45So…I actually don't know what's going to happen in this chapter. I usually do…so going into this chapter totally unprepared is…discomforting. DX
Warnings: strong language, violence/beat downs
Disclaimers: don't own tna, blah blah, I own Ellie, blah.
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Note: I found actual technical names for some of Ellie's finishers. They are as follows:
Icebreaker: Electric Chair Facebuster
Wing Crusher: bridging Electric Chair Drop
Icepick: modified Hammerlock Chinlock
Angel Drop: modified 180 degree scoop slam (discontinued)
Descent: sommersault leg drop (from the top rope) (discontinued)
They have been edited in previous chapters (except for the discontinued ones. Damn I gave her a lot of finishers).
Note II: changed some stuff in previous chapters. It was previously mentioned that Ellie's wing tattoos were blue. They are now black. Also, it has been mentioned that Ellie had never fought in an intergender match before. That has also been changed, so now she has. It works better with the prequel I'm planning right now. So if you go back and see anything I haven't changed yet, let me know so I can.
Chapter 13: secure
Word got out that the Roxxi/Ellie tag team against Angelina and Velvet was now a six-woman tag match with Roxxi, Ellie, and Taylor going up against all three members of the Beautiful People. Madison was taken aback, and admittedly, a little worried. During the house shows in Texas, Ellie won her rematch against her. Ellie had Roxxi and Taylor in her corner, and Madison had Angelina and Velvet in hers. After the match, an all out brawl took place between the six Knockouts, and only ended when security intervened.
The brawl only fueled Ellie's decision to turn this tag match into a six-person match. She called it "the decision maker."
It was Thursday again. Sting and Kurt were supposed to have their "Empty Arena Match" tonight. Ellie didn't really know what to expect.
"Elle, did you hear?"
Roxxi and Taylor were running excitedly towards her. They both looked about ready to burst. Ellie raised both eyebrows and grinned. "What?" she inquired.
"Not only has Cornette been receiving heat from you about the constant delay of our tag team match, but now the Beautiful People are bitching at him about it!" Roxxi said.
"Seems that the addition of Madison and myself to the match fueled the excitement," Taylor added. "Now they really want a piece of us."
"Well that's great," Ellie said. "But what does that mean for us?"
"Cornette's decided that he's sick of hearing about this match, so he's going to make it happen," Roxxi exclaimed. "It's next week!"
Ellie gaped.
"It's been building for so long, it almost got main event status!" Taylor said.
After a few seconds, Ellie found the ability to talk again. "Well it's about time!"
"Hmm?"
"I've been here for how long—almost a year? And we're only just now getting to this match?" she said.
"It did take a while, granted," Roxxi said. "But at least we get to do it now."
"I guess," Ellie said. "You know, I was actually on my way to watch the fights."
"Where at?"
"I was going to hang out with security backstage and watch them from there, but now I need to tell Christian about next week, so…I guess I'll be in my dressing room," she answered. "Want to come with? I have more beer."
"Absolutely," Roxxi said, smiling.
As they started walking towards Ellie's dressing room, Taylor said, "Did you get the beers by seducing Roode and Storm again?"
"Nah, I just swiped it," Ellie replied. "They're both in the ring right now, I think."
"You think?"
"There's some sort of tag team match going on," she said. "It's like, an 8-person tag match. I forget who's in it. Something like Beer Money, the Motorcity Machine Guns, Booker and Steiner, and the British Invasion."
"Well that sounds like fun," Roxxi said.
"I won't be sad if I miss it," Ellie said. "I just want to see the Kurt vs. Sting match tonight."
"That totally ridiculous match that's essentially inviting Kurt and Sting to tear each other apart?" Taylor asked. "Yeah I want to see it too."
"Super awesome," Ellie said. "Let's go."
Her dressing room was on the other side of the Impact Zone's backstage, so they decided to converse a little bit on the way. Ellie couldn't say that she had much experience with multiple-person tag team matches. She did have experience, but just not much.
"Really?" Roxxi said. "What the hell did you do in the WWE?"
"I did like, one or two 6-person tag matches, since after Lita left, I started valeting for Jeff and Matt Hardy," Ellie said. "It's not much, but at least it's something."
"That's it? You just teamed with Matt and Jeff?"
"I didn't do much tag teaming with the Divas," Ellie admitted. "It was mostly with Jeff. Which you know, I was fine with."
