Chapter 34

Everything was fuzzy.

Jon could vaguely make out Milla's voice, but that was it. He didn't remember how he got to the backstage area and felt like he got ran over by a semi-truck. The lights above were bright and blinding, making his head pound furiously. It was even worse when someone forcefully opened his eyelid to shine a light in his eyeball, making him growl out. The light instantly disappeared and Jon slowly opened his eyes, his vision incredibly blurry.

"Jon? Jon baby, thank god…" Milla cried, tears cascading down her cheeks while staring down into his glazed blue eyes.

"My head…" Jon groaned, immediately shutting his eyes since the lights were too bright in the room. "W-Where am I?"

After Joe's sneak attack, Milla screamed for help and the trainer came rushing out from the back along with WWE officials. They helped Jon and Colby to the back with Milla following, the tears not stopping. Both men were completely out of it and didn't know where they were, which worried Milla further. As soon as they arrived to the back, Spencer was waiting with tears of her own flowing. Nobody saw Joe's betrayal coming. They immediately followed the guys to the trainer's room, going in with them and stayed out of the way so they could be examined.

"You're in the trainer's room. Just stay still, Jon." Milla instructed softly, placing her hands on each side of his face and rested her forehead against his. "I'm so glad you're awake."

"Why did this happen?" Spencer sniffled, standing beside Colby the whole time with his hand in hers, having taken off his black gloves to feel his skin against hers. "I don't understand…"

"That makes two of us." Colby grumbled, slowly opening his chocolate eyes and blinked a few times, trying to get the fuzziness to disappear. "Oh baby, don't cry."

Spencer immediately took their clasped hands and brought it up to her face, fresh tears sliding over their fingers, trying to keep her legs from collapsing beneath her. The moment Colby woke up and opened his beautiful chocolate eyes, emotions overwhelmed her, making her fight the urge not to jump on him. Instead, Spencer dipped her head and softly kissed his lips, just needing to feel the warmth of them for a second against hers. She loved him so much, he was everything to her and more, refusing to leave his side.

"What happened?" Colby weakly asked once Spencer broke the kiss, wiping some of her tears away with his thumbs. "Please stop crying, you're killing me, woman."

Spencer and Milla both looked up since the guys asked what happened back-to-back, not sure what they should say. How could they inform the love of their lives a man they considered family turned his back on them? Milla knew this would destroy Jon since he had trust issues to begin with and cried harder, not wanting to hurt him anymore than he already was. Colby would be able to handle it a lot better, so Milla wasn't worried about his reaction nearly as much as Jon's. He had a volatile temper and it would no doubt skyrocket as soon as he found out what Joe did to them.

"Milla…" Jon sounded concerned now, his voice weak as well like Colby and winced when a stabbing pain shot through his head. "Fuck…"

"You have to move, Milla, so I can stitch him up." Michael requested solemnly, watching her slowly lift her head and moved to Jon's side, holding his hand as their fingers laced together. "Just relax, Ambrose. You're having some stitches put in your forehead." Randy had hauled off and clocked him with a steel chair during the attack before Joe delivered the triple power bomb.

A slap in the face to the Shield.

"What the fuck?" Jon's eyes moved from Michael to Milla, questions swirling through his blues and all she could do was shake her head, keeping her mouth shut. "What aren't you telling me?"

Spencer wasn't talking either, both women standing by their men silently crying. Colby was also being stitched up, thanks to a chair shot from Robert. Milla and Spencer looked up when Stephanie and Paul came barreling through the door with wide eyes. Just by the reactions from both women, Stephanie knew instantly Jon and Colby had no idea what happened to them. They looked disorientated and confused while Spencer and Milla tried their hardest to keep them calm.

"Milla, come outside and talk to us for a second, will you?" Stephanie requested softly, knowing she didn't want to leave Jon's side, but she didn't want to talk about this subject in front of Jon. Not yet at least. "It won't take long."

