I started my rehabilitation with Jeff there for the very beginning. Everyone else came by and visited when they had a night off and could get on a plane to visit for a day or so.
It felt good to see everyone. It felt like I was still backstage at the shows. But sometimes it just reminded me that I had upset Dwayne enough to not come and want to see my face.
There was a small part of me that wanted him to stay away. It was just as hard for me to see him as it was for him to see me. But that was only a small part of me. The majority of me had wanted to see him. I needed him in my life, I always have. I just needed to get use to not having him around, at least for now.
After Jeff returned to SMACKDOWN! I was completly alone. I spent nights dreaming of the faces that Dwayne had the last time that I saw him and the faces that Jeff had as we shared a new found love between us. I didn't enjoy seeing either face. I was torn about what to do. There was never a bone in my body that had ever questioned going back to Dwayne. Now every part of my body was questioning what to do. And the only advice that I could get from nurses or my physical therapist was to follow my heart. But what if my heart was with two men? What if my heart didn't know what to do? Let's rephrase that, what if I didn't want to admit to whatever my heart had in store for me? I didn't want to hurt Dwayne by being with Jeff, and I didn't want to go and hurt Jeff by going back to Rocky. I felt for them both. So the only thing that I had to do was realize what my heart wanted. And that wasn't happening while I was away from them both.
Dwayne and Jeff wasn't the only thing that was on my mind. While I laid in my bed I would look down at my stomach. I had lost weight since I was in therapy, but my stomach was the same. It hadn't grown and I was glad. I didn't need to go back and have everyone question me. I was going to leave right after the match with Lita. Well not leave but stay ring side and not wrestle. I was going to be on the scene as long as I possibly could.
I sped up my recovery as fast as I could, and before I knew it, I was getting ready to face Lita at No Mercy.
"Are you sure that you want to do this?" Stephanie asked me the day before my match. "You haven't been in the ring in a couple of months. Maybe you should make it next month and start of doing small tiny little matches that really don't matter. Or maybe just reschedule until after you deliver."
"I don't have the time to get use to the ring again. I've been training alone and making sure that my back is perfectly fine. And there is no way that I am going to wait nine months to a year to get my revenge on Amy."
"Are you thinking about the welfare of your baby at all?"
"That is why I am having this match tomorrow, so there is less of a chance that I do get hurt and that I hurt the baby." I said.
"You know that you are crazy and that I would never have done this at all and I don't think that I ever will."
"The thing is that finding out that I am pregnant makes me want to beat Amy even more. Think about it, had I died, my baby would have died too. There already was a very large chance that the baby could have died. They would never have known who the daddy was."
"Kayla I don't even know who the father is." Stephanie said.
"I know that, and I intend to keep things this way." I said to her.
"I'm just curious that's all. I mean, there is the most obvious."
"Don't even mention his name," I said interrupting her. I did not want her guessing at who the father was at all. I know that she was curious and she wanted me to tell the father that I was pregnant, but there was no way that I was ready to do that.
"How are you going to break the news to daddy?" Stephanie asked.
"I'm not sure. I am so nervous about it all. How is he going to react?" I said.
"He's going to be shocked, but so happy that he is going to have a little grandson or granddaughter."
I smiled at her and gave her a hug. "I needed to hear that."
She left me alone and I soon slipped into a light and restless sleep.
"Kayla you up?" I heard a voice ask.
"Now I am thanks for asking." I said groggily. I rubbed my eyes and threw the covers off of me.
"Sorry, but we have to get going soon. Lots of people to talk to."
I still didn't bother to look over to who was talking to me, and when I am half asleep I can't tell any voices apart. As far as I am concerned Stephanie can sound like Steve to me.
"I'm sure that we do, but do you really have to wake me up?"
"Jeff didn't want to do it himself and I didn't know why, but now I do."
I knew it was Matt at that point. "Thanks so much." I said. "Don't make fun of me just because I didn't have the greatest nights sleep."
"Nervous about tonight?" he asked me.
"I guess you can say that."
"Happens to everyone. Returns are always nerve recking."
"Well, I think that I am going to get through this one without any scars."
"That is the way to think. Now get out of that bed and get ready." Matt said slapping my butt and leaving the room.
I slowly got myself out of the bed and got ready. I didn't feel like going to talk to reporters any time soon.
I went through the usual daily routine, talking to people about my time rehabilitating, what it felt like to be back and all the stereotypical reporter questions. By the end of the night I was irritated with reporters and just questions in general.
"Before any of you start asking me questions don't." I said when I saw the group of wrestlers backstage. "I've been asked way too many questions and I can't take any more. When you want to talk to me, ask me tomorrow when I am in a better mood."
"Hey we've all been there." Jericho said. "We all know how it feels to be badgered to the point of no return." he hugged me. "It's just really good to have you back. And I know that you can go in there and beat Amy with no problem."
"I hope so." I said with a smile.
"He is definitely right." Adam said giving me a hug. "There was no onw around to shut us up when we really needed to be."
"God we talked way more than we should have when you were away." Jay added.
"I just want to say that I missed everyone so much while I was away." I said taking a little bow.
"Great to have you back." I heard a soft voice say. I turned around to see Dwayne giving a feeble smile.
"Dwayne, I missed you." I gave him a hug. "I wanted you to come and visit me in the hospital. I want to talk some time soon."
"I couldn't bring myself to go. And about the talking thing, maybe we should hold off on that until a little later. I mean the last time that we talked, things got a little out of control."
"Agreed, but that doesn't mean that we aren't able to go and talk somewhere like normal people."
"Maybe one day, but just give it a few days before we decide to go off alone somewhere." he said. He gave me a hug and walked away.
