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She wasn't on earth anymore she decided, she must be floating above it. Here, she was buoyed by weightlessness, feeling as though she was not human, but a spirit instead. Her cares seemed to have completely disappeared, she felt safe and happy and numb. She could feel her body being tossed about from side to side, ah well, she didn't have to return to it just yet, she could enjoy the ride while she could because soon she would be jarred straight back down to earth.
*
Shannon swung the door of the locker room open, opening his mouth to say something but closed it when he saw the room was empty. He turned around, frowning, where had Hurricane gone? Shannon had only been gone half an hour to speak to some of the road agents about his in-ring performance. He noticed a discarded comic book on the bench, some of the pages bent back. Hurricane would never leave a comic book like that, he cared too much about them for that in a father-child way. It had to be something to do with Molly, he knew it had to, Hurricane must have dashed out of the room suddenly, expecting to return but he hadn't. Maybe he'd thought about somewhere she could have been hidden or heard someone saying something outside the door? Shannon pulled his ring gear off and pulled on some street clothes hurriedly, his mind racing now. He packed his bag in super fast time and ran out of the room with it slung over his shoulder. Hardly anyone was about now as he scanned the corridors quickly, unknowingly mirroring Hurricane's movements a good fifteen minutes before hand. Suddenly, his cell phone rang and Shannon whipped it out of his pocket as he moved about the corridors.
"Hello?" he said breathlessly
"Shannon, it's Victoria, get to the back car lot quickly, Hurricane's in a bad way"
"Got it"
He stuck the phone back in his pocket, relief overtaking the worry about Hurricane's absence but urgency and anger over what had happened to Hurricane growing instead. It was a good thing he and Victoria had swapped cell numbers in case either one found something out about Molly otherwise he's still be trawling the corridors like a madman. He burst through the back doors and soon spotted Victoria kneeling on the floor over a crumpled figure; Hurricane. As Shannon got to Victoria's side, he could see Hurricane was lying out on his front, completely still.
"What happened?" he asked
"He's been knocked out somehow, I found him on my way out to my rental" Victoria answered
Shannon pulled a water bottle out of his bag and unscrewed the lid. Victoria looked puzzled at him before her face cleared, realising what he had in mind. Shannon emptied the bottle onto Hurricane's face, causing him to cough and splutter before blinking and looking at the two faces above him in a daze.
"What's going on?" he asked, his speech slurred
"Hoping you could tell us that" replied Shannon "Come on, lets get you up"
"M-m-molly's in trouble, I gotta help" exclaimed Hurricane, weakly struggled against them as they lifted him to his feet
"Later Hurricane, when we get to the hotel" said Victoria soothingly as they half carried him to his car.
They carefully laid him on the backseat, closing the doors securely. Victoria couldn't help smiling a little
"I'll follow in my car, ok?"
"Sure thing" answered Shannon
He turned back to the car and sighed, they were going to need answers once they got to the hotel.
*
"Thanks for the ride baby" Nidia cooed, leaning over to kiss Jamie
He returned the kiss and smiled
"That's ok, you know it is, now how are we going to get our extra piece of luggage into the hotel without being arrested" he asked
"Simple, when we sign in, I say that our friend, who I carry in my arms, is feeling very ill if they ask and then we'll just take the key and walk" said Nidia smiling
"Got it all figured out, haven't you?" he teased her as they got out the truck
"I like to think so, you grab the bags and I'll get the luggage"
*
Shannon stretched slowly, feeling very tired. It had been a long three hour drive to the hotel for the next venue and he was glad to arrive. He watched as Victoria's car headlights appeared behind him and slowly the car slid into the spot next to him. He got out the car and opened the back door, shaking Hurricane awake
"Wake up superhero, time to get some real sleep"
Hurricane frowned and painfully slid out of the car, wincing at the cold air
"My head hurts" he said matter-of-factly
"That's probably because someone hit you so hard in the back of it that you were knocked out" called Victoria from the back of her car where she was unloading the trunk.
