A few days later, Pinkamena awoke feeling energetic about the day. Today was the first of two major events that would occur today and tomorrow. Today was the start of Genkibowl VII and Playa and Johnny were ready to face the series of activities that the event offered.

Tomorrow would be Murderbrawl XXXI, an event that Killbane would definitely attend and would be the perfect opportunity and the best stage available for eliminating the last of the Syndicate leadership. With Viola defected and Matt having fled town, only the thuggish Eddie “Killbane” Pryor was left to lead what had been reduced from a criminal organization to a mere street gang.

Before Killbane could be faced in the ring though, preparations had to be made. One of them was the assurance that the Luchador leader would fight Playa and Angel in the ring. The other was to collect Angel’s mask from the bowels of the Luchador stronghold.

Playa decided to hold a meeting at the Broken Shillelagh. With that, Pinkamena gathered up her crew and headed to the pub.

Once everyone was gathered at a couple of tables, Playa began the meeting. Viola, Shaundi, Pierce and Johnny were in attendance along with the Equestrians..

“Alright, I’m gonna keep this simple, I want Killbane.”

“You wanna hurt Killbane, you gotta hurt his reputation,” Viola offered.

“And how do we do that?”

“Take Killbane’s mask and all that’s left is Eddie Pryor. It’s worse than killing him.”

“This is more Angel’s thing.”

“Killbane would never agree to fight Angel.”

“He’s more scared of Angel than me?”

“Pinkamena is far scarier than you. I saw the footage of her work. Compared to that, you’re just ridiculous.” The other Saints voiced their agreement which made Playa roll his eyes.

“So why not just throw Pinkamena into the ring?” Playa offered.

“Channel Six has me doing stuff as per my contract with them. I will be commenting on Genkibowl along with their other event commentator, Tammy Tolliver. So I’m gonna be a little busy,” Pinkamena explained.

“Right, there’s that to deal with too.”

“Relax man, we’ll make it the most memorable carnage ever shown on television,” Johnny said.

“Besides, you gonna look hot in a Speedo,” Pierce added.

Playa steered the conversation back on course. “So how are we gonna get Killbane to fight me?”

“Angel said we gotta take out the competition and make it look like an accident,”

“Why do we need to do that?”

“If people find out we killed a bunch of participants in Murderbrawl, they ain’t gonna let you in on account of you riggin’ the game in your favor. Instead the plan is to take control of their cars and make it look like they got a sudden fit of crazy.”

“And how do we do that?”

“I got the answer to that,” Vinyl said as she pulled out her RC Possessor, the device appearing like it had a few modifications from the normal model. “This has a much longer range than the regular model.”

Pinkamena added, “All the same, we can’t have you involved in the sabotage. We need to make it look like you had nothing to do with those accidents while we make it look like we were testing out a new weapon and those other wrestlers were conveniently there when we were testing the weapon. For that, I want Gilda and Vinyl sabotaging the cars; make them act like a pony on a salt high.” She turned to the two in question. “Angel will update you on the targets. Once the competitors are gone, Playa will issue a challenge for his mask in front of Killbane’s next press conference which should be in an hour so we need to hurry and get it done.

“Everyone else will be on standby as we get ready to raid the 3 Count Casino stronghold of the Luchadores and retake Angel’s mask.” Pinkamena put a hoof to her chin as she attempted to remember anything she missed before it came to her. “There’s a long intermission period in between the first two and last two Genkibowl events. That period is when we will attack the casino so be ready by then.”

With the assignments given, everyone left the pub and set forth to complete their tasks.

As demeaning as it was to the griffon, Gilda allowed Vinyl to ride on her back as she flew to the last known location of the first of the Murderbrawl contenders, Mad Mangler Merle Roberts. Angel gave a detailed description of the wrestler’s car and Gilda was soon able to find it. She had to help Vinyl locate the correct car herself but was able to quickly take control of the car once she knew what her target was. Since she needed the car to drive around like Playa was driving it, she had it moving on sidewalks and crushing pedestrians before she drove it into a fuel truck, destroying everything in a large area.

