Post by K.I.S.S. on Aug 8, 2014 22:11:58 GMT -6
Bethany Kenyon stands in her living room staring into a mirror at the marks that are still visible on her neck from the assault by Maiko Adachi in the dressing room in Tempe. This was the kind of thing that made her question why she’d allowed Nikki Peltier to talk her into using a mirror as a decorative piece in a room she tended to spend a lot of time in like this. True, it was a pretty piece and it looked nice on the wall but it also tended to show her things she didn’t necessarily want to see all the time.
These marks were such a thing.
As she steps away from the mirror, a knock on the front door a mere ten feet away catches her attention and stops her from walking back down the hallway to the bedroom. She walks over, glances through the little side window and nods when she sees the person at her door is none other than... Nikki Peltier. Bethany laughs to herself at the irony before opening the door.
Bethany Kenyon: Hey, Nik, come on in.
Nikki nods and does as she is bid, walking into the living room passed Bethany and stealing a momentary glance at her friend’s neck as she goes. Bethany closes the door as Nikki takes a seat on the couch.
Bethany Kenyon: So, what’s up?
Nikki shrugs as Bethany takes a seat in the overstuffed black leather chair opposite the couch.
Nikki Peltier: Just wanted to see how you were.
Bethany smiles, touched at the amount of attention her friends have managed.
Bethany Kenyon: Thanks…
Nikki nods, hoping this had not been an isolated incident even given everything that had happened lately.
Nikki Peltier: Has anyone else checked up on you?
Bethany nods, looking pleasantly surprised.
Bethany Kenyon: Just about everybody actually, I was…
She pauses, thinking this over. How did she want to really put this?
Bethany Kenyon: Aerynn called, Jezzy called, Ash called but sounded kinda drunk. Carrie even called!
Nikki can’t believe her ears.
Nikki Peltier: Really?
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: Yep.
Nikki nods as she ponders things.
Nikki Peltier: How did Aerynn sound?
Bethany starts to answer but stops herself. She tries to find a better, kinder word for it even as she tells herself there really isn’t one.
Bethany Kenyon: Kinda… distant…
Nikki nods knowingly, almost like she’d expected to hear this.
Nikki Peltier: That woman has been through hell.
Exhaling forcefully, Bethany nods her agreement. No one could say otherwise when it came to how Aerynn Donnelly’s life was going lately between her father’s death, her boyfriend’s attack and subsequent breaking up with her leading to her current state of being more or less homeless.
Nikki Peltier: I wonder how much Joshua is directly responsible for…
Bethany’s head snaps up at the sound of this. What was Nikki getting at here?
Bethany Kenyon: Whatcha mean?
Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: I kinda wonder if Joshua had something to do with what happened to Aerynn’s father. We know he’ll do things just to mess with people and Aerynn does seem to have a special place in his heart for some reason.
Bethany nods at this. It was a thought she’d had herself but had yet to actually give voice to out loud.
Bethany Kenyon: I wonder if that crazy bitch Maiko has noticed that most of his targets have been hot chicks…
Nikki grins.
Nikki Peltier: Maybe that’s why she went after you. Maybe he said something…
Bethany groans, looking horribly revolted.
Bethany Kenyon: Oh, God, Nik, don’t even joke about that!
Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: It’s true. Aside from Nick Daniels, Sentinel and Brody, Joshua has targeted no one with a Y chromosome for more than momentary violence that involved a match at hand. And even in the three he did go after, two were like early examples being made and not really sustained battles the way he’s made Aerynn, Jezzy and us.
Bethany nods slowly.
Bethany Kenyon: You forgot Zachariah Blood…
Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: He’s kind of a package deal with Sentinel.
Bethany nods slowly. It was true that Joshua really hadn’t gone after many others unless provoked first.
Bethany Kenyon: I kinda wish the Sentinel and Brody were back.
Nikki nods slowly.
Nikki Peltier: Did you or Jezzy hear anything from him this week?
