[Mark Ward]

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[Alicia Lukas]

 I wish I knew what it was like
To care enough to carry on
I wish I knew what it was like
To find a place where I belong

Prologue-The Journey

16th of June 1991. I was born in Atlanta Georgia. The first child in my family. Born to a socialite mother and a professional wrestler father. Their relationship was looked down upon by my mother’s family. They saw my father as trash, they saw their relationship as a mistake. And after my brother was born, when I was 5 years old that friction caused my father Jason to leave.  

I lacked that fatherly guidance, I lacked that help in forming my own identity. I let my mother influence me and as time went on that became damaging. I was locked into a relationship with a man who learned how to be an abusive asshole from his own father. He gave me two beautiful boys but also made me feel like I had nothing. I was at the bottom of the barrel.  

I left with nothing but a few clothes, my passport, and a dream. I snuck out in the middle of the night, went to the airport and flew off to Japan. I spent years learning my craft, applying what I learned as well as taking beatings day after day after day. I was told I didn’t belong, I was told that it just wasn’t for me. But I never gave up, I never quit. I knew what I needed, what I wanted and what I would have to go through to get there.  

And no matter how bad the beating as that I took in the ring or the dojo it was nothing compared to what I took from Ronnie back home as I grew up.  

My heart was in it, my body would take it all in and I learned that I wasn’t made of glass. When I got hit I didn’t shatter. In fact, I got stronger. I became more determined. And when I came back to the united states I started running through the competition. I dominated everywhere I’ve been. From WWH to Liberty Pro, to IWF, LAW, Honor and now SCW

I came back to be the best, to face and beat the best, and that’s what I’ll be doing this week….

Scene One-Defending the legacy
Off camera
New York, New York  
A year and a half ago

It was a beautiful fall day in the suburbs of New York, the outskirts of the city. Alicia Lukas stood in her kitchen humming to herself happily, her body language showing relaxation as she pulled her cup of tea up to her face taking in the calming aroma. She takes a sip and looks over hearing footsteps as Michael Reynolds walks into the kitchen. His flowing brown hair a slight mess as Alicia stops and stares.

He gave her a small smile across his boyish facial features, his beard and eyes making him look a good ten years younger than he had a right to. Not that Michael was old, far from it. But he was older than Alicia but somehow looked the same age or younger. His body was fit, tight and strong without being overly muscled. He wore a pair of bed shorts opening the fridge to grab milk. Alicia cupped her tea in her hands still staring as Michael just gave her a small laugh.

“See something you like Miss Lukas?” She blushed, realizing she had been staring before looking away setting her drink down. Michael slid the milk onto the kitchen bench before moving his hands up and around her midsection pulling her body back towards his. A whisper crossing her ears. “Is that one of my shirts?” Alicia couldn’t help but laugh before tilting her head slightly to look him in the eyes. “Rule number one of relationships honey, what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine.” Michael just stepped back with a grin to make a coffee before looking back over at Alicia, her long blonde hair untied and unkempt but flowing down her shoulders and back.

“It looks better on you anyway love.” He laughed to himself taking a sip of coffee before looking over the paper on the bench with a sigh. “I’m kind of enjoying this.” His voice was light and breezy, Alicia gave him a small chuckle and tilted her head. “Enjoying what?” Michael put his coffee down and looked her right in the eye. “Being here with you, not having to rush around right now. A few days to actually be...well, a couple.”

She blushed and looked down. “I know my life is hectic, I know we spend so much time on the road and we have to be separated, I don’t like that part but, it’s my life you know?”

Michael stepped forward and moved his hand up, his fingertips dancing across her cheek before sliding her long hair behind her ear. “I wouldn’t change you for the world. But I just wonder, how long will you be able to keep this pace up Ali?” She raised her eyebrows and gave a small shrug. “I honestly don’t know. I don’t take time off that much, I work through injuries, I turn up to every event I’m booked for….this is all I wanted for so long….and now…”

“Now what?” He turned his head and leaned close. “Now I want to enjoy my life as well as do what I love.” He gave her a small kiss and laughed to himself. “I’m here Ali, I’m not going anywhere, I don’t ask you to reconsider, I’m here for your career as well. But falling in love with you wasn’t a goal it just happened….”

“I know, but I want to leave a legacy in this business when people hear my name I want them to smile and remember me as one of the best and...wait...in love with me?” She stopped mid-sentence and stared at Michael, his eyes lit up as he smiled again pulling her to him. “Yes, in love with you….and because of that...you know I’ll have your back.”

New York City
The following Week

Alicia sat waiting at the table in a beautiful little cafe in downtown Manhattan. Her long hair usually tied back or left down was styled, curled and seemed to bob down her shoulders and back. Her face made up with light makeup and bright red lipstick, she took a deep breath fiddling through her bag before a hand pulled the chair across from her out. Alicia jumped but smiled wide seeing Michael slide down leaning on the table. “Nice place, any reason why we’re meeting them here?. Anything I should know?.”

Alicia shook her head from side to side before taking a deep breath, she went quiet and seemed to stare away at a random point on the wall. Michael raised his eyebrow looking over at it not seeing anything of note, his heart sank at her distance, a worry that he had done something to offend her. His hand drifted across touching hers lightly causing Alicia to jump ever so slightly. She had only ever done that once before. A few nights ago as Michael wrapped his arms around her after A nightmare. His hand pulled back, Alicia opened her mouth as if to say something but stopped looking horrified. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to….Look, Michael, I can call Ronnie and tell him not to worry about this. We can do it another time” She shot him a smile, it was forced. He could tell instantly. Many had been fooled by Alicia’s smile before. A forced one she would put on to the world to hide what was behind it. But Michael knew, he figured it and her out very fast. He sighed and leaned in close away from the walls that had ears. “Are you embarrassed by me? “

“Emba-what?..NO!.” The joke caught her off guard, for a moment she believed him to be serious but as he shot her the boyish grin hidden behind his perfect cheekbones and bright eyes she relaxed and gave him a small smile, a real one this time. She swallowed hard and bit her bottom lip nervously. “You don’t know what he’s like Michael. My ex. He will try and antagonize you, he will be rude and hide it in sarcasm. He’ll try and get you to say something or act irrationally. He got Chris to flip, I lost my boys for 2 months. Travis had to be held back and he threatened to take them away….you don’t know what he….he’ll say things”

Michael raised an eyebrow and sat back with his arms folded over his chest, his confidence putting her at ease but not enough to match it. She took a sharp breath in again and shook her head. “He’ll try and make me feel uncomfortable. And he’ll usually succeed. For years I smiled in the faces of my family and friends while he charmed them. And behind closed doors, I lived a nightmare. That’s why I ran and now, well now because most people know what he is and his father has passed?....he doesn’t hide it...he still thinks I’m his.”

“You cannot own someone Ali” His voice was soft and calm, his eyes warm and loving. “You can give yourself to someone, you can be with them and care, there is nothing he’ll be able to do or say to rattle me. He’s not impressive, he won’t be intimidating. Anyone who does to someone they “love” what he did to you is a scared insecure child. Begging for attention. Right or wrong.” She smiled again and reached forward squeezing his hands.  “I know I shouldn’t let him get to me. I’m 26 years old. I’ve traveled the world, I’ve survived this long”

“Survived?.” Michael scoffed and looked shocked and surprised.  “You’ve thrived. You went from a scared young woman trying to get away from a bad situation into a strong one capable of living up to her mistakes and her regrets head on without hiding. Ronnie was a mistake. The boys aren’t. And Ronnie won’t have a hold over them. And I’m honored to be able to meet them.”

He smiled again, this time it was a huge full one that made Alicia light up, she leaned across the table kissing him slowly, their hands between them as many of the other customers looked over. As Alicia pulled back she sighed seeming to have calmed down. Her phone buzzed, she picked it up and took a deep breath in and out. “That was his current...whatever she is. They’ll be here in about five minutes. Said they can’t stay too long, that’s code for “fuck you and your new guy”...” Michael scoffed and folded his arms over his chest.  “Charming….”

“It’s alright I don’t care. But thank you….you’ve made me feel better about all this...you brought me back from the brink….no one’s ever been able to do that before…. “ She smiled warmly “That’s what happens when you find your other half Ali…”She blushed and cleared her throat before her phone buzzed again. She looked up towards the entrance looking right past Ronnie and his girlfriend to the boys as they ran towards their mother. Alicia grinned and seemed to forget all about Ronnie, Michael stood up and shot a small smile…..

But it had only just begun…..

