18th of September 2018; The past…
It was the wee hours of the morning in Vegas and well, for some strange reason it was silent. Eerie for this side of town, but yet everything was quiet. Peacefully, at ease. Such a rare occurrence but yet it was beautiful. As the sun started to rise, just cracking above the horizon to reveal itself to the world. It was going to be a beautiful day; the weather man had promised not a single cloud in the crisp clear blue sky. Not too hot, not too humid just perfect day in Vegas. The pinkish, purplish colours of the morning sky was enough to back up that theory, however not all clear days are sunny and not all rain clouds, form in the sky.
“What a crazy few days.” She said just above a whisper before an exhale left her lips. “What a life.” Danielle Weston continued to talk to herself as she looked out into the breathtaking Vegas backdrop, from the balcony of Fenris’ and Arron’s shared apartment trying to figure out where her life was and what was going on.
It really had been a crazy time lately, with Fenris unleashing all hell on her ex-boyfriend, to her winning the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Championship off the “unbeatable” Mikah Green. To now her current situation, of having her two boxes of personal belongings brought to the lavish apartment that Fenris shared with his brother, Aron and their beautiful canine Kyssa. It had been a whirlwind and to be honest it was taking more than just a few minutes for Dani, to sit back and take it all in.
As she sat alone on the balcony, Dani had a luke-warm cup of coffee in her hands and she rested back in the black iron chairs that called the perfect chill out spot home. Her short brown hair was out, unbrushed but still looked okay with its natural waves while her face was makeup free, not in any way trying to hide the two black rings that had called under her eyes home. Dani wouldn’t say it out loud, but she was exhausted, and it was foolish of her to think that everything was going to settle down and soon enough she would be well rested and recovered. That was a fantasy life, a fictional plan and well she wasn’t crazy enough to believe it.
Danielle had spent her first night in Aron’s bed and well, even if she felt safe being away from Eli the feeling of peace was soon over shadowed by the shade or guilt. Aron barely knew her and yet he was willing to give up his bed to spend a few nights on the couch until Dani got her feet back on the ground. It seemed insane to her that two people, who knew nothing about her would open their home so freely, just to keep her protected. She wasn’t sure if this was an Icelandic thing? Or if that Fenris did in fact, deep down have a softer side that the rest of the world was unfortunate not to see. Either way, she knew she had to get her act together and quickly, as the thought of Aron being curled up like a ball on the couch was unsettling to her. He didn’t need to be uncomfortable just at her expense.
It had appeared that her whole life was putting people out lately, Fenris was very likely looking down the barrel of some serious assault charges. All because her choose to defend himself and ultimately her. Aron was no doubt going to wake up with a sore neck, back and god knows what else due to his sleeping arrangements. Now Daniel and Osbourne were making moves to ensure that Fenris stayed on this side of the cell. It was a dangerous web they were all tangled in and the thought that her life had impacted on so many others was enough to make Dani nauseous. She never wanted anyone to get involved, that’s why she kept her mouth shut. It wasn’t because she wasn’t just humiliated by her circumstances, it was because she was hell bent on not letting anyone get entangled in her life. It was crazy enough as it is, she didn’t need to add anyone else into the mix. Yet in her bid to keep people in the dark about her situation, they had all stumbled into her mess and now her situation was very much, brought into the light.
The more she thought about all the drama that had unfolded in her life as of late, the heavier her eyes felt as she looked down into her, now cold cup of coffee. Ducking her head down, she sighed before two lines of tears started to stream down her face. Dani made sure, that no noise escaped her lips as she didn’t want to wake up Aron who was still peacefully sleeping on the couch, in the room behind her. In fact, she didn’t want anyone to see her like this. The last thing she needed was people to feel sorry for her, well more than what they already did. Yet her petite body couldn’t hold it in any longer she needed to cry.
Hoping that the tears was wash away everything that Eli had done to her over the past few months, hoping that her tears would mean the end of this saga. Dani desperately needed to move on, yet somehow this strangely felt like this wasn’t the end. This was just the very beginning of the next stage of Eli’s control over her life. Dani wasn’t a fool to think that Eli wasn’t going to attempt to press charges on Fenris, she knew what he was like and his next move stuck out like a pair of dog nuts.
The tears started to fall a little faster, as they poured down Dani’s face as she wept. Fenris didn’t deserve to go to jail for his actions, nor did he need this stain on his record, yet these were two very real possibilities and the only reason they were now clouding over Fenris’ life was because of her. The guilt was hard to swallow, as the air built up in her throat, burning as she anxiously tried to conceal it. Yet it was too late and even the ones that suffer in silence, sometimes can make the most noise.
As Dani sat there her world falling apart, she felt a nudge at her right elbow as Kyssa had sensed her sadness. Looking down towards the snow-white dog, she didn’t waste a single step as she rested her chin upon Dani’s lap. Placing her stone-cold coffee upon the glass table, Dani’s hands quickly found a new home in the long strands of Kyssa’s hair as she ran her fingers through it. Petting her, much to Kyssa’s delight. It wasn’t long, until Kyssa had jumped up and positioned herself on Danielle’s lap. Even though she was a large dog, her weight didn’t seem to impact Dani as she just wrapped her arms around her, pulling her in for an embrace. It was as if Kyssa just knew what to do next as her chin rested on Dani’s right shoulder as she tucked herself into her, getting as close as she could to give her comfort.
