Everyone sat in the meeting room in the hotel, they were all back from the arena, all of them, so now it was time to sit down and talk out a game plan.
"We still have a chance." Jeff Hardy seemed to be more positive than normal.
"Look at what we have so far from your prediction." Flair began to map things out. "Edge is gone off on vacation which will last a week, it's already been a few days, so we only have a few days more left."
"What about Chris though, is he still gonna die?" Eddie Guerrero asked from the corner.
"Shut up with that!" Jericho yelled but coughed. Everyone turned around.
"Oh no." Lita gasped.
"Aw man, I don't wanna die!" Jericho began to cry again.
"This is very strange." Kurt Angle began to think. "We just checked him out and he was fine, now....!"
"Look, we're jumping to conclusions here." Flair tried to calm the air down.
"With what all we have to lead on, how can we not!" Crash stood up.
"Listen to me!" Flair enunciated loudly. "I think this whole, going off what we got, thing, is what's gonna cause our downfall. I say we go along like we'd never heard any of Jeff's prophecy before."
"But how can we not?" Chyna asked.
"Look, Regal and Eugene already attacked Rob, it's begun. How long does Chris..." Rey Mysterio couldn't finish his sentence, he had to duck a flying shoe.
"Shut up!" Jericho yelled louder, his voice cracking. Just then the phone rang.
"Hello." Flair answered. "You." He stood up, everyone looked over at him. "10 am huh, you're on." He hung up to meet everyone's awaiting eyes. "That was Regal, looks like the challenge has been declared."
"Tomorrow at ten." Jeff looked out the window.
"Future is changing, we're rewriting history." Everyone turned to see Jericho stand up and walk over to Jeff, Jeff turned to him as he looked out the window. "It's up to us to make sure that the future you saw doesn't ever come to pass." He looked at Jeff. "And I'm going to do my all, fight my best. Believe me, I won't just lay down and die, if I do die, I'm gonna go out fighting." Jeff looked up in shock, Jericho was smirking.
"That's the spirit." Eddie turned to the door. "Now if you don't mind, I'm getting outa this room before it turns into a Hallmark card." He left.
The next morning, 10 am...
It had been decided that Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Crash and Rey Mysterio go to the set location of midtown that Regal had told Flair. Flair had staid back at the hotel to try and get a hold of Edge, they needed him to come back, in order to change the future, he had to be there to fight in the present. Rey Mysterio was the first one there, then Crash and Chris Benoit. Chris Jericho came last along with Jeff Hardy.
"Should I be here?" He was asking as they flew in the air.
"Look, we have to change the future as much as possible. You say you weren't even here in your dream, well you're a tough fighter, we need your help to change what you saw." Jericho replied and Jeff smiled and nodded back. "Hey look, there they are." The two landed and Jericho gasped. "What, Chyna, what are you doing here?"
"Oh what me?" Chyna smirked. "I wanted to see all this that Jeff was talking about."
"But this could be dangerous." Jericho frowned.
"Well, I don't see Eddie Guerrero here." Chyna looked around.
"That's beyond the point." Jericho rolled his eyes. "Besides, you should be back with Rob, he's in critical condition right now and could need all the help he can get."
"Don't worry." Chyna gave him a thumbs up. "Dan and Kurt are with him, they were giving him some of those beans and tending to his injuries when I left, he'll be fine."
Jericho frowned and Jeff whispered to him, "It'd be nice to have a supportive girlfriend like her." Jericho smirked.
"Guys, it's already a quarter after." Chyna looked at her watch.
"Another change in history." Crash looked up at the sky, then turned to Jeff. "Say, didn't you say in your prophecy it was gonna be exactly at ten?" Jeff nodded.
"Then where are they....or since they know that we know now, is this a trap." Benoit squinted into the direction of the sun.
"Maybe we can sense their energy?" Jericho suggested.
"No. Last night when they attacked Rob we couldn't, they can suppress it." Benoit replied. Just then he gasped and turned around, "Wait, what was that!" They all looked to see two figures in the air, they shot down into the outskirts of the town into a dry field.
"It's time." Jeff led them all down, they landed over by them.
"Well my dear boy, it looks like they didn't chicken out." William Regal posed.
"You owe me a soda." Eugene clapped.
"There'll be time for that later lad, now it's time to show them what you've got."
"Yea!" Eugene got into a fighting stance. "So whose the first one ready to go!"
