Post by K.I.S.S. on Dec 16, 2014 22:12:26 GMT -6
December 8, 2014, Santa Ana Star Center
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Backstage at Monday Night Mayhem, the members of Arsenal all stand watching the security officer walk away, none of the four, UWA World Champion Jeszika Gautier, UWA Tag Team Champions Bethany and Ashley Kenyon and their manager Nikki Peltier, looking happy in the slightest. As the guy meanders down the hallway, Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: What the fuck is going ON?!!?
Bethany reaches forward to her sister’s arm.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, calm…
Ashley wheels on Bethany and points accusingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Don’t you fucking tell me to calm down! How many times do we have to get somebody attacked before it’s ok to be fucking pissed about it?
Caught completely off-guards, Bethany goes dead silent while Jeszika’s hands rise to slow her friend down.
Jeszika Gautier: It’s ok to be pissed, Ash. Just don't do anything stupid, ok?
Ashley starts to retort but falls short and just shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: You know what the worst part is, I don’t even know who to think did it! Vince Jones has been doing dirty, pussy ass bitch shit lately, Aerynn’s been doing things, Joshua, Maiko, Jonesy’s little bitch guy Reno, Kyle Travis or even his former little bitch guys…
As she trails off, Jeszika nods, touching her arm supportively.
Jeszika Gautier: Ash, just go to him check on him make sure he's ok.
Ashley nods and quickly whips out her phone, dialing away.
Nikki Peltier: I’m gonna drive her, she’ll kill somebody on the freeway if we let her go by herself…
Jeszika nods as Ashley moves off to hear on the phone.
Jeszika Gautier: Good idea. I'll stay here and keep an eye on things here besides the boss calls.
Shaking her head, Bethany sighs heavily.
Bethany Kenyon: I don't like this idea at all... it feels like a set-up.
Nikki nods slowly.
Nikki Peltier: It probably is.
Jeszika smiles knowingly.
Jeszika Gautier: Which is why I'll keep an eye on things here. If we all leave no one is here to keep an eye out.
Bethany swallows hard.
Bethany Kenyon: I'm not wild about leaving you all alone, Jezzy.
Before she can answer, Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: Fuck, he's not answering!
She turns around and matches back to her friends, a look of concern on her face.
Jeszika Gautier: Which hospital was it?
Ashley simply looks up from her phone.
Ashley Kenyon: County…
Bethany frowns.
Bethany Kenyon: That doesn't sound good…
Nikki shakes her head.
Nikki Peltier: No it doesn't.
Jeszika barely nods.
Jeszika Gautier: Go there, make sure he's ok.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok... if he's fucked up again, so HELP ME!!!
Jeszika nods again, trying to be helpful and supportive.
Jeszika Gautier: Just go to him make sure he's ok. This could be a trap for all we know.
Bethany nods again.
Bethany Kenyon: It is, undoubtedly, a trap…
Jeszika Gautier: But just to be safe, in case it isn't... you guys go. I'll stay here and make sure she doesn't hurt anyone except herself.
Ashley starts walking towards the door with her sister in hot pursuit.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, slow down... ASH!!!
As they keep walking, Nikki turns to Jeszika.
Nikki Peltier: You watch your sweet NOLA ass too, Jezzy. If it is a trap, we have no idea who it's actually for…
She hugs Jeszika and follows the sisters out the front door.
A little later…
Ashley Kenyon, Bethany Kenyon and Nikki Peltier hurry back to the hotel the UWA talent are all staying in for the UWA show in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The show has been over for an hour, with their friend, Jeszika Gautier, having only been back to her room for a few minutes. As soon as they arrive, Bethany knocks on the door. They wait for a second before Jeszika opens the door.
Bethany Kenyon: So what happened?
Jeszika sighs, nodding.
Jeszika Gautier: I got to him before she did any serious damage.
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Shit…
Jeszika steps back allowing the others to enter the room quickly.
Jeszika Gautier: It was all to isolate Brody. So she could get at him. Make him feel like he had no one to turn to.
She shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: Mr. Oliver let me off my suspension just in time. He unsuspended me and now I'm reffing their match at Cataclysm.
All three jaws hit the floor.
Nikki Peltier: Wow…
While Nikki and Ashley look mildly excited, Bethany appears leery.
Bethany Kenyon: What kind of match is it?
Knowing the coming reaction, Jeszika exhales and braces herself.
Jeszika Gautier: Hell in a Cell.
Bethany’s eyes go wide.
Bethany Kenyon: Holy…
Ashley smirks, and cuts her sister off.
Ashley Kenyon: Good, I hope he beats her fucking ass!
Jeszika nods her agreement.
Jeszika Gautier: Me too, Ash, me too.
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: I’m not sure I like this idea… at all...
Jeszika Gautier: Why not, B?
Before Bethany can answer, Ashley crosses her arms.
