How Taking Down Legacy Failed

Mickie's P.O.V

"Surprise!" Ted, Cody and Becky yelled out in union as me and Randy walked through the door with Hayden.

"Oh you guys!" I laughed looking around; they had decorated the place for our home coming. "You even set up the cot!"

"Your welcome" Ted grinned.

"You even got a banner" I smiled, but then realised it was a banner for a new born baby girl. "Err, you guys, last time I checked, Hayden was a boy"

"I know, blame Dibiase" Becky rolled her eyes.

"'Ted thought he was psychic, 'Trust me Codykins, it's going to be a girl my ass'" Cody mumbled, too rolling his eyes.

"It's ok guys really" I laughed. "I'm just real glad to be out of that hospital, do you know, I was looking down at my phone, not paying attention and walked into the guy's bathroom by accident. There was a few doctors peeing in the urinals singing 'You belong with me' By Taylor Swift, I immediately walked out and pretended I didn't see anything"

"That's" Cody said.

"So" Ted said looking grossed out.

"Cool!" Becky interrupted. "You should have given them my number!" Cody looked over at her. "What?"

"Let me see my baby's baby!" Ted said. I carefully lifted Hayden up. "AWWW HE IS SO CUTE!" Cody starred at him in shock. Ted noticed and quickly let out a manly cough. "I mean…he's alright…if you like that kind of thing" His voice remained low and mainly. Ted moved his hand over Hayden's face.

"Oi! Don't do that! How would you like it if I kept touching your face?" I reached out to touch Ted's face, but he slapped my hand away. "Yeah, didn't think so" I pushed him; I then looked back at Hayden. "He looks so small in there"

"He looks angry" Ted said.

"He looks beautiful" I said. "My baby" I bent down and kissed him again. "He's your god child Teddy, what do you think?"

"I like him" He smiled. "Come here you" I thought he was talking to Hayden, but he pulled me into a hug, whacking me on the back. "You did such a good job you did!"

"Ted-" I squeaked.

"I am so proud!"

"Ted!-"

"Noggie!"

"Ted no!"

"Touch my wife, and I'll kill you" Randy warned, Ted continued to harass me. "What did I just say?"

"She's not your wife, I found a loop pole!"

"I'm stealing my wife back" Randy told him, he took me by my waist into the other room. "You ok?"

"Couldn't be happier, even if I tried" I told him. "God, here I go again" I shook my head and dabbed my eyes on my shirt. Randy just laughed at me, I shoved him. "It's not funny!"

"The doctor said you were bound to be hormonal after having Hayden, he also said you need to take it easy so why don't you go to bed?" Randy told me, stroking my hand; he brought his hand up to my face and wiped my face with the back of his hand. "So beautiful"

"Your such a softy" I teased, I placed my arms around his neck.

"Only for you" He replied smiling. "Your baby bump has gone down a bit"

"I know" I said rubbing where Hayden used to be. "A few more gym sessions and I should be fit to go back to wrestling"

"You're going back to wrestling? Great, you being pregnant was the only thing stopping you from challenging Nexus"

"Good point!" I grinned. "I should get straight on tha-"

"No, no" He cut me off. "Mickie, I don't know what I would do without you, hence why I worry about you so fucking much"

"Oi! Language"

"Hayden isn't even here!"

"Well, it's good to get you into practise" I told him, leaning into his chest. "I just had a baby….oh my god…" I laughed.

Randy chuckled and kissed my head. "Oh I love you, I got you something too" He said. He went out the room and came back in with some flowers.

"Oh Randall! No one ever gets me flowers"

"I am such a good boyfriend"

"That you are" I leaned back into his chest. "I can't believe how beautiful he is, I can't believe he's actually here"

"Mmmm" He kissed the top of my head. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I just had a baby" I told him, he laughed.

"So you can't go and harass superstars?" He smirked.

"No" I said sadly. "Doctors orders"

"I like that doctor" He winked. "So I guess since your no longer pregnant, I don't have to wait two weeks to have sex after all!"

"Randy!" I slapped him. "How could you think about sex at a time like this!"

"I'm a man babe!"

"Look at me Randall, you really want this?"

