Hello everyone! Welcome to Chapter Nine! Thank you for all the support! I hope you like this one.

SmackDown Feb 7, 2014

Edited: 2/14/2020

Chapter Nine

Even with the large metal doors standing between them and the arena, Angel could still hear the crowd going wild as Daniel Bryan made his way up the ramp. They were really going nuts for the man. However, it seemed like she was the only one who seemed to care about how loud the crowd was being. In fact, the boys looked as if they weren't even paying any attention to the screaming as they pumped each other up.

All of them were hopping around, swinging their arms about and wetting down their hair as they waited for their music to start. Anyone could tell with just a glance that the Shield was ready for their match.
"We got this." Roman clapped Dean on the shoulder.

Dean turned towards the larger man and nodded his head with that mischievous smirk on his face. "When don't we?"

Sierra. Hotel. India. Echo. Lima. Delta. Shield.

Angel's gut dropped as the theme song played, with everything that happened over the week she had almost forgotten that she was going to be walking down to the ring alongside the Shield tonight. Almost forgot that this was going to mark the first time she was going down to the ring as part of the Shield.

That mixture of bees and butterflies, or as she started to call them 'beetterflies' started to fly in her stomach, as she watched Dean rip open the large metal door.

Standing off to the side, she expected Roman and Seth to walk around her and join their friend as he started down the stairs to the crowd, but a big hand pressed against her back. As she stumbled through the door after Dean, Angel glanced back to see Roman smirking at her.

Her eyes widened as she looked out at the crowd from the top of the steps. She knew that there was going to be a lot of people here, but this…this was overwhelming. Another push on the back got her started down the steps. Those 'beeterflies' in her stomach grew worse, she felt like she was going to be sick.

Swallowing the lump that was in her throat, she tired her hardest not to look around, to stare straight ahead of her just like she had seen the Shield do. Her mind rushed back to all the times she had watched the Shield do their entrance; they were big, tough, and intimidating, something that she knew there was no way she was going to live up to. She hoped that last least she could stop herself from looking as terrified as she felt.

When she made it to the third step down, her vision was covered by a barrage of hands and she couldn't stop as her eyes shot wide. Slowly she turned towards the hands and looked around at all the fans that were reaching out towards her, there was no more a humbling feeling than what she was feeling right now.

"Just keep going." Seth's voice whispered in her ear making her jump slightly.

Giving him a nod, she started down the steps once more. Locking her eyes once more on Dean, she watched as he passed each of the outstretched arms without much of a care. In fact, the man seemed to be shaking off the crowd. Though the crowd didn't seem to care that he bluntly walked past and denied them their high-fives and fist bumps. They just smacked him on his back, shoulder, arm, whatever they could get their hands on as he walked.

What shocked her more than the fact that the fans didn't care about Dean ignoring them, was that as she walked past them, they started to pat her on the back. Why me? With men like Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns walking with her why would they even want to pat her on the back?

Suddenly as if to answer her question, her eyes were caught by a sign across the way and her breath got stuck in her throat as she read the words. "I'll fight Randy Orton for Angel Miles." Tears started to brim in her eyes as she stared at the sign.

"Making their way to the ring being companied by Seth Rollins and Angel Miles, Representing the Shield, at a combined weight of four hundred and ninety pounds…" She heard Eden the ring announcer call over the mic. Angel pulled her eyes away from the wonderful sign and turned his attention back to the man in front of her, just in time to see Dean easily hop over the barrier that keep the audience out of the fight.

As she got to the bottom of the steps, her face heated up. The last time she was here, she had made a fool of herself on live TV and it was time to do it again. Taking a deep breath, she placed her hands-on top of the barricade, but as soon as she went to start her climb up a hand came into her eye line.

Blinking, Angel looked at the taped-up hand that was outstretched in front of her face. "You going to take it or not?" That oh so familiar gruff voice asked her in a low tone, making her look up at the man that the hand belonged to. Angel almost thought she was dreaming her eyes landed on Dean Ambrose standing there, looking at her slightly annoyed with his arm outstretched towards her.

