Chapter 16
Dave started to regain consciousness when he was in the ambulance. The back of his head was pounding like a bitch. He tried to take a deep breath but stopped as soon as he felt the sharp pain in his left side. He flinched a little, making the paramedic move her hand over him.
"Take it easy, Mr. Batista. We don't know the extent of your injuries just yet, so you need to stay still. Just lay back. You are going to be fine."
"What about Kitten? How is she?"
"Kitten? Oh the woman with you in the car. She is in another ambulance. She was unconscious when we found her. You need to rest, Mr. Batista. I am sure she is fine."
"Yeah, she's one the toughest woman I know", Dave said faintly. His consciousness was fading again, and before the paramedic knew it, he was out. She smiled down on his unconsciousness form, not noticing the other paramedics looking at her.
"Diane? He's with Kitten."
"Why would someone like him be with a woman named Kitten?"
"It's not her real name, so let it go. And anyways… Kitten is hella hot!"
"Sure if you like that kind of woman!"
"I do", Dave said faintly. The woman named Diane almost jumped out of her shoes as she heard him speak. His eyes opened slightly to look up at the woman but closed 2 seconds later.
3 hours later…
Dave opened his eyes slowly, his vision still blurry. He took in a deep breath but found it was hard to do. He then slowly took a deep breath to see how far he could inhale and exhale. He blinked a couple of times so that his vision could clear up.
"Hey big man.", Ric said. Dave looked over at his mentor and friend. He was sitting in the chair by his bed. He had just been eating, because he still had some crumbs on his shirt from his meal.
"Hey Ric…"
"How are you feeling?"
"Like shit", Dave said coarsely. He tried to sit up but a sharp pain in his side stopped him.
"Aye, you got to take it easy. You've got 4 broken ribs and a concussion."
"How's Kitten? Is she okay?"
"Hunter's with her doctor now."
"How much do you know about her injuries?"
"Well the truck hit her side, so she took most of the blow. All I know is that she has some internal bleeding, broken bones, and some trauma to the head."
"Oh my god. It's my fault that she got hurt."
"Now, big guy how can it be your fault?"
"Because, I stopped in the middle of the parking lot to answer my phone."
"That doesn't mean it was your fault. It was a freak accident. You never could of have guessed that this would happen.", Ric said trying to comfort him. He patted his right arm and gave him a smile to reassure him.
"Is he up?", HHH said as he walked through the door. He had two cups of coffee in his hands. He handed one to Ric before slipping into his. "How you feeling?"
"Like I said before, like shit."
"Yeah I hear ya. I would be too if I came out of car that looks like it lost a battle with a metal cruncher.", Hunter smiled. Dave chuckled but stopped when his ribs started hurting. He rolled his eyes at his situation. He hated the feeling of being weak. A guy his size would feel weak in his position.
"Hey Hunter, what did the doctor say about Kitten's condition?", Dave said through closed eyes.
"She just came out of surgery. They said that it took them awhile to get her body stable, but they finally managed to do it."
"So she's going to be alright", Dave said hopefully. He opened his eyes to see HHH's expression but his hope diminished.
"I don't know how to tell ya, big guy… Kitten is in a coma right now. She hit her head pretty bad."
"Can we go see her?"
"Well, I don't about you because you're not supposed to move for another 3 days…"
"3 days? That's way too long!"
"Yeah it is, but those ribs need to heal, big man. Otherwise, they'll end up crooked or something."
"All I want to do is see her. Just to see how she is."
"Well, you're not going to do her any good by getting worse than you already are. Just rest, if the doctor says that you are better tomorrow than you are today, then I'll take you to go see her."
"Yeah, okay. Can you go check on her now, and tell me how she is?"
"Sure thing big man."
"I'll come with you. I haven't seen her yet."
"Alright, let's go.", HHH said before taking another sip of his coffee. He followed Flair to the door but looked back at Dave, who was staring up at the ceiling. "Everything is going to be fine, Dave. There's no need to worry about her… she's a fighter."
"The best…", Dave said softly. He looked over at HHH and gave him a smirk. HHH shook his head and walked down the hallway into Kitten's room, where Ric already was.
