A/N: Just letting you know ahead of time that there will be one or two more chapters of this story. As always, reviews are loved and appreciated. :)

Randy was confused, and he had been for the last week. Nobody had heard a word from Stephanie or any of Stephanie's kidnappers. Chris had locked himself into his house when they weren't at the show, and he had kept to himself when he did arrive. He didn't want to talk to anybody. Randy had only talked to Hunter briefly and he was pissed off. Molly, as usual, was totally cool with everything. Then there came a banging on his door.

Dave, who had been sitting at the table, tapping his fingers and trying to read a book, but seemingly not getting very far if him not turning any pages was an indication, got up and went to answer the door, grateful for the interruption. Hunter barged into the room almost knocking Dave with the door.

"What's up H?" Randy said, standing up immediately. "Did you find anything with Stephanie?"

"I got a note," Hunter said, slamming it and his hand down on the table. "They want us there at Raw, they're going to give her back."

"Good," Randy said, relieved, hoping that this would be over soon. He just wanted Stephanie back safe and sound. He felt so bad for Chris. If Trish got kidnapped, he didn't know what he'd do, and he wasn't in love with Trish…yet. Chris was in love with Stephanie, and so it had to be harder. "We'll do whatever it takes to get her back right?"

"Of course we are," Hunter snarled. "We're going to do everything we can to get her back. I'm not going to sit around and let her be kidnapped, I'm Triple H and I'm the best in the business, and I'm not going to let some asshole take Stephanie and get away with it."

"Good," Randy said. "So what's the plan?"

"We're going to see what they want, pretend to give it to them, and then take Stephanie back. Then you and Dave are going to ambush them and figure out who has the death-wish."

"Even better," Dave mumbled to himself. "We just have to wait for Raw now, how long until the show?"

"A couple of hours," Hunter said, pacing the room. "I'm going to get Ric and Molly and we're going to head down early."

"Okay, we'll get our things," Dave said, noticing that Randy was distracted. Hunter left the room as abruptly as he had come in and Dave looked to Randy. "So where are you going?"

"I'm going to see Trish, tell her what's going on, and then I'll be back. I'm sure Trish will want to let Chris know what's going on," Randy told him. "Cover for me if Hunter gets back here?"

"Of course," Dave nodded. Randy nodded back and was out the door. He discreetly looked down the hallway, making sure that Hunter wasn't still lurking around. He also kept his eye out for Molly. He just had a feeling that Molly was up to something and he didn't want to get caught by her because she would be eager to give him up to Hunter.

He made his way down to Trish's hotel room, secretly glad that they were on the same floor. She had given him a keycard earlier and he slipped it into the door quickly and went inside before being seen by anyone. Trish was sitting on the couch, head in hands and she looked up at him, hopping up and running to him, throwing herself into his arms. She hugged him tightly and he hugged her back like he never wanted to let her go. But he didn't want to let her go. If she had been kidnapped, he knew that he would be absolutely beside himself. He was falling hard and fast by the blonde woman.

"Have you heard anything?" she mumbled into his neck.

"Yeah, Hunter got a note, they want him at Raw and they said they'd give Stephanie back," Randy answered, still clinging to Trish. She didn't seem to have a problem with this as she had yet to let go of him.

"Oh thank God," Trish said, pulling away slightly so that she could look into his face. "I bet Chris is going to be glad to hear that. I just hope that they haven't done anything to her. If they did anything to her, Chris is going to go on a rampage."

"I don't blame him," Randy said, giving her a proper kiss now that her face wasn't buried against his neck. "I would do the same thing if it was you."

"Would you?" Trish asked and she was touched by the caring that this man showed towards her. It was always nice to have someone who worried about you. It was also nice to have someone to worry about.

"Of course, I mean, you're my…well, I guess you're my girlfriend, although that's not your official title or anything, I don't know, maybe, I guess."

She kissed him to cease his rambling. "You're cute when you don't know what to say…oh God, what am I thinking? One of my best friends is God knows where, and I'm standing here flirting with my…something or other…something as yet to be defined."

