The Return To FSW

Chapter 1:

It was Tuesday Night in Little Rock, Arkansas and for many wrestlers and wrestling fans it meant a night of hardcore extreme action from ECW! The night was already underway as the fans piled into the arena. Lillian Orchid an ECW Extreme Female Wrestler was backstage, getting herself ready. She had had a rather heated discussion earlier with her boss Mr Vince McMahon in protest of her latest storyline and the fact that it would involve her loosing to the likes of Kelly Kelly of whom she had a very low opinion of. Lillian had pissed Vince off with her dislike of his storyline so much so that he had changed the storyline around and tonight instead of loosing a normal match against the so called Exhibitionist Kelly Kelly, Lillian would have to lose one of her specialities; a Hardcore/ECW extreme rules match. Lillian was in a foul mood as she pulled her kick pads over her boots, her mind was in turmoil over the way she was being used on the WWE these days…

Not too long ago, she had been a fan favourite and also a devastating heel on Monday Night Raw and Smackdown, but after the Death of her Mentor Chris Benoit, she found herself relegated back to ECW… the minor leagues as she saw it. Lillian saw no skill in being hardcore and when she was on commentary sometimes on Raw she always agreed with Jerry Lawler when he dubbed ECW as "Extremely Crappy Wrestling!" even when she was supposed to be a face character. She learned a lot from that man; Jerry "The King" Lawler as it was him who convinced the rest of USWA management that her skills would be a great asset to the company. She always liked being on the USWA, even if the studio where the TV show was shot was small, she always liked how close the fans could get to the action and the creative and sometimes funny storylines that would occur. Lillian also missed the old Mid-South Coliseum which was now no longer in use; where all the big USWA live matches were held.

Lillian pulled her gloves on and remembered how fun it had been; her first appearance on the USWA. She had been paired with another young wrestler by the name of Brian Christopher and the two had almost immediately become friends. She had always had attitude and bit of cockiness and Brian had tons of cockiness too and this combination just seemed to work, especially when ripping into their opponents when they got on the mic before a match. She also got to be one of the youngest USWA women's championship holders; her skill was something completely different from most of the other ladies and the fans loved that fact, which had made it pretty obvious to management that she should get a championship reign. Even then though she had to work her ass off for 3 or more years before that happened, but she expected that. In her eyes, no Unknown Rookie could hold a championship, it just wasn't done that way back then. Unlike now, she thought still pissed off about her match tonight and a loss to that no good for nothing Exhibitionist Kelly Kelly.

She jumped up and loosened her body up, so she wouldn't seize up during her match. She had considered going into the match with the intention to not sell any of Kelly's moves and maybe even slap her for real, but that would piss Vince off even more then he already was with her attitude. She began to walk to the area behind the curtain ready for her entrance music to play and cue her entrance. Kelly Kelly was already in the arena being cheered by the fans, Lillian hopped on the spot and stretched her arms ready for action. Her music by the ever intimidating Slipknot poured into the arena, she jumped through the curtain and head banged, throwing up the double horns hand gesture as she did. Lillian got a mixed reaction from the fans, half the fans were cheering her on and half were booing and giving her the thumbs down.

