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Wassup everybody? Coming up: The Cena's defend their gold against the team of Carlito and Chris Masters, will they get revenge for being laid out? Or will they drop the titles to the new challengers? Let's find out!
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Brotherly Hate-Chapter Thirty Five-It Ain't Over!
The Cena's arrived for Smackdown with revenge on their minds, Carlito and 'The Masterpiece' hadn't done a pretty good job on their beat down, Jason had recovered in just over a day and John's injuries healed soon after, Jason also had the added bonus of having his stitches removed so he didn't have to worry about headshots again. The two were already in their ring gear watching the show unfold, for once they didn't have to worry about going out first, they also had to work out a strategy for the match.
"We'll have to watch out for the Masterlock" said John.
"Not really, I've faced him before and I managed to get out of it".
"Yeah, but I don't think you'll have as much luck as last time, the referee won't be as stupid as to stand in the way when you try to run him into the corner".
"Good point, I'm still not worried, I think we'll be able to handle them".
"Me too but… you just gotta expect the unexpected in these situations".
"I know, I'm just saying I think we can beat them tonight".
"You got a lot of confidence bro', just don't let it get to your head".
"No worries about that, anyway, if we beat these guys tonight then who've we got next".
"Dunno, Spanky and Miz are campaigning for a shot".
"If they want one they can have it, we should be facing them tonight".
"Yeah, they got a match tonight?"
"Nah, they're facing Nunzio and Vito tomorrow night on Velocity, Miz told me earlier".
"Oh, maybe Christian and Tomko could be getting a shot soon, Teddy just gave them a match against the Impact Players at Survivor Series".
"The Impact Players are still here?"
"Yeah, Teddy's gonna keep them around for a while but they ain't under contract so they can leave when they want".
"That would be quite funny".
"What would?"
"Well, say they beat us for these belts then decide to jump to TNA or something".
"That would be quite funny actually, I'm gonna go get a soda or somethin' you want one?"
"Nah, I'll have one after".
"Suit yourself".
John left the room while Jason continued to prepare, after a few minutes he heard the sound of someone running then Spanky burst through the door.
"Jason! C'mon man, John's been jumped!"
"What?"
Jason followed Spanky out the door, John was laid out in one of the corridors, he was unconscious with blood flowing from a wound in his head, a lead pipe lay a few feet away.
"Who did this?" Jason asked Spanky.
"I dunno man, I came round the corner and some guy was running away, I checked on him then came and got you".
"Damnit! What the hell does a guy have to do to catch a break around here?"
Before Spanky could try to calm Jason down, there was a voice from behind them.
"Whoa! What happened here?"
Jason spun round to find Carlito and Masters standing there, both sporting grins that made his blood boil.
"You!" He ran forward and grabbed Carlito by the throat, pinning him against the wall, Masters looked on in shock while Spanky tried to pry Jason off Carlito. "If I find you had anything to do with this I'll…"
"We didn't" said Masters. "We just got here!"
"Yeah, like I'm gonna believe that".
"You don't believe us?" Said Carlito. "Ask Theodore Long, he saw us arrive".
This news caught Jason off guard, he let his grip on Carlito's neck slacken allowing Spanky to pull him away, Masters checked on his partner, who decided to risk a little cockiness.
"Oh well, looks like one less Cena to take the titles off".
He and Masters walked off, Spanky also left to find some EMT's while Jason stayed with John, when Spanky returned Jason pulled him aside.
"Is there anyone here who isn't booked tonight besides you, like Shawn?"
"No, Shawn has Benoit, and all the other guys either have matches or aren't here cause they're on Velocity, I'm only here because I had to negotiate a contract with Teddy".
"Right, c'mon we better go see him".
"About what?"
"You're subbing for John tonight".
Teddy Long was in the office he shared with Palmer Cannon, the network executive was once again on another anti-Cena rant, Teddy was about to tell him to shut the hell up when Jason and Spanky came in.
"Can I help you gentlemen?"
"Teddy, John's been jumped!"
