Victoria stood staring out the window of her and Darien's North Carolina home staring at the wilderness that extended beyond their backyard. She has a lot on her mind surrounding the whole Bombshell World Championship picture. She had wondered if the powers that be were trying to insult her with some sort of payback for her past transgressions. They completely ignored her demands. Not only did they force her to earn her opportunity against Mercedes Vargas, they went ahead and awarded Crystal Zdnuich with a championship opportunity instead.
Then Christian Underwood wanted to run his excuses on X, that it was Evelyn Hall's problem when he failed to realize who hired Evelyn Hall and her incompetence in the first place. As usual, trying to dodge accountability, so she was not in a happy mood and the only thing really keeping any sort of smile on her face was that she got to see Harper Mason finally saw the truth that she really was trying to warn her all along. Unfortunately it was too late for Harper, she should have listened to the first time. Now Victoria is focused on more important matters and that's claiming her rightful place at the top of the SCW Bombshell division.
If that's the game they wanted to play then so be it. There was only one solution now.
Eradicate Mercedes Vargas.
“Wine.” she said bluntly, extending her hand not taking her eyes from the window.
The glass of red appeared in her hand almost immediately, Darian wasting no time in fulfilling his Queen's demands.
They wanted to play games? Then it was time to make Mercedes bleed redder than this glass against her lips. She didn't intend to beat Mercedes, she intended to finish and eradicate Mercedes and take her out of the equation entirely.
And what of the actual championship match? She demanded that she be next in line and yet they gave it to Crystal. If Crystal manage to pull it off then so be it but she wanted Kayla. It was nothing against Crystal personally but Victoria saw Kayla as the very best, and if she was going to win that world championship she wanted to beat the very best. That's why she challenged Kayla Richards and that's why she wanted Kayla to choose a stipulation so she could beat the very best at her own game.
That just wasn't good enough for them was it? So what if Crystal had some stupid match a few weeks ago? She didn't even win, Mercedes did. But somehow Crystal gets an opportunity anyway.
She took another sip of her wine as her eyes narrowed, fingers rotated the stem of the glass swirling the red liquid inside like a storm.
“It makes no sense, Dare Bear.” she said “Mercedes went through the same hell Crystal did and she actually won, yet Crystal gets the opportunity and Mercedes is forced into this ridiculous contender's match with me.”
She exhaled softly.
“Not that Mercedes deserves it either.” he continued “I mean the last time I shared a ring with Mercedes I took a championship from her, and they didn't want me in that match either but I sure found my way in didn't I?”
“You absolutely did.” Darian replied.
“And I'll do it again too.” she said "By hook or by crook, I will get my Bombshell World Championship opportunity that I rightfully deserve, and I will eradicate anybody they put in my path to do so. I tried to be nice. I gave them an opportunity to award me what I deserve, and prevent the chaos, but this is the route they chose. Now whatever happens is their fault.”
She smirks through another ship of her wine. If Sin City wrestling wanted to create a maze and she would walk straight through it and it would be Mercedes Vargas first. She didn't fear Mercedes, not even slightly. She respected her experience, but every time they shared a ring Victoria had proved to be her better and she wasn't about to let that change now.
“All I need to do is handle Mercedes again.” she said calmly “And the rest will sort itself out.”
She took another sip of wine and continued to stare calmly out into the outside wilderness.
Mercedes.
Crystal.
Kayla.
As far as she was concerned those three were what stood in her way of becoming World bombshell champion, and she was about to eradicate one of them come Climax Control, and then she would put the final nail in the coffin of whoever walked out of the main event as champion.
She took a final step of what remained in her glass.
“More wine.” she said extending her arm once more as Darian obediently refilled her glass.
One way or another the Bombshell World Championship would end up exactly where it belonged.
With her.
If SCW wanted to make this difficult they should have picked someone harder to remove.
“Soon, the world will be ours, Dare Bear…” she said softly. “Let the games begin.”
She smirked once more through another sip of wine and continued to stare calmly at the wilderness outside.
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The cameras come to life opening on Victoria Lyons staring directly into them with a strong sense of hunger in her eyes. She wastes no time as she begins speaking.
“Mercedes, Crystal, and Kayla.." she began “Let's play a little game shall we? All you need to do is raise your hand if the statement applies to you.”
She pauses shortly.
“I have defeated Crystal Zdnuich.” she said.
She raised her hand in the air.
“I have defeated Mercedes Vargas.” she continued.
She raised her hand in the air again.
