A/N: Okay , so , Grace is a daredevil like Chris and many of the others in TNA , but I hope she is okay after the high risk move .
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the wrestlers that appear in this story. I do own all of my OCs that may appear in this story and the story itself . I also own the Biohazard , Trifecta , and anything to do with them .
Chapter 36 : Aftermath
Nashville Hospital
Not long after the ambulance left to take Grace to the hospital did the rest of the family show up to find out what was going on with the oldest Harris kid and to make sure she was okay . As they all sat in the waiting room hoping the news on Grace turned out well they got a message that Sanders , Gayda and Kash would be put away for good along with the rest of Biohazard and Trifecta , Shultz would be buried properly , and Cledus was caught while trying to get out of Tennessee and while he wouldn ' t go away for attemted murder , he would have to answer for everything else he had done including child abuse . And even though all of that news was good for the family , there was still someone not there to celebrate and many in the family were deeply concerned and depressed because the doctors hadn ' t came with any report on Grace which was making all of them worry .
" Chris , I . . . " Chase started knowing it was him whom Grace was trying to protect when she speared Grace from the roof of the Asylum .
" Chase , I know what you would say and if you get it out of your mouth I swear I will punch you in the face so hard and that goes for anyone else that ' s been giving Chase a hard time since this whole Biohazard and Trifecta mess started about things that weren ' t his fault . " Chris glaring at Chase first and then gave Shane the same disapproving look .
" What are you talking about ? " Shane asked .
" I ' m talking about you raging Chase about Candido , Shane , and before you start blaming him for stuff know that none of it was Chase ' s fault . " Chris looking at Shane with purpose .
" He was the last one with , Candido that night . " Shane said .
" And , I was the last one with Aubrey the night she died , so , does that mean I caused her death Shane . " Chris said making Jessie put a hand on her husband ' s shoulder knowing how much it would hurt him talking about Aubrey especially with Grace in critical condition .
" Have I ever blamed you , Cat ? " Shane asked .
" No , " Chris said .
" Then why would I start now ? " Shane asked .
" Why have you blamed Chase all of this time for Candido ' s death , Shane ? " Chris asked .
" Because he just like Grace has become are completely careless . " Shane said .
" Enough , " Andy said looking at Shane .
" Oh , so , now you want to start something , too , Andy ? " Shane asked .
" No , I want you to stop and remember that there ' s a little girl who was willing to sacrifice herself to save her family and a brother still in critical care and that you are not the only one who had feelings for Candido . " Andy said .
" I wish all of you would shut up and remember that there are kids sitting here who need us to act like adults instead of children . " Debra spoke up .
" My sister is in surgery and my brother ' s are freaking worried and all you guys can do is fight between yourselves . " Rosie rolled her eyes getting up and going to sit with the Twins who were with Team Canada .
Chase began looking around at the ones arguing about him and Grace thinking about the kids around him and what Grace had done to protect him as the pressure of everything started getting to him . Chase stood up walking down the hall a little ways to breath and think for himself without listening to everyone as he spotted the chapel in the hospital . Chase looked down the hall at the family before going in to find some peace , quiet and a place where he could hopefully talk to someone outside of the others to help him .
" Uhm , I haven ' t really prayed in awhile and I don ' t really know what right I have to do so now . For so long I was angry at you for taking away my mentor and though I still don ' t understand why he had to go I do understand that you are the only one who can truly heal someone and make everything better . Please , please , I ask you , no I beg of you , please save Grace , please help this selfless friend of mine , she is in trouble and the fault is all mine , if she hadn ' t been protecting me then she wouldn ' t have been in this mess . So , please , all I ask is for you to help her and I will never ask you for anything ever again , I ask this with the little faith I have left in me , Amen . " Chase praying for help .
" Chase , " Traci said walking in and sitting next to him .
" Hey , " Chase said .
" She ' ll be okay , " Traci said putting her head on his shoulder .
" Yeah , " Chase said a little depressed hoping that Traci was right .
Recovery Room
While everyone was out in the waiting area hoping and praying that Grace would be okay , she was finally out of surgery and in a private , recovery room but she wasn ' t awake yet as she started having a dream of someone coming to talk to her in her mind .
Grace ' s Dream
" Grace Lynn Harris , " Aubrey Harris said .
" Mom ? " Grace thought as she looked around at what appeared to be an empty wrestling arena .
" Yeah , baby , " Aubrey said .
" Is this heaven ? " Grace asked .
" No , Grace , you haven ' t died yet . " Aubrey said .
" Oh , I was about to say if this was heaven , dad would like it . " Grace said making Aubrey laugh .
" Sarcastic like your father I see . " Aubrey said .
" He taught me well . " Grace said .
" Very well , so , well infact that you would do something so drastic and dangerous to protect someone you care for and love . " Aubrey said .
" You do what you have to , to protect family no matter what the cost may be . " Grace said .
" And that is what you have been needing to learn this whole time with Biohazard and Trifecta around and how to let go enough so you could find the strength to help the family . " Aubrey said .
" But , I thought all you wanted me to be was happy ? " Grace asked .
