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Trust
Off Camera
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The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most
useful tool.
---Stephen
King
After
hearing those prophetic words, you may think that the author of so many
chilling suspense novels may very well have penned the script to Karen McBride’s
recent troubles within the Independent Wrestling Cartel.
Karen
McBride, born Karen Leonard, grew up in a life where she could not trust
anyone. That is a mindset that she
carried over with her when she was adopted by the McBride family at the age of
eighteen. The young beauty quickly
figured out who she could and could not trust in this new life of luxury she
had been adopted into and, among other things, she realized that her new sister
Blaire and her new brother Stan Lee Jr. could not be trusted.
Melanie
McBride, on the other hand, was different.
She didn’t trust her, just as she didn’t trust any of the McBride
family, but quickly Melanie earned Karen’s trust by being honest and
straightforward with Karen. It was that
honesty and trustworthiness that helped Karen and Melanie to grow closer and to
become very close friends. The two women
bonded and became real sisters.
Still, Karen
had a difficult time trusting people, it was a trait that would never go
away. That distrust came with her as she
became a pro-wrestler and eventually joined the Independent Wrestling Cartel. Karen knew that she couldn’t trust anyone on
the streets, she learned that she still couldn’t trust anyone even in the
corporate world, so she figured that she probably couldn’t trust anyone in the
wrestling industry either.
Her thoughts
were proven correct as she began negotiations with none other than Desmond
Drake. Desmond wanted to buy out IWC but
he could not do it alone. He went in
with the help of Karen McBride and, together, the two bought IWC, Karen getting
25% of it. Karen expected to get some
favorable treatment in return.
What she got
instead was overlooked by the ruling faction at the time. She got abused and mistreated, much like she
is getting now. Karen grew desperate in
her attempt to show up Desmond Drake and teach him a lesson. She tried to reveal to the world that she was
partial owner of the company but Drake kept stopping her. In her desperation, Karen made her first
mistake…
…she trusted
Silas Mason.
Silas Mason
used Silas World to help provide the protection needed so that Karen could make
her announcement, that she was partial owner, revealing her deal with Desmond
Drake and putting the pint sized problem in his place. Unfortunately, by beginning this relationship
with Silas, Karen was unknowingly opening herself up to future problems.
Silas wanted
Karen to repay him for his efforts in protecting her and allowing her to make
her announcement but she would not budge, she would not play a role in Silas
Mason’s games. He grew more and more
impatient and began looking for a way to get back at her.
He waited
for his opportunity, for his opening.
Karen’s
second mistake was when she trusted Blaire.
Her sister, Blaire McBride, came to Karen expressing her sorrow for
everything she had done in the past and told her that she wanted to help
her. Karen was wary at first but, eventually,
trusted her. Karen had given her a
chance and, when she had fully earned Karen’s trust, Blaire began to abuse it
by using Karen’s own principle ownership to take over and book matches.
Needless to
say, when Karen found out about this she was absolutely furious. The tension between Blaire and Karen grew to
epic proportions.
That tension
was just the opening Silas Mason needed.
He wormed his
way into stealing the power and principle ownership from Karen AND Blaire. Both sisters were out of power, at the mercy
of Silas Mason, and at each other’s throats.
That was,
until recent events forced the two siblings to reexamine the situation. Karen did everything she could, with a surprise assist from Desmond Drake, to try
and win back principle ownership from Silas Mason but each time she was blocked
by obstacles and hurdles…
…handicap
matches…gauntlet matches…you name it and Silas Mason used it as a weapon
against Karen McBride.
Meanwhile Blaire,
feeling guilty and blaming herself for what happened, went about things her own
way. She convinced Melanie to lure Silas
Mason into a trap and, tied to a bed, has was forced to give Karen one more
opportunity at the principle ownership…
…an
opportunity that comes at Awakening when she faces the monster Mordecai. If she wins, she gets her one on one
opportunity against Silas Mason for principle ownership.
Melanie
McBride, her sister Blaire, and their sister Karen are all gathered in Karen’s
bedroom. Karen is sitting down in front
of vanity, doing her hair and make-up.