Ashley Kenyon: Please, for the love of God and everything holy, tell me it's not just because you don't really wanna see Aerynn get hurt... it's thinking like that…
Nikki quickly cuts her off.
Nikki Peltier: Ash... don't…
Bethany looks back at her sister, the hurt already in her eyes.
Bethany Kenyon: Go ahead and say it...
As the two sisters face off momentarily, Jeszika steps in between them.
Jeszika Gautier: Guys... don't fight ok? That's the last thing we need right now.
She sighs as everyone seems on edge.
Jeszika Gautier: I won't be hurting Aerynn in that match. I'm hired as an official and I will behave as such. I'll be cutting this right down the middle. Even if I want that bitch to lose I won't cheat. I have to be the champion this company deserves and that means doing what's right even if it feels wrong.
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: That's not what I'm worried about. I trust you, Jezzy, I know you won't do that unless she and her friends do something first.
Jeszika starts to frown in confusion.
Jeszika Gautier: What are you worried about then, B?
Bethany hesitates but Ashley nods knowingly, almost apologetically.
Ashley Kenyon: Brody... in a cage…
Bethany nods sadly.
Bethany Kenyon: Yeah...
Jeszika goes quiet.
Jeszika Gautier: Oh... I see…
She looks down.
Jeszika Gautier: I'll look after him, B.
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: I know you will, but…
Ashley sighs heavily.
Ashley Kenyon: You can't save him from himself, Jezzy. Vince Jones gave me a head injury two months ago and I'm still feeling it a little. Brody's had one that’s worse, lasted way longer and keeps getting re-aggravated. On top of that, he hasn't been emotionally stable since…
She trails off, not wanting to bring up what they'd done to him themselves.
Ashley Kenyon: And it's only gotten worse lately...
Jeszika Gautier: I'll help him however I can, but you’re right I can't save him from himself any more than you guys could save me from myself.
Ashley nods, turning to her sister.
Ashley Kenyon: Did you get it?
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: Yeah… just like before…
Nikki exhales heavily.
Nikki Peltier: Are you sure you wanna do this alone?
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: I’m taking my phone, if there’s trouble, I’ll call.
Jeszika Gautier: Give him our love, B... he needs it.
She nods and takes her leave.
Ashley Kenyon: I hope nothing bad happens there. In the mood he’s in…
She pauses, shaking her head sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: The mood they’re both in…
Jeszika Gautier: I don't think anything bad will happen really. They both need comforting. Might be good for both of them.
Nikki Peltier: What, you worried he’s gonna try and jump her bones, Ash?
Ashley wheels on Nikki and glares her down.
Ashley Kenyon: That’s not funny!
Jeszika Gautier: Would it be so bad if he did? It might help them both you know.
Ashley sighs.
Ashley Kenyon: I should call Billy back, his hands have been better lately but you never know.
She smiles sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: You know he’s been more worried about me and my head lately than himself even though his might have screwed him up permanently?
Jeszika Gautier: That is the sign of a good caring boyfriend, Ash.
Ashley nods, suddenly breaking into a smile.
Ashley Kenyon: Never had one before.
Jeszika Gautier: That's true. He cares for you, Ash, treasure that.
She nods, images of Billy dancing in her head.
The next morning…
Ashley Kenyon sits in the room she and her sister were supposed to be sharing and shakes her head. Bethany had not come back during the night and Ashley had managed to fall asleep in front of the television waiting for her. This had even struck her boyfriend, Billy Hawkes, as funny because usually, it was the other way around. Finally, with an hour to check out to go, a knock meets her ears. Ashley springs up and hurries over to the door. She opens it to find her sister standing there looking rather sheepish. Ashley steps back to let Bethany in, the door sliding closed behind her.
Bethany Kenyon: Hi...
Ashley stares at her sister incredulously.
Ashley Kenyon: Hi? That's it? Hi?
Shrugging ashamedly, Bethany moves in slightly from the doorway.
Bethany Kenyon: What do you want me to say?
Ashley’s stare changes to a glare as she crosses her arms angrily.
Ashley Kenyon: Are you fucking kidding me, Bethy?
Bethany barely manages a guilty nod.
Bethany Kenyon: I guess you got the memo then...
Ashley’s eyes practically bug out of her eyes as her arms fly down before she points at the computer sitting on the table on the other side of the room.
Ashley Kenyon: The memo? He fucking broadcast it... literally!
Bethany nods slowly, her eyes falling closed in near shame.
Bethany Kenyon: I thought you didn't hate him anymore...
Ashley starts to scream again but stops, her sister’s words finding their mark.
Ashley Kenyon: I don't...
Bethany opens her eyes and nods slowly.
Bethany Kenyon: But?
Ashley shrugs, struggling to find an answer that even she doesn’t feel sounds stupid.
Ashley Kenyon: But... I...
