I do not own the WWF or any of it's affiliates. I am just a wrestling fan and a McMahon Family fan. Excuse my brain for dreaming this up, what can I say? It got me through school writing this! ( I own Jesse and Willow.

Chapter 9: What Doesn't Kill You; Can Only Make You Stronger

Jesse pulled on her elbow pads as she walked to the back of the Titan tron. Willow was waiting for her and greeted her as she approached.

"Hey, you like my medals?" Willow asked smirking.

Jesse smiled and nodded her head as her music started up. They both walked out to the ring. Willow flaunted the medals and mocked Angle's entrance. The crowd cheered as she did this. Jesse's opponent Chyna came out to the ring. Jesse ran and vaulted over the rope and into Chyna. Jesse pulled her up and shoved her into the ring. She then slid in after her. Chyna got up and started beating Jesse down. She carried on beating her; Willow watched anxiously as Chyna pulled her sister up again. She then picked Jesse up and lifted her high above her head in a Military Press style move. Chyna then dropped Jesse. Jesse slammed face first into the mat and Chyna rolled her over for the pin. 1-2 Jesse kicked out. Chyna angrily then pushed her into the corner; she did a Hand Spring to Thump flip move towards Jesse, but Jesse ducked out of the way as Chyna banged into the turnbuckle. Jesse tried to regain her breath as she walked over to Chyna and started to choke her. Jesse then lifted Chyna up onto the turnbuckle and performed the Frankensteiner on her. She pushed Chyna into the turnbuckle and performed a perfect Hand Spring to Thump. She pulled the Ninth Wonder of the World up and then planted her with the DDT. Jesse signalled to Willow that she was going up to perform her finishing move. She climbed up the turnbuckle and delivered a Shooting Star Press. Jesse covered Chyna 1-2. Kurt Angle climbed into the ring and pulled Jesse off. He then climbed out and tried to chase Willow around the ring. Jesse slid out of the ring and cut off Kurt with a clothesline, she then pulled Kurt up and pushed him hard into the ring steps. Jesse looked at him as the steps clattered and crashed. Chyna got up and leaned through the ropes and grabbed Jesse. She pulled her into the ring and planted Jesse with a Powerbomb, 1-2-3!

Willow slid into the ring and grabbed Jesse's leg and pulled her out. She helped her out to the back hoping to avoid Angle.

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A week later:

Shane's WCW invasion of the WWF had increased dramatically. Thanks to Jesse and Willow's mom, Linda, the WCW was now allowed on WWF TV. Jesse and Willow had both been spending a lot more time with Shane and the WCW superstars. Jesse had also managed to get herself into a huge feud with Chyna. Her father had forced her into a Triangle TLC match against her good friend Lita and Chyna, on Smackdown. This was Jesse's big chance. It was her chance to win the Women's Championship. Lita and Jesse had decided to team up against Chyna in the TLC match so they could take her out, then they would fight each other. Unfortunately Chyna screwed both Lita and Jesse out of the title, by faking another neck injury. The match was restarted with just Jesse and Lita but Chyna came down and viciously threw them off the ladders and through tables. She then proceeded to climb the ladder and grabbed the title. While this was going on Willow was still taunting Kurt Angle with his medals. She had aligned herself with Jericho and they were totally pissing Angle off.

Willow lazed about in the dressing room; she sat on a steel chair and watched the TV as Jeff competed in a match against the Big Show. She'd begged and whined to Jeff, to let her come to the ring with him but he'd put his foot down and said it would be too dangerous for her. So she was now confined to her locker room. She watched the match; she could see Jeff getting the hell beaten out of him by the Big Show. Suddenly her attention was drawn to Trish Stratus, who had come out to the ring. The Big Show finished Jeff off and covered him for the pin 1-2-3. Trish climbed into the ring and checked to see if Jeff was ok. She then leaned over and kissed him passionately. Willow looked shocked as Trash Stratus kissed her boyfriend. She was even more shocked over the fact that Jeff was doing nothing to stop her. Willow shouted at Jeff through the TV. She screamed and pushed the TV off its stand, sending it crashing to the ground. She then started picking up Jeff's belongings and she threw them across the room and at the wall. She stormed out.

