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Welp, the clock is ticking, Lockdown is here, can Jason and AJ somehow overcome AMW one more time? Will Mara rip Gail's face off when the cage door closes? Will Chris keep his title at the expense of his friends? Has Alex been working everyone? Let us find out.
Rebirth-Chapter Sixty Four-Lockdown
"So that's what a steel cage looks like from up close?" Commented Jason as the group watched the roadies put the finishing touches on setting up the structure for Lockdown, he turned away and leant back on the crowd barrier. "I thought it'd be taller."
"You mean you hoped it'd be taller" muttered Mara. "It seems big enough to pull one of your stupid stunts inside."
Jason smirked. "Wonder if the top's loose enough to do a springboard off?"
"Jason!"
"Kidding!" The teen sighed. Mara had been getting more and more tense the event got nearer, whether it was nerves for her match with Gail (doubtfull he conceded) or fear over her boyfriend getting even more injured or doing something stupid (bingo!) he hadn't bothered to ask, instead doing everything he could to make sure he was as close to health as he could be for the match with America's Most Wanted.
"This your first ever time in a cage kiddo?" Jason nodded to Alex's question.
"Yup, cage match virgin right here."
"Just like every other aspect of your life" laughed Sonjay.
"No Sunita that's just you" jumped in Mara prompting her boyfriend to burst out laughing and offer a high-five.
"Must be pretty good if she's defending ya kid" smirked Chris.
"Not really, I'm just about the only guy who can keep up with her" replied Jason jumping away from Mara's reach. "That was a compliment!"
"And a damn good one at that" chipped in Jay.
"Yeah, I'm gonna stand over there with him" Jason laughed putting his arm around Jay.
"So, any takers on Gail dying in there tonight?" Asked Alex, Mara raised her arm. "Any takers apart from the girl commiting the act of murder?" Mara turned to the group, as one they raised their arms.
"Smart choice boys."
"Yeah well, I'm gonna go put my stuff in our locker room before we say something to offend the hormonal, homicidal teenage girl" said Chris, Jay, Sonjay and Alex joined him. "Coming kid?"
"Nah, gonna relax for a little while longer, fans don't get let in for a while."
"Suit yourself" Chris walked backstage with the others leaving the two teens sitting together in silence staring up at the cage, several minutes passed without a word before Mara spoke.
"So... what do you think?" She asked without looking away from the cage.
"I think all the ice cream I've had today is gonna go straight to my hips and I'll never fit into my ring gear again" Jason sighed as he caught the look Mara was giving him out of the corner of his eye. "I think we're both gonna get the crap kicked outta us tonight."
"We're on the same wavelength then" she smirked and put her arm around him. "How d'you think it's gonna end?"
"I'll let you know when I've scraped what's left of America's Most Wanted off my boots."
"It can join what's left of Gail" replied Mara, Jason gave a weak grin. "What?"
"Mara, just be carefull in there OK?"
"Only if you do the same."
"Deal" Jason stood up and grabbed his bag, Mara followed him backstage. "Well, this is where we split up, want me to find you before you go out there?"
"No" Mara replied. "When I get changed and warmed up I only want Gail in my head."
"OK that's a little weird but OK" smirked Jason. "In that case, good luck, be safe and I'll be the first one behind that curtain waiting for you when you're done."
Mara nodded and hugged him. "Have a bottle of water in your hand when I get back and you'll be in my good books forever."
Jason laughed. "See you after."
The two broke the hug and slapped hands before turning their backs on each other and heading towards their respective locker rooms.
In another part of the building Gail Kim stared a hole through the monitor she was sitting in front of, ignoring the pre-victory celebration Harris and Storm were having, she just watched the footage of Mara Daniels tapping out to her over and over again, she pulled her pads and boots on without looking away and allowed herself a small smile, for all her talk and dislike she had to admit, Daniels was good, and at Destination X she had been on top of her game, anyone else and she'd have had her arm raised...
"No James, I'll wait until after" she replied to the beer bottle being offered to her before looking back at the monitor now showing the wild brawl over the Impact Zone, she narrowed her eyes as Daniels boyfriend and Matt Morgan tried to seperate them before they tore the others head off, she smiled again as she watched a clip of her whipping the helpless teen to the point of tears as Storm and Harris mocked her and Jason. If anything seeing Daniels actually crying in pain was more sweet than hearing her hand tap the mat, the look of pain and humilation on her face as she tried to pull herself up from the mat with beer all over her hair and clothes after the assualt just added to a scene which in Gail's mind was as close to perfect as it could have possibly been.
She stopped the tape she was watching then turned her mind to the cage, if it was possible she was both dreading and relishing the match ahead. Dreading because of being in the enclosed environment with a Mara Daniels who was even more determined than ever to slowly tear each of her limbs off. Relishing because the cage itself would be perfect to help her finally destroy the teen and would also keep her boyfriend from saving her from what was coming, she had broken Daniels will when she made her tap, she had broken her spirit when she whipped the teen to tears, now the only thing left to break, was Daniels herself.
