djkg ::: UC Medical Center :::

Stephanie walked into UC medical center which was crowded with people wanting attention for their injuries and illnesses, Stephanie glanced at a young woman who was sitting alone in a chair, her eye was cut up and Stephanie could see some prior bruises that were sort of faded on her face. Stephanie sighed sadly, Stephanie hated hospitals, they gave off a horrible feel and Stephanie couldn't stand that the fact that *so* many people got hurt, before she could handle it, but lately she couldn't handle the abuse people were getting in this world. Stephanie had been treated like a princess her whole life, so she hadn't really bothered looking past herself and seeing other people's problems, but with the whole Hunter problem Stephanie would occasionally see a person hurt and her heart would go out to that person. Pain was a horrible thing, a horrible emotion, and lately Stephanie had felt too much of it, and now she could see she was not the only one. There were people out there that didn't have places to live, there were people out there that were being abused everyday and had no one to turn to... Stephanie had been lucky, she had people to turn to for help, but not everyone was so lucky.

"Excuse me miss?" Stephanie stopped her steady walking, she stared at the young woman. "Hi I'm Stephanie." Stephanie sat down next to the young woman, and flashed her a soft small, not too bright, she wanted to offer the girl some comfort, not scare her off.

"H-hi." The young woman looked up from her shaking hands, she looked into Stephanie's shining blue eyes. They were the most beautiful thing she had seen in her life, even her name sounded nice. Stephanie. What a beautiful name, way more beautiful then her ol' plain name. "M-my name is Jenny."

Stephanie smiled warmly. "Hi Jenny." Stephanie stared into Jenny's wounded eyes, they looked so scared and hurt, Stephanie could feel tears pricking at her eyes just by staring at Jenny. "Are you okay?" Stephanie asked carefully, not wanting to upset Jenny.

Jenny nodded slowly. "Yes miss I am, was there something I could do for you?"

Stephanie shook her head slowly. "I walked in here and caught a glimpse of you and you looked like the saddest thing ever, I thought you might want some company. I came here to see my friend, he got hurt, but I just couldn't bare not asking if you were okay."

Jenny stared at Stephanie carefully, she didn't even know this girl, but by staring at her, she could feel the warmth inside Stephanie. "You don't even know me, why would you care?"

Stephanie smiled. "Let me tell you a story. I could lie and tell you I know how you feel and that I lived a horrible life, but I don't want to lie. I grew up in a rich family, I was treated like a princess, my daddy cherished me so, I had the perfect life. My father, Vince McMahon, owns the company WWF, he's the chairman, the best one in my opinion. My mom, Linda McMahon, was the CEO, and my brother, Shane McMahon, was a fellow wrestler, he also helped my dad out on some business. We were the perfect family, and we would have been, but see in the year 1999 something horrible happened, I was being stalked by a fellow wrestler by the name of the Undertaker. He would leave me cryptic messages, he finally kidnapped me, see the Undertaker was in the black magics and that sort of thing, well he tried to perform a black wedding on me, but this other wrestler, Stone Cold Steve Austin, he came to my rescue, he saved me. After that I felt so scared, so lonely, so I turned to this wrestler, his real name is Andrew Martin, for love and comfort. Everything was going great for us, I was falling in love and then he asked me to marry him and of course I said yes, but see we never got to do the wedding, I was hit on the head with a trash can and I got amnesia, I recovered and we set another wedding date, but we never got to that wedding either because I was already married to Triple H, another wrestler. See I was pissed off at the world, mainly pissed off at my brother and my father for making me endure so much pain, so a few weeks before my wedding to Andrew, I went to Triple H, aka Hunter, and asked him to help me get my revenge, he agreed. So that had been the beginning of the Helmlsey-McMahon reign, and what a reign it had been. It lasted two long years, but within those two years I had been drained, I never loved Hunter, I was in love with Andrew, but I knew that I would be kicked out of the family if I left Hunter, so I stayed. I loved my father that much, I loved him so much that I would ignore my heart and stay with Hunter. But then about a month ago I was accompanying Hunter to a match against Andrew and I let my heart get in the way, I distracted the ref so Hunter wouldn't hit Andrew with a sledgehammer, but Hunter had grabbed Andrew and Andrew's body had plowed into mine, and I had fallen off the ring and hit my head on the stairs, and injured myself. I was taken to the hospital by my brother, who I loved so much but had grown apart from because of the things I was doing and the man I was supporting; Shane reached out to me, he wanted to get to know me again, and I wanted that so badly. So I left with him, we went up to this cabin we used to go to every year as kids, in that cabin me and Shane got to know each other again, he told me he would be there for me no matter what my decision was, and that encouraged me to write Hunter and Andrew letters, telling them what my heart was telling me. I wrote Hunter and told him how I couldn't pretend to love a person I didn't love and that it was over between us, and then I wrote Andrew and told him how no matter where he or I was in our lives, that my heart would always belong to him. I came back to the WWF a few weeks later to find my letters affected a lot of people, I started a new chapter of my life when I walked back into the WWF. A chapter of my life that I was going to do right, I made friends, loyal friends, good friends. But Hunter had different plans, he challenged Andrew to a match and I got in the way and he attacked me verbally, he called me a slut, and that word hurt so badly, I lost all touch of reality and I slapped him, he tried to attack me but my friends came and saved me. But right there and then in that ring I knew it was far from over, I knew that he would never let me go, no matter where I ran, he would always follow me and continue to taunt me and torment me. But I would not go back to him, because my heart still belongs to Andrew, and always will. Me and Andrew made up over Christmas, we kissed under the mistletoe, I told him how I didn't want to spend one more Christmas without him by my side, he told me he loved me and didn't want me to be alone anymore, he didn't want to be alone anymore, and that was the starting of our relationship. I love Andrew so much, he makes my life so wonderful, but it won't be our life until I get Hunter out of the way. See I saw you and you reminded me so much of me, and I thought you would like to know that it's never too late, to start your life over, to make a new one." Stephanie finished talking, and handed Jenny her handkerchief.

