A Past Not Remembered

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Jade looked around and winked at all the guys as she walked by her hips swaying slightly from side to side, which one made the guys stare at her even more. The Gorgeous Gambit couldn’t help but laugh a little. However once she rounded the corner towards her old locker room she just shook her head and scratched the back of her neck. Her heart skipped a beat once she saw the door of her old locker room. The locker had no new name on it, that made her confused. The lights were off when she opened the door, but once she turned them on she stepped back quickly and covered her mouth. It was a complete mess the benches were thrown all over the place, the shower hose was loosely wrapped around one of the benches legs that was propped up next to the shower. There were some blood stains on the floor as well as hand prints and shoe prints in blood. Jade immediately became sick to her stomach, but never the less walked in and just stood in the middle of the room looking around her back to the door.

This was her old locker room... what had happened to it... it looks like there was some left over and torn caution tape near the other door. Something had happened in here... and she had a gut feeling she was here when it happened. Taking in a deep breath she brought her hand up towards her face and then moved her fingers back through her hair, moving it from out of her face.

“Holy... shit.”
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TBC- Smarky

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Jade continues to stare; stunned in to a depressive silence at what lies before her. Yellow crime scene tape, blood on the walls, cracked tiles – all seem to to have muted the young lady. Suddenly, her attention is stolen by the voice of a man, who seems to be in conversation with someone and drawing ever closer. Jade's heart rate increases, not knowing what to do in this very awkward situation. Eventually, the two men in conversation come in to view, making the encounter yet more tense; General Manager Smarky Smark, and a man she knows very well- Ryan Hughes.

“...and the dicks from the police department just left it like this. We have to clean this place up- and that's where you come in.”

“Me? Wha-”

“Yes, you. And Chip and Nacho. I can trust you three to get this mess sorted out. Remember, I'm your boss... stay on my good side, will ya?”

Hughes sighs heavily, before nodding in compliance. The two men walk on, and Smarky accidentally bumps in to the stunned Jade. The GM apologises hurriedly before addressing Ryan.

“Ryan, I thought I told you not to bring stray girls in here!”

“I don't know who she is. I steered away from the market after all that bullshit with...whatsherface.”

“Yeah, she was a slut if I ever saw one, doing that to you.”

Smarky turns to Jade, speaking now in a polite tone.

“I'm sorry, who are you?”


TBC

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[/color] No.. she couldn't lie it just wasn't in her nature anymore. "I was attacked here…and I see it hasn't changed since that night, except for the caution tape." While she spoke she was looking around, but slowly her eyes came back to meet the two. "Yea… guess you guys cared enough to at least have it investigated…"

The Beautiful Brit understood she hadn't said her name yet, but for some reason it just wasn't coming. Looking to the side she turned around to face the room again.

"I'm sure you aren't guessing… but just to make clear. It's me… Jade.." Her voice was low and almost hesitant.

The Gorgeous Gambit knew as soon as her name left her mouth things wouldn't stay calm for much longer, but she was going to face whatever was coming at her. Turning around tears in her eyes, but standing tall and strong, she looked at Ryan and Smarky waiting for whatever it was they needed to say or do, she was going to run or hide from her past mistakes anymore.[/sup][/ul][/font]

TBC- Smarky/Ryan

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The words that escaped Jade's lips struck the Mancunian Mastodon dumb. He just couldn't find any logic to what was said. The last time he saw her, she sold him out for the Psychotic Circus and rode off in to the sunset. This wasn't the same girl. It couldn't be. Ryan's train of manic thought continues, but Smarky speaks in a raised tone.

“You? You're- oh hell no. Jade Brooklyn left this company months ago. You can't be-”

“I am.”

“Jesus fucking Christ... this can't be. I'm not having this.”

“I can show you my drivers licence, birth certificate, social security number...”

As she lists off the forms of documentation, she proceeds to rummage, before swiftly realising she was wearing a dress, her papers were in the car.

“Well, actually I can't because they're in my car, but-”

“Smarky, it's her.”

Ryan finally speaks up, stopping the other two in their tracks. The former New Age Champion eyes the girl in front of her, the girl he once grew so close to. She was still as beautiful as the first time he saw her, but it was more of a twisted, sick beauty after what she had done to him. Smarky's eyes dart between Ryan and Jade, before he breathes a huge sigh.

“Well fuck my shit. I gotta sort some paperwork out, so I'll leave you guys to it. Ryan, you're fighting Pavor Nocturnus tonight, so don't let this little... encounter... drag you down.”

On that note, Smarky leaves the two alone, heading around the corner, muttering angrily to himself at the vast amounts of paperwork Jade's re-emergence has caused him. Jade turns her whole body so she is facing the Batman, looking up at his cold eyes. The Mancunian stays muted, waiting for the Gorgeous Gambit to explain her sorry self once and for all.


