Chapter 6

A few weeks later, Steve had giving the recruits the okay to invited friends and family to a small get together to show their progress. Steve had all the matches written out and naturally he put Marie against Randy...As tough as Marie was everyone knew she could take him and give him a run for his money.

Marie was sitting in the back talking with John again...She'd recently come to the realization, that anytime she stopped herself she was thinking about John and usually at the same time was talking to him.

Today was no different...She was sitting in Black plastic pants with wrestling boots on and a matching Black plastic tank top on, her hair was in a high ponytail full of tons of spiral curls. John had his usual jean shorts, sneakers and a jersey, plus his baseball cap and his damn chain.

Today the subject fell on Marie's pop...John said, "Alright...I gotta know what it's like being a kid of Stone Cold Steve Austin's...You know...punishments you get stunned or somethin'?" Marie couldn't help but laugh and said, "No...of course not...My father wouldn't stun a woman...Not that he never wanted to get my mom a few times when they were still together."

John laughed and said, "Damn...How many times has your pops been married now?"

Marie laughed and said, "2...He never married my mom but we were a family for 13 years...then he met and married Denise...the England Snooty pants...and they had two daughters...then he and Debra got married of course...That didn't last because snotty britches didn't want to ruin her figure by having a baby with him...I really hated her. She was such a pushy bitch...She never deserved to be with my dad."

John laughed and said, "Oh yea...No love loss there." Marie smiled and said, "Hell no...but He was always a great dad...ya know...Even when he couldn't physically be here for me...he would still find time to call me before he had to go out to the ring and tell me he loved me...Just getting those phone calls were enough for me." John said, "What about Rachel and her pop?"

Marie said, "Well...Rachel is a little more stubborn then me...Mark didn't know he had a daughter until she was 16...Her mom said she'd be damned if she would tell him something that would make his life happy even for a second...She sued Mark and got 16 years worth of back child support...then she abandoned Rachel once day...Rachel came home from college and her mom had literally packed the whole house and vanished into thin air in an 8 hour period. Rachel had just turned 19...and Mark has been trying to make it up to her ever since...She's been my best friend for 8 years."

They called Marie up for her match with Randy...Randy being the sly asshole Marie and Rachel knew he was...They grappled around a little and were tossing each other around and then from out of no where Randy threw his finishing move the RKO on Marie. The referee didn't realize that wasn't supposed to happen and figured Steve had changed the match. And counted the 3 count giving Randy the win.

Randy slid out of the ring and stalked away.

Marie was laying on her back in the middle of the ring...Her neck was throbbing and she was cradling her head and neck in her hands...Steve came running out from his office as he had Rachel call the paramedics in the back of the building...John saw what happened...His match had been before Marie's...every one knew Marie was supposed to hit Randy with her finishing move...John couldn't only see red.

Steve knelt over his daughter as she turned on her side and curled up into the fetal position...John went out and slid in the ring with Steve...Steve watched as his daughter's pupils dilated...oh yea she had a concussion...she would have to go to the emergency room to figure out how bad it was.

Steve knew he couldn't leave cause the whole progress show wasn't finished...He looked at John who nodded in full understanding and said, "I'll go with her Steve...I won't let her out of my site for anything." Steve nodded...

He watched as the paramedics loaded his baby girl in the ambulance as his blue eyes burned with worry and pissed off attitude because that little son of a bitch Marie had been dating screwed her over literally. If there was any damage to her neck, it was possible she might not be able to wrestle ever again...and then he'd fuckin kill Randy Orton.

John got in the ambulance as he took both of Marie's hands and said, "Keep your hands off your neck until we got to the ER for an x-ray..." Marie had tears sliding down her cheeks and said, "It hurts John." John could see her breathing had quickened and she was slightly going into shock...she was petrified...she had no clue what was happening.

One minute, Marie could hear John's voice he was speaking soothing words to keep her calm and the next...Everything went black.

John rubbing the back of her hands as he nearly freak out when she passed out...probably from the pain.