"The plan is going fine."

"So says you," Randy said.

Stephanie patted his chest and then looked at her belt. "Trust me Randy, nobody has suspected a thing, and nobody is going to suspect a thing. We've got everything covered, and I even have things covered that you don't even know about. There are surprises around every corner Randy, every corner."

"Oh great, you're working with Hunter right, you being with Chris, it's all a ruse and you're really passing on information to Hunter and he's setting up our downfall, right?" Randy joked.

She winked at him. "That would be an interesting theory if it weren't for the fact that I'm marrying Chris."

"You're WHAT!"

"Chris and I are engaged, have been since before I joined up with Hunter," Stephanie shrugged. "We figured that this thing we're doing now, this plan, it was more important than our getting married so we haven't exactly told our families…or anyone for that matter, except now you, so you have as much dirt on me as I have on you. If you can trust me with your secret, then I can trust you with mine."

"Congratulations. If I can ask…how long have you and Chris been together."

"You don't want to know," Stephanie smirked.

"No, actually I do, I mean, he went out with Trish right? That's my understanding, how come you're not bothered by it. I mean, I'm not," he said, shrugging his shoulders in a way that tried to suggest he wasn't bothered by it, but he was.

Maybe it was in his subconscious, but knowing that Trish still hung out with her ex-boyfriend was a little unsettling. He didn't know any of the details surrounding either their relationship or their break-up. He had been too embroiled in his exploits within Evolution to care about such things. Then there was the fact that he didn't want to bring it up with Trish because he didn't want her to think that he was trying to control whom she spoke to, which wasn't what this was about anyways.

"You're bothered by the fact that Chris hangs out with Trish?" Stephanie said, trying to suppress her giggle. "Are you serious Randy?"

"I'm not!" he protested. "It's just…it doesn't happen often."

Stephanie looked heavenward and glanced around their empty locker room. "Chris and I have been together since the day he entered the company."

"What?"

"It's a long story Randy, suffice it to say that Chris and I got very acquainted on his first day. I don't know how it happened, but we did, and we were together for a while, and then we weren't, and I got with Hunter as a rebound and that ended very badly and by the end I was back with Chris, so yeah, I had an affair with him, and then we realized that we had a relationship based on sex and nothing else and we broke up over it, but it's always been Chris, and we came to see it wasn't about the sex and it was really about us and we were just stupid, and that's it."

"So he's been in love with you…"

"He was in love with me when he was with Trish, Trish knows this. Trish knows that she was a distraction for Chris, and what they had, while nice wasn't what either one of them needed."

"So she knew about you two before she got with Chris?"

"Yeah," Stephanie nodded. "But Chris and Trish, there's nothing to worry about there Randy, trust me. If I can feel comfortable enough leaving them alone, you should too, regardless of how long you've been with Trish."

"So when they hang out together, it's like, nothing…"

"Yeah, nothing. Trish really, really likes you Randy, I can't reveal how I know this or when she told me pertinent information, but she really does like you. She wouldn't be going through with this if she didn't."

"Yeah…so you're accompanying Hunter to the ring tonight?" Randy said, changing the subject now that he felt better about Chris and Trish hanging out together.

"Yeah, I am, and you have to make sure to keep Molly back here and occupied because I do not want her out there too. It's bad enough I have to actually spend time around her, but if I can help it, I don't want to go out into the arena pretending I like her."

"I'll try my best. And the plan really is set?"

"Its set Randy," Stephanie told him, and she gave him a look that said way more than she was letting on and he felt somehow like something bad was going to happen, but he couldn't quite place his finger on it.

"Stephanie, you wouldn't like, do something right?" he asked uneasily.

She raised an eyebrow. "Randy, do you trust me?"

"Yeah, I have to, my happiness depends on it."

"Good, then don't worry about anything. I've got all under control. You forget that I'm Stephanie McMahon and I have the world at my disposal."

