Post by Nick Knight on Jul 30, 2021 8:18:46 GMT
July 17 6:30 PM
Nick Knight stands in the corner of the makeshift locker room in the American Legion Post #308. He had not stepped foot inside of this building in fifteen years or more and the only thing that has changed is the faces of young men get ready for their matches. There were a few that He recognized, old timers still making a buck working indy show, but most were young kids still dreaming of making it big in professional wrestling.
Each time someone new came into the locker room they made sure to come over and shake his hand. It was a tradition almost as old as the wrestling business, even guys that hated each other would shake hands if they happened to be in the same room. It was a show of respect that only the boys could possibly understand. The fact that Nick was a star in the biggest company in the world just made everyone just a little bit more eager to say hello, not that he minded because there was a time when he was the young gun excited to meet the veteran for the first time.
Five minutes before he told them to arrive Billy, Joe, and George came walking into the locker room with their bags over their shoulders. They walked straight for him and he could see the fear in all of three of their eyes. It was intimidating to be in a wrestling locker room for the first time knowing that you’re about to have your very first match. Hell even after twenty years in the business it’s sometimes more than he could handle.
“I’m glad to see that you finally showed up.”
“What do you mean finally? We’re here five minutes before you told us to get here,” says a confused Billy.
“I am sure you guys are about to learn a shitload of lessons tonight, and number one is always be early to the building. You will be amazed at how much you can learn just by getting here first and watching everyone else.”
“Like what,” George asks.
“Well take care of lesson two and then we’ll talk about it. Lesson two is that when you enter a locker room you go around and shake everyone’s hands. Since this is your first show you won’t know anyone so you’ll just be introducing yourselves. Now go.”
Knight watched as his boys walked around the room and introduced themselves. He paid attention to which guys they were intimidated by and which guys seemed to show them respect. They seemed to fall somewhere in the middle of the locker room’s pecking order and for three rookies popping their wrestling cherry that was impressive.
“So what did you guys bring to wear?” All three of them set their bags on folding chairs and pulled out gym shorts or sweat pants, making Nick just shake his head. “Alright lesson number three, if you want to be taken serious as a professional wrestler, you have to look like a professional wrestler.”
“You just told us about this this morning, we didn’t exactly have time to run out and get gear,” George says.
“Or money,” Joe adds.
“Lucky for you I have both.” Nick hands them each a box tied with a bow. “Go on, open them.”
The students tear into them with the excitement of children on Christmas morning, their smiles growing wide when the pull out matching black knee length tights with the xXx across the back in red and red xXx Academy t-shirts. Then he hands them each another box with brand new pairs of amatuer style wrestling shoes.
“Nick I don’t know what to say,” Billy says, fighting back tears.
“Then don’t say anything. Go get dressed you guys are jerking the curtain and we have a lot to talk about before you go out there.”
George, Joe, and Billy quickly dress in their new matching gear before coming back over to their teacher and mentor. Nick looks them over and smiles, proud of his first batch of students in a decade.
“You're booked in a trios match tonight. The guys you’re wrestling are new to the promotion, but they’re all second and third generation guys that grew up inside of the ring down in Mexico. Two of them I’ve known since they were in diapers and I guarantee they’re better than you.”
“If this is supposed to be a pep talk it’s not working,” Joe snarks.
“No, this is me giving you another lesson. You three are my best students, but you’re never going to make it on your talent alone. Nine out of ten guys you face are probably going to be more talented than you, which means you have to find some way to overcome that.”
“What do you purpose we do all knowing one.” George gives Nick a knowing smile and a wink.
“You need to just stick to the basics that you’ve been drilling since we were back at the compound. Don’t wrestle their match, because they’re going to try to do all of those flips and dives the lucha guys do. You aren’t built for that shit so don’t even try it, trust me I found that out the hard way. Just Keep them grounded and don't give them time to breath."
"How do--"
Joe is interrupted by a balding man giving a speech to fire up the wrestlers. Two minutes later the music hit and they were heading towards the ring.
Ten Minutes Later
The four men step back through the curtain, a look of dejection on the students face. Nick does not seem to be fazed by the result of the match. The three young men flop down in folding chairs and Nick stands back and gives them time to catch their breath.
