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Scene 1
Off Camera
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To say that Angelica Jones has not had the easiest, the best
of lives would be an understatement, and yet you may not know it from the
lifestyle she lives. Jones lives an
exquisite, luxurious lifestyle, one she feels she is owed due to a childhood
full of trauma, pain and heartache, and also to ensure that her own children
would not have to endure the same kinds of trauma that she had to endure when
she was their age. Angelica has always
wanted to make sure her children would never be without the things that she had
to do without growing up. Most
importantly, she does not want her children to endure the emotional heartache
that she had to endure growing up.
Angelica was close to her mother. Very close.
It was, therefore, very painful for her to lose her mother when she was
only thirteen years old, and it was an added sick and twisted irony that
Angelica would be tied up and forced to watch her mother get raped and
butchered, killed, taken from her in such a violent manner. Her life didn't get any easier from there, as
her father, instead of stepping up and taking responsibility as the father and
taking care of her and her sister, he sent them both away to foster care, never
to see them again until they were both adults.
Jones never did fully get over that traumatic experience and
it left a scar permanently embedded into her soul, one that makes it difficult
for her to trust anyone fully. So much
terror and betrayal would leave anyone paranoid, especially Angelica
Jones. The one constant that she had in
her life, the one person she felt she could count on at all times, every time,
was Monroe Jones, her cousin from her father's side of the family.
Monroe had always been there for her whereas her own father
had abandoned her. He had always been
honest, seemingly never to get off the straight and narrow, whereas Angelica
herself would do anything and everything, using whatever means necessary, to
get what she wants.
Such as it is with the Shot of Adrenaline Tournament. Bolu, McCaron, Wiseman, Cannon, Mason, Selena
Frost, all cheated, screwed over by Angelica Jones and her strategy of getting
her opponents disqualified. Her strategy
in this tournament is far from honorable, it is far from the straight and
narrow, but Angelica could care less.
All she cared about was making the semi-finals and she did; she made the
semi-finals by the skin of her teeth.
Now all she cares about is closing the deal at Retribution
as she first has to defeat Selena Frost in semi-final action and then end it
all with a victory in the finals over Dawn Lohan or Red Rayne to become the SCW
Adrenaline Champion. Jones could compete
honorably, following the straight and narrow, but competing honorably isn't her
goal. Winning is her goal. Winning is what is on her mind and she will
do whatever it takes to win.
For Monroe Jones utilizing such tactics would be unheard of
and that is, really, what separates Angelica from her beloved cousin. For Monroe, a wrestler himself, competing
honorably is of primary importance whereas with Angelica she only cares about
winning. In that sense, she hates to
admit it, but Monroe's sister, Isabelle Jones, is truly correct when she says
that she and Angelica are actually not that different.
Isabelle had blacklisted herself from the family during a
time when Monroe was overseas in Europe training to be a wrestler. She told stories to their parents about his
promiscuity there and, as a result, their parents wrote him out of the
will. The entire estate, at the death of
their parents, was left to Isabelle. And
Monroe was left with absolutely nothing and he could do nothing about it.
For the past several months Isabelle has been trying to
convince Angelica that the two of them are not different. She has also been trying to convince Angelica
that Monroe is not the saint that she believes him to be. Angelica had been ready to dismiss her
entirely until a story arose...
...a story about a girl named Katrina.
This controversial story would stain Angelica's image of her
cousin Monroe, but as with many controversial stories there are always two
sides to it. The story, as told by
Monroe, is that there was indeed a girl named Katrina, she was underage, and he
did have a relationship with her but that it was consensual. But Monroe issued the worst accusation of
them all, stating that Thaddeus Rogers actually raped the poor girl.
The story told by Isabelle was much different. In her version, the version she told their
parents, Katrina was her and Thaddeus's daughter and Thaddeus had no
relationship whatsoever with his daughter, forced or consensual. It was Monroe who forced himself upon
Katrina.
