Nikki looked in the mirror. She didn't currently look much different. Dressed in her fearless gear she looked the same as always. WrestleMania was tonight and she would be present though no one knew. How could the months have passed by so quickly? In trying to think about the months her head got cloudy.
Too much had happened. Yet she felt an odd sense of something. Not peace exactly but something. "Are you ready Nikki? Bray put a hand on her shoulder "You know what you have to do tonight. Everyone wants there WrestleMania moment and this is yours. You want be an interchangeable diva anymore. You can do this".
"I don't know if I'm strong enough to do this. Is it even right? Can I face him? I am scared Bray that's what I am". "No Nikki you are ready. That ring gear doesn't lie anymore. You are fearless because you don't conform to the world any longer. You are not a Bella any longer. You are much more than that. This isn't just about a moment either.
This is changing the world for the better. Don't be afraid sister Nikki your family is here. We believe in you. We're going to protect you as well. You are safe from the dangers of this world now. What a wondrous feeling that is. Sister Abigail is here with us. I feel her all around us. You don't hear her yet but soon you will.
She is here and she is pleased. Trust in me Nikki tonight we will do this. You are doing the right thing. It may not seem like it but it is. It may hurt but it's what must be done for the greater good. Trust in that Nikki. Tonight we change everything. If you want to help them you have to do it". "Yeah I understand I have to do it.
John was a bundle of nerves tonight. It didn't usually get this bad though. He wanted to end this with Bray and the Wyatt's tonight. But four months and it hadn't ended. Would it ever end? Where was Nikki? Was she watching? He wanted to see her and know she was safe. It was different without her supporting him. Life was a lot different without her. But he couldn't afford to think of that now. He needed to win this match.
The time for it came and John put on his mask of confidence and headed to the ring. The adrenaline was as good as ever. He was pumped and ready for this match. He felt nothing in the ring had changed. Perhaps it was his one stability. Bray's music hit as he and his family came out. John watched them all carefully.
He knew he would likely be dealing with them as well. He was oddly itching to get hands on Bray. For so long he had evaded him. He waited four months for this match. Bray terrorized him and Nikki for so long. It was time for retribution. John couldn't shake the image of a happy Nikki running into his arms once again.
Was it far-fetched? Maybe but it was a nice thought. The crowd was really into the match. John took out frustration on Bray but didn't allow it to take over. He was as good as he had ever been. John hadn't lost touch in the ring and he was grateful. He knocked the Wyatt's off the apron and closed in to finish it. The crown reaction stopped him.
Nikki was walking down the ramp. She looked healthy and safe and as she always had. John was happy to see her but why was she here? He was concerned for her to be near the Wyatt's. Her expression was one of concern. John couldn't take his eyes off her as she climbed on the apron. John left Bray forgotten and went to her.
"Nikki what are you doing? Where have you been"? John didn't ask many questions in this capacity. It was strange even in this moment. But right now he wanted answers from Nikki. "Nikki you need to get out of here it's not safe". "John if it's not going to be safe here it isn't going to be safe anywhere. But I'm safe now.
She is with me". "Who is with you"? "She's always been here that's what I never understood. But I get it now. It's all so clear in my head it's like a movie". John had no clue what she was talking about. But it didn't sound like her. "Nikki please get out of here. It's not safe". "No John I'm here where I am supposed to be, don't you see that?
I am out here to help. I am going to help you see". Bray attacked John with Sister Abigail and won the match. Even for the crowd watching it seemed in slow motion. Because John Cena just never lost. It was well known. But in front of them today on the grandest stage he had lost. Bray laughed as he got on his knees reaching his arms out.
"This is just the beginning of the end John! You are going to fall the hero has fallen"! Braun, Luke and Erick stood with Bray. Nikki stood on the apron her eyes on John. Bray walked over to her and reached out his hand "come on sister Nikki and celebrate with us. She took his hand and stood with him over John.
Her expression blank. The moment was surreal. She was conscious however of so many things. Some of the fans were chanting happy to see her betray her ex-boyfriend. John being defeated just didn't seem right. The moment didn't seem real except it was. She was aware of how out of place she must have looked with the Wyatt's.
Yet it was her place. Bray led her to the back. He put a hand on her shoulder "Abigail is happy. This is what she wanted. The fans seem happy. They needed this too. Good job Nikki you did the right thing. It needed to happen and in this fashion. John needed it too. Be proud of yourself because you did this. Only you and your family".
John was in shock. Not so much about losing a match as he might have been. Right now that didn't even register with him. He played the events back over in his head. They didn't look right or seem real. Almost as if it didn't happen but he felt the pain of the events. Physical and otherwise, he wished it hadn't happened. He searched for a rhyme or reason but couldn't find one. Not in the bigger picture which was how could this have happened?
John Cena losing at WrestleMania because the woman he loved helped Bray win. He tried to deny it first. Try to find anything to disprove what had happened or to explain it. But he could find nothing. He wasn't angry at Nikki however. But he was hurt beyond belief. He knew he had hurt her a lot. He kept seeing the hurt look when he ended things with her.
But that had been to protect her from Bray and the Wyatt's. And now she was with them. It didn't seem right even in his head. But it hit him it was Bray's idea for them to break up. He had fallen for it and Bray caused this. John had failed to protect Nikki once again. But how had Bray gotten to her. Nikki was not vengeful.
So her doing it out of revenge didn't seem right. Nikki had loved him he thought. He couldn't see her doing that of her own accord. But she seemingly had. It made John angry to think of her with the Wyatt's. They could be hurting her right at this very moment. But where had she been? Had she been with the Wyatt's all this time?
Why not contact anyone? Had breaking up with her caused this? Or had Bray simply gotten to her. It was possible both. But Nikki had been feeling the stress of it before. He was stupid to be leaving her like that. In her state he should have been protecting her. He should have been doing that regardless. But he had failed.
John didn't even want to go to Raw tomorrow. But he always did. So it was foreign to do anything else. Even in defeat he must address it. It was who he was. Maybe he could tall to Nikki. Try to get her from the Wyatt's. He needed to see her and to face them. He needed to find out what happened. He needed to do something.