(Ruby was used with Todd’s permission)
Krystal had found herself in a bind, following her actions at the last Climax Control she had gotten her wish, she had awakened the darkness within Keira Fisher by attacking Fayth Kross, Skylar Parker and Carrie Rivera AKA three of Keira’s students at Hero Academy but now Keira was bringing out the big guns because Whisper was set to make her SCW debut next week as she was facing Krystal in singles action but the duo were set to face off against Krystal in a Tag Team Match IF Krystal could find a partner!
And find a partner she did, but it might be an arrangement that Krystal could come to regret as Ruby Steele had jumped at the chance after Keira insulted her wife, the current World Bombshell Champion Courtney Pierce! Ruby was Krystal’s first real rival in Sin City Wrestling, having stirred up a feud with the Aussie a week into her SCW career which lead to the two women facing off at Inception IV which Ruby won, but before Krystal could think about that, she had to get past Whisper! Can Krystal win? Or survive?
Backstage at Climax Control #354, Phoenix, Arizona
Sunday the 11th of June 2023, 18:00pm
Fuck my life!
My actions tonight had a purpose, to bring out the best in Keira as our feud together carried on, Keira had brought Harper, Cassie, Skylar, Fayth and Carrie in to show the three rookies how a wrestling show was ran from behind the scenes and Harper and Cassie in to celebrate their impending EWC debuts, I needed to make an example of them to achieve my goals and Harper and Cassie would be suspicious of me the moment I approached them, Fayth, Skylar and Carrie were too fresh to see it coming.
If only that was where the night ended for me because Keira revealed that her partner for Summer XXXTreme was Whisper! The proprietor of Hell’s Gate was a legend in her own right and having seen her spar during my brief time with The Saviours? I knew that she was no joke in the ring, I needed to find a partner fast and Jessica was already out! Even if she hadn’t been forced to retire due to injury, there was no way Jessica could be trained in time and right now the only thing Jessica could do competently was throw a Superkick.
What can I say? Her injury was a terrible one.
But that did leave me with the question of who would be my partner, Alexandra was out because she didn’t like how I ended her losing streak for her and my music had cost her and Miles a shot at the newly reactivated Mixed Tag Titles (no, I’m not confirming that I had anything to do with that), the only other Bombshell who I hadn’t burned bridges with was Eiley and she was in the aforementioned Mixed Tag Team Title match with Oliver Zahn.
”They just had to spring this on me after I had burned bridges with a majority of the Bombshell Roster!” I grunted in frustration as I went through the SCW Roster page, it was easier to list the Bombshells who I hadn’t pissed off and then I had to find Bombshells who weren’t previously preoccupied with matches on the Summer XXXTreme card. ”Do I dare go for a deal with the devil? Is Amber Ryan even active? Or Masque for that matter?!”
“Interesting choice of words.” A strange voice rang out in my head and I looked up from my phone before looking around, Jessica was waiting for me in the car leaving me alone with my thoughts, or so I thought. “All will be revealed soon child!”
”Hello?!” I called out but whatever the voice was, they didn’t answer, I shook my head before shifting my focus back to my phone. ”Gotta be the stress getting to me, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’d team up with Chloe Benton at this rate! At least I’d have that idiot as bait for Whisper and Keira………..”
“OUTRAGEOUS! You’d consider Chloe Benton before me?!” I closed my eyes with a wince as I heard the English accent approaching me, if you’ve followed my SCW career since the beginning then you know my history with Ruby Steele! I was ready to just walk away from the Brit right there and then but she spoke up. “Hold it Krystal, I want to help you!”
Good thing I wasn’t drinking anything, because my phone would be soaked. ”You? Help me? Ruby you’re another person from my past who stole my spotlight, the only reason I haven’t gone after you is because Keira has taken all my attention since Into the Void, why should I humour you?” I asked as I folded my arms and Ruby stood her ground. ”You have five minutes to give me a satisfactory answer before I head back to the hotel with Jessica!”
“Because we have a mutual enemy!” Ruby responded and I paused to consider her answer. “You know I’m married to Courtney right? Well, Keira has insulted her one time too many, I’m entering this match to defend my wife’s honour.”
”You realize that Keira isn’t fighting us in a handicap match, right? Whisper’s coming out of retirement to defend Despy, I’ve seen her spar, she’s a fucking legend for a reason!” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder and Ruby nodded. ”And you still want to do this?!”
“You don’t get an opportunity to wrestle a Bonafede legend every day.” Ruby responded with a nod and I frowned before realizing that Ruby was likely my best shot. “So what do you say?”
