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Supreme
Championship Wrestling’s End of the Year Special is coming up just over the
horizon and their annual tradition of the end of the year battle royal will
take center stage as many superstars, both within and outside of SCW, will attempt
to win it all and take home a grand prize of two hundred fifty thousand dollars
and a brand new car.
Still, not
everyone is doing this for the money and the car. Many of those entering this battle royal are
already rich, or at least well-off enough to not need it. Still there are others who could use the
money and the car but there is something to be gained from a victory in this
battle royal that is more important to them than material possessions.
Two such
individuals come from the famous Jones Wrestling Family. Kayla Jones is one half of The Sisterhood and
is a former SCW World Tag Team Champion with Angelica Jones. She has been tag teaming with her older
sister Angelica Jones since her arrival in Supreme Championship Wrestling and,
in many ways, has been written off as a tag team wrestler, despite twice being
a world champion in other companies.
So, for
Kayla Jones, the end of the year battle royal in SCW isn’t so much about the
money and the car as it is about making an impact and proving to her peers in
SCW that she can get the job done on her own without assistance from her
sister. Funny thing is, while Kayla will
be striving her very best for a victory, winning isn’t even necessarily a
requirement for her to achieve her goal.
If Kayla lasts a long time or eliminates several people from the match
or both then clearly she would have made a case for her being just as good a
singles athlete as she is a tag team wrestler.
And yet
Kayla Jones isn’t the only member of the famous Jones Wrestling Family to enter
this battle royal with ulterior motives.
Kayla’s oldest niece, her sister’s oldest daughter, Marie Annabelle
Jones, is also entering this SCW End of the Year Battle Royal.
Marie ‘s
goal is similar to Kayla’s with one minor difference. Marie does not care about the money or the
car, although both would be nice. Like
Kayla, Marie needs to make an impact and looks to use this battle royal to do
just that. But her motives and drive for
wanting to make an impact in that manner are different.
For Marie,
you see, is an IWC superstar and twice had opportunities to become IWC World
Champion, twice she failed. She suffered
an injury and IWC has kept her out of action.
Marie is certain she is ready to return but IWC won’t let her return
just yet. Marie hopes that a good
performance in this battle royal will prove to IWC and the rest of the
wrestling world that she is down but not out and that she is ready to make her
grand return to the wrestling ring.
Kayla can
sympathize for her niece’s situation.
Considering she has been in this wrestling business a lot longer than
Marie has and, during that time, has been in all positions, as a wrestler,
executive, trainer, manager, and now wrestler again, Kayla knows what it is
like for injuries and even the company to sideline you when you want so badly
to return. Kayla herself has a history
of neck injuries, neck injuries that almost ended her career.
As much as
she loves her niece, though, and as much luck as she may wish her in her future
with IWC, Kayla wants this win at the end of the year special and she wants it
bad. She has no problem helping Marie up
to a point but when push comes to shove, if it comes down to just the two of
them, then all family relations are going to be thrown out of the window. It will be every woman for herself and Kayla
will do whatever is necessary to win.
Currently
Kayla finds herself in her hotel suite in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Some may find a trip to Montreal for a
wrestling event to be cumbersome, due to the dual languages and this being
French-Canada, after all. But one thing
Kayla and her sister Angelica shared in common was a love of the French
language and culture. Both of them are
fluent in French. The End of the Year
Special being held here is no problem at all for either woman.
Kayla is
standing in front of a full length mirror, gazing and admiring her
reflection. She is wearing a knee length
black leather skirt, black high heeled pumps, and a long sleeved black
sweater. Her long red hair hangs
unrestrained to shoulder length. She
turns around to find her sister Angelica, leaning back in a recliner.
“How do I look?”
Kayla asks
this while striking a pose. Angelica
studies her and nods her head.
“You look good…”
“Thanks!”
“…assuming the whole goth thing is what you’re
going for.”
Kayla
frowns. “Goth?”
“Yes, all that black.” Angelica shakes her
head. “It’s not you, Kay.”
Kayla turns
her nose up at Angelica and then turns around to face the full length mirror
again, gazing at herself. She smiles at
the reflection before turning back around to face her older sister.
“I don’t care what you think, sis. I happen to like this shirt and skirt.”
“Like it or not, it still makes you look
goth.”
“Regardless, I’m ready to go out.”
Angelica
tilts her head to one side and frowns. “Go
out where, exactly?”
A look of
mischief forms upon Kayla’s face.
“Trenton and I are going to see the sights
here in Montreal.” Kayla shuts her eyes and sighs. “It has been a long time since I have been to Canada. I love it here.”
Trenton Snow
is another potential wild card in this end of the year battle royal. He and Kayla are dating and he is also in the
battle royal. Now he has said he would
prefer it if Kayla were to win it all.