"You guys did alright tonight."
"We got our asses kicked," Joe grumbled.
Nick chuckles. "Yeah you did."
"What's so fucking funny!"
"The way that you're reacting. Yes losing sucks, but no one gives a shit if you win or lose the opening match in some Legion Ha--"
"I care."
"Good. Caring is good, but being pissed off about everything is not. Trust me I learned that the hard way."
"Okay Nick, what are we supposed to do," George asks.
"You need to learn from your losses. Getting your ass kicked teaches you way more than winning ever could. Show me a world champion and I'll show you a man that's lost hundreds of matches."
"What should we have learned tonight," Billy asks.
"The biggest thing is teamwork. You did a great job of keeping those guys grounded for the most part, but you did a shit job of working together. A trio has to work as a unit or they're just going to look like a bunch of monkeys fucking a football."
“Teamwork?” Joe looks at Nick with confusion painted all over his face. “You honestly think that after watching those guys run circles around us for ten minutes that teamwork is the biggest thing we need to work on?”
“I do, because teamwork is the most important thing in these multiple man matches. Everyone has to be on the exact same page or it will go to shit quick. So we’ll work on that some more this week, because you guys have a rematch next Saturday night.”
“Watching us get our asses kicked once wasn’t enough,” George joked.
“No I hope to be watching you get your asses kicked for many years to come. Now you guys get dressed and we’ll grab some burgers.” Nick turns and walks away from the trio before stopping and looking back over his shoulder. “Oh and don’t forget to pick up your pay.”
A smile comes across his face as he walks back towards the curtain to catch the end of the next match. He could remember what it felt like to actually get paid to wrestle for the very first time, and it was the best feeling he had ever felt up to that point in his life. The only thing that has ever felt better was falling in love and seeing his son come into the world kicking and screaming.
Eight PM The Next Night
“You look nervous,” Penny says from the passenger side of the El Camino.
“I’m scared fucking shitless,” Nick replies.
She lays her hand on his knee and looks him in the eyes. “Sweety you are going to do fine. I’ve known Cin’s mom for a couple of years and she’s a good women. She’ll give you a chance, I promise.”
“I just don’t want her family to hate me the way that your family does.”
“My family are a bunch of puritanical asswipes from Indiana. Cin’s family are all from here in California and seem to be pretty open minded.” Penny open up the car door. “Now come on before we’re late. You know that makes a really bad impression.”
Nick turns off the ignition and follows Penny up the driveway to a beautiful home just down the hill from their own. Taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly Nick nods to Penny and she presses the door bell. Three seconds later Cin opens the door with a shy smile on her face, she is obviously just as nervous about the night as Nick.
“Please come in you guys. My mom has put some snacks out in the living room and she wants to talk before dinner. Can I get you guys something to drink?”
“I’ll just have water please,” Nick answers. “I had a pretty hard training session with the guys this afternoon and I’m a little dehydrated.”
“Penny?”
“A water sounds great.”
Cin leads them into the kitchen and grabs them each a bottle of water before taking them into the massive open concept living room with an amazing view of the city below. “Mom I would like to introduce you to--”
“Nicky Nightmare, I am very well aware of who he is Cin. Lord knows I’ve had to watch enough of his barbaric wrestling crap over the years to know who he is.” The pretty blonde seems taken aback by the venom in her mother’s voice, but Nick just smiles and takes it all in stride.
“It’s nice to meet you Mrs.--”
“Anyone fucking my only daughter can call me Judith.”
“Well it’s nice to meet you Judith. I can see where Cin gets her fiery temper and her stunning good looks.”
This time it is Judith’s turn to be taken aback, but she quickly recovers. “You have not seen my fiery temper Mr. Nightmare.”
“Actually It’s Knight, but please call me Nick or Nicky.”
“You’re in my house, I’ll call you whatever I damn well please.”
“Fair enough.”
“So what are your intentions with my daughter Mr. Nightmare? I mean you’re nearly twice her age for God’s sake.”
“Mom this is--”
“I’m talking to your boyfriend Cindy, not you.”
