Post by K.I.S.S. on Mar 18, 2015 20:03:09 GMT -6
Sometimes things can go as planned and still end up more fouled up than when you started. Arsenal had gone into Tragic Engagement with two UWA championships in the fold with the hopes of retaining both versus various members of the Gealtachta in two triple threat match-ups that looked to be ready to function moreso as handicap matches than true triple threat matches.
Arsenal had come out of Tragic Engagement with both championships in tact, but things had not gone the way they were initially drawn up. Ashley had faced both Pauly O’Connor and Shonn Maguire and successfully retained her championship but Bethany Kenyon and Jeszika Gautier had not faced Aerynn Donnelly as scheduled. Aerynn had been pulled from the match and Bethany and Jeszika had simply fought each other, with Bethany winning. No one had been told why Aerynn was not in the match and in fact an announcement regarding that development was scheduled for the next Monday Night Mayhem show.
Following the show, Jeszika had been assaulted on her way back to the hotel and thus, there had been no real celebration for either Kenyon Sister’s victory. The only thing Ashley had really done was spend the night in her room with her boyfriend, Billy Hawkes, hoping they would wake up the next morning without finding Billy in a big pool of blood. The reality was that Billy should not have been there at all in his condition, but he’d chanced it because of everyone’s worry about Bethany’s boyfriend, Brody Montgomery and because he had wanted to be there to support Ashley and so had blown off the doctors’ prescribed treatment advice to him.
Now, a week later, Billy was heeding the advice and laying low while they waited to see if the medicine worked on him. While Billy did this, Ashley ran around town running errands and hoping for a couple of low key jobs. As she sits in her usual car, a 1977 Chevrolet Camaro painted up to look like the old Bumblebee in the first Michael Bay Transformers movie, her phone goes off. She glances down and nods as the message and needed job information come in.
Ashley Kenyon: Two… ok…
She sends her answer back to Arsenal’s resident oracle of the jobby job, Nikki Peltier, telling her that she would take this gig with gusto. She sends off a message to check on Billy and then fires off another to Jeszika. Nikki’s answer comes in first and Ashley nods, pleased. Billy’s answer follows almost immediately and again, Ashley nods, pleased immensely. Jeszika’s answer comes in and Ashley wastes little time revving the car up. She puts it into gear and rolls over to Jeszika’s house, honking the horn upon her arrival. Within seconds, Jeszika comes out of the house and joins Ashley in the car.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey, Jez... you up for this?
Jeszika Gautier: I need the distraction right now, Ash... yeah I'm up for it.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok... this shouldn't be too bad.
Jeszika Gautier: Good... what are we doing?
Ashley kicks the car into gear and starts driving down the road.
Ashley Kenyon: Nikki says there's some guy, likes to pose as a dealer at bars sometimes so he find lonely single mothers to prey on. We're supposed to go to a couple of the places he likes and see if we can confirm the intel.
Jeszika Gautier: Seems easy enough.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: If the intel is true... motherfucker deserves whatever happens to him!
Jeszika Gautier: All the bastards like him deserve to pay.
Ashley shakes his head.
Ashley Kenyon: It gets worse...
Jeszika Gautier: What could be worse than that?
Ashley Kenyon: When this guy finds these single mothers? He gets them ripped, goes back to their place... cleans them out and then takes pictures of the kids...
Jeszika Gautier: Ok... Bastard definitely gonna hurt for that!
Jeszika's hands clench to fists.
Jeszika Gautier: I'll make him eat his own dick for that one.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: If this is true...
She shakes her head angrily.
Ashley Kenyon: I'm gonna wanna stake this fucker out in a field, cover him in honey and let nature take it's course for a while.
Jeszika Gautier: How about we do all of the above then?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: We gotta see if this guy is doing this first...
Jeszika Gautier: Yes, let’s not jump to any conclusions...
Ashley nods her agreement.
Ashley Kenyon: Are you gonna be ok if we end up inside the bar?
Jeszika hesitates.
Jeszika Gautier: I... I'll try my best, just... keep my away from any coke... please...
Ashley Kenyon: You mean like the baggie of it Stephanie gave me earlier today?
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah... like that...
She looks over at Ash.
Jeszika Gautier: Do you know here that same from?
Ashley Kenyon: She said it was Carrie's... that Carrie had a binge the other day and sort of handed it off.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah... that’s only half the story... I was almost indulging in that binge too.
Ashley shakes her head somewhere between disbelief that Jeszika would do that and yet annoyance that they hadn’t called her to the party as well..
Ashley Kenyon: No wonder Stephanie wanted to be rid of it... she practically held a gun to my head to take it.
Jeszika Gautier: She didn’t want me to face that temptation again I guess.
She shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: Cause she knows I would...
Ashley Kenyon: Spose I should ditch it when we get somewhere then.
Jeszika hands clench as a wave of need hits her.
Jeszika Gautier: Probably wise.
Ashley frowns, this didn’t sound good.
Ashley Kenyon: Are you ok?
