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“Where are the Heavens?
High in the sky?
Or right here in front of you?
There are many interpretations when it comes to the Divine Palace of the Holy, righteous and true. Some believe in seven virgins, gifted by God himself. In the wake of this, how many different views do you see? Hear? Taught? Accept? In the SCW there is only ONE religion and it starts with the Iron Angel. This company has become extremely aware the only way you ever make it to the top is by working hard and proving yourself every single time someone like me steps into the ring.
Have I ever turned down a challenge?
No.
Has this become such a mockery to the title I hold that only mere demands and the cries of the self-entitled whose ship sailed long ago are to be taken with stride? Honor? Value? Alistaire Allocco learned firsthand what it was like to step into the ring with someone who was not his equal but superior. He was picked by the daughters of Mr. D, the chosen one, the selected to continue this trend of the “Future” and “Erase The Past” which I must ask Katya and Sasha….
How did it work out for you, sweetie?
Four long years and with it a responsibility to once again like I have before with the Women’s Championship and Division, to elevate this title past the milestones of Syren, past the dominance of Xander Valentine, past the games of Ravyn Taylor, past the buffoonery of Ace Marshall, past the grit of Jake Starr, past the heart of Kennedy Street and past the belief from Selena Frost. The World Title means something again. Alistaire Allocco can train for ten months, in the grand scheme of things it is nothing more than a cup of coffee for a minor league player. This title was a trinket, an ornament on the waist of a woman who claims to be the “Best” in the world yet colluded to win it and since losing it to the woman I defeated TWICE for the belt, she picks and chooses her matches?
How quaint.
Alistaire Allocco had a belief, pure and so genuine it became his downfall. What did morality teach you Alistaire? How to be a World Champion? Or a gracious loser? Apocalypse served it’s purpose, to remind the daughters of the owner, no matter how good it sounds on paper?
Angels RISE as does the cream to the top.
I looked into the eyes of my challenger, standing my ground and screaming in one voice to the brass of the SCW, this is MY time and no one else. I amt he World Champion, I have worked my way to get here, not like Syren or Ravyn. Not losing every challenge like Ace Marshall or handed opportunities for who I know, Allistaire Allocco?
No, I spread my wings, I walked into Rise to Greatness XV and took down THREE former World Champions and ascended into immortality….
As your World Heavenly Champion.”
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BROKEN WINGS: CHAPTER ONE
PROLOGUE: IMMORALITY
Sienna Swann was very vocal about her first title defense against Alistaire Allocco. She didn’t feel like he deserved his chance, the SCW however felt he did. I regardless of that there were many doubters heading into her match with Allocco and Sienna was out to prove them wrong. Prove that beating Kennedy Street for the World Championship was no fluke and pinning her in a Six-Person tag match was the exclamation point that no one was going to dethrone the Heavenly Angel. While that was looking more and more true things though were not always as they seemed, behind the scenes, the Heavenly Angel was going through an eternal struggle with Chris Cannon who had returned to the ring. To see him again in SCW just brought back some old feelings she had which she thought were long gone but were only buried…
At first it was out of sight, out of mind. When he returned, Sienna couldn’t control herself. It was like someone flipped a switch inside her, so it was fighting this inner what maybe some may call obsession toward Chris and concentrating on being the World Champion she had to split her time between. Sienna was ready for the challenge, she had waited almost four years to finally hold the belt, she was going to make sure and have a memorable title run. Laura had her star from the Beauty Factory ready to enter Apocalypse and make a statement by showing the SCW that the climb was going to result in victory.
Even with others like Syren and Selena Frost hot on her trail, Sienna was not worried, confidence was an emotion she was not lacking even with all the things going on behind the scenes. Chicago was where things started to happen between her and Chris. She had asked him to sponsor her in a bid for AA to help her deal with her vices, and to keep it hush hush from the SCW. It was her mother’s idea to attend the meetings and helped her set up the first meeting for her daughter. But this request to Chris, could it be a trick?
Or was it truly sincere?
Only Sienna Swann knew that but first, it was time to take care of business and successfully defend her World Championship against one of the purest athletes in the business, Alistaire Allocco.
Apocalypse
Chicago, IL.
9.9.18
Sienna Swann Had defeated Alistaire Allocco. She was not happy about it though. Many would have thought she would be ecstatic with the victory but instead something deep down inside was bothering the heavenly angel. She was in her wrestling gear still, inside her private dressing room, sitting down quietly in contemplation. Inside with her were Laura Steinbeck, The Truelove Twins and other members, Jennifer Helms from EMERGE was there to see both Sienna and her mother, Regan against Owen Cruze. Sienna watched the monitor as Selena Frost and Giovanni Aries wrestled, Laura walked over to her wearing a black suit and gold blouse, matching heels…. A smile etched across her face.
Laura: “You won, daring! This is a cause of celebration; the World championship is yours and their little plan with Alistaire Allocco didn’t play like they wanted like we all knew it wouldn’t. This entire night didn’t play how they wanted. They know like we all know; your feet are firmly planted in your division and now it doesn’t matter matter who draws the matches against you at Fatal Fortunes because they will receive the same exact treatment.”
Sienna: “Is that so?”
Sienna removes herself for her thoughts and looked up to Laura whose smile was beginning to wane a little with confusion now replacing it….
Laura: “Sienna? Am I missing something here darling, you went out there and defeated one of the best pure athletes on the roster, a man so highly decorated by these little brats of Mr. D, I mean come on, enjoy it just a little you will not get wrinkles.”
Sienna says nothing and looks to the monitor, Laura looks around the room at the others with her arms extended….
Laura: “Why aren’t you at least in a better mood? This isn’t like you, it was like that at dinner the other day and for most of the day you have been quiet? I cannot help you if you do not let me. What is wrong, you are the World Champion?”
Sienna: “THAT is wrong.”
Her arm slung up, pointing at the monitor where Selena Frost and Giovanni Aries were wrestling…..
Laura: “What about those two buffoons?”
Sienna: “Why is SHE in the Main Event? Why is this PPV not ending with ME holding the World Championship up instead of that? I AM the World Champion, not her or Aries, they shouldn’t get top billing over me, Laura… Regan kicked her ass at RTG XV, I beat THREE former World Champions without hesitation, I then defeated the woman who no one could beat TWICE in Kennedy Street and outlasted this one here an hour and beat her, yet Selena is the Main Event? Does no one see the problem with this?! Am I going insane here? No, this is a slap in my face and I am tired of this. Like Regan, I am done being treated like a second string and if I must go into Fatal Fortunes and beat some sense into someone? Then I WILL.”
Turning away from the monitor, the gorgeous Angel simply looked away, tired of watching her arch nemesis who she has defeated wrestle in the Main Event, it was all an ego trip with Sienna. She wanted all the attention and instead of concentrating on what she accomplished tonight, this was what was bugging her, or did it go a lot deeper than this? Was it more? Laura was surprised….
Laura: “Darling, you need to relax. You walked out defeating the youngest World Champion in the history of the SCW. No Ace, no Cassidy, no bullshit. You beat him and showed the entire world who the REAL premiere athlete is in not only the SCW but on this planet. Sienna, darling, we cannot let this type of nonsense plague our thoughts. She’s not the World Champion, you are.”
Sienna: “Until she cashes her Trios.”
Laura: “Then we shall cross that bridge when we get to it. Right now, we must focus on this title and Fatal fortunes, we do not know who to prepare for, you just need to be ready for whatever comes, is that understood?”
Sienna: “Yeah…. It is.”
Laura: “Good. Come on, get showered up and dressed, we are celebrating, on me.”
Sienna doesn’t say anything, instead she nods, grabs her things and heads to the showers. Jennifer and The Twins look on, Laura walks over there concerned about Sienna who walks into the shower…
Laura: “I think we all understand why she is upset but there is something else bothering her, I can feel it in my gut.”
Paris: “Maybe it was the Sushi from earlier, the food here in Chicago sucks.”
London: “Shut up Paris.”
Laura looks at the beautiful twins and shakes her head, the young Helms however agrees with Laura…
Jennifer: “When you sent us to that photo shoot, she wasn’t the same, very cold and distant. I don’t get why she treated me like that. I don’t know, I was very disappointed.”
Laura: “Let it roll off your back darling, shit happens in the business, that is nothing. You are young, beautiful and talented. I could say more but you should probably get back to your mother before she skins me alive, I saw what she did to Owen Cruze out there earlier, no thank you, there isn’t enough foundation to cover what she would do to me.”
