damnFireworks - Trying it out.

Prologue

SUBJECT 0291. SUCCESS

"Hello. Congratulations" a distorted monotonic voice ringed.

Nikki Bella's eyes flickered open. It took numerous blinks to adjust to the bright setting. Where am I? What is going on? Where's Dean? Brie? All these thoughts and questions jolted her up. She examined her body. She was dressed in a white singlet and pants.

A hovering message board comes flying over to her.

"Hello. Congratulations. Hello. Congratulations. Hello. Congratulations. Hello. Congratulations…"

A blonde woman with dyed blue tips at the end of her hair comes rushing into the room. She was dressed professionally in white with a long white lab coat.

"Bliss my heart." She gasped. "Subject 0291 is a success." She sounded both pleased and shocked.

Tilting her head to the side, the lady moves closer with what seemed like a pen in her hand. She flashes it into Nikki's eyes, testing her reactions.

"A torch. I'm checking if your pupils are reacting." She spoke calmly.

"Congratulations. Hello. Congratulations. Hello…"

The young woman turns away briefly to attend to the message board.

"Ignore this silly bot. One of the old editions."

She waves her hand over the screen and a holographic menu appears. She scrolls down til she finds the command she was looking for.

"Ah.. Disable."

The floating message board immediately switches off and drops to the floor smashing into a million pieces.

Completely oblivious to the mess. The young lady returns her attention back to Nikki Bella.

"For isn't this just a sparkling day already. You look great." She smiled.

It took a while for Nikki to come to her senses but she knew she had seen her before. Leaning forward to focus on the woman properly. Her eyes widened.

"Alexa?... Alexa Bliss!"

"In the flesh. But the mind? Not quite."

Extremely confused Nikki tries to get off the holographic chamber pod. Her mind not registering the futuristic surroundings. Alexa places her two hands on her shoulders and motions her to stay.

"You're not in 2014 anymore. This is 4014. You're in the future now."

Nikki Bella gave Alexa a bizarre stare. She knew they weren't best of friends but they were polite to each other. Whenever Nikki decided she needed to come down to the performance centre and train, Alexa would be the first to say hi. However a completely different story when it comes to her twin sister Brie.

"Funny Alexa. Brie steals your boyfriend and now you're fucking with me to get back at them. I get it." She muses sarcastically, her eyes roaming the room. Pristine white. Not a speck of dust. All this CGI stuff. They were really going all out to get her pranked.

"I don't know what you're talking about doll. I am Alexa Bliss. Just not the one you remember."

Now Nikki knew she must be getting pranked. It totally has to be a setup, this was a prank and her friends were taking the piss out of her.

"Okay 'Alexa'. This CGI stuff is applaud worthy but-"

"0291. You'd be foolish to think that these are just mere pixels." Alexa walks away and types in some data code and the window screen reveals the city outside.

Nikki's jaw drops open. It was like a scene straight out of Blade Runner or a Star Wars movie. But even she couldn't fault what her eyes were seeing. Spaceships?

"Hover cars honey." Alexa beamed. Reading her expressions like an open book. "One day, I'll be getting one of those nice ones with the flash laser sights." She spoke in a dream-like voice.

Nikki Bella really is in the future.

"How? Is time travel possible now? Is that how you brought me here?" Nikki started breathing heavy. She was extremely anxious and overwhelmed.

Alexa Bliss took her hand.

"Time travel?" She paused for a second. "That concept is easier to understand?" she mulled over it aloud.

"What?" Nikki demanded

"The wrestling industry isn't thriving like it once was in your time. A lot has changed. As you could probably tell. In a last ditch effort to save WWE, they tried bringing back superstars & divas who contributed to that prime time."

"So, do I exist in the past time?"

"Yes and No. Time travel isn't possible. You are 0291… wait." She brings out a gizmo device the size of a small cube that projects data in mid-air.

"Subject 0291 – Stephanie Nicole Garcia Colace aka Nikki Bella." Snatching the gizmo back into her lab pocket. She continues to speak. "As I was saying… You are a flesh representation of Nikki Bella. Everything about you is human, right down to the DNA."

"So I'm a clone?"

"Essentially. But you retained her memories, her emotions. You have the mental capacity to make decisions. You are your own person Nikki."

"So what happens now?"

"Well. It's hard to say. You're the only one that's been a success thus far. Rest up. I'll come back to check on you a little bit."

Nikki walked over to the window and gazed out at the futuristic Utopian City. She definitely wasn't in 2014 anymore.

SUBJECT 3695. SUCCESS.

When Roman Reigns opened his eyes. His body ached. All the muscles in his arm had a tingling sensation like he hadn't moved in years. He groaned trying to regain some motion and sit up. Then it hit him all at once.

Brie. WWE. The Shield.

He gritted his teeth in pain. His hand holding the back of his head as his mind began ringing sirens. He closed his eyes trying to endure it all.

"Fuck!" he gritted.

Unknown to him, Alexa Bliss had entered the room swiftly. She immediately brought up his data to check the readings on his body.