"Just because Stephanie's missing doesn't mean that you have to stop living," Randy pointed out.

"You just want me to keep kissing you," she told him, and then kissed him for good measure. "I just feel bad. Chris hasn't answered his phone all week, I suspect that he turned it off. I don't even want to know what he's been doing."

"You should go check on him, tell him that Stephanie is coming back tonight. I'll keep a close eye out for her when we get her back and I'll report anything to you."

"Great," she said, kissing him again. She was finding that she just liked kissing him. He had such perfect lips, and they were just right for kissing. She knew it was weird to think that, but when she was kissing him, that was the only thought that ran through her mind.

Later that evening, they were at the show and waiting impatiently for there to be any word on Stephanie. Every moment that passed became more frustrating, and every tease was met with a burst of anger from most of the members of Evolution. Molly could care less about what became of the princess. She was just happy the little bitch was gone. Maybe they could strip her of the belt and give to the previous owner…her.

Finally, they were watching the monitor and the arena was completely dark, like they were awaiting the arrival of the Undertaker or something. But then a spotlight lit up, pointing down to the middle of the ring and there was Stephanie, bound and gagged, sitting on a metal folding chair in the middle of the ring, struggling against the ropes that bound her. She was screaming, but it was muffled by the gag stuffed in her mouth. You could just barely make out two dark shapes on either side of her.

Hunter hopped up out of his chair as he saw this and pointed to the television. "We're going out there NOW."

He stormed out of the room and Ric, Dave, and Randy followed quickly. Molly continued to sit where she was and Randy turned to her. "Aren't you coming with us?"

"Why? I don't care what happens to her," Molly said nonchalantly. "Let her rot. I think I want to stay here and watch as squirms, and then I hope that Hunter can't get her back. Now that would be sweet."

Randy walked over to her and grabbed her by the arm, dragging her into a standing position. "Hunter wants all of Evolution out there and that includes you, so unless you want your ass kicked out of this group, I suggest you come with me."

"Geez, so pushy," Molly said derisively. "Is this how you like to treat all women?"

"When I'm dealing with a woman, let me know," he answered smartly.

By the time Randy dragged Molly to the stage, Hunter was already making his way out there and they had to jog to catch up and present a united front. Hunter had grabbed a microphone before he went out there and he was pacing the stage a little bit, as if contemplating what to say, although, "Give back Stephanie," would've been the way most people would've started the conversation.

"What the hell do you want?" Hunter asked the people in the ring with Stephanie. "And give us one good reason why we shouldn't come down there and kick your asses."

"I don't think that would be wise," came one of the voices from the ring. "Because we have Stephanie, and you don't."

Suddenly the TitanTron came to life and Vince, Shane and Linda were on the big screen. Everyone in the arena looked up at the screen and saw the very irate Vince McMahon front and center. Not only did he looked pissed, but Shane looked pissed too. He was standing off to one side, his arm around his obviously distraught mother.

"Who the hell do you think you are taking my daughter!" Vince yelled from wherever he was backstage. "You better give her back or else!"

"Or else what?" one of the kidnappers said. "Again, we have Stephanie, you don't."

"Or else security will be on you so fast that you won't know what hit you," Vince said. "So give me my daughter back, and I swear to God, if she is harmed in any way, shape or form, I will hunt you down and kill you like the dogs that you are."

"You'd have to catch us first."

"Don't think I won't," Vince sneered and then was pushed out of the way by Shane.

"Give her back you bastards!" Shane yelled. "We want her back!"

"You'll get her back when we get what we want."

"What the hell do you want!"

"Revenge."

Suddenly the lights went dark again, and nobody could see Stephanie anymore. Then a blood-curdling scream came from the middle of the ring and it was so obviously Stephanie's voice. Hunter yelled into his microphone. "Stephanie, we're coming to get you!"

