There comes a time in everyone’s career where you must sit back for a moment and assess everything. To hear people, continue to spit out the same rhetoric over and over, acting like they know who I am and my intentions has become pretty pathetic. All I ever hear is “Regan Street is whining”, “Regan Street didn’t earn anything”, “Regan Street is throwing a tantrum”? Really? Is this what you call whining, when I’m calling out the promotion for giving people who haven’t done a damn thing to warrant anything, opportunities?
So, I guess beating former World Champions on a weekly basis constitutes for nothing so I haven’t “earned” anything including victories over those that said those exact words?
Maybe you call it a tantrum, I call it venting all because at the end of the day this isn’t about wins and losses anymore; it has become a popularity contest. I found myself rolling the eyes quite so often, long gone are the days of David Helms, my husband was always blamed for being a favorite and I sued to think, no, he deserved all the adulation given to him but that was then, nowadays? You are treated different and while the REAL whiners like Vixen Cain who loves to bitch about the same things I do and yet call me out on it, hypocrisy in the SCW has become the culture and you wonder why I’m always angry? No… I’m here to make a statement, I will NEVER become complacent in a place like this where most of you are at this present time waiting for something to happen or fall on your lap? Sure, be Adrenaline Rush, be Stacy Kissinger, be like half the losers in this business are, hoping for a chance? Fuck that, I MAKE my chances and if I fail? I make MORE chances until I finally succeed. You people don’t get it, it’s just like the lemmings on Twitter chastising others for reactions befitting of actions, what happened, I mean seriously?
Has this become the platform of the inept where all we base everything on is talk?
I am a woman of action and you people HATE that for I say what I do and do what I say, good! Hate me, despise me for being the only woman in the SCW with a pair big enough to stand up for what I have earned through WINS and LOSSES, oh you know what those are right? Bunch of amateurs! I am going to get what I have earned, what I worked HARD for and the words of the lost faces in the crowd don’t bother me, for mine are heard LOUD and CLEAR. Achilles said it best to the young boy that went to grab him so he could fight Boagrius, the strongest warrior of King Triopas, a kingdom, Agamemnon wanted as part of his empire. After finding the legendary fighter, the kid told Achilles, he would never fight Boagrius for he’s the biggest man the boy had ever seen and Achilles response? “That is why no one will ever remember your name”…
Well, they will ALWAYS remember mine bitch.
PROLOGUE: TEMPERMENT
What we have seen lately from Regan Street is she has become more methodical in her approach and while she still speaks her mind and does as she pleases, the Hellcat of the SCW has found a way to not only get under the skin of many but she has also found herself amidst the United States Championship. Regan took it very personal when she feels the next shot at the Championship should be hers. Why was there a battle royal with a bunch of undeserving wrestlers that should not have been even in contention for the second most prestigious belt in wrestling? Regan is still trying to answer that question and instead she decided to do so not only vocally but by force as she had stated. What many cannot deny is that Regan does as she says and if they complain about what she had done attacking Tyler Tucker at Retribution, then they were not paying very close attention. Because of the attack on Tucker, the SCW signed a match between her and his tag team partner, Craig Thomas where Regan had him defeated and Stacy Kissinger lost it, decided to interfere and cost her fiancé the match, giving Regan a Disqualification win.
That didn’t make Regan very happy.
With the news that she would be facing Stacy Kissinger at Breakdown in two weeks, Regan was salivating at the mouth, not because it was Kissinger, simply put, she was ready to kick her ass and go through ALL of Adrenaline Rush if she had too. Regan wasn’t thrilled with the actions of Stacy Kissinger and what she had been saying going into her match against Kennedy Street earlier in the night. For Regan, it was Stacy trying to be more than she was, even though the Texas songstress has had a bit of a renaissance and showed she can wrestle with the best, Regan saw it simply as a distraction and nothing more than delaying the inevitable, her shot at the United States Championship. Craig Thomas found out first-hand the Hellcat meant business and even though later that night she watched Kelcey Wallace lure William Mason into a trap that did bring a smile to her face not for what happened to William but the depths that Kelcey went to, the Hellcat was going to get a word with her before all of this was over…. Now though she was pissed and yet amused at the same time at Stacy’s desperation. Mikaela, her younger sister again needed to play the sensible one.
Breakdown Atlanta
After the match, Regan sat in the dressing room, changing out of her wrestling gear, she was down to her tights, bare foot with her toe nails polished a matte blue. Mikaela in jeans, boots and a black blouse with her hair hanging down and nails polished pink, handed her older sister a towel….
Mikaela: “Take it.”
Regan: “Do I look sweaty to you?”
Mikaela: “Really? Look, you had Craig Thomas beat, we know this already. Stacy was overzealous, she wanted to think she’s a badass so she came a house of fire…. Okay I’m lying.”
Regan: “No shit, tell the truth Miks.”
Mikaela: “She was desperate, mad that you called her out on the bullshit Adrenaline Rush is constantly saying. I know what you are thinking and sis, I am begging you to stop thinking it.”
Regan: “What? That this is all a waste of my fucking time? Yeah, you are damn right I am thinking that. I should be wrestling Amy Chastaine for the United States Championship, not wasting my time with a bunch of losers. I just don’t get it, I really don’t. All they are doing is delaying the inevitable but of course this battle royal happens and I’m thrust into this nonsense, that’s what this is Miks, nonsense.”
Mikaela: “Focus, that’s what you need to do now, focus. Okay? WE ALL agree here, you are above their pay grade but Stacy is a veteran, she is hot right now and on any given night she can beat anyone. Tyler Tucker the same, he beat Amy Chastaine, that’s a huge deal, they have talent, Craig was a TV Champion, he beat the fat preacher who beat Ace Marshall. You need to stop thinking they are pushovers and get your head out of your ass. Look at it like this, Adrenaline Rush, no matter what you say about them are always in the title hunt, right?”
The Hellcat tilts her head while looking up at her sister before she chuckles a little and looks down at her feet….
Regan: “I need a pedicure.”
Mikaela: “Really?”
