Kandis vs. “The One” Kirsten Scott

[Konrad Raab]

2 RP Limit for singles

3500 word max per RP

Deadline: 11:59:59 pm ET Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (BACK TO NORMAL DEADLINE)

[TheOne]

{PROMO}

As Breakdown comes to a close there is a massive security presence backstage, continuing to move Kirsten Scott toward the exit, and instructing Emma and Hailey to get her belongings on her behalf.

Y'all really want to play this way... Huh?

You think this little group of pay by the hour security is going to stop me?

You guys are a fucking joke...

They continue to push her backward, as her eyes look behind them, expecting to see the emergence of Scott Reed as well.

Ya know what, one of you little pricks call that fucking camera person who magically appears when I have something to say... Call that fucker... Have them meet me in the parking lot, and if you don't, I'm coming back in this building and you all will not enjoy being thrown around like the little bitches you all are...

Kirsten turns and escorts herself out of the building, leaving the security in tow, and in the distance, Hailey and Emma running with her bags, and bringing up the rear.  Kirsten busts out the door, and heads toward her vehicle, where she bangs on the hood, ironically at the same time Hailey clicks it open, so the force appears to magically open the hood itself.

Kirsten begins to pace, verbally counting down an arbitrary "ten second" timere that is blatantly longer than ten seconds, awaiting a camera crew to arrive.  And she slowly ends up on the number three, she sees the "magical camera man" who she referenced, hustling her way, and ready to take any statement she has in the wake of everything that happened on Breakdown.

Kirsten grabs the man and throws him into the rear of her rental vehicle with enough force to make him realize he is not to move from that spot, and she begins to speak her mind.

Oh SCW wants to talk about how people get emotional, well guess what, it's time to add another name to the list, and that is your's truly.  You see, Scott Reed, some absolute SHIT SHOW of a human being, decided to get into my business and not expect consequences?  Well guess what, Scotty-poo, EVERYONE pays the price when it comes to "The One."  You don't get to involve yourself in MY BUSINESS, you don't get to INTERFERE in MY BUSINESS, and expect to come out, no pun intended, scot-free.

NAH NAH...

No no no...

Instead, you have now brought yourself into a world where pain is heavily involved.  You have brought yourself into a situation where life does not get "better" for you, and more opportunities arise.  Instead, what you have done, Scott, is you have made yourself a target.  You have done what you did from the start of my career, when you decided to have a massively, gaping, asshole, with the name of Beard...

What...?  You don't think I remember who you are?  You don't think I remember who was my TARGET from the get-go?  You don't think I remember all of the teasers, all of the promos, everything that referenced you, and I came out because you REFUSED to give me your attention, and began to destroy your little circle of friends?

Well I remember... And if you think this is your magic moment to come get revenge, YEARS LATER, under your real name, and expect me to be, somehow, fearful of you?  Fuck off, asshole, I don't fear you, just like I didn't then.  But you got my attention, so I hope that is satisfactory for you.  Because now, I'm not just out to make an example of you, I'm out to fucking end what EVERYONE sees as the current "legacy" of Scott Reed.  I'm out to make the world see who you really are, and how WEAK you are, just like you were back then.  And I know it will hurt you, Scotty.  I know it will hurt your fragile ego, your fragile persona, just like it did when you thought you'd have a cool pseudonym to go under, only to FAIL MISERABLY, and now reemerge as your actual name.

Surprise bitch... I am not fooled... And I still see the same weak-assed, motherfucker, that I beat at my first pay-per view, without ANYONE challenging the how, the what, or the why of the moment.  They saw a newbie, a green person from the streets, walk in and just DUST you, like Thanos, and then POOF, you went away to reinvent yourself and try again.  But I'm here to remind the fucking world who you REALLY are.  I'm here to remind everyone that your PAST still will haunt you in the future.  Because if you want to cross paths with Kirsten Scott, even though I may have a new name, but am still that same badass who pinned you, and accept my nickname as PART of my title, instead of running from it, that shows we aren't the same.  So don't even try and go there you little man.

What happened tonight, that was your LAST warning...

That was your ONLY opportunity to step back and step away...

You continue down the path you're on, you might as well begin to sign a DNI, a will, and make funeral arrangements, because I am not going to be someone you fuck over, in a major moment, and then get away with.  But I will let you run away.  I will let you be the BITCH that I know you are... Because if you opt out of this friendly offering I am extending, Scott Reed will fall the way of names forgotten in SCW history, that you couldn't FIND record of.  You will become a nobody, lost in time, and lost at the hands of the ONE PERSON who tried to instill a blunt message into you from the start... And that bitch is ME!

