Three months ago…
A redhead can be seen sitting in a rather large room alone. She is dressed in a rather modest pair of daisy dukes and a faded black “Have you see this guy?” Ben Jordan tee with her hair pulled up in a long ponytail that curls over her right shoulder. On her ears is a pair of headphones that hides the music she is listening to but her free hand moves with the beat of it before moving to turn the page. Behind her, a person leans against the doorway between rooms and watches Sam without saying a word.
Pushing away from the wall, Colton moves towards Sam and leans down to place his hands on her shoulder drawing a scream of surprise from the woman. Sam reaches up to yank at the headphones as Colton steps back slightly.
“Dang it Colton, y’all scared me,” says Sam as her hand is lifted to her heart as if to calm it which only draws Colton’s attention to the image on the tee which causes him to frown. Sam looks down then back up at her husband with a look of confusion.
“Didn’t mean to scare ya Sammi,” drawls Colton as he turns to walk around the couch and then flops down onto it, his arm moving to the back of it behind the head of Sam. His other hand reaches down to pick up the book that she is reading and looks at it disinterestedly before tossing it to the side. Sam reaches out towards Colton but isn’t fast enough and sighs as the book flops to the floor losing her spot in the book. “So listen, I wanted to talk to you about something. It has been about nine months since you have wrestled and well I think…”
Sam smiles as she bounces slightly in front of Colton. “About that darlin’,” she says as her grin widens. “I was talking to Ben and Jamie and Vix and well, I am thinking that maybe…well I should maybe try going back to Sin City Wrestling. I have kept in shape and been working out at the Dungeon so the ring rust would be minimal…”
Sam begins musing almost to herself and doesn’t pay attention to the look in the eyes of Colton. He brings his hand up to shush Sam with his finger against her lips. “That’s not what I wanted to talk about. I figured that you and I needed to start talking about having a family. We aren’t getting any younger you know and Cyn was telling me how fulfilling being a parent is and she asked when we were going to take the plunge into parenthood.”
Sam tilts her head and looks away for a moment. “You have been talking to Cyn?” she asks softly. “And she wants us to have kids? That is a surprise I must say.”
“What is a surprise Sam?” asks Colton, straightening up and leaning closer.
“The fact that you are talking to Cyn,” answers Sam. “Considering you know how much I really don’t understand why you do? You have seen how she is trying to get between us and now she’s pushing you into this…” Sam adds as she motions between the two of them. “You know how I feel about her and her husband and you still are talkin’ to her and worse, you are listenin’ to what she keeps saying. Cyn is a dragon like Ben says.”
“I knew it would only be a matter of time before his name would be brought up,” snaps Colton. “Why do you always bring him up when we are talking about us and taking the next steps in our marriage. Damn it Sam. I am your husband, not your precious Ben.”
“I know you aren’t him Colton,” says Sam looking hurt at his reaction. “Ben is my friend but you seem to think he is something more. I can’t believe that you are jealous like this. Have I done anything to make you feel this way?”
Colton turns away from her and balls his hands into fists to rest them on his thighs. “I wouldn’t have to be jealous if you hadn’t been so close to him all the time. Cyn told me all about you two, so what am I to believe huh?”
Sam gets to her feet and angrily moves past Colton to pick up her book and begins to leave the room. “Where do you think you are going Sam?” questions Myers as he gets to his feet as well. “We aren’t done talkin’ about this.”
“I am done Colton. I have spent the last nine months hearing about how Cyn has been poisoning your mind and just when I think you have let things go, you start right in once more. I shouldn’t have to defend myself because of my friendships. Are you jealous of Jamie too? No, it is just Ben that has your boxers bunched up. You knew he was my friend but I chose to marry you. But now, I don’t think that this is going to work the way you wanted because I am telling you right now, I won’t be able to settle down and be little Sammi homemaker. If you had let me finish, I was going to tell you that I had reached out to Sin City Wrestling and signed a new contract for the Blast from the Past tournament. So I am going back to wrestling again.”
Colton curses angrily as he moves towards Sam and reaches out for her. His hands lock on her upper arms as he holds her still. “You WHAT!” he exclaims angrily.
“I am returning to SCW,” answers Sam as she tries to pull away but Colton holds her tight to give her a shake. “Let me go Colton!” Sam breaks the hold and backs away from Colton and then turns to leave the room and heads up the stairs.
