Notes: Jules you can kill my muse if there was something you wanted to add to this chapter. I couldn't think of anything.
Surprise at Kemper
"Don't go!" I said to my father. He picked me up.
"I have to kiddo. When you wake up in the morning I'll be downstairs waiting for you. And we'll spend the whole day together. Tatem's even missing school." He kissed me on the cheek. "You behave for Mrs. Nichols."
"I wanna come."
"Sorry Daniel you can't. You are a little young for the WWE. I'll see you tomorrow." He said and walked out the front door with Tatem and mom.
"Come on Daniel." Mrs. Nichols said. "Why don't we draw your family some pictures." Mrs. Nichols was my favorite baby sitter. She wasn't that old and she was always nice to Tatem and me so I followed her into the living room and drew pictures for my family.
Later that night I was trying to stay awake. I wanted to be awake when daddy came home. I heard the door open and ran out my door. I stood in the doorway and watched as Mrs. Nichols and mom hugged. Tatem was crying too. Where was dad?
"Thank you for staying Mary." Her voice shook as she spoke. "I really appreciate it."
"I can stay longer if you need me to Nancy. I already called my husband and told him that I'd be staying here for awhile longer. He had heard on the news..."
"Danny." Tatem said seeing me in the doorway. She was the only one who called me Danny.
"Oh God Daniel." My mother said turning to see me standing in the doorway.
"Where's dad?" I asked. He said he'd be here! He promised me he'd be here when I woke up.
Mom took me and led me over to the couch. "Daniel there was an accident tonight."
"Car accident?"
"No honey in the ring. Your father got hurt really bad."
"He's in the hospital."
"No honey. Your father's in heaven."
"Like Grandpa Davis?"
"Yes just like grandpa Davis."
"No!" I said running away from her. My dad couldn't be dead! He couldn't!
"Daniel?" Someone said shaking my shoulder. "We're here." Her voice shook as I looked to see that we were indeed in front of Kemper Arena in Kansas City Missouri. Athena and I were about to go see RAW from the front row.
***
We entered the building. I had a hat and sunglasses on so no one I knew would recognize me. Athena had re dyed her original hair color because she was leaving after the show for home but she wore a scarf. She knew her family wasn't watching but just in case.
I didn't know any of the wrestlers wrestling so I wondered why I was here anyway. I had no intention of ever working for the WWE. I guess what Shane had told us about his family never caring that he and Marissa disappeared sparked my interest. And the fact that I knew they were hiding something from me. Maybe I'd find it at this show.
I went to get Athena and I some drinks during the break before RAW officially started. A lot of fans were talking about the fact that Cameron had wrestled in a dark match.
"Danny?" A voice said from behind me. I pretended not to hear them. I knew who that was. It was Hunter Hearst Helmsley. I was incognito tonight. "Daniel Benoit? Who would have thought you'd ever be at a WWE show."
"I think you have the wrong person." I said turning around. How did he figure out it was I anyway?
"You can't fool me kid. I've known you for a long time." He reminded me. "Come on. Steph would love to see you."
By now people were looking at us. I sighed and followed him. We walked into a large dressing room, which had been changed into an office. "Hey Steph look who I found in the arena." He said. I took my sunglasses off. There was no reason to keep them on now.
"Wow Daniel Benoit. It's been years." She gave me what I perceived as a phony smile. "I did hear through the grapevine that you were training in OVW though. Maybe I'll have someone watch you wrestle."
"No thanks. I'd rather work for WCW."
She actually started laughing! "That company is such a joke. It's a wonder it's still running. Even my brother had trouble keeping it afloat that's why he left I think. He was embarrassed. It's better that he left anyway. Dad was going to pull the company from him."
What? I thought. Shane never really said why he left. He just said no one cared that he did in his family and he was happy with that. I had thought it was preposterous.
"Don't look so surprised kid." HHH said. "WWE bounced back. WCW is still having trouble."
"You know what? That's Bullshit! You lost almost all of your roster when..." Oh shit I think I went too far with that.
They looked at me strangely. But I was the one who ended up being the most surprised. I turned around and saw one person that I thought would never show up in WWE. I felt lightheaded.
"Hi Danny." She said with a slight smile on her face.
"Megan?"
"No hug for your older sister?" HHH said from behind me.
I was too stunned to say anything. My twenty-one year old sister was standing there.
"Just visiting friends Danny." She said. "Really you should have listened to Tatem when she said not to go into wrestling."
Damn it! Why was this happening to me? I pushed past her and ran back to the arena. I told Athena we needed to get out of there.
