With Arms Wide Open

It was just before RAW the night after King Of The Ring. Matt and Jeff stood quietly with Lita in the hallway, waiting before they were to go out to the ring. Others gathered as well, none with a smile on their face. Vince and Stephanie McMahon, King and J.R, Eric Bischoff, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash. Nearly everyone from both shows were there. Jeff walked off all of a sudden. Matt left Lita and her tear streaked cheeks to see where Jeff was going. He found him sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall holding a little blue box. Matt sank down to the floor next to him, "I can't do it Matt. I can't go out there tonight without crying and I don't want to cry anymore. My nose is stuffed up, my eyes sting and my throat it sore. I can't speak in front of all those people about a woman they didn't know who's dead." He sank his head between his knees and Matt placed his arm around his brother's heaving shoulders as he cried, "I never even got to propose to her." He said between sobs, "Why does everyone I truly love have to leave me. Our mother, now Akasha. I have this hole inside me, only it's not part of my heart Matt," He pulled his head up and faced his brother, "it's all of my heart. Half with mom and the other with Akasha." Matt didn't know what to say to his younger brother, which hurt him real bad. He wanted to say something to make him and Jeff feel better because Akasha meant so much to them both and his heart ached badly for her, but Jeff was devastated, "Jeff, Akasha was like my little sister and we both loved her. But we both know she died doing what she loved, wrestling. She worked most of her life to get where she was and if nothing else. she died in front of her fans and the ones she loved. You need to go out there and tell everyone that. For her sake and for your own."

Everyone walked down the ramp and got into the ring. They all wore black bands around their arms or wore some kind of black and the crowd quickly fell quiet, remembering what some had seen and others had heard about, Akasha's death. There was a standing microphone facing the Titan Tron and Vince began to speak, "I never thought I'd have to deal with this situation again. The death of a wrestler in the ring is never an easy thing to cope with for anyone. A few hours ago Akasha Miller, one of our youngest and best female wrestlers died. She was just twenty-three years old and had been in the company for coming close to two years. But she will always have a place in both our hearts and memories." He raised his hand to the Titan Tron and Creed, 'With Arms Wide Open', Akasha's favorite song came on and Akasha flashed on it. Bits from matches, back stage scenes, photo shoots and pieces from 'Girl Superstar' flashed across the screen. It showed Lita who looked choked up, "Akasha always did her best, no matter if she was injured or felt sick." She said. It went to Jim Ross who looked like he hadn't slept in twenty-four hours, "She was young but left one of the biggest impressions on our company and set new standards for all female wrestlers in this company." It went to Matt, "She was a fun person to be around, shy but so lovable. She was like a sister to me." More matches, ones with Triple H, Lita, The Hardy Boyz, nWo and singles matches. Bits from her leaping from ladders and cages, Hell In A Cell match and her TLC Match with Jeff. Swanton Bombs, Corkscrew Moonsaults and all sorts of other high risk offensive moves were shown. Then promo shots from all sorts of matches before it went to Trish who, as she spoke had a couple of tears roll down her face, "She was a wonderful person, and an honor to get to know." Finally it showed a picture of Akasha with a smile on her face before the screen went black and 'Akasha Miller' came up, '1980-2003'

Jeff walked up to the microphone and took a deep breath in before he began to do what Matt told him to do, he told them all about her, "I had a girl that would have lied for me, bad times rolled by and I made her cry for me. Every bad bump I took she had tears in her eyes for me. I had a tough opponent so she'd come down and take the whole ride for me, thank you. At first we were friends then became lovers, you was more than my girl we was like brothers. On late nights we would play fight under covers, now you gone can't love you like I really want to. But every time I think about your pretty smile, and how we used to drive the whole crowd wild. Damn I wish you would have had my child, a pretty little girl with Xtreme style, her shit was wild. Now these days that I reminisce, about my girl that I will always miss, and I do. But long as you happy and somewhere with a slow pace, I'll keep going and finish this race. Akasha Miller, Living Dead Girl and Superstar. The woman I loved and always will. The woman I wanted to marry but never got the chance to propose to. The woman who left every other girl for dead with her looks and attitude. The one woman who loved what she did more then I do. I love you Akasha and I always will."