Thinking Out Loud

[Mitch Fierce]

Scene opens to Mitch Fierce looking out his room window at the Okinawa City hotel. Not the grandest hotel in Okinawa but free wifi and a place to sleep. As Mitch looks out the window he is in deep thought even the bumps and bruises and cuts that he got from his hell in a cell match that was tended to at the ER after the match that hes feeling doesnt break his thought. After years of wrestling one can at least temporairly put pain out of his mind. Mitchs thoughts soon start coming out as he speaks.

Mitch Fierce-I shouldve stayed retired. I knew that sooner or later my old ego would come back. That ego of wanting to be the best no matter what the cost. I never truely tamed it. That ego that costed me. My ego that made me fuck up big time that needed filling by beating Chandler Hopkins instead of saving Aoife. I fucked up. I own that. I fucked up big time. Forgiveness is earned and I will do whatever it takes, however long it takes to get your forgiveness Aoife. All i can say now is that I made Jake pay for what he did to you. I made him pay dearly and hes injured badly. All i saw in that match was red. My rage was unleashed on him and while i took punishment my flesh cut into blood pouring out of me your words make him pay were in my mind and pay dearly he did. Never again will I or would I make a fucked up choice not to protect or save you Aoife. My ego be damned. I can only say that what I did to Jake I hope is a step towards you forgiving me for my fucked up choice. I care about you Aoife. I love you and I dont give a damn what people think or say. You mean more to me than just sex. You cared about me and I never felt closer to anyone in my life than I did you. If its not meant to be between us anymore which i hope you give me a second chance when you come back then i understand. Im not 100% and I wont be for a few weeks but maybe im at least a strong 80-90% and doc said I should be okay to wrestle. I'll keep fighting let the chips fall where they may. If i win, i win. If I lose, I lose. I dont want to lose you Aoife. Youre worth fighting for.

Mitch makes his way very slowly with a slight limp as hes feeling the bumps and bruises and cuts towards the bed. He sits down on the side of the bed facing the window as he pulls his cellphone out. He thinks long and hard about what hes about to do then dials a number. He puts the phone up to his ear. He has to know how Aoife is doing. He listens to her sexy Irish voice as he leaves a message for her

"Aoife its Mitch. Im just checking to see how youre doing. Its done. I made Jake pay. I made it right. Hope youre doing okay and hope you get this message"

Mitch clicks off his cellphone as scene fades out

[Aoife Valkyrie]

The sun has just settled over Dublin Ireland and Aoife has spent the last week wandering the streets of her home city pondering what is next for her and her career. Will she venture back to the Empire and face her demons? Will she walk away from everything that she cares about? Mitch. Courtney. Wrestling.

Like any other day, Aoife finishes her dinner and sits by the open fire with her family dog by her feet sleeping soundly soaking up the heat from the crackling flames. She slowly sips her coffee as she watches the flames surge and then die down. She feels her phone vibrate in her pocket so she pulls it out and sees that it is Mitch calling again. She desperately wants to answer the call, but is at a loss as to what she would say to him if she did answer it.

“You ever gonna answer that boy?” asks her mother who just walked into the room and takes seat on the sofa across the room from her. She swats the cat off the sofa and wipes the place where the cat was sitting. “Damn thing sheds like the dickens.”

Aoife puts her cell phone back in her pocket and forces a smile at her mother. “I wouldn’t know what to say.”

“What, your feelings for him change since you came home?” she asks.

“No, it’s just that; he picked a win over me.” Aoife answers her mother.

“And you picked running away instead of facing him like a woman and fixing things. You both have made mistakes in the past. Lord knows raising you wasn’t the easiest thing I had to do. You’re both professional wrestlers. He may have made the wrong choice in the heat of the moment, but he did what his animal instincts have driven him to do all his life.” Her mother tries to explain. “If yah care for the man, talk to him. If yah don’t, find a new profession.”

Aoife smiles at her mother and gets up off the chair and walks outside and sits down on the front step. She pulls her phone out of her pocket and pulls her wool sweater tight around her as the cool air cuts through her. She speed dials a number already set into her contacts and waits for someone to answer on the other end.

“Yah, I would like to make a reservation please. Uh, Yokohama Japan. No, just a one-way ticket please.”

The scene fades as a slight smile comes over her face. She’s coming home.