Angelica thought she had it all figured out. She thought she knew who she could and could
not trust. She thought Monroe was
honorable and that Isabelle was a conniving bitch. Now, as she sits in her hotel room with her
eldest daughter Marie Annabelle Jones and her middle child Jessica Lasiewicz,
she has to wonder whether she was wrong about Monroe? Maybe he isn't as honorable as she thought he
was?
And perhaps she was wrong about Isabelle as well? Maybe Isabelle really did tell the truth to
their parents and that she was justified in taking Monroe's inheritance from
him?
“So is this Katrina?”
Marie is pacing the floor as Angelica sits on the edge of
the bed next to Jessica. The eldest
Jones child has two pictures in her carefully manicured hands, one is of an
infant in pink clothes and the other is of a teenage girl. She studies them closely as she walks back
and forth across the floor.
“Have you seen these, Jess?”
Marie stops and holds out her hands, offering the pictures
to her sister. Jessica takes them and
looks at them, studying them intensely.
Finally Jessica nods her head.
“Yes, I have...” she pauses, her voice trailing off
as she puts the one picture of the teenage girl away “...actually, I have
seen this one of the teenage girl.
Monroe showed it to me before...”
She holds up the picture of the infant child “...but I
have not seen this one before.”
“According to Isabelle, that is Katrina's baby picture.” Angelica
chimes in finally, after such a long time of remaining silent.
“How would she have a baby picture?” Marie asks.
“Think about it.”
Marie shares a look with her sister Jessica and then over at
Angelica who simply nods her head.
Finally the realization washes over Marie, suddenly, hitting her like a
ton of bricks.
“You mean...”
Angelica sighs. “That's right. Isabelle claims to be Katrina's mother.”
It is a strong accusation from Isabelle, one that brings
serious charges with it, charges of incest and rape among others, but it is the
story that convinced Isabelle and Monroe's parents to strip Monroe of his
inheritance and it is the story that Isabelle is sticking to, to this very day
even. She may be wrong, but Angelica
expects that, if the story had no credence to it whatsoever, then Isabelle
would have dropped it ages ago. But yet
she keeps to it, she keeps with it to this very day, despite the fact that this
story has gotten her blacklisted from the family.
All of the family except for Angelica Jones.
It is this story that makes Angelica question everything she
had once known about her family. It
seems as if the entire wrestling industry had a reason to hate the Jones family
for one reason or another and, for the longest time, Angelica could not
understand why. She knew she was no
saint. She knew she was not a good
person, but she never pretended to be one.
Angelica Jones is who she is: a cold, calculating human
being willing to risk Merrick Wiseman's career in order to advance to the
semi-finals of the Shot of Adrenaline Tournament. She is someone willing to take any shortcuts,
including bribing other wrestlers to attack her, to get her opponents
disqualified so she could rack up enough points in order to advance to the
semi-finals.
Now she is in the semi-finals, facing Selena Frost one more
time. One has to ask, what is she
willing to do now in order to advance past Selena and then defeat either Dawn
Lohan or Red Rayne to win it all, to close the deal and become SCW Adrenaline
Champion?
Those who know Angelica well know that she will do anything
to get the job done. That's just who she
is but she never thought it was fair for the rest of the world to look down
upon the rest of her family because of sins she committed. Marie and Jessica are their own people. Angelica's sister Kayla is her own
person. And, of course, there are her
cousins, Monroe and Isabelle.
Good or bad, right or wrong, each of the Jones family
members make their own choices, their own decisions in life and Angelica felt
that labeling the entire family as bad, judging every Jones as being bad, was
completely unfair.
Yet now, witnessing this scandal unfold, Angelica is
beginning to wonder if its just fate that that Jones family would always be
wrapped up in scandal and that the Jones family members would never ever truly
be saintly?
“Do you think she's telling the truth?” Marie asks
curiously.
“No, not at all.” Jessica shakes her head vehemently.
“You know what Kayla says about her.
Isabelle is bad news. She lied to
her parents, to convince them to write poor Monroe out of the will.”
She drops the pictures back on the bed. “And this is that
lie.”
“I...” Angelica starts to chime in but her voice
trails off
“What is it, mom?” Marie asks.
“I...” she shakes her head “...I just don't know.”
