A/N A showdown between husband and wife leads to something good but a run in with the Viper ignites the war between should be lovers.
The splitting headache work Kaylee up way before schedule and it was then that it hit her that last nights drinking spree was probably a bad idea. Not even things in Greenwich were this bad and she just seemed to be getting worse. Her phone buzzed frantically on the table next to her and she picked it up to see her Uncle texted her calling an emergency meeting. Her breath stopped short as she thought he'd found and this was the end of the line. She threw the covers back as she pulled on a pair of jeans and simple red tank top before throwing her hair up into a pony tail. She rushed to get her purse and cell phone before putting on her shoes heading out the door when her phone started to ring.
"Hello?" She asked putting up to her ear as she struggled not to drop everything already in her hands that she was stuffing into her purse.
"Just making sure you got the message your uncle sent." Stephanie said on the other line sounding annoyed.
"on a scale of 1 to floored, how mad is he?" Kaylee asked even though she already knew he would be but wanted the confirmation so she would know what she was walking into.
"Well he's easing his foot up off the gas pedal but still speeding." Stephanie said back making Kaylee pull a face.
"Alright you guys are at the arena right?" She asked making sure she was headed for the right place.
"Yep see you in a few." Steph said before hanging up. "She's on her way as are the rest of them." She said turning to her husband who sat quietly on the couch with his hands clasped tightly together, a look of stone cold anger set firmly in place.
"I'm getting to the bottom of this. We are not having another Bret Hart screw over scenario." Paul said remembering the chaos of the past.
"Well we aren't going to have one. We'll figure this out Paul and who ever was behind it will be punished." Steph said going over and sitting next to him.
"And what if it was Kaylee? This has her scent all over it. The girl is mentally fucked up." Paul said.
"Listen, I'm not saying this to make you feel guilty or anything, but think of what that girl has been through since she was a child. Her father was an abusive alcoholic drug addict that beat on those kids regularly before walking out on them, she gets passed around like a rag doll because no one wants to deal with her and there was that incident in college. She tried Paul, and she was doing good, until you split her and Randy up because you didn't want them to be together romantically. That's just selfish." Steph said sternly and Paul rolled his eyes. How many more times was she going to patronize him for doing what he felt was right?
"Wait, she went to college?" Paul asked stunned and Steph stiffened as she looked at her husband with her mouth ajar.
"Yeah she did Paul and something terrible happened to her. When's the last time you even had a conversation with her?" She asked and Paul thought about it. Had he ever had one with her that lasted more than 2 minutes and didn't end in an argument?
"Probably when she was twelve." He said throwing a random age out there.
"Whats her favourite colour?" Steph said and Paul shrugged. "How about her birthday Paul, do you know that one?" She asked and when he shook his head again she looked more than disappointed. "Sad that you don't even know simple things about your own family. Try actually listening to her and what she wants instead of doing what you want and taking away from her when she doesn't comply. You'll find that you attract more bees with honey than salt." Stephanie said.
"Are you seriously out to make me the bad guy?" Paul asked as Stephanie stood up.
"I don't have to, you do that yourself." She spat at him. "So if we do find out it was her you're not going to yell and lose your temper, you're going to be calm and you're going to listen for once." She said turning on him like snake and pointing her finger at him.
"Yeah and what happens if I don't?" Paul challenged her as he scooted to the edge of his seat.
"You really wanna know? Our marriage is about to go down the drain!" She yelled. Paul's eyes widened in horror as he looked at his wife before he grew angry.
"You'd divorce me over that brat?" He asked her and she shook her head.
"No I wouldn't divorce you over her, I'd divorce you over the way you treat her. And it's not only her! Ever since you got promoted into this position of authority you've become a heartless, power hungry monster. You don't listen to anyone anymore, not even me unless I'm yelling at you like I am right now!" She said and felt the tears fall hot down her cheeks as Paul looked at her stunned. "You don't treat me like your wife anymore you treat me like an employee and I will not stand for it any longer nor will I stand for you treating that little girl like shit. She's got a bright future ahead of her in this business and I'll be damned if I let you, of all people, ruin that for her." Steph continued in her tear driven rage.
"Forget it, I'll deal with it tonight in the ring." He said pulling his hand down his face. Everything was stressing him out and the prospect of losing his wife was the worst of them. He loved her so much, they had three beautiful little girls and he really needed time to think and get his shit in order.
"Am I late?" Kaylee asked out of breath as she rushed into the office to see her aunt in tears. "And I'm out." She said as she tried the turn on her heel and leave but her uncle was up in a split second and grabbed her arm.
"We need to have a serious conversation so sit down and make yourself comfortable because we may be here for a while." Paul said as he pulled her over to the couch and looked at Steph.
"I'll leave you two alone and tell the others the meeting was postponed until tonight." She said wiping her eyes and straightening herself out before walking out of the office. Kaylee sighed and slumped down in her seat scowling as she waited for her uncle to rip into her.
