Months Later
Kara was in the locker room that she shared with Paul, crying. Paul heard what happened and was comforting her. She was with Paul and became Evolution's Princess when Paul, Ric and her decided to form a faction. She couldn't believe that Kevin was leaving. She loved him and she was planning on telling him tonight after she won the women's title from Trish. Paul didn't know what she was planning to tell Kevin. They were planning to have a celebration dinner in honor of her winning the title. Kevin was in his own locker room, packing in his bag. "Paul, I was going to tell him," she cried.
"Tell him what?" he asked as he was hugging her.
"That I love him," she whispered.
Paul tightened his hug, "Tell him now before he leaves."
Kara broke the hug, "What?"
"I walked by his locker room and he was packing his bags. I asked him if he was leaving and he said right after his match," he said.
Kara just looked at Paul and ran out of the locker room and went straight to his locker room, "Kevin?" she knocked There was no answer. "Kevin, open the door?" The door opened and she saw Kevin standing there. "Why are you leaving after your match?"
"It's personal," he simply answered.
"Too personal to tell the person you love?" she asked.
"Yeah," he said.
"Could I come in?" Kevin opened the door wider and moved out of the way for Kara to come in. Kara walked into his locker room. It seemed that he was sharing it with Shawn Michaels. He had come back some time ago and had become fast friends. Kara didn't know what to say now that she was in the locker room alone with him.
"Is there anything you need?"
Kara was silent for a few minutes, contemplating what to say. "I love you," she whispered. She might as well as tell him now, since she didn't know what else to say.
"What did you say? I didn't hear you."
She looked up at him and her voice became stronger, "I love you."
Kevin just stood here, listening to what she just said. "Is that all you have to say?"
Kara's jaw dropped. She was in shock that he had said that. "What do you mean?"
"So you love me. What do you want me to say?"
"Stay with me. I don't understand why you have to leave?"
"I told you."
"You didn't tell me anything. All I heard that it was personal. Obviously, everything we shared since I came here to the WWE, everything has ever become personal between the two of us. Now you're not willing to share with me?"
"You wouldn't understand."
"Try me."
"No, thank you. Could you leave please?"
"Tell me!"
"I just said no," he replied, trying to control his temper.
"I'm not leaving until you tell me!" she said, trying to get him to open up.
Kevin was trying not to blow up. "I really suggest that you leave before I lose my temper."
"Why can't you tell me? You never accepted that from me and I refuse to accept that from you. If you loved me, you'd tell me!"
"LEAVE!" he shouted as he pointed to the door. Kara was in shock because he never used this type of tone with her before and wondered what was going on. For now, she allowed Kevin to win.
"Fine, you win. I'll leave for now. The next time we meet, I won't let you get away. Don't you ever use that tone with me again! Don't ever forget that I finally admitted that I love you, Kevin," she said and left the room. She was upset that he behaved this way. She walked out the door and headed towards Vince's office. She knocked on the door and heard Vince's voice and walked in.
One look at her and he dropped everything, "Kara, what's wrong?"
"Kevin yelled at me," she said.
Vince enveloped her and couldn't help but be upset for how Kevin had her upset. "What did he do?"
"I was in Paul's locker room and he was comforting me. I told Paul that I was ready to tell Kevin that I loved him and Paul encouraged me to do that. I went to Kevin's locker room and was talking to him. He's holding some information from me and I told him that I loved him. He responded back by asking me if that was all I had to say. I said yes and told me to leave. I tried to get him to open up but he didn't and he yelled at me to leave. Vince, what is he not telling me?" Her sobbing was getting worse.
"Honey, calm down. Take deep breathes here," Vince said, holding her tight. There was a knock on the door, "Come in."
Paul and Ric opened the door and saw Kara shaking. "What happened?" Paul asked.
"Kevin yelled at her after she told him that she loved him and didn't tell her what was going on," Vince explained. Once Kara had calmed down, Vince said, "Honey, let me tell you why Kevin's reacting this way, his contract's coming up and the company offered him another job opportunity and I highly doubt that he will."
