A/N: Back with another update - here we go!

Fans barely have a chance to sit down in their seats again before Nikki and Paige are at each other's throats. The one-on-one contact is more of a brawl than anything else, the pair tugging at each other's hair and refusing to break the lock even on the referee's strict orders. Finally, Nikki shoves Paige a step too far and they're separated briefly… the champion turning to her team to shake her head at her Diva friends… then charging to catch her opponent off-guard with a vicious spear.

Nikki bounces back to her feet fast, clutching at her stomach, the look in her eyes dangerous. "That's the last time you do that," she spits out.

Paige just motions for the Diva to bring it. True to her word, Nikki doesn't let herself be a target again. She catches her rival off-guard with two harsh elbows to the face. It's enough to disorientate Paige, and for her to be victim to a vicious clothesline, sending her crashing down to the mat to be stretched out into a submission move.

When Nikki looks to continue her streak by lifting her opponent up for an Alabama slam, Paige thinks fast and kicks outwards until she slips out of her grip. The former champion is confused for a moment and turns around, only to find Paige coming back from the ropes and connecting with a big boot to the face, enough to knock the wind out of her sails. She drops down for the cover.

1…

Not even a two-count. They both scramble to their feet, Nikki edging out her opponent… quickly grabbing onto Paige's dark hair and slamming her back down to the mat… climbing atop her and delivering punch after punch after punch.

When Nikki is forced up by the ref, Paige reaches out for Summer, only to be dragged away and set up for a successful Alabama slam. The champion hits her head hard against the mat. She feels her leg being hooked up, but knows through the haziness that she can't let her team down, or her long-time opponent get the better of her.

1, 2...

Paige kicks out.

Pulled to her feet, the Diva senses another harsh elbow coming her way and ducks, fighting off her fatigue to run the ropes and hit back at Nikki with a dropkick... and another... dragging her up for a few short arm clotheslines. Paige feels an animal urge to scream out so she does, taking a few moments afterwards to get her breath back.

Nikki seems to have had enough as she crawls over to her corner. She barely looks at the hand she reaches out for… and Seth, unsure why he offered his out in the first place, tags in to a gasp from the crowd.

Paige falters in place. Behind her, she can hear Dean muttering something angrily, but she can't bring herself to look at anything other than the two-toned man coming to a stop directly in front of her. Chants from the audience begin to pick up as they choose their sides, but despite the building atmosphere, neither makes a move.

They just stare.

He's staring at her. Seth knows that he really should peel his eyes away from the pale-faced — pale all over, in fact — girl who's just walked into the room with a few officials, but there's something about her that makes it hard to look away. Whoever she is, she's wearing the typical WWE developmental shirt, which means she's either a visitor on some kind of business or a new employee.

He catches her name just before they leave her alone to wander around. Paige. With her flowing dark hair and - quite frankly - vampirish make-up, he might have expected something less plain to be her name. Even so, Paige rolls nicely off the tongue, he can't help but think as he lifts himself up from the mat and leans against the ropes.

She catches him looking not a moment too soon and walks over to him lazily."Were you in a rush or something this morning?" She asks straightaway.

Her British accent catches him off-guard. His brows furrow in confusion. "Excuse me?"

She points to his head of hair. "One half blonde, the other black. Couldn't get the dye job finished?"

The nerve of this new Diva... yet, Seth doesn't fight the smile pulling at his lips as he glances down at the black mat beneath her feet. "First day on the job, and you're talking down to a future champion?" He shakes his head, amused. "Bold move."

"Even bolder to talk to a future Diva's champion like she's beneath you."

His head snaps up at this. Seth's eyes find hers but don't stay there long - not when the smirk on her dark lips is calling for his attention. So playful, so careless. She has a spark. More than that, she has his attention, which is more than can be said for the colleagues he works with day in and day out.

"Future champ, huh?"

"Paige, and yep," She nods. As she climbs the steel steps to join him, his gaze never leaves her. "These Barbie girls aren't gonna know what hit them."

