Post by Alice Harris on Feb 1, 2016 5:19:46 GMT -5
"I don't see the point in all of this crap!"
Helena Jeckel sat at one side of the room, her brothers either side of her. Opposite them was Trent and Katherine Brock-Brown and leaning against a wall, seemingly in the middle of the two groups was Alice Harris.
Kat: "Believe me, we are less than thrilled at this prospect also..."
Trent: "Thrilled? Isn't that a bit too generous love?"
Trent glanced at Jack Jeckel before his eyes went towards Alice who stood there lost in thought.
Jack: "Ugh... This makes little sense... Put us with people we should be sacrificing..."
It was clear to everyone that there was tension in the room and a general feeling of unease and this wasn't helped by Alice who simply stayed on the fringe of this back and forth.
Jake: "Say champ... Don't you have anything to add to this? After all, it kind of is your fault we're stuck here...."
Alice looked up as she kind of caught Jake's remark which was dripping with sarcasm. Not even batting an eyelid, Alice simply shrugged.
Alice: "It is what it is... I don't like this situation any more than you five do, but at the end of the day, it's only the opinions of myself, the tag team champions and Trent which matter."
Feeling the glare of Helena and Kat on her, the legacy champion simply continued to talk.
Alice: "I mean, after all, we are the ones in the ring... We are the ones who have to deal with this shitstorm Alice White and Vincent Alejandro have thrown at us..."
Gesturing to the men in the room, Alice leaned back against the wall then. Clearly this meeting between the factions which made their team up wasn't going well.
Helena: "Well then, tell us what YOU think champ?"
Alice looked over to Helena and flashed a smirk.
Alice: "Considering I am two up against you and one up against your brothers, I think some necrophiliac bitch trying to talk tough and call me out is rather amusing... At least I am only one up against the other component of this team and they have the sense to not hurl insults at the most dominant person in this company right now... So if you want a repeat of Meltdown... Please bare your fangs some more little lady!"
The tension in the room had hit boiling point as Helena jumped up forcing her brothers to put a hand each on her shoulders, reminding her to stay put. Across from them, Kat and Trent made a half-hearted effort to stand up.
Kat: "Look... This bickering isn't getting us anywhere... We need to find some common ground and work on it otherwise this will be a slaughter which will make the theatrics our vampire friends over there look like a kindergarten christmas play!"
Trent simply nodded in agreement as Alice looked over to the couple.
Alice: "You know you're right there... We're a fragmented unit right now and our opponents know that.... Hollywood, The Jasons and Noah Hanson know this... They might not be best of buddies, but they're united with a common goal and they are co-existing to work towards that...."
Trent: "And with White AND Alejandro in their pocket, we're pretty much fucked if we'd rather tear each other apart than them..."
Jack nodded.
Jack: "What do you propose then?"
Trent stood up, walking towards the middle of the room.
Trent: "We're a team for one night only... We have to stick together, work together whether we like it or not and try and show these fuckers that just because they have the power, it doesn't necessarily mean they have the victory."
Alice nodded at Trent whilst Jack rubbed his chin. Jake stayed expressionless whilst Helena was still glaring at Alice.
Alice: "Jake, you're awfully quiet.... What do you think? Can you and your brother put this aside for one night?"
Jake: "Perhaps... But the darkness will not be pleased... We work alone, as a family... We always have..."
Helena: "We always will... Don't think because you're the champion it means you can boss us around either rabbit hole!"
Alice: "Keep barking bitch, I know your bite isn't worth being afraid of..."
Helena: "THATS IT!"
Standing again and lunging towards Alice, Helena goes to grab her by the throat. Seeing the lunge, Alice re-adjusts her stance and begins to bring up her leg. Before the two can collide, Kat has pushed Alice aside and Trent has grabbed hold of Helena.
Jack: "Sister... Stop!"
Helena: "She fucking started it!"
Alice: "I had no plans of bossing anyone about because I couldn't care for leadership... The only two people I could trust completely have left here, I am putting myself at great risk and I really do not care for giving the orders...."
Trent pushed Helena towards her brothers and kicked over the low coffee table across the room from where Alice was stood, all eyes suddenly turned to him.
