Post by K.I.S.S. on Oct 1, 2014 22:58:07 GMT -6
Ashley Kenyon sits in a hospital room, impatiently waiting for her discharge following the attack at the end of Monday Night Mayhem in Sacramento, California. Just outside the room, in the hallway, stand two of her three Arsenal teammates, manager Nikki Peltier and Ashley’s older sister, Bethany Kenyon. The two women look in at Ashley and shake their heads.
Bethany Kenyon: She’s not gonna be happy about this…
Nikki shakes her head.
Nikki Peltier: No, she won’t.
Bethany glances back at her sister in the room and barely nods.
Bethany Kenyon: And Jezzy?
As Bethany looks away from Ashley, Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: Doing one of two things right now, I would imagine.
Bethany brings her gaze around to meet Nikki’s.
Bethany Kenyon: Either she’s at the cabin getting exceptionally fucked up or she’s gearing up to go hunt Aerynn down all by herself?
Nikki nods sadly.
Nikki Peltier: Exactly.
Bethany swallows hard, almost afraid of the answer she knows is coming.
Bethany Kenyon: Got a bet on which one?
Sighing heavily, Nikki ponders this question.
Nikki Peltier: Honestly?
Bethany nods knowingly, warily, at the look on Nikki’s face.
Bethany Kenyon: A little bit of both?
The two nod to each other when Ashley’s voice suddenly meets them from behind.
Ashley Kenyon: You guys should probably hurry home and check on her. You know what happens when she gets all pissed and rushes off.
She pauses and then laughs at herself.
Ashley Kenyon: She does what I would do…
Bethany and Nikki turn to meet her.
Bethany Kenyon: Did they let you out yet?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, I can go home whenever I want, though they did say I probably should wait a day or two.
Bethany and Nikki both look at her with looks of slight skepticism. Ashley shrugs, trying to smile for them.
Ashley Kenyon: Guys go on, the Red Hoods are gonna be down by Fresno, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Pasadena and San Diego next week, Billy’s gonna come here early, I’ll be fine. I’ll get a couple of days here with him, you guys can go home and see to Jezzy.
They start to retort but Ashley shakes her head to cut them off.
Ashley Kenyon: It’s a two-person job, and you both know it. I’ll be fine, Billy’s been trying lately to not be as fucked up as usual.
Bethany gives her a disapproving
Bethany Kenyon: I don’t know…
Ashley looks at her sister pleadingly.
Ashley Kenyon: I know this is when I usually snap at you and call you “Mother,” but, Bethy, you either trust me or you don’t…
Before Bethany can answer, Nikki nods.
Nikki Peltier: She’s right, B.
Bethany nods and the three women hug. An hour later, Ashley walks into her hotel room and sits down. She glances at the television and grins before firing up her phone and dialing Billy’s number. He answers on the second ring.
Billy Hawkes: Hello?
Ashley can’t help but smile at the sound of his voice.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey…
Billy’s voice comes back quickly, seemingly pleased to hear from her as much as she is to hear from him.
Billy Hawkes: How are you doin’, Babe? I saw you take one to the head earlier.
Ashley’s jaw drops. Billy usually didn’t watch the UWA shows.
Ashley Kenyon: You… you did?
He laughs.
Billy Hawkes: Richie was worried and had us watch to see if we needed to have a talk with you guys about your choice of professions.
Ashley nods skeptically.
Ashley Kenyon: Richie did, did he?
Billy laughs again.
Billy Hawkes: Well, you know, he is the good one…
She nods, almost able to see him using the air quotation marks.
Ashley Kenyon: So, are you coming up here to Sacramento?
Billy goes quiet for a second.
Billy Hawkes: Um, hold on…
She hears him lean back and ask a couple of things to somebody else and almost immediately wants to throw the phone. Billy’s voice comes back seemingly timid and hesitant.
Billy Hawkes: Um… I don’t know…
Ashley squeezes the phone.
Ashley Kenyon: You don’t know?
She closes her eyes, picturing exactly what he probably looks like right now as he gets ready to make an excuse he knows she’s not gonna buy.
