Sunny Day

[Niobe 'Nightmare' Martin]

”Steel to my trembling lips,
How did the night ever get like this?
One shot and the whiskey goes down, down, down
Bottom of the bottle hits
Waking up my mind as I throw a fit
The breakin' is takin' me down, down, down

My heart's beating faster, I know what I'm after.
I've been standing here my whole life,
Everything I've seen twice, now it's time I realize
It's spinnin' back around now, on this road I'm crawling
Save me cause I'm falling, now I can't seem to breathe right
Cause I keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin' from my heart…”

#Adam Lambert - Runnin

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Niobe blinked at the sky, raising a hand up to her face to shield her sunglass covered eyes from the glare of the sun as she stared out of the taxi’s window as the yellow car raced down the road in busy Phoenix, Arizona. She let out a sigh as she leaned back against the seat, resting her head against it, listening to the music from the popular radio station in Phoenix blast out some song by Usher. She giggled softly in the back seat and started to sing along to the song, recognizing it as one of her favorites of his. She could just picture Tommy sitting in the space besides her, his muscled arm wrapped loosely around her shoulders, listening to her sing to her heart’s content.

Speaking of her boyfriend, she should probably give him a call since she had arrived here in the city shortly after he did. Their last night in Long Beach had been a…wild one…to say the least. All she remembered was the music, the lights, drinking, and what happened afterwards that brought a warm rush of color to her cheeks at the thought of it. The song continued to play and buildings rushed on by her eye sight as she silently counted the minutes until the cab driver actually found the Hyatt Regency Hotel she was booked at. Her head tilted up as she heard a small radio ad come on between songs, advertising the APW event in Phoenix the following day. It told fans to get their early, buy tickets and come see the stars in APW live in person.

Well worth the money to do so if you asked her. She smiled and then leaned her head back. No sooner did she get comfortable to another song, than the cab pulled to a slow stop and the cab driver turned back to her, speaking with a thick Boston accent.

“We’re here, ma’am. Sorry it took so long, traffic and all y’know.”

”No worries.”

She smiled to him and opened the back door, climbing out of the cab and into the warm air of Phoenix again. The trunk was popped for her and she went to the back to pull her bags out of it before shutting the lid with a slam. Her footsteps were quick ad she walked to the driver’s side and handed the guy a few bills to pay for her ride to the hotel from the airport.

”Keep the change. Later.”

Niobe grinned and strutted her way up to the doors of the hotel and opened them up, walking inside and up to the desk so she could check in. With a smile on her face a few minutes later and her hotel key in hand, she swayed down the hallway and pushed her key into her hotel room door, giggling as the door opened up into her nice cozy room for the next few days. She left her bags by the door, kicked off her shoes, and flopped down on the bed, letting out a sigh as she got to relax. It was nice to be able to stretch one’s legs instead of being stuck sitting in a seat on a metal tube in the sky for hours on end.

She let out a sigh, running a hand over her face and shoved her hand into her pocket, pulling out her cellphone. Probably a good time to call Tommy and let him know she had arrived in town. Pulling up her contact list, she pushed on Tommy’s place in it and put it on speaker, listening to the thing ring a few times before it clicked signifying that Tommy had picked up.

”Hey baby. You finally get into town?”

”Yeah I did.”

”Thought you were never gonna get here. Just kidding. Where are you?”

”The Hyatt Regency here in Phoenix. I booked before I even flew out. You’re more than welcome to come and…stay with me if you want.”

”How can I pass up an offer like that? See you later tonight?”

”Deal. See you later.”

And the phone connection between the two suddenly cut off. Niobe tossed her phone onto the bed and stretched out again for a moment before sitting up, then standing so she could turn on the TV and flip through it until she found something worth watching for the moment while she decided what to do. There were so many places to visit in this city and so much she could get into trouble with. Maybe go out and get some food, pick up some treats for later then come back here. Sounded good to her. With a spring to her step, she left her little hotel room and ventured out, out of the hotel itself and back into the city, off to find some food and other things.

Holding tightly to her little camera that she carried with her everywhere, she hit the record button and cleared her throat, not caring how many looks she got at the moment. She had a ton of stuff to say to the Gooch and Jace Savage in particular and she hoped they were both listening because this was going to be very good indeed. She didn’t plan on repeating herself either because that would just make her even more madder than she was.

”Jace, I knew I was screwing around with the wrong person in the first place, why do you think I kept on doing it? Because I knew it would just piss you off more and more until you couldn’t take it. And it seems it worked, because I got under your skin, made you angry, all of that good stuff. I wasn’t going to lay down and get beat at test for the best, hell no. That’s not my style. The Nightmare doesn’t take the easy way out of a match…if she can help it. Nor am I gonna give up a match to some punk ass like you. You may have gotten that one over on me but it’s not going to happen this week. And I didn’t drag my boyfriend into the fray, he’s been a part of this since square one, and he can’t wait to get his hands on you lemme tell you.

I don’t rely on Tommy all that much to get me through my own matches, get your head out of your ass. He’s there in spirit, and that’s all that matters to me. All I need in that ring is myself and my skills, and that’s it. But you could use all the help you’re gonna get, all in the form of that reject Gooch. Robina may have won that match, only because the purple haired bitch couldn’t stand seeing me win it to begin with that’s why she shoved me out. It’s not that Tommy couldn’t stand seeing me loose, it’s just that he wanted to send a message to you and everyone else that we are not to be messed with and doing so will bring a terrible wrath upon your head the likes you’ve never seen before.

You’re just pissed off because someone more talented and better looking than you is kicking your ass and doing a lot better on another brand than you ever could. Hurts, doesn’t it? I don’t care if you have the Gooch in your corner, it doesn’t matter. He’s gonna be dealt with in the same manner as you. He’s probably still pissed off that Tommy basically dumped his ass that night when he realized that all he was doing was letting the bastard ride his coattails to victory.

Tommy knew he could do better, with someone so much more talented and skilled such as myself. That’s why we got together and formed Iron Nightmare so we could bring our own brand of pain and destruction to the tag team division.

When we crawl into that ring together, this little beef between the four of us is going to end because after tonight, things are gonna change. You’ll see, and so will everyone else. I’m done playing games with you Jace. I’m going to break you in half, you and that piss ant Gooch.

Later.”
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