Chapter 3
The next day Bayley awoke to a knock on her door causing the girl to shoot up and look around. She slowly pushed herself up from the bed and stretched out before walking towards the door. The room was pretty small, but it didn't really bother her, there was a dresser and a mirror on the left wall across from the bed and a small closet that was built into the wall beside the door. The floors were tile and the walls were slightly chipped from students prior, Bayley could even see small etchings into the dresser made before.
"Hi Carmella" Bayley greeted as she opened the door to see Carmella standing there. She wore a black sports bra that had a fur print design and said fabulous across the chest and a pair of black sweats, with matching boxers peeking out. She also had on a black snap back over her hair and her abs and tight muscles were showing causing Bayley to feel a little self conscious about her Macho Man pajamas.
"Hi Bayley...nice PJ's"
"Uh...I just...I was...thanks" Bayley stuttered causing Carmella to laugh
"Well I just came to let you know that the rest of the scores were finalized and the last 15 students were picked. They got a list up downstairs on the first floor...and Mr. Helmsley says that we have a meeting after breakfast about our classes" Carmella said as she moved to enter Bayley's room, "Thought I would let you know"
"Well thanks...hey..did your brother and his friend make the top 15...I don't remember everyone who was on it?"
"Yep...them, us, the Flair girl, the purple haired girl, the three loud guy who are always together, the tall guy with long hair...he said his name was Baron Corbin, those guy twins, the country guy with long hair..I think his name is AJ, the pale girl with dark hair and the demon king"
"Who's the demon king?"
"I don't know his real name...that's what everyone calls him but he came in second after Sasha..but I think that's only because he stopped to help people, he was pretty high up there in points" Carmella said thinking
"I don't remember his name but if he stopped to help people and still got done pretty quickly he must be good" Bayley said with a shrug
"Yeah, I heard that WWE already has their eyes on him and he's just a first year prospect" carmella said with a smirk just as laughter could be heard down the hall causing the blonde to walk to the door and peak down the hall, followed by Bayley, revealing Becky, Dean and another boy who had short dark hair and wore a leather jacket and jeans, "I think that's him"
Bayley stared at the boy for a second with wide eyes. He was the demon king? He didn't look like a demon, he looked nice. Becky seemed to like him as she talked to both boys with a big smile. She was in an Adidas track jacket that was opened revealing her abs and a black sports bra, with a pair of sweat and Dean who stood next to her with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face, was in a white t-shirt and Jean. Finn's eyes quickly made contact with Bayley's causing her to quickly pulled her head back into her room before turning to Carmella, "I think I'm going to change"
"What you didn't want to go out and show everyone your cool Pajamas?" Carmella joked causing Bayley to give a fake laugh before turning to her dresser and pulling out something to wear, "Whatever..i'll see ya downstairs, i'm going to go meet up with Cass and Enzo"
"See ya" Bayley said as she heard Carmella leave but stopped when she didn't hear the door close. Bayley turned around to see a foot in the doorway keeping the door from closing before it was pushed open revealing Charlotte who entered the room with a bored look on her face, "Hey Charlotte..what's up?"
"I came to apologize"
"For what?" Bayley asked confused
"For last night...when I..I didn't mean to snap at you...I just get angry sometimes and Sasha...she…"
"It's alright" Bayley said quickly as she watched Charlotte clench and unclench her fists as the blonde sat on her bed, "Sasha makes people mad...it happens.."
"I-I just don't want...I don't want this to change how you feel about me" Charlotte looked down at her feet as her fists clenched tightly, "You said yesterday...you said that you saw my wanting to be a hero as my strength...I don't want what happened last night to change what you think of me"
"It doesn't Charlotte…trust me...we're all good" Bayley said with a smile as she raised her fist to Charlotte for a fist bump
Charlotte smiled and looked up at Bayley, returning the fist bump before standing, "And sorry for barging in here…I'll let you get dressed..and uh...nice pajamas"
Bayley looked down once again at her Macho Man pajamas, they were a simply shirt with Macho Man's head on it and a pair of pajama pants that said 'oh yeah' all over them, "I like them"
"Of course you do" Charlotte smiled before waving off Bayley and exiting the room, causing Bayley to sigh.
The brunette girl didn't want to admit it but Charlotte was very intimidating, and not just because of her last name or her powers, but just because of the way she carried herself. Bayley hoped that she could keep the tall blonde on her good side, she could be very useful in the future and Bayley knew that Charlotte could be one of the world's best heroes with the right guidance. Bayley shook away those thoughts before she quickly changed into a light blue t-shirt and a pair of grey leggings. Once Bayley was dressed she put her hair up into a ponytail and headed out the door.
