Hey everybody, welcome back to Next Level! This chapter might be kind of brief, but with the story winding down soon, you'll see why! Angles will be closing soon, and as I build up the main ones, we'll see what fate has in store for John Cena and AJ Lee. They've come a long way from a scandal huh? Well let's see what happens next. Here's chapter 28!
Chapter 28: A Champion Again
The Rock breathed a sigh of relief as he entered the backstage area, the WWE Championship firmly in his grasp. Finally, he had done it. He had become the WWE Champion for the eighth time in his career and the tenth world title overall. It was quite the achievement after all, and despite all he had endured in that match, from Heyman's cheating antics, to being put through an announcer's table by the Shield, he had survived it all. The title was definitely reason to celebrate.
As the Great One turned the corner, he looked to see John Cena beating the holy hell out of Randy Orton. Rather than call for help or security, Rock simply pulled up a foldable chair and sat down watching the free show. Everytime the Viper tried to crawl away, Rock would sock him in the jaw and send him sprawling back towards the Royal Rumble winner Cena who would knock him down with a vicious clothesline.
Cena had been kicking Randy's ass all over the building that evening. He had speared him through a loose concrete wall, literally thrown him in the bay, only to jump in and swim after him. After John would get him out of the water, Randy would begin to choke from all the water in his system and John would take the pleasure of slapping the STF on his former buddy just to choke it all out of him.
AJ, who had by now, suffered the most torment from Randy appeared, with a sinister look on her face as she mocked Randy's stalking pose while he was down on the ground with John's foot on the back of his head. "How does it feel to be the hunted Randy?" she asked, with a grin.
"Fuck you shrimp," the Viper sneered, as John pushed down on his head harder. "Shut up, she's talking," he threatened. "Don't make me choke you out," he warned.
As the Rock watched on with a concerned look on his face, he watched AJ slap the mess out of Randy repeatedly, making his as red as a tomato patch and his nose bleed profusely. John lifted Randy one more time, and delivered an AA to the Viper down a very long flight of stairs.
As AJ watched the Viper tumble down each step to his doom until he reached the bottom, she dropped to her knees, completely satisfied with what she had seen. Did this mean that her torment was possibly finally over? Only time would tell.
The Rock put his chair away and approached both John and AJ. "So, let me ask, was all of that really necessary?" Rock asked John.
"What the hell do you think Rocky? Of course it was! We put that damn snake out of his misery! Now he won't be bothering anybody else ever again," he said, his blue eyes turning a deadly steel blue color. AJ walked over to where John was, pulling his face down to her level for a long kiss that made John pull AJ straight into his grasp. As his left hand ran down the small of her back to grab her ass, the Rock could only shake his head.
"if you two are gonna continue to eat each other's faces off, the Rock can reserve a room for your candy asses at the Smackdown Hotel," he suggested. "It's right down the road between Know Your Role Avenue and Jabroni Drive—"
"Don't get mad Rock, you're just mad because you can't have this pie," AJ teased, her eyes turning a darker shade under them. Their kiss intensified, as AJ lifted John's shirt over his head, and pressed him hard against the wall, as the Cenation Leader yanked hard on her hair.
"Why in the bluest of blue hells would the Rock be mad? The Rock could get any type of pie he wanted!" he fired, making AJ stop mid-kiss. The Geek Goddess walked over to the newly crowned champion, squaring him up. This was the man who had now put CM Punk on the shelf apparently. After squaring him up, she started to skip around him fluidly in a circle as the Brahma Bull looked on, confused as blue hell.
Finally, AJ stopped in front of him. Slapping the Great One in the rear, she then proceeded to hop right onto him, legs locked tight around his waist and arms around his neck. John grinned, sensing something great was about to happen. Otherwise, he would have clocked the Rock a new one by now.
AJ wouldn't lie, she could definitely feel the electricity in the air that the Rock was emitting, that was a fact. However, she was with John now, but that wouldn't stop her from doing just a little bit of trolling. AJ leaned in to the Rock's face, lips just inches apart from his, she grinned and whispered to him.