Angel informed the duo that the next target, Christopher “The Clubber” Johnson, was attending a beach party near Magarac Island. Vinyl took control of one of the speedboats offshore and steered it into the party, killing a lot of party goers and Christopher.

Trashcan Teddy was flying in a helicopter while touring the city. Vinyl had Gilda fly to a STAG base where they conveniently located El Presidente getting into a tank. Vinyl took control of the tank and drove it into the city while tearing up property in order to aggravate the cops. Once the tank had a clear shot of Teddy’s helicopter, it fired its cannon and caused the small flying vehicle to crash into the streets in a smoldering heap.

STAG wasn’t sure who was driving the tank but suspected that a Saint was driving it so the army unleashed a massive barrage upon the armored vehicle and annihilated it, ending El Presidente’s career in a tragic way.

Playa issued his challenge to Killbane shortly after the last of the competition was killed.

Until the actual contest began, Playa had a Genki competition to complete with Johnny.

“Hello sports fans and welcome to the craziest, wildest, bloodiest extravaganza outside of Juarez - Genkibowl VII! I’m Zach, and you all know my tag team partner, Bobby and special guest, Pinkamena! Bobby - previous Genkibowls have had no lack of surprises!”

“Of the nastiest sort, Zach. And this year will be no different. Murder, mayhem, and fun are all just a big part of any Genkibowl. And the genius man-cat has cooked up an exciting list of never before seen events that promise to be even deadlier than anything we’ve ever seen before!”

“Worse than the Grizzly Bear Rodeo from Genkibowl IV?”

“There is absolutely no doubt about it.”

“Wow - I’m actually salivating. Oh my goodness! And as an added bonus, Bobby, we have the leader of the Third Street Saints and fan favorite, Johnny Gat taking part in the festivities. Think they can keep the winning streak going?”

“We’re about to find out. The games are going to begin, so let’s get down there. And when I say down, we mean down - TO THE ACTION!”

“As long as that jungle is stained in blood by the time this is over, then I’ll be satisfied with the carnage,” Pinkamena added.

The first activity, Apocalypse Genki was mostly the same as other instances of Super Ethical Reality climax with the exception of the set being of a jungle scene and the waters had sharks in them. If the Saint’s weren’t careful, they would end up shark food.

It took some time but Playa and Johnny managed to reach the end of the jungle and completed the other instance of the event which was a little harder and subjected Playa to more shocks and burns.

The second activity of Genkibowl featured Playa and Johnny escorting Professor Genki to his adoring fans while blooding up the streets of Steelport. Playa was glad that his poor driving skills were actually a benefit in this case.

With the intermission to show that Genkibowl was halfway over, the Saints got ready for their assault on the Luchador stronghold.

Angel, Playa and Johnny were in attendance for the assault along with the Equestrians.

“You haven’t forgotten your part of the agreement, right?” Angel asked.

Pinkamena rolled her eyes, “Yeah yeah, I’ll uphold my end of the agreement.”

“So where do we start looking for your mask?” Playa asked.

Angel smirked, “We lure out the casino manager by causing havoc.”

Everyone filed in one by one. Once inside, the humans, ponies and griffon started causing a lot of property damage to the casino lobby by smashing many slot machines. Gilda used her nanite claws to tear through the machines while Vinyl used her automatic sonic pulse cannon to cause widespread devastation. Moondancer, who was still reluctant to hurt innocents, grabbed numerous slot machines in her magic and hurled them into other machines while avoiding people.

Eventually, the manager came out and Playa made him tell where Angel’s mask was. The manager directed the Saints to a vault behind the teller cages where a short period of searching revealed a black mask with an elaborate yellow skull face on it. Angel then presented the mask to Pinkamena who, as promised, apologized to it.

Satisfied, Angel put his mask on and then wanted to send a message to Killbane by smashing every statue of him in the casino. This didn’t take long given how fast Gilda and Pinkamena were.

