Searing Agony Promo #1

[Aerynn Donnelly]

>>> 23 June 2014 - Lake Tahoe <<<
-- Aerynn had been trying to gather and follow up on all of the leads that had been coming in about the where-abouts of Brody, and Joshua McBride. All of them were dead ends, so far. However, there was one lead that seemed promising. One that she'd follow up on, herself. But for now, she sent a text to Bethany and waited for her to reply.

Aerynn: [t] "Aye, Bethany. Give me a call when ye get tha chance, lass."

-- No sooner does she look away, that her phone rings with Bethany’s number on the ID.

Aerynn: "Aye, Bethany.. So, 'bout these tattoos. How soon can tha three o' ye get tae Lake Tahoe. Well, tha three o' ye an' who-e'er else ye want tae get 'em?"

Bethany: "Melissa is here so, we're ready whenever we need to be. Who all should we be asking?"

Aerynn: "Anyone ye dinna want tae be taken o'er. Possessed 'r whote'er tis tha' has Joshua McBride. I got sent these symbols fer a reason. Protection. An' I think tha one who sent them is takin' a big risk themselves. I have a feelin' if this person is found out, they'd be in a great deal o' trouble. Perhaps e'en riskin' their very lives."

Bethany: "Ok, then there will be six of us making this trip."

Aerynn: "Aye. I'll let Logan know tae set up rooms. How many will ye need, exactly?"

Bethany: "Three, Ashley and Nikki won't mind bunking up and the others of us are couples."

Aerynn: "A'ight. I'll let him know. Text me tha details o' when yer gonna arrive. I'll have rides there tae meet ye."

Bethany: "Ok, we'll see ya soon I spose."

Aerynn: "Aye. See ye soon."

-- Aerynn hung up the phone and headed out of the office to go find Logan. She found him down in the dojo. He was sitting in the middle of the floor meditating. His eyes were closed, but a smile formed as she drew closer.

Logan: "You still need to work on moving silently."

-- He opened his eyes up and looked up to the statuesque blonde. She was standing there in a pair of black slacks that hung low on her hips, a white tank top that hugged close to her body, but was classy at the same time. She was bare foot, as was custom for whenever she was home. Blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail that seemed classy and not casual.

-- She crossed her arms over her chest and smiled at him.
Aerynn: "Aye, love. But tha difference 'tween me an' ye? I'm a wrestler. I'm nae a martial artist like ye. I jus' like ta watch tha fights."

-- She tilted her head slightly as she looked at him.
Aerynn: "Speakin' o' which.. When's yer next fight?"

-- Logan straightened and then stood up. He moved over to her. His chest was bare and he wore only a pair of shorts. He was sweaty as he had been working out. But she didn't pull away when he wrapped his arms around her and planted a kiss to her lips.
Logan: "The saturday after your Searing Agony match."

-- Aerynn returned the kiss and frowned slightly. Nodding, she looked at him. He pulled back slightly and looked at her.
Logan: "Why? What's on your mind?"

-- She twisted her lips lightly and shrugged.
Aerynn: "I hope I can be there. Wit' tha way things are goin' wit' tha Children, I honestly dinna know whot tae expect on Sunday."

-- She moved to side step him and started to walk towards the doors leading outside. She leaned a shoulder against the door and crossed her arms over her chest as she looked out at the sereness of the lake.

-- She turned her head slightly and spoke over her shoulder to him.

Aerynn: "One way 'r 'nother.. This all ends. Soon."

-- Logan turned to watch her walk towards the doors and then moved up behind her.

Logan: "You do what you have to, babe. You've been fighting from the beginning. You've done nothing but fight. That's all you know how to do."

-- He reached out and turned her to face him. His hand moving to palm her face as he looked at her.

Logan: "You go out there and do what you do best, Aerynn. You fight. You fight with every ounce of will you have. You fight until the last drop of blood leaves you."

-- She turned to look at him as he moved her. She looked deep into his eyes. And listened to his words.

-- Something about what he had said seemed to... click. She nodded. A gleem lit up those blue eyes of hers as a smile formed.

Aerynn: "Yer right."

-- She reached up to place her hands on either side of his face and drew him into a kiss.

Aerynn: "Yer a fuckin' genius!"

-- She pulled back and smiled at him.

Aerynn: "Now, we need tae go get tha rooms ready fer tha girls. They'll be here t'morrow."

-- Logan kissed her back and chuckled as that switched seemed to flip itself back on inside of her. When she stepped off and said that they needed to get the rooms ready for the women who was going to arrive the next day, he stepped off to the side and motioned for her to lead the way.

>>> 24 June 2014 - Lake Tahoe <<<

-- Stepping out of two black SUV’s, Arsenal and their two girlfriends, walk up and look around. Bethany Kenyon leads her girlfriend, Carrie Winter, and her little sister, Ashley Kenyon, from the first car while Jeszika Gautier leads her girlfriend, Melissa Mareau, and the group’s manager, Nikki Peltier, from the second.