Slamming into her room, she quickly turns the lock on the door and then moves to the walking closet before grabbing a suitcase and dragging it to the bed and unzips it. Outside the door, Colton is fuming as he raises his hand to open the door only to find it locked. “Open up Sammi,” says Colton in a soft menacing voice. Sam ignores it as she once more turns to the closet. “Come on Sam, talk to me!” he adds only to be met with silence. He pounds on the door a third and final time before storming off.
Inside the room, Sam stops with her arms full of clothes as she hears the door slam. Mumbling to herself, she heads to the bed and slams the armful of clothes into the suitcase and slams it shut. She lifts the bag from her bed and moves to the door. Stopping, she looks down at herself and then turns to the closet once more. She grabs a pair of jeans and boots, she heads towards the ensuite bathroom to change…
Hours later, a tired Sam Marlowe stands outside of a door and reaches to the bell before letting a smile cross her lips that doesn’t actually reach her eyes. She presses at the button then waits as she hears footsteps and the door open to reveal a friend.
“I order a chicken kebab,” says Ben Jordan, “And a ginge turns up. Wait…is it cruise date time? Lemme change me undies and splash on some aftershave…”
“Prat…” begins Sam whose smile starts to fade. “I’m lookin’ for a place to hide for a bit. Know anyplace?”
A soft sob escapes Sam which prompts Ben to pull her inside and shut the door behind the two of them.
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Can you imagine, it has been a whole year since I was in an SCW ring and here I am once again about to make my return but this time I am comin’ back with only one thing on my mind and that is to prove that I still have it…whatever it is.
I have done almost all of it here in SCW. I have held titles, I participated in tournaments where I have been ousted in the first round and others where I have been in the finals. I have teamed with friends, I have developed rivalries that made my career. I have set records and I have seen them broken too. I been a winner and a loser and I thought that I had nothing left to prove. Turns out that I was wrong when I looked back on what I have done.
It has been a year and I thought that it would be nothing for me to have given wrestling up for good and if I am honest, I don’t think that I can right now. That is when I heard about a new Blast from the Past tournament where I would have no one to rely on except myself and well of course knowing that it is the Blast from the Past and hearing some of the returns, I knew I couldn’t let this happen without yours truly.
So here we are, the first round of this year’s tournament and I have a match to start my climb to the title of Blast from the Past champion. And wouldn’t you know it but I have been given a match against Dawn Warren in round one.
I know it has been quite a while since I was in the ring and in SCW for that matter so I am not up on who is who in the zoo anymore. I haven’t seen Dawn wrestle but I am sure that if she has signed up to be a bombshell in the company, she must be good as a wrestler. So let’s talk about this match coming up this week on Climax Control shall we?
I mean I could talk about Dawn and how she will be facing someone with a fire in her soul that burns so hot. I could also talk about how this match is only a stepping stone when it comes to this tournament and how I am going to have to step on Dawn to advance. If I was the old Sam Marlowe I would be talking right now about how I would be apologizing for doing that.
But I am not that same Sam Marlowe anymore.
Dawn, we both know that this is only round one and I will admit that I have to be a bit more than just the same ole Sweetheart of SCW. I have to be on my game and really want it to move on in this tournament. No apologies, no doubts and no stopping me this time. I can’t be that old Sam Marlowe anymore. She was walked on, she couldn’t rise to the challenge at the time.
When it comes to stepping into the ring, there have been some changes that no one is going to be ready for when they happen. I’ve changed and if that means that I am a little older and wiser, it means that you are facing a ring veteran with nothing to lose and everything to gain. This time around, it isn’t going to be just some catch phrase that I throw around like flower petals. No, this time I am coming with a plan and an attitude to match. Oh don’t worry, I am still a sweetheart when it comes to respect but when it comes to stepping into the ring, the change that has happened is that I am stepping into the ring to win. And if that means beating you one on one…that is what I am going to do.
I also know that you will probably be talking about how I haven’t wrestled in a year and you would be right. I haven’t wrestled in the spotlight in a year but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been wrestling and training. My trainer and friend Vixen Staggs had been helping out with the students at the Staggs Dungeon. So there will be minimal ring rust in this match and before you say it…I may be older but I am still that high flyer that I have always been and trust me, you will see me coming to end your tournament this week.
Good luck Dawn. I hope you don’t get your hopes too high of advancing in the tournament, because that is something that just isn’t going to happen if I can help it. After all, I am coming to win this round and move onto the next towards my goal of winning this whole thing.