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 Hunter; 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 brother and sister, 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.
