Chapter 26: No More Nightmares
Amanda's POV
"Randy, its' okay baby." I say into his ear as I cradle him close to my body. I look down at his face to see all the pain and anguish he's feeling as he goes through this new nightmare, which I suspect is the worse one by far. His arms around my waist tighten around me, almost painfully, pressing me against his shivering body, the sweat practically rolling off him as I continue to soothe him through the pain.
"Just relax Randy. I'm right here for you no matter what. You're not in this alone." I say to him as I wipe away the sweat that was falling down his cheek. "It's okay baby. I'm right here for ya."
"A . . . man . . . da?" he says my name in syllables, his ragged breathing tickling my skin through the fabric of my shirt.
"I'm right here Randy. Just follow the sound of my voice," I tell him as I stroke the back of his neck to reassure him. "It's going to be okay."
"Why . . . why her? Just leave her alone." he whispers, his voice absolutely pleading as he shakes his head.
"Leave who alone Randy?" I ask as I rub small circles across his back. "Are you talking about me? I'm right here babe! Just follow the sounds of my voice."
"Please stop killing her. . . Stop this torture . . . Leave her alone." His first sentence makes my blood run cold. So that was what he was dreaming about it. . .
He's dreaming about me dying.
"Randy, it's all a nightmare!" I say as I bring both of my hands to the side of his face. "You can't let Sergei get to you. It's all just a bad dream. You've got to remember that. You're the Viper. You can fight it Randy! Take back control. It's your mind after all! He doesn't have the power, you do!"
Randy's POV
'He doesn't have the power, you do!'
"What?" I whisper as I look up. Sergei was also looking around the room with his eyes, trying to figure out where the faint sounds came from. Amanda lay underneath him, her neck already cracked, bruises dotting her skin, already into another cycle of death.
"Now what could that annoying sound be?" he asks as he walks away toward the wall, wiping away the blood that smeared his chin.
'Randy . . . Can you hear me?'
". . . 'Manda?" I whisper as I look down at the ground, going wide eyed when I see that she's no longer there. Sergei lets out a feral yell when he sees this as well and instantly punches the wall, leaving a rather large indent on the steel surface.
'This is your mind . . . your dream . . . You shouldn't let Sergei take control of it . . . Fight it dammit!'
"Strong words from the Viper's bitch. Tch . . . like I'll let you do that . . ." mumbles the Romanian as he cracks his knuckles. "I'm going to make sure that not only you don't retake control of this messed up little mind of yours, you will never wake up from this nightmare . . . ever again."
"Oh really . . ." I say as I let my built up anger finally boil over, my voice as cold as ice as I let his words sink in.
"Really" he tells me bluntly as he walks over to me. "Her words fall on deaf ears in here. Your precious little Anaconda can't help you here.
"No . . . she can," I tell him as I look him in the eye. "She's right . . . My girlfriend is freaking right! . . . . This is my dream . . . my mind . . . and I'm not going to let you mess with it anymore."
His eyes widen and I quickly look down to see why. I no longer find myself chained down to the chair; I'm even no longer in that stupid orange jumpsuit. I'm finally free . . . and I can't help but let the sinister grin come across my face as I slowly stand up to my full height.
"No . . . THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" he yells out as he bangs his fist against the steel, yelling out in sheer pain as he clutches his hand. "WHAT THE HELL!"
"I can handle the fact you made me weak. . . I can handle the fact that you tortured me the last few nights with your nightmares . . . But when you decided to kill my girlfriend over and over again in front of me . . . then call her a bitch straight to my face . . . that's when you really crossed the line." I tell him as I slowly walk toward him, my eyes absolutely unwavering as I clench my fists together. "Now I'm going to repay the favor."
Amanda's POV
"He's stopped." I whisper to myself as I look down at the man in my arms. "He actually stopped shivering."
I look down at the Viper to see all the pain and anguish slowly leave his face. Taking me completely by surprise, I see that a smirk was starting to spread across his mug, the slight hint of his fangs shining in the faint moonlight that pools into the room.
