11-18-2019, 12:26 PM
BACKSTAGE
We open up to find Melissa Killgraves sitting on the stone steps just outside the Audi Dome, clad in her wrestling attire and a black hoodie, the hood keeping her head covered and her face partially obscured. One thing we can tell, though, is that her eyes are fixated on her palms as she holds them open, almost like she’s expecting to be handed something. One thing that does stand out upon further investigation, though, is that, at least for the moment, her wrist tape is stained in blood, potentially even being the same tape she wore during the bloodbath that was her previous match. When she finally speaks, her voice is low, but there’s an undeniable force behind her words.
Killgraves: Every action has a consequence…
Melissa’s hands slowly close into fists, tightening the grip to a point where we can see just how tense her muscles are right now.
Killgraves: This is a well-known fact of life that many decide to conveniently ignore when they go to do something. I get that some just want to ‘live in the moment’ and ‘bask in all its glory,’ but how well does that really work out when you find yourself on the opposite end of the hunt for a change?
Killgraves: The last time EMERGE hosted an Invasion event, I lost my RUSH Championship to Jennifer Helms. The following show, her team denied mine the chance to compete in the Pyramid later tonight. In the wake of all of this, I’ve been hearing all the talk so loud and clear now… was I as good as advertised? Did I deserve to be a champion in the first place? Was I ever truly challenged? Or… did the world simply give me a small glimmer of hope only to rip it away when it realized everyone viewed me as a woman looking for sympathy for the way I was brought up in this world?
Melissa slowly rises to a stand before taking a moment to remove the bloodstained tape from her wrists, taking her time with it to make sure that’s where our focus is as she speaks again.
Killgraves: Jen, when you took the RUSH Title away from me, I was upset that you’d stolen the one thing I had to take pride in. When you denied me a chance to go after the EMERGE Title as well, the only thought on my mind was how much would truly be enough for you. I realized something before my last match though… I haven’t been the woman I want EMERGE to understand. I haven’t shown what I can truly do, and the only person I have to blame for that is myself for getting so wrapped up in my own problems and seeking something I don’t need from those around me.
Killgraves: I came to the epiphany you haven’t yet Jen… and that stupid clown’s blood that was on my hands is because of you.
Melissa throws the tape at the camera once it’s all removed, letting it hits the lens before falling to the cameraman’s feet. The camera moves down to capture it before panning back up to find Melissa’s face right in front of our field of vision, her eyes narrowed into a glare that can best be described as calm and calculating, but you know there’s anger boiling just beneath the surface.
Killgraves: I hope you’re happy with our last match Jen because the person you beat was nothing more than a pathetic excuse for a woman masquerading as something more. The woman you’re dealing with tonight? She doesn’t care how badly you want to keep that title. She has no sympathy for the fact that the man you love stole what you feel was your shot at the very top. More importantly… she’s going to make you wish you WERE in the Pyramid where you could be safely locked away from me. What I did to Thamuz was only the beginning Jen… I will do whatever it takes to get my title back and make you understand that a truly strong woman isn’t someone who brags about being ‘limitless.’
Killgraves: A truly strong woman is someone who will stop at nothing to take what they know they deserve… even knowing full well their actions will not be forgiven.
Melissa turns and slowly starts marching up the stairs and into the arena as our shot follows her before slowly panning back down to the bloodstained tape before fading out.
RINGSIDE
Mitch: Melissa looking to right a few wrongs here tonight
Grace: She sees that defeat as a one off, tonight she wants her title back
Mitch: But it won’t easy that’s for sure
The opening chords of "Guilty All The Same" begin playing throughout the arena while at the same time every light shuts off.
Grace: Now this could be interesting…
"Tell us all again
What you think we should be
What the answers are
What it is we can't see
Tell us all again
How to do what you say
How to fall in line
How there's no other way"
But oh, we all know
After that last verse when the chorus kicks in, the next round of heavy guitars, bass, drums and screaming begin ringing out throughout the arena at full force while right red flames shoot off from each side of the stage and Darko slowly saunters down to the ring with a sinister and intense look on his face.