“What isn't there to know?” Jessica asks, somewhat
dumbfounded by her mother's response. “Isabelle is clearly lying.”
“Maybe she is, maybe she isn 't.” She picks up the
picture of the teenage Katrina and holds it up to Jessica. “If she were
lying about this to convince her parents to write Monroe out of the will then
tell me one thing...”
Angelica shuts her eyes. “Why is she continuing this
lie?”
“Huh?”
“Their parents are dead, Jess.” Angelica states. “Monroe
legally cannot get his inheritance back from her. There is no need for her to maintain the
lie.”
“I just can't believe it.” Jessica shakes her head. “I
refuse to believe that Monroe would do such a thing.”
“Why can't you believe it?” Angelica asks, resting a
hand upon her daughter's shoulder. “Jess, I hate to say it, but you have to
come to grips with the fact that our family does not have a great record of
purity.”
“Clearly.” Jessica remarks coldly. “You should know,
considering the way you chose to advance in the Shot of Adrenaline Tournament.”
“I know.” Angelica remarks quietly. “I know,
Jess.”
“Don't disrespect, mom like that.” Marie snaps
back. She points a finger at Jessica. “You
need to understand that this industry isn't all pure, it isn't about right and
wrong. It's about winning and that's
what mom is doing. She's winning.”
“But she isn't proving herself to be the best...”
Jessica states stoically “...she's just proving herself to be the most
manipulative and cunning.”
“Maybe that's true, but...”
“Marie, be quiet.” Angelica speaks up to her eldest. “I
can handle this.”
The truth is, Angelica wishes she could believe like her
daughter Jessica. She wishes that this
industry were truly the way Jessica views it, as about right and wrong and who
is truly the best competitor, but Angelica, after years of being in this sport,
after enduring the worst of this sport, she understands the harsh truth that
professional wrestling is not fair and it is not just. It is a harsh reality, one that is not for the
feint of heart.
“I know you haven't been proud of the way I advanced in
the Shot of Adrenaline Tournament.”
“You could say that.” Jessica remarks.
“Let's face it, Jess, do you honestly think Selena
deserves to win?”
Jessica shakes her head. “Not that arrogant bitch.”
Angelica snickers. “I didn't think so. Then there's Dawn and Red. Now maybe you could make an argument for Dawn
but she's already been put down, what, once by Red? Twice?
Do you really think she can make it past her in the semi-finals?”
She shakes her head. “Third time is NOT the charm,
Jess. I love the Lohan family, we all
do, but I don't see her beating Red.
It'll be me, Selena, or Red winning this tournament. One of us will be SCW Adrenaline
Champion. An arrogant bitch as you so
eloquently put it, a member of New Eden, or me, a Silas World
representative. One of us will walk away
with the Adrenaline Championship.”
“Then let me ask you this, mom.” Jessica begins, her
face growing more and more grave and serious. “If you defeat Selena...and if
you defeat Red, or maybe even Dawn...if you become SCW Adrenaline Champion then
tell me, what happens next?”
“What do you mean?”
Jessica sighs. “If you win you set your name in the
history books as the first winner of this tournament. You also become SCW Adrenaline Champion. What then?”
She points a finger at Angelica. “You have a chance to
change things for this family and you can do it with Shot of Adrenaline.”
Angelica hops up off of the bed. “I don't know what
you're talking about.”
“You could win this tournament by defeating Selena and
then defeating Dawn or Red on your own skill and ability without cheating.”
Jessica states. “That's how you could change things for this family.”
She holds up a photograph of Katrina. “This girl, this
person whom we haven't even met, is a prime example of why our family is looked
at so poorly in this sport. This woman
represents the stain upon our family.”
Jessica stands up, getting off of the bed, and approaches
her mother. “Do you want to know what really separates you and Monroe?”
“What's that?”
“Whether Monroe knowingly forced himself upon his niece,
or whether he just had an innocent relationship with a stranger she had no idea
was an underage girl, whichever story is true, at least he knows that he did
make a mistake and at least he is trying to redeem himself.”
Angelica shakes her head.
“I cannot redeem myself, Jess.
I am who I am. I just...”