"Can you walk?" asked Shannon as he opened the trunk of the car
"Yeah, I think so" Hurricane answered
"Well help me get the bags and we can talk when we get inside"
Hurricane nodded, seeming to be in a complete daze, unable to put into words what he wanted to say. He took his bags from the trunk and silently followed Shannon and Victoria into the hotel. Once they'd retrieved their room keys from a very tired reception clerk, they made their way up into the maze of corridors.
"I'll just dump my stuff in my room and come join you" said Victoria "what number are you?"
"358, we've been put in a room together, how fun" said Shannon sarcastically as he eyed Hurricane in his mute state
Victoria laughed and walked off to find her room. Shannon hunted for their door without Hurricane's help, he preferred to follow deep in thought, a glazed look in his eyes. Shannon unlocked their door and switched on the light as they entered. He threw his bags down and pulled the blinds since it was getting very dark outside. Hurricane sat down on one of the beds, putting his bags down beside it. Shannon sighed as he shut the door and sat down on his bed, positioning himself opposite Hurricane.
"What happened to you superhero?" he asked softly
Hurricane drew a deep breath and opened his mouth when someone knocked loudly on the door. Shannon hopped up to open it and let Victoria in. She gave a tiny wave to Hurricane before pulling a chair forward and sitting on it backwards in front of them.
"I knew Molly was in trouble" Hurricane said slowly staring as though he was watching it all happen in front of him "I ran out of the locker room and looked for them, no one seemed to be about, I went out the back and saw Nidia walking to this pick up truck, I knew that was where Jamie must be, I ran over and demanded to know where Molly was, Nidia pretended not to know what I was talking about, I grabbed her and asked again but then someone hit me in the head and everything went black"
There was a silence as all three let the words soak in. Shannon shifted his position on his bed and spoke slowly and carefully
"Nidia must have Molly with her now as we're moving onto a new venue, Nidia's in this hotel so..."
"Molly must be too" finished Victoria, catching onto his line of thinking
Hurricane's head shot up at these words, suddenly feeling more awake and less sludgy than he had done a few moments ago.
"Molly's here" he said excitedly "we've gotta find her"
Before the others could say anything, he snatched the phone handset off the cradle on the bedside table and punched a number in
"Can I have Jamie Noble's room number please?" he asked "...thank you"
He slammed the cradle now and suddenly smiled, his eyes lighting up.
"Found her"
"Wait, you can't do anything else tonight" reasoned Shannon "wait till tomorrow"
"No way, she's here," Hurricane said
He rushed out of the room, leaving the others staring at each other in astonishment. Victoria got to her feet.
"Lets go"
"What?" Shannon looked confused at her
"We've gotta go after him, look what happened last time he went off on his own to look for her"
"Ok Ok" Shannon sighed feeling very weary
*
"256, 258.."Hurricane muttered under his breath as stepped quickly down the corridor "ah, 252"
He rapped hard on the door and waited. Just as he was about to start yelling, the door swung open and Tajiri glared out at him, his fists at the ready. Hurricane banished his surprise, he should have known that Nidia would get some protection.
"Can I see Nidia and Jamie?" he asked tensely
Tajiri shook his head hard, scowling. Hurricane sighed a little, trying to swallow his anger.
"Why not?" he tried being reasonable
"Sleeping" Tajiri's voice was like a gun shot
"Really? Can I come in and check?" asked Hurricane through gritted teeth
He stepped towards the door but before he could get one foot in, Tajir blocked his way, one of his feet flew up and stopped inches from Hurricane's face before slamming back down.
"Go way" Tajiri said, his frown deepening
Before Hurricane could say anything, Victoria and Shannon appeared, a little out of breath. Victoria smiled a dazzling smile at Tajiri and turned to Hurricane
"What's he doing here?" she asked, jerking her head towards Tajiri
"Nidia's room guard" replied Hurricane his anger building
"Lets leave it for tonight superhero" said Shannon "come on, we all need sleep and getting beat up twice in one night shouldn't appeal to anyone"
Hurricane looked like he was about to argue but gave up defeated. He turned back to Tajiri who raised his fists again
"Tell her I called around" he said
Tajiri eyed him suspiciously, he evidently wasn't going to be satisfied until Hurricane disappeared. Hurricane walked off, flanked by Victoria and Shannon who spoke to him quietly. They heard a door bang resoundingly behind them, it all only confirmed Molly's presence there. It was going to be tough to get her out.
