| Greater Power |
Weeks went by, and soon they turned into months. Jade had turned into one of the MOST popular WWF superstars that Vince McMahon had to offer. She'd been involved with many different wrestlers. After it was revealed that she was HHH's sister, she'd accompany him to the ring at times, then she started to hang out with Too Cool, then Edge & Christian. Like Triple H, Jade could be a dirty wrestler at times, and thanks to her, the wrestlers that she was with at the time found gold. Edge and Christian reigned as Tag Team Champions for the last six months, and Scotty 2 Hotty was European Champion.
Shane and Jade had grown close, but not too close, they were only close friends, practicually the best of. Shane had realized that he didn't want to ruin his marriage, what was left of it anyway, and Jade had also realized that she didn't want to ruin Shane's happiness, she respected him to much to do so. So what they did, they both decided to pretend that the kiss never happened, and Hunter also promised not to tell anyone what he saw.
One day, when Shane and Jade were at Titan, talking about business, Jeff Hardy showed up at Titan, he had a meeting with Vince about his next storyline plot, and he was going to get to meet the person who would become his 'girlfriend', so to speak. Jess walked into Titan, when he spotted Shane McMahon with someone who reminded him of his best friend from high school.
"That's impossible." he said aloud. "It couldn't be...." his voice trailed off. "But what if it is?"
Jeff walked towards Jade and Shane and interrupted their conversation.
"Jade? Jade Helmsley?" he asked as he touching her shoulder.
Jade turned around, and she was shocked at what she saw.
"Oh my god!" she said happily. "Jeff? Jeff Hardy?" she asked with a huge smile on her face.
"The one and only." he returned the smile.
"Oh my god! I can't believe this! It's really you....." her voice trailed off as she embraced him. "I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you too." he hugged her close as he put his hands on her back.
Shane glared at Jeff with jealous eyes, then he realized that what he was feeling was nothing, so he shook it off.
"So the two of you.... you know each other?" he asked clearing his throat.
"Oh yeah," Jade started.
"We go way back." Jeff finished.
"Jeff and I went to high school together, we lived in the same town." Jade said. "We were best friends."
"It's been, what, about six years now?" Jeff asked.
"Just about." Jade answered. "Your with the WWF, right?" she asked.
"Yeah," he started. "That's why I left home right after graduation. To become a wrestler."
"Holy shit! I've been wrestling her for about six months now. It's strange how I've been here that long, and I haven't seen you around."
"Well," he started. "Matt, Amy and I don't usually hang out with the rest of the wrestlers, we perfer to stay within our own group." Jeff explained.
"Oh, I see...." her voice trailed off. "Well, I'll talk to the both of you later, I've got a meeting with Vince in about five minutes."
"That's exactly why I'm here." Jeff said. "I've got a meeting with Vince, too."
"And so do I, well, I'm obligated to be at these meetings, since I'm co-owner of the World Wrestling Federation." Shane laughed.
"Alright you guys, let's go." Jade laughed as the three of them made their way to Vince's office.
*** Confrence Room - Titan ***
Shane, Jeff and Jade walked into the confrence room at Titan, it was rather huge. This was where he held all his meetings to talk about future storyline plots with the wrestlers of the WWF. When Shane, Jade and Jeff walked into his office, there were only a few other people there. Those people were: Matt Hardy and Amy Demus (also known as Lita).
"Yo Matt, Amy." Jeff greeted them. "What's up?"
"Not much," Matt started as he and Jeff did one of those special hand shakes. "Amy and I are just here for a meeting with Vince."
"Yeah, same here." Jeff replied. "Hey Matt, you remember Jade Helmsley, right?"
"I think so," Matt started. "She was that chick you had a crush on in high school, right?" he finished, not knowing that the person he was referring to was the very same person that was standing in that room.
Jeff's face turned a beat red, as did Jade's.
"That would be me." Jade replied with a smile.
"Oh my god!" Matt said in shock. "Is it really?"
"Yeah. It's me."
"I can't believe this...." his voice trailed off as he got up to hug her. "I mean, it's you, and you, you don't even look like you."
"Thanks, I think." she gave Matt a funny look.
"What I meant was, you look amazing." he smiled.
As Jade smiles at what Matt has just said, she looks over at Jeff, who is still a little red in the face.
"Uh oh," Matt says as he realizes what he said earlier when Jeff mentioned Jade. "I'm so sorry Jeff, I didn't know that she was the Jade that we knew in high school."
"It's alright," Jeff started as he finally spoke. "It was a long time ago."
"We're cool then?"
"Yeah, we're-" Jeff was cut off by the sound of Vince's voice.
"Good. Your all here." Vince said with a smile on his face as he walked into his office.
Jeff and Jade took a seat opposite Matt and Amy, while Shane sat next to his dad.
"As you all know, your here so we can discuss your next storyline plot," Vince started.
"What exactly would that be?" Jade asked.
"I'm getting to that," Vince replied as he rummaged through his breifcase for some type of documents. "If the four of you would sign these first, we can then talk about your next storyline plot."
Vince handed out the documents to Jade, Jeff, Matt and Amy as they signed them.
"Alright, now about your future storylines....." his trailed off.
Shane looked over at Jade and Jeff, who would look over at each other when ever the other wasn't looking. This really got to him, for some reason or another, he couldn't figure out why. He didn't know why he was feeling this way about her, it was just something that was happening.... ever since that night that she told him about her secret, he'd been feeling this way about her. She never did tell Hunter about it, and he never did bring it up again, because he knew how she'd react if he did. Hunter never did ask either Jade or Shane about what she had told Shane that night, he had decided to wait until she was ready to tell him.
*Damn it! Why is this happening?* Shane asked himself. *Why can't I get her off my mind? She's all I ever think about, she's like an addiction.... I know, that sounds stupid, but that's just the way I feel. I don't know, maybe it's just because she so damn hott! For god sake, I'm a married man, I love my wife.* he thought as he tried to convince himself that what he felt for her was only lust. *If I love my wife so much, then why did I kiss Jade all those months ago? That kiss was full of so much passion. I hate feeling this way, I mean, it's not like I want to want her, it's just something that I can't control.* he thought as he looked over at Jade. Her long, dark brown hair was in a ponytail. She was wearing a pair of black leather pants, which showed off her leg figure, and a white tank, which showed off her bust. As Shane moved his eyes over her body, he felt himself grow bigger. *Oh god!* he thought.
"Shane?" Vince asked noticing the way Shane was looking at Jade. "Are you alright?"
"I, I'm fine." he answered quickly, snapping back to reality.
"Okay then," Vince started. "About your storyline, I'll start with the two of you first." he said looking over at Jeff Hardy and Jade Helmsley.
"Us?" Jade asked as she sat back and crossed her legs.
"Are the two of us like going to be in a storyline together or something?" Jeff asked.
"Exactly." Vince answered smiling.
"Really?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah," Vince started. "Alright, this is how your storyline will start out...." his voice trailed off. "At the next Pay-Per-View, there'll be a match between Jade and Lita."
"The four of us are all in the same storyline?" Amy asked.
"Yes you are, but I haven't explained everything yet."
"Okay." Amy responded.
"Anyway, the match will be a Hardcore Ladder match for the Women's Championship, since Lita does hold the title."
"A ladder match? And hardcore?" Jade asked. "Hold on! Why a Hardcore Ladder match?"
"Two reasons," Vince started. "The first being that a ladder match between two women would bring more publicity, and making it a Hardcore Ladder match would spice things up a bit, and the second being that the two of you are who the fans want to see fight."
"Hell yeah!" Matt blurted out, as both Lita and Jade gave him a look that could kill.
"Anyway, during the match, Matt, you'll be ringside with Lita."
"As always." Matt smiled.
"We're going to have it where Jade gets in Matt's face for helping Lita out during the match, she'll slap you, and that's when you do your finishing move, the 'Twist of Fate", then you and Lita set up Jeff and Matt's famous tag team move, 'Poetry in Motion'. Just before the two of you have the chance to get the move on Jade, Jeff Hardy runs to the ring." Vince explained.
"Woah! This sounds like some heavy shiznit." Jeff interrupted, using one of Road Dogg's words.
