A loud bang came from the attic, no one in 'better' paid close attention to it. The Amazons had ten minutes before walked up the stairs and discovered that their orders were being seriously disobeyed. Vixen confiscated the Undertaker's list but not before reading it and realising that he had made some valid points. Lore herded everyone back to their rooms but not before she had toungue wrestled Jeff and realized everyone else was watching. Tye was in the girls' bedroom setting up explosives and Raven was calculating the position of the portal in relation to the explosion quantity needed. Lore and Vix walked in and shut the door behind them. No one saw the figure creep down the stairs and approach the table on which Mongrelle appeared to be sleeping. Her red eyes flickered open.

"I thought it was you. I understand that I may have hurt you but what you did was uncalled for." He nodded sadly and leaned in close, his long brown hair momentarily touching her face. He gently kissed her forehead and whispered, "I'm so sorry," before he ran up the stairs again.

The Amazons heard footsteps on the stairs and looked up. They had given no one permission to leave their rooms. Raven opened the door expecting to see Mongrelle. The door flew open revealing everyone in the house, in the corridor.

"what do you think your doing? And may I emphasise the think!" Lore stepped forward and squeezed Jeff's earlobe.

"ow, ow, ow. Nothing. Nothing … I swear. I just heard something and came to see what it was."

"yeah!"

"me too!"

"same here!"

Vixen looked at Matt, "is that true? Did you hear something unexplainable?"

Matt nodded, "yeah Vee, there was this noise like a bang, like when you guys came through but not as loud." The superstars were again dismissed to their rooms except Raven and Edge.

Tye took Edge downstairs to interrogate him but they ended up making out on the ground behind the shed.

"did you do it?" Tye asked between kisses. Edge pulled away from her.

"what? How can you say that!"

Tye sat up and pulled her shirt down. "Well the amarican fat ass did say that you had a grudge against Gangrel. And you were pissed about the fact that she treats me like crap and that she treats Raven worse than shit unless she's screwing him or drinking his blood."

Edge nodded, "true. Those are all valid points. But what could I gain by killing her? Her father would just come after me anyway wouldn't he?"

Tye nodded and they went back to making out.

Vix was talking to Matt, they were sitting side by side, holding hands and trying to keep their clothes on.

"I need to know where you were when it happened."

Matt got on his knees in front of her and held both of her hands, "I was where all scared little boys are. I was hiding under my bed shaking like a leaf."

Vix looked away, "I wish I could believe that but in my dimension, you two didn't exactly get on well."

Matt laughed, "you mean in your dimension I tried to kill her?"

Vix looked back at him, "not exactly. Replace the word 'i' with 'she' and the word 'her' with 'me'."

Matt repeated his phrase slowly, "you mean in your dimension she tried to kill …oh."

Vixen laughed loudly, "and don't think that you calling me Vee earlier slipped under the radar either."

Lore was convinced that Jeff couldn't have possibly been coordinated enough to attack Mongrelle and leave without a trace so she was interrogating Randy.

"I know what you want to hear and you're right. I do want you to sleep with me." Lore put her hand on Randy's shoulder and sat him down again.

"Randy, you're an idiot. Did … you…try…to…kill…"

"my own animal attraction? Yes but we both know what you're thinking."

"you wouldn't still be in this room if you knew what I was thinking. Now that we have that settled. Did you try to kill Mongrelle?"

"no I didn't."

"LIAR!" Lore roared.

Randy burst into tears and cowered, "no really… I didn't I swear if I did do it, you can kill me."

She patted his head. "okay I believe you send in the next man." She said cheerily. Randy stood up sniffing and went outside, Maven walked in promptly.

The interviews were not very effective. Raven was the only one left to be interviewed. He sat in his room waiting.

Lore and Vixen went downstairs, "Elle, no ones confessed. We have to interrogate Raven now. Are you okay with that?"

Mongrelle looked up and nodded, "thank you for checking with me first but you're wasting your time with Raven."

The red heads looked at each other while it was sweet (and completely un-Mongrelle-like) to think that Raven didn't do it, it was hardly possible that anyone else could have been there that almost fatal morning.

Tye and Edge strode in and ransacked the kitchen. It dawned on everyone that it was nearly 2 o'clock and none of them had eaten since breakfast.

"boy-ard-ee, boy-ard-ee." The boys from 'alpha' and 'bummer' chanted as they ran down the stairs. All of the chef boyardee ravioli in the house was pulled from the shelves of the party, poured into and enormous pot, heated and wolfed down.

**half an hour later**

Raven was sitting in a chair in the girls' bedroom. Lore on his right. Vixen on his left and Tye behind him dangling a flashlight over his head. For two hours they grilled him. No answer he gave was good enough for them. The Amazons cursed and swore. Raven stayed calm he answered quietly and politely. Then he started to shout.

"WHAT MAKE YOU THINK THAT I DID IT. I COULD NEVER HURT HER."

Lore patted his shoulder, "dude we both know that's a lie."

Raven shrugged, "well, not that bad."

Vixen leapt up, "so you COULD hurt her!"

"NO!!"

Raven snapped, he broke everything in the girls' room until the Amazons had to run down the stairs to escape.