As Dani continue to cuddle Kyssa, the dog’s snow-white tail started to wag from side to side gently beating into the legs of the outdoor setting. She was over joyed by the attention she was receiving, however the repeated sound of her tail hitting the metal legs of the table was enough to stir the sleeping Aron. As Dani tried desperately to get Kyssa to settle down, the puppy couldn’t be contained as she dragged her long tongue up the side of Dani’s face leaving a soppy wet kiss on her cheek before she settled back down, her tail included. It was too late for Aron as he stretched himself out on the couch, feeling every muscle in his body burn from being curled up all night. Yet, he didn’t complain as his feet found the cold flooring of his living room. It took a while for him to adjust to the lighting of the room, his eyes blinking rapidly as he was eager to wake up and see what all the fuss was about.
It didn’t take him long, for his eyes to come across the sight before him on the balcony. Dani was still clinging on to Kyssa, holding her tight but he could tell that she was weeping. Her whole body was convulsing as she sobbed. Unsure of what to do next, Aron’s body just made the bold move for him as he made his way to his feet and sure enough he was walking towards her. As Aron made his way towards the balcony he ran his fingers through his hair, before stepping outside. His presence hadn’t been felt by Danielle yet, nevertheless Kyssa was all over it as she looked up towards him. As dogs do, her attention shifted from being Dani’s support dog to wanting to be with Aron. Leaping down from Dani’s lap she rushed over towards him, rubbing her head against his knee begging for a pat that Aron was quick to deliver. It didn’t take long for Kyssa to scamper off back inside, no doubt in search of her owner, as it was her duty to make sure the whole house was protected.
Aron watched as Kyssa pranced off towards his brother’s room before his attention shifted back towards Dani. She was trying her best to wipe the tears away from her eyes with her left sleeve while wiping away the dog slobber with the hem of her navy sweater. The more she wiped away her tears, the more they continued to flow. It was as if she had found a leaky faucet and it refused to block up and go. He wasn’t really sure what to do next, however he knew he couldn’t just leave her like this. Reaching out Aron put his right hand on her shoulder, taking Danielle by surprise as she jumped out of her own skin.
Danielle knew Aron was there but subconsciously her body wasn’t ready for anyone to reach out and touch it. Even if she knew that he would never hurt her, her mind couldn’t allow her to trust anyone at this point of time. Aron’s hand lifted off of her shoulder instantly, before Aron expressed his apologises with a shy smile before taking up the free seat beside her. Dani felt stupid, she knew he didn’t mean her any harm, it’s just she couldn’t shut off her mind from what had happened to her. It was all too hard. She knew deep down that not all men were the same and that Fenris and Aron wouldn’t hurt her, it was just that she couldn’t turn off that defensive switch inside her body that had her cringing at the thought of a man’s touch. Aron could tell by Dani’s body language that she was kicking herself, so he just sunk back into the chair before his voice sounded out.
“Are you okay?” he could tell by her body language and her bloodshot eyes that she wasn’t okay, but Aron knew to never assume you knew what was going on inside a woman’s mind. It was dangerous place at the best of times and right now Dani could have been moments away from flipping a switch. Looking over towards her, he rocked forward in his chair, showing her that he was ready to listen to any of her concerns.
Dani just looked up at him, her eyes burning from her tears. She felt like an idiot. They had brought her here to feel safe, they were both going out of their way for her and yet she couldn’t keep the fear of Eli off her mind. She knew he wouldn’t find her here but that’s not what she was crying about, this wasn’t about what she had been through it was about what Fenris could be facing. Danielle let a sigh escape her lips as she continued to look towards Aron before she spoke.
“I don’t want him to go to jail.” That’s all Dani could get out before she started to cry all over again. She was concerned that Fenris’ actions would land him in prison and that was something that wasn’t sitting well with her.
All Eli had to do was press charges and Fenris could have been dragged through the ringer, fines, court dates potential time in the slammer were all possible outcomes. Aron had to admit it, it was a though that was on the forefront of his mind lately, but he couldn’t let those negative thoughts bring down the situation he needed Dani to know everything was going to be alright. However, as he opened his mouth to speak her was abruptly cut off by Dani’s soft but broken tone.
“This is all my fault, I should have never…” She stopped as she gasped for air, Dani was getting worked up and her petite frame could barely hold it together. “I never should have invited K to my house.” Another sob left her quivering lips and she wiped her eyes. “Now he could be in some serious trouble and it’s all my fault.” Her head dropped down, Dani didn’t want to see the look on Aron’s face because she felt like she had let him down.
Aron found it hard to swallow, the fact that Danielle believed that this was still her fault. It wasn’t her fault that she had a crazy ex-boyfriend. It wasn’t her fault that he was vile pig that laid his hands on her and it sure as hell wasn’t her fault that he got what was coming for him. Sure, the problem was escalated at the hands of Fenris but in his defence Eli did take the first swing. Aron knew if his brother didn’t step in, that Daniel or Osbourne would have, and the Eli should have considered himself lucky with his shattered nose as if those two got their hands on him, he would have been in a shallow grave somewhere off the interstate.
