Chapter 3: Debut!
The four TNA stars walked around Arizona for about half an hour before finding a Pizza Hut where they could eat, seeing how it was nearly 11:00pm they walked in and got sat down at a booth and waited for a waiter to come and take their order. They were greeted by a young teenager, who looked about 17. She introduced herself and took their order, only realizing just as she was taking their menus that they actually were the same wrestlers she had just gone to watch that day.
She went behind the bar and started speaking to two other waiters and a waitress who stared at the four with huge smiles, Alex, Chris, Kelly and Velvet didn't know what to do but smile and wave back and then try and get out as soon as possible. And once outside the restaurant;
Chris: Cuz that wasn't creepy at all now was it?
Velvet: At least we got it all half off; #perks
Alex and Kelly just laughed along and then they all began walking back to their hotel. It was the same formation as before, but just without Taryn, and Velvet and Chris walked in front, arms linked whilst Kelly and Alex trailed behind.
Kelly shivered as she soon regretted not taking her jacket with her, but the breeze felt nice on Alex, he could feel himself sweating, and began to walk faster, trying to catch up with Chris, the pace was soon matched by Kelly who felt the same nerves walking next to Alex.
Chris: What are you two too scared to walk alone?
Kelly: Nope, just don't wanna get too far behind, plus I think Alex is getting a little jealous seeing you with Velvet
Alex: Yeah! Sure!
Velvet: I knew it!
She said, letting go of Chris and pushing him towards Alex, they than began to walk behind the girls, who were whispering to each other
Chris: Dude, what's up?
Alex: What are you talking about?
Chris: Kelly, she likes you man
Alex: I honestly don't know what to do man!
Chris: Look, just follow my lead
At the same time, Kelly and Velvet were talking about Alex
Velvet: Just go over and be all flirty with him
Kelly: I can't flirt, like seriously, like, it's really bad
Velvet: Just walk close, get real close and like hold his arm, pretend you're cold so he opens up his arm to you and then hold…
They were interrupted when Chris and Alex had sped up to match the girls pace.
Chris: Velvet, can I talk to you?
Velvet: Sure, we'll catch up to you guys
She said as they stopped and let Alex and Kelly get a few metres away from them. Kelly and Alex walked quietly with each other, another cold breeze brushed past Kelly's shoulder and she let out another shiver
Alex: You cold?
Alex said, as he opened out his arm, Kelly hooked it through and they began to walk slower
Kelly: So you got any big matches coming up soon?
Alex: Uh yeah, Chris and I have an awesome story with Generation Me com…
Before Alex could carry on, he was interrupted by Chris and Velvet who were now in front of them, giving him and Kelly exhausted looks
Kelly: What?
Chris: It's almost painful to watch you guys
Alex: Watch us what?
Velvet: Watch you two try and flirt and get close but nothing!
Alex: Flirt? Us two? We're just talking and…
Chris: Kelly, walk with me!
Velvet: Alex, talk to me
*With Alex and Velvet*
Velvet: Look, I know it's hard talking to Kelly, especially after the whole Taylor thing but you gotta let it go, you can't hold back, Kelly seems to like you, and it's obvious you like her back
Alex: I hardly know her
Velvet: Come on Alex! Don't give me that crap! Get to know her
Alex: How…wait a minute, how do you know about the Taylor thing?
Velvet: You don't think me and Chris talk?
*With Kelly and Chris*
Chris: Look, he's having a bit of trouble talking cus about 4 months ago, he got out of this really bad break up and it's still hitting him really hard
Kelly: It's not him, I swear, it has to be me, every time I talk to him, we talk about wrestling…I don't know what else to talk about
Chris: I got it! Ask to train with him, I know he's going down to the training centre tomorrow, and a me and Velvet are gonna go too, meet us there and we can have some time to get to know each other, and believe me, the ring is the best place to really know someone
The four walked back into the hotel, and then into the rooms, both pairs filling in what the other person had said.
*In the training centre*
Alex and Chris were stretching, whilst Kelly and Velvet were still warming up
Chris: Right, Vel, you and me vs. Alex and Kelly
Alex: Bring it bitch!
