Final Fight

[kylewilliams]

The scene starts off on a phone that’s silently vibrating and lighting up. The name ‘Tilda Hues’ flashes up before going dead, 4 missed calls is displayed as the screen fades to black. We zoom out to see the phone sitting on a bench in a gym locker-room and sat beside it is one Kyle Williams.

Kyle: The future is uncertain, especially mine. I’ve been with this company since day one, took part in every nonsense match that Danny Powers could throw at me and somehow came out the other side with a smile on my face. I’d be lying if I said the stress didn’t get to me at times, made me lash out, behave in a different way, but I’m only human. I don’t know what the future will hold for me and the parallel titles, I don’t even know if I trust anyone else to stand by my side and get the job done.

Kyle walks over to his locker and opens it up, pulling out the Wrestleverse Parallel title and examining it carefully.

Kyle: The past is set in stone however. For better or worse, our actions all have consequences and the sins of the father will always be inherited. Amelia and I, the Wild Things, became the first ever Wrestleverse Parallel champions and we will always be the inaugural champions, together. We were an odd pairing that somehow evolved into something more than ourselves, and that gave us the biggest win of our careers. Amelia, you always bought out the best in me. You were a true friend when I had no-one, and for that I will always be grateful. You’ll be missed Wildheart.

The phone starts to vibrate again, this time it’s an unknown caller, Kyle answers.

Kyle: Yeah? Hey. You managed to find it? Great, meet me at laser tag and new can do the exchange. No not that one, the other one has like three different floors so there’s a bigger area to run around. No they’ll still be in school so it should be mostly adults. Of course we’re finishing the game after the exchange. Okay great, see you there.

As he places the phone down it starts to vibrate, again an unknown caller.

Kyle: If you’re going to tell me about the no custom laser rules I already know and I’m leaving it at home. Oh Tammy it’s you. No I’m not avoiding you, just a lot going on at the moment. Sure I can meet, I need to be somewhere later though so can we meet at the bar? Great, see you there.

He hangs up

Kyle: The present is constantly in flux, we make our decisions and see where it leads us. Everyone has a choice in what they say or do, all we can hope for is that those choices are correct.

One hour later.

Kyle strolls into the bar and spots Tilly Hughes sat alone at a booth. He strolls over to the bartender.

Kyle: My usual please.


Bartender: Buddy, I don’t have a fucking clue who you are.


Kyle: Oh, can I get a milkshake?


Bartender: No.


Kyle: A water will be fine thanks.

Kyle takes his drink and sits himself next to Tilly.

Tilly: The hell is going on? You’ve been dodging my calls for days now, is everything okay?


Kyle: Yeah fine, look we do interviews together and I help your show get views. You constantly ringing me is highly unprofessional.


Tilly: I’d like to think we were friends at this point.


Kyle: Having friends just gets you hurt, I’m not going to…


Tilly: Stop.


Kyle: What?


Tilly: Your friend is leaving the promotion to go kick ass elsewhere, and she’s going to do an exceptional job. She’s not dying. You’re not aloud to do the sad brooding thing.


Kyle: Oh come on I have to milk it a bit for sympathy, how else am I going to learn that it’s about the journey not the destination?


Tilly: No I can’t be fucked with all that. We’re skipping it. It’s boring.


Kyle: I don’t get to brood at all!? I already did a load of melancholy stuff in the locker room, it sounded meaningful!


Tilly: To who?


Kyle: I mean no one was there but I like to think the words reached someone. It was all about the past and future and stuff. Wanna hear it?


Tilly: No. You haven’t lost those belts yet. Anything can happen in Wrestleverse.


Kyle: Fine, I’ll brood at home. On my own. Into a mirror. Wearing a big dark hoodie with the lights off.


Tilly: Just do it away from me. Let’s talk business, what’s the plan for naked chick and kangaroo?


Kyle: Well Danny already approved our break the ice match, so that’s got to give us some advantage. Presumably kangaroos don’t like the cold. Nor do naked people.


Tilly: I assume you’ve done no research?


Kyle: Absolutely zero.


Tilly: Not going to get distracted out there?


Kyle: I mean, probably yeah, it’s a giant fucking kangaoo with a talking koala as a boss. I feel like I’m on a Saturday morning kids show. Half expecting a bear in a yellow jacket to fly them to the match in a sea plane.


Tilly: I meant the naked girl.


Kyle: Does she have a pilots license?


Tilly: Is she going to be a distraction?!


Kyle: If she punches me in the head that’ll be pretty distracting.


Tilly: You’re actually oblivious. That might work in your favour in this match.


Kyle: Look I got bigger things in Wrestleverse to worry about than Roo’s and exhibitionism.


Tilly: Like what?


Kyle: I’ll explain it all later, could be nothing, could be everything. No point worrying till I know for certain.


Tilly: Well I’m here if you need me for anything, even if Amelia is leaving you’re not alone.


Kyle: Yeah I know, thanks. I gotta thing I gotta go do.


Tilly: Laser tag?


Kyle: Yea…no. Shut up.