Post by Brianna Casablancas on Apr 19, 2014 22:23:54 GMT -5
Sunday Afternoon
Somewhere in the Arizona Desert
“Bloody hell” Brianna says as she opens her eyes under the Arizona sun shining in her face. She immediately feels the heat that this state is known for. She tries to collect her thoughts ...but she does not remember much after Alice told her that she was purposely roofing herself because she thought it would be a good time. Brianna sits up and realizes that she is in the same dress she was wearing before she blacked out. She waits for her whole body to regain feeling and confirm that all her attire is still intact ...so nothing TOO extreme happened. That would be a whole lot darker a route than she would have wanted to go for what started out as a light outing. THAT is just not apart of her world and she is glad it gets to stay that way. But her concern shifts from herself to her partner. From how she feels ...she can that she is fine ...she cannot say the same for Alice Knight, who she does have great concern for at times. As she scrambles to her friend who is still dressed an easter bunny, she trips on her high heels forgetting she was wearing them. Her knee burns on the ground of the desert. She quickly gets back up and carefully walks to her partner who is coming to herself. As she goes to her partner’s side, she is overcome with a feeling she has never felt toward her friend: anger. “Alice are you alright?”
“That must have been a hell of a night.” Alice says coming to while she realizes that she is in the middle of the desert with her partner. “WOO! Vegas!”
“Dear, I don’t think we are in Vegas or I am not sure. I don’t even know what day it is ...we could very well be late for our match. But firstly, are you okay? Do you feel as if you might been ...violated.”
Alice remains sat up but isn’t fully on her feet yet. She is more content with their situation than Brianna is. Brianna, while a free spirit in her own way, DOES have a smidge of responsibility especially in situations like this. “I don’t know what you are referring to but I feel fine ...and full ...I think we ate a lot of food. My breath smells like hot dogs. Did we eat hot dogs?”
Brianna gives her a once over and can tell that she is okay and hopefully nothing happened against her will. But what is of a concern to her is their current situation, how they got there, and how to get out of it. AGAIN, she can feel a bit of contempt for Alice’s decision. She had won 20 thousand dollars gambling ...why did she need to indulge more than that? Brianna shakes that off while helping her partner to her feet. “I do not know what happened, love because you laced your drink with the date rape drug.”
“Like I said, it isn’t a party without it. But why did you forget your night? I always saw you as more responsible Bria-Bria.” Alice pulls the bunny ears off of her and immediately unzips it because it is so hot. She is wearing a dirty pair of t-shirt and jeans underneath. “Maybe instead we were both abducted by aliens. That reminds me of that one movie I saw that starred Will Smith and Tom Cruise fighting Aliens that got beat by water. Have you seen it? I think it involves walking ipods as well?”
Brianna finds herself snapping just a little bit at her partner. She tries to fight this frustration she has because it is NOT her place to judge her friend or her habits. But she couldn’t hide her dislike for her lifestyle behind a smile right now. “It was not aliens nor did I lace myself. You didn’t tell me that your bloody cocktail was laced ...so something bad could have happened and we wouldn’t have even known about it.”
“Wait Brianna, hold on …”Alice begins looking around with the bunny costume on the ground. “Where is my money? You know the one I won by being amazing at a Mexican gambling game that I didn’t understand.” Both Brianna and Alice have been left with their purses. Brianna checks inside her purse realizing that her I.D and credit cards are fully intact there is sigh of relief. But there is no sign of Alice’s newly won money. Alice freaks out. “I was RICH! RICH I TELLS YOU! Now its gone.”
Brianna tries to look on the bright side even though she is upset with her friend’s behavior. “But at least we are still healthy.”
“But my cash is gone. I was going to buy a Chick-Filet franchise with that money and then make more money and then buy a McDonald’s to set up across from it. But now it is all gone, Brianna. What could have happened to it?”
“It was the Yakuza!” A familiar voice says from behind them. “You two lovely young ladies might have been out of it ...but they have been after me for years.” The two ladies are in shock as the man who was nearby and coming to around them gets up. Alice is star struck at this celebrity.
“Mel Gibson you came to rapture us!” Alice is up and gives him a hug. He seems upset with her confusion.
“I am not Mel Gibson.” He looks at her hoping that she would recognize him from one of his famous roles. “You don’t know who I am? Really?” He gives her a stunning smile.
“I know who you are. I have friends in Germany who love you, Mr. Hasselhoff!” He looks relieved that SOMEONE recognized him. Brianna also sense the ooze of an old man who thinks he can still hook up with a young lady. She gives him an unsure smile to let him know that THAT is not going to be an option.
Alice finally recognizes him. “Oh, you are Nick Fury from that hit blockbuster based on the popular British series. You were great opposite Uma Thurman.”
David Hasselhoff looks over at Brianna. “Is she for real?”
“The realest.” The young British answers.
“Is she single?” Hasselhoff asks as Alice twirls her hair in a dreaming daze. Brianna pulls Alice closer to her.
“You say that you know how we get here, Mr. Hasselhoff?” Brianna asks. “You mentioned the Yakuza?”
“What does a Jewish Holiday have to do with any of this?” Alice asks both of them as she still feels the effects of all of the illegal substances she has been abusing the night before hand. Brianna gives her a smile that tells her that she loves her opinion and quirkiness ...but there is a tinge of annoyance in that smile.
“I owed them some money due to some “loans” I took out. Yesterday they grabbed me, roughed me up a little and put me in the trunk of their car. After a few hours, they threw both of you in the trunk with me, knocked all of us, and then I woke up here. I am just lucky they didn’t kill me” Hasselhoff says with his perfectly chiseled chin glistening in the sunset. “I do not know WHAT you two did to upset them.”
“I don’t know either but I am guessing we know what happened to her money.” Brianna said trying to remain positive.
