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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Warehouse Gym
Shieldmaidens Clubhouse
New Orleans, Louisiana
5:55 PM CDT
It was a normal Tuesday night. Ashley Kenyon was standing in the gym next to Shieldmaidens President Alex “Bullet” Carbajal as they watched several of the other Maidens in action working out and having sparring matches with each other while Bethany Kenyon and Jeszika Gautier help oversee things as well. Nikki Peltier stands in the back of the room by the door checking messages on her phone. “Psycho” Saoirse Maguire stands in one ring with a newcomer to the area called Sepulveda testing each other out with kicks while Kerry “King” Romero watches on from the floor nearby. Aoife “Banshee” Maguire and a prospect named Valyria “V” Rollins wait their turn in another ring while V’s sister and fellow prospect, Quintessa “Q” Rollins practices mat techniques with Gabriela “Taza” Carbajal under the watchful eye of Becca “Bruiser” Maguire. In yet another ring, Jackie “Bandit” Layton spars with Essie “Sangre” Carbajal, Carmen Lucia “Turbo” Leija watching on from the floor as they wait for their respective tag team partners to become available to give it a full go. Kara “Killer” Carbajal stands over near the equipment working over a heavy bag.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: You will allow me to step back in the ring tomorrow?
Ashley almost laughs.
Ashley Kenyon: You were just in an Insanity Cage match where everybody but the winner got knocked the fuck out. When you get as bloodied and fucked up as the eight of you did in that match, it won’t hurt to keep you out a couple of days and you knwo if we need to lean on you, we can have Bandit and Angel call Gata on you.
Bullet nods knowingly.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Angel and Jack would be enough on their own. Gata means Robi would yell at me too and then I would get a call from Widow twenty minutes later piling on.
Smirking, Ashley nods to the wounded warrior.
Ashley Kenyon: So you're saying you know better and we shouldn’t have to call everyone?
Bullet nods, both aggravation and mournful shame radiating off of the Colombian woman.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Es la verdad.
Ashley nods again as her phone suddenly pings with a tweet notification. She glances over at it and looks almost absently when the message in question catches her eye. Within a blink of an eye, Ashley suddenly squints as if she’s reading something that makes no sense at all to her.
Ashley Kenyon: Sister? She doesn't HAVE a fucking sis....
Just then, Ashley sees her sister-in-law, Fianna “Fetch” Kenyon, walk through the door right next to Nikki and comprehension dawns immediately.
Ashley Kenyon: Mother... fucker…
Furious rage covers her face in a mask of reckless indignation that visibly threatens to explode into a detonation of nuclear rampage. Seeing the look permeating Ashley’s countenance, Bullet’s smile fades into worried confusion.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Ash?
Saying nothing, Ashley storms off towards the door, walking straight off into the evening sunset.
An hour later…
Nikki Peltier: Anyone know where Ash went?
Bullet shakes her head.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: No, but if you look at twitter and efedder, you will see why…
Nikki quickly scans both and gasps.
Nikki Peltier: Jesus, Eavan…
Bullet nods.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: I am not truly surprised. Eavan has always been quick to reach conclusions and act on them in sometimes destructive ways.
Nikki nods.
Nikki Peltier: Ash has never talked about that…
Bullet looks at Nikki, mild shock registering on the Colombian woman’s face.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Even with Bethany and Khary?
Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: As far as I know? No, not even them. I know Maiko wouldn’t be quick to talk about that stuff either but…
Bullet nods.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: I would be the same.
Nikki stares off into the distance, the thought of being in that situation striking both fear into her and also making her feel ashamed that she’s feeling relieved that it wasn’t her that had to deal with it.
Nikki Peltier: I don’t know what I would have done if it were me. It was hard enough talking to the others about what happened to us when we were taken by the Children… and that was before Shonn…
Without any even slight movements, Bullet joins in the distant stare.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: I hope she is not reverting to old habits.
Nikki’s head turns to look at Bullet as if on a swivel with a pull chain attached to it.
Nikki Peltier: Which one?
Bullet simply nods.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Si.
Just then, they are joined by Bethany, looking more confused than anything else by her sister’s absence.
Bethany Kenyon: Is Ash coming back, do you know?
Nikki indicates her phone.
Nikki Peltier: Have you seen twitter tonight?
Bethany frowns, worry now creeping into her eyes.
Bethany Kenyon: No…
She scans the app on her own phone and covers her mouth with her free hand.
