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Shadow and Amanda who are creatively based on people in real life. The rest
are owned by Vince Mcmahon and the WWE
Matt held a hand out to her, she could see Jeff and Lita fighting hard to contain their laughter. She couldn't believe this was the way she was going to meet her idols, falling flat on her ass after running into them. Gritting her teeth, she gripped his hand and let herself be pulled to her feet.
"The only thing I've gotta get a hold of is my wounded pride" she answered as she dusted her clothes off, pleased she'd managed to pull on a decent white tank top before she ran out of the room
"So where were you going? You ran like it was life or death," said Jeff, smiling broadly
"After my so-called friend Amanda who's taken my purse" she replied, inwardly surprised she was managing to string a sentence together when talking to them "We work here together"
"Didn't I see you valeting earlier in the show?" said Lita, squinting at her
Before Shadow could reply, Amanda skidded round the corner, still clutching the purse in her hands. As she was about to speak, she noticed who Shadow was talking to and grinned. Shadow smiled back, deciding to forgive Amanda momentarily until she was alone to kill her
"I think I won that one," said Amanda throwing the purse in Shadow's direction and strolling over to her side
"I think you did" agreed Shadow, catching the purse "But I'll get you back"
"Sure, keep dreaming" smirked Amanda
"Lita was just asking if she saw us valeting earlier on," said Shadow, motioning her head towards the others
"You certainly did, we're Regal's assistants, I'm Amanda and she's Shadow" filled in Amanda
"I can speak for myself you know" said Shadow laughing
"Regal's assistants?" Matt raised his eyebrows "why in the hell would you work for him?"
"Good profile, great working conditions and company, the money and the chance to valet" Shadow counted them off on her fingers "but we're not office workers, we were ring trained before we came here and I'm training with Trish at the moment"
"Trish?" Lita frowned and her eyes clouded over "why would you want to learn from her? She's not really known for her ring work"
"She needed help and I gave it, I just asked for a little ring sharpening in return, she reckons I should get one of the guys to train me, to extend my repertoire but right now, I'm concentrating on my job and valet duties, the wrestling can wait"
"Besides, she wouldn't want to train without me" Amanda nudged her friend "you can't break part of the Connection off"
"The Connection?" Jeff asked
"We're a tag team" explained Shadow "we trained together in a wrestling school here in the States"
"You came all the way from the UK to go to a wrestling school?" Lita said, sounding impressed
"It was Amanda's idea but it was a great one and if you wanna make it, you gotta get serious" said Shadow
"Speaking of which, we've gotta get back to the office" Amanda said, checking her watch "it was great to meet you guys though"
"Yeah, I promise I'll try not to literally run into you next time," added Shadow
Matt laughed and waved as he turned to go, Lita and Jeff following him. Amanda and Shadow hurried back around the corner and made their way back to the locker room arm in arm. As soon as they were inside, Shadow shoved Amanda
"I can't believe I ran into Matt Hardy" she moaned, slumping into a chair
"You what!" exclaimed Amanda in disbelief
"I lost you so thought I'd try and cut you off by running down another corridor but when I ran around a corner, I ran into him and fell on my ass in front of them" said Shadow, her hands covering her face.
"That's one way to make an impression" said Amanda helpfully "I'm sure they won't forget it in a hurry"
"Thanks" Shadow said in a monotone
She sighed and got up, beginning to pack her stuff back into her bag, trying to keep her mind off what had just happened.
"You know, they'd be the perfect people to ring train us" piped up Amanda
"Sure, I can see that happening 'Hi, I know we've met for the first time and all but I was hoping you'd in-ring train us after my display of total lack of co-ordination'" replied Shadow, zipping her bag up
"I could happen" retorted Amanda, cheerfully "I can't think of anyone else I'd let throw me around a ring except Christian of course"
"Well, I can wait though I do wanna find someone soon" sighed Shadow "Oh, did you hear the big news?"
"What?"
"Vince has bought his own competition"
"He's bought WCW?" gasped Amanda "No way! He'll bury it, firing all those great wrestlers"
"Some of them are better than great, they'd be perfect here in the WWF" agreed Shadow "but it ain't up to us, he's gonna make the final buy in a couple of weeks, I accidentally read one of Regal's files about it"
"Good move, man I'm never gonna understand someone who enjoys destroying peoples' lives" muttered Amanda as she followed Shadow out of the locker room.
