Chapter 4: Twist of Fate

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It appears the honeymoon period is over and the competition to become Tough Enough next winner has truly begun. As the contestants start to get to know each other, their personalities are starting to become more apparent and the friction more evident.

With the first elimination passing, the hopefuls are becoming more and more weary of what's at stake in this competition. Cayci Caveneax walked out of her bedroom, where'd she had been all morning. Everyone was in the living room preaching about how she was going to win. "Why'd you defend me?" Cayci asked interrupting her conversation.

"Excuse me?" Faith asked pretending she had no idea as to what was going on.

"You could have easily gotten rid of me, and said I started the fight. So why didn't you." Cayci asked again.

"Because when you're eliminated, its going to be at the hands of me." Faith said trying to be intimidating. "When I'm ready."

"Guess the wicked witch has a heart after all." Bobby laughed.

"I'm here for one reason and one reason only....and that's to win." Faith cockily said.

The contestants received TE Mail and are told they are going to go wrestle in front of a top WWE wrestler. Some had speculated a certain red headed diva, in which they received a letter the night before.

"That's a lot of talk, for someone so unfamiliar with this business." Kora said walking into the house. She was followed by Brian Kendrick. He was last years photographer.

"Today's agenda should be an easy one." The head trainer continued. "But first things first, the rooms." There was a tone of excitement in her voice as she explained. "As you have noticed every one of them is themed. From the beginning to the very end, you will be monitored by a champion of that genre."

"When we get down to the final two, the twist in this season is that five of you will be returning for a second chance at fame." She paused as the contestants were getting excited. "2 of the five will receive championship immunity." Kora finished. "It will in the end pay to study up on the champions of the genre of which you were placed." She left and told them to be at Trax in a half hour.

"That's kind of spooky huh?" Aidan joked with Diamond. "Having someone monitor your every move."

"Sure wouldn't want to be Faith." Diamond joked back.

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"Have a seat." Al instructed as the thirteen remaining contestants entered the building. Inside the ring, their trainers HBK, and Eddie Guerrero were doing a match. They hit quite a few high spots. They all cheered when Eddie hit the frog splash and got the pin on Shawn.

"When Eddie did that frog splash." Al confessed to the camera. "The look on these kid's faces was just priceless."

"Today we review, than play on the ropes some." Shawn said.

"Who's first?" Eddie said looking at each of the contestants. "Bobby?" Bobby nervously stepped into the ring, and practiced takedowns and lockups.

"Diamond, Jenilyn, Faith and Aidan....over here.." Al called. The trainers kept the contestants busy practicing bumps, and a few new moves, as their guest arrived.

"Lita, Great to see you." Kora exclaimed.

"Kora, same here." Lita laughed. "its been so long." Lita examined the walls inside the building. "This place sure hasn't changed."

Jose was on the top rope, preparing to do a moonsault on Ty, when he spotted Lita and Kora walk in and tripped into the ring. Luckily Ty was smart enough to roll out of the way quickly.

"Aidan and Blade, you're next." Al instructed, trying not to laugh at how stupid Jose made himself look. Aidan went in and executed a perfect Houston Hang over. Blade on the other hand.

"Why didn't you do it right?" Shawn yelled at him, checking to see if Aidan was alright. "Get up there and do it again....and do it right!" Blade went to the top rope and went over the procedure until he got it right.

Fustrated Al let out a sigh of aggravation. "Get out....5 laps...for everybody." After every contestant had had their turn in the ring Lita went to the front of the room.

"The person who walks the best in her eyes will get to go to a cocktail party at her house, with some influential people in the wrestling industry attending." They were told by Kora Flair.

Jenilyn really wants to win because who knows, "Someone there might be able to discover me at this house." She confessed to the camera.

Lita took over from there. "You all learned top rope moves. Your challenge today is simple. Impress me, work a match use a move...and let your personalities shine through. That is the hardest thing to do sometimes...and after watching you all a little bit ago...bitching and groaning is not going to get you anywhere."

"Ty and Jose..." Kora said, and they got in the ring. Lita played referee. After seeing Ty wrestle, Lita says, "He's not comfortable in his own shoes, he is still very timid and his body language is very, very introverted and he needs to overcome that." The match ended quickly after that.

Diamond and Dee were up next. They started with a lock up, and the momentum only picked up after Dee hit a Tornado DDT. "Dee needs to build up her confidence and learn to wrestle more, rather than taunt. Lita is very impressed with Diamond's quick takedowns and arm bars."

Bobby and Jabivn went next. Their match started with a quick takedown to Bobby. "You have one minute left." Al reminded them as their match continued. Bobby went to the top rope and was oblivious to the fact that Jabivn had gotten up. Jabivn had run up and delivered a superplex and went for the pin. Lita had no comments for neither of the two.

