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Damien was still fuming over the events of the previous few minutes. Even while the match between Sean & Chuck and Josh & Eric was going on Damien paid little attention as he brooded. He was still in a mild state if disbelief that a critical mistake by referee Blake had caused his tag team to lose their match. Damien had already planned on his stellar team winning the tag team title and readjusting his thoughts and plans was not coming easy. His anger at Blake was intense but he felt there was more to it and somehow he knew, he just knew Buzz was involved in some way. "..........Damien!" The handsome Gamma president was roused from his thoughts by the voice of fellow frat brother Kaya. Damien looked up at the handsome youth as Kaya said, "You all right? You're the ref for this next match you know!" Damien nodded he had indeed agreed to be the referee for the Beta Vs Zeta prelim. He gave a slight smile to Kaya. How could anyone not smile at the beautiful dark skinned boy from Hawaii he thought? He said, "Yeah, thanks Kaya. I'm on my way." He tried to put the Sebastian's and Victor's loss to the back of his mind but it was proving to be a troublesome task.

Garrison stood with his tag team of Matt & Logan. He was as confident as anyone could be in their team. These two boys along with Derek had wrestled in a league together in high school before coming to Simpson College. With their background of tag experience Garrison felt that his team of Matt and Logan could become the campus tag team champs. Derek showed a ton of class as he graciously bowed out realizing he was potentially the weak link should he become one of the team members. It took guts and humility to do that and Garrison was as proud of him as he was at his star team. Derek stood with his long time friends and gave them nothing but support. Matt and Logan were happy to have him around too. He bolstered their confidence just by being there. Garrison offered few words that would be new to either member of the team. They had been around this block before and knew it well. A look of confidence yet tempered by determination was etched across the faces of the young men. They clasped hands along with their friend Derek and frat president Garrison and vowed victory for themselves and for Beta Chi.

Ben and Kelly were both Freshmen at Simpson too. They were thrust together as roommates and were the classic odd couple. At any given time more of Ben's clothes could be on the floor, bed, desk, or just about anywhere other than folded and in a drawer or on a hanger in the closet. Kelly was the classic type "A" personality. He had a place for everything and kept everything in its place. The first few weeks together were a strain for both teens but gradually they discovered their mutual love of wrestling and physical conditioning....among other things! Soon Ben and Kelly were inseparable and much like Shakespeare's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, you very rarely saw one without the other close behind.

They practiced together whenever possible. So when it came time to choose a tag team for Zeta the choice was unanimous, Ben and Kelly! No two were as close or understood each other better and they seemed to have the perfect combination of strength and agility for a tag team. Kelly had perfected some high risk maneuvers while Ben, pound for pound, was perhaps the strongest guy on campus. They were the pride of their fledgling fraternity and frat president Rick was pleased to have them represent his men in the tournament.

Damien took ring center and began the announcements for the next prelim. With less than the normal am ount of enthusiasm to start an important match Damien began the introductions. "OK time for the next...," he was interrupted by "CAAAN'T HEEEAR YOOOU!", from a none too polite Kyle from Lambda. Damien looked back at him and let his anger at his team's loss resurface as he saw Buzz sitting next to Kyle with a smug look and arms crossed over his impressive chest. Damien began again with a voice brimming with emotions, "And now! lets begin the third of our prelims for the evening! First, from Beta Chi, Lets hear it for Matt and Logan! Matt and Logan were 19 years old 5'11," 175 pounds and 18 years old 6', 170 pounds respectively. They sprinted to the ring and leapt over the top ropes landing perfectly mimicking two guys they had wrestled with in their high school league. They had perfectly toned bodies and looked terribly agile and fit. They flexed a few times and were half laughed at by the muscleboys and half applauded by the others for showing off their attractive forms. Damien continued even louder as a smirking Buzz really began to get under his skin, "And their opposition from the fraternity of Zeta Lota, Give it up for Kelly and Ben!"

Kelly and Ben ran to the ring and hopped up on the apron Ben stepped through the ropes easily but Kelly, not wanting to be out done by his competition grabbed hold of the top rope and jumped up and over doing a hand stand for a moment on the rope then throwing his feet over and in. The crowd seemed to appreciate it and clapped. Ben shot him a grin as if to say, 'Show off,' and Kelly swatted his partner's chest playfully.

