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Give In To Me: Chapter 35

Raw…

Wade

I showed up early to the arena for the show. I planned to meet up early with Scarlett to regroup and strategize after last night's events. Although in all honesty, it was partially just an excuse to see her alone. I reached the locker room and opened the door. A patiently waiting Scarlett Sinclair was already in the room. This woman seemed to never be on time and for once, she was. It was honestly a little shocking.

"Are you feeling alright?" I asked her with mock concern.

"I'm fine, why do you ask?"

"Well, you are on time. I thought something must be wrong!" A smile crossed her full red lips.

"Honestly, the people with the room next to me were having an afternoon sex marathon. I couldn't listen to another second of it!"

"I can't say that I blame you. You could have come into my room. I wouldn't have minded. I'm only on the other side of the door."

"I'll keep that in mind next time I have such rambunctious neighbors!" she said with a chuckle.

We both began to change into our wrestling gear. I obviously finished changing first. My outfit was so much simpler than hers. She slid on her corset and wordlessly, I came up behind her and began to lace it for her.

"So what's the plan for tonight?" She asked curiously.

"I already have John's armband here. I figured we could present it to him in front of everybody. Break his spirit a little. What do you think?"

"Actually, I love it. What do we plan on doing about our little attackers?"

"Well what did you promise them when you rounded them up? You haven't told me much, Scarlett."

"I know, I know," she said as she let down her hair and turned to face me. "I didn't promise them membership to Nexus. I only told them that doing this favor would get them attention from the WWE universe and consideration for inclusion in Nexus."

"Smart girl! For tonight, we'll deny any involvement. We'll take a closer look at their abilities and decide later."

"Sounds solid. I'll let them know that tonight. Just to keep them up to date. It's only fair!"

"Thank you for setting that up last night, by the way. I don't know what I'd have done if I'd lost that match, lost the Nexus…" I said shaking my head. She put a hand on my shoulder.

"Luckily, you don't even need to think about all of that. Nexus is here to stay, I'm here to stay. We are going to go the distance, together. We've got this, we just need to trust each other," her voice cooed softly.

"I sure hope you're right." I said looking at her. Her big blue eyes were drawing me in, I couldn't look away. Her full lips smirked. I couldn't help myself from putting my hand on the side of her face and pulling her in for a soft kiss. When I pulled away, a smile overtook her mouth.

Scarlett

Slowly, the rest of the guys began to show up. The morale in the locker room was really high as the guys chatted with excitement. There was an air of relief that we'd come out on top. I was so glad that we could all be together still, last night was close.

"Last night was crazy right?" Heath asked me with a huge smile on his face.

"Sooo crazy. Nexus all the way baby!" I said with a giggle. I almost felt guilty that we hadn't revealed that we really had set up the run ins last night. To be safe, Wade and I were keeping it on the down low to reduce potential consequences.

"Gentleman, Scarlett! We are going to open the show tonight. Be ready in five!" Wade bellowed. I was nearly giddy in anticipation of our official induction of John Cena. I had considered John a close friend for years but since I'd joined the Nexus, he has been less than supportive. The way he'd behaved in the last few weeks made the decision to screw him over a fairly easy one.

The time came to head to the curtain. Wade handed me a shopping bag.

"Here you go."

"What is this?" I asked.

"It's John's new Nexus shirt. I knew it would give you quite the pleasure to hand it to him yourself," his voice said smoothly.

"You have no idea, how happy this makes me!" I chirped excitedly. He nodded with a coy grin before leading the group of us towards the curtain.

Our music hit and we made our way out onto the stage and down the ramp. The crowd was so overcome with boos. They despised us all about now. I still smiled a devilish smile at them, gripping my Women's championship on my bare shoulder. I climbed the stairs into the ring and we all lined up in the ring. I stood by Wade's side waiting for him to begin speaking. He just stood almost regally with a small grin on his face, as the crowd booed some more. Finally, he pulled the microphone to his mouth.

"As you can all see, we're still here!" Wade bellowed. He chuckled as another round of disapproving boos flooded the arena. "Your superman, John Cena, met his kryptonite last night. That kryptonite being the Nexus of course. Obviously, our presence as a united, strong team before you means that I was indeed victorious last night. Now I'd love introduce our newest member but before I do, there are is an issue we need to address, that has been heavily speculated upon over the past 24 hours." He handed me a microphone.

