Divas Prison Ch33
The weeks following Lita and Chyna's assault weren't very friendly for anyone. Mickie set about imposing her will on the rest of the block at every opportunity. She didn't meet much resistance, whenever somebody didn't do exactly as she told them, they were put into their place by one of her Knockouts. A lot of the women weren't out to cause trouble for themselves and accepted this apparent change in regime.
Victoria's reputation had only gotten more serious since she took out Chyna, now she had even less problem slamming someone's head into the wall it throwing them aside. Now she didn't even have to wait for an instruction the way she did with Lita, she just stepped in as soon as she spotted any hint of resistance or insubordination towards Mickie. Her attacks were just as vicious as they ever were, but now she wasn't under control. Everyone knew that getting in Victoria's way was a bad idea, and so stayed out of Mickie's. Her other followers, Angelina, Madison and Velvet, were also enjoying the benefits of having the right connections, taking what they wanted. They had an air of entitlement to them whenever they demanded things from other inmates, knowing that they weren't going to be denied. All of them could handle themselves, and three against one wasn't a fight many would take on, but one word from them to Mickie and she would make their lives miserable.
The person who suffered most at the hands of the Knockouts was Trish. Mickie saw her as a target, with Lita and Chyna in medical, to continue to show everyone that she had gotten the best of Lita, not that anybody was forgetting. Her treatment of Trish was a mixture of schoolyard bullying and random violence. Trish couldn't even figure out which was worse. Sometimes she was hoping that they'd just knock her out to stop the torment. Five women around her pushing her around was a new kind of mental torture, and the odds were so stacked against her that there was nothing that she could do. Nobody was coming to her aid.
"Oh, that's not right." Becky said, looking across the room from the table she was sharing with Paige, Summer and Emma. Both turned to try and see what she was referring to, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.
"Um, What's not right?" Emma asked gently.
"Look closely" Becky said, and eventually her reference made herself known. Trish was poking her head out, like a mouse wanting food, but not wanting to step outside, in case the cat was lying in wait. Paige and the others looked around, no clear sign of Mickie close to her. Emma gave Trish a signal, and the blonde dashed across the block at speed, disappearing round into the shower area.
"I really can't stand these bullying tactics, it's like the worlds worst high school right now." Emma said with a resigned tone that Paige immediately picked up on.
"Yeah, and none of us want that. We've got to do something about this." Paige was surprised that there was no reaction to her statement. "What?"
"I'm not a fighter Paige, I've never been in a fight in my life." Summer said, drawing looks from the others.
"I thought you were here for assault?" Emma asked.
"That doesn't count. I hit him from behind, it was never a fight."
"And you claim you don't belong inside." Emma scoffed.
"Stop it Em, this isn't going to help anything, we're all on the same side here." Paige said. Summer looked a little upset. Emma didn't apologise but didn't say anything more either so Paige continued. "Summer, you've got to be ready, even if defending yourself. This might be like a high school right now, but it's not, it's still prison. It's...oh no." Paige trailed off on spotting the Knockout crew, all five of them, entering the shower block, quickly followed by the swift exit of several other women, except for Trish. "Come on, we've got to help her." Paige went to stand up, but was stopped in the tracks, first by the lack of reaction from the others, and also by Becky's vice like grip on her arm. "Bex? What's going on?"
Becky didn't answer at first. Paige stroked her arm, trying to be reassuring.
"Please Pai, you go in there, you'll get hurt too. There's no way you can take them all on, even with help."
"But what about Trish?"
Becky gave Paige a quick kiss "The fact you even care about what happens to her is just one reason I love you, but because I do I don't want to see you hurt. They'll take us apart, it'd be 4 on 5 at best right now. Look, it's already too late." Paige looked over the see the Knockouts come back into the communal area, looking very pleased with themselves, and carrying a handful of clothes. There was no doubt whose clothes they were.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, Trish emerged from the showers, trying her hardest to cover her modesty. The wolf whistles quickly drew the attention of the guards.
