Author Note: I've been a lot of pain again and couldn't seem to get this written as quickly as I usually do. I have good days and then I have some bad ones. The good news there will be some insight as to when Savannah will be getting back in the ring. Not to mention a conversation between all three former members of The Shield. I hope you all enjoy and let me know what you think.

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Chapter 26: Insight

Savannah

It Becky took several moments of sobbing to finally tell me what happened. It hurt me to see her in such a state. Seth remained in the room; but was busy getting ready for his match later on in the show. I took Becky by the hand and lead her out of the locker-room for some fresh air and hopefully to clear her mind of Roman.

Surprisingly enough, I wasn't upset about their closeness. I know that in most cases a best friend or a sister developing feelings for an ex-boyfriend would be weird and awkward; but it wasn't for me. Maybe that was because my own blood sister had done similar things to me in the past when we were growing up. I didn't know for sure. All I knew was that my best friend was clearly upset about Roman pushing her away.

"Maybe it should be like this..." Becky stated running a hand through her tangled mess of orange-red hair.

"Why do you say that?" I asked curiously, sitting down on one of the large equipment cases.

"I don't know...maybe I was trying too hard to redeem him. He obviously doesn't want any help..."

She leaned back against the large case I was sitting on. Her eyes were staring at the wall ahead of us. Nothing but plain white, bland. I knew there wasn't much I could tell that would help; but there was no way I was going to abandon her either. "Give him some time. There is a lot going on around us. Adrian is definitely targeting him personally. Our breakup wasn't expected in his mindset, because I feel he would be targeting me instead of you." I stated trying to be honest.

"I just thought he deserved a second chance..."

"He does..." My words trailed off upon seeing Stephanie and Hunter at the end of the hall.

Becky noticed my unintentional silence. She placed her hand on mine the second they started to walk down the hall in our direction. Hunter had a smile on his face while Stephanie remained emotionless. There was something going on inside their minds and I had a feelings it had something to do with me. I didn't know if that was a good thing or not.

"Could we have a moment with Savannah?" Hunter asked Becky.

"Of course...I'll catch ya later, Sav." She replied and proceeded to walk away.

I hated to leave her in such a state of mind; but there was nothing I could do. My boss' had approached me and hopefully this was going to give me some insight as to when I would be getting back in the ring.

Stephanie put a hand on her hip, clearly unimpressed with me. It didn't surprise me, considering how much she hated me from the very beginning. It was Hunter who kept me around or maybe it because of who I had dated in the past or was currently dating. "Savannah, it's good to see you." Hunter said extending his hand out for me to shake.

Accepting, I turned and shook Stephanie's as well. Her grip was much tighter than that of her husbands. Oh yeah, she hated me. The blue of her eyes burned with an intense desire to see me gone. I always wondered why she didn't like me. "I'm sure you have heard of the upcoming draft." Stephanie stated.

"Yes, I have...pretty smart I'd say." I answered, still feeling scared about the whole thing and where I would end up in the end.

"There is a shortage of women athletes right now with the injuries of Nikki, Sasha, and Naomi. We have to bump up your re-debut earlier than expected." Hunter explained.

I wasn't going to lie and say that I wasn't excited, because I was. The butterflies in my stomach were fluttering all over the place. The question now was... when was this going to happen, if at all? Stephanie took a step forward. The look on her face was confusing. There almost seemed like there was hope behind her gaze. "Money in the bank, Savannah." Was all she said before walking away.

"That's next week..."

"I'm looking forward to seeing it." Hunter said with a smile.

"Thank you."

He nodded and followed after his wife. The excitement took over and I drifted off to find Seth and tell him all about it; but then I remembered Becky. The thrilling notion that I would be returning in a week was gone, replaced by a need to cheer my best friend up.

Seth

Working with Roman in the ring was difficult, because all I really wanted was to punch him in the face for making someone like Becky cry. I've never seen the woman cry like that in my life. After the match was over and we took some time to sign some autographs, we made our way backstage. There was a thick silence between us, because we knew there were words running through our heads that needed to be said.

"Seth..." Roman said stopping in the middle of the hallway. He was the first to break the awkward silence.

"Yeah..."

"I have no right to ask considering all the shit I've done in the past..."

Raising a questioning eyebrow at him, I had a feeling there was more to just bringing up the past. There was a lot more now than just a simple hatred of the things he's done. Becky and Savannah found good in all of the chaos and that was more than enough to get me to listen to whatever it was he had to say.

He turned around to face me directly. There was a sadness I've never seen before. Maybe Becky meant more to him that everyone realized. "Will you keep an eye on her..." Roman stated trying to avoid my eyes. Just by the way he said those words, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that he indeed cared a great deal for Becky.

"Savannah will most likely never let her out of her sight. Do you really think this guy would really do any physical harm?" I asked out of curiosity and wondering if I was going to have to keep an even closer watch on Savannah.

"No...this guy likes mind games and he likes to do thinks to ruin peoples lives."

That statement really got me thinking. What if this guy did a lot of things we aren't even aware of yet? What relationships could be broken or already had been broken because of the things this guy did? The anger was building in the pit of my stomach the longer those thoughts crossed my mind. Looking up from the floor, I could see Dean approaching. The look on his face was solemn, like there was something bad he needed to say.

"You really have a way with words don't you?" Dean stated looking directly at Roman while doing so.

"If you're talking about Becky, I didn't have a choice..." Roman replied.

"There is always a choice, Roman."