"We should get some practice in between now and next week, then," said Taylor. "Do the usual stuff, like talk about technique and strategy, watch videos…maybe we can use the ring at this weekend's house show before and/or after the show and work on some stuff then."
"We should ask Jarret or Mick if it's okay," Roxxi said.
"I'm wondering if we'd even have time to use the ring at the house show to practice at all," Ellie said. "I know it takes some time to set up, and then after the show we usually—."
She was cut off when she rounded the corner and was caught off guard by a boot to the face. Ellie went down as Angelina, Velvet, and Madison attacked Roxxi and Taylor. The two of them went down as well as the three Beautiful People stood over them, screaming. Ellie was on her side, clutching her face and groaning. Angelina rolled her onto her back and mounted her.
"Bitch, who the fuck do you think you're messing with?" she screamed. "I will personally make sure you never get up again after next week!"
"And you two? Bitches? You won't even make it to next week!" Madison shrieked at Roxxi and Taylor.
Angelina wrapped her fingers around Ellie's neck. "I will END you, RIGHT now!" She screamed this at Ellie as she began slamming her head into the floor. Ellie had been victim to this kind of attack before, in the ring. The ring floor seemed to cushion the blow more. This floor…was much harder. Ellie could feel her brain being rattled around inside her head as Angelina continued her relentless attack.
Madison was trying to choke Taylor, who was making an attempt to fight back.
"Get her!" Velvet shrilled. "GET HER!"
Ellie tried kicking at Angelina. It didn't do her much good.
Roxxi managed to throw Velvet off of her and into the wall. Madison stomped on Roxxi long enough for Velvet to get back in the game. Velvet was screaming hysterically as she tried to choke Roxxi.
Ellie couldn't find a means of escape, try as she may.
"Hey! Get off them!"
Well, it turns out she didn't have to.
Angelina, Velvet, and Madison quickly jumped off of their victims, backing up. Ellie couldn't tell who the voice belonged to. Not yet. She rolled onto her side and coughed hoarsely. First thing she did was check on Taylor and Roxxi. They seemed to be doing better than she was.
"Stay out of this!" Angelina shouted. "This doesn't even concern you, but I swear it will!"
"What the hell is your problem? Get the hell out of here!"
Ellie rolled onto the back again and looked up. AJ Styles was standing over them, holding a framed picture he had taken off the wall. He was brandishing it at the Beautiful People, who were still backing up and shouting at him.
"Go on, get out of here!" AJ shouted. "You'll all be real damn lucky if I don't report you to Dixie!"
"Piss off, AJ!"
"Move it!"
The three members of the Beautiful People finally turned on foot and sprinted down the hallway. AJ made sure they were gone before he started to settle down. He gave a frustrated sigh as he threw the wall picture down fiercely. He muttered something to himself that sounded a lot like "Stupid whores…" as he knelt down by Ellie and her tag team partners.
"AJ…" Ellie rasped.
"God, Ellie, are you guys okay?" he asked, much more gentle now.
"Hurts…" Ellie said, hoarsely.
"Jesus, what happened?"
"The goddamn skanks blindsighted us," Roxxi said, sitting up.
"Are you all right?"
"We're okay," Taylor said, also straightening up. "Looks like Ellie got the worst of it. They've really gotten out of control."
"Fuck," Ellie muttered, trying to sit up. She started coughing again.
"AJ, thanks so much for saving us," Taylor said.
"No problem. And how are you doing, Elle?" AJ said, putting his hand on her back.
"Better, sort of," Ellie said. "My head hurts. We should really put softer carpet in these halls."
"How is that you were so conveniently able to get to us in time, AJ?" Taylor asked.
"I was nearby talking to some Frontline people," AJ answered. "I probably wouldn't have found you guys if your assailants hadn't been screaming so loudly."
"And here I thought the screaming was a bad thing," Ellie said. AJ helped her to stand up after she convinced him that she could. As she was getting up, she managed to catch a glimpse of said Frontline members from over AJ's shoulder.
"AJ, everything okay?"
Brothers Ray and Devon of Team 3D had stepped into the hallway to check up on the altercation. Ellie sighed as she leaned on AJ for support.
"Fine," she said.
"You don't look fine," Ray noted.
"They got assaulted by their next opponents," AJ said. "They'll be okay."
"Is the match next week just a regular match? You should make it no-disqualification," Ray said.
"It's a tag team grudge match," Ellie said. "That might automatically make it no-DQ. Maybe not."
"We'll look into it later," Roxxi said.
