Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 16:56:12 GMT -5
PROLOGUE
Hitting the turnbuckle chest first had been one thing and had caused Ash new experiences of pain, but it had been the big boot to the face and the chop block simultaneously that had floored Ashley and as she looked up at the lights as the referee counted the three, she felt like crying.
As Angie walked over to her, Ash still regaining her feet, her first thought was “Just drop me with the EW! And be done with this, I’ve let you down” But instead, Angie lifted her up and pulled her into a tight embrace. Ash whispered into her ear. “I’ve let you down kiddo, I’m sorry”
SCENE ONE: LOVE (and gym) HURTS
Those seven words still rang through Ashley’s ears as she worked out, benching 125lbs with ease. Her mind was so far away at this point that she probably could have benched 150 and broken her arms and not even noticed. She was distracted. Her professional life had been shattered with the loss to the Boardwalk Angels.
Her personal life was also in complete disarray, from losing her fiancée to the losing her new partner in a record time of around two weeks, Ashley was not all there. She was working out harder than she should have ever been and it was going to kill her, but she needed it, it was therapeutic.
She walked over to the punch bag and began laying hard fists into it, seeing Katie and Emma’s merged faces in her mind before she realized that she hadn’t even taped her wrists or hands, her knuckles red as she stared at them, her mind far away. Continuing on however, she took her emotional pain out on both the bag and her hands, her knuckles beginning to really ache as she plastered the light bag. Then suddenly, one broke, the middle finger, the second knuckle giving way with a sick crunch as bare skin impacted leather.
Ashley screamed but kept going on, a broken finger was not going to stop her from achieving her goal, which was helping Angelica Vaughn win tag team gold at LAW. They’d had their chance just two weeks previous at Night of Glory IV and she’d screwed it up by getting pinned. Now here they were, back at the bottom of the pile again, expected to climb a ladder they’d already climbed once before. This time their opponent was the Naughty Girls. Women who seemed more interested in tying each other up and performing lewd acts on each other. However, it wasn’t really that simple, they were the former holders of the LAW tag team championships, the very title the Queens of Wrestling had just failed to win.
Continuing to hit the bag with her bare fists, she kept seeing the faces of her exes, only now another two merged, the Boardwalk Angels.
Beginning to cry from the fury, she left the gym, walking over to the shower where she stripped off her clothing, the jets of the shower washing away her self-perceived shame, the blood from her broken knuckle dripping down the drain as she washed herself off with soap, the light fading on this scene as the shower room begins to mist up.
SCENE TWO: Bow to The Queens.
We go to the backstage area of LAW where Emily Lawrence is waiting, microphone in hand.
Emily Lawrence
”Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Emily Lawrence and I am the advocate and manager of Vaughn and Williams, The Queens of Wrestling!”
The piped speakers displayed loud cheers from the crowd.
Emily Lawrence
”These two young ladies went out there last fortnight and gave everything they had to the Boardwalk Angels and they did everything they could, for you…..They ultimately came up short to a team that were out there to not only prove that they were the best team in LAW, but that they could break a record and for that I applaud them. They did exactly what they set out to do.
Which is where my problem lies. My team have been pushed all the way back to the bottom of the ladder and now have to face The Naughty Girls just to prove they still have it…..Please tell me, Lucas….Who are you going to throw at them next? You know full well that they are worthy contenders and you know they should get a rematch. Trust me Lucas, they will win this match and you will be looking at new number one contenders in the very near future!”
Ash and Angie appeared and dragged Emma off the screen.
Angelica Vaughn
”Ash, level with me, she OK? She seems a bit…..I don’t wanna say it ‘cos she’s your friend….But she seems a little out of touch.”
Ashley Williams
”She’s fine, probably just needs a Snickers, she often turns into me when she’s hungry, she gets all up on her high horse and rambles about how we’re the greatest tag team ever. Which we are by the way, unless you count those two faced, conniving, dirty bastards.”
Angelica Vaughn
”Look, I know, you’re angry about Laurel and Hardy, but back to the point, Ash? ”
Ashley Williams
”I meant Prime Addiction, actually. Did you hear what they said about us in the latest issue of E-Fed Wrestling Monthly? They called us Unbalanced, they called us Undeserving. The only thing they made sense of is when they said you were carrying me.”
