Title: Righteousness, Revelations and Enigmas: The Girl in the Velvet Mask

Author: Kaykyaka

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE and TNA characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.

Ratings: K+

Characters: Shawn, Cameron, Rebecca and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna Helmsley, Trish, Randy and Randy Orton Jr, Melina and Johnny Hennigan, Jeff and Stephanie Hardy, Elizabeth Hardy, Vince McMahon, Tristen Nash, Kevin Nash and various WWE and TNA wrestlers.

Summary: Samoa Joe thinks Cheyenne is ready to go pro but she's not ready to tell her father so she wrestles in a mask to protect her identity. She was not prepared for the impact or how much one particular person wanted to get to know the girl in the velvet mask.

Chapter Nine – Eyes Like Yours

TNA HQ, Orlando, FL at 10am:

Tristen Nash was in his office planning the Knockouts match for the Hard Justice PPV coming up in a few weeks. He was playing with the idea of having Beth Phoenix wrestle Mickie James but it had been done so many times already. He thought Victoria would be a great addition to the match but she was still out selling her injury form the last PPV and she wasn't scheduled to return until Bound for Glory in October. Still Tristen liked the idea of the Triple Threat match and thought he should at least get Victoria's take on it.

"Oh wait Victoria's on leave," Tristen remembered as he called her cell-phone he got her voicemail and decided to leave a message. "Hey Vicky call me if you can I just wanted to ask you something," he said before hanging up. He figured she was hanging out with Samoa Joe on her time off but he didn't really mind what she was doing as long as she was having fun doing it. As Head of Talent Relations at TNA it was really important to Tristen that the TNA roster be happy because the happier they were the harder they worked and that always paid off big time for TNA in the end.

"What's this?" Tristen said when he noticed a picture of Victoria as he was surfing the web. It actually wasn't' a picture of Victoria it was a picture of her trying to get through a mob of fans with some person wearing a mask. He read the caption under the picture, it said. "CM Melody's New Bodyguard?"

"Oh I don't think so!" Tristen said firmly, it looked like Victoria had another job that he didn't know anything about. He did a quick search on CM Melody, turns out she had just started wrestling with ROH and judging from all the comments about her she was a pretty big deal already. "Sensational," "Amazing," "Show-stealer" and "the next big thing" were frequent comments. "And now you wanna steal Victoria huh?" Tristen said while browsing through some of CM Melody's pictures. He had no idea who she was but there was something about her that seemed familiar as he zoomed in on her photos; it was her eyes, it was like he had seen them before. "Well I'm gonna get a real good look at them when I show up at the ROH show here tomorrow," Tristen said to himself. In all of the comments Tristen didn't see a single bad review for this CM Melody. He however was definitely going to five her one if it turned out that she had taken Victoria from TNA.

The next day Tristen found out the hotel where all the ROH talent was staying and went to look for Victoria. She still hadn't answered her cell-phone but that didn't' matter now that he knew where she was. The hotel receptionist confirmed that a Lisa Marie Varon was actually staying there and Tristen decided to wait for her in the lobby. It was still morning and Victoria obviously hadn't left her hotel room yet. As he sat waiting for her he could hear someone gently playing the piano in the hotel lounge. Figuring he could still see the lobby from there he headed towards the lounge to listen to the sweetest music he'd ever heard. When he walked into the lounge, he couldn't believe who was playing: it was CM Melody and Victoria was right there listening to her play unaware that Tristen was now in the room. CM Melody still had her mask on she obviously didn't want to take it off for some reason. It didn't matter though because Tristen was here for Victoria, not her. Still the music was so beautiful it seemed a shame for it to stop. So Tristen took a seat out of sight and waited for CM Melody to finish playing before he apprehended Victoria. By the time Cheyenne finished playing the lounge was full of people and they all applauded the masked pianist. CM Melody took a bow and when she faced her audience she didn't noticed Tristen but when everyone left she could still hear someone clapping.

"Looks like someone really liked your music," Victoria said to her and she went to see who this person was.

"Hey Vicky," Tristen Nash said.

"Tris, hey how did you know I was here?" Victoria asked her TNA work colleague.

"I saw your picture online, I see you're working for Ring of Honor now. When wee you gonna tell me, I thought we were friends?" Tristen said offended and Victoria laughed.

"Tristen we are friends and I am not working for Ring of Honor, I'm just filling in for my husband and looking after one of his academy graduates while she gets used to being on the road," Victoria explained.

"I see," Tristen said. "Well it's your time off you can spend it how you like, just as long as you haven't signed anything that obligates you to look after this person," Tristen said.

"I haven't signed anything, don't worry I'll be back at work in time for Bound for Glory," Victoria assured Tristen.

"Well actually that's what I wanted to talk to you about," Tristen said.

"Victoria who are you talking to?" CM Melody called from the piano.

"Nobody," Victoria replied and Tristen was instantly offended.

"Nobody? Allow me to introduce myself young lady," Tristen said going over to the masked wrestler," I am Head of Talent Relations at TNA and I came here to make sure you didn't steal Victoria away from me,"

Cheyenne felt the color drain from her face when she realized who Victoria had been talking to.

"Tristen Nash," she whispered in fear and Tristen was impressed that she knew who he was.

"So you do know who I am? What's your name?" Tristen asked her but Cheyenne bolted out of the lounge and back upstairs to her room taking Tristen by surprise. "What did I say?"

"Nothing she's just really protective of her identity. You better get out of here though or Cary will think I brought you here to steal his talent," Victoria said.

"After we talk," Tristen said.

"Okay but make it quick," Victoria said but Tristen didn't say anything, he suddenly fell silent. "Hello Tris, I said make it quick,"

"That girl, there's something familiar about her but I can't put my finger on it. I feel like I've seen her before," Tristen said trying to put a name to CM Melody's face.

"Well reflect back on it at TNA HQ after we've talked," Victoria said and Tristen told Victoria about the Triple Threat match at Hard Justice but even as he spoke his mind was elsewhere. He knew he had seen CM Melody before but he just couldn't remember where.