The Snowy Saga - A Romantic Tragedy

[The Ace]

A Romantic Tragedy

Backstory: Below are various promos which aired to show The Ace and Snowy together, all of which demonstrate a whole range of emotion and give remarkable insight into the truly human flaws we all experience when we pit our private and public lives against each other...and those flaws ultimately served to undo their relationship...

*The Ace grins and is careful to stay exactly where he is, but unseen to the camera, his hand moves across her hip slowly as he gently squeezes one of her firm round buttocks, she smiles but loses her grip on the microphone, which The Ace catches and raises to his lips...*

Oh my dear, I must admit, you do have a lot of cheek...taking my microphone like that...

*Crowd cheer*

But you are also a woman of good taste, I can see that...and those are few and far between in this place...and I can tell you, any man who calls himself The Virus of Life, isn't the man for you, for what is a Virus if not a pathogen bordering on the living and dead...and from what you've said, I'd imagine he's pretty dead between the sheets, when he should be living, for a virus is supposed to show signs of life inside its host...

*Crowd cheer*

Something you need not concern yourself with if I lose baby, I will show you what the true splendour of sex is, and how aptly a man should be blessed, for I might lose at Retribution but later that night we both will win...

*Crowd cheer*

Tanya has never seen beyond the sex, I knew her before Tyler and AJ, I had her before any of them, but I wasn't impressed, but I guess AJ is the type of man who is easily satisfied, that is probably why he was content being the Junior Heavywight Champion and I was not, and so far as Venus goes, her implants must also impair her vision, saying I'm ugly, when I know, you know and the people know I'm so much more handsome than he can ever hope to be, and Snowy, now you've seen me I'm sure you think I'm hotter than AJ and Red Fusion combined, because admittedly you are a hell of a lot more beautiful and smarter than Tanya, and most certainly Venus...and I'm sure the people feel the same...

King: Damn straight

*The male crowd cheer in approval*

Red, you want to know why I added Snowy to our little game, simple to raise the stakes that little bit more, if not other things too...

*The Ace grins*

King: You can say that again...

Cole: Amen...I just hope my wife isn't watching, I love you sweetie...

See I need some gold around my waist, so I can get the respect I deserve around here, but if you do somehow beat me, I'm sure Snowy would be just as happy to wrap herself around my waist...

*The Ace laughs*

Red, you want to put matches and titles above the needs of this beautiful creature, are you insane? But I hate to see a young woman wasted, so if you want to carry that title instead of show this woman what lies beyond earthly love, then I guess this match must be a Godsend for you, if not a relief for Snowy...

*Crowd cheer, The Ace takes a card from his pocket and hands it to Snowy, who turns it over...the Ace Of Spades...*

Now, everybody knows the Ace Of Spades is my symbol, and if I lose, Snowy will find out exactly why...but the thing about it is, the Spade is black, the card is white, and yet there they are, on the same card together, doesn't that tell you something...

*Crowd cheer*

Now the titties are officially on the line, let's see if you are man enough to put your title on the line, because Snowy doesn't think so and quite frankly neither do I, she has accepted her end in this match, and it is inevitable that by the time Retribution is over, either way, I will gladly accept her end too...that is if your willing to put yours on the line...

*Crowd cheer and grow impatient awaiting Red Fusion's arrival...*

[The Ace]

Part II in ring promo - aired April 17th 2005

*The Ace laughs wholeheartedly...*

Oh my how the tables turn, how the cookie crumbles, I guess you truly are red now huh, Red? And Stacy, she was the same, a dumb piece of pie if I ever did see one, ignorant to what was going on around her...see I'm not the desperate one trying to lay other guys women, I just tried to lay yours...I mean, not try but did...did you ever wonder why I left after I won DMG...she was the devouted wife, I couldn't tear her away from Apollyon, and I couldn't have a good girl like that...I needed a bad girl...someone to do all those things I had fantasised about but other women simply refused to do...I've always been attracted to the naughty girls, and Snowy told me, she wanted a naughty little boy to do to her all those things you refused to do...because you cared more about your career than her needs...

*Crowd boo and show sympathy for Red Fusion...*

Cole: Red Fusion just got played for a fool...

King: Listen to those boos, I think Snowy has finally done what no other woman could, turn him against his fans...

You can take all your boos and your boo-hoos Red and shove them right up your piddly ass, a man of the people, it is because of them I never got anywhere in this company...

*Crowd boo and for the first time chant 'Ace Sucks'*

You're damn right I suck, I suck in exactly those zones Snowy wants me to suck night after night after night...

Cole: Good lord...

*Crowd boo*

The night when I left XHF I went back to the hotel to collect my stuff and who was in my room, waiting to have a little fun, give me a little parting gift...that's right, your little fiance Snowy...

*Crowd boo*

But after we played all night, that wasn't enough for her, you started to ignore her completely so after hours, she came back to me...over and over and over again...

*Crowd boo but The Ace laughs*

And after I told her UWF collapsed, she asked me to come back, and I convinced and brought Stacy with me just so as not to raise any suspicions, why the hell did you think I continued to annoy Tanya and Venus, I had to be myself, The Ace everybody remembered, the flirt with every skirt type of guy I am, so nobody, least of all you would suspect...

*Crowd boo*

I guess now you know why Snowy is so ready and willing to play our little game at Retribution, and believe it or not, it wont matter to me if I lose her forever to you, at least I will have gold around my waist and with great gold comes great money and with great money comes great women...the only question I have is, still wanna play?

*Crowd boo as The Ace steps forward to wrap both arms around Snowy, laughing at the frustration on his face...*

[The Ace]

Aired April 19th 2005



*The Ace looks up at Red, and looks rather annoyed...*

What the? I didn't order room service...and even if I did, she'd have breasts the size of Australia and an ass you could bounce a tennis ball off...and since you have neither, I suggest you leave...

*The Ace grins, Red looks pissed off...*

Oh its you, Red, I'm sorry, you were babbling on about so much @#%$ I thought you must be one of the help, with no life...well at least I'm right about you having no life, hey? What's the matter, couldn't wait to get your ass kicked till Vengeance...and Retribution? Maybe you couldn't sleep...

