Legacy

Author: Victory Goddess

Chapter 2

Eve Hall, short blonde hair pulled back into a short ponytail, dark blue eyes shadowed by black sunglasses, body clad in a dark red tank top, black jeans and sneakers, walked down a backstage hallway in the arena that was theirs for the night. Her confident strides did little to mirror what her true feelings were for the night, she was afraid, but more then that, she was basically miserable.

Every wrestler she passed, every wrestler that she locked eyes with, she wondered if they knew what was going on in her head. She wondered if their own feelings matched that of hers, if they had been called in to join her in the journey that was planned for her. Just as much as she wondered who she was to associate with, she wondered if these people that were handpicked by her father could be trusted, that maybe they had leaked information to Vince McMahon and she wasn't as secure as she had hoped. So much could go wrong, and a new thought popped into her head, did her father pick her because he trusted her to lead strongly to the end, or did he pick her because he knew chances of this going through were bad and he knew she wouldn't make it through?

Eve shuddered, she hadn't meant to, but that thought hit too close to home, she didn't really know what his reasons were for putting her in charge, she had always just assumed it was because she was his daughter, maybe it was because of that, but he had hoped for a different outcome then that of what she had always assumed. A thought for later, she'd put it in the back of her mind until then so she could turn it over and dissect it, look for evidence for either side just as she had done so many years ago.

"Eve Hall." A voice interrupted her thoughts, a male one. She turned to the noise, seeing a large muscled man with long blonde hair walking up to her.

"Hunter." She replied in greeting, wondering if he was in on the plan of his fellow clique members but quickly shed that thought, if Shawn Michaels was in on it, Triple H wouldn't be.

"Scott said you'd be around, told me you were getting hired for here." Hunter said, coming to a stop in front of Eve, who stood about a half foot shorter then he.

She smiled somewhat, as much as could ever be expected of her. "Yeah, a few weeks ago, Dad's been preparing me." She shrugged, "But I know I'm still not even half as prepared as I should be, I mean, this is supposed to be the big league isn't it? The top of the mountain that we all hope for?"

Hunter hesitated for a second as her voice took on a certain edge. Eve jumped on the silence. "Have you ever wondered, Hunter, when you're going to fall off the mountain down the jagged side?"

"Well, uh, no, not actually." He told her. "I'm the game, I'm forever."

"Are you?" Eve replied. "Or are you only here till they tire of you? They may not wait for you to fall, Hunter, when there's so many out there ready to push you off for that piece of gold you carry so proudly around your waist, are you ready for when that time comes?"

"You ask a lot of questions." he commented, narrowing his eyes. "People around here don't like it when an outsider asks too many questions, they get nervous."

"Do I make you nervous with my questions?" She asked bluntly. "Because I have many, a lot of them running through my head all at the same time." She shook her head sadly. "All with unfortunately no real answer."

Hunter shrugged. "Just a heads-up, Eve, I don't want you asking something to the wrong person, especially with the questions you're asking."

"Knowledge is a dangerous thing, a lot of people shy away from it, but even more from those who seek it." Eve replied easily. "Besides, the more people I anger, the more people I get to beat bloody, it's a trait of the Hall family that I rather enjoy." She smirked and the edge seemed to disappear.

"Do you?" Hunter asked. "Or were you told you do?"

"Heed your own warning Hunter, don't ask the wrong questions to the right people." She warned him. "I do what I have to, and I enjoy what I do, that's all you need to know." Eve went to turn to walk away but Hunter grabbed her arm to stop her.

"Listen, you get in over your head, I'll be there to help you, and I'll bring Evolution along for extra muscle." He told her.

"Don't worry about me, just watch your own back." Eve responded as he released her and she returned to her route of exit.

"My services are still offered." He yelled after her.

"Just watch your back, Hunter, and don't fall off." She called over her shoulder, before whispering to herself, "Because it's going to be my job to push you."