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Hey yo, we're back once again coming off the back of Against All Odds where Jason and AJ managed to defend their titles against Team Canada and Mara pulled out a victory against her old mentor Allison Danger, what new challengers will step up to the plate?

Here We Go!

Rebirth-Chapter Fifty Four-Scramble

"What the hell were the four of you thinking? Do you have any idea how bad this could of been for TNA? DO YOU?"

Jason, Jay, Sonjay and Chris didn't answer Cornette's rant, they glanced at each other then looked away to avoid laughing.

"It's a damn good thing that they caught the guys who started that fight because if any single one of you got charged with anything then all four of you would have been gone! I don't care about popularity, I don't care about titles, you get busted and you get fired! Is that clear?"

All four guys nodded but Cornette wasn't done yet.

"One more thing, I got a phone message from one of the cops who arrested you idiots and he says that when you were asked your names one of you called yourself Josh Harter..."

Chris bit his lip and elbowed Sonjay as the latter started laughing.

"... another called himself Jamar Shipman..." Jay also bit back a laugh. "... another Retesh Bhalla and the last one said he was Christian Cage!"

Jason laughed. "OK, I admit that was wrong, but I had too."

"Why?"

Jason smirked. "Because that's... how I roll!" All four burst out laughing but fell silent at the look on Cornette's face.

"You think it's funny? You think it's a joke? Do you realise how much trouble you can get into for lying to the police?"

"Jim, I spent half my childhood in jail, of course I know, but we were pretty drunk at the time and to be honest, what we did was nothing compared with some of the stuff that you got up to back in the day."

Cornette blinked. "News flash kid, that was then, this is now, and speaking of that, I'm fining the four of you for what happened and we'll never bring it up again."

"Bring what up?" Asked Sonjay, Cornette allowed himself a smirk.

"Now, tonights line-up, I've decided to let the X Division have a little fun tonight."

"Define fun?" Asked Chris. "Because if it's twenty guys against me then I'll pass."

"Don't worry, that's something well try another time. My plan was more along the lines of a four way tag match, the Paparazzi, Matt and Kazarian, Dutt and Le... no Dutt and you Sabin and the kid here and his partner."

"Say what?" Yelled Jason.

"Relax kid, it ain't for the straps, it's just a match for the fans... and my own amusmant."

"You're turning into a real tyrant y'know that?"

Cornette smirked. "Let me finish kid, because I've decided to let the TNA fans sample something new, which is why you're match tonight is gonna be held under scramble rules!"

"Yes!" Chris and Sonjay high-fived, Jason sighed.

"What happened to you Jim? You used to be cool."

"I'll still be cool in the eyes of the fans kid" replied Cornette. "But you do this match and I promise I'll never team you with Adam Pearce again."

"I'll do it."

"Excellent choice" said Cornette as Jason and co. left the room.

"Well, that went better than I thought" shrugged Jason as the guys all got ready for their match. "Even if I have to do a match where I have to keep the eyes in the back of my head wide open."

"You ever done a scramble match before?" Asked Sonjay.

"Once, me and Pearce against, Steen and Generico, Evans and Sydal and The Briscoe's" he twitched. "So. Many. Bodies."

"Who won?"

"Me and Pearce, obviously, c'mon man you know that I always win no matter what match I'm in."

"Ultimate X?" Smirked Chris.

"Ultimate what? What is this match you speak of?" Jason laughed then turned to Jay. "Poor Jay, has to have the night off."

"That's cool, I'm coming out there with Chris and Sonjay anyway."

Jason shurgged and finished lacing his boots. "Well guys, I'm gonna go see if my partners here yet and hang with my girlfriend, see ya out there."

"Later kid" replied Sonjay. "He's so whipped."

"... next thing I know there's a lot of flashing lights, Sonjay's on the ground and me and Jay are sprinting up the street, then someone tackles me and I wake up in the back of a cop car with Chris screaming at me."

"So it was a good night then?" Smirked Chase Stevens.

"On a scale of one to ten, it was about an eight, nothing like getting arrested on your birthday."

"You have to post bail?"

"Nah, Mara had to come get us though, not too happy about it either."

"Sofa duty?"

"You got it."

Chase laughed. "Look, I gotta go, keep those belts warm for me and Andy will ya?"

"Keep dreaming man" Jason walked off in search of his girlfriend only to jump when a voice came from behind him.

"Y'know, if I didn't know any better I'd say you wanted Cornette to fire ya."

Jason smirked. "Damn, you're on to me huh?"

"Smarter than I look partner, so, how was your night with Orlando's finest?"

"Not too bad really, I'd rather have spent it in Boston, I'm on first name terms with half the officers up there."

AJ laughed. "Why am I not surprised?"

