Disclaimer: Still borrowing the characters. (If I owned these guys, would
I really be writing this story? I don't think so!)
A/N: Story layout is still the same. Don't want to blab too much, but thanks to all who have reviewed!! I hope that this story gets 100, but you never know. Alright, back to the story!!
4:00-5:00AM
**4:00** Hunter directed his car towards the interstate as the fire department made their way to Chris' house. Chris and Stephanie sat in silence as they turned onto the East-Bound lane. The heavy metal music that was still blaring through the speakers was the only thing that kept the car from going into total silence.
"I'm sorry, Chris." She said as he turned onto the off ramp into the direction of Connecticut. He said nothing. He simply kept his eyes on the road and a firm grip on the wheel. Stephanie sighed and turned to face out the window.
**4:05** Chris glanced at Stephanie. Yeah, she'd had a lot happen to her in the past 4 hours, but he had had just as much happen to him. He'd just witnessed his house burn to the ground, and his parents were dead, now too. But, he couldn't grieve for them just yet. He had to help Stephanie get through the rest of this day. He absently swapped CDs and put in his Fozzy CD. He saw Steph eyeball him from the corner of his eye.
"Y'know, this stuff isn't all that bad." She admitted. Chris kind of smirked.
"Really?" he asked her. She smiled when she heard him talking again.
"Really." She said. He smiled at her as his car phone began to ring.
**4:12** "Hello?" He asked as he picked up the phone.
"Where is she, is she with you?" A voice asked anxiously on the other end of the phone.
"She's fine, Vince. She's right here with me. We're on our way to Connecticut as we speak." Chris said, trying to reassure his boss. Steph rolled her eyes as she thought about what her father must be saying.
"All right. She's with you then?" Vince asked. Chris sighed.
"Yeah, Vince, she's right here next to me. Would you like to talk to her?"
"Yes. I would, thank you Chris." He replied. Chris handed the phone to Steph.
**4:18** "Daddy?" she asked as she picked up the phone.
"Hey sweetie, how are you?"
"Perfectly fine thanks to the man next to me." She said, smiling. She thought she saw Chris blushing a little bit.
"That's wonderful, darling. Do you have any idea about where Hunter is?" Vince asked. "I've been trying to get a hold of him for hours now, and he still isn't answering at home."
"Actually, he's been after me all morning. He's been trying to kill me daddy. And Chris. Chris' parents are dead because of something he had a hand in." Steph explained quickly to her father. The older McMahon listened and sighed.
"OK, be careful, sweetheart. Have Chris look after you, maybe I'll give him a raise."
"DAD!!"
"Sorry, Steph, just be careful, ok? I've got to go, I'll see you soon."
"Bye." She said. Then she hung up. Steph replaced the phone and leaned back in her seat.
**4:23** "Did Daddy have any words of wisdom for us?" Chris asked in a mocking tone. Steph smiled and lightly punched his arm.
"Only to look out for Hunter." She said.
"Why? Oh, right because he-uh is-uh the game-uh. Right?"
"Precisely." Steph answered. A sudden thought occurred to her, and before she could stop herself, she said it.
"I can't believe that I got in a car with you again after what happened.." Steph said, her voice trailing off when she saw Chris' suddenly saddened expression.
He sighed. "We can't dwell on what happened in the past. What happened, happened, and there's nothing you or I can do to change it. If I could change it, believe me, I would. After all, Eric being my cousin and all, it hurts twice as much." Chris said. He trailed off, and Steph just stared at him.
**4:25** Hunter sat in his car, following the car in front of him, knowing full well, who was in the vehicle. He was following Chris and Stephanie. Getting lost in his thoughts, he was snapped back to reality by his phone. He picked it up and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Have you finished them off yet?" The voice asked.
Hunter sighed.
"They keep getting away."
"Well, that's too bad, now isn't it?"
"I'll get them, just give me time."
"That's the problem, Hunter!!" It hissed at him. Hunter rolled his eyes. "We're running out of time!! You've got 12 hours, Hunter, and if they're not dead by then, you will be." It said, then hung up.
Hunter hung up the phone and glared at the car in front of him. This was going to be one long-ass day.
**4:35** The car had slipped into awkward silence again after Chris had said that he was cousins with Eric Bischoff. Steph wondered how it was possible for such a nice guy to be related to a total -pardon the French- a total asshole. Chris just sat there, deep in thought as he drove endlessly on.
The Fozzy CD was still in and it was currently playing the song, 'Happenstance'. Chris hummed along with the song, while he thought of what else to say to Steph about how he could explain his remark, but he could think of none. She didn't seem to mind. Matter of fact.....she was asleep.
**4:46** Chris smiled when he saw Stephanie sleep for the first time in that day. He absently moved a piece of hair out of her face, while his mind was screaming at him to leave her alone because she was still married to ape-nose.
He went back to watching the road after a few seconds. He was thinking over the events of the day, and didn't get very far before his head started to hurt again. The day was no where near over yet, and the man had already been put through hell.
**4:49** "Not bad for a start." He said to himself. Chris glanced in his rearview mirror and saw that the same car had been following him for about an hour now, but he dismissed it as nothing.
**4:53** Hunter drummed his fingers along the steering wheel, as if trying to decide what to do. He made up his mind quickly. He check his side mirrors to ensure that no other cars were close by and that he was ok to go into the passing lane. Hunter turned on the blinker, then made his way up to Chris' car. He got the cars exactly even with one another, then he rammed Chris' car.
**4:59** "Shit!!" Chris yelled as he tried to regain control of the car. Steph was jolted awake again. Hunter rammed the car again as they were going over a creek bed that had a huge drop-off to it. Hunter rammed the car hard, and sent it tumbling over the edge of the drop-off.