Yet Aron wasn’t concerned about who got to him first, he was more concerned with Danielle being worried about Fenris being at her apartment and her thinking that this was all on her. Truth be told a lot of people were thanking the lucky stars that Fenris was at the right place at the right time, from what he had told them Eli had said about Danielle who knew what the disgust rat was thinking of doing to her that day. As Dani brought her arms up to hug herself, she dragged her knees up to her chest, resting her forehead on her knee caps as she looked down. Closing her eyes, she felt like an idiot for bawling like a baby in front of Aron. The last thing she needed from him, was Aron to look at her like she was some sort of basket case. It was bad enough she was sleeping in his bed and he was shafted to the couch.
Reaching across he gently rested his right hand on her arm, dragging her attention back towards him. This time she didn’t jump as she knew Aron was just trying to look out for her. Just as Dani went to open her mouth to speak Aron shook his head from side to side.
“This is not your fault Danielle.” Aron’s voice was soft, caring yet firm and directive all in the same breath. “K will not go to jail; Daniel and I will make sure of it.” He was trying to reassure her with his shy smile, but he could see there was still doubt in the back of her mind. “What’s done is done Dani, crying won’t fix it and I know that K doesn’t regret his decision to step in.” He was trying his best to calm her down.
Danielle went to speak, and Aron knew from her body language she was going to protest what he had just said to her. So, he opened his mouth before her just slightly to shush her. Dani didn’t say a word she just sighed as Aron picked up where he left off.
“You are safe now, that’s all that matters.” He offered her a smile as his hand still rested on her forearm. “You can have a brand-new start and not have to worry.” His smile once again was there to try and warm her up to the new beginnings that were before her.
Before either one of them could say another word, the sound of man clearing his throat took them both off guard. Aron’s hand moved quickly from Dani’s as he could sense that his brother was now standing behind him and he didn’t want Fenris to get the wrong idea about what was happening. Danielle just looked up towards Fenris who was in no way a morning person, yet Kyssa had managed to drag him from his slumber to join the early morning pity party on the balcony. As soon as Dani’s eyes laid on Fenris’ she saw his eyebrows come together as he could see her burning red eyes, with tears still evident on her cheeks. She knew he wasn’t a comfortable creature around people with emotions, so Dani quickly got up and moved away from the table. Making her way past Aron she flashed him the best smile she could pull off today, before she tip toed past Fenris to head back inside their apartment. The boys watched her walk away as she took a moment to herself to freshen up.
“What’s wrong with her?” Fenris fired a thumb over his shoulder, his voice was fiery but still the look on his face said it all, he was concerned.
Aron shifted in his seat, so he could look at his brother. “She’s worried that your arse, is going to end up in jail and that it’s all her fault.” Aron’s words couldn’t be any truer as he looked up at his brother.
Fenris took a moment to process what was going on before he snorted with a sarcastic smirk on his face. “Not likely.” The white wolf was still unphased about the mention of jail time as he just soaked in the morning sun. taking a seat beside his brother as their snow-white dog curled up in between them.
As the two boys got stuck into a deep conversation about what was going on for Ms Weston, Dani had moved towards the bathroom. She needed to shower and freshen up, after all today was meant to be the day where she stopped looking over her shoulder and started looking towards the future.
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9th of October 2018; The present…
Three weeks had since pass since that morning and well, there was no more tears left to cry. Danielle had been doing all she could to move on with her life and adapt to living with two over protective yet not at all crowding boys. Truthfully Fenris and Aron left Dani to do her own thing as she saved her money to work towards getting a new apartment to rent. The slight pay increase from becoming the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Champion helped as long with the extra shifts she had been picking up at the casino. Dani didn’t believe in down time, she didn’t believe that taking time out was a smart idea to help one move on from a traumatic time in their lives she fully believed that throwing herself into work would be best for her. As it kept her mind busy and when she was too busy to think, she was too busy to take trips down memory lane.
Honestly, she hadn’t thought much about Eli, just swaying thoughts of what he was up to as he had been too quiet on the pressing charges front and that was something that was concerning to her. She knew what he was like, and right now he wasn’t playing his part which of course, made him all the more dangerous in her opinion. Yet Dani couldn’t think like that as Fenris, Aron and Daniel had advised that she had nothing to worry about and Fenris wasn’t going to prison because they won’t let that happen. Fenris liked to beat his chest at times to remind Danielle that if Eli was a smart boy he wouldn’t go looking for any more trouble. Nevertheless, trouble was Eli’s middle name at times but maybe Fenris and Daniel were right after all? Maybe Eli was too scared / humiliated to take this to court. Either way, it had been far too quiet on that end and well, that was a mixture of good and bad.
Good because it meant nothing was happening and everyone was free to go about their lives as per normal. Fenris could focus on his goal of becoming the best World Heavyweight Champion Sin City Wrestling had ever seen. While Daniel, Mackenzie, Os and Charlotte didn’t have to focus on keeping a watchful eye over Danielle as things seemed to be calming down for her. That mean they had more time to work on the business and more forward with their grand plans. Aron didn’t have the burden of keeping Dani’s secret a secret anymore as it was well and truly out in the open. Everyone was just thankful that the press hadn’t gotten a hold of this, so they could drag Fenris and Dani through the ropes and try and expose this for something that it wasn’t. They all knew what the media was like and if there were to catch a whiff of this story, there would be endless possibilities that this could end up being slammed on the cover of Las Vegas Weekly.