"He . . . he must have taken back control." I whisper as I feel a smile spread across my face. "The nightmares must finally be over. . . Maybe now I can finally get some sleep."
At saying this, I feel a new wave of exhaustion come over me, making my eyelids heavy. I try at first to resist the call of sleep, but soon enough, I succumb to it, letting the peaceful darkness take over me.
Randy's POV
"Having fun?"
I look up at from Sergei's bruised and blood covered body to see the Anaconda standing by the doorway, dressed in an all-black version of Amanda's sleepwear, a smirk evident on her face as she looks on at the scene before her.
"You have no idea." I say with a sinister grin as I rip another punch across Sergei's cheek. He spits out another wad of blood as he continues to go in and out of consciousness, his clothes smeared with his blood as his black and blue body lies against the wall. "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to clean up this mess, but it appears you aren't finished here just yet." she tells me with a small sigh.
"Why do you show up now? You were nowhere to be found when I had those other nightmares." I say to her with a small scowl as I kick Sergei in the gut, making him spit out blood once again.
"I'm just a mere voice in your head Randal. I can only give you advice, if you accept it, and protect your mind from outside forces. The seed of nightmares Sergei planted into your brain was too powerful, which is annoying to admit, for me to break. This was going to be all you all the way. And tonight, you finally took charge." she tells me with a grin as she walks into the room.
"Yeah . . . thanks to 'Manda." I say with a small smirk as I look at my knuckles, scratched beyond recognition and covered in blood thanks to the earlier beat down.
"Indeed . . . I never thought that Amanda's voice could reach you this deep into your dreams. Apparently advising you while you slept really worked." she tells me as she crosses her arms. "NALA GET IN HERE!"
The green anaconda obeys her master, instantly sliding into the room and over to her leg, nuzzling it with her head like a house cat.
"Seriously, this snake acts more like a cat than an actual anaconda." she tells me with a sigh as she pets the snake's head. "Should I continue to wait, or are you finally finished with the Romanian here?"
"Nah . . . I'm good. I got all my anger out of my system." I tell her with a small sigh as I walk away from the body. "What are you going to do with him now?"
"Well . . . Amanda and I have a . . . 'special' way of eliminating nightmares once and for all. You did all the real dirty work . . . and now me and Nala here will do cleanup." she tells me as her eyes somehow grow a brighter red.
"How so?" I ask with an eyebrow raised, curious to what she had in mind.
"Have you ever seen an anaconda swallow a full grown man whole right before your very eyes?" she asks me suddenly as she turns to me with a grin.
"Nope . . . but I guess I'm going to see it happen now." I say with a sinister grin. Nala goes on ahead without orders, easily coiling herself around Sergei's body, her head hovering above Sergei's, watching him hungrily.
"Nala loves going for the head first. . . It's her favorite body part to eat." she tells me with a small sigh. "Oh . . . you got to love snakes."
"You can't do this to me." Sergei manages to mumble the words out of his bruised mouth. "I will kill the both of you."
"Yeah . . . yeah . . . tell it to someone who cares."" I say with a shrug as Nala's fangs came out to play. Enjoy life stuck inside a snake's belly."
Before Sergei could utter another word, Nala already had his head in her mouth, her fangs clamping down on his neck and ripping it clean off his body, letting his blood pool to the floor. I watch as Sergei's head travels into the snake's throat before sliding into the rest of its very large body.
"Oh Nala! Do you have to make such a big mess in here." whines the Anaconda as she shakes her head disapprovingly.
"Don't worry about it. It's my dream and I don't mind it." I say with a chuckle as I walk over to the door. "And when does the Anaconda ever whine, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Tell this little incident to Amanda and I will not hesitate to give you nightmares even worse than his." she tells me with a scowl as she points to the half devoured body, the torso already hallway into Nala's mouth. "And where are you going?"
"I'll leave you to handle the rest of this mess," I say with a smirk as I walk out the room. "Besides, I need to get some well-deserved rest."
