How far would you go...(Invite)

[Steven Cross]

He had watched the events of Game Over with interest especially one match in particular in it he saw something he could use in his forth coming quest for revenge against his target. In that one match he saw a way to gain a weapon that could sway things most decidedly in his favor.

He approached the residence now of a particular individual that he knew could be of use to him here all it would take is the right words to convince this person that they would get something they seemed to want out of this as well. Knocking on the door he waited for the person within to answer feeling this would be a most interesting conversation indeed.

[Jynx]

The sudden sound of knocking at her door quickly diverted her attention from her packing. Her head slowly turned towards the door, curious as to just who was paying this unwelcome visit to her today. Besides Crystal & Ashley no one was aware of her place of residence here in Toronto, and she aimed to keep it that way.

She instantly dropped the bag in her hand back to the floor, turning and making her way towards the door with a scowl upon her face. Once there she stood motionless inches away from the door, her head slightly tilted as she attempted to "hear" whatever she possibly could from the other side. There was complete silence and even when she called out asking who it was, there was no response. Waiting a few moments, she decided that whomever was brave enough to approach her in such a way must have been extremely desperate or either they thought that they were of some importance to her. Which they would be quite disappointed in either quest. She slowly unlocks each of the locks on the door, her facial expression becoming even more filled with anger and agitation before opening up. When she does, her eyes come to rest on an unknown person standing a few feet away from her. Her eyes quickly scan the man over once or twice before she finally spoke...

"Yeah? You lost or somethin' grandpa? Lookin' for the nearest retirement home?"

[Steven Cross]

Lost what an interesting choice of words.

He smiled for a second as the next words he spoke came to mind.

Yes what an interesting choice of words indeed. You see you and I both share the distinction of being lost and forgotten by our families don't we young lady. I imagine not a single one of your family members has bothered to look you up since that unfortunate turn of events with your sister at Game Over and yet I'm sure they all just flocked to poor dear Sarah to make sure the little thing was fine and to offer words of encouragement for what had happened her finally standing up to you as it were, all the while leaving you forgotten and ignored once more. That being said I'll ask you one simple question dear, how far would you go to finally get revenge on that sister of yours. What boundaries will you cross, what lines will you step over? I'm here to simply offer you the chance to get what you seemed to be looking for this past short while and that is to finally break your sister, revenge I believe some call it. Now I'll be honest I don't do this out of the kindness of my heart because frankly there is no kindness there, I simply have someone I wish to see suffer for past misdeeds against me as well and figure quite simply that we can help each other since our separate targets share a common link in your sister Sarah.

The speech given the older gentleman waits to see what this young woman feels about his offer although if he has read things correctly in this situation his carefully chosen words should get him the result he is looking for.

[Jynx]

Casey's eyes instantly opened as wide as possible, shaking her head before responding to the old man.

"Look gramps, I don't know who you are or how the hell you even know about me and that bitch but, trust me when I say I don't need any help getting done what needs to be done. So what everyone's worried about POOR little Sarah and runnin' to her aid all the freakin' time. That's nothin' new to me. Always been like that and always will. And exactly what kind of common link would we have anyway? What are you another relative that doesn't give a crap about me? Lord knows I need more of those."

[Steven Cross]

A chuckle from the old man as he begins to speak once more.

What kind of common link do we have eh? Well your right we are related you see your oversized buffoon of a brother-in-law is one of my two sons, which means you are infact my daughter-in-law. Do I care about you honestly no why should I? Other than seeing a common link we have to something I have no reason to care about you or any of them who have also conveniently forgotten that I exist. What we have in common dear is a hatred of our families and if you would take the time to listen I can tell you how we might work together to gain more than our fair share of revenge over them, because you see one way or another I know how I plan to make my oldest suffer for past deeds and it does involve pretty little Sarah so i thought after what I had seen lately you might enjoy the job that needs to be done when the time comes.

Again he waits on her response, will she be willing to play along or stubbornly refuse, either way makes no difference to him, it will just mean a revision in his plans.

[Jynx]

"Hmmpf...Nice pitch old man, nice pitch. "

She takes a few more seconds to look the man over before stepping aside, allowing him enough room to entery before replying...

"You got my attention. Get yer old ass in here and run what you got planned by me will ya."

[Steven Cross]

Calmly entering the room the man who says he is Casey's father-in-law never takes his eye off of her, making himself comfortable he begins to give a simplified version of his plan.