"You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame
You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame
You're guilty all the same"
He nods his head to acknowledge the always raucous responses from the live crowd. Once he steps into the ring he walks to the middle of the ring and stands there for a few seconds before bright red flames shoot out from each of the ring posts. Once the flames are finished, he climbs each corner of the ring and raises his right fist in the air and yells out to crowd to pump them up.
Grace: You have to feel for this guy… it can’t be easy
Mitch: I don’t think anyone thinks it is. But his initial reaction didn’t help him. He’s obviously a very confused individual right now, and two weeks ago it cost him against Tommy Cook
Grace: He’s got to be on his game here tonight, because he’s facing someone who knows this could be her last Invasion.
“I Am The Very Best…”
“I Am The Absolute Best…”
“…and I am the Sexiest of them all!”
After those words are uttered, “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake starts to play. Aubrianna Powers steps out onto the stage, met with loud booing from the fans. She smirks smugly as she confidently strides towards the ring. Aubrianna steps up onto the ring apron and strikes a sexy sultry pose which draws a few cheers from the male contingent, despite the women who continue to boo. Aubrianna then steps through the ropes and approaches the center where she poses again. The music dies down and she waits patiently on her match to begin.
Grace: She had her eyes on the big prize, but now it seems her eyes could be turning towards the exit door.
Mitch: If they are, make like Elsa and let her go… we don’t need people that aren’t all about EMERGE.
Grace: I’m sure she’s torn… but the SCW whether we like it or not is still the big deal. Either way, she won’t want to lose tonight that’s for certain.
The referee calls for the bell, which rings to a huge cheer, the referee then motioning for them to fight
AUBRIANNA POWERS VERSUS DANNY DARKO
With a deep breath, Danny advances, as he does, the lights flickering
Grace: Huh?
Mitch: German engineering for you
It distracts Danny just enough, Aubrianna connecting with a right hand, then grabbing his wrists, whipping him towards the ropes. Danny recovers though and reverses the move, Powers hitting the strands. As she comes back, Darko goes for a hip toss, but Aubrianna shifts her weight, landing on her feet. Darko though follows it up with a clothesline, taking her down to the mat, and applying an arm bar, as once again the lights flicker.
Mitch: Will someone sort that out, it’s annoying.
Danny then picks Aubrianna up, and she responds with a hard chop, and then another, sending Darko backwards. She then hits a drop kick which sends him back into the corner. She then runs in, and with her feet on his legs falls backwards, flipping him over and into the center of the ring. She then jumps on the second strand, and moonsaults onto his chest, making the cover
1…
Darko kicks out, Aubrianna picking him up, but Danny head butting Powers, stunning her long enough for him to kick her in the stomach, hook her head, and deliver a DDT, spinning into a pin
1…
She kicks out, Darko picking Aubrianna up to her feet, and firing her into the ropes, Powers ducking underneath a clothesline attempt, and then bouncing back of the strands again, into a high cross body. It doesn’t have the desired effect however as Darko catches her, and then plants her into the canvas with a body slam, dropping into a cover
1…
Aubrianna kicks out immediately, Darko getting to his feet and pulling her up. He then spins and bails her into the turnbuckle, following it in with a forearm.
Grace: Darko actually looking pretty good here tonight.
Darko drags Aubrianna out of the corner, and lifts her onto his hip, dropping her with a sidewalk slam, again making the cover
1…
He picks her up, and fires her once again into the corner, lifting her up onto the top turnbuckle.
Mitch: Darko in control, Powers getting exactly what a traitor should
Grace: Be kind
Mitch: Oh come on, I didn’t work my butt off to make EMERGE better for her to drag it into the gutter
Grace: Everything going on, and you think its Aubrianna dragging this company down
Mitch: I think that’s what I just said, am I speaking Swahili here?
