Before Inception
San Diego, California
On television Diamond Steele was definitely as tough as they came. She was the manipulative bitch who always enjoyed being the very center of attention. She wanted everything to be focused solely on her and didn’t mind doing whatever it took to make sure that people knew she was the talk of the town. It didn’t matter if her actions got her arrested or thrown in jail. As long as people were talking about her that’s the only thing that mattered. However outside of the wrestling ring the woman known as Kate Steele was desperately hurting. She had never really moved on past the mere thought of arriving at home from a day at the zoo with their daughter and finding her husband sleeping with another woman. That image kept haunting her over and over again, and as much as she tried to suppress it, nothing seemed to help. Kate knew that she had a huge wrestling match on the horizon. She had just defeated Krystal Wolfe and the future was definitely looking bright.
If she could get past Myra Rivers and Adrienne who knows what would be coming in her direction. Kate was clad in her Jem and the Holograms pajamas. In her hand was a tub of Rocky Road ice cream and she didn’t have any problem devouring it all by herself. Kate had started to walk towards her daughter’s bedroom when her blue haired cousin stood in the hallway, and she couldn’t help but scream in her direction.
“KATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Kate rolled her eyes as she peeked into Juliet’s room before her eyes met with that of Ruby’s.
“Bloody fucking hell woman why are you yelling at me?! Can’t you see I am really busy?! I was going to check in with the daughter. On top of that there’s no reason to yell at me to begin with. I am standing right here. I can hear you just fine. So let’s work on lowering your voice and…”
“OUTRAGEOUS!!!! Besides you should put down that tub of ice cream! You have a huge match booked and you better be at your very best. You aren’t going to be ready for whatever comes your way if you are too busy eating your life away. If you turn on Twilight that’s just going to be another problem, especially if you are team Jacob…”
Kate just rolls her eyes as she slowly begins to shake her head.
“First and foremost nobody here is watching Twilight. Second it’s all about Team Edward! I know I have a huge wrestling match coming up and my mind should be focused on fighting Myra and Adrienne but I just am not feeling it right now. The only thing going through my mind right now is what Teddy did to me. Why would he even put me through any of this?! What did I do for him to cheat on me?! I thought things were going well. I have always been right by his side even if others hated the decision. I took my role as his wife seriously and…”
Ruby just shakes her head sighing in return.
“I know Kath-Lyn but beating yourself up over it won’t solve anything. Come on I have wanted to show you something, and I want to get your honest opinion about it…”
Kate raises her eyes in return as she walks towards her room but that is when her eleven year old daughter bombards her. She is the one screaming at the top of her lungs as she is on the phone as she looks at her mother.
“OMG Mommy you won’t believe it…”
Kate raises her eyes as she looks at her daughter who seems to be on a face time call with Aurora Zdunich. Kate waves her hands to the phone.
“I won’t believe what exactly and oh by the way hello Aurora. You two always seem to be on the phone with one another…”
“That’s because Aurora is my BFF mum! However Aurora is telling me that her mother got Covid so she won’t be wrestling at Inception. She has to go to Isolation and…”
Kate rolls her eyes.
“Which mommy, you know she has two mommies…”
“Oh good point! Crystal won’t be able to wrestle…. She feels very devastated because she wanted to team up with her son…”
Kate nods her head in return as she looks at her daughter.
“That has to be a bummer but tell Aurora to be careful. With her history of having Leukemia we don’t want anything bad to happen to her. Send her family my regards and I will probably check on Christina later today. I love you Juliet. Give me a few minutes and I will be in your room so we can perhaps play video games together…”
With that Kate begins to walk away as she heads into Ruby’s bedroom. Ruby is sitting at the edge of the bed just throwing a huge giggle fit. Kate is slow as she makes her way towards her cousin. She crosses her arms as she looks right into her eyes.
“So what is going on Ruby, why are you over excited. What is so important that you just had to get me to come to your room?!”
Ruby blushes as her eyes continue to meet with that of her cousin.
“Well do you promise to keep a secret?! You are the person I look up to the most. I know Sapphire is my sister but I always felt closest to you. I wanted you to be the first person to see this…”
Kate raises her eyes again.
“And what exactly are you trying to show me. Stop playing games and just tell me already…”
With that Ruby takes her arms from behind her back. She brings them out in front of Kate. In Ruby’s hand is a small box. Ruby opens the box up and inside is a beautiful ring with a huge Ruby gem stone and small diamonds surrounding it. Ruby can’t contain her blushing as she looks at her cousin.
“So what do you think?!”
