Disclaimer, etc., in part 1.

Part Four

"Maybe we can go to Booker T," Kaitlyn suggested, the woman frowning as she stood in the back with Eve, Layla, and Tamina... The other women (aside from Aksana and Alicia) that would be affected by Teddy Long's announcement that he would be choosing men in the company for them to manage. No one actually knew where Alicia Fox had wandered off to, and after the revelation that Aksana and Teddy had been the ones behind her attack at Night of Champions - and not Eve - Aksana had taken off, and none of them had exactly tried to stop her. It was weird to suddenly realize that Eve was innocent of the things she'd been accused of, and while Kaitlyn thought she should apologize for believing the other woman had been behind the attack, she wasn't exactly sure how to say it... The good thing was that Eve didn't seem too hung up on getting an apology; the older diva instead seemed more concerned about what was going to happen to them after Teddy announced who he had teamed them up with.

Eve shook her head. "Doubtful that would work. In order for Teddy to be able to do this to us, he would have to have Booker's okay in the first place."

"What if we told him what a jerk Teddy was? I mean... Aksana admitted that Teddy got her to help him frame Eve for the attack on Kaitlyn at Night of Champions," Layla put in. "If we told him that-"

"He thinks I did it, too. He only hasn't fired me because I actually do more work than the both of them combined," Eve muttered, shaking her head. "He'd probably think we were just trying to discredit Teddy because we don't like the idea."

"It's no use anyway. Booker T thinks it's a great idea," Alicia Fox stated then, the diva making her way over to the rest of them as she spoke. She shook her head as she came to stand with the rest of the group, crossing her arms over her chest. "I went to him, tried to talk to him. Teddy has him convinced that it will make great television, having us all manage. Also has him convinced that it will be good for our careers."

"I'm here to be a wrestler. Not a piece of ass at ringside," Tamina stated, one of the few things she'd said aside during the whole thing. "Standing at ringside while men wrestle in the ring will not be good for my career. Getting a shot at the divas' title would be good for my career," the woman said, her gaze sliding to Eve, but the other diva didn't even react to Tamina's words.

"It's the same old thing," Eve said. "If we're on television, we should be happy. Who cares if we're managing or interviewing or... whatever... instead of actually getting to wrestle. It's not like we matter anyway."

"It sucks," Layla muttered. "I want more matches, not to be at ringside for some guy that I don't even choose to work with. It would be a little different if we at least got to choose."

"Apparently we can't even be trusted with that much when it comes to our careers. Have to let the big strong men choose for us," Alicia practically growled, and Kaitlyn shook her head.

"Fuck that," the diva said, then arched a brow at Eve, looking over at the divas' champion. "You're the assistant to the SmackDown General Manager. Think you can convince him that I should get an intergender match against Teddy Long?" she wanted to know, and Eve snorted at that.

"As much as I'd like to see you toss him around... or maybe be the one to do so myself, I don't see it happening. When Teddy Long framed me for the attack on you, he may not have succeeded in getting rid of me, but he did manage to do something... He got Booker T to listen to him more. I do the work, but Teddy's the one with Booker's ear now," the divas' champion said. "He'll never allow any of us to go after Teddy, even if he deserves it. We're all screwed." She shot a look at Kaitlyn. "However, if he in any way feels guilty over screwing you over for your title shot at Night of Champions, then you can be pretty sure he'll at least put you with someone decent."

"Or someone he perceives as decent," Layla put in. "Considering the fact that this whole mess is his bright idea, I'm not exactly keen on trusting his judgment."

"You have a point," the divas' champion muttered. "But I'm pretty sure we all know that he'll be actively trying to punish me. The rest of you will probably get his idea of okay guys."

"He might put you with Ryder. To torture you," Kaitlyn stated, and Layla shook her head.

"I doubt that. I mean, no offense to Eve, but wouldn't that be considered punishment to Ryder as well?" she asked, then looked over at Eve. "As I said... no offense."

"You just said that having me as a manager would be punishment. Saying 'no offense' is kind of pointless. But Teddy Long would probably see it as a chance to let Zack torture me. Be nasty to me, use me as a shield in his matches, all of that."

"Ryder would actually have to *have* matches in order for him to use you as a shield in them," Alicia said with a snort, shrugging when the others looked at her. "What? It's true. He's barely ever on RAW or SmackDown. He's mostly just on Saturday Morning Slam and occasionally on Superstars. Eve gets way more matches on the main shows than he does. His claim to Booker was that this would get us more television time. Hard to argue that when Eve gets a lot more time than Zack does. That's if he were to team them together."

"Alicia has a point," Kaitlyn said, then frowned. "Do you think that means he's going to be putting us with big name guys? I mean, that would be a way to say it's to get us more television time. Guys like Sheamus or something?" She looked at Eve. "It could even include CM Punk. He could put you with him."

"Except Punk and I are friends. I think we can all agree that he won't put me with someone I'm friends with," the diva said, and all five divas turned as one of the referees - Mike Chioda, actually - came over to them, the man looking a bit surprised to see the group of them together.

"Ladies? Theodore Long's making his way to the ring right now. He said that all of you - and Aksana - are expected out there with him," the man said, and the women looked at each other, Eve taking a deep breath before she spoke.

"Well, I guess this is it. Time to go find out our fate. And maybe kick Teddy's ass while we're at it."