"Chris Jericho, I need to talk to you." Vince said into the phone. "You're probably out eating right now so I'm leaving you this voice message to call me back." Vince hung up. "Damit Irvine! Why must you be so darn complicated?"

"Here's to a job well done." Chris raised his glass as he and his friends ate.

"Here, here!" Everyone toasted with him.

"Wait, well done? But I wanted mine medium rare." Dan replied and everyone laughed. "Nah I'm kidding. I'm glad I was able to be of help Chris."

"Yea, well. I should've done this years ago, it's all my fault." Chris smirked.

"You dragged all of us in too." Triple H pointed out.

"But it sure was a lot of fun." Shawn Michaels nudged Hunter.

"Yes, about that." Stephanie turned sharply to them. "That wasn't a very nice thing of you to do. But you were just trying to help I guess. You're forgiven."

"Good food, good drink. Good god, let's eat!" Rikishi cried and everyone dug into the food. Jeff Hardy reached for a roll but so did Edge, they pulled and tugged.

"I'm glad everything worked out alright for you." Lance Storm said to Chris.

"Thanks, you have no idea how happy I am too." Chris nodded.

"We should be thankful that Chris never really hurt anyone during this time period or else the company would've been in some pretty hot water." Steph replied.

"Speaking of hot water, where's my dam coffee?" Rikishi called.

"Don't you think you've had enough?" Jeff took the cup away from Rikishi.

"God bless you Jeff Hardy." Lance smiled.

"Yea, I do what I can." Jeff shrugged, he always had to keep Rikishi in line.

"Here you are." The waiter put the bill down on the table. Everyone stopped talking and stared at it as if it was a ticking time bomb.

"You take it!" Everyone pointed to somebody else. "I'm not taking it!"

"I got it." Stephanie pulled out her wallet. "More like, daddy will." She smiled and everyone laughed. After the bill was paid, everyone left. They arrived back at the hotel when it was late at night.

"Chris come on, the movie's gonna start!" HBK called from the living room.

"Coming!" Chris called and picked up his cell phone in the bedroom. "Huh, I don't remember having a voice message when I left. How very odd." Chris pondered and chose to listen to it. Sure enough, it was Vince's. "Guys?" Chris went into the living room with the phone and everyone turned to him. "I think we have a problem."

"Chris Jericho, I need to talk to you. You're probably out eating right now so I'm leaving you this voice message to call me back." Chris played the phone message.

"Yea, we do have a problem." Stephanie nodded.

"He sure does sound pissed." Jeff agreed.

"Amen brother." Shawn sighed. "What do we do?"

"Hey don't look at me, you're the one with the ideas." Triple H held up his hands.

"Why don't I call Dan, maybe he knows something about it?" Jericho suggested and called Dan. Luckily he was in. "Hey Dan, do you know what's up with Vince?"

"No I don't. I got a voicemail from him." Dan replied.

"Me too. This could be bad news." Chris nodded.

"Do you think he knows?" Dan asked. "What's gonna happen?"

"I don't know, but I do know that I won't let you all go down with me. I have to go see Vince alone. Whatever reprocussions there are, I'll take them as long as you guys won't be affected. This was all my fault to being with." Chris said solemnly.

"That's very honorable of you son, I hope it's just a slap on the wrist." Dan said.

"Yea, me too. That's for everything. By." Chris hung up and walked to the door.

"Chris no." Stephanie grabbed his hand and pulled him back. Chris turned.

"We can't let you go, you can't face the boss alone." Edge blocked the door.

"We're friends, we're in this together man." Lance Storm agreed.

"No, I've done enough damage already to you guys." Chris pulled away and went to the door. "I'm sure I can handle this by myself. I promise." Chris walked out the door.

"Man, there goes one brave trooper." Shawn Michaels sighed sadly.

"Do you think we should follow him, you know as backup?" Triple H suggested.

