AN: So, yeah. What happens when somebody threatens to break up Legacy? They go crazy.
(Jessie)
On the first night, with an assist from an energy drink or two, we pulled an all-night Halo marathon. No late night phone calls from any hotel management or visits from large scary men. The three of us rode together to the next show. Cody and I decided that it would be fun to pull pranks on people in the back, while Ted said that he'd rather be the responsible one and keep his scalp.
So, Cody and I went out to scope out the best potential targets.
"Look at Kofi over there," I said, pointing from our hiding spot. "Is he sleeping?"
"Yeah, I think so. But look over there, Glenn just left his drink unattended."
"Ohhh, that sounds DANGEROUS. Let's pour salt in it!" With funny little snickers that attested to our lack of sleep, we crept over, dumped a couple packets of salt, and made our dash back to our safe zone. I stopped short when I looked into an open door and saw a locker room full of people's stuff, but with no people to guard it.
"Cody!" I whispered. "Come look!" He peeked in the door with me and grinned. With a motion that looked more dramatic than it should have, he pulled a roll of saran wrap out of the bag on his back.
"Let's do it."
20 minutes later we walked out of the locker room feeling pretty satisfied. We had hidden things around the room, Saran wrapped things in various places… Yeah. Whoever was in THAT room would have fun getting back to the hotel that night. We stopped back by the room to collect Ted and made a mad dash for the truck. By the time we were out there, Glenn was standing there looking terrifying.
"Hey, kids," he said, sounding nonchalant. "Whatcha been up to?"
"Nothing!" Cody said, a little too quickly. I glared at him.
"Why would you think that?" I asked.
"People were just saying things…" he said. "I'm sure they're not true, because I know that you three would NEVER do anything to ME." Ted raised up his hands.
"Hey man, whatever they did, I didn't have ANYTHING to do with it."
"Oh, no, I wouldn't think that, Ted! Here, as a peace offering, I made the three of you drinks." Cody and I paled. Glenn pulled three cups off the top of Ted's truck. He passed them out to the three of us, and then grabbed one for himself. "To friendship," he said.
"Here here," we all said weakly. I sniffed the stuff in my cup. Ugh, it smelled awful. Like vinegar and fish oil.
"Go on, drink up," Glenn said. I took a sip. UGH, it tasted worse than it smelled.
"That's uh, really good, Mr. Glenn," I said. He laughed.
"Oh no, drink ALL of it. You wouldn't want to insult me, would you?"Somehow, we suffered through the whole drinks. I don't know what he put in it, but I had to puke it all up before we left. Glenn waved us off.
"And remember, kids. Don't mess with me."
We spent the second night getting lectured by Mark and Paul.
"What were you thinking?" Paul asked.
"That I've only got 5 days left here and it would be fun to play a couple pranks," Cody grumbled.
"You DO realize that EVERYONE in that locker room is plotting revenge, don't you?" Mark asked.
"And do you know who's organizing them?" We shook our heads glumly.
"Glenn." The three of us glanced at each other. Apparently, Glenn's stuff had been in the locker room we sacked.
"Now, I didn't have ANYTHING to do with it," Ted said. "I minded my own business the WHOLE night. THOSE two were the ones who were getting into trouble." Mark grinned suddenly.
"Glenn actually has a message for you. C'mon." They walked out of the room. Apparently Glenn had been waiting outside the whole time, because suddenly we heard a loud "What? No way!" from Ted. He walked back in the room glumly. Paul laughed and shook his head.
"I hope you three know what you're getting into. Good luck, kids." Mark and Glenn walked in.
"To make sure you go to sleep, we're taking this." Mark said. He walked over to the TV and unplugged the Xbox.
"NO!" Cody wailed. "NOT SVEN!" Me and Ted's jaw dropped.
"Who's Sven?" Paul asked.
"THE XBOX!" we all cried at once. Glenn chuckled darkly.
"Goodnight!" They left us alone in the room. A few seconds later, a knock sounded on the door. I opened it, and Randy and John walked in.
"Was that Sven?" Randy asked with a grin. "Whooo, Glenn's mad, isn't he?" We just nodded.
"What did they ask you, Ted?" I asked suddenly.
"They offered to leave me out of all the payback if I joined them. I said no, I'd rather take the fall with you two."
"Aww, Ted!" I said. "You're the best."
"They've got SVEN!" Cody wailed. "What am I gonna do? He's a prisoner of war! What if they PLAY him? I've gotta get him back!" A slow grin spread across John's face.
"Alright," he said slowly. "I'm willing to help you guys out. But ONLY if you SWEAR not to tell them. Deal?"
"Just give us a moment to conference." We huddled up.
"John wasn't in that locker room, was he?" Cody asked.
"No, he was in with us," Ted assured us.
"So can we trust him?" I asked. Cody and Ted both nodded.
"I think so." We got back up.
"Deal," I told him. "What do you got?" Slowly, he pulled a keycard out of his pocket.
"I pulled it out of his pocket when we walked by. I figured you might want to get Steve back, so I grabbed it for you." He handed the card to Cody, who took it like the Holy Grail.
"John… You're not secretly on their side, are you?" I asked suspiciously. He shrugged.
