A/N: Guess who's back! lol I want to thank everyone for the support, the prayers and the understanding you gave me about my Uncle. He's doing a bit better but not too much, I just decided it was time to come back and get my mind off of worrying about him for a while and get my mind on Sandman so I hope you enjoy this new chapter and please let me know what you think! Again I thank all of you for your support, love and prayers!

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Illyria watched on the monitor with Tyler at her side as Paul Heyman and his riot squad taunted Tommy, closing in on him. As Jim's music blared through the arena she smiled over at Tyler who smiled back. "Time to go earn my paycheck." She started off towards the curtain but stopped suddenly, remembering her ring. "Here Tyler, take good care of this for me till I get back." Illyria tossed him the ring which he easily caught.

"Wondered when you were going to remember that." He chuckled, watching her as she sped off towards the ring.

Illyria waited until Jim was in the ring shielding Tommy, holding off Paul and his riot squad before she slid in behind him and checked on Tommy. "You okay?"

"Fucking hurts." He hissed, grabbing his ribs.

Illyria reached over and tugged on Jim's pants leg, drawing his attention to her for a minute. "He's hurt bad Sandman." She looked over to see referees making their way down to the ring and growled. "Hurry the hell up!" The referees finally got him out of the ring and started helping him to the back as Illyria stood up behind Jim and placed a hand on his shoulder, shivering involuntarily when she felt him shaking and growling. Paul announced that Jim was going to be in a handicapped match against Mike Knox and Test that wasn't under extreme rules causing Illyria's mouth to fall open. I seriously wish he'd have told me this. "You son of a bitch!" She screamed at Paul.

"Get out of the ring Angel!" Jim yelled and she quickly did as he told her to right before Paul had the bell rung.

Illyria kept one eye on the ring and one eye on Tommy who was still struggling with the referees to get to the back. She spotted Test coming towards the ring and expected him to go straight for Jim but instead he stopped and kicked Tommy in the head, knocking him to the floor. Son of a bitch! She wanted to run and help him up but she knew her place was at ringside with Jim so Illyria turned her full attention back to the ring.

The match went on for a few minutes with Test and Mike Knox double teaming Jim until Test went up to the top rope to hit a flying elbow and Jim moved out of the way. He started after his kendo stick and Illyria moved to push it towards him but Mike Knox grabbed his leg, Jim turned around and flung him away with both feet then successfully grabbed the kendo stick from Illyria. Not caring about getting disqualified he turned around and hit Test in the head with it as the referee rung the bell. Jim hit them both until they were both knocked out of the ring then he let out a yell of frustration that sent chills over Illyria's entire body.

Well, fuck. She watched him fall to one knee and give a quick glance back at her so she got in the ring and stood behind him with one hand on his shoulder as he dared Mike Knox and Test to get back in the ring. Illyria stood in the middle of the ring as he got up on the middle rope and saluted the fans then he turned his attention back to her, motioning for her to come closer to him. "What?" She whispered when she was close enough.

"This." Jim growled, grabbing a handful of her hair and pulling her into a rough kiss much to the delight of the crowd. Once the kiss was over he took her hand and they walked to the back together where Tyler was standing, a smile on his face and holding Illyria's ring out to her. "Well hell, I wondered where you put that. Damn...here I thought I was going to get to go exploring to look after it." He whispered in her ear, chuckling a little when she shivered and moved closer to him.

"Stop teasing me Jim." Illyria grumbled as she took the ring from Tyler and slipped it back on her finger. "Thanks."

"No prob...oh man, Lyria you may wanna turn around." Tyler chuckled, looking behind her.

She looked at him in confusion but slowly turned around, her mouth falling open when she saw Kevin standing there in his full Kevin Thorn get-up. "I...I...oh hell." Illyria was completely mesmerized by him and barely heard Jim say something beside her.

"Fuck, even I can't make her speechless." Jim said, laughing and grunted in pain when Illyria's elbow connected with his ribs. "Woman don't start the rough play unless you plan on finishing it."

"Oh for the love of god! Go take a shower, there's something I want to talk to Kevin about." She gave him a quick kiss and watched him walk away with Tyler towards his locker room. "Now you," Illyria trailed off, turning her attention back to Kevin. "Mr. Sexy Ass Vampire I want to ask you a favor."

"Oh hell no, last favor you asked me almost got your head tore off." Kevin stated, chuckling.

"Ah, shut up. It's nothing like that anyway...I saw a tattoo shop not far from the hotel and I was wondering if you'd go with me tomorrow so I can get one."

"Why not just ask Jim?"

"Because I'm getting this and I don't want him to see it until it's done." Illyria pulled out a slip of paper from shirt and handed it to him, watching as he unfolded it and she laughed when his eyes went wide. "Like it?"

"Yeah and he should too. Damn woman, did you draw this?" He asked, looking down at the word 'Sandman' covered in barbed wire.

"No, I wish though. It was drawn by Jeff Hardy a few years back before he left the WWE so I've had it for a few years but just never did anything with it until now."

"I'll go with you, shouldn't be a problem. You want me to hold on to this so he doesn't find it?"

"Would you? I have a feeling Jim's going to want to play 'explorer' later and I don't want him finding that." Illyria said, giggling.

"Sure, I'll call you in the morning to see what time you want to go."

"No don't do that, he'll want to know who's calling. Just meet me in the lobby around nine and we'll go from there...I'll just tell him we're going out to breakfast or something."

"Sounds good to me Lyria, see you in the morning." Kevin gave her a quick hug then she made her way to Jim's locker room where he and Tyler were waiting on her.

"Hey baby, you ready to go now?" Jim kissed her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"Yeah, let's go." The three of them left and went back to the hotel for the rest of the night.