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       Aftershocks
       By: Raccoon Date: August 26, 2014, 12:36 pm
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       [Damn can't post the gif I made. Max file size is only 512kb]
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       Aftershocks
       Alexandra Paul was once again in a bad mood. "That fucking
       Spam!" she mumbled as she tied her shoe laces. She had switched
       to another gym in hopes of avoiding running into the blonde
       again. Not because she was afraid of Pamela Anderson, but
       because she feared she wouldn't be able to control herself and
       would severely hurt the blonde.
       
       "First she ruined my Shockwave interview, then…" Alexandra threw
       her bag into the locker and slammed the door shut with a clang,
       "and then she hired that lousy Shay Mitchell from Dragon's Den
       to attack me; to humiliate me!" She strode up the stairs three
       at a time, her mind devising plans how to get even with the
       blonde bully.
       Today she would start with a run, after which she intended to do
       serious strength training in the gym. Tomorrow she would be
       training with Jessica Ennis.
       She did some stretching outside the gym and was pleased to
       notice that she got a lot of attention. A guy even came to chat
       with her while she was stretching. "Sure you can tag along on my
       run, but I will not wait for you if you can't keep up." Needless
       to say, they guy couldn't keep up with Alexandra and soon she
       was running alone with her thoughts.
       As she ran she pondered on the current situation. Alexandra had
       heard about the UMMA long before Raccoon had approached her. She
       had been fascinated by this league were female celebrities
       fought each other. She knew her athleticism and strength coupled
       with her size and determination would have made her a star in
       UMMA. Regardless, she hadn't even entertained the thought to
       join. Until Raccoon had contacted her. She had immediately
       jumped at the opportunity to be Raccoon's first fighter…the
       first 'Coon! "This will be so much fun!" she had thought.
       Winning had proven to be much harder than she had thought; the
       girls were stronger, faster, better fighters than she had ever
       imagined. UMMA was less fun than she had expected – it was hard
       work! And then Raccoon had hired Hayden Panettiere and all the
       remaining fun had disappeared. For some reason Hayden had
       bullied Alexandra from day one. Luckily things had eventually
       calmed down when more girls joined the stable. It had started to
       be fun again!
       It had been fun to bond again with Pamela Anderson on the
       Imaginary Heroines. But then she had joined Pye's Gorgeous
       Grapplers and left the team. And then, for no reason at all she
       had started attacking Alexandra. As if Hayden wasn't enough?
       "Are all blondes idiots?" she said out loud.
       Alexandra continued her run along the beach boulevard.
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       #Post#: 225--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Aftershocks
       By: Dragons Den Date: August 26, 2014, 5:27 pm
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       “All the ones I’ve met.”
       Natalie Portman casually added her opinion as if Alexandra was
       actually asking her directly. She wasn’t of course, and Natalie
       was fully aware of this, but the petite fighter also felt quite
       strongly on the matter.
       “Honestly, I don’t know that I’ve ever met a blonde whose IQ was
       greater than a goldfish’s. But, I’m assuming you’re venting
       about Pam Anderson; whose IQ is likely far less than that of a
       soap dish.”
       Nat ran alongside the much taller Alexandra, puffing now as she
       had accelerated rather quickly to catch Alex when she noticed
       her jogging past. Natalie had been taking a break from her own
       run, knocking out a few stretches by the fence line along the
       beach-side running track. Upon seeing Alex, she couldn’t pass up
       the chance to grab some first-hand gossip. The recent Raccoon’s
       stable press conference had been all the talk at Dragon’s Den,
       since Shay had made her controversial appearance. Shay hadn’t
       discussed it with anyone at the Den, but now Natalie had her
       chance to hear it all straight from Alex’s mouth.
       “I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop on your conversation with
       yourself, by the way. Actually, I didn’t even realise you were
       that weird. I was just going to tell you I thought what happened
       to you was bullshit, and I hope you kick Pam’s ass.”
