Ahem… I own nothing except Carson Louisa 'Lou' Rebecca Michaels… all events and the majority of information is fiction unless otherwise noted, so please don't sue me… Read On…
Listen to Her Voice
Back to the Basics
(3rd Person POV)
"We are currently descending into Tampa, Florida now. Please put your trays into an upright position and get ready for landing." The flight attendant said over the loud speaker to the people sitting on the plane.
Lou sat next to Alex Riley, her head resting on his shoulder. To say that the two had gotten comfortable with each other over the last several hours was an understatement. To Lou, Alex was her confidant, there were things that she refused to tell John, who was her best friend, but these things Alex understood more than John would have. Alex just got her in a way that no one else did and Lou considered that there was something special between the two of them.
Louisa sat there staring at the sleeping wrestler, he was beautiful. His hair spiked and gelled in the right places, his body perfectly toned, a tan that she would kill him to have, and the most important part a heart of gold. Or that was at least what Lou thought was there.
"Louisa," a voice replied causing Louisa to jump out of her skin causing her to hit Alex in the face because he was the one leaning over her. Instantly, Alex yelped out in pain and Lou began to blush immediately.
"Oh my God, Alex I am so sorry!" Lou squeaked out as Alex shrugged at her and smiled.
"I've had worse things happen trust me. So are you nervous?" Alex asked in a completely serious tone.
"Mortified is more like it." Lou whispered back. Sure she was the daughter of the one and only Heartbreak Kid but that didn't mean she had any idea how to wrestle. All she knew was how to Super Kick any jerky guy that tried to hit on her. Of course, John had shown her how to use his move the STF to get a guy to tap out but when on earth was she going to use that? She was only five foot four after all. So if she was a little scared about this whole wrestling thing could you blame her?
Before she had left Shawn had said she had two choices: become a wrestler to defend herself from douches like Randy Orton or leave her newly found family and go back to San Francisco. Life was never easy for the brunette anymore. She deeply sighed confused with life.
"You know you shouldn't be scared." Alex answered looking down at her. "You did defend yourself from Randy remember?"
"Yeah, and look where that got me!" she said throwing her arms up in anger and frustration. "Maybe I should just leave and go back home to San Fran everything is simpler there anyway."
"Absolutely not, Louisa, I refuse to let you quit before you even start!" Alex said looking at her with a pure intensity in his eyes. "There are a lot of people out there that don't make it this far but you have overcome a lot already. And you're going to overcome even more do you hear me?"
"Alex," Lou sighed.
"Don't Alex me Louisa, I know you and you just have to believe in yourself. Be the girl I know you can be. Be that girl that slapped the bejeezus out of Randy the other night. Be the girl that super kicked Ted. Be the girl that accepted being Shawn's daughter. Be that girl." Alex said finishing his little speech and smiling at her while removing a strand of hair from in front of her face.
"Alex, I'm uh speechless. I don't know what to say." Lou answered back while looking fondly at her friend.
"Just say you'll stay and let me train you. Shawn will kill me if I let you run off to San Francisco. And I don't think either of us want that, do we?" Alex asked the brunette sitting next to him. Lou shook her head as the plane landed and the passengers slowly began to get off. Alex let Lou go ahead of him as he grabbed their carry ons and looked at Lou who had stopped to talk with a few of her young female fans. Alex smiled knowing that she would be destined for greatness. Not just because her last name was Michaels but also because of that voice she had and her personality to go with it. But as Alex watched Lou interact with those girls, he remembered his speech from earlier on the plane.
"But most importantly Louisa, be the woman that I fell in love with that day on the stage." Alex whispered as he picked up the bags and carried them to his rental with Lou soon running after him.
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"RILEY!" screamed a strong British accent just as Lou and Alex walked into the FCW arena. Quickly a tall, dark haired man came rushing toward Alex anger etched onto his face. Alex shoved Lou behind him and looked directly at the man.
"What do you want Wade?" muttered Alex while look at the Brit.
