Backstage at Raw, there was to be a meeting concerning all of the details for the up and coming trip to Australia. Many of the superstars were looking forward to the event, others weren't...

Most of the superstars were sat in the biggest room of the arena, awaiting the arrival of both the General Manager, Miss Richards, and the WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon.

The members of the Raw locker room heading off on the trip were becoming impatient. They were sat in their 'Cliques', chatting about the whole event.

"I can't wait for the trip to Australia, can you Randy?" Chris Jericho asked.

"Yeah should be a blast." He said unconvincingly.

"What's the matter man?" Shelton asked, putting his arm around his friends chair.

"Nothing..."

"If it's coz you can't travel straight to Australia coz of your back and all, don't worry about it."

"You'll be with me, so we'll manage." Shawn Michaels stated.

"It's not that..." Randy muttered.

"What is it then?" RVD inquired.

Randy was about to answer when the jezebel of a Women's Champion Trish Stratus walked in. She was now an 8 time Women's Champ, something that annoyed Lita and Victoria no end. She cheated most of the time to win, and as a result, walked around the place acting like everyone owed her something.

"It's just..." Randy continued, his conversation interrupted when Vince and Roxanna walked into the room.

Roxanna walked gingerly behind Vince McMahon, looking depressed. Her longish, brown, curled hair fell over her left eye. It seemed too much effort for her to even push it back.

Randy stared at her. She looked like she was about to burst into tears at any minute, not announce 'the trip of a lifetime' to everyone. She sat in front of her co-workers, and pushed herself a little behind the mahogany desk. She looked down at the floor, hoping it would provide the answers to her million and one problems.

Through the whole meeting, Vince waffled. Many of the wrestlers looked like they were about to drop off!

"I hope he is not going to talk for too much longer, I really need the loo!" Y2J whispered to Randy. He wasn't really listening. His eyes were fixed on the brunette at the front of the room.

"...Now it's over to Miss Richards who will cover anything I have missed."

"Thanks Mr McMahon," she stood, looking like she was about to fall over at any moment. "In a few moments, I shall hand you all your flight tickets and give you the numbers to your hotel rooms that you shall be staying in. From Backlash, the main event shall be announced for the Raw main event match. This show could be make or break. We have to give the fans everything we can and deliver to the best of our abilities. We shall meet at the Airport on the Thursday, and get over to Australia about 24 hours later if everything goes accordingly. Apart from Shawn and Randy. You shall head over to Africa on the Wednesday and shall do the press conference hyping the tour over there in a few months time. Then, on the Friday, you shall both head over to Australia and join us for the house show Saturday morning."

Randy's eyes followed Roxy around the room. She handed out the envelopes to every person each of them thanking her. Then, she walked over to Randy and Shawn and handed them their envelopes. Randy wanted to grab her hand rather than the envelope but decided against it.

Randy was not the only person in the room questioning Roxy; Lita was too. Lita was Roxy's best mate and knew a lot about her, especially her facial expressions. She looked over to Randy who was also concerned.

"I guess that is all we have time for, go out there and have a good Raw people!" Vince ordered walking out the room.

Roxy didn't leave straight away. She looked through some papers she had in her hand as if they were the worlds biggest maze and she was trapped in it forever. Randy wanted to say something, really he did, but he didn't know how to. He thought that by trying to pry, he would hurt her in the process and that was the last thing he wanted to do.

Lita however was determined to find out what's the matter with her. She hung around while all of the other superstars went to get ready for their matches.

"Hi, ummm Miss Richards, are you ok?"

"Why shouldn't I be?"

"No It's just you look a bit, well, pale and out of it."

"No, I'm ok thanks. Late night."

"With Gavin?"

"Yep you guessed it!" Roxy yawned.

"Ok...well...see you later yeah?"

"Sure." Roxy said as she carried on with her paper work in which was to be her office for the evening.

About 20 minutes later, a worried Legend Killer caught up with the red headed Diva...

"Hey Lita."

"What is it Randy?"

"You just spoke to Roxanna, right?"

"And what's it got to do with you?"

"Nothing, I just..."

"You just wanted to know if she's ok coz she looks ill, right?"

"Yeah. So..."

"Well, she claims that the only thing up with her is that she had a late night."

'I bet I know who with!' Randy sensed, making his blood boil.

"Thanks." Randy spoke walking back to his locker room. He wasn't needed in a match tonight but needed to be at the arena to hear the GM's big announcement...

He wouldn't have to wait too long. Half an hour later, Miss Richards was in the ring waiting for silence to fall upon the crowd.

"As you all know, my first pay per view as General Manager, Backlash, is this Sunday. Due to one thing and another, matches haven't been announced. For the Women's Championship it shall be Trish Stratus defending her title against both Lita and Victoria. A few weeks time in Australia, the Women's Champion shall defend her belt against Miss Jackie. The new Tag Team Champions, William Regal and Scotty 2 Hotty, will be against The Hurricane and Rosey. Finally, since Triple H hasn't been allocated with an opponent Sunday, and I simply don't know who to choose, we shall have a tournament instead. 12 men, who names shall be given in a minute, will wrestle each other through out the evening in hope of headlining the first Australia Raw's main event against The Game. Although knowing who's going to be in the tournament, they have no idea who they shall be against in their first matches. Those twelve lucky men are: Booker T, Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, Ric Flair, Eugene, Kane, Chris Benoit, Christian, Shelton Benjamin, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels and last but not least, Randy Orton!

The crowd were excited. It had been ages since a tournament such as this one would be played right in front of them!

Ric Flair was not so pleased...

"Miss Richards, what the hell do you think you are doing?"

"Putting you in a tournament, it only seemed right, the 16 time World Heavyweight Champion could be going against, and I quote, 'The best in the business'! Think about it Ric, it's a dream match for fans, once in a lifetime opportunity. Doesn't 17 time World Heavyweight Champion sound so much better than 16?" Roxy smiled, knowing that she was smearing it too much...

"You're right! WOOOOOOOOO!" A happy Ric stated, struting away from the General Manager.

Sorry for not updating sooner, keep the reviews coming, I love reading them! Thanks angel40689, did you read 'The Bitter End' too? That's the in between story to both Lust & Lunays.