Beginning notes: This is probably the last chapter, I might write one more, but not certain. Which brings me to the question of a sequel; I have no plan on writing one…well anymore. See, the thing is, there is a lot of reasons why it’s taken me a long time to write this last chapter, the main reason being that I’m not into wrestling like I use to be. Now I’m going to be focusing my attention on writing ‘Tides of Darkness’, which is sort of a spin off of this story. The story will have Calla and Robert, which is why I’ve been introducing them in the story for. This story will also let you know what’s been happening in the WWE since this chapter, so I invite everyone to read it. For those who say ‘screw Tides of Darkness, I want a sequel to this story’, well I did have an idea of what would happen next and for those who want to write it, I’ll give a short summary at the end of this chapter, and whoever wants to write it is more then invited to.

Chapter 35

All Good Things…

It was the Smackdown after Wrestlemania 20 and it had began with Stephanie and Buffy heading to the ring. Stephanie repeated what she said about the lottery draft scheduled to take place on the next Raw. Once she was done, Buffy explain to the fans why she was leaving. She told them that some family problems had arisen and she needed to go home to handle them. She also told them that she was going to have one last match here on Smackdown in front of her Smackdown fans. The reaction she got from the Smackdown fans was a little different from the Raw fans. Even though she got a majority of cheers on Raw, there were still some boos over what she did to Austin at Wrestlemania, but here on Smackdown there was nothing but cheers for her and chants of ‘Buffy, don’t go’. Next Buffy told them who her opponent would be, and do to a lot of begging from a certain Pack member; she decided that her last opponent would be Sable. Even though she didn’t say who the Pack member was, almost everyone knew that it was Torrie who begged Buffy to fight Sable. Shortly after Buffy said Sable’s name, Sable’s music hit the speakers and Sable came out and quickly made it to the ring. Sable had an angry look as she got in the ring. She got right in Buffy’s face and then dropped to her knees and begged Buffy not to fight her. At first, Buffy felt sorry for Sable, but then remembered all the crap she pulled in the past and told her the match was on. Since her begging didn’t work, Sable gets back to her feet and turns her attention to Stephanie. Sable’s demeanor changes to anger as she tells Steph that’s she said everyone gets a fresh start with her so why does she have to fight Buffy. Because fighting Buffy doesn’t seem like a fresh start. Steph smiled at Sable and told her that she does get a fresh start, and this doesn’t have anything to do with their past. She’s just granting a match to someone who is a close friend and she owes. Sable was about to say something back and by the look on her face it wasn’t going to be nice. However, when Sable opens her mouth to say it, nothing came out. She just stood there for a few seconds with her mouth open and then turns around and leaves the ring. Shortly after, Stephanie and Buffy leave as well.

About twenty minutes later, Xander and Stephanie were in the GM’s office alone. Stephanie was sitting at the desk going threw a huge file on her lap top computer about the info she recently received about Angel’s curse. Xander was sitting in a chair on the other side.

“That was one hell of a match I had a few nights ago” Xander said

“Yes, it was” Steph agreed, and didn’t look away from what she was reading

“So, now what?” Xander asked

“What do you mean?” Steph was confused as she looks at Xander

“I mean, where do I go from here?”

“I’m still a little confused, Xander” Even though, Steph had a small idea where this was going

“Now that I’ve beaten Vince, do I just stand around every show and do nothing, I was thinking maybe I should become a wrestler”

Steph was right, and she didn’t like this idea at all “Xander, we talked about this”

“I know, I know, but what else would I be any good here, plus I did pretty well last night and I think I’ve developed a fan base”

“I have no doubt that you have and you did awesome last night, but Xander, I rather you didn’t wrestle…besides you do have a job and it’s my personal assistant”

Xander smiles “Yeah and what you would have me do as your personal assistant isn’t exactly sometime I can put on my résumé”

Steph stands up walks over to Xander and puts her arms around him “Xander, don’t worry, I’ll take care of you”

“I always fall for the rich and beautiful ones” Xander muttered to himself

“What?” Steph said with confusion

“Never mind, look even though it would be a fantasy to travel around with a beautiful woman and never have to work, I can’t leach off you, I need to earn my money” a playful smile came across Stephanie’s face and she was about to say something but Xander stops her by putting his finger to her lips and saying “And I know what you’re about to say and that’s considered prostitution”

Stephanie removes Xander’s finger “Alright Xander, I understand and I love you and I want you to be happy. I just want you to put some consideration into this”

Steph reaches for the computer on her desk, turns it off, pulls out the disk and then hands it to Xander “Hold on to this for me while I head out with Buffy”

“You’re joining Buffy in her match?” Xander said as he takes the file

“Let’s just say I’m going to watch in up close, also could you go see if Rey and Faith are finished?”

