How I Became Your Mother : Chapter 3
Oct 4, 2019 0:42:27 GMT -5
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Post by Kennedy Matthews on Oct 4, 2019 0:42:27 GMT -5
I.
I did it. I actually fucking did it. I now come to you as the number one contender for the Action Wrestling World Title. I proved Karlie Nash, and all of the haters for that matter, wrong. My journey over the last year had not been for nothing. I had loved and lost.. Well mostly lost. Almost one year to the day and here I stand at the top of that hill. I stand before you a changed woman. I used to say long live the queen but the queen has been dead for long enough now. Did I miss her? Not at all. Finally, I could be myself. Kennedy Matthews had been a household name for so long for all the wrong reasons. I had done enough dastardly things and used enough people in my career to realize that I was a fuck up. That part of me was dead and gone. I was beyond prepared for my date with Dandy DiVito in Saudi Arabia.
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The scene opened on Kennedy Matthews standing in front of a huge door. She smirked as she held a bouquet of Mexican Dahlia Pinnatas behind her back. She rapped excitedly on the maroon door, a gold star on the front. She pulled the bouquet of flowers from behind her back. ”For you my dear friend.”
Estrella, all smiles, hugged Kennedy who hugged back lightly. Estrella rolled her eyes in a sarcastic manner. ”Kennedy, I had neck surgery but I know you are good for a better hug than that.”
Kennedy squeezed a little tighter as she softly spoke to her friend. ”Have you been cleared for travel?”
Estrella looked away sadly. ”No. Kennedy. I haven’t. I will be by your side in spirit but will be watching at home on the AW Network.”
Kennedy sighed and shook her head as the two women stepped inside the house. Kennedy walked, her head hung low. Estrella looked back and yelled at her friend. ”Kennedy, you need to hold your head high. You are the number one contender and the mother of all creation. You have come a long way. You need to go out there in Saudi Arabia and defeat Dandy DiVito and put an end to his return and reign of terror. He has struck fear into people in all the wrong ways. He has lied and cheated too many people out of opportunities. You will be the one to conquer this tyrant.”
Kennedy shook her head as she is unsure. ”Estrella, I am doing this alone.”
Estrella put one finger on Kennedy’s lips. ”You are not alone. You have me. You have Lissie. You have Sadie and your mum. You have people who want you to succeed. You have your fans. All those young girls who look up to the mother of all creation. You have to save us from Dandy like you saved us from Karlie Nash. You need to bring the Action Wrestling World Championship back to prominence.”
Kennedy perked up. She knew Estrella was right. She had to do this for everyone. ”Estrella, you are so smart, ya know? I don’t know what I would do without you. You are truly the best friend a woman could have. You are someone who knows the right things to say at the right time. Dandy isn’t ready to do battle with me. He isn’t ready for the fight I am bringing. I am doing this, not just for me but for you and for the fans.”
Kennedy looked down at the time. ”I got to head to the airport. Be sure to tune in!”
Kennedy hugged Estrella and rushed out the door. ”I will definitely be watching. Get them, girl!”
Estrella looked at a suitcase in the corner as the scene faded to black.
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II.
I have to win this match. I have to keep the momentum rolling. Beating Karlie Nash isn’t enough. I won’t stop until I am on top of the wrestling world. For far too long people who are completely undeserving have been running Action Wrestling. Ryan Lockhart held the title for entirely too long and now Dandy DiVito has stolen the title and become a fucking tyrant.
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”What happens when you become the villain, Dandy? Someone I once looked up to and admired and now you are everything I despise in this world. You have become an arrogant piece of shit.
Hats off to you Dandy for faking your way through the chamber more than Yaz fakes orgasms for her many gentlemen callers. You stepped into the ring with some top notch names. Names like Sam Kidsgrove, Odin Balfore, Teo Blaze, just to name a few and what did you do of importance? From my perspective I saw you get beat up by Sam Kidsgrove. You got beat up by Alex Richards. You got beat up by Allison Riggs-Preston. You got beat up by Odin on many occasions. You stole a pin on Kidsgrove and lucked out against Odin. In Saudi Arabia, your luck runs out Dandy. No one will be there to do the dirty work against me and I am hungrier than a pit bull in a shelter.
