Post by Steve Sinclair on Jul 11, 2014 20:47:37 GMT
Raven paces the outer office of the International Wrestling Board. . Of all the times she had to be called in front of the board it had to be during Rayne’s training, and right in the middle of emerging feud between Wilburman and her brother . Having the fate of her career being decided for her put her ill at ease to begin with but needing both men as character witnesses made her sweat bullets . So far the board hadn’t given any indication on which way their vote was going.
Two years - two years they had banned her from the ring thanks to her actions in Japan. The only true regret Raven had from that unsanctioned match in Japan was that it almost cost her career . Hollywood’s life had meant shit to her , not after he staked out Sinclair's and spied on them .Not after he nearly ran Steve off the road . But when he threatened both herself and Steve's very pregnant wife Julie Ann - it was the last straw.
Pulling a few strings while being trusted to run the Japan based branch of CWF ,Raven was able to fight Hollywood. Some have called that match the best hardcore match they’ve ever scene. And now a year and a half later Steve and Julie Anne are the proud parents of a very healthy baby boy and somewhere Hollywood still remains in the coma that Cobalt put him in .
Not that she had come out unscathed . Never in her life did she have to be carried out of the ring unconscious. Waking up in the hospital was a shock to say the least . The cuts and burns she could deal with , it was being told she might never regain the sight in her one eye was another story . That meant a weakness and that was just not permissible. But her good old friend Concobar came through.
Dragging her sorry ass to Ireland with him he allowed her to heal at her own pace . Listened to her rant and explode when she heard she was banded from even stepping into a ring for 2 years . He knew her spirit had been destroyed then . How Raven wished her good friend was at her side right now.
A tap on her shoulder has Raven spinning around . “Ms Sinclair - I’m sorry to startle you . The board hasn’t made their decision yet . When they do you’ll get a phone call.”
“ Thank you .” is all Raven can manage to get out before she is ushered out of the office.
*************Two days have passed since the plane ride home*********************
Its times like these where Raven would love to be someone else, someplace else , doing anything else but waiting for the phone to ring.. Waiting is torture and everything seemed to be at a standstill. Her days are spent hanging around Ravenspell waiting and driving everyone nuts in the process.
“ACH LASSIE ENOUGH !” Angus yells out from behind the bar at Ravenspell .Luckily its still early and not many patrons have wandered in for the evening yet .
Raven stops her shuffling and stares at Angus “ What the fook is your problem ol man ?”
“Ye lass ! Have ye taken a good hard look at yerself in the past two days? Ye have bags worse than a peat moss peddler’s under your eyes . Ye’ve been wearing nothing more than what I think are the same pair of sweats as ye shuffle around here .Not to mention ye’ve been driving the staff nuts with your moping.”
“Well excuse the hell out of me Angus ! I suppose your just full of suggestions on what I could be doing?”
“ Well you could sit down and have a drink with me .”
Raven turns around to see Jack Rice sitting at the bar. He pats the barstool next to him and slides the bowl of peanuts over.
“ You also look like you haven’t eaten as well.”
“Let me guess Marc has you keeping tabs on me?” Raven says as she sits down on a stool then leans back to draw her legs up under her so that she's sitting Indian style on the stool.
Jack smirks “Now cant a guy come in here to have a good drink , listen to some music and maybe meet a woman.”
“Nae when their boss is almost my fiance ..”
“Will you just tell the guy yes . I mean I know you were mad at him , but making him wait a whole month for a answer is unreal.”
“Its called payback an the rest is nae of your business.”
“Ok ok then how about sharing a drink.” Jack waves Angus over .
“Aye laddie , another Guinness? And fer ye my majesty yer usual Glen Finnan , An if it pleases ye ta ken the band is settin up now”
Raven looks quizzically at Angus as he draws Guinness from the tap and then places a bottle of Glen Finnan in front of her along with some glasses.
“ What band?”
“The band I took ta liberty of bookin while ye were too busy with yer wrastling business.”
“ How bloody nice of ye.”
“Ye never know lass , ye may just like them . There from the ol’ sod , jes in time for St Paddy's Day.”
Raven sighs and leans a hand on the bar before swinging back to shots and slamming the glasses on the table.
“Heyyyyy take it easy Raven .” Jack spurts out as Raven pours herself another shot .
Raven laughs “ Don’t be daft lad . I’m Scottish , this stuff is like water to me.”
Jack laughs as he noticed the band setting up behind her back. :”I forgot that makes you immune .”
