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PART TWO:
CAFETERIA
"Champ, are sure about this? I mean, Trish Stratus?"
Hunter grinned again and took a bite of his roast beef sandwich before speaking. "I'm sure, Natch. She might not be the easiest broad to get along with, but she's tough as nails, and she knows the wrestling business well enough to know how to work with a group and stay out of our way. She's the only choice that'll work."
"No objections here," Randy spoke, shrugging as he sipped his Coke.
Hunter scoffed, shaking his head. "Of course you don't have any objections."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Randy questioned, feeling offended.
"Woah, now's not the time to fight," this time Dave spoke, waving his hands in front of Randy and Hunter's faces. "Hunter, how exactly do you think we're going to get Trish Stratus to join Evolution? You said it yourself – she's not exactly the easiest person here to get along with, so how do you plan on talking to her about joining?"
Hunter scoffed again, this time louder than before. "Dave, big man, I don't have to talk to her about anything. Eric Bischoff told me to choose any Diva on either roster, and I choose Trish. She doesn't have a choice in the matter. Plus, she should be honored that we chose her. We are the most dominant group in wrestling today, after all."
"Yeah, but H, don't you think we should speak to her about joining?" Ric looked up at Hunter, raising an eyebrow. "If you have Bischoff order her to come join us, she's going to come into the group all hostile and angry, and then she's never gonna warm up to us. And if she hates us the whole time she's part of the group, life is gonna suck. I've heard it's not pleasant to be on Trish Stratus's bad side."
Hunter rolled his eyes and finished the last bit of his sandwich, washing it down with a swig of his water. "So you think we should approach her? She hates me, Ric… I know that for a fact."
"Well, if you want," Dave began, looking from Ric to Hunter. "I can talk to her. We're not friends or anything, but we've talked a few times, and she might listen to me."
"No, I'll do it," Hunter relented, pushing his chair out from under the table. "It'd be best if the group leader approached her about it. I'll just tell her about the advantages of being part of a group as prestigious as Evolution, and if that doesn't work, I'll just tell her as politely as possible that she really doesn't have a choice in the matter."
"H, try and be nice," Ric said, his tone serious.
Hunter nodded, standing up. "I'll be nice to her just like I'm nice to everyone else," he replied, nodding at his group mates before walking away.
Shaking his head, Ric looked up at Randy and Dave and said, "Yeah that's what I was afraid of."
OUTSIDE THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM
Groaning loudly, Hunter raised his hand to knock on the door to the Women's locker room, pausing before he did so. He could still back out, and just walk away, pretending that he'd never come to talk to Trish. He could make Eric Bischoff talk to her and well, tell her that she had no choice, and that she was going to be in Evolution whether she liked it or not… but something stopped him. Ric and the guys wanted him to talk to her personally. So he raised his hand again and rapped his knuckles loudly on the door. He waited a few moments, then raised his hand to knock again, but before he could, the door opened and a short blonde eyed him curiously.
"Trish Stratus, hello," Hunter began, grinning down at the Women's Champion. "How are you today?"
Shooting Hunter a look, Trish rolled her eyes. "Don't pretend to be nice to me, Hunter, do you want something?"
"Yeah," Hunter stated, nodding his head, grin still on his face. "I want to talk to you."
"That's nice, but I'm busy, so kindly go away." After rolling her eyes again, Trish turned on her heel and started to shut the door, but Hunter's foot stopped her. She whirled back around and gave him an expectant look.
"I need to talk to you, Trish. Can I come in?"
"What do you need from me?"
"Trish, please," Hunter sighed, growing impatient. "I would like to speak to, so may I please come in?"
"Just drop the act, Hunter. You wouldn't normally be nice to me, so you apparently want something, and I'm not in the mood for guessing games, so just tell me. Why the hell are you standing in front of the Women's locker room speaking to me right now?"
"I just wanted to inform you," Hunter stated, his voice even, though he was beginning to lose his temper. If Trish's attitude was always this rude, he wasn't sure how long she'd last as Evolution's new member. "That starting now you're officially a member of Evolution."
Trish's eyes widened. "Excuse me?"
Hunter tried to conceal a laugh as he repeated himself. "You're the newest addition to Evolution."
"Uhm, no, I'm not. I wouldn't join Evolution if my career depended on it. I refuse to associate myself with the likes of you and your band of followers, and there's nothing you can do to change my mind. Count me out."
"Unfortunately for you, beautiful," Hunter began, a small smirk playing at his lips. "You career does depend on it."
A confused look crossed Trish's features and she raised an eyebrow at Hunter. "Do I dare ask what you're talking about?"
"Well, Bischoff informed me earlier that Evolution was in dire need of female, and he told me to choose any woman in the company I wanted. I chose, and here I am."
Scoffing, Trish rolled her eyes. "Why the hell would you choose me?"
"Because, you're the only reasonable choice," Hunter stated, as though his answer was incredibly obvious. "You're not overly weak, you have plenty wrestling experience, and you're the Women's champion. With you in our group, Evolution would rule the WWE – we'd carry all the gold."
"Choose another woman, Hunter. Any other woman," Trish spoke, her voice almost pleading with the tall man standing in her doorway. "Pick Christy – she's the $250,000 Diva Search Winner, she was on the cover of Playboy, and she'd sleep with you and all of your little buddies for no more than five minutes of TV-time a week."
Hunter nodded his head in agreement. "You're probably right, but she can't take care of herself like you can. She'd need constant protection from us, and we're kind of busy defending our titles weekly to watch over some weak chick," he paused for a moment before speaking again. "Plus, she's a slut, and I can't put her in the same environment as Dave and Randy. She'll be a distraction. You've got yourself a boyfriend, so I don't need to worry about you there."
"Don't mess with me, Hunter. You know I broke up with Christian – you just saw me, so just leave it alone. I can't be in your group, I'm sorry."
"If I tell Bischoff that I want you in Evolution – which I do – you're going to be in Evolution. This is my choice, sweetheart, not yours."
"Just pick someone else."
"No. We decided as a group and we want you. You shouldn't be fighting this – it'll be as good for your career as it will be for mine, Ric's, Dave's, and Randy's. You'll be considered the top woman wrestler in the company, and you'll be respected no matter what you do. You'll be on top of the world. Life is great up here, Trish," Hunter took a dramatic pause, watching as Trish started to think about what he'd just said. She liked the idea of being so important to the company, he could tell. "So what do you say? Are you going to give in, or do I have to go through Bischoff? Either way, you're going to be Evolution's new member," After another short paused, he spoke once more. "So how's it look from your point of view?" Still wearing his signature smirk, Hunter stuck his right hand out, waiting for Trish to shake it.
Trish groaned loudly so Hunter could hear her. She didn't like the idea of being part of a group, especially not a group of arrogant jerks like Evolution, but from what Hunter was saying, it didn't seem that she had much of a choice. A scowl on her face, Trish met Hunter's eyes and reached out to shake his hand with her own. "It looks like I'm Evolution's newest member."
So I just want to take the opportunity to thank everyone who read and reviewed the first chapter - I'm really happy to know you guys liked it so much, so thanks! Keep it up, and let me know what you think of this chapter. :)