Post by Alex "Bullet" Carbajal on Mar 24, 2019 19:33:13 GMT -7
Off-Camera
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Twisted Steel Garage/Venom, Ink Tattoo & Piercing
New Orleans, Louisiana
2:17 PM CDT
Standing next to the wall of the shop in her coveralls, Alex “Bullet” Carbajal brushes her long black hair out of her face with her left hand while clutching her phone with her right, contemplating several different possible calls she needed to make regarding materials and parts for this particular project. For the second time in nine months, she’d been entrusted with a restoration of what somebody had called “an old clunker” that had been rolled into her stall at Twisted Steel and made everyone drool at what she was getting her hands on.
A vintage 1965 Harley-Davidson panhead.
The fenders and gas tank had come in needing to basically be replaced outright, that part had been obvious from all the rust and the giant gaping hole in the side of the tank right next to where a bird had previously been painted on the side. Whatever color it had been was mostly gone now and the bird itself could only be seen in outline at the time the poor machine had been dropped off. Most of the members of both the Shieldmaidens and Chrome Dragons MCs had come to look at it within the first twenty minutes and they had all looked like they practically wanted to cry at the sight of what had been allowed to happen to this once majestic bike. The President of the Chrome Dragons and owner of Twisted Steel, Trenton “Forge” Mitchell, had shaken his head, patting Bullet on the back and then nodded knowingly at both her and the bike. Several of her Shieldmaiden sisters, Aoife “Banshee” Maguire, Jocelyn “Tibs” Thibault, Ophelia “Widow” Blaque-Donnely and Lyall “Lyric” Allen had come by repeatedly to see how it was coming along and if Bullet had managed to breathe new life back into it yet.
As Bullet stares at her phone trying to decide if it would be better for her to try and find a certain part or just get the specs out and fabricate it herself, three white puppies come walking up to her. Bullet stares at them in surprise as the voice of her fellow Maiden, sometimes tag team partner and girlfriend, Jackie “ Bandit” Layton, follows in behind them.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Wait, come back, you were supposed to be…
The blonde woman comes running into the stall and finds the three puppies sitting obediently and yet expectantly at Bullet’s feet. Bandit leans over, both hands landing on her knees, grabbing at the material of her faded blue jeans. She stares down at the red stilettos she’s wearing on her feet and shakes her head as she hyperventilates.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I really need to learn that heels do not go with everything!
Bullet can’t help but start laughing as Bandit continues to try and catch her breath. The blonde woman stands up allowing the black Shieldmaidens’ kutte to slide back slightly and show off the nice white button down dress blouse she’s wearing underneath. Bullet nods, snickering further still at the mishmash of fashion looks going on with Bandit even as several questions about the puppies start to swirl together in her head.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: When did you get these?
Bandit smiles as she brushes her long blonde hair from her face.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Today, picked up from Dee Lay’s rescue. Supposedly their mother and father got imported by people running a dog ring.
Bullet’s eyes go wide as she looks down at the puppies who could not have been more than a few weeks old.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Fighting?
Bandit nods, raising her hands up to slow what she knows must be coming next as a question.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Mom and Dad never got to, the ring got busted just as Mom was giving birth. Dee Lay got to take in the pups.
Bullet looks down to the puppies and then moves her gaze back up to the blonde woman standing before her.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: So… put down?
Bandit nods sadly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You know how many countries won’t even let Dogo Argentinos into the country. They viewed Mom and Dad as pit bulls and since they were adults and associated with a fighting ring…
Nodding understandingly, Bullet glances down at the puppies who have started playing with each other.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Ángel sabe?
Before Bandit can answer, the woman in question, their fellow Shieldmaiden and third girlfriend, Angelique “Angel” LeRoux, comes walking into the stall and nods slowly.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: Sí, lo sé.
Bullet looks up in surprise. Bandit can only shrug as Angel smirks knowingly.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: KiKi was nice enough to give me a ride to pick them up from Dee Lay’s.
Both Bandit and Bullet smile warmly, as they always did when Angel broke out her special pet name from Bandit like this. Almost as suddenly as the smile arrived on Bullet’s face however, her reaction changes to one of near-shock.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You managed to keep three puppies from making a mess in your mustang?
The thought of Jackie’s gold and black 2018 mustang being soiled by three puppies made Bullet’s mind race. How bad was it? Would they ever manage to clear the smell? Had they managed to wriggle their way into getting anything into one of the vents? Angel and Bandit smile, almost laughing at themselves.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: KiKi had carriers for them…
Bandit grits her teeth as she smiles almost apologetically.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: They were Mom’s little ones…
Bullet’s jaw drops as she stares at the puppies.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¡Hijueputa! You had them in carriers meant for cats and little toy poodles?
Angel laughs while Bandit nods, still looking not unlike a small child that has been caught sneaking cookies before dinner.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Yes?
Bullet starts to say something and then catches herself as one small puppy starts to lick at her work boots.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Son adorables…
Bandit and Angel both nod.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Well, Ange said I could get fur babies as long as they were dogs and you’ve always said you wanted three Dogos because they reminded you of the one your uncle had and that you even had names picked out and everything.
Bullet only manages a nod as a tear rolls down her face at Bandit’s mentioning of her late uncle, Geronimo Carbajal and his beloved Dogo, Grozny.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Sí, es la verdad…
She bends down to pick up the first one and lifts the small puppy up. She glances at his underside and nods to herself.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: El macho…
Bandit and Angel both smile sweetly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: The two are female…
Bullet looks up in surprise all over again.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: How did you do this?
Bandit just shrugs and Bullet nods.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Right, no questions…
She looks at the make puppy in her hands and nods happily to him.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Bochica…
Angel and Bandit smile, Angel leaning her head down onto the smaller woman’s next to her.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: The one even has a little crescent by her tail that looks sort of moon-like.
Bullet glances down at the puppy in question on the floor and nods.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Chía.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: ¿y la otra?
Bullet grins, nodding as she sets the male puppy down next to his sisters.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Bachué.
