Since I somehow forgot to say 'Happy Birthday Roman' in the last chapter I posted the day before his birthday, you all get a new chapter today, on Seth's birthday! Even though he'll never see this birthday message, I do wish him a good day! Especially after what happened to them on Raw :( Was upsetting and I don't even want to talk about it so I'm not going to! haha Instead I want to thank Tori Moxley, Wolfgirl2013, The Simonette254, Calwitch, wwemicky, Kayla English, Slytherin Studios, flowersNfreaks, JM242014, UntilNeverDawns, DeeMarie426, ChelleLew, ShikyoKiri and Shield316 for reviewing my last chapter! Glad you all enjoyed it, but now, onto this one! :)
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own WWE or anything else you may recognize. If I did, the Shield would stay together forever and Evolution would've been fired already! But sadly, I own nothing so they're still there. I also do not claim to own any lyrics, those rights go to whoever wrote them.
"This match is set for one-fall! Approaching the ring first, from Calgary Alberta, Canada; Natalya!" Justin Roberts announced as Scarlett watched her make her way to the ring, bouncing in her spot as she did so.
She'd had a good laugh a couple of minutes ago, watching on the monitor as Road Dogg told the Usos to exit the ring so they could do their intro before their match began. 'Respecting their elders', as Road Dogg put it, the Usos did as they were told and got out of the ring. However, before Road Dogg could even finish his intro, he turned around into a big kick to the face via Jimmy Uso. After that the match finished in under two minutes, with Jey planting Billy Gunn to the mat outside the ring by Suicide Dive, while Jimmy hit Billy with a specialized 'Degeneration X' frogsplash earning them the 3 count.
While that match did make her laugh, it was over. It was time to stop laughing so she could buckle down, and focus on Natalya in the ring. This would be their first time going head to head, and Scarlett was sure that Nikki, Brie, Naomi, Cameron, Eva and any other of the Diva's she had faced had alerted Nattie of what she's capable of in the ring. However, unlike Nattie, Scarlett didn't have anyone to talk to whose faced Natalya to learn how she moves about in the ring. Watching someone wrestle on a screen in front of you, and having someone tell you what someone's like in the ring is two different things all together, and Scarlett just hoped she didn't get put in a Sharpshooter.
She was brought out of her thoughts when a pair of strong hands began rubbing her shoulders from behind, attempting to loosen her up a bit more. Feeling a smile threaten to make its way onto her lips, she leaned back until her back met a hard chest, her smile shining through when the person wrapped their arms around her shoulders.
"You'll do great, Princess. Don't worry about anything." Dean whispered into her ear, his lips brushing against it with each word he spoke causing goosebumps to erupt all over her skin. When Scarlett turned her head to face him, he pecked her on the lips before a smirk made its way onto his face. "And besides, I'll be there to help if you get stuck."
"Or you'll be a distraction that causes me to get stuck." She smirked back, pecking his lips as well. When he opened his mouth to answer, Scarlett stepped out of his arms immediately when a stagehand spoke up instead.
"What music would you like played Ms. Payne?" They questioned and Scarlett felt her cheeks flame at having completely forgotten she and Dean weren't the only ones around.
"Uh, mine and Tori's is fine." She answered. When the stagehand nodded she turned her attention onto Dean again and found him smirking, as usual, as he unsnapped his title from around his waist.
"Shut up." She chuckled, shoving at his shoulder as she did so. He chuckled in return as she also unsnapped her title from around her waist, only to snap it together again and toss it onto her shoulder.
"I didn't say a word." He smirked at her. Scarlett narrowed her eyes at him just as 'This Means War' began to play throughout the arena.
"You didn't have to say anything, Ambrose." She stated as she moved towards the curtain. She heard him chuckle from behind her but before he could reach her she had already walked through the curtain.
"And her opponent, being accompanied to the ring by the United States Champion Dean Ambrose, she is one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions; Scarlett Payne!" Justin announced as she and Dean stood at the top of the ramp.