“It’s alright Cin.” Nicky turns back towards Judith and smiles. “I have no intentions for your daughter, because she is a grown woman and very much capable of making her own choices. What I do know is that I love Cin very much and would very much like for her to come live with me and Penny.”
“Why would she want to live with you and Penny?”
“You haven’t told her,” Nick asks Cin.
Cin shakes her head. “I wanted to see how tonight went first.”
“Shit! I’m sorry.”
“What is he talking about Cynthia?”
“Um, I think we should probably all sit down,” Cin says.
“I don’t want to sit down. I want a damn answer.”
“Mom just sit down, because this might take a while.”
“Fine. Mr. Knight would you please come and sit down. My daughter apparently has something very important to tell me.”
“Thank you. I’m sorry I didn’t say it sooner, but you have an absolutely lovely home.”
“Thank you for saying so Mr. Knight. Since you are moving in with Penny I guess I can say that you also have a very lovely home.”
“Well technically I lost it in the divorce, but I appreciate the compliment none the less.”
“What do you mean you lost it in the divorce,” Judith asks.
“Penny and I were married before. I’m sorry that I just assumed that you knew that.”
“I did not, but you know what they say ‘there is nothing like being kicked by the same horse twice.’” Judith gave Nick a smile. “Now what is it you need to tell my Cindy.”
“Well you know that I’m a bit of a free spirit?”
“Yes.”
“And you know that I’ve experimented with girlfriends in the past.”
“Well yeah, I walked in on you and Hope that time.”
“Well..um… I’m not sure how to say this without it being weird. So, here goes, Penny and I are in a relationship.”
“Wait, I’m really confused. Cindy you know I have no problem with you being a lesbian or bisexual, but I thought you were in some kind of relationship with Mr. Knight.”
“Mom I am in a relationship with Nicky, but I’m also in one with Penny. The three of us are in a relationship together, which is why Nicky has said he wants us to move in together.”
“So you’re like swingers or something?”
“Not at all. Some people call what we are a throuple, because we are committed to one another just like a couple. There just happens to be three of us instead of two.”
Judith stands up and begins to pace. “I’m not sure what to say Cindy.”
“Mom I know this is kind of strange, but I’m happy. Nicky and Penny both make me very happy.”
“Do I even want to know how this happened?”
Nick chuckles. “Probably not.”
“No I’m not ashamed of what happened. I’ve always had kind of a school girl crush on Nicky Nightmare and I found out that Penny was dating him. One night we had a little too much wine and I admitted this to her. Well she wanted to give him a special treat so she invited me over New Year’s Eve to give him a special massage.”
“Cynthia! You should be ashamed of yourself. Training to be a licensed massage therapist and your doing rub and tugs?”
“I wasn’t working in some sleazy place jerking off fat old men for money. I was doing something in my private life that I wanted to do, and I’m sorry you don’t approve of that. Well I went to have a good time with Nicky Nightmare and ended up falling in love with Nick Knight.”
“Well Mr. Knight you seem to have won over my daughter, but I still want to know what you’re intentions for her are.”
Nick rubs his chin, still not used to his missing beard. “Well it’s like I said before my only intention is to have her in my life and make her happy. I love your daughter and I hope that she loves me, and I would very much like for her to move in with us.”
“You know that I love both of you and that I want us to move in together,” Cin replies.
“Cindy how can you expect me to approve of you living like this? What is your father going to say? How do you think your grandparents are going to feel about their only granddaughter shacking up with a couple old enough to be her parents?”
“You kidding? Gram and Gramps are a couple of old hippies and would probably support me one hundred percent. I would hope Daddy would also support me as long as I’m happy.”
“Cindy I want you to have a normal life. How are you ever supposed to have a wedding or raise a family in some kind of weird three way relationship?”
“Mom we’ve only been dating for six months, so marriage and children aren’t exactly on my mind. If we ever reach that point we’ll figure it out, but until then we just want to live together and have a relationship with your support.”
“Judith I understand that you’re concerned about Cin’s future. Believe me worrying about the future keeps me awake at night, but I am a good provider. Your daughter will want for absolutely nothing I promise.”
“My daughter is not some whore,” she snarks.
