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Date: Monday, June 22, 2020
Location: GO Gym, Las Vegas, NV ---> The Strip.
Time: 2:00 pm
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Tallyn collapses down onto the ground after getting out of the ring and grabs her water bottle. She’d been at this training thing since 7 am and was beginning to feel the pain and the exhaustion set in. Ever since her brother Theo had caught her with the drugs almost a month ago, she’d been clean and more focused on what she came to Las Vegas to actually do with her life. She hadn’t expected to be derailed by a death in her family and hadn’t realized that it had taken such a toll on her. She hated that the drugs had taken over her life and she’d basically lost two months out of her life that she’d never get back.

Now, she had to work much harder to earn the respect back that she’d lost because of her little habit. It had surprised her that she had been so quick to slip into that habit and that she had turned herself onto the drug life with no hesitation at all. She had been so against it when she was growing up because she saw what it did to her mother’s life. But apparently, that didn’t matter. She knew she was at a low point in her life; her baby sister died from a tragic accident and she couldn’t go home to be there for her family right away. So, she found a way to get rid of all that pain. Was it a good way for her to get rid of that emotional pain? Absolutely not. But she wasn’t in the right set of mind and she couldn’t have talked herself out of it even even she wanted to.

She continues to stare up at the ceiling as she breathes heavily from the intense training session before she decides to get up. She didn’t know what she wanted to do for the day but laying in the middle of the ring was not something she wanted to do. Maybe she’d bug Donovan for a while.

TALLYN: “Shower time.”

Nearly forty-five minutes later, Tally found herself walking back into the Saxton hotel or hotel SCW as she preferred to call it. It was basically what it was now and she couldn’t be bothered to call it by its actual name. She thinks about going to her room to relax for a bit before deciding just to go to Donovan’s room instead and maybe bum some ideas off of him for her promo thing she had to shoot later in the week.

She takes her time in going up to the floor that Donovan was staying on, ignoring most of the other stars that were around her. She didn’t know them well enough yet to be mingling with them nor did she try. Being the new girl sucked. She walks down the hallway and stops in front of his door and knocks three times before waiting for him to open the door. When he opens the door, she smiles warmly at him.

TALLYN: “Hi!”

He smiles at her and opens the door for her to walk in, if she were want to. She looks at him and smiles before walking into his room. She wasn’t sure where his sister Delta was but at the moment, she wasn’t too worried about Delta. She sits on the edge of the bed that she knew to be Donovan’s before looking at him.

DONOVAN “Hi yourself.”

He moves and sits down next to her on the bed. She smiles at him before tucking her hair behind her left ear. Things between them were slightly different now because she didn’t have the drugs fueling her odd behavior that had been a few months ago. But she still liked him.

TALLYN: “I thought that maybe you could help me...”

She gives him a shy smile and he raises an eyebrow at her.

DONOVAN: “With what? I wasn’t aware that you needed help. You seem pretty capable in the ring, Tally.”

She chuckles a bit before looking at him with her nose scrunched a little bit. Okay, maybe she liked him a lot.

TALLYN: “No silly, not with that. I already spent enough time at the gym this morning training. I meant with something else!”

He laughs a little before smiling warmly at her. They still seemed comfortable around one another but the air seemed shifted.

DONOVAN: “Tell me what you need help with, Tally. You know I’ll help you do anything.”

And he would, because he was sweet like that. Tallyn liked that about him; she didn’t have to worry about which side of her he got to see because he didn’t judge her for it. Nor did he judge her for her drug habit she’d had.

TALLYN: “I want to go scout some locations on the strip for a promo shoot. But I’d like you to go with me to help narrow it down. The strip has so many options that I don’t know how I’m going to narrow it down by myself.”

He smiles at her before grabbing her hand and then standing up and helping her up to her feet. She smiles at him.

DONOVAN: “Sure, let’s go.”

She loved that he was usually up for anything as long as she didn’t make it seem insanely crazy. And he always made sure to give her solid advice.

TALLYN: “You are literally the best person ever!”

She wraps her arms around him, hugging him. He laughs and hugs her back before they release one another. They leave his hotel room and step out into the hallway and she looks around before pushing her hair out of her face.

DONOVAN: “To you, maybe.”

He winks at her before he takes her hand and they walk back down the hallway to the elevator. He presses the down button and they wait a few minutes before stepping into the empty elevator shaft. She looks at him before wrinkling her nose at him.

TALLYN: “You know...we’ve never made out in an elevator...”

She gives him a sly look and he raises an eyebrow at her with peaked interest. She giggles softly as the doors slowly close, leaving them the only ones in the elevator. She pulls the emergency stop button to give them a second or more to discuss.

DONOVAN: “You’re right, we haven’t...”

He moves closer to her and she watches him with a smile on her pretty face. She leans against the wall as he soon stops in front of her and looks down into her brown eyes.

TALLYN: “Do you want to?”

She asks with a slightly innocent tone to her voice. Consent is sexy people.

DONOVAN: “Only if you do.”

She giggles before nodding her head.

TALLYN: “Of course. Who could resist kissing somebody as hot as you?”

He smirks at her before leaning down just a bit and presses his lips gently against her own, giving her a quick, chaste kiss.

DONOVAN: “Like that or. . .”

He leans back down and kisses her again but this time presses her slightly more into the wall and deepens the kiss just by a little bit. She leans up into the kiss, her hand gripping the sides of his shirt as he slides one hand to the back of her neck as he presses the emergency stop button to resume the elevator’s motion. He continues to kiss her as the elevator keeps moving down to the lobby floor of the hotel and she didn’t seem to notice that the elevator dings and the doors open. Donovan pulls himself from her and smirks at her before pulling her out of the elevator by her hand.

DONOVAN “Or like that?”

She was still trying to gather her thoughts as they walk out of the hotel and out into the hot, Summer air of Las Vegas.

