x- THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE -x ANGELINA LOVE & VELVET SKY

The cameras opened the scene in a local nail salon located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The establishment was a high end nail spa and lounge. The cameras found her and panned in for a closer view. She sighed in content as she leaned back against the comfortable salon chair she was seated in. A middle aged woman painted her toenails while Angelina relaxed and sipped her complimentary Cosmopolitan.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: I love this color you picked, Miss Love.

Angelina smiled in agreement.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I thought purple was fitting.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: For what?

The nail technician began to apply the polish on Angelina's perfectly manicured toenails. Angelina grinned, thinking of her upcoming match at Wrestlemania against Michelle McCool.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love:For my opponent this Sunday, of course.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: She like purple or something?

Phang Lyn questioned in her Vietnamese accent.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Who cares? Purple is the color she is going to be when I'm through with her. That little bitch has no idea what's in store for her.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: Oh my.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I will crush her scrawny little neck until her head pops off. I’m so not joking.

Phang Lyn's eyes widened at the hostility growing in Angelina's voice. Phang Lyn shook her head and dipped the nail polish brush into the container before she continued the task at hand.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: Why do you hate this Michelle lady?

Angelina shrugged her shoulders.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Do I need a reason? I'm paid to kick people's asses for a living and I do my job extremely well. I don't have this baby for nothing.

Angelina tapped her hand on the EBWF Women's championship that casually lay across her lap.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: Beautiful title, Miss.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Of course it is. It's even more so for being around my waist.

Angelina glanced down at the title for a few moments and smiled proudly to herself.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: This championship means that I'm at the top of the Women's division. I'm top dog. The Queen, or the new head bitch in charge. Or whatever you want to call it. It's me. It was always meant to be me.

Phang Lyn finished with the right foot and now started on the left.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Anyways, after the New Year, this knockoff-wannabe walks into my work place and demands respect. She got a few lucky wins and thinks she deserves to step in the ring with me. A few wins against the weakest fish in the pond, and we're all supposed to care. Like that makes her worthy of going toe to toe with me, maybe in her dreams. She's hardly earned her keep around the EBWF and she is already getting the match of a lifetime at Wrestlemania. Against me, who obviously deserves a Wrestlemania match. I mean, I know I'll be carrying the whole match for her. I'm not even sure she knows how to act in front of a crowd that massive, let alone wrestle. She'll probably just be a deer in the headlights out there.

Angelina tucked some of her platinum blonde hair behind her ear.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: She's been nothing but a thorn in my side since she got here.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: A thorn in your side, how?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I'unno. She's just always around. You know... breathing. It's very wearing on the nerves to look at that ugly mug all day. My partner and I need a brown bag specifically designated just for her. We may even need two. Lord knows that may not even be enough, but we'll just have to hope for the best.

Phang Lyn looked up at Angelina in confusion.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: Brown bag? I don't understand...

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Oh well, you see, Not only do I rule the world of Women's professional wrestling. I also rule the locker room. My tag team partner, Velvet Sky, and I cleanse the EBWF women's locker room.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: Of what?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Uglies.

Angelina shifted in the salon chair and sipped her pink Cosmopolitan once more.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: One by one we have run off unnecessary talent, and we've been quite successful. The EBWF Diva roster has changed drastically since I returned last year, with reason. The trash had to go. Something I vowed to do since day one. It's quite a project to carry out, but I'm getting the job done. It's not complete yet, it's still a work in progress.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: So this Michelle girl is next on your list?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: So it would appear.

Angelina half shrugged and stole another sip of her Cosmopolitan.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: Do you fear losing to her?

Angelina nearly spit out her drink after Phang Lyn finished her sentence. Angelina shook her head no vigorously and laughed.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Afraid? Oh I don't think so, not even the slightest bit. She's just been a constant annoyance. Like a gnat that you just can't swat away. Well on Sunday, I get my chance to exterminate that pesky parasite once and for all.