Still in shock, she took the hand that he was offering. As soon as their hands touched, Dean practically picked her up with one arm, without any trouble at all and before she knew it, she was sitting on the barrier. Dean quickly let go of her hand and readjusted his hold on her, putting both his hands under her arms. When he gave her a small pull forward, she got the idea and let herself slide down the barricade to her feet. Once she was firmly on the ground, Dean pulled away from her like he didn't just do something nice and marched his way towards the ring.

Baffled, she watched as he climbed up the steel steps and made his way into the ring by ducking under the top rope. She looked away from the man who was now jumping around in the ring, egging on the crowd when Seth and Roman jumped over the barrier behind her.

She went to turn towards the two men and give them a smile only to almost get ran over by the camera crew who raced up to get the intense look on Roman's face as he stood up from jumping over the barrier.

Dumbfounded and overwhelmed, she turned around to seek help from Seth who made his way over to the announcers' table. As he was greeted by Cole and JBL, his eyes shot over to her and he raised a brow at her.

"You ok?" He asked as Kofi Kingston's theme started and the crowd gave a huge pop.

"I'm fine." She lied, those 'beetterflies' were making a mess of her stomach and she felt out of place and in the way of the production crew ran around her.

"Just do what you did Monday." He told her before grabbing the headset that JBL was handing him. "Oh, and you are allowed to get closer." He smirked. "Don't be scared of the ring."

Nodding, she took a deep breath and looked back at the ring as Kofi made his way into the ring. Just do what I did on Monday. She told herself as two sets of camera crews rushed around her to get the best angle.

Slowly she made her way up to the side of the ring, nearest the announcers' table. Don't be scared of the ring. She repeated Seth's words as reached out and touched the apron with the tips of her fingers.

However, as soon as she let herself semi-relax, Dolph Ziggler's theme started to play, making her jump. Trying once again to get a hold of herself, she looked through the ropes to see Dolph making his way down the ramp, showboating like he normally did.

Movement above her, made her look up at the two members of the Shield that were in the ring. And boy did the extra four and half feet that the ring gave them make them feel like giants.

Ignoring just how big the two men seemed, she noticed that Roman looked cool and calm, while Dean was jittery, constantly stepping around, smacking Roman on the chest or shoulder. If she didn't know any better, she would have said that the man was nervous, though the look on his face was anything but. In fact, the only word that she could use to describe the small smirk that made its way onto the 'Mouthpiece of the Shield' was confidence.

"Good luck!" She called up to them as Dolph's music cut out, making both men glace back at her as the bell rang.

Dean and Roman looked at each other and without a word, Roman was the one that made his way out of the ring and onto the apron. While across the way Dolph did the same.

Roman gave her another glance as he got settled into his spot. "Relax. You're doing fine." He told her as Dean and Kofi started to dance around each other. She gave the man a smile but was drawn instantly away as Dean and Kofi locked up.

The match had official began, and Dean quickly got the upper hand by grabbing onto and ducking under Kofi's arm. Once out of the lockup, he wrapped Kofi's arm around his back and put him into a headlock. Before Angel could even adjusted to the quick movements, Dean flipped Kofi down with a headlock takeover, slamming him to the canvas.

With Kofi on the mat, Dean was able to get the man into a submission hold, only for the man to right out of by jamming his hand into Dean's face. Dean's hold started to slip, but he masterfully covered it by pulling Kofi up to his feet; making sure to twist the man's arms as they stood up.

Kofi fought this hold as well, dropping himself down to the mat for a deliberate roll that managed to get his arm untwisted. Quickly, Kofi wrapped himself around Dean, turning and spinning him around to throw him off, before reaching down and grabbing his foot. Kofi gave Dean's foot a tug upwards and Dean went straight down to the mat. As soon as Dean's back hit against the canvas Kofi landed a big splash on the poor man.

Gasping, Angel's eyes shot wide as she realized that Kofi had just come down on Dean's left arm. Well it was time to find out once and for all just how bad that arm was still bothering him.