"I hate seeing her like this, Champ. She's a sweet girl. There's no reason for her to be treated like this!"
"Naitch, relax. I know how you feel. The doctor said that her head was hit pretty hard and that it caused some swelling of her brain. They said it was impossible to tell the extent of her injuries until she wakes up. But that's exactly what's bothering them. They don't know when or even if she will wake up."
"That's horrible. Dave will be devastated."
"Yeah I know and if he finds out, he won't recover as fast, so we have to keep this a secret. Just long enough for him to get himself on his own two again."
"I never thought of that. All right, we will keep this between you and me. No one can know."
"Right.", HHH said with a nod. He looked down at Kitten with sadness in his eyes.
"Like you told Batista, she's going to be alright.", Ric said from the window. He was starring out over the silent city. The world seems to be different without Batista and Kitten. It made him realize how much these two youngsters really meant to them.
"Mr. Helmsley?", a male voice said from the door. HHH didn't even hear him knock on the door. "I am sorry to say this but only immediate family can come in at this time."
"We are her family.", Ric interrupted. "She has no one else"
"Alright, alright. I'm sorry, it's just we have to tell people that only immediate family has visitation rights."
"We know…", HHH said quietly. He looked back at Kitten's dormant form. "How is she doc? Will she wake up?"
"I don't know, honestly. We do know that she is fighting, hard… so that is a good sign"
"That's our girl, the fighter.", Ric said with a smile. "Why don't we go back to Dave. He wanted to know how she was."
"Yeah, that's a good idea.", HHH replied. He bent over and gave her a kiss on the forehead before he turned to Ric. "Come, let's go."
The two elder Evolution members, left in silent. Only making eye contact with the doctor before leaving the room. It wasn't a death stare, but more of thank-you-kinda stare. He just nodded with a faint smile. He closed the door behind them and turned to go check up on her stability.
By the time HHH and Ric got back from Kitten's room, Dave had already eaten and was finally sitting up. There was a nurse with him, checking his blood pressure. She looked pleased with just touching him. It was funny to Hunter and Flair, but Dave was getting annoyed because she kept trying to make passes at him. When he saw them standing in the doorway.
"Hey guys, come in."
"No I think we will let her finish."
"I think she is, right?",Dave said too eagerly. She looked at him, but quickly looked away, not wanting to be caught in the act. The room was quiet will the nurse gathered her things and Dave's empty food dishes. She was going to walk out but stopped in the door frame and turned around.
"If you need anything, just call", she said. She turned around and left it at that. Hunter watched her leave before entering after Ric. He walked up to Batista bed with a smile growing on his face.
"Shut it Hunter. All I want to hear right now is that Kitten is okay."
"She's doing fine. The doctor says she fighting like hell, but we already knew that."
"Yeah, that's nothing new to us.", Dave said quietly. He was looking over through the window in the room. His eyes were lazily dropping and his breathing was slowing down.
"I think we should leave", Ric whispered to Hunter. He nodded and walked over to Dave's sleepy form.
"Hey, big man, we're going to head out and tell everyone how you guys are doing, okay?"
"Alright man."
"We'll be back later tonight to come stay with you guys, okay?"
"Okay", he said sleepily. Hunter knew he was talking to a zombie so headed out after Ric. "Oh, do you want me to bring anything for you?"
"Yeah… some magazines from my bag and something for kitten's room. And don't ask me what, just something that she would like to have near her or something precious to her. And oh yeah, bring some better food", Dave said with his eyes closed. A sound made him open his eyes. He looked over at Hunter to see him try to stifle his chuckle. "Would you just go already?"
"Man you have it bad."
"Have what bad?"
"For Kitten? You like her, don't you?"
"What gave you that idea?"
"Well, the fact that you're with her 24/7 and that you would practically kill for her. Oh yeah, don't forget that you never let anyone near her, and when I say anyone, I mean any one that has a dick."
"I just don't want what had happened to her before, happen to her again."
"I don't think she's that stupid, Dave, but hey, that's just my opinion. Anyways, you get your rest, like I said, we'll be back later."
