[Mark Ward]

 Post all roleplays for this match here!

Good luck!

[Jessie Salco]

 SCW RP 1 vs. Crystal vs. Mikah vs. Sam vs. Keira vs. Mercedes AKA “Four years……...”

The time had finally come, Summer XXXTreme IV was right around the corner and the annual summer spectacular was boasting one of the best cards the event had seen in years, however it was the Main Event that had people talking as the World Bombshell Championship was on the line in the first ever Chamber of Fate match which saw six of the hottest, hungriest Bombshells in the company compete for the top title in the company and one of those Bombshells was Jessie Salco.

What was the Chamber of Fate? No one knew for sure but it had to be a big match for it to Main Event a Supercard over the rematch between J2H and Despayre for the World Heavyweight Championship and with all the star power in the match it was impossible to not see why, the other competitors in this star studded match where Crystal Millar, Mikah, Sam Marlowe, Keira-Fisher Johnson and Mercedes Vargas, six of the most talented women in the world in one match was bound to be a match of the year candidate.

First we had Crystal Millar who had literally won the World Bombshell Championship in Sam Marlowe’s first defense of the title just two weeks after Sam won it in a Triple Threat Match between her, Mercedes and Crystal at Into the Void V and on top of that this match was announced the very same night of Crystal’s title win, Crystal was under a lot of pressure to prove that she could defend the World Bombshell Championship after winning it but with the six other Bombshells in the match that was easier said than done.

Then there was the woman who Crystal had submitted to win the title in the first place Samantha Marlowe, the two-time Bombshell Champion had a lot of history with most of the competitors in the match having broken Mikah’s undefeated streak and pinned her to win the World Bombshell Championship at My Bloody Valentine II only to lose it to Mercedes in her second defense, subsequently win it back in the aforementioned Triple Threat match only to lose it again to Crystal, however Sam never tapped out in the match having passed out from the pain of Crystal’s submission so she had a lot to prove in this match to become the first three time Bombshell Champion.

Then there was the third person in the Triple Threat Match Mercedes Vargas who at the last Supercard was never pinned or made to submit in her first title defense yet ended up losing the title anyway, the Argentinian Grand Slam Champion arguably had more to prove than Sam and Crystal combined as she was never defeated directly in her first title defense and yet lost the match anyway and when you throw in the fact that during Jessie and Mercedes’s last encounter for the Internet Championship at Blaze of Glory V ended with Jessie pinning Mercedes it just meant that the former Mean Girl had something of a chip on her shoulder heading into this match.

Then there was Mikah the former longest reigning World Bombshell Champion until she lost it to Sam Marlowe at My Bloody Valentine II had been carrying herself with a general sense of not caring about her career since her defeat at Sam’s hands even after winning the Golden Briefcase at Blaze of Glory, that Golden Briefcase was what led to this match’s creation and what could be Mikah’s final chance to prove that she isn’t a One-Hit Wonder as far as the World Bombshell Championship was concerned but with five other Bombshells in the match that was easier said than done.

Then came the first of two dark horses in the match, one of the two women in the match who have never held the World Bombshell Championship Keira-Fisher Johnson who’s title reign as one half of Team Hero could rival that of Mikah’s title reign in terms of length and importance and after Team Hero lost the tag titles to The Angel Clan at Into The Void V Keira made the fact that she had set her sights on the top title in the company known to the world but there was no way that Mark Ward was going to let her have it that easy, both she and Jessie had to win qualifying matches to even join the other Bombshells in the match and Keira’s match was against her wife and partner in Team Hero Roxi Johnson, Keira won after an emotional match but can she make good on her promise after Roxi failed to claim the title she had set her sights on, namely the Roulette Title?

And finally there was the underdog in this match Jessie Salco, to say that Jessie’s year had started badly was quite the understatement as, following her brutal Taipei Death Match against Celeste North at December 2 Dismember III Jessie went on something of a losing streak starting with her team’s first round elimination in this year’s Blast from the Past Tournament which was ultimately won by Crystal and Despayre and to make matters worse for Jessie her loss was to another competitor in this match namely Keira Fisher and her bad luck continued even after she joined The Angel Clan but eventually her luck turned around starting with her win over Mercedes for the Internet Championship and whilst she would subsequently lose the belt to Melody in her second defense it became obvious to everyone that she was destined for bigger things and after she beat Veronica Taylor to earn a spot in this match it became very clear what those bigger things where.

All six Bombshells had something to prove in this match and the only way they could do that was by winning the World Bombshell Championship but none more so than Jessie as this match marked the fourth year anniversary of her Supercard debut at the very first Summer XXXTreme and she wanted to make sure that she won the top belt on that anniversary but could she do it even with all the stiff competition in this match which included four former World Bombshell Champions? Find out at Summer XXXTreme!

Jessie’s parent’s home, Miami, Florida
Thursday the 21st of July 2016, 11:00am

I don’t know if you’ve really noticed this fact about me since I joined SCW about four years ago but I’m not really a sentimental person.

By that I mean that I rarely try to focus on the past and move on towards whatever lay ahead of me, granted that has cost me at times and at other times I’ve not stuck to that viewpoint due to anger and/or frustration, one good example of that mindset costing me would be when my one and only SCW Bombshell Roulette Title reign got cut short due to outside interference from Team Erik’s Bombshells and I didn’t get a second chance, it could have been because Erik was in hostile takeover mode and prevented me from getting another shot because I was on Team SCW but I wasn’t worried because I thought I’d get another shot once the debacle was over.

To this day I still regret not using my dream match for a shot at the Roulette Title instead of a third match with Misty but blame me for wanting to get at least one win over her! Off course, I didn’t and we never had another match together, as friends or enemies, and we’ll most likely never will since her retirement seems to be one of those rare permanent wrestling retirements.

As for an example of the second thing, just look at me and Amy’s seemingly endless feud with the Mean Girls if you want an example of that! Given that it was a rather recent example I won’t go into much detail but the point still stands, normally I don’t try to focus too much on the past and instead look toward the future but with my match at Summer XXXTreme in a couple of weeks I can’t help but focus on the past and for a very good reason, one that I mentioned when I did my promo for my match with Sam Marlowe against Mercedes and Keira two weeks ago.

This Supercard will mark the fourth year anniversary of my Supercard debut, normally this wouldn’t be a big deal for me for the reasons I’ve already mentioned, except I’m competing in the biggest match of my career so far.

Six Bombshells, one ring, one match type that has never been used in SCW before and one World Bombshell Championship, what’s more is the fact that not only did I beat Veronica “basicest bitch in the building” Taylor, with a little help from her opponent at the Supercard Christina Bentley, but I’m competing against five of the best Bombshell SCW has ever had, Sam Marlowe, Crystal Millar, Mikah, Mercedes Vargas and Keira Fisher and all of us have the same goal.

But if you ask me, there’s no one in this match who’s hungrier for the World Bombshell Championship than me!

You are probably wondering why I’m in Miami at the moment and not back home in Vegas and I’d love to say that it was for a fun reason but I’d be lying, when my family found out that I’d be competing in the Main Event of Summer XXXTreme IV for the World Bombshell Championship they all pretty much dropped everything and booked tickets for the cruise just so they could be there when I finally won the big one, unfortunately there’s one person that can’t make it.

I guess there’s no point in beating around the bush, my dad died last weekend after a long battle with cancer, he had been battling the disease since 2013 and for a while we thought it had gone into remission, sure he was weak from the chemo treatments but he still pulled through, at least until his cancer returned at the start of the year and this time the Chemo treatments couldn’t do anything to stop it, he had been on his deathbed since May and passed away in his sleep the day before I faced off against Mercedes and Keira in that tag match.

Let me get a couple of things out the way, I’m not dedicating my win to his memory, my stepdad may have been the first real dad I’ve had but we discussed it after his funeral and agreed that bringing his death into the build up for a wrestling match, no matter how big it was or what it meant for my career, would be disrespecting his memory, the other thing? I may not be dedicating it to him but this has just given me extra motivation to win the match, I know it sounds weird after what I just said but I guess it’s just a way to make him proud.

Okay, enough with the soppy shit.

“So, err, that’s pretty much everything we needed to cover, right?” Shane asked out loud as me and the boys sat inside the living room, my other siblings where off elsewhere and since stuff like inheritance wasn’t going to be addressed for a couple of months yet and even then it’s mom that’s in charge of the whole inheritance and making sure that everyone inherited what was laid out in his will we pretty much focused on what was important and no, I’m not saying what I inherited, I’d rather keep that private.

“Well, we took his stuff to the salvation army and all that’s left is to head up to Vegas for Summer XXXTreme.” Jake responded as he looked over the list, the reason that I’ve been so quiet on Twitter could basically be summed up as me and the boys getting everything in order and his funeral off course. “Are you going to be okay heading into this match Jess?” Jake asked as he turned to me and I nodded without hesitation. “I know it’s been hard for all of us but…….”

“I’ll admit, I had my doubts when we got the news from Katie.” I responded as I shifted me weight, I had been playing Pokémon Go in an attempt to take my mind off things but all that accomplished was me catching a few new Pokémon here and there and evolving some others. “But even if I didn’t think I was ready its way too late to back out now and who knows whether or not I’d get another chance at the title if I did back out?” I asked with a shrug before noticing a familiar face at the door leading into the hallway. “Hey Katie.” I greeted my older sister and the boys looked up.

“Hey Jess.” Katie responded with a small grin on her face. “Jake, Shane, you guys mind if I have a quick chat with Jessie in private?” Katie asked and the boys shrugged before leaving the room and Shane closed the door behind him, “Sad how it took something like this to bring you back up to Miami, huh?”

“Blame SCW for that, they rarely tour the US outside of Vegas to begin with.” I responded with a shrug before I let out a sigh. “Still, it kind of fits given how big this match is for me and that it’s the fourth year anniversary of my Supercard debut.”

“Not to mention the fact that the anniversary of your Climax Control debut was just last week.” Katie responded and I sighed in annoyance, I had tried rewatching that match last week but good god, it was unbearable to look back at how inexperienced I was. “Not proud of that match?”

“Tried rewatching it last Friday, I had stop halfway through because of how bad I was! I still can’t believe that I left myself open to Ms. Evangelista’s finisher.” I responded as I leaned back before shrugging my shoulders. “On the other hand, I’m the only one from that match who’s still in the company so I gotta be doing something right!”

“I think the fact that your competing for the World Bombshell Title in two weeks confirms that.” Katie responded and I couldn’t help but notice some pride in her voice when she said that. “Whatever happened to your opponents?”

“Ms. Evangelista dropped off the face of the earth after she left SCW, Alexis was still competing for a good while but she retired a couple of months ago.” I shrugged my shoulders in response before shifting my weight. “Okay, come out with it.” I said with a sigh and Katie looked at me in confusion. “Look, I can tell that you want to say something about the fact that I’m competing in the main event of a Supercard for the SCW World Bombshell Championship so why put it off?”

“You’ve gotten good at reading others since you joined SCW, haven’t you Jess?” Katie asked with a small grin and I nodded in response. “There’s not much I can say really, just that me, Craig and Johnny are so proud of you for making it this far.” Katie responded with a grin on her face which I returned. “Look, I may not accompany you to the ring anymore but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been watching SCW and, while I may disagree with some of your tactics I’m glad to see you were able to get this far in the company.”

“You’re not the only one who’s glad about that, it may have taken me three years to win a second single’s title but there’s no way in hell I’m waiting that long again.” I responded as I shifted my weight. “Amy practically secured her spot in the Hall of Fame when she won the Triple Crown last week, way I see it this is my chance to make sure that the Metal and Punk Connection get inducted in the near future.”

“As much as I like your positive attitude, try not to get to overconfident, we both know how that’s come back to bite you in the past.” Katie responded and I frowned before nodding in response. “That said, in spite of everything that’s happened me, Johnny and Craig will still attend Summer XXXTreme, mom’s still undecided if she still wants to go for obvious reasons.”

“When she decides can you let me know? I might still have time to talk to Christian about getting her ticket refunded depending on how quickly she decides, not to mention whether or not she still feels up for attending.” I requested and Katie nodded in response.

“Soon as she makes her mind up I’ll give you a call.” Katie responded and I stood up to leave, everything from our brief stay up here had been packed up and whilst there were still a few things I wanted to do, mostly to do with Pokémon Go, I just wanted to get back to Vegas, still Katie gave me a brief hug before I left the living room and the house, in the driveway I found the boys waiting for me by the car.

“What did Katie want to talk about?” Jake asked once I walked up to him and I shrugged.

“She just wanted a chance to catch up and to say how proud she was of how far I’ve come since my SCW debut.” I responded and the boys nodded in understanding. “Anyway, there’s one last thing I want to get done and it involves a Pokestop.”

“I thought you said that there weren’t any Pokestops with active lure modules around here?” Shane asked and I shook my head.

“There still isn’t but I figured that an inactive Pokestop would be a good place for a promo since there won’t be any foot traffic, that and it’s a good way to stick it to Mark after our argument on Twitter on Pokémon Go.” I responded with a grin and the boys nodded before we hopped in the car and drove to a nearby Pokestop, off course there was always the chance that I’d run into a Pokémon in the area but unless it was a new one that I hadn’t caught yet I planned to leave it alone so I could focus on my promo, we pulled up at the stop and I got out pocketing my IPhone in the process as I got ready for my promo.

“Fifteenth of July 2012, that date might not mean a lot to my opponents but for me? That was the date I made my SCW debut at Climax Control 22 and just a few weeks’ later I made my Supercard debut at the very first Summer XXXTreme, I don’t think I need to say how either of those matches went for me, anyone who knows my SCW history knows that it took me a few weeks to get my first win in SCW and whilst we missed the anniversary of my SCW debut by a week and two days that’s not the point I’m getting at, it’s been four years since I made my SCW debut and I’ve seen a lot of Superstars and Bombshells come and go in that time, yet I’m still here and I’m competing in SCW’s first ever Chamber of Fate match for the SCW World Bombshell Championship against Mikah, Sam Marlowe, Mercedes Vargas, Keira Fisher and the World Bombshell Champion herself Crystal Millar.”

Do I even need to say anything?

“When this match was made official back at the post Into the Void Climax Control there was already a lot of buzz surrounding the match just based on the first four confirmed competitors for that match and the fact that two wild cards in the forms of myself and Keira Fisher won our qualifying matches to earn spots in the match just amped up the buzz even more! This may not be my first shot at the Bombshell Championship but here’s what it is, a massive opportunity for me to show the world what four long years of blood, sweat, dedication and determination can achieve!”

And I’m starting with the champ.

“Out of the five Bombshells I’m competing against in this match it’s Crystal Millar who I’ve had the least experience fighting against, as if to say no experience fighting you whatsoever, hell to be honest with you Crystal there’s only one reason why I decided to start this promo by trash talking you and that’s the fact that you’re the World Bombshell Champion but let’s be honest for a second here Crystal, can you honestly say that you can hold it past the first defense?”

I already know what her answer is and here’s mine.

“No, no you can’t, let’s be honest, between Mercedes winning the title at the Climax Control Before Into the Void, Sam winning it at the Into the Void only to lose it to you means that the title was being passed around more than Steve’s new girlfriend when she’s doing her acting! Hell I’m pretty sure that the only reason the title wasn’t defended since then can basically be summed up as this, the bosses where sick and tired of seeing the title change hands so frequently and decided to wait until Summer XXXTreme before your first defense, well I’m sorry to say Crystal that whilst it may have been artificially lengthened by several weeks your reign will end just as quickly as Sam and Mercedes’s did.”

And yes, that sorry was sarcastic! Next up is Sam!

“Sam’s next up on the list for two reasons, one, I actually have competed alongside her on several occasions and two, it ties into the general theme I’m going for here! Sam we may be friends but as the old saying goes all is fair in love and war and last I checked this isn’t a match where you win by being the first to achieve orgasm, I’m pretty sure Jason Adams would have a heart attack if such a match was ever booked but that’s beside the point! We may be friends but in the Chamber of Fate it’ll be every woman for herself!”

Simple as that.

“Let me take you back three weeks Sam, remember the tag match we had against Mercedes and Keira? Remember who won the match for her team? That’s right, me! I’m not saying that I carried the team to victory from start to finish but what I am saying is that that Tag Team Match will be a sign of things to come because I walked out with the win last time having gotten the pin on Mercedes and in two weeks’ time I will get the win again!”

Speaking of Mercedes, she’s next!

“Did you think I forgot about you Mercedes? How could I forget? How did our last two meetings end again Mercedes? Oh yeah, that’s right, me hitting you with the Wall of Death and scoring the pin-fall, the first time was when I beat you for the Internet Championship at Blaze of Glory and over the past few weeks’ I’ve come to realize something, that match started me on the road to this match, sure I had that little feud with Melody in between now and this match but that’s no important!”

Here’s what is important!

“You may have started me on this path Mercedes but I’m going to finish it whilst you, Crystal and Sam try to pick up where you left off at Into the Void! Don’t try to deny it, you’ve wanted another chance at each other ever since the match at the last Supercard but here’s the thing, you’re not the only three competitors in this match and whilst I’m not saying that I’ll eliminate all three of you personally what I am saying is that once the smoke clears and two Bombshells, possibly including the Bombshell Champ, have been eliminated, someone else will swoop in and take the scraps!”

Next up Keira.

“I wish I could say that I have a similar record against Keira as I do Mercedes but I’d be lying! We last met in that Tag Team Match I just mentioned but like I said, I pinned Mercedes and not you, before that? We met in the opening round of this year’s Blast from the Past Tournament where you handed me my second first round elimination in a row! And setting aside the fact that the tournament was eventually won by Crystal, a fact which, if you ask me, could be blamed for setting these events in motion, as far as you’re concerned Keira this is more than just about titles for me, this is about redemption!”

And I’m not talking about my first theme song in SCW!

“I get it Keira, you lost the Tag Titles to my buddies in The Angel Clan last month and you don’t want to be out of the title picture for long hence why you wanted a shot at the World Bombshell Championship in the first place even if you had to beat your own wife in a match to get this far in the process! Unfortunately, Keira whilst we have both scratched and crawled our way to this match thanks to the qualifying matches we won there’s only one way this will end and that’s with me as the latest Bombshell Champion!”

Last but not least is Mikah.

“I wish I could say that I saved the best for last but that’s like saying that Miles Blake’s hair doesn’t look like roadkill because it’s the biggest lie that I can think off, right up there with “Donald Trump will be the best president since Abraham Lincoln”, encase you haven’t figured it out yet I’m talking about Mikah and, well, like I said, I’ve seen a lot of Superstars and Bombshells come and go since I joined SCW but I have to say Mikah that you are a first for me! That’s right, you’re the first person in the wrestling business I’ve seen who got awarded for not giving a fuck about the business!”

You heard me!

“You won the Golden Briefcase back at Blaze of Glory and what did you do with it? Nothing, you never even opened the damn thing up to see what was inside because I’m sure that if you had I wouldn’t be here talking to you the trash you are! Just to recap, when you let the briefcase expire you threw away a lot of money and a lot at any title you wanted, why? Well to paraphrase Mystery Science Theatre 3000, you just didn’t care but since Mark has a hard on for you, you still got added to the match but it’s the same lack of care that’ll be your downfall and drive you back to the bar!”

It’s that simple.

“Before I wrap this up I want to use a quote from a metal song, the song in question is “The Moth” and it’s by a band called Death Angel, more specifically their album “The Evil Divide” which they released this year and whilst I’m confident in the fact that that I’m the only metalhead in this match I think this quote describes this situation perfectly even if I’m taking unrelated lyrics and applying them to this match: so here we are again. The rise and fall within. Splitting hairs over words unspoken. Like an unanswered prayer. This withered skin I wear. Will soon be shed as I emerge unbroken, don’t get it yet? The first part refers to all the history we’ve had with each other but the other lyrics refer to the bumps in the road we’ve had to get here whilst in the end describing how one of us will walk out the winner and that person will be me!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“I turned twenty-six a couple of weeks ago and I it’s pretty clear that to me that I’m one of, if not the youngest Bombshell in the match and by the end of the night I’ll be one of the youngest Bombshell Champions in this company’s history, it took me four long years to get to this point and I’ll be damned if I’m going to let this opportunity slip out of my hands so with that said, Mikah, Sam, Mercedes, Crystal, Keira, I’m not saying that you’re not all talented but what I am saying is that I’m hungrier for this belt than all of you combined and I will win this match to prove it once the “Heavy Metal Angel” Jessie Salco strikes you all down!”

I checked Pokémon Go but once I saw no Pokémon in the area I went back to the car as the scene fades.

[Keira Fisher]

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Well, I never thought the time would come. 24 hours before I renew my vows with the love of my life. I got a lot on my mind. Her, Stephanie and that mask. Plus the Six Pack Challenge. The World Bombshell Championship.

I must win it. I MUST! At any cost...
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*Keira is seen at Jenny's place, sitting in a chair staring into the mirror as she gently brushes her hair. She hums a tune, but is still very distracted and nervous as Jenny walks into the room*

Jenny: Everything okay?

Keira: JENNY! Yea, I'm fine!

Jenny: That... was certainly normal... I meant is the room okay?

Keira: Yea, it's fine

Jenny: Good. Remember, if you need anything, just call for the butler. Bernard will get you anything you need

Keira: Surprised you got a male butler

Jenny: After the Steph incident. I think it would be best if I involved all genders

Keira: That reminds me. Did you find her yet?

Jenny: We're looking. Everyone is looking

*Keira leans closer to the mirror as she stares at it*

Keira: Once you do...her ass is mine

Jenny: Keira, don't get yourself killed. I know how you fucking get. But think of Roxi. Think of your friends...think of your son.

*Keira lowers her head and begins to shed a tear*

Jenny: Please don't worry about that too much. This is supposed to be a happy time. You're need to focus on that. This is a wedding.

*Jenny places a hand on Keira's shoulder*

Jenny: When the time comes, you'll be ready.

Keira: I'm sorry. I can't help it.

Jenny: I know

*The two stay silent for a moment. But Keira then says*

Keira: ...Did we just have a moment?

Jenny: ....Yea. We did

Keira: I feel weird

Jenny: Me too... slut.

Keira: Skank!

Jenny: Better?

Keira: Much

*Keira stands up and hugs Jenny*

Jenny: Good. Now, relax and take a load off. Again, anything you need, just call. Also, you should have visitors in a while.

Keira: Ok.

Jenny: And... thanks for making me part of the bridal party.

Keira: You paid for it. Wouldn't be right if I didn't

Jenny: Well, you know my rep Keira... It hasn't really improved over the years. I sometimes... I feel like I accidentally give it to you and Roxi.

Keira: No. We're lucky to have the friends we have. They don't care about who we hang out with. End of the day, you're still a whore with a massive target on your back...who I'm surprised hasn't shot you, yet.

Jenny: HA! Bitch, I'll never die

Keira: Keep telling yourself that

Jenny: It may not seem like it Ke, but you guys have changed my life too. Thank you.

Keira: You're welcome

*Jenny walks away leaving Keira there alone again. It's only a few moments before there are some giggles and a knock on the door*

Keira: Hmm?

*The door opens and Christine and Sasha, Also part of Keira's wedding party come in with smiles and hugs for Keira*

Sasha: Ke!

Keira: Hey! I thought you were with Roxi!

Sasha: We were, but, she said we should come see you too.

Christine: And you know we love to see you.

Keira: I know

*Sasha and Chris give Keira a kiss on either cheek*

Keira: Hehe, ok, ok!

Sasha: How are you Ke? You look nervous. Thanks for making us part of your bridal party.

Christine: You didn't have to choose us.

Keira: I love you guys

*Christine touches her stomach*

Christine: I am just going to be so big in my dress.

*Christine frowns*

Keira: You're going to look great

Sasha: Of course you are baby. Only the best for my girlfriend.

*Sasha holds Christine tightly from behind*

Sasha: Sorry Ke, you can't have her.

*Sasha sticks her tongue out at Keira and giggles along with Christine*

Keira: Oh darn...

*Keira slaps Sasha's ass*
Keira: Remember who helped you, Shorty

Sasha: Ow! Hey! You remember I kicked your butt one time!

Christine: You did?

Keira: You wanna go, Sasha?

Sasha: That's right! I beat Keira! Roxi saw it!

Christine: No fighting you two.

*Keira stands and tackles Sasha, pinning her down*

Sasha: Hey!

Christine: Ke...

Keira: What?

Christine: There's no need to do that. Please leave my girlfriend alone.

Sasha: Yeah! I was only teasing!

*Keira smirks and kisses Sasha*
Keira: I was too

*Keira stands and helps Sasha up*

Christine: Good. It's always good to see you like this Keira. We always had so much fun together.

Keira: Yes, we have

Sasha: Outside of Chris, you're the best cuddler I know. And, only because we're on your side of the wedding... you're going to the prettiest bride.

*Sasha giggles*

Keira: I just want you two to be safe when we're on our honeymoon

Christine: We will, we have friends coming to look out for us. And besides, I can't go too many places.

Sasha: Which is perfect, more cuddles in bed.

Christine: Yes.

*Christine giggles and kisses Sasha*

Sasha: I love you.

Christine: I love you too.

Sasha: Speaking of which, have you guys named him yet?

Keira: The baby?

Sasha: Yeah. You never told us.

Christine: My name for him is monster.

Keira: Nate

*Sasha smiles*

Sasha: That's a great name

Christine: Nate the monster.

*Christine giggles*

Christine: I'm just messing around. He's gonna be just like his mom

Keira: That's what I'm afraid of

*Keira goes to Christine and hugs her softly*

Christine: No need to be worried. He may be handful now, but he'll be the handsome devil we all love and spoil soon.

Sasha: As long as he's not hungry like you all the time

Jenny: Now THAT'S what I'm afraid of.

*Jenny says at the door*

Christine: Jenny?

Jenny: Sorry, thinking of the baby eating as much as Keira scares me

Sasha: That's not gonna happen. Besides, we all know how great a mom Ke's gonna be.

Christine: Yes, she will be great.

Keria: Thanks guys

Christine: Of course babe.

*Christine kisses Keira on the cheek*

Christine: We're always behind you %

*Keira smiles a bit more*
Jenny: Well, don't stay up too long. We want the bride all happy and not a bag of slut

Keira: Skank!

Jenny: Whore!

Keira: Cunt!

Christine: Ladies.

*Keira smiles*

Sasha: Yeah, and soon Ke will world champion!

Christine: That's right

Keira: Opponents....it sounds so exciting!

Christine: And we know you can win

Sasha: We will be rooting for you.

Keira: Thanks Guys. I--

*All of a sudden, the four hear a whooshing sound as it says*

: Keira....

*it dies down quickly*

Jenny: The fuck...

Sasha: Ke... what was that? Get behind me Chris

*Chris stands behind Sasha who stands behind Keira*

Keira: I don't know. I don't sense anything

Jenny: Hmmm.

Keira: Jenny, when was the last time you checked on the condition of the void?

Jenny: A week... why?

Keira: Better check it again...to make sure

Jenny: I will as soon as I'm able. What... what do you think that was?

Keira: No idea...

Christine: Ke... are you gonna be okay?

Keira: Yea. I'll be fine

Sasha: Are we gonna be okay?

Keira: Yea. Nothing I can't handle

Sasha: Okay.

*A less than comforting smile crosses Sasha face as Chris goes to the other side holding Keira's arm.*

Christine: Come on... let's... snuggle for a little bit, get our minds off this

Keira: Yes.

*Keira's phone goes off and she puts it on speaker*

Keira: Yello

Keri: Keira? It's Keri.

Keira: Hey, sis. What's up?

Keri: Just letting you know Angelica's here and I got my fitting done, so everything is set for tomorrow.
Keira: Good. Can't wait to see you two

Keri: Cool. Congrats again.

Keira: Thanks, Keri

Keri: Okay, see you tomorrow.

*Keira smirks as she hangs up the phone*

Sasha: Chris?

Christine: Yes?

Sasha: Isn't Keira's butt fantastic?

*Christine and Sasha are on the bed giggling looking at Keira*

Keira: Hehe

Christine: It sure is. Soon there will be a championship around that sexy waist though.

Sasha: mmhmm..

Keira: Please. Like I said before. With Mikah, Jessie, Samantha and Mercedes in my way of getting my hands on Crystal. It won't be easy. But I love a challenge.

Sasha: We know how hard you've worked Keira.

Christine: And we saw how much it hurt you to face Roxi.

Keira: Yea...it did.

Christine: We're proud of you, just like Roxi is.

Keira: Thank you.

Sasha: And tomorrow, you guys get married all over again. It's going to be amazing.

Christine: Mhmm!

Keira: Yep.

*Keira sees the time*

Keira: I need sleep. Otherwise, I'll look like Jenny Tuck

*Christine pats in between herself and Sasha*

Christine: Well then, bring yourself here, and we'll cuddle til you fall asleep

*Keira smiles and does so as the scene fades*

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Married again. Made it sound like we got divorced before. No, this was a vow renewal. Something I wanted for a long time ever since I reunited Roxi with her dad.

That and finally play Pokemon GO. BUT...that is WAY on the backburner.

What isn't, is that shot at the World Bombshell Championship. But right now, I must get my mind on tomorrow
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*Keira is shown in her wedding gown, Final preparations being made as she looks at Christine, Sasha, Jenny, and Keri all dressed in matching bridesmaid dresses, save for Christine, in the Maid of honor dress*

Keira: Stay calm, Ke. It's just a big day. You're renewing your vows with the love of your life....

Christine: You look great Ke.

Sasha: Total babe.

Keri: You look fine.

*Jenny shrugs*

Jenny: I've seen worse

Keira: Jenny...you want broken ribs today?

Jenny: Just being honest.

*Keri elbows Jenny*

Jenny: Okay! Okay! *Sigh* Keira.... you look amazing.

Keira: Thank you, Queen of the Sluts

Christine: Anyway...

Keri: What is it with you two?

Jenny: We're friends, believe it or not.

*Christine peeks through the curtain leading out to the beach*

Christine: I lot of people are here already

Keira: How many?

Christine: I don't know ... There's a ton? ?

Keira: Damn

Keri: How many did you invite?

Sasha: Lots.

Christine: Well, they are coming.

*Keira takes a deep breath*

*Sasha hugs Keira from behind*

Sasha: Love you Ke.

Keira: I love you too

Christine: Well, the preacher is talking. Oh.. Roxi's party is coming out first.

Keira: Let Roxi be walked down by her dad...

Sasha: She wants to see you want down the aisle Ke!

Keira: No, I want Roxi to be walked down the aisle by her dad

Keri: She is, but she's coming down first.

*Keira turns and watches*

Christine: Ke... are you sure you can stomach this?

Keira: Stomach what?

Jenny: She means you look pale, and you're sweating. Seriously you need to relax before you pass out or throw up

*Keira takes her fist and lightly punches Jenny's ribs*

Jenny: ACK! I think you broke a rib!

Keri: She was trying to help. Seriously you're sweating

Keira: I'm fine. I just want things to go smoothly

Jenny: At the cost of my rib!?

Christine: Keira! Why did you do that? Behave yourself!

Sasha: That wasn't nice Ke.

*Sasha spanks Keira*

Keira: Sasha...Behave

Sasha: Stop being a meanie pants to Jenny!

Jenny: Finally, some sense from the sister of my ho

*All of a sudden, Sasha punches Jenny's bruised rib*

Jenny: DAMNIT!

Christine: Will you guys stop! What is wrong with...

*Christine holds her stomach*

Christine: Ugh...

Keira: Christine!

*Keira quickly goes to Christine*

Keira: Here, sit down

Christine: I'm... I'm fine. Just riled up.

Keira: You get like that when someone's arguing....you never do that before

*Keira slowly looks at her stomach and touches it*

Keira: Nate...you're not....

Christine: I'm fine. I'm fine.

*Christine pats Keira on the shoulder and nods.*

Keira: You worry me

Christine: I'm okay, we're up... there's Roxi...

*Keira looks out and sees Roxi walking with her dad as Keira smiles*

Sasha: She's so pretty Ke.