Jenny brushed the tears away and smiled at Stephanie. "Wow, what a story. Thank you for telling me it, I just don't understand how you lived through it, I would never be strong enough to do that."

Stephanie shook her head. "Your inner strength can really surprise you, mine surprised me. Don't ever give up Jenny, because no matter what you think, YOU are in charge of your own life, and one day you will wake up and see that, and when you do, it will be a beautiful realization. There is a whole world waiting for you to join it Jenny, don't let someone keep you away from it, this person you think loves you, loves you so much that is why he hits you, doesn't love you, he wouldn't hit you if he loved you. I have experienced love, and love... it's supposed to make you happy, and I don't think you are. I have to go, but if you ever find happiness come to the WWF, I would love to hear your story."

Jenny smiled. "Thanks Stephanie." Jenny watched Stephanie get up and walk off, she stared after the young woman who had just opened up to her, Jenny touched her bruises, and continued to stare after Stephanie.

Stephanie smiled confidently to herself, she had given Jenny a little hope, at least Stephanie hoped she did; Stephanie had never done something like that, just go up to someone and open up to them like that, but telling Jenny everything that had happened to her, made Stephanie a little more proud of herself and what she had gone through. Everything had happened so fast in the past month, that Stephanie didn't have the time to take a step back and say "look what I have been through." She didn't have the time to examine all the heartache and pain she endured to get where she was, she didn't have the time to look at the friends she had made, and the love she had gotten back. But now she had a few minutes to think about it, Stephanie was damn proud of herself, she had accomplished a lot of things in this past month, and she was proud of how she handled things. She had made good friends, gotten Andrew back, formed a plan to bring down Hunter, and she had given a girl some inspiration. Stephanie's smile faded away as she neared Kurt's hospital room, she could hear the faint voices of Edge, Christian and Rhyno. Images of what happened on Smackdown flew through Stephanie's head... how Albert had attacked Kurt, and how Rhyno had given Albert a gore to save Kurt from anymore injuries, how Christian and Edge had carried Kurt out of the arena, they had left for the hospital before Stephanie could check on Kurt, but she already knew he would be in some serious pain, he had already had a injured tailbone and he was just getting over a mild concussion.

Stephanie took in a deep breath and peeked her head in the hospital room. "Hey guys." Stephanie said quietly, but loud enough to get the attention of the men in the room.

Christian nodded at Stephanie. "Come on in Steph, we were just hanging."

Edge grinned. "Did you see what happened on Smackdown, was that brutal or what?"

