A/N- I am so sorry it took this long for me to update this. I have no idea where to go with it. I am going to end it in the next few chapters, the best I can without rushing it. Thank you all who reviewed the last chapter, I hope you like this chapter.
I'm going to close the poll in my profile in a few days, vote while it's open please. I'm going to start writing whichever story is voted for.
It's been a long time since I have had a talk with Shawn Michaels. I'm usually beating him to a bloody pulp in the ring. I have to push that all aside, because he is the only one who can possibly know what I'm going through. I walk around for awhile before deciding to go knock on Shawn's door. The show was over, and I knew he was packing up his gear so he could get back to the hotel and call his wife. I hear a light "come in" and hesitantly push the door open.
"Uh...Hey Shawn." I say stepping into the room.
"Randy, what took you so long to make this visit? I was expecting you days ago." Shawn says, turning around to greet me.
"You were?" I asks surprised. I'm even more surprised that he is welcoming me with open arms.
"Well yes. I mean, your in love with Maria, yet you don't want to go against Hunter who is terrorizing her, right?" Wow. He's good.
"Pretty much. Minus the loving Maria part."
"In due time my boy, in due time." Shawn says, patting the couch beside him for me to sit down on.
"Shawn, I first want to apologize for everything that has went down between us, it was never my idea, it was..."
"Hunter's." He finishes for me.
"Yeah. When you guys were friends and part of DX,was he like this?"
"Hunter and I are still friends, people just don't know it. We go out for drinks all the time together. But to answer your question, yes. Hunter was like that when we were in a team together. He does what he has to in order to get to the top. He'll step on anyone." Shawn explains.
"I know, trust me I know. But his want to win is interfering with my personal life. I can't go out with anyone anymore, and Dave isn't even talking to me."
"Randy listen. You need to stand up to him, show him you are your own person."
"Last time I did that he told me I could just leave Evolution." I tell him.
"Yeah, he's testing you. You left for awhile, but did you notice how fast he took you back?"
"And I'm right back to square one. I can't talk to anyone but him and Ric."
"I remember DX started out like that. Just me and Hunter. But as I'm sure you know, down the road we gained X-Pac, and the New Age Outlaws." Shawn recalls. What this has to do with my situation, I have no idea.
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Randy, in order to get new members, you have to talk to them. I went against Hunter's rules, and we became the most popular group in wrestling."
"I'm not following you here Shawn."
"Talk to other people Randy, get them around Hunter. He gets to know them, he becomes the friendliest guy around."
"Shawn, Hunter is a lot of things, but friendly isn't one of them."
"He's got power over you right now Randy. You need to stand up to him." Shawn tells me.
"You did that Shawn, and look what happened. Four bloody matches that tore both your bodies a part." I remind him. He must want me dead or something.
"Sure, you'll have a few matches, but at the end of it all, he's standing in your corner."
"I'm not you Shawn. He doesn't respect me like that. I either do what he says, or I'm out of Evolution."
"If you hate it so much, then why do you stay?" He asks me.
"I sacrifice what needs to be sacrificed for my career."
"So is that why you won't date Maria?" How the hells does he know all of this?
"No, I won't date Maria because I just don't date at all."
"I think that is part of your problem. You like Maria, and it is bothering you." Shawn says. He's wrong though.
"Thanks for your advice Shawn. I got to go." I tell him. I shake his hand and before I leave, I hear Hunter on the other side of the door.
"Shawn, get ready and lets go. We got the whole night to waste away." Hunter yells. If I wouldn't recognize Hunter's voice, I wouldn't believe it was him. He sounded almost carefree, like for one night, he wasn't worried about the belt, or winning a match. I glance at Shawn and he gives me a 'I told you so' smile. I shake my head and open the door, watching the smile on Hunter's face turn into a frown.
"Randy. What are you doing in Shawn's room?" He asks me.
"Nothing, just catching up. So your going out with Shawn tonight?" I ask.
"Yeah, why?" He asks skeptically.
"I was wondering if I could go out with Dave and some of the other guys."
"Are Dave and the other guys in Evolution?" He asks, grinning.
"Is Shawn?" And the grin faded.
"You think your smart Randy?" I tense up at his question, but relax when I hear Shawn stand behind me in the doorway.
"Come on Hunter. Let him go out, it'll keep him out of our hair." Shawn speaks up. They make it sound like I am a teenager begging my parents to go to a party.
"Randy needs to work on his strategy tonight. He has no time to go out." Hunter says.
"Hunter." Shawn says, warning in his voice. Hunter looks from me to Shawn, then back to me.
"Fine. Be in the hotel by three or your out." Hunter says, walking away. So Shawn holds power over Hunter? Interesting.
"Randy, If your thinking of using me to get to Hunter, you got another thing coming boy." And with that, Shawn followed the same path Hunter took.
Well, so much for that plan.
