Hollywood Hills, California
Zdunich Estate

Despite living in such a large extravagant home that only a movie star could live in there was a void that was left in this luxurious estate. Crystal Zdunich had felt empty. Just a few weeks ago Crystal would be screaming out her submission on Climax Control as her wife Seleana Zdunich beat her yet again but to make matters worse. The woman who she thought was her best friend in the form of Mercedes Vargas had been taking verbal shots at her, making her choose between Fire & Fury and her wife Seleana. As much as she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, she knew at some point she would have to make a decision and it would be one that would affect her life in the immediate future. The only thing that Crystal did feel is that she hated feeling alone. It had been forever since she got to spend time with her spouse and with the current misfortunes inside of the wrestling ring Vargas didn’t want anything to do with her either.

Crystal sat alone in the living room watching television in her Christmas pajamas. She held a cup of hot chocolate in her hand and offered a long sigh as she held the remote control in her hands.

Crystal: Why is there never anything to watch?! I hate being alone for the holdays…

Before anything else could happen the chime of her doorbell could be heard all throughout her house. Crystal raised her eyes in disbelief not really expecting to have any company but she quickly stood up as she walked over to the front door. She opens it and is shocked when she sees the woman that is standing in her entrance.

Crystal: What the hell are you doing here?!

Zelda: It’s the Christmas season and you are obviously feeling alone. I figured I would be doing my duty of community service if I gave back to the needy, and it’s apparent that you definitely need me. You don’t have a spouse to share this home with and you certainly don’t have a best friend because I don’t know what you call Vargas but she is not YOUR best friend because that’s me!

Crystal just stares at Zelda blankly as she shrugs her shoulders at her.

Crystal: I really don’t understand you though. I appreciate you showing up but I really don’t understand?!

Zelda Knite was the long time best friend of Crystal Zdunich and at one point former tag team partner. It had been a long time since the two of them had spoken with one another but with Crystal feeling at her complete lowest and having nowhere to turn, this is when Zelda had decided to show up. Zelda just crossed her arms as she walked inside of the empty Hollywood Hills home. The video gaming nerd looked deeply into Crystal’s eyes as she took a seat on her couch.

Zelda: So what is going on with you Christina?! For as long as I have known you Crystal you should be at the happiest that you have ever been in a long time. You have waited so long to finally be on top of the wrestling world again. You are the best of the best but lately it just seems like you don’t have anything to smile over. That’s not like you.

Crystal: I really want to smile and I thought that winning the title would bring a smile on my face but lately it just seems like that isn’t even the case. I am at a loss of words because I don’t know in which direction I should take my life in. I want to be the best champion I can be. Everybody knows how much my wrestling career means to me. It’s always everything to me but lately I keep feeling that my professional career isn’t bringing the smile to my face as I thought it would. It’s not filling in the void that has been empty since my wife has left the home, and I don’t even want to touch on Mercedes.

Zelda looks back over at Crystal as she just shrugs her shoulders back at the Latina woman. She quickly shakes her head as she replies abc to her.

Zelda: If I can be completely honest you shouldn’t be worried about those things and I saw what Mercedes has been saying. As much as you wish to value her and her opinions she isn’t your best friend nor is she really looking in your best interests. She is supposed to be your tag team partner but she is giving you ultimatums as if her word is important. A real best friend wouldn’t make you choose between your career and your marriage. Only a selfish person would try to put that on you. I don’t even know why you want to hold onto Mercedes for so long. At the end of the day she is only looking out for what is in her best interests. She’s using you just to further her own useless career. Maybe at a point she helped you along the way but when you put your mind to things you know you can accomplish anything!

Crystal nods her head as she looks back at Zelda:

Crystal: I guess you have a point… Somewhere in my brain I know being paired with her is the wrong decision. I know my mind should solely be on trying to make things right with the wife but I just can’t shake the feeling that I am going to make the wrong decision no matter what I decide.

Zelda nods her head.

Zelda: You got that right, nothing you decide will be the right decision but think about things from a logical standpoint. What is more important to you in your life. Is it a piece of championship gold or is it your marriage?! Now before you answer that question a true best friend like myself would never even question you on such a ridiculous thing. Everybody knows that championships in wrestling will come and go. You can always go about and just win yourself another one. Hasn’t that been your story for like twenty four different occasions.

Crystal: Maybe it’s more like twenty five but who is honestly counting?!

Zelda just looks at Crystal shaking her head at her as she sighs in disbelief.

Zelda: You really weren’t supposed to answer that. I am trying to get it as it’s in plain sight that Mercedes is a leech. She’s a woman that wants to use you. Use you to get what she wants, which is getting a piece of relevancy.She may have had that when she was the Internet Champion but since then you have really taken off and she doesn’t mind stepping on you to get what she wants. I know you are a woman who loves to constantly wear her heart on her sleeves but I want you to think over what I said. Vargas is not what is in your best interest. She wasn’t in NCW, she wasn’t in 3WL, and she certainly is not in modern day SCW. I know your wife has been telling you this but you are the only one who needs to see it for yourself.

Crystal: Maybe you are on to something.

Zelda: Crystal don’t be such a goomba. Let’s really look at the facts. You have had a peaceful marriage until you started talking to Mercedes. The moment that you started to let her enter your life is the moment that things started to go astray for you. It’s the moment that Seleana walked out and it’s the moment where you lost everything that you felt was important to you. I could go on and on but at the end of the day you already know what you need the most. You know the decision you need to make but you need to see it for yourself. Once you make that decision you can finally be happy with where things are going to go.

Crystal thinks about it as she forms a wicked grin and looks right into the eyes of her best friend. Zelda cracks a grin in return as she nods her head.

Crystal: Thank you so much Zelda, I honestly don’t know where I would be if I didn’t have you in my life.

Zelda: Probably relapsing on the street somewhere or being pimped out in the back of a car.

Crystal: …

Zelda: What?! It’s a joke… Listen, just be happy that I came here to talk to you. At the end of the day it’s always about every man’s fantasy and nothing, and nobody can ever replace the best friendship that the two of us have. Now I didn’t come all the way from Texas just to talk. Let’s spend time as best friends should. I do believe we have some video gaming to catch up on, and I bought my joy cons. Hopefully you aren’t that pitiful in Mario Party…

Crystal: Oh it’s on but I have gotten a lot better since the last time the two of us played.

With that the two women just smile at one another as we slowly fade out on this image.

Off Camera
November 27th
Hollywood Hills, California



High Stakes had come and gone, and despite everything Crystal Zdunich was finally on top of the world again. Life was as good as it could have ever been. Crystal was the World Champion which made her the best of the best and today on Thanksgiving Day she was going to celebrate her 38th birthday. It couldn’t get any better than that. Crystal was spending the day with her children. Brittany and Halo had come over along with Brayden and Carleigh. Most importantly this was the first time that Crystal was allowed to spend time with Aurora as Seleana had left the 15 year old girl to spend time with her mother. Aurora smiled as she looked over at her mother as she glanced at the duffel bag that was in the corner.

Aurora: You really did it mom, after years of frustration and trying to work as hard as you could. You are finally on top of the wrestling world again. How does it feel to have your biggest dream come true?!

That in itself was a hard question to answer but the truth was as happy as Crystal might have appeared on the outside. The reality is that she felt very empty on the inside. Sure she became the best women’s wrestler in all of SCW but at what cost?! What was so good about celebrating such an amazing feat if she didn’t have the one woman that she really wanted to celebrate it with in the form of Seleana?! Since winning the championship and making her mandatory big championship speech on the first Climax Control after winning the title the truth is that she didn’t feel any differently. The belt had stayed mostly in the duffel bag since winning it. She took a long deep breath as she looked down into the eyes of her daughter.

Crystal: For what shall it prophet a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his soul?!

Aurora: Mark 8:36, why are you quoting the bible mommy?!

Crystal let a long sigh escape her lips as she looked back into the eyes of her daughter as she just yawned in return.

Crystal: You want the truth Aurora?! As exciting as it is to win the title, I just feel like I am not happy…

Aurora: I know why you aren’t happy. Is it because Auntie Mercedes didn’t retain her championship and the both of you aren’t champions at the same time?!

Crystal immediately shook her head as she looked back into her daughter’s eyes.

Crystal: No, it has nothing to do with wrestling or anything like that. The truth is I feel like I have a major void in my life Aurora, and there has been a major void since I decided to walk out on Seleana. It sucks that I got into a big fight with her over trying to decide between being there for my best friend in Mercedes and being there for her, but if I could go back in time and make the decision again I know for a fact that I would have done things so differently. It feels good to be on top of the wrestling world. Please don’t get me wrong on that…

Crystal looks at Aurora who opens the duffel bag and takes the World Championship out. Crystal’s daughter holds it in her grasp and keeps her eyes locked on the name plates before turning her attention over to her mother.