Our lives have been on different paths. Do you remember our last match or have all the head shots made you forget? Allow me to refresh your memory. I pushed you to the limit and came thiiiiiiis close to winning the United States Title.”
Kennedy holds her thumb and forefinger up about a centimeter apart. ”Dandy, you and I have both become something different since then. Since then, Jaice has been fired and is no longer in my life. Estrella’s career may be over. The Royal Family has come and gone. There is one more thing that is going to change, Dandy. The outcome. Last time you got the victory. Not this time. You are not up against someone who thinks they are a queen. Oh no. This time you are up against the Mother of All Creation. Look around you Dandy. Everything in this business was created by me or people like me. The fans are why we do what we do but ultimately that title you currently have around your pathetic waist, that is the prize. I am going to ensure that it comes home to someone the fans can be proud of. I am going to do this for all the people you have wronged. I am going to do this for all the fans you have denied a meet and greet for. I am going to do this for my child who didn’t get a chance to live.”
Kennedy walked over to a broken mirror. She smirked as she spoke again. ”Dandy, seeing ourselves is all about perspective. I learned this the hard way. I pushed everyone away and what did it get me? Pain. Heartache. Misery. I am happier now that I have a new perspective of who I am.”
She began piecing the mirror back together. ”We must reassemble our visions. We must reassemble our dreams to get back to who we are supposed to be. We must not let our obscure visions of reality shape us, but rather, we need to reshape our reality to fit us. That is where you seem to lack, Dandy. You want everything handed to you because you feel like you deserve it but have you truly earned it? I can hear you now. Oh, all Kennedy did is beat Karlie Nash. I ended one chapter of my career. Could have been anyone, Dandy. Now my focus is on you, and the World Heavyweight Title. I am more focused than ever, Dandy. No more will I hide in the shadows and let people who don’t deserve the top prizes have their way with less than stellar individuals. Dandy, you have everyone in this company scared of you and running. When I look at you, I see a wanna be and a never was. I see the fear, Dandy. I am not Sam Kidsgrove who has made this a personal vendetta, oh no. This is all business, Dandy. This is all about regaining the respect that I once had in this business before I went into business for myself. This is all about regaining the love of the fans and becoming a world champion once again.”
Kennedy pulled a small title belt out of her trophy case. She held it up to the camera. ”Let’s go back a few years. Eighteen year old, Kennedy Matthews shocks the world and becomes the Grindhouse Wrestling Champion. When I won this title is when I started getting a big head. A princess was born the day I won this. I thought I reached the pinnacle when I held this title high above my head. Since that day I have never won the big one again. I was WCF Television Champion. I was WCF Hardcore Champion. I was Action Wrestling Television Champion. Sure, I gave ALL of that up but look where I am now, Dandy. Who would have thought that a few months after I gave up the Television Title I would be heading into WrestleSeason as the number one contender? Since giving up the Television Title I haven’t been a sure fire draw for the company but that is neither here nor there.
Let’s go back to Mexico shall we? And no I am not speaking about Logan. I am speaking about this past week on Clash when you refused to show up. You are overlooking me and that is fair. Why would you be worried about little old me?”
Kennedy smirked as she spoke again. ”You should be worried, Dandy. You are overlooking someone who almost beat you when you were at your best. You are overlooking a bitch who will stop at nothing to become the champion. Dandy, quite simply put, you will be overlooking someone who would give her own fucking life to make the fans and her family and friends proud of her. What will you do, Dandy, when I take the title from you? We shall see after Saudi Arabia.”
Kennedy smiled from ear to ear as the scene faded to black.
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III.
Many people over look me and it is kind of a habit of mine to prove the naysayers wrong. WrestleSeason was in full swing and at no point is anyone thinking of Kennedy Matthews for Wrestler of the Year. As we look at the bracket no one is assuming I will even be involved but think about it for a moment. In one year I have gone from the Television Title Picture to the World Title picture. At any point I could shock the world and win the World Title and would people take me seriously? Probably not. I could be the face of the company and people would still overlook me. Many security guards at the arenas we go to don’t recognize me anymore. Many of the fans don’t recognize my new look. I don’t recognize myself when I look in the mirror but it is in a good way. Gone is that little girl, that spoiled little bitch! Now I am a more mature version of myself and it is showing in and out of the ring.