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She didn't know what to say to the Batman. Her hair fell down in front of her face as she looked up at him. What could she say to him, or anyone else. She must've done horrible things back in the day, she knew some of it, but she didn't remember all of it. For the past couple months she had been working hard at erasing a lot of her memories, but she still remembered some.

What was she going to do or say to the people that she was now reintroducing herself too, especially the ones she hurt. His face was so close to hers and he was just staring her down, she finally looked to the side and sighed, grinding her teeth.

"I'm.. truly sorry Ryan… I don't know what to tell you.. When I was with you.. I felt useless and uncared for. You never seemed to want to be around me.. all you seemed to care about was your image… and I was the perfect arm candy."-her heart raced as she looked back towards him-" He…just kept putting things in my head.. and for so long I hid everything because I didn't want him to hurt you… I was scared… and in the end he made everything alright no matter what he did to me or anyone I cared about it was alright….. and I'm sorry Rya---"

He just seemed so angry, he cut her off with his palm slamming into the wall next to her head. Jade's eyes closed tightly when she saw the hand move towards her and she cried out when she felt the wall shake behind her.

"You don't understand what I went through! You betrayed me.. you fuckin' betrayed me!"

" I-I'm.. sorry Ryan… I don't know what to do or say to you… except that. I mean… it."

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TBC

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“You meant it? YOU MEANT IT? WOMEN LIKE YOU NEVER MEAN ANYTHING!”

The hot breath of the Mancunian pulses on to Jade's face, but not in the way she ever could have dreamed. The pure hatred in his eyes was clear for everyone and anyone to see, but the anger was solely focused on the girl in front of him. He speaks a lot quieter this time, but through clenched teeth.

“I came across a woman, just like you, when I was younger. Could call it my “first love”. She was beautiful. And the thing was, she liked me too. But time and time again she lied to me, trying to tell me what she thinks I want to hear. Like you, she had her mind corrupted. Like you, she turned in to a cancerous little parasite. Like you, she destroyed me.”

Jade takes this in, feeling even more regretful for what she had done than earlier. Hughes continues on his rant.

“And I will tell you something. I didn't neglect you for my image, okay? You really want to know what happened, do you? Well I went back to England for a month... because my mother died. Okay? You happy? You satisfied? Now you know exactly why I left you.”

“I-I...”

“And let me tell you something else, sweetheart. I know that you pushed me away too! That's right, Jaggeroth had the decency to tell me everything you two have been up to. You did a lot of things, and you even... YOU EVEN SLEPT WITH THE DISGUSTING BASTARD!”

Jade's jaw drops from shock, and she becomes lost for words. She simply stutters silently, but Ryan cuts her off once more.

“The sad thing was... I actually loved you at some point. But you are just like every other woman on the planet. POISON!”


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[/color]-she shook her head-"No excuses… I should've tried talking to you… my regrets.."

Her voice was gentle, but it didn't waver, the soft british accent flowing intertwined with her words like silk. Jade no longer knew what to say to Ryan, she didn't know how to react to him, but she was trying to keep her composure the whole time. He had mentioned Jaggeroth and now even more flashes were flying through her head, and the more she thought about it, the more her body started to tremble.

The Beautiful Brit was slowly starting to become light-headed and a little disoriented. Biting her lower lip for the numerous time during the situation she moved away from the wall and towards the door. What could she say to him… she didn't know, what could she do for him, she didn't know. But her heart ached a little for what she had done to him. In the end they probably wouldn't have been the best couple, but they could've made great, if not best friends. Turning around she stumbled over a fallen chair and grabbed onto the door frame.

"Ryan….I-i apologize… but.. I d-don't know what else I can do. You don't believe m-… me."

She started, but when she tried to walk out the door, his arm gripped onto her arm and pulled her back in, her grip that was once on the door frame, now being on the door, only made it close. Turning around Jade gulped down and tried to pull her arm away from him. Brooklyn's heart started to race, she felt familiar in this territory and it scared her. All these months passed she had forgotten about a lot of things that went on here at GHW. She wanted to keep it that way and it wasn't going to be easy. This room… the mention of Jaggeroth weren't really black in her mind just grayed out and blurry. She needed her prescription, it helped with stability. But she had left her bag in James's room a long with him. Moving from her thoughts she looked up at the Mancunian and tugged on her arm some more.

"R-ryan… stop you're hurting me…. p-please. I d-don't know what to do for you…. or what to say besides I'm sorry. It was an awful mistake….and I m-messed up."

