Disclaimer: Anything recognizable, belongs not to me.
Spoilers: Nothing current.. But I will be altering the past.
Summary: Things get shaken up when the WWE starts an inter-gender division.
Notes: I am going to try and do my best to cover all of the inter-gender teams…and yes, I know things get unrealistic, but it's fiction.. The camp does exist.. But I'll be changing a few things about it, the training facility I highly doubt.
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Two excruciating hours later found the bus parked at the designated camp. Granted yes, most of the inter-gender participants had mp3 or C.D. players to spare them from the noise.. But some had forgotten to bring extra batteries. Amongst the unfortunate were Randy, Trish, Christian and Lita… the redhead, however, had found some unexpected solace in the body next to her. Of course, she wasn't exactly sure if the rap and hip hop was any better, but she reasoned anything was better than listening to Rob and Chris. Not that she would admit that aloud, nor would she start listening to rap anytime soon.. It was the thought that counted. Whatever the case, she had been somewhat spared, but she was still grateful when the bus came to a stop. Of course, the process of de-boarding took nearly as long.. If not longer than the boarding process. And once all of the bags had been sorted and claimed; the inter gender division plus Hunter and Flair, awaited the next set of instructions.
"Alright," Shane slipped on his sunglasses as he addressed the group at large. "First things first, lets get room assignments out of the way.. Then we'll meet up at that recreational hall over there." He gestured to a large building off in the distance. "At this time, you all will meet the trainers, coaches and managers."
Stephanie nodded from her spot beside her brother. "We're going to group you guys so two or three teams will be sharing quarters.. Bathrooms depend on your rooming arrangements- groups of four share one bathroom while the groups of six share two bathrooms." She paused to remove a sheet of paper from her bag, "In Cabin A- Jackie, Charlie, Gail and Shannon. Cabin B- Christian, Trish, Dawn and Eddie. Cabin C- Edge, Stacy, Rob and Torrie. Cabin D- Lita, Randy, Victoria, Chris, Jacqueline and John. Finally, in Cabin E- Molly, Kurt, Nidia, Maven, Jazz and Rodney."
Shane glanced between Ric and Hunter, "The two of you will be sharing quarters with the rest of the management and coaching staff." He paused to check over the camp layout, "Cabins A, C and E are to the right of the recreational hall while Cabins B, D and the coaching staff are to the left."
Stephanie took a moment to look them all over. "For now, just drop of your stuff, maybe figure out your sleeping arrangements.. You'll have time to unpack later."
"Fun," Victoria uttered dryly as she hefted up her suitcases. "But on the bright side Li.. We're roomies."
The redhead snorted, "Yeah? We're also right near the coaching staff.. Plus, there's my wonderful inter-gender partner."
"Lighten up," Dawn grinned as she joined the two. "You're near me and Eddie, so it won't be all that bad."
"For all of you maybe," Randy rolled his eyes from his spot behind the three Diva's. "Not only am I stuck with that," he gestured to John, "But with you.."
Chris scoffed, "You should consider yourself lucky, junior. You have the one and only, Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla with you."
"We're also sharing bathrooms." Jacqueline reminded them all. "I'm guessing that one bathroom for us three," she motioned between herself, Victoria and Lita. "Then one bathroom for the three of you."
Eddie frowned thoughtfully, "You think we have bunks or that they're gonna be merciful and give us all a separate bed."
"We'll find out in a minute," Chris nodded up ahead to a cluster of cabins. "It looks like we've reached, Cabin Sweet Cabin."
Victoria sighed, "I really hope we aren't in bunk beds.. And that the bathrooms aren't too small."
"Well," John began as he pushed open the door. "Lets go find out.."
The group of six fell silent as they trooped inside, met first with the sight of one common room.
"Not too shabby," Chris commented first. "Television, v.c.r., d.v.d player and a pool table.."
Victoria nodded ahead to two doors, "I'm thinking that's where the bathrooms are…and those doors on either side are the bedrooms."
Jacqueline shrugged, proceeding to one of the doors after she had set down a suitcase. "Lets hope that we do have single beds.."
Lita was the first to open the door, the redhead grinning in delight. "We're in luck gals.. Just pick a bed."
"Damn it," Randy scowled as he, John and Chris entered the second bedroom. "I'm claiming a bottom bunk…simply for the fact, I'm taller than you two and I need my leg room."
"Whateva," John rolled his eyes as he tossed a suitcase on a top bunk. "A bed is a bed."
Chris nodded his agreement as he claimed a bottom bunk. "Having the extra bunk just means more storage space."
"We're ready whenever you three are," Lita called from the common area. "And I don't know about y'all, but I'm pretty interested to see who are trainers are for this whole thing."
"We're ready," the blonde man voiced as the three joined the Divas. "Did you three end up with bunk beds too?"
"Nope," Victoria grinned. "We've got single beds.. But a slight problem.."
John raised an eyebrow as they set out, "An' that problem would be?"
Jacqueline smiled, "Not enough storage space."
Chris shook his head, "Well that won't be a problem…we've got a free top bunk if you ladies need it."
"So you guys have bunks too?" Dawn queried as they met up half way to the recreational hall. "We've got one room with two bunk beds."
Lita grinned, "Me, Vikki and Jacqueline have a room with three single beds.. The guys have the room with the bunks."
Dawn nudged her friend, "Well I guess it's a good thing Trish switched partners, hmm? Otherwise you and Vikki would be stuck with her."
"We have a pool table in our cabin too." Chris wiggled his eyebrows, "Plus a television."
"Man, you got all the good stuff." Eddie grumbled good naturedly as they filed into the recreational hall. "All we got is an ole' beat up couch an' a junk television."