Scene Two: Crushing a British rose
On Camera
London England.
Present Day

”Mistakes are made…”

Alicia looks up slowly through her long blonde hair. It’s been left down as she sits on a park bench in London. A small smile on her ruby red lips as her hands clasped together, the general public walking by, staring at Alicia, some even recognizing her.

”My mistake, was believing Blade Alexander still had “it”. Believing I could trust him to hold up his end of the bargain to get through the Blast from the past. You see I had a plan. But that plan wasn’t to come to fruition because of him. This tournament is a great idea in theory. But in practice, a dominant champion like me has to carry dead weight along. And in the end, that failed. If it had been myself and Alex?. Well, that tournament would be ours and I could have gone on with my plan. I would have chosen my next challenger….”

And it would have been Seleana Zdunich.”

“It wouldn't have been some idiot with a briefcase, it wouldn’t have been the disappearing Dani Weston, it wouldn’t have been Crystal Zdunich. It would have been her. Because she earned it.”

“But, the best-laid plans can still fail and unfortunately we have to wait for that match. See at London Brawling two things that will shape our division for the next few months will happen. First off, we will see the finals of the Blast from the past. Alex Jones and Devona will face Kale Smith and Brittany Williams. The winning team gets their title opportunities o the number one contender for MY SCW world bombshells title will be set. And after that?...well...after that I defend said title against Kate Steele….”

Alicia can’t help but chuckle as she sits back on the bench, one leg crossing over the other as her arms slide across the back of her seat.

”The main event. Again. I should just change my name to The main event the way I’m going. See that’s what I do, I elevate opponents to the main event and get them that payday and that exposure. In fact, the entire division should stand in line and shake my hand with a hearty “thank you.”. When I step in the ring and defend a title it’s a celebration, it’s an event, it is “must see”. And at London Brawling 2, live from Wembley Arena here in London. A legendary arena, for a legendary champion, will become a battleground. And the thing is Kate, I gave you a warning, I told you what was going to happen and I even went further, I looked you in the eye and I told you what kind of mistake you were making…”

“That contract you won could have been used at any time. It could have been used after I got done with a blast from the past match, you could have got me at a time when I was weak when I was vulnerable. But you didn’t. You wanted your moment, didn’t you?. You wanted to go to London beat me in Wembley arena, to have that heartwarming moment in front of the only fans on this planet that can stomach you. Your hometown crowd where most are friends and family.”

“That was a mistake, Katie…”

“That was a major fuck up…”

“See in your eagerness to try and have that moment and prove yourself to me and to the division you gave up all your advantages and elements of surprise. Before I walked out and signed that contract you said I was getting the “best” Kate Steele and you know I’m happy about that. I want the best Kate steel there is, I want a Kate Steele who will bring the fight. There's just one problem..this isn’t the best Kate Steele…”

Alicia shakes her head and sits forward before standing up showing herself to be wearing a “wolsflair” red and black shirt with herself, Austin and Alex on it as well as the logo and black jeans with red converse.

“The best Kate Steele is a sneaky, arrogant, self-serving little bitch. People may not like that Kate Steele but it’s true when you are only out for yourself with your nose in the air you are at your best and you are dangerous. This Kate Steele. This smiling “honorable” fake?. This isn’t you at your best. This is you preparing to get your ass kicked. See I’m not like Jesse Salco or any of the other wannabe potato’s you’ve been able to get the better of. I’m Alicia fucking Lukas. Someone who you should by now know quite well.”

“For every accomplishment, you have had, I’ve been better. For every moment in the sun you have been able to shine in, I have had more. The last three years the entire wrestling world, especially when it comes to women’s wrestling, it’s been about me.”

“That might sound arrogant but it’s just facts.”

“You were the first LAW world champion and since then you have bounced around different companies and have never been able to match that initial moment. You have tried so hard to pull your way up that ladder using everything at your disposal from cheap mind tricks and politicing backstage to cheating in the ring and all the while you have done nothing but fail. And I get it Kate, all that can change in one moment with a win over me…”

Alicia snaps her fingers and shakes her head.

”Just like that Katie, you can be vindicated in everything you have ever said. You can have your hand raised and let the tears fall as they strap the Bombshells title around your waist, you can celebrate with your friends and family, you can jump into the crowd and there can be scenes that would be similar to England winning the world cup. But, unfortunately...that isn’t reality…”

She scoffs and rolls her eyes stepping back.

”The reality is that in this world there are winners and losers, there are people who stay true to themselves and rise up to become greater than even they thought possible and become a champion. And you aren’t one of those people Kate, because you have no idea who you are. See, I do. I know who I am. I’m a bitch, a hard-edged arrogant bitch who in the ring knows how good she is and will wait for someone to rise to my level. See, I know most of you aren’t there. Most of you aren’t up to that standard and that’s fine, you work and scratch and claw. Dani Weston was at that level, Dani Weston beat me, Seleana Zdunich deserves a chance to PROVE she’s at that level. You don’t. You won a match more based on luck than skill to get a shot at me and even then almost lost that.”

“And while I have been in the main event, while I have been a two-time champion and I took the championship into the Blast from the past ready to defend it against anyone you have been doing the bare minimum….”

“Story of your life Kate…”

“And the thing is, I’m not going to beat you at London Brawling because I have beaten you before, the truth is anyone can beat anyone else if they have the heart and instinct. I’m going to beat you at London Brawling because this championship deserves better. It deserves better than to be anywhere near someone like you. Someone who has no idea who and what they are, someone who is not on that championship level, someone who is lazy and does the bare minimum.Someone who would rather sit there and play her guitar than get in the gym and put in the hard work that will make her get better.”

“That isn’t a champion Kate, that isn’t worthy...that’s bullshit…”

“I have the heart, body, and soul of a champion. I’m mentally better than you, I am physically superior to you and when we get in the ring it’s going to be my chance to send a message to the rest of the division. To show that if they want that Bombshells title they have to put in that work, they have to bust their ass and they have to be more than whatever the hell you are this week….so at Wembley you bring your attitude, you bring that stupid little smile and you bring the entire crowd with you. Cause I am going to take everything you love, everything you think you have and I am going to burn it to the ground….”

[Kate Steele]

 London, England
Steele Manor

The flight from Tampa Florida to LGW was a long one but after 9 hours of being in the air Kate Steele and Todd Warren had finally found themselves in the city of London. It had been a while since Kate had found herself in London. To be precise it had been four years since she visited her home country and it’s mainly because the last time she was in London she had attended her grandmother’s funeral. Even though Kate was born in Berkshire she had spent all of her summers in London with her Grandmother Victoria. As a matter of fact all of those summers were shared with her older sister Samara and her older cousin Laura. They all spent the time together at the Steele manor. Grandma Victoria was a big time aristocrat filled with wealth and she had some high influence with some higher ups within English politics. Grandma was everything for these girls but sadly when they were younger Laura lost her mother Rachel in a car accident, and she was basically adopted by their grandmother. She had hated the relationship that Kate and Sam had with their parents and moving to America made her entirely jealous. Because of the jealously and the way that Grandma had treated her trying to make her too posh like she had snapped and eventually killed Grandma. She had tried to kill Kate but Samara put a stop to that and Laura was sent to jail. Grandma always cherished Kate for being the baby of the family and left her the entire manor and her entire wealth.

Kate was always grateful even though her father owned a major business in America and she could have everything and anything she wanted this was different. This was the place where she had grown up at and memories were established here that she could never forget. This is what meant the world to her being where she spent endless summers at and now she could share some of those memories with her own daughter Juliet and that’s all that mattered to her.

Kate, Teddy (Todd) and their daughter Juliet had finally arrived at the huge manor. Kate opened the doors and Juliet immediately started to run inside.

“Look pumpkin we are finally here… This is where grandmum used to live. This is where mommy had spent all of the summers of her childhood at, and hopefully you and I could create some memories together here as well…”

Juliet smiles warmly as she seems to be in awe as she jumped on a nearby couch. The little girl seemed to be in heaven as she couldn’t believe what was in front of her. Meanwhile Teddy finally came through the door holding about four suitcases in his hand and having two back packs on his back. He immediately dropped down to the ground as he gazed up at the ceiling to catch his breath.

“Well Kate you are finally home. Doesn’t it feel great to be back to where it all begun or at least to show Juliet where you came from?!”

Kate smiled as she spotted her husband on the ground. She quickly runs over to him to help him up.

“I am so sorry babe… I didn’t mean for you to bring everything from the car by yourself. I just got a little excited to show Juliet everything and I guess I was a little homesick. I just wanted to see what it looked like inside…”

“Kate it’s okay you haven’t been here in like four years. I would be feeling the same way as well besides I don’t want you to waste any unnecessary strength. You have some big things coming up and I want your time in London to be absolutely perfect. I have done my part as a husband to make sure everything happens just as you imagined it…”

“What do you mean your part as a husband?!”

