Disclaimer: I do not own any of the names of the superstars mentioned, Candice and Amanda are creatively based on people in real life, the rest are owned by the WWE and Vince Mcmahon. The matches detailed did not happen on the Smackdown before No Way Out 2001, I made them up myself!

"Next step" muttered Candice as they swept past the guard the next morning

The scene was pretty much the same as it had been the day before, crowded and busy with all different types of people milling around not giving them a glance. She and Amanda shared a smile as they marched through the throngs of people and made their way to the Commissioner's office.

"Ready to hit him with a knock out match list Miss Shadow?" Amanda said

"Sure am Miss Amanda" fired back Candice

They took a moment to compose themselves; they both wore black pants, Candice's were tight and Amanda's baggy, and different style tops; Candice's a bright orange belly tank top and Amanda's a long sleeved deep blue with a diagonal slash from the neck to the bottom held together by tons of little safety pins. They made an unusual pair.

"Well knock will you?" said Amanda, gesturing to the door with her notepad

"Why me? Ok, fine" Candice sighed

She stepped forward and tapped on the door before pushing it open and beckoning Amanda inside. Amanda smiled at her friend

"Let the show begin" she murmured as they disappeared inside.

*

Commissioner Regal stood up at their entrance and shook Candice's hand heartily before turning a quizzical look to Amanda

"This is my friend I told you about" explained Candice "Miss Amanda, this is Commissioner Regal"

"It's a honour to meet you sir" enthused Amanda, offering her hand

"Likewise my dear, likewise" Regal said smoothly, shaking her hand "please ladies take a seat, could I interest you in a spot of tea?"

"How kind but no, we'd like to get to business" said Amanda firmly

"So focused, how admirable" Regal smiled at her "so how did you fare with my little task Miss Shadow?"

"Well, we managed to come up with about ten matches which we think you'll find most impressive" Candice supplied, pushing her glasses up her nose, they had a habit of continually falling down

"Ten eh? Been hard at work I see" Regal folded his hands across his chest as sat back in his padded chair "please proceed"

"Since it's the last Smackdown before No Way Out, we had plenty of ideas of play with" began Amanda, studying her notepad "We started off with Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero, two such talented athletes who seem to be having...erm..slight communication problems shall we say so we thought they should team up tonight so that they can bury their differences before the Fatal Fourway for Chris Jericho's Intercontinental title against their other opponent X-Pac and his new friend Justin Credible"

"While we thought you should have the pleasure of beating Chris Jericho tonight in a match of your choice" finished Candice

"Excellent, excellent" beamed Regal "please continue"

"Then The Undertaker should take on Rikishi with Kane and Haku barred from ringside and run-ins so they can sort themselves out" said Amanda

"While Edge and Christian get a chance to sharpen their table match skills against The Dudley Boyz in a table match before the triple threat one at No Way Out for the tag titles" said Candice

"We think Ivory should defend her title against Lita, an extremely worthy opponent" Amanda continued

"And The Hardy Boyz and Billy Gunn, who seems so upset with what happened to his friend Chyna, against three of Right to Censor in a six man tag" added Candice

"For our finale, a double main event, Kurt Angle to defend his title against Triple H" said Amanda with much ceremony

"With the Rock fighting his old friend The Big Show" said Candice

There was silence, Amanda and Candice looked at each other triumphantly, they knew they'd bowled him over, they'd taken great care to create matches that used old and current rivalries as well as punishing the people that Regal would approve of. Regal put his hands together as though in prayer and rested his mouth against them, thinking deeply. They wisely kept quiet. Finally he spoke

"Well I must say I'm impressed, it is a most illustrious set of matches you have devised together, very clever" he got to his feet, a smile on his face "if you are still willing, I will most happily offer you the jobs of assistants, it would just be fairly simple work to begin with, filing, informing talent of matches, errands, maybe even helping me create matches or making commissioner decisions if need be while I am wrestling myself, what do you say?"

"We say Commissioner, that you've got yourself a deal," said Amanda, unable to keep a wide grin from her face

"Wonderful, now since everything is prepared for tonight, I shan't need you until the actual show for any on the spot errands, until then, you can have the day off"

"Why thank you" said Candice gratefully "If you don't mind me asking, is Mr Mcmahon aware of this arrangement and how exactly will we get paid sir?"

"A shrewd businesswoman I see, I cleared it with Mr Mcmahon yesterday and you'll be paid by the month in person, I trust that suits?"

"Most certainly, we'll leave you to prepare for Smackdown, we may get some lunch in the canteen" offered Amanda, beginning to move towards the door

"Splendid idea, I shall see you later my dears" Regal called cheerfully after them

After they left the room, he sat down and began writing furiously on his pad

"What were those bloody matches again?" he muttered under his breath "Lets see, Benoit and Guerrero..."

*

"All right sister!" crowed Amanda, giving Candice a high-five "you gotta admit we are a kick ass team when it comes to making matches!"

"And turning on the charm" added Candice "did you see the way he was checking us out? Yuk yuk yuk"

"Never mind, we did it! C'mon lets get something to eat, I'm starving" said Amanda, ever exuberant, pulling Candice down the corridor.

They reached the canteen doors and slowed down, through the glass of the doors they could see the talent sitting down at tables eating and talking quietly together. It was an awesome sight for two wrestling fans.

"Can you see them all in there?" whispered Candice in an awe-struck voice

"It's strange huh?" Amanda whispered back "well, lets go, I need food"

Her stomach rumbled at her words, they both laughed and linked arms, pushing the doors open and walking in together. They quickly arranged their faces into suitable serious expressions, not looking any of the talent in the eyes, it would be too much to bear without going into excited-fan mode. They grabbed a couple of trays and loaded them up with dishes before looking for a table.

"Oh wait, I see one" hissed Candice, weaving her way through the maze of chairs and tables to a small empty table.

Amanda joined her and they ate talking quietly to each other. Candice shovelled some carrots into her mouth and reached for her drink when she saw Amanda trying to sneak some food off her tray

"Hey hands off my chips!" she protested

"Chips? Honey, over here we call them fries" corrected Amanda, popping a couple into her mouth

"So? I'm British and I call them chips" answered back Candice

"Fries!"

"Chips!"

"Fries!"

This argument carried on for several minutes, their voices getting louder until they collapsed with laughter at the silliness of the situation

"Well, I guess since I'm in America I'd best call them fries" submitted Candice

"That's the way girl!" chirped Amanda

She looked round; they were getting more than a few curious looks. She bent her head lower so that only Candice could hear her.

"I think we blew the whole keeping a low profile part of the plan," she said quietly

Candice looked up slowly, it was true, people were looking at them, evidently trying to work out what they were doing here. She shrugged

"C'est la vie! We've just gotta keep them from finding out why we're Regal's assistants, if anyone asks.."

"You're doing it for the pride of your country and I'm trying to restore some class to the company" recited Amanda "Got it, you ready to bring that pompous windbag down where he belongs?"

"Into the gutter? You betcha" Candice's voice became serious as she pushed her tray to one side and rested her head in her arms on the table "you have no idea how much the guys back home hate how he represents the Brits, making us out to be so snobbish and condescending, we all just wanna have fun like the rest of you, but when he falls, it's gonna be sweet"

"That's because we'll be the ones to do it" Amanda said "Come one, I'll show you the sights of the city before we have to come back for the show, I've been here before for a weekend so I have a pretty good idea of where everything is"

They pushed their chairs away from the table and walked out the canteen, away from the prying eyes of the people there. They couldn't help laughing when they got outside, it all seemed so unbelievable, these people they'd watched on TV for months wanting to know who they were. Things could only get more surreal.

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