| �And who the fuck is Angelica?� Jackie asked later on in the holding cell. �She�s Lita, obviously,� Rob observed. �Our fearless leader turned on us. That bitch.� �No,� Jeff broke in. �It�s not Lita. At least, it�s her body, but it�s not her mentally.� �You�re saying Lita�s bipolar?� Shane asked. �No. What I�m saying is that there are parts of Lita�s past none of you guys know about.� �Well, who does?� �Me, Steph, a few select others. Matt�� �I didn�t even know.� Matt sighed from a corner of the room. �Where is Hunter anyway?� Jackie spat. �Probably with her.� �Lita?� �No. Angelica.� �You feel like explaining this yet?� Jackie asked. �Lita was a poor kid, down on her luck. Well, Heyman picked her up, offered her a job. She turned him down, he hunted her and brought her in here, I guess. They fucked with her mind, used drugs and brainwashing techniques and made her into what you guys saw out there. Created a whole other personality, a separate person inside her skull. A remorseless killer known as�� �Angelica Congeniality,� Matt broke in. �I�d heard of her before, but nobody would show us pictures.� �Because she�s Lita, in reality,� Jeff clarified. �They made her an assassin. Had her go after some top ranking officials, take down some big wigs. Finally, they sent her after Chyna. �Vince intercepted her, his boys tracked her down. They held her for a day or so and when she didn�t get her drugs, Angelica faded and Lita came out again. They figured out what was done to her and helped her recover as best they could. Well, Angelica was gone as far as everyone else was concerned, but Lita would every so often be afraid she was surfacing again.� �And now what?� Rob asked. �Edge is dead. Angelica�s loose, Jericho�s turned on us and he has Steph.� �They probably did to him something similar to what they did to Lita,� Jeff suggested. �How do you know all this and Matt doesn�t?� Hurricane finally asked. �Lita told me once when I remembered seeing her in the infirmary after that TLC incident. I recognized her from when were kids, before Heyman got to her. She told me her story and she made me promise not to tell Matt. She didn�t want him to know what she was.� �And Essa?� �Didn�t know anything about her past, that�s why they dated. Lita didn�t want anyone who knew her from before the Angelica incidents until finally Essa snapped and beat her.� �She went running to me,� Matt observed. �And I betrayed her trust twice.� �You didn�t betray her! I mean, just because you couldn�t kill her.� �That�s the point. I should�ve. I promised her.� �So, Hunter�� Angelica was smiling at him as he woke up strapped to a chair. �Sleep well?� �Fuck you. Where�s Lita?� Angelica tapped her head. �All locked up. Gone forever.� �How?� �You really wanna know?� Angelica straddled Hunter�s lap. �Or should we just get on with the important stuff?� Hunter turned his face away from her. �What�s wrong? Don�t want me anymore? You wanted her.� �YOu�re not her.� �You�re damn right,� Angelica stood up again, her pleather pants crinkling. �I�m back. And it feels sooooo good.� She smirked at him. �You don�t like me better? I�m more your type.� �What is that supposed to mean?� �Bitchy. Evil. In a position of incredible power at the moment,� Angelica picked a cherry out of a bowl and held it between her front teeth. �Exactly. And I don�t want that, ever.� Angelica bit into the cherry, chewed, and swallowed it. �But you were that. You know, there was only ever one time when I was close to popping up again without the drugs.� Hunter stared at her. �You remember the night you and Austin were beating on the Hardys? You remember how the bitch threw herself across Matt and begged you not to hurt him? Then you let Austin hit her over and over again across the back? I was close enough to the surface that I nearly stood up and kicked both your asses. Then, I receded. Hoped you�d keep it up until I could come out again and maybe play with you.� Hunter hung his head. �And that was the night, Hunter, that I fell for you. You were everything I wanted in a man.� �And that�s why Lita didn�t want anything to do with me.� He whispered. �On the nose. She was afraid that she�d turn into me again. Which happened anyway. So, what do you think? You. Me. Alliance. We overthrow Austin and begin a reign of terror around here.� �Chris?� Steph whimpered as her lover stared at her, breath heavily. She had found herself in a dimly lit room, on what appeared to be a bed covered in satin sheets. �Right here, dearest.� Chris�s eyes were hooded as he sat in an armchair across from her. He smiled at her in a cruel, twisted way. �Chris, what did they do you?� �Made me better. I�m not a screw up anymore Steph. I�m good enough for you. I�m a tough, heartless SOB now. Isn�t that what you go for in a man?� �No. You know I married Hunter for show. It didn�t mean anything.� �It didn�t? Really? Well, that�s very good to know. And did we mean anything? You never even told anyone about us.� �Because it was dangerous!� Steph cried. �I was still married.� �And a little danger was too much for you?� �I didn�t want you hurt!� �Love is pain!� Chris screamed at her. �That�s what it�s all about! It�s pain, hurt, heartache. That�s all it is!� Stephanie looked at him. �What did they do to you?� she repeated. �Let�s not talk about that,� Jericho stood over her. �Let�s talk about us.� �So, you have a thing for me,� Hunter nodded at Angelica. �Well, as flattered as I could be�I�M NOT.� Angelica rolled her eyes. �Whatever you say, Hunter.