Regan: “What do you want me to say Miks? Oh, you are so right, they deserve everything that has been handed to them so I truly believe that it’s an honor and a privilege to face them, this is nothing more than a ploy to keep me busy and out of Amy’s hair, you know that Miks. They don’t deserve to even breathe the same air as me and if I have to go through ALL three of them? You can bet your ass that I will. Thing is, I shouldn’t have to, they are the ones that need to EARN, instead I’m going through the motions, typical SCW bullshit.”
Mikaela: “Stop. You asked me to be a part of this again and I want to be by your side, I am your “manager” now technically.”
Regan: “You’re my sister.”
Mikaela: “I am also your manager, I am now under contract once again by SCW in a managerial role, that is what my contract states so what am I going to do Regan? I’m going to manage you babe, that’s what so I like totally need you to listen to me and for one minute suspend the world according to Hellcat shtick, okay?”
Regan bites down on her jaw and begrudgingly listens….
Regan: “You can’t slip up, the SCW is looking for ANY excuse right now to NOT give you a United States Championship match. You heard Stacy the other day, she says she wants one, Tyler gets one, you for now prevented Craig from joining that argument tonight but all it takes is one slip up and you are back to square one. Are you a World Title contender right now? Between you and me? Yes, you could go out there and beat Vixen Cain next week if you wanted to, we both know this, does the SCW see it that way? No, what you did was take a negative and turn it into a positive, the World Title picture is where you belong, Selena lost that belt because of YOU. So, while you didn’t beat her, your lasting impressions screamed rematch, you won’t get it unless you hold that United States title and THEN, that’s when things get interesting Regs because you can kill two birds with one stone, first Amy, then Selena. Keep your head on straight, you said it yourself, EVERY WIN and every LOSS counts. Stay focused, forget what they have done or you don’t think they can do, Adrenaline Rush has shown what they are capable of. Can we agree on that?”
Regan: “Yeah, we can. You’re right.”
Mikaela: “I kno…. Really? You mean that? I don’t think I’ve ever heard you say those words, can you repeat them one more time?”
Regan: “You’re right.”
Mikaela: “Holy shit, one more…”
Regan: “Don’t make me kick my little sisters ass Miks.”
Mikaela smirks and chuckles a little, Regan stands up and heads to the showers….
Mikaela: “I care about your career Regan, I want to see you erase the past mistakes and I believe you can do it, just don’t stray off course.”
Regan: “I won’t, I promise you that.”
With that said, The Hellcat grabs her things and heads into the showers while Mikaela watches before she turns and sits down watching the monitor and seeing what happened to Blake Mason…..
Mikaela: “REGAN!”
One Hour Later
After Breakdown went off the air, Kelcey Wallace is seen making a beeline to the door. Shawn Mason has already taken their things to the car and is finishing up a few things. Wearing jeans, boots and a blue blouse with a leather jacket, her hair hanging down and not polish on her nails, she pushes the door open to go outside and sees Regan Street leaning against the cement pillar in jeans, boots and a hoodie with her long blonde hair hanging down, her roll away sitting next to her. She starts to clap causing Kelcey to stop….
Regan: “I have to admit, I didn’t think you had in you after wasting your Trios Contract and coming up short. It reminded me of 2015, a time when you did whatever it took to make sure people were talking about you, kind of like what I am doing now. Kelcey, I know that must’ve been a little tough but damn girl, that was impressive.”
Kelcey: “I don’t have time for this, I need to go.”
Kelcey starts to walk away, Regan grabs her roll away and falls her, never stopping the conversation….
Regan: “That’s okay, I need to get to my car too and since I’m waiting for Miks, you’re waiting for Shawn, we should go ahead and catch up, talk about what you did. Honestly, Kelcey I’m Blake’s friend, I won’t deny that. Bree’s okay in my book too, I don’t like what happened to them tonight but I’m also not going to say they didn’t deserve it, they did. That’s the beauty of wrestling, the vicious cycle of this sport and what you did was simply get your revenge and I really, truly think that deep down inside you wanted more but played second fiddle to Selena Frost….”
Kelcey stops dead in her tracks and quickly spins around looking right at Regan, the two stand face to face, barely inches apart from one another….
Regan: “I hit a chord, good. I can see where she kicked you in the face, cost you the match, it must’ve been hard what happened afterwards. Trinity told me what’s going on in your personal life….”
Kelcey: “That’s none of your concern.”
Regan: “We are family, whatever I say inside those walls, in that ring or if we are challenging each other, disagree with something or even just don’t have the same circle of friends and allies doesn’t mean we are not family. What you did tonight showed me there is still Street in you. When have we ever allowed others to get the last laugh. Look at Selena, she thought she had the last laugh beating me and what I did to her is the reason she’s no longer World Champion, it is the reason you aren’t getting a chance to beat her for that title, now your Trios is gone when you could have wrestled her for the Championship, hurt even Kelcey, I had her set up for you to take it and here you stand a defeated woman BUT one with the last laugh. That irks you, doesn’t it?”
Kelcey: “I’m not going to talk about it.”
Regan: “You know the hate is coming, people are going to start hopping on their morality horses and point fingers at you until they turn blue in the face, don’t worry though, I’ll make sure to go out of my way to call them out on the hypocrisy to all of it. I just need to know something; how did it feel? You made Sienna happy. She finally had some sense of satisfaction and granted, you beat his ass, you had him beaten and well, you were greedy because once again Selena Frost must be the center of attention, you fucked that one up and instead you get pinned. Must’ve been embarrassing considering she was given her revenge, you had to go out and get it yourself. Oh, I’m sure she gave you the classic, “I’m so sorry, this was my fault and you deserved better” speech, right?”
All Kelcey does is bite down on her jaw, Regan smirks….
Regan: “Of course she did. Kelcey, I’m going to tell you the same thing Trinity told me once. You are in this business to make friends or money, we both know you and I have plenty of friends outside the ring. When you get the chance to wrestle her? Drive her nose into her fucking skull.”
Regan grabs her roll away and places her hand on Kelcey’s shoulder….
Regan: “I’m proud of you Kels, for the first time you didn’t try to be “Perfect”, instead you were just being you.”
