Authors Note: This is the first story I've ever written on FanFiction but the few people I've allowed to read it before I posted it said that it was a very good story and they want me to write a sequel for it. It's to early for me to even think about a sequel but I'll let you know at the end of the story what I've decided. Thanks and leave a review!
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Breakaway
Chapter One:
Pathetic.
That was the only word that could describe the place in her life that she found herself trapped in. She had no money, no job, and she wasn't on the best of terms with her family. It was hard to believe how much her life had changed in the past two years. She had fallen from the top of the mountain to rock bottom and their was no one there to help her back to her feet. The only person that mattered in her life was waiting for her at the airport thousands of miles away.
Her brother had always been there for her even if she tried to push him away. He had tried to tell her two years ago not to get involved with the man that would ruin her life. If only she had listened to him then, she wouldn't be in the situation she was in now. Scott had tried his best to separate her and Cody but he only succeeded in bringing them closer.
Rachael only hoped she could face Cody without breaking down in front of him. All of her emotions from the past two years had been bottled up inside of her and she could already feel them pressing against the back of her eyes. She wiped the tears away before they could role down her cheek and mess up her makeup. Only a few more hours and she would be safely away from Scott…
"You are going out there tonight to end Ashley and Jamie's careers. Do I make myself clear?" Scott growled out angrily as he watch Rachael lace her knee high, black and silver leather boots.
Rachael sighed and raked her fingers through her hair. "I don't know how you expect me to do that. They have Lacey on their side. Besides, me and Kia are both on thin ice with the locker room. One more mistake and it could be over for us." Rachael reached over for the tape but Scott snatched it away.
"Oh, I think you'll find a way. There is plenty of barbed wire and steal chairs laying around under the ring and I would hate for them to collect dust." Scott replied with a cruel smile spreading across his face. Rachael wanted to slap that smirk off but the bruise on her back kept her from doing that. "Remember how they humiliated you and Kia last week? Don't you want revenge on The Beautiful People? I know Kia's pissed so why aren't you?"
"I don't get 'pissed' that easy, Scott. Ashley and Jamie were following script. Dixie changed it at the last minute to make the feud between Me and Kia with The Beautiful People intense before the next pay-per-view. Lacey was suppose to attack Kia from behind so it would leave me in the ring with Jamie and Ashley. There is nothing to for me angry about. Now, let them do there jobs while I do mine."
Rachael snatched her long, sleeveless, black jacket off of the back of the couch and clipped it shut. She was about to leave for hair and make-up when Scott grabbed her from behind and threw her down on the couch. His knee pressed hard in the center of her stomach while his fingers twisted up in her hair and pulled it backwards.
"Watch how the fuck you talk to me bitch. I got you this contract with TNA and I can just as easily take it away." Scott harshly whispered in her ear.
"Do you really think Dixie is going to release the current TNA Knockout Champion and one-half of the TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions?" Rachael growled out in pain. Scotts eyes narrowed to dangerous slits as he looked her over but kept his mouth shut. "I didn't think so. You might could replace Ashley or Jamie but you can't replace people like me. I'm the six time TNA Knockout Champion, and two time TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion. I'm irreplaceable."
"You listen to me and you listen good. I never said that Dixie would be the one to end your career. I can pay any of the Knockouts to do it if I wanted to. What will you do after that? You won't have a job, any money, and I'm pretty sure your family hates you right now because of me. If you're feeling lucky, you can test your luck with me but I promise you, you won't do it but once. I'll fuckin' kill you."
Cody was pissed beyond belief as he waited for his sisters plan to land. Ric had called him right after TNA and told him that Rachael asked to be released from her contract. Everyone thought it was because of all the injuries she had been receiving but Cody had a very sickening feeling that the real reason she was quitting was because of a six foot seven, green eyes and black haired man that had been tormenting Rachael since she first signed on with TNA in 2007.
Randy and Ted watched Cody pace back and forth across the airport. Randy had never seen him this upset and wondered what could have him like this. Cody had told them back at the hotel room that his sister had quite her job but didn't say anything else about it. Randy had only met Rachael once at the Hall of Fame ceremony when Cody and Rachael inducted their father. She was pretty quite and laid back with her boyfriend, Scott.
"Where the fuck is she?" Cody said stopping in the middle of the floor. They had already been waiting for three hours and there had been no announcement that the plan was delayed. He was beginning to think that Rachael had backed out. "She said that the plan landed at ten and it's already…What time is it?"
"Fifteen minutes until ten." Randy replied with a yawn. "She'll be here man. When has she ever lied to you?"
"She hasn't." Cody replied. "I'm just worried about her. Can you really blame me? That's the only sister I have!"
"She's also your big sister so I think she can handle herself. She is a second generation after all." Ted pointed out. "I'm going to get something to drink. Anyone want anything?"
"Bring us back a Coke and a Sprite." Randy replied handing Ted a few dollars. Ted pocketed the money and went to find a vending machine. Cody sat down in one of the empty chair and ran his fingers threw his hair. "Is it really that bad?"
