Both Ted and Cody had expected that answer and reaction from Shane. However, they both fully understood that they had a mission. A mission which neither intended to fail to complete. They had no intention of starting drama with the older man. At least not outside of a storyline for television. If that was what it was going to take to complete their mission, that was what they were willing to do, though. They were not going to leave Shane's office without completing their mission.
"Well…" Shane growled.
"Well what?" Ted replied.
Shane sensed a hint of sarcasm in Ted's voice. He leaned over his desk, glaring at both DiBiase and Rhodes with pure, unadulterated, raging hatred. Hatred he'd never even thought he was capable of feeling. For that matter, he never even thought he was capable of hatred to begin with. Rhodes, Orton, and DiBiase had somehow found a way to do so. They had found a way of making him wrestle with emotions he had never dealt with before. "I think the two of you should heed my advice and leave my office." he said as he clinched his fists and jaw.
Cody took that response as an opportunity to take the lead. To put his two cents worth into the conversation. He looked at Ted, then back at the older man as he moved closer to Shane's desk. He wanted to be up close and personal with Shane. He wanted the older man to know who was in charge and had the power. "And if we don't?" he replied.
Shane stood from his chair and walked around to the front of his desk to stand nose to nose - face to face- with the youngest Legacy member. He knew exactly what Cody was trying to do. He also knew it wasn't going to work. He was not going to be intimidated by Orton, or for that matter, the younger man standing just inches away from him. "Cody, you really don't want to go down this road with me. Like I said before… you, Orton, and DiBiase have no idea what me, or the rest of my family for that matter, are capable of. Nor do you really want to."
"Was that a threat or a promise, Shane-O?" Ted responded before Cody could say anything.
Shane noticed that DiBiase had moved closer to him and maneuvered himself next to Cody. Both DiBiase and Rhodes knew they had a mission. They knew the objective of that mission, and they weren't going to fail. Shane knew them well enough to see that in both men's eyes. "You know the answer to that, TJ." He eyed the younger man. "Now, are you and Cody going to leave on your own or am I going to have the pleasure of escorting the two of you out of my office?"
"Oh, we're leavin, Shane-O." Ted replied with a grin that anyone could easily tell was filled with evil intentions. "I would highly advise you to think about our idea, though."
"And why is that?"
"Because I would hate for your "little secret" to become public knowledge." Ted replied as he and Cody walked toward the door of Shane's office.
Shane glared with a fire in his eyes that was meant to bore a hole through the two younger men. "You leave her out of this. She has nothing to do with this thing going on between Legacy and my family." It was no use, though. What he said fell on deaf ears. Orton, DiBiase, and Rhodes were going to do whatever it took to change Shane's mind. Whatever it took. Shane knew that fact all-too-well.
"That all depends on you, Shane." Ted replied.
"I'm warning you. You two or Orton go near her and I will personally make sure you pay for it. And I do mean pay."
Ted and Cody laughed menacingly as they opened the door and walked out of Shane's office, leaving the older man clinching his fists and jaw.