Jessica stared down at the unyielding concrete below her. She had already stretched out and warmed up, and it was nearly go-time. The Violent Violet was standing near the staging area with her costume on and her heart thumping. She adjusted her right glove and looked to the side, and then back down. Move after move danced through her head, and Jessica was mentally going through how she would position her feet, and where she would grab her opponent. Jessica knew a thousand and one moves, but knowing was not nearly enough to carry the day, especially not in a place such as this. Jessica had learned that LAW was no place for losers the hard way, and she bore those failures in her heart. And they were not going to happen again.
The concrete below her was solid, thick. She tapped it with her foot. It had not been changed since the day it was poured, and it was not going to change hence. Jessica could still write her own story, and she knew that. It was just going to take execution of the highest caliber and an unwavering will. Doubt was beginning to foment in the back of her head, and she cast it aside as she flicked her long purple hair from her face. There was so much to come, good, bad, and everything in between. It was just a question of seizing the lightning and etching her own trace onto the great wheel of history.
Jessica breathed in. There was no going back now. The dark refrain of her entrance music portended her entrance. Somewhere, some in the crowd were surely jeering and a scattered handful were cheering just to be polite, but she was on the concrete and they were on Mars. Her eyes focused solely on the ring in front of her to the detriment of all else around, and Jessica was not going to have it any other way. The Violent Violet was a woman on a mission.
She slipped under the bottom rope, strode to the middle of the ring, and whirled around. Jessica did not know who her opponent was going to be for the evening, but she knew that she at least was going to be in her weight class. As much as she liked to study up on her opponent to learn their tendencies and their weaknesses, she took some consolation in the fact that at least this woman would not be significantly bigger this time. She adjusted her left glove and did her best to make sure that it did not look like a nervous tic. She looked down at the gold star there, and hoped it would be the last star she would see tonight.
Let's see what this turns into, she thought.