"First of all, I'm sure most of you are aware of the fact that two mystery men ran into the ring area and attacked John Cena. I have been able to identify the two assailants during last night's match. Those two men were Michael McGilicutty and Husky Harris from NXT season 2. The Nexus would like to go on record in saying that neither man is affiliated with the Nexus in any way. We did not hire them to interfere. None of us really know either of them. We did not break the rules. With that being said, the Nexus is proud to introduce it's newest member!" I said happily into the mic. "Wade, you are the reason he's here, why don't you do the honors?" Wade smiled and raised his mic to his lips.

"It'd be my pleasure. Here is the newest member of the Nexus, John Cena!" After a moment, John emerged onto the stage. He glumly pouted as he made the way all the way down the ramp. As I looked around at the Nexus, not a single one of us was without a smile.

"Look John, Old pal, I know that this situation must really be tough. I mean, it must be absolutely tearing you up inside to know that you were beaten by a truly superior man. Not only did he beat you last night, but he's going to be your leader!" I laughed. John shook his head angrily.

"John, I know you are a man of your word. With your loss, you are now a full fledged member of the Nexus. But don't worry, this will quickly become the best thing that will ever happen to you. To show you how happy we are to have you, we've taken the liberty of getting you a few gifts," Wade said with the most satisfied look on his face.

"First, we thought you'd like to ditch the purple in favor of something…I don't know more sophisticated, stylish, superior…Something like….your very own Nexus shirt!" I said enthusiastically pulling his shirt out of the bag and holding it out to him. The look he gave me…if looks could kill, I'd be dead. Michael Tarver stepped forward and grabbed my mic.

"John, you've laid hands on me, and mocked me….you have no idea how much joy it actually gives me to give you this!" he said vindictively as he handed John is Nexus arm band.

"Go ahead, John! Try it on!" Wade said amused. John hesitantly slid on the armband. "See! It looks absolutely fantastic!" He mocked. "It's going to so fantastic during your first match tonight. It is a tag team match! As a welcome aboard gesture, you get to pick your partner from the any of the men on the Nexus roster."

"Michael Tarver, buddy, it's on!" John said seething into the mic. He aggressively walked over to Michael and stood nose to nose with him in some sort of stand off. We left the thing and headed up the ramp to let the two men fight their match.

The two men worked rather horribly together but they somehow were getting things done. After a decent length match, John Cena and Michael Tarver emerged victorious. Wade looked pleased. It was then that things took a turn. John shoved Tarver into the steel stairs. His body made quite a painful sounding thud, by he wasn't done yet.

"Men, go help him!" Wade yelled. The three of them, Heath, Justin, and Otunga, immediately ran out of the room. Next John separated the stairs and placed Tarver's foot on the bottom tier. He picked up the second portion and slammed it onto his ankle. The sound that came out of Tarver's mouth was almost blood curdling. I knew immediately that he was injured. John must have known too, because he walked away, up the ramp to look on from the stage. The other members of Nexus finally reached Michael and tended to him.

"You don't look very concerned, Wade," I observed. He looked at me.

"I'm not concerned, nor am I surprised that this happened. Michael is an asshole. He was horrible to you last night, he kind of deserved it. I figured John Cena would snap and attack his partner," he said casually with a shrug.

"That's why you had him give John the armband!"

"Bulls eye! Plus it took John's scorn off of you," he said smirking.

"You clever bastard!" I said standing on my tip toes to give him a kiss on the cheek.

The anonymous GM signal sounded. Michael Cole got to the podium.

And I quote, "
The terms of last nights match with Wade Barrett stated that if you lost, you must join the Nexus. Nexus is pretty obviously a group that takes direction from its leader, Wade Barrett. Thus, as a member of the group you must also take direction from Wade Barrett, if you don't, as much as I would hate to do it, and as much as it would be pretty bad for business, as much as the WWE universe would absolutely hate to see you go, I would have no alternative but to terminate your WWE contract. Mr. Cena, No one man, despite his popularity, is bigger than WWE. In other words, Mr. Cena, I will fire you. Make your decisions wisely." End quote.

Wade and I both began to laugh in the comfort of our dressing room.

"Well this is should be fun," I mused.

"Absolutely."

Despite Tarver's injury, the mood of the locker room was still light and fun. We joked our way through most of the rest of the show. Then something unexpected came across the screen. It was a promo, I had no idea was coming out.