“You’re absolutely right, and neither is Penny. That doesn’t mean that I’m not going to bust my ass to make sure that they have whatever it is they need to be successful. When Penny and a friend of ours wanted to go into business for themselves I helped them to get the funding to do it.”
Judith turns to Penny. “Yeah I know all about your little porn company. I caught my husband masturbating to your movie just last week. It makes me sick to my stomach to think my daughter would want to be in a relationship with someone that fucks for money.”
Penny gives Judith a sly grin. “Actually I fucked because I liked it. I got paid for agreeing to let someone tell me how to fuck while recording it. Now I’m the one that gets to tell people how to fuck, because the last thing I want to do is cheat on Nicky and Cin.”
“Whatever helps you sleep at night.”
“I sleep just fine at night, thank you very much. You’re the one that should be losing sleep keeping your husband satisfied. That way he’s not jerking off to my scenes.”
“You bitch!”
“Both of you stop it,” Nicky yells. “Get over yourselves for a minute and look at the one person in this room that we all love.”
Judith and Penny both look over and see tears running down Cin’s face as she sobs uncontrollably. Nicky is the first one to her and wraps her up in a hug as she cries into his shoulder. The argument stops, but the other two women still stare daggers at one another.
“I am not sure what any of us had planned for this evening, but I know this is not it. We’ve obviously gotten off to a bad start and I’m just as much to blame for that as anyone else, and I want to apologize to you all.”
“I’m sorry,” Penny says sheepishly.
“Me too,” says Judith.
“Judith I can understand if you do not approve of our relationship, because it is unusual. I will admit that I wasn’t sure about it either at first, but you raised an amazing daughter that I have fallen head over heels in love with. So I guess all I can ask is that you support her even if you cannot accept me or Penny as a part of her life.”
“Nicky, I support my daughter in whatever she chooses to do. Thank you for understanding how I feel and please give me some time and I may came to accept it.”
“You have all the time that you need.” Nick gives the older a blonde a smile. “Like I said It is nice to meet you and you have a very nice home.”
“You as well Nicky.”
“Cin will be staying here tonight or coming home,” Penny asks.
“I think I’m going to stay and talk to my mom some more.”
“Alright you know where to find us if you need to talk.”
“I know, I love you both,
July 23, 2021 10:25pm
Nick Knight sits alone in a dressing room holding onto his ribs in obvious pain. Blood is dripping from a split in his chin where he was hit with the lead pipe. Slowly he is unlacing his boots when suddenly the door to the room explodes in and Gregor Winter and The Disciples walk in with baseball bats in hand.
“Well, well, well look what we have here,” the big Viking says with a belly laugh. “The boss is going to be so happy when we send him the video of you flopping around on the ground like a fish out of water.”
“You do realize that the door was unlocked? You could have just turned the knob and walked in with out all of the fuss, but I guess that’s why they call you guys jarheads,” Nick says.
“Fuck you Nicky!”
“You wish big boy.” Nick just smiles at the big man. “Jayson and Jack, it’s good to see you guys. I see that you’re still doing the whole cult thing.”
“The real Unholy Son has sent us to take you out once and for all,” Jack replies.
“Yeah I don’t think so.”
Nick throws back a towel that was sitting on the chair next to him and grabs a taser. Pulling the trigger the barbs shoot out into the chest of Gregor Winter and ‘The Modern Day Viking’ falls to the floor spasming from the electricity coursing through his body. Jayson and Jack both rear back to swing their bats but two men step through the door with tasers and gives them the same treatment.
“I’m glad you guys could make it,” Nicky says.
“Wouldn’t have missed it for the world, brother.” The curly haired man with mutton chop sideburns and a bushy mustache says. “I just wish that piece of shit Lou was here.”
“Yes, where is my big brother,” asks the man in a green dragon looking mask.
“He’s still on the run, so we are stuck with taking out his lackeys.”
“How disappointing.” The dragon masked man reaches down and picks up one of the bats and lays into Jack Ferriman. The mustachioed man follows suit and begins an assault on Jayson Matthews, and not to be out done Nick Knight gets in a few good licks on Gregor Winter.
Once Gregor Winter has been left a bloody pulp Nick lifts up his head by a handful of ginger hair and gets real close. “Listen to me you son of a bitch. You go and tell your boss that The Brotherhood is coming for him.”