Keira: I know. I've never seen her so happy

Sasha: You know why?

Keira: Cause I reunited a family?

Sasha: Because of everything you do for her. It's why you make us happy too.

Christine: Okay... we're up... go ahead Jenny

: Keira....

Keira: Wha...not again...

*Jenny takes a second to look back as she walks down the aisle.*

Keri: Keira...Who was that?

Christine: It's nothing. Your turn, Keri

*Keri always walks down the aisle*

Christine: And now... go ahead babe.

*Sasha releases her hug on Keira and kisses her on the cheek, before walking down the aisle as well. Chrisine finally turns to Keira.*

Christine: Are you ready?

Keira: Yea. Long as we don't hear voices again

Christine: I'm proud of you Ke.

*Christine kisses Keira*

Christine: Let's go show your wife all the love she deserves.*

*Christine gets behind Keira and carries her train as the scene fades*


"Wow, I never thought I'd be at this place again. But this feels so right. I love with woman with all of my heart. Roxi, you've given me hope for all these years.

After all that's happened. Demons, Magi Bloods, friends turning into enemies, Bio Weapons, loss of friends. You've always been by my side.

Now, more than ever when I have 5 people to contend with to get the World Bombshell Title. I know you'll still be by my side. I love you forever and a day."


*Keira and Roxi are shown after the ceremony in a hotel suite, enjoying their time together, as Keira lays on the bed watching TV, Roxi next to her feeding her grapes.*

Roxi: Today, was perfect.

Keira: It was. But you were more perfect, my love

Roxi: Oh stop. You... you were beautiful. The most beautiful bride I've ever seen.

*Roxi feeds Keira a grape*

Roxi: You have made me so happy

Keira: Roxi...

*Keira takes the grape and kisses Roxi*

Roxi: Now, we have everything out of the way, now there's just you, and gaining the SCW Bombshell's title.

Keira: I've been training, studying non stop to be ready

Roxi: I know you have. I know you will be ready. We have one last day tomorrow, to head to the gravity room, and train, and train out in the old gym one more time. Just to put the finishing touches on the whole deal.

*Roxi smiles running her fingers through Keira's hair*

Roxi: I want you to know, no matter what happens, I will always be proud of you.

Keira: Thank you, my love

*Keira leans in and begins to kiss Roxi's neck*

Keira: You thinking what I'm thinking?

Roxi: I'm thinking that no one wants you here in this Bombshell's title match. They don't think you deserve it. They want someone to have your spot. You're behind the -ball. You have a million to one shot at this.

Keira: I was thinking of romantic music and dimming the lights. But ok. Roxxxxiiiii, baby. I've been thinking about this all the time. I've trained NON stop! Can we please, have this night? It's our Vow Renewal night.

Roxi: I just ... You've earned this chance, I just want you to be ready. Sorry I've been so hard on you lately.

Keira: And I've been training as hard. They think I don't deserve to be there? I'll make them bleed. I will watch them beg for mercy! I WILL MASS--

*Roxi places a finger across Keira's lips*

Roxi: Keira... I'm sorry.

Keira: For what?

Roxi: For... not letting you enjoy this and worrying about your title shot. I know you're trained. I know you're ready. I know you have opponents ready to stop you, it just worries me because I want you to do well.

Keira: I will. They'll have to injure me to stop me.

Roxi: That's what I'm afraid of too. Because I know you.

Keira: Trust me. I'll do my best

*Keira giggles as she throws a small grape at Roxi to tease her*

Roxi: One last test of everything tomorrow and we're on vacation. It's... nice.

Keira: Very...

*Keira grabs Roxi and begins to kiss her deeply*

Roxi: Keira... relax. We'll get to that.

Keira: Awww, but you got me going...

*Roxi smiles and shakes her head*

Roxi: It doesn't take much, does it?

Keira: Baby, you just drive me wild

Roxi: Did... Jenny tell you what they were doing to the house?

Keira: They said they were putting in new Furniture, my PoPs in a new Collection Room with a Safe Door. But....privately...a room or a sector under the house that is Guild Approved that will help us keep a eye out of Florida

Roxi: Well, that makes sense, I guess. But... I'm gonna miss the old place, you know?

Keira: Jenny also said that ever since the Steph incident when she broke into our place. She thinks we aren't safe.

Roxi: I guess she's right.

Keira: I know Jenny's...well...Jenny. But, she does care

*Keira quickly takes a swig of her drink and gargles, pretending it's mouthwash*

Roxi: What... are you doing?

Keira: Pretending it's bleach since I complimented Jenny

Roxi: Come on, she paid for this whole thing you know?!

Keira: I know. I wish she hadn't. I mean, she does enough as is

Roxi: We weren't going to stop her, you know that.

Keira: Mhmm. Now, can we finally have some fun?

*Keira leans in and kisses Roxi's neck*

Keira: I love you so much

Roxi: Well... I guess.

*Keira smirks as she pinches Roxi's ass*

Roxi: Keira.... oh, what the heck...

*Roxi climbs into the bed with Keira*

Keira: Come to me, baby

Roxi: You know what I just remembered?

Keira: What's that?

Roxi: One of us didn't carry the bride over the threshold.
*Roxi giggles*

*Keira smirks as she leans and lifts Roxi. She quickly goes to the door, opens it and steps out*

Keira: Hehe, fixing it now

*Keira slowly walks back in, looking into Roxi's eyes*

Roxi: I love you.

Keira: I love you too

*As Keira leans in to kiss Roxi, they feel a breeze pass through and a voice*

: Keira....

Roxi: What the heck was that?!

Keira: Fuck...third time in 12 hours.

*Keira sits Roxi down on the bed and goes to the drawer and gets her communicator*

Roxi: What is going on?

Keira: Either I'm going crazy or we got a spook.

*Keira turns on the comm*

Keira: Jenny!
Jenny: WHAT! I'm trying to sleep, numbnuts!

Keira: I heard that voice again

Roxi: What is going on?

Jenny: Basically, we keep hearing some voice in the wind. It started last night. Then again earlier before Keira came out

Roxi: Who is it?

Keira: We don't know. But...it sounds familiar.

Roxi: I don't like this...

Jenny: I'm looking into it now. Get some rest, you two. Enjoy your night

*Keira sits the communicator down and turns to Roxi*

Keira: I can't even enjoy my night with my wife

Roxi: Keira... it's okay.

*Roxi sit down next to Keira*

Keira: You sure?

Roxi: Whatever this is, we'll get through it. We'll face it head on

Keira: Together

Roxi: Together.

*Roxi smiles and kisses Keira*

Roxi: With my wife.

*Keira smiles back*

Keira: Now...where were we?

*Roxi giggles and gets back into the bed snuggling with Keira as the scene fades.*

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One more day before me and Roxi go on vacation. To celebrate our Vow Renewal. Jenny's got us a new house to live in. Perfect chance to start a family.

Nate, this part's for you. You'll look back on this late. Mama loves you. We'll always protect you. I just hope when I become World Bombshell Champion, you'll be proud of your Mama.
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*Keira is shown inside the gravity room with Roxi at the controls*

Roxi: Are you ready Keira?

Keira: Hit it!

Roxi: Be careful

Keira: I always am

*Roxi turns the gravity on*

Roxi: 150

*Keira quickly begins to train in it, showing that she was already surpassed

Keira: This a warm up? I don't feel anything! Turn it up!

Roxi: Turning it up to 200

*Roxi pushes a button and the gravity intensifies*

*Keira continues to train, not even phased by 200.*

Keira: Weird...I should feel weighed down...but it feels light.

*Keira stops and turns to Roxi*

Keira: Turn it up!

*Roxi sighs*

Roxi: 250

*Keira smiles*

Roxi: Please be safe.

*Roxi puts in the numbers and watches*

*Even though it gets a little heavy, Keira begins to overcome it. She finishes as she turns her head to the side*

Keira: ......300

Roxi: Get used to this first!

Keira: Roxi....trust me.

*Keira turns to Roxi with a serious look on her face*

Keira: Please.

Roxi: Just show me first.

Keira: I did!

*Keira begins to get annoyed real quick, showing Roxi how freely she can move*

Roxi: Fine... .

Keira: Stop treating me like a child, Roxi! It's bad enough I got to face people to get the World Bombshell Title. But It feels like I'm facing a sixth per--

*all of a sudden, Keira and Roxi hears*

: Keira…

Keira: .....what the.....

Roxi: Keira... Is that the same voice?

Keira: It was....

Roxi: Keira I don't like this, now the voice.... it's in trouble!

Keira: We need to be ready. Turn it to 300. Whoever it is...we must be ready.

*Roxi pushes the button and it turns the machine to 300 *

*Keira grunts a little. Unlike before where she would fall to the ground. She begins to fight slowly to get used to it. But after a hour, she finally gets use to it as she dodges her own blasts*

Roxi: You're progressing. Soon, I can begin to imagine how strong you've become

Keira: Maybe now I can finally control my Third Form

*There is a rumble in the distance that begins to shake the room around them.*

Roxi: What was....

Keira: Not me.

*All of a sudden, a explosion is heard, forcing the room to shut off and the door to open*

Keira: What the Hell!?

Roxi: Looks like we have to put that training to the test...

Keira: Let's go! Get your costume

*Keira lands and quickly runs out of the room, quickly grabbing her costume and putting it on*

Roxi: I've only felt power like this once before.... It's got to be Stephanie...

Keira: ....if it is. Time for some payback

*Roxi puts on her costume alongside Keira*

Roxi: I wish we had more time. You need rest

Keira: With our job? Rest...is for Pussies.

Roxi: Come on... I've got a plan, but you need to work with me on this.

Keira: ...Fine.

*Roxi and Keira and soon flying out of the gravity room chamber and into the night sky. Roxi opens her communicator*

Roxi: Vision, we're hearing the rumblings

Vision: It's her.

Roxi: Any idea on an exact loca -

*Roxi looks up and sees smoke from the center of the city*

Keira: That answer your question?

Roxi: Never mind, we'll just follow the trail of devastation....

Vision: Just be careful

Roxi: We will be.

*Roxi exits the call and turns to Keira*

Roxi: Alright, let's go. I'll tell you the plan when we get there.

Keira: Right

*Roxi takes off ahead of Keira, but soon they are side by side. Roxi grips Keira's hand in hers as they fly, soon landing near some of the wreckage and fleeing civilians.*

Roxi: That power is unreal...

Keira: I know. Too bad it isn't used for good...or for sparring.

*Keira looks around*

Keira: Where is she?

*The two soon hear mechnical laughter come from a block away, they rush over to find Stephanie, having Lady Victory's mask adorned on her head blasting away tanks from the national guard area.*

Keira: That answered my question

Stephanie: Well, well, well... the heroes have come.

Roxi: You're going to give that mask back

Stephanie: I don't think so. I'll crush the both of you, and then I'll slaughter the entire guild!

Keira: All cause you're a damn homophobe...

Stephanie: All because all you are... is smut. But this...

*Stephanie touches the mask*

Stephanie: This gives me power that you can't dream of.

Roxi: You will be stopped.

Keira: You don't know power...

Stephanie: Look at what I've done. Power gave me this. And it will all belong to me soon!

*Roxi turns to Keira*

Roxi: I'm going to buy you some time

Keira: Yea, we're going to need my Third Super Form...

Roxi: You build up some energy and rest. I'll buy you as much time as I can.

Keira: I love you

Roxi: I love you too.

*Roxi turns back to Stephanie, who is waiting with arms folded. Roxi starts to walk forward towards her*

Stephanie: Just you? Pity.

Roxi: I am this city's hero after all. I need the exercise.

Stephanie: Joke while you can.

Roxi: I think I'll just shut that big mouth of yours.

*Roxi assumes a fighting stance, knowing full well her power was not going to be enough to even slow down Stephanie while she has the mask, but she had to buy Keira as much time as possible.*

Roxi: Let's do this.

*Keira begins to power up, slowly going to her first Super Form. She doesn't stop as she quickly goes to her second Super form*

Keira: Calm, Keira...you can do this. You can control it...

Stephanie: I'll be sure to let her see as you die.

Roxi: I do love an audience.

*Stephanie rushes Roxi who braces for the smash attack, able to block it, but the force brings her to her knees. Roxi powers up and uses her energy to push Stephanie back a few steps. Stephanie charges again and Roxi dodges and lands a hard punch that drives Stephanie back. Roxi connects with another punch, but when she attempts a rd Stephanie catches it, pulls Roxi in and punches her in the face and sends her flying back, head over heels on to the ground*

Roxi: Ow....

Stephanie: Pathetic.

*Keira powers up more, feeling the surge of energy flow through her as her hair grows longer*

Keira: Come on...Come on...

*Roxi slowly gets up as Stephanie comes at her and the two meet in mid-air, but Stephanie overpowers Roxi and drives her into the ground. Stephanie lands blow after blow before launching Roxi into the air and sending her flying with a kick. Roxi flies into a nearby building, driving her through the wall and deep into it. Stephanie turns, satisfied with herself*

Stephanie: Is it your turn yet?

Roxi: Not... yet...

*Keira's hair gets longer as she feels herself being almost ready*

Keira: Yes! Finally! I can...I can...do it!!!!!

*Roxi flies back with force, nailing Stephanie with a few more blows that send her back. She increases her energy put-out nailing Stephanie as hard as possible, the blows having somewhat of an effect, driving Stephanie back, off-balance. Roxi continues to punch, but Stephanie is able to shrug it off and knee Roxi in the jaw and then slam her up against some rubble and punch her, sending Roxi flying threw it and landing on her back and rolling onto her stomach, trying to push herself up*

Roxi: Almost.... there...

Stephanie: Why won't you stay down?!

Roxi: Never... knew... enough...

*Roxi slowly gets to her feet, breathing heavily and scarred up, looking over out of the corner of her eye for Keira. Roxi begins to raise her energy again*

Stephanie: You have to know by now that I've been toying with you. You have to know that this is suicide.

Roxi: Whatever... it... takes..

Stephanie: I will enjoy this.

*Roxi prepares to launch one more desperation attack, but get snared by the ankle. She looks down a rope and hook attaches itself, and Roxi is pulled away from the battle*

Roxi: Hey!

*Roxi gets reeled in, and low and behold, Claire is behind the whole thing*

Roxi: Claire...

Claire: You do know that crazy bitch was going to kill you?

Roxi: Why… the sudden change of heart?

Claire: Nobody kills you, but me.
Roxi: Heh...

*Claire grabs Roxi's costume and launches her onto the nearby rooftop, the beaten Roxi lays there in pain. Back on the battlefield, Stephanie turns, now annoyed to Keira*

Stephanie: I hope you, can put up a better fight than your worthless partner.

*Keira looks at Stephanie, now in her Third Super Form*

Keira: Sorry to keep you waiting.

Stephanie: Well, you finally unlocked your hidden potential....

Keira: Shut up. I've waited a long time for this. I'm going to cripple you....

Stephanie: I know she was buying you time.

*Keira gets into a fighting stance*

Stephanie: Too bad you guys have too many enemies that I couldn't kill her. But she knew she wasn't going to stop me, but she played hero long enough for you to have mop up duty I guess. Maybe, if she lives long enough, She can watch you die.

*All of a sudden, Keira throws a punch to Stephanie's stomach, forcing Steph to cough and groan in pain*

Stephanie: Ugh....

*Stephanie takes a step back, rubbing her stomach*

Keira: You talk too much, bitch

Stephanie: That's it... let it all run through you... I want all the anger and filthy lesbian rage!

*Keira rushes begins to throw blow after blow, knocking Steph back. The next punch makes Steph fly back into a brick wall*

Stephanie: Well...

*Stephanie slowly gets up, dusting herself off, walking back to the battle*

Keira: Ok, listen to me. I want you to hit me....as hard....as you can.

*Keira shows her chin*

Keira: One free shot...if you fail...you ain't getting another

Stephanie: You think you've it all figured out? Well, then allow me to educate you.

Keira: I'm waiting....

Stephanie: Poor foolish bitch.

*Stephanie smirks as she throws a huge punch to Keira's chin, she begins to smirk, but Keira begins to laugh. She slowly lowers her head, looking back at Stephanie*

Keira: Was that it?

*Stephanie takes a step back, looking at Keira*
Stephanie: Well, you are strong.... Stronger than any lesbian bitch I know

Keira: I think it's time to rip that tongue out

*Keira rushes and begins to land blow after blow to Stephanie. Each blow stronger than the last. The last one catches Stephanie's stomach*

Keira: Last chance. Give up the mask or give up your ability to walk.

*Stephanie slowly gets up, almost laughing to herself*

Stephanie: Give up? Why? I have all this power! It's MINE!

*Keira rushes and kicks Stephanie, making her fly. Keira flies up and gives Stephanie a Double Axe Handle, forcing Stephanie to land hard on the ground, causing a crater to form*

Keira: Hmmm...

*Keira lands on her feet, next to the crater as she waits for Stephanie to come out*

Stephanie: Ugh... You really think you've won?

*Stephanie explodes out of the crater, back for more*

Stephanie: I will not be defeated by you, you filthy whore!

Keira: You don't have much left

*Keira rushes, throwing multiple punches and kicks, weakening Stephanie even more. She then throws Stephanie into a building*

Keira: It's over, Stephanie!

*Keira lands on the ground again. Stephanie comes out of the building again. Ready for more*

Stephanie: You... you won't beat me. This mask... I've only begun to dig into it's power.

*Stephanie eyes Keira starting to strain from the energy put out of her Third form*

Stephanie: I haven't used all the power just yet. I will use this mask at it's maximum level!

Keira: Come on, then! I got all night, bitch tits

*Stephanie taps the mask and her strength increases ten-fold She blasts Keira with a blow that would have killed anyone else. The force sends Keira flying through several walls, splatting against one final wall*

Keira: Ugh...T..That all you got?

*Keira gets off the wall and shakes it off, but doesn't notice that her energy was running out as her third form begins to power down*

Stephanie: I told you... you can't win! The POWER!

Keira: I can and I will!

*Keira holds out her hand to do a energy blast, but her energy runs out, finally. Keira feels her body in pain as she holds it*

Keira: Wha...NO! I...I thought...NOOOO!

Stephanie: Game. Over.

*Stephanie rushes Keira and unloads with hard blows that rock Keira, causing blood to spew from her mouth, before Stephanie lands one hard blow to the stomach, bringing Keira to her knees, coughing up blood*

Stephanie: I told you... I will win...

Keira: *Ack*

*Keira continues to cough*

Keira: I..I'm sorry...LB...I...I love...you...

Stephanie: All I had to do, was let your foolish cockiness get the better of you. Maybe you could have finished me, but you got overconfident. Now...

*Stephanie prepares to deal the killing blow*

Stephanie: Now, I kill you, you filthy lesbian.

*As Stephanie prepares to swing, Jenny comes over Keira's com*

Jenny: Keira! The Void!

Keira: Wh...

*The large, black void opens behind Stephanie, and from it emerges Jean, who pulls the mask off of Stephanie while she is distracted*

Jean: This doesn't belong to you.

Keira: J...Jean?

Stephanie: HEY! Who the hell are you?

Keira: PULSE! HELP ME!!!!!!!

Stephanie: Give that mask back you fool! I'm trying to rid the world of these stupid bitches!

Jean: You have no power to judge.

*Jean looks as Stephanie is reduced to a normal woman again.*

Jean: And now, your power, is gone. How does it feel, to be helpless?

Stephanie: You bitch!

*Stephanie takes a swipe at Jean, who simply dodges and shoves her down.*

Keira: J..Jea..

*Jean walks over to Keira, helping her to her feet*

Jean: Kat.

Keira: ....I though.t...I lost...you...

Jean: Only for a short while. I will always be a part of you. In your heart. So long as you keep me there... I will never leave.

*Jean hands Keira Lady victory's mask*

Jean: Now... be the hero, I know you are.

*Keira looks at it, having no choice. She takes it and puts it on. She feels the power surging through her. Cause of it, she powers back to her Third Super Form. But she quickly takes it off and puts it to the side*

Keira: Thanks...

*Keira slowly begins to walk towards Stephanie and grabs her*

Keira: Game Over, Stephanie.

Stephanie: Get your hands off me! I will get you for this!

Keira: That reminds me. Jenny wanted me to give you this message.

*Keira cold cocks Stephanie hard, knocking out the woman*

Keira: You're Fired!

*Keira turns to Jean*

Keira: Jean...welcome home.

*Keira turns to find Roxi*
Keira: Where is she!?

Jean: Up there. She needs you.

*Jean points to the building highrise*

Keira: You coming?

Jean: There are still things I need to do in the void. But I promise, I will never leave you, even if you and I... can't be together.

Keira: Jean...

Jean: Go.

*Keira nods as she flies towards Roxi. Keira lands on the roof, as Roxi slowly starts to get up*

Roxi: Hey....

Keira: Sorry it took me so long. You ok?

Roxi: Peachy...

*Keira helps up Roxi*

Roxi: Are you okay?

Keira: Yea. I'm fine.

*Keira looks at Roxi as she hands her the mask*

Roxi: We need to get this back... and I'm gonna need the rejuvenation tank.

*Roxi leans on Keira*

Roxi: Where's Stephanie?

Keira: Wait.

*Keira takes the mask and puts it on Roxi's face to power her up*

Roxi: Whoa....

*Keira takes it off quickly*

Keira: There.

Roxi: Now... Where's Stephanie?

*Keira points down there*

Roxi: What.... what happened?

Keira: Jean...

*Keira points again, but Jean as well as Stephanie were gone*

Keira: Wha...NO! NOT AGAIN!

*Keira quickly flies down to look for her*

Keira: JEAN! JEEEEEANNNN! PLEASE ANSWER ME! JEAN!!!!!!!!

Roxi: Keira... Did... did she say anything? Are you sure she was even here?

Keira: I know she was! She helped me stop Stephanie! She ripped off the mask and gave it to me! I was able to heal! Roxi, she's back!

*As Keira continues looking, Roxi sees a note on the ground. She opens it*

"Keira,

I didn't get a chance to explain. But I'll keep it short. I can return from the void at any time, now. But for the time being. I must remain in it.

I took Stephanie with me. I know she doesn't seem like a threat now. But she might be in the future since she stole Lady Victory's mask.

It's not my place to say this, but I'd smash up Lady Victory's mask, just in case something like this happens again.

Don't search for me. I'll see you and Roxi again, when you need me the most.

Love you forever,
Jean Vale"

*Keira comes back to Roxi*

Keira: Damn it! She's gone again! Maybe Jenny knows where she is in the void! We can find a way to--

Roxi: Keira!

*Roxi grabs Keira by the shoulders*

Roxi: Stop. Calm down.

Keira: Roxi! Jean needs us! We have to save her!

Roxi: Relax Keira. Okay... I think... you should read this.

*Keira takes the letter and reads. After a minute, she lowers her hand, still holding the letter*

Keira: Jean...

Roxi: She's back. When we need her. And you... you did it. You saved all of us Keira.

Keira: I...I did.

Roxi: You did.

*Keira holds Roxi close*

Keira: I finally did. I'm the hero I needed to be.

Roxi: You are.
*Roxi looks around, all the devastation and damage*

Roxi: Well, I think we've earned a vacation. Wanna go to the Bahamas?

Keira: Hell Yeah!

Roxi: Good. Let's get ready.

*Roxi flies away towards the condo, leaivng Keira behind, Keira gets ready to take off, but a hand touches her shoulder*

Keira: Wha...

*Jean whispers in Keira's ear*

Jean: I will always love you.

*Keira quickly turns*

Jean: I am proud of you.... hero.

Keira: Jean...

Jean: Shhh... Go on.

Keira: ....Please come home soon.

*Keira turns and flies off to join Roxi*

Roxi: You okay?

Keira: Yea...I'm fine. Let's get this back to Lady Victory

Roxi: You got it.

*The two fly off as the scene finally fades with Jean fading back into the Void*

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I joined SCW last at Blaze of Glory. I had 2 Goals, in that year. I completed those two goals. Cause of it, I made two new goals. One I completed. The other one, I need to at Summer XXXTreme IV.

I learned about the Chamber of Fate match during my vacation to the Bahamas. Lucky they had SCW where I was. But, I'm not complaining. I'll have to learn more later when I return to the states and have to go onto the boat.

Just hope there's not a Sharknado.

Anyway, I got 5 other people to compete with. A few I like, a few I can't stand. But it still fuels me even more to get the one prize I've wanted for so long. The SCW World Bombshell Championship! The Top Prize.

The first competitor is the champion herself, Crystal. Must suck to be separated from the "love of your life". I'm sorry, but I continue to question that every day. You call yourself the Silver Screen Queen. But in realty, you're my bitch! You've beat me one time, but it was a multi fall encounter with the other person in this match. But one on one, you have never got that victory over me. Sure, it's you, me and four other women in this. But it won't matter. Cause I know as well as you know. You! Can't! Beat! ME!

Speaking of the second person that was in there with me and Crystal. Jessie, dear sweet Jessie. You talk about how this match will be your redemption and all that. Sure, we've gotten better over time. But, I still owe you a few licks from last year. Yea, I never got a full victory over you. Just in the Blast from the Past Tournament. That's what sickens me even more. I need to beat you, Jessie. I REALLY need to beat you. If you bleed, then it's not my problem. I just want you to know, enjoy the jaws of defeat when I finally become Champion!

Speaking of someone I need to beat within a inch of her life. Mikah herself! Ok, granted, she's been showing SOME signs of improvement. That and our hate for Mark Ward at this point. Then again, most of the Bombshell Roster shares that trait. I digress. Mikah, I can't let you become World Bombshell Champion again. Even though you hold the record for the longest reign of the championship. You made a MOCKERY OUT OF IT! I remember the Non Title Match we had. I've waited for that moment to get my hands on you again. Bitch, I'm not just gonna break you. I'M GOING TO CHOKE YOU OUT! Just you wait.

Mercedes, what a huge turn around you had from a year ago. In fact, I got to thank you. Cause we fought before and I was able to be your equal. I stood toe to toe with a former World Bombshell Champion like you and took you to your limit! Just like I did with Mikah!!! I know, you still think I'm the underdog in this match. Despite us teaming, you still think that. I was never the underdog. I was trying to become better. I'm the one woman that will shock the world. Mercedes, as much as I love and respect you now. To me, you're still part of The Mean Girls and in the Chamber of fate, that's what I'm going to treat you as, part of the Mean Girls.

Last, but not least, Samantha. I've wanted this to be a one on one encounter. But these series of events have pretty much put us where we are. I see you as the biggest threat in this match. If Mikah doesn't care. But still, I wanted a challenge from you, ever since the Blast from the Past Tournament. You were the one woman that gave me the excitement of a better wrestler. Now I can prove to you that I can beat you, one on one, two on two or Chamber of Fate! Samantha, no matter what happens in this match. I will always love and respect you. But just like the others, you're a threat and threats must be destroyed.

Mikah, Crystal, Jessie, Mercedes and Samantha. I normally save this for later. But this will be as good time as ever. Treat me as a underdog. Treat me as a weak link if you must. In fact, I DARE you to! Cause once you do. Once you five slip up. I'm going to do what I always. What has led me to two championship titles in SCW. That...is to B.A.B

BREAK!

A!

BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you five Soon, cause I'm not done yet!

[Crystal Zdunich]

 Three Weeks Ago
Rose Productions Studio
Los Angeles, California
July 16th

The last couple of weeks had been absolute hell for Crystal Millar. Going all the way back to the last supercard. Crystal felt a sort of emptiness when her husband Jonathan decided to separate himself from her. So even though Crystal didn’t come through in winning the title she had the chance of a lifetime to make things right. To finally become a World Champion and she did just that at the 150th edition of Climax Control but it still didn’t bring Jonathan back. Independence Day had come and gone but that didn’t make a difference as she really didn’t have anyone to spend that special day with. Her daughter Brittany had moved out of the house and decided to live with her father, and God knows where Jonathan was. As soon as Crystal won the championship she had hoped she could win her Jonathan back by showing her courage as she challenging Mikah to a match but it was still to no avail. Jonathan was nowhere to be found and once again she proved to the world that she couldn’t beat Mikah when it mattered.

In Crystal’s mind maybe she just wasn’t good enough?

Maybe Mikah was truly as good as everyone said she was and it would only be a matter of time before the tall blonde would take back what belonged to her.

Crystal enjoyed being the World Bombshell Champion. It was the only thing that made her feel important at this point in her life but even with the belt she still felt like there was a void in her life. She felt as if something was missing and she didn’t know what that something was. Maybe not having her husband by her side was enough to affect her in ways she couldn’t imagine. Maybe just maybe it was the reason why she was shutting down on the rest of the world or perhaps it was getting to her and affecting her very wrestling ability. Since losing to Mikah Crystal was hardly seen on SCW television and she knew that was very unbecoming for the face of the bombshell division. Instead Crystal decided to just hide herself in her studio as she took that frustration and heartbreak in the form of recording music and it had been a long time since Crystal found her way to a studio. Everything she did was always for the big screen so this was a trip down memory lane.

Crystal had recorded the last of her songs and she leaned back in the chair as she could see some of the producers from her studio smiling at her. They all gave her the thumbs up as she could only nod her head in agreement.

“Great job Crystal… I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t have about 6 hit songs on everything that you recorded…”

Crystal gave a fake smile in return as she waved back at them, She stood up as she took her headphones off. She exited the recording studio as she looked back at all of them. “Well… Hopefully you guys can find something in there although it honestly was never about trying to make a hit record…”

They were a little taken back as they didn’t know what to say. As their eyes were all glued in on her as they didn’t know where she was coming from. The head producer sighs as he looks back at her. “What do you mean it wasn’t about the music?! Then why did we spend weeks upon weeks recording all of this music? It has always been about the fame with you Mrs. Millar. From you always trying to create or star in the biggest blockbuster movie, or the way you try to takeover the wrestling world. To now putting together your second album ever. It has always been about making you shine brighter than everybody else, and making sure that nobody forgets the name of Crystal Hilton. Isn’t that what you wanted or always want to do?!”

Crystal once again shakes her head as she forms a serious expression on her lips. “Look normally it would be about that but I don’t want to get caught up in being Crystal Hilton… I rather focus on being Mrs. Millar. If you hadn’t noticed most of what I recorded has been songs about getting my Jonathan back. The only reason why I even came into the studio is because I didn’t know where else I could put some of this love for Jonathan at. I tried wrestling and it’s just been hard to focused. I tried Twitter but every time I mention him I never get anything in return. So perhaps music might be the way to get to him. Lord knows he doesn’t think much of my movies but these songs just have to reach him. If they don’t I really don’t know what else to do…”

Crystal begins to sigh as the men just look back at her. One of them just shake their heads as they offer a long sigh before speaking. “I really don’t know much about Mr. Millar but as a married man I know what I would do if my wife tried to nag me so much…”

Crystal’s eyes opened wide up. “Really?!”

“Yeah… I would do everything in my power to make sure I could get some personal space… did you ever consider that maybe Jonathan is out there trying to figure things out for himself? That maybe he wants his own space so he can figure out what he is supposed to do from here?!”

“That’s bullshit… My Jonathan needs to show that he loves me! He needs to come back so we can start plotting the next stages of our lives together. I am nothing without my Jonathan…”

Crystal screamed out in return but the man just placed his hands on her shoulders as he looked into her eyes. “Now you aren’t even thinking straight right now Crystal. You cheated on the man and slept with somebody else.”

“NO I TRIED TO SLEEP WITH SOMEBODY ELSE! THAT DOESN’T MEAN I DID IT!”

The man just sighs in return as he keeps speaking. “Well still though. The fact is you intended to sleep with somebody else. I know you are feeling down in the dumps and are going crazy because you feel Jonathan doesn’t want anything to do with you but how do you think he feels?! Is he supposed to just move on and act like nothing has happened? He is supposed to just forgive you and act like your lives are just peaches and creme? The answer is no he can’t do that and from the sounds of everything I don’t blame him. There are going to be trust issues that he has when it comes to you. The saying goes once a cheat always a cheat. So what’s to stop Jonathan from getting this notion in his mind that you wouldn’t try to break his heart again sometime down the road?!”

