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When the rig pulled into the arena parking lot in Laredo, Texas, on Friday for Smackdown, it was clear to all of them that the news of Seth Rollins traveling with his former Shield mates had spread like wildfire. There were fans gathered all around the outer gates waiting to see if Rollins was indeed in one piece or if Reigns and Ambrose had gotten their payback.
Tasha had to smile as she opened the door and stepped out first alongside Renee, both of the women smiling and waving to the fans as they awaited their other companions. Joe and Jon stepped out next along with Kailynn, and the group started for the arena. The fans were a little dejected at not seeing Rollins with them, but the group knew when he came out of the rig by the pop of the fans.
Colby hid a grin as he slightly limped towards the arena, playing up to the fans thoughts that he may not have survived the road trip in one piece. When he got through the back doors he found the others waiting for him, Tasha giving him a wide smile before they all burst out into laughter.
Splitting up they headed to their respective locker rooms to drop off their bags, before they met back up and went to the daily meeting. After being informed of what was happening that night, they went back to the locker rooms and got changed into their gear for the show.
As Tasha and Colby stood behind the curtain up at gorilla they both grinned at one another; tonight would be the first night that Siren would be accompanying Seth Rollins to the ring. They had thought that Stephanie and Hunter would wait until Monday to put them together on camera, but after the reception from the fans on RAW, they wanted to run with the storyline ASAP.
So here Tasha stood, dressed in her new Authority manager attire, which she had to admit, she was quite fond of; Mikaze knew her so well and never failed to amaze her with his wardrobe choices. Currently she was wearing her trademark black leather pants that hugged her like a second skin, a pair of black suede wedge ankle boots, and a gold backless halter top. She was thankful that the bosses allowed Mikaze to be her personal wardrobe stylist.
Tasha nervously grabbed her breasts and palmed them in her hands; thus drawing a curious look from her boyfriend. To which she replied, "What? I'm making sure the tape is sticking. I don't need to flash the whole world."
Colby shot her a wink and a wicked smile, "Can I help?"
"Shut up." She laughed shoving his shoulder as his music cued up to start the show. "Get your game face on."
He eyed her with his always present cocky smirk, "I've always got my game face on. Yours however needs some work."
"Smartass." She laughed before kissing him lightly as they walked through the curtain.
Siren was immediately stone-faced, albeit with a look of complete disdain and contempt for the man beside her; as she stepped out onto the stage beside Seth. Seth looked back as the crowd cheered for her, most of them returning her look with an understanding one of their own; the majority of them felt sorry for her, while the others were loving seeing her with Seth, even if she was being forced to do it.
Giving her his smirk he held out the briefcase, which caused her to raise an eyebrow at him; he nodded to it and with an annoyed sigh she took it from his hand, carrying it down to the ring. Siren looked unimpressed as she climbed into the ring and stood alongside Seth, with J&J flanking her as if they expected her to bolt. Which honestly, Siren was seriously considering at that moment as Seth started cackling in the mic.
"Man, I am feeling good tonight. Hey, look, did you guys see the look on John Cena's face at the end of RAW on Monday? Did you see it? I mean, look, I loved it so much. All right. We got to take another look at it, right? Let's take a look, come on. Let's take a look."
Siren rolled her eyes as they replayed the footage from RAW, showing the devastation on John's face as Ryback, Ziggler and Rowan were all fired; and it only worsened as Siren was named as the new manager for Seth Rollins.
"Oh, he's been had. That's the look of a man who's been had. That's the look of a man who knows he's been had, because I manipulated John Cena into doing something that he swore up and down that he would never ever, ever, ever do again. I single handedly manipulated John Cena into bringing back The Authority. So, The Authority being back in power, well, that's on John's head. But you know what else is on John's head, the fact that three of his friends, three men who trusted him with their careers are no longer employed by this company. On Monday, they were fired. And those three men were Erick Rowan, Ryback, and Dolph Ziggler.
Which brings me to the next thing that is on John Cena's head, and that is the beauty that is standing behind me right now. Siren."
He turned around to give her a grin, seeing her glaring a hole through his body as she leaned back against the ropes. Her free hand gripping the top rope so hard her knuckles were turning white and the other clutching his briefcase; which he was positive she wanted to chuck at his head right then.
"Because of John; Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, no longer have a manager. But their loss… is my gain." He smirked at her as her glare intensified, but after a moment his face actually grew serious which caught Siren slightly off guard. "Now Siren, I know you and I have not seen eye to eye for the last year, and we have said some nasty things to one another; and in all seriousness I want to say to you, I'm sorry. Everything that I said about you came out of anger, but I truly did not mean any of it. You were an intricate part of The Shield, far from eye candy; you were the guiding force behind us and we would not have become champions without you. You absolutely were the Alpha that ran the pack."
Siren raised an eyebrow as her lips pulled into a tight line, she knew that there was a punchline coming; Rollins never apologized for his actions.
"But we all know I was the top dog in The Shield, and it's only right that I have the best manager in the business."
And there was the punchline.
