It was just a matter of three days before WGEF Friday Night Fight Night would be airing live from the Staples Center in the heart of Los Angeles, California with a collection of great matches already booked for the event. One of those matches is the one on one contest between Serenity Chambers Reso and Adalyn Raine. The scene opens up in Toronto, Canada at the home of Serenity Chambers Reso and her husband Jason Reso. It was seven in the morning and Serenity had just convinced herself to get out of bed. She glanced over at the bed noticing that her husband was still fast asleep. Letting out a yawn she slid off the edge of the King Sized bed and slowly made her way around the bed. She hated getting up this early in the morning but she had a match to get ready for so she had to make the sacrifice. As she reached the end of the bed she stopped and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. “Paralyzer�?by Finger Eleven filled the room. Recognizing it as the ringtone she used for text messages she rushed across the room to the dresser grabbing the phone off the top before it woke Jason up. She flipped open the phone seeing that she had a text message from the WGEF Talent Coordinator. Serenity quickly pressed the accept button filling the room with silence. As the message opened she saw that she was scheduled to do a taping for the Tonight Show. God how she hated public appearances. Having to pretend to be interested in stupid questions and pretend to be friendly in the process. Apparently someone at the corporate offices knew this and booked her on the show just to get under her skin. If that’s what they were doing it was definitely working. Serenity flipped her phone closed letting out an irritated groan that woke up Jason. %Jason Reso% Is there something wrong babe? %Serenity Chambers Reso% Nothing except for I’ve been scheduled to be on the Tonight Show tomorrow night to promote my match with Adalyn. %Jason Reso% That’s a good thing right? %Serenity Chambers Reso% It’s not at the top of my list. I could think of something better to do than sit in an uncomfortable chair for a half hour answering dumb question after dumb question and pretend that you’re excited to be there, driving a rusty nail through my hand for example. %Jason Reso% That’s a little rash don’t you think? Getting scheduled to be on TV is a good thing. It gives you a chance to gain some interest for your match. %Serenity Chambers Reso% I suppose but I hate going on those things. There’s only so many times that you can pretend to be interested in the same lame jokes over and over before it gets mind numbingly boring. %Jason Reso% You got to look at the positive Seren. He might actually as you some decent questions. %Serenity Chambers Reso% And fish might learn how to ride a bicycle. The day I get asked a question that isn’t extremely stupid will give a new meaning to the word surprise. Instead I’ll get the same old crap that I can get from the interviewers we have, things like ‘How do you feel about facing Adalyn Friday Night�?or ‘Do you think you’ll be able to break her undefeated streak�? I get those type of questions enough I don’t need to get them on TV too. %Jason Reso% You won’t know that till you get there and they ask you the questions. I’ve seen the Tonight Show and it’s one of the better ones. If anyone’s going to ask you something different it will be him. %Serenity Chambers Reso% I certainly hope so, I’d like to be asked something intelligent for a change. I don’t expect it but it still would be nice %Jason Reso% You will be…I have a feeling. %Serenity Chambers Reso% You do huh? May I ask what brought on this feeling? %Jason Reso% I have a hunch. %Serenity Chambers Reso% You base knowing that I’m going to get asked intelligent questions on a hunch? I don’t know about you Jason. %Jason Reso% You have to admit that I made you smile. %Serenity Chambers% Alright, you made me smile but I’m still far from thrilled about having to fly to New York on such short notice. %Jason Reso% Ah come on babe, your match needs some great publicity and who better to do it than you? Besides what’s Adalyn going to do for it, hold an autograph session in a mall and get a bunch of teenagers to watch? Don’t get me wrong, that’s not bad but your match needs better and if the company is sending you on the Tonight Show then they must think you have what it takes to give the match the publicity it deserves. %Serenity Chambers Reso% She would be the one to hold a special autograph session at a mall just to get that many more people to think she’s special. I wouldn’t put it past her. I swear every time you hear anything about her she’s either going to a mall or been to one. I personally could find better things to do with my time then spend it walking around a mall with God knows what type of rejects. Yet she’s supposed to be some great talent because she’s being trained by Chris Michaels. Whoopie freaking do. %Jason Reso% That was harsh. I highly doubt that she thinks she’s better because of who her trainer is. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Well of course not Jason, she thinks she’s God’s gift to wrestling because no one has been able to beat. It’s no wonder that no one’s been able to beat her, look at the people she’s been put up against. Nobodies, that’s what. The only real competition she had was Angela Stewart and she’s not that much competition herself. If I beat nobody after nobody every single time I was booked I would be as great as her. Instead I choose to compete against people who actually know their ass from a hole in the ground. %Jason Reso% Oh come on Seren, she can’t be all that bad. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Are you nuts? The girl walks around with her nose so high in the air she will never get a nosebleed. I’ve actually heard people say that she’s been running around the arena saying how easily she’s going to beat me and she’s so sure about it that she’s encouraging people to bet on her. Can you believe that? She so desperately needs to feel good about herself that she’s begging people for votes. Give her a minute and she’s going to hold a freaking debate on TV telling people how great she is. Please! And she talks about me needing a reality check. She needs to be a taking a serious look in the mirror before making a comment like that. %Jason Reso% When did she supposedly say this? %Serenity Chambers Reso% On her interview with Kris Dawson the other day. %Jason Reso% Ah…I get ya. So this irritable mood of yours isn’t just about being sent to New York? %Serenity Chambers Reso% That just added to it. %Jason Reso% Well maybe I’ll just have to call you and cheer you up a little more. Serenity let out a small laugh as she shook her head. He never failed to put a smile on her face when she needed it. And boy did she need it. Her match with Adalyn was weighing heavy on her mind. Not because she didn’t think she could beat her but because this was one of her biggest challenges to date and if she was going to be taken as seriously as she wanted to be then she was going to have to do the best she could do. Serenity’s eyes caught sight of the alarm clock on the far side of the bed, it was now 7:30. She had to be getting a shower and heading to the airport if she wanted to catch her flight. Letting out a sigh she disappeared into the bathroom. The sound of running water could soon be heard coming from the direction of the bathroom. About a half an hour later the sound of running water vanished filling the room once again with silence. Serenity emerged moments later dressed in a pair of faded blue jeans and Jason’s newest T-Shirt. Her long blonde hair hung loosely down her back with beads of water dripping off the ends. She made her way to the far side of the bed grabbing her travel bag from its spot beside the nightstand. As she made her way back to the dresser she stuffed her phone in her pocket and headed towards the door. As her eyes drifted towards the bed she saw that Jason had fallen back asleep. She blew him a kiss then disappeared into the hallway. About an hour later Serenity’s limo reaches the airport and pulls into the parking lot. It slowly makes its way through the lengthy driving lane eventually coming to a stop directly in front of the doors. The limo driver killed the engine and opened his door stepping out onto the sidewalk. He quickly walked around to the rear door and pulled it open. A few seconds pass and Serenity emerges from inside the limo still dressed in the white tank top and pants that she put on that morning. She grabbed her purse from its place on the seat beside her and drapes it over her shoulder. She rises to a standing position, offering the limo driver a polite smile and a thank you before heading into the airport. As she reaches the doors they glide open allowing Serenity inside. She stepped past the doors coming to a stop on the other side. She reached inside her purse looking for her airline ticket. Finally finding it next to her cell phone she pulls it out. Her eyes scan the ticket from top to bottom looking for the gate number. She finally finds it on the bottom of the ticket. Gate 23 she quietly says to herself. She lets out a quick hmmm before placing the ticket carefully back into her purse. She takes a quick peek at her watch seeing that she only had 45 minutes left before her flight. Tightening her grip on her purse Serenity hurries down the hall searching for gate 23. Halfway down she sees a large sign hanging from the ceiling giving the directions to where different gates are located. Serenity pauses to look and see if the gate she was looking for was on there. Sure enough there it was directly in the middle. Just as Serenity was about to continue on she heard an unfamiliar voice calling out “Oh my god it’s Serenity Chambers Reso!�? Serenity rolled her eyes in annoyance knowing that it was just some damp pantied fan before turning around and finding two teenage girls standing behind her. %Girl #1% Excuse me Serenity, we were hoping to get a quick autograph. Serenity nodded her head in acceptance knowing it was the only way she was going to rid herself of them in time to catch her flight. Before she can even fish around in her purse for something to write with both girls produce a sharpie marker and a small notebook. The second girl hands the notebook to Serenity as she quickly starts to sign a brief message across the top of the piece of paper. %Girl #1% I know you’re probably in a hurry but I was just wondering if you were at all nervous about facing someone as talented as Adalyn? Serenity scoffed at the question. Her…be nervous? This poor child obviously didn’t know her very well. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Why on earth would I be nervous? Because she’s managed to defeat everyone that she’s been put up against whereas I have been beaten before? It’s a fantastic accomplishment to be undefeated but I, in no way, a, the slightest bit nervous about facing Adalyn. %Girl #2% Okay maybe not nervous but surely you’re concerned about being able to be the first one to put a blemish on her record. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Honey if I’m not nervous about facing her what makes you think that I’m concerned. To be concerned would mean that I have doubts as to whether I have the ability to beat her and I don’t have one single doubt that I can do it. Adalyn may have beaten everyone that she’s been put against but she’s far from unbeatable. %Girl #1% I know you haven’t had a match in awhile, have you done anything to prepare yourself for this one? %Serenity Chambers Reso% Are you really that dense or have you been licking to many of those flavored windows again? Honestly what’s going on in the schools today? (The girl gets pissed) Alright since I seemed to have offended you I’ll answer your little question. Well of course I have darlin�? It’d be a tad beyond stupid if I didn’t, don’t you think? %Girl #2% Adalyn has two great finishers, one being a version of your husband’s Unprettier and the other Triple H’s Pedigree. Both of them are tough moves to�? %Serenity Chambers Reso% What avoid? Sweetie it’s not exactly a form of rocket science there, The Pedigree and Unprettier are good moves but they are quite easy to avoid being put in if you pay attention. Avoiding either one of them is about as easy as avoiding chocolate in your case. Okay…maybe not as hard judging by all that extra weight you’ve been packing on there, but hard none the less. Serenity handed the girls back the notebook after giving each of them the autograph they asked for. She was hoping that would further show that she had other places she needed to be but no such luck. %Girl #1% Don’t take this the wrong way but you seem to be taking this match awfully lightly Adalyn is one of the toughest opponents you’ve had and when it comes to tougher opponents you don’t always come out on top. Shouldn’t you be taking this match a little more seriously? Serenity shot the girls a cold glare as she adjusted her purse on her shoulder. %Serenity Chambers Reso% I should be taking this match more seriously huh? When did you become the expert on how seriously I should be taking this match. Adalyn is a fantastic talent I’ll give her that but beating her doesn’t require me to spend every waking moment on her to be able to beat her. %Girl #2% What about Chris Michaels? It’s no secret that he’s been training her and is also booked for Fight Night. Have you given any thought to him coming down to the ring and given Adalyn an assist if need be? %Serenity Chambers Reso% You’re getting smarter there Porky. Personally I don’t see Adalyn needing his help simply because if she’s as great as you say she is why would she need the help in the first place. Secondly, how would look if on her first big challenge she had to have her trainer come down and help her get the win. Serenity looks down at her watch seeing that she only has 20 minutes till her flight leaves. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Listen girls I really do have to be going if I want to catch my flight. The girls be grudgingly accept and let Serenity go on her way. Knowing that she has quite a distance to go Serenity starts running down the terminal hoping that she’s able to make it on time. As she continues to run down the hallway her eyes catch her watch –only ten more minutes. Finally after a couple more minutes Serenity finally reaches the gate. Out of breath she unzips her purse and reaches inside for her ticket. She pulls it out and hands it to the flight attendant behind the counter. As the flight attendant looks over the desk at her Serenity races up to the counter handing the young man her ticket. He checks her ticket to make sure that it’s for this particular flight then hands it back to her. Serenity gives him a polite smile as she stuffs the ticket in her pocket. She hurries through the gate as fast as she possibly can finally making it to the plane. She pulls her ticket out of her pocket handing it to the stewardess who shows her to her seat. Serenity thanks her for her help as she takes her ticket She leaned against the seat hoping to get in a few hours of sleep while she made her way to New York. As her body rested against the semi thick cushion she could hear her cell phone ringing from inside her purse. It figured. Just when she got the chance to relax something always came up. Letting out an irritated groan Serenity pulled herself forward grabbing her purse from its spot on the seat next to her. Reaching into the middle section she pulled out her baby pink Motorola RAZR. Flipping the phone open she saw her best friend Kirsten Stratus’s number on the screen. The irritated look on her face soon vanished and was replaced with a simple smile. Serenity let out a heavy sigh as she pressed the accept button. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Hey girl, what’s up? %Kirsten Stratus% Oh nothing much, I was just sitting here bored with absolutely nothing to do so I decided to give you a call and see what you were you up to. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Not a whole lot really, I’m just sitting on a plane trying my best to pretend that I’m looking forward to arriving in New York when quite frankly I’m far from it and would much rather be doing anything but this. %Kirsten Stratus% Doing what? %Serenity Chambers Reso% I got a text from the talent coordinator that they’re sending me to New York to be on the Tonight Show to promote my match with Adalyn on Fight Night. %Kirsten Stratus% You sound so enthused about it too. Serenity rolls her eyes. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Ugh…you have no idea how less from enthused I am. %Kirsten Stratus% Why don’t you want to it, it could be fun? %Serenity Chambers Reso% I could think of much better things to do with my time than sit in a chair and answer some mind numbing questions by a man who is a complete imbecile. %Kirsten Stratus% A little harsh on the guy aren’t you? For all you know he might actually ask you some intelligent questions. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Oh my God, you sound just like Jason. He tried convincing me that I should be positive about the whole thing but I highly doubt that Jay is going to ask me anything different than any one of our interviewers do. It’s just going to be a bunch of “Do you think you’ll be able to beat her�?and a bunch of crap about how great she is. Like I really care. The only reason anyone is giving her any attention is because she is because she hasn’t lost a match. It’s a big accomplishment yes, but it doesn’t make her special. %Kirsten Stratus% Maybe not but she’s going to be tougher than pretty much all the other women on the roster which is going to mean you’ll be spending more time at the gym than you thought you would be. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Oh God, don’t remind me! I so don’t have the ambition to go to the Tonight Show tomorrow much less spend a day or so at the gym. %Kirsten Stratus% You’re going to need it girl if you plan on having any chance of getting past Adalyn cause you know she’s going to make sure you get a workout with Lita not showing up last week. %Serenity Chambers Reso% If she’s that insecure that she needs to use the fact that Lita was to big of a pussy to show up as a way to make herself look good then all the power to her. I was taught better than that as a kid and if she wasn’t then she’s no better than the twits that call everyone a whore. Lord knows she’s going to run into the same thing at some point. . %Kirsten Stratus% All of this and she hasn’t done anything to you whatsoever. My God Seren I can’t wait to see what happens if and when she ever does. %Serenity Chambers Reso% You’re awfully violent for so early in the morning, if I didn’t know better I would swear that you were going against Adalyn instead of me. %Kirsten Stratus% That’s alright she’s all yours. With the mood you seem to be in you could definitely use the exercise and Adalyn will make sure you get it too. %Serenity Chambers Reso% You sound like her personal campaign manager. I tell you, the way everyone is going around making a big deal about her one would think she is God’s gift to wrestling. %Kirsten Stratus% You really don’t like the girl do you? %Serenity Chambers% It’s not that, it’s just I don’t think she’s as great as everyone is making her out to be. %Kirsten Stratus% It’s going to be an awful hard job breaking that undefeated streak of hers, you know? %Serenity Chambers Reso% Oh trust me I’m more than aware. That crazy bitch actually believes that I had Nick come train with me to intimidate her. Like I give a shit if it bothers her or if she even knows. If I did I would have went down to her locker room myself and told her that I called a friend of mine who happens to be a fitness trainer to come down there and give me a little extra practice. She don’t see me giving a shit that she don’t think she needs to train at all for this, does she? %Kirsten Stratus% Of course not. %Serenity Chambers Reso% That’s because I know how to keep my nose on my own face like a certain other person. She doesn’t think she needs to train and her time would much better be spent in the bargain basement of some mall that’s her problem. I actually like a good workout in the ring. Did I tell you the best part? %Kirsten Stratus% No, what was it? %Serenity Chambers Reso% Apparently I’m using the fact that I’m a veteran on her. When have you ever seen me use that on anyone? %Kirsten Stratus% Never. %Serenity Chambers Reso% Well I must be doing it in my sleep then because supposedly it’s all I’ve been throwing at her lately. Honestly Kirsten I swear the people they get in here keep getting dumber and dumber as they go on. %Kirsten Stratus% Hey! %Serenity Chambers Reso% Not you of course. I’m talking about people like Adalyn who pull shit out of thin air in order to make themselves appear to be much smarter than they already are. As the words escaped her lips the stewardess came out to inform them that the plane was about to start landing and everyone needed to get their seatbelts on. Turning her attention back to her conversation with Jamie she quickly informed her friend that the plane was about to land and she had to be going. After a simple okay, the two said their goodbyes. Serenity flipped her phone closed and tossed it back inside her purse before fastening her seatbelt as the plane starts to descend. After a half hour it finally hit the ground sending everyone flying forward in their seats then slamming against the back seconds later. The plane coasted along the runway eventually coming to a smooth stop in front of the gate. Flight attendants gathered up front as the announcement was made for everyone to begin getting off the plane. Unfastening her seatbelt Serenity rose to her feet. As usual people pointed and stared as they made her way through the terminal. She made a quick pit stop at the baggage claim to grab her luggage before making her way through the crowded terminal to her waiting limo. Catching a bag boy loafing at the baggage counter she grabs him by the arm and leads him over to where her bags are. He scoops her bags into his arms and follows her across the terminal. As they make their way out the doors Serenity heads for her limo sliding in the backseat as the bag boy loads her bags in the trunk.The driver shut the trunk and headed around to the front. He climbed in the driver’s seat and turned on the engine. After a couple of minutes he pulled out of the parking lot and into traffic. About a half an hour later Serenity’s limo had reached the TV station where the Tonight Show broadcasted from and was pulling into the parking lot. |