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Well, no…
Nikki nods.
Nikki Peltier: Yeah…
She frowns, seemingly disappointed.
Nikki Peltier: Somehow, despite everything he did before, I expected more out of Brody. I figured he must have had something to him under all the bull to get Jezzy to fall in love with him, especially after he actually seemed to try to be nice to you too.
Bethany nods sadly.
Bethany Kenyon: There is…
Nikki starts to say something but stops herself at the sight of the look on Bethany’s face.
Nikki Peltier: Maybe he’ll…
Bethany shakes her head, cutting Nikki off before she can even say the thought out loud.
Bethany Kenyon: It’s not gonna happen.
Nikki sighs aloud.
Nikki Peltier: We probably deserve that for what we did to him.
Bethany nods as the two friends sink into their respective seats. An hour later, Nikki has gone home and Bethany stands in front of her computer. She fires up the webcam and nods to the lens.
Bethany Kenyon: Yo, Jonesy, where V at? Come on Dawg, ain’t you sposed to be some big bad ass muthafucka that don’t let no bitch hit you?
She steps back, shrugging with obvious disappointment.
Bethany Kenyon: Yo, V, this is why you ain’t get no love, Son! This, right here, the way you…
She points to the area right next to her on either side with both hands becoming animated.
Bethany Kenyon: Just pussied out and showed that this whole, “I’m bad!” thing with you is as big a load of bullshit as the, “I’m a legend!” thing is with Kyle Travis. Here you are facing off against me the show after Silver Baron makes a big deal about being undefeated and Aerynn and I beat him and you can’t be assed to even tell me I’m not in your league?
She glances around as if to see if there are hidden cameras playing a practical joke on her.
Bethany Kenyon: This is why you and Kyle get called out all the time, because you both seem to think your rep is so goddamned impeccable that you don’t have to try to show why you have the rep in the first place. At least in your case, you’ve tried some times while all Kyle does is prove his rep is a lot of hot air but you don’t exactly make yours seem like it’s legit near as much as you seem to think you do. The roster and the fans don’t respect what you’ve done because when it comes time to show the world that you are exactly who you say you are, you put it in cruise control instead of jamming the throttle balls to the wall. I mean…
She shakes her head, looking into the camera incredulously.
Bethany Kenyon: You’re the one having the match this week, V, not your brother, K-Dawg. So why was he the only one in your entire family/entourage to have the stoned to say word one?
She shrugs, acknowledging a point.
Bethany Kenyon: Not that he really had all that much to say aside from some bullshit story about you scaring a mall Santa because you were an entitled little bitch even as a child apparently.
Leaning forward, she hangs her head in disgusted frustration, sighing aloud before looking back up into the camera.
Bethany Kenyon: Was that supposed to be cute? Or funny? Was it supposed to scare me because if it was, it was a failure on all sides. You pulling a knife on a poor bastard just trying to make some holiday cash just tells me you’re a spoiled little bitch who flips his shit when he gets told no. Poor wittle Jonesy, didn’t get some big thing for Christmas that he wanted so he threw a tantrum.
She cocks her head, shrugging slightly again.
Bethany Kenyon: What, did he not change your diapers and hide your binky too?
She stands back up, crossing her arms.
Bethany Kenyon: That seems to be a pattern with you if half of the stories about you and the people you hang out with are true. All you ever seem to do is demand things you think you’re entitled to and if somebody, even somebody you’re supposed to like or love, takes more than a second to just roll over and hand it over to you, you throw another tantrum because Big Baby V always gets his way!
She shakes her head, rolling her eyes.
Bethany Kenyon: Is that what we’re gonna see now if you lose, Big Baby? Another tantrum? Are you gonna whine and pitch a fit if you don’t get coddled just right? Do you need your banky and your binky and a juice box?
She leans forward again, glaring into the camera.
