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Wassup people? Enjoying your selves? Good, anyway Bound for Glory and Ultimate X is just around the corner and things aren't going to well for Jason Cena, he's still trying to figure out what AJ's up to, Matt and Williams are jumping him every chance they get and his problems with Chris are growing all the time. Can the 'Showstealer' get through the final Impact before Ultimate X without something going wrong? And will Mara be able to overcome Traci Brooks? Let's find out!
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Rebirth-Chapter Twenty Eight-Frozen Over
"Mara we're gonna be late!" Yelled Jason halfway out the door, his girlfriend didn't reply. "Mara? Earth to Mara Daniels, do you read me?"
"Alright! I'm coming just shut up! What's the rush anyway?"
"I wanna get there so I can get ready, kick Chris's ass, kick Matt's ass and kick Williams' ass. And I only have an hour to do it."
"I really wish you and Chris would sort this out."
"Me too, but he's being an ass so what's the point?"
Mara sighed. "He's your friend Jason."
"So's Miz, didn't stop me from kicking his ass all the time did it?"
"Yeah, but he actually deserved it and if I remember right it was me who kicked Miz's ass not you!"
"Fine, but are you saying Chris doesn't deserve a beating?"
"What's going on between the two of you is just stupid, you have one little misunderstanding and you decide to kill each other, it's like being back in fourth grade."
Jason just shrugged it off and the two walked in silence for a while, when he'd taken his mind off Chris Jason noticed Mara seemed a little edgy.
"What's up?"
"Nothing, I'm just a little..."
"Tell me you're not nervous!" He laughed.
"I am nervous."
"Why the hell would you be nervous?"
"Cut me some slack Jason, this is only the third match I've had since we left WWE."
"And how did you do in those other two matches?"
"I won, but they were both tag matches with Allison."
"You got the pins though, and by the way, how many matches did you lose while we were working for Vince?"
"None."
"See? And let's go over who you beat, Trinity, Jillian, Jazz, Melina, Trish... Mara, you beat Trish Stratus! And you're worried about Traci?"
"You haven't seen her wrestle recently have you?"
"Not since her and Chris faced Matt and Trinity no."
"Ever heard of improvement?"
"It doesn't matter how much better she's gotten, you've faced the best, you've beaten the best, you don't have anything to worry about... unless your ribs haven't healed."
"They're fine Jason."
"Then you have nothing to worry about" smirked the teen as they entered the Impact zone. They both went to check the card to see when they'd be wrestling, Mara and Traci were up halfway through the show, Jason looked at his match and sighed.
"What?" Asked Mara.
"They're teaming me and Chris against Matt and Williams" frowned Jason. "What is Cornette thinking booking that?"
"He only booked it cause I asked him too" came a voice from behind him, the two teens turned to see Chris standing in the doorway, Jason tensed up. "Easy kid, I ain't here to start anything, but we need to sort some stuff out."
Jason thought it over and nodded. "OK, I'll hear you out."
"I'm gonna go get ready" said Mara heading for the women's locker room, Jason nodded and turned back to Chris.
"Let's hear it then."
Chris sighed. "I'm sorry for not trusting you."
Jason frowned in confusion, of all the things he expected Chris to say an apology right off the bat wasn't one of them. "You're sorry?"
"Yeah, you remember last week when you told Jerry to talk to me? He did, kept me up half the night trying to get me to work things out with you, made some good points too, so I did some thinking and decided that some stupid disagreement ain't worth wrecking a friendship over."
"Yeah" smirked Jason. "It's not."
"In my defence letting me get the Clash and bitch-slapping me does set my temper off a little bit."
"Yeah, letting AJ hit it was low, but you deserved the slap."
"What for?"
"For posting that video of me walking into that door!"
Chris laughed. "OK kid you got me there, so we cool?"
"We're cool man."
The two shook hands and Chris smirked. "One more thing, you up for tearing the place down later on?"
"Chris, I wrote the book on tearing places down."
"I didn't know you worked in demolition."
"Very funny, one day I might laugh."