TALLYN: “Definitely the second one. You should kiss me like that more.”

She blushes just slightly as the words spill from her mouth as they head toward the strip, choosing to walk to it.

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Date: Friday, June 26, 2020
Location: M&M World
Time: 6:00 pm

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The feed opens up to a shot of the outside of M&M World and then cuts inside to where the big wall of different colors and flavors of M&Ms were. In front of the wall was a stool and on that stool was Tallyn herself, sitting with one leg crossed over the other. She was wearing a pair of super short white shorts and a simple purple and pink tye dye crop top and you could almost see the end of her bra’s cups. She smirks at the camera.

TALLYN “Welcome! Welcome to the Colorful World of Tally.”

She spreads her arms out and keeps the confident smirk on her pretty face as she keeps contact with the camera. She slowly lets out a breath, trying to keep control of her emotion and her focus.

TALLYN “We are just two days away from Sunday’s edition of Climax Control where you will see me step into the ring with one Bea Barnhart.”

She held up two fingers and wiggled them a bit as she kept staring at the camera.

TALLYN “This is the first match that I get to be in and prove myself again. Starting fresh and putting everything behind me and trying my best not to think about the past me. It’s just a shame that it has to be against Bea Barnhart.”

She just makes a face and shrugs her shoulders.

TALLYN “I’m not saying that Bea isn’t a good competitor, because I’ll be honest. I haven’t been paying attention. I haven’t paid attention to her or anybody else for that matter lately. I’ve been locking myself in three places and the main one being the gym. I’ve been working on making myself be the best that I can be. And for me to do that, it takes complete dedication.”

She smiles and shrugs her shoulders.

TALLYN “I’m sure that you’re a great competitor Bea but this Sunday, you’re not going to be able to rely on your husband for help. You’re going to have to channel everything you have into yourself. You’re going to have to focus on what you can do and not how your husband can help you.”

She pushes her brunette hair out of her face.

TALLYN “Amy I saying that you only rely on your husband to help you win matches? Maybe. But do I know that for sure? Absolutely not. But I’m just going to tell you this now, it’s just me and you on Sunday. And I have a whole hell of a lot more to prove to the higher ups than you do.”

She pauses momentarily to take a breath and slowly let it out.

TALLYN “And so, I’m going to do whatever it is that I have to do to take and steal the win from you. I have to show that I actually want it this time. Because if I don’t? I could fall back into the same pattern as last time.”

She shrugs her shoulders. She was going to be honest with herself.

TALLYN “Look, Sunday will be here before we realize it and I am itching to get into the ring and show everybody just what I can do. And I’m sure you’re just as excited as I am to do so as well. But who the fuck gives a shit if you’re excited? Shouldn’t you be starting your retirement tour?”

Ope, a stab at her age. Let’s go the petty route, Tally. Way to go.

TALLYN “I’m twenty years old. I have my entire future in front of me.  Can you say that about you? I know, I know. Thirty is not that old but it definitely isn’t exactly young for a wrestler either. I’m sure you need to be a little bit more careful in the ring than I do when it comes to competing. One wrong move and you could pull a muscle or break a bone, Bea. And we wouldn’t want that, now would we?”

She makes a pouty face and shakes her head no.

TALLYN “I also have had the very best trainers in the world train me and help me along the way. Can you say that about yourself?”

She raises an eyebrow at the camera.

TALLYN “I’m not saying you’re incompetent in the ring but you weren’t trained by Gabriel and Odette Stevens. Which means, that you’re definitely not what they would consider the top of the line. But maybe one day you can get there. . .”

She lets another smirk spread across her face.

TALLYN “I am going to say that it isn’t going to be Sunday.”

She shakes her head no.

TALLYN “Because on Sunday? It’s going to be my time to take the win and take control of the match. I need this win more than you do, Bea and I’m not going to play nice with you just to make things seem easier. I’m not a fake person and I’m not going to pretend that I give a shit about you.”

She takes a moment to stand up and push the stool away from her.

TALLYN “Because I don’t. You’re just the current roadblock in my way of redeeming myself and taking back what I need to so that I can get to where I need to be. And where I should be. So...sorry not sorry.”

She winks at the camera.

TALLYN “So I guess that I’ve said that all that I need to say. I hope you’ve done the best that you can in training for this Sunday’s match. Because you’re going to need all the help you can get.”

She walks away from the camera but stop and looks over her shoulder at it.

TALLYN “See you soon.”

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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Date: 4/30/2020
Time: 9:03 PM.
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Tallyn lies in her hotel bed, staring up at the ceiling in her hotel room. The day had been utterly exhausting. She had spent six hours in the morning running and at the GO gym to try to prepare herself for Sunday’s match against Sam Marlowe but now, she couldn’t even talk herself into getting up to go wonder through the hotel. As if even that was an experience of sorts anyways; she knew most every nook and cranny of the place and was beginning to grow even more bored with the quarantine lifestyle.

She thought about messaging Donovan to see if he wanted to do something but even that, at the moment, didn’t sound like it would consist of anything but sex and drinking. Not that she was opposed to that because that was hardly the case when it came to Donovan and herself. She just felt blah.

She jumps when her phone begins to ring and she looks at it to see that it was a video call request coming in from her sister Tesla. She had been avoiding the younger girl’s calls and messages ever since Tatum had died from the car accident. But she supposed that it had been nearly a month since Tatum had passed away, and felt that she couldn’t avoid Tesla for forever, so she presses the button to accept the video call request.

TESLA: “Tally! Oh my god….I’ve been trying to get ahold of you for a month now…”

Tallyn looks at her younger sister’s face and feels nothing but anger and resentment toward her. She knew that logically, she shouldn’t place the blame on Tesla because it was just a freak accident.  But she was still so mad at her. Tallyn had been the one to take care of all of her siblings when she was growing up and when her Dad kicked her out over a year ago, she had made sure that Tesla was going to be the one to watch out for Tatum. Clearly, she didn’t.

