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No stupid intro this time, I forgot what I was going to say, so let's get started.
Here We Go!
Rebirth-Chapter Forty-187
"One of us really needs to learn to drive" muttered Mara as she tried to shake the water out of her hair, Jason smirked and went back to wringing the water out of his shirt.
"How was I to know it would start raining when we were exactly halfway here? Besides we only live five minutes away, it'd be a waste of money."
"We'd be drier when we got here though."
"We'd be drier if we wore jackets" answered Jason. "Only a matter of time before we got soaked."
"Just be happy you weren't wearing a white shirt" she frowned tugging subconsciously at the shirt Jason had given her from his bag.
"Rather highly strung for a TNA knockout" muttered Jason under his breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing" he said quickly before checking to see if the water had seeped into his bag, Mara gave her hair one last shake.
"How do I look?"
"Beautiful" answered Jason without looking up.
"As sweet as you are I'd like an honest answer" Jason glanced up.
"Beautiful, with very messy hair" he smirked then zipped his bag up. "And one hell of a temper."
"And you don't have a temper?"
"I do, I just don't lose it as bad as you."
"The time you C-Bombed Rudy Charles ring a bell?"
"The time you punched me in the eye?"
"You know damn well why I did that!"
"Fine, the time you and Trinity went ballistic on each other in New York?"
"Technically she lost it first."
Jason sighed then grinned. "The Alexis Laree incident."
"One, you should know better than to bring that up and two, that was your fault"
Jason laughed. "One, we weren't dating at the time, two, I didn't even know you liked me and three, the O'Connell twins dared me. Anyway that was when I figured out you liked me so it wasn't all bad."
"True" conceded Mara.
"You should thank Kev and Jack, if they hadn't of dared me to do it we might not have ended up dating."
"And I wouldn't have wasted two years of my life saving your sorry ass on a regular basis."
"Oh thanks" laughed Jason. "So the only reason you like me is because it makes you feel good whenever you help me out."
"That and you're probably the sweetest, nicest and funniest guy on the planet."
Jason smirked as they kept walking along. "If it's any consolation I don't think she liked it very much."
Mara shot him a glare and he decided it would be best if he kept his mouth shut.
"Wow" muttered Jason as he entered the locker room. "What's up with you guys?"
Jay, Sonjay and Jerry were each sitting in a corner of the room, they were all dressed to compete and were doing their best not to look at each other, Chris was sitting in the middle of the room looking around nervously.
"So, who started the fight, who won the fight and how come I never got a ticket?"
Chris laughed. "The guys are just nervous about a little match Cornette set up."
"What match?"
Chris put on an announcer voice. "The following contest is to determine the number one contender for the TNA X Division championship..."
"Hoo-boy."
"Yup, Jerry, Sonjay and Jay" smirked Chris. "One of them gets a shot."
"Oh dear" gulped Jason. "This is gonna be a little awkward."
"Just a little, so where's Mara?"
"Trainer's checking her back again, she might be good to go."
"Sure it's a good idea to leave her on her own? She did say she was going right after Traci when she's given the all clear."
"Nah, made her swear not to."
Chris just nodded then turned round. "So, who think's they're gonna win?" Three glares came his way. "OK then" he stood up.
"Where're you going?"
"Commentary."
"Want me to come out as well? I could referee it."
"Nah, you stay here and think about the tag titles."
Jason smirked and sat down in front of the monitor as, one-by-one, Jay, Jerry and Sonjay walked out of the room.
"How'd it go with the trainer?" Asked Jason as Mara walked in, she sat down next to him looking disapointed then grinned.
"If all goes well I'll be back in business next week."
"You didn't hunt down Traci did you?"
"No, why are Jay, Sonjay and Jerry fighting each other?"
"Winner gets a shot at Chris."
"Oh, where's Chris?"
"You here the gay sounding guy on commentary? That's him."
