Roman and Seth finally made their way into the backstage after their huge match with The Wyatt Family. They eventually lost, but the effort they put into that match could not be taken away from them. Even though the result was predetermined, all three members of The Shield made sure that the spectators would not see it as their loss but rather as an awesome match that it was. The facts that were to be remembered were that both The Wyatt Family and The Shield put up great performances and there were no weak moments to be found. The Shield was left devastated by The Wyatts when Bray Wyatt executed Sister Abigail on Roman Reigns, Seth went through the Spanish announce table and didn't move since he hit the floor hard until the match was over, and . . . the last member of the epic faction which, unfortunately, didn't get to serve justice on the night of the Elimination Chamber, well, Dean Ambrose went missing.
The two guys made their way into the locker room to get some rest since they were really tired and exhausted after all those hits, jumps, falls, punches that they had given and received earlier. Before they got to have some time alone by themselves, they were complimented by other wrestlers who were watching them and applauded their ability to put up such incredible match that even overshadowed the main event, the Elimination Chamber match.
"What the hell, guys! That was fucking awesome," The Miz stormed into the locker room and shouted at them.
Seth was lying on the floor with a wet towel thrown over his face, and felt like staying in that position for at least a couple of hours. He had had enough of physical activity for one night. He seriously needed a break, or he could collapse.
Roman was feeling a little better, well, he didn't have to perform all those high flights, and he didn't end up lying on the table. He was awarded the comfort of the ring. Therefore he just drank some water, and when he saw the enthusiastic face of The Miz, he joined him in celebration of their, well, loss, but that wasn't something they could influence or change.
"Anyway, I'm gonna take a shower now," Roman announced to them.
Seth with difficulty lifted his hand to wave at him in sense of whatever, and then let it fall freely on his own face, still covered with that white towel, full of water and sweat.
"Are you alright, man?" Miz worried when he saw Seth's almost lifeless body lying carelessly in front of him.
"I'll be fine," he mumbled, and made it difficult for Miz to understand.
Then he heard a knock on the door but he definitely wasn't going to stand up and go there to see who was outside.
"Could you get that?" he asked Miz instead.
"Sure," he replied, and opened the door for Renee to walk in.
"Who is it?" Seth wanted to know, as he wasn't even willing to turn his head to see on his own.
"It's me. Renee," she let him know. "I just wanted to say that it was a great match."
"Well, you're not the first one to say that," Miz informed her. "But if you expect to get some reception of your compliment, you should go to Wyatts instead. Seth's not in the mood to respond. Or," he remembered, "you can go compliment Roman. He'll be glad." Miz smiled viciously. "He's right there in the showers." He pointed in the direction of the bathroom, jokingly, but Renee didn't find it funny. "This is a dead place," he concluded. "I'm outta here."
He closed the door, leaving Seth and Renee alone. Renee got down on her knees so that she would be closer to Seth.
"Are you ok?" she asked, and courageously lifted the towel from his face, making him look at her.
"I guess," he didn't even try to convince her.
"Should I call somebody?"
"No," he refused, and finally sat up. "That's really not necessary. I just need some time to sober up from that match."
"Should I leave you alone?"
"Nah," he replied. "I'd like to have some company."
"Alright then." She looked around the locker room. It was strange ho empty it was. "Hey," she said, "Where's Dean?" She tried to make her question sound leisurely but it didn't work out for her the way she planned it.
"Oh, I see," Seth suddenly seemed interested in the conversation. "So that's why you came here in the first place," he supposed.
"No . . . maybe," she admitted. "What happened to him? Where did he go?"
"Don't worry, sweetheart, he's alright. It's not real, you know," he reminded her. "I suppose he can walk in any minute."
"I'm not worrying about him."
Once again, Dean found the perfect time for his entrance. Renee couldn't believe that it happened again.
"Worrying about who?" Dean insisted on knowing, as he walked past her and his mate, who was once more lying back on the floor. "What are you doing, man?" he uttered mockingly to Seth's face.
To avoid Dean's discussing Seth's weird position, he nonchalantly switched topic back to Renee.
"She was actually worrying about you after you left the ring with Bray and became never-to-be-seen-again."
"That's not true. . . ." Renee tried to convince them. "I was worried about all of you," she added when she saw that nobody would believe her.
"Really? That's so sweet." Dean reacted the way nobody expected him to. "Next time you'll be the first one I'll come to after the match to let you see that I'm alive," he said jokingly, but Renee somehow wished he mean it.
When Dean noticed that Renee wasn't amused by his joke, he added, "Seriously, everything's fine. I'm used to worse," he reminded her that he spent years in the Indies, so matches like this one were really nothing.
He gently smiled at her and she smiled back. That was when Roman got out of the shower and noticed new people in the room.
"You know, I was thinking that it would be nice if there was a woman around when I was in the shower, and now there's one," Roman said, grinning.
"Dude!" Dean exclaimed.
"What? That was a compliment."
"Yeah, I really don't see how that's a compliment," Renee told him. "So I'm just . . . gonna leave you alone, okay?" she said, getting really uncomfortable. "See you guys later."
When she was gone, Roman turned to Seth. "Seriously, get up!" Roman commanded Seth who unhappily did so. It was time to get back to normal. The match was over and Raw was coming.
