Tokyo Dome.
Finally, she was getting her hands on it. The largest roofed stadium in Japan. Or, more importantly, LAW’s beating heart. Over the dozen evening meetings with Dot, Spectre talked on and on that if they can win here, either of them, then their visibility would skyrocket. Soon, it won't just be LAW goers and fans that'll be afraid, but all of Japan, then abroad.
“So absolutely no shower slips on this. Alright?”
Said about a month before the show. They reviewed diagrams and smoke machine designs on wheeled bulletin boards and hacked the back-ends of websites to pull data about ticket buyers. Thanks to Dot, they bugged the executive producer’s laptop to get their hands on setup details. Her and Dot went over and practised three combat strategies, lightly sparring in one of their hideouts, then rehearsed the entrance.
THE DAY OF: Mary’s entrance was made and the cameras were set for Spectre and Dot’s script to sweep the show. In their heads, they counted it down. Three, two, one…
Showtime.
“Hey, where did my shot go?”
“A weird skull overlay is in the middle of mine!”
“Mine too! Is this a bug?"
Said the production crew in the back. Then in the crowds, one after another, phones black-screened then flashed a chromed skull with a respirator mask and nuclear, identical to the one glitching onto the Titantron. One spotlight died after the other, perplexing the AV crew in the back and the executive producer that took off her headset.
“Someone tell me what the fuck is going on?”
“We’re… Being hacked.” Someone added.
Sssssssssss…
Smoke machines started to spew a purple panicogenic gas, giving involuntary spikes to nerves and turning the front row into palpitating wussies with palm sweats. The kind that made you look around, then obsessively search for exits and dangers. Night Thrill. As it deployed, a shadow descended on a cable, appearing in-front of the Titantron's giant chrome skull before dropping down. A silhouette rises through the purple smoke wall. Cape, mask, short hair and a sleek leotard of black and purple.
Her fingers tingle then flinch, hungry to leave their mark. She emerged from the smoke with her hands spread and face-out by her hips, smirking briefly before the glare took over. Boo's batted it back. Purple smog was rolling around her sides. Her arm swipes, clearing a path with the brush of her purple and black cape. She continues down the rampart in slow deliberate stride.
At ringside, she dips into a crouch then pops off her feet, landing on the ring apron. A hand grabs the top, then she sprints over to the corner, hits one foot on the middle buckle and backflips over the top to land inside the ring, adjacent to the corner. With her back pointed at Mary, Spectre first looks over-shoulder, then turns to point the shoulder.
“Hmm.” She starts, examining Mary up and down,
“You're quite the star, Clairson.” After a deep breath, in and out, she continued,
"I've looked into everythin' about your matches up until this point. All I have to say is.. Try to last." A small lopsided smile develops.
"And give me somethin' to chew on."
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