Monday Night Raw again, back to work after a week of vacation. Back to dealing with stalkers, the ninnies and big upsets. We're sitting backstage, eagerly waiting for the show to start. Aly and I are sitting on an equiptment box listening to Big Time Rush on my Ipod, rocking out to the song that's playing. Once that song was over, 'I Came To Play' starts up. But Aly also starts singing Shut Up And Kiss Me by Orianthi. That's when Mike comes over and he kisses her after she sings that line.
"Maybe I should sing that more often." She laughs as he lets go.
"Maybe you should." He laughs too.
Maryse walks by all huffy and Aly snickers.
"Jeallllloussss." She sings quietly.
It 1 minute till showtime, and we see the opening for WWE on the screen. No Raw intro tonight, goes right to Cole and Lawler at ringside talking.
"Well this is Monday Night Raw, we are live tonight ladies and gentlemen, in Seattle Washington."
Then Cena's music goes off and he comes out looking a bit cheered up.
"There's that smile!"
He salutes the crowd and he runs down the ramp and slides into the ring. After hyping up
the crowd, he goes over and is handed a mic and his music fades and the crowd chants his name.
"You guys have no idea how much I need this right now, thank you so much. I tell you man, I got to know that you haven't lost hope, that you still believe!" He says as his expression changes.
"Last week, last week I heard the WWE universe chant something that I've never heard them chant before..."
People start chanting 'You suck'.
"I've heard that a bunch, that ain't nothing new." He laughs.
"And it don't phase him either." I point out.
"Guys what they were chanting simply was Never Give Up. Never give up. Never give up. I know this seems awkward, but I want to stand here tonight and promise you I have never given up, I never will give up. I just want to take one second and set the record straight, guys at Hell In a Cell..I made a deal, I took a risk. If I defeated Wade Barrett, I had the chance to eliminate the Nexus completely. We can argue all day about how I lost, but the fact is that I lost. I made a deal, and the deal was that if I lost, I would become a member of the Nexus. Which appparently means that I have to take orders from Wade Barrett. Andi f I don't, I'll be fired. Not fired from Raw with the option to go to Smackdown...I mean fired. I would have to leave the WWE. I've been here a long time guys, we've been through a lot together, I've heard you cheer...I've heard you boo...but every Monday Night, I love coming out here because you guys get so excited regardless of what you got to say to me. For once in my life, this isn't about championships, this isn't about money..this is what I love guys. I love this as much as you do. This is what I live for, and if I don't have this...I don't know what else I'd be doing. This is difficult for me guys, I'm between a rock and a hard place, I just want to let you know that because of where I'm at, you guys may have to see me do some things that you don't want to see me do. It has nothing to do with me, I just know the type of guy Wade Barrett is."
That's when Miz's music comes on and we walk out with him and Alex, mic in hand.
"Oh boy, here we go. I don't want to be out here." I say to Aly.
"Me either. That bad feeling just got worse." She mumbles.
Miz mocks Cena for being all sad and what not, we walk down to the ring and get in, standing next to Miz and Alex as Miz talks to Cena.
"Awwww...Cena doesn't want to lose the support of the WWE Universe. Well you're in luck Cena, because I have taken it upon myself to captain Team Raw. When it faces Big Show and Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights. And unlike you, I don't assemble my teams...I don't assemble my teams by judging them personally. Or disliking what they do personally. Which is why I'm going to offer you a spot on my team. I know you take pride in Raw, I know you didn't like it last year when Big Show betrayed Raw...so I'm going to allow you to help us avenge that loss to Smackdown. And give Raw Bragging Rights. So come on Cena, join my team. What do you say?"
"Well that sounds like a good thing to me." I say quietly to Aly.
"I wouldn't count on this going smooth just yet." She says back.
"Hold the phone, hold the phone. I actually think this is a really really good idea." John says to the audience.
"John Cena on Team Raw, the only thing I got a problem with is uh...Miz being the captain. I mean, that's about as ridiculous as Betty White doing a spread for PlayBoy. A lot of us would look at it, but it would be a disaster! So what I'm saying is, this Nexus thing has got me a little bit down, I got nothing else to do for Bragging Rights. Hell why don't I captain Team Raw?" He yells to everyone.
"Haha, he would say that." I laugh.
"No no no no no no no, I'm captain, I called it first!" Miz objects.
That's when the ninny music plays.
"Oh no." I say as we turn around.
"I told you so." Aly mutters.
Wade walks out with a mic and walks down to the ring.
"I'm going to make this very very easy for everyone concerned. Believe it or not, I don't care about Raw and most certainly don't care about Smackdown." He says getting into the ring.
"All I care about is Nexus and the WWE Title."
"And how how're you doing tonight Carly?" He adds asking, trying to act all nice and everything.
"Oh it's just Monkey. Not that he can't cause problems but I think If I saw the other ones right now, I'd flip out." Aly says quietly.
I just roll my eyes at him as he moves onto John.
"Jackass." Aly mumbles, eyeing him.