Bethany nods and moves in, taking Ashley’s hands into hers.
Bethany Kenyon: It happened...
Nodding slowly, Ashley steps back to her bed and sits down while Bethany moves over to the one she didn’t sleep in last night.
Ashley Kenyon: So now what?
Bethany takes a deep breath.
Bethany Kenyon: We hope that was hello and not goodbye...
Ashley frowns, confusion racing across her face.
Ashley Kenyon: Why would it be goodbye?
Shaking her head and looking worried, Bethany looks down to the floor.
Bethany Kenyon: Because he's about to go to hell with Aerynn... and that may have been him telling me, "Don't worry... I got this..."
Taken aback, Ashley looks down to the floor as well.
Ashley Kenyon: Shit…
Bethany nods sadly.
Bethany Kenyon: Yeah.
Just then, the door, which had not been closed all the way, slides open to show Jeszika Gautier standing there. Bethany and Ashley turn to look at the doorway.
Ashley Kenyon: Oh, shit…
Bethany looks at Jeszika, tears starting to swim in her eyes.
Bethany Kenyon: Jezzy… please…
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: How much of that did you hear?
Jeszika slips in, closing the door behind her as both sisters stand to meet her.
Jeszika Gautier: I heard most of it... but I'm... what happened?
Ashley nods knowingly, obviously expecting bad things to happen now.
Ashley Kenyon: Oh, shit…
Bethany nods slowly.
Bethany Kenyon: Brody and I…
She closes her eyes, her head dropping as the tears start.
Bethany Kenyon: We…
Jeszika looks down, a million emotions crossing her face.
Jeszika Gautier: I see...
She sighs.
Jeszika Gautier: Its ok, B. I'm ok with it, just surprised that's all... I knew deep down it would happen sooner or later though.
She looks up from her feet and smiles.
Jeszika Gautier: I'm happy for you, B.
Her smile grows to a smirk.
Jeszika Gautier: Was it the best fuck of your life?
Ashley shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: Right up to that part was in his promo…
Jeszika frowns
Jeszika Gautier: He screened it for the world to see?
Ashley Kenyon: Not the pornographic part…
Bethany manages to look up, tears now rolling down her face freely.
Bethany Kenyon: I’m sorry, Jezzy… I’m… so…
Jeszika Gautier: It’s ok, B, you deserve to be happy. You and him both do. He and I weren’t gonna find that happiness together, not after what I did to him...
Bethany nods sadly and starts towards Jeszika, stopping, unsure of what to expect. Jeszika see the hesitation and closes the gap between them, taking her friend in her arms.
Ashley Kenyon: Least you didn’t go get drunk with him.
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Not in a while.
Ashley nods slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: Me either, it’s… weird...
Jeszika Gautier: Not so weird... I haven’t had a drink in like... six weeks and I'm getting along fine without it.
Ashley Kenyon: I haven't had much of anything since Vince Jones used the gloves on me. Hurt too much to go out.
Jeszika Gautier: And we've all done fine without the drinking haven’t we?
Bethany nods.
Ashley Kenyon: I've been a little board not getting to hang out with you guys as much like that.
Jeszika Gautier: Hey we can still hang out, hell, I'll even get up and do karaoke if it makes you happy, Ash.
Ashley laughs.
Ashley Kenyon: I'm gonna hold you to that, Jezzy!
Jeszika Gautier: As long as they have some Halestorm or Pretty Reckless I will do it.
Bethany chuckles.
Bethany Kenyon: Look out, or she'll challenge you to Butcher Babies with her.
Jeszika Gautier: Oh hell yeah! I'd do it!
Ashley Kenyon: It's a date!
Jeszika Gautier: Once we get back to New Orleans, that is.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok.
As everyone else leaves the room, Ashley walks back over and gets ready to turn off her laptop. As she looks down at the screen, she sees her travel bag and reaches in, pulling out the full bottle of pain medication she’s steadfastly refused to take any of. She nods and then switches on the webcam.
Ashley Kenyon: Last night…
She slowly shakes her head and tares just off to the right into the distance.
Ashley Kenyon: Somebody told a security officer that my boyfriend had been taken to the hospital again. Didn’t tell him anything else just that a call had come in and Billy Hawkes was in trouble.
She licks her bottom teeth as she considers her options.
Ashley Kenyon: As many of you know, Billy is a drug addict who used to have a habit that involved needles. A few months back, Brody Montgomery helped him overcome that with threats of physical violence and some actually carried out physical violence on his dealers. Billy actually managed to clean up and accompanied me to Fearless to try and show me he could make a big trip like that and be depended on.
Biting her bottom lip, Ashley shakes her head slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: He didn’t use anything that whole trip. He toughed out his detox and he walked into Stockton a new man and I was proud of him for being able to do it. I knew how hard it had been, how sick he’d made himself and how much he didn’t want to disappoint people like me and my sister.
