Chapter 15

Randy emerged from the shower shortly after she had gotten back, a towel wrapped around his lean waist. He smiled when he seen her, water running in rivulets down his muscular body. "Are you all right?" He asked softly, leaning down to pick up his duffel bag, shaking water out of his hair.

"Yes, I'm fine." Layne assured him with a smile, her head barely hurting now, and stood up as she stopped him from getting ready, pulling his face to hers and softly kissed his lips. "I'm going out there with you tonight." She pressed her finger to his lips. "It's just a promo and I'll be out of the ring before Paul makes it down the ramp way. I can't miss your celebration, I'm apart of Legacy now." Her eyes were pleading. "Don't make me stay back here during that. The only way I will is if you order me too."

Randy stared down at her, arching an eyebrow. "Layne, I'm not going to order you to do anything. You're a big girl and you know the risks." He said softly, running a finger down her cheek tenderly. "I want you out there. Paul won't go near you, we'll let him know you have a concussion, just a precaution, okay?" He knew Paul was professional enough to leave her alone if she was injured, which she was.

"Thank you." She whispered and wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him gently before kissing his cheek. "Now get snazzy."

Layne winked before walking over to sit on the couch, crossing one leg over the other, her dress not wrinkled or ruined, which was a good thing. Looking up, Layne seen her daughter walk in and smiled. Ted followed, knowing her brother didn't want to see her right now and honestly, she didn't want to see him either.

"Mom, are you okay?"

"I'm fine honey. I'm going out to the ring tonight."

"Good, just be careful."

"She hasn't stopped worrying about you." Ted informed Layne, wondering when he had become the official babysitter for Reed, not minding it but just now realizing he had slowly assumed that role. "Beth will be in shortly to take over by the way."

"Ohhh Bethie!"

"Thank you Ted." Layne sighed, seeing the annoyed look on the man's face as much as he tried hiding it, and pulled her daughter on her lap. "I'll be watching her from now on except when we're in the ring." She flashed a smile at him just as Melina walked in, nodding at her.

"There's my angel! Ready to get beat?"

"Psh, you wish, Bethie!" Reed giggled and started the video game, which was wrestling, handing the woman her controller before picking out her wrestler, which was Randy at the moment.

Layne looked up when Randy walked out of the bathroom and couldn't believe how delicious he looked in baby blue, feeling the heat rush over her body and turned her attention to the television so she didn't jump him.

"Hey, I didn't say I didn't want to watch her." Ted protested, looking put out. "Reed is my-is not paying me any attention." He actually pouted.

"Oh dear god, he's pouting." Randy groaned, walking over to Layne and kissing her softly. "You about ready?"

Giggling, Layne nodded and stood up from the couch, linking her arm through his and patted Ted's shoulder. "She'll pay attention to you after the game." She assured him, shaking her head before walking out with Randy, who had the gold over his shoulder, feeling better now that she was going out to the ring.

"Have fun Teddy Bear!" Reed grinned back at him before going back to her game, groaning when Beth started beating her. "Okay, time to get down to business."

Beth laughed.

Cody was already there, talking with Paul.

Paul turned to face them, smiling at Layne. "Your brother let me know about your head, I'll steer clear." He grinned at Randy. "Ready to drop that in a month or so?"

"Nah, it's pretty comfortable right where it is." Randy replied with a grin of his own, patting his belt.

"Thank you, Paul." Layne said softly and smiled when Randy dropped another quick kiss on her lips before getting their game faces on.

She took a deep breath while Randy got into character before their music hit, walking out on the stage slowly, letting it sink in. Layne couldn't stop smiling as she released Randy's arms, clapping for him and bowed her head, giving him a curtsy and took his hand as he spun her around once before heading down the ramp way. She loved how the gold confetti fell from the ceiling along with balloons, her heart pounding rapidly in her chest.

Legacy was celebrating, the confetti and balloons filling the ring as the four just grinned, the men posing while Layne stood there and broke hearts with how breathtakingly beautiful she was. Randy jumped down from a turnbuckle, walking over to kiss her, his hand moving to the small of her back. "My good luck charm." He murmured softly.