Chris smirked again and patted Jason on the back as they walked towards their locker room. "Oh yeah, seeing as BFG's gonna be in Detroit how do ya feel about staying over at my place?"
"I dunno, will Jay and Sonjay be there?"
"Jay, Sonjay and Jerry."
"Jerry?" Moaned Jason. "He'll make us go to bed at about nine!"
"That's why he's sleeping in the basement."
Jason laughed. "Nice, I'll think about it."
"Cool, anyway when..." Chris trailed off when Matt stepped out into the hall in front of them.
"Hello boys."
"What do you want?"
"Well..." suddenly Williams came sprinting out of nowhere and tackled Jason into a wall! Chris turned round to help him but Matt jumped him from behind, Williams beat Jason down then he and Matt grabbed Chris and threw him headfirst into a metal door! Jason tried to get up but Matt kicked him back down as Williams laid Chris out on the floor and whacked him in the head with a chair! Matt held Jason up against the wall and Williams went to hit him but Jay and Sonjay came sprinting down the hall and pulled them off, the two took off running as Jay and Sonjay checked on their friends.
"You OK kid?" Asked Jay helping the teen to his feet.
"Ask me again when my head stops aching" meanwhile Sonjay had been checking on Chris when he suddenly spun round.
"Jay! Go get some help!"
"What's up?"
"He's out! That's what's up!"
Jay took off in search of help as Jason went next to Sonjay, Chris was out cold from the force of the chair shot and blood was coming out of a cut above his eye, a bunch of EMT's ran up with Jay and began working on him, after a few seconds a few of them left and returned with a stretcher, they loaded Chris on to it and took him to the trainers room to work on him some more as Jason, Jay and Sonjay looked on.
A little later the trio were sitting in the locker room waiting for news on Chris, Jason had changed into his ring gear and was staring into space thinking about what he was going to do to Matt and Williams, Jerry came in to the room shaking his head.
"How is he?"
"He's dinged up pretty bad, they think it's a concussion and there's no way he's gonna make the match tonight."
"Looks like I need a new partner" said Jason. "Any takers?"
"Sorry kid, me and Jay are booked tonight."
"Jerry?"
"Hey don't look at me, I'm an agent now."
Jason shook his head. "Why do I always end up in these situations?" He muttered to himself as he walked out the door, Sonjay turned to Jay.
"He's got a good point."
Jason had tried everyone he could think of to replace Chris but still didn't have a partner, everyone was either already booked for the night or just didn't want to do it, he was starting to get desperate and considered searching out Shark Boy and asking him when he saw Traci at the end of the hall he was walking down. She was having a very animated discussion with Gail Kim and Christy Hemme, he held back to see what was going on and saw Christy get a thoughtful look on her face and walk away, Gail continued to talk to Traci for a minute then smiled and shook her hand, Traci got a huge grin on her face and the two walked off still talking, Jason went to follow when he felt an arm on his shoulder.
"Just the kid I was looking for!"
Jason sighed. "Nash, I'm not in the mood for any advice, and I damn sure don't wanna here any stories about what the clique got up too."
"Good, cause I'm here with a little business proposal."
"What?"
"I saw your buddy Sabin get dragged into the trainers room, don't look like he's gonna make the match, that means you need a partner."
"Look Nash..."
"That's why me and the Paparazzi are here to help you out."
"You want me to team with one of those two weirdo's?" Jason asked pointing to Shelley and Devine.
"No, nah I got someone better."
"If you say you I'm gonna kill myself."
"Even better than me kid, if that's possible, you see I heard that this guy was touring the USA so I had to call him and after MINUTES of negotiation I was able to make a deal to bring him to TNA."
"Who is he?"
"Jason Cena, allow me to introduce to you, from Madagascar Pro Wrestling, the one, the only, Samolian Joe!"
Jason stared from Nash, to the masked wrestler, to the Paparazzi, back to Nash and lost it.
"THAT'S IT! I'm goin' to see Cornette!"
He stormed off down the hall towards Cornette's office, Nash sighed and put his hand's on Joe's shoulder.
"Never mind man, he was a loser anyway, tell you what, I'll go get my gear and we'll go put on an exhibition match OK?"
