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

There was a distinct buzz backstage. The corridors were filled with chattering people, more than usual. Seamstresses were set up on tables around every corner, making final adjustments to clothes, cameramen were setting up and some were even filming already. Talent either was going in and out of locker rooms or stood in packs talking or walking alone. Tonight was the night for everyone. Tonight was the night of Wrestlemania

"Can you feel the electricity in the air?" whispered Shadow in awe, taking everything in through wide-eyes

"Totally" Amanda whispered back

"You spend way too much time thinking about Christian, you're even talking like him" commented Shadow, rolling her eyes

"You can never think about Christian too much" reprimanded Amanda

"Whatever"

Shadow stopped by one of the seamstresses and after a few quiet words, picked up two tops from the table. She handed one to Amanda who looked puzzled

"They're our tops made specially for Wrestlemania" said Shadow with a smile "remember we wanted something extra for the big night?"

"We did?"

"Oh come one! You remember, you asked me to get a couple of tops done for tonight because we should make an effort"

Shadow unfolded her's and held it out in front of her to inspect it. It was her usual Union Jack top but was a tiny halter neck belly top in the rich colours made out of some sort of glittering shiny material. Amanda's, as she unfolded her's to inspect, was the same but of course was the Stars and Stripes. She grinned at her friend

"I love it! So we wear these with out tight blue jeans and sneakers right?"

"Yep and these"

Shadow produced two belts, they were wide black leather with THE CONNECTION in thick silver metal melded on. Amanda took one and wrapped it around her waist experimentally

"You've got it all figured out huh?" she teased

"It's just a small addition to make everything look good" Shadow answered

They resumed walking and as they turned a corner, someone strode past them in a Wrestlemania jacket, a hard frown on their face. Shadow and Amanda didn't attempt to stop her, they were used now to Angel's kaleidoscope of moods; one minute she was cheerful and fun and the next she was vicious, nasty and calculating, a lot like Benoit. They'd heard whispers backstage that Angel was basically owned by Benoit, that in order to stay in the WWF, she'd had to sign a contract that meant she had to do all Benoit ordered her to, a prisoner effectively but allowed to valet for others though it would cost her. She had changed a lot by being with Benoit, taking on his mannerisms and ways of life without realising it.

"She needs therapy" said Amanda

"She needs a friend" insisted Shadow "we could help her Amanda"

"She got herself into this Shadow and she needs to find her way out"

"She came here not realising what this business was like and got embroiled in the intensity that she didn't know existed, I say we help her"

"I say you're nuts and stop trying to meddle with people's lives! We've got other things to think about other than her, when she wants our help, she'll ask"

"Fine fine" Shadow took a deep breath to calm herself down "we've got some time before the show starts, why don't we head to the locker rooms and wish some of the talent good luck?"

"Now that's a good idea"

*

The locker room corridors were eerily silent, doors closed and hardly any sound coming from within. Everyone was concentrating and planning their attacks. The tension in that section of the building was so tangible.

"Which one first?" asked Amanda

"Umm...Team Xtreme?"

"Sure, good call"

They reached the locker room and both knocked together. The door opened and Matt appeared, looking anxious. He broke into a small smile when he saw them.

"Hey, come on in" he said, standing back to make room for them

It was fairly quiet inside, Jeff was lying out on the floor, going through stretches that looked kinda painful for a man to have to go through. Lita sat on a bench, scuffing her feet on the tiled floor, the waiting evidently getting to her.

"Visitors" announced Matt, sitting down next to Lita

Jeff lifted his head and made the gun signal with one hand to acknowledge their presence before going back to his stretches. Lita smiled and beckoned for them to sit on the bench with her and Matt.

"How you guys doing? Raven getting tough on you?" she asked

"He's always tough on us" laughed Shadow "but he's a good trainer, makes us do moves till we get them right"

"Besides, we're here to see you guys, not talk about our training" said Amanda "I don't really want to ask if you're ready, but are you pumped up?"