Mara nodded and fell silent as Jason turned back to the match, Jay was in control and set Jerry up for the Lethal combination but Jerry elbowed out of it and threw him over the top, he landed on the apron as Sonjay came in and tried the Sonjay cutter but Jerry countered out of that as well and hit him with the cradle piledriver! He rolled into a cover but at two Jay came off the top with a 'Macho Man' elbow to break it up! He pushed Jerry away then covered Sonjay himself for the three!
"Damn" muttered Jason. "Never saw that coming."
"What? Sonjay losing?"
"Nah, I saw that coming a mile away, I meant Jay winning, I had my money on Jerry."
"Well what can you do?" Said Mara as the three guys shook hands in the ring, suddenly LAX ran in from the crowd and jumped them! They tried to fight back but were too tired from the match, Chris dived in to help but they beat him down as well, Jason sprinted out of the room through the backstage area and out into the arena, LAX turned to meet him but he knocked Homicide down then tackled Hernandez to the ground, he got some shots in but Konnan nailed him from behind and the three commenced to beat him down, suddenly AJ's music hit and he ran down to the ring with a chair! Konnan bailed as AJ smashed Hernandez with the chair! He went to hit Homicide but Jason had already jumped to his feet and the two were brawling it out, Jason gained control and hit a dropkick to send him out, he threw a fit and tried to get back in but Konnan held him back as Chris and the others got up, Jim Cornette walked out with a mic as LAX stared him down.
"Now, it seems we have a situation..."
"Cut the crap Cornette!" Yelled Konnan, snatching the mic off him. "The only situation here is your racist agenda to screw my boys over!"
Cornette snatched the mic back. "I don't know where you get your facts Konnan, but..." again Konnan took the mic.
"Oh, so I suppose it's just a coincidence that Homicide gets screwed over in Ring of Honor as well as here?"
Cornette didn't seem to have an answer but asked for the mic. "Now, it's no secret that I don't like Homicide, but to say I just want to screw him over is utter bull..."
"You're a damn liar!" Yelled Homicide, getting in on the act of stealing the mic. "You've screwed with me wherever I go! If it's here you try and take my tag title, if it's ROH you send Adam Pearce after me, so what the..." Cornette snapped and grabbed the mic again.
"Look, the three of you are trying my patience, so here's what's gonna happen. Homicide, you got a lot of anger in you so I'm gonna let you let that anger out in the ring, cause tonight it's gonna be Homicide one-on-one with Jason Cena!"
Jason smirked as Homicide turned round and stared him down, Cornette and Konnan were in each others faces but Konnan eventually backed off and led his troops away.
"So, what's the plan?" Jason stopped pacing the locker room and glanced up at AJ.
"The plan is I go out there and kick Homicide's ass."
"Pretty basic plan."
"Basic works" shrugged the teen before sitting down, Chris and the others were huddled in a corner talking with each other.
"Still not too sure about me are they?"
Jason laughed. "Styles I'm still not too sure about you."
"Oh nice, thanks a lot."
"You did spend almost four months trying to cripple me remember?"
"If I remember right it was you who brought a chair into the ring when we had our little rematch."
Jason didn't reply, AJ smirked. "Hey, you and your buddies can think what you like about me, but I happen to want those tag belts, so you don't have to worry about me trying anything."
Jason nodded. "OK, I apprciate that, and you don't have to worry about me trying anything either."
"Cool" AJ held out his hand for Jason to shake. "So, how do you feel about me coming out to watch your back later? I mean Homicide's gonna bring the boys out with him and as tough as Mara is I don't think she can handle a three hundred pounder and a guy who goes around hitting people with a loaded sock."
"You'd be surprised what she can do when she's angry enough."
"I've seen what she can do, I'm surprised Traci even wants to go near her, anyway are you cool with me going out there with you?"
"Free country."
AJ smirked. "OK then."
Jason jumped up to his feet. "Right, let's get this done" AJ nodded and followed him out of the room, Mara met up with them and the three began walking towards the entrance tunnel when Traci stepped out in front of them, she didn't say a word but just glared daggers at Mara who laughed and stepped forward.
"Told you it was a two way street" she smirked. "But don't worry, next week I'll be good to go, so whatever you have planned, just try it."
