Chapter 16 - Pain; Unexpectedly
Alison's amber eyes watched as Joe and Jon got worked on in the trainers office. By the time they left the arena, Alison had sent a text to Aria telling her to meet her at the Shield's hotel suite. She walked behind the guys and had yet to even touch either man. She knew their tempers were probably set to the highest level ever.
Alison knew something was wrong when they were in the trainer's room and Paul walked in and asked what the hell was going on and Joe and Jon nearly came unglued as they let Paul know neither had zero knowledge of the Shield breaking up. Paul looked at them and said Colby had come to him and told him the three of them were ready to start their singles careers. Joe and Jon again stated they had no knowledge of it. Paul apologized about them not knowing and would handle Colby Lopez himself; it was not how the business worked but at the same time at least they could start their singles careers and start working their way up in the company faster letting them be themselves.
Once they were in the suite they already noticed Colby had cleared his things from the suite. Alison cleared her throat. "I got the hotel to send up ice, I want both of you in an ice bath for 20 minutes and then you can both take hot showers."
'Yes ma'am' came from both of their mouths. She watched as they broke off and went to their separate rooms.
Alison had been moving around Joe's room picking his things up; she could hear Joe groan as his body slid into the ice bath. A knock on the door pulled her from her thoughts as she walked over and opened it. She couldn't have been happier to see a friendly face in Aria. "Oh thank God, I need your help."
Aria flinched as Alison threw her arms around her and squeezed her just about as tight as she could. "Jesus Christ Ali, I could help a lot easier if you let me breathe."
Alison finally let go of Aria as she quickly ushered her into the room. "I know you're probably going to want to have my head examined with what I'm about to ask and I promise tomorrow you can take me to the ER and get my CAT scanned, but for right now I need all the help I can get."
Aria held up her hands. "First off calm down. This is about the attack on the guys." She watched as Alison nodded. "Do you have any idea how pissed off Paul is that skunk boy did not tell Joe and Jon about the sudden implosion of the Shield? Someone said he was going to make Colby get in the ring with him tonight and train him...HARD." Aria shrugged. "Skunk head deserves whatever he's got coming to him; anyway, what do you need from me?" She asked curiously.
Alison made a face. "Well my patient is in there." As she pointed towards Joe's room. "And yours is in there..." She stated as she pointed to Jon's room.
Aria's eyes widened. "Are you out of your mind? I kneed the man right in the balls and you want me to be his nursemaid?"
Alison frowned. "Please Aria? I swear to God I will owe you big time, but there's no way I will be able to help both of them at the same time."
"Then let Mox suffer those that can't be a gentlemen can suffer with aches and pains." Aria stated in a stern tone.
She was serious...she was REALLY serious.
"Arrriaaaa!" Alison whined. "If it was you and you just got beat down with a chair wouldn't you want someone to help you?"
Aria crossed her arms in front of her chest. "No I'd rather suffer than to ever let Mox touch my body again!" She stated stubbornly. "Ugh get that sad pathetic look off your face. It's not going to work Alison Marie Merker!" She was going to stand her ground until Alison poked her bottom lip out. "Damn it! What do I have to do?"
Alison sighed with relief. "I swear I'll make it up to you."
"Oh you bet your sweet ass you will." Aria stated as she took the container of Salve that Alison held out. "You owe me BIG." Aria stated as she rolled her eyes and walked into Jon's room in time to hear the shower kick off. Her emerald eyes went to the bathroom door as it swung open and watched as he emerged in nothing but a towel. His auburn blonde ringlets were hanging in his eyes as water droplets cascaded down his naked chest, across his taut set of 6 pack abs and disappeared into the towel hanging low on his hips.
'MUST STAY STRONG!' Was the mantra Aria was chanting in her head.
"What are you doing here?" Jon's gravelly voice asked as his electric blue eyes peered between dripping strands of hair.
"Just shut up and lay down on your stomach." Aria snapped.
"Towel on or towel off?" Jon quipped with a smirk.
"Please keep it on or my upchuck reflex might get the better of me." Aria smarted off. She watched as he turned his back to her and she already felt as if she was going to vomit. He looked like a zebra because of the purple stripe like bruises from the chair shots. Aria suddenly felt bad, not too bad; but bad enough. If Jon's back looked like this she could ONLY imagine what Joe's looked like.
Aria watched as Jon gingerly moved onto his bed and laid face down; he groaned slightly once he got settled and groaned again when Aria climbed onto the bed and settled her rear-end on his towel covered backside. Her emerald eyes looked over the damage done to his back. "Does it hurt very bad?" She asked in a soft voice.
