{The scene opens with Roxi sitting in Nate’s room, reading him a book Harold and the Purple Crayon. Nate listens intently, while Roxi reads to him.} Roxi – He decided to ask a policeman. The policeman pointed the way Harold was going anyway. But Harold thanked him.
Nate – He drawed the policeman.
Roxi –Yes, he did. What did he draw him with?
Nate – The crayon.
Roxi – Good job.
{Roxi turns the page, and continues reading.} Roxi – And he walked along with the moon, wishing he was in his room and in bed. Then, suddenly, Harold remembered. He remembered where his bedroom window was, when there was a moon. It was always right around the moon.
{Roxi turns the last page and continues.} Roxi – And then Harold made his bed. He got in it and he drew up the covers. The purple crayon dropped the floor. And Harold dropped off the sleep.
{Roxi closes the book, smiling at Nate, running her fingers through his hair as she stands up, getting ready to tuck Nate into bed.} Roxi – I think that’s about it for tonight. But I have a question for you. Can you do your ABC’s?
Nate – Uh... Yeah.
Roxi – Let me hear.
Nate – A...B...C...D...Uh...E...F...G...H...I...J...K...LMNOP...Uh...Uh...
Roxi – You can do it. The one with the squiggle.
Nate – Q!
Roxi – Good job. Keep going.
Nate – R...S...TUV....W...X...YZ!
{Roxi smiles and appluads.} Roxi – Very good. You’re so smart. You know that?
Nate – I’m smart AND Handsome!
Roxi – You got that right. Alright, time for bed.
{Roxi tucks Nate into bed and kisses him on the forehead.} Roxi – Goodnight, baby.
Nate – Good night, Mommy!
{Roxi smiles and watches Nate roll over, and then picks up the book, and turns out of the light before heading out of the room and closing the door. She looks at the book in her hand and several thoughts go through her head. She walks down the hallway to her bedroom, where Keira is already in bed, but reading with a light on herself. She notices Roxi, and the book in her hand and smirks.} Kiera – You know, I have other books if you want to read something a little more age appropriate.
{Roxi just nods as she looks at the book, and then looks at Keira. Keira can see the look in Roxi’s eyes and she quickly puts her book on the nightstand next to the bed.} Keira – I can already tell that look, what’s up, Red.
Roxi – I was reading this to Nate for your information. However, what the book is about, it made me think about things.
Keira – Okay?
Roxi – You haven’t told me everything.
{Keira sighs, leaning forward and rubbing her face.} Roxi – Why haven’t you told me everything?
Keira – Rox, can we not do this?
Roxi – Keira, what in the world are you hiding from me?
Keira – I... I just want you to feel better. You’ve had plenty of good rest since Krystal’s wedding, right? That’s more important that anything. You’re healthy. Hell, you’re the Bombshell’s champion.
Roxi – I thought we agreed about secrets?
{Keira sighs again, now pushing herself out of bed and coming to the window in their bedroom.} Keira – Let me ask you a question, Roxi. We’ve been married for going on 7 years. If I wasn’t part of your superhero world before, would you have told me?
Roxi – Keira, that’s not fair.
Keira – You wouldn’t have.
Roxi – It's an entirely different thing. What I do, what we do, before the small amount of Sin’s power was harnessed, before Amy Drew was able to give us the power we have now, you would have been in even greater danger. I would have been sneaking out of the house, I would have been disappearing at all hours. You know, like it was in the beginning, and I couldn’t do that to you.
Keira – Because you didn’t want to? Or because you couldn’t make it work?
Roxi – Because you are my wife, and I didn’t want to keep things from you.
Keira – But, we still do. We do it, to protect one another, and to protect our family. I don’t like it any more than you do. But this? I don’t want to see you upset about everything. It’s more important to me that you are okay.
Roxi – But I’m not.
Keira – You needed the sleep. You got the sleep, and we made it all okay. Isn’t that good enough?
Roxi – Why are you being weird about this? Why are you not just telling me?