Randy was going to respond to her cryptic answer when Hunter bounded into the room, not bothering to knock, which was just typical behavior of his. Stephanie's face turned to a mask of happiness, which belied her feeling of pure hatred for the behemoth they called Triple H. Hunter came over and pecked her on the lips and she kissed him back briefly, rolling her eyes to Randy as Hunter walked behind her.

"Hunter baby, are you getting ready for your match?" Stephanie asked sweetly, turning towards him.

"Yeah," he grunted out.

"Are you sure you want me out there?" she asked. "I mean, the match is against The Big Show and he's kind of scary."

"I need you out there in case I need someone to interfere in my match, or get me Susie." Stephanie bit her lip to hold in her disgust at his pet name for his sledgehammer. She just kept up her façade of being happy to be with Hunter.

"Ok, well, if you really, really want me there, there's no place that I'd rather be. And I know that you can beat Big Show without my help, you're just…amazing like that," she told him, sighing, like she was just admiring his strength and power.

"Yeah, but having you out there is a good insurance policy."

"And after the show," Stephanie said, walking a little bit closer to Hunter. Randy started to feel a little uncomfortable just standing there so he pretended to busy himself with taping his wrists. Stephanie ran her hands up Hunter's bare back. "After the show I was thinking that maybe we could take an early evening and go back to your hotel room, and get a little bit cozier…"

Randy's jaw dropped and he had to physically look away. Stephanie really wasn't willing to put her body on the line for this plan was she? And if she was, what did Chris think about this? If he were in Chris's position, he'd never let Trish sell her body out for some plan. But how could Stephanie possibly get out of this? What was she doing!

"Yeah?" Hunter growled, turning towards her.

"Nothing would make me happier," Stephanie told him seductively. "I just can't stop thinking about you Hunter, and I need you…all of you."

"Then after the show we'll go back to the hotel," Hunter said, leaning down to kiss her hungrily.

Stephanie pulled away and giggled. "Oops, forgot you were here Randy. Sorry you had to hear about our…plans."

"No problem, I'll just…I'll go," Randy said, slipping out of the room quickly. He rushed down the hallway, making sure he wasn't being followed and found his way to Trish's locker room. He knocked quickly on it and waited for Trish to open the door. She did a moment later and seeing him there, her eyes widened and she pulled him quickly into the room.

"What are you doing here!" Trish hissed. "We can't be seen in each other's locker rooms."

"What is Stephanie doing?"

"What are you talking about? You're the one who's always around her, not me," Trish answered.

"She just said she wants to go to Hunter's hotel room after the show," Randy said.

"What?" another voice asked and Randy looked over Trish's shoulder to where Chris was sitting on the couch. "She what?"

Randy had not seen Chris in his haste. His mouth opened and closed a few times, not sure what he could say. Chris looked upset, or at the beginning of being upset. He stood there, actually, all three of them stood there. Randy didn't know what to say and Chris and Trish were kind of stunned by what Randy had said.

"Um, I think she was acting," Randy finally said. "I mean, she's willing to do a lot for this plan, but not that."

"Yeah, not that," Chris said, his voice trying to convince himself. "She's mine. She's always been mine."

Trish placed her hand on his arm. "It's okay Chris, nothing is going to happen. Stephanie knows what she's doing. She definitely knows what she's doing."

"She definitely knows," Chris said, and once again, Randy felt like he was trying to say more than he was letting on. He didn't know what was going on, but the plan had to work. They had worked way too hard on this plan for it to fall by the wayside now. They were so close to the end. So very close.

They didn't have time to think about it as they went down to the gorilla to watch the match between Hunter and Big Show. Well, Randy went down by himself, but Chris and Trish pretended to just wander over and decide to take in the match. Chris sent a glance over at Stephanie, but she was too engrossed in conversation with Hunter. He scowled a little bit.

Stephanie patted the belt on Hunter's shoulder as he patted hers. They heard Big Show's music go off and prepared for Hunter's music to be next. Stephanie handed Hunter his usual water bottle and he poured some over his head and she took a step back so he could shake it out. She hated his habit of doing this, she didn't even know why he did it in the first place. His music came on and Stephanie followed behind him and out into the arena. She was met with the boos of the crowd, but she ignored them as she walked down the ramp.