Angelina set down her drink glass as Phang Lyn finished up with the nail polish.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Which is what brought me in today. I have to pamper my feet; I rely on them in my match a great deal. My favorite move is my finisher, the Botox Injection.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: What the heck is that?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: It’s a bicycle kick to the face, using all my leg strength. I think I even knocked Maryse's tooth out once. Maybe it was Paige. Hard to tell, they're both equally forgettable. It's hard to remember which is which anymore.

Angelina shrugged and checked the time on her phone.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I figured I should pamper my feet before such a big match. I just hope Michelle remembers to pamper her pearly whites, before she ends up with her teeth down the back of her throat.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: Sounds painful.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I'm going to make sure she suffers. It's time for a little payback after all of her shenanigans lately. I've let it all go for long enough. But Wrestlemania? Well, that's going to be a whole different story. She can try to pry this title from me but she's going to have to battle one hell of a war to even get close.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: You're all finished, Angelina.

Angelina smiled and finished of her drink. She stood up and followed the woman over to the counter and paid her.

nail.lady;;phang.lyn: Well best of luck to you. Go kick ass!

Angelina laughed and nodded. She tipped the small Vietnamese woman and gently placed down two tickets for Wrestlemania.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Tell you what, Phang Lyn. Here are two tickets for the show, on me. Come watch me on Sunday.

Phang Lyn's eyes lit up with excitement. She had obviously not been a wrestling fan but everyone knew of the big event, EBWF's Wrestlemania. Phang Lyn gave Angelina a one armed hug and thanked her.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Just don't tell anyone. I'm not the nice type. But you were pretty cool to talk to. Thanks.

Angelina half smiled and walked out of the nail salon without another word. The door closed and the bell clattered against the glass. The cameras slowly faded out to another segment.

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The cameras opened the scene focused on Angelina Love as she strolled down the busy corridors backstage at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. She proudly displayed her Women’s championship over her slender shoulder and smiled to herself. Behind her, Summer Rae was spotted struggling with a bag down the hallway. She grunted in frustration, trying to get the wheels over the door jam.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: Stupid thing… just.. gooo!

Summer tried to push the bag with force but it still didn’t budge. She mumbled a few curse words under her breath as Angelina turned on her heel to watch.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Uhhh… Summer?

Summer ignored Angelina and continued to try and get the small suitcase wheels over the metal frame of the door.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: I hate this thing, ugh! What the heck did you put in this?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Ahem. Summer!

Angelina raised her voice to get the newbie’s attention. Summer huffed and looked at the Women’s champion, clearly annoyed beyond belief.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: What? What do you want, Angelina?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I never said you could wheel in my luggage. I said you can CARRY it. You haven’t earned the right to wheel my gear in yet. You’re still a bottom feeding, locker room lackey. You hear me? So pick it up and quit damaging my property!

Summer’s mouth dropped open in shock. The bag would hardly move on wheels, let alone if she tried to carry it.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: Unbelievable.

Angelina smirked and turned back around, continuing in the direction she was originally heading.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Oh and Summer?

Summer pursed her lips together and exhaled slowly to maintain her composure.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: What?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Lift with your knees and not your back. We wouldn’t want you to end your career before it even started, am I right?

Summer glared a hole in the back of Angelina’s head as she continued to walk.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Of course I’m right. I’m ALWAYS right.

Summer picked up Angelina’s gear and did her best to balance the heavy bag without toppling over.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: God lord what the hell did you put in this thing? Is it a dead body?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Not a bad idea, actually. Maybe it’s what I will use to carry Michelle’s nappy carcass around in, after I finish her off in front of millions of fans watching all over the world.

The Divas made it to Angelina and Velvet’s private locker room. A black name plate with silver writing hung on the door and read, “The Beautiful People”.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Here at last.

