Where is Jimmy Page?

[Luke Jackson]

Luke Jackson sat out on the porch of his house. It was a nice day in Boston which had become the norm for the winter that they had. He had a smile on his face and a backwards baseball cap on. He was watching down the street waiting for something finally a blue object started to come down the road. He got up as the car approached the car stopped and turned off as he walked towards it. He opened the door and out walked his sister Larissa Jackson. Her blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail and she had on a nice blue dress she hugged her brother and smiled. 

Larissa Jackson: Still with the backwards cap Lukey? 

He shook his head and laughed a little bit as he and his sister started to walk towards the house. 

Luke Jackson: You know only one person can call me Lukey right? 

Larissa Jackson: Of course. But I do it anyway. Where is Jules anyway I’ve missed her. 

Luke Jackson: She is in class for a little bit longer she should be home in a few hours.  

They walked into the house and sat on the couch.  

Larissa Jackson: So I have seen big things coming from you. Proud of you. 

Luke Jackson: Yeah, thanks. I’m happy with what I have been doing. I just need to keep doing it. Sucks I lost the last show but what can I do about it. 

Larissa Jackson: You just have to be better next time out. 

Luke nods his head and he gets up and grabs a couple waters and hands on to Larissa.  

Luke Jackson: Why the sudden visit Ris? 

Larissa Jackson: I knew you’d ask that right away.  

It is two-fold to be honest. Look, I feel bad that you and Jules never got to go on a honeymoon and all of that and I saw that you and her were talking about going to Cancun. As I was thinking about it I thought that I should help…No Luke don’t say anything. 

She cut him off by putting her hand up. 

Larissa Jackson: I want to help. That is why I will pay for half of the trip. 

Luke Jackson: Ris you don’t have to do that. 

Larissa Jackson: I don’t but I will.  

Now as for the second reason I have to ask you about Ricky and my name being around the locker room.  

Luke Jackson: I haven’t heard your name around the locker room at all Ris. At least I try not to hear it. I understand why you did it and all of that but I don’t understand the video and I guess that is something that Ricky and I have to work out. Being honest though he has changed. 

Larissa Jackson: He has? 

Luke Jackson: Yeah. Being around him more I can see that he is someone that I want to get along with. Of course we have had our problems and all of that but we have to work through them. We are the tag team champions and if we let a couple little things bother us then we are in trouble. We have to have that united front and to be honest I’m done with all of this. 

Larissa Jackson: As you should be. 

She sighs and laughs a little bit. 

Larissa Jackson: I want to move on from it as well but I can’t it is like a stench on me that no matter what I do it hangs there.  

Luke Jackson: I know. 

Larissa Jackson: No, you don’t!  

Rage started to fill the body of Larissa as she got up from the couch. 

Larissa Jackson: It is hard being on twitter seeing him do what he does. You know how many times I’ve wanted to blow up his game with Mayu or whomever else that he decides to talk to? Every time I’m around a wrestler I think about what happened and wonder if they have heard about me. I just want to be out of this skin Luke. I’m sick of it. 

Luke Jackson: Have you thought about getting help? 

Larissa Jackson: No, do you think I should? 

Luke Jackson: I don’t know. But I’m here and Jules is here for you all you need to do is call us and we will help you. Know that and keep that in mind okay?  

He gets up and hugs his sister as the scene fades to black. 

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Luke Jackson: Jimmy Page… 

The words fall off the tongue of Luke Jackson. He sat on the porch of his house. He took a deep breath and looked deep into the camera. 

Luke Jackson: Where have you been? 

When I walked into the FGA all I heard about was you and how good you were and how great of a champion you were. Where has that been though in 2016? Did Chandler Scott really take the last fatal blow on you and you can’t fix whatever the hell is wrong with you? See you want to end him but has that really worked out for you? I’ve been there I have wanted to end someone because of what they did to me. Hell, man I am living that right now with my partner but I have worked through it and have become a better wrestler because of it. But you, you are letting him get to your head and you aren’t able to do anything about it. That is what is going to kill you man thinking about him over and over again and him ducking all of your challenges. Do you really think going out to ringside week in and week out and calling him out will really work? Yes, he beat you but sometimes you have to let that shit go man before it eats you up inside. When I beat Bayani so long ago it felt good but before then it hurt, it hurt because I let him get to me. That is what has happened to you and it will continue on happening because well maybe you aren’t man enough to stop that bleeding. Which is sad because not long ago you were on top of the world. 

When I think about it though man you and I are the same. It might not be on the talent side of things because maybe you have that on me in spades.  