*
A phone rang out in the gym, Shannon looked around waiting for someone to pick it up. Then he realised that it was his phone that was ringing. Cursing softly under his breath, he quickly answered it.
"Hello?"
"Shannon, it's Victoria" her voice was excited and breathless "Is Hurricane any where near you?"
Shannon looked up, Hurricane was stood in the free weight area, mechanically going through some lifts. He was dressed in black shorts and a Hurricane T-shirt, a look of determination on his face.
"No, he's working on the weights, not looking too happy, in fact he's been miserable since Molly disappeared" Shannon said quietly "hey, I thought you were filming Raw, it's on right now"
"I was on Heat earlier instead, listen, I've got a plan but I need your support for it, meet me in Hurricane's locker room before the house show on Wednesday" she said hurriedly
"Got it, right now, anything to get Hurricane out of this mood"
*
Victoria strode through the corridors a wide smile on her face. It was the night of the house show and she'd got herself ready dressed in her pink and black outfit. She quickly found Hurricane's room and knocked on the door. Shannon opened it and ushered her in. Hurricane barely lifted his head from his comic book which was reading sat on the bench
"He's buried himself even more in those things since he got knocked out last week" muttered Shannon
"Hopefully after tonight, he'll have a reason to be happy," said Victoria cheerfully
"What's your plan?" asked Shannon as he began taping his wrists carefully
"A challenge to Nidia" she said simply "with an added stipulation, you want to be there when I make the challenge?"
"Sure thing" Shannon quickly finished his wrists and turned back to Hurricane "we'll be back soon, you gonna start warming up without me?"
"May do" was Hurricane's monotone reply
Shannon sighed and followed Victoria out of the room, shutting the door behind them. He rolled his eyes as they began walking side by side
"He has got to snap out of this, he's dropping matches because he's so distracted"
"Tonight, it'll be all over" retorted Victoria smiling
"What is this challenge?" pestered Shannon
"Uh uh, not telling, just act like you knew all along, ok?" she said as they reached Jamie Noble's locker room door
"Will do" Shannon confirmed
Victoria knocked and Nidia answered, smiling slowly when she saw who is was
"Well well, what can I do for you?" she drawled
"We know you've got Molly" said Victoria briskly "we want her back, we need her back, especially Hurricane"
"How sad" Nidia began to shut the door but Victoria grabbed it before it slammed shut
"So accept my challenge and we can sort this out"
"A challenge? What sort?"
"A stipulation match, if I win we get Molly back and if you win, we won't bother you any more" explained Victoria
Shannon kept his face expressionless as he listened and nodded. It was a great idea, if you have problems out of the ring then take them into the ring to sort them out and Victoria was more than a match for Nidia. Nidia laughed and tossed her hair back
"Why not have Jamie and Hurricane fight? It would be much more entertaining"
"Maybe so but this is between you and us and I am the girl to take you down" said Victoria, stepping closer to Nidia
"Name the night," said Nidia, no longer laughing
"Tonight, it's a house show, it doesn't have to be announced as an important match, after all everyone including the management think Molly's in hospital at the moment anyway, no Jamie, no Hurricane, no Shannon, no Tajiri at ringside" said Victoria, keeping her eyes on Nidia
"You got yourself a deal," said Nidia "and I won't be the one going down, you will be"
She shut the door and Victoria turned to Shannon with a smile on her face. Shannon grinned back as they knocked fists.
"Lets go tell Hurricane, I think tonight may turn his mood around for the better"
Read, enjoy, review! Thanks to all the great people who review me, it means a lot to me that u do and always inspires me (shout outs - Arshes Excentrique: glad I help keep you going girl coz it's reviews from authors like u that keep me going too, can't wait for more of 'trials and tribulations'! Hope u enjoy this chapter and Cristal: thanks for the compliments, angst is fun to write!) Keep reading and reviewing!
