A couple more weeks had passed and Summer was about ready to crack and start going crazy. Her neck hadn't healed and she was slowly starting to get worse, her arm had to be held close to her by a sling it was that bad. Vince hadn't scheduled her to wrestle and she was so thankful for that as she knew she wouldn't be able to. She could barely even turn her neck left and right so she knew if she took a bump in the ring she wouldn't be getting up again.

Luckily that was the only problem on her mind right now, Dawn had eased off with the rumours and was astonished that Summer had withstood all of it. Normally a diva would run away crying with her tail between her legs, but Summer bled it out and ignored them all.

Mark hadn't eased off though; he was slowly making his rounds and getting more people to turn against her. He was slowly getting to Hunter by saying that Summer would run to Vince and expose his relationship with Stephanie, Vince was aware something was happening but was unaware how serious they were. Hunter was about ready to marry her and if Summer told everybody he'd be ruined. But Summer knew that it wasn't true and couldn't help the tears streaming down her face when he confronted her and humiliated her in the corridor.

"You bitch! You ruin my relationship with Steph and your ass will be mine!"

"Paul please calm down, I didn't say anything to anybody"

"I can't seem to trust you anymore, Summer what's wrong with you? Why can't you keep your damn mouth closed?"

"Paul you gotta believe me, I'm innocent. The hell I've been through is not something I wanna remember, it isn't me it's Dawn and Mark. You gotta believe me" then she cried. Summer couldn't help but cry every time she came into work. It was her own personal hell and she was losing everybody.

"I just don't know what to think Summer, you shouldn't have come here, it's been nothing but trouble since you arrived, go back home with your dad"

Summer was always reduced to tears whenever she remembered that conversation. Hunter was her closest friend and to have him say such cruel things made her heart ache. He'd been frosty and distant with her since that incident and couldn't stand to be around her anymore. That did hurt Summer a lot because she knew that somebody else would be on the list and she'd lose another friend.

Summer sighed and rubbed her neck gently as she was sitting in a locker room on her own. She'd split away from her brothers, as she knew she was just causing them trouble all the time. Their reputation had been slashed since she came on the scene and Summer opted to ignore them. She knew it was for the best even if they didn't agree to it. It was something that needed to be done and she was going to stick to it, it would prevent any more trouble.

Her neck still hadn't eased up, she'd been using heat pads the past couple weeks which did ease some of the pain, but she didn't want to use the pain killers in case she was accused of being an addict, tested for drugs and then fired. She was living in her own hell and considered going home to see her dad for a while, at least he'd be there with open arms and she could cry to him. He wouldn't judge her or call her names, he'd say she was beautiful and didn't deserve all this crap. That made Summer smile but she knew that it wouldn't last long as she needed to go and find her brothers to discuss the segment tonight.

It was Matt vs. Undertaker with Dawn and Summer at ringside. Dawn had to talk trash to Summer who had to slap her round the face, but with the state of her arms she would certainly struggle. So far she'd been able to get round without any trouble, even though some people had noticed that she didn't look right. Summer had to keep forcing her hands to keep working and her arms to not stiffen up, but some days the pain was unbearable so she just didn't do anything.

It was difficult during house shows just to even stand at ringside, her neck was deadweight and cheering on Matt and Jeff seemed like an impossible task. But still she ventured on and didn't make a scene about it.

"Stop wallowing Summer, you need to focus," she said to herself as she got up from the couch and headed towards the door. But just as she did, she pulled it open to reveal Shawn standing there holding a book; he didn't look pleased.

"Hey Shawn" Shawn didn't reply, instead he just walked into the room and turned to face her, "What's your problem Summer?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't be playing all innocent with me young lady, it seems I've been fooled all along"

"Shawn I have no idea what you're saying"

"Oh you don't do you?"

"No"

"Maybe this will refresh your memory" then he threw the book at her but Summer couldn't catch it, her arms were deadweight. So it fell to the floor with a thump, so Summer bent down and eventually picked the book up with a lot of cursing.

Then she looked inside and wanted to close it again, the pages were filled with different pictures and written slogans about her and Shawn. Some pictures were of Shawn and his wife but Summer's picture had been glued over the top of his wife. Some slogans read "The future Mrs Michaels" and others were crude and awful.

"Is that some kind of a cruel joke Summer?"

"I didn't write this"

"Think about what you're saying Summer, this book was found in Matt and Jeff's locker room before you decided to move away from them"

"Shawn I didn't write it, why would I say Mrs Michaels when I know your name is Hickenbottom?"

