Post by Jeszika on Oct 16, 2014 2:27:00 GMT -6
Concern was written on Jeszika Gautier’s face as she made her way through the halls of the hospital and stopped in front of the door to a room. On the door of the room was a name tag, “Mr Montgomery.” She's dressed in a long sleeve clingy black knee length dress, a jacket over top. Her hair is in pigtails either side of her face. She'd done her best to look presentable, hiding the madness she knows is building inside her. She's angry mostly, focused on making Aerynn hurt, making her pay, claiming her title. She takes a deep breath before she knocks on the door.
There came no answer, if she decided to let herself in she would find Brody laying back on the bed with his head resting on the pillow. His chest and sides seemed to be bandaged, but he looked better than one would expect.
When he doesn’t respond, she quietly opens the door and gingerly enters. She stops just inside the door and looks him over. A million emotions cross her face. She doesn’t know whether to run over to him and hug him for being alive or cry cos he's hurt. She opts to stay where she is, unsure whether he would want her closer, or even here.
She shakes her head as she stands there. Unsure how to begin, so instead she asks the question that’s been running around her head since she saw him get hurt days prior.
Jeszika: He really did a number on you didn’t he... Why did you bait him Brody? Why did you poke the snake with a stick?
Brody opened a single eye and if anything he looked tired. Circles under his eyes.
Brody: ".....I gave as good as I got.....as for why....haven't you figured it out yet Jezzy?"
Jeszika: Would I be asking if I had?
She shakes her head.
Jeszika: It better be worth it... Worth…
She points to him in the bed.
Jeszika: Worth this…
The man she had known, she would realize now is gone. The clean shaven face she had touched so often was now covered in a stubble beard. The short hair was no longer and hung over his forehead. As he sat up he winced and the sheet flipped down to show the faint burns on his exposed arms.
Brody: "Joshua took so much. Billy from Ashley.....Carrie.....from Bethany. Melissa.........from you."
Again he paused and looked down a moment then back up and finished.
Brody: "So I work to undo it. While I can. And then....once I have fixed everyone he broke.....I break him."
Jeszika: And how do you plan on fixing everything he broke huh? You gonna magically make Melissa come back? You gonna mend the heart I have that aches for things I can no longer have?
She shakes her head, her eyes welling a little but she brushes the tear away in anger.
Jeszika: You can't fix everything Brody... Is pointless to try…
Brody: "I already freed her. She will....come around in time. No one can resist you Jezzy. I couldn't, and she won't be able to for long.....as for Ashley....I keep the dealers away long enough and he will sober up and go back to the woman who loves him....Carrie? Show her that Bethany doesn't need her courage....simply her love....You....will take care of Aerynn. Show her the error of these actions...."
Jeszika's hands clench into fists at the mention of Aerynn.
Jeszika: Damn straight I will... That bitch will pay…
She says angrily before she turns and looks at Brody.
Jeszika: How are you feeling? He didn’t get you too bad did he?
Brody then offered her the faintest little smile and waved his hand dismissively.
Brody: "....It's irrelevant Jezzy. How I am only matters long enough for me
to finish him for what he did to you all."
Her anger and frustration turn towards him.
Jeszika: It matters to me Brody! It matters to them. B for one I know cares for you just as much as I do....
Her hands are fists again as she speaks
Jeszika: I may not be your wife anymore... but that doesn’t mean I don't care for you as a friend... We all care what happens to you... Don't be a martyr, if you're gonna end him, you better surprise, cos it won’t be a victory really if we lose you completely over this…
With that he slid from the bed. Still in the blue jeans, the doctors couldn't get him out of them. His chest and shoulder was bandaged but his stomach was bare and showed the faintest hints of a new tattoo and then he stood in front of her. She could see the dark circles under his eyes.
Brody: ".....Jezzy I will be fine. I have a mission after all. And damned what that little witch Maiko told me. I will make them pay. You focus on the World Title you hear me? The girls already won the Tag Titles. You focus on the world title and not on me."
She looks him dead in the eyes.
