Disclaimer: I don't anything but my character Riley Sadly all WWE stuff is not mine.

Meanwhile in the locker room the young woman was starting to stir. She was disoriented to where she was she placed a hand on her head as she tried to recall the last event she could remember. She glanced around the room as she laid on the couch trying to collect her memories. She was not quite sure where exactly she was. Then she was flooded with a wave of memories of some guy trying to grab her. She felt a tightness in her chest and became short of breath.

Wherever she was she needed to get out of here while she was alone. She moved to push herself off the couch to stand and a wave of lightheartedness washed over her. She reached out and grabbed the wall to steady herself. As she was about to step forward the door opened and in came two men. She didn't even register the faces of the two men in the panic state she was currently in.

Her body was going into an overdrive panic mode as she backed herself up into the corner and tears came streaming down her eyes. She started to hyperventilate as one of the men started to come forward towards her. She closed her eyes and held out one hand thinking it would stop the man as she begged, "Please don't hurt me." She slid down the wall and wrapped her arms around her legs and cried into her knees. She was starting to have trouble controlling her breathing and the panic inside of her was starting to rise higher.

When Punk entered his locker room he expected to see the woman still asleep, but what he didn't expect was to see her awake so soon. The expression on her face froze him completely to see the look of pure terror. The moment she backed herself into the corner of the room he mentally unfroze himself. The woman dropped to the ground and started to cry and the words that escaped from her lips nearly broke his heart.

He looked over his shoulder at Cena whose expression mirrored his own. He was not quite sure how to approach her this entire situation was outside the norm for him. Crying women were definitely not something that he was used to. He turned back to the woman and crouched down to get at her level as his hand softly touched her arm. "No one here is going to hurt you, I promise. Him and I we stopped that guy so he can't get to you." The young woman felt a gentle touch on her arm and she didn't flinch in fact she felt herself calming from his touch.

The woman before him cried for a few more minutes before finally looking up at him. Her eyes were puffy, red, and swollen from all the crying. She also had tear stains that were streaking down her cheeks. Her heavy breathing had started to slow down as Punk asked, "Want to sit back on the couch?" She nodded and he stood up while offering her his hand. Her dainty hand was placed into his and he help her over to the couch.

Cena stood back quietly near the door while he witnessed how gentle Punk was being with this woman. It was a side of Punk that he had never seen before.

After fully registering his words a flash came back to her and she spoke, "You stopped him in the elevator." The man next to her simply nodded. She looked at the man next to her and spoke softly, "I'm Riley." She paused for a moment before questioning, "Where is he?"

Cena spoke, "He's currently being held with security for now until the cops can get here."

Riley jumped up from her seat and exclaimed, "No I…I can't…"

Punk reached out for her hand and gently tugged her back into her seat. She looked at him with a bit of confusion, but still in a state of panic that lingered in her eyes. "You won't have to talk to them if you don't want to. They won't know about you I promise. We're having busted for something else."

Cena moved further into the room and sat down in a nearby chair. "We'd like to help you. We both talked to the man and it appears he was paid to kidnap you."

Riley's eyes grew big and she started to turn a ghostly white. "Did the man say who?" She already had an inkling of an idea who but she was not for certain until one of them confirmed it.

Punk glanced at Cena and then looked back at Riley and said, "Walter…"

Tears sprung up in her eyes. She stood up again and started to ramble, "I got to get out of here." She started to hiccup between each word. "I have caused you both too much trouble."

Punk's face etched with worry while Cena stood up from his chair. "We don't want you going anywhere while he is still here."

Riley looked at them both and puzzled, "I thought you said the man was with your security team?"

Punk responded, "He is, but Walter…"

Riley finished his sentence, "Is here at the event?" They both nodded at her. "Where is he?"

Cena spoke, "Ringside"

Riley stood back up for a moment Punk was sure a meltdown was about to happen. There was always a calm before the storm. Or at least that is how the saying went. The meltdown didn't happen in fact she seemed to pull herself together. She then took steps towards the door which cause Punk to stand. Cena held up his hands hoping to get her to stop and now Punk was the one to be slightly panicked. He asked, "Whoa where are you going?"

"Ringside" She spoke with a strong and confident tone.

Cena questioned, "Wait, you want to face him?"

She held a hostile look on her expression as she stated, "I want him to know he lost me he didn't get me."

Punk stated, "You are about to give him the opportunity to get you himself."

Riley raised her voice a little bit as she remarked, "I'm not going to sit back here and do nothing. I am sick of being scared of him. I want to shove it in his face that he didn't win."

Punk crossed his arms across his chest as a smirk appeared on his expression. He could admire the confidence and strength that she had. After everything she had been put through tonight she wanted to go out there and face her attacker. That could a lot of nerve most people couldn't do that. Punk looked her straight in the eye and noticed that she was not going to be changing her mind on this. He pressed her lips together and said, "Okay."

Cena looked at Punk like he had grown two heads and questioned, "Okay?"

