[BLACK SCREEN]
The sound of heavy breathing.
A distant siren.
Then—
CRASH!
The screen suddenly erupts into a shaky handheld camera shot inside the backstage area of HNRY Stadium.
The camera swings around a corner.
Chaos.
A group of battered AWS superstars—men and women who were previously targeted by The Cohort—have finally had enough.
They're fighting back.
GIDGET STEPHENSON (V.O.):
“WE ARE LIVE! WE ARE LIVE FROM WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, AND SOMEBODY BETTER GET SECURITY BACK HERE!”
The camera rushes through the catering area as bodies collide between tables.
TODD WINCHESTER (V.O.):
“Gidget, forget security! These people aren't looking for security! They're looking for REVENGE!”
One member of The Cohort staggers backward.
A furious attacker grabs him.
BOOM!
He is driven backward and THROUGH A CATERING TABLE!
Plates, food, cups and equipment explode across the floor.
The crowd inside the stadium ERUPTS as the footage is displayed on the massive video screens.
GIDGET:
“THROUGH THE TABLE! THROUGH THE TABLE IN CATERING!”
TODD:
“That's what happens when you spend weeks hunting people down! Eventually, somebody hunts YOU!”
The camera suddenly cuts.
PARKING AREA
Night has completely swallowed Wellington.
Stadium floodlights illuminate the parking lot.
Two members of The Cohort are trying desperately to escape.
They don't make it ten feet.
One pursuer catches the first man from behind.
SMASH!
His body is hurled across the hood of a parked vehicle and THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD!
GIDGET:
“GOOD LORD!”
The second Cohort member turns—
Too late.
Another attacker grabs him.
CRASH!
ANOTHER WINDSHIELD SHATTERS!
Glass sprays across the pavement as the second victim disappears into the vehicle.
TODD:
“THE COHORT JUST GOT A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE!”
The camera operator backs away as several more people pour into the parking area.
But then—
Two remaining members of The Cohort look at each other.
They don't fight.
They RUN.
GIDGET:
“WAIT! TWO OF THEM ARE RUNNING!”
TODD:
“SMART MOVE!”
They sprint toward a waiting vehicle.
One yanks open the passenger door.
The other dives behind the wheel.
SCREEEEEECH!
The car launches forward.
But behind them—
KD FEIGEL emerges from the stadium doors.
He stops.
Looks toward the fleeing vehicle.
Then slowly points.
KD FEIGEL:
“GET THEM.”
A contingent immediately takes off after the car.
They pile into vehicles and roar after them into the darkness of Wellington.
Headlights streak across the parking lot.
Engines scream.
The camera struggles to keep up as KD's contingent disappears into the night.
GIDGET:
“KD FEIGEL IS LEADING THE PURSUIT!”
TODD:
“This isn't a wrestling match anymore, Gidget! This is a HUNT!”
The final shot shows the taillights of the fleeing car disappearing down the Wellington streets.
Then—
CUT TO BLACK.
The AWS logo slams onto the screen.
MONDAY NIGHT WARD #368
WHERE MADNESS MEETS MAYHEM
The opening pyro detonates inside HNRY Stadium.
The Wellington crowd explodes.
The camera cuts to the announce desk.
GIDGET STEPHENSON:
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to AWS Monday Night Ward! I'm Ginnifer ‘Gidget’ Stephenson alongside Todd Winchester, and after what we have just witnessed, I don't know if there is any safe place left in Wellington tonight!”
TODD WINCHESTER:
“Safe? Gidget, The Cohort came here believing they were the hunters. They attacked people. They terrorized people. They thought nobody would fight back.”
GIDGET:
“But tonight, they discovered something very important.”
TODD:
“THE PREY BITES BACK!”
[Crowd erupts.]
GIDGET:
“And somewhere out there in the darkness, KD Feigel and that contingent are chasing the last two members of The Cohort who managed to escape!”
TODD:
“And I have a feeling we're going to find out exactly where that chase ends!”
GIDGET:
“Strap yourselves in, Wellington! Monday Night Ward #368 has officially begun!”
[PYRO EXPLODES.]
[THE SHOW BEGINS.]