Chapter 14
Natalie sped out of the parking lot. Her nerves were shot and her emotions were in over drive. She was having a nervous break down. She couldn't think clearly and her vision was blurry from tears that had not yet fallen. She continued to drive on into the night. She had no idea where she was going. She was just driving to where ever the road took her. After driving for twenty minutes she had arrived into the center of town. A few traffic lights were just ahead and she couldn't tell if her light was red or green. The lights were blurred together from tears that continued to fill her eyes.
She thought it looked green, but in fact it was red and she ran right through it. A moment later she felt the impact of a vehicle of some type crash into her driver's side before she lost complete feeling from her hips down. Her car continued to flip and skid down the main road until making a complete stop as it crashed into a light post knocking power out to that side of town. The last thing she remembered before losing consciousness was the baby. Is the baby going to be alright?
The driver of the semi that crashed into her finally came to a complete stop and quickly got out to check on Natalie. He couldn't get a good look because of the darkness and the fact that her airbags were deployed. He pulled out his phone and quickly called for help. A few minutes later a few cops arrived as well as an ambulance and fire truck. The driver explained to one of the cops what exactly happened as the other cops, firefighters, and paramedics tried to get her out of the car. After having to cut the seat-belt they finally pulled her out. She was unrecognizable, blood covered her face and a gash on the side of her head was pouring blood. They placed her on the stretcher and quickly put her in the ambulance and rushed her to the hospital.
The cops dug through what was left of Natalie's car trying to find some sort of identification.. One cop looked down at the what was left of the passenger side floorboard and noticed a small picture on the ground. He reached over and picked it up. He used his flashlight to get a better look at the photograph. It was a picture of her and dad that was taken when she first entered developmental. The driver of the semi noticed the picture and quickly recognized the long dark haired man.
"That's Roman Reigns." He spoke up surprised to see him in he picture for he was a WWE fan.
"Roman Reigns?" The officer asked looking over at the man.
"Yeah." He nodded "He's a professional wrestler and works for WWE, and the girl that's his daughter."
"Do you know her name?" The officer asked.
"She goes by Autumn Reigns, she's new to the roster, but I'm not sure what her real name is." He said. "I just know those are their stage names.
"Thank-you. The officer nodded as he turned back to the picture. "Guys we got to find a way to contact this "Roman Reigns"
The semi driver spoke up again, "They are actually having a show tonight." He said. "My son's at the dome now watching it as we speak. I wanted to go, but I had to work."
"Thank-you sir." The officer nodded. "We're done here, but I would get yourself looked at too just to be safe."
"Thank-you." The driver replied as the officer got back into his car and headed for the arena leaving his partners to finish investigating the accident and to wait for the tow truck to come and take Natalie's car.
Once the officer arrived at the arena he flashed his badge at the security guards who quickly let him pass. He walked into the arena and began his search for the man in the picture. He couldn't seem to find him, but he did find an office. He knocked on the door and waited for somebody to answer. Paul was filling out some paperwork when the knock startled him. He had no scheduled meetings, so he really wasn't expecting anyone. He closed the folder and headed over to the door, surprised when he saw an officer standing there.
"Good evening sir." He nodded, "Can I help you?"
"Are you the man in charge of this place?"
Paul nodded, "Yes sir."
The officer pulled the picture he found out of his pocket and handed it over to Paul. "I'm looking for the man in this picture. Do you know him?
"Of course." Paul nodded, "He's one of my many employees."
"Do you know where I can find him?"
Paul shook his head, "I'm not sure. He maybe in the locker room." He said, "He has a match tonight."
"Is there a way you can find him?" The officer asked, "It's quite urgent that I find him."
"Of course." Paul said stepping out into the hall. He nodded when he saw Joe walk out of the locker room dressed for his match.
"Joe, can I see you a moment please?"
"Sure." He said walking up the hall towards the office. "What's up?" He asked.
"This officer here wants to speak with you." He told him as he allowed Joe into his office. "I'll leave you two alone." Paul nodded as he stepped out into the hall closing the door behind him. Joe turned to look at the officer. He wondered if Colby had called the police on him for assault, or if Jon opened his mouth and called the cops. Whatever the reason he knew it wasn't going to be good.
"Yes sir." He finally spoke looking at the cop.
"Roman Reigns?"
He nodded, "Yes that's my stage name."
"Can I get your real name please?" The officer asked.
He nodded, "Joe Anoa'i"
"Thank-you Mr. Anoa'i." The officer nodded, "I was told that this is your daughter?" He said holding the picture out to him.
He eyed the officer closely as he slowly reached out and took the picture. He swallowed hard as he looked down at the picture, "Yes sir." He replied slowly looking back up at the officer.