Jeszika Gautier: Not really... all this stuff with the stalker guys is unsettling me. And God all I wanna do it take all I can to make myself calm down...
Ashley Kenyon: So not telling you where it is, is a good thing?
Jeszika Gautier: No!
Ashley’s eyes go wide in disbelief even as they remain focused on the road.
Ashley Kenyon: You WANT me to tell you where there's coke in this vehicle?
Jeszika looks down uncomfortably.
Jeszika Gautier: Yes... and at the same time... no...
Ashley barely nods.
Ashley Kenyon: When she gave it to me I couldn't decide if I should be excited or not.
Jeszika Gautier: I would be the same... I'd want to do it.. but doing it would scare me beyond measure.
Ashley Kenyon: I wanna cut loose.. but the idea of doing it alone just...
She sighs.
Ashley Kenyon: That's what used to get to me about the needles with Billy. Yeah, we were doing it together but... we were really doing it alone, we were hiding it from everyone else and every time I did it, I passed out...
Jeszika Gautier: So if I wanted to.. what would you do?
Ashley Kenyon: Get high?
She pauses.
Ashley Kenyon: I guess it depends.
Jeszika Gautier: On what?
Ashley Kenyon: On if it was before or after we go into this bar and look for this guy. I don't think we should do that loaded, do you?
Jeszika Gautier: You’re right, we shouldn’t do this job loaded...
Ashley Kenyon: But after... hey, maybe...
Jeszika Gautier: You mean you wouldn’t try to stop me?
Ashley Kenyon: I mean... we can consider options then...
Jeszika Gautier: Ok.
Ashley exhales and tries to focus back on the job rather than the baggie of joy hiding in the trunk.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok, so this guy, Justin Harris, he likes single mothers, especially ones that like to party so that's who we're supposed to be. I'll be Holly, you be Selina. I have two kids named Cal and Nikki, you have three named Kary, Beth and Ashley. This way we can sort of just tell the the about the kids and all. Nik says it's possible he'll offer us stuff, drugs, drinks and the like. If either of us start to feel like we've been drugged, our safe word for this op is Butterscotch, ok?
Jeszika Gautier: “The Candy Idea,” huh?
Ashley Kenyon: Nikki seemed to think it'd work with this guy cause he would actually believe we were saying we wanted to do stronger shit with him.
Jeszika Gautier: Sounds good then.
Ashley glances to her watch.
Ashley Kenyon: Nik should be home by now, text her and see if she answers. If she does, we’re ready to go.
Jeszika pulls out her phone and flicks a text off to Nikki. The answer comes back within seconds.
Jeszika Gautier: Ok, we're good to go.
Nodding, Ashley pops out of the car, Jeszika following her.
Ashley Kenyon: This’ll be one time I’m glad I don’t have to fake being a party girl...
The words seem to strike an unhappy chord with Jeszika.
Jeszika Gautier: Me on the other hand...
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, but it'll come in handy getting this guy to buy that we could actually have five kids between us at our less than advanced ages.
Jeszika Gautier: And yet not a single one of us does.
Ashley shrugs, giggling slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: Well, you know, it helps that most of us were either being selective or landed partners who couldn’t give us that problem most of the time.
Jeszika Gautier: That’s true. Hey we all could stand a chance to have kids now. Between Kris, Brody and Billy we could pop out big families of Mini Mes.
Ashley nod as they come to the door.
Ashley Kenyon: Could you imagine me as somebody’s mama?
Jeszika Gautier: I think you'd be a good mama, Ash.
Ashley shrugs, blushing.
Ashley Kenyon: I don’t know…
She grabs the door and opens it.
Ashley Kenyon: You ready for this… Selina?
Jeszika Gautier: As ready as I'll ever be, Holly.
The two walk in and almost immediately, Ashley spots the guy. They walk over by him and sit down at the bar next to him.
"Holly": Are you sure the sitter can handle all of them at once?
"Selina": I'm sure she can... five isn’t really THAT many kids... I've heard of other parents at the school with seven.
His interest is almost immediately piqued.
Justin Harris: Ladies… enjoying a nice night out?
“Holly” nods.
"Holly": Yes… yes we are!
He nods.
Justin Harris: And can I start you off with something to drink?
"Holly": Man, that was fast… um… whatcha think, Sel, live dangerously and go with shots or start with a beer and ease into it?
Justin can’t help but nod.
Justin Harris: Y’all out of practice?
"Selina": Hardly... I like living dangerously, don't you Holly?
"Holly": One of each then?
"Selina": You know it... God I need it after the day my little ones gave me today!
"Holly": Again?
"Selina": Ever the bane of my existence! They're lucky I love them so much.
All three laugh as Justin places their orders.
Justin Harris: Do you two live together?
“Holly” nods.
"Holly": On our salaries, we couldn’t afford to do much of anything without each other after the divorces.
Justin just looks at them in shock.
Justin Harris: Someone let you two get away?
“Holly” shrugs.
"Holly": Sadly…
Justin Harris: Are you together?
"Selina" laughs.