Kate let’s a smile escape her lip as she looks at the stone.
“Wait a minute is this what I think it is?!”
Ruby smiles warmly.
“Yep…This is for Courtney. Isn’t it beautiful?!”
Kate is the one who keeps her eyes open wide up as she keeps her glance at the ring.
“Beautiful isn’t even the word… I would say it’s truly OUTRAGEOUS…”
Ruby keeps looking at the ring.
“I know it is probably wrong to show this to you. I know that what you went through with Teddy is terrible and it is wrong of me just to put this on you, but you just have to understand that Courtney Pierce is one of the best things to have ever happened in my life. I honestly didn’t know what to think when I meant her a year ago. Things were rough between us but to be honest I couldn’t help but fall in love with her. She is everything to me and I couldn’t think of a world without her in it…”
Kate looks at the ring before she takes a seat next to Ruby on the bed.
“Listen I know what Teddy did to me sucks. It sucks in ways you couldn’t even imagine but I don’t want what is happening in my life to affect the blessings that are coming your way. I am happy for you Prudence. You and Courtney deserve one another and I had a front row seat of seeing things blossom between the two of you as a teacher of Jet City South. True love is hard to come by and when you truly find your soul mate you need to do everything in your power to get what you want. Courtney and you is an adorable sight and there is no doubt in my mind that she will yes to you. You deserve that much…”
Ruby looks at Kate.
“Thank you so much. Now comes the hardest part. I think I am going to approach Kris and ask him if it is okay if I could have her hand in marriage. He is like the father figure for us at the gym so I figured I would try to take the old school approach to things. Once I get that out of the way you and I can plot on how I am going to pop the big question to Courtney…”
Kate smirks before she replies back to Ruby.
“That sounds amazing but to be honest. I think it would be better if you ask Sapphire. Even though she and I don’t get along the truth is she is your sister. That is a moment you should share with her and I don’t want to cause anymore unnecessary drama between the two of us. I am content with her and I going at it about who the better guitarist is but pulling you into the middle of a drama is childlike. You shouldn’t have to be in a position where you have to choose between your sibling and your cousin. I would never put you on the spot like that so I am making the choice for you. Whatever happens I have your back every step of the way…”
Ruby rises up and that is when she looks at Kate in the eyes. She wraps her arms around her and pulls her in for a tight hug.
“I love you more than you can fathom Kath-Lyn. I know things might hurt now but I promise you will rebound from all of this drama with Teddy. You will find love again and you will be on your way. You just need to give it some time…”
Kate smirks.
“I plan too luv… Don’t think I am going to let a man who pissed on himself on television get to me. I might be bruised but I will be damn if I am at the point of being wounded. Right now I am focused on me. I have my wrestling career. I have to build that back up. We also have a band that we need to work on and there are other adventures for me to put my mind on. There are plenty of distractions for me. I will get to where I need to get…”
“Good because you have nothing but time. Anyway I love and appreciate you Kate. Keep being the awesome cousin and leader that I know you are. All of your dreams will definitely come true…”
Kate smiles as wide as she can.
“Cheers… Thank you for being the best cousin in the world Prudence. Now if you would excuse me I think it’s time for me to spend some quality time with Juliet. As long as I have her in my life that’s all that really matters…”
With that Kate walks out of Ruby’s room as she walks over to where her daughter is. She smiles as she walks into the door and looks at her.
“Okay pumpkin it’s time for that special mommy and daughter time. What should we do together today?!”
“Mommy I think the two of us should….”
Before she could finish that statement that is when the doorbell to her home goes off. Diamond raises her eyes in return as she looks at her daughter.
“Hold that thought… Let me just see who it is…”
With that Diamond walks out of the ring as she begins to walk towards the front door. She opens the door and that is when she is greeted to about five people standing there. A woman is holding a piece of paper as others begin to flip their badges in Kate’s direction.
“Hello are you Kath-Lyn Steele?!”
Kate slowly nods her head in agreement.
“That would be me… What’s going on?!”
The woman shows Kate the paper as she continues to speak.
“We are with the state of California and we represent Child Protective Services. We got a tip from a Mr. Todd Warren that you have been an abusive mother, and are here to temporarily take custody of Juliet Amelia Warren from you and place her in a foster home…”
Kate was devastated as they walked into the home. It is at that point that Juliet walks out of her room with a dumbfounded look on her face.
“Mommy what is going on…”
“Pumpkin run…. I…..”
Kate tries to run towards her daughter but it is at that point that the individuals that came to the home end up escorting Juliet out of the house.
“MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHERE ARE THEY TAKING ME?!”
