Alistaire Allocco vs. Kimberly Williams

[The Matt]

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January 6th, 2024
Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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Living in an opulent, luxurious home surrounded by the finest and the most modern of technologies is a life that most would beg, most would crave to have; this isn’t the case for “The Woman Scorned” Kimberly Williams. The self-described Queen of the Death Match has always preferred to live in what she would describe as “modest” living space. Normal individuals, however, would call it squaller. Kim has always preferred to live in a home that is run down and barely livable. In her mind, it keeps her honest and keeps her ego in check. And yet for the past two months, Kimberly has been spending almost all of her time in the upscale neighborhood and luxurious home of her identical twin sister Marie Jones. It isn’t because Kim has suddenly had a change of heart. She is spending her time in this lifestyle for one reason, one person only; her nephew. It has been a month since Kim has had to take over the duties of parenting her teenage nephew Sean Connor Jones. Young Sean’s mother, Kim’s twin sister Marie, had abandoned him, Kim, and the rest of the family all to rejoin a cult known as The Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat. It doesn’t make sense to Kim as to why Marie would go back. She was once a member and learned first hand that its leader, Raul Alfaro, didn’t care about her or any of the other members, that he only wanted to use them as sexual conquests. It was little more than a sex cult and Marie, as well as her friend Julianne, were merely servants. Yet both Julianne and Marie have returned to the ranks. Marie’s reasons for joining seems to line up with a classic case of depression. This doesn’t explain much. In fact, it just further confuses the situation for Kim. Marie seemingly has everything one could want; an extremely nice house, tons of money, a son and other close family members who love and cherish her. Why would she leave? Why would she think that she has no other purpose in life except to serve Raul and his cult? It is a mystery that Kim cannot seem to wrap her head around. It has bothered the Queen of the Death Match so much that she has practically given up on ever seeing Marie again. But she has not given up on Sean. It isn’t Sean’s fault that his mother abandoned him, so Kim will make sure he gets taken care of, that he gets raised properly.

This is another role that Kim is not used to finding herself in; the role of a caregiver, a parent, or one might even say, the role of mother. Being a mother, a parent, is something Kim had swore she would never be; primarily because she did not believe that she was worthy of such a role. She did not believe that she would do justice to the child, that any child could do better than having Kim as a mother. But in Sean’s case he has little other options. He needs Kim, now more than ever, and Kim will do everything she can for him. This is why she has moved into the home of her twin sister Marie. It may be far more elegant and opulent than anything she is used to, but this is Sean’s home. This is the environment he is used to. He is already having to deal with not having his mother with him, forcing him to pull up stakes and move into her squaller of a rat house is too much to ask of this young kid. Kimberly is willing to move in with him into his home to make things as easy on him as possible.

Kimberly Williams currently finds herself sprawled out on the fancy plush cream colored leather sofa in the elegant living room. Williams is wearing torn denim jeans and a black “Queens of Chaos” logo t-shirt. Her feet are bare because her flip flops are lying on the floor next to the sofa. Also on the floor is a cage which once contained her hamster, Caligula. Said hamster is currently sitting on Kim’s stomach. The eccentric ginger is stroking Caligula as the two engage in their unique form of “conversation”, with Kim providing the words for Caligula, of course.

“I know it isn’t like our normal digs, Caligula, but you’ll get used to it.” Kim says with a disappointed sigh.

“The fuck you talkin’ about? This shit is much better than the hell hole you have me livin’ in.”

“What do you mean?!” Kim exclaims. “What’s wrong with our home?!”

“It’s so run down and shoddy that you should be arrested for cruelty to animals. Making me live in that dump ought to be considered cruelty to animals, if you ask me.”

“Well no one asked you!” Kim snaps back.

“Ah quit your bellyaching, woman! You and I both know you’re just all pissy because a couple of cults have been bitching at ya for the past few months!”

Caligula is right. And perhaps this comes from Kim’s own subconscious. The Woman Scorned has had to deal with cults on two fronts lately; not only her twin sister rejoining the Inner Peace Enlightenment cult, but she has also had a standing war with James Evans and his “House” over the Underground Championship. James has had the upper hand lately thanks to the numbers game but at Body, Heart, and Soul Kimberly looks to regain her Underground Championship. It is ironic how her personal and professional lives have mirrored one another lately. Kimberly rolls her eyes in annoyance.

“Yeah, well I know cults, ok? I know cults because I have been a part of one. Emma, that woman who was supposed to be my foster mom, was little more than a cult leader herself who indoctrinated me, who made me into the psychopath I am today! She wanted to rip me from my family, corrupt my mind, and turn me into a living weapon against them! And for a time she was successful. I was a weapon that nearly destroyed my own family. So I am sorry, Caligula, but I do know a thing or two about cults and I will not sit idly by and just watch them run amuck.”

“Hey yo! Don’t get your damn panties in a wad, bitch! I’m just pointin’ out the damn obvious, aight?”

“What’s obvious, Caligula?” Kim asks.

“For starters, how much longer do ya really need to keep fighting that sissy ass fuck James Evans? Huh? I get it, he’s a pussy for thinking violence is bad and shit. But do ya need to keep going after him? For what? The Underground Title?”