� �You�re a coward,� Hunter yelled at her. �What?� �You�re a coward. You knew Hardy couldn�t shoot you. Then, when Edge took his chance, you had Christian kill him. You never gave anyone else a clear shot.� �Anyone�like you?� �Exactly.� �Hunter, you could never shoot her. You love her too much.� �Then hand me the gun and find out.� Tori pulled her hand back into the cell. �There�s no way to pick that lock. It�s useless. I can�t do it.� The door swung open. Shane MacMahon was standing on the other side. The crew looked at him in amazement. Shane began tossing their weapons back to him. Off of Matt�s stunned look he shrugged. �I�m not a fuck up.� Jackie retrieved her knife and looked forward to what was to come. �What did you say to me?� Angelica asked. �Hand me the gun and find out. If you don�t think I�d kill her, give me the chance.� Angelica laughed, throwing Lita�s red hair out of her face. �Fine, you want that, you can have it.� She untied Hunter carefully, then tossed him a pistol. �Go ahead,� she stood right in front of him. �Shoot me.� Inwardly, Hunter prayed that he knew what he was doing. He aimed the gun at Angelica�s head� Then swung it and nailed her in the left side of her face. She recoiled from the blow, pausing to run her tongue over the roof of her mouth. Hunter watched her play with the implant Heyman had put in. �What did they do to Chris and Lita?� Jeff demanded of Shane. �Remember how Lita used to need the drugs? Well, Heyman developed an implant that maintains the same hormone levels without the injections. It�s a more permanent solution.� �Unless the chip comes out, right?� Hurricane asked him. �Let�s just hope Steph and Hunter figure that part out.� �You knocked part of it out!� Angelica growled at him. �Part of the plan,� he admitted. She started towards him, when suddenly her right fist nailed her in her own jaw. Hunter watched as she tried to use her left arm to hold it down to no avail, she punched herself again. As she gasped for breath, he noticed that the chip was coming further and further out. �What the FUCK?� Angelica yelled. Then, her mouth opened again. �Heyman didn�t plan for anyone to hit us in the face hard enough and often enough to knock the chip out.� Hunter stared in amazement. Lita had just answered Angelica. She was regaining control. �Well, bitch, it ends here!� Angelica reached in to replace the chip, when the right side of her mouth clamped down, drawing blood from her left hand. Angelica screamed. Lita stumbled towards Hunter. �Hit me again. Harder!� Hunter paused for a second before obliging her. He watched as the right hand reached up in and yanked on the chip, pulling it out completely. Lita motioned for the gun. Hunter threw it to her and watched her throw the chip in the air and blow it to smithereens. Lita sank to her knees, hugging herself. Hunter moved to comfort her. �I killed Edge!� she sobbed. �No�Christian killed Edge,� Hunter told her. �I�I�m not her�� �No, you�re not.� Hunter hesitated, then leaned in and kissed her. Lita let him just love her. Let him love her after he�d seen her dark side, her deepest secret. After he�d found out she had her own secrets, her own evils. And he still loved her. No matter what he loved her. Lita gasped a few more times after they broke the kiss. �We�ve gotta to Steph and Chris.� �You want me in the Alliance?� Steph asked Chris as he sat beside her. �Why?� �McMahon�s little girl and his heir, both against him? How wonderfully evil would that be?� Chris chuckled. �Besides, if you don�t agree to it, they�ll kill the crew. Including that Hurricane kid. So, did you like sleeping with him while I was gone?� �I thought you were dead��Steph protested. �I thought you were gone for good.� �You were wrong.� �I KNOW THAT!� She screamed. �I�ve been wrong about a lot of things. I was wrong to marry Hunter when I didn�t love him. I was wrong to try and hurt my father the way I did. I was wrong to keep us a secret. I was wrong to sleep with Hurricane. But Chris, I�m trying to fix things. Hunter and I are getting divorced. And Hurricane knows that I�m in love with you. It�s all okay�� �Not quite,� Chris snickered. �You�re still on the wrong side.� Stephanie sat up. �Let me fix that,� she whispered as she dove for his lips. He felt her tongue invade his mouth, her soft arms wrapped around his back. He responded, pulling her closer to him, dueling her tongue with his. He ran his arms up and down her back as she kissed him, then started running his fingers through her hair. He was so busy doing this, he didn�t feel her tongue working on the chip until she had it mostly out. Suddenly, he stopped and withdrew from her. Steph gasped as he reached into his own mouth and pulled the implant out, throwing it across the room. He turned back to her. �Missed you, you dirty skeezy brutal bottom feeding trash bag ho.� �Missed you too, choke artist,� Steph gave into tears as she embraced Chris again. They sat together, embracing until the door to the darkened room swung open. Hunter and Lita were silhouetted in the door frame. �Chris?� Lita called. �Angelica?� he asked, cautiously. She shook her head. �Lita.� �How do I know?� Lita opened her mouth, showing Chris the implant was gone. �Now, your turn.� Chris returned the favor. �Good to have you back�Captain,� Lita smirked at him. �Good to be back�Captain,� Chris saluted her. �Good to see you�re both back�Captains,� The four looked out into the hall to see Shane and the rest of the crew ready for battle. �And I am NOT a fuck up.� |