The Man of Mischief
Chapter Eleven: The Wrath of Loki
After the events at Elimination Chamber, Adrian Loki seemed to have disappeared from television; no one seems to have seen him anywhere, not even Asuka. Some people speculated that he needed to take some time to recover from Heyman's announcement towards the end of Adrian's street fight with Shinsuke. Despite Adrian's absence, there has been a string of incidents where Divas and Superstars were hit with a variety of pranks; the New Day were scrambling around the arena trying to find water when they ate their hotter than usual pancakes, Charlotte Flair panicked at the sight of her beautiful blonde hair turned green, Randy Orton was jumping around screaming about his wrestling tights being itchy and many more. Least to say, no one was safe.
On the last day before the grandest stage of them all, the opening segment of Raw came on, and *The Time Is Now* blasted, and out on the stage came John Cena, as he is greeted to a mixed reception. Despite the large number of boos he was getting, Cena stilled smiled and went down to the ring. Although once he entered the ring and grabbed the mic, his smile turned into a frown.
"Well, nice to you guys fired up," John remarked, a solemn expression on his face. "In case you didn't see, at Fastlane, I lost to AJ Styles. Whether you agree or not, I was close to winning, only for it to slip away."
He took off his cap to brush his head back a bit, then put his cap back on.
"And so, Styles' road to WrestleMania is set in stone." He said. "But what about me? Where do I go from here?"
Just then, *Destroyer* started blasting through the speakers, as Samoa Joe stepped out onto the stage, meeting with a huge ovation, as he marched down to the ring, took the mic and looked Cena in the eyes, a deep scowl on his face. After several minutes, Joe raised the mic up to his lips to speak.
"Cena, you're not the only one looking for a fight at WrestleMania." The Samoan Submission Specialist declared. "I've been screwed over and ignored for too damn long, and it's about damn time I got what I deserve!"
The crowd chanted 'you deserve it!' over and over.
"You damn right I do!" Joe yelled, looking at the crowd, before looking back at Cena. "And since there ain't any title shot openings, I'm looking for a fight. And I see that you're looking for an opponent." He got closer. "Well, you're lookin' at him."
The crowd cheered loudly at the idea of the two men in the ring facing each other.
"So I'm about to prove that I'm worthy of being champion!" Joe went on. "And what better way to prove that than beating the Cenation Leader?" He then smirked. "So, what do you think, Cena? Think you can handle me?"
Cena looked around at the crowd, who were chanting 'yes' over and over. Looking back at the Samoan, John gave a smirk of his own.
"I think you got a match," Cena said, making the crowd go wild, but the Cenation Leader wasn't done. "But I expect you to bring everything you've got, because I'm gonna give no less."
Satisfied with his answer, the Samoan grinned, "Cena, I would have it no other way, because I'm not just gonna beat you." He leaned in close. "I'm gonna make you tap. Out."
And with that, Joe shook John's hand sharply, as if to break it, then left the ring, leaving the crowd to cheer as John rubbed his arm, as though Joe had dislocated it.
Asuka watched some of the matches from the viewing room, including one segment where AJ Styles accepted Shinsuke Nakamura's challenge at WrestleMania and several others. She then saw the recap of her challenging Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown Women's Championship, meaning if she won, Asuka would have to transfer to the blue brand. It didn't sound too bad, except she would have a separate schedule from Adrian, who was worried that this would affect their relationship in a way, but Asuka assured him that it wasn't a bad thing.
"Well, hope you're ready for a real challenge."
Turning her head, Asuka saw Charlotte approach, wearing her casual clothes.
"You managed well on the yellow brand, Asuka." The blonde woman admitted, standing tall over the Japanese woman. "But Smackdown is my domain, and I am the Queen. There's only room for one ruler of the blue brand, and it will always be me." Her face then twisted into a scowl. "And I intend to make you regret that stunt you pulled at Fastlane!"
Asuka chuckled at the memory of the event; after declaring her decision to face Charlotte, suddenly, the Queen was then covered in green pair that rained from the ceiling.
"We'll see, Flair," Asuka said with a smirk. "But in the end, you'll see; you're not ready for the Empress of Tomorrow."
Scoffing arrogantly, Charlotte left, leaving Asuka to watch the last segment of Raw, and frowned as Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman came out to a wave of boo's, but they didn't care. Standing in the ring, Paul would go on about how undefeated Brock is and that nothing will change that; not a rabid dog like Roman, or an immature brat like Adrian, the latter comment making Asuka growl a bit, as Paul went on about Brock being the undisputed, undefeated Universal Champion.