Kelcey: “Wallace and Regan….”
Regan: “Yes Kelcey?”
Kelcey: “That was not me.”
Regan: “Sure, whatever.”
The Hellcat chuckles and nods before walking away. Kelcey stands there for a moment, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, taking in everything Regan just said because for a brief moment it made sense.
GROWING PAINS
Regan and David Helms had reached out to the Williams family about a month ago; it was back in the fall of 2015 that David identified a body thinking it was his wife, instead and lucky for him and her family it wasn’t Regan while she was missing at the hands of Otis Winston Meyers and instead it was Rebecca Williams, the older sister of Jennifer, the young woman that was taken in by the Helms family in an attempt to help out the grieving mother and father. Jennifer had started hanging out with the wrong crowd, the gorgeous soccer player began not to care about the hard things she worked for and earned, instead she fell into the wrong crowd causing her parents to become very worried about the young woman who had such a bright future like her sister. When David and Regan visited the Williams, they asked for a favor, if they could somehow help their daughter who David had quickly offered to along with the donations in Becca’s name to UCLA and the soccer program.
A week later, Jennifer showed up at their doorstep, Regan finally met the young 17-year-old for the first time when returning from tour, at first Regan thought she wasn’t all that bad but after talking to her she could see the death of her sister really affected Jennifer, it took her to a place the young high school senior couldn’t escape from. Regan could relate, she was there once, lost and not knowing what the day would bring. The Hellcat didn’t want to see Jennifer make the same kind of mistakes she did, so they took her to Ante Up Academy where she started working on a part time basis doing odd jobs around the place and helping out where she could. Regan understood it was going to be a work in progress but one that in the end could be rewarding.
Inside the ring, she was a bitch, outside the ring it seemed like she wanted to be like a mentor to the young Jennifer, assist her in this troubling time where she didn’t know how to deal with her emotions.
Ante Up Academy
Santa Barbara, CA.
A Few Weeks Ago
David sat in his office overlooking the training facility in his black warm ups, sipping a cup of coffee on a Monday afternoon when his wife, Regan arrives wearing jeans, sneakers and a Dodgers t-shirt with her long blonde hair hanging down and no polish on her nails, he looks over his shoulder and smiles back at her….
David: “Hey babe, didn’t expect to see you here.”
She walks up to him, they kiss. The Hellcat stands next to her husband, joining him in overseeing the training facility…..
Regan: “How is she doing?”
David: “Rough around the edges, there are times I can see she really doesn’t want to be here. I feel sorry for Jennifer, I do. The kid was not giving a good hand. Her parents have been able to at least deal with it head on, Jenni isn’t. I guess that is where we come in right?”
Regan: “Dave, you already did enough for that family. If you look at it, what happened was by chance babe. They thought the body was me….”
David: “Regs….”
Regan: “I’m sorry. I just think that we don’t have to baby sit this girl, she is only 17, she has her whole life ahead of her to experience new things. Look at AJ, we let him grow in the business, much as I hate the people he calls friends and allies, how friendly he is to my enemies, the people that tried to hurt me, I still let it go, that’s his ship to sail, his cross to bear. Hell, when you are chummy with people like Chastaine it turns my stomach but outside the ring it’s not my business, that’s what I am trying to do now, before?”
David: “Oh trust me, I know and I appreciate that, so does AJ. The kid will learn from his accomplishments and mistakes. I’m sure he wonders the same thing about you sometimes and the decisions you make but in the end, it’s all about family and babe, you know how I am, I try to be friendly with everyone. I do have boundaries though, so far since last year they haven’t been crossed, I always have your back, you know that.”
Regan: “I don’t expect you to fight my battles David, that much is true. This girl here though, seriously, changing the subject, what do you want to do with her? You donated a shit ton of money to UCLA in her sister’s name, you gave the family a chance at peace again, you even contacted Detective Sanchez about helping look for the killer, seriously, how much more are you going to do for them.”
David takes a deep breath and turns to his wife, caressing her shoulders for a moment and looking right into her beautiful green eyes….
Regan: “What?”
David: “Yes, I have done those things and I still don’t think it is enough so I need a favor from you Regan.”
Regan: “Favor? What is it?”
David: “I want you to mentor her.”
Regan: “Oh fuck no.”
David: “Come on.”
Regan: “I already have way too much on the table right now David, I am trying to get back the World Championship, I am trying to win the United States Championship, I am trying everything that is in my power to stay on my course. Selena threw me off track, the SCW embellished on it, I can’t let them do that to me again, I can’t. I AM TRYING.”
David: “I know you are babe, no one ever said you weren’t. I also am well aware of everything that is going on in SCW. It’s important to you and what I am asking for is a lot but she really needs someone like you right now. Becca was her rock, her father told us that when Becca was alive she was completely different. Without her older sister she’s a bit lost, you can help her with that.”
Regan takes a second to think about, still not convinced. She shakes her head….
Regan: “I’m not her sister, Dave. I can’t replace Becca. Besides, she is here for a job, she doesn’t want to wrestle. She’s a soccer player, I don’t know shit about soccer. Is there something that you’re not telling me here?”
David: “She’s been with me for a week, I see how she watches the trainees. Talk to her, she seems to open up to you. This is your chance you didn’t get with Mikaela, right?”
Regan: “She’s not Mikaela. I don’t even think this is the same situation babe.”
David: “It is, because Mikaela would be Jenni right now had something happened to you and look how long it took to repair that relationship. Talk to her, whatever you said last week before you brought her here had an effect.”
Regan: “Dave, I have never mentored anyone before.”
David: “Trinity did for you. Do the same, she seems more comfortable around you anyway, with me it seems like she is walking on egg shells. I know it’s a lot to ask but please, at least consider it, try. I think she’s a good kid, life just gave her a raw deal.”
Looking out the window down at the training facility, Regan sees Jennifer picking up some towels, heading into the locker and bathroom…
David: “She’s a good kid babe, she just needs a little bit of guidance is all.”
Regan: “From someone like me? Are you sure about that Dave? I think there are a lot of people out there right now that would completely disagree. I like the kid, I do but I’m not a role model, a mentor or someone this kid should be listening to. I can’t even support our own son with his choices. She’s better off with someone else.”