Ray shrugged. "Or you could just go after them."
"And blindsight them like they just did to us?" she said. "Thanks, but we're not that low."
AJ observed that Ellie was still leaning on him. "You want me to take you to the medical wing?"
"It is absolutely nothing I can't handle," Ellie insisted. "I just need to rest, is all."
"Where are you headed?"
"My dressing room. Need to take care of some stuff," she replied. "Thanks for your help AJ, 3D. We'll see you around."
Standing wasn't too difficult. Walking wasn't too difficult either. The back of her head was still throbbing, but at least it was bearable. The three Knockouts reached Ellie's dressing room with no second interception.
"Think I really need this," Ellie said, popping open a beer. She handed another one to each Taylor and Roxxi. "What a day."
"And what a day it's going to be," Roxxi said. "Though I don't think the worst of it is quite here yet."
"Next week just needs to hurry up and get here," Ellie sighed. "I'd really like to get my hands on those bitches."
"Just relax for today. You really need to," Taylor said. "Let's all just kick back and watch the fights."
She went to Ellie's small TV and turned it on to the live-circuit channel. The 8-man tag team match was taking place, and all four teams had started brawling outside of the ring. The three of them watched in silent amusement as the fight left the Impact Zone and entered the parking lot. The referee had long ago run the bell, thus throwing out the match, but no one seemed to notice or care.
"Hang on…" Ellie said, leaning forward.
Each of the eight men were occupied with an opponent and were brawling into the parking lot. They didn't seem to be aware of their surroundings, or even the cars they were throwing each other against. Ellie was.
"That's my car!" she exclaimed.
"Huh?"
"They're fighting on my car!" she said. "Damnit, it's not even mine! I had to rent it from the airport! If they dent it or—I'm liable! Goddamn!"
Roxxi and Taylor watched as Ellie bolted out of the room and disappeared down the hallway. Roxxi propped her feet up on the table and took a sip from her beer.
"So much for kicking back and relaxing," Taylor said. "This just isn't her day, is it?"
"Well maybe she still plans on relaxing," Roxxi said. "She took her beer with her."
"Hmm…" Taylor mused. "Wonder where she went."
"Probably the parking lot. She did mention her car."
"Yeah, but what can she do about it?"
Roxxi shrugged and leaned back in her seat. They were watching the match again, still unraveling in the parking lot. For some reason, security wasn't taking initiative to control the brawl, nor were they anywhere in sight. The parking lot fight raged on.
"Maybe she's going to go party with them?" Taylor suggested.
"Not much of a party," Roxxi laughed.
"Or play peacemaker?"
"She's not much of that either. If anything, she's the exact opposite of a peacemaker."
"Well hell, I'm stumped."
On the TV, the British Invasion was occupied with Beer Money, and Booker T and Scott Steiner were dealing the pain to the Motorcity Machine Guns. Brutus Magnus was wrestling Robert Roode against Ellie's Toyota rental, trying to slam his face into the hood. Roode's partner James Storm was trying to help him, but was being hindered by Magnus' partner Doug Williams. Williams sent Storm sprawling across the parking lot pavement and started to go after Roode.
"What's that?" Roxxi asked.
"Huh?"
Williams suddenly collapsed with the sound of shattering glass, and all men stopped fighting. The cameraman quickly pulled back to show Ellie advancing on Brutus Magnus, wielding the broken beer bottle in one hand.
"Get the hell off my car!" She kicked Magnus once in the stomach and he doubled over. "Here hold this," she said, handing the broken bottle to Roode. She grabbed Magnus by his pants and hair and sent him viciously into the Jeep next to them.
"Is this ours?" Roode asked, examining the bottle she handed to him.
"Was," she replied. She patted him on the back. "You may all resume beating each other up."
They watched as she walked out of the parking lot, shaking beer from her hands. Roode stared after her, still holding the broken bottle, as the British Invasion lay writhing on the ground. Storm came over to stand by Roode.
"You know," he said, "I can't decide whether I hate her or not."
.xXx.
"Your car?" Cornette bellowed. "You hit Doug Williams in the head with a beer bottle because you were worried about your car? He could have been seriously hurt!"
"The car's not even mine!" Ellie protested. "It's the airport's! I didn't want them beating the hell out of the airport's car and then have me pay for it!"
"Ellie—."
"No, you know what?" Ellie said. "Don't you turn this around on me. I wouldn't have hit Williams in the head if security had been involved, because had security been involved, then the match never would have went anywhere near the parking lot. But god knows that your security team happens to be tremendously inept and is otherwise incapable of doing even the easiest—."