“Sure”

Short time later, Buffy was waiting backstage for her time to go out, while she was waiting, she uses the time to do some stretches.

“All ready for your last match” Steph said as she approaches Buffy

“More ready then I need to be considering who my opponent is” Buffy replied

Just then Sable walks by, gives Stephanie and Buffy a mean look and walks threw the curtain as her music starts to play.

“By that look she gave you and I, one would think that she actually believes she going to do something out there” Buffy said

Steph laughs “Yeah, I bet all she going to do is hit the mat once the bell rings”

“I’m not going to let her get off that easy, considering this is my last match” Buffy said with an evil smile

At that moment, Torrie came jogging up to the two of them “Great, I’m just in time”

“Just in time for what?” Buffy asked

“I’m going to head out with you Buffy” Torrie answered

“No, you can’t” Steph said

Torrie was disappointed “Why not?”

“Because I’m heading out with her and she doesn’t need two escorts” Steph explained

“So why do you get to go then” Torrie pouts

“Because I’m the boss”

“That doesn’t seem fair” Torrie responses

“Wait” Buffy says “If you head out with me then couldn’t that be seen as favoritism and didn’t you say”

“It’s not favoritism; I just need to be out there when Stone Cold arrives” Steph said “Plus, I wouldn’t be at where I am now if it wasn’t for you, Xander, and Faith, so how can I not show any favoritism”

The stage manger gives Buffy the signal to go out. Buffy heads threw the curtain as her music begins to play and Steph follows her.

As Buffy walks out, the audience roars with cheers.

Cole: Listen to the crowd, Tazz, their about to blow the roof off this place

Tazz: How can I not listen, I’m about to go deaf

Cole: These Smackdown fans love Buffy

Tazz: Hey look, it’s Stephanie, she following Buffy out

Buffy got to the ring and got in, Steph walks around the ring and joins Tazz and Cole

Tazz: Welcome Ms. McMahon, it’s an honor and a pleasure that you could join us

Steph: Thank you Tazz

Cole: I happy you could join us too, Ms. McMahon

Tazz: Stop sucking up, Cole. So I guess you’re out here to see Buffy’s last match

Steph: Yeah…kind of

As the bell rings to begin the match, Sable runs at Buffy and takes a swing at her. Buffy easily ducks her attempt and Sable runs into the ropes behind Buffy. Sable bounces off the ropes but instead of going back after Buffy, she falls to the matt and doesn’t move.

Tazz: What the hell is this, did she pass out

Steph: No she’s not passed out

Buffy rolls her eyes “I don’t believe this” She wasn’t going to let Sable off that easy. Buffy picks Sable back up by the hair and then body slams her.

Backstage, Xander enters The Pack’s locker room, only to find Calla, Britney and Robert sitting on the sofa, and Dawn sitting in a sofa chair.

“Where’s Rey and Faith?” Xander asked

Britney, who was sitting between Rob an Calla, answers “They went to prepare for Stone Cold’s arrive, then later, Rey stopped by and said they were ready but they saw Stone Cold and were going to follow him”

“So, Austin is here” Xander said and closed the door “I guess I shouldn’t worry considering who’s on the job”

“Hey, Xander, check this out” Britney says “before the show started, we were flipping threw the channel on the TV and caught this story about me on a tabloid TV show, I don’t remember which one, but apparently I’m joining the WWE after coming off of therapy for my drug abuse…dam, and no one told me about it”

“Oh, well, don’t worry” Xander said “tabloids are full of lies and half truths and only idiots believe that stuff”

Britney smiles “All media is full of lies and half truths, didn’t you know that”

Robert looks over at Calla “Did you teach her that?”

Calla smiles back “What can I say, the girl learns quickly”

Robert’s only response was rolling his eyes back at her.