Billy Hawkes: Well, we’re kinda stuck in Arizona right now and…
He pauses and Ashley starts to nod again.
Billy Hawkes: I don’t…
She nods again, unable to hide her sadness and disappointment.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok…
As she bites her bottom lip, Billy’s voice comes back.
Billy Hawkes: I can try, maybe…
She shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: No, it’s ok, I’ll just…
She trails off, trying not to let him hear her cry.
Ashley Kenyon: I’ll just go home tomorrow and I’ll see you in Bakersfield next week.
Billy’s voice comes back seemingly simultaneously relieved and yet warily worried of how she’s gonna take things.
Billy Hawkes: Ok… I love you, Babe.
She nods sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: I love you too.
She hangs up and stares at the phone for a second, biting her bottom lip so hard she almost draws blood. Shaking her head, she starts to toss aside the phone when it chimes for a text. She glances down and nods, firing off a response to her sister. A few minutes later, she turns her phone off and moves over to the table where her laptop sits. She fires it up and turns on the webcam for a broadcast.
Ashley Kenyon: So… I guess I had both a great night and a shit night didn’t I?
She pauses, shrugging.
Ashley Kenyon: On the one hand, I went toe to toe with the second-highest champion in the UWA and made him have to go further to beat me on his first go around than he’s ever had to go. The man is over a foot taller than me and you could fit two of me inside of him via weight and yet he still had so much trouble with me that you could see in his face at the end that he couldn’t believe he couldn’t just put me down whenever he wanted to.
She pauses and shrugs acknowledgingly.
Ashley Kenyon: I’ll admit, he was not what he was advertised to be.
She shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: He was better.
She sits back in the chair as if it hurts to admit this.
Ashley Kenyon: He was bigger and stronger, faster than he had any right to be. You just can’t really appreciate everything Vince Jones brings to the table until you’re in the ring and trying to stay with him. He hit me harder than just about anybody else I’ve ever met and after Joshua McBride, that is saying something!
She sighs, sitting forward again, her hands coming together nervously.
Ashley Kenyon: Still, the in the end he got me…
She nods, seemingly building up confidence with every motion.
Ashley Kenyon: But you know what this showed me, Champ?
She stands up, looking boldly into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: I belong here and some day I’ll get another shot at you and who knows, maybe next time you won’t be able to just swat me out of the way and tell the world I was just some stupid bitch who wouldn’t give you head…
She pauses, leaning down over the table, looking exhausted and alone.
Ashley Kenyon: But my night wasn’t over with Jonesy, was it?
She almost laughs.
Ashley Kenyon: You know, it’s funny. I expected to be attacked at the end of the night. I figured it would be Kyle Travis and his two toothless attack dogs because of how much he’s bitched and moaned about not getting what he thinks should be his and since Jones currently holds the belt Travis still thinks is his and his bitches think they should get added to the tag title match I have coming, i figured, that’s who would be coming for us…
She pauses, nodding knowingly.
Ashley Kenyon: For both Jones and me, actually...
She shakes her head again, looking quite melancholy as she does so.
Ashley Kenyon: I never thought it would be you, Aerynn because, well, what the fuck have i ever done to you?
She shrugs angrily.
Ashley Kenyon: I never gave a goddamn about what you and Brody might have had and I really didn’t want Jezzy or my sister anywhere near him. On top of that I was right there with you until the fight with the Children was over so why did I deserve to get popped? What did I do that you found to be a betrayal, Aerynn?
She pulls back her shirt to show off the tattoo she knew would mean something to Aerynn.
Ashley Kenyon: This would say I never betrayed you! I did whatever needed to be done and I always had your back! So why, why did that need to happen? To send a message to Jeszika? She already knew you were mad at her!
She shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: So now I guess, I’ve been pounded on by two champions in the same night, what the hell we should do it two shows in a row right? Sin City boys, you and I have a date with my sister coming with me and I’m sure you’ll tell us you’re just gonna put us down like you always have before, right?