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The camera showed Kennedy Matthews signing autographs in an airport in Saudi Arabia. In recent weeks Kennedy had catapulted from midcard mainstay and into the main event scene. There was a point where Kennedy even doubted this would ever happen but recent events had pushed this to happen and she couldn’t be happier. A young fan ran up to her with her mother. Kennedy looked down at the young fan and then smiled at her mother. The mother handed Kennedy a blue hijab. Kennedy smiled at the woman. ”Help me put it on?”
The woman smiled as she wrapped the hijab around the head of Kennedy. Kennedy smiled again and signed an autograph for the young girl. She kept walking as she found her limo driver. She hopped in the limo and sped off. Kennedy was rather shocked at the fact she was receiving such a warm reception. That reception would be short lived as she attempted to go into the arena. She flashed her working pass to the security but they detained her. Kennedy yelled at the guard. ”What the hell are you doing? Has Dandy hired you to do this?”
The security guard looked at another one and spoke in Arabic. The other guard nodded as they took Kennedy to another room. Kennedy had a seat and looked at them. ”Come on. I am the number one contender for the Action Wrestling World Title. I need to get settled in so I can keep focused. Now you have me here so I can’t prepare. Was it Dandy or Yazmin that put you up to this?”
The guards laughed as the head guard spoke to Kennedy. ”Ma’am. We cannot have you in a ring here in this country. It is unlawful. You may not do this match this week. You will have to wait until another time.”
Kennedy began thinking of Yazmin’s warning from the past week on Clash. Yazmin had told Kennedy that if this match didn’t happen she would lose her shot. Kennedy knew that Yazmin had no say in it but she couldn’t take that chance. She yelled at the guards. ”Look. I earned this shot. I will be damned if I let you take it away! I am going to win this for the fans and for the good guys. I am tired of Dandy DiVito trying to force things and this is just another one of those things. You need to completely stop this shit and let me in.”
She attempted to stand up but the guards pushed her back down. ”Miss, you need calm down. You need listen to us. We will arrest you.”
Kennedy shook her head. ”May I call my boss?”
The guards nodded as Kennedy brandished her cell phone. She dialed a number as female voice can be heard from the other end. ”Hello?”
Kennedy frantically spoke. ”Camilla, I am at the arena in Saudi Arabia and the guards will not let me in. I need you to explain to them that I need to be let in so I can prepare. If I am unable to compete and I lose my opportunity I will not let you, Torture, or Gravedigger live it down.”
Camilla Gonzales spoke from the other end. ”Kennedy, calm down. I got you. We will simply get the misunderstanding figured out. We have an agreement with the General Sport Authority. Give me a few minutes to make some phone calls. Just sit tight.”
The guards left Kennedy alone for a bit as they went to go figure things out. ”Sit tight? Camilla expects me to sit tight when my opportunity was just threatened last week by Yazmin and thus by Dandy and now I am to sit tight? What in the hell is she smoking?”
Kennedy took a deep breath as she attempted to calm down. The two guards walked back in accompanied by Camilla. Camilla smiled at Kennedy. ”See. I told you I got you.”
Kennedy smiled and nodded at Camilla. The guards uncuffed Kennedy as she stood up. The guard looked down. ”Sorry Miss. We had no idea there was a previous arrangement.”
Camilla and Kennedy walked out together as Kennedy looked at the camera and winked.
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IV.
I have been through the ringer as of late. Dandy and Yazmin have tried to do everything they could to keep me from making it to this match. Dandy didn’t even show up in Mexico City. Dandy can’t live with the fact that I am about to take the title from him so he is trying to downplay it. He is trying to pull any kind of plan he can to keep the match from happening. I don't know why people are trying to downplay me. I know why Dandy fears me. I have defeated some greats. I have defeated NvL (yes that counts even though Gravedigger fucked me over and restarted the match). I have defeated Teo Blaze. I am the ONLY loss on the record of Kurt Navarro and ended his fucking career. Dandy fears me because he knows what I am capable of. He knows that whether the fans love me or hate me they can’t forget me. He knows that he is forgettable. He knows simply that I am the Mother of All Creation. He knows that, finally, I am hitting strides I should have hit earlier this year. He knows that, simply put, on any given night I can beat him. Anything that either of us say won’t matter come October 7th here in Saudi Arabia. All the talk in the world won’t matter. All that matters is who’s hand is raised in victory once that final bell rings. All that matters is who’s back is pinned against the mat. I wouldn’t want to be in Dandy’s shoes when he comes back to America and he is about twenty pounds lighter because the gold is around my waist. It is going to be a lonely flight. It is going to be a rough time on social media. My back is against the ropes. I need to make my move. It is the bottom of the ninth and I need a walk off homerun. These are the free throws that will end the NBA finals and they are anything but automatic. I will not be that kicker that loses the Super Bowl for their team. I will be the MVP. I am ready to go and there is no doubt in my mind that Dandy is formulating his next plan with Yazmin. Nothing has worked thus far and time is running out. Soon, WrestleSeason episode three of Clash will be in full effect and we will simply see who is better. Dandy better bring it and fight honorably or I will beat him at his own game.
