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The song for this chapter is "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" by Billy Joel
The next morning the group drove down to the arena for Smackdown. The night kicking off with Jack Swagger vs. Cesaro, which Jack won earning him a huge ovation from the crowd. He was then challenged to a 'Flag match' by Lana and Rusev which he agreed to. Summerslam was shaping up to be one unforgettable night.
Tasha was walking back from catering when she bumped into Randy in the hallway, he was making his way out to the ring to address his attack on her and Roman.
"Hey, Princess, how's your stomach?" He smirked.
Tasha rolled her eyes with a smile, smacking him in the chest, "You're a douche, Randy."
"But you love me." He chided as he gave her a hug. "I promise I'll go easy on you tonight." He gave her a wink to which she responded by flipping him off, he walked down the hall laughing as she headed for Seth's locker room to watch.
She walked into the locker room and Colby looked up at her seeing her shake her head while laughing. "What's up baby?"
She sat down beside him on the couch after giving Kailynn her juice she had gotten. "My best friend's are dicks." She laughed, then recounted her talk with Randy.
"Hey, you picked 'em." Colby said with a laugh.
After the match with AJ and Rosa which ended with AJ winning, but then being knocked off the stage by her "best friend" Paige, Siren headed off to do her promo with Dean.
Siren sat on a piece of scaffolding behind Dean, smirking at the camera while he spoke to Seth.
"So, Seth Rollins probably thinks he's pretty safe tonight out there because he brought along his chaperone, Uncle Kane, to face me in a 2 on 1 handicap match. I'm sure Triple H thinks this is pretty funny. It's probably his idea, because all The Authority does is place obstacles in front of me to protect their precious investment, darling little Seth Rollins. Kane, you are a demon, but I know a thing or two about demons. I ain't crazy and I ain't stupid. I know exactly what I'm dealing with tonight, and I'm willing to go through it. I'm willing to go through you to get to Seth Rollins, and when I get to Seth Rollins, no man, no demon, nothing else is gonna be able to pull me off, Kane. I hope you brought two of those masks with you tonight, because when I'm done with Seth Rollins' face, he's gonna need one."
After that Siren and Dean make their way down to the ring to face Seth and Kane, who were already in the ring awaiting them. Siren shakes her head as Seth eggs Dean on, hiding behind Kane of course. She has to hide her smile as Seth leans out from behind of Kane, smirking at her and Dean.
However as the match starts Seth wants nothing to do with Dean, letting Kane get it started, only coming in off of the tag when Dean is down. Then as soon as Dean starts to rally, Seth immediately tags Kane back in. Kane targeting Dean's left arm, ramming him shoulder first into the turnbuckle.
Seth tags back in after Kane hits Dean in the face with two shots, he stands over him slapping Dean in the face while laughing. But his laughter is short lived as Dean gets to his feet and shoves Seth backwards, knocking him to his ass. Seth quickly gets to his feet and lands a knee to the side of Dean's head, then begins to "stomp a mud hole through him" as JR would say.
Siren slams her hands down on the mat trying to rally Dean to his feet. "Come on, Dean! Get up!"
Dean is backed into the corner and Kane is tagged in, the two paying close attention to Dean's left arm. After delivering a sidewalk slam to Dean, Kane tags Rollins back into the match.
Seth circles Dean, yelling at him. "Get up, Dean. Get up. Come on. I'll give you one last chance. I'll give you one last chance."
But Dean can't get to his feet, so Seth picks him up looking for the "Pedigree", but Dean lifts him up delivering a back body drop. Dean gets to his feet and clotheslines Seth over the top rope, sending him to the floor in front of the announcer's. Kane gets in the ring and charges Ambrose, but Dean pulls down on the top rope, sending Kane flying over and onto the floor beside Seth.
But before they can get back into the ring, Dean suicide dives through the ropes, taking them both out. He pounds his fists on the floor, before getting to his feet and tossing Seth back into the ring. Kane rushed Ambrose, but with a drop toe hold, he sends Kane face first into the steel steps, taking him out of the equation for the moment.
