Chapter 16: Hospitals, Bloodshed, and Baseball Bats
Randy Orton kept his ear close to the grapevine waiting to hear of Kelly being attacked by Ashley but after about a month nothing had happened. Dean seemed to be sick every other week now and Randy was always worried. It was a week after Phinnigan's huge 1st birthday extravaganza. Dean had come down with a really high fever and had to rushed to the hospital. The doctors told Randy that they would need to remove Dean's tonsils immediately and that would be the only way to stop him from being so sick all the time.
"Hello" a very groggy Ashley picked up the phone.
"Ash, it's me Dean is in the hospital and they need to take his tonsils out and I'm freaking out right now ... my little boy has never had an operation before and now he's just so sick ... I need you" Randy was near tears by now.
"Where are you?" Ashley asked fully awake by now. She was currently staying with Shane at his home in New York City. She carefully removed his arm from around her waist and went into the other room as not to disturb him.
"I'm in Long Island" he replied.
"Good I'm staying at Shane's place in the city so I'll wake him up and we'll meet you at the hospital as soon as we can" Ashley told him.
"Ok" he said running a hand over his tired face.
"Randy everything is going to be ok" she reminded him.
"Baby what's the matter?" Shane asked when Ashley returned to the bedroom "I felt you get out of bed and I got worried is everything ok?"
"Dean is really sick we need to get to Long Island right now" Ashley informed him grabbing some clothes to put on.
Shane sighed as he got up and pulled a pair of gray sweatpants over his bare legs. He knew Ashley was worried and he also knew that Randy must be a wreak, he knew he would be if it were either of his boys. But the selfish side of him couldn't help but want to get back into bed and snuggle up with his significant other again.
"Well Raw is in Long Island tomorrow and that's about 90 minutes from here with no traffic" Shane said.
"Let's make a quick check on the boy and we'll let your nanny know where we are going and then we'll leave" Ashley said.
They both went and checked on all 3 boys who were all sleeping peacefully then Ashley went to wake up Shane's live-in nanny Leticia to let her know they had to leave. Shane had the car all started and warmed up when she got in. Although it was summer in New York it was rainy that early morning making them temperature only in the mid 40's.
"I appreciate you coming with me" she said to Shane after about 15 minutes of driving.
"I wasn't about to let you drive to Long Island by yourself at this hour" he replied "besides I care about Randy and Dean too"
"You are amazing Shane McMahon ... just amazing"
Shane smiled at her and brought her hand to his lips.
"I love you" Shane said for the very first time. Ashley smiled at him and replied that she loved him too. So it was official she was finally over John and she couldn't be happier about it.
They spent the rest of the ride just chatting about different things that they had going on in their lives. Shane didn't even have a chance to park the car before Ashley jumped out and sprinted into the hospital. Randy was pacing in the waiting room when Ashley found him.
"Rans" he looked up and she immediately went to hug him.
"Thank the lord you made it I was going crazy" he said so relieved his best friend was here during the scariest night of his life.
"Dean is going to be ok Randy ... a tonsillectomy is a pretty common procedure nowadays" Ashley told him.
"I know that but my little boy is having a piece of his body removed and it scares me" Randy admitted "I keep thinking of everything that could go wrong"
Ashley patted Randy's back and gave him another hug.
"The mark of a true parent" she said proudly. He had grown so much in such a short time, both Randy and Dean were very lucky to have each other.
"Sorry it took me so long I got a phone call from my dad" Shane said joining them in the waiting room.
"Thanks for coming man" Randy said shaking Shane's hand.
"What are friends for right" Shane offered Randy a smile.
They all sat down to wait, as Ashley sat in the uncomfortable plastic hospital chair she couldn't help but think that Kelly was somewhere in that town. Ashley grinned at the thoughts of what she wanted to do to Kelly, to send a message to her. The urges were finally to hard to resist after about an hour.
"Rans, do you have your own car here or are you using a rental?" Ashley asked.
"I have my car ... why?"
"Do you still have Dean's baseball equipment in your trunk?" Ashley asked trying not to sound too interested. She pretended to pick at her perfectly manicured nails while she waited for him to reply.
"Yeah" Randy replied unsurely. He didn't like where this conversation was going already.
