Author's Note: Athena and Devon have a match against an unknown opponent. Devon hangs out at the announce table. Devon gets to play the roll she's not used to. No Velvet POV. 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 August 11th, 2011 Sawyer's Locker room (Athena's POV)~~~~~~~
When Devon and I had gotten to the arena we had been told we had a match. They hadn't told us our opponents though. I looked between Tommy and Matt.
"I'm going to go find Nick. See if he won't mind running with us again. Never know who our opponents are." I said.
"You preparing for Mexican America again?" Matt asked with a smile. I shrugged.
"Can't be to certain." I said as I left. Maybe I was paranoid but it was better that then get in trouble. I had almost memorized the way to Nick's locker room. I knocked on the door and Shiloh opened it.
"Your brother in here?" I asked. She nodded her head.
"Nick. Athena is here." Shiloh said as she stepped back. Nick walked out as Shiloh went in a different direction.
"What can I do for you?" Nick asked.
"I've got a tag match tonight and no one has told me who our opponents are. I'm covering my bases and asking if you want to be our other valet." I replied.
"I'll be there to watch your back. Even if it's not necessary for me to be there." Nick said.
"Thanks. What's up? You look distant." I said.
"Shiloh's hiding something but I don't know what." Nick said.
"It'll be okay. She'll tell you when she wants too." I said. Nick nodded his head.
"We're on after Kurt does his little thing." I said.
"See you at Gorilla then." Nick said. I nodded before heading back to my locker room. I walked in and looked at what was on the TV.
"What did I miss?" I asked. It took some time to get between locker rooms.
"Immortal beating up Anderson. Madison Rayne, Winter, and Tori Spiro just started a match for number one contender for Mickie's title." Tommy said.
"Wait does Immortal's attack on Anderson mean he's not part of Immortal anymore?" I asked as I sat down.
"You would think so." Devon said.
"So you want to know which Bound For Glory match I'm commentating on?" Matt asked.
"Yes." I said.
"The four way." Matt said.
"That'll be exciting." I said.
"It means I can keep an eye on you in case you get in over your head." Devon said.
"When am I ever in over my head?" I asked.
"Well that is for unbiased opinion." Jesse answered as he walked in.
"Evening." Tommy said.
"I just wanted to stop by and offer to take you guys out for dinner. You two were there for me on Sunday." Jesse said.
"Jesse, it isn't necessary." Tommy said.
"Yes well the offer stands. I'm going to wager Winter is going to win." Jesse said. I was about to ask why when I saw Angelina pop up on the apron after Tori had nailed Madison with what Tori called Party Time. I shook my head when Winter nailed Tori with a swinging side slam. Winter picked up the victory. I looked at Jesse who shrugged.
"Talk to you later Jesse." I said.
"See you guys later. Sorry to hear about your parents." Jesse said. I barely looked at Jesse. That had been a bombshell that we were still feeling to our very core. Dad had actually come to the pay-per-view to tell us. Yes he didn't catch up with us until Monday. I didn't know how to feel about it yet.
"If it helps we can use it for our match." Devon said. I nodded my head. It had only been a matter of time until it happened. Especially after it all came to a head a few weeks ago. We were watching the three way tag match for the Bound for Glory series. I stood up. I was going to go find Sasha. She was actually getting to know Shannon Moore and he was helping her a bit. I had the shirt I would be wearing gripped in my hand. I found them in our altercations room.
"Hey Sash, evening Shannon." I said giving him a small wave.
"Nice to see you Athena." Shannon said.
"What can I do for you sis?" Sasha asked. I could see her red rimmed eyes and luckily her mascara hadn't streaked.
"A few altercations to my shirt is all." I said.
"Well put it on and you can tell me." Sasha said. I smiled as I walked behind the curtain and exchanged my black tank top for the Crimson Death Before Dishonor shirt. I gathered it up and held it to where I wanted it to stay before I walked out.
"What do I need to do here?" Sasha asked.
"I've got more than one of these shirts. I want you to cut a notch at the top." I said.
"How far?" Sasha asked.