"Because you know me."

"We booked tonight? Or do I get to relax while you and your buddies screw each other over?"

AJ laughed. "Well they say you can take the boy out of the hood..."

"I know, I know, and I might as well tell ya that we're booked tonight."

"Who we got?"

"Matt and Kazarian, the Papparazzi... and Chris and Sonjay."

"You pissed Cornette off didn't ya kid?"

Jason shrugged. "Wanna hear the best part?"

"Not really but go on."

"Scramble rules."

AJ smirked. "Wow, been a while since I had one of those, I remember once when me and Red had one, that was pretty cool."

"Yeah well... go ahead JB" sighed Jason as the announcer approached.

"How did you..."

"He's psychic" said AJ. "Or psychotic, I forget."

"OK, well AJ you and your partner Jason have just come off a successful title defense against Team Canada but tonight you face three teams at once in a scramble rules match, are you up to the challenge?"

"JB, when are you gonna get it? It doesn't matter what match we're in, it doesn't matter who we face or how many we face, me and the kid will run through 'em all and prove to you and everyone else why we are the champions."

Jason snatched the mic. "Pure and simple, on our own, we're great, as a team, we're the best! Line up every team on this planet and we'll beat every last one of them, and tonight we show why."

He threw the mic back at JB and walked off, AJ laughed.

"He's so funny when he's pissed."

"Look Matt, it's a very good deal, you get to work for TNA, a little TV time and even some ring time if everything goes well... hang on" Cornette put down the phone as two men and a woman barged their way into his office. "Can I help you?"

"Yeah, did you see the interview those so-called 'champs' gave? They said they were the best tag team in TNA!"

"And everyone knows that to be the best you gotta beat the best" said his partner. "Who the hell have those two beat?"

Cornette shrugged. "LAX, Team Canada..."

"Shut up! You know why we're here, you know what we want!"

"A tag title shot?"

"Damn right, now do we have it? Or do we have to take it?"

Cornette stood up. "Listen to me, I have every damn guy on this roster asking me for title shots right now, so I'm gonna tell you what I told them, show me why you deserve a shot and I might, just might, give it to you."

"Fine, but what happens from now on is on you head, c'mon partner."

Cornette went to pick the phone up but noticed the female member of the group still standing before him. "Well?"

"Mara Daniels."

"Look, that RQW title shot was just a one-off..."

"I don't care about that, I just want a match with her, are you going to give it to me or do I have to prove myself worthy too?"

"Well, unlike those two I can give you what you want, Destination X sound good to you?"

"Very."

"OK, if you can get Mara to accept your challenge then you got it" the woman left and Cornette grabbed the phone. "Still there Matt? So what if I double the offer? Let's just say I may need someone to watch my back..."

The other three teams were all waiting when AJ's music hit to play the champions to the ring, Jason made sure to display his title to Chris and Sonjay as he hopped in the ring, as well as Mara and Jay at ringside, Matt and Kaz had brought Traci and Nash was sitting with Tenay and West, Jason high-fived Chris and Sonjay then went out to the apron with AJ, the others all filed out until Chris was left in the ring with Shelley.

"Quick aren't they?" Commented AJ as the two exchanged takedowns and pins, Jason didn't reply but smirked as Chris took Shelley down, Chris then charged but Shelley sent him out, he turned to talk to AJ but the 'Phenomenal One' had already jumped to the top-rope and hit his springboard forearm on Shelley! Devine jumped in but AJ caught him with a dropkick then suplexed Shelley, he rolled out to the floor and Jason jumped in and hit a clothesline then dropped Shelley with a neckbreaker for a two-count, the teen then exchanged words with Sonjay as Shelley rolled out of the ring letting Kazarian come in, Jason turned expecting Shelley and walked into a huge bicycle kick to put him down for a two-count.

Kazarian quickly stomped Jason down then let Matt come in for his shots, the Maverick pulled Jason up and hit an atomic drop then knocked him down, Kazarian jumped back in and hit a neckbreaker and Matt followed up with an elbow drop for a two-count, he went to hit the ropes but Shelley tripped him and pulled him out as Devine jumped in, he beat Jason down then hit a DDT for a two-count, he went to pick him up but Matt and Kazarian jumped him, Shelley came in to back up his partner and the two teams brawled to the outside, Sonjay jumped in the ring as Jason got back to his feet, the two smirked at each other then Sonjay got a quick roll-up for a two-count, Jason jumped to his feet and whipped Sonjay only to get hit with a headscissor, he jumped up again and charged, Sonjay tried an elbow but Jason ducked and nailed a clothesline, he whipped Sonjay and tried a backdrop but Sonjay leapfrogged in and bailed from the ring allowing Chris to come in and hit a springboard missile dropkick! He covered but Jason kicked out.

