Post by K.I.S.S. on Jun 25, 2015 22:44:44 GMT -6
Shonn Maguire: Sorsh?
Standing in front of him in the doorway of warehouse home he shares with his pregnant girlfriend, Aerynn Donnelly, is his middle sister, Saoirse, her black mohawk making her black fishnet shirt and arm tattoos stand out even more.
Saoirse Maguire: Aye, top o’ th’ morn’ tae ye, too!
Shonn steps back, letting her know with his eyes that he’s not amused. As his sister walks in, he finally sees that her long black mohawk has been blocking his ability to see that she’s not alone.
Shonn Maguire: Bloody hell, Aiofe’s hare too?
Saoirse can’t help but smirk as their baby sister, also sporting dark hair though hers is cut in a more androgynous short, “mannish” style, her clothing also appearing to be deceptively restrained as her many tattoos show even out of the long suit sleeves.
Aiofe Maguire: Tha’s a fine how dae ye do, frum ye, Shonn…
Shonn stares at his sisters in almost complete shock. He’d seen neither of them in years, they had never come to America in the time before he’d gone to prison and neither of them had managed to visit him, though Aiofe had written him a few times.
Shonn Maguire: I dinna know ye were in th’ country, Lass.
Aiofe grins, nodding out the doorway.
Aiofe Maguire: Dinna know abot this, either then?
Shonn frowns in confusion and then looks out the door to see a woman with blue hair snapping pictures of a familiar tattooed woman with raven hair.
Shonn Maguire: Be tha?
Aiofe and Saoirse glance out and nod, trying not to laugh at their brother’s shock.
Aiofe Maguire: Ashley Kenyon? Aye, it be…
Shonn’s face falls into a momentary mask of anger.
Shonn Maguire: Why is she doin’ hare?
Saoirse snickers.
Saoirse Maguire: Looks like she’s takin’ pictures, Lad.
Shonn’s eyes fall closed.
Shonn Maguire: This be yer doin’, innit?
Saoirse shrugs, feigning innocence.
Saoirse Maguire: Ye know, it jus may be…
Shonn shakes his head as his eyes open just in time for the blue-haired photographer and Ashley to walk up to the door.
Shonn Maguire: Saoirse Sícea…
Ashley frowns.
Ashley Kenyon: What does that mean?
Aiofe and Saoirse both start laughing.
Aiofe Maguire: Psycho Sorsha…
Ashley nods slowly.
Ashley Kenyon: You call your sister… “Psycho?”
Aiofe grins playfully.
Aiofe Maguire: On a good day, aye, he does at tha…
Shonn takes in the scene and just shakes his head.
Shonn Maguire: Aerynn is gonna bloody lose her shite ifin she saes this.
All four women grin at this and Shonn crosses his arms in frustration.
Shonn Maguire: Whut are ye doin’ hare?
The blue haired one suddenly speaks for the first time.
Blue-Haired Woman: : Taking photos, what does it look like?
Shonn stares at them and shakes his head. Ashley can’t help but snicker the same way his sister were. She’d known this was not what most people would call a good idea from the start and that had just made her want to do it even more. Saoirse and Aiofe both smirk, shrugging as if they’ve heard their brother ask this very question a million times before.
Saoirse Maguire: Nuttin’ really…
Shonn’s jaw drops.
Shonn Maguire: This nay bae nuttin, Lass!
Ashley shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: They just wanted to show their friend around Vegas… and maybe have a good time in the process…
Blue-Haired Woman: Fun’s good.
She smiles over at Shonn.
Blue-Haired Woman: You do remember me Yeah? I'm Raevyn Storm, photographer and all around fun time girl.
Shonn cocks his head at them, taking it all in collectively.
Shonn Maguire: An tha name is supposed tae mane sumtin’ tae me, yeah?
He looks to his sisters and nods.
Shonn Maguire: Is she yer latest conquest then?
Saoirse and Aiofe both shake their heads.
Saoirse Maguire: Nay, we’ve nay done ennithin but take pictures… yet…
Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: I’ve only just met them all, so…
Shonn nods to her.
Shonn Maguire: Ye’ve got bald ones, ye do! Ye know whut Aerynn be tinkin’ o’ ye an’ yer li’l friends…
Ashley shrugs and lifts up her shirt to show a tattoo on her back.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, and I know what she used to think of us too...
Raevyn runs a finger along the tattoo, studying it.
