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(Carter was used with Chris’s permission and Miles was used with his handler’s permission)
Sadly Ariana’s dream of reaching the finals of Blast from the Past were cut short after she was pinned by Devona after a close tag team match! However things weren’t all doom and gloom for the young Bombshell as she was set for action at the next Climax Control which was not only the Going Home Show but taking place in Romania, her opponent? Zoey Lukas, but what was at stake would be a massive opportunity for both young women.
What was that opportunity? A shot at the World Bombshell Championship at Into the Void XI! Ariana made her PPV debut on the same show last year defeating Char Kwan in a grudge match and saying that going up against Roxi a year later would be a massive step up was an understatement! But she had to get past a taller, stronger Bombshell first and Zoey had been a Quarter Finalist in the tournament as well, can Ariana win?
Local hospital near Grantown on Spey, Scotland
Monday the 17th of April 2023, 16:00pm
I would be on a flight to Romania right now, but I have other matters to attend too.
Last night’s Climax Control was a mixed bag, on one hand? Gabriel returned to confront Krystal over her recent actions, the Blast from the Past Quarter Finals were officially over as was Jessie’s title drought as she defeated Luna Vanity for the Bombshell Roulette Title earning it for a record fifth time! But remember when I said that there was two sides to every story in SCW? Well, it didn’t just apply to the match between me and Oliver and J2H and Devona.
Krystal completely disrespected Gabriel when he confronted her, to the point that they almost came to blows! Gabriel’s not a contracted talent, he wouldn’t have been fined for hitting Krystal, whether Krystal would’ve been fined for fighting back is another matter because the brawl was stopped by an army of refs and security guards! The quarter finals sadly ended with me and Oliver’s defeat after a close match with J2H and Devona but that wasn’t even the worst thing.
The other Blast from the Past Quarter Final Match was cancelled due to Goth sustaining an injury giving Calvin and Dawn a bye to the Semi-Finals in the process, I guess they needed something to fill it’s place because they rounded up four local women’s wrestlers and convinced them to wrestle Krystal in a gauntlet match, or a public workout as they called it! There’s no other way around it, Krystal decimated them all but once the smoke was cleared and she pinned one of them after her Ripcord Lariat, she wasn’t satisfied.
She hit the remaining three women with her other finishers, but it was the youngest of the group, a nineteen year old girl called Jenny, who got the worst of it, Krystal used her new version of The Record Breaker on the poor girl and when I tried to intervene? She broke her arm.
That’s why I’m here, I needed to check on the girls after they were admitted to a local medical facility, the flight to Romania can wait until later.
But I do have other things on my mind. I may be out of the Blast from the Past Tournament but I’m not out of title contention yet! Me and Zoey Lukas will be going one on one on Sunday night in a #1 Contenders Match, for which title? Why, only the very title we entered the Blast from the Past Tournament to win! Seems Roxi has been out to bring some new blood into the World Bombshell Title scene and me and Zoey were close to earning our spots in the Semi-Finals of this year's tournament hence why we got this matchup.
It’s a classic match up of speed vs. power, my speed against Zoey’s power! Whether my speed would be enough to earn a shot against a champion that I grew up idolising remained to be seen.
“Well Ms. Angelos, there is some good news.” The doctor informed me and Francisco as we walked down the hallway towards the hospital room where the girls were kept. “Andrea, Chloe and Beth all suffered relatively minor injuries at the hands of Ms. Wolfe, Jenny on the other hand? Well, as an athlete yourself, I’m sure you understand how damaging a broken limb can be.”
”Wrestling’s a dangerous sport, there’s always an inherent danger that you’ll land wrong off a move and end up being out of action for months, heck, that just happened to one of SCW’s champions and he had to give up his title and place in the Blast from the Past Tournament.” I nodded in response as I followed the doctor through the hallway before sighing. ”But then again, we’re never fully prepared for a wrestler deliberately breaking another wrestler’s arm.”
“Wait, you mean to tell me that Ms. Wolfe broke Jenny’s arm on purpose?!” The doctor asked with a look of shock on his face and I nodded grimly. “How?”
