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Wassup? Welcome back once again, last time: Jason returned to action on Smackdown by defeating Gregory Helms before once again having a physical confrontation with John. Will the two be able to avoid each other? Will the mind games continue? Let's find out!
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Brotherly Hate-Chapter Sixty-If At First…Jason sat deep in thought in the locker room he was sharing with Shawn and Mara, his mind was already on John and what was going to go down between the two that night, two weeks in a row since his comeback had resulted in a brawl between the two, a brawl that he had gotten the better of on both occasions, something told him that there would be another that night. Right now only Mara was in the room with him, Shawn was away talking to Teddy, the teens had been watching the show, talking and just sitting around for much of the night, Jason knew he had a match later but didn't feel like getting ready just now, he had put his gear on and gone back to watching the show.
"Who do you have tonight?" Asked Mara.
"Tatanka" he replied as KC James and Idol Stevens came out to the ring for match.
"You sure you shouldn't be getting ready?"
"Relax, it's not for a while yet, besides you never know when HE might try something".
"I think you're being a little paranoid" she said as Scotty's music hit signalling the entrance of him and Funaki, Jason laughed.
"Here come the resident jobbers of Smackdown".
"I thought you guys were friends?"
"We are, but just cause we're friends doesn't mean I can't have a little fun with the fact that they always lose".
Despite the joking Jason sensed something was up, Scotty and Funaki still hadn't came into the arena, the camera's then cut to the back where John was laying into Funaki with a chair, having seemingly done the same to Scotty.
"I knew it" hissed Jason as John made his way out to the ring, the chair in one hand and a mic in the other.
"If I were you" he began addressing James, Stevens and their manager Michelle McCool. "I would get the hell out of the ring right now!"
James and Stevens seemed willing to stand their ground but McCool persuaded them to leave as John set up the chair and sat down, Mara glanced at Jason, he was staring at the screen with his eyes narrowed, John began to talk.
"Now I'm gonna make this simple cause I ain't in the mood for talking, for the past two weeks, since my brother decided to stop hiding and be a man, I have been on the receiving end on what can only be called assaults! That's right, for the past two weeks I have been assaulted by my own brother, if he did what he's been doing here on the street he'd be in jail by now! But I ain't one to bitch about something so I'll just say this, Jason! Why don't you c'mon down and try and attack me when I see you coming? C'mon bro'! We don't have to wait to Wrestlemania! You're all for fighting? Then let's fight!"
Jason stood up, Mara opened her mouth but decided against saying anything, there was no point in arguing with him when he was like this, he stormed out of the locker room and crashed right into Shawn.
"Whoa kid! What's the rush?"
"Can't you hear my dear brother out there?"
"Yeah I can, that's why I came here so quick, you don't have to go out there".
"What? He called me out!"
"Exactly, why would he suddenly decide to call you out? It could be a trap".
"Nice to see he's got a new idea" said Jason trying to walk by.
"Wait" Shawn stepped in the way. "I got a better idea".
"A better idea than kicking his ass?"
"Yeah, this way you can piss him off without fighting him".
"Nah, I think I'd rather just kick his ass".
"Kid, here me out, you remember you told me that his most prized possessions are his throwback jerseys?"
"Yeah".
"You remember how he always brings at least five to each show with him?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Well it just so happens while I was making my way to Teddy Long's office I came across your brothers locker room, complete with throwback jerseys".
"Soooo?"
"Soooo" mocked Shawn pulling a can of something out of his pocket and handing it to Jason, the teen stared at it, spray-paint, green spray-paint, he looked at Shawn in confusion, HBK just grinned.
"I think you know what you gotta do" he said slapping Jason on the shoulder, the teen finally took the hint and grinned back.
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In the ring John was still waiting for Jason to show himself, he was starting to get that feeling of unease again, for the past two weeks Jason had wanted to fight him at every opportunity, he knew he was here because some of the guys had told him, what was going on? He tried to save face by talking some more.
"You see? When I'm ready for him the kid wants no part of me! Well sorry kid, you started this and I ain't gonna wait until Wrestlemania to finish it, so if you ain't gonna come out here to me then I'm gonna go back there to you!"
He started to get out of the ring when his little brother's voice rang out around the arena.
"Hey John! John! Up here!"
John looked round for a few moments before noticing Jason on the big screen, the teen had a grin on his face, but his eyes had the same look of hatred he'd seen in them a few weeks earlier.
"Hey bro', small world ain't it? I guess this would be the first time we've had to 'talk' since you stabbed me in the back ain't it?"
John laughed. "Yeah, nice to see the wound's healed".
"It hasn't John, it's still bleeding, and it's gonna keep doing so until I get my hands on you!"
"So why wait? Why not come on out and settle it now?"
"John, the mere sight of you may normally be enough to set me into a boiling rage, but I ain't stupid enough to answer a call from you when it could be a trap, admittedly Shawn had to stop me from doing so but I'm gonna make an effort to wait until Wrestlemania, because then I get you all to myself".
"In other words, you're scared".
"Scared? I'm not scared, I'm just biding my time, but then again keep pushing me and I may not wait".
"Keep pushing you? Kid I'm right here in the ring, what more pushing do you need".
"John, it could be so easy for me to walk out there and kick your ass, but me and Shawn had a better idea, we…" Jason trailed off as Shawn came up next to him. "Shawn?"