"Right guys" called Chris. "Hands in" Jay, Sonjay and Alex joined him. "Remember, Jerry Lynn is mine! After that, may the best man win."
"I plan to" smirked Sonjay, Chris laughed and slapped him.
"OK, on three let's go Rat Pack" said Alex, the others groaned and backed away from him. "What?"
"For the last freaking time Alex, we are calling ourselves the Rat Pack!" Yelled Jay before heading for the door. "See you out there guys."
Chris and Sonjay followed after him, Alex pulled his glove on and went to leave but stopped in the doorway, he turned round to look at Jason, the teen was sitting silently in the corner with his ring gear already on. "She's gonna be fine kid, just worry about yourself for a change."
Jason just nodded. "Good luck Alex."
Alex smirked. "I don't need luck, I'm from Detroit!" With that he marched out the door banging his head in time to the Motor City Machine Guns music that was playing out in the arena for Chris to come out.
"Crazy bastard" laughed Jason flipping the monitor on to see Chris standing on the top of the cage holding his belt up for the world to see, he stayed up there as first Jay, then Sonjay and finally Alex joined him in the ring, he smirked down at them until Jerry's music hit and the jovial mood vanished and he jumped down ordering the others to back into a corner as Jerry entered the cage, the older man looked at the others and laughed as Chris handed his belt to the referee, the others watched as Chris lunged forward and began brawling it out with Jerry, everytime it looked like Chris was in trouble one would start to step forward but get waved away, Jerry in turn began taunting them whenever he was in control, daring one to get involved.
After a while Chris seemed to have gained control and set Jerry up for the Cradle Shock, he went to hit it but the veteren raked his eyes to escape then pushed him into Alex! Chris reeled away and Jerry quickly slammed him against the side of the cage then set him up for the Cradle Piledriver but Alex jumped back to his feet, grabbed him, ran up the side of the cage and hit the Sliced Bread No. Two! He held on and kept Jerry down to eliminate him!
After getting the pin Alex went over to Chris and tried to help him up but his partner shoved him away and the two began arguing over Alex's involvement, words became shoves but before it could go any further Jay and Sonjay ran forward and rolled them up! They both kicked out and the four began fighting amongst themselves, Jay and Sonjay worked together to take the others out then Sonjay told his partner to go up top, he grabbed Alex and held him as Jay came off and hit the axe-handle, he went for a high-five but Sonjay grabbed him and hit the Sonjay Cutter! He smirked and hit the ropes for the running shooting star press but Chris cut him off with a spinkick to the gut, Alex added a superkick then hit another as Chris hit the enziguri! Instead of letting Sonjay drop to the mat Chris scooped him up and hit the Cradle Shock! He made the cover and Alex stood aside for Sonjay to be eliminated.
The two exchanged a look before shrugging and going at it with each other Alex took control and scooped his partner up for the Air Raid Crash but Chris countered out, Alex tried a clothesline but Chris ducked and he ran into Jay, he set up for the Lethal Combination but Alex elbowed out, Chris tried a clothesline of his own but Jay ducked and he took out Alex! He turned and Jay was there to hit a superkick! Instead of covering he turned to Alex only to get a lowblow and the Shellshock! Alex covered but Jay kicked out, Chris was on his feet so Alex charged him but got lifted up for the Cradle Shock! He countered out and charged but Chris went for a flapjack, he countered by grabbing the cage and climbing to the top-rope but Chris climbed up after him, they exchanged shots as Jay got up and joined them then hit a back suplex on Chris off the top-rope! Alex held onto the cage to avoid falling then found himself with two targets, he looked between them then came off with a Frog Splash on Jay!
Alex passed up the chance to pin Jay and turned to his partner, he waited until Chris was up then grabbed him and went for another Sliced Bread No. Two but Chris countered and hit the Cradle Shock! He hooked the leg and eliminated his tag partner! He took a second to check on him allowing Jay to recover and hit the Lethal Combination! He went to make the pin but the referee reminded him that this part of the match required him to escape, he went to the cage and began climbing but stopped at the top-rope, Chris still wasn't moving so he turned and went for the flying elbow but Chris rolled out of the way! Jay hit the mat hard as Chris immediately began climbing, he reached the top as Jay got to his feet, he tried to slide over but Jay grabbed his foot and pulled him back in, they fought on the top-rope then Chris lifted him up for the Cradle Shock! He quickly grabbed the top of the cage and boosted himself over! Chris grabbed his hair to stop him and climbed over as well, they exchanged blows halfway up, the first to hit the ground getting the belt, Chris to tie Jay's feet up in the cage but he blocked it then slammed his head into the cage causing Chris to lose his grip and fall! Jay realised and jumped after him but it was too late and Chris hit the ground a split second ahead of him!