*The Ace laughs*

Not now that I've had Snowy, and at Retribution I take your soul, that Hardcore Championship you hold more precious than your own fiance, or should I say ex-fiance, see you're going to have a lot of exes in your life at this rate, when the World shall see you as an ex-Hardcore Champion, hell if I'm feeling really mean, maybe even an ex-XHF Superstar...because the game is not over, and it is still running by my rules...unless of course, you want to bitch and moan, like you're exceptionally good at to management and want them to change it to just a Hardcore match...because you're still the same boring, old predictable piddly ass Snowy told me you were...you see my edge in this match will be, that by bedding your fiance, I know you better than most men ever will, the secrets imparted between lovers run deep...your strengths are mine to counter, your weaknesses are mine to exploit...

*The Ace smiles*

Whereas you know next to nothing about me, sure women are my weakness, but everybody knows that one, you do not know my strengths because I choose to keep them from you,after all, like Snowy, I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise until the time is right...and that time will be Retribution, see unlike you Red, I'm not a man who goes off prematurely...

*The Ace smirks*

But don't get me wrong, Snowy and I had better things to do with our time than discuss you, but inevitably you were mentioned, when she screamed out my name and BY GOD YOU'RE SO MUCH BETTER THAN RED every night...and my personal favourite...OOOH YEAH...YES...JAKE...I NEVER KNEW...OOOH...GOD...IT COULD BE LIKE THIS....ONE MORE TIME BABY, JESUS YES...

*The Ace laughs*

No doubt I will hear screams of a different kind from you at Retribution, screams of pain, agony, suffering. but I shall enjoy them just as much...if not more, knowing I am one step closer to taking your title everytime I hear you plead for mercy...for they shall be useless, and just like you gave Snowy, you shall experience none...

*The Ace raises his eyebrow curiously*

Now if you had paid any attention to my interview, I said cockroaches were easy to be over-run by yet near impossible to eradicate, and in that sense I guess you are right, because I shall indeed over-run your ass and like so many others before you, realise that I am damn near impossible to eliminate from this business because I love it, but I will love kicking your ass from pillar to post infinitely more...

*The Ace smiles*

Now let's address this little issue you have with death, firstly you said my career was dead, and ergo that must mean I am dead and hence cannot kick your ass, am I right? Yet now you say you bet your dead grandma could kick more ass than me...are you not contradicting yourself there, son. I suggest you think carefully about the things you say, for instance you have admitted to the whole world that you do not have a problem being a wife-beater, all because you, like so many of them misguided fools thinks it makes you tough, strong and in control. Well in reality, those are the weakest of men, the weakest of all God's creatures infact, and now by admitting that you have shown the kind of calibre man you are, is it any wonder Snowy left you, and now through your own stupidity, no woman will ever have you, least of all Snowy...but then you did say I was more focused on ass, well that's where you're wrong, the majority of our sex was vaginal, so perhaps you're not worried about other women not liking you, because you prefer the anal route...I'm sure Dr Strangelove, if he is watching will be very glad to hear that, hell he might even show you some tips...

*The Ace takes a deep breath...*

You have convinced me of one thing thoroughly and for that I thank you, you have convinced me beyond all doubt that I did the right thing by taking Snowy from your unstable, insecure hands, and I have no doubt, after Retribution, Snowy will thank me...over and over and over...again and again and again...

*The Ace smirks*

Sex does wonders for speed, strength and endurance, and if I'm going to be Hardcore Champion, I'm going to need a lot of each of them...oh she will be pleased...and so too shall I...

*The Ace grins*

You say XHF will be your final resting place, it is where you will die right? Well who am I to deny a man his last request...if you want to get beaten so badly at Retribution, that your career ends, I shall do my upmost to see that your final demands are met, unlike you I do not plan to die here, infact here I don't plan to die at all, I plan to be immortalised, remembered, in the Hall of Fame someday for generations to come, and you my boy will be the first major victory I will be remembered for, you shall never forget Retribution 2005, nor shall you ever forget my name...The Ace - the man who single-handedly took your title, your bride to be, and knocked you from your pedestal with an almighty kick down to the bottom rung of the ladder of success...and thanks to you, the world shall bear witness to it not once, but twice...Vengeance...Retribution, I may not walk out of either on my own but neither will you, the difference? Simple, I shall be victorious nonetheless...

*The Ace finally gets out of his chair...he walks over to the door and mockingly waves at Red Fusion...*

Goodbye...

*The Ace slams the door in his face, before laughing to himself...*

[The Ace]

theace83
Site Owner
Posts: 68 April 20th 2005 - The Ace has doubts about his match and his life

*The scene opens in a bar, the place is typically busy, filled with smoke from cigarettes, drinks, laughter, pool being played, random conversations, but the camera focuses on a casually dressed Jake Conway...sitting at the bar with a half empty glass of Jack Daniels in hand, the bar tender is recognised by some as UBAWF's jolly, beer-bellied, moustached Sam...a long time friend and confidant of The Ace...Hoobastank's 'The Reason' is playing in the background*

Sam: So what's eating you man?

Oh...nothing...

*The Ace sighs*

Sam: Oh come on Jake, I've known you since UBAWF, and I know when you're not your usual upbeat, cocky self, its either you lost money in a poker game or woman trouble...

*The Ace takes a drink, before looking at his reflection, rippled across the remaining alcohol...without looking up, he talks...*

Look at you man, you've found your feet again Sam, you've started a new life here after UBAWF...

Sam: Where else but in the good ol' United States of America...this is the land of opportunity Jake...

That's what I thought, but then I've felt hated, reviled, resented, ever since I returned to XHF, maybe I shouldn't have...

Sam: Why not? I mean you are challenging for the Hardcore title at Retribution, and I've seen your promos, you've found that fire again, the same fire that has won you titles in the past, if you keep going, there's no way you can lose...

*The Ace downs the rest of the drink, but does not lift his gaze to meet Sam's...*

The management, half the roster and even the fans hate me, hell the match I requested isn't even official yet, and I doubt it even will be...

Sam: If you start to doubt yourself now, don't bother showing up to Retribution because you will have lost the match before the opening bell sounds, the doubters, the haters are exactly the people you need to prove wrong...

Maybe Red was right, my career is dead, I'm not cut out for this place, I mean I couldn't even win my return match against a junior heavyweight, how the hell can I win, that's all I've done since I got here was lose...

Sam: I never thought the day would come when The Ace would be affected by the head games of his opponent, so, you only have one win there, so what?

Guys like that never get the opportunity to face the real champs, people like Venom and Velez, they don't take me seriously, and why should they?

Sam: Don't worry about them, you've got to focus on Red, and once you win, everybody will take notice, XHF will have no choice but to acknowledge its newest Hardcore Champion...