"You've got him!" Siren yells to Dean, the look on his face telling her he heard her.
Dean gets back into the ring and grabs a rushing Seth, taking his legs out from under him, slamming his back onto the mat. He unloads with strikes to Rollins, then shoves him back into the corner and continues the onslaught.
Siren can hear Dean scream into Rollins' face. "I loved you. She loved you. You were my buddy."
He then tosses Seth across the ring, Seth tries to escape but Dean grabs him by the hair. But it is short lived when Kane gets up and drags Ambrose out of the ring, then throws Dean into the timekeepers area.
Dean crawls back over the barricade, Siren stands in front of him a scowl on her face as she looks at Rollins in the ring. "Screw this!" She yells before she grabs a steel chair and shoves it into Dean's hands, pointing at Rollins. "Payback!"
Dean climbs into the ring and slams the chair into Kane's back forcing the disqualification. But Ambrose could care less as he slams the chair into Rollins next. But then he's met with a boot to the face by Kane, who then picks up the chair and drops it down beside Dean. He picks Dean up looking for a choke slam, but Dean counters it and delivers a DDT to Kane on top of the chair.
Seth realizing he's outnumbered scrambles from the ring and retreats back up the ramp. Dean's not done sending a message to Seth, he picks up the chair and nails Kane in the stomach, doubling the demon over. He then brings the chair down onto Kane's back twice, knocking him from the ring.
Once in the back Seth stands waiting for Dean and Siren, when they come back he smirks at Dean raising an eyebrow. "Payback?"
"Maybe a little." Dean said with a chuckle. "Hurts don't it?"
"Yeah." Seth laughs before they knock fists and Dean heads to the trainers to get his shoulder checked out.
After showering and changing their clothes, Colby and Tasha, holding hands with Kailynn made their way out to the rig with Joe, Jon and Renee. They had a short drive to the airport where Tasha and Kailynn said goodbye to their boys, they were traveling to California so that Tasha could start filming the final season for Sons of Anarchy and season 4 of Teen Wolf. Thankfully there weren't any fans around them at this point, so they didn't have to hide.
"We'll be back on Sunday afternoon, please don't burn the rig down. Daryl will take care of you guys, please be good to him."
Joe and Jon nodded as she kissed and hugged them goodbye, followed by Kailynn, the young girl chatting with her Uncle's while Tasha said goodbye to Colby.
"Call me when you land, please." Colby said as he pulled Tasha into his arms.
"Of course I will. You guys be safe, and I'll see you on Sunday." She said giving him a kiss. "We can throw Monkey a party when we get back, since Sunday is her birthday."
"That sounds great. Be safe, baby."
"Always." Tasha smiled before Colby pulled her into a deep kiss.
Waving at the boys Tasha lead Kailynn onto the plane, the three men waiting until they were out of sight before they headed back to the rig.
As they drove to the next town for RAW Colby had a great idea. "Hey, we should plan a party for Kailynn on Sunday."
"That sounds great." Joe said as Jon nodded in agreement. "What's her favorite thing?"
"Paw Patrol." Jon answered, both Joe and Colby raising their eyebrows at him, wondering how he knew that. He shrugs his shoulders like it was no big deal, "What? We've watched it together."
Colby shook his head as he listened to Joe rib Jon for that admission, and Jon then tossing back Joe's tea parties that he has with Jojo. Pulling out his phone he shot a text to Tasha.
'Miss you already.'
It was only a few minutes before he got a reply back. 'Miss you more, Cole.'
It was around midnight when Tasha called Colby, lying in his hotel bed he reached over and picked up his phone off of the nightstand.
"Hey, baby."
"Hey." She said with a sigh.
"You okay, Tash?" He said hearing her sigh, he knew she was probably tired from the red-eye flight.
"Yeah, just tired. We got to the hotel a little bit ago and I just put Monkey to bed."
As much as he wanted to hear her voice, he knew she needed sleep. "You should get to bed too, got a big day tomorrow, you need your rest."