Darko steps up onto the second strand, the lights this time flickering, and then going out totally, but immediately coming back on. Powers lands a huge right, and then another as Darko once again is distracted, the third shot knocking him off the ropes, and he staggers backwards into the center of the ring. Powers gets to her feet and leaps, taking Danny down with a Missile Drop Kick, before quickly crawling over into a cover
1…
2…
Darko gets his shoulder up, Aubrianna putting him in a front face lock and pressing his head against the canvas.
Grace: Danny’s head is in a funny place right now, and whatever is going on with the lighting, he’s allowing it to distract him.
Mitch: The traitor doesn’t care though, it’s changed the momentum
Danny starts to get himself to his feet, and then pushes towards the ropes, using them to then escape and throw Aubrianna towards the strands. Powers then ducks under a right hand, bouncing back. She then steps up on his thigh, kicking him on the side of the face, sending him to the canvas
Grace: Step up Enziguri, and here’s the cover
1…
2…
Danny gets his shoulder up again, the lights extinguishing, but then the PA system kicking in, white noise coming over the speakers as the lights come back on, a faint female voice, inaudible just about heard.
Mitch: Now that isn’t just because someone hasn’t paid the electric bill.
Grace: This is getting weirder by the second.
Even Aubrianna seems a little concerned about what is going on, but picks Darko up, and kicks him in the thigh. She then leaps in the air, connecting with a spinning heel kick which takes Darko down again. She dives into a cover, hooking his leg
1…
2…
Danny gets his shoulder up, Aubrianna glaring at the referee.
Grace: Powers well on top now, and looking to finish this.
Aubrianna picks Danny to his feet and pushes him back to the corner. With a smirk, she walks to the center of the ring and runs in. Darko reacts, pushing himself out the corner and almost taking Powers head off with the Yakuza Kick, Aubrianna’s head snapping back on her shoulders.
Mitch: Big time kick from Darko… he’s dropped to his knees though, something not quite right.
Grace: He’s got so much on his mind right now, he can’t get clarity.
Darko lifts Aubrianna to her feet, and lifts her up onto his shoulder. He then runs across the ring and delivers a devastating powerslam, straight into a cover
1…
2…
Danny rolls away and grabs her legs, falling backwards and slingshotting her into the corner.
Grace: Danny fighting back, and these fans loving it
As she staggers backwards, Darko is up, and lifts her in the air, dropping her back on his shoulders. He then spins around, and once again makes the cover
1…
2…
Powers kicks out again. Danny shaking his head, and lifting her up again, kicking her at the back of her knee and dropping her to her knees. Danny then runs to the ropes and bounces off them, stepping on her knee and delivering a power packed Shining Wizard, levelling her on the canvas.
Grace: That knee… is that enough?
Danny turns, and dives on top of Aubrianna, hooking the leg
1…
2…
Aubrianna kicks out again, Danny looking at the referee in disbelief.
Grace: He can’t believe it.
Mitch: I can’t believe it.
Danny motions towards the crowd, as Aubrianna lies in the center of the ring.
Grace: Absolute Annihilation coming up
Danny starts to climb the turnbuckle, but the lights go off again, the white noise once again obvious. Once again we can hear the voice in the background, but can’t make out what is being said.
Grace: What is she saying?
Mitch: This is spooky as…
The lights come back on, Danny in the center of the ring, as suddenly a woman screams through the white noise
“YOU KILLED HIM!!!”
A lot of people in the arena look stunned, Danny Darko is definitely stunned
Grace: Who is that?
Mitch: Was that… Willow? Is she playing with Darko right now?
Behind him Aubrianna reaches up, and pulls him into a small package
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2...
3...
Aubrianna picks up the pin fall and then rolls to the outside, a huge smirk on her face
Grace: Aubrianna wins, that constant distraction too much for Darko and he succumbs to a small package
Mitch: Seriously, I would hate to be in his head space right now
Aubrianna backs up the ramp, her arms aloft
Mitch: Aubrianna though leaves what could be her last Invasion with a victory to her name, and heads to the Memorial Tournament in good form
As Aubrianna leaves, Danny gets to his feet, shaking his head and looking up at the arena roof
Grace: I fear for Danny's well being, I really do.