Jon chuckled softly. "If you can't tell from the scar on my right shoulder; this isn't my first rodeo. I've had worse beatings before; though I usually well aware they are coming my way before they happen. Lopez caught us off guard and showed us what he was really made of. Next time we won't be as naive or as unprepared as we were tonight."
Jon groaned again when he felt Aria starting to rub the salve into his bruised back. It would take the sting out of the bruises and allow him to sleep comfortably and would also cut healing time in half for the days they had off. Jon smirked as he felt her fingers start at the lower lumbar of his back as she began to gently rub the salve on him. "Don't be such a pussy Aria; rub harder." He grunted when she applied pressure. "There you go Darlin'; that feels fuckin great."
"I don't know how you can feel better when I'm basically applying more pain to your already bruised back." Aria stated as she stood on her knees slightly to apply a little more pressure.
"Pain is pleasure baby."
Aria reached up and smacked the back of Jon's head. "There how'd that feel?"
"Ooooh gimmie more; I love my women feisty as fuck." Jon crowed and received another smack to his head; he couldn't help chuckling. "You know that doesn't hurt right?"
Aria smirked as she shook her head. "Why doesn't that surprise me? Take one too many chair shots to the head in the Indy's Mox?" She asked as she sat her rear-end back on his again as her hands started working the salve up his back to his shoulders.
Jon felt the smirk slide across his lips again as he suddenly moved his towel covered ass to rub against her jean covered rear. "No panties...right?"
How in the world?
Aria's eyes grew larger as she reached up and slapped the back of Jon's head again. "Pig!" Jesus how did he know that?
Aria sighed heavily as she leaned over Jon's back and grabbed a handful of his auburn blonde curls and pulled his head back so she could lock eyes with him. "How could you possibly know that?" Aria asked as the curiosity got the best of her.
"Tell me why you don't have panties on first and I'll tell you how I know." Jon stated in a teasing voice.
Aria let go of his hair and shoved his face into the bed. "None of your business."
Alison had been standing at the window letting her amber eyes look out across the lit up city; she was pulled from her thoughts when she heard Joe's shower kick off. Alison turned as the bathroom door opened and Joe stepped out. His wet hair was pulled back into a loose bun at the nape of his neck and he had a pair of basketball jersey shorts on. He'd had himself mostly dried off.
Joe walked over and handed her a towel before he turned around with his back facing her. "Can you dry off my back?" He asked. He could feel her dabbing around, but she wasn't actually wiping it off. Joe turned around. "Babygirl, what's wrong?" His deep tenor voice asked.
Alison frowned. "Your back..." She could already feel the tears filling her eyes before she blinked and they started spilling over her eyelids. "It looks so bad." She shook her head.
Joe shook his head. "Alison it's okay. I promise it looks worse than it feels." Her crying could bring him to his knees, but he would never admit that to anyone. He reached out and pulled her to him; he tucked her head under his chin and wrapped her in his arms. He felt her arms start at his waistline before they slowly made their way around his waist so as to not touch his back.
"Are you really sure you're ok?" Alison asked before she felt Joe's arms tighten around her slightly.
"I'll be fine babygirl." Joe stated before he looked down and kissed the top of her head. "Can you help me get that salve on my back? And you're staying with me tonight. I saw the way Colby looked at you when you slapped his face earlier. I don't want him getting and ideas." He felt her nod before he gently patted her back. "C'mon I'll even let you borrow one of my shirts to sleep in."
It wasn't long before Joe's back was feeling infinitely better; the salve is exactly what he needed to help with the aches and pains that the ice bath or hot shower didn't. He watched as Alison disappeared into the bathroom as he laid on his left side before he rolled onto his stomach. He couldn't watch her come out of the bathroom in nothing but his shirt and her panties or he would have a serious problem on his hands.
Alison tugged on the bottom of the t-shirt and couldn't help noticing it barely covered her rear. 'Please let Joe be asleep - Please let Joe be asleep.' She kept repeating in her head. She opened the door and noticed he was laying on his stomach. 'Thank you God.'
"You need anything before I turn the lights off?" Alison asked softly.
"Nope; just come to bed I want to feel you next to me." Joe stated honestly.
Alison turned the lights off and crawled into bed facing Joe. She could feel the heat emanating from his body. Her hand came up and touched his right shoulder before slowly running up and down his bicep. Joe slowly moved his right arm up and waited for her. She smiled softly; he still remembered when they would take small naps together she always practically burrowed under him. She moved closer until her head was tucked under his chin again before his right arm came down; along with the rest of his body.
Before long they were both fast asleep; tucked into each other.