Rather than smile at the crowd like she usually did, Scarlett kept her poker face on as she walked down the ramp. Being a part of the Shield now meant that she was a Heel, just like they were and Scarlett knew that Heel's didn't smile at the crowd, no matter who they were.
Sliding into the ring under the bottom rope, she gave Nattie a once over with her eyes before she climbed onto the second turnbuckle and lifted her title in the air, showing it off to the crowd. While she still got mostly cheers, the fact that she was now on the receiving end of some boo's as well made her smirk. If they hated her for joining the Shield, she didn't really care and if they hated her for being the Undertaker's daughter, she cared even less.
Dropping back down onto the apron she ducked between the ropes to hand Dean her title before she began hopping up and down in her corner, meeting Nattie's stares from across the ring. When the ref asked if she was ready she nodded her head, as did Natalya, then the ref signalled for the bell to ring.
Once it had, the girls circled each other for a few seconds before they locked up. Natalya then shifted slightly, immediately trapping Scarlett into a side headlock. Grasping onto her arm, Scarlett tried to pry it away from her neck but Natalya had it locked in good so Scarlett tried the next best thing she could think of.
Shoving her hand onto Nattie's back, Scarlett managed to slip her head through the hole in her arms as she sent Nattie to the ropes. Rebounding off of them, Scarlett hit her with a clothesline and did again when she got back to her feet. When she went for it a third time however, Nattie spun around and hit Scarlett with her own clothesline, knocking her down to the apron.
Scarlett felt her go for the pin and heard the ref slap the apron once before she kicked out, shoving Nattie completely off of her. Before she could get to her feet again however, Nattie picked Scarlett up by the hair then proceeded to lift her up, dropping her onto her knee in a backbreaker. Scarlett gasped as Nattie kept her in that position, keeping her bent by applying pressure to both her chin and hip. She could feel the pain shooting through her spine at the unfamiliar angle, but still, she shook her head when the ref asked if she wanted to quit.
When Nattie finally released her, Scarlett crumpled to the apron as she grasped at her back. She only had a few seconds to herself before she felt Nattie on her again, as she felt her step onto the backs of her lower thighs just above the backs of her knees. Scarlett's eyes widened when she felt Nattie secure her legs around her own, so Scarlett then began scrambling her arms in any direction she could. She tried to throw Nattie off balance but failed when she felt Nattie tug on the waist band of her shorts for leverage, then grabbed onto her wrists from behind. Scarlett groaned as she was then suspended in midair as Nattie fell onto her back, holding Scarlett above her in a 'Surfboard'.
She could feel the pain shooting through her shoulders and into her already sore spine, but that pain was nothing to the one when her face smashed into the apron after Nattie let her arms go, which had launched Scarlett forwards while familiar music played through the arena.
'Sierra Hotel India Echo Lima Delta;
Shield.'
Scarlett held onto her nose as she glanced into the crowd, her eyes immediately connecting to Seth who was making his way down to the ring first, followed by Tori and then Roman.
Shaking her head slightly, Scarlett got to her hands and knees slowly before she turned her attention onto Dean. When her eyes found his, his blue eyes had seemed to ice over as he stared at their teammates making their way over the barricade and over to him. Scarlett glanced at each of them, earning a weak smile from Tori, a nod from Seth, and cold stare from Roman that made her heart accelerate in her chest.
Getting to her feet once more, she began to smirk when she noticed the frightened look on Nattie's face as she glanced around. There was a Shield member at each side of the ring, and she had one inside of it with her. She was completely surrounded, and the thought of that had Scarlett smirking quite proudly when Nattie turned back on her, a feeling of renewed power taking over her system.
They met once more in the middle of the ring, locking up before Scarlett drove Nattie into the corner. She began driving her shoulder into Nattie's midsection over and over, but eventually the ref hauled her off. Raising her hands in defence, Scarlett made her way back over to Nattie but was met with an elbow to the face.
Shaking her head slightly, she felt Nattie grab her wrist before throwing her to the ropes. Rebounding off of them, Scarlett ducked down under Nattie's arm when she went for a clothesline and hit the opposite ropes instead. By the time Nattie spun around, she had the breath knocked out of her as Scarlett nearly speared her in half.