Jennifer: “Yeah, maybe you are right.”
The young Helms hugs Laura and the Twins, she heads out. Laura turns and glances at both London and Paris her smile shifting to a far more stern glare…..
Laura: “Is there something I should know ladies?”
Paris: “Why would you think that?”
Laura: “I just have a horrible feeling, something is troubling our Angel and I do not like it. We need her 100% focused.”
London: “Don’t worry everything is okay, Ms. Steinbeck.”
Paris: “We will tell you if there is a problem, we promise.”
Laura: “Alright, she’s going to be a bit, get our things back to the rental, we’ll meet you out there in a bit, let’s give her some time alone.”
The Twins nod, both them and Laura start to take all their belongings. Meanwhile, Sienna walks into the shower, turning on the hot water and allowing it to run down her bare back, placing her hands against the wall, feeling the warmth running down her body to her toes with the black polish. The Heavenly Angel and World Champion closes her eyes for a moment, she is upset, she is annoyed, and she is wondering where she went wrong or as was said before, maybe it was something more….
Los Angeles, CA.
9.3.18
Sienna had to walk away while Lancelot Crane continued to apply paint on the naked Jennifer Helms like she was some canvas. Crane was eccentric, some maybe even call him a bit weird, she didn’t know how to take it for so many years Sienna was the “It” girl, the only one that ever received the preferential treatment, that was until now. Sienna was taken back a bit but didn’t really show it. Deep down inside she wanted Jennifer to succeed, she cared so much about her and let’s face it, the young Helms saved Sienna’s life from a possible overdose, she wasn’t going to forget that yet something came over her, it wasn’t jealousy…..
It was bitterness.
An emotion that she never wanted to feel toward such a wonderful young woman like Jennifer, but she had, and it frightened her, so Sienna had to step away and leave Willow Wilkes there to watch the young model while Crane created his “masterpiece”. Sienna tight legged black pants, open toed heels and a white halter top, her nails polished black and hair slicked back in a high ponytail. She made her way toward the back, outside the studio where Kat Davis, a model that Sienna had known for a long time stood in the green room, staring at the mirror, the blonde hair, blue-eyed Australian wearing designer jeans, wedge sandals and a blue blouse, her nails polished white, checked her face, seeing Sienna passing by. The other girls had already left….
Kat: “You too, I see? Are the times finally changing?”
Sienna: “I was never in this competition to begin with, Kat, I already told you that.”
Kat: “Ah, that’s right, Sienna Swann is above this these days, hey mate?”
Sienna: “Do I detect a hint of jealousy?”
Sienna takes her eyes off Kat for a moment to stare at her own reflection, admiring the reflection staring back at her…
Kat: “No, I do.”
Sienna rolls her eyes, looks at herself for a moment more before turning to leave through the backdoor but Kat cuts her off, standing in front of the beautiful Angel….
Kat: “You can’t kid a kidder Sienna. Let’s be honest here, okay? It bothers you just as much as it bothers me and the other fifty-one girls that left ‘ere with their hopes and dreams of making it on a Crane photo shoot shattered. You saw them, Sienna. Eliza, Emily, Hope, Tia, Marlena, Sarah and so many more….”
Sienna: “What about them?”
Kat: “C’mon now, they’re all models that have been here for years working with us and have continuously walked the catwalk for the biggest fashion shows on the planet and then some girl out of nowhere who’s done a couple of little billboards and magazine ads gets what the rest of us have wanted for ten? Twelve? Fifteen years? And no less than that she comes in under the wing of not only you Sienna, but only Laura bloody Steinbeck! ”
Sienna continues to stare at Kat, there are moments Kat thinks she’s staring through her to the exit she is blocking…
Sienna: “What’s your point, I assume you have one.”
Kat: “Come on Sienna don’t tell me you’re not looking at her right now and thinking to yourself…. Is she my replacement? If she had a pair of cock n balls, I’d swear she was the second coming of Jesus Christ.”
Sienna: “…I’m not. I’ll let your self-confidence issues convince you of that, I will not. I don’t need to worry about my spot here or anywhere.”
Kat: “You’ve never been a good liar, Swann. Look at us, blonde, blue eyes, accent, sexy? Aren’t we all part of one big cog? Cloning us over and over again with the next fresh version to appear? We’re both on the south side of twenty, love. Our time in this industry is fast approaching.”
Sienna: “Are you done? So, I can go outside and get some fresh air? If you feel threatened by an eighteen-year-old than that says a lot about you.”
Kat: “Yeah, look at your eighteen-year-old modelling pics and what you were at twenty-four? Don’t tell me that girl is not going to grow into her body and become the next Heavenly Angel leaving you in the dust.”
Sienna had heard enough, brushing Kat with her shoulder and walking off leaving the Australian beauty with a smirk on her face. After a few moments, Sienna took her fresh air in even if it is Los Angeles, going back inside and seeing that Jennifer was done and, in the showers, trying to take the paint off applied earlier. Willow was with her, she turned to Lancelot Crane who was wiping his hands, ready to put his equipment, away….
Crane: “Shoot is over.”
Sienna: “You can’t even look up at me right now, can you Lance?”
Crane: “I made my choice, she is a gem, a diamond in the rough buy one that could be cut into perfection.”
Sienna scoffs…
Crane: “Come now Sienna, you know better than anyone that art speaks in many languages, comes in many forms, you know that. There is always a craving by all these women to be a part of my work. I’m not a photographer, Sienna, you know this, I’m an artist but most of all? I’m a maker of stars. I did make you. I remember when you came to me, what was it?”
Sienna: “I was nineteen.’
Crane: “Yes, nineteen, you lied and told me you were twenty-one. Why is that?”
Sienna: “Because I wanted it.”
Crane: “Yes, you did and just a few years later you showed how far you would go by sleeping with judges. We all make decisions, some good, some poor. Today I made one and fifty-three other women left here broken hearted. Do you know how it feels to have that much power? To know that I can control the emotions of a grown woman that wants to be a part of my collection?”
Sienna: “There is nothing else like it.”
Crane: “Exactly, you understand how it feels. You amassed that power Sienna, always had “IT”, but we both know that in life things change. Kelcey Wallace was my apple, then you took her spot. And now…”
Sienna: “She is eighteen, Lancelot. She is NOT ready for this.”
Crane: “She seemed fine. Do you know what I appreciate most about this industry?”
Sienna: “What?”
She slowly stands, wiping the rest of the body paint off his hands….
Crane: “I stood here and told that girl to take off her clothes and she did, hesitant yes and yet you let her. You did nothing to stop me. Why?”
Sienna: “Because she needs to learn.”
Crane: “Learn? Or was it because you were scared? Hoping I was too much for her. Sienna, you are beautiful, there is no doubt in my mind probably the most beautiful woman on the planet but just like anything that holds its beauty, sooner or later, something more beautiful comes and takes over. It’s like art. Maybe these women here will realize that every day they model for something, they can feel that beauty inside, yet in the back of their minds, the young girl I just took photos of will always be better, like you have been for the last nine years. Now if you will excuse me, I need to get going. It has been a pleasure as always.”
He goes to grab her hand and kiss it, Sienna yanks it away quickly…
Sienna: “You do not get to dictate who is more beautiful or not. You don’t get to play with the emotions of other women, this God Complex you’ve had for quite some time is going to be the end of you. Sooner or later, there will be others work that people will find more tasteful and their visions will be different than yours.”
Crane: “Your bitterness is showing, and I do hope for that girl’s sake, you don’t take it out on her because that would be tragic.”
He half smiles, packing up the rest of his equipment. Sienna eyes narrow, staring down at him for a few moments before backing up and walking away, her heels hitting the tile floor with a loud clang, not turning around, knowing that what Crane said…..
Was true.
Apocalypse
Chicago, IL.
9.9.18
Her head stays lowered, the warm water over her hair, she could hear the crowd cheering while the Selena Frost and Giovanni Aries match continue. All she could think about is Chris Cannon, is her feelings toward him the reason this bitterness started to surface to begin with? Jennifer is a good kid, she is beautiful and deserves her chances too, the question always was….
Is Sienna ready to relinquish her spot as the most beautiful woman in the industry?
The answer is NO.
MY BROKEN WINGS
It was starting to become a bit weird and tense between Sienna Swann and Chris Cannon. The husband of her biggest rival, Kelcey Wallace and a woman that she patterned herself after, always a professional jealousy that for years was obvious, the fact remained, Kelcey had many things Sienna wanted, the most?