Taking a deep breath, she manages to look up into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: That night, he ended up in the hospital because Aerynn Donnelly decided to try and take that all away from him and in doing so, might have crippled him for life by shooting him up with a bad batch of something that messed with his nervous system and made his hands stop working for a while. She did this because she had lost her fucking mind, and wanted to hurt Brody by undoing any good he’d done for us.
She cocks her head, a slight glare finding it’s way into her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: Just like last night, that was a bad call.
Swallowing hard, the glare intensifies.
Ashley Kenyon: What made it worse, was that at Fearless, I also ended up in the hospital because somebody decided to make a bad call. Vince Jones, the pussy ass bitch that he is, decided that he wasn’t quite big and bad enough to beat me all on his own so he used loaded gloves to try and beat me into a pulp that would never stand against him again.
Shaking her head, Ashley just stares through the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: Bad call, V, because once again, you fucked up and didn’t get the job done! And yeah, it’s like that, Jonesy, because that’s twice now you promised the world something you couldn’t deliver! The first time, you said you’d destroy me, flick me away and walk your happy ass into the main event only I didn’t cooperate and you had to try again. You had told the world I was nothing and when you went to smash me like everyone else, you neither got to fuck me nor did you break me the way you said you were gonna and it’s not like you didn’t try either. you can walk out here and sling that bullshit if you want, Vince, but everybody saw that look in your eyes when you had to hit me with the Silencer twice.
She nods knowingly.
Ashley Kenyon: That’s right V, you HAD to hit me with it twice, after you had told everyone I was nothing but a piece of ass you should be able to just to give cab fare to before Jasmine noticed you fucked somebody else while she wasn’t looking. So then we go to the title match and you KNEW you couldn’t just swat me, but like always, you couldn’t admit that so you bullshitted everyone about how you was gonna just hammer me and move on and you did, in fact, send me to the hospital with a concussion that lasted a while.
She nods again, looking angrier than she’s ever been before.
Ashley Kenyon: I bet you were proud of that, weren’t you? You really showed me there, didn’t you? Put me down and made my head ring for months because that’s how you do! V don’t play…
Standing up, Ashley nods almost playfully.
Ashley Kenyon: Unless he’s fighting Ashley Kenyon, then he DOES play. He plays just like the complete cowardly motherfucker that he is, by putting on loaded gloves and STILL failing to break me! You beat on me like I owed you money and all you did was give me a headache for a while. You couldn’t take me out, Vince, not with your bare hands, not with loaded hands and damn sure not now that everyone’s gonna be searching you like you’re trying to smuggle a bomb up your ass at LaGuardia!
She nods to the pill bottle and holds it up.
Ashley Kenyon: These are the pills they gave me to help the headache from the concussion. As you might notice, the bottle is still full, V. I didn’t take any just to shove it up your ass that you can’t do what you told everyone you were gonna do...
Setting the bottle down, Ashley shakes her head in disgust.
Ashley Kenyon: So what’s your next load of bullshit, V? That you were just playing with me the last two times and now you’re gonna finish the job? Funny, I thought you said you didn’t do that...
She looks down at the bottle and nods before glaring back into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: What are you gonna do, Jonesy, when you fail a third time? What are you gonna do when V do what he do and you can’t break me, can’t finish me and can’t make me say I Quit?
She shakes her head, sneering derisively at him through the camera’s lens.
Ashley Kenyon: That was a bad call last time, V. You couldn’t make me quit when nothing was on the line, you couldn’t make me quit after giving me a concussion, hell, you couldn’t even make me quit and take pills to make the pain stop and I LIKE drugs! I’ve tried quite a few and I LOVE being loaded. Hell, if you listen to Aerynn, you’d think it’s all I ever do and yet you couldn’t make me take one of these little beauties after you tried to turn my brains into molten mashed potatoes, so what ARE you gonna do V, when you can’t make me quit in this match either?
She nods expectantly.
Ashley Kenyon: What are you gonna do, Jonesy, when you can’t break me into pieces and sweep them away out of your sight? What are you gonna do when you can’t grab a piece of me and make me do much of anything, much less quit in this match? What are you gonna do, Vince, when you look into my eyes and realize I took everything you can dish out and I’m still here, in your face, disrespecting you as loudly and as publicly as is humanly possible and there isn’t a fucking thing you can do about it? And what are you gonna do, V, when I’ve got a hold of you and you can’t make me let go?
She leans in closer, the rage burning in her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: What are you gonna do, V, when I shatter your image and make you look everyone in the eye and admit you’re not as good as you think you are? What are you gonna do, when you have to go back to your barber shop and explain to them why I’m still standing here, still disrespecting you and you couldn’t prove a goddamn thing?
She nods and reaches out to turn the camera off.
