Forced To Believe Chapter 35- Morgan's Answer
Chapter Summary: Fed up, Morgan finally gives Punk an answer.
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'Raw'
"Welcome to the final Raw of 2013! We are live in Richmond." Cole said as CM Punk walked out to the ring. "CM Punk has been so persistent to get a match with Morgan Lopez. I wonder if he will get a match on the final Raw of 2013."
Punk got in the ring and grabbed a mic as the crowd chanted his name. "I am fired up tonight and I am fired up to be here in Richmond, Virginia! This is the last Raw of 2013 and I am excited. 2013...saw a lot of good stuff happen to CM Punk. Saw a lot of bad stuff, happen to CM Punk too. Just like all of you, there's ups and there's downs. We go and wake up every morning with a smile on our face, don't we? Well, I mean, sometimes I don't have a smile on my face but, I started off the year as the longest reigning WWE Champion in the last 25 years. I went one on one with the Great One. Thank you."
"I went toe to toe, with The Undertaker at WrestleMania." Punk continued. "I made some friends in 2013, I lost some friends in 2013. I beat a friend with a kendo stick." he coughed twice. "Paul Heyman. But I can't honestly claim that 2013 was CM Punk's year. The goal is for you to always be bigger and better than you were the last year, I just don't know if 2013 was the year of Punk. Take a look at the landscape in the WWE and it's Universe. And there's three guys and one chick that I can honestly claim, that it was their year, and I'm talking about The Shield."
"Let's face facts ladies and gentlemen, back in 2013, The Shield has been unstoppable. Dean Ambrose, currently your United States Heavyweight Champion. Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, former tag team champions. And there's Morgan, former Diva's Champion. I want to end this year right and start the new year off on a good foot. Iron sharpens iron, I have a proposition for The Shield. So at some point tonight, when our paths cross, because I'm sure they're here-"
'Sierra'
'Hotel'
'India'
'Echo'
'Lima'
'Delta'
'Shield'
"Yes, they are," JBL said.
Punk started to grin. "That was almost too easy."
The Shield walk down the steps and through the crowd while Morgan is in front of them. She tags some hands and jumps over the barricade in her Shield attire. Dean throws his title over the barricade and jumps over it while Seth grabs his belt and looks confused.
Morgan shrugs and holds his title when they all get in the ring. She puts Dean's belt over her shoulder and stands near the turnbuckle while the guys stand in front of Punk.
"Finish your thought Punk. Finish your thought, what were you gonna say?" Dean asked. "What's your big challenge? It better be a good one, you better give us a good reason, not to end 2013 by ending you, right now." he pointed at him
Morgan decided to mind her business and chill out. She wanted nothing to do with Punk, right now. He would cause more drama.
"Cool down. Look, the three of you can beat any one man, I think we've established that in the past 365 days," Punk said. "And I'm not taking anything from you as a unit. But when I said, Iron sharpens iron, I live to be the best and I wanna fight the best, one on one, so I wanna know who it's gonna be because out of one of you, out of the three of you, excuse me, one of you is the best."
"Oh~ you wanna do this again? You wanna do it again? Let's do it, right now and this time, I promise, I'm not leaving until I take a piece of you with me. Let's do this right now."
Punk laughed slightly. "Hang on...ha...Dean, I wasn't-I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins."
Dean looked offended and the crowd started to cheer.
"I've already beaten you like half a dozen times," Punk added. "And what I'm saying is, it wasn't easy, but I did it."
"You think that's funny?"
"No, I don't think it's funny"
"You think it's funny?"
"I think it's the truth-"
"You think I'm a joke!? You think you can talk to me like that!?" Dean got held back by Roman while Morgan looked warily at the situation.
"I don't think you're a joke, Dean Ambrose, I just think you're the weak link! And I wanna find out who the strong one of The Shield is. Everybody's talking about Roman Reigns, Roman Reigns, Roman Reigns look at me when I'm talking to you!" Punk demanded while the crowd 'Ohs' in response.
Roman was trying to calm down Dean but turned his head to Punk.
"Is it you?" Punk wondered. "Are you number one in The Shield? Are you the man"
"Hey!" Seth interrupted. "You wanna know who the best is?"
"Yeah," Punk replied.
"You're lookin' at him. I'll fight you, tonight. I'll fight you. Tonight, let's do it." he said as Roman gave him a look.