Just then, another voice rings out behind them, that of their fellow Shieldmaiden, usual ringside manager and Bandit’s office assistant, Aoife “Banshee” Maguire.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, where do ye tink yer goin’, Lad? Ye… mother o’ God…
The tenor of the Irish woman’s voice causes all three to stop paying attention to the puppies and turn to face the doorway. As they do so, a man in a dark suit walks through the door into the work area, a man both Bullet and Bandit have met before. Angel and Bandit step aside as Detective Joseph Marchand, a man now infamous amongst the members of both the Shieldmaidens and Chrome Dragons as well as other known elements of the New Orleans underworld, walks inside, and, as before, flashes his badge for all of them to clearly see it. With his slicked back hair, pressed suit and polished shoes, he still looked more like a businessman or a somebody who should be prowling a basketball sideline than a supposed federal agent but they had all been warned that Detective Marchand did not operate as others in his field did. As he takes another step in and sees both the bike and the three puppies, he simply nods, returns his badge to his pants pocket and then produces his equally infamous small notebook, flipping it open.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¿A la orden?
She knew better than to really ask this question but she also knew that Marchand would wait for someone else to really get the conversation started before he go into whatever fishing expedition he was going on here. Bandit and Angel both knew this as well, Bandit first hand having run into him on a business trip to Denver seven months previously. As they wait for him to start, Banshee and fellow Shieldmaiden, Jocelyn “Tibs” Thibault, come to the door, both looking slightly frazzled at the situation, as if they had both tried to stop it from happening only to fail and end up here hoping for the best while fearing for the worst to occur.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Alejandra Mariana Carbajal de Gonzalez also known as Alex, also known as Bullet, also known as Stitch. D.O.B. September twenty-nine, ninety-five. Place of birth, Medellín, Colombia, born to Flora and Francisco. Immigrated to U.S., oh-four…
Bullet crosses her arms defiantly and Marchand turns to the other standing there as well.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Jacqueline Michaela Layton also known as Jackie, also known as Jack, also known as Bandit, also known as KiKi. D.O.B. January twenty-four, ninety-six. Place of birth, Inverness, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born to Shannon and Gilbert, brought to the U.S. in oh-four, dual citizenship…
Bandit only manages to slightly narrow her eyes, her expression somehow hiding her surprise at the last “aka” being added as Angel did not make it a habit of using that in public very often and almost never within earshot of anyone else.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Ah, Angelique Camila LaRoux also known as Angel, also known as Ange…
He squints momentarily and then breaks out in a wide grin filled with savage amusement.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Are your two lovers here aware that you are almost old enough to have given birth to them yourself?
He looks her up and down appraisingly even as Angel glares back at him, looking very much the spitting image of Bullet as she does so.
Detective Joseph Marchand: You look rather enticing for thirty-five, though…
He pauses to points a small pen first at Angel, then to Bullet and then back to Angel.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Are we sure there is no relation in your bloodlines? You do resemble each other quite closely.
The two latina women glare at him, both with their arms crossed defiantly, Bullet looking like she’d closer to being ready for violence while Angel looks almost like an angry mother waiting for an unruly child to put together why he is in trouble for himself. Marchand nods and then turns to the two women in the doorway, Banshee and Tibs. Nodding again to the taller, tattooed blonde irish woman, Marchand glances back to his notes.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Aoife Sinéad Maguire, also known as Eef, also known as Banshee, D.O.B. October seventeen, ninety-three. Place of birth, Dublin, Ireland. Born to Seán Michael Jameson and Maureen. Current status: Resident Alien…
He nods knowingly at her before turning to the black woman standing next to Banshee.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Jocelyn Margaux Thibault, also known as Joss, also known as Tibs, D.O.B. April one, ninety-two. Place of birth, New Orleans, Louisiana. Born to Joseph and Margaux.
Looking up from his notes, he looks to her hair and then nods affirmatively.
Detective Joseph Marchand: The Caribbean hair is definitely strong in this one...
Bullet, Angel and Banshee all start to glare at him at the mention of Tibs’ heritage and her hair even as Tibs simply stands there like she’s heard this from a white man a million times before. Bandit is the one who cannot stop herself. She steps forward to the man, looking up at him from nearly a foot below him.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: What do you want, you racist pig?
His smile broadening and somehow deepening at this outburst, Marchand nods alla rodun to the group.
Detective Joseph Marchand: I would have thought you would have gotten the message by now. MHW, WWO, GWW, ECWF…
Shaking his head in disgust and yet also with amusement, he snickers cruelly.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Haven’t you ruined enough wrestling companies trying to play at being the “Tough Biker Barbies” yet?
All five just glare back at him as Marchand flips a page on his notebook.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Perhaps President Mac needs a visit to be informed and reasoned with. Robert Mack no doubt heard stories. WWO might have as well. GWW and ECWF...
Shrugging playfully, Marchand turns to focus on Banshee momentarily.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Perhaps he will see that Criterion had heard stories and see that the benefits are outweighed as others have...
He turns back to face Bullet.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Or perhaps you need another Eulalio Rivera?
Bullet’s teeth start to grind but she holds her tongue. Bandit glares up at him even with his back turned to her. Marchand turns and glances down to face the blonde woman, his smile brightening yet still more at the sight of her.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Perhaps I’ll have a talk with those at the border, it would be a shame if some of you were not allowed back into the country…
He looks the group up and down and then focuses on Bullet again.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Not that we would lose much…
He steps away from Bandit and turns to face Angel.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Would we?
The Maidens all manage to remain silent and he nods before taking his leave. Bullet closes her eyes as she starts to shake while Bandit watches him leaving.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That fucking piece of worm-ridden filth!
Angel turns to her and nods, rubbing a hand across her neck soothingly.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: Calmate… calmate…
Banshee nods slowly.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, Lass, it wouldnay do tae lose yerself on th’ likes o’ tha…
Tibs nods, looking almost nervous like she knows a powder keg is about to explode here amongst her sisters.
Jocelyn "Tibs" Thibault: Guys…
Suddenly, Bullet turns and throws a wrench across the stall so that it bounces off the wall and lands hard on the floor.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¡Hijueputa! ¡Malparido caremonda!
She shakes her head and then looks to the ceiling of her stall.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: He knows…
Angel, Bandit, Banshee and Tibs all look to their vice president and frown in confusion.
Jocelyn "Tibs" Thibault: He knows?
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: He knows what, Alé?