*The Ace finally looks up from his glass...*

Maybe you're right Sam, I mean its the small things that lead to the big ones, right? Sunday, the Hardcore Championship, then one day, who knows...US, X*Crown, hell maybe even the World Heavyweight Championship...

Sam: That a boy! That's The Ace I remember...

Same again, Sam...but maybe its the booze talking, all I want is to have a little respect and to be recognised as a legitimate competitor in XHF...I'm 31 years old, I want a family, to be loved, someone to be proud of me, someone I can share my life with...but I have nothing...

*Sam pours him a pint*

Sam: Then I have one word for you my boy...Snowy...

Ha...Snowy doesn't love me, it was just sex...she knows it, I know it, hell she's probably secretly fantasising about AJ, just like all the others...hell she's probably @#%$ him right now for all I know...Snowy's not the marrying type, she's told me that herself...

Sam: Well to be honest Jake, neither are you...you cheated on Leigha many times, and then there was Ruth and Tanya...

Ruth and Tanya both have their own lives now, and Leigha, marrying her was a mistake, I know now that I never did love her...

Sam: That's why people get divorced Jake...trust me, letting Leigha go was the right thing to do...

*The Ace drinks*

Yeah, its also why 31 year old washed up divorcees like me stay alone...when I was growing up, I swore to myself that when I got married, it would be forever and I certainly would never contemplate divorce...

Sam: Most people do, life isn't always the fairy-tale you'd like it to be, but the secret is to live it to the full each and every day, I'm sure if you just talk to Snowy, she's behind you one hundred percent, after all she left Red for you, her fiance, so you must be doing something right...I believe you two are perfect for one another...

I can't Sam, I just...can't. If I lose, she'll probably find someone better than I, Snowy's the type that likes money and sex...

Sam: This is insanity! She was willing to call off the engagement, so even if you did lose, you'd have her forever...

*The Ace drinks*

Yeah she says that now, but if I lose at Retribution, the story will change...

Sam: You can't sit here feeling sorry for yourself, if it really bothers you, you need to talk to her, you can't afford such a distraction hanging over you, or Red has already beaten you...

*The Ace slams the glass down on the bar...*

DAMN IT SAM!...I SAID I CAN'T!...NOW GO GET ME ANOTHER DRINK...SOMETHING STRONGER...

*Sam does so as 'Whole' by Flaw begins to play in the background...*

AND SOMEBODY CHANGE THAT DAMN TUNE!

*The Ace begins to down the drink quickly, obviously frustrated...he slams the empty glass down again...*

And Sam, if you tell Snowy about this, what I do to Red this Sunday will be a picnic compared to what I will do to you...

*The Ace returns to looking at his reflection in the bottom of the glass...*

[The Ace]

*The Ace is shown sitting backstage in his locker-room, talking on his cellphone...there is an elderly woman on the other end...*

Woman: Son, we saw your last promo, your father and I aren't happy...

I know Mom, and I'm sorry ok? It must have been the alcohol talking...

Mom: Jake, you know we all love you, your father and I and your brothers, we're family and we're always here for you, I don't want you to drink yourself into an early grave...not over this Red Fusion character...

I know Mom, but I beat him, and it felt great...and at Retribution I want to make you all proud when I beat him again and take his Hardcore Champion...

Mom: We're always proud of you son, even if you lose, you will always be our baby...like your father always said 'Its not really losing if you can walk away -

'-Knowing you've given it one-hundred percent'. I remember...

Mom: Exactly -

I guess I was just feeling low, I know I have you guys and I love you too, sometimes I wish that you know I could just talk to her, beyond the sex...

Mom: We all make mistakes, dear...

I never said Snowy was a mistake Mom...

Mom: I've never criticised any of the girls you've dated over the years but I can't believe you left a sweet girl like Leigha for her...I don't like her -

And Dad what does he think?

Mom: You wanna talk to him, here...

Dad:...hey, sport, how's my little champ?

Dad, I'm 31 years old...

Dad: And I'm 55 years old, What's your point, son?

*laughing* Oh nothing Dad, just that I'm not a champion yet...

Dad: A technicality, perhaps, but you will be soon...

Oh I don't doubt it, I just know Fusion got that match changed to a straight hardcore match, and now he's bitching about how I got lucky...

Dad: Yeah, I saw, losers always say that son, its compulsary..it makes them feel better, especially if they can justify it, like he did...

Yeah, some guy, Azrael...but the funny thing is Fusion didn't win the Rumble that night, and the loss he felt then will be nothing compared to what he will feel at Retribution...

Dad: That's my boy! Your mom said you wanted to talk to me about Snowy...well what's up? Apart from the obvious...

*The Ace laughs*

Yeah, Dad...what do you think about her?

Dad: I've always said it didn't matter what I thought about the girls you're with Jake, its you're life, live it how you want to, just promise me you wont smoke or do drugs...or drink yourself into depression like it looked like you were going to do last night...you know what happened to your grandpa...but honestly, I don't think Snowy's right for you son...I mean you know that girls like that are usually...carriers of something...and protection doesn't always work...

Some say the same thing about me Dad, its just a bit of fun...

Dad: So are fireworks until one explodes in your face...just be careful Jake...

I will Dad, and thanks...hey I gotta go do something now, I'll speak to you guys later...

Dad: Alright, and remember Champ, we love you...

I love you too, bye...

*The Ace puts his cellphone back in his pocket, smiling, obviously feeling better about himself...he turns to the camera...*

Boy Fusion, you really like song lyrics huh? Well its too bad your voice sucks more than your wrestling skills, but hey, after Retribution, you might need a new career, it couldn'tr hurt to have a back up...

*The Ace laughs*

So its finally official, just a hardcore rules match at Retribution huh? I bet you're feeling glad that something went your way at least, but wasn't it your call at Vengeance too? It was your game then, and I beat you, and it will be your game again at Retribution and I will beat you again, yet if you think about it, Vegas was a gambler's dream, there's no way you would have beaten me in a city I consider my second home...

*The Ace smiles*

Now I'll admit you were quite tough, but when you said it wasn't you at one-hundred percent, I disagree, but let's just say you're right, bring whatever else you have to the table, the stakes are higher this time, there's no reason you shouldn't bring your A-game...I welcome it, infact I would expect no less from the Hardcore Champion...

*The Ace smirks*

Will I have Snowy in any case? I don't know, nor do I care, at Retribution, it will be between us once again, and now that I've proven I cannot only survive but also prevail in the ring against you once, I'm damn sure I can do so again...you might say it was lady luck, and you might be right, given Snowy is now on my side, but now I've seen what you can bring to the ring, don't think I'm not prepared for it and oh so much more...