The guys started off in the ring, kicks, punches, throws, holds, all fast paced and often blocked. Kelly couldn't help but think that they both just knew what the other was thinking; it was almost easy for Alex to block a kick from Chris or for Christ to easily get out of Alex's arm-lock. Within a few seconds Velvet was tagged in, but Alex stayed in the ring, Kelly was confused. Weren't guys only supposed to fight guys and girls fight girls? Alex was starting to tire out, so after a head-scissors from Velvet, he tagged in Kelly, Kelly and Velvet tied up in a few grapples, and holds but almost matched the pace of the guys, Chris was in soon, Kelly used all the moves she'd learnt in WWE, and much to all of their surprise, she was over powering him, she had Chris in a choke hold and then soon in a headlock and managed to perform a finisher on him
Chris: Damn Kellz! That was awesome!
Velvet: Girl! It was actually quite fun seeing Sabin having his ass handed to him
Alex: Kelly, if I ever need a partner for a mixed tag, I'm asking you!
Kelly was shocked, all the compliments filling her with a sense of pride and joy, especially now that Alex was saying more than just hi and small talk, she'd just got a huge compliment on her skills from the guy she thought she had feelings for!
None of them had realised that Dixie, Traci and Sting had been watching their training session, both very impressed by the talent shown by not only Kelly but the rest of the group. As they walked over, Alex and Chris were now cooling down from their training, Velvet was dabbing herself with a towel and Kelly was chugging water from her bottle.
Dixie: Hey guys! Could the four of you meet me in my office at 4? I may have a plan for you
Sting: Nice work guys! See you at 4!
The four in the ring had no idea what to say, the chairwoman and presidents of their divisions had just sung their praises to them!
*4:00pm in Dixie's office*
The four were sitting on one side of the table, Dixie, Traci and Sting at the head of the table and on the other side of the table sat Generation me and Taylor Wilde and Sarita.
Dixie: Firstly I'd like to welcome back Taylor to TNA and also we will be bringing back the team of Sarita and Taylor Wilde, and secondly, we will be using the eight of you in a storyline. Kelly, Velvet, I know we talked about the trio thing but we've spoken to Taryn and she's got other things planned, and also the Mexican America thing, that's starting to get old, so we wanna switch things up
Sting: Guns, you guys are really raising the bar in the tag team division, and we have this new team who are gonna shake things up for you, meet Generation me
The two young, almost teenage looking guys sat across from the guns, Alex and Chris went to shake their hands but were left hanging when the twins looked at each other and scoffed, laughing like the jerks they looked like. They had this aged look about them; their sideburns went all the way down to their jaw line and grew to almost an inch on both sides away from their mouths.
Traci: The idea we have for you guys is you're both gonna be going after the tag team titles in your division, so guns vs. me and then Wilde & Sarita vs. Kelly and Velvet and we're gonna create a story line where the Guns, Kelly and Velvet are gonna have to deal with Gen me, Sarita and Wilde in their way for the titles, but you guys have a lot of choice with it, so if you wanna throw any ideas in, just give either me or sting a call and we'll see what we can do!
Dixie: I think that sums everything up, unless anyone's got any questions?
Max: So when do we get to win the titles?
Jeremy: I mean, these guys are old news, are we gonna win them?
Alex: Old news? Seriously! Who are you guys?
Taylor: They're gonna be the guys who finally take down the guns
Velvet: Back off! You clearly forgot how things go down around here Taylor!
Chris: And I don't think your friends have what it takes to take us on
Sarita: Watch it Sabin, You might end up getting injured again
Kelly: Please, Chris probably has more talent in his injured foot than any of you on that side of the table
Traci: Guys! Enough of this!
Sting: Save it for the ring
Dixie: Kelly, Velvet, Guns, you can leave, we just need to talk to these lot for a few more minutes
The four left the office and started walking towards the catering area, Alex walked away from the group, Chris and Velvet knew why, Kelly knew something was up, but didn't know what exactly.
Velvet: Chris, you go check on Alex, Me and Kelly will catch up with you guys later
Chris walked back the way they had just walked they came, whilst Kelly still looked confused, until she sat down at the table with Velvet, and now joined Taryn, Madison and Matt Morgan.
Kelly: What happened?
Madison: Where are the guys?
Matt: Didn't you guys have a meeting with Dixie today?
Velvet: Right, firstly Matt; yes we did, Maddie; Dunno, Chris's gone to see if Alex is ok and Kelly; basically the blonde bitch I told to back off, that's Taylor, Alex's ex-girlfriend
Taryn: Taylor's back? Great! No wonder Alex walked off
Kelly: Chris told me a bit about it, but never went into too much detail; he just said it was a bad break up
Matt: It killed him, would you believe me if I said he was the guy who would be getting everyone laughing and talking in the locker room? That bitch ruined him!