She bows her head. “...I just hate to think that Isabelle
is right, she and I may not be all that different after all.”
Up until this point Jessica and her mother have done most of
the talking while the eldest, Marie, has remained silent. Partially because she knows she does not have
much room to talk. Marie knows full well
that she is not a saint either. At least
her sister Jessica does try. But now it
is the eldest child who approaches her mother, placing a hand on her shoulder.
“Mom, you have done so much for Jessica and me...”
“You two girls deserve better.” Angelica interrupts,
tears forming in her eyes. “You girls deserve better than this family.”
“No!” Marie exclaims, placing both hands now on her
shoulders. “Right or wrong, good or bad, it is irrelevant because you DO try
to do what is right by us. And no matter
what, Selena Frost, Dawn Lohan, Red Rayne, Shot of Adrenaline, Silas World, all
of it be damned, you ALWAYS stand by your family first and foremost.”
“Marie is right.” Jessica responds, chiming in.
“You will make a great Adrenaline Champion, no matter how you win it. But mom...”
Angelica looks at Jessica in the eyes. “Yes?”
“...you have the chance to turn things around for this
family. You have a chance to prove to
Isabelle that you ARE better than her, just as she is WRONG about Monroe. This is your chance to prove that she is
completely wrong about everything.”
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Marie Jones
On Camera
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Do you want a #GingerFact?
Well here it comes: Studies show that gingers are genetically superior
to their brunette counterparts.
Hey! Don't get mad at
me! I'm just telling you what the
studies say!
It should come as to no surprise to ANYONE, then, that my
mother, a certified ginger and honorary member of #GingerNation, made it past
those clowns in Block B of the Shot of Adrenaline Tournament to advance to the
semi-finals.
Do you want another #GingerFact? Winners ALWAYS get paid better, they always
get the marquee spot, they are always in the main event whereas those who
compete honorably and play by the rules don't always get those main event
spots, they don't always get the marquee, they don't always get the best pay.
Mainly because they don't always win.
I don't think I have to tell Dawn or Red this, as I think
they've figured it out, but Selena Frost needs to remember that at the end of
the day the name of the game is not WRESTLING, the name of the game is WINNING
and WINNING is what the Jones family does best.
Selena Frost needs to quit whining and moaning about HOW my
mother got to where she is and start WORRYING about what she is gonna do now
that she is here because Angelica Jones is coming to Retribution to close the
deal and win the Shot of Adrenaline Tournament.
Don't dwell on the past, honey. Quit living in the past, and move on up to
the present with the rest of us, because none of what happened matters
now. What matters is that you have to
find a way to survive The Dragon.
Do you want one final #GingerFact? Here goes...
...Angelica Jones is gonna win The Shot of Adrenaline
Tournament.
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Jessica Lasiewicz
On Camera
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Angelica Jones is going to win the Shot of Adrenaline
Tournament. Now that might sound biased
coming from me but I can tell you why she is going to win and I can tell you
without using the words disqualification or Silas World.
If you count the years she spent in training, then my mother
has been in this business for over twenty years. During that time she has had the opportunity
to study some of the best in the game, to compete with some of the best in the
game, and she used that opportunity to learn and to grow and to mature as a
competitor. So when my mother shouts to
the world about her intelligence then she is absolutely right. She has true WRESTLING-INTELLIGENCE.
That also includes over twenty years of in-ring
experience. And barely a year of that
time included Silas Mason or Silas World.
Throughout her in-ring experience she has gotten the job done without
the fake cowboy or his call girls.
I cannot tell you if my mother will compete by the book and
try to win legitimately or if she'll just do whatever it takes. My gut says the latter. But regardless, even of how she does it, it
should be clear to everyone that she CAN get the job done.
Angelica Jones is good enough to wrestle twice in one night
and win the Shot of Adrenaline Tournament.
And that's my point, at the end of the day. She is good enough to get the job done
without any assistance, without any tricks.
So imagine what she is capable of if she uses every dirty trick in the
book just like she has been doing?
Smart money is on Angelica Jones. So come and place ya bets.
