nets shit "Great, thanks guys." Lillian said softly as she guided Benoit and Stephanie to two stools. "First off, you two have never tag teamed together, so what was going on in your minds when Regal announced that you two were going to be tag team partners tonight fighting in a match against Triple H and Trish Stratus?"

Benoit rubbed his neck. "What were we thinking Lillian? Basically we were thinking about kicking Triple H and Trish Stratus's asses. You know what Lillian, when I first came to the WWF this company stood for something and now there is not even a shell of decency this company had in the beginning. People like Triple H and Albert or even X-Pac cheat their way into the main events and get the belts that wrestlers like me, Chris Jericho and Kane work our asses off to get."

Stephanie nodded. "Triple H has had it way too easy for way too long, the same goes for Trish Stratus. They just think they can go and do whatever they want and get no punishment for their actions, well I think tonight taught Trish Stratus a lesson."

Benoit smirked. "That it did."

Lillian smiled at the sight in front of her, she had heard rumors about the friendship between Benoit and Stephanie, but seeing it in front of her face right now she realized that they were no rumors. "Stephanie what was going on in your head when Triple H was trying to get into the ring to attack you?"

Stephanie shook her head. "What was going on in my head? Fear. Triple H is a scary man, I should know more then anybody, I was married to him for two years, and he is not a pleasant man. Triple H likes to be in control of everything in his life and for once in his life he's not in control, I am. I am in complete control, like Tazz said earlier, there is a new era starting, a era where Triple H is not in control."

Benoit nodded. "An era where Triple H is going to be introduced to a lot of pain. Mister IC champ thinks he's so damn good, well I am warning him right here and now, mess with my friends Triple H, you are going to be in a world of hurt."

Lillian would usually shrink back about now, it was known that Chris Benoit was not *always* a nice man, he tended to be scary at times; But Lillian could see that his threat was only directed at Triple H, so she allowed herself not to be scared of him, this time. "What were your thoughts the Undertaker and Kane came out and helped you Stephanie?"

Stephanie let a smile tug at her lips. "It was totally unexpected to see Undertaker and Kane out there but I want to thank them right now for doing so. I know that if it wasn't for them Triple H would probably have attacked me in the ring, so thank you again Undertaker and Kane and Kane, good luck on your title match on RAW against Triple H." Stephanie looked up and saw Lita walking over to them.

"What are your predictions for the Kane/Triple H title match on RAW tomorrow night?" Lillian asked, trying to keep the interview going on as long as she could.

Benoit shrugged, still rubbing his neck.

"I'm sorry but can we finish this later? I have some business to attend to." Stephanie smiled and ran over to Lita.

Benoit shrugged and walked off, still rubbing his neck, with a look of pain on his face.

Lillian sighed. "So much for the interview."

"Did you see it?" Stephanie screamed, pulling Lita into a hug.

Lita smiled hugging Stephanie back. "I saw it, you were great Steph! You and Benoit really did great out there, I'm really proud of you Stephanie."

Stephanie smiled at Lita, once they pulled apart. "Did you hear the crowd? They loved me, like they are going to love us when our plan comes into full action tomorrow."

Lita nodded. "We are going to kick some major ass, but we got a problem."

Stephanie frowned. "What's wrong?"

Lita crossed her arms against her chest. "I don't know what happened but Regal has set up a match for Monday night RAW. It's me, Jeff, Molly and Spike against the Dudley Boys, Crash and Hardcore Holly. Molly is freaking out, she tells us she doesn't mind fighting her cousins, but I think the loss of communication between her and Crash is really bringing her down. You've seen how close they used to be, and now it's like she doesn't mean a thing to her cousins. I understand Hardcore, you know how he is, but Crash always was there for Molly, he was there with her on her debut, hell she wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Crash, and this is really affecting her that Crash wants to fight her in the ring, and yes I do mean her. I heard Crash and Hardcore talking about it, Crash wants to be in the ring with Molly, Hardcore agreed."

Stephanie's eyes widened. "When did Crash become so evil?"

