Disclaimer: This is unassociated with any of my other stories, and I do not own any of the members of this story. I simply write this story due to my interest in Raw, especially with these certain Superstars that have major roles.

Pairings: References to both Edge/Lita and Kane/Lita, Randy/Stacy developing works.

Rating Info: This story is rated PG-13, as all of my stories are, for safety purposes.

The Stones of Raw by Prime Time, Legend Champion

Chapter 14: Everdosage Egos

Following 3/14/2005 episode of Raw

The Arena at Gwinett Center in Atlanta, GA

Raw kicked off with Chris Jericho sitting atop a ladder planted in the middle of the ring, with the money briefcase above him. He talked about how everyone in the match was going to go all out at WrestleMania in order to get that briefcase and get the opportunity to perhaps one day become World Heavyweight Champion. After bragging that he was going to do it, he said WrestleMania was all about taking chances, and his next guest was a man who had enough guts to challenge The Undertaker to a match at this year's Mania, Randy Orton. Orton came out, and then there was a little talking, including Orton's notes of surprising the world at last year's WrestleMania (defeating Mick Foley), and Summerslam (becoming the youngest Heavyweight Champion of all time), backing up that the Man of Destiny was full of surprises. This led to the legendary Jake "The Snake" Roberts coming out with the Bag of Damian in hand as the second guest! During his entrance, memories of Roberts and Damian, the 12-foot-long snake behind "The Snake", at WrestleMania, flashed on. Roberts then said he knew both of Orton's wrestling forefathers, and noted them as great wrestlers, but then mentioned the former World Heavyweight Championship reign as a sign that Orton was good, but he still needed to be quiet. Orton said he had heard about the many men who tried beating The Undertaker at WrestleMania, but they were always left cold and empty; it was more of a matter of leaving with your soul than winning or losing when it comes to the Lord of Darkness. Randy taunted Jake on that and said he refuses to feel coldness and emptiness. Roberts was about to get Damian, but Orton pulled him back. He was then about to give the DDT, which he originated and mastered, but Orton got out of the way and gave him the RKO!

The sadistic red emperor, Kane, walked out to his usual fire, lighting, and music, ready to take on Tyson Tomko and Christian because of the events of last week. I personally believe that signing to face the Problem Solver and Captain Charisma at the same time is really not a good decision, but then again, Kane has walked out of being embarrassed by The Undertaker exactly one year ago at last year's WrestleMania. Christian started up the match coming from behind Kane, but the Big Red Machine took control early, until Tyson Tomko injected himself physically into the match and took over. Christian came back in less than a minute later, to the disadvantage of his team. It seemed to be going exactly like that. Tomko came in, good, Christian came in, demonic. That was, until Christian suffered facial detriment on a backfire and left Tomko alone to get domained and Chokeslammed to Hell. 1, 2, 3. Christian tried to sneak back and get a ladder so he could use it again, but as the Unmasked Beast detect it and crept closer, the Show Stealer was overcome with fear and ran out of the area. Kane then got the ladder and hit Tyson Tomko with it as return for last week. Kane's red rage was clear, and Tomko was bleeding. Ric Flair was talking to Gene Snitsky about things that were "not Gene Snitsky's fault". One of those was the death of Kane and Lita's baby. Another was Batista getting a later spot than Gene Snitsky. A third was Batista's decision to stay on Raw. A fourth would be Gene Snitsky layin' a hurtin' on Batista in that ring tonight. However, though he liked the way the Nache thought, the Narcotic Psycho said the injury of Batista would be all his fault.

Lita and Christy Hemme were in the back talking about what happened last week. Lita told Christy that someone offered to help with the training. It turned out to be Regal and Tajiri, on the condition Christy signed their copy of Playboy. Regal, with a giant square hitting bag thingy in his hands as the true victim, showed her how to fire and stand the kicks of Tajiri. When it was Christy's turn to make kicks, an unimpressed Badwill Ambassador berated Christy, talking about how pathetic she is and how Trish Stratus will wipe the floor with her at WrestleMania. The motivation was too much, as it turned into ruthless aggression, and when challenged to try again as hard as she could, the Quarter Million Girl kicked Regal's nether regions instead, taking herself and the Walking Kiss of Death into an oopsie phase for fifteen seconds! What's more comical about all this is, Lita singled out Christy and told her not bad! Next up, Shawn Michaels was met in his room by former Rockers tag team partner Marty Janetty, who was informed by Michaels that before Marty's match on Smackdown against Kurt Angle, the Rockers have a reunion match tonight against La Resistance.