“It’s my legacy!” Kim demands.

“Coo. But what about Marie?”

“What about her?”

“You know you can’t make her come back. You might beat Evans but you can’t beat Inner Peace and bring your sister back. Only she can make that decision.”

Kimberly sighs. She’s literally just arguing with herself. She knows everything she has said is true. As much as she would like to see Marie return to her, to Sean, and to the family, she cannot force it. She cannot make it happen. Only Marie can make that decision. And thus far, seeing as it has been over a month since she left to return to Inner Peace, Kimberly is beginning to realize that she may not return. Kim may have to just accept it and move on with her life. She may have to accept the fact that she will be taking care of Sean on a permanent basis. She looks at Caligula, her beloved hamster, and is about to speak when she hears a loud noise coming from outside. This noise is followed by loud screaming. A sinister grin forms across Kim’s face.

“Looks like we have visitors, Caligula. Maybe it’s some Jehovah Witnesses? Or Mormons?” Kim kisses Caligula and then swings her legs over the side of the sofa. She places Caligula back in his cage. Then Kim slips her feet back into her flip flops. The screaming continues but doesn’t seem to bother Kim in the least. She casually starts to walk away from the sofa and towards the hall. A knocking on the front door gets Kim’s attention.

“I’m coming! If you’re selling something, so help me God, I will hurt you!” Kim approaches the door and opens it. She sees an unexpected yet familiar face there in front of her. Dressed in a knee length black skirt, black sheer tights, black patent leather high heel pumps, and a red silk blouse is none other than Kim’s sister, the one who has been gone for so long. It is Marie Jones. She has returned.

“Oh God, it’s worse than a salesman. It’s a door to door evangelist.”

“Kim…” Marie starts but Kim stops her dead in her tracks.

“Hold it right there, Tammy Faye Baker. What do you want?”

“Why do you have my property booby trapped?”

“You said ‘booby’...” Kim laughs. Marie rolls her eyes. Then Marie points over to a nearby tree, where Kim spots Julianne Buchanan, Marie’s fellow cult member and lover, caught in a large net. Kim smirks knowingly.

“This isn’t funny!” Marie states. “How much of my property has traps on it?”

“Quite a bit.” Kim answers. “But it isn’t your property anymore. It’s mine now. Remember? You sold it to me a couple of years ago when you first joined Inner Peace. I was just such a nice sibling that I never bothered to kick you off of what is legally my land.” Kim waves playfully at Julianne. “See, Julie? I am a nice lady when you get to know me!”

“YOU CRAZY BITCH!” Julianne shrieks. “CUT ME DOWN NOW!”

“I don’t think you want that. It’s quite a fall.”

“Kim, focus!” Marie states. Kim turns her attention back to her sister. “Why have you put traps all over this place?”

“I set neat little traps like that one just in case salesmen or weird cultists like you stopped by.” She winks. “Just be grateful Julie didn’t step into the bear trap.”

“Bear trap?”

“Uh-huh! Now tell me, Marie, are you here to tell me all about your lord and savior Raul?”

“This isn’t funny!” Marie exclaims. “Cut her down!”

“Look, calm yourself down Mary Sue Hubbard; I promise to cut your buddy down in due time. But first I want to know what you two are doing here. I mean, the last I checked you two were having a grand old time being Raul’s sexual property.” Kim folds her arms over her chest and stares a hole through her sister. Marie sighs and nods her head.

“You’re right, you deserve an explanation.” Marie pauses for a moment as she tries to find the right words. She sighs deeply with a sense of reluctance. “I just…”

“What?”

“I just…I want my son back.” Tears form in Marie’s eyes after this difficult admission. “I miss him so much.”

“Really?” Kim chuckles. “The last time were together, I gave you a choice; your son or Raul, Julianne, and that sex cult. You chose Raul.”

“I know…” Marie admits quietly.

“Now here you are and you want your son back? What is it really, Marie? Does Raul want him for some sick reason? I mean, you are apparently so caught up in his bullshit that you may very well hand him over to Inner Peace. So what makes you think that I am going to let you or Julianne anywhere near my nephew?” Kim demands angrily. Marie wipes tears from her eyes.

“I get it. Your concerns are valid. And I haven’t exactly given you any reason to trust me.”

“No…” Kim shakes her head.

“But I can assure you that Raul is no longer part of my life or Julianne’s life.”

“No longer part of your lives?” Kim chuckles. “Now that is a very cryptic way of putting it! Did you kill him?” Kim pauses and then claps her hands happily. “You did kill him, didn’t you? My sis drew blood! I am soooo proud of you!”

“Oh behave!” Marie exclaims. “I didn’t murder anyone and neither did Julianne.” She points a finger at Kim. “You are the only one in our family who has taken a life.”

“I have no problem admitting that I have murdered, that I have taken a life before. But I can blame it on the corruptive influence of Emma, the woman who raised me, the woman who twisted my mind. But you stand there and pretend that you are not capable of murder? I call bullshit on that.”

“It’s true.” Marie insists. Kim shakes her head.

