Alix bounced on her toes, shaking her hands loose. It was time for her match with Jeff.
John had won his against Kofi – so the Fruity Pebble was in Redención. Randy had won his match against Christian – but honestly that didn't matter. They both were in.
"Hey, Ally." Someone called from behind her, and she jumped nearly ten feet in the air. Turning around, she saw is was Rey – a smile on his face
"Hey Rey!" she nearly squeaked with a smile on her face. "You did great in your match!"
"I had to." Rey smiled almost with a cocky air. "I figured out the basis of your matches, you know…and so did Evan. That's how he lost. He was too worried about winning to actually – "
Rey was cut off, and cut off quickly. Alix cleared the space between them in one bound, and he pulled her even closer to him. He had to stand nearly on the very tips of his toes, but nevertheless their lips quickly met. It was longer than the last time – if that could have been counted as a last time – and so much more electrifying than her kiss with Evan. It was better than any Swanton Bomb Alix had ever performed – or could ever hope to perform.
"Alix!" a deep voice shouted from right behind the TitanTron. "You're on in ten!"
Alix jumped away from Rey and waiting maybe a second or two before the clapping in her song started. She smiled shakily and went out, bouncing with each step and clapping above her head.
"I came to dance, dance, dance, dance…"
Alix couldn't imagine what Jeff was thinking now that he could see her doing what had been pretty much marketed as 'his' dance.
She finished her entrance – just barely able to stay on her feet after what happened with Rey.
The lights went mostly off, but random colored lights flashed around the arena. Suddenly, the hypnotic start to Jeff Hardy's WWE entrance song started and the fans screamed loudly. It was clear that although Jeff had left the WWE for a while – he was happily welcomed back. Maybe even more so than Alix was welcomed in.
Jeff slapped the hands of many fans along the sides of the entrance ramp. They'll never be washing those again… Alix thought with a small smile, leaning back against one side of the ring ropes.
Jeff's music cut off when he got into the ring, and Alix was already perched on the top rope. She smirked, smelling the air of the arena, getting for a feel of the excitement, and feeling the bloodlust seep through her veins.
To Jeff, the girl's eyes darkened. He smirked himself, knowing for a fact where this came from. And now that he knew that this happened to the X-Stinger, he knew that this challenge would be that much harder.
"And for the main event – we have Jeff Hardyy!" the ring announcer blared, but he wasn't able to finish with the other competitor of the match. Alix launched herself off of the top rope and onto Jeff. The ref and the ring announcer backed out of the way as Alix took her element of surprise and tried to roll Jeff up for a quick pin.
The ref slid to the mat and hit it only twice. Jeff kicked out, leaving Alix on her side and Jeff on his butt – trying to figure out what happened.
The bell-ringers quickly realized that they had yet to officially start the match, and promptly did. When the ding, ding, ding shot through the air, it seemed to almost energize Alix and Jeff. The two both jumped up and glared each other down.
The ref chastised Alix for starting the match without it officially starting, but the X-Stinger simply growled at him. He backed away and allowed for the match to continue.
Trying to use the element of surprise again, Alix quickly turned to Jeff and flung him against one side of the ropes. It worked, Jeff bounced against them and back against the opposite side of ropes. Thinking her plan had gone perfectly, Alix jumped maybe four feet in the air and prepared to slam her feet into Jeff's face when he came flying back.
Only one problem – there was no Jeff to hit. Jeff had managed to latch his arms around the ropes so he didn't fling back, and Alix didn't have enough time to notice this. She catapulted to the ground, her spine taking the brunt of the force.
Jeff grabbed her legs and forced them apart, slamming his legs down between them. Although she wasn't a guy – it still hurt like hell. For once in her life she was glad she wasn't a guy.
When that forced Alix to sit up, Jeff slid his legs into her face, forcing her down. Yep, now I know what he would have felt like…she groaned as Jeff grabbed her leg for a pin.
One, two…Alix used all of her might to force Jeff off of her and kick out of the pin. Jeff managed to immediately stand up, clapping to himself to get the rest of the arena to do the same. Alix on the other hand slowly crawled towards one of the turnbuckles to help her up.
