New Tag Partner
After Beth's weird reaction, John knew that he had to get to the bottom of what was going on. Shaking her sudden outburst from his head, he made his way to the Divas locker room. When the door opened after he knocked, he was glad to see that it was Natalya who answered the door.
"Hey John, shouldn't you be in the Gorilla with Beth for your match?"
"I should be, but my partner has gone AWOL. She came to my locker room crying her eyes out and said that she had to leave. What the hell happened?"
Before Natalya could start to explain to John about Beth's confrontation with Kelly and Eve, a stagehand walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder to grab his attention.
"Uh…Mr. Cena, your match is up next; you have two minutes." He said before scurrying away.
"Dammit! What the hell am I going to do now? My match is getting ready to start and Beth has literally left the building!"
"Calm down a little John or you'll blow a gasket. All you have to do is find another Diva that you trust enough to be your partner. Then after your match, I will tell you what happened."
"The only other Diva, besides Beth that I trust throughout the whole roster, is you Natalya. Will you be my tag partner?" John asked hopefully.
"I already have a match scheduled against Layla for tonight. But you know what, I'll go find Stephanie right now and let her know about the change of plans. I guess it's a good thing that I already have my gear on." Natalya said with a smile.
"Oh, Nattie thank you!"
"Anything I can do to help out a friend."
John then grabbed the Canadian up in a huge bear hug and twirled her around several times.
"Uh…John, I can't breathe!" Natalya wheezed.
"Oh sorry; you go tell Stephanie and I'm going to try and call Beth. I will meet you in the Gorilla in a bit."
Natalya nodded as she started running down the hall to find the 'Billion Dollar Princess'. Meanwhile, John ran back to his locker room and grabbed his cell phone. Quickly scrolling through his recent calls list, he selected her name and put the phone up to his ear. Ring after ring, he prayed that she would pick up. Much to his dismay, her voicemail picked up.
"Hey, it's Elizabeth. Sorry I can't come to the phone right now, but just leave your name, number and a message, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks and stay Pin up Strong!"
Disappointed, John started to leave a message after the beep.
"Beth, it's me John. Look, I don't know what happened but can we talk about it? I mean over the past few days we've talked about everything, so I don't know why you would just leave like that. I will call you after my match."
Hanging up, John dropped his phone into his duffel bag and then sprinted his way to the Gorilla. Seeing Natalya there made him feel slightly better about the situation. Even though Beth left, he still had one of the most dangerous Divas on the whole roster on his side.
"Did she answer the phone?"
"No, but I left a voicemail for her. I just hope she gets it and calls me back. Anyway, are you ready to go up against Vickie?"
"I most definitely am! She made Beth's life hell, so she is going to get what she deserves."
"Alright then, let's do this."
"Yeah baby!" Natalya yelled with her signature laugh to pump herself up. John couldn't help but to chuckle.
"The following is a mixed tag team match and is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, being accompanied to the ring by his partner, Vickie Guerrero, from Hollywood, Florida, Dolph Ziggler!" Justin Roberts announced over the loud booing of the crowd.
Once the duo were in the ring, Dolph's theme song cut away into John's.
"And their opponents; introducing first from West Newberry, Massachusetts, John Cena!"
The crowd went wild as soon as John walked out onto the stage. After walking halfway down the ramp, he stopped and motioned for them to cue his partner's music.
"His partner, from Buff-..." Justin started to say but quickly received word of the last second change. By that time, Natalya's theme song hit and the crowd cheered even louder.
"…from Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Natalya!"
As Natalya met up with John on the ramp, she could hear the sound of Vickie screaming at the top of her lungs. She was told she was facing Beth, which already scared her, but now she was supposed to wrestle against Natalya, who was trained in the Hart family dungeon?! Now she was purely petrified! There was no way she was starting the match. She quickly exited the ring and found herself out on the ring apron. Dolph could start, and finish the whole match for all she cared.
The match went back and forth for several minutes with Dolph trying to make as many roll-ups as he could. After about the sixth Oklahoma roll-up, Natalya ran in and broke it up. This irritated Dolph to no end. Once she was back out on the ring apron, he sauntered over to scold the Diva while John was still on the mat recovering from a stiff kick to the stomach.
"Who the hell do you think you are? You have no business being in my ring, so just stay out!" He hollered at Natalya.
The Canadian slightly took offense to his comments, so she swung her hand around and cracked a loud slap across his face. It surprised him so much that he fell backwards just as John was able to get back to his feet and make the tag. Natalya quickly climbed into the ring and walked over to Dolph's flopping body. Even though it was a mixed tag team match and not an inter-gender one, she decided that she was going to have some fun with the 'Show Off'.