She continues to pace, but shifts her focus, feeling at this moment she has said what needs to be said toward Reed.

... But now let's move onto something a little more "directly" in my path, than Scott Reed, who WISHES he was in my path, and is DESPERATE to be back there, but instead is someone who is kind of my equal... Someone who understands everything I've been through, and likewise on their behalf...

And yes Kandis, I'm talking about your, well, last I checked, "suspended" ass?  Or is it you're only "suspended" in SCW until you decide to magically show back up and then POOF, you're reinstated?  I'm confused?

CHBK, anything?

Are you like He-Man and "have the power," or is it a fucking shit-show?

Well regardless, Kandis, you and I are on a collision course once again.  You and I are, once again, destined to do battle, and this time, unlike the previous, I can feel your desire.  I can feel your anger.  I can feel what it is that is driving you to do what you do because to a degree, it's driven me to make sure Scott understands the same.  But the one difference that there is between my attacks and yours, is we both have a lot of desire to get our second shot at Selena Frost because why?

WE WERE BOTH SCREWED!

You see, you and I are a lot alike, now, more so than when we competed in the past.  We both have felt the wrath of others taking away a legitimate shot at Selena Frost, from us.  You took the approach to make her life a living hell, and I respect that.  And she deserved it.  But then I get wind that you're suspended, but somehow, you're now not?  Is that because you unsuspended yourself?  Did CHBK just make a ruling that nobody knows about?  Or is SCW, secretly, still in that "shadow government" where it caters to those it chooses?

Hmm...

I think there, in-lies, the question...

So CHBK, know that I am putting YOU on blast as well, tonight.  Not just, Scott... But you as well... Transparency begins in SCW, or you begin to see why "The One" was a trusted enforcer of something far bigger than what you have here, and involving far more high profile individuals.  Because it's time for "The One," especially going into Taking Hold of the Flame, to ensure YOU, Mr. D, and that whole family that I am betting protects one another like another famous family in the United States, begin to own up to the REALITY of what you're doing... Now if you made a decision to her, and it wasn't made public, and you say so, fine, I'll accept that... But if you let a vigilante attack the person you suspended her for attacking, and then reinstate her, well there is some interrogation that WILL be happening, and no, it won't be on the books either...

Kirsten takes a deep breath and refocuses.

Now let me digress back to Kandis...

Kandis, you and I were the last two, the LAST TWO to face Selena in a ring, and both of us were a MOMENT away from clinching a victory before someone else decided to stick their nose in our business.  So we are a lot more alike than we were last year, when our paths crossed then.  We both have some anger infused in our bodies.  We both have some desires to just fuck people up, ready to go, and neither of us give a damn who it is.  But I will tell you this... And I don't know if you'll admit the same... But because of where we both are coming from, and your suspension apparently being lifted, I respect what you are doing.  You're going for what you feel is yours.  You're fighting for what you feel was STOLEN from you.  You want to have that SECOND CHANCE at glory...

But where there is similarities, means there is the FACT that I want, I NEED, the EXACT, SAME, FUCKING, THING!

Kandis I respect your want, but you have to understand your wants are no longer just yours anymore.  You have to understand you took things to an extreme that allowed Kirsten Scott to become someone who has stake in this fight as well, and I'm ready, willing, and able, to do everything I can to ensure I have my second chance at that bitch as well.  I want to to be, not just "The One," but "THAT BITCH" that took the championship from around her waist and goes on to defend it with a little more pride, a little more honor, and honestly, a little more WORTH, than Selena Frost has, because the fact she can't win a match without someone else sliding their strapon or penis into her match to protect her says the world.  She's another one of those that I came to eliminate.  She is one of those SCW WANNABES who knew that, without 255,412 people protecting her and her reign, she wouldn't last a MINUTE.

And now two of us who have suffered the fate of her little protectorate come face to face again, and honestly nothing is on the line.  We don't have championships to fight over, but we have first dibs at that cunt, in my opinion, on the line.  Because I'll be real with you, and with SCW Management, if you're going to downgrade me after being screwed, and not downgrade Kandis, hell will be paid.  We each deserve our opportunity for a fair match against that frozen Yeti Bitch.  But who gets it first, to me, that's what's on the line here.  Who gets to be the one who DETHRONES Selena, that's what the stakes of this match are.

