CHAPTER 26: Final encounter……I accept

Well here it is enjoy!!

FRIDAY NIGHT

All I could think about was going down to the ring and address what happened last week, I mean we were robbed of our tag team titles ands all thanks to the psycho freak Deranged who decided to get involved In our match and what he did was legal as the contest was No DQ I guess he found his opening and decided to try and get the last word in on me.

LATER ON

My entrance hit and the crowd acknowledged me and I gave them a wave and stepped into the ring and asked for a mic.

"I know what you're all thinking right now, am I about to ask for another chance at the tag team titles, well I would but I just found out me and my missing partner cannot have one due to a loophole the current GM of Smackdown! Signed, so I guess another chance is out of the question. Which brings me to my next point, you Deranged, even after the Royal Rumble and even after No Way Out you still want to continue this war with me, we have fought, destroyed and bled all over the world and yet it's been five years and after I did beat you at No Way Out you still wanna go? Well guess what I'm right here so get out here I wanna talk with you man to monster;" I demanded.

The crowd was waiting in anticipation for him until the lights wet out and blasted his entrance and the lights came back on and he just appeared in the ring right in front of me just staring down at me.

"Good now I wanna say, this has gone on long enough and we need to finish this once and for all, so what I am proposing is that we face off one more time, Final Encounter, in a match where we are not restricted to the ring, where we can go wherever we want and beat each other senseless …..I'm saying you, me, Wrestlemania 24 in a Falls Count Anywhere match, what do you say?!" I asked.

He grabbed the mic off of me and took it to his mouth.

"Final Encounter…..I accept!!" he shouted.

I just looked at him and smiled.

"Good, but that doesn't mean we have to wait until Wrestlemania to fight!!" I said and I just went right for him and began assaulting him.

But nothing was seeming to have any effect, he just threw me off of and just went right for me but I used the ropes to throw him to the outside and he went crashing to the floor I went out to the announce desk and grab a chair, folded it up and nailed him right between the eyes but no prevail, I hit him again, nothing and again still nothing but as I went for him he grabbed me into a bear hug and rammed me back first into the ringpost sending me down and he was gonna crush me into it again when I sidestepped him and he hit his head which momentarily stunned him and I grabbed the chair and hit him with repeated shots to his back but before I could do more security came out and separated us I was forced to leave the arena and Deranged disappeared as always, I don't know what I was thinking but I just wanted to end this feud.

MONDAY NIGHT

It was Wrestlemania rewind night I of course did not have any matches but I was on hand to watch the entire action and drama unfold. I also was on the task of locating my missing partner and try to get an answer out of why didn't he return any of my calls.

However luckily I was able to find him and he was just sitting down watching the night go by.

"Balls man, where have you been? I have been trying to reach you all week, I heard that you stormed out of the arena pretty pissed off." I asked.

"Look dude, how would you feel if you lost the only bit of gold you may ever have in this company? We lost our gold, all because of some psychotic monster who seems to have an obsession over you." he aggressively said.

"Well I guess I would feel the same way, but I have been feeling bad that I let you and myself down and after letting him get the drop on me like that then letting him screw us out of those titles and our beloved GM won't give us a rematch because..well..she hates me and I guess it's how those two nimrods can keep the belts for a while. What I really wanna say is I'm sorry that I let us down, I hope you can forgive me?" I asked.

He looked at me and just gave a toothless grin.

"Apology accepted and anyway don't beat yourself up about it ok? I was pissed off about losing the titles and not getting a rematch but I think you should focus on your match at Wrestlemania , you wanna finish what was started between you two years ago, and on the grandest stage of them all, you have the chance to end it." he said.

"You said it, this has to be settled, even if it kills me!!" I stated.

"Whatever you say man, anyway I gotta go I have training to do, the 24 man Battle Royal at Wrestlemania for the number one contender spot for the ECW championship is up for grabs and I wanna get ready for it." he said.

"Okay man good luck hope you win it cause my chances are worse than yours for this Sunday." I said.

He just laughed and went off, I was glad that we were still friends but I guess every partnership has to end at some point.

LATER ON

I was looking for Ashley as she did tell me to come and find her around after the show, well even though she is a bit busy now, moving into a new apartment, her match at Wrestlemania I mean she may not have time to hang out but hey it's the WWE anything can happen.

"There you are! I've been looking for you we're all waiting for you, what were you doing all this time?" Ash asked.

"Sorry bout that I went to find my partner and clear the air with him, it's all ok now but I guess our partnership has ended, but hey who knows someday a reunion may happen." I said.

"Yeah I guess anyway let's go then!" she said.

And without hesitation we went I was a bit excited because I would meet more of the Raw locker room.

We found everyone waiting and they were a little peeved but I guess it was ok.

We headed down to this club and found a table for us all to just talk and I was mostly introducing myself to them.

"Hey Xander, we heard about you're match with the psycho freak himself at Wrestlemania, but I gotta be honest man, falls count anywhere you must be out of your mind to face him in that kind of match, well I've been in that match and let me tell you it was no walk in the park, I was beaten and battered and it took a lot out of me but I asked myself, was the risk worth it?" Jeff said.

