It seemed like it would be another night in the LAW locker room for Sophia Sanders. The big blonde powerhouse superhero was alone in her locker room thanks in part to LAW management agreeing with her to have her own room to keep her identity a secret. Even though on one hand Sophia was grateful for them agreeing to her conditions to help keep her gimmick alive even behind the camera, having one room all to yourself can feel isolating at times, and it was surely taking it's tole on the superhero tonight. There she sitting in a crouch position with a frown on her face as it seemed like LAW only called her to be in tonight if they needed a backup replacement on the card for tonight's show, something Sophia wasn't too happy about.
"I don't want to seem entitled but you think after a successful showing at Fight The LAW and Slam-A-Thon, they would have me be a regular right?" She spoke out allowed to herself like a comic book character frustrated with how she was being treated as a young lioness rather than the successful indie star she was being built up as when LAW signed her contract. The only thing that kept her busy was tossing a rubber ball at the floor and watching it hit the wall and ricocheting off with her catching it, however that pastime to pass the boredom grew into anger with each passing second. Sophia couldn't help but feel like a side show despite her talent and being couped up in a room all by her lonesome just throwing a ball back and forth off the wall started to get on her nerves as without realizing it, her motion grew faster and faster each having more anger behind it until one catch she just stood up gritting her teeth with her eyes having a furious glare like a bear as she pivoted her footing as she reeled back her arm tightening her muscles as she threw the rubber ball with ferocity at the other side of the wall!
"GRAHH!!" She roared out as she threw it only for the ball to bounce off and hit her right in the shoulder before dropping down to the floor right beside her feet. Now standing Sophia took deep breathes in and out trying to release the tension in her body.
"Damn it, I could've broken the TV if it was an inch closer....." She muttered out scratching her head in frustration as she would've had to play money out of her own pocket if that happened.
"Well no use throwing a temper tantrum, let's see who got booked instead." Sophia continued to mutter still disappointed in her situation as she begrudgingly sat down and turned on the TV.
It seemed as if Sopha turned it on at the right time as tonight's events were starting to get underway as while at first Sophia watched disinterested and only watching to pass the time, that would soon quickly change however as Black Tornado came bursting out through the gorilla and onto the arena!!! In an instant Sophia's bored expression turned into one of excitement as she saw one of her personal favorite wrestlers announce her big comeback to LAW as she crawled over to the TV screen like a spider at a fast rate to be face first Infront of the television just to make sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her and thankfully they weren't.
"Wait WHAT!? SHE'S BACKKKK!!!!!!?" Sophia yelled out excitedly as she was hugging the TV keeping her eyes glued to the screen wanting to hear what Tornado had to say for her big comeback. Even if they were only a few years apart in age that didn't change the fact Sophia was a longtime admirer of Tornado's work even going to a convention, she was at in her starting wrestling gear just to get an autograph and picture that she still kept framed to this very day! Sophia sat their eargly anticipating what she would say to the crowd until Tornado finally announced it.....
"An op..Open...chall.enge...challenge......!?" Sophia leaned back fumbling her words trying to let all sink in before it finally did, and once it did, Sophia jumped up fist bumping the air in excitement as this could be a big opportunity, not only facing against one of her favorite wrestlers but it would her first match in LAW where she would be fighting a fellow superhero themed wrestler, the idea made the little girl who grew up reading comic books and seeing the times heroes would have to fight each other whether it be Secret Wars, Civil War, or whatever else loose her mind with excitement and without thinking almost left the room unmasked before she opened the door.
"Ohhhhh crap!!!!" She squealed as a backstage worker almost saw her true face before she slammed the door going back to get her gear on in a hurry while also texting a certain someone to see if they were backstage to come along when the time was right. Now that was she geared up, Gloria Star rushed through the backstage arena hoping against hope no one else took her spot as she made it behind the curtain.
"Please....telll....me... I'm... the first... one... here...?" Gloria panted as running that fast at a breakneck pace left her a bit exhausted as she stopped to catch herself letting deep breathes of air while keeping her eyes on the official hoping no one came out.