Jade's eyes only became more regretful and showed even more how fragile she was. Part of her wanted to scream, but that would bring back memories and… she also didn't want to make Ryan look bad. No matter what she did in the past or how she felt now, Ryan Hughes was still someone she cared about and she could see that clearly now. But would he? She didn't know… and she was…… scared.
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TBC

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Ryan has a ton of clashing thoughts spinning around like cogs in his brain. Should he listen to her? Many a woman has lied to him before, why is she so different? Why shouldn't he just teach her a lesson there and then? Women were the bane of his very existence, but there was something- something in Jade that gripped Ryan. He looked down at his tensed arm before relaxing his vice-like grip on Brooklyn's arm. Jade looks up at the Mancunian with a hint of relief in her regret filled eyes, her breath calming down significantly.

“I'm sorry.”

Hughes just looks at Brooklyn, as though her very presence has sucked the life out of the Batman. The thoughts continue to swirl in his head; each one telling him something totally different. His face must've held a vacant expression, because Jade spoke again.

“Wow... the great Mancunian Mastodon is stuck for words...”

She tries to break the tension by giggling, but to no avail. Hughes continues to stare at the woman in front of him, his clashing thoughts rendering him incapable of doing... well, anything.

“Please say something...”

“There is nothing to say. You hurt me. You betrayed me. You lied to me. I don't know what I should do.”

Hughes looks down, hoping the dusty ground beneath him would inspire him in to some Hitler-like tirade, but it wasn't coming.


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Her voice was filled with regret and sincerity. Slowly looking up at him, she wondered what he was thinking. He was so deep in thought, she didn’t want to bug him, but at the same time... was she just supposed to sit there and do absolutely nothing? She slowly walked passed him and moved her hand over some of the objects in the room, shivers running down her spine. Memories wanted to swarm her mind and those that got through were blurry. She really couldn’t make out anything but running, scrambling and screaming. Jade would let Ryan find out what he needed to do, while she tried to force herself to stop trying to find answers. She had hidden the memories and now didn’t remember them, but being here in this room, was scaring her.

Taking a few steps from the wall that was in front of her she covered her mouth and closed her eyes trying to shut out the images. Her small but fit frame shook as she stood there, trying to calm herself down. The Gorgeous Gambit continued to take a few steps back, her backside pressing against Ryan’s side. Her voice escaped her as she jolted around and looked at him, her face relieved.

“Y-you.. scared me.”

She probably sounded like an idiot, but with her small episode it just kind of escaped from her lips, before she could make sense of everything. Gulping down she looked away from him and towards the floor, but also off to the side.

“The... only thing... I could think of, is maybe your manager... could think of something. Or maybe embarrass me in front of the crowd one night... and I’ll tell them I deserve it. I don’t know... what... to tell you Ryan.. I..”

She was only going to repeat herself so she didn’t say anything. Sighing she just stood there waiting for him to pass judgement on her. She did wrong, but in the end she was a good and honest person and she would take whatever punishment there was for her betraying someone who cared for her.

“Ryan...”

Her soft british accent floating around his name as it left her lips and pressed past his ears. Jade was trying to get him to snap out of whatever place he was and speak to her.[/ul][/sup][/font]

TBC

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Jade waits on some sort of reply from Hughes, who simply looks to the floor once more. The silence between the former couple grew more tense and awkward, but rushing footsteps break the wall between the two. The footsteps belong to two of Ryan's friends and comrades, Chip Diddy and El Nacho Grande. Without warning, the smaller Diddy slaps Ryan on the back before speaking.

“What up homeboy! We got gigs as a joint Pro on EVO! We gon' be training that bitch who played you mang- OH SHIT.”

Diddy never realised the woman he insulted was right in front of him. Not the best of starts to a Pro/Rookie relationship. Nacho, the wiser of the two, simply shakes his head before cutting the Diddmeister off his stride.

“Ju are such a pendejo! Senorita, I am sorry for Chip's mean words. My name is El Nacho Grande... but ju already knew that.”

Taking Jade's limp hand, he kisses is like the suave Mexican he is. Jade would blush if all the color from her cheeks hadn't been drained from the emotional pounding she suffered moments ago.

“Nacho, don't get too close or she'll play yo' ass too!”

“Ju wonder why ju never get, how do ju say... laid?”

“Fuck yo' ass. Mang, we going for some chicken, you in brah?”

Chip turns to Ryan, wanting to get his friend away from this woman.

“Sure. I think Jade's gonna get her just desserts soon enough...”

The trio walk off, with Diddy slapping Nacho across the head as he tries to double back with Jade. As they leave the poor girl, the Corps' voices can be heard echoing away.

“KFC?”

“Hell yeah nigga! I want me some fried chicken, seeing as I'm not fighting until EVO next month.”

“Can't the lady come?”

Chip and Ryan: “NO!”


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