Stephanie shook her head. "Brutal? Yeah, but in what sense? In the sense that what you guys did on Smackdown was smart? Because that would be a no, what the hell were you guys thinking? That wasn't part of the plan, we were going to start the action on RAW, but I never said anything about that ambush attack you guys did."

Rhyno shook his head, rolling his eyes. "We just decided to emphasize a bit."

Stephanie threw her hands in the air. "Emphasize? Well your emphasizing could have got Kurt hurt worse then he is right now, the plan was simple, we attacked on RAW, not Smackdown. You had no one to back you guys up."

Edge snorted. "We didn't need backup, we were just fine, we did a great job. Albert just took us by surprise, we all knew the risk of our plan, but we did it anyways, and plus Kurt was the leader of this whole thing you know? He planned this whole charade, and he fully knew that one of us could get hurt, but we all agreed to do this, so don't come in here, saying we didn't think this through."

Stephanie laughed. "We all got together even before Smackdown and we all agreed that we were going to do this plan together, and if anything was to change, to talk to me, Lita or Chyna. This is a team effort and you four were not doing a team effort."

Christian shook his head. "We were doing a team effort, team RECK effort. We got their attention... Trish, Albert and Hunter will now know to look out for us, because the war has just begun, and they will never know our next move."

Stephanie sighed softly. "And what if they decide to go after Kurt again?"

Kurt let out a cough, getting everybody's attention. "Since you guys love talking about me like I'm not even here so much, should I leave?"

Stephanie turned to Kurt, giving him a stern look. "No, I want to talk to you. What were you thinking coming up with a plan like this? You were already injured, and you actually thought that this was the smart thing to do?" Stephanie raised up her eyebrows in questioning.

Kurt sighed, throwing his legs over the hospital bed. "You know what? I'm sick of everyone berating my ideas or plans, I'm sick of everyone treating me like a twerp, and I decided to do something about it. This was a plan about team RECK and me, not a plan about you. Despite what everyone thinks, I do give a shit about something more then my medals, and I'm sick of team RECK not getting what we want. I'm going to take a walk now, if you'll excuse me..." Kurt grabbed his coat and walked off.

Christian pulled Edge up and stared at Stephanie. "Listen it may have been a stupid plan to you, but it wasn't to us, and now if you will excuse us, we got to catch up with Kurt." Christian replied walking out of the hospital room with Edge and Rhyno in tow as they searched for Kurt.

Stephanie watched Christian, Edge and Rhyno leave, she sighed in defeat as she let herself fall onto Kurt's hospital bed. Okay so she had her pride, but her friendships were falling apart; This was not good. When was the last time she had seen Kurt without Rhyno, Christian or/and Edge? Kurt was up to something, she could smell it, but what hurt the worse, was that Kurt was keeping her out of his plans. She had been best friends with Kurt since he walked into the WWF and now he was forming team plans without her... Kurt was right, the attack on Trish, Albert and Hunter had nothing to do with her, it had something to do with team RECK, which she had nothing to do with.

::: Kane and Mark's locker-room :::

Andrew turned to Shane, giving Shane a uncertain look. "Oh come on Shane, I don't know why Kane didn't show up for the match, but that doesn't mean we have to come down to their locker-room and confront them, do you remember how big they are? They could crush us, one of them refers to himself as the dead man, you don't want to mess with the dead man."

Shane rolled his eyes. "Kane gave us his word, and then he backed down on it, and I am not going to back down just because he's a tad bit taller then me."

Andrew snorted. "A tad bit? The man is HUGE! And I will not be responsible for what that giant does to you!"

Shane shook his head. "Kane is a sweet guy at heart."

"Yeah when you get past his HUGENESS!" Andrew exclaimed.

Shane sighed. "Will you please get past that?"

Andrew groaned. "NO! The man doesn't like authority from what I hear, and I do not want to be given the choke slam or the last ride, those are real painful and I don't want to endure that sort of pain."

Shane shook his head. "Then leave, I can do this alone." Shane knocked on the locker-room door.

Andrew slapped his hand against his forehead. "No I can't leave you here, and that's not because you're my friend or anything, if I left you here, I would never hear the end of it from your sister."

