Disclaimer: don't own anyone except Shadow and Amanda who I created based on people in real life. The rest are owned by Vince Mcmahon and the WWE

"Out the way! She needs to get to the medics, move your asses out of the way!"

Amanda could hear the voice as she felt herself being rushed through the corridors, her eyes closed. She wondered briefly why Shadow was yelling in an Australian accent before working out that it was Angel. She opened her eyes and took in the two females carrying her between them. She managed to smile at the absurdity of the situation

"Well this is weird," she said in a cracked voice

"Amanda! How you feeling?" asked Shadow smiling joyfully

"Like my back's on fire, I forgot how painful a powerbomb could be, especially from someone as well trained as Jericho" Amanda cracked

"Well honey, we're getting you to the medics right now and no protests, I know how much it hurts" chirped Angel as she pushed the medics door open and yelled "come on, the girl needs some painkillers here and some TLC"

Amanda laughed as they put her on one of the makeshift beds, a couple of the medics crowded around it.

"Just pump in some painkillers and I'll be fine," she said, waving a hand "tried and tested theory, right Shadow?"

"Right" Shadow said "thanks for the help Angel, I couldn't have carried her without you"

"No sweat" replied Angel "Any opportunity to get away from my keeper"

She jerked a thumb towards the open door where the others could see Benoit leaning up against a wall scowling, looking like he was about to explode for being left waiting. Angel rolled her eyes and gave him a little wave, his scowl deepened

"Boy will I pay in training tomorrow" she sighed "hey, you guys wanna join me in the gym tomorrow? Otherwise all I got is Edge and Christian to hang with and they can get a little tiring"

"Not so bad" sighed Amanda "imagine working out with them, umm mmm"

"OK girl, keep your mind on relaxing and not on the men" laughed Shadow

"So how bout it?" asked Angel

"Sure, would be good to have a work out buddy," said Shadow

"Great, see you there tomorrow morning"

Angel disappeared out of the door with a nod; they could hear her talking to Benoit outside, evidently needling him about his impatience. Amanda smiled; her back felt a little better now she was lying down

"She's our type of girl, now help me up so we can get out of here!"

"You got it" laughed Shadow

*

With a grunt, Shadow lifted Raven over her head and slammed him into a German suplex, bridging beautifully. She let him go and sat up, breathing hard. Her bridging had improved with practise, thanks to Raven making her go through long sets of them every training session.

"Good going Shadow" commended Raven, helping her to her feet "that's two sessions in a row you've nailed them perfectly, time to move on"

"Took you long enough" yelled Amanda teasingly from her post atop the corner turnbuckle

"Just because you can hurricanranna brilliantly now, no need to get smug with me Manda" laughed Shadow, pointing a finger at her

"Guilty" said Amanda, holding her hands up

"Your Fishermans Suplex isn't too bad but needs a little work" continued Raven "and your Northernlight needs the most work"

"I know" sighed Shadow "can I have a break though?"

"Yes, you deserve one now, Amanda" Raven turned his attention to the blonde girl sat above him "over here, I want you to learn some powerbomb counters, maybe what happened a couple of weeks ago won't happen again, you must learn how to protect yourself from attacks like that, countering is always the best weapon"

Amanda nodded and leapt down from the turnbuckle. Raven motioned her closer and as he was about to put her into the position for a powerbomb, they heard a loud voice from the ramp

"I totally don't believe it! They dumped us for some other heinous loser"

"Oh great" muttered Shadow under her breath "it's Blonde and Blonder"

"Shut up" hissed Amanda

Edge and Christian walked furiously down the ramp, looking very angry. They'd even taken their shades off to glare at the girls even more. Raven, for his part, merely took a few steps back, choosing to observe instead of partake.