Crystal: I know it looks like a cool thing to have but the truth is something is just missing. What fun is it to win the one thing that I wanted more than anything in this world if I can’t share it with the one person who means the entire world to me. I can’t deny it anymore, and I am tired of trying to play this same scenario over and over again. I love your mother Aurora. I love Seleana. She is the only person that can complete me right now. Without her I just feel like I am not complete. Just look at us in this home. We had lost everything in the California wild fires and we shouldn’t be in here celebrating Thanksgiving and my birthday. It should be shared with her by my side because it’s the only place that she needs to be.

Aurora: She means that much to you?!

Crystal: She means everything plus more. It’s hard for me to go to sleep at night, it’s hard to eat, and it’s even harder to function. I won’t be at peace until I have her back at my side. This home needs her in it and it’s not fair. We built a home together and we need to live life together. It’s about being for better or for worse. I know I have often shared nothing but the worst with her but I know I can do better, and I need her…

Aurora: Give it time… I know deep down she misses you too. It’s hard for her to express it at times, and I know she is trying to be strong for Elijah and I, but you can tell if you look into her eyes that she misses you too. She will never admit it to you but she was smiling when you won the World Championship…

Crystal: Really, everything I basically cheated to get what I wanted?!

Aurora: Mama Sel doesn’t care about that. I mean she does, but what she was really more concerned about is the simple fact that you worked hard to achieve what you wanted to achieve. You made a dream come true and now you are back on top. It’s the first time that I have ever seen her smile in months and it was all because of you.

Crystal: So are you saying that there’s still a chance for the two of us?!

Aurora: What I am saying is that you shouldn’t give up. It took a long time to finally win the World Championship?! If you were persistent towards achieving that goal you should be willing to go the extra mile for your marriage right?!

Crystal cracks a wide grin as she looks back at her daughter.

Crystal: You are right, I have to keep pursuing Seleana, and I won’t stop until I get what I want…

Aurora: Keep pushing, and eventually you will get what you want. Don’t give up, and keep fighting for what you believe in…

Aurora keeps looking at her mom’s championship, and Crystal finally takes it and holds it in her hands. She clutches it tightly before looking over into her daughter’s eyes. Crystal was willing to fight and she wasn’t going to stop until she got what she wanted…






Well what do you know?!

Can I say that a huge weight has finally been lifted off of my shoulders?! After years of heartache and heartbreak. After years of being told that I didn’t have the passion, I didn’t have the purpose, or the commitment to do what I needed to do in order to get myself into the position I wanted to be in. Despite what everybody might have thought of me. The truth is after everything I have been through can I just say from the bottom of my heart that it feels good to finally be back on top again. Not only am I on top but I now reign supreme as the only individual in this entire company to be crowned a World Champion on six different occasions.

I know there are a lot of people who don’t really care for me or my methods but after what I went through you just have to respect what I do. You have to appreciate that I would give my life and all of my soul to make something out of nothing in this wrestling business. I am professional wrestling and I will always lay it all on the line in trying to prove myself. Let the era of Crystal Zdunich begin and now that I am on top I don’t ever plan to let go of this feeling. Nobody can bring me down and I won’t let nobody rain on my parade.

Fire and Fury is officially on the map and it just goes on to show you that we are two women who are the best of the best at what they do. People might try to call us old dinosaurs who need to go away but just when you think we are about to go extinct and should be fossilized, that is when we flip the script and showcase that we are still generational talents who should be respected. Don’t count out the fire and fury of two hispanic women who know what they want and will be spicy about everything to get what they want.

Now that we got that out of the way let’s jump right into the fray of what people can expect out of this week’s big main event, which reminds me. Guess who is officially back in the main event?! That’s right its your’s truly! Who would have thought in the year 2025 that Crystal Zdunich would be in the main event of a show?!

Anyway Mercedes and I are out to showcase what the two of us can do together. Now when it comes to me of course I am riding a high wave of momentum. Not only did I win every single match in the Gold Rush tournament, not only did I capitalize on my big High Stakes moment but I am riding quite the little streak. I have made a complete turn around and it’s exactly how I wanted to end the year as I pave the way for how I want to break into the following year. It feels good to be on a streak and I will do everything in my power to keep this going.

I can’t say the same for both of my opponents. Cassie and Harper have so much potential and both come into this wrestling business being part of strong wrestling families. Cassie is of course related to Krystal Wolfe and as we know Krystal is a woman who at one point beat me. She was a very dominant Roulette Champion and was one of the best until Victoria came around and shattered what she had established.

Cassie hopes she could at least carry an ounce of what she had but she isn’t quite there yet. She is trying to do everything in her power to break ahead but just hasn’t found her footing. As far as Harper Mason is concerned she is a woman that I had to get through in the Gold Rush tournament and even though she didn’t beat me. She still found her way into getting a chance at a championship match. She got to fight my best friend Mercedes but once again fell short of winning the Internet Championship. So now here she is trying to figure out a way of trying to pick herself back up.

My partner Mercedes didn’t win at High Stakes but if I know Mercedes she is still as determined as ever to pick herself back up and to get right into the fray again. She isn’t going to be down and out for long. She will use this minor setback as a way to spring ahead and to get back the very thing that she lost. On top of that Mercedes is by far one of the most decorated women to have ever held the Bombshell Tag Team Championships. She knows what it takes to be a team and it doesn’t matter who she has to team up with. She always finds a way to get ahead.

Young Justice might have been trained by the best team in the form of Team Hero but Mercedes by herself has accomplished so much in a team and part of multiple teams and it will be no different when the two of us take the ring together against this team of upstarts. Back in 2009 or maybe it was 2010 in a different wrestling company Mercedes and I were tag team champions and we did so as two women who didn’t really care for one another. If we could dominate and not really like one another just imagine what we are about to do when we are actually on the same page?!

I would say Young Justice is going to be in for some serious trouble. Either way it’s not like any of it really matters. The truth is as the brand spanking new World Champion I can’t afford to drop random matches. I need to elevate the title and I have to go out there and prove that I truly am the best of the best. You both want a fight, well you are going to get an absolute war. So bring me what you got but you will know that it’s never enough.

It’s showtime ladies and you better not let me do… I will see you soon, nothing, and I mean nothing will ever stop this rose from blossoming…

Renovated   Zdunich Home
Hollywood Hills, California

Life felt like everything was finally being put back into perspective for Crystal Zdunich (Caldwell). Her wrestling career was as great as it had ever been in the past five years. Crystal was now looking at being in the biggest match of her entire career. She has the chance to be a six time SCW World Bombshell Champion which is a feat that had never been accomplished before. Record setting history was at stake and it couldn’t have gotten any bigger than being in that type of situation. As great as things were going for her life in a professional sense it was the personal side of her life that hadn’t been the greatest. She was currently living in a separated marriage and after getting physical with her wife in a prior Super Card it seemed highly unlikely that the voids of her broken heart would have ever been mended. As much as Seleana and her weren’t getting along Crystal desperately wanted to throw a huge birthday bash for her fifteen year old daughter, and Aurora told her that the only way that she would even want a huge Quinceanera celebration would be if her two parents would work together on it. After spending the various weeks speaking to various friends and family, Crystal knew she couldn’t hide from this moment.

Hilton had arrange for the two finally meet up and discuss this important moment in their daughter’s life, and Crystal had chosen their California home to be used as the venue. It had been a while since either of them had been to the home as they mostly lived in a Las Vegas apartment as it had been wiped out during the course of the California wild fires but everything was finally renovated. Crystal had been the first to arrive and she just stood outside of the doors of her home as she crossed her arms looking at the huge luxurious structure.

Crystal: I really can’t believe that everything looks so perfect. It’s hard to even fathom that fires would have wiped this place out but it’s back to its former glory and it’s better than ever.  Too bad that nobody is living here; the only thing that’s missing is people…

Crystal kept on looking at the home as multiple tears ran down her eyes. She could only see the scenes of the past flashing through her head scenes of living a happy life with Seleana and all of their beautiful children. The good times and certainly the bad times but what appeared was just all of the times that she had spent with her life. She couldn’t stop the tears from being shed and she didn’t have time to really process everything as she could see a black Maserati pulling up in front of the home. Hilton quickly wiped her eyes and put on a façade crossing her arms together as she watched the doors to the extravagant vehicle opening up. The only thing that Crystal could take glimpse of was those sexy long legs that stepped out of the vehicle. A tall blonde walked towards her in a perfect stride as the heels smashed against the floor, her eyes covered by an expensive pair of Ray Bans shades. As the woman drew nearer she put her shades in her purse and all that emerged was a sweet Swedish accent, one that Crystal had missed for so long. Damn this woman was hot as her wife came face to face with her.