“Don’t worry Juliet… Mommy won’t lose you… I won’t lose you…”
All Diamond can do is sit and watch as she watches the state take her daughter away. She is all tears as she looks at Juliet getting into a car and it drives off into the distance. Ruby runs down the stairs as she sees a hysterical Kate.
“What’s going on?!”
“They took my daughter… Juliet is gone Ruby….”
Kate dropped down to her knees as she continued to cry. Ruby looked at her cousin as she hugged her tightly.
“Don’t worry Kate we are going to figure this out entirely. We will do this together. I will call the wrestling companies you work for and tell them that you need to take emergency family leave. We will get Juliet back. I promise you that we are going to get her back. Teddy won’t win…”
With that Ruby continues to huge Kate as tightly as she can as we fade out on this image.
Bloody hell, it feels like it has been an eternity since I actually managed to speak to all of you. I am going to be honest with all of you. Missing Inception is something that totally came out of life field for me. I was prepared to step into the ring with Myra and Adrienne to simply do what I do best but sometimes for some unforeseen circumstances it doesn’t meant to be. I know I am supposed to stand in front of you all and puff my chest out. After all I am the woman that all of you don’t like. I am the spoiled brat who does everything in her power to make sure that all of the attention flows into my direction but I can assure you that the reason I didn’t compete was truly that of a personal matter.
It was something my very livelihood I wouldn’t wish what I went through on any human. It definitely has been a rough January for me but you can rest assured that I am back and it damn sure feels amazing to be in the main event which is what I rightfully deserve. After all I am the Diamond in the Rough, I am the Shining Star, I am the Sparkling Sensation, I am the Mistress of the Microphone, and the Conqueror of Catch Wrestling. In a nutshell I know I am perhaps the best female in this company to not have won a World Title. Don’t count me out just yet because I will get there. It’s not a matter of the word IF it simply comes down to a matter of WHEN.
Right now however I have one thing that is on my current to do list, and that is chase after the Roulette Championship which should be around my waist right now. However I feel like Mark and Christian expect me to be this little fucking puppet and I have to dance whenever they pull my strings. That is complete horseshit. Everybody knows that I am a legitimate challenger for the Roulette Championship. I beat the champion in the middle of the ring.
It doesn’t get any clearer than it does with a win over the current champion but it seems like I am going to be a victim for what they put wish to put me through. This week I happen to find myself into the main event against a woman who I am very familiar with and she comes in the form of Jessie Salco.
How is it going Jessie?!
I can honestly say that it is definitely a case of long time no see. The two of us have a huge history with one another and it’s one that nobody wishes to remember. At one point I was the third member of the Metal and Punk connection but it seems like all of that was forgotten. I know Jessie Salco was immediately trying to sweep that history between us under the ring like it never existed and she thinks that she couldn’t stand to be around me when I pulled the entire Diamond charade but honestly she has wronged me before I ever wronged her…
And believe me I honestly can’t remember when I actually did something to her. Maybe because in my mind she was never really worth it to begin with?!
And do you want to know why exactly that is?! It’s simple really… It’s because Jessie doesn’t know how to get shit done. Had she did she wouldn’t have been such a moody Bitch that she has been for so long. There was a point where she would try to call out a champion every SINGLE fucking week. It became disheartening and quite frankly annoying. I remember it got to a point where it had gotten so bad that she had actually gotten banned from challenging for a Championship match.
I remember as clear as day and you want to know why?! It’s because I actually was her friend. I was both her and Amy Marshall’s friend. However friendship didn’t stop her from stabbing me in the back because she tried to use me as a loophole to be the workaround into getting a title match. I had busted my ass doing everything in my power to win the Golden Briefcase. I earned that in the right way. I did it honestly but do you think Jessie was happy for me?!
Of course she couldn’t be because as soon as I was celebrating she made sure to attack me from behind. She made her intentions known and at the end of the day she was envious because I had something that she didn’t. I had an opportunity to control my own fate, and Jessie just wanted to do whatever it took to steal the briefcase from my grasps. Long behold I find myself in a position where I have to DEFEND my briefcase against her.
Something that I worked my ass into winning was then put on the line just to appease Salco. You can kind of guess what happened next because I went on to beat Salco. I ruined her chance to work around the loophole and I put her right in her place.
Salco can try to no sell me on Twitter as much as she wants too. People can try to call me out on some fluke bullshit, hell it’s even in the actual description of the match this week. Make no mistake about it though. There is nothing that is a fluke about me. I always have given it one hundred percent whenever I step into the ring. You however haven’t always done the same. I know people wish to give me shit but for what exactly, because I am actually good?!