"Hey Bayley" Becky greeted causing Bayley to smile and wave to the redhead
"Hi"
"You remember Dean" Bayley nodded, "And this is the big bad demon king"
The boy laughed and pushed Becky lightly, "Finn...my name is Finn"
"Hi Finn, nice to meet you"
"I saw you earlier...you were in Macho Man Pajamas," Finn said offhandedly causing Becky and Dean to snicker while Bayley blushed, "But I see you've changed since"
Bayley stutter before nodding, "yeah..uh..Macho Man is my favorite hero..i want to be just like him someday"
Finn nodded at this before lifting his hand to his chin as if in thought, "Macho Man is a good hero, but I believe looking to idols will get you nowhere in this company"
"What?" Bayley's heart dropped to the deep pit within her stomach
"You can not hold yourself to the standards of another hero. If you do you'll be limited by the ideals of a man who is dead, and you will be pushed and restrained by what that man could and couldn't do. You shouldn't want to be like another hero...you should want to be yourself and push yourself to your own limits and then once you have reached them, push past them. You can not push yourself to the limits of others, that's how you get killed and judging by what I've seen you will more than likely be the first one killed" Bayley stared at the boy with wide eyes once again, she felt like he had taken her heart and crushed it and yet in some way, mended it all the same.
"Gez Finn, let the girl have her dreams" Dean said as he scratches the back of his head but Finn merely turned and walked off, not saying a word
"Sorry about him...he gets a little...well like that sometimes," Becky said sadly but Bayley shook her head
"It's fine...I'll just prove him wrong" Bayley said confidently, "I want to be the greatest hero..just like Macho man was...and I won't give up until that happens"
Every one of the first year prospects gathered together in the first floor seminar room listening to Hunter Helmsley and his wife Stephanie talk to everyone about their classes and the staff. They had famous heroes like, The Rock, Chris Jericho, Trish Stratus, Lita, Mick Foley, and Kurt Angle as teachers and they had mentors like, Aj, Natalya, Randy Orton, The Miz, John Cena and Daniel Bryan. Bayley stared in awe as she examined each of the students and mentors, these were some great heroes and Bayley as well as the rest of the other students were ready to learn from them. Bayley sat beside Charlotte and Carmella while Sasha sat in the back row glaring a hole in the back of Bayley's head and Becky sat beside Finn off in the left hand corner of the room.
Class 1A, the 15 finishers and the top 5 students of the 10 engineering kids, were assigned to Mick Foley's home room while class 1B was given Kurt Angle. For Bayley and the rest of Class 1A, their classes would begin with a training session after the meeting out on the field where they did their entrance test. So once the meeting was over Bayley and the others excitedly walked out to the field where Mick Foley was standing with a smile. His beard had grown out and his hair was long over his ears as he wore a red plaid shirt and jeans, "Hello everyone..i'm Mick Foley, and I'll be your homeroom teacher."
"This is so cool, Mick Foley is awesome" Bayley muttered while Charlotte looked at the man skeptically
"He's a suicidal thrill junkie, with a power that lets him be as dangerous and as reckless as he wants to be" Charlotte responded causing Bayley to frown as she thought. Mick Foley could heal himself and others which made him great to have in battle but being able to cheat death made the man do many dangerous stunts. He's jumped off many high points, run into burning buildings, crumbling cities and he had even taken a bullet to the face before, "He doesn't seem like a wise choice to teach others what being a hero is."
"He risks his own body for the sake of others" Bayley said simply before giving a proud smile, "he's the perfect example of a hero"
"Are you always so positive?"
"Yes"
"First off I want to get to know all of you and your powers, i didn't watch the entrance exams so i want you all to wow me" Mick said brightly
"He didn't even watch our entrance exams?" Carmella asked in shock, "i thought all of the heroes watched it"
"I guess he didn't get the memo" Cass said causing Enzo to shake his head and smile
"What are you guys complaining about, this is great..clean slate now I can show Foley over here who's the realest guy in the room" Enzo said punching his fist into his hand
"Yeah because in the entrance exam you total wet yourself when that giant robot came out at ya" Cass responded causing Enzo to go pale before he began muttering to Cass about something
Bayley and Carmella laughed at the two while Mick began to separate the engineering students and the mutant students, "For you mutant students...your first test will have you testing their powers against….me"
"What?"
