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Well, it's finally here, the end of a year and a bit of half-assing, procrastinating and dumb ideas, Jason's out of a job and now we deal with the fallout.
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Brotherly Hate-Chapter Seventy Three-Moving On
Jason leaned his head against the cool tiled wall of the shower as the water poured over him, it was over, he kept repeating that over and over in his head, despite his walking out of the arena like a man the teen was absolutely devastated by what had happened, at the same time anger had set in, anger at Randy for betraying him and anger at himself. He had cost himself that match with the frog splash, he'd had the briefcase in his hands, all he had to do was take the damn thing down and he'd be sitting here celebrating, if he'd just done that then the Squad wouldn't have got involved and Randy wouldn't have got the opportunity to cost him the match. He sighed, it had been like a dream when he'd been offered the contract to wrestle in WWE, and he was in Heaven when told he'd be with his brother, it was amazing how quickly the dream had turned into a nightmare, now here he was, no family to support him, no job, and nothing to look forward to. He turned off the shower and allowed himself a punch at the wall although all that did was hurt his hand, he dried and pulled on his clothes before walking through to the main locker room which was deserted except for Mara.
"You OK?"
"I've been better" he replied throwing his gear into his bag before sitting down and putting his head into his hands, she came over and hugged him, he sighed and returned it.
"Where is everyone?" He asked.
"Shawn got them to leave, he figured you needed some time alone".
"So why are you still here?"
"Apparently I don't count".
Jason laughed. "Have you seen Teddy?"
"Yup, and he granted my release, best part is I don't have that no-compete clause so we can both work for whoever we want".
"Yeah... great".
"Sorry, I didn't mean for it to come out like that".
"That's alright" he held her closer. "Y'know, if anything this shows me how lucky I am to have you, not many people would walk out on a good job for someone else, look at Torrie and Billy".
"Yeah, I'm crazy like that, besides remember what I said? I'm sticking with you no matter what".
"Thanks" he stood up and finished throwing his stuff into his bag, as the two walked out of the locker room he looked back, his last time in a WWE locker room, he sighed and closed the door behind him, Shawn and the others met him in the corridor.
"You OK kid?"
"As good as I can be".
Shawn slapped him on the shoulder. "I'm proud of ya kid, you took it like a man out there, that's all anyone could have asked of you".
"Thanks Shawn, and thanks for looking out for me, you and Rebecca".
"No problem kid, but you're still gonna stay with us right?"
"I guess, but if I find somewhere to work I might have to move on".
"Yeah... but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it huh?"
"Yeah".
Shawn smirked. "Y'know, now I kinda feel stupid about organising that party".
"Hey we can still have a party, just instead of celebrating me winning we can celebrate the good times".
"No problem kid".
"Yeah" Jason turned to the other guys. "You wanna go on ahead? I gotta see Teddy".
The others all started leaving but each one had a message as they went by.
"Sorry it worked out like that mate" said Birchill.
"Yeah, but it was fun" said Kennedy.
The others all had similar things to say, Jason stopped Miz and Spanky.
"Guess you guys are gonna have to wait before you get your payback huh?"
"Not really" replied Spanky. "I got a pinfall win over you".
"Yeah, and I used your phone to call some of my friends in England" laughed Miz.
"That was you?"
"Yup".
"... Two hundred dollars. Now!"
Miz laughed and ran off with Spanky behind him, Jason smirked and yelled after them.
"You better not bump into me at the party! And I hope your stuff likes having green paint on it!"
He turned back to Shawn. "You OK with waiting up for me?"
"No problem kid, just don't take too long, I wanna do some kareoke!"
Teddy Long had just finished putting Jason and Mara's contracts through the shredder when the teen walked in, the two exchanged a small smile.
"Sorry boss".
"Sorry? What are ya sorry for playa?"
"I let you down".
"Ya didn't let me down, you can't help it if someone costs you a match, but don't worry, I'm gonna make John's life a living hell for ya, see it as payback for getting rid of Cannon".
Jason laughed. "Thanks, and Randy?"
"Well he's on RAW but if he ever shows his face round here I'll put him with 'Taker'".
"Couldn't happen to a nicer guy, anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for giving me the chance to do what I've done".
"You're welcome playa, but I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think you were good enough".
They shook hands and Jason turned to leave then turned back. "Oh yeah, one more thing".
"What Jason?"
"Putting me against Benoit? What were you thinking?"
Teddy laughed. "I was thinking about ratings, besides you got a title shot out of it".
"True... take care man".
"You too playa".
Jason left the office and sighed, he took a second to think on a few things then went to leave only to bump into Christian, he sighed again expecting a bit of trash talking, but Christian looked a little torn.
"Look... kid..."
"What do you want CLB?"
Christian sighed. "Look, I wanna say... I'm sorry how things turned out... and good luck with what ya do".
He held out his hand, Jason looked at it skeptically.
"You being sincere about this?" Christian nodded.
"For once I am".
They shook hands. "What brought this on?" Asked Jason.
"Well, let's just say I'm gonna miss kicking your ass".
Jason laughed. "Y'know CLB, you're alright".
"So are you jackass".
They shook hands again and Christian went to go into Teddy's office but Jason called after him.
"Hey! CLB!"
"What?"
"You wanna come to a party?"
"Nah, just cause I said you're alright doesn't mean I like you".
"C'mon, we have a karaoke machine".
Christian laughed. "Nah, if I wanna sing I just make Tomko give me a beat".
Jason laughed as well. "Take care of yourself".
"You too, I want you to be better than ever if we ever wrestle again".
With that he went into Teddy's office, Jason smiled and went in search of Shawn.
A short while later Jason and Shawn were loading their stuff into the car before going to the party when a guy stepped out of the shadows.
"Jason Cena?"
"Maybe".
"Can I have a word?"
"I'm not in the mood to talk to the press right now pal" said Jason without turning round, next to him Shawn froze.
"Terry? Terry Taylor?"
"Hey Shawn, long time no see".
"Wait" said Jason turning round. "You two know each other?"
"Kid, this is Terry Taylor, don't you know him?"
"Terry Taylor, Terry... oh yeah! The Red Rooster! How are you?"
"I'll be fine so long as you never call me that again".
"So Terry, what brings ya here?" Asked Shawn. "I thought you were working for..."
"Still am, that's why I'm here".
"Thought you wanted to talk to me" said Jason.
"I do, I'm here on behalf of Jim Cornette..."
"Jim Cornette? He still in charge of ROH?"
"Yeah, but that's not the only place he's in charge of now".
"Huh?"
"Jason, I'm here because Cornette sent me to ask you to come work for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling!"
"You serious? Cornette wants me in TNA?"
"Yeah, he asked Dixie Carter and she's all for it, but in the end it's up to you, you wanna join?"
Jason lowered his head to think. "Shawn?"
"Do ya really need to ask what I think?"
"Mara?"
"Come on Jason! What do you think I'm gonna say?"
"OK, two questions Red Rooster".
"What?"
Jason smiled. "Where do I sign and when do I start?"
The End
Wohoo I finally finished! Yay! So there ya go, there's gonna be a sequel! Coming to you at anytime between now and New Year. Check your alert list for updates and enjoy it when it comes under the working title of... well I can't think of a title but hey it's TNA, and it's coming soon only on this website.
Nome thank you's, thank you to anyone and everyone who reviewed this, thanks for the encouragement, ideas and support, thank you for being so patient when I ran out of ideas and thank you for not telling Vince McMahon where I live, no lawsuits for me VKM, but nice try.
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