Post by "Cholo" Giovanni Santana on Oct 22, 2022 19:21:42 GMT -5
“Vamos amor, ya casi llegamos, aguanta.”
“Estoy muy cansada…”
“No te rindas, ya casi…”
A man and a woman are struggling as they are chest deep in water, going across a fierce river. They each hold a backpack over their heads, the only belongings to their name now. Before this moment, they sold everything they had, including their wedding bands, and left their only son with his grandmother, promising to return for him as soon as they could. That was months ago. The man urges his wife not to give up, they are almost there but she has very little left.
“Piensa en Cholito, haslo por el…”
He asks her to think about their only son and to do it for him and that works, as she half smiles and pushes through. They reach the other side and just throw themselves on the riverbank, exhausted. A voice not to far from them is heard, in Spanish, asking them: “what the hell are they doing” and “if they are crazy?” “There is no time to rest!” We don’t get to see who the voice came from, but the young couple get up right away and head towards where the voice. Just then a spotlight hits them, and they freeze in place.
U.S. Border Patrol! Stay where you are!
The sound of dogs barking is heard, but the voice once again speaks, a lot louder this time, urging them to “move their asses”. They do, disappearing into the darkness, but the sounds of dogs and border patrol on a jeep are not too far behind.
Stop! I said stop!
Gunshots blasts are heard echoing in the cold winter night air.
MAMA!
A young Cholo wakes up from his nightmare, sitting on the aisle seat of the first row of a plane. He looks around nervously, full of anxiety, completely forgetting where he was. A flight attendant comes over right away, kneels in front of him and puts one of her hands on his knee and the other on his then short curly hair, caressing it. They speak in Spanish, but we will translate.
Hey, it’s okay, you were just dreaming.
It felt so real, I heard a gunshot, and I felt it right here on my chest.
What you felt my king, is us landing.
We made it? We’re in the US?
Yes we are, look out the window.
Cholito does just that, but he sees nothing but dessert and dried up hills.
Doesn’t look like the US…
Well what were you expecting?
Lots of snow? Mountains covered in snow; snow everywhere.
Well it’s July silly, it doesn’t snow until the wintertime.
I know it’s July, my 9th birthday is in a few days.
And you came to celebrate it in the US? Lucky you.
Yeah, my parents finally can bring me in. They were supposed to come pick me up at my grandma’s home, but couldn’t for some reason… But I don’t mind travelling by myself, I am brave!
Yes you are, well, you are the first to get off the plane, come, I will take you to see your parents. I’m sure they can’t wait to see you again.
She removes Cholito’s seatbelt and then hands him his backpack, much like his parents, that is the only thing he needs to carry his few belongings. They exit the plane, and we’ll skip ahead to the moment we all want to see, a family reunited. His parents are in the waiting area, behind a rail, both looking a lot better than how they were when we saw them riverside, running for their lives. The mother holds a Garfield plush toy, Cholito’s favorite comic strip as a kid; the father holds an unopened G.I. Joe action figure. The double doors open and after a few random people come out, there comes Cholito being escorted by the flight attendant, and desperately looking for his parents. When the 3 of them lock eyes, he drops his backpack and rushes up to them, the FA trying to hold him back but he’s too fast. He jumps up, right into their arms; the tears of joy flowing. A young Paco Perez emerges, with a digital camera in hand. After his parents introduce Cholito to his uncle, Paco ask them to pose together for a picture; they do and as he takes the picture, and the flash goes off, Cholito and his parents are captured with big smiles on their faces.
Who the hell sleeps with a big smile on their face?!
Cholito, or rather, Cholo wakes up again and he is indeed smiling. But only briefly, as his smile is swept away by his uncle who is standing over him, looking as old as ever but still having a face that is very charming.
Tio, you have the worst timing… ever.
Cholo sits up on a beach chair, reaches into the white sands below him, grabs a handful and throws it playfully at his uncle, who runs off not knowing what he did wrong. Cholo brings his leg around, so now he is sitting with his feet on the warm white sand. He looks at the vast, clear, bluish ocean in front of him and then at luxurious resort behind him surrounded by palm trees and smiles. He is at Waikiki beach, location for this year’s Tara Fenix Charity Event; a 4-day wrestling extravaganza. Paco comes back, carrying two cocktails in his hand but before he gets any closer, he checks in with Cholo.
I come in peace and bearing gifts, you good mi’jo?
Yeah Unc, come on.
