The room is dimly lit, Victoria sits among the shadows, only illuminated by the candles that circled around her. She sits legs crossed, with her two championships in front of her, and crown resting firmly on her head.
“Let’s get this straight right away Kayla.” she started, “I do not, have not, and never will want to be you. I am proud to be Victoria Lyons, The Head Lyoness, the queen of SCW. Which I remind you, I am well aware it was only to be for a day. But the people need a leader and so I chose to be that leader and remain their queen and yours.”
She adjusts her crown slightly, a conniving smirk appearing on her face.
“I don’t deny your ability, or even your brainpower.” said Victoria, “You nailed exactly why I chose you to face Bella Madison. I mean why wouldn’t I pick you? In my position you would have done the exact same thing. It was simply strategy. Thank you by the way. You did quite well. Job well done indeed.”
She smiles and winks at the camera.
“I never expected you do to anything FOR me persay.” she continued, “But I knew if I put her in front of you, you would annihilate her, because that’s what you do to whomever is put across the ring from you simply because that’s who you are and what you do.”
She pauses for a moment, keeping her alluring gaze on the camera.
“So does that mean I should expect annihilation?” Victoria continued, “I certainly expect you to try. But understand, I am no Bella Madison. I taught her her lesson and now I can focus on what’s next and that’s staking my claim as the top Bombshell in all of SCW.
She smiles down at her championships, shining among the candlelight in front of her.
“See Kayla, I came into this company with a message.” Victoria continued, “A message on how we as a people need to come together. We need to fight back against our oppressors before we as a society crumble. So becoming a double champion means they will start to have to listen to me, because I am a double champion. But I hear the whispers. I know what everyone is saying."
Her eyes drifted slightly, and she looked a little uneasy as she continued.
“They say Eddie won the match for us.” she said, “That he may have beat Finn, but I didn’t actually beat you. Which is total bullshit, because if you look at the records it will say Eddie Lyons AND Victoria Lyons defeated Finn Whelan AND Kayla Richards. Like it or not, I BEAT YOU.
She shrugs, with an exhale.
“No matter.” she said, “If it takes a one on one encounter to shut up the critics, then I’ll just have to defeat you one on one and prove that I am the top bitch in this company now."
She flips her hair back confidently.
“You understand, I am going to have to make an example of you now.” she said, “I need to humiliate and embarrass you. Simply because you are one of the best, again it’s why I chose you to face Bella. I don’t choose losers. I choose winners and you are a winner Kayla. If I prove dominance over you, then who can really stop me? Luna? She got me once, but without the distraction of Bella Madison she won’t be getting me again. She’ll find that out soon enough too."
She did her best to hide her concern, the slight worry that she knows Luna was the only person to defeat her,
“This isn’t about Luna anyway.” she quickly went on, “It’s about lions and wolves. Which beast is going to prove it’s dominance? Will the she-wolf be cunning enough, or will the mighty lioness prove to be too powerful? From one champion to another, I think you know what my pick is.”
She pauses again, to glare proudly at her championships.
“Don’t worry, Tegan is in good hands.” she said, “She’s getting along fabulously with her sister Rue. Max is doing fine with Eddie, and after his recent victory I expect him to bring home Ruben from the clutches of a Raven. Finn should consider himself lucky that Eddie isn’t going to be able to come after his World Championship because he will regain that Roulette Champion, then The Lyons Den will be the double champions of SCW and The Wolves Of Gamalamadingdong will be replaced. You two had a good run, but it’s time for it to come to an end. Your downfall is beginning, and deep down..I think you know it.”
She smirks arrogantly into the camera. The candlelight still illuminating her face.
“I am the wrench that changed the entire Bombshell division.” she continued, “My arrival was game changing and your just upset that there’s a new woman on top. In just my first few months I have skyrocketed up the ratings and right now I sit before you as top Bombshell in the company.”
She makes sure to motion to the championships in front of her.
