The scene reopens the following day at the hotel we visited earlier. As the scene continued to play we see Trish Stratus made her way back down the hallway. As she reaches the end she turns back down the main hallway coming up behind the reception desk. She can’t help but snicker as she sees the receptionist still sitting at her desk painting her nails. Shaking her head and chuckling to herself she continued down the hallway. When she reached the desk she walked up beside the desk leans across the desk knocking the bottle of bright red nail polish all over the desk. As the receptionist looks up at her in disgust Trish flashes her innocent smile.
Trish Stratus: You really should keep a better hold on that bottle sweetie it does tend to make a mess when it spills.
Before the receptionist can even mutter out a reply Trish pushes her small frame off the desk and walks the short distance from the desk to the entry door. As she reaches the door the security guard positioned outside pulled the door open for her. She smiles politely at him thanking him as she breezed through the door. She steps on the sidewalk to see the limo driver standing right beside the left rear door gripping the handle tightly waiting on Trish to reach him. Finally she reached the end of the sidewalk and the driver pulls the door open watching as Trish slides inside. Once Trish is inside he closes the door to the limo and walked around to the front. Opening the front left door he quickly slides into the driver’s seat and fires up the engine. Before he starts to pull out of the parking lot he turns around towards Trish.
Limo Driver: Where to Miss Stratus?
Trish looks down at her watch seeing that her flight to London was scheduled to leave in an hour. She let out an uneasy sigh knowing that she doesn’t have the time to run back home and get some clothes into her suitcase and rush back out and still make her flight on time. She lets her body fall back against the seat looking up at the limo driver.
Trish Stratus: To the airport please Dave, I’m running late for my flight to Tokyo.
Dave simply nods as he turns back around; he puts the limo into drive and pulls out of the parking lot. As it reaches the end of the drive the fans once again pound on the glass trying to get some form of attention out of Trish. She simply rolls her eyes as them as she digs into her purse looking for her cell phone. After a few minutes she finally finds it shoved down at the bottom of her purse. She pulls the phone out and flips it open. She pulls up her contacts and flips through to Chris’s number. After flipping through a couple of numbers she reaches Chris’s number and goes through the options, finally pressing the call button. As the phone starts to ring she reaches over to the armrest and presses the button that controls the partician. Just as the patrician reaches the top Deacon picks up the phone.
Deacon Havok: Hey babe, why’d you fly out of the room so fast? You left in such a hurry that I didn’t even get a kiss goodbye.
Trish Stratus: I’m so sorry babe, I didn’t hear the alarm this morning and I got up late so I had to rush off to the airport or I’m going to miss my plane.
Deacon Havok: Well I’ll excuse it this time. Hey listen, you left your gym bag here. Did you want me to bring it when I come later?
Trish Stratus: Jesus Christ, I’d forget my head if it wasn’t attached. I’d appreciate it if you’d bring it. Has my press conference come on yet?
Deacon Havok: It aired last night apparently. Good Morning America was showing clips of it this morning it was very nice by the way. Best damn press conference I’ve ever seen
Trish couldn’t help but smile at the comment. She had to admit that it was a pretty good press conference, much more aggravating than she had cared for but it went smoothly so all in all it was a success. Still the comment made her smile.
Trish Stratus: That’s a bold faced lie Deacon Havok and you know it, but I appreciate the comment none the less. I wonder if Kurt’s seen it yet.
Deacon Havok: You haven’t heard a half a ton of bitching yet have you?
Trish Stratus: Well no but that doesn’t mean anything. Kurt’s not exactly the smartest person in the world and wit the time that it’s going to take him to think of that many big words much less think of different ways to word it so he doesn’t say that he sucks over and over again.
Deacon Havok: Now there was an image I wanted to see. Kurt sucking…it leaves a very, very nasty image. Good gracious Trish, did you really have to say that? It’s bad enough that it’s a fact but to envision it is something I didn’t need this early in the morning.
