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+Chapter 21+
Adam banged his fists against the steering wheel of his car in frustration. The rain was pouring down so hard that he couldn't see. The weather had forced him to pull over out of safety. He bit his lip nervously as he debated what to do. He hoped and prayed to God that Megan had pulled over somewhere along the road. He didn't even believe in God, but he knew Megan did. He wondered if Jeff even knew what was going on. If he knew his extremely pregnant wife was M.I.A. in the storm. He grabbed his phone. Luckily it was still in service. He scrolled through his list of contacts and sighed looking at the phone before officially dialing the number.
"Hello?" Jeff's voice answered quickly.
"Jeff…" Adam said softly. He didn't know what to say. How to say it… he didn't know the answers.
"Adam? Are you ok?" the concern was in his voice.
"Jeff, I don't know how to say this…. But Megan's in the storm." He said softly.
There was a moment of hesitation on the other side of the phone. "Excuse me?"
Adam sighed. He didn't want to be the one. "She got a call from Gil. She couldn't understand him and she left the arena. I tried to call her phone but it's going right to voicemail."
There was still silence. Uncomfortable to say the least. Adam continued softly. "I saw the news and realized that she was in danger… I took off after her but the roads are bad. I can't even drive. I pulled over."
Jeff stood in the locker room holding the phone with his one hand. Covered his mouth with the other. Matt looked at him with concern. Shane and Shannon looked on feeling that something was gravely wrong.
"How long after she left did you leave?" he finally asked.
"Probably 10 minutes. I'm going to keep going. Jeff, I promise you. I will find her." Adam said honestly.
"Call me when you find her. Okay? Please. Hey, Adam…."
"Yeah?" he answered quickly.
"Thanks…" his voice began to break into a soft cry as he hung up the phone. Matt, Shane, and Shannon watched as he threw the phone towards the door of the locker room, before he collapsed to the floor.
"Shit!" Matt screamed jumping to aid his brother. "What is it?"
Jeff looked at his brother and two best friends. "Megan didn't understand what Dad said to her. She took off into the storm." He said trying to compose himself.
"What?!" Shannon screamed looking at the three men.
"Adam took off after her…" Jeff continued. "He's looking for her now."
Shane looked at Jeff and nodded. "That's good right?"
"Yeah, Adam will find her and take her back to the arena." Matt chimed in.
Shannon couldn't find any comfort in that. He felt something in his body begin to throb. He looked at the others. "We need to go towards home." He said sternly.
"What about the storm?" Shane asked.
"My sister is pregnant. In a storm. Driving. With Adam Copeland trying to find her." He yelled. "I'm going. If you are coming, I'll be in the lot." He said pulling his duffle onto his shoulder as he walked from the room.
Jeff and Matt looked from one another than to Shane. Matt nodded as Jeff began to hastily pack his duffle.
+Meanwhile+
The horn of the mangled SUV continued to blare through the sound of the pounding rain fall. Slowly, Megan began to move her head from the window. She looked around in a daze. All she could see was smoke coming from her front end and the lights illuminated a dense forest. She looked around with confusion in her eyes. As she pushed the hair from her face, she discovered the blood coming from the side of her head. Suddenly, a surge of pain filled her body as she clutched onto her belly. She looked down at her pregnant belly and was filled with anxiety. She knew she had to get to the hospital and to do that; she'd have to be on foot. She unbuckled her seat belt and pushed open the door to the SUV. She slowly climbed out of the car as she held her belly. Another contraction hit her body, causing her to topple over in pain. She let out a scream as she tried to practice the breathing techniques she'd learned. They didn't help. She heard someone behind her.
"Miss. Hold on. Miss. Let me help you." A voice said.
She turned to see a figure wearing a poncho walking towards her. She saw the flashlight in the figure's hand. The stranger bend down to her and looked into her eyes. She looked into a pair of bright blue eyes.
"Are you ok? Anything broken?" he asked her.
She shook her head. Another contraction hit her as she clutched the arm of the stranger.
"Oh shit!" he exclaimed. "You're in labor!" he quickly picked her into his arms and began walking towards a truck. "I'm going to take you to the hospital."
She nodded her head as she held her body. He drove as quickly, yet safely as possible.
