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Valley, for her part, was a little torn. She was watching Alicia get manhandled by Chris, and while she did feel sorry for the Briton, she couldn’t help but be relieved that her fellow blonde hadn’t picked her to beat around. She was still reeling from being squeezed like an empty tube of toothpaste by the twin monsters that Alicia called her thigh, and was in no shape to take the hurting she knew that Chris could dish out.

In fact, as she watched Chris hit Alicia with the snap suplex, she couldn’t help but wonder if this was a good time to do a little retreat…

...yeah.

Valley started to crawl to the ropes, trying to make it to the floor before Chris took notice of her.

Valley had decided that discretion was the better part of valor and retreated for the safety of the ropes. For a moment; Chris thought about heading her friend off at the pass. After all, the former Slamazon was more than capable of causing her problems.

But then she remembered the crushing scissors Val had endured, before Chris had flung her and Akicia over. Chris guessed that Valley wouldn't be a factor for a little while at least.

Maybe she could steal this match in the meantime....



Chris turned to Alicia and quickly dropped down, draping herself over the redhead's chest. "Hi there...don't mind me, just trying to bring this to an end. Here we go." she said as went for a pin. Reaching over she hooked Alicia's leg, catching the crowd's attention. "One!" the fans yelled.

Alicia hadn’t moved much in the space of time it took Chris to go for the pin. She was still down on the mat, one hand rubbing at her spine as she lay on her side. It wasn’t exactly difficult for the big blonde to shove her down, hook the leg and get her shoulders down.

If she’d been doing this right after the redhead joined Friction, well, Chris might have got away with it – at least, as far as Alicia was concerned. But, with several months of experience and matches under her belt, this wasn’t that Alicia.

The Phenom still easily got the two count, the fans chorusing ”Two!” with gusto, but that was enough to both let Alicia get her wits back about her and remind her she needed to do something.

In this case, she drew back her legs and went to power out of the pin in the way she’d done so effectively against Valley before. At the same time, using the same convulsive twist of her body, she did her best to at least get a shoulder up even if she couldn’t kick out more literally.

It wasn’t a particularly stylish escape attempt but Alicia’s lower body strength was insane enough that she could and had made it work before.

"Th-whoaaahh-" the count of the crowd changed into an amazed exclaimation as Alicia twisted her body and got her shoulder off the mat, breaking the count, surprising the fans and Chris for that matter! The former Wrestle Angel sat up, shaking her head in a mixture of disbelief...and admiration.

Chris then let out a "Tch!" of disappointment as her attempt to win didnt come to fruition. Still, she had Alicia down, and Valley was outside of the ring, still trying to recover. Still, if Alicia wouldn't be pinned....perhaps she could be forced to submit.

Getting to her feet the blonde would seize Alicia's thick legs before dragging her towards the middle of the ring. Once there, Chris would lean forward and cross Alicia legs into a four shape around one of her own before falling onto her back, looking to lock the red headed British woman into s figure four leglock!

Chris, a veteran of the ring, had decided to strike at the redhead's greatest assets, trying to weaken them and make them less of a threat. Now that she thought about it, the irony of using those strong limbs against each other didn't escape her....

Valley, for her part, had a few choices to make.

She’d managed to avoid Chris’ wrath and get outside the ring, to relative safety. Chris was a big threat to both of them, but as long as she remained away from Alicia, the giantess would be forced to pick her targets and decided who she wanted to hammer on more. It gave Valley time to recover…

...but she couldn’t win a match that way. She had to take the fight back to her foes, and do it in her typical style. And, as fate would have it, a golden opportunity was presenting itself

Chris was setting up the figure four. Whether it worked out not, Valley didn’t know, but that was irrelevant. It was an opening, and one she desperately needed. One she could work to her advantage, if she was smart...and could live with her aching ribs hurting even worse.

Valley rolled back onto the apron and stood up, grabbing the top rope tight with both hands. After a deep breath, she pulled herself up, placed her feet on the rope, then jumped up and curled her body into a ball. She spun about - once, twice, and a little more on top - until she finally came down on Chris’ chest with her own, hitting her with a 630° Senton.

It wasn’t as impressive a kick-out as she’d managed against Valley before, but then Chris Morgan was considerably bigger and heavier than Valley Doll. Even Alicia’s immense lower-body strength would struggle to literally throw the Phenom bodily off her, particularly with the way the blonde was pinning her. Still, a kick-out was a kick-out and Alicia’s was still pretty authoritative for someone as dazed as she was.

It also signalled her return to some sort of attempt at fighting back. Chris would find getting Alicia to the centre of the ring relatively simple but, as soon as she registered the upcoming figure-four attempt, the big redhead jerked back to life sharply. She hadn’t yet personally experienced one of those in AFW but that didn’t mean she was eager for this to be her first time. So Alicia kicked with her free leg and thrashed, doing her utmost to avoid the inevitable.