I waited nervously until my match against Lita. I wasn't worried about losing, I was worried about being hurt and getting a bad blow to the stomach. Losing my baby was the biggest fear that I had at that time.
It was a cage match, the kind of match that I have been waiting for.
As soon as I got in that ring with her I was at her full strength. Any time that she went for my stomach I made sure that she didn't touch me. I know that even though she is a trained professional there was no way that she was going to step into that caged ring and not want to rip me to pieces.
We threw eachother around for a while, making sure that the other experienced pain. Just to show her that I was back and had my place in Team Xtreme I did a 'twist of fate'. I don't know what happened, but I know that she landed the wrong way and so did I. Our necks collided as we hit the apron unexpectedly hard. With my neck throbbing in pain I began to climb the cage. The announcers thought that I was going to get the win right there, climb out and it was over, but it wasn't. I stood at the top of the cage, looking down, seeing victory. I could win it with no problem, but there was no doubt in my mind that I would beat her. I looked around and signaled the guns. With my hair stuck to my face because of the sweat I couldn't see the fans, but I heard the screams. I looked down at Lita and did a Swanton from the top of the cage. There was a sharp pain that went through my back and to my leg. That didn't stop me from doing anything that I wanted in the ring. My plan was to make her tap. Of the three ways to win, I wanted her to lose in the most dishonorable fashion, submit. Knowing that there was something wrong with her neck, as there was mine, I did a sleeper hold, letting go for nothing. I had a very strong grip around her neck, there was no faking, or whatever you would call it. I stayed wrapped around her neck until she finally tapped. After she did I threw her face against the apron and rolled out of the ring.
Stephanie came up to me and helped me to my locker room. As soon as I got there I let out a scream of pain.
"I knew that something went wrong," she said. "I could tell by the look on your face that you were hurt."
"Well so was she so it's o.k." I said rubbing my neck.
"How about your back? You are insane for doing that move from the top of the cage when you just got back from a back injury."
"My back doesn't hurt as much as my leg does. When I hit my lag against that mat, a pain just shot right down my left leg."
"Isn't that your bad one?" I nodded my head. "Lay down I'll get a doctor to look at you."
"Thanks." I closed my eyes and tried to get as comfortable as I could.
"You know that you are insane right Kay?" I heard a voice say as they walked in the room.
"I didn't think that anyone but me would be crazy enough to do that."
"You've met your match." I said.
"Well, you got your revenge, she's gone."
I opened my eyes and saw Jeff. "Thank God that we finally rid the WWF of her."
"It was a great match, how you feeling?"
"I don't think that I am going to be wrestling any time soon, let's put it that way."
"You mean that you won't even be ringside?"
"No, I'll be ringside I just don't plan on wrestling."
"As long as you are around so that we can be called Team Xtreme."
"No problem boss." I said. "I am going to be around as long as I can."
"Hopefully that will be for quite a few more years." he looked at me with my hand on my neck. "So what exactly did you hurt?"
"I'm not sure what happened, but I know that I hurt my neck and my leg is in a lot of pain."
"Really? How did you hurt your neck and leg?"
"I think that Amy was trying to stop me from doing the 'twist of fate' and we landed wrong, and very hard."
"And your leg?"
"I don't know. It started to hurt when it hit the apron after the swanton from the top of the cage."
He sat down next to me. "Told you that you were crazy for doing that." he said.
Stephanie walked in with the doctor.
"I'll see you later I gotta go get ready for my match." he gave me a kiss. "I'll have that tag team belt for you."
"You better, or you will be punished." I smiled. "Good luck."
"Let's take a look at you" the doctor said.
I stopped myself from crying or yelling in pain anytime that he wanted to move me to see different things.
"So doc what's the verdict?" I asked.
"There doesn't look like there is anything that is career threatning," he said.
"Good, cause I just went through that and I don't want to be back there again." I said.
"You might have dislocated a vertebrae in your neck and sprained or fractured something around your knee. I can't be sure until you get x-rays done."
"Let's get it all taken care of as soon as possible." Vince said as he was walking in the room.
"We did it. We got rid of her." I said to him.
"I know we did sweetie." he said smiling at me. "She'll have her work cut out for her when she get's back. But right now I want you to know that I want you to get better and nothing else."
"I got that all taken care of." I told him. "Has anyone checked on Amy? I know that she was in pain."
"I just came from talking to her." Vince said. "She was taken to the hospital. They think that she shattered a vertebrae in her neck."
"You really put a hurting on that girl." Stephanie said. I smiled and slowly stood up.
"Let's get to that hospital." I said.
"I'll go tell the guys that you are going." Stephanie said.
"That would be helpful thank you." I said.
I got to the hospital and found out that I had dislocated two vertebrae and sprained a ligament, very badly in my left knee. I went in for surgery to replace the located vertebraes. I was told that I would be able to be ring side in no more then a month. The doctors always give you a larger time frame to get better. I cut that time frame in half and always try to get better by that time.
And everyone was right I was backstage at the shows in no time at all. I was out for three weeks, which was nothing compared to the month and a half that I had to spend alone trying to be able to walk again.
I was happy beyond belief to walk to the ring with Matt and Jeff, being there for their match. They had to defend the tag team titles that they won at No Mercy. I got into the ring and took a mic.
"I am not going to make this long at all. I just want everyone to know that it feels so good to be back. I missed all of you. But as you can see, I am not fully better." I said pointing to the brace around my knee. "I am not able to wrestle right now, but I still love to stand here and feel the energy. Thank you for being so supportive of me while I have been away." The crowd cheered and I almost started to cry thinking about when I would finally have to leave before people found out that I was pregnant.
The Dudleys made their way to the ring and the match started. I made sure that I stayed away from any trouble. The Hardys eventually won the match. We walked backstage and I breathed a sigh of relief which wouldn't last for long.