"But Chris wanted us to stay, we should respect that." Rikishi pointed out.

"That's nice, but would you let a friend commit suicide?" Jeff replied.

"No!" Rikishi cried. "Let's go!" Rikishi stood up and opened the door.

"I know you'd see it my way." Jeff smiled and they all crept after Chris.

"Vince, are you in?" Chris gulped, knocking on his hotel room door.

"Yes, come in." Vince said and Chris opened the door. "I see you got my memo."

"Yes sir." Chris nodded and walked over to Vince's desk.

"Here, have a seat." Vince pointed. Chris nodded again and sat down, his heart was racing. "Now, I'm a reasonable man," Vince began and Chris tried to remain calm. "That's why I understand your situation." Vince went on and Chris's heart rate slowed. "But you still need your just deserts. You're fired." Vince replied and Chris's heart skipped a few hundred beats. "However, I know all that you have done for our company," Vince began to say and Chris could feel his heart going back to normal. "And you've done more bad than good!" Vince slammed his fist on the desk and Chris's heart began to race again. "You're a pathetic, worthless, ignoramous!" Vince growled and Chris looked confused at Vince, his heart slowed from the confusion. "Igrnoramous means you're a stupid idiot." Vince added and Chris's heart pounded in his chest. "And you're still fired, indefinetly. Good by!" Vince snapped and Chris couldn't take it anymore, he felt his heart beating faster and harder than ever. Then, he blacked out. Vince's face softened slightly and he stood up, seeing Chris laying on the floor. Stephanie ran in.

"Daddy, what did you do?" She wailed. "I think you killed him." Steph felt for a pulse but got none, everyone else ran in to see him laying on the floor. They all gasped.

"Oh dear. Send his wife and family a ham then. wait a sec." Vince came over and kicked Chris's body. He coughed and sputtered and came back to life.

"Mm, ham." Chris's eyes fluttered open.

"Ok, cancel the ham." Vince replied and sat back down.

"Do'h!" Chris growled but lay back down.

"Chris I think you just had a heart attack, are you ok?" Steph asked and for a few seconds Chris just stared up blankly at her.

"Hello fishy." Chris waved the air and passed out again.

"We'd better get him to a hospital." Shawn ran over.

"Daddy, what did you do to him?" Stephanie asked.

"I fired him." Vince replied coolly and everyone gasped. "Now take him away before I fire all of you too." Vince growled and Shawn picked up Chris and carried him away. They closed the door and Vince was left alone with his thoughts. "God damit that Chris, I knew he was just an accident waiting to happen. Oh that's gonna be some hefty hospital bill, dam him! Wait. wait a minute, this is perfect!" Vince grinned. "I fired him before he had his heart attack, the company doesn't owe him a dime!" He laughed. "Oh Vince you sly fox, now Chris has his just deserts, more than he could ever have eaten."

"Here, put him in the car." Shawn said to Triple H.

"Hey, whose car is this?" Hunter asked as they put him in the back seat.

"Mine, hurry up." Edge said as he got in the drivers seat.

"I call shotgun!" Lance cried and sat next to Edge.

"You guys stay here, I'll go with them." Shawn said and got in the car.

"Me too!" Triple H got on the other side and Chris was in the middle.

"Good, you can help me hold him up." Shawn replied and they left.

"Oh I hope they'll be ok." Stephanie sighed.

"Hey what's going on?" Dan called and everyone turned to see him run over.

"Chris was fired and had a heart attack." Jeff explained.

"They took him to the hospital right now." Rikishi pointed to the car.

"No, no stop them! Quick!" Dan gasped.

"Why?" Steph asked. "Call them back." She turned to Jeff, he nodded.

"You don't understand, Vince fired him before he had the heart attack. The company won't pay for the bills and I doubt Chris could." Dan explained.

"Guys, come back!" Jeff began to run after the car but it turned the corner.

"Oh no, it's too late." Rikishi gasped. "They're done for!"