Family Reunion

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Family Reunion

Scene 1

Off Camera

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The life of Angelica Jones has been an insanely crazy roller coaster of a ride, a ride that has seen a lot of ups but mostly downs that has driven Jones, on more than one occasion, to a suicidal depression that she has had to fight through in order to survive.  But now things have changed for the better in so many ways.

The first and foremost way is her personal life.  Angelica has made peace with her daughters as well as all of her ex’s, even the man she thought would never forgive her, Andreas Lasiewicz.  Angelica is also happily married to Lindsey Carter, and, for the first time, believes that perhaps love has conquered all of the bad, all of the obstacles, that has been placed in Angelica’s life.

Secondly there’s her professional life.  Angelica began to think that she would never again reach the top of the mountain and become a world champion.  Even with her longtime manager Samantha Hodgson back by her side all seemed lost.  But she took a risk by dumping Hodgson and trying something different.  She tried out Silas Mason.  Silas Mason immediately proved to be effective as he secured her a shot at the GFC World Heavyweight Championship over in Pro-Wrestling Frontier, a shot she capitalized upon to win the gold, her twelfth world championship in her storied career.

And all that Silas asks in return is loyalty to him and Silas World and loyalty to the ultimate goal in Supreme Championship Wrestling; getting the SCW World Heavyweight Championship back around the waist of Kelcey Wallace.  Angelica’s next task is a simple one…take out Merrick Wiseman.

Wiseman is another hero who stuck his nose into Silas World business by saving Jake Starr.  He’ll just have to be reminded about what happens to heroes who believe they can interfere in Silas Mason’s business.  There are consequences and Angelica Jones is that consequence.

And yet there is still one other aspect of her life that has brightened her mood, possibly greater than anything else.  She has made peace with her father, Bart Jones.

Despite what she may say, she never wanted to disown her father, but she felt she had to disown him due to what happened following her mother’s death.  Her mother was brutally raped and murdered and then Bart, instead of manning up and taking care of Kayla and Angelica on his own, just gave them up to foster care.  It was an experience that damn near destroyed them and, for the longest time, neither sister could forgive their father.

Kayla still doesn’t but Angelica has decided to see this through.  She, better than anyone else, knows about what it means to need a second chance and thus she is giving her father one more chance, a chance to redeem himself.  A chance to start over.

Currently she is walking around the upstairs area of her Boston, Massachusetts home, a home she lovingly calls Purgatory, and is heading towards her daughter Kelly’s bedroom where she hopes to check on her as she is getting prepared for an important event downstairs.

She may be going on forty but she is still as vivacious as ever in her tight red dress that hugs every curve.  Her feet are encased in red high heeled pumps and her long red hair hangs unrestrained to shoulder length.  This natural beauty was passed on to all three of her daughters, which she can easily tell as she watches on with a pride only a mother can have as her middle child, Jessica Lasieiwcz, helps Angelica’s youngest daughter, Kelly McBride, get finished dressing.

“Hold still while I fix your hair, Kelly.”

“Ok, Jessie.”

This is an important time for the girls and Angelica wants them to look their best.  This is why Jessica is in her finest black dress and strappy heeled shoes.  Kelly, being as young as she is, is dolled up but not to the extent of her mother or sister.  She is wearing an ankle length skirt, flats, and a nice blouse.

“Are we almost ready to see grandpa?”

“Uh, yeah, we’re about ready.” Jessica responds, patting her younger sister on the head. “But what I want to know is how long our mother is going to stand there in the doorway watching us?”

Angelica cannot help but chuckle. “I can’t get anything by you, can I Jess?”

Jessica turns around to face her mother, smiling. “No, you can’t.”

A motherly pride exudes Angelica Jones, pro-wrestling’s fearsome Dragon, as she walks over to her daughters and first embraces Jessica and then leans over and does the same to Kelly.  She stands back up straight and takes appraisal.

“Jessica, you look so beautiful.”

“Thanks, mom.”

The red head turns to her youngest daughter, Kelly, whose originally brown hair has begun to take on a shade of red itself, and smiles proudly.

“And you, little Kelly, you look so mature, like a young lady…”

“Thanks, mommy.”

“Well I’m glad you to girls are ready,” Angelica begins “because Lindsey has the meal all ready and your grandfather is downstairs excited to see you.”

“Yay!  Grandpa!”

Kelly’s excitement brings a smile to Angelica’s face.  She does know that something must have been wrong for her, her sisters, her mother, and her aunt Kayla to be separated from the patriarch of the Jones family for so long but she never fully comprehended the extent of the problem and she just assumed everything was fixed now.  But her sisters know better and that is evident based on the look on Jessica’s face.