Bullet exhales heavily and then looks back to his fellow Shieldmaidens.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: He knows we have to go inside the clubhouse upstairs, report to RJ and that if we tell her what he said, she’s going to detonate and want to go nuclear on him and while I might be able to talk her down…
Bandit nods slowly, understandingly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Widow…
Bullet nods back affirmatively.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: If they hear he brought all of this up, the wrestling companies, Eulalio, possible border crossing problems, immigration status, going racist on Tibs, all but threatening to go to our current company head and trying to make trouble for us again, any thoughts of trying to focus on taking care of business in Las Vegas and Tokyo this week are going to go away while RJ will want to hear war options and Widow will want to not wait. She will want to find him and go Baba Yaga on him just on general principle!
As the other three women remain silent, pondering these things, Bandit cocks her head slightly, a question forming in her mind.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Why does that look like it scares you, Alé?
Exhaling heavily again, Bullet looks to the floor ashamed and suddenly guilt-ridden.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Porque…
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Because… what?
Bullet looks up, staring gravely at her sisters.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Because I’m not sure I want to talk them down, and I know I should.
Bandit nods, knowing how much this must be tearing Bullet up inside. Banshee and Tibs both stand in the doorway playing it over in their heads and how they would play this in her place. Finally, Angel nods to Bullet.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: Ponlo en la mesa.
Bullet looks at the older woman in the eyes for what seems to everyone like hours and then nods affirmatively back.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You’re right, Ángel, this is one for the table.
Angel nods approvingly and Bullet nods to the floor.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Lets collect the pups and go inside, I have a feeling we’re going to need Church now.
They gather the three small white puppies and walk back across the parking lot to the other building, knowing the meeting to come is likely to get as heated as any physical altercation. Marchand De La Mort had struck again.
On-Camera
Saturday, March 24, 2019
Prince Park Tower Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
6:29 AM
The camera opens upon Alex “Bullet” Carbajal and Jackie “Bandit” Layton, both dressed in black work boots, black jeans, their Shieldmaidens kuttes and black t-shirts. The only difference in their respective ensembles is the prints on their t-shirts, Bandit’s shows a mock Fox News logo that reads “Fake News” with the phrase “For Gullible Morons” on it under the mock logo while Bullet’s is a Metallica shirt with the graphic from the cover of their “Ride The Lightning” album on it. The two nod to the camera as it pans in slightly so that the shot starts at their knees.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Tokyo’s nice…
Bullet shrugs.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You would know better than I would, you’ve been here before.
Bandit snickers.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That was a long time ago, Alé!
Bullet shrugs playfully.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Still more often than I can say I have been here, Jack. I have never been here before. Still getting used to the time difference.
Bandit nods, smirking somewhat.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: God bless planes, right?
Bullet shrugs again, this time seemingly in annoyance.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: The one thing we can thank your Papi for…
Bandit’s smile disappears in a heartbeat.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Please, do not call the donor that. If people think the Samsons should catch hell for their father/daughter relationship, well, at least they have one! My father hasn’t spoken to me in so long I barely remember what he looks like in person!
Bullet nod pointedly.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Which is probably better than Sorsh and Eef’s with their father, yes?
Nodding her agreement, Bandit looks ready to fight somebody right now.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Considering he disowned them for being gay even though Saoirse is bi, yeah, I’d fucking say so on that one! It is fucking amazing looking at all of these people and how they jump to conclusions about stuff! The Samsons, I’ve heard babbling about that and this and what not. It’s like, ok, Daddy Samson’s got experience and intensity…
She snaps her fingers sarcastically.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Well, damn, never heard that one before, have we?
Bullet is forced to nod her head in agreement.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Only about as often as we’ve heard the one about us being Biker Barbies, I think. Or that we’re all lesbians because, well, isn’t everybody on twitter these days?
Bandit
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That couldn’t be possibly more eye-rolling than the Game Changers…
Bullet looks at her as if she’s crazy and then the two break into laughter.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Considering the one guy was trying to use a Youtube clip that got pulled for copyright violation so he basically said nothing an the other one sounded as if he’s the one who has brain damage going on because he didn’t seem to know anything about anybody.
Bandit shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: At least, nothing of consequence and all he wanted to do was reduce everybody to next to nothing. He called the Samsons hick lovers, he acted as if ReBelle were not even there and us…
She shakes his head in utter disbelief.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: How do you say our mouths are gonna get us in trouble before we’ve said word one?
She looks to her girlfriend but Bullet shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: New York and Chicago should sue the two of you for claiming you were from there or had any kind of association with those two fine cities because the two of you made them look like they’re a breeding ground for…
Bandit pauses and Bullet snickers.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Pelotas…
Bandit nods emphatically.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Yes, yes, they did come off as complete fucking idiots that have been working on an exceptionally lean mixture and simply do not get enough oxygen to their brain to allow it to function at all! And that’s even before we get into how you pretty much a racist jackfuck too by calling us chihuahuas when Alé is latina.
Bullet shakes her, laughing disgustedly.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: What is it with the people here who are supposed to be the supposed “good” guys and the heroes being such utterly despicable people?
She shakes her head and then looks into the camera.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: No entiendo, how do look at the Game Changers at what little effort they put out? What utter drivel that was so hateful, and call them heroes in any sense of the word?
Bandit almost laughs as Bullet looks at the camera practically begging for an answer.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: The way the Samsons kind of blew everyone else off and seemingly couldn’t tell if they were in a reality show or just shooting the breeze, how do you call them heroes?
Bandit nods slightly as Bullet continues to demand answers they both know are not coming.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: How do you look at ReBelle and call them anything resembling good people and heroes?
She pauses and raises a hand to stop any response from coming.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: So, let me get this straight, you stand there bleached out to hell, next to the Real Manic-Panic Child there…
Bandit nods before joining in.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You go all homophobic by calling us “Dykes on Bikes,” get xenophobic and borderline racist by being an English guy shitting on Irish people for being Irish…
Bullet nods and picks up the thoughtline.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Prove yourself a hypocrite by screaming about things we did at the end of the show when people made choices that allowed us to do all of that…
Bandit just shakes her head in even more disbelief than before.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: He’s really just pissed off that we all look better in anything than he does, isn’t he?
Bullet nods disgustedly.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Probably, not that it should matter but, hey, what do you expect from a guy who looks like the dye has gone straight to his brain and fried him worse than anything they serve down in Texas!