Raevyn Storm: Nice tat, I presume it’s got a strong meaning.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Aerynn had a bunch of us get them when we were fighting together against the Children of Nephilim. She has one just like it, so does my sister, two of our best friends, and a couple of ex’s…
Raevyn nods.
Raevyn Storm: I see.
Shonn nods again, his arms still crossed.
Shonn Maguire: Tanks fer th’ histry lesson, now why are ye all hare?
Saoirse smirks.
Saoirse Maguire: We kinna jus come tae visit our brother?
Shonn gives her a knowing look and Ashley smirks back at him.
Ashley Kenyon: They found me at the Pleasure Dome, wanted to take pictures. Raevyn, that is your name, right? Raevyn?
Raevyn nods and Ashley continues on.
Ashley Kenyon: They wanted to find you and I…
Shonn cuts her off, his arms falling to his sides in annoyance.
Shonn Maguire: An ye whut?
Ashley shrugs almost playfully.
Ashley Kenyon: Can’t I just come to see an old friend?
Shonn starts to smile, snickering for the first time since the girls’ arrival.
Shonn Maguire: Got a bloody death wish, do ye?
Raevyn frowns.
Raevyn Storm: I'm confused, why exactly would visiting you mean she has a death wish?
Shonn laughs the same way his sisters had before.
Shonn Maguire: Ah, ye dinna tell them?
Saoirse and Aiofe frown as well.
Aiofe Maguire: Tell us whut?
Ashley shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: I just stared Dorian down…
Shonn can’t help but laugh.
Shonn Maguire: Aye, an thas a fine ting, but Aerynn wilna be as forgiving.
Saoirse, Aiofe and Raevyn just gaze at the two of them, looking back and forth.
Raevyn Storm: Ok not even gonna pretend to understand what you guys are talking about.
Shonn shakes his head, trying not to laugh harder.
Shonn Maguire: Her brother-in-law bloody attacked Aerynn when she found out she was pregnant, he did.
Ashley glares back at him.
Ashley Kenyon: He is NOT my brother-in-law!
Raevyn raises her hands.
Raevyn Storm: Ok, drama... I'm outta here.
Just then, Aerynn Donnelly comes walking from the kitchen with a pint of strawberry ice cream in one hand and a teaspoon in the other. She stops at the sight of the other women in the room, scanning over the this sight of the two she recognizes right off, the one she doesn’t and then…
Aerynn Donnelly: YOU!!!
She drops her ice cream and charges across the room at Ashley. Shonn moves quickly and catches her.
Shonn Maguire: Alice, nay, ALICE!!!!
Raevyn starts stepping back away from the danger.
Raevyn Storm: Wow... What have I got myself into...
Raevyn says quietly as she looks between Aerryn and Ashley
Shonn Maguire: Now, Alice, ye know ye kinna be fightin’ now…
Aerynn tries to get herself lose.
Aerynn Donnelly: I kin make an exception fer HER!!!
Shonn leans in closer to her, nuzzling her lovingly even as he holds her gently but firmly.
Shonn Maguire: Nae, ye kinna be doin’ tha...
Raevyn smiles, but it’s a sad smile. It has been a while since she had had the love of anyone like that. Ashley just stares at the duo, amusement in her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: Alice…
She nods slowly.
Ashley Kenyon: And you must be Hatter…
Aerynn continues to struggle.
Aerynn Donnelly: Kape talkin’ an’ I’ll be the bloody Queen o’ Hearts!
Shonn leans in by her ear.
Shonn Maguire: Ssssh, Alice…
Raevyn looks at them and in slight fear of the angry Irish woman she stands behind the group.
Shonn Maguire: Somehow, I tink ye’ll be wantin’ tae hear her out.
Aerynn stops struggling, turning to face her boyfriend.
Aerynn Donnelly: Have ye lost yet fuckin’ mind?
As Shonn goes to shake his head, Aerynn turns and tries to make a break for it but Shonn manages to maintain his grip.
Shonn Maguire: Nae, I jus recognize when circumstances may have changed in our favor…
As Shonn holds on to Aerynn, Aiofe walks over and picks up the ice cream, checking to see if the poor pint is a casualty of war.
Saoirse Maguire: So?
Aiofe shrugs.
Aiofe Maguire: Looks alive…
Ashley stares at them, confusion mingling with amusement.