But it was inevitable and, despite Alicia’s struggles, it was just a matter of time before Chris secured the lock and the pain stabbed into her limbs. That definitely brought the British woman back to full life.

Despite the agony filling her, Alicia didn’t try to drag Chris to the ropes. While she might have been able to, it’d have been the wrong move for any number of reasons.

Instead, she was about to do her best to flip Chris over when something else caught her eye. Specifically Valley, back on the apron. Well, on the ropes on both feet and-

Well, she just hoped whatever Valley was about to do was aimed at the blonde and not her, before focusing her efforts firmly on keeping Chris right where she was instead. It meant a few more seconds of pain but she thought it might be worth it.

It had been a struggle to lock Alicia into the figure four, but eventually, Chris was able to secure the hold. To her credit, it didn't look like the Brit was going to try and drag the bigger woman to the ropes, which, while possible, would wind up costing her stamina, as well as making her linger in the painful hold. Instead....her eyes flicked to the side of the ring.

That drew Chris's gaze as well, and her blue eyes widened in surprise as she saw Valley spring onto the top rope. It turned out Chris had underestimated how quickly Val would get back into this, and now both her and Alicia were prime targets for any suicidal airborne attacks!

"Valdon'tyoudare!" the words tumbled out of her mouth in one jumbled mess, even as her friend took to the air.

Chris didn't even have time to try and disentangle her legs from Alicia's when her fellow blonde slammed down onto her chest! Letting out a howl of agony, she crossed her arms over her chest. Even with her durability, a hit from the top ropes hurt, especially when one had nowhere to go, thanks to her own hold!

Strategically, this probably wasn’t the best of moves for Valley. She was aiming at Chris, but there was a real chance the bigger blonde could get herself free and make her pay, dearly for her transgressions. Or that Alicia would get free and finish pulverizing her.

High risk, high reward. Right.

Round and round Valley went, until she crashed chest-first into Chris’ stomach, driving hard. It wasn’t the most pleasant experience for her. There were no soft parts on the Phenom’s body, and it didn't help that her ribs were all sorts of hurting after the beating they'd taken from Alicia. She let out a loud, hoarse cry from the impact, and immediately clutches her sides...but she was on top, and that made all the different in this scenario. Pain or not, she was seizing this chance.

Valley scooted to the side, laid flat on Chris’ chest, and went for the pin.

”1…!”

Good news for Alicia. While she was in the hold, Chris’ distraction meant that the Phenom was definitely not focusing on the figure four. It still hurt but it wasn’t the agonising lock she anticipated it could be.

And, of course, when Valley came crashing down on the two of them, the leglock almost certainly got forgotten in the mess. But, with the time to recover a bit, Alicia recognised that she was in danger of losing her fun and – equally – there was an opportunity here.

Fortunately, while her legs were sore from their brief encounter with the figure four, Valley’s ribs would be in a far worse state and that gave her the moment she needed. Pulling herself free of the remnants of the submission hold, Alicia lunged over to grab Valley by whatever she could get a hold of, looking to yank her off Chris’ body before the pin could progress any further. She’d follow up with a snapped kick aimed at the blonde’s ribs, aiming to get her as far away as possible.

Then, hoping to repay the bigger of the two blondes for the figure-four, the redhead dropped down besides Chris and went to scissor her wounded midriff. At the same time, she tried to get a good grip on the powerhouse’s arm, attempting to twist it into a Kimura armlock. It wasn’t as devastating a hold as the bodyscissors from behind, which put pressure right on the ribcage. But, given it put the compression right on the abdomen, it was a better way to follow up having Valley drop on that belly.

Pins were boring anyway. And she wanted to see how well Chris held up the second time.

Chris groaned as Alicia dragged Valley off of her. Folding her arms around her wounded midsection, she drummed her feet against the mat in pain as the redhead delivered a kick to her friend.

Then the Brit came down beside her, locking her arm into a painful submission hold as her legs caught her around the middle with a crushing body scissors.

"Auuuugh!" the blonde screamed out as felt agony course through her arm and midriff. Alicia could bring devastating power to bear with those legs, and already Chris had taken a direct hit from one of Valley's more damaging aerial moves. Not to mention the kimura was dangerous. She wasn't exactly a student of the MMA scene, but she knew enough to know bone breaking was a risk early with the hold. This wasn't even a match. What was really the point of continuing on?

Pride, a part of her whispered back. Don't yield, don't give the fans something to mock you with again.

But, that sort of thinking was dangerous, Chris knew. Risking injury in a non-issue like this was more than unsound thinking. It was just plain stupidity. Still, she gritted her teeth, trying to get her lower body closer towards the ropes, desperately trying to get a long leg within reach of them as the agony in her midsection mounted!