Disclaimer: I don't anything but my character Riley Sadly all WWE stuff is not mine.
"Most people want to be circled by safety, not by the unexpected. The unexpected can also take you out, but the unexpected can also take you over and change your life. Put a heart in your body where a stone used to be."
Ron Hall
Expecting the unexpected that was something that Phillip Brooks lived by especially in his life of work; sure things 90% of the time were scripted. Yet, there was that other 10% of the time where things did not go exactly as planned. Sometimes people or sometimes himself had to get a little more real.
Though outside the job he kept a nice and stress free routine. Anything that would be unexpected from life never took him out anymore. He much preferred it that way growing up the unexpected happened all the time. Nothing good ever came from the unexpected for him so he tried to steer clear from it.
It was August 26, 2013 and he was pumped for the show even if he was tag teaming with John Cena. Whoever in creative thought that was a good match was a freaking fool, they never really saw eye to eye so why throw them together in a match together? That was the question he had been contemplating since he had arrived and found out about this tag team match. They were going up against the new WWE Champion, Daniel Bryan who was being reunited with former tag team partner Kane.
The show had just started and normally he would be in his locker room getting taped up. Or he would be walking around the back of the arena stretching with his IPod headphones on playing his tunes while staying in the zone for his match. Yet, instead he was following Cena around to go to some vendor booth because he said that the two of them would come autograph some stuff for some raffle.
Navigating around backstage that was something he could easily do, but navigating around the front of the arena that was a whole another ballgame. "Dude, do you even know where you are going?" Cena continued to ignore him and continue walking around. Punk swore that they were walking around in a circle. "You are going to get us lost and we are going to miss our cue."
Both men stopped when they both heard a strangled cry and a plea for help. They looked at another and rushed towards the noise. What they caught sight of was a man and a young woman struggling in a fight the man was pulling the young woman into the elevator and it was clear that she did not want to go with him.
Cena yelled, "Hey!"
That got the man's attention and let him know he has been caught. The man looked startled, but did not stop what he was attempting to do. He used all his force and threw the young woman back into the elevator as he surged forward to close the elevator's doors. The man smirk thinking for sure he was safe as he turned back towards the young woman. He pulled out a long syringe with some liquid in it and started to inject it into the young woman's arm.
Everything was happening so fast Cena caught the doors from closing all the way and yanked the man backwards out of the elevator. As the two men exchanged punches Punk rushed into the elevator and spotted the syringe and it made him sick in the stomach. He pulled it from her noticing the man did not get the time to inject it all into her body. He pulled the young woman into his arms it looked like she was struggling to keep her eyes open. Whatever he had given her was starting to take effect quickly.
Punk softened his expression towards the young woman and spoke, "Don't worry you are safe now." She managed to keep her eyes open long enough to lock on Punk's gaze. She spoke barely above a whisper, "No cops they are bad…" That was all she got out before she passed out in his arms.
"Fuck" Punk muttered the fight outside the elevator had died down with only a few grunts here and there. Punk hoisted the young woman further into his arms once he got a tighter grip on her he stood up and walked out of the elevator.
Cena had the man pinned down with his knee placed in the middle of the man's back. Some security had finally arrived and took over for Cena. They asked, "What should we do with him."
Cena started to say, "Call the…"
Punk cut him off and stated, "No cops! Take him somewhere you can keep an eye on him. I will be in to see him after our match." Punk noticed the look of question that Cena was giving him. Security decided it was best to do as Punk asked and not do anything to question his motives.
Cena asked, "Where are you going with her?"
Punk answered, "To my locker room" He carried the passed out girl to the backstage area. He had gotten a few strange looks from a few Superstars and crew members. Yet, he paid no attention to them and continued towards his locker room. He was just about to his locker room when he heard the sound of Flight of the Valkyries. "Get a trainer to my locker room now!" He yelled at one of the nearby crew members before disappearing into his locker room
Once inside he laid the girl on the couch he brushed her hair out of her face. A trainer quicker than he had expected, but he was happy to see people heard the urgency in his voice. The trainer said, "Uh…Cena is heading out there."
"I know" Punk snapped. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down before standing and moving away from the young woman. "Just check her out She was injected with something, and she passed out."
The trainer frail voice stuttered, "I don't know…"
Punk looked down at the young woman and then to the monitor in his room he knew he needed to go. "Just make sure she is alright. I will be back after the match. Until then I need you to stay with her." The trainer watched as Punk walked out just in time for the static of his theme song, Cult of Personality to start playing. He didn't know what it was about this woman, but there was more to the story and he was determined to get to the bottom of it.
