James Evans vs. Kimberly Williams

[The Matt]

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November 4th, 2023
Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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Ever since Apocalypse, Kimberly Williams has found herself at odds with the number one contender to the Underground Championship, James Evans, as well as his gang of misfits known as The House of James. But there is a deeper more philosophical battle at the heart of this; it isn’t simply about the Underground Championship. This is James Evans wanting to eliminate violence whereas Kimberly herself represents violence and chaos in Supreme Championship Wrestling. What Kims has learned in her encounters with The House of James is that Evans himself is a hypocrite. He claims not to endorse violence but he gladly endorses the violence of his followers. He claims not to endorse violence but he uses his followers as a weapon and he used a steel chair against Kim on Breakdown. But Kim got her own licks in, giving the House a hot sauce bath and throwing Pain down a flight of stairs. All of this is building towards her defense of the Underground Championship at Under Attack in Atlanta, Georgia. Kim is determined, more so than ever before, to come out with a victory. Not just to remain champion but to defeat this strange movement James has started.

Stopping the House of James has become deeply personal for The Woman Scorned. It partially has to do with James and his own connection to Kimberly’s family, specifically her mother, Angelica Jones. James and Angelica were once tag team champions and close friends. Now Kimberly is tasked with maiming her mother’s friend in order to remain champion. But this is deeply personal for Williams for another reason. The House of Black appears to be nothing more than a cult. These people, Lues, Pain, Mordred, Harker, they blindly obey James Evans and his every command. Without question they put themselves in harm’s way to protect James and to help James. It has all of the defining characteristics of a cult. Kim cannot stand cults. Not since her own identical twin sister, Marie Jones, got involved in a cult herself. Shortly after Marie’s fiance, Arthur, had committed suicide, she dove into depression. From there, Marie had thrown herself into a group calling itself The Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat. Marie seemed to escape her depression but at what cost? Inner Peace turned out to be little more than a sex cult and its leader, Raul Alfaro, did not care for his followers except to use them as his harem.

Kimberly had managed to convince her sister to leave the group. But now a friend Marie had made while in the group has resurfaced; a young woman named Julianne Buchanan. Through some unorthodox spying and surveillance techniques, Kim managed to find out that Marie and Julianne have not only renewed their romantic relationship, but Julianne has also tried to convince Marie to return to Inner Peace. What frightens Kim is the fact that Marie is seriously considering it. What could possibly motivate Marie to rejoining this cult? What could possibly make Marie believe that she is better off as someone else’s property within Inner Peace? Kim is fiercely protective of her family. She will do anything to protect Marie, even if it means putting herself in harm’s way.

Tonight, Kim may very well be putting herself in harm’s way as she and her twin sister Marie walk the beaten path near the Boston city limits. It is evening and the bright moonlight shines overhead. They are near a bridge which Kim and Marie can see just off in the distance. Williams is wearing torn denim jeans, flip flops, and a black t-shirt. Marie Jones is wearing a knee length black skirt, sheer stockings, black flats, a red silk blouse, and a black leather jacket. Marie is noticeably nervous, anxious about what is to happen this evening. Kimberly is nervous as well but she is hiding it quite well. Kim is nervous about what she may be forced to do in order to protect her sister.

“Sooooooo Marie, why are we here?” Kim asks as they continue the walk.

“You have been complaining quite a bit, Kim.” Marie points out. “You know, you didn’t have to come.”

“Yes, I do.” Kim nods her head. “I’m not gonna sit by and watch you ruin your life.”

“I am a grown woman, Kim. What I do in my freetime is none of your business.” Marie sighs and shakes her head. “I shouldn’t have let you come with me to see Julianne.”

“As if you could stop me.” Kim smirks knowingly.

“Right. You are scary good at stalking people.” Marie shudders. “The fact that you slept with her is cringe worthy.”

“Just don’t be mad at her. She technically didn’t cheat on you because she thought I was you.”

“I’m not mad at her.” Marie snaps back. “I’m mad at you. You had no right to do that, Kim.”

“And you shouldn’t have kept something like this from me.” Kim narrows her eyes. “Let’s not pretend you’re all innocent, sis. I had to sleep with her to find out you were thinking about rejoining that crazy ass cult.”