*The Ace grins*

Once again you call me a traitor, a man who will pay for his sins, are you jealous that there are more women out there who find me irresistible and not you? Since when were you God, to judge if I had sinned and what price I will pay, I'm not perfect, nobody is, that's a fact of life, if I choose to prey on the innocent women or the sluts, that's my choice, just like it will be my choice how much I hurt you before I finally put you away at Retribution, choices aren't always sinful, but a beating always is...but that's why we choose this business, I don't regret leaving here for UWF, much like people will think of your reign, it was good while it lasted, and I could care less what piddly asses like you think of me backstage, I am who I am and I wouldn't change it for the world, you want to call me a traitor, go ahead, because this traitor is back...to kick your ass and take your title...you call me desperate, maybe I am, maybe I am desperate for your gold, and desperate men take desperate measures...and that means your title, if not your entire career is in serious jeopardy come Sunday...

*The Ace sits back as the camera fades...*

[The Ace]

theace83
Site Owner
Posts: 68 April 25th 2005 - Snowy and The Ace celebrate his win in a hotel room, and this is the point at which she ends up pregnant with his twins...

*The Ace reaches around Snowy, to the unwrapped bottle of champaigne behind her as she continues moving across and kissing his cheek...she moves up and her lips skirt across his earlobe...suddenly the cork pops and the first few spittings of champaigne drip onto the floor along with the characteristic accumulation of white foam...*

*Snowy shrieks in delight...*

I'm so sorry, that's never happened to me before...

*Snowy laughs, breaking from his embrace and standing at his side as he pours the champaigne for the two of them...he hands a glass to Snowy before there's a knock at his door...The Ace walks over smiling as he opens it...it is only a bellboy...he looks at The Ace, then over to Snowy, lowers his head in embarrassment, before looking at The Ace again...*

Bellboy: So, so sorry sir, I didn't mean to disturb you...

*The Ace hands the bellboy a hundred dollars...*

There's a good chap, go hang a do not disturb sign on this door and inform your colleagues that we wish not to be disturbed again...

*The bellboy's eyes light up...*

Bellboy: Yes sir, Mr Conway, sir...*he nods to Snowy*...good night miss...

*The delighted bellboy leaves as The Ace closes the door, being sure to lock it...he turns back to Snowy who is now sat on his bed laughing...champaigne in hand...*

Wow, champaigne, what would you have brought if I had become World Heavyweight Champion?

Snowy: Hey, a champ's a champ to me, so you'll get tonight what you would have got if you'd have won the world title...why is there something wrong?

*Snowy sips her champaigne...The Ace finishes his, placing the glass on the desk next to the open bottle, he kneels down and searches through the bags, he turns to Snowy...*

So what's in here? The rest of your clothes, or did your dear sweet grandma knit me a sweater?

*The Ace answers his own question by pulling out a set of fluffy love-toy handcuffs and a whip...he raises an eyebrow and Snowy just grins...there's a skimpy nurses outfit and a few other sexual toys but The Ace does not bother to inspect them individually...he laughs...*

What no book on the Karma Sutra?

*He gets up and walks over to sit by Snowy on the bed...*

Snowy: What's the point? Half of the stuff you do isn't even written in there yet...

I see your point...

Snowy: I'm not surprised, dressed like this...

*They both laugh...*

You know I've got some gifts for you too...

*The Ace gets up and walks over to a chest of drawers, he opens the top one and pulls out a red velvet box...he hands it to Snowy...*

Snowy: Oh Jake, you shouldn't have...

*She opens it and is silent...he sits beside her looking at her whilst she looks at the sapphire-studded pendant, the centre-piece of which is a snowflake sculpted entirely out of diamond, in the centre of which is a sapphire cut to the shape of the Spade symbol...she lifts it out of the box and turns to him, but any words she has are cut off as The Ace kisses her passionately...he takes the pendant and ties it around her neck, still locked in his embrace...they continue to kiss as Snowy ventures her hands to slip inside his towel and remove it, it falls to the foot of the bed as Snowy gasps finding the Hardcore title wrapped around his waist! The two fall backwards in each other's embrace onto the bed, Snowy knocks over the remaining champaigne that was in her glass... The Ace continues kissing her neck..he breaks...to look her in the eyes...*

Do you mind if I ask you something?

Snowy: Anything, Jake...

*The Ace kisses her cheek and whispers in her ear...*

Aren't you a little over-dressed?

Snowy: You...

*Snowy lightly thumps his arm before they both laugh and kiss again...*

[The Ace]

*The scene opens on The Ace sitting at an outside table at a small diner, Snowy is opposite him, but neither seem quite as happy as they were the night before...*

So you wanna tell me what that was all about?

Snowy: Excuse me?

Back at the hotel, when you invited Tanya, Tanya of all people back into my room...

Snowy: Jake you saw how she was, she was completely blitzed out of her head, she was hitting the walls and -

And I nearly did the same!

Snowy: What?

How dare you invite that little parasitic bitch back into my life?

Snowy: But...you were so nice about it last night, all that forgive and forgot stuff...

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking, the booze must have gotten to me too...

Snowy: I don't understand, what's happened Jake, why are you so upset?

WHY AM I UPSET? *laughs* GEE THAT'S NEW...WELL I'LL TELL YOU WHY I AM SO GOD-DAMN UPSET SNOWY, HASN'T TANYA RUINED ENOUGH OF HER OWN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO INVITE HER IN TO WRECK OURS TOO?!

Snowy: Jake calm down, stop making a scene of yourself...*her voice drops a little*...we both know that this is AJ's fault, not Tanya's...I had to do something, she was gonna do something crazy...

*The Ace laughs*

It's a little late for that, I mean she married the bastard, she made the bed, now she has to sleep in it, even if it is alone, I don't see why it had to spoil our night...

Snowy: Would you feel better if I said I'm sorry and I promise to make it up to you...I've known Tanya a long time, we trained together, I've just never seen her this upset, not over some guy...she's my friend, I had to help her...

Ha...since when? I seem to recall you two at each other's throats and now since she finally dumped that @#%$ of a husband, you two are pals all of a sudden...how convienient...

Snowy: What the hell is that supposed to mean?

I'M SICK OF EVERYBODY FEELING SO SORRY FOR THAT WHINING CRYING LITTLE BITCH...OR MAYBE YOU ONLY DID IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO @#%$ AJ TOO NOW THE COAST IS CLEAR...