"Selina": Bet you'd love that wouldn’t you?
Justin shrugs.
Justin Harris: I wouldn’t complain.
"Selina": So if we were, this would please you?
The drinks arrive and Justin can’t help but grin.
Justin Harris: If you were looking for something like that… it would make me very happy.
"Selina" Looks over at "Holly."
"Selina": Lets just keep that one a secret for now shall we?
"Holly": Ready to fire down?
"Selina": Always.
She grins grabbing the shot glass.
"Selina": Ok, three?
"Holly" nods.
"Selina": 1.. 2.. 3!
She downs the shot.
"Holly": Mmm... yummy!
"Selina": Agreed!
"Selina": SO Mr. Mystery Man, what brings you to this bar tonight?
Justin Harris: Looking for a good time...
"Selina": Then we have something common there.
"Holly": That we do!
"Selina" closes her eyes for a second, a woozy feeling passing over her, but she shakes it off.
"Selina": Man... I wish I had some butterscotch to go with this... I find the taste of them always makes me want something more.
Justin grins.
Justin Harris: You guys… really party?
“Holly” nods.
"Holly": Why, you got something we might enjoy?
Justin shrugs.
Justin Harris: I know where to get whatever you might want.
"Holly": I got some blow on the car… maybe you would wanna try playing in the snow with us?
Justin Harris: Absolutely.
“Holly” nods.
"Holly": Come on, I’ll just text the babysitter and we can all go party together.
Justin Harris: Sounds like a plan to me!
“Holly” fires off the text as the three of them walk out to the car. Justin gets in the car in the back seat while “Selina” sits in the front passenger seat. “Holly” goes to the back and then comes back to the driver’s door with something in her hand.
"Holly": Everybody ready?
“Selina” and Justin both nod. “Holly” uses a scooper and holds out a bit of powder to “Selina.” Justin watches as “Selina” greedily snorts it up. “Holly” quickly indulges herself and then holds some back to Justin. He sniffs it and “Holly” nods.
"Holly": Let’s go.
As she starts the car up, Justin starts to shake his head. “Selina” starts to sniff, rubbing her nose, “Holly” doing the same as Justin slowly passes out in the backseat.
"Holly": Thank God, I hate using this fake shit…
"Selina": Is that why I suddenly feel all stuffy?
Looking back into the backseat, Ashley nods, sniffing hard.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, sorry, I had us use the fake shit and gave him some crushed up sedative. He’s gonna be out for a while...
Jeszika Gautier: I think he drugged me, Ash... Did he get you too, or just me?
Ashley frowns.
Ashley Kenyon: Oddly enough, I sorta feel like he gave me some weak ecstasy or something. It’s not doing much, just enough to know it was there.
Just then her phone goes off.
Ashley Kenyon: Nik’s gonna be here in a second.
She pauses.
Ashley Kenyon: Are you mad at me for the switcheroo with the powder?
Jeszika shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: Why would I be mad?
Ashley Kenyon: Well, I did sorta... almost promise you coke... and then i led you to believe I was actually giving you some... and now all you're gonna get out of it is to need to blow your nose.
Jeszika Gautier: Oh I think I'm getting more than that. Think that ecstasy's hitting me a little harder than you...
She giggles.
Jeszika Gautier: Feeling a whole lot of happy drunkness. Guess it’s got me cause I haven’t used in like... six months.
Ashley Kenyon: Damn...
Jeszika Gautier: It'll wear off... I just hope I can explain this to Kris and Care.
Ashley Kenyon: I should go throw that real stuff out before one of us gets any crazy ideas.
Jeszika Gautier: Ideas are already there. Hey if you wanted, I wouldn’t object but I guess one of us has to be the adult here, don’t we?
She giggles a little again. Ashley sniffs.
Ashley Kenyon: Of all people, it's me?
Jeszika Gautier: You're not as irresponsible as you think Ash, how many times have I told you that?
Ashley Kenyon: Maybe... but I would desperately love to run back there, rip that baggie open and do it all here with you and just let Nik drive us home... well, once we figure out what to do with Captain Creepy Perv there... who isn't gonna remember us at all...
Jeszika Gautier: So would I, Ash, so Would I...
Ashley nods, grabs the box of tissues and brings it up from the back seat. She sets it between them, pulls a tissue from the box and blows her nose.
Ashley Kenyon: I suppose i should thank that fake shit for making it more difficult, huh?
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah probably a good thing.
She takes a tissue and blows her nose too.Ashley steps out, goes to the back of the car and then disappears for second. When she comes back, she's shaking her head sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: It's gone.
A few seconds later, a taxi arrives and Nikki Peltier steps from it.
Nikki Peltier: How are you guys?
Jeszika Gautier: He drugged me, she's good though.
Ashley Kenyon: What should we do with him?
Nikki Peltier: Did you hit him with that stuff I got you?
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah... used the fake coke...
Nikki Peltier: That explains why guys sound funny...
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah, little stuffy...
She shakes her head giggling again.
