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So, here we are, back into the action, Jason vs. Christian, Mara in action and the crew being crazy, let's see how this goes
King of the Mountain - Chapter Four - Sacrifice
"Man, what happened?" Chris asked without looking away from the monitor. "You've never blinked first, never!"
Jason just frowned, the whole interview, complete with Christian's interruption, had just aired at the very end of the preshow. The teen was innerved by how shaken by Christian's words he had appeared and now it had aired for everyone to see... He shook his head, he had been back in the locker room since leaving the interview without really talking to the others.
"Ah, he's alright" Alex weighed in. "Kid's been out injured and just forgot how much Christian hates him, you got this Jase" he reached forward and slapped the teen on the shoulder.
"Yeah... yeah I got this" he muttered blankly, Mara looked up at him, something was off, Jason had had every mind game and insult known to man thrown at him and never been phased, yet Christian's words looked like they had more than struck a nerve with him, she patted his arm to get his attention.
"Hey, you're not letting what he said get to you, are you?" He frowned again in response.
"No, no of course not" he answered unconvincingly. "It just threw me off a little, that's all."
"You sure? You seem pretty shook up?"
"Nope, I'm fine, is Val alright? Thought she'd be freaking out still?" Mara sighed slightly at his attempt to deflect the conversation, she glanced at the screen to see Sonjay making his entrance after seemingly drawing the short straw in an X-Division gauntlet match.
"I'm not worried about Val..."
"And you don't need to worry about me" Jason's casual air was slowly coming back. "Is she OK?"
"She's calmed down, was a bit stressed but she's got a good team behind her."
"Well, she's got you so no stress. Unless you get eliminated..."
"And ODB, Jackie and Roxxi, a nice team of veterans" Mara smirked. "Told her to listen to us and she'd be fine."
"Who're you facing anyway?" Alex asked, scowling as Jerry Lynn made his way out as the second entrant.
"His friend" Mara nodded at Jason, the teen finally cracking a smile at her teasing. "Her BFF, Christy Hemme, Traci and Gail" the last name said with considerably more venom.
"Basically a team full of girls you hate" Chris commented with a smirk, Mara matched it.
"That's harsh, I don't hate Angelina's bestie... yet" Jason finally laughed.
"Note to self: don't make friends that are girls" Mara swatted at him and the group fell into silence, the mood a bit less tense as Sonjay teed off on their former friend, clearly trying to prove a point, he soon had Jerry on the ropes and went for his Sonjay Cutter move only to get thrown off, he landed on his feet, turned and was met with a kick to the stomach and Jerry's cradle piledriver! Just like that Sonjay was done.
"God damn it Debbie" Jason hissed as Jerry waited for his next challenger, the X-Division pioneer proceeded to plough through Shark Boy and Eric Young without too much trouble, next was 'Maverick' Matt Bentley, but only Traci appeared on the ramp, as Jerry watched her in confusion Bentley sprinted down the other ramp and nailed him with the superkick as he turned round and eliminated him! Matt and Traci celebrated as Jay's music hit and he hit the ring in full 'Macho Man' regalia to try his luck.
"Oh yeah! Round two!" Alex yelled as the two wrestlers exchanged punches, Matt gained the advantage after a distraction from Traci and soon had Jay in position for a superkick only for Jay to grab his foot and spin him right into a Lethal Combination! Three seconds later Jay had advanced.
"All right Jay!" Jason cheered as he recovered in the ring, as the group watched he kept his momentum through Homicide, Kazarian and Petey Williams.
"How many left?" asked Mara, watching their exhausted friend holding himself up in the ropes.
"I think it was a ten man so this is the last guy" commented Chris as Low Ki's music hit and the warrior approached. "Ah... crap"
The four watched as Ki teed off on the exhausted Jay with kick after kick only for Jay to keep getting back up, Ki eventually got tired of this and put him in position for the Warriors Way! He dived but Jay moved at the last second making him roll out of the move, he charged at Jay only to be hit with the Lethal Combination! Jay forced himself to crawl into the cover but Low Ki kicked out at the last second! Jay tried to get a second wind and bounced him around the ring hitting a big slam and going up top for his elbow! He dived but Ki moved and he ploughed into the canvas, Ki was straight up on top and this time Jay couldn't avoid the Warriors Way, Ki covered and Jay was finally defeated.
