[Christian Underwood]

Post your roleplays here by deadline. Good luck and have fun!

[Dreamkiller]

Chapter 17: The Urge to Drink

”Yes I know, you’re hungry, aren’t you?”

Tasmin Richards, my younger sister, stood in the kitchen holding her child, baby Dawn, in one arm and in her free hand a bottle of formula. She moved around while bouncing Dawn on her hip, humming as she does before stopping as the back door clicked. I walked into the kitchen, moving past Tasmin. She went to say something but stopped halfway through opening her mouth. I popped open the cupboard, grabbing a bottle of Tequila and a glass.

Tasmin was studying me, watching closely as I sat down and popped the top, pouring some into the glass and taking a sip. I closed my eyes as I felt the heat go down my throat. I let out a deep breath and a sigh, feeling the tension I’m holding in my shoulders and chest start to release and relax.

Tasmin moved Dawn around, popping the tip of the bottle in Dawn's mouth to feed her as her eyes trailed back across the room to me.

”So-”

I put my finger up, pouring myself another drink, a double, or maybe a triple. I’m not sure, I just filled it. I downed it, taking the whole thing and slamming the glass on the table. Tasmin shakes her head, moving toward the small baby lounger in the next room, laying Dawn down for a nap. When she returned, as she stepped back in and watched as my body finally relaxed to the point where I believed I could say something instead of just grunting and nodding. ”Issues?”

I couldn’t help but laugh. Tasmin sat down and I ran a hand through my long black hair. “Issues?...let me tell you about issues, Tas….there’s this bitch…”

The day before…

I was studying. Doing actual legwork on my opponents. My laptop was sitting on my lap, my feet up on the coffee table with a pair of headphones over my head watching matches. Next to me was Finn, flicking through paperwork for Wolfslair, a contract with a familiar logo catching my eye. I could have said something – I probably should have said something, but I was relishing in being near him without the blonde he had trailing around him now. Besides, I didn’t want to butt into his work. I went back to my studying. I was looking for something  – anything – to give me an upperhand.

This is what has always made me different from others. I use mind games, I’m ruthless, I’m a bitch. But I am also a student of the game.

Over the top of my laptop, I could see her. The stupid, vapid blonde that Finn was dating. For some reason. She was pacing, looking around the apartment. She tapped her finger on her chin, looking over at Finn and talking. Finn said something back and shook his head. She looked at me, her mouth was moving, I just went back to watching the video, ignoring her. But then, I felt it. Her hands on my headphones, lifting them up and off my head. I could feel my blood boil. ”Heeeey can you please move to like…your room or something? I want to change the flow of the room and move the couch…”

Finn and I both stared at her. Move things? No. Finn had it how he wanted it. I put my headphones back on, and Finn just went back to reading. I saw her eyes narrow and I saw her foot stomp. Finn sighed; I could feel his movement and see it from the corner of my eye. He stood up, said a few words with a small nod before walking away. I just moved my finger along the touchpad, bringing the cursor back to go over another moment as something seemed off on the video. But then…she did it again.

My headphones came off, Emily was right in my space. “It’s time to move, I’m going to rearrange a few things.”

I took a deep breath, closing my eyes and keeping my cool before speaking in my calmest, most non-bitchy voice. ”Finn has never had to move stuff in our-”

“His.”

I ground my teeth together. I felt the urge to turn that blonde hair red. But instead, I was able to reign all that anger, frustration…and murderous rage…in. “In this house, he has always had things the way he wants. What makes you think you can change it?” I laughed. I knew I was right. But then she sneered, leaned in close and said a few words designed to piss me off.

“I don’t know, guess you can call it…girlfriend privileges.” I took in a sharp breath, my nostrils flared and I felt a small growl escape my lips. She knew she had me. She knew she got one up on me and got under my skin. “Something you would know nothing about.” I mean, she wasn’t wrong. And that is what infuriated me the most at that moment. She was right.

She was where I wanted to be.

Where I wanted to stay.

”Holy shit” My sister's voice broke through the memory. “She said that and you didn’t take her head off?”

I shook my head, swallowing hard before pouring the last of the tequila into the glass. Tasmin stared off and shook her head. She knew me best, out of everyone. Out of our family, friends, everyone. Tasmin knew me. And I could feel the shock in her look and tone.

“I kept it together, but then I had to come here, just to get away. I have a lot on my mind – my career, my life, all of it. And she just…” I trailed off, my fingers tapping the outside of the glass as I took in a deep breath to stay calm, cool and collected. ”She just got under my skin..”

Tasmin shuffled in her seat and clasped her hands together. Her long blond hair was tied back away from her face. Her eyes were blue, unlike Amber, Jaxon and myself. Tasmin was the odd one out, from looks to personality, and she was special in our world. “I’m honestly impressed. I know you must have wanted to beat the shit out of her…” I gave a small nod, staring down at the glass and the light yellow liquid in it. “But, why didn’t you?....”

I shook my head, I felt a tear roll down my cheek before answering. ”Because, I don’t want to fuck this up for Finn.”

I felt it again, same as with Dickie. Tasmin pitied me. I raised the glass up, taking the rest of the tequila down. I’m not a lightweight when it comes to alcohol, but now I was feeling it. I was buzzed, lightheaded. I relaxed. But now I was in a bad place. And I’d be damned if I was going to drag Tasmin down with me. “Well, thanks for giving me somewhere to chill and collect myself…I’ll see you around, Tas.”

I stood up, I turned. Tasmin popped up. “Kay, wait.”

I swallowed and raised my hand up, waving her off. I kept it inside. I buried it down. I wanted to cry, I wanted to break. I wanted to be the weak one for once.

But instead. I just swallowed it. “I’m fine, Tas.” Came the words. But, was I? Truth is…

I didn’t even know anymore.



A Champion, an Idiot and The Third Wheel.

The bright lights flashed, the sequenced flashes from outside the famous Luxor hotel and casino was a thing to behold. The skybeam from the center of the apex shot in the air. And sitting out the front, looking like a modern day biker version of Cleopatra, was Kayla Richards. A black and purple pair of custom converse shoes on her feet leading up to a pair of black skinny jeans, a purple studded belt, a torn Motionless in white shirt on her upper body was under a black leather jacket and her long hair flowed down with her impeccable make up.

”Amazing, isn’t it?” She chuckled. “No, I don’t mean The Luxor. I mean me. Amazing what I have been able to do in Sin City in such a short time. Even after I was looked over just after I signed here. Even after I had to spend weeks sitting in catering because someone in the front office seemed to forget I existed. Well. Seems to me like no one will ever forget me again. And they’d be best served not to. See, you all seem to think I’m some flash in the pan. That I am all talk and no bite. Despite the fact I have proved, time and time again, that I am much more dangerous than most of the best women in this company…”

Kayla's eyes burn as she sits forward. People move around her and stare as she reaches down and grabs the Sin City Wrestling Internet Championship.

”Since I came here, I have been on the losing end of two matches. Two. I got tossed into a pool and was eliminated in an ultimate X for the Roulette Championship, and I got beaten for the Internet Championship by Keira Fisher Johnson. Now, the Ultimate X Match over  the pool really pissed me off, I hate losing and it's on me. I failed to throw the others in or retrieve the title. Even if I dislike the idea of the Roulette Championship the fact remains that…well…as I said.”

“I hate losing.”

“But it was all on me. It was my failure. And I came back stronger. I won the Internet Championship. Only to run into a roadblock in Keira. And again, I dislike her, I will never hide that fact – however, she was the better woman on that night and she took the Internet Title from me. But, did I wallow in self pity? Did I make excuse after excuse or did I get right back up and avenge the loss and take back what was mine? Cause, the fact I’m sitting here with the Internet Championship should tell you all you need to know.”

“For one hundred and fifty six days, I have held this title and I have done it proudly, defending it against anyone SCW decided to throw at me. Whether it was Bella Madison, or Mercedes Vargas…twice – or against a killer like Melissa…I did it all. I have never complained, never bitched.”

Kayla scoffs and rolls her eyes before throwing the title over her shoulder.

”But, everyone seems to avoid responsibility in this business. I take my responsibility as a champion very seriously. But, others seem to just avoid it. Mercedes Vargas for instance. I beat her twice, I retained my Championship and instead of showing the leadership expected of a veteran, she struck her head in the sand. She went back to tweeting sports results from shitty New York sports teams and links to past shows. Keira Johnson could have passed the torch to me as an industry veteran, but she didn’t…”

“And then, there’s Ariana…”

Kayla pauses and takes a deep breath.

“She doesn’t take responsibility for her words, actions or failures. Now, I will admit that SCW management did her dirty. They did. They put her in this position. A position where she has not done a damn thing to earn the spot that she’s in. See, Ariana had a good little run with the Roulette Championship. Hell, she even beat Melissa for it and held that title for over a hundred and thirty days. But, success within that division, with that title does not mean she gets to come into my division and come after my title after doing nothing to earn it.”

“So that pissed me off. As you can tell. Then SCW put us in the ring last Climax Control. I brought up the fact that every single time she and I are in the ring together, I have walked out the winner. And I ask you all, did she acknowledge this? Did she accept her failures and promise to be better? Or did she talk as if what I did meant nothing and was a fluke? Cause, I know what I heard, what I saw.”

“All she did was lie to each and every one of you and tell you all how this time, it would be different.”

“Again, I beat her.”

“I walked out of that match with my hand raised, my name being called as the winner. And this wasn’t some fluke roll up, this wasn’t me grabbing the tights or the ropes or hitting her with a chair or some kind of cheap shot when the referee's back was turned. No. I beat Ariana Angelos, by making her quit, by making her tap. And when she was confronted with these facts, when I told her again that all she needed to do was take responsibility…we all got excuses again…”

Kayla yawns and sits back on the large, throne-like chair that she is sitting on with the giant Luxor Casino still looking impressive in the background.

”And instead of taking responsibility and ownership, it got turned around on me. She gave excuses that I put everyone down when I beat them. And, I will admit there is SOME truth to that, but I also give women their props when I see something special. I saw that in Melissa, in Bella….some deserve it. Others don’t. And you Ariana, don’t deserve anything. You don’t deserve to be in this match, you don’t deserve to have a championship shot and you don’t deserve to be taking the spotlight from me and Melissa…”

“And speaking of Melissa, is it fair to her that you throwing these major league, idiotic tantrums has made her feel like the third wheel?”

“Let me be clear here. Melissa deserves this. Since losing the Roulette Championship to Ariana, Melissa has gone on a tear and has shown us all how good she is. She earned a title shot, she earned a match with me and she took me to the limit. She took me to a draw. That is more than all the other women I have beaten can say. And truth be told. You deserve a one-on-one match for this title. You should be my next contender. But, instead. We are being forced to have this match with Ariana. A woman I already beat one-on-one twice, a woman who never earned her way here and a woman who, behind her smiling face where she pretends to respect you, has done nothing but belittle your existence, Melissa.”

“I may be a bitch, but at least I acknowledge you belong here, at least I promote the fact you’re a threat and could be the Internet Champion coming out the other side. All Ariana does is smile and then stab you in the back. I may be a bitch and a horrible person; I will step over my own family to get a championship and I will sell out my friends for a leg up in this business. I will cheat, I will take every advantage. But I’m honest about it.”

“Ariana isn’t Melissa.”

“She wants to make this all about herself instead of about a Championship that should be looked at as special now. I made this title special. I made it worth having. And if Ariana somehow flukes a win here, she’ll just make it out to be a joke again. If you beat me, if you were the one to take it from me. I could live with that. Don’t get me wrong, I’d hate it. Deep down I would despise you, because as I said before, I hate losing. But I could live with it. Because I know that you would respect the title, you would keep up what I did with it…”

“And, you’re good enough to do it.”

“You are a strong, ass kicker who can hold her own against anyone and will do what it takes to stay as a champion. You can beat anyone in this company just like I can. But, I’m special. I’m different. I’m built in a different way. I want to keep this championship for as long as I can and make it so when people look at it they remember my name. You could stop that Melissa. You could end this reign of terror that everyone seems to believe I’m on.”

Kayla stands up, she moves around the crowd that has gathered outside the iconic Luxor.

“However, if this is my final match as Internet Champion in this run I have been on, well I’m not going to leave anyone guessing. I am not going to have any regrets, I will leave it all out there in the ring. And…well...”

“I’ll go down in a Blaze of Glory...”

[Ariana Angelos]

Kayla’s challengers for the Bombshell Internet Title were entering the match with a serious disadvantage! Not only did Ariana lose the non-title match but Melissa’s delayed match against Chelsea LeClair would end in defeat for the member of the Saviours! That made Kayla the odds-on favourite to  retain the title against the two game challengers but Ariana did at least have one more ace up her sleeve! Namely that she had won the Bombshell Roulette Title under similar circumstances! Can she repeat history? Will Melissa win her second title? Or will Kayla retain?

Ariana’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 27th of February 2023, 04:00am

So much stuff went down last night that frankly? I’m still wrapping my head around it!

If my night just ended with the loss to Kayla then maybe I’d be better off, I mean yeah I definitely would’ve preferred getting a win over that egotistical toxic bitch but the loss still would’ve been easier to swallow if not for everything ELSE that happened last night!

Yeah, yeah, get your jokes about me and Francisco out of your system!

But no, not only did Carter lose his match to Malachi and actually apologize for the comments he made in his promo against Mal (something I’ll never willingly do for Kayla by the way) but Melissa lost her delayed match to Chelsea LeClair leaving both challengers in the same boat when it comes to Kayla! Fun!

And that’s not even getting into Krystal admitting that she was feeling directionless and had been since she lost the Roulette Title last year and her apparent recruitment into The Saviours! I respect Mac. Chris, Kat, Kim, Peter (what can I say? I was among the many impressed by his debut!), Goth and Melissa as wrestlers but I’ve never been that trusting of the group’s intentions! I can only hope that Krystal knows what she’s doing there.

All this before the second Supercard of the year! This year is going to be a crazy one, isn’t it?

”Ugh, I can’t get any sleep!” I grunted in annoyance as I turned onto my side, this was easily the worse time I’ve had trying to get any sleep since the day of the New Delhi incident and at least then I had the excuse that I was crying myself to sleep over the horrible situation Carter has in with his then-boyfriend Laz! My comment caught Francisco’s attention and he turned to me, we had sex a few hours ago and we were both naked as an (obvious) result. ”I’m pretty sure Kayla’s living rent free in my head right now!”

”All because of those comments she made before and after the match?” Francisco asked and I nodded as I glanced over at my fiancée. ”We both know that Kayla’s an egomaniac but she can at least back up her ego in the ring!”

”Yeah! Pity the same principle doesn’t apply to her toxic personality!” I responded as I shook my head. ”She’s like a female J2H, except J2H has the record, title wins and talent to back up his massive ego! Kayla has the talent and two reigns with the Bombshell Internet Title, she hasn’t earned that ego!”

”You want to go down and check your Twitter account for more tweets from Kayla, don’t you?” Francisco asked with a frown and I quickly nodded knowing that there was no point in denying it. ”Try to get to bed babe! It’s 4:00anm and you’ll need to be well rested for when you start training for the match!”

”Maybe your………” I trailed off as I heard a loud crash frown downstairs which prompted me to sit up in bed, we’ve got two young pets in the house, a kitten called Athena and a Labrador puppy called Zeus, either one of our fur babies could’ve caused that, or worse, a clumsy burglar. ”I had better go investigate that noise.”

”Might I suggest we get dressed first?” Francisco offered with a sheepish grin and I blushed when I realized what he meant, I was a beautiful woman and my fiancée was a gorgeous guy, sure, but I don’t think any potential burglars want to leave our house thinking that they were just burgling a house that belonged to a nudist couple! We got dressed with Francisco throwing on a shirt and jeans and me grabbing one of my SCW merch shirts and throwing that on with a pair of jean shorts.

