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Hi everybody! As we saw last time Melina and Mercury returned to issue a challenge to the Cena's for Survivor Series, MNM and Carlito and Chris Masters will team up against the Cena's and their two partners, who will they choose? Will this war claim another casualty? Let's find out!

Here We Go!

Brotherly Hate-Chapter Thirty Six-Earning Trust

The Cena's had plenty of time to think about who to choose for their team over the next week, or at least John had, the brothers had agreed to pick one partner each and Jason had made his almost immediately, all that had to be done now was ask the guy.

"You made a decision yet?" He asked John as they walked through the corridors of the arena.

"I told you, I'm still thinking, besides, we don't have to give a decision now, we could wait until the match to reveal it, which I think we should do, keeping them guessing would be the best strategy".

"Yeah, but if we wait then they may end up having a match".

"True, but I still haven't decided yet anyway".

"Do you even have anyone in mind?"

"Two or three people, all capable of beating Melina's little crew".

"Yeah… but…"

Before Jason could continue they were interrupted by 'The Miz' who was in a foul mood.

"Wassup Cena's?" He began.

"Somethin' we can help ya with Miz?"

"I think you know what I'm gonna say".

"You want to be on our team at Survivor Series?"

"You damn right I do!"

John seemed to think it over. "Sorry Miz, I don't think so".

"What? C'mon guys, I want a shot at those guys I mean, Mercury took out my partner, and Carlito and Masters cost us a tag title shot! I want a chance at revenge".

"Look, I'm sorry, but Jason's already decided on one partner and I'm still not sure about who I'm gonna choose".

"Then let me prove myself".

"Fine, you wanna prove yourself? Then tonight you go out there, challenge Mercury to a match and rip his damn head off! If you do that, then I'll consider you for the team".

"Fine, I'll rip his head off, and serve it to you on a silver platter, then at Survivor Series, I'll help you guys finish the rest of his team".

John smiled. "You do that".

Miz stormed off looking for Mercury leaving Jason and John alone.

"You sure that was a good idea?" Asked Jason.

"Yeah, guy wants to prove himself, if he beats Mercury he's welcome to his spot on the team, anyway, if your serious about getting this guy on the team you better go ask him".

"No problem" replied Jason already leaving in search of his pick.

Jason entered the locker room, sure enough his pick was there, he wasn't dressed to compete which meant he didn't have a match for the night yet, Jason headed over.

"Hey kid, how ya doin'?"

"I'm good Shawn, you?"

"As good as ever kid, see you've still got your belt".

Jason laughed and slapped the title. "Yup, gonna be a long time before someone takes this from me".

"Maybe not if Melina has her way, I heard about her challenge for Survivor Series".

"Yeah, about that…"

"Alright kid I'll be on your team".

"How did you know I was gonna ask that?"

"It was obvious, anyway I was gonna ask you and your brother if I could be on the team, those guys took out one of the kids I trained, I ain't gonna let that lie".

"Cool, just need one more guy then we're good to go".

"That's good, got anyone in mind?"

"John's making that choice, and he ain't decided yet".

"Oh" Shawn sat back and flipped on the monitor, it seemed Miz had been successful in his challenge to Mercury, the two were in the ring now and Miz was beating the life out of him, Mercury just couldn't get any offence in. However, just as Miz went to finish it an old friend of Jason's made his return.

"Nitro! What the hell's he doing back?"

"Guess you and your brother didn't do as good a number on him as ya thought".

"Obviously not" thought Jason. "I'm goin' to help him!" He suddenly said, Shawn jumped up behind him.

"Right behind ya kid".

The two tore through the backstage area and out into the arena, they were just in time to see MNM give Miz a con-chair-to, they both dived in the ring as Mercury and Nitro made a quick exit, Jason considered chasing after them but instead checked on Miz, he was unconscious and bleeding quite heavily from the mouth, he probably had some internal damage, EMT's rushed the ring as Jason and Shawn looked on.

"Guess I don't need to ask who your pick was" said John as Jason and Shawn returned from helping Miz to the ambulance, he stopped at the look on his brother's face. "What's up?"

"You happy now? Did you see what happened to Miz?"

"Yeah, but what's that got to do with me?"

"You're the one who told him to challenge Mercury, now he's joining Spanky on the injured list!"

"That wasn't my fault, it's not like I knew Nitro was coming back!"

