A lot of surprises go down in this chapter. Be prepared.
CHAPTER TWELVE
From the locker room, Natalya had to be put on a stretcher and taken to the medics. There, she was stitched up, and she was asked to describe what had happened. The only thing she could remember, she said, was being in the bathroom, and they'd come out of nowhere when she was drying her hands. After that, all she could remember was the stinging pain as she was held back by Mickie and Ashley while Lita beat her with the cane, and then the hit of her head against the concrete when she fell back into the locker room.
"Well," the taller medic said, sighing as he observed her stitches for a moment. "I can't let you go out there. Not in this condition. It's not safe for you, and if they hit you, your cut could reopen at any moment. You're just lucky you didn't have to go to the hospital."
Natalya's eyes began to fill up with tears immediately, and Tyson wrapped his arms around her from where he had been standing behind her. "It's okay, Nattie…" he muttered, kissing the top of her aching head softly.
"What about the match? That's all I care about, is that match. Just let me go out there anyway, let me fight the bitches who hurt me."
"I'm afraid I can't do that. You'll need to either find a replacement, and fast, or you need to have the match called off." He shrugged and then motioned to the door. "You all can make your decision. I have to go inform Teddy Long."
The second the door had shut behind him, Natalya motioned at it. "Who does he think he is?! Call it off? We can't call it off! DEAR will never take us seriously if we do that, and they won't accept another rematch."
"Nattie… you have to step off the match. The doctor knows best, and trust me, you'll find another replacement." Gail was quiet for a moment, before looking around the room. "I, uh… I can be your replacement." She shrugged her shoulders as Justin looked over at her. "It wouldn't be a problem for me to just jump in there, and I haven't faced DEAR yet. I think we could do it. What do you guys think?"
"I don't know…" AJ looked at Natalya, biting her bottom lip as she waited for the official decision to be made.
Natalya looked at AJ, and then to Kaitlyn, but finally let her eyes lock on Gail Kim's. She nodded once again. "Yeah… okay. Gail Kim will be my replacement. Someone tell the medic."
About halfway through Over The Limit, the match was set to begin, and the Chickbusters stood backstage, waiting for their time. Gail Kim watched from a few feet away as they both stretched, AJ even going so far as to touch up the lipstick that she'd had put on her at hair and makeup. Gail couldn't help but laugh at this, because it was just so funny to her for whatever reason.
Then, she realized she should be stretching as well, and did just that.
They continued to stretch until they were given the signal by a passing techie that it was their match starting, and they all turned to stand at the stairs. AJ and Kaitlyn stood on the top and second stair, respectively, and Gail stood with one foot on the third stair and one on the floor, looking back out throughout the Gorilla zone.
It was practically, empty, everyone seemed to be in a locker room or near a TV to watch this match. Gail smiled, knowing that they would get their time's worth out of it.
I look up and see my name in lights…
AJ's theme music began and the three of them ran out, doing their own signatures at the stage before walking down the ramp to the ring.
"Introducing first, Gail Kim, Kaitlyn, and AJ!" Lillian smiled as she announced the three of them, and it was almost convincing enough to them that she wanted them to win… except that it was pretty sure everyone was voting for DEAR to win the match.
They got into the ring and smiled out at the audience for a moment, before retreating to the corner near commentary but away from the timekeeper to wait for DEAR to enter.
I told you, I told you, I told you, baby…
The crowd began cheering and booing, the cheers overpowering the boos as out walked the three members of DEAR who would be fighting Gail and the Chickbusters. Victoria, Candice Michelle, and Maria, who didn't seem to care that they were being cheered for, or even about the match. Instead, they walked down the ramp at their own pace, like they didn't care at all, and laughed the whole way down.
"Bring it!" Kaitlyn shouted as they got into the ring, and Candice actually threw her head back with laughter. "What?!" She shouted again, Gail Kim and AJ having to hold her back as Candice stuck her thumb in her mouth.
Maria laughed, "Where's Mommy Day Care?" before their theme music faded out, and they turned to each other, deciding who would be starting the match off.