Ashley Kenyon: Your brother is barely holding onto his pregnant girlfriend as she tries to end me… and you’re worried about her ice cream?
Saoirse nods, smirking.
Saoirse Maguire: Ye dinna know whut Aerynn will do ifin her ice cream is wasted!
Aiofe nods her agreement.
Aiofe Maguire: Especially strawberry, yeah?
Ashley grins, shaking her head.
Ashley Kenyon: I like you guys!
Raevyn Storm: Hell hath no fury like a pregnant woman deprived of her cravings.
Finding none of this funny, Aerynn continues to struggle and Shonn continues to hold on, protecting her and the baby from the most dangerous adversary they can collectively face, the mother-to-be’s own temper.
Shonn Maguire: Alice, ye kinna be doin’ this an’ ye know it. I tink ye should give her a chance an’ if ye dinna like whut she has tae say, between us, me sisters an’ Davis and Donnie, surein’ we kin tink o’ sumtin fun…
Aerynn is unmoved.
Aerynn Donnelly: I may canna do it, but a fuckin' baseball bat would get tha point 'cross!
Ashley pulls her shirt up again to show her the tattoo.
Ashley Kenyon: You remember this?
She turns, showing the full measure of it and Aerynn stops struggling. Ashley drops the shirt and looks her dead in the eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: You remember what it meant? What it was SUPPOSED to mean? Does it drive you as crazy as it does me that there are so many people who don't have one of these who keep trying to come in and take credit for what WE did? Dorian, Brody, Freeman, Baron, now Kyle Travis... where were any of them when the war was going on? I know where you were, I know where I was but where the fuck were they? And now they have the audacity to say this place owes them something, gratitude, respect, whatever? What happened to OUR respect? You were the first World Champion and you held that for what seemed like forever because no one had the balls to step to you until it was other people who had one of these on them. You never stopped fighting and you'd be fighting me right now if it was up to you and after everything you did for those fucking people, Brody and a whole bunch of others still like to say you're just the chick who threw tantrums all the time the same way they all look at me and say I'm just the party chick. That guy standing there with you basically ended Brody's career, made the world stand up and take notice and hasn't been heard from since and why? Where's the loyalty and respect due somebody like him? He's beaten one of the current champions, he's beaten a former champion and yet he's sitting here waiting for a phone call because, what, he's a third wheel? My own sister and our friends are sitting back in New Orleans right now talking about how I've gone round the bend just like you so i figured I'd do what nobody else had the balls to do and come see you myself.
Aerynn and Shonn stare back at her while the other three all freeze in their places waiting to see what fresh chaos will ignite.
Aerynn Donnelly: Aye, ye've got balls, I'll grant ye tha'.
She pauses, looking at the woman standing before her, even if just for a moment.
Aerynn Donnelly: So, bein' as ye've those balls... whot did ye want? Whot's yer endgame here, Ashley?
Ashley nods back.
Ashley Kenyon: I want them all to remember this... all of it... I want to flip all of those lying fucking bastards off with the biggest middle finger ever! I don't just wanna flip a lighter and be an annoyance, i wanna start the biggest fucking fire out there and remind them all why they needed us in the first damn place! They're not gonna help me do that but you might... you and Shonn there are the biggest middle finger I can think of...
Once again, Aerynn looks Ashley over and then looks to Shonn, nodding.
Aerynn Donnelly: She's got moxy, tha's fer sure.
She looks back at Ashley and nods.
Aerynn Donnelly: Aye.. tell us whot ye need.
A few hours later, Ashley stands outside in the Nevada air taking in the scenery. A camera opens up on her being held by Raevyn.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey, look, I can do this too and I didn’t even have to drive to Reno and claim it was actually Vegas to make a point.
She shakes her head in stunned disbelief.
Ashley Kenyon: Wow…
Looking like she’d laugh if she weren’t so angry, Ashley looks away from the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: Just… wow…
She looks down to the ground for a second, considering everything Fraser Freeman said to her before she looks back up into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: Here you are trying to claim you’re not like everybody else and the first thing out of your mouth is exactly what everyone else continuously says! I swear to God, if ONE more person says they now have nothing left to lose, I’m gonna die laughing like the people on Joker Venom in a few of them Batman movies because every person who says that is lying out their ass! Dorian tries that bullshit, Kyle Travis does it all the time and God knows how many others have come in and claimed they didn’t care about anything at all.