"Anyway, everything else that'll happen at 'Unforgiven', we'll have to work out within the next couple of weeks, but as of right now, we're going to tape backstage scenes with Jeff and Jade, you'll also be taping scenes in the ring during your matches, the audience won't know how that two of you know each other, but they'll find out soon enough. I'm going to work my son Shane into this storyline somehow, I'm just not sure how yet."
"What is that suppose to mean?" Jeff asked.
"Well, this is what is going to happen...." Vince's voice trailed off. "The audience will see backstage scenes with Jeff and Jade, for about three weeks, they won't have a clue as to what's going on between the two, but come 'Unforgiven', the fans will see the story behind Jeff and Jade, and when Jeff comes out to help Jade when Matt and Lita are attacking her, this will cause the Hardyz to break up." he explained.
"WHAT?!?!" Jeff and Matt blurted out in unision.
"Don't worry, it'll only be temporary." Vince answered. "The fans will get to see a family fued between Jeff and Matt, and they'll also get to see another Hardy get romantically involved with one of our female wrestlers." he said as he smiled towards Jeff and Jade.
"Are you saying what I think your saying, Vince?" Jade asked. "Jeff and I, we're going to be a couple?"
"Somewhat, I'm not sure of exactly what I want to do with your storyline yet, like I said, I'm going to work Shane into your storyline somehow."
Jade looks over at Jeff, then over at Shane, then back to Vince.
"Why me?" Shane asked.
"One reason." Vince answered.
"And that would be?"
"Because your perfect for the part." Vince smiled.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Shane said quitely.
"For now, that's all I can tell you." Vince answered. "Your dismissed."
Everyone left Vince's office at Titan, Shane couldn't believe what his father had done, how could he put Jade in a storyline with Jeff Hardy, of all people..... it was enough that they were already close, but now, they were bound to get closer. He had also wondered how he fit into this whole storyline? What was Vince up to?
*** Raw is War - Sept. 03, 2001 ***
Raw is War started out with Triple H coming out to the ring with his wife, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, as they made their way to the ring, Triple H grabbed a microphone from Lillian Garcia, the ring announcer, and he walked back into the ring.
"I've beaten just about every asshole in this damn business," he started off.
The fans started their chant.
"Asshole! Asshole!"
"Shut up!" Triple H yelled into the microphone. "Alright, like I was saying, I've beaten just about every wrestler this business has to offer: The Rock, Mick Foley, Stone Cold Steve Austin....." his voice trailed off as fans began to boo. "Where's my damn title shot?!?!" he demanded. "I haven't gotten a title shot since I lost the title at King of the Ring," he paused as he leaned on the ropes. "Rock, if your back there listening, I want you to get your ass out here, right now!" he yelled into the microphone.
Triple H awaited the Rock's entrance, but instead, someone else had come out. It was the Ninth Wonder of the World, Chyna.
"Did I hear you right, Hunter?" Chyna asked as soon as she was handed a microphone. "You've beaten everyone this business has to offer?"
Triple H was shocked, he didn't expect his ex partner in crime, Chyna to come out during his time in the ring.
"Chyna? What the hell are you doing out here?" he asked. "I want the Rock, not you."
"Answer my question, did you, or did you not say you've beaten everyone this business has to offer?"
"Yes, I said that, and damn it, you know it's true." he answered, clearly annoyed with her.
"You haven't beat me." a smirk crept across her face.
"What?" he asked. "Are you challenging me?"
"You bet your ass I am."
"I'm telling you right now Chyna, you don't want to play this game."
"That's where your wrong Hunter, I do want to play the game, and after I kick your ass tonight in that very ring, it'll be me that gets the title shot."
"What? Chyna, are you fucking crazy? You'll never get a title shot!"
"You think so?" she asked sarcastically. "That shows how much you know, I already talked it over with Vince, he was all too willing to see my kick your ass!"
"I warned you once Chyna, you don't want to play the game. Once you step into this ring, your in my world, I'll tear you apart!"
"If I were you, I wouldn't be so sure of myself. Remember Hunter, I was by your side for years, I know all your strengths, and all of your weaknesses. I'm going to leave you with two words when I'm finished with you..... GAME OVER!" those were Chyna's final words as she exited through the curtains.
*** Commercial break ***
*** McMahon-Helmsley Locker Room ***
Hunter, Joanie and Stephanie were all siting backstage in the McMahon-Helmsley locker room, there were no cameras around, so they were out of character.
"The fans are in for the suprise of their life tonight." Hunter said.
"Oh definitely," Joanie started. "I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when our match gets way."
"Once this storyline takes off, the ratings will sky rocket!" Stephanie said happily.
*** Jade Helmsley's Locker Room ***
When the Raw is War had come back on the air, their was a camera backstage in Jade Helmsley's locker room, and everyone in the arena focused their attention to the Titantron. Jade was sitting in locker room, getting ready for her match against Trish Stratus, it was an evening gown match.
"You just wait Trish, I'm going to stip you to your bra and panties." she smiled devilishly as she pulled up her gown.
Many members of the audience were whistling as they got to see her black lingerie.
Jeff Hardy walks into Jade's locker room just as she pulled up the rest of her evening gown.
"Hey, what's up?" he asked.
"Hey Jeff," she walked over to him and hugged him. "What's going on?"
As they continued their conversation, the camera left Jade's locker room, just as it was suppose to. Vince wanted the audience in suspense, they've never before saw Jeff and Jade together, and they wondered why.
*** Shane McMahon's Locker Room ***
Shane McMahon was also backstage watching this on his television in his locker room, although, there wasn't a camera there. He was shocked at what he saw.
"She's a hot one, isn't she?" a voice from behind Shane said, startling him.
"Hey Dwayne." Shane got up off of his couch, he and Dwayne did one of the 'what's up' handshakes.
"You know, all the guys in the locker room are crazy about her."
"Your not serious?"
"The upcoming match is what everyone is most looking forward to, even me."
"I can't believe this....." Shane's voice trailed off.
"What?" Dwayne asked. "Look at her Shane! She's hott!" he said as he pointed at the television, Jade's entrance theme came on and the fans cheered her on.
"Dwayne, your married, remember?"
"Yeah, and your point is? Nevermind, anyway, I got to go and get ready for my match with Kane."
"Yeah."
"I'll talk to you later, take care of yourself." Dwayne told Shane as he left his locker room.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Shane said to himself as he watched the match.
*** Jade VS Trish - Evening Gown Match ***
"You wanna hit me with a little bit of that Triple H?" Jade's entrance theme played, she had decided to use Hunter's old entrance theme, since he didn't use it anymore, and the only other person who used it was his "wife" Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. There were video clips of her with DX, Triple H, Edge & Christian and Too Cool, all of her moments in the spotlight were captured on the titantron.
Jade made a grand entrance, as she walked down the ramp everyone cheered her on, she sported a blood red evening gown, which showed off her perfect figure. As she walked towards the ring, she walked over to the commentary table and grabbed a mic, as she walked into the ring, everyone started chanting.
"WE WANT PUPPIES!!! WE WANT PUPPIES!!!"
Jade just smiled, as she spoke into the microphone.
"What's up Detroit?" she worked the crowd.
The crowds response? They went wild.
"Before this match gets way, I've got a few things I'd like to say....." her voice trailed off. "First off, I'm going to strip Trish to her bra and panties!" she yelled into the mic as everyone cheered. "Second, what the hell is going on here tonight? I mean, Triple H VS Chyna? She should know that there's no way she could beat the Game, everyone that tries him, fails. So what's the use?" she asked the fans, they booed at the mention of Triple H. "If your listening Hunter, good luck with your match!" she yelled once more into the microphone as she then dropped it to the mat.
Trish Stratus' entrance theme played throughout the arena, as she entered in a baby blue evening gown. She grabbed the microphone that was lying on the mat.
"The thought of you actually beating me in this match, it's hilarious." she laughed. "I mean, look at you, your not even that good of a wrestler, you couldn't even beat Ivory of Right to Censor for god sake!"
The camera focused on Jade for a moment, who was mumbling explict language, such as: bitch, slut, whore.
"If anyone is going to be stripped of their bra and panties, it's going to be yours!" Trish said as she dropped the microphone and jumped on Jade, as she was now slapping her.
As the catfight between Jade and Trish went on for about five minutes, Trish had the upper hand when Test came out to help her, Trish had the referee distracted while Test climbed the top rope and delivered a elbow drop to Jade..... Jade was knocked out for a few moments as Test disappeared.
