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- 6 January 2031.
Backstage 1 hour and 30 minutes before the show starts.
Sarah Esposito is seated on a chair, on the phone, due to not having a match. She is wearing jeans and a jacket.
Esposito: It was that bad? Wow, my dad didn't talk to me for days, but… Uh-huh, look, they'll come around, I'm sure of- (Door opens) I’ll have to call you back. (Puts phone in pocket and gets up quickly)
Esposito (relaxes): Sorry, I thought you might have been one of our opponents last week.
Ngozi: That's what I'm here for. I have a match tonight against the snake woman. I have a feeling that she and her cohorts may try something.
Esposito: And you’re hoping I’ll watch your back. Why me?
Ngozi: In all the time that I've had the displeasure of knowing her, I've rarely seen Jessie Moore as shaken as she was when you suplexed her. (Esposito frowns and is about to speak, Ngozi cuts her off) I'm not saying that I need help, but I've already learned once that turning my back on Queen Cobra is suicide. I came to you first because I was impressed by you last week. If you aren't up to it, I'll find someone else. I’m sure that Miss Chen is lurking around somewhere.
Esposito (deep frown): If you weren’t a wrestling goddess and one of my heroes, I’d say no. (Smiles) Since you are, I’ll see you out there.
Ngozi (Nods): Thank you. I appreciate it. (Leaves)
Esposito goes back to her chair, pulls out her phone and resumes the call.
Elsewhere, 1 hour before the show.
Maharaj slowly walks out of a locker room and quietly closes the door, wearing a pink sweater and white pants with a pink scarf. She starts walking over to the catering area. As she walks, she hears a strange patting sound coming from the ceiling. She looks up to see Queen Cobra crawling on the ceiling. Cobra drops down in front of her.
Maharaj: Are you a snake, or a cockroach?
Cobra: Chaaarming. I need your help.
Maharaj: No. (Walks past her)
Cobra (Appears in front of her again): You haven’t heard my propossssal yet.
Maharaj: Does it involve your match tonight?
Cobra: Ngozsssi has enlisssted the aide of the Desssi Daru fighter. She susspects underhanded tacticsss from me.
Maharaj: Now where would she get that idea?
Cobra: Experienssse. In her younger yearsss she wasss notoriousss for it.
Maharaj: I wasss being sarcassssssssstic.
Cobra: Funny... Now lisssten, I need that cavewoman taken care of.
Maharaj (squints): I don't remember becoming anyone’s errand girl. I am here to make a name for myself, not be your evil sidekick.
Cobra (smirks and whispers): And how are you going to do that when you're benched?
Maharaj (wide-eyes, looking around): How do you know about that?!
Cobra: I have my waysss... (leans in really close) How wasss your massssssage lassst week?
Maharaj (backs away): What are you talking about? That was one of Sharma's medic.
Cobra: Wasss it...?
Maharaj: ... Stay away from me.
She briskly walks past, again, and Cobra appears in front of her, again.
Cobra: Thisss is your chanssse to redeem yourssself after that embarasssssssment lassst week.
Maharaj (angrily points at her): I don't need redemption... or approval from you or anyone!
Cobra: What about... revenge?
Maharaj (lowers hand and gulps): I'll... get it on my own time.
Cobra: I sssee, you're ssscared. She threw you really far...
Maharaj (Offended): I am not scared!
Cobra: I underssstand. (Nods and starts walking way) Sssorry for taking up your time.
Maharaj: Why ask me, anyway? After what happened in the main event last week, I figured you'd want nothing to do with me. What about Moore?
Cobra: She’ssss sssearching for Chen. She didn’t appreciate being usssed asss a crash pad lassst week. (Continues walking away)
Maharaj stares after her, fists balled in anger: ... How am I supposed to take her out?
Cobra (whispers): That wasss easssier than I thought. (Turns to her) She’sss going to expect trouble during the match. Ssso, catch her off-guard before the match. Ssstrike her during Ngozssi’sss entrance, just asss they ssstep out of the curtain. That should put a dent in Ngozssi’sss confidenssse and make Esssposssito look bad. Two birdsss, one ssstone.
Maharaj (looks down): My timing would have to be perfect.
Cobra (tilts head): Ssso you can’t do it?
Maharaj (Looks up): I didn't say that! It'll be done and you will be in my debt.
Cobra (smiles): Of courssse. What other reassson isss there to help sssomeone, but to exssploit them later? (Walks over to a wall and starts to climb it) Sssee you out there, partner. (Crawls to ceiling and keeps going, laughing).
Maharaj carries on with her course to catering. A closet door opens and Zadie Chen comes out, narrowing her eyes. Having heard this exchange, she decides that she must warn Esposito. She closes the door of the closet and finds herself looking into the beady, olive green eyes of "the Outlaw" Jessie Moore.
Moore: Goin' sumwhere? (Throws a punch)
Chen ducks the punch and jabs Moore in the stomach repeatedly. Moore grabs her head and slams it against the closet door hard. She then picks up the smaller woman and throws her against the wall on the other side of the hallway. Moore viciously stomps on Chen over and over and over again. Moore picks her up again, and carries her over her shoulder and then lawn darts her face-first into the wall. Moore opens the closet door and tosses Chen inside. She turns and sees, Steve, the old janitor watching the attack.
Moore: Do ya 'ave thuh key?
The Janitor fearfully nods.
Moore (Gets in his face menacingly): Give it ta me, now!
Steve hands her the key with a shaky hand. She snatches it out of his hand and locks the closet door. She turns back to Steve.
Moore: That do-wr stays locked. Gawt it?
Steve nods. Moore goes to the parking lot, a garbage truck is parked there. The driver starts the truck and begins to drive off. She tosses the key into it just as it leaves the area.
Moore (Goes back inside): Ha ha haa! This ought t' be an interestin' naahyt.
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