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 Welcome back, SHOOT Faithful.

The familiar voice of SHOOT Project alumni Ben Jackman greets us as the scene opens to a hardpan desert landscape. Except, it isn’t the barren Mojave we’re used to seeing. Wooden buildings line what looks to be an unpaved street, covered in layers of desert dust and grit.

We hope you enjoyed your vacation. Our Soldiers are well rested. But now, it’s time for a whole new season to start.

We travel down the dusty thorofare, catching glimpses of wooden signs with faded, peeling letters above their doors and porches. We pass by The Black Out Saloon, The Steel City General Store, Gold Bank & Trust, Iron Will Billiards, DiMitri Barber & Dentistry, The Sanctorium Town Hall, and The Smoking Skull Shop… you can guess what’s sold at that last one.

The next two nights are one of a kind, as only The SHOOT Project can deliver. But, tonight? It’s all about opportunity…

The clink of spurs grabs our attention as three figures emerge from behind one of the buildings. The three figures walk with their backs to the low, red, setting sun, casting them into half-shadow. They wear long, canvas dusters with wide brim cowboy hats pulled low. The three walk shoulder to shoulder towards the camera.

We zoom in closer as the figure on the right exhales a plume of white smoke, raising his head slightly and revealing a face hidden by the skull mask of Dave de los Muertos. In the center, we see the masked face of the Purple Fox, Kitsune, and to the left is the painted face of Mike de los Huesos.

Tonight, we’ve got an old fashioned showdown. It’s ain’t exactly High Noon, but then again, that’s not how we do things here.

We zoom out just far enough to see an archway with a sign hanging from it behind the three figures.

Epicenter City

A SHOOT Project Town

Est. 2001

We pan back down to the three men, who have stopped in the middle of the thorofare. They look around them as a light breeze tosses a tumbleweed across the road. The three men slowly open their dusters, revealing the gold faceplates of the SHOOT Project Battalion Championship belts.

A second passes before our ears are suddenly greeted by a new sound…

I got, I got, I got, I got

Loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA

The voice of Kendrick Lamar powers out the lyrics to “DNA” and we get a brief freeze frame of the Battalion Champions.

~The Broguns~

We get a brief 360 view of the champions before we cut to DiMitri Barber & Dentistry, where Laura Seton comes flying through the glass window, rolling as she hits the ground and popping back to her feet.

Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DNA

Bobby Tick leads Broodwarden out the doors of the establishment while Judy-E DiMitri, best known as NEMESIS, glares out the broken window, shaking her head.

~Seton-Broodwarden-NEMESIS~

I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA

I got hustle though, ambition, flow inside my DNA

We cut over to the Steel City General Store where Dan Stein sits in a rocking chair, a corn shuck clutched between his teeth. The door flies open and Nate Robideau stalks out onto the porch, while Trashcan Tim walks out from behind the building.

~Stein-Robideau-Trashcan~

I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception

I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon

We cut again, this time to The Sanctorium Town Hall where SHOOT Project World Heavyweight Champion, Joshua Breedlove saunters out the front door. The Montgomery Twins, Patience and Decius trail behind him, Patience drawing a metal spike from her waistband.

~Breedlove-The Twins~

I don’t contemplate, I meditate, then off your fucking head

This that put-the-kids-to-bed

The scene jump-cuts to Gold Bank & Trust where the doors are blown off their hinges and Josh Conway runs out, a money bag clutched in each fist. He tosses one of the money bags and Ria Lockheart steps into the frame, catching the bag. Lexi Gold walks into the doorframe, arms crossed and head shaking.

~Gold-Conway-Ria~

This that I got, I got, I got, I got

Realness, I just kill shit ’cause it’s in my DNA

We cut away as Haskell Payne comes flying through the batwing doors of the Blackout Saloon, closely followed by Bobson Dugnutt. Curtis Rose saunters out behind the two men.

~Haskell-Bobson-Rose~

I got millions, I got riches buildin’ in my DNA

Our view switches to Iron Will Billiards, where Jamie Johnson and Ignatius Albert Martin lean against the wall, each holding a billiards cue. The door flies open and Daiichi stands in the doorway.

~Jamie-IAM-Daiichi~

I got dark, I got evil, that rot inside my DNA

I got off, I got troublesome heart inside my DNA

From the opposite end of the thorofare, Azraith DiMitri stalks forward, flanked by Lindsay Troy and Chadwick Kyle, the trio spaced apart but somehow united.

~Azraith-Troy-Kyle~

I just win again, then win again like Wimbledon, I serve

From the shadows of an overhang of an unmarked building, Ayumi Seppuku, RAIKO, and Punky step out onto the thorofare.

~Ayumi-RAIKO-Punky~

Yeah, that’s him again, the sound that engine in is like a bird

We cut back to the Broguns, the champions continuing to walk down the thorofare.

You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevard

The other eight teams begin to converge out on the main street, each turning toward the champions.

I know how you work, I know just who you are

Everyone freezes for a moment as the red sun sets all the way.

See, my pedigree most definitely don’t tolerate the front

Shit I’ve been through prolly offend you, this is Paula’s oldest son

A pulse wave goes out over the entire main thorofare and each building flares with a neon purple light. The Broguns vanish in streaks of purple neon, leaving the other Battalion pairings staring at one another, each Soldier glowing with a purple aura.

I know murder, conviction, burners, boosters

Burglars, ballers, dead, redemption

Scholars, fathers dead with kids and

I wish I was fed forgiveness

Every one of the remaining soldiers charge one another before the scene cuts back to the town entrance sign. The sign flashes neon purple and our scene cuts to the modern day Epicenter.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier’s DNA

Streaks of neon purple fill the screen before cutting away to the Ruination logo.