Ashley Kenyon: That was a bad call, Vince, and I’m gonna make you suck on it!
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Backstage at Monday Night Mayhem, the members of Arsenal all stand watching the security officer walk away, none of the four, UWA World Champion Jeszika Gautier, UWA Tag Team Champions Bethany and Ashley Kenyon and their manager Nikki Peltier, looking happy in the slightest. As the guy meanders down the hallway, Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: What the fuck is going ON?!!?
Bethany reaches forward to her sister’s arm.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, calm…
Ashley wheels on Bethany and points accusingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Don’t you fucking tell me to calm down! How many times do we have to get somebody attacked before it’s ok to be fucking pissed about it?
Caught completely off-guards, Bethany goes dead silent while Jeszika’s hands rise to slow her friend down.
Jeszika Gautier: It’s ok to be pissed, Ash. Just don't do anything stupid, ok?
Ashley starts to retort but falls short and just shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: You know what the worst part is, I don’t even know who to think did it! Vince Jones has been doing dirty, pussy ass bitch shit lately, Aerynn’s been doing things, Joshua, Maiko, Jonesy’s little bitch guy Reno, Kyle Travis or even his former little bitch guys…
As she trails off, Jeszika nods, touching her arm supportively.
Jeszika Gautier: Ash, just go to him check on him make sure he's ok.
Ashley nods and quickly whips out her phone, dialing away.
Nikki Peltier: I’m gonna drive her, she’ll kill somebody on the freeway if we let her go by herself…
Jeszika nods as Ashley moves off to hear on the phone.
Jeszika Gautier: Good idea. I'll stay here and keep an eye on things here besides the boss calls.
Shaking her head, Bethany sighs heavily.
Bethany Kenyon: I don't like this idea at all... it feels like a set-up.
Nikki nods slowly.
Nikki Peltier: It probably is.
Jeszika smiles knowingly.
Jeszika Gautier: Which is why I'll keep an eye on things here. If we all leave no one is here to keep an eye out.
Bethany swallows hard.
Bethany Kenyon: I'm not wild about leaving you all alone, Jezzy.
Before she can answer, Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: Fuck, he's not answering!
She turns around and matches back to her friends, a look of concern on her face.
Jeszika Gautier: Which hospital was it?
Ashley simply looks up from her phone.
Ashley Kenyon: County…
Bethany frowns.
Bethany Kenyon: That doesn't sound good…
Nikki shakes her head.
Nikki Peltier: No it doesn't.
Jeszika barely nods.
Jeszika Gautier: Go there, make sure he's ok.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok... if he's fucked up again, so HELP ME!!!
Jeszika nods again, trying to be helpful and supportive.
Jeszika Gautier: Just go to him make sure he's ok. This could be a trap for all we know.
Bethany nods again.
Bethany Kenyon: It is, undoubtedly, a trap…
Jeszika Gautier: But just to be safe, in case it isn't... you guys go. I'll stay here and make sure she doesn't hurt anyone except herself.
Ashley starts walking towards the door with her sister in hot pursuit.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, slow down... ASH!!!
As they keep walking, Nikki turns to Jeszika.
Nikki Peltier: You watch your sweet NOLA ass too, Jezzy. If it is a trap, we have no idea who it's actually for…
She hugs Jeszika and follows the sisters out the front door.
A little later…
Ashley Kenyon, Bethany Kenyon and Nikki Peltier hurry back to the hotel the UWA talent are all staying in for the UWA show in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The show has been over for an hour, with their friend, Jeszika Gautier, having only been back to her room for a few minutes. As soon as they arrive, Bethany knocks on the door. They wait for a second before Jeszika opens the door.
Bethany Kenyon: So what happened?
Jeszika sighs, nodding.
Jeszika Gautier: I got to him before she did any serious damage.
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Shit…
Jeszika steps back allowing the others to enter the room quickly.
Jeszika Gautier: It was all to isolate Brody. So she could get at him. Make him feel like he had no one to turn to.
She shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: Mr. Oliver let me off my suspension just in time. He unsuspended me and now I'm reffing their match at Cataclysm.
All three jaws hit the floor.
Nikki Peltier: Wow…
While Nikki and Ashley look mildly excited, Bethany appears leery.
Bethany Kenyon: What kind of match is it?
Knowing the coming reaction, Jeszika exhales and braces herself.
Jeszika Gautier: Hell in a Cell.
Bethany’s eyes go wide.
Bethany Kenyon: Holy…
Ashley smirks, and cuts her sister off.
Ashley Kenyon: Good, I hope he beats her fucking ass!
Jeszika nods her agreement.
Jeszika Gautier: Me too, Ash, me too.
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: I’m not sure I like this idea… at all...
Jeszika Gautier: Why not, B?
Before Bethany can answer, Ashley crosses her arms.