"Now that you are part of The Authority, I really believe we are gonna top every challenge just like we did in The Shield."
Siren rolled her eyes as she motioned to the ringside tech for a mic. "You know Rollins, you are the only guy I know that can mix an insult with a compliment and expect someone to smile and say thank you. Now listen to me closely as I'm only gonna say this once. I am not part of The Authority. You may have convinced Triple H and Stephanie to bring me in instead of firing me; but you will never convince me that The Authority is what's best for business. The only thing you did by bringing me into the fold Rollins, is make it that much easier for me to destroy you from the inside out. And as for your half-ass attempt at an apology, let me tell you what you can do with it. As my good friend The Rock would say, you can take your apology, shine it up real good, turn that sumbitch sideways, and stick it straight up your candied ass!"
The crowd was roaring as Siren dropped the mic and walked over to the corner, hopping up onto the turnbuckle and sitting down, Seth's briefcase in her lap as she shot him a sugar sweet smile.
Rollins closed his eyes for a moment trying to reign in his temper before he said or did something he would regret. "Back to my earlier point. We shouldn't villainize John too much. Really, we should—we owe John a debt of gratitude. All of us owe John a debt of gratitude, because thanks to him happy days are here again. The Authority is back in power, and—and I am now in the main event at the Royal Rumble."
Siren was surprised to hear quite a few cheers when Rollins made his announcement, clearly there were some people who didn't despise him completely.
"I—I can barely believe it. I can barely believe it, but at the Royal Rumble, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match will now be a triple threat. John Cena versus Brock Lesnar versus me. And, you know, all you people, and you Siren, you like to say that what The Authority does- their actions, they're vindictive. I don't think so. I think—I think they're justified, but you know what? You know what, for the sake of all of you, so that you all don't think that I am such a bad guy, I'm really not a bad guy, I would like to take this time to ask for ten seconds of silence, so that all of us can properly acknowledge the lackluster careers of Erick Rowan, Ryback and Dolph Ziggler. So if we could—boys, Siren, if you could, please all of us, let's bow our heads while we toll the bell. Please, if you could ring the bell."
Siren gripped the briefcase in her hands as she stared at the back of Rollins' bowed head while the bell rang; seriously considering what the worst form of punishment would be if she bounced the case off of his head. But her anger dissipated in a split second as she heard Roman's music ring throughout the arena; a bright smile formed on her face as she turned her head, while the crowd jumped to its feet as Roman descended the staircase.
She laughed as Roman met her eyes, a sexy smirk crossing his lips as he jumped over the barricade and stepped up into the ring. Pausing beside her, he took her hand in his and helped her down from the turnbuckle; draping his arm around her shoulders they stepped forward to where Seth was standing cussing them both out.
"Good to see you again, brother. Now if you'll kindly take your arm off of my manager, Siren your place is by my side."
Roman grinned as he glanced over to Siren with a shake of his head. "Na I think she's good where she is. Right Babygirl?" Siren returned his grin with one of her own as she leaned into Roman's side, before his attention turned back to Seth. "Brother? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. Yeah, yeah—no, I'm not sorry. But look at you, you're just so full of yourself now. Actually, you're full of something else. You are a sniveling little suck-up, sell-out, full of sufferin' succotash, son."
Siren bursts out into laughter along with the rest of the crowd as Roman continues, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, that was not easy to say." Her laughter intensifies as Roman looks over her head to the camera and gives a wink to the fans.
"My brother here, my so-called brother here, he's got donkey dung for brains."
"Why don't you say it? Why don't you tell me why you really came out here huh?" Seth snaps.
"Well, other than to save my girl here from your incessant crap-talking. What I'm trying to say is… I'm gonna kick your ass!"
Roman then dropped the mic and slammed his fist into Seth's face knocking him to the mat; before he picked up Noble and tossed him across the ring. While Siren stepped back out of the way to enjoy the show, Roman nailed Mercury in the mouth with another punch, before throwing him out of the ring like a ragdoll.
"Rome on your 6!" She hollered to her brother as Seth got to his feet.
Roman turned and blocked Seth's attack, nailing him 4 times in the face, the last punch launching Rollins over the top rope to the floor alongside J&J.
Siren walked over and stood beside Roman smiling as the three men retreated up the ramp to the stage; Rollins snatching his case out of Noble's hands, which Siren had thrown at him, and holding it over his head. Roman and Siren weren't at all surprised when the 500 pound traitor stepped out onto the stage a moment later, and seconds later Kane followed him out carrying a mic.
"Roman, you have an expression, one versus all. Let's put that to the test tonight. It will be one versus all of Seth Rollins and the Big Show. So good luck, Roman, although you're gonna need more than luck."
Show then takes the mic and holds up his club of a fist. "Roman, you wanna compare that so-called superman punch to this big meaty club of a catcher's mitt that I call a fist? This fist tonight is gonna knock you out, and if you all don't like it, I will knock each and every one of you out. You don't think I can? Try me. See Roman, you woke up a sleeping tiger, not smart. But what's even worse is you've riled the ire of a seven foot, four hundred and fifty pound giant. The fact of the matter is, Roman, you are screwed."
