Scene 1 – Wolves at the Door
The camera opened cold — no music, no recap. Just black-and-white security footage replaying the attack on Jaxon Cross and Stephanie McMahon from the SmackDown parking lot.
It was fast. Precise.
Three attackers.
Steel pipes. Crowbars. Masked faces.
Stephanie screaming.
A golden coin left on the ground. A wolf's head etched into its face.
The footage ended with a slow zoom on the coin. A graphic appeared:
> "THE PACK IS HUNGRY."
The broadcast cut to static.
Then to black.
Then to chaos.
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Scene 2 – Medical and Mayhem
Backstage at RAW, Jaxon Cross sat on a bench in the trainer's room, a butterfly bandage taped across his left brow, a gash near his lip, and rage simmering just beneath the surface.
Stephanie McMahon stood nearby with her arms crossed, a slight limp in her step but otherwise composed.
"Doctors said you're cleared," she said, not looking at him.
"Not asking," he replied.
"I figured," she added.
He looked up.
"You good?"
Stephanie gave a tight nod. "I've had worse. But this… this wasn't a message to you."
She looked him dead in the eye.
> "It was a message to me."
That hit harder than the crowbar.
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Scene 3 – A Pack Revealed
Later in the show, the lights dimmed.
Smoke filled the stage.
Three silhouettes emerged—slow, predatory, coordinated.
When the lights returned, they stood tall.
No names. No music.
Just presence.
Then the tron lit up with a single phrase:
> "We are the Wolves of War."
The camera panned across them:
A tall, muscled figure with braided hair, a scar under one eye, and a wolf tattoo over his heart.
A wiry, agile striker with a bandana covering the lower half of his face, twitching like a live wire.
A woman, face partially obscured by a hood, eyes sharp, body language coiled like a spring.
The first spoke.
Voice calm. Deep. Measured.
> "While you fought your devil, we watched. While you bled, we waited. While you built your kingdom, we gathered teeth."
He held up a golden coin. Let it fall.
Clink.
> "You were never the outlaw. You were just a sheep that learned how to bite."
The woman stepped forward next.
Her voice was low. Smooth. Lethal.
> "We are not here to conquer."
> "We are here to consume."
The tron flashed again.
> "NEXT WEEK: THE FIRST HUNT BEGINS."
Then they vanished.
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Scene 4 – Reckoning Reacts
Backstage, Kai Maddox, Saint, and Talon Creed watched from the locker room.
Talon: "They don't look like rookies."
Saint: "They don't sound like 'em either."
Kai stood, jaw tight. "They want to pick a fight? Let's give them one."
That's when Jaxon walked in, silent.
Everyone turned.
He dropped something onto the table.
The golden coin.
"I want names."
Saint blinked. "We don't even know who they are."
Jaxon: "Then find out."
Talon: "And if they come after us next?"
Jaxon met his eyes.
"Then we stop being prey."
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Scene 5 – Stephanie's Warning
Later that night, Jaxon and Stephanie stood outside the arena under the dim orange glow of a security light.
"Something about them," Stephanie said. "It's not random. It's not just chaos."
Jaxon nodded. "You're thinking what I'm thinking?"
"They've got inside knowledge," she confirmed. "The security footage being used. The parking lot entrance only cleared for talent. The timing. It's all too clean."
Jaxon stared off toward the loading docks.
"We've got a mole."
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Scene 6 – Whispered Names
As the show came to a close, a new pre-recorded video aired.
Inside a dimly lit warehouse, the Wolves gathered around a burning barrel.
The tall one spoke first.
> "We weren't born in the spotlight. We weren't chosen. We survived."
He turned toward the camera.
> "I am Rourke. Former Marine. Discharged. Forgotten."
The wiry one flicked a coin between his fingers.
> "Call me Switch. Indie darling. Never signed. Passed over. Now I sign in blood."
The woman lowered her hood slowly.
Her voice was ice.
> "My name is Vex. I trained in the same camps as your heroes. I outperformed them. Outlasted them. And I was told to wait my turn."
She stepped forward.
> "I'm done waiting."
They stared into the camera.
> "We are not your villains."
> "We are your reckoning's reckoning."
The screen glitched.
A final message appeared:
> "The Outlaw bleeds next."
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Final Scene – The Fire Reignites
Backstage, Jaxon stood alone in a dark hallway. A spotlight hit him from above.
He held a second coin in his hand — burned around the edge, as if it had survived a fire.
He turned it slowly between his fingers.
Stephanie's voice echoed from behind him:
"You don't have to fight them alone."
Jaxon didn't turn.
"No."
"But I will."
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