Grabbing a handful of his bleach blonde hair, Natalya pulled him up and lifted his body before she threw him down near his corner with a loud thud. Dolph hollered out in pain as he grabbed a hold of his back and rolled out of the ring to the outside, falling to the floor. Natalya laughed and then turned her attention to Vickie, who was looking at Dolph writhing on the ground in pain, a hand covering her mouth in shock. Slowly, the brunette turned her head and let out a squeal when she saw Natalya looming near her. She instantly dropped into the fetal position on the ring apron. Thinking quick on her feet, Natalya ran the ropes and executed a baseball slide. Connecting with Vickie's sides, she went flying off the ring and crash landed on the outside next to Dolph's motionless body. The crowd cheered loudly seeing the duo laid out and the referee starting to count. Natalya walked over to her corner; where John was standing with a smile on his face, climbed to the top turnbuckle and sat down to wait for her opponents to come back around.
The referee's count got up to nine before Dolph was able to coax Vickie back into the ring, and when she looked up to see Natalya sitting on the turnbuckle with a huge grin on her face, a wave of anger washed over her. Getting to her feet, Vickie marched her way over to the opposite corner with a scowl set across her facial features. Natalya hopped down and met the brunette halfway with a smirk spread across her face, which only angered Vickie more. Just when Natalya thought she was going to hear yelling and screeching, she was met with a hard slap that imitated the one she gave to Dolph.
Reeling back in shock, Natalya covered her face; the stinging was unbearable. Turning her attention back to Vickie (with her smirk gone), Natalya leapt into action by hitting a clothesline and knocked Vickie flat on her back. Quickly going in for the cover, Natalya hooked the legs, but only came up with a two count. Giving John a knowing glance, she grabbed Vickie's legs and went to wrap them around her own. Dolph knew what was getting ready to happen and climbed in to break the submission hold up, but was stopped dead in his tracks when he was hit with a shoulder block from John. Being hit with so much brute force, Dolph rolled back outside of the ring as Natalya went back to applying the hold. Locking it in deep, Vickie had no choice but to tap out. The screeching guitar riff blared through speakers as Natalya stood up in victory. John then rolled back into the ring just as the referee was raising her hand in victory and he grabbed her other hand to raise it up as well.
"Great job Nattie." John whispered when he dropped her hand and then pulled her into a friendly hug.
"Thanks John; you too." Natalya said in between large gulps of air. It wasn't easy turning Vickie over onto her stomach; it took a lot of effort.
They then climbed out of the ring, slapped hands with some of the fans and then headed backstage. After grabbing some water from the catering area, they headed back to John's locker room. But first Natalya swung by the Divas locker room to grab her cell phone. As she sat down on the couch with John, they both turned their cell phones on and waited; hoping to hear some word from Beth.
"I don't have anything, what about you?" Natalya asked after she was done sifting through all of the messages she had received from twitter and family.
"No, nothing yet, but it takes forever for my phone to load everything. Oh, wait…yes she called and left me a voicemail."
"Good, what did she say?"
"I don't know, give me a second." John said as he selected the message and put the phone up to his ear.
"John, I just called to tell you how sorry I am for ditching you right before our match. There were some comments made by other Divas and I just had to get away. If I hadn't have left, I would have done something I would regret and possibly have gotten suspended for it. Don't worry, I just went back to the hotel, so after your match, call me and I will meet you downstairs in the bar to explain everything. I could really use a drink and I'm sure you could too."
John was glad that she called him back, but was still worried about what was said. Forgetting that Natalya was sitting next to him, he immediately jumped up from his spot and started to rush around. Throwing his things haphazardly back into his duffel bag, he headed off to the showers. After a quick shower and wardrobe change, John was ready to leave. Natalya then realized what was going on.
"Well…what did she say?" Natalya asked as she stood up.
"She apologized for leaving and said she would meet me in the hotel bar to explain. I'd love to stay and chat more, but I really have to get going. I will have Beth call you later. Thanks again for saving my ass tonight Nattie. I owe you one."
With that, John threw the door open and left in a hurry. He had to get to Beth as soon as possible.
***A/N***
Thank y'all for of the continuously kind words and reviews! They all seriously bring a smile to my face!
Therealchamps: they really are cute, aren't they? I love these two as a couple, fictionally of course!
my time is now: I'm sorry that it took so long! I really had some writer's block with it. But then one day, it just went away! Lmao in a way, I'm glad that I made you dislike Eve, because that is what I set out to do; make Kelly and Eve seem like absolutely terrible people.
BethNatalyaGlamaHart: again, I love John and Beth as a couple, so I try to incorporate as many 'cute' little things in as possible
Ashln2232: thanks for the kind words and support! Hope you enjoy this chapter!