Ch 2.
"Hi guys." Lita could barely contain her surprise at seeing the four male members of Evolution in their locker room before her. Randy turned and took two of the sports bags she was carrying.
"Ever heard of a valet?" Batista teased her.
"I don't need anyone to carry my bags for me." She informed him. "All I need is a little help every now and again."
Ric smiled. "So you had a good week?"
"I did, I was really busy." Lita set down her shoulder bag, taking her new puppy out.
"I must be going crazy." Hunter stared at her. "I think I just saw you pull a dog out of your hand bag."
"This is Taita." She told him. "The boys gave him to me. They claim I need a man in my life to keep me in order."
"And Taita is a what?"
"Pure bred Shih Tzu." Lita told Hunter. "He's lovely."
"Looks kind of like a ball of fluff." Randy reached out to pet the tiny creature.
"Give him a cuddle." Lita passed the puppy to him.
"They think you need a man in your life?" Ric asked. "What are we?"
"They think I need to be in love to be happy. I have a really good track record of falling in love with my pets."
"What other pets do you have?" Batista asked.
"Akasha, she's a Bernese mountain dog, Cleopatra and Napoleon are my cats, they're both chocolate point Himalayan Persians, and I also have a Newfoundland called Lara."
"Let me get this straight," Ric began. "You name your pets after..."
"My cats are named after famous people from the past, and my dogs are named after fictional characters." Lita smiled.
"Akasha is Queen of the Damned, and Lara is like Lara Croft, right?" Randy asked. "Where the hell is Taita from?"
"As in Taita the Warlock." She told him. "You've never read any of the Taita novels by Wilbur Smith?"
"Not a big reader." Randy answered.
"Smith's books about Taita are set in Ancient Egypt. Taita was the servant of the Lady Lostris, who became Queen Lostris of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms."
"That's a fairly romantic way to name your pets." Hunter told her. "I'm actually surprised you have so many."
"The last time Matt and I broke up we went the whole way. After we'd said all the 'I don't want to see you agains' and the 'this isn't working, it's not you it me's', we saw our lawyers, divided our assets and worked out who got custody of our pets."
"Custody?"
"He kept Gisselle, Luke and Obi Wan. I took Akasha and Lara." Lita explained. "We both love our pets."
"I actually had something I wanted to show you." Hunter told Lita, moving towards her, a black velvet box in his hands. Silently he opened it, showing her the contents, an incredibly beautiful, finely crafted necklace.
"That's beautiful." Tentatively she reached out to touch the finely cut gem at the heart of the necklace, an exquisite pale blue sapphire.
"I'm glad you like it." He passed the box to Ric, and then freed the necklace, moving behind her as he draped the necklace around her neck, clasping it carefully, then reaching his arms around her shoulders, he straightened the jewel.
As he moved his hands down, they lightly skimmed her breasts, an action she ignored as she turned to look in the mirror, Hunter reflected behind her.
"It's so beautiful." She reached up to touch the necklace again, less apprehensive than before.
"It's called the Eye of Bast." Hunter told her, making it seem as though they were the only two people in the room. "She was some goddess." Randy told her.
"The Egyptian goddess Bast, the goddess who comprehends all goddesses, eye of Ra, protector, avenger, destroyer... Giver of life who lives forever." Lita replied.
"Clever girl." Hunter gave her a surprised look.
"Why do you have something so precious sitting around in our locker room?" She asked, her voice becoming firm, like she was chastising small children.
"I wanted to show it to you." Hunter told her. "I'm glad you like it."
"It's beautiful." Lita told him again, turning to face the four men. "Why am I now wearing it?"
"We aren't giving it to you." Ric told her. "It's on loan from Cartier."
"So again, why is something so beautiful and so expensive here in a WWE locker room?"
"We were hoping you'd like it enough to wear it." Hunter shrugged.
"So in English, you want me to wear it on a photo shoot." She finished for him.
"Randy was right, you are a goddess. That means nothing but the best for you from now on." He began again.
"That's why we want you to do this. Some of the photos will be used as promotional material, and at the same time, you can film some new scenes for your entrance video."
"What's the catch?" Lita asked.
"Catch?" Batista asked her.
"You either want me to do this in some kind of costume, or you want me to do this naked, if it's the latter, you can take the necklace back. I don't do nude photo shoots."
The four men stared at her. "Nudity is Torrie's or Sable's thing, not mine. I have more dignity than that."