"Yeah?" Mark asked, as he opened the door. Mark stared at Shane and Andrew with a pensive look on his face, he shrugged and motioned for them to come in. "What do you boys need?"

Shane crossed his arms across his chest. "Where's Kane?"

Mark pushed his hair back. "At the deli a few blocks away from the arena, he's getting lunch today, is there something I could help you with?"

Andrew shook his head. "Nope, we'll be leaving now."

Shane pulled Andrew down on the couch. "Yeah you can help us, what the hell happened last night? Kane was supposed to fight Hunter for his belt last night, but Kane never showed up."

Mark nodded, then shrugged. "Oh yeah that, sorry change of plans. Kane decided against it at the last moment, sorry if it set you boys back or anything. We just thought it would be wise not to attack Hunter at this given time, I'm not real keen on my brother getting another broken arm."

Shane's eyes widened. "But you two gave us your word."

"Well they're just words okay? I don't need my brother getting hurt, words are meant to be broken, just like promises. Don't take it personal, if you two weren't so riled up because me and my brother broke our word to you, you two would understand that those girls don't need you protecting them like they are pieces of glass that are going to break any second. They're strong, why don't you start treating them that way, instead of seeing the vulnerable things you want to see?" Mark took a drink of his coffee.

Andrew shook his head. "You don't understand..."

"I understand perfectly, you love the little princess. You would give anything to make sure she is okay, hey it's sweet and all, but she doesn't need you and her brother looming over her, berating her every little move. She doesn't need her guardian angels guarding her all the time, she's strong. She's been through a lot, and the princess has survived it all, so why don't you two pay a little respect and stop underestimating her and get the hell out of my locker-room?" Mark glared at Shane and Andrew.

Andrew got up. "Come on Shane."

Shane got up, but stood his ground. "I trusted you and Kane to come through for us."

Mark shrugged. "There's your first mistake kiddo, don't trust anyone around here, especially the brothers of destruction, we got our own agenda. Now leave, do you need me to show you the way?"

Shane glared. "No I got it, come on Andrew."

Mark watched Shane and Andrew leave his locker-room, he smirked as Lita walked out of the closet. "So redhead, how was I?"

Lita smirked. "Definitely great acting skills, I really believed you were pissed off at them."'

::: Vince's office :::

"Is my dad around?" Stephanie asked as she walked into Vince's office.

Steve looked up from his WWF championship belt and shook his head. "Nope, out with your mom." Steve replied, with a scrunch of his nose.

"Oh." Stephanie said a little disappointed, she needed a family member to talk to, and she couldn't find anyone; She had no idea where Shane was and now her dad was gone.

Steve looked at Stephanie, a curious look reflecting in his blue eyes. "Don't know when he'll be back, but you're free to hang out here with me."

Stephanie stared at Steve and felt the urge to say "no way in hell", but then she nodded, and sat down in her father's chair, and smiled softly at Steve. He wasn't as bad as everyone said he was, sure he went a little insane at times, but there were times she could see a little bit of his soul shining brightly, but as soon as she saw it, the light would be gone and he would return to his jackass mode. "Where's Debra?"

Steve smirked. "She's with her mom, her mom's birthday is today so she went, I didn't feel like it."

"Oh." Stephanie said, looking down at her hands.

Steve cocked his head, examining the look on Stephanie's face, disappointment and anxiousness was etched across her young features. "Was there something I could do for you?"

Stephanie looked up and locked her blue eyes into Steve's, as she tried to decide if he was the person she should go to. Steve Austin was the most sane person, but he was the only one around. "I have a problem."

Steve nodded. "What kind of a problem?"

Stephanie bit down on her bottom lip. "See Shane, Andrew, Jeff and Matt formed this plan to take down Hunter behind our backs, once me, Lita and Chyna found out, we were mad that they were treating us like we were so vulnerable so we came up with our own plan to take him down. But it's not working like how I thought it would, I need a surprise ally, a person that Hunter would never expect to betray him, but I can't think of anybody."

Steve nodding, thinking. "What about me?"

Stephanie stared at Steve in shock, was he actually willing to help her? "What about you?" Stephanie asked, trying to find out what he was hinting at.

Steve shook his head. "I can help, Hunter won't be looking out for me, so I could easily betray him. I heard he has a title match against Kane on RAW, I can pretend to be on his side, and then at the last moment, I can betray him. Maybe after Kane wins, give Hunter a few chair shots, a stunner or two, that is if you need me."

