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Location: Yucatan, Mexico.
Date:Thursday, August 24, 2023.
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Eiley was not sure that she enjoyed a pregnant Mikah or the fact that Mikah and her husband had decided to come to Yucatan for Violent Conduct. She hadn’t had a real training session with Mikah or Kendall since SCW started the World tour and just her luck, Mikah had convinced Kendall and her husband, JD to tag along so that Eiley and Kendall could work in the ring together while Mikah watched and critiqued.
Eiley collapses on the mat of the ring, breathing heavy as she and Kendall had just got done working on some techniques in the ring. Kendall just laughs a little bit as she gets out of the ring to get a bottle of water. Eiley just scowls in Kendall’s direction but doesn’t move from her spot in the middle of the ring.
•EILEY• “Are we done for the day?”
Eiley looks over at Mikah, who was trying not to frown at her pregnant belly as she pushes gently on the side. Eiley watches with slight interest before chuckling softly.
;;MIKAH “Laughing at a pregnant lady is considered rude, Eiley.”
Eiley just gives Mikah a look before shrugging her shoulders as Kendall walks back over and tosses Eiley a bottle of water before down next to Mikah.
*KENDALL* “Have you and Kris thought about a name yet?”
Eiley rolls her eyes as the focus shifts from her to Mikah and Kris’ unborn baby. It wasn’t like Eiley really mattered anyways as she preferred to be practically invisible.
•EILEY• “Just don’t give her a basic name like Olivia or Emma. Those types of girls are always basic and if she’s anything like you or Kris, she’s not bound to be basic.”
Eiley doesn’t move to look at Mikah or Kendall as she continues to stare up at the ceiling of the building they were training in.
;;MIKAH “No, not really. I like a few names that I like but I haven’t mentioned them to Kristopher just yet. And don’t worry, it’s not going to be Olivia or Emma, Eiley.”
Eiley nods her head as she moves a bit to get comfortable, bending her right leg and putting her foot on the mat.
*KENDALL* “Naming a baby seems harder than actually giving birth to a baby. She will have that name for the rest of her life and that seems like something that would be hard to choose.”
Mikah laughs but agrees with Kendall as she pushes in on the side of her baby belly.
;;MIKAH “Yeah, that might be true but I knew what I wanted to name Leighton before I knew that she was even a girl. And with Myles, it was the only boy name that I had liked at the time. This time, I haven’t found a name that I think will fit her just yet.”
Eiley just nods to herself, even though she couldn’t really understand where Mikah was coming from. She didn’t have kids of her own and she didn’t know how she even got the name Eiley as she did not know her biological parents in any fashion. She had contemplated looking for them once before but it hadn’t evolved into anything. But now the thought wanders through her mind, wondering about how she came to be. But she didn’t want to focus on that so she smirks, shifting her own focus back to Mikah’s baby name dilemma. She sits up a bit, propping her upper body with her arms stretched out behind her with her hands on the mat.
•EILEY• “You should name her Courtney, just to spite Court. Just imagine how pissed off Court would be then.”
Eiley seemed to enjoy playing both sides as she liked being on friendly-ish terms with Court but she also knew not to get on Mikah’s bad side. It was something that took a while to learn but she was starting to come around.
;;MIKAH “If you think Court is pissed off at the world now, I couldn’t imagine how pissed off she’d be if Kristopher and I named our baby Courtney.”
Mikah shakes her head at the thought and it only makes Eiley chuckle. Eiley knew that she should focus on the match that she and Oliver has against Sam Marlowe and Ben Jordan in a few short days, but this was a little bit of a stress reliever for her. She didn’t have to think about the match and the what ifs or her whatever it is with Oliver or the fact that she had pushed somebody over the railing of the cruise ship to their presumed death.
*KENDALL* “She would probably come to Hawaii just to burn you’re your first house.”
Mikah laughs before nodding her head.
;;MIKAH “Not that she would get very far; the security on that house is tighter than the one that Kristopher and I live in now. Having turned it into an AirBNB, I wanted to make sure that the guests that stay in that house have only the best security while staying there. So, Court and her chip wouldn’t get too close.”
