Chapter 2- Stars in His Eyes

The room was dark. It was cold, damp and cramped. Two WWE superstars had been locked in the room with no possible way out.

"I don't believe this Cody how stupid can you be." Shouted John Cena leader of the Cenation.

"I'm sorry John I was going to pick up your keys for you I was trying to help." Quietly moaned Cody Rhodes as he found a light and turned it on.

"Yeah you were a real help Cody. You know this exactly what I wanted to happen today." Sarcastically replied John

Cody started to stutter "I just…."

"Save your crap Cody. I'm just going to ring someone to get us out of here." Snapped John.

John took his phone out of his pocket. He walked around trying to see if he could get any signal. "Damn it. I have this top of the range phone and I can't get any signal." John shouted as he stomped around the small depository.

"I might have some signal." Said Cody as his head perked up.

John glared at Cody and said "Well why don't you have a look then Cody."

Cody got his phone from his jacket. "Ooh I have one bar." John continued to stare a hole through Cody as he dialled the numbers.

"Hey Ted… WAZZZZUUPPPP" said Cody as his friend the fortunate son Ted DiBiase Jr answered.

"Look Ted I have a bit off a….." Cody moved his phone away from his ear. He shook it a little bit and said "Bit of a problem Johnny boy my phone has died."

In one quick movement John pushed over the table that was in the middle of the room. John's facial expression had turned to anger. His cheeks had turned a bright red. A small amount of sweat glistened on his fore head.

He grabbed Cody and pushed him up against the case of safes. He pulled hold of Cody's shirt and said "So you're telling me that I am stuck here until tomorrow morning."

Cody didn't reply but nodded his head in agreement. John let go of Cody. He punched the door letting out some more of his frustrations.

John put his arm on to the door. He leaned his head onto his arm so his eyes were completely blacked out. John could feel the temperature of his skin rising. He had blacked out the room and everything around him. In his mind he could see one group of stars in his black mind. There was one star in the middle of four stars. The stars on the outside were bright and lit up the sky. As for the star in the middle it was dimming it was shining but dimming at the same time.

His eyes lit up again as Cody lightly tapped him on the shoulder. "Are you ok John?"

"Does it look like I'm ok?" Snapped back John

Cody's eyes rolled and looked to the floor. He slowly shuffled away from John and picked up the table. John continued to lean on the door. He watched Cody go sit down on the floor in the other corner of the room.

John moved away from the door and walked over to Cody. He stood over him and coughed. Cody looked up at the large intimidating John Cena stood over him. Cody turned his head away and held his arms across his eyes.

John smiled and said "You look like a child that has been sent to the naughty corner."

Cody moved his arms saying "Your scary when your angry." and quickly moved them back.

John held his arm out to Cody and said "Get up you fool."

John helped Cody to his feet. "Its ok we will only be in here for twelve hours or so. Maybe you can teach me some of those Dashing tips of yours."

Cody snapped back "I'm not dashing anymore Mystirio rearranged my face." Cody started to look upset and looked down to the floor again.

John started to laugh. "Oh come Cody you're still dashing. Every time you walk into a room all the women give you the once over."

Cody lifted his head up and enthusiastically replied "Really?"

John laughed replying "Yeah of course they do. They look once and it's over."

Cody turned his head in disgust and said "Oh thank you very much John."

John was still laughing "I'm sorry Cody I couldn't resist."

Cody and John both sat on the floor. John took his cap off and started to scratch the back of his head. He looked over at Cody and said "Lets play I spy."

Cody replied "Oh that sounds fun. Ok me first. I spy with my little eye something beginning with F."

John looked around trying to think what it could be. After a while he said "I don't know what it is?"

Cody laughed and replied "Fruity pebble."

John stood up really quickly "That's not funny Cody."

Cody was laughing but the expression on Johns face had changed. Cody was already in the dog house he didn't want to make things worse.

"Sorry John bad joke." Said Cody.

John slowly sat back down on the floor. He cupped his hands together. As his hands joined together he pointed the two thumbs out and pressed them both to his lips. His eyes closed again drifting John off into his mind.

There were now hundreds of stars. They were all still circled around the one star in the middle. All of a sudden another star came in next to the middle star. Every other star started to move and circle around the second star. The first star was lighting up the sky but the other stars were drawn like a magnetic field to this other star.

John quickly opened his eyes. "I'm sorry again Cody. I'm just a little bit snappy today."

Cody quietly answered "Its ok John that is understandable. Im sorry for using the Rock Joke. I know that's a sore point at the moment."

John let out a huge sigh. He knew he was getting into a conversation that he didn't want.

"I respect the rock. He is one of the greatest of all time. What annoys me is he comes to four or five shows and he expects to be the centre of attention. Like everything crumbled and went to pieces when he left. How disrespectful is that to the likes of Randy, Shaun, Hunter, Adam, and Chris, everyone who actually has been here over the last seven years."