Ashley Kenyon: Please, for the love of God and everything holy, tell me it's not just because you don't really wanna see Aerynn get hurt... it's thinking like that…
Nikki quickly cuts her off.
Nikki Peltier: Ash... don't…
Bethany looks back at her sister, the hurt already in her eyes.
Bethany Kenyon: Go ahead and say it...
As the two sisters face off momentarily, Jeszika steps in between them.
Jeszika Gautier: Guys... don't fight ok? That's the last thing we need right now.
She sighs as everyone seems on edge.
Jeszika Gautier: I won't be hurting Aerynn in that match. I'm hired as an official and I will behave as such. I'll be cutting this right down the middle. Even if I want that bitch to lose I won't cheat. I have to be the champion this company deserves and that means doing what's right even if it feels wrong.
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: That's not what I'm worried about. I trust you, Jezzy, I know you won't do that unless she and her friends do something first.
Jeszika starts to frown in confusion.
Jeszika Gautier: What are you worried about then, B?
Bethany hesitates but Ashley nods knowingly, almost apologetically.
Ashley Kenyon: Brody... in a cage…
Bethany nods sadly.
Bethany Kenyon: Yeah...
Jeszika goes quiet.
Jeszika Gautier: Oh... I see…
She looks down.
Jeszika Gautier: I'll look after him, B.
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: I know you will, but…
Ashley sighs heavily.
Ashley Kenyon: You can't save him from himself, Jezzy. Vince Jones gave me a head injury two months ago and I'm still feeling it a little. Brody's had one that’s worse, lasted way longer and keeps getting re-aggravated. On top of that, he hasn't been emotionally stable since…
She trails off, not wanting to bring up what they'd done to him themselves.
Ashley Kenyon: And it's only gotten worse lately...
Jeszika Gautier: I'll help him however I can, but you’re right I can't save him from himself any more than you guys could save me from myself.
Ashley nods, turning to her sister.
Ashley Kenyon: Did you get it?
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: Yeah… just like before…
Nikki exhales heavily.
Nikki Peltier: Are you sure you wanna do this alone?
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: I’m taking my phone, if there’s trouble, I’ll call.
Jeszika Gautier: Give him our love, B... he needs it.
She nods and takes her leave.
Ashley Kenyon: I hope nothing bad happens there. In the mood he’s in…
She pauses, shaking her head sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: The mood they’re both in…
Jeszika Gautier: I don't think anything bad will happen really. They both need comforting. Might be good for both of them.
Nikki Peltier: What, you worried he’s gonna try and jump her bones, Ash?
Ashley wheels on Nikki and glares her down.
Ashley Kenyon: That’s not funny!
Jeszika Gautier: Would it be so bad if he did? It might help them both you know.
Ashley sighs.
Ashley Kenyon: I should call Billy back, his hands have been better lately but you never know.
She smiles sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: You know he’s been more worried about me and my head lately than himself even though his might have screwed him up permanently?
Jeszika Gautier: That is the sign of a good caring boyfriend, Ash.
Ashley nods, suddenly breaking into a smile.
Ashley Kenyon: Never had one before.
Jeszika Gautier: That's true. He cares for you, Ash, treasure that.
She nods, images of Billy dancing in her head.
The next morning…
Ashley Kenyon sits in the room she and her sister were supposed to be sharing and shakes her head. Bethany had not come back during the night and Ashley had managed to fall asleep in front of the television waiting for her. This had even struck her boyfriend, Billy Hawkes, as funny because usually, it was the other way around. Finally, with an hour to check out to go, a knock meets her ears. Ashley springs up and hurries over to the door. She opens it to find her sister standing there looking rather sheepish. Ashley steps back to let Bethany in, the door sliding closed behind her.
Bethany Kenyon: Hi...
Ashley stares at her sister incredulously.
Ashley Kenyon: Hi? That's it? Hi?
Shrugging ashamedly, Bethany moves in slightly from the doorway.
Bethany Kenyon: What do you want me to say?
Ashley’s stare changes to a glare as she crosses her arms angrily.
Ashley Kenyon: Are you fucking kidding me, Bethy?
Bethany barely manages a guilty nod.
Bethany Kenyon: I guess you got the memo then...
Ashley’s eyes practically bug out of her eyes as her arms fly down before she points at the computer sitting on the table on the other side of the room.
Ashley Kenyon: The memo? He fucking broadcast it... literally!
Bethany nods slowly, her eyes falling closed in near shame.
Bethany Kenyon: I thought you didn't hate him anymore...
Ashley starts to scream again but stops, her sister’s words finding their mark.
Ashley Kenyon: I don't...
Bethany opens her eyes and nods slowly.
Bethany Kenyon: But?
Ashley shrugs, struggling to find an answer that even she doesn’t feel sounds stupid.
Ashley Kenyon: But... I...
Bethany nods and moves in, taking Ashley’s hands into hers.