Lillian didn't care and maintained her Heel attitude, she ran and slid into the ring and straight away began to slam her fist into Kelly Kelly. Kelly sold her punches very poorly which pissed Lillian off, but she stayed cool and Irish whipped her into a corner. She then unleashed some back hand chops on Kelly's chest. Kelly couldn't help but recoil with this move as it really did sting on contact. Kelly hit the Mat and rolled out the ring. She grabbed a steel chair just as Lillian ran at her, Kelly swung the chair; Lillian only just got her arms up in time as the chair smashed into her. She hit the floor. Kelly hit her again and then decided to kneel down and punch Lillian. The fans cheered for Kelly Kelly, but as she knelt down, Lillian said "What's your problem Kelly? Try selling a bit better…" Kelly dragged her to her feet with a slight nod as she pushed Lillian into the announce table. Lillian was barely hurt but played it up for the fans. Lillian fell to the floor in front of the commentators who were talking up the match for the fans watching at home and making them think Lillian had been badly hurt. Lillian suddenly pulled something out of her tights as Kelly pulled her up, Lillian struck Kelly with whatever it was in her hand. Lillian always liked being old school hardcore, but rarely got the chance; it was all tables, ladders and chairs these days. Lillian smiled meanly as the fans booed and Kelly slumped onto the floor. Lillian was in control again and picked up Kelly and threw her back into the ring, she went for a pin, but only got a two count. Lillian got up and argued with the ref as most Heels did. Kelly scrambled away from Lillian while Lillian was busy arguing with the ref and got to her feet. Lillian turned and went to attack Kelly as planned when Kelly jumped the gun and did a clumsy dropkick on Lillian. Lillian was too close to the ropes and fell out of the ring, landing on her shoulders and head. Lillian was knocked senseless for a few minutes until Kelly grabbed hold of her trying to pull her back up, which made Lillian regain some consciousness. Lillian was angry with Kelly clumsiness, but went with the flow of the match. The match didn't last long and after being hit with another chair, slammed weakly into the ring steps and accidentally laid open (made to bleed) Lillian finally lost the match via a pin fall. Kelly Kelly stayed in the arena posing for the fans while Lillian was quietly helped out of the arena by two medics and a few officials.

Backstage, Lillian was a mess and Extremely pissed off. She hated fighting women like Kelly Kelly because of their ridiculous clumsiness and the fact that she had to sell their stupid weak girly moves. The medics and officials sat her down in one of the backstage rooms, but as one of the medics went to check her injuries, she suddenly snapped.

"Leave me alone!" she yelled. The medic was shocked. "I don't want your help, so piss off!" One of the senior referees told them all to leave and left Lillian to cool off for a bit. Lillian was in pain and felt dizzy, but she was so pissed off that she didn't care. Suddenly someone tapped her shoulder, she looked up to see the friendly face of Brian Christopher who, not living too far away from where the live show had been held, had come to see her wrestle. "Now how in the world did you get back here?" Lillian asked with a smile.

"Your pal, Matt Hardy saw me as he was coming through the crowd to surprise his opponent and quickly told me you might need me back her, something about your opponent being 'stiff' in your match or something like that…" Brian said, noticing the blood that had stained Lillian's hair a reddish orange colour.

"Stupid Kelly Kelly, what's that bitches problem?" Lillian said. "She clumsily dropkicks me out of the ring on my head and then hits me without warning with a chair and I didn't get my arms up enough and now a have gash on the side on my head to go with the one of the back of my head where I hit the steel steps wrong." Brian knew Lillian was in pain and sat down beside her.

"Sounds like you don't like her much." Brian smiled.

"I hate clumsy Divas who can't wrestle…" Lillian said, as the blood from her cuts ran down her face. Brian put his hand on her face and made her turn to look at him.

"I think you need to get these cuts seen to, Lillian." Brian said. Lillian smiled and pulled away.

"I know." Lillian said. "I guess, I'm just not happy here anymore…"

"I guess, I never got to feel what you're feeling, being fired an' all." he laughed.

"You're a joker Brian." She said. She pulled herself up and nearly fell back down, but was caught by Brian.

"C'mon, let's get the Medic to clean you up." Brian said. "Then how about taking a break and resting up at home." Lillian looked up at him.

"Home?" She asked.

"Well, Memphis isn't too far from here." He said with a smile.

"Memphis?" Lillian said, giving him the 'I know what you're up to look'.

"You once called it home." Brian smiled. "And anyway, it'd be nice for you to be around a bit more. I hardly ever get to talk to you anymore, especially when your on tours with the WWE all the time."