TALLYN: “Well, clearly I didn’t want to talk to you.”

Tally doesn’t missed the hurt look that passes over Tesla’s face and Tally just shrugs her shoulders, not caring that it was probably a harsh reaction.

TESLA: “Tal…”

Tally just looks at her, a blank look in her own eyes as she looks at her younger sister. She takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out.

TALLYN: “Tes.”

The nickname came out flat and as if she was uninterested about what Tesla had to say. But Tally had to admit she missed Teddy; he was choosing to stay in Florida for an extended amount of time to help out their father. His father? Tallyn didn’t technically consider him her father as she had been the one taking care of Theo, Tesla, and Tatum.

TESLA: “Tally, you can’t just...you can’t just cut me out of your life! I’m your sister!”

Tallyn just shakes her head as she looks at the distress on her sister’s face. Tallyn knew that she should care about her sister more and be worried about her sister’s own mental health and well being but she couldn’t shake the angry feeling.

TALLYN: “So was Tatum, Tesla. And clearly, you are--were too selfish to even give a fuck about her.”

Tallyn again doesn’t miss the pained look that crosses her sister’s face. She knew that she couldn’t help it because Tatum had been special to Tally; their bond had been unbreakable until her father kicked her out.

TESLA: “Tally, please….I’m sorry!”

The tears splash down Tesla’s face as she tries to plead to Tallyn about forgiving her.

TALLYN: “You think a weak apology is going to mean anything, Tes? That doesn’t bring Tatum back! She’s fucking dead and there’s absolutley nothing you can say that will bring her back!”

TESLA: “I was watching her, Tally! She just ran out into the street!”

Tallyn shakes her head, knowing that was Tesla was lying because her father had said something completely different. Tesla had been on the phone with a boy and Tatum had just left the house, without any qualms about it.

TALLYN: “You know lying to me isn’t going to get you on my good side, Tesla. Dad already told me what had happened. And to think, Tesla, a boy was more important than Tatum’s life. That is going to be something that you will have to live with for the rest of your life.”

TESLA: “I...he! I’m sorry! Please, just...I need my sister, Tally…”

Tallyn watches as the tears start to spill down her sister’s cheeks and she rolls her eyes at it. She didn’t care if she was being heartless about it.

TALLYN: “No, Tes. I’m not...I’m not ready to really talk to you about this or anything else concerning Tatum, okay? I’m not ready to hear how your social life was interrupted with watching Tatum. She was our sister and she was important too. I have to go, Donovan is here.”

She doesn’t give Tesla time to protest as she hits the red button. Tesla would also know that Donovan wasn’t there and that Tally just didn’t have anything left to say to her at that time. She tosses her phone to the floor before sighing, getting that itch again. She had really tried to stay away from it; knowing that it messed her focus up but Asher was just...too tempting. And all she had to do to get what she wanted from him, was giving him a little bit of attention and it was an easy score.

TALLYN: “Fuck it. Nobody gives a shit anyways.”

Tallyn pushes herself up and pulls on a pair of yoga pants and a hoodie before shoving her feet into her tennis shoes. She grabs her phone and the rest of the necessities before leaving her hotel room. She smiles at people in the hallways as she heads to the elevator to go down to the lobby. She was becoming a little more comfortable with coming and going, even though several people enjoyed giving her dirty looks. And they were also becoming easier and easier to ignore as well.

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Hours later, Tallyn walks into the hotel again, giggling and clearly out of sorts as she makes her way to the elevator. She was alone and seemed to be struggling to walk straight as she hums to herself. She presses the up button on the elevator before trying to wait as patiently as she could. But her patience was running out, so she jams her thumb into the up button again and does so a few more times and then smiles triumphantly when the door opens and she’s able to step into the elevator.

TALLYN: “Thank you, jerk.”

She didn’t care that the elevator was an inanimate object and definitely wouldn’t be talking back to her but it didn’t bother her at all. She presses the number of her floor before pressing the shut doors button and then leans against the wall and closes her eyes once the machine begins to move up to the floor she was staying on.

It didn’t take her long before she was getting off the elevator and beginning to walk down the hallway and she stops when she sees Theo leaning against her hotel room’s door. She sighs, figuring either her father or her sister sent him here to talk to her. She didn’t hold anything against him; how could she? He had been here when the tragic accident happened and so, there was no blame to be shared with him.

TALLYN: “Did Dad send you back to watch over me?”

She hadn’t meant to practically the spit the words out at him but she couldn’t help it. She had thought he had planned on staying in Florida to support both her father and Tesla during this tragedy.

THEO: “I guess technically you could say that, Tally. But not really to watch over you; everybody knows that you’re not about to let anybody take care of you.”

TALLYN: “Damn right. I’ve always taken care of myself.”

Tallyn unlocks the hotel door and walks inside, letting Theo follow behind her. She wanted to hold a grudge against him because he was ruining her high and killing it with ease. But he was her brother and now, her only sibling that she cared about.

THEO: “Tesla feels really bad, Tally. She hates herself for letting it happen and not watching Tatum better…”

TALLYN: “Good. She should. Fucking choosing a boy over her own fucking sister.”

The thought even pissed her off and she grabs an empty bottle of tequila and throws it at the wall. She hadn’t even realized that the thought alone was enough to make her cry. She was tired of crying but she didn’t know when the tears were going to stop.

THEO: “You shouldn’t hold it against her, Tal. She already feels bad enough…she doesn’t need you to hold your own grudge against her.”

Tally rolls her eyes at her brother as she keeps her back to him, tears trailing down her cheeks. She wanted to stop feeling so miserable. She had thought that the booze and drugs would numb it down but it was only a temporary fix.

