Title: Try To Tare Me Down (4?)
Author: AngelicTorture
Disclaimer: I own nothing and no one you recognise.
Distribution: litafics on LJ. Anyone else, ask and you shall receive.
Rating: PG13 (but may go up as the story goes on)
Paring: None yet.
Spoilers: None so far.
Notes: Response to Karen's challenge posted at litafics on LJ about Matt breaking up with Ashley. This one is gonna be way angsty. My Lita muse is being a drama queen. Title comes from Thoughtless by Korn. i had decided on the pairing for this one then i changed my mind so at the moment there is no pairning.
Warnings: A bit of language here and there (blame the Edge muse for that) and a lot of Matt and Trashley-sorry Ashley bashing. Dont like then dont read.
Summery: He always loved her and he'd do anything to prove it…
Part 4: Helpless
Lita tossed and turned in her sleep. Edge barely slept at all, he was too worried about her. Before she'd cried herself to sleep last night she told him everything, what Matt had done to her. He didn't know how she'd coped, it was more than most people would have been able to handle.
He wanted to kill Matt Hardy in so many slow and painful ways but that would have to wait, the most important thing right now was making sure the redhead was safe. He'd have to call the others soon, make sure one of them was always with Lita. He knew she'd probably protest, claim she didn't need protecting but there was no way he was taking no for an answer.
Light was starting to stream in through their window. With a sigh the blond man got out of bed and picked his phone up. He looked at the sleeping redhead before walking into the bathroom and dialing John's number.
"What's wrong? Is Li ok?" John asked, he sounded like he hadn't had much more sleep than Edge.
"She's fine, she's still asleep. I need you to round everyone up, bring them all here in about an hour. Find Jeff, we need to find out if slime ball said anything last night."
"Alright man, I'll see ya in an hour."
Edge flipped his phone closed and left the bathroom.
Lita was sitting up in bed with her knees pulled up to her chest. She jumped slightly when she heard Edge moving around.
"Morning." He said softly, trying to sound cheerful. Exhausted hazel eyes looked up at him. Usually he would see a fire there when she looked at him but this time there was nothing, she just looked broken.
"Li don't let him get to you like this…you have to show him you're stronger than he thinks you are."
"But what if I'm not? No matter what I do he's always gonna be there…and now he's gotten himself into McMahon's good books it's gonna take a miracle to get him sent back to Smackdown…I just can't get away from him can I?" there was barely any emotion in her voice. Edge sat by her side.
"Li…you sound like you've already given up…"
The redhead shrugged.
"Maybe I'm just being realistic…what's the point of fighting if he's just gonna win in the end?"
"Li, if that's what you really think then he's already won…I know you're scared Li and you have every right to be but if you think I'm just gonna stand back and watch you give in to him then you really don't know me…"
The diva sighed softly and ran her fingers through her hair.
"I know you're right but it's just…so hard…I don't want to feel like some helpless little girl but that's exactly what he makes me."
"Then don't let him…I know you can do it Li. The others will be here soon; I called John just before you woke up."
"I guess I should get dressed huh?" she smiled weakly before getting out of bed and grabbing her clothes.
She emerged from the bathroom 30 minutes later feeling slightly more human. There was a loud knock at the door and it was thrown open. John, Randy, Hunter, Candice and Mickie all spilled into the room. The 2 divas immediately hugging the redhead while the guys exchanged concerned looks above the girl's heads.
"Where's Jeff?" Edge asked.
"He's on his way…ya know what he's like, I swear he doesn't know what a watch is for…" John answered with a small laugh.
"So are you gonna tell us why we had to be woken up at 6 in the morning?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah…we need to make sure one of us is always with Lita…and I don't care if you're pissed at me for doing this cause I'm gonna do it anyway…"
The redhead didn't look happy but she didn't complain so the blond man continued.
"Obviously I'll be with her at the arenas but I want her rooming and traveling with one of us at all times, no exceptions."
He looked around the room; everyone seemed to agree with him, they'd probably all been thinking the same thing. There was a knock at the door, Candice bounded forward to answer it.
Everyone was shocked when they saw Jeff with what was almost certainly a broken nose.
"D-did he do that to you?" Lita asked quietly.
"Don't worry, it's not as bad as it looks…I tried to talk some sense into him last night but he wasn't exactly in the mood to talk…I don't even know who he is anymore…" Jeff answered sadly.
"Did he tell you anything?" Randy asked.
"Nothing that really made any sense…he mostly babbled about you Li…how you're his and no one understands how much he loves you…he said he would get past anyone and anything to get you back Li…" green eyes fell on the redhead.
"There's no way he's getting past us…not if he values his life…" John said through gritted teeth.
"I don't think he cares what we might do to him anymore…all he sees is Li…"
Everyone started talking, deciding the best ways to protect the redhead. The only person who was silent was Lita herself. The diva stood up and headed for the door.
"Li, where are you going?" Edge asked.
"For a walk…I need to clear my head…"
"Well one of us will go with you…"
"No…I need some space. I'll be fine, he doesn't even know I'm staying here…I just need 5 minutes, if I'm not back then you have my permission to send out a search party…"
The group looked more than reluctant to let the redhead go but they couldn't keep her somewhere she didn't want to be.
"Fine…but if you aren't back in 5 minutes…"
"I will be."
The diva let out a long breath as she closed the door behind her. She loved her friends but being in that room with all of them was more than a little suffocating. She walked softly down the hallways, remembering it was early and most people were probably still asleep.
She had just turned to head back to her room when something caught her attention. Before she could run a hand grabbed her wrist while the other hand covered her mouth and the redhead was pulled into a nearby room.
Mwahahahahaha yes the queen of cliffhangers strikes again lol review and i promise to write faster.