Sorry I've not updated in a few days I've been really busy with work. Thank you for the reviews and taking the time out to actually comment on this story. I'm hoping to have it completed by new year as I will be offline for two months as I go travelling. This story was simply just something so I could start writing again and I'm shocked to see the support it has been receiving but yes don't worry I'll give the ending the justice it deserves and we still have a twists and turns to get through before then but good news I'm off work now so I'll be able to focus on writing again. As usual read and review and I will love you forever! Sorry if this chapter is shorter than my others but it's simply for effect. Long chapters should resume shortly.

DISCLAIMER - I DON'T OWN WWE OR WWE CHARACTERS

Weeks had gone by since Trish and Jeff had last spoke - the situation was obviously taking its toll on the charismatic enigma who was quite hurt by the blonde. Jeff didn't understand Trish at all and didn't have a clue what was going through her brain, he was starting to believe she didn't have a brain. Why was she suddenly back at Vince's side? Why did she cut Jeff out of her life? Why was she acting like the person that everyone always believed she was? Maybe she was just the cold hearted bitch everybody had warned him about.

The whole of the WWE locker room sat in catering as Vince demanded a meeting with the whole roster. Jeff and Trish wasn't the only tension backstage. King of the Ring was held the previous night and one of the many pay-per-views that the world wrestling entertainment held. Although none of the superstars were prepared for the interference of WCW stars. That was the beginning and first sign of war between the two brands.

Jeff, Lita, Matt and Eddie Guerrero sat together in the canteen. Eddie had been getting close to the Hardy Boyz and Lita which the team were wary about especially because Matt had actually beat Eddie in previous weeks for the European championship. Eddie had decided to help them win in matches and even turned on his former allies The Radicalz who he had started the company with. Matt was very skeptical about Eddie were as Jeff was quite comfortable with Eddie since the two had various tag teams matches and the blue-haired young man felt like the latino-heat superstar had earned his stripes, especially when he had previously saved Lita from getting speared by Rhyno.

Unfortunately this wasn't enough for Matt to trust Eddie and he believed that somewhere the man had ulterior motives.

"What do you think's cracking ese?" Eddie questions his new allies.

Eddie sat next to Jeff who sat next to Matt and Lita rested her head slightly on Matt's shoulders as the canteen was filled with many different WWE stars. Jeff ultimately scanning the area for a certain blonde who he couldn't see anywhere.

"I don't know Eddie… Do you think it could have something to do with King Of The Ring?" Lita asked as the team rattled their brains together, each superstar was as confused as the other.

"Did I hear somebody say King Of The Ring?" Edge smirked a look of accomplishment plastered all over his face as he placed himself next to the Hardyz and Eddie. Lita rolled her eyes.

Edge (with the help of a certain WWE nemesis Shane McMahon) had won Kurt Angle to become the 2001 King of The Ring tournament winner. Unfortunately for the rest of the superstars they had to listen to an already confident Edge boast about his accomplishment.

"Because that would be me! King Edge the Awesome…" Edge beamed, his white teeth dazzling.

Christian followed behind Edge with his 'brothers' trophy as he decided to sit down next to him.

"Yeah you hear that Hardys…" Christian jeered. "I don't see any of you boys becoming King of The Ring winners which proves once again that Edge and Christian are the best tag team in WWE and that you Hardys will never be as awesome as us!"

Eddie frowned as his allies long-time rivals began to gloat. "Listen Ese, you ain't win shit you loco man."

Lita laughed. "Yeah, Christian you got knocked out by Kurt…"

Matt began to join in. "So you didn't win anything in fact Edge only won because of Shane's interference so really you're not that awesome."

"You shut your mouths…" Christian's joking attitude had switched with a defensive tone as he jumped up off his chair.

Edge got up to calm his brother down gesturing him to leave it. "They're just jealous Christian."

A cough interrupted the disagreement as the superstars looked up to find Vince stood in front of them; Trish placed firmly beside him like a trophy.

Jeff looked up and felt a sudden anger take over him. It had been a couple of weeks since Trish told him her and Vince were together again and they couldn't be friends anymore but it still got his blood boiling every time he seen them together. He could see the blonde wasn't happy and he didn't know why she was putting herself through Vince's bullshit once again. She had done so well it getting away from him and building herself up again why would she do this to herself?

Trish stood next to Mr McMahon with a fake smile plastered on her face as the eyes of a certain blue-haired young man burned a hole right through her. For a split second she made eye contact with her former friend, butterflies running through her stomach making her feel nauseous before turning her head to look at her on/off lover.