" I did and what makes you happy is protecting the family , am I correct ? " Aubrey questioned Grace .
" You are correct , " Grace said .
" And you could only do that effectively when you had a clear mind and were at your full strength without anything to hold you back . " Aubrey said .
" I understand , " Grace said .
" But , now its just about time for you to wake up and continue your duty to protect your family . " Aubrey said .
" I will always protect them with everything that I am . " Grace said .
" But , first , there ' s someone who wants to speak to you personally . " Aubrey said .
" Who ? " Grace asked .
" I will let you speak to him . " Aubrey turning to walk away as a older man appeared in front of Grace .
" You must be Grace Harris , " The man said .
" I am and you look familiar , have we meet ? " Grace asked feeling perfectly comfortable around this stranger .
" Along time ago , when you were still just a baby , but you wouldn ' t remember me , Grace . I do know that you have been around my boys and know them quite well , so , well that you be willing risk your own life to save one of them . " The man said , he was friendly and very happy .
" Your boys ? " Grace asked confused .
" The Naturals , " The man said making Grace realize who she was talking , too .
" You ' re Chris Candido . " Grace said in awe to be sitting next to a legendary wrestler and the one who had mentored and managed Andy and Chase .
" Yes , I am . " Candido said .
" Andy and Chase misses you . " Grace said .
" Yes , I ' m aware of the fact and its so unfair to them to have lost a mentor and friend as quickly as they did and while often I feared that it would be Andy to take it the hardest , little did I know the issues Chase would have with the loss himself . " Candido said .
" Chase , blames himself for your death and Shane has let him believe that its his fault . " Grace said .
" First of all , you tell the Franchise , I said red is not his color so stop being angry at Chase for something he had no control over , and you also tell Shane that just because he wears yellow that being a coward and afraid of admitting he ' s wrong doesn ' t suit him either . " Candido said .
" I ' ll tell him , but what about Chase ? " Grace asked .
" Tell Chase , that nothing is his fault and to stop blaming himself for what happened . Tell him that he is also lucking to have friends like you , Andy , and Cassidy to have his back when he needs it and that I am proud of him for the way he has taken care of Traci and sweet little Katie . Also tell Chase that I am proud that he has continued to do what I asked him to do when I last saw him which was to never let the business change him into the person he was never meant to be and remained himself through everything . And tell Andy that he has made me proud with the way he has taken care of his own family and have become the true friend everyone can depend on . " Candido said .
" Anything else ? " Grace asked .
" Tell both Naturals that I am proud of them for looking out for one another , for continuing to take care of the wrestling world I loved , for passing on the gift I gave them to the next generation in wrestling and that they are finally the wrestlers and men that I was teaching them to be . " Candido said .
" I will tell them . " Grace said .
" Good luck , Grace Harris , you will do well in TNA when you get there someday . " Candido said disappearing as her mother came back .
" I ' m proud of you baby . " Aubrey said .
" Thank you , " Grace said .
" I love you , " Aubrey kissing Grace on the forehead .
" I love you , too , mom . " Grace said .
" Now its time for you to go back to your father and the family . " Aubrey said .
" One more question before you go ? " Grace asked .
" Alright , " Aubrey said .
" The lullaby you sang to me , was it about the ocean or about me ? " Grace asked .
" Both , because you in a lot was like the ocean to me . " Aubrey said .
" In what way ? " Grace asked .
" You ' re beautiful , loyal , strong , fierce , constantly changing , and full of life much like the ocean . " Aubrey said .
" I understand , " Grace smiled .
" Now time to go back to your father . " Aubrey said .
" But , one more request . " Grace said as Aubrey laughed .
" Just like your father , you always need one more thing before you go anywhere , go ahead and make your request . " Aubrey said .
" would you sing me my lullaby ? " Grace asked .
" I can definitely make that request . " Aubrey said as she sang Grace ' s Lullaby to her as Grace went back to sleep .
Recovery Room
Grace woke up in the recovery room to see her dad sitting next to her holding her hand .
" Hey , " Grace said .
" Hey , you , about time you woke up . " Chris said .
" Sorry , mom and I was having a girl talk . " Grace said making Chris and Jessie who was in the room look at her as Storm , the Naturals and Shane did the same .
" You talked to Aubrey ? " James asked .
" Yeah , for the third time since this whole Biohazard and Trifecta issue started . " Grace said .
" What did she say ? " Chris asked .
" That I ' m just like you in everyway . " Grace said .
" I could have told you that . " Jessie said .
" She also said she was proud of me . " Grace said .
" So , am I baby . " Chris kissed her on the forehead .
" Grace , I am so sorry for making you go through all of this and for being the reason you are in this hospital . " Chase started to cry .