{Keira lowers her head, hands go onto her hips.} Keira – Because it’s not worth the pain.
Roxi – What? What pain? What are you talking about?
Keira – Roxi, please, for the love of everything, please don’t ask me to do that. I’m begging you. Please.
{Roxi is taken aback by Keira really not being forthcoming with the information. She watches Keira turn to her and look at her, dead in the eyes with the pleading easily visible. Roxi just can’t put this together in her head.} Roxi – Keira, I.
Keira – Please. Just don’t. Not tonight. I don’t want to be upset, I don’t want you to be upset, and I know the whole thing is going to be like that. I don’t want to fight with you. Please don’t make this a big deal right now. I swear to you, in time, I will tell you everything. But for now, please, please just drop this.
Roxi – I need answers, Keira. I need to know. How did I go to sleep in this bed one night, and somehow work up strapped to an X-frame in Kat and Zoey’s home! You do realize how crazy that is, right? How I lost an entire day? And you are being like this about it.
Keira – Because it’s for your own good. I’m tell you this, because I want you to enjoy this. You should be on top of the world. You’re the champ! You beat Amber Ryan. That’s the important part. Please. I don’t want this to be where we go to bed angry at each other. For now, for me... please.
{Roxi finally relents and puts her hands on Keira’s shoulder and pulls her in to hold her.} Roxi – One day?
Keira – One day. I promise.
{Roxi and Keira finally share a kiss, and eventually lay down and go to sleep as the scene fades.}
{Roxi a few days later is hit by the curiosity bug again, and she actually makes the trip out to Malibu, California to Katalina’s compound. She is at the front gates, and is greeted by Summer, clad in her skimpiest maid costume that leaves very little to imagination.} Summer – Greetings, Miss. Roxi. I am pleased to see you are physically well.
Roxi – Yes. Summer, are Kat and Zoey in today?
Summer – They may be at the stables, I can of course check for you. Please, do come inside.
{Summer of course leads Roxi further into the compound as Roxi looks around.} Summer – It is very nice to have you back at the compound. You were a very welcome guest the last time, and I do believe Ms. Claire would very much like to have you at her guest as well.
Roxi – I'm sure. Summer, I need to ask you something.
Summer – And what might that be?
Roxi – A few weeks ago, I woke up here. How did I get here? I don’t remember.
Summer – Oh. Well, Miss Keira brought you here. You did not seem to be physically well.
Roxi – Why did Keira bring me here?
Summer – All I was told is that she needed to speak with Ms. Katalina and Ms. Zahara about your condition. I am sorry I wasn’t told anything after that. Miss Kiera was not very specific about the nature of your visit.
{Roxi ponders all of this, as she and Claire enter the compound and Roxi is taken into a room with a small couch, and various sets of China and wine and some BDSM related nick-nacks. Summer opens another door and steps in.} Summer – I will return in a moment Ms. Roxi, I will notify Ms. Katalina and Ms. Zahara of your presence.
Roxi – Thank you Summer.
{Claire closes the door behind her and she is gone for a few moments, and another door opens on the opposite side of the room. From behind it, Candi, another of Katalina’s pets, as it were, emerges with a big smile on her face, and it gets even bigger as she sees Roxi and shouts at the top of her lungs.} Candi – LEAF LADY!
Roxi – Hello Candi.
Candi – Are you here to eat the leaves? There’s a lot of them outside.
Roxi – No, Candi, I’m just here to talk to Katalina and Zoey.
Candi – OOOOH. Kitty Mistress and Magical Mistress?! Are you coming to visit more often? Are you gonna live here now?
Roxi – I'm afraid not, Candi. I just need to visit with them and figure some stuff out.
Candi – Are you doing math? I know maths are hard.
Roxi – No, but it feels like it sometimes. What are you up to?
Candi – I’m gonna go play with Phoebles! You wanna come too?
Roxi – I would, maybe some other time, Candi, I really just need to talk to Kat and Zoey.
Candi – Okay, thanks for stopping by! I love you!
