Defy Them

A Reason

*Imigie's POV*

I heard an old familiar theme song and the crowd cheered excitedly. I stopped in my place to see who it was.

It was BadNews Barrett.

I didn't hold back the smile on my lips before turning back to Punk who was furious. I just laughed at him before Barrett's music stopped.

The crowd still cheered when I turned back to see that Barrett had a microphone in his hand. I wondered why he had come here but I made sure to be patient about hearing the reason.

*BadNews Barrett's POV*

"Alright, you want to know why I'm here, Punk?" I asked Punk, walking towards him, noticing from the corner of my eye that Imigie was close behind, holding her title.

Punk nodded although he looked like he was still furious. Furious over my actions from Sunday at Payback.

"Of course I do, Barrett!" Punk yelled. "You betrayed your own team for that clown Cody Rhodes and that pathetic little girl, Imigie! You got crush on that girl? Is that why you allowed her to win the match?"

"Why don't you just shut your mouth for a second, Punk!" I snapped back, inching closer to Punk.

I stopped when I was just inches away from him. I wanted to get to the core reason why I came out here and the real reason why I had betrayed Nexus.

"I will mention why I came out here!" I continued. "I came out here because I'm going to say why I had betrayed Nexus!"

I took a deep breath then prepared myself to say why the betrayal had happened.

"Here is the reason why I betrayed Nexus," I said. "I betrayed Nexus because I realized that I don't need a group to help me get to the top. Imigie taught me that I don't need Nexus and she taught me that I'm more capable of fighting alone. It's no secret crush or anything like that. It's simply because her path to reach to the top is something I admire, something I now want to be."

I took another step closer to him, now just inches from his face. My intention was to knock some sense into him. For him to not underestimate the same opponent who I had underestimated in the past. There was a reason why I broke away from Nexus, why the opponent currently held the Unisex Championship, and why she was breaking through strong while I wasn't.

Underestimating a woman was a huge mistake. She wasn't just a woman. She was the woman who managed to pave her way through the women's division. She was tiny but unlike most small women who were pulling their ways through manipulation, she was pulling her way through strength, power, and technicality.

I wondered if the other members had already warned Punk to not underestimate Imigie.

And here she was, standing just a few inches away from us but still in between us. Her dead expression remained unchanged, at least from what I could from the corner of my eye.

"Shut up, will you?" Punk said, shaking his head before pointing to the girl. "She's just a girl. I'll handle her before my boys do the rest of the damage. Surely, it shouldn't be hard to break her. My boys really did crack some funny jokes about not underestimating her. You may have not been able to beat her but beating her should be a piece of cake."

I noticed the girl's expression went rigid with pain that was unexplainable. It was like whatever Punk said had bothered her to unknown degrees.

The thought made me slightly sick to my stomach but I made sure to keep my head high. Punk did what I had once done, underestimating the girl.

"I wouldn't dare underestimate the girl," I warned. "Keep thinking that she's just fragile but when you face her, she'll be one of your biggest challenges yet out of all your opponents, men and women."

Punk just gave an amused chuckle, expecting me to give him more what he considered jokes. He had no idea what Imigie was capable of.

"Punk, there is a reason why she is the champion and not me," I said.

The girl immediately pushed through in between us, holding a microphone with her other hand. She looked so short standing in between us, smaller than I imagined. She turned to Punk, the pain in her face seemed to change to something, like she was trying to hold back a giggle. She held the Unisex title so closely to her, as if she were trying to protect it.

"Sorry to hear that you've been caught in your delusions," she said almost quietly, although the entire audience could still hear her. "It consumes you and buries you. But perhaps, I might try to fix that."

She threw her title and microphone down as I backed away to give her some space. I knew that she was about to end this on a dirty note.

Just like that, she pushed Punk back rather hard. The crowd cheered loudly and Punk looked surprised at her actions but she wasn't finished yet.

She speared him down, knocking him out cold. She quickly grabbed the microphone and the title that she dropped earlier then said one more thing.

"That was just a preview, Punk."

Her music began to play as I watched with surprise. She just gave him a preview of exactly what she had planned for him at the next Pay-Per View.

I was pleased with my reasoning and the fact that Imigie had ended Punk in an instant. But perhaps, maybe she didn't need to say very much to cause damage and near carnage.

The two of us walked out of the arena as the cheering crowd had no signs of stopping. They had their reasons though. It was just the beginning.