Hunter got into the ring, spitting his water comically as usual as Stephanie took her place on the side of the ring. She watched from a safe position as Hunter and Show locked up with each other. Show pushed Hunter away, but Hunter was not deterred by it and went back to lock up again. The match went slow as neither man was exactly lithe in the ring. Stephanie pounded on the mat where appropriate to and cheered Hunter on, knowing that he could beat the Big Show if he wanted to.

Hunter had just tried for a Pedigree, failing when Show flipped him over and onto his back. Stephanie yelled out, "Come on Hunter, get up! Get up!"

Hunter turned and looked at her and she knew what he was trying to say to her without words. He wanted her to interfere. She climbed onto the apron, causing the referee to come over and tell her that she needed to get off the apron. Stephanie was grabbing at the referee's shirt, trying to get him to focus on her when she felt her legs give out from under her. She screamed as she fell off the apron and into someone's waiting arms.

She looked and saw two people dressed completely in black, the only thing that she could see were their eyes. She struggled to get away and the man (she could tell from the build) holding her put her down, but then covered her mouth as the other man scanned the ring, making sure that Hunter was preoccupied. Stephanie tried to get the hand off of her mouth so she could scream, but he was too strong. Suddenly she was lifted up and being drug away and she tried to get away with everything she had in her.

"HUNTER!" she managed to yell as she pushed the hand off of her mouth. "HELP!"

Hunter stood up, turning to see Stephanie being drug into the crowd. He ran to one side of the ring and tried to see what was going on, but he was turned around suddenly and put into a chokeslam and felt himself hit the floor and Stephanie was gone from his mind for the moment. He had to focus on this for right now.

Chris was frantic and trying not to show it. "What the hell was that!"

"Chris, calm down," Trish said. "I don't know."

Everyone was murmuring backstage, wondering what the hell was going on with Stephanie. Randy was trying to figure out if what he saw was real and Christian and Lita rushed into the area, looking to Chris and Trish and Trish just shrugged. There were more people coming into the area around the gorilla, watching the monitors which were still focused on the match, but everyone was trying to figure out what had happened to Stephanie, and just who had kidnapped her.

The screen flashed from the ring to the area outside the arena. Stephanie was being pushed and she was crying and trying to get away from her attackers. Chris was uneasy and he pushed his way through the crowd, trying to make it through to get to Stephanie. But there were so many people and he turned to see what was going on and saw her pushed into a black car with tinted windows. He still ran full speed to try and reach the car, but he was too late, she was gone.

Hunter came storming backstage and looked around for any Evolution members. He saw Randy and stalked over to him. "What the hell happened out there!"

"Stephanie was kidnapped," Randy said, still not knowing what was happening. "Where are Flair and them?"

"I don't know," Hunter said. "Why the hell didn't you go out there and help her!"

"I didn't know, I didn't know," Randy said, his voice trailing off. "I just, I was shocked, I didn't know what to do."

Hunter turned and saw Flair helping Dave walk over. "What's wrong Dave?"

"I tried to go after those guys that took Stephanie," Dave said. "They knocked me out with a chair."

"Damn it," Hunter muttered. "I couldn't help her, Show had me. Did you see what they looked like?"

Dave winced. "No, they were disguised and they laid me out pretty good."

"I'm going to go see if I can find Molly," Randy said. "I'll be back."

As he walked past Trish, he looked at her, wondering if she knew what the hell was going on. She shrugged and her eyes looked worriedly over to Christian and Lita who were just looking at each other in confusion. He went to his locker room and saw Molly sitting there nonchalantly, like she didn't have a care in the world.

"Did you see what happened?" Randy asked.

"Yup," Molly said noncommittally.

"And you don't care?"

"Should I?" Molly asked.

"Were you behind this!" Randy said, pointing to the screen.

"No," she told him. "But whoever was, I have to thank them for taking her off my hands."

"How could you say that! Someone was kidnapped!"

"Oh well, good riddance Stephanie."