“It’s not crazy.”

“It’s a sex cult, Marie.” Kim says flatly. “And you were a happy participant. You were happy to let yourself be used and manipulated.”

“You wouldn’t understand.” Marie sighs and shakes her head.

“Bullshit.” Kim snaps back at her sister. “I have dealt with cults before. I definitely understand their allure. I understand what you are going through. That’s why I am willing to do whatever it takes to make sure you know you are loved and that you do not need this Inner Peace crap.”

“Don’t you have a different cult you could be dealing with right now?” Marie asks.

“I have had plenty of time to prepare for House of James, thank you very much. I’ll be ready to stop him and his ilk at Under Attack. But right now you are what’s important. I’m only trying to help.”

“I know and I’m sorry if I sound like I’m on edge.” Marie shakes her head. “It’s just that…”

“What?”

“I appreciate what you’re trying to do, Kim.” Marie says quietly. “I just don’t think it will work.”

“Yeah? Well I’m a stubborn bitch.” She grins from ear to ear. “I don’t give up so easily.”

“So I’ve noticed.” Marie then stops as she and Kim finally make it to the bridge. “Anyway, we’re here.”

“Where’s here?”

“A few years ago, after Arthur committed suicide, and I fell into that deep depression, I came here to this bridge intent on joining him. I was going to jump off this bridge and take my own life. But someone stopped me.”

“It wasn’t me.” Kim shrugs her shoulders. “Otherwise, I would have shot you with a dart gun.”

“You never were the conventional type.” Marie smiles. “But you’re right, it wasn’t you. Raul stopped me.”

“Oh him.” Kim rolls her eyes.

“He was charming and sophisticated. Most importantly, he made me realize that I had a purpose in this life. That was the first of many lessons I would learn under Raul.”

“Heh, heh, you said ‘under’, heh, heh…” Kim laughs.

“Oh stop it.”

“Fine, I’ll drop the wise cracks. But just remember…” Kim places her hands on Marie’s shoulders “...you are strong.”

“No, I’m not.” Marie says quietly as she shakes her head.

“You are strong. You are strong enough to say no to whatever she has to say to you tonight. Whatever Julianne does to try and sway you, to convince you to return to that little crazy sex cult, remember you are strong enough to say no.”

“I don’t know if I am.” Marie shakes her head. “I still have those dreams, Kim. I dream about Raul and he’s there with me in my bedroom, telling me that I belong to him, that my rightful place is in Inner Peace.” Tears form in Marie’s eyes. “It’s becoming harder and harder for me NOT to believe him.”

Kim does not like the sound of this. It seems that Marie’s will to fight is becoming weaker and weaker. Before she has a chance to respond, the identical twins hear rustling near the bushes. They turn around in time to see the lovely blonde haired Julianne Buchanan emerging. She has a bright smile on her face when she sees Marie…a smile that quickly turns to disgust as she realizes Kim is there too.

“Marie…and Kim…” she sighs “...I didn’t expect to see you here.”

“You were so happy to see me last month.” Kim winked. “By the way, you are quite the animal in bed! Meow!”

“What do you…” it finally dawns on Julianne what Kim means ands he tries to lunge at her “...why you little bitch!” Marie gets in between Julianne and Kim to keep them from fighting.

“What’s wrong Julie? I thought we had a connection!”

“You are a disease.”

“I thought I was a Libra.”

“All you serve to do is corrupt Marie.” Julianne turns to face Marie. “See? She has always been a bad influence upon you.”

“Hey now. I may be a bad influence but at least I don’t pretend to be the moral compass in today’s world. I admit who and what I am. But Raul? He’s worse.”

“Liar!” Julianne exclaims. She slaps Kim across her face. Kim chuckles.

“So much for that inner peace.”

Julianne Buchanan growls angrily before turning to face Marie again. “Do you really trust this maniac?”

“She is my sister.” Marie states.

“She may be your blood but that doesn’t mean she is a good influence upon you. Remember how she kidnapped you and held you hostage in her basement for a month?”

“In my defense I was certifiably insane at the time.”

