The slight tan that Kat had managed to get on the cruise was already fading the joy and fun she had on board were still overpowering the disappointment of another loss. She was distracted. She knew this well and there was nobody that would slap her across the head to set her straight quite like her big brother. Mac had taken her aside and headbutted her something that had been a thing for her and her brothers.. His eyes connecting with hers and without a word smacked her over the back of her head.. She had it coming and that is why she did not retaliate.. He grabbed her by the back of her head firmly pressing their foreheads together. He did not need to speak.. She knew what he would say already.
After a few minutes of their eyes doing the talking he gently kissed her forehead before releasing her and getting off the boat with Kim pulled close to his side. Jeff stood by her and he placed a hand on her waist before pulling her close. Guiding her off the boat as he saw her eyes clearing. The fog created by distraction lifting from them. Maybe she had returned a moment too soon.. But now.. Now she is truly back. They had gone to Texas.. She did not stay with Jeff.. Kat had said her goodbyes to Mac, Jeff and Kim and she travelled on alone.. She headed back to Colorado.. To the mountains that have been her home for 10 years now.. —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For as much as she loves having her family near her she also loves her time alone.. And the 8 hour drive from her brother’s house in Texas to her home was the perfect time to get her thoughts straight and refocus herself to the next match. She had a goal before. Now she has a target. She put her phone on the dashboard and hit record.
The camera shows Kat driving her dark eyes focused on the road just slightly off to the side of the camera..
Kat : Zenna.. Not quite sure and neither do I care much about who you are to Seleana.. And every other Zdunich chick that thinks that they can get into the ring with me and believe that they stand a chance.. I have beaten Seleana so many times already that it isn’t even funny anymore.. Her chances of winning against me are just above zero and yours are not looking to be that much better.. I am not sure what the hell you did to piss off management that they decided that you would make a great sacrificial lamb but here we are.
Yeah I lost in that triple threat match and I will fully admit to having been distracted until now.. You see life has a way of knocking some sense into you.. And if it isn’t life doing it.. Then it will be my older brother.. Your family has built a legacy in SCW but it can not compete with what my family has done here.. And now it is time for the next cycle of dominance from my family in this company.. And that means squashing yours.. And I will gladly squash another Zdunich.. Maybe it will even bring back my friend Crystal.. I still owe her another match after all.. I wasn’t quite finished with her yet..
Kat smirked and it showed the evil intentions running wild in her wicked brain.
Kat : But enough about the backstabbing bestie and her very beatable wifey.. You Zenna.. What have you been accomplishing lately.. Not much of anything.. Have you reached your ceiling? I mean I have seen what you do in the ring and for the life of me I can not say that I was impressed in any sort of way.. You are very much the same in many ways to Seleana.. And she never did well against me.. What makes you better.. To be honest.. Nothing.. Seleana as much as I do not care for her or her in ring performances and the slacking nature she got.. She did build a legacy in this company with what little skills she got.. But you.. You have the extremely bad luck that the women's division.. The Bombshells that they are miles better than you and your entire family could hope to achieve..
Now I know that I am not being nice or sweet or anything of that nature and that is simply because I could not care any less about you.. Your hopes and dreams or goals for that matter.. You are nothing to me.. Could never become something.. The days of me making friends beyond those I got.. Those days are long since over. So here is the uncensored truth of what is going to happen..Kat is on a long stretch of road.. Just miles and miles of straight ahead in front of her and she took a sip of the bottle of water in the middle console..
Kat : I am going into Climax Control to dismantle you.. I am going to take your body to its very limits and then push you beyond them.. I am going to stretch ligaments.. I am going to manipulate joints and I am going to enjoy the hell out of hearing you scream in pure agony.. If you had faced me a few weeks ago you could have stood a snowball's chance in hell to achieve a victory against me but since the PPV has come and gone and I have gotten my head back on straight for the first time in a long time.. You are fuck out of luck..
So go ahead and do what you Zduniches always do.. Brag.. Underestimate.. Go for the same old same bullshit that Seleana tried to do.. Which always failed.. Or be smart and recognise that you are in for a very rough night and prepare accordingly.. Ice packs.. Icey hot.. Masseuse.. Epsom salt baths.. The works.. You are going to need it.. Kat smirked and leaned her elbow near the window driving one handed in her big black pickup truck..
Kat : Hurting people in the ring legally is something I am very good at.. Like I know your family is really good at cheating.. Anything for the win.. I am better at it.. I just don’t need to cheat to beat you or anyone of your kin.. I thrive on those screams of pain.. I truly love the change in tone when the ligament starts to tear.. When I have folded unwilling bodies into a mangled knot of overstretched muscles.. Strained joints and torn ligaments that is when I come alive.. When I hear the pain I have inflicted on my victims is when you see me smile..
You shouldn’t expect mercy or relief from me.. There is only one way to get out of the pain I inflict.. That is to tap out.. But not only do I live to make my victims scream in agony.. If the mood strikes me I will swipe their legs from underneath them, dropping them on the back of their heads and knocking them the hell out.. There are so many options for me to inflict harm.. And I won’t hesitate to use them on you Zenna.. You may want to make sure that you have a doctor on speed dial.. Because at Climax Control.. A new era begins.. And you are the first to fall to your knees before the Harbinger of Death.. With that said Kat stopped the recording and continued her journey back home..
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A manicured hand settled on her shoulder.. Black long nails dug into the skin just above her collarbone.. The pain was instant but grounding.. She did not need to look to see who it was and she did not need to hear the words as they had been spoken before.. Kat just nodded as the taller and older woman beside her held her tightly.. Her grip is still as strong as ever.. Her long time mentor and friend removed her hand from her shoulder and pressed it tightly to the back of her neck where the tattoo that she was given was placed.. The finger tips tracing the black lines of the wings.. The sky was getting darker with each passing minute as the sun was setting behind the mountains.. Whisper did not say anything until she had traced the last line of the tattoo..
Whisper : My Childe.. It is about time that you use those wings again.. They were not given to you to remain on the ground.. You are meant to fly.. Soar.. conquer and destroy.. Kat nodded.. Her eyes seemingly grew colder.. Darker.. And it changed the aura of the woman already known as the WildKat.. It was time to embrace the pure unapologetic violence raging inside of her..
Whisper disappeared as silently as she arrived but the impact of her visit is one that will be felt by Zenna and everyone that follows..