She has an interview later today with Neil Cavuto, the Fox News senior
business analyst. Blaire sits on the
edge of the bed while Melanie paces the floor.
Both Melanie and Blaire look very nervous as they watch their sibling
get ready.
This is not
gone unnoticed by Karen herself.
“What’s wrong, ladies?” She says with a
knowing grin on her face. “You look…upset…”
“I’m just worried.” Melanie answers
back. “That’s all.”
“Worried?
What are you worried about, Mel?”
“I’m worried about you, Kare-Bear…” being
called ‘Mel’ is a signal to Melanie that it is safe to call Karen by her pet
name Kare-Bear “…this isn’t the best of
situations.”
“I am in just the situation I want to be in.”
Melanie
stops her pacing momentarily and stares in shock at Karen.
“You WANT to fight Mordecai?!”
Karen would
be nodding her head right now were it not for the fact that she is busy
touching up her eyelashes.
“Yes, I do want to fight Mordecai.”
Karen remarks. “And then I want to beat
the holy hell out of Silas Mason.”
The younger
McBride frowns. “I don’t get it,
Kare-Bear…I mean, Mordecai is big and powerful and…”
“Nearly indestructible, evil incarnate,
blah, blah, blah…”
Karen places
her make-up tools down and slides around in the chair so that she is facing
Melanie.
“Mel, let me explain something to you. I became principle owner of IWC through
deceit, by helping Desmond Drake and the Sinistry gain control of the
company. Later I lost my principle ownership
due to SOMEONE’s deceit…”
Karen casts
a nasty glare towards Blaire and if looks could kill, Blaire would be dead.
“…I fought to try and win it back, I fought
through everything Silas Mason threw at me, and now, finally, I have my opportunity to possibly win back my
principle ownership, though it was, once again, done through deceit…”
Once again
Karen glares angrily at Blaire, who now rolls her eyes.
“The deceit is over. The deceit is done.” She reaches out and
places both hands on Melanie’s shoulders. “This
time, when I become principle owner of IWC, I want to have done it the right
way. I want to earn it.”
Melanie and
Karen stare into each other’s eyes. A
tense moment passes before finally both women smile almost in unison.
“I think I understand, Kare-Bear.”
“Excellent.” Karen motions to the door. “Why don’t you go and tell the driver that
we’re almost ready?”
“Will do.”
With that
said, Melanie quickly makes her exit out of the door to fulfill her sister’s
wishes. Blaire stands up and starts to
go towards the door as well but Karen calls out to her…
“Blaire, wait…”
This stops
Blaire dead in her tracks.
“…I want you to sit back down for a moment.”
Blaire sighs
and walks over to sit back down on the edge of the bed, folding her hands in
her lap and staring frustratingly at Karen.
Karen meanwhile gets up out of the chair she was sitting in and walks
over towards the bed. Karen stands
towering over the sitting Blaire who just stares up at her.
“What is it, Karen?” Blaire asks in a
frustrated tone. “Are you going to
lecture me again?”
“The thought had crossed my mind,” Karen
admits “but then I realized it would do
you no good because you just simply refuse to listen.”
“What’s the supposed to mean?”
Karen balls
up her fist and gently taps Blaire on the top of her head.
“You’re thick, Blaire.” She remarks. “You are sooooo thick that it isn’t even
funny.”
Blaire’s eyes
grow wide. She looks genuinely confused.
“I…sorry, Karen, but I just don’t get it…”
“Then let me spell it out for you.”
Karen pulls
up the vanity chair so that she can sit down and stare eye to eye, face to
face, with Blaire.
“You’re here because you want to help me,
you want to help me regain my principle ownership and I truly do believe
that. I would even go as far as to say
that I believe that you feel guilty over what you did, not just in costing me
the ownership in the first place, but also in putting Melanie’s life in danger
in trying to get it back.”
Karen holds
up one finger. “But there’s one problem.”
“And what would be…” Blaire’s voice
trails off.
“You can’t be trusted.”
