Chapter 20:
"Son of a bitch!" Ken Kennedy cradled the back of his head and neck as he made his way back towards his locker room.
He had been in such a good mood when he started the night out too. He was still reveling in his victory over William Regal last week resulting in the sacking of the RAW's general manager. And tonight he had been scheduled to take on Carlito and he had no problems taking out RAW's resident Chia Pet.
It hadn't been a long match, maybe five minutes tops, before he hit a mike check and dropped the Caribbean man to the canvas for an easy three count. He had been celebrating his victory when that British snot Katie Lea decided to interrupt him. While he had been paying attention to her on the ramp, her brother had snuck into the ring and attacked him from behind.
He paused outside Randy Orton's locker room and knocked twice on the cold steel. Movement could be heard from the other side of the door, before the Legend Killer swung the door open.
Kennedy looked past Randy to the pretty brunette Diva who had been sharing a locker room with him lately. "I'm going to war with the Burchills, want to come?"
Haley stepped around Randy and went up to the blonde loudmouth to check the damage to the back of his head. "He got you good," She huffed out a disgusted breath. "You're going to have a decent sized knot on the back of your skull."
"Yeah well, what he's going to get in retribution will be ten times worse." Kennedy snorted. "And I figure since the bitch has been making a fuss about your title, you might want to give me a hand."
She nodded. "Sure."
"I'll let you know when I get a match scheduled or whatever." He cracked his neck and gave Randy a cool look. "Orton." He muttered a terse greeting to the former WWE Champion before walking away from the pair.
Randy frowned and looked down at Haley. "I didn't know you and Ken were friends."
"He apologized and I forgave him. We've been progressing into friendship pretty nicely." She shrugged. "No need to getting your shining armor up. It's all good."
"Well I did have to rescue you from him once before." Randy relaxed and shot her a smile. "You know I'm just looking out for you."
"I know, and it's appreciated." She rolled her shoulders and looked at her watch. "I actually have to get my butt to the Gorilla for my match. But, I'll catch up with you later?"
"I'll be around." He gave her a brief hug. "Good luck out there. Be careful."
"You know me." She winked.
"Exactly," He shook his head. "Don't go around pulling Jeff Hardy stunts." He warned.
"Right, no thirty foot Swantons." She saluted him. "Permission to be dismissed Sergeant Orton!"
"Get out of here." He rolled his eyes and shoved her out the door. "Go kick somebody's ass or something."
"Ah, that would be Beth and Victoria's." She smirked. "See you later."
"Bye Haley." He called after her. "What am I going to do with that girl?" He murmured to himself.
Eve Torres settled back on the bed in her hotel room to watch the Divas match on RAW. She had heard from Victoria that Haley would be competing tonight and she wanted to get another look at her competition.
Eve had never met Haley personally. She knew was well liked by most of the Superstars and Divas. Michelle McCool was one of the few SmackDown Divas who was close with the current Women's Champion and the all American Girl wouldn't hesitate to sing Haley's praises. Even Kelly Kelly thought highly of Haley, especially in the recent tag team match she had on RAW with her.
Victoria and Beth Phoenix stood in the ring, waiting for their opponents to make their presence known. Both women wore angry sneers. Victoria mostly because the woman never smiled and Beth because she had lost the title at Wrestlemania to one of the women she was about to face and had failed her last few attempts to regain it.
So many people gonna say that they want you
Try to get you thinking they really care
But there's nothing like the warmth of the one
Who has put in the time and you know he's gonna be there
Back your border when she knows someone's crossed
Don't let nobody put you down, who you're with
Take the pain of protecting your name
From the crutch to the cane to the highwire
Two Divas appeared on stage wearing pink. One had thick auburn and performed her signature roundhouse kisses to the crowd, while the other was dark shade of brunette and she saluted the fans with her title belt held high above her head.
"And their opponents, making their way to the ring, the team of Maria and the WWE Women's Champion, Haley Mariano." Lilian Garcia announced their arrival before leaving the ring.
Eve would give her credit. Haley was definitely pretty. Her dark hair complimented her slightly aristocratic facial features nicely. Her eyes were just as dark and were full of laughter as she exchanged high fives with the fans straining against the barricades. She seemed completely unconcerned about the two formidable forces that awaited her in the ring. Perhaps because she had defeated both of them before on multiple occasions.
The ring lights played off the pink Lycra tights she wore and matching bra top, especially when she climbed the far right turnbuckle to pose with her hard earned title belt.
I'm in the love with a girl who knows me better
Fell for the woman just when I met her
Took my sweet time when I was bitter
Someone understands
And she knows how to treat a fella right
Give me that feeling every night
Wants to make love when I wanna fight
Now someone understand me
I'm in love with a girl (I'm in love with)
I'm in love with a girl (I'm in love with)
She even had a catchy theme song that got the crowd pumped. Not that they weren't excited to see her anyway. Several banners waved throughout the crowd for her and the camera zoomed in on a few people wearing her 'Go Hard or Go Home' t-shirts.
Now how, she wondered, was she supposed to compete with that?