Her husband? Which was the most personal…
Sienna did have a problem with sleeping pills and alcohol. It hit an alarming apex the minute she was found practically unconscious by Jennifer Helms when she came to visit one night. This shock led to calling Sienna’s mother so that she could help her daughter. After that it was apparent Sienna needed some help, it was up to her to admit to the problem and step forward to help herself, yet had she kept denying her vices, sooner or later it would have caught up to her.
That is where Chris Cannon came in and began helping her stay on the straight and narrow until the night before Apocalypse where she had a drink, and everything came crashing down after that. Chris was called to her room, she was freaking out about a lot of things and at that very moment when he had his arm around her supportively she had kissed Chris. It was a tender moment which lasted longer than it should have which caught him by surprise and then leaving afterwards. It wasn’t long ago, New Year’s Eve after Kelcey’s last match in the SCW where Sienna threw herself naked at Chris and he refused, leaving and from that moment it was known that there was nothing Sienna could do to change his mind. Fast forward to now and she saw some hope and why?
What she was doing was wrong.
Chris wasn’t the only person Sienna liked of course…. Sienna had feelings for Ikiro Yoshida, they had shared some tender moments and stressful ones at that and yes, she was falling for the young Japanese star in the SCW. But when Chris returned, it threw all her emotions into a flux and suddenly things were not so easy anymore. One person in-particular that would keep a close watch on Sienna was Laura Steinbeck, the Twins saw what happened, the question was, would they tell Laura who would take the news not very kindly. Instead acting on their own initiative they approached Chris and sent him a bit over the edge which prompted him to talk to Sienna….
And when she said “I love you” to him, everything changed….
Everything.
Los Angeles
9.11.18
Laura sat at the desk inside her office staring at the computer, it was pictures of Willow Wilkes new photo shoot, but she couldn’t concentrate on them. Her finger tips tapped the glass top, blue eyes narrowing, the only thought through her head was Sienna Swann. Chris Cannon returning had her worried, the World Champion didn’t need distractions. It was bad enough she had played this hand with her and Jacob Knight, then again with her and Ikiro though he was more manageable… Chris was different, this hit too close to home, it was extremely personal and could destroy Sienna if things didn’t go her way. She waited a few more minutes before London and Paris Truelove came in. Both wearing jeans and thong sandals, Paris had on a black halter top, London a white one, their nails polished red, long hair hanging down. They both cautiously sat in front of Laura…..
Laura: “What are you two doing here? Did I miss an appointment? Were you two scheduled for a photo shoot?”
London: “No Ms Steinbeck.”
Laura: “I see. To be honest I’m surprised to see you both after your mother came screaming about you two and this bad hombre and the things you took from him… Because NOW I suddenly must hire a guard detail for the entire Beauty Factory because you two were not being honest.”
Paris: “Sorry Ms. Steinbeck… We thought that was all behind us…”
Laura: “I should fire you both but the only reason I won’t is because of your mother, she is my dear close personal friend. I’m trying to get things done here, after the PPV, I worry about my Angel.”
Paris: “That is why we are here Ms. Steinbeck…”
London: “We needed to talk to you about something and didn’t want to say anything until after Apocalypse.”
Laura: “Nothing until after Apocalypse? What exactly are we talking about here?”
The twins look to each other first, they’re both looking for the right words to say given the situation and heighten tension in the room….
London: “First, Ms. Steinbeck, we apologize for putting you through such a difficult situation.”
Laura: “Apologize to your mother again.”
Paris: “We have. Look, I’ll just come out with it… Sienna and Chris I think are fucking.”
Laura’s eyes widen as London slaps Paris on the shoulder….
Paris: “Owww… what?”
London: “You could be a little more tactful here, Jesus. We have no clue if they are…. Well….. doing the nasty.”
Paris: “The nasty? It’s sex, London. It’s only nasty when you do it with hipsters.”
London: “Ewww, I do NOT!”
Paris: “When we approached Chris he had guilt written all over his bloody face, Ms. Steinbeck. If that man didn’t hook up with Sienna, then I believe in Selena Frost.”
London: “Blasphemy!”
Laura: “My God, in Heaven. I need water….”
London jumps out of her seat and grabs a bottle of water for Laura, opening it up quickly and assisting her in drinking some. Laura takes a few swigs before sitting back and taking a deep breath, and beginning to calm down…..
Laura: “After the engagement fiasco with Jacob, I thought things were going to get better and make a lot more sense. Until whatever it was with Ikiro happened. Granted he was palatable…”
Paris: “He was Ms. Steinbeck, Ikiro still has a thing for Sienna.”
Laura: “Why am I not surprised? I never thought he was good enough for her, but he put her in good spirits. She was in a better place but this? No, this is on a whole other level, this is a nuclear level problem… It’s Chris Cannon.”
The Twins look to each other while Laura looks up with a focus in her eyes saved for dire moments…
Laura: “You two better be 100% sure before I even attempt to do or say anything about this.”
London: “Ms. Steinbeck, this is all clearly speculation. We followed her like you asked, within a few minutes Chris showed up to her room after dinner. He was in there for maybe, twenty-thirty minutes? Then we found him at the Atrium bar downstairs, we teased him a little.”
Paris: “Harmless teasing really.”
London: “And he was really agitated with us being there and since we took this….”
Paris takes out the phone and shows Sienna and Chris together at the door of her hotel room, Laura’s heart sinks into her chest and the emotions are just deflated from her body….
Laura: “This is not happening. This is NOT happening, not again… God damn it Sienna why do you always do this?!”
Paris: “IT happened… He was extremely short with us, after that I think he went back to her room.”
Laura: “Who’s room?”
Paris: “Sienna’s unless he has other women on the go as well, he is cute enough…”
Laura: “I…. Don’t even try to make light of this situation darling, I’ll let that one slide. I have heard enough, you two need to leave. I must think this through, I can’t believe this right now and so I need some time here okay, I will figure this out. Does anyone else know?”
London: “No Ms. Steinbeck, no one else knows.”
Laura: “Good, keep it that way. We need a lot more to go by then this. Now, please, leave. Send me that photograph and delete every other version of it you have.”
London: “Yes Ms. Steinbeck, Sorry to bother you, Ms. Steinbeck.”
Paris: “Won’t happen again.”
The Twins make their exit leaving Laura there sitting in her chair, staring at the computer, pictures of Willow Wilkes and Jennifer Helms are up on them. All she could think about is what kind of trouble Sienna is getting into as her cell phone pings with the copy of the photograph of Sienna Swann the SCW World Champion and Chris Cannon…..
A married man…
Santa Monica, CA.
Later That Day
Sienna had just come home from getting a manicure and pedicure, her nails a matte baby pink, wearing a white summer dress and her hair hanging down, the gorgeous Swann walked inside her house and dropped her purse on the table, she kicked off her flip flops and made her way to the back deck, sitting down for a moment, her icy blue eyes covered by the lenses of her sunglasses. It was a nice breeze, she sat there thinking about her situation with Ikiro Yoshida and what she’d said to him and yet it was all about Chris and what she had said to the husband of Kelcey Wallace, a woman that was not only pregnant with Chris’s baby but also her arch rival who confronted Sienna which is how she was able to find out about her carrying child.
Sienna’s world was rocked, she knew that what she was doing was wrong, but she couldn’t stop.
Admittedly to her at first it was a game in the very beginning, it was hard to stop once she started to get going, seeing how easily it was to rattle Chris was fun. But life has its way of ruining the fun because then it happened, she finally admitted to her addictions or at least the ones which were forming to put an end to them. Upon the advice of her mother she went and sought after a sponsor, but the question she asked herself was who could she trust with such a task?
She had too much going on with Laura and SCW, if any of them knew it would spell disaster for her. It was Ironic that to Sienna Swann, there was one man she felt she could trust. That was Chris Cannon and with his giving nature, of course he would gladly do it to help her out and he did accept to help her…
The question always was, is it a trick? Or is it legit.
Only Sienna would know.
She sat down and looked down her phone, his name was up, she was ready to text him, hoping he would go with her to the next AA meeting. She couldn’t believe that she allowed her emotions to get the best of her, closing her eyes and letting out a huge sigh while her heart skipped a beat…
Two Days Before Apocalypse
Chicago, IL.
Chris for some reason decided it was time to come back after he left earlier, the two had kissed albeit instigated by an emotional Sienna Swann… He knocked on the door, Sienna who was still in her dinner dress sans her shoes, nails polished black and letting her hair down after getting comfortable, you could tell that she had been sobbing the last hour or so that Chris was gone. She opened the door quickly to see Chris standing there in his Polo shirt, jeans and Steve Madden’s….
