Off Camera
Tampa Bay, Florida
Ever since that of December 2 Dismember Kate and Teddy haven’t been on speaking terms. Teddy has continuously been throwing his wife under the bus and Kate has been just taking it. She really didn’t know how to deal with the entire situation. On one aspect she wanted to do the right thing and be there for her husband. Be the wife that she was destined to be and do everything to protect her family with her husband and her daughter Juliet. Yet at the same time she really didn’t appreciate throwing everything away, consistently ruining her relationship with all of her friends. Kate knew that sooner or later she would have to make a decision especially considering Teddy was going on a rampage with the chauvinistic comments and even throwing Kate under the bridge. Kate felt like she was at a lost for words and honestly didn’t know what to think.
Teddy didn’t want anything to do with Kate since losing at the Super Card. He blamed the loss on his wife and he hasn’t looked back. After all she was the one that tapped out to Charlotte’s move. Kate didn’t know where to turn but one thing she knew is that she didn’t want to leave the house let alone the bed. She just laid there and she slowly turned her attention to that of her cell phone. Judging by the screen it seemed as she had a lot of missed calls. Kate take a long deep breath as she inspected the phone further to see that several people have left messages on her phone.
Kate could only just sigh as she glanced at the phone and hit the play button.
“Hey Kate this is your best friend Melly. I know you are going through some stuff but you don’t deserve to be treated in the way that Teddy is treating you. If you need some help on how to balance being married to public enemy number one give me a call back…”
Kate just shook her head as she hit the delete message button. She continued to glare at her phone.
“Hey Kate this is Mackenzie. I miss talking to you. This nonsense with Teddy needs to end. I don’t like what he said about women and I am going to kick him in his bollocks. Call me back when you have a moment…”
Kate sighed as she deleted yet another message. The phone kept on playing.
“Hai Katey Kins! This is Cat Riley you know from the best trio in the world of Unicorns, Rainbows, and Kittens. I miss talking to my rainbow. So I need help with cooking… I totes burned water today and destroyed 12 microwaves… Help me Rainbow your friend Cat!!!”
Kate rolled her eyes as she clicked for the message to be deleted. She played yet another message, and it is at this point that her 10 year old daughter Juliet walks into the room. She gets into the bed next to Kate and rests on the bed next to her as the message plays.
“What’s up Diamond?! This is Ruby. Emerald and Sapphire want to know what’s going on with the band. Are we going to make music and when is our next concert. We heard what Teddy said about women. You don’t need to be put through any of that. Please call us we miss talking to you…”
Kate decided to delete the message as she turned her attention away. Tears filled her eyes as her daughter hugged her as tightly as she could.
“What’s going on mommy is there a reason that you are crying?!”
“It’s nothing to worry about pumpkin… It’s just mommy really doesn’t know what to do right now. May I ask you a question?!”
“Of course you can mommy?!”
Kate takes a long deep breath as she turns over and looks deeply into the eyes of her adopted daughter.
“Listen Juliet… I love your father a lot but I feel like sometimes I don’t know what I am doing. Every single day it seems like I am fighting a losing battle. I became what your father wanted me to become because I felt like I was doing the right thing for our family. After all as long as it’s your father and I we can take on anything right?! Yet I feel like I am empty on the inside. I feel like I have been doing things in the wrong way. I feel like what’s the point of being with the one that you love if you have to lose every single bit of yourself… I don’t know if I am making the right choice…”
Kate just shrugs her shoulders with a sigh as she glances at the girl. The ten year old just smiles in return as she glances back at her mother.
“Listen mom I love daddy just like I love you, but you shouldn’t let anybody tell you what to do. You have to do what’s right or at least what you feel is right. Just in the same way you tell me about peer pressure in school, and doing what others do just because they force me too. You aren’t like that… You need to do what you want to do and what you feel is right…”
Juliet takes a deep breath as she continues to speak.
“Besides if daddy really loves you it shouldn’t matter what you do or what he does. After all isn’t wrestling just a job. You have to do what you like and what you feel is right in your heart. Daddy’s mistakes aren’t your mistakes, and if he is doing something you don’t like it’s your job to correct him. After all you two are married and are supposed to be a team right?!”
“So daddy and I need to be on the same side?!”
Juliet just looks at her mom.
“Mommy I am only ten years old… Why are you asking me for advice… As long as you buy me new toys and get me an iPhone 11 Pro I will say whatever you want me to say…”
“You aren’t going to get a phone… You are too young for it…”
“See you can’t help me for asking. When it comes to grown up stuff I really don’t know. I just know about things that are relevant to me… Which reminds me can you call Aunt Melly up… I want an autograph from J2H he’s so dreamy and my CRUSH!!!!”
