Chapter 7
"Please, please can you help me?!" Chris stutters grabbing hold of a passer by's jackets, the man pushes him away mumbling insults under his breath "Please, I need help!" Chris cries clutching his shoulder, which was burning more than it had been before.
"Get a job you druggy!" One man shouts at him as he sits down at the side of the road with his head in his hands, he must have looked a right state in his ragged, and now dirty clothes. He shouldn't have come out onto the streets he thought, he didn't know how long it would be until it had taken over him. He would be a whole different person and wouldn't be able to control what he did to others.
"I need help" Chris whispers to no one in particular the burning tears now filling his eyes, he was all on his own now. The pain was unbearable now making him bite down on his lip making it bleed. Chris lies down on the pavement and covers his head with his arms blocking out the world hoping no one would notice him and just leave him alone.
"Chris? Oh my god your alive!" He hears someone shout, his heart leaping for joy at the sound of her voice "Can you hear me?" She asks kneeling next to him and pulling him up wrapping her arms tightly around his neck. Chris just nods his head and holds her tightly "I thought I'd lost you forever" Stephanie sobs "Where have you been, we've been so worried about you" Steph pulls away from him and looks at him brushing away his hair from his face "Please talk to me" He opens his mouth to say something to her but nothing that would make sense to her would come out, he had so much to explain.
"I love you" He chokes the only words he could think of to say to her, she starts crying and wraps her arms around him again and they sit there at the side of the road crying with each other. Chris knew everyone was looking at them but he didn't care right now.
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"Feeling any better now?" Stephanie says walking over to him and sitting next to him on their bed, she moves the empty plate from his lap and cuddles up to him and lays her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah much better, all I needed was a shower and some food. I'm fine see" Chris says kissing the top of her head "So now that you've explained to me about everything with KK and everyone being taken away I guess I should really explain what happened to me" He says propping himself up a bit more and taking both her hands "I don't know how much longer I have with you"
"What do you mean?" Steph asks sounding worried "Chris, please what's going on?" She says looking him in the eyes; he places a finger to her lips before kissing her.
"I don't know how to tell you this, it's all a bit complicated" He says scratching the side of his head, how exactly was he going to tell her that he had to leave because he was going to turn into some evil force and he would have no control over what he did anymore, that sure was a toughie and he thought telling her he had superpowers was bad!
"I'm used to complicated, it's what comes with living and being in love with a superhero who isn't really all that human, well your human in most places anyway" Steph laughs "Seriously, complicated is fine I just need to know"
"Ok well the thing is, when I got taken away I was in my cell and I was just sitting there waiting for them to let me out or something but these two guys turned up and opened my cell and said I had to go with them, I followed them out but they grabbed me and took me with them. I don't know what they had done to the place but everyone was frozen, almost as if they had stopped time. But anyways they took me with them back to this big building which is in town somewhere, I don't remember a lot but I do remember them giving me an injection into my arm, the next couple of days are a blur but all I remember is waking up at the side of the street out here..And this, this is all I remember and the pain" Chris says retelling everything he could remember, he rolls up his sleeve and shows her the burning scar of where his tattoo had been "The injection did this, it's draining me slowly of all my good powers and replacing them with bad. I don't know how much more time I have till it has completely infected my body and taken over..Steph I wont be the same person anymore, I'm changing. The person I change into will do nothing but hurt you and everyone I care about" He says "Do you understand?"
"Yeah, I understand that you don't want to be with me anymore and are just going to give up on us" Steph says pulling away from him and getting up "Well that's fine Chris Jericho, you just go do that!" Steph yells walking out of the room.
"No Steph it's not like that, please I have no choice!" Chris shouts running after her "If I could have it any other way you know I would, you're the most important person in the whole bunch of galaxies, every single one of them. You're the only one who has ever understood me and given me a chance here," He says standing in the doorway.
"But you don't understand, I cant just loose you and give up on you..Do you love me?" Steph asks looking back at him and walking over to him.
"You know I do, more than anything," Chris says pulling her into a hug and stroking her back trying to comfort her.
"Then we'll find someway to stop this happening..How are you so good at all this anyway?" Steph asks pulling away from him and squeezing his hand "Your always like a perfect boyfriend and human being"
"Well you know, I do try. I've seen enough movies, read enough books and studied enough people to know how to treat you I guess" Chris laughs "Look I may not have exactly been earth born but that doesn't mean we're all green eyed monsters that like to bite off human heads and suck out their brains through a straw..Ok so I have seen too many movies like that!" Chris says, "I love you Stephanie McMahon"
"I love you too Chris Jericho, now lets go get those friends of yours out of there and see what we can do to stop this stuff taking over, of course you might have to wait outside so you don't get caught again" Steph laughs taking his hand and dragging him towards the door.
