Lost inside my mind
I’m falling farther and farther behind
It’s getting harder and harder to fight
I can’t keep running away
Running away
From me
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The Way I was made
Off Camera
“You’re a cold-hearted bitch Jo”.
The words rang through the bar, Johanna sat on her stool, her legs crossed over as she simply reached down grabbing the glass, she lifted it to her lips and took the drink down as the other patrons all stood in awe. Michael sneered and shook his head. The look of devotion and feeling he once had when he looked at her was now gone. Replaced by anger and frustration with shame boiling from underneath. Johanna gave a nod to the bartender and took another drink as Michael came a step closer, Johanna took her drink and smirked behind the glass as she placed it back on the bar.
Michael didn’t take the hint, his body tensing up as the anger came over him even more, his voice rising up higher as he added bass. “Didn’t you hear me?. Or are you just ignoring me?” He yelled louder, a man stood up from his chair and grabbed Michael by the arm whispering something in his ear. Michael turned and shoved the man back through the table, the patrons all gasped as the bartender grabbed his cell phone. Johanna looked up through her long blond hair and slowly shook her head. He gave her a small nod of understanding laying his phone back down.
He took another step closer, swaying lightly. Obviously drunk and smelling of cheap beer, the kind not sold here. Johanna laid the glass down, turning on the stool to face him, her legs still crossed over as her hands came to rest on her knee.
“Are you quite done making an utter ass out of yourself?”
Her voice was cold, as cold as it had been nights before, as cold as it had always been. Here Johanna sat, in the very bar they’d met in. Michael looked horrible. His hair all over the place, his eyes dark and sunken into his head as he seemed unable to stand still. Johanna was the opposite. Her hair was tied back in a long braid with a few strands framing her face, her makeup was impeccable. She wore a pair of jeans and large black boots, a tight black shirt over the top. She shook her head with a sigh sliding down onto the floor.
Her boots made heavy noises as she took steps toward him, she stopped next to Michael and looked him up and down before letting out a small scoff and going to walk past him. Michael growled under his breath. “Don’t walk away from me bi-” He went to grab her arm, but as quick as he grabbed her she twisted her arm around his, moving her body with his unstable motion pulling him down face first into the floor. Her black fingernails dug into the skin on the back of his neck as she leaned down and hissed in his ear.
“Do you want to finish that fucking sentence?” Everyone stood in awe and moved away from the scene, Johanna squeezed the skin and pulled his arm straight and upward putting pressure on his elbow. Michael groaned in pain and whimpered. “No, No, I’m sorry Jo...I’m sorry please let go.” Johanna pulled slightly and growled as her teeth ground together, she wanted to break it, she wanted to hear the snap and him scream in pain. She took a deep breath and shook her head letting him go. She pushed up to her feet and shook her head as Michael was helped to his feet by a few men sitting nearby who took pity on him.
Jo moved towards the door and stopped as her hand came to rest on the golden “push” sign nailed to the hardwood. “Do you need a ride home?” Her voice had softened, Michael quivered and gave a small nod muttering “Yes, please” under his breath. “Come on….you idiot…”
She led him out into the cold street, Michael sheepishly got to the cab with her and crawled into the back seat, Johanna slid in the front shaking her head again as they sped off into the night….
Present Day
Johanna let out a growl, her fist slamming against the pads being held by SCW Internet Champion Austin James Mercer. The large grappler crouching down slightly so Johanna can strike the pads at the right height. She hits a left, a right then a high right switch kick. Austin smirks and gives Johanna a nod, she keeps going, moving harder and fast. Both of them so focused that they don’t hear Alex and Alicia step in the gym. The only members allowed right now are the “Elite” ones. Johanna, Austin, Aiden Reynolds, Charlie Jones, Travis Levitt, Alex and Alicia. Alicia stood next to Alex, her arm now out of the sling but obviously still needing rehab.
Austin looks up and loses focus, Johanna hitting him in the chest. Austin stepped back winded and shook his head unable to talk as Johanna laughed. Alex cleared his throat and Jo tuned with a smile. Alicia giving Jo a small nod of respect. ”If you two are quite done screwing around. I have your blast from the past partners” Austin stood up straight, Jo and Austin looking at each other hoping they were going to team together. Alex folded his arms over his chest looking at Austin.
”Big man...you have Candy…”
There was a pause, Austin raised his eyebrow, Alicia and Johanna both let out laughs and snickers as Austin groaned and shook his head walking off. ”She’s the current roulette champion...it could have been worse.” Austin just raised his hand in acknowledgement as he went to get changed. Johanna smirked and looked at Alex who took a long deep breath. [colorr=ed]”Now Jo, your partner is someone who has accomplished alot in wrestling, in fact he’s in a few halls of fame and I-[/color] Johanna rolled her eyes and snatched the piece of paper.
”Ace Andrews?!?!”
Johanna threw her hands in the air, Alicia couldn’t help herself and started laughing trying to hold back the hilarity. ”He’s a former world champion Jo...a hall of famer..” Jo stopped and turned getting face to face with Alex. ”What? In WWH? Who gives a shit...they’re trying to screw me Alex. I could win this with a decent partner, go on to face Roxi…” Alex shook his head and stepped back as Johanna paced angrily.
