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Crystal tossed and turned in bed before she rose up out of bed screaming at the top of her lungs.

“NOOOOO… This can’t be the end of my career… I can’t stop… I love wrestling and I need to get back out there!!!”

Crystal opened her eyes and was surprised to realize that she was in the comfort of her own bed. Seleana slowly sat up beside her as thirteen year old Aurora came into the room. The teenager jumped into the bed as she gazed into the eyes of her mother.

“Are you okay mom?!”

Seleana could see that sweat was dripping down the forehead of Christina. She grabs a thermometer and uses it against Crystal’s forehead and the temperature read 101.6. Seleana opened her eyes in amazement as she slowly got out of bed and grabbed a towel to press across Crystal’s head.

“Babe… You are burning up with a fever. Is everything okay?!”

Both ladies just glanced over at Crystal who couldn’t help but glance back at her daughter.

“…To be honest not really. Ever since this match was announced I have been having PTSD thinking about what Bella did to me last time. She put me in the hospital. I couldn’t even walk out of the arena on my own two feet. I had to be stretchered out. I keep having visions of doctors surrounding me telling me that maybe I shouldn’t wrestle anymore. How I can’t afford to take any more head injuries and I am putting my livelihood at risk every time I step out into that ring…”

Aurora is very concerned at this point as she just rests her head against her mother.

“Mom… I remember what Bella did to you and it was really bad. I don’t want her to ever do that to you ever again…”

Crystal slowly nods her head.

“I know pumpkin and I definitely don’t want to feel that happening to me again either. It has only brought the worst of nightmares but I have to admit that I was a different woman back then and I deserved everything that came my way…”

“Mom…”

Crystal slowly looks down into the eyes of her daughter.

“Yes pumpkin?!”

Aurora quickly shakes her head as she looks firmly at her mother.

“You aren’t that woman anymore! I don’t care if the entire world refuses to believe in you or they think you are a phony and a fraud. In my eyes you aren’t the woman that they say you are. I know you have done a lot of bad stuff in the past but I don’t think it is your entire fault. You were sick and were dealing with an addiction. Maybe the drugs took a hold of your life and caused you to act a certain way…”

Crystal looks at her daughter and can’t help but smile. Even when crystal felt like she was the worst woman in the entire world Aurora made her feel as if she was still a hero. Seleana nods as well as she looks at her wife.

“Ja…All that matters is you are doing well now and this is what we care about. None of that stuff from the past even matters…”

Crystal just shrugs her shoulders as she looks back at the two of them.

“I appreciate all of your love. It means the entire world to me but I don’t want to get caught up in thinking that drugs are the excuse for everything because honestly it’s not. There was a part of me that was pulling the strings and I have to be respect that some of it was me. I take ownership for the shortcomings and can only vow to do better next time…”

Aurora hugs her mother even tighter as she keeps looking at Crystal.

“Mommy… Let it go… I forgive you…. I forgive you of your mistakes. I forgive that you got drunk in me. I just want you to ever do those things ever again…”

“I won’t pumpkin… I want ever try to hurt you ever again, and I won’t be in a position where you see me get hurt either… Seleana…”

Crystal looks at her wife as the tears slowly begin to stream down her face.

“…I am sorry for the lies. I am sorry for putting my hands on you two summers ago and throwing a fit when things didn’t go my way…”

Seleana remains very focused as she looks as deeply as she can into her wife’s eyes.

“Chickie… I have always forgiven you and none of that matters, I know you feel like you are one big failure but I have never seen things that way. in my eyes you are my everything and always do what is best for our family. Marriage is an ongoing work in progress. Some days are going to be good days and there will also be bad days. As long as we come together at the end of those days that is all that really matters…For better or for worse, but honestly it has always been better days…”

She holds Crystal as tightly as she can, Aurora joins in as she refuses to let go. Both women are really making Crystal feel how loved she is. The blue haired vixen just wipes her tears as she looks at the both of them.

“I love you both so much. You have no idea how much you all mean to me…”

Aurora just hugs her back as those little brown eyes look back at Crystal.

“Mommy can I ask you a question?!”

“Of course… You know I am always willing to answer whatever question you might have…Fire away…”

“Are you afraid to fight against Bella Madison?!”

Crystal sighs.

“Do you want me to be honest…”

“Of course I do. That’s why I am asking you….”

“Truthfully I am a bit nervous. I just don’t want the same thing to happen in this match that happened during our last one. I want to actually walk out of the arena and I want to be in a position when I can safely come home to the both of you, and of course Alexandra as well…”

Aurora however quickly shakes her head as she looks deep into her mother’s eyes.

“You don’t need to feel like that though. Regardless of how you feel you aren’t the same woman that walked into that original match. You have changed since that day. You are taking things more seriously and I know the result will be different…”

“Oh?! You are that confident in me?!”

Crystal slowly nods her head.

“Of course I am… After all this time you actually decided to show up. Don’t get me wrong Bella seems pretty cool. Juliet’s aunt Dawn constantly talks up Bella so much but I know for a fact that my mom is way cooler. It’s hard to beat up on the coolest woman in the entire world. As long as you focus nobody could ever stop you!”

Crystal is finally all smiles as she looks right back at her daughter. She gives her the thumbs up as she begins to giggle.

“You know what Aurora?! You are right… You do have a really cool mother. I have nothing to be afraid of. I am going to do my best and let my actual ability do all of the talking… This match is going to be for you sweetheart…”

With that Crystal couldn’t help but hug her loved ones as tightly as possible as Aurora smirks.

“Good now good beat Bella and showcase why you are a Hall of Famer and nobody could touch you…”

“I promise… Bella better be ready because as soon as I get into that ring she isn’t going to know what hit her. I guess with your support I can’t ever fail…”

There is laughter in the room. What looked like nightmare has turned into one of the biggest happiest moments in Crystal’s life. The only thing that remained was for Crystal to walk into her match and do the unthinkable. If she could get that horrible lost to Bella off of her back nothing would be able to stop her. It is on the three women just laughing and having a good time with one another that we fade out and we go to elsewhere. The road to recovery was never meant to be easy but it seemed like Crystal was being sincere in every step in its journey.

Hoia Forest, Romania
April 17th, 2023
 
As soon as Climax Control was over the Warren siblings as well as the Chavez siblings made their way over to Romania. It was told that all of the SCW roster housing arrangements were to be in the outdoors in the most haunted place on the planet. However, for our young heroine she didn’t mind having to camp in what might be an eerie situation. She thrived in being in situations like this not to mention as a gold award winner as a former Girl Scout Dawn was ready to handle whatever was thrown at her. Dawn smiled as her and her brother Teddy had finished setting up one tent and their focus was trying to set up the other one. Dawn giggled as she looks right at her brother.
 
“OH MY GOSHIE… I really can’t believe we get to camp out! Isn’t this sooooooo cool and amazing?! We are going to have such a great time together. I packed us some stuff to make plenty of s’mores on top of that I made sure to pack us some ponchos so that we don’t get wet by the rain. This is going to be such a fun time…”
 
Teddy just shakes his head as he looks back at his sister with an uneasy expression on his face.
 
“…Right… You call camping outside fun?! You know I don’t do well being outside. I am an inside individual. I need my electronics, I need my computer, hell I could use my king size bed. On top of that bugs and I don’t really agree with one another. Mosquitos shouldn’t be blessed with tasting this sweet blood of mine…”
 
Dawn rolls her eyes as she shakes her head.
 
“You are such a dweeb and a punk. Had you let mom and dad enroll you into boy scouts like they put me in girl scouts you would be prepared for moments such as this. Not to mention you are missing the most important thing about being outdoors. Don’t you think it would be a good luck for you to be snuggling up with Michelle around a camp fire?! How about kissing her under some moonlight, or better yet making love in the outdoors in the tent. That could be something unique for the relationship…”
 
Teddy thinks about it as he forms a slight grin.
 
“You know I really didn’t about it like that. That definitely sounds doable but they say this is supposed to be the most haunted place on Earth. Aren’t you afraid of all the paranormal activity that might exist out here. So much can happen and it might freak me out…”
 
Dawn just places her hands on her hips as she looks right up into his eyes.
 
“There is no such thing as ghosts. On top of that as a woman who idolizes Scrappy Doo and the entirety of the Scooby Doo Franchise monsters, ghosts, and things like that aren’t real. There is no reason to psyche yourself out over nothing. If anything I am looking forward to when Seleana arrives with Crystal. I can’t believe she has this huge prank set up to scare the hell out of her wife. I just wonder if it is going to work on the woman who feels she is wrestling’s final girl?!”
 
Teddy thinks about it for a few moments as he laughs in return.
 
“I don’t really know but it does feel fun to pick on Christina a bit. She has always made things about her so trolling her and pulling such a prank seems funny. Seleana coming up with this idea makes it even better. Crystal wouldn’t even see it coming…”
 
Dawn nods her head.
 
“I am all for it but I just hope that it doesn’t come across too mean. As much as I love Seleana and I will do whatever or my mentor I really want to know how are you feeling?! It’s been a few weeks since you have been eliminated from the Blast from The Past Tournament and there still hasn’t been any announcement if you are part of the roster or not…”
 
Teddy just sighs shrugging his shoulders as he really doesn’t know what to say. He looks away from Dawn as he turns his attention over to his girlfriend Michelle who could be seen gathering firewood with her sister Melissa in the distance. He slowly moves his head back over to Dawn.
 
“To be honest it’s been weighing heavily on my mind since I lost. I really want to showcase I have the ability to be a full time wrestler again. Everything is going perfect in my life right now. I have the support of my daughter, obviously my little sister looks up to me, and I have found love again. Michelle thinks the world of me and I want to showcase how passionate and focused I am when my mind is on something. I can’t show Chavy that I am a weak man that gives up when things don’t come his way. That’s not me…”
 
Teddy shakes his head as he smiles right at Dawn.
 
“But that’s my struggle, that isn’t your issue Dawn. I can’t help but be proud of you. I spent my entire life trying to protect you. It started when we were in the orphanage and when we went through the foster care system. I wouldn’t let anything happen to you. Little did I know that you were the one that was actually looking out for me. Just look at you Dawn. You decided to step into the world of wrestling and you have been dominating…”
 
Dawn quickly replies back.
 
“That’s only because I had an amazing brother to look up to. I know it gets tiring to see you challenge J2H over and over again, and come up short. It’s embarrassing to see a grown man wet himself and it may look like I am laughing at you along with the rest of the world. That isn’t the case at all though. The reality is watching sometimes becomes frustrating not because I think that you are this embarrassment but because I know that there is so much potential within you. You just don’t seem as focus as you should be. You give up too easily and that shouldn’t be the case. I know that you have all of the power to beat J2H just like you have the power to beat a Ben Jordan, a Fenris, or even a Michael Harris. The only thing that can stop you from doing your best is you…
 
I thought that if I lived my life as a go getter and being an over achiever at everything that you would see how I always strive to do my complete best and for that to rub off on you. Sometimes it just seems like it’s not registering and that disappoints me. I just want to see that brother who protected me when I was young to have that same fire inside of the ring. “
 
Dawn looks at her brother and Teddy can’t help but embrace her into a big hug.
 
“Dawn… I didn’t know that’s how you felt about me. Rest assured if things work out and I do get on the roster as a full time superstar you are going to see the best Teddy that you have ever seen. You don’t have to worry about that. What I do want from you is to win the Blast from The Past. Show the world that the Warren family is World Championship material. You came this far. You have worked hard being undefeated. You have poured everything into getting into the Semi-finals you just need to get past Bobbie Dahl and after that you are in the finals. You have the power and the ability. You know what you need to do…”
 
Dawn nods her head as a grin escapes her hips.
 
“I will do my…. You know what forget doing my best. For the entire Warren family, I am going to go out there and win. It’s all or nothing, and I am going guarantee my way into the finals.”
 
“Good… Because if you make it past this round you have officially surpassed me because the Semi’s is as far as I got. I have a great feeling about where you are at Dawn. Just keep your head up and there’s no telling how far you are going to go in this world…”
 
The Warren siblings just smile at one another and it isn’t long before their significant others the Chavez sisters walk over to the two of them carrying firewood. Melissa drops the wood in a pile as she walks towards Dawn and plants a kiss on her cheek as she smiles at her.
 
“Here is all of the wood we found my little girl scout. Please tell me this is what you were looking for…”
 
Dawn gazes at all of it before she smirks in return.
 
“I am sure it will do. You don’t want me to get too picky because that wouldn’t be pretty and I rather not hurt anybody’s feelings. Any way you look super cute in your hiking shorts and boots. Although I would have recommended wearing some longer pants. The weather isn’t supposed to be that good and pants will at least prevent your legs from getting bitten. It’s better to be protected than to look like some fashion icon…”
 
Michelle on the other hand is the complete opposite as her long hair is wrapped into a tight ponytail. She pulls out a Swiss Army knife as she cuts up a tarp and places it over the wood. She looks up at the sky as she sees the sky.
 
“We should really hurry and tarp off the area. I know we have some tents set up but I would prefer if we kept our entire dry.”
 
It isn’t long before she takes a tarp along with some rope and climbs up into the trees. Teddy looks up at his girlfriend as he places his hands on his hips and shakes.
 
“I didn’t know you were excellent at climbing at trees…”
 
She smiles as she ties part of the tarp up in a tree as she looks down at her boyfriend.
 
“I am used to the outdoors. I am not just proficient in treating wild animals. I know how to survive if push comes to shove. Not to mention the Rose Wrestling Academy taught me to be adaptable to anything. I don’t know what The Wild Cat Wrestling Academy is teaching my sister and your sister but you know I am ready for this. Rain is going to be coming soon so let’s get things in order…”
 
Dawn is nimble as she proceeds to climb a nearby tree. She is standing within one as she helps placing a tarp over their tent. Michelle and Dawn both work their magic as they use their skills to protect their camp site area. It isn’t long before they both jump out of the tree as they turn their attention to everybody that is on the ground. Dawn smiles as she looks at Michelle.
 
“We make a great team… I can’t wait until we are sister in laws…. Or should I say DOUBLE SISTER IN LAWS!!!!”
 
Melissa looks around as she hears the loud sound of thunder.
 
“Oh EM GEE do you really think this place is as haunted as they say it is… I don’t know how I feel about staying in the most haunted place on Earth. Why can’t we just go to a hotel and stay at a Four Seasons or something?!”
 
Teddy is just as scared as he runs over to his girlfriend Michelle.
 
“I mean a good bed sounds good right now… I really don’t want to be outdoors. Not to mention do you know how much of a disaster it will be if this hair gets wet? Black people and their hair getting wet isn’t a pretty sight especially when you are sporting an afro like this…”
 
Michelle just rolls her eyes as she just hugs her boyfriend in return. Dawn smiles as she looks back at her brother.

“Seriously, it’s just hair… It’s not a big deal. If there’s anybody who should be worried about getting their hair wet it’s me. It’s not like you constantly dye your hair pink or blonde like I do!”

Teddy snaps back.

“And it’s not like you put the amount of products in your hair like I do! There’s the afro sheen, of course when I get it straightened, or even relaxed. There is so much that yours truly can do to this hair. I just think it’s best if we don’t put ourselves in any position to get wet. Not to mention we have to camp out until SUNDAY! That’s ridiculous!”

