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"Submissions" said Raven slowly
He paused to look at his pupils, who stood with arms crossed looking back, carefully before taking a breath to continue
"One of the most important things technically you'll learn is how to reverse either out of a submission or how to reverse one submission into another, they can make or break matches"
"Is he always this dramatic?" asked Trish in a whisper
"Uh huh" replied Amanda through the corner of her closed mouth
Raven swung around to face her, his eyes blackening as he did.
"Would you care to be my first volunteer?" he asked softly
"That's an oxymoron, technically you have to volunteer to be one" replied Amanda
"Well I volunteered you, up"
It was a command now, not a question now. Amanda slipped through the ropes, leaving Trish and Shadow to watch from the outside. Raven waited until she stepped up beside him before grabbing her and whipping her into the ropes. She barely had time to realise what was happening when he flipped her into an armbar and began applying pressure. Her arm felt like it was burning, her mind screamed for her to give up, every inch of common sense told her to but her stubborn streak wouldn't let her. She contorted her face in agony, Raven applied even more pressure, his mouth a hard firm line, his eyes nothing. Finally when she thought she couldn't take anymore, he let go. She collapsed onto the canvas, sweat damp on her skin, her breaths hoarse and ragged. Raven didn't give her much of a glance as he turned his attention to the two on the outside.
"You see how much a submission hurts? Trish already knows having been victim to some like the Walls of Jericho but when you have someone unrelentingly applying pressure like that? You have two choices, keep going or tap out"
He turned back to Amanda who was sat up, examining her hand, shaking it experimentally. He offered her a hand and helped her to her feet by her other hand.
"Never be ashamed to tap out, if the pain is too much and you can't reach the ropes, break the hold or reverse it then tap for all you're worth or you'll end up with that pain again if you're lucky or ten times worse if you're not"
His words were clear and dark. Amanda nodding her muddled head and sat down in the corner to recover. She had never been held in a move like that before for that stretch of time. It had just about killed that side of her body. She wanted to wrestle tonight, scratch that, needed to wrestle tonight to show Christian just what she could do.
Raven nodded aback at her and turned to the others on the outside.
"Trish, name me a submission move" he said suddenly
"Boston crab" fired back Trish without blinking
"How do you apply one?" continued Raven
"After a spinebuster or when they're lying on the floor" replied Trish
"Show me, using Shadow after the spinebuster" ordered Raven standing back
Trish looked at Shadow and shrugged. They slid into the ring and stood face to face. Trish grabbed one of Shadow's arms and threw her into the ropes, lifting her into a spinebuster. As quickly as she could after Shadow landed, Trish grabbed her legs, twisting her into the Boston Crab. Shadow quickly tapped, having been in the move before, knowing how much it would hurt. Accordingly, Trish dropped the legs and looked expectantly at Raven. He stroked his chin for a few moments thoughtfully before speaking again.
"How can you reverse that move?" he asked slowly
"Crawl out of the way?" suggested Amanda
"Reverse the buster into a hurricanrana?" said Shadow, propping herself by an elbow
"Kick back with your legs?" tried Trish
Raven nodded again and stepped back into the corner, pushing himself up so that he sat on the top turnbuckle. He looked at the trio again before speaking
"Try the move again and this time Shadow, try to stop Trish from applying the move" he said
"OK"
They went through the motions again and after Trish had slammed her down, Shadow brought her legs together so that when Trish grabbed her feet, Shadow placed them on Trish's stomach and shoved her hard away. Trish fell back to the mat, Shadow got to her feet and pulled Trish up into a suplex position before letting her go. She looked expectantly at Raven who stared for a few moments before speaking
"Every wrestling match is a chain made up of links, you have to be able to find the weak links so that you know where to break, you found it but it won't always be that easy, each submission is going to be tough so we're going to go through each one, throwing ideas out until each of us can successfully reverse, Amanda, I want you to work with me on the sharpshooter while you two can work on the ankle lock" Raven instructed as he got down from his perch
"Got it" said Shadow, turning back to Trish
*
"That was a tough workout" said Trish, pulling her cowboy hat off and setting it on the desk beside her
"You think that's tough? Wait till he gets you working with weapons" commented Amanda
"No thanks, weapon warfare isn't for me, I can get a man to do that for me" replied Trish, flicking her hair over her shoulder
"A man? Who've you got your eye on?" teased Shadow from behind the desk
"No one!" said Trish defensively before relenting "there is someone who I think can go far here with the right type of management"
"Which is you" cut in Shadow
"Exactly, only he doesn't know it yet, but he will when I see him"
"Well who is it?" prompted Amanda
Trish arched an eyebrow
"If you think I'm telling you, you've got another thing coming, I don't tell anyone my plans, they're kept secret"
"Fair enough" said Shadow in an effort to get Amanda to stay off the subject "want anyone to fight tonight?"