Jeszika Gautier: Stuffy and happy drunk for me.
Ashley nods and blows her nose again.
Nikki Peltier: Poor you guys... let's go dump him and then we can get you guys home.
Jeszika Gautier: Sounds like a plan, need to sleep this off I think. After I explain for Kris and Care why I'm high.
Ashley hands Nikki the keys and climbs into the backseat with the knocked out creeper while Nikki climbs into the driver's seat.
Nikki Peltier: Next stop... dump city...
Jeszika Gautier: Lead the way.
Nikki nods and drives off, her friends both wishing they’d been wrong about the unconscious guy laying next to Ashley in her back seat.
- - - - - -
Ashley Kenyon: So, I’m still the North American Champion and I’m the main event…
She pauses, shrugging resignedly.
Ashley I can hear the bullshit already on that one. I’m the main event… but only because they gave every other champion… and Sentinel... and the Children... and Brody… the night off, right? [/color]
Nodding knowingly, Ashley can’t keep that little touch of annoyance off her face or out of her voice.
Ashley Kenyon: I just beat two guys to keep my status as a champion, two guys from the same goddamn stable to boot! two guys that should have been able to work together and end me and yet, here I stand, still the UWA North American Champion and in the main event with another guy who’s probably hearing it on all sides about how it either shouldn’t be him getting this chance or he damn sure shouldn’t be the main event because…
She pauses and shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: What, because he likes to party and wears a bear costume?
Rolling her eyes, Ashley shrugs, both hands raising up to ask the question.
Ashley Kenyon: And that has what to do with whether the guy can go in the ring? Last I checked he’d beaten a whole fuckload of you people out there including a former North American Champion who couldn’t complain loud enough about the fact that the guy in the bear suit made him tap out! Tedman kicked ass in that tournament and might have actually won the damn thing had he managed to get himself booked a couple more times so anybody who thinks the “Guy In The Bear Suit” doesn’t deserve this shot can sit and spin! There isn’t a damn one of you fuckers can say you’ve done what he did except for Sentinel and he’s getting a bigger prize, damn sure you won’t hear him complain about a fucking thing that way!
As if she can hear the complaints rolling in anyway, Ashley nods knowingly, seemingly scoffing at every single one of them.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey, if anybody should have a treason to complain, it’s me! I’m the one that just actually had a triple threat match at the last show, won and has to turn around and defend again right off! Not the World Champ, not the Tag Champs, not the TV Champ, just me, I just beat two guys in the same match to keep it and I have to defend again?
She shrugs as if she knows it won’t make a difference.
Ashley Kenyon: Bethy gets the show off, Lacey’s in against Sang Real and it’s whatever right? Shit happens, get a helmet and start shoveling before it gets too deep!
Snickering, she nods slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: SR is probably…
She starts to say one thing but stops herself and shakes it off.
Ashley Kenyon: No I take that back, they won’t be happy they actually got on the card because they’re always completely full of shit anyway so they’ll find a reason to say Bob and Lacey don’t deserve to be in there with them even though that’s exactly what they just said they wanted. They said they wanted new teams to step up and give them some goddamn competition and Lacey and Bob should do just that. It’ll probably be an interesting match-up so long as Lacey doesn’t let having fun with Bob get in the way of kicking ass! God knows SR don’t have the balls to fight the Cornbread Mafia again or go anywhere near Bene Elohim on their own so why not let Lacey and Bob go for it…
She pauses and then shrugs while tapping her chin contemplatively.
Ashley Kenyon: Course, it’s funny how they don’t have the balls to make that a title defense while they’re at it… do they?
She waves her hand dismissively and glares into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: So I spose that brings me to the man of the hour, the challenger to my championship status, Tedman and I just have to ask you one thing, Teddy...
She nods acknowledgingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Which Tedman am I getting? The idiot that spilled Red Bull on me at Tragic Engagement because he was too rotted out of his fucking gourd to realize what was going on or the guy who made Kyle Travis tap so hard that he went crying back home to Canada screaming about the guy in the cape like you were the scariest bogeyman he’d ever had the misfortune of coming into contact with?
Anger starts to settle in her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: If you show up like you did at Tragic Engagement, I’m gonna take that as you thinking you don’t need to care…
Her teeth grind as she lets it roll over her like a wave.
Ashley Kenyon: And that I’ll take as a rather major insult because it means you aren’t the guy I take you for, Tedman. I look at you and i see a guy who yeah, you like to have fun but when it comes down to it, you can be a serious threat in that ring and it would be a major mistake to take you lightly. Some people have made that mistake and you made them pay for it but if you show up wasted like that, it means you’re doing that to me and after the shit I’ve been through in this fucking company, I think I’ve about had it with fuckers trying to blow me off as just some stupid party girl that isn’t worth their time! I’m the UWA North American Champion and I have been since I made Vince Jones do something he swore he’d never do right before Christmas! So I’m begging you, Tedman, show up, take this seriously, and let’s give these people the main event they didn’t even know they wanted! Let’s show these people and everybody in this fucking company what happens when you give two people who are constantly underestimated the chance to shine!
