Eternity (AEW)

Chapter 6

"First you leave me out of the tournament, and now you want me to go out on TV and play commentator?" Nova huffed, as she tried her best not to upset her boss; Tony Khan. "I know you're not happy about being excluded , but I promise we have plans for you to do big things here in AEW," he stood in front of her to block her path, "Plus, it's only Youtube." Nova let out a long sigh, "For how long?"

"Just until you become a fan favorite, you know like..." Tony stopped mid-sentence, trying to rethink his words. "Like Sawyer and Veronica?" Nova asked, already annoyed. "The fans are going to love you, I promise," Tony grabbed the cream-colored folder off his desk and handed it to Nova, "This is the match card for tonight. Excalibur should have more info on all of the competitors, but you should know most of them."

"You could just say Sawyer, Veronica, and Ricky. I promise you won't hurt my feelings," Nova joked, heading for the door, "Thank you Tony, but I hope this isn't a waste of my time." She shut the door, opening up the folder, and looking over the card for tonight.

She smiled to herself, looking at her friend's names for the first round of the tournament. A long shadow caught her eye, causing her to look up and seeing Team Taz walking right her way. She gave a small wave to Ricky, making him turn all his attention that was on Taz onto her.

Ricky jogged over, "What weird stuff do they got you doing this week?"

Nova smirked, looking at Taz who was already annoyed they had to stop, "Well, I'm gonna be on commentary tonight!" She announced, plastering on a smile she definitely didn't have in Tony's office. "Does that mean you'll be out there for my match?" his brows perked up in anticipation, "I'll have the best seat in the house." she laughed. Brian smiled as Ricky planted a kiss onto Nova's cheek. Taz cleared his throat loudly, "Well if you guys are done making goo-goo eyes at each other, we gotta get going." he pointed at his watch symbolizing the time.

"What are you talking about? The show doesn't start for another two hours?" Cage spoke up from behind them. Nova and Ricky let out a small chuckle at Taz's new expression. He stood with his mouth agape, darting his eyes at the FTW champion, "Thanks, Brian for correcting me," he said through gritted teeth. "Is there anyone else that would like to make me look like a complete idiot?" He said through a fake smile. Nova raised her hand, "If it makes you feel better...I'm not on the card tonight," Taz gave her an obvious expression. "Why would you be-"

"Instead I'll be sitting next to you on commentary!" She gave him a bright smile, as his smirk disappeared. "The-the whole show...?"

"All twenty-four matches!"

"Oh HELL NO!! AYO TONY!?" Taz angrily marched down the hallway leaving Cage, Starks, and Nova in a laughing fit. "I can't believe you," Ricky said through laughs. "I don't think I've ever seen him that mad." Cage jokes, "Or run that fast." He added, causing them to continue their laughter. "Poor Tony." Ricky pointed, as an annoyed Tony Khan tried to reason with a loud mouth Taz. "I'm going to make sure he doesn't get fired, I'll catch up with you guys later." He said while jogging down the hall. Ricky finally caught his breath and held his hand out. "Come on, I want to spend time together before you and Taz kill each other." he smiled, making her giggle. "I'm looking forward to it, maybe I can get him to... hate me less?" Ricky chuckled before placing a kiss on her forehead, "You're lucky Excalibur will be out there."

"And making her way to commentary... The SuperNova Jay!" Justin Roberts introduced, as the small audience of professional wrestlers cheered. "It's a pleasure to be able to sit next to you," Excalibur started, "You haven't even said anything and you're already better than Taz!"

"Shut up Excalibur," Taz grunted.

Nova smoothed out her dress before taking her seat. "I'm so happy to be here." She gave a smile as the camera was on her. "It's been such an amazing few weeks for you already here in AEW, first you officially signed with All Elite Wrestling, and now two of your closest friends; Veronica and Sawyer are competing tonight for a chance to challenge Hikaru Shida for the AEW women's championship." Nova nodded, as Excalibur opened his mouth to ask a question, but was cut off, "I have a question for you Nova," Taz joined in, "How does it feel that your own BEST FRIENDS are worthy enough of participating in this tournament, and you are...out sitting on the sidelines?" Taz smirked, as he saw Nova bite the inside of her cheek. Excalibur looked between them trying his best to move forward. Luckily Sawyer's theme music began to play causing the tension to be lifted.