Chapter Fifty-two:
Backstage, Vince searches for Edge. Apparently, the plan was for him to come out when Matt gets the upper hand.
"Christian, have you seen Edge?"
"Yah, he was with me." He is curious with a pissed expression on Vince's face.
"Where is he now?"
"He is going to the gorilla for the match."
"The match is over, Matt won." Vince informs him.
"What?"
Edge gets to the gorilla to see Lita on a stretcher and Jeff is help by referees. "What happen? The match can't be over yet." He whispers to himself.
"Lita helped Jeff, but Matt got to her." One of the referees inform him.
"Where were you, Edge, you were supposed to come out?" Jeff holds his stomach.
"Jeff, Christian and I were occupied."
"Of course." He rolls his eyes. "Can you call my parents to say we going to the hospital? Can you do that I know they are watching?" He tries to walk to join Lita.
"Edge, the match… what happen?" Christian sees the situation.
"Matt attack Lita when she helped Jeff." Edge is disappointed in himself.
"We were with Mickie."
"I know now I have to inform two children that their parents are in the hospital." He walks away.
"Hey Christian, what is going?" Mickie asks with her arm around Matt.
"Mickie, what are you doing with Matt? I thought… you played us. You just acted to be upset to prevent us from heading out there." He is shocked by this.
"You actually figured it out good for you." Mickie mocks. "You two were so easy to keep occupied. You just see a woman cry and want to always help. Thanks to both of your kind hearts my baby got his revenge." She pecks Matt's lips.
"You won't get away with this. When Edge find out, he will make sure you pay for this."
"And I am guessing you are going to tell him."
"That's right."
"How can you when your handcuff to a door?" Matt chuckles Mickie locks the handcuffs before she joins Matt.
Christian tries to get out. "Unlock this handcuffs."
"Sorry, I think I drop the key in here." She drops it in her pants. "If you want to get it you have to pleasure me first." She winks.
"My girlfriend is very naughty. Tell Edge that I found a better partner for my revenge." They both cackle away.
"Help, someone help." Christian calls out. Vince comes who was watching the whole interaction.
"You two fell for Mickie's innocent?" He clarifies. Christian shamely nods in agreement.
"I am sorry, Mr. McMahon." Christian is disappointed in himself.
"Don't be sorry just at me, but Joan and Johnny. You two didn't save their parents. Luckily, I have a plan that Edge might like when he finds out about this." He mentions.
"Great, can you unlock these cuffs so I can tell him?"
"Not yet, trust me this is part of my plan. I will give you a key, but don't unlock yourself until I signal you to."
"Okay."
Edge is at the doors beating himself up. He knows that Mickie was a distraction. When he replayed the whole situation, it does make sense. How could he be so stupid to get played by Mickie and Matt.
"Edge!" Vince yells out.
"Mr. McMahon, I am sorry for letting Matt attack Lita." He apologizes.
"Yes, Mickie can be quite innocent when she wants to be."
"How do you know I was with Mickie?" He is a bit scared on how he knows that.
"Christian told me, don't worry I have a plan." He smiles.
"I hope it is the same plan I have." He turns his disappointment into anger.
"It might be."
"Great, I just have to wait for Michelle's call. She is going to call when they are at the hospital."
"Don't worry my limo is picking them up from the airport. We need to execute this plan now." Vince mentions to him. Edge hesitates, but joins Vince to his office.
"Hello everyone, if you just join us Matt had his usual match. He faced his own brother in a ladder match. During that match, Lita came to help and paid dearly for the interference. The latest update is that Lita is in the hospital getting scans for her head. We are informed that her parents along with Jeff's parents are there to support her. Of course Jeff is there by her side when he is not taken to attend to his injuries. When we have more updates, we will provide you with." Michael Cole sadly notifies.
"It is not looking good for them. I hope some repercussions are made for Matt's actions." King speaks in disgust.
"Me too King, all we can do is hope that Lita makes a full recovery. We as well hope that no head trauma appears on the scans.
Once again Vince's music plays.
"I think we are getting some answers right now." King announces.
"Why is Edge with him too?" Michael asks.