”She applied a wrestling hold called a Kimura Lock, it’s an extremely dangerous move that originates from MMA.” I explained as I turned to the doctor with my arms crossed. ”I was running down to the ring to stop her from injuring the girls any further, but when Krystal saw me coming? She used the hold to break Jenny’s arm.”
“I must say, if I saw that and worked for your employers I’d be rethinking my line of work.” The doctor responded with a look of disgust on his face and to be honest? I couldn’t really blame him. “We’ve reached Jenny’s room, I let her know that you wanted to stop by but I’m sure you understand that she is under quite a bit of emotional distress, the poor girl only just celebrated her birthday.”
”And that was her birthday present? It’s like I said on Twitter, I can’t believe I ever called that woman my friend.” I admitted as I shook my head and the doctor said nothing, merely opening the door to Jenny’s room.
Jenny, off course, was in her hospital bed with her arm in a heavy cast, surrounding her bed were the other girls from Krystal’s “workout” and they looked up when they heard the door open. “Jenny? You have a visitor and she wrestles for Sin City Wrestling?”
“Aye, I know who she is.” Jenny nodded once she saw me and Andrea grabbed me a spare chair so I could sit down. “That was supposed to be our big break, our way to get noticed by bigger promotions inside the UK and abroad.” Jenny sighed once the doctor left and I made myself comfortable. “Instead? The only break that happened was my bloody arm!”
”Believe me girls, I wish I had gotten there sooner.” I responded sincerely as I let out a deep breath and the four Scottish girls turned to me. ”Truth is? I was on the other side of the leisure centre getting a snack when the workout started, if you can really call it that, no offence.”
“None taken, we weren’t prepared for Krystal’s vicious attacks either.” Andrea nodded as she felt her aching jaw and neck, undoubtedly a result of how Krystal attacked her last night. “We should’ve just said “screw her stupid rule, we’re attacking her at the same time!”, maybe then we’d all be five grand richer.”
”No offense Andrea but we’re not even sure if she was being entirely truthful about that.” Francisco responded as he shook is head and the four girls turned to him. ”Since Krystal attacked Ariana and Cassie at Blaze of Glory XI, the consensus among the other Go Gym Graduates is that she never viewed us as friends, merely as a means to get ahead.”
”I still want to believe that there’s some good left in Krystal, but after what happened to you guys last night? Especially you Jenny? I’ll be the first to admit that that hope is fading faster by the day.” I admitted to the girls who nodded bitterly as they realized that we were right. ”Just out of curiosity, how many matches have you guys wrestled up to his point?”
“We’re not exactly in the double digits if that’s what your wondering.” Chloe responded as she shook her head and I nodded as I got the idea. “Me and Beth made our debuts in February in a match against each other, but we’ve been wrestling off an on because we’re also college students in Aberdeen.”
“As for me? I debuted at the beginning of March, last night was my fifth ever match.” Andrea chimed in and I frowned as I started to get the idea. “As for Jenny? Well……..”
“Last night was my first ever match.” Jenny admitted and I swallowed hard as it dawned on me. “I graduated from the same training school that trained Beth, Chloe and Andrea just in time for my nineteenth birthday, that was the reason why I was so eager to wrestle first, I wanted a chance to prove myself on an international stage.” Jenny sighed as she glanced towards her cast. “You know the rest Ariana, the doctors said that I’ll be out of action until mid-August at least.”
”I should’ve gone out there a lot sooner.” I sighed as I thought back to the night before, everything from Krystal not even pretending to hold back against her inexperienced opponents to the attacks once the dust was settled? If I had been out there sooner………. ”I could’ve prevented all of this, instead………”
“We’re not blaming you for what happened Ariana.” Beth, who had clearly been too shy to talk to a much more famous wrestler up to that point, assured me and I turned to her. “We blame Krystal for being a bitch and ourselves for not coming up with a better gameplan but not you, and who’s to say she wouldn’t have used her other finishers on you instead?”
”True and I appreciate your honesty but this all could’ve been avoided.” I sighed before turning to Jenny. ”Jen, I don’t know you that well but I still feel guilty over what happened to your arm, at least let me set up a GoFundMe for you.”
