Author's Note: Athena stands up for herself. Then again it may not have been in the right way. She also takes it out on her boyfriend? Devon just tries to keep the peace between her own boyfriend and Scott. Thanks to coolchic79260 for reviewing.
Disclaimer: I only own Athena, Devon, Colton, and the various other OCs that wonder about. Otherwise TNA has rights to their wrestlers and the wrestlers own themselves
~~~~~~~~~Thursday May 26th, 2011 Sawyer Locker room (Athena's POV)~~~~~~~
I had my bag with me this week. I had taken Tommy's offer after I flipped him off. Anyway that doesn't really matter. I was in a pair of skin tight jeans and a red cropped top. Jamie and I had planned to go out there and call out ODB. I was still pissed that she jumped us. We were going out third. We were after the tag match and Sting's thing. Jamie was furious and honestly I was too. I was wondering how Mikaela was handling the fact Allen was wrestling. Luckily the match ended with the Fortune boys ended up with the win.
I was almost physically sick when Anderson came out. I didn't know why he was doing it. He was starting to get outrageous. Then again it was Anderson. I wasn't sure how Yasmine stood him some days. When he went on the attack I shook my head.
"You ready?" Jamie asked. I nodded my head.
"Be careful." Colton said.
"We're always careful." Jamie answered as she hooked arms with me and we walked out of the locker room. We were walking down the hall to the ring. I was just hoping that everything would come out okay. I had left my belt in the locker room. We got into the ring and Jamie started calling out ODB. She made sure to include the both of us. I listened as ODB explained why she attacked us.
My eyes widened when she accused Velvet. I was proud of her. She was right. I was just riding her coat tails. When ODB punched Velvet I slid into the usual mode and attacked her. She turned her attention to me and slammed my head into the mat.
"You're not better than her." She hissed at me. Luckily security finally managed to separate us and I was on the floor with Velvet. I was pissed. I was going to show her I didn't sleep to get where I was. I put hard work into everything I did. We went to the back and walked into our locker room.
"Athena are you alright?" Colton asked.
"Don't worry about me worry about Jamie." I replied as I sat down and dug around in my bag. I was looking for the wrist tape. I started taping my wrists which had Devon standing in front me.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Don't worry about it." I replied as I finished taping my wrists. I grabbed my belt and left. I was going knockout hunting but my family didn't need to know that. I walked past Bischoff's office and saw Beer Money leaving. I had taken a few steps into catering when I saw her. I hurried behind her and clocked her from behind with my belt. I heard the camera guys move in. I started rapidly hitting her on the back of the head. She rolled over and she yanked my hair. We rolled around on the floor. She was landing shots and so was I.
"I worked my ass off to get where I am today." I hissed as I stopped the moment and took the mount. I started slamming her head into the concrete. Sadly security came and tried to separate us. I jumped out of their arms and continued to hit ODB. Finally someone grabbed me around the waist. I turned on a reflex and slapped him across the face…really hard.
"Athena!" Tommy yelled. My eyes widened.
"T-T-Tommy I'm sorry. I didn't know it was you." I whispered. He handed me my belt and he walked with me back to the locker room.
"Athena are you out of your mind?" Jamie asked.
"I needed to prove I can't be shoved around." I answered.
"You proved it with a suicide wish." Tommy said as he glared at me.
"Tommy, I didn't mean to hit you. It was a reflex." I whispered as I moved to hug him but he moved away. I flinched and sat down in my seat looking at my feet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Devon's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The awkwardness here was an understatement. I was going to leave quietly before everyone lost their mind. Luckily I was Matt's valet for his match against Jarrett. I met up with Matt and we walked out to the ring. I glared at Karen as I got into the ring with Matt. I watched as Jeff went to get Karen a chair. Karen had one crutch. He was crazy. I was surprised as Earl attempted to move Karen. I agreed with him. I wasn't going to get involved but he knew that. I slid out of the ring and stood there for Matt. I was pissed at all the crap Karen and Jeff were pulling. I was glad that Matt had done well enough to continue. I hoped Jeff didn't need those anytime soon.
I was tempted to touch Karen but that would be a dumb idea. My heart went to my throat as Scott got involved and Jeff picked up the victory. I slid into the ring and touched Matt on the shoulder.
"Are you okay?" I asked. He looked at me and shook his head. We would have to deal with everything going on. Athena and Tommy were on shaky ground. I was walking with Matt to the back when he stopped us.
"How are Athena and Tommy?" He asked.
"I don't know. Last I saw they weren't talking." I answered. He grabbed my hand and instead of walking us toward his locker room he walked into mine. You could freeze popsicles in here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Matt's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This wasn't a good thing.
"Tommy can I talk to you outside?" I asked. Tommy looked at me and sent a sidelong glare at Athena before he followed me outside. I looked at him.
"Athena did what she did because she needed to prove she couldn't be pushed around." I said.
"That isn't why I'm upset." Tommy stated.
"Then why are you upset?" I asked.
"She didn't think through the consequences." Tommy answered.
"It's Athena. You've seen her out there with Winter and Angelina. She's only going to protect Jamie." I said. He started to argue but I held up a finger.
"At Sacrifice she stood up to Abyss. She's going to defend what is hers without a second thought." I continued. He sighed. He knew I was right.
"I guess you're right." Tommy said.
"Yeah, now you should probably go apologize to her." I said as I walked back into the locker room. Athena hadn't moved but Devon and Jamie were in deep conversation.
"Dev, I'll be back later." I said. Devon nodded her head and I was exiting as Tommy walked back in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tommy's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt had been right. I walked over to Athena who was still looking at the ground. I could see the faint tear tracks and cringed internally. I crouched down until I was sure to be in her line of sight.
"Athena." I said.
"Yes?" She asked quietly. I knew the slight wobble of her voice. I hadn't meant to make her cry.
"I'm sorry." I said.
"You shouldn't be. It was my fault." Athena said.
"Let me finish Lily." I said as I pushed back some of her brown hair. She nodded her head.
"I wasn't mad because you hit me. I was mad because you didn't think before attacking ODB." I said.
"I did think. I'm not going to be pushed around just because I'm new." Athena said.
"I know and I should have realized that earlier." I said.
"Does that mean we're okay?" She asked.
"Yes. Just try not to get yourself hurt." I replied. She smiled at me and we settled back to watch the rest of the show.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Velvet's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was still amazed at how easily Athena had resorted to a fight. Then again I shouldn't have been surprised considering how many times she had helped saved my butt from being attacked. Though some moments had me worried because ODB was a brawler.
Devon's situation was something even more shocking. She was trying to keep the peace. She didn't know how she could possibly keep the peace. I had kept her spirits up but I needed to make sure that both of the girls stayed focused. They still had a rematch for their titles against Rosita and Sarita. I knew we could keep everything together. It would just take a little bit. Colton wasn't as uptight as he used to be. He actually didn't freak out after we'd gotten attacked.
I almost wondered about that. We watched the show quietly. I wasn't going to lie but Frankie could be just a little bit crazy. Then again everyone was keeping it together. That's what we did best. Right before Kurt's match Matt came back. We watched Kurt's match quietly. I was thinking Karen would stick her nose in it but she didn't. Maybe Jeff would have done the same but it was a clean match. Which was a good thing compared to how it could have been. Once the show was over we gathered our stuff and headed toward the hotel. It was time to rest and get ready for next week's show.
