has to do it."

Dwayne sighed, "Listen, I'm going to go home and take a long nap."

Tammy smiled tiredly and commented, "I'm going to just let Calgon take
me away. I'll see you later, sweetie." Dwayne kissed her on the cheek,
nodded his head in agreement and went to his car. Tammy smiled
slightly and went to her car. Both of them sped off to rest up at
their homes.

At about 7:00 p.m., Halloween festivities were in full swing across
New Wales. Kids were trick-or-treating, parents were trying to keep
their kids in check and other people were just screwing around. Black
Rose and Red Tiger entered downtown New Wales and started to decimate
the area, wrecking buildings, people, and whatever else. Black Rose
laughed maniacally as she shot a blast of energy into a building,
destroying it on impact. The police tried to stop the dup, but to no
avail. Dwayne and Tammy were both soaking in their respective bathtubs
when PD called them to tell them to get ready to fight. Dwayne's eyes
grew cold as he changed into Big Money. Tammy yelled in rage as she
transformed into Silk. Big Money and Silk left to take on Black Rose
and Red Tiger. PD and DP would be there as soon as possible.

Big Money and Silk reached downtown and saw that it was a war zone.
Buildings were burning and corpses littered the streets.

Big Money looked at Black Rose and Red Tiger and snared, "Bitch, we've
been fighting almost non-stop for a while now. You've offically
jumped up to number 1 on my shit list."

Black Rose shrugged and said mockingly, "Ooh, don't hurt me. I bow
before the mighty Shaft knockoff and his white chocolate girlfriend."

Silk yelled, "I WAS IN MY BATH, YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT! YOU"RE GOING
TO DIE!"

Black Rose commented, "Damn girl, you need to take a nap or something.
Red Tiger, go over there and bitch slap Big Money. I'll take the slut,
Silk." Silk turned her cane into a machine gun and shot at Black Rose.
Black Rose dodged the machine gun fire and jumped in the air. Black
Rose slashed Silk in the shoulder, forcing her to drop the gun. Black
Rose picked Silk up and slapped her in the face. Blood flew from
Silk's mouth as she tumbled to the ground. Silk got up and
Ghettoblasted Black Rose in response. Black Rose smiled as she got off
the ground and said, "Come on with it." Silk snarled in response and
ran up to Black Rose, looking to kill her.

Big Money was perplexed by the battle he was in against Red Tiger.
He'd given him shots that would kill a normal man, but he just kept
coming. Besides that, Red Tiger was just as fast as he was if not
faster. Big Money shot a Ghettoblaster at Red Tiger. Red Tiger fell
to the ground, but he got back up and threw Big Money through a
window. People that were hiding behind tables in the restaurant saw
Big Money on the ground and thought that this shit was bad if Big
Money was being manhandled. Big Money pulled himself up and charged
at Red Tiger, Ghettopunching him in the stomach. Big Money followed up
with a sidekick, dropping Red Tiger. Big Money thought that there was
no damn way he should get up from that. To his amazement, Red Tiger
got up and grabbed Big Money, putting him in a bearhug. Big Money felt
bones crack as the air started to leave his body. He tried to get him
to let go, but Red Tiger's strength was like iron. PD and DP appeared
and blasted Red Tiger in the back. Red Tiger dropped Big Money and
looked at the duo, red eyes glowing in rage.

PD said, "Come get some, you Frankenstein reject." Red Tiger smiled as
PD and DP unleashed Ghettoblasters at Red Tiger. Red Tiger fell to the
ground, but he got up and charged at the duo. Red Tiger punched DP,
sending him sprawling to the ground. PD turned his cane into a shotgun
and shot Red Tiger in his chest. Red Tiger looked at the wound in
wonderment and continued to advance toward. PD looked at Red Tiger in
amazement and shot him in the head.

Red Tiger still moved toward PD and he said in a menacing voice, "Red
Tiger Storm." A huge wave of red energy shot out of Red Tiger's hand
and threw PD back. PD screamed as the fire burned his flesh.

DP cried out, "PD!" Big Money by this point was standing and turned
his cane into a naginata (long Chinese spear). Big Money jumped into
the air and slashed Red Tiger's neck. A glowing white substance
dripped from the wound and Big Money yelled, "DP! I think I found his
weak spot." Red Tiger growled and threw Big Money against a nearby
light pole. Big Money slumped to the ground, unconscious.