“Oh…”
“You already cost me the principle ownership
once before, Blaire, and then you go further than that by lying to me and even
roping Melanie into your grand scheme, you convinced her to lie to me and for
what reason?”
“For what reason?!” Blaire looks
shocked. “It was to help you!”
“I didn’t ASK for your help!” Karen
exclaims loudly. “I did not need it and I
did not want it, especially not that kind of help!”
“But…”
Karen shakes
her head and speaks out, quickly shutting her off.
“No buts…the point is that you can no longer
be trusted. Melanie was an innocent who
was deceived by you and tricked into lying to me, that’s why I am willing to
trust her again, why I am willing to give her another chance.”
She points a
finger at Blaire. “But you…”
She shakes
her head “…no, we are done.”
Karen stands
up and turns and walks towards the door.
“Karen, wait!”
Blaire calls
out to her and Karen stops, her hand on the door knob.
“…I will try to earn your trust back.”
“Good luck with that…”
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Scene 2
On Camera
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IWC
Awakening is just around the corner and Karen McBride is scheduled to face off
against Mordecai in a match that very well could determine her future in IWC,
whether she regains her power and principle ownership or if she will never
again taste that great power. The first
great obstacle, though, is overcoming Mordecai, and as tall and powerful as he
is, that will be quite an obstacle to overcome.
Awakening is
to take place in the great country of Japan.
The lovely brunette already has a flight scheduled but she has one final
commitment she has to meet before leaving for the land of the rising sun.
An interview
with Fox News business anchor Neil Cavuto.
Now why
would a cable news source want to speak to a pro-wrestler? Why would a BUSINESS related news source want
to speak to a pro –wrestler? The answer
is simple. Pro-wrestling is only one of
Karen’s jobs. Another duty she enjoys is
her duty as owner and CEO of McBride Incorporated, a powerhouse in the
corporate world.
At the Fox
News set in New York City we see Neil Cavuto at his usual anchor’s desk,
wearing a black suit and an orange tie.
Then the director’s voice is heard…
“Neil you are back on in 5…4…3…2…1…”
“And welcome back to the show everyone and
my next guest is well known in both the corporate world as well as the
wrestling world. She currently wrestles
for Independent Wrestling Cartel but you may also know her as the owner and CEO
of McBride Incorporated. She is Karen McBride.”
The camera pans
over to the other side of Neil’s desk where we see the lovely Karen McBride
seated. She is wearing a Navy blue
sleeveless blouse and a matching pair of dress pants complete with a pair of
high heeled sandals. Her long dark hair
hangs unrestrained to shoulder length.
“Thank you for having me, Neil.”
“Before we get too far into this, I would
like you to tell us more about yourself and your upbringing, because your story
truly is a story about the American dream.”
Karen nods
her head. “It is true, and I cannot begin
my story without mentioning that, yes, I am adopted. McBride is not my birth name. My birth name was Leonard and I grew up very
poor in San Antonio, Texas with my two brothers and my mother. Our father abandoned us and our mother did
everything she could to make sure my brothers and I survived, but that’s all we
did, was we survived. Unfortunately my
mother was murdered in a drive by shooting.
My brothers disappeared, presumed dead, and I would have been caught up
in the mess that is social services were it not for Stan Lee McBride Sr. and
Diane McBride adopting me.”
Karen
reaches up and wipes a tear from her eye. “I
have had a great many opportunities in my life, but none of them would have
been possible were it not for the McBride family.”
“But you are sole owner of their company
now, McBride Incorporated, and you weren’t even biologically a McBride. How did that come about?”
“My parents, my adoptive parents that is, left
the company to me and my new siblings; Blaire, Melanie, and Stan Lee Jr. I merely bought my siblings out.”
Neil nods
his head. “Impressive. What is McBride Incorporated involved in?”
“We have our hands in a little bit of
everything!” Karen says with a light chuckle. “But a few things we focus on more than anything, especially since I
took over, is the modeling industry and charity. McBride Incorporated stands tall with other
charities trying to fight to get young girls off the streets and, just
recently, we stuck our foot into professional wrestling.”