Punk didn't even acknowledge Cena he turned his full attention on Riley. "Okay if you follow my plan."

Riley and Cena both asked at the same time, "What's that?"

Punk locked eyes with Riley and then moved his gaze towards Cena and explained, "We will get the guy in holding to go down to ringside and tell Walter she gave him the slip. Then she can be standing on the opposite side of him just staring him down however she pleases."

Riley remarked, "Can we not refer to me in the third person as if I am not even here."

Punk glanced back at her and smirked, "I'm sorry."

Cena asked, "So now the plan is to just let them walk free?"

Riley tensed up for a moment which Punk took noticed of. "The guy in holding we will just grab again. "

Cena puzzled, "So what then we just let them have a stare down while we are doing what?"

Punk smirked, "We are going to do what we do best."

Cena laughed "You are going to go out there and pipebomb something."

Punk added, "And then you are going to go out there and use your big words and start something to get me out of the ring and I will come after you. Then you can duck and I get to nail said jackass in the face."

Cena asked, "Don't you think you have gotten into enough trouble with that?" Punk didn't speak, but just gave a shrug in his direction.

Riley watched the interaction between the two wrestlers. She felt her back pocket vibrate and pulled out her phone. She looked at it seeing several texts from her friend, Jessica. She sent a quick text back saying she was fine and would meet up later.

Punk looked at her and asked, "Everything okay?"

"Friends wondering if I was ever coming back to my seat." Riley got quiet. "Mind if I use the restroom?" Riley asked.

Punk nodded then pointed behind him, "It is right through there." They both watched as she disappeared into the bathroom.

Cena gave Punk a look and stated, "I have got a bad feeling about this."

"Nothing is going to happen to her. I will be watching her." Punk stated.

"That is all fine, but who is going to be there to watch her after we tick this guy off and he goes after her after tonight?" Cena wanted Punk to fully realize what the events of tonight could altercate for her after tonight. Punk's expression was unreadable, but he could tell that his jaw was clenching. "I understand that she should not want to live in fear and stand up to this guy. Today is protective, but tomorrow is a whole another story." Cena paused for a moment. "I am going to go get the guy in holding and will meet you at the gorilla" He then left the locker room.

Punk ran a hand over his face and he knew that John was right. Yet, something deep within him vowed that she wasn't going to get hurt. Riley came out of the bathroom noticing that one had left. She looked at the one that was still there and he looked like something was wrong. She asked in a soft tone, "What's wrong?"

Punk looked up at her with concern written all over his face. "Are you sure you want to do this? I mean today I will make sure you are safe, but tomorrow…" He couldn't even finish his sentence not physically or mentally. It hurt him to even think of what tomorrow could bring for her.

Riley looked down at her feet "I understand tomorrow I might not even be here."

Punk's head snapped to look at her he was confused by what she meant and was about to question it when Cena reentered and asked, "Alright are we ready to start this?" Punk was slightly cursing in his head he thought Cena was going to meet them at the gorilla.

Riley said, "Yes" she moved to get out of the room quickly. Cena knew that he just walked in on something and he would make a point to ask Punk about it later. When Riley stepped out of the locker room she recognized the man from her fight earlier

Punk walked out behind Riley he came up beside her and spotted the change in her expression. She went from confident to sad now to terrify. His eyesight went to where hers was and he frowned. He moved to stand in front of her where he would be blocking her view and the man's view of her. He gave her a wink before turning to the man, but made sure that he was still blocking both eyesight. Punk asked a rhetorical question, "Do you know what you're supposed to do?" The man didn't speak, but nodded at Punk. He turned around to face Riley who was looking back at her feet. He placed a finger under her chin and lifted it upwards until their eyes met. He locked onto her gaze, "Are you sure you want to do this?" She nodded at him and he dropped his hand turned back to the man. His expression was cold and his tone was serious, "Go" The man scurried out the side curtain away from the main entrance.

Punk spotted Seth Rollins a friend of his and a fellow wrestler. "Seth do me a favor and make sure that man does not leave the arena." Seth arched an eyebrow at Punk. Punk didn't want to get into all the nitty gritty details. In a low whisper, "Let's just say that man and the man he's going out to talk to thinks it's acceptable to prey on young women."

Seth didn't need to hear any more he gave Punk a nod motioned with his head toward the other two members of the Shield and they followed the man, but stayed hidden in the shadows. Cena walked over to where Punk was and eyed the man "Looks like he knew right where he was at ringside after all."

Punk handed Riley an all access pass, "This will get you where you need to go without any hassles." Riley started to walk away after taking the pass when Punk's hand touched her arm. She stopped and looked at him, "Be careful." She nodded at him without saying a word and then disappeared to the opposite side of where the other man went.

Punk looked at Cena and the two of them said nothing. Punk walked over to productions and grabbed a microphone he demanded, "Start my music."

AN: Thanks to anyone that has viewed and followed. Hope you continue to follow this story! Do you think Riley was stupid for wanting to face this guy or brave?