DP ran over to PD and asked, "Are you okay?"

PD stood up slowly and answered, "Yeah, I'll be okay. I think it's
time."

DP said,"Time to.."

PD said, "put them on LOCKDOWN!"

Both men closed their eyes and were engulfed in silver fire. The duo
looked at Red Tiger and smiled as they rushed toward Red Tiger. PD and
DP delivered vicious uppercuts to Red Tiger, knocking his head off his
body. Red Tiger's sustenance flew all over the place and his body fell
to the ground. PD and DP watched as the body disintegrated. DP turned
and blew up Red Tiger's head.

PD remarked, "It figures the Golden Glocks would send something like
that on Halloween."

DP smirked and said, "Let's go help Silk."

"Yeah, but where is she?" DP looked and saw an explosion 30 feet away
in a building. DP smiled and said, "Right there. Is Big Money okay?"

PD walked over to Big Money and replied, "He's got some broken bones
and is a bloody mess, but he should be okay."

DP said, "Mom, we need you."

Alice appeared and said, "Hello, gentlemen." Alice closed her eyes and
took Big Money and his Impala back to Pegasus Pavillion. PD and DP
ran to the building that held the battle between Silk and Black Rose.

Silk flew back against a wall. Both women were bloody and wounded.
Silk was sliced in her left leg, her face, left arm, and a pretty big
gash in her side. Black Rose was hit in the shoulder from a couple of
bullets that managed to hit her during the fight along with injuries
to her back, right foot and on her right breast. Fire surrounded the
two as Black Rose choked Silk. Silk kneed her in the stomach and hit
her over the head with a flaming two by four wooden board. Black Rose
screamed as the board hit her, driving her to the floor. Silk
recovered her cane and turned it into a branding iron. Silk put the
hot iron on the wounded area of Black Rose's back and pressed down on
it. Black Rose gritted her teeth in pain and writhed around the floor
in agony.

Silk smiled and said, "Just so you know, the symbol is a big S on your
back. You'll go to hell remembering who put their mark on you."

Black Rose tripped Silk and got up through sheer willpower. Black Rose
pulled out a gun and shot Silk in her injured leg. Silk screamed as
the bullet hit her leg.

Black Rose smiled and said, "It's been fun, tramp. But all good things
must come to an end." Black Rose closed her eyes and yelled, "CHAOS
BOMB!" Black Rose disappeared as her huge explosion of energy started
to bring the building down on Silk. Silk tried to get up, but she
couldn't move. Silk lay on the ground and thought about how she was
going to die before she got a chance to start a family with Dwayne.
Silk thought that it was kind of ironic that she figured out exactly
how what she wanted to do after high school before she could even
graduate. As the blocks started to fall on her, she closed her eyes
and felt at peace with herself.

PD and DP reached the fiery room and saw a hand poking out from the
rubble. DP blasted the rocks off of Silk and ran toward her.

DP picked her up and said, "She's still alive, but we have to get out
of here now!"

PD and DP ran out of the building at light speed with just seconds to
spare as the building blew up behind them, throwing them to the
ground. PD winced in pain as he looked at the building burn. DP said,
"Damn Black Rose to hell for what she's done." PD pulled out a remote
and their black Lexus came to them. DP gently placed Silk in the
backseat and they sped off to Pegasus Pavillion.

Tammy lay on a bed with tubes running through her. Dwayne looked at
her with tears in his eyes. Dwayne asked fearfully, "Is she going to
be okay, Creeper?"

Creeper replied, "Well, she was lucky that we didn't have to amputate
her leg. She's going to have a slight limp for now on though.
Everything else should be healed when she gets out of here."

Dwayne said, "Okay, I'm just going to and lay down for a while."

Creeper said, "Okay, Dwayne. You did a good job tonight."

Dwayne replied, "Yeah, but the cost was high, Creeper." Dwayne walked
out of the medical area and sat down on the couch.

PD and DP walked over to Dwayne. PD said, "Go ahead and let it out,
man. Just don't blow shit though."

DP chimed in, "Everybody has to do it sometimes." Dwayne smiled
slightly and said, "You guys better leave now."

PD and DP walked away as Dwayne started to break anything within
reach, destroying antique vases, handcrafted tables, shimmering glass
cabinets full of wine and liquor.