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Conversation came to an abrupt halt as they drifted further inside, the teams seating themselves according to Stephanie's directions. Hunter and Ric found themselves seated on the stage with Stephanie and Shane along with several empty chairs. Also set up on the stage was one table and a laminated chart outlining the schedule. To the right of the stage was a layout of the camp, while a bulletin board occupied the space on the right. From their vantage points, those in the first row could see several sign up sheets and what appeared to be more schedules. But, they didn't know for sure and it appeared they wouldn't have much time to question it.
"First," Shane cleared his throat as he addressed the assembled. "Let's get our coaches and managers squared away. Some of you may be sharing a coach and management team, so just be prepared. For the most part, you'll just be meeting with them once this gets started but they will be here if you need to talk to them."
Stephanie moved from her spot to a side door. "Some of the coaches and managers will also be performing double duty as trainers.." She opened the door then, "First we have the coach and manager for Torrie, Rob, Dawn and Eddie.. Tommy Dreamer and Lance Storm, respectively."
"Next, we've got the coach and manager for Stacy, Edge, Christian and Trish." Shane opened another side door. "You four will be working with the Rock and Mick Foley."
"Gail, Shannon, Molly and Kurt.." Stephanie glanced to the four in question, "You all will be working with Steve Austin."
Kurt raised an eyebrow, "Just Steve?"
The brunette nodded. "Just Steve.. We couldn't find anyone else who was willing to work alongside him."
Shane glanced between Jazz and Rodney. "We understand that the two of you requested no manager or coach."
Jazz nodded, "That's right.. Rodney and I have worked together enough, I think we know what we're doing."
Stephanie shrugged, "Nidia, Maven, Chris and Victoria you four will be working with Shawn Michaels and Ivory."
Jacqueline raised a hand, "If it's alright with you.. I think me an' my partner here can wing it."
Shane raised an eyebrow, "If that's what you really want.." the dark haired man glanced back to Hunter and Ric. "But to be on the safe side, we'll assign the two of you to Ric and Hunter. You won't necessarily report to them like Randy and Lita, but if you need them.."
Stephanie cleared her throat, "You trainers are Ivory, Tommy, Lance, Steve and possibly Shawn. We'll figure out who's working with who after we get our assessments done tomorrow."
Shane nodded, setting aside the stack of papers in his hand. "Assessments will start after breakfast.. We're also hoping to start some partner training tomorrow, but that all depends on how long the assessments run."
"So, what do we do now?"
Shane shrugged, "For now you're free. Unpack, explore the grounds, whatever.. Just remember that dinner starts at 7:00 so unless you want to go hungry, report to the dining hall at that time."
Stephanie scrutinized the teams. "Every day after breakfast we'll have a group meeting. Mostly to discuss the schedule for the day as different teams will be working on different things."
Torrie sent a look to the leggy blonde. "Guess we better go unpack then.."
Rob rolled his eyes good naturedly, "The way things are looking already, most of your stuff is gonna end up outside."
"Hey Li," Dawn began as they exited the recreational hall, "After you're done un-packing, how about we go explore a bit?"
The redhead shrugged, opening her mouth to respond when a pair of arms wrapped around her from behind. "Tommy, you goof!" She made a face as he proceeded to lift her upwards. "Put me down!"
He grinned stupidly, as he set her on her feet. "Can't help it, Red.. It's been awhile."
Dawn raised an eyebrow, hands on her hips as she addressed him. "And what am I? Chopped liver?"
"With onions," Tommy replied solemnly. "How've you girls been?"
Lita rolled her eyes, "Same as ever Tommy.. Don't you watch?"
"Dreamer.." Chris greeted with a grin. "How're things?"
"Going," he raised an eyebrow at the blonde man. "Who's your partner for all of this?"
Victoria waved, "That'd be me actually.. Which, I'm pretty sure we've met before."
Tommy nodded, "Through Stevie, right?" He turned his attention to the redhead, "And your partner is…?"
Lita made a face, thumbing over to Randy. "That jackass right there."
Tommy blinked, "I know I saw Flair and Helmsley up there.. But I thought there was four of you?"
"Five," Lita corrected dryly. "I'm in Evolution now, because of my partner.. But yes, there's four."
He nodded slowly, "I see…well, I gotta head back up to the management and coaches quarters, so I'll see you around, yeah?"
Dawn and Lita waved in unison, "See ya Dreamer."
"I'll meet you right out here," Dawn mentioned before she made her way inside. "Although, I'm not sure how long this'll take.."
Lita rolled her eyes good naturedly, "I won't hold my breath on you getting here first."
Victoria sent the redhead a look when they were all inside. "So, what to do first.. Clothes or bathroom crap."
Lita shrugged, "Whatever ya know? But we should probably figure out how much of our junk we can fit in our room."
"Right," the raven haired Diva nodded. "Chris, that offer is still open right? Because I'm thinking we'll probably need some extra storage space."
The blonde man nodded, "So long as we don't need it, yeah. It shouldn't be a problem."
"Cool," Lita grinned before she ducked inside the bedroom. "We'll probably see you in a few then, to drop off some extra stuff."
The six split up fully then to unpack their belongings. And as they had anticipated, a portion of the collective things from the Divas room did wind up on the top bunk in the guys room. Once that was all settled, the six minus Randy, exited the cabin to explore the grounds with Dawn, Eddie, Torrie and Rob. They met up shortly with Edge, Stacy, Tommy and Lance; the group at large choosing to wander aimlessly since they had no map. At any rate, by the time they returned to their respective cabins; Lita was greeted with the sight of Hunter and Ric lounging on the couch. Coach and manager requested a moment of time to meet with Randy and Lita, their four cabin-mates exiting temporarily.