*
"Wonderful job my dears" commended Regal as they entered the office "I was very impressed, you certainly would be most welcome at my side at any of the events"
"Why thank you, we'd love to continue to cheer you on to victory" replied Amanda
"It's settled then, Smackdown I plan to let Chris Jericho face both Dudley Boyz in a Handicap Table Match, I of course cannot leave the office during this match but I'm sure I could let the two of you wander around the corridors" Regal's voice trailed off
"Consider it planned" said Shadow "I'm sure we could wander our way down to the ring"
"Not that we'd even consider doing anything illegal," said Amanda, widening her eyes
"Of course not" Regal's eyes gleamed as he spoke "well to work, I have more filing and so on for you to do, now Miss Shadow.."
*
Amanda leant against the cold concrete wall backstage, Shadow stood opposite her, both of them silent. They watched the Jericho match on a monitor, taking in everything that happened. For their plan to work, everyone needed to believe that they were totally on the same page as Regal and so willing to do his dirty work. It was dark backstage, artificial light spilling from the corridors behind them, casting half shadows everywhere they looked, the perfect shrouded setting.
Suddenly the concentrated silence was broken by Chris Benoit marching past them, a young female they didn't recognise at his side. The tension between the couple could have been cut with a knife, neither of them smiled, though the girl occasionally darted hateful glances at him.
"Cute tube" called Amanda after the girl, referring to tube top she wore with PROVE ME WRONG itched across it
The girl paused and turned back, smiling. It completely transformed her face; she looked like someone who could be incredibly happy, underlining that she wasn't.
"Provided by Benoit productions, everything has to have his tag on" she called back, her Australian accent colouring the words
"Keep moving" Benoit spat out from in front of her
"Cool it, I'll be back in a minuite" she called, darting out of his reach and over to the girls' sides "I haven't see you guys here, how long you been here?"
"About a month" replied Shadow "We work for Regal"
"Hey, a fellow foreigner!" cheered the girl "you guys fans of this stuff?"
"Yeah, big time, we're ring workers too but right now, the Commissioner has given us leave to see that Mr Jericho doesn't win" Amanda said, pointing to the monitor
"Jericho huh?" the girl's eyes darkened "give him hell for me, he's the reason I've ended up with this asshole in the first place" she jerked her thumb back at the fuming Benoit who waited impatiently for her
"Pleasant work" snorted Amanda
"Yeah, well guess I'd better go, see you guys around yeah? The name's Angel by the way, Angel Torres" she called over her shoulder as she ran back to Benoit
"She's pretty cool" remarked Shadow "wouldn't know when you see her scowl though"
"I think she's someone we'd get on with" smiled Amanda "she's got an agenda, just like you and me"
"Uh oh, Jericho's put D-Von through a table, we need to get out there, he's setting another one up" said Shadow suddenly as she gazed at the monitor
"Lets go" Amanda said, taking off towards the curtain. She and Shadow burst through it, trying to shut out the cheering crowd. Jericho stood at the foot of the ramp, setting up a table. As soon as he did, they grabbed him and slammed his head against it. The crowd started booing immediately, the girls scowled at the crowd before grabbing Jericho by the arms and sending him flying into the steel steps, satisfied at the huge clang he made on impact.
"Get him in the ring" screamed Bubba Ray over the ropes
"Got it," yelled back Amanda
They grabbed Jericho and rolled him back in, into the waiting arms of Bubba Ray who powerbombed him over the ropes and through the table, giving the Dudleyz the win. Amanda and Shadow stood over Jericho's body, laughing down at him.
"Come on Jericho, where's your fight gone?" gloated Shadow
"It's all tabled out" replied Amanda as they turned and began walking back up the ramp
Read, enjoy, review! Recognise Angel? She's the star of 'Rogue Angel' a fantastic story by BizGirlCharlie, make sure to check it out! Thanks to the great people who review this story, you make it worth writing! (shout outs - BizGirlCharlie: hope I've done Angel justice, I liked writing her in, what do u think? Sorry about hurting ur Jerky but these things have to be done when you've got a plan and Liz: hey, glad u could read this one, so glad u like it, all will be revealed, slowly but surely, lol) Keep reading and reviewing)
Matt held a hand out to her, she could see Jeff and Lita fighting hard to contain their laughter. She couldn't believe this was the way she was going to meet her idols, falling flat on her ass after running into them. Gritting her teeth, she gripped his hand and let herself be pulled to her feet.