{Candi doesn’t bother waiting for a response as she absent-mindedly walks away through another door. A few moments later, Summer returns.} Summer – Ms. Katalina and Ms. Zahara are free now if you wish to speak to them.
Roxi – Thank you Summer.
Summer – This was please.
{Summer leads Roxi to where Kat and Zoey are. Kat sits in a full black latex outfit, rope tied around her ankles and wrists, but Zoey is untying them.} Roxi – I hope I’m not interrupting?
Katalina – Of course not, love. Just some fooling around.
Zoey – It's something of a race.
Roxi – Oh, yes.
Katalina – So, this is the second time we’ve seen you recently, and this time in much better health.
Roxi – Yeah, I’ve been meaning to ask you two about that.
Katalina – Curious as ever, I see.
Roxi – Well, when I got to sleep in my own bed and then wake up strapped to your table, it does raise some questions.
{Katalina sighs as Zoey finishes untying her.} Roxi – No offense.
Katalina – Am I that shallow to you, love? Must I bound you up as well? Is that all you see from me?!
Zoey – You can’t stop being dramatic now, sweetling.
Katalina – I am hurt.
Zoey – You'll be punished if you keep it up.
Katalina – Perhaps I shall.
Roxi – I just... I don’t mean to be rude, but I need to know how the heck I even got here that night. Summer told me Keira brought me here.
Katalina – Yes, she did. You looked very ill, I must say. Whimpering and crying. Was very unsightly.
Roxi – That doesn’t make any sense.
Zoey – Keira brought you here and you were just making these crying noises and you didn’t respond to anything. Keira said she tried to wake you up, but you didn’t. She brought you to me.
Roxi – But why?
Zoey – That, I don’t fully know either. She sounded very worried for you.
Katalina – She was, yes. Desperate for our help.
Zoey – Anyway, she said something about you having a bad dream, or several bad dreams. Trouble sleeping. Even though it looked like you were asleep.
Roxi – I was, yeah, I remember that.
{Zoey stands up, and leads Roxi into the same room where she woke up.} Zoey – I wouldn’t normally do what I did to you, to anyone. It’s not something I was proud of.
Roxi – Wait, what? What did you do?
Zoey – Keira said you needed memories erased.
{Zoey nods.} Zoey – So, I did.
Roxi – YOU WHAT?
Zoey – Roxi, you didn’t see the look in your wife’s eyes. She was desperate to do anything to help you. It’s why she came to me in the first place. I’m not sure how she even knew about the compound, but yes... I won’t lie to you. You’ve always been a good friend. I used some magic, and erased 24 hours from your memory.
{Roxi has to take a seat to take all this in. Kat looks at her and bring her a cup, filled with water.} Kat – Take a drink, love.
{Roxi does as she shakes her head, still very confused.} Roxi – There's just so much I don’t understand.
Zoey – I've told you what we witnessed. Anything else, I supposed we can do our best to answer.
Roxi – I don’t think you can answer any of the other questions I have. I doubt Keira told you what happened.
Zoey – No, she didn’t.
Kat – She was just very insistent on getting help. In other circumstances, it would have been quite lovely.
Roxi – Yeah, but... there’s just so much I don’t understand. But a very large piece of the puzzle has been filled in.
Kat – Of course. Is there anything else you desire? Perhaps another more... personal visit?
Roxi – No thank you, Kat. I did this once, and it was more than enough for me. I did appreciate my time here, but hopefully now, the next time I visit it will be for just food.
Kat – Certainly love. And you will of course bring you wife, yes?
Roxi – I don’t know if she would ever want to …. wait a minute....
Zoey – What's wrong?
Roxi – Kiera's never been here. How in the world did she know how to find you in the first place?
Kat – Hmm, Well, there are a few people who do know about the compound outside of it. The lovely Ms. Tolson, Claire, and Anya.
Roxi – Sam has been here?
Zoey – Yes.
Roxi – No, Sam doesn’t make any sense either. And she really doesn’t talk to... That must be it!
