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As we come back from commercial we see Lauri Henry sitting down on a small crate near his "stew pot". He was figiting with a small card in his hands looking as if he was deep in thought. All of a sudden a lady's voice was heard.

"Hey sugar..."

Lauri looked up, at the same time the camera turned to show the source of said voice as EEW Vixen Bianca stood there along with her daughter Lily.

"Oh Hey Bianca..."

He said in a quiet tone to Bianca all the while waving to the little girl with a smile.

"What's wrong sug? You seem a bit down..."

"Its nothing really, I'm just trying to figure something out... Anyway what are you doing here?"

He asked quietly as the "Busty Belle Brawler" sat down beside him.

"Well with what you did for me at One Night Stand getting Lily back, did you think I wouldn't come say thank you? Now what are you tryin to figure out?

"Well mainly I'm trying to figure out what i should do with this..."

Lauri then held up the small card that was in his hands as Bianca grabbed it to take a look.

"Let me see that... Hmm, an invitation to join Team Carnage?"

"Yeah Chrono gave it to me after my match. He's expecting an answer from me tonight..."

"Well are you considering it hun?"

"That's the big problem for me: On one hand, Chrono helped me get Lily back, I owe him an answer at least. But on the other hand..."

"...your having doubts on joining another team since Nathan left?"

Bianca said plainly all the while Lauri stared at her with a freaked out look.

"...How the heck, do you keep doing that?"

"Easy, I know you pretty well Sugar..."

Bianca beamed a cute smile as Lauri chuckled.

"*sigh* "with Nathan leaving so suddenly its like a freaking sign or from above or something..."

"Well sug, the way I see it this is just an invite, not a Carnage Rules challenge where if you lose you got no choice. I'm pretty sure you can thank him for his help and refuse the offer if your honest with him. Unless you actually want to join..."

She said, all the while Lauri head was down still heavy in thought.

Lauri opened the door, entering the office only to stand in front of Chrono's desk his hands behind his head.

"Good day boss... *snicker* S-sorry sorry, just still having a hard time believing it still, no offense."

"Well at least you get to the point Oi..."

He muttered to himself as he rolled his eyes slightly.

"Yeah... listen Chrono about that offer of yours. I'm flattered, but honestly I don't think I can do it."

He then placed his hands in his jacket pockets.

"Its nothing personal Chrono. Hell ma- I mean sir, you helped me at One Night Stand get my neice back I'll be forever grateful to you for that. But with my former partner Nathan just up and leaving. I think its a sign sir, a sign for me to keep to myself."

Lauri then let out a heavy sigh. Situations like this were never his forte.

"So with that said, I'm sorry I wasted your time but thank you non the less."

Lauri then slowly backed his way toward the GM office door.

As soon as he heard the word 'test' he remembered what Karla was saying about one superstar's drug tests

"Oh I see... so you and your shrink think im taking steroids eh? Want to ruin my good name eh? Well here take a look!!"

With that said Lauri's jacket dropped to the floor and he quickly rolled up the sleeves in shirt as much as he could before getting up close to Chrono's desk all the while forgetting about the folder.

"Go on! take a look!! Do you see any needle spots on these arms?!"

"...growth hormones? Let me see that!!"

He quickly skimmed through the folder for a moment before slowly lowering the folder a nervous look formed upon his face.

"T-these are illegal?"

"I...I see... If your expecting me to beg for my job you got another thing coming Chrono!!

Lauri retorted with a snarl. looking Chrono stright in the eyes.

"Don't ******** with me Chrono, if your gonna fire me just get it done and over with, instead of this bullshit!!"