Chapter 24:
The crowd surrounding the ring the next week on RAW began to boo and jeer as Katie Lea slapped Ken Kennedy across the face. Just moments before, the man with platinum blonde hair had dropped her brother in a mike check and covered him for the win in their one on one confrontation.
Kennedy tenderly fingered the now hot, stinging side of his face, while his blue eyes turned ice cold as he eyed the Chelsea native. This woman had been pushing and pushing for the last few weeks, and now she had just made a big mistake. While the crowd around them chanted for another mike check, a lecherous grin spread across his face.
Katie Lea took a step back from the Green By native. The man did not look even remotely pissed off for the slap. Instead, he looked amused and a touch triumphant, like he was about to do something particularly nasty in retaliation.
Suddenly the crowd's chants ceased and they began to cheer wildly. The noise level hit a feverish pitch at the surprise arrival of a fourth member to the ring.
Katie spun around only to be speared to the canvas. Haley began to pummel any available flesh that she could reach. The British witch of a woman could only bring her hands up to try to protect her head and neck from the vengeful assault the Women's Champion was dishing out.
Paul Burchill, noting the current predicament his sister was caught in, ran around to the front of the ring and reached between the ropes to grasp onto her ankle. He pulled both women closer to the ropes and with a little more force, managed to slip Katie out from underneath the angry Diva, through the ropes and to the safety outside the ring.
Kennedy stepped forward for the first time since the brunette hellcat's arrival. He grasped her elbow and helped her back up to her feet. While the Burchills retreated up the ramp to the backstage area, tasting defeat, Kennedy and Haley stood their ground in the ring, knowing they had won this interlude.
"Next week Burchill!" Kennedy shouted a threat to his rival. "Next week, Haley and I bury you and that bitch you call a sister."
"We'll get you back for this!" Burchill retorted, now in the safety zone of the stage. "It was a lucky shot. You and Haley will know pain next week."
"Keep dreaming you big ugly troll!" Haley snorted. "You got your ass handed to you and we'll be serving a second helping next week!"
As Raw cut to a commercial, Kennedy and Haley left the ring and headed backstage. Both were smiling and feeling much better after releasing their pent up aggression. Haley had gotten minor retribution on Katie from last week and Kennedy had beaten Burchill after weeks of unwarranted attacks.
"Thanks for the save out there, Hales." Kennedy snapped his ever present wad of gum. "Our tag team match should be interesting next week."
"I hate them." The pretty brunette shuddered. "They creep me right out. It's so incestuous the way they act around each other."
"Yeah, they do rank high on the creep factor scale." He agreed with a nod of his head. "We'll kick their ass next week and put an end to this thing."
"I have a feeling this is far from over, Ken." She rolled her neck to release the tension she had earlier. "They don't seem like a pair to let go of grudges. I mean, they're attacking you over William Regal for crying out loud! You did us all a favor."
"Well even if they don't, I've got your back in this thing. You've proven you have mine." Kennedy shrugged. "Next week, we'll give them a physical statement of why they shouldn't mess with a team like us."
"Sounds good to me." Haley smiled at him. "I'm going to make her wish she never stepped foot into the ring with me. Those beatings I gave her before will look like a walk in the park compared to what I'm going to dish out next week."
"Easy Randy Orton, don't go psycho on me." Kennedy joked.
She giggled. "No worries, I'm not that much of predator, but as Women's Champion, I have a reputation to uphold."
"Now that I can stand behind." He playfully hip checked her. "Now scram, you have a match to get ready for."
"Yeah, now I get to get my revenge on Beth Phoenix, for the millionth time in my life!" She rolled her eyes as the two parted ways. "Later Ken!"
"See you later, Haley." He called after her before returning to his locker room.
You found me
When no one else was looking
How did you know jus where I would be?
You broke through all of my confusion
The ups and downs
And you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
"Dwayne!" Haley groped for her cell phone. "Oh my gosh, it's so good to hear from you! I've missed you so much! Where have you been this last week?"
"Easy Haley baby, slow down." Dwayne Johnson chuckled. "I've missed you too. I'm sorry I haven't called in a little while, but I needed some time you know, to sort through everything."
"I know." Haley lowered herself onto the edge of her bed. "How are you dealing with everything that's going on?"
Haley peeked over her shoulder and was glad to see Maria was sprawled out on her bed, her iPod blasting while she flipped through some fashion magazine. As much as Haley loved her roommate, she wasn't sure Dwayne would want the most recent Playboy cover girl overhearing his personal life.
"Some days I'm ok, other days I'm not." He replied honestly. "It's hard you know, living in this house without Dani and Simone in it. It only helps when I'm off somewhere filming. Being in this house alone is what makes it the worst."
"You could always rejoin the tour." Haley offered, but knowing he wouldn't accept. "You know Vince would jump at the chance to have you back, and all this time on the road would keep you out of the house for as long as you needed."
He laughed. "Nice try, Haley."
"It was worth a shot." She shrugged, even though the Rock couldn't see her.
"I might be able to visit you in the next couple months." He informed her. "I've got some time off coming up and I thought you and I could spend a day, possibly a weekend together."
"I would love that!" She exclaimed, full of excitement. "We haven't been able to just hang out you and me, in ages!"
"I think we're long overdue." He agreed. "So I saw that not only did you beat the blue hell out of Katie Lea tonight, you also beat Beth Phoenix in your match tonight, keeping that reputation intact."
"Of course." She lay back on the bed to talk shop. "With you and Hunter as trainers, what did you expect? Me to take my double team loss quietly? I don't think so!"
"That's my girl." Dwayne said proudly. "So how are things between you and Batista?"
"Good." She replied. "I mean, it's hard. Being on separate brands limits how much we can see each other, but at least I can look forward to every pay-per-view. Also, the draft is in two weeks, and I'm kind of hoping one of us gets drafted to the other's brand."
"Meaning you want Dave to be drafted to RAW." He stated knowingly. "There's no way in hell, you'd want to be on SmackDown with Edge and Vickie."
"You know me too well." Haley laughed. "Yeah, I'm really hoping Dave gets drafted to RAW."
"Well for your sake, so do I." He told her softly. "You work hard Haley and deserve to be happy."
"Thanks Dwayne, I love you." She closed her eyes in contentment.
"I love you too, Haley baby."