Leaning forward so that her face almost touched the bottom rope, Angel watched as Dean kicked out of the cover, and slowly made his way to his feet; holding his left arm close. I knew it still bother him!

But there was no time for a small 'I told you so' victory as Kofi grabbed Dean around the head once more and dragged him over to the corner. Right now, she just hoped that Kofi didn't notice that Dean was favoring his left arm. However, as the man switched his hold from a headlock to Dean's hurt arm, she knew he did.

Kofi tagged Dolph in and the two of them threw Dean into the ropes making him bounce off and run back into them; only flipping him around and slamming him into the mat once again. Dolph covered but Dean kicked out at one.

"There you go." She heard Roman cheer for his teammate as Dean kicked Dolph in the gut to take command of the match.

Pursing his lips together, Dean grabbed the hunched over Dolph and pushed both of them back toward the ropes to make them both bounce off of them. Dean let Dolph go and used the momentum to hit a nice shoulder tackle; knocking the blond-haired man down.

The little dance that Dean did after the hit made her smile. She always liked the little flourishes that Dean put into the matches like that. And judging by the chuckle that she heard come from above her, so did Roman.

Dean took off towards the ropes once again. This time as he pushed off from the ropes, Dolph rolled under his feet, making him jump over the man before bouncing off the far side's ropes and making his way back.

Leaning into the match, Angel watched as Dolph got to his feet just in time to jump over Dean who was making his second pass across the ring. Though as he went for a third one, Dolph was able to catch Dean by the arm.

Arms locked; Dean went for a short arm clothesline but Dolph ducked under the attack. When Dean turned around, he ran right into Dolph's fist and he went straight down to the mat.

As she looked at Dean's face, she could see that the man was blinded and dazed by the hit, which allowed Dolph to push him down by head so that he was laying on his back. When Dolph looked up at the crowd, she knew what was about to happened. One right after another, timed perfectly to keep Dean in that dazed state, Dolph landed elbow-drop after elbow-drop. This was the man's signature move that he called the 'Heart Stopper'.

"Come on Dean!" She yelled trying to stir the dazed man as Dolph stood up and egged on the crowd who was counting the hits, before landing his tenth one. And as she expected the Showoff went right for the pin, but Dean kicked out at two.

"Yes!"

Dean's eyes shot over to the corner and locked with Roman's as he rammed Dolph into the corner, allowing Roman to tag in off his back. As Dean held Dolph in place, Roman put the man into a headlock that made the 'Showoff' bend backwards over the turnbuckles. When Roman hit Dolph with a punch to the side of the head, Dean let the man go.

Taking a moment from the match, Angel looked up at Dean as he made his way out of the corner. She couldn't help but let out a sigh, as she watched him slowly roll his left shoulder with a scowl on his face. It wasn't just her imagination; his shoulder was definitely still bothering him.

As she went to reach up and check on the man standing above her, her attention was dragged over to Roman as he picked Dolph off the ground by the head, making the man get to his feet, before knocking him back down with an uppercut to the chin.

Ouch. She cringed as Dolph went spiraling to the ground.

Roman stood ominously over the man as he crawled his way over to the ropes. There was an eerie look sparkling in those eyes of the Samoan as Dolph leaned himself against the bottom rope. Without a second thought Roman smashed his boot down on the side of the blonde's head holding him against the rope, choking him.

"Keep that pressure!" Dean yelled to Roman as Dolph screamed out in pain and the ref counted. When Roman had to let go of him, Dolph turned reached for his tag team partner in vain. Roman reached down and grabbed him by the outstretched arm, using it to pull the 'Showoff' to his feet only once again knocking him down.

Not letting go of Dolph's arm, Roman reached over and tagged Dean in.

Giving a clap of her hands, she watched as Dean made his way into the ring. She didn't know what the two had just planned but judging by the fact that Roman was holding Dolph's head and arm forcing him to look at Dean, she knew it wasn't going to be good. Her hunch was right, Dean gave what looked like a devastating stomp to Dolph's shoulder.

Not giving the man a moment rest, he set up and landed his stumbling erratic elbow drop before covering the man. Dolph kicked out almost instantly and reached once again towards his partner.