“Sure you have the Bombshell World Championship, which is technically considered to be the top championship in the Bombshell division, but when I beat you, and then go on and beat Luna, there will be no mistake who the best truly is. It’s not you, and it’s not Luna. It’s me. It’s Victoria Lyons. The Head Lyoness and the queen of SCW. I prove it each and every time I get in that ring." she went on, "Once I hear that bell ring, the claws come out and I truly become a lioness. I will tear you apart limb from limb to prove my dominance over this division. They want a Mad Queen, they’re going to get a Mad Queen, and like so many who have fallen before you Kayla. It will be OFF WITH YOUR HEAD.”
Victoria cackles like a madwoman, her voice echoing throughout the building she’s in,her eyes filled with passion and something unsettling that can’t even really be described, she tilts her head and smiles at the camera, as is abruptly cuts to black.
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She sat there looking at her cousin. She knew he was confident about defeating Alexander Raven, but she had to make sure he was going to do it. She had Luna to deal with and if they let The Conspiracy get one over on them, it could mean their mixed tag championships were next. They had to nip that in the bud now by defeating both Luna and Raven, making it clear they deserved no such chance at her and Eddies championships.
“You understand what I’m saying right?” she said, “I beat Luna, you beat Raven. Then there can be no claim from them for our tag championships.”
“I see what you’re saying.” Eddie said, “But does it matter if they’re contenders or not? We’ll just go out there and beat them.”
“But why waste the energy, when we can discredit any claim now?” she replied.
“Are you worried we’d lose to them?” Eddie asked.
“Of course not.” said Victoria, “Are you worried you won’t beat Raven?”
“Not at all.” Eddie said, “But if we’re going to be champions, we have to take on all challengers. We can’t just talk about it, we have to show it.”
“I HAVE been showing it.” Victoria replied, her tone becoming annoyed., “You’ve been the wishy-washy one.”
“And yet I won the match for our team.” Eddie reminded her.
“We can argue semantics all day.” said Victoria, “But we can both at least agree that making us both double champions should be a top priority.”
“Well, I can’t argue that.” said Eddie, “But I’m not looking to defeat Raven to avoid having to defend the tag titles. I want to defeat him because I want to become a two time Roulette Champion, and I want to send a message to his little clique that there’s more people than just the Harris family that is tired of their bullshit.”
“See, thats the problem with you.” said Victoria, “You don’t need to get involved in their business with The Harris’. That doesn’t concern you, that doesn’t concern us. All you need to concern yourself with is becoming Roulette Champion again.”
“I’m just saying…” Eddie said.
“It doesn’t concern us.” said Victoria, “We concern ourselves only with what we need to. Raven has something you want, and you’re going to take it. Meanwhile Luna thinks her victory over me means she’ll easily take Rue away, and I’m going to show her otherwise.”
“And Kayla Richards?” asked Eddie.
“I’ll handle Kayla.” said Victoria, “It’s about time someone put her down like you did Finn. It’s time I continue to prove that I am the top Bombshell in this company, and if I can defeat Kayla, then who can really deny me? Luna? Not after I deal with her as well.”
“Well, if you can do all that.” Eddie said with a shrug, “You’d have a very strong claim to top Bombshell. But that’s IF you can do that.”
If? Was Eddie being serious? Of course she could do it. She would do it. Was he doubting her ability?
“That doesn’t sound like a very supportive partner.” said Victoria with a scowl on her face.
“Victoria..” said Eddie shaking his head, “You know I didn’t mean it like that. We’re the mixed tag team champions, so I support you as my teammate. I didn’t ask for this, and neither did you. But here we are, and for whatever reason…we sort of work.”
“..Yeah I don’t get it either.” Victoria said.
“But you can’t get overconfident.” said Eddie, “You can do this, just don’t get too ahead of yourself.”
“I’ll be fine.” Victoria replied, “We’re going to do this, we’re going to both be double champions, and we will replace Finn and Kayla as the two people to beat.”
“Then let’s get it done.” said Eddie, extending his hand.
Victoria looked at his hand, she sighed heavily and after a few moments accepted the handshake. Eddie was right about one thing, neither of them had asked for this, but they just somehow worked and in a matter of weeks they would be the new dominant team in SCW.
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The cameras open with Victoria, a championship donning each shoulder seated on the steps in a stairwell of a building. She wears a confident smile on her face as she begins to address the camera.