TALLYN: “Yeah, well that’s what you think, Teddy. I can’t forgive her for choosing a boy over her own sister. Do you think I fucking enjoyed having to waste my entire teenaged years to care for her and Tatum? No. But did I fucking do it? Yes because I fucked loved them and I wanted them to be able to live normally. But guess what, Theo? Tatum doesn’t get to do that anymore because of Tesla’s selfish decision. So she can continue to feel miserable, I won’t stop her.”

THEO: “When did you turn into such a bitch, Tallyn? This...this isn’t you.”

Tallyn just stares at the curtains that were closed over the window and she just simply shrugs her shoulders at him. She didn’t want to think about the changes she had gone through in the past month. It wasn’t worth it. It wasn’t worth feeling like she wasn’t worth shit.

TALLYN: “This...is what happens when she killed my baby sister, Teddy. The old me? She’s gone and you’re going to have to accept that this is me now. And you can either fucking get on board with it or you can get the fuck out of here.”

Tallyn didn’t wait to see what he chose as she walks into the bathroom and slams the door shut behind her. She couldn’t deal with it anymore and just wanted to not feel. Thankfully, Asher had given her some to go.

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Date: 5/1/2020
Time: 8:00 AM.
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Tallyn is sitting in front of her laptop, dressed in a simple purple tank top with the straps of her black lacey bra being visible. She was set to just record her own promo and then post it on the sight. No special effects, no nothing. She just didn’t have the oomph for that this week. She adjusts the laptop’s screen to adjust the camera before pressing the record button.

TALLYN: “I wish I could say that I had better news…”

She runs her fingers through her dark locks before looking at the camera.

TALLYN: “But I sit here in front of you, just thinking about what Sunday is going to produce. Sure, it will produce a killer show. But what about for me? Do I think that I have it in the bag for Sunday? Absolutely not. Do I give a fuck if I do?”

She gives the camera a blank look.

TALLYN: “Absolutely fucking not. It would fit right in with the way my month has been going. Might as well make it another loss for me because who the fuck cares? Surely not me.”

She lets out a breath and leans back in the chair, just staring at the camera with a blank look in her eyes. She was too high to give a fuck about what was coming out of her mouth.

TALLYN: “Should I be thrilled to be going up against a SCW veteran such as Sam Marlowe? Yes, probably. But am I? Abso-fucking-lutely not.”

The look on her face completely said that she didn’t care about what was happening. She didn’t care that she could definitely get in trouble for this video either. She was at that point where it didn’t really matter.

TALLYN: “I wish I could say that I had more oomph in me for Sunday but I really don’t. It’s going to be a shitshow of a match and I’m not exactly thrilled about it. This might get me in trouble but who cares? What are they going to do? Fire me? Go ahead. It’s not like that would make things better or worse either. The way my life is going right now? Might as well add that to the list of things that could go wrong.”

She hadn’t been able to pull herself out of her own funk since the previous day. The way that Theo had yelled at her after she came out of the bathroom high as a kite hadn’t really bothered her until she was sober. And now, she was just done with it.

TALLYN: “Fine me? Go ahead. Suspend me? Go ahead. Nothing will matter because there is nothing that will make what I am feeling right now worse.”

She moves her left leg up and wraps her arms around it and props her chin on her knee.

TALLYN: “Sam, I’m sure you’re a great person. Albeit, too fucking happy all the time but nonetheless, I’m sure that you’re a wonderful person. And a great competitor…”

She shrugs her shoulders.

TALLYN: “And to be fair, you probably deserve a better opponent than myself right now. But let’s get into this so I can go back to bed, shall we?”

She rubs her forehead before clicking a link on her phone and reading something on it before setting her phone down on the desk.

TALLYN: “You have some really great accomplishments in SCW, Sam. Good for you. But you seem to be a let down once you’ve won a championship. I haven’t really figured out why but it seems like you can’t hold onto them for long periods of time. Is there a logical reason for that? No, probably not. Maybe you just fucking suck more than what management wants people to believe.”

She shrugs her shoulders.

TALLYN: “But let’s face it, Sam...your biggest win of your career is when you beat the unbeatable, Mikah at My Bloody Valentine. And I forget which number it was, but it doesn’t matter. Nobody even gives a shit about that anymore. But let’s think, Sam…”

She taps her finger to her bottom lip a couple of times.

TALLYN: “Did you beat Mikah because you’re better than her? Or did you beat Mikah because she let you win? Because you don’t look more impressive than she was or is, even. I know she’s just Hot Stuff Mark Ward’s personal assistant, but I guarantee that she would beat you if she were to come back. So, let’s think about it again...were you really a better wrestler than her at that time? No, definitely not. I definitely believe that she let you win because she was tired of all those fucking sheep in the back throwing a tantrum like mother fucking two olds because they couldn’t beat her…”

She just shrugs her shoulders.

TALLYN: “And this isn’t me saying I’m a fan of Mikah because that woman is a bitch and probably has done a lot of fucked up things in her career. But you can’t deny that she is the best that SCW had to offer when she was competing. She was what a Bombshell should be but yet, I don’t see her getting any sort of credit around her. Everybody acts like her title reign wasn’t that big or that important. They just kind of brush her accomplishments under the rug and act like it was nothing. But yet somebody like you, Sam? You get all sorts of praise and I just...I don’t get it.”

She shrugs her shoulders again.

TALLYN: “Personally, you don’t even seem to have what it takes to be a main eventer anymore. You’re too happy, too nice and being nice gets you fucking nowhere. I’ve tried it and it left a sour taste in my mouth. So I’m done being nice.”

She brushes her hands off as if she was brushing the dust off of them.

TALLYN: “Being nice is for losers and I’m learning quickly that you have to take what you want if you want to get anywhere in this business. And I’m about to take this win from you on Sunday, Sam. I need it more than you because let’s face it, even if you do lose, people will still love you...me? They don’t even know me yet to have much of an opinion on me….”

She smirks a bit.

