Trish watched as Olivia devoured the drink with the drug in it, and smiled, in 20 minutes, her plan would be done.
Without Further Adu.
of Love Conquers All II: The Velvet Teddy Bear Chapter 8 part 1
December 21 Stephanie and Hunter were relaxing in their hot tub. Ms.Green had just put Elizabeth to sleep, and finished cleaning up the nursery, and then left for the night.
It was Monday Night Raw, and the two of them were exhausted, from what had been happening with their fued with Mick Foley, even though it was still early about 9:oo pm.
Stephanie had been accompanied Triple H to his match against Edge, and they were having a good time, after all he won, and as they celebrated in the ring... then he came out.
Hunter had held Stephanie close to him, but Mick Foley, or more like the sadistic Cactus Jack only stayed at the top of the ramp, and had said he needed to send a little message to the Helmsleys.
"Hunter..." he had started. "Let's all face it, Triple H, you do have a wonderfull family, a beautiful baby girl, and your voluptuos wife." he said staring at Stephanie. "But make no mistake, that the Royal Rumble, well, Triple H there you just struck lighting, but won't strike lighting twice, because I will take my title at No Way Out!...Oh and before I get out of here, Hunter if you think that I wont hurt your pretty little wife, to get to you...so that you will really listen, and beleive me, you are kidding yourself, because I would...and I would like it." He said and left before Hunter or Stephanie got a chance to respond.
But really how do you respond to something so discusting?
Stephanie backstage seemed fine, she had only thought that Cactus Jack was just tring to scare somebody, but Hunter knew that man, way better than anyone else in the WWF, and he knew that his wife and daughter were in danger.
Later That night "Oh, God, Steph this sure has been an eventfull year." Hunter said, as Stephanie laid on his chest.
"Yeah, I know, but I just know that things are going to be better now." Stephanie said, she was sure that Hunter would agree with her, but he did not, instead, there was an awkward silence.
"You know Steph, that's one of the things that I wanted to talk to you about." Hunter said, as he ran his fingers through her soft silky hair.
"What?" Stephanie asked.
He loved the way she looked. So adorable, so pretty, and so sweet. She was always looking on the bright side of things. She never saw any misery or woe. Hunter loved that about his wife.
"Well, you know that I'm in this fued with Cactus Jack." Hunter said.
"I know." Stephanie said, as she raised her finger to his mouth, and traced the outline of his lips.
"Well,what he said today just scares the hell out of me, because I know that Mick Foley, is sadistic, he's sick, cruel, twisted, and weird, and I know that he would do anything to hurt me, including hurt you or Elizabeth...and I know that we have enough security there at the arena, but I still worry about you here, that's why I have decided that we should get one of those black barred fences around the house, with a passcode, so only me you and Ms.Green, can get in here." Hunter said.
Stephanie sighed, she hated to talk about Cactus Jack. She hated the thought of her husband upset.
"Um...yeah, that's a great idea, Hunter but how would he even know where we live?" Stephanie questioned.
"Well, I'm not going to give him time to figure out." Hunter said.
"Alright, if that's what you really want to do." Stephanie said.
"It is." Hunter said confidently.
"Then I support that." Stephanie said.
The coupel kissed, in the silent of the dark, untill they were interupted by Ms.Green.
"Oh, hi, Ms.Green, we thought you went home." said Hunter.
"Well I was on my way, but the police is here to see the both of you." Ms.Green said.
Triple H and Stephanie excahnged a look of confusion, and put on their robes, and followed Ms.Green into the mansion.
"Mr. and Mrs. Helmsley, so good, to see you guys again." The police offier said as he shook Hunter's hand, since they had seen so much of The Helmsleys they had grown to be good friends.
"Good, to see you guys too, what's up?" Hunter asked, as Stephanie smoothed her hands over her wet hair, she knew that the police were here for a bad reason, she just did not know what.
"Well, actually, we wanted to know if Tori is here?" he asked.
"Um...no, her and Sean went to...wait what do you want with Tori?" Hunter asked.
The officer sighed, well we need to question her about the death of Olivia Stratus." The officer said.
"Oh My God, I can not beleive what you're saying...Tori has nothing to do with somebody's murder...wait Olivia Stratus, that's the girl that came to Tori's bachelor party at my house...she's dead?" Stephanie said.