"No way"
"He actually expects us to fight him, but he's a pro" Bayley said in shock
"Yes..a pro-hero without a dangerous ability. He doesn't have a power that could possibly injure any of us...actually it should be an easy match" Charlotte said analyzing the situation out loud but Mick Foley heard this and smiled
"You" He called out pointing to Charlotte, "Step forward"
Charlotte looked back to Bayley before taking a step out of the crowd that seemed to part for her as she made her way to their teacher, "yes sir?"
"You think fighting me is too easy?"
Charlotte thought for a second, "...yes"
Mick foley thought about this, scratching his beard for a while causing everyone to watch the exchange waiting for the hero's reaction, "You're right"
"Uh..I am?"
"Yeah...yeah you are...but just humor me" Mick said as he got into a fighting stance. Charlotte stared at the man before her right arm covered itself in ice as she shot a cold blast towards Mick which he easily dodged. Mick jumped up in the air, over Charlotte and grabbed her left arm, swinging the blonde over his shoulder and planting her into the ground, "To slow...you held back on your blast...you underestimate me"
Sasha stepped forward to see the damage Mick had down as a smirk crossed her face while everyone else watches in shock as Mick held Charlotte down by hold her non-iced arm behind her back and her head into the ground with his other hand, "looks like Flair isn't so tough after all"
"Are you done?" Mick asked Charlotte who nodded causing Mick to get up and dust off his hands before helping Charlotte up, "You all are new, your powers have never been put to the test like they will be here and i will be helping you hone your abilities. So...who's next?"
"Let me show you how a real one does it" Enzo said before pushing his way to the front with his hands raised up while everyone else snickered at him
"And you are?"
"Enzo...Enzo Amore" he said with a smirk before getting into a fighting stance
"What's he gonna do annoy him to death?" The pale girl with dark hair said in a thick British accent causing everyone to laugh
"alright..Enzo...show me what you got" Mick said causing Enzo to rub his hands together before his back began to glow and soon Mick was surrounded by about ten Enzos.
Bayley watched with a smile as all of the Enzo's began to run around Mick, circling him as the teacher turned, trying to find the real Enzo. After a while one of the Enzos ran in and attacked Mick but the bearded teacher blocked him and slammed him into the ground, causing the short boy to disappear, "one down"
"Try three more" One of the Enzos said as three more of him came charging at Mick, each throwing punches which Mick moves and avoided, moving much quicker for such a bigger guy. He easily dodged one of the Enzo's and grabbed his arm before picking him up and throwing him into the two others causing them all to disappear.
"Your other Enzos disappear too quickly, that will be something we work on" Mick said as there were six more Enzos
"We'll see how well you do against all of us" Five more Enzos appeared with along with the six remaining enzos, and they began to circle Mick again, "What will we get once we take you down? Bonus points? A good word with the big guy upstairs?"
"Hey..only one of his Enzo's talks" Bayley said to Charlotte causing the girl to look at Bayley confused, "you would think that all of them are the same, so they would all talk at the same time..but only one Enzo speaks...the same one, every time"
"That must be the real Enzo" Charlotte said in agreeance
"Took you two that long to figure that out..no wonder you finished last in the entrance exam," Sasha said just as Mick stuck his leg out tripping a few of the Enzos causing them to stop running allowing him to find the Enzo that had been talking. He had kept his eye on that Enzo, but was waiting for them to stop running to make his move. Mick quickly ran up to Enzo and clotheslined him causing Enzo to fall back before Mick picked him up and suplexed him, making all of the Enzos to disappear as Enzo laid on the ground in pain.
"Ow" he muttered as Mick stood and smiled
"Next"
Sasha came forward with a smirk, She was wearing a red crop top hoodie with black sweats, "I'll go"
"What's your name?" Mick asked not even looking in Sasha's direction
"Look me in the eyes and ask me that" Sasha said but Mick just smirked and continued to look out straight, avoiding eye contact. This seemed to infuriate Sasha as the girl charged forward towards Mick but he side stepped her, grabbing the hoodie of her jacket and pulling it over her eyes before pushing her away.
"Wanna try that again?" Mick said sarcastically causing Sasha to angrily rip her hood off and yell at Mick, growing frustrated
"Look me in the eyes!"
"Why does she keep saying that?" Carmella asked Bayley
"Sasha can control people's minds but only if she sees their eyes" Bayley said for everyone to hear, "She can move things with her mind too but I think it's only when she is focused…"
"She gets too easily riled up and she can't use that power" Charlotte said more to herself as she thought, "Mick must know that already...he has to of seen the exams, or done research on us"
Mick seemed to know this as he turned his back to Sasha and lifted his arms out, "Come on kid..what are you waiting for..don't you wanna prove you're the best?"