Trish Stratus: Don’t even pull that on me, you know you would have said it if you had the chance. Besides I only speak the truth. Why do you think he’s been so quiet the last few weeks? He’s spending all his time training for a match that he has come right out and said that was going to be easy for him. I hate to burst his bubble but all the training in the world isn’t going to help. He’d look pretty funny being put in his own Ankle Lock, don’t you think?
Deacon Havok: Awfully violent already aren’t you? Geesh makes me glad I’m not going to be in that ring across from you or I’d be the one being taken out on a stretcher.
Trish Stratus: (laughing) Hadn’t thought of that but I’ll add that to the list of things I give Karen when I call her from the plane. That’ll make her day I’m sure. When you bring my bag could you make sure my black and white outfit is in it?
Deacon Havok: Sure thing babe.
Trish thanked him for getting her things together then blew him a quick kiss into the phone. After saying their goodbyes she flipped her phone back closed and tossed it back into her purse. Leaning her head against the cushion of the seat she lowered the patrician back down and stared out the window.
About an hour later Trish’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 Trish 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 Trish 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 Trish hurries down the hall searching for gate 23 and her husband and daughter. Halfway down she sees a large sign hanging from the ceiling giving the directions to where different gates are located. Trish 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 Trish was about to continue on she heard an unfamiliar voice calling out “Oh my god it’s Trish Stratus!�? Trish 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 Trish but we were hoping to get a quick autograph.
Trish 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 girls hands the notebook to Trish 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 are you nervous about facing someone as talented as Kurt Angle for the Intercontinental title?
Trish scoffed at the question…her be nervous? Now that was funny.
Trish Stratus: I’m sorry you have the wrong person. If I were you I’d wait around awhile for Kurt and ask him that question.
Girl #2: Okay maybe not nervous but surely you’re concerned about your chances of coming out the winner.
Trish Stratus: Naturally. I’m always concerned about whether I win or not. Not because of what the fans think of course but because I’m…well�?me and if I’m not the best then I’m ordinary. God that would be horrible.
Girl #1: Have you done anything to prepare for this match?
Trish Stratus: Well of course I have darling�? I’ve ordered as much coffee as I can just so that I can stay awake for the whole thing. Lord knows I’m going to it having to endure yet another match with Kurt.
Girl #2: If you don’t like competing with him, why accept his challenge?
Trish Stratus: 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. I accepted his challenge for one reason and that’s the Intercontinental Title. The Intercontinental Title is a highly prestigious title and I’m a very prestigious woman so it’s only natural that I hold it don’t you think?
Girl #1: With the Ankle Lock being Kurt’s most dangerous hold, sure you�?
Trish Stratus: What…can avoid it? Sweetie its not exactly a form of rocket science here. Avoiding the Ankle Lock is as simple as avoiding chocolate in your case. Maybe not as hard judging by all that extra weight you’ve been packing on there, but hard none the less.
Trish 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 #2: You’re taking this match awfully lightly. I mean the one time you teamed with Kurt you lost, I know it was because Kurt let you down but are you sure that he’s not someone you can’t beat?
Trish shot the girls a cold glare as she adjusted her purse on her shoulder.
Trish Stratus: Someone I can’t beat huh? He wrestles some pussies and suddenly that makes him better than me…sweetie I don’t think so.
Girl #1: What about Karen Angle? I know you know what you’re doing but I wouldn’t put it past him not to have her come down and help him retain the title.
Trish Stratus: You’re getting smarter there Porky. Perhaps Kurt would but quite frankly I don’t see him being that stupid. He wants to defeat me more than anything in the world and there’s no way he’d risk anyone saying Karen won it for him, He’ll do this one on his own just to prove to everyone that he’s more than what he is.
Trish looks down at her watch seeing that she only has 20 minutes till her flight leaves.
Trish Stratus: Listen girls I really do have to be going if I want to catch my flight.