Dawn smirks.

“Stop being a baby. You need to grow up. This is a great chance for us to try something new. On top of that it seems like Chellz is enjoying it so let’s just go with the flow. I wouldn’t worry about getting wet too much. That is why Chellz and I climbed up in the trees. We set the tarps so that our area would be protected.”

Out of nowhere we can see a flash of lightning hitting the ground about twenty yards away. Melissa grabs unto her fiancée as tightly as she can as she refuses to let her go.

“OH MY GOD LIGHTNING!!!! CAN’T WE JUST GO TO A HOTEL… I TOLD YOU IT’S HAUNTED OUT HERE!!!!!!”

Dawn rolls her eyes as she looks back at her fiancée as she pushes away from her.

“Babe if I told you once, I am going to tell you again. There is no such thing as ghosts, goblins, monsters or any of that. It’s all inside of your head!!!!!!”

Teddy nods his head laughing.

“Yeah.. Melly… You need to relax because there is nothing in this…”

“….howllllllllllllllllllll…. Shoosh!!!!”

Random howling and noises could be heard as Teddy takes us in a hurry.

“Yeah… I WOULD LOVE TO STAY BUT I GOTS TO GO!!!!”

Teddy sprints right off into the distance as he begins to get soaked and wet from the rain. Melissa nods her head as she runs away screaming out at the top of her lungs.

“I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!”

They both run away in a hurry as the rain begins to overtake them. Dawn stands there dumbfounded as she looks back at Michelle.

“But that was only the wind… Are they really going to be able to go through with this prank on Crystal?!”

“I don’t know… They will return at some point… They won’t go far without their personal belongings under the tent… Why don’t we try to start a fire and warm up. We could probably start a fire on this dry ground…”

With that Dawn and Michelle work their magic as they make the most out of their time outdoors.

January 16th, 2023
Stockton, California

It had been an eventful day the night before but Crystal Zdunich had managed to accomplish everything that she had set her mind on. Not only did she shock the world by showing her face in a company that nobody expected her to show back up in but she also managed to win the Roulette Championship on her first night back. Life was definitely good as the Zdunich couple were racing back to Los Angeles in a fully customized 2023 Pink Corvette. Crystal sat in the passenger’s seat as Seleana sat proudly in the driver’s seat. Crystal won her ECWF World Women’s Championship around her waist, her Splat Multiverse Championship was against a shoulder but in her hands was the SCW Roulette Bombshell Championship. A huge smile escaped her lips as Seleana was going 85 miles per hour with the sun rising behind them. Crystal flicked her hair back as she looked back at her wife.

“OMG SELEANA… CHICKIE… MY LITTLE SWEDISH FISHIE… I DID IT!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT… I GOT MY JOB BACK IN SCW!!!!!!! NOT ONLY DID I GET MY JOB BACK BUT I AM ALSO A CHAMPION!!!!”

Seleana smiles as she looks back at her wife. She just shakes her head as she giggles in response.

“I know… You are very excited ja?! Wait until we get back to Hollywood. I have a big celebration party lined up for you. Chloe put the whole thing together. Alexandra and Aurora are both excited. Brittany seems happy and Halo is also keen to celebrate with you. I am proud of you…It’s good to see you smiling again…”

Crystal nods her head as she slowly turns her attention back over to her wife. She nods her head as she looks back at Seleana speeding and flying by random cars.

“Thank you so much… I know I am happy but to be honest I need to thank you for all of this. I don’t know where I would be without having you as my wife. I know I put you through so much Seleana and I am tired of hurting you. I am tired of not being able to express my emotions or to hide who I really am from you. I should never be like that. Being in that hospital after Bella attacked me made me do some serious soul searching, and I don’t ever want to be in that situation ever again. I don’t want people to look down at me for being selfish and that I don’t care about anything…”

Crystal shakes her head as she looks back at her wife.

“Truth is I have always cared about everything. Even when I try to act like I don’t I am very appreciative that you are the one who has stayed the course and been by my side. I don’t deserve you but I am happy that I have you. You are my forever and words can’t express how much you mean to me. I am happy that we get to raise a daughter together…”

“Not just a daughter chickie… Two daughters, a son, and a granddaughter…”

Crystal nods her head back at Seleana as another smile escapes her.

“Exactly, and I am happy that you have made my kids your very own, and I know they respect you and call you mom. I have been in like twelve relationships but yours is the authentic one. I can be myself and you have really brought the best out of me. You have also helped me gain the courage to bring the woman that people don’t see to the surface, and gave me confidence to be that woman in front of the cameras. I love you and I can’t thank you enough…”

Seleana keeps driving as her blonde hair just blows in the wind.

“Estrellita I will always tell you the truth. Life is what you make of it but main important thing is that you always can’t please everybody. As long as you are sincere and are yourself that’s all that matters. Just love those who really love you. To those who hate you, just pray for them. One day they will see that you are sincere. You can’t force it though you just need to let things happen naturally…”

Crystal nods her head as she lets a long sigh in return.

“I know… I feel like people still won’t take me as being real. I know it’s a long way to fix things with Kat Jones. Part of me feels like forcing it because I don’t really have many friends. I gave her that black leather jacket out of love but when I was acting at my worst I didn’t help the situation. She ignored the warnings of everybody else and tried to see beyond what people told her about me. In the end all of them were right… I guess I can’t be trusted…”

“No Star… That’s not true at all. Aurora trusts you with everything. Before that her mom trusted you to raise her as her very own and you didn’t have any problem standing up to her criminal father. On top of that our entire family supports you so that’s all that matters. Now isn’t the time to feel depressed though. You have a lot of reasons to be happy. After all you just won the Roulette Championship so let’s celebrate that shall we?!”

Crystal looks at her championship as she a frown emerges from her face.

“Should we really be celebrating it though, after all I only won this title because Ariana hit me with a super kick and I managed to fall through the door with the title in my hand. That’s how anybody and everybody is going to take me winning this title. It’s not how I wanted things to go…”

“Ja… That may be true but important thing is you have job. You now have more opportunities to showcase that you deserve to be employed and champion…”

Crystal shrugs her shoulders.

“I guess so unless SCW makes an announcement that they will strip me of the championship. Now that I got what I wanted I want to work my ass off to prove that I like being in SCW. I want to wrestle alongside you and be among the best of the very best. That is my one dream and it’s what I want to do more than anything in the world.”

Seleana grins as she keeps her eyes on the road.

“Christina… Just relax. You are already the best of the best. At least that is how me and Aurora view things, and honestly that is all that matters. Now celebrate this win. You are Crystal Hilton! Scream it for the world to hear, give the people something to see. Show them who you are…”

Crystal grins as she looks back at her wife.

“Good point… Although it’s Crystal Zdunich and I am happy being your wife. I think now is the perfect time to showcase that I am a champion!!!!”

“Wait Christina what are you doing?!”

With that Crystal takes her seatbelt off and she stands up. She holds her Roulette Championship proudly in the air which draws the attention of nearby cars. Some of the cars passing her give her a wave while men driving huge tractor trailer trucks sound their alarms proudly. Other cars pass her and we can see men rolling their windows down. Crystal grins as she looks at them and flashes them her boobs. This results in horns sounding loudly as Seleana looks over at Crystal and sighs in return.

“Christina sit down! When I said celebrate I meant when we get back to Los Angeles! It’s a five hour drive to get back home and it is going to look really bad to see a woman of color acting crazy in a flashy car like this. They are going to think we are drunk and…”

Crystal just shakes her head as she cuts her off and proceeds to flash her boobs to her wife.

“Lighten up! It’s all about the fun. Just go with the flow my Swedish Fishy. Besides you watch too much television. We aren’t going to get pulled over by the cops and if we do it’s because you are speeding. It won’t be because of me…”

Seleana swerves into a different lane. She immediately focuses back on the road as she turns her attention to Crystal.

“You can’t do that! I need to focus to drive! Let’s save all of that for when we get home. Once we get there we can have all the fun we want…”

Crystal however isn’t one to listen as she stands up on her chair. She begins to twirl her championship proudly in the air. She spins it around and around which draws the attention of nearby drivers. One driver gets close to the car and that is when Crystal lifts her shirt off and flashes the man behind the wheel.

“I AM THE ROULETTE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD… I AM GOING TO CELEBRATE!!!”

Crystal raises her title up and she points at it passionately. The man smiles back in return and it isn’t long before she sees red and blue flashing lights from that same vehicle.

“….Fuckkkkk….. It’s an unmarked car Seleana… Drive… Drive…. Get away from them!!!!”

“But I don’t want to go to jail chickie… I am going to pull over…”

Despite what Crystal wants for Seleana to do the blonde pulls the car over. Even though the damage has already been done Crystal decides to put her seatbelt on. She places her hands on the dashboard so that they are in clear view. Crystal looks at her wife as she shakes her head.

“Seleana just put your hands on the steering wheel so they can see them. Don’t make any sudden movements and let me do most of the talking. As long as we do that things are going to be fine. Trust me baby I promise I won’t let anything happen to you…”

A few moments go by and it is at this moment that we can see somebody walking up to the car. They walk towards Crystal’s side of the car and take a long glance at her. Crystal just sighs as she shakes her head in response and quickly speaks.

“Officer just to let you know my hands are on the dashboard. I am NOT making any sudden moments. My wife is innocent and I am sorry for any trouble that I might have caused…”

The officer looks at Crystal as he glares at her with daggers in his eyes.

“Do you have any idea at why I pulled you over?!”

Seleana is very nervous as she has never been in this situation before she looks over at the officer and has tears in her eyes.

“I am so sorry! I tried to get her to stop but she just wanted to have fun. I am sorry policeman. We didn’t mean to break any rules. My wife is just…”

“SELEANA!!! Be cool… Remember what I said…”

She turns her attention over to the officer and smiles.

“I can’t recall officer, please enlighten me. Just give us the ticket so we can be on our way…”

The policeman just shakes his head with an evil grin.

“Oh so you want to be a wise one?! Step out of the vehicle…”

Crystal exits the car and Seleana is all tears as she begins to scream. The officer looks down into Crystal’s eyes as he begins to speak.

“There is so much I have on you. Showing off public indecency, you are a distraction on the road. This vehicle was swerving, and of course speeding. You didn’t have your seatbelt on. There are so many infractions and laws that you broke…”

“…Yes officer… I am sorry… It is all my fault. My wife had nothing to do with this so if you have to punish somebody…”

The officer just keeps his eyes locked on Crystal as a wicked grin escapes his lips.

“But out of all of the crimes you committed the biggest one that you did was being part of the heist of the century. I am a huge fan of yours and last night you walked into Inception and stole the Roulette Championship. It is exciting to see you back on SCW programming and you brought a smile to my little girl’s face…”

Crystal opens her eyes in amazement.

“Wait a minute you are a fan?!”

“Yes… And she is one of the biggest ones… I know you are excited and I am going to let you both off with a warning…”

He grins as multiple police cars pull up beside the Zdunich vehicle. Crystal is confused as she looks at him.

“And what is this all about?!”

“I called some backup. Consider this a motor parade to make sure that you get home safely. California state troopers are going to escort you home. Enjoy your win, I am happy to see you back in SCW, and please don’t ever leave us again…”

With that Crystal smirks as she gets back into the car. She blows a kiss to the cop.

“Don’t worry whatever autograph you want I am going to make sure I give it to you so that you can give it to your little girl. Thank you for being a fan and I won’t ever forget this…”

With this in mind Crystal stands up as she raises her championship high into the air. She looks at her wife as a wicked grin escapes her lips.

“Everything is going to be alright my Swedish Fishy… Please hit the gas…. LOOK OUT WORLD THE NEW ROULETTE CHAMPION HAS ARRIVED!!!!”

The sirens could all be heard going off one after another. Crystal smiles warmly as she spins her championship around in a circle. Seleana hits the acceleration as the police escort lights blink back and forth. It was definitely going to be a great day for the Zdunichs.





Wow…

I am going to be completely honest with all of you. I have certainly come a long way since I debuted for SCW back in 2015. When I first came to this company I was in a place where I truly hated the woman that glanced at me in the mirror. I was unhappy with myself and I wanted to hide behind a mask. I put on the identity of La Paloma and it was something that I carried when I used to wrestle over in Mexico. I know to everybody it might have seemed like I was doing it for my father. I wanted to bring the tradition of Lucha Libre to SCW and I wanted to live up to his legacy.

As I made my debut in SCW I realized that I wasn’t really doing it to honor him or what I grew up with. I wanted to run away. I was hiding and I was uncomfortable with being Crystal Hilton. I didn’t like that I had left NCW and I had made many enemies on my way out. I guess being allied to one of the most hated women in wrestlers in my best friend Zelda Knite had caused hatred to be aimed at me. I remember being in SCW and having to hear Amy Marshall tell horror stories of how she was happy to be free from Crystal Hilton.

Deep down I wanted to cry on the inside because that wasn’t the image that I wanted to portray. I didn’t want to be remembered for being a bully. I wanted people to look upon me as being a great wrestler but that never seemed to be the focal point when it came to me. I sat under the mask of La Paloma for a few months and I knew that deep down I wanted to have my name back. I wanted to be myself and that’s when I tossed it to the side so that Crystal Hilton could emerge.

Amy hated that I was on this roster but I didn’t care. I just built myself up and I vowed to be the best wrestler that I could possibly be. It was then in one of my very first feuds within SCW that I ran into a woman named Jessie Salco.

Back then Jessie Salco could only look at me as being who she thought was a member of the mean girls. I guess my friendship to Mercedes Vargas had automatically made me part of the group in her eyes but I was never in the group nor did I ever want to be in it. It was part of the notion of how she viewed me and it made me sad because I thought that SCW was going to be the place where I could escape the notions of how people viewed me in the past. We have had that conversation about eight years ago and here we are in the present and the story is still the same.

I know that the entire world wants to point the finger at me to push this narrative that I am this Bitch, and I will be honest I can admit that I did act in that way. I acted in that way because I felt that it gave me power. I felt like it was the only way to get respect, and if people couldn’t love me for who I was I didn’t mind hiding behind a character.

Obviously with my actress background I could always portray the role of anybody that I had put my mind of. I shocked the world when I beat Natalie McKinley and I became the Roulette Champion. I defended my title against those who I felt weren’t in my league and I gained a level of cockiness. I felt untouchable and I never saw myself coming down from that high I was riding. Little did I know that it would all come crashing down when Keira decided to cash a contract on me!

Not only did she beat me but she managed to take the Roulette Championship from my grasp. With that one lost I was no longer relevant and had to subject myself to losing to women like Melanie Gabrielle, Lucy Seraphina and so many others. It took me a while to pick myself out of that funk but eventually I did so and we know how things picked up from there.

5 World Championships later which I might add I am the ONLY one to ever accomplish that in this company. I unified the Internet Championship with the World Championship, and I even have a Blast From The Past win under my belt. My career has gone in an amazing direction and it has all blossomed into being a Hall of Famer. It just doesn’t get any better than that.

I have done it all and now eight years later here I am as the Roulette Champion.