"After that work out? No thanks but I'll gladly watch" replied Trish
"Watching it is" said Shadow scribbling something down quickly on the pad in front of her on the desk "what about you Manda? Anyone in mind?"
Before Amanda could answer, the door slammed open and Regal stormed in, stopping in front of the desk. He was about to speak when he noticed that Trish was sat beside them. He glared at her in anger, she smiled innocently back, raising her eyebrows.
"I might have known that you'd have something to with this besmirching take over Miss Stratus" he spat
"Me? Why me Regal? I'm too busy for that" she replied in a sweet voice
"I can see through you young lady, I know all about how you charmed poor Mr Mcmahon out of money and causing the awful rift between him and Mrs Mcmahon" replied Regal, fists clenched
"Gee, is my disguise that thin? Darn, you got me" retorted Trish sarcastically
"Enough, I haven't got time to banter with you Miss Stratus, I have important business to conduct" sniffed Regal dismissively
He turned to the other girls, his back to Trish. She pulled a face and crossed her arms over her chest, keeping quiet as she listened to what he had to say with an umimpressed look on her face. Shadow bit her lip to try and stop herself from laughing.
"Yes Regal, what can we do for you?" jumped in Amanda, seeing that her friend was finding it hard not to laugh
"As I've said so many times, I want my bloody job back!" replied Regal through clenched teeth
"Tough, you're not going to get it, bye bye" said Shadow with a little wave
"If I can't have my job, which I will get back by the way I know that Mr Mcmahon is currently constructing plans to do so, then I want you two in the ring tonight" said Regal, a fist on the desk as he bent down to look at them in the eyes
"You want us in the ring? Oh baby, you got it" replied Amanda with a smile
She wrote something down on the match list.
"Consider your request fulfilled, handicap; me and Shadow against you" she continued
"Handicap? I was hoping I would at least be granted a tag team match" said Regal looking down his nose at them
"What, don't you think you can beat us both?" asked Shadow
"He can't" called Trish
"Yes thank you Miss Stratus, but here your opinion doesn't count" said Regal nastily turning around to face her
Trish put her hands up defensively, a smirk on her face at him losing his cool. Shadow grinned at her friend's expression
"See you in the ring Regal, hope you've brought some band aids" called Amanda
Regal gave a look of compressed fury before marching out the room. Trish laughed and got up.
"Ah, annoying him is just so much fun" she sighed, picking her hat up
"You sure you don't want a match tonight?" asked Shadow
"Yeah I'm sure but you could give one to Lita, something to really crush her" suggested Trish with an evil smile
"Will you stop trying to ruin her life?" groaned Shadow
"Why? It's a fun pastime" replied Trish as she jammed the black leather cowboy hat back onto her head
She winked and slipped out of the door smiling. Shadow moaned and put her face in her hands
"Can't she at least try to be nice to Lita?" she asked through her fingers
"Nope, impossible, they're enemies and they always will be" said Amanda matter-of-factly "I'm thinking black pants tonight with our sleeveless tops, what do you think?"