Kat – The mind appears as sharp as ever.
Roxi – It's why Anya keeps texting me. Keira must have found out from her!
Kat – This, stands to reason.
Zoey – I'm not sure why you continue to allow her to come and go as she pleases. Anyway sweetling, but I must say many times it is a welcome vacation around here.
Kat – Anya is Anya. She must be staying with Amy Jo for the time being. She has not been back here in some time.
Roxi – That makes some sense. I’ll have to ask AJ about this, and Anya.
Zoey – Be cautious around her.
Roxi – I always am.
{Roxi slowly stands up, sighing and nodding to herself.} Roxi – Well, I am not quite sure what to make of all this. I don’t know how to really feel about losing an entire day. But... whatever happened, I do have to say thank you, to the both of you. I wish I had the full context but, if you helped me, in any way, I am grateful for it.
Zoey – We are glad to be of service. Though again, next time hopefully your visit is under more... pleasant circumstances.
Roxi – Indeed. Again, thank you both. Very much. Also, uh... Keira didn’t tell you anything else, did she?
{Kat and Zoey look at one another and Zoey shrugs.} Zoey – No. But, rest assured, what happened here, will remain here.
Kat – It is our little secret. Company policy.
Roxi – I understand. Thank you both.
{Roxi hugs both Kat and Zoey warmly. Her eyes open as she sighs.} Roxi – Kat, I’m going to assume that’s your hand...
Kat – Force of habit, Love.
Zoey – Don't worry, she will get her just desserts.
Kat – Perhaps you’d care to view?
Roxi – Uh, no. I need to put more of this together. Thank you. Again.
{Roxi departs, now with a lot of information, but still wanting to put it all together.}
{Roxi soon arrives at Amy Jo Smyth’s house in lower Florida. Roxi as always knocks on the door, to be greeted by AJ and a pat on the shoulder.} Amy Jo Smyth – God damn, Red, how ya been?
Roxi – AJ, I need to talk to you... and to Anya.
Amy Jo Smyth – Oh, this is about that thing, right?
Roxi – What? What thing? I don’t know about any “thing.” Keira won’t tell me what’s going on and Zoey said some other crazy stuff about erasing memories and I don’t know what’s going on!
Amy Jo Smyth – Wait, erasing memories?
Roxi – Just... It’s not the weirdest thing you’ve heard from me.
Amy Jo Smyth – No, but that’s still not something you hear every day.
Roxi – Well, that’s what happened. I need you to explain the day in question.
{AJ sighs and shrugs.} Amy Jo Smyth – Keira came here pretty late in the day. But she was pretty damn frantic and asked me to help you.
Roxi – And?
Amy Jo Smyth – Well, what the hell am I supposed to do, Roxi? You can fucking fly. Plus, you know, I’m not a medical doctor, and you weren’t even here.
Roxi – Wait, I wasn’t?
Amy Jo Smyth – No. She said you were at the Guild, whatever that meant.
Roxi – Really?
Amy Jo Smyth – Yes.
Roxi – Okay, fine, fine.
Amy Jo Smyth – She said something about dreams and nightmares and I’m not a neurologist so, yeah. Anyway, she said she needed to find uh.... Katalina and Zoey? Yeah, and Anya gave Keira the address.
Roxi – Wait, she did?
Amy Jo Smyth – You do know that she is obsessed with you, right? If she thought for one second this meant something was going to happen with you, she’d do it in heartbeat.
Roxi – Oh, right.
Amy Jo Smyth – Yeah. Anyway, she got the address and she left. Obviously, whatever happened worked out.
Roxi – It did. But I also need to ask you about Anya.
Amy Jo Smyth - What did she do this time?
Roxi – She keeps sending me texted which, I won’t repeat, but she seems to kind of being insisting about some kind of thing where I’m supposed to visit her.
{AJ’s eyebrows raise and then she facepalms.} Roxi – What?
Amy Jo Smyth – Okay, that one is on me.