Trish walked back over to Jade's unconcious body, and started to pull at her evening gown. She got half of it off of Jade. The crowd went wild, they started screaming for more. Just as Trish was pulling at the rest of Jade's evening gown, that's when Jade retalliated with a kick to Trish's face, Trish was knocked out cold. She got on the top turnbuckle and waited for Trish to get up, when Trish was standing before her, and oblivious to her surroundings, Jade did one of her famous moves, the Hurracarana. Jade then started pulling at Trish's evening gown, but nontheless, she only got half of it off when Lita came into the ring.
The fans thought that Lita had come to the ring to help Jade, but they were wrong. As Jade stood up, she looked at Lita and smiled, when she turned her back to focus her attention back to Trish, that's when Lita went to the outside of the ring and grabbed a chair, she slid back into the ring, ready for Jade to turn around, as she did, she struck her hard with the chair. Jade was knocked out cold, and for the first time, the fans booed Lita as she left the ring. Trish took advantage of the situation and pulled the rest of Jade's evening gown off, she had won the match.
As Trish exited up the ramp with a smile on her face, Jade regained her composer, blood was dripping from her forhead, then the fans started their chant once again.
"PUPPIES!!! PUPPIES!!!"
Just then, Jade fainted, she was unconcious.... that's when Shane came out to the ring, nobody had expected him to show up, ecspecially during this specific match. He ran out to the ring. He took off his jacket, covered her body with it, and picked her up in his arms and proceeded to take her backstage.
*** Shane McMahon's Locker Room ***
Vince walks into Shane's dressing room, as Jade is washing the blood off her face.
"Now that's what I call phenominal." Vince smiled, proud of Shane and Jade's performance.
"Give her the credit, she's the one that took a chair shot to the head." Shane stated.
"Did you really have to put the chair in the script, I mean, that fucking hurt!" Jade said with bitchiness.
Shane and Vince just laughed.
"Damn it, it's not funny. Why do you always have to put me in front-burner storylines Vince?" she asked.
"Well, because your one of our most popular superstars, as of right now, you have two new storylines, not only do you have the one with Jeff, but once the whole thing with you, Jeff, Matt and Lita gets way, there's going to be a love triangle between you, Shane, and Jeff. Tonight was the first part of it."
"WHAT?!?!" Jade and Shane blurted out at the same moment.
"If I would've known that having me going out to the ring to help Jade was all part of a love triangle, I would've never took any part in it." Shane stated.
"You can't do this Vince, you can't put me in a storyline with Shane."
"She's right."
"I thought that the two of you got along, why don't you want to do a storyline together?" Vince asked.
"It's a long story, I mean, if we were to do a storyline under something else, then I'd understand, but to be romantically involved, that's just not right, dad, I'm married."
"Exactly."
"Shane. Jade. It's only a show, it's only acting. I'm married, and I was 'involved' with Trish."
"Well, that's different." Shane said.
"How so?" Vince asked curiously.
"Nevermind." was Shane's only answer. "I guess there's no use in arguing with you....." his voice trailed off. "Fine, I'll do it."
Vince stared at Jade, awaiting her answer.
"What?!?!" she asked in an annoyed tone. "I'm not doing this Vince, there's no way."
"Alright then, I have no choice but to do this, Jade, your fired."
"What?!?!" Jade asked, as she was almost near tears. "Vince, no! Please, you can't fire me."
"Dad, please, don't do this." Shane pleaded with his father.
"I'm sorry, I have no choice." Vince said as he headed towards the door.
"Wait!" Jade called after him.
Vince stopped dead in his tracks, turned around and looked over at Jade.
"Alright, I'll do it." she responded as she looked down.
"Good. You made the right choice." Vince smiled, as always, he got what he wanted.
"So, what happened tonight, it was the start of our storyline?" Jade asked. "When Shane came down to the ring and carried me backstage."
"Yes, it was." Vince answered. "Now, about the other storyline that I'm putting you in-" he was cut off by Jade's voice.
"Another one?" she asked. "How many damn storylines are you putting me in?"
"This is the only other storyline that your getting for the next couple months." he answered.
"Yeah, okay, so what does this one have to deal with?"
"Your brother." Vince answered.
"Oh god! Your not serious!"
"Yes, I'm serious, alright now, this is how this one will start out...." his voice trailed off. "Hunter has a match with Chyna tonight, as you know already, this is what I want you to do."
*** HHH VS Chyna - No. 1 Contender Match ***
Chyna's entrance theme played throughout the arena as she walked down the ramp, and entered the ring. She waited for Triple H to enter the ring.
Triple H was backstage, getting ready for his entrance to the ring, with his 'wife' Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. He started blabbing on about what happened earlier on in the first segment.
"What the hell was that all about, Steph?" he asked. "I mean, first, Jade has an evening gown match, of all types of matches, why did Vince put her in that one?"
"I don't know."
"Then, Andrew comes out and gives her a elbow drop from the top rope...." his voice trailed off. "You know, I think Andrew and Trish found Jade as an easy target, since the two of you are good friends, and you did have your father put him back down at the bottom, where he started." he laughed.
"If that's the case, then I say we get revenge." she smiled devilishly.
"We'll talk about that later," he started, changing the subject. "Then to top everything off, just when Jade had the match won, Lita comes out and strikes her with a chair, leading to your brother Shane coming out and carrying her backstage." he finished as he was now getting more angrier by the minute. "What the hell is Vince up to?"
"I can't say right now, since you do have to get your ass out there for your match, but you'll be suprised by the time the match is over with." Stephanie smirked as the two of them headed for the ring.
"Time to play the game, time to play the game! Hahaha. It's all about the game, and how you play it, it's all about control and if you can take it." Triple H's entrance theme played throughout the arena.
Triple H entered, with wife Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley at his side. They entered from behind the curtains, as always, they stood at the front of the entrance, as Triple H poured a bottle of water over his head. They then continued on, and walked down the ramp till they were inside ther ring. As Triple H got into the ring, he got in Chyna's face and the two were mouthing explict language to one another. The referee had to split the two apart, and moments later, the match had started.
Triple H had the upper advantage during most of the match, as he used most of his signature moves.... as Triple H was getting ready to finish Chyna off, the Rock's music played out, the crowd went wild. He had already fought in his match during the second segment of Raw is War, why was he coming out now? He ran to the ring, and started delivering multiple punches to Triple H. As he laid the smackdown on Triple H, he was getting ready to do his signature move, "The Peoples Elbow".
Jade ran down the ramp, she wasn't hurt anymore, she had actually seemed fine now, she was wearing her usual ring attire: Black leather pants and a white shirt that said "Jade Helmsley" on the front, and on the back it said, "Shall you dare enter my world, you'll lose, I am the game!" She had a sledge hammer in her left hand, as she entered the ring, she turned Rock around, so he was face to face with her, then she struck him in the head with the sledge hammer.
Jade helped Triple H to his feet, a smile crept across his face, finally, his sister had crossed over from goody-little-two shoes, to being mean and ruthless, just like him. The fans were shocked at what they saw, none the less, why should they of been suprised in the first place? Jade, after all, is Hunter's sister, they should've known she'd cross over, sooner or later. Hunter and Jade hugged as Stephanie looked on, with a smug look on her face.
Chyna slid under the ropes to the outside to get a chair, the audience was hopeful at this moment, they knew that Chyna wouldn't let them down, they knew that she'd help Rock. Moments later, she slid back into the ring, and just as Triple H and Jade's back's were turned, she held the chair above her head, ready to strike Triple H with it. Rock was now up, he was stumbling, but he was up. Just as it looked as if Chyna were going to hit Triple H with the chair, she turned towards The Rock and struck him instead. She looked at Hunter, then Jade, and a smile crept across her face, as did theirs.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!" said a voice of a fan from the front row.
Stephanie walked around the ring as she reached the commentary table, she grabbed a mic from Lillian Gracia, and then walked into the ring.
"Shocked?" she asked with a smirk. "Suprised, maybe?" she added. "Well then, I suppose it's time we tell everyone what's going on....." her voice trailed off.
The audience was going wild, they didn't know what to think. What the hell was happening, what did this mean. They began to boo.