Chris pulled Jason up and set him up for a powerbomb but the teen backdropped out of it, he went for a superkick but Chris ducked and spinkicked the teens feet out from under him, he covered but AJ broke it up, Sonjay came in and stood beside Chris as AJ helped Jason up, the two teams stared each other down then noticed the brawl still going on on the outside, they each picked a target then hit the ropes and dived over the ropes onto all of their opponents! Jason was the first to get up and threw Devine back in the ring then went up top and hit a big cross-body for a two-count, he whipped Devine and hit a powerslam for a two-count then whipped him into a corner, he posed for the crowd and went for a stinger splash but Shelley jerked his partner out of the way, Jason hit the corner hard then dropped to his knees and Shelley hit a shining wizard, instead of pinning the teen he went over to Matt and Kazarian and began negotiating with them, Jason tried to get up but he kicked him down then left the ring and allowed Matt back in.

Matt stomped down on his old rival then hit and belly to belly suplex for a two-count, he distracted the ref as Kazarian and the Paparazzi jumped in, they knocked AJ, Sonjay and Chris off the apron then began putting the boots to Jason before bailing, Matt pulled the teen up and slapped him then hit a Northern Lights suplex for a two-count, he stomped Jason down then let Kazarian come in, he slammed Jason then hit a springboard DDT off the ropes for a two-count, he pulled the ref away as the Paparazzi jumped in and dropped Jason on his face, he covered but the teen kicked out, Kazarian backed off and went to charged but Shelley jumped in and ordered him out. He waited until Jason was up then ran forward and hit and facebuster for a two-count, he put the teen in an headscissor then turned over and used his legs to drive Jason's face into the mat, he smirked then let Devine come in, he slammed the teen then went up top went for a moonsault but Jason moved!

Both Devine and the teen were down and trying to fight back up, Jason made it first and hit a right hand, he backed Devine up against the ropes and went for a whip but it was reversed, he ducked an elbow, then a clothesline and hit a flying forearm! He lay on the mat for a second then nipped up! He quickly grabbed Devine and hit an atomic drop and some clotheslines, he hit a slam and went up top then came down with the elbow, he got up in the corner and began loading up for the superkick but Matt came in, Jason knocked him down but Kazarian and Shelley jumped him, they beat him down but AJ, Chris and Sonjay jumped in and kicked off a huge brawl, the referee tried to gain control then shrugged and stood back as everyone fought it out.

Chris took control and threw Devine to the outside then ran forward and dived to the outside on top of him, he jumped to his feet but before he could get back in the ring Shelley came over on top of him! He helped Devine up and they both put the boots to Chris then Jason ran over, he jumped to the apron then used the ropes to hit a springboard moonsault! He jumped to his feet and posed as Matt climbed to the top-rope behind him, he turned and Matt came off with a big cross-body onto the floor, he began berating the Paparazzi who returned the insults as Sonjay dived over the ropes on all three of them! He helped Chris to his feet as Jason climbed up as well, the teen stared his friends down as Kazarian ran forward, jumped to the top-rope and flew off onto them! Everyone bar AJ was down on the outside, he looked to the crowd as everyone started getting up, he waited until they were up then hit a springboard shooting star press to the outside on everyone!

Jason recovered first and threw Kazarian back in the ring, he waited for him to get up then hit a neckbreaker and went up top, he went for a splash and rolled through when Kazarian moved, he ducked a clothesline and Kaz ran into a hurricanranna from Sonjay, he bounced up and Jason was there to hit the C-Bomb! He went to make the pin but backed off to let Sonjay hit his running shooting star press! Sonjay posed and Jason went for a cover but he pulled him off and made one of his own, the teen broke it up and the two exchaged words before Jason shoved his friend down on his backside, Sonjay jumped up and tried a punch but the teen ducked and dropkicked him into a corner, he backed off and went for a stinger splash but Sonjay moved then rolled him up into a camel clutch! He tried to cinch it in but Devine ran in and dropkicked him in the head to break it up, Sonjay bounced up but Devine scooped him up and hit a piledriver! He went to make a cover but Matt cut him off with a superkick! He covered but AJ broke it up, Matt responded with a low blow and went for another superkick but AJ ducked and hit the Pele! He set Matt up for the Styles Clash but Chris broke it up with an enziguri then lifted AJ up and hit the cradle shock! He covered but Shelley broke it up, he went to whip Chris into a corner but it was reversed then Chris hit a running boot, he turned Shelley upside down and hit the hesitation dropkick! Jason was getting up on the apron but Chris launched himself off Sonjay's back and dropkicked him to the floor, he went to give Shelley the cradle shock but Shelley slipped behind him and hit sliced bread number two! He covered but Kazarian broke it up.

