Libby ran through backstage and into the locker room to change ring gear. She pulled off the hair bands and whipped her hair back and forth to lose the part. Once her vest and shorts were on Libby ran from backstage and up flights of stairs to Roman. He was wetting his hair and waiting for his que to walk out to the ring. Libby took the time to catch her breath, RAW was starting. They paced back and forth as they heard The Authority make a speech to the WWE Universe. Roman's music started playing and they walked out into the crowd. Roman descended the stairs first and Libby followed behind him. As they made their way down the stairs, a little kid jumped out and hugged Roman, which stalled him. Libby couldn't help but smile, it was completely adorable. Roman took a few more steps before he stopped and stared at The Authority. He reached in his back pocket and pulled out a microphone. Libby stood up two steps behind Roman with her eyes fixated on the Authority. "Randy Orton claims the viper is back. That means I took everything the viper had last week and I'm still standing RIGHT HERE! And Hunter, you say you're all about great deals well I have one for you. I'm going to come down there to that ring and beat the Viper's ass for free, TONIGHT!" Libby smiled at Randy Orton throwing a fit in the ring.
"Alright hey calm down. Randy you got Roman Reigns, but at Summerslam. Tonight Roman Reigns will be facing The Demon, Kane. That match will be a Last Man Standing match. I expect to see a demon tonight so Roman, don't go anywhere because that match starts now." Roman was ready for anything. Roman and Libby made their way down the stairs. When they got to the barricade Roman climbed over then turned around, wrapped his arm around Libby's waist and lifted her over the barricade. The crowd loved it and Libby couldn't stop blushing.
The match started with Roman having the upper hand on Kane. Libby stood at ringside cheering Roman on. Libby kept a watchful eye on Kane and stood clear of him. If anyone intimidated Libby, it was Kane. Kane turned the tables on Roman and the match spilled outside of the ring. Kane delivered a beating on Roman throughout the entire match, but it wasn't enough to keep Roman down. He used a chair, the steel steps and even sent Roman through a table. "Come on Roman! Come on get up!" Libby yelled as she stood at ringside next to Roman laying on the broken table. The ref counted to 5 and Roman started moving. Roman struggled to get to his feet but he beat the ten count. Kane was frustrated and grabbed the chair he had set up on the turnbuckle. Kane laid the chair down in the middle of the ring and set Roman up for a side suplex, but Roman reversed Kane's advances and hit Kane with a DDT onto the chair. Libby jumped up and down for Roman. Roman hit Kane with a Superman Punch as soon as Kane got to his feet.
Kane laid there on the mat and Roman sat in the corner. "What are you doing?!" Libby yelled at the referee. "Start counting!" The referee just stood there over Kane. "Why aren't you doing your job? COUNT!" Kane was back on his feet and Roman waited for him to turn around for a spear. Roman pulled the trigger and charged at Kane. Before Roman could hit, Kane grabbed a hold of his neck for the choke slam. "NOOO!" Roman got out of the choke slam, slingshot himself off the ropes and sent Kane on his back with a spear. Kane was down for the count as Roman stood on his feet. Libby started jumping up and down when the referee counted ten. Roman threw his arms up in victory with the ref and climbed onto the turnbuckle for the fans. Libby climbed into the ring with a huge smile on her face and clapped her hands for Roman's victory. Roman climbed off the turnbuckle and embraced Libby in a hug. He relished in his victory more before the two left the ring and headed backstage. "You were so great out there. Kane really did have the upper hand on you but you fought through."
"Yeah it was pretty exhausting," he said, taking deep breaths. Libby smiled up at him. Then something caught her eye.
"Roman come here," she said, gesturing to his head. Roman leaned down and Libby saw the blood. "Oh gosh, you're bleeding! You got busted open out there." Roman touched his head and then looked at his hand to see the blood. The two walked to the trainer's room to have a medic check out Roman's wound. He had to have six staples. As the medic went to work on Roman, Libby left to find Dean.
She found him alone in a hallway surrounded by WWE equipment. "Hey Dean!" He nodded his head at her as she walked closer to him. "Getting ready for your match tonight?"
"Oh yeah. I'm going to do whatever I can to win this challenge tonight."
"Well you're competing first, so you have to set the bar. Just don't set it too high."
"I'm going to win."
"Do you want me to come out there with you? After all, we are The Shield."
"Look Libby, I didn't want to be the one to do this, but we are not The Shield. Me and Roman are just too focused on our separate agendas. I understand your whole intentions for us, but it just isn't happening."
"Okay, but we're still going to have each other's backs, Dean. I want to be there for you."
"You can be, just not tonight." Libby understood everything that Dean was telling her. She's been noticing it for days that Dean and Roman are both doing good with their singles careers. It showed Libby that they don't really need to be The Shield to be great or get over with the fans. "When we need you, will you be there?" Dean looked at Libby for what felt like a whole minute, then started nodding his head yes.
"Yeah." Libby smiled and then walked away. Libby's been having a rough time trusting people around here, but Roman, Dean, and herself have all been through the same thing, so she knew there was common ground for them. She could count on them, Roman especially.