“I appreciate it, but the NHS is covering my medical bills and even then, my parents have set one up for me to cover my apartment’s rent whilst I recover.” Jenny responded as she shook her head and I nodded in understanding. “I’ll talk to them about sending you the link if you want to donate but whilst this situation fucking sucks, I’ll at least come out the other end relatively okay.”
At least she was optimistic about her recovery once she was out of the hospital and I would be donating to her GoFundMe once I got the link, posting it on twitter would be a problem though since I doubted that the camping site had any wi-fi, ”Tell them that I’ll donate as much as I can as soon as I get the link, but since the SCW roster will be camping for the next show? Wi-Fi may an issue.”
“Take all the time you need we’ll keep you updated.” Andrea nodded in agreement and after a good few minutes we left the hospital room because we had a flight to catch.
That argument with Gabriel? The attacks on those four girls, including breaking Jenny’s arm? Devona had brought this up after Krystal attacked me at Blaze of Glory XI but I was seriously starting to wonder if I ever was Krystal’s friend? If she really had been using me to get ahead this whole time?
There were times when she came to my aid, such as when I was attacked by Char Kwan during her campaign to end Krystal’s Roulette Title Reign or when Krystal helped me with Veronica Taylor when we were in SCU, but in hindsight? Krystal claimed that she was in the ladies room when Char and her goon squad attacked me but I had to wonder if that was a set-up? The timing was suspect and Krystal could’ve definitely taken Char and her goons but allowed herself to be attacked from behind, the timely arrival of Trinity Jones and Daniella V. Rogers prevented it from getting any worse but was Krystal in any danger? Or was it a conspiracy to give the match between Krystal and Char a bit more spice?
If that was the case? Krystal should be up for a Best Actress award because she had everyone fooled, and even the Veronica Taylor incident had taken on a new light because of her recent actions, who got that huge (at the time) SCU Showcase Match on Climax Control? Krystal, even though Veronica had targeted me, who was allowed to get the last laugh on Veronica in spite of that? Krystal again, was she that jealous of a younger bombshell taking the spotlight she believed belonged to her?
Either way? Something had to be done about Krystal.
Camp Bestie, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Monday the 17th of April 2023, 21:00pm
It’s been a while since I went last camping.
How long are we talking? I was nine years old and taking part in a camping trip as part of my Girl Scout Troop in a forest back in my native Pittsburgh, it was me and about ten other girls around my age or younger (it’s been a while, gimme a break) and it was a week filled with team building exercises and a fun time in general, there were also no guys on the trip, not even the scout leaders! I wasn’t complaining but then again? I was nine, I was four years away from when I started puberty.
Needless to say? This trip fourteen years later that took us to Romania was quite a bit different, for one thing the forest that I camped at with my girl scout troop wasn’t haunted!
The bosses seemed to have left the exact locations of our tents up to the talent and it was quickly decided that me, Francisco, Miles and Carter would pitch our tents close to each other, Krystal had opted to (in her own words) pitch her tent as far away from the rest of the roster as possible without crossing international boarders so she was nowhere to be seen.
If this trip had happened before Blaze of Glory XI I’d be wondering why she was isolating herself and seek her out, but after everything Krystal had done since Blaze of Glory? Well, we weren’t exactly in a position to complain.
Carter was (not-so) secretly hoping that the ghosts would get to the sole Aussie Bombshell on the roster but as much as I disliked Krystal? I wasn’t about to wish that on her! Not before her rematch against Tempest at least!
”Okay, we’ve got everything right?” I asked Francisco as we sat in our tent, it wasn’t exactly a fancy tent (in fact we brought it whilst we were still in Scotland when we saw the card) but it was big enough for two adults like me and Francisco. ”Only asking because I’ve literally only been camping once.”
”I’ve never been camping, in fact when I told my sister her literal response was “You? Camping? With Ariana? You know you don’t have to be that secretive about banging her, right?”, then I explained that it was for SCW and she understood.” Francisco explained and I gave him a teasing look. ”After the inevitable jokes about being paid to have sex with my fiancé.”
”Good thing I’m familiar enough with her sense of humour to know that she was joking.” I responded as I shook my head with a grin and Francisco laughed a little bit. ”My main concern is finding something to do, I think I’ve gotten too accustomed to staying in hotels.”