“What about the many times she lied to you and manipulated you for her own personal gain? You told me about how she took your place at a parent teacher conference so that she could keep your son out of trouble. She never told you, you had to find out on your own. She again took your place by going out on a date with me, to try and learn all of your secrets.”

“Oh and like you and your groupies are saints?” Kim protests.

“I never said we were saints.” She holds up one finger. “But only ONE of us has a criminal record and it isn’t The Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat.” She turns back to face Marie. “Listen to me, Marie, I have spoken with Raul.”

“You have?” Marie asks. Kim shakes her head.

“Don’t listen to her, Marie!”

“I have. He and I have reconciled and he is willing to forgive you, to reconcile with you, and to let you return to Inner Peace.”

“He…he is?” Marie seems genuinely happy.

“You don’t need him, Marie.” Kim insists. “You are strong. You are a strong and independent woman. You do not need that jerk.”

“On that we agree, Marie is strong and independent.” Julianne points out. “So what is wrong with Marie coming with me back to the retreat, just for the night, just to hear what Raul has to say?”

“That seems fair enough.” Marie says. Kim shakes her head vehemently.

“Do not go with her!”

“He only wishes to speak with Marie. Nothing more.”

“She’s going with you over my dead body.” Kim says boldly. But Marie gently pushes her twin sister back.

“Kim, you’re right…” she nods her head “...I am independent. And I can make these decisions for myself.” She smiles as she takes Julianne by her hands. “I want to go back with Julianne.”

“No, don’t…”

She watches as Marie and Julianne turn and walk off. Kim considers trying to stop them. She did store the aforementioned dart gun in a nearby bush just in case. But she decides against it. Perhaps it is better this way? Perhaps she should trust Marie to make the decision on her own. Thus Kim stays back and watches as her sister and Julianne disappear into the night.

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November 5th, 2023
Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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It has been twenty four hours since Marie Jones and Julianne Buchanan disappeared, leaving Kimberly Williams stranded just inside the city limits of Boston, at a bridge where Marie once considered taking her life. This bridge was also significant because it is where she first met Raul Alfaro, the leader of the Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat. And now, after last night, it may be the place where Marie once again got caught up in what Kimberly Williams considers to be nothing more than a sex cult. Marie insisted that it was just for one night, just to speak with Raul and perhaps settle down some of the nerves and concerns she has had recently. Marie insisted that she would be back the next day. But Kimberly has her doubts. Ever since Marie got back together with Julianne, she could not be trusted to keep a deadline. And after learning of Marie’s own self-doubts and concerns, Kim is worried that she may not return at all this time. She may speak with Raul and decide to stick around permanently.

The Inner Peace cult isn’t the only cult giving Kimberly problems lately. Despite her own personal concerns with Marie, Kim must try to push that out of her mind and return her focus to her upcoming SCW Underground Championship defense against James Evans at Under Attack. Lately James has appeared to be little more than a creepy cult leader whose sole goal is to eliminate violence in SCW and he thinks he can do so by getting rid of the Underground itself. And he has followers wiling to do his every bidding to help him achieve this goal. Williams recognizes that to defeat James, she will no doubt have to defeat the entire House of James. Thus she has to be prepared for everything that might be thrown at her in Atlanta.

Kimberly currently finds herself in her own run down home in the not so nice part of town in Boston, Massachusetts. She is lying on her raggedy, ratty sofa wearing torn denim jeans and a pink and black Queens of Chaos t-shirt. Her feet are bare. She has her pet talking hamster, Caligula, resting on her stomach. Well, he can’t really talk, but Kim likes to pretend he can as she provides the voice for the adorable yet foul mouthed rodent.

“When you face one member of the House of James, you end up facing all of them.” Kim states out loud. “So what do you think I should do, Caligula?”

“Ya know that hot ass chick, Lues?”

“Yes. What about her?”

“I wonder if James Evans would lone her out to me for the weekend. She looks like the type that would be into beastiality.”

“Is that all you can think about? Sex?” Kim rolls her eyes. “My Underground Title is at stake and you just want to fuck Lues?”

“I’m not gonna fuck James, that’s for damn sure. I’m a hamster. I’m not into guys.”

