Disclaimer: I only own Cori and XA/N.
A/N: Lack of updates. That is always something with me. I don't really have a regular time for updating, but you might as well figure that most updates (if not all) for a while, will be on weekends. Thank you to all who have been so supportive of me, throughout the laziness that I suffer from. It is for all of you, all of the reviewers (the peeps who gave me 133 reviews!!) that this story knows no end at this time, and new problems keep popping out of my head. Thank you for staying with me. I hope that I won't let you down!! (P.S. I know that I said I wouldn't add anyone else to the XA/N, but hell, It's my story and I'll do what I want. Jeff's favorite skittle, The Showstoppa, consider yourselves part of the family. (A messed up family, but a family nonetheless.) You will now be included in the XA/N with everyone else. Tell me who you would like to be your 'lover' so to speak, and if you would like someone who is already taken.....tell me anyways, and I'll think of something. Thanks for everything. That goes out to all of my reviewers!! (KazzaXTreme, Rockie, Lizzie Borden, HBKSteph, and KrystalBlazeJerikor. Also thanks to Sarah and Erin for checking out the story.) I think that this is the longest authors note I've ever written. Hold on, and I'll shut up, but have to do one more thing. If you haven't already, please, please, PLEASE, check out Drop to Zero, my other fic. Thanx!!
XA/N: The thing that Steiner threw into the room exploded, sending everyone flying. Kazza slapped her head against the wall; all of the guys were thrown into the hallway, and some into the adjacent room. Other GMs were not so lucky, actually getting thrown through the walls. Among them, were JB, Steph, Akila, and Lizzie. Rockie was thrown across the hall with the guys and anyone else who I left out is lying on the floor somewhere.
While all that happened, Skittle (hope its ok, if I call you that, if you got another name you want to be called, put it in your review), Showstoppa (same goes for you) were walking down the hall, discussing the new GMs. They heard the explosion (it was on the other side of the building), and decided to investigate.
**This is the shortest XA/N I have, but I don't have much else to do right now, storywise and I'd like to get the info from our new recruits before I go any farther**
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//Playground school bell rings again//
Shawn turned around and felt his heart almost literally sink into his chest. The horrible video Hunter had most likely made was still playing on the titantron. It wasn't necessarily that, which bothered him. It was what he saw on the titantron. Shawn was suddenly glad that Chris had been ushered away in the stretcher. Liz and Cori were still on the screen. Only there was one small problem. Small was an understatement to Shawn. Hunter was going to pay very dearly for this, and he was going to help in the punishment right this instant.
//Rain clouds come to play again//
Liz was screaming, but beside her Cori was still.
//Has no one told you she's not breathing?//
There was a small bullet hole near her temple. Blood covered the whole right side of Cori face. She was dead. Shawn felt his blood boil. Hunter had tried to do this to him, but he had gotten there in time to stop it, or at least silence him. But Hunter just couldn't let it go at that. He had to take the life of a young woman who was just starting to experience the world.
//Hello, I am your mind giving you//
This was going to kill Chris.
//Someone to talk to//
Shawn whirled around and ducked just in time to miss a chair coming to meet him. He performed some sweet chin music, and used the chair to his advantage. He started to pound Hunter with it, over and over again until Hunter had blood spurting out of his mouth, and that huge nose of his. Shawn had flown into a blind rage and went on. He dug the chair into Hunter's stomach several times. Then he went for his knee. The bad one.
//Hello//
Shawn repeatedly beat that knee, until he was sure it was broken. Finally, after all of that, the officials decided that enough was enough. They pulled Shawn from Hunter, but Shawn wouldn't be held back. He wouldn't be dragged from the ring. Instead, he stormed out of the ring, determined to find Cori and Liz.
