Chapter 13 - The Biggest Tragedy On The Biggest Stage Of Them All PART 2
Still a little stunned at the vision of a blank and even-more-than-usually white-faced John Cena after an abrupt phone call from Alle Dumas, Heidi just couldn't wipe the smile of her face as she pretty much skipped down the corridors of the arena towards the Orton locker room. Yeah she must have looked like a giant child, slash retard, and she couldn't believe that she was managing to skip in the height of the heels she was currently wearing, but Heidi Maree Orton simply didn't care right now. She had just given a flawless performance of the national anthem of the United States Of America, acapella at that, infront of 95 000 strong members of the WWE universe at the WWE's biggest night of the year – Wrestlemania. Wrestle-freakin'-mania. She was so excited right now that she actually thought she was going to burst. She was absolutely floating on a cloud – completely and utterly ontop of the world. She knew that she was going to remember this as the greatest night of not only her professional career, a newly discovered career in singing/ring announcing, but as the greatest night of her entire life. She finally understood why Wrestlemania meant so much to the WWE superstars. Why Wrestlemania meant so much to both her mother and her father.
"ARRRGGGG!" a deep male voice suddenly exclaimed from behind the young Orton catching her completely off guard, but before Heidi even had a chance to react to the sound she was lifted up off her feet from behind.
Heidi knew exactly who it was.
She couldn't help herself from giggling like an idiot as Ash firmly held the bear hug he had around her and insisted on spinning her around in circles off the ground. Heidi simply held on for the ride. Her arms wrapping tightly around Ash's arms around her mid-section. The last thing she needed right now was to be dropped on her ass, especially when she was wearing the hottest dress the world had ever seen. She was just hoping that the hottest and shortest dress wasn't showing the world all she had to show as the spinning in circles continued.
Ash finally placed Heidi's feet back on the ground and released his bear hug only to have Heidi turn heel and lock him into a bear hug of her own. Ash didn't hesitate in hugging her back, a smile creeping its way across his face. Heidi soon broke away and then stood before him with the biggest smile he had ever seen on her beautiful face. She looked gorgeous tonight and Ash knew it. He was going to have to control his eyes from freely roaming her body and he was going to have to control his words if he wanted to avoid telling her 'how ridiculously beautiful' she looked right now and always did in fact. That was the perfect way to freak her out and drive her away forever.
"You were utterly amazing out there tonight Miss Orton," Ash stated simply with a nod in Heidi's direction.
Heidi didn't say anything at all straight away. She simply kept the smile on her face, leaned forward and planted a soft, sweet kiss on Ash's cheek. His eyes couldn't help themselves from fluttering shut at the feel of her lips on his skin. Had he been prepared for something like this, he might have actually talked himself into having the nerve to finally just go for it and kiss her for real. It would have been the perfect moment. She had never looked so happy. There was still time.
"Thanks," Heidi finally spoke, breaking Ash out of his thoughts "That was the single greatest moment of my entire life."
"I see you decided against the throwing up on stage," Ash said quickly, trying to shake his 'kissing' thoughts and keep the conversation flowing with a little typical Heidi and Ash banter.
"Well you know this dress wouldn't match with puke," Heidi retorted with a smile "I mean I wouldn't want to offend the pretty dress."
"You could have thrown up on the incredibly painful looking sky scraper shoes you've got on there though," Ash replied pointing down at Heidi's feet in newly bought heels "I mean black's supposed to go with everything right?"
Heidi couldn't help herself from laughing out loud at Ash's comeback.
"God I wish I had a camera," Ash replied, a small laugh escaping his lips also "You never laugh at my jokes Miss Heidi. EVER!"
"I am in that good a mood right now Ash that I will laugh at everybody's jokes tonight!" Heidi exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air like she was doing a Mexican wave all by herself.