Christian wrapped his arms around Jesse and kissed her. She smiled at him and then turned her attention to the suits, that salesman carried in. They were at a bridal shop. She walked over to one and touched it.

"Christian, this one's nice." She said pointing to it.

He came up behind her and looked at it. "Yeah, I like that one."

They were choosing a suit for Christian to wear for their wedding which was rapidly approaching. It was just over a month away.

"Yeah, I think I want this one." He said. Jesse smiled at him and kissed him gently on the lips.

There was a knock at the door as Christian started to kiss her passionately. A cough was heard; Jesse pulled away from her fiancé. She turned to see her father standing at the door. She sighed and shook her head.

"What do YOU want?" Jesse said angrily.

"We need to talk." He replied.

"You wanna talk? Well I don't." She said turning away from him.

"You've got every right to ignore me and hate me but I really need to talk to you. The future of the WWF is at stake!" He said.

Jesse spun around. "What? How?"

"You didn't see Raw. I know that for a fact, anyway…"

"Yeah we had a night off."

"I know. Your sister Stephanie turned against me and…"

"So you lost Stephanie? Yes! She finally saw the light then!?" Jesse said laughing, interrupting her father.

"JESSE! This is no laughing matter!" He yelled. "Stephanie brought ECW and joined up with Shane and Paul Heyman against the WWF. They are going to destroy the World Wrestling Federation!!!"

Jesse stopped smiling at looked at her father. His face was deadly serious. She turned to Christian, who looked equally worried.

"She brought ECW?" Jesse asked, not quite believing what she'd just heard.

"Yes. She and Shane are determined to kill the WWF. The company that your mother and I created. The company that made them."

Jesse looked pale. "And mom? They're just destroy all her hard work, after everything she's done for them and given them. They're gonna do that to her?"

He nodded. "And me."

"You deserve it. Mom doesn't. What are you gonna do about it?"

"The only thing we can do. Fight."

"We?"

"We. I need you. And I need Willow."

"Whoa. Dad, stop. You cannot possibly expect me and Willow to join up with you again. Dad, you used us. You…"

"That's why I'm here. I want to apologise. I don't want you to do this for me. I want you to do it for the WWF, for the fans… And for your mother."

Jesse looked down at the floor. She thought about what he'd said. She knew that the future of the WWF was more important than her feud with her father.

"Ok. I'll join with you. But not because you deserve me. I'm doing it for mom." She said.

He smiled. "Thank you Jesse, thank you."

"Yeah, yeah. Thank me later"

Willow had stormed her way out of the dressing room and into the parking lot. She breathed heavily as she tried to work out what to do. Tears welled up in her eyes as she headed to the rental car and tried to open it. Realising that Jeff had the keys to the car, she collapsed to the floor, with the tears now streaming down her face. She leaned back against the car and tried to brush the tears away. She felt so used. She'd given him her all and his way of thanking her was to kiss Trash Stratus. She buried her head between her knees, as a shadow cast over her. She looked up briefly to she her older brother Shane. He sat down beside her and put his arm around her.

"Will? What's up?" He asked as his hand moved to her face. He tilted it upwards so he could see her eyes.

She looked at him. "Jeff. SHE kissed HIM!" She wailed.

"Who?" He asked softly.

"Trish!" She said as the tears continued to pour down her face.

"Oh Will. I'm sorry. Come here." He hugged her tightly. "You don't need him. Come on inside. Steph and I will look after you. You've got us."

He pulled her to her feet and walked her back into the building. He looked after her for the rest of the evening. Willow kept bursting into tears every time she thought of Jeff, she didn't have a clue that Shane had brought her back to the WCW/ECW Alliance, she was more worried about other things.