Nick Knight stands in the corner of the makeshift locker room in the American Legion Post #308. He had not stepped foot inside of this building in fifteen years or more and the only thing that has changed is the faces of young men get ready for their matches. There were a few that He recognized, old timers still making a buck working indy show, but most were young kids still dreaming of making it big in professional wrestling.
Each time someone new came into the locker room they made sure to come over and shake his hand. It was a tradition almost as old as the wrestling business, even guys that hated each other would shake hands if they happened to be in the same room. It was a show of respect that only the boys could possibly understand. The fact that Nick was a star in the biggest company in the world just made everyone just a little bit more eager to say hello, not that he minded because there was a time when he was the young gun excited to meet the veteran for the first time.
Five minutes before he told them to arrive Billy, Joe, and George came walking into the locker room with their bags over their shoulders. They walked straight for him and he could see the fear in all of three of their eyes. It was intimidating to be in a wrestling locker room for the first time knowing that you’re about to have your very first match. Hell even after twenty years in the business it’s sometimes more than he could handle.
“I’m glad to see that you finally showed up.”
“What do you mean finally? We’re here five minutes before you told us to get here,” says a confused Billy.
“I am sure you guys are about to learn a shitload of lessons tonight, and number one is always be early to the building. You will be amazed at how much you can learn just by getting here first and watching everyone else.”
“Like what,” George asks.
“Well take care of lesson two and then we’ll talk about it. Lesson two is that when you enter a locker room you go around and shake everyone’s hands. Since this is your first show you won’t know anyone so you’ll just be introducing yourselves. Now go.”
Knight watched as his boys walked around the room and introduced themselves. He paid attention to which guys they were intimidated by and which guys seemed to show them respect. They seemed to fall somewhere in the middle of the locker room’s pecking order and for three rookies popping their wrestling cherry that was impressive.
“So what did you guys bring to wear?” All three of them set their bags on folding chairs and pulled out gym shorts or sweat pants, making Nick just shake his head. “Alright lesson number three, if you want to be taken serious as a professional wrestler, you have to look like a professional wrestler.”
“You just told us about this this morning, we didn’t exactly have time to run out and get gear,” George says.
“Or money,” Joe adds.
“Lucky for you I have both.” Nick hands them each a box tied with a bow. “Go on, open them.”
The students tear into them with the excitement of children on Christmas morning, their smiles growing wide when the pull out matching black knee length tights with the xXx across the back in red and red xXx Academy t-shirts. Then he hands them each another box with brand new pairs of amatuer style wrestling shoes.
“Nick I don’t know what to say,” Billy says, fighting back tears.
“Then don’t say anything. Go get dressed you guys are jerking the curtain and we have a lot to talk about before you go out there.”
George, Joe, and Billy quickly dress in their new matching gear before coming back over to their teacher and mentor. Nick looks them over and smiles, proud of his first batch of students in a decade.
“You're booked in a trios match tonight. The guys you’re wrestling are new to the promotion, but they’re all second and third generation guys that grew up inside of the ring down in Mexico. Two of them I’ve known since they were in diapers and I guarantee they’re better than you.”
“If this is supposed to be a pep talk it’s not working,” Joe snarks.
“No, this is me giving you another lesson. You three are my best students, but you’re never going to make it on your talent alone. Nine out of ten guys you face are probably going to be more talented than you, which means you have to find some way to overcome that.”
“What do you purpose we do all knowing one.” George gives Nick a knowing smile and a wink.
“You need to just stick to the basics that you’ve been drilling since we were back at the compound. Don’t wrestle their match, because they’re going to try to do all of those flips and dives the lucha guys do. You aren’t built for that shit so don’t even try it, trust me I found that out the hard way. Just Keep them grounded and don't give them time to breath."
"How do--"
Joe is interrupted by a balding man giving a speech to fire up the wrestlers. Two minutes later the music hit and they were heading towards the ring.
Ten Minutes Later
The four men step back through the curtain, a look of dejection on the students face. Nick does not seem to be fazed by the result of the match. The three young men flop down in folding chairs and Nick stands back and gives them time to catch their breath.
"You guys did alright tonight."
