The gang sat in the locker room backstage, eagerly waiting for Benoit and
Flair to return. A creak from the door opening caused everyone to perk up
but their expressions changed when they saw Benoit and Flair assisting
Jericho, and no Edge was to be found. Everyone moved aside on the bench to
allow Jericho to sit down, he groaned.
Flair turned to Benoit, "After the trainer is done with Edge and the EMT's then have him come in here to take a look at Jericho."
"Right." Benoit walked out of the room and down the hall to the trainer's office.
Flair sat down next to Jericho, who was moaning and groaning, "Are you ok?"
Jericho just smirked, wincing slightly, "All that's hurt is my pride."
"What happened out there?" RVD asked.
"I don't really remember." Jericho rubbed his head, obviously suffering from a minor concussion. "All I do recall is Rhyno attacking me and Edge coming out to stop it."
"Don't forget what he said about Eddie." Flair added, as soon as he spoke up everyone turned their attention to him. "Eddie is the one starting this up rise and according to Rhyno, he's called in for a special problem solver to help run the company out and take it over. And with Edge going to be out of action for about that time, things aren't looking too good."
"But we have powers, why can't we help?" Crash asked.
"Because Edge is the heavyweight champion, he's automatically the leader." Flair replied.
"What about Benoit, he's the intercontinental champion." Chyna suggested. "That makes him like, what, second in command?"
"I think Jericho should take control." RVD spoke up and everyone gave him a look. "No really I'm serious, I mean he and Edge are like best friends, if anyone should be in charge temporarily it should be him."
Flair looked at him with a thoughtful expression, "I understand what you're getting at, and you're right."
"But Flair, look at me!" Jericho finally got into the conversation. "Rhyno tore me apart! I admit it, I'm no champion, so how am I gonna help, I can't even control my powers."
"Then I will teach you." Everyone turned to the door to see Benoit return.
"Chris, I..." Jericho looked at him, then smiled. "Thanks bud." He gave a slight whimper through his teeth and his body stiffened.
"Ok, come on, the trainer can see you now." Benoit helped Jericho up and out of the room. Everyone sighed and began to talk amongst themselves.
"So, what's gonna happen now?" Puar asked.
Oolong sighed, "I dunno, guess all that we can do is watch and wait..."
"Hey, Benoit?"
"Yea Jericho?"
"Do you really think that I can do it, I mean, I'm no champion, how can I carry the torch for Edge while he's gone?"
"Don't worry, you have me to help train you."
"You?"
"I have a pretty good idea on how to control and harness our newly received powers, I can help you."
"But what if I can't do it alone?"
"You can't. That's why Flair is going to train the others, we'll need all the help we can get. We don't know who or what Eddie is brining to this company but we have to prepare for the worst, we don't know who all is on Eddie's side."
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the arena...
"Oh man, did you see Rhyno out there, he was great!" Kane laughed.
"You're telling me, he really took it to the champ out there and sent his friends a message through that whiny runt Jericho." Taker smirked.
"Alright, it's begun, but it's hardly over." Everyone turned to Eddie. "We have five months before my special surprise comes, until then we have to train ourselves, we have to learn how to use our powers."
"Why?"
"Why! You saw what happened out there, Rhyno didn't know how to use them and look at him, he lost, and he got fired. Do you want that?"
"No."
"That's right. If anything should happen within these five months we need to be ready. I have a good idea how our bodies work now with this radiation, so we'll all be doing some rigorous training. The more we train, the harder we train, the better we get. Got it?"
"Got it."
"Ow, ow, stop, it hurts!" Jericho was yelling in the trainer's room as he was treating his wounds.
"Shut up and stop your complaining!" Benoit shouted in a deep angry voice, Jericho gave him a childish look. "Come on Jericho, you have to start acting like a man. You're going to get hurt badly out there and as the main hope for the team right now, you have to start acting like a man! Got it?"
"Yea... ow!"
"Quiet!"
Jericho was quiet for a moment, but tears still came to his eyes as the trainer put the medicine on the scraps and cuts. Benoit sighed, what could he expect from Jericho, from a guy like this, how could he be any better than say RVD, or even himself? Benoit realized something, he may have to teach Jericho, while Flair taught the others, but even then the only one who may be powerful enough to save them, would be himself.