Lita shrugged. "I don't know. It's like he has done a total 180 on his personality. He wants revenge, and he will go to any lengths to get what he wants, him and Hardcore have even joined sides with Hunter."

Stephanie shook her head. "I wish they didn't have to be on our enemies list, I really do like Crash, he used to be real nice and Hardcore could have been a great ally to us. It doesn't matter, the plan still goes on, we'll just have to change it around a bit to fit your match."

Lita got a look on her face. "Shane will never forgive you if you get yourself hurt."

Stephanie started walking. "Shane won't know."

[ Monday Night RAW - Andrew's locker-room ]

"Look at this." Andrew said once Shane walked into the room.

Shane sighed and walked over to where Andrew was and raised his eyebrows up in questioning. "What is it? Can we hurry this up because I am not in a good mood today."

Andrew turned the vcr on and played the ending of Stephanie and Benoit's match. "There." Andrew pointed to the Undertaker and Kane coming to Stephanie's rescue.

Shane crossed his arms and knitted his eyes brows as he watched the Undertaker and Kane beat up Triple H; The realization was starting to hit Shane, why Kane and the Undertaker refused to help him, they wouldn't help them because the Undertaker and Kane were already helping someone else. "Oh what a sneak."

Andrew turned to Shane. "Who? What?"

Shane shook his head. "Stephanie. She formed her own plan, it makes so much sense now, why she's suddenly been so busy with Chyna and Lita. They're forming a plan against our own, they must have heard us somehow."

"Shit." Andrew hissed. "This can't be good."

Shane rolled his eyes. "You're my friend and all, but no shit. I grew up with this girl and I know more then anyone how competitive Stephanie can be when she thinks you are keeping her out of something. When we were in high school and she found out I was doing something and not including her in on it, she would set her mind on out-doing me."

Andrew ran his hands over his face. "How are we going to stop this?"

Shane shrugged. "In all reality Andrew, I think this is beyond stopping. I know Stephanie, she would think everything out first before actually acting on it, Stephanie would gather allies, form a plan, she's a perfectionist."

Andrew shook his head. "I don't care if she's a perfectionist or if she has this all planned out, I can't just sit back and watch her get hurt. She may be your sister but you don't... can't possibly love her the way I love her. She came to me two years ago looking for comfort, I had given it to her instantly, I was going to be married to her and then I lost her to him. I fooled myself for a long time that I didn't love her anymore, but I did... DO. I lost everything... Stephanie, Albert, Trish... just when I thought I couldn't lose anything more, I gained something, her. I would never bestow any sort of pain on Steph, but that injury changed everything for me, because that injury eventually brought your sister back to me. I once made a mistake on not fighting for someone I love, and I will not make the same mistake twice, I can't let myself let her get hurt. I love her so much Shane, I always have and it's hard watching her get hurt, do you know how freaked out I was during that tag team match? Hunter was going to hurt her, he WILL hurt her, if we don't do something. Hunter doesn't have her anymore and he doesn't want anyone to have her, do you know how much it will kill me if I lost her Shane? It would kill me, because she completes me, she's my other half and I can't live without her... so when you tell me this is beyond stopping this, those words don't mean shit to me, because I won't, can't, comprehend them."

Shane watched Andrew carefully, he studied Andrew's cheek muscle and how it tensed up as the words spilled out of Andrew's mouth. Shane could feel his heart tug at Andrew's words, Shane had known Andrew loved his sister, but up until now, Shane didn't know how much.

"Look you think I like this? You think I like seeing how he looks at her, how he looks at her like some sort of prey that he is about to pounce on? I don't! I want this to end, but as much as we tried to make this just our battle, it isn't. It's her battle too you know? This isn't about protecting, this is about her getting what she needs... closure, revenge, etc. I'm not going to let him hurt her, but I am not going to stop her. For a long time everyone treated her as if she was glass, no one would look at her sideways afraid that she would break, she's not glass. She's strong and she can do this, I'm not going to let her do this alone, but stopping her now, would be saying she can't do it, I would be just like everybody else. You say you love her, if you do, you'll let her fight."

