Chapter 2: Kick-start!
After all the fun and games with the Motor City Machine Guns, The girls, consisting of Velvet, Kelly and Taryn all went back to the knockouts locker room, which was still empty to relax and to wait for either Dixie or Traci to tell Kelly about her big debut.
Velvet: I have no idea what to wear tonight!
Taryn: I dunno if I'm dressing up to be honest, it's not like there's anyone there I'm trying to impress
Kelly: Funny you should say that, cus I have a friend, who is newly single, and don't want this to sound weird, but he actually saw a few of your matches here at TNA and he was definitely impressed…
Taryn: What? Who?
Velvet: Who cares! Kelly, is he in Arizona right now?
Kelly: No, but he is free to be able to come to a show tomorrow night, he is from WWE though…
Taryn: I dunno, I mean, the last guy at WWE I dated turned out to be a dick
Kelly: Yeah but that was Drew, He's a douche, so give this guy a chance, and to give you a clue who it may be, you were actually really good friends, and he had a huge crush on you for ages; you were just way too distracted to realize…
Kelly trailed off as she heard the door knock; it was both Dixie and Traci
Dixie: Hey there girls! Hope I wasn't interrupting anything, but also I couldn't help eavesdropping outside the door, but Kelly, you said your friend, he's from WWE?
Kelly: Uh yeah, he is incredible; and if I'm not wrong I think his contract with WWE expires next month too
Traci: Dixie, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Dixie nodded, and gave all the girls a smile
Traci: Why don't you give him a call, we can give him a tryout in a few days if he is interested, I was actually talking to Sting, and he was actually talking about needing new faces for the X Division!
Dixie: I can almost see a lawsuit on our hands, TNA steals WWE talent!
The girls all laughed and then waited for more of what the president of the company and the president of the knockouts was about to say next
Kelly: I'm guessing you're here to talk about my debut?
Traci: Yeah, we were throwing some ideas around and thought that maybe of having the three of you girls creating a trio, and frankly, seeing the new formation of Rosita, Sarita and Tara, we need someone to put them in their place
Dixie: But we also had an idea of pairing you with a Male wrestler, the only thing about that is that you won't be an official performer for a few months and you'll be doing a lot of valet work, and it turned you into a heel
Kelly was blown away. She'd never performed as a heel, and when WWE tried to; they just made her look like a psycho, and in her mind she knew she always knew she did best as a face. In fact she was stunned that Dixie and Traci were giving her the option…she had to think to herself, was this option? Or were they just telling her about the ideas they'd had? Dixie, Traci, Velvet and Taryn all watched her as she thought to herself. The only time she brought herself back to the conversation was when Velvet nudged her
Kelly: Oh sorry, lost my train of thought, but if I was able to choose, I would go with the first option, the trio, it's just that I do better as a face, I can try to be a heel, but I guess people just don't see me as a heel even if I try
Dixie: Guess you guys have a lot of talking to do! Oh and I forgot to tell the three of you the idea I had for tonight. Velvet, you're gonna be in the ring, talking about the way you're sick of the blindsides and cheap shots, and then Rosita, Sarita and Tara are gonna come out and talk some crap about you and the faces, then when they're in the ring, Taryn you're gonna come out and say some stuff, about how you're also sick of them thinking they run the locker room, and then Bam! Blindside and then when the three start acting smug, Kelly, it's your chance to shine! And we wanna see what you can do with a microphone so if or when you feel it, just grab one and cut a promo, and then we can come out and make it a match!
Traci: Or! Kelly you start off in the ring and say a little about the transfer to TNA and then the three of them come out to talk shit and they blindside you, and then Velvet and Taryn come out to save you and that's when we come out to issue your first official match as a knockout!
Kelly was stunned, Taryn knew why, she couldn't help but laugh
Taryn: Yeah Kellz, TNA actually give us some sort of choice when it comes to our characters, unlike WWE who tell us what we have to do
Kelly: Whoa…I think I prefer the first one again; I like that idea of the fans not knowing what to expect
Traci: Good choice! So we'll see you in the holding area in 15 minutes, Velvet, Taryn, get angry! Kelly, go kick some ass!
With a smile both Traci and Dixie left. Leaving the girls to get ready for Kelly's big debut.
Taryn: Vel, are you getting into your ring gear?
Velvet: I guess, gives me a chance to get out of this shirt cus its making me break a sweat just sitting here!