Normal POV
Randy opened his eyes tiredly to see that the room was still dark, the moon glimmering through the window. He turned his head to the clock to see that it was only 3:30 in the morning and let out a low grunt in response.
"I still got a few more hours." he mumbled under his breath as he sniffed the air. He scrunched up his face at the smell and looked around to see where it was coming from.
"It's definitely in this room." he mumbled as he wrinkled his nose. He quickly sniffed Amanda and let out a sigh of relief. "Well . . . it's not really coming from her."
He let realization dawn on him, widening his eyes when he realized there was only one other possible suspect. He raised up his arm and sniffed his armpit, wrinkling his nose when he got a good whiff of his scent.
"Oh God . . . that is me!" he whispered to himself as he sat up in bed, careful not to disturb the sleeping psychic that lay right next to him. He looked down at himself, now noticing the pit stains on his gray shirt. "Outside of a match, this is the most I've ever sweated and damn, I stink! I gotta take a shower."
And with that, Randy quietly got out of bed, walked over to his suitcase to get some fresh clothes, and walked into the bathroom to take another shower. After a good fifteen minutes passed, Randy walked out the bathroom dressed in a pair of blue pajama bottoms and a wife beater, letting out a small yawn as he walked over to his side of the bed.
"You clean up nicely."
Randy stopped halfway into the bed when he heard the familiar voice and looked up to see Amanda staring at him with one eye barely open, staring right at him with a tired smirk spread across her face.
"I didn't really like the way that I smelled." Randy told her with a chuckle as he crawled under the sheets next to her. "Thought I freshen up a bit."
"I see," said Amanda with a small nod as she propped her head onto her arm. "I'm amazed you managed to sweat so much that you developed pit stains under your arms, but didn't make a wet stain on the bed."
"Wait . . . how did you know about the pit stains?" Randy asked her with an eyebrow raised.
"The Anaconda may have mentioned it while you were in the shower." she told him with a small chuckle as she turned onto her side. "Who knew you could sweat so much my dear vampire."
"Yeah . . . don't mention this to anyone okay?" he asked her as he let out a small groan.
"Your secret is safe with me." said Amanda as she nodded her head. Randy let a small smirk of gratitude show on his face as he pulled his mate into his arms, kissing the top of her head as she rested against his chest. "So . . . I heard it was pretty traumatic."
"It was." Randy told her bluntly as he let out a low sigh. "I guess the Anaconda told you about it didn't she?"
"That, plus you were mumbling in your sleep. I was able to put two and two together when you said 'Please stop killing her!'" she told him with a small shrug as she looked up at him.
"Oh . . ." was all Randy said as he let her words sink.
"Are you really okay?" Amanda asked him to break the tense that was suddenly overwhelming them. "You know . . . mentally?"
"Do you know how many times I've been asked that ever since my Legend Killer days?' Randy responded with a small, but sad, smirk as he locked eyes with her. "To tell you the truth, I'm never really going to get over it. The nightmare I just had . . . it's going to stay with me for the rest of my life."
Amanda stayed silent as she let Randy's words sink in. When the Anaconda told her about Randy's dream, she couldn't believe all the details she was hearing. But now? The realization really hit her liker a ton of bricks.
"Amanda . . . what are you thinking?" Randy asked her as he realized that Amanda was silent for far too long.
"I'm thinking . . . well, I just can't imagine what you had to go through. And it was all because of my power." she whispered to him as she looked away.
"Don't say that!" Randy said with a hint of anger in his voice, taking the psychic by surprise. "Okay . . . so it was your power that caused me the nightmares, but it wasn't you that put them in my head. Sergei is and always will be a dick for taking your powers and using it for his evil purposes. You shouldn't be blaming yourself for what happened."
"Easy for you to say." mumbled Amanda with a sigh as she looked up at him. 'It's times like these I wonder . . . if I was better off without my psychic powers."
"Better off without your psychic powers?" Randy asked in slight shock as his eyes slightly widen to match. "Now why the hell would you think of such a thing?"
