Every one of the wrestlers hung their heads feeling a mix of disappointment and wonder that they had even tried to pull this off. Alix however, stood with her head still high, her nostrils flared and fists clenched. She wasn't about to give this up, when she had previously had nothing just days before.
"I'm sorry for wasting your time, Mr. McMahon…" Randy muttered, placing his hand gently on Alix's arm. "I'll be sure not to do it again…let's go, Alix…"
Alix rooted her feet to the ground, not letting even the larger wrestler move her. She could feel marks in her palms from where her nails were, and she was ready to do whatever she had to do to get this.
"Alix, we have to go…" Evan said lightly, a hint of worry in his voice. He didn't want to know what the spunky kid was able to do to the older Vince. He especially didn't want to see it.
"No." Alix said sharply, the faces of the wrestlers immediately turning into grimaces; knowing what was coming next. "Mr. McMahon, I trust your judgment. Quite honestly I really do, no matter how much I am on the side of the DX boys. But I'm begging you to listen to these five words: that was a stupid call."
Vince shrugged. "I told you that I'm not letting my Superstars get humiliated by a female wrestler."
"Why not?" Alix argued. "Make me the biggest face in the history of the WWE, I don't care, but you know as well as I that the WWE Universe wants to see some ass-whoopin' on some of your current Superstars. I am just the girl to do it. I'm not taking no for an answer. I will stand here and argue with you for days as long as I get food from my boys here."
Alix flashed a quick smile at the wrestlers, but turned back to Vince with an all-serious look on her face.
"Besides, your Superstars love me."
"Love?" Vince scoffed. "Exactly how do you think that?"
Alix smirked. "Hunter and Big Show have practically been my fathers since I started traveling with you. They've given me places to stay, and humor when I needed it. Randy's an uncle. Obviously. John Cena is my older brother, watching out for me, but able to play a joke on me when need be. Edge is the jealous friend – "
Alix stuck her tongue out quickly at Edge.
" – JoMo's the emo brother, and Truth is the friend when you need him. Kofi's the semi-annoying lover boy you have to deal with – " Alix was interrupted by the laughter of everyone else. " – Evan's…"
Alix faltered. She knew what she wanted to say here. Evan's the high-school crush, the one you can only hope works out but for now you're just friends. But she knew she couldn't actually say that.
"E-Evan's that one brother you have that will let you cry on their shoulder if they need it, have a slap fight for a laugh, or will play Go Fish because you don't know how to play poker." Alix warmly smiled at Evan before her eyes rested on the one remaining superstar that hadn't been described. "And Rey-Rey…oh. I know. Rey-Rey's just that boy you got history with, who you're constantly going through ups and downs."
She turned back to Vince, looking straight into his eyes.
"They're my family. I love them, and they love me. I'm not about to be separated from them because their boss made a bad decision. Now make me a Superstar, or I'll show you why I should be one." Alix growled, taking one step towards Vince's desk.
The room was silent, and McMahon's expression hadn't changed. Every one of the Superstars were silently wishing that Alix would get this, get what she wanted, but they were far from sure.
"I'll tell you what." Vince sat back in his chair. "I'll give you a match on the taping of Smackdown tonight."
Alix was ready to scream.
"It's against an unknown opponent – to you – and before the match you'll come out and explain to the word what's going on with you. I'll watch the match and see if you impress me enough to keep you. Got it?"
Alix did scream. She jumped up and down and hugged Randy and Big Show and anyone close to her.
"Got it, Mr. McMahon." She said excitedly and out of breath. "You won't be disappointed. Trust me."
McMahon nodded and Alix paraded out of the room, leaving the Superstars behind. She was so excited for this, more than anything else. Evan more than sneaking into the pay per view.
"Alix!" she heard the voice of Big Show call. "Creative's to your right, you gotta go see 'em to work out your costume, entrance, and other stuff!"
"Kay!" she called back, turning around and racing back down the hallway to try and find Creative. When she heard the room with everyone laughing in it, she turned slowly, nervous again and walked through the door.
As soon as Alix walked through, the room went silent, and everyone turned to face her. She tried to keep her head held high, to not be nervous. She didn't want to be a wrestler called the X-Stinger and be scared to see new people.
"Uhm…hi?" a slightly overweight man asked from one of the chairs around a white thin table. "Can we help you?"
"I hoped that this was the WWE Creative room." She shrugged. "Was I right?"
Everyone nodded slowly, still confused.
"Good." Alix smiled. "Vince just sent me over here, I'm a new Superstar, debuting tonight."
The four Creatives jolted at these words.
"Vince hasn't said anything to us about a new Superstar…" a shorter girl with cropped and spiked black hair slowly said. "He usually tells us…"
"Well things are a little different this time." Alix nodded. "I'm a female wrestling with the Superstars. I have a test match tonight and I was told that I need my gimmick, costume, music, entrance, and anything else with you guys. Am I right?"
A young man with short dark brown hair and slightly tanned skin looked down at his watch. "Smackdown taping starts at 6:45…it's about 12:30 now…they'll want you at the arena at the latest six…we have five and a half hours to work through your entire gimmick. Do you even know who you're facing?"
"Not a clue." Alix laughed full-heartedly. "Vince doesn't like me. At all. He'll get over it though."
The same man nodded. "My name's Chad…the woman who just talked is Stacey, fatso over there is Billy, and the quiet blonde chick right there is Megan. Apparently, we have five and a half hours to turn you into a Superstar. You ready?"
"Totally." Alix grinned.
The four members immediately got to work, questioning Alix on any aspect that could help them with her gimmick.
"Where'd you come from?"
"I was homeless. I snuck into a pay per view and got the backstage pass. The wrestlers took a liking to me."
"How do you want to fight?"
"Aerial superstar. Rey Mysterio or Jeff Hardy-esque."
The team pounced on the Jeff Hardy ideas, knowing the WWE Universe would be ecstatic about a return of a Jeff Hardy-like superstar; even if it wasn't the real thing, it was about as close as the Universe was gonna get.
"Favorite superstars?"
"DX, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, Evan Bourne, and Edge. Oh, and the Undertaker's kinda cool I guess."
"Genre of music?"
"Anything really. Mostly pop and rock. But not screamo or metal."
By five the gimmick was done, and Alix was really excited. She had her costume and make-up on, and had most of her entrance completely memorized.
"Thank you so much guys." She thanked the Creative team for the hundredth time. "I'm sorry you had no clue this was coming. I wish I could of helped more."
"No problem." The four smiled.
"We go through this crap all of the time." Stacey grinned.
"Guess I'll be seeing you then!" Alix called as she walked out the door, going to see Randy and the other wrestlers.
Wonder what they'll think of this…
AN: sucky chapter! More of a space filler than anything…all of the stuff Creative helped Alix with will be unveiled next chapter, solely because I haven't entirely come up with a song yet. I have ideas, just not quite sure. Who do we think her opponent will be? REVIEW!