Angelica Vaughn
”You know that’s not true, you gotta. I’ve never thought that in my life!”
Ashley Williams
”I know, you’ve never once thought of me as unbalanced. Anywho. Let me get to the point I’m trying to make. Naughty Girls. You were tag champions once, we respect you for that completely and don’t forget that.
That is the difference between our teams though, isn’t it? See, you have gone to the chalice, you have tasted its glory. I and Angie have somehow managed to drink the water from this downtrodden arena. We have gone from being Javert to being Jean Val fucking Jean in one event. See, we want that chalice….We should had it and here we lie, having to claw our way back up that ladder again when the truth is, we deserve that shot, we took Boardwalk Angels to their limit. We did everything that was asked of us and OK, we lost, we understand that, but we should not be tossed back to the bottom of the pack again. Which begs the question, Naughty Girls…….
ARE YOU READY!?!
Are you ready to face the two armorers who made the arrow that pierced Achille’s heel? Are you ready to face the backing fiddlers who played with Nero as Rome burned? Are you ready to face the two women who convinced Godiva it’d be alright to wear no clothing while horse riding? Are you ready for the two women who convinced Tom Selleck it would be OK to shave off his moustache?”
Angelica Vaughn
”Woah Ash, stop! You’re gonna incriminate us in crimes we had no part in… We never convinced Godiva to strip…..Although we did have a role convincing Joss Whedon into killing Wash, that one is on me….I’m really sorry.”
Ashley Williams
”I Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal!
”
Angelica Vaughn
”The fact remains, Naughty Girls, you were champions and we respect you for that, but we are Queens, it will be us that climbs that next rung, we are going to lay waste to all lie before us.”
Ashley Williams
”Boardwalk Angels…..Do not forget us…..You may have repelled us in 2017 but trust me when I say, the same will not be said for 2018, we will destroy Naughty Girls and we will destroy anyone else they put in front of us until we face you again, only this time will be entirely different.
”
With this, the Queens led Emily back out, the three of them talking about what exactly the Disney/Fox merger could mean.
Hitting the turnbuckle chest first had been one thing and had caused Ash new experiences of pain, but it had been the big boot to the face and the chop block simultaneously that had floored Ashley and as she looked up at the lights as the referee counted the three, she felt like crying.
As Angie walked over to her, Ash still regaining her feet, her first thought was “Just drop me with the EW! And be done with this, I’ve let you down” But instead, Angie lifted her up and pulled her into a tight embrace. Ash whispered into her ear. “I’ve let you down kiddo, I’m sorry”
SCENE ONE: LOVE (and gym) HURTS
Those seven words still rang through Ashley’s ears as she worked out, benching 125lbs with ease. Her mind was so far away at this point that she probably could have benched 150 and broken her arms and not even noticed. She was distracted. Her professional life had been shattered with the loss to the Boardwalk Angels.
Her personal life was also in complete disarray, from losing her fiancée to the losing her new partner in a record time of around two weeks, Ashley was not all there. She was working out harder than she should have ever been and it was going to kill her, but she needed it, it was therapeutic.
She walked over to the punch bag and began laying hard fists into it, seeing Katie and Emma’s merged faces in her mind before she realized that she hadn’t even taped her wrists or hands, her knuckles red as she stared at them, her mind far away. Continuing on however, she took her emotional pain out on both the bag and her hands, her knuckles beginning to really ache as she plastered the light bag. Then suddenly, one broke, the middle finger, the second knuckle giving way with a sick crunch as bare skin impacted leather.
Ashley screamed but kept going on, a broken finger was not going to stop her from achieving her goal, which was helping Angelica Vaughn win tag team gold at LAW. They’d had their chance just two weeks previous at Night of Glory IV and she’d screwed it up by getting pinned. Now here they were, back at the bottom of the pile again, expected to climb a ladder they’d already climbed once before. This time their opponent was the Naughty Girls. Women who seemed more interested in tying each other up and performing lewd acts on each other. However, it wasn’t really that simple, they were the former holders of the LAW tag team championships, the very title the Queens of Wrestling had just failed to win.