Crystal sighs as she looks back at him. She hated admitting he was right, and probably would never bring herself into doing the such. “But I wouldn’t… I can’t sleep without my Jonathan…  I can’t do anything without him!”

“Well if that was truly the case why were you immediately trying to whore yourself out on Twitter hoping to find someone that you could ummm have sexual intercourse with? That’s not normal behaviour and that’s not how someone who really misses their husband would act. If you really loved him as much as you say you do. You would stop making this about you and actually use empathy to put yourself in his shoes. You hurt him Christina, and it might not mean that much to you but the fact is you did. So give the man some space. The more you keep pushing the issue the more he is going to keep on distancing himself from you…”

The sighs escaped the lead producer as he looked back at Crystal but Crystal wasn’t having that as she snapped back at him. “But how can I just let him walk away like that?! It’s not in my nature to just let things be and be done with it! Do you know how it feels to have sat through Roxi and Keira’s renewal this week?! Do you know how it’s going to feel to board that cruiseship and have that damn Mikah and Drake Green Wedding shoved down my throat?! I can’t deal with that shit. I barely sat through Keira’s wedding without cringing and at this stage she’s supposed to be a friend. How do you expect me to sit through a wedding of someone I don’t like…”

“I suggest that you find some other ways to occupy your time on the cruise then…”

“Other ways to occupy my time?! It’s been shoved down our throats. The only thing I see every week is her talking about her wedding. How it’s been one year. How she loves him. How she does this and does that, and it makes me sick… Sick to my damn stomach...Hell seeing Roxi and Keira renewal made me sick as well… Sure I can play the role of the good friend. Be supportive be there for them. But deep down… Every single moment of it made me cringe because it wasn’t me. It wasn’t Jonathan and I out there on that beach renewing our vows. How can I sit there and be happy for somebody else when I am not happy with my own life?! Please tell me that!”

He just sighs as he looks at everyone else before he moves his eyes back to her. “That’s something you are going to have to face then but you can’t keep going on like this because it’s not healthy. If it’s getting to you this much perhaps you should seek some professional help of some kind because I don’t want you to end up like all of these love sick fools who don’t get what they want and then they go on to do something stupid. You especially… I know for a fact that you are better than this. It’s not like you to get jealous over others…”

:Obviously you don’t know me then!”

“Obviously it sounds like you are just weak Crystal. Maybe you should just regain your composure because all you are doing is tarnishing your image. You are the Bombshell World Champion for Christ sakes. The forefront for women’s wrestling inside of a wrestling company. You own your own movie production studio, and you are letting your image go to waste because you are love sick! You need to really take a long look at yourself because if you shape up. Jonathan isn’t the only thing you are going to lose. You are going to find yourself losing a lot of respect from various people and your status in everything you do. Don’t let it affect you because once it does. You will find yourself on a downward spiral that you can’t get yourself out of. Do you understand where I am coming from?!”

Crystal slowly nodded her head in agreement.

“I guess so although… I really wish I didn’t…”

“It’s fine… Get some sleep tonight. Everything you did in the studio was a masterpiece. I know for a fact this album is going to be amazing because you put your heart and everything into it, but perhaps you should be putting that same passion into everything else you are doing. Do you understand me?!”

Crystal once again nodded. “Yes I do…”

“Good… We are going to call it a night. Take care Christina and please just listen to everything that I said. The only reason why any of us came down on you is because we care for you, and deep down behind the facade of the bitch you present yourself on television. Behind the woman that runs this company and everything. There is a sweet kind girl. One that I know Jonathan adores but you just need to let him find that out on his own. Just don’t push anything Crystal. I mean that…”

The producers all waved to Crystal as they took their leave. Leaving the Silver Screen Queen alone in the recording studio. She just sighed as she exited the room as her attention shifted over towards that of the keyboard. She was alone and she couldn’t help but play on the keyboard as she slowly started to sing sweet melodies over the way that she had missed her Jonathan.


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Hello SCW Faithful!

This is the one and only Crystal Millar. First and foremost I feel like I need to apologize for not really being around the last couple of weeks. When I won the World Championship from Sam Marlowe it felt like four years of stress had been lifted from my shoulders. Those four years were really the hardest in my lifetime. Nobody really considered me to be much of anything.

It was a time where I was too busy trying to get caught up in telling everybody how much I was the best but I really didn’t do much to really showcase that fact. Sure I may have held a tag title or two or may have found myself always in the hunt but I never really made it past being in the hunt, and it killed me every step of the way. It killed me knowing that at one point everyone talked highly of me, and all of that came crashing down in one fell swoop as I was left with nothing.

The name of Crystal Hilton was only that of a memory and whenever people talked me up it would follow up with the words has been and other words that followed it. I knew I needed to change things up and I am just thankful for SCW because it was this great company that really helped me get back on my feet again.

Although when I first came to this company I was afraid to be myself. I still wasn’t comfortable with who I was that I simply hid. Hid myself in my old Luchadora gimmick as I wrestled under the name of La Paloma as I was that dove that simply wanted to fly above everyone else. Yet it was as if my wings were still clipped.

I didn’t really get anywhere and there was still something that was holding me back. Natalie Mckinley… I just want to take this moment for really just being there for me. You were the woman that introduced me to a hard concept that I never wished to face. A concept called reality and as you defeated me over and over again. You helped me understand that I couldn’t hide myself any longer.

I had no reason to be afraid of falling. I had no reason to hide my identity and that is when Crystal Hilton was revealed to the world. To the SCW fanatics. Some of them knew my name. They knew who I was and they waited to see if I could get to my former glory. It did come in the form of Natalie Mckinley and I just want to thank you for really pushing me to my limits because it was you who helped me establish sides of myself that I honestly didn’t think existed. Or sides that I wish I could run away from.

While you might have been my biggest rival in this company you have sincerely been my best friend here and I thank you for everything that you have done. Without a Natalie McKinley there wouldn’t be a Crystal Millar. There wouldn’t be the woman who showed she still had credibility when she won the Roulette Championship and continued to prove herself all the way towards her big World Championship push.

So once again Natalie… I thank you because you have made this all possible. I can say these last few weeks have been hell but honestly the moment I fell from grace four years ago is when my entire world came crashing down.

I was no longer at the top of the wrestling world. I was no longer the woman on the grand marquee. I was simply a midcarder at best and had to subject myself to watching everyone else who started wrestling around the same time that I have. Or entering other wrestling companies the same time that I have move light years ahead of me.

Everybody else was reaching to the of the ladder and it felt like I couldn’t get off of the first step. Adding onto that the death of my father. A bad divorce from my husband of 9 years and losing custody of my baby girl,, and it felt like I was destined to always be a failure.

But something started to change in my life. I found SCW. I also found love in a fellow wrestler. The next moment I was engaged. I was married shortly after that and I was happy.

For the first time in a very long time. I was actually happy with myself. I had the new English studmuffin of a husband in my Jonathan. My daughter was back in my life and there was only one thing missing from it all to have that real storybook happy ending. I needed to find redemption in my wrestling career. I needed to get back to the top again and that’s what I vowed to do in the year 2016.

The year started off with a big bang unlike the horrors of my 2015. I actually won match after match. I was undefeated and as I entered into the Blast From The Past. I never stopped my pace towards making it to the top.

I did have an amazing partner in Despy but I didn’t care. I just needed to have the glory for myself and by the end of it all I actually won.

Crystal Millar had actually managed to win something.and I stood in line for the biggest prize of them all. I rubbed it in everyone’s face. I wanted it to be known that I was the cream of the crop. The best of the best, and when it came to being the biggest bitch on the block. Nobody could top me.

That’s when Mikah was shoved my way and she beat me… But I never let it deter me. I kept pushing. I kept fighting and after falling short at the Supercard. I finally did it against Sam Marlowe. I had finally brought the World Bombshell Championship around the waist of where it belonged.

That being my waist... Yet winning the championship didn’t really have the impact in my life that I thought it would have. Because winning a championship is something that is supposed to be shared with others. It’s something that’s supposed to be exciting. Something that I can celebrate with my closest friends and family.

Not to say that many of you aren’t but I just wanted to be happy with my Jonathan but I never got that because I just wasn’t happy with what I had. I had to betray Jonathan’s trust by trying to sleep with another man and in the end. I didn’t get the man I was chasing after and Jonathan left me. I was left with nothing and here I am now trying to find the pieces of my life so that I could put them together.

I honestly thought I could find some passion into challenging Mikah and really taking it to the blonde beauty but in the end she proved the same thing that she had always managed to prove. That she was better than me. That she could beat me in the center of the ring, and my first match as a champion resulted in her pinning me for the umpteenth time.

As much as I can say that it absolutely sucks to lose to Mikah once again. I think what hurts the most is that I don’t have my Jonathan to pick me up when I feel down. I don’t have the motivational encouragement to enforce that I can still fight onward and I can learn from my losses.

That sweet English voice in my life is gone and I don’t know what to do with myself.

Now I am only a week away from walking into the biggest match of my entire career. A chamber of fate match. A match in which six women are all going to walk into the confines of the ring for one simple purpose. To walk out as the World Bombshell Champion.

To be honest as the champion I don’t know if I am really ready to walk into a match like this. Whereas I was always the hunter looking to capitalize on the moment. Looking to build myself to show the world that I had what it took to compete with the best of them night in and night out.

Five other people are going to be in that spot when we fight aboard the cruise ship. So whether I am ready or not. I know that I will have to force myself to be ready because those other bombshells will be thrilled to take my spot.

Some people are already figuring that this match is ultimately going to come down between Mikah and I, and are quick to write off the other four women that are in this match, but in all honesty. I really wouldn’t be too sure about that.

Any one of these women have the ability to really pull out the victory because they are all gunning for the same thing. They all want to be the very best like no one ever was…

Okay that was a little Pokemon humor, but in all seriousness I have been in the ring with all five of these women this year. As a matter of fact I been in the ring with these women enough times to know exactly what they are all about.

Each of them have been a champion in this company. Some have been the longest reigning champions in their respective divisions. Some have had the quickest road to the World Bombshell Championship while some are looking to show why they are a Grand Slam Champion or why they are on the cusp of becoming one.

Each of these women have so much to prove and while I may not have that fire as of yet. You better believe that on July 31st I will be ready to defend my championship at all costs. I will be ready to show why I am infact the champion and why I am not ready to give up that spot just yet.

I will show the entire world why I have something to fight for and I hope Jonathan watches on because all of my heartbreak, frustrations, and emotions that I have in losing him are going to be poured out into the depths of this match.

So you all better get ready because you are going to get a bitch that you have never gotten before. It’s a well known fact that whenever I step through those ropes I become this big time Bitch and it’s one that I am happy to become.

All of you may be good in your own respects but when I am on my game I simply can’t be touched. I know this, you all should know this, and everybody on that cruise will know it.

Let me be the first to tell you that it is my plan to walk out as the champion at all stops and I will be damned if anyone gets in the way of doing that. This is my match, and it’s unfair that everyone keeps bringing up that this is between Mikah and I. Completely writing off the four other opponents.

What everyone should be saying is that Crystal is going to win and simply calling it a day and leaving it like that.

July 31st I will be ready for whatever comes my way. You can rest assured on that. For I am the SILVER SCREEN QUEEN… And nobody will take away my spotlight and kill my road of redemption!

Not when I am the only one with the most to lose within this match… Hell to the no…



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Hanging Out With A Friend
Hollywood, California

It was less than a week before the cruise ship would set sail for the biggest supercard of the Summer. It wasn’t hard to know that Crystal had been down over her Jonathan. After all it was the only thing that she had ever talked about. The little blogger of a fangirl in Zelda Clark and Crystal had really been drawn close to one another. Which is ironic considering that if it was anyone else Crystal would have naturally been a bully to them. But considering that Crystal’s first start in a wrestling company was almost similar to that of Zelda’s. Crystal actually saw something of herself in Zelda and because of such. Crystal became protective of her and also saw her as a great person to have as a friend. Zelda had arrived at the Hilton mansion complete with a very big suitcase. Crystal was quick to open the door as Zelda was stunned as Crystal opened the door.

“Zelda welcome to my lovely abode… There’s a huge guest room you are going to stay in. The pool is in the backyard, and hopefully my idea of fun will be what you are expecting…”

Zelda smiled in return as she kept on looking around at Crystal’s home. “Wow your house is super big. You really live the life don’t you?!” She smiled but Crystal was trying her best to be a great host of taking Zelda’s bag as she rolled it away from her. “Ehhh it has it’s moments although when your husband and daughter decide they don’t want anything to do with you. Having all of this space is just a bigger space for you to be lonely in. It actually kind of sucks to be honest when it’s you alone…”

Crystal thinks about it as she continues to speak. “Yeah don’t ever listen to that Veronica Taylor garbage. Money really isn’t anything. It can bring short comfort sure but it can’t bring long term happiness… Anyway make yourself at home. This home of mine can be considered your home for the week. No reason for you to pay ridiculous hotel room fees while I have a big mansion like this right?! This should be a comfortable enough place for you to stay until you attend Akbar or even our cruise…”

Zelda could only welcome Crystal with a warm smile in return as she nodded her head in agreement. “Thank you so much! I am sure I will make great use of your pool but too be honest I was hoping I could cheer you up!”

“I am fine though Zelda… Honestly I am completely fine…”

Zelda shakes her head as she stares back at Crystal. “You can tell that to somebody else but when all you do is talk about how heartbroken you are. It’s time for an intervention…”

Crystal raises an eyebrow. “And what kind of intervention would that be?!”

Zelda smiles wickedly. “One to put a smile back on your face…”

“Zelda… That really isn’t necessary…”

“Oh but I insist! When I told you to cheer up champ, I meant it. So it’s going to be my job while I am here to help you cheer up. I made a prediction that you were going to retain your title. Or at least I hope, hope, hope it was you…”

“Right just like you are fans of every single other bombshell in the company too…”

“Well yeah… Nuh uhhhhhhhh… Well actually… What’s important to me right now! Is making sure you are okay. So you say Jonathan is causing you to lose your focus among other things. Well guess what we can change that… Maybe just maybe you need to have an amazing night. Showcase that Jonathan spin what direction your life goes in. How about the two of us just have an amazing night out in town. I always wanted to see how you Hollywood stars live your life when you aren’t at home…”

Crystal couldn’t help but grin as she shook her head. “ I honestly don’t think you want to do that and besides taking me out on the town really isn’t a good idea. I sometimes have a bad habit of getting carried away plus I am a recovering alcoholic so I rather not…”

“Don’t worry… I will make sure that you are a good girl. Trust me Crystal you can count on me…”

“Zelda that’s what I am afraid of… I honestly never hung out with you before. I have no idea what you are about and….”

“NOPE!!! Not taking no for an answer. Why don’t you dress up into something nice and let me go about doing the rest…” Zelda smiles with a passionate grin on her lips. Crystal seems a little taken back as she looks at the fangirl.

“Timeout! Let’s stop the tape for a second. You are in my town… I am supposed to be the host not you…” Crystal places her hands on her hips as she looks back at Clark but the blogger grins as she keeps her eyes fixated on Crystal.

“Maybe on any other occasion you would be but tonight. It’s operation get you happy again. So go put on something really nice and let me just do the rest. Trust me… It’s going to be a night you definitely will not forget or want to forget…”

“That’s what I am afraid of…”

“Don’t be just trust in me…”

Crystal walks away as she looks back at Zelda. She doesn’t know what it is about the faithful fangirl but Crystal felt comfortable around her. She felt excited and she was actually looking forward to seeing what the little blogger had in store for her.

A few hours later…

The two women have made their way to downtown Los Angeles, and they could be seen walking into a nightclub. Loud hip hop music is playing as Crystal walks in with her red bottom louboutins and a coach handbag over a shoulder with a very short white mini dress. Zelda is dressed to impressed in her heels and a nice dress. She turns her attention to Crystal as she smiles at her. “You are simply beautiful Crystal…”

“I already know this… Like hello Hollywood Starlet here…. I bring the beauty wherever I go…”

“Good well you can bring it here then…”

Zelda smiles as she continues to speak to Crystal but Crystal motions to the bartender as she takes her first Strawberry Margarita of the night. “Okay so what’s the gameplan Zelda? You tell me…”

“Okay… So seeing as we are here. All I want is for you is to have a great time. This club seems like a great place to meet some guys and just enjoy the night…”

“MEET SOME GUYS?! Zelda I am a married woman!”

Zelda gives Crystal a look. “You were crying that you were separated and as far as I am concerned separated single they both start with S don’t they?! They could mean the same thing. Just have fun and the point is you could move on without Jonathan. There’s no reason why he should have that much of an impact on your life right? You can’t let him control you! It’s not healthy and the whole world can see it…”

Crystal just nods her head in agreement as she finishes her drink and calls for another one. This time a shot. It is passed to her and she takes it straight to the head.

“Are you even listening to me?!”

Crystal can only grin as she asks for yet another drink.

“Earth to Crystal… Are you even listening to me?!”

“Yeah of course… Did you say something Zelda…”

“I have been talking to you this entire time… Weren’t you listening to me?!”

Crystal shrugs her shoulders and finally Zelda sees that Crystal has been drinking. Zelda can’t help but offer a long sigh as she pushes the drink away from Crystal. She looks at her in the eyes as she places her hands on her hips.

“Oh God NO DRINKING! I won’t watch you drink… I remember the last time I got drunk and it wasn’t pretty…”

“Yeah, yeah sure… You were the one that wanted me to have a good time so that’s EXACTLY what I intend to do… You want to see some dancing? I will show you dancing!”

Crystal pushes Zelda aside as she walks right out onto the dance floor. She finds a guy and out of nowhere begins to make out with him. Zelda is taken back as she watches Crystal begin to grind against the guy. In fact she is sandwiched between two guys and she is moving her body as hard as she possibly can against them. She begins to make out with the one in front of her again and that’s when Zelda quickly storms over to where Crystal is and pulls her away.

“What is wrong with you?!”

The alcohol seems to have been getting to Crystal as she just moves her hands about. She slurs her words as she stares deeply at the fangirl. “What… You werrrrrrrrrrrre the one that said I needed to mooooooooove on. You werrrrrrrrrrrrrre the one that said I could do better… So I was doing just that!”

“No you weren’t doing that at all! You looked like you were a few moments away from being date raped….”

SO?!”

“No! Now you aren’t making sense right now… I think it’s best if we just go back to your house. Maybe it was wrong for me to take you out of the house. I didn’t know how bad you would get after alcohol…”

“Pleaseeeeeeee let me stay! Please, please, please!”

“No Crystal… We are going to go home!”

“But what about one more drink?!”

Zelda shakes her head passionately as she violently yanks on Crystal’s arm. “NO… You had enough as it is… Let’s just go…”

Zelda sighs as she yanks Crystal out of there. As they head back to the car and proceed to take Crystal back home.

A little later on…

Zelda has arrived back at Crystal’s home and she helps the drunk woman into her house. “God… You know you are going to have a hangover tomorrow right?!”

“Meh… I don’t feel so good…”

“I will make sure you get plenty of water, and make sure you get back up to par. Let’s get you some rest and we can discuss what we should do differently by tomorrow…”

Zelda brings Crystal into her home. Zelda was a tough girl as she helped her friend into her home. Things were going well until Zelda realized that neither of them had left lights on in the house. She was taken back but it’s not like she could do anything with a drunk Crystal on her shoulders.”

“Ummm Crystal you didn’t leave the lights on did you?!”

Crystal was loopy as she didn’t even know what to say but that’s when Zelda heard footsteps. She couldn’t just leave Crystal. She started to brace herself as she didn’t know what to expect but at all costs she would ensure that her and Crystal were safe. But there was no need as the footsteps drew closer and closer. The footsteps were from that of Crystal’s husband Jonathan. He looks at Zelda before he turns his attention to his drunk wife. He sighs as he looks at Zelda.

“Thanks for looking after my wife but I think I can take it from here…”

Zelda nods her head as he switches place with her. Jonathan helps his wife to the couch and begins to hug her passionately. Crystal is still a bit out of it as she turns her attention to her husband.

“Jonathan is that you?!”

“Yes Crystal it’s me…I see you have been drinking tonight…”

Crystal tries her best to regain her composure but considering how much she had been drinking tonight that really doesn’t seem like an easy thing to do.

“Oh God my head hurts!”

“Don’t worry I will take care of you… Look Christina I feel like I owe you this conversation because I never really got the chance to have it with you….”

Crystal just nods her head as she listens on. “I love you… More than life itself but with that whole thing with Matt and what not you really did hurt me. I didn’t know what I was going to do with myself but every single week I hear you mention how you wanted me to say something to you. How you wanted my attention and all I needed was time to figure out what I wanted…”

Crystal raises her eyes as she looks back at her husband. “And what is it that you want?!”

“Well considering I came back here I think I know what I want… It’s really not that hard to figure it out, but if you want me to say it I will… I want you Christina… I want this to work out…”

“And that’s what I want as well Jonathan! I didn’t nearly spend all of these weeks and months saying how much I missed you for show. I did it because I really do love you, and I didn’t know how much I loved you until I was gone…”

Jonathan nods his head as he smiles at his wife. “And I love you as well but sometimes we can’t always get what we want but seeing as you can’t help yourself. Becoming a drunk mess and what have you. I realize I can’t just leave for a while because you are going to end up doing something stupid. So this is how this is going to work. I am going to move back into this house…”

“REALLY?!” Crystal nearly jumps for joy as she looks deep into her husband’s eyes. She goes for a kiss but he pushes her away.

“Wait a second… But I am not going to make this easy on you. Until we really work everything out… We are going to sleep in separate rooms… We will be living in the same house but it’s going to be as if we have separate lives…”

“That’s not fair!”

“I could leave and make it really not fair…”

“No, no…. This is fine… This is much better….”

Jonathan smiles in return. “Good I am glad you feel that way but if things are meant to be we will be where we were at and there won’t be anything to stop us, but for now. I think it’s best if we just keep our interactions to a minimum because if things work out the way I want them too… Our love will be stronger than it ever has been. But you can’t expect me to forgive you overnight and there are still some things I need to deal with. You understand where I am coming from?!”

Crystal slowly nods her head in agreement. “I understand Jonathan and I love you so much babe…”

“I love you too hun…”

Crystal can’t help but chuckle as she leans forward as Jonathan raises his eyebrow at his wife.

“What do you think you are doing?!”

Crystal thinks about it for a few moments as she replies back to him. “Sealing it with a kiss… Isn’t that the proper way to do it or you won’t even do that?!”

Jonathan shakes his head. “It’s not that I don’t want too but we can leave that for the morning when you sober up and don’t have liquor on your breath. If we are going to kiss and it’s going to make you happy. I want you to at least remember the moment. For now why don’t we work on getting you some rest and getting you sobered up…”

Crystal smiles as she is already snoring. Jonathan leans over as he plants a kiss on her cheek as he makes sure that she is comfortable. He places a pillow under her head to make sure that she is sitting upright. He places his arm around her as he moves her head into his arm. He runs his hands through her hair as he speaks out loud.

“I really do love you Christina… And I know things will work out for the best…”

With that in mind Jonathan leans back as he closes his eyes as well. He begins to drift away as he holds his wife close to him. Although Crystal had hoped that she would be back to where she was. It was going to take time but this was definitely a step in the right direction, and if Crystal was sober. She would be all smiles…

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So in over a week SCW will set sail on a cruise and everyone will be enjoying a cruise on SummerXXXtreme IV. It’s the biggest event of the summer and the highlight of the night will be the biggest bombshell match ever in the company’s history. Six women will enter into the confines of one ring with one single thought in mind. To walk away with the Bombshell Championship. To walk away with MY CHAMPIONSHIP and let me be the first to say that shit isn’t going to happen.

I know things with Jonathan and I haven’t been all that well but let me tell you that doesn’t even matter because once I step through those ropes you will get Crystal Millar bitchified. You will get me at my very best and no one else will be able to stand somewhat close of a chance because I know I am the very best that this company has to offer. Now let’s leave Mikah aside for a moment because I will get to her a little later but when it comes to four of these women in this match. The reality is I already have proven that I had what it took to beat them. As a matter of fact I have beaten their asses this year which means they shouldn’t even be in my presence.

I know the Bombshell Division is a clusterfuck as it seems now. This person is owed a rematch clause, that person is owed a rematch clause. This person feels they deserve a shot, while that one wants a shot. And a certain woman never once asked for a rematch but the problem with this match. At least in my opinion is what is going to happen after I beat everybody?! What is the company going to do then when I prove myself in front of everybody on that cruise ship who is going to be next in line?

Because if you asked me none of them will have deserved another match with me because I beat them all in one night. The real problem with the SCW Bombshell World Championship is that it keeps getting passed around like it’s a hot potato. There’s no stability to the championship but nobody should worry because I will bring the prestige back. I will be that stability because this championship isn’t going anywhere for a long long time.

On one side of this match you have Jessie Salco… Yes Jessie Salco… The woman who prides herself on being SCW’s heavy Metal Queen, and yet if memory serves me right all she ever did was talk shit about me endlessly. She talked down the fact that I was a mean girl for the longest. YET I HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY BEEN APART OF THE GROUP!

Just because I was what hanging around the likes of Mercedes, Delia, and recently Veronica Taylor. Never made me a part of the group. I am not a groupie I am not one to join someone else’s group. I am the innovator. I am the main attraction and whenever I get involved in something I will always make sure that all eyes are on me. You saw how things happened with Veronica Taylor. She was persistent on calling people uggos and what not. I really don’t give two craps about someone’s appearance.

All I ever cared about was everyone’s wrestling ability and well I have the championship belt that let’s everyone know I am the best. Even after I lost to Mikah a few weeks right after that lost I was seen clutching my title because one lost doesn’t change the fact that I am better than everybody else.

Now if memory serves me right didn’t I hear you running your mouth on Twitter a few days ago that I didn’t have to worry about the stress of a champion because you were going to take the title from me?! Really is that what you plan to do… Could have fooled me since I always seem to embarrass you every time we step into the ring with one another. And even on my worst day it’s still greater than your best day. You should maybe stick to what you are good at. Working your way into fighting Melody Grace again or something on your calibur because you are way over your head in this match.

I guess you have somewhat of my respect. You did manage to become a Roulette Champion like three years ago, and you were a multiple time Bombshell Tag Champion along with holding the Internet Championship but what does that mean to me?

But now you have the chance to really make that history. You can go down in the history books Mercedes Vargas and your buddy Amy Marshall as being a Grand Slam Champion. That’s quite the honor isn’t it? It definitely would make you feel special. People would respect you in ways you could never imagine but truth of the matter is that’s not what’s going to happen. You are going to get your ass beat. You are going to be denied in your quest to beat me and you will find yourself eliminated right out of this match. Your dreams of being a World Champion, Grand Slam Champion, and actually being relevant are going to go poof. Right down the drain.

Also in this match we have Mercedes Vargas and Vargas and I go way back with one another. What I find funny is she was so damn persistent on rubbing it in that I was the one that got pinned at the last supercard and I should feel happy to have been in such a stellar with the likes of her and Sam Marlowe but let me explain something. I don’t go down to the ring to wrestle for being second best and second rated. I wrestle to be the best, and wrestle with the intention to be better than everybody else.

Vargas how do you like me now?! How do you like the fact that I went out there and simply BEAT Sam Marlowe. Where as you will always remember your rise to the top as being gift wrapped by yours truly I want you to take a long look at how I won my championship. Not only did I beat Sam Marlowe but I wrapped her in my Withering Rose and I KO-D her ass in the middle of the ring. All of that trash she was talking that she would leave 150 with the title in hand. It really didn’t matter because after the way I beat her she didn’t have much to say but congrats because she knows who the better woman was that night. I PUT HER IN MY SUBMISSION AND MADE HER PASS OUT!

Just think about that for a moment! A glorified spot monkey won via knockout. So while you can be jealous over that or still wondering how you lost your World title so quickly. Let me bring up another random fact that when it comes to you and I. Will besides the fact that your own bombshell reign was short reigned. The fact is while you may have beaten me in the past when it comes to wrestling in an SCW ring. You have never beaten me in this company before. I have always had your number and in every World title match that you have always had me to deal with. So it’s a foregone conclusion that you won’t win this match. You haven’t beaten me before so why should you start now?!

Hell what do you really have after this Supercard anyway? What do you do when Kate goes on to shatter your reign as longest reigning Roulette Champion. What do you do when you find yourself eliminated from this match…

You want to know what that makes you? That makes you history… Simply something people can remember in the history books but nothing more besides that. I am sorry it had to be this way Vargas. And just like that everything about you will be history. Don’t worry when I need you I’ll let you know. Who knows down the road I might need someone like you so I can carry you to a tag team title run. I could use you to become a triple crowner. You should feel honored that I would even consider you for something like that.

But as it currently stands. Your days as being the best in this company were a fluke to begin with. You aren’t a contender, merely a pretender. You aren’t ready to die, and breathe this sport like I am so just get out of my face. In my eyes there will only ever be room for one Latina running things in this company and it damn sure isn’t you.

They say #LatinasDoItBetter but in this case #NobodyDoesItLikeCrystal. Bye Felicia.. Get out of my face. You won’t make it past go. You won’t collect $200 and you damn sure won’t become a two time champion at least not at my expense.

With Vargas out of the way that brings me to the likes of Sam Marlowe and in the past I know I was rude when I called you the C word. I know simply bad thing to say and no one deserves that kind of treatment. Instead what I should have been upfront and honest with you. The word I should have used for someone like you is one that better suits you. A word called OVERRATED! Everybody was all over the Sam Marlowe hype train and hell you did get me at Into The Void V. You did catch me with a  Sammisault. You did get that big win that made you rewrite the horrors of me screwing you out of your title in the first place.

But then you went on to lose the championship to me TWO WEEKS LATER! Because of me you will go down in history as the shortest reigning champion in this company’s history and that must make you feel like utter garbage. Garbage because I beat you without having my Jonathan at my side. Garbage that you simply weren’t good enough to measure up to my superior wrestling skills. So what are you going to do now that you have the chance to redeem yourself? Will you actually fight your little heart out and get your title back or will you simply fall to me again?

I give you credit though. It must be hard to balance school and wrestling. It must have been great knowing that people find your popular and even someone such as yourself has fans…

I hate to break it to you… SPOILER ALERT… Those aren’t fans… Those are people that simply want to *BEEP* you. That’s all they want from you. Nobody cares about your wrestling or anything about you for that matter. They just like your body.

But when it comes to wrestling I refuse to lose to the likes of you. Will you stand tall? Will you come out ahead and become that three time champion or will you fail once again. I think the latter is what best suits you.

Of course it wouldn’t be a big time match without having Mikah in it. The same woman who at one point said she couldn’t wait to fight Sam Marlowe for the championship again but the very moment I win the title she just went on record she didn’t care about the title anymore. The fact is Mikah has had my number on every single occasion of us stepping into the ring with one another, but the truth is. She has also gone on record saying SHE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE TITLE! She didn’t care because if she did she would have been dying to get it back the moment she lost it. Mikah can be seen on every single show and all she mentions on social media shows whatever. Is DRAKE GREEN, DRAKE GREEN, AND MORE DRAKE GREEN…

All she cares about is this big wedding on this cruise ship and that’s SO PRETENTIOUS even for me… It absolutely kills me knowing we have to be on a cruiseship and be subjected to that ridiculous crap. NOBODY CARES… This is the same woman that has showed up to shows piss drunk. Who presented an unsafe working environment but then in the very next moment when I picked on little Despy. It’s like the whole company started to change on a dime as they wanted my head on a platter!

Let me explain something wasn’t anyone paying attention when Celeste, Natalie, and myself vowed to put an end to that nonsense. We vowed to do exactly just that and people seemed to be into it, but people turned on me because I actually cared about my spot in this company and being the best.

Well excuse me for actually caring about being THE Bombshell. One thing is for sure. I do respect what Mikah did. She is ONE of the best in the company. She has had a reign like none other and I am happy everybody likes to talk her up.

