Chapter XIV – Talks and speeches

Cleo went to her room to pack and call Lita and Christy.

She looked at the pile of clothes in the middle of her bed and clenched her teeth. The girls can help me. She picked up her cell phone and called Lita first. "Hey, baby! Want me to go there now?" "How did you know it was me?" "Caller ID, dummy! I'll be there in a sec." "Ok. Bye." Then she called Christy. "Hello?" "Hey, baby! It's me." "'Hey baby'? You're starting to talk like Lita." "Yeah, it's kinda contagious. Anyways, I want you come to my room, I got some stuff to tell you and Lita." "Ok. Can Stacy come too? She's with me." "Sure. Did you tell her everything?" "Yeah, she's in." She heard a knock on the door, and then Lita's voice. "It's me!" Cleo went to open the door while she talked. "Lita's here. Don't take too long." "We won't. Bye." Cleo opened the door and Lita came in.

"So, lets hear about that foot. What happened to you?" They went to sit on Cleo's bed. Actually, that's one of the things I wanted to talk to you two about. But I prefer to wait until Christy arrives."

Lita stopped when she looked at her bed. "Whoa, what happened here?" "I've got to pack, I haven't done it yet." "Let's do it while we talk then." They started packing the clothes. "Say, I couldn't believe it when I saw you delievering a Pedigree to Trish! Did Triple H teach you that?" "Yeah, it was Ric's idea, actually. He says it would make more a part of the team." "Wow! So do you know all of Evolution's finishing moves?" "Except for the RKO. I hadn't learned it yet and I didn't want to anyway." "Right. But do you think you can take Trish with that foot?" "I'll have to. I-"

They heard a knock on the door. Cleo went to open it. It was Christy and Stacy, carrying a little less then two bags of clothes and other things.

"She took you shopping?" Cleo asked Stacy. She nodded with a scared look. "I figured after some times I would get used to it, but..."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Christy glared at them. "Nothing!" both quickly answered. "Good."

They all sitted on Cleo's bed. "So, what have you got for us?" Christy asked Cleo.

Cleo told them all about what happened after she left the infirmary area. The girls where a wonderful hearing. When she got to the part of Randy's attack, they complained and called him not so apropriate names, specially Stacy. When she told them about Dave saving her and taking her back to the hotel, they all went "aww" and "how cute!"

"So what are you gonna do now?" Lita asked when she was finished.

"Well, I'm gonna go on with the plan and get revenge from-"

"Not about that. About Dave!" She said, while the other girls nodded. Cleo smirked. "I don't know. I'll see how it goes." Christy protested. "Oh, come on! Aren't you gonna do anything about it? I mean it's obvious you like each other!" Cleo stood up, with a little difficulty, and started packing again. "Well... he hasn't said anything yet." Christy shook her head, but she she other girls started helping Cleo, while Lita gave a speech about the best ways to beat Trish.

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The next morning, Cleo's alarm clock woke her up at seven o'clock. She took a bath, got dressed and asked someone from the hotel to take her luggage. When she went down to meet the guys at the lobby, it was 7:45.

They were alredy there waiting for her. Ric was the first one to see her arrive. "Hey, honey! Ready to go?"

"A little sleepy, but yeah." She answered.

"I see you're still limping a little..." he stated. "Are you sure you still want to have that match?"

"Of course she is!" Triple H said. "That's nothing. I'm sure she'll beat Trish in no time."

"She can get really hurt if she goes to a match like that!" Dave said. "I really think she should wait a little before entering a match."

"She's right here remeber?" Ric interrupted.

"We're just trying to decide what's best for her and the team." Hunter told him.

Cleo looked at them with incredulity. "Excuse me, but I think I'm old enough to make my own decisions!" she said, glaring at Hunter. Then she looked more softly at dave. "And I've decided I want to fight. Now let's get going, or we'll loose our flight." And she started walking to the limo alone.

During the flight, Cleo had planned to sleep a little, but unfortunatly, she was hindered. Some other superstars were on that fight too. Strangely, or as she thought so, nobody wanted to sit next to Maria. The girl looked so sad that Cleo asked her to come sit with her. How bad it would be? The biggest mistake I ever made. Maria just talked, and talked, and talked some more about stuff that didn't have interest to anybody. At first, Cleo had tried to keep a comversation, but now she just nodded and said "yes" or "sure" occasionally. When she got out of the airplane, she lost Maria as fast as she could and aproached Ric very angry.

"Why the hell didn't anybody stop me from giving myself hours of that kind of torture?" she said, glaring at him. He just laughed. "I happen to think she is very nice." Cleo rolled her eyes. "Sure, she's nice, but she's such a nagger!" He just kept laughing, and Cleo gave up.

"When is the press conference anyway?" she asked Dave.

"Tomorrow afternoon. I think it's around four, right?" he turned to Hunter. "Yeah." He answered, as they got into the limo.

"I think I'm gonna work out a little. You guys wanna come?" he asked. The other two said yes. "Well, I'm gonna try to sleep. I got out of that plane more tired than I alredy was." Ric had a little laugh stroke. "Don't you dare!" she threatened, giving him a deadly ice cold glare. Ric quickly muffled his laughter. That girl could be scary sometimes.

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Cleo was wearing a black satin and jersey layered skirt, a white halter top and a pair of ruched high leg boots for the press conference. All the fans were waiting for them alredy. She entered the room linking arms with Dave. The four members of Evolution sat toghether while Eric Bischoff talked about the matches. She heard some wrestlers talk before it was her turn. She stood up and saluted the fans, who seemed to keep liking her even though she was in Evolution.

"Next Sunday" she started "I'm going to have a match for the Woman's Championship, just like on my first night. Maybe there will even be a little cheating, just like on my first night." She smirked. "But I assure you one thing is gonna be different from my first night. That's the fact that I'm gonna win and become the champion!" The fans cheered harder. "And not only I'm gonna kick her ass, beat her and become champion, as I'm gonna put up a show along the way, and a great show!" and she went to sit on her place again.

"Wow, honey, I wouldn't have said it better!" Ric congratulated her.

Dave nodded in agreement. "Yeah, you really know how to get to the audience."

"Thanks!" she said, smiling.

Hunter and Randy were the last ones to speak, because they were part of the main event. Hunter spoke first.

"Randy Orton betrayed the team that made him who he is. He betrayed me and he defied me for my championship. On Sunday, he's gonna pay for all that. He's gonna learn a lesson, and that is not to mess with Evolution. This championship is going to stay right here, on my shoulder, where it belongs!"

Randy stood up when Hunter left and started talking with his usual cocky attitude.

"I got sick of having to obey that man. I am Randy Orton, the Legend Killer, and the future of this busyness. I'm gonna beat Triple H and become the youngest World Heavyweight Champion ever!" he turned to Triple H, who stood. "So you better enjoy your last moments with that belt, because on Sunday... It's going to be mine!"

And they just stayed there glaring at each other.

Sunday will be a big day. Cleo thought. Everything can change...

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A/N:

Hi! I'm so sorry for not updating for so long, but I've been having kind of a writer's block.

Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter, next one will be during the ppv! Thanks so much to the ones who reviewed! I love you guys! Don't forget to leave more reviews!

Yours,

Ari