A lot of stuff is running through my head. I could be upset because here I am as the entry level champion, and I know people are probably expecting for me to just get into the notion that I feel I am above a championship but to be honest I don’t feel like that at all. I was without a job… I was fired not because of what I did wrong but because of what I didn’t do.

I didn’t put in the effort that everybody has been accustomed to seeing from me and I know quite often it had felt like I was a waste of a roster space. Bella might have decimated me inside of a wrestling ring but to be quite honest my career had been long dead before that. It was dead because I didn’t care anymore. I had no passion and something was lacking.

It was in that hospital when I finally realized what was important to me. I love my family, I love my wife, but most of all I love wrestling. When it was taken away from me I lost control of myself. I could only think of trying to do everything in my power to get it back. That invitational match presented me with my one way ticket in and I took advantage of the situation.

Everything paid off and I am happy to have a job again. I know people will look at me and try to question how I won the match and that I got lucky. They might call me a fake champion but I have now come to the realization that words never mattered. What does matter is what one does in the ring and your actions speak volumes.

My actions show that I want to be here and I won’t let anybody tell me any differently. So now that brings me to this match and it seems like I will be in the main event on Climax Control against Jessie Salco with the winner going on to face Georgie Robertson. A lot is at stake here but before anybody can even look at Blaze of Glory I have to look at the current situation.

How is it going Jessie?! It seems like things have come full circle and I now have to step into the ring against you. I want to give you some credit before beating my sister-in law Eavan Maloney was no easy task. She is one of the toughest women I know and you ended up beating her. Congratulations on that. I respect you a lot because I know you are one of the pioneers who have put your entire all into SCW.

I am happy that you have finally got into the Hall of Fame because you have had quite the successful career. You have been a big pioneer of the Roulette division, and you have also had a great tag team run with Amy Marshall. Nobody will ever argue about what you bring to the table.

However this is my issue with you Jessie. You are quick to jump on the band wagon when people start talking me down you want to talk me down. You want to act all buddy, buddy with Eavan when she was saying bad things about me. You then feel you want to add your two cents in that I am fake, and that nobody will believe that I am for real or what have you.

I thought you would be in a place where you would actually formulate your own thoughts but I see that things haven’t changed in eight years. Back then you were lashing out at me for being a Mean Girl and now you are just following the crowd in trying to talk me down. In your eyes I might be the worst person in the world but maybe that is your biggest issue.

You spend too much time trying to be a follower or trying to be in a position to have wishful in thinking that good things are going to happen. Everybody in the world has sins and it’s quite foolish for you to look at the dirt in my eyes when you have a plank in your own. You constantly bring up bad stuff that I did to Seleana…

Yes I did turn my back on Seleana like four to five years ago and since then I moved on from that, but you want to rehash that shit over and over again like that’s been my biggest sin within the last year.

Hell Despy’s dad even said I cost his son a chance at winning the Blast at the Past tournament which is more relevant. I did throw a big temper tantrum when I lost to my own wife and thus I hurt Chloe in the process. I done some messed up stuff and I won’t run away from what I did. I will own that shit because it’s part of character growth and it’s who I am.

You however are stuck like a mouse in a maze and you keep running in the same path over and over again. You done some messed up stuff as well. You are the same woman who betrayed one of your closest friends and stable mates in Kate Steele because you couldn’t compete for a championship. Did you forget that?!

Or how about the fact that you were banned from competing in championship matches for a long time so you tried to find loop holes in order to be a champion. You were happy when Honor merged with SCW because that meant you got to keep your title and that put a smile on your face.

I used loopholes as well and when Christian fired me I did wrestle under Rosa Ardiente. It wasn’t because I wanted a title or anything to do with it. I just wanted to keep my job because I love being in this company so much. I was willing to do whatever it took to be in this company.

So when I walked into that invitational match and I fell through the door, as much as I don’t really like how it went down I can’t help but be ecstatic. It’s not because I am champion but it’s for the mere purpose that I have my job and I have my livelihood back.

You haven’t experienced that pain so before you sit on your high horse and try to talk me down. Why don’t you refocus and actually look at things from another angle. Jessie you are a very talented woman. Hell on multiple occasions you have managed to beat me and I will say that you have had my number. I won’t deny that.

However what you haven’t done is when it mattered the most and when a championship was on the line you have never beaten me. I have always been the favorite in situations like this and you don’t come close to what I bring to the table.

Besides here I am eight years removed from when I debut in this company and I am happy to be the Roulette Champion. You on the other hand are here because this is ALL you have got going for you. You are a woman who is content with being the gatekeeper in SCW. You are the one that people need to go through in order to prove that they can make it in this company.

However when people look at me they acknowledge me as being the absolute standard. I am the main event measuring stick and I am the one that people are chasing after. Do you understand how important it is being a five time World Champion?!

Oh… I forgot… YOU WOULDN’T KNOW because you have NEVER built yourself up into being that. You were practically here from when this place came to fruition and during all of that time you couldn’t win one World Championship?!

Misty, Vixen, Roxi, Electra Styles, myself, Mikah, Melody Grace, Alicia Lukas, and Amber Ryan.

The list goes on and on with so many great people that have held that title and yet your name isn’t mentioned on any of the lists. It’s a damn shame really because all that means is that you really aren’t as good as you might think yourself to be. Hell even Mercedes Vargas was a World Champion and she happens to be a woman that everybody makes fun of all of the time but she can at least say she has accomplish her biggest of dreams.

You can’t say the same thing.

You are a hypocrite Jessie and the world doesn’t revolve around you. It doesn’t and it never did. Your biggest wins happened in the Chamber of Extreme matches. You beat me before and you even beat a lot of other women who are legit Hall of Famers.

What’s the point of those wins when you beat somebody at the end of their career or when they don’t care anymore?!

It’s like you are just Floyd Mayweather… You spend all of that time ducking real challenges and real fights, and when people really don’t care anymore or when opponents seem like they are regressing that is when you are quick to want to look for a challenge.

It’s pathetic and I thought you were better than that. In my eight years of being in this company I have definitely been through some shit. I have won so many World Championships, I practically had about eight or so name changes and I have tried my best to be successful. I have definitely been through a lot and have been in the main event of a High Stakes or two, or hell maybe even three.

How many times can you honestly say you have been in the main event of a Super Card?! How many times can you say that you have been the focal point of the entire division or even the entire company?!

While you are sitting there to contemplate an answer I can say with all of my heart that I have been that Bitch. I have been in that position multiple times and it is something that I can say that it is bound to happen more times than often within a given year.

That has always been me and it will always be me. I am the Roulette Champion and I am going to defend that title with everything that is beating inside of me.

For you the title is just another trinket… It’s your way to showcase you are this bad ass metal chick who can rock out and what have you. However for me being the champion is the way that I am able to keep my job. There is no telling that Christian and Mark might try to fire me as soon as I drop the belt. I don’t ever want to be in a position where I can’t wrestle for SCW ever again. It would hurt me in so many ways and I don’t want to do that to my fans.

The SCW fan base has started to build their trust in me and I can’t afford to lose their faith. They love me and I love them so much. I will go out to that ring and give them the entire world plus more. This is my second run with the Roulette Champion and this is my chance to prove that I am a fighting champion.

I want to showcase why I am SCW’s workhorse and this is my clear cut way to prove that I am worthy of being a woman who gives a shit about what she is doing.

I could try to be like you and live in the past Jessie. I can harp on shit that is old and things that might not be relevant anymore but left isn’t about what happened yesterday. It’s about looking towards tomorrow, and it’s about what the present holds.

I always felt I was too good to be in the Roulette division again. However I am reminded of what Sam Marlowe put into this division. I thought she was crazy for never wanting to move her way back up to the World division again but this division of Roulette rules aren’t for the weak of heart.

It’s for women who are workhorses and for women who live their life trying to be unpredictable and ready for anything. I want to be that woman. I don’t want the same old, same old. At Climax Control I will be the best Roulette Champion I possibly can be.

I will beat you Jessie and I will go on to make a new legacy for myself. Best of luck Jessie but on Sunday you will see that this Rose will always blossom.

I am the burning rose… FLAME ON…. IT’S SHOW TIME.

Mexico City, Mexico
La Paloma’s Gimnasio

The inside of Crystal Zdunich’s wrestling room was booming with so much talent. Wrestling hopeful after hopeful was giving everything they had in order to be noticed by a big time wrestling organization. It was there where we can see the COO for Rose Corp Chloe Martin walking through the rundown gym. Standing next to her wearing a full covering face mask is La Rosa Ardiente. Rosa just took everything in awe as she glanced at students giving their all into the ring. Chloe cracks a wicked grin as she runs her hands through her long blonde hair. The French Canadian just crosses her arms as she looks into the eyes of the woman.

“Rosa let me just be the first person to welcome you to La Paloma’s gym. I know it looks like a hole in the wall but you can trust me when I say that a lot of history has been poured out into this building. There has been a lot of blood, sweat, and tears from the Lopez family. Crystal’s father Pedro built this gym and has had so many students wrestling under him. Being a Mexican and a Luchadora you might be aware of his most prized student Crystal Hilton.”

Rosa is all smiles as she quickly shakes her head in excitement. She gives a thumbs up as she tries her best to speak English but it is apparent that isn’t her first language.

“Si!!! Christina es very good, she my inspiration! Sorry I no speak Ingles well…”

Chloe cracks a grin as she looks back at the masked woman.

“It’s okay you don’t have to say anything. The best thing about being signed under Rose Corp is that we are going to do everything in our power to make sure that you are taken care of. Mrs. Zdunich has taken a special interest in you and she only wants the best from you. What that means is we are going to have only the best dealing with you. Myself and Todd Williams will oversee your career and on top of that you will get to train in the same way that Mrs. Zdunich trained. You should feel honored to walk in her shoes…”

The woman nods her head with a smile again as she looks back at the blonde.

“Si!!! I will do my best…”

Chloe just stands there and it isn’t long before a Hispanic man with a large afro walks over to where the two of them are standing. He seems befuddled as he looks at Rosa and places his hand on his chin.

“There’s something familiar about you. Anyway I don’t believe we met. My name is Jamal Lopez and I am co-owner of this gym. It is a pleasure to meet you…”

Chloe just crosses her arms as Jamal looks back at her.

“Oh and I guess it’s nice to see you as well Chloe. It’s a shame that you step foot in this gym more so than my sister does. It’s like she doesn’t even care about any of these students that are working their asses off so they could one day walk in her footsteps. It feels like such an honor that you could grace us with your presence. I guess things at Rose Corp must not be going too well considering the public relations nightmare that my sister has caused. She violently assaults a woman with a concussion; she becomes the world’s biggest prick, and gets herself fired. I thought she was better than that…”

Rosa stomps her feet as she begins to size up Jamal. She looks up into his eyes as Chloe laughs in return.

“You better watch your mouth. My client here takes offense to what you said about her hero, and she won’t hesitate to put you down if she really needs to do so…”

Jamal just shrugs his shoulders as she keeps his gaze locked on Rosa as he shakes his head.

“It doesn’t matter though. As her older brother I can say what I want to say and she isn’t going to do anything about it. 17 years ago she came to this school because she wanted to find herself. She didn’t know anything about this family and yet my father took her in. He gave her everything and even treated her better than me and Maia. Despite the favoritism and everything he poured into her he eventually gives her this school. It’s bull crap because she left this school. She promised to bring the spirit of Lucha Libre to the world, and to really build up being La Paloma, and she threw the entire legacy away…”

Rosa however keeps her eyes locked on Jamal as she speaks to him in fluent Spanish.

“You really shouldn’t talk about your sister like that. It just sounds like you are being extremely whiny and are ungrateful that she has made you relevant. It’s not her fault that she has become a huge star and gets to travel all across the world. She had become bigger than the art of Lucha Libre and why promote a type of wrestling when she could build up herself?!”

Jamal is taken back as he looks at her.

“Christina…?”

He says to ask a question but the woman just snickers as she quickly shakes her head in return.

“No… The name is Catalina Garcia and I am just a proud fan… Although in other parts of the world they called me Cat the Gat because…”

Jamal shakes his head and folds his arms as he wasn’t impressed.

“Oh let me guess because you got a top marksmanship award from the FBI and graduated at the top of your class back at Quantico… Are you seriously going to go down this route… I thought that the entire Catalina Garcia ordeal went down the drain when the Firm went out of business. I appreciate your acting skills but you are being too cliché at this point…”

Chloe raises her eyes as she looks at the two of them.

“This conversation seems a little heated. Do you both mind talking in English so I can understand what’s going on?! Don’t make me speak in French just to be obnoxious.”

Jamal turns her attention to Rosa as he continues to speak to her in Spanish.

“Why did you bring her along, have you ever thought about maybe firing her and replacing her with somebody who can actually do your company good?!”

“I know she seems ditzy but to be honest she does really good work. You think I have time to be in multiple places at one time?! You already know the answer to that question is no. I know there are some things that you really don’t understand about me. Hell I don’t even know what I want at times. The truth is when Seleana fought Crystal at Summer XXXtreme something woke up within Crystal…”

Jamal places his hand on Rosa’s shoulders as he looks into her eyes.

“What exactly happened?!”

“To be honest I really don’t know. What I do know is that Crystal felt like she was being tugged in so many different directions. She felt like she was being forced to hold up a certain image. If she acted one way people would lash out at her and if she acted a different way people would say something else. It was always going to be a lose lose situation. So in order to get away from it all she just snapped. Do you think she really meant to seriously hurt Chloe in the way she did?!”

Catalina shook her head.

“Of course not because at one point Crystal was that woman, Crystal was always picked on in high school and it was so bad that she came all the way out here to Mexico because of it. On top of that as soon as she got into wrestling she was nothing more than an interviewer who always got jumped. Do you know how much she had to go through?! I know that Chloe was only trying to look out for her but it couldn’t be helped. It wouldn’t have taken much for Crystal to snap and to be honest she doesn’t regret anything she did…”

Jamal raises his eyes.

“Are you sure though?! Because on top of that she lost a lot of friends on the way down, nobody ever wants to see someone fall so hard…”

Catalina stands there as a smile escapes her lips.

“It definitely was worth it. If Crystal had the chance she would do it again in a heartbeat. Now she is in a state where she can’t even wrestle under her own namesake because Christian wants to take things too far. It’s whatever… Crystal will have the last laugh and she will get everything she wants and when she wants it. It is as simple as that…”

Jamal sighs in return.

“So how long is Crystal going to be like this… How long until she can get her name back?!”

“I have no idea and to be honest it really doesn’t matter. You know your sister is a fighter and as long as she is ignited there is nothing to stop her flames from burning passionately. There is a reason why she is the burning rose right?! Flame on…”

“Okay Catalina… I got your back and I know will support you as well… If there is anything you need let it be known that we all will have your back…”

With that Rosa just cracks a wicked grin as we slowly leave on this image.










The cameras come into focus and as it does we are treated to the sight of the masked woman La Rosa Ardiente and standing next to her is Todd Williams. Todd cracks a wicked grin as he looks at his client and offers a smirk as he begins to speak.

