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Warren knew that when Cody regained consciousness, he would be severely uncomfortable, and in excruciating pain. He had been so angry at what Rhodes had called him, that he tied the young man as tight as he could. In fact, he made damn sure that the ropes dug into The Dashing One's skin.

"That wasn't right." Thought Warren as he drove towards his destination. "I should have been the bigger person."

The trouble was that he wanted his beloved Cody to be better than that.

The assassin thought about how hurt he'd been. He wasn't used to caring for other people, but he realized suddenly that the man he'd deemed the love of his life was just a frightened kid. The poor guy probably didn't even really mean what he'd said. He was just lashing out.

Warren thought of the way he'd shoved a washcloth deep into Cody's throat, and then cleave gagged him with a bandanna. He hadn't stopped there either, as he wrapped another bandanna (this time folded) over the wrestler's already gagged mouth.

"Oh God, I'm a fucking monster!" Warren thought in horror. "My baby is going to either choke to death, or suffocate! And I wanted to protect him!"

He slammed on the brakes, and turned his car around. He just hoped to God that the beautiful man he'd kidnapped was still okay.

Meanwhile…..

Cody was awake. He struggled with his bonds desperately. He needed to get himself loose so that he could remove the gags that were choking him to the point of suffocation. W had bound him incredibly tight, so his struggles were useless.

"This is it." Cody thought with tears in his eyes. "I am going to die. I should have let myself be shot. But now, I'm going to slowly suffocate." He closed his eyes and prayed for forgiveness for the sins that he'd committed in his life. One of those was calling a man a faggot. Sure, the guy was a killer holding him captive, but Cody was still contrite and ashamed. He had some gay friends that he liked and respected. When he'd said that horrible word, he had totally dissed them. His mom and dad would be disappointed to know that he'd used such a bigotous word. At the thought of his parents, Cody began to sob. He would never see them, or his siblings ever again.

Cody Rhodes lay very still, and tried to breathe as best as he could before death came upon him.