"I'll tell you Jeff my answer would be, yes it will be worth it, because you all don't know what he has put me through in my career and this has been five years now and after last week costing me and Balls our tag team titles he pushed me this time, and I want to end this, no matter the consequences." I said.

"Well man I guess I ain't the only risk taker in the WWE now but alli got to say for you is good luck." he said.

"Yeah Xander you're gonna need every bit of it and..oh here's Maria you can tell her what told me last week." Ash said.

I was a little excited to meet Maria I mean..well..as Ron Simmons would say DAMN!! That girl is smoking hot, and the cover girl for playboy, any guy would kill for her. As she approached a certain Italian made his presence known, I saw him go up to her and I really hated this guy so I just went up to them and defended her.

"Who are yous?" Santino asked.

"Well I guess you do not watch Smackdown! Every Friday nights so I'll guess I'll introduce myself to you all, my name is Xander Cage, and this must be the very beautiful Maria." I said and raised her hand up so I could kiss it which made her giggle and I think she blushed a little.

"And I guess that must make you the proclaimed Milan Miracle, Santino Marella, well for a guy who won the Intercontinental title by a fluke you really don't take rejection very well." I said.

"How dare yous, insult my title win and how dare yous come over here and attempt to serenade my Maria." he said.

"Dude she ain't yours anymore, in fact she never was owned by you, and if I was gonna do that thing you said I would have brought my guitar and jammed a couple of tunes, but I don't wanna go that far, so why don't you be a gentleman and leave the lady alone before it get's physical." I said.

"Do not make me laugh, what can yous do to me?" he taunted.

"Well this", I used a bit of power and BAM right in the kisser, he went down and out.

"Wow you knocked him out!!" Maria said.

"Look I don't like it when guys start acting like jerks towards women and any friends of Ashley's are friends of mine, I don't like to see my friends get hurt." I said.

"Well thank you, Xander I can't believe you stood up for me against him." she said.

"Hey it's what I do, anyway let's get back to the others." I said.

We went back and they were shocked at what I did just then and we saw the security escort a woozy but conscious Santino out of the building, we all talked and had a few laughs that night, but I guess more things were to come.

FRIDAY NIGHT

I arrived at the arena and I had no match at all but I did want to see the main event, the 2 on 3 steel cage match which featured the three men I hate and two of my other idols Shawn Michaels and the Nature Boy, Ric Flair. I was absolutely psyched to see them and was hoping to get to talk to them before hand. But I was too late so they were already making their way out to the ring as they were in the ring they were greeted by their opponents the world and tag team champions, but the GM decided to make it 4 on 2 with Deranged?!

Ok that's it!! now I have to get involved, I can't let them do this to them both.

I ran from the back and into the crowd where I then proceeded to get over the barriers and into the ring by scaling the cage, Deranged saw me and went wild, as I was perched on the top I dove off of there with a flying cross body to all 3 of the Edge alliance and I went to untie Shawn and help Ric up and we saw the numbers improved a little so I decided I would take as Shawn put it the big scary dude and they could handle the other three. I went right for Deranged and we just exchanged blow for blow and I was getting over powered but as he ran into me for a clothesline I ducked with the split-legged and he hit both Edgeheads and I rose up and nailed him with a kick which sent him into Shawn who nailed Sweet Chin Music, then into Flair who nailed a low blow which enabled me to hit Rage in the Cage. The world champion was all alone and we just went right for him and he was getting pounded by us three with a punch for punch shots from us, he was staggered but out of nowhere Chavo came into the match and nailed Shawn from behind, followed by Ryder and Hawkins on flair and Deranged on me, it was now 5 on 3 and it was looking bleak for us until DONG!! The lights went out and were back on only to show the phenom himself, standing in front of Edge and gripping him by the throat but his followers made the save and distracted the deadman leaving the champ to escape and win the match, we were all still fighting but the lights went out, Deranged was gone and his head was seen sinking into the depths of the building behind the announce desk.

LATER ON

"Hey kid listen we wanna thank you for coming out there and lending us a hand, we know you and the champ do not see eye to eye and that big scary dude, well I gotta say you have you're hands full at Wrestlemania." Shawn said.

"Yeah I guess my mouth is what got me into my predicament and anyway I did it not just for a chance at getting back at those guys but to help you two out, and team with you as well, I mean…I just teamed with HBK, The Showstopper and the greatest wrestler arrived today The Nature Boy Ric Flair, I mean you guys are my reasons for wrestling today and it was the greatest honour to fight with you tonight." I said.

"Kid I've seen a lot of young guys say the same thing over and over but, the dedication and effort that all of you give is what makes us happy, to see that all that us legends built is still alive today and I see some of that In you, you have the potential, the skills and heart to be one of the greats." Ric said.

"You really think so? I mean it is an honour to hear it from you and I hope someday I can be up there with legends like you two." I said.

It was a great chapter in my career that two legends of this business just told me that I could become a legend, but I had to worry about Deranged he was more focused than ever to annihilate me at Wrestlemania, after all it is final encounter.

He just keeps on rollin, Reviews please!! (Deranged is owned by Xwave7000)