I Deserve It


The match was progressing smoothly.  Amy stood outside the ring, in Adam and Rey's corner, bent over and leaning her forearms against the apron as she shouted words of encouragement.

At the moment, the small Mysterio was in the squared circle with Kurt Angle, and the Olympic Hero was merciless as he delivered a belly-to-back suplex.  The Gold Medalist quickly tagged to his partner, Chris Benoit, who made a move to grab the masked wrestler, but Rey rolled out of the way.  Now very close to his corner, he reached a hand out to try to make a tag to Edge.  The redhead pounded on the apron, shouting to the man - he was so close, his fingers mere inches from the blond man's.

Just before a tag could be made, Benoit grabbed Mysterio by one ankle, but the diminutive wrestler covered by executing a scissors kick to the Crippler's head.  Then, a quick tag was made to Edge, and the tall blond Canadian ran into the ring to knock Benoit, who'd made it back to his feet, down with a clothesline.

Angle charged in to help his reluctant tag team partner, and the diva jumped up and down with joy as her man took the Olympian down with the Edgeomatic.

Before long, the match had gotten chaotic.  As Rey had been earlier, Edge was in trouble in the middle of the ring and in desperate need to make a tag.  Benoit and Angle had worn him down with technical moves and submission holds, slowing down the naturally quick competitor.

However, persistence and heart won out, as when the Canadian was finally able to tag Rey in, the high-flyer ended up pinning Benoit after a hurricanrana from the top turnbuckle.  That took care of the first fall.

The second fall went by so incredibly fast.  At first, Rey Mysterio was caught and double-teamed for a bit until the referee stepped in and threatened Angle.  Eventually, it was Adam who tapped out to the Crippler Crossface.

The final fall went by in a blur, and Mysterio and Edge ended up the victors and brand new Tag Team champions when the tall blond delivered the Edgecution on the Canadian Crippler.

Amy was ecstatic as she slid into the ring under the bottom rope to join her boyfriend and friend, and after the new title-holders hugged, Adam grabbed her in a tight embrace.

Tazz and Michael Cole went nuts as they commented on the impressive win.  But when the tall blond man planted a passionate kiss on the redhead's lips, they really had a lot to say.

"Looks like Edge is reponding to that kiss Lita gave him last week, Cole!  Lucky guy - Lita is such a tomato!"

Amy couldn't help the muffled laugh from escaping her as she kissed Adam back, her arms going up and around his neck.  She was so happy for him, and just plain happy.

The celebration was suddenly cut short as, a moment later, Matt Hardy Version I's music started blasting throughout the arena.  Startled and surprised, the redhead abruptly pulled away from her boyfriend to stare in the direction of the entry ramp.

A moment later, the dark-haired man appeared, Torrie Wilson at his left side.  However, to all their surprise, Shannon Moore, wearing a Mattitude T-shirt, was at his right.  Amy's mouth nearly dropped open at the sight of the young blond man with the other two.  Shannon had always been a good mutual friend of both of theirs, and friends with Jeff and Shane Helms as well.  It was disheartening, to say the least, to see him standing beside her creep of an ex-boyfriend.

Adam hefted his Tag Team title belt onto one shoulder and put the other arm around Amy protectively drawing her against him as Matt raised the microphone he was holding.

"Oh...Well, looky, looky...now isn't this sweet!"

The fans proceeded to boo him.

"Shut up!" he yelled, annoyance clearly visible on his face.  Then, shifting his gaze back to the three people in the ring, he continued.  "As I was saying...It's sweet to see that you, Edge..."  He pointed at the tall blond, who raised an eyebrow as he eyed his nemesis.  "...have officially taken Matt Hardy's leftovers!"

The redheaded diva narrowed her eyes as she glared at the man.  He thoroughly disgusted her.

"Well, that's all right...that's all right, Edge...at least someone picked up the trash!"

Amy felt Adam stiffen against her side, and she knew he was burning up as much as she was.

The couple glanced to their left suddenly as they became aware that Rey Mysterio had retrieved the ring announcer's mic.  The small man handed it to the Canadian, who gratefully accepted it.

"You're not really one to talk about trash, Matt..." Adam began, his face suddenly looking as though he was trying not to laugh.  "Not when you're wearing those cheesy purple pants that should be in the trash..."

Matt exchanged angry glances with Shannon, then Torrie in turn, before looking murderously back toward the ring.

"Oh, and on the subject of trash - you should really be an expert on that topic with Barbie over there at your side...She's been played with by so many people that she's trash, too!"

Amy's smile widened at that one, and she nudged the Canadian in the side a bit as she fought to keep from laughing.  The expression on Torrie Wilson's face made her attempt to do so very difficult.

Mattitude wasn't doing so well himself.  He looked angry enough to start ripping his own hair out - by the root.

"You think you're real funny, huh?!" Matt yelled.  "Well, I didn't come out here to play games..."  The dark-haired man turned to gesture toward the young man beside him.  "As you can see, I've got my very first MF'er - young Shannon here - aside from Torrie, of course...and we came out here to challenge you two guys for a shot at those Tag Team titles...What do you say?"

The tall blond exchanged glances with the redhead and the small luchador, then nodded.  Facing the angry Hardy brother, he nodded and raised the microphone back up to his lips.

"You want it?  You got it..."







Part 31

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