Hello readers! Merry Christmas to everybody! So how was your Christmas this year? Mine was great cause each member of my family were here to celebrate with us. So I've decided to finish up this story before the others and probably there will be only three chapters more. I felt excited writing this story since I've never receive 6 reviews in a single chapter. Thank you for those who review it last chapter; therealchamps, SilCJP, my time is now, xOrtonisMyObsession, Cena's baby doll and cenalover. I'm glad for your response guys! Now this chapter is the longest in this story and I've tried my best to make it as unboring as possible. Please enjoy!

It was already morning and John had this kind of enthusiasm on that day since he woke up super early. It was probably because he was on good term again with his good friend, the Colorado native named Eve Torres.

About a week ago, things went out of control when he pulled a trick that would break her heart and causing her to ride back to Denver. He admitted that it was his fault but what surprised him was that Eve had revealed that she actually loved him. Without even telling her his side of the story, she went back home, leaving him alone. Fast forward a week later, he found himself travelling to Denver, trying to redeem himself for hurting her.

Last night, he had one of the best sleep after Eve accepted his apology, thus making them friends again. Now, he was skipping around the house joyfully, excited to meet her, despite the fact they both stayed in the same house.

"Eve! Eve!", he called her up to the kitchen, only to find her father reading a newspaper while sipping the cup of tea once in awhile.

"Morning, uncle! Where's Eve?"

"Morning, John! She left early to meet her Uncle Hogan!"

John had this interested look on his face, "Already left to meet him? Even I would like to meet this Uncle Hogan! Guess I'll better head off!"

"Okay, bye! See you...", Mr. Torres replied without even looking at John since he was too focused on the newspaper.

John arrived at the orphanage but he couldn't even see a single person around the house. "Is this uncle's house or a haunted house?", he thought to himself.

He walked around the house to find anyone to ask, "Hello? Anyone here?". He kept searching until he saw a figure lying down under the sink. He approached him and slightly kicking his foot, "Hey plumber? Where can I find uncle?".

Meanwhile, Hogan got up to see who was it and by the news that Eve told him that morning, he instantly knew it was the goofball. He tripped John to the floor and grabbed him by the collar to bring him inside.

Once he did, all the kids started to be chaotic, causing Eve, who was in the kitchen to enter the living room, finding out what was the commotion all about. She was surprised to see John being held captive by Hulk Hogan, "Oh my god! Uncle! What happened?"

"He's caught! I've caught him! He's the rogue who hurt my angel!", Hogan exclaimed proudly, as if it was a great thing to do.

John felt more confused than ever with this situation, "Me? A rogue? No, uncle. I'm John!"

"Oh... So this is John?", he smacked the back of John's head, causing Eve to gasp and the kids to scream. "Just because you have such a great name, doesn't mean you can hurt other people's innocent little hearts!", he smacked him again, causing John to muttered "Ouch!" twice.

"Uncle, enough of this act!", Eve slightly yelled, getting annoyed by his childish antique. "You know and we do too who exactly is too blame!"

"Who?", Hogan asked as he smiled, thinking that Eve would side with him.

"You!"

The smile on his faded and seemed to move to John, who was now releasing himself from his grasp. Hogan shot a 'You're lucky today!' look at him before turning his attention to Eve, "Me? How can you even think like that? Your words cut like a knife through my heart! I'm going back to my room and no one needs to come and make up to me... I'm hurt... very hurt!", he put his hand on his left chest and faked cry as he made his way to his room.

Eve shook her head, "What a liar!". She made her way to John, asking him whether he was okay or not.

"I'm fine, people! Cause I'm a one tough man!", he proudly put his hands in the air, causing the kids to cheer for him.

A day passed and John was already on the same page as the kids due to their one similarity, their dislike for Hulk Hogan. When the breakfast time passed, they were outside the house, brainstorming their plan in the garden. "All the preparations are in order! The time is limited and the target's at hand! This is... Operation Uncle!"

The kids nodded as they took a look the old man tied to a wooden log next to them, rather looking unconscious. He was indeed unconscious since John crushed two sleeping pills and put them in his drink during breakfast, with the reason to pay back his action yesterday.

"So here's the plan! All we need is strength. Together, we'll carry him to the cliff at the back of the house and leave him there and we'll see, who's the boss around here!"

"What if we get caught?"

"What if uncle had his own plan instead?"

John laughed off at the children's questions, "After two sleeping pills, he still won't find out even if you perform a surgery on him! So are you all ready?"

"John? I feel scared about this!", Zach spoke. Since, he was one-legged, John had instructed him to stay at the garden, making sure the coast is clear.

"If you're scared, you're as good as dead! When the time's rough... the commando's tough!", he finished his full of spirit sentence before he applied the black shoe polisher on his face, just like a soldier. Soon after, all the children followed his lead, more than prepared for their plan.

"Water... a sip of water!", John mumbled helplessly under the hot scorching sun.