A dark look came to Dean's face as he turned and looked at the outstretched arm. He reached out and grabbed Dolph's hand, placed it down on the man, before getting up and stomping down on it. Angel hissed out as she held her own hand while watching Dolph yell in pain as he shook out his injured hand.

Picking Dolph up off the ground by the head, Dean went for a suplex but as he lifted Dolph up, the man was able to twist himself in the air and land on his feet. Dean quickly turned around to try to grab Dolph again, only to be meet by a dropkick to the face that sent him straight down on the ground.

"You alright." Angel looked up as she heard Roman call out to Dean who was rolling around on the mat trying to break from the daze that the kick had just put him in. She could feel her heart racing for the man, if Roman was worried about him then that hit must have connected hard against Dean's jaw. "Get to your feet."

"Come on." She found herself calling out. Suddenly the crowd went wild, making her look up to see that Dolph had finally tag out, while Dean was still stumbled around. Before Dean was able to fully get to his feet, Kofi jumped at him from the top rope; sending him right back down to the mat.

The highflyer didn't stop there, her eyes widened as Kofi ran over towards her and Roman and deliver a flying kick to Roman, knocking him from the apron.

"Roman!" She gasped as she went over to help the big man.

"I'm alright." Roman put his hand up to stop her as he rose from the ground. They're eyes locked for a moment before the sounds of someone hitting the mat drew there attention back to the match.

Dean was quickly getting up to his feet, only to meet a clothesline head on. Though the hit didn't keep the man down for long, Dena just quickly got back to his feet; just in time to be knocked down by a dropkick to the head.

Up and down and up and down. Angel stood there in awe as she watched Dean keep getting up from each hit that Kofi landed, only to be knocked right back down to the mat. Which was made it all the more impressive when Dean caught Kofi out of midair. Dean staggered backwards, as Kofi tried to fight out of the hold.

Dean gave a quick glance behind him before dropping himself backwards, letting go of Kofi at the last second, and Kofi went smashing into the top rope.

With a quick roll, Dean tagged Roman back in and made his way out of the ring. Though instead of making his way into the ring, Roman jumped down from the apron and took off towards Kofi who was draped over the bottom rope. Leaping from the ground as if he was flying, Roman hit the Kofi with a dropkick straight to the head, before landing on the apron himself.

"Wow." She gasped bringing her hands up to her mouth not wanting to imagen the pain that hit would cause.

A gruff curse from above her, making her look up at Dean who was once again rolling that left arm of his.

"How you doing?" She called up to him making those light blue eyes drop down to her.

Dean brought his hand to his jaw and worked it a bit before nodding his head. "Fine."

One. Two. The crowd cheered as Roman pinned Kofi, but Kofi kicked out. Getting up Roman pointed over to Dean, who nodded his head in some sort of agreement. "Beat him!" Dean yelled as Roman kicked Kofi towards him. "Kill him! Hurt him!" Angel couldn't stop the giggle that rose in her throat as she listened to Dean cheering on his teammate in his own special way.

It didn't take long for Roman to tag Dean back into the match. Holding onto Kofi like Dean did for him with Dolph, Roman waited as Dean in the ring and deliver a kidney shot to the highflyer before getting out.

Though Dean didn't stop there, not letting the man take the time to breath; Dean grabbed Kofi's arm and wrapped it around his back before hitting him with a one arm clothesline. With Kofi on the ground Dean began to stamp on him, once on the chest, once on the shoulder, before tagging Roman back in. Which took her for a loop. Though quickly in and our tags was part of the Shield's arsenal, she wasn't prepared for another sudden tag.

Dean held Kofi's head between his legs as Roman came in, got low and gave the man a nice uppercut to the gut. As Dean and Roman traded places, Kofi was able to get the upper hand on Roman, getting in a good couple of punches. But the control didn't last long as Roman kicked Kofi and quickly maneuver the man to land a vertical suplex.

Cover and a kick out.