Ash laughed out loud at her sudden, over the top demonstration when he suddenly noticed something out of the corner of his eye. Some kind of movement. Ash turned immediately in the direction, down one way of the hallway he and Heidi were currently standing in, and immediately his smile faded. Heidi noticed Ash's averted attention and she too turned in the same direction. Ash could only see her movements out of the corner of his eye but he knew that she was smiling and that those baby blues were lighting up and sparkling at what she saw storming down the hallway towards them.
Ash shuffled his thoughts again. Wait, why was Tyler Hadson storming towards them, especially with the facial expression he was currently wearing? He didn't look very happy. He didn't look very happy at all in fact. He looked pissed off. Genuinely pissed, and frankly Ash couldn't wait to find out what had the obnoxious rookie so wound up on the night of nights. Ash was praying it involved Hadson needing to look for new employment in Guam, where he was being deported because his Visa had expired, and it was all happening tonight before he even got a chance to actually experience his first Wrestlemania. Ash was God damn praying that the scenario was at least something along those lines.
"Hey!" Heidi exclaimed happily as soon as Tyler was within earshot.
Ash turned his head slightly in Heidi's direction as he noticed her smooth out her dress and tuck a stray strand of straight brown hair behind her ear. He couldn't help himself from staring just a little whilst her attention was a little preoccupied. God she was beautiful and she didn't even realize it. She was the most beautiful…
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, HUH?"
Ash was shaken out of his thoughts once again whilst being physically shaken at the same time.
Tyler had stormed down the hallway towards both him and Heidi but it wasn't until he had reached the two of them that he made it clear he wasn't heading for Heidi. He was heading for Ash and that was made very clear by the fact that Tyler had just out of the blue started yelling and had actually just shoved Ash, forcing the young Irving to take a couple of steps backwards in order to stabilize himself and to avoid falling on his ass on the cold hard concrete of the backstage hallways.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING IRVING?" Tyler yelled at Ash again, using both hands once again to shove Ash in the chest, a little harder than before "HUH? HUH? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING WITH MY GIRL?"
"Tyler!" Heidi exclaimed in shock as it finally occurred to her exactly what was going on.
Without thinking twice Heidi stepped into the small space between the two guys, turning to face Tyler and raising her hands with half the intention of holding him back and half the intention of protecting herself just in case.
"ANSWER ME BITCH!" Tyler exclaimed again at Ash over the top of Heidi's head, his eyes growing wide with rage as he continued to taunt the still silence Ash.
"Tyler what the hell is your problem?" Heidi exclaimed at her boyfriend, pushing with both hands on his chest in order to create some space between him and Ash "What's wrong? What is going on?"
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IRVING, YOU KEEP YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF MY GIRL!" Tyler yelled again, completely ignoring Heidi's questions and presence altogether "IF I CATCH YOU TOUCHING HER ONE MORE TIME I AM GOING TO…."
"You're going to what Hadson?" Ash taunted, his voice remaining at a normal volume as he remained in his spot behind Heidi "You're going to bore me to death with a video of your latest wrestling match?"
"I SAW YOU WITH YOUR FUCKING HANDS ALL OVER HER!" Tyler started yelling again, trying to get closer to Ash though Heidi's hands were preventing it "YOUR HANDS WERE ALL OVER HER!"
"You know I do have a name thank you very much!" Heidi exclaimed, pushing on Tyler's chest more forcefully than before and finally drawing his eyes towards her.
"Get out of the way Heidi," Tyler sternly said, batting away Heidi's hands from his chest a little more forcefully than was necessary.
Heidi's eyes narrowed at Tyler as her arms fell to her side in defeat.
"DON'T YOU DARE TALK TO HER LIKE THAT!" Ash suddenly snapped, his finger raised in warning at Tyler.
"You know what Irving," Tyler replied "I will speak to my girlfriend however the FUCK I WANT TO!"
"Yeah well you are most definitely not speaking to my best friend like that asshole," Ash retorted, his volume lowering again but the sternness in his tone still evident as he stared into Tyler's eyes.