But the only reason she had as long as a reign as she’s had is only because someone like myself never held the belt to the point of shattering that title. She might pride herself on being a better wife than I could ever be or maybe a better mother to her daughter than I could to my own. But whereas her focus is on that of her wedding my focus is solely on that on being the champion being the BEST and proving to the entire world that I am better than her.

You can see who is more ready and fit to fight in what’s to come and it’s not the woman who is only looking for her big wedding. Summer XXXtreme IV will be the night where I finally get over the hump and prove I am better than that blonde bimbo.

And last but not least that leaves me to Keira Johnson. The woman who definitely isn’t like the others. Outside of the ring we might have recently become friends but inside of the ring she isn’t worthy of being in this match. Yes she did beat me in an SCW ring. Twice no less but that was all in the past in the earlier stages of 2015 what about this year. What about something more current?

Yay Keira had that long reign of being Bombshell Tag Champion and to some people. She was carried to that honor by her loving wife. Great job there Keira but this year I defeated you in that triple threat match and when everybody that that Team Hero was unstoppable. Melanie, Kate Steele, and I beat the likes of Team Hero and Mercedes Vargas. Team Hero fell to me. Just like your wife Roxi fell to me in the Blast From The Past.

But I get it Keira you demanded a World Championship match without really having a stable Roulette Reign. While people like me had to fight for an entire year and through a tournament just to get a shot. You think you deserve a title match based on what you did with tag team titles?!

That doesn’t make ANY sense, but you are here now because you beat Roxi… You are here because you got through your own wife and now you think you are going to take away what I treasure the most?

I have a job to do. I promised stability and I know I can’t do that if I let someone so undeserving as you walk away with a win. If there’s one thing I don’t want to become. It’s mentioned on the Hot Wire as being someone who lost her credibility because she couldn’t defend her title. I am better than that. The title being passed around stops on that Cruise Ship.

In this big match that is HIGHLIGHTING THE NIGHT as the main attraction. That is higher on the card then the second showdown between Despy and J2H. I won’t lose in my big Grand Marquee moment. It’s moments like this that I live and die for.

And If I make it past this I will be acknowledged as the best Bombshell that this company has to offer. Of course the cover athlete will follow. The merch sales will go up and this entire company will be all about Crystal.

But in order to really assert myself as the best I have to win this match, and that’s why losing is no longer an option. This is my proving ground and all of you are just my tests within it.

I will go on being the best woman in the ring and you are officially going to take part in the Crystal Millar show.

Lights…

Camera

Action…

It’s showtime… Let the cameras roll. No better time to make my amazing wrestling documentary than by beating a bunch of inferior women right?

[Mercedes Vargas]

 Momento de claridad/Moment of Clarity XVI: Perspective
14 de julio de 2016 ♦ L O S A N G E L E S, C A L I F O R N I A

[Mercedes Vargas drives a punch into the punching bag hanging from the ceiling. Her strikes connect with precision, leaving sweat gleams and indents. And yet, while her targets are on point, it's the change in her eyes that are unsettling. The likely thoughts and visions behind them. She mixes in jab sequences and swift, daunting kicks into her routine. A pool of light enters the dank room as the door opens a crack and we see a figure entering the gym.]

Mercedes: Funny, I wasn't expecting visitors today.

[Stepping into the confines of the gym, Carmen Reyes crosses her arm over her chest, a disappointing scowl on her face.]

Carmen: I never took you for a morning person. Usually, you're asleep until noon.[/color]

[Mercedes doesn't even break stride in her routine.]

Mercedes: First time for everything.

Carmen: Happy birthday.

Mercedes: You're three weeks late, but thanks.

Carmen: Is that how long you've been ignoring your text messages?

[A cellphone flashes and Mercedes crosses over the room to check it. There are various unanswered texts from her cousin and other family members.]

Carmen: Aunt Estelle told me what you said.

Mercedes: That's what you've come all this way to tell me? I feel so much better now.

[Carmen stares towards her, visibly unimpressed.]

Carmen: I thought it was supposed to be another year older, another year wiser. Not bitter.

[Mercedes puts her cellphone away and turns back to Carmen. Annoyance replaces her sarcasm.]

Mercedes: Unless you have anything really important to tell me, you can use the map that you found in a box of Cracker Jacks and follow it back home.

[Pause.]

Carmen: You know, I was convinced you would be happy for once in your life, but I guess I was wrong.

[Carmen pulls one of the wooden chairs out from under the table and takes a seat, sitting across from her cousin.]

Mercedes: We can add that little chestnut on top of all the other things you're dead wrong about. I've never been better. I've accomplished a lot in my career. This is my life, you wanna swap? Nah I didn't think so. I know some people would be thinking that's nothing compared to what you do and what you've been through and you would be feeling sorry for this little girl. But believe me I'm not asking for sympathy.

Carmen: Do you believe that?

Mercedes: No lo sé.
[I don't know.]

Carmen: Yo que tú, lo olvidaría completamente.
[If I were you, I would forget -]

Mercedes: Forget about what, the sacrifices I've made? I didn't become a star overnight, you know? That's called hard work. I've busted my ass for seven years –

Carmen: Congratulations! That's what it takes to get anywhere in your career. You're handed nothing. You work for it. That's what you're supposed to! 95 percent of the time, talent beats hard work. 50 percent of the time, hard work beats talent. But if you have both, you're unbeatable. Sacrifice? No saber alguien de la misa la media. You think you do, but you don't. Climbing the ranks just to win a belt made out of cow skin and a hunk of metal is entirely different from putting your life on the line every minute of every day. Have you heard about the recent officers who died in the line of the duty the last three weeks? I didn't join the LAPD because I wanted to. I had a good paying job working for a dear friend of mine until somebody's attitude cost me that job and left me out of work for months. You think it's easy getting a job in LA? It's not. You're responsible for this.  

[Mercedes shreds off the MMA gloves.]

Mercedes: UCLA. Magna cum laude. Come on, who are you fooling? Any employer would practically beg to have you on their payroll. How was I supposed to know your boss, me and you and your boyfriend would be at the same movie theater? Can we just drop it?

Carmen: ¿Por qué estás tan enojado? [Why are you so upset?] Like you always have this chip on your shoulder?

Mercedes: No estás tan enojado. [I'm not upset.] And I sure as hell don't have a chip on my shoulder. I've come a long way and when people told me I couldn't do it and that I wouldn't amount to nothing, I've proven them wrong. I'm driven. I'm focusing on my match. Because I'm not going to lose again.

Carmen: And yet, there are dumber way to lose. Say, being too amped up about a match three weeks ago and focusing on the next match.

Mercedes: It was just so humiliating, Carmen. I wanted to win so badly. I'm the crafty veteran here, and I got pinned by someone younger than I am.

Carmen: Hey, someone caught you in a tough spot. Guess what? I bet that never happens to you again. You'll see it coming and know how to beat it. That's progress.

[Pause.]

Carmen: Sometimes, it takes a loss to reinforce the importance of ring awareness. And learning the correct way to escape bad situations and avoid them in the first place...Especially when it comes to younger opponents.

Mercedes: Sound advice.

~ ~ ~

Summer XXXtreme is less than two weeks away and, well, to be honest, the last couple of weeks haven't been anything to write home about. It wasn't too long ago that I was looking forward to winning my first-ever World Bombshell Championship in Kobe, Japan, but we all knew what happened there. Sure, I won the match and the title, but holding the title in my hands might as well have been fool's gold. And the three weeks leading into Into the Void was followed by controversy. I was shaken and stirred by this, but it didn't stop me from giving my all and leaving everything that I had in Tokyo at the last supercard. Unfortunately, my first-ever title defense would be my last. The last time I had a title reign that short was when I won the Bombshell tag titles, and that was two years ago. So you can imagine how upset I was. Not that Samantha won and not that Crystal took the pinfall, but that I was too little, too late in saving my reign. That's the tricky part about triple threat matches.

Since then, my return singles match with Sammi had uninvited guests and I was pinned by Jessie Salco again. Bad enough she's beaten me three times now, including yet another tag match. For some reason, I just want the next supercard to hurry up already because I've had just about enough waiting for the six-pack challenge for the title. I'm sure the fans feel the same way and maybe that's why these series of matches have been made to whet their appetites for what's to come at the end of this month.

Mikah and Crystal got their on-one-one just like me and Samantha did the week before. Anyone else notice how no one got involved in their match yet Mikah tried to interfere in my match? Not exactly sure what the then-birthday girl had in mind, but Crystal Millar stopped Mikah in her tracks. Don't get me wrong, Crystal's gesture was noble, but no good deed goes unpunished. You saw what happened. Another match between Sam and I, a match those good paying fans paid to see, was ruined because of interference.  I'm not sure how Sam took it, but I'm not going to pretend I was satisfied with the decision. Kobe and Tokyo, Japan and Laughlin, Nevada. Three times in six weeks somebody magically found themselves involved in my match directly or indirectly and I'll be honest here, I'm getting a little frustrated now, even annoyed. And can you blame me? If this happens again next weekend, I swear I'm going to snap!

That being said, I'm not sure how Samantha and I got around to teaming up with our tag partners in our last match. Jessie and Keira were the wildcards that decided the match, which made it more interesting. I don't know, maybe teaming up with Keira might not be so bad. I just hoped I knew what I got myself into. My last tag match with her and Roxi didn't particularly end well for us and the only reason we lost was because of the shady tactics of Kate Steele and the Angel Clan. As far as Jessie goes, she's not above getting dirty either, she's proven that in her feud with Melody so keeping an eye on her was one thing. And maybe keeping an eye on Keira was another. It didn't help that she already got attention for all the wrong reasons after tweeting she was already the number one contender for the world title. It made the rounds in the lockerroom and even Zelda and Tommy Knocks mentioned it during the week. In short, this was a cause for concern and one more headache I didn't need. I have enough stress as it is. The tag loss made it worse.

As for next weekend, I know Samantha and I will bring it Sunday, let there be no doubt. I know every girl in the main event will make this the most talked about match on the card. I just want to have one night, just one, where I don't have to look over my shoulder and worry about another match getting interrupted.

Is that too much to ask?

Let's try not to tempt fate.

~ ~ ~

Momento de claridad XVII/Moment of Clarity XVII: Perspective, the Second
17 de julio de 2016 ♦ L O S A N G E L E S, C A L I F O R N I A

[[Murphy's Law states that whatever can go wrong, will, and at entirely the worst time. And yet no matter what goes wrong, there is always someone who knew it would. Like at the courthouse...]]

[Cut to Mercedes stepping through the double doors of the courthouse building and starts for the parking lot area where she sees an empty space. A park attendant walks up next to her.]

Mercedes: Hey, did you see my car? White convertible, New York license plate, picture of Che?

Park Attendant: You know, I think I did.

Mercedes: Well, where is it?

[He points at the tow truck, which is already down the street with the convertible hitched to it, and our scene ends as a freeze-frame captures Mercedes with a running start chasing after it.]

[[Car trouble...]]

[Cut to Mercedes, stranded in some deserted area. Pacing a few feet away from a rental car that is overheating on the side of the road, she is speaking hurriedly into her cellphone.]

Mercedes: What do you mean I'm not covered?! Read Page 5 of my policy? Did that policy come with a magnifying glass because no way I'm going to read that tiny print! No, I didn't chose the wrong policy, I CHOOSE THE WRONG INSURANCE COMPANY!!!

[Mercedes walks a few feet from the car, running one hand through her hair.]

Mercedes: Hello? You need your car by when? Today?

KA-BOOM!

[She turns around suddenly seeing her rental in flames.]

Mercedes: Am I covered for spontaneous car explosions?

[[Even at the mall...]]

[[Open on Mercedes walking out of a shopping mall and counting her money. Suddenly someone runs past her and snatches it out of her hand.]

Mercedes: HEY!

Skateboarder: I GOT HIM!

[Mercedes look back seeing a skateboarder running past her, but when he gets to a park bench he couldn't resist to perform a skateboard jump on the ledge. Unfortunately, the skateboard breaks in two and the rider falls on his butt. Mercedes and the Girl Scout are pissed as the thief, who vaults over a dog being walked by its owner and almost collides into a young couple showing public display of affection, is already two blocks away. Mercedes turns around and looks at the skateboarder in disbelief.]

Mercedes: You made him get away, you idiot!

[The skateboarder smiles.]

Skateboarder: But that grind 540 flip though!

~ ~ ~

Momento de claridad XVIII: Preguntado y respondidoel segundo: Correccións y retractacións/Moment of Clarity XVIII: Asked and Answered, the Second: Corrections and Retractions
23 de julio de 2016 ♦ S A N T A M O N I C A, C A L I F O R N I A

[REC•]

[The sun shining bright and the pale blue sky forming clouds in the sky, we open to a busy day on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California; the south end is the entrance to Frank Gehry's Santa Monica Place. As soon as Mercedes walks out of the restaurant, she slips on a pair of sunglasses in protest of the heat. She turns to the camera with an ear to ear grin on her face and takes a sip from a Starbucks coffee cup before beginning.]

Mercedes: Another week, another upcoming supercard and another match with Samantha Marlowe. Someone in SCW must think we're special to get all these matches together in recent weeks and it's easy to see why. I think we've given fans some pretty good matches and we want to keep that trend going. Except, well...

[Mercedes frowns.]

Mercedes: I hope we can at least get one match where nothing goes wrong. And by that I mean that no one gets involved. I hope I jinxed it.

[Maybe she didn't need to if their recent tag match was in question. Surprisingly, the match was interference-free, but that was only one week. If she believed in karma, providence, or magic, Mercedes wanted next weekend to be perfect, no matter what the outcome.]

Mercedes: Oh, but I forgot. We're not going to be alone. There's four other girls in this match and, really, I could go at you one at a time, but I'm not going to do that.

[Mercedes looked up at the camera and kept her hands held about abdomen high, moving them as she spoke.]

Mercedes: It's not like I didn't learn all that much about Jessie Salco and Keira Fisher-Johnson that I didn't already know. They always seem to walk this line between wide-eyed optimism and extreme caution, and our match two weeks ago was no different. When Jessie and Keira vowed that they would walk out of Summer XXXtreme with the world title, chances are people were laughing, snickering and thinking they were crazy when those words came out their mouth. Maybe they can be the Iceland or the Portugal that no one thought had a chance but ended up shocking the world. I mean, yeah, Keira has that win over Roxi and she has that going for her and Jessie has those three wins over me and fancy walking out of the cruiseliner with the title. Believe me, that would be one heck of a story. But on the other hand, there's a reason why they both had to earn a spot in the main event. When they're good, they're really good. When they're bad, well, they're as vulnerable as the other contenders. Because Jessie and Keira both know that if they want to win this match, they're going to have to bring everything they have or they'll be gone from this match before they know it.

[She steps on the boardwalk and walks towards one of the patio chairs, leaning against it while raising her sunglasses. Mercedes brought her hands up to her mouth and cupped them around her lips, blowing some hot air into them in an attempt to warm them up.]

Mercedes: Mikah obviously is the co-favorite to win. I mean, everyone else is fighting to be the person she have to pin to walk out with the title. That's the popular opinion anyway. To care or not to care, that is the question. But when is Mikah worried about any of our approval, right? She's about to get married, no matter what happens next Sunday. She didn't care that she was about to interfere in my match and she wasn't all that vocal about the supercard either. That leads us to believe she's got this wrapped up. She gets the guy, the gold and the glory, music score swells in the background. You get the idea. Hey, everyone loves a great fairy tale. I know I do. Well, two out of three isn't bad. Guess which one she won't be leaving with?

[Mercedes dropped her hands back down by her side and slightly swayed her head from side to side.]

Mercedes: I guess that just leaves Crystal Millar, which in case you missed the memo, is presently the World Bombshell Champion. That little fact may catch you off guard, given how many times other Bombshells have swiped the title in recent weeks. But congratulations are in order. At least she's going to keep the title past three weeks, so she has that going for her. But let's be honest, I think everyone in this match knows her reign will not last. In a match like this, there's no way she's going to survive, no matter how many times she throws out the fact she's beaten everyone in the past. Because the past won't matter next weekend. We all know who beat who and who did what when, but all of that won't matter in eight days. For all of you, this is it. There's no second chances. No running to Christian Underwood or Mark Ward or having them on speed dial. You all go to the back of the line. Me? I don't have that problem. Because I have this.

Mercedes reveals her clipboard with her Queen for a Day contract attached to it. Even after all these months since winning the namesake battle royal, the contract remained in mint condition.

Mercedes: My Queen for a Day contract is still in play, and I can cash itin at any time, on anyone and for any title. So while the rest of you have those thoughts of raising the World Bombshell Championship at the end of the night, any one of you could be pulling double duty at the supercard, you never know.

So, do I have to win? Not necessarily.

See you all at Summer XXXtreme.

Mercedes winks at the camera before ending the recording.

[Fade.]

[Sam Marlowe]

 Dear Diary…

I am in the match of my career and once more I have to drop everything and jump to Cyn’s command…

Sam Marlowe sits in a seat on a plane, an empty seat beside her, the soft whoosh of the aircraft cutting through the sky not noticed by the redhead as her head is down, earbuds in and a pair of silvered glasses covering her eyes.  Dressed for comfort in a pair of light acid washed jeans with holes in the knees, black cowboy half boots and a faded Ben Jordan tee, Sam kept her focus on the Ipad in her lap.  On it was her email open to the recent email from her mother that was showing a rather ugly dress in a mishmash of styles and colors.

“Oh my god that is so ugly,” she mutters as once more she reads over the words of her mother.  

You need to come home Samantha, your sister needs you to stand up with her for the wedding.

To one side, a couple of people are talking, one gesturing towards the redhead who hasn’t seen them.  The other nudges his friend who leans across the aisle and lightly taps Sam on the arm.  With her attention caught, she turns to see the pair and offers them a smile.  The person who had tapped her arm motions for her to take out the earbuds as his partner waves her hands in front of her face at the possibility of meeting someone famous.  Sam gives the pair a smile as she reaches for the headphones.

“Oh shit,” says the young man as he turns to his partner.  “Missy here and I are big fans of yours,” he adds as he motions his girlfriend.  “What are you doing flying to Houston when Summer XXXTreme is on a cruise ship out of Los Angeles??”

Sam nods slowly as she lightly pushes her glasses up to catch her red curls and pull them off her face.  “I’m heading home, my sister needs me there this week for her wedding and well I am a bridesmaid according to my mother,” offers Sam with a shrug.

“Whoa, shouldn’t you be like preparing for your match on the boat?  After all, you are in the MAIN EVENT!” Missy exclaims excitedly.  “And with the women you are facing, you are gonna need a lot of time in the gym working out.  I mean I am sure that you knew that,” Missy adds with a bashful blush when she realizes just what it is she said.  

Sam nods as Missy speaks, not minding the enthusiasm of the fan. “You are totally right but family, can’t live with em, can’t shoot ‘em,” answers Sam.  

The young man can’t believe it and leans towards Sam.  “You mean to tell me that you are going to blow off the title match because your sister’s getting hitched?  You told her you were in this match right?” he questions.

“Yeah, but she invoked a higher power,” replies Sam with a sigh.  Holding up her Ipad, she flashes them an image of the dress and points with her free hand to the email of her mother.  “Moms won’t let me out of it.  And trust me, when my mother talks I have found it easier to just nod, smile and do what she wants.”

Missy unbuckles her seatbelt and moves past her boyfriend to cross the aisle and sit in the empty seat beside Sam.  The redhead is surprised as Missy leans over the arm of the seat and gets right into the view of the Ipad.  Looking over at the young man, she gives him a confused look as he can’t help but chuckle.  “Don’t worry,” he says as he nods towards a now smiling Missy.  “She’s pretty harmless but her filters…kinda lacking.”

Missy lets her smile widen as she pats Sam on the knee near the Ipad before she speaks.   “Trust me Ms Marlowe…or can I call you Sam?” asks Missy who is answered by Sam with a nod.  “Sam, I know it must be horrible to have to neglect what you need to do because of your parent but I am sure that even with the fact that you are heading home for this week, you will have next week I am sure to get ready.  After all, I know the women in that match are tough, you are the youngest ever Bombshell champion in SCW history.  I read the SCW Historian’s notes and that is what she said about you.”  

“She does you know,” adds the young man.  “Reads anything SCW she can get her hands on.”

Sam’s head rocks back and forth between the pair.  Missy gets her attention again.  “I have been scouting this match since they announced it and I think that the logical thing is to pick you to be in the top three.  I got my money on you but if you believe the smarks out there, they say the fix is in for Mikah because she is getting married at the supercard.”  

The last was said in a loud stage whisper that makes Sam’s eyes widen.  Shaking her head in disbelief, she holds up a hand and laughs slightly.  “That isn’t true Missy.  From what I know, there isn’t any favoritism backstage at all.  And just from the fact that recently Mikah hasn’t really been focused on the title belt in favor of focusing on her wedding with Drake, I think I might have a bit of an advantage there since I ain’t too worried about the whole romance thing.  Who said it was a good thing to mix business with pleasure anyways?” jokes Sam only to be met with stunned disbelief from Missy as her boyfriend leans over to Sam again to address that comment.

“Don’t be so naïve Sam,” he says as he emphasizes his comment.  “We all know that there are shenanigans that happen and when they do, people tend to be screwed over.  Odds are that is going to happen again at Summer XXXTreme.  If not for Mikah  then Crystal Millar is tapped to win.  You know the whole sympathy thing because of her husband leaving her because she f*c…”

“Charlie!” squeaks Missy.  “that is just your theory…you have nothing to base it on.  Don’t listen to him Sam,” offers Missy.  “But I do have to say that Crystal is another one you have to be careful about.  I mean she did make you pass out and took your title before.  And I am sure she will be looking to do that again.”

“That will be a bit more difficult this time because it isn’t going to be just one on one at Summer XXXTreme.  There will be four others that can stop her from winning that way.  And besides, she hasn’t been making any friends in the ring and out of it so I think that Sunday might just see her eliminated and losing the title,” says Sam with a nod as if to emphasize the thought even as a smile crosses her face.  “So we have talked about two of my opponents…what has scouting done to tell you about the others?”

Charlie gets a smirk on his face as he motions for Missy to talk.  Sitting back, Missy crosses her hands over her ample stomach and thinks for a minute.  “Well you have Mercedes who hasn’t really been seen around so she is kind of a wildcard but from the looks of it, she isn’t really going to be a factor.  Still, I would watch my back if I were you, which I am not but you know…” explains Missy as her head turns on the headrest to take in Sam who is listening intently.  

“Tell her Miss about Jessie!” exclaims Charlie with a grin.  “You gotta hear this,” he adds as he nudges Sam’s upper arm a little too enthusiastically.  Sam rubs her arm as she turns back to Missy.

“Jessie Salco is out for her grandslam moment and she thinks that she is going to get it on the Cruise.  Little does she know that she is just a little out of her league in this match.  I don’t know why management allowed her a shot at it.  If I was booking this I would see her facing Melody Grace for the Internet title because I just don’t see someone like Jessie holding the main title in the company.  Don’t get me wrong, she’d put up a helluva fight but have you seen who is in the match?”

Sam nods slowly with a confused half smile.  Listening to the fan was making her smile as Missy warmed to the subject.  

“Now the final person in the match other than you of course is Keira Fisher-Johnson.  Nothing against ambition but I think someone really needs to put her in her place and that place ain’t the World Bombshell championship match!” vows Missy.

“But she beat Roxi Johnson to advance to the match,” offers Sam slowly.  

“Beat Roxi Johnson, yeah right,” scoffs Charlie as both Sam and Missy give him a look.  “Wha…you honestly think that she beat her wife in that match?  If that is the case I got some oceanfront property right there in Arizona for ya.”

Missy just rolls her eyes and leans closer to Sam.  “He’s a Roxi Johnson fan and he thinks that she lay down for Keira and he’s pissed about it,” whispers Missy which causes Sam to shoot him another look as he is facing forward, his mouth working as he speaks to himself.  “Anyways, Keira is someone that I think needs to realize that just because she wants something doesn’t mean she should get it if you know what I mean,” Missy says.

“But Keira has been part of the most dominant tag team in the history of the bombshell tag teams.  She and Roxi…” begins Sam only to be interrupted once more by Charlie who exclaims ‘EXACTLY’ to interrupt Sam.  She gives him a look then turns to Missy to speak again.  “She came to me to ask for a shot at the title and I put it on the bosses to give her a chance.  And they did and she did beat Roxi and now she is in the match too so she is going to be considered as much of a threat as everyone else.  So when I get on that cruise ship I am going to step in the ring I am going to fight my hardest to take the title back and join a very elite group of women and make history again.  I want to be the youngest every three time Bombshell champion in SCW history. I want…”

”Ladies and gentleman, we are approaching the airport in Houston Texas where it is…” The voice of the captain drones on telling everyone in the cabin just what is happening on the approach.  Sam catches the reflection as the seatbelt light reflects on the Ipad.  

Sam reaches for the belt and buckles herself in as she swipes at the Ipad to power it off.  Missy gets to her feet and moves back to her seat beside Charlie to buckle herself in as well before leaning forward and nodding at Sam.  “It was great to talk to you Sam, good luck to you on the cruise.”

“Yeah, what she said,” offers Charlie as the three can feel the plane descending.  Sam reaches up and pulls the shades back down over her eyes and lays her head back as the plane lands.  

Once it had taxied to the terminal and stopped, Sam watched as Charlie and Missy deplaned with the others.  After the rush was over, Sam stands in the now almost empty plane and reaches for a small carryon that she pulls out of the overhead compartment and sets on the floor of the plane before grabbing the Ipad and deplaning herself.  Walking along the terminal she heads towards the parking lot where she begins to look for a cab.  Finding one sliding to the curb where she is standing, she waves it down and climbs inside giving her family’s address and leaning back against the seat for the drive.  

After twenty minutes, the cab pulls up in front of a rather large Tudor house.  Sam climbs out then hands the driver a couple of wrinkled bills she pulls out of her pocket before turning to enter the house.  Once inside, she lets go of her bag and calls out.

“Moms…Daddy!  I’m here!” she shouts to the empty foyer.  For a moment, no one answers until suddenly from the second floor a voice floats down to Sam drawing her attention upwards.

“They aren’t here right now,” says Cyn Marlowe who walks towards the top of the staircase and begins to descend.  “Daddy took Mother on a business trip to New York and…” begins Sam’s older sister.

“You’re getting married on Friday and Moms isn’t here?” demands Sam, her arms thrown out in surprise.

“Who said I was getting married Friday,” says Cyn as she takes the last few stairs to the foyer then passes Sam with a half grin on her lips that turns to a sneer when she takes in the Ben Jordan tee.

Sam watches as she walks away from her then follows angrily.  “I have an email from Moms saying that I need to be here to stand up with you…with a picture of a really ugly dress…” says Sam before biting her lip as she thinks then continues  “wait…a minute, when did Moms and Daddy leave?”

Cyn airly waves her hands as she responds.  “Oh a couple of days ago,” she answers.  

Sam’s eyes narrow as she looks at Cyn.  “So Moms didn’t send the email did she?  And you aren’t getting married on Friday are you?” questions Sam.  

“I sent it because I knew that you wouldn’t come to Houston if I was the one asking you to,” says Cyn with a false sniffle.  “I want to get your bridesmaid dress fitting done but you seem to think there are other more important things happening so you would ignore my asking you to come home.”

“Oh god Cyn!  I have a match to get ready for and don’t have the time to deal with your tricks!” exclaims Sam as she begins to pace.  “I have classes and I need to pack for Summer XXXTreme’s cruise and there is the charity auction that Jamie and Ben are in on Saturday night and…” says Sam.

“Sam! This is not about you, honestly.  I am the one getting married and I want you to get your dress fitted and you care nothing about it.  You would rather be doing what YOU want.  Is Ben more important than you sister, fine, you go and be with your friends and ignore me,” says Cyn with a sneer.  “I will tell Mother that you couldn’t be bothered to help me.”

Sam stops pacing as Cyn crosses her arms over her chest and lowers her head with a heavy sigh and begins to walk deeper into the house.  Growling slowly, Sam follows her and then lays a hand on her sister’s shoulder.  “Cyn,” she begins, “you know I am willing to help but I also have the supercard coming up and I really have to get ready for that match too you know.  I have a chance to get my title back and the bombshells are main eventing the card.  I guess I let it get to me but tell you what…why don’t we spend the rest of the day looking at dresses and I will fly back to Vegas tomorrow for class on Wednesday.”

Cyn’s head comes up as a smile crosses her face.  “We don’t have to go anywhere, I have had the designer come here and he is waiting upstairs for us.  Come on Sammi, I have the most pretty dresses you can try.”

Tucking her hand into the arm of Sam, Cyn guides her up the stairs to the second floor and into a rather large bedroom.  Once inside, she is pushed forward as the designer holds up the ugly dress that had been in the email.  Looking back at Cyn who claps with glee, Sam shakes her head at the dress as the door closes on the pair with Sam offering a desperate look for someone to save her.

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Wednesday morning, Sam drags herself into a classroom where she searched for her study partner.  Finding Monte sitting in the middle of a group of girls who were watching him, Sam made her way to his side and then set herself down beside him.  He spares her a glance with a smile that fades slightly as he sees how tired she looks as she reaches for her bag to pull out her Ipad.

“Man you look rough,” he comments to the pleasure of the girls surrounding him.  Sam can only offer him a faint smile as she brushes her hair out of her eyes with one hand as her other brings a large coffee to her lips.  “Been training too hard again?” he asks as he leans closer.

“I wish,” replies Sam after another sip of coffee is taken.  “I just got in from my flight from Houston.  I haven’t even had a chance to grab breakfast or anything.  My sister lured me there to look at bridesmaid dresses because she seems to think it is all about her even when it should be all about me getting ready for Summer XXXTreme and the cruise.”  Setting her Ipad up on the desk, she lets a yawn escape her before sliding down in the seat and closing her eyes.

Monte sends her a glance out of the side of his eye as Sam’s breathing evens out.  He nudges her slightly to keep her somewhat awake.  “Yeah, speaking of, when do you leave for that?” he asks in a low voice.  “I was wanting to ask you something before you left.”

Sam cracks open one eye and half smiles.  I leave Saturday morning for California and a charity auction that my friends Jamie and Ben are in then going to the ship,” she replies.  

Monte nods slowly as he thinks about what he is going to say next.  Suddenly a ping is heard and a small window opens on the Ipad indicating a tweet on twitter with Sam’s name attached.  She sits up slightly as Monte leans over to read over her shoulder.   The comments begin to come fast and furious as Jamie Dean tweets his #wednesdaywisdoms which make Monte laugh and Sam blush furiously.  

“You gotta tell him I agree about the sandwich tweet,” says Monte teasingly.  Sam rolls her eyes but types the message only to see a response returned rather quickly of Jamie making the suggestion of the things he would do to Monte.

Sam points down at the message and gives Monte a ‘what did I tell you?’ look.  With a blush burning her cheeks she shakes her head at Monte’s response of not liking sandwiches after sex.  After she types that response, she turns off the Ipad as the professor comes into the room.  Both turn their attention to the professor for the next hour until the break.  Once the break starts, Monte turns to Sam and leans his cheek on his hand as he studies her.  “So, why don’t we make it Friday?” he suggests.

“Make what Friday?” asks Sam.  

“Dinner so we can talk about this,” answers Monte, his finger waving between the two of them.   “I have been meaning to ask you out to chat but you always seem busy or something is going on with you and your friends.  So I am giving you advanced notice about us needing to talk.  What do you say?”

Sam offers him a look, her eyes widened in surprise and wonder.  “I guess Friday could work.  It will give me a couple of days to get ready for the supercard and train for the match.  After all, I have five opponents.”

Monte smiles as he leans back.  “Good, then it is a date!” he exclaims as the professor brings the class back to order.  As she does, Monte leans back and smiles at Sam.  “Got any plans other than Friday?”

Sam shrugs.  “I suppose Pussy will be coming to interview me at some point.  She’s a great friend to have especially when I have a match to promote.”