Morgan looked at them and started to get upset. Punk was just playing with their heads, to try to put them against each other.
"Oh, it's you? Cause all I hear anybody talking about is Roman Reigns." Punk recalled.
Roman stepped up to Seth. "What are you talkin' about?" He asked.
Dean kept pacing around, still annoyed at what Punk told him earlier.
"You don't think I can take him?" Seth asked.
"It ain't that, you're falling for his games right now," Roman exclaimed.
"That's not it."
"You know I'm the best."
"I can take him tonight."
"I'm the man. I'll take him."
"Let me take him, all right? No bones on you my friend. I can beat him, he calls himself the best in the world, I'm better than him." Seth said as Dean stepped up to them, scratching his head. "I want to prove it tonight."
The crowd started to chant 'Roman Reigns' while Seth said "Listen, you'll get your time."
Rollins turned his attention back to Punk. "Let's do this."
"Enough!" Morgan yelled and everyone turned to look at her and the crowd cheered. "What are you doing?! Don't do this!"
"What are you talkin' about?" Seth asked.
Morgan grabbed a mic from a producer and gave Dean his title. "Am I the only one with some sense here? You're falling for his games. He's getting in your head. There's no weak link in The Shield. We don't need to prove anything. Let's not get worked up on this." She tried to reason with her teammates.
"Ah...I forgot about a certain woman..." Punk spoke up as everyone turned to him. The crowd begins to chant Morgan's name. "The Outspoken Diva of The Shield...you kind of remind me of myself, setting off pipebombs and whatnot."
Morgan narrowed her eyes at Punk and turned her attention back to The Shield. "Guys, we don't need to do this. Let's not let Punk get in our heads-"
"Morgan." Punk interrupted.
"He's doing mind games-"
"Morgan!"
"He's not going to break us apart-"
"Morgan, look at me when I'm talkin' to you! You and I have some unfinished business!"
She started to look annoyed and slowly turned to him. "Your persistence is annoying the crap out of me."
"Oh is it?"
"I don't want nothing to do with you"
"You don't?"
"I don't need to prove myself to you."
"You sure about that? Don't you want revenge on me? To give me a backfire? Don't you imagine slamming me to the mat with the Morganizer? I know you do. You would enjoy that, would you?"
She glared at him. "Whatever you are going to ask me, it's a no."
The crowd started to boo at her answer while Punk began to ponder. To try to get on her good side, he decided to use his charm on her by walking up to her. He grabbed her hand and took her away from The Shield.
"What the hell are you doin'?" Dean's possessiveness started to get the best of him. His irritation started to grow while he got held back by Roman.
"She can handle herself," Roman stated
"Morgan..." Punk decided to get on one knee and held one of her hands as she looked confused. Ambrose started mouthing off as Seth and Roman held him back. "Morgan Lopez...you're beautiful, you're hype, you're wild and I see the passion you have in the ring. Out of these men, you show the most heart and soul. The way you move, the way you take risks, it's one of the reasons you stand out from these men and all the WWE divas. Just like you showed me at TLC...Did I charm you yet?"
"No. That was corny." She replied in a blunt tone.
"Okay. You know...I think about you every night..." He grinned while her eyes widened in shock and the crowd cheered loudly in amusement.
"Uh..." She was about to take a step back but Punk had a strong grip while Dean started yelling at him.
"...I think about you in the ring with me every night." Punk continued. "You charmed now?"
"No, but you've creeped me out."
"Darn...okay, look, you are the only diva that I want to be in this ring with...so, Morgan Lopez, will you...make me the happiest man in the world and have a match with me?" he grinned and the crowd chanted 'Yes! Yes! Yes'
She sighed and ran her free hand through her hair. "What a proposal..." She muttered and looked around at the crowd and then at Punk.
Dean decided to grab her and pull her to him as Punk released her hand.
"She's not doing it." Dean declared.
"Oh, I'm sorry, since when do you speak for her? She has a mind of her own, guy I beat twice." Punk retorted and stood up while Morgan started to look conflicted. "Come on Morgan, don't tell me you're going to say no because of Ambrose. Does the WWE Universe want Morgan and I to have a match?"
The crowd cheered loudly in response. Morgan shook her head, saying no while Dean released her.
