Chapter 9 Part 1: Callisto's Mother Returns
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Callisto sat on the plane to Canada, listening to her CD player, staring out the window. She had been thinking a lot lately, and she had no idea that this was actually going to be the week she met her mom, face to face. Even though it was possible, she realized that Celine Jacobs hadn't been around when she was a kid. Callisto knew that Maeve was angry, but she insisted on not telling her what the other purpose of this trip back home was for. And she wasn't planning on spilling the beans either.
Callisto also remembered that because Randy had backed out of his match with Jeff and gone against her Uncle, she was starting to have mixed feelings about him. She had no idea what to do about it, either.
So there she sat, thinking of numerous things and what to do about them. Beside her, John and Maeve were discussing things about their wedding again. Callisto smiled at the thought. Uncle Mark was certainly rather gung ho about the idea of Maeve getting married. However, she learned that he was slightly putting people on, from her father.
Speaking of him, she had to tell him. Now or never, she thought, and she stood up and walked a couple rows back, passing by Dave Batista and Christy Hemme.
"Hey Callisto! You don't look so good…Something wrong?" Christy asked, giving her funny grin.
"I'm fine, Christy. Hey, have you seen my dad?"
"He's in the back row, doing what you were doing."
Callisto looked confused, and Christy smiled.
"Listening to his CD player full blast and staring out the window. Like Father, Like Daughter, I suppose."
Callisto grinned as she walked to the back of the plane and sat in the empty seat beside her dad.
"We've gotta talk, Dad." Glenn turned his head to her, and took off his headphones.
"What about?"
"Um…Mom."
"What about your mom?"
"She's alive and in Calgary, Daddy." Callisto expected the wide-eyed reaction that spread across his face.
"And how long have you known this?"
"A couple weeks, Dad."
"Well…" Glenn sighed, and shook his head. "I guess…Um…I don't know, actually."
"She's going to be meeting us at the show, Dad. Front row tickets with Katie."
"Katie Conners?"
"Yup." Callisto and Glenn sighed at the same time, and smiled at each other.
"Does Maeve know?"
"Nope. She suspects something's up though. Um…She knows that I'm going to talk to Jeff though."
Glenn choked on the water he was drinking.
"What!" Callisto smiled, she had expected that he would say that. She knew for a fact that he was still mad at Jeff for putting her through the car accident. But Jeff had helped her, and that was not in the script. It was supposed to have been Randy, but there he was. She didn't know why, but then Vince told her that she needed to go along with that storyline.
Callisto nodded.
"Jeff invited me to go to Stampede after Raw. It starts a couple days afterwards. I was hoping you'd be all right with it." Glenn shook his head, and sighed.
"I'm fine, I suppose. But this has to be his last chance. He's been a real ass sometimes, and I want you to know not to get too attached to him this time. Understood?"
Callisto nodded once again, and she walked back to her seat.
Getting off the airplane, Callisto looked around, and saw Jeff smiling at her.
"Hi." Callisto smiled at him.
"Hi." Jeff replied. "Did you have a good flight?"
Callisto nodded.
"Yeah. I did." Callisto saw Jeff get tense, and she turned and saw Randy glaring at him.
"Come on, Callisto, we have to get our bags."
"I'm sorry, Randy, I'm going to be spending the day with Jeff." Randy was shocked, and his stubborn pride got the best of him.
"Fine, then, you go have fun with the fucking loser." Jeff glared, and Randy sulked off, pissed like usual.
Callisto felt a tear go down her cheek, and she walked the opposite way, Jeff following.
"So…how have you been?"
"I've been better." Callisto smiled, and Jeff grinned.
"Hey! I got you to smile!" Jeff gave her a hug, and Callisto knew they had a couple hours before they had to arrive at the arena.
"Do you want to go anywhere?" Jeff asked, walking to Callisto's Jeep.
"Not really…How about you?"
"Me neither, let's go get some lunch, you look starved."
Callisto grinned at her former boyfriend, and she wondered silently.
Could I have been wrong about Jeff?
As the two of them arrived at the arena, The Calgary Saddledome, Callisto saw her friend, Katie Conners.
"Callie! Oh my gosh! It's so good to see you!" The two old friends hugged as Jeff stayed off to the side. Katie noticed him, and she gave a provocative grin over at Callisto.
"I'll see you after the show, Callie!" Before Callisto could respond, Katie ran off, leaving her confused.
"What was that about?" Jeff asked, and Callisto shrugged.
"I have no idea…"
As the two of them entered the arena, Callisto saw Maeve and John in front of their locker room, Maeve holding her cell.
"Vince is on the phone for you, Callie Bear."
Callisto nodded and grabbed the phone.
"Yo, Vince, what's up?"