Frowning, Milla looked down at Jon and carefully brushed her lips against his. "I'll be back in a minute. I promise." She reluctantly left him after he nodded at her, walking out of the trainer's office with arms folded in front of her chest. "What is it?"

"First off, we had no idea this was supposed to happen to Jon and Colby tonight. My brother is starting to play by his own rules and it's incredibly irritating." Stephanie was angry and rightfully so, wanting to ring Shane's neck for pulling this stunt. "I take it they have no idea what happened yet?"

Milla shook her head, immediately burying her face in her hands. "I-I can't tell him…" She slumped against the wall and slid down until her backside hit the floor, knees drawn up against her chest. "T-This will kill him. Jon isn't very trusting to begin with and when he finds out what Joe did to them…No, I won't…"

Stephanie's heart went out to Milla as she squatted down beside the woman, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I know this is very difficult for all of you to handle, but if anyone else tells him what happened with Joe, it won't be the same as coming from you. He's going to want to hear it from you because he might not believe anyone else, Milla." The entire roster knew Milla Brown and Jon were a couple, their chemistry electric on and off-screen. "Same with Spencer and Colby."

"So we're supposed to break their hearts and shatter them? That's what you want us to do?" Milla snapped, not meaning to do it with Stephanie, but she had so much anger coursing through her veins it was hard to hold back. "Why did Joe do this?" She started crying again, wrapping her arms around her midsection. "How could he hurt his friends this way?"

Looking up at her husband helplessly, Stephanie had no idea what to say to Milla to make her feel better. If the roles were reversed and she was in Milla's position having to tell Paul his best friend betrayed him, she couldn't begin to fathom how it would go down. Stephanie looked up when the door opened and rose to her feet at the sight of Spencer, silently telling her to help Milla since she needed a friend right now.

"You all head home and get some rest. If you need the house shows off too, since Jon and Colby have concussions, just call and let us know. We're still on your side, please tell them that."

"We will. Thank you, Stephanie." Spencer nodded, immediately extending a hand to Milla. "Jon's asking for you. They're done being examined and stitched up."

Taking a deep shuddering breath, Milla slid her hand into Spencer's and let the woman help her up, wiping her tears away from her face. "What are we supposed to tell them?" She wanted to know how Spencer would tell Colby, both of them scared to death of what their men would do.

"Tell us what exactly?"

"Shit." Milla shut her eyes as soon as she heard Jon's voice, hoping they hadn't overheard her conversation with Stephanie.

"I think it's time to stop beating around the fucking bush and tell us what the hell happened." Colby demanded heatedly, both of their arms folded in front of their chests. "And where the fuck is Joe?"

Both girls cringed as soon as that question popped out of Colby's mouth, sharing troubled looks with each other and knew they couldn't keep the truth hidden any longer. "Joe's not here." Milla clasped Spencer's hand, somehow drawing the courage from her to continue.

"What do you mean?" Jon demanded, blue eyes starting to blaze with barely contained fury. "Where the fuck is he?"

Fresh tears filled Milla eyes as she stared back at Jon, taking a step toward him. "I'm so sorry." She whispered softly, hoping Spencer spoke up because she couldn't go on.

Spencer got the hint, releasing Milla's hand and walked over to Colby, placing a hand on his chest. "Joe betrayed us. He attacked both of you from behind. Randy and Robert joined him in the ring to beat both of you down and you were both busted open from chair shots. Then…Joe power bombed both of you with Randy and Robert's help, like you used to do with him." Her voice remained soft and low the entire time she explained what happened, watching different emotions flash through Colby's dark eyes. "Colby…"

Every part of Jon's body grew numb while listening to what Spencer said, his eyes widening along with Colby, both of them staring at each other dumbfounded. It couldn't be true. Joe was their friend, their brother! Why the hell would Joe turn on the two men who always had his back, on a woman he called a sister sometimes? Had it all been an act this whole time? There had to be some kind of explanation, some cosmic reason why Joe did this and Jon planned on finding out by any means necessary. He wouldn't lose his brother because of Shane McMahon, no way in hell.