Danielle was able to finally put one foot in front of the other and start working towards her multiple goals. Firstly, she had won the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Championship from Mikah and this meant her training had picked up, her appearances, her extra promotional duties for Sin City Wrestling were flooding in but she met every deadline, attended all the appearances, shook the right hands, held the right babies and did her best to promote the company in a light that is hadn’t been in recent events. There wasn’t anything stopping her from chasing her dreams of hopefully chasing down Mikah’s legendary reign and making it her own. Well apart from the other Bombshell’s in Sin City Wrestling, however she had spent her nights studying the tapes, getting herself ready to face anyone at any time, especially after she threw down an open challenge, yet somehow some way no one apart from Apple had bothered to accept the challenge. Even if she was doing it cryptically.
Secondly, Dani had submerged herself in the Casino, helping London Underground kick this off so it was ready for its grand opening the first week in November. Not only that, they had the worlds cleanest bar just ready and waiting for customers to line up at and take it all in. She was just days away from making the perfect cocktail for the Casino, as it was just down to the final tweaks that was needed finding the perfect garnish to go with the cocktail to make it stand out from all the rest. It was just up for debate with Daniel and Nick George who couldn’t seem to agree on what they thought was the winning combination as of yet.
Thirdly, Dani was able to take a few weeks to gather her thoughts and work on the most important part of all recoveries and that was herself. It took a while trying to adjust to her new living quarters, I mean living with one guy was hard enough and now she was living with two? Two very vocal and crazy individuals that at times spoke in Icelandic as it was their first language forgetting they had a guest who couldn’t understand a single word that was coming out of their mouths. Yet, they had been very accommodating, and both went above and beyond what they needed to do to make sure Dani was always looked after.
It was hard for Danielle to trust anyone right now, which to some seemed crazy as she was so happy and free spirited. It was one of the main things about her that he opponents would try and use against her as a sign of weakness. Dani didn’t seen happiness as a weakness, she saw it as something that everyone should strive to obtain in life. Still people obviously thought it was easier to be bitter and negative, refusing to let any sort of good come into their lives so they could blame the world for always shitting on them. It wasn’t like that for Dani, sure she didn’t have the best life as of late, but she always knew that change was always lurking around the corner. It was just lately she seemed to taking the wrong corners and ending up in a hard spot, but it wouldn’t and couldn’t stay this way forever. She wouldn’t allow it.
That’s why instead of hiding out at home, watching endless TV shows whilst crying on the couch Danielle had made a promise to herself and that was to get back out into the world and learn to feel human again. She could spend the rest of her life alone, blaming all the men for the actions of her ex but that wasn’t fair on them and it sure as hell wasn’t healthy. That didn’t mean she was going to be jumping back into the dating game, it just meant that she wasn’t going to lock herself away from the world and sulk. September eighteenth had been and gone and there was no way she was going to shred another tear of the Eli matter.
The last thing she wanted to be seen as was a damsel and she was hell bent on showing the people who had helped her recently that she was going to be just fine. In fact, she was determined to prove to them all, that she was able to stand on her own two feet and she was going to repay them for everything they had done for her. Even though none of them thought she was in any debt to them, Dani felt like she had to show them just how grateful she was.
That’s why she had thrown herself into work at the casino to work off the imaginary hours that she owed Daniel and the gang. After all they were helping her out, by giving her a second job so she could pay off some of her debts she had with the banks and the two rents that she was still being forced to pay. That’s why Dani always made sure that dinner was cooked for Aron and Fenris so when they got home they could sit down to a warm meal or reheat it for later. Even trying her hand at some traditional Icelandic dishes to try and bring the flavour of their homeland to Vegas. Dani kept the house tidy and took Kyssa for walks, so they didn’t have to stress about doing the odd chores that boys sometimes forget about. It was her way of thanking them, she couldn’t thank them by splashing out the cash with fancy gifts, so she did what she could and that’s doing what she loves to show them that she appreciated everything they had done for her.
Though Dani still felt their watchful eyes on her, she knew that Fenris and Aron were careful around her. They wanted to make sure she wasn’t just putting up a front to make them happy. Daniel, Os, Mackenzie and Charlotte were the same as they kept an eye on her work load, making sure Ms Weston wasn’t over doing it just to keep herself busy. Dani was a fool if she though three weeks of smiles was going to show her friends that she was all hunky dory. Truthfully, they had every right to second guess her, as in their eyes she was still fragile, and she wouldn’t be able to move past this until she knew Fenris was in the clear of any wrong doing. The longer it dragged out, the more they could tell it was eating her alive. She was the typical woman with a broken heart trying to over compensate her feelings by throwing herself into a busy lifestyle, in hopes of fooling those around her that everything was okay.
They all knew better, they all knew this was a cover and that even though she was spruiking about making a recovery and that everything was coming up millhouse, she needed the final nail to be struck into the coffin before she would allow herself to believe it. The sucky situation is, that no one could force the hand of Eli and the ball was still very much in his court. It was only a matter of timing and right now, they all hoped that the day would come sooner rather than later so that Danielle could actually start to move forward and focus on what truly mattered. Moving on from this and rebuilding herself.
Dani had to not just for her job at the casino, but for her career in wrestling and yet more importantly for her own health and wellbeing. The longer she sat in limbo the longer it would take to move out of it, but there was nothing they could do but keep a watchful eye and just hope for the best. Little did they know that time was almost up, and the future of this situation was just peering out from behind the next corner.