You Jessie are the epitome of a fluke. Your journey to being a relevant singles champion was winning a triple threat match for the Roulette Championship. You managed to pin Faith even though Alexis Morrison was the champion. So it’s not like you BEAT the champion. You simply beat the OTHER woman.
Hell in the Roulette Division alone you are like a 4 to 5 time champion and that SHOULD be impressive. However if you really glance at your record as a champion you win the title and hold it for about 2 to 3 weeks before immediately dropping it. That is as pathetic as they come and I would say that makes you a fluke. There was one reign that went for an amazing 3 months but what’s said is that I managed to win that title one time.
When I won the title I held it for an amazing six months. I set the bar, I became the standard and I became the record. What you tried to do in all of your reigns together you couldn’t even measure up to my one and only reign. However I guess at the end of the day I just am not that good in your eyes.
Spoiler alert I got that title by winning s six woman Elimination match, and guess who I eliminated last to claim the title for my own… I believe it was you…
But hey let’s not bring any of that up because that’s old news. Me beating YOU should never be brought up right?! I mean I defended my briefcase against you, I won the Roulette title by BEATING YOU but you are so good right?!
Hey there was the one time when you were Internet Champion?! I know it might have been forgotten because it happened like six years ago. You were a champion though! It sounds great on paper and you actually managed to hold the title for like a month and a half.
It WOULD have been more impressive if all of your defenses weren’t against Melody Grace and you always managed to defend the title with some dirty dusty finish. When things were finally put into perspective she took that title away from you, and guess what makes it even better.
I end up beating the WOMAN that BEAT you so how does that make you look in the end?! It makes me look so amazing because I defended that title and then a few years later not only do I win the Internet Championship again but I tied the record. I go on to hold the most defenses as the champion and most combined days as champion. Once again I set the bar and the standard.
Hey during that second reign guess who happened to be one of the women in that ladder match for the vacant Internet Championship?! YOU WERE THERE!!!
Of course I feel like I should applaud you for you actually managed a decent tag team career but I can also say all that means is that you were carried to greatness by multiple partners. People wish to throw my name in the mud but you are just one of those women who get handed championship opportunities. Not because you deserve them but you exist to make a champion look good. Nobody really expects you to beat a champion and when it does happen people always assume that your opponent had an off day. It’s not like you were the favorite by any mean.
It wasn’t that long ago when you actually won yourself a shot at the Internet Championship and what did you do with that title shot?! Not a damn thing… You dropped the ball just like we all knew you would. So here you are and now you get to face me.
If you haven’t managed to beat me in any big profile match what gives you any insight to thinking that you are going to beat me in this main event?! There is no hope and honestly after researching what we have been through I would like to say that I am pretty consistent at doing what I need to do in order to get the job done.
Sure I run my mouth but I back up my shit. I earn my shit. There’s a reason why I won the briefcase in the first place. There’s a reason why I was a finalist for the Blast From The Past. There’s a reason why I set the record for the Roulette and Internet Championships and that’s because at the end of the day I know what I am about. People take me seriously and I can rock out with the best of them.
You simply just suck and it would be a bloody travesty if you somehow found your way to gaining a win over me. It’s not going to happen. Not now and certainly not ever.
And now we are going to be tested by being in a Rock and Roll Death Match. On paper it sounds absolutely fun but here is the difference between the two of us. I am the woman who actually plays in a band. I am actually in two bands to be truthful. You think Griffin Hawkins would be the guitarist for Devilition if I couldn’t rock out to hair metal?! On top of that you think I could be the leader of a band if I didn’t know music?!
This is where we differ. You are a metal chick and are just the idiot that could be seen moshing in the audience. Then again that is really what separates us. I am the star on the stage actually performing for the world to see, and you are just the idiot moshing about trying to cause a scene.
Then again I can respect you as being in the audience. It seems to be a main constant of your SCW career as you are forced to sit on the sidelines and watch the better talents wrestle in the big marquee matches.
Welcome to the main event Jessie. Don’t you dare try to mosh with me because I have already played this show before! I already came back out and did it again for the Encore. I don’t know how many times I get beat you over and over again however I guess I will do it once again.
As long as the music is playing I will be rocking and rolling all over the ring with you. We can take a dance break and I will show you footwork that you can’t keep up with. At the end of the day I know for a fact I am better than you, and you will be nothing but an afterthought.
Cheers but it’s time to show you why this Diamond will always shine bright.
See you soon Jessie and best of luck. You certainly are a woman that will need it…