Eiley knew that Mikah had sort of merged from a professional wrestler into some sort of business connoisseur. Mikah ran a successful training gym that was also multi-functional and open to the public. It had a walking track above the wrestling rings as well as all the work out equipment that one could one and it also had meeting rooms and the room that the wrestling rings were in could be transformed into a ball room that could hold events like wedding receptions and other things. And now, Eiley had learned since Mikah was in town that she was adding onto the building to include an inside and outdoor pool and two hot tubs as well. Eiley was impressed with all the additions that Mikah was adding to the building and could only see it being more successful than it already was.
•EILEY• “I don’t think she would go that far. I don’t think she would try to intentionally injure you or your family to that extreme.”
Eiley also wanted to give Court the benefit of the doubt as well. But she also didn’t know Court as well as Mikah once had, so she wasn’t too sure how far Court would go.
;;MIKAH “She really doesn’t bother me as much as she probably likes to think she does. Or wants to, anyways.”
Eiley nods her head in understanding as she collapses back down on the mat, staring up at the ceiling once more.
*KENDALL* “I think Kendall is a good name for a baby.”
Mikah laughs and Eiley glances over at them before resuming staring at the ceiling.
•EILEY• “I haven’t had much experience with names, honestly. But I like the name Ivy. People are always mispronouncing my name.”
Mikah laughs at Eiley a little bit.
;;MIKAH “Trust me, that’s the least of your worries. I have been called Mee-kah, Mick-ah and all sorts of things. I even had to give everybody in SCW the right pronunciation after being there for a while as nobody seemed to know which one it is. You could do that, give them a little lesson on how to pronounce your name because I doubt anybody other than Oliver has it right.”
Eiley just shrugs her shoulders. It really didn’t bother her too much and only amused her when people pronounced her name wrong.
*KENDALL* “Nobody rarely gets my named pronounced wrong. However, if I’m signing up for something online and don’t fill out my gender, they sometimes think I’m a male because apparently Kendall is a unisex name.”
Eiley chuckles a little bit at the thought. She was not even sure what type of name hers was or it it was just made up by her biological egg and sperm donors.
•EILEY• “I think I’ll let them keep pronouncing my name wrong. Maybe I’ll even get Olly in on it.”
The mention of Eiley’s nickname for Oliver seemed to get Mikah’s interest and she smirks a little to herself before looking over at Kendall and then at Eiley.
;;MIKAH “So…what is it with you and Oliver, Eiley?”
This also seemed to get Kendall’s attention and interest as well as she leans forward to look at Eiley. Mikah had an idea of where they were headed but she wanted to see where Eiley thought that they were.
*KENDALL* “Yes. That is the burning question that almost everybody wants to know. What is the situation with you and him?”
Eiley just smiles to herself as she looks up at the ceiling as if she knew the answer, but really she didn’t know either. They were on better terms than they were before but she didn’t really know what they were or weren’t, to be exact.
•EILEY• “I’m not sure that there’s anything there to discuss, really. Champions?”
It was a vague description of what she felt they were and it wasn’t necessarily a lie. Mikah just rolls her eyes at Eiley’s blindness to her and Oliver’s situation.
;;MIKAH “How’s that part of your thing with him going?”
Eiley shrugs her shoulders at Mikah’s question.
•EILEY• “Fine? We haven’t actually teamed together since Summer XXXtreme but I imagine not much has changed in that aspect. Maybe it’s changed when we’re not actively competing but I can imagine it’s only for the better.”
She didn’t elaborate that she had been staying with him at his place in Barcelona because she was sure that neither of them even knew that he had a place in Barcelona and she didn’t feel like that was her information to share.
;;MIKAH “I feel like you and Oliver have a better in-ring relationship than Kristopher and I have or had.”
*KENDALL* “But I don’t think anybody can beat the relationship that you and Kristopher have at all.”
Eiley frowns a little as Kendall compliments Mikah and Kristopher’s marriage. But it wasn’t like she and Oliver had defined them as anything exclusive or anything more than a tag team, so she couldn’t really be jealous. But that was easier said than done when it came to relationships and it sometimes scared her. She felt more for Oliver than she had probably felt for any other person and it scared her, so she did her best to keep it bottled up and to herself. He didn’t need to know how she felt about him, so she didn’t dare tell him.
•EILEY• “Do you have any advice for when I face off against Sam?”
She was shifting the conversation away from personal relationships. She didn’t have many personal relationships and she didn’t want to talk about her working relationships with either woman in the room, so shifting the focus to the match was the best idea that she could come up with.