“My primary focus is keeping my championship and ending James Evans and his stupid little cult.” Kim sighs. “Although if I successfully maim James, then maybe Lues would be on the lookout for a new cult leader.” Kim grins. “Think you would be up for the job, Caligula?”

“Damn right I could! I could lead the House of James to the fucking promised land. And I DO mean fucking. Isn’t that what those shitty cults do nowadays? Fuck each other?”

“Not all of them.” Kim sighs. “Jimmy’s just want to eliminate violence.” She yawns. “Its quite boring. I’d be doing the entire world a favor by putting James Evans out of his damn misery.”

“Ah right, the only sex cult you deal with is that Inner Peace crap your sister is hung up on. Maybe I should talk to Raul…”

“Watch what you say next, Caligula, or I’ll feed you to a snake.” Kim snaps back angrily.

“I was gonna say that maybe I should talk to Raul about getting me some of Julianne’s sweet blonde ass. I mean, if I stole your sister’s girlfriend then maybe Marie might snap back to her senses.”

“Oh…” Kim sighs “...that’s an idea, I suppose.”

“What? Did ya really think I would want to fuck your sister? Ya’ll are identical twins. It would be like fucking you and my GOD I do NOT want to consider that! In fact, I think I threw up a little in my mouth!”

“You and me both.”

Just then there is a knock heard at the door. This quickly gets Kimberly’s attention. It is getting late and she had just about given up hope on her sister returning as she had promised. But this knocking on her front door once again revives her hope. Perhaps Marie has come to her senses? Perhaps Marie has decided to come home? Kim quickly swings her legs over the side of her ratty sofa and then gently puts Caligula back in his cage.

“That’s Marie!”

“How the fuck do you know?!”

“I’m trying to think positive!” Kim admonishes the hamster.

“Well if it is, tell her that I want that sexy Julianne’s number.”

Kimberly ignores Caligula as she stands up and marches towards the door. Another knocking is heard. Kim smiles as she approaches the door and opens it. Much to her delight she sees Marie standing there, still wearing the same outfit she wore last night. And much to Kim’s pleasant surprise, Marie seems to be in much better spirits. Maybe this did work out for the best after all?

“Marie!” Kim embraces her twin sister with a tight hug. “I’m so glad you’re here! I mean, it is you isn’t it? It could be your identical twin sister…no, wait, that’s me! And I’m here! And you’re there! So it has to be you!” Kim is so ecstatic she can hardly contain herself. Marie chuckles lightly.

“I’m glad to see you too, Kim. And I so missed that sense of humor of yours.”

“Oh come off it, now, Marie.” She winks. “It wasn’t like you were gone THAT long.”

“True. Can I come in?”

“Of course!” Kim quickly steps aside to let Marie enter. Kim leads her into the living room where she just was speaking with Caligula the hamster. The siblings sit down next to one another on the raggedy, ratty sofa. Kim again hugs Marie. “I am so glad to see you!”

“I think you missed me too.” Marie says with a grin and a wink. Kim nods her head.

“Ok, I admit it, I was worried sick about you the entire time.”

“Why would you worry yourself so much over me?”

“I love you, sis. Besides, I meant it yesterday when I said I understand cults. I know them all too frighteningly well. My foster mother…if you want to call her a foster mother…she had every attribute and characteristic of a cult leader. She brainwashed me and trained me to hate. Then I watched the same thing happen to you a few years ago with Inner Peace and it brought back those awful memories. That’s why I fought so hard to protect you from Raul and that cult back then.”

“So when Julianne resurfaced…”

“Yeah.” Kim nods her head. “I was worried you would get caught up in that cult again. I don’t want to see you get taken advantage of the same way I was taken advantage of, sis. I would do anything to protect you from that. Anything at all.”

“I love you too, Kim.” Marie embraces Kim, making this their third hug since Marie returned. After breaking the embrace Marie nods her head. “And I am glad you said that, it just confirms to me that I made the right decision.”

“What do you mean?” Kim asks curiously.

“As you know I went with Julianne last night. She took me back to the Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat where I got to speak with Raul. And the more I listened to him, the more he made sense.”

