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Uncertain Truths

TITLE: Uncertain Truths Chapter One? WWE/General Hospital/TNA Crossover

AUTHOR: Juliet3:16

EMAIL: RATING: R

CONTENT: VIOLENCE (EXTREME AT TIMES), ADULT LANGUAGE

CATEGORY: ADULT, ANGST, DRAMA, HORROR

SPOILERS: Right now everything through November 2005 is fair game. Afterwards a complete AU (Rosters were combined in January 2006). For GH, everything through Robin's return and then its AU. Though they won't be brought in for a little bit yet, parts of this fic do take place in Port Charles and the major characters so far are Elizabeth/Lucky (Who are still married), and Robin/Nikolas (who are together). There's two major surprises that will interest fans of both the Spencer clan and the Cassadine family. To the Mob fans, I'll say upfront that I don't think the mob will appear in the PC part of this story (Not to say it's not in Port Charles, I just don't have a place for them in this story). Sorry ahead of time.

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 instances 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.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: This jumps ahead two years from the prologue's 2006 to a very special date in August 2008.

Uncertain Truths

Chapter One.

August 24, 2008

Somewhere in Arizona.

Shane McMahon looked over the booking carefully for that night's houseshow. Although business was not where it was when the World Wrestling Federation was at its peak in the late 90's, things were starting to look up again for the once venerable institution. The company, after being shut down for six months in 2006, recovered nicely from its darkest period in 2005 - 2006. Houseshows were filled to capacity again; ratings, while not the record-breaking numbers the company had once enjoyed were enough to make things close with Total Nonstop Action. The company was once again the World Wrestling Federation, Shane having used legal footing to win against the World Wildlife Fund in late 2006 to again use the initials WWF. The roster, for its part, was also stable following a series of defections, retirements, disappearances, and tragic deaths that had precipitated the Federation's six - month shutdown shortly after WrestleMania 22 in Chicago.

Shane closed his eyes as his vision got blurry. Just the thought of that disastrous six-month period made a mix of emotions stir in him. Anger and sadness seemed to go side by side with his memories of those six months. Even the birth of his daughter was bittersweet. Of course being what day it was, Shane knew mixed emotions were going to stir within him all night long.

A knock on the door interrupted Shane's thoughts. He looked up to Chavo Guerrero at the open door of his makeshift office.

"Hey Chavo, what's up?" Shane asked, clasping the other man's hand as Chavo entered the room.

"Not too much. Just wanted to let you know I might be a little late to the arena tomorrow."

"What? Why?" Shane started as he remembered. The night must have really been getting to him if he was forgetting things told to him earlier in the day. "Oh, that's right! You guys are having Herlinda's birthday party tomorrow."

Chavo nodded. Everybody in the company knew what day it was and while Shane had made it clear he did not want to make a fuss over it, nobody was blind to it. "The while family is flying in. We all kinda figured that it would be one of the few happy occasions that we can get together and since RAW is in Phoenix tomorrow, it just made since to hold it at Vickie's." Chavo looked a bit downcast when he mentioned that last bit of news.

Shane was not blind either. He knew Chavo still thought about his Uncle Eddie most every day. Eddie Guerrero had in a lot of ways, been one of the hearts of the WWF and had been the heart and soul of SMACKDOWN when it had been separate from RAW.

'A lot of things are different from the way they were in 2005,' Shane thought sadly, again reminded of what day it was.

"Well," Shane said trying to bring the emotional atmosphere of the room back up, "have a good time. Just not too good a time. I still need my Cruiserweight Champion back in time for RAW."

Chavo smiled back, grateful for what his boss was trying to do for both of them.

"Hey, I may be a little late getting into the building, but I'll be there in time for RAW."

"Anybody else I should expect to be later than usual tomorrow?" Shane asked, knowing there were several on the roster and backstage crew who were close to the Guerrero family.

"Dean said something about stopping by Vickie's. He hasn't seen any of the family with the exception of me since Little Eddie was born," Chavo explained, referring to his sister - in - law Vickie's youngest child, Eduardo Guerrero Jr., born after Eddie had died. "Rey's flying in."

