Here is chapter one! Please let me know if you like it and want me to continue. I'm currently writing chapter two, but I don't want to post it if no one's going to read it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone associated with the WWE. I only own Athena and Angelo Ricci.
Enjoy! :)
*Three Months Before*
"Yo, Ricci!"
Athena looked down the hallway to see Phil Brooks, also known as the WWE Champion CM Punk.
She raised an eyebrow. "When did 'yo' become a part of your vocabulary, Brooks?"
He shrugged. "Thought I'd try it out."
She laughs. "Doesn't really fit you. Stick with 'hi' or something."
"Will do," He says, rolling his eyes. "Anyway, Vince needs to talk to you."
"Okay, thanks," She says. "Later, Brooks."
"See ya, Ricci."
Athena headed down the hallways, making a few turns, until she found Vince McMahon's office. Hearing an Italian accent on the other side of the door, she knocked.
"Come in!"
She opened the door and walked in. Vince McMahon sat at a desk, with two chairs on the other side, one of them occupied by Santino Marella, otherwise known as Anthony Carelli by everyone backstage.
"Ah, Athena!" Vince said, smiling. "Have a seat!" He motioned to the chair next to Anthony.
"Thanks," She said, doing as she was told.
Vince looked at Anthony. "We're done here, Mr. Carelli. You can go."
"Yes, sir!" He said, standing up and exiting the room. Athena rolled her eyes.
"Punk told me you needed me?" Athena said.
"Indeed I do," He says. "How would you like to be a heel?" By that, he meant, "You're going to be a heel."
"That'd be great," She says, smiling.
"Wonderful!" Vince booms. "Now here's what's going to happen…"
*Monday Night Raw (Opening Segment)*
"That girl, that girl, she's such a bitch, but I can't lie, I'm in love with it!"
Athena walked out to the ring by herself, carrying her Tag Team Championship, the crowd cheering her on. Once in the ring, she's handed a microphone.
"Alright, alright, you guys need to be quiet so I can call Santino out here," She says, then turns her attention to the entrance ramp. "SANTINO, GET YOUR SKINNY LITTLE ASS OUT HERE!"
The crowd is silent as they wait for Santino to come out. A few seconds later, his music hits, so they cheer. He gets in the ring, confused.
"Athena, what is wrong? What did I do?" He asks.
"I'll tell you what you did!" She says, glaring at him. "You think you're superior to me because you're a man and I'm a woman." She looks at the audience. "You guys don't see what happens behind closed doors. So, I have made a decision. Santino, I am forfeiting my Tag Team Championship." She sets her title on the ground and looks at Santino, smirking. "I did some research, and you have to forfeit your title as well."
"Are you serious?" He asks, his eyes widening.
"Let's light it up! Light it up, light it tonight!"
The General Manager of Raw, AJ Lee, comes skipping out, stopping at the top of the entrance ramp.
"Athena is right, Santino," AJ says. "You have to forfeit your title. We will have a tournament to determine the new Tag Team Champions! Tonight will be the first round, with Team Rhodes Scholars versus the Primetime Players."
AJ turns around and skips away, being replaced by Team Rhodes Scholars, Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow, who simply stand there, smirking.
Athena smirks. "Goodbye, Santino." She exits the ring and walks over to Cody and Damien, who begin whispering things to her.
"Athena, wait!" Santino yelled, but it was too late. She was gone.
*Off-Screen*
Cody, Damien, and Athena walk backstage, heading toward Team Rhodes Scholars' locker room, where they were to shoot their next promo.
Once there, Athena plops down on a couch that was up against a wall. Damien and Cody walk up to the other side of the room, talking softly.
"I can't hear you," Athena says, frowning.
Cody looks over at her, smirking. "That's kinda the point."
She crosses her arms. "I don't want to hang out with you guys if you're not going to talk to me."
Damien turns around so he's facing her. "We're done talking. Are you happy now?"
She smiles. "Yes."
A cameraman knocked on the door and walked in at that time, so the conversation would've had to ended anyway.
Cody and Damien walk over to the couch that Athena is sitting on and the camera starts rolling.
*On-Screen*
Athena and Damien sat on the couch, while Cody paced back and forth in front of them, looking at the ground, deep in thought.
"How long is he going to do this?" Athena asks Damien, confused and concerned.