"Nerve system, good. Heart, a little on the high side but under the circumstances I guess that's normal" she muttered under her breath. "Brain Activity. Bliss his heart!"

She came around to his side and injected a serum in his blood stream. Roman immediately felt the results, the ringing in his mind numbing down to a silent murmur before stopping all together. His breathing calmed to a neutral pace. He opened his eyes only to be met with a bright light flashed in them.

"Thank goodness 3695. A minor side effect but you're good. Your pupils are reacting well." She smiled.

"Alexa. What are you doing? You're not a doctor." his voice lacked strength.

She snuck a look at his details once more.

"Subject 3695. Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoa'i aka Roman Reigns. Welcome to 4014"

"What?"

"The Future Roman. This…" She indicated to the surroundings. ".. Is the future. 2000 years to be precise."

He looked at her strangely.

"What are you talking about? Where's Brie?" he asked

"I'm sorry, I'm not following you."

"C'mon. Brie is my partner now Alexa. We ended things months ago. This isn't funny."

The expression in her face didn't change. She truly didn't know what he was talking about. He looked around. He didn't know where he was. A hospital?

"It seems you know me. I am Alexa Bliss. I'm just not the one you're used to. I am a genetic... Well... An exact physical copy of Alexa Bliss but I was a failed subject unlike yourself."

"Failed? What do you mean? Why am I a success?"

"Well. I retain the technical aspects of her life. I didn't retain any of her memories. Apart from her name and the physical appearance. I'm a completely different person. But you. You remember." She smiles.

"Let me get this straight. We're clones?"

"Put simply. Yes. The world has changed Roman. It's going to be a massive culture shock to you. The earth has surpassed technical bounds and we're not the only ones in this galaxy."

"So what? Where does that leave me and the others?"

"Well, so far. Only you and one other subject have been a success"

He jumped up immediately, closing the distance between them. He was so much taller and bigger compared to her small frame.

"Who?!" he demanded.

"Nikki Bella." She said.

"I want to see her right now."

"That's not possible. You need to re-"
"You don't negotiate with me Alexa. Take me to her now." His tone was low and haunting.

She nodded and took him to her straight away.

Nikki heard footsteps enter the room, she turned around to find Roman. Instantly propelling herself towards him, she jumped into his arms. She cried in relief. He was real. He was here. A friend. She felt bad but she was so happy that she wasn't in this strange boat alone.

"Everything is going to be fine" he promised.

She felt safe. She went to let him go but he hugged her tighter. She understood. He was just as scared as she was. Everything is different now and for this moment. There was only them.

He let her go and turned to Alexa.

"Tell me everything you know."

"Like I told Nikki. This was an experiment to get business going again in the professional wrestling industry. WWE thought that by bringing back talent from the past that people and maybe even species outside of the galaxy would be interested."

He saw her lips tightened to a straight line.

"What aren't you telling us Alexa?" Roman asked.

"I woke up and no-one was here. This place was abandoned."

"Abandoned? Then how did you know all this stuff?" Nikki asked.

"Archives. It's really hard to explain but it's adapt or die."

"How long?"

"What?"

"How long have you been awake Alexa?" Roman questioned.

"Up til now? Almost 11 years." She replied.

Nikki had a worried expression on her face. How was she going to survive? Everybody whom she loved wasn't with her. Her twin sister Brie. God, Dean. Why the fuck hasn't it woken up? Did they even try?

"Are there others Alexa? What about my sister Brie? She was a wrestler too."

"I only have Subject numbers to identify everyone."

"We can help!" I desperately add.

"Brie Bella. Yes. 0292 was in the system under NYA but when I checked her chamber pod. It was empty."

"What does NYA mean?" Roman asked.

"Not yet assessed." Alexa replied.

Nikki saw Roman tense up. Everything would be okay if Brie was by his side. She almost felt sorry that out of all people to be a success. It had to be her. The spitting image of Brie but in every other way so different. Deep down, Nikki was praying that Dean was here.

"Alexa, is Dean Ambrose... has he woken up?"

"0007. No. He's the same as Brie. NYA and an empty pod"

Roman glanced over at a worried Nikki.

"We're going to be fine." He reminded her. "What's our game plan now Alexa?"

"I'll arrange all data ID's and border badges. I think it's best if you both experience this world. The more involved in it. The better we have a chance of integrating everyone back into this new society. Failure or Success."

"What about Brie and Dean?" Nikki asked.

"I'll let you know if something changes. Roman. I'll send you to the upper ring where-"

"-Wherever I go. She goes." Roman interrupted.

"Okay, fine. Both of you will do fine in the upper ring mining quarter. It's hard labour but I'm guessing both of you would like to keep busy."

Roman and Nikki agreed. Alexa couldn't guarantee we would find our loved ones again. She couldn't promise that any of the others would wake up. But she was going to do the best by them and that's what counted.

Nikki believed in Roman. She trusted him now more than she ever did back then.
We will be fine. The brunette diva thought.

One day at a time.