Too Little Too Late

Disclaimer: I don't own any WWE superstars, obviously.

WARNINGS: Story contains: strong language, sex, violence, drugs, alcohol, self-harm, and possible abuse.

Pairings: (Triple H/Chyna) (Shawn Michaels/Sunny)

January 1996

The low volume of the music from the jukebox played in the almost empty bar. The tunes were fit for those who were feeling depressed or frustrated with life, and all the while they drown their sorrows with an adult beverage. People have been coming and going for the past few hours during the evening and it was getting tiring for Hunter. He was sat at the bar sipping at his glass of water every now and again. Since he was the designated driver for his Kliq buddies, he had to tag along much to his very little interest in the bar.

He has never drank in his life because his health was most important to him. With great health, comes great success in the World Wrestling Federation. He has already had so much success since arriving in the WWF eight months ago. He is currently on a winning streak and has no intentions of ending it. That's why he shoved away the drink that Kevin bought for him. Since day one, Hunter has told Kevin, Scott, and Shawn to not buy him drinks but they don't listen. Hunter just laughs it off and wastes it. It was currently sitting right in front of him; the light brown liquid still bubbling at the surface like some kind of toxic chemical. He didn't know what the hell the drink was. Kevin said it was like Jack Daniels or something like that. They always tell him to "loosen up" but Hunter just tells them that he doesn't want to ruin the body that he's worked so hard to maintain through the years.

"Can I get you anything else, sir?" A gruff voice suddenly sounded.

Hunter looked up at the aged bartender in front of him. He could see his tired eyes behind his glasses. Hell, if Hunter has been here for only two hours and he's been in here all day, he had to be exhausted.

"No, I'm good man, thanks." Hunter said with a smile as he held up his glass of water, indicating that he had enough to drink. The bartender nodded and walked to the back as the phone started ringing. Hunter looked up at the small television that was hanging up in the corner of the bar. He's been watching this football game all night and so it kept him occupied. Sure, he had Kevin, Scott, and Shawn here with him, but they were too busy talking amongst themselves in a booth to his left. He was still new to the group as he just started to talk to them a few months ago. Kevin was the one that introduced him to the guys. The most popular guys in the business that is.

Flashback….

Hunter was sat on the sofa, hunched over as he removed his wrestling boots. Another hard-fought victory, well not exactly hard fought, since he was mainly winning against jobbers, but a victory nonetheless. He didn't give a shit. He just arrived in the largest professional wrestling company in the world and he had a winning streak. Now, that was rare.

He had one boot off when suddenly there was a knock on the locker room door. He couldn't even mutter a welcome before the door slowly opened, revealing one of the most popular guys in the business, Kevin Nash, a.k.a. Diesel. Hunter's eyes went wide at the sight of the man. He knew he was an extremely large man, but in person his expectations paled in comparison to the real thing.

"Hey, kid. Can I come in?" His husky voice sounded in the rather quiet locker room.

Kid? Kevin sounded friendly for just seeing Hunter. "Yeah, sure. I'm just taking off my boots as I just finished my match." He said as he motioned his hand at the sofa next to him for the seven-foot-tall man to sit. It was an intimidating sight to say the least.

"Yeah, I know. I was watching it and I gotta say that it was pretty damn impressive." Kevin said with a slight smile on his face as he removed his sunglasses and placed them on top of his head. He has been watching Hunter's matches ever since the younger man arrived. He thought that he had a lot of talent and could make it far in the WWF.

Hunter chuckled. What Kevin said wasn't really funny, but unbelievable. Did one of the top stars just say that he was fond of his match? Not just one of the top stars, but one of his favorites to watch in the modern-day WWF? He was flattered as hell. "Thank you, I appreciate it." He said as he watched Kevin sit on the black leather sofa next to him. The squeak of the leather sounded underneath his weight, indicating that indeed, he was a giant.

Kevin rested back against the sofa and took a good look at Hunter as he continued working on his other boot. "Well, I knew you would be great because I watched you in WCW as Terra Ryzing. You were our guy."

Hunter's ears picked up on the word "our". He looked up at the man with a confused look. "Our?" His boot came loose and he tossed it next to the other one on the carpeted floor.

The big man cleared his throat and ran his fingers through his jet-black hair before speaking. "Yup, me, Scott, and Shawn."

Ok, Hunter was way more than just flattered now. He was ecstatic but didn't want to show it. He didn't want to seem like an annoying fangirl. "Wow, really? You mean, Scott as in Razor Ramon, and Shawn as in Shawn Michaels?" He already knew the answer and probably sounded like an idiot but he just wanted to make sure that he was hearing things correctly.

Kevin laughed out loud at his curiousness. Why shouldn't he be so happy to hear that? Diesel and Razor are some of the most destructive superstars in WWF today and Shawn Michaels, well it's simple. He is the heartbeat of the business and because of that, he's the current WWF Champion. "Yes, you are hearing me right, Helmsley. Who do you ride with?"