“That’s right,” Neil remarks “tell us about the wrestling industry.”
“It all started when I got my start in the wrestling
industry, in the Global Division of Wrestling.
Later on I would join the Independent Wrestling Cartel and it was when I
joined the Cartel that McBride Incorporated got involved. With company approval I bought twenty five
percent of IWC.”
“But I understand you no longer have that
twenty-five percent?”
Karen sighs
and nods her head. “That’s right, Neil. Currently Silas Mason has it, but that’s
going to change.”
“Explain.”
“Well, Neil, IWC has a pay per view event
coming up, from Japan, and I will be catching a flight to Japan immediately following
this interview, by the way, and in Japan
I will be fighting a seven foot beast named Mordecai. If I win, I get another shot at my
twenty-five percent principle ownership.”
“And if you lose?”
Karen
smirks. “I don’t plan on losing.”
Neil extends
his hand and Karen accepts it, shaking hands. “Well, good luck with Awakening, Karen.”
“Thank you, Neil.”
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Melanie
McBride
On Camera
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You’re going
to hear the term “monster” thrown out a lot by me, Blaire, and Karen. That’s because Karen has to fight Mordecai at
Awakening just to get one more opportunity to earn her principle ownership back. She should already have it back. She shouldn’t have to earn it back. But nevertheless, it is what it is.
You can call
Mordecai a monster and you would be right.
He is built like a monster at well over seven feet tall, muscular, and
powerful. This will be a monster who
Karen has to take down and while most in IWC will doubt her, while most in IWC
will pick against her, I am putting all of my money on my sister Karen because
I know she has overcome worse than anything that monster Mordecai can bring.
The fact is
that there is an even bigger and badder monster than Mordecai that Karen has to
deal with and his name is Silas Mason.
Silas Mason
is a vile human being. He is a snake in
the grass. He is the scum of the
earth. He is the real monster, not
Mordecai. Mordecai is just a pawn that
Silas Mason is using to do his dirty work because Silas is afraid of Karen.
That’s
right. Silas is afraid of Karen and that
is evident because of everything he has done to try and stop Karen. He has put her in handicap matches, gauntlet
matches, and now he is using the monster Mordecai?
Nice try,
Silas, but all you’ve done is revealed your true colors. You have showed the world just what kind of person
you really are.
You can try
and try and try again to stop Karen but she will not stop. She will never ever give up. Even if she loses at Awakening she will never
stop coming for you until she has gotten the principle ownership back. That’s just the kind of person she is. She is the kind of person who will not stop.
You will
have to kill her and your hired gun doesn’t have what it takes to kill her.
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Blaire
McBride
On Camera
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Karen and I
haven’t always seen eye to eye, I haven’t always respected her upbringing, her
previous upbringing before she was adopted by my parents. I looked down upon her. I could not bring myself to understand and accept
the good things she brought to the table.
Karen
McBride, MY SISTER, is a fighter. She is
more of a fighter than I could ever hope to be.
She does not give up, she does not quit, because she grew up knowing
that giving up would lead to certain destruction. She grew up with the knowledge that failure
was NOT an option. Unlike me, who grew
up in a luxurious wealthy lifestyle all my life knowing that if I ever failed
at something, that I could just buy myself another opportunity.
That is not
Karen. That never was Karen. Since she wasn’t more like me, I didn’t like her. Shallow of me…I know.
I made a
major mistake in trying to screw my own sister out of her principle
ownership. Not only was it wrong but it
ended up costing us both as Silas Mason outmaneuvered us and took principle
ownership of IWC away from us.
The good
thing is that I can learn from my mistakes.
I can change and, from here on out, I support Karen McBride.
That’s a bad
thing for you, Silas Mason, because while you did outmaneuver us once, you
cannot stop us a second time, especially not when the McBride family stands
united against you.
Do you
honestly believe Mordecai can stop Karen?
That just shows your desperation.
Karen has overcome everything that has been thrown at her up until now
and she has come out of each and every situation on top, she has come out
victorious. Now you think some giant
monster can do the trick? Do you really
believe some monster from a Japanese movie can stop Karen McBride?
