Chapter 48:

"Ouch!" Candice flinched violently as Haley attempted to untangle her hair. ""My scalp is killing me!"

"I can only imagine." Haley said sympathetically. "Beth Phoenix literally ripped some of your hair out!" She gently worked the soft bristled brush through a section of Candice's brown anf blonde highlighted hair.

Candice made a disgruntled sound and rolled her shoulders in agitation. "She's a beast, Haley! It's like Umaga in woman form."

Haley laughed at that. "Nice."

The Women's Champion smiled ruefully. "Okay, maybe not that bad. She's just so much stronger than I am, at least physically."

"You showed your heart though." Haley picked up another section of hair. "You outsmarted her, used leverage and cradled her for a three count. That creativity is the mark of a never say die champion."

"You're damn right I never say die." Candice said affirmatively.

"Hey guys!" Maria and Mickie burst into the Divas locker room. "Randy's on his way down to the ring!"

Mickie crossed to the viewing area of the room and flicked on the monitor, while Haley handed Maria the brush, so she could finish Candice's hair. Haley dropped down onto the couch beside Mickie to watch the match. The veteran Diva took her hand and gave a comforting squeeze.

Onscreen, John and Randy were having a stare down from opposite corners of the ring. Mr. Cena, who sat in the front row, looked out with an expressionless face. John was actually trembling with rage. His body shaking with fury at what Randy had done to his father and what Randy had done to his girlfriend. Haley knew it wouldn't be much longer before John's thread of control snapped.

She was right. John charged forward a moment later, hammering away at the third generation superstar with his fists. He delivered a clothesline from hell that almost ripped Randy's head right from his body. The Legend Killer crumpled to the ground like a deflated balloon.

"Oh man, I am so glad I am not Randy Orton right now." Mickie winced, as John continued his attack. "He is going to be one hurting puppy after this match."

"Good." Candice practically snarled. "After how he treated Haley, he should be put down like the dog he is."

"But, I like puppies." Maria pouted, causing both Candice and Mickie to look at her in disbelief, since Haley wasn't paying them much attention. "What? Don't you?" She asked innocently.

"No!" Haley jumped to her feet, as John got hung up on the second rope and Randy capitalized with an implant DDT from it. The Champion lay dazed on the mat and the challenger made a cover.

"John, get up!" Haley urged him frantically, and then breathed a sigh of relief when he kicked out. "Thank god."

Randy had taken control of the match at this point, delivering hard shots to the head. It had Haley cringing with each one. He took a couple steps away for a moment, to reformulate a game plan and it was all the Champion needed. He speared Randy to the ground, returning the favor with the head strikes.

"Oh my God, I can't watch this." Haley bit one of her fingernails and began to pace.

"Whoa, easy Haley!" Mickie placed her hands on the distraught woman's shoulders to halt her movement. "You've been so good these last few months in not being the obsessive, worrisome girlfriend. Don't start now. You know John; he's going to handle this."

"Yeah babe." Candice batted away the brush and walked over as well, putting an arm around Haley's shoulders. "He'll find a way out of that sleeper hold. He always manages to get himself out of sticky situations."

As soon as the words left Candice's mouth, the WWE Champion began to fight back. Using his upper body strength he began to push Randy's arms up over his head to release that choking sleeper hold. He turned and punched a fist right to gut of the Legend Killer.

"See, there he goes!" Mickie cheered, leading Haley back over to the couch. This time she was flanked by Candice and Mickie.

"John's got him the corner!" Candice's hands tightened around Haley's arm. "Oh man, he's wailing on him!"

"He just shoved the referee!" Mickie gasped. "Uh oh, this is not good. He's going to get disqualified if he doesn't back off!"

"Why isn't he listening to the referee?" Maria asked, sitting on the arm of the couch.

"He's not thinking clearly." Haley muttered. "He just wants to hurt, Randy. Damn it! They just disqualified him!"

John seemed to be having the same reaction as Haley. Once the bell rang, he walked to the opposite of the arena, rubbing a hand over his face in frustration. Lilian announced Randy as the winner by the disqualification. But, Randy would not be given the WWE Championship.

"Oh no!" Candice cried because Randy hung John up on the top rope when the Champion attempted to pull him back into the ring.

"Oh God!" Haley screamed, as Randy reached over the security barrier and dragged Mr. Cena over the barricade.

"Not again!" Mickie hugged her distraught friend on one side, while Candice wrapped her arms around the other. Even Maria attempted to sooth by stroking Haley's hair, but they could only watch in horror as Randy walked away to give himself enough to once again, punt Mr. Cena's head in.

