(Wisdom): I'm going to call her....I going to call right now...cowardly, kunty, bitch pulls this shit on me. Who the fuk let them in here? It doesn't matter, I'm calling her now...to hell with this.
Wisdom goes to grab her phone but she's so worked up she can't find it at the moment which is pissing her off even more as she shifts through her bag. Butch goes over to her and grabs her gently but firmly by the arms.
(Butch): Babe, don’t give her the satisfaction. You know she’s probably blocked your number. I already tried phoning that rat motherf*cker and it didn’t even connect. Couple of cowards! Punk’s gone by the way. I walked in on Sean beating the shit out of him after he let Kong past Gorilla.
(Wisdom): He what? He’s the one who…..where the fuk is he?...I'll kick his ass too.
She takes a few hard steps towards the door but Butch stops her.
(Butch): I already took care of it; he’s on his way to the hospital right now with his P45 and a broken nose.
It suddenly registers what he first said when he told her Punk was gone. She was so angry right now, she couldn't hear or think straight. To hell with him anyway, they should have known he wouldn’t amount to a damn thing, there were more important things to discuss anyway. She turns to him with pure aggression on her face.
(Wisdom): The kids’ school, that shit with Evina, and now this. They've made their move and we're damn sure going to make ours. They think Erica going to Hans and Vanessa's house was an invasion...wait until I get back to their house again. She's going to have to call the goddamn army to get me off her ass, and even they won’t be enough.
(Butch): I’m beyond angry as well babe, you know that, but we really need to play this carefully. Believe me, there’s nothing I want more than to get on a plane right now and straight to their door, haul both their asses out and make them pay…but that’s what they want.
Butch doesn’t even believe in what he’s saying. All he could think about was Evina crying into his chest the other day after what she had revealed about Cody being at her school.
(Wisdom): Angry? I'm not angry Butch...there are no words for what I am right now. They...attacked...us! Nobody, and I mean nobody comes after a Parker. We handle our shit face to face, always have and always will. They've pussied along for months, ignoring text messages, not returning calls, sitting in the shadows planning what? To terrorize our daughter at her school, and send Kong to do Brandi's dirty work?
Fuk playing it carefully, they want to turn this into a war I'm happy to give them exactly what they want. I don't care what George or the CBS suits have to say about it either. This is our goddamn company. If they want to take us off let 'em...we'll go somewhere else. We've made a reasonable enough comeback…there has to be one or two networks out there that would have us.
When I get my hands on her Butch, you know what I'm going to do. They can call it unfair, because she damn sure isn't a real wrestler, but I don't give a rats ass...do you hear me? I will make her regret ever knowing what wrestling is. And Kong... I issued a friendly challenge to her years ago and she shows up now for Brandi? Get her ass back here too, we're certainly not done either.
Wisdom grabs a chair and flings it at a wall. She pulls at her hair and screams in fit of rage. Butch doesn’t even bother trying to calm her. It’s taking every ounce of fibre in his being not to react in the same way. However he worried if he did, he’d have an anxiety attack. He went into his pocket and pulled out a plastic tumbler of his prescribed pills and popped two in his mouth, swallowing them dry.
(Butch): I swear babe, I’m not gonna let Cody get away with this, I will figure out a way to make it right!
(Wisdom): We beat the fuk out them., that's how we make it right. That's how we've always made it right. What do they think...because we've been more "corporate" than "competitor" since we took over HWA that we've gone soft? Anybody...and I mean anybody who thinks that is welcome to walk down that aisle (she points out to the arena for emphasis) (any fuking time and test that theory.
Any time Butch...any time they want...any here they want. They started this at the Reunion and it’s time we finish it. If they think we won't strike back, they have another thing coming. We can have our differences as adults, but they brought our child into this. Our child! Our daughter who barely cries when she cuts her finger, but balled her eyes out in your lap the other day. You know how careful we are with them and this business, there is a huge bit of separation there and for good reason.
Wisdom starts looking around again, frantically.
(Wisdom): Where's my phone...where's my goddamn phone? I'm calling them, I know they aren't going to answer, but they're going to listen.
It seems she's beyond reason and it's been a long time since the lioness' fire had been stoked to this degree. It was a very delicate situation. Deep down she wanted to calm down, she wanted to approach this more carefully as Butch said, but at this moment...she just didn't know how. Butch sees the internal and external conflict in his wife and he wished there was some way he could quell the raging inferno in her. What if he went straight for Cody, all guns blazing? No, he’d end up behind bars and back to square one.
(Butch): Why don’t I pull a press conference together? Openly invite both of them to Havoc so we can straighten this out face-to-face? And if it goes tits up, you can unleash all that fury you’ve got inside you? How does that sound?
Wisdom turns to him...her lava meeting his cool ocean waters. The thought was more agreeable than she thought.
(Wisdom): Yes, why should we go chasing after them...let them come to us. And guarantee them safe passage, and I mean it. Anyone so much as walks past them I'll fuking fire them. I don't want any goddamn excuses. This is us and them and no one else...no security, no staff, no one...what happens, happens between us and we leave it there once and for all.
For the first time since she can remember, Wisdom sits down. Butch could nearly see the steam coming off of her. Her head begins to clear just a bit.