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It was another day in Dani’s busy life she had spent the morning training with Gabriel for her upcoming match against Kate Steele. The match itself wasn’t going to be easy, Kate was one of the best to step inside the six-sided ring and she demanded attention every time she was in the ring. It wasn’t going to be an easy match this Sunday night but Dani was making sure she had everything in order to make sure her first defence wasn’t going to be her last. She wasn’t sure how Kate ended up being granted a title match, but she wasn’t going to complain as she had some competition to look forward to. After some training she did the usual, got showered and dressed and headed into work at the casino.
There wasn’t really anything else she could do, but she found herself being in a place that made her feel safe when she was busy tinkering away behind the bar and right now that’s the feeling she needed. Sure, she could have gone home to Fenris and Aron but the boys were both out and about today, getting things together for Fenris’ next title defence also they had some loose ends to tie up with the whole outing of Fenris and Kris. All Dani knew is that she didn’t want to be in Aron’s shoes today because Fenris was going to be in a feral mood before lunch time.
As Dani worked around the bar, making sure everything was in the correct spot for the grand opening she watched as Daniel and Nick spoke in the corner of the room, all hush hush as per normal. She wasn’t sure what they were up to, it wasn’t any of her business either but whenever she saw the two together it reminded her of boys at school who seemed to be up to no good, but always some how managed to get away with what ever they were planning. Nick had his trademark sickly smirk on his face as his chuckled loudly, so the whole casino could hear him. It was as if she loved the attention, and he could tell within second if certain people had eyes on him. Rolling her eyes, Dani looked towards Charlotte and Mackenzie who were sitting at one of the round tables in the middle of the casino. They were both looking towards her, ushering her to come over. It took a while for Dani to move but she made fast work of the distance between herself and the girls.
“What did we tell you the other day?” Mackenzie tone was playful even if her words were a little bitter. “Just because you keep rubbing those bottles, doesn’t mean a genie is going to pop out.” She said with a chuckle. “Plus, you’re giving some of the tradies, the limps when you just stand their shining up the necks.” A joking wink fired from her right eye as she smirked.
Charlotte tapped the free chair beside her, motioning for Dani to take a seat. “What would you wish for anyways?” Her smile was bright as she watched her friend take a seat beside her. “A certain stallion?” her eyes darted towards Nick, then back to Dani who was completely oblivious to what she was hinting at.
Dani just sighed as she slumped down into her chair with a half-arsed frown she spoke. “I only have need for two wishes.” She licked her dry lips to moisten them before she continued. “One, Eli not to do anything stupid so K doesn’t get a record.” A huff quickly followed before she continued. “Two, a successful first title defence” her teeth gritted together, the thought of losing her championship was all too real.
Mackenzie looked across the table at Dani with a smile. “You think too much, you’ll successfully defend your title. Trust me.” There was a little glimmer in her eye that said more than the words that came from her mouth.
“I don’t know, Kate is pretty hell bent on beating me… she loves being important and having gold around her waist.” She replied, almost sounding defeated. “Plus, she has years of experience on me… I’m still in the rookie class.” A simple shrug of the shoulders was all she could offer.
Charley and Kenz just looked at one another, the lack of confidence that Danielle still had about herself was sickening to them however, they were going to help her through that. Afterall what she had just been through would be enough to have anyone feeling less about themselves.
“No one thought you would beat Mikah, and yet here we are.” Charlotte nudged Dani’s arm, trying to give her something to think about. “So, what makes you think, that you can’t beat the mentally unstable Kate?” There was some force behind that question as Charley looked her friend up and down.
Dani just nervously pushed a strand of her short hair out of her eyes, as she tried to explain how she was feeling. “I think, people just think I’m this lucky rookie… I have no doubt, that everyone is expecting Kate to walk out with the World Bombshell Championship on Sunday night.” Another defeated sigh escaped her lips.
“And you think the opinions of others should impact your reign as World Bombshell Champion?” Mackenzie fired back to the young brunette. “Here’s a question… did you honestly put yourself through hell, come back from everyone calling you a loser… just to win the gold rush… and take the title from Mikah… just so you could doubt yourself and lose it in your first defence?” She was pushy with her remarks as she was hoping this would light a fire in Dani.
“No.” That’s all the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Champion could say right now as she thought about what Kenz had just said.
“So, why don’t you dig those pretty little heels into the canvas some more and show the world that you have what it takes, to drag Kate back to the end of the line.” Charley said with a smirk. “The bitch doesn’t even deserve a title shot, with how she has been acting lately.”
All three of the women agreed as they just shook their heads from side to side in unison.
“So, snap out of it.” It was more of an order, than a comment coming from Mackenzie. “Grab this chance by the balls and show everyone that you’re the future of Sin City Wrestling… you’re the women to beat.” It was almost like a campaign speech as she continued. “Show all of us… Yes, including us.” Her index finger flied back and forth between herself and Charlotte as she spoke. “Just exactly what type of Champion, you’re going to be.” Her hand rested on the table as she finished up.
“And we don’t want someone who is going to give up at the slight risk of failure, leading our division.” Charlotte fired back. “We have already had that in a ‘leader’ and to be honest… we are sick to death of it.” Her teeth gritted as she voiced her opinion. “Now, be a good girl and smack the taste out of Kate’s mouth this Sunday night for us.” The devilish glint in her eye was back as she smirked. “Defend the Championship and bring it home, because you deserve to be where you are Dani. Kate doesn’t deserve shit… remind the world of that at Climax Control.” A roll of tongue across her teeth was all she needed to do to finish up.