Sienna: “Chris!? You came back!”
Chris: “We really need to talk.”
She didn’t even need to invite him in, he invited himself, closing the door behind him he turned to the tall blonde South African beauty who had somehow innocence and at the same time the unknown etched all over her face. He sighed and turned away, thinking only of his wife, soon and soon to be child. Sienna was being cautious with him, gently rubbing her hand on his shoulder, he stepped back….
Sienna: “I’m sorry.”
Chris: “I know… I don’t need you to be sorry, Sienna. We need to get something straight here, okay. I’m a happily married man.”
Sienna: “I know you are…”
Chris: “Then why? Why are you doing this to me? Was it all some con, is that it Sienna?”
Sienna shook her head…
Sienna: “Of course not…”
Chris: “Then explain it all to me because I don’t know what this is, I agreed to help you get through your addiction, that is what I’m doing, please do not let me regret this.”
Sienna: “Chris…. I asked you to be my sponsor out of sincerity, that is and that is the truth. I need your help. You think it was easy for me to ask, it wasn’t. The thing is I trust you, always have and you don’t have a horse in the race, hence why I never thought it would be a problem. No matter the past Kelcey and I have had, I was there for her when you were hurt!”
He bites down on his jaw, closing his eyes and looking away for a moment, it was true she had been there….
Sienna: “How did it make me feel to see Blake Mason do that to you, huh!? I watched in horror and there was nothing I could have done then. I hate him for it, I hate that son of a bitch with every inch of fiber in my body, yet I knew that Kelcey was too close to Blake, she would let him run all over her after you were gone, and he did just that, YOU KNOW IT! I put my neck on the line to defend YOU, not her! I was almost paralyzed due to her negligence! Look at me and tell me I’m wrong!?”
Chris turns back to see the raw emotion on Sienna’s face, he knows she is telling him the truth although it didn’t make it any easier to swallow…
Chris: “Kelcey was put in a bad place and yes, you did come to defend her, I never forgot that Sienna, I was worried about you when it happened, I asked Kelcey every day how you were doing, I was injured and couldn’t go to see you myself. I’m not going to stand here and say what Kelcey did was right or wrong.”
Sienna: “Look me in the eyes Chris and tell me that you didn’t think justice would ever be served by what he did to you and was it? Did Kelcey ever really get revenge? Did I? No. I watch him every day and say nothing just, so Bree stays content. He has added to my problems, everything with Kelcey added to my problems.”
Chris: “Why has it?”
Sienna: “Because… I can never have what she has! It doesn’t matter how many times I stand out in the ring and beat someone she couldn’t or do something she hadn’t done, it all comes back to her winning in life period. I needed you for support, to remind me just how beautiful I am, how lucky to have someone like you in my life even if it’s for only a split second because I’m tired Chris. The spotlight shines only so bright before no one pays attention anymore, but when I feel you looking at me none of that matters…”
She turns and sighs, her eyes tearing up, trying to prevent from crying and running her makeup, wiping the corners, her back turned to Chris who walks up and places his hand gently on her shoulder sending an erotic sensation in her body down to her toes…..
Chris: “I know what you have been through, two years I went through it too. I didn’t come back for anything other than the love of this sport. Revenge seems to always crawl up in my memory and yet I can’t entertain it. For Kelcey, for me and my family, I can’t go down that path no matter how much I want too… I don’t want to be that guy.”
Sienna: “But he deserves everything coming to him.”
Chris: “Maybe. Just like you deserve everything as well, it’s why I came to you because I want to help you Sienna. I care about your well-being, behind this glitz and glamour you are a good person, the show you put on, the character you play, I get it. Kelcey did the same thing, I guess we all do. That whole situation was messed up love, it was not something I want to revisit if I can. We both suffered from it enough, agreeing that it had long lasting effects. We need to move past that.”
Sienna: “What if I told you, I don’t want to, sweetie. Every day when I get out of bed, I look at myself in the mirror and wonder what is next for me? A few months ago, I overdosed, I thought I was going to die and both my mother who I had thrown out of my house and Jenni (Helms) who I practically fed to the wolves this past week where there for me in my time of need, and I think to myself, why? Why do I continue to do these things and then I realized, I allow it. I am beautiful, I am everything that I sell myself to be and yet I feel inferior to Kelcey, Jennifer, Selena, even Kennedy…. Regan. All of them and yet I’m the World Champion.”
Just hearing herself say the words Sienna lets out a harrowing sigh…
Sienna: “Look, I know you don’t want to be here, your family is out and about, you have to meet up with them, so do us both a favor and just go.”
Chris: “Sienna, I’m here to help you, you know where I stand right now on this…”
She slowly turns around facing him, looking up into his eyes, placing her hands on his massive chest, taking a deep breath and caressing his muscles….
Chris: “Sienna….. please, don’t.”
Sienna: “I’m sorry… I have tried my hardest to fight these feelings, I love you Chris and I’ve wanted to tell you that for so long…”
Chris: “Sienna… don’t.”
Sienna: “I have loved you for a long time and all I do is fight within myself and it’s tiring. My God, how much more do you think I can handle of this? New Year’s EVE while Kelcey was asleep, I thought that night I had you. I threw myself on to you Chris and you turned me down. I was crushed and understood that it wasn’t my looks, my body. You were looking for something more. Kelcey gives you that emotional tie but what’s going to happen down the road when her illness takes center stage? When she can no longer do the things we all take for granted?”
Chris: “That’s enough Sienna.”
Sienna: “Chris, please? At least answer me that.”
Chris looks up to the heavens, it was a poignant question…
Chris: “I will stand behind my wife, til death do us part, Sienna.”
Sienna: “When you married her, you never signed up for that. What about the baby?”
Chris closes his eyes for a moment, he knew this subject at some point would come out, while his eyes were closed, trying to process everything, Sienna leans in and gently places a kiss on his lips again. She doesn’t do anything else and backs up, his eyes shoot open, stunned by her actions, the Heavenly Angel turns around and stares out into the lit-up city of Chicago. She waits a moment before hearing the door close behind her, hoping he would have stayed, he didn’t and so she would either accept the way things are?
Or change them.
Santa Monica, CA.
9.11.18
Sienna continued to stare down at the phone, thinking about that night and not really talking to him since had her convinced that he was done sponsoring her, but she at least had to make an attempt. Sienna text him in hopes that he would answer…
Going to AA tonight, will you be there? It’s in a few hours and I really don’t want to go alone.
She waits a few moments in anticipation, finally a text comes through…..
Yes, I will. I’ll see you there.
A smile and relief came to the World Champion, she texts him back….
See you there, thank you.
Sienna sat back and closed her eyes, ready to get a few late afternoon rays of sun before showering up and meeting with Chris. She doses off for like half an hour, waking up and taking a shower, getting dressed and leaving about an hour later, it takes her around fifteen to twenty minutes to arrive, she gets out of her car wearing jeans, thong sandals and a blue blouse, her hair in a ponytail and just the right amount of makeup.
She looks around and then see’s Chris in a button up shit untucked, jeans and loafers. She walks up to him and smiles, hugging the bigger Cannon who hugs her back, they walk inside…..
What they do not notice is Laura Steinbeck sitting in her car, she had followed Sienna from her house to the AA meeting. Her hands gripping the steering wheel, biting down on her jaw and grinding her teeth….
Laura: “Son of a bitch.”
The Fashionista gets out of the car and walks up to the door and looks inside realizing it’s an AA meeting, all she can do is look in shock hoping this was all one huge nightmare.
EPILOGUE: THE PERFECT STORM
After finding out about what was going on with Chris Cannon and Sienna Swann, Laura Steinbeck now understood this situation was a lot deeper than initially anticipated. Sienna was having issues, she was actually trying to fix it which was the only positive Laura saw in all of this, the negative of course was who she was doing it with. Laura loved Sienna like a surrogate daughter and there is nothing more she wants than to see her Angel succeed as World Champion but there is no way that she is going to allow this to continue and watch it blow up in her face making it worse for Sienna, if she could stop it now, that was what she would be aiming for.
One person that Laura had a ton of respect for was Kelcey Wallace. She managed her in fashion once, helped her throughout the career many called perfect. Was this really about Kelcey though?
No, it was about her investment.