"Please, please can you help me?!" Chris stutters grabbing hold of a passer by's jackets, the man pushes him away mumbling insults under his breath "Please, I need help!" Chris cries clutching his shoulder, which was burning more than it had been before.
"Get a job you druggy!" One man shouts at him as he sits down at the side of the road with his head in his hands, he must have looked a right state in his ragged, and now dirty clothes. He shouldn't have come out onto the streets he thought, he didn't know how long it would be until it had taken over him. He would be a whole different person and wouldn't be able to control what he did to others.
"I need help" Chris whispers to no one in particular the burning tears now filling his eyes, he was all on his own now. The pain was unbearable now making him bite down on his lip making it bleed. Chris lies down on the pavement and covers his head with his arms blocking out the world hoping no one would notice him and just leave him alone.
"Chris? Oh my god your alive!" He hears someone shout, his heart leaping for joy at the sound of her voice "Can you hear me?" She asks kneeling next to him and pulling him up wrapping her arms tightly around his neck. Chris just nods his head and holds her tightly "I thought I'd lost you forever" Stephanie sobs "Where have you been, we've been so worried about you" Steph pulls away from him and looks at him brushing away his hair from his face "Please talk to me" He opens his mouth to say something to her but nothing that would make sense to her would come out, he had so much to explain.
"I love you" He chokes the only words he could think of to say to her, she starts crying and wraps her arms around him again and they sit there at the side of the road crying with each other. Chris knew everyone was looking at them but he didn't care right now.
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"Feeling any better now?" Stephanie says walking over to him and sitting next to him on their bed, she moves the empty plate from his lap and cuddles up to him and lays her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah much better, all I needed was a shower and some food. I'm fine see" Chris says kissing the top of her head "So now that you've explained to me about everything with KK and everyone being taken away I guess I should really explain what happened to me" He says propping himself up a bit more and taking both her hands "I don't know how much longer I have with you"
"What do you mean?" Steph asks sounding worried "Chris, please what's going on?" She says looking him in the eyes; he places a finger to her lips before kissing her.
"I don't know how to tell you this, it's all a bit complicated" He says scratching the side of his head, how exactly was he going to tell her that he had to leave because he was going to turn into some evil force and he would have no control over what he did anymore, that sure was a toughie and he thought telling her he had superpowers was bad!
"I'm used to complicated, it's what comes with living and being in love with a superhero who isn't really all that human, well your human in most places anyway" Steph laughs "Seriously, complicated is fine I just need to know"
"Ok well the thing is, when I got taken away I was in my cell and I was just sitting there waiting for them to let me out or something but these two guys turned up and opened my cell and said I had to go with them, I followed them out but they grabbed me and took me with them. I don't know what they had done to the place but everyone was frozen, almost as if they had stopped time. But anyways they took me with them back to this big building which is in town somewhere, I don't remember a lot but I do remember them giving me an injection into my arm, the next couple of days are a blur but all I remember is waking up at the side of the street out here..And this, this is all I remember and the pain" Chris says retelling everything he could remember, he rolls up his sleeve and shows her the burning scar of where his tattoo had been "The injection did this, it's draining me slowly of all my good powers and replacing them with bad. I don't know how much more time I have till it has completely infected my body and taken over..Steph I wont be the same person anymore, I'm changing. The person I change into will do nothing but hurt you and everyone I care about" He says "Do you understand?"
"Yeah, I understand that you don't want to be with me anymore and are just going to give up on us" Steph says pulling away from him and getting up "Well that's fine Chris Jericho, you just go do that!" Steph yells walking out of the room.
"No Steph it's not like that, please I have no choice!" Chris shouts running after her "If I could have it any other way you know I would, you're the most important person in the whole bunch of galaxies, every single one of them. You're the only one who has ever understood me and given me a chance here," He says standing in the doorway.
"But you don't understand, I cant just loose you and give up on you..Do you love me?" Steph asks looking back at him and walking over to him.
"You know I do, more than anything," Chris says pulling her into a hug and stroking her back trying to comfort her.
"Then we'll find someway to stop this happening..How are you so good at all this anyway?" Steph asks pulling away from him and squeezing his hand "Your always like a perfect boyfriend and human being"
"Well you know, I do try. I've seen enough movies, read enough books and studied enough people to know how to treat you I guess" Chris laughs "Look I may not have exactly been earth born but that doesn't mean we're all green eyed monsters that like to bite off human heads and suck out their brains through a straw..Ok so I have seen too many movies like that!" Chris says, "I love you Stephanie McMahon"
"I love you too Chris Jericho, now lets go get those friends of yours out of there and see what we can do to stop this stuff taking over, of course you might have to wait outside so you don't get caught again" Steph laughs taking his hand and dragging him towards the door.