;;MIKAH “You’ve already beat her once, Eiley. What more advice could I have for you?”
Eiley gives her a look but doesn’t say anything as she looks back at the ceiling. She had beat Sam almost two months ago but the stakes weren’t going to be high like they were this time. This time, it was her and Oliver against Sam Marlowe and Ben Jordan.
*KENDALL* “It should be easy for you.”
Eiley lets out a sigh of irritation as neither woman seemed to be helpful with advice towards her and Oliver’s match against Ben Jordan and Sam Marlowe. And it was frustrating to say the least.
•EILEY• “Yeah but now it’s me and Olly versus Sam and Ben. It’s not the same.”
Mikah rolls her eyes at Eiley before looking at Kendall and then over at Eiley.
;;MIKAH “It’s not that much different, Eiley. It’s basically two singles matches balled up into one match. You don’t even have to worry about Ben in any way, shape or form. And plus, Ben’s a good guy and is the least likely to put his hands on you. And Sam is going to be the same as she was in the singles match you had against her.”
Kendall nods her head, agreeing with Mikah.
*KENDALL* “Yeah, you shouldn’t be so worried.”
Kendall was never very helpful to Eiley when it came to her SCW opponents because Kendall had never been in SCW. But Mikah knew the ins and outs of a SCW ring and should be more helpful.
Eiley sits up before standing up and getting out of the ring. She walks over to Mikah and Kendall and stands in front of them. They just look at her with their eyes raised and she folds her arms over her chest.
•EILEY• “You could give me better advice than that, Mikah. You’re a SCW legend and in the Hall of Fame. And you know what they’re going to be looking for in the match. And you were friends with Ben Jordan at one point, don’t think I didn’t do my research on him. I know that you were married to one of his best friends more than three years ago. All I am asking for is a little advice on how to handle facing Sam Marlowe again with Ben Jordan in her corner, it’s not too much to ask for, is it?”
Mikah raises her eyebrows at the young Bombshell before sighing and nodding her head before motioning for her to sit down.
;;MIKAH “Lose the attitude and calm down. I don’t need your attitude or ego to rub onto my baby.”
Eiley gives Mikah a look.
•EILEY• “That baby is already going to have a bigger ego than anybody in this room. I don’t think you should be worried about how my ego or attitude is going to rub off on your unborn child.”
Mikah laughs before motioning to the chair with her hand.
;;MIKAH “This baby is probably going to be more talented than anybody signed to the roster. No offense, Eiley.”
Eiley didn’t seem to be too bothered by the comment as she figured that it was something that Mikah would say anyways. She easily could brush Mikah’s arrogance off as it was easily earned.
•EILEY• “Probably true. But I am wanting to be the best that I can be under you. People already compare me to you, so I just want to be the best by you.”
Mikah smirks, liking the words that was coming out of the young girl’s mouth.
;;MIKAH “That’s definitely the right mindset to have going into the match. Because you can bet that Sam is going to bring up the comparison of you and I and try to use it to her advantage. She’ll bring up the fact that she beat me in February of 2016 for my championship and have some sort of idiotic claim that she did the impossible.”
Mikah waves the thought away with her hand.
;;MIKAH “But it’s all in the past. Nobody views Sam Marlowe as a threat anymore and you shouldn’t either, Eiley. You’ve already beat her once, you can do it again. What you do have to worry about is how Oliver is going to fair against Ben Jordan. He lost to him a few weeks ago, so you need to make sure that it isn’t going to happen again. And Ben Jordan is a legend in SCW himself, so odds are already against you as him and Sam are probably the favorites to win the match. What you’re most going to have to worry about is keeping you and Sam in the ring versus Oliver and Ben. That would be the safest option.”
Eiley frowns at Mikah.
•EILEY• “Oliver was just having an off night, it’s not his fault. And he’s focused. I don’t think we really have to worry about him facing off against Ben on Sunday.”
Mikah gives Eiley a look.
;;MIKAH “Look, I am not saying that Oliver is not good enough to beat Ben. But the fact is, Ben’s already beat him once and has the upper hand on him. And while you have the upper hand on Sam, match wise, it doesn’t not mean that you are going to save this match. And while I do think you and Oliver have a good chance at beating them, I do know that there are people that are betting on Sam and Ben to win on Sunday. And that’s not an unrealistic bet for them to make. Anything that Ben Jordan is involved in usually has good statistics on his side. And don’t ask Kristopher, he probably has his own opinion. But mine is more important.”