Bethany Kenyon: Dear God…
Nikki and Bullet both nod knowingly.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Has she ever spoken of that night to you?
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: No, but then again, that’s not unusual. Ash doesn’t talk about shit that bothers her like that. Never has. It took her almost a decade to admit she blamed me for Mama dying and when it came , it was just like Eavan here exploding seemingly out of nowhere. If there was a fuck up on a job…
Nikki shrugs quickly.
Nikki Peltier: We never had one like that.
Bethany exhales heavily.
Bethany Kenyon: True, closest we had was Reno and that was me entirely…
Nikki nods again.
Nikki Peltier: She never talked about that to you or Jezzy, did she?
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Of course not, if she had, she would have had to admit she thought I was being an idiot about it and, while that’s not usually a problem for her, it also would have meant basically rubbing it in on Jezzy and she wasn’t going to do that at the time. She kept whatever she was feeling to herself.
Nikki and Bullet both nod in response, all three seemingly now waiting for the coming storm to come rampaging back into their lives.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: As I said earlier, I hope she does not revert to old habits…
Bethany is quick to shake her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash never did that alone. If she even decies to have a black tooth grin, she’ll want somebody else to drink with her. It was the same no matter what with her, drinking, drugs, whatever, she was always social about it. It was about the shared experience with her.
She pauses, looking almost mournful now.
Bethany Kenyon: Eavan on the other hand…
The other two both sigh sadly.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Si…
Meanwhile, upstairs…
Ashley Kenyon stands in the Common Room of the Clubhouse, staring as she had for the last hour at a framed Shieldmaidens kutte as it hangs on the wall with a photo in the corner of a smiling woman wearing it. She traces the inscription at the bottom for what seems like the millionth time, “In loving memory of our fallen sister Aerynn “Chaos” Maguire. We love you always!”
Ashley Kenyon: Dammit…
She stares at the ever present reminder and bows her head.
Ashley Kenyon: It wasn’t supposed to be like this…
Her right hand pulls back and slowly curls into a fist even as it maintains contact with the subscription even as Ashley falls to her knees.
Ashley Kenyon: I miss you…
She leans forward, her forehead touching the wall as she holds back a torrent that threatens to flood forth from her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: I’m sorry…
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Warehouse Gym
Shieldmaidens Clubhouse
New Orleans, Louisiana
5:55 PM CDT
It was a normal Tuesday night. Ashley Kenyon was standing in the gym next to Shieldmaidens President Alex “Bullet” Carbajal as they watched several of the other Maidens in action working out and having sparring matches with each other while Bethany Kenyon and Jeszika Gautier help oversee things as well. Nikki Peltier stands in the back of the room by the door checking messages on her phone. “Psycho” Saoirse Maguire stands in one ring with a newcomer to the area called Sepulveda testing each other out with kicks while Kerry “King” Romero watches on from the floor nearby. Aoife “Banshee” Maguire and a prospect named Valyria “V” Rollins wait their turn in another ring while V’s sister and fellow prospect, Quintessa “Q” Rollins practices mat techniques with Gabriela “Taza” Carbajal under the watchful eye of Becca “Bruiser” Maguire. In yet another ring, Jackie “Bandit” Layton spars with Essie “Sangre” Carbajal, Carmen Lucia “Turbo” Leija watching on from the floor as they wait for their respective tag team partners to become available to give it a full go. Kara “Killer” Carbajal stands over near the equipment working over a heavy bag.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: You will allow me to step back in the ring tomorrow?
Ashley almost laughs.
Ashley Kenyon: You were just in an Insanity Cage match where everybody but the winner got knocked the fuck out. When you get as bloodied and fucked up as the eight of you did in that match, it won’t hurt to keep you out a couple of days and you knwo if we need to lean on you, we can have Bandit and Angel call Gata on you.
Bullet nods knowingly.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Angel and Jack would be enough on their own. Gata means Robi would yell at me too and then I would get a call from Widow twenty minutes later piling on.
Smirking, Ashley nods to the wounded warrior.
Ashley Kenyon: So you're saying you know better and we shouldn’t have to call everyone?
Bullet nods, both aggravation and mournful shame radiating off of the Colombian woman.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Es la verdad.
Ashley nods again as her phone suddenly pings with a tweet notification. She glances over at it and looks almost absently when the message in question catches her eye. Within a blink of an eye, Ashley suddenly squints as if she’s reading something that makes no sense at all to her.
Ashley Kenyon: Sister? She doesn't HAVE a fucking sis....
