{The scene opens up immediately following High Stakes. Roxi sits in the locker room with a blank look on her face. Keira sits next to her, but with annoyed look on her face. The two sit in silence for a few moments, but soon Keira turns to Roxi, sighing.}
Keira – Guess it wasn’t our night.
{Roxi looks at Keira for a moment, and then goes back to staring blankly at nothing. Keira puts her arm around Roxi, trying comfort her.}
Roxi – No.
Keira – I’m still proud of you.
Roxi – No. It’s not going to end like that.
Keira – Roxi, it’s okay. You’ll get another chance. You don’t need to let it hit so hard.
Roxi – But I’m not done. Not by a long shot.
{Keira lifts her head off Roxi’s shoulder once she realizes that Roxi isn’t really listening to her, or really even answering her directly.}
Keira – Roxi?
Roxi – I have so much more to do. It can’t end that way.
{Keira slowly gets up, kneeling in front of Roxi and trying to get her to look her in the eyes.}
Keira – Roxi. Snap out of it.
Roxi – No, don’t you see? Do you see what’s happening right now? They’re going to pass me up.
Keira – What? Who? What are you talking about?
Roxi – Do you know, how hard I will have to work now to get back to this spot again? It may never happen again.
Keira – Roxi, you need to calm down. It was a match, and it didn’t work out. You cannot let it get to you like this. You need to use your rule, remember? You have to let it go.
{Roxi finally looks Keira in the eye.}
Roxi – Let it go?
Keira – Yes. Listen to me, I didn’t win anything either. Okay, it wasn’t my night either, but we both just have to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get back into the fight. You say it to me all the time. This is what we do. You cannot let something like this just consume you.
Roxi – I’m not letting go of this, Keira. I can’t let go it. Because if I let go of it, I may never get it back. You see what happened here, that might be it for me for a long time.
Keira – Roxi, it’s not about the championships. You aren’t defined by them. You have said it for a long time. You are more than that, and you know it. You have to let this wash off your back, please.
Roxi – No. I have so much more I need to do. And as soon as we are back at work, I’m going to take my spot back. They aren’t getting it from me without a fight. I won’t let them.
{Keira begins to shake Roxi, trying to knock some sense into her from Keira’s standpoint.}
Keira – Roxi! Stop it. Tonight, is over and done with. Let’s just go home, and take it easy. Okay? Please?
{Roxi continues to just look at Keira, but eventually relents.}
Roxi – Only because we have time.
Keira – That’ all I ask right now, Rox. Please, you have to move on past this moment. I know it sounds weird coming from me, but you know I’m right. You have to let this go.
Roxi – For now.
Keira – That's all I ask.
{Keira stands up and begins to gather her gear for the trip home, but Roxi still sits there for a few moments, seemingly having said what Keira wanted to hear, but she didn’t really actually plan on doing anything. Keira snaps her fingers a few times to get Roxi’s attention.}
Keira – Hello? Come on Roxi. Please.
{It takes Roxi a few seconds, but she does get up, and gather her items at the same time before the two head home and the scene fades.}
{As the week off passes, Roxi slowly seems to be returning to normal behavior and calming down. Keira is obviously very happy with this, as both she and Roxi sit on the couch next to each other after the crazy weeks both of them had.}
Keira – I am so glad for this week off.
Roxi – It is nice, every now and again.
Keira – I mean, after dealing with Sin and Amelia in the same week? It was insane and we almost didn’t survive.
Roxi – That’s what we do.
Keira – But at some point Roxi, at some point it has to end.
Roxi – It only ends one of two ways Keira, you know that.
Keira – No, I don’t accept that.
Roxi – You don’t have to do it anymore if you don’t want to, Keira. You have always had that choice.
Keira – But I can’t leave you to fight all of this alone.
Roxi – I did it long before I met you. I’ve been doing it almost all of my adult life.
Keira – So, you’re just going to do it until...
Roxi – Until the end, Keira. Whatever that end is.
Keira – So you’re prepared to...
