12-15-2022, 01:00 AM
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VOVAYGERS
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[TAKE ONE]
[Out in the balcony, late night, wind shooing the trees, was Glen Canyon Park. Multiple acres of green lied ahead. The moon shined from above. Alexis Quinne positioned her back against the railing, hands tucked inside the pouch of her black hoodie. Her eyes lock into the camera. Her face tightens.]
Alexis: It's the most wonderful time of the year.
[Alexis presses her lips together. Her back lifts off the railing before bumping back into it, then lifting back off. Steam escapes her nostrils.]
Alexis: Trios.
[She elevates her left hand, rubbing the back of her neck.]
Alexis: I don't trust anyone. I don't trust my teammates. I don't want to trust my teammates. I think that's what it is. I don't want to. There's something inside me, when I look at you Konrad, when I look you in the eyes, Selena, that screams at me. "You're going to do it. You're going to do it. What if you win Trios? What if you get that contract? What if you run the table? In my dreams, all these images of me, Konrad, Selena, our hands being raised. The crowd's going crazy. The photographers at ringside, snapping pics as we stand as trios champions.
In the back of my head, I hear, "you dumbass. It's pro wrestling."
[Alexis uses the right hand to rub her face.]
Alexis: "Do you remember the last thing we did this? 2018. Make the finals with Regan. Only for her to side with a guy from the other team and screwed you over? Don't you remember every wrestler that has ever made a promise that have broken them? Do you not know your history? Don't you know what business you're in? What are you doing?!"
[Her eyes drift to the left, then upward. Her mouth open. Her fingers lock together. Her head drops back down.]
Alexis: "You know how this works, Lexi." That's what I tell myself. If anyone would know about getting that knife placed in the back, it would be me.
[She reaches up with her right hand, stroking her chin.]
Alexis: But then again, I guess if anyone knows about what it feels like to put the knife in someone's back, that would be me, too.
[She scoffs, a bitter grin forming on her face.]
Alexis: I'll just pull back the curtain here. Konrad and Selena, we linked up last week after Breakdown. You know, a pow wow, you know. And they talked about who leads, who doesn't. Why they should lead. Why the other shouldn't. And i'm listening, thinking of all the possible scenarios in my head of how this could go left. I look at Konrad and in my mind I'm just thinking how this man could just get set off over the biggest or the smallest thing, feed me to the wolves and I'm flat on my back, looking at the lights. Selena was talking and I'm thinking, if we make the finals, there's a chance her wife is standing across the ring from us. And I'm just thinking, imagining her bare hands, on my back, on my body, flinging me to her and putting me down and giving her the Trios. It's happened before!
[Alexis throws up her arms. Her tone raises.]
Alexis: But everyone is going through the same thing. Strange bedfellows. Josh Hudson and Glory Braddock are on the same team. How's that going to work? Josh Hudson has to stare across the ring and see the guy he trained, James Evans. A guy who abused his girlfriend behind closed doors and got pissed when I said something about it. Yeah I'm still feeling a way about that. I know it's been five years. I don't care. if that makes me a bitch, that is fine. i will be a bitch. It's not like I've never been booed before. I rather die on my feet than live on my knees. That's just how it is.
And he beat me three years ago after sniping at me for so yeah, I want to see that guy in the next round and rip his arm out of his socket.
[Alexis grits her teeth.]
Alexis: Now I'm fired up! And now I have hope! I'm thinking about making the next round and..and we gotta deal with Adam Allocco, Kimberly Williams and the One. They've all been killing it this year. They've all won titles and, you know, Allocco went all the way at the Flame when i fell short. He made the main event that I didn't. I want to believe.
I remember when I was away. It's 2020. I'm in Puerto Rico. And I'm listening to this woman. She's like 79. We had just helped build some shelters for the homeless. She didn't do any lifting but she organized it. She had three husbands. They all died. Each loss more crushing than the next. I couldn't imagine. And I just asked her, how was she able to marry after the first one, and the second one. And she looked me in the eye and she said vulnerable is not admitting something you did wrong. it's not sharing your weakness. It's putting yourself in a position where you could be hurt and you do it anyways.