*Snowy snaps*

Snowy: I SEE, THIS ISN'T ABOUT TANYA AT ALL IS IT? ITS ABOUT YOU, UPSET THAT YOU DIDN'T GET QUITE ALL THE ACTION YOU WANTED LAST NIGHT...

*The Ace laughs*

Don't be ridiculous...

Snowy: WELL I'M SORRY ACE, BUT MY FRIEND'S NEEDS COME BEFORE YOURS...AND YOU'RE JUST PISSED OFF BECAUSE YOU KNOW ITS TRUE, WELL I KNEW HER BEFORE I KNEW YOU...

*The Ace laughs*

Now who's making a scene?

Snowy: I DON'T @#%$ CARE, IS IT MY FAULT NOBODY CONSOLED YOU WHEN SHE LEFT YOU FOR TYLER? THAT'S IT ISN'T IT? RIGHT THERE...YOU CAN'T STAND THAT SHE MIGHT COME INTO OUR LIVES AS MY FRIEND AND NOT BACK TO YOU?

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT NO-ONE CONSOLED ME, BUT I DIDN'T BITCH AND CRY ABOUT IT LIKE SHE DID...

*Snowy laughs*

Snowy: OF COURSE NOT JAKE, YOU'RE A MAN, WELL TANYA AND I WE'RE WOMEN - AND GUESS WHAT JAKE WE TEND TO GET VERY EMOTIONAL WHEN THE MAN WE LOVE CHEATS ON US OR ACCUSES US OF WANTING SOMEONE ELSE...

WELL CAN YOU BLAME ME? THEY'RE ALL DOING IT, THAT STUPID BISEXUAL BITCH TARA, EVEN VENOM IS BEING NICE TO TANYA BECAUSE HE WANTS TO GET IN HER PANTS! MAYBE YOU WANT AJ...

Snowy: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, IS THAT ALL YOU THINK OF ME AS, SOME CHEAP LITTLE PIECE OF ASS WHO'LL @#%$ SOMEONE ELSE IF I GET BORED OF YOU? MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE AN ALTERIOR MOTIVE, MAYBE TARA AND I, MAYBE VENOM MADE THAT COFFEE FOR TARA OUT OF COMPASSION...YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT ONE HUH JAKE?

COMPASSION? NOBODY MAKES COFFEE FOR A BIRD OUT OF COMPASSION, CERTAINLY NOT VENOM...THAT BASTARD IS ONLY OUT FOR HIMSELF...AND YOU TALK OF COMPASSION, BUT WHAT ABOUT BETRAYAL SNOWY?

Snowy: YEAH MAYBE HE IS...BUT FROM WHERE I'M STANDING, HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE! DID LAST NIGHT MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, DIDN'T IT PROVE THAT I'M YOURS LIKE I SAID, AND NOTHING WOULD CHANGE THAT, CERTAINLY NOT AJ PHOENIX! FIVE MINUTES AGO I SAT HERE AND TOLD YOU THAT I'D MAKE IT UP TO YOU...DIDN'T THAT PROVE ANYTHING? NO ALL YOU CAN THINK IS THAT I'M OUT TO BETRAY YOU!

AND WHY SHOULDN'T I THINK THAT? I MEAN YOU BETRAYED RED FUSION...

Snowy: MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOVE HIM! I -

*Snowy stops, not believing what she just said...The Ace however seems to have missed the implication stated because of a slip of her tongue...*

AND WHAT ABOUT LITTLE SERENITY, HAS ANYBODY EVEN CONSIDERED HOW SHE FEELS AND WHO'S GOING TO CARE FOR HER NOW? WHERE'S THE COMPASSION YOU SPEAK OF SO FONDLY SNOWY?

*Snowy shakes her head, not wanting to look him in the eye...*

Snowy: I don't know Jake...*whispers*...I just don't know...

*She gets up and walks into the diner, hoping to clear her head, The Ace sits outside and witnesses a mother pull up to the table infront of him, the baby in a stroller crying and the young mother obviously looking a bit stressed and embarassed as she whispers to it and tries her best to comfort him...The Ace gets up and goes over...*

Pardon me miss...may I be of some assistance?

*The young red head looks a little surprised...she nods to him...The Ace lifts the baby boy out of the stroller and rocks him in his arms...the baby falls silent and coos a little in content...*

Woman: Wow, you must be a great father, he must really like you...

*The Ace smiles*

Actually I don't have any kids...

*The woman seems a little shocked*

Woman: Really? Wow that is a shame, you seem a natural...what a shame...I bet you'd make a great dad...

*The Ace smiles as the baby is falling a sleep, soothed by the gentle swaying in The Ace's arms...all that longing and regret surfaced in him once again...*

Yes...yes...I suppose it is...

*At that moment, Jake Conway found himself longing for a child of his own, for the first time, he discovered he wanted to be complete...he wanted to be...a father...*

[The Ace]

theace83
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Posts: 68 1st June 2005 - The Ace reacts badly to losing the XHF End of Days tournament...

*The Ace turns back to the window and presses his forehead against it, staring out into a world racing passed him, a race he no longer belonged in, a race that was beyond him...and part of him wondered if it was time to pull back and drop out of the race altogether....he pulls back from the window and walks right passed Snowy, the Hardcore title hung as if it were some defunct limb he had no use for anymore, over his shoulder...it seemed heavier and more troublesome as it lay lifeless across his shoulder...he goes to a cooler and fetches himself a beer, he cracks it open...*

Snowy: Jake...please don't do this, don't drink yourself into an early grave, its just a loss...

*The Ace suddenly has a flashback, growing up he had never seen his grandfather who had drank himself into an early grave leaving his grandmother to raise seven children, including his mother alone, he had heard the story many a time growing up and his mother's words rang deep in his consciousness...'Jake, if you ever have children, promise me your drinking wont deprive them of a father...' Then he remembered his teary mother recollect watching him die on a hospital bed...'liver failure due to vast alcoholic consumption, they said...I knew then that he had drank himself into an early grave, a long time before I got married, a long time before you were born Jake, that's why you never got to see him'...Jake breaks from his memory and tosses the can across the room where it splatters its content across the wall, before falling into a waste-basket below it...he knew then that he wanted to see his child and have the child see its father...he turns to face a teary Snowy...*

Are you happy now, Alena?

*Snowy fights back the tears but is unsure of how to answer her fiance...finally she replies...*

Snowy: I love you Jake...

That's not what I asked...