David: “No, she isn’t. She’s had it rough Regan, so have you. You can relate to her and I see a lot of you in her. Even you said that to me when you brought her by last week. All I ask is that you try, if it doesn’t work so be it. Can you do that?”
The Hellcat pauses for a second again before she nods and turns to David…..
Regan: “Fine, I’ll do it for you. How is she doing so far?”
David: “Go talk to her, I think Jenni would be glad to see you.”
Regan: “Alright, I’ll do my best.”
David kisses his wife on the lips and smiles, rubbing her upper arms and reassuring her that what she is doing is something in the end can be extremely rewarding, he can just see that Regan has no self-confidence in helping others, it could be attributed to her upbringing, the fact she thinks she failed Mikaela, no one really knows but at least for David, she’s willing to try….
She makes her way down the stairs and onto the training room floor where Jennifer in jeans, sneakers and a Misfits t-shirt with her hair slicked back in a ponytail begrudgingly throws some towels in the laundry bag…..
Regan: “Hey.”
She stops, the young Williams turns her attention toward Regan who stands there, her mesmerizing bright green eyes that are a rarity connect with the Hellcat’s and Street can see from her expression, Jenni isn’t thrilled….
Regan: “You hate this huh?”
Jennifer: “I never thought for the life of me I would be picking up sweaty towels and outing them in some bag and dragging them into the laundry room. No, I had some little higher aspirations then this.”
Regan: “We all start somewhere Jenni. I worked at a bagel shop when I was your age, do you think I like to hear a bunch of snowbirds yell at me because they want more lox on their sesame seed bagel? No, maybe that can be attributed to my anger issues, who knows. David gave you this job to get you out of trouble, your parents are concerned about you Jennifer, they don’t want you going down the wrong path, you can’t blame them for feeling that way even if you hate what you are doing.”
Jennifer: “Did you have to carry around sweaty towels? No.”
Regan: “No, but when I started in this business I had to sit back and watch the people who I beat on a constant basis have the spot I wanted for a long time before the opportunities were made available for me. Like I said, we all start somewhere and that’s where the younger generation don’t understand, they want to start at the top, you are young, have the whole future in front of you. You can go play soccer at UCLA.”
Jennifer: “No I can’t.”
Regan: “Why?”
Jennifer: “My grades suck. I was cut from the team; my scholarship is gone. I pretty much ruined everything this past year, well I didn’t. Becca did.”
Now Regan realizes that this is going to be a lot harder than even she was going to imagine, this was the moment she could get up and walk away and instead decided to stay, now she feels like she needs to help this young woman if anything, stop blaming her dead sister for her faults….
Regan: “Why are you blaming it on your sister? She didn’t make the decision to get bad grades. She didn’t force you to give up on your dreams Jennifer. Something I learned a long time ago is this, if you live your life blaming others for your faults and mistakes? You will never succeed. I did that last year. There was this bitch, Amy Chastaine who I took lightly at first, she beat me for the world title, this is wrestling I am talking about now.”
Jennifer: “Duh, I’m not stupid.”
Regan: “No, but I’ll knock your teeth out if you get smart ass with me.”
Jennifer: “Geez…. Sorry. A bit touchy.”
Regan: “You know what, never mind, how about you figure shit out on your own.”
As Regan turns to leave, Jennifer sighs and lowers her head….
Jennifer: “Please don’t leave, I didn’t mean to be a smart ass.”
Regan stops, closing her eyes for a moment before opening them back up and turning around to face Jennifer, she walks back over to the young woman….
Regan: “Fine, I don’t do smart ass, okay? I get enough of that in my line of work, I don’t want to deal with it in my personal life and if you are to work here, if you are to be a part of my existence outside of the ring than yes, you have become a part of my personal life. I want to help you Jennifer, I know what it’s like because I have been in your shoes. Last year Amy Chastaine threw me off my game, I started blaming everyone for my failures, knowing that I could beat her, I decided to let my anger control my emotions. It was a toxic cocktail. Even those closest to me, I turned on them and lost my family for a brief time. I get it, being alone and you know what? I did the same thing to my little sister, I ran away from home after my father continuously beat my ass and I didn’t look back. Mikaela resented me after that and it took a long time to fix the relationship, you don’t get that chance, your sister didn’t ask to get murdered Jennifer, I’m pretty damn sure she would have chosen life over death.”
Jennifer: “She was naïve…. Stupid. Too trusting. You get the chance to fix things with Mikaela, I don’t with Becca. We were supposed to be on this journey together, she left me behind.”
Regan: “No, she didn’t leave you behind Jennifer, she was taken from you too soon and you can’t cope with it. You haven’t accepted that your sister is gone. So, what are you going to do the rest of your life? Blame her for everything that goes wrong with your life Jenni? Standing here picking up towels is her fault? Losing your scholarship is her fault? Getting kicked off the team is her fault? When does it stop Jennifer? See, it doesn’t. I did the exact same thing and when I realized my lack of confidence in myself was MY fault and the reason I found myself struggling? Was MY fault, no one else’s and since then I have had ONE hiccup and that was back in August. I plan to make things right against Amy and Selena Frost, that will happen, just like you. Honor your sister’s memory instead of shitting on it because you are blaming everything on her.”
After that said, The Hellcat nods and starts to walk away, Jenni stands there for a moment before finally having the courage to speak up to Regan bluntly while being respectful….
Jennifer: “Regan…”
The sexy blonde stops in her tracks again and turns around to face Jennifer….
Regan: “What?”
Jennifer: “Teach me.”
Regan: “Teach you what?”
Jennifer: “To wrestle.”
Regan: “Oh hell no Jenni, first off your parents would kill me, second of all, you are a soccer player, so what if you lost the scholarship and can’t get into UCLA, that’s when you pick up the pieces and take a different road, go to a smaller school, craft your sport there and become something. UCLA isn’t the end all of everything Jenni. You have a bright future ahead of you, get your education.”
Jennifer: “I want to do this. When you decided to do it, who did you tell? What did you do afterwards? Did you ask someone to train you? Were you standing in my spot right now like I am, hoping, pleading and begging for a chance?”
