~Part 18~

Eric Bischoff stood in the middle of the ring, sneering out at the booing crowd. He was the General Manager of Raw and he was not intimidated by anyone or anything, and he would be sure to remind everyone that they should not cross him. Even her.

Taking a deep breath, to calm his deeply buried nerves, he raised the microphone to his mouth and silence fell among the audience.

"Before I explain my reasons for coming out here tonight, I would like to introduce you to the Women's Champion, Lita," He watched as his daughter appeared on the ramp, playing to the fans. They really did love her, some chanting her name as she entered the ring and smiled at him. He really didn't want to do what he knew he had to.to keep his business.

"Lita," she smiled at him again, and he continued, "I saw what happened to you on Smackdown. I know what Stephanie McMahon tried to do to you, and I want you to look at something." he pointed up to the titantron, ignoring the puzzled look that Lita threw him. She had no idea what he had planned.

The first clip showed a locker room door with Jericho and Christian's names upon it. Then another door was shown, with 'Dudley's' written on. The third and final door shown, was that of Evolution.

Lita frowned, not quite sure what Bischoff was getting at.

"Do you know what all of those doors have in common Lita?" she shrugged and he smirked, "They've all been locked." He pointed up to the titantron again, and this time it showed a smiling Paul Heyman, holding out a bunch of keys, and the diva began to get nervous. "You see now sweetie, you don't have to worry about *my* wrestlers attacking you, but-"

"Bischoff! Bischoff over here." Eric looked up at the sound of the voice, only to find that Stephanie McMahon was now grinning wickedly on the titantron. He frowned and the brunette waved. This was not planned.

"What? What are you doing here? Go away!" Eric yelled down the microphone, and Stephanie rolled her eyes.

"Oh Eric, you are one stupid little man, believing that you could get my superstars to work for you when they could work for.well me!"

"What are you talking about?" Now he was letting the nerves show, and maybe some fear too. What did she mean by that? By the look on Lita's face, she obviously didn't know what Stephanie was implying.

"You can stop pretending Bischoff, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Do the names, Big Show, A-train, Team Angle and Paul Heyman mean anything to you?"

Eric didn't say anything, but Stephanie could tell he understood, and smiled. "I was just going to go ahead and let you have your fun destroying your girl using my wrestlers." From the corner of his eye he noticed Lita frown at him in disbelief, as Stephanie continued ".but then I realised what a great opportunity I was in. You had locked in most of your wrestlers and given the keys to Paul Heyman, who works for me by the way, and now you're both all alone in the ring, with no one to protect you.oh Eric.if you only had a brain."

Bischoff felt his heartbeat begin to quicken as he saw Paul Heyman and the Big Show walking down the ramp. He turned around, only to find that he and Lita were surrounded. All three members of Team Angle and A-Train were out there. After all, that's where he'd asked them to be. But now the tables were turned, and they were after him.

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Fear drove through her heart as she realised the situation at hand. She didn't want to end up with another neck injury, and she sure as hell couldn't take on six guys, two of which were around 500 pounds in weight. Basically she and her father were both screwed.

She gasped as she watched Charlie Haas and Benjamin Shelton, double team her father, sending him sprawling to the ground with a thud. She so wished she could help him, even if he had been the one to set up this whole ambush for her. He was still her father, and she still cared for him.

Lita yelped as she was yanked backward by the hair, and swung around to face Kurt Angle. "Get out of here," he hissed and released her, so that she was able to slide under the ropes to safety. She was slightly bewildered that he hadn't harmed her and was even more surprised when he grabbed a chair and took a swing at A-Train. *He* was helping Bischoff?

"Lita!" She turned, and noticed that Paul Heyman obviously wasn't going to let her get away so easily, as he marched towards her with a glint in his eyes.

"I don't think so jackass!" Another voice yelled, and Lita briefly wondered if Kurt Angle had got back out of the ring, as a chair slammed into Heyman's head, leaving him unconscious on the ground. It wasn't Angle though, she could see that now.it was Edge. He grinned at her quickly before sliding into the ring to help out in what looked to be complete chaos.

There were chairs flying around, and men running left, right and centre. Jeff Hardy was attempting a Swanton on Benjamin Shelton, Kurt and Edge were going wild with chair shots to the Big Show. And was that Steve Austin who was taking out A-Train? Lita shook her head at the carnage, then spun round right into Charlie Haas.

"Shit," was all she managed, before the chair connected with the side of her head and everything went black.

~ End Part 18~