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       Re: Aftershocks
       By: Raccoon Date: August 27, 2014, 9:28 am
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       At first Alexandra just glanced at the girl and continued to
       run. It took a few moments for the information to reach her
       brain; then a few moments more before she had processed the
       data. "Portman?" she screamed and jumped into the air like a
       startled cat. "Where did you come from?" Alexandra's head was
       spinning around looking for more attackers. She fisted her hands
       and took a fighting stance. She looked Natalie up and down,
       seemingly trying to evaluate her, trying to gauge the threat
       level. Portman was small, but Alexandra had learned that size
       didn't seem to matter in the UMMA – she had knocked out by
       several pint-sized girls. Portman looked really fit…and… She
       quickly realized that she knew nothing about Portman – different
       organization and division. Was she a rookie? A prime? Of course
       she knew Natalie Portman, but she didn't know anything about her
       in the UMMA. Except that she was in Dragon's Den!
       "You don't expect me to trust a Dragon's Den member?" Alexandra
       said. She sounced nervous; It was clear that she wasn't as
       confident as she tried to sound.
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       Re: Aftershocks
       By: Dragons Den Date: August 27, 2014, 10:11 am
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       Now Natalie was gawking at Alex like she was crazy. She hadn’t
       even bothered raising her fists to match Alexandra’s. In fact,
       she hadn’t moved at all. She may have tilted slightly to the
       side, like a concerned puppy  trying to work out what was
       happening in front of her. She wondered what she had walked
       herself into.
       “Trust? What’s trust got to do with it?”
       Natalie glanced about in response to Alex nervously surveying
       the area. It was just the two of them, bar a few stray joggers
       paying them no mind. “I’m just going for a jog. Are you joining
       me or flipping out and throwing yourself into the ocean like the
       dried up old trout everyone’s saying you are?”
       As Alex freaked out with equal parts derangement and suspicion,
       Natalie gave her a funny look and turned her running short
       pockets inside out. “I’m not going to jump you with a bucket or
       anything, if that’s what you’re worried about. I don’t know if
       you noticed, but, it would be kind of hard to conceal a bucket
       in these shorts.”
       Natalie stared up at the taller woman, still unfazed about her
       fighting stance. She was beginning to think no amount of gossip
       was worth spending time around this much crazy.
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       Re: Aftershocks
       By: RampageSports Date: August 27, 2014, 11:23 am
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       Brunettes vs Blondes?  Really?  How original. :P
       Obviously, I'm kidding guys.  Looking forward to more. :)
       #Post#: 235--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Aftershocks
       By: Raccoon Date: August 27, 2014, 12:28 pm
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       Alexandra relaxed slightly. "You can't blame me for being a bit
       jumpy after all that's happened," she said. Alexandra looked at
       the pockets, she looked at the shorts. She looked at the legs.
       The sneakers. The torso. The cap. Arms. And the face. "She's
       cute," she thought. She smiled weakly and said, "Let's run. A
       moving target is harder to hit."
       "But as I already said to fan today, I will not wait if you
       can't keep up," she said sounding a bit harsh. She then added in
       a kinder voice, "Not that I think it will be a problem for you."
       Alexandra didn't say anything for a while. She did try to steal
       a glance at Natalie from time to time. She increased her speed
       trying to see if the younger woman could keep up. She knew she
       wasn't fast, actually she had a rather lumbering gait, but she
       could keep up a moderate pace for an extended time.
       Eventually, when she had determined that Natalie wouldn't try to
       attack or humiliate her like her stablemate had done, she spoke.
       "I didn't mean what I said about blondes… Sure, Hayden and Pam
       are…are…better not talk about them or I'll get mad again. But
       Seppälä, my swimming coach, is blonde and she's as smart as
       she's beautiful." She slowed her pace and looked like she just
       had remembered something, "Thank you for what you said!" She
       looked at Nat, "About beating Pam, I mean." She looked forward,
       "There are not many who think I can beat her… Gena, Carmen,
       Hayden to name a few, all believe Pam will destroy me in the
       ring and win the triathlon. Even Hanna-Maria has begun doubting
       me. She hasn't said anything of course, but she implied it
       during our morning swim today." She looked for some reaction on
       Nat's face before continuing. "She said she had run into Pam in
       the pool… and that the bimbo had been surprisingly fast in the
       water… Well, I knew that already; we swam a lot during Baywatch
       and it had always perplexed me how her silicone floatation
       devices didn't affect her speed at all. Hanna-Maria had said
       that we needed to double our training sessions before the
       contest next week." Alexandra looked sober, "Even I've began to
       doubt myself…"
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       Re: Aftershocks
       By: Dragons Den Date: August 27, 2014, 6:04 pm
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       Natalie ran along with Alex, listening to her worriedly muse
       aloud about her upcoming bouts with Pam. It was obvious to Nat
       that Alex was stressing… big time. Anyone could tell it was all
       starting to get to her. She looked nervous, and all they were
       doing was running.