“I do not think you will be seeing that money again. Hell, I don’t even know if we will ever be able to make it out of this desert. We should have an orgy!” Hasselhoff says knowing that nine times out of ten that suggestion usually works for him ...more so in the eighties.
Brianna holds Alice back right as the Hoff makes that crude suggestion. “That is not going to happen today, love.”
“Ah” Alice says as Brianna holds her back. The Hoff gives them a look that says ‘I had to try.’
“Me and my mate here need to get to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico for a big match against the Demons of Death.” Brianna says as she tries to lead her friend out of the desert in hopes that they could somehow get to Truth of Consequences if it isn’t too late. It would NOT look good for them to no show the last strike before War Games ...especially because they roofied themselves.
The Hoff lifts his eyebrow to them. “Demons of Death? That is the dumbest name I ever heard of. Are they like a Kiss cover band?”
Alice moves back towards the creeper David Hasselhoff, who fully intends to have weird desert sex with her as Brianna tries to keep her moving. “I know, right? But no they are a wrestling tag team.”
“That is cheesy even for wrestling.” Hasselhoff says as he follows the girls who tread there the desert hopefully towards civilization.
“This is coming from the bloke that spent ten years running down the beach in red shorty shorts.” Brianna responds trying to distance herself from Hasselhoff but he just trails behind them. But then she realizes that she is missing something that has slipped her mind until this moment. ...mostly because she feels like crap and as a result is being more crabby than she has been in a long time. Why are some people so self-destructive. “Where is my Central title?”
“Where’s your title, dude?” Alice echoed her sentiment.
And that is when Brianna finally loses it. It wasn’t Ian Bishop. It wasn’t her mother. It wasn’t knowing that somebody else is raising her child. It wasn’t being fired from her job ...nor was it the stress of her upcoming Massacre match and the War Games match ...but a combination of all of those things that has been building up since she entered OCW. The “Roofie Incident” is the straw that has broke the camels back. Being the master of the mind that Brianna is, she could even tell you that everyone loses their cool once in a while ...and this was that moment. “Bloody hell Alice! Just bloody hell!”
“Brianna are you okay? You aren’t acting like yourself.” Alice says with great concern for her friend.
“Yeah, what is your problem bitch?” David Hasselhoff asks from behind them.
“Shut your bloomin’ mouth, Hoff!” Brianna yelled back David underneath the scorching Arizona sun. This is the first time that Brianna has had a look of sheer anger and frustration on her face. She just cannot handle THIS with all of the responsibility she has leading up to a huge match and ALL she went through to hold that title. She preached about being responsible over that title and as someone who is the torch carrier for the company, she had a duty to not be letting herself fall apart. But because of her compassion for her friend, she shrugged all of that off. “Alice, I love you, dear. I enjoy you. When we became mates, I made a pledge to myself that I wouldn’t try to change you and to let you be self-destructive. I had faith in you that EVENTUALLY you would find your way with some cheerleading on my point. but this is getting ridiculous. You are going to hurt yourself.”
Alice isn’t a submissive. Alice is not going to let anyone tell her that everything is her fault when it isn’t. “Oh, that is real nice, Bria-Bria. You are my best friend. You are the coolest person I have met ...but I am NOT going to let you go around like your farts smell like ice cream. The truth is that you are not the same easy going person you were when we first teamed up. You get this title in your possession and now instead of being a naturally cool girl I can hang out with ...you are just coming off self-righteous. Come on, TEAM BRIANNA! There are more of us in that group. What happened to the singing? What happened to naming chairs? What happened to having fun? I will hang out with you no matter what but you are acting like the people that we used to make fun of.”
“Oh bollocks!” Brianna yells back at her friend. “Don’t try to spin this back towards me. You are the one with a problem. You are the one who got a massive paycheck and made herself richer than she could ever believe ...but then you threw that away because you wanted to indulge. You do not know when you have something good. You don’t even try to have discipline. I am trying to HELP you LOVE! But you just keep spitting in my face.” Brianna says while walking away in her uncomfortable high heels in the desert. She can’t take them off because her feet will burn. Being uncomfortable has lead to her being even crabbier as well.
“Bollocks to you wanker” Alice says imitating her partner. “You knew who I was from the beginning. You fed me. You moved up the card. Fine. Is that what this is about? Do you want me to give you credit for you taking pity on me? Do you not think that maybe you were just using me when we first got together. You needed an extra body because everyone in the back hates you.” Alice says as Hasselhoff follows behind, taking off his jacket. He hopes to god that these ladies start crying because then he is “in.”
“I don’t pity you. I NEVER pitied. I just do not like seeing a beautiful and intelligent young lady throw her life away. I was hoping I would rub off on you.” She says slowing her role a little KNOWING that she was losing it and that she would probably regret this outburst.
“Oh, because the great and powerful champion Brianna Casablancas has the right to judge everyone.” Alice gives her a sincere look. “You have become no different from the people in the back who initially rejected you. You have no right to tell me what I should or shouldn’t do ...or what is best for me. If you are going to be my friend then be my friend but if you are not, I can find another car and drive off. I don’t NEED you.” Brianna is finally speechless as the usually bubbly and aloof Alice dropped some truth on her. Alice walks up ahead leaving Brianna with her thoughts.
Brianna watches her friend stomp ahead upset that someone she admires broke the rules of their friendship. Brianna stands in place ...feeling bad. David Hasselhoff puts his hand on her shoulder. “I think it is best that you leave her alone and have a good cry with your good buddy The Hoff.”
“Oh, Sod off, David.”
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They traveled for several hours without speaking to each other. Hasselhoff followed them trying on different occasions to get them to make up with each other ...and then make out with him. He even took his shirt off hoping that they would get lost in his old man hot body. But he could not be blamed because it was scorching hot ...though he should be concerned about sun burn. They are both taken aback as they notice two vultures picking the flesh off of what was a rodent of some kind. As the sun goes down, Hasselhoff throws up a little at this image. Brianna stops to just stare at these birds devouring their prey. Alice stops.
