Chapter Twelve:

"King, who do you think attack him?"

"I don't know, but I have a good idea on who it is." King answers.

Referees and trainers surround John Morrison as Derrick tries to wake him up.

"John. John, come on man wake up." Derrick lightly shakes him.

"Derrick." Trish yells as she pushes her way to them. "Derrick, what happened?" She wonders concern for her boyfriend.

"I don't know. I just heard that someone was knock down. When it is John, I rushed over to him." Derrick explains.

"Trish, Derrick, we have to check on him. Please let us check on him." Charles Robinson requests to let the trainers to check him.

"Okay, I am coming with." Trish sweetly demands. The trainers nod in agreement. "I will inform you when we have any update." Trish tells Derrick.

"Okay." He speaks keeping his anger at bay.

As they are out of sight, Derrick marches to address this.

'Invincible' plays as Derrick marches down the ramp.

"Whoever is responsible, owe up it." He speaks in a furious tone. No one admits. "If this is about facing me, you have my attention." He paces inside the ring. "If you want to challenge me, be a man, and face me directly instead of attacking my friends." He demands.

'I Came to Play' echoes throughout the arena. This gets Derrick more furious as well inside hitting himself that it is him.

"Hello Derrick." The Miz grins.

"Why did you attack John? You didn't like the contract, so you thought you would attack him to have another match. You would force my hand to give you another title shot." He fires out statements.

"No, I wish I thought about that." Miz snaps his fingers disappointed that the opportunity is taken.

"Then why are you out here?" He crosses his arm irritated that he is wasting his time.

"I want you to reconsider giving me at title shot." He utters the reason.

"I don't have time for that now. I want to demand the person who attack my friends." Derrick demands again.

"Amigo." Alberto appears on the TitanTron.

"Del Rio, what do you want?" He rolls his eyes at his opponent at Backlash.

"I hear you are demanding the person who attack Morrison."

"Yes, I am."

"Well, you are looking at him." Alberto smirks.

"Del Rio, you do like to play dirty, don't you?" Derrick utters.

"No mi amigo, I like to have no outside interference." He explains.

Derrick laughs hysterically. "No outside interference." He continues to laugh.

"What do you call your little butler at ringside."

"Hey, he is not my butler he is my ring announcer." He defends Ricardo.

"Right, he is the only reason you have been on a winning streak. You wouldn't win if Ricardo didn't suffer your consequences." He accuses.

"Not true, hombre, I can fight and defeat you without any help." He speaks confidently.

"Do you want to prove to me at Backlash?" He offers.

"What do you mean?"

"You have Ricardo backstage watching the match and not at ringside for the entire match, any interference you will forfeit your chance." He lays down his condition.

"Okay, but what about your condition?"

"My condition?" Derrick raises an eyebrow.

"Yah, your chica, Trish Stratus, would you put her up for a condition?"

"No never, she has nothing to do with this." He refuses immediately.

"It is pretty selfish that I have someone to lose and not you. You lose at Backlash, Trish will be mi amore. I could use an escort to the ring." He grins.

"No, I am not putting her in the middle of this." He continues to refuse.

"Suit yourself, if you want a face to face match you make it happen." Del Rio gives his only condition.

Chimes from the computer rings three times as everyone groans.

"I have an email from the Anonymous General Manager." Cole utters as he approaches the computer. "And I quote… Del Rio, Derrick, I like your conditions. I would like them to be valid in the match. Although, I would like the conditions to be earned. You two will compete in matches to earn your conditions. If you win, you can add any conditions you want." Cole finishes to have Del Rio and Derrick both agree with the announcement.

Chimes fill the arena again. "Del Rio, you will not have Ricardo ringside." Cole continues. "I want you to go at it alone. No one must interfere in the matches or else certain consequences will be dealt with." Cole adds. Alberto Del Rio doesn't like that his amigo won't be ringside as Derrick grins. "Your opponent will be reveal at your respective matches. With that said, Derrick since you are in the ring your match is up next. Get ready."


"We are back ladies and gentlemen to Monday Night Raw. If you are just joining us, Derrick is preparing himself for hi match against an opponent of the Anonymous GM choosing. The consequences for this match regard his match against Del Rio at Backlash." King informs.

"That is right, King. If Derrick wins this match, he can have Ricardo banned from ringside or any other conditions he wants. Alberto Del Rio gets his opportunity later tonight." Michael Cole adds.

"Michael let us not forget how this all started."

"Right, at the top of the show, John Morrison was attack. Derrick stormed into the ring to demand the individual to reveal himself. It appeared to be Alberto Del Rio."

"Michael, I thought it was The Miz with him still trying to get a WWE title shot." King assumes before.

"Right, Alberto's conditions will be reveal later."

'Invincible' plays again with Derrick to come out this time in his ring attire.

'I Came to Play' plays next to have everyone think he is his opponent.

"I'm guessing Miz will have the option to reject Derrick's conditions which will be satisfying for him."

"You are right, King. The Miz seems to enjoy Derrick's misery."

