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Wassup? Welcome back once again. Coming up: Jason returns to Smackdown, what will happen between him and John? Will he make amends with Mara? And will the rest of the roster welcome him back? Let's find out!
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Brotherly Hate-Chapter Fifty Seven-Welcome Back!
"Well kid" smirked Shawn. "Welcome home".
Welcome home indeed, despite the fact it had only been a month since he had left Smackdown felt like a whole new world to Jason, not that he'd seen much, as soon as they'd arrived Shawn had smuggled the teen in through the back of the arena and into his locker room without anyone seeing. That was phase one, the rest of the night included, seeing the GM Teddy Long, apologising to half the locker room, reconciling with his girlfriend and, most important, confront a certain brother of his. Since Sunday night Jason had been thinking about nothing else but meeting his brother face-to-face, something told him that when it happened there wouldn't be much talking, in fact he'd seen a poster advertising Smackdown at the airport that featured John, the mere sight of that had made his blood boil, he was really looking forward to getting his hands on him. But first…
"Right, remember what we gotta do tonight".
"Gotcha, I'll go get the guys and talk to them for you, then you apologise and we'll work from there, plus we find Teddy and see if he WANTS you back, although I'm pretty sure he does, and we take care of your brother".
"Do we have an opening for that?"
"Yeah, knowing him he's gonna go out and brag about beating me, I'll go out and interrupt him then you can come do whatever".
"Sounds like a plan, all we gotta do is follow it, just do me one favour".
"What?"
"If I start going too crazy try and stop me, OK?"
"Sure, though I'd rather be well away from you if you do lose it".
Jason laughed. "Look, normally I'd want to settle this as soon as I can, but I've got plans for that backstabbing…"
"Plans that involve a certain spectacle in Chicago coming up?" Asked Shawn, cutting off the profanities that he guessed were coming.
"You read my mind, then again if Teddy doesn't let me come back he better have some damn good security".
Before Shawn could reply there was a knock on the door, he and Jason went silent.
"Shawn? Are you in here?" It was Mara, Jason ducked into the shower as Shawn opened the door.
"Hey there! How you doing?"
"I'm fine, who were you talking to just then?"
"What? Oh… I was on the phone to… Kevin".
"Kevin?"
"Yeah… Kevin Nash, I had it on speaker cause I was getting my gear out of my bag" he pointed over to the corner, sighing inwardly with relief when he saw that Jason had been smart enough to take his bag into the shower with him. "So, what's up?"
"I came to ask if you were competing tonight".
"Probably not, I brought my gear just in case".
"OK, cause I was going to ask Teddy to give me a match tonight, seeing as Jason's heading to ECW I figured I might as well wrestle as well as manage you since you don't compete as much as he does. How is he?"
"As good as ever, cheering up a little though".
"That's good, tell him I asked about him".
"I'll make sure he gets the message".
"Thanks, oh and one more thing, I'm staying at the same hotel as you, any chance of a lift to the airport tomorrow?"
"Need you ask?"
"Thanks again, see you later".
"Bye" called Shawn closing the door, Jason came out of the shower behind him. "You really do need to talk to her".
"I know".
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The rest of the night went pretty much the same way, Jason ducking into the shower whenever someone came to talk to Shawn, no-one managed to figure out he was there so so far the plan was going well, Shawn had been asking most of the guys talking to him to come to a 'meeting' later on in the night, something Jason wasn't feeling too good about. Mara had gotten her match, she was facing Jillian Hall, one of the few girls on Smackdown who could wrestle, Jason watched it from bell to bell smiling when Mara emerged victorious with, of all things, an F-U, just as the match finished there was another knock on the door, Jason dived into the shower while Shawn greeted whoever it was.
"Hey Teddy, good to see ya".
"Good to see you too playa, what did ya need to speak to me about?"
"Actually I'm not the one who wants to speak to you…"
"It's me" said Jason, stepping out of the shower, Teddy looked as though he'd seen a ghost but collected himself quickly.
"You? What the hell are you doing here? The last I heard you were jumping to ECW!"
"Yeah well… I need a favour".
"Why should I grant you anything?"
"Because if you do then you have my word that I won't jump to ECW, in fact I won't go anywhere unless I'm traded or you end my contract".
Teddy thought this over. "Alright, what is this favour?"
"I need you to make a match".
"I see, what would that match be?"
"I want my so-called brother, in the ring at Wrestlemania!"
"OK, I make this match and you go nowhere?"
"Right, although I have to go to ECW on Tuesday to tell Heyman that I ain't joining".
"Fair enough playa, I'll have the paperwork done and at Wrestlemania it will be the battle of the Cena's, Jason and John, one-on-one. Shall I tell him?"