“Oh, come one. I need to eat and find my money ...and I guess you need to find that title because that is SO important to you nowadays ...MORE important than your friend.” The hurt Brianna just stares at the vultures eating the critter’s skin. She guesses she deserves this feeling of weakness and being alone. “Come on, Brianna ...you wanted to leave!”
“They pick the bones.” Brianna says to herself as Alice stops. Hasselhoff also stops ...and flexes for some reason.
“I don’t have time to talk about KFC! It will just make me more hungry.” Alice rolls her eyes at her friends. She then picks up on something. “Are you doing one of your silly metaphor things where you take something that has nothing to do with wrestling and then apply to wrestling. That is kind of getting stale.”
Brianna takes the criticism and shrugs. “I guess we do not realize our patterns until they are pointed out to us.” She stops as she continues to watch the vulture ...but then she looks up to see two more vultures circling. “But the buzzards are circling The Family. They stand outside of a situation and wait. They watch The Family triumph and they wait. They watch us battle the family and they wait. They stand outside of those taking action and do not raise a finger. This has been an attempt going on since right before Blackout 2. Anubis appears before Blackout, does a little bit against The Family ...but then is stagnant; then builds up his return. Both of them under the umbrella of saving US from the Family. But they were not doing any fighting of the Family but instead were caught up in building up this debut. And now here the Family is falling apart thanks to the people that they have tormented for weeks standing up to them and taking them down. It began with you and I.”
Alice, putting her anger aside, joins in as they watch the vultures surround them. “Yeah, and those jerky jerks want to take credit for OUR work. I didn’t see them around when Roach was destroying my car or when they were gang banging on your karate teacher. Where were they when you were recruiting a team to fight them? Where were they when I was wandering around the back asking for change? Funny, they only show up when they are dying. Danny carts in this guy and we are supposed to treat him like he is the second coming of um …. a ...David Hasselhoff!”
“Shout out!” The Hoff says in a masculine pose in front of the ladies.
Brianna actually give Hasselhoff a brief smile but then goes back to her comparison. “Yes, that is fairly popular tradition in OCW here isn’t it? So many people that want the glory but they do not want to put in the work. Danny B and Anubis are not alone in this either. We have another group trying to be seen as the force that will REPLACE The Family lead by a guy who is just sore that he isn’t the only big name in the company anymore; a bloke that is terrified of losing his relevance. But this group’s antics are more passive aggressive. They don’t even try to attack, they just rig sprinklers with urine?”
“Didn’t that happen on an episode of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose?” Alice asks as the desert gets darker and darker around them.
“It was something out of one of those shows. But here we are actually doing the fighting AS A GROUP not because we want the glory but because they screwed with the wrong people. They targeted us and we fought back ...we brought them to their knees and we finally have them on the ropes and now you have Demons of Death and Operation Zero looking to say that THEY are the ones to take out the family. But that is NOT my top concern. Nobody is looking to eliminate The Family but are looking to fill in their slots. It has NOTHING to do about what is right for them no matter what they say ...it is about becoming the new family ...it is about being THE FOCUS of the shows. That is what they all REALLY want. They just want to pick the bones.” Brianna says as she looks on at the vultures. Alice looks at her a little upset.
“Funny that you are calling them out for wanting to be the focus on the shows.” Alice says next to her friend that she isn’t on good terms with.
“Alice, you were right!” Alice yells ‘YES!’ right after she says this. “ Team Brianna, coveting the title so much. I WAS becoming self righteous. I was becoming full of myself. I forgot where I came from. I forgot where I started out. I forgot that this was never about me defeating them FOR MY COMPANY but US fighting to show those who saw us as weak that not only were they wrong but they were also overcompensating for their weakness. It isn’t about TEAM BRIANNA. It isn’t about the Central Champion, Brianna Casablancas and her ALONE beating the Family. It was about putting together a team that would give us a chance to finish them and others to get the exposure that they want. This isn’t about me ...and I am sorry that I made it about me for all of this time. Thank you, Alice.”
Alice gives her a big hug and kisses her on the cheek. “You are very welcome. And I am sorry that I had to give it to you that way.”
“No, love, I deserved it.” Brianna pauses to look at David Hasselhoff do Karate for them. “I should NOT have taken out my frustrations on you. You are right. I did know what I was getting into when I asked you to team with me. But it certainly wasn’t out of pity but because I knew you deserved more than I had at that time. I did nothing to deserve what I had nor do I really still believe I do. But that doesn’t mean that I am not concerned with your well being. And I am never going to stop being concerned.”
Alice lets go of the embrace and the two smile at each other. “Fair enough.”
David Hasselhoff stops posing as the sun is down in the Nevada sky. “Are you two going to fuck me or what?”
Brianna rolls her eyes and puts her hand on Alice’s hand JUST IN CASE.
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Monday Morning
An Auction In Phoenix Arizona.
A lady stands in front of a bunch of uptight men and women in suits. In front of her is a lot of goods and memorabilia including a life sized blow up doll of Scott Syren, Little Jon's Crunk Juice Goblet, One of the Fonz’s jackets. But at this moment the female auctioneer is currently holding up the OCW Central Championship. Huddled off in the corner are three Yakuza members to make sure the sale goes through. There is no sign of Alice’s briefcase that held her 20 thousand dollars.
“Next up for bid is a solid gold title that represents a wrestling company called Online Championship Wrestling. We will start the bidding at 500 dollars.” She hits the gavel on the podium. “Do I hear five hundred.”
A portly gentlemen raises his number and replies “Five Hundred!”
“I hear five Hundred, do I hear six hundred.” The auctioneer asks as Brianna and Alice followed by David Hasselhoff enter the auction house.