"So..." He said turning to her while looking at his hands. "What's your favourite colour?"
"Stephanie since we're already here can I talk to you real quick about the storyline?" Brie asked once her boss had told her boyfriend the meeting was postponed. She was adamant about getting involved to take a chunk out of Kaylee.
"Sure Brie what did you want to discuss?" Stephanie asked.
"I was wondering if me and Nikki could somehow get involved since Daniel is my boyfriend and we'd love to maybe have a feud with Kaylee over this whole mess." She said with a sugary sweet smile.
"I'll think about it." Steph said before walking away to creative.
Paul stood in the ring that night holding a microphone to the boo's of the crowd.
"Now I'd like to bring something to your attention." He said as he went on his tyrant about the fast count when Daniel's music hit. "Care to explain this to me?" He asked playing the video again.
"It was simple. I knocked Randy out, pinned him and won a championship." He said.
"Scott come out here." Paul said. He already knew Kaylee was behind it all, he'd managed to pull it out of her during their long conversation. "So this is your normal 3 count." Paul said pointing to the screen.
"And then there was this." He said replaying the fast count.
"We've been caught Daniel." Scott said looking over at the champ who's jaw dropped as he went off.
"Wait did you just say we've been caught?" Paul asked looking between them as Daniel swore his innocence in the matter. "Daniel hand over the title, I'm removing you as champion." He said holding his hand out.
"No this is my championship!" Daniel yelled in defiance as the crowd chanted no. Then Randy's music hit and he made his way down the ramp hastily to hopefully reclaim what was his.
"Randy I've got this." Paul said as the apex predator stood on the apron ready to get in the ring and attack Daniel. Just then Stephanie's music hit and Kaylee walked out much to everyone's surprise and also made her way into the ring just like her and Paul had planned.
"Are you really stripping him of the title due to the ref's mistake?" Kaylee questioned her uncle as she slipped through the ropes next to Randy and couldn't help but feel his eyes burning a hole into her back.
"This is no concern of yours so just go backstage." Paul said pointing to gorilla position.
"While you have the Shield to fight the apparent 'Injustice' in the ring, I'm the bitch to fight the injustice that is you, uncle Paul." She said glaring at him and he had to admit that Stephanie was right, she had charisma and was great talking on the spot.
"Give me back my title!" Randy yelled as he griped the tight rope and glared at everyone in the ring.
"Daniel give me the title." Paul said holding out his hand as Kaylee stepped between them.
"Daniel isn't giving you anything!" Kaylee yelled and Randy decided now was the perfect chance to get in the ring and he lunged ay Kaylee who stumbled back and away and while Daniel's eyes were averted to him Paul snatched the title.
"As of now there is no Champ." He said getting out of the ring and Randy's blood boiled as he turned his sights on Daniel and gave him an RKO. Kaylee quickly crawled over to her unconscious friend as Randy began to head to he ropes before stopping and setting his eyes on her. She was too busy tending to Daniel to notice him advance on her until his boots lined her vision only a foot away and she looked up at him. He grabbed her by the arm roughly and pulled her up before lowering his lips to her ear.
"I now what you did." He hissed before pulling back and kissing her roughly. Kaylee beat on his chest to try and get him off her but he was too strong. When he finally pulled back he turned on his heel, grabbed her head and RKO'd her too. He got up slowly as he stared at her motionless body laying sprawled out in the ring as he breathed heavily through his mouth at what he'd done. Daniel was only affected by the RKO for a few minutes before coming too while Kaylee was out cold and in need of medical attention.
When she finally came too she was backstage in the medical office with her aunt standing over her looking worried.
"Oh god, how long was I out?" She asked as she tried to sit up. Her neck and head were killing her and her mind was in a fog.
"Almost 15 minutes. Everyone's furious." Stephanie said as he helped her into a sitting position.
"Well tell them to calm their shit. That was Randy's freebie." She said wincing as the pain shot down her back. The war had started and she wasn't going to be the one going down without a fight.
"Are you out of your goddamn mind?!" Phil asked his friend who was sitting calmly unlacing his boots.
"You could say that." He said and Phil was resiting the urge to punch him in the face.
"You RKO'd her, you fucking RKO'd the bosses niece! You've lost it completely." Phil said in disbelief.
"You knew damn well it was coming so don't act so shocked." Randy said brushing off Phil's anger.
"I don't give a shit if she had it coming or not, you still shouldn't have done it! Do you have any idea the trouble you're going to be in for?" Phil asked knowing full well Randy might not ever perform in a WWE ring again. Randy stood and was about to walk out when he stopped and stared Phil in the face.
"You wanna know the sick thing?" He asked and Phil just shook his head.
"What?" He asked wondering if he even wanted to know.
"I actually liked it and if I could do it over again I would." He said with a sick smile and laughed as he walked out of the locker room to head back to the hotel.
