Chapter 86:

"The following is an eight Diva Tag Team contest scheduled for one fall!" Lilian Garcia announced to the sold out crowd at the Dunkin Donuts center in Providence, Rhode Island.

The eerie music of the Glamazon filled the arena as the Women's Champion made her entrance alongside her tag team partners, Eve Torres, Mickie James and Katie Lea. The crowd greeted them with an array of boos, jeers and hisses of contempt.

"Introducing first, the team of Katie Lea Burchill, Eve Torres, Mickie James and the WWE Women's Champion, Beth Phoenix, the Glamazon!"

As the four women entered the ring, performing their various entrance routines, Beth's music began to fade. The Women's Champion retrieved a microphone and started on another promo about how she led the Raw Divas to victory at Survivor Series, proving their dominance over SmackDown. She continued to go on about how she was the top Diva in the WWE when strobe lights began to flash across the stage and the upbeat theme of Candice Michelle cut her off.

Ooh let me show what love is

Let me show you how to move your body

Move your body, move your, move your…

"And introducing their opponents, Kelly Kelly, Haley Mariano and Candice Michelle!"

Candice, Kelly and Haley appeared onstage, all three Divas decked in some kind of pink attire. Candice in her pink capris and matching top covered of course with a sheer black robe, Kelly in pink tights and a black bikini top and Haley in black tights with a pale pink bra top.

Haley and Kelly used the steel steps to enter the ring while Candice went around to the side apron. Haley and Kelly each took a turnbuckle on either side of the Candy-coated Diva and posed just as the music hit its climax and Candice whipped open her robe to reveal her full attire to the audience.

"Well Kelly Kelly and Candice Michelle were members of Beth's team last night at Survivor Series King." Michael Cole said to his commentary partner Jerry 'The King' Lawler. "Candice was the only other survivor with Beth Phoenix and I thought she was equally as impressive as the Glamazon."

"Candice makes my eyeballs happy." Jerry sighed whimsically. "You know what else makes my eyeballs happy, Haley Mariano back and right here in front of me!"

Michael chuckled in response. "Haley Mariano making her surprise return last night as well during the Team Orton vs. Team Batista match last night. Haley provided a distraction so her boyfriend Batista could pick up the win. Haley of course had been out injured courtesy of Eve Torres and her plotting to steal Batista from Haley and you've got to believe there's some animosity between those two."

"Way to state the obvious Michael. Man, I need glasses whenever Kelly Kelly smiles." King said cheekily as the blonde joined Haley and Candice in their corner as they waited on the final member of their team.

Techno music blasted through the arena and the paparazzi scuttled out onto the stage to roll out the red carpet for the returning A-list Diva. Melina appeared on stage in her black and champagne colored attire, smiling genuinely amongst various camera flashes as she strut her stuff down the ramp.

"And making her return to WWE, from Los Angeles, California, Melina!" Lilian left the ring after announcing the final competitor.

As Melina performed her patented splits entrance, Haley's eyes cut over to Eve Torres who was staring rather nervously back at her.

"Game time." She said in a sing-song voice to Kelly and Candice. To show team unity, she side hugged Melina as she joined them. "Ladies, let's show them how we really dominate."

"Hell yeah!" Candice cheered.

Twenty minutes later…

After a satisfying victory, courtesy of Melina picking up the pinfall on Katie Lea while Candice brawled with Beth in front of the announcer's table and Haley pretty much chased a terrified Eve Torres to the back, only thing deterring her being Mickie James who got double teamed by Haley and Kelly for her trouble, it looked to be a good night.

Haley left the Diva's locker room with a smug expression on her face after congratulating her teammates and agreeing to meet them out for drinks after the show. She was eager to get back to her boyfriend before his own match tonight against Cody Rhodes. After two months apart, she didn't plan on spending any time away from him unless it was necessary. And since she had done her part for tonight, she would be in Dave's corner for the rest of it.

She was humming to herself as she strode through the corridors. There was a bounce in her step and a lightness in her heart that had been heavy for far too long. She strode through the corridors calling out greetings to people she knew and polite smiles to those she didn't. Nothing could bring down her mood, she decided, she just felt too good.