Bethany Kenyon: It happened...
Nodding slowly, Ashley steps back to her bed and sits down while Bethany moves over to the one she didn’t sleep in last night.
Ashley Kenyon: So now what?
Bethany takes a deep breath.
Bethany Kenyon: We hope that was hello and not goodbye...
Ashley frowns, confusion racing across her face.
Ashley Kenyon: Why would it be goodbye?
Shaking her head and looking worried, Bethany looks down to the floor.
Bethany Kenyon: Because he's about to go to hell with Aerynn... and that may have been him telling me, "Don't worry... I got this..."
Taken aback, Ashley looks down to the floor as well.
Ashley Kenyon: Shit…
Bethany nods sadly.
Bethany Kenyon: Yeah.
Just then, the door, which had not been closed all the way, slides open to show Jeszika Gautier standing there. Bethany and Ashley turn to look at the doorway.
Ashley Kenyon: Oh, shit…
Bethany looks at Jeszika, tears starting to swim in her eyes.
Bethany Kenyon: Jezzy… please…
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: How much of that did you hear?
Jeszika slips in, closing the door behind her as both sisters stand to meet her.
Jeszika Gautier: I heard most of it... but I'm... what happened?
Ashley nods knowingly, obviously expecting bad things to happen now.
Ashley Kenyon: Oh, shit…
Bethany nods slowly.
Bethany Kenyon: Brody and I…
She closes her eyes, her head dropping as the tears start.
Bethany Kenyon: We…
Jeszika looks down, a million emotions crossing her face.
Jeszika Gautier: I see...
She sighs.
Jeszika Gautier: Its ok, B. I'm ok with it, just surprised that's all... I knew deep down it would happen sooner or later though.
She looks up from her feet and smiles.
Jeszika Gautier: I'm happy for you, B.
Her smile grows to a smirk.
Jeszika Gautier: Was it the best fuck of your life?
Ashley shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: Right up to that part was in his promo…
Jeszika frowns
Jeszika Gautier: He screened it for the world to see?
Ashley Kenyon: Not the pornographic part…
Bethany manages to look up, tears now rolling down her face freely.
Bethany Kenyon: I’m sorry, Jezzy… I’m… so…
Jeszika Gautier: It’s ok, B, you deserve to be happy. You and him both do. He and I weren’t gonna find that happiness together, not after what I did to him...
Bethany nods sadly and starts towards Jeszika, stopping, unsure of what to expect. Jeszika see the hesitation and closes the gap between them, taking her friend in her arms.
Ashley Kenyon: Least you didn’t go get drunk with him.
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Not in a while.
Ashley nods slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: Me either, it’s… weird...
Jeszika Gautier: Not so weird... I haven’t had a drink in like... six weeks and I'm getting along fine without it.
Ashley Kenyon: I haven't had much of anything since Vince Jones used the gloves on me. Hurt too much to go out.
Jeszika Gautier: And we've all done fine without the drinking haven’t we?
Bethany nods.
Ashley Kenyon: I've been a little board not getting to hang out with you guys as much like that.
Jeszika Gautier: Hey we can still hang out, hell, I'll even get up and do karaoke if it makes you happy, Ash.
Ashley laughs.
Ashley Kenyon: I'm gonna hold you to that, Jezzy!
Jeszika Gautier: As long as they have some Halestorm or Pretty Reckless I will do it.
Bethany chuckles.
Bethany Kenyon: Look out, or she'll challenge you to Butcher Babies with her.
Jeszika Gautier: Oh hell yeah! I'd do it!
Ashley Kenyon: It's a date!
Jeszika Gautier: Once we get back to New Orleans, that is.
Ashley Kenyon: Ok.
As everyone else leaves the room, Ashley walks back over and gets ready to turn off her laptop. As she looks down at the screen, she sees her travel bag and reaches in, pulling out the full bottle of pain medication she’s steadfastly refused to take any of. She nods and then switches on the webcam.
Ashley Kenyon: Last night…
She slowly shakes her head and tares just off to the right into the distance.
Ashley Kenyon: Somebody told a security officer that my boyfriend had been taken to the hospital again. Didn’t tell him anything else just that a call had come in and Billy Hawkes was in trouble.
She licks her bottom teeth as she considers her options.
Ashley Kenyon: As many of you know, Billy is a drug addict who used to have a habit that involved needles. A few months back, Brody Montgomery helped him overcome that with threats of physical violence and some actually carried out physical violence on his dealers. Billy actually managed to clean up and accompanied me to Fearless to try and show me he could make a big trip like that and be depended on.
Biting her bottom lip, Ashley shakes her head slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: He didn’t use anything that whole trip. He toughed out his detox and he walked into Stockton a new man and I was proud of him for being able to do it. I knew how hard it had been, how sick he’d made himself and how much he didn’t want to disappoint people like me and my sister.
