Chapter IX – No te olvides que te amo

"I'm not mad."

She knew it, she could tell by his tone. But the disapointment in his voice hurted more than any angry yell ever would. She gave no answer and held the phone tight in her hand.

"I'm just surprised..."

"I'm sorry..."

"You don't have to be sorry. I know you done what you thought was best." There was a pause."Why did you do it, chica?"

"I-" she heard a little noise and went to see what it was. She was in her hotel room, on Tuesday morning. She didn't see anybody. It was very important that noboy found out about what she was about to say. "I thought of a plan... but it was important to be on the inside."

"Plan?" Eddie's voice sounded now more confused and worried. "What are you gonna do?"

Cleo smiled to herself. "I'm gonna destroy Evolution." Eddie didn't answer for a while. Then he exploded. "Pero tu estas loca? Are you crazy? Hunter will kill you when he finds out!" Cleo gasped. "Do you think I'm dumb enough to let him find out? When he does the members of Evolution will have left him one by one." "You don't know-" "Who I'm messing with, yeah, I was expecting the lecture." "Tu lo mereces. You shouldn't have done that and you're gonna get yourself in huge trouble, chica! And I'm not there to protect you!" She sighed. "I know how to take care of myself. Un beso. Non te olvides que te amo." "Cl-" But she hung up. At that instant someone knocked at the door. Cleo opened it and opened her mouth to say hi, but Lita just burst right in.

"WHAT ARE YOU, CRAZY? After all I told you, after all we told you, why did you do that?" she yelled.

"Wait, let me explain..."

"EXPLAIN MY ASS! You have no idea... I can't believe... You're gonna get... ARGH!" Cleo realised she was so mad she couldn't even finish her own sentences.

"Yeah, not to mention you lied to us!" Christy came in that precise moment throught the stil opened door yelling too. "You told us you wouldn't join!"

"If you let me ex-"

"I have never seen such a thing! I warned you again and again and I asked you again and again and you lied and did that!" Chris Benoit joined the party, coming in after Christy. And the three just kept yelling at the same time about how she had lied and did that until she couldn't listen to them anymore.

"STOP!" They all stopped and looked at her surprised. "You don't even want to know why I did it?" They all said they did and Cleo told them about her plan like she had told Eddie. Chris reacted exactley like her brother.

"You are going to get into som much trouble! Hunter and the rest of Evolution are not the guys you want to mess with!" he said.

As for Lita, she was actually delighted with the plan. "I think it's a great idea! I mean, those guys have been asking for this a long time, and if they're apart, it will be easier to beat them!"

On her half, Christy stood unnaturaly quiet.

"Are you all crazy? This isn't gonna end up well." Chris insisted.

"Look, I will need help to do this." Cleo told them all. "As I told you, my plan is to turn each member against Triple H. Can I count on you?"

"You can count on me." Lita said. "I can't wait to see them down."

Chris shook his head. "If you need my help on anything, I'll be there for you, but not for a plan like this."

"I can accept that." Cleo said. "What about you Christy?"

"Randy." She said unexpressively. "What?" Cleo asked. She finally smiled. "You should start with Randy. And I think I know how..."

-+-

"Hey Hunt!"

She scared him. He was in the gym working out. "Don't sneak on people like that!"

"Whatever." Cleo said, then smiled. "I was just wondering... as the newest member of Evolution, are you gonna train me?"

"Train you?" He looked surprised. "Isn't Lita training you?"

"She was, but she wasn't very happy with the me joining the enemy thing. Neither were Benoit or Christy. Conclusion, I've got no other friends on Raw than you guys."

"It's better that way. You'll quickly understand that we are envied by most people."

"I guess. But, back to training. I'm not gonna get my championship anytime soon if I don't keep training hard."

"I don't have the time, but talk to Natch. He'll be happy to train you."

"Ok! I'll go look for him then."

She looked for him all around the hotel. She had liked Christy's plan, but she wanted to get an ally inside Evolution first. She had thought of Ric Flair. He was the one who invited her in the first place... And as she did need to be trained and she had to have an excuse to spend more time with him, she thought of doing that little scene with Hunter. He is so predictable. She went to the lobby and found the person she was looking for getting in through the front door.

"Ric! Hi!" She said when she got close to him.

