Chapter 9

July 15th, 2012

2:00 AM

Tampa Hospital

Only a few members of the family remained in the waiting room. All that were left consisted of Rue, Phil, Shannon, and of course Adam, Jeff, and Vanessa. All were waiting to see how Amy would react to Vanessa's blood donation. Dr. Allen said it would take some time to have any real effect. Phil was sitting at Vanessa's feet, trying to cheer her up. It didn't so well, so he quieted down. Jeff gave him a smile of thanks though. He tried. Jeff resumed gently rubbing Vanessa's back, trying to soothe her. Vanessa herself was clinging to Adam, and he clung right back. Amy played a huge role in both of their lives, and they were brought to tears at the thought she might not make it. "Adam?"The voice of Dr. Allen said. Adam's head snapped up. "She wants to see you."She told him. He nodded, and stood up. Or tried to. Vanessa still clung to him. He gently pried her hands off. "Don't worry sweetheart. I'll be right back. With good news too. I promise."He whispered to her, kissing her forehead gently. Adam turned to leave, but stopped. "Jeff, will you come with me?"He asked his best friend. Jeff looked at Vanessa for approval. He would go if, and only if, she was okay with it. She nodded her head and Jeff stood up. Before he left with Adam, he gave her a peck on the lips. Vanessa watched the two men walk away, wanting so badly to go with. Meanwhile, down on the ground Phil and Rue were talking quietly about something. "Just do it."Phil whispered.

"But, what if she doesn't want my help?"Rue whispered back.

"Rue, look at her. She's needs someone."Phil said.

Rue nodded. Phil was right. "Okay."She said. Phil smiled and pecked her lips. "Good Rue."He said in his normal voice. Rue rolled her eyes. "Yes. Good me."She said, beginning to stand up. "So you two are dating now?"Shannon asked in a sort of disgusted, yet jealous tone. Rue glared at Shannon. "Not that it's any of your business, but yes. We are."She said coldly. Shannon glared at her. "Wow. How long did that take?"He asked bitterly. Phil began glaring now. "We've been together for a few days."He said.

"Ah, so shortly after we broke up? You like my sloppy seconds do you Phil? Maybe since you're both straightedge, you can convince her to spread her legs for you."

Instantly, Rue had a smirk on her face. "Maybe he will. Maybe he'll get what you never did."She said, clearly teasing. Shannon's glare intensified. The next sentence that came out of Shannon's mouth was short, but hateful. "Whore!"He hissed. Rue instantly stood up and moved to attack, but Phil held her back. "You asshole!"She yelled. Shannon stood up too. "You're the one whoring around!"He yelled back. "How the hell you figure I'm whoring around?"She asked. Shannon didn't respond, Rue didn't give him a chance. "Why the hell are you even here anyway?"

"To be honest, I don't know! Amy doesn't mean anything to me!"He yelled. "She'll probably die anyway! Who really cares? Why do you care so much? You're barely even friends with her!"

Everyone stopped when they heard a noise from behind them. Phil, Shannon and Rue turned and saw Vanessa, who'd been a silent witness to the fight, crying. What Shannon had said practically killed her. "Why would you say that in front of Vanessa you insensitve prick?"Rue screamed at Shannon. Shannon started sputtering out incoherant ramblings. "You really are a bastard! I can understand you be an asshole to me, but to someone you claim to be your best friend? What the fuck is wrong with you? Can't you see she's already on the verge of a breakdown as it is? Jesus Christ Shannon! I'm definitely not the nicest person around, but I do care about my friends! Vanessa's upset, and I'm here for her. I figured you might actually be doing the same thing! But I guess not! you're just here to bitch and moan to someone who doesn't give a shit about your problems! You're just here to make someone who's already fragile enough, hurt even more! You're just here to make her feel like shit for not choosing your side! You're not being mean Shannon, you're not being hurtful, you're being downright cruel. To say you wouldn't care if Amy died in front of her is just cruel, and I hope you rot in hell!"Rue stated, not even yelling anymore. She just glared at a speechless Shannon. "Get the fuck out of here Shannon."Rue demanded. Shannon didn't even reply, he just walked away without a word to anyone, not even an apology to Vanessa.

