[The hospital door has a porthole window, through which Klaus has been watching everything unfold.]
“…makes us stronger…” he mutters. “He has a point you know.”
[Klaus moves away from the door, rounding a corner into silence and solitude.]
“I think a lot about strength. I’ve thought a lot about it since Ajax has been in here, too. People look at Ajax and think he’s strong because he can lift a small building clean off the ground. That’s not it at all. That is a certain kind of strength, but it’s not the most valuable one.”
[Klaus pours a cup of water from the water fountain in the waiting area.]
“The Besties seem to have this unique but impenetrable bond. They repelled each other at first but once they found a way to make that bond stick, just look at what they became. Look at how they have defended those titles.”
[A couple of members of the Circus join Klaus, taking a pew on the chairs.]
“Six Feet Under, on the other hand, have a bond of convenience. They exist only because it suits them to. I don’t doubt for a second that if circumstances were different they wouldn’t even nod at each other in the corridors of Olympus.”
[The room is getting crowded now, as more of the Circus filter in.]
“Burning Justice though, their bond is strong. Father and son. A family forged through the pain of fire. Maybe they would get what I mean the most.”
[The room is full enough now that Klaus has to talk a little louder to be heard.]
“The real strength is in the bonds we make. The people that have our backs when it matters the most. The people who prove they give a shit.”
[He gestures around.]
“I’d call this bond impenetrable. We’ve achieved so much together, even against all the odds stacked against us. I’d say we’re more than just circumstantial, and that this is not a bond of convenience that we share. And most importantly…”
[Klaus sighs deeply.]
“This bunch of misfits are my family, more than those assigned to me by blood ever were. Our bond is forged just as tightly as Burning Justice’s. But here’s the catch, folks. There are three strengths I recognise. The superficial kind of strength like lifting a boulder over your head. The strength of bond you have with your found family. And strength in numbers.”
[He smirks.]
“And just fucking LOOK at us. Freaks from all levels and lifestyles, all in one place at one time. We are LEGION. We have a bond as strong as blood family, but there are MORE of us. None of the other teams at Ring King can claim what we have. We’re like a HYDRA, cut us down and two more of us spring up. All willing to fight to the death for the others. And that’s why Ajax is strong. Not just his muscles, but the fact that he has each and every single one of us in his corner.”
“Welcome to the freak show. Let us show you the way…”
[Cut.]