“What’s up all of you haters out there, it is apparent that a lot of you might be confused as to why I am standing here right now but allow me the chance to elaborate. My name is Todd Williams and I am the official spokesman and voice for La Rosa Ardiente. You see Rosa here is a woman who speaks very little English and no burning rose deserves to be left stranded on an island. So seeing as I am quite the gentleman and I would do anything for Rosa I am here to proudly speak on her behalf. At Climax Control Rosa will walk down that aisle and she will step into the ring with a certified scrub in Char Kwan. I mean are we honestly serious right now?! Is this the best that SCW could find to go up against?!

My client is a woman that should be respected. She is a woman who proudly loves to fight on behalf of Mexico and is the epitome of what a Luchadora should be. She will bring on the pride of her heritage and she will take out all of her frustration out on Char. Now let me against you something Char because this is nothing but an honest question. Why should my client take you seriously?! What have you accomplished that should make her question that this match won’t be a walk in the park for her?! You can go ahead and think about it because I definitely have all day…”

Todd smirks as Rosa claps her hands excitedly as he continues to speak on her behalf.

“While you sit and think let me address something that is bothering me. I know somewhere Mercedes Vargas is going to talk that shit on how Rosa can start up some insane streak for a rookie. She could go out and win match after match, and go into the history books. Before you even attempt to put my client over I will be thrilled to tell you along with Char, and the rest of the world why my client is going to win on Sunday! My client is no stranger to the wrestling ring. She was born in this business, she lives for the business, and she is this fucking business…

If my entire motto is to go out there and MEAN BUSINESS her motto is to be the best fucking bombshell to have ever stepped foot in this company and it’s not like she has much to prove when she can already claim that. I mean how many times has Char won last year?!

One match… She literally won one match last year and only won three matches in her entirety of being in this company. She has lost twenty one matches since being in SCW and that’s just absolutely pathetic. If I didn’t know any better I would say that Char is definitely not ready for prime time. She’s not ready to be in the spotlight and she definitely has no right to say anything. Winning 3 matches and dropping 21 makes you the Glass Joe of this company. I know that they say Jessie Salco is the gate keeper in this company but at least she knows what it is like to at least be relevant. It just seems to me that Char isn’t even a has been, she is pretty much a never was.

How is she going to stand in front of a camera and say anything when she has that horrible past haunting her?! You really think you are going to make your big return to this company and get a win at the extent of my client who wants to make a debut?! I highly doubt that. Debuts are about first impressions and if I didn’t know any better I would say that Rosa is about to go out there to that ring and GET BIG!

She is going to beat this Bitch senseless and Char has no idea…”

Todd laughs as he looks at Rosa and continues to speak.

“So much can happen in that ring, and anybody can be behind the mask. However I am going to be truthful with Char. You aren’t ready for this ass whooping that is about to come your way. What I can you for a fact is that my client has won more titles in her career than you lost matches in this company. She is a multiple time hall of famer and when it comes to SCW… Well….”

Rosa smirks as she looks into the camera as she finally begins to speak.

“Christian Underwood really thinks he is so smart but little does he know that I will do whatever it takes to compete on his roster. This might be my “debut” but the fact is you can’t erase me, and you shouldn’t treat your biggest stars with the utmost of disrespect. You think lining up a Char Kwan to face me is really going to make that much of a difference?! No it’s not going to do anything.

No because I am going to beat the living hell out of her. She will find herself embarrassed by the Burning Rose… Ahem… La Rosa Ardiente and I am going to show the world that there is a reason why you have to respect SCW Hall of Famers, 5 Time World Bombshell Champions, and give all of you people a reason to hate me by the end of the night.

Through hell and high water nothing will ever stop this rose from blossoming. For my name is Cry….Catalina Garcia and after Climax Control Char will be an afterthought. I am in the mood to hand out concussions. Perhaps a DDT to the dome would do the trick, maybe I should end Kwan’s career before it even has a chance to begin. Show’s over Char and mine is getting renewed. See you soon… Time to feel the Fuego and light this entire shit on fire… Flame on Bitch!”

With that Rosa showcases her blue hair as the masked beauty smiles to the camera as Todd grins in return.

 
Hollywood Hills, California
Zdunich Household
 
Crystal paced around within the Zdunich mansion. She definitely had a lot on her mind as it wouldn’t be long before she would step into the ring with Masque. However as scary as that might have been what terrified Crystal the most was the fact that she didn’t know how to deal with her wife challenging her to a wrestling match. Crystal had never been one to turn away from a challenge. It was out of character for her to run away from a fight. However Crystal really didn’t want to go down that dark path. She didn’t want to be in a position where she would become that old Crystal on her wife. She made that mistake years ago turning on her just to get a World Bombshell Championship match. People never really stopped talking about Crystal’s sin, and accepting that match would quickly bring all of those sins back up. Seleana stood in front of Crystal with her arms crossed as she looked into her eyes.
 
“Chickie are you going to keep ignoring me?!”
 
Crystal however didn’t say a word to her, and even if she wanted to reply to Seleana something else caught Crystal’s attention. Crystal’s phone started to ring which caused the Latina to gaze down at her phone. The name on the phone read “Kat Jones”. Crystal didn’t hesitate as she quickly answered the phone.
 
“Hey Kat I really wasn’t a phone call from you… Is everything okay, are you enjoying your Birthday gift?!”
 
Crystal tried her best to put on a façade but the voice of Kat really got to her as she spoke back.
 
“Crystal listen to me I just wanted to check on you. I know you have this big match with Masque coming up. I honestly just wanted to check on you… Do not give Masque an inch. Do not let her get into your head, and do not let her pry you for weaknesses…I know we just became friends but I don’t want anything to happen to you…”
 
Crystal just sighs shaking her head as she paces around while on the phone. Seleana is right there doing everything in her power to make sure that she listens to everything about the conversation as Crystal replies back to her.
 
“You don’t have to be worried about me! I know what I am doing… I know YOU didn’t have faith in me the last time I fought her…”
 
Kat quickly answers on the phone.
 
“No it has nothing to do with me believing in you or not. I just wanted to say that I am concerned… I just don’t want anything to happen to one of my friends. Be careful and take care of yourself…”
 
Crystal didn’t even bother to say anything back in return as she decided to just close the phone. She turned her attention over to Seleana who stands there with her arms folded. Crystal looks right into her eyes as she seems befuddled.
 
“Is there a reason why you keep following me around the house?! It’s bad enough you accepted my challenge but you don’t have to watch me. This is very annoying! Can’t you understand that I need space! You just don’t understand!”
 
Crystal tries to storm away and make her way towards the door but it is at that moment that Seleana actually grabs Crystal by the arm. She holds it tightly as Crystal actually seems shocked as the blonde woman speaks perfect English in order to reach out to her wife.
 
“No chickie! This time you aren’t going to walk away from me. I have been married to you for four years and I never complain or say anything bad to you. Even when you betray me I not leave you. I not trophy wife and I won’t sit by and constantly have conversations with Aurora on why you feel the need to always storm out to avoid confrontation. Real world doesn’t bend to you. For the first time in your life I need you to just listen…”
 
Crystal snatches her arm away as she instead turns around and looks right into the eyes of her wife. She sighs in return as she fires back with a very passionate response.
 
“Listen to what Seleana?! I still don’t understand why you even challenged me to a match in the first place. What is it that you WON’T FROM ME?!”
 
Seleana shrugs her shoulders as she sighs in return.
 
“What I want is for my wife to stop thinking that everybody is always against her. For three years you have been trying to find out a solution to what’s wrong with you, and you never can figure out the why. You went and got counseling and it didn’t help. You took a sabbatical from this family and it didn’t work. You tried to bring somebody else into this marriage and I am going to say that didn’t work. I love you so much but I am not going to stand around and watch you try to run around making the same mistake over and over again…You keep trying to fill in these voids but why can’t you understand..”
 
Crystal shakes her head as she looks right into Seleana’s eyes.
 
“UNDERSTAND WHAT SELEANA?! Ever since you came out and interrupted my open challenge all you have been saying over and over again is that I don’t UNDERSTAND… What am I not understanding?!”
 
Seleana points right at Crystal as she seems uneasy.
 
Let me ask you this question… What is your biggest fear?! What is the one thing that you are most afraid of?!”
 
Crystal quickly fires back a response.
 
“That’s easy… You should know that answer. It’s being alone…It has always been being alone…”
 
Seleana shakes her head.
 
“No… I don’t think that’s even the truth. If it was being alone you wouldn’t have gotten married four times. You wouldn’t push away your kids or friends when they try to get near you. You have this pattern of uncertainty among a lack of confidence.  A woman wouldn’t walk away from her wife is she afraid of being ALONE… No Chickie what you are afraid is runs deeper. You want to know why I accepted your challenge?!”
 
Crystal nods her head.
 
“Yes I would definitely like some guidance on WHY you actually did… You know I don’t want to fight you…”
 
“Do you think I want to fight you either?! I don’t want to fight you but I know that within that ring is the only place that you will listen. It’s the ONLY place where you will understand. You know what your biggest fear is Christina?! It’s not being alone, or it’s not what others say about you. Even though you will try to sway it towards being something else, the truth is what you are afraid of the most is YOU. You are your biggest critic; you are your own worst enemy. You are afraid of you, and you don’t know how to move on from having a war with yourself.”
 
Crystal crosses her arms.
 
“Myself?!”
 
“Yes Chickie… You are the problem but you want to create all of these situations to make yourself feel better. The truth is I do love you, and I am proud of the wife that you have become. However I don’t need you going to the extreme of being a Christina Rose, or a Crystal Zdunich to prove that fact. When you shift in direction it has an impact on your wrestling and that’s not healthy. I want you to love me but I don’t want you to sacrifice your very identity to prove a certain point. I want you to learn how to distinguish the difference from being inside of the ring and being at home with me, Alex, and Aurora.”
 
Crystal shrugs her shoulders.
 
“And what are you asking for Seleana, because I don’t think I like where this conversation is going…”
 
Seleana nods her head.
 
“You really want to know what I want?! What I want is for you to embrace yourself. Accept who you really are and to not run away from it… What I want is to step into the ring with the woman known as the Reflection of Perfection, the Silver Screen Queen, the Rose Goddess! I want to wrestle Crystal FN Hilton because I know that is who you were always meant to be. I want to see that confidence and I want to stand toe to toe with that woman in the ring…”
 
Crystal walks away as she is afraid looking away from her wife.
 
“Absolutely not… You don’t know what you are talking about Seleana… That’s not what you want! You obviously forgot when you stood up to Christian and you rocked him the face for me! You showcased that you were an amazing wife and what did I do in return?! I didn’t show any thanks but I came across like a Judas. Except my betrayal wasn’t worth thirty pieces of silver but came in the form of a title shot. I vowed that I would NEVER and I mean NEVER ever let that part of me come to surface. I don’t want to every hurt you again. You don’t deserve it and I refuse to put you through hell…”
 
Crystal seems to have tears in her eyes but Seleana once again grabs Crystal. This time she forces the shorter woman to look up into her eyes.
 
“No… That’s where you are wrong. Stop viewing me as I am this damsel that needs to be saved. As much as the entire world shouted Free Seleana I never responded to any of that stuff. I am not held captive and if this marriage was truly bad I would have walked away. However marriages aren’t without conflict and what I want you to learn is that we don’t walk away from things we can’t handle but instead we work together as partners to deal with those issues. Now I know you probably have thoughts of not wanting to fight me and it may sound crazy that I actually want to fight Crystal Hilton…”
 
Seleana smirks.
 
“However in my eyes it’s not crazy because what makes me smile is seeing you at your best. It is seeing you pour out everything to accomplish something. I view you as being the best Christina and even if you choose not to see it sometimes the truth is you are the best, and I want to show to you that I am not in your shadow or even a trophy wife. I am standing BESIDE you and by facing you I get to test myself against who I feel is the best of the best. Are you really going to deny me a chance to test my own limits and at the same time experiencing my wife be the best that I know she can be?!”
 
Crystal shrugs her shoulders.
 
“Because if you say no to me Christina that is as bad as you breaking my heart because that would be your way of saying that you simply don’t believe in me… You do believe in me don’t you?!”
 
Crystal thinks about it as she slowly gazes back into her wife’s eyes and nods her head in agreement.
 
“Of course I believe in you… It would be foolish to think that I didn’t believe in you… If this is what you really want Seleana of course I will face you. I thought I was doing you a favor by trying to protect you but I am starting to see that was wrong. By constantly running to your aid I am actually handicapping you and for that I am sorry… If it’s me at your best you don’t have to worry about it… I will give you what you want….I will give you Crystal Hilton…”
 
“Good…That’s all I want… Even if I am no match for you as long as I can help you gain your confidence back that’s all that matters in the end…”
 
Crystal nods her head.
 
“Yeah…I can see your point… I love you Seleana, more than you could ever realize. I am just going to take some time to visit a friend just to get clarification on all of this. I want to make sure I am making the right decision…”
 
Seleana smiles.
 
“No problem… Take all of the time you need… I am always here…”
 
 
 
How is it going to all of my blossoming roses out there?! I am going to be completely honest with all of you. I know it won’t be long until I walk into perhaps the biggest challenge of my wrestling career. I am absolutely afraid, and the mere thought just frightens me. I have never been backed down from ANY challenge. I have always been the type to just go in guns blazing and give every single bit of myself in the ring. Before anybody jumps to any conclusion and assumes that I am talking about Masque that couldn’t be any farther from the truth.
 
Masque doesn’t scare me… She might be methodical and really got people talking or left speechless after what she did last weekend to Amber. However that doesn’t scare me. What scares me more than that is the fact that I laid out an open challenge for Summer XXXtreme, and my wife of all people accepted that match.
 
It’s an image that haunts me and it may be my biggest weakness yet. I am afraid because I am reminded of what happened the last time Seleana and I stepped into the ring with one another. I did some very evil things. I turned on her just to get a shot at a World Championship. Seleana feels that there is a piece of me missing and she is welcoming me to fully embrace Crystal Hilton so I could regain my confidence in the ring.
 
The problem is I don’t know if I really want to be that woman.
 
That is when everything finally dawned on me, and I finally figured out what I am afraid of the most. For the longest I thought it was a fear of being alone and that’s what caused this unhealthy need to be accepted.
 
However when you really look at everything and view that fact that I have been married like four times and slept around with just about anyone and everyone, it never seemed to fill in that missing need. It led me to trying to force many friendships, butt my way into conversations that really never concerned me, and even ask the few friends that I do have if they were my friends over and over again.
 
When Seleana stood face to face with me I finally understood what has been my biggest weakness. In a way she has always tried to tell me but I just didn’t want to listen.
 
What haunts me the most isn’t a need for acceptance, it isn’t even being alone, or trying to be remembered. It’s an issue that goes deeper than that and I can see it for what it is.
 
That weakness is none other than me…
 
I am afraid of me, and it leads me to being my own worst enemy. I know the entire world can try to cheer me up and state that I am this great wrestler but deep down I never believed in it. Sure I have the accolades to back it up and I accomplish so much but I just didn’t buy into it because I chose not to do so.
 
I constantly build up these walls of a lack confidence, and because of such it created identity issues. I was afraid of myself that I ran off to Hollywood so I could become somebody else. At least with acting I could always be somebody new. However no matter how costumes, makeup, or even hair changes I had gone through I still never dealt with dealing with me.
 