“No… I am not asking him for anything… He’s a jerk and he wouldn’t do it no matter how much Melody begged him to do so for me…”
“And just because he says no to Aunt Melody does that mean they love each other that much less. Is their marriage at stake for a difference on how they feel when it comes to their job…”
“Noooo not at all. Melody is so fun, so happy go lucky. J2H is just a… Well I won’t say that word in front of you because it’s not right…”
“Well there you go mommy… That should be what you needed to know…”
Kate thinks about it for a moment as she looks at her daughter. It is at this moment that her phone begins to ring, and this time it’s Griffin Hawkins. Kate looks at the phone as her daughter shakes her head at her mother.
“You can’t hide from the world forever. At some point you will need to answer, because only then will you get the answer you have been looking for…”
Kate nods her head as she finally answers the phone.
“Hey Griffin what’s going on?!”
“Hey Kate… I just wanted to let you know that the band will be in town. If you want to maybe visit us so we can talk and catch up. “
“Fine… I will be there okay Griffin… I at least owe you that right?!”
“Okay sounds good. I will see you soon… Maybe you can hit us up in time for sound check. See you soon…”
With that Kate hung up the phone as she turned her attention back over to that of her daughter.
“There are you happy?! I am going out there and actually being social… So you should be happy…”
Juliet smiles back in return as she glances back at her mother.
“See was that so hard?! Now go hang out with your friend and have a good time…”
Kate could only smirk in return as she looks back at her daughter with a grin on her face.
A short jet trip later and a few hours later, Kate finds herself in beautiful South Beach Miami. She walks into what looks to be a rented out studio and as soon as she goes inside she could see her old band Devilition all jamming out. Mongo is shredding on the Lead Guitar, Chip Zanuff is drumming, as Chester is playing the bass. Griffin of course is on vocals and Kate slowly just walks inside as she glances at the band in front of her. She smiles as she just looks at all of them.
“Wow the lineup actually sounds really good… I didn’t think it would be as good without me. You still could use a rhythm guitar to fill in all of those voids within the song…”
Griffin nods his head as he looks back at Kate.
“A rhythm guitarist would be awesome. However we haven’t really found a great one yet. I mean they are some hard shoes to fill especially when I went on Twitter and stated you were the third best guitarist I have ever heard. I guess we could go about trying to find somebody else but there is a glimmer of hope that the band is hoping that one day you would come to your senses and you would take your place right beside us…”
Kate nods her head with a long sigh as she shakes her head.
“I doubt that is ever going to happen Griffin. I have honestly done too much bad to really find a place where I fit anymore. I have burned every single bridge when I decided to stand with my husband. I betrayed your trust. I betrayed all of my friends and nobody in SCW even trusts me. You can hold that spot for me but I wouldn’t hold it for too long because it just isn’t worth it…”
Griffin puts the microphone on the stand as he walks over to where Kate is standing.
“Look I know what you are going through right now and yes it sucks to be in such a bad place right now. I would never want to come between a marriage, deep down you are one of my closest friends Kate. You are an amazing person but that’s something you have to see for yourself. I think your biggest issue is that you go with the trend far too quickly. I know you want to be the perfect wife and it’s a great sight to see you trying to do right by your husband. Trying your best to be by his side but there has to come a point where you need to wake up and realize that you don’t have to blindly follow everything that your husband does, especially when he says such derogatory things about women. Come on Kate do you think it’s okay that he feels that all women need to be slaving over a stove barefoot and pregnant?! What does that say when he is married to a wonderful woman such as you?! What does that say about your daughter?!”
Griffin just shakes his head as he continues to pour his heart to his friend.
“Come on Kate you know you are better than that, and you know that Juliet is destined to do great things in her life. What your husband said basically took a shot at your daughter. No mother should want to hear any man talk about their little girl like that. I don’t care if it’s your own spouse. In the eyes of your child mother is God and you need to be her saving grace. After all you joining your husband was for the betterment of keeping the family together. It was for Juliet right?! Yet teddy doesn’t care about that. He simply used you just like he has used every woman in his life. He wants fame at any cost and he doesn’t care how he gets it. I tried my best to stand up to him. I took my title back and I know most of the men on the roster put him in his place but there’s one person who really needs to put him in his place… It needs to be you…”
Kate looks up into Griffins’ eyes as she just sighs in return.
“What do you mean it has to be me?! You don’t think I have tried to take a stand?!”
