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IRL!

(Monday, August 8th, 2022)

Monday Night Raw...

After Dark Match!

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As Raw starts winding down I hurriedly change into my gear, see this is why I never go anywhere without it, and begin stretching while I call Uncle Jack.

"Where's the fire?" He answers with a chuckle.

Mhmm, very funny.

I scoff, rolling my eyes. "Ha, ha." I put the phone on speaker as I bend down til my nose touches my knee. "Hello to you too."

"You know I kid, you having fun at Raw? It's still going, no?" He asks, no doubt having it on in the background even if it's not my show.

"About thatttt." I drawl, grinning ear to ear just as Rhea and Damian come barreling back in after saying goodbye to Finn. He wished me luck before he left and I promised him I'd win or I'd have to wear a Finn shirt the next time I came to Raw... which only made him want me to lose, rude.

"Hey Jack." Damian greets.

"Hey, Uncle Jack!" Rhea chimes. I swear they both love Uncle Jack more than me most times. As soon as I hit it off with Rhea and Damian and they started coming over Uncle Jack took them in immediately.

"Hey guys! What'd you do?" Uncle Jack muses. Now why does he assume I did something...

"Excuseee you!" I snap playfully into the phone, switching legs. "What makes you think I did something?"

"She's trouble!" Damian hollers with a huge smirk and I flip him off.

"Damn right." Rhea smirks at me.

"I'm wrestling tonight in after Raw goes off air." I finally get out, nerves buzzing through my veins.

It's silly, and I'm not sure why after all this time, but I still get this nervous rush every time before a match. Like the feeling you get on a roller coaster as you drop down. And I always have to pee before every match.

"You have a match!" Uncle Jack exclaims, excitement ringing over the phone. "Off air?" He asks with a tinge of disappointment.

"Yeah, it's an after dark match, you know about those." I chuckle, remembering all the times I've had to explain wrestle terms and things to him and all his questions that followed, fully determined to learn everything.

"Oh, yes." Uncle Jack says. "Before and after shows."

"Correct." I shake my head, a small frown etching my face. I wish he could see it, he never misses my matches and I haven't had a match in a bit and—

As if reading my mind, Rhea and Damian spoke up immediately.

"Why don't we record it for Jack?" Damian offers.

"Nah, screw that, we'll FaceTime Uncle Jack." Rhea waves her hand like it's nothing. "We have his number." She grins and when I look up at her with a 'you sure' look she nods strongly.

"Alright, settled then." I sigh in relief, already feeling better. "You cool with that Uncle Jack?" I laugh.

"Of course." He chuckles. "You guys are the best." He hollers.

"Of course we are!" Rhea shouts.

"Okay, well I better go then." I glance at clock. "Rhea and Damian will call you when it's time, love you."

"Alright, good luck, love you!"

I end the call and stand to finish my stretches as I run through moves in my head.

"Thank you guys." I look over at Day and Rhea on the couch.

"Don't sweat it." Rhea lifts a shoulder effortlessly.

"He's family." Damian throws a hand up like it was an obvious choice.

I smile to myself, wondering what I did to deserve such an amazing support system and how this is really my life...

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"So who're you facing?" Damian asks while him and Rhea walk with me to the gorilla.

Oh shit. I actually don't know.

"Uh-huh, great question." I nod slowly, rubbing my lips together. I was so caught up in the after-interview high and my quick talk with Hunter, he'll even getting a match in the first place— I forgot to ask who I'd be facing.

"You don't know?" Damian glances at me like I'm crazy.

I blow out a puff of air. "In my defense, this was last minute!" I end staring him wildly, stretching my neck out dramatically.

"Doesn't matter, you're gonna beat whoever it is anyway." Rhea smirks.

"Exactly." My lips curl up confidently as we approach the gorilla and I see on the tv Raw's closing logo appears at the bottom. I inhale. "Alright, see you two after?"

"We'll be right here." Damian meets my eyes, looking proud as ever. "Knock 'em dead."