"The only thing I've gotta get a hold of is my wounded pride" she answered as she dusted her clothes off, pleased she'd managed to pull on a decent white tank top before she ran out of the room
"So where were you going? You ran like it was life or death," said Jeff, smiling broadly
"After my so-called friend Amanda who's taken my purse" she replied, inwardly surprised she was managing to string a sentence together when talking to them "We work here together"
"Didn't I see you valeting earlier in the show?" said Lita, squinting at her
Before Shadow could reply, Amanda skidded round the corner, still clutching the purse in her hands. As she was about to speak, she noticed who Shadow was talking to and grinned. Shadow smiled back, deciding to forgive Amanda momentarily until she was alone to kill her
"I think I won that one," said Amanda throwing the purse in Shadow's direction and strolling over to her side
"I think you did" agreed Shadow, catching the purse "But I'll get you back"
"Sure, keep dreaming" smirked Amanda
"Lita was just asking if she saw us valeting earlier on," said Shadow, motioning her head towards the others
"You certainly did, we're Regal's assistants, I'm Amanda and she's Shadow" filled in Amanda
"I can speak for myself you know" said Shadow laughing
"Regal's assistants?" Matt raised his eyebrows "why in the hell would you work for him?"
"Good profile, great working conditions and company, the money and the chance to valet" Shadow counted them off on her fingers "but we're not office workers, we were ring trained before we came here and I'm training with Trish at the moment"
"Trish?" Lita frowned and her eyes clouded over "why would you want to learn from her? She's not really known for her ring work"
"She needed help and I gave it, I just asked for a little ring sharpening in return, she reckons I should get one of the guys to train me, to extend my repertoire but right now, I'm concentrating on my job and valet duties, the wrestling can wait"
"Besides, she wouldn't want to train without me" Amanda nudged her friend "you can't break part of the Connection off"
"The Connection?" Jeff asked
"We're a tag team" explained Shadow "we trained together in a wrestling school here in the States"
"You came all the way from the UK to go to a wrestling school?" Lita said, sounding impressed
"It was Amanda's idea but it was a great one and if you wanna make it, you gotta get serious" said Shadow
"Speaking of which, we've gotta get back to the office" Amanda said, checking her watch "it was great to meet you guys though"
"Yeah, I promise I'll try not to literally run into you next time," added Shadow
Matt laughed and waved as he turned to go, Lita and Jeff following him. Amanda and Shadow hurried back around the corner and made their way back to the locker room arm in arm. As soon as they were inside, Shadow shoved Amanda
"I can't believe I ran into Matt Hardy" she moaned, slumping into a chair
"You what!" exclaimed Amanda in disbelief
"I lost you so thought I'd try and cut you off by running down another corridor but when I ran around a corner, I ran into him and fell on my ass in front of them" said Shadow, her hands covering her face.
"That's one way to make an impression" said Amanda helpfully "I'm sure they won't forget it in a hurry"
"Thanks" Shadow said in a monotone
She sighed and got up, beginning to pack her stuff back into her bag, trying to keep her mind off what had just happened.
"You know, they'd be the perfect people to ring train us" piped up Amanda
"Sure, I can see that happening 'Hi, I know we've met for the first time and all but I was hoping you'd in-ring train us after my display of total lack of co-ordination'" replied Shadow, zipping her bag up
"I could happen" retorted Amanda, cheerfully "I can't think of anyone else I'd let throw me around a ring except Christian of course"
"Well, I can wait though I do wanna find someone soon" sighed Shadow "Oh, did you hear the big news?"
"What?"
"Vince has bought his own competition"
"He's bought WCW?" gasped Amanda "No way! He'll bury it, firing all those great wrestlers"
"Some of them are better than great, they'd be perfect here in the WWF" agreed Shadow "but it ain't up to us, he's gonna make the final buy in a couple of weeks, I accidentally read one of Regal's files about it"
"Good move, man I'm never gonna understand someone who enjoys destroying peoples' lives" muttered Amanda as she followed Shadow out of the locker room.
