Kelsia sat there at the bar listening to the music that was coming from the speakers. It’s My Party by Lesley Gore was blaring through the joint. Here and now she would look up to her right and check the score of the basket ball game. The Philadelphia 76ers was down 6 to the opposing team who had 48 at the moment. It was looking like Orlando Magic was having the home team advantage so far, and the game was in the fourth so there was not much time left to turn the tables around. Looking to the left she caught the score of the Philadelphia Phillies who at the current time were not having the home team advantage as they were losing 0-1 against Milwaukee. She was there for a tournament game that took place every Wednesday evening. The opposing team was on their first round at the moment and would be calling Kelsia at any moment to come down and keep score for her teams records come the tenth frame. Kels was not planning on drinking tonight but for the one Smirnoff Ice that she had gotten when she first came in, however, every time she turned around there was another drink in front of her, finally the tender, Kim, who was also on Kelsia’s team just got her a bucket to put all the drinks in.

Everyone there was being their silly selves not caring one bit that there was a camera there taking footage of everything. They were just glad that Kelsia was staying on the team seeing as though her schedule was a bit hectic for it at the moment. Turning towards the camera, she leaned her back against the bar and she had a concentrated look on her face. She was mulling over what to say to her opponent this coming weekend. 

“I have been thinking a lot since my last airing. Thinking back to day one when I came into the business, you welcomed me right from the door, and then you also wished for a match with me. You got your wish quickly because the following week it was you, Aurelei and I in a Triple Threat, which we both came out of on the bottom. That whole week all you did was get on me no matter what it was about. You came at me about making sure I gave it my all, and not to be under the weather. Don’t make excuses; you twisted everything I had to say around. Kelsia laughed letting her head fall back slightly, elbows coming to rest on the bar top behind her. “Then you went on to say you felt left out like a little unmentioned step child. I hope you don’t feel that way now love, because you are the only one I am mentioning. I have no room for anyone, but you.” 

Tony and Tim, a different Tony at that, were sitting there listening to what she had to say to her opponent. They were quite amused because they never really seen this side of her. The Kelsia they all knew was a sweet girl, so to see what she was like when it came to her career, it was mind boggling. 

“You were so sure that the only thing I wanted that week was to be in the ring with Aurelei and get a chance at her title. I had my chance, and like you said…I went through you, and two others, to get it. You even said that maybe I do need Tony as a manager, but went and later said you could care less, yet you call me a hypocrite? Tell me something love, do you still think that I should have taken Tony as my manager? I told you it would not have been a good thing, but little ol’ Alexa is never wrong. At one point you were comparing me to a squirrel that chases its tail, now I am a puppet, it seems to me that someone can either not make up their mind, or has some sort of short term memory loss. No worries, I will reverse that damage come Sunday at Raining Blood. Like I said from the beginning, I like to confront issues first hand. Get them out into the open and deal with them before they build up from keeping it covered. You have been a problem for me since day one, and now…my problem will be solved. The equation is like this, Alexa + Kelsia+ Weapons= Blood, Sweat, Pain and a win. The only factor that has to be figured out still is who will be the last one standing to get that win. The blood sweat and pain will come from both of us; I have no doubt about that.” 

She stopped talking when she heard them call for Tenth frame. That had her turning around and gathering her paperwork, calculator and pen before walking down the other end of the bar. Waiting until no one was shooting she walked past the board, the camera following and set everything on the small, yet tall, round table that was there. Looking up at the scores as each took their turn she jotted them down. After adding them all up the team got a total of 1029 which was considerably low for them as a whole. Based on their averages alone they should have shot at least an 1100 between the six of them. No matter, Kelsia called out what she got for the overall score and the other captain nodded saying he had gotten the same, then she moved to go and place five quarters into the machine, as there was one match on the board so she did not need the last quarter. Holding a finger up for the camera man letting him know to stay there because she will be right back down she headed to the other end of the bar calling out the order of her team. Vinnie, Joy, Herself, Tim, Tony and Danny, she called before going to the other end once more and when getting to the board she poured some sand in each corner in the front before placing it back and talking once more as her team made their way down, the other team going out for their smoke break. 