Snowy: I'm sorry Jake. Of course I'm happy, I'm with you, only you, I'm sorry it's just Tanya described to me how much you got in a drunken rage on the night you two broke up, I...I didn't want to see you like that Jake...


*If there was one name he never wanted to hear right now, it was Tanya Byrd, suddenly anger and regret seeped through a scar on his heart Snowy hadn't yet completely healed, unfortunately for Snowy she had just stepped into the barrage of gunfire...*

WE DIDN'T BREAK UP DAMN IT! IT WAS THAT DAMN TYLER JACOBS, HE TORE HER AWAY FROM ME! THAT BASTARD SET ME UP, HE TOLD THE POLICE I HIT HER WHEN IT WAS HIS TORTUROUS MEDDLING THAT HAD SHATTERED HER FRAGILE PSYCHE...A PYSCHE ONLY I HAD EVER HEALED!

Snowy: I know Jake, I know...she told me how later she realised you weren't to blame, something I believed in from the start, the man I love could never harm a woman...but baby, you have to face the fact that she's moved on, she's building a new life with AJ and their children...just as we should be building ours...

THEY'RE NOT THEIR CHILDREN! AJ'S NOT EVEN MAN ENOUGH TO FATHER FLESH AND BLOOD, INSTEAD HE'D RATHER PICK THEM OUT LIKE A NEW SHIRT AND TIE...

Snowy: They are driven by their careers, they have no time to raise children from infancy, I'm driven by family, I'm driven by you Jake, you are my world, a man who inspired me to better myself and as a thank you I was glad to put my career on hold, agree to marry you and raise a family...to me family matters more than anything...and Jake...you are part of my family now...

CAREER? WHAT CAREER WAS THIS THEN ALENA? YOU WERE NOTHING UNTIL I FOUND YOU...UNTIL I SET YOU FREE...

*Snowy can no longer surpress the tears or anger she feels, she sits down on the stool The Ace was sitting on, before erupting herself...*

Snowy: I HAD A CAREER BEFORE YOU, I HAD A LIFE BEFORE YOU JAKE CONWAY! IT WAS HOLLOW AND MEANINGLESS BUT IT WAS A LIFE NONETHELESS! YOU BROUGHT AN END TO ALL THOSE MEN I TRIED TO FIND COMFORT IN, YOU GAVE ME MEANING, HOPE, LOVE AND STILL YOU ARE BLIND TO HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU! INSTEAD YOU WANT TO SIT HERE AND MOPE ABOUT LOSING SOME STUPID TOURNAMENT AND TANYA....FACE IT SHE DOESN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE...SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU ANYMORE...YOU HAVE ME...I LOVE YOU...I WANT YOU...I NEED YOU...OR AM I NOT GOOD ENOUGH?

*Snowy cries softly, making no effort to hide it from her love...The Ace's voice finally drops...*

There was a time in my life when not a day would go by when I wouldn't regret losing Tanya, I suspect I fell in love with her when we first met, and as my love grew, I couldn't handle it and when she was taken from me, instead of trying to find her, I tried to fill the void she left...always hoping and praying that one day we'd be together again...and in my heart, I know if I was given the chance then, I would marry her and give her children...a union of our flesh and blood...that would live forever...I would make her happy and we'd live together, like some perfect fairy tale, but ultimately in this fairy tale, I lost my Queen...and the wounds I healed bled again, and I knew then that nobody but I could heal them...yet fate kept us apart for so long now she doesn't even know me anymore...AJ is the only man she can cling too, but even he couldn't keep those wounds healed, and now they're open again and I'm powerless to help her...the lust that spawned their relationship has started to crack in a way our love never did...it was forcibly removed, ripped from my heart...and still she doesn't realise how much I loved her...

*Snowy looks down at her engagement ring...*

Snowy: *whispering* Do you love me Jake?

This isn't even about the tournament anymore, you win some, you lose some, its all a part of this business but if I had been in that tournament final, I would have beat Cosmo, but instead Magnus stole my opportunity from me...Tanya...just tell me why you hate me, what is it AJ's given you that I've denied you...put my mind at peace so I can move on with my life...TELL ME WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE TO DESERVE A WORLD TITLE SHOT! THAT SHOT SHOULD BE MINE! AFTER ALL XHF HAS DENIED ME, THEY OWE ME THAT MUCH! WHY OH WHY AM I ALWAYS DENIED THE RICHEST PRIZES IN LIFE?

*Snowy is completely in tears now, clearly he does not see the richest prize he does already possess...Snowy now fears there's nothing she can do to replace Tanya in his heart...her cell-phone rings...*

Its probably Tanya, I'll leave you two to bad mouth me behind my back...

*The Ace leaves, slamming the door behind him...Snowy twirls her ring before answering...*

[The Ace]

2nd of June 2005 - The Ace realises his flaws too late, from here their relationship dissolves and she soon loses their unborn twin daughters to a rare genetic disorder

*The scene opens on The Ace sitting in his Porsche at the XHF Parking Lot...*

AJ...no...I refuse to face you at Gastro, why? Its because its not what I want, but I will give you what you want, what you, Tanya and even Alena deserve...and that is an apology...you see AJ you struck a chord with me son, a chord very few people have ever managed to strike in me...now for a long time, I'll admit, ever since Tanya was taken from me, I've tried to win her back, but like you so aptly said I'm a failure and now the time has come where I have to accept that not even I can accomplish the impossible - Tanya loves you, she belongs to you, take care of her my friend, yes I consider you a friend...why? Because like a true friend you've helped me realise that the obsession I mistook for love, the fixation I had with your wife was merely a cloak around my heart, I used it to shield myself from letting any other woman get close to me...because I didn't want to be hurt again...now some out there might be laughing, but contrary to popular belief I too do have feelings, and at one point I was afraid to admit them...after Tanya...I wont lie to either of you, even if she denies it, the times we shared were good...but as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end...and AJ I don't need you to kick my ass again to make me realise that...now some might think I'm backing out because I fear you, but the truth is I see no reason why we should be fighting...in all honesty, all I've ever wanted is to know Tanya doesn't hate me, all I've ever wanted is a chance to redeem our friendship...I'll admit I've been going about it all wrong, trying to relight a fire that's been dead for so long, but you haven't made it any easier for me, because of your protective nature, Tanya and I hardly speak to each other, at least not the way we used to...I'm not blaming you for wanting to protect her, but like it or not, I'm a part of her history too and all I want is her friendship...just like you have Snowy's...is that too much to ask?

