Post by Felicity Ann Mason on Jan 25, 2021 22:29:34 GMT -5
I opened the letter on my table. I looked it over as a tear formed in my eye. I read the letter, this time slower, out loud.
”Phoenix,
What has happened to Phoenix? Phoenix isn’t Phoenix anymore and it makes Pandora sad. Pandora has forgiven Phoenix. Phoenix did what Phoenix had to do when Pandora kept messing up. Pandora hopes one day Phoenix realizes that Gwen is bad. Gwen is the worst of those within Gwen’s head. Gwen is the reason that Pandora, Amelia, and Scarlett have reached out to Phoenix. This isn’t anything to mess with Phoenix’s mind. It is a cry for help. It is time Phoenix realizes that all this time Pandora has been looking out for Phoenix. Pandora will continue. Until next time, Phoenix.
Xoxo
Pandora”
As I sat the letter down I looked into the camera.
”Loyalty is a hot commodity these days. It seems as if no one knows what that is anymore. I know it. I am loyal to APW. I am loyal to Dr. Gwen, to a fault. I follow her blindly because I know her…
...or do I? As each letter pours in I question it more and more. Do I know her? Sure, I know Pandora. I know Scarlett. I know Rain. I know Amelia. Did I ever take the time to get to know Gwen?”
I sat up as I looked at the window.
”What is it that you truly know about me? That is the question I pose to my opponents. What do you know about me? Most days, I don’t even know my God damned self. How can you hate on me when you know jack shit about me? America, it seems our paths keep crossing. It seems it is our destiny to do battle in the ring. I don’t get what it is about you btu I feel drawn to you. I feel as if you and I are linked on a cosmic plane. We are going to keep doing this and you know what the greatest part of it all is? Eventually I will prevail. As you can tell I won’t stop. Pandora wouldn’t want me to stop.
I don’t know if this is what she wanted but it is what she got. I don’t know if Dr. Gwen is trying to rile me up or if the alters are trying to come out again. All I know is when it comes to Pandora, it is personal. Truth be told, I was in love with Pandora and whoever is sending these letters knows that. I am now more riled up than ever. America, is this what you wanted? Did you want me to be pissed off when entering our match? That is what you are getting. You are getting me at my best. You are getting me at my baddest. You are getting me at my most deadly.”
I glanced in the mirror. I caught a glimpse of Justus behind me. I closed my eyes and reopened them as they glowed red. My voice, this time a little distorted as I kept going.
”Is this what you fucking want America? You want the old me to come out and play? Do you want the blood lust to come back to the forefront?”
I ran my finger along my lips as I wrapped my tongue seductively over the length of my finger.
”I can still taste the sweet, warm blood of my victims. I can’t pretend anymore that I don’t think about it, because I do. I think about how much fun it would be to maim you. To rip your pathetic head off of your pathetic shoulders. As much as I would like to do that...”
I closed my eyes again and smiled.
”That is not who I am anymore. I love what I do. I love the thrill of the competition. I am not here to hurt you.
Also, this time around, we have a little gnat buzzing around in OUR match in Lexi Hill. The spoiled little bitch who decided that our little feud is where she wanted to stick her nose. Lexi, you can skip and act all cute and innocent but I am not buying it. The last person I thought highly of like that was Liliana Rose and she wouldn’t even be my friend. She, like you, was a fucking liar. You are fake as can be and we all see it. We all see right through your little facade. People speak on my vampiric lust filled days but at least I have an excuse. I was psychotic and that was proven by Dr. Gwen. Will you admit your own short comings?”
I licked my lips and then bit my bottom one. I looked away shyly.
”Lexi, I get it. I mean I don’t but I do. I wish I could get everything I ever wanted simply by throwing a temper tantrum to my dad. My dad tried to fucking kill me. Sometimes I wish he would have succeeded. Then, I look at my career. I look at how fucking far I have come. I want you to look at my past matches and then look at my matches recently. Look at what I did to Jamo. Look at John Blade. I pushed America Jackson to the limit once a fucking gain. Yet you all still want to overlook me. You want to push me aside like I am nothing. I will prove at 2021 Ways to Die that it is my time to shine. It is my time to win gold once again.
I am the Rehabbed Angel. I am the greatest thing in this business. I am hope. I am dreams. I am everything.”
A knock at the door snapped me back to reality. I opened it to reveal Dr. Gwen standing in front of me. She had a look of disappointment in her eyes. She laughed as I felt my eyes get heavy. I passed out.
When I awoke, I was in a cage. Not just any cage but the very cage that I, as Phoenix, kept Pandora in. I shook the cage. I looked down and I was in my underwear. In the bed was Dr. Gwen, she smirked at me.
”What? Not so fun when you are not the one in charge is it? You see my little letters did their job. You got your hopes up. You hoped that I was going to go back to being that weak, pathetic, Pandora? Really? You think I want to be in a fucking cage again? You are pitiful Felicity. You are gullible. You are everything you saw Pandora as.”
I shook my head.
”I...I loved Pandora. I know Pandora is still in there.”
Suddenly, a familiar look came across Dr. Gwen’s face.
”Phoenix? Is Phoenix there? It is Pandora!”
I cocked my head to the side as I reached through the cage. I ran my hand along Pandora’s cheek. She opened the cage and, like clockwork, Dr. Gwen snapped back. She slapped me hard across the face. I looked up from the ground, tears welling in my eyes.
”Why are you doing this, Dr. Gwen? Why are you treating me like this?”
She looked away and scoffed.
”Isn’t it obvious? For a year, you sat back and let me live in this fucking hellhole. You let me believe that people were good while keeping me locked away. You left me outside the walls of HaVeN to die. Did you care? NO! You didn’t. You can now feel what I felt.”
She stomped on my head. When I awoke I was back in the cage. Dr. Gwen was asleep. I took my hair down and grabbed the bobby pin. I picked the lock, grabbed my clothes and ran. I hopped in Dr. Gwen’s car and sped off. The scene faded to black.
The scene reopened in my hotel room. I looked into the camera in front of me.
”As I stated earlier. You never really know who you know. I don’t know myself and I sure as hell am even more confused now. All I know is that, come Monday, I am going to completely end Lexi Hill and America Jackson as I get closer to MY title reign. I don’t care which of Dr. Gwen’s alters want to show up, I will still win. It is my destiny. I may not know who I am but I know why I was placed on this Earth. I was placed here to be the APW North American Champion. America, I am prepared to die fighting… are you?”
I laughed as my eyes glowed and my voice distorted again.
”Lexi, are you prepared for sheer hell on Earth. To this point your life and career have been easy for the most part. I have taken the road less traveled to get here. I am going to make sure it ends with me being victorious no matter what you or America do, I will be leaving with the title. There are 2021 Ways to Die and I am sure that we will see quite a few of them front and center in our match. See you all LIVE ON PAY PER VIEW! Fucking peons!”
I laughed as I looked back at the camera. The lights flicker and then go completely out. We hear sobbing in the background and the words “I’M SORRY” being repeated as we come to an end.
