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I woke up the next morning to Roman coming back from the gym. He was surprised when he seen I had still been sleeping, "sorry doll, thought you would have been awake by now…it's almost 11:30" I sat up quickly "11:30? Holy shit, I must have been really tired" I rubbed my eyes and stretched as Roman gave me a quick kiss before heading to the bathroom. While I waited for him to finish I went on my phone, I had a text message from Stephanie letting me know to meet with her when I got to the arena. I told her I would and continued on scrolling through my phone. When Roman finished I got ready for the day in peach skinny jeans, a grey long sleeved shirt, and grey heels with a peach forever scarf. I curled my hair and did my make-up.
When I finished we grabbed our bags and headed out to meet with Seth, Dean, Kaitlyn, and AJ for lunch before heading to the arena. They where both rooming with each other now. Sheamus was home with an injury and Layla had taken time off. Once we did get to the arena, I started in the direction of where the offices would be. I knocked on the door and it was Hunter that told me to enter. He was there with Stephanie, "Hello, Emma, please have a seat" Stephanie said, I sat down "we wanted to tell you, my father spoke to Jack this morning at headquarters and Dolph will be going to headquarters tomorrow. Jack's contract has been terminated but Dolphs still stands, for now anyways. So, he is here tonight. Now of course, the restraining orders can't be made until we talk to them so, just please be careful for the next couple of days, maybe a week even" I nodded "alright. Thank you for telling me" "we'll keep you updated as we figure out more things" Hunter said. I gave them both hugs and left.
I walked to the locker room quickly, not wanting to run into Dolph. When I got there, the guys where already changed and lacing their ring boots. "What happened?" Seth asked, "Jack was at headquarters this morning. Vince fired him, Dolph will be there tomorrow. Stephanie and Hunter just wanted to warn me to be careful until the restraining orders are made" "so is Dolph here tonight?" I nodded "yea, he is". I grabbed my gear for tonight and went to change. I was scheduled for a 6 Diva tag team match. Me, Nikki, and Brie against Kaitlyn, Naomi, and Cameron. Once I changed, I took a seat on the bench next to Roman, then groaned. Roman turned to look at me, "what?" "Eva is going to be ringside for the match. She's valeting for Nikki and Brie" "I don't think she'll be trying anything with you. If anything she is probably still reeling from that slap yesterday" Dean smirked, I laughed and shrugged "oh well, she was warned before hand not to mess with me".
When it was almost time for my match me and Seth, who had volunteered to come along with me, went to our entrance. Roman gave me a quick kiss and Dean gave me a hug before we walked off. AJ came out and sat commentary for the match. The Bella Twins came out with Eva, then me and Seth, then the Funkadactyls came out, then Kaitlyn. Seth wished me luck and got out of the ring to stand guard. Eva got out of the ring also, but not before she gave me a glare. The match lasted about 10 minutes before I got the pin on Cameron. Once we got backstage, we headed to catering and I got myself water before heading back to our locker room. The guys had a handicap match against the Big Show tonight in about an hour. We watched the show there until a producer came to retrieve us.
The four of us headed to the ring first and I stayed outside of the ring as the Big Show came out. He was almost to the ring when a streak of blonde zoomed passed him towards me. Before I had time to react I felt myself flying and my head and back slammed into the steel steps and everything went black.
*Roman's P.O.V*
As soon as Emma hit the steps we all broke character. I ran out of the ring quickly, the guys following after me. As soon as Dolph moved off of Emma, I tackled him to the ground and began throwing punches. Show was quick to grab me and pull me off, "dude, go worry about your girl. I'll handle this son of a bitch". Seth and Dean where kneeling next to Emma, she was unconscious. "Emma, wake up. Come on, baby, open your eyes for me…" the ringside physician was there seconds later, paging for paramedics. I looked towards the ramp and seen Rob Van Dam, Punk, Kofi, the Usos, Miz, Tyson, and Alberto come running out to help. Hunter followed seconds after with paramedics and security.