"Whoever it is will be dripping crimson by the end of the night." I smirk, eyes sharpening with my words. "Guess we're about to find out." I push my way through the curtain as they hit my music.

The crowd instantly explodes with both cheers and some boo's as I step out onto the stage. I pause deciding to blow a kiss out to the crowd, blowing it from one side of the audience to the other. With that I make my way down to the ring, eating up the crowds reaction.

"She doesn't even go here!" I hear someone from one of the close rows yell.

I snap my head to the left. One of the best things about an After Dark match? You can ten times more unhinged. "Bitch, you don't go here!" I shout back and everyone around the guy yells "Oooo!"

I laugh, making my way up the steps and do one my signature pose that I sadly didn't get to do at SummerSlam because of the ambush. I lay my body on the top rope, holding on with one hand and stretching the other above my head before rising back up and swinging legs around as I sit on the top rope now, waiting to see who I'm gonna wrestle.

Alexa Bliss's music hit and I let out a chuckle. Ohhh, this'll be fun. The crowd cheers loudly for her, excitedly to see her wrestle since she only talked earlier tonight. Hunter's smart for choosing her, giving her some ring-work before whatever match she has coming up on Raw live.

I hop down from the ropes as she makes her way into the ring eyeing me up and down. Mike Rome announces us as I smirk down at Alexa, very excited to wrestle her, especially since we've never had a match before.

"You ready newbie?" She fires at me and the fans closest grow louder at her words, loving it.

I chuckle. "Awww, that's cute, Little Miss Bliss. Who said I was a newbie?" Her grin widens as the bell rings and she immediately dives for waist lock and I sweep my leg underneath hers knocking her down and her cocky expression fades. I raise my brows at her as she latches on to my leg before I swing it back and smash my knee into her face sending her flying back.

"Huh? What was that?" I bend over, yelling in her face before throwing my arms out. "Come on!!!" The crowd roars as I relish in the sweat rolling down my back and bright lights shinning down. I walk back over to Alexa pulling her up by her hair but she elbows me in the stomach. OW-

I yank harder on her hair as she sends her elbow into me two more times before my grip loosens and she shoves me off of her. I shake my head as she marches up to me and her palm connects with my cheek before I can blink sending a jolt through my face. I let the sting soak in, leaving my face turned to the side as I grin and slowly turn back to her with sharp eyes. She smiles proudly at her work before slapping me again and this time I let out a snort so quickly before I can even form thoughts.

Slapping me once is a mistake... twice? That's laughable.

I immediately launch my arm at her, backhanding her across the chest so hard it rings out into the air and she falters back, grabbing her chest. I run towards her before she steps out of the way pushing my body through the ropes. Damn it!

As I catch myself in the ropes so I don't fall all the way out I feel her feet ram into my arm sending me outside of the ring in front of the desk and for the first time all match commentary reaches my ears.

"It looks like Alexa is quickly gaining momentum in this match as Crimson's now lay out in front of our table here." Corey says, only pissing me off further.

I grind my teeth together, making it back to my feet just as Alexa is running forward on the apron and I know she's about to cannonball on top of me, having watched many of her matches.

Well, well... she flips her body forward unaware of how focused I am on her and I strike at the beautiful opportunity, pushing my right knee up and jamming it into her ribs as she comes down and she crumbles onto the floor, letting out a noise of pain.

"Three! Four!" The refs count suddenly becomes clear as I hear him for the first time in our match as well.

Byron says something as I quickly scoop Alexa up and shove her back into the ring and grab the rope as I stomp on her ribs some more.

"One, two!" The ref counts as Alexa yells out in pain. "Let go, Crimson!" The ref warns and I bring my hands up before I scrunch my nose at him with a condescending smile and stomp even harder. "How does it feel, Alexa!" I scream at her face, pay back for the elbows in my stomach at the beginning of the match. "Huh?"