Bandit looks away as if she’s smelled something horrendously odorific.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Ewww….
Bullet looks to her girlfriend and then shrugs almost apologetically for the comment knowing Bandit’s dislike for most food that comes from Texas that way.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Then again, the guy has looked at all of us and dismissed us based on looks the whole time, no matter which one he was fighting and he’s not alone. All of you have looked at us and dismissed us almost completely just out of hand. You’ve called us vile names for lesbians, you’ve questioned our femininity because, hey, that’s just so cool, right?
Both of them look like they almost want to spit in anger.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Have you ever once heard one of us get on you for who you are, that way, John?
The dark-haired latina woman shakes her head.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¡Hijueputa! You’re not even a Scorpio, you’re a Gemini, and not even a well-dressed one!
Her blonde-haired partner nods sadly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: The racoon eyes, maybe he’s trying to cover up bags?
This only seems to stoke the fire in Bullet.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: If it was one of us they’d would say we were trying to cover up black eyes from abuse but not you, you get to stand there and rag on people for how they look or who they are aast a basic level and call it “sassy.”
Bandit crosses her arms in anger.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That’s not being sassy, that’s being a judgmental asshole and monumental hypocrite!
Nodding her agreement with her girlfriend, Bullet inhales deeply, trying to calm herself at least slightly. Bandit does the same, allowing her arms to fall back to her sides into their natural stance.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: So let us cut to the chase, as it were. The Game Changers should be able to take us all down with one hand. They have the kind of raw power that should make them live up to their name no matter what they look like! They should be able to physically manhandle all of us so badly that they could cosplay as that annoying thing in that Zelda Game, the that always demanded you listen at the worst possible time…
Bandit nods.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: They might even be able to pull that look off!
Bullet shrugs the comment off.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Now you take that kind of raw power and you throw it into a match with a family team that should have unparallelled chemistry and should complement each other perfectly. What Orion doesn’t know, her father should be able to get them through on his experience. He doesn’t like violence but she does and climbing a ladder doesn’t mean you need to assault somebody as long as your partner can. They have a level of natural talent in that bloodline you just can teach and you can’t buy no matter how hard you work and no matter how much money you have to spend!
Bandit stares forward and then nods, looking like she’s been slapped.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Well, damn...
Bullet is unmoved.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Despite all of his mierda, the saddest part about ReBelle is that they are a pair of decorated veterans that should be considered legitimate legends in this sport. They should not have had to go to the tactics they went to on Friday Night Rampage against Sorsh and Bex.
Bandit nods sincerely.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It was disappointing. There was Bex, in her first match that was actually going to happen, and she didn’t even get to have an actual match before you guys had to go and ruin it because you just assumed bad things were going to happen. You got preconceived notions in your head about who we were and, you, of all people, John, should be above that kind of petty nonsense! We had faith in our sisters! We had faith in Saoirse and Becca that they could show everyone what kind of talents they were without needing our help but you were never going to let that happen, were you?
Bullet shakes her head.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: John has gone out of his way to be a dismissive caremonda at every turn! The first thing he said to Becca and Saoirse were meant to undercut them and then you have the audacity to try and scold us and call us a plague for what we did on the first show the Shieldmaidens were on.
Both women shake their heads in disgust.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That’s just…
Bullet nods her agreement.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: If what we did was so bad, if what we did so offended you, then where were you to stop us?
Both women nod aggressively.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: The show was still on the air, what, did you all decide you could just cut out early or something? We were sitting there the whole night. You all saw us, you all knew we were there and you all obviously already thought very little of us and yet, when we were out there destroying your set, destroying your ring, destroying your show, where were you?
Pushing forward, Bullet point accusingly into the camera.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You were all too lazy, too stupid or too cowardly to do anything to stop us except whine about it after the fact and use it as an excuse to turn yourself into everything you supposedly hate!
Bandit nods harshly beside her girlfriend.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Bastard can’t help himself on that and his partner can’t stop herself from blindly “liking” when he does his dumbass “sassy” bullshit!
Bullet points harder at the camera.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You dismiss everything as if that somehow makes you better than everyone else when all it really does is devalue yourself all the while!
Bandit nods her agreement.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: He did it to us just after we saw where we were booked. It was the first thing good old John did!
Bullet turns to face Bandit in mock youthful exuberance.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: We debut at Stranglemania!!!
Bandit wags a mocking finger at Bullet.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Op, no, it’s the pre-show, you don’t matter, Sweetie.
The two of them shake their heads and turn back to once again face the camera.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Are you so dense that you do not realize that if what is on the pre-show does not matter that means you do not matter?!!?
Waving her hand playfully, Bandit scoffs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: He’ll just dismiss that and say some pithy one-liner about how, well, he matters, it’s just us that do not because, well, he said so and he is God so it must be the truth!
Bullet nods in spite of this.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Well let us look at the facts of the case, shall we? We…
She points between herself and Bandit.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Are making our company debut at that company’s biggest show of the year, in a ladder match with three of the best teams they have to offer for a prize to be determined! We face the raw power of the Game Changers, the talented bloodline of the Samson Angels and the time-tested excellence of ReBelle in their debut as a team and if that didn’t make it enough of a big deal, we come in with a big statement mader on the first show we came near and we come both personally unbeaten! You can make jokes about how we are both technically still rookies in this sport but here we are, both unpinned, both unsubmitted, MHW, WWO, GWW, ECWF and now EWC and whether they be man, women, or other, new, old, rookie, legend, whatever, nobody has put either of us down yet!
Bandit nods her agreement once again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I have worked in tag teams pretty much my entire run. First with Widow where we went through anybody they put in front of us and won the MHW world tag team championships and we held them until the company fired Widow and fucked me over. But that’s ok, because then I won them right back with the Titaness standing by my side and we held them until that company died!
Bullet nods as well.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: And I was the first and only Phoenix Champion for that company and I won that on my first pay-per-view for that company in a ladder match. I held that championship until that company died and along the way I was the only one to ever pin the world champion there and he was an arrogant, misogynistic caremonda of an Englishman too! I showed him just like we will show you why...
Bullet raises her right hand up and then throws an elbow into her left hand.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Dios es una bala…
Bandit nods harshly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Hell is empty, we’re here…
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Bang!
