All I Ever Wanted
Author: Victory Goddess
Summary: (Sequel to Legacy) A year after Scott Hall's plan to kill his daughter was botched, Eve is finally ready to move on with Hunter by her side. But one nagging question persists, when's he coming back to finish the job?
Prologue
She saw the face in the crowd again, that laughing, cruel face, the face of her father, Scott Hall. She felt the metal pipe as it slammed into the back of her head, but this time when she looked up it was her father she saw, not Shawn. Where was Hunter? She thought faintly as the ringing began in her head, that familiar ringing. He was supposed to be here, he always comes and saves me, where is he? She heard her fathers laugh and barely made out him saying, 'Hunter's not coming this time, this time, you're done with.' She felt the pipe again and again as it slammed into her head, the blackness was coming, but not Hunter, damn it, where are you? She yelled out in her head.
Eve Hall sat straight up in bed, sweat pouring down her face and body. Her breathing was coming fast and hard, it had never been that real. Her movement caused the man beside her to wake up and sit up beside her, knowing instinctively that this time it had been worse then the others. Eve pushed her shoulder length golden blonde hair out of her face as she looked at her fiancé, Paul Levesque. She forced herself to take a deep breath, as she tried to get a grip on the time, barely after two in the morning.
"Hunter…" She murmured as he turned on the light beside the hotel bed. She could never get used to calling him Paul and figured she probably never would. "You didn't come." It barely came out in a whisper.
"I didn't come?" He repeated, worry evident in his eyes, she never reacted this way after her dreams, she had gotten too used to how frequently they came.
Eve hated to see him worry about her, but knew there was nothing she could do about it, he was always worrying about her. "You didn't come to save me. And Shawn didn't swing the pipe, dad did and he spoke, he never speaks in the dreams, he's always just there, always just the spectator." She hurried on. "He said you weren't coming this time, that this time I was done with."
"It was just a dream." He told her, stroking a hand down her hair. "For all we know, it could be hormonal induced."
Eve shot him a dirty look. "Hormonal induced my ass, Levesque." She managed to look better in those few seconds and her voice was stronger.
Hunter smirked inwardly, insult her and she jumps back to normal, that was only one of the things he admired of her, her willingness to defend herself no matter what.
"You can't just blame everything on my pregnancy you know." Eve huffed and laid a hand on her already swelling stomach.
"Ok, so maybe it was induced by your craving for a pickle, swiss cheese and banana sandwich last night." He suggested and laughed when she hit him on the arm.
"That's just a round-a-bout way of blaming it on my pregnancy." She stated and sighed. "Maybe it was just an effect of something I ate." She said, more for his benefit then hers and it seemed to satisfy him for the moment.
"Sleep?" He asked her, kissing her forehead.
"Sleep." She agreed and laid down beside her husband to be, snuggling close to him. He would never understand her need for a feel of protection right now especially with her baby inside her as she waited for the downfall of everything she ever wanted and the return of Scott Hall.