What’s the point if one never fixed those issues will always lie underneath the surface?!
 
I guess its equivalent to having a car with a transmission that went out. It doesn’t matter if you put new tires on that car or even give it a new paint job. The truth still remains that the looks will be deceiving because underneath it is still a piece of shit that needs to be fixed so it can run again.
 
The fact is I know a lot has been going on within me. I know there has been the constant question of what should people expect out of me. You don’t have to worry about anything anymore because I have found myself. It took a while but Crystal Hilton will return and that spells trouble for whoever is standing in front of me. It just so happens that Masque is going to be the next one up but so be it.
 
Seleana has been begging for Crystal Hilton to return and after deliberation who am I to disappoint her?! I know Seleana really doesn’t know what she is asking for. Crystal Hilton is my most competitive form. It has been the part of me that has been missing for about five years but if this is what is needed to put all of the pieces together again, I know it is something I must do.
 
Masque to be quite honest I really didn’t expect to be in the ring with you so soon?! After losing to you at Into The Void I thought everything was going to come to an end right there. I thought I would have to work my way up through the ranks again and would have to focus on something else. I guess management felt like another encounter was in the works.
 
I am not going to complain or take this opportunity for granted.
 
The entire world is looking at you to be the scariest Bitch on the block. I know a lot of people are upset with what you did to Amber Ryan. So if you could take out a woman that was as dominant as she was, I know everyone will wait and see in anticipation what you could do to me.
 
Hell I know you are going to do everything in your power to take me out but I am not afraid. If anything I can confidently say that I will be waiting. So bring it Masque, give me the fight I have been waiting for.
 
 
 
 
 
Tampa Florida
Off Camera
 
With everything going on between Crystal and Seleana, Christina felt that she needed to receive some clarity of what was going on within her marriage. She knew that Seleana just kept wanting to push the two of them having them a wrestling match but she still had her doubts if going through it was the right decision. Crystal’s journey had taken her to the home of the Johnsons so she could have a heart to heart with Keira about the situation. Roxi was out and about with the kid which meant that Crystal would have alone time with Keira. An amazing dinner was on the table as today’s menu consisted of an ham, macaroni and cheese with mashed potatoes. Crystal’s plate seemed empty compared to the what Keira had made for herself. Keira immediately started to gulp down on the heavy food. To be honest it looked really disgusting and something that you would see Goku doing from Dragon Ball Z. Keira’s eyes turned to over to Crystal shrugging her shoulders at her.
 
“You should really eat Crystal…”
 
“I am not really hungry… I am on a strict diet and I love enjoying my slim waistline. I think I am going to pass…I rather focus on just talking.”
 
Keira looks at Crystal’s plate as she takes it moving it close to her as she begins to eat away at that plate as well.

“So what’s going on Crystal, how can Senpai help you. I know you wanted to talk…”
 
Crystal slowly nodded her head sighing in return.
 
“Yeah… I didn’t know where else to turn but I know you have gone through some similar stuff with Roxi so I was hoping that you could give me some good advice. Two weeks ago I issued an open challenge and I was waiting for anybody to answer that challenge. What I didn’t expect was to see my wife walking down to the ring and accept that challenge. The mere thought of facing Seleana scares me and I don’t know what to think or how to feel…”
 
“What do you mean you don’t know how to feel?! You shouldn’t even feel that type of emotion…”
 
Crystal just looks away as she speaks some more.
 
“It’s the fact that she keeps prying and prying to try to bring me back to being Crystal Hilton. She doesn’t have any idea that I don’t like the woman that I was. I don’t ever want to bring myself to a place where I openly want to be in the ring with my wife. I love her way too damn much to ever put her through what I did once before. I just want to show her how much I love her, I want to care for her, and I want to protect her…”
 
“You really haven’t learned anything have you Crystal?! What you are trying to accomplish for Seleana won’t ever work if anything it’s only going to make her weaker in the long run! I know you want to be that perfect place and you have done so much in order to try to showcase that. You won a Queen for a Day match a while ago and you GAVE her a title match. A match that she had gone on to win but it still doesn’t change the fact that you just gave it to her.”
 
Keira is passionate as she continues to share her heart.
 
“You might think you are trying to help her but it’s only going to harm her! It’s going to ruin her image. People are constantly going to perceive that she is forever in your shadow and she won’t have a chance to grow as a competitor. I know it must sound to hear me say this and it may not be what you want to hear but it is what you NEED to hear!”
 
Keira looks deeper into Crystal’s eyes as she continues to speak.
 
“The reason why I can get so passionate about what I am saying is because I was in Seleana’s shoes. I was that woman. Roxi and I did everything together. We shattered the record with the Bombshell Tag Team Championships. Nobody ever gave me an ounce of respect. Everybody just assumed that Roxi carried me to the success that I achieved. It fueled me and it definitely fired up Roxi. You remember when you won your first World Championship and they were trying to find contenders to place in that Chamber of Fate match against you at Summer XXXtreme?! We both wanted to be in that match but they made us fight each other to qualify for it…”
 
Keira just shrugs her shoulders as she continues to speak.
 
“I poured everything I had into beating Roxi. I beat her in the middle of the ring but I still didn’t get my respect. People only took my win as Roxi letting me win… It made me upset and I vowed on that day that I would do everything in my power to prove that I wasn’t handed anything. I wasn’t carried and I was able to hold my own weight… I know I might have rubbed people the wrong way when I kept trying to push a match with Roxi over and over again. I felt like I needed that match so I could beat her just to show everyone that I belong….”
 
Keira nods her head as she smiles.
 
“Since that day… I have held the Roulette Championship! I have won the World Bombshell Championship, and I showed the world that I truly do belong here. You are trying to make a big deal out of this but the truth is you shouldn’t run away from this encounter. You should welcome it! You should give Seleana exactly what she wants. If that means bringing back Crystal Hilton by all means you do that. Maybe just maybe this is what you need. I am going to be honest with you and this goes back to when you beat me for the championship and Amber was lined up against you….”
 
Crystal just listens as Keira tries her best to reach out to her friend.
 
“I told you point blank that you weren’t ready to face Amber… I told you that she would get the best of you but you just didn’t listen. I said that because you are a shell of who you were always meant to be. You have grown weaker and instead of bringing that competitive side to yourself you are complacent with going day to day by your reputation instead of having that drive to really be the place. It honestly reminds me of what happened to Gohan in the time period after he beat Cell. He was at the top of his pea but then he got sloppy. Of course he could still go SSJ2 but he had way more power in the seven years prior. That shouldn’t have been the case. He should have gotten better but he didn’t because he slacked. Being any type of super hero isn’t easy. If you don’t apply yourself the right way and train you will get surpassed by others…”
 
Crystal shakes her head as she fires back with a response.
 
“No! That can’t be what’s happening to me! I am better than that! I am Crystal Z….”
 
“And there you go always trying to scream it but in reality you need to show it! Seleana might have many reasons why she wants to fight you but from what I can see this has nothing to do with her. This is all about you. She sees what you have become and she doesn’t like it. She wants you to get back to your top form and if that means that you have to be Crystal Hilton by all means that is who you need to be. Now you know that I told you that you weren’t ready for Amber, but now you have to face Masque. You saw what she did to Amber, so what does it look like for you to step into the ring with the woman that decimated the woman I said you weren’t ready to face?! It means this is going to be a burial, but it doesn’t have to be…”
 
Keira smiles as she looks deeper into her friend’s eyes.
 
“No… You can change the entire narrative. All you have to do is bring that part of you out. I know you pride yourself on thinking you are a Vegeta with your constant talks of pride, and how you are this and that…. What you don’t realize is that you aren’t Vegeta… You are Gohan and right now I see a woman who has her true potential hidden within her. You have so much power within you… You just have to find a way to bring it to surface. Whatever is plaguing your mind just let it go… Don’t be your own worst enemy. Don’t be afraid of yourself. Give Seleana what she wants but don’t do it for her…”
 
Keira points right at Crystal’s chest.
 
“Do it for you and as long as you do it for that reason nothing will stop you…”
 
Crystal just stands there before she slowly walks away from Keira. She makes her way towards the living room and it is there where Crystal is able to take a long glance into the mirror. She glares at her reflection for a while as Keira begins to stand next to her friend. Crystal keeps her eyes fixated on her reflection as a trance is unlocked within her eyes. She forms a confident grin as she looks at Keira. The blonde nods as she reaches out to Crystal.
 
“Now who you are?!”
 
Crystal takes it all in as she cracks yet another grin.
 
“I am… I am… I am Crystal Hilton and I am the best wrestler on the planet. If Seleana really wants to fight the best than that is what she is going to get. I am not here to hand out chocolates and roses. I am here to prove why nobody else belongs in that ring with me. So Seleana is going to get more than what she asked for and if she wants to prove that she doesn’t want me to protect her she will have to show that she can stand toe to toe with me. I will be competitive and I will not go easy on her!”
 
“Good and by doing so you both are going to be winners in the end, and as far as Masque goes?!”
 
Crystal runs her hands through her hair as she is confident.
 
“Masque who?! I know she is scary and she is feared by the roster but the truth is I am not afraid. If she wants to take out women that I respect so be it but her reign of terror ends with me. I will stand up to her and I will show her what happens when somebody actually fights back. It doesn’t matter if people believe in me or not. I know what I have to do…”
 
Crystal continues to have that confident look and Keira nods her head as she smiles at her friend.
 
“Good… This is exactly what has been missing from you. This is the side that I haven’t seen for quite some time. As long as this same woman shows up on Sunday there is no doubt in my mind that you will walk away as the Internet Champion…”
 
Crystal nods her head in agreement.
 
“That sounds good but I need to believe in myself, and right now I am tired of being my own enemy. Come Sunday the entire world will get a dose of Crystal Hilton and I refuse to hold back anymore. It’s time I start striving my way into being the best again…”
 
With that Crystal has a focused look as we leave on the two of them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So it looks like we finally meet again Masque and to be honest I am really happy to be in this match. I have so many thoughts that are running through my mind right now but I am just going to be completely honest with you. I am not afraid of you… I don’t fear you, and I am thrilled to be in the ring with you. I know you are intimidating and are perhaps the biggest threat on the entire Bombshell roster. What you did to Amber Ryan last week was completely sadistic and it’s a known fact that Amber and I really didn’t get along with one another.
 
Hell we were bitter enemies and she is the one that took the World Bombshell Championship away from me. Despite everything that we put one another through at least on my end I gained a level of respect for her. All matters should be settled within the confines of the ring and you didn’t even give her that chance. So let me make it perfectly clear. I am not going to stand up to you to try to be some type of hero or martyr because I believe that everybody should be able to fight for themselves.
 
What I can definitely say is that I am passionate on beating you in the ring because I know for a fact that I am a better wrestler than you. The last time we fought I was too focused on what you did to Andrea and was too focused on the fact that I wasn’t going to get my Internet Championship match against the woman that constantly mocked my wife that I overlooked you. You just weren’t on my radar and I let that be my own undoing.
 
Make no mistake this time it’s not about what you did to Andrea, and it’s not about me trying to get wrapped up in trying to fight on behalf of Seleana which is why I was so focused on Andrea. No this time my attention is solely on you and I plan to get the better of you!
 
You want to know why I am going to beat you Masque?! I am going to make that answer extremely simple… It’s because this time I am not trying to cover anything up, I am not running away. I am here standing tall and ready to go toe to toe with you.
 
Who am I?! I am Crystal Hilton and I live for this moment. I live to do the unthinkable and to beat women like you. You love to stand around and try to talk in riddles. You want to live as if life is one huge masquerade but I am going to introduce you to something harsh called reality.
 
The reality of the situation is that you have only been in this company for a few months. Granted you have made some accomplishments and you just won the Internet Championship. You have ONLY had ONE defense with that title, and that was against me, but instead of trying to focus on defending that title and trying to continue to elevate it to a new level. You want to take out Red… You want to confront Roxi and place your fake hand on her World Championship because you want something else.
 
You are nothing more than a title hungry little Bitch and it fires me up because I am sick and tired of people holding that title, and immediately wishing to go for the World Champion. I am sick and tired of having to watch that Internet Championship get used as a bargaining chip in some grand scheme to make these title vs title matches because you want something else!
 
I refuse to go journey back down that road. It just happened a year ago with Myra Rivers, and now from the way things look it seems like it is going to happen again. I won’t let that happen and for the betterment of the entire company I won’t LET that happen because that title means the world to me!
 
I have always wanted that title… it has always appealed to me. When I won that title I had the sad misfortune of SCW going on a hiatus so I really didn’t have the pleasure of really being that fighting champion that I know I am. When the company reopened I was able to get one defense under me and it was revealed that I had to face Mikah in a title vs. title unification match.
 
I did beat her and I ended up winning the World Championship because of it but in doing so that meant the Internet Champion had to fade away and that really upset me. It’s not because I was the top champion but because it meant an essential part of SCW had just gone away. Now I see you and it’s like you aren’t happy. You took out Amber you only have ONE SINGLE FUCKING DEFENSE and already you want to try to claim something else?!
 
That’s absolutely ridiculous. It’s a slap in the face of the women who bled and sweat to hold that Internet title and I am not going to let you defy that belt by immediately trying to pursue something else. The fact of the matter is as many as you bullied you just didn’t get me!
 
You fought me at Into The Void, and you vowed to the world that I wasn’t worth rapturing… You had it all wrong though. It’s that I wasn’t worth it but it’s more so the fact that you just couldn’t get the job done! I wasn’t like everybody else… I wasn’t just another woman who you choked out with your fake hand.
 
I came at you… I brought the fight to you, and I tried to take the mask because I WASN’T SCARED. I was ready for a fight and was ready to take it to you. In order for you to put me down you had to hit me illegally with that fake hand in the throat followed by your suplex.
 
Guess what though, I truly am the hardest challenge you have ever been in the ring with because I am the woman that won’t stop until I beat you. It has always been who I am. It took me a few tries to finally get over Mikah, the same could be said with Sam Marlowe, and hell it even happened with Andrea and was hoping it would also happen with Amber Ryan.
 
So why should you be any different?! The fact is you aren’t… You might have the size, you might scare everybody else but in my eyes you are just like the rest and I am going to be the woman that will cut you down the size.
 
The way I see things this is like Rocky 2… Our first match you did get me but you really didn’t BEAT me or at least in the way you know you wanted too. I went the distance on you and showed the world I could stand toe to toe with you.
 
So here we are with our second encounter and just like the Duke told Apollo Creed. That he had seen Apollo beat on Rocky like he had never seen a man get beat on before, but the scary part was that Rocky just kept coming at him! So thus he didn’t know anybody like that in his life.
 
That’s me! That is why I know I am the biggest threat in this entire company to you, and that far outweighs what Amber might do when she is one hundred healthy.
 
The reason why you should be afraid is the simple fact that I actually love this! I won’t ever stop coming at you, and I will always find a way to come at you over and over again. Even if it means I get decimated in the process I have to find the will to keep on pushing on because I am better than you.
 