TALLYN: “But they will come to know me soon and realize that I’m not just going to lay down and take whatever they dish out to me. I’m here to prove myself, whether I believe it or you believe it or not. Whatever happens? Is going to happen and I’m going to make sure that people realize that I’m not going to just be a flash in the skillet. And I’m beginning to believe that I’m going to have to make an example out of you, Sam.”

She looks around her hotel room and then lets out a breath.

TALLYN: “I wish I could say that you’re going to be an easy defeat because you’re not going to be. But it’s going to be fun to prove to everybody that you’re not as good as people like to pretend that you are. Maybe it will be an eye opener for you.”

She pauses before shrugging again.

TALLYN: “Or maybe not. I’m not a mind reader.”

She stands up and leans down to look into the camera.

TALLYN: “I’m done with this. See you on Sunday.”

 

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018.
2:45 P.M.
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Tallyn sighs as she walks into her family’s house and sets her purse and bag down. It had been an exhausting day working at the park and now she only had about an hour and a half to shower and get ready to go to her night job. Sometimes, having two jobs really sucked but she liked the extra money and it helped keep her siblings afloat when their father was too busy to remember that they needed food. It wasn’t that he wouldn’t give them money if they asked, they just didn’t want to ask. They felt that they bothered him and that he was too busy to even care.

THEO: “Tal? Is that you?”

Tallyn frowns as she hears Theo shout from where she assumed he was in the living room. She sighs before walking into the living room to see Theo holding an uneasy look on his face and she didn’t realize why until she looked around the corner to see their mother, Athena standing there.

TALLYN: “What the fuck are you doing here?”

She didn’t care if she was blunt or not. And she also didn’t care that Athena was their mother; to Tallyn, all she was was the woman who gave birth to them.

ATHENA: “Watch your mouth, Tallyn Arielle. I am still your mother.”

Tallyn lets a cold laugh slip from her lips as she looks her “mother” over.

TALLYN: “No you’re just some bitch who gave birth to me and my siblings.”

Tallyn watches as her “mother” clenches her jaw, clearly not liking Tallyn’s words of choice. But Tallyn didn’t care what her mother liked or disliked, she just wanted to know why the hell she was in the house.

TALLYN: “So are you going to tell me why the fuck you’re in this house? Or are you going to leave?”

Tallyn points to the door before looking at her mother.

ATHENA “Is it so wrong of me to want to see my children, Tallyn!? You act like I’m a horrible person!”

Tallyn groans and lets her head fall back as she looks to the ceiling.

TALLYN: “You ARE a bad fucking person, Athena! You are not a good person and fucking aren’t a good mother! I don’t know why you think that you can just come back here like you own the house! Jesus! Grow the fuck up, Athena. So tell me what you really want so I can not see your face again.”

Their mother just looks at Tallyn and then over to Theo, who just shrugs his shoulders. He was indifferent towards their mother but also held a little bit of resentment toward her.

ATHENA “I...just wanted to see you guys.”

Tallyn groans audibly again, realizing that their “mother” wasn’t just going to spit it out. Tallyn folds her arms over her chest and gives her mother a dirty look. She knew that her mother wanted something, but she didn’t know what.

TALLYN: “Well, you saw me and you saw Teddy, you can fucking leave now.”

Athena frowns a little at Tallyn again before she looks to Theo, hoping for a bone. Or something that could resemble some hope for her case.

ATHENA “I haven’t seen Tessie or Tatey yet…”

Tallyn rolls her eyes.

TALLYN: “Good because every time you do stop by every eight to ten months, you mess with her head and she’s fucking brat for two weeks after you’ve ditched us again. And her fucking name is Tesla, she’s not a baby anymore. And don’t get me started on Tatum..”

Tallyn spit the words out as if they were poisonous for her to say. Athena just sits on the the love seat that was across from the chair, looking at her oldest child.

ATHENA “I know my childrens’ name, Tallyn. I birthed them and gave each of you your names…”

Tallyn lets another laugh slip from her lips as she looks at her mother. She runs her fingers through her blonde locks as she walks over and stands between her and Theo. Theo got out of school every day around 2:30 and it was only 2:45 pm, meaning that both Tesla and Tatum would be home in about twenty-five minutes or so. Tallyn really wanted their “mother” to be gone by then.

TALLYN: “Wow!!  Surprise, surprise. You actually know our names. That might actually be a first, Athena.”

Athena looks at Tallyn, an irritated look on her face.

ATHENA “I am your mother, Tallyn Arielle! You should not be calling me by my first name.”

TALLYN: “My mother?! You think that you’re my mother!? A mother is a person who fucking takes care of her fucking kids! What the fuck have you done in the past nineteen years of my life!? Or the last seventeen years of Teddy’s life!? Or better yet, the last fucking TEN years of Tatum’s life!?”

Tallyn was full out shouting at Athena by now.

TALLYN: “I was only ten years old when you had Tatum, Athena. But I was the one who took care of her when you fucking ran off to do who the fuck knows what. I changed her diapers, I fed her her bottles, I walked her to daycare when our father was supposed to be sleeping or at the hospital. I raised her, not you but you waltz back in every so often and she thinks you’re back for fucking good. And then when you leave, her world crashes down around her and me and Teddy have to pick up the fucking pieces and glue her back together.”

Tallyn takes a breath as she stares at Athena, who just looked back at her and held a smirk on her own face, as if she knew something that Tallyn didn’t. Tallyn looks at Theo, who shrugs his shoulders as he wasn’t sure what Athena was getting at.

ATHENA “I...you….”

Athena stumbled over her words as she tried to confront her daughter about what she’d said but Athena couldn’t argue with Tallyn, because Tallyn was right. Tallyn had taken care of Tatum when she was little and made sure that she got what she needed.

TALLYN: “Exactly. Now tell me what the fuck you’re doing here.”