Thankfully when we got downstairs, there were no burglars and we eased up on seeing the source of the noise, Athena had just knocked over a vase causing it to shatter on impact starting her and Zeus in the process. ”Aww, Athena, did you startle yourself?” I asked in a motherly tone as I picked up the kitten from the shelf, she wasn’t too happy about that at first but soon relaxed as I starting stroking her. ”How’s Zeus?” I asked as Athena started purring.

”The puppy, the Greek God or the contestant from Hell’s Kitchen Season 21?” Francisco asked as he picked up the puppy and whilst I laughed at his joke Francisco gave the lab puppy a once over. ”But seriously? He seems fine, just a bit started from the vase break.”

”We’re going to have to get that thing replaced soon, luckily I got it for cheap at a local store.” I responded as I looked at the broken shards of what was once a vase and chuckled to myself. ”How did that verse in Zero to Hero go again? They slapped his face on every vase.”

”ON EVERY CASE!” Francisco responded with a laugh as we remembered our favourite line from what was in my opinion, one of the most underrated songs of the Disney Renaissance era, and then remembered to keep it down because of how late it was. ”Next movie night needs to be a Disney marathon!”

”Agreed!” I responded with a grin before I heard my phone go off and after setting Athena down on the couch, I went to check it, the message was just an automatic news message that pretty much anyone with a iPhone got but I wasn’t interested in that! Rather, I was interested in what was happening on Twitter, namely? ”Off course Kayla’s calling me a coward for staying silent! Is sleep a foreign concept to that bitch?”

”Well, you may as well get the reply out of your system whilst we’re up.” Francisco responded and I nodded before using my tweet to call out Kayla on, well, everything wrong with that woman really! ”You want to reply to whatever she tries to say in response or call it a night?”

”I’m having enough trouble sleeping as it is! Going back and forth with Kayla will just cause me to lose an entire night’s worth or sleep considering how much that bitch likes the sound of her on voice!” I responded as I shook my head before putting the phone down and once we made sure our pets were okay, we returned to our bedroom.

Well, I at least had better luck sleeping this time!

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 27th of February 2023, 13:00pm

I ended up having a power nap a couple of hours after I woke up this morning since I was up so late last night but I was still able to get to the Go Gym with plenty of time to spare.

One person was conspicuous in her absence though and that was Krystal, my friend and occasional sparring partner hadn’t been seen all day and hadn’t tweeted much since the events of last night’s Climax Control and considering who she was interacting with after the match between Chelsea LeClair and Melissa? It left me with a lot more questions than answers.

I asked Jessie via text if Krystal had opted to train at her home gym instead but the veteran said no, she hadn’t seen her either! And Cassie said the same thing when I asked if Krystal had been to Hero Academy today! Last I checked, Krystal and Makayla’s home wasn’t big enough for them to install a home gym like the one Jessie has installed in her house which raised more questions, namely where exactly was the Aussie?!

And no, Krystal wasn’t answering her phone either but if Krystal wanted some private time to prepare for her match against Chelsea then she could have it! If nothing else that gave me plenty of time to train for the Triple Threat against Kayla and Melissa on my own!

There was one other thing on my mind though and that was this year’s Blast from the Past Tournament, the bosses announced this year’s teams towards the end of last night’s show and with SCU closing last year, it left a lot of room open for newcomers to come in and try to make an impact right off the bat! I was teamed up with one of those newcomers in Oliver Zahn, a graduate from the Jet City training school!  A few years ago a similar team was formed when the newly debuting Fenris teamed with Courtney Pierce and whilst Courtney became the first winner to bow out of her title match, the fact remained that there was precedent for a team consisting of a Go Gym Graduate and a Jet City Graduate to at least do very well in the tournament!

Granted the one difference this time around was that the genders of the graduates were switched around with me representing the Go Gym and Oliver representing Jet City but I was confident that we could do well, maybe even win the thing! That wasn’t until after Blaze of Glory though and I had to make sure that I was entering my first Blast from the Past as Bombshell Internet Champion first!

Easier said than done when you look at my competition!

”98, 99, 100!” I grunted as I finished my sit ups with a new student at the Go Gym serving as my spotter, she seemed nice enough and was clearly trying to make a good impression on the older Go Gym students like me. ”Pity your too new to spar with me Kelly, could use all the help I can get right now.”

“Because of your match against Kayla and Melissa or the Blast from the Past Tournament?” Kelly asked as her kinda thick Irish accent rang out and I just my head in response. “Both?”

”Yeah, it’s both.” I nodded as I sat up and rested my arm on my knee. ”But there are other ways I can prepare so I’m not too worried! So, do you have any questions as a new student for me?”

“Been trying to think of some throughout the sit-ups session.” Kelly admitted with a sheepish grin and I gave her a sympathetic one in return as I was in the same vote when I was new at the gym. “How about some general advice? Like how to deal with the other students?”

”Rule #1: if you’re going to bring sweets into the gym, call ahead to check if Fenris has arrived yet or not.” I responded with a grin before thinking way back. ”Back when I was first starting at the Go Gym I ran into some girl scouts selling their cookies door to door and I figured I’d buy a bunch of thin mints and peanut butter cookies into the Go Gym.” I added as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”That was the day that I found out that for as fierce a fighter as he is in the ring, Fenny-poo has a massive sweet tooth!”

“Is this a bad time to mention that my mum runs a bakery?” Kelly asked with a sheepish grin and I gave her a curious look. “When I told my mum that I wanted to enrol here and become a wrestler, she said yes on the condition that I pay for it myself and work at the bakery to afford it.”

Well, at least SOMEONE’s parents supported her dreams. ”Maybe we should have a bake off sometime? Don’t you let my YouTube channel fool you, I did work at the Gold Coast’s kitchen as a pastry chef until the pandemic made me choose between that and wrestling and I can bake a mean cake.” I added and Kelly grinned as the redhead clearly liked the idea.

“Aye, that sounds grand!” Kelly responded before she stood up and stretched her body a bit. “I’m of to continue my workout elsewhere in the gym but it was great meeting you Ariana.”

”Same here, but please! Call me Ari, everyone does!” I instructed Kelly and the young trainee nodded before she walked off leaving me alone in m thoughts.

Jessie’s home. Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 28th of February 2023. 14:00pm

Remember when I described Jessie as her own worse enemy? Back when she was challenging me for the Bombshell Roulette Title?

Well, that statement is proving especially true this week! Alicia had to pull out of the planned match between her and Jessie due to a family emergency and the bosses were unable to find a replacement for her in time, meaning Jessie was missing a Blaze of Glory for the first time since her debut in 2012! To say that Jessie went ballistic is an understatement, she even went as far as to accuse Alicia of faking that family emergency.

So why am I here after such disgusting comments? Honestly, I still think Jessie’s a decent person, she’s just had an explosive temper for almost as long as she’s been a wrestler, could that be tied to her crappy childhood? Who knows? I’m not exactly a psychiatrist, but I felt I needed to train away from the Go Gym for a bit and Jessie agreed to help me train Harper for her upcoming graduation match.

Off course, it helps me prepare for the Triple Threat so who am I to complain?

”Thanks for agreeing to help me out Ari.” Harper thanked me as she lead me into the house with Jessie’s Chow-Chow puppy Titan following us excitedly (and no doubt smelling my puppy on my clothes) and I grinned in response. ”Jessie is getting everything set up downstairs, ring’s in need of a bit of cleaning.”

”Bit of overuse I take it?” I asked Harper and she nodded in response. ”So how are things anyway? I’ve noticed you’re feeling a bit better after that incident.”

”It’ll be a while before she’s able to walk unaided but Kata’s on the road to recovery.” Harper nodded as she lead me and the puppy down the basement and into the home gym. ”And it’ll be a while before I stop feeling guilty again.”

”You’ll get used to it eventually.” Jessie chimed in as she looked up from a freshly cleaned ring and I we exchanged uneasy looks. ”Something I said?”

”More like something you tweeted!” I responded and Harper nodded in agreement before Jessie frowned. ”But we’re not here to discuss whether or not Alicia was faking that, I’ve got a Triple Threat Match to prepare for and Harper’s graduation match is sneaking up on us faster than I can keep track off! We should probably get started on that sparring match.”

”Or not, Ari’s in a Triple Threat Match, I figure the three of us should have a sparring Triple Threat Match to help her prepare.” Jessie responded and I gave the wrestling veteran a surprised look. ”It’s better than us brawling in a back ally in India, isn’t it?”

”That was way too specific to be a random reference.” Harper realized as a frown appeared on her face. ”Did I miss something by not approaching you before the India tour Jess?”

”To make a long story short? When SCW stopped by Chandigarh for the India tour I wanted to test just how ready Ari was for her title match against Melissa and Georgie.” Jessie explained as she stretched out against the ring ropes to warm up. ”Now, I left my phone upstairs so I can’t do the math, but Chandigarh is a couple of thousand miles away from this home gym so it wasn’t like we could just pop back over here in a moment’s notice.”

”In other words? Jessie lured me into an alleyway and sucker punched me.” I elaborated as I got into the ring and Harper nodded. ”All the while, Jessie was recounting her rules for title matches.”

”Such as Rule #1, don’t let your guard down.” I barely had time to react before Jessie clobbered me from behind, Harper reacted quickly sliding into the ring and putting herself between me and Jessie. ”You’re going to need to these lessons someday kid! Hell with your talent you’ll probably get a title shot faster than Cassie did.”

”Okay, seriously! What the hell has gotten into you lately?!” Harper demanded earning surprised looks from me and Jessie. ”First that disgusting tweet to Alicia and now this? This isn’t the Jessie Salco I idolized!”

”I’m flattered kid, honestly, I am!” Jessie responded as she backed off into a corner and Harper helped me up. ”But you and Ari need to learn something! Wrestling is a cutthroat business where the weak starve and the strong thrive, you two have the talent but you don’t have the killer instinct that you need to thrive.”

”Oh really? Because I remember doing pretty well for myself as champion!” I responded as I stared down Jessie and Jessie remained silent on the matter. ”In fact didn’t I beat you to retain the title in my last defence?”

”You did, I’ll grant you that much! But if you ask me? You’d still be champ if you had what Kayla has, and I don’t mean her toxic personality either!” Jessie responded as she shook her head and me and Harper shared a look. ”You almost had her beat on Climax Control but unless you step up your game at Blaze of Glory? You’ll either be another name on the list of Bombshells Kayla has retained the title over or you’ll be in the same position Georgie was back in New Delhi, causing the champion to lose the belt even though they weren’t pinned.”

”What’s your point Jessie?” I asked as I rubbed by aching head from the cheap shot and Jessie remained silent. ”You want us to become more like you? Thanks but I’d rather not be a cynical bitch!”

”Believe what you want Ariana, but to succeed in this business, you need to know when to backstab someone for your own benefit!” Jessie scoffed before she stepped into the centre of the ring with her arms open wide. ”But please! Prove me wrong!”

We took that as our cue to start the sparring match and, well, I had a feeling Harper was angry at her cousin for those Alicia comments before then her blows to Jessie confirmed it as she was giving it everything her had, I did my part to keep up but it was clear that Jessie was the most experienced of the three.

After about half an hour Jessie called time on the sparring match and tossed us a water bottle each. ”Harper? You keep fighting angry like that and maybe you’ll surpass me some day, as for you Ari?” Jessie said as she walked up to me with her arms crossed. ”You were trained by some of the best trainers in the world at one of the best schools in the country, maybe even the world! But as far as I’ve seen? You’ve yet to fully take advantage of that training!”

”You know what? That’s rich!” I added as I pulled myself out of the corner and got in Jessie’s face. ”Coming from the woman who hasn’t held a title since 2020 and had her last reign cut off by one of Alicia and Kayla’s teammates! As a matter of face? Are sure your grudge isn’t against Alicia and Kayla but rather Wolfslair as a whole?”

”I’m not even going to dignify that fucking question with the answer you want!” Jessie spat at me and it was clear that I had touched a nerve because Jessie stormed out of the ring immediately after that statement. ”Feel free to spar and train for however long you need, I need to call off.”

As it turned out, that was the last we would hear from Jessie for the rest of the day, even after Christian officially announced the match between her and Devona she didn’t emerge from her room, maybe I did hit a sore spot after all.

Maybe I should try to do the same with Kayla and Melissa?

In front of Ari’s board, Ariana’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 28th of February 2023, 21:00pm

*promo time*

Si Kayla, what have you done?

”Class, I’m not going to lie to you, I’m pissed off right now!” I stated as I stepped in front of the board with my pointer in hand. ”Over the course of the cycle I’ve gone from accidentally sitting on Cheesecake to being named the #1 Contender for the Bombshell Internet Title to having my planned one on one title match with Kayla turned into a Triple Threat because of one time limit draw between Kayla and Melissa! And all that was before Kayla NARROWLY escaped defeat at my hands last Sunday at Climax Control 355!” I added as I pointed the pointer at a pic of the closing moments  of the match between me and Kayla. ”I said at Climax Control that I was going to take a sledgehammer to the flaws in your game Kayla and even in defeat? I managed to do that!”

Deny it all you want.

”But beating me wasn’t enough for you Kayla, you had to go and insult me on Twitter after the bosses didn’t listen to your logic and refused to remove me from the match! That won’t be the only thing that will go against you in this matchup Kayla I can assure you of that!” I added before moving the pointer to Melissa’s picture. ”But I’d be remiss if I didn’t bring up the other challenger in the match, because like I said Melissa failed to get the job done in Kayla’s last defence and because it was a Time Limit Draw, she’s getting a second chance!” I said before moving the pointer to the picture of all three of us, using the pictures of Kayla and Melissa I used a couple of weeks ago. ”This match is going to be one hell of a way for me to win the Bombshell Internet Title, that’s for sure!”

The gang’s all back together!

”We have Kayla trying to continue her winning streak against me and we have Melissa trying to get a win back after I beat her twice in a row, I’d say that Seleana’s the only one missing but she’s busy with the Roulette Title!” I added with a grin before pointing the pointer at the picture of the Bombshell Internet Title. ”But my point is that me, Kayla, and Melissa are all fighting for the same prize, Kayla’s Bombshell Internet Title, Kayla wants this to be her latest successful defence whilst me and Melissa want to be the one to repeat Keira’s success! But with both me and Melissa suffering defeats at the last Climax Control? The advantage is definitely in Kayla’s court, but I’m not about to let that get in the way of my goal! Let’s get started, shall we? And no, you get no prizes for guessing who I’m starting with!” I added before pointing at Kayla’s picture. ”Because why wouldn’t I start with the champ herself?”

Here we go!

”What’s there to say about you that hasn’t been said already Kayla? Your one of the best female wrestlers to come around in a long time, but your also quickly becoming one of the most hated women on the roster!” I stated as I shook my head in disapproval. ”Here I am trying to prove that not all Bombshells are terrible people and here you are actively trying to undo my hard work! I will say that your second reign as champion has been impressive but it’s like I said at Climax Control, your starting to slip up Kayla! You barely made it out of your last defence as champion and you barely beat me this Sunday night, can you repeat the success you’ve had against me and Melissa?”

Good question.

”If you ask me and I know you didn’t, the answer’s a firm no, you think you’ve got me and Melissa all figured out as in-ring competitors but you’ve yet to face me when a title’s on the line Kayla!!” I added as I moved the pointer stick to a picture of me holding the Bombshell Roulette Title above my head. ”You may look down at the division all you want but anyone who went toe to toe with me as the Bombshell Roulette Champion quickly realized that I’m not just the ditzy Greek American Bombshell with a gay best friend, I’m a fierce competitor and there’s no legal lengths I won’t go to so I can win a title math! Don’t believe me? Ask Melissa!”