"Hey, honey! What are you doing here?" he said smiling.

"I was actually looking for you. Hum, here's the thing: I lost all my friends on Raw, which wouldn't be such a big deal, because now I have you guys!" She said cheerfuly. He smiled. "That's right, you can count on us... But what's the problem?" "Well, Lita was training me for my matches, but now I have nobody! But Hunter told me you would train me... is that ok with you?" He gave a laugh. "If that's ok with me? WOOO! Of course it's ok! We can start tomorrow! And believe me, honey, I will show there's more than one way to win..."

And I'll show you there's life outside Evolution...

-+-

"Well, you actually got much better since your first night! I wasn't expecting for that. Guess Lita did a good job!" Ric said the next day, after Cleo showed him what she had learned. "I think you got tired enough for the day, honey. We can start working again tomorrow."

Cleo did her special kick one more time before she answered, panting. "Yeah. I guess you're right."

"Say, have you came up with a name for that kick of yours?"

"Not really." She said while he gave her a bottle of water.

"What about... hum... 'Rogue Kick', hum? What do you think?"

She smiled at him. "Sounds good to me!" But then she looked at him seriously. "Ric, can I ask you something?"

He smiled. "Sure honey. Go ahead."

"Do you like being in Evolution? Honestly?"

He waited a little before he answered. "Of course! Why are you asking me that? Do you regret joining?"

"No, absolutly not. But... I was wondering... Haven't you ever thought of stop obeying Hunter? I mean, he's not your boss!"

"Cleo, Hunter is the greatest champion we ever had. He leads Randy, Dave and now you, the future of this busyness, to greatness. It's an honour to work with him, and if so, for him."

"Yeah, right." She was totally shocked by that answer. Not only Ric would never be her ally against Triple H, as also the situation was much worse that she expected. Hunt had them worshiping him. "Ok, thanks for the training." And she tried to get far from him as soon as possible. However, when she was about to exit the door, she heard Ric once more. "Can I ask you for one more thing?" She looked at him and spoke slowly. "Sure you can." "Can you woo for me?"

Whatever she was expecting, that wasn't definitly it. "What?"

"I just want to see if you can woo, I mean... none of the guys does it properly..."

"Oh... sure." And she yelled the best WOO! she could do.

"Thanks." He said. She said "You're welcome!" and left.

Not bad... I just hope she was sincere and stays with us...

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A/N:

Ok! 9th chappie here! I don't think it's a very good one, but well. Next one, she will finally interact with Dave! Yay!

About SmackDown, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DID THAT! I don't care they're giants... I can't wait for revenge. MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Also, last chappie I forgot to say that the Batista vs Christian match was an homage to everyone's (and with that I mean mine) favorite little weasel: Captain Charisma himself. That was always my favorite match, I always lmao when I watched it. I hope he comes back one day.

Before the review responses, I'd like to mark this great ocasion with a note:

For the first time since The New Revolution has started, I had 4 reviews instead of the usual 3, ocasional 2, or unfurtunate 1. I'm so happy!

Broken.Baby.Gyrl: I hope I didn't disapoint you…I wasn't gonna put her in Evolution... but something just ran through my mind and here's the result! Thanks for the review.

Rose Hardy 101: Thank you! I hope you keep reading!

MissPhilippinesSuperStar: Yep! She is fire. Hope you liked this! Thanks for reviewing.

ShadowVixen: Aw, thanks! You're forgiven, of course! And she sure is! I wouldn't keep myself from doing it. Hey, wait a minute! I should be calling YOU my newbie! LOL

Thanks so much for the reviews!

Yours,

Ari

P.S. This all, including the author's note, was written on Sunday, and only Monday afternoon I got aware of the loss of the great man that was Eddie Guerrero. I decided not to change anything and write this little note. The only thing I've changed was adding Cleo saying "No te olvides que te amo", 'Don't forget I love you', and also change the name of the chapter, which originaly was 'Allies - part 1'.

I don't think I even feel comfortable writing with him on the story, but I will continue it. I'm still too emotional and not handling this well. The only thing that comes to my mind right now was that this was not supposed to happen. It's just too unfair. He was 38 years old.

I hope Eddie may rest in peace.

Sincerely, Barbara.