Athena smirks as she glances up at the clock and then almost like clockwork, Tallyn’s father Wilder walked into the house. Tallyn frowns as her father was almost never home this early. Tallyn shares another uneasy look with Theo before looking at the doorway as her father walks into the living room.  He looked tired and Tally knew that he’d been up for a while doing surgeries and rotations and whatever else came with the job as a surgeon.

WILDER: “Athena, what is so important that you made me leave the hospital?”

Even his voice sounded tired and drawn out a bit. Tallyn knew that if he was going to get mad, it was going to be a blow out. Tallyn shoots a dirty look at her mother, as Athena sat there with a gloating look on her face as if she was about to win some big prize or as if she knew a secret that  Tallyn didn’t know. Tallyn looked over at her father, who looked utterly exhausted from his long hours that he put in at the hospital.

ATHENA: “I just...I found something out, Wild, and I thought you’d want to know.”

Tallyn looks over at her mother before looking at her father. She was not sure what was going to come out of her egg donor’s mouth. Tallyn runs a hand through her blonde locks as Theo, too seemed unsteady about things that were happening.

WILDER: “What? Whatever it is, spit it out because I don’t have the patience or the time to deal with your bullshit today, Athena. I sent you money last month, I’m not sending you anymore.”

Tallyn hated hearing that her father was still sending her mother money and so often to leave money for his children to have food. She didn’t hate her father but sometimes, she felt as if she could. Sure, he provided a good house for his kids and made sure the necessities that it took to have a house were paid. But when it came to groceries, clothes, or personal hygiene necessities? He often forgot about those and it was left on her.

ATHENA: “Do you know what our daughter has been doing to make money, Wilder?”

Tallyn’s face goes pale white as she realizes just what her mother was about to do. She looks at Theo, who shakes his head.

WILDER: “...She works at Disney World, Athena. I already know that because she tells me. Is that really why you came here? To throw a fit that Tally is working at Disney World?”

Tallyn could hear the exhaustion in her father’s voice as he tried to keep his patience with Athena but she could tell he was growing even more exasperated with Athena’s bullshit. But she didn’t know how to stop Athena from spouting off her evening job.

TALLYN: “Cant you just make her leave, Dad? Tatum and Tesla are going to be home soon and I really don’t think they should see her.”

She tried to keep the desperation out of her voice as she looked at her father. Theo seemed on edge as well.

ATHENA: “Your daughter is working at a strip club, Wilder.”

The news of Tallyn’s night job being out in the open and what it was, seemed to wake her father up. Tallyn watches his face as the realization of what she did in the evenings hits him. She looks at Theo and then back at her father.

WILDER: “Tally, is this true?”

He turns to look at her and she looks at her feet as she tries to think of a legitimate excuse of why she was working at such a place. But there was nothing that could be said of it.

TALLYN: “Yes…”

Wilder rubs his face with his right hand, trying his hardest to keep calm and Tallyn can see that he was doing so.

WILDER: “Why!? Don’t I provide you with enough money?”

The fact that he was clueless was enough to make Tallyn shake her head, her anger beginning to take over her emotions.

TALLYN “What money!? Dad, you may pay all the house bills, the electric bills, the internet, the satellite bills, but I buy everybody’s clothes and necessities. I buy the groceries because you forget to. And I should ask you for the money, but I always feel like I’m a pain in your side when I ask for it. So, it was just easier to get another job to make sure that the fridge and pantry was always stocked. Or that Tesla and Tatum had enough clothes to get through the day. And so that Tatum doesn’t have to wear too small shoes because her feet are still growing! It was just easier.”

She knew it wouldn’t be something that he’d want to hear but she couldn’t hold it back anymore. Her father would have definitely given her the money but she didn’t want to bother him because he spent the majority of his time at the hospital. He was always so busy and she didn’t want to feel like her and her siblings were a burden, so she took on the task of financially supporting them. She put her dreams of wrestling on hold, and was there for her siblings because who else would have been?

WILDER: “Easier!? It was easier to get a job taking your clothes off for some low-class men!?”

She knew that he would be angry about her choice in a job but she didn’t think of it to be as bad as he was making it out to be. He didn’t understand the things that it took to make sure that her siblings were well fed and dressed well enough to not be made fun of at school. And that was her goal; it wasn’t to make sure that her father’s ego or pride wasn’t something she felt that she needed to worry about.

TALLYN: “Are you ever here, Dad? And yes, I know that you sleep here most nights but are you ever really present in any of these kids’ lives!? No, you’re not. You don’t even know that Teddy has been on the honor roll every year since he got into high school or that he has the highest GPA in his class.  Do you know that Tesla is really good at drama club and has gotten the lead in the play every semester? Do you know that Tatum loves to play softball and works every day to get better at the sport? I work my ass off at Disney World and at the club so that those three can do their absolute best and not worry about whether or not we’re going to have food in the fridge or on the shelves.”

Her father didn’t seem to be anymore happier with her response than the previous one.  He rubs his face a little, trying to clear his head as Tallyn stands there, a little out of place.

WILDER: “Theo, Tesla, and Tatum are my kids, Tallyn. You do not have to take care of them.”

Tallyn could hear the restraint in his voice and she could tell that he was trying to keep his anger in check. But she didn’t care; he didn’t know one thing about any of them and she was going to be damned if he told her how she was going to live her life.

TALLYN: “Tell me ONE thing about any of them, Dad. Tell me Teddy’s favorite color or Tesla’s best friend’s name or even, Tatum’s favorite color because I bet you fucking can’t. You’ve never been there for any of us and I had to give up a full ride to the University of Miami so that somebody could be present in their lives. Because we all know that it isn’t going to be you; your job as a surgeon is much more important than some kids you had with some used up bitch who prefers drugs over her kids.”

He clenches his jaw as Tallyn spouts off at him and Athena sits there with a smirk on her face. Tallyn knew that she probably pushed her father too far but she didn’t care. It had to be said because he needed to wake up and realize that his kids were going to grow up with or without him in their lives and she only hoped that he realized what a mistake he had made in choosing his job over them.