Jessica, however, looks less than enthused about this meeting with her grandfather as she knows exactly what happened that caused Bart Jones to be disowned from the family for so long.  And she could not blame her mother and aunt Kayla for being angry and resentful towards him.  He separated them upon their mother’s death and basically left them to fend for themselves.  Kayla, for her part, has still refused to even see Bart Jones.  Angelica is the one who set this up as she wants to try and give her father another chance.  But deep down inside, Jessica still seems to agree with Kayla more so than with her own mother right now.

“I can’t wait to see grandpa!” comes the excited voice of Kelly McBride yet again.

“Well you go on downstairs, honey.” Angelica pats her on the head. “He’s waiting on you.”

“Yay!”

Kelly rushes out the door and quickly she is gone.  Angelica turns and looks curiously at her other daughter.

“Aren’t you going downstairs?”

“In a moment.”

Angelica places her hands on her hips. “What’s wrong, Jess?”

She shrugs her shoulders. “I don’t know, mom, maybe I feel a little dirty, maybe I feel wrong about giving this man, this man who ruined your and Aunt Kayla’s lives, another chance.”

“Everyone deserves second chances, Jessie.”

“Everyone?”

Angelica nods her head. “Yes, everyone.  You and I should know that better than anyone else.”

She runs a hand through Jessica’s long dark hair. “I did some horrible things in my time…to you and the girls, to your father…to others…yet I’ve been given a second chance.”

Jessica smirks. “You were given third and fourth chances.”

“True enough!” Angelica chuckles. “And then what about you and Marie?  Marie tried to hurt you, but she realized how wrong she was and sought redemption and you gave her a second chance, Jessie.”

Jessica nods her head. “Yeah, I guess I did…”

“That’s all your grandfather wants, Jessie.  He just wants a second chance.”

Angelica takes Jessica by her hand and motions to the door.  “So, what do you say?”

“Yeah, let’s go…”

While she may not trust her grandfather Bart Jones, Jessica does trust her mother.  Besides, she raises many good points.  Jessica has witnessed her own family, from her sister Marie to their mother Angelica, and even Jessica’s own father Andreas Lasiewicz, do things which required them to receive forgiveness, or a second chance if you will.  Jessica had always given up a second chance and so it seems only fair that she do the same for her grandfather.

They exit the room together and make their way down the flight of steps until they reach the bottom.  Mother and daughter make their way into the living room where they find a man, an aged man who clearly looks like he’s been through hell, and despite this he is still dressed nicely in a polo shirt, nice pants, and expensive looking black shoes.  He is kneeling in front of young Kelly McBride.  The young girl turns to spot her mother and sister standing there in the living room doorway and smiles excitedly.

“Mommy! Jessie!” She motions to the man. “Look, it’s grandpa!”

The man, Bart Jones, turns his head to look at Angelica. “Angelica…”

“Hi, daddy.”

He stands up.  Bart approaches the two women and first embraces Angelica with a hug.  He then looks down at Jessica and smiles proudly.

“This must be Jessica…”

“Hi Bart…”

Angelica elbows Jessica in the ribs. “Jessie!”

“It’s ok,” Bart smiles “I haven’t earned that title of ‘grandfather’ from her just yet.”

He kneels down and stares into her eyes.  Tears are forming into his eyes, which present a unique contrast with the determined look on his face.

“But I promise you, I will do everything within my power to earn your trust, Jessie.  You are my beautiful granddaughter and you deserve so much better than anything I can ever give you.”

The aged patriarch stands back up and gazes into his daughter’s eyes. “Thank you for this, Angel.”

“Don’t thank me.” She begins, fighting back the tears. “They are your granddaughters.  You have every right to see them.”

“But where’s Marie?”

“Yeah, where’s Annabelle?” Young Kelly chimes in.

“Um, well,” she looks over nervously at Jessica “…he Jess, isn’t supper about ready?”

“Huh?” It takes a while for her to catch the hint but when she does “…oh yeah!”

She takes Kelly by her hand and starts leading her towards the dining room. “Come on, Kelly.  We’ll worry about that later.  I think Lindsey has supper ready.”

“Ok, Jess!”

Angelica watches as her middle child leads the youngest child out of the room, leaving her alone with her father.  Bart is watching as well, watching with awe and pride at his granddaughters.

“Jessie is a damn fine older sister.”

“That she is.” Angelica remarks quietly.  “She really cares an awful lot about Kelly.”

“Tell me something, Angel…was Marie as good an older sister to Jessie as Jessie is to Kelly?”

“That’s complicated.”

Angelia sits down on a nearby sofa and Bart joins her.

“At first she was but things changed when she decided to follow in my footsteps and become a professional wrestler.”

“What happened?”

“Being in the spotlight got her name out there in the public.  That attracted the attention of Kimberly Williams…”

“Williams…as in…?”