"I've got this," Kaitlyn said, remaining in the ring, but crouching down in what was now their corner as the DEAR girls debated it.
Candice Michelle decided that she would start off the match against Kaitlyn, and stepped forward to take the challenge of fighting who was thought to be the strongest in the group.
This was quickly proven false with the help of Candice Michelle, who had no problem tearing this rumor to pieces. She quickly grabbed Kaitlyn and threw her to the ground, kicking at her and punching her relentlessly until they were threatened with disqualification.
From there, she threw Kaitlyn into the corner and ran to her, hitting her with a corner clothesline and then digging the bottom of her ring boot into Kaitlyn's chest. AJ screamed for Kaitlyn to come tag her in, and Candice looked up at the girl, stepping closer.
AJ quieted quickly, and though Candice appeared to be watching AJ, she could feel Kaitlyn get to her feet. When Kaitlyn ran up behind Candice, she ducked suddenly, leaving Kaitlyn to knock AJ off of the apron herself. Candice rolled her eyes and scoffed, going into the center of the ring and watching as an angry AJ got back up onto the apron and held out her hand.
"Tag me in!" she screamed. Kaitlyn did just that, and the little stick of dynamite, the "lightning" of "thunder and lightning" came running toward her. Candice, though she attempted to reverse the move, was quickly sucked into AJ's Black Widow submission maneuver.
Natalya ran down to ringside at this point, to the surprise of everyone in the ring, and earned the commentator's attention for a moment while Candice thought in the ring.
Candice didn't back down from the challenge of escaping, and managed to stand up straight, falling back and causing AJ to lose her grip. Candice stood up faster than AJ could, and kicked her in the side quickly, throwing the smaller girl onto her stomach.
Candice stepped up onto AJ and then back down off of her, and kicked her back over, onto her back once again.
For the first time in a long time, Candice signaled for something the crowd hadn't seen since before Candice injured her clavicle-that Candice could remember, anyway. The Go-Daddy elbow.
Just before Candice could hit AJ, however, the little girl moved, and they both struggled for their corners, AJ in pain and Candice favoring her elbow.
AJ got to her knees as Candice dove into her corner, attempting a diving tag from her own. Just as she was about to hit Kaitlyn's hand, inches away, Gail shoved Kaitlyn off of the apron and into Natalya. This left AJ on her own in the ring when Gail jumped down from the apron as well, Victoria picking up the small girl and putting her in position for the Widow's Peak. This hit AJ hard and left her practically lifeless in the center of the ring, giving DEAR the three-count victory as Gail hit Kaitlyn with an Eat Defeat and dove onto Natalya to attack the already-injured woman.
Natalya screamed at Gail as they attacked each other viciously, and fought back valiantly until the members of DEAR came running around the ring and helped Gail to attack her former friend.
Finally, when the girls had finished their attack, the three competitors from DEAR walked to the end of the ramp, while Gail looked down at Kaitlyn and Natalya, two of her former friends who now lay at her mercy. From there, she looked up to meet AJ's eyes, which were filled with confusion, sadness, and what appeared to be fear.
Gail tilted her head at AJ, feigning sadness, before laughing and pointing to the DEAR girls, kicking both Kaitlyn and Natalya as she walked by to join them. Trish had grabbed a microphone on her way around to beat on Nattie, leaving it on the stairs and then grabbing it as they walked off.
Gail took this microphone when she reached the girls and looked into the ring, and to ringside, a smirk on her lips. "Everyone underestimated me. Never told me that I was going to go out and face DEAR. Maybe you should have, because I've been in on this since the night Michelle and Layla got taken out by the better Divas. The Divas with talent, who carried the Women's Championship with pride, not some butterfly belt-one that I never held, because the WWE thought that I wasn't good enough for it." She laughed bitterly, before sticking her bottom lip out at AJ. "Poor you, thought that I was going to help you. Thought I'd save you. Please." She looked to her left, and then to her right, where her true friends stood by her side. "I don't need to be saving children. Not when I could be a real woman, and fight them instead." She dropped the microphone and turned around as AJ dragged herself out of the ring to try to help Natalya.
I told you, I told you, I told you, baby…
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