Jeszika: Just survive Brody... It’s all I ask…
She smiles a little.
Jeszika: We both walk out of Fearless victorious... But we survive, got it?
Brody: "Deal."
About then a door opened and the short brown and pink haired face of Jayni Sullivan appeared in the door.
Jayni: "You better not be out of bed, the doctor told you, you have a very serious concuss....."
And then she stopped dead and looked at Jeszika.
Jeszika: Hey Jayni…
She holds up her hands in a sign of surrender.
Jeszika: Please don't yell at me, I only came to see if he was ok…
Brody chuckles lightly and then leans over and kisses Jeszika softly on the side of the cheek and then sits back down. Jayni on the other hand, was tiny compared to Jeszika. Slender and short, but she looked every bit the mother tigress.
Jayni: "....Step out into the hallway with me for a moment please Mrs. Montgomery. Mrs. Gautier. Whichever you prefer."
She then shot a look at Brody and he lifted his hands in the same surrender pose and laughed and then turned and headed into the hallway.
Jeszika: It’s Miss Gautier again remember and sure.
She follows the smaller woman out into the hall.
Jeszika: Ok, you can scold me now for being here Jayni... but make no mistake I care for that man... I only came to make sure he was ok, and to tell him to survive this fight with Joshua. That he has people who care for him…
Jayni turned but didn't hit her. She didn’t even....scold.
Jayni: "He isn't sleeping Jeszika. And when he does he has nightmares. He won't tell me....but I know he does. Terrible Nightmares. He has a stage two concussion and both spark and electric current burns on his back and arms. The doctor won't clear him for Fearless....but he says he's gonna fight him anyway......"
Jeszika closes her eyes.
Jeszika: No wonder he wouldn’t tell me how he was... Stubborn ass bastard…
Jeszika sighs.
Jeszika: And if he wants it, there’s not much we can do to stop him is there? He seems pretty damn set on ending this... I told him he better survive this…
Jayni: "And you? Are you going to be okay? He isn't worried about himself. Only about you and Bethany....I don't know who is more concerned about....you or her."
Jeszika looks away.
Jeszika: I'll be fine, once I beat that backstabbing bitch to oblivion and claim that title she's now tarnishing…
Jayni: ".....You really hate her don't you?"
Jeszika: Wouldn’t you if you were in my situation? She attacked my best friend, betrayed us when we needed her most... Can you really blame me?
Jayni: "No, I don’t think I can. Be careful out there.....and I will tell you the same thing that he told your friend.... don't watch. You have your own war to worry about."
Jayni gently slapped Jeszika on the shoulder and then smiled and headed back into the room. Jeszika follows her back into the room, frowning over Jayni's request... Don't watch... How could she not watch the downfall of the man who ruined her life? Watch the man she loves conquer her biggest foe? She shakes her head, she was right, she shouldn’t watch... She'd want to get involved and she couldn’t, she needed to focus on Aerynn.
Once they were back in the room Brody was lounged on the bed and in a drug induced doze. Jayni looked back at her and lifted a brow.
Jayni: "any questions you have.....anything you wanna know, I’d ask him now. He's high as a kite on the painkillers."
Jeszika: I don't know what I'd ask; I know the answers to everything I can think of.
Jayni: "So, something on your mind Miss Gautier?"
Jeszika: I... No... I guess not... I should go... Leave you guys to it... I don't want to intrude…
Jayni: "You’re not intruding Jeszika. I simply....didn't get the impression any of you liked me much."
Jeszika: We just got off on the wrong foot is all... I got the impression you didn’t like me, so we're even there.
Jayni: "I saw him when he first appeared. He was alone and helpless. He called out for you.....I do not like to see him suffer and I hated that he was suffering. It wasn't you....just his suffering."
Jeszika: I never wanted any of this to happened... I only meant to teach him a small lesson... I never meant to make him suffer as much as he did... As I did for doing that to him…
Jayni: "You didn't do it Jeszika. Joshua did. All you did was what you intended. Had you two had more time, perhaps he would have come to terms, but he was forced to watch it."