Bethany Kenyon: You’re a grown ass man, Big Baby, fucking act like it for once! Sack up, put in some actual effort and prove to the world that you shouldn’t just be walking around in a giant Pampers all the time. Until you do, you’ll always be Big Baby V, the whiny little bitch who’s still waiting for Santa to bring him his Nintendo…
These marks were such a thing.
As she steps away from the mirror, a knock on the front door a mere ten feet away catches her attention and stops her from walking back down the hallway to the bedroom. She walks over, glances through the little side window and nods when she sees the person at her door is none other than... Nikki Peltier. Bethany laughs to herself at the irony before opening the door.
Bethany Kenyon: Hey, Nik, come on in.
Nikki nods and does as she is bid, walking into the living room passed Bethany and stealing a momentary glance at her friend’s neck as she goes. Bethany closes the door as Nikki takes a seat on the couch.
Bethany Kenyon: So, what’s up?
Nikki shrugs as Bethany takes a seat in the overstuffed black leather chair opposite the couch.
Nikki Peltier: Just wanted to see how you were.
Bethany smiles, touched at the amount of attention her friends have managed.
Bethany Kenyon: Thanks…
Nikki nods, hoping this had not been an isolated incident even given everything that had happened lately.
Nikki Peltier: Has anyone else checked up on you?
Bethany nods, looking pleasantly surprised.
Bethany Kenyon: Just about everybody actually, I was…
She pauses, thinking this over. How did she want to really put this?
Bethany Kenyon: Aerynn called, Jezzy called, Ash called but sounded kinda drunk. Carrie even called!
Nikki can’t believe her ears.
Nikki Peltier: Really?
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: Yep.
Nikki nods as she ponders things.
Nikki Peltier: How did Aerynn sound?
Bethany starts to answer but stops herself. She tries to find a better, kinder word for it even as she tells herself there really isn’t one.
Bethany Kenyon: Kinda… distant…
Nikki nods knowingly, almost like she’d expected to hear this.
Nikki Peltier: That woman has been through hell.
Exhaling forcefully, Bethany nods her agreement. No one could say otherwise when it came to how Aerynn Donnelly’s life was going lately between her father’s death, her boyfriend’s attack and subsequent breaking up with her leading to her current state of being more or less homeless.
Nikki Peltier: I wonder how much Joshua is directly responsible for…
Bethany’s head snaps up at the sound of this. What was Nikki getting at here?
Bethany Kenyon: Whatcha mean?
Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: I kinda wonder if Joshua had something to do with what happened to Aerynn’s father. We know he’ll do things just to mess with people and Aerynn does seem to have a special place in his heart for some reason.
Bethany nods at this. It was a thought she’d had herself but had yet to actually give voice to out loud.
Bethany Kenyon: I wonder if that crazy bitch Maiko has noticed that most of his targets have been hot chicks…
Nikki grins.
Nikki Peltier: Maybe that’s why she went after you. Maybe he said something…
Bethany groans, looking horribly revolted.
Bethany Kenyon: Oh, God, Nik, don’t even joke about that!
Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: It’s true. Aside from Nick Daniels, Sentinel and Brody, Joshua has targeted no one with a Y chromosome for more than momentary violence that involved a match at hand. And even in the three he did go after, two were like early examples being made and not really sustained battles the way he’s made Aerynn, Jezzy and us.
Bethany nods slowly.
Bethany Kenyon: You forgot Zachariah Blood…
Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: He’s kind of a package deal with Sentinel.
Bethany nods slowly. It was true that Joshua really hadn’t gone after many others unless provoked first.
Bethany Kenyon: I kinda wish the Sentinel and Brody were back.
Nikki nods slowly.
Nikki Peltier: Did you or Jezzy hear anything from him this week?
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Well, no…
Nikki nods.
Nikki Peltier: Yeah…
She frowns, seemingly disappointed.
Nikki Peltier: Somehow, despite everything he did before, I expected more out of Brody. I figured he must have had something to him under all the bull to get Jezzy to fall in love with him, especially after he actually seemed to try to be nice to you too.