She nods as the camera pulls back some.
Ashley Kenyon: It’s our time, Tedman, let’s make it count!
Arsenal had come out of Tragic Engagement with both championships in tact, but things had not gone the way they were initially drawn up. Ashley had faced both Pauly O’Connor and Shonn Maguire and successfully retained her championship but Bethany Kenyon and Jeszika Gautier had not faced Aerynn Donnelly as scheduled. Aerynn had been pulled from the match and Bethany and Jeszika had simply fought each other, with Bethany winning. No one had been told why Aerynn was not in the match and in fact an announcement regarding that development was scheduled for the next Monday Night Mayhem show.
Following the show, Jeszika had been assaulted on her way back to the hotel and thus, there had been no real celebration for either Kenyon Sister’s victory. The only thing Ashley had really done was spend the night in her room with her boyfriend, Billy Hawkes, hoping they would wake up the next morning without finding Billy in a big pool of blood. The reality was that Billy should not have been there at all in his condition, but he’d chanced it because of everyone’s worry about Bethany’s boyfriend, Brody Montgomery and because he had wanted to be there to support Ashley and so had blown off the doctors’ prescribed treatment advice to him.
Now, a week later, Billy was heeding the advice and laying low while they waited to see if the medicine worked on him. While Billy did this, Ashley ran around town running errands and hoping for a couple of low key jobs. As she sits in her usual car, a 1977 Chevrolet Camaro painted up to look like the old Bumblebee in the first Michael Bay Transformers movie, her phone goes off. She glances down and nods as the message and needed job information come in.
Ashley Kenyon: Two… ok…
She sends her answer back to Arsenal’s resident oracle of the jobby job, Nikki Peltier, telling her that she would take this gig with gusto. She sends off a message to check on Billy and then fires off another to Jeszika. Nikki’s answer comes in first and Ashley nods, pleased. Billy’s answer follows almost immediately and again, Ashley nods, pleased immensely. Jeszika’s answer comes in and Ashley wastes little time revving the car up. She puts it into gear and rolls over to Jeszika’s house, honking the horn upon her arrival. Within seconds, Jeszika comes out of the house and joins Ashley in the car.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey, Jez... you up for this?
Jeszika Gautier: I need the distraction right now, Ash... yeah I'm up for it.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok... this shouldn't be too bad.
Jeszika Gautier: Good... what are we doing?
Ashley kicks the car into gear and starts driving down the road.
Ashley Kenyon: Nikki says there's some guy, likes to pose as a dealer at bars sometimes so he find lonely single mothers to prey on. We're supposed to go to a couple of the places he likes and see if we can confirm the intel.
Jeszika Gautier: Seems easy enough.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: If the intel is true... motherfucker deserves whatever happens to him!
Jeszika Gautier: All the bastards like him deserve to pay.
Ashley shakes his head.
Ashley Kenyon: It gets worse...
Jeszika Gautier: What could be worse than that?
Ashley Kenyon: When this guy finds these single mothers? He gets them ripped, goes back to their place... cleans them out and then takes pictures of the kids...
Jeszika Gautier: Ok... Bastard definitely gonna hurt for that!
Jeszika's hands clench to fists.
Jeszika Gautier: I'll make him eat his own dick for that one.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: If this is true...
She shakes her head angrily.
Ashley Kenyon: I'm gonna wanna stake this fucker out in a field, cover him in honey and let nature take it's course for a while.
Jeszika Gautier: How about we do all of the above then?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: We gotta see if this guy is doing this first...
Jeszika Gautier: Yes, let’s not jump to any conclusions...
Ashley nods her agreement.
Ashley Kenyon: Are you gonna be ok if we end up inside the bar?
Jeszika hesitates.
Jeszika Gautier: I... I'll try my best, just... keep my away from any coke... please...
Ashley Kenyon: You mean like the baggie of it Stephanie gave me earlier today?
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah... like that...
She looks over at Ash.
Jeszika Gautier: Do you know here that same from?
Ashley Kenyon: She said it was Carrie's... that Carrie had a binge the other day and sort of handed it off.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah... that’s only half the story... I was almost indulging in that binge too.
Ashley shakes her head somewhere between disbelief that Jeszika would do that and yet annoyance that they hadn’t called her to the party as well..
Ashley Kenyon: No wonder Stephanie wanted to be rid of it... she practically held a gun to my head to take it.
Jeszika Gautier: She didn’t want me to face that temptation again I guess.
She shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: Cause she knows I would...
Ashley Kenyon: Spose I should ditch it when we get somewhere then.
Jeszika hands clench as a wave of need hits her.
Jeszika Gautier: Probably wise.
Ashley frowns, this didn’t sound good.
Ashley Kenyon: Are you ok?
Jeszika Gautier: Not really... all this stuff with the stalker guys is unsettling me. And God all I wanna do it take all I can to make myself calm down...
Ashley Kenyon: So not telling you where it is, is a good thing?