Roxi – What do you mean?
Amy Jo Smyth – I may have kinda told Anya you would visit. But I did it because she wasn’t going to give Keira the address without some kind of quid pro quo.
{Roxi can only sigh.} Roxi – Fine. If that’s what she wants.
{Of course, Anya, almost as if on cue, pokes her head outside the door and a big grin crosses her face. She rushes outside, wrapping her arms and one of her legs.} Anya – YOU’RE HERE!
Roxi – Hello, Anya.
{Anya starts kissing Roxi around the head and face, forcing Roxi to gently break away from her.} Roxi – Okay, Anya. Calm down.
Anya – I KNEW you’d come back! You know you love me!
Roxi – Anya, I think you’re just a little confused about how much that word means.
Anya – COME WITH ME!
{Without warning, Pet scoops Roxi up and over her shoulder and carries her inside.} Roxi – ANYA! PUT ME DOWN!
{Once Pet reaches her room, she slams the door and puts Roxi down and hugs her again.} Anya – I have been waiting so long for this moment! Now, you’re wearing way too much.
Roxi – Anya, knock it off. Listen, I need to answer some questions.
Anya – Ugh. Fine. Yes, they’re real. Yes, you can touch them, and Yes, I will marry you.
Roxi – Those are not the questions I was going to ask.
Anya – You would. Eventually. But this is what I’ve always wanted, and what YOU have always wanted.
Roxi – Anya, stop it. I need you to tell me about what happened with Keira that night.
{Anya groans flopping herself onto the bed and laying down seductively, and patting the mattress.} Anya – Come. Lay down with me.
Roxi – Is this really necessary?
Anya – EXCUSE ME? I SAVED YOUR LIFE, ROXI! I told you as much! Without me, who knows what might have happened to you. I think I deserve some gratitude!
Roxi – That's what I need you to tell me. What happened?
Anya – Ugh. If you MUST know, Your horrible wretch of a wife came crying over here over what I assume she did to you.
Roxi – What she did?
Anya – Who else would hurt you like you were hurt? It was clearly her, and I told you from the beginning. Now, you either come lay down, I need your scent for my pillow.
Roxi – Stop being weird.
Anya – Hello! Gratitude?!
{Roxi says and she lays down on Anya’s bed and she immidiately spoons with her. Anya starts breathing in Roxi’s ear, and dry humping her.} Anya – See, this isn’t so bad, is it? I knew you’d be the perfect member of the harem.
{Roxi thinks for a moment and closes her eyes, placing her hand on Anya’s hand across her waist.} Roxi – Why would Keira hurt me, Anya?
Anya – Because she’s awful. You’ve seen the way she talks to me. But you, you’re different. And I know it’s because you love me. But she just kept blathering on about helping you, and finding that stupid bitch and her bitch wife.
Roxi – Katalina and Zoey.
{Anya shudders hearing their names.} Anya – Don't say her name. She doesn’t deserve that. Neither one of them do. But, because I am the giving, kind-hearted soul I am, I told her where they were. Provided I get what I want. And I want this.
Roxi – See, that’s all I needed. Now...
{Roxi spins and gets on top of Pet, straddling her as Pet lays back and grins.} Anya – I KNEW this is what you wanted to.
Roxi – Anya, You have been very good.
Anya – Of course I am. I am a good girl.
Roxi – I know. So, I’m going to reward you.
{Roxi instead slowly gets up, and walks to the door, before taking her shirt off, and showing Pet her black, lacey bra.} Anya – I like where this is going.
Roxi – Come here.
{Anya hurriedly rushes up to Roxi, about an inch away from her. Roxi put her hands behind her back.} Roxi – Feel.
{Anya doesn’t need to told twice, feeling Roxi’s chest as much as she possibly could.} Anya – Nice, and firm. Not as great as mine, but not bad.
{Anya’s hands continues to explore Roxi’s body, until Roxi stops her.} Roxi – There. Now, you’ve had your fun, but I need to go.
Anya – Go? But we’re just getting started.