“To be honest Kate I don’t think you have… Your mind is too over the place. A few months ago Diamond was on a rampage and she didn’t care who came in front of her. She made sure to make an impact. It was about getting herself the glamor and glitz, and yet the one person who wants to take her spotlight is the one person that Diamond can’t stop?! Or if it’s not Diamond I remember a woman named Kate Steele who prided herself being the Siren. A woman who led everyone to demise and making sure to leave them Ship Wrecked, no battle was too hard for her. She just went about it and threw herself into the mix. Yet you are going to tell me that there’s piece of you that can stand up to Teddy?! A man who you trained to be in the wrestling business and yet he wants to disrespect you in this way. That’s not right by any means Kate and you know you are better than that…”
Kate walks away but Griffin quickly runs in front of her as he looks back at her.
“Kate you are not a beaten and battered house wife. That isn’t you and it has never been you. It never suit you well so don’t wear that now. Be the woman we all know you to be and stand up for yourself. That should be the end point. Bring that woman back and most importantly bring my friend back. I can’t speak for everyone but for me personally I would like my friend bck…”
Kate just walks away as she begins to head for the exit but Griffin quickly grabs a box as he hands it to her. She grabs the box as she looks back at him.
“And what exactly is this?!”
“Just open it… It’s just something that I want to give you to remember the past or at least remember who you used to be…”
Kate just wanted to throw the box to the side but something in her causes her to open the box. She opens it up and is shocked to see that there are pictures inside. Kate takes the picture out of the box as she looks at Griffin.
“You remember that picture Kate?! It’s from the time where our bands sold out MSG. It was such a big night for us but I know how happy you were because that’s everything you have ever wanted out of the music world. All you wanted to do was sell out Madison Square Garden, and you got to do that with Ignorant Discord and Devilition in a huge show. We rocked it that night and it’s the first time we have ever shared the stage together. After that I know you have some struggles with various bands but you became the first lady of Devilition. You were able to shred the guitar on stage alongside us. Don’t you miss those days…”
“I guess so but like I said I burned that bridge Griffin…”
“Well there’s nothing stopping you from building the bridge back up Kate but you need to take that step. You need to showcase it and I know you have it in you…”
Kate just sighs as she continues heading for the door.
“I think it’s a waste of time…”
“Well why don’t you look at the other thing that is in the box…”
Kate goes back into the box and she almost has tears in her eyes as she pulls out her Pink Ladies jacket. She pulls it out as she holds it tightly in her hands.
“My Pink Ladies jacket…”
“Exactly… That’s the Kate I remember… The girl who was exactly like Frenchy… Different hair colour every week. Simply care free… That’s what I remember you best for, and yet now you are a shell of who you used to be. So just think about it before everything becomes too late…Now if you would excuse me I have a band practice to get back too…Take care…”
With that Griffin walks away as Kate just looks at the jacket and it’s on this image we leave them on.
On Camera
Everything comes into focus and as it does we are treated to the sight of Diamond Steele glaring directly into the lens of the camera. In her hand is her electric guitar and she strums away a bit as she begins to speak.
“Long behold what’s going on SCW nation. In case you might have forgotten who I am my name is Kate Steele but with recent developments better known to the world as Diamond World. It’s all about being the Mistress of the Microphone. It’s all about the glamor and of course the glitz. I am Diamond Steele and I know it has been a long time since I have been able to stand into a ring with a singles match but it feels good to be here, and you better believe I am going to make the most of the moment.”
Diamond smiles as she nods her head in agreement and continues to speak.
“I know what the biggest thought is on everybody’s mind. What am I going to do about my husband?! How is Kate Steele going to stand up to him?! What is she going to say let alone is she going to do anything to stand up for herself. Will she put her husband in check? Will she continue to let Teddy be a big jerk or will she actually prove she’s more than just the battered and bruised wife. I know everybody wants to have an answer but to be honest that’s my business. It doesn’t matter how many people tweet at me or leave messages on my voice mail. At the end of the day it’s a decision I will make on my own, and that’s all I will say on the matter…”
Diamond just shakes her head with a disgusted expression on her face as she continues to speak some more.
“Yet I do have something I want to get off of my chest and that’s when it comes to wrestling and trying to advance my career that’s the only thing that is on my mind. I am not a tag team wrestler. Nor have I really been one. I did make my first break into the company as a tag team wrestler but it didn’t last that long. As soon as I was able to have a break out moment I found my way to having a big outing for a Hardcore Championship and that really set my career off in the right direction. Title after title and I started to have one of the fastest rising careers in wrestling. If you can’t see the things that I have accomplished you definitely are a bloody wanker and I don’t know what woman you have been watching regressed. It clearly isn’t me. I am not regressing. I just haven’t had the proper shots that I should have… Regardless if things work out with Teddy or not, the fact is SCW needs to understand that I am the star in our marriage. I don’t say that to be cocky but I say that because I am the woman that trained him. I taught him everything he knows and I felt for the past few months I have been put on the backburner…”
Diamond just sighs as she speaks again.
