Author's Note: Athena stands next to Tommy and hopes for the best. Velvet works a match with Mickie. Velvet also gets Colton to be the valet. Athena also gets to be Mickie's valet. Devon and Ellie don't do much accept stay in the back. 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 October 6th, 2011 Sawyer's Locker room (Athena's POV)~~~~~~~
You know it was nice to be close to home. It meant less of a travel. I watched as Bobby and James walked out with Brianna and Celeste. I was leaned up against Tommy. I had a feeling that eventually Karen would catch up with me after what I said last week but I'd worry about that later.
I was in a black mini skirt and a crimson halter cropped top. Add to that picture my beautiful four inch stiletto heels. I smiled as I listened to James talk. James was tearing the place up already. Bobby was great as well. I mean they knew when to give each other their dues. I'd be positive that Fortune was family. I'd seen it in action.
"You guys know how Selena is doing?" Devon asked.
"She's still in Orlando. Frankie is losing his mind mostly." I answered. I watched Brianna's expression change as Bobby swore. I could tell it wasn't an everyday occurrence in their family. The second time Bobby did it Brianna slapped him on the arm. I chuckled.
"I take it Brianna doesn't like him swearing." Matt said.
"Obviously." Tommy said. Some days I loved the two of them. James and Bobby got along so well. That was the same with Brianna and Celeste. I could see the girls looking at each other and shaking their heads at what James was saying. Made everyone wonder about it. Then again they were on the same page so that was a good thing.
"Brianna going to stick around any longer?" Devon asked.
"Uh up until Bound for Glory. After that she's going back to Ontario to stay out of the way. Bobby isn't taking a chance with the baby or her." I said. We watched as Gunner came out. Kazarian's music came on and I wasn't shocked to see him with Cheyenne Matlin or I guess her name was Peyton O'Connell. Considering Selena was over in Orlando. I don't think she'd left the side of her twins since she had them.
I was impressed with how Kazarian was doing.
"I'd bet that Selena being out is fueling him." Matt said. I nodded my head and then Gunner started to take control. That wasn't good. I saw Peyton try to get in the middle of it but Brian was telling her to get away. Kazarian was trying to get Gunner off of him but it wasn't going to well. I was shocked to see that Serena Matthews came down the ramp. Serena was holding her bat. Kazarian wasn't doing too hot until he managed to get it back. Kazarian took control again. We watched as Peyton and Serena started cheering for Kazarian. Peyton and Serena were exchanging looks and trying to see if one could distract Brian enough that the other could help Kazarian. When Kazarian tapped out I wasn't surprised to see Serena and Peyton to get into the ring. Peyton went toward Kazarian while Serena knocked Gunner with her bat a couple of times. It turned out that by DQ Kazarian walked out with the win.
I watched Serena pick up a mike.
"GUNNER! I'm tired of all this shit with you. You want to hurt my family? I want you in a match. Just you and me screw Fortune, screw Sting, screw Immortal. Just you and me. I may not look like much but I'm certain as anything that I will take you out." Serena hissed. Gunner grabbed a mike.
"You're on Serena. Next week. I look forward to breaking you like I just broke Kazarian." Gunner said.
"I'd like to see you try." Serena hissed. It showed Serena getting interviewed. Ken came out with Yasmine next.
"Serena has to be crazy." Matt said.
"No she's a Matthews." I said. As Ken was talking about Immortal and Ray. Ray came out. I watched how fast Yasmine backed into a corner. No need for her to get into the cross fire.
Ray and Ken went back and forth. It's what they did well. I could tell from Ken's face that he wasn't buying it. Ken went on to say how Bound for Glory was in Philadelphia and asked for a match then. Ken's music played and Ray got out of the ring. I wasn't surprised really. Yasmine had gone back up to stand behind Ken. Yasmine actually kissed him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Velvet's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had stayed quiet.
"How'd the dress shopping go?" Ellie asked.
"It went great. Randy went in with me. We made Colton wonder around New York while we did it." I answered as I stood. I would have Colton as my valet in the tag match with Mickie against Winter and Rayne. We watched Bobby and James get ready. The camera then caught up with Eric talking. After that it went to see Brian, Eve, and David. Brian was talking randomly. Eve was keeping herself quiet and looking between her husband and young son.
"He just mentioned you crush their sweetheart." I said with a wink at Ellie.
"I am not crushing on Jesse Sorenson." Ellie denied. When Kash started attacking Brian I was amazed at how fast Eve got out of the way with David.
"Not cool." Devon said. I waved at them as Colton and I left. Athena had already left so she had missed it. Colton and I reached gorilla as Mickie's music hit.