"Let us listen and find out."
"I know most of you are still in shock by what happen to Lita. In the back that is not how that match is supposed to go. For that and other reasons, Matt please come out with Mickie." He kindly asks.
Matt appears on the Titan-tron. "Yes Mr. McMahon, you bellowed."
"Matt, you come to the ring." Vince commands.
"I don't think so. Whatever you have to say you can say to us now."
"Matt, you and Mickie get your butts in this ring now!" Mr. McMahon harshly orders.
"I don't think Matt wants to push Mr. McMahon." Cole warns.
"You don't want upstairs mad, especially the Chairman." King agrees.
"Yup, nothing can come good with that."
Matt's music plays while he and Mickie walks to the ring. "I am here."
"Yes you are. Congrats on your victory against Jeff." He smiles.
"Thank you." He appreciates.
"You did do a great job. Furthermore, you did have one part that invalid a certain agreement." Vince grins.
"What would that be?"
"You accepted that you won't hurt anyone or lose any match, right?"
"Yup, I did accept that."
"Let me ask you, was Lita part of the match?" Matt smiles drops. "Answer my questions." He raises his voices not having that much patience with Matt.
"No, however she interfered so I put her in her place."
"She wasn't in the match officially." Matt shakes his head. "Doesn't it mean that you broke Edge's agreement." He inquires.
"I didn't she interfere in the match. I attack her during the match." He defends.
"You admit you attack her." Vince clarifies.
"Yes."
"Edge, does attacking someone during a match excuse him from your agreement?" He inquires.
"It doesn't."
"It does." Matt argues back.
"No it doesn't, you put Lita in the hospital. You admit that you attacked her. You could have left her alone, but you wanted your revenge. Those statements prove you broke our agreement." Edge argues again.
"She knew the consequences of coming out during a match."
"During a match, it is custom to get hurt especially in a ladder match. However, Lita wasn't officially in the match and got hurt. You broke the agreement."
"Fine, what is my consequence?" He gives up even though he is right.
"Your consequences are putting you in a sixty-minute iron match, contract match. You will first be in a sixty-minute iron match with Edge. After that, you will compete in a contract on a pole match. Your contract is on the line in that match. For that you will face three competitors in a gauntlet. You must grab the contract in each gauntlet. If you survive that you will keep your job and career." Matt shows confidence and strength to accomplish this. "Oh and you, missy." He turns to Mickie. "There is no inference from you. You will be in your own gauntlet match on Smackdown. To prevent you from coming out Christian will keep you company." Mickie smiles knowing he his handcuffs. "Christian come out." A video shows Christian showing a key and un-cuffing the handcuff before he heads to the ring. "Oh Matt, the match starts now." Christian comes into the ring to grab Mickie, but she refuses.
"Mickie, do you want your contract up for expiration as well?" Vince warns. Mickie shakes her head as she reluctantly goes with Christian.
"No tricks now I have no feels or remorse for you." Christian whispers in Mickie's ear.
The referee rings the bell as sixty minutes appears on the Titan-tron. Edge and Matt lock up.
"Look mommy, daddy is fighting bad Matt." Jamie acknowledges.
"Why did you ask for that?" Jeff wonders.
"He is trying to help." Lita includes as she just wakes up.
"Hey beautiful, how are you feeling?" Jeff sweetly speaks.
"My head hurts, however I am okay. Don't get mad at him, he is trying to help." Lita discloses.
"Don't worry Auntie Lita, daddy is going to defeat him." Jamie says in confidence.
"That is right." Joan and Johnny approve.
"That is what I want to hear, come here you three let's watch on my bed." The children climb on the bed to watch this match.
Edge and Matt are both tired of trying to outdo each other. It is two falls to one in favour of Edge.
"Are you tired already?" Matt inquires.
"Yes because I don't lie like you do." He takes a shot at his personality.
"You do lie just admit you were as bad as me once. You are only in Lita and Jeff's good graces because of Jamie. If she wasn't in the picture you would be just like me." He stands up.
"Maybe, she makes me a better person. Everything I am doing is for her." He stands up as well. They look up as Matt has the advantage.