With her rage radiating off of her, she takes a step forward and nods to the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: I couldn’t decide which was more pathetic, the fact that you just made a shitload of targets out of the people you were supposedly protecting or that you just HAD to go to the whole party girl, drugs usage thing with me as if you hadn’t come back asd a fucking drunk!
She pauses mockingly reacting as if Fraser has just objected to this notion.
Ashley Kenyon: What? You didn’t exactly hide that shit, now did you? And so what if I have had a bit of fun at times, like you haven’t? That entire place you call home there is practically swimming in it, so check your own house before you start throwing stones. The glass kind of makes you look stupid when you can’t be assed to look past your own reflection!
She pauses, standing back for a second, momentarily pondering things.
Ashley Kenyon: The only way this would be funnier is if we found out you had a girlfriend and staged that whole thing to make everybody think you really do still give a shit about Jade because so far, the only thing I’ve seen out of you isn’t real give a damn. If you gave a damn about her, you’d have never left her without a word ten months ago! If you really gave a damn, you wouldn’t have left Ricky there to have to do everything all by himself while Vega played in his, “Oh look at me, I’m cray cray” sandbox of who gives a fuck! If you really gave a damn, you wouldn’t have abandoned everyone and everything you claim to protect and left us all to the dogs!
She points towards Las Vegas accusingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Let’s just look at the poor girls working in the Pleasure Dome, half of which are always one step away from being in a tent city or worse because of circumstances and Vega Knight’s tendency to fly off the handle. You promised each and every one of them that nothing would ever happen to them because you were their Protector. You promised all of them that they were safe and that nothing would make them regret having put their faith, their hope and their trust in you and what happened?
She pauses to count off a list on her hand.
Ashley Kenyon: Nicole got grabbed, Brittany got assaulted and Jade got grabbed and that’s not even going into what Vega might have done to a few of them when he got lubed up and pissed off behind closed doors! They trusted you, Fraser. They trusted in what you said you were and they trusted in what you said you could do and each and every one of them bought into your pack of lies Protector bullshit and they have, each and every one of them, now been burned because you made them a whole bunch of promises you didn’t even bother to try and keep and I would wonder if you ever even intended to in the first place!
Her hands drop and she nods gravely.
Ashley Kenyon: You lied to them, Fraser. You lied to them, to Razor Sharpe, to Ricky, to Nicole, to Brittany, Cindy, Skylar, Rocket, Jade, Vega and everyone else in the Pleasure Dome! You lied to everyone in UWA and then you ran like a scalded bitch into the night when they all needed you the most! And if those people in that tent city are actually poor, God bless them, because you’re getting the weakest, neediest, least able to fend for themselves people around and you’re feeding the same false hope bullshit you fed all those poor souls at the Pleasure Dome you swore were safe to work there on your watch! You’re making them all the same promises you never bothered to try to keep to everyone else and what’s more, you’re kicking them when they're down and opening them up to much worse by showing them off to people like Cole Hunter.
She stares into the camera, shaking her head in disgusted disbelief.
Ashley Kenyon: Do you have any idea what a man like him will do to those people if he thinks you have any attachment to them at all?
This time she points away from town.
Ashley Kenyon: Why don’t you just go burn all of those poor downtrodden homeless people right now, Fraser, it would be more humane than putting them in Cole Hunter’s crosshairs just to make yourself look less like the pathetic, selfish piece of shit you’ve already shown yourself to be because that was ALL that was about. You only showed us all that so you could bask in the glory of, “Oooh, look at me, I’m standing in the middle of people who have less than nothing wearing clothing that could feed them all for a week! Aren’t I a great selfless fucking saint? Now heap praise on me while I threaten horrible, catastrophic violence on people for mentioning my name!”
She points accusingly into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: You’re such a selfish prick and so worried about everybody looking down on you for the shit you’ve done you can’t even volunteer and try for repentance and redemption right!
Her hand drops to her side again as she shrugs knowingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Not that you are really even trying for redemption anyway because you know you’ll never get THAT much blood off your ledger! The only reason you’ve come back is because Cole Hunter took something belonged to you and you can’t stand that somebody else might claim ownership over her!
She pauses and shakes her head in disgust.
Ashley Kenyon: Why did any of us ever listen to you? All you ever did was promise things we knew you couldn’t deliver and yet we wanted to believe you would try…
She waves her hand dismissively.
Ashley Kenyon: Tell us another one, Protector Man, maybe this time you’ll at least convince yourself you’re not completely full of shit!