Go ahead.

”She’ll happily tell you about the time I took the word “Falls” in “Falls Count Anywhere” to its logical conclusion!” I added as I pointed to the picture of the closing moments of the Main Event between me and Melissa. ”You see Kayla? You did something that only a few competitors have managed to date, you’ve awakened the sleeping dragon! The dragon within me that’s been waiting for an opportunity to strut her stuff! She’s been asleep since my reign ended but not she’s well-rested and now ready to do what she does best again!”

And that is?

”And that is help me win gold! I’ve proven that I can do it once Kayla and I’ll do it again come Blaze of Glory!” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Scoff all you want Kayla but Melissa made the same mistake in New Delhi and look at what it cost her! Trust me Kayla, the same will happen to you! And speaking off Melissa, it’s been a while hasn’t it Mel?” I asked rhetorically as I moved the pointer to her picture. ”Heck! I was still twenty-one years old when we last fought!”

Time flies.

”A lot has changed since then, hasn’t it Mel? You’ve finally resolved your issues with Jessie, you have moved on from the Bombshell Roulette Division and into the Bombshell Internet Title Division, I am happy for you, honestly!” I added before moving the pointer to a picture of Melissa winning her first title at Summer XXXTreme. ”But a lot has changed for me as well since we last faced off Melissa, we’ve both been busy young women, trying to establish ourselves as serious competitors in an extremely competitive division! But much like Kayla, your goals in this match couldn’t be more obvious!””

Try to deny it!

”Because whilst Kayla is looking to retain her title, your hoping to repeat your success from last year’s Summer XXXTreme!” I stated as I rested the pointer over my shoulder. ”And I will give you credit where it’s due for getting out of the rut you were in after I retained the Bombshell Roulette Title over you Mel, but it sems you’ve fallen right back into it with your loss to Chelsea last week, I know you’ll be eager to prove me wrong Mel, but can you?”

The million-dollar question.

”You’ve only beaten me and Kayla once Mel, and your win over Kayla was when you won the Bombshell Roulette title whilst you beat me to qualify for that match! It all comes back to this one title math, doesn’t it?” I asked as I pointed at the picture from Summer XXXTreme again. ”It’s up to your own interpretation as to whether the match tying into a title match for a title that Kayla despises is ironically funny or not, but we were all involved in this match in some way or another, and here we are months later competing for a different title.” I asked before pointing to a crayon drawing of a butterfly. ”In my opinion this is an example of the butterfly effect!”

What’s that.

”The saying goes that when a butterfly flaps it’s wings in one part of the world, a hurricane will strike elsewhere! In other words, it’s the idea that a small event such as all three of us being tied in some way to a title match months ago has led us all down the path to this Triple Threat, now Mel? You won that match as we discussed, but the small event I’m referring to is you beating me in that qualifier!” I added before moving the pointer to the pictures of the three of us. ”That class, is an example of Chaos Theory, meaning that nothing is truly predictable! Kayla and Mel may be the odds-on favourites to win but as far as I see it?”

It's that simple.

”Nothing is set in stone in wrestling, that’s a fact that both of you should know well!!” I stated as io folded my arms. ”Don’t believe me? Kayla your first reign with the Bombshell Internet Title ended on its second defence, same goes for Melissa and the Bombshell Roulette Title, only difference is Kayla succeeded in getting her title back whilst Mel failed.” I stated before grinning at the camera. ”And this time around? The underdog will walk out the champion again!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Kayla? Mel? I know you’ll both give me one hell of a fight at Blaze of Glory XI but I’m more than ready to meet your fight head on!” I added before pointing at the Bombshell Internet Title Picture. ”Because I won my first title in a triple Threat and I’m more than willing to repeat history as you two bask in the glow of the Greek Angel’s Light! I’ll see you both in the ring! Kayla? Keep the title warm for me!”

I walked off as the scene fades.

[Goth]

OOC: I have permission from the handler to use Kim Pain in my rp, i hope you enjoy

After the Go Home show – Melissa’s perspective

February 26th 2023

It’s late at night, hours after the final Climax Control has ended we see Melissa and Goth get out of the limo and enter their hotel room. Goth picks up the room key while Melissa walks towards the elevator with a disappointed look on her face. Even though she was happy that she had found out that she and Chris Page would team up for the Blast From The Past Tournament, it still left a foul taste in her mouth that she had lost against Chelsea. It was a good match and she has to admit that Chelsea had won fair and square, but she is a competitor and she always wants to reach the very top of her game no matter who it is against.

She waits for the elevator doors to open as Goth stands next to her, he remains silent as he knows that in this mood that she is in that she is better left alone. Something that she reminded herself that he had to learn the hard way on the early days of their relationship. She mentally sighs as the elevator door opens and the two enter, Goth presses the button to the top floor to where their hotel room is at as they stand there silently. They had decided to stay the night here before heading over towards the Saviors club house that they had been building in the middle of the Nevada desert. But Melissa always preferred to stay in a hotel after a show before heading “home”.

The elevator doors reopen a few seconds after they had closed on the ground floor, Goth drags the suitcases behind him as Melissa is checking on some messages that she had apparently missed on her cell phone. She skills all the seemingly un important messages until reading a text from Chris Page reading:

“Let’s Dance!!!”

This causes a smile to emerge upon her face, he had seen the drawing for the tournament and clearly was happy to have been paired with a fellow Saviors as well as one of the latest signees of CCPE. She had hoped for a positive drawing as she had noticed that there were several great possible tag team partners out there. But to find one in one of their own group was something she could have only wished for, especially with a legend that in stature easily matched that of her fiancé. She looks up at Goth, who was walking ahead of her before reaching the hotel room door. She smiles warm hartedly as she watches him open the hotel room door, but allows her to enter first before him. She gives him a peck on the cheek as this is something she would always do for him before heading over towards the bedroom and falls on top of their bed. Goth pushes his head inside the bedroom to ask her if she wanted something to drink, she doesn’t answer as Goth already knows what she wants and walks off. She moves through her messages until she reaches the final one, this one made her smile widen as if it was from ear to ear. It was from Kim Pain, telling her Melissa that there’s no shame in ending up number two in the tournament after her and Melissa’s fiancé.

“You are so funny.”

Melissa mutters while still grinning as she responds to Kim in a fashion that the two were used from each other. Kim had become one of her closest friends since joining the Saviors and CCPE. Not withstanding how close she was with Kat, but with Kat having a more office job helping Chris Page out with CCPE the two have not had many opportunities to catch up with each other, even though Melissa understood the position that Kat was in and loved her still very much. But the spark that Kim had brought to the team was exactly what Melissa had needed to get over that negative slump that she had been in for a while towards the end of last year. She spends some more time exchanging messages with Kim before placing the phone next to her on the bed as she closes her eyes. She feels a headache pounding through her head as she gingerly touches her forehead with the back of her hand. She winces a little after her hand made contact with her head before slowly trying to calm down again.

She could not help but wonder why she has not been upset as in the ways she had been when she had lost her first match against one of the two opponents in this Bombshell Internt Title match in Ariana Angelos. It was just like this match a triple threat. She had accused her that this result was a fluke, only to have tasted defeat once more by the woman that took away her Roulette title. Then it was the defeat against Jessie Salco as well as Masque due to interferences from the earlier mentioned Jessie Salco. It was probably because of the angr that was building inside her towards Ariana and Jessie, they were the two Bombshells that she could not stand, seriously considering even calling it hatred towards them. It took her a while to realize that she had let her personal feelings take over from her professional mindset. Something that she rebounded from by beating the current Bombshell Roulette champion as well as Jessie Salco in their final encounter. So losing to Chelsea was something not so much unexpected, but rather inconvenient considering the momentum that she had going into the match against her, but lost. In the past Melissa would have destroyed her entire locker room, now she is aware that she was outwrestled by a better competitor on that given night. Something she knew that she would rebound from, learning from your mistakes makes you a better wrestler was a lesson Goth had taught her early on. But still, she didn’t like it.

“Here’s your hot chocolate sweetheart.”

Goth says before giving her a soft kiss on her cheek, she smiles as she truly was craving one. She knew that it didn’t fit her training regiment, but then again she would train it off the next day. She takes a sip from the hot chocolate as she closes her eyes and savours the taste of the hot liquid. This was her moment to relax on a Sunday evening before she and Goth would cuddle up late at night in bed and watch a movie and fall asleep. She started to wonder how Goth’s son was doing, she had not spoken to him in quite some time as she takes another sip from the hot chocolate before grabbing her cell phone and starts a video call with Gerrit Jr.

“Hiya Mel!! How are you??? How is dad???”

She smiles, always the enthusiastic response when she would call him.

“Hi hun, I’m doing fine. Your dad and I just got back in the hotel after the show in Sin City Wrestling. Just relaxing a little and thought I would call my favourite man of the household.”

“I heard that!!!”

Both Melissa and Goth’s son Gerrit Jr. are laughing at the response coming from the other room from his father. He shakes his head and rolls his eyes

“I saw your match Mel, too bad you didn’t win it. But I am sure with your title match coming up that you will rebound from it. And about me?? Well I just finished homework and was about to hang out with some friends and play some video games.”

“Any lady friends I should know about???”

Melissa asks while giving him a wink, she giggles when she notices him slowly starting to turn red.

“I uhm…,”

“No worry sweetie, your secret is safe with me. But I want you to know, if you ever have any questions?? Don’t hesitate to ask okay?? I don’t want you to hurt yourself sweetie.”

This causes him to relax and start to smile again.

“So when can I come over and visit you again??? I look forward to meet the other Saviors as well.”

Melissa looks at him as she notices that red glow returning again.

“Are you sure you want to see us just for us?? Or did your eyes catch my good friend Kim Pain???”

Gerrit Jr. tries to give a response, but the only thing that he could muster was some stammering as his face turns beet red. This causes Melissa to giggle as she loves to torment him a little as she had noticed he started to hit puberty and was looking at girls .

“I tell you what, I will talk to your father and see if we can bring you oer next weekend to accompany us for the big Super Card. And who knows, I may even have auntie Kat and Kim pick you up from the airport.”

“REALLY??? I mean, uhm sure yeah that would be cool.”

He tries to hide his enthusiasm after his initial response, causing her to laugh

“I am sure he won’t mind, just as long as you keep up your study young man. Now I’m going to finish my hot chocolate, but I promise to call you back soon. Bye sweetie.”

“Bye Mel!!!!”

She smiles as he waves towards her before closing the video call, she sighs as she takes a few more sips from the hot chocolate as Goth enters the room with a glass of orange juice and something to eat for both of them.

“So what’s up with Gerrit?”

He asks her as he hands her a bowl of soup, she grabs it while placing the glass of chocolate on the nightstand next to her.

“He was asking if he could visit us at a show one day, I told him that I would ask you if he could spend the weekend of the show with us. Oh and he would love it if Kim and Kat would pick him up.”
 
The two share a laugh at the final comment as Goth sits down next to her as the two of them enjoy their own bowl of soup.

“I think that could be arranged, we just have to make sure that he is handcuffed with these two ladies.”

This causes Melissa to burst out in laughter as she nearly spat out some soup that she just put inside her mouth just as Goth made his comment. She looks at him while shaking her head.

“Poor Gerrit, if he only knew how vicious Kim could be.”

“I am sure that he already knows after watching what she did in that match against Seleana Zdunich. I am sure that none of the ladies in that fatal fourway wants any piece of Kim.”

The two remain silent as they eat their soup and drink their hot chocolate as the shot slowly fades.

The Next Day

Melissa is kicking the shit out of the punching bag with some stiff kicks, working herself into a sweat as she is preparing herself for her Bombshell internet title match against the champion Kayla Richardson and Ariana Angelos. The camera widens as we see Kim Pain holding the punching bag in place for the former Bombshell roulette champion Melissa, who finishes the set off with some spinning back elbows and a high knee. Melissa spins around as she walks towards the drinking bottle that was standing on the bench behind her and splashes some of the water across her face before wiping it off with a towel. She finally takes a sip from the water as she is catching her breath.

“I couldn’t help but notice that you are in a killing mood today Mellie, want to talk about it??”

Melissa takes another sip from the bottle of water, completely oblivious to what Kim had just said to her

“Melissa??”

“Huh??? What???”

Clearly Melissa was lost in her thoughts as Kim calling out her name, she quickly realizes what had happened and raises her hands up in an apologetic fashion.

“Huh??? What???”

Melissa sees Kim staring at her with that patented smirk that you knew that you got busted, Melissa sighs and drops down on the bench and rests her head against the nearby wall.

“I’m sorry Kim, I just got lost in my thoughts on preparing for my match next week. But now also with the fact that next week Goth’s teenager son is coming over and he is noticing girls.”

Kim stands there quietly, slowly raising an eyebrow as she tries not to burst out in laughter. Melissa turns her gaze towards her and rolls her eyes before she starts to giggle.

“Well you aren’t off the hook Kim, he wants you and Kat to pick him up.”

This causes Kim’s look to slightly change after hearing that from Melissa as she slowly sits down next to her, she rests her head against the wall while lifting her feet up and wrapping her arms around them.

“He wants me and Kat to pick him up???”

Melissa slightly grins as she waves her hand towards Kim, taking another sip from the bottle as she looks into the mirror in front of her.

“He is noticing girls, I already had noticed that from earlier phone calls that we have had in recent months. I just know he is very shy towards girls, afraid to approach them and I just try to help him get out of his shell a little.”

“Well this doesn’t sound too shy to me.”

The two ladies look at each other and giggle as Melissa shakes her head and continues.

“It’s kinda my fault, I was just teasing him by saying that you two would pick him if he was a good boy. I hadn’t thought about the fact that he would actually jump on it, so yeah if you want to punish someone then…. Ouch….”

Kim suddenly throws a bottle towards Melissa who had not been paying attention, the bottle opens up and some of the water splashes all over her.

“What the???”

“That’s what you get for nearly concussing my tag team partner the other day and now forcing me to babysit Goth’s son.”

Kim says with a smile on her face as she winks towards Melissa, who uses the dry part of her towel to clean herself up a little. She slowly starts to laugh at the situation, realizing how silly she looks like and not having to worry about Kim picking up her future step son.

“So what’ are we going to do next???”

Melissa asks as she slowly wants to turn the subject from Goth’s son to her preparation for her title match. Kim looks over to the gym and spots two treadmills that are free for them to use. She cocks her head towards the treadmill as Melissa nods her head in agreement.

“I’ll be right there with you, someone needs to make sure that none of other water bottles are empty right???”

She chuckles as Kim sticks out her tongue towards her before walking towards the treadmill with both of their towels, making sure that nobody else could claim the two machines over them. Melissa turns around and walks towards the bar and asks for two new bottles for her and Kim. She looks over towards Kim, who has already started her exercise on the treadmill. She smiles, she enjoyed training together with her. Both were on the same level, even though Kim is older than her. The two started to hit it off quite well and have become training partners during the travels between shows. She knew that Goth enjoyed working out with her, but he always preferred his own pace and wasn’t much of an early bird like she is.

“Two bottles of water miss…”

Melissa turns her attention bac to the employee who handed her two new bottles of water, she thanks him with a smile on her face before walking towards the treadmills of her and Kim. She places the bottle of water in the holder of Kim’s treadmill before doing the same to hers. Attaching herself to a security line of the treadmill before punching in the data for her exercise and starts to run. The two don’t talk as Kim has got her earbuds attached into her ears and Melissa can see her growl along with some of the metal songs that she was listening to. This causes Melissa to smile before turning her attention towards the digits on the screen in front of her before looking upwards towards the television screen that is hanging right above her head.