"As you can all see, Hunter and I have formed an alliance with his sister Jade, and ex-degenerate, Chyna." Steph explained. "This is the beginning of a new era, and on Smackdown, you'll see just how powerful we'll become, I promise you four new members of this new group, we're not going to tell you exactly who, that's the suprise, so your just going to have to wait until we're ready to tell you." she added with arrogance. "One more thing, we ARE the greater power, and you'll see just how ruthless we can be!"
She dropped the microphone to the mat, she exited the ring, arm in arm with Hunter, follwed by Jade and Chyna. That was the end of Raw is War for that week.
*** McMahon-Helmsley Locker Room ***
"Did you see them out there?" Hunter asked excitedly. "They were reeling over what just happened, they couldn't believe that Jade and Chyna had turned their backs on them."
"Their going to be even more suprised when they find out who has joined this new group of ours." Stephanie smirked.
"Who all is suppose to join?" Jade asked.
"That's the suprise," Steph started. "Dad made me promise not to to say anything, but know this much, the first to feel our wrath will be Andrew, along with Trish." Stephanie smirked.
"Why?" Jade asked confused.
"Two reasons Jade, the first being for what Andrew and Trish did to me, they really hurt me, and having dad throw them both back down at the bottom where they started, well, it's just not good enough for me." she stated. "The second being for what they pulled on you earlier tonight, they used you as an easy target to get to me, so, I say revenge is in order." she smiled.
"I'm definitely with you on that one!" Jade smiled. "So what's the name of our new group?" she asked.
"Actually, we haven't come up with one yet, dad is working on it as we speak, on Smackdown, we'll have our new name, a new entrance theme, and more members." Stephanie answered.
"It was about time Vince gave me a good storyline." Joanie said. "I was getting sick of all the shit with Eddie Guerrero and RTC." she added. "The only time I seem to have any fun with my storyline is when I'm working with Hunter." she smiled at Hunter.
"That's pretty much the same way I feel." Hunter cut in. "The only time I have a good time with any of my storylines is when it's either with you, or Steph."
"Well, Hunter. Steph. Chyna. I'll talk to you guys later, I'm heading back to the hotel now." Jade said as she yawned a bit, got up off the couch, grabbed her bag and headed for the door.
"See you later little sis." Hunter smiled.
"Bye." Stephanie and Chyna said in unison.
*** Public Park in Detroit ***
Jade hadn't really felt like going straight to her hotel, instead, she found her way to a public park. She took a seat on an empty bench, she was all alone now, nobody to interrupt her thoughts. Her mind drifted off to several things that had happened in the last six months.
"I become a wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation, I reunite with my brother, I meet one of the most amazing men that I've ever known. Shane, Shane McMahon." She said aloud. "Why am I feeling this way about him? I mean, I know I've always admired him from afar, but I don't think it was actually love. What do I feel? Not even I know the answer to that. I don't know what it was, lust maybe?" she added. "When Amy hit me with that chair, and I found myself backstage, in Shane's locker room, I was still in my langerie, but Shane had covered me with his jacket. I thought, maybe, actually he did care for me, but then I found out, that it was all only part of our storyline."
Jade's thoughts went back to the night she told Shane her deepest, darkest secret. Then he kissed her. Why had he kissed her, had he did it because he felt the same way she did? Or was it only because he felt sorry for her? She convinced herself that it was his pity in that kiss, she made herself believe that he could never feel anything more than friendship for her. Shane was married, he loved his wife.
"Damn it Vince! Why the hell are you putting me in a storyline with Shane? Why him of all people?" she asked herself.
Just then a dark figure appeared, and the person gently touched Jade's shoulder. She quickly turned around to see who it was.
"Oh my god! Jeff, you scared me." she said breathelessly.
"You look troubled, why?" he asked with concern in his voice, taking a seat next to her.
"I, I.... it's everything Jeff." Jade admitted. "I don't know, I guess that I just worry too much about everything."
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since I joined the World Wrestling Federation, everything has gone wrong in my life. I mean, I start having these feelings for my boss, and-" she was cut off by the sound of his voice.
"Vince?" Jeff asked with a look of disgust on his face.
"No, no! Hell no!" she busted out in laughter. They both did. "My other boss."
"Shane?" he asked with a bit of jealousy in his voice.
"Yeah. Shane."
"Why him of all people?" he asked.
Jade could sense the jealous tone in Jeff's voice.
"My, oh my Jeff, I think we sense a little bit of jealousy here." she laughed.
"Me? Jealous?" he acted as if he didn't know what she was talking about.
"Oh yeah!" she said smuggly.
"No, no, no. I don't think so." he lied.
"Come on Jeff, why don't you just admit it." she said to him as she inched closer to him. "Matt wasn't wrong when he said that you had a crush on me in high school, your still harboring that very lust for me, aren't you?"
"I, um, I don't think so."
"Come on Jeff," she started. "Be honest."
"Alright, alright. Matt's right, but it's not a crush Jade, I've been in love with you ever since I first laid eyes on you." he admitted, as Jade was now getting to him, really getting to him.
Jade was shocked at Jeff's confession. He loved her. She never knew. She was only playing around when she was trying to get him to admit his feelings, he must of thought she was serious. She was left speechless.
"You, you love me?"
"Yes Jade, I love you." Jeff smiled.
"Jeff, I can't promise you anything, I guess what I mean is that I like you, but I'm not in love with you."
"Meaning?"
"We can try for a relationship, but if things don't work out, I hope that we can still be friends."
"I agree." Jeff smiled as he moved closer to her and kissed her soft lips.
Jade did love Jeff, she always had, but not the way she loved Shane. The love she had for Shane was stronger, much stronger. She knew that since what she felt for Shane was forbidden, she'd take her chances with Jeff, and try and find true love.
Moments later, as Jeff and Jade were kissing one another with more passion than words could describe, there was someone watching them from a distance. It was Shane. Shane couldn't believe what his eyes were telling him. Jade? And Jeff? Together? He didn't want to believe it, he didn't even want to see it. He knew now, deep in his heart. Deep in his soul, he loved Jade. He knew that how? Well, when he saw her and Jeff kissing, it felt as if someone was stabbing him in the heart with a knife, and he couldn't breathe. He loved her.... he had actually admitted it to himself, he actually loved her. He knew know that it was too late, he had waited too long. He looked over at Jeff and Jade once more, then he disappeared into the darkness.
*** Smackdown - Sept. 06, 2001 ***
Fireworks went off as the opening segment of Smackdown took off. The camera's then focused on JR and Jerry Lawler.
"Good evening everyone, JR here, and as always, the King is by my side, we're here in Grand Rapids, Michigan kicking off this week's segement of Smackdown!" JR announced.
"I'll tell you this, I can't wait to see who the newest members of the 'Coporate New Blood' are." Jerry added, referring to Triple H, Stephanie, Jade and Chyna.
"I bet you can't." was JR's sarcastic response.
"I'd like to do a little one on one action with Helmsely's sister, Jade." Jerry smiled. "Wouldn't mind that one bit."
"We know Jerry, we know." JR sighed.
Just then, someone's entrance theme came on. It was a new entrance theme. JR, Jerry and even the audience didn't know whose it was until they saw the titantron, which showed video clips of Triple H, Stephanie, Jade and Chyna. Their music was a remix of Triple H's old theme, "Our Time" and The Coporations theme, "No Chance". The audience booed as the four entered.
Jade had a microphone in her hand.
"Well, well now, I'd say that you all are a bunch of hyprocrites." she stated. "One minute, your cheering for me, the next, your booing, what's up with that?" she had an evil look in her eyes. "It looks to me that if a wrestler isn't doing something you like, you immediately judge them, your all a bunch of morons!"
"SLUT!!! SLUT!!!" the audience chanted.
Triple H grabbed the microphone from Jade.
"Shut the hell up!" he yelled.
"ASSHOLE!!! ASSHOLE!!!" they chanted.
The group proceeded to walk down the ramp, one by one as they entered the ring.
"Alright now, I promised you people four new members of the Coporate New Blood, and I'm going to give you four new members." Stephanie smirked as she spoke into the microphone she took from Hunter.
The audience grew quiet, they wanted to know who the new members were. They needed to know.