"Now John, I need your complete...undivided attention on one thing and one thing only at Bragging Rights. Being in my corner when I take on Randy Orton for the WWE Title. Now the rest of this...forget about it. I don't want anything get in the way of your duties at Bragging Rights."
"Okay, I know I'm supposed to take orders from you...I can do both. There is no way, I can't be on the Bragging Rights team, there's no way I can't be in your corner, I can do both."
"You can, and you will be in my corner at Bragging Rights. Or are you trying to tell me, that you're going to disobey my orders?"
That's when Alex comes into the conversation after taking the mic from Miz.
"You know, I know I'm new here and all, but you might want to listen to Barrett Cena. Because you're going to want to be in his corner. Because even if he does win, The Miz here might, well he might come on down...cash in his Money In The Bank contract and leave Bragging Rights WWE Champion." Alex finishes then Miz grabs the mic from him.
"Well there goes the element of surprise."
I couldn't help but laugh a bit at the comment and Aly snickers.
"But Riley's right. Maybe I...lead Raw to victory, and take the WWE title." Miz adds, then after that the GM dings in.
"Here we go again." I say as Aly face palms herself.
"Can I have your attention please, I have recieved an email from the general manager."
"WE KNOW CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!" Aly and I yell.
"And I-" He starts to continue.
"JUST SAY IT ALREADY!"
"Wade, while John Cena answer to you...you and everyone else on the Raw roster ultimately answers to me. At Bragging Rights, I want Raw to beat Smackdown and I want the best Raw team possible. Therefore tonight, I have arranged a series of matches...with the winners going on to form Team Raw. As for who will lead the team, well I'm afraid there can only be one true captain. I don't want a team that suffers from jealousy. And has the potential for betrayal like last year. Therefore on tonight's main event on Monday Night Raw, there will be a match to determine the captain of Team Raw. It will be...The Miz vs John Cena!"
"Oh no." I mutter.
"Greeeaaaatttt..." Aly says covering her face with a sigh.
"Okay, okay that's fine and dandy because rest assured Cena, I will beat you tonight. I will be team captain of Raw, and maybe...just maybe I might cash this in at Bragging Rights and become the WWE Champion." Miz says holding up the briefcase.
"And you want to know what you can do about it Barrett? I'll give you a hint. Absolutely, positively NOTHING." He says as he and Alex get closer to him.
That's when Barrett headbutts Miz, sending him backwards into the corner. Aly and I back up and make sure we're out of the way so we don't get hurt. Alex goes after Wade and Miz joins in getting him near the corner. That's when we see John go over to Alex and grab him and go after him and then Miz, getting then away from Wade. Alex comes up and grabs Cena away from Miz, but John sets him up on his shoulders as Miz crawls out of the ring and my face pales.
"No, he wouldn't." I say worried.
"This could get really ugly Dolce." Aly says after pulling me out of the ring.
That's when John delivers the Attitude Adjustment on Alex and I couldn't believe he would do that. Alex then rolls out of the ring, holding the back of his neck. I get back in the ring and confront him about what he just did to Alex.
"Why the hell did you just do that?" I exclaim.
Aly slides into the ring and pulls me back
"Dolce, we need to go, like now. If we stay here much longer we run the risk of Wade ordering him to do something worse." She hisses.
I shake my head as I leave the ring with her. She goes over and helps Miz up and I go over and help Alex up, and stand at the bottom of the ramp. And just in time because Wade got into the ring and got into John's face.
"Come on, we need to get the guys out of here." Aly says to me.
"I just can't believe he would do that." I say as we walk back up the ramp and backstage.
"I don't know what to tell you." She sighs, shaking her head.
We get backstage and all we can worry about is if Mike and Alex are alright at this point. We're standing outside the trainer's office as they get checked over, watching the little tv that is showing Wade lecturing John. We see John get angry, and resisting the urge to attack him. When John stops at the ramp, Wade mocks him by saying 'you can't see me'. We both get angry and start to run down the hall only to be stopped. I get pulled back by Randy and Aly gets wrapped in a bear hug by Hunter.
"Let me go, so I can kick that damn monkey's ass!" She growls, struggling.
"Randy...let me go, now." I say also struggling.
"Do you want to get in big time trouble with the GM?" Randy questions.
"Well the GM should've done something about Husky and McGillicutty getting involved at Hell
In A Cell! Now he's allowing Barrett to order him around like a dog! That's not right! Especially with the mocking that he just did!" I say still struggling.
"Believe me Carly, that comment pissed me off too but if we get involved now, we're just making things harder for John." Randy says, tighting his hold so I don't get loose.
"And potentially putting our own selves at risk."
On the other hand, Aly's not saying much; just growling and swearing under her breath and trying to get free from Hunter, mostly just kicking since he has her arms pinned and has her suspended off the floor since he's taller than her.
"Whoa, calm down okay?" He says to her.
"No! I want to teach that asshole a lesson damn it!" She says still swinging her feet angrily.
"Do you want to be fired?"
She let's out a frustrated growl and stops kicking.
