Business of Reluctant Dragons
Chapter 1- What the hell…- Triple H.
I was dying… well… it felt that way. I couldn't get enough water to drink and no matter what I drank it wasn't enough! I took one of the jugs from a water cooler and just downed it in twenty minutes. After that… I passed out… just like that. However, found myself awake in Vince's office.
"My head" I moaned.
"Hunter? Oh thank God you're awake! What the hell is wrong with you?" he demanded of me.
"I… I don't know" was all I could say, getting myself off the floor I felt strange, it grew worst when I noticed wings coming across my back! I had a long blood neon green tail with a black tint… Rushing to Vince' mirror I saw it… I was one of them… a dragon! "How… the hell did this happen?" I asked.
Vince looked oblivious. "I can't say for certain"
"I need to talk to Kane!"
"He's not here, we're doing Raw now, he's with Smackdown, remember?"
Why the hell doesn't Vince look worried? "I'll fly to him!" I announced.
"And draw attention to yourself in broad daylight? Hunter stay here and don't leave this office I am going to sort this out!"
"How? You said so yourself, Kane's not here!"
"No, but that doesn't mean we can't ask around. Shao Khan has to be around here somewhere; he got board of wrestling and just decided to hang about. So you stay I'll be back" Vince left me alone in his office. I kept staring at my hands that were now clawed and scaly. The tone of voice he was giving me… didn't sound truthful. How could I tell? I don't know ask my long pointed ears!
I paced about in Vince's office wondering what to do. Vince returned a short time later with a sigh. "Well?" I asked.
He shook his head. "John said he would talk to Kane, in the mean time we might as well make the best of it. Oh did I show you what Kahn gave me?" he showed me a pendent. "It teleports!"
"Great, it can get me to Kane!"
"Not of this realm though…. To others, let me show you" Vince took hold of my wrist, next thing I knew I was in a whole new place… it looked old too! We stood high over a village, a building made of stone, and I jumped when three strange looking men approached me. They pulled out tape and measured me.
"Hey! Hands off!" I growled.
"Hunter, calm down…"
"What the hell is going on?" I demanded.
Vince looked me in the eyes. "I'm worried the WWE isn't… going so well… I am making a backup plan for you, Stephanie and the kids… You don't want them to go hungry now do you?"
What the hell is he talking about? "Go hungry? Vince, the WWE is fine"
"I want you to have a large nest egg, just in case… And this is the quickest way to get it!" he said as the hooded creeps measured me again. They then pointed me to an odd platform. I saw no harm in it and stood. I grew nervous as it dipped. On the other side they placed rocks… and kept placing them until they balanced out. I was getting a bad feeling about this.
When I got off, they placed a grail of honey in my hands. "Drink" was all they said.
It then donned on me. "Uh ah! No way! I ain't doing it!" I announced defiantly and placed the grail on the ground. "Vince get someone else, I am not doing this!"
"Hunter… quite embarrassing me… they are paying by the pound! A pound of gold for every pound you eat…"
"I told you I didn't want to be part of this!" I growled to him.
"No, you didn't want to be part of me trying to convince Kane and the others! You never said anything about doing it yourself, and since I am your ride back… and they already set up the deal… you have to go through with it!" Vince hissed.
I growled lowly to him. "Mark my words… I will get revenge for this! You maybe my father in law… but this is low, even for you" I grabbed the grail and drank it down, I wasn't left with much of a choice, Vince would leave me here, I know he would. When I finished off with the grail the hooded men pointed to a pit of a minoitaur… is he kidding me? "Are you serious? Why the hell does it look so fat?" I asked.
"Ate all livestock, nearly ate people," the hooded guy said. "Go… battle" it ordered.
I hissed lowly, the cloaked men led me to the pit and lowered me into it. I didn't know how to fly yet.
The moment I stepped foot in the pit, I knew I was in over my head. The beast looked ill… really! It hardly moved let alone breathed. "You do realize if I do this… I would be in no better shape than…"
"Just eat the damn thing Hunter!" Vince growled.
Great… this is going to go on the long list of things I wish I never did!