Dani just sat back in her chair, looking at both Charlotte and Mackenzie who were looking back at her. Both eager to see what would come out of her mouth next as they hoped they had poked her enough to install some sort of fighting rage inside of her. Dani didn’t say anything at first, she just started to nod as if to agree with them.
“You know what?” Dani didn’t really give them a time to answer as she just stood back up and slammed her right hand on the wooden table in front of her. “Screw it… I’m going to show Kate that she has another thing coming, if she thinks she can just waltz back into this company, try and break someone’s arm… then somehow by miracle end up in a World Bombshell Championship match.” Her eyebrow came together as that fact alone confused her. “I’m going to knock the wind out of her sails if she thinks for one second that I’m not going to be able to defend, MY.” She said that world with such passion and possession. “MY Bombshell Championship.” Her little hands balled up into fists as she stood up straight. “I worked my arse off to beat Mikah and I’m not going to let some loopy looney tune think that she can take what I have worked for.” Dani nodded to herself.
Mackenzie and Charlotte looked at one another before they smirked, it wasn’t the clearest trash talk it wasn’t the best trash talk but boy was Danielle making leaps and bounds when it came to digging her heels in. The girls would have to let Daniel and Os in on this little display of ownership later but right now they just smiled like proud sisters. Looking back at Danielle, Charlotte brought her hands together for a clap.
“What?” Dani was confused by Charley’s actions that lead the other girls to laugh.
Getting up to her feet Mackenzie circled Dani like a shark, before she looked her up and down with a wicked smile on her face. “I didn’t think you had it in you.” That smile was radiating now as she showed her teeth. “I’m impressed.”
Kenz just tapped Dani’s shoulder with her right hand before she was taken off guard by Charlotte who was now standing in front of her.
“I mean, it needs a little bit of work… but damn… theirs some fire in there after all.” Charlotte reached across and poked Dani’s stomach, before she wrapped her right arm around Dani’s shoulders, tucking her in for a hug.
As the three girls headed back across the games room, towards the bar they were met along the way by Daniel and Os. They boys could tell from the looks on Mackenzie and Charlotte’s faces that something had just gone down but they knew better than to ask right now. Yet, Dani was trying to figure out how she was going to put her plan in motion on Sunday night so she was able to back up the words that she just spat out about making sure she leaves Climax Control as the World Bombshell champion. It was going to be a tall task as Kate wasn’t someone to be sneezed at when it came to wrestling, but there was no way Danielle wanted to give up what she had worked so hard for, especially so soon.
As the group walked towards the bar, Dani and Charlotte ducked behind it while Mackenzie, Daniel and Os, leant up against from the other side. Charley grabbed around of glasses, and a bottle of whiskey before she brought them back to the group. Dani’s eyes went wide as she was still unsure about this drinking at work thing, but she knew once the doors opened to the public, it wouldn’t be a thing. It was just for now while they weren’t under the pump from the paying customers. Plus, Charlotte had something in mind as she put a nip of the whiskey in each of the glasses.
“Let’s celebrate.” She said raising her glass. “To Dani for finally finding her balls and for promising to take the troll down that is Kate.” The glass didn’t say away from her lips for long as she took the shot.
The rest of the group followed, apart from Dani. “But I…” she was hesitating to drink as those weren’t the words that she used, but Charlotte just winked at her.
“You’ve got this Danielle…” Mackenzie fired off with a smile as she tapped the bottom of Dani’s glass. “Now drink.” She motioned with her own glass what to do, being a little bit of a smart arse, but that’s why the group loved her.
“Fine.” was all she could get out, before she lifted the glass to her lips as she knocked back the whiskey.
As Charlotte filled the glasses one more time, the group gathered round for a quick catch up session. Soon enough they were joined by Nick, who had that grin plastered on his face as he looked towards Dani. Ms Weston couldn’t put her finger on it, when it came to Nick but for some reason she didn’t feel scared or threaten around him. It’s just they never really spoke and they probably never would as he was more focused on chatting Lacey’s ear off than anything else. As they continued to chat away, they almost missed the knock on the front entrance door. It was just a polite knock to let them know someone was about to enter and what Dani’s eyes locked on neck, brought a sick feeling to the very pit of her stomach.
Walking across the casino was two police officers from the local department. Dani knew them as Deputy Smith and Deputy Gellar. Smith was young, around Dani’s age and looked like he was chiselled out of stone he looked far too good to be real, or even a police officer he had those serious Zac Efron vibes enough to make a good girl do bad things to risk being arrested. While Gellar was older around his late thirties but with salt and pepper hair, he looked a little like Adam Driver with his crazy height. These were the two police officers that had taken her statement down at the station after the altercation between Fenris and Eli. All Danielle could do was watch them make their way towards the bar, yet the closer they got the more she could tell by the looks on their faces this wasn’t going to be an easy conversation.
They stopped just shy of the bar, with the whole group looking towards them. Daniel went to step out first and greet them but Deputy Smith was the first to greet the group.
“I’m Deputy Smith, this is Deputy Gellar… were not here to cause any job.” His hand reached out looking for a hand shake from Daniel.
The handshake was taken, as they walked around the group offering each of them an olive branch as they knew cops in casinos weren’t a welcomed sight. Once they made the rounds, they took a step back to address the reason why they were here.