As Cody Listened to John he could see that what John was saying had come from the heart.

Cody replied "I know but that is the thing because he was around in the attitude era that is what people consider is the golden age of WWE and once that era ended we started to go down hill. What would people be like if my Dad said that about his era?"

John replied "Rock is great but don't have much time for the guy to be honest."

Cody answered "Think we will leave that point."

John replied "Yeah think that is a good idea."

Cody looked around a little confused "What were you coming here to get from the safe then?"

John quickly answered "Oh nothing it doesn't matter."

Cody quickly replied "Well we have a lot of time to kill so you may as well take a look."

John thought for a second and then reluctantly said "Ok fine."

John went to his coat pocket and took out his keys. He checked the number that was on a small piece of paper in his wallet. 23477.

He slowly walked over to the cabinet of safes in the far corner. John took the first key which unlocked the outside door. As John pulled out a safe the size of a large shoe box he coughed with the amount of dust that came from the top of the safe.

"How long has that been in there John? There's more dust on that than on Randys no baby oil lent box." Coughed Cody.

"That has been in here since I was twenty years old." Answered John.

John took the second key as he began to open the box he turned his back to Cody so he couldn't see as he lifted the lid.

John looked in the box as he placed the lid on the table. He smiled as he spotted a bottle of Jack Daniels. "At least we won't die of thirst."

John handed the bottle of whisky to Cody. He continued to look into the box.

Cody took a swig out of the bottle. "Wow it still tastes good after all these years."

"Yeah its one of those things that lasts that well." Replied John

John put the lid half on the box. "Let me have some of that."

Cody handed the bottle to John. John took a couple of swigs "I needed that."

All of a sudden Cody shouted "WHAT THE HELL."

John quickly turned around. "Cody put that down."

"John why do you have a gun in your secret safe." snapped Cody. Cody shacked as he held the gun in his hand. Cody was scared. The fear consumed him. The questions flew into his head. Why would John have a gun? What is it doing here? Why was he coming to where it is?"

John slowly approached Cody. John could see Cody's hands shaking. John took the gun away from Cody slowly and gently. "It was just something I had a long time ago Cody. I forgot it was even in there."

As John took the gun away Cody stepped back. "Why was it in there in the first place John?"

John looked straight at Cody. He could see how terrified Cody was. He would have to tell one of his deepest darkest secrets.

John said "I'm going to tell you something and it mustn't leave this room."

Cody snapped back "You have a gun. If you told me to sing the Barney song I would."

John nodded his head. "Just give me a second Cody this is quite hard."

John held his hands over his eyes as he composed him self. As the light disappeared the stars appeared again.

John saw the middle star again. It was dim. It was barley lit. The other stars were bright. The other stars were around the middle star. They clustered up around the middle star so it disappeared.

John opened his eyes. He looked to see if Cody was any calmer but he wasn't.

"Cody I was bullied as a kid." John said very quietly.

Cody replied "There is no way. You would crush them with one hand."

John gulped and replied "Its not funny Cody. I was bullied and I was bullied badly. They used to follow me home. They used to stick my head in the toilet every day. They used to put dog crap in my bag. They cornered me in the workshop and made me shout that I was in love with our homosexual woodwork teacher. I suffered 343 black eyes, 176 grazed knees, had to replace 65 pairs of shoes, 140 backpacks. I was forced to walk home in my underwear 45 times. I had 80 detentions for homework that I had done but had got trashed."

Cody watched as John spoke. Cody noticed the smallest of tears in John's eye. With every number with everything he mentioned Johns face creased up. Cody could see just how much it was hurting John talking about it.

Cody spoke "John you don't have to this."

"Yes I do Cody. You want to know why I had the gun I was going to kill them and then kill myself." Snapped John

Cody gasped as John said those bone shuddering words. John fell to his knees with his face on the table. Tears started to drip from Johns eyes.

Cody was shell-shocked. He slowly walked over and gently put his hand on Johns shoulder. All of a sudden John jumped back up.

Cody took a step back. John was shaking. He had the gun in his hand. Cody shouted "John please put the gun down."

"No Cody you wanted to know well here it is. John pointed the gun at Cody's head as Cody tripped over and crawled back towards the corner. John stalked Cody and began to talk.

"I had found this gun in the river after they had pushed me in there. I took it home and cleaned it up. It worked there was six bullets. I walked into the words and shot one into a tree. There was five left for each one of them and one for me….." The more John spoke the more he shacked. The tears streamed down his face and the sweat dripped off his brow.