"Now as you all know WCW invaded King of The Ring last night… This is an act of war… I've been speaking to my soon-to-be-ex-wife who has told me she has granted the stars of WCW access to all of our shows and that we're going to be announcing a PPV - Invasion…" Vince announced to the stars but one star in particular not taking his eyes of a blonde beauty. Vince noticed Jeff looking at Trish and the CEO placed his arm around Trish's waist. "...Now I know this is the last thing any of us want but we will prove to those vile, leeching, waste of talent WCW stars who the most dominant force in wrestling is and that is the WWE! I need you all to show your loyalty to WWE as Trish has shown her loyalty to me…"

Eddie looked Jeff who had been quiet the whole time and noticed how the blue haired man was flaring his nostrils in anger.

"...Now I need you all to bring your A-Game. You're all in the WWE because you're the best of the best and I need you all to prove why I hired you in the first place. Now get out there tonight and show everyone why we're the superior brand just like I showed Trish why I'm the superior man!" Vince cackled the end knowing it would cut a certain young man's ears. Vince also knew that he was the boss, the man with the power and that he called the shots.

Vince began to announce certain matches for the night, Jeff wasn't even listening to the scumbag who was flaunting Trish about like a piece of meat he was too focused on Trish who to anybody else would look happy as larry beside the billionaire; but Jeff knew her. He had seen inside her soul every time he looked into those big, hazel eyes. He knew she didn't want to be with Mr McMahon and he knew she was hiding something but he didn't know what and how could he save the diva if she wouldn't let him in.

"Jeff Hardy will be teaming up with Eddie Guerrero…" Vince announces snapping Jeff back into reality. "...to face Lance Storm and Mike Awesome."

After the matches for the night were finally announced Vince had excused all of the superstars and told them to prepare for their matches. Vince grabbing Trish by his side as Jeff continued to stare intimately at the blonde diva who turned back looking straight at him smiling a sad smile in his direction before being dragged off by Vince.

"You okay Ese?" Eddie asked as he nudged his tag team partner noticing the tension between him and Trish.

Jeff nodded. "I'm cool man."

"Mamacita got you good homie' she playin' wit yo heart man, chicks like her are worse than the devil." Eddie's mexican heritage was always present in the way he spoke.

"Nah fuck her…" Jeff spits. "I'm done trying to save her."

Jeff hadn't heard from Trish in over a week ever since their tag match. He was worried about her considering the last time he had seen her she was going to Vince's office and he knew nothing good was to come from their discussion.

Finally he had located Trish and knocked on her dressing room. He entered the locker room to find her sat reading a magazine in her wrestling attire, her face didn't look to pleased to see him.

"What are you doing here Jeff?" Her voice blunt and cold as she called him by his first name. He had come quite accustomed to her calling him Hardy.

"I've been worried about you… I've not seen you around since our match I wanted to check up on you." Jeff shrugged his voice was innocent and caring.

"Jeff Hardy my friend and protector!" Trish scoffed. "I don't need you to check up on me or be worried about me it's getting quite annoying and pathetic really…"

Jeff took a step back shocked at the words coming out of Trish' mouth and her attitude towards him. What was going on with her?

"Look Trish…"

"No Jeff… You look… I don't care about you. I don't like you. We're not friends. I was using you this whole time to get Vince jealous and now we're back together I don't need you anymore. So if you could kindly leave and close the door behind you…" Trish signalling for the blue haired man to leave her alone as she looked at him coldly.

"You don't mean that…" Jeff quite hurt by the word vomit coming out of his supposed friends mouth. "...Don't do this Trish."

"Do what? Be honest with you? Tell you the whole time you should've listened to your precious brother and his skank of a girlfriend? That everybody was right about me? You were easy to fool Jeff I'll give you that… always looking for the good in me… convicing yourself that I was a sweet, innocent, naive young girl who had been took advantage of by the mean old man well guess what Jeff I hate to shatter your illusion about me but they were right. Every fucking person who told you to stay away from me was right."

Jeff stood looking at the blonde in front of him.

"Is there a problem here?" Vince coughed behind Jeff as he placed his arm around Trish.

"No he was just leaving…" Trish spat before locking lips with the owner of the WWE.

Edge patted Jeff on the back interrupting his flashback of the diva turning her back on him.