Then *The Truth Reigns* began to play, as Roman Reigns stepped out onto the stage and was greeted to a mixed reaction, though there were more boo's than cheers, it didn't seem to bother the Big Dog. Mic in hand, the former Shield member approached the ring and stood there, a deadly stare-off ensued between him and Brock, before he began to speak, calling Brock and Paul cowards and leeches, leeching off the industry, while actually talented wrestlers get swept under the rug and ignored, because Vince is stuck in the past and couldn't tell good talent, even if it knocked on the door and said hello.
Before this could go further, *Me Against the World* suddenly played, sending the crowd into a frenzy, as the three men face the stage, expecting the trickster himself to step onto the stage, but after several minutes, nobody showed up.
While the men were focused on the stage, however, Asuka saw someone wearing a black hoodie jump over the barricade and slide into the ring, just a few feet away from Brock, then slowly removed his hood, the crowd cheering as it was Adrian Loki, a deranged look on his face and his eyes screaming bloody murder.
Brock Lesnar, still looking at the stage, started chuckling and shaking his head, only to turn around into a spear from the trickster, who proceeded to beat down the Beast Incarnate, much to Heyman's shock and Reign's surprise. As Adrian got up, standing over a beaten down Brock, he slowly turned to Paul Heyman, who was still in shock, then the advocate's expression turned to fear, before trying to flee the ring, only for Adrian to quickly grab hold of him and throw him to the floor and beat him down. Brock eventually got to his feet and was about to attack the trickster, but Roman quickly slid into the ring and delivered a Superman Punch, sending the Beast back to the mat. The Big Dog and the Trickster had a stare off for a moment before Adrian pulled out a pair of handcuffs telling Roman to cuff Brock.
Nodding, Roman did as asked, cuffing the Beast to the ring ropes, as Adrian tossed Paul outside the ring towards the announcement table, then proceeded to slam Heyman into the side of the table several times, before clearing off the surface, then set Paul on top, then pulled out a ladder and a steel chair from under the ring, causing the crowd to cheer loudly. With a sadistic grin, Adrian slipped the steel chair around Paul's head, then started setting up the ladder, as Baron Corbin and several security personnel came out to try and stop it, only for Roman to hold them back with a baseball bat with barbed wire.
Asuka watched as Adrian climbed up the ladder, Corbin practically screamed at him to stop, only for the Trickster to flip him off, then proceeded to jump from the top of the ladder, hit Paul with an elbow drop, breaking the anno0uncement table. The crowd cheered loudly, as Adrian pressed his boot against the face of the fallen Heyman, then proceeded to pass by security and Corbin, before coming face to face with Roman Reigns, who stuck his hand out for a handshake.
Looking at the hand, then back to the face of the Big Dog, Adrian moved his own hand as if to shake it…only to go right past it and bent over to pick up the Universal Championship belt that fell from the ring. After holding it up and getting a huge reaction from the crowd, Adrian stepped back some before tossing the belt to Roman, who reached up to catch it…before the Trickster speared him as well, getting another big reaction from the crowd, before walking up the ramp, with the championship belt in hand. Standing on the stage, Adrian raised the belt over his head, making the crowd cheer once again, before casually allowing the belt to slip from his hand to the floor, before walking to the back, the crowd chanting his name over and over.
Smiling, Asuka left the viewing room to meet with Adrian by the locker rooms, a big smile on his face.
"I see someone's looking forward to WrestleMania." She remarked as she approached.
"Yeah, definitely." Adrian nodded. "I'm looking forward to taking the gold on the grandest stage of them all!"
"And I look forward to standing beside you as champions," Asuka said with a smirk. "By the way, wait here."
She slipped into the locker room and came back several minutes later with a duffle bag.
"I made a new costume for your WrestleMania match." She said. "Take a peek."
Unzipping the bag a bit, she allowed Adrian to look inside, his eyes widening a bit in awe.
"My new outfit?" He asked.
"That's right." Asuka nodded. "I figured you could use a new entrance attire, something to really get the audience hyped."
"This will work perfectly." Adrian gave a smirk of his own. "Now, shall we?"
The two then left the arena, aiming to have some alone time to themselves.
And there's the new chapter! Adrian gets some payback while also making it clear to Roman that he stands alone! Hope you guys are looking forward to the matches I've got set up!...or would you rather I skip ahead to the triple threat? Just asking.
Also, would you guys like for me to continue after WrestleMania? I'll be honest, this is mostly just a wish-fulfillment story, where Asuka should have WON against Charlotte. But then again, I do want to take a break from this story before I continue so I can focus on my other stories. I want to keep going after WrestleMania, but I'm not as good with writing out matches like AVP5 is, in fact, I'm not even close to being on his level, he puts WAY more effort into his stories than anyone in the WWE!
Still, what do you guys think? Should I keep going after WrestleMania? Or should I stop there?
Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed the new chapter, and be sure to review!