Author's Note: Geez, it's always so hard when you get near the ending. All this build-up...expectations running high...so much pressure. :scream: I hope this doesn't prove to be too anti-climatic or anything. Oh, and just a little warning...I hate Scott Steiner. Don't expect to hear me say anything nice about him, ever. However, I'm trying to tone down my hatred because it's not central to this story so, if I say anything offensive, please just bear with me.
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RAW ended with yet another painfully boring Triple H versus Scott Steiner showdown. After the flexing and push-ups were over, Hunter made his way backstage to shower and change clothes, nervously glancing over his shoulder every once and awhile expecting to see Raven prepared to jump him. When the other wrestler proved nowhere to be found, he smiled and thought cockily, "All talk and no show. He probably ran out with his little girlfriend hours ago."
About half-an-hour later walking out to his car, Hunter was more than surprised to see Amy standing there alone in the parking lot. She didn't run or even back away when he walked up, only looked a little nervous as she stood her ground.
"Hey Hunter, can we talk?"
"Not so tough now, without your little guard dog around, are you?" he snapped, but his eyes slid from side to side just to make sure Raven was nowhere nearby. "I thought you wanted me to leave you the hell alone."
"Please, I just need to talk to you." She tried to back up as he came to stand directly in front of her and found herself trapped between him and his car. She took a shaky breath, and thought to herself, "It's okay if you're nervous. That's what he wants to see. That's what he expects. It's better this way; he'll never know what's coming." He leaned his face down so that his forehead was resting against hers. "All right, then what did you want to talk about?"
Amy squeezed her eyes shut, disgusted to see his face so near hers. Even though this was all part of the plan, she couldn't help but be intimidated by him. "All the more reason to see this thing through," she thought, but instead said to him, "Well, it's about Scott."
He twirled a strand of her red hair around one finger, obviously not paying much attention to her words. "What about Scott?"
She struggled to hide her revulsion at having him this close. "Well," she swallowed, prepared to feel his anger, "Vince re-hired him tonight."
"What?" Hunter grabbed her shoulders and slammed her back against the car. From his hiding place behind a car a few spaces away, Scott made a move to attack Hunter pre-emptively. Tommy grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. "Not yet. Not if you want this to work."
From her position pinned against the door of the car, Amy was trying to reason with Hunter. "Look, I just want us to put all this behind us. Promise me you'll leave Scott alone, and I won't mention any of what's happened, not to Vince, or anyone."
"Vince?" Hunter half laughed/half shouted, slamming her against the car again, harder this time. Amy winced as she felt a metal edge cut into her shoulder blades. "You expect Vince to even listen to you, much less believe you? Have you forgotten who the star of this company is?" He laughed at her again, heartlessly. "Have you forgotten that I've got daddy's little girl wrapped around my finger? I'm untouchable. You're nothing to this company."
Inside herself, Amy smiled. "Just what I wanted to hear," she thought, but didn't say a word. Feeling even more cocky, Hunter went on.
"You've deserved everything that's happened to you. You deserve that scar on your face," he touched the faded line running down her cheek, right near her ear where his ring had cut her during that first encounter so long ago. "You deserved that car getting wrecked; you deserved that hotel room getting trashed." His voice dropped a little lower. "You deserve whatever happens to you tonight for crossing me again, and whatever happens to your little buddy Raven for getting in my way."
She smiled, and leaned up to whisper in his ear. "And you deserve this." With that said, she kneed him firmly in the crotch.
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RAW ended with yet another painfully boring Triple H versus Scott Steiner showdown. After the flexing and push-ups were over, Hunter made his way backstage to shower and change clothes, nervously glancing over his shoulder every once and awhile expecting to see Raven prepared to jump him. When the other wrestler proved nowhere to be found, he smiled and thought cockily, "All talk and no show. He probably ran out with his little girlfriend hours ago."
About half-an-hour later walking out to his car, Hunter was more than surprised to see Amy standing there alone in the parking lot. She didn't run or even back away when he walked up, only looked a little nervous as she stood her ground.
"Hey Hunter, can we talk?"
"Not so tough now, without your little guard dog around, are you?" he snapped, but his eyes slid from side to side just to make sure Raven was nowhere nearby. "I thought you wanted me to leave you the hell alone."
"Please, I just need to talk to you." She tried to back up as he came to stand directly in front of her and found herself trapped between him and his car. She took a shaky breath, and thought to herself, "It's okay if you're nervous. That's what he wants to see. That's what he expects. It's better this way; he'll never know what's coming." He leaned his face down so that his forehead was resting against hers. "All right, then what did you want to talk about?"
Amy squeezed her eyes shut, disgusted to see his face so near hers. Even though this was all part of the plan, she couldn't help but be intimidated by him. "All the more reason to see this thing through," she thought, but instead said to him, "Well, it's about Scott."
He twirled a strand of her red hair around one finger, obviously not paying much attention to her words. "What about Scott?"
She struggled to hide her revulsion at having him this close. "Well," she swallowed, prepared to feel his anger, "Vince re-hired him tonight."
"What?" Hunter grabbed her shoulders and slammed her back against the car. From his hiding place behind a car a few spaces away, Scott made a move to attack Hunter pre-emptively. Tommy grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. "Not yet. Not if you want this to work."
From her position pinned against the door of the car, Amy was trying to reason with Hunter. "Look, I just want us to put all this behind us. Promise me you'll leave Scott alone, and I won't mention any of what's happened, not to Vince, or anyone."
"Vince?" Hunter half laughed/half shouted, slamming her against the car again, harder this time. Amy winced as she felt a metal edge cut into her shoulder blades. "You expect Vince to even listen to you, much less believe you? Have you forgotten who the star of this company is?" He laughed at her again, heartlessly. "Have you forgotten that I've got daddy's little girl wrapped around my finger? I'm untouchable. You're nothing to this company."
Inside herself, Amy smiled. "Just what I wanted to hear," she thought, but didn't say a word. Feeling even more cocky, Hunter went on.
"You've deserved everything that's happened to you. You deserve that scar on your face," he touched the faded line running down her cheek, right near her ear where his ring had cut her during that first encounter so long ago. "You deserved that car getting wrecked; you deserved that hotel room getting trashed." His voice dropped a little lower. "You deserve whatever happens to you tonight for crossing me again, and whatever happens to your little buddy Raven for getting in my way."
She smiled, and leaned up to whisper in his ear. "And you deserve this." With that said, she kneed him firmly in the crotch.