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Twisted Steel Garage/Venom, Ink Tattoo & Piercing
New Orleans, Louisiana
2:17 PM CDT
Standing next to the wall of the shop in her coveralls, Alex “Bullet” Carbajal brushes her long black hair out of her face with her left hand while clutching her phone with her right, contemplating several different possible calls she needed to make regarding materials and parts for this particular project. For the second time in nine months, she’d been entrusted with a restoration of what somebody had called “an old clunker” that had been rolled into her stall at Twisted Steel and made everyone drool at what she was getting her hands on.
A vintage 1965 Harley-Davidson panhead.
The fenders and gas tank had come in needing to basically be replaced outright, that part had been obvious from all the rust and the giant gaping hole in the side of the tank right next to where a bird had previously been painted on the side. Whatever color it had been was mostly gone now and the bird itself could only be seen in outline at the time the poor machine had been dropped off. Most of the members of both the Shieldmaidens and Chrome Dragons MCs had come to look at it within the first twenty minutes and they had all looked like they practically wanted to cry at the sight of what had been allowed to happen to this once majestic bike. The President of the Chrome Dragons and owner of Twisted Steel, Trenton “Forge” Mitchell, had shaken his head, patting Bullet on the back and then nodded knowingly at both her and the bike. Several of her Shieldmaiden sisters, Aoife “Banshee” Maguire, Jocelyn “Tibs” Thibault, Ophelia “Widow” Blaque-Donnely and Lyall “Lyric” Allen had come by repeatedly to see how it was coming along and if Bullet had managed to breathe new life back into it yet.
As Bullet stares at her phone trying to decide if it would be better for her to try and find a certain part or just get the specs out and fabricate it herself, three white puppies come walking up to her. Bullet stares at them in surprise as the voice of her fellow Maiden, sometimes tag team partner and girlfriend, Jackie “ Bandit” Layton, follows in behind them.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Wait, come back, you were supposed to be…
The blonde woman comes running into the stall and finds the three puppies sitting obediently and yet expectantly at Bullet’s feet. Bandit leans over, both hands landing on her knees, grabbing at the material of her faded blue jeans. She stares down at the red stilettos she’s wearing on her feet and shakes her head as she hyperventilates.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I really need to learn that heels do not go with everything!
Bullet can’t help but start laughing as Bandit continues to try and catch her breath. The blonde woman stands up allowing the black Shieldmaidens’ kutte to slide back slightly and show off the nice white button down dress blouse she’s wearing underneath. Bullet nods, snickering further still at the mishmash of fashion looks going on with Bandit even as several questions about the puppies start to swirl together in her head.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: When did you get these?
Bandit smiles as she brushes her long blonde hair from her face.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Today, picked up from Dee Lay’s rescue. Supposedly their mother and father got imported by people running a dog ring.
Bullet’s eyes go wide as she looks down at the puppies who could not have been more than a few weeks old.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Fighting?
Bandit nods, raising her hands up to slow what she knows must be coming next as a question.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Mom and Dad never got to, the ring got busted just as Mom was giving birth. Dee Lay got to take in the pups.
Bullet looks down to the puppies and then moves her gaze back up to the blonde woman standing before her.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: So… put down?
Bandit nods sadly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You know how many countries won’t even let Dogo Argentinos into the country. They viewed Mom and Dad as pit bulls and since they were adults and associated with a fighting ring…
Nodding understandingly, Bullet glances down at the puppies who have started playing with each other.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Ángel sabe?
Before Bandit can answer, the woman in question, their fellow Shieldmaiden and third girlfriend, Angelique “Angel” LeRoux, comes walking into the stall and nods slowly.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: Sí, lo sé.
Bullet looks up in surprise. Bandit can only shrug as Angel smirks knowingly.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: KiKi was nice enough to give me a ride to pick them up from Dee Lay’s.
Both Bandit and Bullet smile warmly, as they always did when Angel broke out her special pet name from Bandit like this. Almost as suddenly as the smile arrived on Bullet’s face however, her reaction changes to one of near-shock.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You managed to keep three puppies from making a mess in your mustang?
The thought of Jackie’s gold and black 2018 mustang being soiled by three puppies made Bullet’s mind race. How bad was it? Would they ever manage to clear the smell? Had they managed to wriggle their way into getting anything into one of the vents? Angel and Bandit smile, almost laughing at themselves.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: KiKi had carriers for them…
Bandit grits her teeth as she smiles almost apologetically.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: They were Mom’s little ones…
Bullet’s jaw drops as she stares at the puppies.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¡Hijueputa! You had them in carriers meant for cats and little toy poodles?
Angel laughs while Bandit nods, still looking not unlike a small child that has been caught sneaking cookies before dinner.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Yes?
Bullet starts to say something and then catches herself as one small puppy starts to lick at her work boots.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Son adorables…
Bandit and Angel both nod.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Well, Ange said I could get fur babies as long as they were dogs and you’ve always said you wanted three Dogos because they reminded you of the one your uncle had and that you even had names picked out and everything.
Bullet only manages a nod as a tear rolls down her face at Bandit’s mentioning of her late uncle, Geronimo Carbajal and his beloved Dogo, Grozny.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Sí, es la verdad…
She bends down to pick up the first one and lifts the small puppy up. She glances at his underside and nods to herself.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: El macho…
Bandit and Angel both smile sweetly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: The two are female…
Bullet looks up in surprise all over again.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: How did you do this?
Bandit just shrugs and Bullet nods.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Right, no questions…
She looks at the make puppy in her hands and nods happily to him.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Bochica…
Angel and Bandit smile, Angel leaning her head down onto the smaller woman’s next to her.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: The one even has a little crescent by her tail that looks sort of moon-like.
Bullet glances down at the puppy in question on the floor and nods.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Chía.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: ¿y la otra?
Bullet grins, nodding as she sets the male puppy down next to his sisters.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Bachué.