It took Chris a while to realise he had won the match, he didn't truly register it until the referee pushed the belt into his hands, he cradled it in his arms then staggered to his feet and stood before Jay, they smirked at each other then Jay took the belt and put it over Chris's shoulder, they shook hands then Jay headed to the back leaving Chris to climb back up to the top of the cage to once more display his belt to the crowd.
"Oh man" moaned Alex holding his head. "Sliced Bread off the cage wall, what was I thinking?"
"Probably the same thing Jay was when he decided to throw Chris off the cage, that's how you lose dumbass!"
"Remind me Sonjay, how long did you last in there?"
"I..." Sonjay trailed off as Chris entered, he walked past them and held his belt up over his head before stopping in front of Jason.
"Aaaaaaaand still X Divsion champion! Here's a line I haven't used in a while but I think it fits, hail fucking Sabin!"
"You landed on your head didn't you?" Asked Jason without looking up, Chris laughed.
"Nah, just drunk on victory, six months and still going strong! Who's next to try and take this from me?"
"Well I've been meaning to get back to the X Division so I might give it a try" Jason smirked as his tag partner came from seemingly nowhere to stand next to Chris. "I never did get a rematch after Ultimate X."
"And I've been meaning to ask for a shot when I'm healthy again" the teen jumped in. "So how 'bout it Chris? Ready for some true challengers?"
Chris laughed. "Bring it, hell how about a triple threat?"
"Sounds good to me, and once that's over we'll let you and Alex try to take our belts."
"Sweet, double gold for Detroit!"
"Why, will I be champ by then?" Asked Alex.
AJ laughed. "Anyway, I need to borrow the youngest member of this pack for a while, c'mon kid."
Jason followed him as Chris and Alex began arguing over who the better member of the team was, AJ led him to a locker room and sprawled down in a chair.
"Pull up a seat kid."
"Strategy meeting?"
"Not quite, I happen to know your other, and better, half is in action in a minute so I thought I'd bring you somewhere I can keep an eye on you, so sit back, relax and watch little miss Daniels show us up again."
"Do I have a choice?" Sighed Jason.
"Nope."
"Mara?" The teen's eyes snapped to the production guy who'd gotten her attention. "You're uh.... you're up next."
She nodded and stood from her chair adjusting her pads, without word she walked past the guy and headed for the entranceway ignoring the looks from people she passed and the sound of Tenay and West talking over the monitors, all she could see was the cage and Gail Kim, nothing else.
"Mara?" She stopped and turned to find Val walking up to her. "Be carefull out there" the teen nodded again and allowed her friend to hug her before pulling away and waiting by the entrance, just as her music hit two months worth of attacks and brawls flashed through her head raising a smile, game time. She took one last deep breath then marched out into the arena, she kept her eyes fixed on the cage as she walked down the ramp, a referee held the door as she stepped through the ropes and took in her surroundings, the cage was a lot bigger than it had seemed when she had been sitting with Jason, she forced that out of her mind and climbed one side, looking down at the crowd who were either cheering her or looking worried about the match ahead, she dropped down to the ring and began pacing the ring looking very much like the wild animal Gail had called her, her music faded out and silence fell across the arena then Gail's music hit.
Her opponent took her time before appearing on the stage, her glare meeting the teen's and matching it before walking towards the ring, the referee opened the cage door and Mara suddenly charged forward and dived through the ropes onto Gail! She began throwing punches at her face as the outside referee tried to pull her off only to get shoved down, Gail tried to fight back up but Mara cut her off and threw her into the steel steps, Gail reeled away to the and Mara followed her beating her all the way around the outside of the cage, she picked Gail up and dropped her neck first over the crowd rail before grabbing a chair, she measured Gail and took a wild swing only to nail the camera man Gail had pulled in the way! Gail slapped the chair away but Mara nailed her with a forearm to send her reeling away, she followed as Gail retreated towards the announce table as the referees tried to get her back in the cage, she turned to shove them away allowing Gail to snatch Tenay's bottle of water and smack her around the face with it! Mara went down and Gail took a second to catch her breath before grabbing the ring bell, she waited until Mara was up then stepped forward and rammed it into her ribs!
Mara dropped to the ground favouring her midsection as Gail threw the bell to the ground and snatched another chair, she turned the teen over and placed the point of the chair over his neck, choking the life out of her, the referees managed to pull her off but she brandished the chair to make them back off, she turned back to Mara and charged but the teen ducked and backdropped her over the table into Tenay and West! She quickly grabbed a headset and punched Gail with it before dragging her back over the table and back towards the cage, she whipped Gail into the side then clothesline her down, she walked away looking like she was getting back in the ring but suddenly grabbed the steps! She heaved them over her head then turned and launched them at Gail! She ducked at the last second and the steps hit the cage as she retreated again, she tried to hop the rail but Mara grabbed her and dragged her back and whipped her into the steps again this time with enough force to flip her over them. Mara waited until she was up then ran forward launched herself off the steps for a cross-body but Gail ducked! Mara crashed hard into the ground and tried to get up as Gail grabbed the cage door, she waited until the teen was standing then threw it open causing the steel edge of it to collide with Mara's head! The teen snapped back to the round and rolled onto her stomach holding her face.