“Look” Dawn finally spoke “While all of you have been talking about the bullshit that was on TV earlier, you have all been missing Buffy’s ass kicking of Sable”

“What’s to miss, Buffy is smacking around Sable” Robert said, which was exactly what was happening, Buffy was smacking around Sable. She would hit her with a smack, Sable would fall to the ground but then get back up and Buffy would smack her to the ground again

Tazz: Wow Sable’s cheeks are going to be sore after this

“Hey guys, maybe we should go see how Faith and Rey are doing” Xander said

“Nah” Robert responded “They have things under control”

Back in the ring, Buffy was completely dominating the match. After knocking Sable to the matt with a leg sweep, Buffy picks up Sable and props her up in the corner. Then Buffy hits Sable across the chest with a hard chop that was heard around the arena.

Tazz: So far, this match is been one sided

Cole: At this point, I think Buffy is just playing with her

Steph: Well, Sable isn’t exactly real competition for her

Tazz: Well, that’s obvious; we all know she only choose Sable because Torrie begged her to

Buffy hits Sable with another chop across the chest

Tazz: Sable’s cheeks aren’t going to be the only thing red after this match. You know, it’s hard to imagine how Sable ever got a job in the WWE to begin with. I mean she has no wrestling skill what so ever

Cole: Oh come on Tazz, she has skill…well, earlier in her career she did

Buffy hits Sable with a third chop and then let Sable fall to the matt.

Tazz: Yeah, early in her career, but lets face facts, there wasn’t much competition in the women’s division back in those days. Things are a little different now; the women of today’s WWE are a whole lot tougher, Buffy for example, and Sable just can’t measure up, nor did she measure up when she was rehired

Cole: Alright, I guess you do have a point, how did she get rehired

Steph: Lets just say, my father has a weakness for T and A

The match only lasted for a few more minutes until Buffy finished off Sable with a super kick. After the three count and Buffy being declared the winner, Stephanie got in the ring with a microphone.

“Now that was a great match” Steph said into the microphone “And I don’t think Sable is ever going to be the same” Sable was currently being carried out the ring by officials “But that match was so one sided, do we really want that to be Buffy’s last match?” She asked the audience

“No!” The audience answered

Buffy sighs, she wonders why Steph couldn’t just let it be.

Stephanie continues “Now Buffy does have a family matter she needs to attend to and I respect that. She wouldn’t be who she is if she didn’t put her family and friends first in her life and I love who she is. But that doesn’t mean this has to be her last match, she can always make a return in the future. So, to steal a line from someone, if you would like to see Buffy come back in the near future, give me a ‘Hell Yeah’!”

The audience gave a booming “Hell Yeah!”

“So, what do you say, Buffy?” Steph asked Buffy and then handed her the microphone

Buffy takes the microphone and covers it with her hand so she can say to Steph “You had this planned didn’t you?”

Steph smiles “I knew I couldn’t get you to stay, so I had to go with the next best thing. Seeing if I could get you to come back”

Buffy smiles “I love who you are too”

The audience was cheering for Buffy. Cheering for her to come back after she was done with whatever matter she had to attend to.

Buffy speaks into the microphone “Thank you, thank you; I love all of you too. And I have to say, the Smackdown fans are the best. When I first came to the WWE, I didn’t know anything about it or wrestling and in my first match, I was so nervous, that I dragged Xander out with me so he could be my comfort blanket. But as time when on, things changed, I became more comfortable and the fans, you, grew to love me. And threw everything, you, the fans, have stood by me. Even after that little incident with a certain Rattle Snake. Now, I have to leave and there is no changing that, but I want all of you to know that if the opportunity arrives, I will return”

Before Buffy could continue, the sound of glass breaking hits the speakers, which is follow by Stone Cold’s music. After a minute of waiting, Stone Cold drives around the stage entrance in a beer truck.

“He is so predictable” Stephanie muttered to herself

Stone Cold drives the truck close to the stage and then gets out with a microphone in hand.

Tazz: Oh no, Stone Cold has a beer truck, we all remember the last time he had one

“Let me get this straight” Stone Cold begins “You’re leaving but you’re coming back and at the same time, I didn’t hear you say anything about giving old Stone Cold his payback”

“Steve, let it go” Buffy said back

“Not a chance, if you’re not going to give Stone Cold his due, then Stone Cold is going to have to take it himself” Stone Cold began to head to the large hose connected to the side of truck

As he was unraveling it, Steph says “Stone Cold, would you stop referring to yourself in third person, it’s annoying when the Rock did it, and it’s annoying when you do it”

Stone Cold disconnects the hose, aims it toward the two people in the ring, Buffy and Steph, and pulls back the handle.