She wasn't on earth anymore she decided, she must be floating above it. Here, she was buoyed by weightlessness, feeling as though she was not human, but a spirit instead. Her cares seemed to have completely disappeared, she felt safe and happy and numb. She could feel her body being tossed about from side to side, ah well, she didn't have to return to it just yet, she could enjoy the ride while she could because soon she would be jarred straight back down to earth.
*
Shannon swung the door of the locker room open, opening his mouth to say something but closed it when he saw the room was empty. He turned around, frowning, where had Hurricane gone? Shannon had only been gone half an hour to speak to some of the road agents about his in-ring performance. He noticed a discarded comic book on the bench, some of the pages bent back. Hurricane would never leave a comic book like that, he cared too much about them for that in a father-child way. It had to be something to do with Molly, he knew it had to, Hurricane must have dashed out of the room suddenly, expecting to return but he hadn't. Maybe he'd thought about somewhere she could have been hidden or heard someone saying something outside the door? Shannon pulled his ring gear off and pulled on some street clothes hurriedly, his mind racing now. He packed his bag in super fast time and ran out of the room with it slung over his shoulder. Hardly anyone was about now as he scanned the corridors quickly, unknowingly mirroring Hurricane's movements a good fifteen minutes before hand. Suddenly, his cell phone rang and Shannon whipped it out of his pocket as he moved about the corridors.
"Hello?" he said breathlessly
"Shannon, it's Victoria, get to the back car lot quickly, Hurricane's in a bad way"
"Got it"
He stuck the phone back in his pocket, relief overtaking the worry about Hurricane's absence but urgency and anger over what had happened to Hurricane growing instead. It was a good thing he and Victoria had swapped cell numbers in case either one found something out about Molly otherwise he's still be trawling the corridors like a madman. He burst through the back doors and soon spotted Victoria kneeling on the floor over a crumpled figure; Hurricane. As Shannon got to Victoria's side, he could see Hurricane was lying out on his front, completely still.
"What happened?" he asked
"He's been knocked out somehow, I found him on my way out to my rental" Victoria answered
Shannon pulled a water bottle out of his bag and unscrewed the lid. Victoria looked puzzled at him before her face cleared, realising what he had in mind. Shannon emptied the bottle onto Hurricane's face, causing him to cough and splutter before blinking and looking at the two faces above him in a daze.
"What's going on?" he asked, his speech slurred
"Hoping you could tell us that" replied Shannon "Come on, lets get you up"
"M-m-molly's in trouble, I gotta help" exclaimed Hurricane, weakly struggled against them as they lifted him to his feet
"Later Hurricane, when we get to the hotel" said Victoria soothingly as they half carried him to his car.
They carefully laid him on the backseat, closing the doors securely. Victoria couldn't help smiling a little
"I'll follow in my car, ok?"
"Sure thing" answered Shannon
He turned back to the car and sighed, they were going to need answers once they got to the hotel.
*
"Thanks for the ride baby" Nidia cooed, leaning over to kiss Jamie
He returned the kiss and smiled
"That's ok, you know it is, now how are we going to get our extra piece of luggage into the hotel without being arrested" he asked
"Simple, when we sign in, I say that our friend, who I carry in my arms, is feeling very ill if they ask and then we'll just take the key and walk" said Nidia smiling
"Got it all figured out, haven't you?" he teased her as they got out the truck
"I like to think so, you grab the bags and I'll get the luggage"
*
Shannon stretched slowly, feeling very tired. It had been a long three hour drive to the hotel for the next venue and he was glad to arrive. He watched as Victoria's car headlights appeared behind him and slowly the car slid into the spot next to him. He got out the car and opened the back door, shaking Hurricane awake
"Wake up superhero, time to get some real sleep"
Hurricane frowned and painfully slid out of the car, wincing at the cold air
"My head hurts" he said matter-of-factly
"That's probably because someone hit you so hard in the back of it that you were knocked out" called Victoria from the back of her car where she was unloading the trunk.
