The People and I are on a Mission!!
Feb 17, 2022 20:17:39 GMT -5
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Post by Jonny Cedrone on Feb 17, 2022 20:17:39 GMT -5
**--The scene opens up inside Cedrone’s office in their lovely home. He’s thumbing through more paperwork as some Action Wrestling is playing in the background. He hears a knock on the door.--**
“Come in!”
**--Off screen we hear the door to the room open then close. After a few moments Jonny finally takes his eyes off of his paperwork to look up and see his butler William Ellingsworth--**
“How’s it goin’ William?”
“I do say. I don’t know why you bloody Americans find it so necessary to butcher such a beautiful language such as the English language just to satisfy your bloody impatience. If you insist on using the phrase ‘How’s it goin’?’ at least have the decency to use it properly!”
“How is it going Master Ellingsworth” would have sufficed just nicely there.”
**--Jonny just sits there dumbfounded at first--**
“I’ll put it into considera…wait a minute…Master Ellingsworth?!”
“Oh it does have a jolly-good ring to it, dunnit sir?!“
“If you say so.”
**--William watches some of the wrestling and stands there seemingly trying to get up enough nerve to ask Jonny what he wants to ask him.--**
“What is it William?”
“Well…it’s nothing really sir. I see you’re watching a Claire Hawkins match.”
“You follow Action Wrestling huh?”
“Only when there’s nothing good on television sir. It helps me go to sleep.”
“Oookay. Yeah. I have to do a little bit of studying. She’s my tag team partner this Monday.”
“Tag team partner?! Do you think she’ll be as good of a partner as Master Zordon was that one night?”
“Absolutely. And better! They’re running a bit of a tag team tournament and the teams were put together randomly. At the pay-per-view in March, BattleBowl, the winning teams of the tournament take part in a battle royal. The winner of that battle royal gets to go last in the Havoc Rumble. So we’re all basically using our partners as a way to get to the World Championship. Tag teams now. Bitter enemies tomorrow.”
**--William pauses for a bit to try to process it--**
“That has to be the most mind-bending rubbish I’ve ever heard in my life sir!”
“Anyway! She’s a former four-time television Champion and is the reigning CBS Champion. She has a fantastic resume and I actually look forward to teaming up with her. You know how I feel about having pride in my work so when I see her I see a woman that takes great pride in what she does. She’s been CBS Champion since the beginning of January! She goes out there night in and night out and she proves to the entire roster and to the world that she is one of the best this business has to offer! And with that, given this situation we’re in, I don’t know if I could have asked for a better partner. She’s definitely goal-driven. She sets out to be the best in the world. She’s ruthless. She does whatever needs to be done to win, no matter what. And given that she’s a multiple time Television Champion and is the current CBS Champion – not to mention the fact that she is a former World Champion herself – I know that as good as she is, she has her eyes set on the highest prize in this business.”
“Sounds a bit like you’re riding her coattails to get the shot at the World Title.”
“That’s kinda what we’re all doing in a way. Everyone wants that last spot in the Havoc Rumble for the best odds at winning and getting a shot at the World Championship.”
“Well do tell sir, who are the unfortunate souls that have to share the ring with you two devastating specimens?”
“I know sarcasm when I hear it.”
“Who me? Perish the thought sir!”
“Our opponents will be Jessie Lee and Serenity Holmes.”
**--William looks super perplexed--**
“Well bloody hell! Aren’t they usually on Cruiser Clash?!”
“Yeah. Why?”
“The two of you will kill those two lovely girls sir!”
“So because they’re on Cruiser Clash they’re beneath us on the regular Clash?”
“I…well…you…they…”
“How insensitive of ya William. You ought to be ashamed!”
“Each woman has a very well-storied past and well-decorated resume! Each women have held Championship gold and Jessie Lee is actually the reigning Women’s Champion of Action Wrestling! I’m sure neither woman take their accomplishments lightly – as they shouldn’t – but I’m also sure that they have their eyes set higher. I’m sure their goal is the Action Wrestling World Championship – as it should be! There is no Championship that means more, that is held in a higher regard than the Action Wrestling World Championship. It’s the driving force behind everyone’s objective in this tournament. Some tag teams consist of mortal enemies, but they get along long enough to get the win. Some tag teams consist of people who are meeting for the first time – such as Miss Hawkins and myself – but they get along long enough to get the win. Everyone in this tournament has to get along long enough to get the win or everything that they’re striving to be, all of their hopes and their dreams get dashed and disappear with a pinfall or a submission or even a count-out loss!”