"I'm letting you do it." I replied. Sasha shrugged as she picked up a pair of scissors and walked toward me.
"I won't go too far because you don't need that kind of malfunction." Sasha said.
"It'll give you a horrible reputation too." I said with a smile.
"You wearing you jeans out there with that?" Shannon asked. I shook my head. I was in a pair of dark blue skinny jeans.
"I've got a pair of shorts I was going to use." I replied.
"You know who you're fighting?" Sasha asked.
"I do." Shannon said.
"Don't tell me. I'd prefer not to know." I said.
"Well I wish you good luck out there." Shannon said. I looked at him as Sasha finished cutting.
"I could give you a jacket real quick if you want." Sasha said.
"Yeah. I've got to get back to the locker room and get ready. The Bound For Glory match is probably over." I said.
"I'll take it to you." Sasha said.
"See you later Shannon." I said.
"I'm sure we'll run into each other again Athena." Shannon said. I walked out not bothering to change and continued to my locker room. I walked in. I was right on the money. Kurt was coming down. Devon had already changed. We were hesitantly trying the dress like your tag partner. Devon was dressed in a Matt Morgan Helix T-shirt she had tied under her bust and had a smaller notch then mine because I was just a 36 B in bra size while Devon was a 32 C. The only difference was that her spandex short shorts were a cobalt blue.
"Dev, you mind helping me fix my shirt?" I asked. Devon stood grabbing one of the clear ties from the table and walked toward me. First she adjusted the fit of the shirt so it was tighter then I was holding it. She then double knotted it and put the tie over it just to be sure.
"Thanks. Sasha'll be by with my jacket but I've got to go put on my shorts." I said as I walked toward my back snagged my shorts and continued into the bathroom. I slipped out of my jeans and instead put on the crimson spandex short shorts. I also included a pair of sheer black fishnet tights so I didn't have as much skin. I kept my stiletto ankle boots off and walked out. I sat down to put on my black wrestling boots when Sasha walked in.
"Hey Sash how are you holding up?" Matt asked.
"I've learned the wonders of waterproof mascara." Sasha replied as she held out the jacket to me. It was leather Benedetta Novi jacket. On the back was the familiar cross that had graced most of my attire lately. I was impressed with the intricate designs Sasha had included. Wait a second they looked familiar.
"Sasha did you include Tommy's tattoos in this?" I asked.
"I was wondering if you'd noticed. I've had that jacket hanging around for a while. I just haven't had a chance to use it." Sasha answered with a smile.
"Sasha I love it." I said as I stood. I slipped it on.
"Thanks. We'll get through this right?" Sasha asked.
"Yes. Devon, Colton, and I already agreed to help dad out any way we can." I replied. Sasha nodded her head before she hugged me.
"Good luck out there." Sasha said as she walked away. I noticed she was still wearing her red pea coat. She had coupled that with a pair of black jeans and a black form fitting t-shirt.
"Luckily she's got Shannon." I said. It was then I looked at the TV to see Hulk beating up Sting.
"Come on. Nick said he'd meet us at Gorilla." I said. I was glad it wasn't for the titles. We both shouldered our belts. Devon's on her left shoulder and mine on my right shoulder.
"Who do you think we're facing?" Devon asked as we left the locker room.
"I'm hoping for anyone but Sarita and Rosita." I said.
"I'm with you." Devon said. We started walking to gorilla. I was looking out of the corner of my eye at Devon. Tommy had wrapped his arm around my waist and was holding me to him. I had hoped Matt would be back soon because Devon was missing her other half. I shrugged it off mentally as we stopped in front of gorilla. Nick was standing there with a weird look on his face.
"Nick what's wrong?" Devon asked.
"Nothing at all. Let's go." Nick said.
"What music?" The music director asked. I looked at Devon.
"Hold It Against Me." I said. He nodded and hit our music. We stepped out on the ramp and I faltered when I raised my belt.
"Their opponents are the TNA Knockout Tag Champions being accompanied by Crimson and Magnus from Sterling Heights, Michigan Athena and Devon Sawyer they are Femme Fatale." Christy said.