"What the hell are you doing inmate? You must be fully dressed before entering the communal area!" Trish tried to explain herself but Guard Rollins. was having none of it, ordering her back into the shower area while trying not to stare at her naked body. "Dammit, where is our female officer? Wasn't she supposed to be starting here this morning?"
"Yes sir, she's here, being briefed, should be on duty soon." Another guard answered.
"Good. Inmate you will stay there until a female officer attends. Set one foot out here and you'll be in The Lock. Do you understand?" Trish said she did, although it certainly sounded like she was crying as she said it, drawing grins from Mickie and her crew.
"You see Bex, we shouldn't have to put up with this. Summer, I know you hate it here, but do you want to be bullied worse than that Alexa did?"
"Well no, but can we really... Summer trailed off, her attention suddenly diverted, but Paige didn't notice the reason why.
"Yes we can. Bex, I don't want to fight, but it seems to be the only way to make anything happen around here. We can't let them treat us all like this. We're still people, and I'll rip that Mickie's head off before I'll let her treat you, or any of us like anything else. That's what Nattie, Charlotte or even Lita would say if they were sat here, I'm sure. With any of them as well we could have an advantage on numbers. We have to finish this for all our sakes." Paige noticed at this point that while Emma was nodding her agreement and Becky hadn't responded, Summer didn't appear to be paying attention to her at all, looking at something else, or just staring into space.
"Summer? Hello? What's got you so zombified?" Paige clicked her fingers a few times and got a reaction. "There you are. You ok?"
"Paige, behind you, it's...oh god." Summer put her hands over her face. Paige took a deep breath, knowing she must have been heard.
"Which one? How many of them?" Paige asked without turning round. The look on Beckys face, one of panic made her think the worst. Reality though, was arguably much worse.
"You still look for fights wherever you go. I knew there was no help for you. You don't deserve to be treated any better than a filthy dog." Paige's eyes went wide. She recognised the accent right away. She turned around and jumped up out of instinct to find herself face to face with someone she thought she would never see again.
"Lana?" Paige found that the words just wouldn't come out. "What?...How?... Why?"
"You address me as Ma'am or as Guard Perry, inmate. You will learn what you are, it's good that I am going to get the chance to show you once again.
"No, this can't be. You were fired. They said you wouldn't be back. None of you."
"Ah yes, your wild allegations. Luckily, the D.O.C. we're not so quick to believe your ridiculous lies about me. My suspension has been lifted and I have been reassigned here as this block needed a female officer as Beth Phoenix now runs C block, not that she's half the officer Wyatt was."
"She's better than you, you let me get beaten day after day, put me through hell." Paige's breathing was getting faster and faster and her voice was cracking. Lana smirked at this, pleased to know that she was still inside Paige's head the way she was before. Becky took Paige's hand in hers from her seat, trying to be supportive, but this was spotted by Lana.
"Release her at once. Hmmm, you must be the one who nearly died because of this ones selfishness. Good to see you're not dead." The deadpan, uncaring way she said that hurt Paige on many levels.
"Don't you to talk to her like that!" Paige tried to put aggression into it, but it came out like she was pleading.
"I will talk to any prisoner how I want. You lost your rights to anything and you know it. I'm surprised she still talks to you at all. Would she have done it if not for your actions?"
Paige had no idea how to respond. She turned to look at Becky, who, unsure what to say, simply mouthed 'it's ok'. Paige turned back to Lana, who drew her pepper spray, but kept her nonchalant stance.
"You know what'll happen if you try anything with me. Back away." Emma and Summer didn't let Paige do something that was going to get her in unnecessary trouble, getting in between the two of them before Paige had a chance to respond, and likely get a face full of the spray.