Cornette was in the middle of a meeting when Jason burst into the office.
"Jim, Jim I need to talk to you for a sec... sorry man" he added to the guy in the chair without looking at him.
"What's up kid?"
"Chris got taken out, I need a new partner."
"Have you tried asking people? It's a good way to get something done without pestering me for everything."
"What do you think I've been trying to do all night?"
Cornette sighed. "Fine, you need a partner, you got one."
"Great, who is it?" Cornette just pointed to the chair, Jason followed and his eyes went wide as the guy in the chair grinned at him. "Jim, in the words of one of our announcers, NO FREAKIN' WAY!"
"Your choice kid."
"It is, I'd rather team with Jarrett than this guy!"
"C'mon Cena" said the guy. "What have you got to lose?"
"How about my health?"
"Don't you trust me?"
"Not as far as I could throw you."
"C'mon kid, just this once?"
Jason sighed and looked at Cornette. "I don't have a choice here do I?" Cornette shook his head. "Fine, but if you screw me over I will break you in two! Understand?"
"No worries kid, no screwing over, no mind games, I got your back."
"Looking for a place to stick the knife probably" muttered Jason walking out the door, JB was waiting right there for him.
"Jason? Have you found a replacement partner for Chris Sabin?"
"Yeah I have" answered the teen without slowing down.
"Who is it?"
"I'd like to keep it a suprise, but I'll say this, you might want to check the weather down in hell, I think it just froze over."
With those words he quickened his pace and left JB to wonder what he meant.
Meanwhile Mara was heading for the entrance to the arena for her match with Traci, she hadn't seen Jason since he and Chris had gone off to talk although she had heard about what happened. Traci's music was playing in the arena so she waited at the end of the tunnel for hers.
"Mara!" She turned to see Jason sprinting towards her, he stopped in front of her and tried to catch his breath. "Didn't think I was gonna let you go out there without saying good luck did you?"
"It crossed my mind" she smirked. "What happened to Chris?"
"Long story short, Matt and Petey jumped us, right now he's lying in the trainer's room thinking he's an onion."
"An onion?"
"Only thing I could think up at such short notice."
"Uh huh."
"So, is Matt out there?"
"Nope, no boys allowed tonight, just me and her."
"Sweet, so what music are you gonna..." Before Jason could even finish the question Christopher Daniels' old music hit. "The legend lives on huh?" He laughed before kissing her. "Good luck."
"Thanks" she smiled before heading up the tunnel, Jason started to walk away but stopped in his tracks when he realised he hadn't warned Mara that Traci and Gail were up to something.
Mara wasted little time in marching down the ramp to the ring, the whole time Traci was taunting her and daring her to get in the ring, Mara vaulted over the ropes and got right up in Traci's face, the referee stepped between the two and tried to get them to back off, Mara turned to walk back to her corner allowing Traci to jump her from behind.
Traci stomped Mara down then took some shots at her ribs, Mara tried to cover up so Traci just stomped on her head then pulled her up by the hair and threw her into a corner and hit some more punches and kicks to her ribs, she pulled Mara upright and slapped her across the face! She turned and taunted the crowd not noticing Mara's face going red with rage, she turned back to her and was greeted with a huge right hand to the face! She went down then Mara mounted her and hit punch after punch until the referee pulled her off, Traci tried to get up but Mara met her with a kick to the gut then whipped her and hit a backdrop followed by a clothesline to the outside. Mara went to jumped over the ropes but Traci scurried out of the way and started walking up the ramp, Mara ran after her and caught her halfway up, she beat on Traci some more then pulled her up and slammed her on the steel ramp!
The referee tried to get Mara to take it back to the ring but she just wanted to beat on Traci some more, she pulled Traci down to ringside and went to whip her into the ring apron but Traci reversed it and sent her into it ribs first, Mara slumped to the ground but Traci picked her up and ran her into the apron again then got some more shots to the ribs and rolled Mara into the ring. She pulled the teen up by the hair then pulled her back across her knee and covered for a two-count, she hit some more kicks to Mara's ribs until the referee got her to back off, Mara started to pull herself up but Traci ran forward and took her down with a spear for another two-count.