“Ms Weston, we would like to have a word with you in private.” Gellar barked out with his grainy worn voice.
Dani just looked at her friends, before she sighed. “I’m sure whatever you need to say can be said in front of these guys. They’ll find out anyways.” She meant that in the nicest way possible, it’s just her secrets don’t stay hidden for long.
Gellar and Smith just looked at each other, before they nodded in agreement. With an adjustment of his belt around his waist, Gellar took a step towards Dani.
“Ms Weston, we need you to accompany us to the station.” Gellar was really formal when he spoke and he didn’t give her any time to think about it. “I think it would be best for your situation to join us.”
Those words didn’t sit well with the boys, as Dani watched Daniel and Os take a step forward, while Nick had his hands balled into fists. She could tell that he hated the police, from the way his temperament changed as soon as they walked through the front door. Dani just stepped out from behind the bar and she made her way over towards the policemen, not wanting to cause a scene she was just happy to go with them.
“What’s this about?” Her voice was soft spoken but it was riddled with nerves. Dani had an inkling to what this was about but she didn’t want to believe it. “Is this about Eli? Is he pressing charges against K?” her voice was wobbly as she spoke, the thought of her friend going to jail because of her way bringing those tears back to well at her eyes.
Deputy Smith stepped up towards Dani, looking down at her like she was a lose puppy that he wanted to rescue he offered her his warm smile. “Ms Weston.” His blue eyes locked on hers as he spoke. “This is about Mr Richards.” That was Eli for everyone playing at home. “He has presented to us with an ultimatum for you. He is willing to make a deal, where he wont press charges against your friend, in exchange for one last conversation with you.”
The whole group went silent, yet not one of them agreed with this at all. Since when could a civilian with a restraining order against him, think he could start cutting deals? It was taking every fibre in London Underground’s bodies not to step forward and call this out for what it was but on the other hand they didn’t have a choice.
“This seems a little different” Dani couldn’t work it all out, but she naively went along with it. “I won’t have to see him, alone will I?” she questioned Deputy Smith and his beautiful eyes.
Smith shook his head from side to side before her answered her. “No Ms Weston, I won’t leave your side.” He looked up from her to Daniel, Os and Nick who looked like lions in a cage at feeding time as they eyed him up and down. “You’ll be out of harms way. You have my word.”
A sigh just left Danielle’s lips as she shrugged her shoulders. “Okay… fine.”
The group tried to stop her from doing this, but Dani wasn’t hearing a word of it all she heard was all she had to do was talk to Eli one more time and all of this goes away for Fenris. Even if this whole situation didn’t make sense to everyone else, to Dani it was an easy fix. Mackenzie and Charlotte tried to stop Dani but she insisted that she would be okay and with a round of goodbyes she left the casino with the two policemen. It didn’t take long for the group to huddle together and instantly, they started to discuss a solution to this situation if it became a problem. Nicky George put his hand in his jean pocket, feeling for his key to his Harley and without wanting to listen to the plan, he went to side step Daniel and take off after them. Daniel was quick to pull Nick back into line.
“Where do you think you’re going?” He questioned his long-time friend.
Nick just glared down at Daniel. “This is a set up. You can’t tell me that you don’t feel the same.” He was pacing in his spot.
Daniel knew that Nick hated police, he knew that even the sight of them was enough to have him wanting blood and his actions right now were making it fully aware that he was out for bacon.
Daniel rested his open palm on his chest, holding him back from walking off. “Don’t be a tit.” Turning his face to look at Nick, Daniel held his position his words were quiet but firm. “We don’t know anything yet, and if you think going off is going to fix this… you’re mistaken.” Daniel’s glare was cold and icy. “Settle the fuck down.” He made his annoyance known however he couldn’t stay mad at Nick for long, he knew what the police had done to him in the past so it had to be playing on his mind.
To be continued…
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12th of October 2018; The Future…
The scene opens up with a stunning backdrop of Las Vegas’s hills in the background, before the camera swirls around to see a bright-eyed Danielle Weston with her Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Championship slung over her right shoulder. There was no denying the smile on her face as she looked down the lens of the camera ready to kick this one off.
“OH-MY-GOD.” It’s like she didn’t stop to take a breath between those words, as she was too excited to get her first promotional in front of a camera out of the way.
“We are just days away from Climax Control coming to you all LIVE from Scottsdale Arizona.” That smile was beaming bright but she didn’t waste her time as she continued. “The Equidome Arena to be exact. The place where I your Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Champion, will be taking on a very unlikely challenger in Kate Steele.” She stopped to let that sink in. “To say, I’m a little uneasy about this match, would be a lie.” Dani looked at the camera before she continued. “Kate is unpredictable, unstable and damn right gold hungry… meaning she won’t stop at anything, until she gets what she wants and right now her sights are set on the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Championship.” Dani ran her hand over her title.
“Now, let’s not rule myself out… because Kate might be all of those things and more… but I think I have shown the world that you can’t count me out.” She smiled. “I put it all on the line in the gold rush tournament, I came back from a losing streak to win back to back matches to cement my place as number on contender to Mikah, and well Violent Conduct as been and gone and welp…” She looked down at the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Championship that was on her shoulder with a smile. “Things worked out just how I wanted them too, it wasn’t easy. I had to crawl my way to victory and trust me when I say this… it was the sweetest moment in my life, hearing that bell toll and Justin announce my name as the NEW World Bombshell Champion.” Her smile grew as she took a little trip down memory lane.