"Okay, see ya", he said with a deep breath. Hunter nodded at him and then left. He turned his head towards the window again and began to relax. The only sound in the room was his heart monitor, and his breathing. He started thinking about Kitten and what Hunter had said. He already knew that he liked her, but the thought that he might love her, scared him. Before he had any more thought of it, he fell asleep…
Dave was watching TV in his bed. He got bored so he started to get up, cautiously because he knew he was still injured. As he sat up however, there was no pain. He sat up all the way and began to push on his ribs a little, just to check if he was still hurting. There was no pain through. He opened his shirt to check if there were any cuts, and yet again, there was none. So he figured he should stand up and walk around a little. He did and he felt fine, no better than fine, he felt great. So he began to walk around.
Dave walked out of the door and into the hospital hallway, where he found both Flair and Hunter sitting with Stephanie McMahon. They were talking about something to do with Hunter's and Steph's wedding.
"Hey guys! You would not believe what's going on with me. All my Injuries have healed. It's like I was never hurt."
"Really? That's amazing. You don't feel any pain?"
"No, I feel fine."
"That's great, Dave. It really is nice to see you walk around."
"Thanks Steph. How's Kitten doing?"
"Nothing has changed with her. She's still in a com"
"I'm going to go and see her, since I'm the only one who hasn't.", he replied. They all nodded at each other before Dave was off. He walked quickly to her room. He then stopped because he remembered that he was still in his cloths from the accident. His white shirt had a couple of buttons missing and was still open from before. The collar had some blood on it from his head wound. It had a couple of wholes in it as well. His slacks on the other hand had nothing wrong with them aside for the small blood stain on his left thigh. He wasn't wearing shoes or socks either. He figured that he would go get some new cloths after he had seen Kitten.
Once he got to Kitten's room, he slowed his pace and took a deep breath before entering. There was the sound of her breathing and the heart monitor going on in the room, but nothing else. She had teddy bears and huge balloons that all said "Get Well Soon!" and "We Miss You", on them.
Dave grabbed a chair and pulled it to the right side of her bed. He sat down and just starred at her sleeping body. Her eyes didn't move underneath her eyelids, her hands didn't twitch from her dreams. The only sign that she was still alive was the beeping from the machine and her breathing.
"You got to get better, Kitten. You can't leave me like this", he said quietly. He stayed silent for another 15 minutes, just being with her for the sake of it.
It wasn't until an hour later that Dave had come out of Kitten's room. He slowly walked back to his own, the sounds of his feet the only noise he was making. When he got there, he noticed a note on the bed:
"Dave, We all went to go get something to eat. See you back here in about 2 hours and don't worry, we'll bring you back some thing. -Hunter"
Dave reread the letter and then set it aside on his side table. He took his shirt off and hopped into bed, not even bothering to turn the TV on or pull the covers over his body. He put his arm over his eyes and started to breath easy for a while. When he opened them, he almost jumped out of his skin.
There before him, stood Kitten. She was wearing the white tank top and white mini skirt she had worn in the accident. He smiled at her and jumped up off the bed to giver her a hug, but she put her hand up. Batista's heart dropped.
"Dave, I don't have much time, I'm lost and I don't know how to get back, can you help me?"
"Kitten, baby, what do you mean lost?"
"I can't--", Kitten said faintly. Then she stopped and looked at her hand. Dave watched her more closely. She was fading, becoming transparent. "Dave, please hurry!", she managed to get out before she completely disappeared. Just then he heard his name being called and it sounded like Hunter.
Dave woke up from his horrible dream with Hunter shaking his arm. He tried to open his eyes but found it hard since he had been asleep for 2 hours.
"Dave wake up! It's Kitten! Her hears failing!", HHH said in a hurry. Dave's heart shattered. He pulled the covers off him and swung his legs over the bed. He ignored all the pain he was feeling and stood up. Hunter helped him walk down to her room. When they got there all they could hear was the tone of the heart monitor go dead.
A/n: well there you go! I hope you enjoy this one cuz I had a lot of fun writing it. It's a little long cuz I thought since I haven't updated in a while, that I should write you guys a treat! Lol well hope you like it and please review! It really helps with my writing! Till next time ;D