"Yeah" said Jason. "Just keep your pants on" he laughed and stepped round Traci and walked towards the arena with AJ and Mara leaving the fuming Canadian glaring after them.
Jason paced up and down the ring as he waited for LAX to come out, AJ and Mara were standing around on the outside, the teen locked eyes with his partner and gave him a small grin then made a gun with his hand and pretended to fire shots into the air in time with LAX's music as Homicide came out with Hernandez and Konnan. He jumped in the ring and walked right up to Jason's face, the teen didn't back down and a staredown began, the referee tried to get one of them to back off but they each gave him a glare which made him back away and call for the bell.
Jason and Homicide continued to stare each other down then the teen threw a punch, Homicide ducked it and began hammering away on the teen with right hands, he whipped Jason but he came back with a spear and opened up with punches of his own as Homicide was down, Homicide pushed him off and charged him but Jason took him down with an armdrag, he bounced up but the teen took him down again then hit a dropkick which sent him back into a corner. Jason followed and hit some more punches then whipped Homicide into another corner and hit a backdrop then another dropkick, Homicide got up by the ropes and Jason clotheslined him out, the teen went over as well but grabbed the top-rope and skinned the cat back in as Hernandez came round to help Homicide up.
Jason waited until Homicide was up to his feet then ran forward and dived over the top-rope! Homicide ducked to one side but Jason took out Hernandez! The teen tried to get up but Homicide kicked him in the face then pulled him to his feet and threw him into the crowd barrier, he hit some punches to the teen then pulled him up again and threw him into the steel steps, he gave the teen some kicks then whipped the teen towards the barrier again but Jason jumped up onto it then came off with a flying clothesline! The teen quickly pulled Homicide up and threw him in the ring before going to the top-rope and coming down with a cross-body for a two-count.
Jason quickly pulled Homicide up and hit a neckbreaker for another two-count, he pulled Homicide up and whipped him into a corner, he charged but ran into a boot, Homicide went for a clothesline but Jason ducked and hit a reverse DDT for another two-count. Jason put the boots to Homicide then whipped him, he went for a backdrop but Homicide kicked him in the face, he charged but Jason elbowed him away and went for a clothesline of his own but Homicide tripped him, he hung his neck on the middle-rope then bounced back into Homicide who dropped him with an exploder suplex! He covered but Jason kicked out.
Homicide quickly pulled Jason back up and hit a belly-to-belly suplex followed by a neckbreaker for a two-count, Jason tried to get up in a corner but Homicide beat him down then raked his boot across the teens face, he pulled Jason up and hit a double arm suplex for another two-count then threw him out of the ring, he distracted the referee allowing Hernandez to run forward and hit a big clothesline to the teen before throwing him back in the ring, Homicide pulled the teen up and hit a tiger driver for another close two-count. He went to pull the teen up but Jason began throwing punches at his stomach, he tried to put on a headlock but Jason escaped with a jawbreaker, Homicide staggered backwards into a corner and Jason went for the stinger splash but Homicide moved, Jason hit the corner hard then staggered back out into a cutter! Homicide covered but Jason kicked out at two.
Homicde stomped Jason down then set the teen up for a piledriver, Jason tried to block it and Homicide clubbed him across the back and tried again but the teen twisted out and tried a suplex, Homicide blocked it then lifted the teen up and dropped him with the falcon arrow, he covered but Jason kicked out again. Homicide pulled him up and threw him into a corner, he charged but Jason hit an elbow, he ran out of the corner but Homicide took him down and put on an STF! Jason tried to struggle free but Homicide locked it on and even pulled on his hair to add more pressure, Jason started struggling towards the ropes causing Homicide to add even more pressure, AJ and Mara were both pounding on the mat to motivate Jason as he inched towards the ropes, he got to within arms reach but suddenly went limp.
