Fiona really wasn't sure how to feel. She was definitely a little uncomfortable now, at least, as Gordon pulled both her and Kendra into him. He seemed lost in his own enthusiasm for his ideas, seeing the future, or at least his own excited vision of it. Fiona could think of a lot of ways it might not turn out quite like that.

He was asking her to make a pretty massive statement on the mic in front of all of the fans. Up to this point in her career, Fiona had preferred to let her wrestling do the in-ring talking for her, not wanting to project some massive ego she didn't have. She wasn't completely inexperienced with a microphone in her hands, but it was going to be one of NMW's many new adventures, as the show took a more theatrical approach than its predecessor.

It wasn't [i]really[/i] what she wanted for Kendra, either. Kendra had been told to stay behind while Fiona made her debut alone, but now Kendra didn't get to be a solo act when it was her turn. It seemed like in everyone's eyes she was still just "Fiona's teammate" and "the other half of Defiant Dream" rather than someone to be valued on her own. That, and it put a lot of pressure on her to actually win her match convincingly.

Still, Fiona got the feeling Kendra wasn't going to be given a whole lot of options on where and when she'd be able to get in the ring. "I can do that for you if you want," she said to Kendra, not trying to hide her uncertainty. She phrased it like an offer, but much like what Gordon suggested, she didn't think there was really a choice being given here.