Gail quickly went to the teen and went to pull her up by the hair but paused and let her drop, she looked at her own hand and smirked as she saw blood, she turned Mara over and smirked again at the blood literally pouring out of a gash on the teens head! She backed away as the referees checked on Mara who was now trying to stagger to her feet and wipe away the blood that was already covering most of her face, she picked up the ring bell as Mara shoved past the referees and staggered towards her only to recieve the bell right to the head! The teen fell to the ground as more referees hit the ringside area ordering Gail to drop the bell and step away from the badly bleeding Mara, she responded by dragging her up by her hair and presenting her to the nearest camera.
"Look at her now! Look at her!" She screamed as Mara threw some feeble elbows at her only to receive a punch. "You wanted this!" She yelled before throwing the teen into the cage and sliding in after her, a referee jumped in and locked the door behind him as Gail taunted Mara some more by nudging her with her boot every time the teen managed to make it to her knees. She got bored of this then pulled her up and threw her into the cage wall, she stopped her from falling then slammed her into the other side, then another, then another before finally letting the teen slump to the ground, she stood over her taunting her then dropped down and began punching away at the cut until her own fist was blood red, she wiped some off on the teen's top then pulled her up to a seated postion and pointed to the nearest camera before punching her down again, the referee could do nothing but watch as Gail pulled Mara up and slam her into another cage wall then hit a roundhouse to put the teen down.
"Still think she's the best?" She screamed to the crowd then pulled Mara back up and began raking her head back and forth across the cage wall as the teen screamed in pain, Gail laughed then turned Mara round holding her at arms length to scream more abuse into her face before hitting the handcuff neckbreaker! She stood over the teen laughing then shrugged and walked towards the cage door, the outside referee opened it for her and she went to step out but felt something grab her boot and looked down to see Mara trying to pull her back! She laughed in disbelief then stomped on the teen's hands to get her off then stepped back into the cage slamming the door behind her.
"Want some more huh? Want some more?" She asked before stomping on the cut, she pulled Mara up and slammed her into the cage again, Mara stayed standing holding onto the cage as Gail hit the ropes and charged only to get flapjacked into the cage wall! She fell back to the mat as Mara slumped down as well with a glazed look on her face, Gail made it to her feet first and threw a punch but Mara blocked it and hit one of her own! Gail tried again but Mara ducked and hit another, and another then hit a spinning forearm to put her down, Mara dropped to her knees and ripped her elbow pad off before mounting Gail and hitting forearm after forearm until she slumped down with exhaustion, she quickly grabbed Gail and hooked her arm then began driving the point of her elbow into the side of Gail's neck! Again she kept going until she collapsed before forcing herself back to her feet and grabbing the referee and ripping his belt off, she advance on Gail, now favouring her neck and cracked the belt across her back! She stood over Gail whipping her with the belt until she didn't have the energy to raise her arm, she wrapped the belt around Gail's neck and dragged her to her feet and used the belt to throw her into the side of the cage, Gail dropped to her knees and Mara nailed a roundhouse right to the face!
Mara collapsed into the ropes again wiping the blood out of her eyes as the referee tried to see if she was alright, she waved him away then grabbed the belt again, she wrapped the strap around her fist leaving the spoke pointing out, Gail stood up and she charged but ran into a boot, she reeled away and charged again only to take a drop-toehold into the side of the cage again. Gail quickly ripped the belt off Mara's fist and began whipping the teen with it, Mara tried to crawl away but Gail followed her around the cage smacking the belt across her back before choking the life out of her with it, she pulled Mara up and used the belt to hit a neckbreaker across her knee, she took the belt off her neck and let her crawl to the corner and used the belt to chop her across the chest, she pulled the teen out of the corner and threw her into the door with enough force to knock it open! Before the teen had even hit the mat Gail was on her choking her across the middle-rope, she reached through the ropes and grabbed the open door then slammed it shut on Mara's head!
Gail stood back and smirked as the referee tried to get a response from Mara, she stepped forward and shoved him aside before placing a foot over her, the referee counted but Mara lifted her shoulder from the mat at two, Gail looked shocked for a moment then laughed and began punching away at Mara again the referee tried to pull her off but she just shoved him away then pulled Mara up and laughed at her only for Mara to spit in her face! Gail looked stunned then dropped Mara with a kick to the gut, the teen dropped to her knees as Gail grabbed the belt, she measured Mara who just laughed and made a 'bring it!' gesture, Gail nodded then smacked her in the head with the metal buckle! Again she placed a foot over Mara and made the referee count but again Mara just got her shoulder up.
