The camera fades and you see Cheryl Stixx walking down the hallway with her head down. CJ O’Donnell sees her as he exits the locker room and waves at Cheryl but no response. CJ thinks it is weird and shrugs his shoulders. Either Cheryl ignored him or is in her own little world. Caleb realizes it must be about what happened at Savage Land so he shouts.
O’Donnell: NO REASON TO BE SORRY. RILEY DESERVED IT!
Cheryl turns around and sees it is CJ which brings half a smile to her face.
O’Donnell: I must say that was a thing of beauty you did to Riley. I kept playing it over and over again on loop. I hope you are not second guessing yourself Cheryl.
Cheryl: Well, I’m not but… You know, I’m kinda back to zero again. And Riley was my only ally here. I miss Showblitz, I miss her and Gene.
Cheryl: But I did what I had to do, I couldn’t stay on that path any longer. Not after what I did to Valkyrie… Does it make me look weak Caleb?
O’Donnell: Absolutely not. If anything it makes you look stronger. It takes a strong person to admit when they make a mistake. My sister was holding you back.
O'Donnell:
Valkyrie is a much better friend to have as she won’t stab you in the back.
Brief pause by Caleb as he puts his hand on Cheryl’s left shoulder.
O’Donnell: I know you feel lonely and lost but you did the right thing. No need to second guess yourself. Just watch your back as I’m sure Riley is already plotting something to get back at you. She does not take failure lightly. Expect the unexpected with her and please be careful.
Cheryl: I’m sure she’s going to come for me, hopefully I’ll be ready for it. And I don’t know if Valk sees me as a friend… I don’t blame her, I nearly killed her. I think I’m on my own now CJ. The people that already hated me, like Flojo, probably still hate me. Now I just added Riley to that list.
Cheryl: But thanks for the words, you’re always so kind and supportive… Are you really Riley’s brother? Hahaha…
Cheryl chuckles as she pinches Caleb’s cheek, making fun of him.
O’Donnell: Yeah I am the good looking sibling.
CJ smirks at Cheryl as they begin to walk down the hallway together.
O’Donnell: And I am sure no one hates you. An apology goes a long way. I’ll always have your back Cheryl and if you need a friend all you have to do is call me.
Cheryl: Thank you CJ, Danny's out of town so yeah, I'm really alone. It's good to hear that I can count on you, especially now. I'll probably go home later to think about every mistake I ever made, while I get fat eating ice-cream listening to Celine Dion.
Cheryl pretends to joke, although that's probably what she's going to do later.
Cheryl: Ugh… who am I? Haha…
O’Donnell: Cute. I would ask you if you want some company but i don’t want to intrude on your plans. The boyfriend may get jealous and all.
Caleb smiles at Cheryl.
Cheryl: Recently all my relationships have lasted, at most, 12 hours CJ. There's no boyfriend at all… and I'm pretty sure that you know about this. Anyway, some company would be nice, if you don't have anything better to do, of course.
O’Donnell: I was just going to go to the local bar down the street and grab a few drinks. Nothing special. I can’t think of anything better to do than hanging with you but the music may have to change.
Cheryl: Well, I won't be "all by myself" anymore, so I guess I would have to change the music anyway.
O’Donnell: It’s a date then. We will get some dinner before we go back to your place - my treat.
CJ smiles as Cheryl flips her hair.
O’Donnell: Don’t worry I won’t overstay my welcome.
Cheryl: Well, I’m sure you won’t. Danny is traveling but my maid, Katja is there and she’s really… complicated. We can hardly understand what she says but it’s easy to tell that she hates when I bring guys home.
Cheryl: But you’re so unlike other guys, maybe even her likes you... It’s tough to resist a ginger.
O’Donnell: Some people would disagree with you and say us gingers have no souls.
Cheryl: Most people believe that I have no soul, but you gave me the benefit of the doubt. I guess we’re even…?
O’Donnell: You didn’t give me any reason not to trust you.
Cheryl: Alright then, I still have something to do here before leaving so I guess we meet later?
O’Donnell: Definitely looking forward to it.
Cheryl nods and pats CJ on the head, looking way more excited than she was before.
Cheryl: I hope you have a good match tonight, I will try to be there but I don't know if I'll make it. Well, I'll be cheering for you anyways, good luck Caleb! See you later and let me know if there's anything that I can do to help you…
O’Donnell: I’m sure you could help me in many ways but we have eyes watching us.
CJ smirks at Cheryl.
Cheryl: Oh, sure... I guess I'll help you later then.
O’Donnell: I’m sure we help each other out.
CJ walks past Cheryl and looks over his shoulder to watch her walk away.
The camera pans to the announce team.
Everyone loves a good redemption story!
We do!
A.C. Cobra vs M.J.F
The camera pans to the announce team.
RIGHT IN THE BREAD BASKET!
....JUST THIS ONCE, ILL AGREE!
The scene opens on the backstage area of the building as for the first time in a while Wrex shows up to the arena alone, Fury not accompanying tonight. As he arrives and drops his things off Jim Black arrives at the scene.
Jim Black: What. Not bring the other one along to win your matches for a change?
Wrex: Considering the fact I got a call saying that the fat one didn’t show up tonight, we decided that both of us coming just for me to get my arm raised would be a waste of time, so here I am.
Jim: You really think they won’t find him a replacement?
Wrex looks over to Jim, a look of amusement on his face as if he can’t believe the question was actually asked.
Wrex: Jimmy, who are they gonna replace him with, huh? Our champion probably didn’t show again, I doubt Archer wants to go for another round, maybe B? Oh, right.
Wrex:
Still missing, maybe.. the mid carders? Oh, wait I forgot, they’re all fighting in a cage match to decide who gets to keep my belts warm till Summercide.
Wrex: Who does that leave? Jackson? Beat him. Jehst? Beat him. The curtain jerkers? I’d rather take the night off.. hang on, now there’s an idea I can get behind.
Jim: What idea would that.. be?
Before Jimmy can even finish his question, the stuff Wrex had just dropped off is back in his hands and he’s making his way back to the direction he came from.
Wrex: Jay was right, showing up to work just to walk to the ring for a subpar referee to raise my hand is just a waste of time. If our champion is supposed be our example, then I’m gonna learn from that example. Find something interesting then call me, I’m going home.
?: Not so fast there.
Out of what at this point might be a black hole hidden behind a door appears Wrex and Fury's new road agent, Jeremiah Tully.
Tully While I'm in charge of ye', there ain't gonna be no days off. You get your ass out there to that ring, I got a couple o' suprises for you.
Wrex What do you mean a couple? sigh know what? I dont even care.
Tully Thats the spirit kid, don't worry I'm sure you'll love em. Now get goin'
As Tully dissapears back into the door Jim looks over to Wrex.