Mara retreated to a corner and started pulling herself up only for Traci to run forward and hit a clothesline on her in the corner then pulled her out and hit a suplex for a two-count, Traci glared at the referee then started driving her knees into Mara's ribs, she pulled to the ropes and started choking her with them. The referee forced her to break but she just leaned over Mara and started taunting her again, she went to pick her up but Mara started throwing punches at her, she started to gain an advantage but Traci put a stop to it with a knee to the ribs followed by a kneeling facebuster for a two-count. She went to the top-rope and waited for Mara to stand and went for the Pie in the Sky but Mara ducked! Traci landed on her feet and turned round only to walk right into a superkick! Traci went down but Mara collapsed to the mat as well holding her ribs.
Both ladies fought their ways back to their feet and Traci hit a chop only for Mara to fire back with a right hand, Traci hit another chop but Mara responded with another punch, then another, then another and tried a whip, Traci reversed it but Mara came off the ropes with a running STO! She covered but Traci kicked out at two. Mara hit some more punches and kicks to Traci then slammed her and went to the top-rope, she waited for Traci to stand then came down with a missile dropkick! She made another cover but Traci kicked out again, she pulled the Canadian up and threw her into a corner then went for a stinger splash but Traci moved! Mara hit the turnbuckle hard then reeled away into a huge clothesline! Traci covered but Mara managed to kick out again.
Traci frowned then picked Mara up and hit a dropkick, Mara staggered backwards into the ropes and ended up tied up! Traci laughed and repeatedly slapped her in the face as the referee tried to get her out of the ropes, she pulled Mara's shirt up to expose her ribs and got some more kicks and punches in then hit the ropes and connected with a running dropkick to the ribs! The impact freed Mara from the ropes but as soon as she hit the ground Traci was on her again, she hit some kicks then jumped up and sat down on her ribs! She covered but Mara managed to kick out again. Traci whipped Mara into a corner and charged, driving her shoulder into Mara's ribs, she backed off and tried to do it again but Mara moved! Traci hit the corner hard and staggered backwards into a neckbreaker.
Mara used the ropes to pull herself up and waited for Traci to stand before hitting a clothesline, she hit a second and hit a slam before walking away holding her ribs, Traci got up but Mara took her right back down with a DDT then went to the corner, she posed for the crowd then went for the BME but Traci rolled out of the way, Mara shifted her weight in mid-air then landed on her feet, Traci charged her but she sidestepped and set the Canadian up for the Last Rites! She went to hit it but Traci grabbed the ropes causing Mara to fall to the mat, Traci then covered and put her feet on the ropes! The referee counted but Mara kicked out at two. Traci flipped and began yelling at the referee allowing Mara time to recover, she went to slam her but Mara escaped and set her up for the Angels Wings! She lifted Traci up but Gail Kim ran in and jumped her from behind causing the DQ.
Gail and Traci stomped Mara down then shook hands, Traci pulled Mara up and held her arms so Gail could get some free shots in, they started to beat Mara down when So Cal Val entered the ring, she pulled Traci off Mara and threw her down but Gail jumped her and began beating her down,Traci got up and the two put the boots to Mara and Val then Christy Hemme came down the ramp, Traci and Gail backed off but she turned and attacked Mara! The three ladies pounded away on Mara as Val tried to get up then Sirelda's music hit! All the girls in the ring froze as the Amazon walked down the ramp and got in the ring, she stared down Christy, Gail and Traci then spun round and chokeslammed Val! The other girls celebrated but Sirelda grabbed Christy and dropped her with a chokeslam as well! Gail and Traci charged her but she grabbed them both by the throat and hit a double chokeslam!