Jeszika Gautier: No!
Ashley’s eyes go wide in disbelief even as they remain focused on the road.
Ashley Kenyon: You WANT me to tell you where there's coke in this vehicle?
Jeszika looks down uncomfortably.
Jeszika Gautier: Yes... and at the same time... no...
Ashley barely nods.
Ashley Kenyon: When she gave it to me I couldn't decide if I should be excited or not.
Jeszika Gautier: I would be the same... I'd want to do it.. but doing it would scare me beyond measure.
Ashley Kenyon: I wanna cut loose.. but the idea of doing it alone just...
She sighs.
Ashley Kenyon: That's what used to get to me about the needles with Billy. Yeah, we were doing it together but... we were really doing it alone, we were hiding it from everyone else and every time I did it, I passed out...
Jeszika Gautier: So if I wanted to.. what would you do?
Ashley Kenyon: Get high?
She pauses.
Ashley Kenyon: I guess it depends.
Jeszika Gautier: On what?
Ashley Kenyon: On if it was before or after we go into this bar and look for this guy. I don't think we should do that loaded, do you?
Jeszika Gautier: You’re right, we shouldn’t do this job loaded...
Ashley Kenyon: But after... hey, maybe...
Jeszika Gautier: You mean you wouldn’t try to stop me?
Ashley Kenyon: I mean... we can consider options then...
Jeszika Gautier: Ok.
Ashley exhales and tries to focus back on the job rather than the baggie of joy hiding in the trunk.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok, so this guy, Justin Harris, he likes single mothers, especially ones that like to party so that's who we're supposed to be. I'll be Holly, you be Selina. I have two kids named Cal and Nikki, you have three named Kary, Beth and Ashley. This way we can sort of just tell the the about the kids and all. Nik says it's possible he'll offer us stuff, drugs, drinks and the like. If either of us start to feel like we've been drugged, our safe word for this op is Butterscotch, ok?
Jeszika Gautier: “The Candy Idea,” huh?
Ashley Kenyon: Nikki seemed to think it'd work with this guy cause he would actually believe we were saying we wanted to do stronger shit with him.
Jeszika Gautier: Sounds good then.
Ashley glances to her watch.
Ashley Kenyon: Nik should be home by now, text her and see if she answers. If she does, we’re ready to go.
Jeszika pulls out her phone and flicks a text off to Nikki. The answer comes back within seconds.
Jeszika Gautier: Ok, we're good to go.
Nodding, Ashley pops out of the car, Jeszika following her.
Ashley Kenyon: This’ll be one time I’m glad I don’t have to fake being a party girl...
The words seem to strike an unhappy chord with Jeszika.
Jeszika Gautier: Me on the other hand...
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, but it'll come in handy getting this guy to buy that we could actually have five kids between us at our less than advanced ages.
Jeszika Gautier: And yet not a single one of us does.
Ashley shrugs, giggling slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: Well, you know, it helps that most of us were either being selective or landed partners who couldn’t give us that problem most of the time.
Jeszika Gautier: That’s true. Hey we all could stand a chance to have kids now. Between Kris, Brody and Billy we could pop out big families of Mini Mes.
Ashley nod as they come to the door.
Ashley Kenyon: Could you imagine me as somebody’s mama?
Jeszika Gautier: I think you'd be a good mama, Ash.
Ashley shrugs, blushing.
Ashley Kenyon: I don’t know…
She grabs the door and opens it.
Ashley Kenyon: You ready for this… Selina?
Jeszika Gautier: As ready as I'll ever be, Holly.
The two walk in and almost immediately, Ashley spots the guy. They walk over by him and sit down at the bar next to him.
"Holly": Are you sure the sitter can handle all of them at once?
"Selina": I'm sure she can... five isn’t really THAT many kids... I've heard of other parents at the school with seven.
His interest is almost immediately piqued.
Justin Harris: Ladies… enjoying a nice night out?
“Holly” nods.
"Holly": Yes… yes we are!
He nods.
Justin Harris: And can I start you off with something to drink?
"Holly": Man, that was fast… um… whatcha think, Sel, live dangerously and go with shots or start with a beer and ease into it?
Justin can’t help but nod.
Justin Harris: Y’all out of practice?
"Selina": Hardly... I like living dangerously, don't you Holly?
"Holly": One of each then?
"Selina": You know it... God I need it after the day my little ones gave me today!
"Holly": Again?
"Selina": Ever the bane of my existence! They're lucky I love them so much.
All three laugh as Justin places their orders.
Justin Harris: Do you two live together?
“Holly” nods.
"Holly": On our salaries, we couldn’t afford to do much of anything without each other after the divorces.
Justin just looks at them in shock.
Justin Harris: Someone let you two get away?
“Holly” shrugs.
"Holly": Sadly…
Justin Harris: Are you together?
"Selina" laughs.
"Selina": Bet you'd love that wouldn’t you?
Justin shrugs.
Justin Harris: I wouldn’t complain.
"Selina": So if we were, this would please you?