No. It is because we have heart man. Both of us want this so bad because we want to be talked about. I want that because I want to have the satisfaction of being one of the best in this company, you want it because deep down you are a lonely soul. You want to be accepted but you don’t know how to achieve that goal. Winning the FGA title was that chance for you but as soon as you lost it you started to lose that. Still though you aren’t still going at it you still have that goal and you will do what it takes to get it back but just like the stuff with Chandler you are going to let it consume you. Even if it will kill you. But I’m the same way now that I have the FGA tag title it has consumed me it has become a part of me and dare I say my precious man. I will kill to keep that title because for once I have started to become accepted and like I said maybe that is what the FGA title was for you.  

I see you and I know that you are the kind of man that will take shot upon shot and get right back up. I have been doing that my whole career. It is something that I used to and I will always do that so I hope that you knock me down and try and hurt me because I will get back up and I will fight. I will bring that fight to you man and I will surprise you because of what I can do. I also hope that in a way that you doubt me. Yes, before I had that self-doubt that would always creep up on me but since I have been with Ricky and getting better and better I have let all of that doubt go away. I know that I might not win every match but I know now that a match is won or lost before the bell rings. Anyone can beat anyone and hell my night might be this night when we wrestle man. Then again if it isn’t my night I will chalk it up as a learning experience but unlike you I won’t hang my hat on it and whine and bitch until I get back in the ring with you like what you are doing with the man that took everything away from you.  

He nods his head and smiles a little bit. 

Luke Jackson: I’m taking this challenge on full head of steam though man. For some reason I want to step in that ring with you and take the fight too you and make you beat me. Yes, I know it is there man that I need to beat you and prove to people that I can beat someone the likes of you. It will be tough though and I know that which is fine because I love that challenge. Think about it, did people really think that I would win the tag team titles with Ricky Valero? Did people really think that you would lose to Chandler Scott? 

No on both accounts. 

But both of them happened right?  

He puts his hands together and looks at the horizon. 

Luke Jackson: I don’t know how this match is going to go and all of that man. I know that you will bring the championship game that you have and I will bring the best that I had. Which I know might not be enough and I’m fine with that but I will not cower in fear of you. That would be a much worse loss for me if I didn’t show up and just let the ten count happen and walk away. No I will get into that ring and stare you deep into your eyes and well do what I do best and that is make people talk about me even if it is bad or good because that is what I do man.  

As I had stated before 2016 hasn’t been good for you has it? You haven’t been able to win a match yet this year in FGA and maybe it is because people have stepped up against you and gave you their best shot or well maybe you might have lost a step something that I have alluded to before. Or maybe you are just biding your time and when everyone starts to doubt you, you come back and beat everyone that steps into the ring with you. The funny thing is though man that we all know that you can be better then what you have been. We have all seen you winning matches left and right defending the top prize in the game over and over again and making people wonder when you would ever lose it. People in 2015 watched in awe what you did and they started to claim you as the best wrestler in the world and well man you might just have been but now where are you? Are people still saying that about you or have they let that ship sail?  

He gets up and starts to walk around his yard. 

Luke Jackson: I can be trouble for you man. You don’t like the fast guys, the small guys. Look at what happened with your last match Cartier beat you, and yes you might have let it slip like you claim but it doesn’t matter because you lost to her and I’m kind of like her I am fast and well I will fly all over that ring and make you look up and wonder how you are going to stop me. 

He stops walking and looks at the ground. 

Luke Jackson: When I first saw this match man I was a little worried. To be placed against one of the top guys in the company is a tough pill to swallow but you can also look at it as a chance for me to prove myself against one of the top guys in the company. It shows that some faith has been placed on me that I can go against anyone and put on a good show but in some ways putting on a good show isn’t enough. I’d love to say that all I want to do is walk into that ring and give my best and fall a little bit short. I’d love to say that but to be honest that is not enough… 

…I want to beat… 

…You… 

That would be one of the biggest stories of 2016 already man. Just like the tag title win I had but this might be even bigger than that if I can beat you man. I will do what it takes to win this match and like I said I don’t just want to fall short. That wouldn’t be good enough for me. My loss to Aries Reed might have killed some of the momentum that I had built up but if I beat you all of that momentum that I had lost will come back and it might be even bigger. Taking you down would be something that would be written about and talked about. I just need to execute.  

He walks back to the porch and opens the door and starts to walk into the house. 

Luke Jackson: Just know man that the stuff that is eating you up right now will eat you alive if you let it. You are better than that. Letting someone getting in your head and letting it stew there. I guess, you aren’t that focused on me which is sad because what happened with Cartier can happen against me if you let it. If you overlook me I will surprise you this thing that you have is not healthy. Oh well, I guess this is the shot for me to take someone like you out when you aren’t really even worried about me.  

He smiles and closes the door as the scene fades.