*
"Wonderful job my dears" commended Regal as they entered the office "I was very impressed, you certainly would be most welcome at my side at any of the events"
"Why thank you, we'd love to continue to cheer you on to victory" replied Amanda
"It's settled then, Smackdown I plan to let Chris Jericho face both Dudley Boyz in a Handicap Table Match, I of course cannot leave the office during this match but I'm sure I could let the two of you wander around the corridors" Regal's voice trailed off
"Consider it planned" said Shadow "I'm sure we could wander our way down to the ring"
"Not that we'd even consider doing anything illegal," said Amanda, widening her eyes
"Of course not" Regal's eyes gleamed as he spoke "well to work, I have more filing and so on for you to do, now Miss Shadow.."
*
Amanda leant against the cold concrete wall backstage, Shadow stood opposite her, both of them silent. They watched the Jericho match on a monitor, taking in everything that happened. For their plan to work, everyone needed to believe that they were totally on the same page as Regal and so willing to do his dirty work. It was dark backstage, artificial light spilling from the corridors behind them, casting half shadows everywhere they looked, the perfect shrouded setting.
Suddenly the concentrated silence was broken by Chris Benoit marching past them, a young female they didn't recognise at his side. The tension between the couple could have been cut with a knife, neither of them smiled, though the girl occasionally darted hateful glances at him.
"Cute tube" called Amanda after the girl, referring to tube top she wore with PROVE ME WRONG itched across it
The girl paused and turned back, smiling. It completely transformed her face; she looked like someone who could be incredibly happy, underlining that she wasn't.
"Provided by Benoit productions, everything has to have his tag on" she called back, her Australian accent colouring the words
"Keep moving" Benoit spat out from in front of her
"Cool it, I'll be back in a minuite" she called, darting out of his reach and over to the girls' sides "I haven't see you guys here, how long you been here?"
"About a month" replied Shadow "We work for Regal"
"Hey, a fellow foreigner!" cheered the girl "you guys fans of this stuff?"
"Yeah, big time, we're ring workers too but right now, the Commissioner has given us leave to see that Mr Jericho doesn't win" Amanda said, pointing to the monitor
"Jericho huh?" the girl's eyes darkened "give him hell for me, he's the reason I've ended up with this asshole in the first place" she jerked her thumb back at the fuming Benoit who waited impatiently for her
"Pleasant work" snorted Amanda
"Yeah, well guess I'd better go, see you guys around yeah? The name's Angel by the way, Angel Torres" she called over her shoulder as she ran back to Benoit
"She's pretty cool" remarked Shadow "wouldn't know when you see her scowl though"
"I think she's someone we'd get on with" smiled Amanda "she's got an agenda, just like you and me"
"Uh oh, Jericho's put D-Von through a table, we need to get out there, he's setting another one up" said Shadow suddenly as she gazed at the monitor
"Lets go" Amanda said, taking off towards the curtain. She and Shadow burst through it, trying to shut out the cheering crowd. Jericho stood at the foot of the ramp, setting up a table. As soon as he did, they grabbed him and slammed his head against it. The crowd started booing immediately, the girls scowled at the crowd before grabbing Jericho by the arms and sending him flying into the steel steps, satisfied at the huge clang he made on impact.
"Get him in the ring" screamed Bubba Ray over the ropes
"Got it," yelled back Amanda
They grabbed Jericho and rolled him back in, into the waiting arms of Bubba Ray who powerbombed him over the ropes and through the table, giving the Dudleyz the win. Amanda and Shadow stood over Jericho's body, laughing down at him.
"Come on Jericho, where's your fight gone?" gloated Shadow
"It's all tabled out" replied Amanda as they turned and began walking back up the ramp
Read, enjoy, review! Recognise Angel? She's the star of 'Rogue Angel' a fantastic story by BizGirlCharlie, make sure to check it out! Thanks to the great people who review this story, you make it worth writing! (shout outs - BizGirlCharlie: hope I've done Angel justice, I liked writing her in, what do u think? Sorry about hurting ur Jerky but these things have to be done when you've got a plan and Liz: hey, glad u could read this one, so glad u like it, all will be revealed, slowly but surely, lol) Keep reading and reviewing)