"She can get hurt." Andrew said, lowering his voice.

"Everybody hurts, but no one can cope without pain, if we put her in this damn plastic bubble for the rest of her life, she won't be Steph. I am going to do my best to make sure she is safe, but I will NOT make her give up on this fight." Shane said, turning to leave.

"Where are you going?" Andrew asked, watching Shane about to leave.

"To fight my own fight." Shane replied quickly before leaving the locker-room.

[ Vince's Office ]

Vince watched the tape of the Stephanie/Benoit and Trish/Hunter tag team match, his daughter was learning moves and she was learning them fast. Vince fast forwarded the tape to Stephanie and Benoit's interview and frowned as he listened to the words coming out of Stephanie and Benoit's mouths; Stephanie was challenging him, by standing by Benoit's side as he trashed the WWF, Stephanie was becoming one of his enemies.

Vince loved his daughter, oh god did he love her, she was his angel, but this company came first, and Stephanie was endangering the company. As Shane tried to do, and was still trying to do... Vince expected this from Shane but not Stephanie, not his baby girl. Stephanie could have ruled at his side, like she had been doing for two years, but now she was becoming one of the people he had done his damn hardest to pull down. Her interaction with Benoit was becoming more often, Benoit was already attached to Stephanie and like-wise, Stephanie was also friends with Jericho, Vince didn't know who his daughter was anymore. One day she had been "Mrs. Game", the billion dollar princess, his daughter... And now she was...

She was Shane's sister now. Yes she had always been his sister but Stephanie's loyalties had laid with him and the WWF and Hunter, and now Stephanie's loyalties laid with Shane and Andrew and damnit Benoit as well.

Vince had already lost the battle with Stephanie; Stephanie was popular now, popular and known for her suddenly sweet and friendly side, a side that now attracted the fans and the WWF superstars. Vince had no choice, he had to pull Stephanie down, like all the rest... like The Rock... like Mick Foley. What would good ol' Mick and Rock do if they knew what was to happen? Would The Rock come strolling in, not giving a shit, and protect Stephanie? Would Mick run in with his dirty, disgusting sock and save the day? Vince didn't care anymore, he knew what he had to do and damn it, he was going to do it.

"Hey Vince." Steve greeted as he walked in.

Vince smiled, no grinned widely when he saw Steve. "Just the man I wanted to see."

Steve smiled, despite what was going on in his head. "What's up Vince?"

Vince got up, still smiling. "Tonight that pesky daughter of mine is going down, along with her buddies, along with Shane and Andrew. Stephanie is going down, and at the hands of the experts in tables."

Steve contained the glare and smiled. "Great, it happens tonight?" Steve asked.

Vince nodded. "You'll accompany Hunter to the ring in his match against Kane, which when it's over, the tag team match with Spike, Molly, Jeff and Lita against The Dudley Boys, Crash and Hardcore, will begin. I know for a fact my good doing daughter will run out and help her friends, D-Von and Buh Buh Ray will put my precious daughter through a table." Vince smirked.

Steve nodded. "I'm going to talk to Hunter."

Vince smiled. "Go ahead, see you out there Steve."

Steve nodded and walked out, finally letting the disgusted look on his face appear.

Vince was serious, Steve could tell that, Vince was going to have his daughter broken tonight, his own daughter, his own blood! Steve didn't have time to warn Stephanie, he would just have to be there, to protect her... who gives what the fans thought? He would betray Hunter tonight, help Kane win, and then he would protect Stephanie McMahon.

And maybe just get a little bit of his soul back.

[ Starbucks Coffee ]

Andrew sat down next to Linda, casting her a worried look. "Thanks for coming Linda."

Linda nodded, putting her coffee aside and stared into Andrew's eyes seriously. "What's wrong Andrew? There is obviously a reason you asked me to come here, you sounded so frantic on the phone, so scared, what is going on?"