       Nat giggled when Alex thanked her, and corrected the Baywatch
       Babe without even thinking. “I didn’t say I thought you could
       beat her. I just hope you do.”
       She suddenly realised how insensitive that sounded. “But… I
       haven’t paid that much attention to your game or hers, so…” She
       let the words trail off and tried to move on.
       “I meant every word I said. Blondes are duuuumb. Of course Pam
       can swim. Fat floats, right? She’s got a head-start already.
       Literally. Because she has a fat head.” Natalie continued to
       cruise alongside Alexandra, wondering when she was going to step
       it up and make her ‘keep up.’
       “Look, the last thing you want to do is doubt yourself. You know
       you can take Pam in and out of the cage.  That’s all that
       matters. All you have to do is train, watch her fight videos,
       and outplay her on the day. It’s simple. It’s only Pam Anderson.
       How tough can she be?”
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       Re: Aftershocks
       By: Raccoon Date: August 28, 2014, 4:59 am
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       "Oh, she is tough, believe me!" Alexandra said, "And I wouldn't
       say she's fat…she's in fact quite muscular…her arms are
       amazing!" She looked like she was trying to imagine Pam's arms
       in her mind's eye. "And she's not…dumb, not really. It's just an
       act. She's done a lot of good things – just look at what's she's
       doing for animal rights and–" Alexandra stopped in midsentence
       when she realized what she was praising Pam. "I– I mean that,
       uh…well…" she flushed. "No…you're…you're right she's fat! A
       bimbo. Stupid. Blonde bimbo and…stupid! And so fucking sexy– I
       MEAN STUPID!" There was an almost comical look of horror and
       embarrassment on Alexandra's face; she tried to change the
       subject, "So do you…run? Much. I mean, you run now. But do
       you…run at other times? Like when– uh." She was looking around
       for a place where she could run and hide; not seeing any she
       just began running as fast as she could, hoping to lose Natalie.
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       Re: Aftershocks
       By: Dragons Den Date: August 28, 2014, 5:50 pm
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       Alex had rambled like the mad-woman Natalie was starting to
       think she was; and then she had fled.
       Nat was confused, and her face displayed that quite obviously.
       She had been under the impression Alex and Pam were rivals,
       nemeses, enemies. Why was Alex praising her supposedly hated
       foe? It made no sense to Nat. She absorbed it all, and then took
       off, catching up to Alex without too much trouble.
       “You’re odd. I hope you know that. You also need to stop
       thinking so highly of this blonde bimbo. Why do you think she’s
       been running all over you? It’s not because she’s better. It’s
       because she’s playing a better mental game. Which is… weird. She
       wouldn’t be used to that at all. You can’t let her get away with
       that. Toughen up, and focus. I’m sure you can, you just have to
       start paying yourself more respect than you’re paying Pam. And I
       don’t think you are.”
       Having made her point, Nat stopped talking for a bit. She didn’t
       even bother answering Alex’s odd question. She was starting to
       puff again. She was quick, so matching Alex’s top speed was
       easy, but she didn’t have the stamina Alex seemed to have. The
       taller woman seemed to be exerting no energy whatsoever in her
       lumbering gait.
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       Re: Aftershocks
       By: Raccoon Date: August 29, 2014, 12:17 pm
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       Alexandra was surprised that Natalie kept hanging at her heels.
       "She's right," she thought, "I am behaving like a lunatic." She
       stopped suddenly and turned around. Only to have Natalie bump
       into her. Not the most agile girl around, long legs and arms
       flailing Alexandra went down on her back pulling Natalie on top
       of her. She panicked and began thrashing around with her limbs
       making it impossible for either to get up. "Sorry, sorry,
       sorry!" she kept repeating.
       Then as suddenly as she had stopped running, she stopped
       flailing with her arms. She calmed down, looked at Natalie and
       sighed. She dropped her head down to the sand and just laid
       there with her eyes closed. Then she burst out laughing.
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