An annoyed look appeared on Roman's face as he quickly grabbed Kofi in headlock and held him on his hands and knees. "That's it!" Dean cheered on his partner as he leaned down through the top and middle rope. However the man's tone changed almost instantly as he watched Kofi get to his feet and start to break the hold that Roman had on him.

With a few elbows to the Roman's gut, Kofi tried to get back into the match by bouncing off the ropes and heading towards what he thought was a stunned Roman, only to get viciously clotheslined by the man.

"Yes!" She pumped her fist and jumped up and down.

"Good Man!" Dean called out at the same time.

Excitement flowed through her as she watched Roman take on Kofi. That clothesline was a nice hit and it made her adrenaline rush and judging by the reaction and look in Dean's eyes, it did the same for him as well.

Roman grabbed one of Kofi's legs as he leaned over and tagged in Dean; who instantly got into the match. While Roman held both of Kofi's legs up Dean stepped down on the man's back, before giving the man a good stamp.

"Good job!" She turned away from the match and towards Roman as he made his way out of the ring.

"Thanks." He smiled down at her as he adjusted his vest. Both of them quickly turned bac towards the match to see Dean had dropped down and put Kofi in a headlock. He put all his weight onto the Kofi's neck, pressing him into the mat.

Kofi made a good try to get his feet and over his corner to tag in Dolph who was reaching out towards him, but Dean kept him at bay with a few knees to the stomach. As Dean looked around the arena, he set Kofi up for a butterfly suplex, by hooking both arms.

"Do it!" She couldn't stop herself from yelling out, and just like that Kofi went up over Dean's head and down to the mat. After the cover failed Dean flipped Kofi around and put him in a submission hold.

She could hear Dolph try to cheer his partner on as Dean put the hurt on him. Though what she really noticed was the strain that Dean was putting on his left arm, she could see it on his face. Tap out! She pleaded with Kofi as she watched Dean losing his grip.

Though it didn't happen, Kofi made it to his feet and got himself away from Dean. Not for long though, Dean followed him over to the ropes and gave Kofi a high knee shot to the gut. Grabbing the man by the hair, Dean dragged him to the far corner before starting to pound on him.

"What are you doing?" She asked under her breath as Dean lifted Kofi up to the top rope. She watched closely as Dean tried to keep Kofi in a daze by hitting him a couple of time on the back, before hooking both of Kofi's arms again. It looked like Dean was going for another butterfly suplex off the second rope, when Kofi countered. The man quickly got out of Dean's grasp and knocked him off the ropes.

"Dean!" She called as Kofi got himself to the top rope. "Dean!" It was no surprise when Kofi jumped for the stunned Dean Ambrose, who stumbled out to about the center of the ring and landed a crossbody on the man.

It looked like Kofi was free and had the time to tag Dolph back into the match, but Dean quickly came to form the crossbody and grabbed onto Kofi's ankle stopping him.

"Come on Dean! Get him back!" Angel bounced in her spot as she smacked her hand against the apron. Though as it looked like Dean was about to do just that, Kofi caught him on the side of the head with a kick. "No!' Dean slowly went down to the mat. She watched in horror as Dean laid on his back, mouth opening and closing like he was trying to say something.

"Shit." She heard Roman cruse as he leaned over the ropes, arm extended as far as he could get it. "Come on, Come on." He called for Dean, who was slowly clawing his way over. Her heart almost stopped as she watched as the two finally tagged and Dean rolled out of the ring.

She quickly stepped over to him and knelt down beside him, trying to get a good look at his face. "Dean? You ok?" She asked as she noticed the blank look in his eyes as he blinked rapidly. "Dean?"

Giving his head a good shake Dean's eyes finally focused on her. "Yeah." He sighed. "Damn that hurt." He rubbed the side of his head.

"You sure you're ok?" She asked as Dean turned to watch the fight.

"Yeah." He swayed on his feet. She could almost see the man go in and out of it as he stood there. He was not ok. Giving his head another shake Dean's locked eyes on Roman who was standing in their corner and quickly climbed up to the apron.

"Dean!" She called as he reached out for Roman, who stepped away just as Dean was about to tag in. Not again.