Teddy smiles as he makes it to his feet. He cracks a wide grin as he looks back at his wife. He dusts his clothes off as he makes it back to his feet and looks down into her eyes.

“Babe I know this is the entire world to you. I know how much London means to you and to be more precise I know how important competing at London Brawling 2 means to you. Not only do you get to main event your very first SCW Super Card but you get to compete for the SCW World Bombshell Championship for the second time in your career. The stakes don’t get any bigger than this. I want you to be focused on that and only that and I know your schedule is going to be busy while you are…”

Kate laughs as she backs up a few feet and just shakes her head.

“Busy isn’t even the word to describe everything that I need to do while I am here. I basically have to do everything. I will have to be on an English radio station to promote my match and I know I have a meet and greet at Harrods. There is so much to do plus I have to fit in training and what not it just seems like a lot to do.”

Teddy smiles as he looks at his wife with a wide grin on his face.

“I know you are busy but I might have pulled some strings because I want your time here to be as amazing as it possibly can. I know it’s important for you to main event in front of your home town so I made some phone calls and I have managed to get the members of Guilty Pleasure to play you to the ring…”

“WAIT A MINUTE YOU GOT MY OLD BAND TO PLAY ME TO THE RING?!”

“Damn right I did… We are in London so we might as well do things in a big way right?! On top of that I might have called your father and your mother, and of course Samara. They all plan to fly over here so they could watch you in the main event.”

“And you talked to my family too?!”

“I want London Brawling to be absolutely special for you. It’s going to be your night Kate and I don’t want anything to come in the way of that. Being over here is special and if it’s special to you it certainly is special to me. I have your back and the moment I married you I wanted you to know that it was all for real. This isn’t a dream this is reality and I will always have your back no matter what happens.”

Kate is almost at the verge of tears but she quickly runs over to her husband and she gives him a long passionate hug. The two smile at one another as they slowly engage into a long passionate kiss. The two seem to be deep into their emotions and it is at this point where we are able to see an older man walking towards them. He has a strong English accent as he speaks out.

“Cheers Ms. Steele. It’s good to see you in London again, I trust your flight went well?!”

That voice came from none other than Crichton the family butler and caretaker of Steele manor. Kate quickly runs over to him and she hugs the dear life out of him.

“It’s been a while Crichton it’s been too long. My flight was amazing and it just feels good to be back. I need to visit more often but I just didn’t feel right coming here and knowing Grandma isn’t around anymore. It hurts a lot and sometimes I don’t want to be around because I don’t want to be reminded of the pain…”

Crichton however just hugs Kate even tighter as he looks down into her eyes.

“Don’t worry about any of that Ms. Steele. I have maintained the home so it’s just like you remembered. I want you to enjoy yourself here and I don’t want you to ever forget where you came from...”

Kate nods her head with a wicked grin as she looks back at him.

“Thank you, you have no idea how much all of this means to me. I still can’t believe it’s been four years. Four years of not having her in our lives but at least I can show Juliet some things…”

“Yes the little one… I did see her going outside to take in your Grandmother’s beautiful garden…I take it you are going to talk to her?!”

Kate slowly nods her head in agreement.

“Yes I want to show her around… Crichton may I ask you a question?!”

Crichton nods his head in agreement.

“Of course you can…”

“Have you heard anything about Laura?! Like how is she doing in prison and is she going to be there for a while…”

Crichton just sighs in return as he looks back at the woman.

“Last I heard she was trying to get out on parole but I haven’t heard anything since. I don’t know to be honest I have just been focused on maintaining the house, and you shouldn’t worry about any of that either. You have big things coming up and your mind needs to be on that. So don’t get wrapped up in things that aren’t important right now. Keep your mind on your big wrestling match and doing whatever you need to do in order to win it…”

“Thank you so much for everything Crichton. You have been in my family for so many years and I couldn’t imagine a life without you in it…”

“Cheers Ms. Steele… Would you like for me to get some tea going for you and Master Todd?!”

“Sure… I think we would love that… Love you so much…”

With that Kate slowly makes her way to the back door. She goes outside to the garden and she is in awe as she looks at all of the property that the manor covers. She spots Juliet smelling flowers and that is when Kate runs up to her. Kate smiles as she looks at her daughter.

“Hey pumpkin do you like it out here?!…”

“Everything is so beautiful mommy…”

“I know… Your mommy used to run out here as well. I played so much doing exactly what you are doing. It was so much fun… Auntie Samara would be out here also but for the most part it was mommy, and some of the best moments I have from here is when important people would come visit my grandma. Grandma would dress me up in all of these weird dresses and make me all posh like. It was such a long time ago and …”

Kate can’t help but break down and cry, and that is when Juliet hugs her mother.

“I miss her so much Juliet… You have no idea…”

Juliet hugs her mother back as she can feel the emotional stress that her mother is under. Kate leads her daughter to a different part of the garden and it is there where Kate shows Juliet her grandmother’s tombstone. Kate can’t help but break down some more as she looks back at Juliet.

“Mommy everything is beautiful here… Grandma must have really loved you…”

“She loved me so much Juliet you have no idea. She was everything to me. When my parents wouldn’t believe me about how Samara bullied me Grandma always took the time to listen to me. She was there for me and she was and is my everything…”

“Mommy there’s no reason to cry… I know she is looking down at you and she is happy of everything you have done…”

Kate held her daughter tightly as she squeezed her even tighter. Kate looked at her daughter as a smile escaped her lips.

“Thank you for being in my life Juliet… You are my pride and joy…”

Kate hugs her again as she notices something in her daughter’s hand. It is an envelope of sorts. Kate seems a little taken back as she looks at Juliet.

“What is that in your hand?!”

“Oh this… Someone gave me this when I was standing in the garden it was a lady with brown hair and she had a strong English accent…”

“Pumpkin we are in England everybody is going to have a strong accent…”

“They told me to give this to you…”

Kate shrugs her shoulders. She didn’t know what to think of it but she took the envelope and she started to open it, inside was a letter and she started to read it.

“Dear Kath-Lyn it truly has been a while…It’s been about four years to be exact. I bet your American life has been well for you but the moment I knew you were going to come to London I knew it would be a perfect time to make my reappearance. I will finish what I started… Grandma was the first but I am going to get you next and I won’t rest until I have your precious daughter’s blood on my hands. Sincerely your favourite cousin Laura Steele…”

Kate looks at the letter as she quickly grabs her daughter’s hand and drags her inside.

“Come with me we are going inside right now!”

“Mommy what happened?!”

“Don’t even say anything just come inside with me right now!”

With that Kate quickly goes inside the house in a rage as she looks for her husband. She quickly shows him the letter and he seems to have a look of horror as they both hold onto Juliet as tightly as they can…






Harrods
Meet & Greet

Harrods was one of the biggest department store chains in all of London. Everybody had shopped at this department store in London. Kate was slotted to do a major meet and greet, and so many fans had lined up to see some of their favorite SCW Bombshells. Kate wasn’t doing this alone however as there were going to be two other English stars doing it with her. She had no idea who was going to be here with her but in her mind she had hoped it would have been her friend Cat Riley and maybe somebody else that she could get along with. The line to get inside the meet and greet had stretched well beyond two blocks. Kate had a rough night especially after receiving that mysterious letter from the cousin that she thought was supposed to be in prison. She couldn’t bail out on a schedule event. She quickly made it and of course was late. To her surprise siting down at the table was that of Charlotte Elliot and Mackenzie Page London Underground, SCW’s final Bombshell Tag Tam Champions and the first ever Mixed Champions. They looked at Kate make her way to the table as she sat down beside them.

“I am so sorry that I am late… I had quite a night last night….”

Charlotte nodded her head as she glanced at the petite blonde.

“You look like hell… You can’t look like that if you are going to have anything close to a chance of taking on Alicia Lukas…”

Mackenzie quickly fired back.

“I know you didn’t come all this way back home to drop the ball now. You need to get it together. This is about being home… You need to make England proud or at least yourself proud. This is everything you ever wanted and you can’t lose it now because your head wasn’t in the game…”

Kate nods her head in agreement.

“I will have my head in the game it’s just things are a little rough right now but by the time next Sunday rolls around you can trust that I will be more than ready. I will beat the snot out of Alicia. I will win that title and I will celebrate all throughout London…”

Mackenzie nods her head with a smile as she looks at Charlotte.