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Angelica Jones
On Camera
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I hate hypocrites and that's why I can't stand the wrestling
world at large, because they are full of hypocrites. Everyone from the snot nosed brats and their
fat mothers who bought tickets to Breakdown and Retribution to the
self-righteous assholes in the back complain about how I got to this point,
they all complain about how I became a semi-finalist in the Shot of Adrenaline
Tournament.
All I did was I used the rules to my advantage. A disqualification win is as good as a pin or
submission win, am I right? Of course
I'm right. You get two points regardless
of how you win, just make sure you win.
So a wrestler or three would come down, attack me, my opponent would get
disqualified, and I would get my two points.
There was nothing illegal with what I did. There was nothing outside of the boundaries
of the rules. Everything I did was
totally and completely legal. Yet
everyone still complains; and the funny thing is that you all do it.
I stand in judgment of you all because each and every one of
you do it. Each and every one of you
bend the rules to your own agenda.
Sometimes it gets so bad with the lot of you that special rules has to
be made just to deal with stunts you pull.
I can relate. SCW
Management gave Merrick Wiseman the replay booth because of my stunt.
Oh but don't you ever complain about my bending of the rules
when you all do the same damn thing that I do.
Hell, at least I'm honest about my dishonesty. I make no pretense about who and what I am.
I am Angelica Jones.
I am the most sadistic, bloodthirsty bitch remaining in the Shot of
Adrenaline Tournament and perhaps in SCW altogether. I know every dirty trick in the book and I am
not afraid to use each and every one of them if necessary in order to get what
I want.
What I want is the SCW Adrenaline Championship.
Selena Frost...
You can have your pretense of righteous indignation all you
want but you and I both know the truth.
We both know that deep down inside that it's just that, a pretense. A fallacy.
We both know that if push came to shove you will do anything to get past
me.
You said it yourself, you're desperate to defeat me at
Retribution because you don't want to fail your precious
believers...again...you are desperate to defeat me because you don't want to
fail Dawn Lohan and Red Rayne...as if they gave a damn...
You are desperate to defeat me because YOU have the pressure
riding on your back. I already beat you
once. I made you tap out. Now you have to prove to the world that it
was just one match and that I do not have your number. You have to prove that I am not necessarily
your superior because until you can prove otherwise, that tap out victory is
all the evidence I need to show the world and to show you that you are a fraud.
I have been in this industry for over twenty years, Selena
and in those twenty plus years I have managed to learn from the best to ever
grace that squared circle and I took from each of them wisdom and talent, until
I made myself into something else entirely...
...the best in the world.
This Shot of Adrenaline Tournament is and always has been
mine for the taking. Yes, I could have
won it “the right way” but why waste my precious time and energy when I can do
it easier, more efficiently, by my disqualification method? By injuring Merrick Wiseman? By injuring you?
Now you are the last obstacle that stands between me and a
shot at the finals, a shot at the SCW Adrenaline Championship. I hope you realize this, Selena. Realize that you truly are the only one
standing between me and glory. If I make
it past you, don't expect Dawn or Red to stop me because they won't. If I make it past you, then I will be SCW Adrenaline
Champion. So if you hate me and my
methods so damn much, then understand that you really are the last line of
defense.
And YOU can live with the knowledge that you FAILED to stop
me!
Believe it...
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Scene 2
Off Camera
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Stamina and endurance have been two important key factors in
preparing for the Shot of Adrenaline Tournament, as each of the sixteen
competitors would have to compete in seven different matches over the course of
several months. But things have taken a
change now that the tournament field has been narrowed down to four. As we enter into the semi-finals of the Shot
of Adrenaline Tournament, the principles of stamina and endurance play an even
greater role as wrestling and winning twice in one night becomes a requirement
in order to win it all, in order to win the first ever Shot of Adrenaline
Tournament.
Wrestling multiple times in one night is not something new
to Angelica Jones. As a twenty-plus year
veteran she has had to do that on more than one occasion; but no matter how
many times she does it, no matter how many times she is scheduled by management
to compete multiple times in one night, it does not get any easier, and every
single time it requires a ton of hard and grueling training.