Andrew sighed slowly. "Stephanie, she's getting herself in a lot of trouble. I don't know if you have been watching, but she is planning to take Hunter down, I have no problem with that... but she is digging herself a hole, and I am so scared, that she won't be able to get out. I love her so much Linda, and I wouldn't ask you here if I didn't..."

Linda nodded. "I know, I know you love my daughter. And I also know about her plan, and I know that she is getting in too deep with this, but I have to agree with Shane on this one. She needs to do this, she needs to grow as a person, and if she doesn't do this, she won't be able to grow, and that means she can't completely love you with all of her heart and soul. I know my daughter, for once in my life I know my daughter, and what she is doing is justified, she is challenging the WWF, she's making a name for herself, making a name for the other WWF superstars, she's making a name for you. She's not the only one that is sick of the way people are treated in the WWF by Vince and Hunter, but by doing this she might be ending it all."

Andrew scoffed. "At what cost? Her health? Her life?"

Linda put her hand on Andrew's shoulder. "She's a McMahon, she'll put her body on the line to do what she needs to do, no matter how many bumps she gets, she will always get up."

Andrew shook his head. "And what if she doesn't this time?"

Linda forced a smile. "She ALWAYS does."

"I can't take the chance. I heard talk, and it doesn't sound good, Vince should not be trusted, I heard that Vince doesn't like the new Stephanie..." Andrew started.

Linda nodded. "He doesn't and he should NOT be trusted and Stephanie knows that. She loves her dad but she also knows what kind of a man he is, she's prepared."

Andrew took a sip of his coffee. "She may be but I'm not."

Linda smirked. "You weren't prepared for what she is doing to your heart. Don't look at me that way, I see the way your eyes sparkle whenever she is around, how you suddenly seem like a school boy when she stares at you. That is what love does to you and I see the love you have for her, and I am glad that she finally found someone who loves her back, and believe me she loves you, she always has. You brought my daughter back to me, you brought a part of her back to her, and she seems to brought a part of you back to you."

Andrew nodded. "God I love her, and just the thought of losing her is driving me insane."

Linda smiled softly at Andrew. "You won't lose her, she has no intention on leaving you."

"No one ever does, you don't plan on leaving, but sometimes things happen, bad things. Hunter is crazy, he won't give up until something completely terrible happens to Stephanie, and everyone is telling me to relax, how can I relax when I can't control losing Stephanie?" Andrew asked, raising his voice.

"Please, calm down." Linda asked, in a soft voice.

"I can't!" Andrew screamed, jumping up. "Don't ask me to calm down when I have no idea what is going to happen! Why am I even here? I should be there---" Andrew stopped when he saw the tv above them being turned to channel 12, Andrew sat down and listened to Jim Ross and Paul Heyman.

"Well RAW seems to be one interesting event after another Paul. We just showed the interview with Stephanie McMahon that was taken earlier, it seems that Stephanie has a little surprise she wants to show the residents of San Francisco tonight, or at least that is what she told me." JR commented, he sat up as Molly Holly's music entered the arena.

"That Stephanie is such a doll! I always loved her! But enough about Stephanie McMahon, can you believe we got a new IC champ?" Paul asked.

"Speaking of, that was an incredible match! Kane had Triple H dominated throughout the whole match, there was one point at the ending of the match that it looked like Kane was going to lose, but then the most shocking thing happened, Stone Cold Steve Austin turned on Triple H and attacked him with a chair various times." JR said, turning to Paul.

Paul nodded. "Yes, that was a big shock! I had no idea that was going to happen, another reason why Stephanie McMahon is a dangerous lady, she has a lot of friends we would never expect. But poor Stone Cold, he was rushed to the hospital with a broken tailbone at the hands of no other then Billy Gunn." Paul said, shaking his head.

JR nodded, shaking his head as well. "Well Billy Gunn may have gotten the attack on Stone Cold but it was Team RECK who took the win over Billy Gunn. Billy Gunn on the way out of the match got caught in between Edge and Christian and Billy Gunn received a painful conchairto by Christian and Edge and then he got a gore from the man beast himself, Rhyno!"