Regan: “It’s not the same Jennifer.”
Jennifer: “Why?”
Regan: “Because beating people up isn’t going to bring your sister back. I chose to wrestle thinking it would make me happier due to my anger, the rage I built up inside, for a time being it only made things worse. I need you to trust me here, this business is not an escape, it can be a downright burden on your soul.”
Jennifer sighs and lowers her head…..
Jennifer: “When I play soccer, all I think about is trying to be as good as Becca. My parents have always compared me to how good Becca was in anything. With her gone I am simply living vicariously through her. I want my parents to see me as Jennifer, not Becca’s sister. Not their other daughter, the one that didn’t die. This will give me that. I watched the last week some of the trainees here and I can do that, I know I can. Maybe you guys coming to the house was Becca’s way of sending me a message that it was time I started living my life again.”
The young woman wipes a few tears from her cheeks before Regan walks up to her and lifts her chin, in the meanwhile, David has been watching the entire time…..
Regan: “Alright…. I’ll train you on one condition.”
Jennifer: “Anything.”
Regan: “You listen to everything I say, you don’t judge, you don’t question me, you just do it. I don’t want this to be your way of dealing with your sister’s death, I don’t want this to be some fad for you, this is not your chance to deal with some hurt and betrayed just because you don’t know any other way or don’t want to face reality. If you are going to do this Jenni, you are going to see it through. You will not quit, you will do, no questions asked, are we clear?”
Jennifer: “Yeah…”
Regan: “Promise me, give me your word Jennifer.”
Jennifer: “I promise.”
Regan: “Alright, then it’s settled.”
Regan extends her hand and Jennifer instead hugs her, catching the Hellcat by surprise as she looks up at Dave who smiles and nods. Maybe it was what Jenni said or it could be something deeper, David was right, Regan sees herself in Jenni and she’s not about to see her fail. She understands the hurt, Regan’s concern that she becomes like herself, someone that uses this sport to deal with the feelings as a child she could never ignore….
And it has torn her apart.
With Jennifer, she won’t let that happen.
EPILOGUE: QUESTIONS
Regan Street wanted to take advantage of her deal with Theo Kruger, to know that she was able to use what he had, learn from the inner workings of the business and help in recruiting fighters, it all became a part of her side gig, a hobby if you will to set herself up for the future. Regan at some point knew that wrestling wasn’t going to last forever and she would find herself still doing what she loved but involved more in the business, both her husband David and mentor, Trinity had followed the same route, transitioning behind the scenes and finding themselves playing a much bigger role in the developing of talent and using the experience from the ring to add more to the promotion they were a part of….
Regan wanted that and if anything, truly understanding the inner workings could also help the Hellcat as to why there are United States Championship Battle Royals and why she must take her turn in all of this. Regan wasn’t a total bitch, she fully understood that maybe the knowledge wasn’t all there and until she did learn, running around claiming foul play wouldn’t become the social norm. She had been taking a lot of heat for her actions against Adrenaline Rush and she really didn’t care. Regan was on a mission to become the World Champion again, first she would get the United States Championship for many reasons, the main to take something away from Amy Chastaine that she has wanted to do since last year.
For now, she needed to be at the top of her game like she has been showing with only one hiccup, losing to Selena Frost but the damage was done, the Snow Queens ribs and the aftermath of the match she never recovered so in the end Regan ended up doing much more to her Selena in the long rung making the former World Champion eat crow. Regan now was determined to hurt Amy Chastaine in many ways possible just like Selena but only worse.
Los Angeles
Last Week
Theo Kruger in his dark gray suit and blue tie along with Regan Street in a black dinner dress, matching peep toe pumps with her nails polished a matte blue and long blonde hair hanging down sat next to Theo in his box office, they were watching a few fights. The Hellcat sipped some wine, Theo had a glass of Brandy…..
Theo: “I hope you’re enjoying yourself, I had a spread catered and you haven’t touched it.”
Regan: “I had to find a babysitter for Jason after I promised Dave I would watch him so he can go out with the boys tonight, I should have said no but you told me this was important and so I came, I don’t plan to stay long. I don’t know how much I trust the babysitter, a girl I decided to start training.”
Theo: “Give her to me, I’ll make her a star.”
Regan: “She’s 17, Theo, besides, she hasn’t pissed me off yet to the point I want to see her get squashed like a bug. Jennifer is off limits. Why am I here, these guys fighting, never seen them before?”
Theo: “I didn’t bring you here to watch them, these are some guys trying to get a job. I wanted to talk to you about Josh Hudson. I saw how he was training you, tell me something, how well do you know this guy?”
Regan: “Well enough, why?”
Theo: “You don’t think he’s playing you? Us maybe? Even your good friend, the hot ass, cowgirl? Don’t know, seems like he is really pushing you too far, trying to break you even.”
Regan says nothing, she sips her wine and watches the two men continue to fight in a rather boring contest where they keep trying to submit each other….
Theo: “Maybe he is doing it for his own personal gain. You know I can do a lot more for you Regan, give you the best facilities, they are open for whenever you want to use them and rarely take advantage of that. You want to beat this Amy lady, Selena as well, win the World Championship again, what are they doing? Dicking you around and Josh is supposed to get you ready? I saw how he got you ready Regan, I don’t think I was that impressed.”
Regan: “He wouldn’t do that to me.”
Theo: “No? I find it kind of coincidental he slipped right into your life, what is in it for him? I just know how to deal with people, I think in the end he may not have your best interests at heart. Again, I could be wrong but I’m a pretty good judge of character. All I am saying, watch yourself Hellcat, that’s it…. Watch yourself.”
Regan: “Yeah….. okay. You asked me to get a baby sitter and leave my kid at home when you could have easily told me over the phone that you had concerns about Josh Hudson?”
Theo: “No, you asked me to teach you about this business, right? You want to learn how to be a promoter? Maybe even one day run this?”
She slowly nods….
Theo: “Then sit back and watch how I handle business, as for the advice and concern? That was free.”
Regan: “How gentleman of you.”
