Twisted & Sadistic vs. Team Desire

[Team Desire]

Giovanna Steward | "Her Inner Journey"

At a park in Los Angeles, California Gigi and her sister Ash found a nice shady spot under some trees to lay their yoga mats down on the grass. Gigi stands there and scratches the back of her head. She is unsure of this. She is more of the kind that bust her butt in the gym.

"Are you sure about this? she says to Ash who stands in front of her with her hers behind her back.

"Gigi, I was thinking when you called me earlier about the Goddess books you were thinking about. Do you remember?" Ash asks.

"Yes, I remember. It was a week ago. When I was at the airport looking for something, I thought it might be an interesting read. I also had a bagel." Gigi answers back with a sarcasm reply.

"Well I do know a book that might help you with what you're looking for. Something that you wouldn't find on the bookshelves." Gigi's eyes try to see through her wondering what she has behind her back.

"Why do I get the feeling that I'm not going to like this?" Gigi nervously tells her.

"No, it's nothing like that. I know you might not want to talk to Katie in person, but maybe Katie in book form would help." Ash holds out a book that Katie apparently made and shows it to Gigi. Gigi takes the book and checks it out. Katie apparently put out a self help Goddess book like a lot of other authors put out that Katie has checked out.

"Katie wrote a book. To help women find their Goddess hood. You know what, I'm actually not that surprised by this." Gigi laughs flipping through the book.

"Well, you're trying to find who you are. Your own person. Someone who doesn't need to lean on Katie. I thought this might be something that'll be good for you. Finding your Goddess again. So that you can be your own person." Ash explains herself to Gigi.

"You think so?" Gigi questions.

"It's actually not that bad of a book. That's why we're out here in the park. Clearing your mind is a good first step to accepting the journey.." Ash tells her.

“It’ll be easier just to call up Violator and have him deliver his special strain of Horny Goat Weed. I’ve heard it’s really strong.” Gigi jokingly suggested her own tips.

“It's a nice thought, but let's try to do this first, ok?" Ash turns and walks over to their yoga mats.

"Ok…" Gigi replies following Ash. She looks down looking bored at the boring decision.

The girls sit down on their mats. Gigi crosses her legs and places her hands on her knees getting into a meditation position. Ash calls out instructions from Katie's book to help Gigi with her search. Gigi closes her eyes and tries to concrete.

Nothing happens.

“How do I know it’s working?” Gigi questions.

“You’ll know.” Ash responds, She continues to resight the instructions to Gigi trying to get the journey to begin.

Nothing happens still and Gigi can’t hold still.

“It’s not working. This all feels so weird.” Gigi moves around on the mat.

Ash stands up. “Ok, We’ll try something else. I didn’t want to do it, but it’s more direct.”

Gigi smiles picking herself up.

Ash stands in front of Gigi. She holds her hands up to Gigi. Gigi looked a bit confused wondering what she was doing. Ash holds out her hand. Open palm to Gigi’s chest. A pink blast shoots Gigi back, knocking her to the ground. Her eyes roll back in her head and Gigi is completely out of it.



Gigi wakes up on the ground. Her head was pounding from the bump. Staring up at the purple night sky overhead.

“How long was I out for, Ash?” Gigi sits up and looks to Ash who is sitting silently on her yoga mat. Her eyes closed, appearing in a deep trance.

Gigi reaches her hand out and touches Ash’s knee. Giving her a little nudge to wake up, but she doesn’t budge. She tries a bit harder and ends up pushing Ash over. She still maintains her sitting position. Like a statue leaning over on its side. Gigi looks a bit stunned.

“What?” Gigi says. She looks around at an empty park. She notices a pink moon in the night sky. “Oh…”

Gigi figured out that she was now embedded into the journey she was looking for. She stands up and walks around the park. Looking back at Ash, still looking like a statue. She wasn’t going to be her guild through this anymore.

“What did she do to me? Am I stuck here? What am I looking for?” Questions run through Gigi’s head. “Maybe I should’ve read Katie’s book to figure this out. Think G, what were you looking for?”

Gigi walks away from the park. She starts to leave it and that’s when she notices Maddy walking in front of her. Gigi calls to her to get her attention. Maddy doesn’t seem to hear her as she continues to walk away. Maybe she has some bluetooths in her ears listening to music. Gigi starts to chase her. Though as fast as Gigi can run, she doesn’t seem to be gaining ground on her. Eventually Giigi is pulled backwards. She stumbles to the ground. Maddy disappears off into the distance.

“What just happened?” Gigi racks her brain trying to figure this out. “I need to talk to Maddy.”

Gigi stands up and pursues her, but she only makes it a step. Her other leg appears to be chained to something. It pulls her back, keeping her from moving forward. Gigi spins around to check on what it is. Or who it is?