”How well do you know Grand Junction, Colorado?” I asked Ruby and when I saw the confused look on her face I shook my head. ”I’ll text you my address in the morning, in the meantime I’m going to give you the same warning I gave Alexandra, don’t fuck me over!”
“You can count on me.” Ruby assured me before we went our separate ways and left me with a lot to think about.
Especially when that voice was concerned.
Krystal’s home, Grand Junction, Colorado
Wednesday the 14th of June 2023, 17:00pm
This has been a week.
My options for training have been limited since I got kicked out of The Saviours last cycle but my home does have a home gym so I’ve been using that, it’s not as big as Jessie’s or as well equipped but it’s a work in progress, and that is where I currently am, getting some workouts in.
As for Ruby? As much as I hated the idea, my one-time rival was my best option for my partner against Whisper and Keira and we had discussed everything we could heading into this match, Keira was already suspicious of our partnership, already thinking that I was going to toss her aside once I was done with Ruby, I’ll neither confirm or deny that for now but all you need to know is that I need Ruby more than she needs me.
And for now, that would have to do.
”98………99………..” My push-ups were interrupted when there was a knock at the door, I figured it was a delivery driver dropping off an Amazon package for next door since I rarely got visitors these days, still I went to answer the door but the person I saw wasn’t an Amazon delivery driver, it was my soon to be ex-wife. ”Makayla?! What are you doing here?!”
”It’s been just under a month since I gave birth to Zosia and Cara, my body’s healed enough so I can travel by air again.” Makayla responded simply and I looked her over, there was barely any sign that the gorgeous blonde in front of me had recently given birth, much less to twin girls, I guess time does fly. ”And Cassie’s girlfriends are babysitting our daughters before you ask, now can I come in?”
I stood aside to let her in and Makayla entered the house with her arms crossed. ”You didn’t fly out here just because your body has healed from the pregnancy Makayla.” I stated as I walked up to her and Makayla didn’t pay any attention, just wondered around the house until she reached my home gym. ”Why are you realy here?”
”I’m here to give you a second chance Krystal, don’t take this for granted.” Makayla responded with a frown as she leaned against the wall. ”Frankly? The divorce wasn’t my idea, my parents pressured me into it after word reached them of your actions on Climax Control and at Into the Void, I want you to come home with me to Vegas.”
”You really think it’s that simple?!” I asked as I folded my arms. ”My relationship with the Go Gym is dead, I’ve got no friends in SCW left, there’s nothing left for me in Vegas!”
”Nothing except me and our daughters! I don’t want to raise them on my own!” Makayla added and unbeknownst to us, a rage was building up inside me, something otherworldly. ”Don’t give up motherhood for glory Charlotte, you are better than this, I want the girl I knew back! I want the girl who I rescued from her garbage fire of a home life………”
I wasn’t even sure what happened next, one minute I was across the room from Makayla, the next? I had rushed across the room at inhuman speed, grabbed Makayla by the throat and pinned her against the wall. ”Foolish girl! The Krystal you knew is dead!” The voice wasn’t my own, there were traces or my South Australian accent in there but some other accent was, well, it was hard to explain. ”You have no idea who you are dealing with! I could snap your neck just like that!”
”Krystal, please! Your hurting me!” Makayla wheezed as she looked at me and I looked at her, something in my eyes had caused to kick and she knocked the wind out of me with a kick to the gut releasing my grip on her. ”I don’t know who you are, but you are not Krystal!”
”Enough of this! We will meet again!” The voice responded before releasing its hold on me and I collapsed to my knees. ”Makayla, please believe me, that wasn’t me!”
”I know, you’re strong but not strong enough to hold me up by my neck for that long for one thing, and I’m not even getting into your speed.” Makayla added as she walked up to me and I glanced up at her. ”And your eyes were different, instead of your usual green eyes? They were red, and cat like for that matter.”
”What the hell is happening to me?!” I gasped as I pulled myself up and turned to Makayla. ”I won’t tell anyone if you don’t.”
”That’s not all I’ll do, I’ll get Jenny to drop the lawsuit and that’s just the start, I’ll cancel the divorce proceedings too, I just have two conditions.” Makayla added and I turned to her. ”End your Friends with Benefits relationship with Jessica and come back with me to Vegas, I’ll give you until after Summer XXXTReme.”
”I’ll be in touch.” I responded before Makayla left the house.
Krystal’s home. Grand Junction, Colorado
Thursday the 15th of June 2023, 18:00pm
Moving here was a mistake.
