Raquel was happy to enter a tournament where she just needed one win in order to get some good exposure in LAW. One win and she'd be in a photo shoot allowing people to see that she was more than a small firecracker. They could also see that she wasn't a mediocre wrestler taking up a roster spot. She was clad in her bikini, more than happy to be stepping out to the beachside ring.
However, as she was heading out she overheard some of the stagehands talking about the matchup. She heard a name..... THAT name.... GASTER. Raquel mood instantly soured, leaving her ready to rip GASTER apart. As her music played a serious, focused Raquel came out far from the bubbly bouncy person she had anticipated being on this summer day. She stood in the center of the ring and stared back up towards the entrance area, eagerly awaiting GASTERs arrival. Raquel was more than happy to take the fight to this woman, as in her mind GASTER was responsible for a wedge being driven between her and Asuka.
Clara sat in the small locker room just a few meters away from the beach, wearing her cute yellow and black bikini with a nervous expression on her face.
What could've been a fun affair turned into a nerve wracking match against a woman from whom she stole her girlfriend from...and wasn't willing to let her go. With the clock ticking the last seconds before her entrance, Clara put on her mask to get ready to enter the ring build at the sands of the beach, standing up to make her entrance. This was still a match, and despite the history between her and Raquel, she was going to win it.
Under the warm summer day, there was no way for the Shadow Lord to pull off her usual entrance...but even if she could, the masked girl visibly wasn't in the mood. She exit from the locker room onto the sandy entrance ramp...with her body language possessing no hint of the eccentric British chuuni underneath it...
She tried not to let her body language give up her thoughts, but from the lack of the girl's usual excitement while entering the ring, some of her fans knew something was wrong.
Clara would calmly roll into the ring with little fanfare, as she silently looked at Raquel from the opposite corner. She had no words for the girl as she waited for the match to start...
Raquel glared at GASTER as she approached. She paced in place and kept her stare focused on her opponent. As soon as GASTER rolled into the ring Raquel waste no time in rushing straight at her, the ringing of the bell be damned! Charging Raquel tired to spear GASTER straight down to the mat and grab her hair, trying to pound her head against the canvass over and over! There was no time for talk, and Raquel's actions made it quite clear how she felt about GASTER!
The fans booed her outright rush, ignoring the official start of the match. Right now Raquel didn't care what anyone else thought. She only knew she wanted to smash this home wrecker to pieces in this match!
Even knowing that Raquel was more than upset at her, Clara still expected for the girl to follow the rules, and keep an even playing field...
That all went out the window, as, the moment the Shadow Lord came into the ring, Raquel made a beeline for her and drove her shoulder hard into her unprepared stomach!
"GUUUAH!"
She fell back first on the mat, hearing a loud:
DING DING DING!
To signify the start of the match, and GASTER was already on the losing side of the encounter!
Her troubles wouldn't end just yet, as Raquel would grasp at her hair, bringing it up...and then crashing down onto the canvas!
"AGH! AGH! STO-AAAAGH!"
Despite GASTER pleading, Raquel didn't oblige. She was a woman on a mission, and that mission was clear.
Complete and utter destruction of her
The crowd would boo the light-blue bikini clad lightweight for jumping the bell, and the ref would approach her to pry her off the Shadow Lord...but GASTER feared that Raquel would simply ignore all of that as well. This wasn't a match anymore, but a fight.
And if she didn't want this to devolve further into a beat down, she had to actually fight back, as she attempted to launch her right fist across Raquel's face!
Raquel pounded GASTER's head against the canvass, and she did indeed ignore the referee. She turned to look at the referee, about to tell them to shut up with GASTER hammered her with a hard punch to the cheek! Raquel's head whipped back and she stumbled back up to her feet rubbing her cheek. "Damn it you...." She grounded, shaking her head and keeping her focus right on GASTER.
Raquel waited for GASTER to get up and once she did Raquel would move in, spinning herself around while swinging her leg up to aim a roundhouse kick right at GASTER's face!
GASTER would be correct in her assessment of the situation. Ref's words had no use on the brunette, and the only option left to the Shadow Lord was to force Raquel off of her with her strength.
With a punch, Raquel was off, and it seemed the Brit was free to rise to her feet. She needed to deescalate the situation. This was a wrestling match, even if the rules specified that it could only end in submission.
As Clara rose to her feet, she attempted to address her foe:
"Look, Raquel...I know you are upset, but-----!"
She wouldn't have any of it. The brunette would simply launch her foot at the Shadow Lord for a roundhouse kick, one that GASTER manage to barely block...but not entirely.
The impact shook and dazed her, downing her to a knee as her ears rung from the attack.
The kick hit, but not as well as Raquel hoped. She backed up, seeing GASTER kneeling down. Rage, anger and frustration fueled every strike she sent and this one would be no different! Raquel shrieked as she rushed right in at GASTER launching herself forward as she tried to level GASTER with a shining wizard! Raquel was not playing games today, and the bikini clad wrestler tried to hammer GASTER with everything she had in this running strike!
Thoughts of Asuka and GASTER together flooded Raquels mind. Raquel just being left out, forgotten. She had enough and this match was her avenue to get payback. There wouldn't be interference like last time. Nothing was going to save GASTER from Raquels wrath!
Without a doubt, this was the worst start to a match Clara has had in LAW so far in her career. The scene right now was quite akin to her old matches on the UK indy scene with the way Raquel was beating up on the Shadow Lord and not letting on...
Things would take a turn for worse, as the screaming Raquel would take straight for GASTER, landing her knee right into the temple of the Brit's head!
There was no scream as Clara silently and lifelessly landed on the canvas. Her ears were ringing, and her vision incredibly blurry.
The crowd meanwhile fell silent. Was this the end? Had Raquel actually managed to beat GASTER in record time?
Raquel smashed into GASTER and saw her go down. Raquel was ready to make her submit... or even better pass out! She dropped down next to GASTER and moved to wrap her legs around GASTERs head and squeeze, trying to make her quit by way of a strangling head scissors hold she applied with her lean, firm legs! "Just give it up, go back home to Asuka and let me at least have a victory!" Raquel said as she screamed, putting everything she had into squeezing GASTER!