"I do not know," He replies. "He does not usually do this, so I am as puzzled as you are."
Cody stops pacing and looks up at them, annoyed. "You want to know why I'm worried? AJ put us in this match because she doesn't think we can do it. She put us against the worst team in the tag team division so we could actually have a chance at winning. She – "
He stops talking and the camera zooms out, showing Darren Young and Titus O'Neil standing in front of him. Athena stands up, frowning.
"May we help you?" She asks, raising an eyebrow. "This is a private locker room; you shouldn't be in here."
"Let us talk to the guys, little lady," Titus says, chuckling. "We didn't come to talk to some little girl who gave up the Tag Team titles, just to end up with these…walking dictionaries!"
Cody smirks. "Oh, you've done it now."
"What are you – ?" Darren starts, but doesn't get to finish his question as Athena jumps at Titus, both of them falling to the ground. "Hey, get off of him!" He grabs Athena by her hips.
Cody grabs him and makes Darren face him. "Don't put your hands on a woman!"
As Athena attacks Titus and Cody attacks Darren with Damien's help, AJ walks in, freaked out.
"STOP IT!" She yells. "STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT!"
Everyone stops and Athena quickly stands up, smoothing her dress and smiling calmly at AJ.
"Yes?" She asks, tilting her head and clasping her hands in front of her.
"What the hell is going on here?" AJ asks through gritted teeth.
Athena opens her mouth to answer, but Cody talks first. "Don't worry, Miss Athena, I'll answer this." He looks at AJ. "Titus and Darren walked into our locker room, so we protected our locker room. They shouldn't have been in here in the first place. We were just doing what's right."
AJ sighs, looking at the ground. When she looks back up, she's smirking. "Alright, Cody. You guys have taken out your opponents, so I'll find new opponents for you. You're not getting away that easy."
She turns around and walks away, as Cody says, "What are you talking about?!"
*Off-Screen*
"I didn't know you guys were going to get different opponents," Athena says.
"I didn't either…" Damien says, frowning.
"Why did – ?" Athena begins, but Phil comes running into the room freaked out.
"Athena!" He says, out of breath, as if he ran all the way to the room. "There's some big guy in Catering yelling in Italian, so I was told to get you. It sounds like he wants you. Come quick!"
He runs out of the room, while Athena stands where she is, confused. A second later, she runs out of the room, too, following Phil. When they reach Catering, she finds out what he meant.
"Dov'e mia figlia?! Ho bisogno di vedere mia figlia! E importante!"
Athena walks up to the man, her eyes widened. "Papa?! Papa, hai bisogno di calmarsi! Cosa c'e che non va?"
The man stops yelling and looks at her, a smile taking over his face. "Athena! How have you been?"
"Papa, you can't just come back here and start yelling!" She says. "I'm the only person here who speaks Italian, so no one understood you!"
"Ahem…"
Athena looked to her right, where her former tag team partner stood, arms crossed and annoyed.
"Yes?"
"You seem to have forgotten that I am also Italian," He says, frowning.
"So…?"
He grunts and walks away.
"He's just annoying, that's all," Athena says. "Come with me, we can talk somewhere private."
Angelo Ricci was born on the island of Sardinia, which is apart of Italy. He eventually moved to Florence for college, where he met his wife, Isabella. Together, they had three kids: Antonio, Daniela, and Athena. Daniela is currently in college, majoring in International Relations, while Antonio is following in his father's footsteps.
"What's wrong, Papa?" Athena asks once they've found an empty room.
"What makes you think something is wrong?" He asks.
"I haven't seen you in three years," She says, frowning. "And all of a sudden, you decide to come visit me?"
"What is wrong with that?" He asks, frowning.
"Just tell me what you want," She says, sighing.
He leans in close and says, "Does the name Virgil Runnels ring a bell?"
She frowns. "No. Why?"
"He's the relative of one of your co-workers," He says. "I believe his name is…Cody?"
"C-Cody Runnels?" Athena asks, scared now.
"That would be the one," He says, smiling now.
She narrows his eyes. "What are you going to do to him?"
"Not him; his father," Angelo says. "He owes me some, ah, cash, you see, and he hasn't paid me yet."
Her eyes widen. "You wouldn't – "
"I'm going to kill him."