"No, I think I'd like to be the one to break it too him, if that's alright with you".
"So long as ya don't go too crazy".
"Crazy? Me? What are talking about?"
Teddy laughed. "Alright playa, see ya later, welcome back".
"Good to be back" replied Jason, Teddy left and Shawn turned back to him.
"Told ya he'd want ya back".
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Soon after Teddy had left John's music hit in the arena, Jason felt his fists clench but smirked at the same time, he almost had him, he just had to stick to the plan and he would get his hands on John. Shawn stuck his head into the locker room.
"I've talked to the guys at the entranceway, when I give the signal they're gonna hit the music then he's all yours".
Jason nodded. "You tell them what music to play?"
"Yup" Shawn grinned. "Good choice by the way".
"I thought you'd like it".
"Oh, and the pyro guys are gonna be in position as well".
"Good, now if all goes well then Johnny boy won't know what hit him".
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Meanwhile, in the ring, John had grabbed a mic.
"You know, if there's on thing that I've been proving these past few weeks it's that talk is cheap, last Sunday I stepped in the ring with Shawn Michaels, now Shawn was saying how he was gonna get revenge on me for what I did to my brother, like I said, talk is cheap, not only did I beat him I practically squashed him and left him lying at my feet in a pool of his own blood. Then there was Mara Daniels, the girlfriend fighting her boyfriend's battle, she said she was gonna get revenge but she just stood there and watched while I beat Shawn Michaels to within an inch of his life! Once again talk is cheap, I however have done everything I've said I would do, I beat Shawn Michaels, I put down my brother I have left everyone in my way in a battered heap! Now this brings me to one person and that person is Rey Mysterio, our number one contender for Wrestlemania, now Rey, you claim to never back down from a challenge, so why don't you come down here and put that title shot on the line so I can take what's mine, that being your WWE title shot a Wrestlemania! Because…"
Shawn's music hit to interrupt John's tirade and HBK came out with a mic, before he could get a word out John cut him off.
"What do you want? It's over between us Shawn! I put you down last Sunday! It's finished, now if you don't mind I have a title shot to earn so…"
"That's just what I want to talk about, ya see Johnny boy, Rey Mysterio ain't coming out here tonight, and the reason he ain't coming out is because you already have a dance partner for Wrestlemania!"
"What? You again? Shawn I kicked your ass not five days ago! Why should I do it again at Wrestlemania when I have so many better things to do?"
"John, it's true, you beat me at No Way Out, but the thing is, who said it was me you would be facing?"
"Oh, are you telling me you've got one of you're old buddies from the clique to come back? Kevin Nash? Nah he'd blow his hamstring picking up the phone! Scott Hall? He's in rehab somewhere! X-Pac? A certain film he made pretty much sums up how he's doing! Oh, I know! It's Marty Jannety isn't it? Wait, his parole officer won't give him permission to wrestle! Please Shawn, stop insulting my intelligence and tell me it's you!"
"I can't, love to, but can't, however I CAN introduce you to you're Wrestlemania opponent, hit his music!"
The old DX music hit causing both John and the crowd to go into a confused silence before entering different stages of freaking out as Jason Cena stepped through the curtain! John couldn't believe as Jason calmly strolled to the ring flexing his fists, as he got on the apron John seemed to beg off and back away, as Jason got in the ring he charged forward but Jason took him down! Jason began unloading with right hands on his brother until John pushed him away and jumped to his feet, he went to throw a punch but Jason tackled him and ran him back into a corner before opening up again, a few referee's came down to break it up but Jason threw them out of the ring, this allowed John to come out of the corner with a clothesline to knock him down, he stomped on Jason then picked him up, he went for the F-U but Jason escaped and went for one of his own, John grabbed the top-rope to stop it but Jason merely threw him all the way to the floor. He rolled out of the ring and grabbed a chair, he swung for John's head but he ducked and the chair smacked into the ringpost, John kicked Jason in the gut and tried to slam his head into the steps but Jason blocked it and slammed John off them before clotheslining him over the crowd barrier. John jumped back to his feet but chose to walk away, Jason went to follow but felt a hand on his shoulder, he spun round to see Shawn standing there with a look which read 'enough', he nodded and returned to the ring to grab the mic John had dropped.
"Surprised to see me bro?" he yelled as John continued to leave. "What's the matter? Don't you wanna play? You can't run forever John, in fact, the way I see it you have less than a month to get ready, because at Wrestlemania I'm gonna finish what you started!"
Jason dropped the mic as the DX music played again, he and Shawn set off the pyro's as John looked on from the crowd, wondering how his luck had got so bad.