The sounds of a drum and fife soon fill the room .” The Celts have weird drums.”
“Bodrhans , there called Bodrhans.”
Raven closes her eyes and lets the music seep in before the singer starts.. the voice holds a familiarity and Raven opens her eyes to see Angus smiling at her with a twinkle in his eyes .
“Catain?”
“Aye lass.” He nods with a smile.
“That means ..Con is here.”
“Very perceptive lass.”
Raven lets out a scream and rushes towards the stage , leaving Jack behind to raise a eyebrow.
“Relax lad , their ol runnin mates an nothin more.” Angus reassures Jack.
Raven hugs the tall long blond haired man and leads him back to the bar to make introductions. As they are reliving some of the old times the phone rings and a dead silence fills the room .
“Raven its for you “Angus says unsteadily .
Raven leaps over the bar and takes the phone from Angus .She turns away from the others gathered round so they can’t see her expression or hear the conversation .
Minutes pass by before Raven gets off the phone and walks out from behind the counter. She looks at everyone with a blank expression .Angus is the first to move.
“Ach I’m sorry lass..”
“Well ye should be sorry . Sorry that yer nae behind tha bar pouring Champagne. I’ve been reinstated.”
Cheers soon fill the bar as the celebration starts ,only to be interrupted minutes later as Rayne flies through Ravenspell heading straight for the roof. Raven leaves the group and rushes after her.
Rayne stands a top the roof , her red hair billowing in the breeze. She scans the roof before turning around upon hearing Raven come up .
“Why isn’t he back here yet ? Where is that goddamn bastard. He has to know I would have come back here.”
“I don’t know Rayne . Now just calm down.”
“Calm down?! “Rayne says as she advances on Raven. ”You expect me to calm down after what that asshole did. HA! this is calm. At least as calm as I’m going to be for awhile.”
“Rayne ye agreed to his training” Raven says as she looks for anything she can use just in case the other woman snaps and rushes at her.
“ Yeah well being shut in a fucking concrete vault wasn’t in the travel brochure. But it did give me time to think. Blackout must pay , you see I’m smarter than him . Hell I’m smarter than everyone , you just don’t see it . You don’t hear the calling like I do .”
“Rayne your obsessed with winning but your losing focus.”
“The fuck I am . See this gargoyle here . Hell I’m focused on it . I see it, I feel it. Hell if it looked like Joe Millionaire I’d even fuck it.”
“Hello Rayne reality check time.” Raven says as she moves closer to Rayne, hoping to move her away from the edge of the roof.
Rayne strokes the back of the large gargoyle “ He loves this piece of shit doesn’t he? That’s too bad .”
Rayne violently spears the gargoyle sending it off the roof and almost her along with it if it wasn’t for Ravens quick thinking. The car alarm going off below lets Raven know exactly where it landed
Raven pins Rayne to the ground the anger in her eyes matching the madness in Rayne's .”Are ye quite done now lass?” She all but spits out
Pushing down and seeing pain cross Rayne’s eyes briefly clues Raven in that Rayne’s shoulder has been dislocated .Smiling Raven pushes down more increasing the pain.” Listen and fookin listen closely ,ye just possibly destroyed my damn car . Now I can forgive this damn insanity that your playing with , but I’ll be damned if my key player running around like a escapee from a mental ward !!!!!!!
Your the Number One contender , people will be gunning for you . They’ll do stuff to you that will pale in comparison to anything JT will ever put you through. Its fucking survival, its necessary . Yer gunna have ta learn ta draw from strengths you never knew you had. Fookin trust me on this .”
“Hmph your nothing but a has been. Shit you’ve been banned from the ring cause you went Psychotic . “
A sinister smile crosses Ravens face “That’s right I was banned . An ye little piece of shit do ye even know why ? Its cause I almost killed someone , and who’s ta say I won’t do it again? Hell who’s ta say I won’t do it here and now?
If ye didn’t already know it lass , that pain your feeling. that’s cause you dislocated your shoulder. Yer at the disadvantage here !”
Raven applies more pressure to Rayne’s hurt shoulder as she drives her knee into it
“Leaves a bitter taste in yer mouth dunnae it lass.” Raven says as she grabs Rayne’s arm before driving both knees into Rayne’s shoulder . Rayne screams as her shoulder pops back in .
“Yer lucky .It usually takes more than two tries to get em to pop back in . Now I’m going to let you get up . Dunnae try anything stupid .”
