He continuously brushed the hair off her face, as it kept falling back over he eyes. He kept calling her name.
"Come on Tora, time to rise and shine" he said, trying to keep calm, trying with all his will not to go ballistic and flipping out. Tora just lay there, stiff as a board. Matt and Lita ran to Jeff's assistance. They ran down the ramp and slid under the ropes. Then stood next to Jeff. They stood there with batted breath as Jeff took Tora's hand.
The crowd went wild with anxiety, fear, hope. Stone Colds fans laughed with madness.
Matt waved for a stretcher, soon after they rolled one in and up to the ring side. Jeff turned Tora over and slipped his arm under her neck, supporting it. Lifting her up, he moved her so that her head rested on his shoulder, and her hair flung loose sliding down his back.
He shimmied backwards to the ropes, pulling Tora towards the stretcher, he layed her down to rump down from the ring to the cement floor. Then picking her up, as he did before. Matt grabbed her legs and they slid her onto the stretcher.
The ET's put a neck brace around her neck and starting rolling her out. Jeff ran along side, repeating his commands for her to answer him. She didn't say a word, hardly breathed.
Jeff breathed heavily, full of worry. He looked at her, and then back
to Lita and Matt. Matt shook his head, and put his hand on Jeff's shoulder.
"It'll be okay man." Jeff pulled a half smile. Not quite sure what
to think of Matt's sympathy.
Tora began to stir in her injured slumber. "Tora?" Jeff asked, hoping
she'd answer him.
"mmm" she said, "what happened". She looked up at Jeff hopefully, fearfully.
She didn't know what to think, say, do...feel.
"Stunnered" Jeff said, as he took her hand in both of his, and comfortably
squeeze. She rolled her eyes in a I'll-get-him fashion. "They want to take
you to the hospital, get you check out." he said. She tried to shake her
head, but realized it was no use, seeing as how she had the neck brace
on. "no" she finally said. "I'm fine."
Jeff laughed, "I sure hope so" he said, unhooking the brace, and helping
her up, just as a battered and bruised Test walked by.
"Test" Tora called out. "What the hell happened?" He stopped and looked
at her.
"They thought it was ME who let WCW into the WWF building, so they
whooped me" He said, hardly moving his swollen, bloodied lips.
"My God, how long was I out" Tora asked, looking at Jeff.
"No long, this happened the other day" Test said.
"Are you okay? I mean, is there anything I can do? Say?" Tora asked
Test.
"hmm" he huffed, looking at Jeff. "Go out with me this weekend?" Tora
looked surprised. Jeff's eyes glazed over, not with hatred, but with jealousy.
"Sure." Tora said, "What time?" she asked, as she and Test started
talking about the prenuptial as they walked towards the locker room.
"Holy shit" Matt said, putting his hand on Jeff's shoulder."You okay
man?" he asked. Jeff shook his head, then nodded, and then shook his head
again.
"Im not sure... what the hell just happened" Jeff said. Sitting down
next the Lita. Lita grabbed a strand of his hair and twirled it around
her finger.
"Why would you have a problem with that?" Lita said, looking into Jeff's
eyes. Jeff gave her a oh-common-I-know-you-know look.
"Oh, oh, oh my God" she said. "sorry". She looked at Matt. "Im leaving
before I dig a deeper hole" she stood up and walked away.
"That wont last Jeff" Matt said. "Totally wont last" Jeff smiled a
half smile.
"I sure hope you're right man." he said. "I sure hope you're right."