Just then, another voice rings out behind them, that of their fellow Shieldmaiden, usual ringside manager and Bandit’s office assistant, Aoife “Banshee” Maguire.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, where do ye tink yer goin’, Lad? Ye… mother o’ God…
The tenor of the Irish woman’s voice causes all three to stop paying attention to the puppies and turn to face the doorway. As they do so, a man in a dark suit walks through the door into the work area, a man both Bullet and Bandit have met before. Angel and Bandit step aside as Detective Joseph Marchand, a man now infamous amongst the members of both the Shieldmaidens and Chrome Dragons as well as other known elements of the New Orleans underworld, walks inside, and, as before, flashes his badge for all of them to clearly see it. With his slicked back hair, pressed suit and polished shoes, he still looked more like a businessman or a somebody who should be prowling a basketball sideline than a supposed federal agent but they had all been warned that Detective Marchand did not operate as others in his field did. As he takes another step in and sees both the bike and the three puppies, he simply nods, returns his badge to his pants pocket and then produces his equally infamous small notebook, flipping it open.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¿A la orden?
She knew better than to really ask this question but she also knew that Marchand would wait for someone else to really get the conversation started before he go into whatever fishing expedition he was going on here. Bandit and Angel both knew this as well, Bandit first hand having run into him on a business trip to Denver seven months previously. As they wait for him to start, Banshee and fellow Shieldmaiden, Jocelyn “Tibs” Thibault, come to the door, both looking slightly frazzled at the situation, as if they had both tried to stop it from happening only to fail and end up here hoping for the best while fearing for the worst to occur.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Alejandra Mariana Carbajal de Gonzalez also known as Alex, also known as Bullet, also known as Stitch. D.O.B. September twenty-nine, ninety-five. Place of birth, Medellín, Colombia, born to Flora and Francisco. Immigrated to U.S., oh-four…
Bullet crosses her arms defiantly and Marchand turns to the other standing there as well.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Jacqueline Michaela Layton also known as Jackie, also known as Jack, also known as Bandit, also known as KiKi. D.O.B. January twenty-four, ninety-six. Place of birth, Inverness, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born to Shannon and Gilbert, brought to the U.S. in oh-four, dual citizenship…
Bandit only manages to slightly narrow her eyes, her expression somehow hiding her surprise at the last “aka” being added as Angel did not make it a habit of using that in public very often and almost never within earshot of anyone else.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Ah, Angelique Camila LaRoux also known as Angel, also known as Ange…
He squints momentarily and then breaks out in a wide grin filled with savage amusement.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Are your two lovers here aware that you are almost old enough to have given birth to them yourself?
He looks her up and down appraisingly even as Angel glares back at him, looking very much the spitting image of Bullet as she does so.
Detective Joseph Marchand: You look rather enticing for thirty-five, though…
He pauses to points a small pen first at Angel, then to Bullet and then back to Angel.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Are we sure there is no relation in your bloodlines? You do resemble each other quite closely.
The two latina women glare at him, both with their arms crossed defiantly, Bullet looking like she’d closer to being ready for violence while Angel looks almost like an angry mother waiting for an unruly child to put together why he is in trouble for himself. Marchand nods and then turns to the two women in the doorway, Banshee and Tibs. Nodding again to the taller, tattooed blonde irish woman, Marchand glances back to his notes.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Aoife Sinéad Maguire, also known as Eef, also known as Banshee, D.O.B. October seventeen, ninety-three. Place of birth, Dublin, Ireland. Born to Seán Michael Jameson and Maureen. Current status: Resident Alien…
He nods knowingly at her before turning to the black woman standing next to Banshee.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Jocelyn Margaux Thibault, also known as Joss, also known as Tibs, D.O.B. April one, ninety-two. Place of birth, New Orleans, Louisiana. Born to Joseph and Margaux.
Looking up from his notes, he looks to her hair and then nods affirmatively.
Detective Joseph Marchand: The Caribbean hair is definitely strong in this one...
Bullet, Angel and Banshee all start to glare at him at the mention of Tibs’ heritage and her hair even as Tibs simply stands there like she’s heard this from a white man a million times before. Bandit is the one who cannot stop herself. She steps forward to the man, looking up at him from nearly a foot below him.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: What do you want, you racist pig?
His smile broadening and somehow deepening at this outburst, Marchand nods alla rodun to the group.
Detective Joseph Marchand: I would have thought you would have gotten the message by now. MHW, WWO, GWW, ECWF…
Shaking his head in disgust and yet also with amusement, he snickers cruelly.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Haven’t you ruined enough wrestling companies trying to play at being the “Tough Biker Barbies” yet?
All five just glare back at him as Marchand flips a page on his notebook.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Perhaps President Mac needs a visit to be informed and reasoned with. Robert Mack no doubt heard stories. WWO might have as well. GWW and ECWF...
Shrugging playfully, Marchand turns to focus on Banshee momentarily.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Perhaps he will see that Criterion had heard stories and see that the benefits are outweighed as others have...
He turns back to face Bullet.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Or perhaps you need another Eulalio Rivera?
Bullet’s teeth start to grind but she holds her tongue. Bandit glares up at him even with his back turned to her. Marchand turns and glances down to face the blonde woman, his smile brightening yet still more at the sight of her.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Perhaps I’ll have a talk with those at the border, it would be a shame if some of you were not allowed back into the country…
He looks the group up and down and then focuses on Bullet again.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Not that we would lose much…
He steps away from Bandit and turns to face Angel.
Detective Joseph Marchand: Would we?
The Maidens all manage to remain silent and he nods before taking his leave. Bullet closes her eyes as she starts to shake while Bandit watches him leaving.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That fucking piece of worm-ridden filth!
Angel turns to her and nods, rubbing a hand across her neck soothingly.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: Calmate… calmate…
Banshee nods slowly.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, Lass, it wouldnay do tae lose yerself on th’ likes o’ tha…
Tibs nods, looking almost nervous like she knows a powder keg is about to explode here amongst her sisters.
Jocelyn "Tibs" Thibault: Guys…
Suddenly, Bullet turns and throws a wrench across the stall so that it bounces off the wall and lands hard on the floor.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¡Hijueputa! ¡Malparido caremonda!
She shakes her head and then looks to the ceiling of her stall.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: He knows…
Angel, Bandit, Banshee and Tibs all look to their vice president and frown in confusion.
Jocelyn "Tibs" Thibault: He knows?
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: He knows what, Alé?