"I know." She said with a yawn which made Colby smile. "Okay, I'm going now. I'll call you tomorrow when I have time."
"Okay, baby. Have fun."
"Blood, sweat, leather and bikes. How could I not have fun?" She laughed.
"True. Goodnight, baby." Colby said, he could hear her smile over the phone and it made him smile.
"Goodnight, my heart."
Sunday morning Tasha and Kailynn boarded a plane for RAW, sitting in the seat she let out a deep sigh. After two full days of filming she was tired, sore and slightly bruised in a few spots. As much fun as she had on both shows, she was bummed that it was her last season of SOA. The guys had become her family, and she wasn't ready to say goodbye to them. They were so sweet, they had gotten Kailynn a cake and presents from each of the guys.
But that was the nature of the beast, all good things had to come to an end. She had been told that her entire life, but it didn't make it any easier to deal with.
When they got off of the plane they found Colby waiting for them, being as there were a lot of people around, he had on a black sweatshirt with the hood pulled up, a ball cap underneath and his glasses on. Unless you were a true fan, you wouldn't recognize him at all.
He smiled as he saw them, walking up and giving Tasha a kiss before picking Kailynn up and hugging her. "Missed you, munchkin."
"I missed you too, Uncle Cole." Kailynn said happily as he carried her through the airport to pick up their luggage.
After grabbing their luggage the trio walked out to the car that Colby had rented. Driving back to the hotel Colby asked Tasha how filming had went.
"Good. Tiring. Because I'm not there for long and as often as the others, we tried to get my appearances for a couple episodes done. So it was more riding, shooting and fighting packed into one day. SOA wasn't as tough as Teen Wolf though, cause I had to get into my wolf makeup and that takes them like 4 hours just to put on. But I'm good until the weekend after next."
"So you have a weekend off next Friday?"
"Ha, I wish, I have to go down to Georgia for Walking Dead."
"Gotcha." Colby nodded, looking over he could see how tired she was and it made him frown. "Maybe you should ask Steph and Hunter to take you off of Smackdown for a while. Then you would have Tuesday-Sunday to film, you wouldn't have to push yourself so much."
Tasha squeezed his hand that was holding hers. "That's very sweet of you to think of, but I can't. WWE is my number one priority, I can't miss shows just because I'm tired. I have too many fans, and I don't want to let them down by wussing out."
"That's one thing I love about you, your dedication." Colby said bringing her hand up to his mouth and placing a kiss on the back of it.
Once they got back to the hotel Colby had Tasha and Kailynn go up to the room and change, he had made plans for them all. So after they had changed clothes, they met Colby back down in the car and he drove them to their destination. They both smiled as they got out of the car to find they were at a skating rink. Tasha had grown up roller skating with her family, her sister and her were very good at Rexing, which is a form of dancing on skates.
They walked inside to find the inside decorated with everything PAW Patrol and even a PAW Patrol cake, and nearly half of the WWE locker room waiting for them, when they saw Kailynn they all looked over and shouted. "Happy Birthday, Kailynn!"
Tasha almost cried, she turned to Colby with tears in her eyes, "You did this?"
He smiled motioning to Joe and Jon, "We did it."
"You guys are amazing." She said giving him a kiss, before she went over and hugged Joe and Jon. "Dang it, my skates are in the rig." She frowned, but she saw Colby smile, he held up his hand which were holding her skates. "You're the best."
It turned out that Colby, Joe and Jon had rented out the entire rink for about 4 hours. While Kailynn spent most of her time on the indoor playground on the opposite side, with Jon, Joe and Colby chasing her around, Tasha spent her time skating around the floor with her friends.
The girls were crowded around her, fawning over her necklace. "It's beautiful." Paige said. "You're a lucky woman." Naomi told her. "He really loves you." AJ smiled. "And he loves your daughter." Nikki said as they all watched Colby chase Kailynn through the playground.
Tasha was on cloud nine as she skated round, holding her necklace with her fingers. But just as every relationship in her life, she was waiting for the floor to collapse beneath her.