Disclaimer: You all know I own XA/N, and nothing else.
A/N: Yes, yes, I have returned. Updation is a slow, painful process, but I shall update as much and as often as I can. School is evil and all that jazz. XA/N probably wont be that good, considering my ideas are running a little thin for that again, but oh well. You'll just have to bear with me. BTW, the songs that I have used in the past 3 or so chapters have all been by Cold and off of their new CD. The title of the song is the title of the chapter as well. This chapter the song used is Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. All of you should know it if you've seen any of the Rocky movies....
XA/N: Guys were trying to fix something, and we were all wondering what the hell was going to happen.
"Got it!!" Kurt yelled. Shawn and Chris lifted the remote up as if it was made of gold.
"Well, don't just stand there!! Push the button!!" Akila yelled at the top of her lungs. Jeff pushed the button and the world around them faded to black.
"This didn't happen the first time." Skittle commented. Vince stood up.
"If you screwed this up...." He threatened the guys. JB looked around at the darkness that surrounded them.
"I don't think we're in New York anymore." She said. Shawn let his jaw drop.
"Yes we are!!" We have to be!!" Chris yelled.
"Well, we might be, but I don't think that we are in the same time period as we were before." Lizzie commented, looking down at her clothes, which had morphed into an old dress that people would have worn in the 1800's.
"Oh no..." Akila said as her clothes did the same thing as Lizzie's. Skittle's Steph's and JB's soon followed. But the guys weren't going to get away that easily either. They were soon wearing white wigs like George Washington and buckled shoes. The background came back in and they were all standing in the woods.
"You idiots!!" Lizzie yelled in a harsh whisper. "You transported us back in time!!!" JB was looking around.
"Uh, guys...." she muttered.
"It's our fault, huh? We were simply trying to fix it, but nooooo....." Chris yelled.
"Guys...." JB said a little louder. The other members of the group began to argue louder and louder.
"Guys, shut up!!" JB screamed. Everyone looked at her.
"Why?" JB brushed her hair out of her face, it had become much longer since they had arrived here. She was going to have to learn to pull it up. So would Akila, Skittle, Steph, and Lizzie, though.
"I don't think that we're alone in these woods." She said. Steph's face lit up.
"That's right there could be...." a group of dark skinned people in loincloths jumped out at them before she would finish her sentence.
"Indians." Chris finished for her as spears were pointed in their direction.
**
**6 MONTHS LATER**
//Rising up, back on the street//
Shawn sat on his couch and just thought. His back was nearly fully healed, and he would be able to return to the ring any day. He and Rebecca's relationship was doing awesome, and Cameron was about to start school. His life was going quite great at this point. He simply wanted to relax and enjoy it. After all, he wasn't exactly as young as he used to be.
//Took my time, took my chances//
He was watching the tape from the RAW, which had ended so suddenly. Folks watching at home had no clue what happened and folks in the audience wished they didn't know. It had been a gruesome thing to watch.
//Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet//
Hunter hadn't been seen or heard from since the accident. Rumors had been everywhere on the internet, but then again, you read something that said the sky was pink and some people would believe it.
//Just a man and his will to survive//
Shawn was simply waiting for the time when Hunter would show up again. He knew that it was a matter of time. It always was. When Hunter showed up he would be ready. He would damn sure be ready.
//So many times, it happened too fast//
Shawn hit pause on the remote, and put the video in slow motion. Chris was slowly falling towards the ground. Shawn watched as he grabbed onto Hunter and yanked him down. They both fell and Chris' head smacked the ladder.
//You trade your passion for glory//
"You're watching that again?" Liz's voice sounded from down the hall a little ways. Shawn looked over at Chris who was sitting in the chair. He was staring intently at the screen.
//Don't lose your grip on the dream of the past//
"Okay, hit play again." Chris instructed. The first sound that was audible again was the huge crack sound that had been Chris' head hitting the ladder. "Oh...ouch, that looks painful....let's watch it one more time."
//You must fight just to keep them alive//
"You have done nothing, but watch that scene over and over again since you got injured!" Liz yelled, turning the tape off. Chris scowled and sat back in his wheelchair. "Honey, you know that you won't be able to return for a least another year, why torture yourself like this?" Chris felt like glaring at her, but he didn't. He didn't think that it would take that long for him to be in top shape.
//It the eye of the tiger//
But then again, he was stuck in this god-forsaken wheelchair. His neck had been shattered in the fall, and his back had been all twisted up, but those were the only reasons he had to be in this thing.