"I'm proud to introduce this first member, he's a former WWF Champion. "He's my dad, Vince McMahon!" Stephanie said happily into the microphone as Vince made his way down to the ring. He hugged his daughter, then took the microphone from her.
"I don't see why your all so suprised, I mean, are you that stupid?" he asked the audience. "You actually thought that Triple H's sister, a Helmsley, wouldn't turn heel? And Chyna? You actually believed that she would help the Rock? You believed that she actually hated Triple H? I mean, come on, your all pathetic!" he put down the audience.
"ASSHOLE!!! ASSHOLE!!!" they chanted.
"I'm Vince McMahon damn it! You should treat me with respect!!!" he yelled angrily into the microphone as Stephanie and Hunter tried to calm him down.
"It's alright dad, just ignore them." Stephanie said to her father as she took the microphone from his hands.
"Alright, I'd say that was awkward." Steph said. "Anyway, the second member of the Coporate New Blood is none other, then....." her voice trailed off. "Billy Gunn!" she yelled into the microphone.
Everyone in the audience was shocked. How could Billy do this? They couldn't understand why he'd betray them by joining the "Coporate New Blood". As Billy's "I'm a Bad Ass" music played out, Billy enters, taunts the audience, walks down to the ring, then takes the microphone from Steph.
"Shocked?" he asked. "Damn right you are!" he yelled into the microphone. "Why?" he asked. "Maybe because I'm just sick and tired of being good. Being good doesn't get you anywhere in this business, just ask those who are, you know who I'm talking about, the Hardyz, Rock......" his voice trailed off. "I definitely chose the Greater Power." he said with a huge grin on his face as he handed the microphone back to Steph.
"I can't believe this!" JR commented.
"Either can I!" Jerry responded. "Billy Gunn turned heel, and so did Vince."
"Jerry, Vince has always been a heel." JR said annoyed with Jerry. "No suprise there."
"I wonder whose next?"
"Are you ready for the third member of the Coporate New Blood?" Steph asked with a smirk.
The fans just booed Stephanie, chanting "slut".
"I'm proud to introduce you to this next member, he's a multi-time Intercontinental Champion, he's the Crippler, Chris Benoit!" Steph yelled into the microphone.
Chris Benoit's entrance theme played throughout the stadium as he entered thed stage and proceeded down the ramp. He entered the ring, but unlike the other two members, he just smiled, and didn't say a word.
"Are you guys ready for this one?" Steph smiled. "Your going to be awfully suprised at who are fourth and final new member is," she started off. "He's one of my husband, Triple H's best friends, he's also one of the best damn wrestlers the World Wrestling Federation has ever promoted, he also achieved his dream by becoming the WWF Champion at Wrestlemania Twelve....." her voice trailed off.
The audience immediately knew who Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley was talking about at this moment, anyone who watched WWF within the last ten years would know who this man was.
"I'm proud to introduce this man, he's none other, than the Heart Break Kid, Shawn Michaels!" she announced.
"I think I'm cute, I know I'm sexy, I've got the looks that drives the girls wild. I got the moves, that really move them, I send chills, up and down their spines." Shawn's entrance theme rang throughout the arena as he made his grand entrance.
Shawn walked down the ramp, and into the ring, as he did his "sexy boy" dance routine. The crowd went wild over this, ecspecially the women. The audience, and everyone else knew that Shawn was the fourth member of the Coporate New Blood, but they didn't care, they loved Shawn whether he was good, or bad. They all cheered for him, they were glad that he was back at the World Wrestling Federation. Stephanie couldn't help but smile at this, Vince did the same.
Stephanie handed the microphone to Shawn, and he took it.
"What's up Grand Rapids?" Shawn asked the audience.
"HBK!!! HBK!!!" the audience went wild.
"Where shall I start?" he asked the audience. "Ah, yes, why I joined Coporate New Blood." he smiled. "Well, it's just something that seemed right, I mean, I always choose the better team, and trust me when I say this, the Coporate New Blood is definitely the greater power." he smiled as he handed the microphone back to Steph.
Steph took the microphone from Shawn as she leaned on the ropes.
"Shawn's right, the Coporate New Blood IS the greater power, and we're going to make everyone's life a living hell." she stated. "This union is a dawning of a new era, no one can stop us now-" her voice was cut off by someone's entrance theme.
"No chance, that is what you got," the music rang throughout the arena.
"Cut my music!" Vince yelled as he took the mic from Stephanie.
"We'll tie a string around your finger, now boy, cause it's, it's just a matter of time," the music continued as Shane McMahon, the progidal son of Vince and Linda McMahon, and brother of Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley entered, as two women followed behind him.
"SHANE O!!! SHANE O!!!" the audience chanted.
Vince, Stephanie, Hunter, Jade, Chyna, Billy, Chris and Shawn stared at Shane entered the arena, with his mother, Linda and Trish Stratus at his side.
"Shane?" Vince asked. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Hey Vince." Shane answered. "Your suprised, hmmm, I wonder why." he smiled.
"What the hell is going on?" Vince demanded to know.
"Well, I thought that since you and Steph decided to create a new Coporate team, I'd do the same for myself, you know, just so you don't try anything."
"That's not fair!" Steph whined.
"Anyway," Shane started as he gave the group in the ring a cold stare. "I'd like for you to meet my team...." his voice trailed off. "We might not be as big as your group, but sure and the hell are more powerful." Shane stated. "Come on out guys."
Shane gestured his hand for his new group to come out. What everyone saw, it shocked the hell out of them, even the Coporate New Blood.
Four of the most popular wrestlers came out from behind the curtains, Shane's new group consisted of: The Rock, Mick Foley, Test and....
"What the hell is he doing here?!?!" Vince demanded to know as he spotted the fourth guy.
"I re-hired him." Shane smirked.
"Miss me?" the seven footer asked with a smirk.
"Why the hell did you re-hire Kevin Nash?!?!"
"I own part of this company Vinnie, I can hire and fire who ever I want." Shane responded. "And speaking of that, since I do own twenty-five percent of this company, I'm going to book a couple of matches for tonight....." his voice trailed off.
"You can't do this to me Shane! I'm your father! I'm Vince McMahon!"
"That might work on other people, but it's not going to work with me, not anymore!" Shane stated angrily. "I'm Shane McMahon, and I have the power to do whatever I damn want to you Vince!"
Vince just stood there with a look of shock on his face, this wasn't suppose to be happening, it wasn't even in the script, but it did make for good storyline. He wondered why Shane was doing this, why he was trying to ruin the current storyline plot was beyond him.
"Alright, as for the matches that will take place her tonight, on Smackdown...." Shane's voice trailed off. "Test will face Billy Gunn tonight for the Intercontinental Championship, Rock will team up with Stone Cold Steve Austin, and they'll be facing Triple H and Shawn Michaels, and Jade will face Trish to night in a strap match-" he was cut off by the sound of Jade's voice.
"WHAT?!?!" Jade blurted out. "No, I don't think so, I'm not facing her again, the last time I fought that bitch, I lost because of interference by her pimp and that other bitch Lita!" she yelled into the microphone she grabbed out of Vince's hands just moments before.
"Test is not my pimp!" Trish yelled. "He's my boyfriend!"
"You keep telling yourself that." Jade smirked. "I don't care what you say Shane, I'm not facing her tonight!"
"If you don't face her tonight, then I'll suspend your ass for six months." Shane answered calmly.
Jade was steaming at this very moment, she knew also that this wasn't part of the storyline that Vince had laid out just a few days ago. She thought that Shane was her friend, how could he do this to her? What had she done to him?
She dropped the microphone as she slid under the ropes and walked towards Shane.
"You bastard! If you suspend me, I'll make you pay, I swear, I'll make you pay!" Jade threatened him, although nobody heard what she had said but Shane.
"So, are you going to do the match or not?" he asked.
"I'll do the damn match," she started as she glared coldly at him. "You better remember what I said, because I meant it."
*** Commercial break ***
*** Coporate New Blood Locker Room ***
"What the hell was that all about?" Vince asked everyone. "What the hell did Shane think he was doing?"
"That's what I'd like to know," Steph started. "Why is Shane retalliating against us with this new group? He's not even suppose to be a part of this storyline."
"I thought that Shane and I were friends, now he's threatening to suspend me if I don't face Trish tonight." Jade added, feeling ready to put her fist through a wall.