Sienna Swann was the Crown Jewel of the Beauty Factory, she was the third wheel in Past. Present. Future., so Laura wanted to make sure that she was given the attention she earned and deserved. The Beauty Factory rotated around Sienna Swann. The World champion after Apocalypse was the talk of the town, Fatal Fortunes was next and they had no clue who she would go up against so this was going to be a match that had ramifications, Sienna needed to survive and go on to Under Attack as Champion and then beyond finishing off the 2018 year as Champion by being the most dominant woman in the SCW. There was obviously something going on and Laura had this propensity to think the worse, maybe that was also her downfall, not trusting Sienna enough. As for the World Champion?
Her mother was the biggest supporter she had and even Amanda Swann, herself wouldn’t approve of what Sienna wanted and how she was going about it. Not many gave enough credit to Sienna though, she was ready for Fatal Fortunes, the World Title was the most important thing to her right now, she wanted to elevate the Division much like she did with the Women’s Championship. Sienna had her head on straight, she was though not being very honest with some of her closest friends like Bree Lancaster who at some point needed to be filled in. For now, though Sienna needed to concentrate on her career….
Chris made it hard.
Hollywood Hills
9.13.18
Sienna had stopped by to visit her mother, she was in the midst of house hunting, looking for a bigger place to live. Even thought about moving to the east coast, get away from Chris and everyone in Southern California, it could be the best thing for her. She was wearing jeans, wedge open toed sandals and a white blouse, her nails polished a matte baby pink and long blonde hair up in a high ponytail. She had been doing better since Apocalypse, at least when it came to her pills and alcohol. Sienna wanted to be frank with her mother….
Knocking on the door, Amanda opened it quickly and smiled, embracing her eldest daughter….
Amanda: “Sweetheart, how are you doing? I didn’t expect to see you here. I’m sorry I missed your AA meeting, I wanted to be there but…”
Sienna: “But what?
Amanda: “…I’m starting to get back into my art, I started to paint again, and I got lost with it all. There is a Gallery who is interested in my work.”
Sienna: “Really!? That’s great news, mum!”
Amanda pauses for a moment, she is surprised to be honest. She expected Sienna to be a little annoyed at least about missing the AA Meeting but looking at her daughter now, she seems in good spirits….
Amanda: “I know, I wanted to tell you over dinner or something, I just couldn’t keep it under wraps. Anyway, come in, I made some fresh Limeade, I know it’s your favorite.”
Sienna: “Sounds delicious, mum.”
Amanda: “It’s a beautiful day, let’s sit in the garden.”
Sienna smiles and nods….
Sienna: “Okay, sounds great.”
She steps outside, sitting down by the garden, overlooking the LA Basin and the valley. Amanda walks out with a pitcher of Limeade and a few glasses….
Sienna: “You know you didn’t have to.”
Amanda: “I know, I rarely see my daughter come over. Your father is traveling, work is going good for him, he’s in the Dakota’s right now, will be back in a few weeks.”
Sienna: “He travels a lot I’ve notice.”
Amanda: “He does, it’s okay. Between you and Sierra, I’m fine.”
Sienna: “Where is Sierra these days, we haven’t talked recently?”
Amanda: “She has an apartment in Venice Beach now, stays up here a lot too, her modelling career is going well, nothing compared to you of course but she is living by her own rules and enjoying herself.”
Sienna: “I’m glad she is doing well. I really am mum. I missed you at the meeting the other night, it would have been nice to have you there, but I want you to know it’s okay because Chris came with me.”
Amanda: “He did? That was a tremendous choice for a sponsor, you two seem like good friends. He’s married to Kelcey, right?”
Sienna: “He is….”
It took all effort not for Sienna to make a pouty face. She didn’t want her mom to think that there was anything wrong with her daughter. Sienna was playing it cool, in the back of her mind she realized the only thing worse than this was going through it alone. Maybe her mother would understand, she didn’t know….
Amanda: “I detect a bit of bitterness in that tone of yours, sweetheart?”
Sienna: “No, I’m fine.”
Amanda: “I like Kelcey, she is very nice when we met her a few years ago, very pretty too. I can see why Chris; such a handsome man would fall for her. I’m glad that he is on your side, so willing to help a friend and why do I have this feeling there is more to this than meets the eye?”
Sienna: “Everything is fine mum.”
Amanda: “No, it isn’t I can see it on your face. Look at me and tell me the truth, Sienna. What is going on with you and Chris?”
Sienna: “Nothing, I swear, there is nothing going on. Chris and I have been friends, co-workers, you name it for a very long time. I’ve always “liked” Chris…..”
Amanda: “Always “liked” him? I am your mother, the last time you told me you “liked” someone was that boy called Terry from the farm?”
Sienna: “Oh god why do you even remember that…”
Amanda: “I remember everything and how you looked then, you are in love with him aren’t you.”
Sienna frowns, nodding….
Sienna: “Yes.”
Sienna bangs her head a few times on the table, Amanda grabs her hand and forces her to look back up at her mother who is concerned for her daughter….
Amanda: “Sienna, you and I both know this is a very dangerous situation. You are playing with fire. You are a World Champion and the representative of the company you work for, there is a lot more than just trying to sneak around in AA, hiding it from both your fashion and wrestling career. The last thing you want sweetheart is a case of infidelity as well. That is not a game you want to play.”
Sienna: “I know mum.”
Amanda: “You know and yet I don’t think you really care. Is it that strong? How much do you love him Sienna? You can have any man you want.”
Sienna: “Not any… I can’t have Chris. It bothers me mum. I’m used to getting what I want and yet I could be a bitch and just take what I want and to hell with everything else.”
Amanda: “Sienna, I taught you better than that. You are not a Homewrecker, you are a woman that stands tall and proud, gets what she worked for like that World Championship. There is no way that you can go after a married man.”
Sienna sighs, sipping her limeade, turning back to her mother….
Sienna: “Kelcey has Parkinson’s, mum. Sooner or later the disease will take over and then what?”
Amanda: “Are you being serious right now?”
Sienna: “I’m thinking about what is best for him.”
Amanda: “What is best for him is to let things happen naturally, Sienna. If their marriage fails, then it fails but don’t make it be because of you because he may never forgive you for that. I never once taught you to be this way, treat others as you’d want to be treated. This is not fun and games, this is about a family.”
Sienna: “I know and she’s pregnant.”
Amanda shakes her head, it just seems to be getting worse….
Amanda: “Even a bigger reason. Sienna, I know you have been through a lot and all you want is to be happy but not at the expense due to the sadness and misery of another. I thought Kelcey was your friend?”
Sienna: “Friend? We are not friends. We are acquaintances. My entire existence since I started modelling has been chasing her and I’m sick of it. She gets everything, and I must sit here and accept it. Do you want to know the truth mum? I lied to Chris, I lied to him because I wanted him to be close to me. I didn’t ask him to be my sponsor out of hope he would help me and that would be it? I did it because I’m in love with that man and when he came back to the SCW all those emotions suddenly resurfaced and now I can’t stop myself it’s like he flipped a switch inside me.”
Amanda: “Sienna!? You are better than this, you’re considered the most beautiful woman in the world and this is a thing?”
Sienna: “It is a thing, you don’t get it. The way I feel around him, the fact that I feel so safe when I’m near him, words just can’t do it justice. Kelcey called herself the perfect ten, I call myself the real perfect ten. But Chris is an eleven to me.”
Amanda takes a sip of her limeade and shakes her head, she can relate to what her daughter is going through…
Amanda: “Let me tell you a little story.”
Sienna: “Ugh… Do you have to?”
Amanda: “Yes, I think I do! When I was younger, before I met your father there was this young man I worked with, he was married, I fell head over heels for him, an incredible artist. He was my muse you could say. I was fascinated with his work and then suddenly it became more. We hooked up behind his wife’s back, I was young, 20 I think, we had a good time, he promised me that he’d leave his wife, how much he loved me and then?”
Sienna: “I don’t know, he left his wife?”
Amanda shakes her head…
Amanda: “No sweetheart, he stayed with her and left me with a broken heart. You are not the mistress, you are the focal point. Don’t even consider this, I know it’s hard, you obviously have strong feelings for him. If this gets out of hand, you will get hurt maybe even the both of you.”
Sienna sat there having forced herself to listen to the story. She knew that her mother was probably right but…
Sienna: “I almost don’t care mum, that’s how much I love him. I’m just being stupid again, that’s all. I hate it, all I want is to be in his arms. I sound so stupid right now. That’s why I was thinking about buying a house on the East Coast to get away from it all… ”
Amanda: “No you don’t and let’s talk about this more before you make any rash decisions. Let me ask you a question?”