Mikah smirks to herself and Eiley rolls her eyes. She was used to the little competition side between Mikah and Kris that was always playful and nothing serious.
•EILEY• “So, basically I need to try to keep Sam in the ring with me and keep Ben on the apron?”
Mikah nods her head, a smile instead of a smirk forming on her face.
;;MIKAH “Precisely. And ignore the doubters; Kristopher and I always had doubters. As a tag team and now even more as a couple and we’re probably two of the most successful people that came out of SCW. And I have faith that you and Oliver will get there. But I have to go find my husband and make sure that our children aren’t driving him up the wall. Have fun.”
Eiley just watches as Mikah leaves the area without saying anything else. She watches as Kendall grabs her things to leave.
•EILEY• “Going to go find JD?”
Kendall nods her head.
*KENDALL* “Yep. Going to convince him to make a baby.”
Eiley makes a face at the thought of it and shudders. She watches as Kendall struts out of the room with a sway to her step. Eiley shakes her head.
•EILEY• “And I thought I had an attitude problem.”
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Location: Yucatan, Mexico.
Date: Friday, August 25, 2023
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The scene opens up to Eiley sitting in the chairs that would be filled with fans in two days time.
“Mexico is such a…well, I don’t know what I would describe it as a country but it’s something. Being in Mexico is not as nice as some people would think it is and I am ready for this tour to be over so I can spend time not flying to countries with weird laws. And I am ready for everything to be back to normal and with easy access to.
But that’s not the point. The point is that there’s only two days left until Oz and I step into the ring against Sam Marlowe and Ben Jordan to defend our mixed tag team championships. Two days before Olly and I prove to everybody that we’re here to stay and that we’re not just transitional champions. Because, that’s what everybody is saying, right? They think that our win at Summer XXXtreme was just a fluke and that there is no way in hell that we can beat a SCW legend like Ben Jordan and the inconsistent bombshell, Sam Marlowe. It’s no secret that they’re the favorites to win this match. Hell, even my mentor, Mikah stated that they were the favorites and had all the odds in their favor. But she did tell me that she believed it was because of Ben Jordan and not Sam Marlowe, so technically the odds are only half in their favor.”
A small smirk crosses her face as she looks at the camera as she leans back to get comfortable.
“But it’s honestly no surprise to me that everybody thinks that Ben Jordan and Sam Marlowe are going to win. Olly and I have always been the underdog, the un-favorite when we’re booked in a tag-team match. It will be no different from how we felt going into our match at Summer XXXtreme, except this time we have something to defend and an even bigger point to prove. And the point we’re going to make is that we are the best mixed tag team in this company right now. And while some people might say that it’s a bold claim, it can’t be called a bold claim when we’re holding these…”
She reaches under her seat and pulls out her championship and places it in her lap with the front facing the camera.
“This right here states that Olly and I are the best in the mixed tag division. There are no other claims that can be made that would be true. Because any other mixed tag team aren’t holding these. And this is what all of those other mixed teams want, right? So it’s only fair that Olly and I are sitting at the top and god-fucking-damn it, we should not be considered the fucking underdogs in this match. We should be considered the ones that are going to win this match without any hesitation. We should be the favorites to win and everybody should be betting on us and not the sorry excuse of a bombshell, Sam Marlowe.”
She makes a face at the thought of it.
“Is that nice of me to talk so…poorly of Sam Marlowe? No, but do I fucking care? All she’s going to do is compare me to Mikah and how I am not as good as her or that I shouldn’t aim to be just like her because imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery. Except I should want to be like Mikah because she is still something that everybody should aspire to be. She is a legend in SCW all her own and just because somebody like Sam Marlowe likes to base her whole entire career on the fact that she was the one to beat Mikah in February of 2016 for the Bombshell Championship states otherwise, doesn’t mean shit.”
Eiley rolls her eyes in annoyance again.
“I had wanted to give Sam the benefit of the doubt when I first faced her back in July. I wanted her to be better than she was and I did not get what I wanted out of her. Sure, I got the win and have already proven that I am better than she in the ring. But I don’t get all the hype that surrounds her. She comes and goes as she pleases and is inconsistent at best. Half the time, I don’t even know if she’s employed by SCW or if she just shows up randomly and they sign her up for a match. Maybe she has one of those types of contracts, I guess I don’t know. But for somebody that is getting the chance to face me and Olly with Ben Jordan as her teammate, should be a little bit more consistent.