Ashley: "Holy fuckballs, you weren’t kidding when you said this place was fucking awesome!"

Jeszika: "Yeah, wasnt kidding at all... Its amazing here."

-- Aerynn was standing at the top of the steps that lead up to the first floor of the cabin. Beside her was Logan. She looked at all of the women as they stepped out of the vehicle and nodded.

Aerynn: "Ladies, welcome tae our home."

-- She waited for each of them to get to the top step before she stepped back and allowed the women a first look inside the cabin.

-- Carrie nods slowly, leaning on Bethany’s arm.

Carrie: "This is beautiful."

Jeszika: "Glad to be here, Aerryn."

-- The first floor had been converted into a dojo. The.. Entire.. Floor. They'd see that, in the middle of the room, a man sat there. All around him were instruments set up. Ancient tools to be used in the art and ritual of tatu'ing.

Aerynn: "Before we get started, Logan an' I will show ye each yer rooms while yer here."

-- She looked to Jezsika and nodded lightly.

Aerynn: "Aye. Glad tae have ye here, Jezsika."

-- And with that, she and Logan would turn and head inside. Showing the ladies each their rooms.

-- Aerynn turned to look at them all...

Aerynn: "Get settled. Relax a bit. Once yer all ready, we'll meet downstairs in the dojo."

-- With that, she and Logan turned and headed back downstairs.

-- It takes an hour for everybody to settle in and look around before meeting again in the hallway.

Bethany: “Y’all ready?”

-- Carrie, Ashley and Nikki nod. Getting new tattoos was nothing new for them at all.
Melissa: "I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

Jeszika: "Me too... Though this wont be like any tattoo we've got before would it?"

Bethany: "We'll find out."

Jeszika: "Yeah, I suppose we will."

-- The six women proceed downstairs to the dojo and look around.

-- By the time the women got downstairs, Aerynn was already sitting in front of the tattoo man on the floor. She had a robe wrapped around her, but the back was dropped down. She had her eyes closed and was breathing deep and steady as the sound of "taptaptaptaptaptap" could be heard. When the man stopped to gather more ink, Aerynn let out a breath and inhaled once again.

-- Logan looked up at the six women as they came down and nodded lightly.

Logan: "Aerynn's already started. He's on the second one now."

-- He eyed the six of them.

Logan: "This isn't going to be like any other tattooing experience you've ever had, ladies. This is going to be painful."

-- Bethany, Ashley, Carrie and Nikki nod, steeling themselves for this.

-- Jeszika nods.

Jeszika: "It must be done. Any advatage we can have here, I'm gonna leap at it, pain or no pain."

-- She turns to Melissa.

Jeszika: "Are you sure you're ok with this?"

Melissa: "Like you said, any advantage, we take it."

-- Logan nodded to the women and turned to watch Aerynn. He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back against the railing of the stairs that led down from the top floor down into the dojo.

Logan: "Tough broad, Aerynn is. You can see the pain on her face. Not to mention, she's getting them down her spine. Which is a bitch when done the normal way. I can't even imagine how it's feeling right now. And she's got four more to go."

-- Logan glanced up to the ladies again.

Logan: "I admire you all, ladies. I'm a sucker for the sting of an ink gun.. But this? Jesus.. I've seen grown men reduced to tears by this type of tattooing."

Jeszika: "You almost sounds like you're trying to talk us out of it, Logan."

Bethany: "Just preparing us for the storm..."

Jeszika: "It'll all be worth it once we kick that bastards sorry ass."

-- Logan looked at Bethany and tapped his nose with his index finger.

Logan: "You catch on quick. I can see why she likes you."

-- He looked back to Jezsika.

Logan: "You're going to need more than just tattoos to get this guy.. I've seen his kind before. Waco, Texas ring any bells?"

-- Jeszika frowns and shakes her head

Jeszika: "Sadly not."

Bethany: "Branch Davidians..."

-- Logan nodded again.

Logan: "Very good. I'm impressed."

Ashley: "God, those people gave cults a bad name..."

Jeszika: "I'm not familiar... What did they do?"

Nikki: "A guy changed his name to David and convinced a bunch of people he was Jesus' second coming and that the world was coming to an end. It ended with the alphbet soup people crashing a
tank into their house and a lot of people dead."

Jeszika: "Oh I see..."

Logan: "That's pretty much the jist of it."

Carrie: "Those people make me glad i just work at a bar,"

Jeszika: "Those kinds of people make me glad I'm not sucked into any religion at all."

Carrie: "Lapse Catholic..."

Nikki: "Me too."

Jeszika: "I don't have anything against religion perse... just people that abuse it like that guy. Like Joshua."

-- Logan nodded to everything that the ladies were saying. But, he was focused on Aerynn.

Logan: "Three down. Three to go."

Jeszika: "So, who's going first guys?"

Bethany: "I will."