There was tension between all of us, which came as no surprise; but this time, it was for different reasons. There was a guy targeting our personal lives along with the people we cared for and I had a feeling that we were going to have to stick together for the benefit of making it stop. Looking at Dean, I could tell that he was pissed off about being the last to know what was going on.

Roman let out an annoyed puff of air and started to walk away; but he wasn't going to get away that easy. Dean and I followed him to his personal locker-room. He never bothered to shut the door in our faces, we just pressed forward. Watching attentively, I saw him dig out his phone from his travel bag. "This is what I got before I even got to arena tonight..." Roman said handing me the phone.

There a message with a picture of a certain drug that people used to drug drinks at bars and nightclubs. "This is what I used to break you and Savannah apart...I'll be sure to do it again with Becky." Swallowing hard, I had to come to terms with the newest of information. It was something not even Savannah knew about. Roman hadn't been at fault the night he cheated on her. Both he and Paige had been drugged.

Handing the phone over to Dean, he quickly read it before the message deleted on its own. According to Savannah, the messages were programed to delete the second he opened them. This one was different; but the end result was still the same.

"I'm not going to put Becky through that. So yes, I had to push her away. It wasn't because I wanted to, believe me." Roman stated taking his phone back.

I had no words to even say. The realization that Roman wasn't at fault in the one-time affair he had with Paige overseas really got me thinking again. How would Savannah feel about that? Would it change things between us? As if Roman could read the thoughts in my head, he took a step forward. "Don't dwell on that information, Seth. Things wouldn't have ended eventually anyway. I knew she loved you even before I started the relationship with her. It was my biggest fear."

"Hence the reason you blackmailed me..." I commented rolling my eyes.

"Yeah..."

Dean mentioned the police again; but like always, there wasn't anything we could do until there was proof. They had the name, which didn't mean much considering this guy was a private investigator and knew how to stay hidden. All we could do was live our lives and always have an eye out for each other, whether we liked it or not.

Savannah

"I'll be debuting at Money In The Bank." I typed and sent to Amelia.

She wanted to know when I would be debuting, because she wanted to be there. It was weird, because for so long I had an estranged relationship with my sister; but now things were different and I couldn't wait to see her again. Sitting my phone down, I looked up to see Seth walking into the room. He seemed off, indifferent. There was something bothering him and I was curious as to what that was. "Are you okay?" I asked getting up from the chair to meet him in the middle of the room.

"Roman wasn't at fault..." He said shying away from me.

"At fault for what?"

"Sleeping with Paige..."

I was confused as to what he meant by that. Had he spoken to Roman? How wasn't Roman at fault for cheating on me? Not that it matter because I was over it; but whatever it was, it was really bothering Seth. "Both of them were drugged that night and put in a scenario where it would happen. Roman showed us the message. It was basically a threat that it would happen again...that's why he pushed Becky away."

"Even so...Becky wanted to be there for him...she overlooked everything he did just for a shot at happiness..."

"I know..."

The worried expression wouldn't leave his face and then it came to me. He was worried that if I found out the truth, I'd want Roman back. That was nowhere near the truth. Seth was it. He was the one that made me feel the most alive and no past truth was ever going to break that. I reached out and placed my hand palm on his cheek, brushing my thumb across the skin under his eye. "None of that matters. I love you...always have."

"Savannah..."

I cut his words off by capturing his lips with mine, silencing the doubt in his mind. My hands found his chest easily enough, tracing lines down his abdomen until I came to the belt on his ring pants. A groan escaped his mouth, before grabbing me by the legs and lifted me up. Instinctively, my legs wrapped around his waist.

His tongue tasted my lips before indulging in the exploring of my own mouth. My back rested against the cold metal door as his mouth left mine to nip at the tender skin of my neck and collarbone. Running fingers through his wet hair, I could feel his warm tongue dip in between my breasts. I was drowning in the sensations and it wasn't until a knock on the door came that I finally snapped out of the moment.

Sliding down from his body, I moved to straighten everything back up. Seth answered the door to find Becky standing there. I had almost forgotten about her again, lost in the moment with Seth. She gave me a smile that I knew was fake. I turned from her to Seth and he simply smiled. Understanding that she needed me. I loved how he was so aware of thing going through my mind without the words ever being expressed.

"Come on...let's go have that drink." I said hooking my arm with hers.

"Be careful." Seth called out.

"Always. I love you."

"I love you to."

Becky tensed at our confession. I shrugged it off as a reflex; but the worry that she was upset about it was still at the back of my mind. As she put her stuff in the trunk of her car, I pulled out my phone and created a text message that would go to Roman. "We all need to stick together more than ever. It's time we did that. Forget about the past and look towards the future."

"It's not as simple as that, Savannah."

"She needs you..."

"Trust me...it's better this way."

He was definitely stubborn; but I wasn't going to argue with him about it. Tucking my phone back into the pocket of my jeans, I sat down in the passenger seat of the car while Becky got behind the wheel. Getting onto the road, she never spoke a word until we got to the first intersection light. "I always said I would never let another man effect me again...and here I am doing just that."

"It's okay...as I told you earlier, just give him some time."

"You're such an optimist."

"I've learned from the best."

I reached across the center console to take her hand. Another smile curved her lips and this time it wasn't fake. She squeezed my hand tightly. I hoped that for Becky's sake Roman would come around and let her in. She would be good for him. They've both been through a lot. "Don't give up on him...if he is what you want." I said again.

"I won't be and I've learned that from you."