Super Six-intro.

Woo woo!

Here's part of Super Six..It's basically just the intro, I'm planning on covering the rest of prelims, then onto Team Finals, AA finals, FX finals..etc., etc.,..I'd looove some of y'alls feedback!

EXCERPT COPYRIGHT (C) 2009 TO MEREDITH (Last name withheld for saftey).


"Owwww." Samantha Peszek screeched, lying on the floor, gripping her ankle. Shawn Johnson, the reigning all-around world champion jogged over timidly, helping Sam up. Nastia Liukin, current beam world champion took over from there, guiding a limping Sam off the podium. Alicia Sacramone, another fellow world champion looked on at Sam sympathetically, wishing she could give her a huge hug. But, this was the Olympics...Team Preliminaries, to be exact. Alicia couldn't do anything except for warm up the rest of her tumbling. With a sigh, Alicia ran towards the corner, flipping into a two and half twist to front layout. She flew out of bounds. "Ughh." Alicia moaned, throwing her head back. Nastia stood absentmindedly in the corner, trying to focus on what was ahead. Sam was going to be an All-Arounder, and was really focused on proving that she could hit. Nastia knew what it was like having an unexpected injury at the worst possible time. Bridget Sloan, another world championship team member was going to have to step up, due to Chellsie Memmel, a 2003 and 2005 world champion injuring her ankle. Nastia just prayed that her ankle held up. Shawn was doing her best at blocking out all the distractions. hitting powerful tumbling runs, but yet, coming close to the boundaries of the floor. Bridget was having difficulty with her tumbling, considering now Team USA needed to count all 4 scores, after losing two of their best floor workers. Nastia flipped into a front handspring double front, and landed well, just with a slight knee bend. Sam was out of the meet, except for bar. She bit back the tears and stood quietly next to Chellsie, both of them silently agreeing that they were "Injury Buddies". Sam looked up at her mother, Luan, in the stands, who was wiping her eyes, looking so sad. "I'm Sorry." Samantha mouthed to her, eyes pleading for some sort of love, wishing that she could run up into the stands and crawl into her mother's lap. Before long, it was time for the meet to begin. Nastia stood away from the floor, breathing in and out slowly, running through the routine in her head. Alicia gripped Samantha's hand tightly, assuring her it would be okay. Chellsie stood rigidly, glancing at all the other teams. Shawn hopped up and down, attempting to forget everything and just do what she loved most. She was here...the hard part was over. Bridget climbed up onto the podium and shifted her weight from one foot to another. She was proud that she had even made it to the team, after tearing her meniscus in early April. She was going to let it go, and give it her all. The judges saluted and Bridget struck her first pose. As soon as the music started, she flew into her dance gracefully, forgetting it all. She hit her one point five through to triple twist, and smiled happily. The rest of the of the routine went well, until Bridget stepped out of bounds. She scowled fiercely, hitting her final pose. Brdiget quickly walked off the floor, embarrassed for herself and her teammates. Wha happened to "Stepping Up"? Bridget thought to herself. Then again, She continued. You can't always be perfect. Bridget concluded that she would hit the next event, vault, to try to "redeem" herself. Alicia followed Bridget, and went out of bounds, which cost her so much. Not only did she need to help USA qualify for team finals, but she wanted to try to win an individual medal, as well. But after her under par performance, it was not going to happen. Nastia hugged Alicia quickly, ready for her shot. Marta had told her to calm out this team, that she had the power to do it, seeing as she had competed under tons of pressure previously. Nastia saluted and walked onto the floor. Her floor music, "Dark Eyes", began and she turned on her famous look. She danced to the corner, and ran for her first pass. She smiled a tad when she stayed in bounds, and landed solidly on her feet. Nastia threw her head back into a graceful move, and was ready for another tumbling pass. No trouble there. Nastia landed the double front perfectly, just slightly cowboyed. The two major ones were over, but Nastia was still worried. The third pass was the one she had difficulty on before, either going out of bounds, or falling completely. She breathed in after a long dance sequence and ran into the dreaded third pass. She flirted with the white tape on the edges, but managed to keep it in. She grinned, dancing yet again. All that was left was her two and a half twist, the ending pass. As expected, she hit, and fell to the ground for her final pose happily, pleased with her efforts. She clapped hands with Shawn as Nastia made her way off the podium. Marta hugged Nastia, praising her as Nastia smiled up at her Dad in the stands. It was a new environment to her, not having her father, Valeri with her. "Good girl." Marta finished, patting Nastia's back. Marta turned her attention to Shawn who was all ready on the floor, awaiting her music. "come on, Shawn!" Nastia called out lightly, still out of breath. Shawn hit as she always did, and as her music, a song from her favorite movie August Rush (Which the girls had been forced to watch may times at camp by a pleading Shawn) came to an end. Shawn was all smiles, jogging off the podium, not even out of breath. She looked as if she had just taken a brisk walk. Team USA had been centered, and it was time to rotate. "We can do it." Alicia said with a grin, trying to overcome what had happened. "YEAH!" Shawn screamed, still rushing on the adrenaline. Everybody huddled together and started to giggle for no apparent reason. Maybe it was the fact that out of a million aspiring gymnasts (if not more) the were truly the Super Six chosen for the Olympic Team. And who wouldn't smile about that?