The day the earth stood still
She had seen alot in this business, but lately, it was getting ridiculous. The Authority was showing everyone how much power they had, and those that didn't fall in line were soon out the door, with a 'better luck in future endevores'. She tried staying below the radar, but that was hard to do when she was a part of the group that was currently at odds with the Authority. Her name, Corey Dove, the Diva's Champ, and the fourth member of the most dominate faction in WWE, the SHIELD. At one point in time all four members had gold. Roman and Seth had tag gold, while Dean had claimed the U.S. gold. They were so close, like family, or, at least, that's what she'd thought. They did everything together, and she thought that she could trust them with her life, that they would have her back when she needed it, but it had all been a lie.
Lately, Seth had been acting...off...slightly. She'd waved it off, thinking that it was all in her mind. However, when she looked back, after everything was said, and done, everything was there, in plain sight, all of the clues showing her what was going to happen. If only she could have seen the signs at the time...
X*X*X
They were all riding high from the pay-per-view, payback. They had won against Evolution: Triple H, Batista, and Randy Orton. However, Batista was sick and tired of going after the SHIELD, and not getting the title match he had been promised, so he had quit, and walked out. Corey had retained her title, against AJ Lee. She couldn't have been happier.
As they say though, 'all good things must come to an end'. And that is what happened. It all came to an end. A very...painful end.
The four of them were in the ring the night after Payback, on Monday Night Raw. They were all smiles, gloating that they had beaten Evolution. Dean put his arm around Corey's shoulders, pulled her close, and kissed her temple. She was grinning like a little school girl. She felt so giddy, and light hearted. She held her gold title up, and the crowd went crazy. She looked past Dean, who was on her left, and over at Roman. He gave her a smile and a nod. Seth was some where behind them, out of sight.
Evolution's theme played, and Randy Orton and Triple H walked down the ramp. Corey smirked down at them, they looked worse for wear from the beating they had recieved from the SHIELD, the previous night. Karma was great. Triple H was telling them that it didn't matter that the SHIELD had won the night before, because he always had a 'plan B'. Corey did not like the sound of that. She watched as Triple H gave the slightest of nods, and her stomach tied itself into knots. Something was about to happen.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Roman suddenly fall to his knees. She looked over at him, and watched as he fell onto the bottom rope. Corey put her hands to her mouth, and gasped in surprise. They turned and saw Seth holding a chair, with a sadistic smile on his face. She didn't want to believe what she was seeing. It just couldn't be happening.
Dean slid his arm off of her shoulders, and turned to face Seth. Dean stood in front of Corey, and she heard him growl. Suddenly, Dean launched himself at Seth, but Seth was ready for him. Seth hit him with the chair, and Dean went down. Seth continued to hit Dean with the chair. Corey finally had enough. She went over to Seth, grabbed him, and spun him around, so that he was facing her. He had the chair raised, looking ready to hit her as well, but realized who had grabbed him. He paused, looking at her.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?! Are you insane?" She demanded.
"Surprise!" Triple H taunted her.
She looked over at her boss, then looked back at Seth.
"You joined them? How could you do that to us? Are you serious?" She asked him.
"Join us Corey." Seth told her.
She looked at him in horror. She shook her head.
"You can't seriously believe that I would join them, do you? Not after everything they've done!" She spat at him.
He shook his head.
"Corey, this is an opportunitee, you just don't realize it. You won't get anywhere if you stay with them." He told her.
She frowned. Without any warning, she slapped him across the face, and kicked him between the legs. He dropped to his knees, and fell to the mat. Triple H and Randy Orton did not enjoy that little stunt, but the crowd sure did. They were going crazy, and chanting her name. She hurried to Dean's side, and checked up on him, making sure that he was okay.
"Corey, you are going to regret that." Triple H told her.
She looked over at him and Randy. She sneered at them.
"What are you going to do about it?!" She snarled at them.
Randy was about to get in the ring, but Triple H held him back.
"That's what I thought." She said.
She watched as Seth got out of the ring, still hunched over in pain, and joined Evolution. They retreated up the ramp, and into the back. Corey returned to checking on Dean. When she made sure that Dean was okay, she moved over to Roman.
She couldn't believe that Seth had turned on them like that, after everything that they had been through. That's what hurt the most, that's what made it so much worse. How could he do something like this to them?
She helped them to their feet, and they made their way to the back.