A/N: Sorry for the slow update, my computer had viruses and stuff, files
got chewed, my internet went loco on me, it was insane. Anyway, read,
enjoy, review,
Samantha.
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The next morning, when Rey, John and Steve went to visit Lita, and take some gifts to baby Zane they were surprised to hear shouting coming from further up the hall when they got out of the elevator.
"No way in hell!" A familiar female voice was saying. "There's no way any of you are getting anywhere near my son!"
"Don't try me Lita." A voice answered, angry beyond anything the three men had heard before.
"Get out!" Lita said again, her tone giving way to anger. "Get lost, get out of here, leave me alone, NO!" When the three men reached her, Lita stood tall with her fists balled, facing off with Hunter, while the three other members of Evolution stood beside him.
"There has to be something in that list that you understand." She snapped.
"I am going to see the baby." Hunter told her, his tone commanding.
"Creo que no." Lita answered, slipping back into Spanish. "Mi el nino... I don't need any of you, and you will have to take my life before you get anywhere near my son."
Hunter advanced on her, taking hold of her arm, while around them hospital staff looked on in horror.
"Let her go." Steve told Hunter, a dangerous tone in his voice.
While Hunter was distracted, Lita rammed one of her knees into his groin, and then kicked him just below the knee, causing the bigger man to stagger and fall. Without waiting she darted into Rey's arms, away from Hunter, while Steve and John moved between them and Evolution.
"?Como se ra?" Rey asked her, gently brushing several strands of hair away from her face. *How are you?*
"No lo se." She answered. *I don't know.* "?Donde esta mi bebe?" Lita bit her lip.
"We'll get him and make sure he's safe." Rey promised her, while John and Steve stood there glaring at the four men.
"Necesita ayuda?" Chavo Guerero asked in Spanish, his uncle Eddie standing beside him, the pair looking at Lita and Rey.
"Si por favor." Lita answered. *Yes please.*
"I want to see him." Hunter yelled at her. "I have the right."
"No." Lita shook her head at him. "None of you has the right to see my son. He doesn't belong with, or to any of you. He is my son, and I will give him everything in the world. Now get out."
"Would it really hurt for you to let us see him?" Batista asked her, trying to be reasonable.
"Is there any reason I should put my son in that kind of danger?" She asked. "Is there any need for you to see him at all?"
"We have the right..." Ric began.
"Mi luchadora has the right to keep herself, and her son safe from people like you." Rey told him. "Leave now or I will make sure you are never able to return to Mexico, let alone go anywhere near Lita or her el nino."
"Is that some kind of threat?" Randy asked him, "Cos on my own I'd kick your ass."
"He's not on his own." Kurt Angle, The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar appeared from down the hall, with Vince McMahon. "And neither is Lita." Kurt told the four men.
"I want Shane." Lita surprised everyone by bursting into tears, and hugging Kurt, the closest person to her.
"I want to see the baby." Hunter insisted.
"Leave this building and do not come back." Vince told him mildly, watching as Hunter remained standing there, stiffening his posture as if to say, 'I'm not going anywhere.' "All four members of Evolution are suspended from wrestling and touring for a period of one week. Refuse to leave now and I will not hesitate to fire the lot of you."
"Lita please." Hunter tried again. "I just want to see him."
"You never will." She promised, still upset. "Not as long as I live."
"Please?" He asked once more.
"I don't think you understood." Brock told him. "She said no. She also said leave."
"Stay out of this Lesnar." Ric told him.
"I propose a match." Brock said to Vince and Steve. "Two teams of superstars, ten per side. One team, those loyal to Lita, and other Evolution and whoever they can pay to fight with them. I also propose we have it on RAW tonight."
"No way." Batista refused.
"And you want the teams to be mixed, both rosters." Steve said thoughtfully. "I'm willing to endorse that, what about you Vince?"
"I like it."
"One stipulation." Hunter interrupted. "When we win, I want to see the baby, in the same room."
Lita bit her lip, then shook her head. "If you're all dead set on this match, it will have nothing to do with my son. He's not a prize to be won, and I was never a prize to be taken. Now I'm going to get my son, and then I'm going home." She turned and walked away from them, hurting deep down inside, slamming the door to her hospital room behind her.
"No stipulation." Steve refused. "When you get your asses whupped, you get your asses whupped."
"Then why should we fight, if there's nothing in it for us?" Randy asked snidely.
"Because if you don't, I'll fire you myself." Vince told him. "Go and start getting your team together."
When the men walked into Lita's room she was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, the telephone in her lap.
"Are they gone?"
"Yes luchadora." Rey told her softly, "They're gone." He put his arms around her as she began shaking.
"I'm never going to be safe. They'll always be lurking somewhere nearby, after Zane." She told them, her voice cracking. "Maybe I should have him adopted out, so that he'll be safe."