“So, Kate don’t think that I did that all for nothing. Don’t think that I came from being the very bottom Bombshell, the one that no one thought would even get past round one in the gold rush tournament… for no reason. I set my sights on what I wanted and I made damn sure I worked extra hard to get here. I didn’t stop not once. I didn’t quit, I didn’t give up… I just dug my heels in and when the rest of the Sin City Wrestling bombshells wanted to laugh at me, they wanted to push me down. I looked them straight in the eyes and I said… NO.” Her tone was a little firmer this time. “I looked at the world that gave up on me and I said NO. I said NO to giving up and look what happened? I silenced the world in one night… when I pinned Mikah’s shoulders to the canvas for the one, two, three and now… now I have the honour to call myself the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Champion.” She was smiling again, as she couldn’t contain her excitement.
“And if you think for one second, you’re going to take this away from me at Climax Control.” Her eyes were on the championship. “You have another thing coming.” Her focus changed to directly down the lens of the camera before her. “I will not allow you to think you can just snake your way back into Sin City Wrestling, bully Crystal and think that makes you the grandest of them all. That makes you a coward.” Dani shook her head from side to side. “What’s your next move Kate, after I beat you at Climax Control? Are you going to do the same old, same old when Kate doesn’t get her way? Are you going to throw around the word retirement in hopes of drumming up some attention? Are you going to mope around the locker room and be like poor me, poor Kate... no one likes Kate… wash rinse repeat?” her brown eyes were focused as she continued.
“I look forward to stepping inside the six-sided ring with you Kate, because it gives me another chance to prove to the world that I have what it takes to carry this title with honour. It gives me a platform to show the world, to show everyone in that Bombshell locker room that I’m going to be a fighting champion, I’m going to put my title on the line every chance I get and when it all comes down to it, I will walk away with the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Championship still around my waist.” A new-found confidence was starting to show its head with Dani.
“So, do your worst, bring in your best moves and try and show the world that you still got it because so far since your return to Sin City Wrestling, that’s been working out so well for you.” She rolled her eyes playfully before she kicked off again. “Tell the world that you’re going to break my arm and take this championship away from me, because you deserve it… tell the world how you’re going to end my reign on it’s first defence because you are the be all and the end all when it comes to the bombshells.” Dani just shook her head from side to side. “Promise the fans the world, because when it’s all said and done… they are going to see right through it. They are going to see you for what you really are and that’s just a greedy blow in, who circles around the division when you think there is an easy title to win. Well I’m sorry Kate, it’s not happening this Sunday night, you aren’t getting your way.” She turned towards the camera to hold her focus. “I’m not going to let a bully like you walk back in and think that she can pick up anyone she pleases, hold us upside and shake out our lunch money.”
Dani frowned. “It’s not going to happen like this, not this time round. You’re not going to walk in and steal the glory because it suits you this time round. You’re not going to take away this reign, because you don’t deserve it you don’t even deserve this match and yet somehow someway here we are about to go toe to toe and what should be exciting for me, has become a simple task at hand.” A simple pause so she can catch her breath. “I have to beat you. I have to show myself that I can and will defend this title. I also need to show everyone that it doesn’t matter how much you beat your chest, sometimes you just aren’t the alpha and right now Kate… you have been beating your chest since your return and yet… no one, absolutely no one is buying it. You came in demanding that everyone pay attention to you and since then what have you done? According to my calculations… nothing but taking losses when it matters.” Dani stopped herself, feeling herself getting a little carried away.
“History will repeat this Sunday night at Climax Control, you’ll put your focus in on the one match you think matters the most and well… sadly for you, just like the rest of your return it will be a let-down. You won’t be walking away with the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Championship. Not on my watch.” Looking down to her title Dani, repositioned it before she started to wrap this one up.
“So, come in swinging, come in saying you’re going to break me in half… say it all, let your mouth do all the work because I can promise you, I might be a rookie but I will out wrestle you and I will beat you.” She was focused, probably the most focused Sin City Wrestling have ever seen Danielle Weston.
“Sunday night won’t be your nights of nights, it won’t be when the siren queen takes back her crown. It will be the night the ‘queen’ learns that she never held the kingdom, that she never stood a chance and that she was a fool to think that she could just walk back into Sin City Wrestling and think she could have it all.” She shook her head in disgust. “You haven’t proved your worth since your return and I’ll be damned to let you think you’re going to prove it, over my accord.”
Dani held her championship belt tightly as she brought this promotional to a close.
“This is my time to shine and believe me, I won’t be letting it come to an end because of the great legendary Kate Steele.” Her eyes narrowed as she stared down the camera lens, sarcasm dripping from her tone. “I beat Mikah, I can sure as hell beat you and prove to everyone that I have what it takes to stay at the top… while you… you, Kate can take a backseat at the end of the line.” She dusted her hands together before she smiled.
“I can’t stand bullies.” Lining up the camera once more she smiled, her tone coming across much lighter. “I’ll see you on Sunday, Kate. Make sure you’re ready for a fight, because I’m not giving up on my dream easily.”
With those words said, Danielle lifted the Sin City Wrestling World Bombshell Championship high above her head. Letting the camera zoom in on it until fade.