“Allow me to remind you that you were the lucky one of the two of us. You got to spend time with both of our parents. Our father, the serial killer Sean Williams, and our mother, who in a bout of insanity put a bullet through his head.” Kim smirks. “I was raised by only one killer. You were raised by two. So don’t give me that bullshit about not being capable. You are just as capable of evil as I am. It’s in our blood. So go ahead, try and dispute me. Try to argue that you don’t have it in you.”

There is a long pause as Kimberly stands there and awaits a response from her sister. Kim can tell that whatever she said must have struck a nerve because Marie is crying again. For a moment Kim almost feels bad for pushing Marie this far. Finally, Marie nods her head and begins to speak.

“Look, back at the Inner Peace compound…Raul and I grew closer. We grew much closer than I had ever imagined. He used me for any and all of his desires and I loved it. I thought that was what I wanted, to be used by him. To be his property. He claimed to cherish me and that is what I wanted. But…” she chokes up for a moment. Kim can tell that her sister is getting emotional. Kim wraps an arm around her shoulder to comfort her.

“But what? What happened?”

“...but he asked me to prove my loyalty to him. I told him I would do anything for him. So he asked me to kill Julianne.”

“Ok, that’s interesting.” Kim remarks. “Definitely wasn’t expecting to hear that. Did Julianne get on his bad side or something?”

“It was her brother, Brandon. He found out that Julianne was still in contact with her brother Brandon despite Raul expressly forbidding it.”

“He obviously wants to make sure you girls don’t go wandering off too far.” Kim states. Marie nods her head.

“Yeah…well, obviously I didn’t kill Julianne. I did tell Julianne what Raul asked of me.”

“Did she kill him?”

“NO!” Marie exclaims. “No one died!” She sighs. “Julianne and I did leave Inner Peace and we left with every piece of evidence against Raul. We turned him over to the authorities.”

“Awww well that’s nice!” Kim pats her sister on the back. “See, I would have killed him! But you never were a killer!”

“But you’re right, I am capable of it. I even thought about killing Raul. Julianne had to talk me out of it. Standing here, talking to you tonight, I have heard everything you had to say to me and I realize that you are right. You and I are not that different. We were raised in completely different environments. I raised in the lap of luxury, you were raised in squaller, but deep down inside we are both mentally damaged and are capable of so much chaos and destruction.” She shakes her head. “Inner Peace, Raul, it brought out that worst part of me, Kim. I see that now. That is why I am back. I have left Inner Peace and I just want to return to my old life, I want to return to my family, and to my son.” Marie stares with hopeful eyes at Kim. Kimberly has been secretly praying for this, and yet despite that, she still finds herself shaking her head.

“It isn’t that easy, Marie.”

“What?!”

“Maybe you did leave Inner Peace? I don’t know that. Finding out that Raul Alfaro has been arrested for his crimes is easy to find out but that doesn’t mean Inner Peace has been disbanded. You and your pal up in that tree might still be part of it.”

“We’re not!” Marie insists.

“Even IF you have left Inner Peace for good, that still doesn’t mean I can trust you with Sean. You were ditching him for days, weeks, months on end to goof off with Julianne. I had no idea where you were and you didn’t seem to care about Sean. You have changed, sis. How can I be certain that if I turn Sean back over to you, that the responsible Marie Jones will be there to raise him and not the irresponsible immature Annabelle is still running the show?”

“I know…” Marie sighs deeply “...I have made so many mistakes. And I have been irresponsible. I fell under the spell of Infamous and convinced you to join me. I walked out on my SCW contract and convinced you to come with me. I was just lucky that mom was there to convince management to give you a second chance. And then when I ran off on Sean, you stepped up. You have been a better mother to him than I have been lately. I have always been self-destructive, manipulative, and deceitful. I have been selfish. You have always been loyal to a fault. And maybe that’s part of what led me to falling back in with Inner Peace?” Marie shrugs. “I saw just how awful I had become and I felt as if I didn’t deserve you. That I didn’t deserve you or mom or Sean. It was easier to just go and punish myself, destroy myself, than to try and fix myself.” Marie reaches out and places a hand on Kim’s shoulder. “But I am ready to fix myself. No matter how difficult the road may be, I want to make things right.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.” Marie nods her head. “May I please see my son?”

“Let me ask you a question. Would you have let me anywhere near Sean the day after I was released from the mental hospital?”

Marie sighs and shakes her head. “No…”

“See the problem I have? But he IS your son and God knows I have needed my own fair share of second chances.” She takes Marie by the hand and slowly starts to lead her inside the house. “I think we can come up with an arrangement.”

“Thank you, Kim.” Marie embraces Kim in a tight hug right after they cross the threshold. “Thank you for your faith in me.”

“Well, I gotta admit, I was running out of faith there for a moment. But I…”

“Wait a sec…” Marie says, stopping Kim in her tracks.

“What? What’s wrong?”

“Aren’t you forgetting something?”

“I don’t think so.” Kim shakes her head.

“Julianne!” Marie points outside and at the tree, where Julianne is still caught up in the net. Kim smirks.

“Do I really have to cut her down?”

“Yes!”

“Fine.” Kim sticks her tongue out. “Party pooper.”