La Arquitecta

Chapter 48

With a hiss from the airbrakes, Elena brought the tour bus to a stop, ready to turn into the entrance to the parking garage at the arena where Summerslam would be taking place in a matter of hours. It had been a long drive through heavy traffic. Even so, Zelina hadn't had any sleep on the journey. In fact, she had barely slept for the last two days. She was simply too excited about the fact that she was competing in the eight woman scramble match for the new WWE Women's Championship.

There had been rumours that their match might even main event the show. When Seth had told her that, she almost been reduced to tears. Now, looking out of the window next to the couch that she and Seth had made their own, she felt herself starting to get emotional again. "Bay, look," she said, pointing.

Bayley got off her couch and came over to look, while Elena continued to wait for a gap in the traffic so that she could get into the garage.

"Wow," Bayley breathed.

"Awesome," Seth added, also looking out of the window.

They were looking at the side of the arena, where an enormous banner had been fixed. It was the same graphic that WWE had been using for the scramble match over the past few weeks, featuring the words 'WWE Women's Championship' below the pictures of the eight women competing. Above the pictures of the women were the words 'A Queen is Born,' the official slogan for the match.

Zelina's eyes were focused on the images of the eight competitors. It made her spine tingle to think that in a matter of hours, she would be in the ring with those seven amazing ladies.

Mickie James's image was on the far left. Next to her was Mandy Rose, followed by Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax. That made up Raw's half of the entrants. Next to Nia was Ronda Rousey. Then came Carmella, Bayley and finally Zelina.

"It looks stunning," Zelina breathed, not caring in the least that she didn't have pride of place in the centre of the graphic.

"Come on, for fuck's sake!" Elena raged at the cars that were streaming past in the opposite direction, not allowing her to turn.

"Daga, why is it you know swear words better than the rest of the English language?" Joe asked cheekily.

"Fuck off, Joe," Elena snapped, making everyone burst out laughing, especially Joe and Bobby. "Finally," she added when a gap in the traffic presented itself.

"And here we are," Zelina said as the bus swung around into the entrance to the parking garage. She felt such a mixture of emotions in the pit of her stomach. Nervousness was one of those emotions. Even though she'd had two big matches with Ronda, this was a huge step up again. WWE had made such a massive deal of the scramble match, which brought pressure to the competitors.

A couple of minutes later, Elena had safely parked the bus in a back corner of the garage. "There we are, guys," she said as the door hissed open. She stood up to go open the luggage compartment for them, stretching her arms after the long drive.

"Thanks, Daga," Bobby said. "Somehow got here accident free again."

"You're just trying to make me insult you in Italian," she said on her way down the steps, denying him the satisfaction.

"I'm so nervous," Zelina said to Seth. "But I'm also so hyped. I've never had a feeling like this. I can't really describe it. I'm very emotional."

"I know, muñeca. But you're going to kill it out there tonight. I don't doubt that for a second."

Bayley politely gestured for them to leave the bus ahead of her. She followed them, with Bobby and Joe bringing up the rear.

Shortly, everyone had their cases, and were ready to enter the arena.