Velvet: Basically he was head over heels for her, and she literally had him hooked on her, she wouldn't let him do anything! He couldn't even train with Chris unless he asked her first!
Kelly: But they're best friends and tag team partners…
Madison: It gets worse, basically she cheated on him with Bobby Roode from Beer money and when he found out, she humiliated him in front of the entire locker room, and then she ran off to the independent circuit cus she started getting shit from people
Chris: And he's been having a tough time to forget about it, so guys, I've convinced him to come back to grab something to eat, but he's just having a cigarette, Aj's out with him anyway
Christy sat down just at Chris finished his sentence. She sensed that the entire morale of the group was low and had the perfect idea to cheer them up
Christy: So guys, not really supposed to tell you this but guess where we're heading for next week's show!
Velvet: Connecticut?
Matt: Texas?
Taryn: Louisiana?
Chris: Detroit?
Christy: There we go!
Chris: Fuck Yeah! Bringing it home baby! Congratulations Kelly, you get to debut in the best city in America!
Kelly: Thanks Chris! I'm can't wait!…um…would it be a good idea for me to go see if Alex is ok?
Chris: You can try
Kelly walked through to the parking lot and saw that Alex and Aj were stood having a cigarette, she took a deep breath and walked over to them and said hi, Aj was still trying his hardest to cheer him up, to no avail, but now that Kelly was here, he didn't have to try as hard
Aj: Come on Man! You're better than this! You used to be the guy that cheered everyone else up man!
Alex: Shit happens dude!
Kelly: Still feel a little rough huh? What would you say if I said I have some news that would cheer you up?
Alex: If you're gonna say we're going to Detroit, nice try, but thanks for trying…thanks for trying guys, but I'll be fine
Kelly: Aj mind if I talk to Alex alone?
Aj: Sure, see you guys inside
Kelly: Look, I know it must be hard working with your ex, believe me I know, hence why I'm here and not still at WWE, but want some advice?
Alex: Anything right now would be great
Kelly: Well seeing how we're gonna be in a storyline with her, you just gotta use all that stuff that you're feeling in the matches, all that aggression she makes you feel, take it out on those douche-bags with the 70's sideburns, let me and Velvet give it to her and Sarita
Alex: Sounds like you're speaking from experience
Kelly: Can I be really honest with you, like seriously, I haven't even told Velvet or Taryn, but basically the reason I left WWE was because it was literally a scene out of Mean Girls…I was known as the "Slut of the company" and I was getting crap from everyone
Alex: Really? You were the slut? I don't believe that
Kelly: Thanks but it's almost true, I used to go on dates with people, but nothing would happen, it's just that cus I went on the dates and everything people just assumed we'd have sex…
Alex: Well you don't have to worry about me thinking you're a slut
Kelly: Thanks Alex, I'll see you inside, I just gotta call someone
Alex and Kelly shared a long, tight hug, it was intimate and safe, and something neither of them had felt in a long time. Kelly had just gotten off the phone with her sister when Max and Jeremy had walked up to her.
Max: Damn, you are way too hot for the Guns! wanna be on my personal team?
Jeremy: You wanna strip for us? I mean you were real good at it when you were in ECW!
Kelly: Please, I'd rather get hit by a bus!
Jeremy: So what? Are you trying to screw Shelley now?
Max: Isn't that how you got your shot for the WWE Diva's championship?
Kelly instinctively slapped him across the face, without any hesitation
Kelly: Get your facts right! And even if I am trying to get with Shelley, at least I wouldn't be afraid of hiding him in public!
Kelly almost ran back into the building, finding her way back to the catering area, but she was cut off by Velvet, Alex and Chris who were walking towards her, they'd watched everything go down, and Kelly hadn't realised that there was a window, with a full view of where she was, that all of her friends were watching
Velvet: You ok?
Kelly: I'm fine
Chris: We saw everything, they didn't hurt you did they?
Kelly: No, just started talking crap
Alex: You want us to go kick their asses?
Kelly: Guys, don't worry about it! They'll get what's coming to them soon enough!
*A week later*
Velvet and Chris were sat in the locker room waiting for either Traci or Sting to give them more insight to the big announcement for their new stable.