"Ah...I guess the guys always want to outshine you. You always want to do their dirty work and don't want to take a risk and shine on your own. It looks like you need your team to be successful." Punk added.
The crowd 'Oohs' and Morgan started to look annoyed. Punk turned around, silently counting down to her breaking point.
'3...2...1'
Morgan marched over to him and turned him around. "Listen Asshole!" She yelled, getting in his face. "I'm tired of you provoking me, I'm tired of you taunting me. You want a match?"
"Yeah, I do!" Punk replied.
"You want a friggin' match?! You want a match against The Outspoken diva of the WWE?!" She got held back by Dean and Seth.
"Yeah!"
"You know what? You're on!" Morgan yelled as the crowd exploded. "I accept the damn offer! Happy now!?"
Punk grinned. "Gladly."
"She's nuts," Cole exclaimed. "Going up against CM Punk?"
"She can beat him," JBL said.
"If it means I can shut you the hell up, then I'll fight you, and I'll beat you. If you want to face me so badly, then you got it," Morgan said. "I'm done with this. But let me tell you this...you're going to regret it. Win or lose, I'm going to come at you hard, so don't go easy on me."
"Don't worry, I'm going to teach you some manners since you can't control that mouth of yours." Punk stated as the crowd 'Oohs'
Morgan smirked and was about to lunge at him but got grabbed by Roman.
"Uh oh!" Cole exclaimed.
"Morgan's at her breaking point." King looked on.
"Not tonight. Don't do it." Roman tried to reason as Punk laughed at her.
"Come on, Morgan. Show me what you got. Let's go." Punk provoked as she tried to break free from Roman's hold.
Seth and Dean try to reason with her to calm her down as well.
"Let me hurt him! Let me knock him out! Just one hit, one punch! Let me go!" she yelled.
"Gentlemen and lady, please!" A voice said and Brad came out as Roman released Morgan. "As the general manager of Monday Night Raw and on behalf of The Authority, I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year! And speaking of wishing, why don't we go out in style? Tonight, Morgan, you will go one on one with Rosa Mendes. And CM Punk, you will face, Seth Rollins. So get me a referee out here because that match starts right now!"
Roman and Morgan were annoyed while Seth smirked.
The Shield get out of the ring to watch Seth go against Punk. Punk tries to do the GTS on Seth early but he slides out of the ring and bangs on the announce table.
"You all right dude?" Morgan asked while she walked over to him with Roman & Dean.
"A game. A game." Roman stated as Morgan nodded.
"I got him, all right? I'll take care of business." Seth said
While Seth and Punk have a back and forth match, Morgan keeps her distance from Roman and Dean. She was still heated from Punk's remark and didn't want to lash out at anyone.
"Hurt him, Seth. Break him," she said.
Meanwhile, Dean was biting his fingers while watching the match, still angry about Punk. Punk gets on the top rope but Morgan smirks in delight when Seth throws him off and lands outside the ring.
"CM Punk bouncing off the barricade and just like that, Rollins has taken over," Cole said.
Roman and Dean walk over to Punk and Dean sits down near him, pretzel style.
"Oh, it hurts now, huh? Get back in the ring." Dean taunted.
"I got him, Ambrose," Seth said.
Punk crawls back into the ring and Seth begins targeting his ribs while he yells out in pain.
"Break his back," Roman said as Seth put him in a submission with his knee on his lower back.
Morgan looks on in delight as she watches Punk in pain. She enjoyed watching him suffer. It was music to her ears to hear him yell and scream in pain.
Seth continues to target the ribs by standing on his back. Moments later, Punk begins to make a comeback by hitting him with headbutts but Seth throws him to the ring post. Morgan calms down and walks over to Dean and Roman.
"Are you okay, now?" Roman asked as he and Dean looked at her.
"I'm just peachy," Morgan replied.
Punk throws Seth to the turnbuckle and goes for the running knee but Seth catches him in a powerbomb hold. He throws him to the turnbuckle and pins him.
"Here's the cover and Punk kicks out a two!" Cole exclaimed.
"Damn it!" Morgan banged on the apron. "Son of a grape!"
"Come on..." Seth grumbled. "Stay down Punk. Just stay down!"
The Philly Diva runs her hands through her hair as she watches Seth miss the blackout. Punk tries to kick him but Seth ducks and kicks him in the head to pin him for another two count.
