*SearingSorrow imigie POV*
Agonized inside, I couldn't get the picture of AJ with the championship out of my head. I held my head in mental agony and cried. It was all too real for me. I couldn't bear it at all. It ached me at heart and I knew I had to get my hands on AJ, hopefully not hurt her, before our encounter at Summerslam.
"Shh," Cody comforted me. "I know it's hard but I promise that you will be champion. It's going to be okay. You'll be okay."
I stopped crying as I leaned my head against his chest as he patted my head.
I had completely forgotten how short I was, standing next to him. Here he was, standing just a little over six feet while I stood at just exactly five feet.
"AJ," I whispered. "She will do what she can to stop me. I can't let her do it. She's gotten into Kaitlyn's head during the Divas Championship match at Payback. I can't let that happen during both matches. I just can't."
I let out a muffled sob as Cody continued to comfort me.
"I've seen it happen imigie," he replied. "You'll be okay. You'll win against AJ at Summer Slam. Don't worry. You'll get your revenge soon."
I nodded sadly as I continued to hug him until I let him go.
"I'm going to find AJ and get to the bottom of this," I said.
Cody nodded with a slightly concerned look on his face but the tension between AJ and I was too real and too personal to be kept away from. I had to talk to her alone.
"Please be careful," Cody whispered as we walked away from each other.
I nodded sadly as I turned to head to the Divas locker room when AJ appeared and stopped me. I actually was glad she had stopped me. I tried to not look at the Divas Championship belt she was holding against her.
"Well, well," she said. "I wasn't expecting you to show up."
"Well AJ," I replied. "I actually was needing to talk to you."
AJ looked almost bewildered and baffled but I shook my head before I continued.
"AJ," I began. "These two matches are more than just matches for the Mixed Tag Team Championships, the Divas Championship and for Damien and Cody, the World Heavyweight Championship. This is going very personal between us. Not just for the tag teams but for us individually. I saw you waiting there for Damien Sandow when he held his Money In The Bank contract. He turned on Cody. Cody was watching when you made me tap out and now there's a similar fate for you. At Summer Slam, neither you nor Damien will stand tall any longer. That is the truth so don't think I make stuff up. Cody and I will stand tall before your very eyes."
Before AJ could say anything, I slapped her hard in the face then turned away, not even caring about what I had just done. As long as AJ was around to mess with me, this war wasn't over. The only way it could ever finish is if Cody and I won both our own matches and our tag team match. I was more than ready for the explosive encounter on Summer Slam.
*Cody Rhodes's POV* (flashback)
Money In The Bank for the World Heavyweight Championship was exploding. I was going against Jack Swagger, Cesaro, Dean Ambrose, Bad News Barrett, Fandango and Damien Sandow. Sandow was my partner and my brother. No matter what had happened, I was by his side and vise versa. We would help each other get exactly what one of us needed.
After Fandango failed to reach the ladder, I realized it was my chance. Other superstars were down as I positioned the ladder then prepared myself to climb up to the briefcase that would mark my future. I was more than ready.
"Stay down!" I shouted as I climbed up the ladder and was about to unhook the briefcase when I felt my entire self fall down from the ladder. I first thought it was Barrett, Ambrose, Swagger, Fandango or Cesaro but I looked up as anguish ripped my heart. It was Sandow.
The crowd sounded anguished at the action of Sandow. He was like my brother. He couldn't have done this. But he did. I layed my head down, feeling an excruciating anger and sadness. Part of me wanted to run after him and shoved him away in anger but the second part of me was too dazed to even move.
I felt my heart sting as I saw Damien Sandow reached to the top, unhooked the briefcase and declared himself to be the future World Heavyweight Championship.. After Sandow left, excited like a little kid, I slowly stood up and made my way backstage.
I'm sorry I failed you WWE Universe, I thought sadly.
(End of flashback)
That memory kept replaying in my head like a terrible cheesy song. The only difference was that this memory was aggressive. It told me a lot more than it had before.
It was that painful to remember. Sure, I wasn't exactly too keen with Damien's recent doings before the Money In The Bank match but I did my hardest to remain loyal to him.
It was during the Divas Championship when his actions became that piercing itch closer to become the last straw. With AJ signaling Damien to throw his robe at one of the girls. He hadn't had much history with Kaitlyn than he had with Imigie. It pained me greatly but didn't surprise me that Damien threw his robe to Imigie while Kaitlyn was out of the ring and barely able to get herself up.
Then AJ ran to Imigie when Imigie was already dealing with an injured arm to put her in the Black Widow, pulling Imigie's injured arm. Imigie had to tap out and I just stood there, stunned by what had happened. It was absolutely shocking.
I had noticed that Damien looked rather angry when he had looked at me for a brief moment. Was it because I didn't help? Well, hell no! No way in hell would I try to help him. He was already going too far and this was a step closer to being the last straw.
Then it happened. He had pushed me off of the ladder during the Money in the Bank ladder match. I didn't know why he didn't and what he had told me wasn't exactly the kind of answers that I was looking for. I was sure there was something else, a more in depth reason into why he had played such treacherous acts from distracting Imigie to pushing me off of the ladder.
Those were the pieces that were starting to add up but at this rate, there was no telling when Damien would ever tell me this. He would just convince me that I was a clown and that Imigie was just a little girl. Despite that, I knew that one day, Damien would tell me the real reason why. So far, nothing was adding up and it made me frustrated but I refused to show that in front of Imigie. I would hide away my true thoughts about the situation until either the time felt right or when Damien would finally tell me the real reason why he had costed me and Imigie our matches, betraying me in the process. It didn't make sense.