Paco smiles and gets closer, handing Cholo his drink and then taking a seat on a beach chair next to Cholo’s. They both sniff their drinks, smile and take a generous sip. You would think Paco is Cholo’s father and not his uncle slash godfather.
These have been a great few days huh tio?
They sure have, hate to have to leave this place. Can’t believe you have to interrupt your vacation for WGWF…
Don’t worry, we’ll be back on Tuesday morning; and besides they are not interrupting anything man. WGWF is my home now, they are my priority, and they are where I want to be. All of this, is for charity, for helping others… But WGWF, Vegas baby, that’s all for me Tio. I got started off in the right foot by winning-
Stealing…
Not you too! Winning is winning!
True sobrino, you won, got started the right way, everyone has sung your praises these last few weeks, and specially after that fire promo on the second show.
Cholo was good wasn’t he?
Don’t you talk to me in that third person caca, you know I hate it.
Cholo’s fans love it.
Knock it off!
Alright, alright.
Look, all I am saying is that you are not going to be able to win every match that way, especially this next match because it’s a one on one contest.
Yeah, against Millie Monroe, the former nurse turned inmate turned professional wrestler. That’s a helluva path to take.
Yeah, and we can’t dwell too much on her nursing past, what you must focus on is that a) she was an inmate for 10 years and b) she was trained as a wrestler while in jail so she will not be one you can just steal a win from.
I did not steal - *sighs* look, it was a fatal four way, I did what you are supposed to do in fatal four ways. But yes, this time is different, and I know versus Millie is going to be all in my shoulders. Cholo’s beautiful, naturally tanned, broad shoulders.
Do you want me to get chancla? Cuz I will get the damn chancla!
What?! Woah! No, there is no need for that level of violence hombre! What I am saying is that I know I won’t rely on anyone else wearing down my opponents for me. This match is all on me and while it is Millie’s WGWF debut, it is also my ‘singles’ debut and in a way, this match matters way more than my first. It is time to show Cholo’s fans that the guy they picked to cheer above all others, is the real deal and can get the job done.
Good, that is exactly what I want to hear.
Paco offers his pineapple shape cup to toast and Cholo obliges. After they finish their drink, Paco gets up.
Alright mi’jo, I’m going to go get my stuff ready for the trip back. What are you going to do?
Cholo breaks the fourth wall, looking right at us, raising an eyebrow and nods.
El Closing Shoot
Millie Bobby Brown, no, wait, wrong Millie. Millie Monroe aka Nurse Millie aka what in the diablo did you do that you not only got fired from a hospital but you got sent to jail for ten years mami? Dios mio, that is some serious hard time you did, Cholo has never spent a day in jail and hope he never does... Don't get me wrong, he could more than handle himself behind bars, he would be nobody's puta if you know what he means... But his beautiful afro just couldn't take it, what is he going to do? Cornrow it? BLASFEMIA!
Look preciosa, whatever happened in your past is your past and Cholo will not be one to judge you... So let him be the first wrestler to welcome you to WGWF and let Cholo also tell you how honored he is to be your first opponent, he means that, truly. He knows how important this match is to you and how much you want to do like he did, and win your debut, make a great first impression. Unfortunately, Cholo cannot allow this as this is a debut of sorts for him too, sure he won his first match, but many others have already had two matches and are either tied with Cholo in points or have gone ahead... and while Cholo knows he is not going after all the titles, at least not yet he knows he cannot afford to fall behind in the race for the Television and Intercontinental championships. Those are his two goals, and if he wants to reach them, he has to keep winning, even if it means ruining a very important debut for you.
Please do not hate Cholo for this, he just has to do what he has to do.
Now as far as the match itself, he knows you learned from a former professional wrestling while in jail and if he was any good at all, he probably taught you the type of wrestling that plays to your strengths and just from watching your entrance promo and your bio, Cholo sees that you are a brawler and using your nursing background to pick the right spots on the body to work on, find weakness. Well, Cholo is sorry to disappoint you Nurse Millie, look at Cholo, Cholo is a magnificent specimen with zero flaws and a fat content percentage so low that his doctors beg him to eat something greasy.
Look Millie, Cholo knows right now you and him are going to focus on going into the ring and hurting each other as much as we can so either of us can pick up the win, but after the match, if you would have Cholo, he would like to invite you to a mezcal or two, or your spirit of choice, he'll buy. Yes, the offer stands whether Cholo loses or not, he does not have that big of an ego to rule out the possibility of defeat, he is no bitter loser and will admit defeat if it happens... unless you cheat... and then, that is when nice Cholo goes away and la beastia comes out.. You don't want to meet la bestia...
