Amy walked down the empty hallway, her eyes scanning through the room numbers searching for the number she wanted. Suddenly, the redhead stopped in her tracks, a large smile forming on her face as she spotted the back of a lanky, blonde man.
"Adam!" The redhead called out running towards him. When she was behind him, the man turned around and swiftly his face and body changed to the one of Phil Brooks'.
"So what Amy? If I'll be an asshole then will you love me?" Phil asked menacingly. But something was different, his voice was louder, stronger, fiercer.
"Phil? What…how…"
Before Amy could finish her sentence the body of Phil transformed back into Adam but again it wasn't Adam, it was an angrier, more violent-looking Adam. She reached out to grab him, but he pulled back, glaring at her.
"Don't you understand? I don't care about you so why don't you do both of us a favour and just fuck off…" The menacing Adam spat, glowering at Amy.
"A-A-Adam…" Amy stuttered. Tears were welling up in her eyes and she was choking up on her words. Before anything else could be said the body changed again into the more horrendous, frightening body.
Amy began to scream, but it was no use, there was no air in her lungs and she was suffocating.
"Nice night for a walk…"
The form of Dave Batista smirked as he approached Amy, grabbing her shoulder.
"Amy! Amy! Wake up, Ames!"
Adam shook the redhead, trying to get her to wake up. A few minutes ago he had heard the redhead talking in her sleep but immediately after, she began gagging, crying and muttering his name in her sleep. Now she seemed to be shaking uncontrollably and Adam was afraid she might cause harm to herself in her sleep.
"Adam!" Amy screamed as she heard her voice. Suddenly, she pushed away Dave Batista and sat up, panting heavily and sweating. Her eyes darted around the room and when she realised that Batista was nowhere in sight, the redhead sighed and wiped the tears from her eyes. Her breathing slowed down but she was still shaking uncontrollably.
"Are you ok, Ames?" A voice said from the floor of the hotel room. Amy immediately looked in the direction of the voice and saw Adam rubbing the back of his head, sitting on the floor.
"Adam? Oh, Adam! I'm so sorry!" Amy said as she jumped off the bed and sat on the floor next to him. She looked at him hopelessly as he brought his hand back to his eyes, it was partially covered with blood.
"Ames, relax its ok, it's just a cut." Adam said. When Amy woke up, she pushed him off the bed and his head caught the edge of the bedside table. It didn't hurt too bad but Amy-in a mix of concern and guilt- grabbed a towel off the table and began dabbing at the cut.
When the blood eased down, she paused and looked at him as the events of the previous night rushed back to her.
"You…You saved me." Amy whispered, it seemed like a dream. Adam smirked modestly, his eyes averting from hers.
"Well…yeah, Ames. I couldn't let Batista put his hands on you. Hell, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to you." The Canadian murmured modestly as he looked at Amy, "Jeez Ames, you're shaking. Here, come here."
Disregarding the cut on the back of his head, Adam stood up and pulled the blanket off the bed, wrapping it around the red-haired Diva. As he began to pull away Amy swiftly grabbed his hand.
"Thank you…" Amy whispered, leaning closer to Adam who was doing the same. Slowly but passionately, their lips crashed together, the electricity sending shocks down Adam's spine.
As the kiss became more heated, Adam stood up along with Amy, never breaking the kiss. Fleetingly, Adam picked Amy up, her legs wrapping around his waist. As he laid her on the bed, the redhead broke the kiss and stared at the man who had so quickly and easily recaptured her heart.
"I love you, Adam Copeland." Amy whispered, the words sending a chill of euphoria through Adam who grinned, dipped his head and placed another kiss on the redhead's lips.
"I love you too, Amy Dumas." He whispered softly. There were countless explanations and problems ahead of them but they didn't matter. All that Amy could have ever explained to him couldn't have better summed it up than the five words she muttered before.
Suddenly, a loud thudding broke the former Rated R Couple's heated kiss and caused a wave of panic to spread through Amy. What if Vickie was at the door? How could she explain? What could she do?
Adam smiled at the alarmed expression on Amy's face.
"Relax. I know who it is."
Adam sat up with a slight twinge of annoyance in his eyes and paced to the door, pausing before opening it.
"Hey boss, you said you wanted to see us?"
Amy sat up from the bed and looked past Adam's tall figure and gaped at the sight of his two mentee's.