Roxi – And maybe, in the future, if you continue to be good, you’ll get more.
Anya – WHAT? You can’t just leave me. No nonononono. You’re here. And you’re staying here.
Roxi – Anya, thank you for helping save my life. I really appreciate it. More than you know. You’re my hero.
{Anya blushes, distracted by Roxi’s words.} Roxi – So, one day, I will be back. One day soon, and we will pick up where we left off. But I have some things I need to do. But I owe you. Okay?
{Roxi is practically whispering the words in Pet’s ear, buttering her up.} Anya – I will have such plans for you.
Roxi – I can’t wait.
{Roxi avoids Anya lunging in for a kiss, and makes her way out the door. She sighs and AJ is drinking coffee at the table.} Amy Jo Smyth – How did it go?
Roxi – I got what I needed, and Anya.... is satisfied for now.
Amy Jo Smyth – I see.
Roxi – In the future, don’t do that to me.
Amy Jo Smyth – It was my only option at the time.
Roxi – Just... you know, for future reference.
Amy Jo Smyth – Well, you’ll have to let me know the next time you’re about to die.
Roxi – I'll try.
{With that, Roxi departs and heads back home, the scene fading.}
{Back at home later in the evening, Roxi stands at the window of her bedroom again, Keira entering the room shortly thereafter. Keira sighs, confused for a second as to why Roxi is standing there.} Keira – What did I do now?
Roxi – Now, we have to talk.
Keira – Please don’t.
Roxi – No, I know most of everything now.
Keira – You do?
Roxi – Zoey, Kat, AJ & Pet were very helpful in filling in the missing pieces.
Keira – Then you know...
Roxi – Like I said, I know MOST of everything, but not everything. I know that Zoey erased a day of my memory. I know that you brought me there, and I know Pet gave you the address to the compound.
Keira – Oh.
Roxi – But I don’t know the most important part.
Keira – Roxi...
Roxi – I need you to tell me why all that was even necessary.
Keira – It's not something I want to talk about.
{Roxi turns to Keira, looking into her eyes.} Roxi – Keira, I want you to know that I’m not mad. Because from what everyone said, it was you, who did everything you could to save me.
Keira – Of course I would, you know that.
Roxi – I don’t have any memory of that day, and if you can just fill in those missing pieces, I don’t need to have that memory, I just want the truth.
{Kiera sighs, pulling away and sitting on the bed.} Keira – I don’t... I don’t know how to even explain it. You were having trouble sleeping and it... it was because of... because of Clint.
Roxi – Clint?!
Keira – He did the same thing to you, that he did to Eliza. You were making the same noises as she was in her sleep before she died. He somehow got into your mind. I brought you to the guild medical bay, and I had them check on you, and you didn’t respond to anything either, just like Eliza. You were stuck and I knew I had to go in after you. And, well, I don’t know what he did to you. I don’t know what you saw stuck in that dream, but that look on your face when I found you... it terrified me.
Roxi – What?
Keira – That look in your eyes of... helplessness. The fear, the terror in your eyes, it shook me. I had to get you out of there, and at the same time.... I brought him out too.
Roxi – Clint is loose?
Keira – No, he’s not.
Roxi – Then he’s been caught again?
Keira – No. When I pulled you both out, You snapped. You took him and... well... you killed him.
Roxi – …
Keira – And then when I found you... you have given out. Whatever you saw in your dream it shut you down. And with whatever you had left, you used it to utterly destroy Clint. I only saw a glimpse of your face before you took him away, and... that scared me too. I never saw the rage in your eyes like that. But once it was over, you just... shut down. So I brought you back to the guild, but nothing was working.
Roxi – Even without Clint?
Keira – They told me you would wake up, but I couldn’t let you live with that. You were still crying and screaming. You would have done that for the rest of your life. Whatever memory that was there... you wouldn’t have been able to function. I saw it, and I couldn’t let you live with that pain.
Roxi – …
Keira – So... I tried to do everything I could to help you. Even if... even if nothing worked and I had to...