Standing in front of him in the doorway of warehouse home he shares with his pregnant girlfriend, Aerynn Donnelly, is his middle sister, Saoirse, her black mohawk making her black fishnet shirt and arm tattoos stand out even more.
Saoirse Maguire: Aye, top o’ th’ morn’ tae ye, too!
Shonn steps back, letting her know with his eyes that he’s not amused. As his sister walks in, he finally sees that her long black mohawk has been blocking his ability to see that she’s not alone.
Shonn Maguire: Bloody hell, Aiofe’s hare too?
Saoirse can’t help but smirk as their baby sister, also sporting dark hair though hers is cut in a more androgynous short, “mannish” style, her clothing also appearing to be deceptively restrained as her many tattoos show even out of the long suit sleeves.
Aiofe Maguire: Tha’s a fine how dae ye do, frum ye, Shonn…
Shonn stares at his sisters in almost complete shock. He’d seen neither of them in years, they had never come to America in the time before he’d gone to prison and neither of them had managed to visit him, though Aiofe had written him a few times.
Shonn Maguire: I dinna know ye were in th’ country, Lass.
Aiofe grins, nodding out the doorway.
Aiofe Maguire: Dinna know abot this, either then?
Shonn frowns in confusion and then looks out the door to see a woman with blue hair snapping pictures of a familiar tattooed woman with raven hair.
Shonn Maguire: Be tha?
Aiofe and Saoirse glance out and nod, trying not to laugh at their brother’s shock.
Aiofe Maguire: Ashley Kenyon? Aye, it be…
Shonn’s face falls into a momentary mask of anger.
Shonn Maguire: Why is she doin’ hare?
Saoirse snickers.
Saoirse Maguire: Looks like she’s takin’ pictures, Lad.
Shonn’s eyes fall closed.
Shonn Maguire: This be yer doin’, innit?
Saoirse shrugs, feigning innocence.
Saoirse Maguire: Ye know, it jus may be…
Shonn shakes his head as his eyes open just in time for the blue-haired photographer and Ashley to walk up to the door.
Shonn Maguire: Saoirse Sícea…
Ashley frowns.
Ashley Kenyon: What does that mean?
Aiofe and Saoirse both start laughing.
Aiofe Maguire: Psycho Sorsha…
Ashley nods slowly.
Ashley Kenyon: You call your sister… “Psycho?”
Aiofe grins playfully.
Aiofe Maguire: On a good day, aye, he does at tha…
Shonn takes in the scene and just shakes his head.
Shonn Maguire: Aerynn is gonna bloody lose her shite ifin she saes this.
All four women grin at this and Shonn crosses his arms in frustration.
Shonn Maguire: Whut are ye doin’ hare?
The blue haired one suddenly speaks for the first time.
Blue-Haired Woman: : Taking photos, what does it look like?
Shonn stares at them and shakes his head. Ashley can’t help but snicker the same way his sister were. She’d known this was not what most people would call a good idea from the start and that had just made her want to do it even more. Saoirse and Aiofe both smirk, shrugging as if they’ve heard their brother ask this very question a million times before.
Saoirse Maguire: Nuttin’ really…
Shonn’s jaw drops.
Shonn Maguire: This nay bae nuttin, Lass!
Ashley shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: They just wanted to show their friend around Vegas… and maybe have a good time in the process…
Blue-Haired Woman: Fun’s good.
She smiles over at Shonn.
Blue-Haired Woman: You do remember me Yeah? I'm Raevyn Storm, photographer and all around fun time girl.
Shonn cocks his head at them, taking it all in collectively.
Shonn Maguire: An tha name is supposed tae mane sumtin’ tae me, yeah?
He looks to his sisters and nods.
Shonn Maguire: Is she yer latest conquest then?
Saoirse and Aiofe both shake their heads.
Saoirse Maguire: Nay, we’ve nay done ennithin but take pictures… yet…
Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: I’ve only just met them all, so…
Shonn nods to her.
Shonn Maguire: Ye’ve got bald ones, ye do! Ye know whut Aerynn be tinkin’ o’ ye an’ yer li’l friends…
Ashley shrugs and lifts up her shirt to show a tattoo on her back.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, and I know what she used to think of us too...
Raevyn runs a finger along the tattoo, studying it.