Mara was trying to fight back up to her feet when she heard Sirelda come up behind her, she spun round and swung but Sirelda blocked it and grabbed her by the throat, she tried to fight out of it but Sirelda just squeezed tighter then lifted her up and hit the chokeslam! The Amazon smiled at the chaos around her and went to leave but paused and got back in the ring, all the other ladies had just rolled out of the ring leaving just her and Mara, she pulled the teen back up and put her in a torture rack, Mara screamed in pain and tried to break the hold but Sirelda just tightened her grip, suddenly Jason's music hit and the teen came sprinting down to the ring! Sirelda stared at him then dropped Mara in a heap on the ground and left, Jason watched her go then carefully picked Mara up and carried her backstage.
"Look kid, she'll be fine, just calm down."
"Sonjay, I'll calm down when I feel like it!" Jason yelled back. "I just had to watch my girlfriend get chokeslammed by a... thing! And you want me to calm down?"
"She see's you get your ass kicked all the time, she doesn't lose it like this." put in Jay.
"Yeah... well..." Jason struggled to find something to say but instead left the room. He walked down the hall throwing the occasional punch at the wall.
"You know if you break something it can count as criminal damage?"
"You gonna fire me Jim?"
"No, I just want you to calm down, I've been to the trainers room and your girlfriends fine, hell she even wants another match with Traci!"
"You give it to her?"
"Kinda, there's a few other people in it but she'll still get Brooks if things work out. Anyway, shouldn't you be checking on her yourself?"
"She told me to go get ready for my match, seems to think I need to focus on Ultimate X."
"Well, she's right."
Jason sighed. "Jim do I have to team with him? You've seen what we've done to each other."
"I have, but I've also seen what you've done lately, he respects you now kid, I think you can trust him, for tonight anyway."
Jason nodded. "Fine, but if this turns out to be one big trick then he's a dead man."
Cornette smiled. "And he'd deserve it too, now get going, you're up next."
Maverick Matt and Petey Williams were already in the ring waiting when Jason's music hit, when the teen exited the tunnel he smirked when he noticed that there was no sign of Traci at ringside, the big load D'Amore was there though, Jason walked down the ramp and stopped at the bottom waiting for his partner, Williams and Matt taunted him to get in the ring then they both froze when AJ Styles' music hit! The TNA crowd shared their shock as AJ walked down the ramp and stood next to Jason, he took off his jacket and dropped the X Division title to the floor and the two dived into the ring! Matt and Williams bailed leaving Jason and AJ standing in the ring staring them down, they turned their stare on each other as Matt and Williams came back in.
"So, trust me kid?"
"Not in a million years."
"Respect me?"
"More than anyone."
"OK then, you wanna start or should I?"
Before Jason could answer Williams and Matt came from behind and jumped them, Jason paired up with Matt and took him out of the ring while Williams brawled with AJ, Jason and Matt fought around ringside while Williams gained the advantage over AJ, he whipped AJ into the corner and charged but AJ moved and hit the Pele! On the outside Jason threw Matt into the crowd barrier, he stepped forward but Matt spun round and clocked him with a chair! Jason went down and Matt dived into the ring and nailed AJ with the chair as well! He laid AJ out on the ground and raised the chair but Chris came running down to the ring! Matt swung the chair but Chris ducked and dropkicked it back in his face! He started beating on Williams but the Canadian escaped and raked his eyes, he reeled away and Matt was there to greet him with a superkick!
Matt and Williams stood over Chris then Matt called for the Canadian Destroyer! Williams started to lift Chris up but Jason came back into the ring, he knocked down both of them and began swinging punches, he managed to get both of them against the ropes the hit a double clothesline to send them out. He turned to help Chris but noticed AJ charging, he tensed up but AJ flew right past him and dived over the ropes onto Matt and Williams! Jason smirked as all three stayed down then went to help Chris up but his friend suddenly lifted him up and dropped him with the cradle shock! Chris dropped to the mat as well and shook his head to clear it before realising what he'd done, he crawled over to Jason to check on him then noticed AJ leaving with the belt, the champion held it up and Chris stared him down for a second before going back to checking on Jason.
End of Chapter
Well, there ya go, how will Jason react to his friend dropping him on his head? Was pairing Jason and AJ up a waste of time? And of course who will leave Bound for Glory as the X Division champion? Can Jason overcome the odds again and win Ultimate X? Find out next time!
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