Emma still wasn't moving as Hunter pried the three of us away from her so the paramedics could get to her. Security and the guys got Dolph out as the paramedics placed a neck brace on Emma. I tried to move back to her side but the guys held on to me tightly. They placed her on a stretcher and hurried along to the ambulance that was in the back. Me and Hunter went with them and Seth and Dean hurried to our locker room to grab our stuff, the car, and to tell AJ and Kaitlyn, if they didn't know already. I held her limp hand until the paramedics took her where I couldn't follow. As soon as she was through the doors my knees gave out and I collapsed onto the floor, Hunter knelt next to me. I don't know how much time passed before Seth and Dean came rushing in and not long after basically the whole locker room had arrived also.
We all sat together in silence as time passed, no one knowing what to say. Dean and Seth sat next to me against a wall, Seth texting Leighla to tell her what happened. Kaitlyn was in tears talking to Sheamus on the phone, Nikki was talking to John through her own tears, AJ was sitting on the windowsill with Punk and Kofi, Naomi was talking to Jimmy and Jey, Cameron was on the phone in tears, and Hunter was talking to Stephanie, who had arrived about 5 minutes ago. Others where just sitting around, talking amongst themselves.
"Emma Souza?" a doctor called, each of us swarmed him like a mob, he looked a little scared as he spoke. "She's awake now, her back and neck are strained but nothing is broken. She has got a concussion, its not a major one but its there, and she'll be sore for a while. We're going to keep her overnight and monitor her" "She is a professional wrestler, how long do you think she is going to be out of action?" Hunter spoke, "about a month, roughly. I'm not really sure, that will be up to your own doctor to decide. It certainly won't be within the next week…" he handed Hunter a few papers, "…these are papers for your doctors reference". As soon as he was done talking, we all ran towards the door that would lead to the rooms. "Six at a time!" the doctor shouted, grabbing our attention.
Seth, Dean, Hunter and I went in together first without anybody. My heart sunk to my stomach with guilt when I seen her. She was laying in a bed, and hooked to a few monitors, and an IV. "How are you feeling?" Hunter asked, being the first to regain composer, "I've seen better days" she replied quietly, "Stephanie took care of Dolph, his contract was terminated and Vince has been told. He's got a rush on those restraining orders. Also, we got you a flight home for Thursday afternoon. I'm sorry, Emma, but we have to pull your title shot for now. We'll have a battle royal for a contender for Night of Champions. You'll get your shot back when you return, which according to this doctor might not be for about a month" she nodded, sadness etched in her face "ok. Thank you" "well, I've got to go help Steph out and get a statement out for you, plus you have the whole locker room outside waiting to see you". He gave her a gentle hug and nodded once at us before heading out the room.
*Emma's P.O.V*
Hunter gave me a hug and left but not before whispering in my ear, "they're feeling pretty guilty". I looked at the guys, Roman was still in his gear, Seth and Dean in their regular clothes, indeed all three looking upset and guilty. "It isn't any of your faults" I said, noticing they hadn't even stepped into the room yet, "we all promised to keep you safe, Em, and look where you are" Dean mumbled, "aww, guys I don't blame any of you for what happened, now come here and give me a hug because we all need one" They did, Roman last, once he let go I looked at him. His eyes where sad, I placed my hand on the side of his cheek and he gave me a kiss. They all took a seat just as Rob, Zack, and Big Show came into the room. They didn't stay for long, nobody did. The last to come in was AJ and Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn was crying, I frowned "aww, Katie, don't cry, please? I've already seen enough sadness" "are you ok?" AJ asked, "I'll be fine; Katie, come here" her tears where still flowing. I gave her a hug until she calmed down.
A nurse came not long after to move me out of the emergency room and into a private room upstairs. "Visiting hours upstairs are over" she said, everyone gave me a hug and walked out of the room, except for Roman. He looked hesitant to leave me alone. "I'll be alright, Ro, go and get some sleep, please?" he nodded and gave me a kiss "I love you" he said, "I know, I love you to" "I'll be here first thing in the morning" "ok, I'll be here". The three men left and I was taken up to my room. She gave me some sleeping pills and I knocked right out, but it didn't stop the nightmares from haunting me through out the night.
A/N: Poor Emma, she gets put in the hospital and gets her title shot taken away all in one night! What do you all think of this chapter? What do you all think might happen in future chapters? Also, a big thank you to flowersNfreaks, LindaPipeBomb, DeeMarie426, Wolfgirl2013, AngelVanguard, and guest for their awesome reviews on the past two chapters!