Runnels later re-emerged in 1998, under her real name, as the on-screen girlfriend of Val Venis.[1] When Runnels claimed to be pregnant with Venis' baby, he dumped her.[5][9] She later joined forces with Jacqueline Moore, who had just ended her alliance with Marc Mero, to form the Pretty Mean Sisters (P.M.S.).[9] They later formed an alliance with D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry, accompanying them to the ring for a match against Venis and The Godfather in December at Rock Bottom: In Your House.[10] In January, Runnels claimed to have suffered a miscarriage after she was knocked off the ring apron by Brown.[8][9] Weeks later, Brown discovered that Runnels had never been pregnant.[11] P.M.S. gained a "love slave" named Meat in May,[12] whom Runnels controlled using sex.[13] As a part of the storyline, P.M.S. used Meat for his body, forcing him to have sex with them.[12] The alliance, however, broke up by July, when Jacqueline Moore became frustrated with Runnels' infatuation with Meat.[11]