Paul made a snorting noise. "And if Team RECK hadn't done enough damage, after the match they continued the vicious attacks and went after X-Factor."

JR shook his head. "X-Factor deserved it, X-Factor have cheated their way into the WWF and now it's time for a little revenge and if it's Team RECK to give that revenge, so be it."

"And to continue the shock, Triple H now has The Radicalz and the Dudley Boys and the Holly cousins on his side." Paul commented.

"Speaking of, it seems that we have all our tag team members here, Crash and Molly are the first people in..."

Andrew grabbed his coat. "I have to go, Stephanie is going to interfere I know it." Andrew waved and ran out of the coffee shop, not waiting for a reply from Linda, all he knew was that he had to get to the arena.

[ RAW Arena - San Francisco, CA ]

Shane watched the match cautiously from Andrew's locker-room, Shane didn't know where Andrew was, but since Shane didn't have a locker-room of his own, he had to use Andrew's. Shane flinched as he saw Lita thrown into the post corner, things were not going well for Lita, Jeff, Molly and Spike.

Jeff had gotten the tag in before Lita, about 3 minutes ago but was brutalized by the Dudley Boys and thrown through a table by D-Von, right now Jeff was being checked on by the medics, but Jeff refused to end the match.

Buh Buh Ray and D-Von had done the 3D on Spike.

Crash and Hardcore had double teamed on Molly.

Shane flinched again as he watched Crash jump in the ring and helped D-Von beat Lita up; Shane smirked as he saw Molly push herself up and pull Crash out of the ring. Shane could hardly believe Molly still had any strength left in her to pull Crash out of the ring.

Shane's eyes widened as he saw Stephanie running down the titantron. "Oh god Steph..." Shane turned around when he saw the door open. "She's going to get hurt Andrew."

Andrew nodded. "So let's go."

Shane nodded and him and Andrew ran out the door started to run towards the ring.

Stephanie slid into the ring and pulled D-Von away from Lita; Stephanie staggered back when she saw D-Von approaching her, she turned around once she bumped into Buh Buh Ray. "No..." Stephanie said hoarsely.

Buh Buh Ray smirked and looked over at Crash who had kicked Molly, throwing her off of him. "Get the tables." Buh Buh Ray screamed to Crash.

Hardcore jumped down from the ring and pulled the table out with Crash, they set up the table and nodded, moving out of the way.

Jeff looked up and tried to push himself up when he saw D-Von and Buh Buh Ray grab Stephanie, but he landed back down the floor with a sickening thud. "Someone help her!" Jeff screamed.

Molly tried to push herself up but she was body slammed by Hardcore.

Lita pushed herself up and punched D-Von, who staggered a bit, but then kicked Lita, throwing her back.

"Let's do it." D-Von said to Buh Buh Ray.

Buh Buh Ray nodded and then they both lifted Stephanie's body up in the air and then threw her over the ring and watched her land on the table, the table cracking in half, and possibly Stephanie's body.

The bell rang throughout the arena, indicating that the match was ending because of disqualification because of Stephanie's interference; Buh Buh Ray and D-Von slid out of the ring and walked up the titantron and disappeared backstage.

Lita pushed herself up slowly, and looked over the rings with a look of horror on her face, Lita slid out of the ring despite the pain and crawled over to Stephanie. "Oh my god... medics!" Lita screamed, as she touched Stephanie's arm, trying weakly to wake Stephanie up.

Spike crawled over to Molly. "Hey you okay?"

Molly nodded, holding her head. "Stephanie..." Molly pointed over to where Lita was.

Spike nodded and guided him and Molly over to where Lita was. "H-How is she?" Spike asked weakly.

Lita looked up with a sad look on her face. "She won't wake up."

