This is something I think everyone should know before reading this chapter. In my mind this was very intense. It could just be my thoughts making it intense or it actually could be intense. I was wondering if I should change the rating from T to M. I hope everyone has enjoyed reading this so far. Let me know if you think I should change the rating to M. In the last chapter Seth and Olivia learned that Stephanie and Triple H decided not to fire Seth. Since Olivia told them what happened, they decided that WWE should take on the case in court.
Seth and Olivia already arrived at the court house and Olivia got really nervous when she saw her ex. Every time she saw her ex, something bad always happened. Seth saw that she was nervous and gently took her hand, and gave her a comforting smile. He whispered in her ear.
"Everything is going to be alright."
Olivia smiled at him and agreed.
They stood up when the judge came into the room. Ryan's lawyer called Seth up to the stand.
"Sir please state your name for the court."
"Seth Rollins."
"Seth, do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?"
"Yes, I do."
"Ok. We are all here today because of an issue that occurred at a live WWE event. You are WWE superstar Seth Rollins, there are certain rules held by WWE. One of those rules being that you are not allowed to put your hands on a non-WWE superstar is that correct?"
"Yes."
"That is because you are a trained professional. Not only that, but it is also called assault when you put your hands on someone to physically harm them and of course assault is against the law. Your Honor, my client, has actual video footage of the situation."
The video that was shown was edited by Ryan himself and even his lawyer didn't know what really happened. The video that was shown only showed the part when Seth went after him and put him through a table.
"So you see Your Honor, Seth Rollins was clearly trying to hurt my client by putting him through a table. My client had absolutely no way of protecting himself from a trained WWE superstar. Not only should his job be on the line, but this man should be in prison for what he did."
The judge wanted to hear Seth's side of the story.
"Ok, so Mr. Rollins, it would seem like you have a great deal of evidence against you, but I will allow you to give your side of the story."
"Thank you Your Honor. As a WWE superstar, I am very aware of the rules in WWE as well as the law. Trust me when I say that there is a really good reason for why I did what I did. In fact, that reason is sitting right over there."
Seth points over at Olivia.
"For anyone to really understand why I did what I did, you will have to hear her side of the story."
The judge allows this and she makes her way to the stand. The judge was the one to ask her questions instead of Ryan's lawyer. Ryan didn't look too happy about Olivia getting involved in the case.
"Will you please state your name for the court?"
"Olivia Owens."
"Olivia, do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?"
"I do."
"Ok, will you tell us how you know these men?"
"Ryan is, my ex boyfriend. I met Seth about two weeks ago."
"How did you two meet?"
Olivia hesitated, before she spoke.
"Well... Seth and I didn't exactly meet under the best circumstances. It is kind of a personal issue, but I think I need to say what happened anyway. I was driving along one night and I had to stop for gas. Maybe I was at the wrong place at the wrong time, there was this guy that robbed the gas station store and he was on foot. I was trying to move on with my life so I had all of my stuff in my car. The guy comes up to me and was trying to take my car. I tried to fight him,but he had a knife and attacked me with it."
Olivia stopped only for a moment to pull up her sleeve to show where she had been attacked.
"So he had me up against a wall and he had his hand around my neck. Just when I thought I was going to die, Seth came out of nowhere and ran the guy off. The only thing is was that he got away with my car and all of my stuff. I was scared and in shock, Seth was there to calm me down until the ambulance came. The sweet thing about it is, he followed me to the hospital because he wanted to make sure I was ok, and he's been helping me get back on my feet."
"How is this relevant to this case?"
"Because on the night in question, I was there and I have the real story. What you saw was an edited video. You didn't see everything that happened."
"Please, tell us what happened."
Olivia was hesitant about telling the judge everything, but Seth gave her a look and encouraged her to go on.
"I will tell you about that night, but first I think I really need to tell you why Ryan is now my ex."
The judge was starting to get impatient, but allowed for her to continue.
"Fine. Say what you need to say, but try to stay on topic with the situation at hand."
"I first met Ryan when I was eighteen when my mom kicked me out. I lived mostly on my own and struggled with life. That went on for about six years. I moved in with him about a year ago. It was like I didn't even know him anymore, or maybe that was when he started to show his true colors. He would get drunk and acted like he owned me. He would sometimes try to get me to do something with him that I didn't want to do. Overall he would mostly yell at me and I didn't want to live that life anymore. I would tell him that I was going to leave him if he kept being the way he was. When I told him that I was going to leave him he would get violent. Then at one point he actually attacked me with a knife."
She showed everyone the cuts on her arm. Ryan spoke against this.
"I never did that. That could be from anything. She's lying, she's just trying to make everyone feel sorry for her."
Olivia was upset. She raised her voice but kept telling what happened.
"I left because of you. I packed up all of my stuff and I left. I thought I'd seen the last of you. The last thing you said to me when I left was if you ever saw me again that you would kill me. You've always been possessive over me. I wasn't going to live like this anymore. We were in Miami for Raw, and you were there in the crowd. You came over to me that night and you started to drag me away against my will."
At some point during her whole conversation, the judge had Ryan come back to the stand. Seth and Olivia were standing nearby. Olivia hated him for how he treated her and she was getting in his face. She was sure that the video was on youtube. Olivia pulled up the video and showed everyone.
"This is the video from Raw that night that the WWE cameras filmed. You can see Ryan pulling me away. No one else was doing about it. They were either too focused on the match or didn't care to do anything. The only person that did anything was Seth. He ran after us only because he saw what you were doing. He was protectingme from you. "
Everyone saw what really happened and realized that the video they saw earlier was not the full version of what happened. The judge realized this and had a change of opinion about the case.
"Well... Ryan, it appears that you were not telling us the whole truth. You only showed us what you wanted us to see and we could have arrested an innocent man. He could have lost his job because of the trouble you've caused, and furthermore this only proves that everything Olivia has told us has been the truth. You are under arrest for the assault and attempted abduction of Olivia Owens. Also, I see why she wanted to leave you so bad."
"What ?! You have got to be kidding me."
Olivia couldn't be happier with the judge's decision and wanted to rub it in Ryan's face.
"Have fun rotting in prison."
Olivia gave him a smirk and turned to leave. Ryan was frustrated and embarrassed. If he was going to prison he would do what he said he was going to do. He wanted to make her pay, he wanted her dead. Before anyone could do anything else, he made a run for Olivia and pulled out a knife that was in his pocket. Seth saw him out of the corner of his eye and he was close enough to push her away. He pushed her away and stood over her as the knife entered him on the side of his ribs. Gun shots filled the room as Ryan fell to the ground. Olivia didn't know what was going on. It all happened so fast that she didn't see it. All of this happened while her back was turned. She turned around and saw Ryan on the ground with the knife in his hand and she saw Seth on the ground with blood coming from the side of his ribs . She screamed and ran to his side.
"Seth!"
(Uh oh. Cliffhanger. To Be Continued. Review. )