You have
made a critical error, Silas. And the
McBride is ready to take advantage of your error. We will regain the IWC Principle Ownership
and you cannot stop us.
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Karen
McBride
On Camera
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There is a
script I am expected to follow. The
script says that I should be intimidated by Mordecai. The script says that I should fear having to
fight a monster like Mordecai; or if not fear, at the very least be intimidated
by the seven foot plus pound monster who has been thus far unstoppable in IWC,
a monster who has been virtually unable to put him down.
Except I do
not follow the script.
I HAVE
knocked down Mordecai. I have put the
monster down before and no, I did not keep him down, but by God if you give me
one more chance then I will put him down and keep him down permanently. My confidence doesn’t come from arrogance…
…ok, maybe a
little bit of arrogance, but that arrogance is well-founded, well-earned, and
deserved. Ever since Invictus, ever
since I was drafted by Silas Mason to
the Riot brand, I have had to overcome obstacle after obstacle, I have had to
overcome hurdles that no other wrestler should have to overcome.
I fought
three Cannon brothers.
I ran a
gauntlet.
I fought and
won handicap matches galore.
Silas Mason
did all of this because he feels threatened.
He knows that I am coming back after MY principle ownership and that I
will take it back. He knows that I am
stubborn as hell and determined and that there is nothing him or anyone else
can do to stop me. Case in point…after
everything Silas has tried, all of the handicap matches and gauntlet matches,
after everything Silas Mason has done to try and stop me…
…I AM STILL
STANDING! I AM STILL HERE! I AM STILL COMING FOR MY PRINCIPLE OWNERSHIP!
Silas Mason
even threw Mordecai at me. You see,
ladies and gentlemen, Awakening is not the first time Mason tried using
Mordecai against me. He has tried in the
past and not only was this so-called monster unable to stop me, but I actually
put HIM down!
In fact, I
should THANK Silas Mason…that’s right, I should thank the cowboy because he has
willingly and voluntarily stepped right into my trap by handing me Mordecai on
a silver platter. Do I have to compete
in a handicap match? Gauntlet match?
No…all I have
to do is defeat Mordecai and then I get Silas Mason one on one for the
principle ownership.
Defeating
Mordecai is something that won’t be a problem.
I have already taken him down once, I just now have to take the next
step and actually pin him or make him submit.
So I
apologize for not following the script.
I apologize for not pretending to be afraid of Mordecai like so many
others have and like so many of you are expecting of me. But the fact of the matter is that I cannot
be afraid of something I know I can conquer, someone I know I can defeat. Hell, being afraid in general is just not in
my DNA! Nothing frightens me.
How can I be
afraid? Growing up as a child I lived
through nightmares and a pure hell on earth that no child should have to
endure. Do you think I’m just some rich
spoiled brat who doesn’t know what it’s like to fight for her life? Clearly you must think that because every
single time I survive one of Silas Mason’s little traps, each and every one of
you act shocked, each and every one of you act surprised…
…but those
who know the real me are not surprised.
Those who know the real me know that I have encountered real monsters,
not some monster-mash reject named Mordecai, but REAL monsters out on the
streets of San Antonio, Texas trying to fight to keep my birth family alive!
Those who
know the real me know that the real person who should be scared at Awakening…is
Mordecai.
You see,
Mordecai is being led like a lamb to the slaughter as he goes to Awakening to
face me and yet the big dumb bastard is too stupid to know it. He’s too stupid to realize that Silas Mason
has put him into an impossible situation and Silas Mason is too stupid to
realize that he cannot win this…
…it’s all
coming to an end, Silas. All of your games, all of your handicap matches and
gauntlet matches, all of it is coming to an end because I am going to take down
your hired hitman and then I am coming after you, I am coming after you and I
will take back my principle ownership.
Fool me
once, shame on you.
Fool me
twice, shame on me.
You will NOT
fool me again, Silas. Mordecai cannot
stop me. You cannot stop me. I will retake my principle ownership and
there is no force on this planet that can stop me.