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The next televised show…

Jesse and her father rallied the WWF troops. This was war. They needed every man or woman on Team WWF they could get. Especially now, a few days had past since the last show but the Alliance had grown stronger. Jesse walked through the corridors looking for Willow. Willow had been with Shane and Steph all week, but Jesse didn't know that nor did Jeff. He had tried to ring Willow and talk to her and to explain what happened and why, but she didn't want to know. And all Jesse knew was that she had to help save the WWF. She walked into the canteen and looked around. She saw her old friend Billy Kidman, but not Willow. She walked over to Billy.

"Hey Billy!" She said smiling.

He looked shocked but managed to smile at her. "Hey."

Jesse sat down. "How you been? It was pretty cool that you won the WCW Cruiserweight championship, even if you did beat my old team mate Helms!" She said forgetting that he was on the side of the Alliance.

"Thanks. Ya know I didn't think you were gonna talk to me actually."

"What? Why?"

"Because of the WCW thing."

"Shit! That is so weird. I have had my mind on nothing else, since I found out about the Alliance, but somehow I just… I guess it didn't sink in that you're part of the Alliance. I'm sorry."

"It happens. I still can't believe I'm here. Taking part in matches on WWF TV."

"Yeah. Look um… Have you seen Willow?"

"Sure I have. She's with Shane and Steph. She looked…"

"What? What she doing there?"

"Dunno. But she was way upset about Jeff Hardy."

"Jeff?"

"Yeah, you didn't know? He let Trish Status kiss him."

"Oh my God! I didn't know about that. So she's definitely with Shane, like part of the Alliance?"

"Yeah."

"Okay. Thanks Billy." She stood up.

"He stood up with her. He touched her arm. "Hey if you ever want to go out some place, some when… Ring me?"

"Uh… Sure. I'll see you around." She said walking out of the canteen and down the hallway to the Alliance dressing room.

"Jess?" Shane said standing up when he saw her.

"Shane. I need to talk to…"

"Me. I need to talk to you too." Shane said interrupting. "I need you on the Alliance's side. And we…"

"Shane! I need to talk to Willow, not you!" Jesse shouted.

"But…"

"Now."

He led her to another room where Willow and Steph were chatting. Steph stood up and smiled at Jesse.

"So you decided to join us? That's great Jess, it really is!" Steph said hugging Jesse.

"Uh… I need to talk to Willow."

"Oh. Okay, we'll wait until you've finished, and then we'll celebrate!"

Jesse frowned as Steph left the room. Jesse sat down with Willow.

"Will, what's going on? Why are you here?" Jesse asked.

Willow looked at her. "Where? With Shane? Steph?"

"Yeah. The WWF needs you and you're with the Alliance? I just heard about Jeff, is he why you joined the Alliance?"

Willow looked down. Jesse continued. "Because if it is, I can't make any excuses for him but, I know he'd never try to intentionally hurt you. And he's no reason to join the Alliance. Do you realise what they are doing to the WWF? They are going to destroy everything Mom and Dad have worked for. I never thought you'd do this. I thought…"

Willow stood up and looked at her angrily. "What the hell do you know Jesse? I don't care anymore, ok? Just go away! You're just as bad as HE is! Get out!" Willow pushed her out of the room.

Jesse looked shocked; she turned to see Steph and Shane looking at her impatiently.

"We are so glad you decided to join the Alliance!" Steph said joyfully. "We are gonna make sure that the WWF…"

"Whoa! Wait! You think I've joined the Alliance?" Jesse said puzzled, they nodded. "No way! Look, I'm with Team WWF! I would love to be with some of my old WCW friends but I'm WWF through and through. Sorry."

Shane and Steph looked at each other. Shane turned to Jesse. "You wanna play it that way? Fine. At Invasion, I challenge you to a Street Fight match!"

Jesse's initial reaction was of shock; she sighed. "Okay. I'll see you then." She walked out the door; she looked back to see Willow, Shane and Steph talking about the match. She was still shocked about Willow's decision to join the Alliance. Jesse knew that she herself had made shocking decisions but this one seemed more shocking because the future of the WWF was at stake.



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The Invasion PPV was 3 days away. They were currently on Smackdown, Vince had gathered the WWF troops for inform them of the importance of Invasion for the WWF.

