The SmackDown crew was in the arena in Des Moines for the taping that
Tuesday night. The group was still a little shaky from what had just
happened on the plane trip over, but luckily they had all survived, only
now they had two new enemies to deal with. Keith and Lisa were on the loose
somewhere in Iowa, and they knew they had to end this mess then and there
or else something bad might happen in the future and somebody could get
hurt.
"Chris, there's something I don't understand." Stephanie was saying as the superstars got ready for the show that night.
"What's that?" Chris asked, they were sitting in the cafeteria eating a snack.
"What's the deal with Keith and Lisa, do you know them?"
"Well, it's complicated." Chris began to explain his story. "You remember Carlos and Dan right? Well they're their leaders apparently. Back when I had escaped from the hospital, I was on the bus and shared a taxi with a young couple, Keith and Lisa. They seemed nice, but I never stopped to think how strange it was that they not only rode the same bus as I did, came from the same place I did, but got off at the same place as me, shared a taxi and were headed to the same destination."
"It was more than just a coincidence then." Steph sighed.
"Don't worry, we'll get all this figured out and settled before the day is done."
"Don't make promises you can't keep." Stephanie was still edgy about Chris taking such things into his hands, a cat has only nine lives, but Chris was a human. Chris's face softened, he noticed the stress and worries in Stephanie.
"Hey, listen." He says gently as he crouches down to her eye level. "I'm gonna be ok, this will all work out fine I promise you that. I'm not a little kid anymore ok, and I'm not your baby. I can take care of myself, and I can make my own choices. Ok?"
"Ok." Steph sighed, still not fully convinced at Chris's tone of voice.
"There's something that you might want to explain to me too, Chris." Chris and Steph looked around to see Vince enter the room with a coffee. "How did you manage to get out of the plane? You were trapped in the room with Lisa and Keith."
"Well, you see with that, I was going to end my deal with Keith and Lisa right then and there but I knew you guys were still on the plane. My original intent was to fight them and go down with the ship so to speak. Keith and Lisa had other plans. I started to fight with Keith but Lisa grabbed two parachutes and Keith was able to get away when Lisa shot me in the arm with a dart. Lucky for me the tranquilizer didn't knock me out and though they escaped so did I, and the rest of us. But don't you worry, I know our paths will cross again another day."
"A dart, why didn't it knock you out?" Vince wondered.
"I dunno." Chris shrugged. "Just lucky I guess."
"Here, let me see it." Stephanie asked and Chris rolled up his left sleeve. He had a red mark where the bullet had hit him. "Strange."
"Yea I know."
"No it's not that, why would you still have a mark there? It was a dart right, so it should've just pierced the skin."
"So?"
"I don't think they shot you with a tranquilizer."
"And your point is?"
"You weren't supposed to be knocked out because what it was wasn't intended to put you to sleep."
"Steph you're just confusing me now." Chris shook his head. "Alright look, whatever should've happened didn't, it's all over and everything's ok now."
"No it's not, what if whatever was supposed to happen, hasn't yet?"
"What are you trying to say Steph?" Vince cut into the debate.
"What I'm trying to say is, Chris might not be ok, he still might be in danger."
"Well no duh Steph, Keith and Lisa are out to kill me, it's not over yet." The two just stared at Chris, he sighed for a moment. "Alright look, you shouldn't be worrying about this now Steph. You have a show to do ok? Focus on that, it's more important and our number one top priority."
"The kid's right, Steph." Vince agreed.
"Alright." Stephanie sighed and got up.
"Oh and if you see Jeff and Rikishi, tell them they're in a tag team match." Vince called.
"Yea, they'll like that." Chris laughed but Stephanie just continued walking and left. "Wow, what's with her, boss? Is she ok?"
"We all had very hard times while you were gone Chris, don't be so hard on her. She was really worried about you, and me because your absence took it's toll on me too." "I understand Vince, I'm sorry." Chris rested his head on his arms on the table. "I really hated being gone, I caused you all so much pain, I regret any of this happening."
"It wasn't your fault, you shouldn't stress yourself by playing the blame game. Take it from me, both myself and Stephanie did just that while you were presumed dead. Nothing but trouble can come from it, so I suggest you lighten up, just as you told Stephanie to."
