ff
Well I'm shameless when it
comes to loving you
I'll do anything you want me
to
I'll do anything at all
And I'm standing here for all
the world to see
Oh baby, that's what's left of
me
Don't have very far to fall
You know now I'm not a man who's
ever been
Insecure about the world I've
been living in
I don't break easy, I have my
pride
But if you need to be satisfied
I'm shameless, oh honey, I don't
have a prayer
Every time I see you standin'
there
I go down upon my knees
And I'm changing, swore I'd never
compromise
Oh, but you convinced me otherwise
I'll do anything you please
You see in all my life I've never
found
What I couldn't resist, what
I couldn't turn down
I could walk away from anyone
I ever knew
But I can't walk away from you
I have never let anything have
this much control over me
I work too hard to call my life
my own
And I've made myself a world
and it's worked so perfectly
But it's your world now, I can't
refuse
I've never had so much to lose
Oh, I'm shameless
You know it should be easy for
a man who's strong
To say he's sorry or admit when
he's wrong
I've never lost anything I've
ever missed
But I've never been in love like
this
It's out of my hands
I'm shameless, I don't have the
power now
I don't want it anyhow
So I got to let it go
Oh, I'm shameless, shameless as
a man can be
You make a total fool of me
I just wanted to you to know
Oh, I'm shameless, I just wanted
you to know
Oh, I'm shameless, Oh, I'm down
on my knees... shameless
Andrew sat in the wooden chair as
he stared at Stephanie and Shane; They were both sitting on the couch,
Shane had his arm around Stephanie's neck and Stephanie had her head on
Shane's shoulder, both of them asleep. Andrew sighed, no one had said anything
about the near kidnapping, but it was all Andrew could think of.
"Andrew, you should get some sleep."
Shane said, yawning.
Andrew perked his body up. "I thought
you were sleeping Shane."
Shane shook his head, still holding
on to Stephanie. "Not anymore. You're driving yourself insane over this."
Andrew rolled his eyes. "And how
exactly am I supposed to feel about this? DDP tried to kidnap Stephanie,
Hunter was in on it --- " Andrew started but was cut off by Shane.
"I know we have no reason to believe
this, but Stephanie said Hunter protected her. Stephanie said Hunter speared
DDP and told her to leave." Shane said, rubbing his face.
"You're right, we have no reason
whatsoever to believe that bullshit, Stephanie is out of her mind if she
thinks Hunter was trying to protect her, I bet he was in on it, I will
be dead before the day I believe Hunter tried to protect Stephanie, not
after all the shit he did to her in the first place. I can't believe you
would even consider to believe that Hunter has a human heart, that's like
saying pigs really do have wings and they fly around the world." Andrew
replied, a look of anger on his face.
Shane sighed. "Hey we weren't there,
we don't know what happened and just for the record I'm not saying Hunter
has a human heart or is an ally of ours, I was just repeating what Stephanie
told me. And you don't think I don't know how damn close I was to losing
her? Don't you think I want to go kill DDP? Because if you're thinking
that then you don't know shit, I'm terrified here okay? I was asleep while
that bastard DDP tried to take Stephanie, maybe ... "
"Don't you dare blame yourself."
Andrew said, pointing his finger at Shane. "Because I won't allow you to
do that, you're a great big brother, I've seen you drive yourself insane
when you weren't able to protect her and you shouldn't do that .... "
Shane smirked. "Take your own advice
Andrew. Hey I'm going to go have a talk with my dad, if Stephanie wakes
up tell her I will be right back." Shane untangled himself away from Stephanie
and got off the couch.
"Shane, don't do anything you can't
back yourself up on." Andrew said watching Shane walk over to the locker-room
door.
"I'll try not to." Shane said, smirking;
Shane waved and walked out of the locker-room, leaving Andrew alone with
Stephanie.
[ Vince's Office ]
"Who the hell do you think you are?"
Shane yelled, bursting through the door of Vince's office.
Vince jumped up, putting his hands
up. "Is she okay?" Vince asked, quickly.
"Why would you even care --- " Shane
stopped when he saw Hunter sitting in a chair next to Vince. "I'm going
to kill you." Shane said, taking a step towards Hunter.
Vince stepped in front of Shane.
"Stop! You have no reason to believe us but we're worried about Stephanie."