"Okay, get out," Cornette sighed furiously through gritted teeth. "You're damn lucky I don't pull your tag team match next week."
"You can't do that."
"And why not?"
"Because if you do, then you're going to have all six of us on your case until you pull it back up."
Cornette's face started turning red. "Just…get out."
Ellie smiled. "Pleasure doing business with you, Jim."
She turned on foot and exited his office, smiling as she soaked in the image of him clutching his forehead with much frustration. He shooed her out, unceremoniously slamming the door behind her. She raised an eyebrow and shrugged it off, deciding to go back to her dressing room. She was sure that Roxxi and Taylor would want to know what happened, given that they probably saw her intervention in what was the 8-person tag team match. She absently wondered if the boys actually listened to her and resumed beating each other up, or if they had already decided that they were done.
She swayed suddenly. Surprised, she stopped walking and leaned on the wall. The back of her head was throbbing again. She put her hand over the throbbing spot as she winced. She was feeling lightheaded, and therefore was forced to lean on the wall more heavily.
"That's not good…" she breathed. She turned around and staggered towards the medical wing. "I should have let AJ take me when he offered it."
The trek to the medical wing was not an easy one. There weren't many people wandering around backstage at this time. The show was nearly over, so the wrestlers were either at the hotel or out on the town somewhere. The few people she did pass probably thought she was drunk, what with all the staggering she was doing. No one stopped to check on her.
When Ellie reached the medical wing, she kicked the door open and went inside. There were about two paramedics inside, both of whom were busy with paperwork of some sort. They both looked up when Ellie entered, still swaying dangerously and holding the back of her head.
"Oh my god, what happened?" one of them asked.
"I got attacked. I'm fine," Ellie insisted.
"You don't look fine," he said as he sat her down in a chair.
"Funny, Brother Ray said the same thing," she mused. "Look, just give me some painkillers and I'll be on my way."
"Not so fast," he said. "Knowing you, you've probably sustained some damage of some sort. Who did this to you?" He was pulling her hair away from the back of her head now.
"The Skanky People, who else?"
"The who? Oh, I see. This does seem like their work."
He was silent after that. He poked around her head with a flashlight. She tapped her fingers on her legs.
"So what's the verdict?"
"Looks like nothing more than just a bump on the head. A little bruised, but you'll be fine," he replied. "The swaying was probably just a side effect of the initial aftermath of the beating. This is a hard business to get by in. I guess you already knew that."
"I'd say so."
"Now, I want you to take it easy for—."
"Not in this life time, mister!" Ellie exclaimed, jumping up. "I have a gigantic match next week that I've been waiting for since day one! I'm not missing it!"
"Look, I'm sure waiting one or two more weeks won't—."
"You try it some time!" Ellie retorted. "I'm fighting next week! Now, just give me some painkillers or—."
"I know, I know. You'll DDT me onto broken glass. Sheesh."
"I don't know why you even come here if all you do is not take the advice we give you," the other paramedic said from the other side of the room.
"I come here for the meds, of course," Ellie replied, callously. "What kind of a fighter would I be if I actually listened to you guys?" She stuffed the meds in her pocket and headed out the door.
Outside, she came across a drinking fountain. She popped two of the pills and washed it down with some water. Ellie leaned her head back and sighed with content, unconsciously moving her hand to the back of her head. She touched the bump, wincing slightly. It was still tender. She figured she could just put some ice on it until next week. By then it should be all right.
"Well, at least I don't have to work any house shows this weekend…" she mused.
Part of her leg was getting cold. She glanced down to find that some water had dripped onto her jeans. Part of her leg was obscured by the fountain, so she stepped back away from it. When she backed up, she ended up bumping into someone. Surprised, she turned around and looked up.
"You!" she exclaimed.
"Oh, there you are," said Sting, unphased by her remark. "I've been looking for you."
Ellie was taken aback. She stared at him suspiciously. "What for?"
"Well, I heard that you got attacked earlier today. I was walking and noticed you coming out of the trainers' room, and wanted to make sure you were okay," he replied.
Well by now, she was more than just taken aback. She was staring at him incredulously. "Um…I'm sorry, what?"
"What, is that bad?" he asked.
"N—no!" she said, quickly. "I was just…surprised, is all."
"All right," he said. There was a short pause. "Well? Are you okay?"