Bullet exhales heavily and then looks back to his fellow Shieldmaidens.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: He knows we have to go inside the clubhouse upstairs, report to RJ and that if we tell her what he said, she’s going to detonate and want to go nuclear on him and while I might be able to talk her down…
Bandit nods slowly, understandingly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Widow…
Bullet nods back affirmatively.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: If they hear he brought all of this up, the wrestling companies, Eulalio, possible border crossing problems, immigration status, going racist on Tibs, all but threatening to go to our current company head and trying to make trouble for us again, any thoughts of trying to focus on taking care of business in Las Vegas and Tokyo this week are going to go away while RJ will want to hear war options and Widow will want to not wait. She will want to find him and go Baba Yaga on him just on general principle!
As the other three women remain silent, pondering these things, Bandit cocks her head slightly, a question forming in her mind.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Why does that look like it scares you, Alé?
Exhaling heavily again, Bullet looks to the floor ashamed and suddenly guilt-ridden.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Porque…
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Because… what?
Bullet looks up, staring gravely at her sisters.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Because I’m not sure I want to talk them down, and I know I should.
Bandit nods, knowing how much this must be tearing Bullet up inside. Banshee and Tibs both stand in the doorway playing it over in their heads and how they would play this in her place. Finally, Angel nods to Bullet.
Angelique "Angel" LeRoux: Ponlo en la mesa.
Bullet looks at the older woman in the eyes for what seems to everyone like hours and then nods affirmatively back.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You’re right, Ángel, this is one for the table.
Angel nods approvingly and Bullet nods to the floor.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Lets collect the pups and go inside, I have a feeling we’re going to need Church now.
They gather the three small white puppies and walk back across the parking lot to the other building, knowing the meeting to come is likely to get as heated as any physical altercation. Marchand De La Mort had struck again.
On-Camera
Saturday, March 24, 2019
Prince Park Tower Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
6:29 AM
The camera opens upon Alex “Bullet” Carbajal and Jackie “Bandit” Layton, both dressed in black work boots, black jeans, their Shieldmaidens kuttes and black t-shirts. The only difference in their respective ensembles is the prints on their t-shirts, Bandit’s shows a mock Fox News logo that reads “Fake News” with the phrase “For Gullible Morons” on it under the mock logo while Bullet’s is a Metallica shirt with the graphic from the cover of their “Ride The Lightning” album on it. The two nod to the camera as it pans in slightly so that the shot starts at their knees.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Tokyo’s nice…
Bullet shrugs.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You would know better than I would, you’ve been here before.
Bandit snickers.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That was a long time ago, Alé!
Bullet shrugs playfully.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Still more often than I can say I have been here, Jack. I have never been here before. Still getting used to the time difference.
Bandit nods, smirking somewhat.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: God bless planes, right?
Bullet shrugs again, this time seemingly in annoyance.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: The one thing we can thank your Papi for…
Bandit’s smile disappears in a heartbeat.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Please, do not call the donor that. If people think the Samsons should catch hell for their father/daughter relationship, well, at least they have one! My father hasn’t spoken to me in so long I barely remember what he looks like in person!
Bullet nod pointedly.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Which is probably better than Sorsh and Eef’s with their father, yes?
Nodding her agreement, Bandit looks ready to fight somebody right now.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Considering he disowned them for being gay even though Saoirse is bi, yeah, I’d fucking say so on that one! It is fucking amazing looking at all of these people and how they jump to conclusions about stuff! The Samsons, I’ve heard babbling about that and this and what not. It’s like, ok, Daddy Samson’s got experience and intensity…
She snaps her fingers sarcastically.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Well, damn, never heard that one before, have we?
Bullet is forced to nod her head in agreement.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Only about as often as we’ve heard the one about us being Biker Barbies, I think. Or that we’re all lesbians because, well, isn’t everybody on twitter these days?
Bandit
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That couldn’t be possibly more eye-rolling than the Game Changers…
Bullet looks at her as if she’s crazy and then the two break into laughter.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Considering the one guy was trying to use a Youtube clip that got pulled for copyright violation so he basically said nothing an the other one sounded as if he’s the one who has brain damage going on because he didn’t seem to know anything about anybody.
Bandit shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: At least, nothing of consequence and all he wanted to do was reduce everybody to next to nothing. He called the Samsons hick lovers, he acted as if ReBelle were not even there and us…
She shakes his head in utter disbelief.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: How do you say our mouths are gonna get us in trouble before we’ve said word one?
She looks to her girlfriend but Bullet shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: New York and Chicago should sue the two of you for claiming you were from there or had any kind of association with those two fine cities because the two of you made them look like they’re a breeding ground for…
Bandit pauses and Bullet snickers.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Pelotas…
Bandit nods emphatically.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Yes, yes, they did come off as complete fucking idiots that have been working on an exceptionally lean mixture and simply do not get enough oxygen to their brain to allow it to function at all! And that’s even before we get into how you pretty much a racist jackfuck too by calling us chihuahuas when Alé is latina.
Bullet shakes her, laughing disgustedly.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: What is it with the people here who are supposed to be the supposed “good” guys and the heroes being such utterly despicable people?
She shakes her head and then looks into the camera.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: No entiendo, how do look at the Game Changers at what little effort they put out? What utter drivel that was so hateful, and call them heroes in any sense of the word?
Bandit almost laughs as Bullet looks at the camera practically begging for an answer.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: The way the Samsons kind of blew everyone else off and seemingly couldn’t tell if they were in a reality show or just shooting the breeze, how do you call them heroes?
Bandit nods slightly as Bullet continues to demand answers they both know are not coming.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: How do you look at ReBelle and call them anything resembling good people and heroes?
She pauses and raises a hand to stop any response from coming.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: So, let me get this straight, you stand there bleached out to hell, next to the Real Manic-Panic Child there…
Bandit nods before joining in.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You go all homophobic by calling us “Dykes on Bikes,” get xenophobic and borderline racist by being an English guy shitting on Irish people for being Irish…
Bullet nods and picks up the thoughtline.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Prove yourself a hypocrite by screaming about things we did at the end of the show when people made choices that allowed us to do all of that…
Bandit just shakes her head in even more disbelief than before.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: He’s really just pissed off that we all look better in anything than he does, isn’t he?
Bullet nods disgustedly.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Probably, not that it should matter but, hey, what do you expect from a guy who looks like the dye has gone straight to his brain and fried him worse than anything they serve down in Texas!