Sienna: “Sure mum.”
Amanda: “Does anyone else know this? Laura?”
Sienna: “No, she doesn’t have a clue.”
Hermosa Beach, CA.
9.13.18
Kelcey Wallace was enjoying her retirement, she was starting to work on a project for Parkinson’s disease. She was also keeping busy training wrestlers like Peyton Rice and Owen Cruze. Now she is pregnant, and no one really knows, it hasn’t been broadcasted, the Cannon’s wanted to wait before giving out any sort of news because of certain implications regarding her health. For now, Kelcey was trying to just live a comfortable life which was nice when Chris was still home. But he felt like he needed to come back and wrestle which Kelcey was fine with, she wanted to see her husband happy and doing what he loved.
But his return of course started the process of this whole mess with Sienna Swann once again, it was a fear of hers but one she kept to herself. Kelcey had seen the small innuendos that Sienna had Tweeted, back in Vegas they had a talk, that is where Sienna saw that Kelcey was pregnant and out of respect, she went ahead and left her alone…
Kelcey knew about the time New Year’s Eve, she may not have known all the details, but she didn’t need to. As of now Kelcey was home, enjoying the quiet time. Christian was at school, she was on the couch in cargo shorts and a tank top, bare foot with her toe nails polished a deep purple. Her hair hung down, she was catching up on some books when the door knocked, Elvis, her dog barked, she let him out the back and walked over to the door after slipping on some flip flops, she opened it much to her surprise was Laura Steinbeck….
Kelcey: “…Laura Steinbeck as I live and breathe, you’re the last person I expected to ever see at my front door.”
Laura: “Hello darling, are you alone?”
Kelcey: “Yes, why?”
Laura: “Oh good….”
Laura makes her way inside, Kelcey arches an eyebrow turning to see Laura walk into the living room and begin looking around….
Kelcey: “Please… come in why don’t you.”
She closes the door, walking in Laura heads to the bar and pours herself a drink of Scotch, Kelcey continues to watch the Fashionista in blue dress pants and a white blouse, matching open toed heels with her hair down and nails a glossy finish….
Kelcey: “Sure, help yourself, I’m sure I have some salad in the fridge if you’re hungry as well. Maybe you’d like to take my dog with you?”
The sarcasm wasn’t lost on Laura, but she didn’t care about that in the slightest while drinking her glass and pouring another….
Laura: “That hit the spot… Can always count on a Wallace to have good Scotch.”
Kelcey: “I’m a Cannon now, unless you forgot.”
Laura: “Forget? How can I forget Darling, this has been an absolutely nightmare the last few days and I have been trying to figure out how I was going to tell you? I finally mustered the courage thanks to this…”
Laura holds up the glass and looks at it once more, it’s hard to tell if she has had a lot more to drink or really just Laura being Laura right now in Kelcey’s eyes…
Kelcey: “Tell me? What? What are you talking about?”
Laura: “Right! Sorry of course, I have a lot on my mind. I discovered you years ago. You know how much I care about you, right? I think it is safe to say you and I have a connection and a mutual respect for one another even if you and Sienna were across the ring, could I make this assumption?”
Kelcey: “Sure, I think that’s a fair assessment, I will never forget what you have done for me when I Was younger and the relationship you had with my father. That was never in question. I just want to know why you are here Laura, you have never come over to my house before, so this must be serious. So, tell me what she has done now?”
Laura: “Here have a drink with me, first….”
Kelcey: “No thank you.”
Laura: “When did you ever turn down a drink with me?”
Kelcey shakes her head and instinctively places her hand gently on her stomach. Laura’s eyes widen and immediately begins to pour herself another glass of scotch….
Laura: “Oh my god, of course you’re pregnant!”
Kelcey: “Yes and I’d prefer you not tell anyone. At least Sienna can keep a secret.”
Laura: “You’re telling me she knew?”
Kelcey: “Yes, her and I had a small altercation in Vegas, nothing physical, we needed to have some words, that’s all. She seems to have a thing for my husband and well, I wanted to make sure that we were on the same page.”
Laura sighs….
Kelcey: “What is it?”
Laura: “Darling, sit down.”
Kelcey: “I rather stand.”
Laura: “Okay… I care about Sienna and her focus to the World Championship. You know how crucial it is to be prepared for Fatal Fortunes, last year you had a cage match and a World Title defense, this is the situation Sienna is in now and I need her to have undivided attention moving forward and I am afraid this is not helping.”
Kelcey: “What is not helping?”
Laura: “I think Chris and Sienna are having an affair.”
Kelcey’s eyes narrow not really knowing what to believe…..
An Hour Later
An hour has passed since Laura’s visit, Kelcey sits at the bar, Chris Cannon comes home from the gym, drops his bag and heads into the kitchen where his wife is, he stops and goes to kiss her but she stops him…..
Chris: “I guess I should shower first then…”
Kelcey: “It’s not that.”
He was making light of what happened, but his wife’s tone wasn’t reciprocating it… Chris walks around the island in the kitchen now having taken a bottle of water from the fridge. Opens it and takes a sip…
Chris: “Is everything okay, Kels?”
Kelcey: “You tell me, love. IS everything okay?”
Chris: “I’m lost, I don’t know what’s going on here babe?”
Kelcey: “I’ll dumb it down a little for you, is there something you want to tell me?”
Chris: “Tell you? I love you?”
Hearing those 3 words only seemed to anger Kelcey and Chris could see something was troubling her….
Kelcey: “Let me jog your memory. While you were out at the gym, I assume it was the gym after all. Laura was here earlier, and she told me that you and Sienna are having an affair? So, tell me Chris were you at the gym today or was you off somewhere fucking Sienna?”
Chris freezes, his eyes widen, not expecting to be caught with an accusation that simply isn’t true. Kelcey stood there in the kitchen looking at her husband, emotion beginning to show on her face the longer his silence went on. He spoke up eventually, obviously weighing his words heavily while doing so….
Chris: “What do you think?”
Kelcey: “Honestly, I don’t know anymore…”
Chris: “You don’t know? You actually believe what Laura said, that I’m having an affair? You can’t be bloody serious.”
Kelcey: “Then why don’t you just say it? Why are we dancing around this?”
Chris: “Because you wouldn’t believe me right now even if I told you what actually was going on.”
Kelcey’s eyes widen, what else could be going on between her husband and Sienna if it wasn’t an affair? Kelcey had been under a lot of stress lately with the charity work and the pregnancy as well as dealing with everything surrounding Sienna’s obvious desires for her husband on SCW TV. Chris not denying anything directly added to that right now, her emotions being at an all-time high so was assuming the worst…
Kelcey: “Don’t try to flip this on to me, this isn’t me we’re talking about it’s you. What aren’t you telling me now Chris?”
Tears starting to roll down Kelcey’s cheeks, Chris watches and turns around throwing the bottle of water into the sink in anger which startled Kelcey a little…
Chris: “I knew this was going to happen… The moment those fucking Twins…”
Kelcey: “The Twins?! What’s this got to do with the Twins, you mean Paris and London?”
Chris: “How many other twins do we fucking know?”
Kelcey: “Don’t use that tone with me, you don’t get to play the victim here.”
Chris turns around and looks to be fighting saying something he may regret…
Chris: “I am the victim here, because my wife is accusing me of something I am not doing, how you think this makes me feel that my own wife doesn’t trust me?”
Kelcey: “I was asking you a question, not accusing.”
Chris: “No you WERE accusing me of doing something. How long have we been together now Kelcey? I’ve only ever had eyes for you since the very beginning, and this is what I get for it? I could have accepted Sienna’s advances years ago, but I never. I could have done it on New Year’s but I never.”
Kelcey: “…”
Chris: “You want to know the truth, fine. I’m helping her Kelcey. She gave me a cry for help and I accepted it.”
Kelcey: “You’re helping her?! With what?”
Chris: “I can’t tell you, I made a promise that I wouldn’t tell anyone because it would affect her professionally.”
Kelcey: “You can’t be serious… That woman is obsessed with you, you’re just enabling her by doing this whatever THIS is. You know I think she actually has real feelings for you.”
Chris looks away from his wife now….
Kelcey: “What.”
Kelcey stands there waiting for her husband say something, anything to make these emotions dial themselves down but instead he turns back around and say something. Something only for her ears the look on her face when he does tell its own story….