"Psychic abilities are one of the most powerful, and one of the most dangerous, kinds of powers in the world. One false move on a psychic's part and their victim can have severe brain damage, permanent amnesia, and even death. It's just a risky thing to deal with I guess." explained the psychic as she thought about it.
"It's a risky thing that you've dealt with all of your life . . . and yes . . . you have had your moments in the pass, but you managed to bounce back from them. You've been able to grow from them. You shouldn't be regretting something that is a part of you." Randy whispered to her as he held her closely to his chest. "You should be embracing it."
"I see. I guess you're right," mumbled Amanda as she looked over at the window. "What was I thinking?"
"You were just going through a little; lack of self-confidence, but thanks to Dr. Orton, you're all better now." said Randy with a grin, his fangs showing from within his mouth.
"Dr. Orton, vampire therapist. That sounds like a great idea for a TV show." said Amanda with a chuckle as she cuddles up to Randy's chest.
"Hmm . . . maybe it can be a supernatural version of 'ER'?" suggests the Viper as he kissed the top of his Amanda's forehead.
"Oh . . . so you want to give George Clooney a run for his money huh?" asked Amanda as she looked up at him.
"Hell yes I fucking can give him a run for his money!" Randy exclaimed with a grin. "I'm better looking than all those guys on 'ER' combined!"
"Oh really?" asked the psychic as she raised she raised an eyebrow.
"What . . . you don't think so?" Randy asked her in feigned shock as he looked down at her.
"I never said that." said Amanda with a sly smirk as she looked him in the eye.
"Well then, let me ask you this. Do you think I'm hotter than those doctors on TV?" he asked as he moved his head towards her.
"Well . . . I am a sucker for tattoo sleeves." said Amanda as she began to close the short distance between their heads.
"That's all the answer I needed to hear." said Randy with a small chuckle as he claimed Amanda's lips with his own. Their lips touched for a soft kiss and neither broke apart till a few seconds passed by.
"Good night 'Manda." Randy said with a grin as he bought his head back to his pillow.
"Technically . . . it's good morning, but I'll let it slide." said 'Manda as she rested her head against Randy's chest.
"Always so nitpicky aren't you?" asked the Viper as he closed his eyes and let out a sigh.
"Only the best for you Randy." answered Amanda with a grin. "Only the best for you."
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"Adam, how long is it going to take you to fry up them burgers huh?"
"Oh pipe down Lita!" called the Rated R superstar as he looked over the grill. "Just be satisfied that the hot dogs are already cooked. I'll be finished with the burgers in a few more minutes, so just hold on okay?"
"Fine . . . but if my stomach growls before those burgers are ready, I'm so kicking your ass!" called Lita as she walked over to the pool with a scowl on her face.
"Wow . . . someone's hungry," mumbled Amanda as she swam over to the edge of the pool. "And didn't you just have like three hot dogs back to back just now?"
"You shouldn't be asking that question 'Manda." said Randy as he swam over to her side. "Werewolves are known for their big appetites. For example, look at Wade. I think he's on his sixth hot dog right now."
"Ha, ha, very funny Orton!" called Wade from his seat by the pool. "And for your information, this is actually my fifth hot dog!"
"Dude, calm down your eating habits!" called Ted as he walked out the house with a plate of ribs in hand. "Or else you won't have any space in your stomach for the burgers . . . or these ribs."
"I stake claim to any three of them!" called Lita as she sat down on a nearby chair. "Those ribs will be mine!"
"I'm starting to think having a barbecue with werewolves isn't such a good idea." mumbled Monica as she and Alicia walked out the house with beers in hand. "You guys are some serious eaters . . . and who the hell put Adam in charge of cooking the food in the first place?"
"Don't undermine my cooking skills!" exclaimed the werewolf as he looked up from the grill. "Besides, I volunteered for this gig!"
"And how many pieces of meat have you actually eaten off the grill dude!" called Cody after he finished running a few laps around the house.
"I may be a werewolf, but I know how to behave myself around food. Unlike some people I know." said Adam as he turned to his fellow werewolves.