Rue walked over to Vanessa and hugged her tightly. "It's going to be fine Loch Nessie. Amy is too. Don't listen to him. He's just a fucktard. Quit crying."Rue said in her best soothing voice, which must've not been very good because Phil snickered at it. Rue shot him a glare and he shut up. "Why is she crying?"asked Jeff, who had just walked over to them. Rue looked up at the youngest Hardy. "Fucking Shannon."She replied with a venomous tone. Jeff groaned. "God damn it."He said. Jeff bent down to Vanessa's level. "Pepper, look at me."He said quietly. Vanessa moved her from Rue's chest to reveal her tear-streaked face. Jeff instictively wiped the tears away. "Come on sweetie, we're going to see Amy. She wants to see you."He said. She nodded and stood up, not speaking a word. He wrapped his arm around her waist and started leading her to Amy's room. He was afraid that if he let go of her, she'd crumble.

When they reached Amy's hospital room, Vanessa feared the worst. What she did not expect was a smiling redhead. Amy looked a little pale, and very tired, but other than that she seemed fine. "Essie."She beamed. Vanessa all but ran over to her, embracing the older woman tightly. "Don't you ever do this to me again, you hear me?"She said through her tears. Amy hugged Vanessa back. "I promise."She said, her voice muffled by her best friend's hug. Amy pulled away after a few moments, and looked at Vanessa. "I want you, to go get some have two matches tomorrow, or rather later today. And you still have to fly to Dallas. Go get some sleep hon."She said. Vanessa started to try and refuse, but Amy was adamant. "No Vanessa. I love you, and I want you rested up. Get. Some. Sleep. I'm fine, the babies are fine. So go get some sleep."She said. Vanessa sighed. "Fine."She finally agreed. Amy smiled. "Thank you."She replied. Vanessa half smiled. "You're welcome."She said. With that, Amy was pushing her out of the room. Vanessa finally gave up, and left with Jeff.

-Money in the Bank-

I don't want to wait for the rest of my life

To find my way out of the cold

There will come a time when the brave must rise

To fight the shadows that come for our souls

An epic battle to decide the fate

A new world conquered an entire race

Storm the war field, my broad sword in hand

Master impaler, my enemy damned

Killing deathblow

Warrior bloodflow

Ritual seed sown

I took your life, and now I eat your soul

Pray for blood to the gods of war

Sacrifice to the blood feast of gore

A fallen hero, a pain unmatched

A butcher's crafting, your head is detached

A life force swallowed, new strength I yield

Raw power attained; your wisdom, my shield

All of the Fozzy fans in the arena started cheering louder than they already were as Pray for Blood blared throughout the American Airlines Arena. Chris Jericho and Vanessa entered and the crowd went nuts for them. They had on similiar attire. Chris with his sparkly speedo, and Vanessa had black lycra pants on with the words "Best in the World" bedazzled down the legs. Chris had the words on the butt of his speedo. They talked to each other as the walked down the ramp, and all the way to the ring. As they stood in the ring, face to face with their opponents. The champions didn't seem at all worried. Not even Vanessa, who'd already competed in a match already, retaining her Women's Championship against Beth Phoenix. The champions decided Chris would start things out, and the bell rang, beginning the match.

Chris and Vanessa held their titles high in the air as they walked up the ramp backwards. They'd retained their championship, putting an excellent match on for the sold out audience. It was truly an easy match for the champs. They smirked their way to the back, recieving congratulations from their co-workers. They didn't need to be told they did a good job, but it sure felt good to be told you stole the show. Before getting changed, Vanessa mimicked a younger Shawn Michaels and yelled "Follow that!"to those who had yet to go on.

Monday Night Raw was kicked off with the losing team of the Big Show and Kelly Kelly going out. "Last night was a fluke!"Kelly protested. Her partner nodded. "The only reason Vanessa even pinned me was because I had something in my eye!"She said. "And Chris only got hits in because I wasn't ready! It was completely unfair! We demand a rematch!"Show said. Kelly nodded. "We demand that Jericho and Vanessa get out here right now!"She said. Big Show nodded again. "GET OUT HERE YOU TWO!"The large man yelled. After a long wait, they finally received what they wanted, and Pray for Blood began playing.