"Ok, thanks Vince." Chris smirked up at Vince as he stood up and left. Chris sighed and stared forward for a moment thinking. He wasn't needed for recording SmackDown, he was just hanging out. Everyone would be busy taping, this was a perfect chance to go find Lisa and Keith, nobody would miss him, they had SmackDown and Velocity to do. He stood up and walked away. "This has gone on long enough, somebody could get hurt because of me. I have to end this here and now."
SmackDown had finished its taping and the crowd was pretty much gone as the superstars began to leave for their hotel. Luckily for them, they didn't have a show to do until Friday. Stephanie, Vince and the superstars felt that it would leave them a great opportunity to have some fun and party with Chris. As the crews were cleaning up in the arena, Hulk Hogan decided to go look for him.
"Chris, hey Chris? Yo, where are you brother?" He called through the halls but he was nowhere to be found.
"Hey, Hulkster!" A voice made him turn to see Jeff Hardy and Rikishi run over.
"What's up?"
"Any luck finding him?" Jeff asked.
"Nope."
"Darn, same here."
"Where could he have gone?" Rikishi wondered.
"I dunno Kish man." Jeff sighed. "But this can't be good." They walked into the General Manager office to see Stephanie and Vince looking a little forlorn.
"Is something the matter boss?" Hogan asked.
"Let me guess, you couldn't find Chris." Hogan nodded at Vince's reply. "As we though."
"What, where is he, what happened?"
"Well Hogan, it looks like Chris has once again run off to take care of things on his own."
"But that's too risky, it's dangerous and Chris could get in trouble, or even hurt!" Rikishi cried.
"We know, but it's too late now." Vince sighed.
"No it's not." Everyone looked up at Stephanie. "I wont loose him again, we have to go and find him. Iowa is a small state, and this city isn't that big either."
"You're right." Vince nodded. "Are you ready guys?"
"Yea, I'm in." Hogan smiled.
"Let's do this." Jeff turned to Rikishi.
"Here we go again." He laughed.
"I'm glad you're with me." Steph stood up and they all put their hands in the center. "Hopefully this will be the last of our crazy adventures. We'll find Chris and make sure of it."
"Here-here!" They all rose their hands into the air.
This was the third time they would have to find him and help him get out of trouble and possibly even cheat death, staring the cold hearted evil dead strait on in the face. Would this be the last time as Stephanie had hoped, Lisa and Keith are the last two. The final search for Chris was underway, but would they be successful, or is Chris right, will Lisa and Keith be the end of him, will the third time be the charm?
"Chris, there's something I don't understand." Stephanie was saying as the superstars got ready for the show that night.
"What's that?" Chris asked, they were sitting in the cafeteria eating a snack.
"What's the deal with Keith and Lisa, do you know them?"
"Well, it's complicated." Chris began to explain his story. "You remember Carlos and Dan right? Well they're their leaders apparently. Back when I had escaped from the hospital, I was on the bus and shared a taxi with a young couple, Keith and Lisa. They seemed nice, but I never stopped to think how strange it was that they not only rode the same bus as I did, came from the same place I did, but got off at the same place as me, shared a taxi and were headed to the same destination."
"It was more than just a coincidence then." Steph sighed.
"Don't worry, we'll get all this figured out and settled before the day is done."
"Don't make promises you can't keep." Stephanie was still edgy about Chris taking such things into his hands, a cat has only nine lives, but Chris was a human. Chris's face softened, he noticed the stress and worries in Stephanie.
"Hey, listen." He says gently as he crouches down to her eye level. "I'm gonna be ok, this will all work out fine I promise you that. I'm not a little kid anymore ok, and I'm not your baby. I can take care of myself, and I can make my own choices. Ok?"
"Ok." Steph sighed, still not fully convinced at Chris's tone of voice.
"There's something that you might want to explain to me too, Chris." Chris and Steph looked around to see Vince enter the room with a coffee. "How did you manage to get out of the plane? You were trapped in the room with Lisa and Keith."
"Well, you see with that, I was going to end my deal with Keith and Lisa right then and there but I knew you guys were still on the plane. My original intent was to fight them and go down with the ship so to speak. Keith and Lisa had other plans. I started to fight with Keith but Lisa grabbed two parachutes and Keith was able to get away when Lisa shot me in the arm with a dart. Lucky for me the tranquilizer didn't knock me out and though they escaped so did I, and the rest of us. But don't you worry, I know our paths will cross again another day."
"A dart, why didn't it knock you out?" Vince wondered.