*The Ace sighs*

Tanya...what can I say, I'm sorry...but I don't want you in that ring either, I never have, I'm a bigger man than to beat up on women just because I can't get what I want...such men are cowards and you know I'm anything but...I respect you for what you've accomplished here Tanya, I truly do, you belong in this business, perhaps even more than I do...and I can't say I'm not upset things will never be the same between us again, but I have to get over it...for as long as you've known me, I've been the little boy who never grew up, a womaniser who used feminine flesh as his playground...but I guess even little boys have to accept responsibility some time...and my responsibility is to Alena and my unborn child...AJ, Tanya I thank you both for helping me realise what matters in my life, and AJ if you ever feel like defending your title against me, I wont say no...and Tanya, if you ever want to give me a title shot when you get that belt, you know I never could say no to you...

*The Ace smiles, obviously feeling less burdened by his troubles now...*


Alena, AJ was right, I was jealous of everything he has...but in the green mist of that jealousy I overlooked everything I have...I'm proud to be Hardcore Champion, even if people don't hold it in very high regard...but more than that, I'm proud to be a father, even if I haven't shown it lately, I'd love to be your husband and raise our family, so I can stop being envious of AJ and his children...and concentrate on being a father to my own...I'm sorry I ever made you cry, sweetie, but I fear it might be too little, too late for regrets or apologies now, I wouldn't blame you if you've already left to find a better life for yourself, away from a self centered jackass like myself...maybe I'm the player who's lost everything and still doesn't know when to quit the game, maybe I'm a guy who will never see women beyond sex objects or vessels for my own personal selfish pleasure, maybe I'm not the man you thought I was...but just like Tanya, I'm setting you free because let's face it...you deserve someone so much more better, willing and able to love you for the wife, mother and soul mate you have yet to become...and what kind of man would I be if I never gave you the opportunity to find that special someone, all I will ask is that you be happy in the life you lead with him and together you and he will raise our child in the loving home it deserves...

*The Ace turns the key in the ignition and the silver beast roars to life...*

L'adieu mon aimé, peut vous trouver la paix, l'amour et le bonheur dans une vie pour venir encore...la vie où je pourrais ne jamais vous donner...

*The Ace is about to set off to a destination unknown to him, down a road which has no foreseeable end, will he find peace and content or die a lonely forgotten traveller? Either possibility was ripe for fruitition...suddenly his train of thought is interrupted as someone places a hand on the car door...The Ace turns to see...*

[The Ace]

The Ace does nothing to stop her advance, instead he pulls her closer to him, after a few moments of intense almost fierce passion, Snowy tries to pull away but The Ace doesn’t let her, he persists on keeping the kiss locked almost to a point where he has synchronized his breathing to match hers, and is breathing for the two of them simultaneously, her struggle to regain her breath ends when The Ace is shoved back first into the side of his Porsche…but his hands venture to undo her trench-coat, Snowy finally steps back from his embrace, drawing her coat tighter around her…The Ace doesn’t hide his surprise or disappointment, instead he turns away…then back to her…*

Every word I have ever uttered into your sweet ear, each whisper that shielded us from the chill of night, it was as pure and wholesome as a dewdrop in the early morning mist…it was the truth…Alena…I love you…please believe me…I love you, I may be many things but a black hearted liar I am not…

*The Ace sighs*

Every tear you have ever cried is a tear I have drowned in, and a tear I have regretted, you are my lifeline, marry me and put both our sorrows to an end, I don’t want to leave you but I will if it will shield our children from their father’s incompetence and stupidity…perhaps you deserve a better life…a life I cannot provide…but please whatever you decide, promise me you will look after our babies…

*The Ace takes a deep breath*

Leave me if you must, deny me that which I cannot live without, that which I do not deserve, your body…my temple…I have no doubt that soon you will find happiness and I will find a way to satisfy my need for physicality, a way to fulfill my selfish, constant, never-ending sexual desires without the Goddess I worship…for she will be too busy bearing my children and her body will not allow me to see Nirvana when I choose…

*The Ace looks into Snowy’s eyes*

I am far too ignorant to put aside my unquenchable thirst for your body, your touch, your scent, your mouth, your tongue, your lips, your breasts…everything…even whilst you are pregnant, I want it, I need it, unrestricted and complete…but you have made it your choice to deny me, and it is a choice I must live with, the price for your tears I must pay…the children are mine but you I fear are no longer…I am sorry I hurt you, you are not my biggest mistake but my most glorious triumph, I see it now, you brought me victory and gold, but mostly you brought my soul peace, my Hell you have ended, frozen over beautifully…no material things matter, for all eternity we will skip hand in hand across Heaven’s golden river, long after our bodies have withered and our souls free…if you marry me, our love will not die, it will grow beyond the boundaries of this world and transcend into the next…

*The Ace breaks eye contact*

However I will not blame you if you continue to withhold yourself from me, I deserve it after the pain I put you through, I do not deserve to be blessed with your hand in marriage, I do not deserve to see the children I will have no choice but to walk out on, but I will take comfort in knowing your life-long friends, those who I have needlessly and foolishly offended, AJ and Tanya, to them, I am deeply sorry, you have known her longer than I, I know that AJ and Tanya will help you raise my children the way they should be, and if they see father in someone else, they need not ever know of me…the father who abandoned them to fulfill his own career, the father who was a failure but in the end put his jealousy for AJ and Tanya’s family aside, Greg and Serenity, the children I never had, no family to call my own…I know that Tanya was probably going to be a bridesmaid and in the spirit of harbouring no ill feelings, I would be honoured if AJ considered to be my best man…for I have few allies here and many enemies, and I fear you no longer want to marry a self-centred, arrogant, ignorant fool as myself…see I am fully aware of my flaws, but in my eyes you have none, I want to be the man you fell in love with, but Alena, tell me, teach me, how to be God in your Universe, just as you are the Sun in mine, tell me how can I please you if you deny me the only way I can express my love for you, I cannot function with limitations imposed upon our sex…maybe I am selfish but it is the only way I have ever known of showing you how much I love you, and you wish to deny me that pleasure?

*The Ace opens his car door about to step in...Snowy steps forward and puts a hand on his shoulder...*

Snowy: Jake...wait...

*The Ace turns to find his whole universe before him...*

[The Ace]

The Ace tries to get some answers from 'Nature' as to why Snowy has left him, but she returns...

*The Ace takes Snowy by the hand and leads her out of the graveyard, once outside the couple share a kiss...*

What are you doing, a graveyard is no place for you sweetie...promise me you'll never follow me here again...

Snowy: Jake, I'd follow you to Hell and back if I had to...