The professor sends a dirty look towards Sam and Monte who have the grace to look apologetic.

Two hours later, the class is dismissed as the pair of them pack up and head out of the class room.  Sam shoulders her bag as they walk down the hall.  Monte stops near a vending machine and pulls out some change and slides it into the slot before slamming a closed fist against the coke button.  The whirring and thumping of the drink is heard before a bottle of coke slides into the opening.  Sam feels a vibration as music begins to come from her bag.  Pulling out her phone she looks down and with a smile swipes answer as she looks at Monte.  “Well what do you know…it’s Pussy calling,” she says as she offers a wave at her study partner before she puts the phone to her ear and walks away leaving Monte to watch her with a strange look on his face.

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Summer XXXTreme four is less than two weeks away and I am in preparation to take part in a match that has never been seen before in Sin City Wrestling.  People have been asking ever since it has been announced that the Bombshell championship would be defended in a Chamber of Fate match.  

I have to admit I was a bit curious about what that kind of match was but regardless of the match, I could only see this match as an opportunity.  See since I have joined SCW, I have been making history.  And now I have a chance to make history again.

Let’s talk about the history I have made already.  History fact number one, I was the one that ended the dominant reign of Mikah when I beat her for the Bombshell championship at My Bloody Valentine.  Speaking of, Mikah is actually one of the bombshells in the match at Summer XXXTreme so this gives me an opportunity to beat her again.  But I think that this time she is going to be more prepared to see me as the threat that I am.  But that doesn’t mean she will be ready to counter that threat.  

Secondly, with that win over Mikah, I became the youngest ever bombshell champion in the history of SCW.  I am only twenty two years old and I made history as the youngest ever champion.  Now I have heard that Jessie says she will be the youngest champion but as we all know, she is older than I am and I am not going to let her get away with winning the title at the supercard.  

Another history fact, I am the youngest two time Bombshell champion.  I won my second title only three weeks after being screwed out of it by Crystal Millar.  And how did I do it, by pinning said Crystal Millar in the middle of the ring at Into the Void.  And speaking of Crystal, she helped me realize another historical fact.  That I am the one that holds the record for the shortest Bombshell title reign.  That’s right, she made me pass out in the middle of the ring to gain my title at CC150.  And I will admit that she was the better woman that night but only because I couldn’t respond to the referee asking me if I submit.  So Crystal, that win finally got you the Bombshell championship but you never really pinned me or submitted me for that belt.  So take that hollow victory you cling to so you can justify just how good you really are.  Because in comparison to me, it took you four years to win the title.  It only took me months and when I did win it, I beat Mikah to do it.  Which is something that you have yet to do in Sin City Wrestling isn’t it Crystal?

I have a chance to make history and join a very select few women at summer XXXTreme.  I have a chance to become only the THIRD woman to be a three time Bombshell champion.  I actually have a better than good chance to do that.  And think about it, should I do that, I join two Hall of Famers who have won the Bombshell championship three times, Misty and my mentor Vixen Staggs.  And what would you say to that, what would anyone say to being that strong of a champion in less than a full year in SCW.  

I admit that for the past little while I have been focused on more than one thing at a time I have decided that I am going to be doing something that I think is going to make some people sit up and take notice.  See I am focusing more on this match because this is something that I want.  I have sat back and listened to others and I have had to swallow the insults of Crystal Millar, I have had to smile as I got screwed out of a title and I as always show good sportsmanship and a sense of sisterhood with the Bombshells I have faced in the ring and outside of it.  

But how many times can a person take being put down for something that she shows everyone.  How often do I have to be the better person because I have respect for everyone?  Well, I still have respect but I also have a fire that is starting to burn for me in the ring.  Crystal Millar has put herself on a pedestal talking about how she is so damn good but when it comes down to it, she is nothing more than a challenge because she can’t fathom the idea of respecting an opponent, no she has to bring them to her level by treating them like dirt.  Even when she beat me, I was able to congratulate her.  I wonder if she will be able to do the same when I beat her on the cruise ship?

Then of course, Mercedes is also in that match on the ship and I have the utmost respect for her.  She was able to realize that she didn’t beat me herself and she was woman enough to admit it.  And she showed me the respect I deserved even though I had lost.  I look forward to facing her in this match.  And to her I say good luck.  From the past few weeks, it looks like she may need it.

I also wish Keira Fisher Johnson luck as well.  She also has something called respect and when she stepped up to me she showed it.  But for all I respect her, I have to remind her that as much as she is a ‘superhero’ this company is not Marvel or DC.  This is not a comic book and she can’t expect to have me believe that a ‘superhero’ will be able to hold me back in that ring.  This is my title to win back and, with all due respect and affection Keira, I am going to win it back and if I have to beat you to do it then that is what I am going to do.

Finally we have Jessie Salco, someone else that I have mad respect for.  She has a chance to be a grandslam champion in this match and she is ready willing and able to achieve the next level in her career.  I have heard nothing but good things about Jessie and I had an opportunity to team with her a few weeks back and well as much as she tries to say that she didn’t carry the team but she got the win for the team I have to say that isn’t how I remember the match ended.  I was ready to get the win when she tagged herself in and took the victory.  Now I know that got us the win and I wasn’t going to kick but I want to remind you Jessie, I did a lot of the work in that match and at Summer XXXTreme, it isn’t going to be a tag team match.  It is going to be an all-out war for the Bombshell championship.  

And I don’t intend to lose this match at all.  So mad props to you all and good luck.  Because I am coming for what is mine.  And there will be no way you will be able to prepare for me.

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Friday night and Sam Marlowe was taking the last few moments to check over how she was dressed.  Monte was due to arrive at any time.  Smoothing a hand down the bright red silky jersey of the short dress she had on, she pushed any wrinkles from the fabric.

Taking one last glance at her phone, she turned in front of the mirror and snapped a picture with a bit of a smile.  “Okay I think I am ready,” she offers to her image in the mirror as her doorbell rings.  

Grabbing up a small clutch purse, she rushes to the door and opens it slowly to reveal Monte in a dark jacket over a white button down and jeans.  He lets out a low whistle as he takes in the red dress and high heels with her hair cascading in curls down her back.  “You look like a walking sin,” he jokes as he moves to the side and motions towards his car.  

Sam only laughs as she turns off the house lights except for a soft lamp just inside the door and then closes and locks it.  Turning to face him, she gives him the once over and nods slowly.  “You certainly clean up nice,” she teases which only prompts him to brush his fingertips along the suit jacket.    “So where are we going?” she asks as he opens the car door for her.

“It’s a surprise Sam,” he responsed before closing the door and walking around the car.  Opening the door, he slides behind the wheel then starts the car and moves out of the drive and into traffic.  The interior of the car is dark as Sam looks out the window to watch where they are headed.  Monte can notice her fingers playing with the clutch nervously and he reaches across to take one hand in his.  “You nervous?” he asks softly.

“It’s that obvious is it?” she replies.  “I don’t really do things like this because I haven’t really dated anyone since high school.  I mean on something like this,” she adds as she uses her free hand to motion between the two of them.  Thanking the darkness that is hiding her blush, she again turns to the window.

“Hey, that is a surprise considering,” he returns as his focus remains on the road.  Gently Sam pulls her hand out of his and he lets it go almost reluctantly.  

“So, you said you wanted to talk to me about something,” Sam asks, curiosity peaked as she folds her hands together.  “Is it about class?”

Monte spares her a glance and shakes his head in the negative.  “I was wondering about what is going on with you outside of class.”  Suddenly he lets the car slow down as he turns into a restaurant parking lot.  Pulling into a space, he turns off the motor and turns to Sam.  

Sam releases her seatbelt and is about to get out of the car when Monte holds his hand up.  “I guess what I am asking Sam is does your wrestling and studying allow you time for someone in your life?” he says in a rush.  “We have been working together for a couple of months now and well I want to get to know you a little better but I ain’t going to push things just in case you know…it will affect our partnership.”

Sam looks down at her hands for a moment as she thinks about what he is trying to say.  “Are you asking me about going on a date other than a study date?” she asks softly.  At his nod, Sam shrugs as she again thinks about it, her bottom lip softly pulled between her teeth.  “I never thought about it actually.  Like I said, I haven’t dated since high school so I really can’t say.  But I am willing to explore it I guess.  I just ask that we don’t rush things because right now I am going to be leaving for at least a week so can’t really do anything about it now. “

Monte smiles as he nods curtly then opens the door to the car and then rushes around to open Sam’s door.  “I can handle that,” he offers as he holds his hand out for Sam to take.  Tucking it against his elbow he leads her toward the restaurant.  The pair go inside and disappear behind the closed door.  

Hours later, Sam and Monte exit and head towards the car once more.  The two are laughing and talking about the upcoming cruise.  

“So tell me again what a chamber of fate match is,” he says as he fumbles for his keys to open the car door.

“Well, you have the ring and it is surrounded by a cage.  And inside the cage is four little cages with a bombshell in each.  The match starts with two women and then after a bit of time, one of the little cages open and that bombshell joins the match,” says Sam as she uses her hands to emphasize her speech.  “To win the match, you have to eliminate the others until one bombshell remains.”

“And how do you eliminate them?” Monte asks as he pulls open the door to the car.

“That is the hard part.  You either have to pin or make them submit.  And when all the bombshells are in the ring at the same time, no one is safe and no one will be easy to eliminate,” Sam says as she slides into the car.  “I am not looking forward to the match but I am looking forward to the challenge I am in for in that match,” jokes Sam.  “There are three women I have respect for and look forward to testing my mettle against them and then there are two that I really want to beat because they deserve it.  And I need to definitely get some training in while I am on the ship.”

Monte slides into his side of the car and turns the ignition.  The drive back to Sam’s is filled with discussion on strategy and just what each competitor might bring to the match.  Pulling up in front of Sam’s house, Monte gets out of the car and walks Sam to the door.  As they get there, Sam puts her keys in the door and opens the door.  Before she can move inside, her hand is taken by Monte and she is turned to face him.

“Good luck Sam, stay safe,” Monte says as he moves closer to Sam.  “I’ll see you when you get back to Vegas.”

“I’ll try,” she answers as she offers Monte a smile.  “Good night,” she adds and half turns into the doorway only to have her chin caught by Monte’s finger.  

Guiding her slowly back to look at him, he lowers his lips against hers for a lingering kiss then pulls away with a smile.  “Good luck Sam,” he says softly with one last caress before turning and walking towards his car.

Watching him pull away, she offers him a wave and then lowers her hand to her lips.  “Oh my,” she mumbles as she goes into the house and closes the door.

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Sam stands outside of Akbar, the music filtered slightly as she pulls out her phone.  Dressed in a black sequined jacket over black boots and a pair of black hotpants, she turns on face time and begins to talk…

I am taking a few minutes before I attend this charity auction tonight to talk about my match at Summer XXXTreme.  See I haven’t been able to get much time giving my version of what is going to happen in that match and when I arrived here in LA it was a long day already so I decided that I was going to spend it on me.  But now while I have a few minutes to myself before the auction I wanted to talk about the match and offer you what I have planned for the supercard.

I realize that I have a golden opportunity in the middle of the ring.  I could join Misty and Vixen Staggs as a three time bombshell champion and to do it I have to face and beat five other women, four of whom have also been Bombshell champions.  A feat that in itself is one hell of an achievement I grant you.

But before I get down to strategy and just how I am planning to make the opportunity a reality, I need to get a few things off my chest about this match.  See I have had a fire that has been eating at me, a desire that nothing short of winning the title back can quench.  I have felt ever since Climax control one fifty that I never lost the title the second time, I had it pried from my grasp because I lost consciousness.  See I never was pinned and I never submitted.  How many women can say that in this company?  None of them can.  Oh to hear Crystal, she talks about how she is the end all and be all as Bombshell champion because she is who she is.  Actually Crystal, you just got to take advantage of my never surrender attitude by making me pass out.

And this match at Summer XXXTreme is going to be one match that no one will be the same after.  See we are making history with this match and surprise, we are headlining the event.  This match is one that is being talked about and it hasn’t even happened yet.  And when it does happen, they will be talking about it for a long time.

I suppose though before I go inside I really should address the women in the match.  After all, isn’t that the way you need to do these promotional things?

Sam smiles into the camera with a wink.

First let’s talk about Jessie Salco.  Here is a woman…wait a minute, hold on, just whoa.  Talking like that sounds so familiar that I ain’t going to do it.  See I have respect for what Jessie can do and what she represents.  This is someone that has stepped up to challenges before and now has a chance to do something few women have done and that is become a grand slam champion and as much as I would love to see it, I know it just isn’t going to happen because in order for her to do that, she has to beat me and that isn’t going to happen a week Sunday.

And Keira, I have to apologize now.  I know you wanted to face me one on one for the title but it seems that it is not to be.  You and I are part and parcel of a match that will see six women fighting for one belt.  So that means you have a one in six chance of seeing your dream achieved of winning the Bombshell title.  And just like Jessie, you have a record to be proud of but just like Jessie, you have to beat me and I can’t…NO, I won’t let that happen.

There is one woman I have to say I am looking forward to seeing in that match and that is Mercedes Vargas.  Between us we each have a win over the other one on one but this isn’t going to be one on one Mercedes which means this is going to be new ground we are treading and when it comes down to it, this is going to be a match that I make my own, which means I am going to use it to prove once and for all there is a reason I am at this level in Sin City Wrestling.  There wasn’t any mistake in having me fight for the Bombshell championship.

The music inside begins to change and Sam begins to smile a bit more

Only two other women to address before I head inside, Mikah and Crystal Millar, the first is the most dominant champion in company history and other is the current champion.   Interestingly enough these women have faced each other and every time that happens, Mikah manages to beat Crystal.  Interesting true but the thing is that when Mikah does beat Crystal, it won’t mean that she will be walking out of the chamber with the title.  Because you see, Mikah has Crystal’s number and when push comes to shove, will more than likely beat her.  But when it comes to Mikah, there is one woman who has her number and that happens to be the one that ended her streak and who could that have been? Hmmm I wonder huh?  Maybe just maybe I ignore Crystal and let Mikah beat her and then beat Mikah.  Or I could do what I have been wanting more than anything and that is getting my hands on Crystal Millar and giving her reason to worry about how she treats me.   She thinks I am over rated…she thinks I am nothing well I am ready to show her exactly who it is that she wants to put down.  Yes, she took my title but was only able to do it when the pain of her hold knocked me out.  That won’t happen again, my promise to everyone in that match.

I am coming to Summer XXXTreme with a purpose.  I am coming for my title and I won’t be leaving that cruise ship without it.

The door to Akbar opens interrupting Sam who turns to see who it is.

“Hey Ginge…the bidding is going to start soon,” calls out Ben as he peers around the door.  Sam nods and waves as she swipes at her smartphone and tucks it into her jacket pocket.

“On my way Ben,” calls out Sam as she follows him inside to disappear behind the closed door.

[Christian Underwood]

 The first RP period is over. All RPs posted from here will count towards RP period two!

Second RP Period Deadline:
United States: 11:59pm EST Friday 07/29/2016
England: 04:59am Saturday 07/30/2016

[Jessie Salco]

 RP Title: “The ship of dreams!”

(OOC Note: Amy Marshall was used with Jenny’s permission)

It was the week of SCW’s annual cruise and, more importantly for six of the Bombshells on the roster, Summer XXXTreme IV, all the wrestlers had boarded the ship with their friends and family in preparation for the event and the fans where highly anticipating the matches that would take place but it could be argued that no match was anticipated more than the Main Event for the World Bombshell Championship between Jessie Salco, Sam Marlowe, Mikah, Mercedes Vargas, Keira Fisher and reigning and defending World Bombshell Champion Crystal Millar.

Five of the Bombshells in the match had said their piece and Jessie’s opponents had all said the same thing about her going into this match, she was out of her league but Jessie was used to being underestimated as a wrestler and was determined to prove them wrong on the fourth anniversary of her SCW Supercard Debut but in spite of all that she still faced stiff competition from the five other Bombshells in the match but can she surprise the wrestling world for the second time this year by winning the World Bombshell Championship and the Grand Slam?

Royal Princess Cruise Liner, the high seas
Monday 25th of July 2016, 11:00pm

I know it’s a bit of a cliché to refer to a cruise liner as the ship of dreams but for me that cliché couldn’t be any less true!

Summer XXXTreme is this Sunday night and, as per tradition, the show is taking place on board a cruise liner, in previous years I’ve used this as an excuse to chill out, work on my tan, basically have a good time with the co-workers that I get along with so what’s different this year? Two things, I’ve got Pokémon Go and since Mark Ward is on dry land at the moment I’ve been using this as an excuse to gather up some Water Pokémon, granted it’s mostly been Magikarp that I’ve been gathering up but considering that a Magikarp requires four hundred candies to evolve into Gyarados I’m not complaining!

The other thing? Well unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month or so you should know that I’m competing in the Main Event of Summer XXXTreme IV for the World Bombshell Championship and the fact that four years ago I made my Supercard Debut on this very Supercard, a lot has changed in four years but some things never change, Veronica Taylor is still the dumbest bitch in SCW, Mark Ward wants to bang every woman in the company and my opponents are still underestimating me four years later.

It doesn’t matter if my opponents are The Freakettes, The Party Girls, Sam Marlowe, Mikah, Keira Fisher, Mercedes Vargas or Crystal Millar, they’ll always find a way to look down on me, doesn’t matter if I’m a twenty two year old rookie who only has four years of experience under her belt or a twenty-six year old veteran with eight years of experience under her belt, I’m still viewed as the underdog by everyone and anyone and sure, I am the underdog going into this match but how many sports movies have you watched where the underdog team loses?

I rest my case.

Yeah, I know, this isn’t a movie and I’m still heading into this match against five women who have more experience than me as wrestlers combined but I’ve never let that stop me before and I’m not about to start either!

I need something to take my mind off things, thankfully I’m in a place where I can do just that!

You may have remembered that I mentioned the ship having metal karaoke nights on Twitter and guess what? Tonight’s the first metal karaoke night and we’re downstairs in the nightclub, we’re not alone as my bothers Craig and Johnny have joined us and there are a few other SCW superstars and bombshells hanging around waiting for the karaoke to start, unsurprisingly none of my opponents are about and that’s fine by me because the moment I see them will be the moment I’m thinking off my match again and I want to save that for the trash talk.

“Man, the time’s just flown by hasn’t it?” Jake wondered out loud as we sat at the bar with drinks in hand, normally we would be worried about designated drivers and shit but since we’re on board a cruise ship the only thing we have to worry about is getting back to our rooms, fortunately our rooms are not only right next to each other with me and Shane sharing a room and Jake having a room to himself and the rooms are on the same deck as the nightclub it’s not that big a deal, except when it comes to Pokehunting back I can at least get some kilometers done on my eggs by walking up to the top deck. “Seems just like last week that we were back in Miami.”

“Considering the reason why we made the trip up to Miami for the week last week I’m not exactly in a hurry to talk about that.” I responded with a frown before I took a sip from my drink. “Especially considering how slowly last week seemed to go by.”

“Yeah well, when you’re dealing with shit like that time seems to crawl to a halt.” Shane pointed out with a shrug as we turned to him. “Changing the subject before we go into more detail, have they given out the song selection sheets yet?”

“Don’t think so, I asked the bartender and she said that they are still putting it together and waiting for other people to show up.” Jake responded with a shrug before looking over his shoulder. “That said, there’s a fair few people here already, how many people are they waiting for?”

“Great question.” I responded with a shrug before I noticed a familiar face enter the bar. “Hey Amy, over here!” I waved her over and Amy walked over to us with a grin on her face, Joey was with her and they took seats at the bar. “Couldn’t resist checking it out huh?”

“Yeah but don’t expect me to get on stage.” Amy responded before she ordered her drink from the bartender and Joey did likewise. “We mostly came down here to watch people make idiots of themselves, I can’t sing for shit!”

“So can’t a majority of metal vocalists.” Jake pointed out and me and Shane gave him a dirty look. “Just saying, vocalists like Dio, Halford, Dickinson and pretty much every Power Metal vocalist ever are the exception, rather than the rule.”

“Don’t care, I’m still not getting on stage.” Amy responded with a shrug before I noticed Craig and Johnny approaching us with sheets of paper in hand. “Even if it’s for a duet of our theme song Jess!”

“Would Wolves of War even work for a duet?” Shane wondered out loud and I shrugged my shoulders.

“I once saw a couple of drunk do a duet of “Every Step You Take” by the Police, still not sure whether or not they realized just how stalkerish that song is or not since, like I said, they were drunk.” I responded earning surprised looks from the others. “Remember that Karaoke bar back in Vegas where Steve cosplayed as David Bowie? I somehow ended up at that bar whilst on a Pokehunt the other week.”

“And you wonder why we insist on accompanying you for those things.” Jake commented as he shook his head. “You didn’t get on stage, did you?”

“Ha-ha, no! You may as well ask Veronica Taylor to not wear cheap make-up or make out with her “business manager”!” I responded whilst making sure to add the air quotes to the end of that sentence, it was at that point that I saw younger of my three step-brothers had joined us at the bar. “Hey guys.” I greeted them and Amy looked up.

“Hey Jess.” Johnny greeted me and Craig did likewise before they ordered a drink. “Any luck with Pokémon Go so far?”

“I’ve had some luck, mostly Water Pokémon but considering that we’re on a ship out at sea that’s as surprising as water being wet.” I responded with a shrug before taking another sip from my drink, Amy said hi to Craig and Johnny once she recognized them from my wedding last year but other than that we had mostly been quiet. “So Craig, how’s your wrestling career going?” I asked trying to break the silence as we waited for the Karaoke to start and Craig shrugged.

“I’ll say this, I completely understand how frustrated you were when you were in your rookie years and I’ve been wrestling for two years now.” Craig responded with a nod before continuing. “But things seem to be looking up, I’ve joined this new fed based in Florida and things seem promising much like how things looked for you when you first joined SCW.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure that he sends you a link to his debut match though I doubt it’ll be as bad as your debut match.” Johnny responded earning mock glares from us, a few minutes later the karaoke started and Jake and Shane went off to sign off whilst Amy turned her attention to the stage. “Still not interested in going up Amy?”

“You could point a gun to my head and force me to watch everything related to the Mean Girls’ run and I still wouldn’t go up there, hell I’d consider that an improvement!” Amy responded with a grin and I got a laugh out of that. “I know we haven’t talked much since we got on the boat but I just want to say good luck this Sunday, I’m sure you’ll win but we both know that you’ll need all the luck you can get in this match!”

“Thanks and don’t worry, I’ll be joining you in the Grand Slam circle before you know it!” I responded whilst mentally hoping for a longer reign than Amy’s run with the World Bombshell Championship a few years ago. “And even better, I’ll make the four long years that I’ve spent in this company worth it!” I added and Amy grinned in response.

“Good, I want to attend that BBQ you mentioned in your seg with The Angel Clan.” Amy responded before turning to the stage. “I’m going to see if I can get a better look at the stage, looks like Jake and Shane are going on stage first.” Amy added before getting off her bar stool and walking off, Joey quickly went off after her leaving me alone with Craig and Johnny.

“It’s been a pretty crazy few months, hasn’t it?” I commented as I took another sup from my drink. “I mean I’ve gone from being eliminated in the first round of the Blast from the Past Tournament to being one of six bombshells in contention for the World Bombshell Championship this Sunday and I have a really good chance of winning.”

“It’s like you said Jess, you’ve come a long way in four years.” Craig said as he put his hand on my shoulder and I grinned. “And I know Katie said this last week when you were in Miami but it bears repeating, we’re all proud of you and I’m sure that dad would be proud if he could’ve made it to this event!”

“I know and thanks.” I thanked him as Craig removed his hand from my shoulder and finished his drink. “I was hoping to avoid referring to that in my promos though.”

“Sorry about it.” Craig said with a wince as Johnny shook his head. “You know what? I’m off to join Amy, see you in a bit.” Craig added before walking and Johnny shook his head.

“Setting aside Craig’s bad choice of words.” Johnny said as he cleared his throat awkwardly before turning to me with a grin on his face. “I know you’ll do us proud Jess, go and kick some ass in the Chamber of Fate match.” Johnny added and I grinned in response before Johnny walked off, I realized that I had a good chance for a promo but not a good location due to being at a nightclub where metal was about to be played so I finished my drink and left the nightclub planning to return once I was done, as for the promo itself, it’s time I got started!

“Summer XXXTreme is this Sunday and I couldn’t be more ready for this match if I tried! Last week I already went over how big a match this was and how it just so happened to fall on the fourth year anniversary of my SCW Supercard debut but a week doesn’t make that fact any less true and the same goes for some of the comments I made about my opponents last week, in fact I seem to be in a situation that I’m used to by now, my opponents are underestimating me!”

No big surprise really.

“Saying that I’m used to it is actually something of an understatement to be honest, back when I first wanted to become a wrestler pretty much every wrestling school I tried said that I’d be a waste of their time and considering that I was barely a hundred pounds at the time it wasn’t hard to see why, frustrating? Hell yes but I persevered and now look at me! All I’m saying is that I’m used to being underestimated and almost everything I’ve heard from my opponents is something I’ve heard before, well, almost everything.”

Yeah, I have an elephant in the room to address.

“You know, considering that it was her stupidity that set this match in motion in the first place Mikah has been strangely quiet since the Supercard period began last week and from what I’ve heard pretty much no one in the company has heard from her all week, normally I wouldn’t complain about not hearing her grating voice or putting up with her stupidity but when she’s my opponent and this is our first proper match against each other, and yes, that stupid musical chairs gauntlet match doesn’t count, it’s almost as frustrating as the almost constant underestimation!”

But I digress.

“To be blunt Mikah I’ll be glad if I never hear your voice again! In fact, I have a list of annoying voices in SCW back home in Vegas because I have way too much time on my hands and you are at the very top just barely beating out Veronica Taylor and Miles Banks in that estimation! In other words, you could disappear off the face of the earth during the week leading up to Summer XXXTreme and no one would notice or care but if you do show up to the match I’ll enjoy kicking your ass!”

Next up is Sam.

“And now we go from a Bombshell who’s seemingly lost her voice to someone who’s shown her true colors in you Sam! Don’t know what I’m talking about? I heard about your comments to that fan last week when you said that you thought that I didn’t belong in this match and that I should’ve cashed in y rematch clause against Melody instead, first off when I went to that meeting with Mark Ward at the first Climax Control since Into the Void I thought we were going to discuss just that but turns out I never had a rematch clause to begin with! Yeah, yeah, I should’ve had a lawyer look at the contract for the tag match before I signed it but that’s not important! I’ll prove to you that I belong in this match the only way I can!”

And you get no prizes for guessing that way!

“As for your actual comments towards me, since when did I say that I carried the team to victory? What I said was, and I quote, I’m not saying that I carried the match from start to finish but that tag match will be a sign of things to come, you want to know something Sam? You’re a choke artist and I don’t mean that in the same way that Steve’s new girlfriend is a choke artist, sure you have some big wins under your belt including the main event of Into the Void but what happened when you defended your title against Mercedes? You let Crystal distract you and it cost you the gold! What happened when you defended your title against Crystal? You couldn’t get the job done and you passed out to her submission hold! Long story short, that blind tag was my way of ensuring that you didn’t choke and cost us the match and you’ll choke again in this match but this time it’ll be to me benefit!”

Next up is Mercedes!

“And speaking of choke artists, Mercedes Vargas is next on my hit list and I couldn’t help but find her comment about needing to beat me hilarious, why? Because to me it came off less as “badass threat to opponent” and more of “notice me senpei!” only without any of the romantic shit! In other words, you just came off as pathetic and as someone who can’t get over the fact that I have two wins in single’s under my belt against you and this Sunday I’ll be adding a third win!”

There’s someone else who can’t get over the past in this match but I’ll get to her shortly.

“As far as I’m concerned Mercedes, you and Sam are the biggest choke artists in SCW! You are both talented, that’s for certain but at the same time you’ve both proven time and time again that you can’t handle the pressure when the spotlights on you and that especially goes for you Mercedes, how long did it take you to finally win the big one? Way to wrong, am I right? Now you know how I feel heading into this match but more importantly, how long did it take you to lose the title? Two weeks and you beat the record set by me and several others in the process, you may see this match as redemption but your wrong because you’ll just choke again!”

Next up is Keira!

“And now we go to another person who can’t let go of the past in Keira! You were right in saying that we’ve buried the hatchet but like Mercedes you feel that you need to beat me and for what? Because I chose to side with my best friend over your wife? Who, need I remind you, is competing in a throw-away match against Amy-Jayne? If anything you have a sweeter deal than Roxi and yet you still can’t let go of the past and, as much as I’d hate to get this song stuck in anyone’s head, you need to let it go!”

Great, now it’s stuck in my head!

“But you won’t because I know you all too well Keira and I know you like to hold grudges just as much as Mark like’s to hold a woman’s breasts in his hands! Hell you were threatening to kick my ass when I refused to surrender the SCW Bombshell Internet Championship to Melody after Mark screwed her over in our rematch for the Internet Championship but you never went through with it! Either Roxi talked some sense into you or you realized that I could kick your ass and I like to think that it’s the latter but don’t take my word for it, you’ll experience it first-hand this Sunday!”

Last but not least is the champ!

“Yeah, you know who’s last on my hit-list for this promo, Stevie Wonder could see it coming for crying out loud but just for the sake of continuity the last person on the list is the champion herself Crystal Millar and honestly I would’ve addressed her first if it weren’t for the Mikah situation but that’s not the point! The point is that Crystal’s title reign isn’t long for this world and I will be the woman who takes the belt from her this Sunday!”

Simple as that!

“I don’t really have much to say about you Crystal because I don’t have much experience fighting you in the ring like I said last week and, well, anyone who knows me knows that I don’t like to repeat myself in a promo and this is no different, Crystal, the bosses may have protected your title reign by making you wait this long for a title defense but they can’t protect you now and you won’t be leaving this ship as the champion, doesn’t matter when your eliminated really because either way I’m walking out the champion!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up!

“I’m going to use an old cliché here but this ship, for me, is the ship of dreams! Well, my dreams to be precise and those dreams involve me holding the World Bombshell Championship four years after my SCW debut and on the fourth year anniversary of my SCW debut, as for Sam, Mikah, Keira, Mercedes and the champ herself Crystal? Have you ever seen the movie Titanic? Because your dreams of holding gold at the end of the night will go the same way as the Titanic’s maiden voyage and I’m the iceberg that’s gonna sink them! This is the “Heavy Metal Angel” Jessie Salco signing off and after this Sunday I’ll be your World Bombshell Champion!”

I went back in the nightclub as the scene fades.

[Keira Fisher]

 *Roxi and Keira, fresh off of LAW, walk to a small jet with the Tuck logo on it. Roxi and Keira slowly board, headed for the crusie ship for Summer XXXtreme.*

Pilot: Strap in, Ladies. Miss Tuck wants you two safe and sound on the Ship

Roxi: You got it.

*Keira and Roxi strap in as soon enough they take off headed for the cruise ship*

*Roxi looks over at Keira, stroking her hair and smiling at her and kissing her cheek*

Roxi: I love you.

Keira: I love you too.

*Keira looks outside, seeing everything lit up at night.*

Keira: I'm legit nervous about this Chamber of Fate match....

Roxi: I know you will do great.

Keira: I know. But...still. This will be the greatest challenge I have ever faced

Roxi: You're there, because you deserve to be

Keira: I earned my place Roxi. I wish they would underestimate me once. Cause like I said to them. It takes me One Shot...to earn the prize.

Roxi: This is your shot. I have watched you grow, and evolve into what you are today. I could not be more proud of you, and no matter what, I will be proud of you. I know you can win. I see the desire in your eyes, and that's what I love.

Keira: I promise you this. When Summer XXXTreme is over and I stand over my fallen enemies. You will be kissing the new SCW World Bombshell Champion

*Keira leans in and kisses Roxi*

Roxi: You'll always be a champion to me. You are amazing Keira. I love you with all my heart.