"Listen, Jeff, Randy and you are going to have a massive Love Triangle relationship. Your script will be delivered to you before the show. The good thing about this, you get to pick which one you end up with." Callisto tried to smile.
"Thanks, Vince."
Callisto hung up the phone, and she tried to smile again. She walked into her locker room, and sat down on the bench.
"Something wrong, Callie?" Maeve asked, coming in and sitting beside her.
"I'm…stressed as all hell. I've got the boyfriend troubles off screen, now I've got them on screen as well! Then I've got the damn mother problems-"
"Did she talk to you again?"
"Maeve…I…Yes."
"Well, what'd she say?"
"She's coming back. Tonight. The bad thing is, she didn't tell me where."
Maeve shook her head, and she glared; "I can't believe her! She wants to see us again, and then she goes and tells us on her time and her place! God Dammit!"
Callisto sighed, and looked up at her half-sister, her eyes full of tears.
"Oh, Callie, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it that way, sweetie."
Callisto watched as Raw went on the air, and then realized something. Next week. The Draft.
Oh shit, Callisto thought, as she realized that she may go to Smackdown next week. She knew that tonight may be her last night as a Raw Superstar. Callisto grabbed her tape and taped her hands, something she had started to do only weeks before. Callisto heard one of the tech guys coming in saying that she needed to do a promo session, and that she was going to have Kane come in. Callisto nodded, and the camera started to roll.
Callisto was taping up her hands when a knock came at her locker room door.
"Come in!" She was looking down while taping her hands, but she could recognize those gigantic boots anywhere.
"Hello, Dad." Kane looked down at her with a smirk.
"What's this I'm hearing that you and a partner of your choice is going up against Molly Holly and that Chris Masters kid?"
"Bischoff put me in a match, do you mind, Dad?" Callisto stood up, and gave a glare at her father. "Or is that not possible for you?"
Kane grinned. "I want to know something, Callisto. Who's your partner going to be?"
"I'm not getting one. I'll go out by myself." Kane looked at her confused.
"Why?"
"Why am I going out by myself? Maybe it's because I don't want either Jeff nor Randy getting pissed at me for picking either of them. I would've taken John, but he's already in a match tonight, and you should know that."
"Well, I've got bad news for you." Callisto looked back up at her father with a glare on her face.
"And what would that be, Dad?"
"It seems that we've got a guest in the audience tonight, that you and your sister will be sure to be scared to death to see."
"And who would that be, Dad?"
Kane leaned down and whispered something in Callisto's ear, her eyes growing wide.
"Oh god."
The camera stopped rolling, and Glenn grinned.
"Nice job, Callisto. Listen, we've got some stops to make. I'm going to check with Bischoff who's coming out to be your partner."
"Dad, I already said, I'm going out by myself, remember?"
Glenn shook his head. "You can't! I've seen what happens to you in Handicap matches, and I'm not going to let you go out there."
"Dad, I'm sorry. I've got to do this alone."
Callisto went to the back of the Titan Tron, and checked with the sound guys.
"You guys got my new theme ready to go?"
The sound guys nodded, and told her to get ready to go out.
Callisto stood behind the curtain, ready to hear her new theme. She had been speaking with the guys who wrote it, and they were pretty happy to find out that she wanted them to do it.
(Three Days Grace – Take me Under)
Callisto walked out with her new entrance, and looked up at the crowd. She could see the signs saying: 'Jeff – Callisto – Randy' and 'Pick Jeff' or 'Randy + Callisto' Then she looked down at the front row and saw Katie with a sign saying: 'Calgary Loves You, Callisto!' Callisto gained some confidence, and saw Molly and Chris Masters already in the ring. She sighed silently, but then a theme went, that she wasn't expecting.
Jericho?
No way… Jericho had a microphone in his hand, and Callisto in her dark makeup looked back up the ramp with a grin.
"Now, I'm sure the two Assclowns in the ring are surprised to see me. But Callisto, I'm not sure you are surprised. You see, your dad decided to call up on a couple favors, and you've got me in your corner. But, you've got a special treat for your partner." Jericho had already reached the ring, and Jericho put his arm around her shoulder.
At the stage, Callisto heard a theme that she never in her life would've expected. But to her surprise, there he was. Lillian looked surprised too, but she hurried and announced the retired superstar anyway.
"When it comes crashing down and it hurts inside…""Ladies and Gentlemen, From Venice Beach, California, The one, the only, Hulk Hogan!"
Callisto looked at Hogan with a shocked look. He walked out onto the apron, and sat down on the rope.
"Kane told me that you needed a partner." Hogan grinned, and Callisto nodded and went into the ring.
"Thanks, Terry." Hogan nodded, and the two of them saw Molly going in first.
"Go do your stuff, Kid."