As he continued to destroy things, PD remarked, "I hate to be Black
Rose when he finally gets a shot at her."

DP replied, "That bitch deserves everything that's coming to her."

Dwayne lay on the couch, exhausted from his rage at Black Rose.
Tammy's eyes grew wide as she looked at the destruction caused by
Dwayne. Tammy picked through the debris and tapped Dwayne on the
shoulder.

Dwayne said, "Hi, Tammy."

Tammy replied, "Hi to you too. I hope you're not paying for this."

Dwayne smiled ruefully and responded, "Nope, this was a freebie."

Tammy said, "Are you okay?"

"I'll feel a lot better when Black Rose is dead. She almost killed you
tonight.

Tammy said, "I agree with that sentiment about killing Black Rose. I'm
glad that you got that rage out, but I don't want you to do something
too reckless."

"I'll try, but I'm telling you right now that I going to need you to
help keep me in check."

Tammy smiled, "Count on it." Tammy sighed and said, "Dwayne, I need to
tell you something."

Dwayne asked, "What is it?"

Tammy responded, "As the blocks were coming down on me in the
building, my life flashed before my eyes. I saw my parents, my older
sister, you, Creaig, Rob, and all of my friends. But something stuck
out in all of that."

"What was that?"

Tammy said, "That something was a picture of you and I sitting on a
porch watching the sun go down as our grandchildren sat on our laps.
I've got to tell you that I want to be with you for the rest of my
life and I don't want to wait until it's too late."

Dwayne looked at her quizzically and said, "Are you proposing
marriage?" Tammy said, "Yeah, I guess I am."

Dwayne said, "Hold on, there's something I need to tell you. We've
been through a lot of things this year and I don't know if I would
have survived without you. I thank God everyday I can see your smiling
face in class, school, or working at PD and DP Productions. Hell, I
even get a little giddy when I'm with you on the superhero job. Tammy,
I love you with all my heart and soul."

Dwayne got on his knees and said, "Tammy Christine Grabek, will you
marry me? I want to feel this happy for the rest of my life with you."
Tammy cried in joy and said, "Yes, I'll marry you."

Dwayne smiled as Tammy jumped into his arms.

Dwayne said, "One thing though, we're going to wait a year to get
married. We've got to break our parents in and everything, do you
agree with me?"

Tammy said, "Yes."

Dwayne smiled, "Now, don't you think we should celebrate this happy
occasion?"

Tammy smiled and said, "We should."

Dwayne picked her up and carried her into a bedroom.

Alice Wayne and Natasha McKee smiled at this display.

Natasha said, "I wish I was still alive so I could be one of her
bridesmaids."

Alice smiled and said, "Don't worry, you and I will still be there in
spirit."

"You're right, let's go. There's a spades tournament going on and I'm
entered." Alice smirked and stated, "You have problems beating me,
you're not winning anything."

Natasha scoffed and replied, "Hope spring eternal, Alice." Alice and
Natasha left Dwayne and Tammy to go to the spades tournament.

Shonuf threw a chair and bellowed, "THOSE BITCHES SHOULD BE DEAD NOW!"

Kamal sighed, "They should be, but they survived."

Shonuf asked, "Yeah, is Black Rose okay?"

"Yeah, she should okay, although we can't get that damn brand off her
back."

"No matter, it's time for us to think of a new plan."

Kamal said, "Yes, it is."

Shonuf snarled, "Damnit, they'll pay."

End Ch.7

Author's Notes

First off, the main villain besides Black Rose was inspired by Alan
Harnum's epic Ranma series "Turning The Wheel" I finished reading it
and I saw that the main villain in the second part was using dead men
to fight Ranma and company. They did a good job smacking him around,
so I figured that my guy would be inspired by the dead men. Basically,
they were like zombies, only doing what the guy told them to do. They
didn't feel pain and the only way to totally kill them was to blow
their head off. I wanted to use his main villain in the story, but
that wouldn't be right. I'm not really sure if I explained Malcolm and
Willie's plan good enough or if it actually fulfilled my notion of
being simple and all. Again, I freestyled from the last fight between
Black Rose and Silk on. I was surprised that my mind told me to have
Dwayne and Tammy become engaged, but I was just feeling that way. I
guess I'm an old softie. Umm, Chap 8 will focus on The Gauntlet and
after that who knows what else. Hope people enjoy this one and as
always,


Peace, love, and hair grease.

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