Shane laughed. "You're right, I don't
believe you. Hunter tried to kidnap Stephanie ... "
Hunter jumped up. "No, wait! We were
at first, I mean just stalk her, but then I saw DDP grab her and I stopped
him."
Shane shook his head. "Why should
I believe you?"
Hunter was quiet for a long time
until he finally spoke up. "Because I'm done with it okay Shane? I'm done
with the attacks, the names, the orders ... I'm done with it all. I went
insane, I couldn't deal with losing Stephanie so I lost it, but tonight
my eyes opened up to the carnage I have been doing to her, and I don't
want to hurt her anymore. I loved her okay? I really did and I screwed
up, I have screwed up a lot of things in my life ... I screwed up Chyna's
life, ruined her chances in having an easy time dealing with things and
I don't want to do that to Stephanie anymore. I'll do anything you want
me to do, but I don't want anything to do with Stephanie's pain anymore."
Shane raised his eyebrow. "I have
no reason to believe you Hunter, but for some reason I am. Hurt my sister,
you are going to die, no doubt about that. I'm giving you my trust, don't
screw with it like you do everytime." Shane then stared at his father.
"How could you do this to her?"
Vince sighed. "Listen Hunter isn't
the only one who wants this to stop; I don't know how I could do this but
I know that I don't want to hurt my baby girl anymore ... " Vince started
but was cut off by Shane.
"You know, she hates you. You put
her through so much ever since her debut in the WWF, she has lost all compassion
for you. She used to think you were a righteous man, a man that she would
be proud to call her father but all that love and trust she had in you
is gone and you don't deserve it anyways." Shane said, pointing a finger
at his father.
Vince's eyes dropped, as awful as
his son's words were, every single word was true. "I know. But I am still
her father and I want to make amends for what we did to her, I can at least
try ... "
Shane shook his head. "That's the
least you two can do. Andrew is going to kill me when he finds out that
I'm actually giving you two a chance, I can't even believe I'm giving you
two a chance, especially after what you did to her Hunter, but you did
save her from DDP... listen I'll talk to Stephanie, this can only be her
decision." Shane turned to leave but then looked at Hunter and Vince. "You
two better be worth it." Shane then turned back around and left.
[ Stephanie's locker-room ]
Stephanie tossed and turned on her
spot on the couch, her mind lost in a endless nightmare, the image of DDP
grabbing her kept flying into her mind, it kept haunting her like a horrible
nightmare in repeat. She couldn't see his face because of the black ski
mask but deep down in her heart she knew it was him, the hissing in her
ear chilled her to the bone and his hold on her seemed never-ending. Stephanie's
face scrunched up as she was pushed aside, shock registered in her body
when she saw Hunter spear DDP, Hunter then turned to her and told her to
leave. Hunter was protecting her, the evil glare he always had for her
was suddenly gone and all she could see was that he wanted her safe, something
that he hadn't wanted her to be in a long time. Stephanie could feel the
scream tug at the back of her throat as she watched DDP give Hunter a diamond
cutter, then everything went in a blur as the events replayed in her mind;
DDP grabbed a hold of her arm as hard as he could, his fingernails dug
into her skin but then he released his grasp as Jericho's voice entered
her ears, she watched DDP grab Hunter and the two escaped. Stephanie could
feel her body shaking but the outside world didn't seem to exist until
Jericho's voice entered her ears, he asked if she was okay and then the
next thing Stephanie knew she was being pulled into a hug by Shane and
then a few minutes later by Benoit. Everything after that was black, Stephanie
whimpered in her sleep as the nightmare begun again but this time it was
different; This time Hunter or Jericho never came to her rescue and DDP
had drug her to his limo and ...
"Stephanie!" Andrew screamed, pushing
Stephanie's body.
Andrew had been watching Stephanie
sleep while Shane went to handle his business with his dad, at first Stephanie's
slumber had been silent and relaxed but soon it had developed into Stephanie
tossing and turning on the couch, her face with a mixture of fear and shock
painted on her face. Andrew hadn't decided to wake Stephanie until he had
heard the scared whimpers escape her mouth.
Stephanie fluttered her blue eyes
open, she blinked them a few times until the image of Andrew's face looming
over her body became clear. "Andrew?" Stephanie asked, rubbing her eyes
sleepily.