The drinks arrive and Justin can’t help but grin.
Justin Harris: If you were looking for something like that… it would make me very happy.
"Selina" Looks over at "Holly."
"Selina": Lets just keep that one a secret for now shall we?
"Holly": Ready to fire down?
"Selina": Always.
She grins grabbing the shot glass.
"Selina": Ok, three?
"Holly" nods.
"Selina": 1.. 2.. 3!
She downs the shot.
"Holly": Mmm... yummy!
"Selina": Agreed!
"Selina": SO Mr. Mystery Man, what brings you to this bar tonight?
Justin Harris: Looking for a good time...
"Selina": Then we have something common there.
"Holly": That we do!
"Selina" closes her eyes for a second, a woozy feeling passing over her, but she shakes it off.
"Selina": Man... I wish I had some butterscotch to go with this... I find the taste of them always makes me want something more.
Justin grins.
Justin Harris: You guys… really party?
“Holly” nods.
"Holly": Why, you got something we might enjoy?
Justin shrugs.
Justin Harris: I know where to get whatever you might want.
"Holly": I got some blow on the car… maybe you would wanna try playing in the snow with us?
Justin Harris: Absolutely.
“Holly” nods.
"Holly": Come on, I’ll just text the babysitter and we can all go party together.
Justin Harris: Sounds like a plan to me!
“Holly” fires off the text as the three of them walk out to the car. Justin gets in the car in the back seat while “Selina” sits in the front passenger seat. “Holly” goes to the back and then comes back to the driver’s door with something in her hand.
"Holly": Everybody ready?
“Selina” and Justin both nod. “Holly” uses a scooper and holds out a bit of powder to “Selina.” Justin watches as “Selina” greedily snorts it up. “Holly” quickly indulges herself and then holds some back to Justin. He sniffs it and “Holly” nods.
"Holly": Let’s go.
As she starts the car up, Justin starts to shake his head. “Selina” starts to sniff, rubbing her nose, “Holly” doing the same as Justin slowly passes out in the backseat.
"Holly": Thank God, I hate using this fake shit…
"Selina": Is that why I suddenly feel all stuffy?
Looking back into the backseat, Ashley nods, sniffing hard.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, sorry, I had us use the fake shit and gave him some crushed up sedative. He’s gonna be out for a while...
Jeszika Gautier: I think he drugged me, Ash... Did he get you too, or just me?
Ashley frowns.
Ashley Kenyon: Oddly enough, I sorta feel like he gave me some weak ecstasy or something. It’s not doing much, just enough to know it was there.
Just then her phone goes off.
Ashley Kenyon: Nik’s gonna be here in a second.
She pauses.
Ashley Kenyon: Are you mad at me for the switcheroo with the powder?
Jeszika shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: Why would I be mad?
Ashley Kenyon: Well, I did sorta... almost promise you coke... and then i led you to believe I was actually giving you some... and now all you're gonna get out of it is to need to blow your nose.
Jeszika Gautier: Oh I think I'm getting more than that. Think that ecstasy's hitting me a little harder than you...
She giggles.
Jeszika Gautier: Feeling a whole lot of happy drunkness. Guess it’s got me cause I haven’t used in like... six months.
Ashley Kenyon: Damn...
Jeszika Gautier: It'll wear off... I just hope I can explain this to Kris and Care.
Ashley Kenyon: I should go throw that real stuff out before one of us gets any crazy ideas.
Jeszika Gautier: Ideas are already there. Hey if you wanted, I wouldn’t object but I guess one of us has to be the adult here, don’t we?
She giggles a little again. Ashley sniffs.
Ashley Kenyon: Of all people, it's me?
Jeszika Gautier: You're not as irresponsible as you think Ash, how many times have I told you that?
Ashley Kenyon: Maybe... but I would desperately love to run back there, rip that baggie open and do it all here with you and just let Nik drive us home... well, once we figure out what to do with Captain Creepy Perv there... who isn't gonna remember us at all...
Jeszika Gautier: So would I, Ash, so Would I...
Ashley nods, grabs the box of tissues and brings it up from the back seat. She sets it between them, pulls a tissue from the box and blows her nose.
Ashley Kenyon: I suppose i should thank that fake shit for making it more difficult, huh?
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah probably a good thing.
She takes a tissue and blows her nose too.Ashley steps out, goes to the back of the car and then disappears for second. When she comes back, she's shaking her head sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: It's gone.
A few seconds later, a taxi arrives and Nikki Peltier steps from it.
Nikki Peltier: How are you guys?
Jeszika Gautier: He drugged me, she's good though.
Ashley Kenyon: What should we do with him?
Nikki Peltier: Did you hit him with that stuff I got you?
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah... used the fake coke...
Nikki Peltier: That explains why guys sound funny...
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah, little stuffy...
She shakes her head giggling again.
Jeszika Gautier: Stuffy and happy drunk for me.
Ashley nods and blows her nose again.
Nikki Peltier: Poor you guys... let's go dump him and then we can get you guys home.