Hollywood Hills
9.13.18
Sienna continues to sit outside at her mothers, sipping some limeade, Amanda convinced her to stay for dinner, she is in the kitchen making a salad. Sienna is enjoying the weather, trying to figure out what she is going to do. Fatal Fortunes is coming up, she needs to concentrate on that and defending her World Championship. She opted to listen to her mom, maybe she should talk to Laura Steinbeck, at this point so many things could go wrong….
She then looks at her phone, receiving a text, she grabs the phone and unlocks it, reading….
Laura & Kelcey Know.
Sienna doesn’t even know what to text back, sinking into her chair and slowly shaking, her eyes start to tear some as now she has no choice….
The cat is out of the bag.
SCENE FADES
“I can look at the options, the choices I’ve made in recent years and think back to “what if”? Living in a self-inflicted wound is only going to make me go mad at, torn at the seams all for a chance to be happy. I had that once, an opportunity to live life like a normal woman and one day raise a family. What I see in Kelcey Wallace? Is Perfection though I would never admit it. She has the looks, the personality and the family. She has everything I want.
Beauty is my crutch, the only thing that holds me up these days.
Once that is gone? What do I have left to offer?
I’m a World Champion for one reason, discipline, I never gave up on my dream to be the best whether in the fashion or wrestling profession, I wouldn’t accept anything less than being THE Champion. Maybe it is the same approach I should take in my life, so I don’t feel as alone or miserable. Why did he have to come back? Why couldn’t he just stay away. I was starting to build something with Ikiro Yoshida, I was done with Jacob Knight, in truth all I did was set myself up for failure in such a way that I don’t even know where to begin to fix this.
I’m in love with a married man.
Not just any married man, the one with my biggest rival and the part which hurts me the most? I respect her so much, no, I won’t show it, smoke and mirrors, I need to make my stand, everyone needs to see just how confident and true I am to myself. I have a look, my own brand which I’ve instilled into the SCW. This is my time, I’m the face of this company and whether anyone wants to admit it or not? They can’t take it from me….
Not now, not ever.
I’m destined to live alone, me and my World Championship. I’ve allowed the vices to take over, stupidity in all facets of every decision I’ve made and the consequences which come with them. Am I a homewrecker? Treat others as you’d want to be treated? The pain and suffering I put Kelcey through, she returned the favor….
In my life is this how I want to be remembered?
When I can have any man I want, I go after the only one that is taken? There is a breaking point, could it be the Angel is obsessed when it should be they obsessed with me? My mother and Father didn’t raise a whore, a slut who throws her body at anyone. A woman that fell to the same vices she tried to protect her parents from? I can spread my wings, allow all of you to gaze upon me and worship the ground I walk on in lust and desire….
When all I am waiting for is my broken wings to heal.”
A HEAVENLY ADDRESS
HEAVENLY FORTUNES
The Scene Opens….
Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls. The Horseshoe Falls lies on the border of the United States and Canada with the American Falls entirely on the United States’ side, separated by Goat Island. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also on the United States’ side, separated from the American Falls by Luna Island.
Located on the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, the combined falls form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America that has a vertical drop of more than 165 feet. During peak daytime tourist hours, more than six million cubic feet of water goes over the crest of the falls every minute. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by flow rate.
The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York, and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls was formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation, the last ice age, and water from the newly formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean.
Niagara Falls is famed both for its beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Balancing recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 19th century. Here is where we find Sienna Swann, the beautiful World Champion along with The Truelove Twins and their manager, Laura Steinbeck. It is a huge two weeks for the Beauty Factory and Past. Present. Future, with Fatal Fortunes now here. Any match, any stipulation, any wrestler, Sienna knows all about Fortune, last year at the event the gorgeous South African beauty won the TV Title from Jake Starr and Stacy Kissinger in a table match.
Fortune Favors the Brave? As Amy Chastaine would say?
For the Beauty Factory, it’s Fortune Favors the Fortunate.
Sienna is ready for any challenge, she showed just what she was made of by defeating Allistaire Allocco and showing the wrestling world she was not going to be dethroned so easily and with Syren now in the crosshairs along with the entire roster, Sienna was ready for anything. Wearing white pleather pants, a gold halter top and matching white jacket and boots, her nails polished a glossy color and long blonde hair hanging down, she has the title resting on her shoulder. The Twins have similar outfits with red halter tops and black pleather jacket and pants, boots to match. Their hair hangs down, nails polished red. Laura instructs the cameraman to record….
REC:
As it starts to record, Sienna’s blue eyes glare into the camera, the Twins look on. The World Heavenly Champion speaks in her sexy South African accent….
“Niagara Falls….
One of the many wonders of the world. Where there is still some beauty left no one appreciates. Hasn’t this been the common theme in the SCW? Maybe even in society itself? We concentrate so much on the negative, the horror which plays out on the news that we forget things like this exist? Oh, I’m not talking about the falls, I speak of myself, your Iron Angel, THE World Heavenly Champion, Sienna Swann, in the flesh. It’s easy to get lost in propaganda when facts stare right at your face, turn the other cheek and pretend it doesn’t exist. Is that what it boils down to? The masses stand in unison, defiant that after almost four years my words and claims finally came to fruition? Was a young rookie who was handed everything to them in his first month in this company supposed to dethrone and discredit your Angel? Was that the real meaning of Apocalypse?
Or did it truly mean…. The end of this charade the bosses daughters try to instill upon us..
I come to you humble, in full disclosure, transparent even. I have nothing to hide, I do not run, I am incapable of turning down any challenge, instead I play the same game some think they’ve mastered, exhibit A…. Syren. Alistaire Allocco thought talent and morality was strong enough to overcome a goddess like desire which burns in me to be the best, or should I say Perfect? Don’t get me wrong, Kelcey Wallace is long gone and I’ve surpassed her, that doesn’t mean I’m daft. Her influence still lives in me, channeling through my alluring body like a power that not even Selena Frost can believe in. I ask you today to simply listen. For once in your lives, heed my words, understand that what I say and do are one in the same. I’m a fighting Champion, Alistaire found that out and it was because of him, we didn’t finish the night and were the LAST match?
Why? I’m your Main Event now, get it through your head.
Or was it that this company still doesn’t see me as their World Champion, still living the dream that Selena or Kennedy could one day hold the belt again, maybe even by being “Fortunate”? There are many definitions for Fortune but before I even get to that, really SCW? Are you going to insult me like that? After all I have done and NEVER once cheated anyone out of a chance, I took my lumps, my humility and embarrassment at times, lying in a hospital paralyzed temporarily, my life flashing before my eyes?
Losing everything within a matter of months only to climb back to this?
The very top and those who were the culprits now eat my scraps begging for matches they turned down?
Or maybe the victim of some misogynist pig who abused me mentally all for his fragile ego, feeding himself some power at my expense? This is the journey I took to get here, no one will EVER question me, especially those so obsessed in grabbing what is left of their career, slowly backing into the crowd, becoming another face as the shift has once again turned with the times and the evolution of the New Breed is here, so content in not excepting the reality, they become numb to failure all by their own hand, turning into fools and buffoons? It saddens me, no it really does that we need an event like this to give some unknown a chance or maybe even an undeserving to try and take what is mine in any type of stipulation just to change things up so people do not fall asleep at the same boring programming, the same faces who continue to run amuck in the SCW trying to control what you watch when it is I that should be the center of attention, I should be the last thing you see on TV with my arms raised high above my head, I who has become the true mascot of this sport and what the best athlete in the World looks like….
I, the World Champion?
What does Fatal Fortunes bring to me?
Resolve.”
She steps back for a moment and looks out into the beautiful Falls. The sounds so soothing, Sienna Swann is on top of the world right now after what happened at Apocalypse. It seems many feel she is on a collision course with Syren and a few others. With Fatal Fortunes now upon us, she could defend the title against anyone in any type of match, Sienna needs to be ready for whatever comes. The beautiful South African, turns back to the camera and speaks in her accent….
“What is Fatal Fortunes?
Every match, every wrestler, all a draw at random. Last year saw me win the Television Championship against Jake Starr and Stacy Kissinger. It was another title that I elevated, it became Must See TV, the ratings shot through the roof, that was my Fortune. It is different for all though, those that hope to get a chance they normally would not, I took full advantage of it, last year in a “House of Fun” match? What did that show you all? Versatility, right there it should have been known that I can wrestle in any style, that I was born to be a champion through beauty and finesse. That is why Laura Steinbeck created the Beauty Factory, why I was the FUTURE of Past. Present. Future., I was the chosen one, breaking the mold why others simply existed, I stood out which leads me to why it matters not who I face and who gets the draw. Let it be Syren, o her bitching and whining subsides finally, and she can disappear back to obscurity where she belongs.
