This is a fic which I consider dicey, (certain people know why) and may not be to some people's liking. It is a crossover. It is also (for Wrestling) an out of character fic so I'll be weaving between wrestlers real names and their stage names. I probably would've held off starting to post this longer if certain friends hadn't booed that idea :-)
Uncertain Truths
TITLE: Uncertain Truths Prologue?
AUTHOR: Juliet3:16
EMAIL: R
CONTENT: VIOLENCE (EXTREME AT TIMES), ADULT LANGUAGE
CATEGORY: ADULT, ANGST, DRAMA, HORROR
SPOILERS: Right now everything through November 2005 is fair game. Afterwards complete AU. For GH, everything through Robin's return and then it's AU (and I'll get more into that later)
SUMMARY: A sighting in 2008 puts a few things thought to be concrete in question (I know, not a clear summary, but I'm scared to make it any less vague at this point).
DISCLAIMER: They are either owned by WWE, TNA or themselves.
DISTRIBUTION: WWOMB, anywhere else please ask.
NOTES (For Wrestling): This is an out of character fic, which means there maybe times where I switch between a wrestler's real name and their stage name (sometimes in the same part). There will be some where I just use their wrestling name throughout the fic (Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho) and some where I use their wrestling name sparingly (Scotty "Raven" Levy, Adam "Edge" Copeland). If this gets confusing, please let me know.
For the record, Chavo Guerrero is indeed three years older than Rey Mysterio. I checked :-)
Uncertain Truths
Prologue
April 2006
Rey Mysterio slowly and methodically packed up what he had in his hotel room in Atlanta. He glanced around the room, his dark eyes landing on his newly won US Championship that he won off Chris Benoit at WrestleMania just a few days before. Rey thought back to all the time in the past year or so that he had spent lobbying for a chance at the higher tier title and had been ecstatic to learn he would get it in Chicago. Now though, he could not help but wonder if the price for the belt had been another man's blood.
A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. He looked in the peephole and let Chavo Guerrero in.
"Hey esse," He greeted the older man.
"Hey, holmes, Chavo greeted Rey back. "How you holding up?"
Probably about as well as anybody else," Rey answered back, "I still can't - "
"I know man, none of us can," Chavo cut in, "Dean is not taking this well at all."
"Yeah, I can imagine," Rey responded, "I can't imagine him finding Chris like that, however it was," Rey trailed off, remembering that his friend did know something about what Dean was going through right now.
Chavo was silent, his eyes going to the mask that Rey had often times wore during his career.
"Shane and Stephanie are shutting down the company for at least six months," Chavo said, trying to break the uncomfortable silence in the air, "I mean, until they can figure out where to go from here. Everybody will still get paid and everything, but - "
"I already gave Shane my two weeks," Rey interrupted, unsure how to break his news to his friend, "I told him tif the company started running again, that I would come back and drop the US title if it was still going to be used, but I'm not coming back beyond that."
"Where you going next man?" Chavo asked, "Japan, TNA, Ring of Honor?"
"No man, I'm done."
Chavo was shocked. Could he really be hearing Rey Mysterio, one of his closest friends, saying that he was hanging up his boots?
"Come on, esse," Chavo pleaded, "You still have a fairly good career ahead of you still - "
"And Dominic needs his father now!" Rey practically shouted out, "With all our friends dying around us, wouldn't you want to do the same?"
"Sometimes," Chavo said softly, and Rey felt a pang of guilt in his heart. The younger man knew Chavo was thinking about his late uncle, Eddie.
"How long - " Chavo struggled to get out.
"Since Eddie died," Rey broke in, knowing Chavo was asking how long Rey had been considering retirement. "I kept seeing Vicki struggling with it all and wondering about what my own family would do if something happened to me out on the road. Then everybody else started dying off. I think Ric and Chris' deaths coming so close together did it for me. Seeing Danny at the funeral. I don't want Dominic having to bury me at Sherilyn or Shaul's ages."
Chavo considered what his friend had said. In truth he had considered retirement when his uncle had died and a serious of other high - profile wrestling deaths had occurred within a six - month period. However wrestling was just too much in his blood to consider leaving for ever a short time. He felt his family, including his late uncle would want him to go on. However he also knew that Eddie, being a family man himself would understand Rey's decision to quit. Neither man had ever felt comfortable bringing Rey's son into their summer feud the year Eddie died.
"Never coming back?" Chavo finally asked.
"Rey gave a mirthless chuckle, "I'll never say never, but I think this is it for me holmes."
Chavo gave his friend a hug.
"Just promise me," Chavo asked, "that you'll stay in touch and not be a stranger. If you ever decide you want to come back - "
"I already told Shane he'll be the first person I'll call," Rey finished.
Chavo nodded, sadness and grief on his features.
"You ready to go to the wake?" Chavo asked emotion cracking his voice.
"Yeah," Rey said. "I need to see Dean and Nancy, and tell a few others of what I plan to do."
Both men headed out the door to attend Chris Benoit's wake.
END NOTES: The next chapter will take place in summer of 2008. There will be flashbacks to this six - month period Chavo and Rey talk about.
Juliet3:16 (Proud American)