Trent: "This is EXACTLY what those bastards want! They want us to destroy each other before we even get into the ring so they can just walk on out there and rack up an easy win... They want to make us look like fools, lower our standing, our image... They want to make us a joke and show NAW that it's their playground now"
The words which Trent scathingly delivered as he glared at Alice and then the Jeckel Family seemed to sink in.
Kat: "Please... If a team on fragile ground like ours is now begins to do this, everything will be for nothing... We all have or issues with one another, we all have our issues with our opponents, lets just focus on what we can co-exist on... After this match, we can go back to doing what we do... Alice can go back to being alone like she wants and you can go back to talking about blood and death and doing what you want to do... Just let us you know... Get through this and show those bastards that even if they are a unit with a loose affiliation, they're not as good as we are..."
Jack Jeckel simply nodded.
Jack: "You raise a fair point Katherine... But the Jeckels only work with themselves, it always has been this way and it always will be this way... Don't expect us to bail your asses out... Blood looks out for blood..."
Alice: "It's fine, I don't expect any of you to bail me out given how everyone wants to see me fail, but I will not let my pride get in the way of victory... I don't care if you only help yourselves.. I will not allow them to gain an advantage if one of you is in trouble... I don't expect the same courtesy back, but I would like to think victory supersedes ego here for one night..."
Trent: "As long as Hanson is left for me to deal with, I can work with anyone... Just don't expect me to be happy if you take that bastard out before I can..."
Jake: "We have no interest in that man, but if the chance comes to sacrifice him, we will do so, we after all are the masters of the ceremony...."
Alice chuckles to herself as she feels Helena glare at her.
Alice: "Just do me a favour... Keep the attack dog at bay... I am willing to trust you two brothers, but I don't think for one second Helena will play nice... The moment my back is turned, she is going to try and stab me in it and I have enough to be concerned about with Rocky Hollywood getting the drop on me yet again"
Jack: "Helena stays with us... But I'm sure she couldn't behave for at least the duration of the match... Or when you get your ass handed to you"
Kat: "Don't... Just stop this in fighting alright? We're up against it... Something we're all used to, only this time it is moreso as our opponents actually are talented and can back their talk up..."
Trent: "They might have their shit sorted, they might be coasting along now, enjoying this free ride... But we have something they don't"
Alice: "Three champions..."
Trent nods.
Trent: "We have the legacy champion... The tag team champions... We have the best on our team, by default we are in a stronger position...."
Jack: "This is true, but this fragile pact... it does little to ease the dark one...."
Alice: "To hell with the dark one... We got a massive match, one which will pretty much decide how NAW moves forwards... If we lose, it gives them momentum going into the big show.... And I don't wanna see them roll us over, then roll everyone else over because we couldn't unite for one fucking night.... We all have our own targets... I want Rocky, Trent wants Noah, you guys want the Jasons... We can make this easy if we just put all grudges aside and at as equals... no ego tripping, no provoking each other and agreeing to at least function as a team whilst we are out there..."
The jeckels nod in understanding but you can tell they don't like the prospect of working with others.
Alice: "I'm down for working together, it's the only way we can walk out in a better position for the big show... Surely success at Meltdown will allow us all individual success the event afterwards..."
The Jeckels seem to mull it over, but Helena, seemingly frustrated at not being involved in this match stands up and storms towards the door.
Helena: "Just don't get in our way... We're the best damn tag team here, don't stop us doing our thing and we won't cut your hearts out..."
Leaving the room, followed by her brothers, Helena and the Jeckels head off, leaving Alice and the married couple.
Alice: "Trent... Kat... I don't trust them... I don't trust you either..."
Trent: "It's mutual girl..."
Alice: "Just... One night... Put this shit aside?"
Trent: "If it means I get one over on Hanson and shut that son of a bitch up... and can put myself in better standing for your title... I'm prepared to do that..."
Kat: "I've got no plans to ruin you Alice... I'd rather watch you dismantle Noah Hanson for all those remarks he keeps making about me and my husband...."
Alice nods.
Alice: "Just one thing.... When this is over... be prepared for more shit... I get the feeling that this elimination match is only the beginning..."