Angelina practically beamed and opened up the door to the locker room. Summer gritted her teeth, barely able to walk at this point as she carried the oversized bag. Summer’s arms began to twitch under the weight, growing more and more fatigued.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: Can I… put this down.. now?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Only if you ask politely…

Summer scrunched her nose up and sneered. Through clenched teeth she muttered out a please. Angelina pondered for a moment before she replied.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Okay, but put it down gently. If you break anything in that bag, it will be coming straight out of your paycheck. Believe me, you don’t want that for yourself. So be careful.

Summer rolled her eyes and put down Angelina’s luggage. Summer rubbed her shoulders which ached now.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: I think my work here is done now.

Summer obnoxiously chewed on a piece of chewing gum. Angelina blocks her path and hands Summer her wrestling boots. Summer stops and cocks an eyebrow up at the Women’s champion.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: What am I supposed to do with these?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Polish them. I need them to be in pristine condition for my match tonight. I simply can’t have a single scuff mark on them, not until I am done with that Stepford wife wannabe lookin’ ass.

Angelina shoved them towards Summer. Summer caught the boots, unable to wrap her head around the way she was being treated. Summer took a seat and began to scrub at the boots. Velvet walked into the room and looked over at Summer and Angelina. Velvet simply shook her head and walked over to the vanity mirror to check her makeup and hair.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: What, no hello from my BFF? What a crock of shit.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Excuse me for not being in the best of moods.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Oh great, it’s my night but you’re going to turn it into yours, aren’t you? It figures. So tell me, what crawled up your ass and died? Hmmm? Please, indulge me.

Velvet rolled her eyes and reapplied her eyeliner.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: You see, being a huge bitch isn’t going to get me to talk to you.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Whoa, I’ve never been called that before in my entire life. You’re so original.

It was Angelina’s turn to roll her eyes. She teased her platinum blonde hair with her fingers and shrugged.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I said tell me… so are you going to talk about it, or are we going to keep beating around the bush? Quite frankly, I don’t have time for this little charade.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Do you ever have time?

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: No, not really. I’m a busy girl. If you were ever Women’s champion, you’d understand.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Wow, this again. Awesome.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Well, someone certainly had an extra dose of bitch in their coffee this morning.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Whatever, I’m so over this.

Velvet went to leave and Angelina stood in her way.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Really? It’s my big night and you come in here and make it all about you, now you’re going to leave? Where is the support? I’m your best friend. I’m your tag team partner. We’ve been through it all together and you’re going to just turn your back on me? I've always had your back!

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Had MY back? Are you freaking kidding me?! You cost me my match against Michelle McCool. YOU made me look like a fool! I didn't need you to “have my back.”

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I saved you from tapping out to that mangy mutt, Michelle McCool.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: So instead you get me disqualified. Yes, because that is soooo much better!

Velvet retorted sarcastically.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Okay, okay. Can we just talk about this later? It was a stupid match, it didn’t mean anything. Tonight is Wrestlemania! My title is on the line against McBitch. I need to focus on this. You and I both know that she doesn’t even deserve this match, let alone a shot at my title. I need all my energy and focus on tearing her limb from limb and beating her with them. Maybe then her ex-husband will be kind enough to ship her off to the crematory once I’m finished with her.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: Who’s her ex?

Both Velvet and Angelina looked at one another, dumb founded.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: The Undertaker.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Duh.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Seriously, I never knew someone so ignorant. It's a wonder how she remembers to breath without instruction.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Wow. I thought everyone knew that by now. I guess not.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Anyways, this is my chance to destroy the other half of LayCool. No one ever could stand those two cackling hyenas. I mean did you ever hear them talk? I’d rather give myself a lobotomy than listen to even one of their promos together. I shut one up for good, now it’s time for me to finish with the other. Let us just be grateful that LayCool has been dormant for a long, long time now. I intend to keep it that way.

danielle.moinet;;summer.rae: Are you talking about Layla?