"She's had a torn ACL and broke collarbone. Why the hell would she quite over a broken wrist?" Cody growled. "She wouldn't. She loved wrestling to much for something like that to retire her. She dreamed on holding the TNA Knockout Championship ten times and the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship five times before she retired. She wouldn't let something like a broken wrist get in her way."
Randy studied Cody for a while before shaking his head. "Injuries do a lot to a person. She would have been on the side lines for a year before she could go for the championship again. No one wants to see their belt on someone else for that long."
Cody nodded his head no really having anything else to say. Randy had broken his collarbone in one of his matches not long ago and it still affected him in the ring. It was still hard for him to except that Rachael would retire only two years after beginning her career. He wouldn't except it until Rachael looked him in the eyes and told him that.
The plan Rachael was suppose to be on landed thirty minutes later and the passengers began to file out of the terminal. Cody's eyes scanned over the crowd until they landed on the last passenger to get of. A large grin spread across his face when he saw his sister standing at the luggage pick-up waiting for her bags to come through. Cody approached Rachael and threw his arms around her making her jump.
"Jesus Christ Cody! I could have taken your head off. It you ever scare me like that against I'll plant my foot upside your head!" Rachael said returning the hug. Cody pulled his sister out at arms length and frowned when he saw a the bright pink cast on her wrist. Rachael knew what he was looking at and sighed. "Are you going to just stand there looking at it all day or are you going to help me with my bags?" Cody nodded and picked up her large, Tinkerbell suitcase and escorted her over to where Randy and Ted were waiting.
Randy and Ted were signing a few autographs when Randy saw Cody and a woman walking their way. His heart almost stopped when he got a good look at her. Her hair was sandy blonde with a few, light brown highlights and hung down a few inches below her shoulders. She had creamy beige skin that reflected the light perfectly to give her a glowing look. Her long legs and large chest were displayed by a pair of mini-shorts and a Legacy tank top. The things that caught his attention the most were her full, pale pink lips and almond shaped, chocolate brown eyes.
"Guys, you both remember my sister Rachael. Rachael, this is Randy Orton and Ted DiBiase." Cody said introducing them. Rachael remembered seeing them at the Hall of Fame ceremony but she didn't have the chance to talk to them.
"It's nice to meet you both again." Rachael smiled. "I'm sorry that you both have to get mixed up in my personal problems. I'll try and be out of your hair as soon as I can."
"Don't worry about it. If you're a sister of Cody then you're a sister of Legacy." Randy replied flashing his crooked smile that caused Rachael's heart skipped a beat. "Not to cut this short or anything but we have to be at the arena in two hours. We need to go if Rachael wants to get showered and changed. I'm sure Vince is going to have a fucking fit when he hears Miss TNA is here."
Cody nodded and picked up her bags and escorted Rachael out to the rental Hummer. Randy settled in the back with Rachael while Cody and Ted argued over who would be driving. Cody lost the argument and settled into the passengers set with his eyes focused on the review mirror to watch Rachael and Randy. He wasn't comfortable with Randy being that close to his sister but he kept his mouth shut so he didn't start and argument with Rachael. She was tired and he didn't want to piss her off when she had only been back with them for ten minutes.
Rachael pulled a sweater out of her suitcase and searched through the pockets for her bottle of painkillers. She popped two in her mouth before folding up the sweater and laying her head on it against the window for a quick nap on the way back to the hotel. Her wrist and head was killing her and the loud music that Ted was playing on the radio wasn't helping much. Cody reach over and turned down the music smiling at his sister in the mirror. Rachael smiled back and closed her eyes letting the soft humming of the engine put her to sleep.
"She looks like shit man. When's the last time she had a day off?" Ted asked looking at her from the mirror. The dark circles under her eyes clearly visible in the sunlight. "TNA must be a bitch compared to the WWE."
"It's not TNA that gets her like this." Cody sighed. "She works five days a week, eight hours a day doing arenas, live-events, photo shoot, house shows, and pay-per-views. What stresses her out is that bastard, Scott."
"What's wrong with him? He seemed like a good guy to me. Isn't he a former TNA Champion?" Ted asked.
"Four time TNA World Heavyweight Champion. He retired after he tore his ACL. Since then, he's been scouting out new talent and training everyone that's new to the business. That's how he met my sister." Cody growled. "Rachael just signed on with TNA and Scott took a special interest in her. She is a second generation wrestler after all. He became her manager and since then, her life has become a living hell. Barbed wire matches, 'I Quit' matches, and anything else you can think of. He's made her tough as hell but she's broken. It's going to take a lot to fix her again."
Randy listened to Ted and Cody as they talked about Rachael's time in TNA. Scott sounded like a dipshit that needed the hell beat out of him for treating Rachael the way he did. She was beautiful as hell, smart, and seemed like a damned good Knockout. Anyone that would use a woman like that to make himself feel better didn't need deserve to call himself a man. Damn what he would give to have someone like her in his life.