Hey everybody! Sorry I haven't paid much attention to my stories in a while. All kinds of different events have blocked up my story writing time and have prevented me from updating. :( Anyway, I just LOVE all the attention that Rated R Love Affair has received! I mean, 219 reviews in 21 chapters? Wow. That's awesome! On that note, thanks to Wolfgirl77769 and XxBlueEyedXPunkettexX for reviewing Chapter 21!
Wolfgirl77769 - Good call about the videotape! Maybe I'll use the idea in the next chapter. :)
XxBlueEyedXPunkettexX - I'm sure that Maria will be rescued at some point after this chapter LOL! Seriously, she will. Glad you liked it!
Chapter 22: "Maria's Been Kidnapped!"
After the Smackdown taping was over, the Superstars were talking amongst themselves in the hallway. One of the groups was the Hart Dynasty, Mickie, Bret, Adam and Glen.
" Glen, why isn't Mark here tonight?" Mickie asked him.
"Actually Micks," Glen started. "He is at home, painting Gracie's new bedroom before her preschool graduation."
"But how can Mark decorate her room if she's living with him right now?" Tyson wanted to know.
"I think that Mark probably told his daughter he was working on a big surprise and didn't want her to know..." started Bret.
"So what did he do?" David asked his uncle.
"He sent her to California to stay with Rey Mysterio and his family for a while," Bret told him.
"Oh," the Hart Dynasty both said at the same time.
"So are you guys going to be at Gracie's graduation party?" Glen asked.
"You bet Maria and I will be there," Adam replied.
"Yeah. And so will me, Natalya, Bret and David," said Tyson. Everybody looked at Mickie.
"Uh... duh! Of course I'll be there," Mickie told them, matter - of - factly.
"Speaking of... Aren't Natalya and Maria supposed to be back by now? Adam asked everybody. "The taping's already over, and -"
"GUYS!" Natalya yelled across the hallway. She sounded obviously upset and out of breath.
"Nattie?" Tyson ran over to his girlfriend and hugged her tight.
"What happened girlie?" Mickie ran over and joined the two of them.
"M - ma - Maria. She - she... She," Natalya panted.
"Natalya. Calm down and tell us what happened before you have a heart attack!" Bret shouted at his niece.
"Maria's been kidnapped!" Natalya then broke down, crying hard.
"WHAT?" everybody in the group shouted.
"By who?" Adam asked.
"M - michelle," Natalya sobbed. Adam left the group, shocked. Bret and David left with him while Tyson continued hugging his girlfriend.
"Aw Nattie, this is awful!" Mickie cried out. "I'll go tell the other Divas." She then ran to the Divas' locker room.
Divas Locker Room
"Guys! Something just happened!" Mickie yelled when she got to the locker room.
"What is it, Mick?" Melina asked her friend.
"Tell us!" Eve and Layla said simultaneously.
"Maria's been kidnapped!" Mickie yelled.
Like in the hallway, everybody had the same reaction. "WHAT?" the Divas yelled.
"That's terrible!" Eve cried out. "Seriously? Who would want to kidnap such a sweet and bubbly woman such as Maria?"
"Who do you think?" asked Mickie, angry.
"We don't know Mickie. Who?" Layla asked her.
"Natalya believes that Michelle was the one," Mickie told her friends.
"You mean Michelle MCCOOL?" Layla asked in absolute disbelief.
"Yes Layla. The girl that you've been friends with practically forever kidnapped one of our best friends," Mickie told Layla simply and slowly. Layla looked very shocked.
"Wow. Have I really been friends with a part time con artist and liar?" she asked, still in disbelief.
"Uh... Yes you have!" Melina shouted, grabbing Layla by the arm. "Now let's go and come up with a plan AND call Taker for help!"
"Right!" everybody else said. Then they left the room to join Tyson and Natalya. By this time, Natalya had stopped crying and the six wrestlers left to call Undertaker.
Mark's house
Mark was at his house, putting the finishing touches on his daughter's bedroom. After finishing up the final wall, he collapsed on the new bed he'd bought her. He was exhausted!
"Phew! Good working day today Taker," he muttered to himself, feeling tired. He was about to close his eyes when all of a sudden...
RING! RING!
Thinking it was Rey calling to tell him about how Gracie was doing, he ran downstairs and picked up the phone.
RING!
"Hello? Who is this?" Mark asked, panting and out of breath.
"Taker? Where the heck were you for you to sound like that?" Mickie asked him on the other end.
"Mickie? How are you talking to me right now?"
"I'm on my cell phone and I'm with a few other Divas right now," Mickie told him in reply.
"So... What exactly are you calling me about?" Mark asked, confused.
From there, he could hear all the Divas trying to tell Mark about Maria all at once.
"Ladies please!" Mark yelled at them, overwhelmed. "One of you, tell me what the hell is going on. Please."
Layla took the phone and said, "Maria has been kidnapped by Michelle! It's terrible, Taker!"
Mark could not believe it. His girlfriend, a kidnapper?
"W - w - wait a minute. You mean Michelle McCool, right Lay?"
Melina took the phone and screamed, "Oh my god, YES!"
"All right. OW!" Mark yelled, removing the phone and covering his ear.
"Mark, please meet us at the hotel in Miami so we can come up with a strategy," pleaded Eve. "Pretty please?"
"Alright. Give me a couple minutes," Mark replied.
"Thanks Taker!" all the Divas said at once.
Chuckling, Mark said, "Okay. See you ladies soon." He hung up the phone and headed upstairs to get ready to head out. Little did he know that Punk, Vickie and the SES were watching him outside his house.
Ch. 22 is finished! Hopefully, I will update on Thursday or Friday. Night readers!
Up Next: CM Punk and his army show Maria video of them spying on Adam when he was painting the baby's room. What will Maria have to say? Also, we check up on Gracie and Rey Mysterio's family in California. What will happen there?
~Jen W.