“Jessie Lee and Serenity Holmes will be formidable opponents for Miss Hawkins and myself, there’s no doubt about it! I’ve been in the ring with wrestlers of all shapes, sizes and genders so I know that when a competitor has it in their mind that they’re gonna win – you’re hard-pressed to get them out of that mindset! They’re just as hungry as we are. They’re just as goal-driven as we are. They’re in this for the same reason that we are. And from everything that I’ve seen from them as well, and from their wrestling resume, they’re going to go out to that ring and give us a fight. Miss Hawkins and I are going to have to earn that win Monday night. I’m sure that Miss Lee and Miss Holmes understand that we’re just as hungry as they are; we’re just as goal-driven as they are; that we’re in this for the same reason as they are; and that we’re going to give them just as big of a fight as they’re gonna give us. Whichever team walks out of this match Monday night with the win will know, without a shadow of a doubt, that they deserved the win! They will know that they earned their spot in the BattleBowl battle royal!”
**--William sits there looking befuddled--**
“But sir…you actually think you’re going to win? Your record isn’t really the best so for in Action Wrestling. You lost to Master Zordon a few weeks ago. Sure you got your win back the following week in the most gruesome, morbid and demonic match ever made up – a casket match – but you haven’t shown that you belong yet sir. When will you just hang up your bloody boots – preferably in the garage because I couldn’t stand the putrid that would surely come from those wretched things – and give up on this fairytale dream of yours of becoming something you’re not anymore?”
**--Jonny, now pissed off, looks over at William and slowly stands up, leans over onto the desk and brings his voice down to a deliberate, cold almost whisper--**
“Win, lose, or draw Mr. Ellingsworth, I go out to that ring and I do my damnedest to put on the best match on any card I’m involved with. Each and every time they come to watch me wrestle the fans know they’re gonna get their money’s worth. I do what I do in that ring, not only for myself but for every one of the fans as well! I leave my heart and my soul out in that ring and the fans breathe life back into me so I can come back and do it again the next week.”
“So yeah, a loss will come here and there but with the People on my side, the world is our oyster and there’s nothing that can stop us. Come Monday night, Miss Hawkins and myself will win the match and go on to BattleBowl. At BattleBowl, we know that our need to get along will be no more. At BattleBowl, I will be the last entrant in the Havoc Rumble. Then I will become the World Champion.”
“I’m on a mission Mr. Ellingsworth and there’s nobody that can stop me.”
**--The scene fades to black--**
“Come in!”
**--Off screen we hear the door to the room open then close. After a few moments Jonny finally takes his eyes off of his paperwork to look up and see his butler William Ellingsworth--**
“How’s it goin’ William?”
“I do say. I don’t know why you bloody Americans find it so necessary to butcher such a beautiful language such as the English language just to satisfy your bloody impatience. If you insist on using the phrase ‘How’s it goin’?’ at least have the decency to use it properly!”
“How is it going Master Ellingsworth” would have sufficed just nicely there.”
**--Jonny just sits there dumbfounded at first--**
“I’ll put it into considera…wait a minute…Master Ellingsworth?!”
“Oh it does have a jolly-good ring to it, dunnit sir?!“
“If you say so.”
**--William watches some of the wrestling and stands there seemingly trying to get up enough nerve to ask Jonny what he wants to ask him.--**
“What is it William?”
“Well…it’s nothing really sir. I see you’re watching a Claire Hawkins match.”
“You follow Action Wrestling huh?”
“Only when there’s nothing good on television sir. It helps me go to sleep.”
“Oookay. Yeah. I have to do a little bit of studying. She’s my tag team partner this Monday.”
“Tag team partner?! Do you think she’ll be as good of a partner as Master Zordon was that one night?”
“Absolutely. And better! They’re running a bit of a tag team tournament and the teams were put together randomly. At the pay-per-view in March, BattleBowl, the winning teams of the tournament take part in a battle royal. The winner of that battle royal gets to go last in the Havoc Rumble. So we’re all basically using our partners as a way to get to the World Championship. Tag teams now. Bitter enemies tomorrow.”
**--William pauses for a bit to try to process it--**
“That has to be the most mind-bending rubbish I’ve ever heard in my life sir!”