"Why not?" she asked.
"I think it's because he knows that he won't be around you anymore," Vince said. "But there can be other reasons as to why."
"He's not going to tell me," Kara said.
"Kara, this is obviously the wrong time to ask you but you feel up to going out there tonight with Ric and me?"
Kara thought about it for a minute, "I'll go, just give me a minute." She walked out of the office and went straight to the makeup area to get refreshed. Once she was done, she went to the gorilla position and found Paul and Ric there, all ready. Ric embraced her like any father would do when he sees his daughter heartbroken. Paul smiled at her and acted goofy. "Paul, stop," she said, with a slight smile on her face.
"What are you talking about? I'm not doing anything," he replied, acting innocent.
"Yes you do," she said, finally smiling.
"There's that smile that I wanted to see," he replied. Bruce Prichard gave them the sign that signaled for all three of them to make their entrance. Paul went out first then Kara and finally Ric. The crowd cheered for them, or more like half of them cheered and the other half booed, but that doesn't change the fact that they had a reaction from the crowd and all three of them thrived on it. Paul got the microphone and waited for the crowd to calm down. "As you all know who we are, I'm still going to introduce us anyway. I suggest that you all bow down to WWE's top faction. For it's the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, the Princess, Kara and the one and only WWE's champ, Triple H and we are Evolution," Paul said and all three of them did their pose as Evolution. "Let me explain as to why we're out here for a few reasons. One is being that we are looking for a couple of guys to join our faction. Naturally the three of us has different reasons but we finally had come to a unanimous decision to include two guys. But before I introduce them, Kara has an announcement of her own," Paul said and handing the microphone to Kara. Kara gladly took it.
"Thanks, Hunter. Just like Hunter said that we're out here for a few reasons. One is being because we're expanding our group. The second is being that with the help of Ric and Hunter, we have agreed to start bringing in the gold. So naturally the first step is me becoming the Women's Champ. I'll be facing Trish later on, so Trish, get ready for a beating!" she growled out before handing the microphone to Ric.
"I am proud to announce that I will be going against the current IC champion and leave as the IC champion. But not only will I leave as champion, I will leave him in a bloody pulp! Whoooooo!" Ric said.
"As for the two new members of our group, you will just have to wait who it will be after the tag team match tonight," Hunter replied and all three of them left the ring.
When they got backstage, Kevin was there. Kara stiffened but refused to back down from him. "Kara…"
"No," Kara cut him off. "Don't bother talking to me. You no longer have the right to speak with me after what had happened in your locker room," she said and left. She knew that if she had heard what he had to say, she'll forgive him instantly.
"What just happened?" Kevin asked, dumbfounded.
"Good question. Why don't you tell us?" Ric asked and left.
"What's up his ass?" Kevin asked and laughed.
"It's you. Obviously, you're not smart in that way to figure it out," Paul replied and left. Kevin stood there, confused and looked around and everyone else was equally confused.
With all of them in the locker room, Kara was distracted that she didn't pay any attention to Ric calling her.
Kara screamed a little bit, "Oh, Ric, you scared me."
"I'm sorry but you were distracted. I've been calling you for the last 5 minutes," he explained.
"Sorry," she replied.
"Your match is coming up in 10 minutes," he said. Kara nodded and adjusted her wrestling gear and headed towards the gorilla position with Ric.
Both Kara and Ric went out once they got their cue. "The following contest is scheduled for one fall, introducing the challenger from Los Angeles, California, being accompanied by the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, the Evolution Princess, Kara," Lillian announced. Both Kara and Ric did their poses.