{Roxi sits down holding Keira as she starts to cry.} Roxi – I love you.
{Roxi continues to hold Keira, kissing her head.} Roxi – I understand that was tough. And I am proud of you. I know that you would do everything you could, and I would have understood regardless. For that, I am so proud of you.
Keira – You would have done the same for me.
Roxi – Yes, in a heartbeat. Thank you for saving me. And for going to extreme lengths to do it.
Keira – I guess we’re just lucky Zoey... knew what she was doing.
Roxi – Yes. But more importantly, you did this. And I am so thankful to have you in my life. I love you. Always and forever.
{Keira and Roxi kiss as the scene fades.}
“Sometimes there's a clue to the present in the past.”
- Batman (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Vol 1 59)
Hello SCW.
I stand before you as the Bombshell’s champion, but it sure as heck didn’t feel like it, for the past few weeks. This is really the first time I’ve been able to be with you and actually drink it all in, without being interrupted of course. But this is the first time I can really talk about the past few weeks.
My respect level for Amber Ryan has always been high, and it only continues to grow. I said it multiple times, I had to be perfect at Blaze of Glory, and I don’t know if I was, but it was close enough to it, to win and beat her. I know full well that we aren’t done and we are seemingly destined to do this until one of us physically can’t. But I will make this promise to Amber, as long as she is coming to fight me, I am coming to fight her. No questions asked. If I am crippled and in wheelchair, I will find some way to get out of it, to fight Amber Ryan. But I think this match, this changed things, if only a little. Now, I think there is even more of an understanding between us. I don’t know how much of that is going to soften anything, but I didn’t think she would shake my hand, let alone extend it first. But it happened. So until the next time, I will be waiting.
But I am getting ahead of myself, because I don’t have the luxury of waiting around for Amber. I’ve been doing enough waiting as it is. I’ve been sitting here, almost on the sidelines for a while. I’ve had all of two matches this entire year, and I wanted very much to wrestle more people. I have been itching to get back in the ring and now I have that opportunity and I am not going to slip up, just because it’s been a while since Blaze of Glory. But me not wrestling certainly hasn’t made me any less enemies.
I am saddened about Kat Jones’s recent accusations against me, and Keira, because it didn’t need to be this way. But this is what Kat feels is her best course of action. I will just say now, there’s the truth, and then there is straw manning things to suite your purposes. I hoped Kat was better than that, but this is where we are.
In time, we’ll cross that bridge.
Now, last week, we learned Mikah was being honest when she said she didn’t care about winning the Blast From the Past tournament, and she didn’t care about having a championship match with me. She made it pretty clear, and she meant it. So, that left me without a challenger, until last week, when Myra Rivers earned herself a match at Into the Void. I told Myra she would be a challenger sooner rather than later, and I meant that. And she earned every inch of what she has. I just hope she understands that.
But, anyway, this week, I have a title defense. I don’t mean to push Seleana to the back burner, because out of everyone I have just mentioned, she, right there, is the main focus I have this week. I don’t want her, or anyone else to think that I am dismissing Seleana in any way. Seleana is a former holder of this championship, and I would say that this is the first time that I would be able to mention Seleana and talk about her exclusively, without talking about Crystal, but of course, what happened on social media happened and the surprise was ruined and everything just kind of fell apart and I really wish that didn’t happen. I wish I could sit here and say it was a pleasant surprise to be matched up with Seleana again. I always have enjoyed wrestling Seleana, because she’s a lot better than people ever give her credit for. It’s just a shame that this has been so corrupted and she has to be overshadowed once again by Crystal, when it really wasn’t her place to do so.
Sel is one of my friends, and one of the most overlooked and underrated wrestlers in the entire company. People don’t seem to realize this, but she has earned everything she has in SCW, and this championship match is no different. People simply want to dismiss Sel as just another wrestler on the roster and it’s really sad that people don’t give her the credit that she truly deserves. Sel is a tremendously talented wrestler, and on any given day, she can beat absolutely anyone. One would think that with all Sel has been able to do, most of the time in spite of Crystal, that she would get more respect, because she 100% has mine.