She nods as if she knows the answer that will be coming.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, except my sister already beat you once, Baron, so you better be ready for us like you’ve never been ready before. You and Razor there had better pull your heads out of your asses and get on the same page because if you don’t, we’re walking out with those belts and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it!
She backs off and nods.
Ashley Kenyon: See ya Monday boys… it’s party time!
Bethany Kenyon: She’s not gonna be happy about this…
Nikki shakes her head.
Nikki Peltier: No, she won’t.
Bethany glances back at her sister in the room and barely nods.
Bethany Kenyon: And Jezzy?
As Bethany looks away from Ashley, Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: Doing one of two things right now, I would imagine.
Bethany brings her gaze around to meet Nikki’s.
Bethany Kenyon: Either she’s at the cabin getting exceptionally fucked up or she’s gearing up to go hunt Aerynn down all by herself?
Nikki nods sadly.
Nikki Peltier: Exactly.
Bethany swallows hard, almost afraid of the answer she knows is coming.
Bethany Kenyon: Got a bet on which one?
Sighing heavily, Nikki ponders this question.
Nikki Peltier: Honestly?
Bethany nods knowingly, warily, at the look on Nikki’s face.
Bethany Kenyon: A little bit of both?
The two nod to each other when Ashley’s voice suddenly meets them from behind.
Ashley Kenyon: You guys should probably hurry home and check on her. You know what happens when she gets all pissed and rushes off.
She pauses and then laughs at herself.
Ashley Kenyon: She does what I would do…
Bethany and Nikki turn to meet her.
Bethany Kenyon: Did they let you out yet?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, I can go home whenever I want, though they did say I probably should wait a day or two.
Bethany and Nikki both look at her with looks of slight skepticism. Ashley shrugs, trying to smile for them.
Ashley Kenyon: Guys go on, the Red Hoods are gonna be down by Fresno, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Pasadena and San Diego next week, Billy’s gonna come here early, I’ll be fine. I’ll get a couple of days here with him, you guys can go home and see to Jezzy.
They start to retort but Ashley shakes her head to cut them off.
Ashley Kenyon: It’s a two-person job, and you both know it. I’ll be fine, Billy’s been trying lately to not be as fucked up as usual.
Bethany gives her a disapproving
Bethany Kenyon: I don’t know…
Ashley looks at her sister pleadingly.
Ashley Kenyon: I know this is when I usually snap at you and call you “Mother,” but, Bethy, you either trust me or you don’t…
Before Bethany can answer, Nikki nods.
Nikki Peltier: She’s right, B.
Bethany nods and the three women hug. An hour later, Ashley walks into her hotel room and sits down. She glances at the television and grins before firing up her phone and dialing Billy’s number. He answers on the second ring.
Billy Hawkes: Hello?
Ashley can’t help but smile at the sound of his voice.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey…
Billy’s voice comes back quickly, seemingly pleased to hear from her as much as she is to hear from him.
Billy Hawkes: How are you doin’, Babe? I saw you take one to the head earlier.
Ashley’s jaw drops. Billy usually didn’t watch the UWA shows.
Ashley Kenyon: You… you did?
He laughs.
Billy Hawkes: Richie was worried and had us watch to see if we needed to have a talk with you guys about your choice of professions.
Ashley nods skeptically.
Ashley Kenyon: Richie did, did he?
Billy laughs again.
Billy Hawkes: Well, you know, he is the good one…
She nods, almost able to see him using the air quotation marks.
Ashley Kenyon: So, are you coming up here to Sacramento?
Billy goes quiet for a second.
Billy Hawkes: Um, hold on…
She hears him lean back and ask a couple of things to somebody else and almost immediately wants to throw the phone. Billy’s voice comes back seemingly timid and hesitant.
Billy Hawkes: Um… I don’t know…
Ashley squeezes the phone.
Ashley Kenyon: You don’t know?
She closes her eyes, picturing exactly what he probably looks like right now as he gets ready to make an excuse he knows she’s not gonna buy.
Billy Hawkes: Well, we’re kinda stuck in Arizona right now and…
He pauses and Ashley starts to nod again.
Billy Hawkes: I don’t…
She nods again, unable to hide her sadness and disappointment.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok…
As she bites her bottom lip, Billy’s voice comes back.