Jesse was stood at the back of the room her father continued to talk to Team WWF. Jesse looked around the room. Every WWF superstar was there from the Undertaker and Kane to Kai en Tai and Jerry Lynn. Her father paused for a second.

Jesse walked to the front of the room. "The WCW/ ECW Alliance made the biggest mistake of their lives picking a fight with the World Wrestling Federation. They want to destroy and kill the WWF. They've already started to take the WWF apart but the WWF is still here! Remember, 'What doesn't kill you can only make you stronger!' The Alliance has poked a sleeping giant in the eye, and now that giant is bigger and STRONGER than ever before! That giant is the World Wrestling Federation! And WCW and ECW are going DOWN!! DOWN!!" Jesse shouted. The WWF Superstars cheered as she said this. She smiled at her father, he nodded his head in appreciation.

Meanwhile in the WCW/ ECW Alliance locker room, Stephanie, Shane, Paul and Willow were giving a similar speech.

Willow stood at the back of the room listening to her sister.

"This Sunday at Invasion, there are no other chances for us, this will be our last chance. When no body else believed in you, when nobody else would believe your abilities, Shane and I have! We have put so much faith in you, that we have sold our WWF stock. We have invested all of our money, we have nothing left but all of you. This Sunday at Invasion, it is up to everyone of you to take out the WWF, forever!" Steph shouted. The Alliance cheered.

Shane spoke up. "This is the moment of truth you understand that? The line in the sand has been drawn. There's no going back! After this Sunday there is no tomorrow! Do you understand that we are on this side, the WWF will never take you back! They will never take us back, do you understand that? This is it! This is the new core! This is ECW and WCW! This is the biggest threat that has ever faced, has EVER faced the WWF! You understand that? You understand that? You guys need to take them out! This is what has to happen this Sunday! There is no going back! There is no going back, you understand?"

Shane shouted 'no going back' and the Alliance joined in shouting with him.

"Do you people understand how much they fear you now? DO YOU? Do you understand how much Jeff Hardy fears Rob Van Dam?" Willow looked down at the floor thinking about Jeff as Paul said this. Paul continued. "How Jeff Hardy thinks he is gonna fly through the air? How Jeff Hardy thinks he's hardcore? Jeff Hardy knows nothing about hardcore like Rob Van Dam! And how about you Tazz? How about what Tajiri did to you tonight? When he spit on that ECW T-shirt, he might as well as spit in your face! He might as well kicked down your door and spit in the face of your wife and your son! The only way he can survive is if you let him! Because I promise you, we come together at invasion and we all witness the Inaugural brawl, when Diamond Dallas Page and the Dudley Boyz and Rhyno and Booker T take out the 5 best men that the WWF has to offer!"

They all cheered.

"Are you with us?" Shane yelled.

"YEAH!!" The Alliance shouted back.

"Are you with us?" Steph yelled.

"YEAH!!!"

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Finally Sunday came. Jesse was behind the Titan Tron warming up, she knew she had to win her match against Shane, even though it was the first match on the list tonight, she knew that any win that the WWF could pick up would be needed. She finished her stretches as Shane walked over to her.

"You ready to lose?" Shane sneered.

Jesse shook her head in disbelief. "Get lost Shane!"

Shane laughed slightly as his music started play. Jesse watched the TV that had been set up backstage, she could see Shane walk to the ring and do his stupid dance thing that he always did. Her music started up and she took a deep breath and walked out onto the WWF ramp. The crowd cheered her, she smiled nervously. She reached the ring, she slid into it and stared at her brother. He was about to lunge at her but stopped when 'Wake Up' by Rage against the Machine started to play. Suddenly Willow walked out, the crowd cheered her but then stopped remembering that she was on the side of the Alliance. She walked down to the ring and stared at Jesse, her eyes then moved to Shane. She smiled slightly at him and walked over to the part of the ring he was in. She stayed on the outside and watched as Jesse and Shane locked up. Shane put Jesse in a sleeper, she wriggled out and pushed him to the floor. She then put an arm bar on him. He wriggled and managed to get out of it before she had it locked in properly. He got up and taunted her with his dance. Jesse lunged at him with a clothesline, it connected and brought him down. She pulled him up and Snap Suplexed him. He got up, Jesse went to clothesline him again but he ducked. Jesse was just about to rebound of the ropes, when Willow grabbed the ropes and pulled them down. Jesse flew out of the ring and landed on her head. Willow looked at her guiltily.