Roxi – Yes. I am. But the fight will go on until that day, and after that day as well. I made a promise to fight until the end. I’m not going back on that promise.
Keira – You would leave me alone?
Roxi – I don’t plan on it, Keira. I haven’t even planned for it. Look, we have faced down a lot, and I mean, a lot. And it seems that every single day, that new problems, new issues pop up. That’s how it works and we made a promise to protect those, who cannot protect themselves. And that has to stand until the end. But look, I’m not going to stop you, if you want out. You can go and get the equalizer treatment and come back here. It’s your choice.
Keira – I can’t. Not yet. But... I just... I want to do so many other things and it has cut my time so short these days, and then after all that keeps happening, I feel like I’ve missed so much and I lost so much time because I have to continue to do this.
Roxi – It’s what happens with the job.
Keira – And Nate is already 5! It felt like yesterday he was sitting here playing with LEGO’s and learning to walk! Doing this has cut into time with him.
Roxi – Keira, do you remember when Nate was first born?
Keira – Of course I do!
Roxi – And you wouldn’t let anyone near him for the first few weeks of his life. And we took time off from wrestling specifically for that purpose, and we got a bit of a break from hero work.
Keira – Yes. Of course. But Roxi, he’s going to go to school next year! He can count to 100! He can kind of play Drums for goodness sake!
Roxi – Yes, and we were here for all of that. It’ll be okay. We saw a lot of his moments, and there’s still so much more we have yet to see and experience. I know, I wish he could have been tiny forever, but the truth is, he won’t be. And we have to accept that. He’s already tall, he’s already smart. I think we’re doing okay.
Keira – Still, I wish there was more time to spend with him.
Roxi – Oh, we have a lot of time left. We still have to see him off to school.
Keira – PTA meetings. Open houses.
Roxi – Then he goes to middle school.
Keira – Oh... god he’s going to be an angsty teenager.
Roxi – Yes, he is. He’s got your genes.
Keira – What’s THAT supposed to mean?
Roxi – You can get a little angsty.
Keira – I beg your pardon.
Roxi – It’s the truth.
{Keira rolls her eyes.}
Keira – ANYWAY, I just think we should spend some more time with him.
Roxi – We still have some time.
{Roxi and Keira then get simultaneous texts on their phone. They both pull them out.}
Keira – Well, the new card is out. Let’s see... I have the week off.
{Roxi reads her text and the same look she had after High Stakes returns.}
Roxi – This is it.
Keira – Please don’t be like that again.
Roxi – You see this match? Against Myra Rivers. You know how big this could be? You know how important this could be?
Keira – It’s big. I know.
Roxi – This is it. If I fail here, then that’s it. I’m back at the bottom.
Keira – No, you’re not.
Roxi – Yes, I am. I’m going to be passed up and I’ll be right back at the bottom, and have to do all this all over again.
Keira – Roxi, it’s really not that serious.
Roxi – Yes, it is. I don’t think you really understand this, Keira. This is a must-win match. This is a match where if I fail, then it’s all over and I won’t get another championship match or another opportunity to fight Amber for months.
Keira – You cannot think that way, Roxi. Seriously.
Roxi – How many title shots do either of us get? You get more chances at titles than I ever have.
Keira – You want to earn them, not have them handed to you.
Roxi – I know. I know, but all it takes for me is one slip up and then it’s all gone. It will all be wiped away.
Keira – Roxi, seriously, you cannot take it like that. You have to calm down. There’s a bunch of people now and we’ve been here forever. It’s not like we will be forgotten if we don’t get something in the next week.
Roxi – But that’s exactly what it does mean. All of these new faces, they mean less opportunities. It’s just that simple.
Keira – Yes, because it needs to be fair. You are always preaching for fairness.
Roxi – Exactly, and they will use it against me. No, not this time. This time, it has to be different. I have to win. I have to make it clear that I’m not done.
Keira – Okay, but can we relax for a least a little bit, we have another week to get ready. Just relax.
Roxi – Oh no, I’ve got to get a head start.
