Title: Righteousness, Revelations and Enigmas: The Return of the King of the World
Author: Kaykyaka
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE and TNA characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.
Ratings: K+
Characters: Shawn, Cameron, Rebecca and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna Helmsley, Trish, Randy and Randy Orton Jr, Melina and Johnny Hennigan, Jeff and Stephanie Hardy, Elizabeth Hardy, Angelo Jericho, Vince McMahon and The McCools.
Summary: Jericho returns from the dead but not in his own body and the wrestling world is turned upside down.
Chapter Twenty One – The Game Has Two Faces
Jericho returned to New York City eager to get away from the girl with the flaming red hair and onto the next part of his plan. He headed down to the precinct where Natalie Brentwood was being held and used his demonic influence to possess some guards into letting her out.
Together they went to a city called Jericho in New York (yes there is actually a city called Jericho in New York). Once there Jericho made a visit to a plastic surgeon who he demanded give him back his old face.
"I don't want to look like this anymore I want to look like me!" Jericho said showing the doctor a picture of himself as Y2J.
The doctor looked at the picture and then back at the man whose face he had seen before but he couldn't remember what his name was.
"Well this should be a pretty easy procedure, however facial alteration cost a lot of money. The entire procedure costs $80, 000," the doctor said.
"Do I look like a man who can't afford $80,000? Just put it on my credit card," Jericho said handing the doctor a credit card from Triple H's very own wallet.
"Okay Mr. Helmsley I'll charge this card right now," the doctor said and he went to do just that while Jericho laughed it up.
"I get a real kick out of charging my surgery to Triple H's credit card. Not that he'll be needing it anytime soon," Jericho said.
"So the poison worked, The Game is really dead?" Natalie asked.
"Yes indeed he is and when this surgery is over I'm gonna make it so his angelic friends wish they were dead as-well!" Jericho said vengefully as the doctor came back in the room.
"Okay Mr. Helmsley your card went through okay. The operation will take five hours, will your friend here be able to take you home once the surgery is complete?" the doctor asked Jericho.
"Doc, I am home. This is my city and Jericho is gonna be living here for a very, very long time," Jericho said and Natalie nodded enthusiastically. "I'm gonna put Jericho on the map, I've been off it for way too long! My fans will be so relieved when they find out I didn't die at all,"
The doctor concluded that this Helmsley person was nuts but he had the cash so the surgery would begin right away.
Five hours later . . .
The surgery was over and Jericho's face was heavily bandaged.
"The bandages will need to stay on for a few more hours," the doctor told Natalie Brentwood, so Natalie waited a few more hours before she gently unwrapped the heavy bandaging. As she unwrapped Jericho's head her eyes glistened under the florescent lights as the Chris Jericho she had become inexplicably obsessed with appeared before her very eyes.
"Well how do I look?" Jericho asked Natalie. Her reaction obviously wasn't enough proof that the surgery had gone well, so she handed Jericho a mirror so he could see the results for himself.
"I'm back," he said, a tear of amazement fell from his eye before he threw back his head and yelled, "I'M BACK!"
"I take it you're happy with the results of your surgery Mr. Helmsley," the doctor said and Jericho climbed on top of his bed, looked the doctor straight in the eye and declared,
"My name is Chris Jericho and I'm the King of the World!"
"Okay Mr. Jericho just sign here and you can get back to your kingdom," the doctor said sarcastically and Jericho signed his name before jumping off the bed and leaving the hospital with Natalie Brentwood in tow.
"What a nut job," the doctor said and he looked at the form Jericho had signed. He went back and glanced over the credit card receipt and noticed that the signature on the back of the credit card and the signature on the form were completely different. "A nut job and a thief, I better find this Mr. Helmsley and let him know that some weirdo called Chris Jericho has stolen his credit card,"
Hunter Hurst Helmsley of course already knew that and right now he along with the other members of the DX household had other things on their mind.
The Sandbox was still decorated like a wedding reception hall; wreaths of white and green flowers ran through the entire house and the wedding cake Chyna and Amy had made especially for Cameron and LC was still in the kitchen.