So it comes down to us, Kandis... You and I... One on one... Yes I hold a win over you, but I am not going to even going to count that as happening because we both have desire.  We both have a goal.  We both have something we are fighting for.  So I don't pretend like something that happened last year matters.  This is a new you, and a new me.  We aren't the same people minus what we are both attacking in this business.  So I expect you to bring the fight to me.  I expect you to bring what you have attacked Selena and her dipshit sister with, to me.  But I hope you know it goes both ways.  I hope you understand that Kirsten Scott is out for vengeance of her own.  So don't think your enthusiasm is going to carry you, just like my desire won't carry me.  It's going to come down to one thing...

Who makes the ONE mistake...

I don't expect to do it... I know you don't either... But I know that I am going to bring a fight to you that will force you bring the biggest "A" game of your career.  I will force you to surpass what you brought with Selena because I'm bringing JUST the same.  And the fact is, I know the look I saw in her eyes when it was getting close to the end.  I saw her fear.  I haven't unleashed hell on her like you have since, but I know I saw the look of defeat in her eyes.  So I will put that same look within yours.  And when then dust settles, only one of us can argue that we deserve the opportunity to avenge the screwjob we each faced.

And I'm sorry... It won't be you...

It'll be one of those things in life that is inevitable... Death... Taxes... And ME, "The One" Kirsten Scott.

Kirsten pushes the camera man aside.

Now go produce that promo...

With those final words, the camera man clicks his camera to black, and the scene ends more abruptly than normal, for a Kirsten Scott promo.

[Kandis.]

Breakdown 5-9-24 #1

[TheOne]

{1-2 SAMUEL: Chapter Five}

My emotions are flying in all directions... And let's be honest, why wouldn't they be.  I am left here standing.  I am here now, alone, outside, wondering what is going on and why it's all happening around me.  And for once in my life, I don't know what to do about any of it.

I look at one side, with Jake, and realize thre is someone who was the last of a generation in SCW that really fought for change and a new guard... The same thing I have wanted to do all along.  He's someone who gets the idea, he's someone who gets the mission and he was so close before, and then the influx of politicians came in and invaded SCW.  He was seen as one himself, but in hindsight, he was nothing compared to those who have slowly begun to realize they were in a world where there was no competition, but instead just their small group bitching about one another, and ruining it for everyone.  And while their remnants remain, to have someone who wanted to change the culture, change the system, change the IDEA of what SCW was, and make it even more competitive there to help me is something that has definitely piqued an interest inside of me...

But at the same time, this is a stranger...

This is someone, yes, I know from the annals of history, but I don't "know-know..."

And on the other end is someone who isn't a stranger, but is becoming more and more estranged with each passing day because of various issues.  In one hand, it's her own doing, hiding a relationship that would have been fine, had honesty from the start been respected.  But Hailey didn't do that.  She and Ethan hid it from us and expected us, in the end, to be OK with it.  And in the grand scheme of things, we are, but feel she just wasn't as open with Emma and I as the two of them could have been, and now she's looking at me with the same questions.  She believes I have had something in the works I haven't told her about, and am now in the process of replacing her.

And that just isn't true...

But I get she doesn't see it.  She saw what she saw.  She heard what she heard.  She now believes what she believes, and that is something that, on the surface, I can't immediately or magically change.  Instead, I have to think about what my next move is.  I have to think long and hard what the right step will be to keep Hailey believing in the future that I want us to have, and Emma wants us to have as well.  And I can't just chase after her, either.  I can't just run and try and "wing it" because, in her mind, the damage has been done.  The attacks have begun on her, and how she views the situation is something I can no longer control in this exact situation.

It's going to take more...

It's going to take convincing...

It's going to take some kind of intervention.

But for it to work it cannot be something that blindsides her, like most "interventions" do.  Instead, it has to be something she volunteers to go along with, and in the end, pray there is enough trust still lingering for her to agree, go, and hopefully, do the one thing she has refused to do since she and Ethan were walked in on... She's going to HAVE to listen...

With everything happening outside, Emma and Ethan are sitting inside the duplex hearing a stomping up the stairway.  They look at one another, and eventually hear the door to their duplex blast open and bang into the doorstop, ultimately closing on its own, and from the entry way comes Hailey, with ouvious tears coming down her face.

