May I address the general assembly? ::scary voice:: That is your right
Mmkay...hopefully this chapter will make up for the realllllllllly short chapter....uh...anything else...I dun think so...I don't
own anyone 'sept Paige and Mercy....so...on with it...
Paige and Jeff stepped out of the elevator and into the lobby, Jeff walked quickly down the hallway towards the 'training
room', seeing his brother disappear into it, never noticing Paige had stopped, until he began to tug on her hand, he stopped
and walked to her, "I don't know, Jeff" she said suddenly. "You'll be fine! Don't worry!" he said, ruffling her hair a little,
"But I'm a mom now, Mercy's going to need a stable home someday, I want to give her what she deserves" Paige said,
"Paige, babe, this is your dream, you know we all love Mercy, and she's got a great life with an amazing mother who would
do anything for her, don't give up on your dream" Jeff smiled a little, "Perk up, this is your day!" he said, Paige smiled, "I
hope he doesn't make me change my hair" she said, leaning into Jeff as he led her down the hallway and to the large room,
the ring had been moved to the middle of the room, to Paige, the room seemed huge, "Good luck, kiddo" Matt said as she
passed him, Jeff, too, stopped beside his brother as Paige walked to Mr. McMahon, she glanced at the ring, Amy was
leaning on one of the turnbuckles, Paige took a deep breath and walked over to Mr.McMahon, shaking his hand, "When
you're ready, Paige" he said, gesturing to the ring, she took a deep breath and slid in, Amy walked to the center and stood in
front of Paige, "Good luck" Amy whispered with a smile, "Let's do this" Paige smiled, diving towards Amy and locking up.
Amy pushed her down hard, it startled her, causing her to shake her head dizzily, "You ok?" Amy whispered, stalking
towards her, Paige didn't answer, instead the jumped to her feet and hit Amy in the jaw. The match went very smooth,
ending with Paige doing a near perfect moonsault, smiling, remembering when Jeff taught her that, she pinned Amy, who
wasn't going to kick out, Paige jumped to her feet, along with Amy, who hugged her tight, "You were awesome!" Amy
smiled, Matt and Jeff rushed into the ring, Jeff grabbed Paige and spun her around, "Babe, you were so awesome" he
whispered, kissing the tip of her nose, Mr. McMahon walked into the ring, "It'll take work, hard work, but if you're willing,
the contract is yours" he said, Paige all but screamed, Jeff picked her up and kissed her, "I...I'm in the WWF now!" she said
quietly, not believing it herself, , "Tomorrow I'll have a meeting with the creative team to fit you into a storyline,"
Mr.McMahon said, "You'll meet me at the arena tomorrow before Raw, and I'll discuss it with you, ok?" Paige nodded, and
shook his hand again, "Thank you so much again Mr.McMahon" she said, then took Jeff's hand and turned to leave, but
stopped dead in her tracks, her heart caught in her throat as she scanned the room, "Where's Mercy?" she asked, Jeff looked
around, and called back to Matt, "Where's Tigress?" Matt looked around and shrugged, Paige's heart stopped, "Mercy?!"
she yelled, running to the door, it was closed, the others fanned out in all directions, Paige looked around, tears beginning to
well in her eyes, "Mercy?" she called, a lump catching in her throat, "Alexiandra Mercy, answer me!" she yelled, beginning
to get madder as her fear grew, she turned and heard a soft sob, she spun around and listened closely, the sobbing noise was
coming from behind a trash can, Paige walked over to it and looked behind, there was Mercy, her chin resting on her knees
and tears running out of her blue-green eyes, "Baby! What's wrong?" she asked, kneeling beside the little girl, "Mama, Amy
hurt you" she sniffed, "Oh no baby, we weren't fighting, we were acting" Paige smiled, "She's over here guys!" Paige called,
Jeff was the next to get there, followed by Amy, "What's wrong Tigress?" Amy asked, kneeling beside Paige, "No sweetie,
we were play fighting, like Matt and Jeff" Amy explained, "Oh, ok" Mercy said, getting up and lifting her arms towards
Amy, who picked her up and began walking out of the room, with a "I bet we can talk Matt into going to get us ice cream"
from Amy, "Yeah! Yeah! Chocolate!" Mercy said, Jeff took Paige's hand as they started to walk outside, "Jeff, maybe this
was a bad idea, I mean, look at how upset she was" Paige said, "Babe, she's two, she'll understand, this isn't a mistake" Jeff
said, kissing her nose, "Let's go get some ice cream?" Jeff suggested as they walked out the door and into the hall..
*Next Day*
"Raw time, it's Raw time...dun dun dun dun...Raw time!" Paige sang, bouncing onto Jeff's back, "Someone's in a good mood today" he said, turning around and kissing her, Paige nodded, smiling, "Excited?" Jeff asked, Paige nodded again, "Well let's go," Jeff said, "Matt and Amy'll meet us at the arena" "I'll get Tigress!" Paige said, grabbing the child from the floor and throwing her into the air, catching her and spinning around, Jeff laughed, "Ok, babe, let's go" he said, opening the door and patting Paige's back as she walked into the hall, "Time to go see McMahon" Jeff whispered as they walked towards the car..