The last thing they needed to do to secure the casino was to secure the casino. While Playa, Johnny and Angel gunned down the regular Luchadors, a number of Oleg clones showed up. Some were unarmed, some had a mini-gun and some carried flamethrowers. Gilda handled the mini-gun brutes while Treehugger, who was immune to fire, handled the brutes with flamethrowers. Gilda’s nanite claws ripped through one mini-gun brute before she grabbed his weapon and started shredding the other Luchadores from the air in the spacious casino. Treehugger handled her brutes by using the thermal grenades provided to her to cause the fuel tanks on their backs to explode. The remaining brutes who were not being attacked by one of her comrades were sniped in the head by Octavia.

Once the Luchadores were cleared out, Playa called in a crew to claim the final stronghold of the Syndicate. At the same time, the Saints had completed their city takeover from the same organization.

With the Luchador stronghold taken, Playa, Johnny and Pinkamena returned to the game show event.

The third event was even more ridiculous than driving around a car designed for murdering people. Many people had to wonder how the studio managed to acquire enough yarn to form two massive balls of yarn for the purpose of crushing vehicles, people, and everything else that didn’t have a solid hold on the ground.

Regardless, the third event was called Sexy Kitten Yarngasm and the purpose of the game was to roll around the city on balls of yarn the size of small buildings and cause enough death and destruction within an allotted amount of time. Pinkamena couldn’t help but feel jealous of the two Saints for being able to smash objects and people in such a fun way.

The fun was amplified when STAG decided to get involved which meant that Playa and Johnny had even more objects and people to crush under tons of wool.

All too soon the event came to an end and the time had come for Genkibowl’s final event. Playa and Johnny were dressed up as Sad Panda mascots. They were brought into the sky by a helicopter and were made to do some skydiving without a parachute. What was surprising was that they were given chainsaws for their venture.

Playa and Johnny had their own skydiving strategies. Johnny would visit the rooftops and use his chainsaw to butcher mascots like they were zombies while Playa, for some reason, chose to attack every Angry Tiger balloon he could find.

“Hey Professor Pinkamena, can you explain the Saints leader’s strategy?” Zach asked.

“If I were to guess, I’d say it has to do with a recent trauma in his life,” Pinkamena answered.

“Care to elaborate?”

“Sure, like I mentioned during a previous episode of Professor Genki’s Super Ethical Reality Climax, disgraced Luchador, Angel de LaMuerte decided that he would subject him to some very painful training. Part of the regimen included getting run over by a lot of cars, driving around town while baking in a flame suit and the source of his trauma, driving around town with a real irate tiger riding shotgun.”

“An Angry Tiger riding shotgun? Sounds like something from Genkibowl IV. There were a number of animal related events in that one.”

“No no, Zach. You’re referring to Genkibowl V. I remember that event clearly,” Bobby corrected. “Sounds like Angel de LaMuerte is a fan of Genki if he’s using events from previous Genkibowls.”

Whatever their strategy, it worked. Playa’s and Johnny’s combined efforts got them enough points in both rounds of Sad Panda Skydiving before they landed in the location where the closing ceremonies were being held.

Tammy Tolliver interviewed the champions of the annual event and that quickly descended into content not meant for children. Of course, the station would not be held accountable for children who were traumatized or influenced by anything related to the Genki franchise due to their legal protection. During the interview, Pinkamena also mentioned to the viewers to tune in to Murderbrawl as there was going to be an exciting surprise in store.

With Genkibowl VII concluded, the Saints returned to the HQ and rested up for the other competition.

“Tonight’s been a great night and it’s not slowing up, Bobby!”

“An incredible night, Zach, and now it’s time for the main event.”

“I can’t wait! I’m also looking forward to the surprise Professor Pinkamena has in store for us tonight. For now, let’s get started!”

The doors to the arena opened to reveal a certain green-favoring luchador walking proudly toward the single ring in the center. “There he is, Bobby - Eddie ‘Killbane’ Pryor, The Walking Apocalypse himself. You can’t help but wonder how the Stilwater Butcher can compete.”

