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I felt anger. I seen red. I heard Stephanie, but didn't care to hear her words. I wanted to hurt Sasha as much as she has hurt both myself and Lillie. However, going after Seth, at this point, would be a mistake.

"I want Sasha," I simply said to Stephanie through all of her questioning. "Give me Sasha."

"Sasha is in huge trouble for what she did, Ellie," Stephanie tried telling me, hesitantly. "She attacked Lillie out of her character. Whatever this is, it's personal."

To that, I nodded and growled: "What did I just say, Steph? I. Want. Sasha."

She hung her mouth open in disbelief. "What? When? I—"

"Tonight," I demanded, watching her eyes watch me like a movie. "Let me teach her some respect."

Stephanie thought about it for a moment, but ended up shaking her head and suggested otherwise: "How about this, instead, Ellie? I give you the time of day to make a stance and say your piece tonight in your own promo. I'll make sure Sasha doesn't come out and it'll be all you, alright?"

I had to think about this, too, but settled with what I was given. "Fine, but when?"

"Right now," she barked out and I perked up to that. I pulled my eyebrows in together in confusion. Right now? "Yes, right now. This was supposed to be Lillie's time, anyways, to talk about the rivalry. It's now your time to do so. Now, go!"

With that said, I turned on my heel and ran directly to the curtain. They handed me a mic and began to play my music, which immediately made the WWE Universe erupt in a mixture of cheers and boos. Whoa, when did I become John Cena?

Nevertheless, I flew through the curtain and practically did run to the ring. I ignored the fans that were reaching out for me to slap their hands and immediately slid into the ring.

Already with a mic in my hand, I ranted into the mic: "Seriously? You people can boo me? Yeah, go ahead, have your moment." I placed the mic on my side and let them have their moment. Then... "Okay, you done now? Good! So, listen up! So, your girl, Sasha Banks, is on my bitch-list!" This earned a huge wave of cheers from the crowd. "That's right! My bitch-list! Wanna know why? Because she thinks it's okay to go backstage and viciously attack my best friend, Lillie Luna!"

The crowd were going crazy. They were confused, yet excited for what I had to say. Sometimes, all I had to do was listen to them and it made everything worth being here to begin with.

"I stepped on Sasha's toes, somehow, and she only thinks it's okay to target my best friend! Well, guess what, Sasha? It's not!" I roared, looking directly into the camera. I could only hope that she was watching this right now. "But I get it, y'know? I think that I finally get it, girl. But I can only hope that you do, too! Because... Blood must have blood!"

I paused, letting that sink in before the newest bombshell of mine. "So, I'm challenging you to a match, Sasha. But not even for the Women's Championship because you can have your pitiful little title all you want. I'm not out for your title... I'm out for your blood. And I won't stop until I have it. So, I'm challenging you to a no-disqualification, anything goes, false count anywhere match... At the Royal Rumble!"

That is certainly when the WWE Universe exploded and I finally concluded to that: "And, trust me, Sasha... At the Royal Rumble, I will have your blood."

Dropping the mic in the center of the ring, I spun around and ran out the ring to backstage. I ignored everybody giving me looks, especially Seth, who was nearby. Yet, he hasn't exactly came up to me yet to talk. He was scared... Because he knows that he told Sasha everything about what happened. Don't worry, he'll have his time. He'll hear my wrath soon...

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Thirty minutes later, when I could finally leave the arena, I went to visit Lillie in the local hospital. I stood in front of the door to her room, wanting to knock and come inside like everything was okay, but the truth of the matter was — nothing was okay right now. Far from it...

Somehow, I found the strength inside of myself to knock on the door. I could clearly hear Enzo say to come in, so I stepped inside and quietly shut the door behind me.

Gently, I took quiet steps inside and noticed the scene. Lillie was asleep while Enzo was by her bedside, holding her left hand – which was the side he was on.

When he realized that it was me, he jumped up and we collided into a tight hug. We held each other for, what it felt like, a whole minute before releasing each other. He took me by the arm and lead me to the corner of the room, away from Lillie.

"Look," he quietly said, starting this discussion early, "Ellie, I need you to promise me something."

I hoped, but ended up just nodding and asking: "Alright, what is it?"

Leaning in close, he replied: "Promise me you'll kick the shit out of Sasha." To that, I nodded and quickly told him about what had happened after they left. He nodded and grunted, "Good. That's good. That way, you can make sure she knows just how it feels to be in Lillie's shoes."

I nodded and agreed, "Yeah, I'm going to make sure of that."

"Oh, and Ellie?" Zo sighed, eyeing me. "Why is she doing this for? Do you have any idea?"

His face said it all, but I was hoping that mine wouldn't. He couldn't ever know what I knew. If he only knew that Sasha was with Seth before I came along, which caused him to dump her, and her come after us. It'll all fall on me and be all my fault. So, I kept quiet and shrugged. "I don't know. I'm sorry, Zo."

I had just lied right to one of my closest friend's face, who is Lillie's current boyfriend. I didn't want to lie to Zo, but it was very necessary to do so.

Then, we nodded at one another before I exited the room quickly. With my back to the door, I fell back on it and slid on down to he ground where I cried for everything that was currently wrong in my life...