His voice trails off as he gazes at his daughter, who just nods her head in response, giving him the answer he expected.

“Yeah, Sean’s daughter with Emma Storm, Marie’s half-sister.  She was crazy jealous and tried to destroy her outright and then she tried to use her, tried to manipulate her into doing her dirty work.  Kimberly even convinced poor Marie to attack Jessie.”

“My God…” Bart is stunned by these words but Angelica is not done yet.

“Oh it’s ok, Marie and Jessie worked it out, and Kimberly is now in a mental asylum where she is no longer a threat, but I fear Kimberly’s constant attacks and harassment has hurt her self-confidence.”

Angelica lets out a sigh. “She’s fallen in with a bad crowd, daddy, and she thinks she needs them to be successful.”

“How is that any different from you and Silas Mason?”

Angelica sits up quickly, staring into her father’s eyes she blinks several times.

“How do you know about Silas?”

“I’m not an idiot.” He grins knowingly. “Besides, I have followed your wrestling career.”

Angelica lets out a slight laugh. “Ok, fine, you got me…and yes, I used to have that same confidence problem when I was with Samantha Hodgson, which, might I add, is another reason I’m worried about Marie…”

“Obviously.”

“…but I figured out that I didn’t need Samantha to get ahead so I dumped her.  My arrangement with Silas is a different understanding.  I know exactly who is fighting these battles and winning these matches.”

She pats herself on her chest. “Me.  I defeated Alec Jacobs and went on to last over thirty minutes in the Taking Hold of the Flame rumble.  Silas Mason got me a rematch for the GFC World Heavyweight Championship but it was me who kicked Chandler Scott’s ass all over the arena that night.  The reason why my relationship with Silas has been working out so well is because we understand the part we each play in this game.”

“And have you explained this to Marie?”

Angelica nods her head. “Yes…”

“Then you’ve done all you can.” He sighs. “I know it’s tough, it’s the most difficult part of watching your children grow up, and that’s that sometimes you can move heaven and earth and still you’ll have to watch them make their own mistakes.  At the end of the day you have to pray they’ll learn from it.”

Angelia chuckles. “You sound like you’re speaking from experience.”

“Believe me, I am.”

The two share a laugh.  Angelica nods her head. “Thanks, daddy.”

“Don’t mention it, sweetie.” He leans in and kisses her on her forehead. “But tell you what, if you’re still worried about Marie, why don’t you let me talk to her?

“I’d…” she smiles “…I’d appreciate that, dad.”

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Family Reunion

Scene 2

Off Camera

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The family night went off without a hitch.  Lindsey Carter’s cooking, as usual, was delicious and everyone enjoyed themselves.  Bart Jones, the former black sheep of the Jones family, had begun his renewal.  He had begun his acceptance back into the fold as he wined and dined with his daughter, her wife, and two of his grandchildren.  It was a nearly perfect evening and yet, as perfectly wonderful as it was, still there are things that weigh upon the mind of the lovely Dragon of professional wrestling and it is those heavy thoughts and concerns that keep her in the bathroom at this point, just staring at herself, her reflection in the mirror, the reflection of a torn beauty.  Outside she couldn’t look any more lovely, or sexy, wearing a sheer mesh babydoll with a flyaway front with a sparkling daisy embroidery and satin trim and a matching bikini panty.  But inside there is dilemma.

“Angel, babe, are you coming to bed?”

“Yeah…”

She forces a smile upon her face as she turns and exits the bathroom, finding her lovely wife Lindsey Carter sitting up in bed wearing a lacy halter babydoll that is fit to flirt in the same super soft, stretchy lace as the matching lace thong panty, with a mesh flyaway front.  That sexy view is irresistible for Angelica as she makes her way over to the bed and kisses Lindsey on the lips as she climbs into the bed with her.

“I didn’t keep you long, did I?”

“Ten seconds is too long away from you, babe.”

“Quit lying.”

Lindsey swings one of her legs over Angelica’s lovely curvaceous body while keeping the other stationary so that she is now mounting Jones.  The two women stare at one another, Lindsey like a lion about to pounce while Angelica just shudders with a joyful expectation.  The brunette begins to kiss her furiously until Angelica turns her over where she is now on top and she continues the kissing.  Now Lindsey, who is used to being the submissive in this relationship, just lays back and takes it all, until her lover suddenly stops without any warning.

“What’s wrong?”  Lindsey asks as Angelica turns back over, lying on her back on the bed next to Lindsey. “Why’d you stop?”

“I don’t know, Lindsey…something just feels wrong…”

“Is it something I did?”

Angelica shakes her head. “No, it isn’t you, it’s just…”

Lindsey frowns. “It’s your dad, isn’t it?”

