Story Twelve: Chyna's Promise
Soulmates Forever
"Boring... boring... boring..." Chyna mumbled as she clicked the remote going through channel after channel on the television. When she finally settled on something, she set the remote down on the small end table next to her bed. She sighed to herself as she looked out the window. The sun was starting to set and colors of orange, yellow, and red caressed everything outside.
She was scared and lonely. Never in a million years, Chyna thought she would ever feel like that; but she does. She's by herself in a strange place. The country, people, and culture are totally different than her own. The only thing they had in common was the passion for wrestling.
The place she found herself in now; isn't a place she would want anyone to be in. Only some people know... truly know, how it is to be there. The odd thing was that after everything went down, they had asked if she wanted anyone to be notified. She did... and the one person she wanted, the one who went through it and know how it is as well as know her inside and out, wasn't there. They use to have an unspoken bond... whenever he needed her or she needed him they could just feel it and were with each other in a matter of minutes. Not anymore though, he was with someone else. Someone who she thought was her best friend.
Chyna scoffed to herself at that notion. She didn't blame her... not completely. She blamed him, and yet she still loved him. "Why? Why do I still love you? Completely, with everything in me. We promised that we would always be together. I still want that," she said to herself.
As the beeps and hums from various machines in her room echoed through their speakers, Chyna picked up her remote and turned up the volume. She didn't want to hear them. It made her realize that, yet again, she had to prove herself to someone. And in the process of doing that, it cost her... It cost her more than she thought she would ever had to give.
A part of her was gone. That freedom that she had-- to do as she pleases, go where she wants... is gone. She has to depend on someone else to help her now. Chyna didn't want that, it was a sign of her being weak and helpless and that wasn't her. She isn't weak and helpless... she's strong.
"Here you go, Miss Chyna," the woman said as she entered the room. She had a small tray with her. The tray contained small cups that had an assortment of pills. She had a small cup with Chyna's name on it in her hand.
Chyna turned her attention away from the window and looked at the woman in front of her. "Nurse? Can I skip the painkillers today? It's not bothering me so much today..."
The nurse set the tray down on the end table and the small cup on a table that was in front of her. She went to a medium size container that held her medical chart. Taking the chart out, she looked through it.
"I just don't want to get hooked on them," Chyna told her. She was going to look out the window again when a scene on television caught her attention.
The nurse put her chart back in the container and nodded silently. "Understandable... the chart said whenever you felt comfortable, to wean you off of them."
"Thanks," she whispered as she stared intently at the television. The last thing she needed was to be hooked on painkillers...
"Maybe I should turn this off," the nurse said as she saw what was on the television.
The WWE Raw logo flashed at the bottom of the scene and two women walked down the ramp. Chyna smiled as she recognized them, her old friends Ivory and Jacqueline. She remembered times of fun that she had with them, Lita, and Debra. None of them knew she was in the hospital... the only one that knew was Sara and another friend. Chyna had met her when she was traveling with Undertaker before she left. No one knew that they knew each other.
Minutes passed and two different women, that she didn't recognized, walked down the ramp. The names Linda Miles and Jackie Gayda flashed at the bottom of the screen; as well as the logo to the WWE reality show 'Tough Enough.' She envied those women. All they had to do was work hard for a couple of weeks to get a WWE contract... they didn't have to work indies for years or be in WCW or ECW or spend time in a foreign country to get where they are.
"Some people have all the luck," she said as she reached for the remote and clicked the television off. Chyna turned her head to the window once again. The sky was dark and ominous now. She always dreaded the night... it made her feeling of being alone more clearly and obvious.
The nurse shook her head soberly. She left the pills in front of Chyna, picked up her tray, and walked out of the room. She felt bad for Chyna, she has been her nurse since she was admitted four days ago. She always saw a far off look in her eyes... one that wanted acceptance and love from a person that at one time was close to her.
"Excuse me," the man said as he tapped on the nurse's shoulder.
She was on her way back to the hospital pharmacy to get the other patients medication, when she was stopped by a man. "Yes?" she said.
"I'm looking for Chyna's room. Can you tell me where it is?" he asked quickly. He stood in front of her nervously with a bouquet of wildflowers in his hand.
She smiled. He had to be the one Chyna longed for day in and day out. The nurse pointed the man to Chyna's room.
He gave her a 'thanks' and went to the room. He walked in silently. "Chyna?"
She turned at the sound of his voice. Tears started to pool in her eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I had got this feeling a couple of days that something was wrong... I call Hunter and he told me what happened," he said. He sat the flowers on the table next to her cup of pills and then sat on the edge of her bed. Grabbing her hand, he held it within hers.
"He did?" she asked. Of course Hunter told... he could never keep a secret.
He nodded. "How come you didn't tell me that you were hurt... or that you were here in Japan?"
A tear slowly went down her face. "I don't know. I didn't think you would care."
He let go of her hand and cupped her face in his hands. Lightly kissing away the tears, he said, "I love you Chyna."
Chyna's face lit up at his revelation. "But what about—"
"She gone and out of my life," he said.
"I love you too Shawn," Chyna said with a smile.
Shawn Michaels smiled and kissed her on her lips lightly. "I love you... we are soulmates forever."