”We’re next-door neighbours with Carter and Miles, I’m sure we can find a fun activity to do with them.” Francisco responded with a shrug and I nodded in agreement. ”Even if it means busting out Cards Against Humanity.”
”I’m not even sure if I have a Cards Against Humanity deck, the one me and Carter used before belonged to Krystal and, well, I don’t think I need to elaborate there.” I explained before checking my bag for the off chance that there was a Cards Against Humanity deck, sure enough? ”Nope! And even if we were on speaking terms? I’m not going deep into this forest to look for Krystal so I can ask her for a Cards Against Humanity deck.”
”Considering how late it is? I think she’d tell you to, well, d-off before going back to sleep even if she was on speaking terms.” Francisco pointed out and I quickly nodded in agreement once I saw the time on my phone. ”Actually, isn’t this a haunted forest?”
”According to this week’s card? Yeah.” I nodded in response and Francisco started to think. ”Something on your mind?”
”Think Carter and Miles would be up for the time-honoured tradition of sharing scary stories?” Francisco suggested and I grinned liking the idea. ”Without the campfire since I doubt the rest of the roster would be amused by us setting the forest on fire.”
”Yeah I’d say that’s a safe bet, we can use our phone’s flashlights for a similar effect.” I nodded in agreement before I stood up. ”Let’s go ask them.” I added and Francisco nodded before we left the tent.
Camp Bestie, Romania
Tuesday the 18th of April 2023, 11:00am
Don’t get me wrong, Miles and Carter loves the “tell scary stories” idea but it was really late by the time we asked them and unlike Krystal, we had opted to camp close to the rest of the roster and considering that the roster includes the likes of Tempest, Fenris and my opponent on Sunday Zoey Lukas? Yeah we agreed that not running the risk of interrupting anyone’s sleep with our screams/laughter would be a lot better for our health.
Especially since most of the roster will be seeing action on Sunday night, and with the Blast from the Past semi-finals taking place on Sunday? The remaining four teams were going to need as much rest as they could get.
”Okay, I know doing it last night would’ve been better for atmosphere and all.” I addressed the three men who were with me as we began to gather in a circle, I glanced out towards the other nearby tents and whilst I couldn’t tell you whose tent was who’s the rest of the roster seemed to be off doing their own thing. ”But I wasn’t about to risk waking up several other wrestlers, especially when a good chunk of them are definitely stronger than me!”
”All I’m saying as you could’ve used that as psychological warfare against Zoey!” Carter responded jokingly and I shook my head because I knew exactly how that would end. ”Until she yeeted you into a nearby tree.”
“Yeah probably best that we abandon that idea.” Miles nodded in agreement as he sat himself down. “Even if you weren’t facing her on Sunday night? Pissing off someone as big and strong as Tempest of Zoey is a bad idea.”
”And if anyone knew where Krystal had pitched her tent I’d suggest seeking her out and asking her how that was going for her.” Francisco chimed in with a nod and me, Miles and Carter shared uneasy looks. ”Not to mention the other reasons why we’re not on speaking terms with her.”
“I’m still not sure why she isn’t suspended for what she did to that girl at Climax Control.” Miles responded as he shook his head with a disgusted look his face and it didn’t take us long to figure out what he meant. “You said on Twitter that you checked on her before you flew out to Romania?”
”I don’t want to dwell on it too much right now, but Jenny’s parents have set up a GoFundMe to help with her living expenses whilst she recovers from her broken arm, and that was her first ever match.” I responded earning a surprised look from Carter and Miles. ”And no, I don’t know why the bosses put a raw rookie in there against a competitor like Krystal I understand that the workout was a last-minute thing due to the circumstances surrounding Calvin and Dawn’s Blast from the Past Match but you’d think the vetting process would be a bit more thorough.”
“Send us the link to her GoFundMe and me and Carter will donate what we can.” Miles assured me and Carter quickly nodded in agreement before we shifted topics. “Okay, we gathered here to tell scary stories, but do we want to lay down some ground rules first?”
”Glad you asked, because I thought of some whilst I was going to sleep last night.” I responded with a nod before I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”First, let’s keep it PG, I know I like to joke about my sex life on Twitter but we are out in a public place and we don’t want to earn any dirty looks.”