Tazz: Here it comes, the second beer bath in WWE history

Cole: Wait Tazz, there nothing coming out

Tazz: You’re right; it looks like Stone Cold is shooting blanks

Stone Cold was confused as he scratches his head and then shakes his hose.

“You are so predictable” Steph said “I knew you might pull something like this, so I had the beer trucks drained and prepared for you”

Cole: What is Stephanie talking about?

Just then another beverage truck came from the backstage area. Rey was in the driver’s seat and Faith was in the passenger side. The second truck stops right behind the first, and Rey and Faith got out.

Stone Cold was shocked as he was looking at the second truck.

As Rey was pulling out the hose connected to the truck, Steph says “Steve, I decided to give you a taste of your own medicine, but at the same time, be original. How am I being original?” Rey aims the huge hose at Stone Cold and Stone Cold backs up against the ring

Steph continues “Well, it’s not milk because that’s been done, and trust me, I remember that, and of course, it’s not beer. However, it’s is a type of beer and maybe a type you should get acquainted with, the non-alcoholic, considering that you ‘are’ an alcoholic. Stone Cold I give you…Root Beer!”

Just then, Rey starts straying Stone Cold with Root Beer. Stone Cold gets hit hard by the stray and tries to escape it by getting in the ring. When he gets in, Stephanie and Buffy get out.

Getting in the ring doesn’t help him one bit, he’s still getting hit hard and even slips flat on his face.

Cole: Can you believe this; Stone Cold is getting soaked in root beer

Tazz: I guess that would make him the root beer king

Rey continues to stray him for the next 30 seconds before shutting off the hose; after Rey and Faith get in the ring. As Stone Cold is trying to get up, Faith kicks him from behind and it sends him stumbling forward and landing over the second ring rope.

“Go for it” Faith tells Rey and Rey knows what she is talking about. He runs forward and hits Stone Cold with a 619.

Cole: 619! 619! Rey has hit Stone Cold Steve Austin with a 619!

Tazz: Let’s not forget the assist he got from Faith

The audience was going wild and after celebrating a little, Faith and Rey got out the ring and joined Steph and Buffy.

Steph looks to the audience “Ladies and gentleman, your next WWE Tag Champions!” she indicated to Rey and Faith

Tazz: Did you hear that, the next tag champions, does that mean their going for the tag belts

Cole: If they are, I feel sorry for the tag teams that get in their way

After the show, there was a going away party being thrown for Buffy in one of the back locker rooms. Everyone one was there; Robert, Calla, Britney, Rey, Faith, Dawn, Eddie Guerrero, The Rock, Torrie Wilson and Shawn Michaels. However as everyone was talking to each other, they noticed two people missing, Stephanie and the one the party was being thrown for, Buffy.

Currently, Buffy with Steph in the G.M.’s office, Steph was sitting behind the desk and Buffy was standing in front of it. In a way, this reminded Buffy of what it was like being in the principal’s office back in high school.

Steph sighs “Well, I glad you’re decided to return when you can, but I’m still going to miss you”

Buffy replies “I’ll miss you too”

Steph wasn’t happy when she says “I’ll get on the paperwork to have your contract cancel”

Buffy felt bad “I’m really sorry, Steph”

“Don’t be, your family needs you and you put your family first. That’s part of what make you so wonderful”

Buffy smiles “Thank you, Steph, and…I do plan on coming back”

Steph smiles back “Maybe you’ll win the WWE championship when you do”

“I just might”

“I have something for you” Steph opens her suitcase and pulls out a computer disk. She had gotten it back from Xander before coming to the office “consider it a thank you for all that you have done for me”

“What is it?” Buffy asked but already knew

“It’s some info on Angel’s curse and a few ways you might be able to bind his soul to him”

Buffy takes the disk from Stephanie, smiles and then hugs Steph. Steph hugs her back.

“Thank you” Buffy said

“Your welcome” Steph replied

After the two when and joined the party, and turned from a ‘good bye’ party to a ‘see you later’ party. There were stories being shared and plans being made. There were even plans being made about Buffy’s return. Everyone had a wonderful time and went it was over, they all left with a smile on their faces.