Seleana: Hej…Long time Christina, so are we having meeting outside or are we going inside the house?! Renovations look good it’s just like I remembered it…

Crystal couldn’t believe it, as much as she realized she had stepped away from her wife she just came to the realization that she had enjoyed staring into those beautiful green eyes. The Latina wanted to stand her ground and be strong but as she stood there she kept on falling into the trap of being mesmerized by the woman that was in front of her. Seleana was also acting so cold to her but it was expected considering the way that Crystal had been acting as of lately. Crystal however just shook her head as she immediately reached for Seleana’s hand and grabbed it gently and held it tightly in her own hand.

Crystal: Actually I don’t think there’s any reason to really rush this moment Seleana. This is the first time that either of us had been back to the home since it went up in flames. Before we get into talking about Aurora’s big party I thought that maybe we could walk around and take a tour of the place. It feels like an eternity that we were both here.

Even though Crystal had a firm hold on Seleana’s hand, the Swedish woman just pulled her hand back as she immediately crossed her arms together and glanced back into Crystal’s eyes.

Seleana: No Christina, you don’t get to do this. This meeting is supposed to be about working together for our daughter’s party. A few months ago you told me you didn’t want anything to do with me anymore. You walked out on OUR family. You attacked me in a wrestling match. It was so bad that I had to get my sister Zenna involved and now you want to hold my hand and act like nothing happened. That isn’t right, and before that you forgot our anniversary.

Seleana didn’t want to get to this level but tears begin to flow from her eyes as she begins to let Crystal hear a piece of her mind.

Seleana: I know this may be hard for you to understand but the world doesn’t revolve around you Christina. The world was never about you. Everybody told me that I don’t need this type of abuse and all they seem to think is that you constantly abuse me. I am reminded by many that you are just a woman who likes to take, take, and take some more. You walk out on me and the kids and you continuously parade around with your friend Mercedes and constantly beat up on my sister. Now you want me to just magically act like you didn’t commit so many sins against our family… I would be a fool if I just accept all of this. I know I am Swedish but I don’t need to be a joke where people think I suffer from Stockholm syndrome. I can’t afford to be that woman; I have to be better for our children.

Crystal wants to say something back. She opens her mouth and is ready to please her case but Seleana talks over her and is now the one to speak.

Crystal: Sel let me explain…

Seleana: No, you need to HEAR me out! You always talk and now I need to talk. Since you walked out on the family I have gotten offers that I should just walk away from you. I have even had people that wanted to pull me into a relationship and to do so much more but I stood there and I said no to it all. You want to know why I said no?! It’s because despite what you MIGHT think, despite everyone screaming out FREE SELEANA, FREE SELEANA, FREE SELEANA, I had never walked away. If I wanted to be free I would have walked away from the marriage like you did but I am not you Christina!

She clenches her fists together as she keeps looking back at Christina.

Seleana: Every bad thing in our marriage is because of stuff that you do. You are the one that cheated on me and tried to bring another person into our marriage. That was your decision not mines! You are the one that wants to make everything about what ‘Crystal Hilton’ wants. Maybe if you knew how to properly deal with your feelings we would have never been in this situation. Deep down I know I should listen to everybody else and maybe it would be the easiest decision but I still drive the Maserati even though I shouldn’t because it reminds me of you. I still my wedding band because of you. Christina I have always loved you and in the sanctity of marriage I have weathered so many storms. There’s a part of me that is still holding hope that you would come to your sense and understand that this marriage is all we needed, and as far as what side I am. Even when the world wants to speak so much as to why I shouldn’t be with you, I think the answer is clear on what side I support.

Seleana wipes the tears out of her own eyes as she continues to speak her heart.

Seleana: I stood up to Christian Underwood for you and punched him in the face. I took up wrestling to be paired with you only for you to act like I am not good enough. It’s ironic I have waited years upon years for us to really be a thing just for you to basically spit in my face and be paired with Mercedes like you always promised that you would be for you. I find it funny that I am not good enough but yet the two times we have fought each other in singles matches I beat you in both circumstances making you quit and running circles around you in our Ball and Chain match. Seeing as you don’t want anything to do with me I have a sister that is willing to be there by my side…Those are facts. I don’t need to verbally stand on a roof top and say how much I love you when my actions have always and will always put our marriage first.

Crystal finally mutters some words out as she tries to grab Seleana’s hand again only for Seleana to confidently snatch her hand back as she crosses her arms together.

Crystal: I LOVE YOU… Is that what you want from me?! I know this forgetting our anniversary seems like a big ordeal but to be truthful I never forgot anything. Deep down I was just scared. I was deeply scared that I was involved in the longest marriage of my entire life! I know it sounds scary but I have gone through so many surnames, I been married to so many different people, and I was afraid that there was actually somebody on this planet that would be attached to me in marriage for seven years. I just didn’t know what to do so I resorted to trying to push you away instead of talking it out!

Seleana however speaks some more as she looks back at her wife and she paces around.

Seleana: Scared of what?! That I can actually put up with you?! I have been by your side through the thick and the thin. I have been there through your alcohol problems, through the drug addiction. I know you got upset when I asked if you were using again and the only reason I asked is because if that was the problem I would pull my huge network of family and friends who have been through this type of situation to find help for you. it was never meant to put you down, but you rather push me away instead of letting me in… What I find to be more ironic is that it took you so long to finally come to the realization that…

Crystal: I LOVE YOU!!! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?!  I love you Seleana Valentina Zdunich. I am deeply in love with you. You are my everything and…

Seleana just shakes her head as she looks back at her wife.

Seleana: It only took you speaking to my best friend Michelle, your twins, and our fifteen year old daughter to finally come to that conclusion. It shouldn’t have taken all of that. You should have known from the beginning… It’s okay though because now you finally are getting everything you wanted. You finally have your big Super Card match, you finally get your big World title match, and that’s the only thing that you ever cared about!

Crystal: No, that’s not true! You are what I want. You are what is important to me. As much I love wrestling none of it means a thing if I don’t have you to cherish it with. So please let’s try to work this out.

Seleana thinks about it for a few moments as she looks back at her wife as she loosens her guard and looks back into the brown eyes of the Latina.

Seleana: We can work this out!

Crystal: Thank you so much, that’s all I wanted to hear…

Seleana: NOT our marriage but the main reason why I came here in the first place. Our daughter’s birthday is in a few weeks. It’s supposed to be a huge deal in Mexican culture. I don’t know anything about throwing a Quinceanera and as much as I asked my friends for advice they all told me to talk to you. So why don’t we work on this project together and we will see where we stand after this, we will see where stand after this. Let’s see how much you are willing to put into your daughter and make her day a very special day…

Crystal: Okay, that sounds like a plan. Let’s just go about and do what we need to do for Aurora’s Birthday. That’s all we could really do right?!

Seleana smiles in return.

Seleana: Right, and remember there’s no guarantee that you will get what you want out of all of this. Remember sometimes love just isn’t enough...

Crystal looks dejected as Seleana gives her the harsh reality that she didn’t want to want to hear. This wasn’t the way that Crystal had envisioned her first face to face with her wife would have gone since the separation. Crystal’s eyes fill with tears as Seleana reaches out for Crystal’s hand and grabs it gently.

Seleana: However seeing as I am here maybe we should take a little tour together of the home… It has been a while right?!

Crystal looked up and just glanced back at her wife. She didn’t know what the future held but this was definitely was somewhat of a start. They started to walk towards the door as we leave on that image.






I don’t think there are enough words on the planet that can express how I am truly feeling right now. This tournament has been one of the most challenging and hardest things that I have ever been part of and this is coming from a woman that had one point in her career had won the Blast from the Past tournament. I think what had made this the most challenging thing is I know for a fact that nobody has ever taken me seriously. Sure four years ago when I was holding onto becoming a World Champion for the fifth and unprecedented time and quickly losing it to Amber Ryan might have been a point where I was relevant but since that day I am going to be openly honest…

Nobody in this company had taken me seriously and there wasn’t a soul in the world that thought I could make it to this moment. It had been four years of broken promises and not really living up to my true potential and always being a letdown. That was the entire narrative of my wrestling career in recent memory.