"Alright you guys, we're going." Flair stood up in the locker room.
"Going, going where?" Crash asked.
"Where else, to train."
"Train where?" Chyna spoke up.
"We need to go somewhere where Eddie and the others can't find us, and I've got just the place. I've got a secret spot back in Charlotte where nobody would ever think to look."
RVD stood up, "But what about Jericho, and Benoit?"
"Don't worry about them, they're going to be alone together."
"Oohh!"
"Oh grow up."
"But wait, what about the others?" Mysterio gasped.
"Others?"
Lita knew where Rey was getting at, "Yea, you know: Trish, Christian and Kurt. They weren't scheduled to be here tonight."
"Well, to be honest, I don't think they have what it takes to cut it out here, I have my faith set in you guys. But don't worry, they will be with us eventually, I just want to see where Eddie goes from here. If things get as bad as I fear, those three will have to participate."
Within the five months from then until now, Flair trained his group at his secret secluded spot. They got a lot stronger and learned to harness their powers. Benoit on the other hand had taken Jericho to his place in Canada for some seriously rigorous training, he'd work Jericho day and night in harsh conditions, no matter if he was thirsty, hungry, sleep deprived, or head exousted, Jericho had to learn and he had to be superior to the others. It was long and tiresome but eventually Benoit's training to through to Jericho and he learned, just in the nick of time mind you. Edge had been recovering at Kurt's place, which was the site of a local event that five months later.
"Guys, where's Edge?" Jericho asked, everyone was at the arena now.
"I don't know, I called Kurt's house, his cell, but I get no answer." Flair replied.
"Well at least we're all ready, as ready as we'll ever be." Benoit sighed.
"Guys!" Chyna burst into the room, followed by RVD. "Eddie is here, and he's not alone."
Everyone felt their stomach rise to their throat, their hearts raced, RVD panted, "And you're not going to believe whose here with him...!"
(Who did Eddie bring in for reinforcement? Are Jericho and the gang ready to take on this challenge? And where is Kurt with Edge, were they already taken out or will they make it there in time to save their friends? Find out next time in the next chapter!)
Flair turned to Benoit, "After the trainer is done with Edge and the EMT's then have him come in here to take a look at Jericho."
"Right." Benoit walked out of the room and down the hall to the trainer's office.
Flair sat down next to Jericho, who was moaning and groaning, "Are you ok?"
Jericho just smirked, wincing slightly, "All that's hurt is my pride."
"What happened out there?" RVD asked.
"I don't really remember." Jericho rubbed his head, obviously suffering from a minor concussion. "All I do recall is Rhyno attacking me and Edge coming out to stop it."
"Don't forget what he said about Eddie." Flair added, as soon as he spoke up everyone turned their attention to him. "Eddie is the one starting this up rise and according to Rhyno, he's called in for a special problem solver to help run the company out and take it over. And with Edge going to be out of action for about that time, things aren't looking too good."
"But we have powers, why can't we help?" Crash asked.
"Because Edge is the heavyweight champion, he's automatically the leader." Flair replied.
"What about Benoit, he's the intercontinental champion." Chyna suggested. "That makes him like, what, second in command?"
"I think Jericho should take control." RVD spoke up and everyone gave him a look. "No really I'm serious, I mean he and Edge are like best friends, if anyone should be in charge temporarily it should be him."
Flair looked at him with a thoughtful expression, "I understand what you're getting at, and you're right."
"But Flair, look at me!" Jericho finally got into the conversation. "Rhyno tore me apart! I admit it, I'm no champion, so how am I gonna help, I can't even control my powers."
"Then I will teach you." Everyone turned to the door to see Benoit return.
"Chris, I..." Jericho looked at him, then smiled. "Thanks bud." He gave a slight whimper through his teeth and his body stiffened.
"Ok, come on, the trainer can see you now." Benoit helped Jericho up and out of the room. Everyone sighed and began to talk amongst themselves.
"So, what's gonna happen now?" Puar asked.
Oolong sighed, "I dunno, guess all that we can do is watch and wait..."