Kruger lifts his glad and sips his drink. Her green eyes continue to stare at the fight, now the thought from Theo is like a seed planted in her head. What if he is right? She can’t read Josh Hudson but he has been extremely tough and critical with her. After everything that is going on in her personal life including the trial in which she is still second guessing her decision to go through with it, Regan is now asking herself…..
What if?
Her green eyes continue to stare at the fight, now the thought from Theo is like a seed planted in her head. What if he is right? She can’t read Josh Hudson but he has been extremely tough and critical with her. After everything that is going on in her personal life including the trial in which she is still second guessing her decision to go through with it, Regan is now asking herself…..
What if?
Helms Residence
Santa Monica, CA.
Jennifer Williams curls up her bare feet on the couch with the black polished nails. Jason Helms, the seven-year-old sits next to her while they watch cartoons. Regan at the very last minute asked Jenni to watch over Jason as she went out to visit with Theo in Los Angeles. Wearing jeans and a tank top, the jade eyed beauty looks over at Jason….
Jennifer: “Do you really want to watch cartoons?”
Jason: “Well, yeah. What else is there to watch?”
Jennifer: “You don’t watch wrestling?”
Jason: “Dad and Regan say I’m not allowed to.”
Jennifer: “Why? Isn’t that what they do? They don’t want to allow you to watch them in action? Don’t you think that’s kinda lame?”
He shrugs his shoulders….
Jennifer: “You want to watch some?”
Jason: “I don’t know. They will get mad.”
Jennifer: “Oh come on, you know that you want to Jay, right?”
He sits quietly for a moment before he nods….
Jennifer: “Tell you what? If you don’t tell, I won’t tell. It will be our little secret okay?”
Jason: “Oh… okay.”
Jenni gets up and looks through the ON-Demand to find some wrestling from the SCW. She presses play and sits back down on the couch next to Jason as he starts to watch in awe. She looks over and grins….
Jennifer: “Ready?”
Jason: “Yeah!”
She lays back and Jason snuggles next to her as they start to watch Breakdown episodes from the last few weeks, his eyes widen while she starts to really soak up the profession she chose to pursue and the woman that is going to teach her….
The Hellcat, Regan Street….
A side to his Step mom, he’s not seen before.
Scene Fades
I am trying to understand, I really am why I must waste my time with Adrenaline Rush. Do I have to continue proving point after point until it is finally embedded inside of your thick skulls I belong as United States Champion? I want everyone to continue talking their shit, tell the entire world or at least any moron that will listen I haven’t earned shit and when I beat that bitch and then go on to beat Selena as well after destroying her World Title run?
All of you can kiss my ass.
PROMO TIME BITCHES
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THE WILTED ROSE
The Scene Opens….
The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the United States and, together with the adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and the Cowles Conservatory, it has an annual attendance of around 700,000 visitors. The museum’s permanent collection includes over 13,000 modern and contemporary art pieces including books, costumes, drawings, media works, paintings, photography, prints, and sculpture. Here we find the Hellcat of the SCW, Regan Street. A woman that has been on a mission since Rise to Greatness last year with only one loss in singles competition since then, a big one to Selena Frost for the World Championship but the after effects of the match to Selena and the damage she gave the Snow Queen ultimately cost her the World Title and several other matches since. Regan has made it no secret she wants the United States Championship for many reasons, beating Amy Chastaine to exact a little revenge from last year and at the same time take out Selena by using the US Title as a carrot to dangle.
The Hellcat had a plan….
That was until Adrenaline Rush decided to get in the way after what Regan feels was a bogus Battle Royal for the Number One Contendership when she felt after all the wrestlers she has beaten that it was she that should have been given the Championship match so she took it upon herself in attacking Tyler Tucker, the winner of that said Battle Royal. Stacy Kissinger took offense to that and jumped Regan after she had Craig Thomas beat a few weeks ago on Breakdown. Then Mikaela Street also played a role in Tyler losing to Donovan Kayl last week. Stacy had vowed to destroy the Street’s chances and take it upon herself to get a United States Championship match instead, Regan was NOT about to have any of it and now she faces her again. This is a different Hellcat, one that is so determined she will not stop until she beats everyone and anyone who gets in her way and give the SCW no reason to not grant her the match.
If Stacy Kissinger wants to get in the way of Regan and continuously try to wage war on Regan Street, she will then do everything in her power to eliminate each Adrenaline Rush one at a time so that she may continue on her journey to get gold around her waist against a woman that defeated her three times last year and pinned her on several occasions. Stacy Kissinger has no clue what she has done. Wearing jeans, knee high black boots, a button up red shirt untucked and a leather jacket with her long blonde hair hanging down and nails polished black, the Hellcat nods as the camera begins to record….
REC:
In her sexy yet direct voice, Regan Street addresses the audience and speaks with conviction….
“Art is not what you see but what you make others see. To show expression through vision and creativity, right? Aren’t we artists and the wrestling ring is our canvas? I’d like to think so and if that’s the case, I’m like Picasso. When I look at what imagination makes and is expressed, sometimes I think to myself, wow that is ingenious, other times I roll my eyes and wonder what the hell they were thinking. As I stand here in front of the Walker Art Center, it gives me a small moment of clarity, a chance for I myself to get a little prolific. The last few weeks have been challenging for me, not because it is something that I can’t handle, not at all, it has tested my patience to the point I don’t even comprehend it anymore and I will tell you why. Here I am, one of the best in this industry, yes, I call myself that because I earned it no matter what any of you think or say, I have beaten the top wrestlers in this company and if I haven’t, I left my imprint, just ask Selena Frost. What I find troublesome and I am trying to be calm here, thinking of why, wrapping my head around it all, why I must waste my time with the REAL people who haven’t EARNED a goddamn thing and yet they are getting the opportunities that I should be receiving instead.