"Don't talk like that, your beautiful"

I smiled. "Thank you Randall" I kissed his neck. "And thank you for the baby"

"Your welcome" He chuckled. He moved his finger under my chin and moved my lips to connect with his. "Mmm" He said as he leaned back. "There are some things I have for Hayden back in St Louis, we're only half an hour away, I'm going to get it, I won't be long"

"Do you have to go now?" I asked him pouting.

"Yeah" He replied brushing the hair out of my face. "But I won't be long I promise" He leaned his forehead against mine.

"Promise?"

"Promise" He smiled. "I love you"

"I love you too" He leaned further in to kiss me. "Keep safe"

"You too" I whispered as I watched him walk out the door.

Three hours later

I held Hayden and he cried. "Where the hell is he?" I moaned as I paced the room. "He left ages ago! This is a day we should be all together, not apart"

"Relax baby, he probably got distracted"

"We just had a baby Ted, what kind of distraction could there be?" I snapped. "Sorry Ted…you know…just had a baby…hormones and all that shit is up right about now"

"I understand baby, but if it happens again….I will not hold back from giving you a TMB"

"A what?"

"You know TMB!"

"I'm afraid I don't follow…."

"And I thought we were friends! It's my initials baby GOD"

"I'll punch you" I warned.

"I'll punch you" Ted mimicked.

"Stop teasing me, I just had a baby" I whinged.

"Am I suppose to be impressed?"

"Well….yeah…"

"Well I'm not so…yeah….you lose"

"Your face loses"

"Mickie" I turned to meet a breathless Becky.

"What is it?" I asked her, but then I really saw the look on her face. "Becky? What's wrong? Is it Hayden? Is he ok?" I quickly rushed out of the room and ran to Hayden's cot where he slept peacefully.

"Mickie, it's not Hayden, its Randy, we need to get down to the hospital"

"What?" I choked. "What's happened?"

Two hours later

I rocked Hayden back and forward as he cried, which was what I felt like doing right now. I had just gotten out of this stupid place and now I had to go back. "How many times have we been here this year?" I snapped, pacing back and forwards. "What the hell was he thinking? He said he needed to pick up some stuff not go on his fucking motor cycle"

"The doctor said he is fine baby, sit down" Ted tried to pull me down next to him. Becky was in there with Randy first, the doctor persisted to let her in first.

"But I know there is something he is hiding Ted, he looked at me so sympathetically" I shook my head and buried my head into Hayden's back. "I need to get in there" I stood up and went to go in, but Becky came out and blocked the door.

"Mickie I…"

"How is it? Is he ok? God, he is such an idiot! I swear I'm going to slap some sense into that man, I-"

"Before you go in there is something you should know" Becky cut me off, her eyes were full of sadness and just looked at them made my heart sink. I knew there was something wrong, I just knew it.

"What?" I asked her, I saw her exchange eye contact with Cody. "Just tell me!" I croaked.

"Randy has short term memory loss"

I starred at her. Short term memory loss? "So what? He doesn't remember Hayden?" I asked worriedly looking at my son.

"No, but…." She stopped.

I felt Ted put a hand on my back to keep me from losing my balance. My knees felt like they were just about to give way. What the hell was happening? I just had this baby and now….this all just doesn't make sense. "Please just go on" I begged her.

"He doesn't remember the last two years of his life"

"Two years? But we only met a year and 8 months ago…" I stopped taking it all in. She gave me the exact same sympathetic look that the doctor had given me. "He doesn't remember me?" I questioned, I was praying in my head that this was a dream, Randy couldn't forget me, forget that he loved me, forget that we were going to be a family.

"I don't know" She replied. "I haven't asked him, I guess we will see"

I felt Cody take Hayden from me, they helped me to a chair. "Have some water"

I shook my head and pushed the water away from me. No, he couldn't not remember, he just couldn't. After everything we had been through, there is just no way he could forget, no, it's not possible, it's wrong, it can't be right, that's what I kept repeating in my head. I felt sick, like my stomach was being squeezed. I quickly moved my hand to my eye and wiped the tear that was going to fall. "No" I said to them all. "He hasn't forgotten, I know he hasn't"

"Mickie" Ted said, I looked at him. "Maybe he hasn't, but if he has-"

"No, Ted. No" I said to him firmly. " I just had his baby, we are going to get married, he hasn't forgotten me"

"Guys" Ted said to the rest of the group, they backed off immediately. "Baby-"

"He can't Ted," I let out a sob. "He can't forget me, he loves me, how can he forget? I love him Ted, I don't know what I'd ever do if I lost him, I-"

"We'll go see him, yeah? Together" I quickly wiped at my eyes again and nodded. We helped me stand up and led me to the where Becky and Cody were.