Seth thinks of the Summer Raes' and the Rosa Mendes' of the company and shrugs his shoulders. They're pretty scrappy in the ring, but maybe the new girl standing in front of him might be able to rein them in once and for all. She does have a natural confidence about her; it's an instinct he sees in himself too, so maybe they'll be friends.

"So what's your name, two-tone?"

"Catchy," he deadpans. "Seth Rollins. How about we make a deal?"

Paige bites down on her bottom lip. He notes the metal stud just beneath it with vague interest. "A deal?"

"Yeah. I call you Paige, you call me Seth, and we can both say I told you so when we win the gold."

The new employee seems to consider this for a moment. Perhaps she considers the suggestion for a moment too long because the guys she walked in with call out to her and suggest she comes back so they can show her around some more. For a moment, Seth sees her start to leave and thinks that'll be the last of any conversations with her for awhile. It's a shame, he realises, but he's not sure why just yet.

Paige turns at the last second and looks at him through the ropes. "Okay, deal. Shake on it?"

He chuckles, squatting down to push his hand through the bottom and middle ropes to grasp hers. "Deal."

Their hands touch briefly and pull apart and then Paige is walking away from him. She tries to hide the smile on her face as she feels his stare on her back but it's hard to when the hottest guy in the room has just addressed her so casually. Maybe they'll be friends.

She glances back just once before she leaves the room. He's still staring at her, but he looks away once he knows she's looking. She laughs quietly to herself.

Whatever happens between her and Seth Rollins, Paige is sure it'll be an adventure in itself.

At some point, Paige must have backed far enough into her corner because she can feel a hand slap her back to tag her out.

Dean races past her before the realisation hits. She stands frozen in place while the former Shield members go at it trading punch and kick after punch and kick. Just as the referee ushers Paige out of the ring, Dean clotheslines Seth over the top rope and towards the announce table, watching the fallen man for a minute before hyping himself up for something by bouncing on the balls of his restless feet. The crowd's excitement grows while they watch the superstar race behind him for the ropes and come back to launch himself — passing Hunter by mere inches — through the ropes for a flying dive on a barely-standing Seth Rollins.

While Dean slides back into the ring with renewed vigour, the referee towers over the ropes to start the disqualification count, meaning his back is turned long enough for Stephanie to grab Dean's shoulder to whirl him around and plant a tear-inducing smack to the side of his face. The crowd boos at the dirty tactic, the Billion Dollar Princess gloats with hands raised up in the air, and Natalya...

Well, Natalya doesn't hold back.

The Canadian Diva charges between the ropes and across the ring to execute a baseball slide on Stephanie's turned back and send her boss sprawling to the floor. Hunter's surprise rapidly turns to anger. He points an accusing finger at her, yelling at her for the "mistake" she just made. The COO of the company doesn't realise that he might have just committed one too for trying to intimidate her — Dean rivals the slap he was received by exacting it on Stephanie's husband.

The wrestling fans in attendance know by now that something big is about to happen.

When Hunter takes it upon himself to enter the ring, so does Roman, squaring up to him despite Hunter looking to deal with Dean alone. It's not 2-against-1 for long, however, as Seth sneaks back in following a quick recovery to knock Roman down from behind. Hunter takes advantage of Dean's surprise and attacks him and soon the four men are going at it and trying to get the better of each other.

With her darkening mood, Stephanie returns to the ring to ambush a retreating Natalya, forcing her down with scrappy punches and kicks to let out all of her frustration. When Summer and Paige rush the ring, so do the Bella Twins, and suddenly all members of the match are fighting across the four-sided ring, the cameras unsure where to focus.

Though the crowd are now breaking out their best chants, the referee is having none of it, racing from fight to fight to try and separate them up. Eventually, he manages to. Team Authority and Team Paige stand in their united lines opposite one another just daring their opponents to start it off again. Everybody is up for a fight and nobody is backing down. Nikki, especially, looks like she'd have another go at trying to tear out Paige's hair.

Then somebody appears on the stage... and so do two more familiar faces... and, finally, a monster appears.

The Big Show, J&J security, and Kane are here.

Paige glances amongst her team, her eyes landing on Roman's. They share a tense look.

This can't be good.