“I have defeated Kayla Richards.” she continued on.
Again her hand went in the air.
“I have defeated Victoria Lyons.”
Again her hand went in the air.
“So what was the result?” she said after another short pause “I bet only two of us got to raise our hands every time, and those two people are Kayla Richards and myself. Both of us have beaten Mercedes and Crystal in the past and both of us have beaten each other. I'm sure Kayla has even beaten and overcome her own battles within herself just as I have. While the other two may have some victories over each other, they don't have victories over us. That's why the match at Into The Void should have been Kayla Richards versus Victoria Lyons.”
She tilted her head slightly studying the camera as if all three women were standing directly in front of her.
“That isn't the match we got is it?” she said coldly “Instead someone decided to path needed to be adjusted, so now Crystal gets her undeserved opportunity Mercedes gets to play gatekeeper again and I'm forced to earn something I've already proven I deserve.”
She gave a small shrug.
“So let's talk about my opponent Mercedes then.” she said “A woman who has built a career being someone who everyone has to go through, the one standing there asking everyone else is good enough, but now it seems to be I'll be the one asking are you good enough? Because you haven't beaten me.”
She smirks.
“That means this little streak you find yourself on?” she continued “It ends at Climax Control, and that's not all that ends. I need to make an example out of you. It's not your fault, You're just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and I need to make a definitive statement, and that statement will be made when I take you out of the equation entirely, and force everyone to recognize what should have been all along, and that's my opportunity at the World Bombshell Championship.”
Her eyes stay on the camera and she begins pacing.
“I haven't forgot about you either Crystal.” she said with a dismissive tone “I suppose some congratulations are in order for you managing to stumble your way into a championship opportunity. It didn't come from beating me, or Kayla, or even Mercedes in fact the last time you were in a match that mattered Mercedes beat you. So what did it come from your fluke run as champion a few months back? The one that was ended by….? Oh that's right Kayla Richards.”
She smirks again.
“You want the truth Crystal?” she said “You're just a placeholder, not the destination. Just standing in the middle while the real fight circles around you. Maybe someone in management pities you, I don't know. All I know is you had your time on top, you failed and you have not proven you deserve another opportunity.”
She pauses.
“And Kayla…” she continued “I said it before I wanted this match to be between us and somewhere deep down I think you do as well. Whether or not you admit that is up to you but I see it in your eyes. But I need to take this bombshell World Championship from you, because you currently are the best this company has to offer and if I'm going to win that Championship, then I'm beating the best to do it. So all I ask of you is please, please put an end to Crystal whatever-last-name-she's-using-this-week and I'll handle Mercedes, then at Into The Void the grown women can handle business.”
She gives a slight respectful nod toward the camera.
“That brings me right around back to you Mercedes.” she continued “You're about to experience exactly how far I'm willing to go to take what I deserve. It's not about momentum or proving myself and it's not about earning anything. It's about removing the last excuse because when I beat you, then Evelyn Hall and Christian Underwood or whoever it needs to be won't be able to pretend anymore that I haven't earned that championship match.”
Her eyes remain laser focused on the camera full of confidence and fire.
“Everyone else knows I deserve it.”[/color] she said “Names like Bella Madison, Alexandra Calaway and HB Carter. Names who at one time would have paid to see my head on a platter, now want to see me get the opportunity I deserve because I've made that progress and I've made that growth and I earned that respect from them.”
She exhales heavily.
“For a long time people wanted to see me fail and fall flat on my face.” she said “They wanted all my mistakes to come crashing down on top of me, and some of them got that wish. But the thing is I got back up, I learned and I grew, and now we live in a time where even the people who once hated me the most have to admit that I belong at the top of this division. I didn't change who I was, I just continued to be myself and proved that I do deserve people's respect even if they don't like all of my decisions.”
She pauses for a beat.
“The world has a way of correcting itself.” she said, “At Climax Control, everything will be made right. I’ll handle Mercedes, Kayla will put Crystal away and we’ll have the match that should have happened in the first place. Then I can beat the best to at Into The Void.”
Another short pause.
“So Mercedes, understand me very clearly.” she said taking a slow step to the camera “This isn't just another match for me this is the final step and you happen to be the one standing on it there's going to be no debates, no excuses, and no more detours after this. I am going to eradicate and destroy you and leave everybody with no other choice but to accept the one simple truth.”
The cameras zooms in closer to her face.
“Victoria Lyons is next.”
The camera remains lingered on her for a few more seconds, before cutting to black.
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