"Don't even think that." The Undertaker, aka Mark Calloway bent down in front of her. "There is no one who can love him like you do."
"But that doesn't matter if I can't keep him safe." She answered. "I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to work, it won't be safe."
"If you want to come back to work," Vince began, "I will make it safe for you. Even if I have to hire you bodyguards, or fire them or amend their contracts to keep them away from you."
Lita bit her lip, tears still trickling down her cheeks. "I have to call Shane." Clumsily she began to dial his cell phone number.
"Why Shane?" Steve asked.
"Because he came to see me earlier, and while we were sitting here, I could hear them coming, so I asked him to take Zane for a walk out in the hospital gardens while I got dressed." She answered, hanging up the phone as she miss-dialed and beginning to dial again.
"You could hear them coming?" Brock asked her.
"Their footsteps haunted my dreams for months." She said softly, almost as though she was dazed. "Every night I could hear them in my sleep, and I would wake up screaming."
Gently Vince took the phone from her and dialed. "Shane, it's your father. Would you please bring Zane back up to Lita's room? If you see any of the members of Evolution, avoid them. We've just had them here demanding to see him." Vince hung the phone up and turned to the others. "Shane's bringing him up via the stairs. I'm going to go down and meet him on his way up."
"We'll come with you." Kurt gestured to himself and Brock. "Safety in numbers and all of that."
Lita sat there with her eyes fixed on the door until the four men returned, Shane still cradling Zane in his arms. She reached out to take her baby from him, cradling the infant gently in her arms, rocking him gently. For his sake Lita forced herself to relax.
"Lita we did refuse to allow them to see Zane if they won, there was one stipulation that we did agree to, and it was that you be in the arena during the match." Steve told her gently.
"I can live with that." She answered. "We're both going home soon anyway."
"We're going to work it out so that you're never alone, or unprotected." Vince promised her, "And I've told them that if any of them approaches you they will be fired on the spot."
Lita nodded.
"I'm so sorry I wasn't here for you when they showed up." Shane told her.
"I sent you away." Lita told him. "I wasn't having Zane anywhere near them."
"How did you know that they were coming?" He asked, "There was no one in the hall when I left."
"I could hear them coming. Their footsteps used to haunt my dreams, frighten me like nothing else could. I sent you out with Zane to keep him safe. You would never have left me if you knew that they were coming."
Silently Shane put his arms around her. "I wish we could find a way to make this easier for you."
"Just take me home, please. I don't want to be here anymore." She said softly resting her head on Shane's shoulder.
Samantha.
*************
The next morning, when Rey, John and Steve went to visit Lita, and take some gifts to baby Zane they were surprised to hear shouting coming from further up the hall when they got out of the elevator.
"No way in hell!" A familiar female voice was saying. "There's no way any of you are getting anywhere near my son!"
"Don't try me Lita." A voice answered, angry beyond anything the three men had heard before.
"Get out!" Lita said again, her tone giving way to anger. "Get lost, get out of here, leave me alone, NO!" When the three men reached her, Lita stood tall with her fists balled, facing off with Hunter, while the three other members of Evolution stood beside him.
"There has to be something in that list that you understand." She snapped.
"I am going to see the baby." Hunter told her, his tone commanding.
"Creo que no." Lita answered, slipping back into Spanish. "Mi el nino... I don't need any of you, and you will have to take my life before you get anywhere near my son."
Hunter advanced on her, taking hold of her arm, while around them hospital staff looked on in horror.
"Let her go." Steve told Hunter, a dangerous tone in his voice.
While Hunter was distracted, Lita rammed one of her knees into his groin, and then kicked him just below the knee, causing the bigger man to stagger and fall. Without waiting she darted into Rey's arms, away from Hunter, while Steve and John moved between them and Evolution.
"?Como se ra?" Rey asked her, gently brushing several strands of hair away from her face. *How are you?*
"No lo se." She answered. *I don't know.* "?Donde esta mi bebe?" Lita bit her lip.
"We'll get him and make sure he's safe." Rey promised her, while John and Steve stood there glaring at the four men.
"Necesita ayuda?" Chavo Guerero asked in Spanish, his uncle Eddie standing beside him, the pair looking at Lita and Rey.
"Si por favor." Lita answered. *Yes please.*
"I want to see him." Hunter yelled at her. "I have the right."
"No." Lita shook her head at him. "None of you has the right to see my son. He doesn't belong with, or to any of you. He is my son, and I will give him everything in the world. Now get out."
"Would it really hurt for you to let us see him?" Batista asked her, trying to be reasonable.
"Is there any reason I should put my son in that kind of danger?" She asked. "Is there any need for you to see him at all?"
"We have the right..." Ric began.
"Mi luchadora has the right to keep herself, and her son safe from people like you." Rey told him. "Leave now or I will make sure you are never able to return to Mexico, let alone go anywhere near Lita or her el nino."