"Stop lying to me Summer!"

"I'm not lying! Dammit Shawn I thought you believed in me and not all these lies"

"Yeah well I guess I was wrong, you almost got Hunter in trouble when you said you were gonna expose his relationship"

"But I di-"

"I don't wanna hear it Summer! I'm happily married and wouldn't leave my wife for somebody as low as you!"

At that point Summer lost it and threw the book at him with force. "Okay then you jackass lets prove it then! This is NOT my writing and I can prove it!" then she stormed over to the table that had a pen and paper on and she wrote something on it and showed it Shawn.

"See this is my writing! My writing looks nothing like the writing in that damn book!" then she threw the paper at him and tried not to cry. Shawn picked up the book again and compared the writing, seeing that it didn't match at all.

"Summer I'm-"

"Don't you dare say you're sorry, of all people Shawn I thought you'd believe in me, I'm not lying! I didn't make these rumours up, Torrie isn't even injured, and she paints those bruises on! Dawn doesn't even love Mark she just uses him for sex and to drive me crazy, and so far they've turned everybody against me in this company and I'm tired of it all! Nobody believes me, nobody will help me and nobody seems to care that I'm injured!" then she fled the room in tears leaving Shawn feeling guilty and heartbroken.

"Vince I'm telling you, she needs to be put in this match," Mark said to Vince as they discussed business in his office.

"I don't know Mark, this storyline is already taking off and the divas are getting involved a little later on though"

Mark frowned and said "Come on Vince they can't stay at ringside just cheering us on all through the storyline, they need to be involved and why not start now?" Vince sat there thinking for a while and knew it was true. This storyline had built up for 3 weeks and both Summer and Dawn were getting good ratings, "How do you suppose we go about it then?"

"Why not have Dawn attack Summer tonight? That way it'll build the feud up for maybe a match on Raw next Monday?" Mark was smirking because he knew Vince was falling for it. He'd seen Summer walk around the arenas pretending to fake some injury and make everybody sympathize with her, but it wasn't fooling him. So he'd make her pay by getting Dawn to really injure her and see how she liked it.

"I like that idea Mark I like it a lot"

"I thought you might"

"Alright then, we'll have Dawn hit Summer with a clothesline or summat"

"It has to be a surprise though, only Dawn would know about it"

"Of course yes I agree" Mark smirked again, happy that his plan was successful.

"Summer you really wanna do this?" Jeff asked his sister who was waiting in the gorilla with him and Matt. They'd both be accompanying Matt down to ringside, whilst Dawn and Glen would be with Mark. They had already entered the ring with a cascade of boos but they ignored the fans completely.

The hardy Boyz music hit and the crowd went crazy, "Ready guys?" Matt said to his siblings and they nodded "Lets do this" Jeff shouted before running out onto the stage to dance to the music. Summer smiled and saluted the fans as best she could; even they noticed she didn't look right.

Summer still painted a smile on her face as she made her way down the ramp to stand at ringside. "Oh my god this hurts so badly" Summer said to herself quietly as she leant on the apron to get more balance. The photographers were snapping away with their cameras taking pictures of her watching the match happening in the ring. It was quick paced at the start with Matt playing the cat and mouse game with Mark.

But soon he took control and gave Matt a beating he'd never forget.

"Vince why is she out there?" Steve asked as he sat in Vince's private box with Vince as they watched the show. On screen they hated each other, but outside of the ring Vince was Steve's best friend.

"She needs to be" Vince replied taking another handful of peanuts to eat.

"Vince has she not told you yet?" Steve asked concerned when the camera panned onto Summer who looked uncomfortable and out of place. He'd noticed her neck getting worse over the two weeks of being injured and was getting seriously worried about her condition.

"Told me what Steve?" Steve got angry then, Summer promised she'd tell Vince about having an injury that could be severe.

"When Mark tombstoned her, he slipped causing her to take the full weight on her neck and ever since then she hasn't been the same" Vince nearly choked on the peanuts he was about to swallow.

"Are you serious?"

"Yes she told me, she told me weeks ago that she'd get it sorted and she obviously hasn't"

"How do you think her neck is?"

"Compared to all the crap I went through with my neck it's probably broken"

"Broken?" Vince managed to squeak out getting paler as the seconds past.

"Yes Vince broken, we can look back at the footage and see if it is true" then Steve got back up and went through all the tapes Vince owned. They were up to date and exact in time and dates. So Steve found the tape from nearly 3 weeks ago and put it on, he fast-forwarded the match until the end when Mark caught Summer off the top rope.