{Roxi goes to get up, but Keira forcibly sits her down.}
Keira – Roxi. Stop. Let us cross that road when we get to it. Okay? For now, let’s just be normal. We were just talking about Nate, let’s spend some time with him. Let’s not focus on fighting bad guys or wrestling for a little while. Let’s focus... on our son.
{Roxi stops, looks at Keira, and sighs.}
Roxi – I... I’m sorry. I just... it’s eating at me more than it should.
Keira – We have time. Let’s raise our son.
Roxi – … Okay.
{Roxi and Keira hug as the scene fades.}
{The new scene is now later the next week, Roxi and Keira are walking with Nate in the recently re-opened Centennial Park. Roxi and Keira walk with Nate, each holding his hand until they find a spot. Keira plops down a blanket and Roxi lays down the picnic basket and they being to eat some pre-made sandwiches.}
Keira – See, this is nice?
Roxi – One of the perks of living in Florida.
Keira – Nate, how is your sandwich?
Nate – It's good.
Keira – Good.
{The three eat their food and some snacks as Keira wolfs down a lot of the food, the picnic basket almost filled the brim with food.}
Roxi – You know, it’s a picnic, not a four-course meal?
Keira – What? I’m hungry. All that walking made me hungry.
Roxi – Anything makes your hungry.
Keira – So?
Roxi – Just saying.
{The three finish up their food as Nate goes off, still in eyesight of his parents, looking around at the flowers in the park.}
Keira – Don’t go too far, please.
Nate – Okay Mama.
{Nate continues to play, picking up rocks and looking at them, casually tossing them aside and seeing the flowers, and other families in the park. Then he stops, when he hears something.}
Nate – Mommy?
Roxi – Nate?
Nate – Mommy, it’s a creature over here!
Roxi – Creature?
{Roxi and Keira both slowly get up and head over to see what Nate is talking about.}
Roxi – Creature? What creature?
Nate – Right there. It’s... a doggy?
{Nate points to the sound of the whimpering and it is indeed a dog. A dog that doesn’t look so good, curled up in a little ball, the face crusty and hair falling out. Their sad eyes catch Roxi’s and Roxi frowns.}
Keira – Doggo doesn’t look so good.
Roxi – I know, maybe a stray. Quick, go to the car and grab the gloves and blanket from the first aid kit.
Keira – What are you going to do?
Roxi – We need to get the dog out of there, and to a Vet.
{Keira turns and heads back to the picnic items and gathers them up, taking them to the car.}
Nate – Mommy, is the doggy okay?
Roxi – I don’t know, baby. We’ll find out in a minute.
{Nate makes a move towards the dog, who doesn’t show any reaction at first, beside whimpering, Roxi quickly and gently pushes Nate back.}
Roxi – You need to stay back, baby. I don’t know if this doggy will make you sick. Just stay behind me please. Hold onto my shirt.
{Nate does as he is told as Keira quickly comes back with the gloves and blanket. Roxi puts on the gloves and gently runs her hand across the dogs body, to which is just whimpers and is unsure of the situation. Roxi slowly begins to move the dog around, checking it out.}
Roxi – Well, you’re a boy. I can see that, but... my goodness you are in rough shape. Ugh. Okay, come with me.
{Roxi holds out her hand and Keira hands her the blanket and Roxi is able to scoop up the dog and bring him to their car, and in better light. Roxi places him in the back seat and begins to give him some bottled water from the cap, which the dog drinks readily and Keira helps Nate get into his seat.}
Roxi – We need to hurry. He’s skin and bones. Is there any food in the basket?
Keira – Yeah, some.
Roxi – Alright.
{Roxi opens the basket and hands the dog some of the leftover food, the dog sniffs it and slowly starts to eat it as Keira starts the car. Roxi gets into the back seat, propping the dog onto her lap and continuing to feed it.}
Roxi – Beach park.
Keira – On it.
Nate – Are we taking him home?
Roxi – No, he’s very sick, he needs to go to the vet, baby.
Nate – Okay. Can I give him a name?
Roxi – Sure.
Nate – Okay, he’s Mojo!