"Yeah sounds good" replied Shadow distractedly, her mind still on Trish and Lita "I mean it's not so hard is it? They're both likeable people, both have ring skills though Lita has the edge, both popular"
"Both complete and total opposites of each other!" finished Amanda "give it up Shadow, you can't mend the rift and lets go get ready"
"Ok, Ok fine but it's not gonna stop me from trying" Shadow muttered heading out of the room
Amanda rolled her eyes and picked up her bag
"I was afraid of that" she sighed as she locked the door behind herself
*
Bam!! Shadow's back hit the mat hard, so hard that it knocked the wind out of her. She rolled to the side, hoping that Regal would stay away from her. No such luck. He grabbed her and pulled her down into a pin, jabbing his forearm right into her neck as he did so. She kicked out but he tried again and again. She could hear clapping, Amanda was getting the crowd to clap for her. As Regal argued with referee about the count, she pulled herself up using the ropes and waited until he came for her again. She kicked him in the gut and threw him into the ropes. When he flew back at her, she launched into a dropkick and floored him. She used the time she'd bought by crawling to her corner and tagging in Amanda. Amanda ran straight at Regal and clotheslined him, doing it again when he got to his feet. She threw him into the corner and began throwing her shoulder into his gut, followed by some mudhole stomping until the ref called her off. She ignored him and climbed up onto the second turnbuckle and began a ten count punch. She got to eight before Regal ran forward, slamming her down into a powerbomb. He stared down at her contemptuously before lifting the same glare to Shadow who was standing in the corner, leaning on the turnbuckle. Amanda groaned, her back hurt, it hurt a lot. Regal began stomping on her hard before dropping a heavy elbow on her, getting a two count.
"Come on Amanda!" yelled Shadow
Amanda tried to get to her corner but Regal kept her back, giving her a scoop slam followed by a back breaker. The pain rushed through her back, she couldn't keep it back, it was everywhere, effecting everything. With a burst of energy, she gave Regal some right hands followed by a solid kick to the gut and a neckbreaker which got a two count. She picked him up and ran into a bulldog and then a leg drop off the ropes. She climbed the ropes and waited for him to stand before flying into a hurricanranna pin. It got her a two count. Regal looked disgusted, he knew he'd lost the upper hand. Amanda tagged in Shadow and they began to double team him. They pulled off a double suplex followed by a double Russian Legsweep. Shadow pinned him for a two count, he always managed to kick out. Amanda smiled impishly, her breaths heavy, her back sore but she was sort of happy, in that zone when you float above everything and enjoy it.
"Want to try a Poetry in Motion?" she asked Shadow
"Sure, I'll be Matt" replied Shadow grinning
They threw Regal to a corner, Shadow hurriedly following it by getting down onto all fours in front of him. With a whoop and Hardyz gun signals with both hands, Amanda ran and launched herself onto Regal a la Jeff. Shadow got up and they high fived jubilantly. Regal stumbled to his feet, looking light headed and not quite there. He wasn't. He blindly grabbed Amanda and threw her to the mat. Shadow threw herself off the ropes and landed a crossbody on him. She rolled him up but he kicked out again. Amanda began stomping on him, Shadow joined in until the ref forced Amanda back to the corner which she did protesting. Shadow picked him up and threw him off the ropes, slamming him down into a spinebuster. A light went off in her head and she grabbed his legs, beginning to twist him around into a Boston Crab. Unfortunately, Regal saw it coming. He kicked furiously with his legs, knocking Shadow down into the ropes. She bounced off them and fell back onto the mat. Her head rang and before she could get her bearings, Regal pulled her to her feet and readied her for a powerbomb. Amanda leapt into the ring and clotheslined him off her friend. She ran back to her corner, the ref yelling at her all the way. Shadow groggily got to her feet but Regal had recovered quickly. He swung her into a back breaker and went for a pin, getting a two count. He threw her into the ropes, she grabbed hold, trying to grab a few moments to catch her breath in. Regal ran at her, clotheslining her hard out of the ring. She dropped