He and the kids were doing push ups for the past fifteen minutes by none other than Hulk Hogan himself. When John and the kids were about to put him down on the cliff ground, Hulk surprised them by suddenly opening his eyes. Frightened, all of them ran down the hill while Hulk rolled down the cliff to chase them, looking like a long penguin rolling. When he landed in at the backdoor of the house, he asked his assistant, Mrs. Guerrero to cut the rope that tied him, then he quickly punished all the children and John.

Hogan sat on his rocking chair with his sunglasses on while the rest was still doing punishments. He laughed at their sufferings and enjoyed to see John looked like a man who didn't eat for a month. It was a given that Eve had her meeting with the tea planters or else he too, would get the punishment.

"We should have never gotten involved in John's plan!", one of the children spoke.

Hogan heard him and replied, "He's not John, he's the goofball! And this blonde-bearded tyrant is the demolisher!". He got up from his seat and went inside the house, as he remembered a couple was about to come later for an adoption.

When Hogan was nowhere in sight anymore, all of them stop their push ups and instead lying down on the grassy ground.

"What happened to my little brave soldiers? Hey, this is not over, he will definitely pay for it!", John sat down on the ground, trying to think yet another plan.

"We'll have to figure out all that later. Right now, we all have to get ready!", one of them said.

"Get ready? Why?"

"An uncle and an aunty are coming to see us. They don't have any children so that means they will take one of us to their home!"

She continued, "John, we're all very happy here. Even uncle could be evil but he also loves us so much. He says this is not the real world. Just like Alex, he wants us to have a chance to go out there and make something of our lives"

John processed all the explanation and when he did, he excitedly spoke, "Then, what are we waiting for? Come on, let's go!". The children ran inside the house, feeling anxious and excited at the same time. In just about a few moments, one of them would go and start a new life. John smiled at their behaviours but suddenly stopped when he saw Zach Gowen still sitting down, "What happened to you? Aren't you going?".

"There's no point, John! They all want kids who are normal... who can run around and play with them. But when they see me walk, they all walk away and I know today that history will repeat itself... I don't want to get ready"

"Hey kid, listen! When I was in school... I was the weakest boy in class...", John spoke, only to get a weird look from Zach. "Now it doesn't seem so but really... I was! All the kids were stronger than me. I felt that if I ever compete in a race, I'll never manage to beat them... I'll always lose! That's why I never took part and that was the biggest mistake. In life, you win some and lose some but if we give up before we try, how will we ever find out what was in store for us? Can we try today? Please? Do it for me!"

Zach looked hesitated at first but he had to admit John was right. He should try again. "Okay!"

John opened his arms for the little boy, "When the time's rough..."

Zach jumped in John's arms and finished his sentence, "... The commando's tough!"

"Kids, I would like all of you to meet Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre or Uncle Drew and Aunt Tiffany!", Hulk Hogan introduced.

"Hi!", the children said in unison.

The early 30s couple started to look for their 'children' and stumbled upon Zach, "Hi, sweetie! What's your name?".

"My name is Zach!", he answered as he stole glances at John, who was giving him thumbs up from the corner.

Tiffany continued, "Hello Zach! You have such a lovely name. So when is your birthday?".

"Tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?", Drew asked.

Hogan replied for Zach, "Every year we celebrate all the kids' birthdays on the same day"

The couple smiled towards each other before the husband stood on his knee, on level with Zach, "This year... would you like to spend your birthday at home with us?".

"We both are very fond of Zach so we have decided to take him home with us", the wife spoke.

The people went silence, including Hulk himself since he knew about Zach's near 'adoptions' before this. Meanwhile, John was touched to see the lit up expression on Zach's face. He had waited this moment for so long. "Uncle can complete the procedural formalities now!", he broke the silence.

"Sure!", Hulk got back to reality.

Feeling so overwhelmed, Zach walked to John to thank him and that was when the McIntyres realised that he wasn't like any other children. He was handicapped. The couple looked on each other and their expressions were so creepy, as if they just saw something scary.

"Excuse me?", Drew called up Hogan.

"Yes?"

"We would like to consider for some other child!"

Upon hearing that, John tensed up, "But you said you wanted to take Zach home?"

"Yes, my husband and I said that but now we've changed our mind, right, honey?"

The husband answered, "Yes! You see that time we didn't know that..."

That's it. John already lost it because of these two jerks. Who did they think they were? President and the first lady? He couldn't take it any longer. An innocent boy like Zach didn't deserve all of this. "... that Zach can't walk properly? Is that it? Another child? What if I break your wife's legs? Would you consider of getting another wife?"

"How dare you?", Drew hissed in anger.

"How dare you! He's a little child, not a stuffed toy that you can just play and throw aside when you've had enough. Now I understand why God hasn't give you your own children! And the mistake he hasn't made, we won't either! Just leave! Cause we are neither in the business of selling toys nor children! You have the audacity to reject him? Well, guess what? Each and every child here, in fact, rejects you. Now get out!"