"You are so sure that if she sees the true you that they will stay. Your true self is worse than I am. If they don't like me they definitely won't like you."
"Shut up." He kicks him in the stomach to do a DDT. Edge goes for a pin, but only receives a one count.
"You know it is true. Maybe when they do, I will swoop in to give them a shoulder to cry on." He sniggers.
"Shut up." He throws punches that don't connect being less focus with his words.
"Oh he is playing dirty." Jamie is mad at how the match is going so far.
"Don't worry he will get out of this." Michelle assures her daughter.
"No he won't." She jumps off the bed to go in Michelle's purse.
"Jamie, what are you doing?" They are all confuse on what she is doing.u
Jamie grabs Michelle's phone. "Hello, I would like to send a message to someone." She speaks to the person on the phone. "Thank you, we did have a safe flight. The message is daddy, don't let him get to you to you. I believe you can show him who is boss." Jamie utters. "Done, thank you again. I will." She smiles before she hangs up.
"Who was that on the phone?"
"Just watch the match, there is a surprise."
The match continues with it tied two falls a piece. Edge is losing his focus as Matt has the advantage. Matt kicks him in the stomach to set up for the Twist-of-Fate. The maneuver results in a pin for Matt. It is three falls to two with fifteen minutes left.
"You are going to lose everything." Matt continues his mind games.
"No, you are." Edge charges at him to hit his shoulder on the ring post. Matt does a small package to get another pin.
"Your mind is so weak feelings always get in the way of your focus." He kicks his stomach. Edge crawls to the ropes to lift himself up. Matt just plays with him, smacking his head and mocks how he gets a vertical base. "You will fail in this just like you fail in getting revenge." He chuckles with Vince
The match gets interrupted with Vince on the Titan-tron. "Hello, I have a special message for one fo the competitors in the match. Vince plays a recorded message from his call earlier.
"Daddy, don't let him get to you. I believe you can win. Show him who is the boss." Jamie's voices fill the arena. This gives Edge the strength to continue the match. "Wow, she seems to really like you too bad she is going to watch her dad lose." He tries for a spear which Edge dodges to have counter with his own spear. Edge picks up the pin making it three falls to four in favour of Matt with five minutes left.
"I am going to show her that good people do win." Edge does the Edgecution followed by a hook of both legs; it gets him the fourth fall. "This is for her, for Michelle, and everyone you tricked for your revenge." He kicks Matt in the stomach for another Edgecution. For an added touch he does the Edgecator yo make Matt suffer. Matt screams in pain, but won't tap out. Edge brings him to the center of the ring to put more pressure on Matt's knee and back. Matt scratches towards the ropes with three minutes left. Matt keeps looking at the clock to see how long he still has to last. At the last minute, Edge changes the move to a sharpshooter. He sits on Matt's back as he stretches his legs with thirty seconds left. Matt can't take it anymore and taps with five seconds to spare. Edge uses the five count to finish the clock as well as inflict more pain. The bell rings to give Edge the victory. Everyone in the hospital cheers in his win, especially Jamie who yells proud 'That is my soon-to-be daddy.'
Edge celebrates with the crowd before he heads out of the ring. As he does, he sees Matt coughing in pain. "You are right, feelings cloud my focus, although it will always give me strength for anything." He reveals. The referees tell him to back off which he complies. He celebrates once more, on the ramp, before he heads backstage.
"Congratulation." Vince smiles to be the first person he sees.
"Thank you and thank you for playing the message." Edge appreciates. The message gave him the strength and focus to continue the match.
"Thank your little girl, she called me to play the message. You know you can't give my number to just anyone, right?"
"I didn't." He acts innocent.
"Yah right. Get some rest and watch Matt fight for his job." He requests.
"I will." He happily accepts.
Vince comes out as Matt is help up the ramp. "Please take him back to the ring he isn't finish with his matches yet." The referees comply to take him back to the ring. "Matt, you have your gauntlet match still ahead. Remember, you must grab the contract in each match to keep your job." Matt uses the ropes to keep himself up. "Your opponent is…"