Stephanie was silent for a long time, taking all this in, Steve was right; Hunter would never expect Steve to betray them, it would be the perfect plan. Although the rest of the team didn't like Steve... but Steve could be her secret weapon, it would take Hunter by complete surprise. "Alright, great!"

Steve smiled. "Oh and I also heard that tonight on Heat that you are teaming up with Benoit to fight Hunter and Trish in a inter-gender tag team match."

Stephanie's eyes widened in shock. "What? I had no idea --- I can't wrestler, I don't know any moves, except slapping and pulling hair." Stephanie frowned.

Steve smirked. "Well get some tips from some people, how about your friends? Ask Lita, she can help you."

Stephanie smiled. "So I'll see you on RAW?"

Steve nodded. "Yeah."

Stephanie smiled again. "Thanks, bye Steve."

Steve waved. "See ya Stephanie."

Stephanie walked out of her father's office, a smile on her face; The plan was now better then ever, she now had Steve on their side, he was an ally Hunter would never see hitting him. Stephanie frowned when she remembered that she was going to have to be in a match on Heat tonight, what in the world was Regal thinking?

::: Lita/Hardy Boyz's locker-room :::

"I don't know how to wrestle, so how in the world am I going to help Benoit in our tag team match tonight against Trish and Hunter?" Stephanie raised her voice, her blue eyes bouncing back and forth to Lita, Jeff and Matt.

"Calm down." Matt started. "We can teach you a few moves, not a swanton bomb, but a few, and you can get some tips from Benoit before the match."

Jeff nodded. "First off, we can teach you the twist of fate."

Lita nodded. "Yeah, that one is easy, and then we can teach you how to do a power bomb."

Stephanie looked at Jeff, Matt and Lita with an uncertain look in her eyes. "I don't think I would be able to learn all these moves in a few hours."

Lita bit on her bottom lip. "Well you have to, unless you want to make a fool out of yourself tonight on Heat. Don't worry you can do it."

Matt nodded. "And then there are the simple moves like the big elbow, or a suplex. In a suplex all you have to do is wrap your arms around your opponent's waist and flip them over, watch."

Matt got behind Jeff and wrapped his arms around Jeff's waist and then he flipped him over. "See?"

Jeff rubbed his neck. "That hurt." Jeff whined.

"That's the point." Matt pointed out. "It will be much easier for you to do on Trish, and she doesn't have any moves herself, so not only will you surprise her by these moves, you'll be more experienced then her."

Lita nodded. "And one thing that is always good is the clothesline, push Trish into the ropes and bring out your arm and let it connect with her throat, add some force once it comes in contact, it will send her flying down to the mat. Moves on the turnbuckle are always tricky but you can get on the turnbuckle and drop the big elbow, that will prove to be effective."

Jeff smiled, then nodded. "And submission skills are good too, ask Benoit to teach you how to do the crippler crossface."

Stephanie ran her hands through her hair. "Okay this is going to be a long few hours. So how do you exactly do this twist of fate?"

Lita smirked. "Watch and learn."

::: Benoit's locker-room :::

"So what do you know how to do so far?" Benoit asked, as he got ready for his and Stephanie's match.

Stephanie sat on the couch, tying the laces to her sneakers. "Matt, Jeff and Lita taught me how to do the twist of fate, a clothesline, the big elbow and a suplex. Oh and also this thing where I wrap my legs around my opponent's neck and twist their body around."

Benoit smirked. "The hurracanrana?"

Stephanie nodded. "Oh yeah that is what it's called. But Lita said to ask you to teach me how to do the crippler crossface."

Benoit nodded, walking over to Stephanie. "Alright, let me perform it on your first, and then you try on me."

Stephanie shook her head, planting her hands on her hips when she got up. "No way, I know how those things hurt. How about I try it on you myself?"

Benoit smirked. "Okay, here is me passed out on the mat, do the crippler crossface on me."

Stephanie nodded and bent down next to Benoit who was laid out on his stomach. "Okay here I go." Stephanie placed one arm around Benoit's throat, and put the other on his face, and pulled his neck back. "Am I doing it right?"