"I went to there normal spot. I hid in the shadows. Hid in the hedges. They walked past I had a perfect shot of each and everyone of them. The rain was lashing down. The wind was blowing. I had to keep wiping the rain from my eye. I pointed the gun out of the hedge. My hand was shaking and damp. As my finger pulled back the trigger it was if an electrical bolt had gone through my heart. I let go before it fired. I couldn't do it I felt like a coward I felt like a scared little child. I ran and ran tripped up on what seemed like a hundred curbs. As I arrived home the was the words your going to eat shit Felix, spray painted on my window. I ignored it and ran to the back garden. I had this tree house I ran to it. I had set up a loose to hang myself from. I couldn't take it anymore. I put the gun in my safe and attached the loose to my neck. I looked out at the garden looked at my house. Could see my brothers chilling in their room, my parents were watching TV. It didn't matter whether I was there or not. I walked to the edge of the tree house and looked one final time. I was about to jump when…"

As John had been talking he had been falling. He was on his knees. His clothes were damp with sweat. His eyes had gone a purpled colour with the amount of tears in his eyes. John was a mess Cody had sat down on the floor with his arm around John.

Cody said "John this is too hard for you. You have to stop."

John took a couple of short breaths. He closed his eyes again. The stars appeared in his eyes again but this time there were only two. He watched as the dimmed star was losing light. Then this blinding bright white star appeared by the dimmed star. Almost immediately the middle star began to brighten. Both stars were bright but then the second star began to lose its brightness.

John opened his eyes. He ignored Cody and carried on "Then I heard this voice. It was soft. It was sweet. I had never heard it before." Johns eyes started to dry up a little. He shuffled back to lean up against the wall.

"The voice was behind me which was strange because that was the tree house."

She said "Please don't do that John."

"I didn't want to turn around. I didn't know who it was. I asked who you are."

"My name is Elizabeth." She replied

"I was confused I didn't know who this girl was."

"What are you doing? Leave me alone."

She was stubborn "No im not going to leave you alone. Because if you jump then I have to try and pull you back up and im not that strong."

John started to smile as he spoke about his wife Liz Cena. The more he spoke about her the more he sat upright.

Cody was listening intently. He didn't not know that John had wounds this deep. He did not know that Johns mind and memories were this complex.

John continued "I was stubborn and snapped back…"

"The don't bother. Just leave me alone."

She walked out to the edge of the tree house.

She asked "and why would I do that?"

"Because you don't know me and I don't know you and it wouldn't make a shred of difference either way whether I jumped or not."

"All of a sudden I was startled. She took my left hand. She rubbed her thumb up and down my finger. I felt electricity. I felt desire. I felt a fire a flame re ignite inside the pit of my stomach as our hands touched for the first time. I looked to my right and she was stood there holding my hand looking back at me. She smiled at me with her pearly white teeth and said

"If you jumped it would make a difference."

"I had no intention of jumping now but remained stubborn and said…"

"Why would it make a difference?"

She replied "Because then I would have anyone to take me out for coffee tomorrow."

Cody watched as Johns hands were fidgeting. John's tears had stopped falling down his face. He could see that the story he was being told meant a lot to John.

John continued to talk "I was amazed. This mystery woman. This beautiful stranger had came out of nowhere and saved my life. Her hand continued to stroke the hand she was holding with her other hand she took the rope from around my neck. The rope dropped down behind me.

"She still had a hold on my hand saying"

"You're a whole lot more handsome without a rope around your neck."

"She took a hold of both my hands. She was a little shorter than I was. She tiptoed on her feet and kissed me very softly but only shortly. She leaned back down and I said….

"Thank you."

"She asked "What for?"

"I quickly replied "For saving my life."

"She didn't say a word. She just removed her hands from mine and moved them up to my face. Her thumbs caressed my cheek bones. She moved her face towards mine and whispered "I couldn't let you die."

As she whispered her lips approached mine. I took a short breath as I moved into kiss her. Our lips touched as the rain stopped falling. The kiss wasn't passionate or erotic it was tender and soft. As we kissed the clouds in the night sky disappeared. The full moon appeared behind the tree house making it seem like we were kissing on the front of the moon. It was magical Cody. How could something so magical turn into such mayhem?

End of Chapter 2.

Ok it was supposed to be 1 chapter then 2 then I started writing this chapter and hit the 3000 mark which I don't really like going over so I ended it there. There will be a chapter 3 but that should be the last one. (The funny thing is I was preaching to Kelly about not adding on extra chapters Lol.) Sorry Lady

My message for the day. Bullying is horrible. It's wrong and shouldn't happen. I as so many have been were bullied as a child still am a little bit today. Having a joke and a mess around is one thing but when somebody is mentally or physically damaged then there is something wrong.

Anyway hope people Like Chapter 2. I know my loyal John Cena fan readers may not like how I had Liz in the story but she may end up looking like the bad one somewhere Lol. I may have chapter 3 up tomorrow depends what I am doing Lol.

Bye

P.s Well done to Azerbaijan in the Eurovision song contest.