Behind the fake mask and the fake hand I see nothing more than a pretender, but me… I am an actually contender and I am ready to take that title to showcase that I can be a defender! I had my share of issues but my name is Crystal Hilton and if you want to know my identity it’s the woman who leaves every single bit of herself in that ring to be the best. Nothing less and nothing more…
 
Wrestling is my livelihood and I am not going to let you make a mockery out of it by thinking that you are untouchable. Other people might be afraid but I am standing tall…Maybe just maybe if this was a horror film you would be a Michael Myers. You can get beat down, shot, stabbed, and have anything done to you. None of those things will hurt you because you like to inflict pain but this is when I have to stand opposite of that and truly be that Laurie Strode…
 
I am the final girl of wrestling and even though it may not seem like it I will find a way to get the job done. I will not back down and people live to see the timeline where I get over the hump to show the entire world that you aren’t a machine or a monster. You are vulnerable and you can lose like the rest of them.
 
I get it… Sometimes I might be a hard act to follow and people might not get me but if there is one thing that people can always say about Crystal Hilton it’s the fact that she loves to hold championships. She loves to gain the accolades and will do anything to get that limelight. You are the sure way to get exactly what I want and I will win that championship!
 
I made a promise to my wife that she will get the return of Crystal Hilton, and she is going to get her in her most competitive form. However what would sweeten the entire deal is that the Zdunichs could stand face to face wrestling for the Internet Championship with all of the cards on the table. A married couple fighting for the right to be a champion…
 
That definitely would mean a lot and it is what I am pushing for. However to get to that point I need to get past you and I don’t plan to drop the ball now. I have to beat you no matter the cost.
 
When I beat you can go on to focus on Roxi Johnson and have your eyes locked solely on her but it is definitely going to be without the Internet Championship because that comes home with me.
 
On Sunday I will fight you for all of the right reasons but the main one is because I want to be the best and I won’t anymore come in the way of that.
 
It’s time to finally roll the credits of this masquerade of what you are trying to pull. Welcome to the curtain call… Take a bow because after Sunday your show is over and mine officially begins.
 
I am the Burning Rose and it’s time to set this world on fire!!!
 
 

Detroit Michigan
Home Coming

It felt like an eternity since Crystal Zdunich had decided to return back to her birthplace of Detroit Michigan. She and her long time best friend Stephanie Sullivan had to come back to their hometown. The two were there to celebrate their 15 year anniversary of their graduating class reunion. Although this celebration was supposed to occur in 2020 with everything that happened with the Pandemic it was rescheduled to a later date. Now was that time and we are able to see Stephanie’s black 2022 Honda Civic pulling up into the parking lot of Martin Luther King High School. Stephanie smiles as she opens up the door and is wearing a pair of shades over her eyes. She looks at her surroundings before turning her attention over to Crystal.

“Come on Crystal we are finally here… Get out of the car so we can reunite with everybody…”

Crystal however just sighs as she shrugs her shoulders in return. She doesn’t look to be in the best of moods as she slowly gazes over at Stephanie.

“Do I have to go to this event?! Not for anything but I never even graduated… I never got a high school degree... This seems to be more like your world then it was ever mine. Wouldn’t you feel better if you just went in and had your big moment and let me just sit out here. Better yet I could go visit my mother or even your grandmother, but anyplace would be better than this place…”

Stephanie just walks over to the passenger’s side of the vehicle. She quickly opens the door and yanks the blue haired vixen out of the seat. She places her arm around her as she leads her away from the car.

“Oh come on! Chrissy… You know as well as I do that you should have been part of that graduating class. If you weren’t busy trying to raise Brittany this would have definitely been your scene. I don’t see why you WOULDN’T want to be here! You were an amazing athlete. A woman who was an All American in just her freshman year has a lot to smile about…”

Stephanie smiles but Crystal just shrugs her shoulders as she is speechless.

“As amazing as that might sound you must have forgotten about the way I was bullied nearly every single day of school. How the stuck up girls beat me up and flushed my head down the toilet… I rather not have to take a walk down memory lane and relive those days. Not to mention I had to deal with people tormenting me and calling me a half breed. Not Hispanic enough to hang out with the Hispanics, not black enough to be with the black people. I felt like I was attacked on all sides and it just wasn’t fair…”

Stephanie shakes her head looking back at her friend.

“But at least you had me, and we were there for one another. Hell I made sure I was there for you Crystal… I have always been there for you!”

Crystal is slowly taken towards the school but she stops as she glances out at the softball and baseball fields. She turns her attention over to Stephanie replying back to her.

“You say you were there for me but let’s be honest. The only reason why one of the only token white girls in the school was there for me is because you wanted to treat me like a charity case. It was like you was Glinda and I was Elphaba. What you thought was kind was your way of trying to make me popular and I don’t think it worked… Nothing really did…It doesn’t erase the horrors of what I went through at this school…”

Crystal keeps her eyes locked on the softball field as she smiles in return.

“It’s just crazy looking out at the field. I had so much potential… if I never got pregnant who knows what might have happened… That field was truly of a safe haven to me…”

Stephanie looks out at the field as she shrugs her shoulders.

“Yeah… You definitely were good although I think I preferred being the captain for the cheerleading team. I definitely threw my share of parties. Not to mention being named home coming Queen, and Prom Queen was also a great touch too… Everybody at this school wanted to be me and…”

Crystal just keeps her eyes on the field as she sighs in return. She decides to walk towards the school as Stephanie stands there rambling on about the past. She finally catches up to Crystal as she tries to follow her.

“I was in the middle of saying something…You could have at least waited for me. I don’t know why you are rushing to get inside the school it’s not like you wanted to be here anyway…”

Crystal shrugs her shoulders.

“I didn’t… It’s just that glaring at the field was going to be emotional. I…. I just rather be on my way. I got a lot going through my mind…”

The two women walk through the doors of the school and they are treated to a huge banner that reads “Happy 15th year anniversary Class of 2005” Crystal and Stephanie walked through the hallways just taking everything in. Stephanie smiles looking at the lockers.

“Do you remember these Chrissy?!This is where I found Rachel and Alicia beating the snot out of you… If I didn’t save you and made you my friend the attacks would have been even more brutal…”

Stephanie words really didn’t register that well with Crystal as no words could actually account for how badly she was bullied in the school. Crystal however is no worry to walk towards the gym where the reunion was taking place. Instead she spots a huge trophy case and she walks over there. She smiles as she sees newspaper clippings of her winning All American. She looks at the wall of accomplishments and some of her track records still stand however she looks at the male accomplishments and the name Brayden Matthews is all over the place. Crystal let’s some tears roll down her cheek as she leans closer for a look when two voices call out to her.

“Awe!!!! Rachel is that who I think it is?!”

Two blonde women sneak up behind Crystal with evil grins on their faces. The other woman claps her hands as she replies back.

“I think so Alicia… If it isn’t Easy Sleezy Chrissy… I am surprised they invited someone like you to this reunion. Last time I checked this gathering is for people with ACTUAL high school diplomas. You know… People that ACTUALLY graduated from here, dropouts shouldn’t be honored…”

“Got that right… Easy Sleezy gave it up on the first night to the only boy here that would talk to her and she wasn’t smart enough to use safe sex. It must suck being yet another high school dropout and statistic…”

“Teenage pregnancy, I would figure that would be the case from someone LIKE HER…”

The women just mock Crystal to no end but she doesn’t say anything. She is silent as instead tears roll down her eyes. The women continue to harass her.

“She isn’t so tough without her sisters Ester or Cherrie here…”

“Or where’s Stephanie?! She always did hang out with her to do her part for the inner city kids…”

That was a good question. Where was Stephanie?! Stephanie was off doing her own thing as she had somehow made her way to the party. Crystal was left alone and it’s as if she was frozen in place. She wanted to say something but it’s as if she was that hurting teenager again. It was at that moment that a voice called out to them.

“Shouldn’t you two be heading to the party, last time I checked harassing somebody in your mid-thirties just makes you look really childish. I honestly thought you two would have grown out of that but maybe I was mistaken…”

The two women quickly walk away leaving Crystal standing there alone with the woman. Crystal turns her attention to the woman and she can’t help but her as tightly as she could. A black fit woman stood in front of her and she hugged her back. Crystal wipes the tears from out of her eyes as she looks deeply into her eyes.

“Thank you so much coach Brown… It really means a lot that you could be there for me…”

The woman nods her head as she looks right at Crystal.

“I couldn’t let those two bully one of my favorite athletes and students. As we grow older I can see that a lot of things remain the same. Well except that hair color of yours. “

Crystal just shrugs her shoulders.

“I honestly don’t know what happened… I feel like I just froze and in that moment I wasn’t the woman that I know I am. I was that same Christina from high school…I don’t know how to feel…”

Coach Brown nods her head as she places a hand on Crystal’s shoulder.

“Listen you can’t let people get to you. I know sometimes words might hurt but they should never break you. You could have easily just told those women to piss off. As much as they might see you as the same Christina from back then the truth is you have grown and blossomed into something really beautiful…”

Crystal sighs in return.

“That feels nice Coach Brown but sometimes I don’t really feel that. I just freeze in place and it’s like I let everything get to me. I ran away from my wife a few months ago because I felt like I just wasn’t good enough. I felt that she could do much better than me, and I felt empty inside…”

The woman shakes her head as she looks right into Crystal’s eyes.

“That’s part of the problem Christina. You can’t let things just get to you or run away when things get tough. Sometimes you just need to look at adversity in the face and take it on head first. You might not have the degree and you might have gotten pregnant at an early age. That isn’t a crutch though. That meant you had to grow up really quick. Taking care of another far exceeds having to worry about yourself. Motherhood is a challenge like none other and it wouldn’t even matter how much education you have. Nothing would ever prepare you for it. What you might call failures is only just trial and error. There’s no wrong answer in parenting… Now I have heard you are a Grandmother now and I know you won’t fail at that either…”

She takes a deep breath and speaks some more.

“It’s all a learning experience but you are amazing. You have become a top notch athlete. You are big in the entertainment world and even if you don’t feel it. You just need to look in the mirror and realize that you are special. Even to this day you still have records on that wall that haven’t been broken. You should be proud… If you look closer you will see that Brayden excelled as well. He has done so much for this school…”

Crystal looks away.

“I can’t take any of that credit though… He was the child that I gave away…”

Coach Brown places an arm on her shoulder.

“As true as you might think that might be it still doesn’t change the fact that he came from you. He has your blood running through him. It is who he is and obviously he holds you in high regard. If he didn’t he wouldn’t have taken your surname…He is your son whether you raised him or not…”

Crystal nods her head in agreement as she looks at the wall.

“And now my son is expecting for me to form this team with him… To be honest everybody has been asking me if I am excited or if I am ducking him. Truth be told I am afraid to be on his team…”

“And why exactly are you afraid?!”

Crystal sighs.

“I just don’t want to disappoint him. I had the chance to win the tag team championships with the best male to have ever stepped foot inside of a ring in J2H and we couldn’t get the job done, so what could really change in having my son there with me?!”

Coach Brown stands there as she shakes her head before crossing her arms together.

“I think the biggest thing you should be worried about is whatever happens will happen. Don’t worry about what may not happen. If people end up talking you down don’t let them get to you. They don’t walk in your shoes. They never have and they certainly never will. If people do talk about you just ignore them. You know what you are capable of, and have been fighting for your entire life. There’s no reason to stop being a fighter. As long as you push ahead nothing can bring you down…”

Crystal opens her eyes.

“I understand Coach Brown… Thank you for having my back and always being there for me…”

“Anytime… That’s what I am here for… You will always be my favorite athlete. You just can’t afford to give up. Now why don’t you go in there and enjoy that party… Perhaps you can stop Miss Sullivan from making a fool of herself…”

Crystal can’t help but giggle as she begins to head towards her fifteen high school anniversary reunion. As she does it is on this image that we fade out on.









The cameras come into focus and as they do we are treated to the sight of Crystal Zdunich looking intensely into a camera. A wicked grin escapes her lips as she begins to speak.

“How are all of my blossoming roses doing tonight?! To be honest as I look towards competing in this match this week a lot of different feelings were running through my head. I won’t lie part of me felt disappointed because in my mind I still think that my career should be on a different path than what it is currently set for. I know I am owed a match for the Mixed Tag Team Championships but it seems as if Mikah remains in the Blast From The Past tournament that my plans are placed on the backburner. So you must imagine that there are different thoughts that exist within me…

Am I good enough?!

How does the world view me?!

Why do people feel the need to talk so much shit about me?!

Question after fucking question…. Thought after thought but the main thing going through my mind is the fact that I truly feel like I am on the backburner right now. I am merely an afterthought and that is something that doesn’t sit well at me. You can hate me or you can love me… Honestly I don’t care which of the two you decide to choose. What I won’t deal with however is being completely disrespected and that is where I currently sit right now. The world seems to have this need to bully me. I can’t say anything without somebody jumping down my fucking throat for a new issue. I have been called things from psychotic, to bat shit crazy to other derogatory names.

I will admit all of that honestly got to me… I had trouble sleeping at night. I would get overly emotional over the way Christian talked about me, the way Mikah talked about me and others.

It made me question if I really was as worthless as they all constantly seem to bring up. It made me ponder certain things about myself, and it got to a point when I went back home to Detroit to find what was missing in my life.

For the past year I walked out on my wife to find something out about myself, and I recently had to get time for myself before I had to glance over things. However when I went I have come up with the simple conclusion that I actually don’t give a shit on what anybody says about me. I know people are quick to talk shit about me. Mikah is quick to constantly talk me down but she FORGETS that during the summer of Crystal Millar I went on an absolute tear. I was woman of the year and I rocked the company. Vargas loves to talk shit but when one approaches her she quickly backtracks and doesn’t want to deal when somebody confronts her.

Of course Alicia Lukas will constantly talk down how everybody is better than me, and Amber can sit there biding her time waiting to crush anybody who dares to step the fuck up. So it’s just one big mess waiting to be figured out.

However after really assessing things from a different perspective I have come to the conclusion that I truthfully don’t give a shit on how any of the haters on this roster view me. That’s not me being cocky but that’s me being fully confident because at the end of the day I know who I am. I am the woman who has held the World Bombshell Championship five times, and as a matter of fact I am the ONLY one in this entire company to win a World Title five times. I am a Hall of Famer and I still have the ability to go out there and do it all over again.

So if you think you are going to break me down with words you better think twice before it won’t happen. Now this week the world will get to see the Zdunich married couple taking on the team of Andrea and Evie Jordan. Long behold it is an absolute honor to team up with my lovely wife. At one point she was nothing but a trophy wife. One to show off but she has grown to be so much more than that. Seleana is also a fighter and she is a woman that is as dangerous as a lioness. Not only does she take care of them in a zoo but she knows how to stalk and hunt her prey as one. If she is pushed to the edge she will beat Andrea at the Super Card, and will walk away as the brand new Internet Champion…

Mark my words on that…

Let’s cut to the chase though because ladies and gentlemen we have the big return of Evie Jotdan…Now  can I just completely be honest with all you?! You would think that Evie returning would be a huge fucking deal. After all it’s EVIE JORDAN right?!

However I don’t think it’s getting the reaction as she thinks it is going to get… It’s not a case of OMG IT’S EVIE FUCKING BAANG RETURNING!!!  It’s more of the case of…. Oh….. It’s Evie…. And she’s returning….again?! I would pay more attention to it but how many times have we saw this tape being played out?! It seems to be the case of the same old shit over and over again.