“I wasn’t even given an opportunity to prove myself in a qualification match. Wasn’t given the proper chance to channel my thoughts or even my abilities in the ring, my husband and I get tag team title shots which is fine but what I really wanted was a chance to make a name for myself, and I didn’t get that. It seems everybody else got that opportunity. Yet I wasn’t even considered… That’s fucking bullshit. That a bunch of bollocks and I know I deserve better than that…”
Diamond continues to stare at the television as she continues to speak.
“Is that how a woman such like me gets treated?! I get put to the backburner? I at one point was the longest reigning Roulette Champion… I was at one point was an Internet Champion.. I held the golden briefcase and my career will always keep on rising upwards because that is the type of woman that I am. I will always fight for what I believe in. It doesn’t matter if I have to take it by force, break some arms, or choke people out. I usually get what I want. Yet the company wants to overlook me. That’s a bunch of bollocks. Is it sickening that since my time in this company I have only had two title opportunities for the World Bombshell Championship. One that was handed to me on a random Climax Control against Dani Weston, and the other one I had to use my briefcase to get. Other than that I haven’t been in matches where I could actually compete for that right. I haven’t had those type of opportunities and right in the main event you are going to put four dumb fucks who don’t deserve that chance in the middle of the main event?!”
Diamond shrugs her shoulders.
“Keira lost at the Super Card. Andrea lost at the Super Card, Sammi just lost her title. Bobbie actually won but that’s a first… Yet those are the four who will be competing to be next in line?! That’s just a bunch of nonsense but honestly it’s okay because I will do what I always do. I will beat the dumb fuck that you put in front of me. I will break her down and I will showcase why I should be considered to be in some type of running. Long behold I guess that means Sierra and I have to dance with one another. When I look at Sierra I see a woman who is quite the opposite to me. I see a woman who actually thrived in the mixed tag team division. I see a woman who wiped the entire division out. She screamed for competition when there wasn’t any, and only after losing the belts did the division start to fill itself. I guess that’s just how the ball bounces at times. Do I respect Sierra Williams?!”
Diamond shakes her head.
“I am going to flat out and say no… What’s there to respect in a woman such as that. Sierra doesn’t live up to the hype especially everything she said to Crystal at the Super Card. She told everyone she was going to enjoy beating her the most. She’s the one that was going to take her out. She was going to beat her up. To quote somewhat of she said. She said she was going to BREAK her… Yet as it turned out Sierra went into this match with all hype. She was going to be the one that would take Alicia down. She would be the one that could beat her because unlike the other women in that match Alicia didn’t beat her. Yet the same woman that she talked so much shit about made her TAP THE FUCK OUT… She quit! She gave up… I don’t want to hear excuses for why it happened. The fact is Crystal through everything made Sierra eat crow and now Miss Williams needs to deal with it. I guess it’s just a life of being overly hyped isn’t it?!”
Diamond shakes her head.
“I mean you got into that match anyway by beating Bella… It’s not like you beat THE Sam Marlowe in that match. You beat Bella. You talked so much shit about Bobbie Dahl and yet she beat your ass. So keep running your mouth and it always ends up getting shut. I guess that’s par for the course when it comes to being Sierra. You think I care if you are the next biggest thing in this company?! It just gives me more motivation to roll right through you. The way you talked down Crystal and her wife Seleana basically getting in the middle of the relationship on what Seleana should have done, you are going to try to payback the sins of Teddy against me. That’s not how it works and stay out of my marriage issues. That is something I need to deal with and something I need to do when I see fit. As far as you go. You will be put in your place. I will break you. I will choke you out or maybe break an arm. We shall see what happens when the bell rings. For far too long I have sat on the backburner and listen to women like you talk me out of my name…”
Diamond smirks.
“I am not a has been, I am not washed up… I am none of those. I am going to make you my Bitch and there isn’t anything you can do about it. I want to see what happens when I best you in the ring. Will you still go around telling people that I am awful, or try to stir shit within my friends that they should feel awful for associating with me. That’s just generic bullshit and I am not going to stand for it. I am going to wreck your shit and I am going to move on to better things. In one way or another Sunday will be my night. I will make an impact. You can’t break me and you certainly can’t maim me. So bring it Sierra. Give me your best and I assure you that it still won’t be enough. You aren’t as good as you are hyping yourself up to be. Consider this your Siren’s Song and once I start playing it you will find yourself Ship Wrecked… Ciao Bitch…. You will give me some bloody respect…”
With that Diamond can’t help but crack a wicked grin as we fade out on her.