"So close... So damn close" Alex sighed. "Guess it's up to us my fellow Detroit born maniac."
"Yeah, no pressure" Chris sighed, Mara stood up.
"I'm gonna go get my team ready, and keep an eye on Val" she nodded to Jason. "I'll come find you for your match."
"Good luck."
"Don't need it, Chris, good luck, Alex? Don't be creepy."
"I make no promises" Alex called after her raising smirks from the other two.
"Seriously, do I need to keep an eye on you two around each other?"
"You OK Val?" The redhead snapped out of her trance as her team gathered around her.
"Yeah... just jumpy, still not used to being on the in-ring side of things" she shook her head to the offer of ODB's flask, the opposing team were now all making their entrances.
"Suit yourself" the other woman took a massive swig. "Relax Val, we'll plough through that other team then you can plough through Jay back at the hotel."
"What?!" Val all but shrieked as the other girls laughed.
"ODB, one in a million" Mara chuckled.
"Good thing too, I doubt mankind could handle two of me."
"I know a guy called Alex Shelley who'd take you up on that."
ODB shook her head. "Naaaah, been there, done that."
"Fair enough... wait, what?" Mara snapped back to reality as ODB's music hit and she charged down the tunnel onto the stage, Roxxi and Jackie Moore followed, then Val, finally her music hit and she joined her team on stage, soaking in the crowd reaction before striding down towards the ring, keeping an eye on Val the whole time. As they jumped up on the apron she took in the opposing team for the first time. Christy Hemme, someone who had felt her kicks to the head more times than she (and Christy for sure) could remember, Traci Brooks, an old rival she'd faced numerous times, Love and Sky, the new girls she already disliked for more than one reason and Gail Kim, the woman who had the distinction of being the only one to ever make her tap and had just battled her in a bloody cage match at Lockdown. Her team stepped through the ropes and she immediately squared up to Gail, who didn't back up an inch.
"Daniels" she smirked looking her rival up and down. "No scar then?"
"Takes more than anything you have to leave a mark on me Gail."
"Physically maybe" Gail managed to get in before their teams pulled them back, Christy was immediately offered forward by her team as Mara looked around.
"You guys OK if I have this?" She asked, the others all stepped out to the apron, she turned to Christy who was already arguing with her team.
"Not again! Not her! One of you do it!" Gail and the others dropped to the floor and she slowly turned to where Mara had already planted her feet to begin throwing kicks. "Not you! Get one of them in!" She pointed to the corner, Mara just laughed and backed up, holding out her hand, she felt it get slapped and looked up in surprise as Val jumped in.
"You sure?"
"In at the deep end" Val replied with a nervous smile, stepping forward only for Hemme to take advantage and drop her to the canvas, Mara winced and stepped out to the apron as the referee ordered her.
Hemme dragged Val to the corner and stomped her down, only backing up when the referee began his five count, as she backed off the referee followed, admonishing her and allowing Traci to charged along the apron and nail Val with a clothesline, ODB jumped in and began arguing with the ref allowing Hemme's entire team to jump in and stomp Val down before jumping back out as ODB left, Hemme dragged the redhead out of the corner and mockingly held her hand out towards her own corner before throwing her down, she turned to showboat to Gail and the others not noticing her cockiness allowing Val to roll to her corner and get Mara in.
"You idiot!"
Gail's shout made Hemme spin round right into a huge kick from Mara! The teen went kick crazy for a few moments before dropping Hemme with a roundhouse kick to the skull that Low Ki would have been proud of, she pulled Hemme up and set up for the Angels Wings! She stared a hole through the rest of Hemme's team as she hoisted her up and nailed it! Without breaking eye contact she tagged Val back in and the redhead covered Christy for the three!
"Christy Hemme has been eliminated!"
Val jumped to her feet in excitement and hugged Mara on the apron, overjoyed that she'd managed to pin the more experienced girl, her team suddenly began shouting warnings to her but it was too late as she turned right into a bicycle kick from Love! She made the cover and got the three-count.