"Couldn't be more pumped up" replied Matt "This is our match, we own it, the Dudleyz and Edge and Christian? Mere obstacles to overcome, easily"

"And I'm just back up" said Lita with a laugh "if they're in trouble or outnumbered then I'm there"

"What about Rhyno? I mean, he is one strong psycho, I wouldn't want to pass him on the street let alone face him in the ring" said Shadow

"Hit and run" replied Lita "that's all I gotta do, be there at the right time and make sure I'm well out the way when things start getting heavy, waiting outside the ring to pounce at any moment"

"Good luck" sighed Amanda "I am sure glad Regal's match is the first on the card, gives us a chance to watch everything else, it's gonna be a hell of a show"

"Sure is and we're gonna be the show stoppers" called Jeff from his position on the floor

"You heard the boy, he speaks the truth" laughed Matt

"Well, we better go, we've got other people to see, see you guys later?" asked Shadow, getting up

"Maybe, depends what sort of state we're in," said Matt

"Later" Amanda called over her shoulder as they stepped out of the room

"Fancy visiting Taker?" Shadow asked

"Why not? Doubt he could use the luck but it would be kinda cool"

His room wasn't hard to spot with the DEADMAN INC sign on it, Amanda knocked hard and almost immediately it swung open to reveal Taker looking at them expectantly. He was obviously in the middle of getting ready, his singlet pulled down to his waist and his wet hair hanging down.

"Just thought we'd wish you luck for tonight," said Amanda, trying to sound confident

They were both intimidated in his presence, the way he looked at them with those pale eyes and didn't speak, just resting his massive body against the inside wall.

"Well isn't that nice? I'm touched girls" his words always seemed to have a clear ring of mocking to them "Kane, some people are here to wish us good luck" he called over his shoulder

Kane appeared behind him, his expression unknown beneath his mask as he took in the girls. Shadow tried not to gulp; they were both twice the size of her and about three times the weight.

"Thanks" Kane's voice was nothing more than a throaty rumble "good to know we matter to the Commissioner's assistants"

"How is the Princess by the way" asked Undertaker "after Kane got his hands on her"

Amanda and Shadow grinned; they'd both immensely enjoyed the moment when Kane held Stephanie Mcmahon-Helmsley over a balcony, threatening to drop her unless Undertaker got his match against Triple H. Commissioner Regal had not been amused, he had been extremely angry.

"I hear she's doing fine," said Shadow, trying not to laugh at the memory "that gave us a lot of laughs"

"Got what I wanted" replied Undertaker beginning to go back inside "watch and you'll see that I always do"

He shut the door with a click and they turned away, smiling.

"He's got a great sense of humour" commented Amanda

"Especially when it comes to annoying the Mcmahon" agreed Shadow with a laugh

"Suppose we'd better wish our trainer good luck" said Amanda as they reached Raven's door

They knocked and when he appeared, they both wished him good luck, feeling that he'd probably need it against Kane and the Big Show for the Hardcore title. He hadn't said much, thanked them and reminded them to be at training the next day. He didn't even seem worried.

*

The crowd was the loudest they'd ever been when Shadow and Amanda were stood at ringside. The Commissioner was in the thick of his fight with Jericho, having gripped the upper hand at that time. Shadow paced back and forth, yelling at the people in the crowd who were insulting them. Amanda was smiling and clapping Regal's moves

"Both looking good," she said out of the corner of her smiling mouth

"Told you these tops were special" replied Shadow as she joined Amanda in clapping

They were both a little on edge, knowing that the time to make their move and finally do what they'd aimed to do was drawing near. Shadow could feel the thin folded papers moving about in her top, a constant reminder of the reality of what was going to happen. Amanda turned to her, looking more and more nervous

"Ready?" she asked

"Guess so" sighed Shadow

The moment came. Jericho lay in a corner, distracting the referee with his complaints, no idea that he was helping the valets. They both slid into the ring and helped Regal to his feet. Suddenly they both turned and grounded Regal with a double clothesline. Shadow pulled him to his feet and gave him a German suplex not bothering to bridge. Amanda grinned and clapped her friend before racing at the staggering Regal and hurricanrannaing him down. They slipped out of the ring, leaving the confused Jericho to hit his Lionsault for the victory. They high fived and got back into the ring, grabbing a microphone on the way to address the beaten Regal

"You see Commissioner, we never came to help you, we came to beat you" started Amanda, her voice laughing and mocking

"We came for revenge for all my people back home who you are giving a bad name by representing us the way you do and tonight you paid for it" said Shadow triumphantly

"Because tonight, not only did we cost you the Intercontinental Championship, we cost you your position as Commissioner" said Amanda

"That's right, because you are looking at the new co-commissioners of the WWF" said Shadow, pulling the papers from her top and holding them

They both held the microphone together and smiled at each other before speaking together

"Have a nice day!"