Her sister Kayla has a neck injury and is unable to help,
both Marie and Jessica are busy with their own wrestling careers to help, so
that leaves Angelica with the obvious alternative...
...Monroe Jones.
Monroe Jones is a wrestler in his own right, trained in the
European style and a contracted athlete for Global Championship Wrestling. And while it may be true that his reputation
amongst the rest of the Jones family is tarnished, there is still the fact that
he is working to rebuild and repair himself and also the fact that he is still
quite a good wrestler and, whose talents and ability, can help Angelica prepare
for the grueling task that is to come.
She has already had to face Selena Frost and she knows what
Frost is capable of. At her best Frost
took Jones took the limit, literally speaking, as time ran out on them. True, Selena did tap out once the clock
expired, but Selena lasted longer with Jones than few have and that in and of
itself speaks of her toughness. Selena
will be weakened but still very game.
Then there's the finals itself. Angelica will have already wrestled once
against Selena and if she wins she will have to face either Dawn Lohan or Red
Rayne to take home the SCW Adrenaline Championship. Both are accomplished athletes, Dawn a former
GDW Television Champion and Red Rayne the current reigning SCW Adrenaline
Champion. Winning twice in one night
against two great competitors will be quite the task for The Dragon.
She knows she can accomplish this task but she also knows
that she needs help to get the job done, hence why she has reached out to her
cousin, her family, Monroe.
Despite everything, no matter what may happen and no matter
what troubles or difficulties may arise, the Jones family seems to always come
together, they are always there for one another. The same can be said of the relationship
Monroe has with Angelica. At the
deepest, darkest, recesses of her depression, when she was being blackmailed by
one Thaddeus Rogers, Monroe Jones took a major risk by killing Thaddeus and
thus eliminating him from Angelica's life permanently.
Angelica could not accept that Monroe was simply being kind,
so she went out of her way to seek the truth.
It was on that quest that she learned about Katrina, the mysterious
teenage girl Monroe met overseas in Europe and had a relationship with. Monroe claimed it was consensual and she was
a total stranger. Isabelle, his sister,
claims that he forced himself on her and that Katrina was her and Thaddeus's
daughter.
Nevertheless, it was Angelica's turn to take a risk by
continuing to put her trust in Monroe.
She would not blacklist him from the family the way Isabelle had been
blacklisted. She would not disown him. Forever and for always Monroe was her
cousin. And no matter what Isabelle may
say, Angelica will trust him. Angelica
will always have his back, because he always has her back.
The redhead is standing in the middle of a blue wrestling
mat in an empty gym. Jones is wearing
her wrestling gear which consists of tight black leather pants, black boots,
and a flame design black top. Her long
red hair is pulled into a ponytail in the back.
She is stretching when...
“Are you ready?”
She looks up to find Monroe Jones entering the scene wearing
a red wrestling singlet and black wrestling boots. A sly grin is on his face. His body is sculpted almost like a Greek
god. Monroe truly does give off an
impressive appearance of greatness as he slowly makes his way towards the wrestling
mat, cracking his knuckles in an attempt at intimidation, one that does not go
unnoticed by Angelica Jones.
“I am ready to walk through hell with Selena Frost, Dawn
Lohan, and Red Rayne.” She says before pointing at Monroe. “I doubt
there's anything you can do to me.”
“True enough, but at the very least I can try.”
Monroe steps onto the mat.
Jones braces herself for an attack as Monroe gets himself ready. The two begin circling one another, neither
one wants to be the first to strike.
This preparation, this stand off, seemingly goes on forever.
“As much as I appreciate you doing this,” Angelica
begins “I have to ask when the hell you're going to attack?”
“Odd,” he grins “few actually want to get hurt.”
“Ha!” Angelica laughs. “Like you can hurt me!”
Monroe rushes in, shoots a double leg, and jackknifes her
into a cover but Angelica wriggles free at the last possible second. The two scramble back to their feet. Angelica looks dumbfounded, shocked that he
managed this but Monroe just smiles rather smugly.
“Lesson one, dear cousin,” he holds up a singular
finger on his right hand “pride cometh before a fall. Your catechism should have taught you that.”