"Introducing first the current Knockouts Champion from Richmond, Virginia being accompanied by Athena Sawyer Mickie James." Christy said. I watched as Mickie and Athena walked down to the ring. Athena stayed on the ground.
"And her tag team partner being from the Big Apple being accompanied by Colton Sawyer Velvet Sky." Christy said. I watched as Colton hoped up on the apron and after I had let the pigeons lose I gave him one of those kisses before he hopped down and went to stand by his sister. I nodded to Mickie. Mickie was smiling. Mickie would smile out here but in the back she was worried as hell. John had gotten beat down on Sunday.
When Angelina Love, Winter, and Madison Rayne came out I watched at how Athena turned her attention to Angelina Love. Winter was glaring daggers at Mickie. It would be Mickie, myself, Madison, Winter, and Star all for Mickie's belt. Mickie started off against Winter. Mickie was wrestling a good match against Madison. I tagged myself in and nailed Madison in the face with a basement dropkick. I could hear Colton and Athena cheering for us. I dropped Winter and continued on her before tagging out to Mickie.
Mickie took her eye off of the ball for a moment and Winter started getting control. Mickie got it back again quickly. Mickie continued on Winter. It didn't look to good for Winter until Angelina got her down. I saw Athena dart around to where Angelina was and slammed her face into the apron again. Winter and Madison got control again but I was sure Angelina wouldn't be any trouble anymore because she was down holding her face. I was cheering for Mickie and she managed to get down and tagged me in. I nailed Madison and nailed Winter repeatedly. I planted Winter but Madison broke up the pin. Mickie went out with Madison and I was still wrestling with Winter. Angelina accidently grabbed Winter and I knocked her down. Madison slid in and grabbed my pants for the three count. I was pissed. Colton and Athena got into the ring and Athena was shaking her head.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Athena's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had tried keeping control but that hadn't worked out well. I shook my head. We got to the back.
"You coming out with me on Sunday Athena?" Mickie asked.
"I had planned on it. Colton's going with Jamie and Patrick is going to be with Brookelyn." I answered. Mickie nodded her head and Colton, Jamie, and I walked toward our locker room. I sat back down. I watched as Eric was talking with Kurt. I didn't like where this was going. Eric headed out to the ring. I hated when he did that.
"Frankie's on his way to the hospital. Allen and Serena went with him." Devon said.
"He doesn't need that. Not with Selena holed up in Orlando." I muttered. Eric could be unhappy about Hardy all he wanted but he was an idiot for a reason.
We listened as Eric started talking. Eric called out Jeff Hardy and I wasn't surprised to see Phoenix getting up and waiting for Jeff to come out before she walked out with him. I heard that those two had romantic history but no one was going to comment. I had a feeling that Phoenix would be taking care of him. Phoenix got into the ring and rested both hands on her hips. We listened as Eric started to talk to Jeff.
"I wish he'd get to the point." Jamie said.
"Yeah he's taking the long way." Matt said.
"No need to be an ass. Everyone makes mistakes." I muttered. I watched as Phoenix rested her left hand on Jeff's back and rubbed her hand up and down it.
"Phoenix is going to overturn him." Jamie said when Eric put the hypothetical ax on Jeff's career here. I watched as Phoenix yanked the mike out of Eric's hand. She'd let Jeff talk first. Eric had yanked the mike back to say his last sentence. I chuckled when he nailed Eric with a Twist of Fate. Jeff then ran when Gunner and Ray hit the ring. He was fast. Phoenix had sprinted out of the ring with him. Only she walked around to her announce table. She picked up a mike.
"Bischoff sweetheart. I forgot to mention. Hardy stays." Phoenix said as she dropped her mike.
"There it goes. Phoenix is flexing her power for all its worth." Jamie said. I was agreeing with her when I nodded my head.
"You hear what Phoenix did on Monday?" I asked.
"What she do?" Matt asked.
"She recaptured the WWE title and handled a walk out." I said. We watched Jeff talk to the camera. I was with him on what he said. It was wrong. I nodded to Tommy as he stood. Time for his match. I walked out of the locker room and followed him toward gorilla. Joe was going out first luckily. I took a deep breath. They were showing Crimson's attack again. Crimson's music hit.
"His opponent from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York being accompanied by Athena Sawyer the Undefeated Crimson." Christy said. I was keeping a careful eye on how Crimson was walking. I didn't bother to get in the ring but stayed on the ground. I rested both hands on the apron. I wasn't sure if I had to cheer or not. Crimson was in such control then. Joe started to take control and that worried me. I wasn't afraid to play dirty but that wouldn't be what Crimson wanted. I smiled as Crimson started taking control again. I was keeping an eye on how Crimson was walking but I was trying not to make it to obvious. I sucked in a breath as Joe started taking control again. I didn't want to see him hurt again. Crimson nailed Joe with a T-Bone Suplex and I nodded my head and clapped my hands in a steady beat. Crimson was staying on Joe. I backed away as they came close to me. I didn't need to be thrown into a guardrail again. The moment Joe threw Crimson's leg into the guardrail I cringed and had to hold myself in place. If I got in the middle I'd be screwed and getting in the way.
