We are introduced to the scene of the Empire banner, standing in front of it is a straight-laced smiling Monica Vaughan. With a microphone in hand, she begins to speak the second the screen transitions from black."Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome my guest at this time -- Sydney St. Clair.
"Notable by its absence is the usual smile of Sydney St. Clair as she steps into frame wearing her newly crafted “Sydney versus The World” shirt and a white cap that reads “Sheep”. Her head somewhat down and leaned with her tongue in her cheek, an expression of hesitation and annoyance being demonstrated by her posture."Sydney, you’re coming off what must be a very disappointing loss at Bloodletter. Can you tell us what mindset you are in after everything that has happened to you in the last few months?
""Not going to sugar coat it Monica, right now I am feeling like complete shit. When it comes to my morale, I think I am at an all-time low. After all the months of struggle, trying to keep my head above water despite having an anchor trying to drag me under, I now find my feet at the very bottom. After every single thing that Megan Raine has put me through, she is rewarded with a shot at the Specialists Championship. And what about Sydney St. Clair? What does she have to show for all of that? Nothing. And with the state of disarray that Empire is in right now, it sure doesn’
t help matters. Just look at everything that is going on right now. We are without a General Manager, we have a newly formed group of three women trying to take the place over, the most undeserving and self-entitled number one contenders to our championships, hell even the beloved Savannah Sunshine is stumbling around like a drunkard with a moral compass that has no direction in Revy. But where am I in all of that, Monica? Back at square one -- lost in the shuffle. Hell, even all the people who once said I showed promise on this brand has stopped caring about what happens to me. Where do I go? What do I do? Even I don’
t know anymore.
""This week you will have the chance to bounce back from your Bloodletter loss in a Tag Team match against April Song and Chelsea Crowe. You and your partner in Andrea Valentine both get a chance to redeem your pinfall losses, has there been any conversation between the two of you to try and form a strong partnership going into this match?
""None at all. With all due respect to Andrea, I don’
t wish to form a friendship or even a partnership. I haven’
t been here all that long but over the months I have come to learn that creating these bonds only give others ample opportunity to stab you in the back. Megan stabbed me in the back. Tarah, although indirectly, didn’
t help get me out of those handcuffs even remotely. Would Andrea do the same thing? If it would even slightly benefit her career I wouldn’
t put it past her to do so. She’s a hell of a wrestler, but I wouldn’
t rely on her as a partner. If she goes out there with the sole intention of winning this match, then I am all for it because I have the sole intention to do the same. We won’
t be friends when it is all over, but at the very best we can walk away as victors.
""Your opponents this week are also looking to rebound from their own losses after trying to capture the Specialist Championship at Bloodletter. The first being April Song who ha--
""Has been quiet. And I understand why. After Bloodletter she must feel like she is in my position. After all the months of trying to elevate herself past the Specialist Championship to challenge for the World Women's Championship who could blame her for being down in the dumps? When you see some twat cutting the line and getting the shot before you after all the years of work you have put in, safe to say if she was talking right now it would be anything but pleasant. She was one of the first people to endorse me as the future of Empire, so in a way, I feel really bad for her. But feeling bad for someone isn’
t going to improve my career, or put wins back on my record. If she’s watching this I hope she gets into the right state of mind and I hope she does it quickly. Because I haven’
t forgotten that she took a Specialist Championship opportunity away from me several weeks ago when I was chained to Megan, so I have a little bit of a score to settle and in all honesty, it wouldn’
t be fun if she’s moping the entire time.
""Her partner, Chelsea Crowe however, had plenty to say about you and your time on Emp--
""Who gives a f*@k what that try-hard know-it-all thinks?!
"
Monica is a little taken aback by the sudden outburst of Sydney, whose expression went from begrudging to angry at the mentioning of Chelsea Crowes name."If there is one thing that I dislike more than a self-entitled twat, it’s one that thinks they know the whole story despite in actuality know nothing. Chelsea couldn’
t sell her bullshit to a swarm of flies, let alone to me. She honestly believes that I have just been “cruising by” on Empire, having it easy, been getting opportunities handed to me left right and center because I have personal connections to Tarah Nova. Calls me mediocrity, an entitled brat, nothing special, but I have heard it all before. Chelsea has her sheep that wouldn’
t hesitate to kiss the earth she walks on, but I don’
t belong to that particular flock of the attention craving mindless lambs. You wanna know why I got so many opportunities at the Specialist Championship, Chelsea? It is not because I had to beg and plead with Tarah Nova to give me another shot, it was because I had to wrestle with handicaps they had to put something on the line to make it worth the albeit pointless effort. Despite how I personally feel about her being removed as General Manager, the silver lining is that no other twat can use that false narrative anymore, they have to think up some new way to try and put me down. So far, I am not seeing such creative thinking. Want to know what I find funny though? Claiming that I am pushing along a false narrative, one that will make people believe I am relatable, something unique, something beyond the average performer. Yet you’re doing the complete opposite, pushing the false narrative that you’re beyond the level that you currently are. You mock me for losing to Megan, though there must be a nice view from the top of your glass tower. For someone who thinks oh so highly of themselves, surely you should be wearing that Specialist Championship right now. That doesn’
t seem to be the case.
Sydney versus The World isn’
t some kind of saying that I just throw out because it sounds nice, it’s because that has always been the case. I have been given no handouts, been given no chances that I haven’
t deserved. From day one, I have just been the average girl trying to make it in this oh so crazy world and although I might not have gotten the victory at Bloodletter, there will be other chances. Either way, I am severed from the bonds that once confined me and I am back to performing at the best of my abilities. I have never labelled myself anything other than what I am, never sold myself beyond my worth, because I am not some knock-off run of the mill whiny ego driven c&
#t like the many that Empire has had over the years. You’re no special case, Chelsea, you’re just the one that annoys me most. Well, a close second. So keep selling your cheap propaganda to the mindless sheep you’ve been selling it to, enjoy being fed the idea of superiority. Because although you have mocked my results from Bloodletter, my claims to do whatever it takes, I have found new meaning for those words -- to make it harder for you to sell your bullsh#
t and apply that ugly shade of lipstick with a fat lip.
"
Sydney turns her attention to Moncia, a small grin forming her face to replace her angry expression."At the end of the day Monica, until I have made it to the top, I have plenty of reasons to fight on, even through the most difficult of times and the most arrogant of opponents. Tomorrow night, I am going to reestablish that Sydney versus The World is still an ongoing battle, one that isn’
t stopping anytime soon. Watch closely, I might change your mind yet.
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