"Yeah, and Tori was the last person to see her..." said the officer.
" But that dosen't mean anything." Stephanie said.
"You guys know Tori, you know she would never hurt anybody intentionally." Stephanie said.
"Yes...but Olivia's sister told us, that she saw her sister dead, and that she knew that her sister had been blackmailing Tori about her abortion, and that is why Tori killed Olivia." said the officer.
"But you KNOW Tori!" Stephanie repeated. "And anyways everybody already knew about her abortion, there was no way for anybody to blackmail Tori about." Hunter said.
"Yes, well, she threatned to tell the whole WWF." said the officer.
Stephanie sighed, her best friend had been framed.
"Yes, but we also know that when it comes to blackmail, sometimes even nice people like Tori, can get desperate." said the officer.
"Wait...OMG, Olivia's sister is Trish Stratus!" thought Stephanie.
"Look, here is the adress that Sean and Tori are staying at for their honeymoon." Hunter said as he wrote it down, on a slip of paper.
"Talk to her so she can explain this whole thing." Hunter said as he put his arm around Stephanie. "Right." Stephanie said obviously her mind on other things.
"Thank you, Hunter." the officer said as they left.
"God..that's crazy baby." Hunter said.
"I know." Stephanie said.
Stephanie closed her eyes, and tried to remember why Trish Stratus was so familar to her kidnapping.
Since she had lost her memory of what happened. She thought hard and long about what happened, but she couldn't do it. She couldn't remember. That hurt her so bad, she was inches away from solving her mystery, but she couldn't remeber what had happened.
Later that night That night Hunter and Stephanie had great time.
Hunter cooked them dinner, and they talked, and danced, and had a great time.
Then Stephanie proposed they go back to the bedroom.
Hunter and Stephanie layed in their bed facing each other.
Hunter never thought that he would ever like the whole marriage thing. But he was loving every bit of it. Especially being with his wife.
"Hunter...?" Stephanie whispered in the dark.
"Yeah?" Hunter said.
"Are you okay?" she asked. "I mean you're so quiet, you're never quiet for this long." Stephanie said as she ran her fingers through his long blonde hair. "Yeah, I'm fine but I was just thinking about something." Hunter said, as he kissed her hand. She smiled. "I was wondering...you know if you ever thought about the last time you know... you were kidnapped, by The Undertaker, last year?" Hunter whispered.
Stephanie looked at Hunter.
"My Daddy says that's it's not important, and that whoever had me kidnapped should be sorry." Stephanie whispered back as he caressed her neck.
"Is that all he said." Hunter said confused. "Well that's all he could say, he didn't know who it was, and there would be no way that he could catch the guy...but I wish I could block out the memories, like I did when I was kidnapped this last time...I always have nightmares." Stephanie admitted. Hunter looked at her very confused, hadn't she known the truth about her kidnapping that it was Vince behind the whole thing, Hunter sure knew...why didn't Stephanie?
"Oh...well I guess you're right." Hunter said even though Stephanie didn't know the truth about her abduction he was not going to let her find out, that it was Vince it would kill her.
Then they heard the baby start to cry.
"Every 2 hours." Stephanie smiled, as she got up to go went into the nursery with Hunter. "Hey Elizabeth." Hunter whispered as he rubbed her tiny cheek with his hand.
Stephanie watched as Hunter fed her a bottle. And smiled, they looked so sweet together, Triple H never fit his TV personality at all when he was around Elizabeth, he was so gental.
The baby's room, along with the whole mansion was decorated from head to toe with tinsal, lights, balls, pine cones, angels, and fake snow on the floor, and up the spiral stair case. Christmas decorations everywhere. They were very excited for Christmas. Especially since it was the first one they would be spending with Elizabeth.
In The Living room, Stephanie thought about the Christmas tree that reached up to the celing, that Hunter had insisted on putting up in November. "So what are we going to get her for Christmas?" Stephanie asked, sitting in the rocking chair next to her crib. "I don't know, probably alot of clothes, toys, and that sort of thing." Hunter said.
Stephanie closed her eyes again. Bad memories cam back from the last Christmas.