"You okay Femme Fatale?" Magnus asked. I gave a shallow nod. I hadn't expected to see ODB and Jackie as our opponents. Seems they were taking Jamie's advice. We continued down the ramp. I was already in a tough mood because of my parents but now knowing I'm facing ODB and Jackie had put me almost in the same mood as I was after Sunday's tag title match. I got into the ring. Devon stood next to me.
"I'll start first. I'm worried about you." Devon said. I stuck my tongue out at my sister before I got out of the ring. I pulled the coat off and Tommy took it for me. I leaned on the turnbuckle as my sister started the match with Jackie.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Devon's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I didn't want to let Athena in the match to be honest. I was afraid of what she could do. Athena was in a worse mood then I was. That was saying something because Athena was supposed to be the calm one. I was working the match with Jackie. I was realizing how tentative she was being with me. It was different. Something was wrong. When Jackie tagged out to ODB I realized how the pace of the match changed. She wasn't afraid to pull my hair but Jackie was yelling at her not too. I backed into my corner and felt Athena tag in. I looked at her. I was afraid of what she was going to do. I watched as Athena started taking it to ODB until Jackie tagged herself back in. Athena started taking it to Jackie and watched at how easy Athena was working with the new Jackie.
"Magnus, can you ask what's going on?" I asked.
"Bischoff is giving them a shot but they've got to play fair." Val answered. I nodded my head. I watched as Jackie tagged out and ODB snapped. She was beating the crap out of my sister. Athena wiggled out and tagged me in. I watched as Jackie tagged herself in and was having a conversation with ODB. I took the opportunity and nailed Jackie with a s school girl and picked up the win. Athena got into the ring with me to keep an eye on me. We stood there as Jackie tried to keep ODB from killing us. We held our hands but they gave them a small shake before slapping our hands away.
"The winners of the match Devon and Athena Sawyer." Christy said. We took out belts and got out of the ring.
"That was different." Crimson said as we walked to the back.
"What was their deal?" Athena asked.
"They were supposed to be good." I said.
"That worked so well." Athena said. I chuckled and we continued past the curtain.
"Thanks for being our back up out there." I said to Nick.
"No problem. Let me know if you need me again." Nick said as he left. We hadn't expected to see Robbie E leaning against a wall.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Matt's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was going to meet the girls before they got to the locker room. I was walking when I came across Robbie E. I walked around him to see the girls and Tommy had stopped.
"You guys okay?" I asked.
"Yeah all considering." Athena said. I shook my head. That Monday had been a fun day when they found out. We all turned toward Robbie when we heard a moan.
"Uh. I think he found a new valet." I said.
"I would agree with you." Devon said.
"Can we get out of here?" Athena asked. I could see how uncomfortable she was. I nodded my head in agreement and we headed toward the Sawyer locker room. We settled in until it was time for Tommy's match. Devon and I would go up to the announce table while Athena stood on the floor. I was worried about that actually. Athena would make herself a target if she wasn't careful. Then again Athena was good at making herself a target. It never failed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tommy's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I could see everything was close to the surface with Athena. She hadn't thought to hard about the four way luckily. If she had she might already be in tears. After Monday and add the fact she just had a match with ODB and Jackie she was on edge. I figure something would break and all hell would break loose. I looked at how calmly Athena was sitting there. We watched Bischoff talk to the X Division boys and then Jeff and Karen's little thing. I raised an eyebrow when Anderson came back and then got beat up. Matt and Devon were the first to leave. I looked at Athena.
"You okay?" I asked.
"I'll be fine if you keep yourself safe." Athena replied as she stood and put her coat back on. I shook my head as we both left. I hooked an arm around her shoulders but I dropped it when we came to gorilla. Before I had the chance to walk out Athena gave me a quick kiss.
"I'm serious be careful." Athena said.
"I'm always careful." I said. We walked out. I liked to throw Athena off by switching colors every now and again. She just took everything in stride like she normally did. She decided when it came to Immortal she'd stay on the ground instead of following me into the ring like she normally did.