For a few seconds, she didn't say anything, surprised by his concern. It seemed almost uncharacteristic of him to be checking up on her like this, since she was apparently such an avid enemy of the Main Event Mafia. She didn't quite expect this from him, also since they just squared off in a match against each other not too long ago, when they very well could have backed down out of it. Since then, she had been under the impression that he didn't care about her well-being, and therefore making him…just another Mafia member.
But then again, he did protest about the match. And the time Kurt Angle took her out with an Angle Slam, the way he looked at her…And then there was what he said to her backstage before she called him out. The time he saved her after her tag team match with AJ. Everything else he's done for her. And now, him standing there, checking up on her…He's done so much for her. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all.
Slowly, she nodded. "Yes. Yes, I'm fine now. Um…thank you, Sting."
He also nodded. "Good. Take care of yourself, Elle. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a match up next." He adjusted his coat and started to walk away.
Ellie bit her lip. "Um, good luck, Sting," she called after him.
He smirked. "Please, it's just Kurt."
And then he was gone. Yet still she stood in the hallway, between the dripping drinking fountain and the door to the trainers' room, completely absent from the world.
"Well," she said, "that was weird."
.xXx.
"I'd ask you where you've been, but we already know," Roxxi said.
"Was that televised?" Ellie asked.
"Of course it was!" Taylor replied. "Everyone saw you beat the crap out of the British Invasion."
"What, that's all?"
"Was there more?"
"Oh you know, the usual," Ellie said. "Jim called me in to yell at me some more. Then I started feeling the aftershock of the beatdown, so I got some meds from the trainers, and then Sting ambushed me in the hall to make sure I was okay. Yeah, pretty typical."
Roxxi and Taylor stared at her for a while.
"That last part certainly does seem like it's becoming typical in your routine," Roxxi said.
"Not like I planned for it to be that way," Ellie said.
"Noted. Hey, we've got to start packing," Taylor said.
"What for?"
"Remember? The Empty Arena Match is tonight," Taylor replied. "We have to go back to the hotel before Kurt and Sting can go to town on each other."
"And I already talked to one of the broadcast guys," Roxxi said. "He said he'll stream a live feed to everyone's computers so that we can still watch the match."
"Oh all right," Ellie said. "I'll get on it."
The three of them packed quickly with little being said. On the way out of Ellie's dressing room, they encountered several other Superstars who were also heading out. They ran into Hernandez and Homicide of LAX, who were also eager to see the Empty Arena Match. They parted ways when LAX took a detour out to the side of the building where they had parked their car. Ellie's group continued out to the employee parking lot.
The drive to the hotel was a short one. They encountered other Superstars in the lobby, but they spared themselves an idle conversation and headed straight up to their room.
"I don't understand how this match would even work," Roxxi said. "There are no referees, right?"
"As far as I know," Taylor replied. "It is pretty confusing, I guess. Hey Elle, how's the internet coming along?"
"Just got it hooked up," Ellie said, tapping in to the hotel's WiFi. "If I did this correctly, then the match should start showing soon."
"Is the stream working?"
tap tap tap…
"Yes. It's starting," Ellie replied. "Hope you guys don't mind if I'm on AIM while the match is showing."
"We should just attach you two to your hips," Roxxi said, smirking.
"I should retort that, but I won't," Ellie said. She moved the video window over and brought up an IM window on the other half of the screen. Christian wasn't online at the moment, but she left the window open as the match started.
There were no introductions, but the broadcasters were still audible, though couldn't be seen. Sting and Kurt entered the ring, and without the cheering fans to drown out the noise, every word they said could be heard. They started talking down to each other before Kurt dealt the first blow, and the fight officially began.
The match didn't stay in the ring, and with no referee enforcement, it didn't go back to the ring. The two men even entered the fan area, fighting now in what would have been the crowd. Ellie was very amused and captivated by this match. She wasn't all that surprised when she found herself silently rooting for Sting.
Christian signed on several minutes later. She sent him a message.
hey you. took you long enough to sign on.
i was with some friends. why, were you waiting on me?
"Yes. She was," Taylor said. Ellie slapped her on the arm.
kinda. i'm watching a match from the hotel right now, wanted to tell you some stuff.
the hotel? aren't you at the impact zone?
nope. tonight's the empty arena match.
oh, that crazy thing i've been hearing about from everyone. how is it so far?
so wicked awesome. it's essentially a no holds barred match since there are no referees or security. kind of questioning the wiseness behind that.
still, that sounds like it would make for a really awesome fight. anyway, what did you want to tell me?