Benoit tried to say something, but couldn't find the words, despite she was doing it wrong, it hurt like hell. Benoit squirmed when he felt Stephanie's knee dig into his back. "Ow! ow! ow! Okay I give."

"Hey Chris I was wonderin---" Jericho stopped in the middle of his sentence when he saw Stephanie giving Benoit the crippler crossface, Jericho smirked when he saw Benoit tapping out. "Alright Steph."

Benoit let out a deep breath once Stephanie let him go, he pushed himself up and threw a look in Jericho's direction. "What did you want?" Benoit turned to Stephanie. "That was good, just apply more pressure when you do it on Trish."

Jericho crossed his arms across his chest. "Look like it was applying enough pressure to me, you look like you were about to scream 'uncle' out as loud as you could."

Stephanie smiled, bouncing a bit. "So I should it on Trish then?"

Jericho nodded. "Most definitely. Nice attire, baggy and comfortable clothes, better then some of that tight stuff Trish and Terri wear."

Stephanie nodded looking down at her clothes; She was wearing a long sleeved black t-shirt with a dragon symbol on the front of it, long baggy black pants and white sneakers and her long brown hair was in braided pigtails. "Yeah I learned a lot of moves today, so I wanted to wear something I would be able to do the moves in, I don't see how Trish and Terri do moves in their skin tight clothes."

Benoit smirked. "They don't have moves to do, that's their little secret."

Stephanie smirked. "Well I have to go talk to Lita, before the match begins, so see you out there Chris."

Benoit nodded. "See you Stephanie."

Jericho turned to Benoit once Stephanie left the locker-room. "She really hurt you didn't she?" Jericho smirked.

Benoit rubbed his neck, glaring at Jericho. "That stays in here."

Jericho laughed. "Sure, I won't tell anyone Stephanie McMahon made you tap out of your own submission move."

::: Chris Benoit & Stephanie McMahon vs. Triple H & Trish Stratus :::

Andrew looked at the television screen with a worried look on his face, he had been so busy with Shane today, that he didn't even hear the news of Stephanie and Benoit teaming up against Hunter and Trish until the last moment, and when he found out, it was too late to stop Stephanie. And now all he could do was watch the match and hope that things didn't go crazy, Andrew frowned when he saw Hunter staring at Stephanie who busy waiting for a tag in. Andrew didn't like the look on Hunter's face, it was a crazed look, which made him worry about Stephanie's welfare even more. Andrew knew Benoit would protect Stephanie the best he could, but that still didn't ease Andrew's concern.

"She's going to get hurt." Andrew muttered to Shane who was watching the match as well.

Shane rubbed his hands over his face, trying not to lose it in front of Andrew, but Shane was worried as well. Why hadn't Stephanie told him she was going to tag team with Benoit? Why was she? Stephanie didn't even know how to wrestle, why would she do something like this? "Benoit will protect her."

Andrew shook her head. "But there could be one second when he can't, like maybe when Stephanie actually gets tagged in, and then she's open game for Hunter."

Shane frowned. "She won't get tagged in ---" Shane stopped in the middle of his sentence when he saw Benoit tag in Stephanie. "Oh shit."

Andrew watched carefully, he saw Hunter still in the ring and not tagging Trish in, Andrew felt his insides start to freak out, he let his eyes bounce over to Benoit who had a shocked look on his face. "Hunter's in there with her, now do I have the right to be freaked out?"

Shane nodded slowly, as he watched Stephanie back away from Hunter, he watched her duck Hunter's advances. Hunter tried to grab Stephanie but was grabbed by the hair by Benoit; Benoit threw Hunter into the ring post, and backed off when the ref yelled at him. "Oh look Hunter's going over to Trish..." Shane said quietly as he watched Hunter tag Trish in.

Andrew nodded silently, but inside he was still freaked out, Hunter had tried to attack her, and if hadn't been for Benoit's interference Stephanie could have gotten hurt. They were getting too many close calls, there were too many times that Hunter could have hurt Stephanie but she was rescued at the last moment by someone.

"Now Trish and Stephanie are the legal people in, last time we saw Trish and Stephanie fight, was at 'No Way Out', and that wasn't a pleasant thing to watch; Even though Stephanie and Trish may be good looking, they really don't have any wrestling skills, I don't know what they are even doing in this ring." Michael Cole commented.