However these past few months have been a true test of me and I would say that I have done an amazing job at really changing that narrative. As soon as I saw that my name was entered into this tournament to get a World Bombshell Championship match I told myself that I would go through whoever was placed in front of me and I would make it to the very end.

I had a dream when I came back this year. I had dreams of being able to be in the main event of the biggest show of the year and long behold here I am in the sub main event doing exactly what I had set out to do. I am now mere moments from making all of my dreams become a reality. Since I made it this far I might as well do the damn thing right?!

It wasn’t easy to get here. I had to grind my way to the top. I had to go through three different women that hated my guts just to be in this situation. At first it was Harper and everyone knows there was no love lost between us. Then I had to beat Alexandra and having Harper as a referee.

The truest test came when I had to go up against the very woman who put me in the hospital and on the shelf. It was hard reliving how badly Bella gave me a concussion after making an example out of me delivering multiple Ashes to Ashes on a chair just to send a message to Kayla.

Despite how much the deck was stacked against me I survived them all and now I am left with the final test. I now get to stand in the ring against a hot shot rookie, a woman who somehow made her own share of history winning a very unique Blast from the Past tournament and after having a small hiccup in not getting the job done eventually going back and managing to dethrone Kayla Richards to win herself a World Championship.

This is going to be very interesting and truthfully this is the only way that things could have gone for me. When I see Frankie Holliday I see a woman who has done so much. Every single match she reminds us that she is a rookie and has only accomplished what she has so far. Good for her but I am forced to give her some respect. She has done her thing and she has definitely has had one of the quickest rises to getting to the World Bombshell Championship.

I can relate with her. I really didn’t get to where I needed to be until I won my Blast from the Past tournament, and even though I made it to the end and had my chance at the World Bombshell Championship I lost in my first outing towards the title. I somehow had to bounce back and when I got my next shot that’s when I finally broke out of my shell and got what I wanted.  Frankie is in the same boat but now that she conquered Kayla she can now stand on top of the wrestling world and is ready to take down all who dare to come in the way of her path.

When I look at Frankie I see a woman that I need to get past in order to prove myself. She is the only thing that stands of my way of getting what I want. Frankie sees herself as the wrestling daughter of Amber Ryan and Jason Cashe.

If I can be honest the real reason why I am going to enjoy this match is because the last time that I was truly at the top of the wrestling world was four years ago. It felt good to be a World Champion but Amber Ryan ruined the moment when she beat me and I never was the same since that day. I never did get my share of retribution for what Amber did to me and I feel like she broke something that night.

Now here we are four years later and I can finally get what I have been looking for when I get into the ring with woman who sees herself as Amber’s daughter. It would have been amazing to beat the unholy hell out of Amber but since I can’t have her I am going to take out this grudge that I have held for so long on the woman that idolizes her and sees herself as a daughter.

Frankie don’t take what I am about to do you personally. You just happen to be in the wrong place and certainly at the wrong time. There is one thing that I am looking to do more than just beat you for the sake of being Amber’s daughter.

I am going to be honest with you I have held the SCW World Bombshell Championship on five different occasions. It is the most that anybody has ever held that title. Roxi had tied my record but in the first five outings I merely wanted the belt because it was simply a trinket to me. I felt that the belt made the champion and with it I became popular and I had all of the royalty and fame that came with the belt.

It was the wrong notion to have and I should have never been thinking about things in that light. Truth be told as exciting as it would be to make history of being a six time World Champion I have come to the realization that isn’t as important as I thought it would be. I know it’s never been done, and I know that it is out of character for me to not talk about stat chasing but I don’t want to get caught up into a situation where I just hold onto what I used to do or hold onto meaningless stats that really don’t matter.

Instead I want the World Championship for one reason and one reason at all, and it’s because it’s the simple that states that I am the very best of this company and I will do whatever it takes to get into that status.

Frankie you have had a hell of a run in SCW. You have fought through some very tough competition and I know it feels great to stand before everybody like you are ready to defend your title against who is willing to step up to the plate but I assure you that you haven’t quite been in the ring with somebody that is quite like me before. You are good there’s no doubt about that but I am more hungry than ever and I really want the very thing that makes you relevant.

There have been five times in this company where I can say I have been to the top of the food chain and have been the best. It’s a proven track record of being in a situation of where I have been the hunter and the hunted. However all of this is new for you. As you said before you are a rookie you aren’t experienced at this but what are you going to do under the big bright lights when everybody is watching?!

What are you going to do when the roles have become reversed and you are no longer that woman that is grinding through the entire roster to show that you belong to be in the position that you are in?! You now have become the hunted and I assure you it’s a very different feeling.

You see it’s one thing to go about and work as hard as you can to become a champion but it’s an entirely different beast to do everything you can to walk away as champion in a title defense. Let’s be honest defending your title against Cassie is nothing compared to what it’s going to feel like when you step into the ring with me.

In my eyes this is your first real defense and things won’t go in the way that you think they are going to go. The true reality of this entire situation is that as much you want to bring down Andrea and slander her name and take shots at her. It’s sad that you have to take shots at somebody who isn’t in the company anymore but while you are at it I hope you sent her a personal thank you card because if it wasn’t for her having to step away you wouldn’t even be in the situation that you are in.

At High Stakes I plan to end this charade of you being a threat once and for all. I know I am the actress but it’s time separate the pretenders from the contenders, and I will take my place back at top.

After High Stakes you will be nothing more than an afterthought. Nothing and I mean nothing will stop me from ascending to the very top once again. The stakes have never been higher but I am all in and it’s time I cash in on all of my winning.

See you soon but it’s time to roll the credits on you once and for all.

Off Camera
Santa Clara, California

Crystal (Caldwell) Hilton felt as if she was on top of the world at least where her professional career was concerned. Her actions had gotten her one step closer to her dream of challenging for the World Bombshell Championship but more importantly than that she was two matches away from being in the main event of the biggest Super Card of the year. It just doesn’t get any better than that. However when it came to her personal life she felt alone in a life without Seleana and having her wife pull her two youngest children away from her. A month from now her daughter Aurora would be celebrating her fifteenth birthday and it didn’t sit right with her that she had basically gone a few months without talking to her. Crystal needed to vent to someone about this entire situation and that’s why she had arranged to have a day with her oldest twin children. Brittany and Brayden Williams sat in the booth of a coffee shop as Crystal sat across from them. Crystal took a sip of her hot tea as she glanced into the eyes of her oldest descendants.

Crystal: It really is ridiculous that Seleana won’t even let me see the children. I know she wants to play the role of supergirl and act like she is all high and mighty but keeping my children away from me pisses me off. She has this notion that perhaps I might try to escape with Elijah and Aurora. You both know I would never do anything of the sort… I just don’t understand…

Brayden and Brittany both just glance at one another as they slowly turn their attention over to their mother. Brittany just sighs as she looks back into the eyes of her mother.

Brittany: Not for anything but can you really blame Seleana?! She has every reason to believe that you would do something reckless.

Crystal: Which is absurd, she tried to accuse me of drinking and doing drugs. I have been sober for a while now and I would never do anything to put my children in jeopardy…

Brayden quickly chimes in as he interrupts his mother to agree with his sister.

Brayden: Mom I really don’t want to sound rude and you know I love you with every single bone in my body but let’s just be honest. You haven’t exactly been mother of the year. You put me up for adoption when I was younger and you basically had Aunt Jennifer raise Brittany. It’s not like you have ever taken responsibility for all of the wrong things that you have done.

Crystal: I was merely a teenager when I had you both. I was still in high school and I wasn’t at a position where I could properly raise you. What else was I supposed to do?! On top of that there’s no need to bring up the past. I am no longer the same woman that I was all of those years ago. I have done everything in my power to grow and to mature. I had made a vow to be a much better woman in my later years…

Brittany: If that’s truly the case why are you acting awful to Seleana?! What makes Mercedes so important that you would practically throw yourself at her just to advance in your professional career?! That is what doesn’t make sense to us. You always want to go about promoting your own ego but to be honest your career or ego was never in jeopardy. People go through slumps at times but there’s no question in my mind that you could have found a better way to pick yourself back up. After all, you held like 23 World Championships throughout your career?!

Crystal: It’s more like 24…

Brittany just shakes her head in disgust.

Brittany: The actual number doesn’t even matter. What matters is that you have been in this position before and somehow or another you always manage to dig yourself out of a hole. However when it comes to your love life and dealing with people that’s never been the case. You walking away from Seleana is the stupidest mistake and decision that you have ever made. You are not an easy person to deal with. Everything always seems to be about you and through it all Seleana just puts up with it. You want to know why?! It’s because even if you cannot see it or even feel it she loves you. She has always loved you and she has always stuck by your side.