to the hard outside lifelessly. Amanda yelled furiously at the referee about it but Regal stormed over to her and dragged her into the ring. He pulled her into the Regal Stretch, even though she wasn't the legal person. He refused to let go. Amanda tapped hysterically, it hurt like hell and she wanted out. She wanted to limp over to where Shadow was lying. Suddenly, she felt the ring bounce, someone else was in the ring. She hurt loud voices yelling and then Regal's grip on her lapsed. She was free. She lay breathlessly as she heard the people move about. Suddenly she recognised one of the voices; it was Regal yelling in pain. She struggled to sit up and looked in astonishment as Regal was trapped in the Walls of Jericho with Jericho himself yelling loudly, eyes squeezed shut as he concentrated. Amanda smiled weakly, how ironic that the man she and Shadow had tried to destroy to gain Regal's trust was now helping them out. Speaking of Shadow, she was pulling herself up onto the ring apron and gaping in astonishment at what she saw. Amanda caught her eye and grinned, shrugging before wincing at the pain it caused. Shadow slipping under the ropes, past the officials who were desperately trying to pry Jericho off Regal. She sat with Amanda, an arm around her as they watched. Had they gained a new ally? They didn't think so, he was here for Regal after all. Finally, Jericho broke the hold and after being warned off by the officials he lifted his head and looked at the girls. For a moment he smirked, his bright blue eyes meeting first Amanda's and then Shadow's. He nodded before exiting the ring, his eyes trained on Regal's prone body now.
"That was interesting" offered Amanda, struggling to her feet with Shadow's help
"Sure was, I'm sure it'll get even more interesting" replied Shadow, holding the ropes open for her friend
"Always does here" muttered Amanda "lead me to the painkillers!"
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"Submissions" said Raven slowly
He paused to look at his pupils, who stood with arms crossed looking back, carefully before taking a breath to continue
"One of the most important things technically you'll learn is how to reverse either out of a submission or how to reverse one submission into another, they can make or break matches"
"Is he always this dramatic?" asked Trish in a whisper
"Uh huh" replied Amanda through the corner of her closed mouth
Raven swung around to face her, his eyes blackening as he did.
"Would you care to be my first volunteer?" he asked softly
"That's an oxymoron, technically you have to volunteer to be one" replied Amanda
"Well I volunteered you, up"
It was a command now, not a question now. Amanda slipped through the ropes, leaving Trish and Shadow to watch from the outside. Raven waited until she stepped up beside him before grabbing her and whipping her into the ropes. She barely had time to realise what was happening when he flipped her into an armbar and began applying pressure. Her arm felt like it was burning, her mind screamed for her to give up, every inch of common sense told her to but her stubborn streak wouldn't let her. She contorted her face in agony, Raven applied even more pressure, his mouth a hard firm line, his eyes nothing. Finally when she thought she couldn't take anymore, he let go. She collapsed onto the canvas, sweat damp on her skin, her breaths hoarse and ragged. Raven didn't give her much of a glance as he turned his attention to the two on the outside.
"You see how much a submission hurts? Trish already knows having been victim to some like the Walls of Jericho but when you have someone unrelentingly applying pressure like that? You have two choices, keep going or tap out"
He turned back to Amanda who was sat up, examining her hand, shaking it experimentally. He offered her a hand and helped her to her feet by her other hand.
"Never be ashamed to tap out, if the pain is too much and you can't reach the ropes, break the hold or reverse it then tap for all you're worth or you'll end up with that pain again if you're lucky or ten times worse if you're not"
His words were clear and dark. Amanda nodding her muddled head and sat down in the corner to recover. She had never been held in a move like that before for that stretch of time. It had just about killed that side of her body. She wanted to wrestle tonight, scratch that, needed to wrestle tonight to show Christian just what she could do.
Raven nodded aback at her and turned to the others on the outside.