"I just love seeing cat fights, it energizes me." Tazz replied, smirking. "How can you not like seeing two beautiful fighting it out?" Tazz added to his last statement.

"I never said I didn't like seeing women fight, I have no problem seeing Lita and Chyna fight, but Trish and Stephanie don't interest me. They are better with the mic skills and annoying interference." Michael Cole said, watching the match, with disinterest in his eyes.

"Whoa! Stephanie just did a running clothesline on Trish! Looks like the billion dollar princess has a few moves up her sleeve." Tazz commented, as he watched the match.

"I can't believe--- ouch, Stephanie just gave Trish the twist of fate!" Michael Cole replied, sitting up in his seat, getting a little more interested in the match.

"The twist of fate? Hey doesn't that move belong to the Hardy Boyz?" Tazz asked.

"Yeah," Michael Cole replied, nodding his head. "Looks like Stephanie's friends The Hardy Boyz and Lita taught Stephanie a few moves before the match."

"Whatever it is, Stephanie is kicking ass." Tazz said, smirking.

"Well Trish Stratus isn't really a worthy opponent..." Michael Cole commented.

Tazz shook his head. "You never know when to admit defeat do you? All you do is criticize, criticize, and even more criticizing! I think Stephanie is doing pretty good out there if you ask me, the girl has gained some spunk. Come on did you see what she did on Smackdown two weeks ago? She stood up to Triple H, The Game, the cerebral assassin! I like Stephanie McMahon, she's got good friends, good moves, and the spunk to back it all up!"

Michael Cole sighed. "Oh look at that Stephanie just got on the turnbuckle, this might prove to be too early in the match to try something that risky." Michael Cole said, as he watched the match carefully.

Trish pushed herself up from the painful twist of fate she had gotten, Trish rubbed her neck, she looked up and saw Stephanie climbing on top of the turnbuckle. Trish ran to the turnbuckle and pushed Stephanie off of it, before Stephanie could do the move she was planning.

Benoit jumped down from the ring when he saw Stephanie fall to the ground, Benoit ran over to Stephanie, he kneeled down next to her and stared down at her concerned. "Are you okay? Do you need me to get the medics?" Benoit asked, getting ready to call the medics over.

Stephanie shook her head. "No, I'm fine, just help me up."

Benoit nodded and helped Stephanie up, he brushed her back off and stared at her. "Are you sure? We can disqualify the match if you don't think you can go on, it looks like you landed the wrong way."

Stephanie shook her head. "No I can handle this, I can!" Stephanie said firmly.

"Stephanie's coming back in the ring after a small talk with her tag team partner Chris Benoit. It looks like Stephanie isn't willing to give up so easily, like I said she's got spunk!" Tazz said, watching Stephanie crawl back in the ring.

Michael Cole smiled a bit. "Well I don't know about that, but she's proving to be headstrong in this match, she started off this match with a clothesline and now she is bringing out the bigger moves. Trish and Triple H can hardly believe the moves Stephanie is throwing at Trish, Stephanie McMahon will NOT give up." Michael Cole said as he watched Stephanie duck a punch thrown by Trish.

"She's proven to be taking the WWF by storm, she's a changed girl, and she wants to make sure everyone knows that. Listen to the cheering of this crowd, they want to see Stephanie win! Hell, I want to see Stephanie win! Stephanie has the man, the pride, the friends... everything is happy in McMahon-ville!" Tazz commented, smirking.

"Even I have to admit that Stephanie has been taking the WWF by surprise, especially her alliance with Chyna and Lita. Chyna has hated Stephanie for the longest time and now it seems that these two hateful enemies are becoming the best of friends, even Chris Jericho seems to be on Stephanie's side. To think this all started with Stephanie's injury on Smackdown a month ago when Stephanie was distracting the ref, for no apparent reason. Ever since the injury we saw things changing in the WWF, the relationship between Shane and Stephanie seemed to heal itself, Stephanie won back Test's love and has recently made friends with the Undertaker, those two have had a complicated past... but it seems that Stephanie's change has changed more people then just her." Michael Cole replied, not taking his eyes off the match.

"Stephanie's climbing back on the turnbuckle..." Michael Cole started but was interrupted by Tazz.

"This girl does not know when to give up, my kind of girl. Think she would leave Test for me?" Tazz questioned.