Kevin's serious tone and sudden question caught him off guard. Why would he want to know that? "Walter Kowalski drives me back and forth to shows. Why?" Hunter asked in a kind of slow pace with his voice full of curiousness. He quickly removed his long black socks and rolled them up to place them in his bag. He wriggled his toes that had a white tone to them from the dampness of the sweat in his boots.

A look of disapproval played on Kevin's face as he sat up on the sofa. He rested his forearms on his thighs as he said, "Nah, man, leave Walter alone. All respect to that man, but you should ride with someone else. What about the Kliq?" He smirked, knowing that Hunter would love the idea.

Hunter ran his hand through his damp blonde hair before he asked, "Kliq? What the hell is that?"

With a dramatic eye roll, Kevin said, "The Kliq. Me, Scott, and Shawn." A tone of sarcasm sounded in his deep voice.

"Oh shit, my bad." Hunter felt like a dumbass now but he thought about it. He just met Kevin and hasn't even met the other guys yet. Yes, he's seen them on TV but obviously, that isn't the real them. Well, it couldn't hurt. Walter was tired. He felt bad for hauling his trainer, the reason for him being here, around with him everywhere. This is also his chance to really get his name out there and get a nice reputation. A reputation that could get him some great opportunities possibly, and not only that but some great friends as well. Hunter nodded his head slowly at first but when he felt confidence in the deal he nodded completely, giving Kevin his answer. "Sure, man. That would be amazing." He smiled as he shook Kevin's hand that was held out in front of him.

Hunter's thoughts were interrupted by the loud laughter of Kevin. He turned slightly to his left to see all three of them laughing about something. It could've been anything from sex jokes about a woman they banged or something that happened with one of the boys. One of the boys as in, the other superstars. They all pulled pranks on each other, yet Hunter hasn't had one pulled on him. It was probably because he was still fairly new and everybody was getting to know him.

Hunter's lips turned up into a smile. He only hoped that none of them got drunk because it would be hell to get them all into the van. It has happened so many times before and Hunter doesn't want to have to deal with it. Sometimes they will be so sleepy to where he has to literally drag them out of the bar with the help of the bartender, or they'll be complete assholes.

His attention went from his friends to the door of the bar. The bell dinged as the door opened and in came a smoking hot blonde. All the guys' eyes were on her, especially Hunter's. As the door slammed behind her, she looked around the bar as she shrugged off her white fur coat. She hung it on the coat hanger that was next to the door and turned around to where her and Hunter's eyes met.

As she advanced towards him with a smile on her face, his eyes scanned her tone body. She was wearing a fitted dark blue dress and had some white high heels on. He looked at her face once more and he swallowed hard. Fuck, she was beautiful. He couldn't see much due to the dim lighting of the bar but he could tell that she was indeed beautiful. Her tanned skin glistened from the bright lights of the juke box as she sat next to him on a stool. She slowly took her eyes off him as she told the arriving bartender what she wanted to drink.

"Just a shot of Whiskey, please."

Her feminine voice was like music to his ears, since it was all the guys in here. He watched as she crossed her legs and adjusted her dress that rode up her leg. He had such an urge right now to run his hands over those smooth legs. Perhaps, while he was fucking her.

As if she could feel his stare, she directed her attention to him. She still had that beautiful smile and twirled a piece of her blonde hair. "Hi."

Her voice was seductive and that got Hunter excited. Excited in a way that the front of his jeans was starting to feel tight. "Hi." He said as he smiled.

"You look familiar, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, right?" She asked as the bartender returned with her drink, who sat it down in front of her with a light thud on the wooden bar.

He chuckled deep in his throat before he took a sip of his water that was now getting warm as all the ice was near melted. "Yes, ma'am, I am."

"Hmm, well, I've seen you wrestle on TV because my brother watches wrestling. You're pretty hot." She said lowly with a wink before she tipped her head back to drink the shot of Whiskey.

"You think so, huh? Well, do you wanna see me closer up?" He said with a growl as he shuffled closer to her. He could smell her intoxicating perfume and he was starting to sweat. The perspiration that shined on his forehead was evidence of that.

She bit her lip as she stared at his lips. His lips were fucking sexy for being as thin as they were. They were perfectly shaped and she wanted to kiss him.

He could see her damn near salivating at his lips and it just stroked his ego even more. He slowly leaned forward to kiss her until the door to the bar swung open. Hunter looked up and saw a man come in that seemed flustered. He said hi to the bartender and that's when she quickly turned her face away from Hunter, blushing. It almost seemed as if she recognized the man's voice.