>>> An hour later <<<

-- Aerynn stood up from where she had been sitting for the last three hours. She cracked her neck and stretched and looked at those gathered. A slightly pained smile formed as she looked at each of them. She hadn't pulled the back of the robe up yet, so she turned and showed the inkwork off to them.

-- Once they all got to see what the symbols were, she looked to Logan.

Aerynn: "I need tae get tha blood an' stuff cleaned off. Will ye help me?"

-- Logan nodded once to Aerynn and she looked to the others.

Aerynn: "I'll be back down shortly, ladies."

-- And with that, she headed up the stairs. Moving gingerly as her back stung like a mother fucker. When she reached the bedroom, she let the robe drop to the floor. Heading into the bathroom, she turned to look in the mirror at the tattoos. Logan was standing in the doorway, arms crossed as he looked her over.

Logan: "You ok?"

-- She looked back at him and nodded.

Aerynn: "Aye. I'm fine. It's draining. Exhaustive. But I'm fine."

-- She smiled at him and turned around to pick up a wash cloth to wet down. He came over to take the cloth from her, had her turn around and started to gently wash her back off.

Logan: "I gotta admit, he does beautiful work."

-- Aerynn winced slightly as her back was seriously tender. She looked at him through the mirror.

Aerynn: "Aye, he does. I like how they turned out."

-- Logan took his time washing the blood and unused ink away....

>>> 25 June 2014 - Dojo, Lake Tahoe <<<

-- The screen is black. Static begins to fill the screen as it comes to life. The sound of a guitar begins to play in the background. Soon, drums begin to fill in the void. They sound almost tribal. And soon, the screen begins to show the form of a female.

-- All you can see of her is her back. And upon her bared back is a row of tattoos down her spine. The blonde hair gives her away. She's standing there with her head bowed as the music builds.

"I am not a pattern to be followed.
The pill that I'm on is a tough one to swallow.
I'm not a criminal, not a role model.
Not a born leader; I'm a tough act to follow.
I am not the fortune and the fame or the same person telling you to forfeit the game.
I came in the ring like a dog on a chai and then found out the underbell's sicker than it seems."

"Joshua McBride. Former police officer..."

-- Her left hand raises up with her index finger extended.

"Turned bounty hunter."

-- Her middle finger extends. And now two fingers are being held up.

"Turned semi-pro wrestler."

-- Her ring finger extends to join the previous two so that now three fingers are held up.

"Turned psychotic sycophant wit' a God complex."

-- Her pinky rose and joined the others. She then turned to face the camera and looked directly into it.

"Ye sit there on yer proverbial throne an' speak o' tha sins an' lies o' Ashley, Bethany an' Jezsika. Ye throw 'round words like 'liar', 'secrets' an' tha like. Ye sit there an' claim tha' had I not taken a stand 'gainst ye, ye an' yer merry band o' misbegots would ne'er have come back."

-- She smiled darkly and leaned forward. Her voice dropping to a whisper.

"Liar."

-- She straightened up and lifted her hand up to show one screen. On that screen was the picture of a child. That child was the one that Joshua had failed to save when he was a cop.

"Tell me somethin', Joshua. Do ye see him when ye look in tha mirror? Do ye see his bruised an' battered face? Do his screams haunt yer dreams? Do they keep ye awake at night?"

-- She shook her head. Then raised her other hand. On the second screen is the picture of a little girl.

"How 'bout this child? I'm quite sure her face haunts ye. An' not only ye, but tha' demented lil priestess o' yers.. Maiko Adachi."

-- She slides a gaze to the camera.

"Oh, aye.. I know who ye are, Miss Adachi. I know tha whole story 'bout yer sister. 'Bout yer sordid lil affair wit' Mister McBride when ye were naught barely eighteen. Yer trail was easy to follow once I picked up tha right one.

Human Trafficking. Yer sister was one o' tha ones taken.

An' 'cause ye an' Joshua was holed up in some dirty lil motel room sweatin' like ruttin' pigs 'gainst one 'nother. Ruttin' like pigs while she was bein' tortured an' raped. Beatin' an' abused.
Tell me, Maiko. How do YE look yerself in tha mirror? How do ye sleep an' not hear her screams? Her pleadin' fer someone, for YE, tae save her?"

-- She lowers her hands and the screens go black. Only to relight up with pictures and videos of Aerynn, Brody, Jezsika, Ashley and Bethany. Along with pictures and videos of other Superstars and wrestlers.

"No one is wit'out sin, Joshua. We are born from sin. Tha Original Sin. E'en as children, we learn tae sin. Our first sin is tha' we learn tae lie. An' then, nae matter how much ye ask fer fergiveness.. Nae matter how many times ye ask fer absolution..

Ye still have tha taint o' sin on yer soul.

Ye canna run from it. Nae matter how hard ye try.

Ye'll still be judged when yer time comes, 'n it's coming soon."

-The final picture to be shown is the one of the Cabin, but this time it was bathed in light. A sign of things to come.-