And that is coming from me, somebody who doesn’t understand what consistency is but I’ve been in SCW since the Blast From the Past Tournament and I’ve only lost one real match, two if you count the match I had in the Blast From the Past tournament. And I would call that pretty damn consistent. AND I got a compliment from the fucking current World Heavyweight Champion himself. So if there is something that I can claim over and over again is that. AND the fact that I’m being trained by Mikah, who is considered to be the greatest Bombshell of all time by Tommy Knocks. I am already better on paper compared to Sam Marlowe. Especially when her…”
She pauses to make air quotes with her fingers.
“Biggest accomplishment is dethroning Mikah from her legendary reign as Bombshell champion. Something that happened seven years ago and is not even relevant to today. That’s such a boring thing to rely on. But then again, I am talking about Sam Marlowe, who has the personality of a fish. The only thing that she could have going for her is the fact that she is considered to be one of the nicest Bombshells of all time. But even that is lame in comparison to pretty much everything else. Because being nice never got anybody anywhere and it damn sure has never got me anywhere in my life. I’ve always had to fight for and take what I wanted for myself. And this Sunday does not seem like it’s going to be any different.”
She shrugs her shoulders before looking down at the championship in her lap before looking back at the camera.
“This is the reason that Olly and I are going to be the best on Sunday. We don’t have anything else to lose but these championships. And sure, Olly lost to Ben a few weeks ago, but everybody has a bad night here and there but that doesn’t mean that Ben Jordan and Sam Marlowe have the upper hand on us because as I see it, we’re even. I have beaten Sam one on one and Ben has beaten Oz one on one. Even.”
She smirks at the camera, a similar look that her mentor Mikah always wore when she was in front of the camera.
“I don’t even think I care what Sam is going to say about me. Or how many times she is going to compare me to Mikah. Because in the end, the only thing that is going to matter is that I already have a win against her and heading towards a second. What she has to say is not important because she’s not the champion and she is nothing compared to me in the ring. Am I a rookie? Yes, but I still feel that I am better than her.”
She shrugs her shoulders.
“But let me play devil’s advocate for a minute, or two.”
She smirks again as she leans back even more, placing her feet on the chair in front of her to make herself more comfortable in the uncomfortable seat.
“She will make the claim that I want to be Mikah. Or something of the sort. But she’s wrong. Because I don’t want to be Mikah, I want to be better than Mikah was in SCW. I want to be the best that I can be and I already think that I’m on my way to make that claim a reality. And I’m going to start with beating you for a second time, Samantha. I’m going to prove that you’re not as good as you think you are in that ring. And even though you managed to snag a good partner in Ben Jordan, that isn’t going to matter. Because Benny Boy can’t put his hands on me in the ring. He can try all he wants but I don’t think that’s legal in a mixed tag match. And while you have faith in your partner to be there for you every step of the way, I have more faith in Olly so that he and I can walk out of this arena on Sunday as the defending and reigning Mixed Tag Team Champions.”
She smirks again, the confidence reaching her eyes just as it had filled the tone of her voice as she spoke.
“There’s not much more preparation that any of us can do but to be ready on Sunday for this match to start. It’s not going to be pretty but it’s going to be a match that everybody is going to want to pay to see and if we’re lucky, it’s going to steal the show on Sunday. Or at least, Oz and I will. Sam and Ben just lack everything there is when it comes what a champion should be. And if we’re being honest, which I always am, Ben is more of a World Heavyweight Champion material than being mixed tag team champion material. It’s not something that I am proud of saying because I fully support J2H in being the World Heavyweight Champion, but Ben would make a good challenger for J2H. And that’s where he should be spending his time and not wasting his talent on teaming with a has-been like Sam Marlowe.”
She just shrugs her shoulders before looking down at her championship in her lap once more. She runs her fingertips over the nameplate with her name etched on it. She doesn’t look up for a moment or so as she lets her fingers run over every letter of her name. After a moment, she looks up at the camera with a smirk on her pretty face.
“The fact is that time is running out for anybody to believe that Sam and Ben are going to beat us. And while it may seem like the odds are in their favor, I can promise you that they aren’t..”