We open up to find Melissa Killgraves sitting on the stone steps just outside the Audi Dome, clad in her wrestling attire and a black hoodie, the hood keeping her head covered and her face partially obscured. One thing we can tell, though, is that her eyes are fixated on her palms as she holds them open, almost like she’s expecting to be handed something. One thing that does stand out upon further investigation, though, is that, at least for the moment, her wrist tape is stained in blood, potentially even being the same tape she wore during the bloodbath that was her previous match. When she finally speaks, her voice is low, but there’s an undeniable force behind her words.
Killgraves: Every action has a consequence…
Melissa’s hands slowly close into fists, tightening the grip to a point where we can see just how tense her muscles are right now.
Killgraves: This is a well-known fact of life that many decide to conveniently ignore when they go to do something. I get that some just want to ‘live in the moment’ and ‘bask in all its glory,’ but how well does that really work out when you find yourself on the opposite end of the hunt for a change?
Killgraves: The last time EMERGE hosted an Invasion event, I lost my RUSH Championship to Jennifer Helms. The following show, her team denied mine the chance to compete in the Pyramid later tonight. In the wake of all of this, I’ve been hearing all the talk so loud and clear now… was I as good as advertised? Did I deserve to be a champion in the first place? Was I ever truly challenged? Or… did the world simply give me a small glimmer of hope only to rip it away when it realized everyone viewed me as a woman looking for sympathy for the way I was brought up in this world?
Melissa slowly rises to a stand before taking a moment to remove the bloodstained tape from her wrists, taking her time with it to make sure that’s where our focus is as she speaks again.
Killgraves: Jen, when you took the RUSH Title away from me, I was upset that you’d stolen the one thing I had to take pride in. When you denied me a chance to go after the EMERGE Title as well, the only thought on my mind was how much would truly be enough for you. I realized something before my last match though… I haven’t been the woman I want EMERGE to understand. I haven’t shown what I can truly do, and the only person I have to blame for that is myself for getting so wrapped up in my own problems and seeking something I don’t need from those around me.
Killgraves: I came to the epiphany you haven’t yet Jen… and that stupid clown’s blood that was on my hands is because of you.
Melissa throws the tape at the camera once it’s all removed, letting it hits the lens before falling to the cameraman’s feet. The camera moves down to capture it before panning back up to find Melissa’s face right in front of our field of vision, her eyes narrowed into a glare that can best be described as calm and calculating, but you know there’s anger boiling just beneath the surface.
Killgraves: I hope you’re happy with our last match Jen because the person you beat was nothing more than a pathetic excuse for a woman masquerading as something more. The woman you’re dealing with tonight? She doesn’t care how badly you want to keep that title. She has no sympathy for the fact that the man you love stole what you feel was your shot at the very top. More importantly… she’s going to make you wish you WERE in the Pyramid where you could be safely locked away from me. What I did to Thamuz was only the beginning Jen… I will do whatever it takes to get my title back and make you understand that a truly strong woman isn’t someone who brags about being ‘limitless.’
Killgraves: A truly strong woman is someone who will stop at nothing to take what they know they deserve… even knowing full well their actions will not be forgiven.
Melissa turns and slowly starts marching up the stairs and into the arena as our shot follows her before slowly panning back down to the bloodstained tape before fading out.
RINGSIDE
Mitch: Melissa looking to right a few wrongs here tonight
Grace: She sees that defeat as a one off, tonight she wants her title back
Mitch: But it won’t easy that’s for sure
The opening chords of "Guilty All The Same" begin playing throughout the arena while at the same time every light shuts off.
Grace: Now this could be interesting…
"Tell us all again
What you think we should be
What the answers are
What it is we can't see
Tell us all again
How to do what you say
How to fall in line
How there's no other way"
But oh, we all know
After that last verse when the chorus kicks in, the next round of heavy guitars, bass, drums and screaming begin ringing out throughout the arena at full force while right red flames shoot off from each side of the stage and Darko slowly saunters down to the ring with a sinister and intense look on his face.
