I own none of these characters, with the exception of Tourniquet. The others are all creations of the WWE. I also do not own any songs mentioned. They are they property of their respective artists.Dark nails pushed the glasses up a pointed nose, allowing deep brown eyes to focus on the man in front of her. She smiled at him placidly, shaking her head when he also smiled, revealing a multi-colored shining set of teeth. JTG was always one to make her laugh.

Kae reached a hand out lightly to shake his, and then the match began. A heavy grapple fight, followed by an arm drag on her part took the larger man off of his feet, but not for long. Before she could truly react, he was laying punch after punch on the girl, until she finally managed to duck one and sweep him off of his feet. Again, this was short-lived, but Kae was ready with a hurricanrana to keep him down for longer. She climbed the turnbuckle while he was down and went for a crossbody- which missed, much to her dismay. Landing with a thud on the mat, she held her ribs for a moment before getting carefully to her feet. She started in on kick after kick when she got her senses back, aiming for the ribs, crucial to her finisher. Once Kae had him dazed, she ran at a turnbuckle and landed a corkscrew moonsault, one of the moves Jeff had taught her. JTG was hit, and laid on the mat, clutching his stomach. Kae, however, was having some difficulty standing. She'd hit her knee. Again. Deciding to end the match before it got much worse, the blond girl climed teh turnbuckle, again fixing her glasses, and sat there backwards for a moment. JTG stood, walked over, and reached for her shoulders, causing her to hang upside down in the corner. He ran to the other side of the ring and then back, landing a kick. She unlaced her feet from behind the turnbuckle pad and laid for a moment before standing carefully, putting no weight on her knee. The man hit his flip neckbreaker, and the match was over. Shad's music started, and with his dance underway, Kae rolled out of the ring to Jeff's side, pounding the mat when she stood. The man near her took her arm over his shoulder and started helping her out of the stage-front of the arena, getting around to the ramp at the same time as JTG. JTG looked at Kae and took her arm around him as well, smiling at the crowd when he took a microphone in his hand. "Can't let an opponent leave alone if they're injured. Nice job tonight Tourniquet."

Jeff sighed again, placing another brace around Kae's knee, leading to a wince and fresh tears to caress her face. "What happened to the brace this time, Kae?"

The girl shook her head. "I don't know. It was fine, and then I went to jump for the corkscrew and it came loose. I was in the air when I realized it, which distracted me, and bam! My knee is gone again." She'd taken off her glasses and was clutching a blanket JTG and wrapped around her tightly in both hands. As Jeff tightened the brace, she brought it to her mouth, cringing again.

The man shook his head. "You were supposed to win that match too. You absolutely could not pull off your moonsault hurricanrana?"

She shook her head again, wiping at her cheeks carelessly. "Dammit, I've been fine for the last few months! Why now?"

Jeff shrugged, standing up and sitting next to her on the couch in their hotel room. "I don't know. Maybe it was a warning. Don't get careless with your brace. You'll lose it again."

It had been about a half year since Kae joined the WWE as a regular performer. She'd been in several matches, the most recent ones between her and Shad, and her and JTG. She was set for a tag match with Jeff against them next week. The story line had started with Kae as Tourniquet just trying to prove herself, and losing pitifully to Shad. But from there, it had grown into a tag team respect battle, leaving Tourniquet and Jeff going against the two men of Cryme Tyme in several combinations, leading to the ultimate respect of the girl and the man alone, but not as a team. It was set that the winner would get a shot at the tag titles. Who would win now was up in the air, what with Kae's forced loss.

The girl sighed. "I know, I know... 'Make sure you brace it, keep the brace tight, don't forget to watch for the brace when fighting.' You tell me this every time. I know already."

Jeff nodded, taking a corner of the blanket to wipe at a line of tears still on her face. "I know you know. But it's always good to be reminded."

Kae stood outside of Shad and JTG's door, leaning heavily on her good knee. JTG opened the door and invited her in. The girl took a seat on their couch, sighing in relief as the weight came off of her injury. She looked at the men before speaking. "Guys, we need to figure out our match."

The two nodded, Shad speaking first. "Who do you want to win?"