"Not now Paige, you know they hold all the cards here." Emma said quietly as she turned Paige around and her and Summer walked her away. Paige didn't put up any resistance to them. She actually didn't say a word as the three of them walked away towards Paige's cell. Becky stayed behind, eyes fixed on Lana.
"You have something to say to me inmate?"
"You're sick, making a joke out of this for your own amusement. Nobody's laughing with you."
"You treat me with respect, or I'll drag you to the lock instead." Becky just shook her head and walked away from her guard.
Back at her cell, Paige sat down on her bunk, staring into space, still in silence. Summer and Emma looked at each other, sharing a look of concern. "Paige? You're kinda freaking us out now." Paige didn't change her expression, which had become more vacant still.
"I did it. She's right about me."
"No she isn't." Summer knelt down next to her. "She called you a filthy dog and a liar. You're none of those things. You telling the truth is why we are both here and not back in C block, you getting assaulted and me having to wash every meal out of my hair, and that's just for starters. Don't let her get to you." Becky arrived at this point. "Look, Becky's here now." This got Paige to move her self round to make eye contact. "We will give you some space, but come find me soon ok?" Summer didn't look for an answer as she and Emma left Becky and Paige alone. Becky checked that they were alone, that Lana hadn't followed them and then she knelt down to Paige, as Summer had done, but Becky was able to gain eye contact from Paige. Her expression seemed so sad, but Becky saw the love in her eyes was still there. She took Paige's face in both hands and kissed her deeply, looking to get her out of the state Lana had put her in, with some success as it got her talking.
"Becky?"
"I'm here baby, you didn't think it was anyone else did you?" Paige missed Becky's attempt at humour.
"No, no I didn't, honest. Becky, was she right? Is it my fault you did that to yourself?" Paige put her head down, only for Becky to put her hand under it to bring it back up so they were eye to eye again.
"No Paige, it isn't. It never was. It's my fault. I did it to myself, nobody else."
"But, if I hadn't gotten in trouble, hadn't gotten sent away."
"Then we'd have been together, and no, I wouldn't have done anything. That's true." Paige's face collapsed at this, Becky held her hands for a few seconds, calming her down before continuing. "But what did happen? You fought your way back to me, you did something unheard of. And I know why you did it."
"Cause I love you?"
"Exactly, and I should have believed what you said to me. I know you'd have done anything, or you'd have waited for me. I couldn't take it. It's on me, and only me. If you hadn't come back, who knows what might have happened. I might have tried again."
Paige went wide eyed at that, shocked out of her almost trance. She held Becky tight. "Don't you say that. Don't even think it."
"It's ok babe, You'll never getting rid of me." Becky smiled, as did Paige, releasing her while realising what she meant. "I only said might, it doesn't matter now. I won't, I promise, not as long as I have you. Getting you back was all I needed, as far as I'm concerned, you saved my life. Does it matter what anyone else thinks, especially a guard?"
"She, she made me feel like I'm the worst mistake. As your girlfriend and as a person. You heard the way she talked to me. It's all she does. It's impossible to ignore her."
"But you're not alone now. You may have had Summer before, but she can't have been much help. You've got all of us now, we've got your back, and I'm going to help you get her out of your head. I know you can do it, you're stronger than anyone I've ever known."
"I just need to keep away from her. She can't get at me without anything to use against me. You just being here now ruins her biggest attack on me." Paige's tone was sounding more hopeful. "I don't thank you enough Bex."
Becky laughed a little. "Thank me for what?"
"Everything. Forgiving me, not blaming me, taking me back, still loving me after all that's happened. The stress of this place would have taken me down by now without you. And the others too, but, you know, I just need you to know, to know that, well, you, um,"
Becky put a finger to Paige's lips to stop her, still with a smile of her own "You need to know when to stop babbling sweetie. I'll never tire of hearing you tell me you love me, but don't think I don't know it. I said it before, I just need you. That's why I get worried about you fighting all the time. I'm scared of what might happen."