The girls be grudgingly accept and let Trish go on her way. Knowing that she has quite a distance to go Trish 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 Trish 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 glances over the Trish looks around noticing that Deacon isn’t anywhere to be seen. Figuring they must already be on the plane she waits for the attendant to give her back her ticket. Finally he does and Trish hurries through the gate and into the plane where she sees Chris sitting on the outside seat with a magazine in his hands. She quickly shows the stewardess her ticket and is led to the seat next to him . As she plops her small frame into the seat next to him she lays her hand on his leg, rubbing it gently.
Deacon Havok: What took you so long? I was beginning to wonder if you were even going to make the plane.
Trish Stratus: I got stopped by these two pains in the ass girls wanting autographs and of course they had to ask some stupid questions about my match tonight. If I wouldn’t have sprinted across the terminal I wouldn’t have made it here on time.
Trish picks Crystal off her lap and sits her down in the seat next to her as the seatbelt sign comes on. After making sure that Crystal was secured she reached over and fastened her own seatbelt. As she did the stewardess stepped out from behind a curtain and got on the microphone.
Stewardess: Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to flight 930 direct from Toronto, Canada to London, England here on Virgin Atlantic. As soon as the plane has safely made it into the air you will be free to walk around the plane. Enjoy your flight and thank you for flying Virgin Atlantic.
She hung the microphone and disappeared once again behind the curtain. A few moments pass and the seatbelt sign goes off. Trish glances over at Crystal who is fast asleep in her seat. Trish undoes her seatbelt and reaches back inside her purse for her phone. Finding it at the bottom of the main compartment she pulls it out and flips it open She pulls up her contacts and searches for her assistant Karen’s phone number. As she comes across it she presses the call button and listens as the phone starts to ring. A couple of minutes and finally Trish can hear the phone being picked up.
Voice: Hello?
Trish Stratus: Hey Karen its Trish. Deacon and I have just left Toronto and are on our way over to Tokyo. The way I have it figured we should get there about an hour or two before the pay per view starts.
Karen: That going to give you enough time to over come the jetlag before your match? Considering you’ve got a title shot tonight you want to make sure you’re well rested going into this.
Trish Stratus: Don’t worry I’ll have plenty of time to get there and relax a bit before my match comes up. Even with it being third on the card an hour or two will give me plenty of time. You worry to much you know that? If I didn’t know better I swear I was talking to Deacon over here instead of you.
Deacon opens his eyes and looks over at his girlfriend with a quizzical expression as he tries to figure what’s going on. Seeing him looking at her Trish moves the phone away from her mouth a bit and mouths the word Karen at him. Deacon nods and closes his eyes once again.
Trish Stratus: Did the sets and everything get there on time and set up?
Karen: Everything’s fine. All the stages and sets came this morning and the crew is setting them up now. I told them to make sure they were up when by the time you got here.
Trish Stratus: Fantastic! I don’t know what I’d do without you helping me.
Karen: Yea about that. You’re really going to love me even more. I checked the sign in sheet at the Tokyo Dome and all the hotels around here and so far Kurt hasn’t checked into any hotels nor shown up at the arena.
Trish Stratus Jericho: You have got to be kidding me! Don’t tell me that my press conference stumped him that much? I mean, I knew it would have trouble getting through all that turtle wax he uses on his head.
Karen: You’re awful, you know that?
Trish Stratus: What can I say…I try? It’s not like the whole company doesn’t know already anyway. Why else do you think his head shines so much? He has to use at least twenty coats on that thing to get it that shiny. I just hope I can see tomorrow night when I have to face him. How about you add a helmet to the list of things we need?
Karen: What on earth could you possibly have planned for a helmet?
Trish Stratus: For Kurt to wear of course. Geesh Karen, you really need to pick up on things a little more. You’re starting to sound more and more like Kurt every day. What are you going to do next, shave your head and start reciting his three I’s, Idiocy…Impotency…Initial Anal Retentiveness.
Karen: Wait…those aren’t�?
Trish Stratus: Yes Karen they’re made up. I was making a joke, which I thought you would at least get the gist of but since it obviously went way over your head then never mind. I’ll save it for Crystal, at least she’ll get it. Enough about your lack of intelligence has the referee for the match checked in yet?