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Despite the initial setbacks and the reluctance of the Jeckels to co-operate fully, Alice was sure she had managed to get something in place. They all knew who their opponents were and how this was a testing of the waters for the big event but something just didn't sit right with Alice. Despite their initial 'team bonding' where they established that the Jeckels would handle their own issues and Trent was more than happy to focus on Noah provided Alice didn't finish Noah off should the chance arise, the persistent feeling of more at play was growing more and more noticable to Alice.
How could it not be? The one person to have victories over near enough all the participants in the main event elimination spectacular (save for Noah), the one person who has been causing a stir in NAW, throwing out the rule book and rewriting it page by page, fighting people twice her size on their terms as well as hers...
"Maybe... In all the shit which was flung around in the last few months, there may have been some shreds of truth after all...."
Alice sat at the edge of the water. The camera pans back a little to show a very desolate looking abandoned field with a river running through it. Despite the cold temperatures, Alice was still in her usual get up of the miniskirt and sleeveless top, only this time her jacket was on, and over that was a black hiking coat. Reaching into her pocket, Alice pulls out her phone and checks it briefly before slipping it back in. Looking back to the surface, she looks at her reflection in the surface of the semi-frozen liquid.
"The dynamics have changed, there is no questioning this... Something has stirred beneath the surface but despite looking the same on the surface, it isn't... The ripples from these disturbances have forever altered the surface . The face remains the same, what lies beneath is different..."
Alice dips her hand into the icy waters before cupping it, taking some out and splashing it across her face.
"I've immersed myself in this situation... I was nothing but a pawn... Something to shift the balance of power and allow for new pieces to join the puzzle... I was the one who dethroned Corey Bull, by doing so, I removed the gatekeeper, the one who kept all the shit at bay... And without him, the gates have burst open and the real monsters have surfaced... The only thing behind that gate was restraint, and with the restraint gone... Truth has came out..."
Alice stands up and looks down at her reflection once again.
"I created this mess, and I have to clean it up.... Jason told me I was a fool to put my trust in Alice White and with recent events, Hindsight is allowing me to see his smug fucking face gloating at how right he was in the end... Bohannon, Noah, two men who I respect greatly because they know who and what I stand for... I know I must fight you because of the way the lines have been drawn... But maybe.. Maybe we're on the same page, we're just reading it from different perspectives..."
Alice turns back to the camera, this time staring directly at it.
"Noah, I appreciate your respect and kind words for me... It is good to know I have an opponent who respects skill and cares not for my gender. I relish this chance presented to us, though I do wish it were under different circumstances... I would rather throw down with you in a one on one setting, but we are merely actors and the script is what we have to follow... Know this though, the scene is set for us in the future.... The enigmatic, charismatic and captivating Hanson taking on the fighting champion for the ultimate prize... You know that will be a more tantalizing prospect than one of Rocky Hollywood with all his bravado and fronts squaring off against someone as eloquent and violent as you... Think about it... What would you rather have... A fight with someone who has honor, dignity and stands by their decisions even if they were made in error... Or someone who is merely allying with you to take a short cut to the top? Look at what has happened in the past.. You do the bidding of Alejandro, Of Alice White, and others get rewarded, others rise in prominence... Don't let them ride the coat tails of your success Noah..."
Shaking her head and drawing her coat around her a little closer, Alice does her best to suppress a shiver.
"This brings me to Rocky.... A man who has to hit me from behind just to get an opening... A man who pushed me hard but couldn't beat me one on one... A man who thinks he can come for my title... Please, bring it... I fear no one, I rise to all challenges... I push forwards and I keep going... All opposition will crumble in the end, you are no different... Yes, you may have the power of a united front backing you up, we all may have our own little agendas coming into this match, but just know, the more you stack the odds against me, the sweeter my victory is going to be.... After all, I've done it before, I can do it again... I just know that this fight, no matter how fragmented it is, no matter how many issues are all at play... You won't have my undivided attention, you aren't worthy of it... You can have my attention, all of it... Come the Valentines event.... After all, someone has to make you feel special right?"
Alice flashes a wink at the camera before turning her back on it once again and the scene comes to an end.