"Yeah, I miss you to." She said, Brian smiled cheekily at her. "And I guess it'd be nice to Wrestle independent for a bit."

"Then its settled." Brian said. "Vince owes you some time off anyway."

"yeah, I know." she said. Brian helped her walk into one of the other backstage rooms, where one of the medics began to tend to her injuries. The Medic checked her vision and eyes to make sure she hadn't suffered a concussion from when she landed on her head earlier. He then tended to the lacerations on her head and lucky enough, she didn't need stitches for them. The medic also checked her limbs and her arms that she had used to defend herself from the chair shots in her match; she had a few cuts on them, but nothing too serious. He cleared her to go home, but told her to ask for sometime off as she was being dragged down by tiredness and suggested that next time she's in the ring she may not be so lucky. Lillian had heard all this before and just like most wrestlers when a medic says you need time off, you take their advice.

The two of them began to make their way back to her dressing room in the locker room area, where she changed into her 'Street cloths' and prepared to leave the arena. By the time she was ready to go, the main event was raging in the arena. Christian against Jack Thwagger (Swagger) for the ECW world heavyweight title. As they were walking past the curtain area, she looked back remembering when she had held that title after defeating CM Punk last year at December to Dismember. Lillian sighed and looked at Brian.

"Let's go find Vince, I want some time off from this company…" Lillian said. "I need time off." Brian nodded in agreement and then gave her a tender hug. They'd been friends for so long that they knew exactly what the other was thinking and feeling. He also knew what she meant by her words.

After her mentor's death, Vince made a decision that no one would ever mention the name Chris Benoit again. Lillian understood his reasons, but also felt sad and bitter at the same time. Benoit gave so much to this business and now he had been Erased. Vince also commanded that she no longer use her favourite moves; The Swan Dive and The Crippler Crossface anymore and more recently she'd been told that Sit-down Piledrivers were now banned also. Three of her most devastating moves were now disallowed in the WWE, also her nickname "The Lady Crippler." had been Erased. Lillian was just sick of the WWE. The final straw was being relegated to ECW along with Kane and Matt Hardy, of whom she believed, both of them deserved a little more of a push in both their careers. Those two and CM Punk had been good friends to her here on ECW and they'd had great matches against each other and as tag teams. All the hardcore stuff was taking its toll though and Brian knew this without her even telling him so.

Lillian dragged Brian through the backstage area to where Vince was watching the man event, he had his headset on and was still over seeing the shows events, even though he wasn't in the control room like he usually was when there was a live show. Brian waited outside, as Lillian walked in and called to Vince.

"Vince?" She said. "Can I have a word?" McMahon looked over and nodded. He took his headset off and walked back out of the room with her and to where Brian was waiting for her.

"What is it you wanted to have a word about?" Mr McMahon asked.

"I wanted to ask for some time off." Lillian said. "All the hardcore stuff is taking its toll on me and I can't risk injury like this for much longer."

"Risk injury?" Vince asked.

"Did you see what clumsy Kelly did to me out there?" Lillian asked with some attitude. "I could've broken my freaking neck because of her!"

"I have warned her about her mistakes in the ring and she said they were not deliberate." Vince explained. "and I can see that you've been in a foul mood for months now, so I think some time off for you will be just the right thing." Vince said, showing an understanding side. Lillian knew he knew that she was the toughest lady on his promotion since Chyna had been ruling the ladies locker room back in the nineties and he couldn't afford to loose her due to injury. She smiled slightly as Vince continued. "I'll sort out your time off for after the next show. We'll sort out a Kayfabe reason for you to leave for a while and rest up."

"Thank you, Vince." She said. McMahon returned to sorting out the show. Brian smiled at Lillian and then pointed to the exit.

"So, where to now?" Brian asked.

"Any where away from here is good." Lillian said and with that the two left the arena. Lillian could only hope as she walked away from the arena with Brian that Vince was as good as his word and that he didn't have a change of heart later on…