"Let me talk to him, there's got to be some reason why he's doing this." Vince said as he left.
"What the hell is going on?" Jade asked as she looked at the rest of her team, who'd just shrugged their shoulders saying, 'I have no clue'.
*** Shane McMahon's Locker Room ***
Vince stormed into Shane's locker room, he had that look on his face that he got when ever something didn't go his way.
"Hey Vince." Shane smirked.
"Alright Shane, we're not out there acting now, so why don't you tell me what the hell is going on! I demand an answer!" Vince said angrily.
"I don't owe you a thing." Shane said coldly. "I'm just sick and tired of you using everyone in this business, ecspecially members in your own family." he stated. "Like the way you used Mom and Stephanie to gain popularity in the WWF, having Stephanie play victim in the Coporate Ministry storyline, then having her marry Hunter, as for mom, you put her in a sanitarium and had an affair with Trish Stratus."
"Shane, that was all an act."
"I know, and that's why it makes me even angrier, you use members of your own family to gain popularity in the World Wrestling Federation."
"I never knew that you felt that way....." Vince's voice trailed off.
"Now you know, I'm also sick of you putting Jade in all the front burner storylines, I think that you should give some of the other wrestlers here a chance," he started. "The way you act, I mean, how you put Jade in all these front burner storylines, it's almost as if your sweet on her or something."
"Shane!"
"Hmmm, well I guess I was right on the spot with that one. Considering how your always chasing after women like Jade, and what you did to mom, you make me sick." Shane stated coldly to his father. "It's time that someone in this family took a stand, and that person is me, now get out of my locker room!" Shane yelled.
"You know?" Vince asked shock. "How did you find out?"
"I have my ways," he replied. "You know something, it makes me sick that I'm your son. Just the thought of being related to you makes me want to kill myself."
"You can't mean that Shane," Vince was getting upset, he couldn't figure out how his son found out. "You just can't mean that, I'm your father."
"Not anymore," Shane replied. "Just like anyone else who knows who you are, it'll be the same for me....." his voice trailed off. "Your only Vince McMahon to me and that's all, I'll never call you dad again."
"If that's the way you want it, then fine! Have it your way!" Vince lost his cool, as he was about to storm out of Shane's locker room, he turned and said, "Oh, just one more thing, Shane....." his voice trailed off.
"What do you want?"
"You have a match tonight-" Vince was cut off by Shane's voice.
"Against who?"
"Jeff Hardy." Vince smiled as he walked out of Shane's locker room. "Oh, and it's a ladder match."
"Son of a bitch!" Shane yelled, slamming his fist on the table.
*** Jade VS Trish - Strap Match ***
"This match shall be interesting." JR stated. "What will the McMahon's come up with next, no one knows."
"You want to hit me with a little bit of that Triple H, you let the music keep playing this fucked up shit! Tell me what time it is now. It's our time, here comes trouble."
Jade's entrance theme started out. "Not going to listen to anybody, tell me who and what to be, not trying to be like anybody, time to play make believe."
Jade entered the stage, as boos and cheers rang throughout the arena. Even though she'd turned coporate, there were still some people out there that liked her. She came out in a new attire though, she wore a black, skin tight tank top that said, "Shall you dare enter my world, you'll lose, I am the game!" on the back, just like the other one, the lettering was a blood red. She still wore the leather pants, but the pants weren't black, they were also a blood red. She had a black leather strap in her right hand, she walked down the ramp with a smug look on her face as she slapped the leather strap into her hand a few times. She walked over to commentary and grabbed a microphone, she then entered the ring.
"Trish! Get your ass out here right now!" Jade yelled. "I'm going to beat your ass so bad, you won't be able to sit down for a week!" she stated as she threw the microphone on the mat.
Trish Stratus' music played throughout the arena as she entered the stage, she also had a leather strap in one of her hands, as the fans cheered her on, she smiled, then wasted no time in running to the ring.... as soon as she entered, she started whipping Jade with her leather strap.
Jade screamed in pain as each painful smack struck her back. As Trish was slapping her with the strap multiple times, she found the strength to get up, she grabbed Trish by the hair and started to pull. She then set up to do the DDT, as Trish was lying on the mat, she picked up the leather strap and smacked Trish with it multiple times. When she thought that Trish had had enough, she threw the strap on the mat, got on the top turnbuckle and set up her finishing move, the Asai Moonsault. She went for the cover, but after about five seconds, she found that the referee wasn't there, he was being distracted by someone, she make out his face, so she got up and walked over to give this guy a piece of her mind.
"What the...." her voice trailed off. "Shane, what the hell are you doing out here?" she asked angrily.
"Making you lose your match." he smirked as he brought the chair that he had hidden behind his back to view and smacked her over the head with it, of course, the refree wasn't looking at the time, so Trish didn't get disqualified. "Cover her Trish!" Shane yelled.
Trish crawled over to where Jade's lifeless body lay, and pulled her into the middle of the ring. The refree counted, 1, 2, 3! Trish won the match..... Shane and Trish exited backstage, and a few moments later, so did Jade.
*** Commerical Break ***
*** Trish Stratus' Locker Room ***
The chair shot to Jade's skull didn't cause her head to bleed, it hardly even hurt, maybe because she was so used to this type of thing, that she just blocked the pain out. None the less, she was pissed, she had decided to go and talk to Trish about what just happened, she needed to know if this was part of the storyline or not, she swore to herself that if she found out that it wasn't a part of the storyline, she'd kill Shane Brandon McMahon if it were the last thing she'd do.
She stood at Trish's locker room door, then she knocked.
"Hey!" she smiled. "Are you alright? I mean, Shane did deliver a pretty hard blow to your head with that chair."
"Yeah, I'm fine. Actually, that's why I'm here, can I come in?"
"Sure." Trish gestured for her to come inside. "What's up?"
"I need to know Trish, was Shane hitting me with that chair suppose to be a part of the show?"
"Not that I know of," Trish started out. "Nobody told me about it, I mean, I was just as suprised as you were that it had happened."
"That bastard!" Jade yelled as she stormed out of Trish's locker room.
*** Shane McMahon's Locker Room ***
"You bastard!" Jade yelled as she stormed into Shane's locker room, he was shirtless at the time and Jade kind of gasped as she saw his bare chest.
"What the hell is the matter with you?!?!" Shane demanded to know. "This is my locker room, you know, you could've knocked."
"What the hell did you think you were doing when you came out there with that chair and cracked it across my skull?" Jade demanded to know, as she folded her arms across her chest.
"What?" he asked.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about Shane, when you helped Trish get the win."
"Oh, that.... yeah, it was part of the storyline."
"Your a damn liar!" she yelled. "It was never part of the storyline, otherwise, Vince would've told me, and when I asked Trish about it, she was just as suprised as I was to see you out there!" she yelled in his face.
"Maybe if you weren't such a bitch, then I would've never came out there and interferred in your damn match!" Shane retalliated.
"You asshole!" Jade yelled, wanting to slap Shane across the face, but she didn't. "How dare you call me a bitch?!?! I've been nothing but nice to you since the day I came into this sport, I thought we were friends....." her voice trailed off, she was almost near tears.
"Really?" Shane asked sarcastically. "Then I must be the lucky one, considering that you've taken half of the men's locker room to bed."
"I hate you Shane!" Jade yelled. "Why the hell would you say something like that about me? The only person from the federation that I've been with is Jeff."
"Jade, your a tease, that's the only reason you've gotten anywhere in this business, that's why you have front burner storylines, because you've fooled around with my dad." he said coldly.
"I never! I would never, just the thought of me doing that, ewww, it's gross, Vince is old enough to be my father!"
"Whose the liar now? Your having an affair with my father, I know you are, why don't you just admit it?"
Jade couldn't take it anymore, she was practicually crying over the things Shane was saying, she then did the only thing her mind was telling her to do, she slapped him.
"You bitch!" Shane yelled.
Jade went to slap Shane once again, but this time he caught her hand, he held her hand back, he had a pretty tight grip on her arm.
"Let me go!" she struggled to get her arm out of his grasp, but she had no luck in doing so.
"Give me one reason why I should, and maybe I'll consider it." he smirked.
