Like Old Times
11/16/04
"Shawn… Is that you?" Paul asked. Shawn turned to look at Paul, once again giving his best friend his full attention.
"Of course it is, weirdo! Who else would it be?"
Paul stared back at Shawn in shock. He couldn't believe what he just heard Shawn say. It definitely was his Shawn… But… Does that mean he didn't remember anything that's been happening for the last few months?
Paul leaned in closer to Shawn. "I have a question to ask you… And you can't take it as a joke, okay," Paul asked, making Shawn nod his head in agreement. "Good boy. What's the last thing you remember?" He asked. Shane and Randy turned to look at Shawn, eager to hear his response to the question. If he didn't recall any recent events, they were going to have to think of ways to break it to him gently. A lot happened since Shawn 'changed.'
"Umm… Wow, I don't even know… A lot of things are hazy, quick flashes that make no sense whatsoever… Why?" Shawn asked. The serious looks on the faces of the men around him were starting to make him slightly nervous. "Well… There's something we have to tell you… But you have to promise you won't freak out… Okay?" Paul asked.
Shawn raised a confused eyebrow. "What could you possibly tell me that would make me freak out?" He asked. Paul sighed and looked over at Randy and Shane, then looked back at Shawn and looked him in the eyes. "Well… At Unforgiven, Glenn tombstoned you onto a steel chair… You won the match despite suffering a severe concussion… I mean… You collapsed after the match and had to get rushed to the hospital."
"What are you getting at?" Shawn asked, the skeptic look on his face changing into a more concerned one. Paul looked over at Randy and Shane, silently begging one of them to take over the conversation. Shane edged a little closer to Shawn, making the older man turn to look at him instead of looking at Paul. "Well… When you were at the hospital, they ran a CAT scan and found out that, on top of your concussion, you also suffered from retrograde amnesia… I mean… You forgot so many things. You thought D-X was still together, so we brought it back…"
"You guys got into this whole feud with Tyson Tomko and Christian… And eventually Vince got involved and… We found out Vince was the one who was behind everything… Going back to your match at Unforgiven. He even turned the majority of Evolution against you and Paul… Christian split away from Tomko so he could join our side. The good side. And Shane here damn near made the dumbest decision of his life by trying to save D-X's career…" Randy continued.
Shawn looked back and forth at the men in front of him. Were they really being serious with him right now? "Are you guys kidding me? How long have I been out of it?" He asked. Paul sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Well, Shawn… You've been out of it for about two months now…"
Paul watched as Shawn's eyes widened. "…What? Two months..? How did… Where… Why… Does my… What?" Shawn stuttered. He wasn't able to form words due to the excessive amounts of thoughts running through his mind.
"Shawn… You promised you weren't going to get worked up… So you have to try and remain calm, okay? I'm going to try and answer all of the questions you have… But you have to stay calm. Is that a deal?" Paul asked. Shawn nodded. "You got it." He responded, still unable to get a hold of his thoughts.
"Okay… You've been a different person… Actually, you've been the old Shawn for about two months now. You're been yelling and cursing… You've actually been a very unpleasant person to those you don't care for… You also got along with Bret Hart when we were at the show in Montreal," Paul noticed the odd look Shawn gave him, so he chuckled. "Sorry, I had to mention that part. I wanted to see your reaction to it."
"Other than… The fact that I've been acting like my old, embarrassing self… What else has been going on? I mean… Other than the feud with McMahon and all that jazz?" Shawn asked.
"Nothing really. I mean… The feud with McMahon turned into a really big thing. When Christian didn't want to join forces with him, he suspended him. He was going to do the same to us, but Shane stepped up and met his father's demands… It was pretty much his job for our careers. However, when Shane joined forces with Vince, things got a whole lot worse and Christian was fired… As was Randy when Evolution was lured to Vince's side. Shane and Linda got together and overruled Vince's decision and got them their jobs back… But, as you can see, Shane paid the price for it." Paul gestured to Shane's face, which Shane waved off. "Don't worry about any of this… We have to decide what we're going to do about my dad."
Paul put a hand to his head in disgust. "You're right… We have to decide how we want to go about this whole feud now that Shawn is back to normal… The whole thing was about the mistreatment of his employees… But now that Shawn is okay, it kind of defeats the purpose… Unless we want to continue it to defend your honor, Randy… As well as Christian's." Paul replied. Randy shrugged his shoulders. "I mean, it seems like an okay idea… But what role will Shawn play? What if… Someone hits him in the head again and he goes right back into the amnesia thing?"
"I'm almost positive that won't happen… If anything, I'll make him wear a helmet." Paul stated. "What do you think, Shawn?" Shane asked. Paul and Randy looked over at Shawn. Shane had a point to ask Shawn… They were talking about him like he wasn't even in the room, after all.
"What Vince has been doing isn't right… Paul..," Shawn paused to look Paul in the eyes. "You'd better get that helmet."