Karen: Tim…oh yea,…he came in a couple hours ago. Why?
Trish Stratus: When you do see him I want to make sure and tell him that I want Karen Angle barred from ringside just in case Kurt actually gets stupid enough and has her interfere to save his ass. Lord knows she’d be the only one who would want to.
The two women share a small laugh at Kat’s expense before maintaining their composure moments later.
Karen: That was bad.
Trish Stratus: True but it was just to perfect not to say. Seriously who else would want to save his ass.
Karen: Well if you said that if he did have her come down that he would be stripped of his title, do you really think that he would actually try it and risk losing his title?
Trish Stratus: This is Kurt Angle, Karen. One can never tell what he’s going to do but if he thinks there’s a way he can get around it you can bet any amount of money that he’ll damn sure try it. That’s why I want you to make sure Tim’s aware she’s not to be down there in case he tries something.
Karen: Kurt would never do a thing like that.
Trish burst into laughter catching the attention of nearly half the plane. She ignores their stares and continues her chat with Karen.
Trish Stratus: Oh god no! It’s not like he was try something unfair to give him the extra advantage over someone.
Karen: I don’t know about you. One minute you have a bur up your ass and the next you’re the complete opposite. What’s changed?
Trish Stratus: Chalk it up to having a laugh at Kurt’s expense I guess you could say. You know what’s funny though? He thought he had this match won the second it was announced that I was joining Chris and Kaylee. When he had his match with Deacon all he kept telling him was that he was going to make me tap I swear to god Karen, he gets just a tad wet over making me tap to his stupid Ankle Lock.
Karen: Stupid or not, you have to be on your guard or you’re going to get locked in it pretty quick.
Trish Stratus: Relax worrywart, I’m aware that he’s going to try locking in his ankle lock on me and snap my ankle. He’s made his focal point every since he caught on I wasn’t going to kiss his ass and give him everything he wants, Like laying down and giving him the easy win tomorrow night.
Karen: He’s a dipshit, what can you expect? It’s just a shame he’s going to walk out of Tokyo without the Intercontinental Title.
Just as Karen finished speaking Trish looked up to see the seatbelt sign had come back on.
Trish Stratus: Listen Karen we’re arriving at the airport now so I’ll be at the arena in about an hour or so. I know this is a bad time to ask but my limo is out there right?
Karen: Of course.
Trish thanked Karen and quickly said her goodbyes. As she heard the dial tone coming from the other end she quickly flipped her phone closed. She stuffed back into the main section of her purse and fastened her seatbelt as the stewardess came back out.
Stewardess: Ladies and Gentlemen we are just about to land at the Heathrow Airport, please make sure you are seated and that your seatbelt is securely fastened around you. We hope that you have enjoyed your flight and will fly Virgin Atlantic in the future.
As she disappears once again behind the curtain as the plane started 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 their seatbelts Trish and Deacon rose to their feet. As usual people pointed and stared as they made their way through the terminal. Deacon headed to the baggage claim as Trish headed through the lobby to the waiting limo. After having a bag boy grab the bags Deacon joined her inside the limo as the limo driver and bag boy loaded everything into the trunk. After twenty minutes everything was in the trunk. The limo 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. An hour and a half later they finally reach the arena to a large group of fans clustered at the top of the back drive. The limo driver fights through it eventually getting through and continuing on to the rear entrance door. The limo came to a stop just in front of the door. The driver got out and walked around to the back, he opened the rear door. Deacon slid out first followed by Trish. Deacon grabbed the bags from the limo driver and followed Trish inside. Once inside Trish dropped her small frame on the plush leather sofa as Deacon came in with the bags.
Trish Stratus: Listen babe I’ve got something to take care of quick then I’ll be right back to get ready.
Deacon nodded as Trish walked the short distance across the room to the doorway eventually disappearing into the hallway as the scene fades.