“Wait a minute, Zach - didn’t Professor Pinkamena own that title?”

“Sure did, she was gracious enough to give the title to the leader of the Third Street Saints like an old hand-me-down rag.”

“I gotta say, Zach - Killbane is a complete whackjob. You know, when this guy came out of the womb he literally choked out the doctor with his own umbilical cord, he’s that fucking sick.”

As Playa walked into the arena, the crowd showed no love for the Saint but that didn’t matter because he was only the support for the real star of the show.

“Well, there it is Bobby - the Saints, receiving no love here…”

“Not at all - it is raining hate down where they are. And of course it is; afterr what their capo did to Stilwater, they’re lucky their fans aren’t knifing them on their way to the ring!”

“Hey Volition, If you’re going to make a decent game then proofread your subtitles!” Pinkie yelled. “You guys misspelled ‘after’ by putting another ‘r’ at the end of the word.”

Bobby continued, “WAIT, OH MY GOD! LOOK AT THAT - IT’S ANGEL DE LAMUERTE!”

While Playa was showing off, Angel ran into the ring to face Killbane. Zach and Bobby gave some details about Angel such as his achievements, how he was called the Herald of the Walking Apocalypse and how he disappeared after his questionable loss to Killbane years ago.

In response to Angel’s appearance, Killbane called in his Luchadores to assist him. Playa held off the army of masked wrestlers while Angel faced his former partner.

Unfortunately, Angel’s efforts didn’t pay off as Killbane threw him out of the ring to get pummeled by his luchadores. An audience member decided that he wanted to see some bloody violence so he threw down a chainsaw for Playa to use. It was a repeat of what Johnny did to mascots on rooftops during Genkibowl as Playa brutally dismembered luchadoes to get them off Angel. The audience was eating up the mayhem as the arena was painted in Luchador blood.

The damage from Killbane and the Luchadores ended up breaking Angel’s leg, but he wasn’t too proud to refuse Playa’s intervention in the ring to finish off Killbane.

The two dueled using their own styles of fighting and Playa proved too elusive for the Luchador leader as he evaded Killbane’s patented “Killswitch” technique which led to a series of reversals that ultimately ended with Killbane too exhausted to break from a headlock that Playa had him in.

Killbane begged to have his mask spared in exchange for the secret to his Apoca-Fist. Playa decided to stick to the plan and spare his mask. Getting a pair of gloves that let him punch hard was icing on the cake for what was to come.

Killbane retreated backstage to scream and rage from his defeat. His fellow Luchadors tried to console him.

Meanwhile, Playa and Angel were celebrating their victory while openly mocking Killbane. hoping he can hear them.

“Guess that ends the festivities for tonight, Bobby,” Zach said.

“Too bad, I was really hoping to see what Professor Pinkamena had in mind.”

Suddenly, the sounds of loud impacts and breaking bones could be heard backstage.

“I think we spoke too soon, Bobby. Something is going on backstage.”

“Could it be…?”

Killbane came flying back into the arena and slammed unceremoniously into the edge of the ring.

“Hello, Eddie,” came a familiar high-pitched voice from where he was thrown from. Pinkamena, wearing her lab coat, entered the arena while walking on her hind legs while brandishing her Knightmare hobby horse. Her wide evil smile was on full display for the viewing public. The audience looked away in fright.

Bobby continued, “It is! Professor Pinkamena has graced this unworthy audience with her glorious presence!”

“I can’t wait to see what brutality she has in store for Killbane, Bobby.”