//It's the thrill of the fight//
The only reasons....
//Risin up to the challenge of our rival//
Shawn knew that Chris hated to be fussed over or told that he couldn't do something. He himself hated it. He knew what it was like to be in Chris' position. He knew exactly what it was like. He hated that as well.
//And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night//
Chris was having to learn to move his back again, and he had to re-learn how to walk since that chair had him stuck in one spot for the most part. He was slowly making progress though. Shawn had refused to return to wrestling until Chris was ready. They were going to be a tag team when they came back, Shawn had promised him that. Chris hadn't known what to say, so he said nothing at all.
//And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger//
Shawn helped Chris with his physical therapy, and Chris always came over to help baby-sit Cameron when the girls went out to shop or something. Randy was beginning to hang out with them more now, as well. He was becoming just as frequent a visitor as Chris was to the Michaels' household.
//Face to face, out in the heat//
One night after Randy had gone home, and Rebecca and Liz had gone inside the house, Chris and Shawn talked like they used to so long ago.
//Hangin tough, stayin hungry//
"You know, I'm beginning to think of Randy and Cameron like the two sons I never had." Chris said. Shawn nodded.
//They'll stack the odds, still we take to the street//
"I know what you mean about Randy. He seems like a younger version of you." Shawn said and Chris shook his head.
//For the kill with the skill to survive//
"Nah, more like you, I think, which is funny actually, because he not either one of our sons." Chris said. Shawn nodded and took another sip of beer.
//It's the eye of the tiger//
"Excellent point. I have a question for you though, and you're probably going to say it's none of my damn business."
//It's the thrill of the fight//
"You're probably right, but what's the question anyways?" Chris asked him.
//Risin up to the challenge of our rival//
"Why haven't you proposed to Liz?" Shawn asked. Chris sighed. He was silent for a few moments, as if deciding his answer.
//And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night//
"Well, I would like to be able to WALK down the aisle with her, instead of being in this stinking chair, so I've kind of been waiting for that....." Chris trailed off for a moment.
//And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger//
"And well, part of me seems to think that I don't deserve her." Chris said. Shawn shook his head.
//Rising up, straight to the top//
"You deserve her and she deserves you, it's the perfect match." Shawn said.
//Had the guts, got the glory//
Chris remained silent, and the days crawled on. One year came to pass and Chris was up and walking again. He and Shawn began to train in the ring to make their return. They had contacted Vince, and he thought that it was a great idea, them forming a tag team.
//Went the distance, no I'm not gonna stop//
Chris and Liz had spent a lot more time together as well, and he came so close to proposing so many times, he had lost count. He was such a chicken, and so afraid of rejection. He almost knew that she would say yes, but he had that 0.1% chance that she might not, and he was nervous as all hell.
//Just a man and his will to survive//
Each night he prayed to Cori, and each night she gave him no answer to his problems or no comfort to his woes.
//It's the eye of the tiger//
He knew that Liz was going to have to go to Germany for a business trip soon, and he wanted to propose before then, but at the rate that he was going, he would never get that done.
//It's the thrill of the fight//
Now, here he was sitting in a ritzy restaurant, with the ring in his hand under the table. He was staring straight at Liz, but the words wouldn't form. Shawn was watching this spectacle from his and Rebecca's table. A smile crawled to his lips as he thought of a solution.
//Rising up to the challenge of our rival//
He asked the band if they knew the "Eye of the Tiger" song. They said they did, and asked why. Shawn explained the situation, but left out names. The band smiled, and nodded. They all remember what that was like. Shawn couldn't resist a grin when they asked him to sing. He claimed that he couldn't sing worth crap, but the told him to anyways.
//And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night//
So he did.
//And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger//
When Chris heard the beginning of that song; he whirled around. He half expected what he saw up there, but he still felt like killing Shawn. He smiled though, knowing that it was all in fun to help him out.
//The eye of the tiger//
"Liz," Chris said, taking a knee so that he could save Shawn from embarrassing himself much further. "Will you marry me?" Tears came to her eyes and Chris' heart swelled.
//The eye of the tiger//
"Yes, I will!!" Liz shouted, and Chris jumped up to hug her. He put the ring on her finger and gave her a long kiss.
//The eye of the tiger//
"Now, I must go save Shawn." He said, and Liz laughed. Chris bolted up to the stage and grabbed a mic. Together he and Shawn belted out the lyrics, and felt like dumbasses in this fancy restaurant, but they were also having fun. That was what it's all about.
//The eye of the tiger//
Little did they know that Hunter was watching them as well.
