A/N : I wanna start off by thanking everyone who reviewed chapter 99,I was really very worried but I feel much more at ease now.That's not to say that you should all stop reviewing now,lol.Chapter 100 and the end isn't in sight just yet.Also I know Christian is suppose to be on Raw but he's now on Smackdown.

Smackdown : 26-09-2002.

"Please Stephanie,please"

Stephanie sighed as she looked at the 19 year old girl standing in front of her.Valerie had come to her asking her to let the match between her and Christian go down.Stephanie wasn't sure what to do.On one hand there was the Undertaker who told her that he didn't want that match to go down and on the other there was Valerie who was begging her to let the match happen.

"Why is this match so important to you?" Stephanie asked.

"You know why" Valerie said,leaning back "I want revenge"

"Maybe you shouldn't be the one getting revenge,maybe your father…" Stephanie said.

"My father has been fighting my battles long enough,it's time I stand up for myself" Valerie said.

"I understand that but…there's got to be a better way"

"There is,I wrestle the match for her" a voice said from behind Stephanie.

Valerie let out an exasperated sigh as her father approached.Stephanie excused herself after a stagehand told her she was needed elsewhere and Valerie turned to Taker.

"Dad…" Valerie said.

"I already told you young lady,you're not wrestling this match" Taker said.

"How am I gonna learn to stand up for myself if you're always there to protect me?" Valerie asked.

"You can stand up for yourself but not against Christian" Taker said.

"You just don't get it,do you?.This isn't about your revenge,this is about mine.Just stay out of my business" Valerie yelled before storming off.

"You're not wrestling that match" Taker yelled after her.

"Yes I am" Valerie yelled back.

"Joyful…don't…damn" Taker yelled.

***

Valerie groaned as she saw who Funaki was interviewing in the hallway.Great,that's all I need.She decided she would try to ignore him but she soon found her path blocked.She tried to get around him but he still wouldn't let her pass.

"Move it Brock" Valerie snapped.

"Or what?" Brock mocked.

"Why can't you just leave me alone?" Valerie asked.

"Why should I?.You're my girlfriend" Brock said.

"Ex-girlfriend" Valerie corrected him.

"Like hell you are" Brock snapped.

"It's over Brock" Valerie said.

"No,it's not" Brock said "Not until I say so"

"There's nothing you can say or do that will make me change my mind" Valerie said firmly.

Brock stood in front of Valerie for a while not saying a word.Valerie contemplated her chances of getting around him but she knew they were practically non-existent.The man was like a brick wall.Brock bent down a little and moved his face close to Valerie's.

"Are you scared of me,Valerie?" Brock asked.

"No" Valerie said without hesitating.

"You should be" Brock whispered.

Brock walked off and left Valerie in astonishment,he couldn't possible mean he would hurt her,could he?. Valerie forced herself to shrug it off when she heard her father's music blaring through the arena,she knew he had a match against Matt Hardy later on but that wasn't suppose to be until later.

"What is this all about?" Valerie asked a stagehand.

"He said he had something to say" the stagehand said.

Valerie frowned as she stepped closer to a backstage monitor.

"I have a couple of things I need to address tonight" Taker said,hushing the fans "And I wanna start with Brock Lesnar"

The crowd booed loudly and Valerie tensed up.

"Boy,you think you can walk all over the deadman?.You think you can walk all over my family?.At No Mercy I'm gonna show you why they call me the American Badass and while I'm at it,I will make you famous" Taker said,pausing as the fans cheered "Then there's the matter of Christian,punk I know you got a match with my daughter tonight and I've decided to let that happen…"

Valerie frowned in surprise,he was going to let it happen?.

"But you're not just facing my daughter,you're facing her and me" Taker said.

"What?" Valerie yelled.

"Me and Valerie vs you and whatever piece of female trash can muster enough courage to step in to this ring tonight" Taker said.

***

As soon as Taker stepped backstage,Valerie was in his face.

"Dad,what are you doing?" Valerie asked.

"You and me against him and his partner,take it or leave it" Taker said.

"Great,so I get to fight the woman who sides with him and you'll take care of Christian" Valerie sneered.

"You might get a couple of shots at him" Taker said.

"Might?" Valerie asked incredulously.

"Take it or leave it,joyful" Taker said again.

"What about your own match against Matt Hardy?" Valerie asked,causing Taker to snort in contempt.

"I can take that punk with both my hands tied behind my back" Taker said "So what's it going to be?"

Valerie thought about it for a while,it was obvious her father wasn't going to let her step into the ring with Christian by herself and if she played her cards right she could actually end up in the ring with Christian and her father wouldn't be able to stop her.She had to make it seem as though she wasn't at all happy about it though or he would know there was something up.

"Fine" she hissed through clenched teeth "I'll take it"

Taker nodded,unfazed by her tone.

***

Taker clasped his hand around Matt Hardy's throat and slammed him down.He followed up with a Last Ride and smirked as he pinned him,that had been too easy.Taker suddenly felt a stinging blow to the back of his head and he fell forward.

Backstage Valerie yelped when she saw her father being beaten over the head with the championship belt by Brock Lesnar.She had promised her father that she would stay backstage for this match and she didn't want to break her promise but it took her all that she had to stay put.

Her father practically had to be carried backstage and it was obvious he wasn't going to be able to wrestle again that night.Valerie ran to him and helped him to his lockerroom.Taker laid down on the sofa and blinked to clear his vision.After a while he looked at Valerie and started to get up.

"Your match,our match" he said.

"Dad…you can't…"

"Don't even say it,I'm going to wrestle…" Taker said as he got up.

As soon as he got up,he fell down again.Valerie tried to help him up but he was too heavy.She ended up helping him drag himself onto the sofa again but not before he told her that he wasn't hurt and that he was going to wrestle for her and that he didn't need help.

He ended up falling asleep on the sofa.Valerie sighed as her father was finally calm.She would figure something out for tonight's match,all that mattered to her at that point was that her father was alright.