Authors Notes-I know it's been a while. I wanted to see if I would get any reviews! Please give something! Tell me what needs work! Well this chapter I am hopeing to get something. Please!
Beta-ChaoticMyhem. I lost contact with my other beta but ChaoticMyhem had been doing a great job from the start so I don't think this story is going to hurt from the loss.
Disclaimer-Still don't own them.
Billy was in a shock. What the hell were those freaks thinking? Torrie tried to comfort Billy but he shrugged away her comfort and left the stadium. He drove back home silently, the video playing in his mind over and over again.
'Ladder match, a ladder match with Josh as the prize.' The thoughts ran through Billy's mind like a freight train. 'Josh is the prize.' Sitting down on a sofa Billy looked around his living room. His gaze fell on a photograph of themselves. Smiling slightly to himself, Billy remembered that particular day. Josh had badgered Billy into going with him to an ice rink to skate. Now Josh being a guy with a lithe and agile body was quite at ease on the ice but Billy was having a hard time
Flash-back
"Come on Billy. Let go of that rail," Josh yelled from the middle of the rink. He was skating backwards turning side to side time and time again just to keep Billy in his sights.
"Listen Josh, I really can't do this," Billy called back and slipped a bit. He grabbed at the rail as if it was his life line.
"Come on Billy. Look at me. Hey man it's real easy. You just need to let yourself go. Be free." Josh had come up to Billy's side to help him up.
"Josh please!!" Billy pleaded.
"Nope. I'm gonna help you learn how to skate and that's final. No buts" Josh smiled in response as he placed his fingers on his sweetheart's lips to silence any more protests. Billy gazed back at him and his pleading expression crumbled with a resigned sigh. Lightly kissing those fingers, Billy raised his hand to hold Josh's hand in his. "Alright but please make sure that I don't fall flat on my face. I'm in no mood of getting any kind of surgery if I happen to bust out all my teeth or break my nose" Billy said with a mock martyr's expression. Josh only laughed at this. He moved away from the rail to stand in front of Billy slowly moving back until both pairs of arms were extended, Billy's hands resting within Josh's. Then with a firm grip Josh began pulling Billy closer to himself.
"Josh," he called out in warning as his legs began to wobble.
"Now Billy, focus on me alright. Now lightly raise your left foot and slide it forward. Good, good now same with the right," Josh kept on instructing Billy at a slow pace. "Don't worry Billy. Trust me I won't let you fall or anything." Billy looked up from his feet up to Josh's smiling face and was mesmerized by the confidence, happiness and love he saw there; he was so lost in that expression that he stumbled. Josh moved forward to help him regain his balance but down he went with the ship; Billy on top of Josh.
Both men looked at each other and started to laugh. Billy tried to raise himself on his hands and knees but he didn't have much grip on the ice and down he went again, his body knocking the breath out of boyfriend. Josh simply lay there laughing and put his arms around Billy to hold him in place. "Will you stop wriggling and relax", Josh huffed out. "We're gonna have a hard time getting up if you don't stop moving about. Now….", Josh began instructing Billy again. Both men eventually got up after a lot of laughing and giggles. "I vote for resting a bit now", Billy said.
"Awww, come on Billy we've spent like what? Thirty minutes on the ice."
"Yeah and I don't want another thirty in freezing my parts off." Billy quipped back in reply, and leaned in to lightly kiss those adorable pouty lips.
"Humph, you're no fun.." He grumbled as they sat down in the ice-rink café. "Sorry, we'll do this another time I promise. Seriously I wasn't up to this today. I'll make it up to you."
"Alright, but I'm holding you to your promise Kidman, if you so in any way fail to fulfill thy pledge, there shall be retribution", Josh spouted off in a mock acting tone.
Billy could only sit there with his eyes open wide after hearing his boyfriend's ludicrous statement. He did all he could trying desperately not to shout out with laughter.
"Boy that was real corny", Billy's voice shook with suppressed chuckles as he wiped tears of laughter from his eyes.
"Yup, and there's more where that came from." He quipped back, enjoying the light hearted banter between them.