Roman looked concerned about facing both of the men by himself, but as he glanced down at Siren, her smirk told him that she had a plan.
Siren again looked annoyed as she followed Rollins and J&J down the ramp to the ring, leaning against the turnbuckle with her arms crossed as Big Show made his entrance.
Her mood lightened as Roman entered next, making his way down the staircase and hopping over the barricade. This was the moment she had been waiting for as she asked for a mic, before walking to the center of the ring.
"Oh wait, wait, wait. Totally forgot to tell you something earlier Seth. I apologize." She said with a smirk as the cocky smile on his face was instantly wiped off. "You see as your new manager I felt that you weren't being challenged enough with only taking on Roman…. so, I changed the match. This will now be a tag-team match, Seth Rollins and the Big Show versus Roman Reigns and his partner which I personally selected…."
She paused for a moment giving Roman a wide smile, "The Lunatic Fringe, Dean Ambrose!"
Siren quickly rolled out of the ring giving a wink to Dean as he ran down and slid into the ring, both he and Roman instantly taking the fight to Rollins and Show. Dean hammered away on Rollins before the traitor escaped out of the ring, just as Roman tossed Show over the top rope.
Siren was all smiles as she leaned against the announcer's table while the Authority men hollered and squabbled around her. Seth of course complaining that Ambrose had been taken away in an ambulance on Monday and shouldn't even be here; then telling the others that it was 5 against 2, because of course they had to play the numbers game to win.
Seth started out the match against Dean, and it was very clear to Siren within a second that her crazy brother was out for blood. Roman and Dean did a good job of keeping Rollins away from his corner for most of the match, while they beat the ever living hell out of him.
But of course Rollins had his ass saved by the Big Show as he used his giant fist to target Dean's injured left knee. From that point on, Rollins and Show exploited that weakness causing Siren to wonder if Dean was gonna be walking out of the arena at the end of the show.
Despite being a part of The Authority, Siren showed her true colors as J&J attacked Dean outside of the ring, slamming him against the barricade; with the ref already distracted by Roman, Siren leveled both men with a super-kick to the face. She saw the angered look that Kane gave her and held up her hands with a smile. "What?"
The beating continued on Ambrose back in the ring, Show continuing the attack on Dean's leg; before Dean got the upper hand with a DDT on Show, before he tagged in Roman who went on the attack of Rollins. A melee began outside of the ring as Kane jumped up on the ring apron, only to be knocked off by Seth who was shoved into him by Roman.
Roman then hit Seth with a superman punch, before cocking his fist and delivering another one to both J&J at once. But as he turned around he was grabbed around the throat by Show, who delivered a vicious choke-slam to Reigns; however the giant was then cut down by Ambrose who launched off of the turnbuckle and sent Show tumbling out of the ring.
Ambrose then climbed up on top of the other turnbuckle and threw himself off of it, taking out Show, Kane and J&J with an elbow. In the ring Seth bounced off of the ropes looking for his curb-stomp, but Roman ducked it and delivered a spear to the Architect instead. Roman covered Seth and picked up the win, quickly rolling out of the ring and helping Dean back up the ramp.
Siren remained in her place by the announcer's table, clapping and smiling as she watched her brothers standing on the stage; The Authority men fuming in the ring.
Siren had returned backstage and gathered her things, making her way out to the parking lot. She was not at all surprised when her route was blocked by an irate Seth Rollins.
"What the hell is wrong with you!? What was that out there!? You know Triple H and Stephanie are not gonna be happy about what you did."
"What do you mean?" She asked innocently. "I did what any good manager would do, I gave my client a challenge. What's that saying Flair always uses; oh ya, "you wanna be the man, you gotta beat the man, Rollins."
"You're supposed to be one of us, on our side." Seth growled.
Siren chuckled as she pressed herself up against Rollins, "I'll never be one of you. My new contract may state that I have to be your manager, Seth; but it doesn't state that I have to actually help you." She lifted her hand up and tapped it against his cheek, "Have a good weekend Seth, I'll see you on Monday."
Rollins could only glower as he watched her walk away from him, but he gave a slight smirk a moment later. "Game on, Siren."
Once they had both changed and gathered their things, Colby kissed Tasha lovingly before she and Kailynn left the arena; school would be starting again on Monday, so Tasha was flying her daughter home to Nevada.
"Be safe my soul." Colby told her as he lent his forehead against hers.
"Always my heart." Tasha smiled before kissing him once more.
Colby smiled before he picked Kailynn up, the little girl wrapping her arms around his neck and squeezing him till he nearly couldn't breathe. "Bye munchkin."
"Bye Uncle Cole. I love you."
A soft smile grew on Colby's lips, it was the first time that she had said that to him and it caused his heart to swell. "I love you too little one." He whispered back to her before he set her down once more.
Kailynn took her mother's hand and the two of them walked out of the arena to the rig, Colby behind them waving; he would be catching his flight home to Iowa to train his new students, and he couldn't wait to have his girlfriend back in his arms.