Everyone was a buzz discussing the latest from the training chamber. Eddie Guerrero leered over at Edge and Chris Jericho.
"How could he have done what I set out to do and failed at?" He growled in his mind. "What difference will one day make? Maybe I can't be the champ, perhaps it isn't my destiny after all…." Eddie sighed but then glared at himself. "No what am I saying, I can't give up! I'm the true champion, I deserve it, this is my destiny! He was the first to become Super Star so maybe he'll be the first to surpass it as well." He clenched a fist. "But I swear I'll be the second to reach that goal, I guarantee it."
Chris Benoit was also lost in his own mind. Ric Flair, RVD, Crash , Rey Mysterio, and Jeff Hardy were all surrounding Edge and Jericho in aghast. Edge laughed and looked down at Jericho, ruffling his hair.
Benoit thought to himself, "I was never able to train Jericho like that when Edge was incapacitated. That wasn't even a whole year, Edge was able to turn him into a Super Star after all. I wonder who else might have that technique? I know I don't, I'm gifted with telepathy. But what help can that be in the fight against The Rock? Through meditation I learned the art of duplication, but that's for training purposes only, it has half my power, and one blow from Rocky would leave me begging for life on my knees. I only hope Edge truly did accomplish what he set out to do. And I wonder now, if Jericho is strong enough to survive out there?"
"Hey, Champ!" Eddie's voice caused everyone to turn to him, snapping Benoit out of his thoughts. Eddie approached him, "So tell me, you say mission accomplished, so were you able to surpass Super Star?"
Edge starred at him in the face with a blank expression, "Surpassing Super Star? Ha, that's impossible man!" That caused Eddie to fume. "No way, that would be nice, but my real accomplishment was getting Chris here to reach Super Star like us."
Eddie steamed from the ears, "That was your plan! This whole dam time!?"
Flair went to interviene, "Hey now, just come down and…"
"You stay calm! This whole god dam time I thought you could do it, you would be the one to surly surpass if I couldn't, and yet all you did was focus on that weakling? What good is he to us anyway!" Jericho sighed sadly, lowering his eyes to the ground.
Edge had enough, "Listen, you don't know him like I do, I know him better than anyone else here, maybe even better than he does himself! I know what I was doing, and I still do, I'm the leader after all, I am, the Champ." He held up his title and got nose to nose with Eddie. "Where's yours?" He glanced around slightly. "Oh yea that's right, you don't have one." He set it down. "I forgot." Sparks of rivalry flew between their eyes.
"Alright, alright!" Flair pushed between to separate them. Eddie pouted. "Benoit, get in there and get the most out of your session."
Benoit nodded, "Right."
"And as for you guys." Flair turned back to the bickering couple. "Go on your own for now, we'll meet back up here the morning before the show. You all need some time to yourselves. Rest, train, spend time with loved ones, wash your car, I don't know, I don't care, if we win then we win thanks to our efforts, if we loose, at least we had one last happy moment, one last carefree day. Just no fighting! Ok?"
Edge nodded, "Right boss, come on Chris, let's go."
"Right." He nodded and turned to Lita. "Hang on." Lita wrapped her arms around him and they flew off.
"Eddie." Chyna spoke up. "Jeff is coming back with me, are you going to as well?"
Eddie turned and nodded, "I might as well. You say you built this thing, you might be able to device something back at your place that I could use for my training."
Chyna nodded back, "Fine then. Come on." Jeff picked up Chyna and flew off with Eddie following.
Flair looked down at Oolong, "Don't tell me you're going to stay with me."
"Ok fine, I won't tell you." Flair groaned at the pig.
RVD turned to Rey Mysterio, "Let's say we head back to San Diego."
He smiled, "Sounds good to me."
"Let's go Puar." RVD jumped up into the air, his cat and Mysterio following.
Crash slowly looked over his shoulder at Nidia, "So ah, hey, you, wanna come with me to Mick Foley's house? We'll be safe over there."