"Are you ready to go in?" Becky asked me. I looked at Ted, who sent me a reassuring nod. We started to make our way in the room, but I stopped and pulled back on Ted's hand.

"What is it baby?"

"I-if he has…." I paused as I felt I was going to throw up. "forgotten" I swallowed. "How long could this last for?"

"Doctor said it could be weeks…months…years…I'm sorry Mickie, I wish I had better news"

"Yeah" I tried to smile. "So do I" I squeezed my eyes shut, my heart was beating out of my chest, my hands were shaking and I couldn't get them to stop. I looked over at my baby, my beautiful baby, I breathed out shakily.

"He thinks it's the time of the formation of Legacy" Becky said looking between Cody and Ted, who both groaned at this. "What?"

"He just….he just wasn't the nicest of guys around that time….before he met Mickie" Cody replied, sending me a look of sympathy, the one I had already received too much of.

"Well maybe when he sees her and Hayden, he will remember, we don't even know if he has forgotten guys" Ted pointed out, his eyes flicked over to me and he squeezed my hand.

"Ted's right, nothing is confirmed yet" I said. "It's like that time when he woke up and thought he was with me and not Sam, that's all it is"

"Micki-"

"No" I hushed Cody, I felt my eyes sting as they watered, I sniffed back. "He couldn't have forgotten, I just gave birth to his child yesterday, he told me he loved me, right before he went to pick up some stuff for Hayden"

"He didn't have any stuff for Hayden" Becky told me, I looked at her confused.

"I don't understand"

"He came home, to get the number of his old tattooist Kat from our dad and he rode the motor cycle from home, to Kat, he was going to get yours and Hayden's name tattooed on his arm"

I let out a soft cry, I quickly brought my hand up to wipe the tears. "I want to see him"

"Are you sure?"

"I need to know if he remembers me" Becky nodded.

"If he doesn't remember, don't put the memories on him, it's better if he figures things out for himself" The doctor warned us before we walked in.

I stopped and starred at him. "You mean, if he doesn't remember me or Hayden, I can't even tell him?"

"I'm afraid so, the brain may reject the memories you force upon him, you can see him now"

"How can I do that?" I faced Ted. "I'm scared Ted, I want Randy"

"I'll be right here" He whispered in my ear. Cody handed me Hayden before he and Becky walked in Randy's room.

"I'm so scared he won't remember, I want Hayden to know his father, how can he do that when he doesn't even know who he is?"

"It could only be temporary"

"But it could be permanent" I wiped my eyes. "I think I'm ready"

"You sure?" I nodded and kissed Hayden's cheek.

"I have to know"

Ted hesitated for a moment before opening the door to Randy's hospital room. I walked in slowly with Ted's hands on my shoulders, I could feel my heart beating out of my chest, with every thud, my chest felt like it was getting tighter and tighter. I was holding onto Hayden so tightly, Randy was sitting up right, some wires hooked up to him. He stared at each of us intensely as we walked into the room, his gaze lingered on me. He titled his head to the side and just stared. Please, dear god let him know who I am. I couldn't read him, I couldn't figure out what he was thinking, I could barely breathe, I just wanted him to speak. To know who I was, to reach out his hand and take me and Hayden in and to say that I was stupid for even thinking about the possibility of him forgetting who we were, but he didn't, he wasn't saying anything. I felt my knees buckle under his gaze, I felt Ted's grip on me tighten, keeping me standing up right. I licked my dry lips, this was it, c'mon Randy…..remember….remember…remember me.

"So, bro…do you rememb-"

"What's she doing here? She doing Dibiase or something?"

And at that moment, my whole world fell apart.