Quickly going for the cover, Scarlett groaned and gripped her hair in her fists when Nattie managed to kick out at 2 and a half. It was weak, but she still managed to kick out.
Blowing the hair out of her face, Scarlett heard someone banging on the apron from behind her. When she turned her head to see who it was, she found Seth standing there. She watched as he raised a gloved hand to his throat, pressing his thumb to it as he slid his thumb across his throat as if he were slicing it open. She noticed a devious glint in his eye that caused even her to shiver as a smirk slowly made its way across her face. She knew what he wanted her to do.
Rising to her feet, Scarlett picked Nattie up by the hair before she lifted her into her arms and onto her shoulder, before shifting her so her head was between Scarlett's thighs and she had her arms wrapped around Scarlett's waist. Turning slightly, Scarlett listened to the cheers the crowd gave off as well as the overly excited voices of Michael Cole, JBL, and Jerry Lawler, before she lifted herself to her tiptoes then dropped down to her knees, driving Nattie's head into the apron.
"Tombstone Piledriver to Natalya!" She heard Michael Cole shout, followed by Jerry's just as excited answer, "She really is the Undertaker's daughter!"
Grasping her wrists, she placed them over Nattie's chest in a pin before she threw her head up, flinging her hair out of her face much like her father always had. A smirk graced her face as she listened to the ref's hand hit the mat. Once. Twice. Three times.
"Climb into the ring for a battle that you can't win,
swing as hard as you can swing; it will still mean nothing.
Should've seen it coming it had to happen sometime,
but you went and brought a knife to an all out gun fight."
Scarlett had barely made it to her feet again before she found herself nearly knocked over in a hug. She chuckled slightly as she returned Tori's hug, hardly able to hold the younger girl as she jumped up and down in her excitement.
"You tombstoned her! I shouldn't be this happy about that, but I am!" Tori exclaimed as she pulled away to stand in front of Seth and Roman. When Scarlett went to respond, she found herself being pulled away from them, and it didn't take a genius to figure out who had done it.
"Good job, Princess." Dean whispered in her ear as he handed her her title back before he lifted her hand in the air. Scarlett smiled slightly, but it instantly vanished the moment her eyes locked onto the steel grey ones across from her. Taking a step towards him, Scarlett didn't get a chance to make it to him before Dean was pulling her behind him, out of the ring and up the ramp to the backstage area.
"What the hell, Ambrose?" She huffed as he dragged her through the halls, flashing apologetic looks to anyone Dean nearly ran over.
"You're done now, we can leave." He threw back over his shoulder, shoving the door to the Shield's private locker room open once they had reached it.
"You do realize they'll be coming back here, right?" Scarlett questioned as she made her way over to her bag. They hadn't been in here since Dean shouted at Roman, Seth and Tori earlier in the night, Scarlett only making a small pit stop to grab their belts and even then she hadn't spoken to them.
"I do know that, so change, quickly." He answered, moving over to his own bag.
"Could I at least shower first?" She asked and watched as Dean scrubbed a hand over his face before turning to her. "Can't you wait til we get to the hotel?"
"I'm all sweaty and shit, I don't want to get my clothes all sweaty when I've barely even worn them." She responded. Dean shook his head before sitting on the bench beside his bag, muttering out a 'whatever'.
Gathering up her bath stuff and street clothes, she began to make her way into the back where the showers were before she heard a slightly grumbled, "Women."
About 10 minutes later she reemerged from the showers dressed in a red tank top that sported the 'Flash' logo across the front that she borrowed from Tori, as well as a pair of black skinny jeans, Thankfully she hadn't heard any fighting while she was in the shower and she found Dean dressed in his street clothes as well, in one piece, as she made her way back to her bag.
"They didn't come back?" She questioned as she threw her stuff in it before zipping it shut. Keeping silent, Dean shook his head as he threw on a leather jacket before he took his bag in one hand, then hers in his other hand. Scarlett slid her arms through her Shield sweater and zipped it up to her chest as they made their way out of the locker room towards the parking garage.