Roxi – Mojo, that’s a good name. Good job, Nate.
Keira – Yeah, you did good to find him, now we can get him all fixed up!
Nate – Okay!
{The four now make their way to the vet clinic at the scene fades.}
{Soon the group arrive at the Beach Park Animal clinic and bring “Mojo” in and he is placed on the examination table.}
Doctor - Hi guys, I’m Doctor Matt, what do we have here?
Roxi – We found him in Centennial park. I can’t really explain what happened, but these wounds are deep and he’s obviously got mange based on the hair loss.
Dr. Matt – Yeah, looks like it. We got some crust here and, this guy is in bad shape.
{Dr. Matt begins giving Mojo a once over, exposing wounds on each leg and two on either side of his hips.}
Dr. Matt – Wow buddy, not more what happened to you, but it obviously wasn’t fun.
{Dr. Matt looks at Roxi and Keira.}
Dr. Matt – We'll have to treat the mange, and then these wounds, and clearly get him some food. Do we have an owner?
Roxi – No. I didn’t see anyone near him. He was just laying the shade like that.
Dr. Matt – Well, these wounds are pretty fresh and all the way down to the bone and tendon. We’ll see what we can do. If... we can’t find an owner, are... you guys going to be able to take care of him for a bit or?
{Without hesitation, Roxi nods.}
Roxi – Yes.
Dr. Matt – Okay, great. We’ll see what we can do.
Roxi – Thanks Dr. Matt.
Nate – Is Mojo gonna be okay?
Dr. Matt – I hope so, we’ll fix him up as best we can.
Nate – Okay.
Roxi – Thanks again.
Dr. Matt – It's what we do. Just leave your contact information with the receptionist and we’ll be in touch. Thanks for bringing him in.
Roxi – No problem.
{Roxi whispers to Nate.}
Nate – Bye Mojo!
{Roxi picks up Nate as Keira shakes her head.}
Roxi – What?
Keira – Another dog?
Roxi – I didn’t plan on this one, Keira. We protect those who can’t protect themselves remember? That dog was going to die out there.
Keira – Yes, I know that, but Roxi we don’t have room for that dog, we have Buster and Trixie.
Nate – Mama, when is Mojo coming to our house?
{Keira sighs on the spot as she shakes her head.}
Keira – Soon.
Roxi – Come on, let’s go home, there’s still plenty to do.
{The three soon depart at the scene fades.}
"People think it's an obsession. A compulsion. As if there were an irresistible impulse to act. It's never been like that. I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either."
- Batman (Identity Crisis)
Hello SCW.
It pains me to be speaking to you this week, not being the Bombshell’s champion. It did not go my way on that night, and right now, it’s infuriating, but that’s the way it went down. I don’t like it, but that’s what happened and I accept that. But I meant it, when I tweeted it, and I mean it when I say it now. I am not by any stretch of the imagination, through with getting a bombshell’s championship match. In fact, I have much to say about that, regardless of what Amber’s little idea may be. All of that, is not going to stop me, from saying what I have to say, and maybe, desperate times, call for desperate measures. I just want you all to know that I am far from being removed from this conversation. Believe me, I will have one of the bigger voices in the future. It may not gain me a lot of popularity, but when you believe something like I do, when you see things the way that I see them, I think you will at the very least understand where I am coming from. This is a long, long way from being over.
I also meant it when I said I am no longer even content at this point. And I am far, far from satisfied. To come all that way, only to be denied, has only made me more determined to get that championship match once again. And I suppose that means I have to work twice as hard, and endure all the hoops I already jumped through. If that is the case, then so be it.
I would be remiss if I did not congratulate Bella Madison on winning a Bombshell’s championship match for Christmas. I applaud that and I am very happy for her. But, none of that actually changes what I have to do and how I am going about this current stretch. There is only one thing for me to do now. I pick up where I left off and I work my butt off and get this championship match. If I have to work on it again, fine. That’s perfectly acceptable.
And so, that brings me to this week, where once again, I face Myra Rivers.