It’s nothing new. Back in 2013 when Devon Kayl broke my leg like the chicken shit he was and I lost out on a chance at the World Championship against Shilo Valiant, I had to wait 8 months for another shot at the World Title, not even in a singles match, then I had to wait another year just to beat Shilo’s ass at Rise to Greatness, a pattern that’s never changed and you wonder why I get pissed, all up in arms if I lose a match because unlike all of you, to Regan Street that’s a death sentence, it means I truly am thrown to the back of the line as evident by Adrenaline Rush and what I have had to deal with the last few months, the whole reason I attacked Tyler Tucker in the first place and how I had Craig Thomas not only beaten but dominated from start to finish. Selena on the other hand, blows the Tag Team match for Kelcey Wallace, she gets her revenge against Bree Lancaster, does Kelcey? Did she get a chance to wrestle Bree or Blake Mason again? Oh no, she had to go and get her own revenge and then get shit on by the so-called heroes of the SCW?
The price you pay for being a Street.
Talk of Selena getting her rematch is there, after I basically broke her physically and she was never the same when if you all recall try to no-sell the beating I gave her at Hazardous Envy and look at the bitch now. So, my question is, where is mine? That is why I came out last week and said something to Vixen Cain no matter who our enemies are. He wants to throw out World Title matches and then run from them? That’s what wrestling has become and the hilarity in all of this? You people call me obsessed for wanting to be the best but again you don’t get it, I HAVE to make those opportunities, I need my voice to be heard and maybe if I scream loud enough someone will fucking listen…..
And yet no one is so what does that mean?
Bad things are about to happen.”
The Hellcat paces a little, she brushes her long hair back somewhat frustrated at the position she is in. All Regan wants is her shot at the United States Championship which many feel she has earned beating the top of the SCW but for some reason it has always been the same song and dance, having to jump through hoops in order to get it. Regan has tried to stay patient, Mikaela has helped a lot in that, keeping her focused so that she doesn’t overlook her next challenge and the Hellcat never does, she treats every match as if it were her last. She looks over at the camera and continues to speak while passing one of the many sculptures outside the museum….
“A couple of Breakdown’s ago, Craig Thomas and Stacy Kissinger were all up in arms because I attacked Tyler Tucker at Retribution. Let’s stop acting all dumb and surprised for a moment, we all know why that happened in the first place, Tyler won a Battle Royal that should NEVER take place, this was a way for the SCW to delay the inevitable once again, give some hope to the hopeless and that’s not a knock on the talent Adrenaline Rush has, not at all, if anything though they proved me right. Some superstars in this company get it, they understand breaking eggs to make omelets, others do not. To see someone like Stacy Kissinger still throwing out words like “Sending Messages” to me through Kennedy and vice versa, I find it a copout so, yeah whatever, trust me Stacy I’m listening, I don’t take threats lightly, I just don’t see why you are all up in arms about shit that has been happening to all of us in this business for long as you been here. Speaking of which, you said something interesting to Kennedy a few weeks ago, mentioning how you haven’t been yourself, talk about the high and low roads some of us have taken to get to the top of SCW. There’s where you are missing the point, every single top female in this company took THE road not by just being themselves you idiot, by winning. You want to know what I think? You’re bitter and looking for someone to blame for the futility you have experienced in the SCW for long as you have NOT because you weren’t yourself Stacy…..
It’s all due to the fact you ARE Stacy Kissinger and now want to point fingers.
I’m the easy way out, throwing all this blame on me makes you feel good about yourself, it justifies what you’ve become. All this time and you never saw what I saw did you Stacy? Your head was so rammed up your ass you never saw the REAL reason why I hate you so much, this cause and effect you alluded too?
It’s all crap.
See, Stacy five years ago on July 29, 2012 was my day of enlightenment. Do you remember that night Stacy? Maybe you should, it was Rise to Greatness, I had only been in the SCW less than two months, I wasn’t booked, the new gal but I did stand in the corner and watch the Women’s Title match unfold between you, Natalie Dubrinsky, Madelyne McTaggert and Marina Trent the then champion. I had never been at such a bigger event, I was in awe and there you were CENTER stage ready to win back the title you lost earlier in the year. I watched you, that is when the SCW gave you EVERY opportunity to succeed, to show exactly what you could do and in that moment, after the match was over and I watched Marina Trent leave with the title was the night I vowed to be better than all FOUR of you bitches and you know why?
I was disappointed.
I thought the world of you Stacy, same with Natalie, Madelyne and Marina. As a young upstart never wrestling in any other promotion, to see the top females in this industry compete on the grandest stage of them all, the hype behind the match, the same evening Shawn Winters retired and yet you four were given top billing on a title that meant something and bless Sienna Swann’s pretty golden ass she is making it relevant again, that was your chance to show everyone including a rookie punk like me that you were the pioneer here, the woman that left a division and an era, fast forward to the future, where we would become the dominant sex in this industry but you didn’t follow, did you? You never evolved Stacy, instead you became complacent and what did I do?
I went on to BEAT Marina Trent for the Women’s Championship, I went on to BEAT Natalie Dubrinsky so bad she disappeared, I went on to BEAT Madelyne McTaggert, where are they? Look at that match which was the first time I watched a Woman’s title defended on the biggest show of the year and where are you four bitches now?
GONE, GONE, GONE and then there is you, assimilated and lost in the crowd. Five years ago, where it should have been I right now looking up to you, praising what you have done and accomplished, emulating what you should have been and instead?
I have surpassed you in every way and how does that make you feel?
Angry, and rightfully it should so now you know how I feel that I must now deal with you when this entire time I have been in the SCW it’s on a quest to be the best and not brazen by just having a spot on the roster. You want to throw threats and put your big girl pants on now? Good, for five years I have had some pretty penned up anger since that night in July 2012…..
And you are going to learn why at Breakdown.”