“Fuck off, I’ll do what I want .” Rayne says as she slowly rises to her feet
“I was afraid ye’d say that .” Raven says as she executes a round house kick to Rayne’s already injured jaw, sending Rayne sprawling unconscious to the snow covered roof.
“Fooking kids these days.” Raven says as she picks Rayne up and carries her inside
Two years - two years they had banned her from the ring thanks to her actions in Japan. The only true regret Raven had from that unsanctioned match in Japan was that it almost cost her career . Hollywood’s life had meant shit to her , not after he staked out Sinclair's and spied on them .Not after he nearly ran Steve off the road . But when he threatened both herself and Steve's very pregnant wife Julie Ann - it was the last straw.
Pulling a few strings while being trusted to run the Japan based branch of CWF ,Raven was able to fight Hollywood. Some have called that match the best hardcore match they’ve ever scene. And now a year and a half later Steve and Julie Anne are the proud parents of a very healthy baby boy and somewhere Hollywood still remains in the coma that Cobalt put him in .
Not that she had come out unscathed . Never in her life did she have to be carried out of the ring unconscious. Waking up in the hospital was a shock to say the least . The cuts and burns she could deal with , it was being told she might never regain the sight in her one eye was another story . That meant a weakness and that was just not permissible. But her good old friend Concobar came through.
Dragging her sorry ass to Ireland with him he allowed her to heal at her own pace . Listened to her rant and explode when she heard she was banded from even stepping into a ring for 2 years . He knew her spirit had been destroyed then . How Raven wished her good friend was at her side right now.
A tap on her shoulder has Raven spinning around . “Ms Sinclair - I’m sorry to startle you . The board hasn’t made their decision yet . When they do you’ll get a phone call.”
“ Thank you .” is all Raven can manage to get out before she is ushered out of the office.
*************Two days have passed since the plane ride home*********************
Its times like these where Raven would love to be someone else, someplace else , doing anything else but waiting for the phone to ring.. Waiting is torture and everything seemed to be at a standstill. Her days are spent hanging around Ravenspell waiting and driving everyone nuts in the process.
“ACH LASSIE ENOUGH !” Angus yells out from behind the bar at Ravenspell .Luckily its still early and not many patrons have wandered in for the evening yet .
Raven stops her shuffling and stares at Angus “ What the fook is your problem ol man ?”
“Ye lass ! Have ye taken a good hard look at yerself in the past two days? Ye have bags worse than a peat moss peddler’s under your eyes . Ye’ve been wearing nothing more than what I think are the same pair of sweats as ye shuffle around here .Not to mention ye’ve been driving the staff nuts with your moping.”
“Well excuse the hell out of me Angus ! I suppose your just full of suggestions on what I could be doing?”
“ Well you could sit down and have a drink with me .”
Raven turns around to see Jack Rice sitting at the bar. He pats the barstool next to him and slides the bowl of peanuts over.
“ You also look like you haven’t eaten as well.”
“Let me guess Marc has you keeping tabs on me?” Raven says as she sits down on a stool then leans back to draw her legs up under her so that she's sitting Indian style on the stool.
Jack smirks “Now cant a guy come in here to have a good drink , listen to some music and maybe meet a woman.”
“Nae when their boss is almost my fiance ..”
“Will you just tell the guy yes . I mean I know you were mad at him , but making him wait a whole month for a answer is unreal.”
“Its called payback an the rest is nae of your business.”
“Ok ok then how about sharing a drink.” Jack waves Angus over .
“Aye laddie , another Guinness? And fer ye my majesty yer usual Glen Finnan , An if it pleases ye ta ken the band is settin up now”
Raven looks quizzically at Angus as he draws Guinness from the tap and then places a bottle of Glen Finnan in front of her along with some glasses.
“ What band?”
“The band I took ta liberty of bookin while ye were too busy with yer wrastling business.”
“ How bloody nice of ye.”
“Ye never know lass , ye may just like them . There from the ol’ sod , jes in time for St Paddy's Day.”
Raven sighs and leans a hand on the bar before swinging back to shots and slamming the glasses on the table.
“Heyyyyy take it easy Raven .” Jack spurts out as Raven pours herself another shot .
Raven laughs “ Don’t be daft lad . I’m Scottish , this stuff is like water to me.”
Jack laughs as he noticed the band setting up behind her back. :”I forgot that makes you immune .”
The sounds of a drum and fife soon fill the room .” The Celts have weird drums.”
“Bodrhans , there called Bodrhans.”
Raven closes her eyes and lets the music seep in before the singer starts.. the voice holds a familiarity and Raven opens her eyes to see Angus smiling at her with a twinkle in his eyes .