So! Let's just have a nice, good, clean match and then drinks afterwards. You in? Dale!
“Estoy muy cansada…”
“No te rindas, ya casi…”
A man and a woman are struggling as they are chest deep in water, going across a fierce river. They each hold a backpack over their heads, the only belongings to their name now. Before this moment, they sold everything they had, including their wedding bands, and left their only son with his grandmother, promising to return for him as soon as they could. That was months ago. The man urges his wife not to give up, they are almost there but she has very little left.
“Piensa en Cholito, haslo por el…”
He asks her to think about their only son and to do it for him and that works, as she half smiles and pushes through. They reach the other side and just throw themselves on the riverbank, exhausted. A voice not to far from them is heard, in Spanish, asking them: “what the hell are they doing” and “if they are crazy?” “There is no time to rest!” We don’t get to see who the voice came from, but the young couple get up right away and head towards where the voice. Just then a spotlight hits them, and they freeze in place.
U.S. Border Patrol! Stay where you are!
The sound of dogs barking is heard, but the voice once again speaks, a lot louder this time, urging them to “move their asses”. They do, disappearing into the darkness, but the sounds of dogs and border patrol on a jeep are not too far behind.
Stop! I said stop!
Gunshots blasts are heard echoing in the cold winter night air.
MAMA!
A young Cholo wakes up from his nightmare, sitting on the aisle seat of the first row of a plane. He looks around nervously, full of anxiety, completely forgetting where he was. A flight attendant comes over right away, kneels in front of him and puts one of her hands on his knee and the other on his then short curly hair, caressing it. They speak in Spanish, but we will translate.
Hey, it’s okay, you were just dreaming.
It felt so real, I heard a gunshot, and I felt it right here on my chest.
What you felt my king, is us landing.
We made it? We’re in the US?
Yes we are, look out the window.
Cholito does just that, but he sees nothing but dessert and dried up hills.
Doesn’t look like the US…
Well what were you expecting?
Lots of snow? Mountains covered in snow; snow everywhere.
Well it’s July silly, it doesn’t snow until the wintertime.
I know it’s July, my 9th birthday is in a few days.
And you came to celebrate it in the US? Lucky you.
Yeah, my parents finally can bring me in. They were supposed to come pick me up at my grandma’s home, but couldn’t for some reason… But I don’t mind travelling by myself, I am brave!
Yes you are, well, you are the first to get off the plane, come, I will take you to see your parents. I’m sure they can’t wait to see you again.
She removes Cholito’s seatbelt and then hands him his backpack, much like his parents, that is the only thing he needs to carry his few belongings. They exit the plane, and we’ll skip ahead to the moment we all want to see, a family reunited. His parents are in the waiting area, behind a rail, both looking a lot better than how they were when we saw them riverside, running for their lives. The mother holds a Garfield plush toy, Cholito’s favorite comic strip as a kid; the father holds an unopened G.I. Joe action figure. The double doors open and after a few random people come out, there comes Cholito being escorted by the flight attendant, and desperately looking for his parents. When the 3 of them lock eyes, he drops his backpack and rushes up to them, the FA trying to hold him back but he’s too fast. He jumps up, right into their arms; the tears of joy flowing. A young Paco Perez emerges, with a digital camera in hand. After his parents introduce Cholito to his uncle, Paco ask them to pose together for a picture; they do and as he takes the picture, and the flash goes off, Cholito and his parents are captured with big smiles on their faces.
Who the hell sleeps with a big smile on their face?!
Cholito, or rather, Cholo wakes up again and he is indeed smiling. But only briefly, as his smile is swept away by his uncle who is standing over him, looking as old as ever but still having a face that is very charming.
Tio, you have the worst timing… ever.
Cholo sits up on a beach chair, reaches into the white sands below him, grabs a handful and throws it playfully at his uncle, who runs off not knowing what he did wrong. Cholo brings his leg around, so now he is sitting with his feet on the warm white sand. He looks at the vast, clear, bluish ocean in front of him and then at luxurious resort behind him surrounded by palm trees and smiles. He is at Waikiki beach, location for this year’s Tara Fenix Charity Event; a 4-day wrestling extravaganza. Paco comes back, carrying two cocktails in his hand but before he gets any closer, he checks in with Cholo.
I come in peace and bearing gifts, you good mi’jo?
Yeah Unc, come on.
Paco smiles and gets closer, handing Cholo his drink and then taking a seat on a beach chair next to Cholo’s. They both sniff their drinks, smile and take a generous sip. You would think Paco is Cholo’s father and not his uncle slash godfather.