+Elsewhere+
Adam pulled on a hooded sweatshirt as he jumped from his truck into the rain. He began walking to see if he could see anything. The rain was beginning to let up. He bolted back to his truck and dialed Megan's number once more. Right to voicemail still. He drove down the road. Heading towards Cameron. He'd drive to the house if he had to. He saw something odd on the side of the road a few miles down the road. He pulled over and strained to see. He saw lights in the trees along the road. He bit his lip as he jumped out of the trunk once more. He saw that it was indeed lights. He hurried down the steep hill and found Megan's blue suv. Horn still blaring. Lights still on. "Shit!" he swore to himself as he ran to the driver's door. He saw the blood on the window and felt the panic fill his body. He opened the door and found more blood. He frantically searched but she wasn't there. Her purse and purse were on the seat next to her. He looked around the car. 'She got out…' he thought to himself. "Meg!" he began to scream. He screamed for her as he ran all around where the totaled suv sat until his voice went horse. He needed help. He dialed 911 frantically.
"911 what's your emergency?" the operator asked.
"There's been an accident. I don't know the area. Trace the location please?! A pregnant woman was involved and her SUV is off the road. She's not in the vehicle or vicinity." He screamed feeling the panic in his throat.
"Pregnant woman?"
"My friend's wife. She was out in the storm. I was looking for her!" he continued to scream. "There's blood in the car. Send help please!" he screamed.
+Later+
Adam sat in the back of the police van with a blanket on his shoulders. Cops and other emergency personal were in the area. Adam sighed sadly. No one could find any trace of Megan. It was as if she'd disappeared. He looked at his phone sadly. He didn't want to call Jeff. He cupped his face as he dialed the number of his friend. Jeff answered quickly.
"Adam! Did you find her?! Is she ok?!" he asked frantically.
It was Adam's time to be silent.
"Adam?" Jeff pleaded. "You there? Hello?!"
"I'm here." He said softly. His voice full of tears. "Jeff… there was an accident."
Jeff felt a pain in his chest. "What type of accident?"
"Meg's SUV went off the road and slammed a tree."
"Is she ok?" the pain in his voice was visible.
"Jeff…."
"Is she ok?!" he screamed as his voice began to break into a cry.
"Jeff…"
"Adam! Damn it! Tell me is she ok?!" he snapped as he openly cried into the phone.
"She's not in the SUV. She's not around the SUV. Search team is looking and can't find a trace of her."
Jeff was silent. Tears streamed from his eyes. Matt and Shannon looked at him with concern in their eyes. "Jeff…" Matt called as Jeff handed him the phone as he cried fully.
"Hello?" Matt yelled into the phone. "What's going on?" he demanded.
"Matt… Meg's SUV crashed but she's not in it. They can't find her and they don't know where she could be. They know she's hurt. There's blood all in the SUV." Adam blurted out.
"No.." Matt screamed beginning to cry. "We're on the way. Where are you?!"
As Matt talked to Adam, Shannon drove like a mad-man to the location where Adam was. Jeff arrived on the scene and took off on foot towards the SUV. The cops stopped him. Jeff broke away from them and ran to the car with everyone in hot pursuit.
"Sir…"
"It's his wife." Adam said softly.
Jeff saw the blood on the window and steering wheel. Tears began to overtake him. One of the detectives looked at him sadly.
"Mr. Hardy." She said softly. Jeff looked at her. "I know this is hard. We have everyone working on it. How far along is your wife?"
Jeff looked at her oddly. Why did it matter? He thought back. He wanted to give an accurate answer. "Um. She's due in 5 weeks… " he muttered. "Why?"
"Well," she hesitated. "She went into labor in the vehicle. We need to find her before she gives birth."
Jeff dropped to the muddy ground. He didn't care. He screamed his wife's name at the top of his lungs as he looked up into the sky. Adam and the others pulled Jeff to his feet and tried to comfort him to the best of their abilities.
+Elsewhere+
"One more. I know it hurts." A voice coached as Megan pushed once more. A soft cry filled the room. She looked up and smiled at her infant daughter as she cried. "What a beautiful baby girl." The man said as he handed the baby to her. As she held her baby, another pain hit her. The man who had rescued her looked at her in shock. Megan delivered her other daughter.
"Anymore?" he joked as he handed the second baby to her.
She shook her head no as she held her babies in her arms. "Thank you." She smiled at the man.
"Is there anyone I can call? I don't have any seats for the babies so I don't want to drive you to the hospital without them."
Megan stared at him blankly.
"A husband? Boyfriend? Sister? Someone?" he asked her.
She looked at him as she held the babies. He looked at her.
"What's your name?"
"Um..." she stumbled over her words.
"You don't know who you are?" he questioned her as he examined her. He located the blood from the side of her head.
He looked into her hazel eyes and asked her again. "Do you know who you are?"
Her face was blank. She felt anxiety in her body. She shook her head no.
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To Be Continued?