Shane and Jade's faces were just inches apart, they could feel their breath on one another, at this moment, Jade was losing control, being this close to Shane, it drove her wild. She grabbed the back of his neck with her free hand, as she kissed him passionately. Everything that she felt for Shane was in that kiss, all her love, all her soul.
"What was that for?" Shane asked pulling away from the kiss.
"You told me to give you a reason, I gave you a reason." she smirked.
"I suppose you expect me to believe that's why you kissed me?" he laughed.
"That's right," she started. "That's the ONLY way I'd ever kiss you!" she stated matter-of-factly. "Oh Shane, just so you know, me and your father, we're just good friends, nothing more. He loves his wife, and I love my boyfriend." she said coldly to him as she turned on her heel and left his locker room.
"What the hell was that all about?" Shane asked himself. "Why the hell did she kiss me?" he proceeded to get ready for his up coming match with Jeff Hardy.
The whole reason behind why Shane had turned his back on his family and was now acting as if he couldn't stand the very sight of Jade was because of what happened between Shane and his wife just two days ago. Shane had called Marissa from his hotel room just after he'd seen Jade with Jeff, when he called her, she was giggling non stop on the phone, he couldn't figure out why, just then, he heard a male voice, it was his father, Vince, he had told Marissa to come back to bed..... Shane was outraged, his father was cheating on his mother, and with his wife! The day after, Marissa recieved divorce papers from Shane through federal express, she couldn't figure out why, probably because she didn't know that Shane knew about her affair with his father. Shane had just begun his revenge on Vince, the start of his new alliance with Rock, Mick Foley, Test and Kevin Nash was just the start of everything, Linda was in on it too of course, Shane had told her about Vince and Marissa, and payback was in order for Vincent K. McMahon.
The whole reason behind Shane's hatered for Jade was because of her relationship with Jeff Hardy. He hated the fact that Jade was madly in love with Jeff, he hated it even more when she confessed her love for him just a few days before. He knew that he could never actually hate her, but it was the only thing that he could think of to do, so she would never know of his true feelings.
"To have control over yourself and your enemies, you have to be ruthless." that's what Vince had always told him. "Jade is going to see just how ruthless I can be." he smiled devilishly.
Shane hadn't really wanted to treat Jade the way he was treating her, but he had no choice, he had to make sure that she knew that he hated her, so then she'd stay away from him.... he loved her too much, and he wasn't going to let her into his crazy, disfunctional life. Shane vowed to himself that he was going to get over his love for Jade, they could never be, his love for her was something that was forbidden, he didn't want to live a life without love, so he set out to do whatever he could to get over her, and that included making her hate him with a passion. Jade didn't know of his and Marissa's divorce, otherwise she'd probably try to comfort him, he definitely didn't need that. Jade had better be prepared, because she was about to see just how ruthless Shane Brandon McMahon could be.
*** Shane VS Jeff - Ladder Match ***
"No chance! That is what you got....." Shane's entrance theme blasted through the speakers in the arena as he entered the stage.
Shane entered the ring as he began his little shuffle that he did before his match started, he awaited Jeff Hardy to enter the ring.
The Hardyz entrance theme played throughout the arena as Jeff entered the stage, the fans screamed with wild anticipation, mostly the women in the crowd, they all went wild whenever Jeff was on the show. He stopped at the entrance, taunting the audience, then running to the ring.
The match started off, Jeff was in control of the first part of the match. He had the advantage with his high flying moves. Ten minutes into the match, as Shane was lying on the mat, Jeff got on the top rope and attempted a Senton Bomb, but he missed. Shane took this oppurtunity to go on the outside and get the ladder, he brought it back inside the ring and set it up, but he set it up in one of the corners, the fans couldn't understand what this meant. Shane climbed the ladder, he taunted the audience and delivered a high-flying, elbow drop to Jeff Hardy. When Shane did this move, he didn't only hurt Jeff, he hurt himelf also, he was the first to get up, after about twenty seconds, grabbed the ladder once again and set it up in the right spot, as he began to climb the ladder, someone came running down the entrance ramp, and into the ring.
"What the hell...." JR's voice trailed off. "What the hell is Jade Helmsley doing out here?"
"Two words JR, Coporate Payback." Jerry laughed.
Jade ran into the ring, she drop kicked the ladder, tipping it over with Shane on top, he landed on the ropes, thus hurting Shane's family jewels. She went on the outside, she searched underneath the ring for an object, any object. She smiled as she found a sledge hammer, she went back inside the ring, she awaited for Shane to get back up to his feet, as he did just that, she struck him with the sledge hammer once in the abdominum, then she struck him once more with it in the head, busting him open. Shane laid unconcious on the mat as Jade walked over to Jeff, telling him to get up.
"What's this?" JR asked. "It seems that Jade came out here to help Jeff Hardy, what does this mean?"
"It means that Shane should never mess with a Helmsley." Jerry answered him.
"That Jezabelle, who the hell does she think she is striking Shane McMahon with a sledge hammer?"
"If you ask me, I say he deserved it."
"Come on Jeff, get up!" Jade pleaded with her boyfriend.
"Huh, wh... what's happening?" Jeff asked, forgetting where he was.
"Your in a ladder match with Shane, come on now, climb the ladder, win the damn match!" Jade said, helping him to his feet.
Jeff began to climb the ladder, not seeing the bloody mess that Jade had caused. He reached for the brief case hanging high above the ring, he won the match.
He then looked over at Shane, seeing all the blood.
"Oh my god! Jade? What did you do to him?"
"I told him not to mess with me, I warned him. He chose the wrong person to fuck with, so I thought a little payback was in order." she explained.
"Well, then we better get the hell out of here before his men come out here after you." Jeff responded as they took an exit through the audience.
*** Coporate New Blood Locker Room ***
"Jade? What the hell did you think you were doing by going out there and interferring in Shane's match?!?!" Vince demanded to know.
"I call it payback Vince," she started off with a smug look on her face. "Didn't you see what that bastard son of yours did to me during my match?"
"Yes, I did, and I wasn't happy about it, but what you did was worse, MUCH worse!"
"Not a bad move, if I do say so myself, taking a page out of Hunter's book." Steph smirked.
"Stephanie!" Vince looked at his daughter shocked. "He's your brother!"
"And he betrayed the family, both he and mom did." Steph responded. "Dad, what is this all about? Why are they against us? Both on and off the camera."
"It's a long story, I can't get into it right now. You'll find about it soon enough, and I'm just hoping that you won't hate me when you do find out."
"What?" she asked looking at him with concern. "I could never hate you, no matter what it's about."
"You'll regret saying that once you find out the truth."
Stephanie just looked at him as if he had grown ten heads, "Whatever."
Shane came bursting through the door of the locker room, he was pissed, and he was ready to kill.
"Bitch!" he yelled. "Your dead!" he added as he lunged for Jade, it's a good thing that Hunter and Shawn came in when they did, otherwise Jade would probably be dead at this moment.
"What the hell happened to you?" Shawn asked. "Someone sure beat the shit out of you!" he laughed, looking at Shane's bloody face.
"Helmsley's bitch of a sister interferred in my match, she dropkicked the ladder-" he was cut off by the sound of Hunter's voice.
"What did you just say? Did you just call her a bitch?" Hunter asked angrily, tightening his grip on Shane.
"Your sister's nothing but a bitch, I guess arrogance runs in your family, huh Helsmley?"
"Your dead!" Hunter went after Shane, throwing multiple punches at him in the face.
"Please, stop this!" Stephanie yelled.
Hunter stopped punching Shane a few moments after Stephanie pleaded with them to stop.
"Never insult my family, ecspecially my sister. If it happens again, your ass is mine!" Hunter growled.
"Way to go, Jade!" Shawn high-fived her. "I didn't think you had it in you."
Vince and Shane glared at Shawn with evil eyes, as Stephanie and Hunter couldn't help but laugh.
"If she only dropkicked you off the ladder, then why are you a bloody mess?" Hunter asked.
"I used a sledge hammer on his candy ass." Jade smirked.
"Your a bitch!" Shane went after her again, but Shawn once again held him back.
"Not too bad," Hunter smirked. "Taking a page out of my book."
"I learn from the master."
"Alright, this is enough! I've had enough!" Vince blurted out, thus shocking everyone.
"What's wrong dad?" Steph asked with concern.
"I'll tell you what's wrong with dad, Steph," Shane started. "He's not as perfect as you think he is."
