With both her and Mariella signed to PCW and as members of Toxic, they were sent down to the company's Premium Academy program. Although Mariella made her debut in the program, Melanie's didn't come until the Premium Academy's fifth show when she helped Mariella attack Richelle Ross after Mariella successfully defended the X Championship, and laid out Richelle with the Vegas Strip. On the sixth episode, Mariella and Melanie bragged about their actions on the previous show. Casey Matthews came out and berated the two, but this was a set up as Katie Chason turned on Casey and beat him down with a microphone before low blowing him. Katie was then announced as a Fatality Inc member and the trio joined Jimmy Gambino's stable The Gambino Alliance (later renamed The Gambino Family).