Gail sighed and began pulling Mara up again. "Will you please just stay down!" She screamed only to receive a big kick to the gut followed by another series, Mara tried to finish with the roundhouse but Gail just swatted her foot away and she slumped to her knees, Gail waited until she was up then went for a clothesline but Mara ducked and hit the roundhouse! Gail fell back but the ropes kept her up and she staggered into a second roundhouse! The ropes kept her up again and Mara ran forward and dropped her with the STO! Gail made it to her feet first and tried a punch but Mara ducked and hit a kick to back her into a corner, she followed and hit some more then whipped Gail across the ring and hit the stinger splash! Gail staggered out of the corner and Mara set up for the Angels Wings! She went to lift Gail but at the last second it was countered into an Air Raid Crash, Gail immediately went for a proper cover but Mara kicked out at two!
Gail jumped to her feet and hit some stomps to Mara to keep her down, when she was sure the teen wouldn't move she went to the ropes and began climbing, at the top-rope she turned and noticed Mara still wasn't moving, she glanced up at the top of the cage then turned and went for a top-rope legdrop but Mara moved! Gail hit the mat hard and rolled to her knees where Mara met her with a shining wizard! She crawled over to Gail and put an arm over her, the referee counted but Gail kicked out, Mara quickly jumped to her feet and gave Gail a spinkick as she tried to get up, she staggered to a corner to regain her senses then glanced back at Gail and smirked before looking at the crowd and going for the BME but Gail moved! She shifted her weight and landed on her feet then charged but Gail went for a flapjack, Mara countered by holding onto the wall of the cage then flew off with a cross-body but Gail caught her! She threw Mara up to her shoulders but the teen slipped behind her and hit the Last Rites!
Mara lay on the mat trying to find the strength to make the pin, she could almost hear Jason screaming for her to make the pin as she forced herself to crawl over to Gail and draped an arm across her, the referee made the count but Gail kicked out again! She looked at the referee in disbelief then forced herself to her feet and staggered back into a corner screaming for Gail to do the same, when her opponent was up she charged looking for another stinger splash but Gail moved! Mara hit the corner hard then staggered around into another handcuff neckbreaker! Gail made the pin but Mara somehow kicked out! Gail screamed in frustration and began punching away at Mara then decided to leave and began climbing again, she made it to the top-rope when Mara got up and collapsed into the ropes to make her lose her balance and fall, Mara managed to catch her in mid-air and follow through with a powerbomb! She collapsed to the mat herself and had to crawl to a corner to pull herself up, Gail was still down so she went for the BME again but again Gail moved! This time Mara didn't have the energy to shift her weight and smashed into the ground, Gail rolled onto her for the pin but Mara kicked out again! Gail jumped up and argued with the referee before shoving him away nd setting Mara up for a piledriver! The teen sandbagged her so she hit some shots to the back and tried again but Mara countered with a backdrop! Gail bounced to her feet and Mara was there to hit the Angels Wings! She literally collapsed onto Gail for the pin but Gail kicked out at two!
Mara forced herself to her knees and sighed in disbelief, Gail was stirring so she set up for the Angels Wings again, she hesitated to wipe the blood out of her eyes allowing Gail to take out her legs and catapult her into a corner crushing the ref in the process! She staggered out and turned into a DDT! Gail made the pin but the referee was down and out, Gail dragged him over and made the pin again but he didn't move, she shook her head in disgust and began climbing up the cage not seeing Mara forcing herself to follow, she caught Gail at the top-rope and the two began exchanging punches, Mara began to gain the advantage but Gail raked the cut, Mara reeled and Gail hit a headbutt then brought her down with a top-rope neckbreaker! She made the pin and began screaming at the referee to count, he slowly crawled over and counted one, counted two but before his hand could come down again Mara kicked out!
Gail was too shocked to do anything other than stare at the referee begging him to say it had been three, he just responded by holding up two fingers, she shot a defeated look down at Mara then crawled oer to the cage and began climbing again, she reached the top-rope and and looked back at Mara who was starting to stagger to her feet, she pulled herself up to the top and began to slide over but felt Mara grab her foot and begin pulling her back in, the two she tried to kick the teen away but was dragged back to the top-rope where another exchange took place, Gail tried to rake the cut again but Mara blocked it and bounced her head off the cage to stun her then hooked her arms and hit a top-rope Angels Wings! She lay on the mat seemingly as out as Gail before slowly crawling towards her, she draped an arm over her and the referee counted but Gail got a shoulder up! Mara couldn't even find the strength to look shocked and just lay on the mat as Gail began stirring, she forced herself to roll to the ropes and climbed to the top, Gail was up as well so she went for the missile dropkick but Gail sidestepped it then hit her with a piledriver! She didn't even bother trying to make the pin but instead crawled over to the cage and began climbing, she made it to the top-rope and Mara hadn't moved, she got halfway and Mara was stirring she made it to the top and started to step over but Mara dropkicked the cage causing her to fall on it, the teen began climbing up another corner of the cage and Gail was still trying to untangle herself from the cage, Mara made it to the top and glanced over at Gail, she measured the situation and smirked.