“Good because that’s what we want to see, and we are going to make sure we see it. I think what you really need is a kick in the arse and we know of the perfect way to do so. You should feel honoured because you are going to be in for a sparring session with the both of us…”

Kate quickly shakes her head.

“I appreciate the sentiment but right now my head isn’t in it because of personal issues going on. You see it’s a long story but my cousin just got out of prison and she is threatening to kill me and my daughter. I just need to focus and…”

Mackenzie seems really intrigued at this point as she looks back at Kate.

“Why didn’t you say that in the first place? We will definitely be looking into the matter now…”

Kate rolls her eyes as she looks at the both of them.

“What is that supposed to mean?!”

Charlotte smiles in return.

“It means the problem is going to be dealt with and you don’t have to worry about anything, the only thing your mind should be on is that of that World Bombshell Championship and being in that main event. Let us do what we do and handle this whole Laura thing and you just focus on your match. You definitely are in for quite a sparring session though. You need to be toughened up and we are the best people for the job…”

Kate seems befuddled as she looks at the both of them.

“Okay I guess?! Although can we at least have some fun… I mean my closest friends in SCW are Melody Grace and Cat Riley and we would talk about sleepovers, unicorns, rainbows, and kittens… It’s like real power puff girls stuff and…”

The two members of London Underground just stare blankly at Kate as she just sighs in return.

“OKAY SO NO SLEEPOVERS… Look I don’t even want to know what you girls are into I just rather get on with this meet and greet and I am sure we can really connect with one another afterwards…”

London Underground are still speechless and don’t say a word. A few moments goes by and we are able to see a PR rep from SCW walking to the booth.

“Are you ladies really for this meet and greet. We have bottles of water for you all and there is some hand sanitizer for you all. Let’s make this event a huge success shall we?!”

The three girls nod heads in agreement and that’s when we are able to see organized fans walking up the table. Some wearing LU shirts and others clad in their favorite Siren shirts. The day seems to be quite a success as the trio gets to interact with a bunch of fans. Kate smiles as she sees one fan that is dressed exactly like her, showing off her best cosplay of the short wrestler. Kate immediately runs from behind the table to embrace the woman into a tight passionate hug. Kate smiles as she sees the girl with red hair and clad in one of her attires.

“Wow that bloody fucking rocks, I don’t think I even look that good when I come out to the ring.”

The girl nods her head as she breaks out into tears as she hugs Kate tightly.

“I have followed you since the very beginning when you were training in All Star Wrestling Gym in Tampa Bay Florida. The way you made your way throughout the ranks to dominate Hardcore wrestling in just about every company you been a part of and I loved it when you won the LAW World Championship. I can’t wait to see you win the World Bombshell Championship next Sunday. I am a huge fan and I hope you accomplish your dreams. You have shown that you don’t have to be the biggest woman in the ring to really make something of yourself…”

Kate smiles as she hugs the girl tightly. She poses for a photo with her as she takes out a marker and signs the woman’s replica Roulette Championship. The girl finally walks away as Kate adjusts herself as she walks back over to the table with tears in her eyes. Mackenzie looks at Kate.

“You see Kate that’s why you can’t afford to fail next Sunday. I personally don’t care what people think of me but these people have invested so much into you. You can’t afford to fail them. You are their hero, they look up to you and you can’t crush the dreams of so many people because you weren’t ready for it. Don’t let this cash in go to waste. Make something of it. Be the best you can possibly be and you better bring your absolute best…”

Charlotte chimes in as she nods her head in agreement.

“You have a connection with them and they see something in you. The entire day has been about people lining up to see you mainly. People wanting you to sign replica belts among pop figures and all of this other stuff, you can’t let them down. You really don’t have a choice. We don’t fight for those things but you seem like that is what fuels you. So we are going to do everything in our power to make you chase after those dreams it’s the least we can do. This is about you Kate so we will toughen you up. You don’t need to get worked up over things such as your cousin or other stuff.”

Mackenzie chimes in.

“That’s where we come in, let us take care of all of the dark things. Most importantly you are a mother and a wife. You have commitments you must keep up with and it would be devastating to all of these English people if something was to happen to you. So focus, and we are going to do our best to make sure you keep your eyes on the right thing. Especially when we go to the gym to spar, it won’t be about rainbows, kittens, or unicorns. It’s going about toughening you up so you are ready for whatever Lukas throws at you. Do you want our help?!”

Kate slowly nods her head.

“Of course I do… I want this more than you could realize…”

“Good because there is no time like the present so as soon as this over why don’t we take a quick break and then we get right to it…”

Kate nods her head as she looks back at them in return.

“Fine… But I want to be at the top of my game. I want this more than you could realize. I need this and I won’t stop until I achieve what I want…”

Charlotte nods her head with a smile.

“Good because we wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s all or nothing…”

With that Kate smiles as she focuses back on the people in front of her. The trio continues to sign autographs all day long until eventually after a 4 hour block it’s all over. They all look at one another as Mackenzie smiles.

“See us at the gym… You got an hour…”

With that being said Kate smiles in return and it is on this image that we fade out on.



On Camera
Cashing In

The cameras come into focus and as it does we are treated to the sight of a local gym where we can see Kate Steele in her training attire. Her eyes are focused on that of the cameras as she makes a very serious expression and she begins to speak.

“Cheers to everybody who might be watching this at home or wherever you might be. My name is Kate Steele and in a little more than a week I will be walking into the Wembley SSE Arena with one main goal on my mind and that is to become the SCW World Bombshell Championship. It has been a dream of mine since I have first came to this company and I think everybody always plans to win the top title. It is what everybody dreams of and to be brutally blunt not everybody is made to be in the main event. A lot of women are going to come through the doors of this company. Some might end up being the best mid carders to have ever step foot in the ring, some will go on to be amazing low card talent, and of course others will be the cream of the crop, and will be at the very top of the card. Getting to where you wish to be at takes dedication and of course pouring your all into that ring night in and night out. Where do I fit into the equation?! To be honest I was always complacent of just being around. I was happy being in my little bubble of doing just enough to get the things I really wanted. Whether it was just being a great Roulette Champion or even an Internet Champion I always did just enough to be considered somebody but never enough to be the woman that everybody paid to see…”

Kate nods her head as she looks into the camera and begins to share her heart some more.

“And I have done that well enough in my career. I mean I have been impressive I have won like 8 Hardcore Championships throughout my career, I have won about five mid card titles, and I have been the top champion at least once back during the opening days of LAW. It felt amazing to be the World Champion and I loved the feeling of knowing that everybody came to see me. Everybody paid top dollar to see me as the World Champion and in the main event but that came to an end long before it even got a chance to start. I tried desperately to get that title back but it just wasn’t meant to be. Hell I couldn’t reach the top in any of the companies I been in but I feel different to do it here in SCW. SCW has been my home, and not only do I get a chance to finally make up for lost time and become a World Champion but I get to do it in front of my home town crowd. I get to do it in London and I am in my very first SCW Super Card Main Event. The stakes couldn’t get any higher but if there is a woman who has the ability to make it happen and to do the unthinkable you definitely are looking at her. I have all of the power in my hands and you better believe that I am going out to that very ring for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to become the SCW World Bombshell Champion… It’s a go for broke opportunity and I don’t mind going all in if I can get the big pay day that I have been waiting for…”

Kate just sighs at this point as she shakes her head and slowly moves her head back to the camera.

“The only problem with all of this is that in order for me to claim my dreams and do what I set out to do I need to go through a woman who I have yet to beat in my career. I have to face a woman who has beaten my ass over and over again in every single outing. I have to beat a woman who has joined onto this roster and she is now making the entire division her very own and that comes in the form of the champion herself of Alicia Lukas… First and foremost Alicia I just want to say that I am not surprised to see you in the situation that you are in. I knew it from the moments that I laid eyes on you that you were and are a very special talent. After all we first really ran into one another over in Honor. I remembered I worked my ass off to finally get a title shot and what I didn’t know is that you would return to the company and you would be coming back with the Legacy Championship and defending against me. You simply made me out to be your Bitch. You humbled me and I left on the losing side of things as you went on to successfully defended your title… It just didn’t stop there because you were the Legacy Champion and you kept on fighting and fighting until you unified your title with the Honor title. Along the way I know I dropped like three matches to you but it was never an issue for you. You just kept on fighting and doing what you do best…”

Kate slowly begins to applaud as she smiles in return.