"What?"
"He's been jumped, he ain't gonna be able to make it to the match tonight".
Teddy sighed. "So what do you wanna do Jason?"
"I want Spanky to sub for him".
"I'm afraid that won't happen" said Cannon. "As I'm sure Teddy's aware, a substitute tag partner can only be permitted for the challengers, not the champions".
Jason fixed glare on Cannon. "I've just about had enough of you…"
"Jason!" Teddy yelled to calm him down. "I'm afraid he's right".
"So now what?"
"You'll have to defend those titles by yourself".
Jason nodded and walked out the door, his night just kept getting worse.
Carlito and Masters waited in the ring for Jason to arrive, they had been informed of the situation by Palmer Cannon and, to them, it seemed a formality that they would get the tag titles, Jason's music hit and the teen came out with Mara while carrying the two tag title belts, when he got to the ring he dropped the belts and dived in to kick things off. Both Carlito and Masters met him as he got in and beat him down with ease before the referee pulled them both away, they had a little discussion before agreeing that Masters would start the match.
Jason was still trying to get up so 'The Masterpiece' over and gave him a boot to knock him back down, he quickly picked Jason back up and hit a neckbreaker, he covered for a two-count, he tagged in Carlito and slammed Jason, Carlito followed up with a springboard splash off the ropes, he covered but Jason kicked out again, he picked the teen up and hit a suplex and dropped an elbow before tagging Masters back in. 'The Masterpiece' picked Jason up and hit a backbreaker for another two-count, he went for a powerbomb but Jason countered it into a hurricanranna for a two-count, he hit the ropes but Carlito nailed him in the back causing him to walk into a hanging suplex for another two.
Masters tagged Carlito back in, he came in and gave Jason a DDT for another two, he went up top and tried a moonsault, Jason moved but Carlito landed on his feet, he went for a backcracker but Jason escaped and hit a superkick for a two-count, he knocked Masters off the apron but left him self open to Carlito, he set the teen up for a reverse DDT, then dropped him on his face with a modified neckbreaker, he covered but Jason put his foot on the bottom rope.
Masters came back in and the two tried to double-team Jason, they whipped him and tried a double elbow but he ducked, hit the opposite ropes and hit a double clothesline, all three were down but Carlito and Masters began to get up, they went to grab Jason but the teen nipped up! He began punching away at each man, he gave them each a big right hand to knock them down, he then whipped Carlito and hit a powerslam for a two-count, Masters charged him but he ducked and hit a neckbreaker, he climbed to the top-rope and went for a cross-body, Masters moved but Carlito was standing behind him and took it instead, the referee counted but Masters broke it up, Jason got up and gave Masters a dropkick before hitting Carlito with a shining wizard for another two.
Masters came back yet again but once again Jason dodged and dropped him with an impaler, Carlito got up but Jason hit a slam and went for the five-knuckle-shuffle, giving the DX sign before he hit it, Masters came back again but Jason sidestepped and sent him over the top to the outside, he turned his attention back to Carlito and called for the F-U. On the outside Mara was yelling encouragement when she became aware of someone coming up behind her, she spun round to be met with a kick to her face to knock her down, her attacker then picked her up allowing her to see who it was.
"Did you and your boyfriend think we'd just go away Daniels?"
"Melina! You little…" Mara was cut off as Melina slapped her across the face and threw her into the steel steps; back in the ring Jason lifted Carlito up to his shoulders and dropped him with the F-U! He covered but Melina distracted the referee, he got up again and began to argue with Melina, as he was doing so Joey Mercury came through the crowd and grabbed one of the tag belts, he got in the ring and when Jason turned round nailed the teen right between the eyes, he got back out of the ring as Carlito slowly rolled into a cover, the referee counted… but Jason kicked out!