”I see no problems with that.” Carter nodded in agreement as we made ourselves comfortable. ”Anything else?”
”This might be covered by the whole PG thing but let’s stay away from anything excessively violent.” Francisco chimed in and we quickly nodded in agreement. ”I like horror films as much as the next guy but if you start going into detail about some poor soul’s gruesome death? We’re going to start worrying about you, I hope you understand?”
”Especially if the death is inflicted on a Care Bear of My Little Pony.” I added and the guys gave me a curious look. ”What? I’ve seen some messed up stuff on the Internet! Anyway, my last rule is be creative, I think we’ve all heard the “killer’s in the backseat” story a million times by now!”
“So keep it PG, no excessive gore and be creative, if that’s the ground rules then I say let’s get started.” Miles suggested and we grinned as we started to think of some ideas. “Who wants to start?”
”Well, it was my idea and ladies first and all that! Plus I just thought on a short and sweet one to get the ball rolling.” I suggested and once the guys showed no real objections I got started. ”The internet is down!”
“Okay, that is scary as hell!” Miles responded with a laugh which was shared by the other guys, admittedly I had gotten it from one of those “world’s shortest horror story” pics you’ll occasionally see on Facebook but I had to come up with something. “There once was a blue haired Bombshell from Australia…….”
”Sorry to interrupt Miles but I’m surprised I didn’t think of this sooner.” I interrupted Carter’s boyfriend and Miles motioned for me to continue. ”Let’s leave our co-workers out of these stories, I know Krystal’s actions have been reprehensible since Blaze of Glory XI but she’s still our co-worker.”
“No your right, depending on how it went I would essentially be wishing death on a co-worker anyway.” Miles admitted with a nod before rethinking his story. “There once was a girl from Australia, haunted by the spirit of a kangaroo in bondage.”
”I don’t know what’s scarier.” Francisco commented with a chuckle as he leaned back. ”The fact that you just said, “kangaroo in bondage” with a straight face, that mental image or what exactly the kangaroo was up too before it passed.”
“I’ll leave that up to interpretation.” Miles chuckled before he continued. “Then one night, the kangaroo came for her soul and that last thing she heard was………” Miles said with a completely serious look on his face. “TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT!”
The response to the punchline was a mix of screams and laughter, mostly because we couldn’t believe that the story was a set-up for a Rolfe Harris joke. ”I do believe that we are going to hell for laughing at that!” Francisco chuckled before thinking of a story. ”Two ghouls are haunting an old abandoned school, which is convenient because it was an all-Ghouls school!”
Our only response to Francisco’s terrible pun was to groan. ”Babe, I love you but for that you just volunteered yourself to go into town and get the hammer and nails we need.” I asserted and Francisco held up his hands as if to say “fair enough” whilst Carter and Miles shared a confused look. ”Carter, do you have a story?”
“I have a question first.” Miles chimed in and we turned to him. “What do you need the hammer and nails for?”
It was a fair question and to answer it I went into me and Franky’s tent and retrieved the white board. ”We’re going to attach this to a tree for my promo.” I explained before sitting back down. ”We agreed that it was the only way to get it to stay up without Franky’s arms hurting.”
“Yeah, that’s fair, if you want our help setting it up just let us know.” Miles nodded as he got the idea before he turned to his boyfriend. “So Carter, any scary stories?”
”I would joke about Ari’s cooking but that would be mean.” Carter admitted with a shrug and I just shook my head with a grin. ”But tell me fellow campers, what’s scarier than walking in on your parents having sex!”
We had a good laugh at that last one but the stories did get better as time went on, and at the end of the day? I had a promo to shoot so we gave it a rest about three hours in.
And as soon as Francisco returned from town with the stuff we needed? It was off to the races!
A tree near Camp Bestie, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Tuesday the 18th of April 2023, 14:00pm
*promo time*
The things I do for this gimmick.
”Bear with me a second class, I just need to get set up.” I said to the camera as Francisco hammered a nail to the tree so we could hang the white board from it, once it was in place I proceeded. ”Sadly class, as much as I’d like to say that I am going through to the Semi-Finals of the Blast from the Past Tournament, I’m not, me and Oliver were eliminated by J2H and Devona last Sunday night on Climax Control! However an opportunity has presented itself to me in the form of this #1 Contenders Match between me and Zoey Lukas.” I said as I pointed to the picture of Zoey. ”What title are we competing for? Oh, just a shot at the World Bombshell Title!”