[Aleis' eyes widened.]
Alexis: I can't say I've ever been in love. I don't even think I'll ever marry. But I've never loved something more than professional wrestling. Because it is the only thing that I have ever put all of myself into and have gotten hurt. I'm a cynic. I've been open about all the shit and filth that this business has and is. And I've contributed to it. I have blood on my hands like everyone else. But those loses I talk about. Datura. Under Attack. The Flame. That trios that Hudson and Regan screwed me over, it burns me because my all is in this.
The same hope I had when I was like 16 saving money so I could train to become a wrestler is the same hope I have right now with you Konrad, Selena. I have put myself in that position, knowing that I could be crushed and I have.
But I do it anyways.
And I will do it anyways.
[Alexis bites her bottom lip.]
Alexis: Konrad, Selena, I'm going to do it again. I want to believe. I'm going to put myself in position to where either one of you can screw me over. I want to win. I want to beat the One. I've seen her rise up and she's got a funky wrestling style. And I want to beat her. I want to kick Josh Hudson's ass once again. if James Evans makes it out, I want to kick his face in. Datura being on that team is a bonus. I want that fucking trios. The one I never got. The one that was taken from me.
It's what i told you, Selena. I'm hooked on this shit. This is what I love. I know you love your wife, but this is pro wrestling. This os what it is. Not every hope can go on. Not everyone can win. And I want to fucking win. I want this. I am going to go out there and I'm going to give everything. And I'm going to trust that you and Konrad want to win as much as I do. And if any of you fuck me over, I'm coming after you.
I'm coming after you anyways, Selena. After all, you haven't beaten anyone more than me, remember?
[Alexis scoffs.]
Alexis: You said that. Before the Rise to Greatness match with Regan. 2018. That's been fuel for me. But that can wait. Breakdown is tomorrow and we're in this. Like I told you, and Konrad. if we're going to do it, let's do it for real. I will be out there putting everything on the line. And I hope, for my sake, for your sake Selena, Konrad...you meet me out there.
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VOVAYGERS
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[TAKE ONE]
[Out in the balcony, late night, wind shooing the trees, was Glen Canyon Park. Multiple acres of green lied ahead. The moon shined from above. Alexis Quinne positioned her back against the railing, hands tucked inside the pouch of her black hoodie. Her eyes lock into the camera. Her face tightens.]
Alexis: It's the most wonderful time of the year.
[Alexis presses her lips together. Her back lifts off the railing before bumping back into it, then lifting back off. Steam escapes her nostrils.]
Alexis: Trios.
[She elevates her left hand, rubbing the back of her neck.]
Alexis: I don't trust anyone. I don't trust my teammates. I don't want to trust my teammates. I think that's what it is. I don't want to. There's something inside me, when I look at you Konrad, when I look you in the eyes, Selena, that screams at me. "You're going to do it. You're going to do it. What if you win Trios? What if you get that contract? What if you run the table? In my dreams, all these images of me, Konrad, Selena, our hands being raised. The crowd's going crazy. The photographers at ringside, snapping pics as we stand as trios champions.
In the back of my head, I hear, "you dumbass. It's pro wrestling."
[Alexis uses the right hand to rub her face.]
Alexis: "Do you remember the last thing we did this? 2018. Make the finals with Regan. Only for her to side with a guy from the other team and screwed you over? Don't you remember every wrestler that has ever made a promise that have broken them? Do you not know your history? Don't you know what business you're in? What are you doing?!"
[Her eyes drift to the left, then upward. Her mouth open. Her fingers lock together. Her head drops back down.]
Alexis: "You know how this works, Lexi." That's what I tell myself. If anyone would know about getting that knife placed in the back, it would be me.
[She reaches up with her right hand, stroking her chin.]
Alexis: But then again, I guess if anyone knows about what it feels like to put the knife in someone's back, that would be me, too.
[She scoffs, a bitter grin forming on her face.]