When she did get up, Jeff raced at her to try and slam her back. Alix slid out of the way, and turned right back around to race at him. Instead of being able to cause any damage, Jeff swung his legs up and got her in the face. When he tried to jump down and roll her up, she slid out of that too and left him sitting again.
Alix took one deep breath and turned back around and now kicked Jeff in the face again. Jeff was left on the ground as Alix managed to stand up, turn around, fire herself off of the ropes, and effectively sit on his face for a half of a second. She was hoping the force would have done something, and weakly pinned him. He kicked out again and Alix was flat on her back hoping that this would end quickly.
The X-Stinger stood Jeff up and punched him dead in the face. Jeff gripped her arm and flung her against the rope. When she came flying back, she evaded his arm so he started to race around the ring too.
They bounced against opposite ropes for the last time, and both had the same idea. They both jumped, but grossly miscalculated how high they'd jumped. They both missed the other opponent but still had put a lot of force in their jumps. Effectively catapulting them over the top ropes.
Each of the competitors landed in a crumpled heap, writhing on the ground. Medics raced to each of them, but both Jeff and Alix waved them away – their pride getting far in the way of wanting to be okay.
"Three!" The ref called, which was when Alix realized that her and Jeff were being slowly counted out. She grunted as she rolled over onto her other side and stared at the ring mat, where if it hadn't been there she would have been able to see Jeff.
"Four!"
"Jeff…" Alix called out weakly, realizing that something had to be broken for her lungs to be hurting that much. Jeff didn't reply, and she couldn't see him.
"Five!"
Alix grabbed the mat and sat up, her head woozy and breathing killing her. The sea of fans seemed to swoon in front of her, and the ring lights just made her ensuing headache worse.
"Six!"
Alix pulled herself onto her knees and looked up towards the TitanTron – where a very unwelcome surprise was waiting for her.
"Seven!"
The Nexus walked down the entrance ramp slowly and methodically – a good amount of water bottles and trash thrown at them in the process. Of course that wouldn't be shown on the show when it aired in a few days.
"Eight…!"
Alix scrambled to get herself off of the floor and onto her feet, but fell back, hitting her head on the ring post in the process.
"Nine!"
The Nexus surrounded Alix – not laying a finger on her. They had nothing against Jeff – yet, so there was no reason to disqualify him. They just wanted to make sure she couldn't run away or get anywhere. Not that she could stand in the first place.
"Ten! Ring the bell!"
The ref motioned for the bell to be rung to call for the end of the match, and as soon as it did, the Nexus beat on Alix as hard as they could. Her head was smashed in, against a foot or against a ring post, her knees stomped on, her stomach crushed, and she could only hope someone would come save her.
"I'm just a step away. I'm just a breath away. Losin my faith today – I'm fallin' off the edge today! I am just a man, not superhuman, someone save me from the hate…"
The other five members of Redención raced out to help the X-Stinger. For a moment, Alix could see Jeff perched on one of the top ropes, exactly as she had been before their match.
Jeff launched himself in a suicide dive, and it seemed every member of the Nexus was taken care of. Except for one. Wade Barrett knelt down next to Alix, seemingly unaware of all of the other chaos.
"Hey there, hon." He drawled in his thick English accent, pretty much ignoring everything around him. Alix closed her eyes so that she wouldn't have to see the man, but he just chuckled. "You shoulda' respected me that day you first met me – and shouldn't have tried to save your precious Undertaker."
"Pardon me." That 'precious Undertaker' tapped Wade's shoulder. He turned around to be greeted by a steel chair to his chest. Alix slowly sat up when she heard the clang of the chair and realized that most of the Nexus were completely down for the count. If not they were just barely moving.
Jeff held his hand down to help Alix up, and helped her into the ring. The crowd cheered as the two circled around, trying to be sure to look at all of the fans.
"I'm just a step away. I'm just a breath away. Losin my faith today – I'm fallin' off the edge today! I am just a man, not superhuman, someone save me from the hate…"
The rest of Redención climbed into the ring and the cheers grew louder.
"A hero's gonna save me just in time…"
AN: Sorry for how long it's been! Major blockage. Hope you enjoyed!