Continuing to hit the bag with her bare fists, she kept seeing the faces of her exes, only now another two merged, the Boardwalk Angels.
Beginning to cry from the fury, she left the gym, walking over to the shower where she stripped off her clothing, the jets of the shower washing away her self-perceived shame, the blood from her broken knuckle dripping down the drain as she washed herself off with soap, the light fading on this scene as the shower room begins to mist up.
SCENE TWO: Bow to The Queens.
We go to the backstage area of LAW where Emily Lawrence is waiting, microphone in hand.
Emily Lawrence
”Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Emily Lawrence and I am the advocate and manager of Vaughn and Williams, The Queens of Wrestling!”
The piped speakers displayed loud cheers from the crowd.
Emily Lawrence
”These two young ladies went out there last fortnight and gave everything they had to the Boardwalk Angels and they did everything they could, for you…..They ultimately came up short to a team that were out there to not only prove that they were the best team in LAW, but that they could break a record and for that I applaud them. They did exactly what they set out to do.
Which is where my problem lies. My team have been pushed all the way back to the bottom of the ladder and now have to face The Naughty Girls just to prove they still have it…..Please tell me, Lucas….Who are you going to throw at them next? You know full well that they are worthy contenders and you know they should get a rematch. Trust me Lucas, they will win this match and you will be looking at new number one contenders in the very near future!”
Ash and Angie appeared and dragged Emma off the screen.
Angelica Vaughn
”Ash, level with me, she OK? She seems a bit…..I don’t wanna say it ‘cos she’s your friend….But she seems a little out of touch.”
Ashley Williams
”She’s fine, probably just needs a Snickers, she often turns into me when she’s hungry, she gets all up on her high horse and rambles about how we’re the greatest tag team ever. Which we are by the way, unless you count those two faced, conniving, dirty bastards.”
Angelica Vaughn
”Look, I know, you’re angry about Laurel and Hardy, but back to the point, Ash? ”
Ashley Williams
”I meant Prime Addiction, actually. Did you hear what they said about us in the latest issue of E-Fed Wrestling Monthly? They called us Unbalanced, they called us Undeserving. The only thing they made sense of is when they said you were carrying me.”
Angelica Vaughn
”You know that’s not true, you gotta. I’ve never thought that in my life!”
Ashley Williams
”I know, you’ve never once thought of me as unbalanced. Anywho. Let me get to the point I’m trying to make. Naughty Girls. You were tag champions once, we respect you for that completely and don’t forget that.
That is the difference between our teams though, isn’t it? See, you have gone to the chalice, you have tasted its glory. I and Angie have somehow managed to drink the water from this downtrodden arena. We have gone from being Javert to being Jean Val fucking Jean in one event. See, we want that chalice….We should had it and here we lie, having to claw our way back up that ladder again when the truth is, we deserve that shot, we took Boardwalk Angels to their limit. We did everything that was asked of us and OK, we lost, we understand that, but we should not be tossed back to the bottom of the pack again. Which begs the question, Naughty Girls…….
ARE YOU READY!?!
Are you ready to face the two armorers who made the arrow that pierced Achille’s heel? Are you ready to face the backing fiddlers who played with Nero as Rome burned? Are you ready to face the two women who convinced Godiva it’d be alright to wear no clothing while horse riding? Are you ready for the two women who convinced Tom Selleck it would be OK to shave off his moustache?”
Angelica Vaughn
”Woah Ash, stop! You’re gonna incriminate us in crimes we had no part in… We never convinced Godiva to strip…..Although we did have a role convincing Joss Whedon into killing Wash, that one is on me….I’m really sorry.”
Ashley Williams
”I Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal!
”
Angelica Vaughn
”The fact remains, Naughty Girls, you were champions and we respect you for that, but we are Queens, it will be us that climbs that next rung, we are going to lay waste to all lie before us.”
Ashley Williams
”Boardwalk Angels…..Do not forget us…..You may have repelled us in 2017 but trust me when I say, the same will not be said for 2018, we will destroy Naughty Girls and we will destroy anyone else they put in front of us until we face you again, only this time will be entirely different.
”
With this, the Queens led Emily back out, the three of them talking about what exactly the Disney/Fox merger could mean.