A/N: Yes, yes, I have returned. Updation is a slow, painful process, but I shall update as much and as often as I can. School is evil and all that jazz. XA/N probably wont be that good, considering my ideas are running a little thin for that again, but oh well. You'll just have to bear with me. BTW, the songs that I have used in the past 3 or so chapters have all been by Cold and off of their new CD. The title of the song is the title of the chapter as well. This chapter the song used is Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. All of you should know it if you've seen any of the Rocky movies....
XA/N: Guys were trying to fix something, and we were all wondering what the hell was going to happen.
"Got it!!" Kurt yelled. Shawn and Chris lifted the remote up as if it was made of gold.
"Well, don't just stand there!! Push the button!!" Akila yelled at the top of her lungs. Jeff pushed the button and the world around them faded to black.
"This didn't happen the first time." Skittle commented. Vince stood up.
"If you screwed this up...." He threatened the guys. JB looked around at the darkness that surrounded them.
"I don't think we're in New York anymore." She said. Shawn let his jaw drop.
"Yes we are!!" We have to be!!" Chris yelled.
"Well, we might be, but I don't think that we are in the same time period as we were before." Lizzie commented, looking down at her clothes, which had morphed into an old dress that people would have worn in the 1800's.
"Oh no..." Akila said as her clothes did the same thing as Lizzie's. Skittle's Steph's and JB's soon followed. But the guys weren't going to get away that easily either. They were soon wearing white wigs like George Washington and buckled shoes. The background came back in and they were all standing in the woods.
"You idiots!!" Lizzie yelled in a harsh whisper. "You transported us back in time!!!" JB was looking around.
"Uh, guys...." she muttered.
"It's our fault, huh? We were simply trying to fix it, but nooooo....." Chris yelled.
"Guys...." JB said a little louder. The other members of the group began to argue louder and louder.
"Guys, shut up!!" JB screamed. Everyone looked at her.
"Why?" JB brushed her hair out of her face, it had become much longer since they had arrived here. She was going to have to learn to pull it up. So would Akila, Skittle, Steph, and Lizzie, though.
"I don't think that we're alone in these woods." She said. Steph's face lit up.
"That's right there could be...." a group of dark skinned people in loincloths jumped out at them before she would finish her sentence.
"Indians." Chris finished for her as spears were pointed in their direction.
**
**6 MONTHS LATER**
//Rising up, back on the street//
Shawn sat on his couch and just thought. His back was nearly fully healed, and he would be able to return to the ring any day. He and Rebecca's relationship was doing awesome, and Cameron was about to start school. His life was going quite great at this point. He simply wanted to relax and enjoy it. After all, he wasn't exactly as young as he used to be.
//Took my time, took my chances//
He was watching the tape from the RAW, which had ended so suddenly. Folks watching at home had no clue what happened and folks in the audience wished they didn't know. It had been a gruesome thing to watch.
//Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet//
Hunter hadn't been seen or heard from since the accident. Rumors had been everywhere on the internet, but then again, you read something that said the sky was pink and some people would believe it.
//Just a man and his will to survive//
Shawn was simply waiting for the time when Hunter would show up again. He knew that it was a matter of time. It always was. When Hunter showed up he would be ready. He would damn sure be ready.
//So many times, it happened too fast//
Shawn hit pause on the remote, and put the video in slow motion. Chris was slowly falling towards the ground. Shawn watched as he grabbed onto Hunter and yanked him down. They both fell and Chris' head smacked the ladder.
//You trade your passion for glory//
"You're watching that again?" Liz's voice sounded from down the hall a little ways. Shawn looked over at Chris who was sitting in the chair. He was staring intently at the screen.
//Don't lose your grip on the dream of the past//
"Okay, hit play again." Chris instructed. The first sound that was audible again was the huge crack sound that had been Chris' head hitting the ladder. "Oh...ouch, that looks painful....let's watch it one more time."
//You must fight just to keep them alive//
"You have done nothing, but watch that scene over and over again since you got injured!" Liz yelled, turning the tape off. Chris scowled and sat back in his wheelchair. "Honey, you know that you won't be able to return for a least another year, why torture yourself like this?" Chris felt like glaring at her, but he didn't. He didn't think that it would take that long for him to be in top shape.
//It the eye of the tiger//
But then again, he was stuck in this god-forsaken wheelchair. His neck had been shattered in the fall, and his back had been all twisted up, but those were the only reasons he had to be in this thing.
//It's the thrill of the fight//
The only reasons....
