The Trainer. Kimberly Crouse
week later, Vicky is meeting with Hank in his office. No surprise she is in yet another foul mood.
VICKY
(She snaps) “You better have some good news for me!”
HANK
“I’ve been researching the reality
shows and believe I’ve come up with
an idea.”
VICKY
(Eyebrows raised and sarcastic) “AND?!”
HANK
“Well all the reality shows are
based on the contestants and only
their progress and whatever, well
why don’t we do one but based
mainly on the trainers performance
but dependent on the contestants. The trainers will
be on the line??”
Vicky just stares at Hank. She's wondering if he's gone totally bonkers, or is this some kind of prank.
Hank continues:
“We get nobodys, guys that have not
boxed before and have the trainers
train them for at least 6 to 8
weeks and then have a big
tournament and the winning trainer
will get to take Robert’s place
training the famous 'Danny'
plus some money and then the
winning boxer will get some money
too, to make it worth their while.”
VICKY
“How’s this gonna work again?”
HANK
“Well the cameras will record all of
the contestants’ training for the
duration and leading up to the
tournament, it won’t just be the
boxers in this, the trainers are on
the line also.”
Vicky gets up happy and stalks the room as the idea is making more and more sense and something that could be the end of Robert.
VICKY very happy and excited:
“I get it now! This could work.
(a pause)
What about Robert’s contract?”
HANK
“Well he’ll be welcomed to enter,
but either way, if he enters then loses or he doesn’t
even enter, which would be
embarrassing for him, he can be the
janitor or gopher around the gym and for the team
until his contract ends.”
VICKY
“What about the rest of the team,
will they go along with it? You think?”
HANK
“Doesn’t matter.”
VICKY
Well let’s get it set up then and
we’ll take it to them.”
As she walks out of Hank’s office, she adds:
VICKY
“And Robert always talked how he
could make anyone a contender, well
we’ll see now won’t we?”
She winks at Hank and leaves.
CHAPTER 2
A MONTH LATER -JACK’S GYM -
The gym has couple of guys sparring and some others working out. The team owns the gym and let others go thru a membership. It smells of musk and mold and old cheese, not that any of the guys there notice.
Vicky enters with Hank; she is glammed up all in pink. Hank is suited up nicely in a dark blue suit. They are definitely out of place there. Right away Vicky makes a face when she a gets a whiff of the smell. They make their way to the office and stop at the ring to watch the sparring; she asks Matty where the rest of the guys are. He tells her they are in the office already. She tells him to come along too; this is for all the team.
Matty stops the fight and tells each what they need to work on and he’ll see them afterwards. He gets out of the ring and heads to the office right behind Hank and Vicky.
GYM OFFICE -
The rest of the guys are discussing what Vicky could be up to now. No one knows anything. Robert’s sorry, yet not sorry for what happened at the party, but that it ruined the sale. No one blames him, it’s something they have to live with for now. Maybe she’ll get tired and sell it to someone, anyone.
The door opens and Vicky, Hank and Matty enter. Vicky and Hank set themselves up behind the desk and face the team.
DANNY
“What’s up?”
VICKY
“We’ve got a proposition.”
The team looks at each other with eyebrows raised, while Vicky and Hank smile slyly.
ROBERT
(Wryly) “Well what is it?”
HANK
“We are going to have a contest; a reality based contest.”
EVERYONE AT ONCE
“A what??!! What the Hell?”
MATTY
“What’s this got to do with us?”
VICKY
“Well it’s a boxing contest, really
a trainers contest. There will be
trainers competing to be Danny’s trainer.”
ROBERT
“What the hell?”
Everyone is upset, wondering whose cock-a meme idea this was. Vicky and Hank like the looks on their faces, exactly the reaction they were hoping for.
Hank tells them the details; the trainers will have people to train for 8 weeks, these people will not be boxers, but regular people who have not boxed a day in their life before, then there will be a tournament at the end of 8 weeks, in a double elimination.
Winning trainer gets to be Danny’s trainer, some money; the winning boxer will get money. There are 9 top best trainers from around the world picked and signed up already and one standby.
DANNY (almost yelling and in a panic)
“What about Robert? He's got a contract! He's MY trainer!”
VICKY
“He is welcome to compete, if he
wins, he keeps training you, if he
loses or doesn’t compete, he’s
going to be reduced to janitor,
gopher and whatever lowly thing I can think of.”
ROBERT
“That’s bullshit, I’ve got a contract.”
HANK
“Yes, only to be here for 5 more
years,