**5:00**
A/N: Story layout is still the same. Don't want to blab too much, but thanks to all who have reviewed!! I hope that this story gets 100, but you never know. Alright, back to the story!!
4:00-5:00AM
**4:00** Hunter directed his car towards the interstate as the fire department made their way to Chris' house. Chris and Stephanie sat in silence as they turned onto the East-Bound lane. The heavy metal music that was still blaring through the speakers was the only thing that kept the car from going into total silence.
"I'm sorry, Chris." She said as he turned onto the off ramp into the direction of Connecticut. He said nothing. He simply kept his eyes on the road and a firm grip on the wheel. Stephanie sighed and turned to face out the window.
**4:05** Chris glanced at Stephanie. Yeah, she'd had a lot happen to her in the past 4 hours, but he had had just as much happen to him. He'd just witnessed his house burn to the ground, and his parents were dead, now too. But, he couldn't grieve for them just yet. He had to help Stephanie get through the rest of this day. He absently swapped CDs and put in his Fozzy CD. He saw Steph eyeball him from the corner of his eye.
"Y'know, this stuff isn't all that bad." She admitted. Chris kind of smirked.
"Really?" he asked her. She smiled when she heard him talking again.
"Really." She said. He smiled at her as his car phone began to ring.
**4:12** "Hello?" He asked as he picked up the phone.
"Where is she, is she with you?" A voice asked anxiously on the other end of the phone.
"She's fine, Vince. She's right here with me. We're on our way to Connecticut as we speak." Chris said, trying to reassure his boss. Steph rolled her eyes as she thought about what her father must be saying.
"All right. She's with you then?" Vince asked. Chris sighed.
"Yeah, Vince, she's right here next to me. Would you like to talk to her?"
"Yes. I would, thank you Chris." He replied. Chris handed the phone to Steph.
**4:18** "Daddy?" she asked as she picked up the phone.
"Hey sweetie, how are you?"
"Perfectly fine thanks to the man next to me." She said, smiling. She thought she saw Chris blushing a little bit.
"That's wonderful, darling. Do you have any idea about where Hunter is?" Vince asked. "I've been trying to get a hold of him for hours now, and he still isn't answering at home."
"Actually, he's been after me all morning. He's been trying to kill me daddy. And Chris. Chris' parents are dead because of something he had a hand in." Steph explained quickly to her father. The older McMahon listened and sighed.
"OK, be careful, sweetheart. Have Chris look after you, maybe I'll give him a raise."
"DAD!!"
"Sorry, Steph, just be careful, ok? I've got to go, I'll see you soon."
"Bye." She said. Then she hung up. Steph replaced the phone and leaned back in her seat.
**4:23** "Did Daddy have any words of wisdom for us?" Chris asked in a mocking tone. Steph smiled and lightly punched his arm.
"Only to look out for Hunter." She said.
"Why? Oh, right because he-uh is-uh the game-uh. Right?"
"Precisely." Steph answered. A sudden thought occurred to her, and before she could stop herself, she said it.
"I can't believe that I got in a car with you again after what happened.." Steph said, her voice trailing off when she saw Chris' suddenly saddened expression.
He sighed. "We can't dwell on what happened in the past. What happened, happened, and there's nothing you or I can do to change it. If I could change it, believe me, I would. After all, Eric being my cousin and all, it hurts twice as much." Chris said. He trailed off, and Steph just stared at him.
**4:25** Hunter sat in his car, following the car in front of him, knowing full well, who was in the vehicle. He was following Chris and Stephanie. Getting lost in his thoughts, he was snapped back to reality by his phone. He picked it up and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Have you finished them off yet?" The voice asked.
Hunter sighed.
"They keep getting away."
"Well, that's too bad, now isn't it?"
"I'll get them, just give me time."
"That's the problem, Hunter!!" It hissed at him. Hunter rolled his eyes. "We're running out of time!! You've got 12 hours, Hunter, and if they're not dead by then, you will be." It said, then hung up.
Hunter hung up the phone and glared at the car in front of him. This was going to be one long-ass day.
**4:35** The car had slipped into awkward silence again after Chris had said that he was cousins with Eric Bischoff. Steph wondered how it was possible for such a nice guy to be related to a total -pardon the French- a total asshole. Chris just sat there, deep in thought as he drove endlessly on.
The Fozzy CD was still in and it was currently playing the song, 'Happenstance'. Chris hummed along with the song, while he thought of what else to say to Steph about how he could explain his remark, but he could think of none. She didn't seem to mind. Matter of fact.....she was asleep.
**4:46** Chris smiled when he saw Stephanie sleep for the first time in that day. He absently moved a piece of hair out of her face, while his mind was screaming at him to leave her alone because she was still married to ape-nose.
He went back to watching the road after a few seconds. He was thinking over the events of the day, and didn't get very far before his head started to hurt again. The day was no where near over yet, and the man had already been put through hell.
**4:49** "Not bad for a start." He said to himself. Chris glanced in his rearview mirror and saw that the same car had been following him for about an hour now, but he dismissed it as nothing.
**4:53** Hunter drummed his fingers along the steering wheel, as if trying to decide what to do. He made up his mind quickly. He check his side mirrors to ensure that no other cars were close by and that he was ok to go into the passing lane. Hunter turned on the blinker, then made his way up to Chris' car. He got the cars exactly even with one another, then he rammed Chris' car.
**4:59** "Shit!!" Chris yelled as he tried to regain control of the car. Steph was jolted awake again. Hunter rammed the car again as they were going over a creek bed that had a huge drop-off to it. Hunter rammed the car hard, and sent it tumbling over the edge of the drop-off.
**5:00**