"Oh my gosh!" Maria shrieked, as John intercepted Randy mid-lunge and began to pummel him to the floor.

"STFU!" Haley shouted, as John administered his submission hold.

"Kick him!" They could hear John's shout through the monitor. "Kick the Son of a Bitch!"

Mr. Cena shuffled slightly, then gave Randy a taste of his own medicine by kicking Randy right in the temple. Orton was out cold and lay motionless on the floor, while John stood over him to survey the damage and Mr. Cena was escorted backstage by security.

"Did that really just happen?" Mickie stared at the monitor wide eyed.

"Go Senior!" Candice added softly.

"I need to check on them both!" Haley stood and as fast as she could in ice pick heels, bolted down the hall towards the gorilla area.

"Mr. Cena!" She dashed toward the older man as he came around the corner with two security guards dogging his footsteps. "Are you all right?" She asked once she reached him.

He had been sporting a serious mask all evening, but now his face broke out in a smile. "Nothing a little rest won't cure. In fact, after that, I feel really good right now. Serves that Son of a Bitch right, he got what he deserved."

"You scared the crap out of me." Haley admitted. "I was so afraid he was going to kick you again."

"Oh don't you worry, Haley. We Cenas stick together." The older man placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Might I say, you look lovely tonight."

"Thank you." She blushed.

"Dad!" John jogged around the corner. "Are you…?"

"I'm fine, John. Haley's already done the inquiry. Stop worrying about me and give your girl a celebratory kiss already. You did a fine job out there, Son. Who gives a rat's ass if they disqualified you? You were avenging family, who's that referee to judge."

John looked relieved. "This isn't over between him and I, you know. He's going to be furious about what happened and come after us even harder."

"John Cena! Stop worrying about that bastard for one minute." Mr. Cena playfully scolded. "Your girlfriend is standing here, looking red hot, excuse the pun and all you care about is what that unconscious fool is going to do?"

Haley laughed at the comment, relaxing fully for the first time she had left Batista in catering. "Thanks Mr. Cena."

John chuckled and looked over at Haley as though he were seeing her for the first time. He visibly gulped as he took in her attire. "Wow. Haley you look great in that dress."

"Yeah, yeah." She playfully rolled her eyes. "It's a hit with everyone. You just going to stare Cena or are you going to kiss me already?"

"Don't mind if I do?" Mr. Cena made a move forward, that caused more laughter between the three of them. Even the two security guards cracked a smile.

John placed an arm around Haley and kissed her briefly. "You're beautiful, just what I needed to see after a match with such ugliness."

"All right, Lovebirds." Mr. Cena coughed. "Let's get this old man some dinner and tucked into bed, those are your mother's order by the way and then you two young folks can go out with all your friends."

"What old man?" Haley teased. "I don't see any old men around here."

Senior's grin grew broadly. "I swear John, you better hold onto this one!"

A/N: So I actually just rewrote this chapter today. I had a club scene originally, with them just talking about the match, but I figured this one would have more of an effect. Hope I played it out okay.

Awprncss4386: The break up is approaching real soon. He got injured the week before No Mercy and that's the next pay-per-view and the break up is actually before the injury.

Cassymae: I'm glad you're enjoying it!

Asher02: Yeah, Batista is so sexy! Here's another update for you, hope you liked it.

Fozzy-Floozy: haha, he deserved that pedigree. And no, he won't stay away, in fact, he's going to be a main part of the next three chapters.

Vampirenav: agreed, Batista is sexy as sin!

Spunky-hyper-girl: I know the deal. I've got the same drama. I use my writing as means to escape and I know I love quick updates for the stories I like to read. So I try to do the same. Haha, trust me you didn't want to see Candice as one of VD's lol, then she was skanky. I think she's really toned it down lately in comparison lol. Haha I'll try to include more Ron, just for you.

Jewelgirl04: I hate it when the review windows do that! It's so annoying. I'm glad you liked the chapter though. I just thought of how much you'd probably like it when I posted it, so there you go. I'm going to post a link to Haley's dress in my profile, along with all my other Over It stuff lol. It really is a pretty dress, wish I could afford it lol. As for what happens next, let the games begin. No pun intended lol.

Helen Tarnation: Yeah, that was kind of a filler chapter. But I wanted to include Maria and Batista in this point. Batista's not going to be around for the next few chapters and I'm setting Maria up to be Haley's closest girl friend when Candice gets injured because Mickie's going to have her hands full with Beth Phoenix, so she'll definitely be brought more into focus. Especially since her ditzy persona is fun to write.

Ilovehbk: I'll definitely read them!