"That she's madly in love with you, what else?" Roxxi said.
"Would it be easier to stream the match to your computer instead?" Ellie snapped bitterly.
oh, you know. the usual.
so what, you got jumped again?
forshame, practicing your psychic abilities on me like that! but yes, roxxi and taylor and i got jumped by the BP. AJ made the save.
good of him.
of course it was, it's AJ. got meds from the trainers, then bumped into Sting.
oh?
he wanted to make sure I was okay.
There was a pause. Ellie raised her eyebrow at the screen. In the meantime, she went back to watching the match. She didn't get to watch very much.
that um…hmm. i see. kind of expected him to be the one to save you from the BP.
haha i didn't. i was totally surprised when he said that.
She paused briefly to watch some more of the Empty Arena Match. Sting and Kurt had fought their way up the fan risers, utilizing everything they could find into a weapon. Sting dragged Kurt over to the chain link fence barrier at the end of the risers and, with some difficulty, threw him over it.
WOAH!
what?
Sting just threw Kurt like, 20 feet to the floor from the stands!
oh wow. i wish i could see this right now. i'll try to catch the Impact replay later. how's the match now? still going?
yep. Sting's going down to go after Kurt…on the floor now. looking around…OMG Kurt just hit him with a trash can.
after taking a fall like that? what the hell!
"You two sound like such kids," Roxxi said.
"Hey, I've been waiting for this match for a long time," Ellie replied. "I'm excited."
"Yeah, I'm pretty excited too," Taylor said.
More weapon shots were delivered. Cheap shots were dealt to buy time. Kurt tried to beg for mercy as Sting loomed over him with a chair. Sting wouldn't buy it.
hang on. i think the match might be over.
how so?
Kevin Nash just arrived. asking them if they're done being stupid yet.
Kevin Nash was soon joined by the rest of the Main Event Mafia, Booker T and Scott Steiner. Kevin tried to end the fight, but Kurt lashed back by suddenly saying that he hated Sting. Kevin, evidently having enough, vehemently told them that the Mafia was about family, and that they've deterred away from their mission. He shouted at Kurt and Sting to make things right.
what's happening now?
Sting wants a handshake. he's saying "i'm man enough. are you?"
ooo deep.
now Kurt and Sting are shaking hands…nothing now…oh! Kurt just spat in Sting's face.
huh. not really surprised.
fighting again…Mafia's trying to break it up. i think it's over now. lauren's interviewing Sting, and holy damn he's pissed.
i'd expect as much.
"Are you two done yet? We really should get to sleep," Roxxi said. "We have to catch an early flight tomorrow for the stupid house show."
Ellie groaned. "Why so many…"
"Well, we only have to do two shows, and then we can just go home and relax," Taylor said.
"And I'm sure my sad little apartment misses me," Ellie muttered.
She bade Christian goodnight and turned off her computer as her roommates got ready for bed. While they were moving around, trying to find their belongings, Ellie sat at the desk with her computer in front of her. Ask her what she was doing, and she would reply with "I'm thinking."
She wasn't quite sure what she was thinking of herself. The match, Christian, or that day's happenings. What have you. Whatever her mind was thinking of at the moment suddenly took a detour to Sting Street and then broke down.
"Elle?"
She turned around.
"You okay? You're just…sitting there," Taylor said.
"Yeah," she replied. "Just um…thinking."
Taylor and Roxxi shrugged it off as Ellie pulled out the fold-out couch. Several minutes later, the three of them were in bed, the lights were off, and the only sound in the room was coming from the vents in the ceiling. Many more minutes later and Roxxi and Taylor were asleep. Ellie was still lying in bed, staring at the ceiling. She eventually rolled over, and as she felt herself drifting off to sleep, she thought to herself…
I really should go see Sting tomorrow.
End Chapter 13
Ooo what's the growing relationship between Ellie and Sting? And am I going somewhere with this? Stay tuned to find out!
for those of you who, for some reason, don't yet know, Dixie is the president of TNA. Full name is Dixie Carter. In case anyone was wondering when AJ threatened to report the BP to "Dixie."
i think I originally intended for this to be the last chapter, but I decided that putting the 6-Knockout tag team match at the end would be too soon. I wanted to build up to it, I think. But there's no more delaying it now, so…next chapter. Last chapter.
Don't worry though, there'll be an epilogue. In the meantime, please review!