Trish's music came on, "Introducing next, from Toronto, Ontario Canada, WWE's current Women's Champion, Trish Stratus," Lillian said and left the ring. Mike Chioda was the referee for the match. The match went underway. Trish at first had dominated the match and not allowing Kara to recover. At one point in the match, Kara was sitting on top of one of the ring post and Trish saw this opportunity to do a handstand on the bottom rope and grab Kara's head with her legs. Kara immediately blocked her legs and grabbed it and jumped off from the ring post and landed on top of Trish. Trish was writhing in pain. Kara fell down after that, trying to collect her strength. Slowly but surely both women were getting up and started to punch each other. Kara started blocking Trish's punching and started beating on her. Kara immediately leaped unto Trish and both fell on the canvas as Kara continued to punch her. She stopped as soon as she heard Chioda count up to 5. Kara kicked Trish in the stomach and went to one of the ring post and climbed to the top and waited for Trish to stand up. Once Trish was facing Kara, she hit a Hurricanrana on her and covered her. Trish kicked out of 2 and a half. Ric was enraged. It was time for Ric to distract the referee and for Batista to come down the ring and get Trish knocked out for Kara to cover Trish for the win. Once Ric had climbed down the apron, Chioda saw Kara covering Trish and counted to 3. "And the winner and the new Women's Champion, Evolution's Princess, Kara!" There was mixed reactions coming from the crowd as Ric had gotten the title belt and handed it to Kara once he was near. They both looked up to see Batista in the ring with them. Then Ric and Kara smiled. Both Ric and Batista rose Kara's hands into victory. All three of them went backstage and were greeted by Paul. Paul looked at Kara and smiled. He knew what was going through her mind.
"So, how you feeling, pretty lady?" Paul asked.
Kara slowly looked up to Paul with tears in her eyes. She was going through mixed emotions. Paul immediately pulled her into his arms and she broke down. "Let it out, honey."
Batista looked at Ric, "What happened?"
"We'll explain in the locker room," Ric said as he motioned for Paul to carry her into the locker room. All four of them went towards it. Once they were inside and knew for sure they wouldn't be interrupted for some time, Ric motioned for Batista to sit down. Kara was sitting next to Paul on the couch as both Ric and Batista were across from them and across from each other. "I'm not sure if you heard about Kara and Kevin dating and how much you are aware of it."
"Yeah, I heard a bit, but I don't know anything that has happened in depth of their relationship," Batista explained.
"Before you explain, Ric, maybe we should talk about this with Randy too. I mean they both deserve to hear it at the same time," Kara suggested.
"You're right. Besides, Randy is supposed to be helping me with the IC match anyway and Hunter needs to get ready for the main event tonight. We're probably going to be interrupted a few times during the discussion. Plus, it isn't the appropriate place to have this conversation," Ric said. Right after Ric had finished there was a knock on the door. "Come in."
"Ric, half an hour till your match," a stagehand said.
"Thanks," Ric replied. "Better get changed." With that said, Ric went to get ready for his match. Kara sat there for awhile, waiting for Ric to finish using the bathroom. Once she saw that he was finished, she picked up her gym bag and went inside. She knew that Paul's match wouldn't be for another hour and a half, so she had some time alone in the bathroom. Paul looked upon her as she went inside the bathroom, pretty much locking herself up there until he had to use it.
"What's going on?" Batista even became more confused.
"Here's the ultimate short story," Paul said as he began to tell him what made her this way. "She's in love Kevin Nash and what's going on is that his contract is coming up and he decides that after that, it's over. We're all planning to go out to celebrate tonight in honor of Kara winning her first title match and Kevin was supposed to be with us tonight but for some selfish reason, he's going to up and leave after his match tonight. So his actions are affecting Kara big time."
"Damn," he replied.
"Paul," they heard a voice. Both of them looked over towards the bathroom door and saw Kara on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Paul ran over to Kara and held onto her. "He doesn't love me," was her only reply as he brought Kara to the couch.
"Honey, he loves you. He's just too blind to see that," he replied, soothing her.
"Want me to beat him up for you?" Batista finally replied after being quiet for some time.
Kara smiled a bit, "No."
"You sure?"
"Yeah," she replied.
"I can beat him up for you," he replied.
"We can make that a 2-1 handicap match," Paul chiming in.