"Nope.... you made it just in time" The official said with Gloria letting out a sigh of relief and a chuckle upon hearing the good news.
"Thanks.... tell them to play my song.... I'll be out in a minute..." Gloria continued her short breathes of air as she began to straighten herself out trying to look confident like a true hero as waited for LAW to start her theme up.
It had only been three minutes, and the audience still kept their eyes on the entrance ramp, but it seemed like no one was interested in taking on the Tornado..... until suddenly the lights dimmed, the speakers began to play Gloria's theme. Some people recognized it and began to cheer as they knew what was coming next as the strobe lights began to go around in the colors of red, white and blue with all of them centering in on the entrance ramp until Gloria Star came out raring to go with a cocky smile on her face that just screamed enthusiasm for tonight. For a moment she stood tall at the top ramp with her hands firmly placed on the sides of her hips as she had her eyes focused dead center on Black Tornado.
As she began to march down the aisle Gloria would keep to her hero nature and give some attention to the fans, giving them high fives and fist bumps and even stopping to hug a kid who was a big fan of her work before turning her focus back to Tornado. As she made to the front of the outside of the ring, the caped superhero would step up the steel steps taking a moment to dust off her boots on the outside of the ring before perching herself up the top corner and aiming to jump off letting her cape and hair flow through the wind before doing a classic superhero landing as she rise up to face to face with the tornado. The young blonde kept her gaze on her she extended her hand out, not for a handshake but for the microphone to let her have a moment to speak as the cheering crowd began to simmer down as Gloria placed the mic up to her lips.
"HELLLLLLLOOOO LAWWW!!!!" Gloria following in Tornado's footsteps did her own hello to the audience as she circled around seeing the uproar that came from it. Once they quieted down once again Gloria shifted her focus back to the woman who stood right in front of her this evening.
"Before we begin, I just wanna say, big fan. I mean it's not hard to see why I've been a long time admirer of your work." Gloria spoke but rather than saying something confident or intimating, she stook to her superhero gimmick and instead made a playful joke to Tornado wanting to make it clear off the bat, she had no hatred or wrong motivations to her challenge here tonight.
"You may not remember me but a few years go I went to a convention back when I was starting off in the industry in my old ring gear. I was first in line at your booth to get a picture and autograph from you. I had to save up I had left from my ring matches to not only buy my ticket, but also the photo and autograph from you since the rest went straight into my college tuition.... Some may say I was being reckless, but it was worth it as seeing a fellow superhero clad wrestler, inspired me to keep going." Gloria stood there like a statue not taking her eyes off for her a second, remembering when she started off in this business before she became a household name. She spoke with nothing but warmth and friendliness in her voice as that day truly meant the world to her and even began to chuckle thinking back to the time she had to use whatever money she could to do stuff she wanted to do instead of store them all into her college tuition.
"However, I'm not just here to bring up the old days of when I started off as a superhero in training!" Gloria cleared her throat and began raise her voice to hype up the crowd as she began to walk around Tornado.
"I'm here to answer your challenge, I've been dreaming of this day for a long time. A We Are LAW match against two superheroes to determine who would come out on top!? It sounds like something that only come from a comic book itself!" Gloria continued pointing her thumb at herself before chuckling at her own analogy for this bout as the crowd began to cheer the idea.
"But there's a tiny problem...." Gloria cut through the arena's cheers as wagged her finger in front of Tornado's face almost sarcastically.
"You would only qualify for the undercard given you have one match here in LAW. I would qualify for the main event.... and I don't know about you but does a title match before the belt you have had for YEARS be put on the line not just for your big return but your first EVER WE ARE LAW MATCH!?" Gloria continued on pacing back and forth explaining her reasoning while putting important emphasis on some of her words by gesturing to the audience.
"How about instead of a title match we do a simple Last Woman Standing? And who knows if I win maybe I'll consider asking for a real title shot." Gloria offered while chuckling at a future title match idea. Now however, the ball was in Tornado's corner as Gloria held the mic out for her waiting to see what her answer will with an eager expression on her face as now the crowd was sucked into this idea as well, as they all waited for Tornado's response.