"You can go and get your Xbox, or it could be a trap. Are you willing to take the risk?"
"YES! Shut up, Jess, we're gonna do it!" I threw my hands up.
"Alright, alright."
"Y'know, Jess," Ted said, glancing over at me. "Somehow I feel like we're gonna take the fall for this one."
A few hours later, we set out. We had our attack plan worked out. Saran wrap would be our signature weapon in this war, we had already established. So we set out like three mercenaries to Mark and Glenn's room. We got to the door, and on the count of three, I slid the card in and out quickly. The door unlocked, and we went in quietly. I turned on the flashlight I had attached to the bill of my hat and we searched around the room quietly. Mark and Glenn had rented a suite, or we could afford to make a little noise. We shuffled around, and suddenly saw Sven sitting on the counter. It was just so… obvious.
"It's too easy," I whispered. Ted nodded his agreement.
"Let's grab it and go," he said. I started putting it in the bag we had brought for it. Once it was all strapped away, I nodded.
"Let's roll."
"Wait," Cody said. "Let's do SOMETHING before we leave."
"Let's not press our luck, Codes," Ted said.
"Aw, c'mon, when are we ever gonna get a chance to prank Kane and the Undertaker ever again?" I shrugged and shook my head at Ted.
"He's got a point," I said. Cody grinned smugly and pulled out the Saran wrap before opening the door.
"Clear!" he whispered. I crept up behind him and peeked into the room. Mark was on the bed sleeping.
"Let's Saran wrap him to the bed," I said deviously. Cody nodded with a grin.
"Come help us, Ted." Ted shook his head, but came and helped. "Keep watch, Jess," Cody ordered. I nodded and put Sven's bag on my back. Ted and Cody crept over to the bed and got the wrap ready. Just as they got ready to pass the wrap over Mark...
He sat up.
We all screamed in surprise. Mark grabbed Ted and Cody by the collars, and I made a mad dash for the door, only to run into a grinning Glenn. I turned off my flashlight, sending the room into darkness.
"Jessie," Glenn said evilly. "You can't hide from us in the dark."
"Run Jess!" Cody said from the other room.
"They're all in here!" Ted yelled. I dashed for the light from the door and made it out without getting caught. I ran down the hall and dove into a cleaning closet. A few seconds later, three or four pairs of footsteps thundered down the hall.
"Check the stairs!" Mike yelled.
"She can't have gotten far!" Stephen said. I almost laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of the whole situation. Ted and Cody had just been captured by our enemies, and I was on my own now. When I decided that it was safe to venture out, I slowly opened my closet door and saw feet. I opened it a little wider and my eyes travelled up, to be met by a grinning John Cena.
"Uhh, Jessie's not home right now. Please leave a message and try back later." I tried to shut the door, but he grabbed it.
"I didn't know they would have a trap, trust me. C'mon, let's go back up to my room and we'll figure something out."
We went up to him and Randy's room, and I gave them the details on what had happened.
"They must have noticed the key was missing," John said. "Because really, I didn't sell you guys out."
"They've got Ted and Cody!" I said. "I've gotta get them out of there before they do something awful!" Randy laughed.
"I warned you."
"Yeah yeah I know. Any genius plans, John?" He thought for a moment.
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to rescue Ted and Cody from Kane and the Undertaker's lair, guarded by three or four angry wrestlers. Yeah, no, I've got nothing. Run in, guns a-blazin' and save them? You've still got the card, right?" I nodded. And then, I got a plan.
"I've got it!"
I walked back to Mark and Glenn's room with nothing but the bag I had carried Sven out with. I opened the door, and was a little surprised to turn my flashlight on and see Ted and Cody saran wrapped together and seated in the middle of the room.
"Mark! Glenn!" I called. Mark's evil laughter rang forth from the depths of the suite. "I came to make a trade!" They walked out of one of the rooms.
"What KIND of trade?" Glenn asked.
"Ted and Cody for Sven," I said. Cody moaned through the saran wrap over his mouth. I opened the bag and showed them the faceplate of the Xbox. "Deal?" They conversed for a moment.
"Deal." I handed them the bag, and then pulled Ted's knife out of my pocket and cut the Saran wrap off of them.
"NOOOO!" Cody cried. Ted and I dragged him out the room.
"C'mon Codes, we've gotta go!" I said.
"But, SVEN!"
"I'd rather have you two than Sven. C'mon." We got out the room. "Run!" I said fiercely.
"What?" Cody asked.
"RUN!" We dashed for the stairs, and heard an angry yell from the room we had been in. We ran up the stairs and quickly locked ourselves in our room.
"What did you DO?" Ted asked. I laughed between breaths.
"I came back here and grabbed one of Cody's extra faceplates. Then I ghetto rigged the bag so that when they took the faceplate OUT the bag, it would set off that stink bomb you had, Ted." Ted and Cody looked at each other and laughed.
"They're gonna be SO mad!" Ted said.
"So, where's Sven?" Cody asked quickly. I smiled and grabbed a pillowcase behind me. I pulled out his precious Xbox, and he grinned brightly.
We played Halo for the rest of the night.
At some point during our fun, a note was shoved under the door. On it was roughly scrawled 'THIS MEANS WAR."