"Yeah," Andrew said, sitting down
on the couch next to her, he kept staring at her concerned. "Are you okay?
You kept whimpering, were you having a nightmare?" Andrew asked.
Stephanie nodded, pushing herself
up. "It won't go away, this feels like what Mark did all that time ago
all over again, except this time I don't know what DDP's motives are. I'm
so scared Andrew, right now it feels too surreal, I mean you don't expect
that sort of thing, even though I should because it has happened to me
before. I know you don't want to hear this Andrew, but Hunter he protected
me."
Andrew shook his head. "Stephanie,
obviously you're not thinking straight ... "
Stephanie stood up, her knees were
a little shaky at first but then she finally regained her composure. "Andrew,
believe me I even had a hard time believing that Hunter would want to protect
me since he has being the one making my life like hell, but Hunter speared
DDP and then told me to leave, he was trying to protect me."
Andrew stared at Stephanie, a look
of doubt embedded in his eyes. "Stephanie ... " Andrew's voice was cut
off by Shane.
"Stephanie's right. I just got done
talking to my dad and Hunter, and I know we have no reason to believe that
Hunter wants Stephanie safe from harm but I believe him. He says he's done
with it, done with hurting Stephanie and us, he told me he'll do anything
to prove that to us." Shane said, throwing his coat on the floor.
"I can't believe you two actually
want to think that Hunter is capable of changing ... " Andrew started but
was cut off by Stephanie.
"Didn't I?" Stephanie asked, looking
at Andrew.
Andrew sighed. "Fine, we'll give
him a chance, but I'll be watching him closely, one little mistake and
he's gone, get it?"
"Got it." Stephanie said, smiling.
"See I knew you were a reasonable man."
Shane laughed. "Nah, he just got
caught in a double standard that's all."
Andrew rolled his eyes. "Hey, be
nice, I might change my mind."
[ Vince's office ]
"Dad ... " Stephanie said, walking
into Vince's office with The Rock by her side.
"Stephanie, I have been wanting to
talk to you." Vince said, starting to stand up, but he sat back down when
The Rock brought his hand up.
"Stephanie McMahon has come here
to offer you a deal, so shut up and listen." The Rock said, moving aside.
Stephanie smiled and walked up to
Vince's desk. "Dad, listen this is clearly business, as you know me and
Shane have put our two companies together to make one whole big company,
known as WECW. Well my ECW guys are still WWF guys so I need you to sign
this contract that confirms that you have distinguished their contracts
and that they are free to join the WECW with no legal arguments from you
or the rest of the WWF."
"Stephanie, please can't we just
talk?" Vince asked, looking at his daughter hopefully.
"Yeah sure, just sign these contracts
first. Mick Foley's contract had already been distinguished by you, so
there is no need for you to end his contract, but Rhyno, Andrew, Justin,
Tazz, The Dudley Boyz, The Rock and Raven still belong to the WWF so will
you please sign the contract?" Stephanie pushed the paper to her dad.
Vince took the pen and started to
sign, not even bothering to read the contract, right now he didn't care,
all he wanted to do was make Stephanie happy and if this is what he had
to do to make his baby girl happy, he would do it. "There." Vince said,
handing Stephanie the signed contract.
Stephanie looked over the contract,
her icy blue eyes reading everything, and then she smiled. "Thanks dad,
look sorry to have you sign and ditch but I have to take this to the lawyers,
bye." Stephanie waved and left Vince's office with The Rock still at her
side.
[ Outside Vince's office ]
Stephanie turned to The Rock and
grinned. "This contract right here is all we need to take the WWF down.
As of now Raven, you, Andrew, Justin, Tazz, The Dudley Boyz and Rhyno belong
to WECW, and we are now free to destroy the WWF."
The Rock smirked. "Vince McMahon
will never see it coming."
Stephanie nodded. "Daddy should have
thought about the repercussions of his actions before he did them. See
the WWF has never been threatened like this, because no one had the power
we do, but we have the power to take my daddy down. We will invade his
company, destroying his matches and then we will finally take him down
at a PPV event and I will finally show him that it's all evolution." Stephanie
grinned.