"We got our asses kicked," Joe grumbled.
Nick chuckles. "Yeah you did."
"What's so fucking funny!"
"The way that you're reacting. Yes losing sucks, but no one gives a shit if you win or lose the opening match in some Legion Ha--"
"I care."
"Good. Caring is good, but being pissed off about everything is not. Trust me I learned that the hard way."
"Okay Nick, what are we supposed to do," George asks.
"You need to learn from your losses. Getting your ass kicked teaches you way more than winning ever could. Show me a world champion and I'll show you a man that's lost hundreds of matches."
"What should we have learned tonight," Billy asks.
"The biggest thing is teamwork. You did a great job of keeping those guys grounded for the most part, but you did a shit job of working together. A trio has to work as a unit or they're just going to look like a bunch of monkeys fucking a football."
“Teamwork?” Joe looks at Nick with confusion painted all over his face. “You honestly think that after watching those guys run circles around us for ten minutes that teamwork is the biggest thing we need to work on?”
“I do, because teamwork is the most important thing in these multiple man matches. Everyone has to be on the exact same page or it will go to shit quick. So we’ll work on that some more this week, because you guys have a rematch next Saturday night.”
“Watching us get our asses kicked once wasn’t enough,” George joked.
“No I hope to be watching you get your asses kicked for many years to come. Now you guys get dressed and we’ll grab some burgers.” Nick turns and walks away from the trio before stopping and looking back over his shoulder. “Oh and don’t forget to pick up your pay.”
A smile comes across his face as he walks back towards the curtain to catch the end of the next match. He could remember what it felt like to actually get paid to wrestle for the very first time, and it was the best feeling he had ever felt up to that point in his life. The only thing that has ever felt better was falling in love and seeing his son come into the world kicking and screaming.
Eight PM The Next Night
“You look nervous,” Penny says from the passenger side of the El Camino.
“I’m scared fucking shitless,” Nick replies.
She lays her hand on his knee and looks him in the eyes. “Sweety you are going to do fine. I’ve known Cin’s mom for a couple of years and she’s a good women. She’ll give you a chance, I promise.”
“I just don’t want her family to hate me the way that your family does.”
“My family are a bunch of puritanical asswipes from Indiana. Cin’s family are all from here in California and seem to be pretty open minded.” Penny open up the car door. “Now come on before we’re late. You know that makes a really bad impression.”
Nick turns off the ignition and follows Penny up the driveway to a beautiful home just down the hill from their own. Taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly Nick nods to Penny and she presses the door bell. Three seconds later Cin opens the door with a shy smile on her face, she is obviously just as nervous about the night as Nick.
“Please come in you guys. My mom has put some snacks out in the living room and she wants to talk before dinner. Can I get you guys something to drink?”
“I’ll just have water please,” Nick answers. “I had a pretty hard training session with the guys this afternoon and I’m a little dehydrated.”
“Penny?”
“A water sounds great.”
Cin leads them into the kitchen and grabs them each a bottle of water before taking them into the massive open concept living room with an amazing view of the city below. “Mom I would like to introduce you to--”
“Nicky Nightmare, I am very well aware of who he is Cin. Lord knows I’ve had to watch enough of his barbaric wrestling crap over the years to know who he is.” The pretty blonde seems taken aback by the venom in her mother’s voice, but Nick just smiles and takes it all in stride.
“It’s nice to meet you Mrs.--”
“Anyone fucking my only daughter can call me Judith.”
“Well it’s nice to meet you Judith. I can see where Cin gets her fiery temper and her stunning good looks.”
This time it is Judith’s turn to be taken aback, but she quickly recovers. “You have not seen my fiery temper Mr. Nightmare.”
“Actually It’s Knight, but please call me Nick or Nicky.”
“You’re in my house, I’ll call you whatever I damn well please.”
“Fair enough.”
“So what are your intentions with my daughter Mr. Nightmare? I mean you’re nearly twice her age for God’s sake.”
“Mom this is--”
“I’m talking to your boyfriend Cindy, not you.”
“It’s alright Cin.” Nicky turns back towards Judith and smiles. “I have no intentions for your daughter, because she is a grown woman and very much capable of making her own choices. What I do know is that I love Cin very much and would very much like for her to come live with me and Penny.”