Brayden: It’s hard to understand why you can’t do the same and stick by her side. There’s more to life than what Christina Hilton needs. I know I needed you mom. I wanted things with Sofia to work out. I loved that woman but I had no idea that when I met Sofia that I would be marrying a woman that was basically just like my mother. I should have seen the writing on the wall when things became less about us as a couple and more about what she wanted.

Brittany: And on top of that I can relate to you mom because everybody always tells me that I am just a miniature you. It even goes as far as to me marrying somebody who basically looks just like your wife. The only difference is Halo has no problem putting me in my place. She has a backbone and doesn’t back down from correcting her spouse in love and I have learned that in marriage it’s a two way street. Even though I may have grown up as this spoiled little princess who can get by on being Todd and your daughter, the world doesn’t revolve around me. So I had to adapt and I had to suck up my pride… I wish you could do the same but you are so hard headed to realize that the best thing in your life is staring you in the face, and you are willing to throw it all away because either you want to get another accomplishment.

Brayden: Or you wish to have people around you like Mercedes who are using you but you are too blind to even see it because you like it when people feed your ego

Crystal just sighs as she looks at both of her children before she looks away. At first she is speechless and really doesn’t know what to say. She closes her eyes for a few moments and finally decides to reply back.

Crystal: Look, maybe I could have been a better woman. I should have been there for you when you were going through things with Sofia. I never said I was perfect but one thing that I do know for a fact is that I am trying everything in my power to be a better mother. I love Aurora and I would do anything for that girl. When her biological mother was on her death bed from the cancer battle I made a vow that I would take care of her little girl. I did exactly that and I even dealt with her awful father. Aurora is part of me and both of us share Mexican culture. I never got to give you a quinceanera but I want to make up for it with Aurora.

Crystal has a few tears flow from her eyes as she looks at both of her kids.

Crystal: I can’t change the past Brittany but I want Aurora to experience nothing less than the best. When I was training Michelle the other day it hurt me deeply to hear that Seleana was even contemplating giving Aurora a big birthday bash and not even incorporating me for it. I want her to have everything for this celebration. I want to be there to help her pick out her gown. I want to help her establish her court. There’s also the dance, the changing of her shoes and so much more. This is a big deal in Mexican culture. This is my family’s roots and it just hurts she couldn’t feel that she could ask me.

Brittany: And what was Seleana supposed to do when you blatantly told her that you wanted nothing to do with her. You are the one who walked out on her and now you think she needs to drop everything just to cater to you. I am sorry to say this mom but how does she even know that you even love her in the same way that she loves you. You missed your wedding anniversary. Perhaps she felt that you would forget Aurora’s birthday…

More tears flow out of Crystal’s eyes as she can’t hold her emotions in any longer. She looks back at both children as she becomes a whirlwind of different feelings. Brayden tries to hand her a napkin so that she could wipe her eyes but Crystal pushes it away as she yells back in return.

Crystal: Despite what you might think I am not that bad of a person. I know that Seleana’s birthday is June 28th, just like I know both of your birthdays are April 16th, Aurora’s is November 14th and it’s extra special because it’s thirteen days before my birthday on the 27th. I am not awful and I may have been a bad mother at one point but I am doing better. That’s why I worked hard with Tempest and watching the way that she is with her little one so I can be better for my own. I am doing better.

Brittany exits her side of the booth and she quickly wraps her arms around her mother. She wipes her eyes as she hugs her as tightly as she possibly can.

Brittany: I know mom, I know you are doing what you can to be better. I see that, Brayden sees that. I will admit that things were rough growing up but within the last couple of years you have made a turn around. You have even been there for Brayden.

Brayden: We will always love you. We may not have had the best upbringing but it still doesn’t change the fact that you are our mother. What you need to understand however is that you have a wonderful woman in Seleana that absolutely loves you. You are everything to her and you need to make her feel like she is your everything. You want to be part of Aurora’s life and her big quinceanera, don’t sit here and cry over it. Pick up the phone and tell Seleana exactly how you feel…

Brittany: So the real question is how do you feel about her?! If you fell out of love with her so be it, if you have feelings for her so be it but what you need to do is tell her one way or the other. No matter what you tell her she is always going to be in your life though because both of you will need to learn how to co-parent for the sake of Elijah and of course Aurora. Don’t let them get caught up as victims in the midst of your stupid quarrel because you want to portray yourself as being something that you are not…

Crystal sits there as she looks at her daughter before slowly turning her attention over to her daughter. She takes a long deep breath as she begins to speak out to the both of them.

Crystal: I LOVE HER!!! I AM DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH HER BUT I AM TOO MUCH OF A WRECK TO EVER BE THE WOMAN THAT SHE WANTS ME TO BE…Is that what you wanted to hear?!

She lets more tears flow from out of her cheeks before Brayden smirks back at her.

Brayden: We didn’t need to hear that but at least it felt good to hear the truth. The only one who needs to hear that is Seleana. Make her feel that and be honest about it. It won’t happen overnight but being honest is how you are going to keep your family and so much more.

Brittany: This was a good first step into being honest and truthfully this is the only version of Crystal that you need to be around her. Don’t lose the most important thing in your life because you want to be too headstrong about things that don’t even matter…

With that the three of them just continue to sit in the coffee shop as they provide hugs for Crystal as this scene comes to an end.

Off Camera
Cancun, Mexico
Hard Rock Hotel

Crystal found herself checking into the Hard Rock Hotel. Being in Cancun meant that she could have a chance to relax. She waited at the concierge as a bell boy grabbed her luggage and gave her a huge smile.

Bell Hop:
We are going to hold your luggage for you. When your room is available we are going to move the bags to your room. Feel free to enjoy the resort until we update you about your room.

With that the man carries all of the bags and walks away as Crystal smiles and heads for the pool. It felt great to be in Mexico. This is exactly what she needed before she walked into two big matches at Climax Control. She made her way over to the pool area and she couldn’t help herself as she walked in the direction of the poolside bar. The bartender offered her a smile.

Bartender:
How can I help you?!

Crystal:
Let me get a virgin Pina Colada please.

As the bartender walks away to grab her a drink it isn’t long before a tall blonde recognizes Crystal in the distance. The woman walks in Crystal’s direction and this woman can be identified as her wife Seleana Zdunich. It had been a while since the two had really seen one another. Seleana arrives in time to see the bartender sliding the drink towards Crystal, and that is when the Swedish woman begins to question her.

Seleana:
You are drinking again?!

Crystal is annoyed as she gazes back into the eyes of her wife. She immediately shakes her head looking deeply into the green eyes of the Swedish woman.

Crystal:
Is that how you really greet me?! You can’t even say hello, or ask me how I am doing. I am drinking a VIRGIN drink. Thank you very much and if you have been wondering. No I am not drinking any alcohol nor am I using. I would appreciate it if my wife had a little more faith in me. Just because we are doing this party tour doesn’t necessarily mean I am going to turn my back on everything I stand for nor would I just look down on my sobriety.

Seleana just sighs as she keeps her eyes locked on her wife as she shakes her head in disgust.

Seleana:
Well if you communicated more I wouldn’t have to think in the way I do. Aurora and Elijah are very worried about you. I feel like you don’t call that much anymore and you don’t talk to me. We are married. We should always know what’s going on with one another. Instead of spending time with me you rather spend time with Mercedes. I don’t understand the fascination with Vargas. Are the two fo you…

Before she could even finish her thought Crystal just sighs in disgust as she looks back at her wife. She crosses her arms as she turns away from her wife.

Crystal:
Now you are going to harp on me about Mercedes?! Why can’t you understand that the two of us are friends and we go way back to a time before SCW. We were tag team champions together a long time ago. We have a lot of history but I don’t understand why you can’t even see that! Maybe if you took your head out of your ass you could actually understand that!

Crystal catches her breath as she continues to vent her frustrations.

Crystal:
But no! It’s always about what you say or about what you want. I am starting to get sick and tired of it. You need to have more trust in me instead of immediately jumping to the worst conclusion. It makes me feel awful…

Crystal has some tears flow down her eyes as she passionately replies back to her wife.

Crystal:
I feel like I am a charity case whenever I am around you. Yet you wish to accuse me of using drugs or sleeping with Mercedes. You want the truth Seleana?! The truth is Mercedes is an awesome friend and she has done nothing but try to get me back to where I need to be in my wrestling career. She sees the potential of what I can be and knows I have the potential to be a World Bombshell Champion again. When it comes to you Seleana you just see the broken drug addict.