Sel has always been good to me, and good to my family. She has always been a true friend and no matter what, she has stood by me, and stood by her family and friends. Sel is truly one of a kind as a person and people who know her should consider themselves truly lucky as I do. I have never one doubted or counted out Seleana out of a match, and despite what her record is against me, as Mercedes Vargas really enjoyed pointing out earlier this week, I consider her a threat to beat me. I consider her to be at the top of her game, and I will 100% have a fight on my hands if I am to defend this championship successfully. Seleana could very easily walk into Rhodes and take this championship from me. She’s good enough to do that. People who continue to doubt her always end up eating their words and finding out the hard way just how good Seleana is. I have nothing, but respect and admiration for all Sel has accomplished and gone through, and she continues to walk with her head held high no matter what has happened in her career, and what obstacle has been thrown in her path. From fighting with Christain Underwood, to having people tell her she is just Crystal’s shadow and telling her that she’s better off without her.
You love who you love, and I have been guilty of saying some harsh things about Crystal, but this isn’t about her now. She’s not going to be a factor in this match, lest she continue to tarnish Seleana’s reputation. No, this is about Sel and myself putting on a hell of a show for the fans, and showing what two very talented wrestlers can do when they are given the time and opportunity. I look forward to this, and any other matches with Sel in the future. She’s just fun to wrestle and another exciting challenge I have as the Bombshell’s champion.
I have nothing but love for Seleana, and I don’t take for granted beating her, and nor do I hang my hat on this whole thing about having beaten her consistently. That is the past, I am not concerned about the past. I am not focused on what I did, or what Sel didn’t do. It is not about that for me, at all. It’s about this match, and I know I will not have an easy night. I know that if anything, Sel is even more motivated than anything else to win this championship and maybe that would truly erase the doubt that that Crystal cloud has created. If this was any other match, against another opponent other than me or my wife, I would be rooting for Sel for those very reasons. But it’s against me. And against me, I have to root for myself. It’s just that simple. It’s nothing against Sel. In fact, I will do everything in my power to ensure people see Sel for the true champion she really is. She deserves that much from me. I hope that after this match, people see Sel in a different light, and give her the credit she deserves. She should, as always walk out her with her held high and her self-confidence higher.
She just isn’t walking out of Rhodes with the Bombshell’s championship.
Because you see, and there’s always a because, I am the champion for a reason. I have the responsibility of carrying this championship and doing it to the best of my abilities and bringing just as much to the table as previous champions. That’s a heavy burden, and believe me, if anybody knows about heavy burdens, it’s me. I have been doing this for a long time, and I have to hold this championship to make it the best it can be. There’s a high standard that has been set by previous championship past, and the most recent one. I have to live up to that, and that means, I have to take on all comers. I have to rise to meet all challenges. I’m picking up where they left off. If the person has earned a championship match, I will be right here to face them. I will not be ducking anyone, I will not be ducking or dodging anyone. I am here to face everyone that I can, just as I said as a New Year’s resolution. That means I have 3 people right now lining up, and several folks waiting in the wings.
All that means, is I have to continue to do what I have been striving to do my entire career.
Be. Better.
I just want close this by saying that I am excited and honored to face Seleana once again, and I want to thank everyone, whether they like me or hate me, for making me better. I have made a promise to be be better each and every time I step into the ring, and that means at Climax Control, when I face Seleana, I’m trying to be better than I was as Blaze Of Glory. Maybe that was my peak, but I’m not going to stop trying to reach it every single time, and eventually get even higher.
I don’t judge Seleana by her past, I will see it, as she sees it: A path into the future. And at Climax Control, I will face Seleana, and I will beat Seleana. It’s not personal, it’s how a champion conducts business.
Now, I’m off to make better memories.
Good luck, Sel.
I will see you, and everyone else, in Rhodes.