“For that you have my respect because I know you are a fighter. I know you come from Georgia and have traveled all across the world to make a name for yourself and its being showcased by you every single day. Not only did you make the Legacy division your very own but you came over here as a fighting Honor Champion and all you did was fight and fight. You established yourself not only as a Honor wrestler but you adapted well to the SCW roster and you have taken it by storm. You beat the best the company had to offer in Dani Weston, and even though you may have had one hiccup along the way in the form of getting screwed in the middle of a family quarrel as you lost to Seleana because of Crystal. You still chose to fight. You still walked into a match two weeks later and you walked out as the champion. You had the odds of fighting the former champion and a feuding couple and you still emerged as a champion again. That is amazing Lukas and for doing that you have gained my respect. You can laugh at me in my face, you can insult me, you can go around and tell everybody we aren’t friends but no matter what you say you have my respect because you have done what you needed to do to get to the top. Being a two time World Bombshell Championship isn’t easy. Some people been here forever like Salco and haven’t managed to do it once yet you have done it twice. That speaks volumes for you as an athlete and I admire that. I know fighting you won’t be a walk in the park but I never wanted to take the easy path…”

Kate paces around for a few feet as she continues to speak.

“You can call me everything under the sun but I chose to do things the right way. I know it might seem lucky because I used a briefcase to get here but my journey has been hard fought as well. I fucking deserve to be here and I won’t let anybody tell me differently. Yeah I won a briefcase but since having it I had to defend it as if it was a championship. I got stabbed in the back by one of my closest friends because she wanted the briefcase. I have been betrayed but yet I still found a way to get it back and I have found a way to make it here. With the briefcase I could have took the cheap way out. I could have cashed in when you weren’t expecting it and being worn out but I didn’t. I chose to challenge you straight up because the reality is I wanted you to see it coming. I wanted to beat you at your very best and I don’t want there to be any excuses for whoever loses next Sunday. I want things to be definitive. I know I have done some shit in this company but everything I have done I have always done it to the best of my ability. Whether I was being the plucky undersized underdog who rose above the challenges to make ends meet or the bitchy cunt who hated the fans and tried to break people’s arms I have always given it my all, and I settled things in the ring.

That is who I am and that certainly won’t change. You wish to call me out on Twitter but I do belong here Alicia. I paid my dues. I had the longest reign as Roulette Champion. During my time as Internet Champion I beat Melody Grace, I beat Evie Baang. Hell I even beat Mikah after losing my belt. I beaten the who’s who in this company and I kept on trucking I believe Roxi Johnson is a win I have also. I have been here for about four years and my only World Bombshell Championship came on a random Climax Control against Dani Weston. You beaten her where I failed but I have still been built up for this moment. Every lost to that of Crystal and Cat Riley has also been building me up and it’s prepared me for you. To say I don’t deserve it or don’t have what it takes is a load of bullshit. I have worked my ass off to get here just like it took effort to win two ladder matches back to back and everybody knows I HATE LADDER MATCHES… I have done the impossible for this moment and I am not going to let it fade away just because you don’t think I belong…”

Kate shrugs her shoulders.

“I will admit that in Honor you flat out beat the snot out of me. You have always owned me but then again I never really gave it my all there. I always felt like I was stretched out between competing there and here, and I never gave it my all. Now that it’s all a part of one thing I can focus on doing what I need to do and that’s beating you. My eyes are solely on you and I will humble you because at the end of the day I want this. I want this more than you could ever realize. I need this win and on everything that is beating inside of me I won’t stop until I get that win. I get to return home Alicia to the very place where I was born at and do you think for one second I want to send any of these people home sad because I didn’t pull out the win?!”

Kate shakes her head.

“No… I miss England and I know they certainly missed me. I have been dreaming of this day for as far as I can remember. A day where I could main event my first Super Card here and of course win my first World Championship here. It doesn’t get any bigger than that and this is one story that needs it’s fairy tale ending. It’s the story of my life and I have paid my dues for it. I have friends and family flying in, I have my old band coming in, and they have all invested a lot into me winning the big one. I can’t lose it all now. I have worked way too hard to just fail now. I get it Alicia you have to puff your chest out to showcase you are a Bitch. You have to do things to make people know you are the best but I am not going to under sell you because I see you as the great competition. I will always put you over and I won’t shame or talk you down because you built yourself up. What I will do is focus on being the best I can be because I know if I give you my best you won’t be able to handle it. You won’t be on my level….

You have done so much here entering the Blast From The Past and could have made history as a World Champion but the team of Kale and Brittany put me here. Everything happens for a reason and that reason is to make sure I emerge as a World Champion. You can call me whatever you want. You can tell me I am unworthy but there will be thousands of fans in that arena in my HOME TOWN that say differently. You will have a 5’2 110 pound woman in that ring with you who will fight you to prove differently so while you might not like me you will be respecting me by the end of the night. You will acknowledge me as the World Champion because I am going to give you my all. Everything is on the table here Alicia so let’s see what you can do. Time is ticking and it’s only a matter of time before you find yourself SHIPWRECKED!!!! It’s time for this Siren to enchant you with her Siren’s Song and I know I am irresistible. See you soon Alicia but nothing is going to ruin this homecoming of yours truly… Cheers mate…”

With that Kate makes a determined expression into the camera and it’s on that image that we fade out on.

[Alicia Lukas]

 Slowly fading I’m fading
I’m sick of waiting and waiting
Feeling lower than yesterday
When the earth is my hell
And I’m trapped in a cell
Will I ever get a break?

Scene One-Business and personal
Off Camera  
Washington D.C
Four Months Ago

I'd seen Michael with my boys. I'd felt Michael with me. I knew his heart and soul. I knew his tenderness and sweet nature. His handsome smile and the sparkle in his eye as he spent time with us. The warmth of his hands as they would pull me against him. I heard his heartbeat, it was like music. But that was behind closed doors in our personal life.  

But when it comes to business? He changed. He became focused like a laser beam. The playful smile turned into an arrogant one. He was in his element. The forging of deals and making money. The side of this business I had always failed at.  

He was great at it. He was a master. And he would do it all out of loyalty and love. This wasn't about money or fame. He wasn't about growing himself or just his name. He felt strong and fought harder because he understood that this was a true partnership. Sure I was the one in the lights, the one who won the titles. But he has been the driving force to help extend the brand I created for myself.  

The brand I had let others damage.  

I am not blind to the fact people dislike me. In some cases hate me. Their anger and jealousy misplaced and in some cases skewed due to others. Michael didn't care about any of that. He has helped me grow and be a better person. The business side though. That was different.  

He has made me a better person in our lives. Made me mature into a young woman worthy of the standing I had earned. A fact others couldn't gloat about. If I was angry or frustrated preparing to snap back at those who would drag my name through the mud he would simply take my phone then my hands and remind me that all the public squabbling meant nothing.  

What really mattered was what I have done in that ring. What I have achieved through my athletic ability. And he was right. But the part of this I never understood or was good at, he had taken over. He handled investments, contracts, royalties, talent bookings, and appearances. He had become my middle man.  

He was already successful.  

Already financially secure.  

He had helped me save up and secure a future for my kids. And now as I sit here staring at him as he paced across the room I saw his version of fighting. His verbal assault as he beat down a lawyer representing a royalty firm. They had tried to withhold a cheque, Michael had none of it. His demeanor changed. His voice lowered and he made sure we got what was owed.  

My hero. My leader. My other half. He knows me and my heart but also knew I would accept his help and grow as a person. I'd never been this happy. Never been so complete. Not with Chris or Travis. Kaden or Cass. Michael was what I needed not just what I wanted.  

I kept staring, kept smiling even as he growled down the phone. He hung it up and took a deep breath before turning back towards me. Business Michael melted away and he simply smiled and ran a hand through his wavy brown hair. His hands slid around my hips and pulled me forward, he whispered sweet nothings in my ear and told me the news. Truth be told all I wanted was him….  

That's what made me rich.  

A few days later
Off Camera  
Washington D.C  

The sounds of flesh hitting the hard plastic of the heavy bag filled the empty loft. Over and over again a sharp exhale followed by the slapping noise. Alicia Lukas moves around jabbing the bag over and over, her long blonde hair tied up in a braid that moved and hit her back with each bounce on the balls of her feet. Her eyes focused just on the bag as she growled and hissed out an exhale and another shot. The heavy clunk of footsteps on the wooden stairs didn’t distract her as Michael moved into the room, he slid his hands into his pockets and sighed heavily.  

Alicia kept moving to throw her jabs and hooks, a few that would be body shots, a few higher. A growl as she seemed to zone back out and throw her hands. Michael steps forward grabbing the bag with a boyish smirk, his eyes sparkling as he looks down at Alicia who stops for a moment, she blows some of her hair that shook loose out of her face and breathed deep trying to cool down. “You know, when I decided to put a gym up here I thought it would help you not have to feel like you should run back to New York every week...in hindsight, it may have been a bad idea.” His voice was calm and his smile showed it was a joke. Alicia sighed and shook her head looking down slightly embarrassed.  