“Not the cooking channel….,”

She quickly presses a button on the menu of the treadmill that she is on, searching for a different channel. Clearly not wanted to be seduced by delicious food that would work up an appetite for her. She finally stops at a music channel and then links her earbuds to it as she can start to listen to the music they were playing. She herself also loves metal music like Kim, but sometimes she likes to switch it up with some other genres of music that Kim not always could appreciate but this time it is all metal.

Melissa starts to run as she is focussing on her breathing and heartbeat, finding the right pace that she feels comfortable with as her thoughts wonder off again. The wedding plans with Goth, she cannot believe it that when Sin City Wrestling are going on their yearly cruise show that it will be the moment that they will get wed. She new that he had always told her that when they marry that he will retire, but secretly she hopes that she can convince him to go on for a longer period of time… perhaps till the end of the year or even longer. She then thinks towards the two championship matches that she had been in with Ariana Angelos, the thought of thinking back to those moments causes her heart beat to speed up and her to grind her grind her teeth. But she shakes it off, she knows that she cannot let her past feelings cloud her, but also realizing that there’s another competitor that she has to content with in the Bombshell internet champion Kayla Richardson.

Melissa looks over to the right, she sees Kim taking a sip from her bottle of water before wiping from her forehead with her wristband as it is dripping from her forehead. Melissa has always been impressed by the intensity of Kim’s work outs. She loved the training sessions that Goth and Whisper had mapped out for her in the beginning, but since Kim had been her trainings buddy has made her feel that she has been mor prepared for her matches. She focuses back on the music as she starts to focus on her breathing and goes on for a total time of thirty minutes before the two stop with their run on the treadmill and walk off to the bar for an energy drink.

“So how are the preparations going for the wedding??”

Kim asks Melissa with a wink as the two women sit down at the bar, they take a sip from the energy drink as Melissa glows from happiness.

“It’s amazing to see that he is focused upon details that I would have never come up with, he just wants to make everything perfect.”

Kim smiles at her as the two share a moment of silence as they sip from their energy drink, Melissa then runs her fingers across the top of the bottle as the glow upon her face only grows.

“Goth once confined to me that the one thing he regrets is the fact that he never had another wedding with his original wife and give her the wedding they never had. It makes me feel that he is going all out for me, makes me feel so special.”

She turns her head away, as the emotions start to come over her, she suddenly feels the soft touch of Kim on her hand that made her turn her attention back towards Kim and whispers her appreciation towards her.

“You got a great man that truly loves you Mel.”

A tear of happiness emerges from her right eye as she wipes it away before nodding in agreement to what Kim said.

“I know, I owe him so much for all the opportunities that he has given me. That I wonder how I could ever could repay him.”

Melissa takes a deep breath, trying to find the right words to say to continue but is cut off by Kim.

“If I’m not mistaken Mel, it was you that helped him with his alcohol abuse problem, it was you that helped him raise his son when he was unable to do so. I have a feeling that he feels this way towards you in a way that you haven’t even understood.”

The words causes her to sit there stunned with silence, she had never thought about their relationship in that manner. She lowers her head and lets all the past memories pass in front of her eyes as if it was a movie. This causes her to place both hands up to her face as she needs a moment to let the realization sink in that she has done so much for him that she had just taken for granted.

“Oh my God, you are absolutely right Kim…. I just never thought I…”

She takes a moment to catch her breath while taking a sip from the energy drink as that calms her down before she is able to finish her sentence.

“That I meant so much for him…, I’ve never been in a relationship like this…. ”

Kim holds both of Melissa’s hands in her own, completely understanding te emotions that must be running through her mind a she smiles

“I am glad you two have found each other Mel and your marriage will Main Event of the entire show.”

Melissa stares into Kim’s eyes with tears in her own, but it is completed with the biggest smile upon her faceKim has ever seen from her.

“It sure will be and who knows? Maybe either him or me will also walk away with the World Heavyweight championship…. Because I know for a fact that neither of us want to lose the Blast From The Past.”

Both Melissa and Kim laugh at her comment as the two continue their talk as the shot slowly fades

A shot at the Internet Championship part one.

Melissa is alone in the Saviors club house, she just returned from a work out with Kim Pain as she had decided to relax a little and watch a movie. Goth had taken off for a few days to take of some personal stuff, she knew that he had headed over to Chantal’s grave. It was something he has done a lot as of late since he had proposed to her, she thought it was sweet to know how much he still cares for the woman that he had shared a majority of his life with. At first when they had started dating it was something that she could not always handle, it made her a little bit jealous to hear him talk so much about her. But now she knows that he just was in a process of dealing with the loss of a loved one, something that he had not gotten the opportunity to do so because he wouldn’t allow himself to do so.

She zaps through the list of movies that their streaming services had to offer before landing on a classic movie.

“Shawshank Redemption.”

She smiles to herself, she was introduced to this movie by Goth. He had told her that if there was ever a movie that she had to see, that this one was certainly that movie. She was sceptic at first, but after having watched the movie she had to admit that he was right. And ever since that experience the two of them have watched it quite some times, but this was the first time that she decided to watch it on her own.

“Now let’s be a big girl Mel, you can do this.”

She says to herself with a big smirk on her face, wrapping a large blanket around herself on the coach as she relaxes and leans back. She has a nice cup of self-made hot chocolate on a small table next to her as she gets more comfortable. She remembered how she just loved romantic comedies, some action flicks she could handle. But these type of movies she had always assumed that they were long winded and boring. But after witnessing the character work of actors like Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins had made her realize that she could indeed appreciate these type of movies, to her it was just another step of growing up. She sighs as she takes her first sip of hot chocolate as the movie starts off, slowly drifting away in the story of the Bank Manager that seemed to be guilty, to be sentenced in one of the most vicious and corrupt prison cells in the 1950’s. A story that ultimately made you feel sympathy for a man that to a certain point still believe that he had killed his wife who had filed for divorce and her lover, only to come to the conclusion that he was innocent all along.

Melissa suddenly hears a few footsteps as that causes her to roll her eyes and pauses the movie before turning her attention towards the camera crew from Sin City Wrestlign.

“Seriously?? Of all the impossible times that you could bother me you pick this moment??? Seriously???”

But Melissa doesn’t wait for an answer as she waves her hand towards the crew to do what they got to do as she takes another sip from the hot beverage.

“Well seeing that you are actually here and presumably aren’t going to be leaving until I have spoken about my opponents for this coming title match.”

She sips from the hot chocolate without taking any notice towards the camera crew as she is clearly annoyed as hell.

“Although I am going to be talking to security to be upgraded, I hate to be disturbed in my privacy for crying out loud… But anyways… I guess it is time that I will start addressing Ariana Angelos and Kayla Richardson. Two names that are in a fight for this championship belt, three names in this triple threat that could very well be the next bombshells for the coming decennia as a company like Sin City Wrestling cannot forever rely upon superheroes right??”

Melissa smirks at the subtle jab towards two Hall of Fame legends in this company in Keira and Roxi Johnson.

“And before people start to write some ridiculous hate mails or DM’s towards my direction, do realize that I do speak out of respect for their accomplishments…. But I just can’t stand them. But that’s me drifting away from the subject, because we have two other names besides yours truly that are future contenders for the Bombshell World Heavyweight championship. We are three names that Sin City Wrestling is heavily relying upon to take them into the new era of pro wrestling. Three names that already have a history with each other in separate matches…. And all of the she does or says is going to be oh so interesting leading up to this Triple Threat of consequences of so many different things. Not only to see whether Kayla can hold on to that championship belt, but also the pride to be the one that can tell the world that SHE has defeated two others in this match to walk out champion.”

“Now who would you favour?? Is it the champ?? A woman that has an impressive resume as she has been holding on to that championship belt for quite a record time is it the young and brash Ariana?? That no matter how huge the opposition is for her to overcome…. She will remain confident in her own ability and doesn’t take no for an answer??? Something that I have come in contact a few times in the past with mixed results to say the least. Or is it the bad ass bitch that everyone loves to hate and hates to admit that I got what it takes to piss you off.”

She takes another sip from the hot chocolate, savours the moment as she feels the warmth flowing from the cup towards her face before letting out a sigh of relief.

“Now obviously it is my ego that will tell you both that you shouldn’t even bother showing up int his confrontation. I mean lets’be honest, I am the only one of the three of us that can actually state the obvious…. That I have beaten both of you…. It’s something that nobody wishes to hear or want to admit without having a But excuse ready at hand. Trust me, I had a few with Ariana when she beat me twice in a very short time. But I know now that she was the better of the two at that moment…. And that I had to do harder to at least make sure that I would have walked away Roulette champion instead of her. And then there’s Kayla…. “

“We have had some incredible matches Kayla. One match where it was in the end me that managed to eliminate you from winning the Over The Pool Ultimate X match…. A match where I have to admit that both of our careers had a turn for the better. Even though at that moment in time you wouldn’t have seen it that way after being dumped into the pool unceremoniously. But here are we now, 7 months or so later and you are the Bombshell Internet champion…. A title that you have earned as you fought hard for it…. And even harder to keep it in your own possession. And I have to applaud you for accomplishments so far while being a dominant champion… there is still a key element that is missing Kayla.. But what oh what could that be???”

She pushes some hair out of her face before it would fall into her hot chocolate as it had fallen before her eyes.

“And it would be too easy to state that you cannot be a champion until you have beaten the one that you have never been able to beat. That would by itself be accurate to a certain point, but there’s more behind it than just that certain direction. Because Kayla, if that was the sole reason of why you could argue that your reign is impressive to a certain point, then I would do your reign a disservice. No Kayla, I am not that type of girl that does a “Jessie Salco” for a lack of a better terminology… Who is blinded by her own stupidity and only believes in her own realm of fake reality. No Kayla, there’s so much more that I could tell you for the reason behind the why that it would only put you to shame… And that would be a disgrace for your legacy this close to Blaze of Glory isn’t it???”

“And both of you can look at these words and wonder what the hell I am talking about, but you do know what I am talking about don’t you?? It was you that said it yourself during our one on one confrontation, that your heart wasn’t into winning the Roulette title, but did all the physical effort into winning it, to do everything you could to win the roulette championship, but failed and you own that.”

This is the first time that she directs her attention towards the camera crew for a brief moment before taking another sip of hot chocolate before placing it on the small table next to her. She then crosses her arms across her chest, lifts up the blanket a little as she turns her attention towards the camer

“Now as hard as I would love to tell the world that I respect your honesty Kayla, I feel you are full of shit. Don’t get me wrong champ, I know that you are one hell of a champion that can bring it to each and every other wrestler out there. But I started to realize after our recent one on one confrontation that you are nothing but a hypocrite.”

“The words of you getting up early in the morning and chug down some raw eggs before eating your fucking Wheaties. That would tell a simple minded fool out there that they are contending with someone that takes the sport seriously, that your workout regime is sacred!! And that you will be in a fight for your life…. And then you follow it all up with the mere fact that your heart wasn’t into it?”

Melissa rolls her eyes and shakes her head before turning her attention towards the hot chocolate for a few moments.

“I feel that you are conflicted Kayla.., I feel that you are just trying to use these words to build up your confidence, try as hard as you can against better judgment that you have a chance in walking out as champion in this triple threat. But do you??? Do you really believe your own truth that in this match you will walk away breathing a sigh of relief?? That you can look over your shoulder, pinch your arm and cannot believe that you are actually awake and not dreaming???”

“You see Kayla I may have not pinned you or made you submit to win the Bombshell Roulette championship. But I did outlast you, I did have an al out performance that was enough to secure the championship belt in a multi person match… And that’s where reality sets in doesn’t it?? Because indeed you realize full well that I am an actual threat to your championship, an actual challenge to your reign as champion. A reign that you besmirched in our recent confrontation by merely allowing the match to end up in a draw… Really Kayla?? Is that how you wish to rid yourself from the evil ghosts that told you that your heart wasn’t into it?? But hey, I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt… And prove it to me once more…. Show me that you can outlast me, show me that you want it more than me Kayla… And then and only then I will accept you as a true champion…. Because you overcame your deepest fears and your worst nightmare…”

She grabs the hot chocolate and takes a sip from it.

“And then there’s Ariana…”

She mutters with a smug look on her face.

“How different a mindset can be when you change from one to the other. Someone that actually did something that Kayla can only dream about.. not once, but twice. How weird to see that there’s a different dimension brewing between the two oppositions that are currently withholding me from obtaining my second championship belt. But you see Ariana, you just beat me. You were the one that took advantage in our second match that was a triple threat and beat me…. You beat me in our rematch as much I hate to admit it…. But why would I lie or make excuses?? You beat me, just like Jessie thought she had beaten me and could have gone to the next rookie to teach right?? At least you and I had a deciding match that would seal the deal….. Until now. “

“You see Ariana, I knew eventually our paths would cross once more. And how things have changed for one who has grown as a competitor…. Whereas another just searches for excuses for what you could not achieve. Oh yeah, I saw your Social Media outburst little Greek Drama Queen, I saw the horrendous failed attempt to live up to your own failure last week… Where’s your willingness to accept that NOTHING is just being thrown you’re your waiting arms for you to collect another success in this game?? You blame the Internet champion to do whatever she has to do to stay ahead of others?? Haven’t you learned from the confrontation that she had with me Ariana?? Or was it already passed your bedtime and you never realized how she managed to secure a draw against a dominant female?? And I suggest to you to ask your Hall of Fame friend Jessie Salco what a dominant female is all about before you even start to consider taking my words into doubt baby girl.”

She takes another sip from the cup as it is nearly finished she places the cup back on the table next to her as she stares into the camera.

“Don’t you think it is ironic that me, still a rookie is now teaching YOU a few lessons in being consistent and believable Ariana?? I mean seriously, I have not even reached the 12 months in my career as a pro wrestler and I have grown into my own…. To be able to stand on my own two feet. Being welcomed into the most dominant stable in Sin City Wrestling…. Because they see potential in me Ariana… Hell, even CCPE has opened their arms towards POTENTIAL…. Perhaps a difficult for you to grasp Ariana. But that means that the door to my future as a successful wrestler has opened up, waiting for me to knock it down out of its hinges and step through.”

 You see Ariana, I know what I did wrong the last few times we have faced. I know what I must do to outlast you and Kayla Richards before being crowned the NEW Bombshell Internet champion. They often say that you either learn from history, or that history has the tendency to repeat itself… It’s up to me to make sure that to make both of you realize who the tale of the town was during the road to Summer XXXTreme’s Ultimate X over the pool match. And even though I know that both of you are quality pretenders to my throne, it was all ME. The woman that has been trained and educated by the most brilliant minds that has paved the way into this great sport of ours for the likes of US to follow in their footsteps. And even though I know that Kayla is a well-established name by herself, it is YOU Ariana that will have to dwell in your own expectations that YOU put on yourself. Because let’s be honest Ariana, it wasn’t what Kayla did to you to secure the victory. It was what YOU didn’t do take home a W into the victory column and propel yourself into the starting grid of telling to both of us why… and I will rephrase that again Ariana… of telling to BOTH of us WHY you are the one that is destined to walk away with the Bombshell Internet Championship instead of me. But don’t worry to you Ariana as well as our beloved champion. There isn’t a stupid brain that I cannot kick in to cure yourself from the foolishness that is your incapabilities to do what I will be doing… Bringing home another championship belt to the Saviors…. And you two can thank me later for that.”

Melissa gives a wink towards the camera before running her thumb across her throat to signal towards it to cut the recording as the shot fades

[Ariana Angelos]

It was the week of Blaze of Glory and since Ariana was the challenger this time around, she had a lot to prove in the Bombshell Internet Title Match against Kayla Richards and Melissa, especially since her fist title match of the year ended in her losing the Bombshell Roulette Title to Crystal Zdunich and her only win of the year to date was the Mixed Tag Team Match where Team Go reunited to defeat Alexander Raven and Lunar Vanity, can Ariana win her second title?