Flasback "Thanks Kurt that's a great idea...and I'm sure Hunter and Shane would love to hear it." Stephanie had remembered saying. It was when they had first started working running the whole WWF while Vince was out on buissness, and Kurt wanted to help. Her and Hunter had only been married for 2 months back then. They acted like such newlyweds, making out all the time and they still did.
She rememberd Kurt looking at all the pictures she had at the mantal, by the peacefull fire place, ones, of her family, but then his facial expressions changing at seeing the ones with her and Hunter.
Hunter had always been his number 1 rival since the 9 the grade, when they were all in highschool.
But Hunter was always the love of her life.
"So where did your husband go off and leave you this time?" Kurt had asked her.
"Kurt, Hunter did not leave me he went to the arena with Shane and should just for a little bit and in fact he should be back any second." Stephanie said.
She remembered the christmas tree that Hunter as usaul had insisted on putting up even though it reached the top of the celeing in November.
Then she remembered him asking the question. "Well I just want to know if I could be a part of you some how, you know help you run the company I know I'm a wrestler, but I could have some great idea, and wait before you say no...just give me a chance." Kurt had pleaded.
Then Hunter came in.
"Hunter?" she had asked tring to look as angelic as possible.
"Kurt wanted to know if he could help us run the show." Stephanie said. "yeah well we don't need any help running the show." Hunter had said, as he ignored Hunter on purpose.
Stephanie had seen the hurt in his eyes, or was it just the insanity? Of coarse it was, why didn't she catch it earlier?
Flashback over She smiled, sadly. She wished she could go back to that Christmas last year.Their lives were so simple then. They had no worries. No troubles. No problems. Their lives were perfect.
Now less than a year later they were stressed out, parents.
Stephanie couldn't help but thinking that if Kurt were alive that none of this would have ever happened, the kiddnapp, the nightmare, and her pre'mature child.
And in a way she hoped that she could be friends with him, again so that she could maybe do things differently, and not make the same mistakes.
ANd maybe Kurt would have still been alive today.
She looked at her husband.
God they sure had come a long way since highschool, to when they first got married to now. Sure they had never slowed down but they both learned to care for the other more than themselves, and really learn the meaning of love, that it conquers all.
In that way she thanked Kurt, because with out him, her relationship, would not be the rock solid one that it was today. She knew that no matter happened in life, that they would always be together, and always have each other forever, and that fianly now they were going to have a happy ending.
But Wonder how long the happy ending will last...well one things for sure, with The Velvet Teddy Bear, Trish, and Robert the hitman still alive, it would never be perfect, and not even close. Not even a pigmant.
Later that Night Toranto, Canada Tori and Sean's honeymoon suit.
"Do you know how much I love you?" Tori said as the two of them had just come out of the shower and were now making love.
"Do YOU know how much I love you?" Sean asked her as they passionetly kissed.
Just then there was a deep knock at the door.
The new married couple looked at each other.
"I'll get it." Tori said as she got up and slipped into her silk robe, and answered the door. Her eyes got big, when she saw an entire police crew come in, with handcuffs.
"Are you Victoria Waltman?" asked the head officer.
"Yeah." Tori said confused, as Sean jumped off the bed and raced to the door.
"Tori, what's going on?" Sean said. "Im don't know." Tori said.
"Your'e under arrest for murder of Olivia Stratus." said the female police officer. All the color drained from Tori's once lively face.
"What?" she whispered.
"Book her!" said the younger male police officer as the femal officer handcuffed her.
"No get away from me!" Tori yelled.
"I'm not gong anywhere with you!" She screamed.
"Yeah what the hell is this my wife is not a murderer!" Sean said. "There must be some mistake"
"Ok, do you want to resist arest?" said the head officer.
"No, because I'm not being arresred!" Tori cried.
"Please, I don't even know what you are doing here, I didn't kill anyone." Tori said cring now.
"Listen were just go on down to the police station, and get this whole mess figured out!" said Sean, as Tori stopped cring, and sadly followed the police out the door.
Damn Trish, not only had she killed her own sister she framed Tori for the murder, beacuse there is no way Tori was being blackmailed beacsue of coarse Olivia had no idea about the abortion, and Sean and Sean did and got rid of the only evidence about Stephanie's abduction. This evil woman needed to be stopped but how?