"So Cal Val has been eliminated!"
ODB was in the ring immediately, steaming through Love with clotheslines, she sent Love into the ropes and threw a clothesline only for Love to duck and try a crossbody, ODB caught her then threw her right across the ring with a fallaway slam! She kipped up to her feet and pumped up the crowd then tagged Jackie Moore in, the veteran went right to work on Love with shots in the corner then whipped her off the ropes and dropped her with an elbow and tagged Roxxi in, she too took her shots at Love then sent her off and hit a spinebuster for a two count, Love tried to get up but Roxxi quickly pulled her in and hit a sidewalk slam for another two-count. Sky jumped up on the ropes to shout abuse at her and was met with a smack in the mouth for her troubles, she fell to the floor and Roxxi turned right into an eye-rake from Love, she staged around blindly allowing Love to retreat and tag Traci into the match.
The Canadian quickly hit a clothesline and began stomping Roxxi down before taking a cheap shot at ODB on the apron, she tried to jump in distracting the referee again once more allowing her partners to get some cheap shots in before Traci hit a suplex for a two-count and tagged Sky. she quickly snapmared Roxxi over and nailed her with a kick to the back then pinned her for a two-count. Roxxi tried to fight up with some shots but Sky cut her off with a shot of her own and hit a Russian legsweep for another two before tagging Gail to have her turn. She went straight up top then came down with a dropkick on Roxxi for a two-count, staring a hole through Mara Gail picked the other woman up and hit a quick neckbreaker for another two-count then let Love back into the match.
Love scooped Roxxi up and smirked at her opponents then drilled a powerslam for yet another two-count, looking frustrated she back off like she was going for another bicycle kick but Roxxi caught her foot, spun her around and hit a DDT! She crawled to her corner as Love quickly tagged Sky back in, she charged across the ring but Roxxi had made the tag to Jackie!
The veteran steamed through Sky with clothesline after clothesline before ducking a wild swing from Traci and dropping the Canadian with a spinning heel kick, Gail dived in but got sidestepped and thrown straight out, Sky took a wild swing of her own but Jackie ducked and hit a perfect German suplex! She held on in a bridge but Love broke the referee's count, Jackie threw her out then grabbed Sky for a DDT, Gail was up on the apron but was met with a shot to knock her down allowing Sky to give Jackie a kick, hook her arms and drop her on her face, she made the pin, and Jackie was eliminated!
"Jackie Moore has been eliminated!"
Mara jumped straight in and charged Sky, dropping her with an STO right off the bat, Sky bounced up and retreated to the corner, Mara charged only to get backdropped to the apron, she spun Sky round and bounced her head off the turnbuckle then hit a missile dropkick for a two-count, Sky got up by the ropes and got clotheslined to the floor, Love dived in but was low-bridged out to the floor, Mara smirked and hit the ropes, tagging Roxxi as she did and dived through the ropes onto Love and Sky! Roxxi was straight in, knocking Gail off the apron and dragging Traci in the hard way, the Canadian retreated to a corner only to be met by Roxxi driving her body into her before coming off the ropes with a big boot, she covered but Traci kicked out at two.
Roxxi sensed she could get a quick elimination and pulled Traci up, calling for her Voodoo slam, not noticing Gail on the apron behind her, she muscled Traci up and Gail tagged herself in just before the Canadian was drilled into the mat! Roxxi covered but the referee didn't count allowing Gail to grab her from behind and hit a handcuff neckbreaker! She pinned Roxxi and Mara and ODB were just too late to break up the pin.
"Roxxi has been eliminated!"
Gail retreated to the apron as Mara and ODB stared her down, smirking as her three team mates each climbed onto a portion of the ring, leaving Mara and ODB surrounded, ODB took a swig from her flask and offered it to her partner.