“Six hundred!” Brianna yells as she rushes into the auction. The Yakuza in the corner get worried when the ladies and their celebrity friend start bidding.
“Seven Hundred!” The portly man immediately answers back.
“I have seven hundred, do I hear eight hundred!” The auctioneer begins her motormouth thing.
“Eight Hundred!” Brianna shouts nervously as she doesn’t have a whole lot of money on her.
“I hear eight hundred do I have 900?” The auctioneer says as Brianna looks at her friends with extreme uneasiness as she is out of money. The two girls hope that nobody else bids but unfortunately the portly man shouts out again.
“Nine Hundred!” The man looks back at Brianna with a smirk on his face ...as if he recognizes her.
“Bloody hell!” Brianna shouts to Alice. “I do not have anymore money.”
“GREAT SCOTT!” Alice shouts out. “If only I had the 20 thousand that I won, I could totally help you.”
“I have nine hundred.” The auctioneer yells as the tension can be felt in the air as Brianna realizes that her responsibility as a champion is about to be sold off. She realizes just how weak she is at this moment. “Going once! Going Twice!”
Right before she is about to bring the gavel down, a voice behind the ladies shouts out. “18 BILLION dollars!”
The auctioneer sighs. “Mr. Hasselhoff ...do you really intend to pay that much?”
“No ...sorry” David Hasselhoff says. “ I just got caught up in the process. Lets just say two thousand.”
Brianna is SHOCKED that their new friend has just bought her the Central title back. Perhaps she underestimated him all along. The auctioneer holds up her gavel. “Going once. Going Twice. SOLD TO MITCH FROM BAYWATCH!”
The girls jump up and down with David Hasselhoff ...who cops a feel on both of them.Brianna smacks his hand off. But she does give him a hug. “Thank you Mr. Hasselhoff.”
“No problem Barbara!” He says with a fake smile on his face.
“It’s Brianna.” She says as the Yakuza members begin to walk up to the ladies. Alice looks a bit concerned as Hasselhoff and Brianna snipe at each other.
“Whatever! Come on and get in my car ...I want to take you home!” He gives her a charming wink ...her cheeks do turn a bit red but she tries to deny that his charm has any affect on her.
“I am sorry love ...but we have a grappling show that we need to get to tonight and …and being cheeky will not work on me.” Brianna says as Alice taps her on the shoulder and she turns around to see that the Yakuza members are eyeing Alice and Brianna.
“Alice Knight?” Alice turns around towards the three Japanese men in suits. She gulps a little bit.
“Yes?” Alice asks as they get to their with great honor and respect towards her.
“Miss Knight, your worship, we hope you and your friend enjoyed the ride in the trunk that you begged us to give you.” Their heads are down as they say this.
“Wait ...I asked you to put us in the trunk?” She asks
“Yes,” the lead Yakuza member says. “Your skills at the games of chance were truly a sight to behold. We just had to have you as a part of our organization. You declined but you let us treat you like a princess throughout the night. Unfortunately, you had some very weird requests for a princess ...so we treated you like a very expensive and skilled prostitute.”
“Wait,” Brianna began. “What did you do with her money?”
“You do not remember what happened Miss Knight?” The yakuza member still on his knee asks.
“No. But I always kind of knew that one day that Japanese crime organization would worship me and give me the full Lewinski treatment.” Alice says a little antsy as to what she DID with her money.
“You bought a gigantic frozen yogurt dispenser, leopard print furniture, and crystal rims for your R.V ...along with the paint job you wanted done to it: All black with a mural of yourself riding a bunny while holding tommy gun above your head. It is currently at our garage being worked on right now and should be good to go in a few days.”
“That sounds about right.” Alice says but Brianna stops her as David Hasselhoff hands her the Central title that she whips on her shoulder.
“No, it doesn’t. That is not 20 thousand dollars worth. Where did the rest of the money go.” She says as she slaps David Hasselhoff who is trying to give her a back rub.
“Her worship donated the rest of it to her favorite charity: The Institute for Furry Equality!” The Japanese men answer as they rise. Alice looks bummed out but happy that her money went to a good charity.
“Next time you are in Las Vegas please come visit us ...we’ll talk about what happened on Game of Thrones.” The Japanese men bow once more as they leave the auction house.
“So I was like rich for an evening. That is better than I ever thought I would be. I consider that a win.” Alice says as they head out towards the auction house doors.
“Lets go have ANOTHER great win tonight!” Brianna says as the two look at each other happy that they put their problems aside and made amends. They now know that as a team NOTHING can stop them. As long as it doesn’t become about one person’s self righteous mission, Thought 4 Food cannot be stopped. “Bloody hell” Brianna says as she remembers something. “How are we going to get to the show. We do not have a car or reliable transportation and it is in …” She looks at the clock. “Its in four hours.”
Suddenly, Alice fiddles with a piece of paper in her pocket. It is a rather large piece of paper and she has no idea how it got there. She pulls it out looks at it with a smile on her face. “I have an idea.”
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Monday Evening
The Skies above Truth and Consequences, New Mexico
With the show already in progress, Brianna and Alice find themselves racing against time ...on the crop duster that Alice won gambling a few nights before. The old farmer who sold is flying it as Alice and Brianna are in the back wearing goggles and scarfs ...that resemble Amelia Earhart ...or Launchpad Mcquack. Although she shouldn’t, Brianna checks her phone. “It seems like Mia, MJ, and Amber are in the ring right now ...and being overwhelmed by The Family.”
“Don’t worry, we are almost there” The farmer begins. “In fact, I am coming in for a landing.”
Alice looks back at her partner. “Call the engineers or conductors or police or whoever controls that hangar door and get them to open it RIGHT NOW! Also, make sure they have our music cued up!”
Brianna immediately makes the call as the crop duster careens down toward the largest hangar in New Mexico and the girls rush to the rescue of their war games team mates!