Cayci and Faith went up next. Both girls started with a lock up, until Faith retaliated with an armbar. As Cayci screamed in pain, Faith gave her the twist of fate. She than went to the top rope. Faith delivered a perfect moonsault, and went for the pin. Cayci reversed the pin and got the win.

"Very good job girls." Eddie said, looking over to lita for her comments.

"I get the feeling that Faith you're too aggressive when you're in the ring." Lita said. "You don't allow your opponent any spots, and its not that great a quality to have."

"Well my trainers obviously don't have a problem with it, or they would have said something." Shawn shook his head at the comment. After Jenilyn and Satori went, Shawn worked a match with Jerica. And it was time for the final group. Blade and Aidan.

Blade was so nervous, nothing he did in the ring looked decent. Lita was getting more and more aggravated, because it made someone as good as Aidan was, look like he had no wrestling experience at all. Aidan prayed as Blade went to the top rope. And closed his eyes. 'Just like at practice...' Blade told himself. All the contestants stood on their feet, and the trainers were so close to the ring, they were practically inside. BOOM! Blade had landed a perfect shooting star press. Aidan even got up unharmed.

Everyone watched on in awe, even Blade couldn't believe what he had just done. Just three hours prior he was to afraid to do it on a mat, much less a person. Al got in the ring and hugged him so hard his eyes were almost going to pop out.

"When you get over that fear of hurting your opponent, I think you'll be alright." Lita smiled.

Lita says it wasn't an easy job to pick the winner who did the best on the runway, but in the end she picked Satori, saying, "She wrestled with such composure and grace that she had me convinced she belonged on a runway."

Satori was than told to quickly pick two other contestants to come with her to the party. She chooses Blade and Aidan, because they had the best match in her opinion.

Later that night the three arrive at the party, and are greeted by the entire North Carolina crew. Which consisted of, Matt and Jeff Hardy, Shane Helms, Joey Andrews (old Joey Abs in Mene street posse) Shannon Moore and last years runner up Domitria Jemlind Moore, who sat on the couch tending to her new baby boy Owen.

DO-IT-YOURSELF PHOTO SHOOT

The contestants are told that they must bring their own clothes and makeup for a photo shoot for WWE Magazine. Kora greets them and introduces them to Brian Kendrick. He tells the contestants he will be their art director for all of their shoots. However, on today's shoot, he doesn't have a hair designer, makeup artist or stylist for them. They are going to do it all themselves to connect with their own personal sense of style in the ring After they do the shoot, they will get to look at their photos and pick their best one.

The girls are positioned inside and outside the ring and told to pose how they feel they should. Each contestant is given photos of WWE Superstars to compare.

Faith, dressed in a black tank top and red pants with long white boots, tries to do movement shots by jumping bouncing off the ropes.

Brian says that Satori knows how to move and her bone structure is beyond beautiful. Bobby sits on the turn buckle, as if preparing for an opponent to rise. This procedure continued for much of the after noon.

The judges this week are Kora, AL Snow, Eddie Guerrero, HBK and guest trainer Lita. Kora tells them they will each be brought up for a critique, from yesterdays and today's challenges.
The contestants are brought back in, and Kora tells them that she only has 10 names of the 13 contestants. The people who does not receive her picture is eliminated from the competition. Some of the contestants were a bit nervous, no one knew there'd be more than one cut.

Satori, who looks shocked, is called first. Cayci is called next, and Kora tells her that the girl she sees in front of her is "edgy, she's powerful, she seems confident." Faith is given pin and is still in the running. Diamond, Aidan and Blade are all called forward to get their pins.

Jose, Jabivn, Dee, Jerica, Ty, Bobby, and Jenilyn were left standing. Kora asks them to step forward. Kora tells Jenilyn that she "has talked...about wrestling differently," and in her picture she had just seemed out of sight out of mind. Like her heart wasn't in it anymore.

"Jabivn, we've privately talked about you being here, and we also talked about your mom being sick. And you being home... and how hard it would be for you to be away that many days a year."

Bobby and Jose received their pins and sat down. With that, Kora tells us that Jabivn, is the only one eliminated. And the remaining contestants standing are also given their pins. "Say you're goodbyes..." Jabivn was instructed.

"Good luck, with everything." Al said hugging the young hopeful, goodbye.

"Under different circumstances had I left..." Jabivn confessed to the camera for the last time, "I would have stayed, and made a better effort than I have. My heart's somewhere else, but I know had I stayed I would have won."

A/N: Ha had you all going....thought there was more than one elimination did ya? You got punked..lol! jk...anyway, let me know...sorry for the long delay.....

Kora