"Ah, what the hell?" Mara muttered taking a swig herself and going back to back, Sky and Love jumped in only to get the drink spat in their face! The reeled away as Mara beat Traci to the punch whilst ODB hammered away at Gail, the two gained the advantage only for Love to jump on ODB and Sky nailed Mara from behind, the four stomped down the two until the referee regained order and got everyone out except Mara and Sky, Sky hit a bulldog out of the corner for a two-count and tagged Love in for both to hit a double suplex, Love got another two-count then hammered away on Mara in the corner, turning to knock ODB off the apron before catching Mara with a DDT for another two-count, Gail called for a tag but as Love reached in Traci intercepted and tagged herself in. Gail glared at the Canadian as she dashed to another corner and went up top for Pie in the Sky, she dived but Mara caught her out of mid-air with a powerbomb! She rolled to her corner and tagged ODB who went up and came off the top with a THesz press on Traci! She knocked Gail, Love and Sky off the apron then dived onto Traci for the pin!
"Traci Brooks has been eliminated!"
The three remaining girls immediately dived back in and jumped ODB, stopping only to knock Mara to the floor then continuing their assault, Gail stayed in and kicked away at ODB in the corner before sending her across the ring and following with a clothesline in the other corner ODB staggered out as Gail tagged Love and the blonde woman nailed a spear! She quickly made a pin but ODB kicked out.
Love quickly pulled ODB up and beat her back into her corner again allowing Gail and Sky to take some cheap shots before tagging Sky in, they both sent her into the ropes for a double clothesline but ODB ducked and ploughed through them with a double clothesline of her own! Mara began yelling for a tag as Gail screamed at both her team mates to get up as ODB dived to her corner and made the tag!
Mara vaulted in over the ropes and steamed through both Sky and Love with clotheslines before throwing forearms to back both of them into opposite corners, popping Sky with one last forearm she flew across the ring and hit a stinger splash on Love! She quickly followed that up with one on Sky then took a swing at Gail who bailed from the apron, Sky took a wild swing only for it to be missed and was dropped with a superkick! She made the pin but Love broke it up and began stomping away at her, pulling Sky to her feet Love threw Mara into her and Velvet set up for a Russian legsweep and Love charged for her bicycle kick again only for the teen to adjust her position making her nail Sky! Love looked horrified allowing Mara to grab her and throw her into Gail, they both fell to the floor as Mara went to the corner, sprang to the middle rope, then to the top and nailed a perfect moonsault on Sky! She made the pin and the referee counted to three!
"Velvet Sky has been eliminated!"
Before Mara could even make it fully to her feet Love was on her, hooking her for a reverse DDT only to jump up a driving both knees into the teen's back! She covered but Mara kicked out at two. Love jumped to her feet in frustration, ignoring Gail's calls for a tag and backed off to go for another bicycle kick but as she started forward Mara nailed another superkick! Love collapsed to the mat and Mara began crawling to ODB, Gail dived in and pushed past the referee to grab Mara's foot only to be met with an enziguri sending her through the ropes to the floor! Love staggered to her feet just as Mara tagged ODB back in!
ODB didn't hesitate and began throwing punches at Love, the other woman pushed her away only to be avalanched in the corner then dropped with a flying shoulder tackle, ODB muscled her up for a running powerslam but saw Gail sliding back in and cut her off with a spear! She turned back to Love but was met with a jawbreaker making her stagger back to the corner, Love followed and lifted her up for a superplex but ODB kicked her away, Love reeled round but ODB grabbed her by the hair and smashed her head off the top turnbuckle several times, Love reeled away and ODB went for the Thesz press again but Love dropkicked her out of the air!
Both women in the ring were down, Mara was still recovering on the apron and Gail was on the floor as the referee started to count, Love made it up first and grabbed ODB for a reverse STO but ODB elbowed out, she charged Love who ducked a clothesline before trying to leapfrog her as she came back but she popped the brakes, caught Love on her shoulders and hit a TKO! She covered and three seconds later Love was done.
"Angelina Love has been eliminated!"
Finding herself alone in the ring ODB grabbed her flask from next to the still recovering Mara.
"Pulled it right back Daniels! We got this! Bam!"
With that she prepared to chug the remains of the flask but Gail slid in and rolled her up! The referee began counting as Gail grabbed a handful of ODB's shorts for leverage stopping her from kicking out!