Seleana:
No, it isn’t like that chickie. I do believe in you. I…

Crystal cuts her off as she begins to speak some more.

Crystal:
No, I didn’t give you permission to talk! I am getting sick and tired of this. Vargas appreciates me. She loves everything that I do for, and she didn’t mind me helping her become an Internet Champion. That’s what friends do. I poured everything that I could into helping you win not one but two separate championships and where was my thanks?! As a matter of fact everything I do always seems to be a problem. When have you ever taken the time to actually stand up for me?!

Seleana is on the verge of tears as she raises her voice in return.

Seleana:
Christina, I have stood up for you. Remember with Christian and the time that he…

Before she could even finish that statement, Crystal just walks away as she uses her hand to pie face her wife.

Crystal:
I DON’T EVEN CARE! I don’t want anything to do with you. I don’t even want to hear from you. As far as I am concerned the two of us have a match at Climax Control. When I walk into that battle royal I am going to go out of my way to throw you out of the ring. You brought this on yourself, and at the end of the day it’s just business. Now if you would excuse me. I do believe I have a certain best friend of mine to connect with.

With that Seleana wants to say something back but Crystal rises up as she walks away leaving her wife to be a crying mess. Crystal has her own tears flowing down her eyes but she doesn’t turn around as she just keeps walking and keeps her focused on herself.



Long behold can I just say that it feels really good to be able to walk into Climax Control this week?! It is amazing that we get to compete in Mexico in all of the places and especially Cancun. Now when we walk into Cancun people are going to automatically be thinking about how college students flock to Cancun for Spring Break and it is a big party city. For me however being in Mexico reminds me of all the times that I spent training with my father in Mexico City. I am half Mexican and it is in my very identity that I walk into the ring and use everything in my power to walk away with a win for my people.

This week it is going to be super tough because I have to compete in not one but in two separate matches. Vargas and I are really going to make Harper and Wolfe suffer. You think we give a crap about what Young Justice represents?! They don’t matter. They never mattered and this is definitely going to be a Kodak moment. Vargas and I go way back. In a company over sixteen years ago we were Tag Team Champions. That was all of those years ago and now look at the both of us in SCW.

We have stood the test of time and we have dominated this company and will continue to dominate. Mercedes is a pioneer and she is setting the standard for what it means to be the Internet Champion and I am a trailblazer in my own right. Just look at me with my five World Title reigns and my Hall of Fame ring. It doesn’t get any better than that.

I am happy where my career is right now but I will feel even better if I can get back to where I need to be. It’s going to take some time but I will eventually get there and I won’t let anybody or anyone get in the way of what I am trying to accomplish. Vargas believes in me and as long as we really stand united and have each other’s backs we will go so far in this company.

Together we make up Fury and Fire and we will unleash that Hispanic fiery attitude and burn all of those who try to step up. Harper and Cassie are no exception. As much as i would love to stay here and talk up Young Justice all night. The truth is I have the biggest match of my career since I have been back. I get to challenge for the right to be the number one contender for the World Bombshell Championship.

There are so many tough competitors and everybody is going to be doing everything in their power to out do the other. One thing I do for sure is I will knock ANYBODY that gets in my way, and I do mean anybody. That means my own wife Seleana will get thrown out of the ring and if I have my way I will be the one to personally eliminate her. I am sick and tired of being ridiculed. Sick and tired of people that we are a package deal or that I don’t have passion and tries to put me in the same breath with her.

That’s where everybody is wrong. I know who I am, and with Vargas at my side I will continue to elevate myself and get to heights that were at one point unreachable. It may take some time to get to where I really wish to go but rest assured I will get there. Mark my words on that much. Through hell or high water, I will fight my way out of those decline and I will become something great again.

Just watch and you will see why my words are indeed true.

All roads have brought me here to Paris France. I have so many different thoughts that are racing and pacing through my mind. Every single week it’s like I get caught up in hearing the same old thing. It’s like people don’t even believe in me but to be honest. I don’t even believe in myself. Sometimes I even question why I even bother to do this anymore. What is it that I am really trying to achieve?! I could retire and my legacy would definitely be intact.

It would be easy for me to leave on a high note granted my career hasn’t really been the best as of lately. I have been dropping match after match and people are beginning to question if I even care about doing this anymore. It’s apparent that something needs to change. Something has to change.

Years ago I was one of the most feared women in all of the company. I would take down anybody who came in my way. I would physically break down the rest of the competition and nobody was even close to me in skill level. I was considered one of the best of the best and it was a long hard fought road to get to a point where I was on top of the world as a World Champion, as a former Internet Champion and as a multiple time Roulette Champion.

I even got inducted into the Hall of Fame but those days seem to be but a distant memory. It’s hard to even reach that status anymore and I am going to be very honest. I don’t even know what I am doing. I don’t even know who I am anymore.

I am far beyond the days of old when the red carpet would be rolled down to the ring and I came out knowing that I was the superstar that everybody had paid to see. However since that day I am a broken shell. I am nowhere close to that or where I wish to be and it is hard to get motivated when everybody thinks you are the joke of the company.

I know there is a huge Queen for a Day match ahead of me. At one point in my career I was in this position before. I had done everything in my power to emerge as being the Queen for I really didn’t do anything with it. I think the biggest thing I have ever done with that right was give my wife a chance to win the Roulette Championship which she capitalized on.

However as far as myself it really didn’t go anywhere.

So now the question comes do I even have what it takes to move my career in the right direction?! Where do I go from here?! What do I do?! There’s so many questions left to be answered but not one of them is something I can really do unless I go out there and prove myself.

Time to showcase what I can really do.

Hello all my name is Dawn Warren and it feels so good for me to be in the blast from the past. I will be the first to admit that I wasn’t a fan of losing my first ever BFTP. I made it all the way to the finals and dropped the ball against Devona when it mattered.

Now here we are in a position to change the narrative about my career. I am going to do everything in my power to change the narrative. I will beat Sam Marlowe and I will make my way into winning the tourney so I can challenge for the world title.

I can’t wait, time is ticking!

San Diego, California
Gem Stone Mansion
 
One of the best things about SCW being in San Diego meant that Crystal had time to visit a close friend. Her journey had taken home to the mansion of the Gem Stones where she could visit her longtime friend Kate Steele. Crystal along with her daughter Aurora had visited the female rock band’s home. Crystal stood outside of the door and waited patiently as Aurora smiled at her mother.
 
“I love being back in California! I miss seeing Juliet, as much as I know you love being in Las Vegas, I want to move back to California! I miss coming over here and seeing Auntie Kate and Juliet all of the time. I want to spend time with Halo and Brittany. I just miss seeing all of my family and friends…”
 
Crystal just sighs as she looks back at her teenage daughter. The thirteen year old just looks down as Crystal grabs at her shoulders and gazes into her eyes.
 
“I know you want to be back in California it’s just that I enjoy being at the hotel…Daniel J. Morgan expects so much out of me. Charlotte and Mackenzie need me and…”

Aurora pouts as she gazes back at her mother. She immediately crosses her arms as she looks right up into Crystal’s eyes.

“I need you too mom! Also I miss my school, I miss my friends. I just want to be back with people that I know. You know I don’t have good memories are being in Las Vegas especially not in that Golden Ring Casino place. It’s where my biological mom… Well…’

Aurora can’t help but let the tears overwhelm her. Crystal just sighs before she grabs at her daughter and pulls her in tightly for a long huge. A few moments go by and the door to the Gem Stones home opens up. Standing on the other side of that door in pajamas is Diamond Steele. Diamond smirks as she looks back at her friend.

“Did I miss something, why is my Goddaughter crying?!”

Kate is confused as she keeps her eyes locked on the teenage girl but it isn’t that long until a brunette girl runs right past her. It is Kate’s daughter Juliet. She embraces Aurora and hugs her as she looks back into her eyes.

“Aurora is everything okay?! It feels like forever since the two of us saw one another. Whatever is going on I am here for you. I won’t let anything happen to my best friend. Not now and not ever…”

The other teenage girl grabs Aurora by the hand and the two of them run off leaving Crystal and Kate standing at the door. Kate welcomes Crystal in and she finally steps inside of the home. Crystal takes a seat on the sofa as Kate just looks upon her friend.

“You look like you have been hit with a truck, can I get you something. Tea, coffee, maybe a glass of wine….”

Kate pauses for a moment as she shrugs her shoulders for a moment.

“I forgot about the whole recovering alcoholic thing and I wouldn’t want you to relapse on my watch…”

Crystal nods her head before she giggles in return as she looks back at her friend.

