Collateral Damage

A livid Jay Jones stares at the unconscious form of AJ Jenkyx after his loss at the King of the World preshow. He scowls one last time at the unconscious man then turns to exit the arena. As he gets backstage, he's approached by Aoi Akuma.

Jones: Who the fuck are you and why are you looking at me like that...

Akuma: Hey, hey no need to get aggressive. I have an offer for you, one that you can't refuse.

Jones: I don't know man, I can probably refuse it.  I don't even know who you are.

Akuma: Hear me out. Do you want to fade into the hell of irrelevancy? Taking loss after loss until even the announcers forget your name? I'm doing you a favour here, making sure that you're remembered, not just known as that preshow loser who almost won.

Jay Jones perks up and looks into the face of Akuma

Jones: I'm listening...

An hour later, Jay Jones is standing backstage waiting for Jimmy Johnson to appear. Johnson walks into the hallway near Jones, eating a sandwich and humming softly. Jones wastes no time.

Jones with mock cheerfulness: Hi Jimmy!

Johnson: Hi?

Jones moves quickly and sucker punches Jimmy in the face sending him reeling, dropping his sandwich. Jimmy pokes him in the eye and screams for security. Jones recovers quickly, and with one eye shut grabs a steel chair and wallops Jimmy in the stomach, sending him to his knees. Then the beating begins, with Jones raining down chairshot after chairshot until he's certain that Jimmy won't be able to compete at the Feast. He steps back, just out of the camera's view and watches as security guards and referees rush down and help Jimmy limp out of the arena. His first job is complete.

He then walks into the Collesium crowd, waiting for the signal or the right time to strike. The exact instructions were "Don't let Montoya grab a briefcase" so he intended to do exactly that. He watches, sitting in a ringside seat with no one recognizing him. Waiting for the right time. The time came. As Colt went to grab the briefcase, Jones jumped the barricade, chair in hand and started beating him down, over and over until Akuma nodded at him to stop. Akuma gestures to Megalo next. He plants him with a DDT and places a chair under his head and nods at Akuma. Akuma smiles with glee and starts caving poor Megalo's head in. Jones turns around and watches as both Wraith and Jacob Senn start climbing for the briefcases. Jones knows its time for him to go. He slips back into the gawking crowd and takes one final look, at the lifeless forms of Megalo and Colt Montoya and the celebrating Wraith and Jacob Senn.

Jones under his breath: Just business.