Author's note: Here comes the next chapter... sorry still no John... but in the next chapter he will make an appearance... I can say that because it's already written on my computer... 'grin'

Quick word to my faithful reviewers:

angel40689: Yeah... actually when I got it on Saturday I read it in about eight hours that day without eating... wasn't feeling too great afterwards... but it was worth it... the story was awesome 'smile' So and now... hope you like the new chapter of the story 'huggles'

Zanderlover: First of all... thanks for this huge compliment 'smile' Not that I'm complaining that you're reading my story but just because it interests me... why did you start reading the fanfiction in the first place when you normally read only the ones with Chris as the main character? 'huggles'

Oh I'd really like to write for the WWE 'grin' Could be quite interesting... at least for me 'giggle' But certainly I'm not good enough for that... so I have to content myself with writing the fiction to portray Randy the way I think he is behind the scenes... I mean it shows a little when he's meeting with his fans. 'grin' That was the Randy I wanted to show and I'm glad you like it.

Yeah there will be heartbreak soon, especially when Triple H is involved 'evil grin' Yeah I know what I mean about Chris... I guess everybody could need such a knight at some point in his or her life... 'smile'

Hmm... interesting idea there... Randy and Alexi at a Metallica concert... I wonder if there are other wrestling fans at this concert who might recognize Randy... 'quickly scribbles down the idea on a newspaper in lack of a blanc peace of paper'

Well... as I said I needed a bad guy and Triple H seemed perfect for the role... so I had to make up a reason why he could hate Randy and Batista even behind the scenes... 'grin'

Good to know that you like the way the relationship with Marissa and Shawn turns out... 'smile' I was hoping people would be okay with Mother and Daughter both getting involved or having been involved with a wrestler in the future and in the past...

And don't worry I won't forget about Chris... you'll see what I mean when you get my e-mail I've finally managed to write and to send (I wrote to the account you wrote me the first e-mail from (suddenly it worked... don't know why though...) and titled the mail: Behind Blue Eyes Question...)

Sorry about the Chuck... don't know why I didn't see I was writing the wrong name 'bows apologetically' 'smile'

Hmm... can't send you Randy though, he's occupied with me... but Chris is already safely tucked in a plane and on his way... cost me a lot of money to convince Vinnie to let him go... see what I'm doing for you 'grin'

So hope you enjoy the next chapter 'huggles'

Mizz Molko: Thanks for the compliment 'huggles' Well Randy is certainly good looking but I think there's a lot more to him than they show on screen, so that's why I'm writing him that way... hope you like the new chapter 'huggles'

MissPhilippinesSuperStar: Yepp... glad to know he was there... and glad to know you like the story and reviewed me 'hugs'

Disclaimer: Nothing in this story belongs to me except Alexi and her family...

Italics is still thoughts

Chapter 9: Conversations

Randy led Alexandria to his car, hoping that Hunter wouldn't come after them because he knew that he would give in to his anger if The Game did.

When he was assured that Triple H had no intention of coming after them he was relieved and looked at Alexandria.

The girl had a scared expression on her face and Randy asked concerned: "Hey Alexi, are you okay? Did he hurt you?"

I swear if he has I'm going back in there and kill him…well or at least beat the hell outta him

Alexi shook her head. "No… it's just… I don't know… he scared me…"
"It's okay Alexi… Hunter is pretty scary…" Randy said, trying to sound reassuring.

"Who is he?" Alexandria asked, wondering where she had heard the name before.

"Ever heard of a wrestler called Triple H?" He asked carefully, hoping that he didn't reveal himself.

Alexandria thought about it for a moment and then she nodded.

"Yeah… Mom mentioned him once or twice. Don't know much about him though… you know I don't really care about wrestling… So why are you asking?" She then said.

Randy sighed.

"That was him…" He replied shortly.
"But… why isn't he at the show tonight? And why did he try to flirt with me?" Alexi asked, assuming that since he was a wrestler that he had to be at the show.

"Well actually… in his storyline he is working on a plan to take the title back and so that the fans are kept in suspension as to what's going on with him, he doesn't make any appearances in the shows. He just travels with the crew so that he will be up to date or that he can do some promo shootings that will be shown on later shows. And for the flirting thing… I don't really know why he did it… just that much: Hunter is an asshole… on screen as well as behind the scenes…"

And he wants to get revenge on me and Batista and Chris isn't H's best friend either… he must've seen us hang out with her and sensed that as his opportunity to get to us… He thought but not saying that part out loud.
"Oh…" was all Alexandria replied. She didn't wonder why Randy knew so much about the shows, because since he was working for the TV Company he had to know all that stuff and Randy was glad that she didn't wonder.