Billy Hawkes: I can try, maybe…
She shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: No, it’s ok, I’ll just…
She trails off, trying not to let him hear her cry.
Ashley Kenyon: I’ll just go home tomorrow and I’ll see you in Bakersfield next week.
Billy’s voice comes back seemingly simultaneously relieved and yet warily worried of how she’s gonna take things.
Billy Hawkes: Ok… I love you, Babe.
She nods sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: I love you too.
She hangs up and stares at the phone for a second, biting her bottom lip so hard she almost draws blood. Shaking her head, she starts to toss aside the phone when it chimes for a text. She glances down and nods, firing off a response to her sister. A few minutes later, she turns her phone off and moves over to the table where her laptop sits. She fires it up and turns on the webcam for a broadcast.
Ashley Kenyon: So… I guess I had both a great night and a shit night didn’t I?
She pauses, shrugging.
Ashley Kenyon: On the one hand, I went toe to toe with the second-highest champion in the UWA and made him have to go further to beat me on his first go around than he’s ever had to go. The man is over a foot taller than me and you could fit two of me inside of him via weight and yet he still had so much trouble with me that you could see in his face at the end that he couldn’t believe he couldn’t just put me down whenever he wanted to.
She pauses and shrugs acknowledgingly.
Ashley Kenyon: I’ll admit, he was not what he was advertised to be.
She shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: He was better.
She sits back in the chair as if it hurts to admit this.
Ashley Kenyon: He was bigger and stronger, faster than he had any right to be. You just can’t really appreciate everything Vince Jones brings to the table until you’re in the ring and trying to stay with him. He hit me harder than just about anybody else I’ve ever met and after Joshua McBride, that is saying something!
She sighs, sitting forward again, her hands coming together nervously.
Ashley Kenyon: Still, the in the end he got me…
She nods, seemingly building up confidence with every motion.
Ashley Kenyon: But you know what this showed me, Champ?
She stands up, looking boldly into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: I belong here and some day I’ll get another shot at you and who knows, maybe next time you won’t be able to just swat me out of the way and tell the world I was just some stupid bitch who wouldn’t give you head…
She pauses, leaning down over the table, looking exhausted and alone.
Ashley Kenyon: But my night wasn’t over with Jonesy, was it?
She almost laughs.
Ashley Kenyon: You know, it’s funny. I expected to be attacked at the end of the night. I figured it would be Kyle Travis and his two toothless attack dogs because of how much he’s bitched and moaned about not getting what he thinks should be his and since Jones currently holds the belt Travis still thinks is his and his bitches think they should get added to the tag title match I have coming, i figured, that’s who would be coming for us…
She pauses, nodding knowingly.
Ashley Kenyon: For both Jones and me, actually...
She shakes her head again, looking quite melancholy as she does so.
Ashley Kenyon: I never thought it would be you, Aerynn because, well, what the fuck have i ever done to you?
She shrugs angrily.
Ashley Kenyon: I never gave a goddamn about what you and Brody might have had and I really didn’t want Jezzy or my sister anywhere near him. On top of that I was right there with you until the fight with the Children was over so why did I deserve to get popped? What did I do that you found to be a betrayal, Aerynn?
She pulls back her shirt to show off the tattoo she knew would mean something to Aerynn.
Ashley Kenyon: This would say I never betrayed you! I did whatever needed to be done and I always had your back! So why, why did that need to happen? To send a message to Jeszika? She already knew you were mad at her!
She shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: So now I guess, I’ve been pounded on by two champions in the same night, what the hell we should do it two shows in a row right? Sin City boys, you and I have a date with my sister coming with me and I’m sure you’ll tell us you’re just gonna put us down like you always have before, right?
She nods as if she knows the answer that will be coming.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, except my sister already beat you once, Baron, so you better be ready for us like you’ve never been ready before. You and Razor there had better pull your heads out of your asses and get on the same page because if you don’t, we’re walking out with those belts and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it!
She backs off and nods.
Ashley Kenyon: See ya Monday boys… it’s party time!