"You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame
You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame
You're guilty all the same"
He nods his head to acknowledge the always raucous responses from the live crowd. Once he steps into the ring he walks to the middle of the ring and stands there for a few seconds before bright red flames shoot out from each of the ring posts. Once the flames are finished, he climbs each corner of the ring and raises his right fist in the air and yells out to crowd to pump them up.
Grace: You have to feel for this guy… it can’t be easy
Mitch: I don’t think anyone thinks it is. But his initial reaction didn’t help him. He’s obviously a very confused individual right now, and two weeks ago it cost him against Tommy Cook
Grace: He’s got to be on his game here tonight, because he’s facing someone who knows this could be her last Invasion.
“I Am The Very Best…”
“I Am The Absolute Best…”
“…and I am the Sexiest of them all!”
After those words are uttered, “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake starts to play. Aubrianna Powers steps out onto the stage, met with loud booing from the fans. She smirks smugly as she confidently strides towards the ring. Aubrianna steps up onto the ring apron and strikes a sexy sultry pose which draws a few cheers from the male contingent, despite the women who continue to boo. Aubrianna then steps through the ropes and approaches the center where she poses again. The music dies down and she waits patiently on her match to begin.
Grace: She had her eyes on the big prize, but now it seems her eyes could be turning towards the exit door.
Mitch: If they are, make like Elsa and let her go… we don’t need people that aren’t all about EMERGE.
Grace: I’m sure she’s torn… but the SCW whether we like it or not is still the big deal. Either way, she won’t want to lose tonight that’s for certain.
The referee calls for the bell, which rings to a huge cheer, the referee then motioning for them to fight
AUBRIANNA POWERS VERSUS DANNY DARKO
With a deep breath, Danny advances, as he does, the lights flickering
Grace: Huh?
Mitch: German engineering for you
It distracts Danny just enough, Aubrianna connecting with a right hand, then grabbing his wrists, whipping him towards the ropes. Danny recovers though and reverses the move, Powers hitting the strands. As she comes back, Darko goes for a hip toss, but Aubrianna shifts her weight, landing on her feet. Darko though follows it up with a clothesline, taking her down to the mat, and applying an arm bar, as once again the lights flicker.
Mitch: Will someone sort that out, it’s annoying.
Danny then picks Aubrianna up, and she responds with a hard chop, and then another, sending Darko backwards. She then hits a drop kick which sends him back into the corner. She then runs in, and with her feet on his legs falls backwards, flipping him over and into the center of the ring. She then jumps on the second strand, and moonsaults onto his chest, making the cover
1…
Darko kicks out, Aubrianna picking him up, but Danny head butting Powers, stunning her long enough for him to kick her in the stomach, hook her head, and deliver a DDT, spinning into a pin
1…
She kicks out, Darko picking Aubrianna up to her feet, and firing her into the ropes, Powers ducking underneath a clothesline attempt, and then bouncing back of the strands again, into a high cross body. It doesn’t have the desired effect however as Darko catches her, and then plants her into the canvas with a body slam, dropping into a cover
1…
Aubrianna kicks out immediately, Darko getting to his feet and pulling her up. He then spins and bails her into the turnbuckle, following it in with a forearm.
Grace: Darko actually looking pretty good here tonight.
Darko drags Aubrianna out of the corner, and lifts her onto his hip, dropping her with a sidewalk slam, again making the cover
1…
He picks her up, and fires her once again into the corner, lifting her up onto the top turnbuckle.
Mitch: Darko in control, Powers getting exactly what a traitor should
Grace: Be kind
Mitch: Oh come on, I didn’t work my butt off to make EMERGE better for her to drag it into the gutter
Grace: Everything going on, and you think its Aubrianna dragging this company down
Mitch: I think that’s what I just said, am I speaking Swahili here?