“Catain?”
“Aye lass.” He nods with a smile.
“That means ..Con is here.”
“Very perceptive lass.”
Raven lets out a scream and rushes towards the stage , leaving Jack behind to raise a eyebrow.
“Relax lad , their ol runnin mates an nothin more.” Angus reassures Jack.
Raven hugs the tall long blond haired man and leads him back to the bar to make introductions. As they are reliving some of the old times the phone rings and a dead silence fills the room .
“Raven its for you “Angus says unsteadily .
Raven leaps over the bar and takes the phone from Angus .She turns away from the others gathered round so they can’t see her expression or hear the conversation .
Minutes pass by before Raven gets off the phone and walks out from behind the counter. She looks at everyone with a blank expression .Angus is the first to move.
“Ach I’m sorry lass..”
“Well ye should be sorry . Sorry that yer nae behind tha bar pouring Champagne. I’ve been reinstated.”
Cheers soon fill the bar as the celebration starts ,only to be interrupted minutes later as Rayne flies through Ravenspell heading straight for the roof. Raven leaves the group and rushes after her.
Rayne stands a top the roof , her red hair billowing in the breeze. She scans the roof before turning around upon hearing Raven come up .
“Why isn’t he back here yet ? Where is that goddamn bastard. He has to know I would have come back here.”
“I don’t know Rayne . Now just calm down.”
“Calm down?! “Rayne says as she advances on Raven. ”You expect me to calm down after what that asshole did. HA! this is calm. At least as calm as I’m going to be for awhile.”
“Rayne ye agreed to his training” Raven says as she looks for anything she can use just in case the other woman snaps and rushes at her.
“ Yeah well being shut in a fucking concrete vault wasn’t in the travel brochure. But it did give me time to think. Blackout must pay , you see I’m smarter than him . Hell I’m smarter than everyone , you just don’t see it . You don’t hear the calling like I do .”
“Rayne your obsessed with winning but your losing focus.”
“The fuck I am . See this gargoyle here . Hell I’m focused on it . I see it, I feel it. Hell if it looked like Joe Millionaire I’d even fuck it.”
“Hello Rayne reality check time.” Raven says as she moves closer to Rayne, hoping to move her away from the edge of the roof.
Rayne strokes the back of the large gargoyle “ He loves this piece of shit doesn’t he? That’s too bad .”
Rayne violently spears the gargoyle sending it off the roof and almost her along with it if it wasn’t for Ravens quick thinking. The car alarm going off below lets Raven know exactly where it landed
Raven pins Rayne to the ground the anger in her eyes matching the madness in Rayne's .”Are ye quite done now lass?” She all but spits out
Pushing down and seeing pain cross Rayne’s eyes briefly clues Raven in that Rayne’s shoulder has been dislocated .Smiling Raven pushes down more increasing the pain.” Listen and fookin listen closely ,ye just possibly destroyed my damn car . Now I can forgive this damn insanity that your playing with , but I’ll be damned if my key player running around like a escapee from a mental ward !!!!!!!
Your the Number One contender , people will be gunning for you . They’ll do stuff to you that will pale in comparison to anything JT will ever put you through. Its fucking survival, its necessary . Yer gunna have ta learn ta draw from strengths you never knew you had. Fookin trust me on this .”
“Hmph your nothing but a has been. Shit you’ve been banned from the ring cause you went Psychotic . “
A sinister smile crosses Ravens face “That’s right I was banned . An ye little piece of shit do ye even know why ? Its cause I almost killed someone , and who’s ta say I won’t do it again? Hell who’s ta say I won’t do it here and now?
If ye didn’t already know it lass , that pain your feeling. that’s cause you dislocated your shoulder. Yer at the disadvantage here !”
Raven applies more pressure to Rayne’s hurt shoulder as she drives her knee into it
“Leaves a bitter taste in yer mouth dunnae it lass.” Raven says as she grabs Rayne’s arm before driving both knees into Rayne’s shoulder . Rayne screams as her shoulder pops back in .
“Yer lucky .It usually takes more than two tries to get em to pop back in . Now I’m going to let you get up . Dunnae try anything stupid .”
“Fuck off, I’ll do what I want .” Rayne says as she slowly rises to her feet
“I was afraid ye’d say that .” Raven says as she executes a round house kick to Rayne’s already injured jaw, sending Rayne sprawling unconscious to the snow covered roof.
“Fooking kids these days.” Raven says as she picks Rayne up and carries her inside