"What do I want? What do I want? What do you think I want?" screamed the man Alex had addressed as Wade earlier. "I want my cut of helping you win in that match against Lucky Cannon from the other night. You promised me a title shot you Yankee, now give it to me!"
"While Wade I would love to give you a shot but see there's this thing where I can't give you that because I'm not in management so yea, I suggest you go talk to them. Lovely chatting with you as always, chip chip cheerio or whatever you say." Alex said trying to get around the angry man. The man Alex addressed as Wade almost let them go until he saw Louisa.
"While hello there beautiful," Wade addressed the girl as he maneuvered around Alex and grabbed Lou's hand to kiss it. "My name is Wade Barrett and what are you doing with a low life like Alex Riley? You should be with someone of more power, class, safistication…"
"Wade, I believe your none of those things." Alex chimed in making Lou giggle and Wade's face get beat red in anger.
"Can it, Riley. So who do I have the pleasure of meeting on this fair day?" he asked as he continued to hold Lou's hand. Unlike when she and Alex first touched that night in the arena where the sparks flew every which direction, she touched Wade's hand it made her skin crawl in several different directions. She just wanted him to leave them alone.
And she really did not want to tell this man who she was right now.
"Louisa," she said to Wade as he continued to smile and nod at Alex and her. A sick smirk crossed Barrett's face sort of similar to Randy's from earlier in the week. Lou gulped and shrank back in fear.
"While it's nice to meet you Louisa, I'll see you around." With that Wade disappeared down the hallway as Lou gave a sigh of relief. After that little encounter Alex and Lou continued on their way to Alex's dressing room. Lou prayed that she wouldn't have any more awkward conversations like the one before.
But for some reason that Wade Barrett character bothered her more than most. It seemed like he was smarter than he was letting on and that worried Louisa for Alex's safety and her own.
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Several Weeks Later…
"Alex!" screamed Louisa just as the young FCW champion was jarred from his nap. He had been dreaming about his first action figure and WWE t-shirt. He would make so much money from the both of them and would become the biggest WWE superstar of all time. But sadly that was only a dream to the Varsity Villain. But really in reality was he a villain, or was he just the bad guy with a tough shell that was hard to crack?
"Alex!"
But there was one girl who was able to crack that shell in recent weeks. And her name was Carson Louisa Rebecca Michaels or as everyone in the WWE had begun to call her just plain old Lou. It was the from the moment Alex had found her crying on the stage that he fell for this girl and he had fallen hard. She was beautiful and smart and kind. She was everything but when Randy Orton attacked her she was became broken into fragile pieces.
And who was left to glue those pieces back together, none other than Alex Riley.
"Alex, get your lazy butt up! You promised me you'd show up how to do the 450 splash today!" Lou said while shaking Alex. Riley muttered something unintelligible and then caught sight of the girl he loved glaring at him and shaking her head.
"Why can't Justin teach it to you?" questioned Alex while turning away from Lou.
"Because he's busy doing something with Daniel and you promised to teach it to me!" exclaimed the brunette.
"Lou, why me?" Alex muttered as Lou kicked him.
"Why you? Hmmm… let's see Alex because you volunteered to my father, you took me to FCW, you pretty much have done all the training with me, and because I… uh… say so!" Lou said as Alex rolled his eyes and went over to get his gear on.
In about five minutes, the two were down at the ring. The two were quickly greeted by their other friends that they had made over the weeks. Lou felt like she belonged here and she was welcome. Life was good to her but she didn't want to go back to the WWE just yet. The fear of being RKOed again still would rise up inside her once and awhile. That fear would dominate her and before she could return to the WWE she had to conquer it.
Today seemed like the day. Today she was going to learn the move that would eventually destroy careers, win championships, and seal fate. But this was unknown to her at the time.
"Hey Alex, Hello Louisa!" shouted Justin Gabriel, one of the newest young talents that the WWE had gathered at FCW. He was from Cape Town, South Africa and Lou loved him like a brother. He was one of the few wrestlers she had become very close with after the many training sessions. "What are you up to today?"
