The Heartbroken Route to Hell
Summary: After a mysterious caller reveals a long kept secret, Vince will make his feud with Shawn personal. As Shawn travels the Highway to Hell, his daughter will climb the ladder of success and enter a controversial relationship all the while discovering the Heartbroken Route to Hell.
Chapter Two: Promotion of a lifetime
As a little girl, Kendra dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler and managing her father. Unfortunately, half of that dream ended when she was sixteen because her father received, what should have been, a career ending back injury. His back needed to be surgically repaired and several doctors predicted that he would never be able to wrestle again thus he was forced to retire. However, he would miraculously return to the squared circle four years later.
At the age of seventeen, Kendra started to train hard under her father's guidance at his wrestling school. She refused to be given special treatment from her father, or any other trainer. Yet, she had to train twice as hard and fast to receive approval from her father's best friend, Paul Levesque who routinely was a special guest trainer at the school.
At the age of eighteen she had a very brief stint with the WCW Nitro Girls before debuting in a independent organization stationed in Missouri. In June of 2001, a WWE agent, under the suggestion of her hardest trainer to please, scouted one of her matches and offered her a developmental contract.
By the time she was legally old enough to drink and purchase alcohol in Kentucky, she had been OVW Women's Champion, OVW Lady of the Year, engaged, and impregnated. Within one year's time her engagement had crumbled, she had damaged her relationship with her father, inadvertently ended two marriages, and gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Michaela Lynn, affectionately called Kayleigh.
She stopped actively wrestling in early 2003 due to her pregnancy. Before taking her maternity leave, she worked as an administrative assistant to Jim Cornette. After returning from her maternity leave in January 2004, Kendra became the OVW Ladies trainer replacing Lisa Moretti a.k.a Ivory.
Louisville, Kentucky
Kendra's Condo
Living Area
Friday
January 13th, 2006
Without checking the caller id, Kendra automatically answered her home telephone. "Hello."
She made a point on making her number unlisted a couple of years ago. Only her family had her home phone number other than a select few. Everyone that should need to contact her had her cell number.
"Hey, Heartbreaker. It's Paul." She heard him reply. Paul was obviously one of the select few. She had, originally, received the nickname Heartbreaker at the age of six from Roddy Piper. Evidently, she turned down a kiss from an eight year old Randy Orton while he visited his father and she both her parents. However, Paul started calling her Heartbreaker when she was fifteen as a play on Shawn's stage name and her reputation with boys.
"Not to be rude but what do you want from me?" She bluntly asked as she flopped down on the white sofa.
Even though her father and Paul were no longer the best of friends, she still kept in contact with him. At times, she felt guilty and responsible for breaking up their close knit friendship.
Her conversations with Paul had become rare and far in between because of their busy schedules. She liked it that way though; she did not need the WWE roster knowing about her sordid past with one of their own.
"I'm hurt. A fan can't call their favorite WWE Diva anymore without them assuming they want something." He acted mortally wounded. She rolled her eyes for she could just picture him placing a hand over his heart and acting as if he were dying.
"What did you just say?" Kendra asked caught of guard not fully comprehending what he had meant.
"You heard me. You. Are. My. Favorite. Diva." He repeated. He silently counted down the seconds.
"DIVA!" She jumped up and squealed in understanding and excitement. Now standing on the sofa, holding the phone slightly in the air, she brought the phone to her ear and again asked, barely containing her excitement "What?
"I'm getting tired of repeating myself, Kendra." he stated seconds before she heard a dead dial tone.
"Paul? Paul? Damn him." She pressed talk rather aggressively on the cordless. As she threw the cordless phone down on to an arm chair beside the sofa, she heard someone chuckling at her juvenile antic. She jumped down from the sofa in shock, she had not heard the door open.
"You should never keep the door unlocked, some maniac could walk in." She looked toward the door but she had already known who the intruder was.
A maniac just did.
"Paul, what did you mean by WWE Diva?" She asked.
Her facial expression reminded Paul of when she had found out that she was going to have a baby girl.
"What it sounded like. You are my favorite WWE Diva." He shrugged before closing the door as if it were common knowledge.
"I've been promoted?" She asked skeptical.
"You've been promoted to the big leagues, Heartbreaker. As of tomorrow morning, you will be The Heartbreaker Kendra Michaels, the newest WWE RAW Diva." He stated as he observed his surroundings and the young woman in front of him. He crossed his arms and observed her more throughly.
"Why tomorrow morning?" Her brow furrowed in confusion.
"You have to sign this." He reached inside his leather jacket and pulled out a rolled up two year contract. She moved to take the contract but he raised it above his head and out of her reach. "No, this is going to cost you." He stated before walking over to the sofa and sitting down.
He smoothed the contract out onto the glass coffee table.
"I knew there was a catch." She muttered following him to the sofa and sat down beside him
"You hurt me, and yes there is a catch."
"What is it?" She asked almost afraid of what it was.
"You are to be my manager, valet, whichever you prefer, some of the girls get offended being called a valet, anyway, still want to be a Diva?"
"I want to be a female competitor or wrestler for the WWE, but I'll have to settle with Diva" She dramatically sighed in defeat.
"Please do not start that again." Paul pleaded.
He remembered her conversation with Amy Dumas on how the label Diva was degrading to a female wrestler when the girls were first dubbed Divas. Amy had wholeheartedly agreed but Terri Runnels had disagreed.
"Okay, I won't start again because you've already heard it plus I'll have to deal with it on a daily basis now so I'll have to learn to deal with it."
"So you accept?"
"There's another catch, isn't there? I can feel it."
"As you know, Vince has been giving Shawn a hard time." He did not deny the other catch. He was delaying informing her what it was.
"Yes." She cautiously answered.