Jeff looked over to where Molly, Lita and Spike were, huddling over Stephanie, trying to desperately to wake her up. Jeff would have already been over there, but the medics wouldn't let him get up, plus his back hurt like hell, and he knew there was no way in hell he could make his way over to Stephanie and the gang without hurting himself more. Jeff closed his eyes, not wanting to see the carnage anymore, Jeff finally opens his eyes when he hears Shane's theme music pound throughout the arena.

Crash tore his eyes away from Stephanie and the sick way her body was twisted on top of the broken table, Crash looked up at the titantron and saw Andrew and Shane running towards them. "Bob..." Crash started.

Hardcore shook his head and pulled Crash behind him, to protect him of whatever was to come. Hardcore would never admit this to anyone but Hardcore loved the hell out of Crash, Hardcore would do anything to protect his little cousin. Crash was his best friend, Hardcore had always looked out for Crash, even though half the time it didn't seem that way, Hardcore would have given up any sort of belt to protect Crash, but if it was the last thing he did, he would never tell Crash how he felt. Hardcore wasn't really good with emotions, so Hardcore wouldn't know where to begin to tell Crash how much he loved him, Hardcore wasn't like Molly and Crash, who would just spurt out the words like they were the easiest words to say. Hardcore looked over at Molly who was now looking up at him in awe, Hardcore loved Crash but like he had said, Molly was no concern of his. Hardcore didn't want to seem like an asshole but he didn't feel anything for Molly, his protection and love was for Crash, and when Molly entered the picture Hardcore had warmed up to his youngest cousin but then the Spike thing happened and Hardcore just stopped caring.

Molly stared at Hardcore, her oldest cousin, in awe; For a moment she allowed herself to forget where she was and who was hurt, all she could see was how Hardcore had instantly pushed Crash behind him, to protect him. It was the sweetest thing she had seen her oldest cousin do, she had never really seen Hardcore express human emotions but when he did, he usually expressed them towards Crash. Molly looked eyes with Hardcore and saw the emotionless look in his eyes directed to her, Molly would usually be affected by it, but she knew that she wasn't Hardcore's favorite cousin, she always knew. Hardcore found her annoying with her constant optimism, she knew that for sure, Molly had never really hung out with Hardcore when they were younger, she had always hung out with Crash. Molly frowned when she thought of Crash, her and Crash had at one time been so close, and now he had attacked her with no emotion in his body towards her. Molly had said that it didn't affect her anymore, but it did... Molly loved Crash, they were best friends... cousins... almost like best friends, and now what was he to her? An enemy. But that was only because Crash wanted to make them out to be that, she loved Spike and would continue doing so and Crash couldn't accept that, so their feud started, it hurt her to see her cousin, her best friend, be so evil. Crash wasn't evil by nature, he was the sweetest little thing, ferocious when he wanted to be, but usually sweet, and that was what had surprised her the most by his raging anger towards her.

Crash stared at Molly while he continued to stay behind Hardcore, not daring to move, feeling safe behind his oldest cousin. Crash stared at the look on Molly's face, it was a mixture between anger, sadness and confusion and there was a bit of awe in her sparkling eyes. Crash let a little smile tug at his lips, unaware to Molly, even though Crash was attacking her, he still loved his little cousin Molly. They were best friends growing up, Hardcore had always been the most popular one, Molly and him had been less popular but it hadn't really bothered them, they just stuck together, they were a team. They took their first fighting class together, they both shared the dream of becoming WWF superstars, him and Molly were exactly like in personality, they were a match, they were more brother and sister then actual cousins. But when Molly fell for Spike Dudley it had enraged Crash, it was known everywhere that the Hollys and the Dudleys were not friendly with one another, they were mortal enemies and Molly dared to betray, disgrace the Holly name by going out with that... Dudley boy. Crash was not usually one to be naturally mean, but when someone disgraced the family name, he got angry and Molly was doing so. It didn't matter if she was in love with him or not, she was turning her back on her family, she was turning her back on him. And that was what hurt the most, Molly had always been his best friend, supported him when Hardcore didn't, and with one glance of Spike Dudley she was turning her back on him. Hardcore had told him if she wanted to go frolic off with the Dudley boy let her and stop dwelling on it, that was Hardcore alright... always making Crash feel inferior. It hurt most of the time when Hardcore would speak to Crash to in that lecturing tone of his, Crash always felt like a little child around Hardcore, but there were times when Hardcore would smile at Crash and slap hands with him or wrap his arm around Crash's neck and Crash would feel superior to Hardcore, he would feel as if he was best friends with Hardcore, he felt that Hardcore wanted him around. Crash took one more glance at Molly and frowned, he missed his cousin... he missed his cousins. Hardcore and Molly were his family, the only he knew, and Crash felt like he was losing both of them.