All you had to do was accept my challenge back at RTG XV and I was not even on your radar? I wasn’t good enough for your time and now suddenly I am and why? I’m what you wish you were, the WORLD CHAMPION. It is obvious that Syren exists for the title only, she is to a point in her career where the woman ducks match after match with the likes of Ikiro Yoshida, hires masked men and women to do her bidding and praises the wife who has become nothing more than a footnote since I took the Women’s Championship last year? Tell me something Syren, do you feel “Fortunate” right now? I could show a long list of wrestlers that deserve a shot over her, line them up, give them all a chance at me and see how “Fortunate” they really are. You must understand that I fear no one and what I have given this company, the gift bestowed upon you is not just of beauty though that alone is enough….
I have given you hope in a day where they used to abandon it.
Stop for one moment, look at me in silence, concentrate on my looks, listen to my voice and what you now notice is that I am the complete package. It could be Alistaire Allocco again, send me Ravyn Taylor, Syren, Jake Starr, Selena Frost, the stories still end the same, I have spoken this from the very beginning from the moment I stepped foot in the SCW, I would RISE, that is what Angels do, while the rest of you never paid me attention, I was eye candy, the cute blonde model, the woman that was supposed to take over as the Perfect Ten and you laughed at me. Now is your chance to leave your career to fate, see if the luck of the draw really does favor the brave or the fortunate…..
Or if it’s a fatal blow to their wants and needs.
If you face me, it’s the latter but at least you were given the chance, to step into the ring with greatness. An experience like no other and for some, they think this is their one and only chance. Last year did I walk into this even nervous or afraid? No, I went out there and won a title in a match that I had never competed in. This time I will do the same. Do you honestly think that Selena Frost wants this chance? Syren? Allocco? Maybe even Kennedy Street or Ravyn? No, for you see, once it is over I take away the one thing they had left….
Reasoning.
Without it they have no stake or claim, they can no longer cry for their chance at something that was never theirs to begin with…..
My World Heavenly Championship.”
Sienna looks over at the title and cracks a smirk, the Twins standing behind her both smile and nod in approval. If anyone is laser focused on Fatal Fortunes, it’s Sienna who takes pride in being the World Champion and such a long journey to get there that she will fight until the bitter end. Her looks full many, they don’t think this talented athlete that knows kickboxing is as dangerous as advertised. She is on a roll and last year Fatal Fortunes was good to her, this year it will be the same, she guarantees it. Turning back to the camera to speak….
“I’m the center of attention now. Thirteen and Donovan Kayl are trying to survive after I Erased the Past, could they be in line again? Please, do not make me laugh. Syren is holding on to a thread, all she had to do was be a competitor, Fortunes do not favor the cowards and that’s what you are, your demands will never be met, hope on this for it will be the only way you ever get a crack at me since I wasn’t good enough for your time and effort just a few months ago, well guess what?
You’re not worth mine.
What about you Selena? The perfect way to keep the Trios in your back pocket if you face me and I defeat you again with ease, then you can cry to Mr. D for another chance of humiliation all in a desperate attempt to have them all “believe” in this farce. James Evans, Marie Jones, Katelyn Buehler, the list goes on and on where one lucky individual will have their dreams come true only to turn into a nightmare while I just continue to be the face of this company. It saddens me to be quite honest how pathetic some of you have become. Much like the social circles of today, waiting for chance and luck to bring you something, never working towards it like I did, I earned every bit of this title, I jumped through every hoop and hurdle, I walked out there and beat Kennedy Street the first chance I was given all for one reason….
It was mine for the taking.
Most of you don’t deserve to be in the ring with me, it’s pretty obvious that I am a cut above the rest, breaking the mold, I’m the reason the fans clamor to the televisions, why they fill up the arenas. Half the seats were empty at the Apocalypse main Event for they came to see me and left after I walked out as world Champion for they had NO interest in anything else, that is power, that is influence and it is why as the World Champion, Fatal Fortunes centers around ME. Do I look concerned having to defend this belt? Do I care who my challenger is? What match stipulation I will get?
No.
When you are Sienna Swann? It shouldn’t matter.
Will I have to outlast another like Selena Frost in a Iron Woman match? Did she not learn the first time? Maybe it will be someone else? The writing is all on the wall, yet time and time again I’ve proven to get better as the match goes longer? What if it’s a street fight? A cage? An Evening Gown match? Do you see the concern on my face when it comes to this event?
I have none.
Did I quit after Blake Mason piledrove me from the second rope as I laid unconscious and couldn’t move a muscle?
No.
Did I run out in embarrassment when that tart, Casey Holliday cashed in her Trios to humiliate myself and Bree Lancaster only to have the match of my life in a potato sack?
No.
Did I crumble in defeat and wither away like so many when Ravyn Taylor took BOTH my titles, leaving me disgraced, ashamed and frustrated?
No.
Instead what I did was rise to the occasion. I came back and became a Dual Champion while Blake Mason sputtered. I elevated the Women’s Championship after the potato sack and made it mean something again. I left Ravyn so broken, a liar she had to turn on all of you, as a way to cope for her failures and that was only the beginning! Selena said she was the best in Platinum, Regan Street and I BOTH proved her wrong. I outlasted your chose one for over an hour and look at me now with what I hold.
Fatal Fortunes in the end means nothing to me, for I will walk in as World Champion and I will walk out as World Champion, making history like so many others past me who looked down at what I represented and the Brand that I created not only as a Heavenly Angel, also as a Champion, a woman that your kids can all look up to and be proud that even of you don’t come to 50% of what I am, the intentions are there and just the thought of being like Sienna Swann is good enough. Ask Kennedy Street, ask Selena Frost, ask Syren or the fourteen World Champions I have knocked out and they will tell you….
Sienna Swann isn’t coming, she’s already here.”
Laura looks on with pride. Sienna paces a bit, looking out into the falls, The Twins smirk, the Beautiful Angel is ready to do whatever it takes to leave Fatal Fortunes as World Champion. She knows that the odds are against her, she walks in blind, anything can happen. This is a champion who is mature, she maybe a little arrogant but her confidence is her strength and willing to adapt to anything. Her icy blue eyes narrow, looking into the camera….
“Turn down my challenges, overlook and disrespect me.
Don’t take Sienna Swann seriously. For many of you I’m a transitional champion, waiting to see who the next big name is? There is no bigger than me. The days of Syren and Ravyn are over. 2016 was good to Selena Frost. Kennedy Street had her redemption and Rise to Greatness moment.
That is now over.
There are others who wait in the wings, some new, some I wish they would just disappear. Do you see that in life, whether in the ring or outside it makes no difference? Art Imitates it and what you see here is a woman that has resolve, meaning and a goal. For years I wondered where I would end up, it wasn’t until last year when my eyes opened, and I started to see myself finally transform into who I was supposed to be….
Not just the most beautiful woman on the planet…..
A World Champion.
Fatal Fortunes brings the unknown, what will it have for each and every single one of us? Some will fall, seething from the unlucky choices made. While others will elevate themselves to stardom. Careers are made, they are broken. There is only one thing for sure….”
The gorgeous South African leans into the camera….
“Fortune is on the side of Sienna Swann….
And Fate comes in the form of a Kiss By an Angel.”
Sienna holds up the World Championship, she cracks a smirk as her blue eyes again narrow. The Twins in the background both smile and pose as Laura nods in approval….
FADE TO BLACK
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Sienna: “Yes, you are right.”
Steve: “There she is, our World Champion! The timing couldn’t have been any better, I will tell you. It was almost like you knew that this was going to make the Vogue cover extra special and the story? Oh, Sienna. I underestimated you and I will admit, I could have done something real stupid and broken our contract and yet you have restored my faith in this venture we signed up for. Laura…. Laura…..come here!”
“Time….
Willow: “Only the greatest photographer to walk the earth, if these women perspire any more we’ll have to put of slip hazard signs…”
Kelly: “Where do I even begin, I want to know everything about you, we all do. But let’s start from the fact you have been the talk of the town, a woman who is making waves in the fashion industry after basically falling off the map for a few years due to the scandal. One that ROCKED the fashion world. One which you came out and admitted to your faults. How did you come about that decision?”
Sienna Swann 