"Can I borrow that?" He asked pointing to the spray-can.
"Sure" Jason replied, noting that from what he could see on the monitor John seemed a little confused as to why his brother was walking around with a can of spray-paint.
"…Anyway, me and Shawn had a better idea, you see, a week after you turned on me, you burned a picture of me and you, one of my prized possessions, so me and Shawn decided to pay a little visit to your locker room and get a little payback by depreciating some of your stuff".
As Jason said this he held up one of John's jerseys, John flipped when he saw that both the front and back of it had a large 'DX' spray-painted on it! Jason glanced at his work.
"OK, maybe spraying DX on all your clothes is a little childish, not to mention the fact that it shows how much of a mark I am, but it's the thought that counts, in fact, I took the liberty of giving all your stuff the 'treatment'". He turned to show all John's stuff strewn across the room, covered in DX spray-paint. "Anyway, enjoy your night John, and I'll see you at Wrestlemania!"
He started to walk out of the room but paused at the door with Shawn who had spayed the word 'SUX' under the John's name on the door.
"Now that is childish, but wait, one more thing, Johnny-boy, if you ain't down with that… we got two words for ya!"
The crowd finished the sentence while Jason and Shawn sprayed the two-words on the door, the DX music hit as they walked away while John rushed backstage to get back to his locker room.
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It wasn't until he and Shawn had returned to their own locker room that the teen burst out laughing.
"That was awesome! Did you see the look on his face?"
"Yeah, if only we had a camera" said Shawn, he had stopped himself from laughing but had a huge grin on his face.
"That was priceless" said Jason. "Pity we only got about two percent of his collection".
"Yeah, got him thinking though".
"Yeah".
"You know you're match is next".
"Oh yeah, later man".
"Later".
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Tatanka was waiting in the ring when the DX music hit and Jason made his way out to the ring with Mara, the teen had only just got in the ring when the Native-American charged him only to be hit with a powerslam right off the bat. Jason quickly jumped up and hit a shining wizard and covered for a two-count, he picked Tatanka up and slammed him before climbing to the tope-rope, he waited for Tatanka to stand and went for the cross-body, not only did he hit it but it wasn't reversed and he got a two-count. The two got up and Tatanka retreated to a corner, Jason followed him with a stinger splash then dropped him with a neckbreaker, Tatanka bounced up so Jason hit a dragon suplex for another two, then dropped him with a reverse DDT for another. They got back up and Jason went for a whip but Tatanka reversed it and went for a backdrop, Jason countered by dropping down and punching the Native-American in the face before hitting an X-Factor as he recovered, the teen went to the top-rope again and went for a frog splash but Tatanka moved, Jason popped a roll as Tatanka charged him only for the teen to duck and hit an impaler! He called for the Five-Knuckle-Shuffle, made the DX sign and landed it before calling for the F-U, Tatanka staggered towards him and Jason lifted him up and walked around the ring for a few moments before dropping him to the mat, he covered and got the win!
Mara came into the ring and hugged Jason as he smirked at the ease of his victory.
"Now that's what I'm talking about!" He yelled before setting off the pyro's, he started to leave the ring when the Smackdown music hit and Palmer Cannon walked out on stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Palmer Cannon, the network executive for Smackdown, now as you know I have been given certain powers by the network to make decisions for the betterment of this show, so I am here to announce that, next week, you will see a face-to-face showdown between Jason Cena and his brother John! You see Jason, you obviously have a lot you want to say to your brother, so next week you get your chance, isn't that great?"
Jason grabbed a mic. "Cannon, I know what you're up to, you hope that by making this then me and John are gonna come to blows aren't you? Well Cannon, if you're willing to turn next weeks show into a war zone then you better be ready to be a casualty yourself! And if you ain't down with that then these people have two words for ya!"
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As Jason headed backstage he was once again deep in thought, Cannon was obviously hoping for a physical confrontation, that was obvious, and normally Jason would be all for it if it got him in the ring with his brother, but two days before Wrestlemania? Something didn't seem right, as he came up to his room Josh Mathews came over.
"Jason? Jason next week you go face-to-face with your brother just two days before Wrestlemania, could we see a preview of things to come?"
"Josh, next week I go face-to-face with John for the first time since he betrayed me, the fact that we're gonna be within arms reach of each other is trouble in itself, but I've said I'm gonna wait until Wrestlemania and that's what I'm gonna try to do, but John all you have to do is provoke me, provoke me and…"
Jason couldn't finish as John suddenly came out of nowhere and, as he did a week earlier, smashed a chair across his brothers' back!
"You know what they say" he said picking Jason up. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!" He then pushed Jason away and smashed the chair down across his skull! He stood over Jason and kicked him.
"Consider yourself provoked!" He yelled before storming off around the corner, if he'd have stayed he would have seen something that left him speechless as, to the shock of Josh and Mara having only just been brained with a chair, Jason Cena stood up, looked into the camera… and smiled.
End of Chapter
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There ya go! The DX rip off that is Jason Cena has got inside John's head, and seemingly can take whatever his older brother can throw at him. Coming up: Jason and John go face-to-face for the first time since the betrayal, what will go down? Who will have an advantage after the final Smackdown before Wrestlemania 22? Will Jason have two words for everyone? Find out next time! Things are getting hot!
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