Chapter Two

Royal Rumble
Backstage

AJ Lee stormed through the curtain and into the backstage area of the arena, anger coursing through her body. Her eyes danced around at the faces that met her, all not knowing what to do. They watched her for a moment, with some feeling sorry for the former Diva's champion. She was breathing heavily, and each breath she took, a sharp pain would reverberate throughout her body at the force of the spear she had taken.

"Where is she?" AJ Lee seethed, looking at the other wrestlers expectantly. When silence welcomed her, with everyone acting shifty at her demand, she huffed and began walking towards the locker rooms and offices. She came to the locker rooms where three men dressed all in black stood. They were preparing for their match later on in the show.

"Nice match out there," one of them said, his voice husky. A smirk etched across his face as he chewed gum. Her face fell.

"Have you seen her?" AJ Lee asked, ignoring the man's sarcastic quip.

The Shield nodded. "Girl's in there," the one who spoke before said and pointed towards the office. "She's with the boss lady."

AJ Lee moved towards the offices, not ushering another word. The three men watched as she walked angrily towards her destination.

"No such thing as a thank you, huh?" Dean said sarcastically but AJ ignored him.

She pushed open the office door to be welcomed by Stephanie and the girl. They had been talking but had stopped as soon as she had made herself known. Stephanie stood from where she was sat, and stepped forward.

"What was that out there?" AJ Lee said, bitterly. "That wasn't planned!

"AJ, calm down," Stephanie said calmly.

"Calm down?! She speared me!" AJ Lee seethed.

"We changed the storyline at the last minute," Stephanie said, her voice still calm. "We didn't want either you or Nikki Bella to know what we were doing regarding Flora. We wanted to see the ultimate shock on your faces."

"Are you kidding me? She made me lose my championship!" AJ countered. "I was champion for almost a year, and newbie here, spears me out of nowhere and allows Nikki to get the upper hand. That isn't fair."

"My name is Flora," Flora interjected.

"I don't care what your name is!" AJ Lee said. "You respect me, got that?"

"Oh really?" Flora smirked, standing and moving towards AJ.

The two women squared up to each other, anger and frustrating getting the better of them both. Stephanie moved towards them, pulling the two women apart and putting herself in the middle.

"I didn't make you lose your title," Flora spoke. "Nikki pinned you, I didn't."

AJ Lee shook her head. "Watch your back."

"That a threat or a promise?" Flora smirked. She watched as AJ Lee left the office and headed towards the locker room.

Flora heard Stephanie chuckle and turned to face her.

"Keep your head high, okay?" Stephanie said, tapping her on the back. "I'm looking forward to seeing you in the ring more."

Flora nodded, and left the office. She closed the door behind and remained there for a moment, taking a deep breath. She looked to her left and saw the same three men stood near the male locker room as she had done when she had made her way down to Stephanie's office. They were talking amongst themselves, and as she moved towards them, on the way to the female locker room, they stopped and stared at her. She stopped too, staring at them. They were all tall and well-built. The one on her left was tanned with a two tone hair, one side blonde and the other side black. The middle guy was just as tall as the others, with a slicked back hair, and a smirk on his face. The guy to her right had long and wet black hair, with a tribal tattoo covering his right arm.

"Nice move out there," the guy to her right said. "Name's Roman," he said, and motioning to his friends, said. "This is Seth and Dean."

She stared at him for a moment with a furrowed brow before she looked between the three men. "Flora."

They nodded, acknowledging her. "Not seen you around here before?" Roman asked.

"That's because I've not been here before," Flora said. "I started today."

"Ah," Roman said. "The accent, too."

"England?" Seth asked.

Flora nodded. "Yeah, London."

"A long way from home then," Seth said, to which Flora nodded once more. "Running away?"

"You could say that, but sometimes there are some things in life you have to run away from," Flora said. She watched as Seth and Roman exchanged a glance, but Dean kept his gaze focussed on her as the men glanced at him.

"Well, good luck," Roman said, and smiled.

"Thanks," Flora said. "Are you all in the Royal Rumble?"

"Sure are, girl," Dean spoke up, his voice husky yet smooth.

"Well, good luck tonight," Flora said, a small smile on her face. She made to go, but was stopped when she heard the husky voice again.

"How about a good luck kiss, huh?" Dean asked, to which his friends shook their heads at.

"How about no?" Flora replied, before walking towards the locker room leaving the three men to stare at her descending back before she disappeared into the room.

Seth turned to Dean, and chuckled. "Dude, that wasn't smooth."