"Is he coming to the show with you?" Shane asked surprised, with a hopeful edge to his voice.

"Haven't asked yet, but I doubt it. He didn't show up backstage when he attended SMACKDOWN last spring," Chavo pointed out to his boss.

"Yeah, probably doesn't want the rumors to start up again," Shane remarked, remembering how all the Internet news and gossip sites went crazy with stories of Rey Mysterio's imminent return to wrestling. Shane could see how Rey would to avoid a repeat of that whole mess.

"Still it would be great to see him again," Shane went on, "everybody misses him."

"Yeah," Chavo reluctantly said, knowing what his boss was trying to do. Shane though different from his father and his sister in terms of doing business was still a McMahon at times. "Look. I'll ask him, but Shane - "

Shane threw his hands up in mock defense.

"I know. If he comes, don't try and bully him back into the business. If he comes back, it has to be on his own terms. I remember Chavo. I'm not Dad or Stephanie."

"Speaking of Steph, heard from her lately?" Chavo asked.

"Received a post card from her this morning," Shane replied. "I think she's finally enjoying the cruise."

"That lasts another six months doesn't it?"

"Yeah," Shane answered. "Hopefully she'll be better for it. She deserves it after . . . "

"Yeah, I know," Chavo finished for him, remembering the McMahon family's own pain as first Vince McMahon and then Stephanie's husband Hunter Hearst Helmsley passed away within weeks of each other during that six-month 2005/2006 period.

Shane took a deep breath, trying to dispel the ghosts of the past that the night seemed to be dredging up.

"Was there anything else you needed Chavo?"

Chavo looked to shake his head in the negative, when the other thing that he wanted to ask his boss popped into his brain.

"Oh, yeah, there was something a lot of the guys were wondering," Chavo added, "is it really true about Batista?"

Shane gave a small smile of defeat. "Here I thought I had done a really good job of keeping him a secret."

"So he is coming back on the road?" Chavo inquired.

"Tomorrow as a matter of fact. He's going to cut a promo on RAW and then get eased back to wrestling on the tour overseas," Shane explained.

"That may make things easier for him," Chavo agreed, thinking about the international three week tour they had as soon as RAW finished taping tomorrow. "Still planning to feud him with Orton?"

Shane nodded. "Adam mentioned something about wanting to maybe work a World Title program with him once that's done. Maybe jobbing to him."

"Wow, Edge Vs Batista," Chavo shook his head. "Man. His attitude has done a 180 lately. Reminds me of the Adam from before the neck surgery than the one after."

"Yeah, well Amy Dumas may have had a lot to do with that for shooting her mouth off about Trish," Shane said, referring to Amy "Lita" Dumas' comments in the ring at Trish Stratus' memorial service a year ago. She ripped apart the presumed dead woman in a vicious offscript promo. Of course the joke was on the redhead, when in one of the most shocking unscripted moments in wrestling to date, Jay Reso (there at the show with permission from TNA), showed up in his Christian Cage persona - with a not - so - dead Trish Stratus in tow. Amy was still persona non grata in the lockerroom a year later for the comments.

"Actually I think the other part of that is the way he seems to get his World Championships. He never seems comfortable getting the belt in those manners." Chavo offered. "Hey, I gotta go. I need to check with Sonny, Juvi, and Kash about what we're doing for the tag match tonight.

"As long as Juvi shows up tonight," Shane grumbled, then regretted the words as soon as they slipped out.

Chavo pretended not to feel hurt by Shane's comment about his friend, even if he did understand where Shane was coming from.

"He's been getting better about being on time lately." Chavo said. "I think having Dean and Arn back as agents definitely helps the whole roster."

"Okay," Shane quietly replied. He knew he had probably offended Chavo by complaining about Juventud Guerrera, so he decided to drop it. He was starting to wonder if the date of the houseshow was affecting him more than he cared to admit. "Good luck tonight and fun tomorrow Chavo."

Chavo gave Shane a weak smile.

"I'll try too," he said before leaving Shane McMahon alone to deal with it being the late Vince McMahon's birthday.

Chapter Two will pick up with Shane where Chapter One left off. Thanks for reading!