//If I smile and don't believe//
Shawn ran down each different hallway, knocking on every single one until he finally found one that seemed like the one that Hunter would hide them in. Coincidentally, it was the boiler room. He ran inside, and soon found that the tape was still taping and was hooked up to something that was rigged to play it on the titan tron. He heard cheers as soon as he helped Liz out of her chair. He then walked over to Cori and untied her. He laid her down on the ground as the medics came in, and shut off the tape.
//Soon, I know, I'll wake from this dream//
Shawn watched, tearfully as they zipped the black body bag around the young girl that he had known and accepted as his own. To his left, he heard Liz sobbing as she told the whole story to a police officer. Shawn knew that Chris hadn't heard the news yet, and he unfortunately had been christened to do just that.
//Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken//
With Liz sobbing quietly beside him, Shawn waited in the plastic hospital chair for Chris to wake up. He couldn't help but remember how this was him about two months ago. They had only swapped places. On a few different terms, of course, but still swapped places nonetheless. Shawn hadn't been able to watch as they had set Cori into the bag, he had only been able to peek when he knew that they were almost finished. Unfortunately, he had caught her face before it was sealed away from sight.
//Hello, I am the lie living for you so you can hide//
Her face had been youthful, so full of life, and yet...so lifeless, as he should've expected.
//Don't cry//
At 1:36AM, Chris finally opened his eyes to look around him. He was surprised to see that he was in a hospital, but he looked around anyways. He couldn't say anything; he already knew that, his voice was pooped for the time being. He then noticed that Liz was sitting by Shawn in chairs next to his bed. There should've been one more person.
//Suddenly, I know I'm not sleeping//
"Where's Cori?" he whispered in a hoarse voice. Shawn's eyes kind of misted over, but he told Chris what had happened anyways.
//Hello, I'm still here//
"She's dead, Chris. It was Hunter. He...shot her in the head...." Shawn said painfully. "After he'd....had his way with her." He stopped. He had to. Tears were falling from his face. Chris' face held shock and rage as Liz came over to sit next to him. Then he cried.....
//All that's left of yesterday//
**
Song is Hello by Evanescence.
A/N: Lack of updates. That is always something with me. I don't really have a regular time for updating, but you might as well figure that most updates (if not all) for a while, will be on weekends. Thank you to all who have been so supportive of me, throughout the laziness that I suffer from. It is for all of you, all of the reviewers (the peeps who gave me 133 reviews!!) that this story knows no end at this time, and new problems keep popping out of my head. Thank you for staying with me. I hope that I won't let you down!! (P.S. I know that I said I wouldn't add anyone else to the XA/N, but hell, It's my story and I'll do what I want. Jeff's favorite skittle, The Showstoppa, consider yourselves part of the family. (A messed up family, but a family nonetheless.) You will now be included in the XA/N with everyone else. Tell me who you would like to be your 'lover' so to speak, and if you would like someone who is already taken.....tell me anyways, and I'll think of something. Thanks for everything. That goes out to all of my reviewers!! (KazzaXTreme, Rockie, Lizzie Borden, HBKSteph, and KrystalBlazeJerikor. Also thanks to Sarah and Erin for checking out the story.) I think that this is the longest authors note I've ever written. Hold on, and I'll shut up, but have to do one more thing. If you haven't already, please, please, PLEASE, check out Drop to Zero, my other fic. Thanx!!
XA/N: The thing that Steiner threw into the room exploded, sending everyone flying. Kazza slapped her head against the wall; all of the guys were thrown into the hallway, and some into the adjacent room. Other GMs were not so lucky, actually getting thrown through the walls. Among them, were JB, Steph, Akila, and Lizzie. Rockie was thrown across the hall with the guys and anyone else who I left out is lying on the floor somewhere.
While all that happened, Skittle (hope its ok, if I call you that, if you got another name you want to be called, put it in your review), Showstoppa (same goes for you) were walking down the hall, discussing the new GMs. They heard the explosion (it was on the other side of the building), and decided to investigate.