TO BE CONTINUED…. AT MASSACRE!
Somewhere in the Arizona Desert
“Bloody hell” Brianna says as she opens her eyes under the Arizona sun shining in her face. She immediately feels the heat that this state is known for. She tries to collect her thoughts ...but she does not remember much after Alice told her that she was purposely roofing herself because she thought it would be a good time. Brianna sits up and realizes that she is in the same dress she was wearing before she blacked out. She waits for her whole body to regain feeling and confirm that all her attire is still intact ...so nothing TOO extreme happened. That would be a whole lot darker a route than she would have wanted to go for what started out as a light outing. THAT is just not apart of her world and she is glad it gets to stay that way. But her concern shifts from herself to her partner. From how she feels ...she can that she is fine ...she cannot say the same for Alice Knight, who she does have great concern for at times. As she scrambles to her friend who is still dressed an easter bunny, she trips on her high heels forgetting she was wearing them. Her knee burns on the ground of the desert. She quickly gets back up and carefully walks to her partner who is coming to herself. As she goes to her partner’s side, she is overcome with a feeling she has never felt toward her friend: anger. “Alice are you alright?”
“That must have been a hell of a night.” Alice says coming to while she realizes that she is in the middle of the desert with her partner. “WOO! Vegas!”
“Dear, I don’t think we are in Vegas or I am not sure. I don’t even know what day it is ...we could very well be late for our match. But firstly, are you okay? Do you feel as if you might been ...violated.”
Alice remains sat up but isn’t fully on her feet yet. She is more content with their situation than Brianna is. Brianna, while a free spirit in her own way, DOES have a smidge of responsibility especially in situations like this. “I don’t know what you are referring to but I feel fine ...and full ...I think we ate a lot of food. My breath smells like hot dogs. Did we eat hot dogs?”
Brianna gives her a once over and can tell that she is okay and hopefully nothing happened against her will. But what is of a concern to her is their current situation, how they got there, and how to get out of it. AGAIN, she can feel a bit of contempt for Alice’s decision. She had won 20 thousand dollars gambling ...why did she need to indulge more than that? Brianna shakes that off while helping her partner to her feet. “I do not know what happened, love because you laced your drink with the date rape drug.”
“Like I said, it isn’t a party without it. But why did you forget your night? I always saw you as more responsible Bria-Bria.” Alice pulls the bunny ears off of her and immediately unzips it because it is so hot. She is wearing a dirty pair of t-shirt and jeans underneath. “Maybe instead we were both abducted by aliens. That reminds me of that one movie I saw that starred Will Smith and Tom Cruise fighting Aliens that got beat by water. Have you seen it? I think it involves walking ipods as well?”
Brianna finds herself snapping just a little bit at her partner. She tries to fight this frustration she has because it is NOT her place to judge her friend or her habits. But she couldn’t hide her dislike for her lifestyle behind a smile right now. “It was not aliens nor did I lace myself. You didn’t tell me that your bloody cocktail was laced ...so something bad could have happened and we wouldn’t have even known about it.”
“Wait Brianna, hold on …”Alice begins looking around with the bunny costume on the ground. “Where is my money? You know the one I won by being amazing at a Mexican gambling game that I didn’t understand.” Both Brianna and Alice have been left with their purses. Brianna checks inside her purse realizing that her I.D and credit cards are fully intact there is sigh of relief. But there is no sign of Alice’s newly won money. Alice freaks out. “I was RICH! RICH I TELLS YOU! Now its gone.”
Brianna tries to look on the bright side even though she is upset with her friend’s behavior. “But at least we are still healthy.”
“But my cash is gone. I was going to buy a Chick-Filet franchise with that money and then make more money and then buy a McDonald’s to set up across from it. But now it is all gone, Brianna. What could have happened to it?”
“It was the Yakuza!” A familiar voice says from behind them. “You two lovely young ladies might have been out of it ...but they have been after me for years.” The two ladies are in shock as the man who was nearby and coming to around them gets up. Alice is star struck at this celebrity.
“Mel Gibson you came to rapture us!” Alice is up and gives him a hug. He seems upset with her confusion.
“I am not Mel Gibson.” He looks at her hoping that she would recognize him from one of his famous roles. “You don’t know who I am? Really?” He gives her a stunning smile.
“I know who you are. I have friends in Germany who love you, Mr. Hasselhoff!” He looks relieved that SOMEONE recognized him. Brianna also sense the ooze of an old man who thinks he can still hook up with a young lady. She gives him an unsure smile to let him know that THAT is not going to be an option.
Alice finally recognizes him. “Oh, you are Nick Fury from that hit blockbuster based on the popular British series. You were great opposite Uma Thurman.”
David Hasselhoff looks over at Brianna. “Is she for real?”
“The realest.” The young British answers.
“Is she single?” Hasselhoff asks as Alice twirls her hair in a dreaming daze. Brianna pulls Alice closer to her.
“You say that you know how we get here, Mr. Hasselhoff?” Brianna asks. “You mentioned the Yakuza?”
“What does a Jewish Holiday have to do with any of this?” Alice asks both of them as she still feels the effects of all of the illegal substances she has been abusing the night before hand. Brianna gives her a smile that tells her that she loves her opinion and quirkiness ...but there is a tinge of annoyance in that smile.
“I owed them some money due to some “loans” I took out. Yesterday they grabbed me, roughed me up a little and put me in the trunk of their car. After a few hours, they threw both of you in the trunk with me, knocked all of us, and then I woke up here. I am just lucky they didn’t kill me” Hasselhoff says with his perfectly chiseled chin glistening in the sunset. “I do not know WHAT you two did to upset them.”
“I don’t know either but I am guessing we know what happened to her money.” Brianna said trying to remain positive.