Bandit looks away as if she’s smelled something horrendously odorific.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Ewww….
Bullet looks to her girlfriend and then shrugs almost apologetically for the comment knowing Bandit’s dislike for most food that comes from Texas that way.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Then again, the guy has looked at all of us and dismissed us based on looks the whole time, no matter which one he was fighting and he’s not alone. All of you have looked at us and dismissed us almost completely just out of hand. You’ve called us vile names for lesbians, you’ve questioned our femininity because, hey, that’s just so cool, right?
Both of them look like they almost want to spit in anger.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Have you ever once heard one of us get on you for who you are, that way, John?
The dark-haired latina woman shakes her head.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¡Hijueputa! You’re not even a Scorpio, you’re a Gemini, and not even a well-dressed one!
Her blonde-haired partner nods sadly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: The racoon eyes, maybe he’s trying to cover up bags?
This only seems to stoke the fire in Bullet.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: If it was one of us they’d would say we were trying to cover up black eyes from abuse but not you, you get to stand there and rag on people for how they look or who they are aast a basic level and call it “sassy.”
Bandit crosses her arms in anger.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That’s not being sassy, that’s being a judgmental asshole and monumental hypocrite!
Nodding her agreement with her girlfriend, Bullet inhales deeply, trying to calm herself at least slightly. Bandit does the same, allowing her arms to fall back to her sides into their natural stance.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: So let us cut to the chase, as it were. The Game Changers should be able to take us all down with one hand. They have the kind of raw power that should make them live up to their name no matter what they look like! They should be able to physically manhandle all of us so badly that they could cosplay as that annoying thing in that Zelda Game, the that always demanded you listen at the worst possible time…
Bandit nods.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: They might even be able to pull that look off!
Bullet shrugs the comment off.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Now you take that kind of raw power and you throw it into a match with a family team that should have unparallelled chemistry and should complement each other perfectly. What Orion doesn’t know, her father should be able to get them through on his experience. He doesn’t like violence but she does and climbing a ladder doesn’t mean you need to assault somebody as long as your partner can. They have a level of natural talent in that bloodline you just can teach and you can’t buy no matter how hard you work and no matter how much money you have to spend!
Bandit stares forward and then nods, looking like she’s been slapped.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Well, damn...
Bullet is unmoved.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Despite all of his mierda, the saddest part about ReBelle is that they are a pair of decorated veterans that should be considered legitimate legends in this sport. They should not have had to go to the tactics they went to on Friday Night Rampage against Sorsh and Bex.
Bandit nods sincerely.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It was disappointing. There was Bex, in her first match that was actually going to happen, and she didn’t even get to have an actual match before you guys had to go and ruin it because you just assumed bad things were going to happen. You got preconceived notions in your head about who we were and, you, of all people, John, should be above that kind of petty nonsense! We had faith in our sisters! We had faith in Saoirse and Becca that they could show everyone what kind of talents they were without needing our help but you were never going to let that happen, were you?
Bullet shakes her head.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: John has gone out of his way to be a dismissive caremonda at every turn! The first thing he said to Becca and Saoirse were meant to undercut them and then you have the audacity to try and scold us and call us a plague for what we did on the first show the Shieldmaidens were on.
Both women shake their heads in disgust.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That’s just…
Bullet nods her agreement.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: If what we did was so bad, if what we did so offended you, then where were you to stop us?
Both women nod aggressively.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: The show was still on the air, what, did you all decide you could just cut out early or something? We were sitting there the whole night. You all saw us, you all knew we were there and you all obviously already thought very little of us and yet, when we were out there destroying your set, destroying your ring, destroying your show, where were you?
Pushing forward, Bullet point accusingly into the camera.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You were all too lazy, too stupid or too cowardly to do anything to stop us except whine about it after the fact and use it as an excuse to turn yourself into everything you supposedly hate!
Bandit nods harshly beside her girlfriend.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Bastard can’t help himself on that and his partner can’t stop herself from blindly “liking” when he does his dumbass “sassy” bullshit!
Bullet points harder at the camera.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: You dismiss everything as if that somehow makes you better than everyone else when all it really does is devalue yourself all the while!
Bandit nods her agreement.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: He did it to us just after we saw where we were booked. It was the first thing good old John did!
Bullet turns to face Bandit in mock youthful exuberance.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: We debut at Stranglemania!!!
Bandit wags a mocking finger at Bullet.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Op, no, it’s the pre-show, you don’t matter, Sweetie.
The two of them shake their heads and turn back to once again face the camera.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Are you so dense that you do not realize that if what is on the pre-show does not matter that means you do not matter?!!?
Waving her hand playfully, Bandit scoffs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: He’ll just dismiss that and say some pithy one-liner about how, well, he matters, it’s just us that do not because, well, he said so and he is God so it must be the truth!
Bullet nods in spite of this.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Well let us look at the facts of the case, shall we? We…
She points between herself and Bandit.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Are making our company debut at that company’s biggest show of the year, in a ladder match with three of the best teams they have to offer for a prize to be determined! We face the raw power of the Game Changers, the talented bloodline of the Samson Angels and the time-tested excellence of ReBelle in their debut as a team and if that didn’t make it enough of a big deal, we come in with a big statement mader on the first show we came near and we come both personally unbeaten! You can make jokes about how we are both technically still rookies in this sport but here we are, both unpinned, both unsubmitted, MHW, WWO, GWW, ECWF and now EWC and whether they be man, women, or other, new, old, rookie, legend, whatever, nobody has put either of us down yet!
Bandit nods her agreement once again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I have worked in tag teams pretty much my entire run. First with Widow where we went through anybody they put in front of us and won the MHW world tag team championships and we held them until the company fired Widow and fucked me over. But that’s ok, because then I won them right back with the Titaness standing by my side and we held them until that company died!
Bullet nods as well.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: And I was the first and only Phoenix Champion for that company and I won that on my first pay-per-view for that company in a ladder match. I held that championship until that company died and along the way I was the only one to ever pin the world champion there and he was an arrogant, misogynistic caremonda of an Englishman too! I showed him just like we will show you why...
Bullet raises her right hand up and then throws an elbow into her left hand.
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Dios es una bala…
Bandit nods harshly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Hell is empty, we’re here…
Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Bang!