"We need to leave if we're going to make our flight." Jon said stoically, turning and headed down the hallway of the arena away from everyone to go back to the Shield locker room.

Milla didn't expect that type of reaction from Jon and followed him along with a perplexed Colby and solemn Spencer. They walked in and saw Jon standing in the middle of the Shield locker room, his back facing the door with his fists clenched tightly at his sides. Milla looked around and gasped, covering her mouth with her hand at the destruction of their things. Everything was pulled out and splayed all around the locker room with all of Joe's belongings gone. It was just Jon's, Colby's and Milla's along with Spencer's laptop smashed to pieces on the cement floor. The rest of their things were luckily in the rental car, so nobody could get to them since Jon had the keys.

"Come on, Jon." Milla said quietly, wrapping a hand around his arm and closed her eyes when he shrugged her away, deciding it was best not to touch him right now. "We can replace everything. Let's just get out of here and go back to Tampa like we planned on."

Not saying a single word, Jon turned and tossed the keys at Milla, silently telling her she was driving. She didn't mind, following him out of the dressing room as they all headed out of the arena. Michael had given them pain killers, but Jon and Colby refused to take them, simply tossing them in the trashcan on their way out. The pain would help Jon from turning completely numb and reminded him he could still feel, the betrayal consuming every part of his mind and heart. A few minutes later, Milla pulled out of the arena parking lot and headed toward the airport while Jon proceeded to smoke like a chimney. Spencer merely let Colby lay his head in her lap and stroked his two toned hair, silence reigning in the vehicle.

Throughout the flight, landing and drive to Jon's condo in Tampa, nobody said a single word. What could be said? The guys were completely lost without Joe and it showed clearly. Milla pulled up to Jon's condo building and cut the ignition, everyone piling out to head inside for some much needed sleep. Camping out here on their days off was the best thing to do, especially after Joe's betrayal. Hopefully it would get Jon and Colby refocused on what the plan was. How could anyone focus after that though? Milla had only been to Jon's condo a few times since starting in the WWE before the Shane McMahon fiasco happened. She loved it here, everything about it matched Jon perfectly and the best part was his scent lingered everywhere.

Jon went straight to his room and closed the door, locking it behind him wanting to be completely alone. If Milla couldn't understand it, she could leave because he honestly didn't care. As much as he loved her, Jon couldn't have her fawning all over him and knew that's exactly what she'd do. There were plenty of rooms in the condo she could help herself to. Milla wasn't surprised when Jon shut her out and simply went to another room while Colby and Spencer disappeared into another.

Her heart filled with pain and slowly snapped down the middle, but she understood Jon's reaction. Sometimes a person just needed to be completely left alone and Milla would give Jon all the space he wanted to help him through this difficult time. Setting her things on the floor by the door, Milla shut it quietly behind her and sat on the bed, pulling her cell phone out to dial Drake's number. If he watched Raw, he knew she wasn't in a good place and, since she hadn't received a phone call or text message from him, he hadn't. Wiping her tears away, Milla laid on the bed on her side and waited for him to pick up, knowing it was late, but she desperately had to talk. Drake didn't answer, so Milla left him a long voicemail, explaining everything that happened tonight at the show, asking him to call her back when he had a chance.

Setting the cell phone on the nightstand, Milla curled up with a pillow and stared straight ahead for the next several hours, silent tears rolling down her cheeks. She was worried about Jon, wondering if he would be able to bounce back from this and still go after Randy Orton for the WWE title. Milla had gone with him once to Pensacola, where Joe's family resided, and met everyone. They welcomed him with open arms and made him feel like one of the family, including her. How could Joe come from such a loving caring family and do something this heinous? What the hell was going through Joe's brain and what had Shane said to him to make him turn on his brothers? Finally, exhaustion crept in just as the sun rose over the horizon and Milla's body caved, forcing her to go to sleep.