It didn't take long for the wrestlers and Alix to get down to the conference room of the hotel, which, apparently, Vince was using as his office while they were doing shows there.
"Does he always need an office?" Alix asked as they walked down, her stomach getting more and more upset with every step they took.
Evan nodded. "Always. That's just the way he is. Most of the time, if a hotel doesn't have a conference room or something he can use as an office, we won't stay there. There has to be something for him."
Alix stifled a laugh as they kept walking, the Superstars mostly doing the same thing. Most, if not all, of the wrestlers found their boss' obsession with having a place he could call 'office' hilarious.
The group stopped outside of a brown door with small windows leading along the walls. Randy stepped up to the front of the group, immediately becoming leader of everyone there.
"Alright," Randy held up his hands to get everyone quieter. "We're gonna go in, don't ever mention that Alix is a girl until she walks in. Alix, spelled a different way, is a guys name too, so he won't suspect anything.
"No, really?" Kofi smirked, and Randy glared at him.
"Mention anything good about her." Randy continued, essentially ignoring Kofi's comment. "I'll bring up the bad stuff, and probably sugar coat it, but get over it. I won't actually lie."
"We'll just be stretching the truth a little bit." Big Show laughed, and everyone else grinned along with him.
"Absolutely." Randy smiled. He then turned to Alix. "Remember, don't come in until we call you in, kay? No matter what anyone says, whether you think it'll help you or not, do not come in until we tell you."
"Yes, dad." Alix sighed and rolled her eyes with a small grin. Randy stuck his tongue out at her for a moment, but nodded and knocked on Mr. McMahon's door.
"Who is it?" the gruff voice of Vince called and Randy, as well as Alix, took one deep breath.
"Randy Orton, John Cena, John Morrison, Adam Copeland, Evan Bourne, Ron Killings, Paul Wight, Kofi Kingston, and Rey Mysterio." Randy recited, looking like he was counting off each member of their group in his head as he spoke. "No, we're not looking for a raise."
Vince laughed and everyone let out a quiet sigh of relief. Joking with Vince McMahon was a risky thing to do, and difficult usually to pull off.
"Good, you may come in." Vince said, and Alix gave one last smile to Randy, who gave her a short, awkward one-armed hug before he led the group in.
Alix was left outside, her stomach twisting and turning in every which way. She held out her hand to see how nervous she was, and it shook everywhere. Taking another deep breath, she sunk to the ground, her knees pulled up to her chest, and she waited to be called in to see Mr. McMahon.
"What can I do for you…nine?" Vince asked, folding his hands on his dark oak desk, looking at each one of them in turn.
"We've come to talk to you about a possible addition to the WWE roster." John Cena nodded, hoping he sounded professional.
"Oh really?" Vince's eyebrows rose. "I haven't heard anything from our developmental territories."
"That's just it, they're not from FCW or any of WWE's other territories." Randy took a small sigh, a little upset that one of Alix's faults had to be mentioned so soon. "They're a very good wrestler though, they wrestled me a few days ago."
"And beat him." R-Truth snuck in quickly.
"Well where have…they been wrestling prior to now?" Vince asked, quickly becoming suspicious.
"…They haven't exactly been wrestling much prior to now." Randy bit the inside of his cheek. "But they have the attitude you've been looking for, the fire that'll be used well in the ring, and the determination to do well. And as Ron said, yes, she beat me in that match."
Randy immediately stopped talking and clenched his fists when he realized his slip up. Everyone else bit their lips and hoped Vince didn't notice.
"Did you just say she?" he practically choked. "Because if I hear a female has defeated one of my top main eventers then that main eventer will be sent to the bottom faster than you can say chokeslam."
Shit…was the common word in all of the wrestler's minds at that moment.
"Uh…n-no, sir, slip of the tongue." Randy stammered, wondering how he was going to fix this. "I meant t-to say h-he…"
A small groan escaped most of the wrestler's mouths. Now they were screwed.
"Ah, good for you." Vince sat back again. "You don't have to be sent to FCW. Now how did this person with no professional wrestling training defeat Randy Orton?"
"He's very g-good…he's been a fan of the WWE for a good while now. He knows most of the history, and most of the moves." Randy stammered, still shaking over the biggest screw up of his life. "He countered an RKO and ended up ending the match by the use of a Swanton Bomb."
A whistle rang around the room, from both Vince and from the wrestlers who had not yet heard of Alix and Randy's match.
"A Swanton Bomb?" Vince's eyebrows rose again as he sat forward in his seat. "We haven't seen that…"
"Since the departure of Jeff Hardy." John Morrison helped him out quickly, not wanting Alix to be in suspense much longer, especially since Randy's screw up.
"And, off the record, just because I'm going to sound unprofessional for a moment, it hurt like hell." Randy grinned, and Vince laughed, lightening the tense mood if only for a moment.
"This sounds promising…" you could hear the wheels in Vince McMahon's head turning. "One more question, and then I'll ask to meet this wrestler. Oh, by the way, does the wrestler have a ring name?"
"The X-Stinger." Everyone quickly and suddenly answered, wanting that to get out there quickly. Vince smiled at the wrestler's willingness to get new talent into the business.
"Okay…well, that wasn't my last question actually. But, my real last question was, why are you all here? Normally, if one of you has heard of new talent, only one of you will come and talk to me about them."
"We thought that because of the X-Stinger's faults, like not actually having professionally wrestled before, it'd do them good to show how many people were behind them. All of us would like the X-Stinger to be signed to the WWE." Randy nodded.
"All of you like the X-Stinger as a person?"
The uneasy tension from before awoke once again. The answer was mostly yes, all except for the luchador of the WWE.
"Of course." That particular luchador spoke up. Everyone else's face broke out in a grin. "We see promise in the X-Stinger both as a person and a wrestler with the WWE."
"Sounds good." Vince nodded again. "Can I meet the new talent?"
Randy nodded to him. "Alix!"
Alix's head sprang up at the sound of her name. She stood up, took a few uneasy breaths, and tried to look as professional as possible as she walked into Vincent McMahon's office.
"Mr. McMahon," Evan gulped, trying to brace himself for Vince's reaction. "Meet Alix Mercier, otherwise known as the X-Stinger."
Alix looked up through her hair, fully revealing that it was a girl standing behind the curtain of black hair that was in her face. Mr. McMahon sat there in complete silence, his eyes never leaving Alix's face.
Alix stood there, wanting to throw up, her hands shaking uncontrollably, and fog clouding her vision. She wanted more than anything for Mr. McMahon to say something; something that she could reply to, something that would get rid of a few of the nerves wracking her body.
"It's n-nice to finally meet you, Mr. McMahon." Alix extended her hand, hoping that the universe wouldn't blow up with that one movement. Vince didn't say a word, or move at all. She was beginning to think he had died.
Alix lowered her hands back to her side, and every one of her hopes and dreams came crashing down to Earth with a nuclear-explosion kind of sound.
"I'm going to pretend a girl didn't just walk in here expecting to be signed as a Superstar." Vince spoke up, slowly and clearly. "I'm going to pretend I wasn't told that Randy Orton was defeated by said girl. I'm going to pretend my top Superstars didn't lie to me about something very serious to me: new talent. And I'm going to ask again: where is the man that you called the X-Stinger. Where is the man that I can use as new talent in the WWE?"
AN: Dun dun dun DUN. I hate Vince more than ever right now. So, what do you think Alix is gonna do with this reaction of Vince's? What do you think the other Superstars are gonna do? REVIEW!