As the two of them had a stand-off, movement from the other side of the ring caught her attention. She quickly looked over to see the man wearing purple and green pants; Kofi was booking his way over towards Dean.

"Watch out!" She called just slightly too late as Kofi grabbed Dean's foot and dragged him down, making him hit his chin down on the apron.

As Dean hit the floor, she made a move to once again check on him, but Kofi turned towards her. Instantly her body froze. She knew Kofi wasn't a bad guy, in fact he seemed like a very nice guy, but she didn't want to chance it. Not after the run in with Randy.

Her eyes traveled from Kofi to Dean who laid on the ground, back up to the man standing in her way. As she stood there trying to figure out what do to, everything around her seemed to go so fast. In the ring, she watched as Roman kicked out a pin, while she also noticed Seth slowly making his way over towards Dean.

Though she wasn't the only one that noticed him, Kofi quickly turned away from her and locked eyes on Seth. As Kofi went after Seth who backed himself against the barrier, she was able to get a hold of her body and rushed to help Dean to his feet.

"You good?" She asked as Dean used her as a crutch. She didn't get an answer, for as soon as he was fully standing he went after Kofi who still was paying attention to Seth.

She couldn't look away as Dean grabbed the man and threw him into the barricade before going down to one knee while holding that left arm close to his body again.

Seth got Dean once again to his feet. "You alright?"

"Huh?" Dean blinked his eyes. "Yeah, I'm good." He told his friend as he limped his way back towards the ring, just in time for Roman to land a Superman punch on Dolph.

Roman's signature battle cry made her turn away from Dean and back to the ring to see him setting up for a spear as Dolph slowly made his way to his feet. Roman snapped out of the corner with all his might and plowed right into a dazed Dolph Ziggler.

But instead of going for the pin, Roman's eyes landed on Dean who was trying to get himself up onto the apron again. A smirk appeared on his face, as he made his way over and tagged in the still reeling man.

Blinking, Dean looked up at Roman who was point at Dolph. And seemingly at the same time they both realized what Roman was doing. He was giving Dean the easy pin.

"Oh, come on guys!" She heard Seth call as the two men stared each other down and switched places. "It doesn't have to be this way."

"Very funny." Dean rolled his eyes as he walked over to Dolph, who was still out cold laying in the middle of the ring. Almost tripping over the man, Dean covered, and the ref counted. One. Two. Three. Ding. Ding. Ding.

They won, but instead of rejoicing the two men just glared at each other as they came together in the middle of the ring. This was the second time in a row that a match had ended this way.

The ref raised their arms and Seth was instantly between the two of them. Though anger wasn't what she saw in their eyes as the two men went face to face. They were almost smiling at each other. Challenging each other.

"Go chill out." Seth told Dean as he sent him to the side of the ring before going to talk to Roman.

Worried about those last couple of hits that he took, Angel climbed up onto the apron and made her way around to the front by where Dean was standing. His eyes landed on her for a moment, though just as she was about to open her mouth the light in the arena cut out and that chilling theme music played over the speakers as the titantron lit up to show Luke Harper standing there whistling.

"Oh no."

The camera then moved to show Bray who was laughing as he looked up at the ceiling. "Look at you, bickering like children." He said pointing out towards the ring. "Consumed with pride, beating your chest at one another, trying to see who in the Shield has the sharpest teeth." He wagged his finger at them. "They believe me to be a facade, a joke." He laughed again, sending chills down Angel's back as he took off his hat. "Well if you could only see…" He said in that airy voice of his. "…the monster that lives behind my eyes. Then you'd realized how real I am."

Angel jumped at the as a hand landed on her shoulder. She looked up to see Dean standing next to her with his lips pursed. His eyes went from her to the screen and back as he shook his head. "Don't let him scare you." He said stepping away and making his way towards his Shield brothers.

"Those that deny us." Luke took his turn to speak. "You will be the first ones to burn."

"Follow the buzzard."

Skovko: I'm not trying to kill her I promise!

Labinnacslove: She is trying to fit in. and I don't know if any one could go as extreme as they do. lol