Page 398 – Holding It Together
Jul14
Sun’s a good friend and the emotions have finally caught up to her.
In case there’s any confusion here, this isn’t a hospital but a private clinic that is on-call for Rival Angels sort of like an NFL team which has their own medical facility. The key word here is private. Employees/wrestlers can come and go with a little more discretion, like now.
You’re not going to want to miss Friday’s update. 😉
Voting Incentive!
Gabrielle and Hell’s Belles. Dig it.
So no broken bones that is good for Sabrina, but if the damage is muscle or ligament issue that poses long term issue for Sabrina and her carrier. Bones heal,but damage only weaken ligaments over time and once they are damaged it easy to relapse. Look at MLB pitchers like Mark Prior who blew their arms out and have end their carriers. It seems that while Sabrina to all the physical damage tonight, Sun has taken the most of the mental pain from Damage Inc to the beat down. The last three panels say it all, very powerful stuff.
On the plus side the voting incentive makes me very happy ^.^, I hope Gabby gives the Belles a professional and verbal beat down on par to what they did to Sabrina. You never cross the boss ESPECIALLY if has the possibility of ruining the profitability and stability of the company, lawsuits and a ruined event makes a angry boss. Here is wishing that the GM’s wrath might include a match setup including an Angry dragon and Marina, that would be interesting.
Strappy Italian Boots are about to walk all over Hell’s Belles, folks! ::does a happy dance, discretely behind a screen so as not to spook small children or animals:: Niamh Institute, huh? Nice name. 🙂 Remind me to get extra-geeky and make “Secret of Niamh” puns later when I’m more awake.
A penny just dropped. Madame Champ, did you happen to have anything to do with the founding of this clinic? ::smile::
If only WWE also have this kind of facility, then Triple H won’t have to worry that his secret surgery is being leaked by MLB players Dirk Hayhurst via twitter. Oh snap!! LOL!
See? I said people have said they thought something was broken, only to have it turn out it wasn’t. Of course, the exact damage done remains to be seen, but the fact that Sabrina’s arm isn’t broken means her career can continue. For a while, at least. Ligament and muscle damage may be repaired, but once done, relapses, re-openings, and re-tears are things to worry about.
Earlier on in the comic (exactly which page, I’m not sure, but definitely within the past 100), Sabrina makes a comment about it being a quick decade. We’ll see about that now, but then again, guys like Ric Flair and the Undertaker have had more career-related surgeries than most common competitors have years in their own careers and they’re still competing, so…
Looks the things are all shook up again. For some reason I think there isn’t going to be police involved in this.
Okay, this is MUCH better than what my mind brings up when you say “sports medicine.” My previous experience with sports medicine has been “walk it out,” or “here’s some ice,” or “rub some dirt in it.”
per the incentive <starts chanting> “Gabby’s gonna killlllll you!”
Is good to hear about Sabby’s arm. I thought I no heard any crack or nothing. Poor Sun look like she having guilt issue for no having her BFF’s back in that alley. And Mo Chen agree that the boss’ dress down of Chloe and crew is gonna’ be bad since they got so much invested in Ultragirl’s push. Ego is the for the wrestla’s but the CEO’s only know the bottom line.
Voting Incentives.. Gabrielle shouting on Chloe.. I do think, that’s only a front..
I remember Gabrielle said “the mob loves a good story… even if it’s a tragedy”
it’s tragedy for Sabrina.. I do think Gabrielle should be happy.. and Chloe did what she said.. she gonna destroy Sabrina..
I do think Sabrina did saw it coming..
Ooooooo It’s in the fire now! I see fines at least. Maybe suspensions. Maybe no pushy-pushy for a while.
No, Mr. Ogre. The clinic wasn’t my idea. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it hehee
Wait, wait, wait… These garbage bins that they have these days unless it was the rubber topped ones, are usually metal and usually about 20lbs+ and that was slammed down on an arm with force. If we go by Newton’s law of “How to mess people up” this would be in the Oh snap, crackle and poppage of the “Messed up” categories… Unless Hells Belles leader Yvette didn’t put her full weight into it that is… and Sabrina only gets bruising and maybe a torn muscle, not even a hairline fracture? I’m not saying that she should be out of commission indefinitely maybe a few weeks, she misses her match and someone would have to sub in for her…
hmmm!! could this be.. something.. I mean more deeper picture in panel 6..
instead Sun’s crying.. Sun smiles sadistically.. like now she can out shine Sabrina?
Jabberwocky, you know your stuff. Football players and MMA fighters always have a better recovery when it’s bones as opposed to muscle tears. And I’m so glad you remembered the rough night that Sun had with her hazing and now this. I can tell you that Gabrielle is going to work swiftly and decisively as it pertains to the Belles.