These have been a great few days huh tio?
They sure have, hate to have to leave this place. Can’t believe you have to interrupt your vacation for WGWF…
Don’t worry, we’ll be back on Tuesday morning; and besides they are not interrupting anything man. WGWF is my home now, they are my priority, and they are where I want to be. All of this, is for charity, for helping others… But WGWF, Vegas baby, that’s all for me Tio. I got started off in the right foot by winning-
Stealing…
Not you too! Winning is winning!
True sobrino, you won, got started the right way, everyone has sung your praises these last few weeks, and specially after that fire promo on the second show.
Cholo was good wasn’t he?
Don’t you talk to me in that third person caca, you know I hate it.
Cholo’s fans love it.
Knock it off!
Alright, alright.
Look, all I am saying is that you are not going to be able to win every match that way, especially this next match because it’s a one on one contest.
Yeah, against Millie Monroe, the former nurse turned inmate turned professional wrestler. That’s a helluva path to take.
Yeah, and we can’t dwell too much on her nursing past, what you must focus on is that a) she was an inmate for 10 years and b) she was trained as a wrestler while in jail so she will not be one you can just steal a win from.
I did not steal - *sighs* look, it was a fatal four way, I did what you are supposed to do in fatal four ways. But yes, this time is different, and I know versus Millie is going to be all in my shoulders. Cholo’s beautiful, naturally tanned, broad shoulders.
Do you want me to get chancla? Cuz I will get the damn chancla!
What?! Woah! No, there is no need for that level of violence hombre! What I am saying is that I know I won’t rely on anyone else wearing down my opponents for me. This match is all on me and while it is Millie’s WGWF debut, it is also my ‘singles’ debut and in a way, this match matters way more than my first. It is time to show Cholo’s fans that the guy they picked to cheer above all others, is the real deal and can get the job done.
Good, that is exactly what I want to hear.
Paco offers his pineapple shape cup to toast and Cholo obliges. After they finish their drink, Paco gets up.
Alright mi’jo, I’m going to go get my stuff ready for the trip back. What are you going to do?
Cholo breaks the fourth wall, looking right at us, raising an eyebrow and nods.
El Closing Shoot
Millie Bobby Brown, no, wait, wrong Millie. Millie Monroe aka Nurse Millie aka what in the diablo did you do that you not only got fired from a hospital but you got sent to jail for ten years mami? Dios mio, that is some serious hard time you did, Cholo has never spent a day in jail and hope he never does... Don't get me wrong, he could more than handle himself behind bars, he would be nobody's puta if you know what he means... But his beautiful afro just couldn't take it, what is he going to do? Cornrow it? BLASFEMIA!
Look preciosa, whatever happened in your past is your past and Cholo will not be one to judge you... So let him be the first wrestler to welcome you to WGWF and let Cholo also tell you how honored he is to be your first opponent, he means that, truly. He knows how important this match is to you and how much you want to do like he did, and win your debut, make a great first impression. Unfortunately, Cholo cannot allow this as this is a debut of sorts for him too, sure he won his first match, but many others have already had two matches and are either tied with Cholo in points or have gone ahead... and while Cholo knows he is not going after all the titles, at least not yet he knows he cannot afford to fall behind in the race for the Television and Intercontinental championships. Those are his two goals, and if he wants to reach them, he has to keep winning, even if it means ruining a very important debut for you.
Please do not hate Cholo for this, he just has to do what he has to do.
Now as far as the match itself, he knows you learned from a former professional wrestling while in jail and if he was any good at all, he probably taught you the type of wrestling that plays to your strengths and just from watching your entrance promo and your bio, Cholo sees that you are a brawler and using your nursing background to pick the right spots on the body to work on, find weakness. Well, Cholo is sorry to disappoint you Nurse Millie, look at Cholo, Cholo is a magnificent specimen with zero flaws and a fat content percentage so low that his doctors beg him to eat something greasy.
Look Millie, Cholo knows right now you and him are going to focus on going into the ring and hurting each other as much as we can so either of us can pick up the win, but after the match, if you would have Cholo, he would like to invite you to a mezcal or two, or your spirit of choice, he'll buy. Yes, the offer stands whether Cholo loses or not, he does not have that big of an ego to rule out the possibility of defeat, he is no bitter loser and will admit defeat if it happens... unless you cheat... and then, that is when nice Cholo goes away and la beastia comes out.. You don't want to meet la bestia...
So! Let's just have a nice, good, clean match and then drinks afterwards. You in? Dale!
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