Ariana’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 3rd of March 2023, 19:00pm

Why do I do this?

I’ve been a professional wrestler since I was nineteen years old, it was a dream that cost me the love and affection of my parents because they didn’t approve, now here I am three years later a multiple time champion and someone who many see as one of the best young Bombshells on the roster, sometimes I wonder if it was all worth it.

Then I look at everything I’ve accomplished since then, all the friends I’ve made and more importantly, the man I’ll be marrying in a few short months, it’s never been easy but it has been worth it.

This week I feel somewhat isolated from those friends though, Krystal’s been distant since Climax Control, Cassie, Carter and Miles are in England for PWS: Apex’s Demon’s Run PPV and Francisco has been pretty focused on his training at Hero Academy all week, well, at least I’ve had my pets to keep me company.

Then again? I should be training as well, I’ve got a Bombshell Internet Title Match next week, Kayla and Melissa are excellent wrestlers who I’ve gone up against before, I can’t just rest on my laurels for this match.

My train of thought was interrupted when I heard the front door open and our Golden Labrador puppy Zeus raced towards the door his tail wagging all the while, I followed him through from the living room and saw Francisco at the door greeting the excited puppy with affection.

”Hey babe!” I greeted him happily and Francisco looked up, I could tell something was wrong because his warm smile had a hint of sadness to it but before I could ask him he produced a beautiful bouquet of flowers from behind his back, attached to the bouquet was a card that simply read “I love you Ari” and my eyes lit up. ”Oh Francisco! You shouldn’t have!” I beamed as I took the flowers from him and Francisco let out a deep breath. ”Is something wrong?”

”I wish there was an easier way of saying this, but there simply isn’t.” Francisco responded with a sigh as he followed me into the lounge, it didn’t take me long to find the perfect vase for the flowers and he continued talking as I went through the process of moving them from the bouquet to the vase. ”There was an incident with Harper today, two policemen showed up asking for her because her parents had been shot in a home invasion.”

My heart just dropped when I heard that, I had only encountered Jessie’s younger cousin a handful of times since she arrived in Jessie’s life but I thought she was, well, the opposite of Jessie, a nice, kind-hearted soul who wouldn’t hurt a fly outside of the ring. ”Oh my god, that’s awful.” I responded as I looked at Francisco expectedly, hoping that there was a happy ending to this. ”I know being shot is serious business but they are going to be okay right?” I aske Francisco who averted his gaze to the side, causing a wave of dread to wash over me. ”Right?”

”You haven’t checked Twitter, have you Ari?” Francisco asked and I shook my head, I’ve go get my phone right now if I wasn’t handling the vase. ”Harper tweeted about half an hour ago that her parents had been murdered, she’s not usually the kind to post tweets like that but her emotions must’ve been running on overdrive………” The next sound that emanated from the room was the vase shattering as I dropped it to the floor, completely shellshocked from what I had just heard. ”That’s why I got you those flowers, I realized that life is far too short and you should cherish any moment you spend with your loved ones.”

”I’m guessing Keira notified Jessie?” I asked Francisco as I took a moment to let it sink in, but one thing did bring me back to reality, Zeus getting a little bit too close to comfort towards the broken vase and I quickly scooped the puppy up into my arms. ”God, I hope Harper makes it out of this okay, everything you told me about her and every time I sparred against her told me that she has serious potential to be a great wrestler when she graduates.”

”She’s a warrior, I won’t say she’ll be fine because this would be devastating to anyone, never mind an eighteen-year-old girl, but she won’t let this defeat her.” Francisco responded with a nod before he went off to get a dustpan and brush to start cleaning up the mess, we’d find another vase for those flowers anyway, it wasn’t that big a deal and those things were pretty cheap to be honest. ”Last I heard? Harper and her siblings and dogs will be staying with Jessie and her family until something more permanent is in place, but who knows how long that’ll take.”

”At least she’ll have a strong support system, say what you will about Jessie’s comments towards Alicia but she, Jake and Shane are still good people.” I nodded in agreement before I sat down on the couch with the puppy still in my hands. ”We’d better pay Harper a visit next week all the same, that poor girl’s going to need all the support she can get.”

”I was hoping you’d say that.” Francisco nodded in agreement before something clicked in his head. ”Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t you get disowned at around the same age as Harper?”

”Just barely, I enrolled at the Go Gym a week after I turned eighteen, my parents didn’t find out until a few weeks later.” I sighed as I set Zeus aside on the couch and he lay down next to me. ”That was one hell of a Christmas present even if it was blessing in disguise in hindsight, but still, I feel terrible for her.” I added and Francisco nodded before he finished brushing up the remains of the vase.

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 8th of March 2023, 14:00pm

Compared to most Supercard weeks? This one has been pretty quiet.

Granted, nothing will ever top the week before my first Violent Conduct show as a Bombshell for craziness but considering what happened during that week? I’m in no hurry to repeat it and I think it’s safe to say that the same can be said for everyone who attended that feast and subsequent meeting in New Delhi! At least it’s unlikely that anything like that will happen again but yeah, with Carter in England with Miles, Krystal being distant in general and Cassie also being in England? Not a lot has happened this week.

If anything the biggest drama happened last week when Harper’s parents were murdered, she has returned to Social Media today and seemed to be back to her old self but losing your parents in such a horrible way when your eighteen? There was no way Harper wasn’t hurting, and we were here to check in on her.

”Do you think she’s going to be okay?” I asked Francisco as we made our way up the driveway, I’d almost say that you wouldn’t think that three people have just moved in but Harper’s siblings are still pre-teens and Harper herself has yet to learn how to drive so the lack of additional cars on the driveway made some sense. ”I don’t think I need to say that she’s been through a lot.”

”Knowing Harper? She’ll put on a brave face for her friends but it’s like you said, this is something no one should go through.” Francisco responded as he shook his head before we reached the front door and he knocked on it.

The first three faces we saw weren’t human, it was two adult Golden Labradors and a Chow-Chow puppy acting like the excitable dogs they are. ”Sorry! I’ve got a sea of doggos to swim through!” Harper’s voice rang out from out of sight and we shared a look before she answered the door. ”Oh hey guys! Are you here to use Jessie’s gym?” Harper asked as the three dogs raced out to greet us and whilst I couldn’t resist the urge to stroke any of them, I shook my head.

”No Harp, we’re here for you.” I responded as I stroked the two Labradors and Harper gave me a confused look. ”Francisco told me everything that happened on Friday, when I saw that you were active on Twitter again? I wanted to check on you.”

”Oh, right.” Harper sighed as she thought back to the previous week, the poor girl was clearly going through a lot and like Francisco said, she was trying to put on a brave face but her body language told the whole story. ”I’d better let you guys in.” Harper added before motioning for the dogs to return to the house and once they were all back inside we followed them in. ”It’s not that I don’t appreciate this, but I’ve been trying to get my life back to some semblance of normal since I moved in with Jessie.” Harper explained as she lead us through Jessie’s large house and then into the living room. ”Then again, what exactly IS normal about this? I’m eighteen years old and the burden of my parents’ funeral costs has been laid at my feet!”

”I know you were their eldest daughter but surely you have someone else in your family who could pay for the funeral.” Francisco asked and Harper shook her head.

”Jessie’s my only real family that’s left out here and she’s got her own problems to sort out, aside from her my closet relative lives in a town about an hour north of Orlando!” Harper sighed as she plopped down on her seat and folded her arms. ”I was all set to graduate in a couple of months but this whole incident has put my training in general on hold.” Harper sighed as she glanced towards the ceiling. ”Keira won’t even let me back in Hero Academy until Jessie thinks I’m ready! I understand why but this is the second time my wrestling career has been put on hold due to forces out of my control, I’d be lying if I said that it wasn’t getting frustrating.”

”It’s ultimately for your own good though, and if this happened to you as an active wrestler your bosses would absolutely give you as much time off as you needed.” I responded and Harper sighed before nodding reluctantly, she was dedicated to her dream of becoming a wrestler, I couldn’t fault her for that, but her mental health had to come first at a time like this. ”I realize that it’s early into the investigation but has there been any progress in finding the thugs?”

”Wish I could say more than “Jessie, Jake and Shane put up an award for information” but that’s all I can say! Jessie is taking it serious too, she put up an award of six hundred thousand dollars.” Harper explained and I let out a low whistle when I heard the amount, say what you will about Jess but she was fiercely protective of those who were close to her. ”Wish she had put that money towards the funeral instead but if it means two less thugs walking the streets? I’m not complaining!”

”Trust me Harp, I think a mutual friend of mine and Keira’s might have that covered.” Jessie chimed in as she walked into the living room, she was in her workout gear so it was likely that the veteran Bombshell had been working out in her home gym whilst Harper let us in. ”Same woman who tried to buy the Go Gym from you all those months ago.”

Off course it was Jenny Tuck, I had never met a millionaire ex-wrestler who was so willing to throw around money before (or millionaire ex-wrestlers in general really) but I wasn’t sure what Harper knew about that woman. ”How she hasn’t driven herself to bankruptcy yet is beyond me! Sorry for showing up unannounced Jess but after Francisco told me about her situation I had to stop by and check on Harper.”

”It’s fine, I had expected this from the moment Harper made that tweet to be honest.” Jessie responded with a shrug and Harper glanced away from her cousin, I was beginning to think that she had been regretting her choice to tweet about her parents’ murder last week based on that reaction. ”And I’m guessing you didn’t bring your gear Ari?”

”I didn’t really come here to work out so no.” I responded as I shook my head and Jessie nodded before motioning for us to follow her. ”You have something in mind?”

”Follow me to the home gym and you’ll find out for yourself.” Jessie instructed us and we nodded before following the veteran downstairs and into the Home Gym.

Jessie’s Home Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 8th of March 2023, 14:45pm

No matter how many times I enter it, it still mazes me just how big Jessie’s home gym was.

Obviously it would need to be pretty big for here to fit a decent sized wrestling ring at the back of the gym and still have room for the rest of the exercise equipment but whilst the Go Gym’s facilities were superior (and I’m sure Harper would say the same of Hero Academy) Jessie had at least ensured that we’d never run out of things to work out on if we came here for that purpose.

Almost makes me wonder what the original owners used it for, I know Jessie had told me in the past that the house used to belong to a rich family with six kids, that was the whole reason Jessie had room for Harper and her siblings in the house, but what use would a rich guy have for such a large basement? Wine cellar? If that was the case, did he take all the wine with him when they moved?

I made a mental note to ask Jessie about that the next time I had the chance, but she still lead us to the ring before turning to us.

”There’s no way around it, I’m looking at the future of this sport right now.” Jessie stated plainly as she looked all of us over, carefully considering her next words all the while. ”Ari, you were already a champion in SCU before you won the Bombshell Roulette Title out of nowhere, and your reign with that title made people stand up and realize that you could be a future World Bombshell Champion.”

”I’m not sure if I’d go that far.” I responded with a sceptical look on my face and Jessie nodded, I wasn’t really sure what she meant by that so I continued. ”My only win since losing the title was in that tag match with Carter.”

”You still lead your team to a win over an otherwise dominant Internet Champion, that’s nothing to sneeze at and I’m sure that Carter will be next in line for a shot once Raven’s done with Davision, assuming Ken doesn’t win the title again off course.” Jessie responded with a nod before she turned to her younger cousin. ”Harp, your trainers nave nothing but praise for how quickly you’ve picked up the business kid, as soon as life stops kicking you in the taint I’m sure you’ll take the business by storm like Cassie has.”

”Nice to see that you still have the subtlety of a nuke Jess, even when dealing with family members in mourning.” Harper responded sarcastically and we probably would’ve laughed but Harper’s tone as she said the last part made it clear that laughing at that would just make it worse for her. ”But trust me, at this point the only thing that could stop my progression is an injury like Kata’s.”

”I have to correct you there, there is one other thing but given recent happenings in your life I won’t elaborate further, just keep at it and you’ll get there eventually.” Jessie added and Harper lowered her head as she realized what she meant, I placed a comforting hand on Harper’s shoulder and she glanced over at me with a thankful smile as she started to feel better. ”And Francisco? You’re tall, good looking and frankly? You have a smoking hot fiancé, when you graduate from Hero Academy most wrestling companies will be falling over themselves to book you before they even see you wrestle.”

”That’s it? No offence to Harper or Ariana but it seems I got off relatively light.” Francisco commented and whilst me and Harper did give him funny looks, it became clear that he meant no harm by it and we let it slide. ”So, why did you bring us down here? Just to tell us something you could’ve said upstairs?”

”Because believe it or not, this next part is coming from the heart.” Jessie responded and we all shared a look. ”Don’t make the same mistakes I made as I came up through the business, trust me, your careers will be better for it.” Jessie added and suddenly? It made sense!

Back when Jessie challenged me for the Bombshell Roulette Title in November I had pointed out that Jessie had often been her own worse enemy since she lost her first title defence, it made sense that she would warn the next generation of wrestlers like me, Harper and Francisco to avoid the same pit falls that she had tripped over in her wrestling career, but I did wonder that if she had an ulterior motive for all of this,

We talked amongst each other for a bit before Francisco and Harper excused themselves to head upstairs, Harper so she could use the bathroom and Francisco so he could get something to eat, but Jessie still took the opportunity to talk with me.

”I was hoping we’d get some one-on-one time Ari.” Jessie commented and I have her a curious look as I tried to gage what she meant. ”Have you spoken to Krystal since Climax Control?”

”Not without trying but she has isolated herself from me and Carter, when we asked her during our last D&D Session Krystal said that she had been busy getting things set up for when Makayla gives birth in May.” I responded as I shook my head and Jessie nodded as she got the idea. ”And that’s fair enough because this is a major part of her life but I was hoping to be a part of it.”

”Here’s the thing, I’ve been trying to get Krystal to come down here since Supercard build up began.” Jessie responded with a frown as she paced around the home gym. ”I want to have a similar chat with her, warn her that some of the things she was saying were veering dangerously close to the things I said at my worst, but she never took me up on the offer.”

”I know she hasn’t been the same since her Roulette Title reign ended but are you sure?” I asked with a frown on my face and Jessie nodded without hesitation. ”But Krystal’s been my friend since she joined SCU.” I added and Jessie just shook her head.

”That’s all well and good but in a business like this? Friends tend to stab each other in the back more often than not.”  Jessie added as she walked up to me. ”If you’ve got a way to keep Krystal from going to the dark side? Do it soon, because it might take one hell of a battle to get your old friend back otherwise!” Jessie advised me and before I could ask for elaboration Harper and Francisco returned to the basement ready to continue the talk.

In front of Ari’s board, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 9th of March 2023, 13:00pm

*promo time*

Defying the odds.

”Pride comes before the fall, that is the theme for today’s lesson class, or more specifically? Kayla Richards’ pride has come before her fall as the Bombshell Internet Champion!” I stated as I pointed to the picture of Kayla with a big grin on my face, I felt more ready than ever to take the title from Kayla even if Melissa would be the one to take the pin, speaking off…….. ”However the same can be said for Melissa, my fellow challenger in this match and, like me, she’s looking to get back into the title picture following her Roulette Title reign!” I added as I pointed to the picture of Melissa on the board. ”Regardless of what Kayla will say because she thinks she’s unstoppable, this is anyone’s match at this point but I feel like I’m the underdog in this match!”

And I have a good reason for it too.

”Why? Kayla’s only fault as champion to date was that Time Limit Draw that resulted in this match becoming a Triple Threat, she would bounce back from the loss two weeks later when she got the win over me for the third time in a row and second time in singles action.” I added as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”Melissa may have lost her match to Chelsea LeClair but unlike me she has only had one match against Kayla and that was the Time Limit Draw, if anything class? We could argue that Melissa has the most to prove in the match because who knows how that match could’ve gone if it had a longer time limit or no time limit at all?”