That's my job, you just look after our babies, I can't jeopardise their future...

Snowy:I will darling...I will...you just look after yourself...

Oh I am a lucky and blessed man Alena...

Snowy: You bet your ass you are...

*The couple laugh as The Ace drapes an arm across her shoulder, she hugs his waist...*

Snowy: So you bought a bike huh? What about your Porsche?

Well actually I sold the bike to Cosmo, didn't like it...I prefer a car anyway...

Snowy: Why? I've always found something sexy about leather-clad badass bikers...

Well for one thing a bike doesn't have much room for...company...

Snowy: I bet we could have had fun trying though...

*They laugh, The Ace looks up at the moon in a sea of stars...Snowy follows his gaze...*

Snowy: Beautiful aren't they?

*The Ace sighs*

I suppose so, I've never really look anymore...I remember when I was a 13 on a camping trip I used to sit around the camp fire and look into Heaven and pray to God that he'd send a shooting star my way so I could wish for the perfect girl...and I'd make her so happy and we'd have kids and life would be perfect...I did this night after night after night, nothing changed and I eventually gave up...anyway as the years went by, and I was getting ready to go to college, the night we left college, Ruth and I decided to get a few mates together to get drunk and party, anyway we got so wrecked, we were playing strip poker and Ruth being the only girl, we conspired to get her completely naked...at the end of the night...the game didn't even matter, she stripped for us and danced on my mate's grandma's coffee table completely naked...*laughs*...of course she could hardly stand and fell into my lap and I don't know if it was the alcohol talking but on that night I swore I'd always be there for her and she promised someday we'd be married...*sighs*...I really thought Nature had come through for me then, that God had forgone the shooting star and granted me my wish, that she was the one...but now i realise it was only a lie induced by beer flowing through our veins...*laughs*...Alena, what I'm trying to say is I'm sorry, beer has always made me break promises to women...Ruth...Tanya...You...how stupid am I? I don't deserve you, just like I didn't deserve them, every chance to be happy I screw up...I'm sorry...

*The Ace looks to the floor...*

For many years I imagined myself as the perfect father, with a daughter first, a beautiful wife but somewhere down the line I lost that dream and tonight, out here at Nature's mercy, I nearly lost you...I nearly lost my children...I nearly lost myself...tonight for the first time in years, I yearned for Nature to dull the pain, clasp me to her breast and feed new life into a dying, worthless man...the Hardcore title I bled for, that I lived for, was gone and so were you, Papa John took everything I had worked for and laid it to rest...but fate still left me with one Ace up my sleeve and at Decimation, with you at my side, I shall finally return the favour when put Papa John and the rest of my demons to rest....in Hell...they will all...Rest...In...Peace...

*A sudden rumble of thunder cuts through the calm of the night...*

Snowy: Let's head back, there's a storm coming...together we can hide under the sheets until it passes...

*Snowy flashes a devilish grin at her fiance as the camera fades on the two walking through the night, hand in hand...*

[The Ace]

theace83
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Posts: 68 Backstory: The final chapter of this tragedy, where The Ace loses his love and unborn children after he is hospitalised by Cosmo in a brutal match for the X*Crown Championship...July 19th 2005

*The scene opens with The Ace laying in a hospital bed, screaming Alena's name at the top of his lungs, outside Alena is walking down the corridor crying as she hears him, fighting every instinct to rush back...the commotion has several doctors and nurses rush into the small private room as they rush to restrain him...*

:theace ALENA, ALENA, PLEASE COME BACK, I LOVE YOU! DAMN IT ALENA! I LOVE YOU ALENA!

Doctor 1: Calm down, Mr Conway, its alright, its alright!

Doctor 2: *whispering to a nurse* Who's Alena?

:theace SHE'S MY FIANCE DAMN IT! LET ME OUT OF HERE! I HAVE TO SEE HER! I HAVE TO TALK TO HER NOW!

*The Ace squirms, trying viciously to escape the grip of three doctors...*

Doctor 3: Nurse! Sedate him, sedate him now!

*The startled nurse nervously fills a syringe with something, the doctors allow her close to his neck, as The Ace violently shakes his head...*

:theace NO DAMN IT NO!

*The Ace manages to free an arm which he uses to slap the syringe away, the doctors are startled for a moment and loosen their grip, looking at the nurse as she picks up a now empty syringe, The Ace spots his moment and viciously rips the tubes from his arms and in an adrenalin rush, leaps from the bed and out the door....once out he slams the door in the doctor's face and staggers down the corridor, his vision blurry, his consciousness fading, he barely manages to whisper her name as he staggers to catch up to her, suddenly a teary Snowy faces The Ace, stops as he reaches out for her, she reaches out for him, but moments before they touch Snowy lets out a scream and falls to her knees, clutching her stomach...he whispers her name before his consciousness blacks out, the last image he sees is Snowy laying motionless on the floor, the couple unconscious, side by side...*



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*Five hours later, The Ace awakes in a hospital bed, the wounds on his arms patched, but as he turns his head, he is surprised and happy to see Snowy laying in the next bed...*

:theace What happened?

*She turns to him, teary...*

:snowy I lost them...there's nothing they could do...

:theace What?

:snowy I'm so sorry Jake...I know how much they meant to you...

:theace But...but how?

:snowy They said abnormal cell growth, irregular mitosis or something, I don't really know, all they really said was in such rare cases the body's natural defence was to flush the feti from the womb...

*The Ace reaches out for Alena's hand, he softly takes it in his, stroking it with a thumb...*

:theace Alena, I'm so sorry, me and Claire, that was all talk, I thought we agreed I could say things, but I'd never do anything to betray you, to hurt you...we can try again...for as long as it takes...

*Snowy pulls her hand from his grip*

:snowy Jake, no we can't, its over, we both know I'm not enough for you and I'm not fit to be your wife or a mother, I'm not ready, I'm only 23, I see that now...what we had, it was nice, but we never meant to get attached, it was never supposed to go beyond sex...

:theace But I love you...

*Snowy removes the diiamond engagement ring from her finger and places it in his palm...she closes his hand around it...*

:snowy No you don't Jake, you think you do...

*She turns away from The Ace and says nothing more, The Ace looks up at the ceiling, bring the closed hand to his chest, he cries, openly for the first time in his life, knowing that of all the losses, this was indeed his greatest, and he could blame no-one but himself...tears streaming down his face, he opens his mouth to call her name but she is still facing away from him so once again he must face the ceiling and cry knowing he was once again alone...*