"Yeah, but it happened, now Miz is on his way to the emergency room!"

"To be honest I think we all better watch our backs" said Shawn, speaking for the first time. "I mean, they're taking out anyone who's associated with you two so that means, that I'm gonna be a target at some point, and I wouldn't put it past them to try and take one of you out again, and you heard what Melina said to Mara, she's gonna have to watch out as well".

"I know, I talked to her about it" said Jason. "But she says she can handle herself and I'm gonna do everything I can to keep her safe".

"Cool, so anyway what I'm saying is we all better watch each other's back for the next couple of weeks, and whoever you're gonna pick John, I suggest you warn him to watch out as well".

"I would if I knew who I was gonna pick".

"I thought you said you had a couple of ideas?" Said Jason.

"I did, I asked all three of them, Benoit and Rey have matches at Survivor Series and Finlay says he don't wanna get involved".

"Why?"

"Says he has his reasons".

"So now what?"

"Well, I could always ask someone else, your buddy Birchill, that new guy Lashley or maybe…"

"MISTERRRR KENNEDY!"

The trio looked around for the cause of the interruption, the man himself approached the group and finished his own personal introduction.

"…KENNEDY!"

He looked at the three people in front of him, all were staring at him as if he was nuts, he shrugged it off.

"Sorry guys, I was walking by I and couldn't help to overhear you talking about your little dilemma so I decided to come help you out a little".

"Wait, YOU want to team with us?"

"Yeah, I want a piece of Carlito and Masters just as much as the three of you, even more in fact, so waddya say?"

"Give us one good reason why we should team with you" said John.

"Because I'm the best candidate you could choose, I'm undefeated, charismatic and the man who is single-handedly changing the face of Friday nights, what more could you ask for?"

"I'll give you one thing, you are undefeated, but I'm not sure we can trust you".

"What's trust got to do with anything?"

"Look man, I'm not having a guy I can't trust on my team, you so desperate to get a shot at Carlito and Masters? Prove to us we can trust you".

With that John and Shawn left, leaving Jason and Kennedy alone.

"So what do you think?" He asked the teen.

"Well he's got a point, but all ya gotta do is prove we can trust you, how hard could that be?"

Jason walked off as well leaving Kennedy alone to think.

Later that night Jason and Mara headed out to the ring, Jason was dressed to compete and was determined to make a statement to Melina's team, he got in the ring and grabbed a mic.

"So, it seems Johnny Nitro is back from injury already, I'll give ya credit Nitro, you're tougher than I thought you were, however what you and your partner did to Miz was absolutely disgusting, if you're so desperate to take someone out then come on down and try to take me out! C'mon Nitro, you were fine when it was two on one, let's go!"

However it wasn't Nitro who answered the challenge but Carlito, he too had a mic.

"Cena…"

"Unless Johnny Nitro shrunk a few inches and started wearing tacky clothes then you ain't Johnny Nitro".

"Cena, I know you want a piece of Nitro, and I know you want it real bad, however, even though Nitro returned to Smackdown tonight, he is not medically cleared to actually wrestle, so you're going to have to make do with Carlito!"

"Hey no problem, I don't care whose ass I kick tonight! So come on down and… actually, I'll come to you!"

Jason dropped the mic and ran up the aisle, Carlito met him halfway and the two brawled back to ringside, Jason quickly gained the advantage and whipped Carlito into the steel steps, then slammed him into the crowd barrier, he continued to beat Carlito round ringside and slammed his head into the announce table, he grabbed a chair and nailed Carlito in the back with it, a referee came down to ringside so Teddy Long had obviously decided to make this a match, he picked Carlito up and rolled him into the ring, no sooner had the bell rung to begin the match then it rang again for a disqualification as Chris Masters ran in and jumped Jason, the teen fought him off and quickly beat him down, Carlito got up and went for a backcracker but Jason gave him a DDT.