Good question.

”But class, if I were to stand here and present a bunch of what if scenarios, I’d be here all day after going down the rabbit hole of my own history with titles.” I stated as I pointed to aa picture of myself that had been badly photoshopped so that I was holding the Bombshell Internet Championship over my shoulder.  ”And I don’t have that kind of time on my hands so let’s move on to the actual body of the promo! And like last time? I’m starting with the champion herself.”

Come on down Kayla.

”For someone who’s only four defences into her second reign as champion, you are certainly full of yourself, aren’t you Kayla?” I asked rhetorically as I pointed to a list of Kayla’s challengers o date. ”Mercedes Vargas twice, Bella Madison once, Melissa earlier in the cycle and off course, this match! You’ve proven yourself to be a worthy champion Kayla but how long can it last? Be honest!” I asked as I rested the pointer over my shoulders with a confident grin on my face. ”No reign lasts forever and I know that all too well, whilst you’ve done well to make it this far into the new year as champion? There is one big question on everyone’s lips.”

And that question is?

”The question is, is Kayla Richards’ reign as champion on life support? Before my rematch with Kayla on the last Climax Control I thought yes, using her time limit draw against Melissa my main evidence of this fact.” I stated as I pointed to the picture of the closing moments of the Bombshell Internet Title Match between Kayla and Melissa. ”However the fact that I lost that rematch to Kayla at the last Climax Control should dispel any fears that she’s starting to slip as the champion, right class? I don’t think so, because as much as Kayla wants to play it down, I had her on the backfoot for most of the match.” I commented as I pointed to the picture of the closing moments of my last match with Kayla. ”After all Kayla, you only got that submission on me after you countered the Angel’s Descent!”

Will history repeat itself?

”You beat me in your second Climax Control Match, we didn’t even interact that much in the Battle Royal for the very title we are fighting for, and now we’ve come to our latest battle, another multi-woman match in fact!” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder full of confidence that I would win this match. ”You can ask Melissa about my history in Triple Threat Title Matches because that was how I started the Bombshell Roulette Title reign back in September, earlier in this lesson we discussed the possibility of history repeating itself with Kayla getting another win over me but it could go both ways, it could repeat history and allow you to retain.” I added before grinning broadly as I felt my confidence growing ready for my next statement. ”Or history will repeat by allowing me to win my second singles title, and I like my chances there!”

I’m ready to make my mark.

”Make no mistake Kayla, over our past three matches I’ve gotten to know you very well as a competitor and I know you won’t give up your title that easily.” I stated as I moved the pointer to Kayla’s picture ready to rest the issue once and for all. ”But it’s time that new blood held that title and with two challengers staring you down in a match where you don’t even need to be involved in the decision to lose the title to begin with? Your chances aren’t looking good Kayla, I’d even dare to say that your days champion are numbered and that I will soon take my place as the new champion.” I added before moving the pointer to Melissa’s picture. ”But there’s still one other Bombshell in the match, the one who’s time limit draw against the champion flipped the planned title match between me and Kayla on its head! We just can’t escape each other, can we Melissa?”

You are up!

”Our history almost mirrors my history with Kayla, doesn’t it Mel? I was both yours and Kayla’s second ever opponent in an SCW ring and you faced me when I was still finding my voice as a Bombshell.” I added as I moved the pointer over to the pictures of my matches against Melissa. ”You beat me but I came back stronger, something Kayla is about to find out the hard way! That Triple Threat for the Bombshell Roulette Title? It spelled doom for your reign as mine began! Then you failed to take the title match when we faced off in a rematch that served as my second defence, you managed to bounce back from your loss to Jessie in the Chamber of Extreme Mel but can you do the same in this match?”

I don’t think so.

”As former champions, we are both well aware of the pressure that comes with being in title matches, whether we are defending or challenging for the title we have both been there and we’ve both had our highs.” I moved the pointer to the pictures of me and Mel winning the Bombshell Roulette Title. ”And our lows.” As I said that I moved the pointer down to the pictures of the moments that ended those reigns, me pinning Georgie Robinson was used twice for obvious reasons whilst Mel’s cannonball was used for her title win, the picture that represented my title loss? The tug of ware between me and Crystal. ”And we are both seeking the same thing, to get back in the title scene after those lows, but if you ask me? I’m even hungrier than you for that title!”

Don’t believe me.

”Why do I say that? Your last title match against me was when you challenged me for the Bombshell Roulette Title, when you challenged Kayla for the title, it was a time limit draw and after you finished your feud against Jessie, you seem to have come back into the title scene more focussed than ever but me? My reign continued into the new year after that before it ended at Inception VI, in other words? I don’t have to go as far back into my SCW records to find when I was last involved with a title.” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Off the two of us, my reign was the most recent to end but if I’m out to do anything in this match, it’s prove to the rest of the Bombshell Roster that I’m not about to fall into a rut just because my dreams of holding the title into the new year got cut short!”

And neither should you.

”My point is Melissa is that unless you use your failures to better yourself as a person and wrestler? You won’t get very far.” I stated as I rested my pointer over my shoulder. ”Now I’m certainly not using that comment as an attack towards anyone else on the roster, especially not my friends, but I’m just pointing out the simple fact, you often learn more from losing than you do winning and my track record against you speaks volumes to that effect Melissa, off course the same applies to you equally, but who was the better student? I’m more than willing to say that it was me!”

One last thing.

”I never thought I’d quote one of my favourite animes in a wrestling promo, especially when it was a glorified advertisement for a card game, but I’m entering this match with the Heart of the Underdog!” In order to illustrate my point I held up the Yu-Gi-Oh card to the camera and it zoomed in on the name. ”What? I used to play Yu-Gi-Oh as a little girl! And I’m not afraid to admit that! And with the Heart of the Underdog on my side, I feel I can’t lose this match, Kayla? Kiss your title goodbye! Melissa? Maybe we’ll get a rematch for the title down the line. But you aren’t walking out the champion at Blaze of Glory!”

It's that simple.

”Trust me when I say that I’m well aware of my status as the underdog in this match but I’m not about to let that status stop me from achieving my dream!” I added as I put the Yu-Gi-Oh card back down on the table behind me. ”Kayla and Mel are two of the best wrestlers I’ve ever faced in my career, there’s no other way to describe them, but I’m going out there with a purpose! I’m going out there to ascend to my status as the Golden Angel once again and more importantly? I’m going out there to prove Kayla wrong, I took her to the limit on Climax Control, a fact that she tries to deny, but there won’t be any denying me this Sunday when I dethrone Kayla and keep Melissa out of my hair long enough to win the title!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”There won’t be any slip ups for Kayla to take advantage of or any time limit draws for her and Melissa to hide behind, the title is coming home with me after Blaze of Glory!” I stated confidently as I pointed to the photoshopped picture of myself holding the Bombshell Internet Title. ”You two may not believe it but lightning does strike twice and this Sunday I will go all out to take the title from Kayla and keep Melissa at bay as I make them bask in the glow of the Greek Angel’s light! That’s our lessons concluded for today class, see you on Sunday where I’ll win the title! And Kayla and Mel? See you in the ring!”

I walked off as the scene fades.

[Dreamkiller]

Chapter 18: Party Harder

10 Years Ago

They were all giggling. Laughing, talking about boys. I wasn’t surprised, really. Not at that age. We were all the same age, walking toward the house at the end of the street. A house that was hosting the end of year break up party. The final one of our secondary school lives. I was never one for this kind of thing, but the last few years I’d gotten used to it.

The problem this year was the timing. I already knew how this was going to go. Loud music, usually some kind of shitty electronic music or hip hop, someone's older brother will have bought alcohol. Bedrooms will be used for all sorts of abhorrent behavior and…unfortunately…

My ex-boyfriend would be there.

Darius. He had broken up with me two weeks before. And that entire time he had ignored me. Not talking to me, looking at me. Nothing.

I thought I had a plan.

I was going to make him jealous. I was going to pick a guy, one I knew he hated. Use every single dirty trick in the book to seduce him and then, in front of Darius and his friends make out with him. It would be perfect. However, this isn’t what would happen. As we stepped through the doors, the music was there, the shitty rap music I expected, same with the alcohol. But what I didn’t expect was the tables being turned on me.

Darius was there, with his tongue down another girl's throat.

Her name was Nicole. She was tall, blonde, pale, bright blue eyes and disgusting hot pink lipstick. I hated her. I had hated her since first formal and now she was kissing Darius, a beer in one hand and him in the other. My nostrils flared, my hands trembled. My plan fell apart. Before I knew it and before anyone could try and stop me, I marched toward them, reaching out and grabbing Nicole by the hair, pulling her back, and as she spun around I threw it.

A hard right hand.

I connected with her nose, feeling it break under my knuckles. She stumbled back and blood sprayed on the floor. Darius and all his friends looked shocked, everyone else around them stopped what they were doing. Nicole screamed, tears streaming down her face. And I heard the words come out of my mouth, anger that I never let form. “GET OFF MY BOYFRIEND, YOU SLUT!!”

Darius moved forward, grabbing me and pushing me back. ”You fuckin psycho! Get the fuck out of here, Kayla!”

I took a deep breath, I wanted to say something, anything. But nothing came out. I could feel them, everyone around looking at me. Judging me. Even my so-called friends. I swallowed and backed up and away from them, turning and leaving.

I hate parties…

Present Day

She was prattling on.

My sister.

Running her mouth down the phone. My face was still and deadpan, how it always looked. Those around me had no idea what was going on, the inner turmoil I had. Feeling the anger rise up, feeling the frustration too. I growled, Finn's ears seemed to twitch as he turned to look at me. Phone up to my ear, my eyes darting around the kitchen. I took a deep breath trying to stay calm and measured. But she was pushing it.

Pushing the issue with me never worked. It was always a mistake, something most people realised when they first met me, yet somehow Tasmin always got away with.

My younger sister knew how to press buttons – like Amber, like me. Yet because she was the youngest, because she did it in a nicer way and kept herself cute, well...she got away with it. But, my limit had been reached. “Tas, would you fucking drop it? Please? It's not going to happen…” She went silent, I took a deep breath and rubbed the bridge of my nose, calming myself down. “Even if you did organise it, I wouldn’t be there….look I’ll talk to you later…I have to go..” I hung up, my arms folding over my chest as Finn tilted his head looking at me.

I knew he wanted to ask what was up, I knew he was curious.

Emily was too, the little blonde bitch. She had been sniffing around more and more. It was almost like she was living here now as well. Everyday I would walk out and she would be here. I traveled to a show and came home, she was there. It was never ending, never stopping. My attention was on her so much I almost didn’t hear Finn.

“What was that all about?”

I turned to him, letting out a sigh of frustration as I felt my body tense up. “Tas just wanted to do something that I really…really didn’t..”

Finn nodded slowly before clearing his throat. “And that was?”

I took in a long deep breath and threw my arms in the air. “Well, my birthday is next month.” I hated birthdays, mine, other peoples, it didn’t matter. I never got the point in celebrating the fact you were able to stay alive another three hundred and sixty five days. “Tasmin was trying to talk me into having a party…”

I paused, Finn blinked a few times before clearing his throat. “But…you hate parties.”

”I KNOW!”  I growled under my breath. Finn just stayed silent; he knew when to just let me vent or get angry and when to say something. Emily was listening, I knew she was, she tried to hide it, but she wasn’t as subtle as she believed herself to be. My eye twitched, I took a deep breath and continued. “She said since I was apparently ‘into’ parties now, I should have one. All because I was at your Christmas party.”

Finn laughed and shook his head. “So, it’s my fault.”

My head snapped to the side and I folded my arms over my chest, grinding my teeth together. “Don’t be an idiot…you know that isn’t what I meant, Callien!”

His eye twitched too; he hated his birth name more than he hated his family, and I knew how to get under his skin. Emily turned and looked confused. “How come she gets to use your name, Finnie?”

“She doesn’t…she knows it pisses me off. Almost as much as parties piss her off.” I sneered. Finn knew he swung the balance of power in this conversation back toward him. “Just hide out here, she can’t throw a party for you if you don’t go to it...” I smirked and gave him a nod, it was my way of thanking him. He knew how much I didn’t want to do it. And he had my back.

“It’s a shame, I like totally love parties and I rule at organising them…”

“Yeah, of course you do. You seem like the type who has been to lots of parties in the past…like bukkake ones…”

”What’s that?”

I laughed and leaned forward. “Well see…”

”KAYLA!”

I laughed and rolled my eyes, getting to my feet and moving toward my room. I opened the door and could see Emily checking her phone. I closed the door and then heard it, a shrill scream and high pitched voice.

”OH MY GOD EWWWW”


As The World Turns

A black screen, a little white dot. The sound of typing can be heard as words appear on an address bar up the top

www.ArianaAngelosbeatingKaylaRichards.com

No search results found

The address bar is deleted and more typing can be heard.

www.MelissapinningorSubbingKaylaRichards.com


No search results found.

“Hmm, interesting.”

Kayla Richards, her long hair tied back in a messy bun with a few strands framing her face, sat at a lone computer desk with a single computer on it. She swung around as the camera appeared on her and placed her hands on her knees. Her bright green eyes lit up as she smirked and continued.

“Tell me Ariana, did you run out of things to say about me? Your first chance to open up about the match and actually get eyes on my title defense and you seem to have just gotten lost. And surprise surprise. The one huge criticism I, and everyone else have had about you is your almost heroic effort to ignore and bury ownership of your losses and take responsibility for your failures. I feel like a broken record. In our one-on-one match, I called you out for it, and then I did it again only for you to just…not give a shit.”

“Don’t you get it? Your inability to look at yourself and grow is what is going to hold you back. And the more I think about it, the more I wonder why I should care.”

“If you want to sit in the corner with your ears covered, your eyes closed while humming ‘I’m the best I’m the best I can’t hear you’ and constantly fail, then why should I stand in your way?”

“Your reaction doesn’t surprise me, Ariana. Your reaction after I beat you the first time didn’t surprise me, nor the second time and it won’t be a surprise this time. I will walk out still the Internet Champion, then there will be more excuses. If I pin Melissa, it’ll be that. If I pin or make you tap…again it’ll be some other inane bullshit.”

“I have known and seen women like you my entire life.”

Kayla's voice lowers and growls again before she clears her throat.

“Instead of looking in the mirror at yourself, instead of seeing what mistakes you made, admitting to them and trying to overcome them, you point fingers. See, instead of coming out and saying that I, Kayla goddamn Richards, a woman with an incredible winning percentage, a woman with multiple world titles to her name and a woman who has made the Internet Championship mean something, beat you fair and square and made you tap out….you just shuffle it aside.”

“Oh I ‘awakened a dragon’. Really? A dragon? Do you breathe fire? Do you have scales? Are you larger than life? Should I beat you by sticking a sword up your ass and humming the theme from Dragonheart? Or is it more Puff the Magic Dragon? Are you trying to help someone else get rid of their self-doubt, but then realize you’re looking in a mirror and only talking to yourself with affirmations that even you don’t believe? Because that’s what it sounds like to me.”

“The only thing that will be awakened is me, Ariana, when my alarm goes off after I fell asleep watching your god awful promo skills.”

“It’s almost as laughable as you saying you were coming after my flaws with a sledgehammer or that you somehow saw them. My flaws? Really? What have you figured out about me? That I’m an egomaniac? That I’m an overconfident, arrogant, self righteous bitch? Cause, I kinda know that. You all see me and hear my comments and see me in the ring and think you hate me? Bitch, I live in the body that makes those comments. No one knows my flaws and faults better than I do. Which is what I keep trying to get your dumb ass to see, but I’d have better luck talking to a brick wall..”

Her eyes slowly moved to the side as she looked at the wall next to her, and she shakes her head and lets out an exasperated sigh.

