Divas Prison Ch9
Paige knew that today really could decide how the rest of her time in prison would go. She had to win the fight to keep Sasha Banks off of her back from now on, she had been attacked by her more than once and the last one sent her to the hospital and could have killed her if not for the medical staff.
Everything could not have gone more to plan regarding the setup. Both Lita and Sasha had taken steps with the guards to make sure they could settle their differences without fear of interruption or any punishment. This one time, what happened in the yard could stay in the yard.
Lita had started running a book on the fight, involving the guards as well as the inmates and had taken bets from pretty much everyone. Nobody wanted to miss out. Even Becky, Paige's best friend, went to see her. "Am I allowed to bet too?"
"Of course, what can I put you down for?"
"$20"
"Ok, you got it Vic? Becky Lynch, 20 on Sasha" Victoria was making all the notes in a small notebook.
"Wait, what? I'm not betting on Sasha, I'm betting on Paige."
Lita knew how well they got on, but was still surprised. "Are you sure, that's a pretty big bet for such a heavy underdog."
"Of course I am, she's my friend, she knows what she's doing. So what do you mean by 'heavy'?
"I mean that I've had to stretch the odds on her a huge amount just to take bets. Pretty much everyone on the block and the guards have bet on Sasha."
"Does Paige know that?"
"No, if I were you I wouldn't tell her either, not if you want her, and therefore yourself, to win."
Becky scowled. "Is the money all you're bothered about? I thought you were behind Paige, same as me."
Lita smiled. "Oh I was, but now I am even more. If Paige wins, not only do I get to see that cocky ho knocked off her perch, but I'll make an absolute fortune. So much money has been bet against her that I will absolutely clean up. Plus it'll be good for my girls here as they get to rough up those who don't pay." Victoria and Chyna gave each other a look that showed how much they liked that idea. "By the way, you are good for this aren't you? I like you, but business is business."
Oh yeah, I'm good for it, and it's good to know you won't have a problem paying out too. Now if you'll excuse me please." Becky got up and returned to her cell to find Paige doing sit ups. "Where...did you...get to?" She just got out between reps as she finished up at got to her feet.
"I just went to talk to Lita. I hope you don't mind, but I put a bet on you to win."
"Of course I don't mind, it's nice to know that you believe in me that much after you got so angry before."
"Don't mention that, I let my fears get on top of me. Just make sure you win."
"Like I said Becky, I have no intention of losing this, I have to get her off my back and I will. Did Lita say anything else?"
"Only that she's pulling for you to win too." Becky knew that the last thing Paige needed to know was that so many people had bet against her, a knock on her confidence could make all the difference.
"So, did you see anything of Sasha when you were out there." Paige asked, trying to sound calm but failing.
"I didn't see her around. I wasn't looking for her either. I'm sure she is doing the same as you."
"Oh ok then" Paige was now pacing up and down the cell as much as she could In the small space they had. Becky stopped her soon after. "Right sit here, you've got to stop that, it's incredibly annoying, and you need to calm down. This is all about to start and if you go out there with nerves like this, you'll be no good in a scrap. You've got to get in the zone." She knelt in front of Paige, grabbing a handful of her hair in each hand and staring her in the eye. "Listen to me, right now, you are not you. You are a machine. You feel no pain, you have no feelings, you show no mercy." The buzzer sounded, signalling the start of their time in the yard. Becky continued. "You know what that means. It's time. It's time for you to show that no good bitch that she's no boss, that's she no bully, that she's nothing. You ready? YOU READY!?"
Paige jumped up, let out a scream and headed outside.
Sasha was already waiting for her in the place that had been agreed on in the yard, as was nearly everyone else who wanted to watch. Everything seemed to be going to plan as there was no sign of any guards.
"Last chance to back out before I make you my slave girl" Sasha said. "Not a chance, you're about to look like the wannabe you are." Paige was now nose to nose with her.
Sasha gave a fake laugh and quickly struck Paige with an elbow to the face, dropping her straight onto her back. Sasha gave her a kick to the midsection before kneeling over her, driving punches to her face. Paige was struggling to defend herself and it looked like this wasn't going to last long. Sasha stood up and walked away from a barely moving Paige. "Well I think the first thing you should do is kiss my foot and show your devotion to..." Sasha couldn't believe that as she turned back around, Paige was pulling herself to her feet. Paige had a look on her face that was like nothing Sasha had seen in their previous encounters, she looked possessed. But she still looked like she'd taken a beating. 'There's only so much she can take' thought Sasha as she went back in, looking to finish this as quickly as she could. She threw a big right hand, but found nothing but air as Paige grabbed her around the waist and took her to the ground, getting a couple of knees into Sasha's ribs before she squirmed free and both got back to their feet. Both tried to throw punches but neither connected properly, both then grabbing hair and dragging each other around, helping nobody and only breaking apart when they ran sideways into the wall, knocking each of them hard in the sides. Paige pushed Sasha into the wall hard, went to throw a punch but hesitated, remembering Naomi's broken hand, choosing instead to pull Sasha's legs out from under her, causing her to bang her head on the wall as she went down, but not badly enough to make her lose focus, and she stuck her foot hard into Paige's middle. Sasha followed that up with a big right hand to Paige's head, opening a small cut above her eye, but enough to cause blood to be running down her face. Sasha tackled Paige back to the floor and the two scrapped on the floor, both being able to land knees and fists to each other but not causing any significant damage to each other. Sasha was able to get onto Paige's back and get an arm around her neck. When she got that she was able to pull back and get pressure on her throat. Paige was unable to breathe. She was desperately trying to get Sasha's arm loose, even a little bit , but was having no luck at all. Paige was starting to panic, if she couldn't get free, she was going to pass out from lack of air and would lose the fight but if Sasha chose, she could even kill her this way. The only other way she could think to get her to stop was to surrender the fight but she couldn't do that. She wouldn't be seen as a quitter, as well as being forced to serve Sasha. Becky was getting worried too, she was screaming for Paige to fight and get free. She wanted to get in there and break it up to save her friend but knew that Paige wouldn't want her to, that it was her fight, plus if she did before it was over, everyone would turn on both of them. Everyone was always allowed to try and settle their differences by the inmates, even if the guards usually broke them up before anything was sorted.