“So I have heard, but have you heard who the hell I am?”
This time it's Angelica who rushes in but Monroe catches her
with a deep arm drag into an arm bar.
“Yes, you are Angelica Jones, my somewhat headstrong
cousin.”
“Fine, you got me there...”
“I have you now but more importantly,” he wrenches
the arm bar in even tighter “Ms. Frost, Ms. Lohan, or Ms. Rayne will have
you at Retribution, finished and defeated, if you do not clear your head and
focus.”
“You want me to focus, eh?”
Angelica begins to fight her way back to her feet. Her face contorts as she struggles through
the pain. The ginger-headed superstar
does eventually make it back to her feet and reverses into a hammer lock on
Monroe but Monroe uses his feet to trip her up.
She falls forward and he floats over into a side headlock.
“Getting better...” he winks “...but still not
quite there.”
It is at that point that the mood shifts. Her eyes seemingly change as she focuses into
a zone that few have the unfortunate opportunity to see. The intensity level picks up as she becomes
something more.
The Dragon.
Almost immediately Angelica counters into a side headlock of
her own. Monroe uses his superior size and
strength to power back up to his feet but Angelica drives a knee to his gut,
fires off a European uppercut, and then drops down with a stunner style
maneuver that takes Monroe off his feet.
Jones snatches his feet and attempts to turn him over into
the Angel's Arch but Monroe fights it.
She keeps trying to turn him but it's clearly still too early to attempt
such a move and Monroe kicks her away.
Monroe pops back to his feet and comes walking into a dropkick from
Angelica that puts him back down again.
Monroe pops back up again and holds up his hands. “Hold
on, hold on! Time out!”
“Time out?!” Angelica's eyes look sinister, almost
evil. “There is no...”
Her voice trails off as she studies Monroe. Seeing his soft yet veteran features causes
her to soften. Jones seems to return to
normal.
“...time out?”
“Yes,” he nods his head “time out.”
“Oh, my...” she rubs her forehead “I'm sorry,
Monroe, I...”
“No, no, don't apologize.” He shakes his head. “I
haven't had this good of a workout in years and besides, I think you needed
this anyway.”
She sighs. “Maybe...”
“Be honest with yourself, dearest cousin. You know what Selena Frost is capable of as
you have faced her before, am I right?”
“Yes...”
“Prepare for Selena as if she will give you just as good
a fight as before, if not better, because now she has experience against you
and knows your weaknesses, just as you know hers. The first fight is always easiest, the second
is always the more challenging because now you know each other's weaknesses.”
He places a hand on her shoulder. “But I have confidence
in you, dear cousin. If you can repeat
this kind of performance against Selena with that kind of intensity, then you
should be triumphant.”
Angelica nods her head. “Well, I will do my best, but...thank
you...”
“Thank you?”
“Thank you for assisting me with this.” Angelica
states. “I mean, I'm kind of surprised you were willing to spar with me
considering everything I've been doing with your sister and...”
He shakes his head. “Say no more.”
“Huh?”
“Angelica, you were curious, and justifiably so. You and cousin Kayla deserve to know the
truth about my sins while overseas in Europe.
And regardless of whether you believe me or Isabelle, I will always be
with you, I will always stand by your side to help you should you need it.”
Angelica smiles, grinning from ear to ear. This is what family is all about and perhaps
this is what the answer to her question is?
The answer had nothing to do with who was right or wrong, who is good
and bad, as all are guilty in this horrible situation. What Angelica found is that the Jones family
bond is stronger than any scandal.
Nothing can tear them apart.
Still, a part of her is curious as to whether or not Monroe
is a rapist or just an innocent, if not somewhat promiscuous man? But that is another question for another
time. And perhaps it is a question that
she does not want to see answered?
That is perhaps is the question Angelica is afraid to hear
the answer to...
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Monroe Jones
On Camera
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I knew from the very beginning that my cousin Angelica Jones
had it what it took to survive the opening phase of Shot of Adrenaline. And she didn't just survive, she
excelled. In a series of seven matches
she won five of them, lost only one, and drew another.
