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Beyond The League: A New Journey
Chapter IV
Four Horsemen Of Vengeance
Drake Williams arrived at the America West Arena with his luggage and belt in tow. Another pay per view event and another title defense, but this time Drake has to contend with three different challengers; those three being John Cena, Edge and Carlito. The WWE Champion knew he was in for a very rough night; but as always he would have it no other way thanks to his "devil may care" attitude. Seeing as the event was a mere five hours away, Drake dropped off his luggage and roamed around the arena looking for something to do. He finally decided to enter to already set up ring and perfect his craft not to say it was not already good enough but one could never be too sure. Regardless, the WWE Champion wanted to be at his very best whenever he was to put the gold at stake. After several minutes of working out, Drake returned to his locker room to relax when he greeted by John Cena.
"What's up, chief?" Cena asked. "Not a thing," Drake answered. "Just resting up for tonight. You look primed and ready to go." Cena nodded and said, "I'm always ready to take what you got. And believe me, I'm taking that title."
"Is that a fact," Drake asked. "Well guess what, Johnny Boy. Much like you when you had the gold, I fought like hell to get it and tonight, I will fight like hell to keep it, even if I've got to take you out."
John Cena really just chuckled and said, "Y'all don't have to be so hostile. But if it does come down to you and me, Vengeance is mine. Ya heard?"
After that fair warning, John Cena took off leaving Drake Williams with much to think about. In seven and a half hours time, it was now time for the main event of Vengeance. Drake Williams made his finally preparations before heading for the main entrance where two of his challengers, Edge and Carlito were also waiting for their queue to enter. John Cena was the first one to step out into the arena for the Fatal 4 Way Match. Drake noticed that Edge was staring a hole right through him. Drake could not blame Edge for doing so because they genuinely disliked each other for their own reasons. In any event, Edge made his way out next soon to be followed by Carlito. After Carlito went out, Drake put the WWE Championship belt around his waist and made his entrance to the arena for his next big title defense. Knowing full well that he did not have the champion advantage this time, Drake could lose the title without being pinned or force to submit. Drake handed the title to the referee who held in the air before giving it to the timekeeper. He then signaled for the starting bell and the match was officially under way.
All four men paired off and went on the attack; Williams paired of with Carlito while Cena and Edge went after each other. Williams pounded on Carlito in the corner who was begging off while Cena threw some hard rights on Edge until he jabbed his thumb into Cena's eyes and took over. Cena regained control over Edge with a shoulder block while Carlito went on the attack on Drake before whipping the Champion into the ropes but Drake came back with a hard clothesline. Eventually, Cena and Williams both simultaneously tossed Edge and Carlito out of the ring before they turned their focus on each other. After a tense stare down, Cena and Williams finally got into a slugfest until Edge and Carlito returned to break it up.
Edge threw Williams out of the ring while Carlito tried to pin Cena. Edge pulled Carlito before trying to get the pin but Carlito stopped Edge. They got into an argument before they started fighting each other. Every man for himself! Carlito jabbed his thumb into the eyes of Edge and hit back suplex for a count of two. John Cena snuck up on Carlito while he questioning the ref and rolled him up for another two count that was stop by Drake Williams. The champion decided to take the fight to his three challengers by tossing them into each of the corners and then delivering clotheslines one after the other. Drake picked up Carlito and hit a spine buster and covered him but Edge broke up the pin fall. Edge and Drake momentarily renewed their feud until hit the Edgecution made the cover on the champion, only to be stopped Carlito and Cena collectively.
Cena and Carlito double teamed Edge with a double clothesline then hit Drake Williams with a double suplex. This alliance was short lived when Cena blasted Carlito with a clothesline for a two count. John Cena then went after Drake in the corner and choked him with his boot before trying to whip him into the opposite corner. The champion reversed the move and sent Cena into the corner before charging. Cena moved and ran off the ropes but ran into a face buster from Williams for a pin fall that was stopped by Edge. Edge tried for another DDT but Drake reversed that into a German release suplex before handing another one to Cena, but Carlito snuck in and a Back Cracker for two. Edge recovered and managed to nail the Spear on Carlito but John Cena stopped Edge before he could make a cover. At this point Williams had rolled out the ring as did Carlito, which left Cena and Edge in the ring fighting it out for the WWE Championship.