”Trust me Jo, Ace will handle his own. You can carry him to a win, and he can then go and get beaten by Ben Jordan and you can go get that title from Roxi…” Johanna took a deep breath and calmed herself down, she looked at Alex and gave him a slow understanding nod. Alicia stood behind Alex and sneered as Johanna just smirked arrogantly. ”I hope your shoulder is getting better….champ”
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Promo:Freedom to lose
“Freedom... is the ability to challenge yourself far beyond the constraints of traditional rule and order. We draw strength from our passions... we're driven by desire... even hatred can be a worthy ally when used against an enemy... and yet, we are told to turn our backs on these things... the very feelings, emotions... that make us all... human”
Johanna Krieger smiled to herself, her bright white teeth shining as the light from the side hit them, the color looking even paler with the contrast of her black lipstick. We pull out to find her standing in a black room with a few lamps around her, she’s in her wrestling gear with a leather jacket over the top, her long blond hair flowing, twisting and turning around the studs.
“We have the freedom to feel and think what we want when we want. The freedom to say and think and feel. The truth is. I don’t need anyones fucking approval because I have the freedom to look every single member of the SCW roster in the eye and say “fuck you”. I may not like some of the things you sycophantic little pissants say about me, but I admit you have as much right to say them as I do to say that they aren’t true. Or to rip on Bobbi Dahl for being failure, Candy for being an overrated champion, Seleana Zdunich for being lucky and being in the right place at the right time.”
“But now, all any of you have to know is that I am one half of the sin city wrestling mixed tag team champions. Alex and I won those championships in our first match as an official team. The only time I have even looked like faltering in a ring was against Song in a match that should never have been a draw. You all need to realise that I am the new danger in the bombshells division. Other people need to come into this company and work and work and work to earn the right to say anything like that. But with me you just have to open your eyes and believe it.”
“But in signing up for the blast from the past I may have left myself open.“
“You see we do not have any control over who is going to be a partner in this tournament. I wanted Austin I wanted wolf slayer to stay together and succeed together. But now I’m teaming with Ace Andrews. And I know the history of Ace, I get it. He's rich, he's famous, he's a former world champion he is in the WWH Hall of Fame seriously I understand. In aces mind he is in fact a big deal. But, in the last few years he has been nothing but an old joke limping around on a reputation that no longer applies or is apt to his state of being”
She shakes her head, a small chocolate under her breath. Her eyes burn as her jaw clenched together a certain anger and frustration coming up in her stomach.
”Now, I’m good. You should all know that by now after seeing me in action. I’ve had three matches but in every single one of them I have a looks like a fucking killer. But the question is am I good enough to drag this broken down has been he thinks that he’s talented all the way to victory in this tournament?. Am I good enough to step in or ring week in week out with him as my partner and make damn sure that I destroy whatever bombshell is across the ring from me before ace has to get in the ring with his walking stick and stumble around?”
“Although this week. On the male side Ace has someone who can beat. See Ace might be older, he might be a bit of a pain in the ass, he might be a bit of a failure when it comes to the last few years but he damn sure can take out Teddy Warren.” but, if I feel like walking across the ring and kicking Teddy in the face you damn sure better believe I’ll do it. Teddy has a poor opinion of women and he’s very vocal about it. Teddy thinks he’s better than all of us but I question his mental faculties. What kind of man are you Teddy?
“Or are you going to go back to being a dress and thinking you’re some kind of transvestite queen?“
“I don’t care what little tricks you have up your sleeve Teddy, the truth is that you don’t belong in this kind of tournament. You see this tournament is to give people who deserve a chance a pathway to winning a shot against any title they please. And after all of your begging and crying and wanting this and wanting that the truth is you should have to sit the blast from the past out. You should be sitting on the bench watching a real athlete and real people who have respect for the sport of professional wrestling fight it out for a chance that you should have the envy. Hey’s is gonna destroy you Teddy because even a broken down legend is still more of a man than you…”
Johanna paces back and forth getting riled up as she smiled through her black painted lips showing her immaculate white teeth.
”Then we have his partner. The general manager of sin city wrestling and the former head honcho of honour wrestling owned by her family for Saxons. Brooke Saxon making her grand in ring debut in round one of the blast from the past tournament everybody put your hands together. Yes let’s applaud a woman who hasn’t been in a ring in so long that I’m fairly certain she will forget how to wrestle. Not that you really wrestled that much to begin with Brooke. But here you are taking a spot in the tournament that an actual wrestler could’ve had.
“But then again I suppose I can’t really blame you can I? Being a general manager being around the wrestling business it’s gonna be boring for you sitting behind a desk. Making decisions on peoples careers who you wish you could be as good as. And when the numbers of people who wanted to be in this tournament didn’t add up to what they needed you came in to save the day much like myself. But let’s be real here Brooke, what is the endgame for you?”
“If you do happen to somehow get through this tournament earn yourself a shot against any of the titles that you please what are you going to do? Are you going to take on the bombshells champion and go toe to toe with Roxi Johnson? Are you going to go after the roulette championship and Candy? Or are you going to go after Kate Steele and try and take the new Internet championship? Or, are you going to go find a male partner and come after myself and Alex for the mixed tag team championships?”
“Do you believe that’s a good look? Having a member of management go through a tournament and get a title shot? But then again do you really believe you can do this? You may be talented Brooke you may be able to use your father’s money to go on training top of the line gym to retool your wrestling skills but to be perfectly honest if you step in the ring with me, if you tag Teddy and get in to the rain I will hurt you. I won’t just be Brooke I will hurt you and you should know that I can do it, you can talk tough you can stomp your feet you can act like you can be some kind of challenge for me but the truth is that you will only last as long in that ring as I let you. I will drag Ace through this tournament all the way to the final and I will make damn sure that we win the blast from the past and then I will go on to choose whichever singles title I want and I will take it because I am Johanna Krieger the agent of chaos…”
Johanna sneers and clicks the button to end the feed.
