In Too Deep

Chapter 1

"I can't believe the crazy son of a bitch just did that."

Sarah Matthews, a college student by trade and a secret wrestling fan by night, turned to look at her high school sweetheart, Pete Gasparino, better known to the wrestling fans as Pete Gas, one third of the faction the Mean Street Posse.

"You have to give him some credit though, Pete," Rodney Leinhardt interrupted Sarah's train of thought as he waved a fork around for emphasis. "It's a ballsy thing to do at that age."

Sarah looked back at the television in front of her. Everyone in the world was watching the last broadcast of WCW Nitro, as Ted Turner had sold the company to Vince McMahon. Seemingly out of the blue, Vince's young overzealous son, Shane, purchased the company from under Vince's nose live on national television. It was certainly a day wrestling fans would never forget for as long as they lived.

"Hell, if Vince was waiting til WrestleMania to make Ted deliver the papers and look like an asshole in front of every wrestling fan in the world... I seriously commend Shane for his actions. He saved Turner a lot of embarrassment." Jason "Joey Abs" Arhndt stated.

"Isn't that the point, though? Embarrass him for everything he put Vince through over the years? You know, like stealing Vince's top stars from their contracts?" Pete asked.

"Well... Maybe... But, let's face it… Shane is resourceful. Always has been." Rodney replied, now directing his fork towards whatever was inside the Chinese food container he was hugging to his chest.

"He's twenty-four years old, Rodney. He shouldn't be meddling in things he couldn't possibly understand." Sarah piped up, feeling tired of being left out of the conversation.

All three sets of eyes turned to look at her. Rodney nearly choked on his food trying not to laugh at her words, although the evil glare he received from Pete told him to back off.

"Oh. You're serious?" Rodney once again started choking as a way to excuse himself from the conversation.

"You'd be surprised, Sarah... Seriously, you act like we haven't known each other since we were kids." Joey offered.

"Listen, Sarah," Sarah turned her attention to Pete. "Shane isn't... I mean... He's not stupid when it comes to this business. He's been living it since he was an infant. He knows his stuff. I mean, I agree with you in a sense that he shouldn't have purchased WCW on a whim, but... He's stubborn, like his old man, and he's gonna do anything to get back at him for all of the years he spent with an absentee dad."

"It was still a stupid decision to make, Pete... He's still the guy we grew up with."

"Wait, now I'm confused," Sarah turned her attention back to Rodney, who put his fork down and was massaging his temple with his free hand. "Are you pissed at Shane for buying WCW or are you getting sentimental because the thirteen year old you had a dopey girl crush on is all grown up now and bought a business to get back at his dad?"

Sarah's blush was immediate, although it soon faded and she glared angrily at Rodney. "I thought you promised you would never mention that again?"

"Especially in front of me." Pete growled.

Rodney chuckled. "Yeah, sorry. I was just testing," Rodney stopped talking for all of a minute before he finally decided he liked the sound of his voice too much. "So it's a bit of both, then?"

"Goddamnit, Leinhardt! I'm going to kick your ass!"

Sarah watched as Pete catapulted himself from his seat to land on top of Rodney. Luckily for both of them, Rodney threw the container of Chinese food into Joey's ready hands, so the two were able to go through their "fight" completely food-free.

That is, until Vince McMahon nearly banged down the door.

"What do you four know about what just happened?!" Vince shouted.

Rodney and Pete immediately backed away from one another. Although, they had to admit, it wouldn't be out of the norm for Vince to witness a play fight between any member of the Posse and his son... But those days were long gone, no matter how hard it was to admit, and now they were all working in the same business.

"Absolutely nothing. We're just as surprised as you are." Pete replied, fixing his shirt and attempting to fix Rodney's hair.

Vince watched them with a quirked eyebrow. "Somehow I doubt that."

"Seriously, Mr. McMahon. We haven't spoken to Shane since you had Hunter kick his ass last week on Raw..." Joey stated.

Vince nearly snarled at the Posse. "Oh? And what did he say then?"

"Well, to be honest, he didn't really know which way was up... So he didn't do a lot of talking."

"So he never mentioned WCW?" Vince asked.

"For the last time, no. We haven't heard those letters come out of his mouth in months." Rodney replied.

Vince looked over at Sarah. "You?"

"Nope. I haven't been around in awhile... Been busy with school. I haven't heard any gossip from the girls, either."

"So you mean to tell me that Shane did this completely at random and without anyone to back him?" Vince questioned.

"I guess." Pete sheepishly responded.

"Kinda ballsy of him, no?" Rodney teased.

Pete elbowed Rodney in the stomach. "Shut up, stupid."

"It's alright, Pete," Pete and Rodney turned to look at Vince. "Rodney's right. It is pretty ballsy of him... Probably makes Shane the youngest wrestling organization owner of our time... Maybe even in history."

"So you're not mad?" Sarah asked, confused.

"I'm not sure. I was severely pissed off... I probably still am irritated... But that's one hell of an accomplishment he just made. Can't help but be a little proud."

Sarah and the Posse continued staring at Vince as he mumbled to himself, turned and left the room. As soon as the door closed, Rodney slapped Pete upside the head.

"That's for elbowing me, jerk!" Rodney shouted.

"Alright, Uncle!"

Sarah waited patiently for everyone to calm down and resume doing what they were doing before Vince barged in. Rodney continued stuffing his face, Joey was working on a crossword puzzle and Pete was browsing through a book.

"So... What do you think happens next?"

"Not sure, really... Hopefully nothing too drastic."

A/N: Hello everyone. It's kind of crazy that, not even a week after I finish Thanks For The Memories, I'm starting a new fic. Isn't it weird? Anyway, this was a request from Sarah-Frog-Brothers-Fan. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, chicky! There's gonna be a lot more drama and excitement to come!

As I type this, I've started to edit my other stories [mostly Dark Reflections, When Will it End? and Thanks For The Memories] so that they're up to par with my forever rising standards. I know I just finished TFTM, but I noticed some errors while reading it and it irks me to the point where I just have to fix it.

I hope you guys are familiar with the Invasion storyline from 2001. If not, let me know, and I'll try to explain as much as humanly possible in this fic.

I once again want to say that, if you have a story request, message it to me. We'll discuss details and I'll start working on it as soon as possible.

Thanks for checking this fic out!