Mara began pounding the mat harder as AJ yelled anything he could think of to bring Jason back into it, the referee asked if Jason wanted give up but got no reply, he nudged Jason's arm which was limp before lifting it, it dropped once, it dropped twice, but on the third he managed to catch himself! He reached towards the bottom-rope and just managed to grab it and break the hold. Homicide argued with referee then whipped Jason and tried a clothesline, Jason ducked it then came off the ropes with a flying forearm!
"I think we all know what comes next" muttered AJ, as Jason lay on the mat for a few seconds then nipped up! "How does he do that?"
"If you ever figure it out let me know" replied Mara as Jason hit Homicide with an atomic drop and a couple of clotheslines, he went for a slam but Homicide landed behind him and clubbed him in the back of the neck, he whipped the teen and went for a backdrop but Jason dropped down and punched him in the face then hit an X-Factor! Homicide bounced up so Jason whipped him and hit a powerslam for a two-count, Homicide rolled to his knees and Jason went for a shining wizard but Homicide ducked, jumped to his feet and hit a shining wizard of his own! He covered but Jason kicked out at two.
Homicide quickly yanked Jason to his feet and backed him into a corner before lifting him to the top-rope, he went for a double arm suplex but Jason began fighting out, he went to push Homicide down but got a headbutt which dazed him as Homicide set up for a cutter from the top-rope! He jumped off but Jason held on causing him to fall to the mat alone, the teen then stood up and came down with an elbow drop, instead of covering he crawled to another corner and began stomping his foot, Homicide stood up and Jason went for the superkick but Homicide ducked and went for the cop killa! (I know what TNA calls it, but to me it'll always be the cop killa) Jason flipped out of it then grabbed him and hit a dragon suplex! He held on for the pin but Homicide kicked out at two, they both pulled themselves up in corners then Jason ran forward and connected with the stinger splash! Homicide staggered out and Jason went for the impaler but it was countered into a backdrop, Homicide then grabbed Jason and went for a piledriver again but Jason took out his legs and catapulted into the corner, he reeled out then the teen hit the impaler! He covered but Homicide just managed to kick out at two.
Jason pulled himself up again and waited for Homicide to stand and hit a slam, he went to the top-rope but Hernandez tried to stop him, Jason kicked him away and went for a frogsplash but Homicide moved! Jason rolled out of it and Homicide went for the lariat but Jason ducked and hit the superkick! They both collapsed to the ground and the teen slowly rolled into a cover but Homicide kicked out again, the teen staggered up to his feet then looked to the crowd and called for the C-Bomb! Konnan had seen enough and jumped up to the apron, the referee was distracted allowing Hernandez to enter and knock Jason down, he set the teen up for the border toss but AJ came in with a springboard forearm! Hernandez bounced back to his feet and AJ hit a dropkick to send him outside, Homicide charged him but AJ sidestepped and hit the Pele! He then rolled out of the ring and began brawling with Hernandez.
Konnan had gotten down off the apron but the referee was now distracted by AJ and Hernandez, Konnan pulled out the slapjack and got up on the apron but Mara was already in the ring, Jason was on his hands and knees so she ran forward and used him as a platform and caught Konnan with a huge dropkick! He rolled to his feet but Mara ran forward and dived through the ropes taking them both out! Jason and Homicide were both up and the teen went for a clothesline, Homicide ducked and went for the cop killa again but Jason escaped and went for the C-Bomb! He got Homicide up but before he could hit it Traci ran in and hit him with a low-blow! She rolled out of the ring and took off before Mara could get her hands on her as Homicide grabbed Jason and hit the cop killa! He made the cover just as the referee returned to the ring and made the three-count!
Homicide bailed as AJ entered the ring and joined Konnan and Hernandez on the outside, Mara rolled in the ring and checked on Jason as AJ stared LAX down, Traci was looking on from the stage and smirked as Mara's eyes locked on her, Homicide and Hernandez grabbed their belts and held them up high as AJ coldly looked on.
End of Chapter
Well there ya go, LAX 1, Styles & Cena 0, how will they respond? What will Mara do to Traci after she cost Jason his match? And will there be tension in the goofball locker room now that Jay has a shot at Chris? Find out next time!
See ya!
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