Two weeks later, Becket made it to the stadium early. He was there to meet with Holt but the older man was nowhere in sight.

He hadn't planned on working with Nova that day before the show, so he figured he may as well head to the ring to get in some practice in for himself. The tension between them had settled a little, and he was coming around to seeing she had what it took to succeed. He just hoped Nova kept up the pace and wouldn't flake out on her responsibilities to move on to some other hair-brained scheme.

Becket went out to the ring area and found...