He could see her shivering slightly, and without thinking he took off his jacket, placing it around her shoulders, leaving his arm there too.
Alexandria blushed a little at first but she admitted that it helped her to get over the meeting with this Triple H. And it actually felt good to be so close to Randy. There was something about him that just gave her the feeling of security.

"Can we now go back to the hotel please?" She asked in a small voice.

"Of course we can… The show should be over soon anyways…" Randy said and opened the car door for her.

Alexandria nodded and with Randy's help climbed into the car.

Randy himself sat behind the wheel and started the car.

The ride back to the hotel was silent. Alexandria was suddenly really tired and had fallen asleep and Randy was thinking about the meeting with Triple H.

I need to tell Chris about that… he will be pissed… but at least he will know that he has to keep an eye on her from now on… He thought and when he had to stop at a red light he glanced over at the sleeping Alexandria. A small smile crept into his face.

And I'll watch out for her too… He promised himself silently.

Then he had to concentrate on the road again.

When he parked the car in front of the hotel he just saw the first wrestlers returning to the hotel.

With a short glance at his watch he realised that he had been in that restaurant for almost four hours.

Funny how time goes by when you have fun… He thought, smiling slightly.

As quietly as he could he got out of the car, after the wrestlers had all vanished into the hotel and walked over to the other side of the car, opening the door.

He was about to wake Alexandria but then he decided otherwise. Alexi needed her sleep before the operation tomorrow.

Gently he freed her from the seatbelt and without much effort lifted her up, carrying her to the hotel.

To his relief the lobby was almost empty and he quickly got the key to his room, since the receptionist wouldn't give him the key to Alexi and Chris' room.

Oh well… Chris will know where to look when she isn't in her room when he comes back… Randy decided and carried the still sleeping girl up to his room, gently lowering her down on his bed. Alexi stirred once or twice but she didn't wake up.

That meeting with Hunter must've really freaked and exhausted her…

Carefully he covered her body with the bed sheets and made sure that she was comfortable.

Randy smiled down at the girl affectionately and without thinking he bent down and kissed her softly on the forehead.

Alexi just smiled in her sleep and snuggled deeper under the covers.

With a sigh Randy picked up a book and made himself comfortable on the chair near his bed and started to read. He knew it wouldn't be long until Batista and Jericho would return from the show.

In fact he had just read about twenty pages in his book when he heard Batista's and Chris's voice coming towards the hotel room.

Seconds later Batista opened the door with his key.

Randy looked up and quickly pointed to Alexi before any of them could say something.

"Man… that show was awesome…." Batista declared after he had parked his car in front of the hotel.

"Yeah… the crowd was unbelievable." Jericho confirmed. The two had ridden together to the show and back to the hotel in Batista's car this evening.

"And the match was great. Sorry about that close-line though… didn't mean to hit you that hard… just got carried away by the audience cheering so loud." Batista apologized, watching Chris for a moment. Halfway in the match when he and Chris were in the ring together he had missed a close-line and had jabbed Chris in the ribs instead. How it had happened he didn't really know, but he felt bad for it.

"It's okay Dave… it doesn't really hurt…" Chris assured his friend and rubbed the part of his chest where a nice bruise was forming but it actually didn't really hurt.

"This is the risk you have to take as a wrestler… and I know you didn't mean to hurt me…"

Batista nodded, glad that Jericho knew that it was nothing personal.

"Too bad Christian and I had to lose though…" Y2J said softly.

"Don't worry… you know that you will get your revenge. You know that it was just part of the storyline." Batista said, getting out of the car.

"Yeah… I know that but I'm thinking I'm slowly turning into a heel…"
Dave shrugged. He had been one of the 'bad guys' long enough to know what Chris meant.
"It's all part of the job…" He simply said. "And the fans still love ya… that's what counts…"

Y2J smiled at that and grabbed his bag from the back seat of Dave's car.

"You're right… come on let's get up to our rooms. First of all I'm dead tired and second I want to see if Randy and Alexi are already back and if they had a nice evening."
Batista agreed, locking his car and then following the blond man into the hotel.

At the reception they found out that Randy and Alexi had returned about ten minutes before them.

Chris took the key to his room and Dave requested the second key to his and Randy's room.

Jericho saw that the second key to his and Alexi's hotel room was still at the reception, so he asked if she hadn't taken it.

"Nope…" The man said. "Your friend has taken her up to his room…"
Batista and Chris looked at each other.

"Why?" Chris asked incredulously.

The man shrugged. "I've no idea… but well, she was sleeping and I guess he didn't want to wake her and since I had no idea if I could give your friend the key to her room I didn't…" He said, with a slight apology in his voice.