Damien called them to the center of the ring. By coincidence Ben was from the same town as Matt and Logan and wrestled in that same league. They exchanged friendly handshakes and did so with Kelly as well. A slight groan went up from the crowd as they saw this was going to be a "gentlemen's match" they thought they could tell anyway. Damien explained the rules and sent them back to their corners. As he signaled the match to begin Kelly started against Logan.

Both these young men had worked hard to perfect their agile and high risk moves. So both come out running fast looking to get a decisive blow early on. Logan dove low as Kelly went high. The two boys crossed without making contact but both were fast up after the miss and ran into each other locking up collar and elbow. They each decided to put the more complex moves on hold for now. Kelly was 18 years old like Logan he was shorter at 5'9" but weighed just a pound less at 169. Kelly was deceptively strong but Logan found out just how strong the shorter boy was as Kelly quickly slid him into a side head lock.

Kelly ground Logan's face into his firm side almost cutting off his air with his body. Logan slapped at Kelly's firm back but had no leverage from that angle. He then took a shot from the front landing a series of jabs to the hard and slightly hairy stomach of Kelly. But the boy from Zeta absorbed the shots though he did feel them. He cranked down hard on Logan's head and as Logan felt the sweat of his face build up against the sweat of Kelly's torso he felt himself begin the weaken. He had to break the hold now.

Logan allowed Kelly to think he was weakening more than he was and began to go limp in the Zeta man's head lock. Kelly followed Logan down slightly not wanting to loosen the grip just yet. When Logan had the opportunity he reached down and snagged both of Kelly's legs behind the knees and lifted with all the strength he had in his back and legs. Kelly was hoisted up and Logan tipped him over to his back.

Kelly got over his initial surprise and thought a move ahead. He allowed himself to get dumped to his back but he never released the head lock and took Logan over as soon as he hit the canvas and pinned Logan's shoulders to the mats. Damien was a startled as anyone at the swiftness of the pin but got down quickly and slapped ONCE, Logan struggled but Kelly held. TWICE, Logan jerked and shot both feet out in desperation barely breaking the pin. Kelly was disappointed but Logan's early struggles had taken a small toll on him. He was experienced enough to know that it was time to get the fresh man in. But Kelly had other ideas.

Kelly balled up a fist and slammed it into Logan's lean gut. Logan was am azed a guy that small could hit that hard. He got another taste as Kelly thumped him two more times in the stomach before pulling him to his feet.

Whatever the cause Logan fought off the pain in his stomach and moved with the quickness grabbing Kelly around the head and back flipping him over his shoulder. Kelly landed with a thump and arched his back slightly. The speed of Logan's move took him totally unawares. Logan held onto the right arm and stomped Kelly's chest a few times. Kelly did a kip up and was briefly on his feet but Logan still holding the left arm took him down in an arm drag take down.

Kelly lay on his back with his stomach heaving in and out as Logan worked the arm while pulling him toward Matt. Kelly had no leverage and could not free himself before Logan gratefully tagged in Matt. Logan dropped both knees to Kelly's chest as Matt took a leap off the top rope. He aimed his knee drop perfectly as it crushed right into Kelly's navel smashing the hard abs and whatever else Kelly had beneath them!

The handsome Zeta man had his wind driven from him after the two drops at once. His face was bright red as he struggled to suck in some wind. As he took a deep breath of much needed oxygen he was raised up and flung to the ropes. Still not fully recovered he had no choice but to got with the flow and allow the ropes to fling him back at Matt who leveled him with a clothesline across the chest sending him to his back in a perfect spread eagle!

Kelly lay panting totally vulnerable. Matt knew Kelly was hurt but also knew from experience that the man was not yet ready to be pinned. He circled and stomped a hard boot down into the heaving belly. The Zeta man began to curl into a fetal position but Matt grabbed a handful of hair and pulled the wheezing 18 year old to his feet. Matt shot a hard chop across the slightly hairy pectorals and had Kelly staggering across the ring. Matt followed close behind and slammed another clothesline that sent Kelly falling into the ropes.

