2020.01.21: PWN - LONE - LONE 31
Intro
The titantron lights up to a camera feed that the iPPV stream fixes to.
It looks like an area somewhere backstage. It must be an area that is under partial construction as there is a piece of Oriented Strand Board propped up.
Sitting on the concrete floor, with her back against the board, is a person we haven't heard from in a while. Recognizable from her short blue hair, it's "Gutter Trash" Terri Thompson.
She's wearing her usual leather vest that's adorned in various patches, denim jeans and her black boots. What she's wearing under the vest is concealed at the moment, as she's sitting with her knees bent and her arms folded atop each other over her knees. Her head is hung low, with her arms also concealing her face.
The camera lowers, and focuses directly in front of her. She raises her head, looking directly into the camera.
Terri: Jack... Yeah, I've been gone for a while and I've got a lot to say, but right now, I want to talk to Jack E. Bux. I want to talk to Jack.
Her eyes hold a gaze of worry and sadness.
Terri: You've had it good in DC. You have! You were living plush and comfortable and most things were going your way. Most. Sure, you had that issue with the fed you were going to create, but other than that, you had it made. But you took a gamble...
Her legs part some more and her hands dip down, elbows resting on her knees still. It is now noticeable that the shirt she is wearing is a black t-shirt of a controversial figure in the world of wrestling; "The Toymaker" Charles Gacy.
Terri: You took a gamble because you saw an untapped market here in New England. You saw ladies that were super talented, but needed the work. You also took a gamble to be with family. Your Dad is Wealthy Walter Washington. You said to that weasel lawyer "you forget who my father is!" ... But I didn't... I know and remember him... But you just... you snapped! And you know what, Jack? I can't blame you. For as long as I've known you, I've never seen you snap. I've never seen you lose your cool. It's sad but you know what? It's a part of life. You snapped but..... you were willing to take another big risk and try to throw LONE away.
Terri looks pained now, disgusted by the thought of it all.
Terri: No, Jack... Don't... You've got a good thing going here. It's been lasting for years. Sure, you could gamble on it and lose it. You'd be fine in the end but what about the others? You said they'd be behind you, yes, but at the end of the day... they'd all be without a job. But you don't have to worry, Jack...
She shakes her head slowly and raises her right hand up, extending her index finger up and waving it slowly. No-no-no.
Terri: No-no-no.
She lowers her hand and begins to smile.
Terri: Because tonight, tonight I give Alison a taste of what she's getting next month. I'm getting what I wanted, and that's a title match again Alison and you know what? It's up to me, Jack. It's up to me to take that title away from Alison and rid you--no, all of LONE of the Curse that is Crowne!
Terri laughs deeply at her words, throwing her head back and resting the back of it against the board as her eyes fix on the ceiling.
Terri: Oooh man...
Her eyes lower to the camera.
Terri: Let me tell you, Jack. No let me tell everyone, why I got into the wrestling business in the first place. As most know, my Dad is a big fan. He was gone a lot... work will do that to you, so I never really watched it much... up until my Mom was dying and then passed on. I started to get closer to him and I started to watch wrestling more and I... I really appreciated what it's all about. Wrestling is my joy. Wrestling is my... escape! Escape from the pain of a broken home. Escape from poverty. Escape from having to deal with the people who would try to hurt me and bring me down in school and in the trailer park. I got to see men and women who... who took to the skies!
She looks up for a moment and waves her hand up in an arch motion as she says those last few words.
Terri: They were... They -are-... like superheroes to me. Superheroes I can actually shake the hand of and take a picture with. Superheroes like... "The Revolutionary" Frank Washington. My IDOL! The one who I get to tag with tonight! I saw him and people like him do what they do in the ring, thwart villains like Alison and I wanted to be a part of that. I saved up what I could and I went to the school that Jack's father is running. I had support from people at the trailer park, but of course there were also naysayers. There were people who thought somebody like me couldn't make it. There were also people who would down wrestling and make fun of it. Guys in spandex. Then they'd go talk about Spiderman and the X-men or something........ guys in spandex. I never understood that, but that's fine. There's nothing wrong with worshipping heroes in fiction, but you have heroes in reality like Frank Washington and you know what?... People like myself. So I never understood that. You know what else I never understood? People like Alison.
Terri starts to bring her hands up to her head, gripping at the sides of her head like she wants to tear the blue locks out at the roots.
Terri: Ooh. Ooh Alison. Hah.
She eases up on her grip, and starts to rub her temples now.
Terri: I say I am a hero because I have inspired people. I know I have. I have trained a young girl and you'll see her soon one day. Someone who was just like me. Someone who looks to me like I'm their Frank Washington.
Terri balls her hands into fists, and rests them on her forehead while she lowers her eyes.
Terri: Alison you.....
Her hands begin to fall from her face as her eyes fix back on the camera.
Terri: Alison you've been nothing but a villain since you backstabbed me. You've went above and beyond anyone else whose ever had any kind of beef with me. Every night... Ever since I won the title the first time I...
Terri swallows hard, seeming like she's having trouble getting words out now. She's getting choked up.
Terri: I've... since I... Ever since I've won the title the first time, whenever I would wrestle... no matter the match, I would get to go home. I would get to go home and waiting for me there was someone who is the love of my life. Someone I've had ups and downs with. Someone who loved me in school but didn't have the heart to tell me. Someone I was planning to spend the rest of my life with in Wendy. She'd rub my back, she'd nurse me to health. She'd keep me going and tell me everything is going to be all right. Now I gotta see her in a FUCKING--
Just as she curses, she balls her right hand up and slams it behind her into the board.
Terri: Neck brace, laying in a fucking hospital bed and why? For what?! Because you're OBSESSED! You're obsessed with that title and obsessed with ruining the LIVES of anyone that crosses your path! You took out Wendy! You put Qent in jail! Hell, your friend Lexi Pryce is in jail because of you! You tried to take me out! YOU THOUGHT YOU DID! You dropped me on my head. You thought you broke my neck but you're forgetting Alison. I'm a stubborn bitch!
She taps the side of her head with her right forefinger.
Terri: I'VE GOT A HARD FUCKING HEAD! And I will not stop! I don't understand how or why you would take things this far but you did! Now you align yourself with a Lawyer and some Brute! Hi Stonehands! Did you forget about me? Did you forget that I actually had the opportunity to manage you one time and almost took it? You and I both know why I didn't... but I'm not overlooking you. I know what you're capable of! And if you think you're going to protect Alison from me, then you've got another thing coming! No big knockout artist, or some lawyer, hell, johnny law himself!... None of them will save you from me, Alison!
She gazes into the camera with an intensity in her eyes. A piercing stare that could turn the camera to stone. Her visage a mixture of pain, sorrow and anger.
Terri: Wendy used to tell me she was so sorry she jumped the railing. She told me something possessed her. The way I was being treated in my match. She felt she had to help. I told her I get it, but she shouldn't have done it. She's already paid for her transgression. You took things too far Alison. You walk around here with your inflated ego thinking you're Superman. But I'm the kryptonite! When in reality, you're Dr. Doom. You rule LONE and think you can take over the whole world, going all over the place and defending the title everywhere BUT LONE..... and I'm Mr. Fantastic, coming to take you down and right your wrongs.
She shakes her head vehemently.
Terri: No! You know what? I'm the goddamn Punisher... and your punishment is due, Alison. Ooh, I'd love to hurt you so bad tonight but I'm going to save the best for next month. Next month... on the leap year..... It's gonna be lethal! And if you think otherwise, then I'm going to put your Mind in the Gutter!
Terri places her right hand on the camera and shoves it away as the screen cuts to black.
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