Darko steps up onto the second strand, the lights this time flickering, and then going out totally, but immediately coming back on. Powers lands a huge right, and then another as Darko once again is distracted, the third shot knocking him off the ropes, and he staggers backwards into the center of the ring. Powers gets to her feet and leaps, taking Danny down with a Missile Drop Kick, before quickly crawling over into a cover
1…
2…
Darko gets his shoulder up, Aubrianna putting him in a front face lock and pressing his head against the canvas.
Grace: Danny’s head is in a funny place right now, and whatever is going on with the lighting, he’s allowing it to distract him.
Mitch: The traitor doesn’t care though, it’s changed the momentum
Danny starts to get himself to his feet, and then pushes towards the ropes, using them to then escape and throw Aubrianna towards the strands. Powers then ducks under a right hand, bouncing back. She then steps up on his thigh, kicking him on the side of the face, sending him to the canvas
Grace: Step up Enziguri, and here’s the cover
1…
2…
Danny gets his shoulder up again, the lights extinguishing, but then the PA system kicking in, white noise coming over the speakers as the lights come back on, a faint female voice, inaudible just about heard.
Mitch: Now that isn’t just because someone hasn’t paid the electric bill.
Grace: This is getting weirder by the second.
Even Aubrianna seems a little concerned about what is going on, but picks Darko up, and kicks him in the thigh. She then leaps in the air, connecting with a spinning heel kick which takes Darko down again. She dives into a cover, hooking his leg
1…
2…
Danny gets his shoulder up, Aubrianna glaring at the referee.
Grace: Powers well on top now, and looking to finish this.
Aubrianna picks Danny to his feet and pushes him back to the corner. With a smirk, she walks to the center of the ring and runs in. Darko reacts, pushing himself out the corner and almost taking Powers head off with the Yakuza Kick, Aubrianna’s head snapping back on her shoulders.
Mitch: Big time kick from Darko… he’s dropped to his knees though, something not quite right.
Grace: He’s got so much on his mind right now, he can’t get clarity.
Darko lifts Aubrianna to her feet, and lifts her up onto his shoulder. He then runs across the ring and delivers a devastating powerslam, straight into a cover
1…
2…
Danny rolls away and grabs her legs, falling backwards and slingshotting her into the corner.
Grace: Danny fighting back, and these fans loving it
As she staggers backwards, Darko is up, and lifts her in the air, dropping her back on his shoulders. He then spins around, and once again makes the cover
1…
2…
Powers kicks out again. Danny shaking his head, and lifting her up again, kicking her at the back of her knee and dropping her to her knees. Danny then runs to the ropes and bounces off them, stepping on her knee and delivering a power packed Shining Wizard, levelling her on the canvas.
Grace: That knee… is that enough?
Danny turns, and dives on top of Aubrianna, hooking the leg
1…
2…
Aubrianna kicks out again, Danny looking at the referee in disbelief.
Grace: He can’t believe it.
Mitch: I can’t believe it.
Danny motions towards the crowd, as Aubrianna lies in the center of the ring.
Grace: Absolute Annihilation coming up
Danny starts to climb the turnbuckle, but the lights go off again, the white noise once again obvious. Once again we can hear the voice in the background, but can’t make out what is being said.
Grace: What is she saying?
Mitch: This is spooky as…
The lights come back on, Danny in the center of the ring, as suddenly a woman screams through the white noise
“YOU KILLED HIM!!!”
A lot of people in the arena look stunned, Danny Darko is definitely stunned
Grace: Who is that?
Mitch: Was that… Willow? Is she playing with Darko right now?
Behind him Aubrianna reaches up, and pulls him into a small package
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3...
Aubrianna picks up the pin fall and then rolls to the outside, a huge smirk on her face
Grace: Aubrianna wins, that constant distraction too much for Darko and he succumbs to a small package
Mitch: Seriously, I would hate to be in his head space right now
Aubrianna backs up the ramp, her arms aloft
Mitch: Aubrianna though leaves what could be her last Invasion with a victory to her name, and heads to the Memorial Tournament in good form
As Aubrianna leaves, Danny gets to his feet, shaking his head and looking up at the arena roof
Grace: I fear for Danny's well being, I really do.