The Helmsley Mansion "Steph...she's beautiful." Hunter whispered as Stephanie watched her husband feed her daughter.
"I know." Stephanie said.
Then the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Stephanie said as she hurried down the hall to answer the phone.
"hello?" she said.
"Steph, it's me, I've been arrested, me and Sean are going to jail !" Tori shrieked.
"What!" Stephanie yelled.
Hunter heard his wife screaming and came into the hall.
"Stephanie what's wrong?" he said.
Stephanie put down the phone Tori AND Sean are being arrested!" yelled Stephanie. "Oh My God, what let me see the phone." Hunter said as he took the phone from his wife.
"Tori let me talk to Sean for a second." Hunter said.
"Sean how the hell did YOU get arrested!" Hunter yelled. "Listen the police came by earlier today but we just thought it was a mix up, how did you end up going to jail!" Hunter said.
"Because according to Olivia's mysterious evil sister, I helped Tori kill her!" Sean said.
"You know what that's it, we're coming down there we're going to fix this entire mess." Hunter said.
"Oh God Hunter thank you so much we can not go to jail we didn't even tough Olivia!" Sean yelled. "I have never even met her!" Sean yelled again.
"Don't worry we're going to bail you out, and call your lawyer." Hunter said. "I don't know who the hell has been doing this to us, but i am going tom find out now!" Hunter yelled.
"Just hurry." Sean said.
"Hunter don't worry I already booked us tickets on my cell phone." Stephanie said.
"Alright...don't worry we will be there as fast as we can, don't do anything stupid untill we get there with the lawyer!" Hunter said as he hung up the phone. The two of them rushed around the house getting their clothes, and the baby's clothes together for their trip to Toronto. They did not want to put their child's life in harm's way but their best friends needed them, they had no choice.
"What time is our flight?" Hunter asked his wife.
Stephanie looked at her watch. "20 minutes." Stephanie said as she picked up Elizabeth and carried her to the car.
"We've go t to leave now." Hunter said as the two of them left, their house. For the airport.
AIR PORT "No abording First Class Flight to Toronto, Canada." went the PA system.
"Thank God we got here just in time." Hunter said as he and Trish and Elizabeth rushed to the line where their flight was leaving.
They got on the plane exhausted from all that running. The baby started to cry again, as they tried to get some sleep before the plane landed.
Stephanie rested her head on the shoulder of her husband.
Some how she just knew that this time things were going to be better.
Back in Toronto Sean and Tori sat in their jail cell as they waited for Hunter to come and bail them out.
They were sitting back to back on the hard cell floor, depressed how could this be happening to them?
Sean had his harmonica, and was obnoxiously humming songs on it.
"du dun uh dun dun... we're here in the cell...du dun uh dun dun...going to jail...du dun uh dun...oh hell!...du dun uh dun dun unless our friends get here!..." Sean sang. "Sean plesase shut up!" Tori yelled, as she leaned over to him, and laid her hand on his lips. "We are spending our honeymoon in jail and you are not making this easy." she said.
"Sorry." said Sean.
"Where are they? God if they don't get here soon, we're going to have to stay in jail!"Tori squeled.
"I know but just calm down, Hunter and Steph, will be there, I know them their like our brother and sister." X-Pac said.
Then their prayers were answered, as Triple H and Stephanie ran through the front door. "Guys over here!" yelled Tori and X-Pac at the same time.
"Oh God guys what the hell happened?" Stephanie said as she and Triple H came over to the cell. "Hey I'm going to pay for your bail." Hunter said as he went over to the front desk and paid the $100.000 bail.
"Don't worry guys our lawyer is coming, he's going to get you out of this." Stephanie said. "Thank you Steph." Sean said. "So much." Tori said, as they hugged through the bars.
"Alright guys you're out of here." said the police offier as the police team and Hunter walked over to the cell, and let Sean and Tori out.
Stephanie and tori hugged. Sean and Hunter did too.
"Now come on guys let's get the hell out of here, we're going to have check into a hotel." Hunter said as he put his arm around Stephanie and Sean put his arm around Stephanie.
As the four of them left for the hotel, even though they would still have to come back for their trial.
At the Hotel "So this is the room." said Hunter as he, Sean, Tori, and Stephanie, walked into the room.
