Uncertain Truths
TITLE: Uncertain Truths Chapter Two? 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 somewhere I just use their wrestling name throughout the fic (Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho) and somewhere I use their wrestling name sparingly (Scotty "Raven" Levy, Adam "Edge" Copeland). If this gets confusing, please let me know. Also, Stephanie was not pregnant prior to this fic starting.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: This was started well before I heard that Tristan Roger's Robert Scorpio was returning to the show. The canon cut off date is November 2005, after Robin and the Drakes treat Jason. So things that are currently playing out on the air will not be what will play out in this story.
Uncertain Truths
Chapter One
Shane sighed as Chavo left. It was not the first time he offended an employee with his words and it probably would not be the last. He knew he could apologize to Chavo later on tonight and everything would be fine between them. Still, he felt bad about it. He wondered not for the first time, if working on his Dad's birthday was the best idea in the world.
Sitting down, he took out a photograph of his father. There were times that he missed the late Vince McMahon badly. He often wondered what his Dad would think of his running the WWF after convincing his mother and sister to let him take control in 2006. Would he be happy at the way he played hardball to get the WWF name back? Or would Vince berate him for the missteps him and Stephanie made after he died?
If he closed his eyes, Shane knew he could still recall with perfect clarity most of the night his father died. Vince was in the ring with Paul Heyman on the last RAW of 2005, ranting about how Paul was going to get what he deserved and that the world was going to know how the former ECW owner for what he really was. Then, in the middle of Vince's promo, he stopped, his speech slightly slurred on the last word he said. On the monitor Shane was seeing, he saw his father's eyes glaze over, then his body just toppled over almost without warning.
Shane had torn through the curtain with Stephanie and Hunter as soon as Vince collapsed. By the time they had gotten to Vince, according to an autopsy report, it had been too late. Vince McMahon was gone. The victim of a massive stroke.
The grief experienced by the family and company over Vince's loss was only compounded nearly two weeks later at New Year's Revolution when the WWE lost five wrestlers in one night. First Hunter ended up being severely injured by the Big Show Paul Wight and later died at a local hospital from those injuries, devastating his wife, Stephanie. Then, the Elimination Chamber collapsed, killing four wrestlers: Glen "Kane" Jacobs, Kurt Angle, Chris Masters, and Shawn Michaels. John Cena and Carlito "Caribbean Cool" Colon had already been eliminated and thus spared from the Chamber's collapse.
That night, combined with what happened with Matt Hardy at the Royal Rumble and Ric Flair and Chris Benoit over WrestleMania weekend had nearly destroyed the company. In many ways, the Federation still had never recovered from all the losses incurred in that six - month period, and neither had his family. Certainly his sister had never recovered from the one - two punch of both their father and her husband dying within two weeks of each other. She did not fight him as much as he thought he would when he took control of the company from her after the shutdown. He hoped the year - long cruise he sent her on would do her a world of good.
A phone call interrupted Shane's thoughts. He looked at his cell phone, surprised to get reception in an arena, then smiled when he saw the caller ID.
"Hi, honey," Shane said to his wife on the other end.
"Hi yourself," Marissa McMahon answered back.
"How are the kids?" Shane asked.
"Danielle went down an hour ago," Marissa explained, "Declan pretends to go to sleep and an hour later, I catch him awake and doing one thing or another."
Shane chuckled. "Sounds like his old man when he was younger."
"Speaking of his old man, how is he feeling tonight?" Marissa asked, worry in her voice.
"I'm okay," Shane replied.
"Shane . . . "
"Better than last year," Shane admitted. "It was good of Eric to take over last year."
"And tonight?"
"Just a little wound up. Nothing major. I suspect Eric and Adam are keeping Paul, Amy, and Randy away from me. Most of the show's already booked. If I can get through the night without any major problems, then the double taping of RAW and SMACKDOWN will be fine tomorrow. Tomorrow's going to be a big one."