Drew turned to Hogan, "Did you hear that? Is that what you've taught them here?"

"No, he's new around here! He doesn't know that with rude and shameless people. One shouldn't waste time arguing, brute force can get the point across faster! So before I repeat his mistake, I suggest you better get out! Just leave!"

The two of them felt embarrassed for being kicked out but that's what they deserved. All of them could swear that not any of them would see the duo ever again in the near future. When both of them left, John motioned the kids to go to their rooms while waiting for Eve to come with their dinners.

"John?"

"Yes, uncle?"

Hulk gave him a pat on the back, "You just redeemed yourself!".

He snorted in return, couldn't quite believe what he just heard, "What?"

"Only two kinds of people that can escape me, people who have a good heart and those who have a good timing. This morning when you left me up on the cliff, I felt like throwing you down from there but now you've made your way straight into my heart"

"What can I say, uncle? I'm just like that!", he claimed proudly.

Hulk extended his hand forward, "Thank you, John!"

John looked like he was about to shook his hand but instead, he caressed his hair, "After all that's happened? I'll have to think about it!"

Hulk raised his hand in defeat, "Okay! But at least let's celebrate!", he gave John a piece of a wrapped chocolate nugget, which was actually had the same taste as the one he had eaten by the children.

"Aww, uncle! A sweet for me, how sweet! If you think that I'm going to share it with you just forget it!", John warned as he already unwrapped the chocolate from the plastic wrap.

"I don't mind at all! Well I'll better go to see the kids!". With that, Hogan ran from John and hid with the kids, counting down the moment where John would scream for the jalapeno paste inside the chocolate. "One... two... three..."

"RASCAL!"

That night after dinner, Eve was tucking in all the kids to sleep and before they slept, they told her that John became a hero today about the rude couple that came and also that their uncle Hogan have made amends with him for what he did. She couldn't help but to smile to herself. John could always be a nice guy. Whenever he made mistakes, he would always redeem himself in any ways.

When all the children have slept, she made her way to the kitchen, helping Mrs. Guerrero washing the dishes and cleaning the table too.

Meanwhile, John and Hulk were celebrating their peace amendment by drinking cans of beers behind Hogan's lorry. Just after dinner, they went outside and ended up drunk till now.

"Uncle... if you don't mind, can I ask you something?", John slurred in his drunken state.

"Of course! Ask me...", Hulk replied and his tone was more conscious compared to the young man beside him.

"I mean... Why did a dashing, handsome, charming, handsome... Oops! I already said that, let me change it... dynamic like you never find anyone?", he burped before continuing, "I mean, why there's no aunty, uncle?"

"You said one thing and now you want the whole saga?"

John nodded lazily as he drank more of the beer.

"Okay then! Listen, there was a girl. The first time I saw her I was waiting to go somewhere. But then I waited for so long that I could never tell her how I felt. She left! I missed the bus!"

"What?", John yelled in surprise. "You missed the bus? Now that surprises me! Someone who talks so much not being able to tell about how he feels!"

"You should look in the mirror! Even you talk so much!"

"That's true but in my case, it's only if I felt something that I would say it out loud!". He pointed to his heart, "There's nothing in here! It's absolutely empty, uncle. And even if I had to fall in love with someone wouldn't it be Eve?"

Hulk furrowed his eyebrows and gave John a look, "Eve? Really? Why?"

John organised his seating before he answered, "Uncle, I mean... happiness is where Eve is"

"Okay, that's a given!"

"Simplicity is where Eve is"

"That's a given too"

"Where there's anger, usually there's Eve!"

"Given"

John smiled to himself and wiped his glassy eyes, "There's illumination where Eve is! Oh and one more thing, where there's life..."

"There's Eve!", he said in a serious tone.

"Uncle, you agreed even before I could say Eve!", John tapped Hogan's cheek as he spoke.

Not getting his message really clear, he grabbed John's head and turned him around, "It's Eve, idiot! She's right behind you!"

John instantly got up and jumped out of the lorry, heading to a confused looking Eve. He put his arms around her, "Oh hi, Eve! I was just telling uncle that love and defeat are not in my vocabulary!"

"John, you're drunk! Let's get you home now", Eve supported him by putting her arm around John's waist as they started to walk to Eve's house, which wasn't that far from the orphanage.

Hulk Hogan watched the duo walking on the road and at times, Eve looked struggling supporting John's weight. He wasn't drunk at all to tell the truth. He scoffed, "Love and defeat are not in his vocabulary! That's really strange! What kind of philosophy is that? That boy was a complete fool!".

So how was it guys? Tell me in the review! Thank you in advance. I hope you like this chapter even if it has a little John and Eve's interaction. I promise there will be more in upcoming chapters. Next chapter will have Alex coming home to celebrate his birthday along with the children. When he meet his childhood friend Eve, how will John react about it? Till next update, bye!