Chapter 77: Retribution at a Price

RAW was in Dave's hometown of Washington, D.C. and on that night, Dave was facing Dolph Ziggler and John was facing Kane.

Nicole and Amanda were in 'Eddie's Angels'" locker room looking at pictures when Buffy walked inside with three bottles of water."

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Buffy said as she sat down.

"My pictures of last year's WWE trip to Iraq," Nicole said. "I'm pretty excited about this year because I get to see my dad."

"Me too," Amanda said, "I mean, this will be my first trip and I know it'll be amazing to visit the troops and see the sights of Iraq. It's gonna be incredible."

"Yeah, we'll be leaving right after RAW is over to go to Iraq," Buffy said. I'm a little nervous about it because I hear what's going on over there but I want this to be worthwhile."

"We all do," Nicole said, "this is second to Wrestlemania and this will be an unforgettable trip. Both of you won't forget it for sure."

Then Dave walked inside the Angels' locker room.

"Hey, ladies," Dave said.

"Hey, hometown boy," Nicole said. "What's going on?"

"Well, I have a surprise for you all," Dave said.

Then Rochelle walked inside the Angels' locker with crutches.

"Rochelle!" The Angels said as they got up from the couch and hugged Rochelle.

"It's so good to see you," Amanda said, "how are you feeling?"

"Well, I'm four weeks into recovery, so I'm doing better," Rochelle said.

"That's great," Buffy said. "So what are you doing here?"

"Well, not only I'm here to support my husband since this is his hometown, I'm also coming along on the annual trip to Iraq."

"Rochelle, that's awesome," Nicole said.

"Yeah, even though I'm still injured, there is no way I'm missing this trip and I'm happy Dave is coming along, too."

"Yeah, I wouldn't miss it for the world," Dave said.

"We all wouldn't," Nicole said.

A little later, RAW was on and Chris Jericho was coming out from the entrance to the arena after addressing the WWE Universe as he made his way through the crowd down to the ring explaining his resentment toward John Cena, stating that while away from the ring, Chris' son grew to be a fan, not of his father, but of John Cena. Chris hoped to show his son and all of the WWE Universe what a real hero is, by beating John for the World Heavyweight Title at Armageddon.

Then Chris was approached by Rochelle and Ulysses.

"Chris, Chris, Chris," Rochelle said, "don't you ever learn? I mean, you've been gone from the WWE for two years and come back and now you go out there and complain some more to the fans about your son being a John Cena fan. It happens, Chris! How pathetic is that of you to talk about your son? You disgust me and you're lucky I'm not Nicole Mitchell beating on you like she & Cena did last week; if I was your son, I would go around saying 'My daddy is a crazy lunatic and likes to beat on girls.'"

Then Rochelle and Ulysses walked away.

A few minutes later, Stephanie McMahon came out of her office and was approached by Todd Grisham.

"I'm wondering if you can update us on Rey's condition," Todd said.

"It appears as though Rey has torn ligaments in his elbow," Stephanie McMahon Okay, thank you."

Rey Mysterio began making his way down to the ring to face The Miz in the Intercontinental Title Tournament's next match. Before he could get to the ring, however, he was confronted by the monstrous Mike Knox for the second week in a row and Mike was beating on him leading to possibly have torn ligaments in his elbow.

As Stephanie walked away, Layla approached her.

"Excuse me, Stephanie," Layla said, "on behalf of William Regal, we believes if Rey is unable to compete, he should be out of the tournament."

"You know something, Layla, I couldn't agree more."

"Excuse me," Stephanie said.

"On behalf of William Regal, we believes if Rey is unable to compete, he should be out of the tournament," Rochelle said mocking Layla. "Layla, you are pathetic! And the sight of you makes you me sick to my stomach. Let's see what happens if I hear you say something like that again."

Then Rochelle walked away with Layla looking blunt.

Later, it was time for the match between Dave and Dolph Ziggler.

Dave's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Rochelle following him. Rochelle was wearing a tie ruffle neck sheer halter top with gleaming stripe, denim jeans, and her hair curled. Dave did his thing with the pyro with Rochelle standing next to him and the two walked down the ramp and Dave got into the ring and got on the turnbuckles flexing his muscles as Rochelle applauded for him. Dave got back down and Dolph Ziggler's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain.

Dolph Ziggler was a new RAW superstar who was always introducing himself to others.

Dolph walked down the ramp and got into the ring and asked Lillian for the microphone.

"Allow me to introduce myself," Dolph said. "My name is Dolph Ziggler."

Then Dolph gave his microphone to Lillian and the referee called for the bell and Dolph tried to introduce himself to Dave and Dave just smiled and didn't shake his hand and Dolph slapped him and then he was hitting right hands to no avail and he slipped out of the ring and Dave chased him back into the ring and Dolph slipped out of the ring as soon as Dave got back in. As Dave climbed out of the ring again, Dolph surprised him as he leaped onto the apron with a flying front kick to the face and Dave fell to the floor and Dolph got some right hands and a knee to the midsection and Dave got Dolph on his shoulder and then rammed Dolph into the ring apron.

Dave threw Dolph back in the ring and went for a powerslam but Dolph escaped and surprised Dave with a neckbreaker for a near fall and he followed up with a relentless series of elbows for another near fall and then Dolph bounced off the ropes and Dave caught Dolph with a boot to the face. Dave went for the spear but Dolph leaped over him and kicked Dave in the midsection before landing a forearm and Dolph climbed the turnbuckle and got some punches before Dave lifted him on his shoulders and threw him off and Dolph got a low dropkick on his knee and reintroduced himself and Dolph climbed the turnbuckle and Dolph flew at Dave, but Dave caught him and landed him a spinebuster and followed with a Batista Bomb for the win.