Anything you can do Elix she thought before running along the top of the cage and hitting Gail with a hurricanranna! She fell all the way to the mat but Mara caught herself on the top-rope and came off with a moonsault! She made the cover, and finally put Gail down for the three!
Neither girl moved an inch after the three had been made, Mara just stared up at the ceiling with a dazed look in her eyes while Gail hadn't opened hers, referees and EMT's jumped into the cage to check on them as Jason came sprinting down to the ring, Mara had begun to move and was crawling towards the cage door where her boyfriend was watching with concern, she rolled through the ropes and the teen scooped her up to carry backstage.
"Told you I could beat her" she muttered weakly smirking up at him.
"Yeah, yeah you did" he smiled back, not caring her blood was now all over him, at the top of the ramp he turned back to the ring, Gail had managed to make it to a seated position and was glaring up after them, Mara gave her a dazed smirk back before her boyfriend carried her backstage.
"So what's the damage?" Jason asked the trainer as he finished working on Mara.
"Well, she's got a hell of a concussion, and we've had to put some stitches in that cut."
"I'm not gonna have a scar am I?" Mara asked from the table she was lying on still looking dazed and confused but a hell of a lot better now the blood had been cleared up. "I don't wanna end up looking like Jason."
"Charming" laughed Jason, the trainer smiled.
"Too early to say" he answered. "Although I can say you've been very lucky, especially after that piledriver."
"And where the hell did that cagewalk come from?" Jason asked.
"Remember you asked what Elix taught me?"
"I'm gonna murder that bastard!" Mara laughed as AJ came in with the tag belts.
"And how is the patient?" He asked.
"Bit battered, but bloody but still has an attitude on her like no ones business" AJ laughed.
"Well make sure your brother knows you're OK, I've just had him on the phone begging me to let him kill your boyfriend for letting you go through with that."
"Will do."
"Anyway, your work for the night is done" said Jason. "You're staying here until I'm done, take it we're next?"
"That's why I brought the belts" AJ replied tossing the teen his.
"OK, get this match out of the way and we can finally get that vacation" Jason laughed, Mara smiled but grabbed his hand as he went to leave.
"Jason, just come back safe OK? For me?"
"Always" Jason smirked.
"Promise? I don't know what I'd... if something happened to..."
"I promise" Jason swore, knowing it was Mara's concussion doing the talking, he made a note to make fun of her for it later and turned to AJ. "You ready?"
"More than" his partner smirked. "And I got an idea, follow me."
"Do I have a choice?"
"Nope."
"James, c'mon!" Harris yelled back over his shoulder. "We're up!"
"I'm comin'!" His partner called after him. "I was just finishing my celebration drink."
"You had your celebration drink eight beers ago!"
Storm blinked. "Your point?" Harris laughed but trailed off as JB approached with his mic.
"Don't you have anything better to do than bother us?"
JB just shrugged. "Chris Harris, James Storm, in a few short moments you two will be locked inside the six sides of steel with the world tag team champions Jason Cena and the 'Phenomenal' AJ Styles, after seeing your ally Gail Kim suffer defeat earlier on tonight are you now more focused than ever on the titles?"
"Gimme that!" Harris snatched the mic. "What happened earlier was a mistake! Gail made one small error and it cost her, she showed mercy, now we know that Jason is messed up, but that isn't going to stop us, no escape, no remorse and no mercy, those titles are coming home with America's Most Wanted, regardless of what we have to do to get them!"
Storm stepped in. "Now, I ain't the smartest guy at the best of times, and right now I'm half drunk, but I'm pretty sure a punctured lung is something that can become a very dangerous injury. The kid wants to step into that cage with it? Fine, don't blame us for what happens, Styles and Cena's run as champs is on life support, and tonight, just like they're gonna have to do to Jason after we're through, AMW is gonna pull the plug. Sorry 'bout your damn luck!"
He shoved JB to the side and headed for the entranceway with his tag partner, their music was already playing so they walked straight on out in front of the crowd with smirks on their faces, they entered the cage and began taunting the crowd through the bars as their music faded and the lights dimmed before AJ's music hit, Storm and Harris began pacing as the champions took their time in coming out, their pyro went off but there was still no sign of them, the lights came back on and the fans went nuts as Jason and AJ were revealed to be standing on the top-rope behind them! Storm and Harris turned and the champs flew off the top with and smashed their titles into their skulls!