"Guys, come in. Lita, you haven't had the chance to meet these guys, this is Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins." Adam said confidently, as if he we're hosting a party and was introducing guests instead of enemies.
"Hi Lita, your so awesome! I mean, you pull off a better hurricuranna than some of the guys here." One of the former Major Brothers grinned, sounding like an avid fan. The other half of the Rated R Entourage smiled nervously and averted his gaze from Amy, who at that point was completely flabbergasted.
Amy had to pause and continue gaping at Hawkins at Ryder. In fear of coming off like a mentally challenged person, the redhead shut her mouth and shot a look of utter confusion towards Adam who chuckled at her response.
"This morning I called Curt and Zack to ask them what the hell was going on with Batista and Vickie. Curt here," Adam said, nodding his head toward the more confident almost-twin, "told me that he and Zach didn't know anything was going on."
Amy stared at Adam and shook her head. How could he believe the word of a member of one of the most disloyal families - or 'Familias' – in the entire WWE or possibly the world?
"But…Adam, how could yo-"
"I trust them." Adam stated firmly, cutting off Amy's sentence.
"We would never turn against Edge!" Zack burst confidently. Curt nodded assuring Zacks claim. Amy still had doubt's about their intentions but as soon as she spotted the look of complete seriousness on Adam's face in combination with the loyalty on both Ryder and Hawkins faces every time they were in his presence, she knew that they were telling the truth.
"I believe you." Amy said, keeping an eye on both the former Major Brothers faces, "What happened next?"
"Well, because we didn't know what was going on between Vickie and Batista we were curious. We wanted to know why the Edgemeister claimed this and why he was asking us." Curt continued, with Zack nodding along with his story.
"Not to mention why he sounded like he hadn't slept for days and an electric current was running through him." Zack added smiling kindly at Amy; he seemed to be getting more relaxed around her.
Adam chuckled, "So, of course, I told them everything. From beginning to end."
Amy gawked at him. He told Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder about their break-up, secret meeting, trouble with Phil and almost sexual assault by Batista?
"Yeah, but don't worry Lita, we were totally expecting it." Zack smiled encouragingly.
Curt copied the same smile, "Yeah, we always knew that you guys would get back together, we were just waiting. So when Edgy told us, we were ready to get back on the good side."
"Besides, you guys are too awesome to be apart! I mean, I'm embarrassed to say that the Rated R Couple is so much more awesome than La Familia…" Zack exclaimed, him and Curt both agreed that the Rated R Couple was Edge's best era.
"Don't be Zack, it's completely true." Adam laughed, Amy giggled. Everything seemed to be zooming by. Only a few hours ago she had broken up with her best friend, got kidnapped and almost raped by Dave Batista, got rescued by her ex-boyfriend and reunited with him and now she was making friends with two people who had tried to rebreak her neck only a few weeks ago.
When the laughter stopped, Zack stared into Amy's face making her feel uneasy when his joyous face transformed to one of anger. Adam noticed Zack and looked at him in confusion.
"Zack?" The Canadian asked.
"Did…Did he do that?" Zack stuttered, all traces of laughter gone from his face. Curt turned towards Amy and copied the same glare Zack had on his face.
Amy reached up, her hand came into contact with her eye and sent a jolt of pain through her face. A large shiner was surrounding one of her hazel eyes, as she pulled her hand down to answer Zack; she noticed red burn around her wrists. The ropes Dave Batista used to stop her from fighting back.
Adam followed Amy's eyes and spotted her wrists, clenching his fists at the memory of a struggling Amy. That image itself would haunt Adam for the rest of his life…
"Yes he did…" Adam spat through his gritted teeth, "And we're not gonna let him get away with it…"
CHAPTER 27
A/N: I know it's been a while since I updated (what like 3 weeks?) but I was on THE ROAD TRIP FROM HELL! Seriously, it was like a gift from Satan only more terrible. To cut the story short, we got an old car BOUND to break down (and it did, fortunately in the middle of nowhere) with no reception or sign of humanity anywhere. We spent a few days camping in the middle of nowhere then we walked what felt like half of Australia and found a petrol station in which we called out parents to get us the hell out of there and back to being lectured about doing stupid things…
Anyways, I digress…
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS. Yes Renee, I was thinking of Mickie James as well, it WILL most likely stay a Lita/Edge story, I WILL update sooner and DarkAngelElektra, congratulations on becoming a temporary Edgehead, I'm glad your cheering for the right guy, lol.
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