"You must lose out, financially I mean." Randy told her.
"I got paid more for doing bikini shoots, even when I wasn't wrestling, than they do for taking their clothes off."
"Oh my God." The five people turned around to see Trish standing in the doorway, smiling at Taita. "Li, he's beautiful." She picked the puppy up, cuddling him to her.
"His name is Taita." Lita told him.
"Where did you get that?" Trish eyed the necklace.
"The guys borrowed it for me. I'm going to wear it on a photo shoot, and in some new scenes for my entrance video."
"It's so beautiful." Trish reached out to touch the pale blue jewel. "I wish someone would borrow me jewelry like that. Before I forget why I came to find you, and you guys too actually, I have something I need to ask you."
"Spit it out then." Lita stood still as Hunter unclasped her necklace and laid it carefully back in its box.
"Could you wrestle in a tag match with me tonight?" Trish asked her. "Bischoff's put me in a four on four intergender tag match, and I have to recruit my own team."
"You know I'm in. Who else is on the team?" Lita asked.
"Me." Trish answered.
"So you're looking for two more members." Hunter said to her. "Who are you against?"
"Victoria, Molly, Stevie Richards and Kane." Trish bit her lip.
"You seem a little... apprehensive." Batista observed.
"Kane's been a little crazy lately, you know, setting people on fire, electrocuting them, sending them off in ambulances. I'm a little more than apprehensive, I'm scared out of the my freaking mind!"
"Don't worry, I won't let him hurt you." Lita told her. At once the four men began to laugh. Lita spun around and jammed her knee into Hunter's stomach, pulling his head down. "Kane will not lay a hand on me. It might sound insane, but he won't."
"Why's that?" Randy asked, "Like Trish said he's been setting people on fire and electrocuting them lately. He even helped bury his own brother alive."
"He takes care of me. For a long time, he's been my big brother. I saw what was behind the mask a long time before everyone else did."
"Are you looking for offers in on this team?" Randy asked.
"Are you offering?" Lita countered.
"I'm in too." Hunter told her. "We can't very well have our goddess hurt, can we?"
"Bite me." Lita muttered.
"What was that?" Trish asked amused.
"Feed me." She replied. "Let's go get some coffee or ice cream or something."
Trish nodded. "Can we Taita to visit Stacy?"
"She needs some cheering up." Lita agreed, picking up her purse.
"So where did you get Taita?" Trish asked as they walked down the hall towards Scott and Test's locker room, where they knew that Stacy would be.
"Jeff, John, Rey and the guys bought him for me. They think that I can't be happy without a man in my life." Lita smiled.
"Tell them they can get me a puppy any day."
"They bought Taita because of his size. He's small enough to travel with me. Lara and Akasha are both a bit too big." Lita paused; listening as there was a loud thump. The two women exchanged glances, then hurried along to see what the noise was.
"Please, just stop, just calm down." Stacy begged Scott. He stood over her, while she lay curled up on the floor, half crawling, half dragging herself against the wall.
"Leave her alone." Trish told him, walking forwards.
"Stay out of this." Scott snarled at her.
"Hunter?" Lita asked into her cell phone. "I'm just up the hall and I'm having a problem. Do you think you guys could come and sort it out for me, it's kind of urgent." She dropped the cell phone back into her purse, then walked over to Stacy and dropped down beside her, covering the blonde's body with her own for a moment, checking that she was okay.
"What's going on? Lita?" Batista asked, seeing Trish, and then Lita on the floor, crouching over Stacy.
Hunter and Randy appeared beside Batista. "What's the problem?" Hunter asked Lita.
"He's my problem." She gestured to Scott, as she stood up, then bent back down to help Stacy to her feet. "Trish and I are going to take Stacy away from here now, and I want you to make sure he doesn't stop us."
"Lita..." Hunter began.
"I'm not listening to this." She said softly, moving over to speak quietly in his ear. "But I'm taking my friend away from the son of a bitch who hit her. I don't expect you to do anything, but if I have to, I will do everything in my power to kick Scott's ass."
"Don't be stupid." He warned her.
"Then save me from being stupid, and do me this favor because you love me, and I'm a goddess, and you guys are just slightly 'evolved'." She kissed his cheek, then took Stacy by the hand, wrapping one arm around the slightly dazed, very frightened woman. Hunter smiled at her for a moment, and then moved in on Steiner, making sure he didn't move to stop the three women.