The camps quickly threw their belts to the outside then went back to stomping on AMW, Jason pulled Harris up while AJ beat on Storm, they backed AMW into corners and beat them down then whipped them into each other, they collided then staggered into the champions who threw them into the side of the cage, Harris slumped to the mat but they grabbed Storm and hit a double-brainbuster! Harris tried to get up but was cut off with the high-low combo! They pulled Storm up and shot him into the ropes before greeting him with a flapjack into the cage wall! Harris got up and tried a double-clothesline but they ducked and hit the superkick and the Pele! AMW were down and Jason went over to Storms jacket and pulled out a couple of beer bottles, he cracked one open and toasted AJ before tossing him the other and downing his, AJ settled for pouring his on Storm, they then gripped the empty bottles and waited for AMW to get up then swung for their heads but they ducked and hit punches to knock them down while the referee got the bottles out of the cage.
Storm backed AJ into a corner and beat on him while Harris worked on Jason, he hit some punches to the face then went for a shot to the ribs but suddenly reeled away holding his hand in pain, Jason ran through him with a clothesline and Storm tried to cut him off with a kick but acted like he'd kicked a wall! Jason laughed and took his shirt off to reveal a chest protector!
"D'Lo says hi!" He laughed before decking Storm with a right hand, he whipped the 'Cowboy' into a corner then grabbed Harris and threw him into his partner, AJ came over and the teen let his partner whip him and hit a stinger splash! Harris and Storm staggered out of the corner and the champions hit a double dropkick on Storm before throwing Harris into the cage wall again, Jason then hit the ropes and AJ hiptossed him onto Storm, Harris staggered to his feet and Jason hit an enziguri sending him reeling into a DDT from AJ. Storm was up and the 'Phenomenal One' charged but Storm sidestepped and sent him into the door with enough force to knock him through it! AJ fell to the ground and Storm quickly slammed it shut and forced the referee to lock it again, he turned to Jason only to be met with a superkick! Jason went to open the door but Harris jumped him, he shot the teen into the ropes but Jason came off with a flying forearm then nipped up and dropped him with a neckbreaker! Storm was on his feet but the teen grabbed him and hit another neckbreaker before going up top, he looked between the 'Cowboy' and the 'Wildcat' then decided on Storm and went for a Frog Splash but Storm moved! Jason hit the mat hard and began favouring his ribs as Harris jumped on him and ripped the chest protector off! He waited until the teen was standing then hit him round the head with it!
AJ was trying to climb back into the cage but Storm knocked him off as Harris hit some stomps to Jason's midsection, he pressed the teen over his head then dropped him over Storm's knee, he quickly pulled the teen up and held him so Storm could work over his ribs then threw him into the cage to knock AJ back down then locked on the abdominal stretch while Storm hit more punches to Jason's ribs, AJ tried to climb up again but Storm kicked him off once more as Harris worked Jason over in the hold before letting him slump to the mat, He stomped the teens ribs then pulled him up and told Storm to go for the Last Call, he took aim and stepped forward but the teen ducked and he kicked Harris! The teen immediately began hammering away on Storm with punches then tried a whip, Storm reversed it and went for a backdrop but the teen dropped down and punched him in the face then caught him with an X-Factor! He made the pin but Storm kicked out at two, he went to pull the 'Cowboy' up but got a shot to the gut causing him to stagger away, Storm went for the Last Call but Jason caught his foot, spun him around and hit the impaler! Storm bounced back to his feet and the teen called for the C-Bomb! He lifted Storm up but suddenly cried out in pain and dropped him, he reeled away and Harris was there to meet him with a spear! Jason rolled around on the mat screaming his head off and AMW smirked not realising AJ had got back in the cage, they turned and he came off the top with a flying clothesline to both of them before running to Jason's side.
"Kid, Kid! You OK?" All he got was another scream of pain. "Shit!" He began waving to the back for help as EMT's came charging down the ramp, the cage door was opened and they rolled Jason out onto a stretcher as AMW jumped AJ and began beating him down, they watched the EMT's wheeling Jason out and waved after him before turning back to AJ, Harris held him and Storm hit the ropes and dropped him with the Hart Attack! He made the pin but AJ kicked out, they stomped him down again and Harris hit a suplex while Storm put on the chest protector and hit a big splash with it on, he covered but AJ kicked out again, Storm smirked then tossed Harris the weapon before pulling AJ up and holding him for Harris to nail round the head! He made another cover but AJ kicked out again, they pulled him up and shot him into the ropes and tried a clothesline but he ducked, jumped onto the ropes, flipped behind them and hit a double reverse DDT!
The fans tried to will AJ back into it but AMW made it up first only for AJ to begin throwing punches at both of them, he kicked Storm away then threw Harris into the wall of the cage then hit the 'Cowboy' with a brainbuster! He covered but Harris broke up the pin, he shot AJ into the ropes and tried a clothesline but AJ ducked behind him and hit a massive back-suplex! He covered but Storm broke it up, he charged AJ but ran into an atomic drop followed by a spinning lariat! Harris tried to cut AJ off but got catapulted into the cage wall again then AJ ran at him and used the cage to springboard into a tornado DDT! He made the pin but Storm broke it up again, he beat AJ down then went for a suplex but AJ slipped out, held on and hit a neckbreaker! He covered but once again Harris broke up the pin.