//Risin up to the challenge of our rival//
Shawn knew that Chris hated to be fussed over or told that he couldn't do something. He himself hated it. He knew what it was like to be in Chris' position. He knew exactly what it was like. He hated that as well.
//And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night//
Chris was having to learn to move his back again, and he had to re-learn how to walk since that chair had him stuck in one spot for the most part. He was slowly making progress though. Shawn had refused to return to wrestling until Chris was ready. They were going to be a tag team when they came back, Shawn had promised him that. Chris hadn't known what to say, so he said nothing at all.
//And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger//
Shawn helped Chris with his physical therapy, and Chris always came over to help baby-sit Cameron when the girls went out to shop or something. Randy was beginning to hang out with them more now, as well. He was becoming just as frequent a visitor as Chris was to the Michaels' household.
//Face to face, out in the heat//
One night after Randy had gone home, and Rebecca and Liz had gone inside the house, Chris and Shawn talked like they used to so long ago.
//Hangin tough, stayin hungry//
"You know, I'm beginning to think of Randy and Cameron like the two sons I never had." Chris said. Shawn nodded.
//They'll stack the odds, still we take to the street//
"I know what you mean about Randy. He seems like a younger version of you." Shawn said and Chris shook his head.
//For the kill with the skill to survive//
"Nah, more like you, I think, which is funny actually, because he not either one of our sons." Chris said. Shawn nodded and took another sip of beer.
//It's the eye of the tiger//
"Excellent point. I have a question for you though, and you're probably going to say it's none of my damn business."
//It's the thrill of the fight//
"You're probably right, but what's the question anyways?" Chris asked him.
//Risin up to the challenge of our rival//
"Why haven't you proposed to Liz?" Shawn asked. Chris sighed. He was silent for a few moments, as if deciding his answer.
//And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night//
"Well, I would like to be able to WALK down the aisle with her, instead of being in this stinking chair, so I've kind of been waiting for that....." Chris trailed off for a moment.
//And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger//
"And well, part of me seems to think that I don't deserve her." Chris said. Shawn shook his head.
//Rising up, straight to the top//
"You deserve her and she deserves you, it's the perfect match." Shawn said.
//Had the guts, got the glory//
Chris remained silent, and the days crawled on. One year came to pass and Chris was up and walking again. He and Shawn began to train in the ring to make their return. They had contacted Vince, and he thought that it was a great idea, them forming a tag team.
//Went the distance, no I'm not gonna stop//
Chris and Liz had spent a lot more time together as well, and he came so close to proposing so many times, he had lost count. He was such a chicken, and so afraid of rejection. He almost knew that she would say yes, but he had that 0.1% chance that she might not, and he was nervous as all hell.
//Just a man and his will to survive//
Each night he prayed to Cori, and each night she gave him no answer to his problems or no comfort to his woes.
//It's the eye of the tiger//
He knew that Liz was going to have to go to Germany for a business trip soon, and he wanted to propose before then, but at the rate that he was going, he would never get that done.
//It's the thrill of the fight//
Now, here he was sitting in a ritzy restaurant, with the ring in his hand under the table. He was staring straight at Liz, but the words wouldn't form. Shawn was watching this spectacle from his and Rebecca's table. A smile crawled to his lips as he thought of a solution.
//Rising up to the challenge of our rival//
He asked the band if they knew the "Eye of the Tiger" song. They said they did, and asked why. Shawn explained the situation, but left out names. The band smiled, and nodded. They all remember what that was like. Shawn couldn't resist a grin when they asked him to sing. He claimed that he couldn't sing worth crap, but the told him to anyways.
//And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night//
So he did.
//And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger//
When Chris heard the beginning of that song; he whirled around. He half expected what he saw up there, but he still felt like killing Shawn. He smiled though, knowing that it was all in fun to help him out.
//The eye of the tiger//
"Liz," Chris said, taking a knee so that he could save Shawn from embarrassing himself much further. "Will you marry me?" Tears came to her eyes and Chris' heart swelled.
//The eye of the tiger//
"Yes, I will!!" Liz shouted, and Chris jumped up to hug her. He put the ring on her finger and gave her a long kiss.
//The eye of the tiger//
"Now, I must go save Shawn." He said, and Liz laughed. Chris bolted up to the stage and grabbed a mic. Together he and Shawn belted out the lyrics, and felt like dumbasses in this fancy restaurant, but they were also having fun. That was what it's all about.
//The eye of the tiger//
Little did they know that Hunter was watching them as well.