"Is that some kind of threat?" Randy asked him, "Cos on my own I'd kick your ass."
"He's not on his own." Kurt Angle, The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar appeared from down the hall, with Vince McMahon. "And neither is Lita." Kurt told the four men.
"I want Shane." Lita surprised everyone by bursting into tears, and hugging Kurt, the closest person to her.
"I want to see the baby." Hunter insisted.
"Leave this building and do not come back." Vince told him mildly, watching as Hunter remained standing there, stiffening his posture as if to say, 'I'm not going anywhere.' "All four members of Evolution are suspended from wrestling and touring for a period of one week. Refuse to leave now and I will not hesitate to fire the lot of you."
"Lita please." Hunter tried again. "I just want to see him."
"You never will." She promised, still upset. "Not as long as I live."
"Please?" He asked once more.
"I don't think you understood." Brock told him. "She said no. She also said leave."
"Stay out of this Lesnar." Ric told him.
"I propose a match." Brock said to Vince and Steve. "Two teams of superstars, ten per side. One team, those loyal to Lita, and other Evolution and whoever they can pay to fight with them. I also propose we have it on RAW tonight."
"No way." Batista refused.
"And you want the teams to be mixed, both rosters." Steve said thoughtfully. "I'm willing to endorse that, what about you Vince?"
"I like it."
"One stipulation." Hunter interrupted. "When we win, I want to see the baby, in the same room."
Lita bit her lip, then shook her head. "If you're all dead set on this match, it will have nothing to do with my son. He's not a prize to be won, and I was never a prize to be taken. Now I'm going to get my son, and then I'm going home." She turned and walked away from them, hurting deep down inside, slamming the door to her hospital room behind her.
"No stipulation." Steve refused. "When you get your asses whupped, you get your asses whupped."
"Then why should we fight, if there's nothing in it for us?" Randy asked snidely.
"Because if you don't, I'll fire you myself." Vince told him. "Go and start getting your team together."
When the men walked into Lita's room she was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, the telephone in her lap.
"Are they gone?"
"Yes luchadora." Rey told her softly, "They're gone." He put his arms around her as she began shaking.
"I'm never going to be safe. They'll always be lurking somewhere nearby, after Zane." She told them, her voice cracking. "Maybe I should have him adopted out, so that he'll be safe."
"Don't even think that." The Undertaker, aka Mark Calloway bent down in front of her. "There is no one who can love him like you do."
"But that doesn't matter if I can't keep him safe." She answered. "I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to work, it won't be safe."
"If you want to come back to work," Vince began, "I will make it safe for you. Even if I have to hire you bodyguards, or fire them or amend their contracts to keep them away from you."
Lita bit her lip, tears still trickling down her cheeks. "I have to call Shane." Clumsily she began to dial his cell phone number.
"Why Shane?" Steve asked.
"Because he came to see me earlier, and while we were sitting here, I could hear them coming, so I asked him to take Zane for a walk out in the hospital gardens while I got dressed." She answered, hanging up the phone as she miss-dialed and beginning to dial again.
"You could hear them coming?" Brock asked her.
"Their footsteps haunted my dreams for months." She said softly, almost as though she was dazed. "Every night I could hear them in my sleep, and I would wake up screaming."
Gently Vince took the phone from her and dialed. "Shane, it's your father. Would you please bring Zane back up to Lita's room? If you see any of the members of Evolution, avoid them. We've just had them here demanding to see him." Vince hung the phone up and turned to the others. "Shane's bringing him up via the stairs. I'm going to go down and meet him on his way up."
"We'll come with you." Kurt gestured to himself and Brock. "Safety in numbers and all of that."
Lita sat there with her eyes fixed on the door until the four men returned, Shane still cradling Zane in his arms. She reached out to take her baby from him, cradling the infant gently in her arms, rocking him gently. For his sake Lita forced herself to relax.
"Lita we did refuse to allow them to see Zane if they won, there was one stipulation that we did agree to, and it was that you be in the arena during the match." Steve told her gently.
"I can live with that." She answered. "We're both going home soon anyway."
"We're going to work it out so that you're never alone, or unprotected." Vince promised her, "And I've told them that if any of them approaches you they will be fired on the spot."
Lita nodded.
"I'm so sorry I wasn't here for you when they showed up." Shane told her.
"I sent you away." Lita told him. "I wasn't having Zane anywhere near them."
"How did you know that they were coming?" He asked, "There was no one in the hall when I left."
"I could hear them coming. Their footsteps used to haunt my dreams, frighten me like nothing else could. I sent you out with Zane to keep him safe. You would never have left me if you knew that they were coming."
Silently Shane put his arms around her. "I wish we could find a way to make this easier for you."
"Just take me home, please. I don't want to be here anymore." She said softly resting her head on Shane's shoulder.