"No." She sulks.
"Then calm down and relax."
"Damn you for being logical." She lets out a grumble, but relaxes her body.
"Now I'm gonna put you down now...no running off okay?"
"That means you too Carly." Randy says to me.
"Yeah yeah yeah." I sigh.
He puts her down and then Randy lets me go. Hunter gives Randy a look that tells
him that he's got us if we decide to run again. Randy nods and walks away.
"So what's up Hunter?" Aly asks.
"Shawn and I want to talk to you two over lunch tomorrow. No boyfriends, just you two." He says, making sure that there isn't anybody around.
"Okay, where do you want to meet for lunch?"
He names some random restaurant in the are.
"Okay sounds good, we'll be there." Aly says.
"Great, see you two tomorrow." He says starting to walk away but stops and turns back around.
"Before I forget, congrats on being the Unified Diva's Champion. Didn't get a chance to congratulate you." He says to Aly.
"Thanks." She smiles.
Then he walks off and the door behind us opens.
"Are you guys okay?" I ask as we see Alex and Mike walk out.
"Yeah, just a headache." Mike says, rubbing his head and then putting a bag of ice on it.
"A little sore but I'll be alright." Alex finishes.
"I guess you learned never to confront Wade like that again huh Mike?" Aly asks.
"Not one my best ideas, I'll admit." Mike shakes his head.
"I'm just glad you're okay." She says going over and hugging him.
Alex can see my concerned face and he pulls me to him and tilts my face up so my eyes lock with his.
"Hey, I'm okay. You can relax now."
"I know, I just wasn't expecting him to do that to you."
"I wasn't either, but I guess we're going to have to expect the unexpected when John is involved now." Alex sighs.
"Well let's go to the locker room and just hang out until we're needed for anything."
"Right." Everyone else agrees and we all walk to 'our' locker room.
That's when I hear my named called, and it's John's voice.
"You guys go ahead, I'll be there in a bit...promise."
"5 minutes or so and if you aren't back by then we're looking for you." Aly says, getting nods
from Mike and Alex.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Just go." I laugh reluctantly go farther down the hall and into our room. I turn around as John walks up to me.
"What is it John?" I ask.
"I just want to apologize for what I had to do out there."
"It's okay, Alex isn't hurt so everything's fine. You just caught me off guard is all."
"I hadn't planned on doing that but it ended up going that way." He sighs.
"It's fine John, honestly. You had to follow orders, I keep forgetting that."
"I can't help but feel guilty for it." He says with a shrug.
"Tell Alyssa I'm sorry for having to beat up on Mike. And tell Mike and Alex I'm sorry too while you're at it would you? Just especially Alyssa 'cause you and he scare me sometimes."
"I will, and you don't have to worry about Aly and I 'cause we'd never come after you like we do the rest of Nexus."
"I'm just covering all the bases." He chuckles a little.
"You deserve a hug." I say after chuckling with him.
"I could use one." He laughs opening his arms.
"Just remember what you said tonight...never give up." I say hugging him.
"You got it." He nods, bumping fists with me after he lets me go.
"It means alot to have people in my corner."
"Always will be there in your corner, no matter what Wade orders you to do."
"Thanks Carly."
"Well I should get going before they come searching for me." I laugh.
"Yeah we don't want that." He laughs.
"See ya later."
"Yup." I say walking down to the room and then walking in.
"So?" Aly asks curiously.
"He's sorry for everything. He's sorry he beat up on Mike, he's sorry for what he did to Alex, he apologized for everything he had to do." I explain.
"It was orders." Aly says after a minute, shrugging.
"He couldn't help but feel guilty about it."
"That's Cena for you." Mike says lightly.
"Mike..." I say, not believing what he just said.
Aly looks at him in disbelief and smacks his shoulder harshly.
"Not funny!"
"He apologizes for everything and you rag on him like that?" I ask still in disbelief.
"He and I just don't mesh well." Mike shrugs.
"Oh my god." Aly shakes her head getting up.
"I can't even believe you right now."
"Me neither." I say shaking my head as well.
"I dont even- I can't be in here right now." She says running her hand through her hair in frustration and walking out the door.
"Now look what you did." I say, then walking out the door after her.
"Way to go Mike." Alex sighs.
"Well you know how I feel about Cena."
"But you also know how they are with him and how they get when you insult and threaten their friends and family."
"I can't believe him right now, I know he's not exactly friends with John but seriously." Aly says to me.
"Yeah, I think he like totally killed my night for me." I say back.
She keeps running her hand through her hair.
"I don't want to go back in there, I'm fairly upset with him." She says, exhaling sharply.
"I just don't get why he did that when he knows what we're pretty close to John and how mad we would get."
"That's how he gets sometimes, I've dealt with it time and time again."
"I'm already still pissed and annoyed over Wade's comments and then Mike has to go and
start things. I had to get out of the room before I said things I didn't mean. You don't say things like that around me when I'm already keyed up because that just makes me snap
you know?" She sighs.
"Right."