"See there you go… bam!" Steve said motioning towards the tombstone, "He slipped, which made the pressure fall on her neck and shoulders" Vince sat there completely stunned, Summer could possibly be walking around with a severe;y broken neck and he'd put her in a match next week!

"Oh crap" Vince said as he remembered the meeting with Mark, "What?" Steve said noticing Vince looking ill at this point.

"You're gonna hate me for this"

"I already hate you for letting this go on like this for nearly 3 weeks, what you say now couldn't possibly be any worse" Vince waited for a while before saying "I err had a meeting with Mark… and he suggested that Dawn clothesline Summer tonight to arrange a match for next week"

Steve sat there rubbing his face for a while before suddenly grabbing Vince by the collar of his shirt and shouting, "Vince you no good ass-hole, you could paralyse her!"

"I know but she didn't tell me"

"That's not the point, you're supposed to be an expert in spotting injuries! That's how you spotted I had a broken neck and thankfully you did otherwise I'd be dead right now, but dammit Vince this is a young girl we're talking about"

"Maybe there's still time for you to make the save, Steve go quickly and you could save he-" before he could finish his sentence they heard a blood-curling scream come from the TV.

Summer was feeling pretty uncomfortable but couldn't show it to anybody. She had been banging on the mat and calling out in support for Matt the whole way through the match, with Jeff at her side. They'd both been helping him through the headlocks by getting the crowd to start cheering.

Matt was slowly starting to gain control over Mark until he threw Matt over the top rope onto the floor below. Matt groaned in pain as he landed awkwardly and Summer was about to go and see him but Mark was in hot pursuit and glared at Summer so she backed away. But when she turned around she ran straight into a clothesline from Dawn.

It cracked Summer's neck and she let out a genuine blood-curling scream before she hit the floor. The fans gasped loudly at the sound of her scream as it sounded real and was loud enough to echo till it reached the fans in the very top rows. The match came to a halt as Matt got up from the floor and low blowed Mark on purpose to get disqualified.

The ref stopped the match to announce Mark the winner but nobody cared, what they cared about was the young woman curled up on the floor not moving. "Summer, Summer can you hear me?" Jeff said panicking, too afraid to touch his sister. "Summer please talk to me"

"My neck" is all she squeaked out before crying out again.

"Summer baby why didn't you tell us?"

"You wouldn't believe me, nobody does anymore"

"Summer that's bullshit, we believed you from the start" Summer cried again as she rolled onto her back to stare up at the arena ceiling covered in bright lights.

"Can you sit up?" Matt asked panicking.

"No" is all Summer said starting to panic when she couldn't really feel her arms.

"Summer you could have been walking around on a broken neck for weeks"

"I thought it was whiplash from the tombstone"

"I don't think it is, I think that bastard has broken your neck" Jeff shot Mark a glare who was exiting the arena on his bike with Dawn behind him. Glen stayed behind to join the circle of people around Summer.

"Why the hell did she clothesline me?" Summer asked as she wiggled her hands again feeling relieved when she could feel and move them again.

"Instead of chatting lets get you backstage"

"No lets get you to a hospital" came the WWF trainer Larry's voice. He had come down to the ring armed with doctors and referees to help her. "Summer just lay still we need to strap you to a board"

"I can't move anyway" she replied irritably.

"Can you move at all?" Larry asked slightly panicked.

"I can wiggle my fingers and toes if that's a help"

"Yes that's a relief, you're not paralysed but the more we stand around the more sustainable you are to more injuries" then he quickly went to work strapping Summer onto a board with her head and neck surrounded by padded blocks to prevent movement.

"Jeff I'm scared" she admitted as she was wheeled up the ramp, the fans had stayed to cheer her on as she left the arena to be taken to the local hospital for scans. "You'll be alright sis" Jeff said trying not to get emotional.

"Yes sis you'll be okay, we're right here with you"

"No you're not, you two need to change and get everybody's luggage in order, me and Steve will ride with her and you two can follow on after. There are limos waiting out back" Matt and Jeff were furious but knew it was true; they needed to change into street clothes and gather up their luggage.

"Fine we'll see you in a minute then, Sums you'll be alright" Jeff said kissing his sisters hand and then Matt did the same.

"We're not far away sweetie don't worry" Summer just remained quiet as she was wheeled into the ambulance with Vince and Steve sat beside her. The ambulance took off quickly taking them to a local hospital so Summer could get checked out properly.