"I dunno." Chris shrugged. "Just lucky I guess."
"Here, let me see it." Stephanie asked and Chris rolled up his left sleeve. He had a red mark where the bullet had hit him. "Strange."
"Yea I know."
"No it's not that, why would you still have a mark there? It was a dart right, so it should've just pierced the skin."
"So?"
"I don't think they shot you with a tranquilizer."
"And your point is?"
"You weren't supposed to be knocked out because what it was wasn't intended to put you to sleep."
"Steph you're just confusing me now." Chris shook his head. "Alright look, whatever should've happened didn't, it's all over and everything's ok now."
"No it's not, what if whatever was supposed to happen, hasn't yet?"
"What are you trying to say Steph?" Vince cut into the debate.
"What I'm trying to say is, Chris might not be ok, he still might be in danger."
"Well no duh Steph, Keith and Lisa are out to kill me, it's not over yet." The two just stared at Chris, he sighed for a moment. "Alright look, you shouldn't be worrying about this now Steph. You have a show to do ok? Focus on that, it's more important and our number one top priority."
"The kid's right, Steph." Vince agreed.
"Alright." Stephanie sighed and got up.
"Oh and if you see Jeff and Rikishi, tell them they're in a tag team match." Vince called.
"Yea, they'll like that." Chris laughed but Stephanie just continued walking and left. "Wow, what's with her, boss? Is she ok?"
"We all had very hard times while you were gone Chris, don't be so hard on her. She was really worried about you, and me because your absence took it's toll on me too." "I understand Vince, I'm sorry." Chris rested his head on his arms on the table. "I really hated being gone, I caused you all so much pain, I regret any of this happening."
"It wasn't your fault, you shouldn't stress yourself by playing the blame game. Take it from me, both myself and Stephanie did just that while you were presumed dead. Nothing but trouble can come from it, so I suggest you lighten up, just as you told Stephanie to."
"Ok, thanks Vince." Chris smirked up at Vince as he stood up and left. Chris sighed and stared forward for a moment thinking. He wasn't needed for recording SmackDown, he was just hanging out. Everyone would be busy taping, this was a perfect chance to go find Lisa and Keith, nobody would miss him, they had SmackDown and Velocity to do. He stood up and walked away. "This has gone on long enough, somebody could get hurt because of me. I have to end this here and now."
SmackDown had finished its taping and the crowd was pretty much gone as the superstars began to leave for their hotel. Luckily for them, they didn't have a show to do until Friday. Stephanie, Vince and the superstars felt that it would leave them a great opportunity to have some fun and party with Chris. As the crews were cleaning up in the arena, Hulk Hogan decided to go look for him.
"Chris, hey Chris? Yo, where are you brother?" He called through the halls but he was nowhere to be found.
"Hey, Hulkster!" A voice made him turn to see Jeff Hardy and Rikishi run over.
"What's up?"
"Any luck finding him?" Jeff asked.
"Nope."
"Darn, same here."
"Where could he have gone?" Rikishi wondered.
"I dunno Kish man." Jeff sighed. "But this can't be good." They walked into the General Manager office to see Stephanie and Vince looking a little forlorn.
"Is something the matter boss?" Hogan asked.
"Let me guess, you couldn't find Chris." Hogan nodded at Vince's reply. "As we though."
"What, where is he, what happened?"
"Well Hogan, it looks like Chris has once again run off to take care of things on his own."
"But that's too risky, it's dangerous and Chris could get in trouble, or even hurt!" Rikishi cried.
"We know, but it's too late now." Vince sighed.
"No it's not." Everyone looked up at Stephanie. "I wont loose him again, we have to go and find him. Iowa is a small state, and this city isn't that big either."
"You're right." Vince nodded. "Are you ready guys?"
"Yea, I'm in." Hogan smiled.
"Let's do this." Jeff turned to Rikishi.
"Here we go again." He laughed.
"I'm glad you're with me." Steph stood up and they all put their hands in the center. "Hopefully this will be the last of our crazy adventures. We'll find Chris and make sure of it."
"Here-here!" They all rose their hands into the air.
This was the third time they would have to find him and help him get out of trouble and possibly even cheat death, staring the cold hearted evil dead strait on in the face. Would this be the last time as Stephanie had hoped, Lisa and Keith are the last two. The final search for Chris was underway, but would they be successful, or is Chris right, will Lisa and Keith be the end of him, will the third time be the charm?