"Trish, name me a submission move" he said suddenly
"Boston crab" fired back Trish without blinking
"How do you apply one?" continued Raven
"After a spinebuster or when they're lying on the floor" replied Trish
"Show me, using Shadow after the spinebuster" ordered Raven standing back
Trish looked at Shadow and shrugged. They slid into the ring and stood face to face. Trish grabbed one of Shadow's arms and threw her into the ropes, lifting her into a spinebuster. As quickly as she could after Shadow landed, Trish grabbed her legs, twisting her into the Boston Crab. Shadow quickly tapped, having been in the move before, knowing how much it would hurt. Accordingly, Trish dropped the legs and looked expectantly at Raven. He stroked his chin for a few moments thoughtfully before speaking again.
"How can you reverse that move?" he asked slowly
"Crawl out of the way?" suggested Amanda
"Reverse the buster into a hurricanrana?" said Shadow, propping herself by an elbow
"Kick back with your legs?" tried Trish
Raven nodded again and stepped back into the corner, pushing himself up so that he sat on the top turnbuckle. He looked at the trio again before speaking
"Try the move again and this time Shadow, try to stop Trish from applying the move" he said
"OK"
They went through the motions again and after Trish had slammed her down, Shadow brought her legs together so that when Trish grabbed her feet, Shadow placed them on Trish's stomach and shoved her hard away. Trish fell back to the mat, Shadow got to her feet and pulled Trish up into a suplex position before letting her go. She looked expectantly at Raven who stared for a few moments before speaking
"Every wrestling match is a chain made up of links, you have to be able to find the weak links so that you know where to break, you found it but it won't always be that easy, each submission is going to be tough so we're going to go through each one, throwing ideas out until each of us can successfully reverse, Amanda, I want you to work with me on the sharpshooter while you two can work on the ankle lock" Raven instructed as he got down from his perch
"Got it" said Shadow, turning back to Trish
*
"That was a tough workout" said Trish, pulling her cowboy hat off and setting it on the desk beside her
"You think that's tough? Wait till he gets you working with weapons" commented Amanda
"No thanks, weapon warfare isn't for me, I can get a man to do that for me" replied Trish, flicking her hair over her shoulder
"A man? Who've you got your eye on?" teased Shadow from behind the desk
"No one!" said Trish defensively before relenting "there is someone who I think can go far here with the right type of management"
"Which is you" cut in Shadow
"Exactly, only he doesn't know it yet, but he will when I see him"
"Well who is it?" prompted Amanda
Trish arched an eyebrow
"If you think I'm telling you, you've got another thing coming, I don't tell anyone my plans, they're kept secret"
"Fair enough" said Shadow in an effort to get Amanda to stay off the subject "want anyone to fight tonight?"
"After that work out? No thanks but I'll gladly watch" replied Trish
"Watching it is" said Shadow scribbling something down quickly on the pad in front of her on the desk "what about you Manda? Anyone in mind?"
Before Amanda could answer, the door slammed open and Regal stormed in, stopping in front of the desk. He was about to speak when he noticed that Trish was sat beside them. He glared at her in anger, she smiled innocently back, raising her eyebrows.
"I might have known that you'd have something to with this besmirching take over Miss Stratus" he spat
"Me? Why me Regal? I'm too busy for that" she replied in a sweet voice
"I can see through you young lady, I know all about how you charmed poor Mr Mcmahon out of money and causing the awful rift between him and Mrs Mcmahon" replied Regal, fists clenched
"Gee, is my disguise that thin? Darn, you got me" retorted Trish sarcastically
"Enough, I haven't got time to banter with you Miss Stratus, I have important business to conduct" sniffed Regal dismissively
He turned to the other girls, his back to Trish. She pulled a face and crossed her arms over her chest, keeping quiet as she listened to what he had to say with an umimpressed look on her face. Shadow bit her lip to try and stop herself from laughing.