“Why would she want to live with you and Penny?”
“You haven’t told her,” Nick asks Cin.
Cin shakes her head. “I wanted to see how tonight went first.”
“Shit! I’m sorry.”
“What is he talking about Cynthia?”
“Um, I think we should probably all sit down,” Cin says.
“I don’t want to sit down. I want a damn answer.”
“Mom just sit down, because this might take a while.”
“Fine. Mr. Knight would you please come and sit down. My daughter apparently has something very important to tell me.”
“Thank you. I’m sorry I didn’t say it sooner, but you have an absolutely lovely home.”
“Thank you for saying so Mr. Knight. Since you are moving in with Penny I guess I can say that you also have a very lovely home.”
“Well technically I lost it in the divorce, but I appreciate the compliment none the less.”
“What do you mean you lost it in the divorce,” Judith asks.
“Penny and I were married before. I’m sorry that I just assumed that you knew that.”
“I did not, but you know what they say ‘there is nothing like being kicked by the same horse twice.’” Judith gave Nick a smile. “Now what is it you need to tell my Cindy.”
“Well you know that I’m a bit of a free spirit?”
“Yes.”
“And you know that I’ve experimented with girlfriends in the past.”
“Well yeah, I walked in on you and Hope that time.”
“Well..um… I’m not sure how to say this without it being weird. So, here goes, Penny and I are in a relationship.”
“Wait, I’m really confused. Cindy you know I have no problem with you being a lesbian or bisexual, but I thought you were in some kind of relationship with Mr. Knight.”
“Mom I am in a relationship with Nicky, but I’m also in one with Penny. The three of us are in a relationship together, which is why Nicky has said he wants us to move in together.”
“So you’re like swingers or something?”
“Not at all. Some people call what we are a throuple, because we are committed to one another just like a couple. There just happens to be three of us instead of two.”
Judith stands up and begins to pace. “I’m not sure what to say Cindy.”
“Mom I know this is kind of strange, but I’m happy. Nicky and Penny both make me very happy.”
“Do I even want to know how this happened?”
Nick chuckles. “Probably not.”
“No I’m not ashamed of what happened. I’ve always had kind of a school girl crush on Nicky Nightmare and I found out that Penny was dating him. One night we had a little too much wine and I admitted this to her. Well she wanted to give him a special treat so she invited me over New Year’s Eve to give him a special massage.”
“Cynthia! You should be ashamed of yourself. Training to be a licensed massage therapist and your doing rub and tugs?”
“I wasn’t working in some sleazy place jerking off fat old men for money. I was doing something in my private life that I wanted to do, and I’m sorry you don’t approve of that. Well I went to have a good time with Nicky Nightmare and ended up falling in love with Nick Knight.”
“Well Mr. Knight you seem to have won over my daughter, but I still want to know what you’re intentions for her are.”
Nick rubs his chin, still not used to his missing beard. “Well it’s like I said before my only intention is to have her in my life and make her happy. I love your daughter and I hope that she loves me, and I would very much like for her to move in with us.”
“You know that I love both of you and that I want us to move in together,” Cin replies.
“Cindy how can you expect me to approve of you living like this? What is your father going to say? How do you think your grandparents are going to feel about their only granddaughter shacking up with a couple old enough to be her parents?”
“You kidding? Gram and Gramps are a couple of old hippies and would probably support me one hundred percent. I would hope Daddy would also support me as long as I’m happy.”
“Cindy I want you to have a normal life. How are you ever supposed to have a wedding or raise a family in some kind of weird three way relationship?”
“Mom we’ve only been dating for six months, so marriage and children aren’t exactly on my mind. If we ever reach that point we’ll figure it out, but until then we just want to live together and have a relationship with your support.”
“Judith I understand that you’re concerned about Cin’s future. Believe me worrying about the future keeps me awake at night, but I am a good provider. Your daughter will want for absolutely nothing I promise.”
“My daughter is not some whore,” she snarks.
“You’re absolutely right, and neither is Penny. That doesn’t mean that I’m not going to bust my ass to make sure that they have whatever it is they need to be successful. When Penny and a friend of ours wanted to go into business for themselves I helped them to get the funding to do it.”
