Prologue: Part II

"Coleman can you hear me?" asked Anji, the head referee of MVX, as he crouched down towards the battered wrestler.

Larkin could hear the winner's theme music blast throughout the sold out arena. Majority of the people booed at the UFC fighter as he stood in victory with his hands in the air with Paul Heyman by his side. Larkin was sure she suffered a concussion. Her head was pounding and her vision was blurry. She nodded to the referee she could understand him but needed a minute. Thankfully this happened towards the end of the match; Brock held her too high and the momentum of the carry and throw against the turnbuckle made her head whip back and smack against the metal ring post. Brock saw this and carefully completed the match with her asking her if she was alright during a hold. Anji was about to call out the paramedics on hand until Larkin shook her head and slowly sat up.

Larkin got up with the help of Anji and the crowd roared in applause and cheers. Larkin couldn't help but get teary eyed. This was one of her most, if not THE MOST, grueling and epic match she had in her entire life, and to see these fans and those watching at home cheer her on was the ultimate respect she had ever received. Her celebration was short lived as she saw Brock turn around and look straight at her. He walked up towards her, and Larkin pushed Anji away and stood up back to him. The crowd went deathly quiet wanting to see what would happen. Suddenly Brock stuck out his hand and Larkin smiled and grabbed his hand shaking it. The two men exited the ring and let Larkin have her moment.

Larkin raised her arms in the air and not too long later they went off air. Anji ushered Larkin backstage even though she wanted to autograph and kick back with some of her fans despite her concussion. Larkin's head was throbbing harder than before and everything started to get hazy. Anji noticed the slight shift in weight and put her arm around his shoulders as the backstage crew quickly scurried out of the way for the two. Larkin heard faint 'congrats', 'proud of yous', and 'are you okay?' by several faces but couldn't distinguish who they belonged too. Anji finally found Dr. Falman's office, the head physician on hand, and was ushered in after they heard of Larkin's condition. Larkin tried to stand up straight after Dr. Falman asked if she could by herself. She didn't know it was THIS bad, and she was getting scared. After a couple of more exercises and questions, Falman excused himself to process his assessment. He told her specifically not to go to sleep right now, so Larkin tried to keep her mind busy shifting her eyes from place to place as she sat back on the table.

She couldn't believe she just finished a match with the one and only Brock Lesnar. She knew she (and he) would get so much crap for this match in both good and bad ways. She chuckled thinking about how many people were going to make comments of "that's so fake" or "she didn't really fight him". But what they didn't know was how much work, how much blood, sweat, and tears were shed to make this fight even happen tonight. Sure, she was a stupid 16 year old kid, but when it came to her job...she was focused. Determined. And she wouldn't ever let her size or strength get in the way. She may have lost to Brock Lesnar today but years from now she knew SHE would be the one pinning him to the mat and winning. She heard a familiar voice call out from the hallway shouting, "COLEMAN JUST BROKE THE INTERNET!"

Her vision became blurry again and her eyes felt very heavy. A couple of minutes wouldn't hurt right? Falman would be here in a bit anyways and wake her up.

She might have not remembered what happened just a few moments ago, but she did remember this:

She just put on a hell of a show.

And smiled.

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews, follows, and alerts guys! Construction criticism and suggestions are always welcomed either in reviews or through private messaging. If you have any questions definitely feel free to ask me and continue reading the story to find out if they are answered. Now we finally get to start the story...hope you enjoy!