"ODB has been eliminated!"
Gail smirked at the other woman argued with the referee on her way out of the ring, the smirk faltered slightly as she heard a throat being cleared behind her and turned to find herself face to face with Mara again.
"Again?" She sighed, Mara responding with a smirk of her own.
"Always" with that she threw a big forearm but Gail ducked and began throwing right hands, Mara backed up a step then responded with some forearms making Gail give ground for a moment then both traded off strike-for-strike, Gail managed to gain the advantage and hit the ropes only for Mara to rock her with a spinning forearm! Gail staggered but stayed upright as Mara bounced off the ropes and, in one motion, tore off her elbow pad and drilled Gail with a second spinning forearm right to the face! Gail hit the deck and Mara covered but only managed a two-count. Dragging Gail into position she turned to the corner and went for the BME again but Gail moved! Mara shifted her weight and landed on her feet as Gail charged for a spear only for Mara to leapfrog it and go kick crazy on her. The teen went for a roundhouse but Gail ducked, grabbed her arm, hooked the other one and nailed her with a pumphandle slam in the middle of the ring! She covered but Mara kicked out.
Gail rolled to her feet and laughed to herself as Mara only made it to her knees.
"Stay down!" She yelled, slapping the teen in the face. "Stay. Down!" Another slap. "Let's not do this again" another. "Stay…"
Before she could get another word out Mara threw her head forward and caught Gail right between the eyes with a headbutt! Gail spun away in shock allowing Mara to hook her for the Last Rites! She went to spin but Gail pushed out and muscled her up for an air raid crash only for Mara to twist free, kick her in the gut and try the Angels Wings! This time Gail twisted out and threw a clothesline, Mara ducked, her momentum carrying her into the ropes as Gail's did the same and both came back trying a crossbody only to collide in mid air! They crashed to the canvas and the referee began his count.
He'd only gotten to five when some ominous music began playing, he, the crowd, and the dazed competitors looked around and all froze as a huge woman walked out onto one of the ramps, marching with a purpose towards the ring.
Oh my God, it's Kong!
Mara forced herself back to her feet, sensing Gail do the same next to her, they glanced at each other but didn't attack as Kong got up on the apron, the referee went over to stop her but she swatted him away with one hand! He went down as Kong stepped over the top rope and stared down the two women, daring one to make a move, Mara went to turn to Gail but felt herself shoved hard towards Kong who drilled her with a clothesline! The monster stood over her as Gail laughed, standing next to her to mock the teen.
"I win Daniels" she laughed and went to walk away only for Kong to drag her back and drop her with a spinning backfist! Gail hit the deck as Kong turned her attention back to Mara, the teen had made it to one knee as Kong approached and suddenly exploded out of nowhere with a roundhouse but Kong didn't even flinch! She laughed then grabbed Mara by the throat and chokeslammed her with one arm! Gail was trying to get back up only for Kong to grab her and drive her back down with an Implant Buster!
The other girls in the match had all returned to ringside but none seemed to want to get in and try to help, Kong turned to where Traci, Hemme, Love and Sky were and taunted them to come forward as Val slid into the ring to try and pull Mara to safety, Kong saw her and grabbed her by the hair, then pressed her over her head and threw her to the outside onto ODB, Jackie and Roxxi! Just to make a point she then grabbed Mara and drilled her one more time with an Awesome Bomb! Gail was slowly crawling out of the ring as Kong turned her attention back to her again, she desperately tried to reach the apron but Kong dragged her, scratching and clawing at the canvas, back into the ring and dropped her with the Awesome Bomb as well!
Love, Sky, Hemme and Traci remained looking on as Kong dragged Gail near to a corner before dragging Mara and lying the two down next to each other, she turned her look on the four women looking on before starting to climb to the top-rope! At that point referees finally hit the ring closely followed by TNA security and finally Jim Cornette, all yelling for her to leave, she looked down at the two women in the ring before climbing off the ropes.
"Another time" she chuckled, leaving the ring, her smile widening as the four women on the ramp she chose to walk up all scattered out of her way. At the stage she slowly turned to look back at the still motionless Gail and Mara.