*At the Arena*
"Tigress, why don't you go play with Adam?" Paige said, putting the girl on the ground and taking her hand, Mercy nodded, chewing on her knuckles as other large men walked around them, Paige knocked on the door she knew belonged to Adam and Jay, "C'mon!" a voice yelled inside, Paige opened the door and walked in, Adam was sitting on the couch watching TV, he sat up and turned around, "There's my Tigress" he smiled, Mercy let go of her mother's hand and walked over in front of Adam, still chewing her knuckles nervously, "Sit down and stay a while" he said, moving his legs to make room for the little girl, "Ok Adam, I'll be back before Raw starts, thanks so much for watching her" Paige said, "No problem, Paige" he said, helping the girl onto the couch, "Ok, bye bye baby Tigress" she said, kissing the little girl's blonde head before walking out and down the hall towards Mr.McMahon's office where Matt, Jeff, and Amy were waiting..
*In Mr.McMahon's Office*
"So, Paige, You'll start in two weeks, your name will be Phoenix, and you can keep the fiery hair, it adds to the effect, your
finisher will be the 'Phoenix Rising' (A/N: Surprise surprise!) which is basically going to be a corkscrew moonsault with a
little more show, you'll be the new member of Team Xtreme, but we're still figuring out how, you'll start in 2 weeks, now,
Matt and Jeff have a match, good luck" Vince McMahon said, everything was going way too fast for Paige, she needed to
stop and think, but she couldn't, because Matt and Amy had already left, and Jeff was tugging on her wrist, Paige followed
him out the door and to their locker room, still in a half-awake daze, this was for real, what she'd waited her whole life for,
this was it, "Paige?" Jeff's voice brought her back to the real world, "Are you ok?" he asked, looking deep into her eyes,
Paige nodded, "Yeah," she said, "Just thinking" "I asked you if Mercy was still with Adam?" he asked again, Paige nodded
again, "I have to go get her though, don't they have a match 3 rd?" she asked, "Yeah, ours is 5th" Jeff said, Paige turned
down the hall that led to Adam and Jay's room, and Jeff kept going ahead to their locker room, "See ya in a few!" he yelled,
Paige turned and waved, still walking down the hall, she turned and knocked on Adam's door, then opened it, "I'm back" she
declared as she entered the room, "Mama!" Mercy cried, jumping up on the couch, "Hey Paige, how'd it go?" Adam asked,
turning around, "Good, I start in 2 weeks!" she said happily, "That's awesome!" Adam smiled, "Well, I'd better get my child
out of here, good luck in your match!" Paige said, picking up the little girl who was reaching up to her, "Thanks, I'll see you
later" Adam said, "Bye bye Tigress" he waved at the girl in Paige's arms, "Say bye to Addy" Paige said, Mercy waved, "Bu
bye Addy" she said in her sweet baby voice as Paige walked out the door, "Let's go see Jeff" Paige said, walking down the
hall with Mercy on her hip, "'eff!" Mercy smiled, Paige smiled too, suddenly realizing that Mercy loved her life and all the
people in it, and this job would only make things better, and if they hit a bump in the road, well, they'd cross that bridge
when they came to it..
That night Paige lay in her bed, sound asleep, and a memory from her childhood played over in her head as she smiled gently
in her sleep..
14 year old Paige had just woken up to something hitting her window, the second time she heard it she knew exactly what it
was, and with a sigh she got up and walked to the window, "What do you want Nero? I'm trying to sleep!" she yelled down
to the blonde boy standing under her window, "Paige, it's noon, time to get up! We have a match!" he yelled, Paige looked
at the clock and cursed to herself, "Matt got his license, he said he'll drive us!" he said, "Ok, give me...15 minutes" Paige
said, "Hurry!" he yelled as Paige ran to get ready very quickly, then ran down the stairs, and out the door, meeting Jeff at
the door, "Didn't think you'd ever get ready, typical girl" Jeff laughed, "Who are you fighting?" she asked, sticking her
tongue out at Jeff, "I dunno, does it really matter, we're the best" he laughed, "Yeah, I guess you're right" Paige laughed,
"Jeff, do you think we'll ever make it to the big time?" she asked, suddenly stopping, "Yeah! Of course! We're the best there
is" Jeff said, "Yeah, nothing will stop us" Paige said, looking over at the beat up red car she knew as Matt's, "Are you sure
it's safe to ride with him?" Paige asked, Jeff laughed, "Positive"
Paige woke up with tears in her eyes, and rolled over to look at Jeff, they made it, as hard as it was, they made it, she didn't
let anything stop her..
....that was a kinda corny chapter that I wrote at 4:30 AM on a Saturday...so please review anyway? Please? I'll love you forever and ever and ever and ever...I'll post another chapter when I get 20 reviews...or...yeah....20 reviews...so REVIEW!! ....please?