Not bad if I do say so myself, though I am biased in favor
of my somewhat deranged cousin.
Now the semi-finals and finals will be held in one night,
the night of Retribution, and my lovable cousin faces the woman she adores oh
so much...
...and I am DEFINITELY speaking facetiously...
...Selena Frost.
You are an honorable warrior, Selena, and should you win it
all you would have definitely earned it.
Defeating Angelica is quite a task, one that you haven't even managed to
accomplish if I recall? You drew with
her, and tapped out right at the last buzzer.
As good as you are, as honorable as you may be, I take
offense at you calling my cousin cowardly or a worm. Her tactics may be...questionable...but she
backs down from no challenger. She is a
warrior true and true. She is a proud
athlete and sometimes that pride gets away with her.
But to say she is a coward is dead wrong. I do hope you will learn the error of your
ways but I fear it will happen at your expense at Retribution. Perhaps Angelica will make you tap out
again? Perhaps then you will learn to
respect her.
You may not like her tactics. I don't like her tactics. But you have to respect her. Especially you, someone who has tapped out to
her. Or you will tap out to her again.
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Angelica Jones
On Camera
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Let's talk respect for just a moment here, ladies and
gentlemen.
Specifically, let's talk respect...Selena Frost...
You can talk about my tactics all day long, Selena. You can whine and bitch about how I got to
where I am, you can moan and groan about how I injured you and Merrick
Wiseman. Keep whining about everything I
do...but what you cannot do, what you cannot say, is that you do not respect
me.
Because it's a lie.
You have NO CHOICE but to respect me, Selena, and do you
know want to know why?
You gave up.
Breakdown...you and I went toe to toe, face to face, to the
buzzer, and you earned my respect as A COMPETITOR...I hate your guts as a human
being but as a competitor you EARNED my respect because you went bell to bell
with me. But then, when the final bell
sounded, I heard that oh so joyous noise that brings a smile to my face and a
tear to my eye...
...the tapping of your hand to the mat.
You speak of your believers and yet you yourself did not
believe, you yourself GAVE UP. You
QUIT! You quit on your fans and more
importantly on yourself! YOU GAVE UP!
You tapped out.
You say you don't respect me but that's a lie. That's a lie and I know it's a lie because if
you did not respect me then you NEVER would have tapped out. Tapping out is just another way of saying
that YOU are NOT as good as I am.
And that is precisely what you said to me when you tapped
out, you just said it without words.
This journey has been a long and tireless one, one that has
led me through seven matches so far and now has brought me to the semi-finals
at Retribution. Only one of us will
advance to the finals to face either Dawn Lohan or Red Rayne for the tournament
victory and the SCW Adrenaline Championship.
We've learned a lot about one another as we went along, because while
you may not have been paying much attention to me, I have been paying a great
deal of attention to you and I know exactly who and what you are.
Arrogant.
Self-righteous.
Self-serving.
But you are also a tremendous competitor. Not as good as me, but still tremendous
nevertheless. Making you tap out once,
even if it was just a fraction of a second too late, was enough to make my
millennium.
Now? Now is my chance
to do what so many have failed to do.
Humble you.
The Adrenaline division is NOT your division. The Queen of the Ring division in IWC is NOT
your division. You are not the savior of
those or any other division. You are
just another competitor, taking up space on the roster. Nothing special. No different from any other wrestler on the
SCW roster.
To set yourself up as something better, something special
above them, is arrogance beyond anything else I could ever conceive of. Because when you make those kinds of
statements that you do, you had better be prepared to back them up little girl,
because there will always be someone, be it a youngster or a veteran like me,
ready to put you back in your place.
I make grand statements myself. I do not pretend to be different from
you. I am the best in the world and I
will declare it to the world at large without pretending to be a humble hero to
the fans. Instead I go out to the ring
each and every night and prove to the world and to all of my critics that I AM
RIGHT that I AM the best.
Retribution I will prove once more that I am the best. I will prove it by wrestling and winning
twice in one night by defeating you and Dawn...or you and Red...but I will
win. I will be SCW Adrenaline Champion.