The roar as they walked up the ramp was huge and they knew it was for them.

"Can you believe it?" called Shadow above the noise

"Barely" replied Amanda

They lifted each other's hand and grinned at the crowd before walking through the curtain. They walked quickly to the office and turned on the monitor. Shadow pulled the tie from her hair, letting it fall to her shoulders with a sigh as Amanda sat down behind the desk

"We did it," she said

"We sure did" Shadow's voice became serious "Thanks Amanda, I couldn't have done it without you and that's the honest truth"

"No problem now sit down and watch the show" Amanda playfully ordered

And they did, side by side, laughing and cheering at the action. When it came to the TLC 2 match, they tried to keep silent but couldn't help shrieking at all that happened, at how the bodies crashed and flew, how the six men just kept on going. Suddenly, there were two more bodies flying around; Spike Dudley, a fair-haired missile clad in camouflage and Rhyno, the hulking destroying Man-Beast.

"Where's the back up?" yelled Amanda, slamming a fist onto the desk

Almost as if she'd heard, Lita raced down to the ring and began trying to even the odds. But she was derailed by the Dudleys who dropped her with a 3D. Shadow got to her feet

"You with me"

It wasn't a question because she knew answer. Amanda got to her feet, flicking the monitor off as she did

"I'm with you"

They strode out of the office and ignored the stares they got, they knew people had seen their startling announcement and were wondering what they were up to now. They threw the curtain aside and ran down the ramp side by side. Shadow slid into the ring and whirled Bubba Ray Dudley around, beginning to throw right hands at him. He shrugged them off and clubbed her hard over the back of the neck, grounding her. Amanda had managed to grab one of Lita's feet and pulled her out of the ring to relative safety, one eye on what was happening to Shadow. Bubba Ray stared around wildly before his eyes locked onto D-Von

"D-Von! Get the table!" he yelled

D-Von happily complied, grabbing on from under the ring and set it up in the ring. Shadow tried to breathe, tried to block out what was happening, trying desperately to get away but Bubba had a firm grip on her hair. Amanda laid Lita down on the outside of the ring

"Get a medic to her" she yelled to one of the referees

She got into the ring just as Bubba lifted Shadow high into a powerbomb and hit him as hard as could with a low blow. His pain was easy to see on his face as he dropped Shadow who shook her head a little and grabbed the nearest thing she could reach; a folding chair. She scooted backwards and slammed it into Bubba's head before sliding out of the ring so that D-Von couldn't get her.

"Thanks Manda" she panted as her friend dropped down beside her

"No problem now lets go get Lita"

Lita was still lying face down on the outside of the ring, Amanda grabbed the pink top Lita had stripped off herself on the way round. They carefully picked her up, her head rolled back; she was completely out cold. Amanda grabbed the referee

"Get some medics out here dammit!" she yelled

Soon, Edge and Christian's music blared and the duo knelt on the mat exhausted, clutching their belts with Rhyno at their sides. Shadow sighed, she and Amanda had been too busy helping the medics to do anything helpful although Amanda had got a sneaky hurricanranna in on D-Von. Amanda grimaced

"One part of me is really happy for them but another wants to kill them"

"Sounds complicated enough for me" replied Shadow "I'm not taking another step into that ring with Rhyno there, he is someone I never want to mess with"

"Agreed, I'll try and help Matt out from that mess of tables he and Bubba just crashed through, I'm not sure where Jeff is" called Amanda as she moved away

*

A little while later, they returned to the Commissioner's office, more than a bit tired. Amanda turned the monitor on and sat down, putting her hands to her face