They'd only walked a couple of feet when they were suddenly stopped by Renee Young, who flagging them down.
"Hey, I was wondering if I could get an interview with you real quick?" She questioned, smiling up at Dean as she did so. Turning her attention onto Scarlett, she added on, "Just Dean."
" 'Course." She smirked at the older girl before turning her attention onto Dean instead. "Go ahead, I'll be just over there." She nodded over to a monitor that sat on top of a large box before she lifted herself up, pressing a kiss to his cheek. Her smirk intensified slightly when she lowered herself again, noticing how Renee's smile had faltered.
"Uh, alright then..." Dean said, his voice taking on a questioning tone. Scarlett merely shrugged her shoulders before she took her bag and his, lifting hers onto her shoulder as she made her way over to the monitor. The moment she laid her eyes on the screen, she gasped as she watched Roman fly into a corner of the ring, nailing Bray Wyatt with a clothesline.
She watched as he then laid hit after hit to Bray's skull before the ref had to pull him off, but that wasn't stopping Roman anytime soon as he then dove under the bottom rope and out of the ring. The camera's lost him for a second, but once they found him again he had just jumped up and nailed a kick to the side of Bray's skull as he hung over the bottom rope, sending him stumbling back into the ring.
She inwardly cheered when Roman nearly got the 3 count, but deflated again when Bray kicked out. Without even noticing it she began to chew on her thumb nail as Roman got to his feet once more, breathing quite heavily as he made his way into the corner of the ring. When she watched him punch the apron, setting up for his spear, she felt every fibre of her being light up with excitement. However, that excitement crashed and burned the minute the screen cut out and the Wyatt Family static took its place. They were coming.
Not giving a care in the world who he was talking to or what he was doing, Scarlett rushed over to where Dean stood talking to Renee, nearly plowing him over in the process.
"We have to go!" She exclaimed, throwing him his bag. When she attempted to start running down the hall he stopped her by grabbing onto her arm, turning her around to face him.
"What's going on? Tell me what happened.." He said, trying to calm Scarlett down but it wasn't working.
"Roman's in trouble, you have to help him." She stated. When she saw his jaw clench slightly at her words, Scarlett didn't care if they were still on camera or not as she shoved his chest as hard as she could causing him to stumble back slightly, a look of surprise crossing his face once he'd balanced himself again. "I don't care what he thinks, we have to help him."
Groaning slightly, he nodded his head before they took off down the hall. When they reached the Gorilla Position, they paused momentarily to throw their bags onto the table before they were running out from behind the curtain. As they rounded the corner, Scarlett noticed Roman was nowhere to be seen as Bray sat on his knees in the ring, watching with glee as Seth was being torn apart by Harper and Rowan at ringside.
As Dean launched himself at Rowan, Scarlett spotted Tori to her right, so dodging the fray going on around them she made her way over to her.
"I thought you left!" Tori exclaimed once Scarlett had reached her.
Scarlett shook her head before answering, "We were going to, but then Renee wanted an interview with Dean so I watched the match on a monitor backstage. Nearly ran him over when the Wyatt's static came up."
"Yeah, me and Seth stayed in the crowd cause Seth thought they might try something like this, and who'd ever think you'd be grateful for Renee Young?" Tori smirked at Scarlett who chuckled in response. "Yeah, who knew."
Both girls jumped when the sound of a body hitting the apron sounded from right next to them. Turning their attention in the ring, Bray was now laid out on the apron while Roman flexed his muscles a couple of times showing off his strength, before he turned around and let a mighty roar rip from his throat.
"Watch out!" Scarlett shouted to him, pointing at Harper who was now climbing onto the apron. Turning his attention onto Harper, Scarlett and Tori cheered when Roman knocked him to the mat below with a blow to the head.