"There is two beds, and two bed rooms, that's enough." Tori said.
"You're right." said Sean.
"Well sweetheart, I'm going to call it a night." Hunter said as he kissed Stephanie and retired fro the night. "Me too." Sean said as he hugged Tori and they left for their rooms.
"I guess we have some time before we go to bed." Stephanie said.
"Yeah, you want to walk around the hotel and see the christmas displays?" Tori asked.
Stephanie looked at her diamond watch. 2:30 am. "Sure." Stephanie said I don't think I'll be getting any rest tonight." Stephanie said as she grabbed her purse, along with Elizabeth, and Tori wrote the guys a note, in case they wondered whre they were.
Stephanie and Tori walked all around the hotel suite, the part that was a mall, they bought some bracelets, shopped in the gift shops, and looked at the Christmas Display.
It was beautiful, there were lights everywehre and angels, and signs that said 'Merry Christmas!' "Some Christmas" Tori muttered.
"I know what you mean." Stephanie said, as the two walked into the food court. Stephanie bought herself and Tori a giant chocolote chip cookie, as they ate and talked.
"What's going to happen Stephanie if the jurry thinks that I'm guilty?" Tori whined.
"I don't know." admitted Stephanie.
"I'm scared, and it's worse that they Sean did something wrong he didn't do anything!" Tori said.
"Ok, tell me exactly what happened." Stephanie said.
"Ok...The night of the party, you answered the door, and I went there, and it was Olivia Stratus." Tori said.
"And I don't know now they're saying that me and Sean killed her." Stephanie said. "Wait, wait, wait,wait, the officer said that Olivia's sister was the one who called them, right, Olivia's sister is Trish Stratus!" Stephanie said.
"Oh my God it is." Tori said.
"Look I don't know what happened to Olivia but Trish is the one who framed you!" Stephanie said. "You're right." Tori said.
"But there's no proof of it, snd she'll never admit." Stephanie said.
"Damn." muttered Tori.
"When did our lives get so complicaqted?" Stephanie asked.
"Well...if I'd never had an abortion." Tori said sadly.
"And I'd never lead Kurt to thinking we were more than friends." Stephanie admitted.
"And then I made the mistake of letting Trish think I was on her side." Tori said.
Stephanie and Tori hugged.
"Don't worry." Stephanie said, as tears ran down Tori's face, "Things have got to get better...beacause they can't get any worse." Stephanie said, but little did Stephanie know she thought they had hit rock bottom, but they had so much farther to fall.
When the girls got home, it was around 3:00am, so they each went to bed. Tori took a quick shower, then got into bed, with Sean and laid on his shoulder.
Stephanie, fed the baby once more, then put her to sleep, and walked into her room with Hunter, he wrapped his arm around her waist and they fell asleep.
That next Morning "Hey guys we better get going, to the police station, so we can have the hiring." Sean said as he woke up with his friends.
Hunter yawned, and kissed Stephanie, on her lips to wake her up. She smiled, and kissed him back, as Tori got dressed, and the foursome, got ready to go.
The Hiring "Alright this is the case of Stratus VS Waltman, mam, you may take the stand." said the judge as Trish's lawyer, took the stand.
"Ms. Stratus, in your own words explain what happened, o December 21, at around 11:30pm." said Trish's lawyer. Trish, who was going by Pat, so that no onw ould recognize her, because it was short for Patricia which was her short name, said "I cam home, and my sister was dead, and I knew that my sister had been blackmailing Tori about her abortion that she had." Trish began, as tori winced at the thought of her abortion. "And that's when I found my sister dead, I over heard Tori, and Sean saying, and I quote 'I could kill that stratus girl.' sounds like a death threat to me, but I think that's for the court to decide." Trish said, as the jury sounded surprised.
"I rest my case." said Trish's lawyer, as she sat down.
"Alright, sir, you can call your client to the stand." said the judge. "Thank you." he said.
"Well Your honar, I can prove, that Mrs. and Mrs. Waltman are innocoent, because of this." The lawyer said as he held up a receipt.
"This receipt, see the date, and time December 18 at aproximately 11:31 pm." said the lawyer, as he gave it to the judge to see.