She stands up and adjusts the shorts she is wearing and hoists the championship to be placed over her shoulder. She looks at it with a look of adoration on her face before looking back at the camera.
“There’s only one way that this match is going to go on Sunday, and Ben and Sam better prepare for the worst. Because Olly and I are going to retain and that’s what everybody can bet on.”
She smirks again before starting to walk towards the end of the aisle she was sitting in. She glances over her shoulder with a glint in her eyes.
“Because we’re Limitless.”
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Sam Marlowe stands outside of a taxi as she looks up at a house that is unfamiliar. The driver moves around Sam to go to the trunk of the taxi and open it to reveal a small suitcase that he hands to the redhead who offers him a smile then reaches into the back pocket of her jean shorts and pulls out a small wallet that she paws through and hands over a couple of bills. The driver nods and climbs back into the cab as Sam pulls the handle of the suitcase up and begins to walk up the drive. Just as she is about to reach up and knock on the door, it opens to reveal an older man that calls out to her.
“Sammiwich!” exclaims Philip Marlowe who is dressed in a pair of cargo pants and a white polo shirt with a small Houston Titans logo on the breast pocket. “When did you get here? I thought I had time to make it to the airport to pick you up.”
Sam moves into the arms that her father had opened to hug him before he leads her inside of the house and out of the heat of Houston. Sam sets the luggage upright and looks around the foyer of the new house where her parents have moved. “It’s okay Daddy, I don’t mind the cab ride. Besides, I managed to get into Houston early so we could spend more time together before I have to travel to the supercard. Where is Moms?”
Sam peers around looking for her mother but is stopped by her father who motions for Sam to follow him. He guides her towards a room where a large leather couch covered in throw pillows can be seen inviting the two to sit down.
“Moms is out with Cyn buying more clothes for the coming baby. It is what she is living for right now, that and being Grammie for Cyn’s oldest. You will see them at the gender reveal right?” asks her Dad.
“Cyn definitely wanted me to be here for that,” admits Sam. “I am happy for her and Monty. But asking me here when I have to be ready for Violent Conduct and I don’t know if I should be leaving Ben all alone in Mexico…who knows what he could be up to…”
“Ben huh? You two look to be a pretty good team from what I have seen,” offers Philip as a commotion from outside of the living room is heard as the door opens and reveals an older redhead who walks into the room with a multitude of bags that she sets down.
“Samantha,” says her mother before a very pregnant Cyn waddles into the room. “Look Cynthia, your sister is here.”
Cyn offers a sickly smile at her sister as she sits down clumsily. Leaning back, she slowly rubs a hand over her stomach. Sam returns the smile before sitting as far away from Cyn as she can. “How y’all feeling Cyn?” she asks.
“As you can see, I am glowin’. This baby has to hurry up because I am getting so tired of looking like this and just want it over with,” whines Cyn which only has her mother cooing at her as she sits down beside Cyn. Philip leans over and asks if the ladies would like to have a drink. The two women give him their preference allowing him to escape.
“We are so glad you can be here for our gender reveal Sammi,” says Cyn with a cheeky smirk. “You have been so busy lately. And is Colton with you?”
“Colton’s busy working so he isn’t here and yeah, I’ve been busy working with my tag partner Ben. You remember him right Cyn?” asks Sam with an innocent look on her face as she desperately looks to change the subject. “We are getting ready to challenge for the mixed tag titles.”
“Teaming with Ben Jordan? Samantha, why didn’t you bring him with you dear. You know I like Benjamin very much,” says Vanessa with a far away look in her eyes. Sam ducks her head as Cyn offers her mother a glare then turns to Sam.
“You are teaming with Ben Jordan again? I thought you had smartened up when you let him disappear out of your life like he did. I never knew what you saw in him anyways,” says Cyn as she leans towards Sam. “And the way he treated me whenever we ran into each other. Calling me a dragon like it was some kind of insult. I watched Game of Thrones.”
Sam looks up to see Cyn shake her head as behind them, her father delivers the drinks to his wife and Cyn. Once he does, he hands Sam a drink as well. Sitting beside her, Philip raises his glass. “Here is to the Marlowes being all together for the afternoon. Speaking of, how long are you here for Sammi?”
“I can only stay a day or two, just for the gender reveal and then I am headed to Mexico,” says Sam. “So, any idea what you are having? Am I getting a niece this time or another nephew?” Sam sips at the cold liquid in the glass as Cyn smirks once more.