"Dean!" Tori groaned as they watched him slide under the bottom rope, latching onto Bray. In doing so, he'd cost Roman the match via disqualification, but Roman didn't have much time to process that fact before Harper had gotten back into the ring and started beating on him. Rowan came to help him, but found himself jumped from behind as Seth jumped on his back while Dean threw Harper out of the ring.
"Woah-oh" Scarlett's eyes widened as she grabbed Tori's wrist and pulled her closer to the announce table, just as Seth and Roman shoved Rowan out of the ring under the bottom rope onto the very spot where they had just stood.
"Come on." Tori nodded to the ring just before she began walking towards it. The girls had just slid under the bottom rope when the Shield's music began to blare through the arena, as they stood again to stand next to their men.
"You good?" She heard Seth ask and when she turned her head, she assumed the question had been aimed at Dean who was nodding his head in response. She then watched as Dean and Roman exchanged a look before they focused their attention onto the Wyatt's who were staring back at them from the top of the ramp.
Once they had disappeared behind the curtain, the member's of the Shield began to follow their lead as they started exiting the ring as well. However, Michael Cole's words froze Scarlett just as she was about to drop down off the apron, her attention flicking to the titantron as it lit up to a camera backstage.
"Well after that explosive match, Brock Lesnar is now making his way to the ring. Guess we get to see what business he has to take care of."
"Guess the Shield better get Scarlett out of here." Jerry Lawler responded in a worried tone.
Scarlett's eyes were still glued to the screen when she felt a soft tug at her hand. Tearing her eyes from the titantron, she met a pair of clouded grey eyes searching her face. Smiling as best she could, she jumped down off the apron and followed the others up the ramp, behind the curtain to the backstage area.
When she went to grab her bag off the table, Dean beat her to it as he slung it over his shoulder.
"Don't even argue, we're getting you back to the locker room as fast as possible." He stated with finality in his voice, his eyebrows raising as he spoke as if he were daring her to argue with him, but she found no point in it. She wanted to get out of there as much as they wanted to get her out of there, probably even more.
They managed to get back to the locker room undisturbed much to Scarlett's delight, however something wasn't sitting right with her. Call her crazy, but she actually wanted to know what the business Brock needed to take care of was, and if it had anything to do with her. So, grabbing the remote before she sat down, Scarlett flipped on the TV and changed the channel so Raw began playing on the screen, sucking in a breath when it immediately showed Brock's face.
"What are you doing?" She heard Tori question from behind her. Turning her head to glance at her, Scarlett found 4 sets of eyes on her causing her to sigh.
"I need to know what he wants, and if it has to do with me." She explained herself simply. Everyone was silent for a couple of seconds before Roman stood from his spot on the bench and made his way over to her. Taking the seat beside her, Scarlett instantly melted into his side when he wrapped his arm around her and pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead that made her relax slightly.
Feeling the other cushion beside her dip down as well, she turned her head and found Dean sitting next to her. Sitting up straight, but keeping Roman's arm around her, she took Dean's hand in hers and tangled their fingers together as he pressed a kiss to her temple. Then feeling someone ruffle her hair from above, she tilted her head back to see who it was and found Seth smirking down at her.
"You're apart of the Shield now, if you want to hear what he has to say, we all do." He stated causing a small smile to make its way onto Scarlett's face. "Turn on the volume, Payne."
"Yes sir." She chuckled, turning her attention to the tv once more. Picking up the remote in her free hand, she searched it for a few seconds before she pressed the 'mute' button, causing Paul Heyman's voice to echo through the room.
"Brock Lesnar wanted to be the most dominant athlete in college athletics, the NCAA Division 1 Heavyweight Champion; Conquered!" He stated, cutting his hand through the air for emphasis as he did so. "Brock Lesnar wanted to make history by being the youngest WWE Champion of all time; Conquered! Brock Lesnar wanted to make history by being the first man to transition from this ring to the octagon, to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion of the world; Conquered!"
"We get it, he's conquered a lot." Tori groaned causing the others to laugh as they listened to Paul continue on.
"And now Brock Lesnar wants to make history again, by conquering the WWE World Heavyweight Champion and having one title hanging from each of his massive shoulders.."