"But baby, I only fight because I have to. I can't let these Knockouts treat us like this."
"I know, but now is not the time. You are a lot of things, but you aren't invincible. Just for now, let's just be us. Trish will be ok. Lita will be back soon, she will fix them, she'll know what's best." Paige didn't like hearing that, but knew she was right.
"Ok, I can do that, for you. As long as they stay away from us. I'll stay away from them."
"You promise?"
"Cross my heart."
"Well that is disappointing." came a voice from the doorway. Both Paige and Becky looked around and reacted with the same exasperation.
"Get out of here Banks, there's nothing you can say we want to hear." Paige said, no longer paying attention to her.
"Sounds like it. She's finally tamed you. Bit too late for some things, and yet perfectly timed to avoid the one and only time our interests might have been one and the same. It's so ironic it's almost amusing." Sasha had her usual self satisfied attitude that was getting under Paige's skin as it always did, but she didn't want to go against what she said to Becky only a minute after she said it. This time, she didn't need to.
"Sasha, you've never wanted anything that didn't help yourself, and I will never want anything that benefits you, so how could you possibly want the same thing we do?" Becky asked, knowing there couldn't have been a good answer.
"From what I heard, you're no more fond of these pretenders than I am. They think that they can come into my, I mean our block, and just claim rule over all? Somebody has to stand up to them without getting their leg broken. It's a job for a real boss around here."
"Say you actually succeeded, that would leave you on top, and to me, that doesn't seem like a better deal for anyone."
"I thought you'd say something like that. I'm not actually anything like them. I'm not interested in stealing clothes and embarrassing people. I just want respect. When I put this Mickie in her place, things will go back to the way it was, just I will have the final word instead of Lita.
Becky scoffed. "Somehow I doubt she will be ok with that. And why come to me?"
"I'm not here for you. I'm here for the one who's usually in my face by now." Sasha looked past Becky towards Paige, who hasn't taken her eyes off of them since Sasha first spoke. "I've got the toughest girl I have ever met with me for this, but there's a numbers game to consider. Naomi and I could take all five, but the more even it is, the easier a job it'll be. She took me to my limit. On another day, it might have been different, but either way, I'm offering the chance to bury the hatchet. Just her, or both of you. Line up behind me here, and all is forgotten. For you two and all the others, even Lita won't be harmed. On her return, she won't be victimised. She will be allowed to live like any other prisoner. Which is more than those Knockouts deserve."
Paige jumped up but Becky blocked her. "Paige, you promised." Paige looked into Becky's eyes and saw a fire that she hadn't seen before. With out a word, she stepped back, but couldn't take her eyes off Becky, even though she was now looking at the back of her head as Becky turned back to Sasha, talking to her flat, without any aggression in her voice,
"I'm no fan of Mickie and her crew. Victoria will get what traitors deserve and those blondes are a joke. I can't wait to see them fall. But if you think for one second that either of us would ever line up behind you then you are more ridiculous than I ever gave you credit for. I know you know the truth, so I won't insult your intelligence. I love her, I love her more than life itself. So how you can think I can forgive you for trying to make her your slave, for nearly killing her, twice in fact, for trying to ruin us by kissing me, for ripping her away from me, for my reaction to it, for the way you announced it to everyone to try and upset her. She knew by the way. She came and saw me in hospital and fought her way back here because of it. Didn't know that did you? Even with your paid off guards you couldn't stop it. You have failed Sasha. She's right here, she's with me and we are happy. We aren't going to help you with this We wouldn't help you with anything. We wouldn't spit on you if you caught fire. If you fight Mickie, no matter who wins, we lose. But it's still only temporary. Lita will be back, she'll put you both in your place, and you'll regret the day you got sent here. You'll wish you'd been flipping burgers, because at least you weren't behind bars. Being here isn't a career highlight, nor is being on top something to aim for, not that you'll ever get there. And when I see you humbled down like that, retreating like a cowardly mouse, you know what I'll do? I'll smile, and walk past you like you were on the sole of my shoe. And when I walk out of here, even though it could be ten years away, I still won't pay you a second glance. I'll just know you're going to rot in here till the day you die, and I hope the last thought you have is 'This wasn't worth it.' You're a waste of life, now get out of here, and never darken this doorway again."