“Katie.” Gigi says looking at her mother sitting on a throne in the middle of an open area. “I should’ve known. What is this? An Astral Plane of existence? Are you talking to me telepathy? Yeah, that's going to make you really popular with everyone.”

Katie doesn’t look bothered by Gigi questions or her sarcastic comments. She just sits on a throne.

“Did you put Ash up to this to get me alone with you?” Gigi accuses Katie.

“No. I’m not really here. Well I am here, but it’s not really me. This is your journey. You wanted this.” Katie explains. “You wanted to find yourself. Wanted to break away from me, not wanting to have to lean on. To be your own person. So here I am.”

Gigi stands there. She stares at Katie not really sure what to think.

Katie stands up out of her throne and approaches. “But if you’re still uncomfortable with talking to Katie.” Katie walks around Gigi and coming around the other side she suddenly changes her appearance to Gigi herself. “Just think of me as your Inner Goddess. I’m her Avatar, let’s say.”

“This is too weird.” Gigi turns away from the Avatar. “Where is Maddy? I want to talk to her.”

“You know where she is, but she is not why you’re here.” Gigi turns back and faces the Avatar.

“You’re not real. You can’t hurt me.” Gigi tells the Avatar as it doesn’t seem to like Gigi’s tone.

It backs away from Gigi. Measuring her up before making a blade appear in her hand. The Goddess takes a swing at Gigi. Gigi jumps out of its way, but she doesn’t avoid the palm strike from her that knocks Gigi back and falls to the ground.”

“What is it with you Steward’s and pissing off Gods?” The Avatar says, wielding the blade in her hand. Gigi desperately tries to catch a breath after having the wind knocked out of her by the strike. “You want answers to your questions, but don’t have the time to listen to them. I guess that’s just typical human behavior.”

Gigi crawls trying to get away. Her Inner Goddess stalks her and swings the blade, but Gigi rolls away. The blade hitting the ground.

“But that’s why you seeked my out. Thinking that I would make you stronger. Maybe it’s all starting to become clear why Katie would decide to run off and cut ties altogether.” Gigi listening to the Goddesses words that seem to try and break her. Only start to light a fire. Gigi turns and charades at her. She takes the Goddess down with a spear and she loses the blade. It disappears into nothingness as soon as it leaves her hand. Gigi mounts her and lands a solid punch across the face.Though it doesn’t phase her. She smirks at Gigi and throws her off. Both women pick themselves up and square off.

“What is the point of any of this?” Gigi shouts at her showing her frustration with the pointless fight.

Her Inner Goddess just laughs at her. Gigi just grows more annoyed.

“This is stupid.” Gigi screams at her. The Avatar looks to get serious. She raises a hand up to Gigi with her palm facing her.Just like Ash a pink blast knocks Gigi back and to the ground.



Gigi rolls over on the ground. Her head was pounding again. She sits up and sees Ash sitting there on her phone.

“So, how was your trip?” She asks Gigi.

“Other than a big waste of time? Nothing, but pain.” Gigi responds.

Ash puts her phone away. “I’m sorry. I thought this was what you wanted.”

“Yeah, well it was all just one huge avoidance of what I needed to do. I need to woman up and just talk to Katie.”Gigi accepts her faith. Her and Ash collect their things and head out of the park.

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“I’ve made it. Rise to Greatness XX. SCW has hyped this show as being one of their greatest. I saw Sasha earlier looking like she should be visiting the Met Gala. That's how big they’re taking this show. Instead of me running a Cinderella story of fighting through and earning myself the biggest win of my career. I’ve got a tag team match.”Gigi’s takes a breath.

“But that is no disrespect to Glory Braddock or Brittany Lohan. This match will still be a strong test for me. Either woman would be a great opponent for the Rise to Greatness match. At XX, it's going to hit harder. It’s just they aren’t the ones that are going to be butting heads with Katie. I guess it’s not all bad though. Katie and I have been on a little winning streak. So we’ve got momentum on our side. I’m not going to be that wrench that is thrown into the gears that stops Katie on her quest. Unlike everyone else I know the struggles she’s been on through her years in SCW. Things that Brittany and Glory have no clue of. Things that they and their friends might have caused. Maybe that’s my problem. Maybe that’s why I still need to lean on Katie. Because she needs me. It’s why her walking away hurts too much for everyone involved.” Gigi takes another breath being deep into her thoughts.

“I know a team like Twisted and Sadistic won’t understand. I’m not asking them too. I’m just trying to figure my own shit out. I’ll be in the ring with three of the toughest women in SCW on the biggest show they have to date. I might not need to on my own to prove myself. Tonight, I’ve earned this.