Velvet: Right, Chris, I gotta tell you something, if I don't say it, I know I'll regret it but…
Chris: Go ahead, cus I gotta tell you something as well
Velvet: Uh…here goes nothing…I really like you, and I wanted to say something before but I couldn't explain but I…
Before she could continue he'd planted a kiss on her soft, warm lips, one of his hands grasping her waist and the other holding the side of her face, she couldn't help running a hand through his hair and placing the other on his shoulder. Neither had realized that Alex and Kelly had walked in and caught them kissing
Alex: Bad time?
Kelly: We can come back later, if you guys are 'busy'
Chris/Velvet: We were just…Uh…it…I...she….he…uh…
Alex: Guys! Chill!
Kelly: Just please warn us before you catch us off guard like that again
The four began to get into their ring gear, even though they still didn't know how things were gonna go down, they knew it was soon
Kelly had a new outfit this week; it was the gold attire she had used to pose with the diva's title. Velvet was the same blue and gold crop top and skirt with a pair of fishnet tights and her wrestling boots and the guns were wearing their regular black and silver outfits. They were all talking about their next training session, Chris wanted to see Alex and Kelly go at it, and Velvet was excited about the idea
Kelly: You scared Alex?
Alex: Dunno what Kelly? You're on!
They were interrupted by Traci and Sting who were followed by Generation me, Sarita and Taylor Wilde
Sting: Guys, you're gonna have a match, Gen me; you guys win, but then you run back into attack the guns, then Kelly and Velvet, you girls come out and put yourselves in front of them, fight back if you want to, Max, Jeremy, feel free to get evil, you are the heels, then Sarita and Taylor, you're gonna come down and challenge them two, and then Dixie is gonna surprise you with something!
Jeremy: FUCK YES! SUCK IT GUNS!
Max: When do we challenge them for the titles?
Sting: You guys need to cut that out! It's just the storyline!
Chris: (whispered) Amateurs
*In the match*
The match was just like all the Gun's matches, fast paced, thrilling and entertaining. Alex and Chris were quick to prove that even though they knew they were gonna lose, that they weren't going down without a fight, Alex and Max were now going blow for blow, and Jeremy was now in the ring getting the upper hand on Alex, Chris tried to get into the ring to come to his friends aid, but was held back by the ref who was oblivious to the attack going on behind him and before he'd turned around, Jeremy was back out, standing on the apron. This is when Chris was helpless. He couldn't do anything but watch as he watched his best friend get choked, his head leaning on the bottom turnbuckle. His eyes wincing as the black-haired twin dug his boot deeper into Alex's throat. The assault continuing as Jeremy was now tagged in; all he had to do was distract the ref for a few seconds for Max to beat at the back of Alex's head as he groggily stood up, holding the ropes. And before Chris could do anything he had to watch Alex get hit by a double super-kick and then a double rope hung DDT, Alex's body went limp. He was exhausted; any chance he tried get help from Chris, the Bucks made it an objective to separate the Guns.
1, 2, 3 and the Buck's music played. Chris was automatically by his friend's side; he couldn't help but feel pissed off that they had completely ignored the plan for the match, and chose just to cause Alex as much pain as possible. Chris had to make sure Alex was ok, he was still on the ground and before he had any chance to even get off his back, the Gun's were both now being attacked with kicks in the back by the bucks.
Backstage Kelly and Velvet were getting extremely disturbed at how violent the attack was, and were almost begging to go to try to stop the Buck's and when they finally got out, they were almost immediately by the gun's side, shielding them with their bodies. Velvet slit into the ring in front of Jeremy and had her arms out in defense in front of Chris who was clutching his neck, whilst Kelly was getting in Max's face pushing him away from Alex, before slapping him.
The slap was sounded around the arena. Before Max had a chance to react, Taylor and Sarita were now on the ramp shouting inaudible threats at the knockouts in the ring. The Bucks were now outside the ring, with evil smiles spread across their faces, whilst Velvet helped Chris up to his feet and Kelly was still trying to get Alex to respond to her, and she was soon joined by a medic in the ring, and after Chris was stable he was by Alex's side.
Backstage, in the locker room, Alex had just finished being checked over by a medic. Kelly was pressing an ice pack onto Alex's shoulder whilst the medic flashed a torch into his eyes
Medic: You in any particular pain in a specific area?