”But, back to my original point. You made barely any comments about me, and a few more about Melissa. There is so much there to say and point out, so much you could have drawn attention to and you didn’t. Mainly, because your mind is on other things. And I think I know what it is. See, you are a member of the Go Gym. I see you interacting with multiple people who are a part of SCW and I think it finally hit me. You realised you are the least important and interesting member of your little friends group…”

“See, every time you face me Ariana I take something from you. Every single time. When you and I first met all you had was your Greek ancestry, I told the world how stupid that was and what happened? It became a non-factor, you stopped mentioning it. You stopped caring about it. And it was around that time you started focusing on what mattered. What you could do in the ring. Low and behold, not long after that you became the Roulette Champion.”

“You’re welcome, bitch…”

“Last match we had, I seem to have taken your self-respect. Cause here we are now, about to go into this threeway for the internet title and you are simply pathetic. Legitimately pathetic. As in a MySpace fall from grace pathetic. So this time, Ariana, I’m going to take the only thing you have left in your pitiful existence. I’m going to take your relevancy…”

“When I am done with you, when the dust has settled, I will make damn sure no one gives a shit if they see your name on a card. You will never get marquee status and no one will pay to see you. You’ll be nothing, nobody and will mean about as much as Bea Barnhart…”

Kayla couldn’t help but scoff and fold her arms over her chest before letting out a deep breath and refocusing on the match


”And, it’s funny, but I expected to be disappointed by Ariana. Not you, Melissa. See, I thought I had an opponent I could respect enough that if she did somehow beat me, or at least win the match that she would carry on what I have done and be some kind of worthy champion. But, then you opened your mouth. Since this whole thing started, I have been a supporter of you. I have. And it wasn’t out of fear, I wasn’t scared of facing Ariana and you at the same time, I wasn’t scared of just facing Ariana, or you.”

“No, this was all about respect. You stepped up and took me to the limit, you showed the world how good you can be. You showed the world you are more than the blonde, thick assed significant other of a SCW Legend.”

“And for the most part, you have made a lot of sense.”

“The problem arises, Melissa, when you decide to go all Donald Trump on us and skew facts, twisting and turning things to fit your own narrative. See, you and I have been in the ring together twice. And you've gone fishing with these times to act like you have some kind of power over me. Spouting off that you have wins over myself and that idiot third wheel. But, I have a question for you Melissa….”

Kayla clears her throat and sits down before leaning forward on her elbows, deadpanning the camera while narrowing her eyes.

“When did you pin me?” She waits for the answer, her eyebrows go up as she shrugs. “Here’s another one. When did you make me submit?” Again, Kayla pauses, waiting.

“You beat me Melissa, you did. You beat myself and the others in that match to become the Roulette Champion. But you beat me, by throwing me into a pool. Now, on the scale of one to one hundred of legitimacy that ranks really really low. Yet, I have admitted to that loss. I have worn it like a fucking badge on my chest to anyone who bothers to look into my past in SCW.”

“The opposite of what Ariana does.”

“But, the second time we faced each other was one on one. It was for the Internet Championship and you did take me to the limit. But, if you go back and watch that match Melissa – I mean, really watch it all the way through to the end, I had you down, I had you beaten and then time, like a father who just went to go get some milk, time ran out. If that match was one second longer, well. You wouldn’t be in this match and we wouldn’t be having this conversation.”

“Many would say the fucking timekeeper has a more legitimate claim of victory over me than you do…”

“Now, I normally wouldn’t bring up this kind of petty bullshit, ‘cause I don’t need it. Unlike what you believe, I never have to use my promo skills to build up my confidence. My natural ability, my hard work ethic and the fact I’m a fucking champion do that for me. Mel. Maybe you should try that instead of attempting to suck talent out of your husband…”

Kayla paused, a smirk crossing her lips as she shrugs her shoulders in reference to her own insult.

“‘Cause, truth is, you talk like you know me because I gave you an inch of respect, but the fact you took a mile from that shows me that you know NOTHING.”

Kayla shakes her head and pops to her feet.

“And the fact you would say something that stupid, well honey, I guess I need to change my stance a little. Maybe you wouldn’t be a good champion, maybe being the champion of that chaos ridden division that is at the mercy of a roulette wheel has messed with your brain.”

“I’m the most dangerous woman in this division, the most dangerous woman in this company. But I did agree with something you said. The fact that the reign of
‘heroes’ in this company needs to end.”

“I did my part…”

“But what have you done, Melissa? Really? You had a great run with one title and you earned a small amount of respect from me, which in this world is worth more than most championships and you squandered them both.”

Kayla reached down to the table and pulled up the Internet Championship, letting the light shine off the belt as she looked at it. And then, with bared teeth behind a smile, she looked back at the camera.

“This Championship means something in SCW now. I took it from the muck that it found itself in after being traded away like a bargaining chip, I took it back from a woman who saw it as nothing more than an item on a checklist like she was shopping on Amazon for fresh red panties to celebrate with her wife and I made it relevant.”

“And now? Now I am defending it on a supercard against two women who have no idea what its worth. Two women who also see it as nothing but a bargaining chip or an item to tick off. I’m disappointed in both of you. And when we get into that ring, I am begging you both…don’t embarrass this title or the division with your stupidity…if you can.”

[Goth]

OOC: I have permission to use the character Kim Pain in my rp

Week 2
 
It’s early in the morning, Melissa is preparing her lunch in he nightie. She has put some fruit in a blender to make herself a smoothie as Goth walks into the kitchen in nothing but his PJ bottoms. He walks towards Melissa, stops as he kisses her on the cheek before heading over to the refrigerator to make him some breakfast. Melissa smiles after receiving the kiss as she cannot help but admire his muscular back. The man that she had fallen in love with has still a great physique for being in his forties, she knew what he is willing to do to keep his physique up to par. She turns her attention back to the blender as she stops the machine, turns her attention towards the cupboard above the counter and grabs a glass before filling it with the fruit smoothie. 
 
She licks her lips as she puts the glass to her mouth and slowly lets the fruit pour down her throat as she swallows the entirety in a couple of attempts. With every moment that she puts the glass away from her is where she checks in on Goth, looking on as he makes a cheese sandwich before adding some cucumber that he is cutting himself personally. He then does the same by cutting some tomato slices and adds that along with the cucumber on the cheese sandwich.
 
“That looks delicious.”
 
She says with a smile as Goth looks over his shoulder towards her and winks before turning his attention back to the sandwich. He cuts it in half as he puts one half on top of the other and puts it to his mouth and takes a bite from it. The two remain silent for a few moments as they are both enjoying their breakfast before Melissa decides to clean up her glass. 
 
“Get out of the way big fella….,”
 
Melissa says with a win in her eyes before bumping into him using her hips, this causes Goth to pretend as if he got clotheslined by a three hundred pound man as both of them burst out in laughter afterwards. Melissa turns her attention towards the sink as she turns on the water and cleans the cup when suddenly feeling Goth’s strong arms wrapping around her waist before pulling his body in close against hers.
 
“Hmmm, that feels great.”
 
She sighs after feeling the soft lips from Goth touching the skin from Melissa, the two remain standing there for a few moments as Goth has his face touching the side and top of Melissa’s as his hands are caressing her midsection. Reluctantly Goth pulls away, telling her that he has got an appointment that he doesn’t want to go to but has to. She kisses him on the cheek before telling him that she would wait for him with something special in mind. This causes him to raise his eyebrow and smiles before kissing her on the lips as he leaves the kitchen. She walks over towards the kitchen table, sits down on a chair as she rests her head on top of her hands and sighs.
 
“I wish we could have had a day for ourselves at least once these past two weeks.”
 
She remains seated there at the kitchen table for a few more moments, looking on her watch as she notices that it’s close to the time that Kim had agreed to go to the gym with her. She quickly gets up and heads over towards her bedroom and takes a shower before getting dressed. Only to meet up with Kim, sitting in the living room where Melissa just enters.
 
“There’s our future Bombshell Internet champion.”
 
Kim says while giving Melissa a wink, Melissa giggles as she walks over towards Kim and gives he a big hug before sitting down next to her. Kim is dressed in a pink shirt, matching pink shorts and knee high socks. Melissa puts on her gym shoes before preparing herself fo them to go to the gym as Kim stops her for a moment.
 
“Something wrong???”
 
Melissa asks Kim as we see Kim shake her head no, patting on the couch next to he to tell Melissa to sit down again. Melissa turns her attention towards Kim with a questionable look on he face.
 
“So what’s on your mind Kim??”
 
Kim stares at Melissa for a few moments before letting out a grin.
 
“So Goth told me that both of you want me and Kat to pick up his son???”
 
This catches Melissa completely off guard, she clearly had forgotten all about the conversation that she and Goth had a week ago when they entered their hotel room. She starts to shake her head before looking over towards Kim with an embarrassed look on her face.
 
“Oh yeah, I had forgotten to ask you that Kim. It’s just me and Gerrit both have to do a meet and greet to promote the Super Card when Gerrit Jr’s plane lands at the airport. It would mean the world to us if you and Kat….”
 
Kim holds a hand in front of Melissa’s face, causing Melissa to turn silent wondering why.
 
“You two wee wondering if me and Kat were interested in babysitting a hormone driven teenager?? Seriously???”..
 
Kim raises an eyebrow towards Melissa, holds that look for a few seconds as this causes Melissa starting to get worried about he promise that she had made towards Goth his son. Only to notice the patented smirk on Kim’s face that tells he that she was only messing with her.
 
“I should’ve known….”
 
The two give each other a hug before pulling away from each other, Kim takes the opportunity to place her hand on the knee of Melissa as he face turns serious instantly
 
“Of course I would do that for you guys, I just hope Goth’s son can handle being in a car with two women that are cranky if they haven’t had a pot of coffey yet in the morning.”
 
This remarks causes Melissa to hide her face in her hands, unable to contain a serious look on her face after hearing Kim’s response. The two giggle as Melissa grabs he by the hand as the two women get to their feet before heading over to the personal gym in the Saviors clubhouse as Melissa stops her.
 
“I would be pleasantly surprised if he even dares to step foot in the car with you two wild foxes, especially after witnessing what you have done in your past few matches. You can be such a bitch sometimes Kim.”..
 
The two ladies laugh as they walk to the direction of the gym as Kim hits Melissa playfully on the ass.
 
“I will treat little Gerrit as good as possible, just as long he doesn’t anger me or Kat by mentioning that bitch Crystal. Because so help me God, he will be a very lucky boy if I allowed him to even walk on his own two feet.”
 
The words startles Melissa, wondering whether this was just a teaser from her friend or if she was absolutely serious. Only to be met by an all knowing smile from Kim as she realizes that Kim was only messing. The two head over towards the gym as we take a small break.
 
Returning from the break we see Melissa doing some pull ups on a bar, pulling her head past the bar while we see Kim lifting some dumbbells in the air while staring at herself into the mirror. Kim places the dumbbells back in the rack where she had grabbed them from and grabs a bottle of water as she takes a sip from it. She look upwards towards Melissa, admiring how the 5’9 powerhouse of the female side of the Saviors manages to execute a few more pullups before letting go. She grabs her towel and uses it to wipe off her face before grabbing her own bottle of water as well.
 
“How did that feel Mel???”
 
Mel takes a final sip from the bottle of water before planting it on the bench behind her, she turns her attention back towards Kim and gives he a thumbs up.
 
“It feels good hun, but being this close to Blaze of Glory makes me want to start kick somebodies ass instead of being in the gym working out. No offence.”
 
Kim giggles as she walks towards the exercise what Melissa had been using a few moments ago, wiping the bar clean with her towel as Melissa walks towards the dumbbells herself. Thee she places the towel against the back rest of the work out bench before directing her attention to the dumbbells herself.
 
“None taken obviously, I’m feeling the same way with this Fatal Four Way myself. But we have to be patient Mellie…”
 
Kim says before jumping upwards and grabs the bar that hangs in the air, she starts to pull herself upwards towards the bar while crossing her legs to make the exercise even more difficult while Melissa sits down and starts to lift the dumbbells above her head and nearly touching each other. She does that for a while as Kim is also busy, no other sounds can be heard then their groaning and sighing as they are spending a lot of energy on their exercises before both Mel and Kim stop. 
 
“Yeah I know, I’m really not surprised that these other three women are even going to consider showing up this coming Sunday. Don’t they know that they are facing a Great White Shark???”
 
Melissa tosses he head from left to right, trying to fee some of the tension that she is feeling in he neck and shoulder muscles before resting on the bench behind Kim. She lowes herself on he back, placing her towel across her face as she takes a few deep breaths before dropping the towel as she turns her head towards Kim. Kim who has walked towards the dumbbells again and picks up a few that are lighter than the ones Melissa used a few moments ago. Melissa admires the toned body of he friend, a wrestler that has been competing for most of her life and has been a ferocious animal inside and out of the ing. Melissa turns her head towards the ceiling of the gym, starting to think back to the Iron Woman match that she had against Jessie Salco, remembering the nearly ferociousness attitude that had kept herself on top of the match throughout the thirty minutes that both women had competed in. The vey same ferociousness attitude that she could not remember having when she had competed in a draw against Kayla or after her loss against Chelsea. She had wanted to walk into this title triple threat match with all the momentum in the world backing he up. 
 
But then she remembered the other triple threat title match that she was a part off a while ago, the night that she lost the Bombshell Roulette championship against one of the two women in this match in Ariana Angelos. She cannot contain a growl before lifting he hands towards her head and wipes some of the sweaty hair out of her face. She remains there for a few more minutes before sitting up again and asks Kim if she wanted to spot her as she was about to go for a bench press. She adds the weights on either side of the barbell before lowering herself on the bench and lifts her hands towards the Barbell. There she already notices Kim standing there, keeping an eye on Melissa just in case. Melissa breaths in a few times rather deep before pushing the barbell away from where it hung and start to drop it towards her chest before pressing it off of her, repeating this fifteen times while Kim stands there counting along with Melissa. Melissa notices at the end that things are getting a little bit more difficult as the Barbell and the weights slowly start to feel heavier and heavier until she manages to plant the Barbell back in it’s position. 
 
“That went great Melissa, we will do another rep after thirty seconds.”
 
Melissa nods her head, grabbing he towel to wipe her hands clean before grabbing the bottle of water and take a few small sips from it before placing it back on the floor again. She looks behind her, measuring the distance between herself and the Barbell before lowering down once more.
 
“Just say my name if you need me to help out okay??”
 
Melissa nods he head while letting her fingers wrap around the pat of the Barbell whee she needs to hold it. Squeezing her hand around it tightly for a few times as in to try and get a good grip on it before taking deep beath once again. She quickly lifts the Barbell off it’s place after having taken a deep breath for the third and final time, holding the Barbell in the air for a few moments before lowering it. Kim’s hands are ready, prepared to keep them underneath the Barbell at all time when Melissa needed her. Melissa feels the muscles in her arms slowly tensing up, but not enough for her to manage to do another session of fifteen reps before sitting up again as Kim gets off from behind the Bench Press. We see her add five more pounds to the weights on either side before standing behind the Barbell in anticipation for Melissa
 
“Okay baby girl, I’ve added five more pounds. Now you give me a  session of ten times okay??”
 
Melissa nods he head as she gets ready, lowering heself before placing her hands around the Barbell and prepare herself for pressing that Barbell off of her for ten consecutive times. The first five to seven times goes well enough, but she start to have some difficulties after number eight.
 
“That’s eight Mel, just two more baby girl. That’s it, just two more…, you can do it.”
 
Melissa starts to bare her teeth as her muscles ae starting to shake after having bench pressed the Barbell and weights for the eight time. Realizing that the final two would be extremely difficult 
 
“Kim……”
 
Kim immediately keeps he hands underneath the Barbell, allowing Melissa to lower it with more confidence that she would be there if she wouldn’t make it. She presses the Barbell up in the air for the ninth time, trying to find some balance as she keeps it in the air.
 
