Ben Barker walked along the corridor, swinging the bat and whistling. The walls of WWE HQ were quiet tonight; no one working overtime, a particularly quiet night. He didn't mind. Ben liked it better that way. No one was around to disturb him. As soon as he was finished with his patrols, he could go back to the lounge where hopefully he can get some sleep or watch some TV. Ben was a recently hired security guard at the Stamford, Connecticut-based WWE HQ. When he wasn't patrolling the building, Ben spent most of his time at the employee lounge, where he'd eat, sleep or do whatever he wanted. It was a pretty easy gig, he thought. Nice pay, little to no actual work involved, it was absolutely perfect.

Ben walked past the video library. He glanced into the room for a moment before taking a closer look. He could've sworn he saw a shadow or two move. He squinted his eyes a little bit hoping to confirm his suspicion, but there was none. Dismissing the whole thing as a figment of his imagination, Ben went back to his patrol. He had only one floor left to check and it was off to the lounge for him. He took a left turn down the hall and made his way downstairs. He entered the first room to his right and opened the door. There was already somebody sitting by the security monitors.

"Who's there?" Ben asked.

The man turned around and shot him an annoyed look.

"Jesus Christ, Ben. Calm down it's only me." Charlie replied before taking a sip of coffee.

Charlie was his co-worker. In fact, he got Ben the job in the first place. Charlie had been working as a guard for more than twenty years now. A real veteran. And a real coffee fiend. Ben sighed and pulled up a chair next to him.

"You scared me there for a moment." Ben said.

"Why? What did I do?" Charlie asked.

Ben paused for a moment and thought back to what he thought he saw at the video library room.

"Wait a minute," Ben said, "Were you the one I saw at the video library just a few moments ago?"

Charlie looked puzzled. "No, that's always locked. Nobody goes in unless you're name's McMahon or Laurinaitis. Why?"

Ben didn't answer. He stared into the farthest monitor to his upper left. Unlike all the rest, it was black as if turned off. Sensing something strange, the two of them rushed out of their chairs and back upstairs into the video library. When they got there, to their surprise, the door was not only unlocked but it was wide open. They took out their night sticks very carefully and entered. The entire room was silent. Ben raised his walkie-talkie towards his mouth, but Charlie prevented it. Charlie hushed him, and signaled for Ben to go towards a different direction. Ben nodded and walked away, turning around and stealthily moving past the shelves. After a few minutes they found nothing. The sound of something falling from above, however, alerted Ben to someone else's presence.

Ben pressed himself against the wall and took a peek from the corner. Something had fallen from the top of the shelf. He cautiously approached it and picked it up. It was a WrestleMania 24 DVD. He looked up and saw that he was in between the Divas DVD section and the Monday Night RAW 2004-2005 section. Why would there be a WrestleMania DVD there? He felt a tap on his shoulder. Ben closed his eyes and shuddered. He was about to find out.

Charlie nearly dropped his night stick when he heard Ben's scream.

Charlie ran as fast as he could, following only the sound of Ben's screaming. When he got there, all he saw was an unconscious body. Horrified, he slowly approached the unconscious Ben. There was only one bruise on Ben's forehead but the man was damn near lifeless. He felt his neck. Charlie let out a sigh of relief; Ben was alive. Charlie's mind was racing. There was definitely an intruder. He had to call for help, he had to do something. He got up and turned around but immediately bumped into two men.

"Going somewhere?" One of them asked.

Before Charlie could react, the other one gave him a stiff kick to his temple. Charlie went down and the last thing he saw before blacking out were the two intruders standing over them. It took a while for CM Punk and Rob Van Dam to hide their unconscious bodies. Charlie in particular was getting a bit overweight. They hid the guards in a janitor's closet not far from the video library.

"Remind me what we're looking for." CM Punk said.

"Items for blackmail, extortion…anything we can get our hands on." RVD examined the contents of one shelf meticulously.

"I've already raided the security archives. We'll need videos concerning The Leviathan. If he's going down, we'll have to study him carefully. Tapes. Get his tapes." Punk tossed a handful of DVDs towards Rob Van Dam. They placed it inside a large duffel bag and made their way outside. They sneaked cautiously across the building, all the way to the east wing. Their entrance and escape route was simple; a large vent, big enough to fit them both, leading all the way to the back of the building where a vehicle was waiting.

On their way out they came across an office that had the label 'storage'. Rob Van Dam twisted the knob; it was locked. CM Punk casually motioned for him to step aside whilst pulling out a master key he had pick-pocketed from one of the guards earlier. The door opened, leaving the opportunity to uncover its secrets bare. The room was basically a large filing cabinet, with boxes and papers all over the place.

"Why are we even here, Phil?" RVD questioned, "Let's go, it's 11:30, RAW's probably off the air by now. Hunter wants us to meet with him later so we can give him these."

CM Punk smiled devilishly. "Why give him tapes when we can also add these dirt sheets to the mix?"

He blew the dust off the boxes. Many of them were labeled confidential. CM Punk opened them and quickly began scanning its contents.

"Rob?"

"Yeah?"

CM Punk turned around to face him. "You have got to look at these."

Rob van Dam grabbed the papers and read them as fast as he could. His jaw dropped. He looked at CM Punk, who looked just as surprised as him. They didn't say anything. Instead they placed the papers back in the box, sealed it, and took the whole thing with them.


Author's note:

Sorry for the delay. I was very busy the past couple of weeks. Hopefully, I should be able to upload more chapters soon and hopefully you'll give me reviews so I'll know what you think of this story so far. Thanks.