Alex: Just my shoulder and neck
Medic: Just keep it under ice, and try to keep it from getting hit in the next few weeks
They all thanked the medic, and headed off to speak to Traci, who they found in her office
Traci: Hey guys, what's up?
Velvet: We need to talk about them assholes! They took the attack way too far!
Chris: Alex's shoulder hurts, we can't have any of us get injured if we wanna get this story to get ratings
Traci: I understand guys, I'll talk to Sting and we'll have to have a word with them, but thank you for bringing it to my attention
Velvet: How'd you feel Alex?
Alex: Honestly guys, I'm fine, it's just a little sore but it'll be back to normal by Saturday!
*In the ring*
Dixie: Seeing that Generation Me clearly proved to be a good source of competition for the Motor City Machine Guns, myself, Traci Brooks and Sting have decided that we are gonna have a series of matches, including the following superstars; The Guns, Velvet Sky, Kelly Blank, The Bucks, Sarita and Taylor Wilde! If the eight of you will make your way into the ring and fill out these contracts
The first four to come out were the heels, they were paired up, Jeremy and Sarita and Max and Taylor, all looking smug and proud of themselves. A few moments later the crowd roared when Alex and Chris came out looking better than what they looked like at the end of their match and were now ready for a rematch.
As the four made their way into the ring, giving the fans even more reason to scream and shout. Kelly was the last person in the ring and all four began to sign their contracts.
Sting: So in this series, the first match is Chris Sabin vs. Jeremy Buck in a "First-to-Finish" match
Traci: The next match is Kelly Blank vs. Taylor Wilde
Sting: Alex Shelley vs. Max Buck
Traci: Velvet Sky vs. Sarita in a strap match
Sting: Male's tag team match in an empty arena match
Traci: A knockouts tag team match
Dixie: Now there are three more matches in this series. The first two matches are your choices, and the last match is an eight person mixed tag match, which will crown the winners with the titles
Sting: You guys have a minute to discuss the choice of your matches
*With the Faces*
Kelly: How about another tag?
Velvet: A handicap?
Alex/Chris: Gotta be an ultimate X match!
Chris: Rock, Paper, Scissors for it, you three do it
Alex chose Rock whilst both Kelly and Velvet chose scissors, meaning the guys got their choice of a tag team ultimate X match. They turned around and waited for their rivals to decide
Traci: Guys, your choice for a match?
They all looked at each other and nodded, and Chris stepped forward to announce the match, in this time the blonde twin from the heels walked up towards them too
Traci: Chris?
Chris: A tag team ultimate X match
The crowd once again roared with excitement at the idea of seeing two of the most athletic and high flying tag teams in a match filled with thrill, pace and aerial expertise
Sting: Jeremy? What have you chose for your match?
Jeremy: We want a 2-on-1 handicap match
Sting: Please announce your opponent
Jeremy: Kelly
Boo's echoed through the venue as Sting went to speak to Traci and Dixie about the announcement. Kelly began to feel the nerves; she was now chosen to go against two guys. Alex and Chris were now up in the three faces of authority, trying to plead that one of them step in Kelly's place
Dixie: Guys, I'm sorry, there isn't anything we can do, they chose her, and we can't stop the match
Alex and Chris were now squaring up with the young Bucks, calling them cowards at the idea of choosing an opponent who is already at a disadvantage. All of a sudden, Alex felt a rush of adrenaline and anger go through him and almost on impulse, he began to hammer at the head of Max, screaming and swearing anything that came to his head. Chris tried as hard as he could to break Alex's grip off Max's neck. Within seconds, Alex was now being dragged away by security, and all four of the faces were escorted back to their locker room.
Traci followed them back into the room.
Traci: Guys, I'm so sorry about that, but I promise I will try my best to find a way out for you, but I don't think I can get you out of the match, it might even end up being you and one of the guys vs. the bucks
Kelly: Traci thanks so much, but if you can't do it, don't worry, and Alex, Chris; thanks but if I have to do it, I'll do it
Velvet: Kellz, are you crazy?!
Alex: What if I was your partner, I mean, if Traci can turn the match from a handicap to a 2-on-2 and I'm your tag team partner, we can work it out so that I fight the entire match and you can be safe outside
Kelly: Alex, if it's a tag team match, I'm not just gonna stand on the apron, I wanna help, in fact, I have to, it's my match, I need to do it