Missing Piece

Disclaimer/Author's Note: The last time I wrote a fan fiction was over a year ago. I ended up taking some time off because of a terrible writer's block. And now, through the suggestion of a friend I decided to come back and finish one of the fan fictions I hadn't finished. But, there was a spark while writing new chapters for the old ones. So, I created 'Missing Piece'. The copyrights I obtain to are those of my original character, Morgan Lathan.

Summary: Morgan's transition into the WWE hadn't been the easiest but it all came together in the end. But the re-introduction of an old friend to her life and job could prove to be more than she can handle. Especially when their attraction becomes a little more friendly than either anticipated

The corridors in the arena were, for the most part, quiet except for the noticeable, echoing sounds a pair of stiletto heels connecting with the concrete floor over and over again and wheels of a travel suitcase rolling over the pavement. This wasn't the first time Morgan Lathan had been in a wrestling arena. She was no stranger to the wrestling scene either. Her career had barely begun in Deep South Wrestling before they reassigned her to the RAW brand of WWE just as quickly as she came.

The ability to learn things pretty fast is one of the few assets she had that landed her in the WWE. And of course, the beauty part of it didn't hurt too badly for her. Morgan Lathan was drop dead gorgeous at a height of five foot six inches and had a shimmering cinnamon-colored skin tone to complete the look. It was like having the perfect tan except natural. Her dark brown eyes sparkled and lit up when she walked into a room. Along with her lightly curled long, jet-black hair, and bright, wine-stained red streaks, it was definitely a winning combination. When anyone thought of one phrase to describe Morgan Lathan, it was always 'beautiful but deadly'.

The clicking of Morgan's heels finally stopped as she made her way into the Women's Locker Room. There only seemed to be one person in the locker room. She was blonde and medium height. She had somewhat of an athletic physique. The familiarity about her was second to none. The women's title was draped across her shoulder. Morgan set her suitcase aside as the blonde woman placed her title down on a steel chair to the left and extended her hand out towards Morgan's direction. And Morgan then, accepted quickly to shake her hand.

"You must be Morgan Lathan. Vince described you perfectly right down to the very... color of your eyes." The blonde giggled slightly.

"That's funny," Morgan spoke sarcastically. "During the interview with him, he didn't seem to be very focused on my eyes. And yeah, I'm Morgan. You must be Trish Stratus. It's nice to finally meet you."

"It's nice to meet you, too. You can call me Patricia. It really doesn't matter to me. And Vince has a tendency to do that to all the new girls. It's a phase with him. Don't worry about too much. Once he gets to know you, you'll be just another 'valuable' employee. You're a moneymaker to him, Morgan. That's why he brought you here so soon."

"Oh, don't I feel so loved. I take it you know quite a bit about me." Morgan asked curiously.

"Only what I heard through the grapevine. Anything else, I just have to learn by getting to know you. You can leave you stuff here while I show you around. Some of the girls are excited to see you."

"You mean the other divas? I can't wait to meet them either."

Morgan set down the rest of her things off to the side as she and Trish left the locker room and made their way down the corridor. Hours passed as the tapings for the RAW house show began. She had learned most of everything she needed to survive most of the time being while everyone got to know her.

During that time before the beginning of tapping, Trish and Morgan stopped off at Vince's office to check off on adding her to the storyline angles as soon as possible. It had been there, where she became instantly attracted to Vince's son, Shane. Along with a world she wasn't willing to accept at any point in time. The two divas stepped inside Vince's office. But, he was nowhere to be found in there. The door slowly opened behind them as the two turned around to see a man leaning against the doorway and just smiling. He wasn't Vince but a hell of a lot younger. And his looks didn't hurt him at all either.

"Aren't you going introduce me to your beautiful, new friend, Trish?"

"Well, aren't you just charming Shane? But, you already know her. Didn't you father tell you about his newest recruit?" Trish sighed slightly under her breath before continuing on. "This is Morgan Lathan. Morgan, this is Vince's son, Shane McMahon."

Shane took a hold of Morgan's hand and gently kissed the back of her hand. Morgan couldn't help but blush and giggle. He held onto her hand a little while longer before letting go. The attraction between the two was undeniable. Trish cleared her throat just loud enough to snap both Morgan and Shane right back to reality.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Lathan. My father did mention something about a new diva coming to the WWE. But, I think he had forgotten to mention how beautiful you were." Oh, he was certainly a charmer all right. Trish kept that comment to herself before actually speaking up.

"Shane, could you just try and lay it on any thicker for all of us? It's obvious you're hitting on the poor girl."

"Oh leave Shane alone, Trish. He can charm this dress right off of me anything." Morgan said in the heat of the moment.

Morgan's jaw just about dropped completely. She couldn't believe a word she had said. While Trish just shook her head in disbelief, Shane couldn't help but smile. Her first day at work and she already said something that could be held over her head for the rest of her tenure with WWE. Morgan was at a loss for words.

"Umm, I'll take that into consideration Morgan." Shane placed his hand under her chin, trying to be a comfort to her. "It's okay. There are divas that have done much worse before you. It's no big deal. I mean look what Trish did in the beginning of her career. See it's not that bad." Shane grinned as Morgan laughed slightly under her breath.

"Oh, I love being the shining example in your eyes, Shane." Trish was obviously less than amused by Shane's throwbacks to the past. Morgan felt the awkwardness between all three of them growing rapidly as she quickly changed the subject.

"Shane, we were looking for your father. I needed to ask him a few things I'm unclear on." Morgan smiled slightly before glancing over at Trish, who looked as if she wanted nothing to do with what was going on right now.

"Well, since my dad isn't here to help either of you, mind if I help you two out?" He smiled back towards Morgan's direction.

"Oh, not at all. Well, I don't have anything to complain about today." Trish spat out, leaning against the wall.

"It's my problem, Shane." She spoke harshly in Trish's direction before turning to smile politely in Shane's direction. "I'm not too sure about my debut and storyline for tonight. So, I was hoping Vince could fill me in the details of that."

"I can help you out easily, Morgan. My dad told me about this earlier before he took off for reasons all his own. I'm going to introduce you as the newest acquisition acquired by me for the WWE." Morgan seemed a little unsure as Shane caught on to it easily. "Let me try and explain this a little more clearly, you're going to be brought in this upcoming storyline as an eventual girlfriend is for a certain someone. Well, I should say that someone is actually going to be me."

"Wait! This is going to make you the most hated woman on RAW since me." Trish finally made her presence felt once again at the worst time. "Are you sure you two can co-exist as friends and then lovers on-screen? I mean Shane is going to be hitting on you non-stop now, Morgan." Her discouragement of Morgan's storyline wasn't going to phase Morgan in the slightest. And all it did was fuel Morgan's passion to succeed even further.

"You know, Trish is actually right for once. If this storyline makes you uncomfortable Morgan, we can change things around. Or just forget about it entirely." His sweet-talking was a comfort but not really needed in her case.

"Shane, that is really nice of you. But, I have never been one to back down from any challenge. You can consider this a done deal as far as I'm concerned. I would be happy to do this storyline with you." Morgan extended her hand out towards Shane as he took her hand in his. Her glaze temporarily fixated itself on Trish, who knew exactly what that girl was getting into but said nothing. If she was going to act like the bitch she was bound to be on camera, then Morgan deserved everything she was going to get.