Killbane groaned as he got up and shouted at the madmare, “I’m gonna make you pay for that! I’m gonna crush every bone in your body and I’m gonna make you beg for mercy before I slowly torture you to death! I’m gonna--”

Before Killbane could finish his trash talk, Pinkamena dashed forward faster than anyone could see and pulled the wrestler’s mask from his head. “You can keep trash talking if you want but I have things to do to you before the day is over. First of all…” Pinkamena held up Killbane’s smelly mask for the audience to see. Many were in awe about what happened. Eddie Pryor was seen as completely bald, an extension to the shame of losing one’s mask in the tradition of lucha libre. The madmare added further insult by tossing the mask in the direction of where Treehugger was waiting to fulfill her part of the plan. The pyromaniac pulled out her flamethrower and set Killbane’s mask on fire. The former symbol of Killbane’s identity as a masked wrestler landed on the floor in a smoldering heap. Eddie could only watch as his most prized possession burned away.

Eddie ran toward Pinkamena with a crazed look in his eyes as he attempted to use his most lethal moves on her. Pinkamena countered by jumping toward him and spinning in mid air while delivering a hard punch to his gut, causing his eyes to bulge and sending the wrestler flying to the other side of the arena.

Eddie held his aching gut before coughing up blood. “How does something so small hit so hard?” Eddie asked.

“Welcome to Murderbrawl, Eddie,” Pinkamena responded. “This is my first publicly televised execution of one of my more memorable victims. That internal injury you just sustained is just the beginning of your torture, Eddie. I’m gonna make you suffer double for stealing my DeWynter sisters kill.”

Eddie called in the remainder of the Luchadors who attended Murderbrawl in a last ditch effort to stop the madmare but each entrance was well guarded. The north was guarded by Treehugger and her flamethrower, the east by Gilda and her nanite claws, the south by Vinyl and her sonic weapon, and the west by Moondancer with her horn crackling with lightning magic.

Eddie made the mistake of bringing only his hands to a fight with Pinkamena. When the fight began, Eddie once again attempted to use his wrestling moves on her only for her to use his momentum against him as she grabbed his left arm and brought it behind him before he lost his footing and fell to the floor. Pinkamena then proceeded to slam a hoof into the humerus bone of that arm, shattering it.

Eddie screamed in agony before the madmare grabbed his right arm and brought it behind him from a bad angle and dislocated it from his shoulder.

While Eddie tried to get up, Pinkamena pulled out her grapple gun and rose to the ceiling of the arena. Tensing her hind legs with the full brunt of her earth pony strength, she kicked from the ceiling and created a hole in the ceiling as she launched herself to the arena floor where Eddie remained. The wrestler was unable to escape in time as the madmare landed hard on his spine with her forehooves, shattering the lower part of it and rendering Eddie a paraplegic. The impact left a large crater in the arena floor

Pinkamena followed up by landing beside Eddie’s left side then turned her rear hooves toward the suffering wrestler and bucking him hard in the ribs, sending him flying into a wall and shattering his ribs. Eddie coughed up a lot of blood as the madmare delivered more damage to his internal organs.

“Pinkamena, I believe that now would be the time to finish him while you still have the favor of the crowd,” Octavia suggested from the audience.

Pinkamena thought about it for a moment before nodding and signalling for another chainsaw. One of the audience members gladly tossed one to her before she gave one last mad smile to the Luchador leader before cutting him down from the middle of his face down to between his legs, trying to make the pieces as symmetrical as she could.

The crowd roared in excitement as the match came to a glorious and bloody conclusion.

“There it is folks, Eddie “Killbane” Pryor, in one night, goes from top of the heap as The Walking Apocalypse to an unmasked, disgraced, shattered and splattered mess on the arena floor. We have come to the end of this year’s Murderbrawl and it may just go down as the bloodiest, messiest, downright brutal Murderbrawl in history,” Zach announced.

“Professor Genki is pleased to have witnessed this bloodshed,” Bobby said as a spotlight moved to shine on a certain pink man-cat who was applauding the performance.

“As we bring an end to this year’s Murderbrawl, we at Channel Six would like to thank our sponsors for helping make this event happen for thirty-one years. This has been Zach.”

“And Bobby.”

“Till next time,” they said in unison.

Author's Note

Only one more chapter left in the SR3 arc.