“I’m sorry. I just. I had some aggression and energy I needed to let out…” She turned and unwrapped her hands, Michael let go of the bad, his hands sliding around her hips and to her stomach holding her against his toned body, his arms strong and caring as he leaned in close whispering in her ear. “And you didn’t get a lot of that energy out this morning? Alicia bit her bottom lip and laughed under her breath leaning back against him, her hands finding his as she squeezed them. “Hey now, enough of that talk..I’m trying to stay focused…”

Michael chuckled and stepped back letting her go, his arms folding over his chest as he tilted his head. He gave out a low sigh and looked her up and down. “It’s true, you do need to focus.” His voice got deeper, Adding authority. Alicia raised her eyebrows as Michael continued. “I love you, and I know you love me but, our relationship took something from you. Her heart raced, her mouth opened as if to say something as a fear came over her. She closed off her body language, her back and legs stiffening and her arms coming across her chest.”It’s almost as if you lost that killer instinct…”  

“What...what are you saying?” Her voice stuttered as she prepared herself for the worst. Michael studied her and it clicked in his mind. He smiled and stepped closed reaching out to take her hands. “Hey, I’m just saying we need to find a way to get that fire back. It seems like when you were with other men their stupidity would annoy you and you’d use it as fuel to be...less than calm..in the ring.” Alicia couldn’t help but laugh. She swallowed hard and took a deep breath in to slow her racing heart. “Well, that's actually true. I’m very happy with you Michael, I don’t carry around the same frustration, anger, and resentment I used to.”  

He laughed to himself and leaned close, his hands cupping her cheeks pulling her slightly forward into a soft kiss. Alicia licks her lips as she pulls back smiling wide. “So, if you make me so incredibly happy, how...how am I going to get that killer instinct back?” Michael laughs to himself and winks. “Simple, no more kisses until you train and get the vision of who you want to destroy and how burned into your pretty little head.” Alicia’s jaw drops as she seems speechless, she stutters a response, Michael just smiles and turns her around to face the heavy bag before slapping her on the rear end.  

“Get to work...dear, do what you can...rediscover it all”

Lack of effort gets you nowhere…

”I have worked hard with everything I have ever done in this business, I have sacrificed my body, my mind, my soul, my sanity. Time with my husband, my sons, friends, family. I have done gleefully with no reservations or regrets.”

Alicia’s voice is low, almost a whisper but loud enough to be audible as she leans forward. Her hair swept to the side as it frames her face. Her eyes lined with makeup making the deep blue pop and shine, a small smear of black war paint under her right eye that has become her trademark, and cherry red lipstick contrasting her pale face.

”I respect anyone willing to get in the ring. See this job,l this life isn’t easy. If it was anyone could do it. But there are varying levels of dedication to all of this and effort that some people don’t understand and don’t have. And my opponent at London Brawling, Kate Steele is one of these people. See don’t get me wrong Kate as a person I do give you respect for doing this. You’ve had a long career and you are a professional wrestler, you are “one of us” as it were. You’re not someone like Amanda Cortez who should be in videos on pornhub, you have earned the right to call yourself a wrestler….kind of…”

“See, when weighing up a career and the effort put in people have to ask themselves are they a real professional wrestler who has love and passion for the business or are they doing it as part of their lives and something to fall back on or use to their advantage?. Kate would have you believe she loves this business but cared more about setting up her former band to be at London Brawling than the match itself. She spends more time and care promoting the specatvle of the event than the match itself and fans notice. Fans know that for years I toiled away in Japan before coming back to America and dominating…”

“Real fans know the difference Kate…”

“You look at our careers side by side and they look about even. We’ve both won titles and had good runs in various companies before being led to SCW.”

Alicia pauses for a moment pulling up the SCW bombshells world championship and setting it down on the table in front of her, her hands staying either side as she looks it over and draws attention to the nameplate at the bottom with “Alicia Lukas” shining bright under the light above.

”For you, it was IWF and LAW, for me, it was WWH and Honor. Sure, we’ve both had spots in other companies, hell I had started climbing the ranks of LAW when it had closed and trust me on this, if that company had stayed open I would have held their world title too. Cause that’s what I do Kate. I join a company and I bust my ass till I get to the top and I don’t let anyone tell me “no”. I don’t let anyone hold me down or hold me back and I fight for everything I have. I am not handed a goddamn thing and in the last three years I have had a career that you could only dream of.”

“And the reason is, as I said...dedication…”

“Dedication to my craft, my career, my art form, and my legacy.”

“Your legacy is based on being an average musician and an average wrestler. And it’s not because your career and focus is split. It’s because you’re not dedicated and don’t put the effort in. Do you want proof?. When was the last time you were in a wrestling ring, Kate?. Actually, when was the last time you were in an SCW ring?. Cause I can answer that, it was at Blaze of Glory. March tenth Kate, March freakin tenth. You got that briefcase back from Jesse Salco, and since then...nothing…”

She chuckles and rolls her eyes pushing to her feet.

”You can cut a promo where you ramble on for an hour and waste everyone's time but words are hollow when you don’t back it up with actions. While you just sat around on twitter whining about when you wanted to cash in your contract I entered the Blast from the past and I was prepared to defend my title at a moments notice. I stayed active, I put in the effort to make every single match I have been a part of special to the point where I hurt myself and they FORCED me to sit out a week. If you win the Bombshells title it will disappear…”

“You will sit on your ass, you will ignore the world and just be happy to hold it and will do nothing to make the championship or your reign feel special. Because that, Kate, would require effort, which as we’ve established isn’t your strong suit. Hell, you said it in your promo last week, not everyone is made to be in the main event and honestly, you’re not.”

“The main event is a position that requires dedication and love and your heart. Things you don’t have a goddamn clue about. It’s why it took you so long to get to this point. In LAW I started that climb, in Honor I was the fucking climb. You saw it, you felt it, the only time you ever “beat” me was in tag matches where someone else did the work cause one on one in direct competition you have never EVER been able to beat me. I dominated Honor wrestling and the women's division and when Honor was absorbed by SCW I did the same thing here and won the Bombshells title faster than anyone and this is a championship you have never held despite your long career here.”

“And even now you have tried to stack the deck in your favor and seem to care more about the where and when than the why?. Why should you be the champion Kate?. Because you got lucky and won a clusterfuck match to get a shot?. Because it is your “dream”?. Because it’s your home country and home town?.

Alicia scoffs and throws her arms in the air before kicking the chair back and clutching the Bombshells title in her hand violently shaking it at the camera.

”THIS IS NOT A PROP FOR YOU TO WRITE YOUR STUPID FAIRYTALE WITH. This is a symbol, a symbol of excellence and a symbol of who is the best in the world and as talented as you believe yourself to be, as gifted athletically as you have proved yourself to be the fact remains that you do not have the heart or effort to be the champion and even with your reigns in the past you have no idea..no real idea...what being a champion is all about. It’s about putting a whole company on your back, it’s about leading from the front and being prepared to put it on the line and bust your ass through injury, through sacrifice and through being the best…”

“Dani Weston understood it, Vargas understands it, Seleana understands it, I understand it.”

“You don’t, you don’t get it and no matter how many times we try and point it out to you Kate it just never sinks in. Your whole career is a mix of happy accidents and moments that you kind of fell in to. I can’t sit here and say you’re a bad wrestler or you don’t have the athletic ability to be something great but...you just don’t have that spark Kate, you don’t have it in you to sacrifice everything, Not like I have. Dani Weston sacrificed everything to keep this to the point where after she lost it she has not been the same...and now I stand on the edge of a cliff and over that edge is losing this championship in my first defense for the second time…”

“The first time was because of Crystal...and all that did was piss me off and make me come back stronger and better...because that is what a champion does…”

She takes a deep breath and seems to calm down, her heart still racing a mile a minute.

”You are the first defense of my SECOND reign and this will not end like the first. I will not let this title slip away and you won’t have someone help you. It’s just you and me in that ring, and one on one….you just don’t measure up…”

[Kate Steele]

 Off Camera
London, England

Kate’s time in England had been such an amazing time. The meet and greet went perfectly. It was an amazing time to bond with so many of her fans but it was time to get to business. Kate had been seeing so many of the sights taking in some of the culture that she had missed that of seeing Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and so much more. The thoughts of her cousin Laura being out of jail still plague her mind but she couldn’t focus on that. It was time to train and if she wasn’t at her absolute best she knew that Alicia Lukas would make quick work of her. Kate didn’t want that to be the case as she woke up extra early for this gym session with London Underground. She didn’t know what to expect as she was clad in a tight fitting sports bra and of course a pair of yoga pants. She was jogging down the streets of London until she reached BXR gym. Kate’s eyes opened up as she walked through the doors of the gym and she could spot the two other English women standing on the other side of the door. Kate smiled as she looked at Charlotte and Mackenzie.