“We are having the gender reveal tonight at a barbeque in the backyard of the old house where I live with Monty now,” taunts Cyn. “He is so excited with this new little one that will be here soon. Speaking of Sammi…when will you be giving Moms and Daddy a little one to spoil?”
Sam’s mother turns to look at her, an inquiring look crossing her face. “Oh yes, when will you and Colton make me a grammie Samantha?” her mother asks. “Even though I am definitely not old enough to be a grammie.”
Grumbling under her breath, Sam avoids looking at her mother which has her glaring at Cyn who smirks wider sitting back enough that she can hide it from her mother but her father sees it and puts his drink down. “Sammi will have a baby when she wants one Cyn. You know that she has all sorts of time and right now she might not be ready. Let her be.”
“But Daddy, she is getting older and with all the wrestling she does, she won’t be doing anything else until she is broken and then how will she do for you what Monty and I have?” says Cyn with a sniffle of fake emotion. “Momma, I just want our babies to be friends as well as cousins.”
“It’s alright Daddy,” offers Sam. “I’ll eventually have a baby Moms. But right now, I don’t want to stop wrestling. Tell you what, I will let Cyn be the one to have the babies for now. Motherhood suits her, she carries all that extra weight well.”
Cyn’s jaw drops at the snide comment from Sam who slowly rises to her feet. She picks up her drink and moves to leave the room. “I am going to get ready for later, and I have to call Ben and let him know that I am going to be heading to Mexico tomorrow night. Where did you want me to stay Daddy?” She is rushing out of the room as she is joined by Philip who points up the stairs.
“You can use the guest room on the right at the top of the stairs princess. And don’t let Cyn get to you,” her father says angrily.
Sam puts a hand on the arm of her father and leans up to give him a kiss on the cheek. “Thanks Daddy. I am going to call Ben then shower before we head back to the house,” she says before picking up her suitcase and climbing the stairs.
Once she is in the guest room, she closes the door and heads to the bed. Leaving the bag, she lays back on the bed. Rolling over to her stomach, she pulls out a cell phone and hits her Whatsapp to open it. Scrolling through her contacts, she presses an entry that says Prat, waiting for it to connect. It rings twice before it is picked up and a familiar cockney voice is heard and the image of Ben Jordan appears.
“Hullo Ginge,” says Ben. “How’s the dragon?”
“She is the same as always,” sighs Sam as she rolls back onto her back and holds up the phone. “She’s just pushing it again. I will be so glad to leave tomorrow and will be meeting you down in Mexico. So did you get hotel rooms for us?”
“Nah, rented a villa with a pool Sammi. One of the rooms is ready for you. Only the best for the next Mixed tag champions,” he teases. “The tequila is cold and the weather is hot.”
“Will be there tomorrow, that soon enough? Text me the address for the villa..” As she talks, there is a knock on the door and Vanessa peeks around the door she just opened.
“Samantha, we will be leaving for the house in an hour so you need to get ready for this now. Who are you talking to when you should be getting ready…ooo hello Benjamin,” she coos as Sam rotates the phone to show Ben’s face. He smiles and waves as Vanessa returns the greeting then her face once more gets serious and she motions for Sam to hurry.
“Gotta go Ben, the Dragon doesn’t want me to be late. See you soon,” says Sam. Ben nods and wishes Sam luck before the image disappears and he ends the call. Sam tosses the phone on the bed and then gets to her feet to move towards the ensuite. She has pulled at the hem of her shirt upward before entering the ensuite where the sound of running water begins…
An hour later, Sam is standing in the doorway of a gazebo in the backyard of her childhood home with a bottle of water in her hand. She is watching all the people surrounding Cyn and congratulating her on the new child. With her is Sam’s nephew who is being precocious. Sam takes a drink and is about to turn away when she runs into Monty who sneers at Sam.
“Jealous?” he asks as he nods towards Cyn which only has Sam look at her sister and then back at Monty.
“What do I have to be jealous about?”
“That could have been you Sam. We could have had a couple of kids by now if you had just been smart enough to choose me over that Ben person,” taunts Monty.
Chuckling, Sam shakes her head. “I didn’t choose Ben. I chose to continue wrestling and the fact that you were sleeping with my sister just made that the correct decision. So why don’t you go over there with the Dragon and leave me alone? I am only here for the reveal then I am out.”