Evie comes in… And leaves….

Evie claims she got forced signed up for a Blast From The Past tournament…. And eventually leaves….

Now she is claiming that she is back yet again and it’s like okay let’s just cut the shit already. This is not a revolving door you just can’t come and go as you please. The more you do it is the more that people stop paying attention to you. You know it’s a damn shame when you return and suddenly leave more than I change hair colors, personalities, gimmicks, or even name changes… That’s a damn shame…

Hell I bet you have been through more debuts, returns, and sudden leaves more than I gone through relationships while being employed here….

But hey perhaps I shouldn’t be mean because after all it’s Evie Jordan right so it’s a big fucking deal right?! Maybe I should pay attention because Evie is the one who took the World Bombshell Championship from me when she won her Blast From The Past Tournament the first time. It’s a thought that still eats away at me but you can bet your bottom dollar that I definitely will rectify that image.

I mean I basically beat your little quartet of friends that you belong too…

Melody Grace?! Yeah I beat her in a singles match before she eventually took my World Bombshell Championship by pinning Salco in a four way match.

Dani Weston?! That’s my home girl but yeah I beat her too….

Odette Stevens… I get booked against her in this big Climax Control match and guess what I beat her.

But now only one remains and I refuse to lose to the one that got away. I need to pay back the favor of wishing to fight her, and a long time ago my daughter bit off more than she could chew. She constantly called out Evie in hopes of defending her Roulette Championship against her. Evie carved her up but honestly it should have been me who should have been calling out Evie. It should have been me in that ring. This week we will fix things and I will finally put a nail through the coffin on why I am better than her. Don’t let me down evie and disappoint because I damn sure will be coming to beat the living shit out of you.

However if that wasn’t enough the other woman in this match is a woman that I definitely know. She is a woman who I have been in the ring with on multiple occasions. She is a woman that took away a World Bombshell Championship from me. In a different world we would could have been friends. She is a woman that I saw a lot of myself in but when she had the opportunity she made sure to stab me in the back.

That was definitely a smart move because let’s face it based on my track record that definitely was a page taken right out of my playbook. Andrea and my history goes way beyond just us having these battles in the ring that was completely brutal. We have a connection that goes back to our fathers competing together in Mexico.

I won’t lie… Andrea is definitely a top tier athlete. She knows how to get shit done and she can wrestle with the best of them. Her attitude sucks though and she is getting cocky too much for her own good. She too is another who quickly backs down when a challenge comes in her direction. I know my wife is next in line but I want everybody to understand this right now.. I want Mark and Christian to hear me out because it doesn’t seem like I am going to get a chance at Mikah any time soon.

But for any reason if Seleana doesn’t get the job done I want next at the Internet Champion… I want to get at Andrea in a singles match. She has basically coasted for her entire title reign and she needs somebody who is going to put the pressure on her. I have all the confidence in my life and I know she is an amazing competitor.

What makes us different however is I don’t mind doing whatever it takes to pull out a win! I will pull out all of the stops and I will make Andrea really work to pull a win out of her ass. How’s it going by the way Andrea?! You really have been quite the Bitch haven’t you?!  You big on this absolute tear and you been kicking ass like none other.

Honestly it’s absolutely impressive. You should be really proud. The only thing it took for you to get your ass moving in gear was taking a huge L from yours truly. I remember it Crystal clear. You provoked me and you forced me to lose my cool in the ring. You caused me to get suspended because I decided to strike a referee.

The moment I returned is the moment that you and I were in a collision course in a major I quit match. What happened when you and I fought in a match with the stakes of having to have the opponent to mutter out those words to pick up the win?!

The truth is that is when I really decided to show up. That’s when I showed the fuck out and I beat the shit out of you so much that you had to quit. It definitely was a learning experience for you because after that match you didn’t have ANYTHING to say about me. You stated that you were done talking about me and that you were going to move on.

I doubt that’s why you moved on though. The real reason why you moved on is because you took the ass whopping very personally and you didn’t want to receive another one. You felt it would be better to be off of my radar and that’s why you went onward towards something else. That’s when you were crying for a Roulette Championship match and some other shit.

Whatever floats your boat but here you are and you are definitely in the spotlight now. You have some publicity and are actually the most hated person on the roster. That’s really good because it means you are capturing the audience. You will need to do so much more than that if you think it’s going to be enough to beat me.

That’s why I want you to bring everything you got. Give me all of that smoke and bring me that Andrea that I know you can bring. Bring me the warrior, the fighter, and the one who doesn’t back down from a challenge. Don’t channel that bitch who at one point complained about Roulette Championship matches or argued about how terrible their Blast From The Past partner was. That is not the woman I see or want.

This week I know I am in for a war and honestly I have been waiting for this. If you want to see somebody step up look no further because I am ready for what’s to happen. The question is are you ready for it?! Nothing and I mean nothing will stop this rose from blossoming…

See all of you very soon…

Lights

Camera

Action

It’s Showtime…

It’s time to roll the credits on these two once and for all.

Los Angeles, California
Williams Estate

It had been a long time since Todd Williams had found himself inside of a wrestling ring. The Redeemer the man who had always envisioned himself being the individual to save professional wrestling was living in a more laidback sense. He was more accustomed to being a family man and being there to raise his now almost two year old son Xavier. Life was good for the most part as Todd enjoyed being in the background for his newly married wife Hope. He loved trying to do his part to bring up to speed of being a great wrestler. If that wasn’t enough he had loved watching his Brittany trying to rise through the ranks and his son Brayden trying to walk in his shoes.

Life was good and it couldn’t get any better than that. However as amazing as things might have been there was certainly a void in his life. He tried to fill that void by resorting to his womanizing ways trying to screw anything that moved but that never filled it. He tried to obtain as much power as he could but monopolizing the drug world didn’t work either. What was missing from his life was the thrill of being in the ring. He loved the sport of wrestling and when he saw SCW offering a chance to compete in their tournament he was quick to jump at the opportunity. This was certainly a new beginning and he wasn’t going to let it go to waste.

Todd Williams found himself working out as hard as he could in his personal gym. He was picking up a heavy medicine ball and he was tossing it around. His two year old son smiled as he looked at him from a distance.

“Daddy is strong…”

Todd nodded his head with a smile as he looked at his son offering him a huge grin. He couldn’t help but pick up a jump rope and it was at that moment when he went as fast as he could to jump over the rope. The little boy just watched in astonishment as he clapped his hands at his dad.

“Faster daddy… Faster….”

Todd looked at his son with a grin as he kept his eyes on him.

“Don’t worry I plan to go fast as I can. Do you like what you see?!”

The little boy nodded his head as he looked deeply at his father.

“My daddy is the best!”

It was definitely a special moment between father and son. Todd couldn’t believe that in the eyes of his son he truly was that of a superhero. It was this feeling that he really enjoyed and he didn’t want it to ever end. He knew that getting back into the ring at this stage in his life was definitely the right decision. It would offer his son the chance to see what his father does best, and he loved every single bit of the feeling. Todd didn’t stop there as he decided to change things up. His eyes moved to that of his elliptical machine. He had planned to work every single part of his body. He had stepped onto the machine and ten minutes went by. His wife Hope made her way down into the gym and he smirked as she spoke out to him.

“Todd sweetie you have a special guest…”

Todd had sweat dripping from his forehead. He turned his attention to the machine which read that he had burned two hundred calories and he quickly switched it off. He grabbed his towel making sure to wipe all of the sweat from his eyes as he looked back at his wife.

“So what type of special guest are we talking about?! You know I am trying to get back into the wrestling ring and I want to be at my very best when I do step inside and do what I do best…”

Hope nodded her head giggling as she looked back at him. Xavier quickly ran towards his mother who didn’t hesitate to quickly yank him up off of the ground and raise him proudly through the air.

“MOMMY!!!!”

“Hey my little pumpkin… Have you been enjoying your time with daddy?! Why don’t we go upstairs and watch some baby shark or maybe Paw Patrol. I know you love them both!”

The little boy grinned widely as he took him away from the gym. Todd just stood there dumbfounded as he crossed his arms in return.

“Wait… You promised me a special guest… My son was enjoying his time down here. If you let him stay down here for longer he will learn some tricks how to be a chip off of the old block…”

It was in that moment that a voice replied back to him in return. It was a voice that he had known better than anybody else. It was from the true love of his life, his first love and the mother of his twins. That other figure was none other than Crystal Zdunich. Crystal’s normal blue hair was replaced by this natural black hair that looked completely angelic. She walked down the stairs folding her arms together as she looked right into his eyes.

“So I see you are actually doing your trying and doing everything in your power to get back into the ring…”

Todd smiled as he looked back at her.

“And I see you are still as gorgeous as always, although I didn’t take you as the type of woman who would walk around with black hair. That’s really not your style. I expected more over the top with you. After all you are Crystal Hilton so things have to be larger than life…”

Crystal just shakes her head with a sigh looking back at her former husband.

“Normally I would have been like that but catching Corona Virus really didn’t treat me that well. It was one of the worst things to have happen to me in my life. As soon as the Inception was announced I felt sick. I didn’t think much of it but I am grateful for the bosses that we have in SCW. Mark and Christian both wanted to make sure that I was one hundred percent focused on recovering. So they pulled me off of the show with pay, and wanted me to get better…”

Crystal sighs as she shakes her head sighing.

“There’s not much to be done being in complete isolation especially when I forgot to stock up on blue hair. I think what hurts more than that is being away from my Seleana and Alexandra, or my little Aurora. That girl loves me so much but I couldn’t be near her. She is immune compromised so being near her would have put her in danger…”

Todd nods his head just agreeing with her.

“Yeah, I couldn’t imagine being away from Xavier for that long. I love that boy and I would do anything for him. The same goes for Brittany and Brayden, I would do anything to make both of them happy…”

Crystal sighs in return.

“Yeah… It sucks that I couldn’t compete at Inception. I know Brayden was really looking forward to teaming up with me. I really think that we could have been really special. We definitely would have won those Mixed Tag Team Championships and brought a breath of fresh air to the division. However all of that is now washed away because the company decides to bring Mikah back in my place and I have to be subjected to hearing her call me bat shit crazy over and over again…”

Todd looks at his former wife as he grins in return.

“Crystal we both know that this whole thing about the mixed tag team division is definitely about you trying to become a Grand Slam Champion… You can tell everybody otherwise but I know you better than you know yourself…”

Crystal doesn’t say anything as she replies with a dumbfound look

“…”

Todd just giggles as he replies back to her.

“On a serious note I think you and Bray would have been an amazing team. He really loves you so much. He loves you to the point he decided to take your Maiden name. Being a Hilton is important to him and he went that path because of you. Even though he would probably never say it you are who he looks up too…”

Crystal quickly shakes her head.

“Are you kidding?! He might have my name but he is YOU… Just look at who he married. I wonder why he is attracted to Hispanic women in the first place?! Maybe that has something to do with how you were attracted to me. On top of that just look at the way he wrestles and how that mouth is so reckless. That is you in a nutshell…Enough about our son though. What about our daughter?! That little girl idolizes being your princess and she has your surname. She is proud to be a Williams and…”

Todd is the one laughing at this point.

“And yet as much as she might be my princess that little girl is definitely your mini me. I mean look at her lifestyle. She found a tall blonde drink of water for a wife. She walks around with the same type of attitude that you had when you were walking out to the ring with a red carpet and a bunch of photographers. You remember being the Rose Goddess right?! That is who she is right now, she is Hollywood and she is definitely YOUR DAUGHTER!!!”

“And I could say BRAYDEN is definitely YOUR SON!!!”

They both look at one another just sighing at one another. Todd shakes his head with a grin.

“Damn… We definitely certain type of parents aren’t we?!”

Crystal giggles.

“And now we are grandparents, God help us. The apples certainly didn’t fall far from the tree. However all hope isn’t lost. We definitely can rectify this and become really good role models for our children to follow…”

Todd raises his eyes.

“Oh and how can we go about doing that?!”

Crystal just sighs in return as she offers a long deep breath.

“By doing things in the right way, as far as I go that means being stable. Not sitting there and wanting to change my mind on something if things don’t pan out. I have to stay the course, and I can’t afford to be afraid of people when they repeatedly say things that I don’t like…”

“Exactly…”

Todd takes a long glance into Crystal’s eyes.

“That means at some point you will have to confront Mikah, and I know she can say so many things that can clearly get under your skin. You can’t let it bother you Crystal. You need to overcome and showcase that you are better than her…”

She nods her head as she looks back at him.

“I know and as far as you go Todd you need to also do the same. I know you put your name into this Blast from the Past Tournament, and the moment you did I know there are people out there who just didn’t take you seriously. There are people who think you may not even show up or you are just there to take up space and for publicity. You can’t let that be the case Todd. You are better than that…”

Todd slowly nods his head in agreement.

“I know but more important than that WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT CRYSTAL! We can’t let this be the way that people view us. Our legacy needs to be looked upon in another way. This is our chance to flip the script. We have our kids that are looking up to us but more important than that we have Isabella who is our third generation. We need to establish a legacy that she can be proud of. One where people will say she is from the Hilton and Williams legacy that we won’t be mocked at…”

“Exactly so let’s be there for her and let’s change things while we have the opportunity to do so right now. I know I am ready to finally shut Mikah’s mouth off. This has been like 6 years in the making but it needs to be done, but the real question I want to ask you is are you ready to step into ring and compete in the Blast In The Past tournament?!”

Todd thinks about it as he smiles in return.

“Am I ready to compete in the Blast From The Past?! Not really… Being ready isn’t enough, but the real question is am I ready to win the whole entire thing?! To answer that question it’s simple really. Of course I am ready. I was born for this moment, I live for this moment. It has been a long time since I said this but it’s time to get back on the saddle. The world may have forgotten me but I will make them remember…”

Crystal begins to get all giddy as she nods her head smirking.

“Oh, and what exactly are you going to make them remember?! It has been a while so you might have to give me a refresher…”

Todd licks his lips passionately as he screams out at the top of his lungs.

“if they forgot it’s simple… My name is TODD WILLIAMS and I MEAN BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!”

Crystal smirks getting exactly.

“TODD’S MEANS WOO! TODD MEANS BUSINESS… DAMN MAN DAMN!!! It’s time for you to go out there and GET BIG now…”

Todd chuckles.

“Baby… I can you two kids and if we didn’t have the misfortune of those miscarriages it would have been a whole lot more…”

Crystal screams.

“NO, NO, NO! I didn’t mean that type of big… I mean in an urban dictionary type of way. you know Get Big which is defined as the act of completely dominating an opponent and drawing the attention of everyone around!”

Todd chuckles.

“Gotcha so pretty much showcase why I know how to play my position and don’t be like a Paul Millsap when his sorry ass got traded to the Nuggets. Dude is out there being Big for Nothing, and never wants to post it…”

“Todd in a nutshell go out there and DO SOMETHING just don’t LOOK like you can do something…”

“Baby cakes I plan to do just that… Now if you don’t mind I have to let you know that I WOULD LOVE TO STAY BUT I GOTS TO GO!”