Dreams come true!
”Almost a year to the day where I made my PPV debut for Sin City Wrestling and I could be celebrating it in the best way possible!” I added before pointing to the pictures of Roxi and then the World Bombshell Championship. ”This is a huge opportunity for me and Zoey, not just because we’ve never competed for the World Bombshell Title before but the fact that we were both knocked out in the Quarter Finals of the Blast from the Past Tournament, as I said before I was eliminated by J2H and Devona whilst Zoey’s team with J-Mont was eliminated by Ken Davison and Courtney Pierce! And no, the fact that the two teams who eliminated us from the tournament are facing of in the semi-finals is not lost on me!” I stated as I pointed to the teams in question. ”I’m not going to lie to you Zoey, facing Roxi for the World Bombshell Championship would be a dream come true for me, but I suspect that that rings true for you as well Zoey and that can only mean one thing.”
Time for war.
”Namely that I have a war on my hands if I want to make this dream come true! And trust me Zoey, I’m going all out if it means that I’m getting this opportunity!” I stated as folded my arms with the pointer resting on my shoulder. ”Feel free to make fun of me for this but I feel no shame in admitting that I was a Team Hero fangirl back when I was in my mid-teens and watching them tear it up in SCW! That is what motivates me the most heading into this contenders match Zoey, this is about more than just a title shot for me, this is about me wanting to show my fans that following their dreams can be worth it! Even if it means going against your parents’ wishes, trust me, I know that feeling all too well! But that’s enough about what my motivation is heading into this match, what about yours Zoey?”
Good question.
”Our last meeting was in my last defence of the Bombshell Roulette Title back at the beginning of the year, I don’t think I need to repeat what happened in that Open Invitational Match at this point but your team with J-Mont was considered a favourite to win, or at least make it past the Quarter Finals, thanks to J-Mont’s reputation as a wrestler, then you ran into Courtney Pierce and Ken Davison and, well, we both know how that ended.” I admitted as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”But here’s the thing Zoey, that also apples to my team with Oliver Zahn! Oliver may be less established than J-Mont but he’s a product of Jet City and Jet City students and Go Gym Graduates have historically gone together like Peanut Butter and Jelly! But if me and Oliver were still in the tournament I wouldn’t be here talking about you Zoey, would I?”
Sadly not.
”As for how we match up as wrestlers? It’s a vase of strength and power vs. speed and agility.” I stated as I pointed to the pictures of me and Zoey. ”Your power vs. my speed, your strength vs. my agility, and beyond that? It’s the Go Gym vs. Wolfslair, how many times have our two gyms clashed over the past few years Zoey? Too many to count, right? And I’m sure they’ll be other clashes between our wrestling schools down the line but right now? This is the one that matters, and how I’m going to book my ticket to the World Bombshell Title Match!”
It's that simple.
”Honestly? I would’ve preferred earning this shot by winning the Blast from the Past Tournament but if this is my greatest second chance? Then I’m going to embrace it with open arms!” I stated with a massive grin on my face as I pointed to my picture. ”I know your reputation well Zoey, you’re one of the strongest women on the Bombshell Roster and one of the few who can say that they can go toe to toe, face to face with Tempest! But whilst it is something of a cliché? It’s true that you can’t slam what you can’t catch and it’ll be my speed and agility that will win me the day and that title shot!”
And with that I decided to wrap things up.
”No matter who wins this match Zoey? This will lead to the biggest match of someone’s career, but I’m sorry to say that I’m not letting anyone get in the way of my dream no matter how big or strong they are!” I added as I stepped in front of the white board. ”I know I can’t beat you in a battle of raw strength Zoey, and I know I can’t beat you by trying to overpower you either, but I know where I can beat and that’s with the speed and agility of “The Greek Angel” Ariana Angelos as I make you bask in the Greek Angel’s Light! I’ll see you on Sunday Zoey and I wish you the best of luck in our match, you’re gonna need it!”
Francisco started taking down the board as the scene fades.