"HEARD THAT!" exclaimed Lita and Wade as they turned to the blonde.
'You were both supposed to." answered a sarcastic Edge as he waved his spatula around. "Now stop distracting me! I have burgers to cook! Ted, bring over the ribs!"
"Yes sir!" called Ted as he did a military salute, walking over to Adam with the ribs as he did.
"Besides a few bumps in the road, this has been a pretty swell vacation." said Sheamus as he held a sleeping Layla on his lap.
"You said it!" called Kaitlyn as she and Kelly Kelly played a round of Go Fish on some nearby lawn chairs.
"Hey . . . anyone seen Kofi?" asked Amanda as she looked around the group.
"GERONIMO!"
Everyone looked up to see Kofi leaping off the roof, the pool his intended target. Acting on instinct, Randy quickly got out the pool, but Amanda wasn't so lucky. She couldn't get out in time, and felt the brunt of the impact as Kofi cannonballed into the pool, becoming drenched from head to toe.
"Epic cannonball Kofi!" called Ted as Adam and Cody nodded their approval.
"DUDE!" cried Lita as she looked at her soaked self. "YOU GOT MY HOT DOG WET!"
"Make yourself another one!" said Kofi with a grin as he flicked his dreadlocks over his head.
"Randy, you jumped out the pool before Kofi could make impact." said Monica with a grin as she walked over to him. "And left Amanda to get the brunt of the blow."
"I know . . . I'm terrible." said Randy with a small grin as he turned to the pool. He looked down to see that the only part of the psychic that was visible was the top half of her head, which was staring at him through her wet hair with disapproving eyes. "Sorry 'Manda. Every man for themselves."
"If you say so." said the psychic as she moved up so that her whole head was visible. "By the way, have you ever been pushed into a pool?"
Before Randy could answer her question, he was shoved from behind, dropping into the pool next to 'Manda. His head bobbed out from the water and looked up to see Ted and Cody standing there snickering to themselves.
"You guys are so dead next time we get into the ring." mumbled the Viper as she looked at his two former stable mates.
"We know, but I definitely know for a fact that it's going to be Cody who feels your wrath first." said Ted as he pointed to the son of Dusty Rhodes.
"WHAT? Why me?" asked Cody as he gestured to himself.
"You have more matches against Randy than I do." said Ted as he shrugged. "You being in the ring with Randy is going to happen a lot sooner than me being in the ring with him."
"Oh great . . . I get the snake bite first." said Cody with a sarcastic edge to his voice.
"Don't worry. I'm an equal opportunist. You both will get an equal beatdown from me." said Randy with a small grin.
"Me and my big fat mouth." said Ted with a defeated sigh as he walked over to the grill.
"You may be an equal opportunist Randy, but I am the Ultimate Opportunist and I will so eat up all this food if you all don't get over here to claim it!" yelled Adam as he gestured to the cooked meat he had put on a nearby table.
"RIBS!" yelled Lita as she ran over to the table.
"That girl is way too excited for ribs." mumbled Amanda as she got out of the pool.
"You said it," said Cody as he crossed his arms. "She's like Sheamus when it comes to his favorite beer."
"Did someone say beer?"
All of a sudden, Cody was shoved into the pool by Sheamus, who was wearing a giddy grin on his face as he ran over to the grill.
"You're dead Sheamus!" Cody exclaimed as he swam over to the pool's edge, locking eyes with the back of the Celtic Warrior's head.
"You got to love sneak attacks." muttered Amanda as she got out of the pool with Ted's help.
"You said it," said Randy with a grin as he leapt out the water. "Couldn't agree with you more."
Please review! And note, next chapter will probably be the last one of this story, but don't fear my dear readers, there is going to be a third, I repeat, a third story. I've decided to make these stories into a series, so the first chapter of the third story should come out after I've posted the last chapter. Who knows how long the series is going to be, but I like to show progression, so it's probably going to be pretty long. Look out for that and thanks for reading.