Raevyn Storm: Nice tat, I presume it’s got a strong meaning.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Aerynn had a bunch of us get them when we were fighting together against the Children of Nephilim. She has one just like it, so does my sister, two of our best friends, and a couple of ex’s…
Raevyn nods.
Raevyn Storm: I see.
Shonn nods again, his arms still crossed.
Shonn Maguire: Tanks fer th’ histry lesson, now why are ye all hare?
Saoirse smirks.
Saoirse Maguire: We kinna jus come tae visit our brother?
Shonn gives her a knowing look and Ashley smirks back at him.
Ashley Kenyon: They found me at the Pleasure Dome, wanted to take pictures. Raevyn, that is your name, right? Raevyn?
Raevyn nods and Ashley continues on.
Ashley Kenyon: They wanted to find you and I…
Shonn cuts her off, his arms falling to his sides in annoyance.
Shonn Maguire: An ye whut?
Ashley shrugs almost playfully.
Ashley Kenyon: Can’t I just come to see an old friend?
Shonn starts to smile, snickering for the first time since the girls’ arrival.
Shonn Maguire: Got a bloody death wish, do ye?
Raevyn frowns.
Raevyn Storm: I'm confused, why exactly would visiting you mean she has a death wish?
Shonn laughs the same way his sisters had before.
Shonn Maguire: Ah, ye dinna tell them?
Saoirse and Aiofe frown as well.
Aiofe Maguire: Tell us whut?
Ashley shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: I just stared Dorian down…
Shonn can’t help but laugh.
Shonn Maguire: Aye, an thas a fine ting, but Aerynn wilna be as forgiving.
Saoirse, Aiofe and Raevyn just gaze at the two of them, looking back and forth.
Raevyn Storm: Ok not even gonna pretend to understand what you guys are talking about.
Shonn shakes his head, trying not to laugh harder.
Shonn Maguire: Her brother-in-law bloody attacked Aerynn when she found out she was pregnant, he did.
Ashley glares back at him.
Ashley Kenyon: He is NOT my brother-in-law!
Raevyn raises her hands.
Raevyn Storm: Ok, drama... I'm outta here.
Just then, Aerynn Donnelly comes walking from the kitchen with a pint of strawberry ice cream in one hand and a teaspoon in the other. She stops at the sight of the other women in the room, scanning over the this sight of the two she recognizes right off, the one she doesn’t and then…
Aerynn Donnelly: YOU!!!
She drops her ice cream and charges across the room at Ashley. Shonn moves quickly and catches her.
Shonn Maguire: Alice, nay, ALICE!!!!
Raevyn starts stepping back away from the danger.
Raevyn Storm: Wow... What have I got myself into...
Raevyn says quietly as she looks between Aerryn and Ashley
Shonn Maguire: Now, Alice, ye know ye kinna be fightin’ now…
Aerynn tries to get herself lose.
Aerynn Donnelly: I kin make an exception fer HER!!!
Shonn leans in closer to her, nuzzling her lovingly even as he holds her gently but firmly.
Shonn Maguire: Nae, ye kinna be doin’ tha...
Raevyn smiles, but it’s a sad smile. It has been a while since she had had the love of anyone like that. Ashley just stares at the duo, amusement in her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: Alice…
She nods slowly.
Ashley Kenyon: And you must be Hatter…
Aerynn continues to struggle.
Aerynn Donnelly: Kape talkin’ an’ I’ll be the bloody Queen o’ Hearts!
Shonn leans in by her ear.
Shonn Maguire: Ssssh, Alice…
Raevyn looks at them and in slight fear of the angry Irish woman she stands behind the group.
Shonn Maguire: Somehow, I tink ye’ll be wantin’ tae hear her out.
Aerynn stops struggling, turning to face her boyfriend.
Aerynn Donnelly: Have ye lost yet fuckin’ mind?
As Shonn goes to shake his head, Aerynn turns and tries to make a break for it but Shonn manages to maintain his grip.
Shonn Maguire: Nae, I jus recognize when circumstances may have changed in our favor…
As Shonn holds on to Aerynn, Aiofe walks over and picks up the ice cream, checking to see if the poor pint is a casualty of war.
Saoirse Maguire: So?
Aiofe shrugs.
Aiofe Maguire: Looks alive…
Ashley stares at them, confusion mingling with amusement.
Ashley Kenyon: Your brother is barely holding onto his pregnant girlfriend as she tries to end me… and you’re worried about her ice cream?
