CHAPTER 26: CHAOS

Vince laid in his hospital bed for almost two hours, feeling helpless, and worthless, like his life didn't even matter anymore. All of these tubes and needles attached to him, and the tests that the doctors were giving him that seemed endless. He began to wish he would die now so he wouldn't have to go through this anymore.

Trish and Stephanie were the only ones in the hospital room with him. Neither one of them were speaking to each other. The only thing that was heard was the sounds of Monday Night Raw on the small hospital television.

"So where's Hunter? Is he coming?" Trish asked, trying to have a decent conversation with her fiance's daughter.

"I haven't seen him since the beginning of RAW." Stephanie answered with no feeling. She gave Trish a cold hard stare, but she also tried to be civil. If Vince really plans on marrying this woman being civil is the least she could do.

"How can you do something so despicable?" Trish asked in disgust. She had to defend Audrina. She was upset for her. "Releasing those photos like that? That's low, even for you Stephanie."

Stephanie now was growing angry. "I didn't do it Trish.

Trish folded her arms, "You know, your lies aren't going to do anything to make this better! Stop acting like a little girl and fess up!"

"Acting like a little girl?" Stephanie repeated. "You're the one marrying someone who is way too old for you just to get his money and the company! Who's acting like a little girl Trish?"

Trish was now angry. She loved Vince with all her heart and she was tired of Stephanie and everyone else thinking that she was marrying Vince for money or trying to gain control over WWE. She didn't want to run WWE and she had her own money. She was ready with a rebuttal, but an ailing Vince stopped her.

"Enough!" He said with a stern but raspy and hoarse voice. He began to cough heavily and took a sip of water. "I cannot have any more of this! This is going to stop right now!" He turned his attention to Stephanie, "Look Steph, I love you. I know you don't believe it right now. You hate me and I don't blame you, but I love you and I appreciate everything you have done for me and WWE, but I also love Trish, and we will be getting married. I know you feel a certain way about her but you will have to respect that."

Stephanie looked at her father with the same stern look that he was giving to her. She didn't have anything to say, she couldn't say anything because he was right. There was nothing she could do about him wanting to marry Trish. This was his life and this was his choice. Seeing him in the hospital in this condition made her less angry at him. This is her father and she does love him. Who is she to deny him the woman he wants to marry?

Vince turned his attention to Trish, "Baby, I love you, you are the one for me and I want you to be my wife. Stephanie is my daughter and I love her too. I know some things have happened between you in the past, but that's over now. You have to respect her too."

Trish was silent also, but she nodded, signaling that she understood him. She didn't want to do anything to upset Vince. She wanted the family to get along so they can have a happy wedding so this was no problem to her. She looked at Vince's daughter who was still stern with her evil stare. One thing she could say about her is that she had his exact authoritative attitude and she was smart just like him. Two fine qualities in a future step-daughter.

Vince began to look around, "Where is Audrina? Is she coming?"

"I talked to her earlier, she said she may be. I really don't know." Trish answered as she quickly pulled out her phone to call her.

Vince looked at Stephanie as she moved closer to him and took his hand and held it tight. It would be heartbreaking if Audrina didn't show up to see him.

"Steph, I want you to get along with her."

Stephanie nodded, "I know you want to marry Trish and I -"

"No, no, no."Vince interrupted her. "I mean your sister. I'm not going to be around very long and I have already missed so much of her life. I have to know that she is a part of the family. I have to know that you two are going to be running WWE smoothly together as sisters. I don't want to leave this world with my family or my company in turmoil."

Stephanie sighed, "Dad, I did not leak those pictures. I swear on my children I didn't. I didn't even know she was an exotic dancer. Honest. Yes, I was upset when you told me everything and made her an owner to this company but I would not stoop this low."

"You may not have done it, but someone did, and I want you to find out and fire them immediately, and patch things up with your sister. Do you understand me?"

Stephanie nodded in agreement. She wasn't happy about the release of the photos of her younger sister. She also wasn't happy about Audrina showing the world about her kiss with Randy Orton, but they are sisters that share the same McMahon gene. It would be odd for Audrina not to want to seek revenge.

Trish came back into the room. "I'm trying to call Audrina, but she's not answering the phone. I'll keep trying."

Stephanie looked at her father, "I'll will find out who did it." She simply said, but she was at a loss. She didn't know where to begin, or who to talk to. For once, she did not have a solution to a problem and this was new to her.

The three of them continued watching RAW as the main event was underway Seth Rollins facing Bray Wyatt in the WWE championship tournament. Vince was interested to see how this match would turn out. He had been fond of Seth calling him the future of the WWE. It would be nice to see him win.

Trish kept calling Audrina, but she still was not getting an answer. She was a bit worried. Either something was wrong or she decided not to show up. She called Naomi, but her phone went straight to voicemail. She tried calling Cameron, but there was no answer as well. She wasn't surprised because she heard about her and Naomi fighting on Smackdown. Maybe she should run the divas division in the WWE. It seems as though things were getting out of control.

"Come on Audrina, don't do this." Trish murmured as she kept calling Audrina while also watching the main event of Monday Night RAW on the small hospital television.