Meanwhile (note from madame: in a galaxy far, far away. lol. Sorry private joke)

The wwf superstars were all outside in the backyard. They were all separated from each other. After the interrogations they realized that they couldn't trust one another. Taker was on the balcony watching the yard. He had recreated his list and was filling in the detail that he had been prevented from doing when Vix and Lore had walked in. and that was where everyone was when Mongrelle had been beaten. He had to think about it real hard, 'I was one of the last ones up the stairs.' He had run into 'alpha' and watched three butts scoot under the bed, Raven had been locked in the attic by someone Taker couldn't remember who (and quite frankly neither can I so work with me). He had recovered his breath and walked into 'better'. Taker looked over the yard anyone that he hadn't seen could have been in 'bummer' or the girls' room or in the bathroom. He was sure that he had been alone in 'better' but he couldn't be positive. Taker called everyone over individually, to discuss where they had been at the time of the incident.

"Austin, come here."

"What do you want, murderer."

"I'm not a murderer. Where were you hiding?"

"I wasn't hiding if you must know smart ass." Austin rubbed his beard, "I was in the girls' room closet."

Taker nodded, "m'kay you can go now."

Austin walked away muttering to himself.

"Kurt!" Taker wrote down the rattlesnake's alibi while Angle trotted over.

"Where were you the night in question?"

"Well, if you'll remember correctly it wasn't night time it was daytime."

"Kurt?"

"Yes?"

"Don't you ever contradict me again."

"Yes sir."

"Answer the question."

"What question… oh I was hiding in the shower. In the girls room."

The Undertaker looked Kurt up and down, "do you mean to tell me that you were hiding in a glass shower."

"Yes"

"You're a dumb ass get away from me in case it's contagious."

Taker shook his head it was hopeless.

"Hardy! Over here."

Matt and Jeff looked up from opposite ends of the pool.

"Which one?" they yelled in unison.

"Either suits me." Taker shouted back he hadn't looked up and when he did they were both in front of him. He was going to try and get answers their way.

"Where were you 'dudes' 'hanging' when 'that bitch' was 'jumped'?"

Jeff looked at Matt, Matt looked at Jeff and shrugged. Taker looked at both of them, maybe his language was a bit outdated.

Jeff clicked his fingers, "I get what you is sayin' dog. My bro was in the realm of beneath the slumber post and myself was catchin' up wid my cloth. You dig?"

Matt walked away, "I give up. He's a freak."

Taker wrapped his fingers around Jeff's throat and began to squeeze, "if you do not repeat that in a language I understand. Your life, it ain't gonna be worth livin'. You dig?"

Jeff released himself from Taker's grip and rethought his sentence, "Matt was hiding under the bed and I was hiding in my suitcase." Jeff waited for a reaction and he walked away when one did not present itself.

" Rock!" Taker gestured for the Rock to join him.

"You know it's actually the Rock."

"Eat me."

"Mm…no."

"Where were you?" Taker stopped because he knew that the Rock knew what was cookin' (bom bom tsk).

"Where was the Rock? Let me tell you this, the Rock wasn't cowering, the Rock wasn't shaking, the Rock"

"Is giving me a head ache. Where were you?"

"In the closet looking for Kurt."

"Be serious."

"Hey man the Rock wouldn't lie to you, you're the American dumb ass, sorry of course the Rock meant bad ass." Rock walked away rapidly before he could be caught.

"Hunter, over here."

Triple H didn't even wait for the question, "I was taking a shit. And if you don't believe me ask the next person that went in." he walked away before he could get a reply. The Undertaker was ready to hurl. He cleared his mind and mentally pushed his lunch from his throat back to his stomach. The Undertaker had closed his eyes, when he opened them he jumped. Randy, Edge and Maven were in front of him.

"Dude, in all confidence when the three of us were hiding… I mean checking for dust. Some one came into our room, they just walked in and walked out." Edge confided.

Taker laughed, "yeah it was me."

Maven put his hand up, "no really, dude. Someone came into our room."

Taker put his hand up, "I believe you it was me."

Randy put his arm around the Undertaker's shoulders, "we're being serious, there was someone in our room."

Taker threw down his list, "I know that because IT WAS ME. DO YOU HEAR? IT WAS ME, IT WAS ME, IT WAS ME!"

"CONFESSION!" Tye screamed.

The Undertaker spun to see the Amazons and Raven standing right behind him, they were not happy. "What?"

Vixen slapped him hard across the face, "how could you, I'm ashamed to be related to you."

Taker walked over to her, regret was written all over his face, "no baby girl that's not what I meant."

Lore and Raven attacked him. He didn't even try to fight back. The other superstars felt their rage building until they too joined in the attack. Taker was dragged beaten and broken to Mongrelle, still on the table.

Raven stepped forward, "we found out who it was."

Mongrelle sat up, pain slowed all movements. "What?" she looked worried. Tye nodded, "uh huh, it was the undertaker the whole time."

Mongrelle stood in front of him. He looked up at her.

"No it wasn't."

"What?" asked the Undertaker.

"WHAT!" Vix Lore and Tye shouted with one voice. Mongrelle was leaning on Raven.

"You didn't ask me who it was. I didn't see but that doesn't mean I don't know."

Everyone leaned closer.

"So who was it?" asked Raven softly. Mongrelle scanned the group of men before her, she raised her arm and pointed into their midst.

"It was him…"

To be continued…