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Kennedy Matthews smiled as she turned time and time again, almost childlike, in an office chair. She smirked as she looked into the camera. ”Dandy, Yazmin.. Hey there. Bet you thought your little plan to get me detained and thus render me unable to get into the arena would work. Bet you thought you could weasel yourself into a position to make me lose my opportunity. Here is the thing, I am quite frankly surprised you didn’t secure all possible escapes I had. You didn’t manage to keep me from competing. You managed to piss me off and make a business matter into a personal matter. Now I see, why Kidsgrove has been on your ass for a God damned year. You are, for lack of better words, a dick.”
Kennedy stopped spinning as she stood up, getting a more serious look on her face. ”Look, the time for fun and games is done. I am more focused than ever before Dandy. You have awakened a sleeping monster inside that ring. You wanted my attention? You got it. You should be the one who is worried here in Saudi Arabia. You have reignited a flame and a love for this business that NO ONE has seen from me since I was that eighteen year old kid. When I won the Grindhouse World Title the fans were in shock. They say lightning doesn’t strike twice. It does strike twice just not in the same place. Grindhouse and Action are two totally different spots. You got lucky last time we fought. You stole a victory from me. Now is my opportunity to steal your thunder. Now is my opportunity to rain on your parade. Now is my opportunity to shine like a diamond. I will be damned if I allow you to squash me in this match. I am not Sam Kidsgrove. I am not Jaice Wilds. I will NOT sit idly by and let this opportunity pass me by. I won’t have three straight World Title losses because it will only take me one to win. I am tired of people looking past me. I am tired of everyone counting me out and me proving them wrong. After this week, I will quite simply be the one who is held in high regard. As sure as I sit here before you, I am simply the one who will dethrone you. I am the one who will make YOUR reign of terror be remembered as one in which you were ended by a former royalty who found herself. You are someone who needs to realize this, Dandy, I am not a pushover. I am a seven year veteran of this sport. I am almost twenty six years of age and I want to show the world that I am not a slouch. I am not a green rookie who can’t do things of importance. I am not some middle of the road wanna be who lies in fear of you or anyone Dandy.”
Kennedy began applying lipstick to her mouth as she laughed a bit before clicking her tongue in disappointment. ”Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Dandy, you and I are polar opposites. You are one of those people who do this for the fame and for the notoriety. I do this for the love of the business. For the love of the fans. I used to be in your shoes, Dandy. Once upon a time, I thought I was Queen of the World. My world came crashing down, and yours will too. Look at the annals of history. Where will your name be remembered? Will you be remembered as a World Champion like Ryan Lockhart? Or will you be remembered as a World Champion like Noble Savage. One who had all the talent in the world, yet squandered it because you couldn’t see past your own ego? Pinocchio lied and lied and yet he was able to tell the truth sometimes. I know there is good and honor deep within you, DiVito, the question is, will you show the honor or will you tuck your tail and continue to make a mockery out of this company and out of this entire fucking business? I am tired of little monkeys like you trying to make a quick buck and make this all about you. I am tired of you in general Dandy. I am tired of your weak words and your lazy antics inside the hallowed ring. The ring I was born in. The ring I will die in.”
The camera panned out to show Kennedy Matthews standing inside the ring. The Action logo can be seen on the side. She held the Grindhouse Wrestling Title high above her head. She laughed as she tossed it to the ground. She raised a replica Action Wrestling Title above her head. ”Much like I did to myself recently. Out with the old… and in with the new.”
Kennedy ran the ropes, one last time in preparation, as the scene faded to black.