Keira: I love you forever and a day

*The two hold each other and drift off to sleep. The flight from Oklahoma City to LA seems to take a while, but it isn’t long before they land in LA. Having offices in Los Angeles, Jenny arranges a private Helicopter to take Roxi and Keira to the cruise ship. That flight takes about 20 minutes. Keira and Roxi getting a good view of downtown Los Angeles.*

Pilot: We're about to land. The captain's waiting on deck.

Roxi: Very well

*The Helicopter lands on the zone of the ship. As the blades slow down, Keira and Roxi lower their heads as they exit and meet the captain on the deck*

Roxi: Roxi and Keira Johnson, Reporting in.

Keira: Rox...you are so lame. Hehe

Captain: Ah yes. I remember you two from last year. Hard not to remember a face, especially now since one half of Team Hero is in the main event

Roxi: She's earned it.

Keira: Roxi...you're embarrassing me...

*Keira blushes*

Roxi: It's the truth.

Keira: Still.

*Keira kisses Roxi, but a crewmate accidentally bumps into them, holding a phone in his hand*

Crewmate: Sorry, I saw a Voltorb on this ship!

Keira: .....Really?

Roxi: I have no idea what all that is.

Captain: Sorry, but since most SCW Stars and crew are playing Pokemon GO, we've encouraged people to play it during their time on board

Keira: Oh great. I'm gonna be hearing that all cruise...

*Keira rolls her eyes*

Roxi: What? What is even happening?

Keira: Pokemon GO. Everyone's playing it. Except me. I wanted to, but, now I don't.

Roxi: I don't know about Pokemon

Keira: I do. But...I'd rather play it with a story. THIS...is dumb! Pokemon GO?

*Keira begins to get enraged*

Roxi: Keira, calm down. Captain, we only need one room so...

Captain: Yes. Your Honeymoon Suite is all ready. Jenny paid for it, for you guys.

Keira: Wow...Honeymoon suite?

Roxi: I didn't think there were honeymoon suites....

Captain: We double as a love boat

Roxi Was that a joke?

Captain: No, part of the ship is for Honeymooners.

Roxi: Oh... wow....

Keira: Looks like we're extending our Honeymoon

Roxi: I guess.

Keira: While we train…

Roxi: We'll certainly be training in the ring, but for the most part, we're here, and I think we should just relax.

Keira: Good idea. I know we just came off the honeymoon and all but I think you’re right.

Roxi: We’ll get into our match preparation each day, but for the most part, I want both of us to relax and have fun.

*As Keira goes to kiss Roxi, another crew mate bumps into them, searching with their cell phone

Roxi: What is this whole Pokemon thing?

Keira: Roxi, the only good Pokemon is on a Nintendo system. Let's go to our room

Roxi: Okay.

*Roxi grabs their bags as Keira is handed the keycard and they make their way to their room. Keira opens it as they see a pretty room as the two smile.*

Keira: This is so beautiful

Roxi: No expense spared I see.

*Keira kisses Roxi's neck to tease her*

Keira: Carry me?

Roxi: Of course

Keira: Yay!

*Roxi puts the bags down and picks up Keira and carries her over the threshhold

Keira: Why Mrs. Johnson, you're such a Lady

Roxi: I try.

*Keira leans in, kissing Roxi's neck*

Roxi: I love you.

Keira: I love you too.

*Keira looks into Roxi's eyes, softly saying*

Keira: Take me, Roxi. Take me and don't stop...

Roxi: Keira, the cruise just started, we have plenty of time for that later.

*Keira leans in and passionately kisses Roxi, the two not stopping the kiss for a bit*

Roxi: Well... when you put it that way.

*The two begin to make out as the scene fades*

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Just a little while longer. I got One Shot. One Shot and I got to make it count.
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*Keira is seen in the ring, set up for Summer XXXtreme, practicing and getting some training done, getting ready for the Chamber of Fate match. She grabs the trainer and lifts him up, hitting the Final Sin on him. Roxi sees it, in shock as Keira just stares at him*

Roxi: Keira...

*Keira raises her head and turns to Roxi*

Keira: Yea?

Roxi: Where did that come from?

Keira: Something I've been working on. It's a Chamber of Fate. So, Fate always have some sort of Sin in the end.

Roxi: Just be careful.

Keira: I will. I wouldn't be working on this if I wasn't careful

*Keira stands up slowly, but walks towards Roxi*

Roxi: I know. I trust you. I just worry, you know me.

Keira: I know. I love you for it.

*Keira kisses Roxi*

Roxi: I love you too.

*Keira rolls out of the ring*

Keira: That wore me out

Roxi: Well, you wear yourself out now, you'll be wearing them out later.

Keira: Damn right, I will

*Keira holds Roxi*

Keira: Tell me. How would I look with World Bombshell Gold around my waist?

Roxi: Sexy as always.

Keira: Now you're just feeding my ego

Roxi : It’s easier than feeding your belly.

*Keira giggles*

Keira: But, you've been there for me, for good and bad. I know you'll be there for me when I become World Bombshell Champion.

Roxi: I always will be

*Keira smiles as she hugs Roxi, knowing she was sweaty*

Roxi: Oh! gross! Dang it!

Keira: What?

Roxi: You're all sweaty! That's gross!

*Keira giggles*

Keira: So I am. Gimme a kiss!

Roxi; No!

*Roxi recoils away, giggling at the same time*

Keira: Gimme a kiss!!!

*Keira keeps getting closer, making smooches*

Roxi: No! Stay away!

Keira: No! I'm attracted to you!

Roxi: Not til you shower!

*Keira grabs Roxi and kisses her, giggling*

Roxi: You really need a shower.

Keira: I know, but now, so do you

Roxi: Yeah, thanks to you! Still, you're all sweaty. We're not doing anything until you're clean, woman.

*As Keira goes to kiss Roxi again, the two see a passenger playing Pokemon GO*

Keira: ....Really?

Roxi: What is the obsession? I don't get it.

Keira: Well, that killed my mood. I'm gonna go shower

Roxi: Keira, are you going to explain Pokemon to me?

Keira: It's a game that you catch little monsters in Pokeballs. Thing is, it comes with a STORY! Pokemon GO is....AHHHH!

*Keira gets enraged and walks to the suite as the scene fades*

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I know I said before I wanted to play Pokemon GO, but after hearing so much about it, people being stupid and getting hurt.

It's not worth it. Hell, it's pissing me off, now!
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*Keira is seen in the suite. She is eating a banana. As she turns, she sees Roxi coming in, on her phone*

Keira: Hey, babe

Roxi: Hey... how you feeling?

Keira: I'm good. W-What are you doing?

*Keira tries to look, but Roxi jerks her phone away*

Roxi: I'm just talking to Christine. Checking on the baby.

Keira: Let me talk to her too

*Keira tries again, but Roxi jerks the phone away again*

Keira: You better not be playing Pokemon GO!

Roxi: I'm not.... see!

*Roxi shows Keira her phone*

Roxi: I don't know the first thing about Pokemon anyway!

Keira: Ok....

Roxi: I think you have Pokemon on the brain

Keira: I should be focusing on my match. But instead, I turn around and I see all of them playing Pokemon GO! IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!

Roxi: Relax. I've got just the thing.

Keira: Hmm?

*Roxi pulls a portable hard drive from her bag and plugs it into her laptop.*

Keira: Ok?

Roxi: I have some matches of all of your opponents. Give you one final cram session to make any adjustments you may feel like you need to make.

Keira: Good idea! This will help me

Roxi: I told you I would do everything I could to help you. I promised you. This is my last gift. Once this last little session is through, and maybe a couple of training in that ring, You will be as prepared as I can make you. The rest, will be up to you.

Keira: Thank you, baby

Roxi: This should take your mind off things, one last large focus session to get you mentally prepared. I told want you to over train, either body, or mind when it comes to this. I know you're going to go out there and kick butt.

Keira: I need this

Roxi: You can do this. Just take some notes, we'll go over them, see what you picked up on, and we'll refine anything we need to. I am going to go lay in the sun for a little bit, I'll be back soon.

*Keira nods and sits there, watching the matches and taking notes. Roxi returns a short time later from sunbathing. Seeing Keira still taking notes*

Roxi: How's it coming?

*Keira holds out what looked like a novel of notes*

Roxi: That's good.

*Roxi sits down with Keira on the bed*

Roxi: Okay, What have you learned about Sam?

Keira: That she's tougher than Mikah. Need to go for the legs pretty quick. Everyone else will go after Mikah already due to the fact that old wounds haven't healed yet. The weakest one will be Crystal, I don't even need notes for that and I know for sure. Sure, she got lucky and won the title. But she knows me. She knows I will beat her. Jessie will be the one I need to focus on, despite the rocky past.

*Keira clears her throat*

Keira: Now Mercedes will be a bit tough, around Number 3 compared to Sam and Mikah. Get her out of the way fast after we deal with Mikah. I will obviously watch more to pick up what I can, but I feel a lot more confident about this.

Roxi: I wouldn't take Crystal too lightly, but it sounds like you have a gameplan. That's good. Just remember to review those notes every now and again this week. That way you are 100% prepared. You may be the underdog, they may not have wanted you here, but you are, and you will show everyone that you deserve this. And with the talent you have, the preparation you've gone through, and a little luck, because that never hurts... you will be the bombshell's champion.

Keira: I'm not taking Crystal too lightly. She takes herself too lightly. That will be the deal breaker. She WILL be pinned. No matter the cost.

Roxi: Well, she has to for you to win. I just don't want you to get overconfident when it comes to her. You may have beaten her, but that doesn't mean you're automatically going to walk into this match and do it again.

Keira: Like I've told them, Roxi. When it comes to Championships in SCW...

*Keira raises up her index finger*

Keira: It takes me One Shot to do it. Bombshell Roulette, Bombshell World Tag Team. I'm the underdog, yes. But in a way, I'm the most feared. I am an unknown at this level. I plan on using this to my advantage.

Roxi: I like the way you think. I like the confidence. I beleve in you my love, no matter what happens. You're going to prove yourself one way or the other. Just keep those notes handy review them at least once every day this week, and you will be as prepared as you can be.

*Roxi kisses Keira's cheek*

Roxi: I love you, and I will always believe in you.

*Keira smiles as she kisses Roxi, but as they continue, a maid comes in, carrying the tray of clean sheets and towels, but it look like she was on her phone as she says in a distracting manner*

Maid: Room ser..vice...

Keira: Go ahead and change the sheets, they need them, fresh towels too.

Maid: Yea...sure...

Roxi: Um... did you hear her? It's kind of unprofessional to be on your phone at work all the time.

*The maid keeps on the phone, which begins to piss off Keira*

Keira: HEY! YOU LISTENING TO HER!?

*Keira goes to her and snatches the phone away. Keira gets even more enraged as she sees that the maid was playing Pokemon GO*

Keira: YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!

Maid: Miss Fisher! That's my phone! I almost caught a Koffing!

Keira: You're supposed to be doing your job! Everyone playing Pokemon GO on this cruise! I lost my appetite cause of this game!

*Roxi hears that as her eyes widen*

Roxi: Wait, what? You aren’t hungry? That’s a first.

Keira: Yea! I was trying to eat, couldn't with everyone, passing me and trying to catch Pokemon. One asshole stood right in front of me and said, "There's a Ekans on your steak!"

Roxi: Keira, I think you just need to relax. Actually you may need to see the doctor if you, Keira Fisher, are not hungry.

Keira: Relax? I'll show you relax!!!!!!

*Keira walks out of the suite with the maid's phone*

Roxi: Whoa! Keira!

*Roxi gives chase along with the maid as Keira storms towards the edge of the ship*

Keira: Pokemon GO? Oh, you're going...

*Keira was now nearing the edge of the ship*

Roxi: Keira! Don't!

Maid: Please Miss!

*Keira goes to throw it, but she hears a noise from it. She slowly lowers it down and her eyes widen*

Keira: ....Squirtle?

Maid: YOU FOUND SQUIRTLE!? I've been trying for weeks!

*Keira begins to use the phone for a few minutes. She screams with joy as she catches Squirtle. She hands the phone back to the maid*

Maid: You caught it! Awesome!

Keira: Anytime.

Roxi: Wait... what just happened?

Keira: I don't know. I saw Squirtle and...I had to catch it.

Roxi: So... now you like that game?

Keira: Let me download it on my phone, then I'll give you my answer

Roxi:oh.... okay...

*Keira kisses a confused Roxi on the lips as the scene fades*

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Huh. Didn't know Squirtle looked good in that game.

Ok! I'm playing it now. Sue me. But it isn't going to stop me from training. When it comes to the World Bombshell Championship and Pokemon GO. The title is more important than some silly game.

...Then again, I do need to relax....
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*The next day, Keira was done with training and studying for the day as she was now on her phone, searching*

Roxi: What are you doing?

Keira: Relaxing...

*Keira quickly stands and gets close to Roxi with the phone*

Keira: Stay still!

Roxi: What?

Keira: There's a Krabby between your legs

Roxi: EXCUSE ME?

*Keira turns and shows Krabby on her phone with a still image of Roxi's legs*

Roxi: WHAT THE HELL!

*Keira quickly uses a Pokeball and catches it*

Keira: There we go! No more Krabbys!

*Roxi begins to growl as she punches Keira, forcing her to flip over the bed*

Keira: OW! What was that for!?

Roxi: What the hell is wrong with you! That's not funny to even joke about!

Keira: Roxi, I wasn't joking!!! There was a Krabby between your legs!

Roxi: Stop saying Krabby!
*Keira begins to rub her face a bit*

Keira: You done punching me?

Roxi: I'm sorry. I just... I guess I overreacted a little. But still! Not funny!

Keira: Well, either way. I'm fully ready now for the Chamber of Fate match. Soon, you'll be looking at the next World Bombshell Champion

*Roxi smiles and sits down on the bed and looks up at Keira*

Roxi: I know you can do it.

Keira: I know. I love you

*Keira leans in and kisses Roxi, but Keira hears a noise on her phone*

Keira: Roxi...stay still

Roxi: I swear if it's another crab....

Keira: No, you got Arbok between your breas--

*Roxi punches Keira again, flipping her over the bed*

Keira: DAMN IT, ROXI! Arbok got away!

Roxi: I am not a poke... thing...Seriously!

Keira: Fine...I'll put it away....but you owe me.

Roxi: Look somewhere else for Pokemon!

Keira: Not my fault the Radar says which Pokemon are where!

*Keira frowns*

Keira: Can we go eat before you punch my jaw out of my socket?

Roxi: I'm sorry. Yes, yes we can

Keira: I wonder what else is on the ship there are Pokemon Maybe in the engine room.

Roxi: I swear if you walk overboard, I’m not diving in to save you.

*Keira holds Roxi as the two go eat as the scene fades*

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Ok, maybe I'm too relaxed. But, least I'm getting my balance.

I did one more day of training. Now I'm ready. But first...I promised my wife some time alone with her.
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*Keira and Roxi are seen holding each other's hands as they walk on the deck. They look to the sky as they look at the moon*

Roxi: It's wonderful

Keira: Mhmm, what a night. I'm surprised we survived all of this

*Keira looks at Roxi*

Keira: Cause of Stephanie, Jean returning....

Roxi: We've been lucky. Really lucky.

Keira: I just have this small feeling my luck's about to run out. Mostly Wrestling wise. This is why I've been training more hard lately.

Roxi: What do you mean?

Keira: You noticed that I've been getting up more and more early before and after our renewal?

Roxi: Yeah... what's going on?

Keira: I wanna make sure that I don't have one fatal flaw going into this match. Plus, the Final Sin move I've been working on

Roxi: Okay, but why do you think time is running out? That's scaring me. I don't want to lose you...

Keira: Our Son. Once he's born, I might not be able to do the things I want to do. This could be my only chance to become the World Bombshell Champion. Sure, I've been saying it takes One Shot for me to become champion.

*Keira sighs*

Keira: But it's also my One...and only shot. If I fail, who knows when I'll get another one

Roxi: Keira, jus because we're taking a break, doesn't mean this is your only chase. You will make a statement in that match that you are as good as anyone. You don't even need to win to prove your point. This may be your first shot, but I know it won't be your last. I promise. You may have to start fresh after Nate is big enough to walk, or talk, but at the same time you will have this as your stamp.

*Roxi smles and hugs Keira*

Roxi: You've made it. You are in the main event. Don't let that worry you too much. You just focus on having fun, and enjoying the moment.

Keira: I will. But I'm not gonna hold back.

*Keira closes her eyes and feels the breeze of the wind*

Roxi: I'm not expecting you too. I expect you to give it all you have.

*Roxi looks around*

Roxi: Did you find any more pokemon things?

Keira: My own Squirtle, Charmander and a Pikachu.

Roxi: Cool. Where did you find them? Are they good?

Keira: Squirtle's a personal fav of mine. Charmander is good too. Pikachu...is...think the Mickey Mouse of Pokemon

Roxi: Or Mario? So... he's like... the average one?

Keira: He evolves into Raichu, but people keep him as Pikachu. No idea why

Roxi: I don't know this game very well, so... I dunno, can you show me how it's done? Where you find these things?

Keira: Well, last time I did, you hit me, twice

Roxi: I meant when they're not on me.

Keira: Hard to tell. They're everywhere. Depends on the Radar

Roxi: Well, this is a big ship, there's got to be a lot of them, right?

Keira: No. The ocean is. hell, the path we're going has alot of Pokemon on the route

Roxi: Really?

Keira: I know. It's starting to be fun

Roxi: And here you were, angry at those people.

Keira: Excuse me. Didn't know it would be this good.

*Keira looks at Roxi*

Keira: It just annoyed me when it kept going, especially when you're trying to eat

*Keira leans her head on Roxi's shoulder*

Keira: I just wanna enjoy this night, Roxi.

Roxi: Well, then, let's enjoy the night.... champ.

*Keira smiles as the two watch the night sky as the scene fades*

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One Shot.

I've been saying it as many times til I'm blue in the face. One Shot can mean alot of things in this world. One Shot to get this right. One Shot to not make a mistake. One Shot to save the world. But to me...

One Shot means two things.

One Shot means that when it comes to Championships in SCW, I've done it in just my first shot. The SCW Bombshell Roulette Title. I had One Shot. Sure it was in a briefcase. But all it took me was just One Shot to do it. Crystal, you should know all about that. But I'll get to you, soon enough. The SCW World Bombshell Tag Team Titles. Sure, it was with my sexy wife. But it took us One Shot to beat the Fallen and guess what? We held it for a BITCHING long time.

And now, here we are. Summer XXXTreme IV. The Chamber of Fate match. How fitting in a way.

Fate is like Sin in a way. You roll the dice to determine your fate, but you Sin at the same time by committing the deed. You put fate in your hands, yet you sin by making the wrong choice. The Chamber of Fate is just like that.

I'm sinning, so are my opponents by even taking fate into the hands of the Chamber. But that's the fun of it all, isn't it?

Mikah, I know you're first. But you're the biggest example of Fate and Sin. It was fate that got you the World Bombshell Championship in the first place. But you committing so much with your booze, caused you to Sin. It was fate that got you the record breaking reign in the first place. But it caused you to sin with your ego. It was fate that you held a briefcase to get another shot at it. But you had to beat Jenny Tuck for that. THAT is a sin of a different level. Yet, it's fate that you're in this match with us, cause of the sins of the past have caught up with you in the form of Mark Ward. I can promise you this, Mikah. Fate will not be with you on this night. But the sins of the past will stop you from making you champion once again.

Jessie, I shouldn't bring up the past, you're right. But the past is what makes us who we are. Fate and Sin. Your fate has helped your best friend, but you stabbing your other friends in the back, was sinful of itself.  You want redemption so much that will you take fate in your hands. Tell me something, Jessie. Do you want redemption so badly that you'll sin in order to become World Champion? That's alot on your plate. I do love you, Jessie. I do respect you, but if you allow yourself to take fate in your hands, then your sins will weigh you down and it will stop you from becoming champion.

Mercedes, you think I don't have a shot cause of everything I had to go through. Thing is, you're good too. But when you're bad, you mess up as well. No one is perfect. Fate brought you into the Mean Girls and it lasted quite a long time. But thing is, your sins didn't weigh you down, overtime, you saw the light. But now in Chamber of Fate, you might have to go back to the Mean Girl days in order to stand a chance against us. You're putting your fate in the hands of the past. That's when your sins will catch up and just like Mikah and Jessie, will stop you from becoming champion again.

Sam, my dear, dear friend. I do love you with all of my heart. You and I both are not safe from Fate and Sin. Trust me. Hell, you put fate in your hands when you became the one to finally dethrone Mikah from her throne to become World Bombshell Champion. But, the sins weighed in on you as you lost to Mercedes all cause of Crystal. That distraction cost you, but you rose from it and put fate in your hands once again to win it back, but that same sin caused you to lose it to the one that started all of this. I wanna say that you'll take fate once again in your hands and become World Champion. But, since I'm here. It won't be the case. If anything, your sins, just like the others, will stop you from becoming champion once again.

That just leaves me to the big one. The biggest example of Fate and Sin of them all, besides Mikah, of course. Crystal Millar herself. I love how you have to remind me of what you did in 2016. Yes, you did beat me, in a Triple Threat Match. Remember, TRIPLE...THREAT! It only kept your hunger to beat me at bay. While you were focused on stealing fate like how you stole the title. It's your sins that has kept you back. The biggest one is your husband himself! Sure, I'm not a saint. I don't claim to be. But you try to fix something that isn't broken, you want to steal fate and make it right, but your sins are closing in faster and faster. Wanna know when your sins will finally catch up? Chamber of Fate, when you're laying on the mat and I'm holding the World Bombshell Championship!

My fate is already written. My sins have been cleansed. I've waited for this shot for a very long time. LADIES, I can Break a Bitch so many times til I'm BLUE IN THE FACE!

But it only takes One Shot....to become Champion.

My Name is Keira Fisher.

My Sins have been cleansed and my fate is in...my hands.

See you Sunday.  

[Crystal Zdunich]

 On The Cruise Ship


It was day number two on the cruise and we are taken to the exercise room where we are able to see Natalie McKinley lifting some weights. She is in the middle of her normal routine as she is lifting nearly twice her weight as she dead lifts three hundred pounds like it is nothing. The sweat is pouring rapidly off of her head and everything seems to be quiet in the exercise room. That is until Crystal Millar makes bursts onto the scene. She is clad in a pair of sneakers, yoga pants, and a small tank top. She doesn’t enter into the room alone as her a group of paparazzi have followed her. She is wearing the World Bombshell Championship over a shoulder. She grins as Natalie is taken back a bit as she looks at all of the flashes from the cameras. Moments later fans begin to enter into the exercise room and Crystal chuckles as she runs her hands through her pink hair as she proudly holds her championship again. Natalie turns her attention back over to Crystal as she seems befuddled.

“Ummm Christina… Why are there so many camera men and people here? Not that I am complaining but I thought you said you and I were going to spend some time working out with each other, followed by sparring…”

The Welsh girl said as with a sense of befuddlement as she looked back at the Latina. Crystal however couldn’t help but ham it up as she posed for all of the cameras. She flicked her hair as she slowly moved her attention to that of Natalie. “Well we are going to do that… I mean I didn’t lie it’s just that I made some minor improvements to our training session…”

“What kind of improvements did you make Christina?!” Natalie dropped her weight as she wiped the powder off of her hands. Crystal smiles as she hands her a piece of paper. Natalie looks it over as she reads out. “Cruise schedule of events…9 AM  workout session with CRYSTAL MILLAR & natalie mckinley.” Natalie looks it over again as she lets out a very small sigh. “You actually put us on the cruise’s schedule of events?!”

Crystal nods her head with a grin. “I might have… There’s nothing wrong with having a few cameras around as we prepare for the biggest matches of our careers. I mean this is exactly what we are all about right Nat?! Besides I am the World Bombshell Champion… The public needs to see me. They need to see how a champion prepares herself. The steps and strides she takes to make sure she wins this Chamber of Fate match and remains as the very best bombshell in the entire world…”

“Wow having an ego trip much? Maybe I shouldn’t have shared that magazine cover of you on that fitness magazine, but gracing one cover doesn’t make you a fitness guru. You have to actually workout…” Natalie looks at the schedule again as she raises her eye brows at it. “Also another thing… Why is your name on this schedule so big whereas mine isn’t big at all.”

Crystal giggles as she looks at the schedule and shrugs her shoulders with an evil grin. “Oh I really didn’t notice… Oh well… No reason to get so salty about it. It’s only a piece of paper. It’s not like your star power isn’t equal to mine or anything….” Crystal looks at her white championship as she can’t help but grin again. “Oh wait a minute…”

Natalie is blinded as the camera men all begin to snap photo after photo of the two of them. She slowly moves her attention to Crystal. “

“Crystal…Don’t forget what happened when you first came to SCW. Remember those three matches we had and I defeated you in every single one of them?”

“Lies… Must have been a dream or something you thought of in your imagination…” Crystal snaps back as she almost pays no attention to her as her focus is still on that of her championship.”

“Or how about you telling the entire world that you hate me and that is something that would never change, and then a year or so later. You, Celeste and I unite with one another for a purpose, and that same friend of yours just happened to save you from a certain Kate Steele. Or was all of that made up as well?” Natalie couldn’t help but giggle again but this time Crystal was the one that sighed as she beamed daggers right into Natalie.

“You know Nat sometimes you can be quite the party pooper…”

Natalie looks at Crystal before she turns her attention back to that of the cameras. “Or how about the woman that came crying to me on the phone how everybody hated you over the way that you treated Despy or the way you blew my phone on numerous occasions telling me about Jonathan this and Jonathan that. Not really understanding how a “British” guy acts.”

“OKAY OKAY OKAY I am sorry! Don’t mind Natalie everyone we were just poking fun. Anyway as you can see we are right here in the exercise room and it’s going to be quite the event because you are going to see first and foremost how we prep before a match. Now this Sunday it’s going to be Summer XXXtreme!!!!!!!1 It’s going to be a jam packed night but most of all. It will be the night where Natalie and I will set the bar of women’s wrestling in SCW. Not only will I walk out the sole survivor in the first ever Chamber of Fate match for the bombshell championship but Nat here will make Kate Steele tap out! She will become a TWO TIME Roulette Champion I will still be at the top of the pecking order in the Bombshell Division. What Celeste tried to established will carry on through us and I couldn’t be any more prouder for being in this position because I feel like we earned this! Last year around this time… I really wasn’t going anywhere in the company…”

Crystal sighs as everyone in the room looks shocked. :”Natalie wasn’t around and at Summer XXXtreme 3 I was losing a match in the middle of the card to the likes of Candy Overton and Jessie Salco, but now a year has gone by and I am at the top of the card. That brings a big smile to my face because I earned my place up here. I earned the right to gloat and shove it in everyone’s faces but at the same time. I am humble that a woman like Natalie can put up with me. So that’s why I can tease her because I know she can take it. The more I stir the beast up is the more that she’s going to kill Kate…”

“But what about you Mrs. Millar?!”  One of the fans call out to Crystal as she just brushes it off. “What about me?! Weren’t you paying attention to what I said earlier?! I am happy where with the way I have improved in over a year. I am happy with the way I have worked my ass off into getting the championship that I have around my waist and the fact is I earned it all by myself.”

Crystal takes a long deep breath as she continues to speak. “In all seriousness I am happy with where I am right now. I had to bust my ass off for a YEAR! For a year of constantly losing to Mikah on an everyday basis. Constantly losing to the likes of Melanie Gabrielle and wondering how I could find myself in a situation where I couldn’t get the Roulette Championship back and questioned if I could ever really get it back. But I think I am finally in a place where I am happy in my life. I have the World Championship around my waist and I have the husband. What else could I really want out of life?!”

Someone else in the room shouts a question out at the World Champion as Crystal just takes it in. “Mrs. Millar in the last few weeks we have noticed a lot of mood swings coming from you. In one moment you can show everyone a lot of respect and in the very next week you can come off high and mighty. Care to elaborate why you are quick to bounce around with your emotions. Is there a possibility that you have some mental illness?!”

Natalie shrugs as she looks back at Crystal. “Next time… I am just going to knock on your door when we are going to train. So much for our workout session…”

Crystal stares blankly into the eyes of Natalie as she shrugs her shoulders. “ I told you I can’t help it if I have star power and everyone feels the need to ask me all of these questions… As far as your question goes, I actually do have a mental illness. I suffer from having the Dissociative Identity Disorder. But you can rest assured that it is taken care of. Last year I would hear all of sorts of personalities running through my head, and they were all telling me to do different things. Be nice, be mean, be selfish. It just got annoying to me but I am medicated for that issue and that’s not the problem right now…”

Crystal thinks about it as she offers a very long sigh. “As a matter of fact I believe this will be the last question that I answer. Natalie and I are on a schedule to work out in front of all of you, and not that we don’t like you but this is sort of taking away from it. I think what I have been suffering in these last few weeks is caused by what I am going through with my Jonathan. I haven’t been all that faithful to him like I know I should be and it’s getting to me. But at the end of the day all I want is to have him fully in my life again. I want him by my side. To manage me and just be there for me…”

Crystal begins to tear up as she slowly starts to dab at the tears in her eyes. “Last year I went through this company as being a Hilton and although I know some of you may have been fans of mind. You all have to admit that the moment I got married and became a Millar is the moment that my career started to take off.  It was this year where I went on a tear at the beginning of the year, and it was that momentum from being attached to the love of my life that has really propelled me to getting to where I am right now. I know I can be the woman with the biggest ego in the room but at the end of the day. Jonathan is a huge reason to thank for all of my success and without him in my life. It will lead to my downfall. I think what you all have been witnessing has been exactly that. There’s no reason to panic because while I have been up and down by decisions that involve my career or what I say to the media the fact is it really hasn’t changed what I have been able to do inside of the ring. I still give my all in every single match. I am still the Bitch everybody is looking to dethrone and the only way that anybody is going to take my championship away from me is by prying it from my fingers. Anyway that’s all for the questions and now it’s time to do what Natalie and I had planned to do… And that’s work out!”

Natalie smiles as she looks back at Crystal and offers a wide grin. “ABOUT TIME!!!!”

Natalie looks at everyone before she walks over to a set of weights that she has set. “Ok everyone. You are going to see me deadlift something that weighs a little more than 21 stones… First I like to put some powder on my hands and…”

Crystal pushes Natalie aside as she offers her friend a playful pieface as she holds her hand upright to her face. “Now, now Natalie. Let the new World Bombshell Championship and fitness magazine COVER ATHLETE show everyone how it’s done. 21 stones?! I could lift that in my sleep…”

Crystal smiles as she squats a bit as she looks at the weight on the ground. Natalie offers a sigh as she glares right into the eyes of Crystal. “Crystal you don’t understand. 21 stones isn’t what you think it is… In American terms that would be close to over 3….”

“I don’t care Natalie! My adoring public came to see me workout and that’s what they are going to get! So get your cameras ready because you will never see someone work out as hard as I can.”

Crystal stretches out a bit as she shows off her butt. Natalie shakes her head as she can’t stop giggling. “Are you going to work out or just continue to stick your butt out?!”

“I’M WORKING ON IT!!! Okay here it goes…” Crystal wraps her arms around the metal piece of the weight and she tries to pick it up. Crystal tries to pull upwards trying to get the weight off of the ground but her face begins to turn red and she eventually falls backwards to the ground. “OWWWWWWWWWWWWW”

Crystal yells out as she holds her butt in pain. Natalie looks on as she can’t stop giggling.

“Come on Crystal/ After all you said you got it right?!”

Crystal begins to swear in Spanish as Natalie can’t help but giggle some more. She shakes her head looking down at Crystal. “What’s wrong Crystal?!”

“You can see what’s wrong Natalie, I can’t pick that up… What did you do to it?!”

“Nothing… Look I have no problem lifting it…” Natalie walks over to the weight. She squats before she brings the weight over her head. She drops it in front of her as she looks back at Crystal. “See there’s nothing wrong with it…”

“No… you must have glued it to the floor or something…”

Crystal pouts as Natalie smiles clapping her hands together. “Ladies and gents let’s give it up for the guru of all fitness my friend Crystal Millar!”