Myra and I are pretty much at the same place, aren’t we? We are both sitting here, at almost a crossroads. Or at least this is the vibe I seem to be getting from Myra in recent days. This idea that her career, despite all of its successes, feels incomplete. I can relate to that. It is, almost like I feel. Despite everything I have done in SCW, it never feels like the recognition is there. Look, I’m in the SCW hall of fame, and I have won pretty much every championship there is to win, and yet, much like Myra, I feel like I am almost forgotten in the grand scheme of things. And it hurts to think about it that way, and it hurts to do that to yourself. To feel like you are far more than what people say and think. But to be consumed by the idea that you will be known for just a few things, rather than all you have done.
I for one, do not believe that Myra should only be known for her historic reign as Bombshell’s Internet championship, because she has done so much more with her career than just that. It is simply the most recent thing in people’s minds outside of coming within an eyelash, not once, but twice of becoming the Bombshell’s champion. There is a lot to see when it comes to Myra Rivers, and much like me, I believe that Myra is becoming her own worst enemy by sitting here and pigeon-holing herself into this position.
I knew the feeling of sitting in self-doubt and I know that one of the sure-fire ways to remove that doubt, at least for a little while, is to win. Now, Myra did have a rather impressive performance and beat Jessie Salco at her own game, and that right there, is a win for anybody being able to do that. I mean, let’s face it, Myra got blown up, bloodied, scarred, beaten and battered at the past two supercards, and she gave as good as she got and that is commendable. Myra Rivers can be proud of what she accomplished and has absolutely no reason to be ashamed or disheartened by what the past few months have been for her in terms of success. It wasn’t until everything was on the line that she finally lost the Internet championship. For almost an entire year, nobody, myself included could take that championship from her. And as I have stated before, if she fell a certain way in the match, she would have been the Bombshell’s champion at Violent Conduct. Those are facts, and absolutely no one can take that away from her. Myra Rivers is, even right now, as good as it gets, and it seems the only one who doesn’t believe that is Myra herself. She even has folks telling her right now that she is stronger and better and has people cheering for her, and I count myself as one of those people. I am a Myra Rivers fan, after all I have spent the past few minutes telling you how good she is. I am a person who wants to see people succeed and Myra HAS succeeded, and believe me when I say that winning the Bombshell’s championship was not something that come easy. Nobody, walks into SCW and just wins the Bombshell’s championship right away, and nobody just holds it forever their first time either. That number quite possibly could be non-existent, you’d have to ask Mercedes Vargas to verify that, but it’s a rough, fiercely competitive division. There’s a giant list of women who have walked into this company and barely held any championship, and some none at all. So, the mere fact that Myra set a record is something that should be lauded around here. And at any other time, other than this week, I would tell you that Myra is still a front runner to become the next in line for a Bombshell’s championship match.
But I can’t, and I won’t this week, because she is facing me.
I won’t sit here and run down every single one of my accomplishments, because I don’t need to. But my mind state right now is that there is a whole lot of unfinished business. Business that got interrupted and thrown all out of whack, and I need to finish it. And I’m going to say that again, because I want Myra to understand what this means to me. I NEED to finish this thing between myself and Amber. I don’t need anybody getting in the way, I don’t need extra participants, I don’t need to have someone else, other than Bella Madison, because she of course, won the championship opportunity, jumping in front of me. I cannot have that, because I am so very, very close to this. I need Myra to understand that this is not personal, I have sung her praises for the past 5 minutes. So, it’s not personal, it’s business. She and I are going to be in the ring, against each other, and I am literally, looking up at the summit of that mountain that is the SCW Bombshell’s championship. I am right there, getting ready to reach up and hit that spot, and plant my damn flag, and I just cannot afford to have anyone, anyone at all, standing between me and Amber Ryan. I just can’t. It is as simple as that.
So, therefore, I have to beat Myra Rivers.