Mercury and Melina looked shocked but quickly took action, Melina climbed up to the apron and distracted the referee again and Mercury got back in the ring, without a weapon, and prepared to nail Jason again. Before he could Spanky came charging down to the ring to make the save, Mercury went for him and missed allowing Spanky to hit a cross-body that sent them both over the top-rope, Spanky then began to beat on Mercury all the way up the ramp, Melina followed and jumped on his back but he flipped her off and threw her into Mercury before brawling with him through the curtain. Back in the ring Carlito had lifted Jason up to the top-rope and went for a superplex, the teen fought out and sent Carlito back to the canvas, he stood up but Masters grabbed his foot, he kicked him back down and went for a frog splash but Carlito moved, Jason popped a forward roll and charged Carlito, he ducked but Masters was behind him and got nailed instead, Carlito went for a slam but Jason slipped behind him and hit a reverse DDT.
Carlito and Masters were down but Jason was now just running on instinct, he began to crawl across the ring to where his partner would usually be even though there was no-one there, suddenly John came staggering down the aisle with a blood-stained bandage wrapped round his head, he hopped up to the apron and held out his hand, Carlito and Masters were back up and charged across the ring but Jason made the tag to John!
Despite being pretty banged up the older Cena came in and went on a tear, he knocked down both Carlito and Masters before hitting a suplex on Carlito, he threw Masters to the outside before hitting a DDT, he covered but got a two-count, he picked Carlito up and hit the spinout powerbomb, he went for the five-knuckle-shuffle but Masters nailed him so he spun round and nailed him back, Carlito used this to his advantage and hit the backcracker! Before he could cover Jason came back and hit him with the F-U! Masters came in and Jason went for another F-U but Masters escaped and put on the Masterlock! Jason struggled to break free then suddenly shot backwards, Masters was taken by surprise and tripped causing them both to fall through the ropes, despite this he kept the hold locked in! Back in the ring Carlito got up first, he went to pick John up but the older Cena pulled him into a roll up for the three!
Carlito jumped to his feet straight away, he argued with the ref before spinning round and attacking John, he pounded away on the older Cena and went for a whip but John reversed it and met him with a clothesline as he came back, John then rolled to the outside and gave Masters a boot to the head to break up the Masterlock he still had on Jason, he beat Masters down but Carlito came back to help, however Jason was now free and cut him off, the two Cena's quickly sent Carlito and Masters into retreat, they then rolled back into the ring and taunted them with their titles. MNM's music hit and Mercury and Melina came out onto the aisleway, Melina had a mic.
"Wow! I'll give you two credit, you certainly are the luckiest team I've ever seen, but your luck is about to run out. You see, in just over two weeks we have an event called Survivor Series, and survive is something you won't do because as you can see, me and Mercury have some new friends, and Johnny Nitro's recovery is going well so he'll soon be back, sooner than you think in fact. So, at Survivor Series, I say we settle this once and for all, I propose that my team of Carlito, 'The Masterpiece' and MNM, take on you two, and any two losers that you can drag up! What do you say?"
John grabbed a mic. "Well, seeing as your boy up there tried to Pearl Harbour my ass, you damn right we accept BITCH!"
"Good, because my team will annihilate you and your partners, oh, and Daniels?" Melina now addressed Mara, only now getting up from the attack by Melina. "Don't think it's over between me and you, in fact, you're even less likely to survive than your boyfriend, but anyway, just to send a message, allow me to give you a little preview of Survivor Series".
As she was saying this Mercury disappeared behind the curtain, he returned a moment later, carrying a lead pipe in one hand, and dragging a battered and bloody Spanky behind him, he tossed Spanky to Masters, who quickly put him in the Masterlock, Mercury then blasted him in the ribs and the head with the pipe, he went to nail him in the head again but Jason and John came charging up the aisle armed with chairs, the group quickly made their exit as Jason checked on Spanky. Melina had taken the mic with her and her voice rang out over the sound system.
"Guess he won't be one of your partners".
End of ChapterWell there ya go, Melina's quest for revenge has claimed it's first casualty, will there be more? Who will Jason and John choose to make up their team? What did Melina's challenge to Mara mean? All will be answered soon.
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