"Careful Heyman," Dean commented as Paul gestured towards Brock now. "Might show your affection too much."
Scarlett shook her head while the others chuckled, a smile trying to fight its way onto her face. Shaking it off, Scarlett turned her attention onto the screen once more and judging by the look on Brock's face, he didn't like whatever Paul had just said.
"And that's how they get you in WWE. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon have imposed their authority on Brock Lesnar and you can try to play that game with other people, but you're not going to play it with my client, Brock Lesnar." He stated, turning around to the table behind them to pick up what looked like to Scarlett a fancy clipboard, before he began using it to accentuate his words. "This open contract doesn't mean a thing to Brock Lesnar, Brock Lesnar wants to make history! Brock Lesnar decides to 'Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat.' history! So as the open contract goes, on behalf of my client, I've been authorized to tell Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, no thank you. You can have Wrestlemania all you want, but you can't have it with Brock Lesnar, because Brock Lesnar doesn't have to choose his opponent. You will give Brock Lesnar history to conquer or speak the name 'Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania' together no more!" He finished as he threw the microphone on the table.
"Guess it's not about you." Seth said as he patted Scarlett on the shoulder.
"Thank god." She chuckled in response. Just as she was about to hit the power button on the remote to turn off the tv, the gong sounding from it froze her hand in its place in midair.
"Oh, fuck." Scarlett groaned as she dropped the remote onto her lap, covering her face with her hands only to peek out from behind her fingers instead when the gongs continued to play.
"Well, you did say he said he'd make Lesnar pay for what he did to you." Tori said only causing Scarlett to groan again.
"But at Wrestlemania? With his streak? Why couldn't he just tombstone him through the announce table or something?" She questioned but nobody answered her, just continuing to watch as the Undertaker made his way to the ring. The silence was broken a few seconds later by Tori who sighed.
"Don't get me wrong, I love your father as a wrestler and all, there's no denying he's a walking legend, but does he have to take so long to get to the ring? I mean I could use the bathroom and he still wouldn't be there yet." She stated and although Scarlett knew she should've glared at the younger girl for what she said, she instead burst out laughing of the truthness of it.
"You probably could." She agreed, turning her attention on the screen again as her father now stood in the ring with Brock and Paul, listening as the 'Undertaker' chants began coming from the crowd quite loudly, even from the TV.
She watched as Brock gestured to the contract as he and her father faced off in the ring, staring each other down. Paul reached around the table and set the contract open before the men and placed the pen down on top of it. Brock then broke his gaze as he leaned over and signed the contract before doing something he probably shouldn't have; tapping the pen directly onto the Undertaker's chest.
"That's probably not the best move." Roman spoke for the first time since he'd sat down and Scarlett shook her head in response, too enthralled into what was happening on the screen to come up with words.
"Look at Heyman, acting like that's the best thing he's seen in ages." Seth commented, pointing to Paul as he did so. "He won't be so smug if Taker knock's Brock's head off."
Once again not able to respond with words, Scarlett nodded her head in response as she watched Paul pick up the microphone again.
"The contract has been signed and if you'd like to sign it, Mr. Undertaker, you may have the match with Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania." He stated before throwing the microphone onto the table once more as Brock slapped his hand onto the contract. Scarlett then gasped as she watched her father stab the pen right into Brock's hand as he shouted in pain, bringing the large man to his knees. Once he removed the pen, Taker stepped back long enough for Brock to get to his feet again before he gripped onto his throat and lifted him up, chokeslamming him through the table.
As the Undertaker moved around to stand at Brock's head, he glanced behind him at the 'Wrestlemania XXX' sign hanging above the crowd before he stretched his arms out to his sides, slid his tongue out of his mouth and rolled his eyes to the back of his head as the gongs sounded through the arena once more.
"Challenge number 22, the Beast Incarnate; Brock Lesnar." Michael Cole said just before Scarlett switched off the TV.
He vowed to make Brock pay for what he'd done, and now we know when! Please review to let me know what you think! :)