**This is the shortest XA/N I have, but I don't have much else to do right now, storywise and I'd like to get the info from our new recruits before I go any farther**
**
//Playground school bell rings again//
Shawn turned around and felt his heart almost literally sink into his chest. The horrible video Hunter had most likely made was still playing on the titantron. It wasn't necessarily that, which bothered him. It was what he saw on the titantron. Shawn was suddenly glad that Chris had been ushered away in the stretcher. Liz and Cori were still on the screen. Only there was one small problem. Small was an understatement to Shawn. Hunter was going to pay very dearly for this, and he was going to help in the punishment right this instant.
//Rain clouds come to play again//
Liz was screaming, but beside her Cori was still.
//Has no one told you she's not breathing?//
There was a small bullet hole near her temple. Blood covered the whole right side of Cori face. She was dead. Shawn felt his blood boil. Hunter had tried to do this to him, but he had gotten there in time to stop it, or at least silence him. But Hunter just couldn't let it go at that. He had to take the life of a young woman who was just starting to experience the world.
//Hello, I am your mind giving you//
This was going to kill Chris.
//Someone to talk to//
Shawn whirled around and ducked just in time to miss a chair coming to meet him. He performed some sweet chin music, and used the chair to his advantage. He started to pound Hunter with it, over and over again until Hunter had blood spurting out of his mouth, and that huge nose of his. Shawn had flown into a blind rage and went on. He dug the chair into Hunter's stomach several times. Then he went for his knee. The bad one.
//Hello//
Shawn repeatedly beat that knee, until he was sure it was broken. Finally, after all of that, the officials decided that enough was enough. They pulled Shawn from Hunter, but Shawn wouldn't be held back. He wouldn't be dragged from the ring. Instead, he stormed out of the ring, determined to find Cori and Liz.
//If I smile and don't believe//
Shawn ran down each different hallway, knocking on every single one until he finally found one that seemed like the one that Hunter would hide them in. Coincidentally, it was the boiler room. He ran inside, and soon found that the tape was still taping and was hooked up to something that was rigged to play it on the titan tron. He heard cheers as soon as he helped Liz out of her chair. He then walked over to Cori and untied her. He laid her down on the ground as the medics came in, and shut off the tape.
//Soon, I know, I'll wake from this dream//
Shawn watched, tearfully as they zipped the black body bag around the young girl that he had known and accepted as his own. To his left, he heard Liz sobbing as she told the whole story to a police officer. Shawn knew that Chris hadn't heard the news yet, and he unfortunately had been christened to do just that.
//Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken//
With Liz sobbing quietly beside him, Shawn waited in the plastic hospital chair for Chris to wake up. He couldn't help but remember how this was him about two months ago. They had only swapped places. On a few different terms, of course, but still swapped places nonetheless. Shawn hadn't been able to watch as they had set Cori into the bag, he had only been able to peek when he knew that they were almost finished. Unfortunately, he had caught her face before it was sealed away from sight.
//Hello, I am the lie living for you so you can hide//
Her face had been youthful, so full of life, and yet...so lifeless, as he should've expected.
//Don't cry//
At 1:36AM, Chris finally opened his eyes to look around him. He was surprised to see that he was in a hospital, but he looked around anyways. He couldn't say anything; he already knew that, his voice was pooped for the time being. He then noticed that Liz was sitting by Shawn in chairs next to his bed. There should've been one more person.
//Suddenly, I know I'm not sleeping//
"Where's Cori?" he whispered in a hoarse voice. Shawn's eyes kind of misted over, but he told Chris what had happened anyways.
//Hello, I'm still here//
"She's dead, Chris. It was Hunter. He...shot her in the head...." Shawn said painfully. "After he'd....had his way with her." He stopped. He had to. Tears were falling from his face. Chris' face held shock and rage as Liz came over to sit next to him. Then he cried.....
//All that's left of yesterday//
**
Song is Hello by Evanescence.