Slaughterhouse

Valkyria

Backstage at NXT, Rhea is in the dressing room getting ready. She pulls her jeans on and loops her belt around her waist. She then pulls her self-made "Wanted Dirty Dom" tank top on and ties it behind herself before grabbing her purple bandana and tying it around her neck.

As she sits on the couch to pull her purple and black Nikes on she thinks about the events of the night. Dom fighting Dragon Lee with his father in the opposing corner, how it will ultimately end with her friend winning yet again. She stands and looks at herself in the full-length mirror, making sure her makeup, hair and everything else looks just right.

There's a knock at the door. Rhea grabs her title and walks over to it, opening it. Dom is standing there with a smile.

"We go out in two. Ready?" He asks.

"Ready." Rhea says.

They walk out to gorilla and wait for Dom's entrance music to play. His father and Dragon Lee are already out there, waiting, watching. When Dom's music finally plays, the two walk out towards the ring, putting on their cocky, confident faces. Rhea pats his chest and sings along to his music.

They make their way into the ring and Rhea smiles as Dom shows off. She takes his shirt and puts it in her pants, letting it hang from them as she and Rey leave the ring, standing on opposite sides as the match commences.

Rhea watches from the sidelines, hollering at Dom, Dragon Lee and even the ref at times. Later on in the match, Rhea grabs his title and slides it to him. The ref is yelling but he's walking away, heading to leave the ring.

Rey hops up on the apron and snatches the title from Dom. As the ref is distracted with the commotion, Rhea seizes the opportunity and jumps up on the apron as well, smacking Dragon Lee's head with her title belt, knocking sense out of him before jumping back.

Dom runs over, pinning Lee and waiting as the ref runs over, slapping the floor of the ring.

1..2..3!

The crowd screams, the commentators can't believe it and Rey is furious as he stands, smiling at himself for retaining his title. Rhea jumps into the ring and celebrates with him, raising his arm.

Rey enters the ring, yelling at Dom and Rhea steps between them, yelling in his face and shoving him back with her finger.

Suddenly, she's grabbed from behind and spun around. Shock doesn't have time to settle in as she sees her mentee, Lyra Valkyria, swinging at her. She goes to swing, but is quickly blocked and overpowered by quick blows. She's been completely caught off-guard as she's being punched.

As Lyra spins, gearing up for a kick to the face, Rhea throws her arms up in defense but is surprised when nothing connects and the crowd roars louder. She drops her arms and looks as someone dressed in a black hoodie, face covered, is standing over a fallen Lyra. They've got a grip on her hair, punching at her face as she screams, trying to block them.

Rhea can't help but smirk a little, though her face is still covered in complete shock. None of this was expected. Not the attack by Lyra, not the attack on Lyra. Dom wraps an arm around her waist and pulls her back towards the other side of the ring. She follows him out but walks backwards, watching as the person stands from Lyra and delivers a stomp to her side, causing her knees to jerk to her chest as she crumbles in on herself.

The person turns to face Rhea and points at her. She stops walking, that small smirk still on her face as curiosity sets in. She watches as they raise their arms, fists in the air, in the style of The Judgment Day. The crowd hollers and the commentators are asking who it could possibly be.

Rhea raises her arms in solidarity. Silently thanking the person for their assist. The person slowly drops their arms before grabbing their hood, dropping their head to pull it off. Long, bright purple hair spills out and Rhea doesn't need to see her face to recognize her.

She's a newcomer to the main roster. Fresh out of NXT herself. Her name Carmen Steele, also known as the Slaughterhouse. Rhea has silently had her eye on her since her debut. It's not the purple hair, it's the fact that she's a badass in the ring. Even more so than Lyra Valkyria.

The question is, was she here as a part of creative's random idea to have Lyra betray her? Or was Carmen here on her own accord? Regardless, Rhea can't hide the smirk on her face as she walks backwards towards gorilla with Dom again.

Carmen is smiling an evil-looking grin back at her as Lyra lies there in the ring, seemingly unable to move as medics arrive to check on her. Rhea winks before turning and going to gorilla.

"Looks like Mami approves of Carmen Steele's actions!"

Is the last thing Rhea hears as they make their way to the backstage area. Dom looks at her and raises an eyebrow.

"You okay? Did you know any of that was gonna happen?" He asks.

Rhea shakes her head.

"I had no idea. But yeah I'm good." She says.

Her eyes immediately turn to the entrance of gorilla as the medics help a battered and bruised Lyra backstage. She looks over at Rhea, who glares back at her, before diverting her eyes.

Rhea waits and watches as Carmen walks back as well, a proud look on her face as her old NXT friends crowd around her in celebration of everything she's done and accomplished. She watches as they gossip about her coming to Rhea's rescue.

Carmen's eyes meet hers and Rhea smirks again, winking at her before walking away to her dressing room.