Danny's POV:
We managed to get Debra Austin into the house or rather Steve Austin got his wife into the house taking her from my arms shortly after she fainted. Don't think the guy trusted anybody but him to take care of his wife after she fainted. Steve carried her to his bedroom, Chase followed behind. I guess Chase will probably give Debra all the medical details of what happened fifteen years ago. Plus, I don't think he wanted to be around an angry Jim Ross who got over some of his shock at seeing his 'dead' friend walking and talking.
Which left me, Eddy and Eric to deal with Jim Ross in the Austin living room.
Joy.
If looks could kill the three of us in the living room would've been vaporized by the glare in the aged ring announcer's expression. The last time I saw somebody so angry was Uncle Ric when he slammed Uncle Eddy right into the walls of my apartment a few months ago.
Has it really been only a few months since I learned my Dad was alive?
Anyways, Eddy told Ross upfront that about Austin's coma. Not real specifics, I assumed he was leaving that for Chase later, but enough to let Ross know that playing dead hadn't been Austin's idea. Oh I wonder how the revelations about my Dad and Owen Hart are going to shape out for the man. The man was glaring at Bischoff. I knew enough from my Dad and others over the last few months to know that Jim Ross and Eric Bischoff have a bad history together.
"What the hell is your involvement in this?" Ross asked Eric shooting daggers at the former WCW President.
Eric was uncomfortable with this. He was obviously wondering how to explain his involvement without giving away Dad or Owen yet. If Ross didn't have a stroke before the upcoming revelations about my Dad and Owen were almost sure to do it.
"Remember the tape of Russo getting paid for Owen's murder that played in Atlanta when Vince was taken down last month?" Eric asked the former WWF announcer.
"Yeah, what the hell about it?" Ross asked obviously still angry.
"That was Russo's," Bischoff started to explain. I found it a year after it happened in Russo's office. It wasn't labeled. You worked with the man JR. The guy tried to push you out of WWF for pete's sake with that stupid Crazy commentator storyline, you know how anal Russo is about labeling his stuff."
"Anyways I put the tape in, lost my lunch and turned it over to the FBI. That's when I ran into Eddy here," Bischoff finished pointing at Eddy. "I ran into Danny over there when he went to question Vince a few months ago about his Dad's death."
Ross turned to look at me.
"Don't look at me," I said, "I only found out about Austin AFTER Vince got arrested last month."
Then Ross turned to Eddy.
Uncle Eddy's cell phone began to ring just then. Fortunately he was far enough away to where the retired ring commentator couldn't reach up and grab it. He made a quick excuse and headed into the kitchen. Ross turned his glare back to Eric.
"I want to know every fucking detail you know about what Vince has done and I want to know it now!" the commentator said. Oh this was going to be fun.
"We'll explain when Eddy gets done with his call," Eric said tersely. You could feel the tension between the two men. Almost as much amnomosity as between Eric and Uncle Ric. "He knows the whole story."
That was an understatement.
I was wondering whether to jump back into the conversation, if only for the sake of keeping the two men from killing each other when the door to the Austin home opened.
"Hey, anybody home?" a loud voice bellowed from the entrance to the house. I had to bite back a groan and I know Eric was too. Eddy was still talking on the phone I guess otherwise he'd have come back and helped try to defuse the upcoming confrontation.
Mark Calloway and Shane Douglas had walked through the door.
THIS was going to be interesting.
We managed to get Debra Austin into the house or rather Steve Austin got his wife into the house taking her from my arms shortly after she fainted. Don't think the guy trusted anybody but him to take care of his wife after she fainted. Steve carried her to his bedroom, Chase followed behind. I guess Chase will probably give Debra all the medical details of what happened fifteen years ago. Plus, I don't think he wanted to be around an angry Jim Ross who got over some of his shock at seeing his 'dead' friend walking and talking.
Which left me, Eddy and Eric to deal with Jim Ross in the Austin living room.
Joy.
If looks could kill the three of us in the living room would've been vaporized by the glare in the aged ring announcer's expression. The last time I saw somebody so angry was Uncle Ric when he slammed Uncle Eddy right into the walls of my apartment a few months ago.
Has it really been only a few months since I learned my Dad was alive?
Anyways, Eddy told Ross upfront that about Austin's coma. Not real specifics, I assumed he was leaving that for Chase later, but enough to let Ross know that playing dead hadn't been Austin's idea. Oh I wonder how the revelations about my Dad and Owen Hart are going to shape out for the man. The man was glaring at Bischoff. I knew enough from my Dad and others over the last few months to know that Jim Ross and Eric Bischoff have a bad history together.
"What the hell is your involvement in this?" Ross asked Eric shooting daggers at the former WCW President.
Eric was uncomfortable with this. He was obviously wondering how to explain his involvement without giving away Dad or Owen yet. If Ross didn't have a stroke before the upcoming revelations about my Dad and Owen were almost sure to do it.
"Remember the tape of Russo getting paid for Owen's murder that played in Atlanta when Vince was taken down last month?" Eric asked the former WWF announcer.
"Yeah, what the hell about it?" Ross asked obviously still angry.
"That was Russo's," Bischoff started to explain. I found it a year after it happened in Russo's office. It wasn't labeled. You worked with the man JR. The guy tried to push you out of WWF for pete's sake with that stupid Crazy commentator storyline, you know how anal Russo is about labeling his stuff."
"Anyways I put the tape in, lost my lunch and turned it over to the FBI. That's when I ran into Eddy here," Bischoff finished pointing at Eddy. "I ran into Danny over there when he went to question Vince a few months ago about his Dad's death."
Ross turned to look at me.
"Don't look at me," I said, "I only found out about Austin AFTER Vince got arrested last month."
Then Ross turned to Eddy.
Uncle Eddy's cell phone began to ring just then. Fortunately he was far enough away to where the retired ring commentator couldn't reach up and grab it. He made a quick excuse and headed into the kitchen. Ross turned his glare back to Eric.
"I want to know every fucking detail you know about what Vince has done and I want to know it now!" the commentator said. Oh this was going to be fun.
"We'll explain when Eddy gets done with his call," Eric said tersely. You could feel the tension between the two men. Almost as much amnomosity as between Eric and Uncle Ric. "He knows the whole story."
That was an understatement.
I was wondering whether to jump back into the conversation, if only for the sake of keeping the two men from killing each other when the door to the Austin home opened.
"Hey, anybody home?" a loud voice bellowed from the entrance to the house. I had to bite back a groan and I know Eric was too. Eddy was still talking on the phone I guess otherwise he'd have come back and helped try to defuse the upcoming confrontation.
Mark Calloway and Shane Douglas had walked through the door.
THIS was going to be interesting.