Sasha was speechless. There was nothing that she could say to that. She huffed, made a little scream in frustration and anger before leaving. Becky turned around to an equally speechless Paige. Mouth open, eyes wide, shoulders going up and down as she was breathing very heavily.
"Pai? You ok baby? I hope I didn't freak you out. It just all came pouring out. I've wanted to say that for so long." Becky rubbed Paige's arm, trying to calm her down, but that wasn't what Paige wanted. She grabbed Becky's arms back, pulling her down onto the bunk, getting on top and kissing her with excitement.
"You have never been sexier to me than you are right now." Paige just got out between her heavy breathing and rapid kisses. Becky felt herself going red, but smiled and relaxed into the kisses as her girlfriend began pulling off her clothes. She was loving every second, not that Paige was giving her a choice.
"It didn't work then?" Naomi asked when Sasha got back to their cell. This wasn't a smart move as Sasha shoved her into the wall hard. Naomi wasn't hurt, but also wasn't stupid enough to say anything else.
"No, I knew it was a tough sell but, damn them! Both of them! When I run this place, they'll be lucky to get food, if I let them live!" Sasha was throwing anything she could get her hands on around, getting cross words from a passing guard.
"They think they're so good, so much better than me, I'll show them. When can we be ready?"
"It'll have to start outside, so if you want to do this fast, I guess tomorrow?"
"I guess that'll have to do. Now leave me alone. I've got plans to make."
Sasha was very busy over the next day, making phone calls during the short time they had access to phones,writing things down which she then tore up into small pieces to ensure they weren't read, watching all of the goings on around the block from her cell door, but not setting foot outside it. Paige loved the last fact, especially as she retold Becky's outburst to everyone with pride and a smug grin.
*WARNING: GRAPHIC SCENES AHEAD*
The next day at yard time, Sasha and Naomi left quickly and took up residence of the bench that Lita usually sat at and Mickie had taken possession of in her absence as some kind of trophy. Mickie wasn't far behind, her entourage in tow. All five went straight up to Sasha and Naomi.
"I think you're lost." Mickie said, knowing it wasn't true. "I'll let you walk away now, and we can avoid something bad happening to one, or both of you."
"I don't think I've got anything to worry about. You've underestimated me so much that I doubt I need to feel threatened right now."
"Sasha Banks, no respect for life, no respect for people. Wants to be where I am, even though I made more headway in a week than you have despite spending most of your adult life in prison. I know all about you. I knew eventually you'd get in my face, and I knew it would be a mistake, just like most of your moves."
"I'm not taking this from you. I'm telling you to pack up your blonde baggage, and your monster, and stop thinking you're in control." Victoria heard this and charged forward, stopping at Mickie's instruction. "Hey, you seem to follow the power where it goes, plenty of room for you on this side of the aisle." Victoria didn't move and Mickie started to laugh.
"She doesn't follow the power, she follows me. She was my greatest protege, until a deal went wrong and we had to kill the people who dared cross us. She got busted a few days later and didn't give me up. She took life without parole rather than give me up, but now we're together again, I'm repaying her by giving her the things that redhead never did. She's not just a lackey anymore. She's my top gun, my most loyal soldier, and my confidant. I see you have your own, but I've got my Knockouts too. Each one loyal to me. What makes you think you can make demands of me like that?"
Because, they're a bunch of naive kids, you're all mouth, and we can destroy you. Take the smart way out, while you can." Sasha was doing everything in her power to get the reaction she wanted and seemed to be getting somewhere.
