The Big Red Rescue
Chapter 4: Main Event
A/N: Hmm, what could this title mean? You'll have to read to find out.
Disclaimer: Nope, me no owny. -facepalmtears-
Story Summary: Based on the events of Raw 3/19/07. What if King hadn't saved Ashley from the Great Khali?
Chapter Summary: So Smackdown rolls around again. Teddy makes a Wrestlemania preview match as the main event. Who's in it?
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It was Friday night once again, and Ashley Massaro was preparing for her exhibition match against Jillian Hall. She'd gotten dressed already and topped off her look with her favorite silver skull belt. (A/N: OMG who else totally loves her belt?!) This match had been planned for about a week. She glanced at the monitor screen to see Theodore Long in the ring on the microphone. After tying her combat boots, she listened to him.
"There has been some controversy concerning some interpromotional matches that are scheduled to take place at Wrestlemania. Now, we going to take care of that tonight, playa. As for the match for the Women's Championship, it is scheduled as a ladder match. That's not how it is anymore," Teddy said. Ashley moaned and breathed a sigh of relief at his words.
"As many of you saw, last week on Raw, the Great Khali came out and attacked Ashley. It was an unprovoked assault, and it wasn't right, playa. But we're gonna settle that in the main event match, tonight," Teddy continued, the crowd cheering approvingly. Ashley suddenly felt nervous again.
"Ashley and Melina should, in no way, be involved in the Kane vs Khali match at Wrestlemania. That's why, tonight, it's gonna end. You feel me playa?" Teddy said, and Ashley felt a twinge of excitement. Alright, Khali and Kane were gonna face each other tonight. That bastard was gonna pay for attacking Ashley.
"Tonight, in the main event, there will be a mixed tag team match!" Theodore began.
"What?!" Ashley yelled at her TV.
"The Great Khali and Melina will be taking on Kane and Ashley!" He yelled and the crowd went crazy. Ashley groaned in fear. It was one thing for Khali to attack her for no reason. Now they were going to be in the same match? Things were not looking so good.
Not that Ashley had no experience in mixed tag team matches. Well, she'd never tagged with Kane. That was certain.
"Damn it. Why couldn't I have just faced Jillian like I was supposed to?" Ashley asked herself, pacing back and forth.
"Now, this match is very important," Teddy stated. This caught Ashley's attention, and her tirade stopped momentarily.
"The winning team will get to pick the stipulations of their matches at Wrestlemania," Teddy said in conclusion, causing Ashley's frown to turn into a grin.
When she turned to open the door of the locker room, Kane was standing there, and he didn't look happy.
"Looks like we have a match tonight," Ashley said, uneffected by his scowl. She turned away from him and began talking to herself.
"Yes. No more ladder match," she whispered to herself, then squealing loudly.
The reason Kane wasn't happy was the same reason Ashley had any doubt about their match. She'd be in the same match as the Great Khali. She'd be at serious risk of harm if Kane found himself incapacitated at any time.
Ashley however, was ecstatic. She almost hugged Kane, but she contained herself.
"Hope you're ready to win tonight. We have to win. I'm not competing at any ladder match at Wrestlemania," Ashley said, going from excited to frantic in a matter of seconds.
"You just let me worry about it. If I have anything to do with it, you won't be getting in the ring tonight at all," he said. Ashley gaped at him slightly. Why was he being so protective?
"Fine, I'll just kick Melina's ass outside the ring," Ashley stated with an evil smirk, clasping her hands together.
"Just stay away from Khali. We don't need a repeat of last Monday," Kane said unaffectionately, as if it was Ashley's fault Khali had attacked her. The tone of his voice brought Ashley back down to earth and even lower. Kane felt bad for saying it, but he didn't correct himself. Instead, he turned to walk away.
"As long as you're there, I'll be just fine," Ashley replied, a secret grin plastered on her face now that Kane's back was to her. Kane stopped short, but did not turn around. He was also trying to hide a smile. Ashley sighed softly and sat down in the armchair next to her. Kane was certainly beginning to grow on her in a way she didn't expect. Now, she couldn't stop thinking about him. It was the same with him, but he'd felt that way for much longer than Ashley. Ashley simply relaxed in her chair and wondered how the night would turn out.
THE MAIN EVENT
Finally, the time came for the main event match. Khali and Melina came out together, surprisingly. As for the team of Kane and Ashley, Ashley came out first, and then Kane, with his thunderous pyro scaring Melina. She hid behind Khali the whole time. Kane and Khali started out the match, naturally. Kane was intent on keeping Ashley out of the ring. Kane dominated in the beginning...for about two seconds. Khali was just too big and too powerful.
Kane didn't really care about the beating he took, as long as Ashley was safe. But Kane began to think back to how scared Ashley was when she found out her Wrestlemania match was going to be a ladder match. Kane wondered why Ashley was so scared. She was very tough and he never had seen her so scared before. Aside from that, this was her ticket out of it. Kane realized they had to win this match, or Ashley would be afraid again.
Kane used the ropes for support to recover a bit from Khali's domination. It took him a moment to realize that Khali wasn't hitting him anymore. Kane looked to see where Khali had gone off to. He looked on in horror to see that he tagged in Melina. Kane glanced back in forth from them to Ashley.
That was it. Ashley had to get in the ring. Kane was surprised to see that Ashley was smirking, holding out her hand for a tag. She seemed totally confident in herself, which was another feature Kane loved about her. Kane sighed and tagged her in, and then watched her light up the ring, gracefully taking Melina down. Kane suddenly forgot his worries as he watched her kick Melina's ass. He never knew how good a wrestler she was. He heard the crowd go wild as she dropkicked Melina to the outside. Within seconds, Ashley jumped on Melina when she stood up, landing in the mounted position and delivering hard blows to Melina's head. As Ashley climbed in the ring so she wouldn't get counted out, Khali put Melina back in the ring as well.
Kane struggled to get back in the ring as he learned of Khali's intentions, but Khali was too quick. As Ashley turned around, the Great Khali was in the ring and delivered a big boot to her face. Before Kane could do anything, he was pushed back out of the ring by the referee. Melina went for the cover. Luckily though, Ashley was laying dangerously close to the ropes and was able to grab the bottom rope with her hand, therefor breaking the count. Melina screamed in frustration and picked Ashley up by her hair.
However, Ashley got the upperhand with a kick to Melina's midsection and a powerful DDT. Ashley went for the pin and came through successfully. The downside to the Great Khali's size was that it slowed him down, so he didn't make it in time to break up the count.
Ashley and Kane jumped out of the ring, before Khali could unleash hell. Ashley jumped excitedly into Kane's arms and planted a big kiss on his lips. Kane should've pulled away. But, God, he didn't want to. In fact, he kissed her back. The fans were in shock, but cheered them anyway. When Ashley pulled back, Kane was still practically carrying her. Kane was floored by her actions, but had to ask.
"So, you never told me. Why are you so afraid of a ladder match?" Kane asked her, over the roar of the crowd. Ashley bit her lip contemplatively.
"I'm afraid of heights," she whispered to him, kissing him on the cheek and hugging him close to her. She didn't know what drove her to do it, but it just felt right.
A/N: Aw sweet ending. But the story isn't over yet. Sure, Kane and Ashley kissed, but bad things are coming! And on that note, CIAO!