Alison had been dreading going to the Smackdown taping all day. Joe and Jon were going to stay at the hotel and wait for Aria and Alison to finish the taping and at the last minute decided to go and be backstage. She left jon and Joe in her and Aria's locker room. Aria had already been off and running to get her cameras ready.
Joe had invited them to fly back to Pensacola to stay with him for their days off. He and Alison had a lot of talking they needed to get done and he knew she more than likely wouldn't go without Aria and inviting Jon was just second nature to Joe.
Alison got ready for Smackdown as she dressed in black skinny jeans with black 2 1/2 inch heeled knee high boots. She also had on a red wrap around long sleeve stop that tied on the side. She left her hair down and Janet in Make-up and hair curled the ends for her.
She walked out of hair and make-up and turned towards the gorilla position where the entrance ramp was. She was pulled to a stop when Stephanie McMahon pulled her aside and handed her a microphone and informed her that she was going to have to interview Paul and Colby when they came out to the ring at the beginning of Smackdown.
Alison felt sick to her stomach. If Colby touched one hair on her head she was going to vomit all over his shoes. his suit and possibly his face. She took some deep calming breaths before her cell vibrated. She already knew it was either Joe or Aria. She shook her head when she read the text from Aria.
'Are we REALLY going to be stuck in the same house with Mox for our days off?'
'Stop complaining we need to relax and we were invited do you really want to back out now?'
'I wasn't invited I was coerced into going. You tricked me wench. You poked out that pouty ass bottom lip and got your way again. You owe me DOUBLE now!'
'And I promise you can collect any time...thanks for letting me coerce you.'
Alison slipped her cell back into her pocket as she walked down the ramp to the ring, she walked up the three steps and swung her leg over the middle rope as she stepped into the ring. Lillian Garcia announced Paul and Colby; Amber eyes watched as they slowly made their way down the ramp and into the ring. Colby looked as though he had slept in his ring attire. She was a little surprised Paul hadn't made him wear a suite like everyone else who was supposed to be associated with the Authority. Alison had to admit the 'you sold out' chants in the arena were music to her ears.
Paul looked over at Alison. "Do you have a question for me?"
"Did you come out to brag?"
Paul chuckled and smirked. "A lot of people probably think I'm out here to brag and rub it into their faces because I won, but I'm not going to. Besides, everyone knows it anyway. I am here to help the fans get answers to their questions because they all have so many questions for Seth Rollins. They want to know why; Rollins is the man responsible for the most dominant group in WWE history. He's responsible for the group that came in here and dominated everything that stood in its path. The Shield crushed giants, legends, and champions. They all have questions for the man who formed the group that defeated Evolution. They want to know why Rollins walked away from all of that. Do you have a question to add to that?" Paul asked as he turned to Alison once more.
"Would you like to explain Seth?" Alison asked as she held the mic to Colby.
Colby smirked. "Everybody wants an explanation. They want to know why I did what I did to my "brothers" on Monday night. I will tell them that the only person who knows why I did what I did on Monday and the only one who needs to know or I owe anything to is myself." His dark eyes looked coldly at the crowd before they fell on Alison. He watched as she smirked and smiled as the fans started chanting 'you sold out' again. It was an annoying little mantra and the crowd was just not giving up. "you got something to say?" He asked her flat out.
"You know something, it doesn't matter how many championships you win or how many weights you can lift or how many fans do or don't agree with what you did Monday Night on Raw. It's forever cemented in history that you are nothing but a backstabbing, untrustworthy skunk headed little bitch. You couldn't just look Roman and Dean in the eyes and tell them you didn't want to be in the group anymore; no you attacked them from behind like a chicken. I don't really feel sorry for what happened to them on Monday night because as far as I can tell they are better off without you. But I will tell you who I do feel sorry for..." Alison smirked.
"Who?" Colby growled.
"You because I guarantee you they will be coming for you Mr. Rollins. And they both have some anger they'd like to take out on you." Alison chuckled as she tossed the mic out of the ring.
Paul was silently chuckling on the inside. She had balls of solid steel! Stephanie told her to go with the flow and she just railroaded over Colby. She was sold gold.
Colby stalked over and grabbed Alison by the upper arm and swung her around to face him as he leaned down and got in her face. "You think this is funny humiliating my on national television you stupid bitch. I'm sure you thought you were just as fuckin funny when you slapped me last night too huh." Colby jerked her back and forth; she tried jerking her arm from his but he held onto her tight. Suddenly the idiot fans started chanting; 'Spank her – Spank her – Spank her'.
Unexpectedly Alison cried out as Colby's black leather belt was cracked across her jean clad ass and the arena went silent.