"You know, this is starting to happen to you almost as often as it does your boyfriend" the trainer commented, putting a ice-pack to Mara's back.
"Tell me something I don't know" Mara hissed, wincing as one particularly sore spot flared up. "Would have been nice of Jim to tell us he'd signed her!"
This was directed to her concerned looking boyfriend, Jason just frowned and watched the trainer work, occasionally glancing at the monitor where Chris and Alex were facing AMW for the tag titles. The sight of AMW still made his blood boil but he had faith in Chris' promise to avenge him by taking the belts.
"At least this has taken your mind off what Christian said" Mara's voice snapped him back to reality.
"Yeah, my girlfriend gets damn near broken in half, what a welcome distraction" he muttered sarcastically, Mara laughed.
"So you were dwelling on it!" She pushed herself up to look him in the face, smug that she'd caught him out. "I can always tell!"
When Jason just fell back into silence she sighed.
"Doc, can we have a minute?" The trainer took his leave and she rolled off the bench, wincing again.
"You sure you should be walking? Ice needs to be there for a few minutes."
"Just shut up and listen" Mara snapped, the pain making her irritable. "What he was saying to you in there is BS, you're good, you know it, I know it. So stop letting what is essentially a mind game work on you, you're better than this!"
The last part was emphasised by a light slap in the chest, Jason went to reply but both were distracted by Chris and Alex going nuts on Chris Harris, Chris spinkicked him in the gut, Alex rocked him with a superkick, they exchanged a look then went for the superkick and enziguri combo but Harris ducked! Chris hit the canvas and Alex spun round into a Last Call kick from Storm! He fell to the outside as Chris lifted the cowboy up for the cradle shock only for Harris to cut it off, Storm grabbed Chris, Harris already springing to the top rope for the Death Sentence! Storm made the pin and Alex couldn't make the save in time.
"Man, it has not been a good night for us" Jason muttered.
"All the more reason for you to turn it around" Mara replied, grabbing a fresh icepack from the trainers supplies. "Let's go."
"You are not…"
"Don't tell me I'm not coming out there with you, has that ever worked?"
"Well… no" Jason conceded. "But in the condition you're in I wouldn't put it past Christian to set Tomko on you to take me off my game."
"Well, we better arrange it so that Tomko isn't in a position to do that then" Mara answered, grinning wickedly.
"Got a plan in mind?"
"Jason, I always have a plan, now listen closely whilst the brains of this outfit goes to work…"
"You're sure this will work?" Jason asked as they stood by the tunnel out to the Impact Zone, waiting for his music to play. He could hear Chris in the distance yelling about 'One mistake!' Costing them the belts as Jay and Sonjay tried to console him and Alex then pushed it out of his mind, no distractions…
"Sure as I am that you're about to make the biggest step of your career tonight" Mara responded, throwing the icepack away and standing up straight, not wanting to show Christian and Tomko any sign of weakness. "This is your time, make it count."
"She's not wrong" Another voice cut across Jason's as an already dressed to compete AJ walked up to him. "But Christian is, you were never just 'AJ's partner', you were my equal out there, now go out and prove it."
Jason's music hit, drowning out any reply he could have made, instead he gave AJ a nod then marched down the tunnel with Mara in tow, emerging into the arena he realised just how much he had missed this, the crowd, the adrenaline, the feeling of that ring. Wasting little time he walked with a purpose towards the ring, sliding in and testing the ropes before turning and staring up the ramp Christian would be coming down.
The lights dimmed as Christian's music hit and he led Tomko down, like Jason he didn't hesitate for a second and climbed in, breaking eye contact only to show out to the crowd before turning his glare back on Jason. Tomko had stayed on the floor as the referee ordered Mara out to the floor as well. No sooner was she out there Tomko began walking around towards her only for Jason to slide out and intercept.
"Not another step big man!"
Tomko smirked and backed off to Christian's corner as Jason got back up on the apron, Mara getting his attention and gesturing with her eyes to where Christian and Tomko were now in conference, Christian repeatedly pointing in Mara's direction.
