"Hey man," John said happily as Cody pushed Randy into the room in a wheelchair. Everyone was gathering in John's room to hang out and Randy had just wanted to walk in there but the doctors refused to let him. As long as he wasn't just getting helped into the bathroom, they wanted him in a wheelchair so they could try to make sure he wouldn't jar his injuries too badly. "How are you feeling?"

"Eh…could be better," Randy admitted. He felt Cody's arms wrap around him and he reached up with one hand to touch the younger man's hand. "How about you?"

"The same," John replied. "But it could be worse you know?"

Randy just shook his head. That was Cena, ever the optimist. He wished he could feel that way but it just wasn't in him. He wasn't even sure how he felt at the moment. Finding out Hunter had been the one to hit them had left him feeling pretty angry and frustrated. It was like no matter what he did, Hunter was still in some way fucking up his life. First he had fucked with his head and emotions and made him afraid of commitment and now this. Maybe this incident wasn't totally on purpose but that didn't change the fact that Randy felt that it was in some way. Just too much shit had gone down between him and Hunter over the years for him to feel otherwise.

"How much longer are you guys going to be here?" Mor asked. He and Phil had totally raided the vending machine and were passing around the snacks. Sadly the snacks were better than the actual food John and Randy had been getting and they were going to have to try to convince someone to go out and get them some real food so they could stop having to starve during meals.

"I think a couple more days," John replied. "Hopefully less. I'm ready to get out of here."

"Me too," Randy agreed. "I hate this place."

"I think everyone hates hospitals," Cody pointed out as he kissed the top of Randy's head.

"What's going on with Hunter?" Adam asked. He and Matt had been off talking to people from the adoption agency to start the process of getting themselves a child so they weren't quite as in the loop as the others. "Is he still here?"

Shawn nodded. "He's being released in the morning and then the cops are taking him into custody."

"McMahon's having a fit about it," Glenn said, shaking his head slightly. "He don't want it to happen."

Matt made a face. "Why not? I mean I know Hunter is one of our top guys and all, but he could have killed Randy and John-or someone else even. He can't just get away with it."

"I agree. And if it was anyone else he'd have them released and let them face the charges on their own."

"Unless it was like me or something," Mark said. "Then I might still have a job afterwards."

"Key word is might," Jeff pointed out. "And you're not part of the family like Hunter is. I bet he could like kill someone and Vince would still stand by him."

"I wouldn't go THAT far," Shawn said, coming to Vince's defense because someone had to. While he understood why their boss wasn't very popular among his group of friends but it wasn't like Vince was the most horrible person ever. He had come through for them before when he had needed to. "I don't always agree with him but there's a decent human being buried in him.

Jeff didn't look very convinced of that. "Then why did he approach Mark about trying to talk John and Randy into trying to get the charges against Hunter dropped?"

"He did WHAT?" Randy and Cody said incredulously.

"Jeff…" Mark said sharply but Jeff wasn't having any of it.

"He wants to get this all forgotten about. And he wants John and Randy here to go to the cops and try to get the charges against Hunter dropped."

Randy rolled his eyes. He wasn't surprised to hear that. Vince probably wanted all of this completely buried and he would do anything to make sure it happened. Apparently as bad as it was to have two of his top superstars laid up in the hospital, it was even worse to have another one carted off to jail. "Yeah well you know what? I can tell you what to tell Vince. You can tell him to kiss my ass. Hunter can rot for all I care."

Cody's lips twitched, trying to hide the smirk that was coming over his face. "Oh come on honey. Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel."

Randy couldn't help but smile softly. "Believe me, if I really got started, there would be no stopping me."

"I'm sure there wouldn't be," John said. He was looking to get off the subject now because it wasn't something he particularly cared to think about anymore. He definitely wasn't looking to go along with what Vince wanted but he would just tell him that to his face instead of saying shit behind his back. "Someone should go get us a pizza. I'm starving."

All eyes immediately went to Glenn. "What?" he said in disbelief. "Why do I have to do it?"

"Well, I am the leader of us," Mark pointed out. "And you're my whipping boy and they all know that. Ergo, you're all our whipping boy."

Glenn glared at him. "I'm NOT caring for your logic."

"Who cares?" Jeff smirked and went over to Glenn, pointing his finger at him and bouncing on his toes excitedly. "Get us our pizza bitch!"

Glenn swiped his hand at Jeff and Jeff screamed and ran back to Mark, who gave Glenn a dirty look. Glenn scowled and muttered a few choice words before going off to get that pizza, just like the whipping boy he was.

…

Just like Shawn had said, Hunter was arrested as soon as he was released from the hospital. They all watched it go on from the window and it wasn't long before Vince came to see John and Randy. They were both in John's room and Randy sat there in the wheelchair, with Cody by his side and John stayed in his hospital bed, with Shawn right by his side. "I don't know why you're expecting us to do anything," John said honestly before Vince could get very far in what he wanted to say. "I mean come on. He nearly KILLED us. He could have gotten someone else killed or injured them."

"And if he had, YOU probably would have gotten sued as well," Shawn pointed out. "They would have held YOU and the company responsible for his behavior."

"I'm aware of that," Vince said. "But-"

"No," Randy said, not even wanting to hear it. "He made his bed and he needs to lie in it, just like anyone else would have to do. Get him the best lawyer you can if you want to try to help him."

Vince looked far from pleased from that answer but they didn't care. He couldn't push them into it. None of them were happy with Hunter and hadn't been for quite awhile. He had fucked up on his own by drinking and driving and while none of them actually said it, they all had more selfish reasons for being glad that he was out of the way. It just helped to make life easier.

…

A couple days later both John and Randy were released from the hospital. Randy went home to St. Louis and Cody went with him to help "rehabilitate" him until he had to go back on the road. Shawn and John returned to Texas, ignoring Hunter's attempts to contact Shawn. Shawn genuinely did not have anything to say to Hunter at the moment. Maybe later he would talk to him but not at the moment. All he wanted right now was to get John as close to one hundred percent as possible before the wedding, which was now a week away. He had wanted to try to postpone it but John refused. They had put too much effort into planning it to let it be stopped now. "You sure about this?" Shawn asked yet again as he and John watched Cameron and Cheyenne run around the yard. "Because everyone would understand why we would wait."

John shook his head. "I think we've waited long enough already. Besides, the actual wedding is making me sick to my stomach-I just want it over with."

Shawn chuckled lightly and sealed his agreement with a kiss.