Andrew ran down the titantron with Shane by his side, Shane pushed past Andrew as he ran to the broken table with the broken body on top of it.

"This stops now!" Shane raised his voice.

Andrew shook his head. "God, I didn't know this was going to happen, if I knew this was going to happen I would have never allowed her to come out here, you think I want her hurt?"

"It doesn't matter you didn't know or not, it doesn't matter whose fault this was, this stops right now and here. I'm taking my dad down for what happened tonight and if anyone wants to stop me, do it now." Shane picked up Stephanie's body holding her tightly against him.

"Shane..." Crash emerged from his hiding spot behind his older cousin.

Shane glared at Crash. "You want to stop me?"

Crash shook his head. "No I want to join you."

Shane's eyes got big. "How could you possibly want to join me? You along with your cousin and the Dudley Boys put my sister through a table, you helped Hunter get revenge, and now you want to join me?"

Crash nodded. "I'm sick of how me and Bob been acting, I want to help you, and maybe... just maybe help myself."

"Help yourself with what?" Andrew asked confused.

"Getting in good graces with his cousin." Bob replied. "I frankly don't care what Molly does, she's no concern of mine, but Crash does, he wants to be friends with her again, so you help us, we'll help you."

Shane stared at Crash for a few seconds and then Hardcore, who had his eyes planted on Crash, Shane would have smirked, Hardcore was doing this for Crash. "She's right there, go ahead and talk to her." Shane replied, starting to talk up the titantron with Stephanie in his arms and Andrew at his side.

Crash looked at Hardcore. "Should I?"

Hardcore shrugged. "Like I care, if you want to play make up with Molly go ahead, just leave me out of it. I swear Crash..."

Crash lowered his eyes at the tone in Hardcore's voice. "You're right who needs Molly!? I'm going backstage." Crash looked up and smiled at Hardcore before running up the titantron and disappearing backstage.

Hardcore stared after Crash and suddenly felt guilt enter his body for sounding so cold and disgusted with Crash, he wasn't trying to be mean, he just didn't know how to react when Crash would look up at him, staring at him with pondering eyes, like some damn puppy dog.

"You are so mean." Molly said, limping over, with Spike in tow.

Hardcore glared at Molly, then at Spike. "Why don't you and your Dudley boy just leave me alone?"

Molly shook her head. "You are so obvious Bob, Crash is your best friend, I know the feeling, he used to be mine at one time. You know Crash has adored you his whole life, and all you do is make him feel like a little child. Why do you feel the need to make him feel so inferior? I saw the way you pushed him behind you, to protect him, but yet when it comes to the time to be nice, you make him feel awful."

Hardcore's eyes softened, but the glare was still painted on his face. "Like I care what you have to say, you're the one that hurt him by turning your back on him for our enemy."

Molly shook his head. "I never turned my back on either of you, but you don't care do you? I've only seen you protect one person with your life in your life and that's Crash, but you don't care what I do, because I'm not a concern of yours."

Hardcore turned to leave. "Just leave me alone."

Molly turned to Spike. "I wish they didn't hate me so much."

Spike put his arm around Molly's neck. "Crash doesn't, I can see it in his eyes, just give him a little time."

NEXT IN TAINTED:

Andrew and Stephanie talk while she is in the hospital.

Shane warns Triple H.

Benoit along with Jericho and Chyna take down The Dudley Boys.

Hardcore tries to talk to Crash.