So there is no way that Sean Waltman would have been able to kill Olivia Stratus, because he was at the store." said the lawyer. Stephanie and Hunter smiled, from the whitness stand, ad the jurry murrmered words about the information. "And, for my next point,I call Mrs. Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley to the stand." said the lawyer. Stephanie nervously squeezed Hunter's hand, as she walked to the stand.
"Now, Mrs. Helmsley, on December 18, where exactly did you first see Olivia Stratus." asked the lawyer.
"I saw her when she first came to my house for the party we were having, and I didn't know who she was, but Tori went outside, adn talked to her, I watched them as they talked, from inside my house, Tori never touched Olivia, and then they hugged, and they left." Stephanie said, as Trish seethed in the defendent stand. Tori smiled.
"Your honar, you have a whitness, and evidence, what more do you want, I rest my case." said the lawyer.
"Thank you, sir, after a quick recess, I will reach a verdict." said the judge, as he left.
Tor jumped up and smiled. "I guess they don't have any evidence." Tori said as Stephanie and Tori hugged.
"I know." Stephanie said.
"Thanks Steph." Sean said as he hugged Stephanie.
"He's right, you did good, Steph." Hunter said as they kissed.
"We're going to get out of this, babe." Sean said as they kissed also.
Soon, the recess was over and the judge came back into the court room.
"Mam, is there one more thing you would like to say before the jurry reaches a verdict?" said the judge to Trish's lawyer.
"Um yes, I call Victoria to the stand." said the lawyer, tori took a deep breath and walked up to the stand.
"Now Ms. Waltman, isn't it true, that you said 'I could kill that Stratus girl.' " asked the lawyer.
"Um...yeah but I didn't mean it, I wasn't even talking about her..." Tori said. "Answer the question, Ms. Waltman." demended the lawyer. Tori looked like she wanted to rip Trish's head off.
"Yes." said Tori.
Stephanie frowned, she knew that when Tori had said that 'I could kill that Stratus girl' she had ment that about Trish because Trish was the one blackmailing her, and she didn't even mean it for real, Tori wouldn't hurt a fly.
"I would also like to say one more thing, before the jurry reaches a verdict." said Tori and Sean's lawyer. "Victori if you could say one thing to Olivia Stratus what would it be?" said the lawyer. Tori looked with sad eyes. "I would say, that she didn't deserve to die, and she was a good person, and that...and I would wish that back in highschool, that we would have gotten to know each other better." Tori said.
"And I would say...since I never knew her, that an innoceont person, never deserves to die." Sean said.
The lawyer looked at the judge, and the jurry. "Your honar I rest my case." he said, and sat back down, in the chair.
After a while, sitting in the court room, for a recess, the trial was over, and now, Tori and Sean would be free. She was so tired.
"Alright, jurry have you reached a verdict?" asked the judge.
The head jurry stood up.
"We the jurry find Sean Waltman...innoceont of all charges." said the jurry. Sean and Tori kissed, they knew they were home free! "And we the jurry find Victoria Waltman...guilty, of 2 charges of murder in the first degree, and her sentence in 21 years in the state prison." said the jurry. Tori felt her head spin, how in God's name could this be happening! HOW? She didn't commit murder, she did nothing!
Stephanie started to cry, and Tori did too. All Tori could hear was the jurry and clapping because their jurry duty was over, and Sean and Hunter yelling, and Stephanie cring...and...Trish...and Trish...and Trish laughing because she had won the case.
"Tori!" she heard Tori saying.
"Tori!" "Tori!" Stephanie said as she woke up Tori.
Tori looked up. "OMG what happened, you fell asleep, are you OK?" Stephanie asked.
"I'm fine I dreamed that...I was guilty." Tori said.
"That's crazy, and you know it, you did nothing!" said Stephanie as the two hugged, "Come on, the jurry reached a verdict in the last hour." Stephanie said as they all sat down in their places.
then the judge cam in.
"Jurry have you reached a verdict?" asked the judge.
"Yes." started the jurry.
"We the jurry find Sean and Victoria Waltman... innoceont of all charges." said the jurry.
Tori jumped up and kissed, Tori.
Stephanie and Hunter went over and hugged Sean and Tori.
Things were going to be better, they had to be...or would they?
Tune in for the conclusion for part two of Chapter 8 part 2
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