"Will you two just stop it!" Heidi exclaimed, trying to draw both guy's attention to her so she could prevent what looked to be leading towards a full out brawl right here in the backstage corridors between a WWE rookie and the son of a WWE superstar.
Unfortunately neither guy was currently even noticing her at all. They were both too busy staring daggers at each other. Heidi took a deep breath and firstly turned to her boyfriend. She was going to try again, this time trying to reason with each guy individually.
"Tyler you need to back the hell off!" Heidi exclaimed, trying to raise her voice a little louder to grasp Tyler's attention, and using her hands pushed him backwards slightly "I don't know what the hell you think you saw but Ash was congratulating me on the highlight of my career out there thank you very much! Stop trying to start a fight out of nothing!"
Heidi sighed as Tyler still refused to look her in the eye. Taking another deep breath Heidi turned heel and looked Ash in the eyes. He was thankfully giving her at least his gaze, if not his full attention.
"Ash please just back off," Heidi pleaded, her baby blues getting all wide as she looked at Ash with a little hope that they could all walk away from this without a fight breaking out "Please? All I want is to get back to my locker room, get changed and go out and sit with my mom and…"
But before Heidi could even finish her sentence to Ash, Tyler shoved her out of the way suddenly. Heidi almost completely lost her balance, especially in her heels, but thankfully managed to stay on her feet. Her jaw dropped at Tyler's actions. She hadn't had a boyfriend in a really long time but she was pretty sure that boyfriend or not, Tyler Hadson shouldn't have shoved her like that.
"STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER!" Tyler started yelling again as he moved into dangerous proximity to Ash, the rookie only reaching Ash's chin as he moved so his chest was almost touching Ash's "I AM WARNING YOU!"
"You know what, just piss off Hadson," Ash snarled, trying very hard to remain calm with Tyler trying to get all up in his face.
"I AM WARNING YOU IRVING!" Tyler yelled again, shoving Ash hard.
"TYLER STOP IT!" Heidi exclaimed on the sideline, too scared to try and get inbetween the two guys again just in case she get shoved a little harder this time.
"Shove me one more time Hadson and you'll see what the hell you get," Ash said, still remaining calm as he closed his eyes for a moment and took in a deep breath.
"MAKE ME THEN COLLEGE BOY!" Tyler yelled once again, shoving Ash harder in the chest "HUH? MAKE ME THEN!"
Heidi couldn't believe that Ash was still standing after that shove. He barely even moved apart from a couple of steps to balance himself.
"TYLER!" Heidi exclaimed.
But it was too late. Almost by reflex Heidi watched Ash's fist connect squarely with Tyler's face. The fist connected directly with the nose and Tyler fell like a giant log in a forest. Right down to the cement ground for the 1-2-3 or even the 10 count. Heidi's jaw dropped and she turned to Ash. She had never seen Ash get violent with anyone. She never even knew he knew how to punch like that. She would be lying if she said she wasn't a little impressed and a little satisfied considering that Tyler had just shoved her moments earlier but all she could think about in the moment was how much trouble they were all in.
"What the hell Ash?" Heidi exclaimed at her best friend, gesturing to Tyler with her hands.
Ash didn't say a word; he was just standing there with his fist in the preparation position. Fist clenched and all like he was ready to deliver another textbook punch. Heidi could swear she saw a little disbelief on his face at what had just happened as his eyes remained glued on Tyler Hadson who was rolling around on his back on the cement floor, clutching his nose and groaning.
Frustrated and flustered, and not really believing how wrong such a perfect night had suddenly gone, Heidi rushed over to Tyler's side and dropped to her knees on the cold cement floor.
"Are you OK Ty?" Heidi asked as she bent over Tyler's body, reaching out tentatively to his hands that were covering his face.
"OH MY GOD MY FUCKING NOSE!" Tyler groaned into his hands as he continued to roll around on the ground.