WILDER: “Get your shit and get out, Tally. I won’t have you living here anymore and talking to me like that and working at that whore house.”

Her whole body seemed to go numb as his words sank in and she looks at him, in surprise. She had never expected him to actually kick her out. But yet, here he was doing it anyways.

WILDER: “Now, Tallyn. Go pack a suitcase and leave. I’ll give you money to get a hotel but that’s it.”

Her “mother” sat there on the couch with a smug look on her face as Theo stood up and hugged Tallyn. Tallyn hugged Theo back before she turned and ran upstairs, the tears in her eyes threatening to spill down her face. She refused to let him see her cry; it wasn’t something he deserved. She shoved as much of her clothes in a suitcase before getting to her make up and hair things and making sure she could get the most of those as well. She grabs another suitcase and packs it with her shoes and anything else she saw fit. She hesitates, seeing her blanket from when she was a kid and grabs it and throws it in her suitcase as well before going downstairs to see her mother hugging Theo. Tallyn clenches her jaw and grabs the money that her father hands her.

TALLYN: “You’re making a mistake, Dad. Theo is set to graduate in May and he won’t be sticking around like I did.”

She didn’t let her father get another word in as she walked out of the house and pulled her things behind her. She already had a place in mind and it wasn’t in Florida; instead it was in Las Vegas, Nevada and it was something she’d had her eyes on for over a year.

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2020.

Tallyn sighs as she looks at her phone before looking around the training center as it was pretty empty. She never felt more at ease anywhere else in the world except for in Gabriel and Odette’s training center. She knew she was meant to do this and the way it was going only made things that much better. She jumps when she hears the front doors open and then slam shut. She waits but doesn’t seem anybody enter the gym.

TALLYN: “Anybody there?”

She turns around slowly, looking around the gym as a slightly eerie feeling starts to fill her stomach. She had never not felt safe in the gym and had thought it to be one of the safest places in Las Vegas.

TALLYN: “This isn’t funny…”

She feels arms wrap around her from behind and she screams before doing a defensive move and tossing the person to the ground. She turns around quickly and relaxes when she sees her brother, Theo laying on the ground in slight pain. Or what looked to be in slight pain but he also held an amused look on his face.

TALLYN: “Teddy!”

She was surprised to see him. For siblings, they were more like best friends and she hadn’t seen him in person since her father kicked her out fourteen months ago. She helps Theo up and hugs him. She felt her heart beat faster against her chest as she hugs him, a smile spread across her face.

THEO: “Jeez, Tally....try to kill me, why don’t you?”

Tallyn blushes a little but lets go of Theo to look him over before hugging him again. She missed her siblings and only wished that her father would see eye to eye with her. It wasn’t as if she didn’t talk to him; he messaged her about eight months ago, apologizing for being rash and had wanted her to return home but she couldn’t. She loved wrestling and just didn’t want to give anything else up.

TALLYN: “I’m sorry! But I didn’t expect you to be here. What are you doing here, Teddy?!”

Theo smiles at her and shoves his hands in his jeans pockets before shrugging his shoulders. She was surprised and it was a good surprise. It actually couldn’t have come at a better time, if she was honest.

THEO: “I transferred to UNLV. I thought we could actually be brother and sister again. And before you ask, Tesla and Tatum really miss you. And Dad does too.”

TALLYN: “I miss them too…Except for Dad, I don’t miss him.”

She gives him a small smile as the admission slips from her lips. There wasn’t anything wrong with admitting that she missed her sisters. But she didn’t need that brought up right now, not when she was working hard to be ready for the Blast From the Past Tournament. It only made her sad to think about her sisters growing up without her in their lives. She wanted to see Tesla graduate high school and maybe one day become famous. She hoped that Tatum was still as into softball as she was over a year ago. But she couldn’t think about that; it wasn’t what she needed to focus on at the moment.

TALLYN: “Do you want to go to York, England with me?  I have my first official match this Sunday and I would really like it if I had a familiar face there.”

Tallyn seemed a little on edge as she watches him and waits for his answer. She knew that he would probably agree to go as he wouldn’t disappoint her. She shouldn’t be worried about it but yet, here she was waiting for his answer. She had become her own person since moving to Las Vegas. Things weren’t always great and she had some weird roommates but she was making it on her own. She didn’t need to rely on her Daddy’s money or her good looks to make something out of herself. But she did miss the friendship she had with her brother.

THEO “Of course I’ll be there for you, Tal. You were always there for me. Plus, I get an opportunity to use my passport.”

Tallyn smiles before hugging her brother again, feeling a lot more at ease than what she was before. The next six days were going to be a whirlwind and she only had a little time to prepare for them.</text align=right> </p align=”Right”>

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
2:45 P.M.
LOCATION: CLIFFORD’S TOWER, YORK.
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The scene opens up to Clifford’s Tower Castle in York, England. The camera was zoomed out enough to show the entire building before it moves in to see Tallyn sitting on the top of the building, her legs dangling over the edge. She was sporting a pair of jeans and a crop top that showed her midriff. If the camera moved closer, the goosebumps on the young girl’s skin would be seen due to the chilly, England weather. The weather in York, England was vastly different from the weather in Las Vegas, Nevada and it was safe to say that Tallyn had gotten quite used to the warm climate that the desert brought her in Vegas. She hadn’t thought to pack warmer clothes and was vastly unprepared for the chilly weater.

TALLYN: “On Sunday, it’s going to be my first match ever.  In SCW and in the wrestling community. My first match in the Blast From the Past tournament. AND my first ever tag team match.”

She smiles at the camera before pushing her blonde locks out of her face. The wind every now and then picked up and blew her hair back into her face, which was a mild annoyance but nothing that she couldn’t handle.

TALLYN: “There’s going to be a lot of firsts happening this weekend, for me at least.”