Everyone had gathered in the living room, even Vince McMahon stayed behind. Like everyone else he wanted to know why this wedding couldn't go ahead. Trish and Randy could barely talk because the news they were about to share was so devastating. The most they could do was tell Shawn, Amy ad Jeff the news; everyone else would have to find out now.
"I'll do the talking you guys," Carlito said to The Ortons, "You two have been through enough already,"
Trish and Randy's facial expressions were speaking volumes right now and they sat down next to Shawn and Amy who too had forlorn expressions on their faces. Their children knew whatever God had told them had to be majorly bad for their faces to look like that as did Hunter and Joanie.
"You guys all remember the night Jericho died in L.A twelve years ago. You've heard the story from DX and their loved ones. What you don't know is that when Jericho said "death was only the beginning" he wasn't kidding," Carlito started and the he stopped for awhile and shook his head. "There is no easy way to tell you this. Tomorrow Jericho is going to emerge as the Y2J we all know and hate in a body cosmetically altered to look like his old self. Today he had plastic surgery on Hunter's face charging the procedure to Triple H's credit card. Once he has everyone asking questions he will answer them all with his lies. He will say that he never really was dead but that he was afraid of DX who he will say tried to kill him along with Chyna, Amy, Melina, Trish, Randy and Jeff Hardy. He will then file a lawsuit against our friends for attempted murder. The case will go to trial and Jericho will win and our friends will go to prison on a 25 year sentence,"
"WHAT?" everyone gasped.
"The sentence will be 25 years but they actually won't be in prison for that long," Carlito explained further.
"Our parents are going to prison?" Cheyenne said shocked.
"No way I'm busting them outta there if I have to blow the roof off that prison!" Aurora said.
"I'm with you Ro-Ro; I'll tear the prison doors off with my bare hands!" Cheyenne said defiantly.
"I like the sound of that GPS," MVP said.
"There's no way anyone is going to prison, you didn't do anything wrong!" Vince McMahon said. "I'll testify on your behalf, I'll say how Jericho kidnapped you and that you acted in self-defense,"
"It won't matter Vince," Trish said. "There's nothing anyone can do to stop us from being incarcerated,"
Stephanie zoned out; she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Are you saying that I'm going to be in prison for 25 years?" Chyna asked Carlito in disbelief.
"No not 25 years that's the length of the sentence. In fact after the sentencing I don't think you'll be in prison for more than a month," Carlito said.
"Well that's cool!" LC said. "Finally some good news!"
"If only it were that simple LC," Shawn said and LC looked at Shawn bemused.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"I mean this trial and the initial separation is gonna hurt you all so bad and there's nothing we can do about it," Shawn said.
"But once we get over it we'll be doing much about it, like getting you out of prison," Cameron said.
"YEAH!" the Hardy girls said with conviction.
"I feel like such a jerk," Hunter said and Shawn, Amy, The Ortons, Jeff Hardy and Chyna looked up at him. "This is all happening because of me and you are going to pay for what I did,"
"Don't you dare blame yourself Daddy!" LC said furiously. "This is all Jericho's doing and he will not get away with this!"
"As soon as we are able to prove that you all acted in self-defense the charges against you will be dropped but that in itself will be a challenge," Carlito said.
"Why?" Kelly Kelly asked.
"Because there's only one person who can testify that Jericho tried to ill you guys," Carlito said.
"Brie," Hunter remembered.
"Yeah and Jericho's not gonna let us get to her before he does. By the time he's through with her she'll be so scared there's no way she'll testify on your behalf," Carlito said. "She will eventually come around but it will take awhile,"
"And in the meantime Jericho's gonna try and take over the wrestling world," Trish said. "He's gonna try and undo all of DX's hard work and erase them from the wrestling history books,"
"Well there's no way we're gonna let him do that," Kofi Kingston said and the WWE roster agreed.
"Yeah you will," Randy Orton said sadly. "While we're in jail, Jericho's gonna threaten Stephanie and the Hardy girls. He'll scare her so bad she'll sign over her inheritance to him and he'll buy the WWE and take it over,"
"NO!" the roster cried frantically and the wrestlers began to fret loudly amongst themselves.
"You think we're just gonna stand by and let Jericho take our parents' company?" LC said to Randy indignantly.