As soon as Shelton Benjamin started his entrance for a one on one match against Edge, the Original AC suddenly assaulted from behind and started ramming him into things on the outside before the match even began. The stage layer, the guardrail, and the steel steps were all used by Edge as methods of abuse, and by the time Benjamin was rolled into the ring by Edge, he had almost zero strength more than what he used to tell the referee to go ahead and start the match.

When we came back from break, Edge was still abusing Shelton Benjamin. However, he had managed to get in some offensive momentum and take the seemingly regressive attitude of Edge back down to earth, leading to very competitive moments. The referee was eventually knocked down by a spinning lariat kick from Shelton. Shortly thereafter, Edge tried Edgecution, got countered, and then made a counter to the All Street American's T-Bone suplex. Shelton Benjamin went on to get Speared in the next ten seconds. Edge had a meaningless cover, but did not whine. Instead, he went to get a ladder so as to steal a win on Benjamin just like he did Chris Jericho last week. However, right on cue, the Ayatollah of Rock-N-Rolla comes out and, with a giant leap, tips the ladder straight into the Artist of Awesomeness, thus leaving him prone for the T-Bone and the pinfall from Shelton Benjamin. In the back, Triple H was being motivated by Ric Flair about the situation: Trips gets to destroy Chris Benoit, Snitsky might maim Batista beyond ability to attend WrestleMania, and the Game still gets to pick Batista's opponent next week! However, Flair was a little too high, as apparent because he couldn't stop mentioning how exactly one year ago, at WrestleMania 20, Benoit made Triple H tap to claim his World Heavyweight Championship for the first time ever in a World Title triple threat match involving those two men and Shawn Michaels.

Speaking of Michaels, he and Marty Janetty beat La Resistance. From the showing Janetty gave, and the utter tandem offense and charisma from the Rockers, we can tell you that if Kurt Angle thought MJ's going to be shortcake in three nights on Smackdown, he is a downtroddenly mistaken man.

Maria interviewed Trish Stratus about the Twist of Fate last week and the fact that Lita was training Christy. Trish pointed out that posing for Playboy and winning a 250K contract was much different than stepping in the ring with Trish, who had "ended Lita's career" and could do the same to Christy. She claimed that she wasn't concerned, and that she will eat Christy alive at WrestleMania. When the Twist of Fate was brought up as a powerful message, Trish decided to assault Maria as her message to Maria's friend Christy.

Ric Flair was then seen again with Snitsky. This time, he was giving compliments and showing confidence. Suddenly, Batista showed up and greeted them. Flair, who was addressed with a "Hey, Ric", was absolutely flabbergasted, and started going on a tirade on Trips' credentials and how he's going to eat Batista alive. Big Dave said he was going to take the World Heavyweight Title.

Triple H came out for the match with the Crippler. After break, he had Ric Flair with him, showing off the World Championship belt.

The match was great, but relatively slow over the first few minutes. However, when the pace sped up, Triple H took everything. The Dynamite headbutt, nine German suplexes, the Crippler Crossface, and the Sharpshooter. It took a low blow when the referee was distracted with ejecting the hissy fitted Flair in order for Trips to finally get the Pedigree and defeat Benoit. Oh, and Chris was wrestling in his city of current residence.

It was notified to us that this Thursday, Randy Orton was going to sign the contract to make it official that he was going to be facing The Undertaker. After a preview of WrestleMania, Muhammad Hassan and Daivari came out angry as usual. Hassan protested that like it will is ridiculous that an unbeaten team wouldn't be included in the NCAA tournament, it's a joke that his undefeated self is not a part of WrestleMania. He blames this not just on the WWE, but on the "racist nature" of every single one of us. He says that this is not over, just like last week. A musical error comes up, as Charlie Haas's music starts to come on, then they get it right and hit Hassan's. Imagine a flop like that on The Undertaker. That would be a disaster.

Anyway, Lita and Christy are talking outside the medical trainer's room. Christy says she'd like to stay with Maria, and Lita says to call her when she's ready tomorrow. Before Lita leaves, she promises Christy she will teach her how to "beat that bitch". Unfortunately, the Queen of Extreme runs into Gene Snitsky, who says after he beats Batista tonight, he'll finish what he started with Lita. He leaves for the ring, and for the Leviathan.