So perhaps there will be no problems to come of it, but still the
potential for a problem is always there, especially in a battle royal style
scenario.
Kayla Jones
walks over and sits down on the comfy red sofa that is located in the room a
few feet away from Angelica. The elder
sister leans forward in her recliner and places a hand on Kayla’s knee. She frowns.
“Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news
but you may have to delay that sightseeing tour a little bit.”
“What’s wrong?”
Angelica
smiles sheepishly. “Your niece needs your
help.”
Kayla rolls
her eyes. “Which one?”
“Marie.” Angelica begins, leaning back
in the chair and sighing. “It’s the end
of the year battle royal for SCW. Marie
is really putting a lot of pressure upon herself to do well and I think she
could use a good motivational speech, or at least some kind words.”
“She’s putting pressure on herself?”
Kayla chuckles. “And that’s my problem?”
“No, but…”
“She should deal with it herself.” Kayla
remarks harshly. “Just like she’ll have
to look out for herself in the battle royal.”
Angelica
leans forward again and grabs her sister’s hands. “Kayla, please!”
Kayla sighs
deeply and finally nods her head. “Ok,
ok, fine. Don’t beg. Begging doesn’t suit you.”
“So you’ll do it? You’ll talk to her?”
“Yes, I’ll talk to her.” Kayla points a
finger at Angelica. “But this is the only
help she gets. After this it’s every
person for themselves in that battle royal.”
Angelica
nods in agreement. “I wouldn’t have it
any other way.”
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The sun is
shining down bright and warm in a Carolina blue sky here in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada in the parking lot of a Gold’s Gym.
Kayla Jones sits in her car staring up at the front door, readying
herself for the eventual conversation that is to come; a conversation with her
niece, Marie Annabelle Jones.
Being here
at a Gold’s Gym to talk to her niece is not her idea of a good time. She would rather not be focusing so much of
her time and energy on this end of the year battle royal. There will be plenty of time for that. She wanted to use this time to see the sights
with her boyfriend Trenton.
Unfortunately Angelica insists that this is necessary.
Call it
arrogance if you like, but Kayla Jones is confident that she is the woman to
beat in that end of the year battle royal.
Victory comes through her and anyone who underestimates her is
automatically doomed. The battle royal
is that simple, as far as Kayla is concerned.
There is no pressure for her to perform.
She knows she will perform well and, hopefully, win it all.
And yet her
niece seems to have other thoughts.
Marie seems to be putting a lot of pressure upon herself to do
well. Marie seems to doubt herself and
she isn’t sure she can win. That’s not
Kayla’s problem, and yet Kayla is expected to talk to her, to help her feel
better, because they are both in the same match.
Nevertheless,
Kayla told Angelica she would come and talk to Marie and she will do so. Kayla opens her car door and begins to make
her way up through the parking lot and to the front door of the Gold’s
Gym. Kayla pulls the door open and steps
inside. Immediately Kayla approaches the
front desk and whips out a picture of her niece, Marie Annabelle Jones, showing
it to the young black haired lady at the front desk.
“Hi, is my niece here by any chance? I was told she was.”
“Um…”
The woman
scans the area looking for any sight of Marie.
Eventually her eyes perk up and she points ahead of her towards the
heavy bag area near the back of the gym.
“She’s back there with the heavy bag.”
“Ok, thank you.”
Kayla turns
and walks away from the desk. She walks
around the walking track that leads towards the back of the gym area. Back there she finds the heavy bag where her
niece Marie is. Marie is wearing black
adidas windpants, white tennis shoes, and a white t-shirt with her long red
hair pulled into a ponytail in the back.
Marie doesn’t notice Kayla having arrived. Instead she is just lacing into the punching
bag with ferocity and intensity.
“Umm, Marie?”
The younger
Jones doesn’t hear Kayla. That or she’s
ignoring her, one or the other. Instead,
Marie continues pound away at the heavy bag with rights and lefts, and
kicks. Kayla takes in a deep breath and
sighs and finally tries to speak out again.
“Marie…”
Still Marie
doesn’t hear her aunt Kayla. By now,
Kayla is losing patience. She shouts.
“MARIE!”
“Huh?”
Marie turns
around and is slightly startled at first to find that someone has been staring
at her from behind. But when she sees
that person was Kayla Jones, her aunt, she just smiles warmly and waves.
“Oh, hi Aunt Kayla!”
The two
women embrace in a tight hug. After
breaking the embrace Marie’s warm smile contorts into a look of confusion.
“Um, what are you doing here, Aunt Kayla? I thought you were going out with Trenton.”
“I was,” Kayla admits with a nod of her
head “but your mother told me you were
worried…”
“Worried about what?”
“The End of the Year Battle Royal.”
