Chapter 10: You Get What You Deserve

One week after Judgment Day, this time the walk down the halls was different then my last post pay-per-view walk. This time the superstars gave me blank looks. Almost as if I had just returned from a normal match. Did they not realize that I was ripped off in my match? Then the reason why they weren't showing any emotions came clear to me. A voice inside my head sounding like Matt's voice said "Do you really think that any of those superstars haven't been cheated out of a win?" The voice was right, all of them have had a worse rip off then me and I bet they didn't complain. So I decided that I would pretend that last night didn't happen until someone else brought it up.

I met a familiar face on the stroll down to my room. It was Mickie James for the second time. This time the exchange between the two of us was brief.

"Hey Derek! Sorry about what happened last night, I was really pulling for you." Mickie said as she walked over toward me.

"Oh, it's okay. I mean it was tough to deal with afterwards but I'm not going to let it get to me too much." I replied.

"That's great because I really hope that you rebound from it and kick some ass!" She said with a comforting smile.

I chuckled a little bit then finished with "Thanks Mickie, I'll try to kick some ass for you. Anyway I've got to go get ready for tonight."

"You have a match?"

"No, but something tells me that you might see me in the ring tonight." I replied while slowly drifting away "I'll catch you later Mickie."

As I entered the locker room, both Matt and Jeff turned to look at me. Jeff kind of laughed and said "Derek my man, how are you feeling?"

Realizing that he was yanking my chain I answered "Pretty good, actually never felt better."

"So are you planning on getting revenge tonight?" Matt asked

"No, I'm just going to let tonight play out."

Both were shocked at my response. They were both sure that I would be looking for Carlito and or Kennedy, looking for a fight. None of us had a fight tonight, which was a first for me. So we just stayed in our street clothes and waited. Confused I asked "So what exactly do we do when we don't have a match?"

"Not much, you can watch the fights on TV, go talk to the other superstars, or practice fight." Jeff said

"Practice fight?"

"It's like a sparing match. Good friendly fight. It is just moves and submissions, no punching or kicking. The purpose is to stay in the wrestling mentality. You just go there sign your name in and you are picked at random." Matt explained.

That sounded really fun. It would give me a chance to fight guys with different styles. So I decided to get my gear on and try it out. However just as I was about to go down to practice fight, I noticed that Mr. Kennedy was in the ring on TV.

"Ladies and gentleman I am here tonight in front of you to settle things straight. So Carlito get your ass down to the ring now!" he yelled. Suddenly I thought that maybe Kennedy and Carlito weren't working together. Carlito came down to the ring strolled up right into Kennedy's face. A brief stare down between the two was then followed by Kennedy smiling and offering his hand out to Carlito. The two shook hands and started to laugh. "Now I am a man of my word so Carlito, at Vengeance, you will get your much anticipated title shot.

"Thanks Kennedy, I don't know what to say I dreamt of this moment for a long time and you have made it possible." Carlito said in a jolly way. I couldn't take that garbage anymore so I shut off the TV and on my way out I punched in the steel locker door leaving a big dent to show.

"Where are you going?" Matt said

"I've had enough of this shit. I'm not going to let this go on."

As I arrived at the entrance, I could hear Carlito still thanking Kennedy. My music came on and both men turned to the stage to see me standing at the top.

"Carlito, if you think that you deserve this shot so much, then why don't you put your money where your mouth is. I'm talking about me and you next week on RAW in a tables match!" At the sound of my last two words the crowd erupted in cheers and screams. Carlito had a smug look on his face as he said "Sorry rookie, you had your chance and you lost it. Why should I do it but I'll tell you what. If you can beat an opponent of my choosing next week on RAW in a tables match, then the next week I will give you a shot to take away my contender spot."

Next week

I was waiting in the ring finding myself nervous of whom I would be facing. Suddenly the music of Umaga blasted through the arena. My jaw dropped when he appeared at the top of the stage he walked down the ramp with a devious stare. When he entered the ring he ran right at me and clothes lined me with such force. Immediately my body slammed to the ground off the impact. Picking me up with anger, he placed my body on his shoulders holding my leg with one arm and my arm with his other. Then he fell backwards slamming me on my back with a great amount of power. Suddenly feeling that his slam wasn't enough, he lifted me to my feet and threw his Samoan spike into my throat. On the ground I desperately breathed trying get air into my lungs.

"Look at what Umaga's Samoan spike has done." King started "JR this poor man is trying to get air into his body."

JR responded "This is the type of sick individual Umaga is. He has no pity for his opponents and literally wants to end their career maybe even their life!"

On the outside of the ring Umaga was getting a table. Sliding it into the ring Umaga was now placing a table onto the turnbuckle across from me. Once it was completely up he set his eyes on me. Picking me up as I was still trying to breath, Umaga whipped me into the table. I could hear a crack in the wood behind me. I dropped down to the ground setting Umaga up for him to attempt his running hip attack into the table. He took the bait and as he ran at me full speed I pulled out of the way when he turned to bash my skull in. Instead he went backwards through the table making me the winner.

"Here is your winner, Derek Russo!" Lilian yelled.

A/N: So it may not have been the most deserving win for Derek but none the less he will face Carlito next RAW. Can he steal the number one contender spot from him? Find out next chapter. Please review until then it would help me a lot. Keep you posted :)