Creed - Father-Son Tak

Like Father, Like Son

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I love Michael B. Jordan. He's a great actor and he did awesome as Apollo Creed's son, Adonis aka Donnie. When I saw the scene where his character Killmonger saw his father in Black Panther, I wondered what it'd be like if Donnie saw his father in Creed. Well, this is how I saw it. I hope you enjoy it.

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Adonis Creed, aka Donnie fell with a thud. His opponent, Ricky Conlan had just knocked him out cold, and now, he was in a dark room. Suddenly, a light came on and filled the room. Now, he could see glazed hardwood floors, a training ring, punching bags. He was in a boxing gym.

Looking over to another wall, a banner hung that said 'MIGHTY MICK'S BOXING'. He was shocked at the sight of the place. It looked different. It looked old. Not as much space. Old punching bags, boarded floor with a few crack in them.

'Must've been before dey remodeled da place,' Donnie said to himself.

"You really did it," a voice said.

Donnie turned towards one of the rings to see a man standing in the middle of it. His eyes widened at the sight of him. He couldn't believe it, but the man standing there was none other than Apollo Creed.

"Apollo?" Donnie said as he slowly walked towards the ring.

"That's right, son. Looks like you've been havin' fun with the Stallion, huh?" Apollo laughed as he noticed the marks on his son's face.

"Aw yeah, just um... Just tryina' make it the best I can."

"You're doing pretty good at that."

"I don't think so." Donnie said as he hung his head low.

"What makes you say that?" Apollo asked.

"I'm worried."

"Worried bout what, son?"

Donnie hung his head once again. This wasn't something easy to do. To some, he was already viewed as nothing but a mistake. And he didn't want that to ruin his father's legacy even more. Donnie took a few breaths before confessing his fear.

"I'm afraid of losing and puttin' shame on ya' name."

Apollo nodded in understanding. The times were different and rougher than they were when he was growing up. So it was easy to see how Donnie felt.

"Trust me, Adonis. Even if you do win this fight, you'll have brought more honor to my name than I ever could've done."

"What do ya' mean?"

"Well for one thing, you've fought to get here. Both literally and figuratively."

The father and son laughed at that. It felt good to be able to do this with his father, even though he was dead.

"But my point is, not everyone will look at the outside appearance of you. As some result of a mistake I made. Cause that's how some will see it. But others who're smarter will look at the inside and see exactly what me and Rocky have. And that's the heart of a warrior. The fire that powers you. The Creed spirit. And you sure as hell got it."