“Oh God no…” Kim’s voice trails off.

“It makes perfect sense, Kim. My relationships have all been complete and utter failures across the board. My first boyfriend, Damian, was an abusive alcoholic. Then there was Arthur, I thought he was the one but I managed to drive him to kill himself.”

“You did not drive him to do that!” Kim exclaims. “That was not your fault!”

“Then there is my own son. Sean was not the product of a loving relationship. He was the product of rape. Everything in my life has been a complete and utter failure when it comes to love. I tried turning my entire focus, my entire self, over to wrestling and how did that turn out? I haven’t held a championship in years. And the one promotion that I’m still contracted to wrestle for must have forgotten that I’m on the roster because they have quit booking me. But Raul loves me. He cares for me. And he will use me in such a way where I will have a purpose in life.”

“No, Marie.” Kim shakes her head. “Don’t say it.”

“Sorry, Kim, but I have made up my mind. I am going to give myself entire to Raul and to Inner Peace.”

“Be reasonable!” Kim exclaims as she shoots up to her feet. Marie stands up as well. “Reconsider! Think about the last time you were there! He didn’t care about you! He didn’t care about Julianne, either! You were both just pieces of meat to him!”

“I do remember.” Marie nods her head. “I remember being happy when I was with Inner Peace. Last night, and today, with Raul and Julianne at the retreat, I was happy again. Raul loves his pets equally.”

“Snap out of it!” Kim slaps her in the face. “It is a cult! Raul just wants to own you and to possess you!”

“Isn’t it easier to just live a life of being possessed by someone rather than thinking for myself? I’ve made so many mistakes in my life, Kim. Clearly doing things on my own hasn’t worked out.”

“But if you let Raul do the thinking for you, then if something goes wrong its his fault, not yours.” Kim states. “Am I right?”

“I have faith in Raul.” Marie says.

“But Marie…”

“Annabelle.”

“Huh?” Kim asks, sounding rather confused.

“Raul prefers that I go by my middle name. Not Jones, not Williams, because I have let both of those families down. I am just simply Annabelle and I belong to Inner Peace, whether you like it or not.”

“So that’s how its gonna be?”

“Yes.” She states. Kim sighs.

“You realize I could stop you.”

“I know.” She nods her head. “But you won’t. You don’t want to hurt family, its not in your nature any longer.”

“Unfortunately you’re right about that.” Kim shakes her head. “Well what about your son, huh? What about him?”

“I have to speak to the proper officials but I will eventually sign over custody to you.”

“Me?!” As if everything else wasn’t shocking enough, Kimberly is shocked even more at this news. “You can’t be serious.”

“Sean adores you. And you love him.” She smiles warmly.

“You know we do have another sister. Or maybe give him to our mom?” Kim suggests. But Marie, now Annabelle, shakes her head.

“No way. You are the perfect person for the job. The way you selflessly devote your time to helping him, the way you dote on him, the way you protect him.” She places a hand on Kim’s shoulder. “You will make a great mother…a far better mother than I could ever hope to have been.”

“I don’t…” Kim shakes her head “...you have no idea what you’re asking of me. And I don’t know if I can. I don’t know if I should even let you leave.”

“Just think about it.”

“Is there any way I can talk you out of returning to Raul, Julianne, and that cult?”

“Look…” she sighs out of frustration “...it just feels right, ok?”

“So you haven’t completely made up your mind?”

“If it helps you sleep at night then no, maybe I am not fully sold. But I am happy, Kim. And that’s all I have ever wanted is to be happy.”

“Fair enough. But just think long enough before you sell your soul to that sicko. In the meantime…” Kim nods her head “...yeah, I’ll take care of Sean.”

Kimberly has said she would do anything to protect her family. But apparently that’s not true. She wouldn’t hurt her own family in order to protect them from themselves. She knows that this cult is bad news. She knows that Raul is bad news. But she cannot bing herself to forcibly keep Marie from returning to them. Something deep inside Kimberly tells her that she needs to let Marie figure it out for herself. In the meantime, she can at least look out for Sean. She protect her sister’s son. Nothing will happen to him under her watchful eye.