Heidi tried to remove Tyler's hands from his nose as she didn't want him causing anymore damage to it by putting his hands all over it. If there was anything she learnt from travelling all these years with her Dad on the road, it was that you shouldn't put your hands all over your face if you've just been punched in the face. You end up putting yourself in more pain matter-of-factly.
"Let me take a look at it Ty," Heidi spoke softly, trying to coax Tyler's hands off his face "I'm sure it's going to fine. It's going to be OK. Just let me have a look at it."
Ash wanted to be sick all over the pair of them and then Heidi could really see first hand whether or not puke matched the ridiculously sexy red dress she was wearing. Ash watched as Tyler's hands finally gave way to Heidi's touch and it was then that Heidi and Ash both noticed the now crooked shape of Tyler's nose and the blood that was suddenly starting to pour out of both his nostrils. His nose was definitely broken. Crooked, broken and bleeding.
Heidi's eyes immediately shot up to Ash and she noticed the smirk forming at the corners of his mouth, which only fuelled her annoyance and her anger at her best friend.
"Are you happy?" Heidi suddenly exclaimed at Ash as she pointed at Tyler's broken and bloody nose "Look what you did! Are you happy now Ash?"
Ash's eyes locked with Heidi's but he didn't utter a single word. His face was now completely expressionless as he gave Heidi his complete attention. Heidi could feel the anger boiling inside.
"You broke his freakin' nose!" Heidi exclaimed, her eyes narrowing at her best friend "What the hell Ash? How is he supposed to go out there and compete tonight with a broken nose? Oh my God! Yeah I know he was being a jerk and pushing you and shoving you and what not, but seriously did you have to go and punch him in the face! Oh my god!"
Heidi glanced down at Tyler who was now only realizing that the blood all over his hands was coming from his nostrils. The rookie's eyes widening in shock and panic as he turned his hands over and over again, inspecting the large amount of blood that was almost completely covering both his hands.
"Just hold your nose Ty, I'm going to find some paramedics and we'll get you all cleaned up and sorted OK?" Heidi spoke to Tyler as she guided his hands back to hold his nose correctly, another thing she had learnt from being on the road and seeing a plethora of broken nose incidents.
The young Orton then got to her feet slowly and locked eyes with Ash again.
"You do realize that I'm going to have to report this don't you?" Heidi started exclaiming at Ash once more as his eyes locked with hers "I have to freakin' report you because you had to be a hero and do something stupid like this! For Christ's sake Ash he's a wrestler and do you know how pissed McMahon is going to be about this! Do you know how freakin' pissed I am about this! You just couldn't be the bigger man and walk away could you?"
Heidi could see by Ash's facial expression that something was boiling down deep inside him. It was the same look that Ash always got when his father was lecturing about something. Heidi had seen that look a lot when they were younger and insisting on mucking around backstage all the time. She could tell he was dying to say something and she could tell he was getting very pissed at her right now but she didn't care. She was very pissed at him already! He had ruined the best night of her life. This was way more serious than Senior Prom. This was FUCKING WRESTLEMANIA!
"YOU COULDN'T JUST WALK AWAY LIKE I TOLD YOU TO!" Heidi suddenly started yelling, almost getting more angry that Ash wasn't reacting at all at the present to what she was yelling at him "IF YOU HAD JUST WALKED AWAY WE COULD HAVE BEEN SITTING FRONT ROW RIGHT NOW AND ENJOYING WRESTLEMANIA! THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE AND YOU RUINED IT! YOU RUINED IT BECAUSE YOU JUST HAD TO BE VIOLENT AND BE A FUCKING MAN! YOU JUST HAD TO DIDN'T YOU? YOU RUINED MY WHOLE NIGHT ASH!"
"I RUINED YOUR WHOLE NIGHT DID I?" Ash suddenly started yelling back "THAT FUCKING ASSHOLE LYING THERE WITH A BROKEN NOSE NOT ONLY RUINED YOUR NIGHT BUT HE'S RUINING YOUR FUCKING LIFE HEIDI!"