She hesitates, that new nervousness still settled there. But she was going to be determined to make sure that her newbie status wasn’t going to stick. She’d been training for over a year and she believed that she was ready for her first ever match.

TALLYN: “But you know what won’t be a first?”

A cold, calculated look passes over her face as she looks into the camera. It was a look of confidence, her nerves starting to wear off as she got used to the camera more and more.

TALLYN: “Bobbie Dahl losing and then bitching about it on Twitter. And threatening to quit.  Again.”

Tallyn shrugs her shoulders at the camera.

TALLYN: “Whining and bitching, whining and bitching on Twitter again and again. Because that’s what she does; that is her trademark move and that is exactly what everybody expects out of her. But since when does whining and bitching get you everything that you ever wanted? I wasn’t aware that that was what one had to do to get what they wanted. I thought you had to put in actual work to get somewhere.  Silly me.”

She laughs before rolling her eyes.

TALLYN: “And I’m sure she’ll whine and bitch about me bringing it up on Twitter or hell, even in a segment on Sunday but you know what? If she doesn’t want people bringing it up, maybe she shouldn’t threaten to quit when she realizes she isn’t as great as she thinks she is.”

She holds an unapologetic look on her face but then looks around, trying her best not to shiver before she puts her full focus on the camera.

TALLYN: “And I know I don’t have a right to talk about her win loss record when I myself do not have one yet. But then again, she shouldn’t be such a big, whiny bitch about it. But what has she really accomplished in SCW since she joined? Other than being the one big bitch that nobody can really tolerate.”

She makes a face of disgust before leaning back, placing her hands behind to embrace her upper weight.

TALLYN: “Did she honestly think that she was going to beat Roxi Johnson at My Bloody Valentine? Because from what I’ve heard and understand, Roxi Johnson is one of the hardest competitors to face in the ring because of how dedicated she is in that ring. Is that me knocking Bobbie Dahl’s talent in the ring? No, not at all. But her personality?”

Tallyn makes a disgusted face and then sticks her finger in her mouth to imitate the look of disgust.

TALLYN: “It really needs some work. Or a tune up, even.”

She pauses as she looks up at the dreary sky before focusing back at the task at hand.

TALLYN: “And don’t think that I have forgotten about that little stunt you pulled on Odette weeks ago on Climax Control. I warned you at My Bloody Valentine that you’d get what was coming to you. And while I didn’t think that we’d meet up this early in the tournament, I’m rather glad that we did.”

A smirk and a slightly sinister look appears in her eyes.

TALLYN: “Because what I am going to do to you in that ring, Dahl, is going to make what you did to Odette look like child’s play. I mean, everybody understands that you’re jealous of Odette because look what she’s got going for her. . .”

Tallyn smirks again, that same look staying in her brown eyes.

TALLYN: “She has a great family and everybody likes her. She’s kind and patient and beautiful. She has amazing kids. And she has one of the top rated training centers right now that is bringing out top tier talent. What more could somebody want in a mentor?”

Tallyn raises an eyebrow at the camera.

TALLYN: “And then there’s you, Bobbie Dahl…”

She makes an uncomfortable face, as if it pained her to talk about Bobbie Dahl.

TALLYN: “You aren’t even remotely attractive. You look like a fish out of water and as if you don’t belong in such an elite place like SCW. You don’t have a family that everybody adores and you don’t have any qualities that I would consider remotely redeeming. So maybe it makes a little sense as to why you chose to attack Odette. Jealousy is an ugly monster and it isn’t doing you any favors, Bobs.”

The wind picks up a little and blows Tallyn’s hair in her face and she once again pushes it back out of her face.

TALLYN: “Do I think that I can beat you, Bobs? Of course. But you know, this match isn’t just about me and you, Bobsie….it’s a tag team match. I have to rely on Jack Washington to be able to get the job done when he’s in the ring with that retired Casey Williams….”

She holds a slightly anxious look on her face, for just a split second as if trusting somebody else with getting the win was that painful.

TALLYN: “I have to trust that Jack is just as good in the ring as I am sure that I am. I have to trust that he wants the win just as much as I do. That’s what you do; you have to put trust in your partner throughout this entire tournament to go anywhere.”

Admittedly, she had trust issues. She knew that but she had come to trust Gabriel and Odette, she was sure that she could come to trust Jack if she had to.

TALLYN: “Can you trust Casey Williams, Bobsie?”

Tally raises an eyebrow with a smirk on her face.

TALLYN: “Can you put every ounce of faith you have, no matter how little you have in him? Can you honestly say that you’re going to walk to the ring on Sunday night and believe that you and him can work as a team, as a unit?”

She smirks at the camera, her eyes twinkling with a slight mischievous look in them.

TALLYN: “Because what I’ve seen from you and have heard about you, you’re nothing but a big, selfish bitch. And you can’t seem to see past your nose to see the bigger picture.”

She shrugs her shoulders.

TALLYN: “But hey, I’m new...what do I know?”

Another shrug rolls off of her shoulders with ease.

TALLYN: “I believe in Jack and that’s he can handle the old bag of bones that is Casey Williams. I need not worry about Casey; I’m going to leave that to Jack. Put all of my trust in Jack to be able to get the job done while I focus on you, Bobsie.”

She gives the camera an overly fake sweet smile.

TALLYN: “Because that’s just the kind of person I am, Bobsie. I’m going to make you regret ever laying a hand on Odette Stevens. And I’m going to make both her and Gabriel proud in one full swoop of things.”

She stands up and dusts her hands off.

TALLYN: “It’ll be almost like you were never in this tournament. THAT’S how fast you’ll be done with this Blast From the Past.”

She hesitates before turning back to look at the camera.

TALLYN: “I almost can’t wait to see you bitch about another loss on Twitter and another title opportunity lost.  Almost.”

She winks at the camera before walking away to get down from the top of the castle building and get back to the warmth of her hotel room.