Cuts Heal In Time (CM Punk)

Chapter 35: Limitless

Over the Limit 2012

Bella sat cross legged in the center of the ring, looking disinterested as she awaited her opponent. 

She wore some very short khaki shorts and a tight white tank top over a red sports bra.

She had her long rose gold hair down and parted to the side.

Finally, John Laurinitis' music played and he walked out to the top of the ramp.

"This night isn't about me, so I'll keep this brief," he said with a smirk on his face, "Your opponent is..."

Beth Phoenix's music played as she walked out and stood next to him.

Bella still sat in the middle of the ring, looking unbothered.

"And..." 

Natalya's music played.

"Two on one?" Bella yelled without a microphone, "That's what you think it takes to beat me?" She began to chuckle lightly as Beth and Natalya walked down the ramp. Bella stood up from her seated position and began jogging in place.

"You can't beat me!" She yelled at the two women before they got in the ring, and when they did get in the ring, they approached her, but she held her hand out, "Back them up ref!"

She backed up into the corner as the bell rang.

"Come on!" she yelled, causing Beth to run at her, but she rolled out the ring.

"You gotta be quicker than that," she mocked.

Beth slid out the ring after her and began to chase her around the ring. Natalya slid out the ring to clothesline Bella, but she ducked, causing her to clothesline Beth.

Natalya looked at her friend worried and Bella took the opportunity to hit Natalya with a savate kick. 

She picked Beth up by her hair and threw her into the barricade. Then she threw her into the steel steps, then back into the ring. 

She quickly pinned her, but Beth kicked out at two.

Bella got on top of Beth and began hurling her with forearms, until she felt hands grabbing her and tossing her aside. 

She looked at Natalya with a smile on her face, shaking her head, "Go ahead. Go after your best friend," and rolling out of the ring. She had a quick plan in mind. Since the first person to get a pin or get someone to submit won the divas' championship, she didn't need to be involved in the fight until the bitter end.

Bella walked to the announcers' table and sat on top of it, "Go for it!" she yelled.

Natalya realized what Bella was doing. She was of no use to her outside the ring, so she had to fight Beth, at least for the time being. 

"Sorry Beth," she yelled before going after her best friend.

The two strong women fought for dominance while Bella looked on, taunting them.

Then she stood up on the apron and yelled, "You both suck!"

They both looked pissed.

Beth turned around to face Natalya and they had a staredown. Bella quickly got up and pulled Beth outside the ring by her foot. Beth landed on her knees before Bella hit her with a roundhouse kick, knocking her flat on her back. 

Natalya watched helplessly from the ring as Bella lugged Beth over to the announcers' table. She began taking it apart before laying Beth on top of it.

Natalya slid out the ring and took Bella down with a clothesline. Bella played possum, and Natalya turned around to help Beth.

When her back was to Bella, her eyes lit up as she got an idea.

As quickly as she possibly could, she got back in the ring. Then she hit a springboard double knee drop taking both Natalya and Beth out through the table. The crowd went crazy, when the table broke.

"Come on!" she yelled, "I'm the Best in the World!"

Bella got up on the Spanish announcers' table, ripped her tank top off, and pointed to her new tattoo, "This belt is mine!" she screamed, causing the crowd to go even crazier.

She picked up Natalya, who was on top of Beth and threw her back in the ring. She began pummeling the larger woman with punches and elbows. 

Then she locked her in a headlock. 

"Come on Nattie," she mocked, turning her towards Beth's body that was sprawled out across the parts of the announcers' table that were now on the ground.

She kept her grip tight before Natalya began to power out of it.

Natalya got to her feet and backed Bella into the corner, where Bella was forced to let go. 

Then she hit Bella with a suplex before covering her. Bella kicked out right before two. Natalya picked her up by her hair and yelled, "You think you're better than me?"

But Bella hit Nattie with a pelé kick causing her to stumble back. Then she hit Natalya with an enziguri. 

Instead of covering her, she locked in her submission out of nowhere.

"She's got it!" Michael Cole yelled as Natalya began to tap, but the ref wasn't looking at them. He was focused on Alicia Fox who was running down the ramp.

"She's tapping ref!" she yelled, but he was too busy dealing with Alicia Fox outside the ring. Before she could let go of Natalya, she felt a smack on her head. Steel chair.

She rolled out of the ring, holding onto her head. She was in a lot of pain.

After about a minute or so of making sure she wasn't concussed, she looked back in the ring to see Beth hit the glam slam.

When she was about to cover Natalya, Bella got on the apron to prepare for a springboard leg drop on Beth while she covered Nattie.

Bella connected just as the ref got to two. She rolled Beth out of the ring, then climbed to the top rope. She hit a perfect 630º senton, and covered Nattie.

"That move is a thing of beauty!"

1!

2!

3!

The crowd counted with the ref. Bella had a huge smile on her face as the bell rang.

The ref held her hand up, as her music began to play, and before he could give her the title, she snatched it out of his hands.

"I'm the best!" she yelled as she walked backwards up the ramp, "You'll never beat me!"

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Bella sat in Punk's locker room as she watched him battle Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship. The match started with plenty of sharp kicks and impressive technical moves.

Punk targetted Bryan's left leg, until Bryan rammed Punk into the barrier, back first. Bella cringed. She knew Punks ribs had been weakened after Kane attacked him on Friday.

The match was filled with reversals and blocks. The two men clearly knew each others' move sets very well.

Daniel had Punk locked in the yes lock, but Punk countered with a cradle, getting the pin.

"Yes!" Bella celebrated with herself, deciding that she should probably meet Punk by the gorilla. With her championship in hand, she walked to the gorilla and waited for him. Kofi was already there, and she gave him a hug. 

"You were incredible Bella!"

"Thanks Kofi," she smiled. 

When Punk walked through the curtain, she couldn't help but smile. She ran up to him and embraced him. She cupped his face and pressed his forehead against hers, "I'm so proud of you."

"Are you kidding me?" he asked her in disbelief, "I'm so proud of you!"

He pulled her in for a hug, so happy that she was the first person he saw after his successful title defense. She was the only person he wanted to celebrate with.