Angelina narrowed her eyes and glared at Summer. Angelina pointed her manicured finger nail towards the wrestling boots.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Summer, shut the hell up and get to cleaning. You don’t get to contribute to anything we are talking about. This is an "A" and "B" conversation, so "C" your way out of it! Kapeesh?!

Angelina turned towards Velvet and shook her head.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: This new talent, huh? What gives?

Velvet shrugged.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Summer, you keep working on those boots. Velvet and I have some business to handle. We’ll be back later. Don’t stop cleaning those until we come back.

Angelina and Velvet walked out of the locker room. Almost right after they shut the door, it opened right back up. Angelina stuck her head in.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Summer, we actually need you for something. You can get back to those in a little while.

Summer sighed in annoyance and dropped the boots on the ground. She got up and headed out of the locker room with them as the scene faded out to a commercial break.

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Once the commercial break ended, the cameras focused on a crowd of fans outside the Superdome. A small text that read “earlier today” appeared in the bottom corner of the screen. The fans anxiously awaited the arrival of their favorite Divas and Superstars. Almost out of nowhere, a lifted black Ford F350 with limo tinted windows pulled up behind the crowd. Angelina Love stood in the back of the truck with her Women’s title over her shoulder. She waved proudly like a Queen to all the fans in the crowd, regardless if they were booing or cheering her. She had a velvet rope looped across the open tailgate of the truck. Velvet Sky opened the door and hopped out of the passenger side of the truck, Summer Rae in the driver’s seat. “Angel on my Shoulder” by Dale Oliver cued over the PA system in the truck. The fans gathered around as two bodyguards carried some wooden steps over to the truck and stood on either side of the stairs. Velvet had a megaphone in hand and walked towards the back of the truck.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! No you’re not dreaming, the Beautiful People are really right here before your very eyes!

Velvet climbed up the steps into the back of the truck. She swung one leg over the velvet rope and reenacted her ring entrance to taunt the fans. She laughed and swung her other leg over the rope.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Introducing at this time, our EBWF Women’s champion and one half the Divas tag champions, my beautiful best friend, and one half of the Beautiful People…. Angelina Love!

The crowd had a mix reaction. Angelina beamed as Velvet grabbed her hand and raised it high in the air after her introduction. Angelina pretended to be speechless for a moment, but everyone knew that it wasn’t going to last for long. Angelina reached over and took the megaphone from Velvet. Angelina wore a black, almost gothic looking crown on top of her head. It looked rather familiar but the cameras didn’t get up close enough to see it in full detail.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Aw thank you, Vel Vel. You’re the best friend a girl could ask for.

Angelina smiled at her tag partner.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: As sweet as this little step up is, we’re not here to share sentiments. We’re here for a little real talk. You see, a plague has been unleashed upon the EBWF women’s locker room, an issue that has gone unmentioned for far too long. This disease has spread faster than an STD from Kelly Kelly. As your Women’s champion, I can no longer let this injustice continue. Tonight, I am going to put an end to it. No worries, EBWF universe, I have total control over this outbreak, better known as Michelle McCool.

Another mixed reaction rumbled through the audience.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Yeah it’s a pretty foul disease, so I’d be aware if I were you guys. No joke.

Velvet leaned over and spoke into the megaphone.

jamie.szantyr;;velvet.sky: Make sure to get your vaccines people!

Angelina cleared her throat and spoke some more.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: As your Women’s champion, I like to believe I’ve done a great deal for this company and for you fans. I have single handedly eliminated the dead weight in the back since my return last year. This place was in complete dire straits after my hiatus. I have worked hard all year long to whip this place back into shape. Not to say that I haven’t had my share of hurdles along the way, but I always get the job done. Every. Single. Time.

Angelina run her nails through her hair and continued.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I never said it was going to be easy, and it certainly hasn’t been a walk in the park. I’d like to think that I have had a huge hand in making the EBWF better by the day. I’ve worked my tail off cleansing the wasteland, better known as the Divas locker room, one by one.