"Yes Regal, what can we do for you?" jumped in Amanda, seeing that her friend was finding it hard not to laugh
"As I've said so many times, I want my bloody job back!" replied Regal through clenched teeth
"Tough, you're not going to get it, bye bye" said Shadow with a little wave
"If I can't have my job, which I will get back by the way I know that Mr Mcmahon is currently constructing plans to do so, then I want you two in the ring tonight" said Regal, a fist on the desk as he bent down to look at them in the eyes
"You want us in the ring? Oh baby, you got it" replied Amanda with a smile
She wrote something down on the match list.
"Consider your request fulfilled, handicap; me and Shadow against you" she continued
"Handicap? I was hoping I would at least be granted a tag team match" said Regal looking down his nose at them
"What, don't you think you can beat us both?" asked Shadow
"He can't" called Trish
"Yes thank you Miss Stratus, but here your opinion doesn't count" said Regal nastily turning around to face her
Trish put her hands up defensively, a smirk on her face at him losing his cool. Shadow grinned at her friend's expression
"See you in the ring Regal, hope you've brought some band aids" called Amanda
Regal gave a look of compressed fury before marching out the room. Trish laughed and got up.
"Ah, annoying him is just so much fun" she sighed, picking her hat up
"You sure you don't want a match tonight?" asked Shadow
"Yeah I'm sure but you could give one to Lita, something to really crush her" suggested Trish with an evil smile
"Will you stop trying to ruin her life?" groaned Shadow
"Why? It's a fun pastime" replied Trish as she jammed the black leather cowboy hat back onto her head
She winked and slipped out of the door smiling. Shadow moaned and put her face in her hands
"Can't she at least try to be nice to Lita?" she asked through her fingers
"Nope, impossible, they're enemies and they always will be" said Amanda matter-of-factly "I'm thinking black pants tonight with our sleeveless tops, what do you think?"
"Yeah sounds good" replied Shadow distractedly, her mind still on Trish and Lita "I mean it's not so hard is it? They're both likeable people, both have ring skills though Lita has the edge, both popular"
"Both complete and total opposites of each other!" finished Amanda "give it up Shadow, you can't mend the rift and lets go get ready"
"Ok, Ok fine but it's not gonna stop me from trying" Shadow muttered heading out of the room
Amanda rolled her eyes and picked up her bag
"I was afraid of that" she sighed as she locked the door behind herself
*
Bam!! Shadow's back hit the mat hard, so hard that it knocked the wind out of her. She rolled to the side, hoping that Regal would stay away from her. No such luck. He grabbed her and pulled her down into a pin, jabbing his forearm right into her neck as he did so. She kicked out but he tried again and again. She could hear clapping, Amanda was getting the crowd to clap for her. As Regal argued with referee about the count, she pulled herself up using the ropes and waited until he came for her again. She kicked him in the gut and threw him into the ropes. When he flew back at her, she launched into a dropkick and floored him. She used the time she'd bought by crawling to her corner and tagging in Amanda. Amanda ran straight at Regal and clotheslined him, doing it again when he got to his feet. She threw him into the corner and began throwing her shoulder into his gut, followed by some mudhole stomping until the ref called her off. She ignored him and climbed up onto the second turnbuckle and began a ten count punch. She got to eight before Regal ran forward, slamming her down into a powerbomb. He stared down at her contemptuously before lifting the same glare to Shadow who was standing in the corner, leaning on the turnbuckle. Amanda groaned, her back hurt, it hurt a lot. Regal began stomping on her hard before dropping a heavy elbow on her, getting a two count.