"Hey baby, sorry I had trouble locking that damn car up." He said with a laugh as he walked over to the gorgeous blonde and kissed her on the cheek. He must have been her husband or boyfriend. Ah, shit! Her wedding ring! How could he have not noticed that rock on her finger? Hunter thought as he stared at the diamond on her slender finger.

Hunter quickly sat up and walked over to his buddies who were laughing. "Shut up, guys." He said through clenched teeth before he sat down in a huff in the booth next to Shawn, who was laughing hysterically.

"You were ready to bend her over that bar and fuck her brains out. Oh my God and then he walks in." Scott said in between fits of laughter. "You're lucky he didn't see you, otherwise we'd have to go over there and save your ass. That guy is pretty big." Scott then took a swig of his beer as Hunter just glared at him.

"Not funny, not funny at all. I haven't had a woman in a couple weeks, man." Hunter said with a hint of frustration in his voice as he took a drink of his water as a way to cool him off from his frustrations. Or, from being hot as hell because of that damn woman. A cold shower would do him some good right about now. He always took women out after shows and eventually took them back to his hotel room so they can be another notch on his bedpost. He was young, so what?

"Ah, cheer up Hunter. The night's not over yet." The thick Texan accent sounded to the left of him.

Hunter looked over at Shawn and smiled a little bit. Shawn pat him on his back and it was a friendly gesture. They were becoming good friends. Shawn was the second guy that Hunter met in the WWF, thanks to Kevin. He was down to earth and Hunter thought he was cool a pretty cool guy. "Yeah, I know but still. She's hot man, look at her."

They all looked over at her and that guy, who was currently rubbing the small of her back as he muttered things in her ear that were making her giggle.

"Whatever, Hunt..Hunter, she's taken. There's plenty of more broads out…out there." He burped. "It's ir…ronic that she looks happy with him but she..she was trying to whore arou…around with you." Kevin said in his drunken state as he sat back in the booth. Hunter looked over at him and saw three empty beer bottles aligned on the faintly red colored table in front of him.

"Haven't you had enough? I'm the one that has to deal with your drunk asses." He said as he folded his arms across his chest with a look of disapproval.

"Who…who said I was drunk?" Kevin burped once again right after and Hunter panicked for a second because he thought he was going to throw up on him. That would just top his shitty night. He got dragged into this bar, no sex, and he would have puke all over him. Hell no.

Hunter just shook his head. It was better not to argue because it was obvious that he was drunk, or at least buzzed.

"Oh shit, we better get going. It's late." Scott said as he looked at his gold wrist watch. Hunter took a good look at the shiny jewelry. He couldn't wait to have things like that. At the rate he was going, it was all possible.

Hunter was the first to scoot out of the booth and stretch a little. "Yeah, let's go. I'm tired and Superstars is tomorrow."

"Yeah, no kidding, Helmsley. That's why I said that we have to go." Scott said as he got out of the booth after Kevin did, who was swaying as he stood there. Hunter watched him closely in case he fell and had to catch him before he got hurt.

As they all paid for their beer, Hunter walked up to the bar and reached into his back pocket for his wallet. He pulled a few dollars out and slapped them on the bar. It was that weird he was paying for only a glass of water at the freaking bar but whatever. He heard a giggle next him and he looked to see that guy, her husband all over her. She paid him no attention even though she was ready to sleep with him just a little while ago. He scoffed and caught up with the guys who were heading out the door.

Shawn was supporting Scott, who swayed as he walked. Hunter, on the other hand, immediately went over to Kevin and helped him get to the van. Kevin had no idea where the hell he was going as he started walking off until Hunter put an arm around him and maneuvered him over to where they were actually going.

"Careful, Kev. You almost walked into the damn road." Hunter laughed a little.

Once they all got situated in the van with Scott and Kevin sitting in the back and Shawn in the passenger's seat, Hunter started the ignition. The rumble of the motor starting up woke Hunter a little as he was starting to get tired. He still had to drive all the way to Columbus, Ohio. They were in Cincinnati tonight, so it shouldn't take too long. He's had way worse before, like when he'd have to drive to a whole other state and that happened almost every time. Tonight, he was lucky.

Once the van was warm enough, he backed out of the parking space and slowly drove out of the parking lot. He turned right, onto the near silent road. It's no surprise that there was barely anyone out since it was midnight on a week day.

Him and Shawn were the only ones awake. Scott and Kevin crashed as soon as they hit the road. He could tell Shawn was awake because he rolled the window up to avoid the cold wind. Hunter glanced over at him. "I hope I'm going the right way." Hunter wasn't entirely sure if he was or not.

He heard Shawn laugh softly. "Yeah, me too. You don't want it to end up like the other day when it took us a day more to get to where we needed to get to." He looked over at Hunter who was focused on the dark road ahead of him. He looked back out the window to the right of him. His blue eyes scanned the trees and road signs. None of them indicated Columbus, of course, just small towns that mapped out a few miles from their current location.