Kazarian and Shelley exchanged blows and Shelley hit a DDT before going up top, Sonjay tried to cut him off but got kicked down, he went to jump but Kazarian jumped up and brought him down with the flux capacitor! He covered but Jason and AJ broke it up, Kazarian jumped to his feet but before he could hit them they hit the high-low combo, Devine jumped in but they hit him with a double brainbuster! They posed but Matt jumped in and nailed AJ with a superkick to lay him out then brawled with Jason, he tried a clothesline but the teen ducked and Sonjay came off the top, he landed on Matt's shoulders then Jason kicked the maverick in the back of the head allowng Sonjay to hit a DDT! They posed and Sonjay suddenly went for the Sonjay cutter but the teen countered and threw him down on Matt! Kazarian quickly jumped the teen and went for the wave of the future but Chris broke it up with a spinkick to the gut, Jason followed up with a knee to the head then they hit a double senton! Jason covered but Chris pulled him off, Jason responded with a right hand and the two brawled it out, Jason tried a whip but Chris reversed it and hit a spinkick to the gut, before he cold do anything Shelley came in and nailed Jason with a superkick! The teen managed to stay on his feet so Shelley hit another while Chris nailed an enziguri! Jason fell to the mat and the two threw up the Detroit hand gesture but Shelley suddenly low blowed Chris then threw him out and covered Jason! The referee counted but Sonjay broke it up.

Sonjay and Shelley exchanged shots then Sonjay hit the ropes only for Devine to trip him, he joined Shelley in the ring and the two lifted Sonjay up and hit a double flapjack, they went to get Jason but AJ came off the top with a double clothesline, Matt came in and tried a clothesline but AJ ducked and hit the Styles Clash! He covered but Kazarian broke it up, AJ quickly set him up for another Styles Clash but was backdropped then hit with the wave of the future! Kazarian went to cover but Jason came in he tried a bicycle kick but the teen blocked it and hit the impaler! He went to cover but Traci suddenly came off the top-rope with the Pie in the Sky! She leaned over Jason and slapped him in the face not noticing Mara come up behind her, she backed off then bumped into her old nemesis, she slowly turned around and was met with a huge right hand then the Angels Wings! She smirked as she stood over Traci then turned to see Chris and Sonjay waiting for her, Chris scooped her up onto his shoulders and took her to the outside as Sonjay set up a chair which Chris placed her on.

"Stay" he smirked before grabbing Jay. "Guard."

Sonjay laughed and joined his partner in the ring as the Paparazzi returned, the two teams brawled it out and Shelley hit a clothesline that sent him and Chris outside, Sonjay hit the ropes and tried a headscisspr but Devine countered and hit a sitout piledriver! He covered but at two AJ broke it up with the spiral tap! He was too hurt to make the cover but Jason came off the top with the Showstealer Press on Devine! He covered and Chris hit the ring a split second too late to break up the pin.

Jason smirked at Chris then helped his partner out of the ring, they walked over to the announce table and grabbed their belts, Jason hugged Mara then taunted Chris with his belt when AJ's music suddenly cut, the two exchanged a look then the answer to their question came.

"We find the defendants... guilty!"

The champions turned to the ramp as America's Most Wanted walked out and headed straight for them, Chris Harris stopped in front of AJ while James Storm, beer bottle in hand, squared up to Jason.

"So you boys think you're the best?" Yelled Harris. "Just came out here to tell ya you were wrong!"

"Yeah, cos' now it's our turn" agreed his partner. "And we don't need and invitation to kick your asses!" Before AJ or Jason could reply he took a swig of his beer and spat it in Jason's face! The teen reeled away and AJ turned to him allowing Harris to take a cheap shot, Storm followed suit and jumped Jason and the two teams began brawling it out, Mara started to head over but AMW's manager Gail Kim came through the crowd and jumped her from behind! She threw Mara into the crowd rail and began wailing on her as security tried to pull the two teams apart, Chris, Jay and Sonjay grabbed Jason and pulled him away as security got AJ out of the fight as well, Mara had thrown Gail over the crowd rail and tried to follow but security held her back while more stopped Gail from coming back over, at the announce table Storm grabbed a mic.

"Boys! In case you ain't realised it, those belts are coming back to AMW! Sorry 'bout your damn luck!"

Well, better late than never right peeps? Sorry it tool so long but you would not believe the crap I've gotta put up with right now, hopefully a match full of highspots and a Motor City Machine Guns tease makes up for it. (And BTW did that seem like a true scramble match? I can't help but feel I screwed it up)

Anyway we now have new challengers for the tag titles and and new rivalry for Mara, what's gonna happen? Find out next time! (Sooner than this was I swear)

Later peeps!

James