"No, don't," she frowned. "Besides, it wouldn't even up the pain I feel inside." Both Paul and Batista looked at each other and came to an agreement to make sure that Kevin suffers somehow. Ric came back from his match with the IC title. He has just happy to have it and able to introduce Randy. When he saw Kara, he knew immediately that she was still emotionally fragile with what's been happening with Kevin. Paul went to get changed and warm up before his match. When Paul came out of the bathroom, Kara said, "Paul?"
"Yes, sweetie?"
"Could I walk you out to your match?"
"You sure about that?"
"Yeah. It would look good for the future WWE champ to be accompanied by the women's champ," she said with a small smile.
"That sounds like a good idea. How about all of you come with Kara? That way it allows the fans to see Evolution together?" Paul asked.
"That's a damn good idea," Ric chimed in and everyone else nodded.
"I know… I am that damn good," Paul said, cockily.
Kara scoffed, "Yeah, right."
"I'm hurt," Paul said, covering his heart.
"As if," she said. "Going to get my makeup done," she said and left the room.
"Ric, we got to do something about Kara and Kevin," Paul said.
"I know," he replied.
"Batista and I made a mutual agreement to be in a 2-on-1 handicap match. How about you and Randy team up with us and make it a 4-on-1 handicap and really show Kevin how much he's making Kara suffer?" Paul asked.
"Let's do it," he said. "Let me pass that idea to Vince but let's keep it from Kara. I'm assuming that Kara doesn't know about this, right?"
"Yeah," he simply replied.
"We'll keep it on the quiet side and then on the last ppv or on the last Raw show that Kevin appears on, we'll do that," Ric explained. Paul and the other two nodded in agreement. It was about 15 minutes till Paul's match and all the guys were worried as to where Kara was. They just hoped that they would find her somewhere in the hallways before going to the gorilla position. They passed the makeup area and she wasn't there. "Jennifer, was Kara here recently?"
"She left here about 5 minutes ago, saying something about getting something to drink from the main catering area before going to the gorilla position," she said as she went back to work on another superstar.
"Thanks," he replied and left with the guys to the gorilla position. When they got there, they saw Kara sitting by Bruce, looking more glum than normal. "Kara, what's the matter?"
Kara looked up at Ric and was nearly in tears, "Kevin just spoke to me…"
"What did he say?" Paul asked.
"Tonight was his last night. He's no longer an employee here and he told me that he didn't want a relationship with me anymore. He said that he doesn't care about me and doesn't love me anymore," she said.
"Sweetheart, I'm so sorry," Ric said, gathering her in his arms. "Let's just get through with this match and then afterwards, we can do something together." Kara nodded. They all got up and waited for their cue from Bruce. When it was time, they all went out to Paul's music. They haven't come up with a music theme for Evolution yet.
"The following contest is for one fall, being accompanied by the Intercontinental Champion, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, the WWE's women's champion, Evolution's Princess, Kara, Batista and Randy Orton, from Connecticut, Triple H. All five of them went inside the ring and posed for the fans. The Paul's opponent came out and they went at it. In the end, Hunter had won the match and the belt. Every member of Evolution was in the ring, celebrating and having fun. Then they left the ring to get ready for a long night.
Once they were in Evolution's locker room and allowed Paul to shower and change. Kara and the rest of the guys just basically packed up any last minute stuff. Kara went out of her way to pack up Paul's things and get everything situated without problems. Once Paul was finished and saw that Kara was packing his things for him, he grabbed this opportunity to try and make her laugh. He slowly and quietly walked behind her and tickled her. Kara squealed and tried to get out of his grasp but he wouldn't let go. The more he tickled her, the more she was laughing and giggling. The guys were just watching and Ric was relieved to finally see her laughing, even if it was for a short time. "Paul…" she said, trying to catch her breathe. Paul stopped tickling her and pulled her arms around his neck and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her up into a brotherly hug.
"I love you, ok?" he asked. "Don't ever forget that I love you."
"I love you, too," she replied. "Thank you," she said as they broke off the hug.
"For you, anytime," he said. "Let's get out of here and celebrate."
Everyone nodded in agreement, gathered their things and headed off to celebrate. Tonight was a night that was about them and for Kara. Kevin was the last thing on her mind that night.