"At the Rumble, their feud will escalate and will keep on escalating. Eventually, there will be two stables formed. One for Vince, and one for Shawn. I have no clue who will be in Shawn's but Vince, myself, you and another person will be in Vince's. It won't be made public that you and I are in Vince's stable until a later date." He informed her. He was slightly worried that she would not accept the contract now that she knew what was expected of her.
She had always been sickening loyal and honest to Shawn but he had always been a rare exception.
"So in other words, I'll be my father's enemy." She insightfully stated.
"Exactly, you know how serious Shawn and myself are with storylines, we want to keep kayfabe."
"He'll get over it, eventually. This is what I've always wanted. He has always told me to follow my dreams and heart. This is my chance. Can I see the contract?" He placed the contract down in front of her on the glass coffee table. She carefully read it over.
He stopped her just as she was about to sign her John Hancock.
"You sure this is what you want? Once you sign the dotted line, there's no going back. Do you want to call Shawn first and talk about it with him? I won't tell Vince that you gave Shawn the heads up. Vince wants your signing a secret until the Rumble but---." Kendra interrupted him. Rejecting the out that he had given her.
"Paul, I'm sure. I want to do this. I need this. Ever since I can remember I've wanted to be a wrestler for the WWE. This could be my only chance, and I'm taking it. I'll let dad know that I've accepted a contract, but I won't tell him about the storyline or my alliance with you. He knows that I still talk to you but I think he turns a blind eye to our friendship."
She signed her name; Kendra Grace Martellani Hikkenbothom. He then signed as a witness. He stood up and she mimicked him.
"Heartbreaker, welcome to the WWE." He extended his right hand, she ignored the gesture and ecstatically wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Thank you so much." She gave him a quick innocent peck on the lips.
"Why are you thanking me?" He looked down at her slightly bewildered. He had only been the go-between between her and Vince.
"I know you had something to do with it, Paul." She gently pushed him with her index finger
"Please, I've been with OVW for a little over four years. The two WWE's agents that know who I am keep looking over me because of my parents. The others look over me because I'm a little over aggressive in the ring."
"A little?" He gave her a disbelieving look "I've been in the ring with you, remember, I helped train you, you are one of the most aggressive women I've ever encountered." She unwrapped her arms from his neck and took a step back.
"When do I start? Where will I need to go? Who will I need to meet with?" She started questioning him. He chuckled at her eagerness.
"I'm not exactly sure when you debut but it should be within the next week or two. Vince was going to call you and set up a meeting for Sunday before the Rumble for you to sign then. But I persuaded him to let me call you and meet with you tomorrow."
"So he doesn't know you had the attention on signing me tonight?" She asked skeptical.
"It doesn't matter. He had every attention on signing you before the Rumble."
"Why?" She narrowed her eyes in question and wonder.
"Not my place to say. You'll find out everything you'll need to know at the meeting tomorrow afternoon. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning at eight. Our plane leaves at ten. Be packed and ready. The Rumble is in Miami. There's a Diva photo shoot Sunday morning but I'm not sure if you're going to participate in it or not. RAW is in Orlando." He informed her.
"Thank you, Paul. I'll be ready" They walked to the door. She gave him another hug.
"Sweet Dreams, Heartbreaker." He kissed her on the forehead. "Don't let me bite too hard, okay?"
"I thought it was suppose to be 'Don't let the bed bugs bite'.?" She raised a trimmed raven colored arched eyebrow.
"Wouldn't you rather have me bite you than bed bugs?" He asked a bit amused. He crossed his arms.
"I wouldn't know nor would I pick because I haven't been bitten and I'm not planning on it either." She replied not playing along.
"What you say and what you want are two different things." He paused and looked at her before telling her good night. "Good night, Heartbreaker." He turned and walked out the door. He paused just outside the threshold "Kendra."
"Yes."
"You have been bitten by me before."
"I know." She whispered as she silently refused to look at him.
"Tell Kayleigh that I love her." His voice cracked at the mention of the little girl.
"I will." She replied daring to glance at his retreating back.
He continued down the hall to the elevator. She closed the door and locked it before going to her bedroom.
She glanced at her wristwatch and saw that it was 7:30 P.M.
She walked shakily upstairs to her bedroom and started to pack. She packed a few days worth of outfits and accessories, her cosmetic bag and a couple pairs of shoes. She packed her wrestling gear in her gym bag and placed it and her luggage beside the bedroom door before picking up her cell phone from the bedside table.
She tried calling her dad but got his voice mail.
Without taking a breath she left him a overly cherry message. "Howdy, daddy. I love you. I really need to talk to you. It isn't an emergency or anything, though. So, don't worry. I've been offered a job offer that I couldn't refuse but I don't think I should have taken it. It's to late to back out now but I really need to talk to you. I love you, looking forward to seeing you and Lisa in Miami."
After calling her father she called her best friend Kaycalen but got her answering machine.
Kaycalen had trained with her at her father's wrestling school but decided that wrestling was not a realistic enough career for her. She was currently a photographer for the San Antonio Sun. As well as a freelance journalist on her own time.
"Kayc, you better call me when you get this message. Love ya, Kendra."
She pressed the talk button twice and dialed her father's home number. His wife, Reba, answered and the two women chit chatted for a few minutes and then talked to Kayleigh. Kendra got the impression that she had interrupted something but shrugged the feeling off.
After the awkward phone call to Reba, she called Danny Davis to inform him of her signing and give him, her notice. Oddly, he had told her not to worry about her notice because Vince had already taken care of it. He also informed her that tonight had been her last night as OVW Ladies Trainer. Nora Greenwald formerly known as Molly Holly would be her replacement.
That information made her feel uneasy until the thought and euphoria of becoming a WWE Diva made her forget.
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