"I'm assuming you guys share the same last name." He asked looking at Joe.
He nodded, "Yes sir, her name is Natalie."
The officer nodded, "Natalie, Mr. Anoa'i was involved in a serious car accident." He informed him, "She had no identification when we found her and all she had was that picture." He told him, "Luckily the driver of the other vehicle involved was a WWE fan and he informed me of who the two of you were."
"Is she okay?" Joe asked.
"I'm not sure sir." The officer told him. "She was in pretty bad shape when we got to the scene. The paramedics took her to the local medical facility."
"Fuck." He said as he hit his fist against the door, "Do they even know that she's pregnant?"
The officer shook his head, "No sir, I don't think they know, but I will inform them." He said walking over to the door. "I'm sorry Mr. Anoa'i." He said opening the door. "Have a good night."
Joe stood in disbelief as he let everything the officer told him sink in. He looked down at the picture and not soon after tears began to burn his eyes. Paul stepped back inside his office. He had over heard the conversation a sad smile crossed his face as Joe looked up at him. "Go." He told him.
Joe nodded, "Thank-you."
"Take as long as you need."
He nodded again. "Thanks again Paul."
"Sure." he nodded closing the door as Joe walked out and down the hall.
Joe quickly changed back into his normal clothes and left out the back doors of the arena. He pulled his keys out of his pocket and started the car. As much as he was still angry with Colby about the whole situation about he and his daughter, he still had a right to know what happened to Natalie. He pulled his phone out and began to scroll down to Colby's number. He finally got to his number and was about to press the call button when he turned out of the arena to see him walking down the road. He shoved his phone back into his pocket and rolled down the window.
"Get in the car." He told him as he stopped next to him.
Colby looked at the man as if he had done lost his mind, "You think I'm going to get in the car with you?" He asked, "After tonight? You got to fucking kidding me."
Joe wanted so bad to curse him out for those comments, but held back. "It's Natalie you dumb fuck." He said, "She's at the hospital."
"Hospital?" He asked his anger quickly diminishing as he walked towards the car.
"Yes, she was in a car accident. Now get in the fucking car before I leave your ass to check on my daughter."
Colby quickly opened the door and got into the car. "Is she okay?" He asked shutting the door.
"I don't know." He replied as he sped off down the road. "The officer at the scene said she wasn't looking too good when they took her to the hospital."
"What about my child?" He asked, "Do they know she's pregnant?"
It angered Joe to hear Colby say "his child", but he let it slide for now. He wanted to get to that hospital he wanted to know if his daughter was going to be okay. "The officer said that he would inform the hospital that she's pregnant."
As they continued to go to the hospital the drive was quiet and bit awkward. They were still mad at each other, but they both had the same concern. He drove as quickly as he could without speeding to get to the hospital, and after what seemed like forever the two of them arrived at the emergency room. They quickly got out the car and ran inside stopping at the front desk.
"Can I help you gentlemen?" The lady asked.
Joe nodded, "Yes, we're looking for Natalie Anoa'i." He told her, "She was just rushed in. She had a car accident."
The receptionist searched her computer and found her, "Yes sir." She said looking up at him, "The ambulance arrived a few minutes ago. Can I ask who you are?"
"I'm her father and." He looked over a Colby before turning back to the receptionist, "and he's her boyfriend." He said with a bit of disgust.
The receptionist looked at Colby and then at the name and age of Natalie on the computer. She seemed almost surprised. He didn't look to be to much younger than the girl's father. "Yes." She nodded looking back at Joe, "If you guys would like you can wait here and I'll inform the doctor you're here."
"Can you tell me if she's okay?" Joe asked.
The lady smiled sadly, "I'll let the doctor talk with you."
Once again that didn't sound to good, and Joe had a bad feeling about what happened to his daughter. He tried to keep an optimistic outlook but it was definately hard especially the look in the receptionist's eyes and the sad smile. He slowly walked over to an empty seat in the waiting room as did Colby. It was silent between the two of them. A moment later Colby's phone began to vibrate. Looking down at the screen he saw it was Jon. He got up and walked to the other side of the waiting room.
"Yeah?" He asked frustration in his voice.
"You okay man?" He asked.
"Yeah, just sitting here with Joe waiting to here what the doctor's got to say?"
"Doctor?" He asked, "Where you guys at?"
"The hospital." He replied, "Natalie was in a car accident?"
"What? Is she okay?"
"I don't know yet that's what we're waiting to here."
"I'll be up there in a minute." He said.
"Alright." He replied as he hung up and made his way back over to Joe.
"What was that?"
"Jon." Colby replied, "He said he's on his way."