"Put him away. Let's go. End it!" Roman shouted.
Seth does the GTS taunt and is to do the GTS but Punk hits him with a running knee on the ropes and clotheslines him. He rolls out of the way before Punk can do the diving elbow. Punk walks over to him but gets his head thrown onto the middle turnbuckle.
"Smart!" she complimented.
Dean starts to get in Punk's face, but then the ref tells him to back off. Morgan holds Dean's arm and tries to calm him down and moments later, he does. Seth jumps off the top rope to give Punk a crossbody but Punk rolls them over and gives him the Anaconda Vice.
"The Anaconda Vice!" Cole exclaimed as the crowd got hyped. Dean slides into the ring while Punk releases the hold and tries to hit him. "And Ambrose, trying to get involved."
"Dean!" Morgan yelled in annoyance while Roman tried to ask him what was he thinking.
Seth tries to hit Punk with his finisher but Punk counters and puts him in the GTS position again. Ambrose gets back on the apron to distract the ref while Seth hits Punk with the Skywalker and pins him. The ref turns around and starts to count but Punk kicked out at two.
"As I feared." She bit her lip.
Seth turns his attention to his partners and gets annoyed. He starts yelling at them while Morgan shakes her head and facepalms.
"He was tryna help!" Roman noted.
Seth turns his attention back to Punk but gets thrown out of the ring and on to Morgan, Roman and Dean. Punk is about to run through the ropes but Seth hits him with a forearm. He jumps onto the ropes and is about to dive onto Punk but is caught in the GTS.
"1!"
"2!"
"3!"
"The winner of this match, CM Punk!" Justin announced.
Morgan, Dean and Roman recover and she gets in the ring to help out Seth, while Roman gets in the ring to stare down Punk. Dean was at ringside, biting his fingers and silently seething.
"CM Punk surviving tonight," Cole said.
Punk points at Roman and Morgan as he walks up to the stage. Roman turns his attention to Morgan and she looks at him before they both turn their attention to Punk on the stage. Morgan narrows her eyes at Punk while he does his GTS taunt.
"Two members left. Who will face CM Punk next?" Cole wondered.
'Backstage'
Morgan was sitting on some steps, wearing a black bandana over her straightened black hair and was deep in thought when Roman arrived and sat next to her. The crowd gives them a nice reception as they sit in comfortable silence and she lets out a sigh.
"I need to stop getting provoked by Punk all the time. You were trying to calm everyone down but he got inside my head after I tried to reason with you guys. But the only question on my mind is...What if I can't beat him?" She asked in a low voice. Roman turned his head to look at her while she looked straight ahead. "Then what? Will everyone move on and forget I exist? Will the fans forget about me trying to wrestle WWE Superstars? That's my fear when I go out there."
"I don't know about you but you would earn my respect. And I know Chyna will be proud of you too." Roman replied as she turned to look at him. "You wrestled guys in the past and you are continuing that in the WWE. Who cares if you lose? Show them you can withstand Punk's moves. Win or lose, I'll be by your side-"
"That's the problem. I don't think I can do it with you guys at ringside. There is a 90 percent chance that Dean is going to interfere-"
"I'll try to make sure he doesn't-"
"Like that will help. I love him but he can get angry pretty quickly. I just don't want that to interfere in the match and cause a DQ." she stood up but Roman gently grabbed her wrist.
"Morgan...I'm not going to let you go through this alone. I know you want to prove yourself, and you will. Win or lose."
She sat back down and sighed. "Thank you." She laid her head on his shoulder.
"Don't thank me." He put his head on her head. "We're a team and we are going to stick by you. We all know how important this match is for you. We know it and we are going to be a ringside, cheering you on."
"You're so good to me."
He looked down at her. "You are too."
"No, I'm not..."
"Why do you say that?"
She stood up and so did he. "Because I can never give anything back to you. All the stuff you do for me; the advice you give me...the support you give me...I don't think I can ever repay that even though I wish I could return the favor. But, maybe one day...one day I'll try to return the favor somehow."
"You don't have to repay me for anything. Just keep a cool head tonight."
"No promises."
Roman chuckled. "I'm not surprised."
"Thanks for listening to me." She fist bumped him and started walking away as the camera followed her.
"Morgan, in action, next," Cole said as they went to a commercial.
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