I don't want to wait for the rest of my life

To find my way out of the cold

There will come a time when the brave must rise

To fight the shadows that come for our souls

An epic battle to decide the fate

A new world conquered an entire race

Storm the war field, my broad sword in hand

Master impaler, my enemy damned

Killing deathblow

Warrior bloodflow

Ritual seed sown

I took your life, and now I eat your soul

Pray for blood to the gods of war

Sacrifice to the blood feast of gore

A fallen hero, a pain unmatched

A butcher's crafting, your head is detached

A life force swallowed, new strength I yield

Raw power attained; your wisdom, my shield

The WWE Universe cheered loudly as WWE's Inter Gender tag team Champs walked into the arena. Big Show and Kelly Kelly however, were not pleased at the sight. Chris Jericho and Vanessa strode down the ramp, smirks on their faces. Some might even say they walked with a sense of arrogance. As the duo got to the ring, Chris pulled up the ropes for Vanessa, and he followed into the ring after her. Chris was handed a microphone, because he did most of the talking for the two. "Took you long enough to get out here."Big Show said snidely. Chris shrugged. "Well, consider yourself lucky that we're even out here. We beat you last night, and I don't see why you think you deserve a rematch."Chris stated. Show and Kelly narrowed their eyes at the champions. "We deserve a rematch because we can beat you!"Kelly said, grabbing the mic from Show. Vanessa smirked, and grabbed Chris' hand, moving the mic to her own lips.

"Kelly, sweetie, just in case you didn't know. I totally dominated every bit of our match last night. And Show?"Vanessa turned to the much much larger man. "Chris is just simply better than you. Always was, always will be."She said. Big Show glared at the shorter blonde, while her partner just smirked. "I have to agree. Even when we were a team, I did most of the work. You were always riding my coat tails!"Jericho stated. Show's glare turned to the taller of the Canadians. "Are you kidding me? I could kick your worthless self all over this arena! I could end your career if I wanted to!"He yelled. Chris smirked, and handed his belt, and sparkly jacket to Vanessa. "Bring it."He said cockily. Big Show raised his fist, as if to administer his signature punch. He lowered his hand, laughing. "You think it's that easy? No no no no! I'm not just going to end you physically. I'm going to end you emotionally too."He said. Chris gave the World's Largest Athlete a confused look. "Starting with this."Show said. Before anyone could react, his large fist connected with the side of Vanessa's face.

The woman instantly went down, everything in her arms scattered among the ring. Vanessa laid lifeless on the mat. Chris instantly went down to his knees to check on her. He sat her up just as she was starting to come to. He emitted a low growl when he saw blood dripping from her mouth and nose. The crowd started cheering loudly as they saw both Jeff Hardy and Rue Youngblood running down the ramp. The looks on their faces meant sure pain for the Big Show. Jeff wasted no time in attacking the much larger man, but Rue was stopped by Chris. "Get Vanessa to the back."He said in a low voice. Rue started to complain, but the look on Chris' face stopped her. Instead of attacking Big Show like Jeff was, she walked over to Vanessa and let Chris help Jeff.

"C'mon Loch Nessie. Let's get you out of here."She said. Rue helped Vanessa get out of the ring, and helped her walk up the ramp. Vanessa stopped her halfway up though. The blonde turned around just in time to see Show get smacked with two chairs by Jeff and Chris. As Kelly fussed over her fallen comrade, Jeff and Chris grabbed the scattered items and walked to Vanessa. Jeff handed all of it to Chris, and he basically ran over to Vanessa, checking on her. "Are you okay?"He asked, the worry apparent in his eyes. Vanessa nodded. "You know what? This is not fucking okay."Rue said. She handed Vanessa off to Jeff, and got access to a mic. "You think it's funny, hitting women do you Big Show?"She asked angrily. Not waiting for a reply, she continued. "Vanessa's the only diva in the back that I can stand, and she's one of my friends. I'll be damned if I let you get away with this. Since you like hitting women so much, you'll have no problem hitting me later tonight in a no disqualification match!"She said, making the fans cry out in enjoyment.

*Backstage*

"I can't believe he fucking hit you!"Chris seethed backstage. I just kept my hand over my mouth and nose. My hand was filled with blood, and some of it was starting to leak out of my fingers. It was really gross to be honest. "I know! He's such an asshole! I'll enjoy kicking his ass!"Rue agreed with Chris. Jeff had surprisingly stayed silent. He just kept watching me carefully. "Jeff, I'm fine. Really."I said through my hand. I could tell he didn't believe me. Catching everyone off guard, including myself, I lost my balance and dropped to my knees. "C'mon, we have to get you to the trainer."Jeff said, his voice filled with authority. I sighed, and just nodded. Jeff grabbed me by the waist and started leading me to the trainer's. Chris and Rue tried following, but with a pointed look from Jeff, they backed off. "I can take care of her by myself you two."He said coldly. They nodded. "Feel better Nessie."Rue said. I tried smiling, but then I realized my hand was still covering my mouth. "Ob course Boo."I said. I groaned inwardly. I sounded like an idiot. Before Rue could reply, I was being lead once again to the trainers.