Bethany nods sadly.
Bethany Kenyon: There is…
Nikki starts to say something but stops herself at the sight of the look on Bethany’s face.
Nikki Peltier: Maybe he’ll…
Bethany shakes her head, cutting Nikki off before she can even say the thought out loud.
Bethany Kenyon: It’s not gonna happen.
Nikki sighs aloud.
Nikki Peltier: We probably deserve that for what we did to him.
Bethany nods as the two friends sink into their respective seats. An hour later, Nikki has gone home and Bethany stands in front of her computer. She fires up the webcam and nods to the lens.
Bethany Kenyon: Yo, Jonesy, where V at? Come on Dawg, ain’t you sposed to be some big bad ass muthafucka that don’t let no bitch hit you?
She steps back, shrugging with obvious disappointment.
Bethany Kenyon: Yo, V, this is why you ain’t get no love, Son! This, right here, the way you…
She points to the area right next to her on either side with both hands becoming animated.
Bethany Kenyon: Just pussied out and showed that this whole, “I’m bad!” thing with you is as big a load of bullshit as the, “I’m a legend!” thing is with Kyle Travis. Here you are facing off against me the show after Silver Baron makes a big deal about being undefeated and Aerynn and I beat him and you can’t be assed to even tell me I’m not in your league?
She glances around as if to see if there are hidden cameras playing a practical joke on her.
Bethany Kenyon: This is why you and Kyle get called out all the time, because you both seem to think your rep is so goddamned impeccable that you don’t have to try to show why you have the rep in the first place. At least in your case, you’ve tried some times while all Kyle does is prove his rep is a lot of hot air but you don’t exactly make yours seem like it’s legit near as much as you seem to think you do. The roster and the fans don’t respect what you’ve done because when it comes time to show the world that you are exactly who you say you are, you put it in cruise control instead of jamming the throttle balls to the wall. I mean…
She shakes her head, looking into the camera incredulously.
Bethany Kenyon: You’re the one having the match this week, V, not your brother, K-Dawg. So why was he the only one in your entire family/entourage to have the stoned to say word one?
She shrugs, acknowledging a point.
Bethany Kenyon: Not that he really had all that much to say aside from some bullshit story about you scaring a mall Santa because you were an entitled little bitch even as a child apparently.
Leaning forward, she hangs her head in disgusted frustration, sighing aloud before looking back up into the camera.
Bethany Kenyon: Was that supposed to be cute? Or funny? Was it supposed to scare me because if it was, it was a failure on all sides. You pulling a knife on a poor bastard just trying to make some holiday cash just tells me you’re a spoiled little bitch who flips his shit when he gets told no. Poor wittle Jonesy, didn’t get some big thing for Christmas that he wanted so he threw a tantrum.
She cocks her head, shrugging slightly again.
Bethany Kenyon: What, did he not change your diapers and hide your binky too?
She stands back up, crossing her arms.
Bethany Kenyon: That seems to be a pattern with you if half of the stories about you and the people you hang out with are true. All you ever seem to do is demand things you think you’re entitled to and if somebody, even somebody you’re supposed to like or love, takes more than a second to just roll over and hand it over to you, you throw another tantrum because Big Baby V always gets his way!
She shakes her head, rolling her eyes.
Bethany Kenyon: Is that what we’re gonna see now if you lose, Big Baby? Another tantrum? Are you gonna whine and pitch a fit if you don’t get coddled just right? Do you need your banky and your binky and a juice box?
She leans forward again, glaring into the camera.
Bethany Kenyon: You’re a grown ass man, Big Baby, fucking act like it for once! Sack up, put in some actual effort and prove to the world that you shouldn’t just be walking around in a giant Pampers all the time. Until you do, you’ll always be Big Baby V, the whiny little bitch who’s still waiting for Santa to bring him his Nintendo…