Jeszika: Probably only saw the bits Joshua wanted him to see... Me happy and with Melissa, not me getting high and drunk to try and make the pain go away... Not me crying nightly because of what I did to him…
She shakes her head, biting her lip and squeezing her eyes shut.
Jeszika: I know it’s not my fault, but I still blame myself... But then I think... Had I not had the plan to do what I did to him, had I not been with him, he would have only had Aerynn to save him, to fight for him when Joshua came...
Jayni: "You can kill yourself with the what if's Jeszika. More questions than answers they are. Sure, he would have only had Aerynn, but who's to say he would have ever been targeted at all had you not done it. Like I said, what ifs can kill you."
Jeszika: I suppose you're right... What ifs are what brought us here in the first place...
She looks away.
Jeszika: What ifs eat away at my heart daily... And a lot of them still do involve him, but I know they can never be... Not anymore...
Jayni: "As I am sure some of his own involve you. I know some of them do from what he has shared with me....but I also know a few of them are about Bethany. Does that bother you?"
Jeszika: There was a time when it did... but not anymore... I would just be happy to see him and her both happy, that's all I want now. No matter what it takes... I just know happiness won't be found with me, even if I want it to be....
She said the last line quietly, almost to herself.
Jeszika: Look... I should go... I have a match to prepare for and being here is turning me sappy when I need to focus on anger and aggression to help me beat Aerynn... Emotions like love and sadness and lamenting on what could have been will get me no where....
She turns to leave.
Jayni: "Aerynn focused solely on the rage and hate and look what it did to her. Just...food for thought."
Jayni then turned the chair to face the sleeping drugged face of the stubbled man before her.
Jayni: "What am I gonna do with you? This war is gonna be your end...."
She whispered just now.
Jeszika: I hope it’s not his end Jayni... He's a good man.... He deserves better than what the world had dealt him...
She says this then walks out the door before she says what's really on her mind, Before she does what her mind and body and trying to compel her to do. its over Jeszika, don't go back there... It wont happen....
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“Determination, Focus”
Scene comes into focus on Jeszika Gautier sitting on her back door step, hands resting on her knees, her camera set up on a tripod before her.
“They say they are the Brick work with which you build your life. Determination to build the brick and the focus to lay them on by one until you have the walls built around you. Until you build yourself the life you want”
“Regret, Pain.... Love”
“They say these are the emotions that make you weak and vulnerable. That these emotions can be the downfall of even the strongest person. But they can also be the grit that makes you stronger, the cement between the bricks.”
“Loyalty... Respect…”
“They are the emotions that build you up, make you stronger... They can also be the one that tear you down... That crumble the walls you built. They are the ground at your feet. The sand, dirt of Cement that control how well the building we build stands. Lack of loyalty and respect can make even the strongest relationships crumble.”
“Anger.... Fear.... Hatred... Elation”
“These are the emotions that are the windows to which we view the world.... It takes but one stone to shatter them and send all that emotions flying out the windows…”
She looks up at the camera now.
“Aerynn... You broke that window when you betrayed me... When you Betrayed the ones who had always been there for you! Your disloyalty almost destroyed the house I built. But loyalty of others saved it and I have rebuilt the house stronger than before. My ground is built on the loyalty of a group of girls I trust with my life.”
“The love of these girls is the cement I needed. Strong, unbreakable.”
“And thanks to your little friend Pauly's pep talk last week. My focus and determination is back and I only have one single goal Aerynn.... Destroying you, and bringing honor back to that title that you have disgraced with your betrayal and disloyalty.”
“You might be a tough fighter, you might be stronger than me, but you no longer deserve the right to be the face of this company. You turned your back on this company, the day you turned your back on the match that was FOR the company. You almost let the company fall into the hands of the enemy permanently. And THAT is something I can never forgive you for.”
“We all lost something in that battle Aerynn. But at least we stayed loyal to ourselves and the company we were fighting for. You didn't Aerynn. And that fact alone is why I'm coming for you Aerynn, why I will take what you hold dear and return it to where it belongs.”