“It’s hard to relapse at your expense when I already did that a few weeks ago. If you have any I would enjoy a sparkling water. I think that would honestly hit the spot right now…Preferably you could put it over ice…”

Kate nods her head as she walks over to her refrigerator and grabs a bottle of sparkling water. She steps up a glass with ice and pours it over it before she walks back into the living room with two glasses. She passes one to Crystal before she sits down in her rocking chair and gazes back into her eyes.

“So is everything alright with you?! You were one of the strongest people I know when it came to your stance on being strong and letting sobriety take its course. I didn’t take you as the type of woman that would let things get broken so easily. On top of that what was that about with Aurora?! Is everything okay?”

Crystal takes a small sip of her drink as she looks back at Kate.

“…Not really, I wouldn’t have been drinking if anything was okay. Before you even ask yes both of my wives know about my situation. They know that I have relapsed. To be honest I just think that this Las Vegas life is getting to me. I never imagined having so much power within a casino. I feel accomplished like I have managed to accomplish something. Daniel is finally seeing me for something more than just being an events coordinator. I worked hard to move up from being a waitress at the casino sports bar to being an events coordinator to now being the acting director of the casino. Under my watch I have brought in so much money into the establishments. Revenue is going up through the roof and I have just managed to do an extension of the property and it now has a hotel attached…”

Crystal smirks as wide as she can.

“It doesn’t get any better than that. Daniel wanted a hotel for the longest but he was always busy doing other projects. With him being away in London he really is proud of everything that I have accomplished. I feel like I am a valuable asset and you know how much it means to me to be accepted by something. My heart belongs in Vegas. Although Sin City isn’t the safest place for a former junkie like me. You don’t have any idea how often security manages to confiscate cocaine and other drugs. Everybody in the casino are holding a drink in their hand… It’s in my face every day. it becomes hard not to indulge in those things once and a while…”

Kate shakes her head.

“That’s the issue though… You shouldn’t willingly put yourself in a position where you are setting yourself to fail. That’s not healthy. Don’t get too wrapped up in the power it isn’t going to do you any good. Just take a look at what all of that power did to Scarface. He went into a rage. He killed his sister’s husband, and couldn’t help but go into this big cocaine binge over things. In the end he got killed. It doesn’t matter if he was the biggest drug Lord in all of Miami. He met his maker…I just don’t want you to do anything stupid…”

“Kate…”

“No… Don’t Kate me. You don’t need that type of power. You are happy to run a hotel, funny considering you were at one time married to a man who owned his own hotel chain. You shouldn’t settle for just getting caught up in the moment. You own your own movie studio. California loves you why trade that in?!”

“I don’t want to trade it in but the more I am Vegas is the more I get caught up in the confines of the city. I think the worst of everything is how Aurora feels about the entire ordeal. She misses being around her family. She misses being around you, and I don’t think Vegas is doing anything for her mental state. It’s where her mother passed away and…”

Kate gets up as she walks over to where Crystal is sitting and wraps an arm around her.

“Then leave… Vegas is not your home. Don’t you miss being around here so much?! Don’t you want fir Juliet and Aurora to grow up as best friends who have each other’s back? You are taking away from that by trying to stay in a city that isn’t going to do you any good…”

Kate just stands there but Crystal slowly gazes back into the eyes of her friend.

“You are the one quick to give advice but how do you feel Kate. How does it feel knowing that things didn’t work out in your marriage with Dawn Lohan?! You could have had two years of your life back but instead you got rid of it trying to chase after something based on a physical need and not relying on what your heart needed…Then when your world was crumbling and the world was going to self-destruct around you, you still tried to force something that wasn’t meant to work…”

Kate raises her eyes as she looks back at Crystal.

“You want the truth Crystal?! The truth is I should have never gotten with Dawn Lohan in the first place. I was happy being with Stoyo. I had bought the engagement ring and I was prepared to get down on one knee and propose to that woman. I was just afraid that she might have been too good for me. When I was out of town I met Dawn Lohan on the road and we slept with each other. We had endless upon endless sex and I had betrayed Stoyo. I knew I could never told her what I did. I couldn’t bear to see her cry or watch her break down so I decided to walk away. I walked away and went to something else…”

“And now look at you Kate. You chased Lohan and two annulments later what you thought you wanted wasn’t really what you wanted at all…”

Kate nods her head.

“Exactly… It wasn’t. Dawn is a sweet girl and even though I am now engaged once again and I am hoping that things really work out for the best. The truth is that I should have stayed with Stoyo. She is the one who had my heart. This girl moved all the way out to San Diego just to be with me and I blew it. I saw the same traits in her that I saw in Teddy. I know they truly loved me and they are the best thing for me. Sometimes we go against what’s best and right but want to run on passions alone, and that won’t do anything for a person…Now I am in a wonderful situation. Blayke loves me and I get the same vibes that I got with Teddy and Stoyo…”

“What that tells me is that you need to make sure that you do everything in your power not to mess things up. If Blayke who your heart is set on then by all means really commit yourself to that and don’t look back for anything…”

Kate nods her head as she slowly looks back at Crystal.

“I plan to do that because I know that Blayke is my life but are you willing to do the same Crystal?! Since you have gotten here it just seems like you don’t really know which way to turn. You are having your share of doubts and you are questioning what’s wrong from what’s right. To be honest it’s not really up for discussion because you know somewhere deep in your heart what the only answer should be. As much as being in Vegas us something that you love, there is something much more important. It’s what your daughter thinks. Aurora is your lively hood. She is what you fight for. You can’t just let her down…”

“I know that Kate…”

“Of course I can sit here and talk it up but at the end of the day there is only one person who can make the decision at the end of the day. It’s all about what you want to do. As long as you make that decision and you are content with it nothing else matters…”

Crystal thinks about it for a few moments as she slowly turns her attention to Kate and a small smile escapes her lips.

“I already know what I want to do. The right decision had always been right in front of me. I don’t know why I tried to run away from it for so long but it’s the only thing that makes sense…”

Kate is befuddled as she looks back at her friend.

“And what decision is that?!”

Crystal grins again.

“It’s time to move back to Los Angeles. It’s the only place that I can really call home. The wildfires may have taken our home but that doesn’t mean that we can’t rebuild and find something bigger. A place where I and my family can enjoy and we can create new memories. I know Seleana loves being near the Zoo and Alexandra is from Compton. It’s the only logical decision but they all were waiting on me to decide… Well decision has been made… It’s time to come back…”

Kate smirks as her eyes open wide up.

“Good but don’t you think there’s somebody that you need to tell?!”

Crystal yells at the top of her lungs

 
“AURORA COME HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The teenage girl runs as she and Juliet are looking at Crystal. The Winter Rose smiles as she begins to speak.

“Good news Aurora… We are moving back to Los Angeles…So you don’t ever have to worry about anything anymore because I won’t split you up from Juliet. I won’t separate you from your friends. Your future is the only thing that’s important to me and I want you to always be happy…”

“Mom….”

Is all Aurora can say as she hugs Crystal as tightly as she can and we fade out on this image.

Los Angeles, California
Lost Home

The wildfires had taken over in Southern California. California had been a dangerous place to be but that didn’t stop Crystal from visiting to make sure that everything was intact. She stood at the area where her Hollywood Hills home had been. Her entire estate had been burnt to a crisp. Everything was gone. Tears started to flow down Crystal’s eyes as she looked around. She wasn’t alone as she stood next to her life Seleana Zdunich. Seleana held Crystal close to her as tears immediately started to flow down the cheeks of her wife.

‘Sel… I can’t believe it’s all gone. You don’t know how much went into that home…”

Seleana held Crystal tighter than before as she pulled her wife in. Seleana knew that these were real tears. They weren’t the crocodile tears that Crystal would often showcase on a movie set but these felt authentic. Seleana could only be there to care for her wife as she looked down into the shorter woman’s eyes.

“It’s okay chickie… It’s only a house. We have the money. We can build a bigger and better home. One that Elijah and Aurora can be proud. One that Halo and Brittany can come too and we can have big family dinners, we will recover in time. You will recover because you are one of the strongest women I know and you always find a way to make things better. You are a survivor…”

Crystal just sighs in return. “I know Seleana… You just don’t understand that this was more than just a home though… I loved this home. No amount of money will be ever to replace all of the memories that were made here. When I made a lot of money this is the very first thing that I used my money on. California became my home after Detroit and even though everything burnt up and we can rebuild things. It won’t rebuild within my heart what was lost… It’s just going to be an empty void…”

Crystal couldn’t help but let more tears escape her lips. Seleana tries her best to soothe her wife as she holds her hand and walks towards the car.

