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Breaking Point

10 minutes and a few shallow cuts later, Kurt Angle had reached his breaking point.

"Ok! I'll tell!" Kurt sobbed. "Just don't make me watch myself bleed!"

"Start from the beginning," Jericho said with a satisfied grin on his face. "And tell us everything you know."

"Hunter came to me after he talked to you guys backstage right after the Highlight Reel tonight," Kurt began. "He said he needed my help because he wanted to get back with Stephanie. He figured Stephanie really came back to be with him but she just didn't realize it. So he said he needed me to help her realize it by attempting to rape her."

"How was raping her going to prove that she really wanted to be with him?" Jericho asked. "If anything, it would push her away from wanting to be with any men."

"Exactly, which is why he planned to be the man to save her in her time of need," Kurt said.

"Did he tell you to go through with the rape or did he give you a stopping point of some sort?" Steph asked. She couldn't believe she was having to ask Kurt these sorts of questions!

"I was supposed to keep going until he appeared to save you," Kurt said. "He was there watching the whole time. Anything could've happened. How far I went on you totally depended on his timing."

Jericho shook his head, disgusted that Triple H could stoop so low and plan something like that. "What was really his goal with this rape?"

"He wanted to save Stephanie and make her think she owed him a favor. He was going to ask her to go to dinner with him, start things off slow, if you will," Kurt said. "But obviously that didn't work, so he got pissed and started a new plan." Kurt got quiet and the other two looked at him.

"Well?" Steph prodded. "What's his new plan?"

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't know?" Kurt asked.

"Only if you believe me when I say I'll be able to tell if you're lying," Steph answered, holding up the knife. The sharp blade was sticky with blood.

Kurt sighed. "He only told me a little bit about it. I didn't get to find out the whole thing."

"Tell us what you know already!" Jericho said impatiently.

"Well, he had a couple of ideas. One would be to get Stephanie's biggest female rival, Sable, and use her to make Stephanie jealous," Kurt said.

"Ha! That never would've worked," Steph said, rolling her eyes at the mere mention of Sable's name. "I would've been happy. Those two asses deserve each other!"

"So what was the other one?" Jericho asked.

"Well... He was going to enlist the help of one of his friends and me to help him kidnap Stephanie," Kurt replied, head hanging because he was so ashamed to have even considered doing it.

"Kidnap her?" Jericho practically yelled. "What for?"

"I don't know. I guess to get her away from you so she could see that she really belonged with him," Kurt answered.

"That's bull. Hasn't he heard the saying about how absence makes the heart grow fonder? Something like that, anyway," Steph said, unable to remember the exact quote but knowing it would've applied if she had been separated from Jericho again. In fact, that was what had happened when she'd taken a break from wrestling. She had just fallen harder for Jericho...

"Obviously, in your absence, his heart has grown fonder," Kurt said. He looked at Stephanie. "He really loves you."

"Obviously not if he's willing to play with her mind like that just to persuade her to come back to him," Jericho said angrily. He could barely see ahead of him, because his fury made everything a dangerous shade of red. "Is that all you know?" he asked Kurt menacingly.

"Y-yes. C-can I g-go now?" Kurt asked as Stephanie trailed the knife slowly up and down his right arm. It wasn't making any marks but he knew if she pushed just a little harder, applied just a little more pressure, it would pierce his skin. She'd already made dozens of tiny cuts on his left arm, but his right arm was free of any cuts.

Stephanie leaned over and whispered something into Jericho's ear. He started smiling. "What do you think?" she asked when she pulled back.

"Do it babe. That would teach him a lesson," Jericho replied.

Steph looked at Kurt with an evil glint in her eyes, then looked down at his right arm. "Now if you move, Kurt, this is going to hurt like hell..."

Kurt just screamed...

"Kurt, man, where have you been? We were supposed to go over the plan an hour ago!" Triple H exclaimed when Kurt Angle walked into his locker room. As Kurt got closer, he could see blood on both of Kurt's arms. "What the hell happened to you?"

"Stephanie McMahon and Chris Jericho happened to me!" Kurt exclaimed. He stood in front of Triple H and showed him his right arm. "And look, they even carved you a little message into my skin."

Triple H read the message made by cuts, dripping Kurt's blood. It said: "SM n CJ 4eva" and it even had a little heart around it. Right below it was another message: "HHH, ur a bitch!" And all of this was carved into Kurt's skin!

"Damn, that's gotta hurt like a bitch!" Triple H said with a small laugh. Inside, he wasn't close to laughing. In fact, his blood boiled and his rage built as he looked at the message.

"Damn right it hurts!" Kurt wailed. "And it's gonna leave a mark!"

Triple H had no concern over whether it would leave a mark. In fact, he didn't give a damn about Kurt's well-being. All he cared about was taking back what really belonged to him, and that was Stephanie. He decided to make light of the whole situation and get Kurt focused on what really mattered: getting Stephanie back into his own arms.

"Look on the bright side. Now you have a new tattoo," Triple H said meanly. "Now, about my next plan..."

"Your next plan won't include me," Kurt said. " Everyone has a breaking point, and I've reached mine. I mean, you're the one who will reap the benefits from this evil stuff you're making me do. Why do I have to be the one they sacrifice?"

"I didn't plan it," Triple H said. "It's not my fault."

"Fuck you," Kurt said shortly, then turned his back on Triple H and left his locker room.

"Oh, Stephanie will," Triple H said, leaning back and closing his eyes so he could come up with a back-up plan. "She just doesn't know it yet..."

Now what's Triple H gonna do? He has quite a devious mind, so I can only imagine he's planning something really evil...