Cookie Ogre, you’re going to see a side of Gabrielle that we’ve never seen yet. 😉 As to the name of the institute, it’s a very irish name. XD
PS2kid, that’s the problem with going to a ‘private’ clinic that everyone goes to. 😛
Tarrasque, yeah we know some of the prognosis but not the whole deal. And yeah, sports athletes run the risk of re-injuring a torn muscle and if you remember, Sabrina’s had problems with that are since her match with Loretta way back at page 100. I believe that Sabrina made that ‘quick decade’ comment as she was making up with Sun on the couch of the empty private locker room. So after Sabrina’s win over Xtina and Angel but before Brenda’s run-in with Black Widow.
Snowy, I don’t think things are going to be settled for quite a while. One benefit of going to the private facility is that the cops aren’t notified but certainly Sabrina or someone else could report it.
LOL Amanda! Yeah, no quacks here at the RA Sports Medicine facility. XD
jpiv, that is a very apt chant. Wait til Friday!
Right on, DynaMoChen! Sabrina’s not out of the woods yet but no broken bones is a good start. Sun’s kept it together as long as she could with Sabrina’s beatdown and Damage Inc’s hazing but she knows she needs to keep it strong for Sabrina.
MGC, if you liked the ‘mob’ quote from Gabrielle, you’re going to love a particular quote on Friday. Gabrielle happy? Does she look happy that one of her main event matches is in jeopardy? As for Sun’s intentions with Sabrina in the last panel, I’ll let the other readers (if they want) voice their opinion.
Hey Champ! Yeah, we’re about to be introduced to a whole new strappy shoe Gabrielle. Pushy-pushy is going to be frowned upon for the forseeable future.
Kurt, all we know for sure is that there’s no broken bones. Sabrina’s a tough cookie, remember but that doesn’t mean that she’s going to be ready for the Pay Per View. After all, there are worse injuries than a broken bone. As for who should fill in for Sabrina if she can’t make it will be, shall we say, debated on.
pfft Sun is being over dramatic. I thought she would be better then this.
And its not like Sabrina needs her arms, its been said her strikes are weak and her finisher is used by her legs and her other is a flying one.
Yeah boss. The rumble is already starting among the back room gang. Word travels fast. But so far no one really knows anything. So I’m sure you’ll let me know first. Right? Right? Boss!!
BBD, I think Sun would say that she doesn’t like when her emotions get the better of her, but she is only human, despite her ninjaing dragon ways.
Indeed Champ! You’ll be the first to know. 😉
Asphalt versus skull, usually the asphalt wins (politicians excluded). So unless Sabrina is running for Congress, this assault could still be the end of her career, and have even caused permanent dame bramage…
I wonder what Sun will do now? Take on all three of the hell bellies herself? Or, could we be looking at a replacement match for the PPV? Maybe the remaining upstarts versus the hell bellies, with the D’Inc’s outside the ring, making sure it’s a fair fight?
And don’t forget, putting someone out of wrestling, on purpose, and not in the ring, has to go against some sort of wrestler honor code – I’ll let actual wrestlers confirm this – but I’m sure the hell bellies will lose a lot of credibility with the other wrestlers
Very true, GhostEraser. Rival Angels takes concussions very seriously so her prognosis is still up in the air. As for what Sun does, she’s got a lot to deal with in front of her face but once that’s dealt with, she’ll have a chance to figure out what to do. The Upstarts vs Hell’s Belles would be pretty cool, but it’d be pretty rough. The Belles are a solid team where the Upstarts aren’t quite there. Oh yes, that’s definitely a no-no, purposely taking someone out and messing with someone’s livelihood. While they’re competitors, there’s still a certain amount of trust that goes into a match on both sides and that’s been obliterated as far as the Belles are concerned. It should be interesting to see how the rest of the locker room reacts to the news.
This facility has MRI, wow
The fallout will be interesting.
There’s something I’m half-expecting to see happen in Friday’s update, but I shall keep it to myself for now, hehe.
Well, this is a pretty masterful page. Liked the way you handled it…sometimes the silences are the best things a scripter can do. Trust me, I know.
Hey Champ… I starting to wonder about your boss lady myself. Hard to know about trust when it come to money…
And Mo Chen will be cheering for you champ!
Sun’s kind of got herself in a bind (with Damage, Inc), and Sabrina bailed her out. Now it’s her turn to get some revenge.
Why thank you, Dynamo! That means a lot 🙂
Maybe you and the others will slip over to the Forum side and vote in the Rumble awards. It’s in the Rival Angels Discussion area: http://rivalangels.freeforums.org/index.php
Anon, yep!
Picky, the fallout is going to have some serious reverberations. Starting….now.
ORLY @ Chris? XD Now I’m interested to see what it is you’re thinking. 😉
Thanks darkmark! Yeah, when I got to writing this page, I knew that I didn’t need any dialogue though I wasn’t sure if I needed to add some dialogue in the last panel to reinforce the fact that it was Sabrina’s room that Sun was entering. Glad I didn’t need it. 😉
Trevor, I am looking forward to revealing Sun’s intentions. XD
Thanks Bren! Your comment inspired me to write a post about the Rival Angels Forum and all the fun that can be had there, including the Rumble Awards nominations. 🙂