"Look Jeffro… I understand you're down at the moment you know Trish dumping you for Mr McMahon which is totally understandable because he's powerful, successful, rich and you look like a Limp Biskit Parody…" Edge insulted Jeff in a light-hearted manner just summing up the King of the Ring winners personality. "...But you're facing Mike Awesome… who by the way is totally not awesome and definitely doesn't deserve that name… but you have to win. I can't have Mike Awesome thinking he's awesome because he's totally not awesome do you get it?"

Christian approached Jeff from the other side. "Yeah and Lance Storm is so serious man and even though he actually might have a better personality than you we don't want him representing us canadians so you have to beat him too…"

Edge nodded his head in agreement. "So basically just beat both of them… I know it's hard because you pretty much suck but everybody loves an underdog."

Jeff sighed, rolling his eyes and still silent with the two canadians who were quite frankly annoying him. That was nothing new though - Jeff thought to himself sometimes he didn't even think Edge and Christian were from Canada they reminded him more of Mars inhabitants.

"Get out of here you punks." Eddie shot the two canadians a look of warning before they scrambled off with their tails in their legs. "Don't listen to them goons we will be alright Ese. We're the best high flyers in the business. Them punks we're facing don't stand a chance."

Lita was skipping down the hall after just coming out of hair and make-up when she heard loud screaming from Mr McMahon's office. Lita didn't know why she was being so nosey because most of the time she did well to mind her business but sometimes she couldn't help being curious which would get her into trouble from time to time. Lita placed her ear next to the door barely able to hear what was going on inside the office but just about to make out who was arguing - Trish and Vince.

"I'm doing everything you want from me Vince... " Trish cried as the man she claimed to love screamed at her. "I don't know what else you want me to do."

"This is all your fault…" Vince yelled back at her.

Lita couldn't hear properly the argument between them certain words would stand out more than others and the two would raise their voices on certain words. Lita couldn't help but smile - 'trouble in paradise?'

Trish goes out of the office crying bumping into Lita.

"That's what you get for being a bitch." Lita smirked. "You deserve this… I hope you're happy with the choice you made."

Trish goes straight up to Lita as the two are face to face. "For somebody who thinks they're so smart you're actually really dumb if you don't see what's going on here."

Trish struts away leaving Lita confused by her words. What was that supposed to mean?

Eddie and Jeff were dominating their opponents in the match but all hell was beginning to break loose between the four wrestlers. Eddie was facing Lance on the outside while Jeff was dealing with Mike Awesome on the inside of the ring. The momentum in favour of the WWE as Jeff had just applied a twist of fate to his opponent as he began getting on the top rope ready to make his signature move 'The Swanton Bomb'

In recent weeks Jeff had been quite aggressive in his matches as the anger of Trish and Vince began to release in his matches. He had been hurt by the blonde and he thought their friendship was real.. That she was real… all she did was fool him and embarrass him.

As Jeff signalled the Swanton Bomb to the fans who were going crazy at this point waiting eagerly for Jeff to perform his finisher and get the victory over WCW there was a sudden change of atmosphere.

As the move was about to be applied Jeff noticed a commotion through the audience. He watched as former ECW star Tommy Dreamer made his way to Eddie Guerrero and teamed with Lance Storm to double team Eddie and while Jeff was observing this he was unprepared for another ECW star Rob Van Dam to cruise through the audience hitting him with a steel chair on the back and watching him drop to the floor. While Eddie and Jeff were outnumbered hope was regained as they noticed WWE superstars such a The Dudley Boyz, Tazz, Justin Credible, Rhyno and Raven ran to the ring. They were all on the same side after all and WWE had quite enough of the WCW interference.

After a brief stand-off Eddie and Jeff were now protected as the WWE superstars stood in front of them protecting them. Eddie and Jeff finally getting back to their feet when they noticed their back-up turning around to face them.

Eddie and Jeff looked confused before their own backup attacked the two superstars. A few more WWE superstars including Jeff's brother Matt came stomping down the ramp but the madness had already begun as superstars began flying over the ring as if it was a Royal Rumble.

While all the WWE superstars apart from The Dudley Boyz, Tazz, Justin Credible, Rhyno and Raven were on the floor the remaining superstars stood proudly alongside Lance Storm, Mike Awesome, Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer. Paul Hayman who normally color commentated the matches left his post and joined the superstars in the ring beginning to high-five them.

"For weeks I've been sat next to JR as I've heard him discussing WCW vs WWE…" Paul

chuckled. "I've noticed everybody has forgotten about ECW… Well I'm telling you all now this invasion has just got taken to the extreme!"