Kelly lay half in the ring and half out as his upper body bent toward the floor. Matt had another wide open shot and knew Kelly was too good of a wrestler not to try to injure whenever possible. He sent a hard boot toe to the abdomen and Kelly grunted out in pain. Matt grabbed both feet and gave a hard jerk that pulled Kelly off the middle rope and actually had him airborne for a moment before his back came crashing back to the canvas. Matt followed up with another stomp to the weakening stomach muscles and pulled Kelly to his feet again. Matt gave a look to Logan who gave him the 'OK' sign. Matt then Irish whipped Kelly toward Logan who stuck out a boot allowing Kelly's guts to envelope it. Kelly dropped to his knees and held his stomach as if he'd been shot.

Ben was chomping at the bit to get in. His best friend in the world was getting pounded badly. But at the moment he could do nothing but watch as Matt pulled Kelly up in a full nelson and tagged Logan back in. Logan entered from a leap off the top rope and directed both elbows into each of Kelly's hard pectorals. The spearing elbows slammed in hard and Matt let Kelly fall in a heap.

Logan pulled Kelly up and positioned him for another whip to the ropes but Kelly knew that it was now or never for him. He made a fist and threw it blindly but it hit perfectly against Logan's jaw. Kelly was free as Logan stumbled to the ropes to catch himself. Kelly fell, scrambled and clawed to get to Ben. At last he reached him and the hand slap was made. Kelly crawled to the apron for a much needed rest as Ben attacked with the fury of a long time tormented and caged animal.

Ben snagged Logan in a side hip toss and sent him to his ass in the middle of the ring. He pounded down on the top of the Beta man's head with a closed fist that damn near put Logan out. An infuriated Matt rushed into help but simply became a victim too as Ben caught him by the throat and used Matt's own momentum against him taking him up and over his head with a powerful choke slam. Ben sent a hard stomp to Matt's chest just as Logan was raising. Ben caught Logan in a crotch slam and dumped him hard on his back. He stomped the belly and went back to Matt. He pulled Matt up and socked him in the jaw with a powerful punch that had Matt's head spinning a thousand different ways. Ben then tossed Matt across the ring where he fell through the ropes.

Matt was not the legal man and Damien gave Garrison a quick glance and Garrison knew Damien wanted him to make sure Matt stayed out of the ring till tagged. He helped Matt back to his corner and watched as Ben still controlled Logan with ease.

He pulled Logan to his feet and had to steady his a little himself. Ben placed a leg behind Logan's and planted an arm to the chest and executed a typical but perfect Russian leg sweep. Logan slammed back hard. Ben looked at Kelly who signaled ready. Ben picked up Logan and tossed him to the ropes. On the recoil Ben caught Logan up and power slammed him. Quickly he tagged in Kelly who mounted Ben and stood atop his shoulders. A comment from the crowd was yelled '"What the fuck is that? A cheerleader move?" But neither paid the loud mouth any heed. Kelly executed a perfect leap off Ben's shoulders and came crashing down chest first on the prone Logan.

Ben exited and Kelly hooked Logan's legs. Logan struggled as before when Kelly had him this way but this time he was much more hurt and his kick out lacked force. Damien counted the three count and the match was over.

Garrison threw his head back with a groan. He was shocked his guys had lost. He and Derek and of course Matt went to see to Logan's condition but Kelly was already there helping his defeated rival to his feet. Logan gave Kelly a nod of thanks still not exactly sure what had happened but fairly sure he had lost. His suspicions were confirmed when Damien made it official by saying, "I give you the winners of this third prelim. The team from Zeta Lota, Kelly and Ben!Rick and the rest of Zeta house were thrilled and entered the ring and hoisted the pair onto their shoulders. But not before handshakes were exchanged all around. The audience of blood thirsty young men wanted to see more violence than this but all had to admit that the two teams fought pretty hard. This fact was not lost on Jason or Beau as Jason said to Buzz, "Look pretty good those two .....huh Buzz?" Jason looked to Buzz as if he needed his frat president's approval to have an independent thought as few and far between as they may come. Buzz just smiled and said, "They wouldn't have won if they sucked! I think you two can handle them. But don't you go getting all over confident and shit on me! You still got to beat them!" Jason turned back to talk to Beau.

Buzz sat confidently watching the Zetas celebrate. Across the room Buzz saw Blake also looking quite confident in his own right. Buzz smiled to himself. Everything was falling into line!