Then Rochelle hopped on the ring apron and got into the ring as the referee raised Dave's arm and Rochelle got to her feet and Dave walked over to her and hugged Rochelle. Then Randy Orton's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with a microphone in his hand.

"Congratulations on the victory, Batista," Randy said, "but you should know that one day it's going to be me versus you."

Then Dave laughed as he asked for a microphone and said,

"Funny you should say that because he knows something you don't. I talked to Stephanie McMahon today and at Armageddon, it is me versus you."

"Oh, yeah, well, that's good, that is great," Randy said. "I've been waiting four years for this match and I can't wait until Armageddon."

Then Rochelle smiled as Dave got into the ring and got on the turnbuckles flexing his muscles as RAW went to a commercial break.

Later, it was time for the match between John and Kane.

Kane's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. He walked down the ramp and got into the ring and John's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Nicole, Tina, Kimberly, and Kayla following him.

Nicole was wearing an orange tie neck v-neck lacy halter top with bandeau top, denim jeans, and an orange bandanna top covering her straight. Tina was wearing a black and orange ruching mini dress and her hair curled. Kimberly was wearing a black and orange stripe tube top leather pants, and her hair curled. And Kayla was wearing a black satin halter top with a crossed neckline, denim jeans, and her hair straight.

The five walked down the ramp and got into the ring and John got into the ring and he was pumping up the crowd and took off his HLR Academy baseball cap and threw it to the crowd. Then John raised his arms in the air and took off his HLR Academy t-shirt and threw it to the crowd and the referee called for the bell.

John went after Kane but Kane cut him off with a kick to the midsection and hit his head on the turnbuckle and Kane placed John in the corner and got a right hand twice and kicking his head twice until he scared the referee off. Then John came back with right hands and went to whip Kane but reversed and John got a shouldertacke to no avail and he bounced off the ropes and landed a hard clothesline as John rebounded off the ropes toward him. Then Kane got a hard right hand and then Kane got out of the ring, pulled John on the apron and got another right hand as John fell to the floor before Kane threw him back into the ring and covered for a two count.

Then Kane whipped John to the corner and splashed him before landing a boot to the head and Kane got a snap mare before applying a headlock and John got to his feet to power out of the hold and got Kane on his shoulders for the FU and Kane escaped with an elbow to the neck and Kane got a scoop slam before bouncing off the ropes and Kane low dropkicked John for a two count and then settled into a chinlock. John then powered out as he kicked Kane in the midsection and got some right hands and he went to whip Kane but Kane reversed and John was hit hard in the corner and Kane sideslammed John and scored a two count.

Kane climbed the top turnbuckle and Kane flew off the top rope but John moved and then applied a sudden STFU and Kane struggled to escape as Chris Jericho ran to the ring and John released the hold and got out of the ring and went after Chris right away with a clothesline and John was beating on Chris and he threw him into the security wall and then John got back in the ring and Kane gave him a boot to the face. Kane went for the chokeslam and John powered out of it and took Kane down to the mat and was punching away at him Kane and Kane went for the chokeslam but John blocked it and got Kane on his shoulders and hit the FU for the win as Chris barely got into the ring to broke the count.

Then John stared at Chris who was at ringside and the Chain Gang Diva Squad surrounded and as Chris ran pushing Tina and Kimberly out of the way, John cut him off and began beating on him and hit his head on the ring apron and he threw him into the security wall and continued his way toward the entrance stage area beating on him. Then Cody Rhodes and Manu jumped him from behind and John fought them off as Randy Orton ran in and got a knee to the face and Randy was clubbing on John and dragged Cena to the edge of the ramp and landed a signature DDT. The girls watched in shock as Cody and Manu were stomping on John as Chris watched as the Boyz in Motion made the save attacking the four from behind with baseball bats and the boys stomped on them as Brent and Ryan tossed Cody onto the ramp and Tina & Kimberly were kicking him as Cody ran off. Then Randy and Chris ran off as the boys were continuing beating on Manu and Manu pushed them away as he ran off as well.

Then Nicole checked on John as the Boyz in Motion kept a lookout and RAW came to a close.

After RAW was over, there were buses of several WWE superstars driving down the freeway and they went to an airport for a plane to take them to Iraq for WWE's annual Tribute to the Troops. The superstars who were attending the trip as they got off the bus were John, Dave, the Chain Gang Diva Squad, Lillian Garcia, Maria, Alicia Fox, Mickie James, C.M. Punk, Eve Torres, Randy Orton, Kelly Kelly, Chris Jericho, the Big Show, John Morrison, The Miz, Cryme Time, R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy, Michael Cole and Joey Styles.

"Well, this is it," Buffy said, "up we go to Iraq."

"Yeah, and I know I'm gonna need some much needed sleep," Amanda said.

"Hold on," Dave said, "let me get a picture of this."

"Okay, come on, Rochelle," Nicole said.

Then Rochelle walked over to the Angels and they posed in front of the plane as Dave took their picture.

"Excellent," Nicole said. "Well, let's go."

Then everyone boarded the plane and the long flight to Iraq has started for another wonderful trip.