"I know, Batista's big return," Marissa agreed, "is Dave up for it?"
"I talked to him this afternoon," Shane said, "he seems pretty psyched up about it. I think he wants back on the road as much as everyone else wants him back."
"And he still doesn't remember what happened to him?" Marissa inquired.
"None," Shane sighed, "and he's as frustrated as everybody else about it."
Dave Batista had gone missing a little over a year ago, right around the time of Trish Stratus' 'presumed death' and 'resurrection.' A search was conducted but police after a month or so cold - storaged the case, citing no obvious indication of foul play, even when talking to the last person with him. The WWF tried to move on as much as they could, though that did not stop Shane and Dave's fellow wrestlers from discreetly inquiring every place they traveled to for months afterwards. Six months later, it appeared to pay off.
One morning, Shane was awoken in his hotel room with a call from a local hospital. From what little anyone could gather, a van pulled up, dropped off an unconscious Batista and took off as fast as it could. Coincidentally, one of the attending nurses was a wrestling fan who had been planning to attend the show WWF was holding in that city later that evening. The nurse recognized the 'John Doe' as Batista and pointed out the information to her colleagues. How they tracked Shane's hotel room phone number, he did not know, nor was the WWF owner sure he wanted to know.
By the time Shane had arrived at the hospital, Dave was already conscious. In talking with the big man, it was soon clear that Batista had no memory of the prior six months, and he remembered very little of what happened to him the night he went missing. His last, clear memory was of something hitting him in the back of the head at the nightclub he had been in and he blacked out. His next memory was of waking up in the hospital six months later.
They had very little to go on since then. Just skimp details from Batista and the man that was supposed to be with him that night, Randy Orton. Though the startled look of fear in Orton's eyes when Shane told the roster that Batista had actually turned up alive told Shane that Orton knew more than he was telling.
Shaking himself out of thoughts of Batista, he turned back to the conversation with his wife.
"So, how's Mom?" Shane asked his wife.
"She's fine," Marissa replied, "she came over for dinner last night. She misses you and Stephanie."
"I miss her too," Shane admitted. "I wish she'd come with us on this tour."
"I know," Marissa said, "but you know she feels that with you on tour and Stephanie on the cruise, she needs to stay here to oversee things in the states."
"That's what Ross is there for!" Shane argued, then sighed. "I know, I know. Ever since Dad died, she's felt the need to keep working, keep her mind off her own grief. I just wish she would take it easy."
A knock on the door interrupted the conversation.
"Honey, somebody's at the door," Shane explained. "I'll see you on Tuesday."
"I love you."
"I love you too. Tell the kids I love them as well. Bye 'Rissa."
"Come in!" he called out as he hung up the phone. Coming through it this time was Eric Bischoff.
"Eric, how are you?"
"Was going to ask you the same question, McMahon."
"Better than last year," Shane said. "So don't think that you'll have the run of the show again this year."
"Hey, just asking out of concern," Eric protested, "but you did say you wanted to go over the double taping in Phoenix tomorrow with me and Johnny and the tour overseas."
"You clear to go?" Shane asked.
"I was well enough to take over for your sorry ass last year wasn't I?" Eric shot back, "but if it'll make you feel better, I got full medical clearance from the dock Friday."
"That's good," Shane replied, "I just would rather not have a chance of you having another stroke. You may not be the best human being at times, but you're better than Heyman."
Eric nodded. "Speaking of that bunch, does Randy know what's in store for him?"
"If he doesn't, he probably will soon. Chavo came in earlier asking about it," Shane elaborated.
"So Batista will be at the double taping tomorrow?" Eric asked.
"Right at the top since RAW's tapes first and is going out live." Shane answered as yet another knock sounded on the door, this time ushering in John Laurinitis.
"All right, let's finalize most of what's going down tomorrow and on the tour shall we gentlemen?" Shane told his men.
Okay that's it for now. More to come soon. Thanks for reading.