Callisto and Molly started out with the opening lock, and Callisto gave Molly a knee to the stomach. Molly grabbed Callisto's other leg, and threw her down on the mat, making Callisto grind her teeth in pain. Callisto rolled over, and Molly started to kick her in the gut. The ref told her to quit, and Molly laid off for a bit. Callisto rolled over onto her front, and started to try and get up. Molly then took control of the opportunity, and did a modified type of a bulldog.
Molly went in and tagged in Chris Masters, and Masters could see that Callisto wasn't really in any condition to fight for some reason. He pretended to do a submission move on her, where he could speak straight into her ear, and he wondered out loud.
"Callie, what's wrong? You aren't as tough as you usually are!"
As he waited for her reply, he acted as if he was pulling harder on her arm.
"I have a lot of stress on my head right now, and plus, I'm supposed to be like that I've lost my will to fight. You'll see why later." Masters let her go, and he kicked her so that she could roll over to Hogan.
Callisto and Molly started to brawl, and while the ref was busy with Hogan and Masters, Callisto drove Molly's head into the security wall. Hogan and Masters got out of the ring, and Callisto pinned Molly, winning.
Backstage
Callisto ran into some of the backstage techs.
"Callisto! Oh, god, it's Maeve!"
"What's the matter?"
"She's in a fight with Trish!"
"WHAT!"
Callisto ran into her sister, clawing and tearing at Trish, while Trish was doing the same. Trish got pulled off, and she glared over in Callisto's direction.
"This bitch told me that… Arg!" Trish stormed off, and Callisto looked over at Maeve.
"What happened?"
"She called me a whore, so I got her back. I told her that if I was a whore for Raw, she'd be a whore for an old folks home."
Callisto cringed, and then noticed the video feed that was coming from the ring.
"Oh shit. My dad's out there." Maeve nodded, and the two focused on the television.
Kane was pacing inside the ring, and he had a microphone in hand.
"2 weeks ago, I was screwed out of the title. But that is not why I am out here tonight. Earlier today, I got a call from an old friend. Some of you may know her, Sharon. My Ex-Wife," The crowd jeered, as they remembered what happened the last time Sharon was in the ring. It's when Callisto found out that she wasn't her mom. "Now, my Ex-Wife called me, telling me to expect someone, that I thought disappeared about 22 years ago. That's right. Callisto and Maeve's real mother, Celine. I was told, that she was going to be here. So Celine, I think you owe your daughters an explanation, and I believe you owe it right now!"
Callisto and Maeve's theme went (Getting away with Murder) and out came the two sisters. Callisto had her black hair spiked in a way (The blue and red was temporary) and an expressionless look across her face. Maeve looked like she was about to explode at any time. Callisto got into the ring, and stood in the back corner of the ring, arms crossed, and her expressionless face stayed the same. Maeve was a lion, pacing back and forth in the middle of the ring. At the top of the ramp, all was still. The crowd didn't know what to think or say. Then, the spotlights went to the top of the ramp, as a form came out of the curtains.
Celine Jacobs.
Callisto could be seen with tears in her eyes, and she still had not spoken a word. Callisto wasn't one to show her emotions in public that often, and she only blinked as the late 40's woman walked down the ramp.
Celine had a commanding presence about her. She was tall, slim, and had big blue eyes. She had straight, medium length black hair, and peach colored skin. Celine was wearing a black business suit, with black stiletto boots. If you had to describe her in any way, the person she looked like most was Callisto.
In the corner of her eye, Callisto could see Maeve's fists curl, and she had thoughts of doing that herself. What sort of welcome did her mother deserve, anyway? As Celine walked into the ring, Kane handed her his mike. Celine, after a quick glance at both of her daughters, gave a glare up at Kane.
"I can't believe you." Kane looked confused.
"All of those times, when I was sending my daughters letters, videotapes, birthday cards, you made sure that neither Callisto or Maeve got one!"
You could tell that this was an emotional blow to Callisto, because as soon as her mother stopped speaking, her jaw dropped and her eyes widened.
Kane glared right back.
"You never sent these two anything!"
"Yes I did, Kane, and you know I did. You never gave me a chance after I left. I couldn't handle being a mother then. And after seeing my daughters do as much as they have, I couldn't just sit back and stay away from them any longer. I couldn't give back all those years that I wasn't there, but I can at least make the effort to be with you two now. Callisto? Maeve?"
Maeve had walked over to Callisto by this time, and the two were talking to each other. They rolled out of the ring, and started to talk again, just trying to figure out what to do. Callisto then went back into the ring, and only nodded at her parents, then rolled back out of the ring and followed Maeve back up the ramp.