I cannot have a setback right now. Myra Rivers got not one, but two championship opportunities in a row, because she earned them, and I patiently waited my turn. I did. I sat back and I said, I will earn my own match, I was inspired by Myra because she was the last one who beat me and set me on the path that I am on right now. And along that path I beat Myra and I cemented that title contention spot. I made people stand up and take notice, based on the fact that I beat Myra Rivers. It meant something then, so I am positive it means something now. But it’s almost like right now, I had my one opportunity, was given the circumstances I was given, and because of that, and not coming through, that somehow, I am back at square one. That this was it, and now I have to start all over again as if all of the work I just did means nothing now. All of it, was pointless and now it’s back to the start, game over, I lose and everybody else can just get more swings of the bat than me. And I’m not going to sit here and be passed up anymore. I guess now, I have to start making noise, don’t I? Because I can predict right now that if I lose this match to Myra, that’s it, I’m at the back of the line and I have to win 5-10 more matches in a row, before some other random multi-person match makes my life difficult. While Myra can win this match and instantly be in contention.
As I said, I get it. I get that I have accomplished just about everything. But that does not mean by any stretch of the imagination that I should be just cool with having one crack at it and then I miss and oh, that’s it. I am not cool with that, in the slightest. I was THIS close to winning that championship, but I didn’t. And while I accept that part of it, I don’t accept that it means I should have to climb the all the way back up again. No, no. Outside of Bella, there should be absolutely no one in front of me based on everything that led up to High Stakes. Nobody, not one person, worked harder than me to get back to contention. I didn’t even SNIFF a Bombshell’s championship match for over a year. I don’t get those random championship opportunities, I earn them, and I feel I have earned it.
And yes, I completely understand that this sounds like sour grapes, and that it sounds like I’m complaining about it, and you can take that, as you wish. But to me, this is a demonstration of how important this whole thing is to me. Because I need Myra to understand this. I need everybody to see this the way I do. Maybe, this is an obsession, certainly people will call it that, but I call it passion. People interpret things differently, but that’s how it is for me. This is how I feel, and how I see it. I need Myra to see where I’m coming from, because in essence, we are coming from the same place. That same crossroads we both see each other at right now. We are at that very same place right. But the truth of the matter is simply this: Myra Rivers, will gain another Bombshell’s championship match in the future, she is that good. I can predict it right now. If she wants that opportunity some time in 2022, that’s fine. I am more than happy to have that happen. If I am not the champion myself, I would be more than happy to cheer for her. I would buy a front row seat and hold up a “Myra Rivers” sign in the crowd, front and center, and make sure the camera sees me with it. I would do all of that.
But it can’t happen before I get what I need.
Literally any other week, that’s exactly how it would be. Any other week but this one. This one, I have to have. Myra Rivers has to fall, and I have to beat her. That is my task, and I can’t let this one slip by me. I can’t. There is no other way this can go for me. For Myra, this can be a loss and then there can be that continued rebound, the sky is not going to fall, the world will not end, the sun will rise and there will be a new day.
I wish, I really wish it was that simple for me. But it’s just not.
If I don’t win this match, then it’ll be another 6 months of me having to earn it, trying not to fall, and then if I do, I fall even further, then it’s another 6 months and I get farther and farther away from finishing what I need to finish. I can’t have that now. I am so close. I cannot allow Myra Rivers to take it away from me. I understand she believes the same thing I do right now. She believes that this is it and there is no other way.
I think I have driven this point home, But, it needed to be said. I know that I don’t normally act like this, I know I don’t normally have this demeanor, but dammit this is important to me. So I’m going to beat Myra Rivers, because dammit that means something, and if that doesn’t get attention, I will have to come up with other ways, but right now, Myra Rivers, at her best, is what I am focused on, because I have to start with her, to remain where I am. I HAVE to win this match. And so, I am going to win this match and ensure that nobody else gets in front of me in line. I am not going to let that one slip up cost me again. I’m going to make sure that my voice is heard. Loud and clear.
And after that, I will beat Myra Rivers, because this spot right here, is worth fighting for. And there is NOBODY that's going to stop me from finishing what has been started.
So, with that all said, I will see Myra and all of you, This Sunday.
Be Ready. 
