Chapter 38
"Madison Mendes? What the hell, I thought she'd left Don, hang on, did Larry just say Team Canada?" Mike Tenay blurted out in shock.
"I think he did, since when has Madison been a member of Team Canada?" Don West replied, just as stunned as his colleague.
"Generation Next look like they've just seen a ghost"
"Gee, I wish I could see a ghost that hot!" Don grinned at his colleague.
Roderick looked at the small figure standing on the entrance ramp in disbelief. Of all the people that Larry could have brought in as a guest referee, she would have been on the bottom of his list. Hell, he thought he would never see her again, but here she was, standing right in front of him in a referee uniform. Roderick came back to his senses when he felt Jade tugging on his shirt.
"What am I going to do now?" she whined, looking up at him with fear in her eyes.
He looked back at Madison who was now at the bottom of the entrance ramp.
"I'll deal with this" he snarled, sliding out of the ring.
He marched straight up to her, hatred flaring in his eyes.
"Just what the fuck do you think you're doing here – have you forgotten about our little arrangement?"
Madison just glared at him.
"Get out of the way or I'll throw you out" she replied simply. Roderick didn't move.
"I'm giving you one chance to walk back up that ramp, climb back in your car, and leave" he replied, grabbing onto the top of her arm.
"Well I'm giving you one chance to let go of me and get out of my face or I will throw you out" she warned once again.
Roderick just tightened his grip on her arm. Madison felt the fear rising in her throat; this is what she had feared the most about her return. Roderick grinned when he noticed her stance weakening.
"What's the matter little girl, scared?" he mocked.
Madison pushed the fear aside when she saw the smug look on his face. She took a deep breath.
"Get out" she announced, pulling her arm free and signalling for him to go backstage.
"Excuse me" he replied, surprised.
"I said get backstage; you're not a part of this match, now out!"
Roderick just looked at Larry and Jade back in the ring. Jade was still panicking and Larry looked very pleased with himself.
"You heard the referee Roderick, get out or I'll have security escort you out" Larry declared, a smug grin still on his face.
Roderick threw a dirty look in the direction of Larry before his eyes narrowed on Madison.
"You will pay for this bitch, mark my words!" he declared before walking back up the entrance ramp.
Petey sat shell-shocked, staring at the monitor in front of him. He watched as Madison climbed into the ring, going face to face with Jade.
He looked over at Scott, who was still deep in conversation with Ronnie on the other side of the room.
"Uh, Scott, you might want to see this" he called when he got his voice back.
"For the last time Petey, I'm busy here. Do you want Traci back or not?" Scott replied, annoyed.
Petey looked back at the TV screen, watching as Traci and Jade locked up in the middle of the ring. The camera panned back to Madison, who was watching the match intently.
"Scott, you're really going to want to see this" he called again.
Scott looked over at Petey, still annoyed.
"Look, what's the problem?" he sighed, not getting up from his seat.
"Um, that special referee's….."
"What about it?"
"The referee is Madison" he blurted out, watching as Scott's face dropped in surprise.
Ronnie looked from Scott to Petey, confused.
"Who is Madison?" she questioned, getting up and walking over to the TV monitor.
"You got to be shitting me, the referee; she was that little blonde girl who was managing Steve and Ki. What's she doing here?" she spat.
"She's my wife" Scott almost whispered as he watched Madison on the screen.
"You're married?" Ronnie asked in surprise.
"Yeah, long story" he mumbled, watching as Madison counted Traci down for two.
Petey just watched his coach's face.
"You really had no idea she was coming back, did you."
"No, I honestly didn't expect her to come back. Especially after I told her I was going to file for divorce and all" he mumbled.
"Well, something you said to her must have stuck – Larry announced her as representing Team Canada" Petey continued, watching the other man's reaction.
"He said what now?"
"Representing Team Canada" Petey repeated.
Before Scott had a chance to reply, the locker room door swung open to reveal Eric and Bobby. Both were out of breath and looked like they had just run the New York marathon.
"Did you guys hear?" Bobby panted, trying to catch his breath.
"Hear what?" Scott sighed. Another surprise was not what he needed right now.
"Madison Mendes is back" Bobby declared.
"Yeah, and they announced her as representing Team Canada" Eric piped up.
"What the hell is going on Scott?" Bobby finished.
Scott watched them both before clearing his throat.
"Finished now?" he questioned, looking at both men. When neither one spoke he walked over and closed the door.
"Now, I know Madison is back, and I have no idea why she was announced as representing Team Canada. I will, however, get to the bottom of this. Now, as you can see we have a guest, so show some god damn manners!" he stated, looking towards Ronnie.
Petey watched as Bobby and Eric introduced themselves to Ronnie before walking over to Scott.
"Coach, don't you think you should explain to them what's going on? I mean were a team and besides, what are they going to think if they find out about you being married to Madison from someone like Roderick or crew?" Petey reasoned.
Scott looked over at the TV monitor. Madison was standing in the middle of the ring,she raisedTraci's hand in victory before presenting her with the Women's Championship. He sighed and realised that Petey probably did have a point. He also realised that with Madison back there was a good chance that Generation Next would air the video that Shelley had caught on his camera.
He turned the monitor off before looking back at Bobby and Eric.
"Boys, there is something that I should probably tell you. Actually I probably should have told you this from the start."
Eric and Bobby just looked at each other – neither had any clue as to what Scott was going on about.
"Remember when I told you that Madison was a student of mine?"
Both men nodded there heads, still unsure about what he was trying to say.
"Well, she wasn't just a student. Madison is also my wife."
Bobby just stared at Scott for a few moments, not sure how to react. Not sure whether he was joking or not. He finally decided that there was just no way in hell it could be true.
"Yeah, and I'm married to Angelina Jolie," he laughed "Nice one – I actually believed you there for a moment!"
Scott just stared at him, the expression on his face serious. Bobby stopped laughing and just stared at him.
"Bobby, I think he's serious" Eric whispered.
Bobby looked at Eric before looking back at Scott.
"Oh you have got to be shitting me," he exclaimed before narrowed his eyes at Scott "We asked you what the deal with her was from the beginning Scott, god I can't believe you lied to us! After everything we have been through man, was it too much to ask for honesty! What, so you've just brought her into the group now, even though she was with the enemy? What the fuck was she doing with them anyway?" he exploded.
"Bobby…." Petey started, but he was cut off.
"No, fuck it Petey, I don't want to hear it," he growled before turning to Scott "Why the hell was he good enough to tell, but not the rest of us, huh?"
"Bobby it just happened, I wasn't intentionally keeping it from you, it just never came up. I'm sorry I never told you, and for the record I haven't brought her into the group – like I said before I'm gonna get to the bottom of that after the show."
"So how long have you been married?" Eric questioned curiously.
"Look, how about you both sit down and I'll explain everything."