Angelina took a sip from her water bottle before she continued to speak into the mega phone.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I ended the tyranny of Paige. Don’t let this place go back to that state. Let’s not go back to having a worthless, naïve leader in charge. She had no interest in being a great leader. It was all about personal gain with her, she was downright selfish. Paige didn’t give a damn about the Women’s title, in fact, she wanted to DESTROY IT! She didn’t care about the future of the EBWF. You see, I do! This title is my world and I have a vested interest in the EBWF of tomorrow.

Angelina now tucked some of her hair behind her ear as it blew around in the wind.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Michelle McCool is no different! She barely got here a few months ago and she has already taken opportunities from so many others, without any regard as to whose toes she steps on in the process. She lacks respect. She loves to stir the pot of drama to get a rise out of people. Well she finally messed with the wrong bitch! I bite back and she is about to find out all about that tonight. I’ve let her run her mouth; try to get between my best friend and I, and even her little referee stunt the other week. I’ve let all of it go. Until now…

Angelina gripped the mega phone even more now, her knuckles turned white.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Today is Judgment day for Michelle McCool. She will pay for all the crimes she has committed, starting with the day she was born. I will knock her ass back to reality and bring her head down out of the clouds. She needs to know that when you piss off the Queen bee, your ass gets stung! I mean clearly she has no idea just who she is messing with. She obviously forgot what I did to AJ Lee at Christmas Eve of Destruction. I literally shredded the skin of her face with the glass glued on my hands. She was so embarrassed after that, she never showed her face around here ever again! I imagine her to be hiding in some sewer drain with the Joker paint all over her face. Why so serious, AJ?

Angelina laughed at the Dark Knight reference.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: Paige said I would never take the title from her, and boy did I take immense pleasure in proving her wrong. Her world came crashing down on her like a ton of bricks. I think she even tried to take the coward’s way out after she lost this belt to me. She’s still probably playing “slit-tac-toe” with her wrists, blasting HIM music, and crying tears of blood in her basement.

Angelina laughed at the memory. The crowd booed as Angelina took the black crown off her head and held it up.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: This dreadful thing right here is the last trace of Paige in this place.

Angelina placed the Queen of the Ring crown made for Paige on the bed of the truck and propped her shoe over it. Angelina pressed her weight down on the foot until the crown began to crush under it. She grinned and looked down at the shattered pieces. She bent down and tossed some of the pieces into the crowd before she spoke to the audience.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: If anyone spots McBitch before my match, let her know that I am going to crush her dreams, just like I did to Paige and AJ Lee. Or even her pathetic, former lap dog, Layla. I single handedly destroyed her life to the point that she can barely function in this business anymore. I’d like to say my history shows a lot about what I am capable of. I destroy people, so what makes you think this is going to be any different for you, McCool? Congratulations on racking up wins against Eva Marie and Summer Rae, but that doesn’t impress me much. Tonight, you are going toe to toe with the best Diva in this business. Me! Your Female wrestler of the year! So I hope you’re ready for a whole world of pain tonight, because I can promise you this much. I will knock your head clear off your plastic body and across the ring. I will leave you lying lifeless on the ring mat, while I retain my precious Women’s championship. Don’t worry McCool, you aren’t the first to fall short on the battlefield against me, and I know you won’t be the last! Perhaps you can seek some sort of solace in that.

Angelina waved to the audience once more as Velvet stomped her foot against the bed of the truck, signaling to Summer to start driving back towards the arena.

lauren.williams;;angelina.love: I’ll be seeing you soon, Michelle. Just remember that only the strong survive! Ta-ta for now!

The black truck drove out of view of the cameras as the Divas headed back to the arena. The cameras panned over the crowd a few times before fading out to another segment. Tonight was do or die for both Angelina Love and Michelle McCool. This was their opportunity of a lifetime on the grandest stage of them all. Only time would tell how history would play out for the two Divas.