Two days later, Buffy, Dawn, Robert, Calla and Britney were on a plane. However it wasn’t a plane to England, but a plane to Los Angeles, where Buffy was stopping to pay Angel a visit and give him a copy of the info on his curse, then they would be heading to England and back to the Manor. Even though Buffy was putting her career on hold, the info on the disk gave Buffy new hope for the future and her relationship with Angel.

Buffy had a window seat with Dawn next to her. She was looking out the window in deep thought.

“I bet your missing it already” Dawn said

Buffy had no problem admitting it “I do, I do miss it and I will return”

“And win the WWE championship?”

“Oh, you bet I will”

Britney was sitting behind Buffy’s seat looking out the window. Robert was sitting next to her, but at the moment he was in the restroom. Britney was in deep though, but was brought out of it when Calla sat in the empty seat.

“Hi” Calla said

Britney smiles at her “Hi, back”

“I just wanted to say I think you and Robert are good for each other”

“Thanks, but you’re already told me that”

“I know, just repeating my self, so how are you doing?”

“I’m good, and despite the trouble going on at the school, I’m looking forward to getting back…because my life is better for going there and I would hate to think how things would have turned out for me if I didn’t go”

“Glad you think that, which reminds me, your training will be done in a few months”

“What?”

“The basic training you’re taking to control your abilities, it will be finished soon. Then you’ll be able to go back to the life you had before”

Fear shoot threw Britney and for a few seconds her face got pale and then when back to normal. She couldn’t understand why she was suddenly afraid of going back to her Hollywood life.

Calla could see the fear “You know you don’t have to leave, you could take some other classes, like some in the marital arts”

“No, I should get back to…” She found herself unable to finish

“You have a while, think about it”

“Hey, what’s up?” Rob said as he came back

“Nothing, just some girl talk” Calla said and then got up and when back to her seat

“What was that about?” Rob asked Britney as he sat down

“Like she said ‘girl talk’” Britney answered with a smile

“You two are become too close for my comfort” Robert said

Buffy continues to look out the window. Thoughts of the time she spend in the WWE ran threw her head, the good times and the bad times. Steph plan worked more then she knew because Buffy wanted to head back as soon as possible. There was one thing she had to accomplish and that was winning the WWE title.

Fin…or is it?

Like I said at the beginning, I’m not going to write a second story, but if you want to find out a little about what happens to Buffy and Steph’s WWE, read my other story ‘Tides of Darkness’. It involves Willow, Robert, Calla, Britney, Lita and the slayer school. It also has some made characters just for this story. It’s basically a Buffy, Warcraft 3, Xena, some WWE crossover, plus some other crossover as it goes along.

However, for those who want to write the next story, I’ll let you know what I had planned and you can write it if you like. It’s mainly a Buffy centered story; it starts place a year later at the next Wrestlemania. The back story is that Faith got injured at No Mercy at the hands of Angle, JBL and Isabel and she had to leave. Buffy came back to get revenge, first on Angle, then she got it on Isabel, and then came JBL. She beat JBL for the WWE title at Royal Rumble and became the first Woman champion. So the story begins at Wrestlemania where she is fighting John Cena. The match is one sided in Buffy’s favor, however due to interference by Stone Cold, Buffy loses the match and the title. After Buffy has a feud with Stone Cold which doesn’t end well for Stone Cold. At this point, Buffy is started to be seen as a heel after what she does to Stone Cold.

Well, let’s shorten this up, Buffy gets involved in Shawn’s fight with Hogan. She learns that Shawn threw the match for Hogan and isn’t happy, so she stalks Hogan. At first he doesn’t want to fight, but then has no choice and fights her at Armageddon. After the beating she gives him, she wins back some fans. Fast forward a little, later Buffy joins Shawn in his fight with Vince, who became the new GM of Raw after Steph fired Eric. It’s the old saying; keep your friends close and your enemies closer. After that, Buffy and Rey join DX and also become WWE tag champions. The new DX runs havoc on all three shows.

If you want to write this, you’ll have to fill in the holes. Also, Steph passed her year review with fly colors and keeps the job as Chairwoman of the WWE, and at some point in the story; Xander and Stephanie get married and have a kid.

Of course, most of this is covered in my other story Tides of Darkness.

If you choose to write this story, have fun and let me know because I’m going to want to read it.