"Oh why does it have to be like this, we could have been friends. Oh well." Mickie gave a signal, and Victoria made her move, coming in with a strong punch to Sasha's stomach. Knowing it was coming didn't do a lot of good as Sasha dropped to a knee to catch breath. Naomi was immediately on the move, tackling Victoria to the ground and throwing punches with everything she had. Still directing traffic, Mickie ordered the Knockouts to get Naomi off Victoria. They did so between the three of them. Velvet and Madison holding Naomi's arms while Angelina got a few shots in. Victoria pulled herself up, knocking Sasha down again before getting Angelina to step aside so she could get some revenge.
A lot of people had gathered close to what was going on, most unsure how to react, and that number grew until most of the block were there. Sasha was getting to her feet and trying to encourage someone to help her and Naomi, until Nikki Bella suddenly picked Sasha up and the two of them went for Velvet and Madison to free Naomi. They were successful, but all three Knockouts went for Nikki. Angelina tripped her, and all three began kicking Nikki while she was on the floor. Brie couldn't watch them do that to her sister, and tried to pull them away. Angelina knocked Brie down with a right hand, then went to choke her, Velvet holding her down while Madison continued beating Nikki. Velvet wasn't doing a good job and Brie flailed about as best she could to try and get loose. As she did so, her eyes met Charlotte's, who was in despair as she watched it all unfold. Brie reached out towards her and Charlotte couldn't help herself. She grabbed Angelina, breaking the choke and threw her to the ground, Angelina span around in mid air, nearly landing on her head. Velvet was dispatched quickly by Charlotte while Brie regained her breath and her footing, before the two of them took out Madison. The Knockouts huddled together, collectively licking their wounds and regrouping while Brie saw to her sister. Charlotte disappeared, wanting to put as much distance between her and the fighting as she could.
Victoria was proving to be a handful for Sasha and Naomi on her own. Naomi had been thrown hard to the ground and was slow to get up. Mickie had barely done anything when Sasha took Victoria down from behind. She had her down, with a choke of her own. Victoria clawed at Sasha, trying to break the grip she had, but her strength fading along with her oxygen. Mickie knew that she was in trouble, especially if Victoria was taken out, as she'd be on her own. She took unexpectedly drastic measures. Out of her pocket she drew out a small blade and slowly approached Sasha from just out of her eye line, ready to finish the fight. Naomi was the only one who saw the blade and had to move fast to stop her. She got to Mickie's arm just in time to stop her sticking it in Sasha's back, but spun herself to the ground right by Sasha and Victoria in the process. Mickie, with a psychotic look on her face, grabbed Naomi by the hair pulling her up before plunging the blade into Naomi's neck three or four times, nobody was sure how many due to the speed it happened.
Naomi let out a short sharp scream, falling to the floor, blood flowing out of her at a fast rate. Sasha dropped Victoria and rushed to her side. Mickie helped Victoria up and they get out of the area as quick as they could, the other three following on.
"Help! Somebody help her!" Sasha screamed, getting a response from the guards. Lana was the first one there, Sasha staring daggers through her as she checked on Naomi as more guards arrived. "Do something! Help her!
Guard Langston tried to get Sasha away as the other guards moved the rest of the crowd back. Medics arrived but as Lana stood up, the shake of her head to the others told them everything they needed to know. Naomi had lost too much blood and hadn't made it.
Sasha was beside herself, crying out as Langston slowly walked her back inside. Nobody was resisting the guards instructions to return to their cells, a lockdown being ordered was necessary. Paige and Becky. Charlotte and Summer. Natalya and Emma, Nicole and Brie, all cell mates sat in their cells in silence. Nobody knew what to say. Nobody knew what to do. They all knew however, When the time came, something would have to be done.
A/N: Sorry it's been a while. Moving house is a much tougher process than I remembered. All my time was spent working or packing, then unpacking. I'm not sure I've unpacked everything, boxes keep appearing out of nowhere!
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