Hunter chuckled and shook his head at the memory. That was hell and he never wanted it to happen again. It almost ended up with him getting kicked out of the Kliq. When he mentioned that they wouldn't have a designated driver, they just forgot about the situation and Hunter laughed. "That was awful, man. As a matter of fact, look in the glove department. There should be a map in there somewhere." He said pointing to the front of the dashboard in front of Shawn.

Shawn leaned forward and opened it. His hand examined the papers inside and he found the folded-up map. "Ah ha, here we go." Shawn said proudly as he opened it up. He squinted his eyes at the small writing, which made Hunter laugh.

Hunter reached up and clicked on a light so Shawn could see. It illuminated the whole front of the van and Shawn sighed in relief. "Thanks, man. They make the writing so damn small. Wait, where is Ohio again?"

Hunter laughed once more. Shawn was buzzed and he was stupid to think he could focus on a map, so he pulled over to the side of the road and parked the van with the engine still running. "Here, let me see it." Hunter said as he held out his hand.

Shawn happily gave the blasted map to Hunter and relaxed in his seat.

Using his finger to trace the many lines that consisted of roads, highways, and rivers on the map, Hunter searched around on the right side of North America. "Where are you, damn it." He muttered to himself as Shawn chuckled. He looked over at Shawn and frowned. "Hey, you couldn't find this shit either so shut up."

Shawn held his hands up in surrender.

"Yes, I found it. I knew it was somewhere up North." Hunter said proudly as he folded up the map so he could focus on only the area that they needed. "So, we just have to keep driving north. See Shawn, I am going the right way." He smiled cockily as he threw the map back into the glove department and slammed it shut. He looked into the rearview mirror to see if there were cars behind him but when he saw none, he stepped on the gas and peeled out with the tires kicking up dirt and rocks behind them.

They were finally here. Hunter shut off the engine and sighed in exhaustion. Two full hours of empty roads and low music from the radio that was of none of his interest. Shawn fell asleep just a little after the whole map fiasco, so he was pretty bored to say the least.

All he wanted to do was get into his hotel room and rest. He unbuckled his seat belt and shook Shawn's arm. He woke easier than Hunter thought as he watched him stir. He sat up and rubbed at his tired eyes.

"It's about we're here. I'm tired as hell." The Texan said with a yawn. He too unbuckled his seatbelt and stretched his legs.

"I know." That was all Hunter said as he looked back at Scott and Kevin who were dead asleep by the looks of it. "Guys! Wake up, we're here!" He shouted, which scared Shawn to death. Hunter laughed and turned to him. "Sorry."

They groaned and stirred in their seats.

"Alright, I'll get the bags from the back. You can take care of them as I do that." Hunter said to Shawn as he opened the car door and stepped out into the cold night. His breath came out in a fog with each breath he took and he tugged at his jacket as the cold air chilled him. He shut the door and went around to the back to open the two doors. One, two, three, four bags were there and he grabbed them and set them on the concrete ground. Once he gathered them all, he calmly shut the doors and walked towards the back entrance to the hotel. He looked back at Shawn that was helping Scott and Kevin out of the van. "Hey, Shawn, I'm gonna take these inside and I'll come back and help." He said as Shawn just nodded his head in response.

Hunter quickly walked inside where security was standing and told him to watch their bags. He was glad that there was security here tonight. Well, he shouldn't be too surprised because all the superstars were going to be arriving tonight and early tomorrow. He walked back out into the cold night and met up with his friends who were already on their way in. Shawn had both his arms supporting the big guys that were walking side to side with him.

"You…you guys are great, you kn…know that?" Kevin's slurred response fell on deaf ears as Hunter and Shawn just wanted to go inside and rest.

Through all the hustle of getting inside and booking their rooms, Hunter shut the door to his room and sat down on the king-sized bed with a sigh of relief. Him and Shawn, again, had to help Scott and Kevin into their rooms. It wasn't real bad because they had woken up a little bit. It was a pain in the ass at times but Shawn told him that they've been doing this even way before Hunter arrived at WWF. With that being said, it was a normal occurrence.

He slipped off his shoes and kicked them over to where his bag sat, near the desk in front of him. He removed his socks and threw them where he kicked his shoes. He reluctantly stood up and started to remove his clothes for a nice hot shower. Once he was done, he walked into the small bathroom and shut the door behind him.

One relaxing and hot shower later, he was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. As he lie there, he thought about his match for tomorrow night. Hopefully it will be another victory so he can keep his winning streak alive. There was no mistaking how important this all was to him.

Not long after, he drifted off to sleep with the clear thoughts of holding his hand high in victory tomorrow night.

A/N: Hi guys, I really appreciate you reading the first chapter because I'm excited for this story as I have a lot planned for it. There will be drama, sadness, happiness, friendship, fun, so basically all of the above.

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