"Ummm, excuse me", came a nervous voice from the left side of their table.
"Yes?" Billy inquired. The speaker was a blonde young man around 27. "Well, I just wanted to give you this. I hope you don't mind. My name's Jason Holmes and my hobby is photography and I couldn't stop myself from taking a photo of both of you."
He had handed Billy an instant photograph of them, when both were trying to get up from the ice. Billy was snuggled in Josh's embrace with his back to Josh's chest and his arms around him. Both of them were laughing, Josh's chin resting on Billy's right shoulder and Billy leaning his head against Josh's. The photographer had taken it after they slipped and fell down after attempt number 5.
"Thanks mate." Billy said. The young man simply smiled and made his way out of the cafeteria while waving a good bye to the pair.
After getting back home, both men showered and changed for the night. Slipping into bed next to his lover, "You know, I meant what I said." Josh whispered.
"What?"
"That I'll always be there to help you when ever you need me"
"I know", Billy replied back with heart felt gratitude. Reaching over to grasp Josh's right hand, he brought it over to his chest where he placed it above his heart. "I know", he whispered huskily again. Both of them slipped into sleep and dreams within each other's warm embrace.
End Flashback
"Damn you Paul, I swear I'll get Josh back from you and make you regret pissing me off in the first place." Billy growled heatedly. Picking up the picture of them, Billy's fingers caressed the laughing image of Josh. Fighting back tears, he kissed the still image and held it to his heart. "I promise to get you back. I'll be there to help you out when you need me." He whispered in a solemn oath.
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The week went by really fast and all Billy did was train, train, and train some more. He wouldn't talk with anyone. He didn't answer any phone calls, his voice mail was pretty much full and so was his e-mail. His anger was growing and he knew it. He didn't know if he could keep it in check so that's pretty much why he was always working out, giving it an outlet.
Then the big day came and Billy was ready to go. His match was the main event. He didn't really like that cause he wanted this thing done with, but when Vince heard about this he said it had to be the finale of the show. So he had to wait for two more whole hours. Torrie showed up a bit late but she just stopped outside the door and let Billy know that she would be back before the match started. She knew he needed to just be alone and think.
"Man this is going to be so much fun", Paul said overjoyed, "I can't wait just a few more minutes!"
"Yup, they are already taking Josh down to the ring." Chris said with an excitement of his own.
"The best part is that this plan is full proof. What could go wrong?" Paul questioned.
"Nothing really, cause how on earth is Billy going to get the both of us down in order to climb a ladder?" Paul was just too happy. He knew this is going to be one of the hardest things Billy was going to have to do.
He and Chris made their way to the ring as their music started to play.
The pair had arrived in the ring and both were enjoying themselves, because they knew that the match would pretty much be one side, them being on the winning side.
Billy's music played and he came out with Torrie. They both had concerned looks on their faces. Both of them knew that this match would be very hard to pull off. Torrie tried to stay positive but Billy didn't know what he was going to do.
"Relax Billy, it'll be alright. We'll win the match and get Josh back. I'm confident."
"Let's not hope over confident," Billy quipped back with slight humor. When he looked up from Torrie's smirking face, he felt his blood go cold. "Oh bloody fucking hell," he whispered.
"What?" Torrie asked puzzled, her gaze following Billy's.
"Oh my God!"
Josh was being brought out to the ring. His face was covered with busies and he was limping. Billy felt rage boiling up in him and he glared at the other pair. He was having trouble trying to holding back. All he wanted was to rush and start beating the hell out of the one who did this to Josh. London and Masters only smirked maliciously at Billy's reaction.
"Hey, there's more from where that came from" Paul shouted it out, laughing. Billy only growled in response.
He shifted his gaze from the duo to Josh. Josh smiled when he saw Billy's attention on him. 'I promise to get you back', Billy thought. 'I know you will' Josh smirked at Billy.
A sturdy steel line came down to which he was then hooked up. He was anchored to the steel line so that he was standing upright, just with no floor under him. He was lifted up and the match begun.