"LC you're not listening to us. This isn't about you, this is about Jericho's desire to become what he had always wanted to be – king of the wrestling world. Stephanie has always been the key to that and with Jericho believing Hunter is dead he can finally have the legacy he always wanted," Trish explained. "Plus we'll be out of the way so there'll be no-one to stop him,"
"I'll stop him!" Aurora said. "I'll blow that monster clear across the Atlantic!"
"And destroy half of the Northeast while you're at it, plus Hunter's body," Trish said. "Using your hurricane powers against Jericho is not an option,"
"Then I'll runaway, I'll hide from him so he can't get my money and take over the WWE," Stephanie said and Trish went quiet," What, I can run can't I?"
"Okay this is gonna hurt Steph. Jericho is going to argue that since he never really died, the two of you are still married and Jeff is not you legal husband," Trish said and Stephanie's heart sank into her shoes. "As soon as we go to prison, he's going to be your husband again,"
"Oh my goodness this is not happening," Stephanie said sinking her face into her hands.
"But what about the way he treated her? I can testify to what a lousy husband he was and so can The McCools!" Vince said.
"And risk Stephanie's well-being? If you or anyone try to interfere on Stephanie's behalf Stephanie will pay the price for it," Randy Orton said.
"So how do we stop him?" Edge asked.
"As long as Jericho is in Hunter's body we as God's servants can't touch him," Trish said. "but once he's out of Hunter's body, its hunting season baby,"
"So how do we get him out of Hunter's body?" CM Punk asked.
"Jericho won't want to leave Hunter's body unless he has the opportunity to possess another body that he can use to his advantage. The only other people Jericho would want to be are the Nature Boy Ric Flair and Uncle Vinny," Cameron said.
"So what are you suggesting?" LC asked Cameron.
"I'm not suggesting anything I'm just thinking out loud. If Jericho though Uncle Ric or Uncle Vinny were dying, he would leave Uncle Hunter's body and take over one of theirs," Cameron said.
"How do I make myself look dead?" Vince said.
"I think I can help you out with that Uncle Vinny," Angelo Jericho said. "All I have to do is create a sleeping potion,"
"You can do that?" Vince asked his grandson.
"He sure can, Angelo's a wiz at creating stuff in science class," Stephanie said proudly.
"Yeah only this time I'm u sing my potion-making skills for good and not evil," Angelo said.
"So if Uncle Vinny takes the sleeping potion and we get everyone to believe that he's really dead, I can be there when Jericho shows up and as soon as he leaves my body, I'll take my body back!" Hunter said.
"But what about my body?" Vince asked.
"Don't worry Jericho will not have a chance to get to you. Once he's airborne I'll advance on him like a starving dog," Rebecca Michelle said. "and then it will finally be over,"
"That's a great plan," Edge said and everyone agreed.
"It is a great plan and I have no doubt that it'll work, just not for awhile. God told me that Jericho's reign of terror will last for seven years," Carlito said and the last shoe finally dropped.
"We're gonna be separated from you for seven years?" Cheyenne asked her father.
"No but that' show long it gonna take us to get back in this country, " Shawn said to her.
"Jericho's gonna try and keep us apart for as long as he can but there's nothing stopping you guys from coming to see us," Amy said to her children.
"Where are you guys going?" LC asked them all.
"We'll be with Melina, Johnny and Romeo in the Caribbean," Jeff Hardy said.
"So that's why you told her to leave," Cheyenne said to Trish.
"Yeah I knew God had something up His sleeve, I just didn't know it would be this," Trish said.
"How are we supposed to work without you here?" Natalya said emotionally.
"You won't be without help, you'll have our kids. They're almost as powerful as we are and they'll protect you when Jericho steps out of line," Shawn said.
"Still seven years is a long time to be gone, a lot can happen in seven years," R-Truth said.
"Pfff, a lot can happen in seven minutes. That's how long it took Jericho to get inside my body,"
"And its gonna take us seven years to get him out," Aurora said frustrated, "To me that just doesn't add up right,"
Hunter squeezed her hand, "Don't worry Hurricane, at least I'm still here," Hunter said.