She smiled back at him, blue eyes sparkling and ran her hand across his cheek before walking over to get a microphone, the music cutting. "Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my great honor and privilege to introduce to you the NEW World Heavyweight Champion, The Legend Killer and leader of Legacy, Randy Orton!" She smiled through the heavy boos and gave him the microphone while clapping furiously along with Cody and Ted.

Boos were expected, they were the heels after all. Randy just smirked at the audience, rubbing his jaw and raised an eyebrow down at Layne, finally turning in a slow circle, raising the mic to his lips. Cody and Ted both listened with smug grins on their faces, at the same time on alert as always.

Layne grinned as Randy talked about being champion, about telling the crowd, that he was right about everything and how he took everything away from Triple H. At that moment, Triple H's music hit as Paul came rushing down to the ring and Layne was out of the ring, as promised, watching with satisfaction as Legacy pounded on him, clapping her hands and kicking balloons away. Her eyes widened when the lights went out and the tolling of bells sounded, causing her to swallow hard, wondering what the hell was going on.

Payback for the Undertaker was what was going on. Stephanie had the brilliant idea of expounding on the match between him and Randy from weeks ago. Now that he had kicked Shawn's ass to hell and back, putting the man on the bench for a month or two, this could continue. Randy's blue eyes were narrowing, beginning to ice over.

The lights came back on and Layne shrieked as Undertaker was behind Legacy, her eyes widened, and cringed when Randy turned around only to shove Cody into the Undertaker's grasp. She seen both Ted and Randy attack, saving Cody for the moment, and seen Paul was getting up as her hand covered her mouth, pointing behind Randy. Layne couldn't get in the ring as she leaned against the apron, pounding it, and seen Randy deliver an RKO, sighing with relief before all three members of Legacy began attacking the Undertaker, cheering her men on.

Even though it was three to one, he wasn't the Phenom for nothing. Mark sent Cody flying over the ropes and right onto the announcer's table, followed by Ted joining him before turning his attention on Randy. Rolling his eyes into the back of his head, Randy played his role and slid out of the ring. He sneered down at the champion, pointing to him before making a cutting motion across his throat.

Layne's eyes were as wide as plates, having not read the script, and felt Randy grab her hand, kicking balloons away as she walked with him up the ramp way. Cody and Ted would be fine...she hoped. They were going to be the sacrificial lambs so to speak. She swallowed hard and looked up at Randy, who wrapped a secure arm around her shoulders, and seen Cody and Ted were stumbling up after them, sighing with relief before disappearing through the curtain. So much for a celebration.

"What the HELL was that about?" Cody groaned, holding his now aching back, hoping he hadn't broken anything because that's what it felt like, though he knew that wasn't likely, he was just in a lot of pain.

"I'm going to kill Stephanie, for real this time."

"What the hell is going on?" Layne demanded, seeing the anger and fire in Randy's eyes, swallowing hard. "Was that supposed to happen?"

"That wasn't scripted."

"God my head..."

"WHAT?" Layne was absolutely livid, her own eyes lighting on fire, feeling Randy squeeze her hand as he held his title belt, shaking her head in disbelief. "How could that happen?"

"Because the element of surprise is they key to any good story." Stephanie said with a proud smile, approaching them and frowned at the anger on all the faces. "Look, from now on, you'll have scripts, okay?"

Mark slipped through the curtains, tossing his wet hair back over his shoulders, and asked, "They didn't know?"

Layne felt Randy release her hand and watched as Randy shoved Stephanie right on her ass, her eyes growing to the size of potatoes.

"YOU STUPID BITCH!"

"YEAH, WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?"

Layne couldn't say anything and decided to walk away to go check on her daughter, rushing down the hallway, still not believing Stephanie hadn't given them scripts for tonight's segment. 'That could've gone wrong in so many ways.' She thought, feeling a shiver run down her spine.

Mark and Paul were restraining Legacy from actually attacking their boss. "C'mon now guys, don't put your-" He groaned when Randy punched him in the nose, returning the favor.

Stephanie crawled away as the fight broke out.