Before the match got underway between Snitsky and Batista, Trips and Flair came out, the Cerebral Assassin feeding the Narcotic Psycho some advice. Snitsky then tried to challenge Batista to run to Trips' side of the ropes and try to come back and knock him down, but Big Dave, not falling for it, knocked down Genetic Evilness with a hard clothesline. Unfortunately, Snitsky wound up taking control, and by ramming Batista's leg into the post multiple times, he now had weakened Batista's vertical base. Unfortunately for him, the plan didn't work, as he still ended up taking the spine buster that was first used by The Rock and named the People's Spine Buster. Then, Ric Flair gets in a chop block, and Snitsky, Flair, and Trips try to assault Snitsky, twice. It fails, and Snitsky ends up taking a Batista Bomb. The second time was a Triple Con-chair'to setup, and Kane came in. Before the Batista Bomb came a Chokeslam to Hell to Snitsky. Flair had taken some pain, Trips staggered up the ramp. He then said, with a mic in hand, that Batista's opponent next week was right behind him (Kane). The two had a bit of a friendly face to face leading off the air.

So, where did we leave off in last week's backstage dialogue again? Oh, yeah. Tyson Tomko and Steve Austin embarrassed Muhammad Hassan. Well, seeing as how we have nothing to be jammering about when it comes to the Texas Rattlesnake, let's go to the Problem Solver to get a few words from him. But then again… can't happen. He got busted up by Kane with that ladder. So, where do you think he is? In the trainer's room, with Maria, still a little lightheaded from tonight's events.

Meanwhile, outside the trainer's room, in fact, far outside it, the culprit to Maria's lightheaded state, Trish Stratus, was hanging out with the Evolution boys, as usual.

"Trish, you have no idea how angry I am right now," Triple H warned her.

"Well, nor do you. But, Triple H, I have a good question: why is it that Batista's music is always going off every time to end Raw? Have you lost your game, champ? Hm?" Trish asked him in nothing but concern.

"Hey, what the hell are you getting at? Are you saying that I don't know how to beat Batista? That I'm not being cerebral enough to beat Batista? That I'm not really the Game enough to beat Batista? Huh?" Trips said, getting in her face and almost threatening her life.

"The way things are going right now, that's exactly what I'm saying," Trish responded, not backing down. "Listen to me, Triple H. You are not thinking on your feet. You are thinking with rage, Hunter. The match with Kane is a good start, but I don't think it's gonna do enough to beat him down. Listen; you need to find some kind of plan, some kind of friend in the back, with which to take his concentration. Only God knows what you'll have to do if you want to beat him by trying to constantly touch him by yourself. And I don't think we have all the time in the world to find out. WrestleMania is only twenty days away, Trips. Do you want to keep on like this and lose the World Heavyweight Championship?"

"Where are you going with this? Do you have a plan?" Trips asked her, obviously thinking that she better have one if she's gonna degrade his state of affairs this much.

"Based on my experience hacking into your family back in 2000," Trish revealed what was going on inside that calculating head of hers, "I can tell there are many who would just love to help you. All they need is the right influence, the right incentive. And they will come flocking to you. Now, all we have to do is figure out a way to get them into the situation."

"Finally, Trips, somebody with an intelligent plan is at our side! Trish Stratus, I love it! And I love you! You are as cerebral as we are, as Triple H is! I admire you for your great strength, and I am perfectly confident that the Women's Title is nothing for us to worry about at WrestleMania! Christy only got that Twist of Fate because she hadn't proven prior to that that she should be taken seriously! You know what that helped, Trish?" Ric Flair suddenly burst into the conversation with a happy tone.

"What?" she asked.

"The element of surprise," Flair answered to continue his speech. "But you know she's serious now, Trish. You know she's serious, and if you keep reminding yourself, she has no chance in hell of this win at WrestleMania! Whoo!"

"You know, Ric, you are absolutely right. Now I know that you people are more reliable for me than Edge and Christian will ever be. In fact, I hope they rot in hell in that six-man ladder match," Trish openly declared, not caring who heard other than Evolution.

"Personally, I say, one of them should win the match. But seriously, Stratus! Imagine this: we both keep our titles at WrestleMania, and all of a sudden, I find out that the winner of the WrestleMania "money in the bank" ladder match is, of all people, Christian. Christian! What the hell can he do? Just because he's an awesome ladder match competitor, and he's won more tables, ladders, and chairs special tag team matches than anyone else in WWE history, that doesn't put him anywhere special in my environment: a regular squared circle confrontation. Without the strings of a giant steel ladder attached, Christian's good, but he is nowhere near my league. If he won the ladder match, I would rejoice at an easy opportunity to destroy the so-called 'Captain Charisma', and retain my World Heavyweight Championship," Trips thought, his evil mind working to its maximum confidence potential.