“I know all of this hurts but that doesn’t mean that this is the end of the world. We can do something else and start creating new memories that you could be fond of. We have the kids and we also have Alexandra. So why not start settling down in Vegas. You seem to really like it there and it’s not like we really in California that much anyway. I know you have studio that you own here but Melissa is doing a great job running it just like Chavy is doing a great job at the zoo. We are grateful that Zoo wasn’t destroyed and didn’t hurt animals…Maybe you can turn your attention from this and worry more about your Golden Ring Hotel. Daniel sees you doing a good job and you are thriving…”

Crystal’s eyes open wide up as Seleana kept on reaching out to her. She just sighs as she gazes back into the eyes of her wife.

“Can I ask you an honest question, do you feel like I am most concerned about my hotel?! When I fought Andrea she brought it up after the fact that I just didn’t have the passion and that I wasn’t the same woman that I was from back in the day. I wanted to deny it but maybe this hotel is getting the best of me. it’s becoming the most important thing and I don’t want it to take more precedence then that of my wrestling career…”

Seleana just sighs as she glances back at her wife. “Sometimes I just think you get easily distracted. You don’t mean to do it but you go with the one thing that currently has your mind and you don’t have time for anything else. You are amazing with the hotel but you HAVE been pouring all of your resources into that and nothing else. Aurora claims that she would like for you to spend more time with her. She doesn’t like that you don’t come home that often and even when you do you don’t make time for her…”

Crystal just shrugs her shoulders. “Wow I never really thought about things like that…”

“And I know Elijah really wants to know you more. We have things we want to do as a family but it’s hard to really go about and do them without having you there. You are just as important as is Alexandra. You are everything chickie and we just want you there…”

Crystal nods her head. “I want to be there too but I feel that Daniel really needs me at the Golden Ring as well. He trusted me to run his establishment. He trusted me to make sure everything was running to the best of its ability. I didn’t know that we would be without a bar manager and so many other key positions within the hotel. I just want perfect and I hope him to be proud of me…”

“Christina I know he’s proud of you but you need to take the same mentality and apply it to your home, and even to your wrestling career. Don’t you want to make your kids happy?! Don’t you want your fans to be happy?! You really can’t do that if you aren’t giving them your all. Just think about what I said and really give them what they want in return…”

Crystal and Seleana continue to head towards the car as she finally lets out a sigh.

“Maybe you are right. I do need to focus on them. I do have a one track mind but I will change it. I will work on things and I will make sure that things become better…”

“Good because I would hate for your wrestling to suffer because you are all over the place. Let’s go babe, Vegas is calling us and I feel like we are going to be there for a long time…”

With that the two walk hand in hand as they head for their car. They would leave California for a while as Vegas was the only thing on their mind for the foreseeable future.

Golden Ring Casino
Present Day

Crystal Zdunich had been acting as the interim director of the Golden Ring Casino since Daniel’s departure to England. It felt weird to leave a former drug addict and alcoholic in charge of an establishment in the middle of Sin City but despite Crystal’s history the truth is she had really been excelling in her role of being in charge. She smiled as she sat in her office. She runs her fingers through her long blue hair as she gazes into the eyes of the man that is in front of her.

“So Mr. Sanders… When can I expect your company to come in and start on the construction, everything is good to go is it not?!”

The man Anthony Sanders was balding with a goatee on his face. He smiled as he looked back into the eyes of Crystal before he offered a slight grin.

“Everything is good to go. The city of Las Vegas approved all of the blueprints. There won’t be any zoning issues. Everything seems up to code and because it was all approved I do believe we can actually start working on these plans as early as next week. Just let my company work on getting all of the supplies and we will start breaking ground as soon as possible…It was a pleasure to work with you Mrs. Zdunich…”

Crystal nods her head as she smiles back at him. “Oh trust me when I say that the pleasure is all mine, I know for a fact that my boss is going to be all smiles when he finds out what I have managed to accomplish during his time away from the casino. I know we get a lot of business as the Golden Ring Casino but to officially become the Golden Ring Casino and Suites is going to bring in even more revenue. Hotels are what really driving in the business…”

Crystal looks back at the owner of the construction company.

“Listen, I appreciate what your company is able to do for us but if for some reason your company can get things finished before schedule I will make sure that you get a big bonus and we will definitely use your company again for other projects. My boss, Daniel J. Morgan is all about his money and if you do things in a timely order I know for a fact that he will reward you handsomely. Just keep all of this in mind… Anyway enjoy your holiday and it’s a pleasure to use you for your business…”

With that the owner of the construction company walks out of Crystal’s office. As soon as he does is the moment that Crystal picks up the phone. She leans back in her chair as she hears a very familiar voice pick up the phone. One that is strongly British and of course one that belongs to Daniel J. Morgan. Crystal spins around in her chair as she begins to speak.

“Hey Daniel I was wondering if you had a moment?!”

Crystal smiles as she can hear the voice answering back to her.

“What’s going on, I am in the middle of something. Is there something going on at the casino that I need to know, I trust everything is in good hands is it not?!”

Crystal twirls her hair as she slowly replies back.

“As you would say, cheers mate. Everything is actually peachy. No reason to get your knickers in a bunch. Truth be told things are going better than expected at the casino. Our revenue has gone up by 50 percent. I am working on trying to get us some bigger clients. I still haven’t replaced Danielle but that’s not really an issue. I am sure we can find somebody. What is amazing though is the fact that I just locked up an expansion deal. As of today I can proudly announce that our casino is expanding. We are going to be establishing a hotel…”

“Bloody hell woman, it has always been on my mind to create a hotel…”

“Yes. I am actually moving all of that into motion so we can be the Golden Ring Casino and Suites. By creating a hotel and attaching it to the casino I feel that we can compete with other hotels such as the Luxor, or the MGM Grand, hell even the Bellagio. All of the biggest casinos in Vegas offer a hotel, and by us establishing one we can attract those big whales who would want to maybe spend a weekend here and waste all of their hard earned savings at our hotel. Even if they get tipsy and drunk, we don’t have to worry about them leaving but they can stay on premises and pick up on their gambling habits the next morning. On top of that I know we can maybe create a loyalty program to give people perks for gambling so much, nothing like luring those gamblers in with a free hotel room and maybe a voucher to our casino’s buffet. All of it a ruse just to get them to come to the casino….”

“Cheers Christina. I really like where your head is at, and this is the reason why I am paying you. When I get back to the hotel perhaps I could give you a promotion. I know you excelled in your role as special events coordinator but maybe you would like something bigger. You would make a great bar manager, or maybe the new hotel manager of our new hotel…”

Crystal laughs as she just speaks back confidently.

“Daniel you know you are going to have to do much better than that… I was maybe thinking I could be Assistant Director or just simply the director of the casino…”

Crystal just sits there as she can hear Daniel pausing for a bit on the phone. He takes a deep breath on the other side of the receiver before he begins to speak.

“You really are trying to really reach out there aren’t you?! What makes you think that you could just become the director of the casino…’

“For starters there is a reason why you made me to be the interim director Daniel. I think you were trying to test me to see if I could make you some money. Perhaps you wanted to see so much more than that but since I have been in this position I have done nothing but make you a bunch of money. Everybody wants to come to this casino and with the hotel I know for a fact that even more people will want to come. I am doing whatever I can do to get them to come here. Most importantly the reason why I don’t think it’s such a stretch for me to permanently run the casino is for the simple fact that you are the owner. You are going to get your money because it simply belongs to you…”

Crystal nods her head as she begins to speak some more.

“However I feel like I could really make a difference in this casino. I want to know more about the business. I want to actually go as far as to do what you do. That’s what I want to learn Daniel. I want to be part of that world…”

“Crystal you really don’t want to know what I do. There are things that you wouldn’t understand and I don’t want to get you involved. I wouldn’t want to bring you into that life or have your wife mad at me. Just keep on doing what you are doing and keep your nose clean…”

“Daniel…Obviously you don’t realize that I was at one time married to one of the biggest drug distributors on the East Coast of the United States. There are things he put me through, and nothing ever scared me. I am sure what you do is no different. I also do know that one time Aurora’s biological father was threatening me and after you and the rest of London Underground had a talk with him in the desert I haven’t heard from him since. Nothing you do scares me and if anything it intrigues me…”

Daniel is silent as he just speaks some more.

“I see. We have much to discuss and it’s a conversation reserved for in person and not on the phone. You will be seeing me soon. Keep doing what you are doing Christina and great work…”

With that the two of them hang up the phone on one another. Crystal can’t help but grin as she just stands up and looks around at her office. It definitely had felt good to be a winner.