Emma and Ethan both look at one another, and then look down the hallway that Hailey b-lined toward.  They comically make the look multiple times before one breaks the silence, with the only sound of the bedroom door slamming triggering the conversation.

Emma Taylor: Ummm... What the hell?

Ethan looks back at his sister, with his jaw agape and shaking his head.

Ethan Taylor: I... I don't have a fucking clue...

Both are basically frozen in shock, having never seen Hailey show so much raw, and deep, emotion.  After, what seemed like forever, but actually was just a few seconds, Emma is quick to speak back up.

Emma Taylor: Dude... GO CHECK ON HER!

Ethan shakes his head, as if he was in a trance.

Ethan Taylor: OH!  RIGHT!

Ethan hops off of the couch and quickly goes down the hallway and stands outside the door.  He looks around, being one very uncomfortable with confrontation of ANY type, and takes a deep breath before knocking...

Hailey Brooks: FUCK OFF!

Ethan answers from outside the door.

Ethan Taylor: Babe, it's me...

Hailey is having none of it.

Hailey Brooks: WHAT PART OF FUCK OFF DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?!

Ethan takes a deep breath before putting his hand on the door and walking in and closing it behind him.  Hailey immediately looks up at him with an angered and tearful look on her face.  Ethan wastes no time in responding.

Ethan Taylor: ... The part in me that loves you, and wants to know what is going on... That's what...

Hailey tries to find the words to respond, and fire back another hate-filled retort, but because it is Ethan she just begins to move her mouth and begins to cry.  Ethan immediately sits down on their bed, next to her and embraces her, and lets the sobbing just commence for as long as Hailey needs.

After a couple of minutes of sobbing, and his shirt having a bit of a wet spot on it from tears, he finally breaks the "silence" of conversation, trying to understand what this is all about.

Ethan Taylor: Babe... What happened?  What is going on?

Hailey squeezes him more and sniffles, before audibly taking a deep breath and slowly pulling back, realizing that her boyfriend is actually there for her and not for any ulterior motive.

Hailey Brooks: She's... She's... She's fucking replaxing me Ethan... She's moving on...

Ethan is still confused and needs more context.

Ethan Taylor: Babe, talk to me, who is moving on?  Who is replacing you?

Hailey Brooks: Kirsten... Kirsten is!  She's gone and gotten someone else to be by her side...

Ethan Taylor: Babe, I'm not trying to be difficult, but I'm confused.  Explain to me what is going on so I can help...

Hailey takes multiple deep breaths, trying to calm herself, finally culminating in one major deep breath.  She wipes her eyes and exhales a lot of air audibly.

Hailey Brooks: Ok...

She takes one more deep breath before continuing.

Hailey Brooks: So I go out there, thinking I am going to talk to Kirsten one on one, and she's not alone.  She's there with Jake Starr...

Ethan stares at her blankly.

Hailey Brooks: He used to be in SCW and wanted a lot of the same ideas she has had about cleansing it of the trash...

Now Ethan understands who the person is, and why it would upset Hailey.

Hailey Brooks: ... And the fact is, she never told me she was talking to him.  She never told me she was thinking about bringing someone else into our little group.  She never talked to me once.  I MADE her who she is.  I MADE her "The One," whether she wants to admit it or not.  And that's not bragging, but she was scared of the world and I took her under my wing.  She's done everything she's done on her own, yes, but I MADE that a possibility.  It's why I don't mind being a "second fiddle."  I get that I failed in doing it myself.  I get I failed in becoming who she did.  And no, I'm not jealous, but what I want to be is the person she trusts the most.  And now she's bringing in someone else?  She's entrusting others to be her advisor instead of me?  And it's because I fucked up and didn't tell her about me having a soft side and wanting to enjoy showing her I wasn't going to live in her shadow, but instead, pursue a romantic relationship?!  Seriously, why is that wrong?!

Ethan Taylor: It isn't, babe... I promise...

Hailey Brooks: Then why, why is she outside, right now, with some OUTSIDER who is trying to take her from ALL OF US?!  Why is she out there listening to someone trying to poison her mind, and telling her not to listen to me?!

Ethan Taylor: Is that what he said to her?

Hailey shakes her head and shrugs.

Hailey Brooks: I don't know but that's what her actions fucking showed.  He would just look at her and she wouldn't react to what I would say or listen to me.  She wouldn't do a fucking thing.  Instead she listened to HIM!  HIM!