[ WECW meeting ]
Stephanie watched all the wrestlers
of both WCW and ECW sit down next to each other, something they have never
done before, Stephanie smiled at everybody, she turned to Shane who was
waiting for next move. Stephanie had told Shane the plan, how they would
take the WWF down, and make a name for themselves, give WECW the respect
they deserve and he had agreed to go along with it.
"Listen everybody, this is the first
time ever that ECW and WCW stars have joined together for one cause, and
that one cause is the WWF and Vince McMahon. He has shot you down, he has
humiliated you, he has treated you unfairly, not giving you the respect
you fully deserve and now it's time to get what has been coming to you
and him. Together we can take him down, we can run the WWF out of business
and make it ours. The WWF is not as tough as they like to think they are,
we need to find their weaknesses and crush them and then finally crush
the WWF. Together WECW can do it; Alone, separated, we can not accomplish
this task. No scratch that, not a task ... together we can choose our own
destinies. No WWF star can stop us from our destiny, we were born to do
this! We were born to succeed in the world wrestling federation and Vince
McMahon can not stop us, not even god himself can stop this war from happening.
This is a war, a war that has been begging to happen and we need to fight
this war with everything we got, we need to declare victory, wave that
flag with a grin on our faces, knowing that we have won the long, violent
war, and we can be proud to know that we have come up on top!" Stephanie
said, with a straight, serious look on her face.
"There is no tomorrow, there is no
yesterday, everything is about today. Raven, Tazz, Andrew, The Rock, Rhyno,
Justin, Dudley Boyz, all of you have turned your backs on the WWF and defected
to ECW; The WWF will never take you back, you got to prove that you know
where you belong. We have to take Vince McMahon down, we have to stab that
final knife in his back and take the WWF away from him and make it ours."
Shane said, grinning at the commotion in the locker-room.
"It's all about evolution! Me and
Shane will come out on top because it is known that children are
stronger, smarter and generally out live their parents, and my father has
lived on top way too long and it's time for us to take him down. Together
me, Shane, Paul Heyman and all of you can do this, but we need to know
that all of you are in for the long and exhausting and violent haul. Are
you in!?" Stephanie screamed.
"We're in!" The voices of the WECW
stars screamed.
"Louder!" Shane screamed.
"We're in!" They screamed louder.
Stephanie grinned. "Let's do this!"
Paul Heyman stood up and raised Shane
and Stephanie's hands. "To take down the WWF!"
[ Smackdown - APA VS. Christian
and Edge ]
Stephanie watched from the television
set backstage as The APA and Christan and Edge fought, Stephanie smirked
and turned to Shane, who nodded. "Let the invasion begin." Stephanie said,
smiling.
"The match is on fire, The APA
and Christian and Edge are giving it their all, but --- wait what is this?
The Dudley Boyz just gave Bradshaw a 3D and Farooq has just recieved a
Dudley Dog by Buh Buh Ray, but now The Dudley Boyz are attacking Christian
and Edge! Edge just went through a table, Christian is out cold from a
3D! The Dudley Boyz who have recently defected to ECW have destroyed both
tag teams and have destroyed the match!" JR
screamed, watching the scene.
"JR, it doesn't seem to be over.
Shane McMahon's music is playing, what does the WCW chairman have to say?"
Michael
Cole asked, his eyes sparking in curiosity.
"Wait it's not just Shane, Stephanie
McMahon is coming out too! Look at the grins on their faces! This was all
planned!" JR exclaimed.
Shane walked down the titantron with
Stephanie's arm linked with his; Shane hopped up and climbed in the ring,
he pushed down the ropes to allow Stephanie easier access into the ring.
Shane smiled and handed Stephanie a microphone and then got his own.
"Why thank you Shane." Stephanie
said, smiling. She then looked at The APA and Christian and Edge who were
all passed out. "Well well ... good job Dudley Boyz!" Stephanie slapped
hands with D-Von and Buh Buh Ray.
Shane nodded. "Great job."
Stephanie smiled. "See everybody,
tonight was just the beginning of the end of the WWF. Go ahead and boo
me, call me a slut, do whatever you fans like to do, but here is the stone
cold truth WECW is here to stay and we are going to dominate the WWF. Because
the WWF and Vince McMahon have been around way too long, and now it's time
for WCW and ECW to shine like the real champions they are! While the WWF
played it safe ECW and WCW were cheated out of the stardom we deserve,
but no longer! Together we will fulfill our destinies, we will not back
down until we are up on top."