" If you are the reason I ' m in here , its because I was protecting my family , one of my brothers and I would do it again in heartbeat if I had to Chase . I have no regrets for taking Derek out when he was about to kill you and I will not have you doubting and blaming yourself cause that ' s not the Natural way and that ' s definitely not the Chase way . You do what you have to for family no matter what the cost and the last time there was an issue you risked your ownself to carry a message to a friend to get help for this family and it lead to you rescuing my dad . Chase , I made a promise after that incident to never allow one of you to get hurt again and if it was in my power I would protect everyone of you and as far as I ' m concerned I kept that promise and its because you helped me find the strength to do so by teaching me how to fight and teaching me to never give up . You gave me a new way to see myself which is not the slave those people where turning me into , but someone who could be free and not afraid of showing who I really am to people . So , stop with the blaming yourself for things you have no control over and he told me to tell you to stop blaming yourself for the accident , Chase . " Grace said crying herself wanting Chase to stop with the blaming himself .
" He ? " Chase asked as tears poured down his face .
" I talked to him in my dreams , I talked to Candido while I was still asleep . " Grace said .
" What ? " Chase asked Andy and Shane both looked at her .
" He told me to tell you to stop blaming yourself for his death , Chase , he said that nothing was your fault and that he sorry that you and Andy had to lose your mentor so soon and in the way you did . But , he never wanted what happened to be something you two would blame yourselves for , he loved both of you , I could see it when he spoke about both of you . He loved the both of you so much and said he was proud of both of you and who you ' ve become over the years , he ' s proud of the way you two took care of each other over the years , for taking care of you family and friends , for helping the wrestling world he loved , and for growing into great wrestlers and men , but he ' s also proud that both you stayed true to who you were over the years and didn ' t allow the business to turn you into someone they wanted you to be which was not yourselves . He ' s still watching over the both of you whether you realize it or not , so , Chase don ' t blame yourself , it hurts him when you do this , you should be happy with they way you ' ve become over the years and for being the man that Traci and Katie will need you to be . And as for you , Shane , Chris said to get off of Chase ' s case , you should be helping him not hurting him worse and Candido said red is not your color so enough with the anger and that even though you wear yellow being a coward and fearful of admitting you are wrong doesn ' t suit you either , Franchise . " Grace said making both Naturals tear up and Shane look at her sighing and realizing he needed to give Chase a break and Andy some relief .
" Thanks for the message , Grace . " Andy said .
" Yeah , " Grace said .
" And thank you for giving me some peace of mind . " Chase said .
" Same to you , " Grace said hugging Chase .
" We will have you out of here and back home as soon as possible , baby . " Chris said .
" Maybe your doctor can go and see about that . " James said stepping out to find whoever was in charge of the hospital and the care of Grace .
" You guys may want to reign him in . " Jessie said .
" Impossible , " Chris and Andy said .
" I ' ll go and make sure Storm doesn ' t get into trouble . " Shane said following the Cowboy .
" Good luck with that . " Chase said .
" So , what did you do with your honey bear , Chase ? " Grace asked making them all laugh including her which she came to regret .
" Broken ribs makes it hard to laugh . " Chase said .
" Yeah , so , where is Cassidy ? " Grace asked .
" Watching the kids . " Chase said .
" Oh lord , you have the biggest kid watching the little ones ? " Grace asked .
" I questioned it , too , " Andy said eating red jello .
" Vampire lord , you couldn ' t resist eating something red even if it is my jello . " Grace joked at Andy .
" Yep , " Andy smiled .
" And we wonder where junior gets it from . " Grace said .
" Oh , Grace , we don ' t wonder , we know . " Jessie said as they laughed once again making Grace groan at her broken ribs .
" Hey , be nice . " Andy said .
" Alright , all of you except for Jessie needs to step out , so , the doctor can check , Grace . " James said coming back in with Shane and then all of them except for Jessie stepped out .
Once the doctor came in and checked Grace giving her a bunch of dos and don ' ts to help her heal , she was released from the clinic happy to see all of her family safe and sound including the friends that had come to help them during the fight . Grace asked her dad to drive her back to the Asylum as she wanted to see the place she had been hurt at to think as the others headed out as Chase and Traci had wedding rehearsals to go , too .
TNA Asylum Roof
" What are we doing here ? " Chris asked as they stood on the roof of the TNA Asylum .
" I need to see where I went off to figure out how not to get hurt again . " Grace said .
" How about no more spearing people off of roofs . " Rosie suggested .
" Good idea , " Grace said spotting something familiar laying on the ground where Cledus had been beating Chase .
" Grace ? " Rosie asked .
" Dad , " Grace pointing at it as she got closer to the object .
" Chase ' s bandanna , " Chris realized as Andy hadn ' t been wearing one the during the fight .
" I can ' t reach it . " Grace said as it hurt for her to bend over to far .
" Here , " Chris picking it up and giving it to Grace .
" What do you want with it ? " Rosie asked curiously .
" I ' m taking it back to Chase . " Grace said .
" Well , lets go then , because you have a wedding rehearsal to go to , Grace . " Chris said .
" Oh , right , I ' m one of Traci ' s bridesmaids . " Grace just remembered .
" And now she thinks of it . " Rosie said .
" I love you , so , much , Rosie . " Grace said using Rosie as help to walk .
" Yeah , I love you , too , Grace even when you are a pain in the ass . " Rosie said .
" That ' s what sisters are here for . " Grace said making Chris and Rosie laugh as they got in the car and headed back to the wedding rehearsal as the wedding was going to be in Tennessee as Chase and Traci wanted it to be .