A montage of Randy and I together started it off as the narration began. "Over the past two years, we've watched them fall in love in a whirlwind romance….Now see them tie the knot! Coming this December….the Apex Predator, Randy Orton marries the She-Devil, Scarlett Sinclair, live on Raw!"

Safe to say, my jaw hit the floor. I had just agreed to even do this like a week ago and they were already advertising it! All of Nexus at the same time turned to look at me.

"Congrats!" Heath said happily. The others mumbled similar sentiments.

"Thanks," I mumbled right back in a state of shock. I stood up and headed towards the door.

"Scarlett! Where the hell do you think you are going?" Wade practically growled.

"I -uh…I just...I was going to watch the women's match," I said softly. I was a little caught off guard by his sudden hostility.

"You will do no such thing. Sit your ass down!"

"But I just-"

"Scarlett! God damn it, will you listen to me for once?" he barked. I could see the hurt in his eyes. That's when I realized that as much as the wedding promo surprised me, it surprised him too. I sat down trying to hold back the tears I could feel welling up in my eyes.

Finally, it was time for the main event. It was a 20 man battle royal to become the WWE championship #1 contender to face Randy at Bragging Rights. Wade, Heath, Justin, David, and John were all included in the match along with 15 other superstars. We all headed to the door.

"Scarlett, it's going to be chaos out there. Just stay here," Wade directed. I looked at him and shook my head before sitting down in the locker room.

I watched the screen as all the participants made their way down to the ring. The Nexus were the last to enter the ring. Everybody seemed ready to gun after them. Before the bell sounded, Randy made a grand entrance with his big flashy title. He took a seat at the commentary table. Wade was staring daggers through him.

The bell sounded and mass chaos ensued. The minutes ticked by and people were being tossed out of the ring pretty frequently. I wanted to see this up closer. I grabbed my title and head out towards the curtain. I passed through to the stage and just stood, watching intently.

Seven people were tossed out before a single Nexus member was. David was the first of the boys out. Cena tossed him out in another one of his temper tantrums. I couldn't help but laugh at the sight of John standing in front of Wade blocking him from harms way, as Wade had directed all of Nexus to do.

Suddenly, it was down to only four men: Sheamus, John Morrison, John Cena, and Wade. I sauntered down the ramp and down ringside. I watched Sheamus and Morrison stratagize, they knew they had to separate John and Wade in order to have a chance. They split off wisely, each picking off one. Wade was able to eliminate John Morrison by tossing him over the top rope. Wade collapsed in the corner of the ring, exhausted as Sheamus battled it out with John. I walked over to Wade.

"Wade baby, you got this," I whispered. He looked over at me.

"What are you doing here?" he whispered.

"Supporting you dumbass!" I shot back. He smiled at me. I was instantly relieved at the disappearance of the hostility in his voice. "Now get that English arse of yours up and win this battle royal!"

"Don't worry your pretty little head about it," he assured me.

He got up and helped John toss Sheamus out of the ring. The two remaining me stared each other down. Wade's face turned into a smirk.

"Get out!" Wade commanded, pointing towards the ramp. John shook his head in defiance. "Get out John! Don't make me fire you!" He threatened. Finally, John complied and eliminated himself as directed. I climbed into the ring and held up Wade's arm in victory. I was happy that the frustration that had occurred between us has calmed slightly. Unfortunately, Wade's feelings of anger towards Randy had not.

Randy stoically walked into the ring in a blatant show down. They began to circle the ring, slowly getting closer to one another. Soon, they were a mere three feet apart and they looked like they were about to go ape shit on each other. I interjected myself between them.

"Knock it off! Wait until Bragging Rights!" I yelled at the two of them. Randy was already on a mission and took the offensive. Wade began to slowly back up and soon found himself in the corner. I backed up to keep the barrier between the two of them to no avail. My back soon collided with Wade's chest and Randy was still slowly stepping our way. I put my arms out in protection of Wade. "Randall Orton, I swear to god! Stop this right now!"

"Babe get out of the way!" he warned.

"Absolutely not. I love you, Randy, but I will hit you," I shot back. He stopped in his tracks and smiled. He held his WWE Championship in the air, sending Wade a message.

"Come Bragging Rights, you're all mine, Barrett!" Randy shouted as he left the ring.

I moved away from Wade and we headed backstage. What a night tonight had been. There were a lot of things to think about, including my upcoming marriage. I could sense a full out war about to ensue between Randy and Wade, and I knew I was going to get stuck in the middle…

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