Well, until she rounded the corner and came face to face with Randy Orton. That soured it some. She spared him a quick, heated glance before attempting to brush past him, but he grabbed her arm.

"Let go of me." She said coldly.

"Really?" His grip tightened to an almost painful hold. "After everything we've been through, everything I've done for you, you can't even hear me out?"

"Everything you've done for me?" She repeated incredulously. "Everything you've done for me? You say that like I should be grateful to you, like I owe you. Okay, let's recap what you've done for me recently Randy!."

She said his name like vile curse word. "You aligned yourself with a woman bent on destroying my life. You helped her break up a relationship with a man I love and makes me happy. You pretended to support me and take care of me. You convinced a guy I thought was my family to keep your secret. You lied to me. You manipulated me. You played me!"

"Haley…" He began, but she cut him off.

"What? What can you possibly say that makes this okay? Nothing makes this okay, Randy, nothing. To think I ever actually cared about you." She said angrily. "From this moment on Randy, you are not my friend, not ever again. You are my enemy. And I…"

She paused before reeling back and slapping him forcibly across the face. "Hate you!" She said scathingly before walking away while he was still in shock.

Meanwhile…

"Thanks for meeting me." Hunter Helmsley said neutrally from where he sat at a small corner table in the dimly lit bar.

"Your voicemail didn't sound like I had much of a choice." Dwayne Johnson sat wryly taking the seat oppositely. "I figured it was easier to just meet you and get this over with."

"Smart man, too bad you make stupid decisions." Hunter replied with a nonchalant shrug before signaling the waitress. "Sweetheart, can you get my friend here a bourbon, neat."

Dwayne lifted his eyebrow curiously as the waitress went to retrieve his drink. "Dating yourself there, Hunter. Bourbon hasn't been my drink of choice since the 90s."

"Well consider this a reunion of sorts then." Hunter's eyes went hard as he stared at Dwayne. "We've got a problem, Johnson and it's about the girl we both have in common."

"I figured that. And you can't make me feel worse than I already do, so save your breath." Dwayne told him gruffly.

"Oh I think I can make you feel worse than you already do, Rock." Hunter smirked as the waitress returned with the drink and set it in front of Dwayne before disappearing. "In fact, its taking all the control I've got right now to keep from reaching across this table and choking you."

"You think you love her more than I do?" Dwayne resented his threats. "Haley has been mine since the day we met when she was seven years old. So don't you come in here and act like she's all yours. I was there her entire life. I was there for her through school, her family issues, that jackass she dated in college. I trained her to be good enough to make it to the WWE."

"And I trained her to make it IN the WWE." Hunter grinned darkly. "You know better than anyone how backstage cliques and politics could have torn her to shreds the moment she entered the company. She was too bright, too bubbly. I taught her how to stand up for herself, I taught her how to be badass. I taught her how to be a Diva, while you were off filming movies. She became mine, Rock and you have no one to blame but yourself."

"Fuck you." Dwayne's voice was bitter. "You'll never have all of her, Hunter. There is too much history between us and she will forgive me one of these days."

"Doesn't mean I won't make you pay for hurting her." Hunter sat back. "Unless you can actually give me a good reason for why you went along with that moron's plan in the first place."

"He loves her. At the time, I thought he would be better for her. I was wrong." Dwayne snapped. "I get that now. I already apologized to Dave for that and when Haley is ready to hear me I'll grovel if I have to. So don't you lecture and act superior. You fucked up in the past too, maybe not with Haley but I'll be damned if I get lessons in morality from you."

Hunter chuckled. "Dwayne, if I didn't respect you, I really would kick your ass right now."

"Dare you to try it."

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. The girls kicked some ass. Haley slapped the taste out of Randy's mouth and Dwayne and Hunter confrontation, yay!

And here's the link to my special bday DM from Candice /#!/Tessflocker/status/180685411889324032/photo/1

Up next…Stephanie McMahon announces Batista vs. Randy Orton at Armageddon, Eve has to face her worst nightmare in the ring, without help. Eve vs. Haley.