“Nooooooooo… No flashes… No clapping! I hate you Natalie I really do…”

“No you don’t…Live a little Crystal besides I told you it was a little more than 21 stones…”

Crystal raises an eyebrow. “And what the hell does over 21 stones mean?!”

McKinley grins wickedly now. “Well it means that you were lifting about 300 pounds…”

“THREE HUNDRED POUNDS?! WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME SOONER!”

“I tried too but you kept on going like you usually do. It’s okay Crystal we all still love you anyway and besides I thought the woman married to a Brit would know what 21 stones equaled too.”

Crystal slowly shakes her head. “Anyway that’s enough for the workout session. So thank you for joining us. We are going to want some private time to work out and you can catch us by the pool in three hours for an autograph session! See you then! SECURITY!!!!!!!!”

With that the security guards begin to push the people out of the exercise room. Leaving Crystal and Natalie to train together with one another.




Dinner Time

It was night three on the cruise ship and Crystal was dressed in a stunning evening gown complete with heels. The World Bombshell Champion slowly found herself walking into one of the ships ballrooms that served as the setting for their formal dinner. Crystal smiled as she walked over to a table where she saw Zelda Clark sitting there dressed in a nice gown. Crystal couldn’t help but grin in return as she looked back at Crystal.

“Hey Christina!!!” She smiled warmly as Crystal walked over to the table and opened her arms up embracing Zelda into a passionate hug. “Hey there ring rat…”

Zelda turned her nose up to Crystal before she pushed away from the Latina bombshell going back to her seat. “WOULD YOU STOP CALLING ME THAT?!” Crystal couldn’t help but break out into a chuckle before she took her place at the table and looked deeply into Zelda’s eyes. “Zelda you need to relax. It’s a joke… I don’t think care if you are a ring rat or not…”

“WELL I AM NOT ONE… IT’S NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!”

“Calm down Zelda… Besides I rather be a ring rat then a woman who couldn’t be faithful to her husband. Than to constantly be called a lying cheat among other words. So I think things are much easier for you as it stands…” Zelda still doesn’t say anything as she just keeps pouting looking deeply at Crystal.

“Ok… Just please relax with those ring rat comments… Christina can I ask you a serious question?”

Zelda says with a sincere expression as she looks back at her friend. “Sure what’s going on Zelda?”

Zelda takes a long deep breath as she continues to speak. “Why are you so nice to me?!”

“What do you mean by me being so nice?” Zelda takes a sip of water as she continues to talk. “I guess what I am saying is that you could have bullied me. A lot of people tend to bully me in the business and despite Mikah apologizing to me…”

“OH MY GOD… YOU SAID HER NAME!!!!”

“Crystal pay attention I am trying to have a serious moment with you…”

“Okay… What is it?!”

Zelda takes a long deep breath as she continues to speak. “I just wanted to know what’s going on with you? I don’t understand you sometimes. I don’t know why you would go out of your way just to be nice to me of all people. You have all of the makings of someone that would bully me…And not that I hate it. I am thankful for it. Thankful for the way you stood up to Mikah for me and I cannot thank you enough for it. Why would you do something like that when you hardly even know me…”

Crystal just shrugs her shoulders as she looks away from the blogger. Her eyes meet with Zelda as she reaches out to her. “Honestly it’s because I see a lot of me inside of you so I guess that’s why I reach out to you so much. I remember when I was 17 years of age and I was fresh out of wrestling school. I worked my hardest into trying to find a wrestling job but nobody wanted me. I was young and naïve. I already had a daughter that was like 4 years old, but I still didn’t know where to go with myself. The only gig that came up was to be that of my former husband’s valet, and I doubled up as an interviewer for a company.”

Zelda’s eyes lit up as she looks back at Crystal.

“You were an interviewer?! The mighty Crystal Hilton that is known for flying off of anything and everything was subjected to being just an interviewer?!” Zelda cried out as Crystal nodded her head in agreement.

“Yep and it was an exciting time in my life. I felt like I knew the entire wrestling world and I came off like more of a fan girl more than anything. Everybody was so nice to me and I was excited. I dreamed of the day when I could become more than just an interviewer. Where I could put all of that training from wrestling school to use but then there were some people who couldn’t help themselves but to come across like jerks. Every time I would find myself in interviews with these people. I would be at the end of a beat down and it just sucked.”

Zelda chuckles in return. “It still doesn’t explain why you can come across like a bitch at times. I swear it’s like you are a modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde…”

“That’s because the moment I finally did get my big break in wrestling all I could think about was the way that I was bullied all throughout and I became an absolute bitch. I couldn’t help myself. I was really good inside the ring. I was an outstanding athlete but I didn’t care. I just wanted to get better and rub it into the faces of all of those who mocked me. I was winning matches and then that’s when my career started to skyrocket. I was winning accolades and accomplishments faster than anybody else…”

Zelda smiles. “That sounds impressive…”

“Oh trust me I was better than impressive. As I was rising through the ranks that is when the sponsorship deals came in, the movie deals. One thing led to another and I was on top of the entertainment world. I was releasing albums, movies, and rubbing it in the faces of everyone else. At first my attitude was only meant to attack those who wronged me but I guess it surpassed that to the point where I am where I just rub it in everyone’s face…”

“I can see where you are coming from about those who bullied you but that doesn’t mean you have to act like that all of the time because not everyone is out to get you. Especially when we are just out here having dinner by ourselves or even if you are just hanging about on Twitter. You don’t have to be rude especially with what you did to Despayre…”

“Please don’t bring that up again… I already said sorry to him and we moved on. Now the only thing that is on my mind is defending my championship…”

“Crystal you are still ducking the question. I get what happened to you in your life, and I understand why you are the way that you are, but you don’t have to be mean to everybody especially when it isn’t warranted. Just take a look at Sam Marlowe for example…”

Crystal scoffs in return. “Don’t mention that redhead… Don’t ever mention her.”

“Why not she has been nothing but nice but even you have to respect that she is a great competitor. As soon as she beat you the first time she was congratulating you and Mercedes after your match…”

Crystal just turns her nose up as she stares into the eyes of Zelda. “Meh…”

Zelda is the one to sigh now. As she glances back at Crystal. Look Christina… You can meh if you want too I just don’t want you to burn all of your bridges. You just don’t have to act like a bitch all of the time is what I am saying. You don’t want to find yourself being completely alone do you?! Just live a little and at least you will have friends to fall back on if things don’t necessarily work out with Jonathan and you…Oh that reminds me! How are things going between you two?”

Crystal looks at Zelda again as she slouches back in her seat. “I thought things were going really well but all he told me is that he was going to move back into the house, and after seeing if he was comfortable there. Then he would decide if we were meant to be a couple or not…”

“WAIT SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU TWO OR BACK TOGETHER?! You should feel excited about that…”

Crystal shakes her head. “And why should I be excited?! Do you know how hard it is to have exactly what I want but it’s like I am in a position where I can’t touch it?! It’s like a slap in the face.”

“But at least he’s giving you a chance. So what if he doesn’t speak to you or if you have to sleep in different rooms. Isn’t this exactly what you wanted in the long run?!”

Crystal thinks about it as the smile escapes her lips. “Well I guess so but what’s the use of it if he doesn’t plan to speak to me?! I want him to hold me to hug me and to say nice things to me. Not to just act like I don’t even exist…”

“Well Crystal the best things comes to those who wait and I wouldn’t be too sure about him not loving you. After all he wouldn’t be on this cruise if he didn’t support you…”

Crystal thinks about what she just said as her eyes open wide up in amazement. “What do you mean by him on this cruise?! You better explain yourself!”

Zelda shrugs her shoulders as she stares back at Crystal. “I could have sworn I saw him today by the pool but I could be wrong…”

And why didn’t you tell me this earlier?!”

“Because I thought that you knew already. After all he is your husband not mine, and I had no idea what you two did when Jonathan told me to go to the room…”

Crystal raises her eyes in return. “Wait a minute?! Jonathan and I did something?!”

“It was the night I took you out to town and you ended up drinking. Things were really bad and you had to get carried inside of the house. But Jonathan was waiting there. He took over and I can’t remember the rest.”

“So my Jonathan took care of me?! And you didn’t think it was important enough to tell me… Some friend you are!”

“It’s  not like that at all Crystal. It’s just that I was busy and besides I had other things that was occupying my time. Akbar and now Mikah’s wedding is going to happen. What are you going to do when the wedding is going on. I know how you feel about it and I don’t want you to feel alone.

Crystal scoffs as she stares daggers back at Zelda. “Don’t worry about me… I’ll manage… At the end of the day that is the only person I can rely on is myself.” Crystal angrily rises up from the table as Zelda quickly gets up as well. Crystal begins to storm away from the table but that is when Zelda touches Crystal from behind. “Crystal don’t go! This is exactly what I don’t want you to do. You don’t want to burn every single bridge. That’s not how you go about doing things…”

Crystal turns around as she looks into the eyes of Zelda. She places her hands firmly on her hips as she begins to scream at the top of her lungs. “DON’T TOUCH ME!!! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!! Go have fun at Mikah’s wedding for all that I care…”

With that Crystal takes her heels off as she exits the dining room. She holds her shoes in her hands as she finds a corner to cry in. She places her head into her hands as she can’t help but get emotional. As the tears just flow steadily down her face.




By the Pool
Day of Mikah’s Wedding.

As everyone was busy to see the big wedding of Mikah and Drake Green, Crystal Millar pretty much had the pool all to herself. She could be seen in a bathing suit with the SCW Bombshell Championship across her shoulders. She was on the verge of tears but she held back as the cameras made sure to zoom in on the Latina beauty.

Crystal: Hello everybody in SCW… It is yours truly. The only woman who is fit to be the God Damn World Champion in this company, CRYSTAL MILLAR. I am the bitch that admires to be in the spotlight and on Sunday it seems like there are going to be five talentless hacks that wish to take my spot but I will be damned if I let that come to pass. I have been in this company for about two years now and it has certainly been quite the journey. I have damn near beaten everybody that has come my way but on Sunday I have the chance of a lifetime. I have a chance to send everybody else to the back of the line. I have the power to stabilize this division and to show that the World Bombshell division isn’t a revolving door. It doesn’t go back and forth to the next thing or person. But the title is around my waist to stay and it is going to be that way for a very long time.

Crystal grins as she adjusts her championship and places it against her chest.

Crystal: As you can see I have the pool all to myself and that’s because everybody is all excited to see Mikah’s wedding. That’s what a lot of people have been talking about and although that’s such an amazing thing for her. You know to actually find love. A man to hold her, accept her, and do everything of that sort… GO TO HELL JONATHAN!!!!! I would rather take this time to actually stand in front of you all and tell the entire world of what this division means to me, and if there is one thing that I am happily married too. It is this business of professional wrestling and being the bride of SCW. I mean just look at me. Do you see how I look in a bikini? Do you see the way I grace magazine covers or the way that everybody has talking me up since my rise in this company?

Crystal holds her arms up as she begins to fan herself.

Crystal: I guess I really am too hot for anybody else in this division to handle but I think what makes me more special is that despite how messed up my life is. I would never let it have an impact on my life inside the ring. I know people are quick to question how I could come across with this Jekyll and Hyde complex. How I could come across nice outside of the ring and I am being nice to people. How I can be so nice to people like Keira who I absolutely loathe inside of the ring, and it’s simple really. It’s because I know that when I step through those ropes. I feel…No I know I am the absolute greatest thing to ever compete in this division and I won’t let anybody tell me differently. Everybody is gunning for what I have. Everybody is so envious of the position that I hold. Even Keira was acting like that. As soon as I won it was like congrats but I will be taking that title from you… Bitch step back because NOBODY takes my title away from me. Especially after I had to build myself for an entire year just to get to this position.

Crystal cracks an evil grin as she looks at her championship again.

Crystal: I fought through the ranks just to win an opportunity that I was forced to wait for. They had to add Sam Marlowe in a match for her rematch clause and she beat me. Like I told the world she beat me but it still doesn’t change the fact like there are some out there who just don’t want me to achieve anything here. As soon as I won the Blast From The Past they fed me to Mikah. For what purpose exactly, to stop me from growing? To deter me from achieving more or so that I would be in a position where I could come back to reality… Well despite trying to throw me to the wolves. I still gave people a reason to watch the Bombshell division. Everybody was awaiting my next move. Every bitch in the division wanted my head on a silver platter and as tough as it was being in that position. To be honest it’s one that I immensely enjoyed. I took all the attention away from the likes of Mercedes and Sam Marlowe and I made the focus all about me. Now that I am at the helm of the division. I get to walk into the biggest bombshell match that this company has ever had for the biggest prize. Last Super Card I had the privilege of making it onto the poster for the show, and now I get to main event. It just doesn’t get any better or bigger than that does it?!

Crystal smiles as she shakes her head. But before she can speak someone else speaks.

Voice: Actually it could get better than that… The only thing that would make it better is if the final announcement of the night was that my wife is STILL your SCW Bombshell World Champion…”

Crystal begins to turn around as she spots Jonathan there. She doesn’t know what to do as she suddenly wraps her arms around him as tight as she possibly can.

Crystal: JONATHAN!!!!!!!!!

Jonathan: You see my wife here is like a talent like none other. Nobody else in this company could even lace her boots. At the anniversary show this is a woman who wrestled in a match without me. She walked into a match at a serious disadvantage being allergic to dogs. Not having me at ringside. Dealing with a possible separation and yet the moment that the bell rung. She gave Sam Marlowe everything she had. Sam can claim that she never got pinned or submitted, and that she had the bloody honour of doing that to Crystal in Toyko but the fact remains she was in so much pain that she passed out. At the end of the day the result was still the same and that my wife walked out as the Bombshell Champion.

Crystal cracks a wider grin as she can’t but smile with a more arrogant expression on her face. Having Jonathan next to her has woken up some kind of unknown confidence within her as she keeps on speaking.

Crystal: I am sick and tired of Sam Marlowe! Granted out of the ring she is very sweet. She’s an awesome person to hang out with and we did share a great night together on this cruise, but the hang out sessions are over. I will be damned if she thinks that Mikah can handle me and that Mikah better worry about her. Sam no one gives a damn if you were the second youngest woman to win the title. Nobody cares how quickly you won that first championship. The fact still remains you were HANDED a World Championship opportunity. Mikah PICKED you! You got chosen. It’s not like you had earned that opportunity. You were supposed to fight for the Roulette Championship but somehow or another. You got to skyrocket all that way to the top just because you got picked. I never had that luxury and this woman had to earn everything that she has ever accomplished. I went from rags to riches but at least it’s something that I earned so I have a right to talk shit if I want too. I refuse to get beaten by some book worm! I refuse to lose to the likes of SAM MARLOWE!!!!

Jonathan just shakes his head as she glances at his wife.

Jonathan: You know what I love best about my wife? It’s the fact that she can fight through anything. When her and I weren’t doing so well, she still found a way to build herself up so that she could get the job done. Can any of you actually say the same thing?! But my wife is a fighter and that’s why I can say that I love her. It has been a hard two months without but she has stayed her ground. She has shown that when she is passionate about something she won’t stop until she gets what she wants. She did so with capturing the Bombshell Championship and well I guess you could say that she has me back, and I refuse to leave her side.

Crystal is taken back as the two begin to wrap their arms around one another. They begin to make out with each other as Crystal runs her fingers through her hair as she looks at her title before moving her eyes back to the cameras.

Crystal: Who needs to attend a wedding? That would absolutely stupid of me considering nobody could ever compare to my wedding last year. Which is why I view Mikah as the absolute worst being ever. There is not a good redeeming quality about her. Sure she could be doing so much better. She could be all happy and some people are starting to see how there is some change within her, but this is still the bitch that put a lot of bombshells in unsafe working conditions. She showed up to the arena drunk more times than not, and she’s the woman that everybody idolizes in this company? For what purpose really? Because she’s the woman that is shoved down everybody’s throats at every show. Because she is around? Don’t make me so sick and one thing I am tired of is Tommy Knocks acting like Mikah is the end all be all to all of Bombshell wrestling.

Crystal shakes her head in utter disgust.

Crystal: It’s so stupid considering Mikah lost to an opponent that she handpicked. How awful do you have to be to lose in that type of situation? She won’t win on this cruise because she simply isn’t focused on it. She is all about her wedding which if I might add is utterly pretentious in itself. What kind of woman would take a cruise with a wrestling company as a way to have everyone’s attention by getting married on it?! The focus is supposed to be on the wrestling and on our big match. Not by who you are marrying. I really couldn’t give a damn because my attention is spent on retaining what is proudly around this waist of mine… And I will be damned if this woman who seems to be all over the place takes my title. She can talk me down if she wants too but I personally guarantee that I will eliminate her from this match. I will show the world that I am better than her and I will take her place as being the best female this company has to offer. There’s not much you can say to that claim can you Mikah?

Jonathan: Babe don’t even ask her questions. This is still the piss drunk bitch who would show up on television talking about leaving a city. Getting wasted… Or how about the way she belittled the Roulette Championship?!

Crystal: It takes a certain type of woman to just belittle the integrity of another title within a company they work for? Shows how much they appreciate and value things. But it’s whatever that’s Mikah for you. Sure she may have beaten me but remember when she went on that little losing skid where she couldn’t even buy a win? I think in a match like this Chamber. She is going to be exposed. She is going to get flat out beaten and hopefully that’s the last that we will ever hear about her… Moving on there’s Keira Johnson and she’s no better.

Jonathan scoffs as she looks back at Crystal.

Crystal: God Keira do you really think that you belong in this division? Why because you managed to beat me for a championship when I clearly wasn’t ready?! That doesn’t make you that great of a champion and that would never happen again. Sometimes you need to crawl before you learn how to walk. Yet you feel like you can just run all throughout the Bombshell division and that’s not how this is going to end up at all. You will be denied the chance to become a champion and then what do you plan to do with yourself? I feel like your win over Roxi Johnson was all for nothing. You aren’t going to win. Hell you won’t be anywhere close to winning. You are the least experienced in this match and I feel you are just out matched in every single way. Every woman in this match has been a multiple singles champion in some shape or fashion. The only thing you have to your name is the fact you won a championship by a cash in, and you were carried to tag team gold by your wife. So that says nothing to your individuality. Sure you can break a bitch but what are you going to do when I break you? When I put you in my withering rose and snap your back in two? Are you going to go back to Roxi and have her mend the pieces again so you can RENEW YOUR VOWS again? So stupid… So dumb! Jonathan let’s go renew our vows! It’s only been 8 months but who cares! Our love is sooooooooo much stronger than what it ever was… Yeah that makes me sick.

Crystal chuckles as she speaks some more.

Crystal: Or what about Jessie Salco. The resident metal head! Yeah girl! Let me ask you a question… A serious one. How does it feel knowing that you just aren’t quite where you want to be yet?! How does it feel knowing you been in this company practically longer than any of us and you seem to be stuck in the same exact place since day one?! Doesn’t that bother you a bit?! Doesn’t that get you uptight… You to me are the woman who can win titles but you just can’t keep them. Well singles championships that is. You can pull out the big wins but you just don’t know how to keep them. You might have had that Internet Championship run that was bullshit in itself but for the most part I just see a woman that Amy Marshal has carried to success numerous times, and that’s saying something when Amy has to carry you to anything. You aren’t in my league. You aren’t fit to beat me. You won’t beat me, and your journey to become a Grandslam Champion ends on Sunday inside of that ring at the hands of me and four other wrestler. Sorry but you just weren’t good enough.

Jonathan just shakes his head.

Jonathan: Keep on being inconsistent and my wife will keep on raising the bar each and every single week. Although I feel like we didn’t address Sam that much. Considering she was the woman who made fun of you being allergic to dogs. Made fun on your affair and continues to play the nice girl routine but we know the truth behind what she is really about.

Crystal: With all of that in mind that brings us to the final woman in all of this and that is Mercedes Vargas. Vargas to be honest. Out of everybody in this company I truly feel like we are sisters and I say that because you know how we are outside of the ring. We are long time close friends. I am talking road travel friends. All of the times you, Carmen, and I hung out with one another in the car for those long road trips. We would speak Spanish to one another and it was always a great time. Or how about the way we both cheered for Argentina in the World Cup? Nobody will ever destroy our phase that #LatinasDoItBetter that is just who we are. In this company you have practically done it all. You have held every single title and that’s an accomplishment in itself. However the truth of the matter is that when it came to the World Bombshell Championship. I helped you win that title. Despite you not being involved in the final decision of Into The Void it still doesn’t change the fact that you just weren’t a true champion.

Crystal just shakes her head in disagreement.

Crystal: Because you didn’t defend and retain your championship like a real champion should. So now this is it. This is your chance to get your glory back. Will it happen? Will Sunday be your night… I really and seriously doubt that Mercedes. Your biggest problem is that you been too much the history buff that all you ever seem to do is live in the past. Everything with you is about the history but we don’t live in the past. We focus on the here and now. Right now I am the division. I am the very best and while everyone can focus on the most pretentious I am out here working on my cardio in the pool. I live this business. I sleep this business and I will die and eat this business. This little girl from Detroit has grown into being the woman everybody wishes to take down and I am happy with being in that spot.

Jonathan: Out of everyone else in this match my wife is the one with the most to lose. Sure it might deter you all for a bit as you have to work your way back up to facing her again, but for my wife. It will destroy everything she ever worked for. And the strides she made inside of the ring this year will just go up in smoke. She isn’t ready for that and on Sunday the belt stays right where it’s at. You all saw what she was able to do without me in her life. Just imagine what’s going to happen when she has me on her side and she walks into this match with a clear head? I would say she is going to be unstoppable.

Crystal: I have my pride, I have the husband, and all that’s left is for me to walk away with the win. Nobody in this match will ever stop this rose from blossoming. For I am the SILVER SCREEN QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!! And you all better prepare to bow before. Nobody is worry of taking my crown. Whether I wish you all luck or not… It’s honestly irrelevant…. Because I am going to win this match regardless… See you all in the ring. I think now would be a perfect for my husband to go skinny dipping with one another…

Crystal piefaces the camera before she yells at the top of her lungs.

Crystal: BYE FELICIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With that Crystal jumps into the pool as her husband Jonathan follows her inside, and it’s on that image that we fade out on.

[Mercedes Vargas]

 Blog: Una serie de eventos desafortunado/A Series of Unfortunate Events the Twentienth: Causa y efecto/Cause & Effect II
]semana del 24 al 31 de julio de 2 0 1 6

The week of the supercard is usually my favorite time in Sin City Wrestling. I haven't been here very long but no matter how much I deny it, I always have a few butterflies fluttering around during the week. Only a few more days before the show, the adrenaline is running, you get where I'm coming from. It's the final week to convince the fans and your opponent on why you're going to win and get those fans to attend or, at the very least, tune in.

And boy, oh, boy is this one weekend to tune in. Summer XXXtreme IV is days away and the match expected to steal the show is the main event. And surprise, surprise, I'm in it. Well, okay, I'm surprised I'm in my first supercard main event, but then again, this is second nature for me. I could be wrong, but I think I've been in more main events than every Bombshell past or present. It's an accomplishment I'm proud of, but that isn't to say Sunday is going to be easy, it's not. When you have five opponents to beat just to win the World Bombshell Championship, you're going to be challenged, and out of every in that match, Mikah is going to be a huge challenge. Some people are sick to death of hearing her name, doesn't mean it's any less true.

I can't say Mikah and I are friends, I barely know her. She usually has her inner circle, like Despayre (what?), Drake Green (how?), Christian Underwood (huh?) and even Zelda Clark, the SCW columnist who is being invited to  her wedding, (wow?)  Still, there's no denying the girl has talent. Maybe she doesn't know it yet, but people are beginning to notice she's haven't been the same Mikah she was back in 2015. Maybe she really is bored, maybe she feels that there's no competition here in the division, let alone SCW. (We already know our current Bombshell Internet Champion think that and her World Heavyweight Champion boyfriend thinks everybody is lazy. Yes, that what he said in that shoot interview this week) Then again, maybe Mikah's confident that she'll win Sunday that she never bothered to send in any promotional material for the match.

Believe me, I wish I had that kind of confidence, Mikah. Things are really looking up since you decided to give up the bottle and all. You've been sober for, what, 5 or 6 months now? Congratulations. I'm sure that certificate is pinned on your fridge right now. But I know you didn't quit on your own. The lockerroom made that decision for you. They were ready to strike. They signed a petition. They were ready to sue this company for every red penny not in spite of you but because of you.

I don't know if you realize there's a supercard coming up, but you're in it and, well, five people are going to do everything possible to win that match. But then, hey, why should it matter, right? Because after this, there will be no more shots, shots, shots for you. “Mikah” and “World Bombshell Championship match” will no longer be said in the same sentence because now you go to the back of the line, your way back up to contendership, you climb the ladder all over again. And if you think running to Christian Underwood will do you any good, you couldn't be wrong. You're cute and coy act won't work this time. Like Sam Marlowe, this is it. You have one lifeline left, one last shot at reclaiming the title you're convinced you never should have lost but guess what, it happened. You can talk about becoming a two-time champion and a ten-month title reign, but I wouldn't hold my breath. You won't be walking out of Summer XXXtreme with the title. You threw away 50 grand and a title opportunity any time you wanted. You traded in the Bombshell Roulette Championship to cover your bar tab. Maybe money and titles doesn't matter to you, but you're going to regret it. You want to bite the hand that feeds you, you paid the price and now, Mikah, you find yourself in a match that you can't win, and you won't. SCW made you the star you are today and they can easily break you.

But don't worry. In a match like this, you will be broken long before then.

~ ~ ~

Momento de claridad XIX: Reaparición o Coronación/Moment of Clarity XIX: Comeback or Coronation
28 de julio de 2016 ♦ ABOARD THE SUN PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP

[Inside the confines of Kai Sushi, a seafood restaurant located midship on the Sun Princess' Dolphin deck, SCW Bombshell Mercedes Vargas lifts her head, holsters her tablet and flashes a smile.]

“Time sure flies when you're having fun.”

[She thumbs through a collage of photos from her SCW career. Anyone looking at her most proudest moments – her debut, her first championship title, one of many that she would collect in her career, winning the Queen for a Day battle royal – would certainly consider her a sure lock to be a future SCW Hall of Fame. In 2013, Vargas was just one of the fresh faces added to the Bombshells division, though she also had a standout resume behind it. Back then, Misty and Vixen were still on the roster and the Argentine had both former Bombshell Champions on her 'dream match” list. That June, Sin City Wrestling was introduced to The Argentine Assassin, though her first year could have gone better. She won her first championship in the promotion four months into her debut after three failed attempts, but it was her record for longest unpinned/unsubmitted streak that stood out. While her overall record was eventually broken a near three years later, her singles accomplishment still stands.

Now at 36, eight championships and a Grand Slam later, it's not crazy to suggest her absolute best days are behind her, but she's far from done. At Sunday's Summer XXXtreme IV, Mercedes competes against champion Crystal Millar, Mikah, Samantha Marlowe, Keira Fisher-Johnson and Jessie Salco in the main event for the title. Of that group, Mikah is a tall order. Anyone else? Vargas can hang. Missing from that photo collage is a victory at Summer XXXtreme. Like at Blaze of Glory, Vargas has never won in her past two matches at the event.]

“It's equal parts frustrating and crazy. That I'm challenging for a third different title at Summer XXXtreme, I'm surprised that I've found myself in this spot. But then again, I''m getting the rematch I deserve and I know I'm going to face an uphill battle, but I wouldn't have it any way. Everything that I've earned, I worked for it.”

[Coming off a World Bombshell Title run that ended too soon, she is looking to further separate herself from Amy Marshall for most titles won in the promotion with a second World Bombshell reign and overall ninth championship, while Marshall will look to walk out of Summer XXXtreme with her eighth title and become the first-ever three-time Bombshell Internet Champion at the supercard. Two weeks before her three-year anniversary in SCW and five weeks before her birthday, Vargas won the World Bombshell Championship at Climax Control 148 on May 15, becoming the oldest Bombshell to win the title, a record previously held by Misty, who won her first World Bombshell Championship at 32 on November 6, 2011 at the promotion's very first pay-per-view, High Stakes. That aside, the five opponents she'll be facing all presents their set of challenges. Jessie Salco is one of them. Vargas explained the challenges that Salco presents.]

“Jessie has come a long way in her career and, yeah, while her record may not be the best, she and Veronica have been in SCW longer than any of the girls here. Two weeks ago was Jessie's fourth anniversary since she joined the roster. We've been on the same roster for three years now, but the Jessie I knew back in 2013 is not one you see now. She's improved a lot since the first time we fought.”

[Three years ago, Mercedes and Jessie were two of the six Bombshells competing for Necra Octavian Kane's Bombshell Roulette Title at Summer XXXtreme II. Mercedes was one of the competitors eliminated early in the match while Salco made it to the final three, along with Kane and Nessa Wall, who eventually won the match and the title. Today, Vargas and Salco are the only Bombshells still remaining from that contest. Wall left SCW shortly after her reign ended at October's High Stakes supercard; Laura Jackson left the promotion some time in 2014; and Emma Rose and Kane left in 2015. This will be the second multi-person match Vargas and Salco will compete in at the supercard. While many of the competitors will be in Sunday's “Chamber of Fate” match for the first-time, Vargas already has a good idea of what lies ahead.]

“If the “Chamber of Fate” match is what I think it is, than I already know what I've got myself into. You're talking about a large, circular steel cage surrounding the entire ring and inside of that cage, you have four holding cells for the other competitors who aren't in the match yet. I know from personal experience that being in that match can shorten your career. I've been in two of them, so I think I have an advantage over the other girls in this kind of match, plus I tend to do very well in matches like these.”

[The Argentine next focused on Keira Fisher-Johnson, one-half of the former Word Bombshell Tag Team Champions and a former Bombshell Roulette Champion, and who is looking to compete the Bombshell Triple Crown, an accomplishment only Vixen, Amy Marshall and, most recently, Vargas has completed. Does she think Keira have a shot of winning it all?]

“I think you can really answer with two words: probably and maybe. You look at Keira and what's she's accomplished over a year and it's amazing. She's the only Bombshell that I know of to win and defend a title at a supercard in a single night, she had that brief Bombshell Roulette title run and, of course, the amazing tag title run with Roxi. People are saying her expectations are low ahead of our match and she doesn't face a lot of pressure. And they're absolutely right. I'm not going to treat Keira or Jessie any different than anybody else. Every girl in this match can be considered a threat and this won't simply be a walk in the park. You hate to be the first one eliminated because you want to give yourself at least a fighting chance so it's not so much as winning as it is surviving.”

[Samantha Marlowe is another Bombshell who could present problems. Marlowe and Vargas have developed a friendly rivalry over the past two months, but both know that they will fight until their last breath to win the title. In what will be their fifth match, Vargas still owns the only significant pinfall in their rivalry – back at CC 148 where Vargas won the match and ended Marlowe's three month reign.]

“It seems as if fate will always have me and Samantha facing each other in Sin City Wrestling. What is it now, five times in eight weeks? Something like that? It's surreal. If it comes down to me and Sam as the final survivors, then I'll get to finally settle the title match that could have been if she didn't lose the title to Crystal.”

[That's one possibility. Of course, not only will the main event feature the oldest and youngest Bombshell Champions in history, but also the longest reigning in Mikah, who, like Mercedes, will be looking to also become a two-time title holder and as of right now the favorite to win the World Bombshell Championship at Summer XXXtreme, but not even that is a sure thing — especially these days with the competitive drive of everyone in the match.]

“I'm happy for Mikah. I am. Some people might scratch their heads wondering why she would plan her wedding at the biggest supercard of the year and in a match that she's in and there are some who think this was done as a publicity stunt, but, honestly, all I'm focused on is walking out of the main event once again World Bombshell Champion. So for the future Mrs. Green, I hope she has her affairs in order because Sunday everyone is going to bring their A-game.”

