Marissa (nodding): "All right, I'll trust you, coach. I just want to get in there."
Mantha: "It's soon enough, but without being focused we don't have a chance in there. They're all going to get up for this. You've got to match their energy. And believe me that isn't going to be easy. We need to outwork them. We need to outhustle them. None of you can win this on your own. Remember that. This is a team. If you try to make this a one-on-one competition then some of you are going to get eliminated and you'll put your sisters at a disadvantage. Now, I want you all to look at each other."
(The Rage women do, looking back and forth, acknowledging each other with nods, touching fists, smiling.)
Mantha: "You're all in this together. Tag each other in and out. Give each other the ball. Work off each other. If you see somebody getting taken advantage of or slowing down you get in there for her. Make sure you've always got each other's backs. Do you hear me?"
Rages: "Yes, ma'am."
Mantha: "This is our match to win? This is our moment to shine?"
Rages: "YES, MA'AM?!!"
Mantha: "We run this. We're the champions belt or no belt. You understand. And don't let anybody take this match away from us. You hear me. You don't let anybody take this away from us. If Napua wants to get out. You let her get out. The goal is to win. Nobody here is more important than anybody else. Nobody here has an agenda that supersedes anybody else's. We get everything together and we lose everything together."
Rages: "Yes, ma'am."
Mantha: "Now put your hands in."
(Mantha extends her hand. The Rages reach out to cover her hand with theirs.)
Mantha: "Let's do this for one our mothers and father. The Age of the Rage begins in the IEWA right now."
Rages: "To honor our mothers and fathers."
Mantha: "Don't ever embarrass the name. Please."
(Fade out.)
(We return to John and Sheena at their ringside commentators table. There is a buzz of excited noise around the stadium now, the lights are dimming.)
John: "Okay folks, that's our preview over. The IEWA's Shattered Dreams Pay Per View is now only moments away. If you haven't signed up with your cable operator then get on the phone NOW. As we've seen the competitors are ready, Sheena and I are ready, the crowd is ready, they're starting to chant..."
Crowd: "FIVE....., FOUR...., THREE..., TWO.., ONE?!!!!!"