"Justin, pay attention!" shouted the red head behind him. As Justin heard the words, he turned around and was instantly hit by a clothesline from Heath Slater. Heath was another one of the young recruits but had a flowing red mane of hair and was constantly known as "The One Man Southern Rock Band." No one ever called him that. Lou had long ago when she first met Heath established that he would be known as "Wendy", yes, exactly like the girl from the restaurant.
"Wendy, leave Justin alone! What did he ever do to you?" shouted Lou while climbing into the ring. Heath growled at the brunette while Justin and Alex laughed hysterically at the young girl for annoying the red head yet again. "Oh come on, Heath, you know deep, deep down you really do love that nickname." Lou said with a sneaky and completely jerky smile smeared across her face. Heath rolled his eyes as he and Justin cleared the ring for Lou and Alex.
"So what are you teaching the girl today Riley, how to kill a man with her looks?" questioned Justin while winking at her while causing Lou to blush.
"No, Justin, today's the day she's going to learn the 450 splash." Alex said with a smile as Justin smirked and decided it would be best if he took over this training session. Justin shoved Alex aside and back by Heath to watch "their girl" learn how to perform the merciful move onto her opponent.
"Alright Lou, you can only use this move when you know for sure that your opponent is down and out. If they are still even close to semi-conscious, it won't work." Justin explained to her. Lou nodded her head. "Alright, Alex on the ground, you're going to be our practice dummy."
"I'M WHAT?" questioned the brunette man.
"You heard him, Varsity Boy, ground, NOW!" Lou yelled at Alex as she smirked.
Alex laid out on the ground in the right position ready to be hit with one of the most deadly moves in pro wrestling. Justin climbed the turnbuckle and looked directly into Lou's eyes.
"Pay very close attention, if you do this move wrong, it may hurt you more than it hurts your opponent." With that said Louisa watched Justin like a hawk from that point on.
Justin climbed the turnbuckle as Alex laid on the ground flinching every few seconds waiting for the pain of the impact to inflect upon on his body. As Justin reached the top rope he nodded his head at Lou and then went for the move. He jumped off the turnbuckle and into the air. Raising his knees close to his chest and then letting himself spin twice before landing on Alex with a thud.
Alex sucked in a sharp breath from the impact.
"Nice, Gabriel, real nice," Alex muttered under his breath as he grabbed his rib cage.
"Oh come on, you big baby, you have to go throw it again for her so stop your whining." Justin pointed at Lou who was eagerly awaiting the chance to try the 450 splash on Alex.
"The things I do for this girl." Alex muttered under his breath.
"Oh come on you idiot, we all know you like her why don't you just ask her out on a date?" Justin tried to reason but Alex instantly shook his head no.
"You don't know what this girl has been through. And her father…" Alex trailed as Lou came rushing over to Alex and pushed him onto the ground.
"Enough chit chat, I want to for 450 splash Alex before he runs off!" Lou shouted as she climbed the turnbuckle. Once she reached the top she mimicked Justin's moves exactly as he had done while showing her except she had added something of her own flair to the mix. She pointed to the heavens to honor the memory of her mother, Rebecca Michaels.
And as they the rest is history for Louisa. That would become the move that would win her championships, kill careers, and save individuals but did she know that at the time, absolutely not.
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"If you weren't wrestling, what your job be?" questioned Lou to Alex as they sat up gazing at the ceiling in the empty FCW arena. The two were laying in the middle of the ring just talking about life for once, not wrestling, not how she was Shawn's daughter, not Randy Orton, just life.
"I don't know probably a movie star." Alex reasoned as she smacked him.
"I'm serious you idiot, what would you be doing right now." Lou said while shaking her head.
"Okay, okay, I'd probably be a football player like my Dad was." Alex reasoned with her. "He was part of my inspiration to come to the WWE but at the same to pursue something that I loved kind of like he did."
Lou smiled at him.
"Are you and your Dad really close?" Lou questioned.