I held my hands in front of me. I started clapping my hands ignoring the Joe chant. Crimson started coming back but Joe took him down again.
"Come on baby you've got this." I called. I sucked my bottom lip into my mouth when Joe chop blocked Crimson so hard it didn't go well. Joe was in control again. It scared the crap out of me. I didn't know how many more times I could handle Crimson being out. I needed him especially as we planned the wedding. Crimson rolled Joe up and got the pin. I hurried toward him and wrapped my arms around him.
"Come on let's go to the back. He's glaring at us." I said. I had to duck between Jackson to get to Crimson but I'd do anything. We were already in the back and I got to see Ray talking about Ken's challenge. Ray basically accepted.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Devon's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was watching James talk to the camera with Celeste nodding her head at what James was saying. Their match was next. I had a feeling those two would be okay regardless. It showed another package about Bobby. I looked up when my sister walked in with Tommy. Athena was holding an ice pack in her hands.
"It looked like you wanted to dart in the middle of that fight a couple of times." I said.
"I had but I was keeping myself in check." Athena said as she made sure Tommy sat down and rested the ice pack on Tommy's knee.
"You did well out there." Matt said.
"I tried. I was almost in the middle of it a couple of times." Athena said.
"We saw." Jamie said. We watched as James walked out with Celeste first. He was followed by Bobby and Brianna. The match was intense. One of those back and forth matches. The two of them knew each other so well. You could tell both Brianna and Celeste were watching with baited breath.
Brianna and Celeste were stand next to each other but they weren't cheering. Bobby cut one pin a bit close. James looked ready to go and Bobby managed to get James with the spinbuster. Both of them continued. James dropped onto the ropes.
James superplexed Bobby and James went for the cover and got another close two count. James was sizing up Bobby for his kick and Bobby reversed it. James tried it again and Bobby reversed it and dropped into the Crossface. James managed to roll toward the ropes. James nailed Bobby in the back with both knees and still only got a two count.
Bobby, James, and Brian Hebner all went down to the mat. Kurt then came down the ring and threw James into the steel steps before putting James back into the ring. Bobby was starting to get back up and drapped an arm and Brian Hebner counted a two and a quarter before James kicked out. Everyone tried to get back up. Bobby was up first and was pulling Storm up. Brian was up too. Bobby got the pin after a Fishermen's Suplex. Brianna and Celeste both got into the ring with the boys. Brianna and Celeste were telling Bobby what was going on.
It was time for Hogan's supposed retirement ceremony.
"I bet you that Bobby is secretly pissed." Colton said.
"You think." Matt said.
"Makes you wonder why Kurt did it." I said. I watched as Athena sent Tommy to go get changed. It was really adorable the two of them.
Hogan's music came on and he came down to the ring. Hogan talked for a little bit. It was sad to see him go. I mean I had sort of grown up watching him. I looked over at Athena and Colton who had the same looks on their faces.
Sting came out and down to the ring. Hulk got offensive. Sting started talking and got a few boos. Hulk told Sting he was done. Sting apologized and was about to leave. He then called out Hulk about all the cameras. Sting then started talking about footage. Hulk wanted him to leave but Sting wanted to play his footage.
It showed Hogan talking to Eric about buying his retirement. It showed that it was all a sham. I shook my head.
"I should have figured that out first." Jamie said.
"Probably." I said. Hulk then freaked out and told them to cut the footage. Hulk continued to yell at Sting. Hulk then accepted Sting's match at Bound for Glory and said if Sting won he'd give the company back to Sting, Dixie Carter, and Phoenix Orton.
Sting left after he got what he wanted.
"Crafty man Steve." Matt said.
"It's about getting in his head." Athena said with a shrug.
"Okay next week should be calmer. Not. I'm pretty sure Joe still wants the two of you." I said.
"We'll take it as it comes. I'll see you guys next week." Athena said as she grabbed her bag. Tommy had come out to here Hulk freak out.
"Yup. Don't do anything crazy before we see you." Tommy said as the two left. I shook my head. Jamie and Colton were the next two to leave. I looked at Matt as I got ready to go.
"Well tonight didn't go to bad." I said. Ellie silently said her goodbyes.
"No it didn't. Well save you sister contemplating getting in the middle of a match with Joe." Matt said as he got his stuff. I grabbed mine.
"It's what my sister does. She does crazy things." I said. He laughed and we walked out toward the cars.