Chris charged and Billy and took him down. He and Billy were in a fist fight, which left Paul to go and get a ladder. He set it up and started to climb it. Once he got to the top he had a confident look on his face. He climbed up a little higher and called out to Josh "Ready to have some fun tonight?"
Josh knew exactly what he meant and saw that Billy was just put in the Master Lock. He looked back at Paul who was just about to get him down; 'I'm not letting the bastard get away with this' he thought and wrapped his legs around Paul's head and started squeezing hard.
'Shit, what the hell is that little fuck trying to do', Paul swore and tried to fight Josh off but Torrie had an idea and moved the ladder out from under Paul so now he was hanging by his neck.
'Great job Torrie, and now if I can just manage to hold on'. "AAHHHHHH JESUS", he screamed out when Paul jerked around in his grasp. The twisting and turning hurting his torso like hell. Josh knew this could be bad for him but after all he went through he didn't care.
"HOLY SHIT, PAUL" Chris saw what was going on and rushed over. 'Damn I can't hold on much longer. Fuck it all, this bastard just won't stay still.' Josh swore after a particularly sharp jerk from his captive made him loosen his hold on him.
"Well Paul, I think this is the end of the ride." Josh yelled at Paul over the din of the crowd. Paul's only reaction was a shocked expression on his face. The color from his face drained out when he glanced down trying to judge the distance between them. "Sayonara, you twisted fuck" Josh let Paul fall before Chris got there. Paul hit the mat hard and was out.
Billy was getting up slowly, he saw that Paul was down and that Chris was trying to wake him up. He took this opportunity and grabbed the fallen ladder that Torrie moved. Looking at the ladder in his hands he got an idea and shouted out to Chris. He looked up from Paul's prone form lying on the mat only to have his head get smashed with the top of the ladder. He toppled back from the force of the blow. Billy threw the ladder from his hands and stalked to over to Chris.
"So Masters, how does it feel", Billy grinned maliciously, nodding his head at Paul's prone from on the mat. "This is payback" He grabbed him from the shoulders and started hammering him. Chris was too shocked by Paul's condition that he couldn't put up any resistance against Billy's assault. Billy pushed him into the ropes; he wrapped his arms in them so they were stuck. Torrie wanted to make sure Chris stayed put so she hopped on and wrapped her arms around one arm of Chris and her legs around the other.
Billy set up the ladder and started to climb. "Hey, Mister what took you soo long" came Josh's light hearted banter. Billy only chuckled and shook his head. 'That Josh always the optimist.' "Well Mister, to tell the truth I was kinda tried up in working out a couple'a weeds."
"Since that's done, could'ya please hurry and get me down from here, these ties are hurting like hell."
"Sure be there in a sec." Billy climbed up a bit higher and got to Josh and started to unhook him. "My knight in shining armor" Billy only laughed. "Listen if you won't let me concentrate on getting you free both of us will be on the mat in a splat." Finally with the last buckle was opened Josh hissed in pain. "Josh?" Billy asked in a worried tone. "I'll be fine just get me down from here", Josh ground out. His ribs felt like they were on fire. Schooling his features in to a more calmer one he said "I'm fine because you're here now," saying so he kissed Billy on the lips. Billy unbalanced because of the sudden kiss and both of them fell from the top of the ladder. Billy kept himself between Josh and the mat.
"Billy you alright", Josh asked in a pained hiss. The impact though softened through Billy's form was still hard enough to jar his already bruised body. Billy lightly embraced Josh and replied, "I'm alright. Don't worry about me. You're back with me and that's all that matters to me. Now let's get you some medical attention."
"Oh God, I'm so glad you're back." Torrie rushed over, crying tears of joy. "Ok, ok Torrie enough with the water works and help me get Josh out of here."
Torrie hugged them both and all three left. Paramedics came down to help out Paul and Chris. Chris had a concussion and Paul needed to have his neck looked at. Being hung from that height, his breathing was messed and he needed to get that fixed.
Billy and Josh were just happy to be in each others arms. Billy didn't know why but he felt like some part of him was missing if Josh wasn't by his side. Really, through out this whole thing Josh was the one that made him happy. Of course there were his other friends but Josh was more then that, and now they could just move on.
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