"We used to be but now that I pursued this whole wrestling thing we hardly ever speak to each other." Alex told her glumly. Lou looked at her friend sadly knowing how much he wanted to have his father as part of his life and yet his father refused to accept that fact.
"Alex," Lou sighed, "I know this is coming from a girl who literally just met her father not even four months ago but if he loves you he will accept what you're doing and will be behind you every step of the way. I know I am."
Alex froze at the last statement. Had Carson Louisa Rebecca Michaels just admitted something very deep to him or was she just saying that as a friend? Questions rose up inside Alex and he wanted to know the answer but if he got the wrong answer he would be destroyed from the inside out.
"Lou, thank you." Alex whispered as he traced her face with his hand in the darkness of the arena.
"No Alex, thank you." Lou responded to him as she kissed him on the cheek.
This was his chance, he could tell her how he felt about her. About how he'd protect from Randy Orton, about how he'd hurt anyway who would hurt her, about how he would protect her, about how much he loved her…
"LOU! You got to come see this!" shouted Justin as he came running down to the ring and pulling Lou away from him.
"What is it Justin?" Lou questioned with shock and worry in her voice.
"Something I don't think you're going to like," was all Justin said to her.
So alas, the moment for Alex was gone yet again. Quickly he followed after his 450 splashing friend and the fiery Michaels girl.
"Justin, what's going on?" questioned Lou as he and Heath and several other wrestlers gathered around the television. What Lou saw on the television didn't strike fear into but made hear angry as hell.
Randy Orton had Shawn Michaels on the ground bleeding in a bloody pulp. He was continuously screaming 'Where is she?' at him. On the outside of the ring was Triple H who was handcuffed to the ropes and screaming at Randy to stop.
Ted and Cody held an angry John Cena at the top of the ramp stopping him from any chance of helping his friends. John tried to rush at the two protégés of Randy's but with it being two on one it was no use, Super Cena couldn't get through to help them.
The screen went black signaling the show had ended for the evening.
Lou's heart sank as tears pricked at her eyes.
"Orton is pure genius for attacking them." A strong British accent reasoned. Instantly, Lou's eyes narrowed and she shot a dirty glare directly at Wade Barrett, who was leaving the immediate vicinity. Before Lou could even think clearly, she hit Wade with a Sweet Chin Music. Knocking the British brawler unconscious and directly to the ground.
"Does anyone else have anything they want to say?" Lou growled. The other wrestlers were quiet as Lou glared angrily at all of them. "That's what I thought."
Lou stormed out of the room and to her dressing room. Gathering the few belongs that she had she cleaned up the room and looked around it one last time. She took a deep breath.
"Lou," three voices shouted as they came charging toward her with worry in their eyes. Lou looked up to see Alex, Justin, and Heath running toward her. Lou sadly looked at Alex, he had been with her from the beginning and now it was time for her to write another chapter of her life.
Her days of FCW were behind her, it was time to make her return to the WWE.
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I've missed you all! :) It's been awhile has it not? A month to be precise! I am sorry for the lack of an update but college is a five letter word I'm not going to say right now. While it's not all bad, I have made many new friends and one of those being my new wrestling partner in crime, Alex! :D No, not Alex Riley (yea, I wish), my friend Alex, she's awesome and is part of the reason this is finally getting posted! Yea!
The other reason is because of therealchamps favorite story and favorite author! And just when I thought everybody forgot about me because I didn't get ANY reviews on the last two chapters! :P Come on people, review! I love feedback good or bad!
So after 3 weeks without cable television I finally got to watch Cena on Raw this week because we finally got cable in our dorm! Ha, I screamed so loud when I saw him, I have must those blue eyes and dimples so much. But he was way too serious, he needs to chill about this whole Hell in a Cell deal.
But anyways, thank you for all of you for being so patient with this and I hope you enjoyed it!
So until next time, rearrange your dorm room, write a paper dealing on education reformations (yet another reason why this wasn't posted until now), and do something crazy like join a sorority!
~always with much love ~L.
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