Judith turns to Penny. “Yeah I know all about your little porn company. I caught my husband masturbating to your movie just last week. It makes me sick to my stomach to think my daughter would want to be in a relationship with someone that fucks for money.”
Penny gives Judith a sly grin. “Actually I fucked because I liked it. I got paid for agreeing to let someone tell me how to fuck while recording it. Now I’m the one that gets to tell people how to fuck, because the last thing I want to do is cheat on Nicky and Cin.”
“Whatever helps you sleep at night.”
“I sleep just fine at night, thank you very much. You’re the one that should be losing sleep keeping your husband satisfied. That way he’s not jerking off to my scenes.”
“You bitch!”
“Both of you stop it,” Nicky yells. “Get over yourselves for a minute and look at the one person in this room that we all love.”
Judith and Penny both look over and see tears running down Cin’s face as she sobs uncontrollably. Nicky is the first one to her and wraps her up in a hug as she cries into his shoulder. The argument stops, but the other two women still stare daggers at one another.
“I am not sure what any of us had planned for this evening, but I know this is not it. We’ve obviously gotten off to a bad start and I’m just as much to blame for that as anyone else, and I want to apologize to you all.”
“I’m sorry,” Penny says sheepishly.
“Me too,” says Judith.
“Judith I can understand if you do not approve of our relationship, because it is unusual. I will admit that I wasn’t sure about it either at first, but you raised an amazing daughter that I have fallen head over heels in love with. So I guess all I can ask is that you support her even if you cannot accept me or Penny as a part of her life.”
“Nicky, I support my daughter in whatever she chooses to do. Thank you for understanding how I feel and please give me some time and I may came to accept it.”
“You have all the time that you need.” Nick gives the older a blonde a smile. “Like I said It is nice to meet you and you have a very nice home.”
“You as well Nicky.”
“Cin will be staying here tonight or coming home,” Penny asks.
“I think I’m going to stay and talk to my mom some more.”
“Alright you know where to find us if you need to talk.”
“I know, I love you both,
July 23, 2021 10:25pm
Nick Knight sits alone in a dressing room holding onto his ribs in obvious pain. Blood is dripping from a split in his chin where he was hit with the lead pipe. Slowly he is unlacing his boots when suddenly the door to the room explodes in and Gregor Winter and The Disciples walk in with baseball bats in hand.
“Well, well, well look what we have here,” the big Viking says with a belly laugh. “The boss is going to be so happy when we send him the video of you flopping around on the ground like a fish out of water.”
“You do realize that the door was unlocked? You could have just turned the knob and walked in with out all of the fuss, but I guess that’s why they call you guys jarheads,” Nick says.
“Fuck you Nicky!”
“You wish big boy.” Nick just smiles at the big man. “Jayson and Jack, it’s good to see you guys. I see that you’re still doing the whole cult thing.”
“The real Unholy Son has sent us to take you out once and for all,” Jack replies.
“Yeah I don’t think so.”
Nick throws back a towel that was sitting on the chair next to him and grabs a taser. Pulling the trigger the barbs shoot out into the chest of Gregor Winter and ‘The Modern Day Viking’ falls to the floor spasming from the electricity coursing through his body. Jayson and Jack both rear back to swing their bats but two men step through the door with tasers and gives them the same treatment.
“I’m glad you guys could make it,” Nicky says.
“Wouldn’t have missed it for the world, brother.” The curly haired man with mutton chop sideburns and a bushy mustache says. “I just wish that piece of shit Lou was here.”
“Yes, where is my big brother,” asks the man in a green dragon looking mask.
“He’s still on the run, so we are stuck with taking out his lackeys.”
“How disappointing.” The dragon masked man reaches down and picks up one of the bats and lays into Jack Ferriman. The mustachioed man follows suit and begins an assault on Jayson Matthews, and not to be out done Nick Knight gets in a few good licks on Gregor Winter.
Once Gregor Winter has been left a bloody pulp Nick lifts up his head by a handful of ginger hair and gets real close. “Listen to me you son of a bitch. You go and tell your boss that The Brotherhood is coming for him.”
Well howdy there pardner.