“Why?! We just to talking and we really should train for your tournament…”

Todd giggles.

“Well it’s not a good idea for me to be downstairs alone with the love of my life. I feel a certain way and I really take these feelings out on my wife, and you should do the same…”

Todd glared at Crystal from head to toe, and he couldn’t help that he was turned on. However he turned around as he ran upstairs trying to get his wife. Crystal keep her eyes locked on her ex-husband. She was all grins but she quickly pulled her phone out dialing a familiar number.

“Oh Seleana… Guess what WE are going to do tonight?! I will see you soon…”

With that we fade out on this scene.

November 29th
Monday, 2021
Zdunich Manor

It had been an eventful weekend to say the least. Finally after months of dealing with a separation Crystal had finally returned home to her family. It had been apparent that she had been missed as the entire time that she had been gone. It truly as if the prodigal daughter had returned home. However as amazing as it was there was someone in that household that was going through a lot. Brayden had been through a lot since before Crystal’s disappearance. His wrestling career hadn’t been going in the direction that he really saw it going. Brayden had been lost since he had arrived in SCW. At first his career seemed promising. He had managed to secure some wins and was set to move in the right direction but lately it’s as if he had fallen from grace. He didn’t know what the issues were but what he did know is that he wasn’t the man that he was supposed to be, and he needed to figure out why.

It was the Monday of Crystal’s birthday weekend. In typical Crystal fashion especially since she hadn’t been around for about two months she had a lot of catching up to do. What a better way to do so than by making sure her 34th birthday was special. It was Monday and it was a big family day as everybody sat by the pool. Seleana was working the grill. Alexandra was taking time to play with Aurora. Crystal was showboating wearing a long sash that read “Birthday girl” along with a tiara on her head. Brayden just sat on the side with a can of soda in his head. Next to him was his lovely wife Sofia with baby Isabella sleeping peacefully in her arms. She shakes her head as she looks over at her husband.

“What’s wrong Mi Amore?! Ever since we got here you haven’t said a word. You haven’t been eating. It’s as if you don’t want to be here. Is everything okay?!”

Brayden slowly lifts his head up as he looks back at his wife. He takes a long deep breath before shrugging his shoulders.

“To be honest not really Sofia, I don’t feel very happy right now. I know mom just got back and I should really appreciate that it took a lot of strength to admit that she was wrong and return back to the ones she loves but I feel she needs to be there for me. I am not okay… I need her, and I am going through so much right now…”

Sofia nods her head as she keeps rocking Isabella.

“Well why don’t you tell her that. I know your mom can be a bit overwhelming at times but she’s not a mind reader babe. You can’t expect her to know exactly what it is you are going through. You have to communicate and really learn how to share your heart…”

Brayden opens his eyes in amazement as he looks back at her.

“Open my heart?! I appeared in her life last year because I wanted to know mom. I wanted to be in her life. I did exactly what I was supposed to do. I got close to her, Brittany, and even Seleana. I get that she just got back and I respect that. She needs time to bond with her loved ones again and showcase how much she loves them. However you don’t think I have those same needs as well?! Brittany and I haven non-stop arguing with one another ever since she decided to throw that little temper tantrum in that other wrestling company and put her hands on Seleana. My wrestling career hasn’t been anywhere close to where it should be…”

Sofia shakes her head as she looks deeply into Brayden’s eyes.

“No… Your career hasn’t been where it needs to be ever since they put you in the ring with Fenris and you have been complaining and beating yourself over it.”

Brayden thinks about it for a few moments before he sighs and looks right at his wife.

“You damn right I haven’t been same because of it. It’s because I felt SCW was trying to fucking bury me. I came into the company with such promise. I was on a winning streak. I picked up some steam and truly was somebody that fans could watch for the future. However I never once got that respect. After two fucking matches… Just two I immediately get Fenris shoved down my throat. That is surely a one way trip into getting buried. I know I didn’t deserve that but apparently that’s what I get?! Bullshit…”

Sofia shrugs her shoulders as she just sighs in return.

“You are acting like a little kid and you can’t be like that.

Wednesday October 6th
Zdunich Mansion
Hollywood, Hills
Los Angeles, California
6:00 AM PDT

Crystal Zdunich was up bright and early. It had been a few days since the events of Throw Down had happened and the Afro-Mex beauty definitely wasn’t in the right state of mind. It had been three days since she had dropped the ball in the Rise of the Phoenix tournament but more importantly than that she had failed to protect her wife. Her own daughter Brittany Williams had not only decided to place her hands on her but she also attacked Seleana as well. As if that wasn’t enough her own best friend Stephanie had decided to jump in as well. Crystal felt empty inside. She didn’t say a word to anybody, and on top of that she wasn’t eating. Her family was desperately worried about her but Crystal didn’t care. The only thing on her mind was the fact that she failed to protect the person closest to her.

Everybody in the Zdunich mansion was asleep except that of Crystal Zdunich. She had made her way to the bathroom where she closed the door behind her. Her eyes shifted over to the scale. She drew in a long deep breath before she decided to step on it. After being on it for a few moments the screen on the scale read “110 lbs”. Her eyes moved to that of the mirror as she took a long glance at her reflection. Her reflection just grinned in return as it spoke to her.

Hilton: Look at you, you are a fucking wreck. You haven’t been eating and you lost five pounds because of this. You are nothing but one big fuck up. Had you just done things in only the way that perfection can deal with it. You wouldn’t be in this mess.

Crystal looked at the reflection as she quickly backed away. She shook her head as she started to snap back at her reflection.

Crystal: Shut up! You don’t know what you are talking about! I...I….

Hilton however just smiles rolling her eyes in return.

Hilton: I what, are you ready to finally admit that you need me?! I don’t know what it is about your undying need to feel accepted or acknowledged. Had you just done things my way this wouldn’t even be an issue right now. Your daughter would know that her place is being your daughter, on top of that Stephanie would fall right in line. Everything would be as they were meant to be. However your indecisiveness is just ripping you apart. Instead of being that dominant Bitch who knows she is the MAIN EVENT, the STAR, and the FEATURED ATTRACTION. You rather be content with being the has-been and it’s sickening. Just let me be free… Let me come out and play, and I promise this would all be settled.

Crystal however kept her eyes on her reflection. She took a deep breath as she screamed back at the top of her lungs.

Crystal: I don’t fucking need you! I never did need you. I will make things right and I will do it on my own merit. Yes things might suck but I will bounce back. I will figure out a way. I just can’t let you do WHAT you want to do. All you do is hurt people and the last time I caved into your desires all it got me was at war with my wife. I won’t ever hurt her again…

The arrogant Hilton in the mirror just shakes her head in return.

Hilton: Bitch you really think you won’t hurt her?! You may not have struck the blow this time but it was YOUR family that placed her hands on her. Your daughter beat the shit out of your wife! She is a reflection of who you are and at the end of the day it’s as if you delivered the blow yourself. You want to make things right but it’s all one big mess. Your wrestling career isn’t where it needs to be. You know it will only be a matter of time before everybody starts chanting #FREESELEANA like they always do on Social Media. They are going to drive it right into the fucking dirt. They are going to attack you over and over again. I get it though… YOU GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT!!!!

Hilton laughs some more looking back at Crystal.

Hilton: You know what you need to do Christina… Just let me come out and play. Unleash your inner Crystal Hilton… Let the Rose Goddess out and we will show everyone why Perfection Never Fails. What other choice do you really have?! You want to seem weak.

Crystal sighs, closing her eyes before she confidently looks back at her reflection. She opens the medicine cabinet looking at all of her various medicines to treat her Dissociative Identity Disorder. The reflection can’t be seen at this point but it definitely can’t be heard.

Hilton: Bitch you think the Anti-Depressants, the Anti-Psychotics, and Anti-Anxiety medicine is going to make me go away?! You know I WILL never go away. No matter how much you try to numb it I will always be there… I will be there to pick up the wreckage of your fuck ups and make it right in my own way. I have been with you through five terrible divorces and if I have to have my way to make it a sixth then so be it! People will always respect Crystal Fucking Hilton!

Crystal however closes the cabinet as she keeps her eyes locked on the reflection. The tears stream down her face as she looks in the mirror.

Crystal: No… That’s where you are wrong. I don’t want to be Crystal Hilton anymore… I gave up being that woman three years ago when I got married. I am Christina Zdunich… I didn’t realize it until today but when I got married it no longer became about being what I selfishly wanted. It is about sacrifice and knowing that my wife and I are one…

Hilton; Oh! So that’s how it is… I guess since you have your Bitch you don’t really need me anymore. I have seen this tape play out so many times and it’s like you are a rat stuck in a maze. You are going to make the same mistake over and over again because that’s what you always tend to do. What makes this time any differently?!

Crystal let’s the tears escape her eyes as she just let’s them stream steadily down her face.

Crystal: Because this time I am willing to make the decision that I don’t want but the ONE that will protect her the most… I am going to let her go…

Hilton: Wait! Christina I know you better than that. Just let me do what I do best and…

Crystal: No...I have to do this and finally make things right…Relying on what YOU want has always been my problem and I have to do something different...

With that the reflection disappears and it is replaced with Crystal’s regular reflection. She could see she was a sobbing mess but this was all for the best. She had spent quite some time in the bathroom and by the time she got out an hour had passed. Crystal looked towards the bed and realized Seleana was gone. Perhaps it was better this way. Christina walked towards the closet where she had found a suitcase. She opens it and begins to stuff as much of her clothing as she could in there. She had to do this as quickly as possible. If she could pack and leave before Seleana returned it would have been for the best. Crystal continued to pack up her things and that is when she heard the door open to the bedroom. Crystal didn’t need to turn around to know who it was standing in the doorway. However, that is when she heard the strong Swedish accent of her wife.

Seleana: Estrellita?!

Crystal’s heart was torn in two. She really didn’t want to do this but she knew she had to do this. More tears rolled down her cheek. She loved hearing her wife trying to speak Spanish to her. It was adorable but she had to stand strong and not show any emotion. That is why she kept her back turned and continued to pack her things.

Seleana: Star?!

Crystal packed even more things as she didn’t say a word. She couldn’t showcase to Seleana how she had been feeling. She didn’t even want to tell her that she lost five pounds because of all of this. She just kept to herself in hopes that she could finish packing as quickly as possible.

Seleana: Chickie?!

Crystal quickly snaps back as she tries her best to hold up one finger. She sobs but she wipes her tears as she answers back with attitude in her voice.

Crystal: Could you just wait one FUCKING second?!

With that she was finally finished with packing. Seleana was taken back as Crystal grabbed her huge suitcase and walked right past her wife. She didn’t bother to acknowledge her as she made a beamline straight for the door. She passed by the other woman in their relationship Alexandra Caldwell who stood there with her arms folded.

Alex: Crystal what’s going on?!

Crystal is about inches away from the front door and it is at that moment that Seleana calls out to her.

Seleana: Star, would you please talk to us, talk to me? You haven’t said a word, you haven’t eaten anything in days. What is going on?!

Crystal throws the bag towards the door. She slowly turns around to face the two women. More tears begin to flow down her eyes as she gets right in Seleana’s face and looks up into her eyes.

Crystal: You want to know what is going on?! It’s the fact that I am a failure…

Seleana: You aren’t a failure. If it’s about the Rise of the Phoenix tournament you can turn things around. I believe in you. You always make things work and…

Crystal quickly cuts her off as she shakes her head.

Crystal: It has nothing to do with that! It’s the fact that all I ever seem to do is HURT YOU! If it’s not me directly it’s my family. I don’t have things in control and it really sucks. I appreciate the both of you so much. Even when I don’t believe in myself or the world is against me you two stand against the minority and you have my back. I love that more than either of you could fathom.

Alex: No doubt… We got your back because you are DAT GIRL

Crystal however shakes her head looking at the both of them.

Crystal: But since seeing the way the closest ones in my life turn on me and on you. Whether it’s my daughter, or going back to my sister Mariella. The fact doesn’t change that they are both extensions of me and it’s wrong for either of you to go through the cancer that is Crystal Zdunich, Lopez, Millar, Rose, or whatever I wish to be called this week. It still doesn’t change the fact that I am a bad influence for the both of you and you could both do so much better without me.

Seleana is taken back as she looks back at her wife.

Seleana: Christina…

Crystal: Don’t Christina me you know it’s the truth. Seleana you have so much potential. When we first met one another I will admit I just WANTED to have something because I couldn’t stand the thought of being alone after things didn’t go the way I wanted with Jonathan. When Stacy introduced you to me I saw someone who would have made a perfect trophy at my side. I saw a bounce back and perfect eye candy. It was convenient to have you by my side. I promised the two of us would have an amazing time together. I would teach you how to wrestle and we would conquer tag team wrestling together but it just seemed to be a fucking lie. I was only out for myself… Always did and always will be.

Seleana: Star…

Crystal: I am not done talking! You stood up for me countless times and all I did was stab you in the back because I just wanted to be World Champion and was willing to do whatever it took to get it. Even when you won a title I had to get involved because it benefitted my ego. It was all wrong and truthfully I am proud of who you have become. You are strong, courageous, and an amazing mother to our daughter.

Crystal turns her attention over to Alexandra.

Crystal: And you… You have always been that girl and I can’t help but notice you constantly tweeting you don’t know what happened to your wrestling career. At one point you were absolutely dominant but something caused you to change and you haven’t found your footing since then. I know what the problem is and I had been too selfish to say it because it never suited me. What changed is that you let me cause you to stray off the course. Had you focused less on me and more on what you need to do, you would be where you need to be.

Alex: What are you saying Crystal?!

Crystal let’s tears run down her cheek as she keeps her eyes locked on both of them.

Crystal: I am saying that after thinking about it for the past couple of days. I know people will be quick to say #FreeSeleana and truly I hated that saying. I hated seeing it all over my social media but thinking things through it is the right decision.

Crystal slides off her wedding band as she opens Seleana’s hand and places it inside of it.

Crystal: So I am making the right decision and I am going to free you from it all. Both of you are officially freed from having me in your lives. There’s no reason why I should constantly be a cancer in both of your lives. Seleana you especially have been on this ride for far too long and you deserve nothing but the best. I don’t want people to sit there and think you have Stockholm Syndrome because you chose to be by my side. So I am releasing the both of you. You are free to live your lives however you see fit and to do it being free of the drama that is Crystal. I will always love the both of you but I just don’t deserve either of you… Bye…

With that Christina grabs her suitcase as she keeps heading towards the front door. The two women are stunned as they watch Crystal walk out the door. Footsteps could be heard coming from the other room and it is that of her ten year old daughter Aurora.

Aurora: Mommy?!

Crystal however closes the door behind her as the tears overwhelm her. She couldn’t let them see the mess that she was. She knew they would be better without her. She opened up the doors to her 2021 pink Lamborghini and threw her bag inside. She was inches away from leaving the house when she heard crying. Crystal turned her attention and could see her daughter in law Sofia with baby Isabella in her hands. Isabella was crying loudly.

Sofia: Look Bella it’s Grandma…Maybe Grandma wants to hold you?!

Crystal however quickly closed the door as she pulled away. She left it all behind as she was freeing her entire family from the mess that was her. She had to figure out things on her own as she did about 80 down a quiet rich pedestrian area.