"Don't worry about it Trish. She probably isn't coming." Stephanie said with disappointment in her voice. It would have been nice if she did come and see Vince. It would be a perfect time for her to explain herself to Audrina about the photos and try to make things right, but she already knew this was going to be a hard task because stubbornness was another McMahon gene that was so powerful.

Stephanie, still at her father's side continued watching Rollins dominate the match.

"I like him!" Vince said with glee, through his raspy hoarse voice. "He's got that ruthless aggression! He's going to take WWE to the next level!"

Stephanie agreed. Seth Rollins was a real talent. He can be a bit of an arrogant jerk, but that is another thing that makes him stand out. She was glad he was part of The Authority, even though her husband and Randy Orton didn't agree with it. She began to think about both of them. She felt horrible for kissing Randy, but she couldn't help herself. Randy made her feel loved and wanted and her husband doesn't even give her a compliment in a year. She knew she had some explaining to do when she got back to her hotel with Hunter tonight. She had to get that out of her mind for awhile so she can make sure her father was doing better.

The arena echoed with boos as Seth Rollins continued dominating his match. He was ready to end the match with delivering a devastating curb stomp to Bray, but the crowd roared when Dean Ambrose ran into the ring and began attacking Rollins. Seconds later, Audrina followed, trying to stop him.

"It's Ambrose!" Cole called from the announcer table "He's brutally attacking Rollins!"

"This must be revenge for costing him his championship tournament match!" Lawler said back.

"What is Audrina even doing here? She should not be getting involved." Cole said back.

"She needs to control that lunatic!" JBL yelled.

Audrina's worst fear was coming true. This was a bad night gone worse. She had to take her heels off to chase Dean around the arena to stop him from attacking Rollins, but it may be too late. The referee signaled for the bell and Bray Wyatt was declared the winner due to disqualification.

Ambrose continued giving Rollins a savage beating and Audrina was finally able to pull him away.

"Stop!" She yelled. "I told you this is not what you think!"

Dean was angry, breathing hard, he couldn't believe Audrina was doing this.

"What you're defending him now? Why are you protecting this little punk?" Dean was fuming with anger. He could already see someone else he loved stabbing him in the back. "You better move out of my way!"

Audrina could see the anger in Dean's eyes. As much as she hated doing this, she really didn't want anyone knowing that she slept with John Cena, even if it was only once.

"What is Audrina doing? Why is she protecting Rollins? I thought they didn't like each other." Lawler called from the announce table as Rollins was slowly getting up. He smirked. This was exactly what he wanted. Ruining Ambrose's life in any way shape or form. He grabbed a microphone and the crowd instantly booed.

"You messed up Audrina!" He said with evilness in his voice. "I told you to keep your little boyfriend out of my match. We had a deal!"

Dean now turned his attention away from Rollins to Audrina. "What the hell is he talking about?" He asked in anger.

Audrina froze. She didn't know what to say. Rollins however was enjoying it.

"Trouble in paradise." He said. "You know what Ambrose, I had a feeling you were going to come out here and try to make trouble for me, but you know something? I've got someone that will take you out once and for all!"

The entrance music of William Regal echoed throughout the arena. The crowd let of mixed signals of cheers and boos as he elegantly emerged from backstage with a sinister smile.

Dean began to have flashbacks about everything that happened to him when he was in FCW. The pain in his shoulder began to grow as he thought about the brutal fight where it all began. The Authority hired him to get to Ambrose and they did just that. Audrina looked up at Dean and she could easy tell he was enraged.

"Oh my God! William Regal!" Cole screamed with excitement.

"These two men go way back, this could get dangerous! Audrina needs to get out of the ring fast!" Lawler said back.

Audrina didn't know what to do, she knew this could get out of hand, but she didn't want to leave Dean's side. Wyatt and Rollins were still around the ring recovering from the fight and she didn't want to run into either one of them.

Regal entered the ring and the two of them wasted no time fighting each other. Dean forgot about everything around him and the only thing that was on his mind was a fight to the death. Fight this man and seek revenge for everything. Regal had shoved Dean with excessive force which caused him to knock Audrina into the turnbuckle, hitting her head hard. Audrina blacked out, causing her to collapse. Dean, whose anger and rage was still focused on Regal continued to fight him."

"This has gotten way out of hand." JBL said. "We need to get help out here right now. Audrina is not moving, she is already injured, she could be severely hurt."

Seconds later, referees and security swarmed around the ring to break up the fight between Ambrose and Regal. Ambrose tried with all his might to break through the heavy crowd but he was quickly outnumbered. Regal let off and evil grin which angered Ambrose even more. The referees slowly began to pull the two of them apart and Ambrose finally noticed Audrina lying in the ring. His eyes widened, he felt like a piece of him was in the ring with her unconscious body. He tried once again, but the referees and the security were just too strong. He was stunned, he didn't know what happened, but she was hurt again and that was nothing he wanted to see. He finally broke away and quickly entered the ring to attend to the love of his life. Her eyes were still closed and she was not moving. He screamed at the top of his lungs for help and and EMT immediately emerged backstage, into the ring to check on Audrina. Dean watched in horror as the EMTs began to check on her.