“Anyway! She’s a former four-time television Champion and is the reigning CBS Champion. She has a fantastic resume and I actually look forward to teaming up with her. You know how I feel about having pride in my work so when I see her I see a woman that takes great pride in what she does. She’s been CBS Champion since the beginning of January! She goes out there night in and night out and she proves to the entire roster and to the world that she is one of the best this business has to offer! And with that, given this situation we’re in, I don’t know if I could have asked for a better partner. She’s definitely goal-driven. She sets out to be the best in the world. She’s ruthless. She does whatever needs to be done to win, no matter what. And given that she’s a multiple time Television Champion and is the current CBS Champion – not to mention the fact that she is a former World Champion herself – I know that as good as she is, she has her eyes set on the highest prize in this business.”
“Sounds a bit like you’re riding her coattails to get the shot at the World Title.”
“That’s kinda what we’re all doing in a way. Everyone wants that last spot in the Havoc Rumble for the best odds at winning and getting a shot at the World Championship.”
“Well do tell sir, who are the unfortunate souls that have to share the ring with you two devastating specimens?”
“I know sarcasm when I hear it.”
“Who me? Perish the thought sir!”
“Our opponents will be Jessie Lee and Serenity Holmes.”
**--William looks super perplexed--**
“Well bloody hell! Aren’t they usually on Cruiser Clash?!”
“Yeah. Why?”
“The two of you will kill those two lovely girls sir!”
“So because they’re on Cruiser Clash they’re beneath us on the regular Clash?”
“I…well…you…they…”
“How insensitive of ya William. You ought to be ashamed!”
“Each woman has a very well-storied past and well-decorated resume! Each women have held Championship gold and Jessie Lee is actually the reigning Women’s Champion of Action Wrestling! I’m sure neither woman take their accomplishments lightly – as they shouldn’t – but I’m also sure that they have their eyes set higher. I’m sure their goal is the Action Wrestling World Championship – as it should be! There is no Championship that means more, that is held in a higher regard than the Action Wrestling World Championship. It’s the driving force behind everyone’s objective in this tournament. Some tag teams consist of mortal enemies, but they get along long enough to get the win. Some tag teams consist of people who are meeting for the first time – such as Miss Hawkins and myself – but they get along long enough to get the win. Everyone in this tournament has to get along long enough to get the win or everything that they’re striving to be, all of their hopes and their dreams get dashed and disappear with a pinfall or a submission or even a count-out loss!”
“Jessie Lee and Serenity Holmes will be formidable opponents for Miss Hawkins and myself, there’s no doubt about it! I’ve been in the ring with wrestlers of all shapes, sizes and genders so I know that when a competitor has it in their mind that they’re gonna win – you’re hard-pressed to get them out of that mindset! They’re just as hungry as we are. They’re just as goal-driven as we are. They’re in this for the same reason that we are. And from everything that I’ve seen from them as well, and from their wrestling resume, they’re going to go out to that ring and give us a fight. Miss Hawkins and I are going to have to earn that win Monday night. I’m sure that Miss Lee and Miss Holmes understand that we’re just as hungry as they are; we’re just as goal-driven as they are; that we’re in this for the same reason as they are; and that we’re going to give them just as big of a fight as they’re gonna give us. Whichever team walks out of this match Monday night with the win will know, without a shadow of a doubt, that they deserved the win! They will know that they earned their spot in the BattleBowl battle royal!”
**--William sits there looking befuddled--**
“But sir…you actually think you’re going to win? Your record isn’t really the best so for in Action Wrestling. You lost to Master Zordon a few weeks ago. Sure you got your win back the following week in the most gruesome, morbid and demonic match ever made up – a casket match – but you haven’t shown that you belong yet sir. When will you just hang up your bloody boots – preferably in the garage because I couldn’t stand the putrid that would surely come from those wretched things – and give up on this fairytale dream of yours of becoming something you’re not anymore?”
**--Jonny, now pissed off, looks over at William and slowly stands up, leans over onto the desk and brings his voice down to a deliberate, cold almost whisper--**
“Win, lose, or draw Mr. Ellingsworth, I go out to that ring and I do my damnedest to put on the best match on any card I’m involved with. Each and every time they come to watch me wrestle the fans know they’re gonna get their money’s worth. I do what I do in that ring, not only for myself but for every one of the fans as well! I leave my heart and my soul out in that ring and the fans breathe life back into me so I can come back and do it again the next week.”
“So yeah, a loss will come here and there but with the People on my side, the world is our oyster and there’s nothing that can stop us. Come Monday night, Miss Hawkins and myself will win the match and go on to BattleBowl. At BattleBowl, we know that our need to get along will be no more. At BattleBowl, I will be the last entrant in the Havoc Rumble. Then I will become the World Champion.”
“I’m on a mission Mr. Ellingsworth and there’s nobody that can stop me.”
**--The scene fades to black--**
