Us or Them
Sequel to A Thousand Reasons
Rating: R for violence, language and sexual situations
Characters: Evie Mackenzie (O/C), Triple H, Evolution, Eric Bischoff and others.
Summary: Evie is appointed co-GM in Austin's absence, causing tension between her, Hunter, Evolution, Eric Bischoff and the RAW roster. Enter an 'advisor' that can help things run more smoothly, much to Bischoff's irritation and Hunter's concern.
A/N: I am taking some liberties with the storyline from November 2003 to present day. In keeping with the plot of this particular piece, I am altering Austin's return to take place later than it originally did. I will try to keep everything else as close to canon as possible.
Prologue
Stone Cold Steve Austin stood in the middle of the ring at Royal Rumble. With a look of sadness on his face, he informed the crowd that he would be leaving the WWE. Team Bischoff had won the match, but they hadn't broken him. He thanked the crowd for their support and their loyalty to him over the years. Jonathan Coachman comes down with a cadre of security men to "escort" Austin out of the building. Austin proceeded to make short work of the security guards and then delivered a Stone Cold Stunner to Coach. He then topped it off by flipping the bird at Coach while he was laid out. Having had his say, Austin motioned for his beer to be tossed to him. With a beer in each hand, he raised them high and toasted the crowd.
Two weeks later, Mick Foley stood in the ring at RAW and made the announcement that he would be filling in as co-GM, much to Bischoff's irritation. Throughout the night, he proceeded to overturn almost every match Bischoff made, treating those loyal to Bischoff with disrespect, while favoring the ones who got no respect from Bischoff in general. This did not go over too well with Bischoff, nor did it go over very well with a certain member of Evolution.
Within the next two weeks, Randy Orton had completely disrespected and belittled Mick Foley's entire career and spit in his face. Foley finally lost it and challenged Orton to a match. Orton readily accepted, but the match was not to be. Somewhere along the way, Foley had a change of heart and walked out on the match. He was not seen for several days, and when he did return, he dropped a bomb on both Orton and Bischoff…