"Shane, don't do this." Vince begged his son.
"Our perfect father cheated on mom."
"WHAT?!?!" Stephanie, Jade, Hunter and Shawn were all shocked.
"What would make you want to tell such a lie, Shane?" Steph asked her brother angrily.
"I think you went just a little too far with that one, Shane O." Hunter added.
Vince just stood there, feeling disgusted with himself.
"He cheated on mom with Marissa." Shane added sadly.
"What?" Steph asked not sure she heard him right. "Did you say Marissa? Your wife?"
"Yeah, that's right." Shane stated. "I just found out about it after Raw on Monday, and I told mom about it, that's why we're against you, that's why mom and I formed our own union."
"I can't believe this, how could this happen?" she asked as she was near tears. "Are you and Marissa getting a divorce?"
"Yes, I sent her papers yesterday."
"I can't believe this," she paused as she glared at Vince. "How the HELL could you do this?!?! Why?!?!" she demanded an answer.
"I, I, I don't know.... it was just something that happened." Vince answered.
"You bastard!" Steph slapped her father.
"Holy shiznit!" Shawn blurted out, everyone just looked at him funny, "Was it something I said?" he shrugged his shoulders.
"I can't believe you just did that Steph." Hunter added.
Stephanie ran out of the room in tears, as Hunter ran after her.
"Your own daughter can't even stand to look at you anymore, Vince." Shane said coldly.
"I thought you loved your wife Vince, why would you do this? And with your son's wife of all people?" she asked him.
"You stay out of this, this is none of your business!" Shane shot Jade an ice cold look.
"He's right Jade, I'd like for you to leave now."
"Fine, I'll leave." Jade she wouldn't take her eyes off of Shane.
Jade felt sorry for Shane, she couldn't believe that his father, and his wife would do something so cruel to him, and his mother behind their backs. She couldn't believe that he wouldn't tell her about it, she thought that they told each other everything. That's what she thought anyway, she knew that Shane felt differently and that he hated her more than words could describe.
There was so much hatered between, yet so much electricty. Yes, they did hate each other now, what ever happened to the time they were friends? How did it come to this? What possible reason could Shane have for hating Jade? At least a million questions were running through Jade's mind.
*** Hunter & Steph - Arena Parking Lot ***
"Steph! Wait up!" Hunter finally caught up with her.
"Leave me alone Hunter." Steph responded, clearly annoyed with him.
"No, I'm not going to leave you alone," he answered stubbornly.
"I can't believe that dad would do this, why did he do it? Why?" she cried.
"Shhhh, it's alright Steph. It's going to be alright." he pulled her into his arms.
As Hunter was holding Stephanie, comforting her over what Vince had did to Linda, something happened. They pulled away from one another and looked deep into each others eyes, Hunter inched closer to Stephanie and kissed her passionately.
*** Shane McMahon's Hotel Suite ***
It was three o'clock in the morning, Shane was now in his hotel room, yet he couldn't sleep. He kept thinking about her, he couldn't get her out of his head. Of course, the entire situation with trying to get her to hate him was all a plan, it wasn't suppose to go this far, but after what happened on Smackdown, he felt nothing for her. Nothing but disgust, loathing, hatered. Since he couldn't sleep, he got up out of bed and decided to take a nice, long hot shower. He was in the shower for no more than ten minutes when he heard a knock at the door.
"Go away!" he yelled.
Whoever it was knocking at his door wouldn't go away, they continued to knock. So he grabbed a dry towel and wrapped it around himself and walked over to the door, when he opened it, he was suprised to see who it was.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Shane demanded to know.
"Hey Shane O!" Jade smiled at him. "What's up-" she was cut off when she took a stumbling fall, it was a good thing that he caught her. "Or down." she laughed as she ran her fingers up his chest.
"Why are you here?" he could smell the alcolhol on her breath.
"I came to see you silly, why else?"
"Jade, your drunk. You should be in your room, sleeping it off."
"I'm not drunk, I just had a little."
"How much?"
"Ummmmm....." she gave him a funny look. "I think maybe, a bottle."
"Your drunk."
"I'm not drunk, well, maybe a little." she pulled herself out of his arms, walking inside his room, falling on his bed.
"So Shane, do you still hate me?"
"Your damn right I do! After what you did to me tonight, I'm still debating on whether or not I want to kill you."
"Aw, it's so sweet of you to care that much." she said sarcastically. "I told you Shane O, payback is a bitch.... just look at what you did to me earlier."
"Damn it Jade, why the hell did you come here?"
"Alright," she got up off his bed and made her way back over to him. "I came here to to talk to you about our rivalry, I realized how much I pissed you off, and just as long as your willing to admit that this is your fault, I'll forgive you and we can move on with our lives......" her voice trailed off.
"My fault?" he asked. "How is this my fault."
"Your the one who hit my with the chair, your the one that accused me of fucking your father."
"This isn't my fault Jade, it's yours, if you would've of never told Jeff that you love him, this wouldn't of ever happened....." he realized what he just said, and immediately regreted it.
"What?" she asked. "What the hell is that suppose to mean?"
"I guess that I might as well tell you now, there's no reason why I should deny it now-" he was cut off by what Jade was doing.
She put her finger up to his lips, "Shhhhh, don't say another word." she then kissed him.
Shane realized just how drunk she was, "I'm trying to tell you something, and all you care about is sex?" he asked pulling away from the kiss.
"Is that what you think this is Shane?" she asked hurtfully. "Just sex?"
"That's all it is to you, isn't it?" he asked coldly. "That's why your with him."
"Let me tell you something about Jeff, he's a good man. He's the only guy that has ever loved me, he never wanted to use me, he just wanted to be with me and love me for who I am, not for what I look like." she explained.
"You don't love him."
Jade slapped Shane across the face, "What? How dare you! I do love Jeff!"
"No you don't, otherwise you wouldn't be here with me, trying to seduce me."
"I, I'm, I'm not trying to seduce you Shane."
"You keep telling yourself that, maybe you'll actually believe it." he turned away from her.
She walked over behind him, putting her arms around his waist, and running her fingers up his chest, "Let me tell you something, just because your young, sexy and the heir to the McMahon fortune, it doesn't mean that every woman wants you...." her voice trailed off.
He grabbed a hold on her hands, stopping her from touching him, "If that's the case, then I'm not so far off then, am I?" he asked her. "You want me, is that such a bad thing?"
"It is when your feeling the things that I feel." she admitted.
"What do you feel?"
"Come here." she motioned for him to come closer to her, she grabbed the back of his neck and leaned in closer to whisper in his ear, "I love you."
Shane was shocked. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, maybe she was just too wasted, and she was oblivious to what she was saying. Or.... could she really, truly love him?
"You love me?"
"Yes." she answered him. "Ever since the first time I saw you, I felt this attraction to you, it was so strong, I didn't know what I was feeling, I just knew that what I was feeling was love, but I always tried to keep our relationship at base one, you were married, and I didn't want to ruin your marriage, I cared too much about you to do that to you. Then we got closer, and I my feelings for you grew every time I saw you. You take my breath away, ever since that night we shared our first kiss, I felt the electricity in that kiss Shane, I know you felt it too."
"I, I don't know what to say."
She laughed, "You must think I'm crazy."
"No, I don't."
"I know that what I feel is only one sided, you don't feel the same for me, otherwise you wouldn't hate me so damn much." she stated. "What I feel is forbidden and your the one thing that I know I could never have, that's why I chose Jeff, because I actually did love him too, but not as much as I love you."
"Then why-" he started, but her voice cut him off.
"That's why I came here tonight Shane, to tell you what I feel, I think I should go now." she headed towards the door.
Shane walked over to her, and touched her shoulder. She put her hand on his as he turned her around and kissed her more passionately than he's ever kissed anyone before.
"I love you too." he confessed to her.
Shane and Jade made their way over to his bed, they explored each others bodies and made hot, passionate love with their entire heart and soul, they gave into one another, and the way they felt with one another, it was like nothing they have ever experienced before in there life, this pair of star-crossed lovers knew that they'd found their happiness, and that it would last them an eternity. What they didn't know of was what their happiness would cost them, was Jade right when she said that their love was forbidden? Will they be able to fight the battle that could tear them apart forever?
THE END