I watched as Danny and his bodyguard left the courthouse. I looked at my watch. We still had ten minutes before the trial started again. My own bodyguard, who I had been introduced to earlier Alex, was standing leaning against the wall watching everyone around me.
"Yo Eddy!" I looked and saw Rey Mysterio Jr. walking up to us. Rey had actually been guest trainer at OVW a couple of times including my first week of training, so I know who he was. I also remember that he had come into the courtroom with Danny and Chris.
"Hey Rey." Eddy looked a bit comfortable.
"What's going on Eddy? I saw Chris on the news and got here as fast as I could. I went to Nancy's house to see if they knew anything and there he was. He told me to ask you about it. So que pasa Eddy? What the hell is going on here?"
"It's a really long story and I can't say it here. The wrong people could hear it. That was a great point. Anyone could over hear the conversation and we need the element of surprise. "I'll tell you after the trial is adjourned for the day."
Rey stared at Eddy. "You have a lot of explaining to do man." He walked into the courtroom.
Eddy looked at me. "Remember not a word to Danny or Megan." He said going into the courtroom also. I wonder what it was that they didn't want Chris' family to hear. I think we were all under the impression we know everything now. I walked into the courtroom with Alex right behind me. This could be interesting.
I was really tired by the time the trial adjourned for the day. I tried to not even think about Chris' testimony because if I did I could accidentally tell Danny. So I thought of other things.
As I followed Uncle Bret and the others out of the courtroom I thought I saw a man with short blond hair signing autographs. He looks kind of familiar but I'm not sure. I watched as he made his way over to us.
Chris walked up to him and hugged him. They had an exchange that I couldn't hear and they laughed. Obviously was someone that knew Chris was alive. I noticed the guy was wearing a t-shirt that read Fozzie World Tour. Now I knew who this was. His name's Chris Jericho. I know there are people at OVW that love the band. I also heard that he used to wrestle before retiring to focus on his music.
Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho went over to where Michael was standing. They said something that I couldn't hear. Michael nodded and said something in reply. They all walked away.
Eddy turned to Rey. "Come with me." And they walked away. I looked around for Uncle Bret and found him talking to Ric Flair.
I walked up to them. "You ready to go?" Uncle Bret asked me. I nodded. "Let's go." He said.
As we walked Ric Flair turned to face me. "Was that Chris Jericho I saw earlier?"
"Yes."
Ric shook his head. "This could be interesting." I don't think I need to ask.
When we got back to the hotel we saw that Danny wasn't there. Hmm I wonder where he is.
"Okay everyone's here. You want to tell me what the hell is going on Guerrero?" Jericho demanded. "Chris sort of gave me the quick version I want the whole story."
"I want to know everything too. Chris didn't have much time to tell me anything." Rey said sitting next to Jericho.
Eddy looked a bit of nervous. "It's a long story."
"They usually are so start at the beginning." Jericho said crossing his arms over his chest.
Eddy sighed before he started. He went over every detail. I thought for a moment that Jericho was going to pick something up and throw it. I don't blame him. I think a lot of the people that found out had wanted to do the same thing.
"Eddy why did it take you this long to nail Vince?" Jericho asked once Eddy was finished. "If you had all of this proof, why didn't you nail him right away?"
"Chris you have no idea how much I wish we could have. Then I wouldn't have had too see Nancy go through so much pain. Wouldn't have had to see one of my best friends age quickly because of grief. To have to know there were children who would have to grow up without fathers." He sighed. "I'll be glad when all of this is finally over."
"I can't say I'm surprised Vince did all of this." Rey said. "I don't think there was anyone who didn't think there was something going on after Survivor Series 2003. And then Bad Blood 2004 happened. I stayed in WWF till Summerslam then went to TNA. The WWF went to hell after almost everyone left."
Interesting. I thought the only people that stayed in the WWF after Chris' 'death' were on Vince's good side and Matt and Amy Hardy.
"Jeff Jarrett always acted like nothing ever happened. But I think everyone had thought Jarrett had done something. I didn't stay there long."
Jericho finally broke his silence. "I still can't believe you didn't tell me! Chris was a good friend of mine. I should have been told."
"Dean didn't even know." Eddy said shifting uncomfortably in his chair. "We had to keep the amount of people who knew low. Even though there were some people who should have known. Like their families. Their families all should have known but we couldn't tell them."
Jericho just shook his head. "Is there anything you aren't telling us? Are you hiding any more presumed dead wrestlers in like Alaska?"
Eddy laughed a little. "That's one place we never considered. People would definitely not look there. Especially a couple of snoops." He said looking at me.
"Who is this anyway?" Jericho asked looking at me. "I know it's not Megan Benoit because she's standing over there. Looks too young to be Stephanie Austin."
"I'm Athena Hart." I said with a slight smile. He had covered everyone but me.
"You don't by chance wrestle as Sierra do you?" Rey asked. "Because you look a lot like her."
This time I laughed. "That's me. I didn't want people to know I'm Owen Hart's daughter. Some people at OVW hold it against you if you are a second generation or higher. That and I didn't want my mom to know I was training to be a wrestler."
"That's good." Jericho said with a laugh. "I guess there's a lot of secrets around here."
"Chris Danny's on the phone." Marissa said sticking her head in the room. "I mean Benoit." She said smiling slightly at Jericho. "He said it's urgent."
Chris hurried out of the room.
"So anyway," Jericho continued. "How long were you going to keep this charade going? From what you said you only put things into motion when Athena, Chavo, D-Lo and Danny followed you back to the cabin. If they hadn't how much longer were you going to keep this up?"
"As long as we had to Chris. Russo only recently gave us that tape. If he..."
Chris Benoit came hurrying back into the room. "I'm meeting Danny and Jason for dinner at the hotel restaurant. Danny sounds really shaken up. I'll be back later." He said practically out the door before he even said the last word.
I hope Danny's okay.