“You know Kayla…” she began, “I do sort of like you. More than most of the insolent wretches in the locker room. It’s women like us who dominate this place. However only one of us can truly be on top and that is going to be me. Kayla, you’ll just have to learn to live with second best. Because there’s a new woman on top and her name is Victoria Lyons."
Her usual confidence remained in the air, as she kept the smile on her face continuing on.
“I’ve already taken a championship from you.” she continued, “Sadly, since I have my Rue that means I can’t take your other championship. So I have to settle for dominance. I have to show the world that I can beat you. That the Bombshell Roulette Champion is the new top champion in our division. You can’t stop the inevitable, so you better just learn to embrace it.”
She laughed arrogantly to herself.
“You understand I am going to have to break you Kayla.” she said through her twisted smile, “The Lyons Den, we have a bit of a history smashing records. Look at my dear cousin Eddie. Did he not end the legendary reign of Peter Vaughn as Roulette Champion? Did he not become the first one to pin Finn Whelan in over a year? Now it’s my turn to become the first one to pin Kayla Richards in over a year.”
She pauses for a moment, reflecting on her words.
“You’ve smashed through everyone in your path.” Victoria continued, “But so have I. Luna aside of course, but we all know that was Bella Madisons fault and we all saw what I did to her. Consider yourself lucky I don’t dislike you as much as I dislike Bella. Bella simply needed to learn to mind her own business and got what was coming to her. But you Kayla, you are no Bella Madison. You at least have a functioning brain and have proven yourself capable and deserving of being called a champion.”
A heavy exhale, and another pause.
“But this is about more than you being one of the few I can actually have some respect for.” Victoria continued, “It’s about me proving my dominance over this roster. I need to beat the very best this company has to offer. I’ve already dethroned Alexandra Calaway, I’ve humiliated Bella Madison and left damn near the rest of the Bombshell roster broken and bloodied in my wake. But there are still two names I need to cross off my list. They’re of course you and Luna. I NEED to beat you Kayla and I don’t care what I need to do to make it happen. I am not my tag team partner. I have no intention of playing nice, or even fair.”
She flashes a devilish grin at the camera.
“Eddie can have his honor.” she said, “But I am a woman without honor. I am the darkness that lurks among the light among our team. You got a small taste when we took the mixed tag championships from you, now you get the full power of the queen and I promise I’m much more dangerous alone.”
She starts to laugh, but only for a moment as her attention is drawn off camera. Her expression suddenly changes to frustration as Eddie Lyons, with a cheeky grin on his face, and his mixed tag title on his shoulder walks into frame and stands beside her looking into the camera.
“Eddie…what are you doing?!” she said annoyed, which of course was Eddie’s plan.
“Just returning the favor, and supporting my partner.” he said with a grin, a subtle, or perhaps not so, reminder that her she did the same thing to him. “We’re a team now right, besides you appointed me Queensguard, so I should be here supporting my queen.”
He gives an exaggerated wink to the camera.
“So I say to you Kayla Richards.” Eddie continued, as Victoria sat there with a pouty look on her face, “You really think you can beat her? You should probably be a little concerned, because my cousin, this girl right here…”
He puts one hand up to his mouth to whisper by one side,
“...Bitch is cray cray.”[/color] he said, as he lowered his hand, “I’m just saying. I’m glad she’s on my side, because she will fuck you up. She is a true lioness and we are part of the same pride. Everyone knows it is the lioness that is the true heart of any pride, and with her as our sole lioness, she is a true queen indeed.”
“Eddie…” Victoria said
“See we’ve found our balance.” said Eddie, “That’s why we became the mixed tag team champions on our first match together as a team. A thrown together team only bound by blood. She is the Yin and I am the Yang and we are totally going all the way to being the new duo on top.”
“That’s right cousin.” said Victoria with a sigh, giving in to Eddie’s antics, “We are going to the top. The time of the wolves is coming to an end, and it is the mighty lions who will stand pridefully in their place. We are The Lyons Den…”
“And this is our hunting grounds now.” said Eddie.
They both held out their championships to the camera, as the scene cut out to black.
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