Take a Chance: An ECW Fanfic
List of Wrestlers in this fic: Raven, Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Beulah McGillycutty, The Public Enemy, The Dudley Family, Tazz, The bWo, Bam Bam Bigelo, Dawn Marie, Shane Duglous, Sabu, Terry Funk, Rob Van Dam, The Eliminators, Axel Rotten, Lance Storm, Jerry Lynn, Cactus Jack, Mickey Whipwreck, Balls Mahoney, Rey Mysterio Jnr, Skye (Stacy Keibler), Torrie Wilson, Whisper (Rebecca Hickenbottem/Michaels), Chris Jericho, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, the nWo, The Four Horsemen and Eric Bischoff.
Summary: Paul Heyman, unable to procure money to support ECW, does the unthinkable: He sells ECW to Ted Turner and WCW. Raven Isn't too happy, but goes anyway, only to come face to face with his past... Raven/Skye
Prologue
Raven fell back into the soft plush of the sofa in the ECW locker room and sighed. Shane Duglous and Stevie Richards were across the room, chatting away. Tazz and Bubba-Ray Dudley were a few feet away from him, having a tag-team arm wrestling competition against Spike and D-Von Dudley. Tazz slammed Spike's arm down for the win. He smiled at the youngest Dudley and ruffled his hair.
"What up yo'?" Everyone turned to the door to see Rocco Rock and Paul Heyman walk in. Raven shook his head as Rocco bopped his head.
"Guys, I have an idea." Paul called his wrestlers together.
Tazz raised his hand. "What's going on Pauly?" He asked.
"My idea was we have a TV show. We can get TNT to sponsor us, and we can get the time slot. The only problem is that we'd have to be working for Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff." Paul E Dangerously explained. The crowded locker room was filled with groans of disapproval. Raven stood.
"We don't have to work for them Paul. We have a sweet deal now. Why blow it?" He stated. He heard grunts of approval, only to have it shattered by a loud booming voice.
"Why should we listen to you, bird-brain? What's Paul's excuse for putting you in charge?" The Sandman, in all his blonde glory, stepped into the room, closely followed by Lori Fullington, his wife. He stood eye to eye with Raven and smirked. Stevie wolf whistled, causing both Raven and Sandman to give him the world's biggest death glare. She silently sat down beside the Blue Meanie. Raven looked back at Sandman as a puff of cigarette smoke was launched into his eyes. Sandman smirked, sitting beside his friend and work mate, Rob Van Dam.
"I'm not putting him in charge, Jim." Paul said, addressing Sandman. The cigarette smoking, cane swinging, beer swilling Sandman stared at him for a second before relaxing into the cushions of a chair.
"I don't see why we have to work for WCW." Raven continued with his little rant. Paul shook his head.
"Scott, you know money is tight right now. We need this. Once we've got enough money, we'll leave." Paul replied smoothly, not taking his gaze from the tall blonde figure that was Raven. Raven nodded, sitting back down beside Stevie.
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"I don't like it either, Rave, but its boss's orders." Dawn Marie explained to Raven as they left the locker room after the meeting. Everyone except Raven had agreed to work with WCW.
"I know Dawn, but I really don't want to go to WCW." He sat down on the hood of his car outside the ECW Arena. Dawn sat beside him.
"Because of Skye?" Raven looked up at her. Her hazel eyes sparkled in the moonlight as she smiled at him. Dawn had always been a good friend to Raven. She was the only person, besides Stevie, who knew about Raven's past with Skye.
"She's just as psycho as Trinity ever was." He ran his fingers through his hair. Dawn patted his shoulder.
"Skye and Trinity are two separate people. They're nothing alike. Scotty, sometimes you have to face your past." She hugged her best friend tightly before leaving the car park, and the city.
"Yeah. Meeting up with Skye is going to be as much fun as a bullet hole in the middle of my head." Raven muttered as he climbed into his car, pulling out of the car park and driving off into the night.