Within 10 minutes all three girls were wearing their ring gear, Velvet was donning her blue and gold crop top and skirt with a pair of fishnet tights and her wrestling boots, Tiffany sporting her gold bra and booty shorts, and lastly Kelly, wearing her silver and pink outfit which she wore for Wrestlemania XXVI and after final make-up and hair checks the girls were out and walking towards the holding area for the wrestlers before their matches. Kelly was still amazed that she was in TNA with her best friend and new friend, Kelly and Velvet clicked really well, even though they'd known each other less than 5 hours, they knew they were soon gonna be mega close.
Velvet hugged Kelly and Taryn and ran out onto the ramp as soon as she heard her music playing, within a few minutes after Velvet leaving, the music for Sarita, Rosita played, and after another hug, 5 minutes later Taryn left, leaving Kelly to watch the five girls on screen in the ring, once Taryn had gotten through with her entrance, and now Kelly was a bag of nerves, as soon as Tara came out and then the first attack, she needed to run out, and so she waited for the cue and watched the screen
*on screen*
Sarita: You Barbie dolls are boring, people don't wanna watch you Velvet, and Taryn you're boring now
Taryn: Boring? Sarita Please! All we ever hear are you and your midget cousin complaining that you don't get the opportunities you deserve and frankly you don't deserve anything, girls like me and Velvet come out here every week and out-perform the same old thing you lot dish out
Kelly couldn't help but laugh when Rosita had to be held back from going after Taryn, it was like watching a small dog, barking at and challenging a bigger dog, only to have to be put in its place
*Tara's music starts to play, and shows Tara walking down the ramp, already holding a microphone*
Tara: When do you blonde idiots get it into your thick heads that you can come out here, week after week and challenge women like us, because if I am right, I always end up watching girls like you, on the mat, on your backs, being pinned and frankly its fun putting you in that position…in fact, it's so much fun, I'm gonna do it now
Now was Kelly's chance, she was just about to run out when she was stopped by the stage manager who told her to wait till her music started playing, and plus it was still too early for her to run out, Taryn and Velvet were still holding their own, Kelly had to wait till they were both on the floor to run out
Tara nailed Velvet with a widow's peak and then only after Sarita hit Taryn with a double under-hook power-bomb was Kelly allowed to go running out and to her amazement, the crowd was even louder than she realized it would be!
After 2 hollers in her entrance music the crowd were screaming and yelling realizing that it was Kelly's theme music and Kelly sped down the ramp, her first victim was Rosita who was standing outside the ring, riling up the crowd. As soon as she saw Kelly running towards her, she did her trademark pulling out of her earrings and yelling something in Spanish only to be sent flying back when Kelly gave her a swift kick in the stomach. As soon as she got into the ring, she sent Sarita right into a turnbuckle with a spear and then ran over to stop Tara attacking Velvet, the only way to stop her was to grab her by the hair, give her a slap across the face and give her a face-buster, whilst Tara was on the floor, it gave her a chance to go back to Sarita who was now back on her feet, but still groggy. Kelly did her favorite move, the round-off back handspring elbow leaving Sarita to roll out the ring, and leaving Kelly to deal with Tara, who was still getting up on all fours, and after giving the crowd a reason to scream for her, she stood up on Tara's back and floored her with the Kelly Killer.
The heel diva's showed the anger on their face as they made their way back up the ramp, whilst Kelly helped Taryn and Velvet back up, she picked up the microphone, and climbed up on the turnbuckle ready to give the crowd what they wanted
Kelly: Barbie dolls? Really? If there's anyone getting bored of something, it's me hearing that term for us girls who don't need to win by cheating, in fact, I know if I took on any one of you bitches, I swear I'll make you regret it! So next week…I'm talking to the little one, the one with the hoops, you know what they say…the bigger the hoop, the bigger the hoe…so next week, if you wanna meet me in the ring, don't worry sweetie, I'll rip those earrings out for you!
The crowd was even louder, and none of the knockouts could believe the level of noise coming from them. The noise ended up dying down as soon as Dixie and Traci walked out into the impact zone and issued the match
Traci: Kelly! Rosita! Next week! Kelly, you are gonna have your official knockout Debut against Rosita
Dixie: And seeing that you always have to have your "friends" around, it's gonna be Rosita with Sarita and Tara vs. Kelly with Taryn and Velvet!
*BACKSTAGE*
A crowd of Superstars were backstage waiting to congratulate Kelly. Amongst the crowd were, Aj Styles, the British Invasion, Ink Inc, Matt Morgan, Christian Cage and the Motor City Machine guns, and then the rest of the knockouts she had become friends with earlier. Kelly was overwhelmed with all of the praise she was getting. And after thanking everyone for welcoming her to the company, all the knockouts went back to the locker room to get ready to leave.
