Chapter 11
The arena was empty, except for the lighting technicians who were making last minute adjustments before the show started. "Come on, Oscar, you could at least tell me what's up!" Stephanie exclaimed as Rey pulled her down the hallway to the Smackdown dressing room. "I need to show you something, I found someone I think you should meet," he explained. That didn't clarify a thing for her.
"What new talent?" she asked. He smiled. "You could say that." They finally reached the dressing room and Rey knocked on the door. "Uh. Co- come in," she stammered. Rey pushed open the door. "Steph, let me introduce- what the hell?"
Jessica was seated facing them, a tall brunette stood behind her, a small pistol in his hand. "Jess, what's goin' on?" Rey asked. "Do you remember me saying that I would-" she flinched as the man pressed the gun harder at her temple. Rey made a move toward her, but was stopped by a second unseen man. "I said I would tell you why I left when I was ready," she said, her voice quivering. "Why don't you tell him now, love?" the man with the gun said cruelly. Rey turned to look at Stephanie, who had remained very quiet during all of this. "He, Morgan, said he would kill you if I didn't leave," she stammered, trying desperately to control her tears, while silent tears of fear and shock streamed down Stephanie's cheeks.
"Why?" he asked, trying to come up with a plan to get them all out of there alive. "I, uh, I saw something," she explained. "What?" Rey continued. Good girl, Jess, keep slowin' it up, he thought. All he needed was time to think of a way to help. "I saw them kill a girl, she was shot in the head and when they saw me, they knew who I was and I, uh, and I guess that scared them. So they came up with this plan and if I didn't cooperate, you would die, the same way that girl did and they would force me to watch," she choked out. "You're alive," Stephanie muttered, finally finding her voice. Jessica gave her a weak smile. "Shut up," snapped Morgan, the man with the gun.
The man who held onto Rey loosened his grip on his shoulder. This is my shot, he thought, but before he could move the gun was pointed at him. "Don't even think it," Morgan snapped, "We're leaving" he grabbed Jessica by her hair, she cried out in pain. Rey struggled to get to her. "If you even move before I tell you to, your girlfriend will be dead."
"How about you don't move until I tell you?" Stephanie suddenly snapped. She slowly reached into her pocket to pull out her cell phone. "The arena security should be here any moment." She amazed both Rey and Jessica. Morgan simply laughed. "You really have no idea do you?" she looked confused. "You've just killed you all," he smiled and raised the gun at her. She stepped back, her eyes widening. Jessica took the chance and dug her heeled shoe into his foot. He yelped and dropped the gun. It clattered to the floor. Rey pulled out of the other man's grip and dove at it. Morgan shoved Jessica into the lockers and went for the gun as well. The gun went off.
Jessica gasped as Rey fell to the floor. "Oscar!" she shrieked, running to his fallen body.
The arena was empty, except for the lighting technicians who were making last minute adjustments before the show started. "Come on, Oscar, you could at least tell me what's up!" Stephanie exclaimed as Rey pulled her down the hallway to the Smackdown dressing room. "I need to show you something, I found someone I think you should meet," he explained. That didn't clarify a thing for her.
"What new talent?" she asked. He smiled. "You could say that." They finally reached the dressing room and Rey knocked on the door. "Uh. Co- come in," she stammered. Rey pushed open the door. "Steph, let me introduce- what the hell?"
Jessica was seated facing them, a tall brunette stood behind her, a small pistol in his hand. "Jess, what's goin' on?" Rey asked. "Do you remember me saying that I would-" she flinched as the man pressed the gun harder at her temple. Rey made a move toward her, but was stopped by a second unseen man. "I said I would tell you why I left when I was ready," she said, her voice quivering. "Why don't you tell him now, love?" the man with the gun said cruelly. Rey turned to look at Stephanie, who had remained very quiet during all of this. "He, Morgan, said he would kill you if I didn't leave," she stammered, trying desperately to control her tears, while silent tears of fear and shock streamed down Stephanie's cheeks.
"Why?" he asked, trying to come up with a plan to get them all out of there alive. "I, uh, I saw something," she explained. "What?" Rey continued. Good girl, Jess, keep slowin' it up, he thought. All he needed was time to think of a way to help. "I saw them kill a girl, she was shot in the head and when they saw me, they knew who I was and I, uh, and I guess that scared them. So they came up with this plan and if I didn't cooperate, you would die, the same way that girl did and they would force me to watch," she choked out. "You're alive," Stephanie muttered, finally finding her voice. Jessica gave her a weak smile. "Shut up," snapped Morgan, the man with the gun.
The man who held onto Rey loosened his grip on his shoulder. This is my shot, he thought, but before he could move the gun was pointed at him. "Don't even think it," Morgan snapped, "We're leaving" he grabbed Jessica by her hair, she cried out in pain. Rey struggled to get to her. "If you even move before I tell you to, your girlfriend will be dead."
"How about you don't move until I tell you?" Stephanie suddenly snapped. She slowly reached into her pocket to pull out her cell phone. "The arena security should be here any moment." She amazed both Rey and Jessica. Morgan simply laughed. "You really have no idea do you?" she looked confused. "You've just killed you all," he smiled and raised the gun at her. She stepped back, her eyes widening. Jessica took the chance and dug her heeled shoe into his foot. He yelped and dropped the gun. It clattered to the floor. Rey pulled out of the other man's grip and dove at it. Morgan shoved Jessica into the lockers and went for the gun as well. The gun went off.
Jessica gasped as Rey fell to the floor. "Oscar!" she shrieked, running to his fallen body.