“Y’all ever play a lil pickup game in the Slums?”

“Sounds fun, don’t it? Get some friends, grab a ball, and get some five on five on the asphalt.”

“Only issue is, I only ever played ball by street rules.”

“Real simple shit, even braindead monkeys like you can follow along. In street rules, anything goes. You call your own fouls and if you make the point, you keep the fuckin’ ball.”

“And when a game gets to that point, it stops bein’ about the ball, don’t it?”

“It starts bein’ about who can wreak the most havoc, bust the most lips.”

“Throwin’ elbows and slammin’ skulls off of pavement until they can’t fuckin’ move before you go in for the kill and dunk your ball in the basket.”

“Then, while they’re on the ground wonderin’ what the fuck hit ’em, you rub it in.”

“You remind those bitches that they’re beneath you. No matter how good they thought they were, how skilled, street rules don’t give a fuck.”

“Because this ain’t about teamwork, it ain’t about skill, it’s about scorin’.”

“And ya boy Hatch runs the ball down court every god damned time.”

“I ain’t ever been in a War Games match, but to me it looks exactly like a game of basketball, don’t it? Five on five with a single goal in mind. Score, or get off the fuckin’ court.”

“You Seeker cucks are probably walkin’ in here with a plan, ain’t ya? You think that with the right motivation, enough teamwork, that you’ll run down court and make buckets while we watch on with our jaws on the ground.”

“But I’ll let you in on a lil secret, are ya ready?”

“This ain’t no Cinderella story. There’s no final shot to beat the buzzer, no last ditch move to save your asses from bleedin’ out on the pavement.”

“Nah, this is street rules, bitch.”

“And Hatch is the king of street rules.”

“No amount of team work is ganna stop me from bullrushin’ down that court and slammin’ every last one of you into the cage. All of Arcadia is ganna get a front row seat to an asswhoopin served steamin’ hot. Every time you get the ball, get a fuckin’ thought of havin’ a lead, I’m ganna snatch it right from your hands with a smile on my face.”

“Because at the end of the day? I know I’m the star player.”

“The hot hand who’s ganna bring you fuckers to your knees one foul at a time.”

“I did it at Pandemonium when I stuck that needle in Felix’s neck and I’ll do it again when I put your precious sheriff down for the count.”

“Just know, when the buzzer beats and that bell rings, there’s only ganna be one team left standing.”

“And there’s ganna be one team who learned a valuable lesson.”

“Street rules don’t care about your feelings.”

“And, more importantly…”

“Eventually, everybody gets downed by the clown.”