AN: In this chapter, we find out what happens as the result of Michael being ran down at last week Impact!. After that, what is Mickie going to do once she gets back to TNA, or more so, just what is going to happen to her?

Chapter Two: Now The Fallout Begins

It was after his victory against AJ Styles, and Michael was feeling pretty good. He was walking backstage after quickly changing into some jeans and a t-shirt. He was heading to his car to get something, but now he couldn't remember what it was, however. He made it to his car, and was ruffling through it. Why did he drive a seperate car there if he was with Mickie? Well, Michael and Mickie wanted their relationship to be a secret, because he did not want everyone giving them a certain kind of treatment, good and bad in that instant, and he knew from past experiences that having a relationship with someone that you worked with and having everyone at the same company that you are employed at know who you are dating, plain and simple answer? It would be bad, really bad, at least in Michael's eyes.

Michael found what he was looking for, and he was heading back for the arena. Then he felt the beams of a headlight coming behind him. By the time he turned around and was ready to react to the car, it ran into him, and sent him flying. Michael landed on the ground, and there he was laying in excrutiating pain. Before he passed out, his last thought was of Mickie...

Mickie James was in the hospital waiting room, frantically praying that Michael was going to be alright. She rode in the ambulance here with him, and once they got here, she had to be apart from him when they told her to wait in the waiting room, and now she had to sit here, helpless as she waited for something, any word on his condition. Mickie sat there, letting the tears roll down her face. She remember the conversation that she had with Marie, Michael's older sister. She told him that if anything were to happen to her, Marie was talking about herself in this specific instance, of course. She told her that if anything was to happen to her, she wanted Mickie to take care of her little brother. Mickie was touched that Marie would give her such an honor to take care of her only living family member that she had left at that point. Mickie promised that if anything were to happen to Marie, she would take care of Michael.

Flashback to the present. Now here was Michael was fighting for his life, and he might die because of someone wanting to take him out for some selfish reason...

Mickie found someone shaking her awake, and when she opened her eyes, she noticed a doctor standing over her, giving her a weak smile.

"Ms. James, I presume?" The doctor asked her. Mickie quickly sat up, and fixed her clothes, and wiped her tear stained cheeks. She fixed herself up the best way that she could, and looked the doctor in the face.

"Yes, how is Michael, doctor?" Mickie asked in a strained and broken voice.

"Michael is out of surgery, but he still could go at a moment's notice." The doctor said softly. "He has a severe spinal injury, and even if he does live, he might not ever walk again."

"Oh god." Mickie said, eyes welling up with tears.

"I'm sorry." The doctor said. He left her alone, and left Mickie there with her thoughts. The fact that the man that she grew to befriend and eventually love was going to probably die, she silently broke down and sob silently. Just what was she going to do if Michael left her here all alone.

It was late at night, and Mickie found herself slowly walking towards Michael's hospital room. She stood at the door to the room, trying to brace herself for what she was about to see. She took a deep breath, and stepped inside. She walked over to his bed, and saw that he was hooked up to a machine and was used to assist him in his breathing. Mickie covered her mouth to shut off a sort of loud gasp of shock. Whoever did this to Michael, running him over, really did a number on him in the process. Mickie quietly pulled up a chair to his bedside, and sat there, quietly staring at her young boyfriend.

"Michael, I don't know if you can hear me, but I want you to stay here with me, because there are a lot of people here that want you to stay right here with us. I neeed you here with me especially, because I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." Mickie said. After she spoke, she slowly ran her hand through his long blonde hair, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then she snuggled up against him, and for the first time probably since this entire mess happened, she found herself smiling happily.

Soon enough, she found herself falling asleep right next to him.

Mickie could only sit there and watch as Michael laid there. Ironically, even after all that has happened to him in the past few days, he looked peaceful. The doctors told her that his status went from critical, to guarded, which meant that the danger of him dying was less. That didn't mean that he was out of the woods yet, but the danger of Michael dying was a lot less. That was good, but Mickie was still worried that Michael could go at a moment notice, and she had to be ready for that.

Doctors soon told her that Michael was well enough to breathe on his own, but he was still going to be out for quite a while. Once a few moments have passed, Mickie checked her phone, and saw messages from TNA management, especially from Steve Borden (Sting), Hogan, and Bischoff. She wanted to tell them what was going on, but figured that until it was safe to figure out what was going on, and when she was back at TNA, she was not going to talk to them.

"Now, what in the hell is going on around here?" Mickie wondered as she stared at Michael.

AN: This was just a short bridge chapter just to explain what happened to him when he was ran down. Now in the next chapter, Michael finally comes to, and after a little conversation between he and Mickie, she heads back to TNA, where she soon gets confronted with a big surprise. Make sure you stay tuned for that!