"So far so good" she mouthed up at him, he winked back and vaulted the ropes to wait for Christian, he stepped forward and the two locked up to begin the match.
The two jostled for position before Jason managed to put Christian in a headlock, he worked it for a few moments before being sent off the ropes only to meet Christian with a shoulder tackle, he quickly hit the ropes again as Christian went under then vaulted as Jason slid under him and straight out to the floor where Tomko was menacing Mara again.
The big man backed away with a smirk at Jason's glare and the teen jumped up on the apron, Christian charged but was met with a shoulder to the ribs then Jason used the ropes to slingshot himself over into a sunset flip for a quick pin, they both jumped up and Jason got a small package for another pin, then a backslide for another, flustered Christian charged him but the teen sidestepped sending Christian to the floor.
Jason waited for Christian to stand then vaulted over the ropes but Christian moved, he caught himself on the apron, kicked Christian away then went for a springboard moonsault but Christian moved! Jason landed on his feet as Christian slid into the ring, expecting the teen to have crashed and burned he began distracting the referee for Tomko to step in but realised there was no point, the refs back was still turned however so Mara gave Jason a quick nod, the teen smirked, clapped his hands together and dropped at Tomko's feet holding his face! The referee spun round at the sound to see Jason at Tomko's feet with Mara looking concerned and fell for the plan!
"Tomko! Ejected!"
Christian went nuts as the referee pointed towards the locker room, Tomko tried to argue his case as his boss turned his attention to Mara.
"You little bitch! Did you come up with that? You must have since the kid is too dumb to…"
Christian was cut off as Jason slid in and rolled him up from behind! He kicked out but ran into two big clotheslines before retreating to a corner, Jason followed and sent Christian across the ring before meeting him with a backdrop and a dropkick to send him to the floor again. The teen followed and gave Christian some shots before sending him towards the crowd barrier, Christian reversed but Jason jumped up onto the barrier and came off with a flying clothesline! He shared a fist bump with Mara then slid Christian back into the ring and went up top, when his opponent was vertical he flew off the ropes with a huge crossbody for another two-count.
Christian retreated to another corner as Jason began pumping up the crowd, he went for a stinger splash but Christian moved again, the teen caught himself on the middle rope and bounced straight into a crossbody without looking but Christian moved again! The teen crashed and burned allowing Christian to immediately cover for a two-count.
Jason tried to use the ropes to pull himself up but Christian pushed his throat down across the middle, standing on his back to add more weight, before vaulting to the floor and slapping Jason in the face, he slid right back in as the teen stood up and hooked him for a fishermans suplex, he held on for the pin but Jason kicked out again. Mara began pounding the canvas to bring Jason back into it as Christian went to pick him up, the teen began throwing punches at his midsection and tried a whip but Christian blocked it, snapmared him to the mat then hit the ropes and drilled him with a sliding forearm to the face! He covered again but again Jason kicked out at two.
Christian took a second to taunt Mara before kicking Jason to a corner and choking the teen with his foot, he broke on the referees count then lifted Jason up for a suplex before slamming him down ribs first for yet another two-count, frustration growing he backed the teen into a corner and punched away at him, he went for a whip but the teen reversed it, he tried to follow but ate Christian's boot before his opponent went to the middle and came off with a flying European uppercut! Another pin was made and Jason again kicked out at two.
Christian began stomping away at Jason again only to be pulled away by the referee, shrugging himself free he grabbed the teen and slammed him to the canvas by the ropes before going up top. Giving Mara a cocky smirk before going for a frog splash but Jason moved! He hit the canvas hard and stayed down as the teen rolled out to the apron and went straight up top for a frog splash of his own, Christian moved but Jason was a step ahead and rolled through the landing, Christian charged him and the teen ducked a clothesline then caught Christian with a huge powerslam that left both down on the canvas.
Mara started slapping the mat again as both wrestlers fought to their feet and began trading off, Christian took over then hit the ropes but Jason gave him a big push up into the air then sidestepped for him to crash to the mat, he bounced to his knees and Jason was there to hit a shining wizard! He covered but Christian kicked out at two, Jason pulled himself up as Christian retreated to a corner and nailed a stinger splash before coming off the ropes with a neckbreaker for another two-count. Christian elbowed him away on a charged and swung wildly but the teen ducked and hit a reverse DDT for yet another close two.