“I do not think you will be seeing that money again. Hell, I don’t even know if we will ever be able to make it out of this desert. We should have an orgy!” Hasselhoff says knowing that nine times out of ten that suggestion usually works for him ...more so in the eighties.
Brianna holds Alice back right as the Hoff makes that crude suggestion. “That is not going to happen today, love.”
“Ah” Alice says as Brianna holds her back. The Hoff gives them a look that says ‘I had to try.’
“Me and my mate here need to get to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico for a big match against the Demons of Death.” Brianna says as she tries to lead her friend out of the desert in hopes that they could somehow get to Truth of Consequences if it isn’t too late. It would NOT look good for them to no show the last strike before War Games ...especially because they roofied themselves.
The Hoff lifts his eyebrow to them. “Demons of Death? That is the dumbest name I ever heard of. Are they like a Kiss cover band?”
Alice moves back towards the creeper David Hasselhoff, who fully intends to have weird desert sex with her as Brianna tries to keep her moving. “I know, right? But no they are a wrestling tag team.”
“That is cheesy even for wrestling.” Hasselhoff says as he follows the girls who tread there the desert hopefully towards civilization.
“This is coming from the bloke that spent ten years running down the beach in red shorty shorts.” Brianna responds trying to distance herself from Hasselhoff but he just trails behind them. But then she realizes that she is missing something that has slipped her mind until this moment. ...mostly because she feels like crap and as a result is being more crabby than she has been in a long time. Why are some people so self-destructive. “Where is my Central title?”
“Where’s your title, dude?” Alice echoed her sentiment.
And that is when Brianna finally loses it. It wasn’t Ian Bishop. It wasn’t her mother. It wasn’t knowing that somebody else is raising her child. It wasn’t being fired from her job ...nor was it the stress of her upcoming Massacre match and the War Games match ...but a combination of all of those things that has been building up since she entered OCW. The “Roofie Incident” is the straw that has broke the camels back. Being the master of the mind that Brianna is, she could even tell you that everyone loses their cool once in a while ...and this was that moment. “Bloody hell Alice! Just bloody hell!”
“Brianna are you okay? You aren’t acting like yourself.” Alice says with great concern for her friend.
“Yeah, what is your problem bitch?” David Hasselhoff asks from behind them.
“Shut your bloomin’ mouth, Hoff!” Brianna yelled back David underneath the scorching Arizona sun. This is the first time that Brianna has had a look of sheer anger and frustration on her face. She just cannot handle THIS with all of the responsibility she has leading up to a huge match and ALL she went through to hold that title. She preached about being responsible over that title and as someone who is the torch carrier for the company, she had a duty to not be letting herself fall apart. But because of her compassion for her friend, she shrugged all of that off. “Alice, I love you, dear. I enjoy you. When we became mates, I made a pledge to myself that I wouldn’t try to change you and to let you be self-destructive. I had faith in you that EVENTUALLY you would find your way with some cheerleading on my point. but this is getting ridiculous. You are going to hurt yourself.”
Alice isn’t a submissive. Alice is not going to let anyone tell her that everything is her fault when it isn’t. “Oh, that is real nice, Bria-Bria. You are my best friend. You are the coolest person I have met ...but I am NOT going to let you go around like your farts smell like ice cream. The truth is that you are not the same easy going person you were when we first teamed up. You get this title in your possession and now instead of being a naturally cool girl I can hang out with ...you are just coming off self-righteous. Come on, TEAM BRIANNA! There are more of us in that group. What happened to the singing? What happened to naming chairs? What happened to having fun? I will hang out with you no matter what but you are acting like the people that we used to make fun of.”
“Oh bollocks!” Brianna yells back at her friend. “Don’t try to spin this back towards me. You are the one with a problem. You are the one who got a massive paycheck and made herself richer than she could ever believe ...but then you threw that away because you wanted to indulge. You do not know when you have something good. You don’t even try to have discipline. I am trying to HELP you LOVE! But you just keep spitting in my face.” Brianna says while walking away in her uncomfortable high heels in the desert. She can’t take them off because her feet will burn. Being uncomfortable has lead to her being even crabbier as well.
“Bollocks to you wanker” Alice says imitating her partner. “You knew who I was from the beginning. You fed me. You moved up the card. Fine. Is that what this is about? Do you want me to give you credit for you taking pity on me? Do you not think that maybe you were just using me when we first got together. You needed an extra body because everyone in the back hates you.” Alice says as Hasselhoff follows behind, taking off his jacket. He hopes to god that these ladies start crying because then he is “in.”
“I don’t pity you. I NEVER pitied. I just do not like seeing a beautiful and intelligent young lady throw her life away. I was hoping I would rub off on you.” She says slowing her role a little KNOWING that she was losing it and that she would probably regret this outburst.
“Oh, because the great and powerful champion Brianna Casablancas has the right to judge everyone.” Alice gives her a sincere look. “You have become no different from the people in the back who initially rejected you. You have no right to tell me what I should or shouldn’t do ...or what is best for me. If you are going to be my friend then be my friend but if you are not, I can find another car and drive off. I don’t NEED you.” Brianna is finally speechless as the usually bubbly and aloof Alice dropped some truth on her. Alice walks up ahead leaving Brianna with her thoughts.
Brianna watches her friend stomp ahead upset that someone she admires broke the rules of their friendship. Brianna stands in place ...feeling bad. David Hasselhoff puts his hand on her shoulder. “I think it is best that you leave her alone and have a good cry with your good buddy The Hoff.”
“Oh, Sod off, David.”
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They traveled for several hours without speaking to each other. Hasselhoff followed them trying on different occasions to get them to make up with each other ...and then make out with him. He even took his shirt off hoping that they would get lost in his old man hot body. But he could not be blamed because it was scorching hot ...though he should be concerned about sun burn. They are both taken aback as they notice two vultures picking the flesh off of what was a rodent of some kind. As the sun goes down, Hasselhoff throws up a little at this image. Brianna stops to just stare at these birds devouring their prey. Alice stops.
