When Reigns made his way down the stairs, he found security keeping the fans away from Rollins. He hurried down to him. "Are you okay," he asked his friend.
"Yeah," Seth answered. "I just didn't expect that. A little warning would have been good."
"He did give us a warning," Reigns said helping him back up, "he said he'd attack us in the back."
They made their way to the ring where Orton and Batista stood waiting. Seth and Roman slid into the ring and the match started.
"Fans," Cole said, "we have just learned that before the match started Dean Ambrose knocked Seth Rollins down the stairs and I believe we have footage."
Video showed to the viewers at home and on the Titan Tron of the arena. It showed Dean Ambrose knocking Seth down the stairs and backing away from Roman Reigns. It did not show Bray Wyatt dragging Ambrose away.
"So I guess this means Dean Ambrose has joined Evolution!" JBL said. "He may be the lunatic fringe but he made a smart choice."
"I'm sure that Rollins and Reigns will extract their own brand of justice on Ambrose," Jerry Lawler said. "At least this has been changed to a two on two match and not a handicap match."
The match went back and forth with many chair shots but neither team seemed to have the advantage. The big break came for Evolution when they hit the Batista Bomb/RKO on Rollins through the Spanish announce table. Roman tried to help Seth but Batista cut him off and the ref counted Rollins out. Reigns stood up and stared at the two Evolution members who had smiles on their faces.
The lights went out and the Wyatts music played. When the lights came back up Luke Harper and Erik Rowan were standing in front of Evolution. Bray was not with them. Reigns picked up one of the discarded folding chairs that had been used during the match.
"This isn't fair," Cole said, "it's four on one as Rollins is still out."
"Why don't you or King go help them Cole? It looks like there's an open spot in the Shield." JBL said.
John Cena's music hit. John came out with a bandage on his forehead from the steel cage match with Bray Wyatt. He stood next to Reigns. They stood waiting for the other group to make a move. The fans started chanting for Daniel Bryan.
Evolution's music started playing and Cena and Reigns turned their attention to the stage. Reigns had mixed feelings when he saw only Triple H came out. He stood on the stage with microphone in hand. "Harper, Rowan, stand down," he ordered. "This match will continue."
Reigns backed up and hit Orton with a Superman punch. Orton stumbled backwards and Reigns hit him with a spear. Cena started fighting Batista. Reigns power bombed Orton through the other announce table. The ref counted him out.
Triple H was beyond mad. The match was now even. He didn't like that one bit. "Ring the damn bell!" He yelled into the microphone.
Batista stared at Triple H in surprise. He hadn't expected that at all.
"This match ends in a draw," Triple H yelled in confirmation.
The fans booed loudly. Triple H ignored them and walked backstage.
Cena and Reigns helped Rollins back to his feet. They watched the Wyatts and Batista. The lights went out again and when they came back up, the Wyatts were gone and Batista was helping Orton to the back. Cena and Reigns helped Rollins to the back.
"Where's Dean," Rollins asked after he was seated on the trainer's table.
"Don't know," Reigns said. "Last I saw him Bray Wyatt was dragging him away."
"Bray Wyatt was dragging him away and you didn't stop him?" Rollins asked incredulously.
"It was you or him," Reigns said, "you had just fallen down the stairs. I had to make a choice. Dean wanted Triple H to think he joined Evolution so how do you think it would have looked if I went to help him instead of you?"
"I was fine. Bit of acting on my part," he said with a sigh, "or at least that's what I keep telling myself."
Doc Sampson entered and started examining Rollins. Reigns stood there with his arms crossed over his chest.
"You are going to be sore for a couple of days." He saw that Reigns was about to say something so he continued quickly. "I assure you I'm not downplaying any injuries. Chris told me what the Authority had him do regarding Dean Ambrose. No one ordered me to lie to you."
"Thanks Doc," Rollins said as he stood up. He did feel sore. "Let's go find Dean," he said to Reigns.
"If it helps any," Sampson called, "I don't think he's still in the arena. I overheard Hunter telling Bray Wyatt to get Ambrose out of here. Don't know where he took him though."
"Thanks," Reigns said and they left the trainer's room.
They headed for their locker room to change. "Doesn't look like Hunter bought it," Rollins said as he changed. "Though he probably didn't expect Dean to turn on us."
"Yeah," Reigns said, "Bray was awfully fast to grab Dean. First thing we have to do is figure out where they took him."
"Do you think they'll do to him what they did to Kane," Seth asked worriedly. He knew that Triple H had ordered the Wyatts to turn Kane into an executive and the change wasn't good.
"Don't know," Reigns said, "hope not."
Ambrose came to with a start. He was lying on the floor of some room. He sat up and saw a silhouette of someone sitting in a chair watching him. The person was humming something. He was pretty sure it was Bray Wyatt. He got up and got dizzy.
"There's no escape Dean," Bray drawled. "So you might as well sit down. He'll be here soon," he started to laugh.
Ambrose sat down on a bed in the room. He had a feeling that Bray was talking about Triple H.
The door opened and Road Dogg and Billy Gunn entered carrying bags of food. Billy set one down in front of Ambrose. "Hunter thought you might be hungry."
Ambrose took the bag and opened it. He found a cheeseburger and fries inside. He tried to check the time and he realized he wasn't wearing his watch. He wondered how long he had been unconscious.
Road Dogg turned the TV on to a hockey game and sat on the floor ate his own food.
"I don't suppose anyone grabbed my stuff," Dean said realizing he didn't have his cellphone either.
"Hunter probably did," Billy said, "he'll be here soon."
Ambrose sat watching the hockey game not talking to anyone. He was starting to fall asleep when Triple H arrived.
Hunter dropped Ambrose's bag on the bed. He had fury in his eyes. "Did you really think I would believe the attack? Someone overheard you plotting with your teammates. I told you Ambrose if you double cross me, I would end your career! And trust me I know the owners of this place and they will look away if there's any blood."
For the first time in his life he was truly afraid. He had been homeless but he knew right now he was truly in trouble.