My plan is quite simple in essence really I wish to destroy what my oldest loves most as payback for things he has done in the past. What he loves most of course is his family and to that end I intend to see my two boys fighting tooth and claw trying to tear each other apart. Now to do this I need something to gain leverage over one of them. Now doing so with my oldest would be impossible as he knows I have nothing but evil intentions in mind for him, but the youngest he is another matter entirely and comes with something that can be used against him his pretty little wife Sarah. Where she to be harmed or even taken from him I'm quite confident he would do whatever he was told to, to see that it doesn't happen again. That's where you come in my dear girl, who better to do what needs be done with Sarah the you. You would be the one to cause her the harm in such a way as to show the bot the seriousness of the situation, and after he has done what's needed of him well I'll give him his pretty young wife back but not before leaving her alone in your care to finish things with her as you see fit. We would both get what we wanted here, in my case my errant son would see his family destroyed and that is far worse than any physical torment he could suffer and you would have the chance to break your sister both mentally and physically once and for all if you so choose, and all i ask of you in return is to not finish things with her until after her usefulness in this has come to an end. Seems to me like a very profitable arrangement for both of us dear girl so what do you say would you like to play this little game with me and finally have what you want or would you prefer to sit on the sidelines and watch me have all the fun?

[Jynx]

"Well damn old man. Got it all planned out do ya? You really think it's gonna be that easy eh? Now what makes you think that I can even get close enough to do what I WANT to do to that pop princess bitch again? Pfftt...They got like god damn secret service security around that girl lately. Sarah this and Sarah that. Sarah won this and defended that. Sarah's so pretty. I fuckin' hate that tramp! Look...The plan sounds good and all. And damn sure sounds enticing but it's more to a plan than saying what we'll do. How in the hell are we gonna get close to those bastards TO get this started? Their leaving town this weekend you do know right?"

[Steven Cross]

Nodding his head as he listens to Casey the old man looks her in the eyes as he speaks again.

It sounds to me as if your under the impression that this is something to be done now but my dear such is not the case. Oh no I intend to let them have some peaceful times now to give them time to feel as if all their hardships are passed. During that time I intend to renew my family ties with my youngest and his pretty little wife so that when the time comes that I visit her while Jason is away working she'll never suspect that the gift I'll bring her on that day is none other than the pain and suffering that you chose to inflict upon her. Oh no this won't be happening for sometime yet but when it does i assure you neither of these two will see it coming making what happens all the sweeter to me when they realize who it was that helped to make sure Sarah would be vulnerable to you at the given time. For now though we must be patient and wait until they are once again back at work, or at the very least that Jason is since there are rumors circling around that Sarah may not come back to wrestling next year. So I will ask again would you like to play this game it may require some patience but the reward is well worth the wait dear girl.

[Jynx]

Casey sat down in a nearby chair hearing his words. She wasn't sure about the old man who sat across the room from her. He seemed to be adamant about everything he was speaking about. He seemed to take a genuine interest in the whole ordeal. The idea was sounding interesting. Finally getting to Sarah alone and helpless. No one to come to her aid. No one to take the brunt of the punishment FOR her. No. She'd be truly helpless and at her mercy. The one things she craved and longed for every day. For years and years and years of her life. By this moment she had ran out of excuses to throw at the old man. She wasn't sure this would work or whether or not she could trust him in the least. But what she was sure about from the look in his eyes, was that for some reason unknown to her, he wanted to inflict just as much pain on his sons, as she did on her sister Sarah. Which in fact was more than enough for her to agree. The slghtest nod of her head as she tilted it slghtly, staring into his eyes endlessly, she confirmed her agreement to come aboard. She'd at least see how things were going to go and then make a decision. Who knows. Maybe the old bastard had something up his sleeve worth the effort.

[Steven Cross]

A smile that would remind one more of a predator than anything happy crossed his face as Casey nodded her head in agreement. He stood and made his way to the doorway though which he had entered.

Glad to have you on board for this one daughter-in-law you'll find it a most rewarding experience I do believe, I'll be in touch when things are to proceed until then though I'll be making myself scarce to avoid an possible chance of being spotted together and things ruined. Until then it was a pleasure meeting you Casey Jordan and incase your left wondering my name is Steven Cross.

He left then closing the door behind him his smile changing to one of satisfaction. Casey would most defiantly be onboard when things came to pass and that alone would make the effort to get close to the young couple in question worth the effort just to see how Sarah reacted when it was truly time to begin his revenge.

TO BE CONTINUED JANUARY 2008