Bayley's eyes widened, "Yeah..he had to get information on us...he knows about Sasha wanting to prove that she is the best hero...he was just playing dumb"
Sasha yelled as she charged at Mick but he quickly grabbed Sasha's outreached arm and flipped her over his shoulder, planting her down into the ground, ending the fight before standing up to look at the rest of the kids. As Sasha got up from the ground Mick turned towards the engineering students, "Who was the number one in your testing?"
Becky stepped forward with a serious look on her face, one that Bayley had never seen before, "I was"
"What's your name?"
"Rebecca lynch"
Mick Foley nodded at this before pointing at each other the mutant students and said, "Do you know all of their powers?"
"Yes sir, we were given files on each of them" Becky said causing Bayley and the rest of the mutant students to stare with wide eyes in shock
"They get files on us?" Sasha asked angrily causing Mick and Becky to look at her with bored expressions before turning back to their conversation
"As engineering students, your job is to study our mutant heroes...build obstacles, challenges, arenas, weapons, and tools to help challenge them, push them and eventually lead them forward as they develop as heroes. So...tell me their powers"
Becky looked at the students before stepping away from Mick, to look them over, "Sasha Banks...mind control and telekinesis, Jimmy an' Jey Uso..identical twins with the powers of absorption and release. One can create electricity and the other can absorb it and release it into a bigger explosion. Baron Corbin… he can turn into a wolf, Enzo Amore.. self-duplication, Colin Cassidy can harden his skin, makin' him impenetrable. Kofi Kingston, super speed, Xavier woods..energy blasts out of his hands, Big E...creation..he can create anything and pull it out of his skin. Paige Knight...disintegration, anythin' she wants she can touch an' turn ta dust, Aj Styles..heat vision, Carmella..she can phase through anythin', Charlotte Fl...Charlotte controls ice. Bayley Martinez, super strength and Finn Balor...darkness and shadow manipulation"
Mick scanned over everyone who stared at Becky in shock while Bayley looked slightly impressed. Mick scratched his beard before asking, "From what you have seen...who do you think can beat me?"
Becky raised her eyebrows confused before looking back to everyone, locking eyes with Bayley. Becky smiled, "Nobody...not right now...but Bayley...someday soon she'll beat you...but until then, she won't give up"
Mick looked to the group, scanning through everyone before he looked to Bayley and smiled, stepping towards the girl, "Bayley right?"
"Yes sir"
"Becky speaks highly of you...can you back that up?"
"Yes sir..I won't give up" Bayley said with her head lifted and her hands at her sides
Mick Foley smiled at this and patted Bayley on the back before turning to the rest of the students, "Do any of you think that you can beat Bayley here?"
Bayley deflated slightly as everyone's hands shot up, including Carmella and Charlotte's, "Huh...looks like you got a lot of competition and a lot of pressure...but...that's what creates a good hero story. Everyone loves an underdog"
With that Mick patted Bayley on the back roughly before calling out, "We will meet again tomorrow morning, and you will pick your class representative...until then"
Bayley watched as everyone walked off, Carmella laughing and talking with Enzo and Cass, while Sasha stormed off, upset about her loss, Charlotte stayed in her spot waiting for Bayley and Becky walked up, "Thanks for sticking up for me...and uh believing in me I guess"
Becky smiled, "no problem Bayley...I meant what I said, I believe in ya...and ya said that ya would prove Finn wrong and I saw the determination in yer eyes...yer gonna go far, and I'll be right by yer side."
"Thanks"
"Here" Becky handed Bayley a small device that looked like a small disk, "It's a communication device, it's in testing, but I think ya could use someone in yer corner, especially with everyone else thinkin' so little of ya. If ya ever need me, just tap it and say my name"
"Wow...thanks" Bayley said as she examined the small disk, "You made this yourself?"
"Yep" Becky smiled before looking over to where Charlotte was waiting, "Hey..uh be careful around her.."
"What do you mean?"
"I've read everyone's files and Charlotte didn't hesitate ta raise her hand when Mick asked who thought they could beat ya...I'm just sayin' watch yer back. Once a Flair always a Flair" with that Becky walked off staring at Charlotte as she walked by while Bayley shook her head and walked up to Charlotte with a smile
"Hey what was that about?" Charlotte asked, pointing to Becky
"Uh…" Bayley looked off to where Becky was walking away, "Nothing"