Heidi took a couple of steps backwards. She was completely taken aback. Yeah she had wanted some kind of reaction out of Ash but she never expected this. She had heard Ash yell before but not like that. Not at her.
"FOR WEEKS YOU HAVE BEEN FUCKING DITCHING ME EVERY SINGLE NIGHT FOR THAT PIECE OF SHIT YOU INSIST ON CALLING YOUR BOYFRIEND!" Ash continued to yell, the flood gates were finally open and they were flowing "YOU HAVE BEEN DITCHING ME FOR THIS SORRY EXCUSE FOR A BOYFRIEND TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHEN YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT ALL HE WANTS IS SOME ALONE TIME SO HE CAN GET IN YOUR PANTS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE! HE DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU, HE JUST WANTS TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR PUSSY IN HOPES THAT YOU'LL GIVE HIM A BLOWJOB OR FUCK HIM IN RETURN!"
Heidi could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. Whether it was because Ash was yelling at her, whether it was because he was saying really hurtful things to her or whether it was because all the hurtful things he was saying were true, she wasn't sure. She wasn't 100% sure, but she was pretty sure it was because they were all true. All of them, and it hurt. It stung coming from Ash's mouth.
"HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU! HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU!" Ash continued to yell, looking Heidi straight in the eyes "ALL HE WANTS FROM YOU IS A PIECE OF ASS AND YOU'VE BEEN SO FUCKING STUPID TO BELIEVE ALL THE LIES HE TELLS YOU! I CAN'T BELIEVE OF ALL THE GIRLS BACKSTAGE YOU OF ALL PEOPLE WOULD BE SO STUPID TO BELIEVE THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE! HE WILL NEVER DESERVE YOU AND I AND EVERYONE ELSE CAN SEE IT! YOU DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER THAN HIM AND I KNOW IT, EVERYONE ELSE KNOWS IT BUT FOR SOME REASON YOU'VE BEEN TOO BLINDED AND STUPID TO REALISE IT! WAKE UP HEIDI – YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN TYLER FUCKING HADSON! WAKE UP!"
Heidi took a deep breath as she watched Ash finish his rant. He exhaled a deep breath and ran both hands through his short blonde hair. His eyes and head remained up on the ceiling and he breathed deeply to obviously calm himself down before he uttered another word. Heidi was glad because she didn't think she could take anymore. She couldn't listen to another word from Ash tonight. Not a single word. And then suddenly Ash lowered his head and he looked her in the eyes. Heidi couldn't hold back the tears anymore as she just let them fall. It was all true. Ash was right, but that wasn't why she was crying. Somewhere deep down inside she knew that Tyler Hadson was no good, but somewhere deep down inside it felt good for once to have someone actually look at her whether they loved her or whether they just wanted to get into her pants. For the first time in her life someone was actually looking at her. Someone was paying her a little attention for once. She knew that the number one thing on Tyler's mind was sex and she knew that she didn't want to give Tyler Hadson her virginity but there was also something deep inside her that wanted to change him. Change him into someone who did love her, who didn't just want her for sex. Was it so wrong to want to hold onto the one guy who had ever looked at her and take a risk to turn him into a great guy? Maybe it wasn't, maybe it was. She didn't know anymore. All she knew was that she couldn't deal with this all now. This was supposed to be the best night of her life.
Heidi furiously wiped at the tears falling down her cheeks and then turned heel and started running towards the Orton locker room. All she wanted was a shower, to get changed, to go ringside and enjoy Wrestlemania like she was supposed to. She never wanted to remember this incident. She never wanted to remember her best friend yelling at her and telling her how stupid she was.
"Oh my god," Ash whispered under his breath as he watched Heidi run away from him and the broken nosed Tyler Hadson "Heidi."