“Oh, yeah…” Marie sighs and shakes her
head “…no, no, I’m fine.”
Kayla
frowns. “I don’t believe you.”
Kayla places
a hand upon her shoulder. “Tell me what’s
wrong, Marie.”
“You wouldn’t understand.” Marie
insists, shaking her head.
“Try me.” Kayla says with a knowing
grin.
“How could you understand? You’ve always been so good, so great. People have always looked up to you and
respected you. But me…”
Marie’s
voice trails off. She shakes her head
with a sense of sadness.
“…I need this in order to prove that I can
still be a legitimate contender in this sport.”
“You don’t need a win to prove you are a
legitimate contender, Marie.” Kayla assures her. “Just get in there, kick some ass, and make some waves.”
“Yeah but see that’s thing, I’m not even
sure I can do that.”
“For the love of God…”
Kayla rears
back and, without any other warning, strikes the heavy bag with her right foot,
narrowly missing her niece’s head. Marie
is wide-eyed and open-jawed with shock and surprise. She turns around to face her aunt Kayla.
“What the hell was that all about?”
“That was a warning. Pull your head out of your ass or next time I
aim for your head.”
Marie stares
at Kayla for a few moments before nodding her head. “Fine.”
“Now listen to me,” Kayla pokes a finger
into her niece’s chest “you are
good. You are real good. Do not let this battle royal get to you. This is not the end all be all. Not for you.”
“Kind of hypocritical for you to say, don’t
you think?” Marie asks. “I mean, aren’t
you in it for the same thing?”
“Oh I am in this battle royal to make an
impact, sure, but the difference is that I believe in myself. I have confidence in my abilities. I know what I can do when that bell rings at
the end of the year special. I do not
doubt myself. I know that, win or lose,
I will prove to SCW that I can get the job done on my own, without your mother’s
help. That’s where you and I
differ. I have confidence. That’s what you need right now, Marie. You need confidence in yourself.”
Kayla
reaches out and grabs Marie by her shoulders.
She smirks knowingly.
“Now, can you get that confidence? Or do I have to kick your head off your
shoulders?”
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The camera
feed begins to roll. Immediately we see
the view of the floor and we are met with the sound of heels clicking across
concrete floor. Eventually someone’s
feet comes into view. They are feminine
feet encased in black high heeled strappy shoes. She keeps walking for awhile until she
eventually comes to a stop. Then the camera
begins to zoom outward so as to get a view of this woman in full length. This is Kayla Jones and she is wearing a
black shimmering v-neckline cocktail dress with a hemline that stops just above
the knee. Her long red hair hangs to
just below the shoulders.
“The New Year is all about new
beginnings. Am I right? Seriously, just about everyone the world over
will be making a New Year’s Resolution, which is literally something you want
to do differently in the new year than what you did the previous year.”
“How does that apply to me?” Kayla motions to herself. “Simply put, this previous year in Supreme
Championship Wrestling was rather uneventful for me.”
She nods her
head vehemently. “Don’t go and bring up
that one tag title win I had with Angelica, because while that was good, that
was still something we did together and not something I did on my own. When I first arrived in SCW, I had to fight
Silas Mason and Silas World for my own sister’s freedom and those bastards damn
near gave me another neck injury.”
She shakes
her head. “Clearly NOT a good year for
yours truly…”
Jones smirks
knowingly “…but that was last year. That year is over with. A near year is about to dawn and my new year’s
resolution is to return to the spot I used to have, a spot that I should never
have lost; a spot as one of the best wrestlers ever, bar none, regardless of
singles, tag team, hardcore, submission, it doesn’t matter. You name it I can do it.”
“So don’t get me wrong. I do love teaming with my sister Angelica and
the Sisterhood will continue to live on.
But I am tired of being cataloged and labeled as a tag team wrestler
when I know I can do oh so much more than that, when I know that my own talents
and abilities far supersede that of just a mere tag team wrestler. I am one of the best wrestlers and biggest
threats in this end of the year battle royal SCW is hosting and anyone who
doubts that, anyone who underestimates me, they are in for a rude awakening.”
“The two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars
is good and all, but if I win it I will donate it to charity. Same with the car. The biggest spoils of that end of the year
battle royal is the bragging rights that go with victory. The biggest spoils of that end of the year
battle royal is the opportunity for me to make an impact, to make waves, and to
prove to Supreme Championship Wrestling that I am more than just a tag team
wrestler…oh so much more…”
Kayla nods
her head “…that’s right, ladies and
gentlemen, expect yours truly, Kayla Jones, to come out guns blazing, throwing
everything but the kitchen sink at anyone who gets in her way, because the SCW
End of the Year Special is going to be my night, whether any of you like it or
not, and if you don’t like it, well, I’ll just kick your teeth right down your
throat.”