Paige's movements showed that she was in big trouble. Her arms were flailing about, both trying to get her arm off and trying to move her body to change position to force Sasha off that way. As she threw her arms around, she hit something solid. It felt like it was a brick or a part of one as it felt small in her hand and Sasha had her head facing up as she continued to apply pressure on her throat. Whatever it was, it may be her last roll of the dice. She did her best to use it to hit Sasha's arm to get her to move it but it wasn't enough, so she just kept hitting as hard as she could. Sasha couldn't take that punishment on her arm for long and had to readjust. The pressure was released long enough for Paige to get some oxygen back into her body. She turned herself sideways and hit Sasha as had as she could with the brick. The sound the impact made was sickly and knocked Sasha to the ground. Both of them were now down, Paige trying to regain her breath, Sasha was now the one barely moving and had a big cut on her own head, blood pouring out.
Paige was the first one to her feet, she still had the brick in her hand. She looked down at Sasha who was trying to get up but finding it difficult. The shot she took to the head had really taken its toll on her and with the blood flowing out if her was sapping her strength. She was trying so hard to get up she missed Paige stagger over to her.
Paige was now standing over Sasha. She too was absolutely spent but knew she had to keep going until it was all over. She raised the brick, ready to deliver what she hoped would be a knockout blow, but at that point Sasha raised her hands over her face and called out "Noooo!" Paige stopped, but kept the brick in hand just in case this was some kind of trick. "No? Why shouldn't I?"
Sasha looked almost scared. "No please, this is over, OK? It's over, you win! You hear me, you win!
Paige stayed over her, just in case. "Are you going to do the right thing? Are you going to leave me alone? No more sneak attacks? No more abuse?"
"Yes yes, whatever you say, just don't kill me, please!"
Paige did stop at that, she saw what she thought was real fear in Sasha's eyes for the first time. Sasha started to get up, but kept her eyes on Paige as she continued. "I'm not going to kill you, but we made a deal and everyone knows it. You better keep your end up or you're finished here, and I don't think you want to spend the rest of your life in here looking over your shoulder do you?"
Sasha scowled at that comment. She didn't want to lose any more face than she had already, so she turned and stumbled towards the building. The door to their block opened and guards came running out, a couple went to help Sasha inside, the others headed for the rest of them. Sting was leading the way. "Right, I don't know what happened here, but the block is on lockdown till morning, everyone get to your cells, NOW!" They all were expecting that, most didn't mind, since they got to see the fight, but some were annoyed as they were complaining that they had nothing to do with it. Paige heard a few people complaining they'd lost money, which just made her smile more. She stopped by Sting "What about this?" Pointing to her cut "Can I go get this sorted out?"
Sting didn't look impressed "You're joking right? Do I look like I care? Get inside now!" Paige returned to her cell, got some toilet paper and began to clean herself up. Becky was right behind her and took over the cleanup. "Oh my god Paige, that was incredible, how you doing though? You ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, no proble..OW! Paige winced as Becky put pressure on the cut on her head. "Ok, I'm a little, well very sore all over, but that will all heal in time, and we've got plenty of that. In another way though, I feel great. No more problems from Sasha."
"We hope" was Becky's response. "You know she can't be trusted."
"Of course we can't trust her, certainly less than I can throw her." Becky smirked at the reference to the fight. "I still think she'll have to lick her wounds for a while and if she does ever try anything again, she'll have do deal with us, right?"
"Right" Becky said and the two gave each other a half serious high five and got onto their bunks. "Look at you, only been inside a couple of months but you seem like you've been here forever." That got into Paige's head a little. She'd done what she had to do to survive but she'd been turned into a typical prison inmate. That may be a good and a bad thing. She had managed to adapt herself to her new life, which originally she thought would never happen. She knew that Becky was the main reason why that had even been possible. At the same time, she swore to herself not to change who she was inside. She needed it to help her cope, and she would need it for the day she was released, but that was a long way away.
A/N Hopefully that's the end of Paige's abuse from Sasha, for now at least. We will have to see as time goes on.
Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed the fight scene, as I said, it was my first attempt at writing anything like it. Please follow/favourite/review, thanks to those who do.
Last, but certainly not least, Happy Thanksgiving to all who read this from the United States today.