Nidia, "No, that's ok."
"Aw come on, please?" Crash's plea caused Big Show to growl. Crash gulped, "Hey it's ok, take it easy, you can come too!"
"No." He shook his head. "We've got our own things to take care of. Come on Nidia."
"Right Show." Nidia turned back around and looked at Crash and his sad eyes. "I'll see you later, ok?" She waved and jumped up into the air.
"Ok, by." Crash waved but she was already almost out of sight. He sighed. "Well guess I'll go to Mick's alone."
"No, you don't have to."
Crash looked up, "Hu? Hey!"
Flair dumped Oolong onto him, "Take this with you." He walked off dusting his hands. Oolong looked innocently at Crash, he groaned and rolled his eyes, then went on his way. Flair looked up at the closed door of his training room. "Now Benoit, it's all up to you."
Thursday night, that night, everyone in their respected areas spent time with each other, except Eddie. He'd had Chyna build him a training area, so she spent her time with Jeff. Rey and RVD had fun in southern California, while Crash, Foley and Oolong hung out. Flair waited for Benoit to finish. Edge, Jericho and Lita spent their time together as a trio. At Lita's house, Edge laughed at a joke Jericho told when the phone suddenly rang. He got up to go answer it, he picked up the phone.
"Hello?" His happy expression changed. "Kurt." Lita and Chris turned around. "Yea everything's fine, what is it?"
"There's no more beans! I can't make anymore!"
"What? That's terrible! But how?"
"I don't know, Dan and I tried everything, but it's no good!"
"Stay calm, just calm down. Don't worry Kurt, you've still got the power of healing."
"I know, I was going to come out there to be there for you during your match just in case something happens."
"Was?"
"Well, Rocky must've known about my powers or something, so I got a call earlier today and he said that if I came down to help you and heal you guys that it wouldn't be fair and that you'd automatically loose!"
Edge growled and pounded his fist, "Dam him! Well, I guess it dose make sense. God, I just hate everything about this match! Arg, I just wish there was another way…"
Kurt sighed on the other end, "Yea, I know. But I still will be there for you, so will Dan, it's just that only my powers will be useless."
"Don't worry, it's ok. I appreciate you coming to support us. You shouldn't worry, everything will be ok."
"So is it true then, what all I hear?"
"Well, what do you hear?"
"That you were successful in that chamber thingy."
"Oh, yes, that's true."
"Aha, you surpassed Super Star! We do have hope after all!"
"No, no, no, Kurt?" Edge paused for Kurt to stop cheering. "Kurt, I didn't surpass."
"Wait, what?"
"My goal was to get Chris to be a Super Star."
"But he's not strong enough, the sickness is still making him too weak."
"Well he did it despite that, and he's still gonna fight. He's gonna be the difference maker, you'll see."
"I think you mean you, you'll be the difference maker."
Edge just smirked to himself, "You'll see." He hung up. He went back to the table and noticed the looks from Lita and Chris. "What?"
Lita stood up, "I'm going to go to the kitchen now, once I finish I'll meet you in the living room, ok?"
"Ok." Edge watched her go, he turned back to Chris. He sighed and put his chin on his arms folded on the table. Edge frowned, Chris seemed so quiet and depressed since he'd comeback. "What is it, you feel ok?"
"Oh, I dunno. It's just that, you're so thrilled about me being a Super Star too now, but, it's just, if you didn't surpass Super Star, then you're not any stronger, and I'm just as strong as you. If you aren't strong enough to beat Rocky, how do you know I will be? I mean, you spent your whole time mainly focusing on me, what if I let you down?"
Edge just smiled softly, "Don't worry, I know you won't. I dunno how many times I must tell everyone not to worry. Remember, I'm the champ, I know best." He stood up and walked towards the living room. "Come on now, let's watch tv."
Chris sighed and stood up, "No Edge, you don't know best, cause if you loose the match, then Rocky becomes the champ." He followed Edge out of the room.