Chimes once again fill the arena. "I have an email from the Raw GM. And I quote… Miz you are not a part of this match." Miz disagrees. "If you want a match so badly, you will get one later tonight. Now for Derrick's real opponent."

'Born to Win' echoes as everyone cheers.

"Oh, this is going to be an exciting match." King comments. "Both have exciting high flying ability."

"You are right, King."

"This match is set for one fall. If Derrick wins, Ricardo Rodriguez will be banned from ringside at Backlash. First, billed from Miami, Florida, weighing 227 lbs.; Derrick Cyrus." Derrick climbs on the top rope to excited the crowd. "His opponent, from St. Louis, Missouri, weighing 185 lbs., he is one half of the tag team champions; Evan Bourne."

Mike Coda rings the bell as the competitors lock up. Derrick wins the battle with a headlock on him.

In the middle of the match, Evan Bourne is kicking Derrick in the corner with his lethal kicks. As Derrick is wobbling from the kicks, Bourne climbs to the top rope to his signature Diving Double Knee strike. He goes for the pin, but gets a near fall. He goes on the offensive as he climbs up, once again, to the top rope, for his finisher Air Bourne. As he is in midair, Derrick moves over to have him crash down to the mat. Derrick tries to take advantage, but Bourne kicks out. He sets up Bourne for Shining Wizard to pick up the victory.

"Your winner, Derrick Cyrus." Lilian announces.


Later in the night, Alberto's music fills the arena. He drives out in his Red Camaro.

"Cole, it is Del Rio's turn to earned his condition."

"That is right, if you are just joining us, at the top of the show, john Morrison, who is a friend of Derrick's, got attacked. Derrick demanded to know who the individual is, in turn it was Alberto Del Rio. They exchanged words to have two conditions placed for their WWE title match at Backlash."

"Earlier, Derrick won his match against Evan Bourne." King continues. "His condition is to have Ricardo Rodriguez, Del Rio's personal ring announcer, to be banned from ringside. Now, we are set up for this match." King brings everyone up to speed.

"You also forgot that Ricardo is not allowed at ringside for this match. The GM banned anyone to interfere in these two matches." King nods in approval.

"This match is set for one fall. If Alberto Del Rio wins, Trish Stratus will be on the line at Backlash. First, from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, weighing 239 lbs.; Alberto Del Rio."

"Yes, you heard that right WWE universe, if Del Rio wins tonight, Trish Stratus will be on the line at Backlash. If Del Rio wins at Backlash, not only will he win the WWE Title, he will have Trish Stratus being his escort to the ring." Michael Cole clears up some confusion.

"That is right, I wonder how Trish will feel about this. She has no say in this."

'Ain't No Make Believe' fills the arena next which surprises everyone. Alberto stops frozen that he will compete after his attack earlier. The theme song keeps on playing to have no one come out. Alberto starts laughing as it ends the third time.

"Did you think he will show up after the beating?" Del Rio continues to laugh.

'Some Bodies Gonna Get it' hits moments later to stop Del Rio's laughter.

"Oh no, Alberto Del Rio shouldn't have played that trick on the crowd because the big man, Mark Henry, apparently didn't like it." Michael Cole utters

"Yes, Del Rio might be inducted into the Hall of Pain." King states.

"His opponent from Silsbee, Texas, weighing 360 lbs., he is The World Strongest Man; Mark Henry."

Before Henry gets to the ring, Del Rio attacks him. He pushes him into the steel steps inflicting more pain before the match starts. He does anything to soften him up, so he just pins him for the victory.

Eventually, Del Rio halts his attack, to consider how he is going to lift Henry into the ring for the victory. Halfway through, he convinced the referee to start the match. He ponders that he can just have a count-out victory.

As the count reaches to eight, Mark Henry moves. He makes it into the ring for before the 10 count. Del Rio can't believe it as he continues his attack. He hits him with kicks before dragging him to the middle of the ring to lock in his finisher, the arm breaker, to pick up the victory.

"Your winner is Alberto Del Rio."

"So, both their conditions have been set for their match." Cole acknowledges.

"Yup, Derrick gets Ricardo Rodriguez banned from ringside and Alberto Del Rio gets Trish Stratus as his escort if he wins."

"Hey, how is he?" Derrick arrives at the hotel where John Morrison is resting.

"He has some bruises and a mild concussion, but other than that he is fine. He is already teasing me already." Trish smiles.

"That is great." Derrick smiles as he tries to figure out how to tell Trish that he is part of his match at Backlash.

"Hey man, everything okay?" Morrison asks. "I know we didn't show our support for your match tonight. I know did awesome."

"Umm… no the match was great. I love working with Evan Bourne." Derrick states. "It is about my match with Del Rio at Backlash."

"What about it?"

"There are conditions to the match now." Morrison and Trish look at him with him having their full attention. Derrick sighs preparing himself for an outburst. "Del Rio won his match to have you, Trish be part of my match. If Alberto Del Rio wins, not only will he win the title, but you have to be his escort to the ring." Derrick confesses as he waits for her reaction.