30 minutes later…
Randy slammed the door to the Orton locker room shut and exhaled a deep breath as he closed his eyes and rested himself against the hard wooden door. He couldn't believe how long it had taken him to get backstage to his locker room. There were WWE fans hiding all over the arena and tonight he learnt all about it first hand. In the bathrooms, in the dark corners of the arena and in garbage bins apparently, just trying to catch a glimpse of their favourite WWE wrestler. Unfortunately for him, Randy Orton was a fan favourite and the WWE favourite wrestler of a whole bunch of WWE fans so he had been stopped a lot of times on his way back from the SkyBox to his locker room. Photos, autographs, everything. He loved the fans but he was really in a rush to get back to the locker room and see his special little girl.
Heidi. Randy suddenly remembered causing him to scan his eyes around the locker room. He noticed her Victoria's Secret duffle bag sitting on a bench across the room with her cell phone sitting neatly ontop of it but he couldn't see her and he couldn't hear the shower running. He knew that after her performance, which was the single proudest moment of his life, she was going to come backstage and get changed after a shower and then head out to ringside to watch the rest of Wrestlemania with her mom and Lillian Garcia. However, it had been 30 minutes so since she wasn't in the locker room, Randy assumed she had already headed out to ringside. He was disappointed that he'd missed congratulating his daughter on her Wrestlemania debut in person, a little annoyed that she hadn't at least waited in the locker room for him to at least tell him goodbye and good luck for his match tonight before she headed out to ringside, but decided he could at least congratulate on the phone.
The 3rd generation superstar headed for his duffle and retrieved his cell phone before sitting on the bench in the locker room alongside his duffle. Randy flipped open his cell phone and dialed speed dial 1.
"Hello?" Lita's voice practically yelled into the cell phone.
"Hey baby," Randy replied, a smile forming on his face at the sound of his wife's voice.
"Honey can I call you back in a sec," Lita replied, still yelling into the cell phone in order to be heard over the cheering of the crowd behind her "We're kinda in the middle of a match out here and I can barely hear you."
"That's why I assumed you were yelling," Randy replied with a laugh.
"Whatever Orton," Lita replied, jokingly "But seriously can I call you back after this match?"
"Why don't you just pass me onto Heids so I can congratulate her on her amazing Wrestlemania debut," Randy spoke into the phone "I missed her backstage cause I got caught up by fans between the locker room and the SkyBox."
"She's not out here yet Rand," Lita replied "I thought she was still backstage in the locker room getting ready with you."
"Well I'm in the locker room and she's not here," Randy stated, suddenly growing worried as to where his daughter could be.
"Hey, don't worry about it baby," Lita replied calmly "She's probably gone to see Tyler or Ash or some of the divas backstage probably caught her and wanted to congratulate her too."
"Yeah," Randy said sighing, the logical explanation to his daughter's whereabouts putting his mind at ease again "Yeah, you're probably right."
"I'll get her to call you when she gets out here OK?" Lita suggested, once again having to yell as the audience were going wild again "You'll be in your locker room warming up yeah?"
"Get her to call me," Randy replied with a nod "I'll speak to you later sweetheart."
"I love you," Lita said.
"I love you too baby," Randy replied before flipping his cell phone shut.
30 minutes later…
"I'm really sorry for dragging you away from ringside Lil," Lita apologized again as she power walked in the direction of the Orton locker room through the maze of backstage corridors at this particular arena "It's just the Money In The Bank match is up next and I know that Heidi was looking forward to it the most out of the whole Wrestlemania line up and I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't really really worried about where the hell she is seeing as she never even made it out to ringside to see us."
"Li you've apologized at least seven times since we left our seats out there," Lillian brushed off as she had to practically run to keep up with the red head "And for the seventh time I am definitely more concerned about Heidi's whereabouts that the Money In The Bank match."
"You don't think anything's happened to her do you?" Lita suddenly asked, her face growing serious as she asked the question out loud that had been running circles in her head since Randy had called her half an hour ago inquiring as to where their 17 year old daughter was.
"No of course not," Lillian replied immediately shaking her head "I'm sure nothing's wrong at all Li. I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation for all this."
"I hope so," Lita replied.