"Ladies and Gentlemen the following contest is scheduled for one fall and your main event is sponsored by Five Hour Energy. Five Hour Energy fixes tired fast visit firehourenergy dot com. And now from Universal Studies Orlando Florida it's time for your Impact Wrestling Main Event of the Evening. A four corners match up in the Bound For Glory Series." JB said. He then went on to introduce Bully Ray, Gunner, and Scott Steiner.
"And your fourth and final competitor from Brooklyn, New York being accompanied by Athena Sawyer weighing in this morning at 270 lbs he is the Undefeated Crimson." JB said. The match started once Brian started getting people into the corners. I started off with Ray but he didn't want to fight with me. He tagged out to Gunner before much else happened. I had my moments where I was in control for a while with Gunner getting in basic moves every once in a while. Gunner took control and then he tagged out to Ray. I wasn't surprised when he tagged out to Scott. It was then Scott took control. He was doing a good job at it and every once in a while I got some kind of move in. Scott had most of the control. I wasn't surprised when the numbers started coming into play. I knew it would at some point.
I heard Athena trying to get me back into the match. I managed to nail Scott but missed Gunner. I threw Gunner into Ray and then went to give him a schoolboy. I picked up the seven points. Before Athena could come to celebrate with me Kurt started attacking me. I could hear Athena's sharp intake of breath. This wasn't going very well. He was attacking me with my own knee brace. I could hear Athena's yells to get Kurt to stop. He put my right knee on the middle rope and started putting pressure on it was the breaking point for Athena. I heard her voice switch volumes. It went from her usual yelling to being chocked with tears.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Devon's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had been standing behind Matt the entire match. I didn't say much but the moment I saw my sister burst into tears I was out from behind Matt and headed for Athena. I was there holding her. It was such a reverse. Normally she was the one holding me. It had come to a head. Athena had finally broken. I looked up at Kurt. I gritted my teeth. When he finally let go of Tommy Athena was out of my arms and at his side.
I hadn't ever seen my sister like this. My sister was always so calm. I heard it then. Someone had jumped the barricade behind me. When he touched me I turned around.
"Dad." I whispered.
"I'm going to help your sister get him to the back." He said as he knelt down and helped Tommy and Athena to the back. I glared at Kurt. I followed after my sister and dad. Matt meets us at the top of the ramp. He falls into step behind me. I just hoped Athena would be okay.
"Let's go to the locker room. Dad and Athena have this covered." I said as we broke off to the locker room while Athena, Tommy, and Dad headed toward Kevin's office.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Athena's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I wasn't as entirely luck as Sasha. My eyeliner wasn't waterproof. I didn't wear mascara very often. I had two slim black lines from where my mascara had run. When we walked into Kevin's office he went straight into his medic mode. I turned to my dad.
"Athena are you okay?" He asked. I shook my head.
"Daddy, I'm not okay. It all became too much today." I whispered. My dad wrapped me into a hug. I looked over at Kevin.
"Tommy I'm going to suggest you stay home next week. You know recover a little. I'm not sure Sawyer would be able take it if you got a worse injury." Kevin said.
"I'm with you there Kevin. I can only take so much." I said.
"You okay?" Kevin asked.
"Just peachy. Let's count down my week. I learn my parents are getting a divorce, I have to face ODB and Jackie in a match, and then Kurt loses his mind and attacks Tommy." I said.
"That would reduce anyone to tears." Kevin said. I nodded my head.
"I'll stay home." Tommy said. I along with dad helped him to the locker room. I looked up when I heard Sasha and Kody talking to Matt and Devon.
"So?" Kody asked. Sasha handed me a makeup removing wipe. I used it on my cheeks.
"He's supposed to stay home next week." Randy said.
"Are you staying home?" Devon asked.
"No. Someone's got to keep an eye on Mickie and Devon. Not to mention you Sasha." I replied.
"Let's just go home. I've had enough of this Impact zone for a week." Matt said. I could help but nod my head in agreement.