"Callisto! Maeve! Wait!" Kane yelled, and Callisto stopped for a moment, so did Maeve. Maeve looked back at Callisto, and saw her hands and shoulders were shaking. Tears were streaming down her cheeks, and Maeve glared back up at Celine and Kane. Callisto walked up to Maeve, and the both of them walked to the back. As Callisto walked, she could see her mother's tears. Callisto never wanted to give up on either of the two of them… But now, she had no choice.
Callisto and Maeve walked into their locker room, and Callisto finally let out her sobs. Her shoulders quivered as she cried her eyes out, and Maeve gave her a hug.
"It's okay, Callie. We can get through this together."
"Fat chance, Sluts. Guess what?" Callisto rose her head and saw Trish, Molly and Gail.
"You're in a handicap match with us tonight. I hope you're ready for it."
As the three sluts left, Maeve glared.
"This isn't fair. Not fair at all." Maeve looked back, and saw Callisto's eyes. The last time she saw Callisto look like this was when she realized that Jeff was the cause of the accident. She loved him so much, that she didn't believe it could've been him.
"Callisto Marie Jacobs, you're staying here." Maeve only used Callisto's full name when she was serious.
"I can't, Maeve! I have to go out there with you! You can't take on all of them by yourself while you're pregnant!"
Maeve ran out the door, and put a chair in front of the door.
"Callisto, you can't do this in your condition! I'll be fine!"
Or so Maeve thought.
As Maeve was being beaten down by Trish and Molly, (The Ref was being distracted constantly by either Gail or Trish) and Maeve realized that she was wrong. She wouldn't be fine by herself.
Callisto was still crying her eyes out, when she saw what Trish was instructing.
"MAEVE!"
Callisto ran into the door with all of her might, and managed to knock the chair out of place, so she opened the door and ran to the ring.
I may not be well psychologically right now, but I know that my heart is still in the right spot.
Maeve was being held up by Molly and Gail, while Trish had a steel chair in her hand. Trish was looking around the crowd with a sadistic grin spread across her face.
She was going to shove the chair into Maeve's gut.
She was going to try and kill the baby.
As Trish brought the chair back, the lights went out. A massive massive blue pyro at the top of the stage erupted, blinding some people. Callisto's newest theme exploded out of the speakers, and who but Callisto ran down the ramp and got into the ring as the lights returned. Callisto rolled her eyes back, and grabbed Molly and Gail's throats, giving them major choke slams. Maeve rolled to the corner of the ring, and Trish was pleading with Callisto.
"I was only joking, Callisto, honest!" Callisto smirked, and all of a sudden did a roundhouse kick right to Trish' temple.
Callisto heard the roar of the crowd and had her own sadistic smile. Where better to try it out then Calgary?
Callisto rolled out of the ring, dragging Trish behind her. As Callisto got to the top of the ramp, she looked out past JR and King at the floor. She climbed down and set up a table, then gave a sadistic smile as she put another table on top of that one. Callisto grabbed Trish by the throat, and grabbed a mike from the announcer's table. Callisto walked over to the edge of the stage, and made Trish come to.
"I'll see you in HELL, Trish Stratus!" Callisto knew that she'd probably break something, but then she remembered the padding she had set to make sure that neither Trish or herself would get hurt very badly. Callisto set Trish up for the choke slam, and then grinned evilly, as she lifted Trish into the air, and both of them slammed down into the two tables, crashing down hard.
"OH MY GOD! Callisto just sent Trish to Hell, and she just made sure she got there! Oh My GOD!" JR screamed. A cameraman ran over to where the two superstars had crashed, and King said the obvious.
"Neither Trish or Callisto are moving, JR! Wait a second!" Callisto moved her arm so that she could stand, and she did, raising her arm in victory, and wiping the blood off of her mouth. She tried to walk, and she staggered, but a arm caught her before she fell. It was Jeff Hardy's.
Callisto looked up at him, and gave a quick smile. Jeff smiled back. Jeff raised Callisto's arm into the air, and then gave her a grin. He leaned back, and gave Callisto a kiss. Callisto grinned, and then realized about Maeve. She raced to the ring with Jeff in tow and checked up on her. Maeve said that she was fine, and she gave a strange look over at Callisto. She had noticed that Callisto and Jeff were together, and they were smiling. That was besides the point in Callisto's mind, and she pointed up to the Titan Tron to show Maeve what she had just done. Maeve grinned, and even though Jeff was with them, she gave Callisto a big hug, and the three of them raised there hands high.
Author's ending notes: Well well! That was only the end of Part ONE! So next chapter, Callisto and Jeff finally get to go on that date. Also, Celine calls a meeting between herself and her daughters. Will the daughters reconcile with their mom? Or will stubbornness and pride get in the way? What will Randy have to say about the kiss? Tune in to the next chapter of Family Matters!
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