It made sense at the time, I was on the outs with the Go Gym after the events of Blaze of Glory XI, Hell’s Gate is based here and The Saviours used that gym to train including me when I was still a member! The fact that my membership of the Saviours was short lived was hardly a secret at this point as SCW had even used it in their match preview for my match against Whisper and whilst there were some inaccuracies, one thing was clear.
I needed to beat Whisper and prove those idiots wrong.
But yeah, after I was unceremoniously ejected from the Saviours during the Unsolved Mysteries tour I had been looking to sell the house in Grand Junction and move elsewhere, I never even got a chance to return to Hell’s Gate because Whisper told me in no uncertain terms that I wasn’t allowed back after the first public workout.
As for where I was moving too? I had a few options in mind, heading back to Australia was one but the massive cost of flying back and forth between my home country and the US for Climax Control/the PPVs on a weekly basis meant that that was a low priority, there were other US cities I had considered as well such as Chicago, New York, Atlantic City, or hell, some small town no one’s heard off so no one would bother me were considered.
It wasn’t until Makayla popped round yesterday that returning to Las Vegas was even an option considering that’s where most of the SCW Roster lives and running into any of my former comrades was an inevitability!
But the incident with Makayla sped things along, frankly I should’ve moved after I got the boot from The Saviours because the whole reason I moved here, to train at Hell’s Gate, was no longer an option.
”Okay, that’s the last of the non-computer stuff packed.” I muttered to myself as I looked over the stuff I was taking back to Vegas with me, my plan was to keep my return under wraps, stay in a small apartment for a while before everything was back to relative normalcy with Makayla, finding room for my gaming pcs was going to be a challenge but I would cross that bridge when I returned to Vegas. ”Computer stuff can wait until tomorrow………”
There was a knock at the door and I frowned, I was wondering if Makayla had been talked into calling the police on me for yesterday’s incident after talking to someone about it, most likely Penelope, but when I answered the door I was relieved to see that it was Jessica instead. “Hey Krystal, do you know anything about this?” Jessica asked once I answered the door and I noticed that she was carrying something under her arm.
”About what?” I asked Jessica before she held the form that she was carrying up to my face, I blinked a couple of times as I read it over before shaking my head. ”Why would I know anything about you getting a job offer from Jenny Tuck?”
“You tell me, she’s a former Bombshell!” Jessica responded as she shook her head before I let her into the house. “Actually I think I can see the bigger question, you’re moving?”
”The move’s been in the works since I got kicked out of The Saviours, I was just unable to get the ball rolling because I spent the rest of the tour on the road with SCW.” I responded as I shook my head and Jessica frowned as she leaned against the countertop. ”What exactly is the job you’ve been offered?” I asked Jessica who quickly grabbed the contract.
“All I know is this, it pays a lot more than I ever earned as a wrestler or as your executive consultant.” Jessica responded with a frown and I nodded knowing that that made sense considering how loaded Jenny was. “Oh and it was a condition of Jenny’s lawsuit being dropped, yeah, I was just as surprised as you are.”
”I’m surprised for a completely different reason to be honest but more to the point.” I responded as I stepped forward and Jessica set the contract down. ”What exactly does Jenny want with you? And if you say “Sugar Mommy” I won’t know whether to laugh or roll my eyes!”
“If an attractive rich woman was basically paying me to fuck her, we wouldn’t have this conversation, no offence.” Jessica responded with a scoff and I just shook my head. “Look, I haven’t said yes to anything yet, but after I was forced to retire from the wrestling business I went back to college and studied finances, eventually the ring called me back and I transitioned into my current manager role but it also turned out that I have quite the mind for business and finances.”
”And you still lived in Luton/did managerial work on the indies because?” I asked with a sceptical look on my face and Jessica frowned.
“It was a number of factors really, from the skimpy outfits that I wore as a wrestler to the fact that at one point I got desperate enough to star in a couple of porn videos to help pay for college, point is? No reputable business would touch me.” Jessica responded with a bitter edge to her voice and I nodded with a frown on my face. “I had two options once I had exhausted every possibility, either a: I went into porn full time or b: I went back to managing wrestlers in the British wrestling scene, you know what option I went with.”
”Yet you still dabble in porn, you said as much when we filmed those sex tapes in London.” I responded as I folded my arms and Jessica clearly wasn’t about to deny that. ”Speaking off, was anything mentioned about us when you got that offer?”
“If you mean that Jenny practically demanded that we stop being fuck buddies? Then yeah, it was mentioned.” Jessica nodded in response and I frowned as it dawned on me. “I guess Jenny really doesn’t want you to dump your ex.”