Hunter blindly made his way down the ramp lit by flashlights coming from somewhere. Randy, Ric, and Dave blindly followed behind him to the ring. They made it there and proceeded to climb in, but they were ambushed suddenly. Randy was grabbed from behind, a hand covering his mouth and he could hear the signs of struggle from elsewhere in the ring, but couldn't see a thing that was going on.

"If you don't move and don't make a sound, everything will be revealed," a raspy voice in his ear said. "Do you agree?"

Randy nodded mutely and the hand was gone from his mouth. He stood there, not knowing what to do, but feeling the presence of the man behind him. He didn't know what was going on, but he didn't hear Hunter's voice anymore, and he couldn't hear anything except the murmur from the crowd. When the lights had gone out, apparently the electricity to the TitanTron had gone out too as there was nothing come from there either, and there was an almost eerie silence.

Then just as suddenly as the lights had gone out, the spotlight came back on, and there was Stephanie again, still bound and gagged in the middle of the ring, the two men still next to her, like guards. But then something happened as Stephanie easily unwrapped the ropes that were tied around her wrists. She pulled the gag off of her mouth and sat there. Randy was shocked, but then realized they were letting her go.

"Who are you?" Stephanie asked, grabbing a microphone that was conveniently handed to her, looking up at the kidnappers. Suddenly the two men pulled off their masks and a shocked gasp came from the crowd as Shane and Vince revealed themselves as the kidnappers.

"What the hell?" Randy asked himself.

Stephanie put the microphone up to her lips. "It's amazing how you can have the technology to record something and then play it back like it was live, don't you think so Daddy?"

"Of course Princess," Vince answered. "I think we have everyone fooled."

"I think so too, turn the lights on monkeys," Stephanie yelled and the lights came on in the arena. There were three people dressed in head-to-toe black. One of them was holding back Hunter, another was holding Ric, and the third one had somehow gotten a hold of Molly. He looked behind him and saw Dave and realized that Dave had been the one to grab him in the ring, but…

"Huh?" Randy said, looking at Dave and he directed Randy's attention back to Stephanie.

"Oh, look, more mystery people. Allow me to reveal their identities."

Stephanie walked up to the person holding Molly and grabbed the mask off of them, revealing Lita, who shook her red hair out and held Molly at bay. Stephanie then went to Ric and grabbed the mask from the person that was holding him, revealing Christian. Then finally she walked to the person holding Hunter and revealed Chris, who got an extra wide smile.

She gazed at Hunter. "Oh Hunter, poor, stupid Hunter. You say that you're the game, but I think that you just got played."

"What's going on?" Randy asked Dave.

"We had a change of plan," he said simply. Randy didn't understand, the plan was different, this wasn't the plan. He was supposed to be in on the plan.

"You see," Stephanie said. "I have a friend named Trish Stratus. Trish went on a date with Randy and after that date, she got attacked by these three members of Evolution. Now, I don't take too kindly to that, and neither does anyone in this ring right now. So we staged my kidnapping in order to get you right where we wanted you, and surprise! It worked."

"You bitch!" Hunter spat, and he was rewarded with a closed fist punch from Chris right in the mouth.

"Oh, it's not just me," Stephanie said. "You see, I only came up with the plan, but look around you Hunter, notice that not all of Evolution is as…shall we say, tied up as you are."

Hunter looked and saw Randy and Dave just standing in one corner and he sneered at them. "What the hell! Help me! I'm your friend!"

Randy went over and Stephanie willingly handed him the microphone. Randy took the opportunity to punch Hunter in the mouth. "Is this how you held Trish huh Hunter? Like Chris is holding you, is that how you held her? Did you get off knowing that you were hurting her!"

"I KNEW IT!" Hunter screamed, "I knew you were into that bitch, attack him Dave."

"Uh uh," Dave said. "I don't think so Hunter. I wasn't a part of your little plan that night, and I'm sure as hell not a part of your plan tonight. Who the hell do you think helped with this?"

"You fucking traitors!" Hunter snarled at them. "The both of you, you're both goddamn traitors. Evolution is forever, you think that skanky whore Trish is going to be good for you, good to you!"

