Then. Now. Forever.

5. Taking Over

Kayla Reigns

I lean my head against the headrest as we sit in the parking ramp. Last night after the match we put up quite a fight. They attacked Roman right away, and he got a beating before we got there. However, we outnumbered them by one. It didn't make a huge difference, until I took Stephanie out of action.

I take out my headphones and toss my phone into my bag. NXT is about to get ready for the main event. Their 'Wrestlemania' was the day before ours, so tonight is a big night. Sonya issued a challenge, "anyone who puts their hair up and squares up can challenge me"
Well, maybe she should have chose better words.

"What are you thinking Kay?" Randy asks squeezing my shoulder from the back seat.

I put my hand on his, "I'm thinking I enjoy doing this stuff." The Shield is finally fighting injustice again.

"Everyone ready to go?" Roman asks from the drivers seat.

I pull my hood over my ponytail and put my mask on. I reach into my bag and pull out the extra mask I had made and hand it to Randy. I look at Roman and Dean to see them with their hoods up and masks on. Tonight the only face to be seen on camera will be mine; once I take care of Sonya.

We get our of the car and keep our heads down. Several cameras are instantly on us, our arrival is being broadcasted inside, and directly to the McMahons.

The boys form a little protection bubble around me, Roman walks in front, Dean and Randy walk on either side of me. They're here to stop security from stopping me do what I want to do.

We go through backstage quickly. The lights in the arena go out, and radio static booms over the speakers. Our theme doesn't play but we go out to the ring in the dark.

Sonya was about to start a match against Ember Moon. I climb in the rink and shove Moon out, Dean catches her and ushers her out through the crowd. I grab Sonya by her pony tail and force her to her knees in the center of the ring. A mic rolls to a stop at my feet.

The lights come back up. The boys are walking around ringside, prepared to keep security at bay.

"Who the hell are you?!" Sonya yells.

I lean down till my lips are right next to her ear, "I'm your worst nightmare." I hiss.

I stand back up straight and shove her forward. Before she even hits the mat I flip her over and land on top over her. I don't have very much class as I beat her. I stop once she spits blood out onto the mat. I roll her onto her stomach and sit on her back, the mic now in my hand.

I rip my mask off, my hood already fell down. "Hello NXT!!" The crowd erupts.
I chuckle as I look over the crowd, they were my biggest supporters, I worked every night for them.

I stand back up and deliver a swift kick to Sonya's ribs before turning back to the crowd. "You're probably wondering why I'm here!" I motion for the camera man to come in the ring. "Well I don't care if you know or not, because the people who really need to understand are watching this right now."

I grab the camera and hold it steady. "Hellooo!! As you can see I just disarmed your secret weapon, obviously she wasn't too secret. Maybe you should find out why!" I address the McMahons.

Security is putting up quite a fight. I only have a minute or two more before we have to get out of here.

"You thought you could put smart us. That you could tear us apart. But I'm telling you this now, you're going to lose. We are the Shield!" I shove the camera back, the camera man stumbles back but catches himself on the ropes.

"Let's go!" I call to the boys. I slip out under the bottom rope and hop the barrier, pulling my hood back up. Randy is next over the barrier, I reach back and grab his hand as we run through the crowd. We get to the suv and I jump in the drivers seat, Ro gets shotgun and the other two hop in back again. I pull out of there tires squealing and with a big smile on my face.

Step one is done.