(Song: "Malevolence" by New Years Day. I hope you guys enjoy the new update! and I'm sending out my best wishes to Aleister Black, who is currently injured atm and might miss TakeOver. I'm heartbroken but I wish him a quick and speedy recovery! --TM)
"Are you all right?" I hear a voice, it makes me jump and I see a blonde girl standing across from where I'd been sitting and I straighten up for a moment so I can get a better look. It's Candice LeRae. I've seen her back in the Indies, she's Johnny Gargano's wife.
"Uh, not really." I say, rather quietly. Candice looks at me in amusement and shakes her head.
"I can tell, clearly," Candice tells me. "You've been staring at Aleister and looked like you've seen a ghost."
"Aleister?" I ask as I raise my eyebrow and she nods her head. "That's what he's going by now? I know him as Tommy."
"Yes, Aleister Black is his name," She explains. "He's the NXT champion. Oh, I'm sorry- I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Candice LeRae."
"Lyra Crowe," I say as I shake her hand. "Nice to meet you."
"So, what is your history with Aleister? If you don't mind sharing?" Candice asks. I cross my arms.
"Well, Aleister actually saved me from getting mugged a few years ago and it lead into a one night stand," I explain. "Which is why I was so shocked to see him here- when he left the next morning, I didn't tell him that I felt something for him."
"Lyra, that's not something you should hide from him about," Candice reassures me as she wraps an arm around me. "Eventually you both will see each other again and you won't have a choice but to talk to him about it."
She's right but I'm not ready to face him just yet- I need time before I speak with him. Which I'm sure she can understand so she invites me to catering and I sit with her and Johnny Gargano and tell them a little bit more about myself. I look past Candice's shoulder and I see Aleister walk in. I gasp and Candice looks over to see him too.
She takes my hand and squeezes it softly to comfort me. And I watch as Aleister's eyes focus on me- he seems rather cold, but it takes him a second to realize that it's me because of my crimson hair. His eyes widen and his eyebrows raise in shock.
"I-I'm gonna go. I'll see you both later." I say as I get up and I walk out of catering. I can hear Aleister's voice calling my name but I brush it off, ignoring him. I feel my phone vibrate against my pocket and I pick it up. Noticing the number, I immediately ignore the call and I sink into a corner taking a breath or two.
Because the person who has been trying to reach me is my ex, Devon Crane. There's a lot of bad stuff that happened between myself and Devon- I found out a lot of things about him that I didn't need to know and it escalated into violence. I barely got away with my life. I bury my head in my hands as tears fill my eyes.
A hand on my shoulder jolts me as I jump and I look up to see Aleister has knelt in front of me. I didn't know what to say to him so I stay quiet.
"You're the last person I wanted to see today," I say, quietly.
"I wanted to make sure that my mind wasn't playing tricks on me," He spoke and immediately his Dutch accent drew me to what I felt that night- my heart starts to race in my chest. "That it's really you, Lyra."
"Yes," I say. "It's me. The girl you saved, fucked and left back in England almost three years ago."
Aleister narrows his eyes at my tone of voice. "Lyra, I told you I was sorry- that I wanted to stay and get to know you better. I couldn't because of my travel schedule. I didn't mean to hurt you that night."
"Well, you did," I grit my teeth as I stand. "Just leave me alone, Tommy. Please." I walk away at that moment- trying not to cry.
I wanted this day to be over and forgotten with already and I knew that the only way I was going to be able to be working here is if I put this stuff that I have with Tommy aside and avoid him until I could figure out a better way to handle it.
Because I can't bear to talk to him. Not right now at least. But I have something else on my mind- my first match. I'm going against Kairi Sane, The Pirate Princess for tonight's NXT taping. I blink away the tears from my eyes as I head into the locker room to change into my gear- which is a vinyl halter crop top, black spandex leggings with scythes on the left and right side.
A pair of combat boots on my feet, my faux leather studded vest with a scythe painted on the back- lastly, my favorite black faux leather fingerless gloves and an "Unholy" hat flipped backwards from Blackcraft. I head up to Gorilla and I stretch and warm up for my match.
I watch on the monitor as Kairi makes her entrance and I take another breath- getting myself into the zone of who "The Reaper" Athena Steele is. Athena wants a good fight and that's what I'm getting her.
"Introducing her opponent- from Blackpool, England. She is "The Reaper" Athena Steele!"
So soft, so gentle this rose is kind and still
With change comes hatred now time to kill
I've heard it all, I know I cared too much
But It's cruel I'd let you die
I'll take the fall, I'll be the heartless one
My veins are made of ice
Well, I'm not afraid to take the world on myself
But if I can't have it all then no one will
Nothing's gonna save me
The evil that I see has taken over me
No one's gonna save me
The damage has been done I'm righting all the wrongs
I'm relentless like you made me
I walk out with little to zero expression on my face with the arena dark and smoke coming through and the crowd cheers as I head down to the ring with a menacing glare in my eye. I step inside the ring and I walk around her, eyeing her down before I sit on the corner. The lights come back on and I hear the bell.
And I immediately launch into attack mode- not letting her have a single chance of getting an attack on me, but she does- I do get tossed into the steel steps and into the corner a few times, but I countered as she was running at me with a roundhouse kick that stunned her where she stood, which gave me the cue to use Reaper's Scythe, which is a sit-out powerbomb and I covered her. One. Two. Three.
"Here is your winner, Athena Steele!" I hear the roar of the crowd as I stand and I take a bow before I head out of the ring.
As I walked backstage to get changed and ready for the next show- I noticed that Tommy was there, watching my match. I narrow my eyes at him but he smirks and applauds me. I roll my eyes and I walk away from Gorilla.
"Hey, Tommy, Lyra, come here a minute." I hear Triple H's voice and I gulp. Oh, boy. I follow Tommy over to where Triple H is standing- watching the monitors.
"Yeah?" Tommy says as I stand next to him and I cross my arms.
"Since it seems that you were impressed with Lyra's debut," Triple says. "I'm putting you two in the next few storylines together."
In that moment- I clutched onto the table and tried not to pass out. Me and Tommy? IN A STORYLINE? I felt like I was going to have a sheer panic attack.
Well, looks like Candice is right after all- I won't have a choice but to talk to Tommy about this and not hide it anymore. Which is a relief but it's also scary how he'll react.
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