GODDAMN IT, SHE LISTENED TO HIM!

Ethan Taylor: Babe... I...

Hailey is having none of his potential "Devil's Advocate."

Hailey Brooks: ... NO!  SHE IS OUT THERE LISTENING TO SOMETHING THIS NEW GUY IS SAYING OVER ALL OF US.  YOU, ME, EMMA, ALL OF US!  She's out there listening to some old guy who is USING her to finish something HE COULDN'T!  He's out there telling her EVERY FUCKING REASON he should be the one to guide her and basically saying why we are nothing...

Ethan Taylor: He said that?

Hailey Brooks: ... Well... No... But FUCK YOU, trust me in what I heard!

Ethan quickly grabs her hands.

Ethan Taylor: Babe... Pause... One second... I don't know what is going on out there.  I'm not going to pretend I know what he's after, or quite frankly who he is and why he's important.  You and Kirsten obviously know that.  I've never been inside this "world" with y'all, and it's why you and I were close.  None of that fucking mattered.  So when I'm asking questions, I'm not doing it to defend anyone, I'm doing it because I don't know what you know.  I don't know what Kirsten knows.  Fuck it all, I don't WANT to know.  But what I do care about is you... And if you're upset, I want to try and figure out what is going on, and see if there is something we are missing, or if it's truly what it seems...

Hailey Brooks: But you fucking say you don't know?  And you want to say you want to see if something is missing?!

Ethan Taylor: Yes because I'm fucking stupid on all of this!  So I can think about things differently... So did he say that, or did you hear that?

Hailey pulls her hands away to wipe her face of the tears and rub the frustration away.

Hailey Brooks: I don't fucking know, OK!  All I know is what I heard... I heard someone there trying to take MY JOB from me... Someone who she was listening to over me.  All I heard was this old man manipulating her...

Ethan Taylor: Manipulating how?

Hailey Brooks: BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO TAKE HER FROM US!

Ethan Taylor: But how, babe?  I don't get it!

Hailey Brooks: JESUS CHRIST....

Hailey begins to breathe harder, not recognizing that Ethan is legit ignorant to the situation.

Hailey Brooks: HE'S TRYING TO STEAL HER!  HE'S TRYING TO MANIPULATE HER INTO BELIEVING HE KNOWS "THE WAY" TO MAKING HER DREAMS COME TRUE OVER US!  US!  HER FAMILY!  THOSE WHO LOVE HER!  NO... HE DIDN'T FUCKING SAY HE WANTED US TO GO AWAY, BUT THE WAY HE LOOKED AT HER WHEN I CALLED HER AND HIM OUT...

Ethan pauses her.

Ethan Taylor: ... Made them both uncomfortable and they froze and simply looked at one another, and you THINK, and maybe it is right, they were communiicating nonverbally, that they just needed to ignore what you were saying?

Hailey Brooks: I... They both... FUCK ME...

Ethan Taylor: Stop... Take a breath...

Hailey Brooks: I can't...

Ethan Taylor: You can... Now listen to me, and take a breath...

Hailey tries to take a breath, ultimately falling into Ethan's shoulder and losing all control sobbing.  He quickly embraces her.

Ethan Taylor: I promise you... We will get to the bottom of this.  Nobody will break up our family.  I have had to fight that fight before with Emma, protecting her, so I will do the same for you.  I love you, and I get it.  I don't know this guy, and I don't know what's going on, but I also have been through shit like this in the past.  I need you to trust in me.  Trust that I know and I can help us find an avenue to get everything sorted out.

Our family is going nowhere.  Not on my watch.  But we have to believe in one another and ultiamtely TRUST in one another.  I believe in your feelings and TRUST in them 100%.  I also believe there may be more than neither of us know... And THAT is what needs to be understood.  We will get there.  I don't care how rocky it may be, but we will, together, you and I.  Because I'm not letting you fight alone.  You may be that for Kirsten, but it's time you understand I'm that for you... And nothing will ever change that...

As Hailey sobs she slowly pulls back to look Ethan in the eye, and sees pure honesty looking back her way.  It's a look that just makes her breakdown even more into his chest, and him know his role to do nothing at that oment, but hold her, and show his feelings for her, that to this point had been hidden "behind the scenes," but are now at the forefront of this "family's" group dynamic.

[Kandis.]

Breakdown 5-9-24 #2