“So like I was saying, you had said something to me that week, and I remember it quite clearly. Your words were…Decide to take what was given to you verbally this week, and use it to fuel your fire! Then you may have a fighting chance… Tell me something love, did I succeed in taking your words and fueling my fire with them? Do I have a fighting chance?” Kelsia moved towards the board and took her shot, nine pins down the first shot, and the tenth down the second shot giving her a spare. “You have said before that you want to wrap your hands in my pretty hair and ring the bell with my face. Do you want to invigorate yourself once more feeling my blood on your hands? Please love, feel free to do all of the above, because that is nothing compared to what I have in store for you. You said my future here is not bright, I think I have show it to be more then just bright, after all, I am on fire now. A fire that is going to burn you come Raining Blood. You talk about what the Compass of Order did too you, darling, even that is nothing compared to what I will be showing you Sunday. I am glad that you were able to get out of every other predicament that came your way, but like you said, you have not found someone yet who was willing to step into the ring in this kind of match. I think you will regret it and rethink the whole hardcore aspect of your career after I am through with you. No one, and I repeat, NO ONE will stand in my way this Sunday to get to you. You are all mine love, and I will not give anyone the satisfaction of interfering with that.” 

The game continued on and the tenth frame was nearing. ‘Tenth Frame’ she called out letting the other captain know that it was about time to add the scores up once more. Kelsia told her team ahead of time that they each needed to get a 173 if they were going to beat their competition in the first round. After the scoring was all said and done, and the next line up was written down, Kelsia went back to the end of the bar, away from the game, and told her team that they had one the first game with a total of 1166, having beat the competition with over one hundred pins they were ecstatic, but she would not let them get it into their heads that they could relax come the next round. Going into her purse she pulled out a piece of gum and grabbed a cigar, black and mild apple, and headed out side with the other smokers on the team…a new habit Kelsia had picked up. Going outside she leaned against the peach like wall and lit up before continuing after she exhaled into the air.

“A few weeks later Fate went and dealt us the same hand when you lost your match against Aurora and I lost my match for the title that you claimed I wanted so badly, against Aurelei. We both came out on the bottom that night, but this Sunday; it is only you and I. This is the first time it will be only the two of us in the ring. First Aurelei was there to get in the way, then Robin and Aurora, and after that Ryan Stevens and Cole Blaze. This time around, it will be just you and I. No one to interfere and no one to tag in and handle things for us to get a break, this is just what we both wanted, and I know that neither of us will go out easily in this match. We have both wanted it too much, wanted to get our hands on one another. Now, there is no backstage preview before our match, or after. Now it is just us, and we have plenty of toys to play with. I said you were hiding behind your weapons, and you called me out on using the pipe on you. You are right, I did use it, and I came at you when you were not expecting it. I was here to make an impact, set an example, and that is where we agree on something. You want to set an example to everyone in this match to show that you are hardcore, so you found your perfect opportunity in me when I got here. I want to set an example for what happens when you get in my way. I will be setting an example, and I will be showered in your blood. Ask Aurelei what it is like to bleed into my hands. Yes she won that match, but not without fighting for it. This is so much more then that love. This is a fire in me that has been building up for two months now. My fire has plenty of fuel, and it will not overtake me, that am why it wants to be let lose, and you happen to be the one I will release it on. Bodies will hit the floor, but will they be able to get up again?”

“You can continue to think that this ‘NEW GIRL’ is delusion all you want, but you will feel how real all of this is soon enough. If it makes you feel any better then please, do sell me some big ego pills, I am sure you already have a stock lying around. So bring them with you this Sunday, hell… you think you will be leaving me to eat out of a straw after this so why not go ahead and crush them into a powder for me, and when its you that is eating out of a straw I will drop it into your food, and hopefully it will do something to you, that should have been done long ago.” She inhaled once more from her smoke before continuing again. “You don’t think I know what a puppet is love? I am bright, and I don’t have to boost about it. A puppet is one that is manipulated by an unseen operator who usually speaks the dialogue. Dear, where are you controlling me at? You are not manipulating me what so ever. This is me, I am finally here, and you have awakened me which is about it. To be your puppet though? Love, I think you might want to rethink that one over. You see, there is no turning back since you have awoken the demon in me!” 

She put her smoke out and walked back through the door as someone yelled out that the opposing team was on the tenth frame again. Once more when the scoring from game two was done, and both teams shot...it was Kelsia’s team up two to nothing. Between takes the camera man was shutting the camera off to save for what she had to say as she gathered her thoughts, and got drunk in the process. Kelsia was goofing off with the others on her team, well the men on her team at least. Tim, Tony, Danny, and Vinnie were all there joking with her and she was going right back at them until she thought of something else Alexa had mentioned.