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"Two down, two to go" Thought Jason as he walked back to the locker room, this time he was headed to the main one, where all the other guys were so he could apologise, if they forgave him or not was up to them so long as he made the effort. He and Shawn walked through the door causing the room to slip into silence, Shawn slapped him on the back and sat down, all eyes were on him, he took a deep breath.
"Right, there's no easy way to say this but I'm gonna try anyway, since I first came here a year ago and became a member of this roster you guys have gone out of your way to make me feel welcome, we've partied, hung out and generally acted like a bunch of regular guys together, you all looked out for me as you did for each other, I can remember the time we all came out to beat the crap out of the cabinet together, I also remember how you all flooded the ring the night I beat JBL, for the first time in ages I had friends who I could count on to watch my back and who knew they could count on me".
He paused to survey the room, they were all listening, some intently, some were trying to give the impression they weren't but they all were.
"Well… you know what they say about too much of a good thing, a few months back I made a mistake, I made the mistake of choosing my brother over the people I considered my friends even though I knew it was the wrong choice, since then I'm not ashamed to admit I became an asshole, a cut ties with most, if not all, of you, I even tried to end the careers of two of you" he gestured to Miz and Spanky. "So I stand here before you all now, to say I'm sorry, not because I want forgiveness, but because I truly am sorry, for what I did, for how I acted and for what I became, you don't have to forgive me, I know I probably don't deserve it, but I'm sorry, for everything".
He stopped and surveyed the room again, they were all staring at him in silence, then Ken Kennedy stood up.
"You certainly got one thing right kid, you are an asshole, thing is, so am I, come to think of it I don't know if there's anyone in this room who hasn't acted like an asshole at some point, so for what it's worth, I do forgive you" he held out his hand.
"Thanks Ken" Jason shook it, then something happened that caught Jason by surprise, all the guys in the room stood up and came forward to shake his hand, the last two to do so were Miz and Spanky, they came forward still looking indecisive.
"Nice speech" said Spanky.
"I try".
"Yeah well it's gonna take more than that to get us to forgive you" said Miz.
"I wouldn't expect anything less".
"Yeah, but I'll tell ya what, we'll forgive you if you do one thing".
"What?"
"You go out there at Wrestlemania and kick the ever loving piss out of your brother, you do that, and we're cool, OK?"
Jason smirked. "That simple? OK then".
Shawn came over. "That wasn't hard was it?"
"Not really".
"Good, cause we got one more thing to do tonight".
"Let me guess, Mara?"
"Yup".
"Can't I just stay here?"
"Come on" Shawn muttered dragging him out the door.
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A few minutes later Jason stood outside the divas locker room trying to gain the courage to knock on the door, unlike earlier he had no idea what he was going to say, Shawn was standing just out of sight prompting him on, he sighed and knocked, hoping slightly that Mara wouldn't be the one to open the door, it wasn't although the person who did was little better.
"What the hell do you want?" Asked Ashley, fixing him with a glare, she never had forgiven him for taking out her boyfriend.
"Yeah… hi, is Mara there?"
"Yeah".
"She's not busy is she? Cause I could always come back…"
"Mara! It's for you!"
"Later" he finished.
Mara came to the door, her eyes widened slightly when she saw Jason, but she took it in stride.
"I'll take it from here Ash".
Ashley nodded and walked away, closing the door behind her leaving Jason and Mara alone, except for Shawn standing out of Mara's eyeshot egging Jason on more.
"Uhhh… hi".
"Hi".
"Saw your match earlier, congratulations".
"Thanks, you back for good then?"
"So it would seem, I kinda told Teddy I'd only leave if he made me".
"That's good".
"Yeah" he replied. "Damn! This is starting to sound like a bad dating movie! Better just up and say it".
"Look" he said trying to piece together the words. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for how I've been acting and I miss you".
"You do?"
"Yes, and I'm not just saying that, I really have missed you".
She smiled. "I've missed you too".
"Really?"
"Really".
"So, damn this is hard, do I get one last chance?"
"I dunno, do you deserve it?" She teased.
"No, but I promise I'll try my best, no pity parties, no sulking and damn sure no more running, I'm back for good and I want to make everything right".
"Then you get one more chance" said Mara pulling him into a hug, he smiled as he returned it.
"I've missed this".
"So have I, when do you want me to move back in?"
"Well, we'll have to ask Rebecca but probably next week, oh and do me a favour?"
"What?"
"Tune into ECW on Tuesday".
"Why?"
"Well, I gotta give Paul Heyman my answer".
And something told him Paul Heyman wouldn't let him walk away with a simple 'no'.
End of Chapter
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Well, there ya go, he's back and he's back in green and black, yes he's now a degenerate. Anyway will Paul Heyman let Jason walk away from ECW? Find out next time.
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