Cody and Ted beat down Paul, pissed beyond belief, glad his sister had went to the dressing room while she had the chance. They seen Randy was handling Mark and decided to jump in the action, leaving both men laying and groaning on the floor. "Tell your wife that if she pulls that shit with Legacy again, her ass is GRASS." Ted spat before storming down the hallway, Cody following along with Randy, who had to retrieve his title from the floor.

Layne was currently packing up their things, knowing Randy was wanting to get the hell out of dodge as fast and quick as possible.

"Move, move, move." Randy ordered, knowing as soon as Mark was on his feet again; he'd be hunting and they'd be the prey. He respected the guy but to be honest, he had a wicked side. "Come on, NOW."

"Lay, you and Reed ready?" Cody demanded as soon as they walked into the locker room.

"Yeah, I packed up everything." She was glad she'd been right and pulled Reed with her out of the dressing room, cringing when she heard Mark's voice sound down the hallway.

She gaped when Randy lifted her over his shoulder, apparently not moving fast enough, while Cody grabbed Reed as they hightailed it out of there. There was a limo waiting, thank god, and they all piled in before Randy nearly screamed at the driver to go. Layne was holding Reed close to her, feeling the little girl trembling slightly and whispered soothing words into her ear.

Reed's eyes were as wide as saucers as tears filled them, sniffling. "Mom, what happened?" She whispered, scared to death.

"Nothing sweetheart, just relax and calm down. Everything is fine."

"Quit while we were ahead, that's what we should have done." Ted groaned, shaking his head. "Who swung first?"

"Technically me and it wasn't a swing, I pushed." Randy admitted, shaking his head with a groan.

Layne wasn't concerned about what happened at the moment. The only thing that mattered to her was her daughter's tears as she kissed them away, smiling when they slowly subsided. "That's my Little Star." She whispered and looked up when the limo stopped, swallowing hard.

In record time, they were up in Randy's suite and Layne was ordering food for them all while Legacy talked. She didn't want to hear anything about it and popped Bolt in for Reed, who was exhausted from the night's events. In truth, so was Layne as she changed into deep red cotton shorts with a matching tank top that was spaghetti strapped.

"Mom, what happened tonight?" Reed asked softly, looking up at her mother with confusion in her jade eyes.

Layne sighed and walked over, sitting down next to her daughter, who was nibbling on chicken strips. "Don't worry about it sweetheart. Everything is going to be fine."

"Why won't you tell me?"

"You don't need to know what happened. Now eat your food and watch Bolt."

"Mom, is Undertaker mad?"

"I don't know, sweetheart." Layne replied, rubbing her temples, feeling a headache coming on and stood up from the bed. "No more questions. It's time for bed."

She laid down with her daughter and waited for Reed to fall asleep. Once she was, Layne stood up and stripped before heading in the bathroom, starting a bath in the garden tub. She stepped into the hot water and sighed, her head hurting a little from her minor concussion, but the water soothed her aching muscles and body. Mark was a built like a brick house.

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"Think Steph will give us SCRIPT scripts or just a basic outline?" Cody asked nervously, knowing how vindictive Stephanie could be. She was generally a sweetheart, but she didn't take too kindly to being pushed around, like Randy had done.

"I think you guys are safe..." Randy snorted, dropping down on the couch, accepting the beer Ted handed him and sighed. "Man, I'm going to have to talk to Mark; that shit can't happen around Munchkin."

"No kidding."

"This is my mistake, I'll handle it." Randy said after his second beer, all three of them just sitting in the main room of the suite, staring at each other with wide eyes.

"Technically, Stephanie is at fault. She should have warned us what the hell she was going to have done. That was-"

"I put my hands on her."

"Yeah, that was bad."

"I'm going to go check on Layne." Randy said after awhile, standing up and tossing his empty can into the trash across the room, sighing as he peeled off his shirt, balling it in his fist and tossing that on top of his duffel bag.

"Yeah, do that." Cody sighed, rubbing his temples, feeling one hell of a migraine coming on. "Make sure her head is alright, I'm going to bed, man."

Layne didn't even hear the bathroom door open and close, a rag folded and placed over her eyes, steam rising from the tub. She was tiny compared to it and her arms were splayed on the sides, breathing in and out evenly. She jumped when a hand landed on her shoulder and took the rag from her eyes, a smile on her face at the sight of Randy.