Saoirse nods, smirking.
Saoirse Maguire: Ye dinna know whut Aerynn will do ifin her ice cream is wasted!
Aiofe nods her agreement.
Aiofe Maguire: Especially strawberry, yeah?
Ashley grins, shaking her head.
Ashley Kenyon: I like you guys!
Raevyn Storm: Hell hath no fury like a pregnant woman deprived of her cravings.
Finding none of this funny, Aerynn continues to struggle and Shonn continues to hold on, protecting her and the baby from the most dangerous adversary they can collectively face, the mother-to-be’s own temper.
Shonn Maguire: Alice, ye kinna be doin’ this an’ ye know it. I tink ye should give her a chance an’ if ye dinna like whut she has tae say, between us, me sisters an’ Davis and Donnie, surein’ we kin tink o’ sumtin fun…
Aerynn is unmoved.
Aerynn Donnelly: I may canna do it, but a fuckin' baseball bat would get tha point 'cross!
Ashley pulls her shirt up again to show her the tattoo.
Ashley Kenyon: You remember this?
She turns, showing the full measure of it and Aerynn stops struggling. Ashley drops the shirt and looks her dead in the eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: You remember what it meant? What it was SUPPOSED to mean? Does it drive you as crazy as it does me that there are so many people who don't have one of these who keep trying to come in and take credit for what WE did? Dorian, Brody, Freeman, Baron, now Kyle Travis... where were any of them when the war was going on? I know where you were, I know where I was but where the fuck were they? And now they have the audacity to say this place owes them something, gratitude, respect, whatever? What happened to OUR respect? You were the first World Champion and you held that for what seemed like forever because no one had the balls to step to you until it was other people who had one of these on them. You never stopped fighting and you'd be fighting me right now if it was up to you and after everything you did for those fucking people, Brody and a whole bunch of others still like to say you're just the chick who threw tantrums all the time the same way they all look at me and say I'm just the party chick. That guy standing there with you basically ended Brody's career, made the world stand up and take notice and hasn't been heard from since and why? Where's the loyalty and respect due somebody like him? He's beaten one of the current champions, he's beaten a former champion and yet he's sitting here waiting for a phone call because, what, he's a third wheel? My own sister and our friends are sitting back in New Orleans right now talking about how I've gone round the bend just like you so i figured I'd do what nobody else had the balls to do and come see you myself.
Aerynn and Shonn stare back at her while the other three all freeze in their places waiting to see what fresh chaos will ignite.
Aerynn Donnelly: Aye, ye've got balls, I'll grant ye tha'.
She pauses, looking at the woman standing before her, even if just for a moment.
Aerynn Donnelly: So, bein' as ye've those balls... whot did ye want? Whot's yer endgame here, Ashley?
Ashley nods back.
Ashley Kenyon: I want them all to remember this... all of it... I want to flip all of those lying fucking bastards off with the biggest middle finger ever! I don't just wanna flip a lighter and be an annoyance, i wanna start the biggest fucking fire out there and remind them all why they needed us in the first damn place! They're not gonna help me do that but you might... you and Shonn there are the biggest middle finger I can think of...
Once again, Aerynn looks Ashley over and then looks to Shonn, nodding.
Aerynn Donnelly: She's got moxy, tha's fer sure.
She looks back at Ashley and nods.
Aerynn Donnelly: Aye.. tell us whot ye need.
A few hours later, Ashley stands outside in the Nevada air taking in the scenery. A camera opens up on her being held by Raevyn.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey, look, I can do this too and I didn’t even have to drive to Reno and claim it was actually Vegas to make a point.
She shakes her head in stunned disbelief.
Ashley Kenyon: Wow…
Looking like she’d laugh if she weren’t so angry, Ashley looks away from the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: Just… wow…
She looks down to the ground for a second, considering everything Fraser Freeman said to her before she looks back up into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: Here you are trying to claim you’re not like everybody else and the first thing out of your mouth is exactly what everyone else continuously says! I swear to God, if ONE more person says they now have nothing left to lose, I’m gonna die laughing like the people on Joker Venom in a few of them Batman movies because every person who says that is lying out their ass! Dorian tries that bullshit, Kyle Travis does it all the time and God knows how many others have come in and claimed they didn’t care about anything at all.