"Hey, Benoit?"
"Yea Jericho?"
"Do you really think that I can do it, I mean, I'm no champion, how can I carry the torch for Edge while he's gone?"
"Don't worry, you have me to help train you."
"You?"
"I have a pretty good idea on how to control and harness our newly received powers, I can help you."
"But what if I can't do it alone?"
"You can't. That's why Flair is going to train the others, we'll need all the help we can get. We don't know who or what Eddie is brining to this company but we have to prepare for the worst, we don't know who all is on Eddie's side."
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the arena...
"Oh man, did you see Rhyno out there, he was great!" Kane laughed.
"You're telling me, he really took it to the champ out there and sent his friends a message through that whiny runt Jericho." Taker smirked.
"Alright, it's begun, but it's hardly over." Everyone turned to Eddie. "We have five months before my special surprise comes, until then we have to train ourselves, we have to learn how to use our powers."
"Why?"
"Why! You saw what happened out there, Rhyno didn't know how to use them and look at him, he lost, and he got fired. Do you want that?"
"No."
"That's right. If anything should happen within these five months we need to be ready. I have a good idea how our bodies work now with this radiation, so we'll all be doing some rigorous training. The more we train, the harder we train, the better we get. Got it?"
"Got it."
"Ow, ow, stop, it hurts!" Jericho was yelling in the trainer's room as he was treating his wounds.
"Shut up and stop your complaining!" Benoit shouted in a deep angry voice, Jericho gave him a childish look. "Come on Jericho, you have to start acting like a man. You're going to get hurt badly out there and as the main hope for the team right now, you have to start acting like a man! Got it?"
"Yea... ow!"
"Quiet!"
Jericho was quiet for a moment, but tears still came to his eyes as the trainer put the medicine on the scraps and cuts. Benoit sighed, what could he expect from Jericho, from a guy like this, how could he be any better than say RVD, or even himself? Benoit realized something, he may have to teach Jericho, while Flair taught the others, but even then the only one who may be powerful enough to save them, would be himself.
"Alright you guys, we're going." Flair stood up in the locker room.
"Going, going where?" Crash asked.
"Where else, to train."
"Train where?" Chyna spoke up.
"We need to go somewhere where Eddie and the others can't find us, and I've got just the place. I've got a secret spot back in Charlotte where nobody would ever think to look."
RVD stood up, "But what about Jericho, and Benoit?"
"Don't worry about them, they're going to be alone together."
"Oohh!"
"Oh grow up."
"But wait, what about the others?" Mysterio gasped.
"Others?"
Lita knew where Rey was getting at, "Yea, you know: Trish, Christian and Kurt. They weren't scheduled to be here tonight."
"Well, to be honest, I don't think they have what it takes to cut it out here, I have my faith set in you guys. But don't worry, they will be with us eventually, I just want to see where Eddie goes from here. If things get as bad as I fear, those three will have to participate."
Within the five months from then until now, Flair trained his group at his secret secluded spot. They got a lot stronger and learned to harness their powers. Benoit on the other hand had taken Jericho to his place in Canada for some seriously rigorous training, he'd work Jericho day and night in harsh conditions, no matter if he was thirsty, hungry, sleep deprived, or head exousted, Jericho had to learn and he had to be superior to the others. It was long and tiresome but eventually Benoit's training to through to Jericho and he learned, just in the nick of time mind you. Edge had been recovering at Kurt's place, which was the site of a local event that five months later.
"Guys, where's Edge?" Jericho asked, everyone was at the arena now.
"I don't know, I called Kurt's house, his cell, but I get no answer." Flair replied.
"Well at least we're all ready, as ready as we'll ever be." Benoit sighed.
"Guys!" Chyna burst into the room, followed by RVD. "Eddie is here, and he's not alone."
Everyone felt their stomach rise to their throat, their hearts raced, RVD panted, "And you're not going to believe whose here with him...!"
(Who did Eddie bring in for reinforcement? Are Jericho and the gang ready to take on this challenge? And where is Kurt with Edge, were they already taken out or will they make it there in time to save their friends? Find out next time in the next chapter!)