"Oh I see." Chris quickly took the second key to his and Alexandria's room too and then him and Batista made their way up to their hotel rooms.

They were still discussing the show.

"Do you know what… I know it's just a storyline too but Hassan's whining is getting annoying…" Chris commented.

Batista nodded. "Yeah… Glad that Shelton was to win the match today…"

Jericho laughed lightly. "Yepp…" He said and after a short break he said thoughtfully: "Shawn wasn't himself in the ring today… he seemed distracted…"

Batista raised an eyebrow. "You noticed too? I just thought it was my imagination."
"Nope… he was unfocused, like there was something else on his mind."
"I guess we're to blame for that…I mean we weren't exactly helpful with all this mysterious comments and actions concerning Alexi." The Animal suggested. Jericho shrugged.

"Could be true. Or it has something to do with his second visit to Vinnie…" Y2J mused.

"Who knows what Vince has come up with this time…"
Batista nodded. This was indeed a possibility but if it was because of HBK's talk with McMahon it must've been something really serious. Shawn was known for being able to keep his focus in the ring incredibly well whatever was going on around him or in his private life.

Batista quickly looked around to see if someone was near. Even though he looked around carefully he never noticed the blonde, longhaired man standing a few feet away behind a corner, listening to their conversation, a satisfied grin on his face when he heard what the two were talking about.

When Dave had looked around and didn't see anybody, he asked: "Chris, why did you tell me the whole story about Alexandria and Shawn when I asked but not when Randy asked you to tell him?"

Jericho shrugged. "You know Shawn and Randy are really close friends and Shawn's a role model for Randy. So I figured it wouldn't be good to tell him right now that she's Shawn's daughter and that he left her because of his wrestling career…Randy could do something to Shawn he might regret… you know how he is."
He sighed at the look Batista gave him. He knew exactly what Batista was about to say.

"You don't need to say it. I know that he's bound to find out and Shawn will also find out that Alexi is his daughter sooner or later… but right now I think later is better… for all three involved…"

Dave nodded. He knew that Randy had the habit of making rash decisions so he could see the logic to Chris's actions.

The two were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't see the man vanish into one of the rooms, mumbling a "That's interesting news indeed…".

They had nearly reached their hotel rooms and Jericho's mind went back to the show once again.

"By the way have you seen Hunter anywhere behind the scenes today? I would love to see his face when he finds out that John Cena was the first RAW draft pick." Y2J chuckled.

Batista grinned and opened the door to his hotel room, where he assumed Randy and Alexandria were.

He was about to answer Jericho, when he saw Randy pointing towards his bed.

The Animal quickly realised what was going on and just nodded in greeting.

Jericho smiled when he saw Alexi asleep on Randy's bed. He was glad that the Legend Killer had obviously taken good care of the girl because she had a smile on her lips even in her sleep.

Since he thought there was nothing to say right now, Jericho went over to her and picked her up from the bed, careful not to wake her.

Randy walked over to him and smiled.

"Thanks for keeping her company Randy… I owe ya one…" Jericho said silently.

The Legend Killer nodded and then he whispered: "It was my pleasure Chris. But I need to tell you something… without Alexi here… can you come back over for a few minutes when you've brought her into her own bed?"
Jericho was about to ask something but when he felt Alexi growing restless in his arms he just nodded.

Batista had watched the exchange silently, wondering what was up. Randy looked serious and Dave immediately knew that something was wrong.

Chris quickly mouthed a 'be back in a few' and went to his own hotel room to get Alexi into her bed.

When he was just about to lay her down on her bed, Alexandria woke up.

"Randy?" She asked sleepily.

"No sweety, it's me, Chris…" Jericho said, grinning, not really surprised that she was asking for Randy.

"Oh… hi Chris…." Alexandria mumbled, still half asleep, while Chris laid her down on the bed.

"Hi sweety… go back to sleep okay? I'm going over to Randy and Batista for a few minutes. But I'll be back soon…" Chris whispered, covering Alexandria with the bed sheets, like Randy had done before.

"'kay…" Alexi said, nearly asleep again. Chris smiled and gave her the usual good night kiss on the forehead before he left the room, trying to make as little noise as possible.

Knocking on Randy's door about a minute later, he wondered what was going on.

Randy opened, the same grim expression on his face he had worn when Chris had left.

Batista was sitting on his bed, already changed into some comfortable clothes. The look on his face told Jericho that Randy hadn't said anything yet, perhaps because he didn't want to say it twice.

Jericho made himself comfortable in the chair, Randy had occupied before, while the Legend Killer walked back to his bed and sat down.

"Well Randy, did you have a nice evening?" Jericho asked just to break the uncomfortable silence in the room.

