Extreme Rules, Dominik October 8 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

                                    

                                          

After seeing Danika, Dominik had a feeling Damian had bitten off more than he could chew. He knew Damian was somewhere around the arena, but he nor Rhea, nor Finn had run into him just yet. Sheamus music blared overhead, letting him know the first match of Extreme Rules was underway. "Welcome to Boston." He muttered to himself as he finally found the locker room marked for Judgment Day. He ducked in to find Rhea and Finn already together, he joined them on the couch, "Anyone seen Priest?"
"He went to talk to Danika on the bus." Finn mused, "Sad to say she won't be there."
"Aalyah will send him back in... right?" Rhea asked, softly.
Dominik frowned, "Probaby, Aalyah might be pissed at us right now..." 
"I noticed." Damian muttered as he pushed in the room, "What is this about you and Danika not letting her hideout at the Tampa house since she and Buddy are fighting, everyone else hides out at the Tampa house, and she wouldn't tell me where Danika is."
Dominik exhaled, "Danika has been living pretty much in Jacksonville with them, she's not comfortable letting Aalyah stay at our house in Tampa, leaving her with Buddy in Jacksonville." Damian's face did something there, Dominik needed to get better at reading, "Danika doesn't think it's proper for Aalyah to run from her problems nor does she want anyone to get the wrong idea about her and Buddy's relationship." 
"Oh, well now I feel like an ass for commiserating with her." Damian muttered.
Finn turned the volume up on the viewing screen, "There are good leaders, and then there are leaders who inspire... Sheamus is one of those who inspires, there's nothing he won't do with his boys, not sure about Gunther." Danika's voice washed over the room, Damian turned slowly to glare at the screen, where they were watching Sheamus get the shit beat out of him, when the camera panned, they could see Danika between Corey and Michael Cole. 
Dominik knew he didn't see the tattoo, not with how quickly the turn was. Corey was talking about Sheamus not moving, and how Danika was checking on him at their feet. They don't often listen to the commentary as the matches went on, but tonight had been special (according to Hunter) since Danika was working. "Her contract is over with AEW?" Damian asked, sounding legitimately bothered.
"Not exactly, she is on a tentative loan from AEW tonight, Jericho sent an insurance policy in the shape of Hook to make sure this night went right...." Dominik confirmed. "She signed an early contract with WWE's Creative this morning, set to take over the moment her time at AEW ends." 
"Fuck." Damian slammed his fist into the concrete wall next to him, Finn had shot up out of his seat to wrap around Damian, hugging the man from behind. Damian didn't fight him for once, just accepted the hold, and sort of melted back into Finn for a moment. Dominik couldn't put into words how sweet it was to have their relationships be so easy, so full of trust and hope. 
"You know what I do like about Imperium? They are unified, they know exactly how to move as one, they know how to work as a single brain, very hive mind like. It's why I adore Judgment Day honestly, and the Bloodline...'' Micheal interrupted her to report on the actual match with Corey chiming in. Most of Danika's existence was for the I Quit match and they knew that. Michael had to haul Danika out of the way as Sheamus tossed both lower members of Imperium into the barrier next to them, Corey moved to stand slightly ahead of her protecting her. 
They watched as the Brawling Brutes came together to attack Gunther, "Well, it could be worse." Rhea offered, "Danika could have signed to SmackDown or NXT, or resigned with AEW." She hummed, "Instead she signed with RAW." There was a bit of hopefulness in her voice, "And she's got an active part in our match tonight."