“That’s nine…, one moe Mel.”
 
Melissa feels he arms succumbing as she sets in the movement to lowe the Barbell, causing her to groan out loud as Kim keeps her hands loosely on the Barbell. This prevents it to fall on top of the chest of Melissa as she puts more and more pressure on herself to at least push the damn thing back in the air for the final time.
 
“ARRRGHHHHHH FUCK THIS!!!!”
 
The profanity somehow helps he to press the Barbell back off of her body and into the air as Kim helps her to guide the Barbell back into its place. Melissa sits up and beaths rather heavy 
 
“You did great Mel, I think we have done enough for today. So why don’t you go and hop into the shower??? I will join you shortly.”
 
Melissa nods her head as she starts to take a few more deep sips from the bottle of water, drinking it until it is entirely empty. She slowly gets to her feet, she feels that her body is very tired from the 1 hour plus workout that she and Kim had today. She feels the pressure on her legs as she walks rather slowly towards the locker room area and the showers, there she takes off her clothes as she grabs a bottle of shampoo and a few towels to hang outside the shower area as she stands underneath the hot rays of the shower, causing her to close her eyes and just enjoy the rather wonderful moment before starting to soap her body in with shampoo. She hears the door to the shower room open as Kim walks into the shower next to her and does the same as her. The two women don’t say a word for the entirety that they are inside the shower before Melissa decides to walk out of her shower. She grabs he towel and starts to dry herself off with it before wrapping another one around her body before walking towards the dressing room. There she puts on her underwear before putting on her clothing. We hear Kim enter the dressing room while having a large towel wrapped around her body. The two smile as they continue to get dressed before heading towards the living room of the Saviors clubhouse, meeting up with Goth and the others as the shot slowly fades. [/b]
 
Preparation
 
Melissa is sitting in a jacuzzi, relaxing from the long day that she has had, drinking from a cocktail while enjoying the view of the backgarden that Goth has paid for to be created. She is admiring the sunset, giving that beautiful many different colours from the sky as the sun has nearly vanished. Goth is sitting at the swimming pool, talking on the phone with his son as the two discuss on his son arriving tommorrow as both Kat Jones and Kim Paine would be picking him up. Melissa turns her attention towards the cockail, putting the straw between her lips and gently sucks on it
 
“Hmmm, delicious.” 
 
Melissa mutters after wiping her lips with the back of her hand. She lowers her head backwards against the pillow that she had placed behind her after having placed the cocktail on the edge of the jacuzzi. She closes her eyes as the warm bubblign water is easing her painful muscles somewhat, this past two weeks she had picked up more on her weighttraining than previous months. Realizing that with additional muscle that she could inflict more punishment upon her other two opponents, sacrificing some of her speed but gain some more explosiviness. She directs her left hand towards the glass that contains her cocktail, letting her finger tips gently run across the edge of the glass before turning her attention back towards the man she loves. 

She notices him slowly approaching her, he clearly had finished his phone call with his son as he slowly enters the Jacuzzi on opposite side of his fiancé. Goth places his cell phone next to him as his hands reach out towards those of Melissa as he two have a moment together in silence.

“How are things with Gerrit Jr.??”

she asks him lovingly while caressing the palms of his hands as he had turned them over on their back. Her fingers softly run over the lines of his hands, sensing the sensitivity of his hands as he instinctively pulls away a few times as her fingernails tickle him. It had always amazed her how sensitive his hands are after twenty plus years of having scarred his hands throughout his wrestling career. But it also made it one of the things that she loved about him the most.

“He is doing great, very excited for tomorrow as he cannot wait to visit us.”

“I am sure that we are the last ones on his mind after being picked up by Kat and Kim.”

The two laugh at her comment before Goth picks up the cocktail glass from Melissa and smiles before getting out of the jacuzzi

“I think I will make me one as well.”

Goth says as he slowly gts out of the jacuzzi and hands Melissa hr cocktail before walking off to make a cocktail of his own. Melissa smiles as she takes another sip from the cocktail before sighing.

“You people are really stubborn aren’t you??”

She says while not taking her eyes off the cocktail, circling aound with the straw before taking another small sip from it.

“But I guess you are just dying to find out what I have to say about Kayla Richards and Ariana right???”

She puts out her hand towards the camera, telling it through the hand gesture that she doesn’t care what it thinks and that she was merely sarcastic. She looks at some of the palm trees that had been planted around the swimming pool that is a few yards away from the jacuzzi that she is in, lowering her glass of cocktail and closes her eyes. She lets some of the hot water run over her body as she fills both hands with it and allows it to drop all over her. She lets out a sigh o relief as she enjoys the feeling it gives he body.

“I have listened to our champion with great of respect, at least she will acknowledge facts that has happened between us in the past be factual….. And then ié skimmed through Ariana’s promo to the few points that it actually made sense.”

“Now don’t get me wrong, it’s not the same Melissa that has made the mistake of underestimating you once Ariana…. Or the angry woman that wanted to prove you’re your fluke win was just that…. A fluke win. But we all have heard me acknowledge that don’t we?? So I’m not going to delve into history and point fingers towards each other about who is right and who is wrong. But you have to understand Ariana, that you aren’t the only one that can explain sayings like that… I guess you want to be considered a smart little girl, who has the mouth on the right spot…. Only the electric signals that comes from the brain sometimes distracts your vocal cords from producing something interesting to say.”

Melissa reaches behind her head and runs her finges through her wet hair, loving the sensation that it gives he as she sighs softly.

“You see Ariana, I knew how it would all be with you. You would first invite all your imaginary friends, have a tea party and discuss everything that is on your mind. I guess that’s how you work, that’s fine with me Ariana. Because even though that’s now how I work, I still respect the fact that you found something that somehow works for you. But then you go on a rant…. Or should I say, a tirade?? I mean there’s a Dutch saying that that goes a little like this…”

”Hij heeft de klok hooren luiden, maar weet niet waar de klepel hangt“

Melissa grins as she turns an eye towards the camera for a few seconds.

“Now I know it is unfair to produce a saying in my native language, you’re your little brain cannot comprehend. Seeing that you have never learned the Dutch language, but no worries little girl. I will translate it for you, although I am sue that you will still be lost in your ever more mysterious emptiness that you refer to as your own brain. Because it would mean He or she has heard the bell ring, but does not know where the clappe hangs.”

Melissa lets the word sink in for a few moment s as she gently sucks on the straw from he cocktail before letting out a sigh.

“And I can hear you little brain trying to figure it all out, but ultimately you will scream out from the top of your lungs. Desperately wanting to know what it means…, but the question remains.. should I?? it’s quite interesting to see how the Internet champion tells the same thing that I have been trying to communicate towards you Ariana. How you alte reality to either make you look like the victor…. Or to make you look like the victim. See how two different letters can make such a difference Ariana?? You see little girl, that Dutch saying is quite simple. It means that someone has heard something about a certain matter, but doesn’t know the full details about it.”

She raises an eyebrow towards the camera before giggling softly

“But the only difference between you and the usual subject that this saying is referring to is that you been there Ariana, you at least should know exactly what you should be talking about. Not like someone that overhears something from a conversation and then create a whole new spin to something that you clearly don’t know a damn thing about. But you?? You are just the opposite.”

“You are just the example that not every human being is capable to evolve from the state of mind that we have been in thousands upon thousands of years ago. Hell, let’s just take a century for fuck sakes, you are too stuck up to even realize that you need to take responsibilities for your actions and for decisions. And that means in accepting the fact that you lost when you lost and not just when you hold a victory or two over someone. Because let’s face it Ariana… if you keep doing that… you will ultimately become the victim of your own fiction and lies. “

“It’s been a reason why I barely took the time and effort to even mention you little girl. And why would I?? I have acknowledged my flaws, I have said what I needed to say as you are just an example of how luck can take you some places in this industry.”

Melissa turns her face towards the camera for the very first time, resting her head on top of her arms that she has draped across the edge of the jacuzzi while staring intently towards the camera.

“And before you start running your gums about the two wins that you hold over me, I was referring about a wrestling career instead of two victories. There’s a difference between pulling out a few wins on your own, or just being lucked out for not having people like Masque ending your career when they had the chance to. Because the way I see it Ariana, your fucked up nature of being an ignorant little bitch about admitting when you were wrong will ultimately cost you. You are the reason why people like me and Kayla Richards get a bad rep, because we take this sports seriously and you??”

“You just are just going to be stuck in the same realm like Jessie Salco, you believe what you believe…. But you are clearly too delusional to the reality that you are too good for the Roulette division, but lack what it takes to burst through to the mid card division that is the Bombshell Internet division.”

She shakes her head from left to right, having closed her eyes before slowly pushing he body away from the edge of the jacuzzi as she slowly sits on the edge of it.

“And right now I am going to explain your pitiful mind why Ariana. You are so stuck up on the fact that you belittle the mere fact that I am the ONLY one that has beaten both of you. And why is that Ariana?? Well I will tell you exactly why, because you ae stuck upon the fact that the only highlight of your stinking career is you holding two victories over me. Good for you, hold on to those victories. Because if history DOES repeat itself like you are basing your entire hopes and dreams of winning this triple threat. Then you will end up just like Jessie Salco, buried under the pressure and EXPECTATIONS that SHE could not  muster up the last time she and I faced off in the middle of the ring.”

“I have beaten you before, I have beaten Kayla Richards before. Hell, I even drew her to a no contest because she could not beat me Ariana. And if you are half the woman that you proclaim to have been, then you would have mentioned that instead of me losing to Chelsea…. A competitor that I have congratulated already for her victory. But instead you go for the easy way out, just like not allowing the world to understand WHY you could not do what I have done against Kayla… And you know why Ariana?? Because when the pressure is on in a way that YOU have never been a part of before?? You choke, you slowly start to drown in a pool of quicksand. Desperately reaching out for branches that aren’t there…. That’s why both me and Kayla do not respect you. Not because of your abilities, but the mere fact that you are too stupid to even use them.”

Melissa shakes her head as she turns around, leans back against the edge of the Jacuzzi and leans her head backwards.

“Speaking of the champion, how a difference a day makes right?? I mean seriously, at least here is a woman that shows respect. She does not have to like me, she does not even have to care about what I have done in the ring against whomever. This woman knows that I am a threat to her title reign and does not walk away from her opinion. Something that I can respect, something that is just having a breath of fresh air hit me in the face and allow me to inhale oxygen for the very first time. I’m sorry Ariana, but when I am forced to listen to your rambling, it almost seems to be as if I am listening to Miss Piggy on crack!! But in comparison to having to hear what Kayla had to say, It sure as hell has made me realize that I have been stuck into the Jessie Salco and friends division….. err I mean the Bombshell Roulette title division for way too long. I guess having lost that championship belt to you must have been a blessing instead of a curse. Because now I am actually in a division where I know that every single time that I step foot in the ring I am facing an equal. That’s clearly not a distinguished honour that I can bestow upon you Ariana…. For obvious reasons.”

She smirks as she splashes some water in her face.

“Forgive me if I have wasted too much time upon Ariana champ, I know time is precious and we cannot have the most important person waiting for way too long now can we?? And with important I was actually referring to the only person that I should have been considered as my true opponent. Now I realize that if I had not went the distance against you a while ago, that my name would have not even been on that marque sign outside the arena. That you would have had an easy night against a bash talking jezebel without having to break a sweat. And for someone that has held that title over 150 days as an accomplishment is having a match with Ariana Angelos not a memory that you wish to look back upon fondly.”
“You see, just like I have said the other week. I respect your accomplishments, I respect the fact that you have beaten some of the names that are considered hall of famers and the exact best that the company has to offer. And I am not going to take easy road by slamming the names of the women that you have mentioned, telling the world that they are past their prime or not on my level. But I am going to take a word from what you have mentioned in your promo the other week, a word to describe the two of us…. One word that would tell exactly why this match should have been a one on one confrontation all along…. The word of being “Special”. Special as in the mere fact that we strive to be the very best in every single division. We strive to be the very best PERIOD, to work yourself up on the ladder and ultimately be recognized for what you have done inside that ring by earning a title shot against someone that is being proclaimed the very best. That’s what “Special” means to the both of us isn’t it Kayla???”

“Special as in being sick and tired for losing a damn match, yet to pick yourself up again the following night and pick yourself up again against the following opponent that is in your way. I respect the mere fact that you have explained to me that even though you hated the concept of the Roulette title, you still mustered up everything that you had to try and win it. Do I agree with the words that you have used several weeks ago in our last confrontation?? No, but at least you have bettered yourself into explaining why you tried….. but failed… two losses so far, two losses since joining Sin City Wrestling. Two losses and a draw…., which two third of those results are due to me. And yet you acknowledge it as it is a result that you had wished it had not happened.”

“You nullify the entire attempt from Ariana, who is trying so desperately to tell me that I did not truly beat you… as there was no pinfalls or submissions that came into play. Actualloy proving a point to me that I have not yet reconsidered, the mere fact that she isn’t still over the fact that I eliminated her from doing what I have done to you. I guess a traumatic experience is exactly what she is taking with her to bed every single time that she tries to cry herself to sleep. Something that you could get away with in the Roulette division isn’t it Kayla?? Not in the leagues where you need to fight and be “Special”.”

She slowly lowers her head underneath the water for a few moments, before coming back up again as she pushes her hair behind her head and catches for breath.

“You know something Kayla?? Let us do each other a favour and end the dream of Ariana’s hopeful quest of ever outgrowing the division that contains her big inspiration. Let us just take her out of our very own misery, before we decide to focus upon who it truly is all about. You and me, because that is what this match and that title deserves isn’t it??”

“I respect the fact that you have held that championship belt for such a long period of time, making it even more special if I am the one that is ultimately going to dethrone you for that same belt. “

“Having held the Bombshell Roulette championship belt in my young career meant something very special. It made me realize that I had arrived, but just as important that I need to fight even harder to have made that championship win be something relevant. And even though I did not hold that championship belt as long as you have, I did learn so much from every single day that I have held that belt. And just to think that I will be holding another belt that is a Bombshell division version of the one that my fiancé has held. Is something that I need to experience Kayla. And I am going to do anything that I can to obtain that championship belt Kayla. I will not stop until I have one of these officials wrap that championship belt around my waist while being declared to be the NEW Bombshell Internet champion. “

“And how I do it? Or to whom?? That is something that fate has to determine inside the six sided ring. But I can guarantee that when I beat you for that championship belt…, I will hold it with pride, I will hold it with honour. And I hope that at least when the end result is exactly what I have been telling you and Ariana all along?? Then I will gladly defend that championship belt against you in a one on one confrontation. To declare to the whole wide world without a shadow of a doubt who truly is the one that deserves to be called “Special”.”

Melissa slowly gets out of the jacuzzi and smiles as she notices Goth emerging with a bathrobe in his hands. She quickly allows him to help her get into the robe as the two give each other a hug before walking off towards the clubhouse. Melissa tells Goth something before giving him a kiss on the lips as he continues to walk while she turns around.

“You see for you being special is something that is very important to you Kayla. Apparently you believe that it makes you somehow stand out from each and every other Bombshell in this company. And perhaps for the majority of our roster you may be right, but when it comes down to the woman that has had your number so far in our young careers?? It only means that compared to me?? You are nothing but second best. Something I am fully aware that you do not wish to hear after having worked so hard on that legacy that you have created. But you aren’t the only one that believes in work ethic will grant you success like yours…. So good luck to you Kayla, may the better Bombshell win… and Ariana?? Just stay out of the way okay?? You may just get hurt.”

With that Melissa winks and waves towards the camera before entering the clubhouse as the shot slowly fades.