I hate waiting. And waiting and being nervous at the same time is even worse. Why was I nervous anyway? Cody and I had already talked about this yesterday and Stephanie knew so there wouldn't be a problem with her. That left the other two Legacy members, Randy and Ted.
I tried desperately to push those thoughts away. It worked, for about a second or two. The door to Stephanie's office opened.
"Casey, hi." She smiled. "Is it only you here?"
"Yep."
"Those three are never on time, it's a miracle they manage to be on time to the shows." She said. "You can come in while we wait."
– – –
I had been sitting in Stephanie's office for almost twenty minutes, reading the script when suddenly the door opened.
"You wanted to see us, Stephanie?"
"Yes, have a seat." I glanced up when Cody sat down next to me. He looked nervous.
"It's about your storyline." Stephanie announced. "Casey here will be joining the Legacy tonight."
"What?" Randy asked.
"Creative thought it would spice things up, and four members make more sense than three."
"You turning heel Casey?" Ted asked.
"I am." I answered.
"Look, no offense Casey." Randy started. "Just how is she supposed to join Legacy? We kicked Manu and Snuka out, remember."
"Casey will help you out at ringside, distract the referee and interfere in your matches for your benefit, stuff like that. And-" I took a deep breath. "She will also be Cody's on-screen girlfriend."
– – –
After the meeting Cody and I left the arena and headed into town to find a café. Stephanie liked the idea of us being seen together in public before the show, that way it wouldn't be as big of a shock when we were together on-screen.
"Randy didn't seem very happy."
"He likes to be in control." Cody answered. "He'll get over it."
"I hope so." I said and took a sip of my coffee. "How about us? We good?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're not having second thoughts about this?"
"No. Are you?"
"No, no I'm not. It's just… we kinda skipped a few steps you know." I tried to explain. "I'm usually not the kinda person who leaves a club to hook up with someone like that."
"Me neither." Cody said. "Look, I like you and I agree that we skipped a few steps, so why don't we go back those steps, get to know each other and see where things goes? What do you think?"
"I'd like that." I said and Cody smiled.
"Then I guess we could see this as our first official date."
"I guess we can." I smiled.
– – –
I watched as the guys got ready for their match, it was a Six-men-over-the-top-rope-challenge including the three male Legacy members, Kane, Santino Marella, and Kofi Kingston. It was supposed to be a match where it was every man for himself, but when Legacy was involved it wasn't the ordinary match.
"So, what's your plan?" Randy asked.
"I was thinking about setting off the pyro's or killing the lights, just something simple really to give you guys a chance to get rid of Kane quickly." I answered.
"Yeah, he'll go after you the second the match starts, Randy." Ted said.
"I know. Santino won't be a problem and neither will Kofi. If we work together we'll be fine." Randy said. "Don't fuck up." He told me then.
"Same goes for you Randy." I smiled at him. Ted and Cody chuckled behind him and he turned around to glare at them.
"Let's go." He muttered and left the locker room. Ted smiled at me when he passed me and Cody gave me a quick hug.
– – –
When I got out on the stage after killing the lights Kane was lying in the ring as Santino were talking Randy, Ted and Cody. I smiled when Ted threw him over the top rope. The three went for Kofi next, trapping him in the corner and throwing punches at him as Kane got to his feet.
"Randy!" I called as I ran down the ramp only to be caught by a referee. But Randy had heard me through the noise of the crowd and turned to Kane who floored him as Ted and Cody got rid of Kofi. Ted turned around and went for Kane but missed and went down as well.
Kane easily threw Cody over the top rope and then did the same to Ted before he turned back to Randy. As one of the ref's cleared Ted, signaling that he was still in the match Randy tried hitting Kane with an RKO but was pushed away.
"Come on!" I screamed when Kane got a chokehold on Randy and pushed him against the ropes. Just before Randy was about to go over the ropes Ted threw himself at Kane taking him down with him leaving Randy alone in the ring as the winner.
– – –
"If we do this on Sunday there won't be any problem winning." Randy said afterwards in the locker room.
"I doubt I'll be able to fix a distraction for you." I said.
"We'll have to get through the Rumble anyway. Anything can happen in a Royal Rumble."
"I heard Manu and Snuka went to see Stephanie today." Cody said. "Rumor has it she's gonna fire you tonight."
"We'll see about that." Randy said and left the locker room.
– – –
Randy was fuming when he got back. Cody tried to ask what had happened but Randy snapped at him and hit the wall in frustration. Eventually he calmed down and sat down. He didn't say a word as we watched how Chris Jericho was forced to get down on his knees in the ring and apologize.
"Stay here." Randy suddenly ordered and left. It didn't take long before his music was played and I turned my gaze to the TV again. Randy made his way down the ramp towards the ring where Vince and Stephanie stood.
"This can't be good." Cody said when Randy picked up a microphone.
"We might wanna be ready to get out there." Ted added.
– – –
"You apologize to me, or I terminate you right here on this spot." Vince threatened.
"You do not want to do that, sir!" Randy replied.
"Randy Orton, you're-" Vince didn't get the chance to finish that sentence as Randy slapped him, making Vince fall to the mat. When Vince tried to get up Randy kicked him in the face and then went for the punt.
"Shit!" I shrieked and bolted out of the locker room. "Shit, shit, shit." I muttered as I ran through the corridors with Ted and Cody chasing behind me.
When we got to the ring Stephanie was there screaming for help. Randy stood a couple of feet away staring disbelievingly at the unmoving Vince.
"Randy, hey man look at me!" Ted tried to get his attention when we got to him. A referee was screaming at Randy trying to get him out of the ring but Randy just backed into a corner, his face completely blank. Cody and Ted continued trying to get his attention as the EMT's started working on Vince.
"Randy." I said and forced him to look at me and finally he saw that we were there. "Come on, let's go." I said as the ref continued shouting at us to get the hell out.
A.N. Here you go guys, happy reading!
I won't be uploading the next part until next week, tomorrow's my birthday and I got to clean he whole house, make the cakes and so on, and the day after tomorrow we'll have guest and yeah, you know how birthdays are.
Anyway, I think I'll have the next part up on Sunday night or on Monday, since it's pretty much figured out already. I just have to sit don and write it.
Blessed be