With her rage radiating off of her, she takes a step forward and nods to the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: I couldn’t decide which was more pathetic, the fact that you just made a shitload of targets out of the people you were supposedly protecting or that you just HAD to go to the whole party girl, drugs usage thing with me as if you hadn’t come back asd a fucking drunk!
She pauses mockingly reacting as if Fraser has just objected to this notion.
Ashley Kenyon: What? You didn’t exactly hide that shit, now did you? And so what if I have had a bit of fun at times, like you haven’t? That entire place you call home there is practically swimming in it, so check your own house before you start throwing stones. The glass kind of makes you look stupid when you can’t be assed to look past your own reflection!
She pauses, standing back for a second, momentarily pondering things.
Ashley Kenyon: The only way this would be funnier is if we found out you had a girlfriend and staged that whole thing to make everybody think you really do still give a shit about Jade because so far, the only thing I’ve seen out of you isn’t real give a damn. If you gave a damn about her, you’d have never left her without a word ten months ago! If you really gave a damn, you wouldn’t have left Ricky there to have to do everything all by himself while Vega played in his, “Oh look at me, I’m cray cray” sandbox of who gives a fuck! If you really gave a damn, you wouldn’t have abandoned everyone and everything you claim to protect and left us all to the dogs!
She points towards Las Vegas accusingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Let’s just look at the poor girls working in the Pleasure Dome, half of which are always one step away from being in a tent city or worse because of circumstances and Vega Knight’s tendency to fly off the handle. You promised each and every one of them that nothing would ever happen to them because you were their Protector. You promised all of them that they were safe and that nothing would make them regret having put their faith, their hope and their trust in you and what happened?
She pauses to count off a list on her hand.
Ashley Kenyon: Nicole got grabbed, Brittany got assaulted and Jade got grabbed and that’s not even going into what Vega might have done to a few of them when he got lubed up and pissed off behind closed doors! They trusted you, Fraser. They trusted in what you said you were and they trusted in what you said you could do and each and every one of them bought into your pack of lies Protector bullshit and they have, each and every one of them, now been burned because you made them a whole bunch of promises you didn’t even bother to try and keep and I would wonder if you ever even intended to in the first place!
Her hands drop and she nods gravely.
Ashley Kenyon: You lied to them, Fraser. You lied to them, to Razor Sharpe, to Ricky, to Nicole, to Brittany, Cindy, Skylar, Rocket, Jade, Vega and everyone else in the Pleasure Dome! You lied to everyone in UWA and then you ran like a scalded bitch into the night when they all needed you the most! And if those people in that tent city are actually poor, God bless them, because you’re getting the weakest, neediest, least able to fend for themselves people around and you’re feeding the same false hope bullshit you fed all those poor souls at the Pleasure Dome you swore were safe to work there on your watch! You’re making them all the same promises you never bothered to try to keep to everyone else and what’s more, you’re kicking them when they're down and opening them up to much worse by showing them off to people like Cole Hunter.
She stares into the camera, shaking her head in disgusted disbelief.
Ashley Kenyon: Do you have any idea what a man like him will do to those people if he thinks you have any attachment to them at all?
This time she points away from town.
Ashley Kenyon: Why don’t you just go burn all of those poor downtrodden homeless people right now, Fraser, it would be more humane than putting them in Cole Hunter’s crosshairs just to make yourself look less like the pathetic, selfish piece of shit you’ve already shown yourself to be because that was ALL that was about. You only showed us all that so you could bask in the glory of, “Oooh, look at me, I’m standing in the middle of people who have less than nothing wearing clothing that could feed them all for a week! Aren’t I a great selfless fucking saint? Now heap praise on me while I threaten horrible, catastrophic violence on people for mentioning my name!”
She points accusingly into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: You’re such a selfish prick and so worried about everybody looking down on you for the shit you’ve done you can’t even volunteer and try for repentance and redemption right!
Her hand drops to her side again as she shrugs knowingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Not that you are really even trying for redemption anyway because you know you’ll never get THAT much blood off your ledger! The only reason you’ve come back is because Cole Hunter took something belonged to you and you can’t stand that somebody else might claim ownership over her!
She pauses and shakes her head in disgust.
Ashley Kenyon: Why did any of us ever listen to you? All you ever did was promise things we knew you couldn’t deliver and yet we wanted to believe you would try…
She waves her hand dismissively.
Ashley Kenyon: Tell us another one, Protector Man, maybe this time you’ll at least convince yourself you’re not completely full of shit!