Shane started dancing again, Jesse moved a little, she crawled closer to the ring and pulled out a Kendo stick from under it. Shane climbed out of the ring, Jesse knelt on her knees hiding the stick as he came closer. He grabbed her hair and pulled her up, she grabbed the stick and rammed it into his stomach. He clutched his stomach in pain. Jesse hit him over the head again and again with it. She then dropped the stick and searched under the ring for more goodies. She found a ladder, she pulled it out and hit Shane with it. She set it up next to the Spanish Announce Table and started to pull the lid of the table off, she removed the monitors, out of the corner of her eye she could see Shane getting up, she rammed a monitor into his head. It cut him open, and blood started to seep from his head. She pulled him up and pushed him onto the table. She then climbed the ladder and signalled for the Shooting Star Press. She took a deep breath and jumped, Willow pulled Shane out of the way, Jesse landed hard into the Table. Jesse could feel the sharp pain through her. Every part of her body hurt, she could hear the crowd shouting 'HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT…'.

Willow looked at her sister, she wasn't getting up; she must have been really hurt. She looked down at Shane struggling to get up. Guilt travelled through her, she'd killed her sister!! Shane pulled up Jesse and shoved her into the ring. He then hit her with chairs, bins and road signs. Willow looked on quietly. Shane then dragged Jesse out of the ring and up the ramp. He pushed her into the barriers holding the crowd back. He then picked Jesse up and struggling he held her high above his head in a Military Press style move. Just like Chyna had down a few weeks ago, he on purposely dropped her, down the hole in the middle of the Alliance and WWF ramp ways.

Willow walked up the ramps to see what Shane had done to Jesse. She looked down the hole and saw her sister lying there limp; blood covered her face. Shane climbed down to Jesse and pulled her back up onto the ramp. Shane then picked Jesse up and hauled her over his shoulder he carried her to the ring. He tried to ram her head into the ring post but Jesse managed to push herself away from Shane. He looked annoyed and shoved her into the ring.

Willow walked slowly down to the ring still guilt ridden, and watched as her brother picked up a chair and tried to hit Jesse over the head with it. Jesse countered with a low blow; Shane dropped the chair and hopped around the ring in pain. Willow looked shocked over the fact that her sister was still trying to fight. Suddenly Willow fell to the floor in pain as someone ran into her. She looked up to see Chris Jericho run past her and into the ring. Jesse lay there as he planted Shane with a Powerbomb. Jesse crawled over to Shane for the pin. 1-2, Shane kicked out!

Jesse and Willow were both shocked. Suddenly the Dudley Boyz ran out and took it to Chris; they planted him with a 3D and D'Von pushed him out of the ring as Buh-Buh Ray Dudley stared at Jesse. She tried to get up as Buh- Buh pushed D'Von and shouted for him to get the table! Willow stared wondering what to do. Should she save her sister from going through a table or should she help Shane win. Buh-Buh grabbed Jesse as D'Von set up the table. Buh-Buh climbed the turnbuckle and D'Von picked up Jesse and gave her to Buh-Buh Ray. Buh-Buh then slammed Jesse through the table. Jesse lay out of it, every bit of her hurt.

Willow climbed into the ring and shouted for the Dudley Boyz to get out. She walked over to Shane and pulled him up. She looked at him and for the first time she realised that by joining the Alliance she was letting Trish have Jeff, she was also helping to destroy the WWF and she had nearly lost her sister. She grabbed Shane's neck and gave him the Twist of Fate! She dragged Jesse's broken body over to Shane. 1-2-3!

Your winner Jesse McMahon! Jericho climbed into the ring and smiled at her. He helped tend to Jesse; he pulled her up and celebrated with her and Willow. Then he carried Jesse's broken body out of the ring and to the locker rooms to get medical treatment.