“Hey ladies so are you ready to do this?!”

Mackenzie however shook her head in disgust as she looked over at Charlotte who put her hands on her hips and sighed as she looked back at Kate.

“Kath-Lyn do you have any idea on what the time is?!”

Kate nodded her head as she looked at her phone and she smiled in return.

“Yes it’s 4:50 in the morning which is too early for this shit and you told me to be here by 5…”

Charlotte quickly snaps back as she begins to speak.

“Which means that you are late… Being ten minutes early isn’t good enough you should have been here a quarter to, only then would you have shown that you were truly on time for this. So before we go any further you need to drop down and give us twenty…”

Kate rolls her eyes as she shakes her head in disgust.

“Bloody fucking hell… It’s 4:50 it’s really not that big of a deal…”

Mackenzie sighs as she quickly cuts Kate off and makes sure to talk over her.

“I didn’t expect to hear any lip from you and because of that mouth you can make it thirty instead of twenty. Remember we don’t have to be here you are the one that came to us and not the other way around. Besides you should have been desperate to be here as early as you possibly could. This is your match and you have such a huge opportunity ahead of you. Everything you ever wanted lies within that gym and we are going to make sure that you are more than ready for what comes your way. Even if it kills you we are going to make sure that you are ready…”

Kate can only nod her head in agreement as she quickly drops down and does some pushups. She begins to do them one after another as Charlotte begins to speak.

“I don’t know what you were expecting when you asked us to train with you but this isn’t going to be something out of a fairy tale. If you wanted Rainbows, birds, and puppies you could have saved that for your friends Melody and Catherine…”

Kate continues to do pushups as she quickly speaks back to the tag team.

“It’s RAINBOWS, UNICORNS, AND KITTENS!!!! You could at least get it right…”

“Talking back again?! You can add another ten to those pushups…”

Kate continues to do pushup after pushup as she sighs in return. She is finally done as she slowly makes it back to her feet and she holds her arms in pain.

“That really hurt please don’t put me through that again…”

“Oh we have so much more planned for you. You doing pushups is only the beginning of what we have planned. As you can see our journey in London has taken us to BXR in London and we have made a way to rent the place out…”

Kate looks around amazed as she takes it all in.

“Seems like a high profile place to train at…”

Mackenzie nods her head as she looks back at the petite blonde.

“I know it seems extravagant but this gym is home to Anthony Joshua the World Boxing Champion. Champions need to be training where champions are so what a better place to get you accustomed with then where the best of the best trains. So why not be here as well…”

“Cheers to the both of you but because of my husband I am mostly a Deontay Wilder girl… My husband really likes him and well…”

Both women just shake their head at Kate as Charlotte seems disgusted.

“We should have expected as much especially considering she is a Chelsea fan…”

“Eww….”

Kate quickly shakes her head.

“Hey we didn’t come here to talk about who I like in boxing or in football, we are here to talk about me right?!”

“Yes we are here to talk about you although I rather save the chatterbox for afterwards. You were really close to us just giving up on you and pulling the whole protection thing on that of watching your daughter…”

“Look I know I might talk a lot but at the end of the day this is what I really want. This is what I was destined to do… If it means being in the place that Anthony Joshua sets up shop for his big fights by all means so be it. But I can’t let myself down and most importantly all of those people who came by Harrods to get an autograph with me. Everybody who invested so much into seeing me claim the unthinkable. It’s all or nothing and I need to give it my all. There may never be a chance like this ever again. So I am serious… I wouldn’t be here if this didn’t mean the world to me. So do your absolute worst and I will take it like a champ…”

Charlotte smiles as she looks deeply into Kate’s eyes.

“Cheers that is exactly what we wanted to hear. This is your moment so you might as well give it your all. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Remember this woman Alicia has been making your life a living hell. She is the one who has been talking you down since the very beginning. You want to finally silence the critics and of course her you go out there and make her eat crow. You show her that you are the woman that she doesn’t think you can be…”

“I don’t think I could have said it any better myself Charlotte. At the end of the day Kate you are the one that needs to believe in this. You are the one that needs to have that fire and that desire. You need to be better than Alicia Lukas and although it may be tough it’s not like you have to be better than her on every single night. You just need to be better than her on Sunday Night. If you can get past her you can end the show with your hand raised high…”

Kate looked at both women speaking to her as she slowly nodded her head in agreement. A small chuckle escaped her lips as she started to speak in return.

“If I get past her?! Don’t you mean WHEN I beat her… After all you both are training me so I will be more than ready for this fight…”

Charlotte smiles as she replies back in return.

“Good… That’s what I wanted to hear and it’s good to see that confidence. Now we will be working on key areas of your abilities. You call yourself a Siren?! You really need to be that killer. You need to be that mythical beast who has the ability to enchant and trap anyone who comes in her path. I am not talking about the pretty things that people confused about when they hear the word siren thinking of the pretty little mermaids who sit on rocks playing a harp. I am talking about the beast who has looks that can kill but at the same time cause an entire fleet to be sink to the bottom of the oceans, and those sailors desperately trying to gasp for air to take a glimpse of you but they suffocate as you cause them to go into the abyss. That’s how you need to approach this entire situation…”

Kate nods her head with a wicked grin as she looks at both of them.

“Like I said bring it… It’s about time I become that beast. I can’t hold back now. I might as well give it my all and whatever happens as a result will just be the testimony of my hard work…”

Charlotte and Mackenzie smile as they speaks some more.

“We are going to work on speed, strength, Stamina, and submissions. Once we get those four S out of the way there won’t be anything left to teach you…”

Charlotte smiles as she looks at Kate.

“Mackenzie is going to throw her best strikes at you and we are going to see how you dodge them… That will build your speed…”

“We are going to monitor how far you pull yourself up a rope as you climb it and see how high you can go before it hurts not to mention make you do a lot of pull ups on a bar that can build your strength…”

“As far as Stamina goes we are going to put you on a treadmill we are going to do some intense cardio… We will continue to monitor you and all of that cardio will build up your stamina, and last but not least the most fun part will be when you step into the ring with the both of us.”

“We are going to flat out hurt you Kate. It’s going to be a war of sparring inside of that ring. Charlotte is going to twist you in so many ways and build your endurance up. She is going to show you every submission under the sun. Whatever Alicia has planned it won’t feel like anything because we are giving you the best preparation of your life…”

“On top of that if your cousin tries anything you personally will be ready for it… This is all or nothing and you will be ready. The question is are you?!”

Kate smiles as she looks at both women.

“Bring me your worst…”

With that the women work their way with Kate. They put her through the total test as Kate could be seen dodging various strikes. She works on some of her own strikes making sure she can throw some as fast as she can. After going through hours of that she finds herself pulling herself on a rope. She does pull ups on a bar and is just working her body out. She transitions to getting on a treadmill as well as a bicycle and she is giving it her all refusing to slow down for anything. Kate doesn’t stop as she just keeps on pushing and pushing ahead. The best part of the whole experience is when Kate steps into the ring with both members of London Underground. They put a beating on the woman. Kate finds herself tapping out to so many different submissions and holds. She finds herself learning some moves, and by the end of the training she is glaring up at the ceiling as she is spread eagle on the mat. Charlotte offers Kate a hand as Mackenzie looks down at her.

“Well Kate that would be your training session. How do you feel?!”

“I feel like I went through the entire works…”

“Good that means we did our job then. It only gets harder from here. Training was merely the first step but the true test comes when you step in that ring. Make sure you take some good ice baths to recover from what we did. Just keep working hard and things will come your way. Practice what we did over and over again and the rest is up to you. We will watch out for this cousin of yours just stay focused on the match.

Kate smiles as she looks at both women.

“Thank you so much you have no idea how much all of this means to me…”

“Well don’t say what it means just show us… Go out there and win that title…”

With that Kate nods her head as she walks out of the gym. As soon as she does she sees an envelope on the ground that reads “Kate” on it. Kate picks it up and she opens it and she reads the contents.

“Despite you training I am still watching you… Your favorite cousin… Laura…”

Kate shakes her head as she rips the letter in half as she could only focus on Alicia and that needed to be her main focus at this point.