"We offered to train you so why are working with Bird boy?" asked Edge, gesturing to Raven who raised an eyebrow

"We thought that..." began Shadow

"That you guys have enough on your plate already, trying to keep the tag titles around your waists and all so we thought you'd be too busy so we got someone who was available" chattered Amanda hurriedly

"Granted we're totally busy right now" conceded Christian "but you could have told us, not totally forgotten, that totally reeks!"

"Sorry" offered Shadow, with a shrug before turning back to Raven "shall we continue?"

"Catch you guys around?" called Amanda hopefully after the duo as they turned away

They didn't answer, dissolving into mutters and gestures she couldn't make out. With a sigh, she turned around to be greeting by a boot to the gut followed by being lifted high into the air by Raven. Startled and surprised, she couldn't think of counter, causing Raven to powerbomb her easily to the mat

"Never take your eyes off your opponent and always be on your guard" he reminded her as he pulled her to her feet "now lets try that again"

Soon, Amanda had managed to counter using her hurricanranna or pulling him down into a pin. He nodded his approval and addressed them both

"You've been doing well with the hardcore training and your bodies evidently prove that"

Both Shadow and Amanda had bruises and cuts on their skin from fighting using the weapons even though they purposely didn't hit hard. They were feeling more comfortable using the weapons now, not so anxious and apprehensive, it was becoming, as Raven had told them it would, instinctive.

"So I want to take a break from that and have you guys work a match, I'll be a referee when pins are made but still gonna be telling you how to improve as you fight" he continued "lets face off"

The girls high fived and nodded at each other. They broke apart and crouched, ready to fight. Raven nodded to them and they immediately locked up. They'd fought each other many times before in wrestling school but that was before they were a little more learned and polished. The training had made a difference. They kept up with each other, throwing as much as they could into it, hoping to show Raven their improvements. He still yelled as they fought, pointing out sloppy manoeuvres and missed spots. Shadow managed to do a German suplex finishing in a bridge and Amanda seemed to greatly enjoy using her hurricanranna now that it came so naturally to her. It was as fun as it has always been but still as painful as before, giving them that exhilarating feeling. They couldn't help smiling as they tussled.

Shadow threw Amanda into the ropes, landing a hip toss followed by a clothesline. She threw her into the corner, ramming her shoulder into Amanda's ribs before going for a ten punch. Amanda threw her off and landed a second rope leg drop, getting a two count. She pulled Shadow up into a powerbomb and landed it, getting the three count. Raven solemnly raised her hand in victory and Amanda dragged Shadow to her feet who grinned at her.

"Great match girl, but I am out of breath" she gasped

"Me too" laughed Amanda

Suddenly there was a cheer from some of the seats and the Hardyz and Lita raced down one of aisles to stop in front of the ring. Shadow and Amanda looked at each other in astonishment; they were unaware that anyone was watching them

"How long were you watching?" managed Shadow

"Long enough" replied Matt laughing "we often chill in the arena before a show, more space, more relaxed when it gets crowded backstage"

"Good going guys" said Lita as she leaned forward onto the ring apron "that was pretty impressive you know"

"Really? Thanks" beamed Shadow, slipping her arm through Amanda's

"You did good," added Jeff "who know, maybe you'll be fighting Lita soon"

"Bring it on" laughed Lita, beckoning to them teasingly

"Sounds good to me" replied Amanda

"Hate to break it to you but we gotta go start getting ready, show starts soon and we got some planning and warming up to get done" said Matt, ever the organised leader "but we'll see you guys later, alright?"

