Chapter 9: Uhhhh
A few weeks later on RAW, everyone was on edge about New Year's Revolution. There was to a be a six man Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Eric Bischoff was to announce the superstars participating in the match later on in the evening. HHH again, was not happy about having to fight for his title yet again.
"I can't believe this! Not only do I have to defend my title, but I have to do it in a steel cage! What makes it even better, is that I don't even know who I'm going to be fighting yet!" HHH boomed.
"Calm down Champ. Now, Bischoff said he was going to announce who you'd be fighting in the Elimination Chamber match. Don't worry, we'll figure something out," Flair stated with confidence, and an added 'Woooooo!'
"Come on. We better get out there and find out who's gonna be in the match," Lauren suggested. Everyone agreed and started to walk out to the ring. Bischoff was waiting for them with a microphone in hand.
"Thank you guys for joining me in the ring. Now as you know, I'm here to announce the superstars you will be defending your title against at New Year's Revolution, in the Elimination Chamber!" Bischoff paused to hear the pleased cheers from the audience. "Of course, HHH, you will participating in this match. But you will also have Evolution's own, Batista fighting in the Elimination Chamber as well." Once again, the crowd cheered for Evolution's animal, as Lauren smiled up at him. "Also, the Rabid Wolverine, Chris Benoit! Chris Jericho! Edge! And last but not least," Bischoff smirked. "The Legend Killer, Randy Orton." Everyone in the audience went wild, even as they saw HHH's face at the sound of Orton's name. "Now tonight, we will determine the order in which everyone is let out of their chamber. Whoever has the fastest time during their match, will come out last in the chamber. Now with that being said, let's get started. First up..."
The matches went on through the night, with only Batista's left, and HHH with the fastest time so far. "Okay big guy. Now I have the fastest time so far, so you just delay your pin for a little while, and enjoy your match a little bit. No rush," HHH smirked. Batista just nodded solemnly as he started walking backstage to go out to the ring.
"Batista wait up!" Lauren called out and ran up to him. "I'll walk with you down to the ring," she told him.
"I don't know Lauren," Batista sighed.
"I'm a member of Evolution, aren't I?" she asked.
"Well, yes, but-"
"And members of Evolution look out for each other and walk each other to the ring, right?" Lauren had a glare and her hands on her hips. Batista gave a sigh in defeat as he offered her his arm to walk to the ring with him.
"And making his way to the ring, being escorted by Vixen, weighing at 317 lbs, from Washington, D.C., Evolution's animal, Batista!" Lillian Garcia announced as the crowd went wild. Vixen stayed in the background while Batista acknowledged the audience. Vixen followed behind him as they walked down the ramp. She stayed outside the ring and admired him as he did his routine around the ring. His opponent was being introduced by the ring announcer when Lauren finally broke her gaze from Batista.
"And his opponent, Rhyno!" Rhyno ran down the ramp and slid onto the ring, ready to fight. Lauren stayed outside the ring cheering for Batista. Not that he needed it, since he pinned Rhyno in about two minutes.
"Wow," Lauren gasped. She stepped into the ring and raised Batista's wrist into the air in victory. Batista led Lauren backstage with a grin on his face. Once they were behind the curtain, Lauren cried out in joy. "Oh my gosh! You were awesome!" she cried out in astonishment. "I mean you were like WAM! Then he was like POW! But then you were like ROAR! And then 1,2,3! Wow!"
"Okay, no more sugar for you before a match. You're starting to remind me of those old 'Batman' episodes where the fight words actually came up on the screen." Batista chuckled.
"Well I bet HHH will be happy that you're coming out last. At least it's someone from Evolution right?" Lauren asked, only to find an unsure look on his face. "What's wrong?" Batista just shrugged his shoulders. "Oh come on! Be happy! You were the best out there tonight, be proud of yourself. I know I am," Lauren stated and continued walking down to the Evolution locker room, unknowing of the fast heartbeat of the animal behind her.
"I just wish I was as sure as she was," Batista thought to himself, and continued to Evolution's locker room. He noticed the glare on HHH's face as soon as he walked in. Batista didn't even have to ask what was wrong, because he knew.
HHH stalked up to him, while Lauren gave Batista a confused look. "What is it with you, and not sticking to a plan? You were supposed to delay your match, so I would have the fastest time, and I would be let out last in the Elimination Chamber!" HHH boomed. Lauren couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Why can't he be happy that someone from Evolution is coming out last? It's not like he's coming out first!" Lauren thought. She noticed HHH about ready to explode, so she stepped in between him and Batista. "Now come on, Champ. Is that really something to get upset about? I mean think about it, by the time even you get let out, maybe two or three of those guys will already be eliminated. If you can hold out long enough, which I'm sure you will, Batista can help you eliminate the rest. I actually think it's better that the animal of Evolution is let out last, so he's fresh and ready to knock out everyone else," Lauren explained to him.
HHH's huffing and puffing started to slowly cease as he realized that maybe she had a point. He didn't say anything as he turned away and held his title tightly to him. "All right. We'll go with your idea Vixen. So Batista, since you're let out last, you take care of everyone else who's still in the ring, got it?" HHH asked poking him in the chest. Batista simply nodded as HHH said, "Good. Now hopefully you'll stick to that plan."
"Well, now that's settled so I've got an idea," Lauren stated deviously. Everyone turned their attention towards her. "How about, we go back to the hotel, shower and change, and go hit a club?" she asked while linking arms with Batista and HHH with a smirk on her face.
"That sounds like a good idea. All right, we'll all take the limo back to the hotel, and meet in the lobby in about a half-hour," HHH stated and started to walk out. The rest followed him out to the limo.
"Hey Lauren," Batista said catching her arm.
"Yeah?" she asked. Batista waited until the others were out of earshot for them to continue their conversation.
"Thanks for calming HHH down. But you need to know when and when not to step between him and me. You're liable to get hurt," Batista stated worriedly.
"Hey, he was about to jump all over you about nothing, so I simply made him realize that. Come on we better-" Lauren started walking off again, only to feel his hand still holding her arm, and bringing her to his chest.
"Lauren, I'm serious. I don't want you getting involved with something like that in the future all right? I don't want to see you get hurt," Batista said a bit more sternly then before.
Lauren gave him a look of confusion, but nodded anyways. "I promise I'll try. Now come on, last one there buys drinks!" Lauren yelled and started running.
"That's not fair!" Batista called out as he ran after her. She still won as she practically jumped into the limo, with Batista following. HHH and Flair didn't even bother to ask, so they headed off to the hotel.
Lauren practically ran into the closest elevator and waved goodbye as Batista tried to beat the doors. Lauren couldn't help but laugh at the look of Batista's face when she let the door close. As soon as the doors opened she ran to her room and started getting ready. "Now what should I wear?" she wondered. Lauren looked around in her closet for something to wear. It took forever, but she finally decided. She slipped on her strapless black dress that reached down to her mid-thigh. Her black strap heels wrapped around her slim ankles, and lifted her up about two inches off the ground. After applying a light layer of makeup, and grabbing a purse, Lauren felt satisfied and found she had five minutes to spare. So she walked out and locked her door as she headed to the elevator. "This is going to be one hell of a night," Lauren smiled to herself.
A/N: Okay, something really weird went on while trying to upload the next chapter, so hopefully this will really end up as chapter nine and not...something...not...nine. ANYWAYS! Enjoy :)