Edge and Cena traded chops back and forth until Edge kicked the midsection and took control. Edge hit a belly to belly suplex but only got a two count so he set Cena up for the Spear. Once Cena was vertical, Edge charged but Cena seemingly had the same idea and they speared each other and now they were both down. Meanwhile Carlito was climbing the turnbuckle as if to dive onto one of his victim but Drake stopped Carlito and gave him a superplex and now all four men were down and out in the ring. Drake Williams slowly draped an arm over Carlito but only got a count of two. Williams tried again for Edge and Cena only to get the same result. As Williams attempted to bring Cena to a vertical base, Cena surprised the champion and hit the F-U out of nowhere. John Cena made the cover but Williams somehow kicked out. As Cena pondered what else he could to Williams, Edge caught him and tried for another Edgecution but Cena tripped Edge and locked in the STF-U. Drake Williams was outside of the ring and was too drained to stopped the submission and Edge looked he would tap out until Carlito broke up the hold.
Carlito and John Cena slugged it out until Edge came back and nailed them both in the back of the head. Edge looked to have things in control when Lita came to ringside, leaving Edge perplexed. As Edge berated his supposedly former girlfriend, Drake Williams came back in and caught Edge and hit the Celestial for a two count when John Cena interfered. Cena hit Williams with a spin out power bomb and followed it up with the Five-Knuckle Shuffle. Cena looked to have the WWE Championship in his crosshairs but Carlito dropkicked Cena out of the ring. Edge recovered enough to try one more Spear but Carlito side-stepped Edge, who went sailing out the ring and crashed into John Cena, who went back first into the security wall.
Carlito thought he had this match in the bag as he set up Drake Williams for that modified swinging neck breaker but Drake somehow countered out of it and locked in a Dragon sleeper. Carlito tried to inch his way to the ropes to break the hold but Drake Williams pulled Carlito to the center of the ring before bringing him down to the mat. Williams wrapped his legs around Carlito's midsection as Edge tried to get into the ring to break the hold but Lita surprisingly held Edge's leg and John Cena was still knocked out. Edge finally kicked Lita away but was too late to stop Carlito from tapping out to the dragon sleeper. Drake Williams had won the match and successfully defended the WWE Championship, with an unlikely assist from Lita, who afterwards took off from the arena.
"Here is your winner and still the WWE Champion, Drake Williams," announced Lillian Garcia.
Drake took his title and celebrated but like everyone else, he was confused by the role that Lita played in helping him. Carlito was outside trying to catch his breath while some officials tended to John Cena and Edge was driven insane by what Lita did and he too stormed. Drake was unsure of what to make of anything but nevertheless celebrated as Vengeance came to a close. Afterwards, Drake was in his locker room trying to make of what was going on with Lita. A knock came on the door and Lita strolled in with a smug look on her face.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Drake asked. "You got an interesting way of saying thank you." Lita said. "Are you high?" Drake asked. "For God's sake, please tell me why you were out there, Lita."
"I was returning the favor from Backlash," Lita said. "You make it sound like it's a bad thing."
"Lita let's guess straight," Drake said. "What I did that night was the right thing, not because I like you and I don't. I don't need your help in defending my title, so stay out of my business."
Lita was taking her leave before she turned around and gave Drake a somewhat cryptic message, "Whether you like it or not Drake, I will be there. You can count on that."
This was not how Drake was hoping to end his night, getting an unwanted message from someone he does not like. Drake felt that Lita would do more harm than good in the future. Plus he was aware of her sketchy; if Lita would willingly backstab guys like Kane, Matt Hardy and now Edge, she could do the same to Drake Williams. Drake could only sigh one single word for the rest of the night;
"Women!"
Author's note: Be sure to read and review this chapter and what's coming next. HOORAH!
Special Challenge: This is a special challenge to those of you who have read this story and the previous story. I have decided to allow you use my character Drake Williams in you stories as you see fit. Any genre you want: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Romance, you name it. Just be sure to notify me beforehand by email and give a short description of the genre and I will decide for it or against it.