”Except that was never discussed as an option, we were to be fuck buddies and nothing else, especially nothing about me leaving Makayla for you.” I pointed out and Jessica conceded my point. ”Look, we’ll discuss this on the way back to Vegas, but whilst you’re here, want to help me get a couple of the gaming pcs packed away? I need to get everything but the main streaming PC packed before tomorrow morning.”
“Sure, just so me what to do because you know a lot more about computers than I do.” Jessica nodded in agreement before I went ahead and did just that.
Nevada Desert
Friday the 16th of June 2023, 11:00pm
*promo time*
What a turn of events.
”Gotta say, I didn’t think some idiots would take me and Jessica eating gummi bears on camera that seriously but here we are.” I commented as I munched away at the gummi bear bag in my hands. ”I swear, it’s moments like these that the domino effect meme was made for but I guess people care more about Despy than they care about some old bitch returning to the ring in a company that she’s never competed in, isn’t that right Whisper?”
Butterfly effect.
”Tell me Whisper, have you heard of the Butterfly Effect? A butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world and a hurricane happens on the other side of the world? That principle can apply to this whole saga, couldn’t it? I got unfairly booted from The Saviours and here we are, over a month later fighting because I ate gummi bears on Climax Control!” I stated before finishing the gummi bears bag and letting it blow away in the wind. ”And before you say it, I know Mac and co. have their own version of why I got booted from The Saviours, and it’s obvious to me which side the bosses are taking thanks to the preview for this match, but no one’s even thought about hearing my side, have they?”
Honestly!
”The preview said that I was booted for being disrespectful and going against everything the Saviours stood for, first off? When? That ONE TIME I spat in a fan’s face? Not my fault that idiot tried getting into it with me after I tore up his kid’s sign, and for that matter? No one ever stopped to go over the rules of being a Saviour after I joined, I was just expected to know how I was supposed to conduct myself but sure, act like it was my fault and not the fault of the Old Farts feeling threatened by a young wrestler going out of her way to get noticed!” I stated as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”As for the disrespect thing? That just means that I wasn’t afraid to speak my mind, or do I need to point out that allowing an idiot like Wank to join was a terrible idea from the start?! [I could go on but my point is, there’s a lot of misconceptions about why I was booted from The Saviours and nor I get to take out my anger from that bullshit on the woman who runs Hell’s Gate, fun!”/color]
This will be good.
”Whisper, my time in The Saviours and at Hell’s Gate may have been short but I have seen you spar with those either brave or foolish enough to get in the ring with you, I’ll give you credit for being a hell of a wrestler Whisper but as much as I hate to parrot the stuff Ariana says, can you keep up with a Bombshell in her twenties? Because let’s face facts, when was the last time you wrestled? If you answer by saying “when your age was in the single digits” then I won’t be surprised at all!” I added I added as I sat on top of the hood of my car. ”I know I’m one of the youngest Bombshells on the roster, but I didn’t think I was that young! So what are we supposed to do if you break your hip Whisper?”
Good question.
”Yes, I know Whisper’s not THAT old, that’s the joke!” I added as I shook my head and moved on. ”But my point still stands Whisper, I’m younger, hungrier and still have my best years ahead of me! You? Your best years are so far behind you that they may as well be over that horizon!” I added as I pointed to the horizon behind me, it was quite a view to be honest, but then I started feeling strange. ”What the hell?! Why am I feeling…………” I didn’t remember the rest of the promo after this point but it was caught on camera, what was it? The possession. ”That’s better, Whisper? I’ll be conducting this promo through my puppet as Krystal has checked out for now!”
Welcome to hell!
”Whisper, you promised my puppet hell when you returned to wrestling, you have no idea what hell is, I do and so does my puppet.” The voice was speaking through my mouth in a demonic tone as I watched on from inside my body. ”They want hell? I will give it to them! Ruby is just a means to an end and this Sunday I will ensure that you never return to wrestling again!”
It's that simple.
”Whisper, this isn’t about winning for me, this is about making you regret ever coming to that fool’s defence.” I added as I folded my arms. ”And at Summer XXXTReme I will make you and Keira wish that you had never returned from the retirement home and will lead that fool my puppet has chosen as a partner to victory!”
And with that I decided to wrap things up.
”That’s all for now, I will let my puppet take over.” And just like that whatever was possessing me released it’s hold, my eyes went back to their normal green colour (as opposed to the red, cat like eyes) and I continued to cut my promo. ”Underestimate me all you want Whisper, because this won’t end well for you! Because all who cross me will beware the Ides of March! I’ll see you in the ring Whisper!”
I got in the car and drove off as the scene fades.