*IN THE KNOCKOUTS LOCKER ROOM*
Velvet: So who's coming out tonight?
Kelly: Me!
Taryn: I am gonna get wasted tonight!
Brooke: I really wanna go out and dance tonight
Christy: Should we forget about going for drinks and just go to a club?
Angelina: Yes! Let's get me trashed!
Madison: I should be packing for…Screw it! I'm there!
Mickie: Aw guys, I can't, its date night and Magnus's planned something special
Gail: You guys know what I'm like when I get really drunk, but you girls have an awesome time!
Velvet: Well to anyone who is coming, you're all more than welcome to get ready in my hotel room and we can pre-drink there so let's get something to eat before we head out
All the girls who said yes to going out were all in the lobby of the hotel all ready to get out, Velvet got a text from Chris:
"We're at the lost leaf bar so meet us here x"
Velvet: Girls! Let's go! Taxi's are outside!
In one taxi were Angelina, Madison, Brooke and Christy, and in the other one was Kelly, Taryn, Velvet and one of their friends, Naya. She seemed really nice, and she was gorgeous and fit right in.
Once they got to the bar, they saw that the guns were in the bar with a bunch of the wrestlers that Kelly had met after her debut, she noticed that all the girls had almost paired up with a guy each, except for Alex and Taryn, who were both single. It wasn't that the people who paired up were dating; it was just that they seemed to spend a lot of time together.
The guys at the bar were Aj, who was with Christy, Angelina and Christian who were at the bar with Madison and Matt Morgan, Chris and Velvet were sat with Alex and Taryn on the table with two guys Kelly hadn't met yet, she went over and sat next to Taryn, who was on the edge of the table.
Chris: Me and Alex are very sorry Kelly, we never got to introduce ourselves properly, if Alex hadn't been staring at you in the afternoon, we would have been able to say hi then, but now's are chance
Kelly giggled when she saw Alex give a look to Chris, showing a combination of embarrassment and frustration
Kelly: Don't apologize, I actually felt quite flattered, so thanks Alex
She said with a wink. Alex began to feel flustered and looked over to Taryn almost telepathically asking for help
Taryn: Kellz, this is Pete Morton and Chase Michaels, but we all call him Flash, so now you know everyone, let's get drunk!
Kelly wasn't really in the mood to drink this time, but did it just to be polite. Being a girl, especially a pretty girl, the bartender practically threw drinks at her and the rest of the girls. Aj, Pete and Alex walked out of the bar, and Naya and Christy sat down next to Kelly
Christy: honestly those guys go out for a smoke more than they wanna have a backstage interview with me
Kelly and Naya both laughed, and the three carried on drinking their cocktails
Naya: By the way Kelly, you got a killer kick, you sent Rosita flying back there
Kelly: Aw thanks Naya; that means a lot!
Naya: If I had legs that could kick like that, I'd be a better dancer, and gymnast!
Naya went on to explain that although she wanted to be in professional wrestling, she didn't have the training, and decided that the next best thing for her was either a dancer or gymnast and at the moment, the dance idea was the smartest, and she also explained that she was going around the country to the best dance schools, and it just so happened that her travel plans always matched with the TNA rosters.
Naya: You haven't stopped looking at the door since the guys left; you wanna go out and say we need some air?
Kelly: Would it seem pathetic?
Naya nodded and then they burst into laughter, they walked out, hand in hand and once outside they scanned the sidewalk for the guys and heard the guys talking near an alley way where everyone seemed to smoke
After a few minutes, Aj, Pete and Naya walked back into the bar leaving Alex and Kelly, who were both now holding cigarettes and talking
Alex: I didn't get a chance to say well done, for today, I mean, it was insane!
Kelly: Aw thanks…
She blushed. They were both looking into each other's eyes, but as soon as they realized what they were doing, they both looked at the floor. Alex was leaning against the wall, one hand in his pocket and the other holding the burning cigarette whilst Kelly stood opposite him, she shivered as a cold wind brushed past her, making her black dress flow in the breeze
Alex: So, Kelly, if you don't mind me asking, what made you wanna move to TNA?
Kelly: Uh where do I start? I guess it started when I lost the diva's title, they literally just forgot about me, and they moved on to the next biggest storyline and I was waiting for months before they were like "Hey, you're contract expires soon, so what do you wanna do?" so I thought for a while and just decided what do I actually do? And then I told Taryn about it and she was said she would speak to Dixie, next day; get a call and now I'm here talking to you
Alex laughed and waited for her to say something
Kelly: So what about you? Didn't you have a tryout match in WWE?