"Can you walk?" asked Shannon as he opened the trunk of the car
"Yeah, I think so" Hurricane answered
"Well help me get the bags and we can talk when we get inside"
Hurricane nodded, seeming to be in a complete daze, unable to put into words what he wanted to say. He took his bags from the trunk and silently followed Shannon and Victoria into the hotel. Once they'd retrieved their room keys from a very tired reception clerk, they made their way up into the maze of corridors.
"I'll just dump my stuff in my room and come join you" said Victoria "what number are you?"
"358, we've been put in a room together, how fun" said Shannon sarcastically as he eyed Hurricane in his mute state
Victoria laughed and walked off to find her room. Shannon hunted for their door without Hurricane's help, he preferred to follow deep in thought, a glazed look in his eyes. Shannon unlocked their door and switched on the light as they entered. He threw his bags down and pulled the blinds since it was getting very dark outside. Hurricane sat down on one of the beds, putting his bags down beside it. Shannon sighed as he shut the door and sat down on his bed, positioning himself opposite Hurricane.
"What happened to you superhero?" he asked softly
Hurricane drew a deep breath and opened his mouth when someone knocked loudly on the door. Shannon hopped up to open it and let Victoria in. She gave a tiny wave to Hurricane before pulling a chair forward and sitting on it backwards in front of them.
"I knew Molly was in trouble" Hurricane said slowly staring as though he was watching it all happen in front of him "I ran out of the locker room and looked for them, no one seemed to be about, I went out the back and saw Nidia walking to this pick up truck, I knew that was where Jamie must be, I ran over and demanded to know where Molly was, Nidia pretended not to know what I was talking about, I grabbed her and asked again but then someone hit me in the head and everything went black"
There was a silence as all three let the words soak in. Shannon shifted his position on his bed and spoke slowly and carefully
"Nidia must have Molly with her now as we're moving onto a new venue, Nidia's in this hotel so..."
"Molly must be too" finished Victoria, catching onto his line of thinking
Hurricane's head shot up at these words, suddenly feeling more awake and less sludgy than he had done a few moments ago.
"Molly's here" he said excitedly "we've gotta find her"
Before the others could say anything, he snatched the phone handset off the cradle on the bedside table and punched a number in
"Can I have Jamie Noble's room number please?" he asked "...thank you"
He slammed the cradle now and suddenly smiled, his eyes lighting up.
"Found her"
"Wait, you can't do anything else tonight" reasoned Shannon "wait till tomorrow"
"No way, she's here," Hurricane said
He rushed out of the room, leaving the others staring at each other in astonishment. Victoria got to her feet.
"Lets go"
"What?" Shannon looked confused at her
"We've gotta go after him, look what happened last time he went off on his own to look for her"
"Ok Ok" Shannon sighed feeling very weary
*
"256, 258.."Hurricane muttered under his breath as stepped quickly down the corridor "ah, 252"
He rapped hard on the door and waited. Just as he was about to start yelling, the door swung open and Tajiri glared out at him, his fists at the ready. Hurricane banished his surprise, he should have known that Nidia would get some protection.
"Can I see Nidia and Jamie?" he asked tensely
Tajiri shook his head hard, scowling. Hurricane sighed a little, trying to swallow his anger.
"Why not?" he tried being reasonable
"Sleeping" Tajiri's voice was like a gun shot
"Really? Can I come in and check?" asked Hurricane through gritted teeth
He stepped towards the door but before he could get one foot in, Tajir blocked his way, one of his feet flew up and stopped inches from Hurricane's face before slamming back down.
"Go way" Tajiri said, his frown deepening
Before Hurricane could say anything, Victoria and Shannon appeared, a little out of breath. Victoria smiled a dazzling smile at Tajiri and turned to Hurricane
"What's he doing here?" she asked, jerking her head towards Tajiri
"Nidia's room guard" replied Hurricane his anger building
"Lets leave it for tonight superhero" said Shannon "come on, we all need sleep and getting beat up twice in one night shouldn't appeal to anyone"
Hurricane looked like he was about to argue but gave up defeated. He turned back to Tajiri who raised his fists again
"Tell her I called around" he said
Tajiri eyed him suspiciously, he evidently wasn't going to be satisfied until Hurricane disappeared. Hurricane walked off, flanked by Victoria and Shannon who spoke to him quietly. They heard a door bang resoundingly behind them, it all only confirmed Molly's presence there. It was going to be tough to get her out.