"Heidi's a big girl," Lillian replied calmly, trying to ease Lita's jumpy nerves "She can look after herself so I'm sure she's perfectly find. She's a smart girl."
Continuing her pace without faltering, Lita glanced back as Lillian tried desperately to try and keep up with her.
"She's going to be 18 tomorrow," Lita spoke as her eyes returned to straight ahead as she and Lillian passed the last corner on the way to the locker room "Is it terrible that I still worry about her as much as I did when she was in diapers?"
"Li you're her mother remember," Lillian replied with a smile "I think it's your job to worry about your daughter."
"You'll know soon enough Lil," Lita commented with a smile at her friend as she finally slowed down, Randy's locker room finally within sight.
"I hope so," Lillian replied.
"And I am going to freakin' kill my daughter if she's sitting with Randy in the dressing room completely relaxed and chilled out!" Lita exclaimed as she rolled her eyes before finally reaching the wooden locker room door and practically bursting through it.
Lita's eyes immediately caught the image of her husband before her and for the first time in her life she was disappointed that she was seeing just him.
"Baby what are you doing back here?" Randy asked, his eyes rising from his current position seated on a bench in his locker room lacing up his wrestling boots.
Lita didn't reply as her eyes frantically searched the entity of the room. Her movements were almost manic as she was practically running around on the spot as she checked every inch of the small locker room before her eyes met with her husband's.
"She's not in the shower is she?" Lita asked, suddenly starting to panic when she didn't see her daughter in the locker room, as she started walking over to the adjoining bathroom door.
"Heidi?" Randy asked in a state of utter confusion, not quite sure who his wife was talking about or what she was looking for in his locker room.
"Yes Heidi. Our daughter Heidi. The 17 year old firecracker that looks exactly like me with your blue eyes," Lita replied practically rambling, growing more and more worried with each passing second "She never came out to ringside to see us Randy! She never made it out to ringside!"
"What do you mean?" Randy practically blurted out as he too started to panic "What do you mean she never made it out to ringside?"
"Well I mean when you called she wasn't in the locker room with you and I thought she must have just been backstage hanging out with Ash or Tyler or the divas or something but that was half an hour ago Randy and she never made it out to ringside!" Lita started to panic, her words turning more and more into ramble as she continued. Her breathing getting shorter and quicker the more she panicked.
"She was meant to head straight out to ringside to see you!" Randy exclaimed, to no one in particular as he started pacing up and down on a small bit of carpeted floor just infront of the bench he had previously been sitting on.
"I know she was!" Lita exclaimed back, her eyes wide as she looked at Randy, looking for answers "She was meant to come back to the locker room, shower, change and come out to ringside! The Money In The Bank match is happening right now and there is no way that our daughter would have missed seeing that match from the front row!"
"She's been talking about seeing that match for weeks Li," Randy commented.
"I know," Lita said, her voice trembling as she felt a single tear escape her eyes "I know Randy! I know!"
She was beyond panicking right now. She was beyond worrying. She was getting to frantic. She didn't know where her daughter was.
"Randy have you been right here in this locker room since you called Li like half an hour ago?" Lillian questioned calmly, trying to cover all avenues and possible scenarios as to where Heidi Maree Orton could be.
"I haven't moved," Randy answered straight away "I haven't moved from this room. I haven't moved from the locker room. I haven't even used the bathroom in the other room."
"Oh my god," Lita said running her fingers through her hair as the tears started flowing "Oh my god where is she?"
"Her stuff hasn't moved!" Randy exclaimed as he pointed at Heidi's zipped up duffle with her cell phone sitting neatly ontop of it "Wherever she is she's still in her Wrestlemania dress. She's still in her Wrestlemania outfit somewhere because she never made it back to take a shower and get changed!"
Lillian approached Lita and placed both her hands on Lita's shoulders.
"I'm going to ask around backstage to see if anyone's seen or heard from Heidi OK?" Lillian slowly explained to both Lita and Randy to try and calm them both down "I'm going to find some of the divas and together we can search the whole backstage area until we find her OK?"