"Sure, see ya," said Shadow waving as the trio disappeared up the ramp

"We better be going to," said Amanda, collecting her towel from the corner "we're in charge of the Commissioner's office since he's busy discussing business all day with Mcmahon"

"Lets go"

*

"I now own WCW" proclaimed Shane Mcmahon proudly on the screen

"Oh my God!" exclaimed Amanda jumping up "He outwitted Vince! The boss is gonna be sore, which is always good in my book"

"I am so rooting for Shane in this one, at Wrestlemania? It's the young generation all the way" agreed Shadow as she sorted through some of the papers on the desk

"Hey, lets phone him or something congratulating him" said Amanda excitedly "if we ever fall out with Vince, we've gotta have a back up plan by keeping Shane sweet"

"Great idea, I think I got his number here" said Shadow, flicking through her personal organiser "I copied all the important ones from Regal's files, you never know when they'll come in handy"

"Good going" crowed Amanda, on a high

Shadow dialled the number then signalled for Amanda to join her holding the handset between them so they could both talk

"Voice mail, we can leave a message" she said quietly

"Hey Shane, you don't know us but we're Amanda"

"And Shadow and we're Commissioner Regal's assistants and we were never happier when moments ago you announced yourself as WCW owner"

"So if you ever need our services, then give us a call, we'd be happy to help with the take over" finished Amanda before giving her cell phone number and hanging up

"All done" smiled Shadow "making connections, important ones too"

"Great, lets head out now, I am dying for some food" groaned Amanda as they headed for the door

As they walked out and started down the corridor, they heard a very familiar voice behind them, unmistakable in fact on a night when his world had come crashing down

"Well well well, the Commissioner's assistants, what are their names again?"

"Amanda and Shadow" Trish's voice supplied "and very talented too"

They turned around to face Vince Mcmahon looked surprisingly calm in his trademark dark suit and Trish on his arm, looking beautiful in a white mini dress and white leather go-go boots. Amanda smothered a smile; they looked every inch the 'married man and his mistress'. Shadow smiled broadly and half bowed

"Mr Mcmahon, it's a pleasure to meet you at last" she said

"Thank you, I hear from the Commissioner that you're doing an excellent job" replied Vince

"Why thank you, we hope we're doing him justice," said Amanda demurely

"He assures me you are, you're getting ring trained as well I hear" boomed Vince "always good to self improve eh Trish? Maybe you should doing something like that"

Trish smiled and laughed softly. Shadow arched an eyebrow; Vince didn't know how trained Trish was? Thought all she could do were catfights? Boy was he in for a surprise

"If you'll excuse us sir, I'm sure you have plenty to deal with, what with Shane's announcement and all" she said

"I'm not worried about my son's little plan" scoffed Vince, his voice hardening "I could have taken that half-baked organisation and made stars out of every one of them but with Shane as their leader? They'll be going straight where they were heading before, into the gutter, no ladies I am still the kingpin around here and Shane would do well to remember it"

He swept past them, his mood having dropped significantly and Trish as she passed with him turned back and whispered quietly to Shadow

"One week and you'll see"

Shadow couldn't help smiling as her friend turned and disappeared, Trish still had a plan, she always seemed to, her plans were always devious and always got her what she wanted. Shadow couldn't wait to see what Trish had planned.

"Look out, Regal alert" hissed Amanda, nudging her friend in the ribs

Sure enough, Regal was bustling towards them with some papers clutched in his hands. He looked a little flustered but as smug as usual

"Ah my dears, I was hoping to catch you before you departed, I wanted to just thank you for your work so far and also I think you shall be pleased to hear that I shall be facing that toe-rag Jericho at Wrestlemania for his Intercontinental belt and shall bloody beat him! I'll teach him disrespect me and hurt innocent ladies such as yourselves" he fumed

"What about Trish? You had no problem slamming her and letting Vince and Steph humiliate her a while ago" thought Shadow silently but didn't voice her thoughts

"It would be our pleasure to have a ringside seat for that contest Commissioner" said Amanda "for moral support and encouragement of course"

"Of course" agreed Regal "Now if you'll excuse me, I must catch Mr Mcmahon before he departs with the lovely Miss Stratus"

He left with a smile, walking rapidly in the direction Vince did. Shadow turned to Amanda with a sudden light in her eyes and grasped one of her friend's hands.

"One week and it all happens" she said as they turned and walked off

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