Kae shrugged. "Jeff said it's up to me, so... that's what we need to work out. Our match will be tough, with my knee in the state it's in at this point, but I haven't had a title shot... But at the same time, I don't think most people end up with one in the first year. So it's pretty much up to you right now. Do you want the win?"

JTG looked at his brother for a moment. "Well... We've had the titles before. I don't see the harm in letting you finally have the win. But you're going to lose the title shot, just so you know. Randy and Batista can't lose the titles to you yet. You haven't been here long enough for a title, but you're here long enough to have a title shot. You up to it?"

The red-blond girl looked at her knee for a moment, and then stood with a smile, fire in her brown eyes. "Yeah. I'm up to it. I've been up to it for a long time now."

As music played, "Apology" by Peroxwhygen, Jeff and Tourniquet walked out. Tonight the girl had braided her hair to keep it from whipping her face, and her usual tank top was replaced with a red and black corset top. It almost looked uncomfortable, but her face said she was more comfortable than usual. When she got to the ring, she slid in, standing as carefully as possible without revealing injury, and climbed a turnbuckle to finish their opening.

Cryme Tyme came out after, and so Jeff pulled Tourniquet into a corner of the ring. "You sure you're okay for this match?" The girl nodded, and shortly after the match began.

Surprisingly, the match was able to last for quite a while. It was a 15 minute match, ending with Tourniquet taking down a dazed JTG with her corkscrew hurricanrana, leaving him prone on the mat for Jeff to hit his Swanton Bomb. As the bell rang, Tourniquet stood with a great smile, hugging her partner. The crowd gasped, and the girl released him with a light blush, mouthing a sorry, but he shook his head, hugging her back.

Hands raised, the pair walked to the back of the arena.

Randy was in an interview when the two walked back. The man smirked in Kae's direction, as she now stood right near the camera. He looked back at Maria, who spoke. "So, finally, are you ready for your match at No Way Out?"

Randy laughed before letting his face go serious. Slowly, he walked toward the camera, stopping when he was staring Kae in the eye. "Of course we're ready. Jeff, he might have had some chance of a win, but Tourniquet? The small fry has no shot. She's a non-legend, and she's waiting to be killed."

The girl's face must have looked a bit frightened, because when they went to commercial, Randy laughed. He clapped her on the shoulder. "Relax, kid. You'll do fine. We won't hurt ya."

As he walked away, she rubbed at her shoulder, looking at Jeff. "Sure they won't."

Back in the hotel room, Kae lay, relaxed, on Jeff's bed instead of her own. She was watching a movie and he was out with his brother. Slowly, she fell into a peaceful sleep.

A few hours later, Jeff drifted into the room, noticing the girl asleep on his bed. Looking at the other one, he noted the lack of a mattress, and the note left. "Cryme Tyme gotcha again!" He chuckled lightly, then sat on the edge of the bed next to her. She was cold, shivering even in her sleep, and facing the foot of the bed instead of the head. He turned off the television silently, then carefully picked her up to turn her around. The girl snuggled into his arms, taking hold of his shirt. She had a smile on her face, taking a deep breath as he put her down. But her hold wouldn't release. Laughing, he laid next to her, close but not too much so. The other bed had no mattress anyway. He pulled a blanket over them both, and before he knew it, he also was in a nice, deep sleep.

The next morning, Kae woke up to find an arm over her, and her face buried in someone's chest. She stretched carefully, reveling in the warmth until she realized where she was. The girl's eyes widened and she leaned back, only to see the face of her friend and mentor in front of her. "OH SHIT!" she yelled accidentally, rolling out of bed. She grabbed a pair of jeans and a large tee-shirt, looking at the confused expression on Jeff's face. He'd been woken by her yell. She looked at him for a moment, heading for the door. "I... uh... I have to go for now." And with that, she left the hotel room. Jeff looked after her, confused. Not the usual response he got from a girl.

Ahah, did I surprise any of my readers? =) I hope you're enjoying this. I will tell you a little something about Kae now... my injuries are hers. That's no help, I know, but for the readers that know me, it will become evident what I mean in the next few chapters. So, again, I leave you with questions. I love questions!

What's going on with Jeff?

What's going to happen in the storyline?

Where's Kae from? Why did Jeff choose her?

What else does Kae know?

And most of all.... What else is there to learn about Kae?

More questions will slowly be answered in Extreme Training Part Three: The After Effects!