Before Monty can say anything else, he is called over to where Cyn is standing. Sam waves good bye to him and leans against the gazebo frame. Across the yard, Cyn can be seen quietly telling Monty off before turning to smile at the crowd in the backyard. She motions for the crowd to quiet down as her son is holding a balloon that had been tied to his wrist. Monty hands a dart to Cyn as the two of them reach up to the balloon and at three, pierce it to reveal blue confetti. Monty looks proud as Cyn smirks as she leans into the hug that Monty is giving her. Sam shakes her head and raises her bottle before she sets it aside and then disappears from the backyard. Her father sees her leaving and follows her out.
“Where you off to Sammi?” he asks.
“Daddy, I don’t really feel like celebrating right now with Cyn. I am going to head back to your house and get some sleep. Love you Daddy,” offers Sam with a smile to reassure him. He offers to drive there but Sam just waves him off and heads towards the door. “It is only a five-minute walk, I will be fine.”
Sam disappears into the night as she escapes the house and heads towards the street to walk to her parents.
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Here I am in Mexico on the road to El Dorado. Funny, that was one of my favorite childhood movies and it really has a lot of parallels in it to what is going to be happening at Violent Conduct. Well first things first, that movie is about two friends who are searching for a city of gold in the jungles of Mexico and at the supercard, this match that Ben and I are taking part in is two friends in the search for Mixed Tag Team gold.
I know that I am sitting here right now and I am talking about a kids movie when I should be focusing on Eiley and Oz who are the champions right now. I would be crazy not to but in all honesty I have to state the obvious before I go much further.
They are dang good champions.
There, I said it. Admitting that they are the team to beat and that they are as good as they claim to be doesn’t mean that I am admitting defeat, no far from it. Admitting their skill is something I need to realize and prepare for. It is something they will be touting over and over when discussing the match.
I am sure too that they are going to rant and rave about how everyone talks about how they are just Kris and Mikah two dot oh. They may be right that others have seen it, and I admit I talked about it too. But after being in the match with Eiley, and losing to Eiley, she earned my respect. I can’t lie, she put me through the wringer in that match and deserved the win she earned. But I also have to say that facing her is also a learning experience. After all I have fought some of the best in the company and many is the time I have won and many times I have lost. But each time I am in the ring with someone, I learn. And it makes me better.
So what did I learn from being in the match against Eiley one on one? I learned that she was taught by Mikah to be very capable in the ring and to not hold back. I learned that she will do anything to win. And that she is someone that is fighting to be acknowledged as someone that is worth something to someone by being the best. And I have to hand it to her, she is a somebody now by wearing the Mixed Tag Titles.
But being someone also makes you a target and you are ready for that Eiley I am sure. And I am also sure that you are really ready to put me down because you have beaten me before. Go ahead, discount my ability in the ring based on the fact you beat me. This is your match to lose isn’t it huh?
I will tell you now that I am not going to let your confidence overshadow mine. Like my Daddy used to say, Princess, you can go out and do or you can decide to go out, do and succeed. Okay, I probably shouldn’t be using my Daddy’s little sayings to talk about my match but just hearing it makes me feel good about stepping in the ring and actually stepping up to the challenge and taking the opportunity that Ben and I earned to take the titles from you.
I will tell you that when it comes to this match I am not coming into this with the loss hanging over my head. This match is going to be just one match to me. And in this match, I have set myself a promise and that is I am not going to let you get under my skin or break my confidence or make it another loss in my record. I am coming to beat you at your own game Eiley. You are a good champion, you truly are but at Violent Conduct when I get into the ring with you, I am going to be a better one.
I have grabbed the brass ring once before. And that wasn’t even with my friend when I did. But this time I am teaming with my best friend here in SCW, Ben Jordan. And I know he is going to have his hands full with your friend Oliver Zahn. And I know that when it comes to taking care of business, Ben is someone who can beat Oliver. We have seen it haven’t we?
I might just be the wild card though Eiley. See, I am ready to step in the ring and I am ready to bring the fight to you because I am not going to allow myself to not rise to the challenge. This week at Violent Conduct is my road to the gold of the Mixed Tag title belts…my El Dorado. And I am going to achieve the success that I know I am capable of.
Ben and I will be walking in as the challengers but he and I will walk out as the new champions. My promise to him and to you.
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