Surprise at Kemper
"Don't go!" I said to my father. He picked me up.
"I have to kiddo. When you wake up in the morning I'll be downstairs waiting for you. And we'll spend the whole day together. Tatem's even missing school." He kissed me on the cheek. "You behave for Mrs. Nichols."
"I wanna come."
"Sorry Daniel you can't. You are a little young for the WWE. I'll see you tomorrow." He said and walked out the front door with Tatem and mom.
"Come on Daniel." Mrs. Nichols said. "Why don't we draw your family some pictures." Mrs. Nichols was my favorite baby sitter. She wasn't that old and she was always nice to Tatem and me so I followed her into the living room and drew pictures for my family.
Later that night I was trying to stay awake. I wanted to be awake when daddy came home. I heard the door open and ran out my door. I stood in the doorway and watched as Mrs. Nichols and mom hugged. Tatem was crying too. Where was dad?
"Thank you for staying Mary." Her voice shook as she spoke. "I really appreciate it."
"I can stay longer if you need me to Nancy. I already called my husband and told him that I'd be staying here for awhile longer. He had heard on the news..."
"Danny." Tatem said seeing me in the doorway. She was the only one who called me Danny.
"Oh God Daniel." My mother said turning to see me standing in the doorway.
"Where's dad?" I asked. He said he'd be here! He promised me he'd be here when I woke up.
Mom took me and led me over to the couch. "Daniel there was an accident tonight."
"Car accident?"
"No honey in the ring. Your father got hurt really bad."
"He's in the hospital."
"No honey. Your father's in heaven."
"Like Grandpa Davis?"
"Yes just like grandpa Davis."
"No!" I said running away from her. My dad couldn't be dead! He couldn't!
"Daniel?" Someone said shaking my shoulder. "We're here." Her voice shook as I looked to see that we were indeed in front of Kemper Arena in Kansas City Missouri. Athena and I were about to go see RAW from the front row.
***
We entered the building. I had a hat and sunglasses on so no one I knew would recognize me. Athena had re dyed her original hair color because she was leaving after the show for home but she wore a scarf. She knew her family wasn't watching but just in case.
I didn't know any of the wrestlers wrestling so I wondered why I was here anyway. I had no intention of ever working for the WWE. I guess what Shane had told us about his family never caring that he and Marissa disappeared sparked my interest. And the fact that I knew they were hiding something from me. Maybe I'd find it at this show.
I went to get Athena and I some drinks during the break before RAW officially started. A lot of fans were talking about the fact that Cameron had wrestled in a dark match.
"Danny?" A voice said from behind me. I pretended not to hear them. I knew who that was. It was Hunter Hearst Helmsley. I was incognito tonight. "Daniel Benoit? Who would have thought you'd ever be at a WWE show."
"I think you have the wrong person." I said turning around. How did he figure out it was I anyway?
"You can't fool me kid. I've known you for a long time." He reminded me. "Come on. Steph would love to see you."
By now people were looking at us. I sighed and followed him. We walked into a large dressing room, which had been changed into an office. "Hey Steph look who I found in the arena." He said. I took my sunglasses off. There was no reason to keep them on now.
"Wow Daniel Benoit. It's been years." She gave me what I perceived as a phony smile. "I did hear through the grapevine that you were training in OVW though. Maybe I'll have someone watch you wrestle."
"No thanks. I'd rather work for WCW."
She actually started laughing! "That company is such a joke. It's a wonder it's still running. Even my brother had trouble keeping it afloat that's why he left I think. He was embarrassed. It's better that he left anyway. Dad was going to pull the company from him."
What? I thought. Shane never really said why he left. He just said no one cared that he did in his family and he was happy with that. I had thought it was preposterous.
"Don't look so surprised kid." HHH said. "WWE bounced back. WCW is still having trouble."
"You know what? That's Bullshit! You lost almost all of your roster when..." Oh shit I think I went too far with that.
They looked at me strangely. But I was the one who ended up being the most surprised. I turned around and saw one person that I thought would never show up in WWE. I felt lightheaded.
"Hi Danny." She said with a slight smile on her face.
"Megan?"
"No hug for your older sister?" HHH said from behind me.
I was too stunned to say anything. My twenty-one year old sister was standing there.
"Just visiting friends Danny." She said. "Really you should have listened to Tatem when she said not to go into wrestling."
Damn it! Why was this happening to me? I pushed past her and ran back to the arena. I told Athena we needed to get out of there.