"I'm glad you decided to join the company! Vince said the door would always be open to you and your brother!" said the new CEO of WWE, Triple H.
"Thank you," Ted replied. 19 year-old Ted had decided to pursue his wrestling dreams as soon as he graduated high school.
Not very long after John died, Randy decided to tell the boys that they were twins and adopted. Both didn't quite seem to understand.
"It all started in Vegas 10 years ago..." Randy said telling them the story,"I still don't know what happened that night or how drunk we were but either way, it ended up giving us you two." he said smiling at Kelly. He knew it was because of the boys that they actually got together.
"So...is my name actually Cody?"
"Well, yeah, we don't quite know your last names so I suppose it shall stay Orton and Cena, unless you want to change yours, Ted"
"Nah," said Ted, "I gotta keep my dad's name alive."
"We'll start you in the developmental territory, and since you're John's son you'll probably move up quickly."
"Cody will probably join up soon too, but he's actually going to college." Ted explained.
"I see. Why didn't you go?"
"Wrestling's all I've ever wanted to do, so why not start now...it's what my dad would've wanted."
Triple H nodded,"Yes indeed. Now do you have any ring names in mind?"
"Well I thought maybe I'd just go by Ted Cena..."
"I have an idea...maybe we could make you the son of the million dollar man...Ted DiBiase!"
"So I'd be Ted DiBiase Jr?"
"Yeah, I guess,"
"Hm..." he rubbed his chin,"maybe...maybe..."
"Hey bro guess what," Ted said on the phone with Cody.
"What?" he asked unpacking stuff into his dorm.
"I'm in WWE now!"
"Really? Nice, dude!"
"Yeah! I start training in NXT next week!"
"Cool! Tell me how that goes!"
"I was wondering what i should use for my ring name, should it just be Ted Cena?"
"Eh, I don't know, did you have any others in mind?"
"Well," Ted thought running his hand over his short hair that was reminiscent of John's,"Triple H had the idea of making me the 'son' of the million dollar man Ted DiBiase, and he also mentioned maybe calling you Cody Rhodes."
"Cody Rhodes?"
"You'd be Dusty Rhodes' son."
"Aren't both those guys dead now? What's even the point?" Cody sighed setting up his action figures.
"I don't know, maybe to carry on their legacies?"
"OOH I HAVE AN IDEA!" he exclaimed, "Ask Hunter if when I start, we can make a tag team called...LEGACY!"
"Got a nice ring to it..."
"Maybe ask him if we could keep our names...if I'm gonna be a fourth generation wrestler, I want to carry on the Orton name!"
"Can't blame you there, man."
Ted did bring up the 'Legacy' idea and the keeping names to Hunter. He replied that he'd take it into consideration and would love to have the twins pair up.
Randy offered Mickie to move back in with them after John died. She declined saying she didn't want to be a bother but later accepted when thinking that Cody and Ted should be together as brothers now. Ted felt bad that baby Jack never got to know his real father, but technically, Ted never did either. Both boys really did think of Randy, Kelly, John, and Mickie being their real respective parents. They didn't really have any interest in finding the real ones saying "if they didn't want us then we don't want them."
WWE changed a lot in 20 years. Many popular wrestlers grew old and moved on. Younger talent moved in and took over. It was hard to watch at first. Young guys like Johnny Curtis, Zack Ryder, Dean Ambrose and others rose to the top finally. They were the new faces of WWE.
Cody and Ted were the future, waiting for their chance to shine, waiting for their chance to makes their fathers proud and carry on the proud name, even if it wasn't in blood.
John smiled up in heaven and thought,'That's my boy, Ted...'
That's my boy.
A/N: THE END! WOOOOOO FINALLY! I want to thank all of my readers for being so loyal even though sometimes I didn't update for awhile SORRY! but I finished my first fanfic! So yay me!
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