(Wisdom): And poor Michelle, this was going to be her moment...I didn't even check...is she ok?
After Awesome Kong came down the aisle, the rest was a total blur to her. She was focused on that encounter and then Mel and it was just complete chaos. She felt the pain in her ribs again, Awesome Kong's legendary power hadn't seem to diminish in her so-called retirement. She wanted some of her again too, she stuck her nose in this and there was a receipt with her name on it as well. Her and Mel, both...the latter who was hardly of any concern.
(Butch): I checked in with Sean, she’s ok, she was going out for dinner with her parents. In the meantime, I think we need to get it in our heads what we’re doing. We cannot go in all guns blazing, babe. I’ll call a press conference and we’ll invite them both to Havoc. We both know they’ll avoid it like the plague, but it’ll show how cowardly they are. They won’t go face-to-face with us.
(Wisdom): Of course not. Brandi's no athlete...she had a few shallow matches in AEW, and only then because she was riding Cody's coattail. Talentless bitch had to get someone else to get in my face because she knows damn well, I'd punch a hole through hers. As far as Cody goes, I've seen ants with bigger balls. He’s a gutless coward has hid behind her in silence this entire time.
Something then occurs to her, and she turns to Butch. She had told herself she wouldn't ask before, that it was between them...but things were different now.
(Wisdom): What did he say to you...that day he came to the house? Feed you some crap about being sorry for the misunderstanding, getting Brandi under control? What was it?
Butch sighs. He lets a long, loud exhalation gush from his nose.
(Butch): He said he didn’t want to get involved in anything that happened between you and Brandi, that he had no part in what happened before and that he wanted to leave everything in the past…but things couldn’t ever return to the way they were between the four of us…unless you apologized for what happened.
Butch stops for a moment.
(Butch): I told him there was as much as chance of that happening as there was of me supporting England in the World Cup.
Wisdom's head drops, her hands on both her hips and a small smile of disbelief comes over her face as she shakes her head.
(Wisdom): Except I did apologize, I was being the bigger person and I reached out numerous times and she ignored me and continued her little tirade. She's the one who went into business for herself. She used the Reunion Show as a platform for Brani Rhodes, and looks how she treated Michelle...taking cheap shots and advantage of her in the ring like that. I put hands on her because I had to, because she was the one way out of line. What am I saying...I don't have to explain myself. We don't need to justify a damn thing...this is about them, their lies.
He was in our home, Butch. He looked you in the eyes and for all intents and purposes the two of you were perfectly fine. So what...no more summer BBQ's with Brandi and I…big deal...the relationship was always about the two of you anyway...but he stood there and lied to your face and he knew it was a lie. There isn't a chink in your armor so he goes after Evina to get a rile out of you?
She pauses a moment, taking in a deep breath.
(Wisdom): Invite them to Havoc, invite them to a park, or the grocery store if they feel more comfortable in public. Hell…we'll meet at a police station if they want...I don't care...but this ends.
Butch nods. Suddenly it was like a lightbulb went off in his head. His expression changes for a quick moment as the thought went through his head. He wasn’t sure if Wisdom had spotted it or not. He walks up to Wisdom and places one hand on her hip and another cupping her face and placing his forehead on hers.
(Butch): I promise you, I’ll make Cody pay. I’ll make him wish he’d never even looked at Evina…I swear on both our kids’ lives I’ll make that motherf*cker pay…
His power extended far beyond his muscles. Perhaps beyond his own comprehension. His touch quelled her, the depth of his green eyes was like staring into a vast forest ahead of an adventurous hike in the woods. She leaned into him and placed her head on his chest, wrapping her arms around his waist.
(Wisdom): I'm sorry...I didn't mean to go off the rails babe, but...they made this personal, more personal than they should have, and they're going to regret it.
She sighs heavily....
(Wisdom): We didn't even get to the announcements we had. I'll do something with Mandy on Youtube maybe, we shouldn't leave the fans hanging another week.
Butch lowers his head, kissing the top of her head.
(Butch): You know I wouldn’t change you for the world babe. When one of us goes nuclear, the other quells the flames. It’s our marriage and it’s why we work. Tell you what…we call the press conference, make our announcement and invite Dumb and Dumber to Havoc. Set the pieces in motion and see how they move.
She tightens her grip around his waist, and looks up at him.
(Wisdom): Deal mister. No offense to Michelle, but I’m ready to get the hell out of Salt Lake City…lets go home babe. We can go over press conference notes on the plane. There’s the whole Erica thing we need to figure out and I want to check in on Draconis as well. Whatever Maniac and Fallen are up to can’t be good.
(Butch): Yeah… I need to check in with Hans…I’ve not seen him like that for years…and Matthew too… and the Blackthornes and Rain…f*ck, I’ve got so much of Punk’s and everyone else’s mess to clean up.
Butch feels the sweat dripping down his temples and takes another deep breath.
(Butch): And here was me thinking that things were gonna get back to some sort of normality after Art of War…
(Wisdom): After tonight babe…I’d say the war is just getting started. Go, check things out…I’ll get us squared away. Meet you in 30!
Wisdom gives him a kiss and releases her grip on him, then smacks his ass turning to go take a quick shower, get changed, and get their bags together. Butch heads out to check on Hans and wrap other business up in the arena as the scene fades to black.
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