Masters tried to jump Jason again but the teen beat him down and threw him out of the ring, then MNM hit the ring to try and help Carlito, Jason fought both Mercury and Nitro off but Melina slipped Carlito a chair, Jason turned right into a headshot from him. The group then all began to put the boots in the teen, John came charging down to the ring to help but quickly received a snapshot .he rolled to the outside as Shawn then came down but Masters stopped him and threw him into the steel steps. Back in the ring Carlito dropped Jason with a neckbreaker, before the group turned to leave, Mara rolled into the ring to check on Jason, that's when Melina's plan showed itself, she gave Carlito a nod and he spun round and gave Mara a backcracker! Jason tried to get up but MNM quickly put him back down before handing him to Masters, he quickly put Jason in a Masterlock, it wasn't on tight enough to hurt him but he wasn't able to break free from it either.

MNM and Carlito taunted the teen before Mercury and Nitro picked Mara up, they each gave Jason a smirk before dropping Mara with the snapshot! Jason fought harder to free himself but Masters held it on, MNM rolled Mara onto her back and Carlito added insult to injury by spitting apple in her face, the group again seemed to think that was enough but Melina had an idea, she whispered something to Carlito and MNM and they seemed to like it, Carlito picked Mara up while MNM told Masters to release Jason, the teen started forward but MNM stopped him and backed him up against the ropes, the tried to tie him up in them but he started to fight them off, Melina helped her team by running forward and kicking him in the groin allowing MNM to tie him up, meanwhile Carlito handed Mara to Masters, he immediately put on the Masterlock as tight as he could knowing that the longer he kept it on the more likely it was to do serious damage, MNM and Carlito taunted Jason as he desperately tried to free himself from the ropes to help his girlfriend.

Then Ken Kennedy's music hit, Carlito and MNM turned to the aisleway but he came in through the crowd behind them, he grabbed the chair in the ring and nailed Masters in the back with it casing him to release the hold on Mara, Carlito ran forward but was dropped by a shot to the head, Mercury and Nitro managed to wrestle the chair off him but he dropped them with punches, Masters was back up and tried to jump him but he avoided it and sent him to the outside, he then grabbed the chair again and began swinging wildly sending Melina's team into retreat, he freed Jason who immediately went to Mara's aide and stared down Melina and her team. Carlito and Masters looked slightly worried but Melina was screaming. "You should have stayed out of it!" He turned his back on them and tried to help Shawn and John while Jason called for EMT's to help his girlfriend.

Later that night Jason sat in the waiting room of a nearby hospital, when they arrived Mara had been rushed away for a scan, they suspected that some damage had been done to her neck following the Masterlock, he put his head in his hands. How could he be so stupid? He knew Melina wanted to take out Mara, even Shawn had warned him yet he let those bastards hurt her! If Kennedy hadn't of been there… he shuddered to think, John and Shawn had come with him to the hospital but they had gone back to the arena to get their stuff, Jason had stayed to wait for news on Mara, someone came and sat next to him, he expected it was Shawn or John and was stunned to hear whose voice addressed him.

"How is she?"

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to see if you and her were alright" Kennedy replied. "How is she?"

"Dunno, why do you care anyway?"

"I may be an asshole Jason, but I have a heart, besides I wanted to see if you were alright as well".

"I'm fine, just a little shook up" he put his head back in his hands. "How could I be so stupid?"

"What do you mean?"

"I let this happen Ken, I couldn't stop them from hurting her".

"Jason you're a tough kid, but I doubt you can fight off four people on your own all the time".

"Yeah, look man, thanks for what ya did, you didn't have to".

"Yeah I did, I gotta look out for my team mates".

"Huh?"

"Your brother told me to earn your trust, that wasn't what I was trying to do out there I was just trying to help, but when I asked where you were he told me and said I'm on the team at Survivor Series".

Jason smiled slightly. "At least we got a team now".

He suddenly became aware of a doctor approaching, he stood up to hear the news.

"Well?"

"She's a little banged up but the scan shows no long-term damage, she may have to rest a while though".

Jason sighed and looked up at the sky in relief. "Thank you".

"No problem, would you like to see her?"

"Yeah, I just gotta call her family first".

"I'll do it" said Kennedy. "You go see her".

"Thanks" Jason handed Kennedy his phone. "Go outside and call her from that, and be careful when you call her brother, he tends to use some colorful language whenever my name flashes up on caller ID"

"O.K." Kennedy went outside while Jason followed the doctor, despite his relief there was one thought in his head.

"They want a war? They got one!"

End of Chapter

Well there ya go, the war has claimed two more casualties, will Jason get revenge? Will he, John and Shawn be able to co-exist with Mr Kennedy… Kennedy? Find out next time.

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