"Give me your keys I have an errand to run" Ashley commanded holding out her hand.
"Why not use Shane's car?" Randy asked in no hurry to give up his keys.
"Do you trust me?" Ashley asked still holding her hand out.
"Yes" Randy said.
"Then have a little faith in me and give me your keys" She ordered "I'll be back before Dean wakes up I promise"
He reluctantly handed his keys to his best friend and watched her as she left the waiting room. He walked over to the window looking over the parking lot and watched as she climbed into his H2 and drove away.
"Please don't do anything stupid" he whispered.
"Where's Ashley?" Shane asked walking back into the room with coffee.
"She had something to do she'll be back soon" Randy told him.
"Oh Lord this can't be good" Shane said.
"Knowing her you are probably right" Randy agreed taking a coffee from Shane's hand.
She wasn't sure what she was going to do when she and Kelly were in the same place but she knew she wanted to hurt Kelly. The rage was had now risen inside of her and she swore it was threatening to scorch her throat. She wanted to vomit but she forced the sickness back so could keep her head clear long enough to do what she had to do. Her hands were shaking and the anger she felt inside of her scared her. She pulled out her cell phone and gave Stephanie a call. It was almost 1:30 in the morning and she doubted that her best friend or her husband would be asleep yet.
"Yes ... how may I help you" was the greeting Ashley got from Stephanie.
"What hotel are you in ... cause I'm here in town with Shane and I wanted to stop by after I took care of some business"
Stephanie was worried by the tone of Ashley's voice. But she chose not to bring it up.
"The whole company is in The Hilton on the corner of Grant Ave and Main" Stephanie answered.
"Ok well I'm down the street I'll see you soon" Ashley said hanging up the phone.
Ashley parked in the parking lot and grabbed Dean's metal bat from the trunk. She took a few practice swings before heading into the hotel. A woman in her mid 40's was sitting behind the desk. Ashley gave her a smile as she walked up to the desk.
"May I help you?" the woman asked eying the bat and then the young woman before her.
"I need Kelly Martin's room please ... she works for the WWE" Ashley responded.
"Why do you want Ms. Martin's room number?" the woman asked.
"Chill I'm not some fan ok I work with her I'm a script writer for the company and I need some last minute input on Ms. Martin's new character change before we start the new storyline tomorrow" Ashley said throwing her WWE ID at the woman.
"Room 526" the woman replied coldly.
"Thank you and have a good night" Ashley grabbed her ID and walked over to the elevators.
As the elevator slowly climbed the 5 floors Ashley's mind was going insane inside her skull. All these ideas were screaming at her and the more she tried to rid herself of the ideas the louder they seemed to become.
3 more floors ... two more floors ... one more floor ... ding. The elevator doors opened and out she stepped. Ashley couldn't help but think of all the horror movies she had watched over the years. She could have sworn that the hall lights flickered.
"You don't have to do this" her conscience screamed at her. But she ignored it as she ventured further down the hallway. She didn't even stop to think what if John was in the room with Kelly, her need for revenge blinded her. A giddy feeling overcame her as she neared Kelly's room. With sweat drowned palms she knocked on the door and waited patiently for Kelly to answer. Her wait wasn't anymore than 2 or 3 minutes. Kelly opened the door and the smile she had warn vanished and all the blood drained from her face. Ashley juggled the bat from one hand to the other and grinned sadistically at Kelly. As the blonde backed away from the door Ashley entered the room.
"P...please don't hurt me" Kelly begged.
"What makes you think I'm going to hurt you?" Ashley asked in a sickly sweet tone. Then she looked at her right hand which now wielded the metal bat.
"Kelly ... Kelly ... Kelly, I'm not going to hit you with this bat" Kelly exhaled in relief after hearing this.
She barely had time to blink before Ashley 's fist connected with her face. The punch sent her reeling to the ground. She slowly tried to crawl away from Ashley which pissed her off even more. With a few quick strides Ashley had caught up with her and she brought the bat down hard on Kelly's left hand. Both women could hear all the bones shattering. Kelly howled in pain and Ashley could see tears leaving her hazel eyes.