Lindsey Carter and Angelica Jones haven’t been married for long but they have been married long enough for them to get to know each other really well.  Lindsey can sense what is wrong with Angelica.  It makes sense, really.  You haven’t had your father in your life in ages, he suddenly returns, of course you’d be upset.  Angelica nods her head, confirming Lindsey’s suspicions.

“So you weren’t happy to see your dad back?”

“Oh no, I was happy.” Angelica smiles. “In fact, I enjoyed this evening.”

“Good, because I thought tonight went off real well too.  And your dad was very polite.  He seems very nice.”

“Yeah, well, he’s trying real hard to win his family back.”

“Let’s see,” Lindsey begins counting off on her fingers “first he won you over, he quickly won me over when you introduced us, and from what I can tell your daughters like him.”

Angelica nods in agreement. “Yes, even Jessica warmed up to him even though she was suspicious at first.”

“So what’s wrong?”

“Kayla.”

Kayla Jones is Angelica’s younger sister.  Kayla has already stated definitively that she doesn’t want to see their father.  Angelica thinks Kayla needs to, if simply for the fact that she needs to be able to let go of this grudge.  And then there’s the situation with Kayla’s children. Those are Bart’s grandchildren.  Will he ever get to see them?  That’s doubtful if he and Kayla cannot get a chance to reconcile.

“Just give it time, Angel.” Lindsey kisses her on her cheek. “You’ve done all you can.  It’s up to him and Kayla now.”

Angelica smirks. “You sound like my father.”

“I’ll take that as a compliment, your dad is a smart man.”

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The Dragon

On Camera

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“You should have just stayed out of it.”

The voice comes from a dark, dimly lit room.   A spotlight suddenly shines down in the center of the screen.  The clicking of heels off in the distance is heard.  Angelica Jones then steps into the light.  The lovely Dragon is wearing a nice form fitting red dress the hugs her curves and has a hemline that stops just at her knee.  Her feet are encased in a matching pair strappy heeled shoes.  Her long red hair hangs down unrestrained to shoulder length.  She is wearing her signature black leather jacket and her GFC World Heavyweight Championship belt is draped over her right shoulder.

“If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times.  Actions have their consequences.  Playing hero has its consequences.  And that, my friends, is the biggest problem in the industry today.  Too many people feel the incredible urge to play hero when they should be keeping to their own business.”

The red head sighs. “I mean, didn’t you have a title match, Merrick?  Didn’t you, Merrick Wiseman, have a US Title Match going on and yet you had to get involved.  You had to stick your nose into Silas World business.  Kraven and I were dealing with Jake Starr, you could’ve handled your own business but did you?”

She shakes her head. “No, you didn’t.  You stuck your nose where it didn’t belong.  Well tell me something, Wiseman.  Was it worth it?”

Angelica shrugs her shoulders. “After it was all said and done, was it all worth it?  You didn’t save Jake Starr and you lost the US Championship.  So was it worth it to play hero and to make an enemy of Silas World?”

“Now you get to suffer the consequences.  You will pay the price for you actions and you will continue to pay until we are finished with you.  And unfortunately for you, you get to start paying the penalty against the most dangerous monster there is.”

“Namely me.”

Angelica shakes her head. “It’s sad, really.  It’s so sad that talents, athletes like yourself would see fit to make these mistakes.  Don’t you see that these mistakes get you killed, or at the very least shorten your career?”

“That’s what I do, Merrick.  I shorten, and sometimes end, careers.  I do it all for Silas Mason.  He helped me get this.” She pats her title belt. “I owe it to him to destroy whatever pathetic piece of garbage like yourself that gets in his way.”

“Now here you are, a beaten man, with no championship, coming off of a submission loss, about to set foot into the ring with The Dragon.” A sinister grin forms across her face. “Ask yourself one other question as well, Merrick…”

She pauses dramatically to let him think on it for a moment. “…are you ready to stare into these eyes?”

She points at her eyes with her first two fingers. “These eyes are the eyes of the devil herself.  Are you prepared to stare into these eyes, the eyes of the devil, the eyes of The Dragon?”

“No, you’re not.” She shakes her head. “You may think you’re ready but you are not ready.  You are not ready for the storm that is on its way, a storm of hell fire that will rain down upon you and consume you, fire that comes from The Dragon.”

“Now what I want everyone in SCW to do is to sit back and watch this match, I want everyone to sit back and pay very close attention to what I do to Merrick Wiseman.  This is what happens to those who defy Silas Mason.  This is also what happens when you come face to face with The Dragon of Professional Wrestling.  When you see Merrick Wiseman lying in a pool of his own blood, know at that moment that is what happens to those who challenge The Dragon.”

“I’m making an example out of you, Wiseman, whether you like it or not.”