Delphi

From a Whisper to a Scream

I watched as the limo sped into the darkness, Montel looked as heartbroken as I felt, thanks to our wonderful colleagues we had failed Maria and now she was in the custody of Legacy and The Hart Dynasty. The sadistic cocky looks that graced the majority of their faces was what had left me terrified, if they found it so easy to kidnap her, what more were they capable of? I had been so caught up in my worried thoughts I never noticed that Katie, Maryse and Jillian had let me go and had long disappeared back into the arena; as had Big Show and Batista. I looked over at Montel as the panic began to set in; we both knew full well that we had to find her.
"I can't believe they stopped us. Poor Greenlee." Montel threw his hands up, upset, angered and clearly exasperated at the actions our colleagues, not only did they stand back and watch someone be kidnapped they stopped us from helping that someone. Maria had looked so helpless and afraid she had tried to fight back but she never a had chance and thanks to our colleagues we hadn't either.
"We have to find her Montel, surely they can't have gone far" the panic was clear in my voice
"we will find her D Ray" He replied so sure of it "we have to."

We called every hotel in the area trying to find them and finally we did, they were staying at the Rendezvous Hotel, it sat on the outskirts of the city, of course. Trouble was always on the outskirts of town. Well in movies and on television and in plenty of books. My imagination was beginning to get the better of me as every scenario possible ran through my mind; Montel and I arrived at the hotel and made our way into the lobby. Instantly the two of us began looking around for any evidence of their existence; so far there was no sight of Maria or her delightful kidnappers, I gulped taking a deep breath afraid of what we'd soon find. I felt Montel's warm hand grip mine squeezing it reassuringly, I realised our feelings were pretty much the same; terrified and nervous. If we found Greenlee we would do our best to get her back if not get some form of contact to her. We knew both were near on impossible seven versus two was never good odds.

There was a sad selfish part of me wondering if she had helped in planning her own kidnapping, not for attention but because she wanted to get away, I knew this was irrational and it was out of sheer denial. But the thoughts still lingered no matter how much I pushed them away.

Maria's stunningly beautiful, her face heart shaped framed by beautiful long wavy black and thick black eyelashes made her hazel eyes pop, the same hazel eyes that would keep your attention for hours; especially Montel's. She had never seemed to notice, she was always spending her time believing I had a crush on him. In reality he was the only one with feelings and they were for her. Even if she didn't acknowledge the real reason why, he was the only person who could get away with calling her Greenlee, not even I can and I'm her best friend.

Her relationships always lasted longer than my own; I had dated a few guys in the 10 months we'd been in the WWE but none of them had really been right, they didn't know what they wanted and all I knew after a month or so was that I didn't want them. Marias latest ex boyfriend I guess you could call him now wasn't exactly Mr Nice guy, none of the guys she ever dated were for some reason. Mike had always acted generally indifferent to everything apart from Montel; he barely even fought hard for her at the show earlier and once he'd woken up at the arena his only concern was himself. Now she was in the custody of two power hungry sociopaths, one of those sociopaths was enamoured with her and the other just there because they were rarely apart. Orton was probably there too but I hadn't seen him even really look at Maria properly, he was their leader and it was his responsibility to stick with them.
"I see one member of Legacy" Montel whispered interrupting my thoughts, as he pulled me behind the screen that stood between two sets of couches. I risked a peak around the screen as I caught sight of Cody Rhodes, he was at the reception desk and apparently he wasn't happy either.
"We asked for another single and we haven't got one" he hollered at the receptionist "I called you an hour ago, why haven't we got the third single! Are you that incompetent?" he screeched angrily
"I apologize sir; it will be there very soon." The flustered receptionist tried her best not to burst into tears.
"Oh come on Cody! Why don't you back off you Neanderthal" I found myself saying as I stepped out from behind the screen "is it after your bed time or something? Is that why you're acting like a complete moron?" I bit my lip realising what I had just done
"I see you found the hotel, good work, too bad you'll never get to Greenlee" Cody spat back at me as his nostrils flared
"What have you done to her?" I felt a few tears roll down my cheeks
"Relax, she's comfortable and she fine" he said matter of fatly with the roll of his eyes
"then let me see her" I spat back at him exasperated
"not happening no matter what you or your pathetic boyfriend do" he said acknowledging Montel's presence
"we'll get her back" Montel uttered coldly trying to contain his temper
"Good luck" as he walked away Montel placed an arm around my shoulders attempting to comfort me as the tears flowed freely. Knowing where Maria was and not being able to do anything about getting her back without having any support was so frustrating and unsettling.

We left the hotel a few hours later after walking the corridors and checking every corner of the building we decided it was useless.
"We've failed Greenlee" Montel sighed as we got into the rental car
"we'll find her again Montel, in the next city and the one after that if it comes to that, but we need more support in this, if we had gotten to her we would have been useless. More useless then you might feel right now."
We arrived back at the Hartford Hilton hotel just as Ken Kennedy did, I could feel my cheeks burning as he approached, we'd managed to find ourselves in a relationship of sorts as he began his contract on Raw. No one had knowledge of the fact; I had decided to keep our relationship under wraps until the Legacy/Greenlee/Miz Saga had cooled.
"You and Ken?" Montel whispered as he approached "really?" I nodded keeping my eyes on Ken
"Hey Man..." he and Montel exchanged a brief 'man hug' as Maria had liked to call it "Hey Beautiful" he grinned at me once they were done
"Hey yourself" I couldn't help but grin back, if anyone could lighten up my mood on this day it was Ken, he wrapped his arms around my waist as I returned the favour "I heard about Maria, I'm sorry sweetheart" he didn't know Maria but he did know she was my best friend.
"Thanks Ken, Montel and I were just investigating, but it really got us no where" I frowned still gripping him tight
"I'll leave you love birds to it" Montel said before wandering off keeping his head bowed.
"Montel seems as upset as you are" Ken noted
"well he loves that girl to bits and not in a best friend way" I twisted my mouth as the true ramifications of the entire incident dawned on me.

I got up the at 6 am the next morning having tossed and turned the entire night, all I could think about was Maria. How were we going to save her? I swore I could hear her screaming all the way from here.

A/n: I don't know where the hotels actually are or if they exist in Hartford, I just picked some names I knew. The title of the chapter 'From a Whisper to a Scream' is the title of a song by Allen Toussaint. Review please :D