In the meantime, speaking of the minds, it was once said that great minds think alike. Nobody said anything about brotherly minds, did they? Kane was outside the arena, in fact, in a dark alley on the street, alongside Lita, waiting for someone.

"When's he gonna show up, Kane? I don't like waiting like this," Lita told her husband.

"Don't you worry, my flaming star shell," Kane attempted to assure her in his usual creepy voice. "He will appear."

Suddenly, the area started getting a little cold, as a black limousine pulled up near them. The driver was wearing a black druid robe. He unlocked the trunk of the car, and inside was a coffin, which he also unlocked. Suddenly, a figure in a black cowboy hat, trench coat, tank top, and leather pants came out of the casket. Turns out, we know who it is.

"Undertaker. My brother, I'm glad to know you could make it," Kane greeted his brother.

"Likewise. And with your wife as well. I like her spirit," The Undertaker returned the welcome to this little rendez-vous as he walked towards his brother and sister-in-law at a much faster pace than usual. "So, how are Viscera and Gangrel?"

"Obviously, better than when you used them for your message to JBL coming into the last ride match," Kane answered. "Plus, Gangrel's been talking to Edge. He sees a connection between Edge and Lita. I'd treat him as competition for Lita, but I think we've all decided for the situation to leave itself mutual, for the better of it."

"I'm not entirely surprised. People are talking about how cute they look together. Oh, how that makes me sick," Taker said.

"The 'cute' part, right?" Lita asked the Dead Man. He nodded.

"Speaking of which, my worst pet peeve is being asked about Sara. We do keep in touch, but it's not like I can exactly be in love with anyone now that I've regained my dark supremacy, even if that is my wife," Taker revealed to the "family" he has in this company. "Not even the druids and our people have the right to converse of us."

"What are you going to do about Randy Orton?" Kane quickly changed the subject.

"The contract signing is coming up in three nights," Taker reminded the conversation guests in front of him. "That kid better not try anything funny, or else he will experience a furious traumatic experience of darkness."

"I know exactly what you mean. I've got that same problem with Trish, and I'm just training Christy," Lita stated to show agreement and understanding towards the situation.

"Good luck with that. You should leave Kane and myself in on one of the sessions, just so we see what good it can bring forth," the Lord of Darkness suggested to the Queen of Extreme.

"I guess I should look into that and see what time that can happen," she answered, showing that she is indeed taking the idea into accord.

"Lita, I'm available at any time. You know that. And Undertaker is so busy planning supernatural occurances to halt Randy Orton in his tracks if he tries anything suspicious and silly, that he should really do something else related to WrestleMania once in a while," Kane said, obviously trying to give Lita positive pressure to hurry on with it.

"Tomorrow it is. I do need to relax my mind from that Legend Killer fool for a little bit. A good guess is, he's not afraid of me now, but he knows something's gonna get him scared worse than half to death," Taker stated. "I have no idea what future that boy thinks he has, but he will be proven like all the other dragons: a coward who, at WrestleMania, is meant to rest in peace." The last three words were said with a certain sinister serenity to it. Lita, though, simply smirked along with the Brothers of Destruction.

"Where do you stay?" she then asked The Undertaker.

"I have a room in a hotel at Savannah that I like to keep dark, since that is what I am, and where Smackdown is on Thursday night. So, Big Red Machine: you have Edge, and Christian, in that #1 contender's ladder match. How is Lita perfect maintenance to your friendship despite that?"

"Because the Artist of Awesomeness and I see more in this awesome redhead than anyone else," the Demon on Fire informed his brother, who happens to have given him four Tombstones in two WrestleMania meetings between the two evil kinsman behemoths.

"Love and greed, honey. I just live with it," Lita made a comment. "But, Kane, remember on our wedding night when you congratulated Trish on one of her jokes?"

"What about it?" Kane asked Lita, somehow oblivious to what she and Undertaker were about to say.

"Don't you ever do that again," Kane's wife and brother repeated.

"I have to take my leave for now," Taker suddenly announced. "I don't want to get checked out and start having to find myself a place by scaring everyone else around. So, tomorrow?"

"Yeah," Kane said. After the Lord of Darkness and his limousine finally left…

"Did we have to talk to Undertaker like this?" Lita asked her husband.

"Twice, I challenged him to WrestleMania and nearly lost my soul for it. Did I have to do that?" he answered the question with a question.

"No, you didn't," Lita said. "But you did it anyway, and I'm proud of you." With that, she took down his face, and… can you say something that Captain Charisma and Trish ended up getting called the two-tongue tango, and something that just might make the Artist of Awesomeness maybe a little too jealous for his own good?