"I never said I wasn't going to hit you ... I just said I wasn't going to hit you with the bat and I didn't did I" Ashley taunted Kelly
"Now if you didn't try to run away from me then your hand would still be in working order" Ashley said.
"What do you want?" Kelly asked fearfully.
"What you don't want to be friends anymore Kelly ... I mean seriously I just want to hear something from you"
"I don't owe you anything" Kelly spat.
Ashley brought the bat above her head and brought it crashing down upon Kelly's other hand. Kelly didn't bother to hide her pain, she cried openly now.
"Fine I lied to John about being pregnant to get you out of the picture ... are you happy now" Kelly hissed in pain.
"I'm sorry what was that ... can you speak a little louder?" Ashley asked taking a tape recorder out of the back pocket of her jeans.
"I lied to John about being pregnant to get you and your brat out of the way so I could finally have John all to myself once and for all" Kelly yelled.
Ashley turned the tape recorder off and stuck it back in her pocket. She took one last pitied look at Kelly before getting ready to leave.
"I hope this makes you think twice about doing something like this again Kel, because believe me there are some people out there who wouldn't be as nice about what went down as me" she smiled at her before turning to leave.
But at the last second she turned back around and brought the bat speeding towards Kelly's head. In a desperate attempt Kelly tried her best to bring her flailing arms up to her head in an attempt to save her head. Ashley brought the bat down so that it was about a half an inch away from her temple. Then she started to laugh.
"I wasn't going to really hit you stupid ... but it makes you think that one hard hit to the temple and you wouldn't be alive anymore ... kinda scary to think about huh?"
"Well goodbye hun" Ashley said "kisses and all that other bullshit you and your plastic friends like to say before you leave each other's presence"
"You are an evil bitch" Kelly spat venomously.
Ashley leaned down so that she was level with Kelly. Grey orbs met hazel ones in a one on one confrontation. "You have no idea".
With that she left but the moment she stepped closed the door behind her the adrenalin wore off and she really felt the need to vomit. She found the nearest trash receptical and emptied the contents of her stomach. After she made sure that there was nothing left in her stomach she got back carefully made her way back to Randy's car and drove. She stopped by Walgreens to pick some stuff up for Dean and for Randy. The cool night air nipped at her face but it made her feel a little better. Her hands were still shaking and although she was trying her best to remain calm she was loosing her cool and fast. She made it back to the hospital and back to the waiting room. Shane and Randy stood up when they saw her. She was shaking terribly by now and both men knew just by looking at her she was just seconds away from breaking down completely. Randy ushered her into one of the seats and took the seat next to her. Shane sat down on the other side of her. Both men eager to hear what she had done.
"Let me just ask you this is Kelly still alive?" Randy asked.
Ashley shot him a glare "Yes jerk she is"
"I don't understand Ash why did you feel you needed to attack her?" Shane asked.
"It's not for the reason you think Shane believe me this has nothing to do with John I swear" Ashley started "Randy told me that Kelly lied about the whole pregnancy thing and I got pissed because I felt like somehow she had control over me and it kept eating and eating away at me until tonight but then when I saw her I just lost it and I was just so scared at what I had done without even realizing it ... I could have easily have killed her because that is how out of control I was and I have only felt like that one other time in my life and it was when I was in the foster home and one of the kids called Keegan a name and I just kept punching this 15 year old boy in his face till they finally pulled me off of him and I swore right then and there that I would never get that out of control again but I did ... I just saw Kelly and my need for revenge just drove me to the brink and I let myself just beat the shit out of her" Ashley was still shaking pretty badly and there were a few tears falling down her cheeks.
"Everything is going to be ok Ashley, what's done is done let's just move on and pretend that tonight never happened" Shane kissed the top of her head.
"How's Dean?" Ashley asked after of few minutes of silent contemplation.
"They had to take out his adenoids and they were much larger than expected so there was some bleeding and they had to pack his throat with gauze and he has to remain here till sometime tomorrow night" Randy said glumly.
"They are taking him to recovery right now" Shane added "they'll let us see him soon"
Ashley rested her head on Shane's shoulder and she couldn't help but feel as long as he was there for her nothing bad could ever happen. It was funny because once upon a time she used to feel the same way about John.