Taking a deep breath, she manages to look up into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: That night, he ended up in the hospital because Aerynn Donnelly decided to try and take that all away from him and in doing so, might have crippled him for life by shooting him up with a bad batch of something that messed with his nervous system and made his hands stop working for a while. She did this because she had lost her fucking mind, and wanted to hurt Brody by undoing any good he’d done for us.
She cocks her head, a slight glare finding it’s way into her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: Just like last night, that was a bad call.
Swallowing hard, the glare intensifies.
Ashley Kenyon: What made it worse, was that at Fearless, I also ended up in the hospital because somebody decided to make a bad call. Vince Jones, the pussy ass bitch that he is, decided that he wasn’t quite big and bad enough to beat me all on his own so he used loaded gloves to try and beat me into a pulp that would never stand against him again.
Shaking her head, Ashley just stares through the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: Bad call, V, because once again, you fucked up and didn’t get the job done! And yeah, it’s like that, Jonesy, because that’s twice now you promised the world something you couldn’t deliver! The first time, you said you’d destroy me, flick me away and walk your happy ass into the main event only I didn’t cooperate and you had to try again. You had told the world I was nothing and when you went to smash me like everyone else, you neither got to fuck me nor did you break me the way you said you were gonna and it’s not like you didn’t try either. you can walk out here and sling that bullshit if you want, Vince, but everybody saw that look in your eyes when you had to hit me with the Silencer twice.
She nods knowingly.
Ashley Kenyon: That’s right V, you HAD to hit me with it twice, after you had told everyone I was nothing but a piece of ass you should be able to just to give cab fare to before Jasmine noticed you fucked somebody else while she wasn’t looking. So then we go to the title match and you KNEW you couldn’t just swat me, but like always, you couldn’t admit that so you bullshitted everyone about how you was gonna just hammer me and move on and you did, in fact, send me to the hospital with a concussion that lasted a while.
She nods again, looking angrier than she’s ever been before.
Ashley Kenyon: I bet you were proud of that, weren’t you? You really showed me there, didn’t you? Put me down and made my head ring for months because that’s how you do! V don’t play…
Standing up, Ashley nods almost playfully.
Ashley Kenyon: Unless he’s fighting Ashley Kenyon, then he DOES play. He plays just like the complete cowardly motherfucker that he is, by putting on loaded gloves and STILL failing to break me! You beat on me like I owed you money and all you did was give me a headache for a while. You couldn’t take me out, Vince, not with your bare hands, not with loaded hands and damn sure not now that everyone’s gonna be searching you like you’re trying to smuggle a bomb up your ass at LaGuardia!
She nods to the pill bottle and holds it up.
Ashley Kenyon: These are the pills they gave me to help the headache from the concussion. As you might notice, the bottle is still full, V. I didn’t take any just to shove it up your ass that you can’t do what you told everyone you were gonna do...
Setting the bottle down, Ashley shakes her head in disgust.
Ashley Kenyon: So what’s your next load of bullshit, V? That you were just playing with me the last two times and now you’re gonna finish the job? Funny, I thought you said you didn’t do that...
She looks down at the bottle and nods before glaring back into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: What are you gonna do, Jonesy, when you fail a third time? What are you gonna do when V do what he do and you can’t break me, can’t finish me and can’t make me say I Quit?
She shakes her head, sneering derisively at him through the camera’s lens.
Ashley Kenyon: That was a bad call last time, V. You couldn’t make me quit when nothing was on the line, you couldn’t make me quit after giving me a concussion, hell, you couldn’t even make me quit and take pills to make the pain stop and I LIKE drugs! I’ve tried quite a few and I LOVE being loaded. Hell, if you listen to Aerynn, you’d think it’s all I ever do and yet you couldn’t make me take one of these little beauties after you tried to turn my brains into molten mashed potatoes, so what ARE you gonna do V, when you can’t make me quit in this match either?
She nods expectantly.
Ashley Kenyon: What are you gonna do, Jonesy, when you can’t break me into pieces and sweep them away out of your sight? What are you gonna do when you can’t grab a piece of me and make me do much of anything, much less quit in this match? What are you gonna do, Vince, when you look into my eyes and realize I took everything you can dish out and I’m still here, in your face, disrespecting you as loudly and as publicly as is humanly possible and there isn’t a fucking thing you can do about it? And what are you gonna do, V, when I’ve got a hold of you and you can’t make me let go?
She leans in closer, the rage burning in her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: What are you gonna do, V, when I shatter your image and make you look everyone in the eye and admit you’re not as good as you think you are? What are you gonna do, when you have to go back to your barber shop and explain to them why I’m still standing here, still disrespecting you and you couldn’t prove a goddamn thing?
She nods and reaches out to turn the camera off.
Ashley Kenyon: That was a bad call, Vince, and I’m gonna make you suck on it!