Shane nodded. "We will dominate!"
Stephanie smiled. "Now I would like
to bring out the stars of WECW accompanied by the brilliant Paul Heyman!"
Stephanie clapped as all the ECW and WCW stars and Paul Heyman walked down
the titantron and then she hugged Paul as everybody walked into the ring.
"Dominance will be ours!" Paul Heyman
said, still holding onto Stephanie. "It's time for the real company, the
real extreme company to come up on top ... "
"And I as the queen of extreme will
make sure we win!" Stephanie said, cutting in.
Shane grinned, putting his arm around
Stephanie's neck. "And the three of us along with the stars of WECW will
claim this ground ours!"
Paul Heyman nodded and knelt down
on the ground. "This mat will be ours, the ground all you fans stand on
will be ours for the keeping!"
Stephanie and Shane along with Booker
T, The Dudley Boyz and the rest of the WECW stars knelt down too. "Ours!"
Shane and Stephanie said at the same time.
"Here comes Vince McMahon! Our
WWF chairman! Listen to that standing ovation!" JR said, clapping for
Vince as Vince made his way down the titantron.
"How dare you two! I thought we put
our past behind us, I thought we made up and this is what you two do to
me?" Vince screamed. "You betrayed me!"
Stephanie pushed herself up and walked
over to the ropes. "Don't talk about betrayal daddy, because if anyone
is the king of betrayal that is you! You have hurt me over and over, you
have hurt me so many times I have lost count, you threw me out to the wolves
so many times; You used my admiration and loyalty to you for your own damn
cause, you used me! All the pain I have ever felt is because of you, but
my pain is over and yours is about to begin. Shane and I are done being
just the children of the great WWF chairman, we are now ECW and WCW owners
and co-chairmen of WECW, we are now on your exact level. We won't be belittled
or thrown aside anymore, we won't give up just because you want us to,
because daddy we hate you! Hate the ground you walk on, hate you for what
you present in this world and we are taking you down. See daddy, me and
Shane are very impatient, we get that from you, all these years we have
been waiting for you to die so we can take your company but ... we're sick
of waiting. So we are going to do what you did to grandpa, crush you, take
away your last piece of dignity and then we will laugh in your face."
Shane grinned. "Yeah dad! Actually
dad me and Stephanie want to challenge you to a PPV match, your team against
our team and the winner takes it all."
Vince glared at Shane. "If you wanted
to be humiliated then let me introduce you to the team that will take you
down ... Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane and their leader
Stone Cold Steve Austin!"
Stephanie smirked. "Well dad, it
seems you thought ahead but so did we, let us introduce to Team WECW: Booker
T, Rhyno, The Dudley Boyz and ... DDP! Yes dad DDP, the man you thought
has been working for you all this time has indeed been working for us."
Andrew and Shane turned to Stephanie,
a look of shock painted on both of their faces.
Stephanie grinned. "Come on out DDP!"
Bang!
Yo it's me, it's me, it's DDP!
DDP came walking down the titantron,
he pushed past Vince, laughing in his face; DDP then slid into the ring,
grabbing a microphone. "See everybody me and Stephanie's plan was real
simple ... I should let her explain it to all of you herself, since she
was the mastermind behind this plan."
Stephanie smiled. "See, a week prior
to the street fight between Shane and DDP, I went to DDP and asked him
for his help, I needed to take my father down but make it look like I was
the one hurt in all of this, so me and DDP came up with the plan to make
my father think DDP was a back stabbing weasel."
DDP laughed. "What can I say? I play
a good weasel."
Stephanie grinned. "Thus we started
the act, not even telling Shane or Andrew the plan. Even the near kidnapping
was a part of it, we had to make my fear look good, sorry to all of my
friends that I had to trick, but we had to make the plan look completely
real."
DDP laughed and put his arm around
Stephanie's neck. "And at InVasion I will be among Buh Buh Ray, D-Von,
Booker T and Rhyno on Team WECW."
Stephanie smiled. "See dad, you underestimated
me, which was a mistake because I am the most ruthless one of us all, and
at InVasion you will feel my wrath!"
"I can't believe this JR! DDP
and Stephanie McMahon have been working together this whole time!" Michael
Cole screamed as Smackdown went off the air.