“Oh, come one. I need to eat and find my money ...and I guess you need to find that title because that is SO important to you nowadays ...MORE important than your friend.” The hurt Brianna just stares at the vultures eating the critter’s skin. She guesses she deserves this feeling of weakness and being alone. “Come on, Brianna ...you wanted to leave!”
“They pick the bones.” Brianna says to herself as Alice stops. Hasselhoff also stops ...and flexes for some reason.
“I don’t have time to talk about KFC! It will just make me more hungry.” Alice rolls her eyes at her friends. She then picks up on something. “Are you doing one of your silly metaphor things where you take something that has nothing to do with wrestling and then apply to wrestling. That is kind of getting stale.”
Brianna takes the criticism and shrugs. “I guess we do not realize our patterns until they are pointed out to us.” She stops as she continues to watch the vulture ...but then she looks up to see two more vultures circling. “But the buzzards are circling The Family. They stand outside of a situation and wait. They watch The Family triumph and they wait. They watch us battle the family and they wait. They stand outside of those taking action and do not raise a finger. This has been an attempt going on since right before Blackout 2. Anubis appears before Blackout, does a little bit against The Family ...but then is stagnant; then builds up his return. Both of them under the umbrella of saving US from the Family. But they were not doing any fighting of the Family but instead were caught up in building up this debut. And now here the Family is falling apart thanks to the people that they have tormented for weeks standing up to them and taking them down. It began with you and I.”
Alice, putting her anger aside, joins in as they watch the vultures surround them. “Yeah, and those jerky jerks want to take credit for OUR work. I didn’t see them around when Roach was destroying my car or when they were gang banging on your karate teacher. Where were they when you were recruiting a team to fight them? Where were they when I was wandering around the back asking for change? Funny, they only show up when they are dying. Danny carts in this guy and we are supposed to treat him like he is the second coming of um …. a ...David Hasselhoff!”
“Shout out!” The Hoff says in a masculine pose in front of the ladies.
Brianna actually give Hasselhoff a brief smile but then goes back to her comparison. “Yes, that is fairly popular tradition in OCW here isn’t it? So many people that want the glory but they do not want to put in the work. Danny B and Anubis are not alone in this either. We have another group trying to be seen as the force that will REPLACE The Family lead by a guy who is just sore that he isn’t the only big name in the company anymore; a bloke that is terrified of losing his relevance. But this group’s antics are more passive aggressive. They don’t even try to attack, they just rig sprinklers with urine?”
“Didn’t that happen on an episode of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose?” Alice asks as the desert gets darker and darker around them.
“It was something out of one of those shows. But here we are actually doing the fighting AS A GROUP not because we want the glory but because they screwed with the wrong people. They targeted us and we fought back ...we brought them to their knees and we finally have them on the ropes and now you have Demons of Death and Operation Zero looking to say that THEY are the ones to take out the family. But that is NOT my top concern. Nobody is looking to eliminate The Family but are looking to fill in their slots. It has NOTHING to do about what is right for them no matter what they say ...it is about becoming the new family ...it is about being THE FOCUS of the shows. That is what they all REALLY want. They just want to pick the bones.” Brianna says as she looks on at the vultures. Alice looks at her a little upset.
“Funny that you are calling them out for wanting to be the focus on the shows.” Alice says next to her friend that she isn’t on good terms with.
“Alice, you were right!” Alice yells ‘YES!’ right after she says this. “ Team Brianna, coveting the title so much. I WAS becoming self righteous. I was becoming full of myself. I forgot where I came from. I forgot where I started out. I forgot that this was never about me defeating them FOR MY COMPANY but US fighting to show those who saw us as weak that not only were they wrong but they were also overcompensating for their weakness. It isn’t about TEAM BRIANNA. It isn’t about the Central Champion, Brianna Casablancas and her ALONE beating the Family. It was about putting together a team that would give us a chance to finish them and others to get the exposure that they want. This isn’t about me ...and I am sorry that I made it about me for all of this time. Thank you, Alice.”
Alice gives her a big hug and kisses her on the cheek. “You are very welcome. And I am sorry that I had to give it to you that way.”
“No, love, I deserved it.” Brianna pauses to look at David Hasselhoff do Karate for them. “I should NOT have taken out my frustrations on you. You are right. I did know what I was getting into when I asked you to team with me. But it certainly wasn’t out of pity but because I knew you deserved more than I had at that time. I did nothing to deserve what I had nor do I really still believe I do. But that doesn’t mean that I am not concerned with your well being. And I am never going to stop being concerned.”
Alice lets go of the embrace and the two smile at each other. “Fair enough.”
David Hasselhoff stops posing as the sun is down in the Nevada sky. “Are you two going to fuck me or what?”
Brianna rolls her eyes and puts her hand on Alice’s hand JUST IN CASE.
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Monday Morning
An Auction In Phoenix Arizona.
A lady stands in front of a bunch of uptight men and women in suits. In front of her is a lot of goods and memorabilia including a life sized blow up doll of Scott Syren, Little Jon's Crunk Juice Goblet, One of the Fonz’s jackets. But at this moment the female auctioneer is currently holding up the OCW Central Championship. Huddled off in the corner are three Yakuza members to make sure the sale goes through. There is no sign of Alice’s briefcase that held her 20 thousand dollars.
“Next up for bid is a solid gold title that represents a wrestling company called Online Championship Wrestling. We will start the bidding at 500 dollars.” She hits the gavel on the podium. “Do I hear five hundred.”
A portly gentlemen raises his number and replies “Five Hundred!”
“I hear five Hundred, do I hear six hundred.” The auctioneer asks as Brianna and Alice followed by David Hasselhoff enter the auction house.
“Six hundred!” Brianna yells as she rushes into the auction. The Yakuza in the corner get worried when the ladies and their celebrity friend start bidding.
