A/N- Thank you all for the reviews. I know when the Evolution broke up, they started with Randy, and at the time, Jericho and Jeff weren't still with the company. In this story they are, and Evolution didn't turn on Randy. I promise more Randy/Maria moments in the upcoming chapters, it just didn't fit in anywhere in this chapter.

"What do you mean you two aren't coming out with us tonight? I retained the belt tonight and we are going out." Hunter yells at them.

"I don't feel so..." Randy starts before getting cut of by Dave.

"Hardy's having a party at his place and we were invited, so we are going." Dave tells Hunter, going against the plan of lying to him.

"The hell you are. Your going out with the rest of Evolution." Hunter demands.

"No Hunter, that's where your wrong. I'm going to Jeff's tonight." Dave says.

"Then you can consider yourself independent, because you will be out o Evolution." Hunter threats, knowing that will make Dave stay.

"Then consider me out. Randy, you coming?" Dave asks. Randy shifts uncomfortably as three sets of eyes stare at him. So far Ric was the only one who hasn't said anything.

"I'm sure Randy will be staying, won't you champ?" Hunter says. Randy looks from his mentor to his best friend, not sure what to do.

"I'm sorry Dave, but I can't." Randy tells him.

"Your going to regret this Randy. You really think they care about you? Sure they do, as long as you have that gold along your waist. Watch your back when you lose it Randy, because you'll have no one, and I mean no one." Dave says angrily before grabbing his belongings and leaving.

"We didn't need him anyway. He never did anything for us." Except help you win all your matches, Randy adds in his mind.

"It's his loss Hunter. We can work without him." Ric says, talking for the first time.

"Are you guys forgetting that he is half the tag team champion with you Ric?" Randy reminds them.

"Simple, they will lose the tag belts next week to Regal and Lance Storm, then the following weeks, you and Ric will get them back." Hunter explains.

"So we are going to turn on Dave?"

"He turned his back on us Randy, so we are going to do the same to him ." Ric says.

"Enough about that. Time to celebrate."

It was a long night for Randy. As he watched Hunter and Ric dance with different girls, and guzzle down alcohol, he couldn't help but think he didn't belong here. He should be at Jeff's party. He should be with Dave, not Hunter. But he couldn't go, because if he did, that would be the end of his career. They would bury him, and turn everyone against him. Randy made his way back his hotel room that night, earlier than usual. He walked in half expecting Dave to be laying on his bed watching TV like he always was. He frowned when he saw an empty room, with a note on the night stand.

Randy,

I got a different room, I'm rooming with Chris. Don't worry though, I paid for my share of the room, I didn't stick you with it. I put the CD's of your I borrowed in your bag.

Dave

Randy just sighed and through the note away. Some part of him believed, or maybe it was hoped, that even though Dave apparently left Evolution, they would still room together. He laid down on his bed, throwing a pillow at the bed next to him. He was disappointed when it didn't hit him back. Who was he kidding, Dave wasn't coming back. He should be happy, tonight was No Way Out and he won, yet he went to sleep lonely.

The following day was Raw, and Randy was less than excited. Tonight was the night Hunter's plan to turn on Dave was to go through. They would ambush him in the ring, and beat the holy hell out of him. Hunter left the job of holding Dave in place to Randy. Of course, as luck would have it, he ran into Maria on his walk down the corridor.

"Hey Randy. Sorry to hear about what happened with Dave." She says, sympathy in his voice.

"It is what it is." He says with no care.

"Don't you care that you lost your best friend?"

"He left Maria, not me."

"You know Randy, at the party last night, all he did was worry what Hunter was going to do."

"Hunter's not going to do anything to him." He lies.

"Not to him Randy, to you." She informs him.

"Well you can tell him he can stop worrying." He says then walks around her, not wanting to talk anymore.

"Your being an ass Randy." She yells to him.

"Better then being an asshole." He yells back, without turning around. He walked into Evolution 's locker room, and saw Hunter and Ric talking.

"You know the plan for tonight, right?" Hunter asks.

"Yeah. Do we really have to turn on him, can't they just lose the belts, and leave it at that?" He asks.

"Absolutely not. We are going to make a statement tonight, no one turns their back on Evolution." Ric says.

"By the way, there was a slight change in plans. Ric is going to hold him while you beat the hell out of him." Hunter says.

"And what are you going to do?" He asks in disgust. Holding Dave was bad enough, but he didn't know if he could hit him.

"Stand there and smirk."

"I'm not doing your dirty work for you."

"We'll see about that." Randy didn't say anything after that. The night went fast, and before he knew it Dave was knocking on the locker room door.

"Ric, we have a match. You ready?" He asks peeking his head in, not saying anything to Hunter or Randy.

"You know it. Let's go." Dave looks confused about Ric's words, expecting something harsh. Randy watches as they leave, then turns back to his magazine. It was around ten minutes later Hunter told Randy they were heading down to the ring.

"Here comes the rest of Evolution King, they must be here to celebrate with Batista and Flair, who are no doubt winning this match." JR says, watching as Batista gets Regal ready for the Batista Bomb. Just as he was about to perform it, Hunter hit him in the back of the head.

"What the hell king? Triple H just hit a member of his team, and it looks like they aren't stopping Regal from getting the pin."

"I wouldn't want to be Batista right now." King says, watching as Storm and Regal become the new champs.

"I can't believe what I just saw." JR says.

"It doesn't look like their done with Batista yet." King says, as Ric and Randy join Hunter in the ring with Batista.

"Hold him Ric." Hunter demands. Ric gets behind Dave and holds him up by his arms. Randy just stands there looking conflicted.

"Hit him Randy." Hunter yells at him. Randy looks back between Dave and Hunter, not knowing what to do.

"Should he hit his friend, or do what his leader says?" King asks.

"I said hit him Randy." Randy looks at Dave, who is giving him a worried expression, then at Hunter, who has a sadistic smile on his face.

"Hit him Orton, or you going to regret it." Hunter yells at him again, becoming frustrated. It was only a matter of time before someone comes down to help Dave out. Finally, after having a mental debate with himself, he knows what he has to do...