Regan Street is angry at Stacy Kissinger for many reasons. She took her words from a few weeks back against Kennedy Street to heart, never overlooking what Stacy can do in the ring because she has been on point lately and is a woman who is extremely talented and a cagey veteran who can beat anyone and anytime. Stacy has had some huge wins in the past against Shilo, Rachel Foxx and others, Regan is going to make sure that she doesn’t become part of that list because a loss to her would crush the Hellcat and the way SCW is with her, they are looking for any excuse not to give her a United States Championship match. She takes a deep breath and turns to the camera……
“I know you’re mad what I did to your fiancée a few weeks back, I know you’re livid at the attack on Tyler at Retribution, oh I’m pretty sure you’re pissed at Mikaela for the things she said on Twitter about you and what she did to poor Tyler, distracting him to the point he lost to Donovan Kayl, I get that. Do you want to know what the bigger question is though Stacy? What are you going to do about it? In 2012, you sat on top of the world, a place you should still be at now but instead you allowed for people like me to become the superior to people like you. Now suddenly five years later you want it back? Did it take that long to realize where you are right now? Where you stand in this company and where I have busted my ass and don’t you EVER say that I didn’t EARN a goddamn thing Kissinger, you and I BOTH know that is a blatant lie you tell yourself and the two boys you’re with. The difference between us is I’m not going to wait, if Tyler and Craig want to stand by until their number comes up, that’s their prerogative but you Kissinger? You want to stake claim to the United States Championship when you along with every single participant in the Battle Royal deserve shit!?
If ANYONE hasn’t earned anything it’s you!
I hear the same dribble every single day by the same bitches over and over again. What you call whining and complaining I call assertion. I’m sorry if I won’t stay quiet, you know what that gets you in this business Stacy? You. It’s easy to live your life and go about your career singing, dancing and being happy with some cute dude and his buddy, go about your bland routine, punch in the clock, do your work and punch out at the end of the day. How many people do that Kissinger? They work the same job for 30 years and get nowhere? Then some young hotshot comes along and becomes their boss when that person knows the job better? Sound familiar? That’s what you have allowed in the SCW Stacy, you let women like me come in here and instead of teaching me?
I now teach you.
That moment at Rise to Greatness was an eye opener, I knew that very night when I cuddled up under the sheets and drifted to sleep with a grin on my face ear to ear that I would make each and every single one of you women in that match MY bitch. Tell me something Stacy, what have you done to earn a United States Championship match? What about Tyler? Win ONE battle Royal? What have I been doing since August last year and well beyond that huh? I have been doing what YOU should have been….
Beating every major superstar and former World Champion on this roster so how dare you woman tell me that I don’t deserve a chance at the belt when your boy won ONE match and eliminated you and Craig to do so? What all of this is honestly? It’s starting to get to you. I heard what you said to Kennedy, you want to ruin us Streets because the grim realization has finally hit you, as you get older time is running out Kissinger and you need to make your move or guess what?
This is will be your last, won’t it?
At Breakdown, I’m going to do more than just beat you, it seems like I need to send a message to every doubter and hater that wants to run their mouth about me. Oh, I know Stacy, you’ll give us the same tired old diatribe, no one will give you a chance to beat me, you have the heart to win this match and I am in for a fight, yeah I get that and you know what?
Shut the hell up and just bring it.”
Her eyes narrow, the Hellcat is ready for a fight, she needs one from Stacy Kissinger especially since she has seen just how angry she’s become by attacking her during her match with Craig Thomas. Regan though doesn’t care, ready to take on anyone, she wants one thing, to be United States Champion and will do whatever she can to get there, this is not just a match for her on Breakdown, this is a statement. She continues to speak while stopping by the entrance to the museum….
“Stacy, you want to attack me, knowing that Craig was done, I had him beat and you couldn’t take it. Kennedy exposed you, I’m not going to do that, I will do much more, Craig this time will have to save you, he better be ready to stop me from doing far worse for teasing me five years ago and now look at you, so desperate to grab what you once had or maybe you never had it and at my expense?
I don’t think so Stacy.
I’ve beaten you before, that’s nothing new. I don’t have to prove myself to anyone but now, you’re added to that list of former Champions I will beat and the role you play will be one that’s involuntarily. How about that huh? At Breakdown, you will help me state my case to be Champion and if I must go through the ENTIRE Adrenaline Rush to do it, I will. After I lost to Selena I was pushed to the back of the line and yet the favorites get their rematches, they are given carte blanche while I am stuck, wasting my time and with that said I will give them back tenfold on this investment and you can blame the SCW for what happens tomorrow night.
You want to doubt me? You want to claim what IS MINE!? No, it doesn’t work that way and I swear to you Stacy, you think you’re the hunter? Do you really in that little brain of yours believe I’m not taking you seriously!? I’m the woman in your cross hairs? That’s the joke in all of this Stacy, for five years you were always on mine, Right now, like every match I’m looking at this as a World Title opportunity funny as it sounds because unlike YOU and the rest of this fucking roster including management?
Wins and losses to me DO matter!
Craig was first and Stacy?
You’re NEXT.”
Biting down on her jaw, the Hellcat’s green eyes with intensity stare right into the camera, clenching her fist…..
“I was so excited to be there, my first Rise to Greatness with so much hope and now I’m ashamed at what you’ve become, for I chose to be better and if my words piss you off, if my actions upset and if my way of wrestling bothers you than I am doing something right and neither YOU nor Adrenaline Rush after this Breakdown will have ANY stake or claim left to what I have EARNED!
THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP!
I WILL beat Amy Chastaine, NOT Tyler Tucker and I will make that my priority on Breakdown after you of course, I’m sure you have this grand scheme with Craig trying to stop me? Over my dead body and you two losers can’t kill me. Indulge me for a minute with this question, How do you identify success? Every time a visitor goes to the SCW Website who’s smiling face do you see on the banner? Me, that’s who front and center, not you, Stacy and that’s because this company is MY house no matter how hard management tries to tame or hold me back. Not Katelyn Buehler’s “house”, not Selena’s “house”, not Amy’s “House” or a Perfect World, this is where I made a career and when it’s all over? I will help you Kissinger, by putting you out of misery and shutting you up once and for all so I don’t have to hear that awful screeching you call a voice and turn to “music”. Then, after I am done kicking your stale ass and standing tall in victory once AGAIN like I have my entire five-year career? I will give you a gift, a track that you can play on loop for the remainder of your irrelevant existence.
It’s called….
Meow Bitch.”
Regan cracks a smirk before backing away and walking off camera which then turns to show Mikaela face with a huge smile before blowing a kiss…..
FADE TO BLACK
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Regan Street 