"Hi guys." Lita could barely contain her surprise at seeing the four male members of Evolution in their locker room before her. Randy turned and took two of the sports bags she was carrying.
"Ever heard of a valet?" Batista teased her.
"I don't need anyone to carry my bags for me." She informed him. "All I need is a little help every now and again."
Ric smiled. "So you had a good week?"
"I did, I was really busy." Lita set down her shoulder bag, taking her new puppy out.
"I must be going crazy." Hunter stared at her. "I think I just saw you pull a dog out of your hand bag."
"This is Taita." She told him. "The boys gave him to me. They claim I need a man in my life to keep me in order."
"And Taita is a what?"
"Pure bred Shih Tzu." Lita told Hunter. "He's lovely."
"Looks kind of like a ball of fluff." Randy reached out to pet the tiny creature.
"Give him a cuddle." Lita passed the puppy to him.
"They think you need a man in your life?" Ric asked. "What are we?"
"They think I need to be in love to be happy. I have a really good track record of falling in love with my pets."
"What other pets do you have?" Batista asked.
"Akasha, she's a Bernese mountain dog, Cleopatra and Napoleon are my cats, they're both chocolate point Himalayan Persians, and I also have a Newfoundland called Lara."
"Let me get this straight," Ric began. "You name your pets after..."
"My cats are named after famous people from the past, and my dogs are named after fictional characters." Lita smiled.
"Akasha is Queen of the Damned, and Lara is like Lara Croft, right?" Randy asked. "Where the hell is Taita from?"
"As in Taita the Warlock." She told him. "You've never read any of the Taita novels by Wilbur Smith?"
"Not a big reader." Randy answered.
"Smith's books about Taita are set in Ancient Egypt. Taita was the servant of the Lady Lostris, who became Queen Lostris of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms."
"That's a fairly romantic way to name your pets." Hunter told her. "I'm actually surprised you have so many."
"The last time Matt and I broke up we went the whole way. After we'd said all the 'I don't want to see you agains' and the 'this isn't working, it's not you it me's', we saw our lawyers, divided our assets and worked out who got custody of our pets."
"Custody?"
"He kept Gisselle, Luke and Obi Wan. I took Akasha and Lara." Lita explained. "We both love our pets."
"I actually had something I wanted to show you." Hunter told Lita, moving towards her, a black velvet box in his hands. Silently he opened it, showing her the contents, an incredibly beautiful, finely crafted necklace.
"That's beautiful." Tentatively she reached out to touch the finely cut gem at the heart of the necklace, an exquisite pale blue sapphire.
"I'm glad you like it." He passed the box to Ric, and then freed the necklace, moving behind her as he draped the necklace around her neck, clasping it carefully, then reaching his arms around her shoulders, he straightened the jewel.
As he moved his hands down, they lightly skimmed her breasts, an action she ignored as she turned to look in the mirror, Hunter reflected behind her.
"It's so beautiful." She reached up to touch the necklace again, less apprehensive than before.
"It's called the Eye of Bast." Hunter told her, making it seem as though they were the only two people in the room. "She was some goddess." Randy told her.
"The Egyptian goddess Bast, the goddess who comprehends all goddesses, eye of Ra, protector, avenger, destroyer... Giver of life who lives forever." Lita replied.
"Clever girl." Hunter gave her a surprised look.
"Why do you have something so precious sitting around in our locker room?" She asked, her voice becoming firm, like she was chastising small children.
"I wanted to show it to you." Hunter told her. "I'm glad you like it."
"It's beautiful." Lita told him again, turning to face the four men. "Why am I now wearing it?"
"We aren't giving it to you." Ric told her. "It's on loan from Cartier."
"So again, why is something so beautiful and so expensive here in a WWE locker room?"
"We were hoping you'd like it enough to wear it." Hunter shrugged.
"So in English, you want me to wear it on a photo shoot." She finished for him.
"Randy was right, you are a goddess. That means nothing but the best for you from now on." He began again.
"That's why we want you to do this. Some of the photos will be used as promotional material, and at the same time, you can film some new scenes for your entrance video."
"What's the catch?" Lita asked.
"Catch?" Batista asked her.
"You either want me to do this in some kind of costume, or you want me to do this naked, if it's the latter, you can take the necklace back. I don't do nude photo shoots."
The four men stared at her. "Nudity is Torrie's or Sable's thing, not mine. I have more dignity than that."