Alexis: I'll just pull back the curtain here. Konrad and Selena, we linked up last week after Breakdown. You know, a pow wow, you know. And they talked about who leads, who doesn't. Why they should lead. Why the other shouldn't. And i'm listening, thinking of all the possible scenarios in my head of how this could go left. I look at Konrad and in my mind I'm just thinking how this man could just get set off over the biggest or the smallest thing, feed me to the wolves and I'm flat on my back, looking at the lights. Selena was talking and I'm thinking, if we make the finals, there's a chance her wife is standing across the ring from us. And I'm just thinking, imagining her bare hands, on my back, on my body, flinging me to her and putting me down and giving her the Trios. It's happened before!
[Alexis throws up her arms. Her tone raises.]
Alexis: But everyone is going through the same thing. Strange bedfellows. Josh Hudson and Glory Braddock are on the same team. How's that going to work? Josh Hudson has to stare across the ring and see the guy he trained, James Evans. A guy who abused his girlfriend behind closed doors and got pissed when I said something about it. Yeah I'm still feeling a way about that. I know it's been five years. I don't care. if that makes me a bitch, that is fine. i will be a bitch. It's not like I've never been booed before. I rather die on my feet than live on my knees. That's just how it is.
And he beat me three years ago after sniping at me for so yeah, I want to see that guy in the next round and rip his arm out of his socket.
[Alexis grits her teeth.]
Alexis: Now I'm fired up! And now I have hope! I'm thinking about making the next round and..and we gotta deal with Adam Allocco, Kimberly Williams and the One. They've all been killing it this year. They've all won titles and, you know, Allocco went all the way at the Flame when i fell short. He made the main event that I didn't. I want to believe.
I remember when I was away. It's 2020. I'm in Puerto Rico. And I'm listening to this woman. She's like 79. We had just helped build some shelters for the homeless. She didn't do any lifting but she organized it. She had three husbands. They all died. Each loss more crushing than the next. I couldn't imagine. And I just asked her, how was she able to marry after the first one, and the second one. And she looked me in the eye and she said vulnerable is not admitting something you did wrong. it's not sharing your weakness. It's putting yourself in a position where you could be hurt and you do it anyways.
[Aleis' eyes widened.]
Alexis: I can't say I've ever been in love. I don't even think I'll ever marry. But I've never loved something more than professional wrestling. Because it is the only thing that I have ever put all of myself into and have gotten hurt. I'm a cynic. I've been open about all the shit and filth that this business has and is. And I've contributed to it. I have blood on my hands like everyone else. But those loses I talk about. Datura. Under Attack. The Flame. That trios that Hudson and Regan screwed me over, it burns me because my all is in this.
The same hope I had when I was like 16 saving money so I could train to become a wrestler is the same hope I have right now with you Konrad, Selena. I have put myself in that position, knowing that I could be crushed and I have.
But I do it anyways.
And I will do it anyways.
[Alexis bites her bottom lip.]
Alexis: Konrad, Selena, I'm going to do it again. I want to believe. I'm going to put myself in position to where either one of you can screw me over. I want to win. I want to beat the One. I've seen her rise up and she's got a funky wrestling style. And I want to beat her. I want to kick Josh Hudson's ass once again. if James Evans makes it out, I want to kick his face in. Datura being on that team is a bonus. I want that fucking trios. The one I never got. The one that was taken from me.
It's what i told you, Selena. I'm hooked on this shit. This is what I love. I know you love your wife, but this is pro wrestling. This os what it is. Not every hope can go on. Not everyone can win. And I want to fucking win. I want this. I am going to go out there and I'm going to give everything. And I'm going to trust that you and Konrad want to win as much as I do. And if any of you fuck me over, I'm coming after you.
I'm coming after you anyways, Selena. After all, you haven't beaten anyone more than me, remember?
[Alexis scoffs.]
Alexis: You said that. Before the Rise to Greatness match with Regan. 2018. That's been fuel for me. But that can wait. Breakdown is tomorrow and we're in this. Like I told you, and Konrad. if we're going to do it, let's do it for real. I will be out there putting everything on the line. And I hope, for my sake, for your sake Selena, Konrad...you meet me out there.
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