"That was a brutal match, I never want to be involved in something like that again" she muttered through her fingers

"I don't know? It was kinda fun, except for the whole nearly-going-through- the-table part" said Shadow as she sat down

"You get weirder ever day" said Amanda with a smile

They both turned back to the monitor, now showing the Street Fight between the Mcmahon's. Shadow sighed, she wasn't sure she wanted to see this. With Stephanie and Trish on Vince's side, she wasn't sure that Shane could do it even with Mick Foley rooting for him. Sure enough, Stephanie had pulled Vince off a table so that Shane crashed through it when intending to put Vince through with a top rope flying elbow. Trish came to ringside, pushing Linda Mcmahon in wheelchair. She quickly rushed to Vince's side, helping him up looking concerned and sultry as only she could, it was a sad sight, the young gorgeous diva helping the married business man to his feet as his wife in a drugged stupor watched through supposedly hazy eyes from her wheelchair. Suddenly Trish's face contorted in anger and she slapped Vince very hard across the face.

"Her plan!" said Shadow laughing "she really did have one"

Stephanie wasn't pleased and soon the divas were fighting in the ring before Trish chased Steph up the ramp and out.

"Gotta hand it to her" said Amanda "she knows how to make a point!"

Vince meanwhile had dragged Linda into the ring and was beating Shane down with a trashcan in front of her. It was a sad and sorry sight. But suddenly as Vince turned back to Shane again, Linda stood up and when Vince noticed, gaping in astonishment, she gave him a kick in a place that was certainly painful. After Mick had softened Vince up, Shane flew across the ring in a dropkick, delivering it to Vince who lay in the parallel corner with a trashcan pressed against him and picked up the win.

"He did it" squealed Amanda, shaking her head in wonder

"Younger generation" said Shadow "told you"

As Shane and Linda embraced at ringside, there was a knock at the door and the Hardyz and Lita entered, bruised and bandaged. Jeff was limping and Matt had a painful grimace on his face

"Shouldn't you guys be with medics?" asked Shadow worriedly

"Perhaps but we're doing ok" replied Lita smiling "had something pumped in, all fixed up for the next show"

"Why don't you just go to the hospital?" suggested Amanda

"Nah, too easy" said Jeff "besides, that would take all night and we wanna go party to make up for tonight"

"For your loss you mean," said Amanda, ever blunt

The Hardyz winced at her words and Lita laughed at their expressions

"Yeah, because of their loss, anyway, you wanna join us?" she asked

"Sure" said Shadow "you up for it Manda?"

"Always am" her friend answered

"I just gotta grab someone to come with us," said Shadow "meet me here in ten, yeah?"

*

The door opened and Trish appeared. She smiled at Shadow.

"Hey, what'd you want?" she asked softly, towelling her wet hair

"We're going out with the Hardyz and Lita and I wanna know if you wanna come with us" said Shadow, gesturing to Amanda who'd come with her

"I don't know, I'm not really Lita's favourite person" sighed Trish "not that I want to be"

"Trish, you just slapped down the owner of the company at the industry's biggest PPV almost certainly costing him his grudge match against his son" spoke up Amanda

Trish smiled widely at this and nodded

"When you put it that way, I guess I do have something to celebrate, give me about ten minutes" she said, turning back to the room.

Shadow smiled at Amanda who scowled a little

"Alright, I suppose she's ok" she muttered grudgingly

"You just don't want to admit you're wrong" teased Shadow as she took her friend's arm as they waited

"You're right, I don't!"

Read, enjoy, review! This'll be the last time I add a chapter for a while since I'm off to Uni tomorrow and won't be able to get to a computer for a while, sorry. Thanks to the ace people who make this all worth while - the reviewers! (shout outs - ZOE: hope there's enough Jeff for u, there will be more as I think he is fine! There will be more revenge I promise, BIZGIRLCHARLIE: oops, I did make Angel too nice didn't I? Hope this chapter makes up for it a little, I love writing Raven because he's so dark and depressed, a great foil for Edge and Christian! Keep reading and FALLENANGEL: careful about the drooling there girl, lol! They will be more E&C so don't worry, lol) Keep reading people, it's only just starting!