"You can have any pie you want…except this one Rocky. Jersey isn't offering, so Rocky can't buy," she winked at him and began to get down. Raising his infamous eyebrow, the Rock furrowed his eyes at her and John.
"The Rock can't tell what's happened to you two. It's like vengeance has corrupted you, and the Great One doesn't like it one bit."
John made a mock crying noise. "You gonna cry about it Rock? You'll be doing plenty of it in two months when I take that WWE Title back at WrestleMania," he said cockily.
The Rock grinned at John's confidence. "Oh yeah, sure you will Cena. Once the Rock whoops your candy ass, and gets a little Jersey pie from your girl here on the side," he said, raising his eyebrow repeatedly at AJ, "you can go running back to your momma just like your candy ass did last year."
John started to step towards the Rock, but AJ placed a palm on his chest to calm him down. Where had the shy and timid AJ gone? It was like the dreams and visions she had lately had been consuming her, and now she was like a woman possessed.
"You mad Rocky? I think you are. You seem to be afraid of the fact that John's gonna kick your ass at WrestleMania and take your title. By the way, tell me again, why did you come back again?" AJ asked.
"To be the—" Rock started, but AJ immediately cut and swerved him off.
"IT DOESN'T MATTER WHY YOU CAME BACK!" she yelled, glaring at him. "Doesn't feel so good when it's done to you now does it?"
"You've got some nerve AJ. With your cut-off Fruity Pebble shirt, and your high-riding jean shorts. You're a woman trapped in some pre-teen's body. If the Rock saw a lowrider come by and pick you up, the Rock says he would have to dial 911 emergency!"
"Why?" AJ asked, still glaring.
"To report to the police that the Rock just witnessed illegal child prostitution!" Rock said laughing, but AJ immediately delivered the five finger stinger, a loud slap echoing off of the Rock's face throughout the halls. "Fuck you!" she said, taking John by the hand and leading him away from the Rock. What was once starting to turn into a pretty solid of trio of friends was now turning into a complete combustion of flames.
The Rock grinned to himself though. He had to admit, AJ had definitely gotten one over on him, but he definitely topped her. The Rock absolutely refused to be upstaged by anybody, no less than by a Diva. As the Brahma Bull picked up his championship, and began to walk in the other direction, a bulldozing force came rushing through and automatically crushed the Rock through the catering table with a vicious spear.
That spear had come from his cousin Roman Reigns, and as the Rock held his ribs in pain, he couldn't help but be disappointed. He thought he had gotten through to Reigns, but apparently the effort was in complete vain. As Reigns stared down his cousin, two more figures emerged from the dark in the forms of Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins.
Seth clicked his tongue in discontent while Ambrose just laughed. "You thought we were done with you Rocky? We're just getting started," he said with a sick grin.
"Surely," Rollins added. "It is an absolute disgraceful injustice to see a Hollywood celebrity carry around the richest prize in this company, and we're gonna put an end to that. At Elimination Chamber, we challenge you to a 6 Man Tag Team match in the confines of the Elimination Chamber!" he said.
Ambrose continued. "Your tag team partners, and by the way we've already gotten clearance on this, are going to be none other than your WrestleMania opponent John Cena and…his girlfriend AJ Lee! Now does that sound like a fun time or what?" he said, with a sick grin. "I suggest you go get ready and buddy up with your friends," he said.
"Anything you'd like to add to the convo Reigns?" Rollins asked.
Reigns stared down at his cousin, with a smug glare. This is where he truly belonged. Fuck the Rock. Fuck the big egos around here. Fuck Nikki Bella.
"Yeah. BELIEVE IN THE SHIELD!" he roared into the Rock's face as they walked away.
Well there you have it! Let me know what you guys thought! Read, review, and stay tuned. Chapter 29 coming soon!
-Ronnie
