Chapter 6: Bash at Berlin
Bash At Berlin
August 31st, 2024
Berlin, Germany
Rhea and Buddy's planes were ships passing in the night. Buddy was on his flight to the States at the same time Rhea was on hers to Germany. She couldn't totally grasp where she was in time, never mind where Buddy was or had been or the hour distance between them. They still hadn't talked; they just exchanged texts sharing whereabouts and ETAs.
Glad for a break from theatre, Rhea was ready for straight up wrestling - her and Damian vs Liv and Dom in a mixed tag team match later that evening. While watching the show on a monitor backstage, she felt hands gently squeeze her trapezius muscles. Damn, it felt good as tension released.
"We got this, kid," Damian soothed.
CM Punk slapped the fourth and final turnbuckle in his strap match with Drew McIntyre. Their time had come.
The bell rang, and Damian was first on the mat against Dom. Rhea was wound - watching, waving her hand and getting the crowd going, pacing the ring just outside the ropes. Liv was also looking on. Dom managed to topple Damian along the perimeter, and Liv punched him in the face when the ref wasn't looking.
Rhea climbed in the ring, giving the ref hell. Seriously, what the fuck had he been looking at? She knew it wouldn't get her anywhere, but damn! He needed to do his job! The ref ushered her back behind the ropes. She took to swinging her foot into wide stomps, riling the fans.
Damian downed Dom but was reeling himself. He pointed to her while Dom tagged Liv in.
Rhea ducked into the ring and clotheslined Liv's ass. When Liv tried to stand, Rhea did it again. Punch to the gut, two stomps to the boot, knee to the face. Another clothesline. Rhea pulled Liv up, then bounced off the ropes and kicked her in face. Adrenaline soaring, Rhea kicked her knees high and roared.
Dom rose from his sprawl on the mat and staggered to her, hands up in surrender.
Rhea mocked him with the same gesture, then held her arms wide open. "What, do you want a hug or something?" She asked.
Dom opened his arms wide too. So much for dodging theatre. She laughed. He continued to beckon her, and she laughed harder. Such shit. She sidestepped in time to see Liv's charge and grabbed her. Then she delivered a vertical suplex. Liv dropped, and Rhea turned to a wide-eyed Dom. She clotheslined his ass twice and threw him by the hair to the floor. As he attempted to rise, Rhea grabbed him. She held the ropes behind her as she wrapped her legs around his neck and choked the shit out of him. The crowd exploded. Liv got back up and charged. Rhea kicked her withone foot, then two. Liv went down. Rhea grabbed Dom as he reeled, gathering him in her arms and preparing to Riptide.
Liv saved his ass. She got in three kicks and jumped on Rhea's back, dropping her. Dom rolled out of the ring.
"You chose her?" Rhea yelled to him.
"Yeah, I did," Dom replied.
Rhea shoved Liv's head under her arm and shook her chest at Dom. Then she delivered a vertical suplex. Liv cried out.
Liv rallied back, getting in a few more blows. Winded, Rhea staggered to the edge. She tagged Damian in and slid out of the ring. She hunched over her legs, taking deep breaths. As she rose, the crowd was clapping in time with one another. Damian was leading them. He then dropped Dom.
Liv hopped into the ring, and Rhea darted after her. She snatched Liv by the waist before she could mess with Damian's grip on Dom.
Damian and Rhea held Dom and Liv and drove them into the mat, moving as one. Rhea immediately rolled Liv out of the ring. She pointed to Dom. "Destroy him!"
Damian held her gaze as he rolled his tank straps off his shoulders, down to his waist. He raised his open hand over his head to applause… then lowered it.
The rest of Judgment Day rushed the ramp.
Rhea pulled Carlito away from the ring, and Liv flew at her. Rhea went back-first into the ground. She looked up in time to see Dom kick Damian into the ropes. Arms hanging over the middle rope, Damian was a sitting duck. Dom's flying kick nailed him right in the face. Dom climbed the post, jumped, and pinned Damian.
1! 2!
Damian kicked out. Then he turned to Rhea. She was back in the ring, ready to take out Liv for the two of them. She got Liv's legs over her head, pinning her for the count. She looked to Damian, who had twin devil's horns raised over his head.
1! 2! 3! And the Terror Twins won, and out blared "Demons In My Dreams".
Delirious with glee that she felt long lost, Rhea grabbed a handful of Liv's hair and licked her cheek. Rhea threw her back to the mat and nudged her with her boot, helping Dom pull Liv out of the ring. Damian grabbed her hand and threw it in the air. He pulled her into his arms and hugged her fiercely. Then they rushed the ropes, facing Finn, JD, and Carlito. Rhea pulled the sides of her lips into a Joker's grin.
Damian slung an arm over Rhea's shoulder as the duo left the ring. Rhea beamed. Damian looked right into a camera and shouted, "Hey, Judgment Day! That's just the beginning. We're not done with you. We're coming for all of you. We are your reckoning!"
She and Damian were toasting one another with chicken tenders at the local pub after the match when her phone buzzed in her pocket. She pulled it out of her pocket, her eyes lighting up.
She answered the phone. "Buddy!"
"Babe, you killed it out there! I am so proud of you!"
She teared up and smiled. "I love you so much, Buddy!" She made eye contact with Damian, who grinned and toasted her again.