"I sincerely doubt it." Michael Cole replied, shaking his head.

Stephanie fell down to the mat, Trish advanced towards her, Stephanie let her foot connect with Trish's face; Stephanie rolled over when she saw Trish holding her face in pain. Stephanie pushed herself up, she looked to Benoit who was nodding.

"Benoit is nodding at Stephanie, as if he's giving her a sign, what do Benoit and Stephanie have up their sleeves?" Tazz asked, watching the match.

"I don't know, Benoit and Stephanie seem to be the only ones who know how this match is going to end, we will just have to wait and see... Stephanie is back on the turnbuckle..." Michael Cole was interrupted once again by Tazz.

"I can't believe this! Stephanie just gave Trish a hurracanrana! What a finishing move! It's Lita's finishing move!" Tazz exclaimed.

"Wait, Stephanie isn't pinning Trish, what is Stephanie doing? She should just pin Trish---" Michael Cole stopped in the middle of his sentence when he saw what Stephanie was doing to Trish.

"Oh my god! Stephanie is performing the crippler crossface on Trish! That's Benoit's submission move! Benoit is looking on with approval, this was the plan!" Tazz said, excited.

"Oh wait, looks like Triple H doesn't want this match to be over, he's climbing into the ring!" Michael Cole stated, as he watched Triple H to climb into the ring.

"I can't believe this! What is Triple H thinking? There can be no good thoughts in that man's head while he gets in this ring." Tazz replied, frowning.

"But wait, here's another surprise! The Undertaker just came through the crowd, the Undertaker has pulled Triple H away from the ring, the Undertaker just saved Stephanie McMahon!" Michael Cole screamed.

"And here comes Kane... the brothers of destruction have run to Stephanie's aid, the brothers of destruction are saving Stephanie McMahon from Triple H. A chokeslam from Kane and a last ride from the Undertaker and Triple H is out of the game, no pun intended." Tazz replied, watching the carnage.

"And Trish has just tapped out of the crippler crossface, the win goes to Stephanie McMahon and Chris Benoit, with unexpected help from the brothers of destruction. Tonight we have seen a new era, Stephanie McMahon is officially taking the WWF to a whole new level!" Michael Cole commented, watching Stephanie getting pulled up by Benoit.

"Listen to this crowd, they want more of daddy's little girl, listen to this standing ovation! Tonight Stephanie McMahon has proven that she will not be underestimated, tonight she has proven her worth to the WWF, she may be daddy's little girl, but she's so much more then that!" Tazz exclaimed as he watched Stephanie and Benoit leave the ring.

::: In the hallways :::

"Was that awesome or what?" Stephanie asked as her and Benoit walked down the hallway of the Heat arena.

"Yes it was," Benoit stated. "Mark and Kane... was that planned?" Benoit asked.

Stephanie shook her head. "No, I haven't talked to Mark or Kane all day; I was just as surprised as you were when I heard Michael Cole and Tazz say that Mark and Kane were beating Hunter up. But I'll have to remember to thank them, Hunter could have really hurt us, and probably cost us the match, if Mark and Kane didn't show up."

Benoit shook his head. "Hey you were real good out there, real good. Didn't think you would be able to pull it off, but you did. You took Trish by total surprise, I don't think she was expecting you to be that experienced and ready." Benoit replied.

"I don't think anyone did, you have no idea how long it took me to learn that, I'm just glad I could help you out there. And hearing the cheering of that crowd sounded good you know? All I have ever heard from them, is that damn 'slut' chant, but then I heard them cheering for us, and it sounded so good." Stephanie commented, as her and Benoit walked down the hallway.

"Gives you a rush right?" Benoit asked, smiling.

"The biggest." Stephanie replied. "It was like wow!"

Benoit laughed. "I feel like that everyday..."

"Excuse me Benoit? Stephanie?" Lillian Garcia interrupted Benoit.

Benoit looked away from Stephanie, to see Lillian. "Yeah, can we help you?"

Lillian nodded. "I was wondering if you two had any time for an interview."

Stephanie smiled. "Sure we would love to."

NEXT IN TAINTED:

Stephanie gets interviewed by Lillian Garcia.

Kane fights Hunter in a title match.

Linda and Andrew talk.

Team RECK take down Albert.