Lita tried to calm down her breathing as she looked into Lillian's eyes. The red head simply nodded as she furiously wiped at the tears in her eyes and the ones that had already stained her cheeks.
"I'm going to help Lillian," Randy said immediately, nodding his head at his wife as he took a deep breath to calm himself down also "There's no use us standing around, pacing up and down and worrying and panicking about where Heidi is. We've got to go out there and find her."
"I'm coming too," Lita quickly added, still wiping the tears from her eyes as they insisting on continuing to fall.
"No Bella stay here," Randy instructed as he walked up to his wife, placing an arm around her and drawing her in against his body for a hug "If Heidi comes back then one of us needs to be here to."
"But I want to come with you," Lita pleaded as she held on tightly to Randy's body, the Legend Killer feeling her tears seeping through his T-shirt.
"I know you do baby," Randy sighed as he pulled her in closer "But you need to stay here."
"We'll find her Li," Lillian reassured, drawing Lita's eyes as she broke away from Randy slightly to face her friend "We'll find her don't worry. I'm going to round up as many people as I can, even those stagehands out there and we're going to…"
Beep Beep! Beep Beep! Beep Beep! Beep Beep!
They all froze exactly where they were as they listened to the beeping of the cell phone that had just gone off in the room. All eyes immediately turned in the direction of the sound and all 3 sets of eyes landed on Heidi Orton's cell phone sitting ontop of her duffle, vibrating with a flashing screen. Lita was completely silent as she took a deep breath and slowly broke away from Randy's embrace. She felt like she was walking on eggshells. Moving in slow motion as she made her way across the locker room towards Heidi's pile of things.
Almost too scared of what was just about to happen or what she was just about to find out, Lita cautiously and slowly bent down to her knees as she finally reached Heidi's things.
"Li?" Lillian asked, following Lita slowly across the room.
Lita ignored her friend as she reached out and took Heidi's small purple cell phone in her hands. Checking the screen on the front of the phone Lita was met with the words One New Message. Holding her breath, the red head opened the cell and opened the message.
"Li?" Lillian asked again as she watched Lita's eyes scan the screen, obviously reading the message before the cell phone slipped from Lita's hands altogether.
Lillian had anticipated right and had reached Lita just before she hit the ground. The blonde swiftly caught the red head in her arms.
"Bella!" Randy exclaimed as he realized what had just happened.
Lillian adjusted Lita in her arms as she tried to arrange the red head's body in a way that didn't have her all contorted. Randy rushed over to Lillian's side to help. Randy watched in horror as Lita's eyes rolled back into her head before they closed completely. The 3rd generation superstar then turned his attention to his daughter's cell phone that Lita had dropped to the floor just before she had fainted into Lillian's arms.
"Li, are you OK? Li?" Lillian started talking to Lita, trying to gain a response as she started to fan the red head's face in hopes of helping her regain her consciousness.
Randy watched as Lillian attended to Lita before he turned his attention back to the cell phone on the ground. He immediately picked up the small device in his right hand and pressed the first number button his finger could find to re-light up the small screen. He was scared to read it but he knew he had to. He brought the cell up infront of his face and he let his eyes scan over the message.
Don't worry Orton. Your daughter is with us. Whether she's safe or not - I won't make any promises. *
A/N: And there you have The Biggest Tragedy On The Biggest Stage Of Them All. Were you guys expecting it? Be honest, lol. Were you expecting something else? Were you expecting more drama – because as you might already know from reading One Secret, I am the queen of drama! Drama Drama Drama!
It usually takes me at least a couple of months to get back into regular updates and I am pleased to say that until college resumes, I will well and truly be updating regularly! I am in the My Daughter zone and I am going with it until my time runs out!
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Look out for the next chapter coming soon – Chapter 14: Happy 18th Birthday. Until next time, READ AND REVIEW! God bless, love and kisses, Mrs Bridget Orton xoxox