"That's enough!" The ref shouts at me and I lift my hands off again, narrowing my eyes at him. Alexa takes advantage, grabbing my foot and she yanks it back causing me to lose my footing before I can grab the rope and my throat jams into the second rope, knocking the air out of me.

As I grab my throat, blinking a few times her feet jam into my back sending me into the ropes again. FUCK! Damn it! Fuck!

She shoves my body down to cover and I immediately rip my shoulder off the ground. Alexa grabs my legs, going for another and I shove her off of me.

"Kae not having the double cover, sending Bliss flying off of her!" Jimmy Smith shouts.

Alexa dives back at me, wrapping her arm around my throat, jolting my body side to side. Yep, I'm done.

I heave myself up to my feet as she squeezes harder and wrap my arms around her arm, sending her over my shoulder hard into the mat. We're done here.

I wrap my arms around her torso and lift her body up, rotating her around to the other side of me, but instead of landing her on the mat for a gut slam, I've altered the move for one of my finishers and slam my knee into her mid section, knocking the wind right out of her.

"Crimson Cutter! Crimson Cutter!" Corey yells.

"Corey, I think Bliss is done." Bryon says.

"Ohh, she's out." Jimmy agrees.

I roll her up aggressively, bending her legs all the way above her head, folding her body all the way up, slowly arching my back as my body completely covers her. I stare into the crowd as an sly smile lights up my face and the refs count hits three my tongue glides across my teeth before I throw her legs to the side and rise.

After Dark match be damned, I'm here to put a show and show Monday Night Raw who Crimson Kae is.

"And here is your winner!" Mike Rome's voice echo's out into the stadium. "Crimson Kae!"

I hold my arm out for the ref and he hesitantly raises it up as the crowd erupts, several people's eyes wide from what I make out through the lights. Hmm, must not be caught up on my NXT days. I love when I see people's reactions for the first time.

I let out a chuckle as the ref lowers my arm and moves over to check on Alexa. I hear some boo's as I slide out of the ring and make way back up the ramp, catching glimpses of people's phones out of the corner of my eye as some point excitedly to me as I walk by or snap a picture.

Well, gotta leave Cleveland with something right?

I pause when I make it to the top of the ramp and look back out to the crowd.

'Newbie where?' I mouth, lifting my arms up slightly. "I'm just getting started."

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𝟶ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀʙɪsᴄᴜɪᴛ𝟽 sᴘᴇᴀᴋs!

Hey, heyyyy... Welcome back to another chapterrr babyyy, what'd y'all think?! I was SO excited to finally debut one of Crimson's finishers bc I ATEEE that>>> (and yes I stole Rhea's pin move hahaha)

I think I probably say this every time lmfao, but I think this is one of my FAV chaptersss!! Because HOLY SHIT, wrestling Crimson is a wholeee dif breed & y'all are just getting a taste!! Like WHEW, damn I'm honestly so happy & proud with how this turned outtt, this match was SO fun to write!!

Alsooo, y'all I'm dying here bc Crimson, Damian, & Rhea are SO fucking cute omg. Their moment with Uncle Jack... my HEART <333

OMG ANDDDD!! CAN WE TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT BECAUSEEEE OMFG THE HUG?!?!?! Lemme just go cryyy, because wowwww!! I seriously felt like I was watching a movie, that shit was BEAUTIFULLLL!! And ughhh, I cannot waittt for Crimson to be involved in present stuff bcccc ughhh I'm itchinggg to write it, I'm getting so much motivation & so many ideasss!! EEKKK!!

Anywaysss, we must celebrate the reason we are here & in honor of tonight's chap... HAPPY BIRTHDAY CM PUNKKK!!!! He is def gonna be wrestling Uncle/father figure for Crimson later on in the book & I'm so exciteddd!! And since we're on birthdaysss... shout out & happy late birthday to one of my fav mutuals who gives me so much motivation & inspiration for this book!! ripleysversion_

Untilll next timeee, thank y'all so much for all your support on this book!! Mwah!! <33333