I guess I was expected in the trainer's because when we got there, Jeff didn't even have to say anything. They just started getting things ready for me. "Alright Vanessa, you seem to have an over abundance of blood in your hands. Why don't you go spit it out in the sink?"One of the doctor's suggested. I nodded, and began to walk over to the sink, but once again lost my balance. Jeff grabbed me before I fell and steadied me. He walked me over to the sink. "Spit it out."He said. I shook my head. "You leave first."I said. Jeff rolled his eyes. "No, because if I let go of you you'll fall again. Just spit the blood out."Jeff said. I hesitated which just made Jeff roll his eyes again. "Babe, seriously. Please just spit it out. I promise I'm not going to be grossed out. I've seen and had worse, I promise you."He told me. I finally caved, and spit all the blood into the sink. "Ew."I replied when I saw how much blood had been in my mouth and hand. I quickly rinsed off my hand, and went to rinse off my face. When I touched my nose, I screamed. "Ow, ow, ow!"I complained. I hadn't expected it to hurt. "Fucking, goddammit."I cursed. Jeff chuckled a little. "There's my pottymouth Nessa."Jeff joked. I laughed sarcastically and stumbled over to the examining table. I watched the trainer look at my face for about ten minutes, and then he poked my nose. I screamed once again, and Jeff was at my side in a flash, glaring at the trainer that had touched me. "Just as I thought. Your nose is broken."He said. Jeff emitted a growl-like sound. "He. Broke. Your. Nose."He said slowly through clenched teeth. I groaned. Fuuuuuuck. I really didn't need a broken nose. I'd look stupid when I wrestled. "I'm going to advise you quit wrestling for a while."The nameless trainer said. I looked at him like he was insane. "Haha, fuck you. I'm going to wrestle."I said. "I'm not going to stop wrestling just because I got punched. That's such a pussy move. No. I want revenge."I said. Then I chuckled to myself and thought 'Wherever Rue's at, she just felt pride in me and doesn't know why'.

"But, you're injured!"

I turned back to the trainer. "And? Lotsa people wrestle injured. I'll get over it. I'm tough."I said.

"I'm going to have to say no."

"And your opinion doesn't matter. Just saying. Jeff, let's go."I said, hopping off of the table. I stumbled again. Damn it. Too much blood loss in such a short period of time. i just shook it off. I was followed by Jeff back to the family locker room where we were still divided. I groaned. Lovely. "Okay, looks like I'm leaving again."I said. Jeff sighed. "Let me come with you."He said. I shook my head. I couldn't take him to Jay's locker room with me. He couldn't know I was hanging out with him. He'd kill me. "I'll go with her, if she'll let me."Rue offered. I looked at Rue. She didn't know about the family's issue with Jay. She'd do just fine. I nodded. "Rue can come. There, I'm protected."I told Jeff. He smiled softly, and pecked my lips, minding my now broken nose. Rue followed me down the halls, keeping a watchful eye on me.

"So where we goin' anyway?"She asked.

"Jay's."I said.

"I enjoy him."She replied.

"Me too Rue. Me too."I said.

HI! So, I'm going to leave both a Wrestlemania Rant, and a Raw rant here. Wrestlemania: HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. Okay, let me just say, The End of an Era match? Easily the best. It was...so...there's not even a word for it. I was freaking the fuck out. My mind was blown. My brains were all over my Uncle's walls and living room floor. Shawn was ruining my life too, he needed to be more careful. I'd freak if he'd gotten hurt! I'm so glad he didn't screw Taker. I hate that people classify Shawn as the man who screwed Bret, so I'd be crushed if he screwed Taker and they started saying that. The end of the match was the best though. All three of the greatest, hugging it out. Ultimate sign of respect there. I ate it up. Okay Sheamus the WH Champ, YAY! Show the IC Champ? FUCK THAT. I love Cody. John Cena LOST? WTF! I was so pissed. The match kinda sucked too. And Punk retained? OH I WAS PISSSEEDDDD. Ask Georgia. I was her commentator haha. Mania...was kinda boring to be honest except for a few matches. And as much as it'll kill me to say this...Kelly's...learning...to be...not so...horrible. RAW: HOLY FUCKING SHIT I LOVE CHRIS JERICHO! His segment made me explode with joy haha. I love CM Punk...but still! Haha. Brock Lesnar is back! Poor Cena though! Umm, oh! Last thing. Adam's socks at the HOF? I LOVE THEM. Made me love him more haha. He deserves to be in the HOF so much...

P.S Daniel Bryan was trained by Shawn Michaels...that saddens me...greatly...