Randy punched Hunter again. "Don't you even dare call my girlfriend a whore. You should be fucking ashamed of yourself!"

Dave took Hunter from Chris, and Chris went over to Stephanie's side. She leaned against him as they watched Dave and Randy beat Hunter into a bloody pulp. Hunter was getting such a beating that he was bleeding from the nose, and they were pretty sure his lip was bleeding now too. Stephanie giggled as Hunter was laid out on the mat. She walked over and grabbed the forgotten microphone and leaned down so she was close to his face.

"Oh, and by the way Hunter, I have some awesome news. Chris Jericho and I are engaged to be married," she said with a giggle and then she walked over to Chris and kissed him soundly. "Now there's someone else we kind of neglected to inform about the plan, so Trish, if you want to come out now."

Trish's music hit up and she walked down the ramp with an incredulous look on her face as she gazed at the occupants in the ring. She had had no idea this was even going down. How they had pulled this off was an achievement in and of itself. She had honestly believed Stephanie to be kidnapped, Chris to be heartbroken, and everything to be ruined, but now she saw that she had been oblivious to everything, and seeing Randy's face earlier, she figured that he too had been in the dark. Randy went over and sat on the rope to let her in and she gave him a soft, but meaningful gaze before getting inside.

Stephanie walked over to where Lita was holding Molly. "Trish, if you want to do the honors."

"Oh, I'd love to," Trish said, and then gave Molly and beautiful roundhouse kick to the face, Lita letting her drop to the mat. Trish grabbed the microphone from Stephanie and turned to the other females in the ring. "Well, now that she's laid out in the ring, I think that it'd be cool if you two did your finishers."

Lita's face lit up and she pulled Molly to the middle of the ring. Then she climbed up on the ropes and did a perfect moonsault onto Molly's body. Trish clapped and then encouraged Stephanie to do a move on her. Not many people even knew that Stephanie was actually now a trained wrestler and she pretended to act coy, but then suddenly ran towards the ropes and flipped upside down, doing a Lionsault, her fiancé's finisher, and she looked just as good as he did. Then Stephanie and Lita started cheering on Trish and pulling up Molly, and Trish obliged and did the Stratusfaction to truly finish off Molly.

"Have you ever seen anything so sexy?" Chris asked Randy as he looked at Stephanie, who was flushed with adrenaline. "Damn."

"Damn is right," Randy said as he looked at Trish. "What are you going to do to Flair?"

"Not our choice," Chris said, pushing Randy towards Trish. "We're not the ones with the beef."

Randy nodded and told Christian to let Ric go. He was just a pawn of Hunter's and Flair scurried out of the ring quickly, not looking back once. Christian went over to Lita and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, giving her a kiss to the temple. Chris was with Stephanie, his arms around her waist as he whispered sweet nothings into her ear. Vince and Shane were near them. Dave was leaning against the ropes in one corner and Trish was all smiles in the middle of the ring.

Randy grabbed the microphone again and looked around. "I have had to keep this a secret for a while now, but I've been dating Trish Stratus and she is the most incredible female that I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. She's truly awesome and I haven't met one person who would disagree, well, there's Molly, but you can see how people who cross Trish end up looking like. I don't want to be one of those people. I love you Trish Stratus."

Trish turned her head sharply towards Randy, eyes wide. "What did you say?"

"I love you Trish."

"I don't know what to say," Trish said, hand over heart.

"You could always say it back," Chris said loudly, then getting an elbow to the gut.

"I love you too," Trish said quietly and that was all Randy needed to hear. He rushed to her and lifted her up in the air and she giggled as he practically swung her around. "Randy, put me down!"

He listened put her down, but only because he wanted to kiss the life of her. He surreptitiously moved them closer and closer to where Hunter was standing and when they finally stopped (not hearing the cheering around them, most of those cheers coming from Lita and Stephanie), Trish found they were standing over Hunter. She looked up at Randy and he winked at her.

"Told you we'd end up kissing over Hunter's prone body."