[But if there is one Bombshell who faces the most pressure, it's not the competition, but the champion herself, Crystal Millar, who vowed that she will be walking out still champion on Twitter. Familiarity breeds contempt as the saying goes, and the pair has a rivalry which spanned across a number of promotions over seven years and the rivals  teamed up on a few occasions, including forming a tag team and becoming tag team champions. In their sixth meeting in SCW, Vargas will try to defeat Millar for the first time, but that hasn't given her pause on Millar's title run.]

“Crystal said on Climax Control that she didn't become champion overnight, and she's right. It took only two weeks for that to happen. Again, Christian Underwood didn't have to honor her rematch for the title after she was pinned in the triple threat at Into the Void but he did and now she's the champion. There's three former champions in this match, but the difference between me, Samantha and Mikah? They were beaten for the title, I wasn't.

“Will I forgive Crystal after CC 148? I think I've moved on from forgiveness either way. This opportunity can finally wipe the slate clean and give me the fresh start that I needed ever since Kobe, Japan. At this point, I'm passed the point of forgiveness. I want to win and if it comes down to her being eliminated early in the match, late, or making the final two, I'm not stopping until I win.

“Crystal shouldn't be worried about Mikah; she should be worried about me. Because we both know that she can't beat me by herself. It's been proven time and time again. At Summer XXXtreme she may walk in as champion, but someone is going to walk out as champion – and    I'll make sure she never walks again.”

[It won't be long now. In less than three days, six of the best Bombshells will collide in SCW's first-ever Chamber of Fate match, but only one can leave with the most coveted prize in the division. Mercedes believes that she will be the one left standing when the dust is settled.]

“I have five opponents to get through Sunday, and I'm making sure I'm the last Bombshell standing, whatever it takes.

“Everyone thinks they're the favorite to win, and I'm no different. I don't care who I have to go through, I'm leaving Summer XXXtreme the new World Bombshell Champion. People counted me out in the triple threat to win my first SCW title, they counted me out to beat Raynin, they counted me out against Alexis Edwards twice, and each time I proved them wrong. I know that I can do so again Sunday. For me, it's either the comeback or the coronation.”

[Easier said than done. When it comes to talking the talk, there's no one better. Now it's time to walk the walk. And if things doesn't go according to plan? She still has her ace in the hole in her Queen for a Day contract, which she has yet to use in the seven months since she won the battle royal that earned her the opportunity. Does she plan on pulling double duty at the supercard?]

“We'll see. Don't blink. You might miss something.”

[Fade.]

~ ~ ~

Blog: Una serie de eventos desafortunado/A Series of Unfortunate Events the Twenty-first: Causa y efecto/Cause & Effect III
]semana del 24 al 31 de julio de 2 0 1 6

When Crystal Millar revealed their her marriage was on the rocks most recently, the news hit me like a bolt of lightning. I remembered when she told me the news of her and Jonathan tying the knot late November last year and I was happy for them. But then, hearing this news, through me for a loop. But then when I think about it. When I really think about it, Crystal, maybe going through your soon to be second divorce is karma for the stunt you two pulled in Kobe, Japan. Maybe this is divine retribution for your husband interfering in matches. At Summer XXXtreme, things are about to get worse before they get better because while Keira and Roxi renewed their vows and Drake and Mikah are about to be married, you'll be going through another divorce.

Only this time, no one will be in a state of shock and it will be seen by the entire world when you lose the World Bombshell Championship.

The honeymoon is over, Crystal.

You want to talk about bringing back prestige back to the World Bombshell Championship? How do you expect to do that with the top title when you couldn't bring prestige back to the Bombshell Roulette Championship? You know, the title that Kate Steele now has, who dropped you and Veronica like a bad habit to strike out on her own?

But you couldn't care less about that. You simply moved on. For the past few months, many people made the mistake of accepting your new attitude, actually believing that you really turned over a new leaf.  You've been chummy with Zelda Clark lately and while she's convinced that you've changed for the better, chances are she's just too naive for her own good. There's a difference between her and me. She doesn't know you like I do. None of the girls in this match, let alone this company, know the horrible person you are and it doesn't matter what last name you carry, you're never going to change. They thought you couldn't possibly mean all the hurtful and uncalled for things you've said, like the names you called Despayre or just anybody who got under your skin or insulting the icons of this company – like Misty, a future hall of famer who has done more in three years than what you'll ever accomplish in a lifetime.

Now, at first, I admit, I couldn’t believe you meant it, either. It was just unbelievable, that someone who just one one of the toughest BFTP Tournaments in years could say things like that, could be like that. But here’s the shock: There is no other Crystal Millar. This is the real McCoy. And in the end, it comes down to what you don't get: When it comes to being a hypocrite at best and a spineless human being at worst nadie lo hace mejor.

Remember, Crystal, you can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but you can't fool all the people all the time. You can't fool me. You think you're the best in this company? Well now it's time for you to put up or shut up. And I know five people who will love nothing more than to shut you up - for good.

This Chamber of Fate match coming up has a bunch of hungry girls who are all one step away, one nudge in the right direction away from not only bringing prestige back to the title, making it mean what it used to, but also becoming a force in SCW. Becoming that next alpha female. This is going to define somebody’s career at Summer XXXtreme and, well, I hope it’s mine.

You don't deserve to be World Bombshell Champion and Sunday you won't be. So, if I were you, and I'm so glad I'm not, you best keep close to your title because it will be the last time you'll be having it around your waist.

I hope you made up for lost time and properly thank Christian and Mark for not having you defend the title for the six weeks. Your first reign will be your last and even if you do get by, it won't last. Trust me.

History is written by the victors and no matter what the outcome is, history will be made. Maybe J2H breaks Spike Staggs World Title reign record, maybe Kate Steele breaks my Bombshell Roulette Title reign – and maybe they don't. We could see the youngest three-time champion or the next Triple Crown or Grand Slam Champion or maybe another two-time champion. The only question we need to ask is how will you be remembered and what legacy will you leave behind?

We'll find out on Sunday.

[Sam Marlowe]

 The crowds stood on the dock where the SCW superstars and bombshells could be seen arriving.  Standing among them, a redhead has a pair of sunglasses covering her eyes with a rather large floppy sunhat hiding her features.  Dressed in a light sundress of dark blue, Sam Marlowe slowly makes her way towards the ramp and upwards.  Suddenly, a voice calls out to her, catching her attention which makes the crowd turn and begin to cheer.

“Sam Marlowe!” calls out the other redhead, this one dressed in a rather tight pantsuit, her own red hair pulled back into a sleek ponytail.  “Don’t tell me you were trying to sneak onto the ship.”

Sam’s glasses hide her eyes rolling as Cyn Marlowe approaches.  Moving beside her sister, she puts an arm around her and directs her to pose for the fans who are snapping pictures.  Sam smiles as she reaches for the glasses to pull them off so she can wave to the crowd before turning and moving up the gangplank as she drags a small suitcase behind her.  Cyn begins to follow her after motioning for the three ships crewmates who are pulling the luggage of Cyn.  The two sisters arrive at the cruise director who is looking at a clipboard.  

“Welcome aboard the Royal Princess ladies,” he says with a short salute.  “Can I help you?”

Sam pulls out a small bag that she begins to rummage through as Cyn pulls out a pocketbook and opens it to reveal her ticket information.  Handing it off to the young man, she watches as he looks over the ticket then hands it back to the older Marlowe.  “You are on the Lido deck ma’am in one of our premium mini suites.  Enjoy your stay with us,” he says as he hands back her ticket then reaches for Sam’s information.

“So what are you doing here on the ship Cyn?  I thought you were still in Houston,” asks Sam as the young man looks over his list.  She watches as Cyn looks around the ship, her attention caught up with the group of fans pointing towards the two.  She straightens up and poses for the fans as they begin to take pictures.  Sam can only shake her head as Cyn moves to block her out of the camera’s views.  The fans finish then move off as Cyn turns back to her sister.

He looks up and smiles as he hands back her ticket.  “You are on the…” he begins only to have Sam interrupt him by holding her hand up and shaking her head no as she rolls her eyes at Cyn then looks away before the pause catches Cyn’s attention.  The cruise director puts a finger against his nose then winks.  “Enjoy your stay with us Ms Marlowe,” he says as Sam begins to walk away towards the interior of the ship.  

“Thanks,” calls out Sam as she continues on her way.  “So Cyn, you didn’t tell me why you decided to come on this trip,” Sam reminds her sister who has finally caught up to her as she managed to be handed her luggage by the crew as the director motions for them to get back to work.  Sam slows down as Cyn struggles with the five bags she has brought.  

“I wanted to be here for you Sammi,” huffs Cyn as she fights the bags along.  Sam watches for only a minute before she reaches for the handle of the suitcase in Cyn’s hand.  Cyn releases it and then stops the two of them long enough to slide off her carry all and hang it over the shoulder of Sam who staggers a bit.  Freed from the luggage, Cyn moves faster along the hall as she begins to speak again.  “After all, I had to miss your last title match because you didn’t tell me about it.  And we both know that you obviously need me to motivate you considering that this is a big match.  And who better to be here and keep you training for the match hmmm?” offers Cyn with a hand over her heart and a sneer on her lips.  

“Cyn, this isn’t all about training for the match,” offers Sam as they near the elevator.  “I can take a bit of time relaxing you know.  All work and no play makes Sam…”

“Makes Sam a loser!” exclaims Cyn as the doors slide open for the pair.  Cyn moves with confidence into the elevator with the small pile of luggage leaving Sam to struggle with the rest of the bags.  Once inside, Cyn reaches for and presses the button for the Lido deck.  Sam watches the lights over the door as Cyn continues to speak.  “I mean really Sam, you have so much to do to get ready for this title match.  You lost the title right after Into the Void where you were lucky enough to win the title.  And you are facing that person once more aren’t you?  What’s her name…it starts with a c…”

Sam turns to look at Cyn who has crossed her arms over her chest as one perfectly manicured nail taps against her red stained lips.  “I think you are looking for the name Crystal,” says Sam with a sigh as Cyn’s eyes light up and she snaps her fingers to point at Sam.

“That’s her name,” says Cyn as the elevator pings once more then the door slip open.  Cyn moves into the hall as Sam once more fights her way out of the elevator to move along the hallway towards the front of the ship.  Followed more slowly by Cyn the pair moves toward the suites at the front of the ship.  Reaching her door, Cyn slides the key card against the lock and pushes the door open to walk into the room without waiting or holding the door for Sam who just manages to catch the door open and levers the luggage inside.  Leaving her own suitcase by the door, Sam carries the others to Cyn’s bed and leaves them on the floor.

“Well, now that we have you here, I am going to head to my stateroom and settle in for the week then I am going to see if Ben and Jamie have made it to the ship yet,” says Sam as she backs towards the door while Cyn stares out the door of the balcony.  Before she can make her escape however, Sam is grabbed by Cyn and guided to the balcony where Cyn brings her to the rail and points downward to the people on the dock.

“Sam, we need to talk,” says Cyn in a somewhat serious tone.  Sam gives her sister a look as Cyn takes a deep breath and rests her arms on the balcony.  “I have been thinking about it and I feel that maybe I need to do more for you in SCW.  After all it was me that got you noticed in this company and if it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t even know about Sin City Wrestling and well I think that maybe I should make a return to the ring,” says Cyn who quickly turns at the sound of a scoff from Sam.  “What is so funny about that Sam?”

The younger redhead swipes a hand over her lips as if trying to wipe the smirk away and failing miserably.  “Cyn, I don’t know if you think that it is that easy to get a job with Sin City but need I remind you that Christian Underwood still has that restraining order against you being backstage at SCW events,” says Sam.  “I mean I am sure that with everything you have going on right now, you probably don’t have time to really get involved I am sure.  Besides would you really think that you would be able to still hang in the ring with the bombshells they have now?  And would you even be ready to face me in the ring?” demands Sam with a slight laugh as Cyn’s look of outrage causes her to turn away.

“Oh laugh it up Sam,” snarls Cyn who moves back into the room and reaches for her purse and pulls out a cell phone.  She approaches Sam and with a glare, hands over the phone.  “Go ahead Sam, I want you to film me doing what I know you don’t have skill in doing.  So I am going to do you a favor and give the promo you yourself are incapable of giving, considering your goodie two shoes status as a babyface.  So sit back and listen and learn how to do it correctly.”

“Cyn, you don’t need to do this,” says Sam as she tries to avoid being handed the phone.  Cyn grabs her hand and slaps the phone into it and holds it up to point at her.  “Honestly Cyn, I am fully capable of doing a promo for my match at Summer XXXTreme,” adds Sam as she is pushed back a bit and Cyn smiles at the phone.

“Just film!” orders Cyn as she begins to smile at the camera and then strikes a pose.  “I am here to talk about those five other bitches in the main event match of Summer XXXTreme four where yours truly will give her unbiased view of each and every one of the losers in the match and why MY sister Sam Marlowe will walk out of the Chamber of Fate match the Bombshell champion once and for all.”  Cyn reaches up and brushes her hair off her cheek as she looks out over the water as the loud toot of the ship’s horn can be heard as the crowd cheers the departing boat.  

“Cyn, I would really love to just stop this and get to my stateroom and re…” begins Sam only to have Cyn arch a brow and glare her into silence.  Resigned to filming her sister, Sam sighs and points the camera at the other redhead.

“Now as I was saying, this coming weekend my sister steps into a match that no one has ever seen bombshells in before and do you know what that means?” asks Cyn as she begins to warm to the topic.  “It means that she is going to make history once more.  Not as important as say having me in the match but still, it is the main event of the card.  Now I don’t know why they decided to put the people they did in the match.  Well I know why Cristy is in the match.”

“You mean Crystal,” calls Sam.

“That’s what I said wasn’t it?” demands Cyn which makes  Sam open her mouth about to reply but thinking better of it just motions for Cyn to continue.  “Crystal was put into the match to lose her title.  And we all know she will because she has held the title and not had to defend it like Sam did which means that she was saved from the fact she would have been the one to lose the title after her first defense which is going to occur in the ring at Summer XXXTreme.    Now Crystal may talk a great game about how she is the best at what she does and that she is the face of the Bombshells.  Honestly the only thing that she is the best at is being so bipolar no one has any clue what kind of person she is.  You know the one, the ‘oh I am such a great person and great champion’ to the ‘why doesn’t anyone like me?’ whiner we see day in and day out on Twitter.  Boo fucking hoo Crystal, the only reason people even care about you is because you are a paper champion that has been set up to lose.”

Sam’s mouth drops open as Cyn talks.  “That is harsh Cyn, I am sure that Crystal isn’t like how you are painting her,” says Sam sternly.  “You can’t talk about her like that!”

“Sammi, listen, I know you are nicer than I am and I get that you don’t want to talk mean about these women but someone has to lay it out on the line for them and if you won’t then I am going to need to.  And we both know she would be doing the exact same about you and how you are overrated and a pushover and nothing compared to her.  I am just doing you a favor like I said.  So who else is in the match?”

Sam pauses to look towards the room debating with herself on whether or not to tell her sister.  “Jessie Salco is in the match,” answers Sam.  

“Oh Jessie Salco, that heavy metal dweeb who thinks that she is going to win I bet,” replies Cyn with a chuckle.  At Sam’s nod, Cyn begins to speak once more.  “So tell me what the hell has she done to deserve this shot?  Whine and cry like a bitch…kiss up to Mark Ward?  Tell me how she managed to get into a match for the Bombshell title.”

“She won a match at Climax Control to get into the match,” answers Sam which causes a loud guffaw comes from Cyn.  “What?  She did Cyn!”

“Yeah and like Daddy says, dogs and sunshine and asses you know,” replies Cyn.  “Honestly what the hell were they thinking?  She is a sideshow freak that doesn’t deserve to be out of the Roulette title picture let alone in the Bombshell championship.  Wait…I got it, they have her in the match for the laugh factor?  She’s the comedy relief isn’t she?”

Sam shakes her head negatively.  “Cyn, Jessie deserves to be in the match,” Sam says angrily.  “She has paid her dues in SCW.”  Sam moves towards Cyn and tries to hand her the phone.  “If you are going to talk about the bombshells like that I am leaving.”

Cyn reaches out and holds Sam on the balcony to avoid being handed the phone.  “You know you want to talk like this about the match Sam.  So you just keep feeding me the names and I will keep doing what you have always wanted to.  So who is next?”  

“No Cyn, I am not going to let you talk about the others in the match,” says Sam angrily as she once more tries to give Cyn the phone.  Her sister grabs her wrist and holds the phone and her hand up to continue filming the promo in a blair witch style that bobs and weaves as Sam fights her.  As the pair move along the balcony, the door is opened by a ship’s steward who appears with a bottle for Cyn’s room.  

“I bet you know the show’s card,” she calls out to the steward who nods.  “Who’s in the Bombshell match?”

The young steward thinks a moment then begins to rattle off names.  “Crystal Millar, Mikah, Jessie Salco, Keira Fisher-Johnson, Mercedes Vargas and Sam Marlowe there,” he says as he points at Sam.  “Will that be all?” he adds as he backs towards the door as Sam glares at him.

“Oh yes, that is all I need and thank you,” gushes Cyn as the steward nods and leaves the stateroom.  Cyn turns back to speak into the camera’s lens once more.  “Mercedes Vargas is in the match?  Wow, can you say desperate?  Underwood and Ward are really scraping along the bottom of the barrel with the competition aren’t they?  I mean Mercedes Vargas, really?  Didn’t you beat her in Tokyo to win back the title?”

“Yes, I lost the title to her then won it back,” growls Sam as she pulls away from Cyn.

“They actually put a title on her why?” demands Cyn.

“Mercedes became a grand slam champion when she beat me,” admits Sam.

“They will give that ‘title’ to anyone won’t they?” asks Cyn who shakes her head.  “Well almost anyone.  I bet they won’t put it on you because you are so much better right?  It makes me sick that they have people like that given the opportunities when they don’t deserve them and then the people that do deserve their rightful shot don’t get it.  But I am sure you showed Mercedes all the respect she deserved didn’t you Sam?”

“Of course I did,” responds Sam.  “She beat me because I didn’t keep my focus on her.”

“And did you get a one on one rematch?”

“No, I had my rematch in a triple threat match.  But I did get my rematch,” says Sam as she pulls away from Cyn who has snatched the phone out of her hands and is pointing it at herself to film her continuing comments.

“And now you have to get your rematch in a chamber of fate match that has people in it that really shouldn’t be.  You know I am talking about Keira don’t you?”  Cyn can’t help but smirk as she moves to stand beside her sister and bring her into the shot.  Sam shakes her head no as Cyn sighs.  “As much as she doesn’t want to admit it, Sam agrees that Keira shouldn’t be in the match for the fact that she is so out of her safe zone.  Admit it Keira, your wife does all the heavy lifting when it comes to you and your career.  She carried you in the tag division, she lay down for you to give you this shot and if you could have her in the ring for you I am sure you might stand the slimmest chance of winning.  As it stands right now, I have to change my opinion about Jessie Salco being the comic relief.  Just hearing that you finally bitched and moaned your way into a title shot, I couldn’t help but laugh.  And when you get eliminated and I know you will be, I am going to be laughing even harder.”

“Oh my god Cyn, you are just being so toxic.  I don’t need to stay here and listen to this,” says Sam as she pulls away from Cyn and moves towards the stateroom door.

“But if you leave, you won’t hear what I have to say about Mikah,” calls out Cyn as she follows Sam slowly into the room.  “I mean maybe I might just be nice and say that Mikah stands the best chance out of everyone in this match.  Considering that this little trip is where she is getting married to Drake Green and all that.  Can you say wedding gift of a title shot?  Poor Mark Ward had to get her something for marrying that man after all.  She’s only the latest bimbo that he has hit on and I am pretty sure that the only reason she is marrying him is desperation because everyone that she gets involved with seems to leave her in the dust like a bad habit.  Even Mark Ward used her for an ego stroking good time, emphasis on the stroking I am sure…”

Sam makes it to the door and yanks it open as she grabs her suitcase handle and without a look back at her sister begins to make her way down the hall with Cyn’s voice following her.  “Did you want to know what I would have said about you?” she calls with a chuckle.  Sam shakes her head negatively before disappearing near the elevators.  People in the hallway watch as Cyn takes one last image then give them all a glare before disappearing back into her suite.  

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Days later, Sam Marlowe moves slowly towards a room dressed in a long black silken robe, her hair pulled up in a rather rushed bun on the top of her head.  The scent of chocolate fills the air as she pushes at a door to enter a room.  The interior is a soft beige brown colour that hints at a creamy milk chocolate cream.  

“Welcome to the Lotus Spa and the chocolate experience,” says the masseuse as he motions towards a table where a small pot of chocolate can be seen, a soft float of steam escaping it.  “If you will just recline right here I will be right back…”

Sam gets on the table as the masseuse leaves the room.  Taking her robe off, she lies on her stomach after draping the towel over her lower section.  Letting her eyes close, Sam breathes slowly and deeply  as the scent of chocolate fills her nostrils.

“Smells good doesn’t it?” offers a voice that causes Sam’s eyes to open quickly.  Taking in her friend Pussy Willow who is dressed in a pair of white capris with a blue and white sailor shirt, Sam smiles as she once more lets her eyes drift closed.  “So Sam, I came to talk to you about a couple of things that we need to chat about.  You have been quite secretive lately and it is getting to me.  I hear certain things and talking to Jamie Dean, he says that you outbid everyone for Ben at that auction.  Care to talk about that?” demands Pussy as she sits herself down at the end of the table as the masseuse comes back into the room.

“Nope, I don’t care to talk about it,” answers Sam as the masseuse takes a small brush and dips it into the chocolate then brushes it across Sam’s bare shoulder causing a soft sigh of pleasure to escape the redhead.  

“Oh come on Sam, you bid fifteen kay for Ben Jordan and a date with that man,” says Pussy as she glares at her friend.  “Are the rumors true?”

Sam turns her head to give Pussy a look and wink.  “It was for charity Pussy,” comments Sam.  “Besides, I owed him for saving me at a charity auction after all.  Ben’s my friend and that’s why I did it.  My story, sticking to it and that is all I have to say about that,” adds Sam as the brush strokes more chocolate over her back.  “Now I don’t want to talk about Ben and the date I bid for.  I have other things on my mind than that.  Like a chamber of fate match at the supercard this weekend.  So I don’t have to worry about Ben and our date or Monte and what’s going on with him or anything other than the match.”

“Monte has some goings on?” asks Pussy, her eyes lighting up at the mention of Sam’s study partner.  “Okay Sam, sounds like there is something you aren’t telling me.  You wouldn’t do that to your friend would you?”

Sam lets one eye open to look at her friend.  “Okay, listen, there are goings on but that is going to be off the record so if you want to talk about the match fine but Monte is off limits and off camera discussion.”

Pussy claps her hands and nods crazily as she tries to calm down.  “We’ll chat about that later then.  But I do have to ask you some questions about the match so why don’t we talk about that then we can go get a drink and you can fill me in on Monte.”

“Deal,” responds Sam as she once more lowers her head to relax under the slow strokes of the brush full of chocolate on her back.  “So what do you want to know Pussy?”

Pussy thinks for a moment then begins to speak.  “This match is a first for Sin City Wrestling, a match that will see six bombshells in a chamber of fate match where it is elimination and four bombshells start out in their own little cages.  What do you think the odds are for the best position to be in for the match?”

Sam gets up slightly as she crosses her arms in front of her chest to rest on as she thinks of just what to respond with.  “If you ask me there are a couple of places in that match that could be very advantageous.  Starting as one of the first two in the match, if you can eliminate the other person quickly, it is a great advantage.  But it also means you have to fight from the start and no matter how good you are, you are going to hit a wall where you won’t be able to keep up with the numbers and can be overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of others.  Then you could argue that the last person could have the advantage because they will be the most rested out of everyone.  So I guess there is advantage to all entries to that match.”

Sam rolls her neck and then rests her chin on her right hand that she has put up.  “Needless to say that match is going to be the one that everyone will be watching.  I mean if you look at it on paper, the level of talent in the ring is off the charts.  And as much as everyone is hyping some of the competitors, it is anyone’s game.  I am in for a fight and I have prepared for that.  I mean I could lie and say I am ready,” says Sam, “but I would be lying to say that this is something that one person can claim will be their match.  There are too many variables to definitively say that this match belongs to any one bombshell.”

Pussy nods for a second then stops as her eyebrows draw together.  “But everyone that has talked about the match has said they are going to win the match like it is built for just them.  Are you saying that you don’t think you are going to win it?”

Sam chuckles as her head shakes slightly.  “I didn’t say that Pussy, I just said that it is anyone’s match.  But that doesn’t mean I am going to be a rollover in this match either.  See I am fighting for something that I have had a desire for ever since it was announced I would fight for at My Bloody Valentine earlier this year.  When Mikah chose me to face her for the Bombshell title I realized that I was ready to be at this level in the company.  I was ready but no one saw me as winning the title.  People still tend to think that I won the title because Mikah was getting tired of having no competition.   Do you know what that does to a person Pussy?” asks Sam.

“No, what does it do?” responds Pussy.

“It makes people want to prove people wrong,” replies Sam as she tilts her head slightly to take in Pussy who has crossed her legs and is leaning back to listen.  “When I heard how people thought I was just a throw away match for Mikah, it made my blood boil and I had this gnawing desire deep inside to prove people wrong.  I vowed then and there that I would win the title and I did.  And do you know what Pussy?  That desire has only gotten stronger.”

“It has?  Why would it get stronger if you held the title Sam?” asks Pussy with a curious look at her friend.  “You had it won and was wearing it proudly.  Why would the desire get stronger?”

Sam’s eyes glitter as she looks at her friend.  “It gets stronger because being champion is like a drug almost.  Having that title around your waist or over your shoulder has its own rush that you feel.  You are THE champion and you are the one that is the challenge and you are the one that people need to beat to feel good.  And when you lose it, you lose a little bit of the excitement of being champion and you need to get that back or suffer withdrawals about it.”

“So you are saying that being Bombshell champion is like being an alcoholic?” demands Pussy.

Sam thinks about it for a second then slowly begins to nod.  “You know what, I am comparing it to being an alcoholic I guess.  I mean I know I have been high on being the champion and I have had the lows of having lost the title.  And I am getting that itch to wear the title again, to feel like I am on top again.  I am jonesing to be the Bombshell champion again.”

“For the third time right?” demands Pussy.

“Yep, I’ll join Misty and Vixen in that rarefied atmosphere,” returns Sam as the masseuse begins to slowly work the chocolate off Sam’s body as she chats.  “But joining Vixen and Misty as the youngest ever bombshell champion to have won the title three times, that is going to be special I think.”

“Well we all know that everyone thinks you don’t deserve it or that you will get it back based on the fact you choke…their words not mine,” says Pussy.  “I only say that to give you the opportunity for you to respond to that.”

With Sam finished, the masseuse lays the silken robe over Sam’s shoulders and helps her upwards, the robe quickly covering her nakedness.  Turning with a smile, she thanks the masseuse and then hops down from the table.

“What should I respond with Pussy?” asks Sam.  “That I have won the title before?  That I am going to win it again?  Seriously as much as I have listened to everyone talk about how they are going to win the title and how everyone thinks that I am not going to win or that I am over rated or a choke artist or whatever they are saying to put me down I don’t care.  All that is going to do is fuel the fire that is burning.  Stoking the flames of desire for the title and if that happens, all I have to say is that there are five bombshells that are going to be burned by the end of the night at Summer XXXTreme.  And that is all I am going to say Pussy, I am too relaxed to talk any more about it.”

Sam begins to walk out of the spa followed by Pussy who is fighting to hold back from asking anymore questions.  The two walk along the deck towards the lift in silence.  Pussy looks out of the side of her eyes at Sam who is smiling as her fingers play along the robe’s silken tie.  Reaching the lift, Sam pushes the button and the doors swing open.  The pair gets inside the elevator and as the doors are closing Pussy turns to Sam.

“Soooo, since you aren’t talking about the match…tell me about Monte!” exclaims Pussy before the doors finally shut on Sam turning with a laugh to her friend.

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Sam Marlowe moves slowly along what looks like some kind of cage on the deck of the Royal Princess, her hands trailing over the steel structure almost lovingly as she is proceeded by someone with a camera.

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Here we are, only days away from Summer XXXTreme and I can’t help but think that we are only days away from a title change in the Main event Chamber of Fate match.  I could be wrong but from where I am standing, there will be nothing staying the same after this match.

I am standing here, outside the ring looking in on where the six of us will be locked in with only one thing on our minds and that is eliminating the other five bombshells to win the title and trust me, not one of us will be worried about the pain of trying to hold back.  Because in this match you can’t, not if you want the title as much as the others.

I have been listening to the others talk and I have been focused on preparing for this match where others will say they have been but I have seen them doing anything but preparing.  Hell you have Mikah preparing for something other than the match.  Where has her focus been I ask you?  On her wedding that happened today.  I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you Mikah, you looked beautiful and so happy and as much as you think that you are going to live happily ever after, there is going to be one dim spot on your honeymoon and that is going to be at Summer XXXTreme when you have to realize that the dream of a two time title reign will collapse like a soap bubble.  As much as you think you are ready for the match, you will still be on cloud nine from the bliss of your wedding and that lack of focus will be your undoing.  But don’t worry, as much as you know you are good enough to wear the title, on Sunday, you won’t be that good enough to overcome what might be the fight of your life.  I have faced you in the ring one on one and took your title before.  And if I am in the ring with you again one on one, I will do it again.

And Crystal, champion that you are, as much as you think that you know me I have to tell you that I am coming for the title.  You may think that you are the silver screen queen and the end all of the Bombshell division but sweetie, as much as you are desperate to hold the title, it makes it that much easier for it to slip through your fingers.  I get that you beat me for the title by knocking me out from the pain and without your husband in your corner.  Yes, I will admit that you were the better woman that night and I give you all the kudos for that.  But that was then, this is going to be Summer XXXTreme.  You won the title on a Climax Control, a special one but a Climax Control.  Last time you faced anyone for the title at a Supercard, it was Into the Void in Tokyo where you lost to…me in a triple threat match no less.  But this time, it is a double triple threat if you look at it.  So that will mean that you could possibly lose it for the second time.  Kind of puts the odds in my favor doesn’t it?

Oh and let me address Keira.  I know you were looking forward to facing me one on one for the title and if I had been able to, I would have given you that shot but it wasn’t to be because you had to earn your way to the title match and you did by beating your wife.  Some might say that she laid down for you and some might say that you beat her but either way, you are in the match and I am looking forward to how we are going to be testing each other in that ring.  And I know that when push comes to shove, you have that hero thing to fall back on and I know if you believe the comic books, heroes always win.  This isn’t a comic book Keira and you aren’t going to be able to rely on the fact you are a hero to claim the win because if truth be told, even superheroes can be beaten.  We will see this on Sunday.

And Jessie, as much as you think you are all tough and probably are, there is something you need to remember when it comes to this match.  I have been in the Bombshell championship match and I have wins as Bombshell champion and yes I have had losses but when it comes to facing the odds in the ring and rising above the backtalk and the doubts and the overall ‘you aren’t going to win’ mentality of everyone that thinks I can’t do it, my odds just keep getting better and better.  And I like those odds.

Finally Mercedes Vargas, someone I have the most respect for in the match.  Mercedes and I have a complicated history when it comes to the title and the fact that she beat me and I beat her.  I guess this is our rubber match isn’t it?  I think that maybe you are the one that I am looking forward to meeting in the ring the most.  Because regardless of what we have done in the past, you still have the respect that you have shown me time and time again.  You don’t let your in ring personality discount how much I am a threat in any match at any time.  Just like I don’t take you for granted either.  

So as I stand here, inside the cage that is known as the Chamber of Fate, I want to remind all the bombshells that will be locked in here with me Sunday…

Fate can be a fickle thing.  And to quote Shakespeare…It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.  And inside me is a desire to do the impossible and win the Bombshell title for the third time.  

Good luck ladies.



The image fades to black showing the chamber of fate cage with Sam standing inside it, her fingers tangled with the steel.