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The lights go out in the arena. Sounds of warfare echo through the stadium. Cannonfire, horses, the clashing of steel. Then the sounds go silent.

Then For The Glory by All Good Things kicks in as the words appear on the titantron screen.

exitium ad malum

Better back down, you're in my domain
Got the whole crowd screaming out our name
It's a blowout, it's a hurricane
It's over before you know it
Why you shaking, we're a dynasty
In the making, we're the royalty
Now we're breaking down the enemy
Move over for the soldiers


The spotlight shines down on The Crusade. Equinox was taking a knee in front of Boom who carried a banner bearing the white and red cross.

Equinox stood up as the two made their way down the ramp.

making their way to the ring. The team of Equinox and the man called Boom... The Crusade!

Boom planted the banner in its stand by the ring as Equinox walked up the steps. He climbed on top of the turnbuckle, staring out at the crowd. He hopped down into the ring as Boom slid in under the ropes. They went to opposite corners, Equinox making a cross with his arms as Boom beat his chest. They stepped down as they headed to their corner.

We're gonna stand on top with our hands in the sky
Gonna raise our cup to the stadium lights
For the glory (for the glory)
For the glory (for the glory)
We celebrate with the city tonight
Hear the hometown cheer, it's the ultimate high
For the glory (for the glory)
We do it for the glory (for the glory)

The arena went black. A couple of moments later, the guitars of Ice Nine Kills's Freak Flag started to blare over the speakers as the lights came back on casting the arena in a reddish glow. Standing in the center of the ring was Rex and Ramona, each with an arm held up high, holding their belts aloft. They stood in the center of the ramp and stared down at the ring. They looked to each other and stood like that for a moment before looking back to the ring. The lowered their arms and threw their belts over their shoulders in practiced unison as flames erupted to both sides of them. They cracked their necks in unison before starting down the ramp.

We're taught to be like them
Taught to know our place
We kept the pace but we're done pretending
We'll fall blindly through the fairy tale endings

They tried to sell us the convenience and conformity
Those are the images of the man that I want to be
Rise up if you agree

Rex and Ramona walked at a slower deliberate pace, coming up with strategies and plans. Rex's eyes stayed locked on the ring. His cathedral. And there were now multiple teams that were begging for a chance to be indulged in the light of their faith. But there were so many people involved, both him and his sister had to keep their heads on a swivel. At the bottom of the ramp, they stopped and looked to each other again. The pulled the belts from their shouldersand clinked them together as if they were making a toast before starting to move in opposite directions around the ring.

"And introducing...from The Land of Darkness and Nightmares...The WWF:G Tag Team Champions...The Defiler Rex Kobra...and The Vipress Ramona Tyler....The Cult of the Serpent..."



Both of them climbed onto opposite aprons. They looked over at each other and at the same time, they raised their titles high so that the crowd could see them again. They ducked down and climbed into the ring under the top rope. Inside the ring, they moved to the center of the ring and dropped down to their knees where they looked up to the heavens and the Serpent beyond. Draping their belts over their hands, they lifted the belts up to the heavens as if making an offering. Lowering them after a moment, the pair stood and the referee their belts.

Simultaneously, they pulled their hoods down. As soon as their hoods were dropped, flames erupted from the four turnbuckles signaling the lights to go out. As soon as they came back on, both of their jackets and shades were removed with no sign of them at ringside.

They can't sell us on convenience and conformity
Those are the properties of people that we want to be
Rise up if you agree

And let your freak flags fly
We're all messed up inside
And forced to act like everything's alright
Wave those freak flags high
Rejected 'til we die
To hell with tomorrow
Just let your freak flags fly tonight

The music died down and Rex moved close to his sister to whisper threats and strategies into her ear, promising her pain for failure and reward for success as well as assuring her that their family would assist them if needed.

Equinox looked to the cult of the serpent, pointing his finger towards them. They were the primary target. The gravest sinners to be struck down. Boom beat his chest

"Deus vult!!!"

As the bell rang, Boom charged for Rex with an explosive spear as Equinox waited behind.

Rex saw Boom charging and braced himself for the impact. The spear connected but Ramona was waiting and as Boom started to get up from the move, Ramona would attempt to deliver a solid Superkick to him.

Boom got up with a roar, only to be cut short by ramonas superkick. Equinox followed up, coming at ramona with a superman punch. The Crusade had fully picked their first targets in this match.

The ambush went off with great success as Omen and Butler began to disassemble Power. But now that both men were reeling, Omen looked to capitalize by grabbing the neck of Luis, and toss him into the corner.