No it was Jason's turn to show some frustration before jumping to his feet, giving a look to the crowd he took point behind Christian and muscled him up in the torture rack position, he went to pin into the powerbomb part but Christian hooked his head and landed in a perfect falling reverse DDT! He covered the teen but at two Jason's shoulder flew off the mat. Christian glared at the referee then began clapping his hands together, signalling for the Unprettier, Jason staggered up and he grabbed the teens arms but as he turned into the move Jason broke his grip, hooked in and hit a dragon suplex! He held on with a bridge but this time Christian kicked out at two.
Jason pounded the mat in frustration and shared a look with Mara before rolling to a corner and pulling himself up, waiting for Christian to stand he started forward for a superkick but Christian caught his foot! He spun Jason round and threw a clothesline but Jason ducked and hit the ropes, Christian tried a backdrop but the teen blocked it and hit an impaler DDT! He immediately made the pin but Christian kicked out again! This time Jason lost his cool and began shouting at the referee before grabbing Christian only to get elbowed away again, Christian swung but Jason ducked and tried a back suplex but Christian flipped through to his feet and went for the Unprettier again! Jason pushed him away and as he came back was there to meet him with a superkick! He staggered so the teen hoisted him up and spun him into the torture rack powerbomb! He made the pin again but Christian kicked out at two!
Mara froze from where she was halfway into the ring to begin celebrating with her boyfriend, the referee ordered her down but she stared past him at Jason, he was no longer angry or frustrated but just stared off into space in shock, if anything he looked defeated by Christian kicking out.
"Snap out of it!" She yelled as he stared blankly into the crowd. "Snap out of it Jason! You can beat him! You. Can. Beat. Him!"
Her words brought Jason back around and he looked down at Christian, deciding to hit the move one more time he grabbed him… and was pulled into a small package! Jason just broke out of it at two and swung wildly at Christian who ducked and went for the Unprettier again, Jason pushed him into the corner and followed but Christian swung his body through the ropes into a pendulum kick, the went to follow it up with a springboard into a sunset flip but Jason rolled through it and kicked him in the head! There was nothing fancy to it, just a full on kick to the skull, the teen made the cover but Christian kicked out yet again!
Even Mara had no reply to Jason's stunned look this time before the teen mounted Christian and punched away at him, the referee stepped in and Jason turned on him, backing him up before coming to his senses. Christian was pulling himself up in the corner so Jason charged only for Christian to explode out of it with a spear! He made the cover but this time Jason kicked out at two! Christian looked too tired to even be frustrated and rolled straight out to the apron he slowly began climbing to the top as Jason rolled towards the corner himself, they met at the top and began exchanging blows, Christian gained control and went to push him down only for Jason to rock him with one last shot and backdropped him all the way down to the canvas, Jason climbed to the top-rope and turned to find Christian in perfect position. The teen looked into the crowd, stood up straight, and took to the air with a shooting star press but Christian moved! Jason hit the canvas hard and Christian was on him instantly, hooking his arms, turning him round and dropping him with the Unprettier! He made the pin, and this time Jason didn't kick out…
Mara looked on in shock as the referee helped Christian up and raised his arm, she'd been so sure that Jason had it! The crowd seemed the same as well, judging by the looks of disappointment she was seeing, she rolled into the ring with her dazed boyfriend as Christian staggered up the ramp in exhaustion, stopping to celebrate with Tomko and begin shouting about how he was going on to win King of the Mountain. Jason was starting to realise what had happened and looked devastated as Christian's music faded out leaving a shocked silence in the arena. Slowly the crowd began applauding for his efforts and Mara offered a hand to help him up, he stared blankly at it for a moment.
"Jason? Are you…"
Before she had finished asking he fixed her with a 'what do you think?' look and rolled out to the floor without accepting help. As Mara and the crowd looked on the dejected teen walked up the ramp and out of the arena.
Well, there we go a bad... VERY bad night for Jason, where will he go from here?