“Alexa, you mentioned me being so good with the men, it’s because I am a winner, your time might come with them soon enough. As for me giving you some pointers? I think I would rather keep them to myself. Not only that, who do you think would give you a second glance once I mess up that pretty little face of yours? You are an aggressive one, but that will not help you out against me. Oh and before I get…no worries, aggressive women don’t scare me off. They actually attract me to them, because it’s just one more animal that I can tame, and you my love will be tamed soon enough. You say you set a day aside for rest? Are you supposed to be God or something? Do you think you are holier then thou? Sorry to inform you, but that is not the case. You will need that day of rest set aside though, but it will be more then a day, and it will be at the hospital. It’s sad that we will not be in New York this week, I mean hell they could of put you side by side with Cole when all is said and done. Oh well, I guess you will just have to try your hardest to set an example, its going to be sad for you when I show them all that you are not ready for a match of this caliber though. So Alexa, I am ready to live up to the potential of Raining Blood, are you ready to be right there with me taking it to the extreme?” 

Another game was said and done and once more the opposing team was losing. It looked like Joy’s Pub was having the home team advantage for the third week in a row. Sweet, sweet victory. Big and Rich- Save a Horse was blaring over the speakers now and Joy’s Pub and Pats were both singing along with it as they continued.

“You know Alexa; I really think you do have some problem with memory. After all you have gone from calling my boys Adrean and Tony, T&A, Frick and Frack and also Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, honey, chose one and leave it at that okay? I mean, if you must bring different names in then okay, I can keep up with you, but it’s a bit much don’t you think? You have your free will just like I have my fire burning, but can you control your actions? I don’t think you can. I think you have no control what so ever, which will be your down fall come Raining Blood. You see Alexa, you are the bigger of the two of us, yet you are training so hard. Are you afraid of lil’ ol’ me? I don’t blame you for being afraid. That is the smart in you coming out; you are playing it smart because you know I am that much betters then you. You call me a fish, who is out of the water and ready to suffocate, I see you as a balloon that is about to pop. We can go back and forth with this all you want, but it’s in the ring that counts, or have you forgotten that? Alexa, my love, don’t tell me you are going to let this new girl school you?”

“You keep thinking that my hatred is the only thing fueling me, just because it’s the only thing I let you in on, does not mean that it’s my only thing keeping me going. I have plenty to keep me going in that ring, and you will know it soon enough. You said that you respect what I do in the ring, but I have no respect for my opponents. That is not so, you see, if I was going against, Ryan Stevens, Jeff Christianson, Uria Kane, or even Xena, then I would be fine with that, I would respect them but when it comes to yourself, and the likes of you, I would spit on your shoe, just like Ryan did with Cole that one sweet day. I am one hundred percent ready for this match, and just like my team is going to take home the 6-0 record, I will be taking the win from you as well.” 

Kelsia smirked and relaxed. Her body was feeling the effects of the alcohol and that was just going to be great come the evening. After all, she did not have to drive, Tony and Adrean were going to come and get her after the game was over. They said they had something to do and would get back as soon as they could. She had not cared about that at all though. Her attention was on the game at hand, as well as on her opponent for the weekend Alexa Rose.

“Before you go talking about my ego being so big, you should really listen to yourself talk. Sitting here spiting out your Grade Point Average like it means something here? You call me a hypocrite, darling, I pointed out others faults yes, but I don’t recall saying I am perfect so therefore I don’t see me being a hypocrite. Please really think hard before you speak. After all you have that 4.57 GPA, don’t let it go to waste. Look here, you want to play man hunt fine, hide and seek, freedom, mouse trap, I could care less the bottom line in it all is you are going to be mine. Do me a favor love, open up your hate….let it flow into me. You think you are better then me, I remind you of Syren, hun, we could go on for hours here. I am not everyone else, my fate is in my hands not yours, remember that.”

“So you think I doubt you that I do not. I know this will be a hell of a match, but I do have faith in myself to come out of it on top as well. If its because I have confidence in myself that you feel that I am doubting you then take it that way. You stand there saying that my type of street fight is nothing, should you pull back the mats and let the concrete show? Dear… I am going to request that being done. I am serious when I say I want to finish you off…and at any expense. Imagine getting a DDT on that concrete, it gives me the chills just thinking of the damage that could do. I can not wait for it to happen. This match between us will have everyone talking for weeks, months, even years to come. We are taking it to a new level Alexa, now to see if we both survive”

Kelsia grabbed another drink and downed it before gathering her team for the last game of the night. After some time it was over and they had come out with a 6-0 for the final just like Kelsia had called from the beginning. They had won as a team tonight, just as Kelsia would win as a single comes Sunday, in Boston Massachusetts. Raining Blood, it was do….or die!