“Seven Hundred!” The portly man immediately answers back.
“I have seven hundred, do I hear eight hundred!” The auctioneer begins her motormouth thing.
“Eight Hundred!” Brianna shouts nervously as she doesn’t have a whole lot of money on her.
“I hear eight hundred do I have 900?” The auctioneer says as Brianna looks at her friends with extreme uneasiness as she is out of money. The two girls hope that nobody else bids but unfortunately the portly man shouts out again.
“Nine Hundred!” The man looks back at Brianna with a smirk on his face ...as if he recognizes her.
“Bloody hell!” Brianna shouts to Alice. “I do not have anymore money.”
“GREAT SCOTT!” Alice shouts out. “If only I had the 20 thousand that I won, I could totally help you.”
“I have nine hundred.” The auctioneer yells as the tension can be felt in the air as Brianna realizes that her responsibility as a champion is about to be sold off. She realizes just how weak she is at this moment. “Going once! Going Twice!”
Right before she is about to bring the gavel down, a voice behind the ladies shouts out. “18 BILLION dollars!”
The auctioneer sighs. “Mr. Hasselhoff ...do you really intend to pay that much?”
“No ...sorry” David Hasselhoff says. “ I just got caught up in the process. Lets just say two thousand.”
Brianna is SHOCKED that their new friend has just bought her the Central title back. Perhaps she underestimated him all along. The auctioneer holds up her gavel. “Going once. Going Twice. SOLD TO MITCH FROM BAYWATCH!”
The girls jump up and down with David Hasselhoff ...who cops a feel on both of them.Brianna smacks his hand off. But she does give him a hug. “Thank you Mr. Hasselhoff.”
“No problem Barbara!” He says with a fake smile on his face.
“It’s Brianna.” She says as the Yakuza members begin to walk up to the ladies. Alice looks a bit concerned as Hasselhoff and Brianna snipe at each other.
“Whatever! Come on and get in my car ...I want to take you home!” He gives her a charming wink ...her cheeks do turn a bit red but she tries to deny that his charm has any affect on her.
“I am sorry love ...but we have a grappling show that we need to get to tonight and …and being cheeky will not work on me.” Brianna says as Alice taps her on the shoulder and she turns around to see that the Yakuza members are eyeing Alice and Brianna.
“Alice Knight?” Alice turns around towards the three Japanese men in suits. She gulps a little bit.
“Yes?” Alice asks as they get to their with great honor and respect towards her.
“Miss Knight, your worship, we hope you and your friend enjoyed the ride in the trunk that you begged us to give you.” Their heads are down as they say this.
“Wait ...I asked you to put us in the trunk?” She asks
“Yes,” the lead Yakuza member says. “Your skills at the games of chance were truly a sight to behold. We just had to have you as a part of our organization. You declined but you let us treat you like a princess throughout the night. Unfortunately, you had some very weird requests for a princess ...so we treated you like a very expensive and skilled prostitute.”
“Wait,” Brianna began. “What did you do with her money?”
“You do not remember what happened Miss Knight?” The yakuza member still on his knee asks.
“No. But I always kind of knew that one day that Japanese crime organization would worship me and give me the full Lewinski treatment.” Alice says a little antsy as to what she DID with her money.
“You bought a gigantic frozen yogurt dispenser, leopard print furniture, and crystal rims for your R.V ...along with the paint job you wanted done to it: All black with a mural of yourself riding a bunny while holding tommy gun above your head. It is currently at our garage being worked on right now and should be good to go in a few days.”
“That sounds about right.” Alice says but Brianna stops her as David Hasselhoff hands her the Central title that she whips on her shoulder.
“No, it doesn’t. That is not 20 thousand dollars worth. Where did the rest of the money go.” She says as she slaps David Hasselhoff who is trying to give her a back rub.
“Her worship donated the rest of it to her favorite charity: The Institute for Furry Equality!” The Japanese men answer as they rise. Alice looks bummed out but happy that her money went to a good charity.
“Next time you are in Las Vegas please come visit us ...we’ll talk about what happened on Game of Thrones.” The Japanese men bow once more as they leave the auction house.
“So I was like rich for an evening. That is better than I ever thought I would be. I consider that a win.” Alice says as they head out towards the auction house doors.
“Lets go have ANOTHER great win tonight!” Brianna says as the two look at each other happy that they put their problems aside and made amends. They now know that as a team NOTHING can stop them. As long as it doesn’t become about one person’s self righteous mission, Thought 4 Food cannot be stopped. “Bloody hell” Brianna says as she remembers something. “How are we going to get to the show. We do not have a car or reliable transportation and it is in …” She looks at the clock. “Its in four hours.”
Suddenly, Alice fiddles with a piece of paper in her pocket. It is a rather large piece of paper and she has no idea how it got there. She pulls it out looks at it with a smile on her face. “I have an idea.”
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Monday Evening
The Skies above Truth and Consequences, New Mexico
With the show already in progress, Brianna and Alice find themselves racing against time ...on the crop duster that Alice won gambling a few nights before. The old farmer who sold is flying it as Alice and Brianna are in the back wearing goggles and scarfs ...that resemble Amelia Earhart ...or Launchpad Mcquack. Although she shouldn’t, Brianna checks her phone. “It seems like Mia, MJ, and Amber are in the ring right now ...and being overwhelmed by The Family.”
“Don’t worry, we are almost there” The farmer begins. “In fact, I am coming in for a landing.”
Alice looks back at her partner. “Call the engineers or conductors or police or whoever controls that hangar door and get them to open it RIGHT NOW! Also, make sure they have our music cued up!”
Brianna immediately makes the call as the crop duster careens down toward the largest hangar in New Mexico and the girls rush to the rescue of their war games team mates!
TO BE CONTINUED…. AT MASSACRE!
