Danika vs. Kei

Danika was teetering on the edge of consciousness only vaguely aware of hwr surroundings. The lift, the flying through the air all seemed surreal.

The slam was a hard, devastating jolt back to reality followed by an even bigger slip into a grey haze! Danika was clearly out of it, not moving at all. Aside from her rising chest as she drew breath she looked half dead.

While it appeared to be executed nicely, the feeling of Danika being taken down from a height didn't give Kei much of a reaction as she normally would. For the most part the lights were on and someone was home, but she mind was going through mixed thoughts. There was still the competitive part of her that wanted to be out there and take it seriously, yet, as she felt for part of this match, another side of her was just wanting to phone it in and get it over with, almost like she didn't want to be there.

She had enough awareness left in her to decide that now would be the best time to finish things off, unless she risks something bad happening. With that thought in mind she proceeded to lift Danika up once more. This time she would look to lift her up for a vertical suplex, but should Danika have been lifted upside down she would be quickly turned around and planted on her head with a screwdriver.

Still not resisting, Danika was a rag doll at this point. She wished for this all to end, her efforts against Kei had been that futile. Savagely, or perhaps mercifully, when Kei brought Danika crashing down on her head the world went black for the Czech woman.

If this were any other night Kei would has quickly transitioned into a pin to end things. However given how her brain was working at the moment or lack thereof, after a second or two of sitting following the impact she stood up. She looked down at Danika and simply put a foot over her chest, which also connected a pinning situation. It looked liked for Danika the lights just weren't on anymore. However in Kei's case the lights were on, but there was debate as if anyone was home.

This wasn't even close. Danika laid motionless as Kei's foot did the pinning.

"ONE! TWO! THREE!"

As the bell rang Danika still laid on the mat, the only sign of anything from her was her weakly rising chest as she drew breath.

Removing her foot from Danika at the sound of the bell, Kei was the winner of this one. Usually one would feel good with their arm being raised in victory, though strangely she felt nothing. Normally she'd be glad at the outcome and check on the well being of her opponent, however for about the last third of the match or so the feeling she normally felt while in the ring wasn't there.

What was a happy full of energy type of person going in became almost a mindless drone on autopilot going out. To those who never met her nor knew her story, what was being seen might make her seem like kind of a dick. To those that know her, or at the very least know about her, would get the feeling that something is wrong and that there's more to it than can be seen.

Backstage Alaina had watched the match on a TV by a few of the AV crew members. Watching Kei defeat Danika was not a surprise to her. However how Kei went about her victory didn't sit right with Alaina. Something just seemed off. She chatted with a few of the AV guys a bit, commenting on the match and how Kei "still had it." She didn't have any matches herself, but did stop by to view the show. Clad in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt she hardly looked like she was ready to step into a ring.

That is when Alaina noticed Wes out of the corner of her eye, Kei's husband. She approached and waved. "Hey, how is everything going?" Alaina asked pleasantly as she approached. "I have a really dumb question. Has Kei been herself lately?"

Wes had seen what went on in the ring earlier, though he was trying to make it seem like he hadn't as what he saw concerned him.  He was hanging around, waiting for hhis wife to be ready to leave when she saw and heard Alaina.  "Oh hey Alaina, didn't expect to see you here."  He wanted to try to cover up that something was up, but he just couldn't, though since it seemed like nothing was directly referencing Kelly that helped.  "Okay I guess.  So far the new year's been off to an okay start overall, you?"

Though when Alaina brought her up he knew there was no point trying to hide it.  "Usually I'd say what do you mean by that, but lately even I've wondered the same."  He mentions that for the past few weeks or so she hasn't been active as far as wrestling related matters.  Everything else has been fine but at a couple of training sessions she drew a number of blanks and it was a bit alarming, and before we came out here she actually said she didn't feel like running classes one day.  Sure it's one thing if one's tired or something like that, but it was like her interest for it has been on and off the charts and I've never seen her like this before."  He asks if she saw the match and mentioned "Nothing against that Danika girl but that wasn't my wife she was facing.  There was no way that was the same person."  Even though it was he still had trouble coming to terms with it even though there were signs of it before hand.

Alaina smiled happily as Wes answered her first question, nodding as he spoke. That was all good news. However as Wes continued Alaina's smile was replaced by a look that was part confusion, part concern. She shook her head as Wes described something unexpected. "She has been wrestling forever it seems. What would make her lose her fire? Why would she just suddenly not feel interested in anything anymore?"

"I'm not completely sure to be honest." He replied. "I could see if she was feeling burned out but that has happend before and the warning signs aren't anything like what we just saw."

He tries to think of when he first noticed the changes in her. "If I recall correctly I started to notice little things after she got back after you two fought last time but wasn't too concerned about it. I don't think that could have caused it, she's lost before. Though things became a lot more noticable a little bit before or after Avalance event, even though she didn't take part in it. But yeah outside of that she's seemed to be alright and functioning pretty much normal. I just don't want whatever is going on to get worse."