Slaughterhouse

Crushed

It's time for the main event of the night. Rhea's match against Liv Morgan, who just got back from an injury Rhea gave her. It's Rhea's next feud while Carmen hashes things out with Raquel.

The only problem is Carmen hasn't seen Rhea come out of the dressing room. She's been in there since she stormed off after Carmen's match with Raquel. It's time for Rhea to be in gorilla already so Carmen walks out of the viewing room to find her.

As soon as she walks out, she sees Rhea walking towards gorilla and smiles a little. She starts towards her to wish her luck but Rhea doesn't even glance in her direction before walking into gorilla. Carmen slows her pace and frowns as Rhea's music plays.

She looks at a monitor of the show and watches as Rhea walks out, does her stomp and approaches the ring. Carmen is banned from ringside so she can't go with her and she wonders why Rhea wouldn't even say anything to her before going out.

"Wish me luck." Liv giggles from beside Carmen as she walks into gorilla herself.

Carmen smiles back at her before going to the viewing room and sitting on the couch, watching Liv enter the ring. Rhea staring her down like she owes her something. Liv's face turning from sweetly looking at the crowd, to a half-smirk-half-frown at Rhea. Wanting her revenge.

She won't get it though. The match starts off in Rhea's favor. Taking control, tossing Liv around the ring easy. A couple of minutes in, Liv gains the upper hand. Running around, dodging blows and kicks, tiring Rhea out easily.

Liv begins to overpower Rhea, taking advantage of the stunned state she's in from her signature move. Just as she's going to pin Rhea, she's grabbed by her ankle and pulled from the ring. She gasps as Nia Jax throws her across her shoulders and does a Samoan drop right onto the floor outside the ring.

Carmen sucks air through her teeth and grips the couch. That had to have actually hurt. She watches Liv get back up and crawl back into the ring, though. Rhea performs a drop kick and pins her easy, the ref counting.

1..2..3!

The bell rings and Liv rolls from the ring, disappearing from view as Nia Jax enters the ring. Rhea's arm is held in the air and she holds up her title before turning towards Nia. Carmen watches in awe. Why would Nia come back and help her? She doesn't remember being told about-

Carmen gasps again and jumps from the couch as Nia headbutts Rhea, hard. It looks like she actually made contact with her head as Rhea stumbles backwards and falls. She crawls towards the ropes her body becoming limp. This isn't right, this doesn't look fake. Rhea has just grabbed the bottom rope, looking as though she's trying to find the ref to stop this.

Carmen runs from the viewing room as Nia grabs Rhea and hands her head over the bottom rope. She's determined to stop this but is held back by Adam Pierce.

"Let me go this is real!" She shouts.

"You can't go out there it's a promo for Nia coming back. She'll be fine."

"She's not faking Adam!" Carmen shouts.

Only Adam doesn't let her through. He makes her stay backstage and watch on the monitor as Nia now drags Rhea's limp body across the ring by her head, dropping her in the corner.

Carmen watches in horror as Rhea doesn't move and Nia climbs up to the second rope by stepping on Rhea's stomach/chest area. She puts all her weight on her, and you can see the way Rhea's body flattens under her.

Adam stops Carmen from running out again as Nia jumps off the second rope, lets go of the top one and lands with a force onto Rhea's chest. She smiles as she paintbrushes Rhea a few times, proud of herself.

Carmen watches in horror as the show ends with Nia walking from the ring, smirking at a limp Rhea. She watches as. The show ends and the refs help her from the ring, onto the floor in a dazed state. It looks like she doesn't even know where she is let alone what just happened.

Adam only notices something is really wrong when the refs start yelling for help. He lets Carmen go finally and she runs out to Rhea's side. They're putting her on a gurney when Carmen gets there.

"Rhea! You're gonna be okay I'm right here with you!" Carmen shouts and runs alongside them as they take her outside towards an ambulance they typically have on standby for storylines.

Only this isn't a storyline ambulance ride. This is real. Rhea is so out of it she's looking everywhere but at people. She can't even form a sentence. Her mouth just opens and closes as she wheezes. Once in the ambulance, a paramedic covers her nose and mouth with an oxygen mask, instructing her to try to take good strong breaths.

But she can't. She's still wheezing with the mask. Carmen cries softly and holds her hand the whole way to the hospital. Rhea doesn't grab back.

Once they arrive, the doctors and nurses take Rhea back to a room that Carmen can't be in. They make her wait in the lobby and she paces as they check Rhea out.

Buddy. She thinks.

Carmen pulls out her phone and calls Buddy. He answers halfway through the first ring.

"Carmen? I saw the show is Rhea okay?" He asks, worry laced in his voice.

She starts to cry, the floodgate opening.

"I don't know. That was so real Buddy. We're at the hospital. She's so out of it."

Carmen hears Buddy take a deep shaky breath of his own before replying.

"It's going to be okay baby. She's strong. I'm leaving my match now I can catch the next flight to you." He says.

"No..it's okay. Let's see how she is first. If she can't leave then come but if she can I'm bringing her home and you can meet us there?" Carmen replies shakily.

"Keep me updated baby. If you need me tell me. I don't care if I fly out only to hold your hand and then we all fly home tomorrow."

Carmen smiles slightly into the phone and dries her tears. She promises to tell him if she needs and they say their goodbyes before hanging up. She sits in one of the chairs in the waiting room, impatiently waiting for someone to update her on Rhea.