The grim expression left Randy's face and was replaced by a smile.

"Oh yeah… it was really nice…"
"Well, what's wrong then?" Batista spoke up, wondering what was going on then.

Orton sighed.

"I wasn't finished yet, Dave. Well as I said we had a nice evening… until Hunter showed up."
Jericho looked at Randy wide-eyed. Batista's face showed his surprise too.

That explains why we haven't seen him backstage today… Batista thought but decided to keep quiet.

"Hunter? What did he want?" Y2J asked, sensing that he wouldn't like the answer.

"He was trying to hit on Alexi…" Randy said simply, feeling the anger coming back to him.

"Whoa… wait a second… you're telling me that he was trying to seduce her?" Jericho asked, surprised and angry at the same time.
"And not very subtly…it was obvious what he wanted… he scared the hell outta her." Randy explained and nodded.

Jericho was on his feet in a second.

"And why didn't you kick his ass the second he showed up at your table. You should know by now that Hunter means trouble even behind the camera?" He demanded angrily.

Randy held his hands up in defence.

"Unfortunately Hunter picked the time when I was in the restroom to come and chat to her… but believe me when I returned and saw what he was doing I told him to fuck off and when he didn't I was ready to beat the hell outta him but Alexi stopped me."
Jericho calmed down a little, glad to know that Randy would've even risked a fight with Triple H just to make sure that Alexandria was okay.

"So he left her alone when you told him to?" Dave questioned, angry himself. Alexandria was a sweet girl and Dave figured out immediately that Hunter had planned to use her to get to him and Randy and that was something she definitely didn't deserve. She had absolutely nothing to do with this whole feud between him, the Legend Killer and the Game.

"Well actually, we left… as I said, Alexi didn't want me to beat him to a bloody pulp…"

Jericho smiled a little. He knew that Alexandria hated violence. Often enough she had stopped Chris from killing somebody because this somebody had tried to hurt Alexandria.

"Thanks for keeping an eye on her Randy." He said honestly.

"Hey, it's no problem and believe me, I won't let Hunter come near her again…" The Legend Killer said forcefully and with determination.

Batista couldn't help but grin.

Yepp, he's definitely head over heels for her…

Then he turned serious again.

"Be assured Chris, that I'll watch out for her too as long as she's here… and well let's just say in my next match against Triple H on the next show… there will be a few more close-lines like the one you received today that I will 'accidentally' miss…"

Jericho looked at Batista speechless for a second but he was thankful that he was helping him too.

He grinned. "If he doesn't get the message then, he's even more stupid than I've thought so far…"

Batista chuckled. Randy looked a little confused.

"Can you two tell me what you're talking about?"

"Well, during the match, Dave missed a close-line and bruised my ribs instead…"
"Yeah… and I think I can pull that off against Hunter too without Vince ripping my head off afterwards for fighting harder than necessary, risking the injury of one of my wrestling comrades…" Batista grinned, trying to imitate Vince McMahon, using the words the boss often used when a fight had gotten a little too personal.

Randy looked stunned. This wasn't something he had expected Batista to say. After all Dave was known for being one of the fairest men in the business.

Batista just grinned innocently.

"What?" he asked, sounding like he had no idea what had shocked Randy that much.

Jericho couldn't help but laugh at Randy's expression.

"Well Randy, thanks for telling me immediately but I better go back now. I don't want Alexi to wake up alone… I've told her where I'm going but I've no idea if she's really listened to me in her state of half-sleep."
"Okay, night Chris…" Randy nodded.

Y2J smiled and was nearly out the door when he heard Randy's voice again: "Oh and Chris, since you owe me… I could really need a favour."
Jericho turned around in surprise.

"Just say it and consider it done…" Chris replied.

"Actually… I just want you to call me as soon as I can go and visit Alexi, if that's okay with you."

Jericho nodded. "Sure thing Randy. Alexi has already asked me if I think you would come to visit her at the hospital."

"She has?" Randy asked surprised.

"Yepp… so be sure I'll call you when the surgery is over."
"Thanks Chris." The Legend Killer smiled and watched Chris finally leave the room to go back to Alexandria.

"I'll go and change…" He told Batista, who was already lying in his bed and went into the bathroom to change into something comfortable for bed.

"Okay, night Randy…" The Animal said shortly, feeling the match from earlier taking its toll. Batista was exhausted. And when Randy returned from the bathroom Dave was already asleep.

Orton grinned, went over to his own bed and with a short look at his alarm clock he noticed that it was already two o'clock in the morning.

With a sigh he made himself comfortable on the bed, thinking about the evening with Alexi again, before falling asleep a few minutes later, a happy smile on his lips.