*
A phone rang out in the gym, Shannon looked around waiting for someone to pick it up. Then he realised that it was his phone that was ringing. Cursing softly under his breath, he quickly answered it.
"Hello?"
"Shannon, it's Victoria" her voice was excited and breathless "Is Hurricane any where near you?"
Shannon looked up, Hurricane was stood in the free weight area, mechanically going through some lifts. He was dressed in black shorts and a Hurricane T-shirt, a look of determination on his face.
"No, he's working on the weights, not looking too happy, in fact he's been miserable since Molly disappeared" Shannon said quietly "hey, I thought you were filming Raw, it's on right now"
"I was on Heat earlier instead, listen, I've got a plan but I need your support for it, meet me in Hurricane's locker room before the house show on Wednesday" she said hurriedly
"Got it, right now, anything to get Hurricane out of this mood"
*
Victoria strode through the corridors a wide smile on her face. It was the night of the house show and she'd got herself ready dressed in her pink and black outfit. She quickly found Hurricane's room and knocked on the door. Shannon opened it and ushered her in. Hurricane barely lifted his head from his comic book which was reading sat on the bench
"He's buried himself even more in those things since he got knocked out last week" muttered Shannon
"Hopefully after tonight, he'll have a reason to be happy," said Victoria cheerfully
"What's your plan?" asked Shannon as he began taping his wrists carefully
"A challenge to Nidia" she said simply "with an added stipulation, you want to be there when I make the challenge?"
"Sure thing" Shannon quickly finished his wrists and turned back to Hurricane "we'll be back soon, you gonna start warming up without me?"
"May do" was Hurricane's monotone reply
Shannon sighed and followed Victoria out of the room, shutting the door behind them. He rolled his eyes as they began walking side by side
"He has got to snap out of this, he's dropping matches because he's so distracted"
"Tonight, it'll be all over" retorted Victoria smiling
"What is this challenge?" pestered Shannon
"Uh uh, not telling, just act like you knew all along, ok?" she said as they reached Jamie Noble's locker room door
"Will do" Shannon confirmed
Victoria knocked and Nidia answered, smiling slowly when she saw who is was
"Well well, what can I do for you?" she drawled
"We know you've got Molly" said Victoria briskly "we want her back, we need her back, especially Hurricane"
"How sad" Nidia began to shut the door but Victoria grabbed it before it slammed shut
"So accept my challenge and we can sort this out"
"A challenge? What sort?"
"A stipulation match, if I win we get Molly back and if you win, we won't bother you any more" explained Victoria
Shannon kept his face expressionless as he listened and nodded. It was a great idea, if you have problems out of the ring then take them into the ring to sort them out and Victoria was more than a match for Nidia. Nidia laughed and tossed her hair back
"Why not have Jamie and Hurricane fight? It would be much more entertaining"
"Maybe so but this is between you and us and I am the girl to take you down" said Victoria, stepping closer to Nidia
"Name the night," said Nidia, no longer laughing
"Tonight, it's a house show, it doesn't have to be announced as an important match, after all everyone including the management think Molly's in hospital at the moment anyway, no Jamie, no Hurricane, no Shannon, no Tajiri at ringside" said Victoria, keeping her eyes on Nidia
"You got yourself a deal," said Nidia "and I won't be the one going down, you will be"
She shut the door and Victoria turned to Shannon with a smile on her face. Shannon grinned back as they knocked fists.
"Lets go tell Hurricane, I think tonight may turn his mood around for the better"
Read, enjoy, review! Thanks to all the great people who review me, it means a lot to me that u do and always inspires me (shout outs - Arshes Excentrique: glad I help keep you going girl coz it's reviews from authors like u that keep me going too, can't wait for more of 'trials and tribulations'! Hope u enjoy this chapter and Cristal: thanks for the compliments, angst is fun to write!) Keep reading and reviewing!