"Come on Amanda!" yelled Shadow
Amanda tried to get to her corner but Regal kept her back, giving her a scoop slam followed by a back breaker. The pain rushed through her back, she couldn't keep it back, it was everywhere, effecting everything. With a burst of energy, she gave Regal some right hands followed by a solid kick to the gut and a neckbreaker which got a two count. She picked him up and ran into a bulldog and then a leg drop off the ropes. She climbed the ropes and waited for him to stand before flying into a hurricanranna pin. It got her a two count. Regal looked disgusted, he knew he'd lost the upper hand. Amanda tagged in Shadow and they began to double team him. They pulled off a double suplex followed by a double Russian Legsweep. Shadow pinned him for a two count, he always managed to kick out. Amanda smiled impishly, her breaths heavy, her back sore but she was sort of happy, in that zone when you float above everything and enjoy it.
"Want to try a Poetry in Motion?" she asked Shadow
"Sure, I'll be Matt" replied Shadow grinning
They threw Regal to a corner, Shadow hurriedly following it by getting down onto all fours in front of him. With a whoop and Hardyz gun signals with both hands, Amanda ran and launched herself onto Regal a la Jeff. Shadow got up and they high fived jubilantly. Regal stumbled to his feet, looking light headed and not quite there. He wasn't. He blindly grabbed Amanda and threw her to the mat. Shadow threw herself off the ropes and landed a crossbody on him. She rolled him up but he kicked out again. Amanda began stomping on him, Shadow joined in until the ref forced Amanda back to the corner which she did protesting. Shadow picked him up and threw him off the ropes, slamming him down into a spinebuster. A light went off in her head and she grabbed his legs, beginning to twist him around into a Boston Crab. Unfortunately, Regal saw it coming. He kicked furiously with his legs, knocking Shadow down into the ropes. She bounced off them and fell back onto the mat. Her head rang and before she could get her bearings, Regal pulled her to her feet and readied her for a powerbomb. Amanda leapt into the ring and clotheslined him off her friend. She ran back to her corner, the ref yelling at her all the way. Shadow groggily got to her feet but Regal had recovered quickly. He swung her into a back breaker and went for a pin, getting a two count. He threw her into the ropes, she grabbed hold, trying to grab a few moments to catch her breath in. Regal ran at her, clotheslining her hard out of the ring. She dropped to the hard outside lifelessly. Amanda yelled furiously at the referee about it but Regal stormed over to her and dragged her into the ring. He pulled her into the Regal Stretch, even though she wasn't the legal person. He refused to let go. Amanda tapped hysterically, it hurt like hell and she wanted out. She wanted to limp over to where Shadow was lying. Suddenly, she felt the ring bounce, someone else was in the ring. She hurt loud voices yelling and then Regal's grip on her lapsed. She was free. She lay breathlessly as she heard the people move about. Suddenly she recognised one of the voices; it was Regal yelling in pain. She struggled to sit up and looked in astonishment as Regal was trapped in the Walls of Jericho with Jericho himself yelling loudly, eyes squeezed shut as he concentrated. Amanda smiled weakly, how ironic that the man she and Shadow had tried to destroy to gain Regal's trust was now helping them out. Speaking of Shadow, she was pulling herself up onto the ring apron and gaping in astonishment at what she saw. Amanda caught her eye and grinned, shrugging before wincing at the pain it caused. Shadow slipping under the ropes, past the officials who were desperately trying to pry Jericho off Regal. She sat with Amanda, an arm around her as they watched. Had they gained a new ally? They didn't think so, he was here for Regal after all. Finally, Jericho broke the hold and after being warned off by the officials he lifted his head and looked at the girls. For a moment he smirked, his bright blue eyes meeting first Amanda's and then Shadow's. He nodded before exiting the ring, his eyes trained on Regal's prone body now.
"That was interesting" offered Amanda, struggling to her feet with Shadow's help
"Sure was, I'm sure it'll get even more interesting" replied Shadow, holding the ropes open for her friend
"Always does here" muttered Amanda "lead me to the painkillers!"
Read, enjoy, review! Big thanks to the people who do just that (shout outs - BIZGIRLCHARLIE: hey, glad u approve and that u find time to read this chapter as I kinda like it!! And CAROLYN: thanks for ur reviews, keep em coming!) Keep reading and reviewing.