"Me." Everyone turned to see Jericho step forward.
"Don't do it." Benoit warned.
"If I die, I'm not gonna lay down, I'll go out fighting, I have to change the future, if not for me, then for all you guys."
Benoit was taken, that was very noble, "Good luck then."
"We're here to help." Crash spoke up.
"No, don't, I can do it myself." Jericho powered up, yelling loudly.
"Mr. Regal..." Eugene was getting nervous.
"Stay calm, he can't match your power." Regal watched as Jericho's power level began to rise higher and higher. "Or, maybe he can?"
"No way!" Eugene growled and ran at Jericho quickly.
"Look out!" Chyna cried, hiding behind a rock.
"Ah!" Jericho jumped up into the air, dodging Eugene's attack. "Take this, ha!" He shot a big energy blast at Eugene.
"Haha!" Eugene laughed and reached out his right hand, absorbing it.
"What, no way!" Jericho's jaw dropped.
"Energy absorption!" Benoit growled. "How could I forget." He looked up and yelled. "Chris, energy attacks wont work, he absorbs them to get stronger!"
Jericho panted, hearing this, "Aw you gotta be kidding me." He caught his breath and swallowed the lump in his throat. "Alright then, let's go!" He powered up to his max and charged at Eugene, hitting him head on with a barrage of kicks and punches as everyone watched.
"Yea, take it to him!" Crash rooted, but Regal just smiled.
"Play nice." Eugene jabbed Jericho in the gut with his elbow, knocking the wind, along with some spit, out of him. Then he used his other elbow to ram him in the back, sending him crashing to the ground. "Here I come!" Eugene flew down at him.
"Kamehame-ha!" Jericho tried to stop himself, but he sent the attack, forgetting not to use energy.
"Something's wrong, what's going on out there?" Rey looked carefully at Chris. "He just doesn't seem to be fighting like he usually does."
"It's the virus." Benoit growled. "It's probably taking effect right now."
"But, we're changing the future, he can't get sick and die now!" Crash gulped.
"Jericho get outa there!" Benoit yelled.
"Game, over!" Eugene grabbed Jericho's neck and held him up, digging his fingers into him.
"Oh no, he's absorbing all of his energy!" Chyna gasped.
"Listen, get outa here, this is way too dangerous!" Jeff turned around to her.
"Chris needs help." Crash looked up at Benoit.
He nodded, "Yea, let's go." They began to go over but Regal blocked his path.
"I can easily have this little lad kill your boy if you take one more step forward." He threatened, and they all stood firm, they knew he wasn't bluffing.
"You go by bye." Eugene laughed as the last of Jericho's energy was being drained, but just then he got shot back by a full body attack. Everyone turned to see Eddie.
"Well, better late than never, I guess." Chyna smirked.
Eddie looked down at Jericho who was panting a beaten mess, "You stupid fool, your youth and ignorance will be your downfall despite your power. You knew very well that you were going to get seriously ill very soon but yet you still didn't listen, and now look at you. You should've known that powering up to your max would only speed up the process. Somebody take him back to the arena to get examined." He kicked Jericho and he flew over towards the others, Benoit caught him.
"Jericho, are you ok?" Crash shook him but he was out cold.
"Guys, he's burning up." Chyna put a hand on his forehead.
"It's the virus, somebody take him back to the arena, he needs treatment now or else his life will be in serious jeopardy." Jeff spoke up.
"Here, I'll do it." Chyna stood up. "I should get outa your hair, besides, I should really check on Rob."
"That sounds like a very good idea." Jeff helped pick Jericho up, he took him to Chyna's car and lay him down in the back seat. "Good luck and be careful."
Chyna got into her car, "Don't worry, he'll be safe with me." She drove off.
Eddie turned to Eugene, "And as for you, why not take on a real fighter." He smirked, everyone watched him and began to glow.
"Mr. Regal?" Eugene was getting nervous, he didn't expect Eddie to come. Regal just watched, neither had he.
"What's he doing out there?" Crash wondered. Benoit looked carefully at Eddie, then gasped as the yellow light began to surround him.
"Hodale vatos locos!" Eddie smirked as he exploded into a golden light, his short haircut had returned to the once mullet style, still however retaining the bleached tips, his hair stood on end flowing in the waves of energy. Everyone gasped as Eddie posed proudly. "Now whose the Super Star!"