"You must lose out, financially I mean." Randy told her.
"I got paid more for doing bikini shoots, even when I wasn't wrestling, than they do for taking their clothes off."
"Oh my God." The five people turned around to see Trish standing in the doorway, smiling at Taita. "Li, he's beautiful." She picked the puppy up, cuddling him to her.
"His name is Taita." Lita told him.
"Where did you get that?" Trish eyed the necklace.
"The guys borrowed it for me. I'm going to wear it on a photo shoot, and in some new scenes for my entrance video."
"It's so beautiful." Trish reached out to touch the pale blue jewel. "I wish someone would borrow me jewelry like that. Before I forget why I came to find you, and you guys too actually, I have something I need to ask you."
"Spit it out then." Lita stood still as Hunter unclasped her necklace and laid it carefully back in its box.
"Could you wrestle in a tag match with me tonight?" Trish asked her. "Bischoff's put me in a four on four intergender tag match, and I have to recruit my own team."
"You know I'm in. Who else is on the team?" Lita asked.
"Me." Trish answered.
"So you're looking for two more members." Hunter said to her. "Who are you against?"
"Victoria, Molly, Stevie Richards and Kane." Trish bit her lip.
"You seem a little... apprehensive." Batista observed.
"Kane's been a little crazy lately, you know, setting people on fire, electrocuting them, sending them off in ambulances. I'm a little more than apprehensive, I'm scared out of the my freaking mind!"
"Don't worry, I won't let him hurt you." Lita told her. At once the four men began to laugh. Lita spun around and jammed her knee into Hunter's stomach, pulling his head down. "Kane will not lay a hand on me. It might sound insane, but he won't."
"Why's that?" Randy asked, "Like Trish said he's been setting people on fire and electrocuting them lately. He even helped bury his own brother alive."
"He takes care of me. For a long time, he's been my big brother. I saw what was behind the mask a long time before everyone else did."
"Are you looking for offers in on this team?" Randy asked.
"Are you offering?" Lita countered.
"I'm in too." Hunter told her. "We can't very well have our goddess hurt, can we?"
"Bite me." Lita muttered.
"What was that?" Trish asked amused.
"Feed me." She replied. "Let's go get some coffee or ice cream or something."
Trish nodded. "Can we Taita to visit Stacy?"
"She needs some cheering up." Lita agreed, picking up her purse.
"So where did you get Taita?" Trish asked as they walked down the hall towards Scott and Test's locker room, where they knew that Stacy would be.
"Jeff, John, Rey and the guys bought him for me. They think that I can't be happy without a man in my life." Lita smiled.
"Tell them they can get me a puppy any day."
"They bought Taita because of his size. He's small enough to travel with me. Lara and Akasha are both a bit too big." Lita paused; listening as there was a loud thump. The two women exchanged glances, then hurried along to see what the noise was.
"Please, just stop, just calm down." Stacy begged Scott. He stood over her, while she lay curled up on the floor, half crawling, half dragging herself against the wall.
"Leave her alone." Trish told him, walking forwards.
"Stay out of this." Scott snarled at her.
"Hunter?" Lita asked into her cell phone. "I'm just up the hall and I'm having a problem. Do you think you guys could come and sort it out for me, it's kind of urgent." She dropped the cell phone back into her purse, then walked over to Stacy and dropped down beside her, covering the blonde's body with her own for a moment, checking that she was okay.
"What's going on? Lita?" Batista asked, seeing Trish, and then Lita on the floor, crouching over Stacy.
Hunter and Randy appeared beside Batista. "What's the problem?" Hunter asked Lita.
"He's my problem." She gestured to Scott, as she stood up, then bent back down to help Stacy to her feet. "Trish and I are going to take Stacy away from here now, and I want you to make sure he doesn't stop us."
"Lita..." Hunter began.
"I'm not listening to this." She said softly, moving over to speak quietly in his ear. "But I'm taking my friend away from the son of a bitch who hit her. I don't expect you to do anything, but if I have to, I will do everything in my power to kick Scott's ass."
"Don't be stupid." He warned her.
"Then save me from being stupid, and do me this favor because you love me, and I'm a goddess, and you guys are just slightly 'evolved'." She kissed his cheek, then took Stacy by the hand, wrapping one arm around the slightly dazed, very frightened woman. Hunter smiled at her for a moment, and then moved in on Steiner, making sure he didn't move to stop the three women.