On Camera
The Final Countdown

Things come into focus and as they do we are treated to the sight of Kate Steele she is wearing her electric guitar as she gazes into the lens of the camera that is zooming in on her face. She can’t help but crack a very wide grin as she begins to strum away at a very familiar tune. In front of her is a microphone stand and she chuckles as she begins to play the Final Countdown by Europe. She leans right into the microphone as she begins to sing.

“It’s the Final Countdown!!!!!!”

She strums away some more as she strums over and over again. The smile escapes her as she slowly pulls away. Her face meets with that of the camera as she slowly moves her attention to the cameras. She takes off her guitar as she looks deep into the cameras and begins to speak.

“You know I guess it won’t be long until the both of us will be locking up inside of the ring with one another. Alicia Lukas this is it. There is no turning back at this point. It’s the Final Countdown. I guess if you look at it in movie terms this would be the trilogy, this would be the End Game, this would be when it transitions and becomes Return of the Jedi and more importantly than that this is when I go out there and I will personally get my happy ending and I will emerge victorious as the New World Bombshell Champion. This is everything I live for and I won’t be denied on Sunday. I didn’t work my ass off to get here just to have everything fail me. No I worked fucking hard to be in this position and on Sunday it’s going to be my night. It will be the night where I will walk away as the World Bombshell Champion and you will walk away empty handed. You will walk away in awe of what just happened and I wouldn’t have it any other way. You see I may not be the smartest wrestler in all of this company. After all I don’t have the best of records or don’t seem to be the most consistent but what I do know how to do is pull a huge win out of my arse when I am really focused… I have that type of wrestling ability. You know damn well I do and if you can’t see my drive and dedication you would only be fooling yourself…”

Kate just shakes her head as she continues to speak some more.

“I understand what you said when we were standing in the ring in Manchester. I gave up my one real advantage when I signed that briefcase away to do this properly. Yet the thing about me is I am not the norm. I never do things in the traditional way. I need to be dramatic and more importantly I want to beat you where it hurts. I want to beat that ass in the middle of the ring. Not only do I want to beat you but I want to humble you. I want to submit your ass or make you pass out to one of my submissions. There was no choice but to do this match with you straight up. Things started to get a little crazy while I was holding that briefcase. I know temptation was getting to me. I starting throwing a fit when you were in the Blast From The Past tournament and this match may not have come to light but everything fell into place and I need to do my part. I really didn’t want to cash in like everybody else because it’s unbefitting to my character. I have earned my way into doing everything. Regardless of what you think or feel about me I have strived to be better than everybody else. I have busted my ass to build momentum and for people to take me seriously I needed to beat you straight up in the ring. I truly didn’t have a choice in the manner…”

Kate shakes her head as she continues to share her heart.

“You are the best of the best Alicia. I knew that since we fought one another in Honor. The only real win I have over you is in an elimination tag team match and even so Mercedes Vargas was the remaining survivor. She is the one who beat you to give me a win but that’s not the type of win that I have been longing for. I NEED to beat you. I need it for full justification. Only by beating you will I overcome that hurdle of people saying I can’t beat you. Only by taking you down will I get over those demons from the past where I lost to you over and over again. Two singles matches with you have both ended in the same way. You have managed to get the best of me and you walked away with your Legacy Championship intact. Yet I fell like the third time is the charm.”

Kate nods her head as she forms a very serious expression and she continues to speak.

“You might be thinking that since you beat me twice you might as well have the power to do it again. I know that is what is going through your head. So what makes this different from every other time that we faced one another?! For starters I decided to change things up. I didn’t get caught in the same old, same old. I could have went to Melody Grace and worked out with her like I normally do. Hell I could have been bonding with that of Cat Riley and had her father put me through his worst but I felt that would have been a far too comfortable approach. It would have been the norm and if you truly want change you need to make changes on a bigger scale. That is when I stepped outside of myself and I decided to connect with that of London Underground. Our personalities couldn’t be any more different but one thing that Charlotte and Mackenzie know how to do better than anybody else is stay focused to a task and it’s strictly business until the shit gets done. “

Kate seems really focused now as she continues to speak more.

“You want to stand there on your high horse talking about facts?! How I never beat you before on Twitter which is technically wrong since I did beat you in an elimination match. Not the way I wanted too but a win is a win. You told me I haven’t been good enough to win the Bombshell Championship. I don’t think that’s true either. I have been here for about four years and I have only had one title shot at the title. One single shot and that title came within the last 8 months when I fought Dani and lost to her. I also never really pushed the envelope on getting a shot either but I didn’t want to be another Jessie Salco. I didn’t want to come out begging for championship match after championship match. I would have waited for the moment to come my way not by bitching or demanding but because management felt I fucking DESERVED it. So I am sorry if I had to bust my ass to get to where I am at. That’s why this match has become satisfying to me because it is everything I ever wanted wrapped up in a gift bow… Yeah I did win a stupid briefcase but I had to go through so many other women just to grab a hold of the thing and I even had to defend my position as the holder. I am not afraid of anything and that includes you Alicia…”

Kate shakes her head some more as she continues to pour her heart to that of the camera.

You don’t think I am worthy of being in the main event or at least busted my ass to be here. At least that’s the vibe I get from what you say on Twitter?! Bitch I have been building up the under and mid card since I came into this company. You know what genuinely happens to those when they get to the very top?! They start talking about how long they been champion or how long their reigns have been but they aren’t competing all of the time. They get to sit on their ass and fight in the occasional booking here and there. Yet I was building up the undercard. I was being a workhorse and I was competing night in and night out beating whoever came in my way. You don’t get the longest reign of being a Roulette Champion by sheer luck. I did it by working hard in that ring. I did it by beating Natalie Mckinley, Salco, and the who’s who of contenders. Hell there was even a time when Roxi just wanted to become a Grand Slam Champion. The same woman who was already a two time World Bombshell Champion and all of that wanted to step up to the plate and guess what she got beat by me two only to finally accomplish that big feat of being a Grand Slam Champion once Veronica Taylor got her hands on the belt. Yes I lost to Veronica Taylor so make fun of it all you want but it took Chloroform to take me out. That’s such a crazy thing to think about. You still wish to tell me I don’t belong here?!”

Kate seems disgusted as she pours her frustration out in the promo.

“Tell me I don’t deserve this chance… Tell me I am not worthy?! How the hell is a woman who has beaten Roxi Johnson, Melody Grace, Evie Baang, and even Mikah not worthy of fighting for the championship?! Give me reasons why I don’t belong here like anybody else. Even if I wasn’t fighting for a title I was still grinding in big time feuds with that of Cat Riley, and Crystal Zdunich. I always stay grinding and I always do what I can when I get into the spotlight. It’s what work horses do and I might have been scared to be at the top, but I want that attention. I want to be the focal point of the division and I know for a fact that I can beat you. What makes any other time different is I have that desire and that hunger to beat you in the ring and I won’t be denied. Not now and certainly not ever. London Underground worked with me on all aspects of my abilities. We went to the gym of the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the world in Anthony Joshua. We trained just like how champions do and I have the heart of a champion inside of me. it’s that heart that keeps beating and tells me I can beat you and overcome the unthinkable. It’s propelling me onward and you can’t stop it…”

Kate seems super focused as she continues to share her heart some more.

“So tell me how you plan to stop me?! London Underground toughen me up in ways I couldn’t imagine. They beat the living shit out of me but they have also built me up. They built up my tolerance and I went from being a pretender into that of a contender. She might have been dormant for a while but you are going to get the Siren as soon as the bell rings. You are going to get that mythical beast who is going to obliterate you who is going to enchant you with her submissions and who is going to wear you down. That’s just the reality of the situation. You might think I am full of shit but this is my moment and I can’t let London down. I can’t let my daughter down, I can’t let all of those fans who been reaching out to me down. I can’t let my former band mates who have been flying out from all different aspects of the world down. I can’t let my husband down and most of all I can’t let myself down. This is what I wanted and this is what I live for. Now it’s time to practice what I have been preaching and get the job done. All or nothing Alicia that is what this is about.

If for some reason I lose and I have to work my way back up again so be it. it’s not like I complained about four years to be in this position. I have always been on that of the slow grind but when it does happen I don’t want there to be any doubts on me being here. People will know I earned my place and on Sunday you will get beaten. That’s not a threat that’s a bloody promise. So you better make sure you are ready for what I am bringing to the table because I am coming in for the kill. This is my moment and you are the roadblock in my way. Do you hear that Alicia?! You hear that song playing… That’s called a Siren’s Song… It’s a song of your demise and before you know it you will find yourself SHIPWRECKED!!! Time for me to go win a championship and do whatever it takes to get there… See you soon…”

With that Kate continues to look into the camera. She is completely focused and it’s on this image that we slowly fade out on.