"Yeah that is something, I'll just have to remind myself that you're actually my father and not my little brother," Aurora said and Hunter laughed, something nobody had been able to do since Carlito told them all the bad news. Hunter took this as an opportunity to address all the worried faces in the room. "Listen you guys I know we're all about to go through some seriously heavy stuff but like I told Ro-Ro, I'm still here. I may not look like The Game but I am The Game, so you've got me here and our kids to lean on," then Hunter turned to Shawn, Amy, Jeff Hardy and The Ortons. "I know the first month being separated from each other is gonna be rough but after that you'll be with Melina, Johnny and Romeo in Jamaica. You'll all be back together and we can see you again! You guys have got to look at this as the shortest life sentence ever served and when you get out we are all going to the Carib to throw you the biggest party ever!"
The Michaels, Ortons and Jeff Hardy couldn't help but smile at that but Chyna was still frowning. Hunter walked over to her and leaned his head on her shoulder. "Do you have any idea how hard this is going to be for me? Its bad enough that Jericho's taken your body but now he's taking us all away from you. Its not fair Hunter!" Joanie said tearfully and Hunter wiped those tears away.
"The last time you cried like this you thought I was dead, now I' alive and you're still crying? Joanie the Bible says that 'weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning". We will see each other again and when we do you better not be crying okay?" Hunter said to his wife but Joanie wasn't going to wait a month before she stopped crying. She hugged Hunter and drew him close.
"I love you Hunter with all of my heart, just remember that when you're chasing after girls your own age," she said and Hunter got offended.
"Hey I'm still a full grown man although Ravine Brooks and Angelica Copeland are cute," he said.
"Ew!" Ravine and Angelica said at the same-time and everyone laughed. Hunter had managed to diffuse the tension in the room with his irreverent humor. There was nothing to cry about as far as he was concerned; the Angel Rebecca had told him to come back to life and fight Jericho for him family and friends and that was exactly what he was going to do. He slapped Shawn on the back. "Do you think you can make it a while month without me?" he said to his best friend.
"I'd rather you were alive on the outside than in prison with Randy, Jeff and me, at least that way you could do some good," Shawn said.
"Hey I learned form you how to do good, like getting baptized and giving my life to Christ. If I didn't I would have gone to Hell when that poison attacked me," Hunter said. "And I have you to thank for that,"
"Don't thank me thank God because we're both gonna need Him to get through the next seven years," Shawn said.
"Is Jericho gonna take The Sandbox?" LC asked Carlito.
"No he had no right to it," Carlito said. "Plus he'll never be able to get in there with Spy, Dani and Bebe around,"
"Good 'cause we're all moving in here, there's no way this house is gonna be empty while you guys are away," LC said and Cameron and Cheyenne nodded in agreement.
"That's a great idea LC, plus someone will have to look after Rebecca Michelle while you're gone," Amy said.
"Please she'll be looking after us," Cheyenne said.
"I find it amazing that Jericho has no idea who you are," Cameron said to Rebecca Michelle.
"Good let's keep it that way, just like he has no idea that Uncle Hunter is still alive," Rebecca Michelle said.
"And in his case what he doesn't know won't hurt him, its gonna hurt him a lot," Hunter said rubbing his hands together eagerly.
"Hey everyone since things are gonna get crazy after tonight why don't we all have some wedding cake?" LC suggested.
"But you're not married yet," Chyna said.
"And it won't be awhile before I am meanwhile that giant cake is in the kitchen waiting to be eaten. Why let it go to waste? Frankly if this is the last time we're all gonna be seeing each other for awhile I'd like this day to still be special and it will be if we all devour that giant wedding cake together," LC said.
The Michaels, Ortons and her parents liked that idea a lot.
"I'll get the plates," Amy said heading to the kitchen while Shawn and Chyna brought the huge wedding cake into the dining room. When all the plats were laid out LC and Cameron held the cake cutter together and made a declaration.
"This cake is a symbol of the celebration that is to come, so let us remember each other with love until we meet again,"
"Amen!" everyone said and Cameron and LC cut their wedding cake and shared it around turning what otherwise would have been a traumatic and disastrous day into a day that no-one in that house would ever forget.