Just then, Ashley sees her sister-in-law, Fianna “Fetch” Kenyon, walk through the door right next to Nikki and comprehension dawns immediately.
Ashley Kenyon: Mother... fucker…
Furious rage covers her face in a mask of reckless indignation that visibly threatens to explode into a detonation of nuclear rampage. Seeing the look permeating Ashley’s countenance, Bullet’s smile fades into worried confusion.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Ash?
Saying nothing, Ashley storms off towards the door, walking straight off into the evening sunset.
An hour later…
Nikki Peltier: Anyone know where Ash went?
Bullet shakes her head.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: No, but if you look at twitter and efedder, you will see why…
Nikki quickly scans both and gasps.
Nikki Peltier: Jesus, Eavan…
Bullet nods.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: I am not truly surprised. Eavan has always been quick to reach conclusions and act on them in sometimes destructive ways.
Nikki nods.
Nikki Peltier: Ash has never talked about that…
Bullet looks at Nikki, mild shock registering on the Colombian woman’s face.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Even with Bethany and Khary?
Nikki shrugs.
Nikki Peltier: As far as I know? No, not even them. I know Maiko wouldn’t be quick to talk about that stuff either but…
Bullet nods.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: I would be the same.
Nikki stares off into the distance, the thought of being in that situation striking both fear into her and also making her feel ashamed that she’s feeling relieved that it wasn’t her that had to deal with it.
Nikki Peltier: I don’t know what I would have done if it were me. It was hard enough talking to the others about what happened to us when we were taken by the Children… and that was before Shonn…
Without any even slight movements, Bullet joins in the distant stare.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: I hope she is not reverting to old habits.
Nikki’s head turns to look at Bullet as if on a swivel with a pull chain attached to it.
Nikki Peltier: Which one?
Bullet simply nods.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Si.
Just then, they are joined by Bethany, looking more confused than anything else by her sister’s absence.
Bethany Kenyon: Is Ash coming back, do you know?
Nikki indicates her phone.
Nikki Peltier: Have you seen twitter tonight?
Bethany frowns, worry now creeping into her eyes.
Bethany Kenyon: No…
She scans the app on her own phone and covers her mouth with her free hand.
Bethany Kenyon: Dear God…
Nikki and Bullet both nod knowingly.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Has she ever spoken of that night to you?
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: No, but then again, that’s not unusual. Ash doesn’t talk about shit that bothers her like that. Never has. It took her almost a decade to admit she blamed me for Mama dying and when it came , it was just like Eavan here exploding seemingly out of nowhere. If there was a fuck up on a job…
Nikki shrugs quickly.
Nikki Peltier: We never had one like that.
Bethany exhales heavily.
Bethany Kenyon: True, closest we had was Reno and that was me entirely…
Nikki nods again.
Nikki Peltier: She never talked about that to you or Jezzy, did she?
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Of course not, if she had, she would have had to admit she thought I was being an idiot about it and, while that’s not usually a problem for her, it also would have meant basically rubbing it in on Jezzy and she wasn’t going to do that at the time. She kept whatever she was feeling to herself.
Nikki and Bullet both nod in response, all three seemingly now waiting for the coming storm to come rampaging back into their lives.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: As I said earlier, I hope she does not revert to old habits…
Bethany is quick to shake her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash never did that alone. If she even decies to have a black tooth grin, she’ll want somebody else to drink with her. It was the same no matter what with her, drinking, drugs, whatever, she was always social about it. It was about the shared experience with her.
She pauses, looking almost mournful now.
Bethany Kenyon: Eavan on the other hand…
The other two both sigh sadly.
Alex “Bullet” Carbajal: Si…
Meanwhile, upstairs…
Ashley Kenyon stands in the Common Room of the Clubhouse, staring as she had for the last hour at a framed Shieldmaidens kutte as it hangs on the wall with a photo in the corner of a smiling woman wearing it. She traces the inscription at the bottom for what seems like the millionth time, “In loving memory of our fallen sister Aerynn “Chaos” Maguire. We love you always!”
Ashley Kenyon: Dammit…
She stares at the ever present reminder and bows her head.
Ashley Kenyon: It wasn’t supposed to be like this…
Her right hand pulls back and slowly curls into a fist even as it maintains contact with the subscription even as Ashley falls to her knees.
Ashley Kenyon: I miss you…
She leans forward, her forehead touching the wall as she holds back a torrent that threatens to flood forth from her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: I’m sorry…