Alex: Damn! Didn't know people still remembered that…I was like what? 21? And I was looking to get out independent circuits and they called me up and I said why not, but even in that one night I was there, it didn't seem like a place I wanted to be, so I came back to TNA
They carried on talking, and began to walk back into the bar and join the rest of their friends only to be backed out back into the street as they all began to leave the bar; most of the girls were nearly tipsy whilst the guys were still just feeling the buzz from their drinks
Madison: LET'S GO DANCE!
This was well received by the girls who whooped and hollered back at her. Everyone except Kelly, Taryn, Velvet, Alex and Chris went with the rest of the group
Angelina: Guys! Come on! You can't be done already!
Aj: Alex, Chris! You guys coming?
Chris: Nah, we're going back to the hotel, you guys have fun
The rest of the group all groaned at this, but the girls all hugged and all said their goodbyes and they left for the club, and Alex, Chris, Kelly, Velvet and Taryn all started walking back. The hotel wasn't very far but a about a 20 minute walk away and in front was Velvet and Chris, who had their arms linked, and behind them trailed Alex, Kelly and Taryn behind them.
Kelly: Aw they're cute
Taryn: I know right!
Alex: cute enough to make me wanna throw up
He laughed, Kelly and Taryn also let out giggles, not realizing the two in front of them also heard
Velvet: Heard that
Chris: Come on man! It's just flirting
The five walked back to the hotel and went back to their rooms, in the girl's room the three were talking:
Kelly: So you and Chris were cute…
Taryn: When are you guys gonna just gonna start dating?
Velvet: What?! Me and Chris are just friends who flirt! Why does everyone always say me and him need to date?
Taryn: You don't NEED to, it would just be nice see something actually come out of the flirting
Kelly: I know I hardly know either of you, but you do seem like you would be really cute
Velvet: Okay, fine, I do like him, but he doesn't see anything in me, like he said, it's just flirting
Taryn: Vel, Chris flirts with you different to the way he flirts with other girls, believe me
Velvet: Really? Well…I guess…But what I wanna talk about is what you and Alex were talking about for half an hour outside before we left
She said, shooting a smile at Kelly, who was just smiling at the idea of Chris and Velvet
Kelly: Me and Alex? We just talked about stuff
Taryn: Whoa! You got Alex to talk? You're in!
Kelly: What do you mean?
Velvet: What Taryn means is that Alex isn't really a man of many words; like he'll say a few things here and there, but having a full blown conversation with him is pretty hard
Kelly: What? We had a great talk about WWE and TNA and stuff
*In the guys room*
Chris: So uh…you were out with Kelly for long
Alex: Huh? What? Me and Kelly? We were just in the smoking area
Chris: You're trying to tell me that you were just standing there talking about smoking?
Alex: Come on Man! We just talked about stuff like wrestling and stuff
Chris: Is that it? No flirting? No looks? Nothing?
Alex nodded as he adjusted in the bed, flipping channels on the TV. Chris sat up looking at the room service menu before getting a text on his phone
"Me and Kelly are thinking of getting some food, you and Alex wanna come along too? xoxo"
Chris: Dude, get ready, we're getting something to eat with the girls!
Chris said with a huge smile. Alex changed his shirt and got his keys, phone and wallet; it didn't take much for Chris to ever persuade him to do anything. It kind of came with the deal of being best friends, but they weren't just best friends, they were more like brothers. Their friendship was strong, in ring and out, in the ring, they were a well-oiled machine. They had no problem putting their bodies on the line for each other, and even when it never went to plan, they were still as solid as a rock.
The guy's room was only a few doors down from the girl's room, so they were outside a few minutes after Velvet texted Chris.
Kelly opened the door; she'd changed from the black dress into a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a white and pink tank top, Alex and Chris walked in and sat down on the couch waiting for the girls to finish getting ready to go out to eat. Chris, who was wearing a dark green t-shirt and some ripped grey jeans, and was mid-conversation with Taryn, asking why she wasn't coming, to where she responded saying she had a photo-shoot early in the morning. Sat next to him was Alex, wearing an old band t-shirt and some blue jeans, he was slowly scrolling through his twitter, and after a few minutes, Velvet walked out of the bathroom in an old beautiful people t-shirt and some denim shorts.
Chris: Ready?
Kelly: Let's go!