Harris tried to cut AJ off again but the 'Phenomenal One' continued to fight back, he hit Harris with punches then the ropes but Storm cut him off with a shot to the gut, Harris joined him and they went to hit a double suplex but AJ countered into a double DDT! He quickly rolled to the corner and went to the top-rope, he went to for the Spiral Tap but both members of AMW moved! AJ hit the mat hard and bounced up into the Catatonic from Harris! He made the cover but AJ just kicked out at two. Harris looked shocked then picked AJ up and threw him to Storm who scooped him up and hit the Eye of the Storm! He made the pin but AJ kicked out again! Storm shook his head and looked at Harris.
"Just what the hell do we have to do?"
Harris looked around then nodded. "Death Sentance!" He yelled heading to the ropes, Storm nodded and scooped AJ up, Harris started to climb but AJ began fighting back, he hit some shots to break free from Storm's grip then kicked him into the ropes causing Harris to crotch himself! Storm staggered back towards him and AJ scooped him up into a sitout powerbomb! He covered but Storm kicked out, AJ tried to pull him up but the 'Cowboy' raked his eyes, he staggered away and Storm set him up for the Eight Second Ride, AJ slipped out, pushed him into the cage and when he spun round lifted him up and hit the Styles Clash! He slowly rolled him over and the referee counted but Harris broke up the pin! He beat AJ down to the mat then backed away and called for the spear, he charged but AJ cut it off with the Pele! Harris bounced up and AJ set up for the Styles Clash again! He lifted Harris up but Storm hit the Last Call! Harris landed on top of AJ and the referee counted but AJ kicked out again! Storm looked stunned then went to his jacket and grabbed the handcuffs, he tossed a set to Harris and began dragging AJ to the cage wall.
"Well, if ya can't beat 'em, beat 'em!"
They cuffed AJ's arms to the cage and took turns to punch him in the face, he lashed out trying to get to them but they just stepped out of reach and laughed as Harris produced the nightstick, he prepared to whack AJ with it but saw a bunch of EMT's appear on the ramp arguing with a limping Jason! He burst out laughing and pointed the teen out to Storm as the medics tried to stop Jason getting to the ring, the teen seemed to back off then snapped and decked the nearest one with a right hand! The others backed off as the teen staggered down towards the cage, Harris and Storm began getting ready but AJ lashed out with his feet and got a low-blow on them! They dropped to their knees as Jason climbed up the side of the cage and stood up just in time to get a cross-body from the top! Jason rolled to his feet and forced himself to swing at both members of AMW, he knocked Storm down but Harris cut him off with a whip, he ducked a clothesline and tried a cross-body but Harris caught him and went for the Catatonic only for the teen to escape and hit a superkick! Storm then charged him but the teen flapjacked him into the cage again, he stayed on the top-rope and the teen climbed up after him and called for the impaler! Storm tried to fight out then lifted Jason up to his shoulders and tried to dump the teen over the top of the cage! Jason held on to the outside and pulled Storm up to the top where they exchanged punches, Jason gained control and bounced Storm's head off the top then hit a jawbreaker across it! Storm reeled then fell all the way to the mat! Jason climbed to the top of the cage and went to get down but stopped and smirked when he saw the position Storm was in, he took a deep breath then stood up on the top of the cage, just as he did AJ realised what was coming.
"No, No! Don't do it kid!" He screamed. Jason just smirked, balanced himself then came off the cage with the Shooting Star Press! He pulled the flip off perfectly but at the last second Harris pulled his partner out of the way! Jason hit the mat and immediately began thrashing around again as Harris grabbed him and made the pin, the referee counted, and Harris got the win!
AJ was tearing at the cuffs trying to get to his partner as Harris rolled out of the cage dragging his partner with him, he snatched the belts off the referee and held them over his head as Storm slowly realised they had done it, the referee in the cage finally freed AJ who dashed to Jason's side, the teen was still trying to get to his feet but just kept collapsing holding his ribs as EMT's charged the ring again, they surrounded the teen and tried to get him back on the stretcher but he shoved them away.
"Kid, you're hurt! Get on the damn stretcher!"
"AJ" he gasped. "I've already lost a title tonight, at least let me try and walk out of here" his partner sighed and backed off allowing the teen to roll out to the floor and begin staggering up the ramp, AJ followed half a step behind just in case the teen's legs gave out, at the top of the stage they stopped and shook hands.
"Hell of a run" muttered Jason.
"Yeah, wish I could say I didn't enjoy it, but it was fun."
Jason laughed and the two turned to salute the crowd before leaving the arena.
Welp, it's finally over, where will we go now? How long will it be before Jason wrestles again? Will he and AJ ask for a rematch? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
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