Jeszika Gautier: Sounds like a plan, need to sleep this off I think. After I explain for Kris and Care why I'm high.
Ashley hands Nikki the keys and climbs into the backseat with the knocked out creeper while Nikki climbs into the driver's seat.
Nikki Peltier: Next stop... dump city...
Jeszika Gautier: Lead the way.
Nikki nods and drives off, her friends both wishing they’d been wrong about the unconscious guy laying next to Ashley in her back seat.
- - - - - -
Ashley Kenyon: So, I’m still the North American Champion and I’m the main event…
She pauses, shrugging resignedly.
Ashley I can hear the bullshit already on that one. I’m the main event… but only because they gave every other champion… and Sentinel... and the Children... and Brody… the night off, right? [/color]
Nodding knowingly, Ashley can’t keep that little touch of annoyance off her face or out of her voice.
Ashley Kenyon: I just beat two guys to keep my status as a champion, two guys from the same goddamn stable to boot! two guys that should have been able to work together and end me and yet, here I stand, still the UWA North American Champion and in the main event with another guy who’s probably hearing it on all sides about how it either shouldn’t be him getting this chance or he damn sure shouldn’t be the main event because…
She pauses and shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: What, because he likes to party and wears a bear costume?
Rolling her eyes, Ashley shrugs, both hands raising up to ask the question.
Ashley Kenyon: And that has what to do with whether the guy can go in the ring? Last I checked he’d beaten a whole fuckload of you people out there including a former North American Champion who couldn’t complain loud enough about the fact that the guy in the bear suit made him tap out! Tedman kicked ass in that tournament and might have actually won the damn thing had he managed to get himself booked a couple more times so anybody who thinks the “Guy In The Bear Suit” doesn’t deserve this shot can sit and spin! There isn’t a damn one of you fuckers can say you’ve done what he did except for Sentinel and he’s getting a bigger prize, damn sure you won’t hear him complain about a fucking thing that way!
As if she can hear the complaints rolling in anyway, Ashley nods knowingly, seemingly scoffing at every single one of them.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey, if anybody should have a treason to complain, it’s me! I’m the one that just actually had a triple threat match at the last show, won and has to turn around and defend again right off! Not the World Champ, not the Tag Champs, not the TV Champ, just me, I just beat two guys in the same match to keep it and I have to defend again?
She shrugs as if she knows it won’t make a difference.
Ashley Kenyon: Bethy gets the show off, Lacey’s in against Sang Real and it’s whatever right? Shit happens, get a helmet and start shoveling before it gets too deep!
Snickering, she nods slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: SR is probably…
She starts to say one thing but stops herself and shakes it off.
Ashley Kenyon: No I take that back, they won’t be happy they actually got on the card because they’re always completely full of shit anyway so they’ll find a reason to say Bob and Lacey don’t deserve to be in there with them even though that’s exactly what they just said they wanted. They said they wanted new teams to step up and give them some goddamn competition and Lacey and Bob should do just that. It’ll probably be an interesting match-up so long as Lacey doesn’t let having fun with Bob get in the way of kicking ass! God knows SR don’t have the balls to fight the Cornbread Mafia again or go anywhere near Bene Elohim on their own so why not let Lacey and Bob go for it…
She pauses and then shrugs while tapping her chin contemplatively.
Ashley Kenyon: Course, it’s funny how they don’t have the balls to make that a title defense while they’re at it… do they?
She waves her hand dismissively and glares into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: So I spose that brings me to the man of the hour, the challenger to my championship status, Tedman and I just have to ask you one thing, Teddy...
She nods acknowledgingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Which Tedman am I getting? The idiot that spilled Red Bull on me at Tragic Engagement because he was too rotted out of his fucking gourd to realize what was going on or the guy who made Kyle Travis tap so hard that he went crying back home to Canada screaming about the guy in the cape like you were the scariest bogeyman he’d ever had the misfortune of coming into contact with?
Anger starts to settle in her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: If you show up like you did at Tragic Engagement, I’m gonna take that as you thinking you don’t need to care…
Her teeth grind as she lets it roll over her like a wave.
Ashley Kenyon: And that I’ll take as a rather major insult because it means you aren’t the guy I take you for, Tedman. I look at you and i see a guy who yeah, you like to have fun but when it comes down to it, you can be a serious threat in that ring and it would be a major mistake to take you lightly. Some people have made that mistake and you made them pay for it but if you show up wasted like that, it means you’re doing that to me and after the shit I’ve been through in this fucking company, I think I’ve about had it with fuckers trying to blow me off as just some stupid party girl that isn’t worth their time! I’m the UWA North American Champion and I have been since I made Vince Jones do something he swore he’d never do right before Christmas! So I’m begging you, Tedman, show up, take this seriously, and let’s give these people the main event they didn’t even know they wanted! Let’s show these people and everybody in this fucking company what happens when you give two people who are constantly underestimated the chance to shine!
She nods as the camera pulls back some.
Ashley Kenyon: It’s our time, Tedman, let’s make it count!