Punk made his way to the ring where the other three men in the match stood. Cena and Punk killed the WWE Champ and Kane. Punk had a lot of aggression flowing through his body right now and Daniel had gotten the brunt of it. With the Anaconda Vice in place Daniel had ended up tapping out.
Once the match ended Punk did not stick around for any pleasantries instead he exited the ring heading straight back for his locker room. People were congratulating him on the match, but one look on the expression on his face they had shut up real quick. He entered his room and the trainer stated, "Hey great match."
"How is she?" Punk questioned. He did not care about talking about his match he just wanted to know about the young woman before them
"As far as I can tell she will be fine. Her vitals are all good, but I cannot be sure of what was given to her because I cannot run any tests. I think it was probably a mild sedative considering on how she is doing. If she goes to the…"
Punk cut him off and stated, "She is not going anywhere."
The trainer looked startled, but nodded at him. Someone else had entered the room, but Punk had not taken any notice. The trainer asked, "Anything else?"
"When will she wake up?" Punk asked not even taking his eyes off the woman.
The trainer answered, "It is really hard to say." Punk did not say anything to the trainer so he exited not long after that.
"So…" Cena's deep voice made Punk aware he was now in the room.
"She's not leaving until I get some answers" Punk stated.
Cena said, "Cops are good at that."
"No cops" Punk sneered.
"I know you have got this whole hatred for authority, but…" Cena's stated
"This has nothing to do with me! She said the cops are bad, and until I know what that means there will be no cops." Punk pointed out in a tone that he would not be changing his mind on.
Cena nodded his head and suggested, "Okay then let's go talk to that guy the security are holding and get some answers from him." Punk looked down at the young woman and back at Cena. He nodded at Cena and the both of them left with the young woman sleeping away.
They went to where security was holding the man Cena said, "You guys just wait out here we will just be a couple minutes." The men just nodded. Really who were they to object to two wrestlers that could probably snap them in half?
Punk and Cena walked inside the room and the man was just sitting in a chair in the corner of the room. Seeing the two wrestlers that had just came in had him a bit on edge. They both said nothing for the first couple minutes, Cena and Punk leaned against opposite walls with their arms cross across their chest.
"So you are going to tell us everything about the young woman you were trying to kidnap and I would suggest not even attempting in trying to lie to us." Punk forced himself to stop talking for a few moments. The anger was convulsing through his body and he was not sure how to calm himself down at the moment.
Cena noticed that Punk needed a moment so he decided to finish for him "Or else it will be the last time you ever speak again."
The man was truly terrified he knew they would follow through on their threats "Listen I don't even know who she is. Some guy showed me her picture and where she would be and I was supposed to subdue her until after the show."
Cena arched an eyebrow and remarked, "So some guy you don't know tells you to kidnap someone and you just do?"
"He said he knew what I did to people and that he would tell the cops if I didn't comply with him." The man explained.
"So what do you do to people?" Cena asked.
"Do I need to state the obvious?" The man smarted off and that is when Punk's fist collided with man's face. The man spit out some blood and looked at Punk with a livid expression. He knew this situation was going to get bad for him fast if he didn't start cooperating. "Okay this morning I met a man here saying a woman was going to be here. He gave me her picture and pointed her out to me and paid me to acquire her. He said he would contact me afterwards so he could come collect her."
Cena puzzled, "This man he is here?" Cena glanced over at Punk who was being very quiet which worried him
The man said, "Yeah down in ringside."
Punk asked, "Where in ring side?"
The man shook his head like he didn't know. "He didn't say he just said he would be at ring side."
Cena questioned, "What is his name?"
The man answered, "All I know is Walter. I swear that is all I know." The man paused for a moment and asked, "What is going to happen to me?"
Punk said nothing and Cena stated, "The cops can deal with you for trespassing and if they find something else on your record that's not our problem." Punk pushed himself off of the wall and walked out not saying a word. Cena followed behind him and looked at one of the security guards and said, "When the show is over call the cops and tell them you caught him trespassing and that's all." Cena hesitated moving and popped his head back into the room and asked, "So what is the going rate for kidnapping?"
The man simply stated, "Two grand."
Cena walked back out and went to where Punk was standing. "What are you thinking?"
"Finding this Walter in ring side and beating him to a bloody pulp."
"I am right there with you." Cena said.
Punk remarked, "Really?"
"You and I may not always see eye to eye on things, but on this and whatever is going on. I am with you." Cena explained. "We're not going to get any full answers until she wakes up." Punk nodded and turned to head back towards the locker room with Cena in tow.
AN: So it's been a long time since I've written anything on fanfiction. I wrote this story awhile ago and thought I would share it with you. It's my first wrestling fic so please be kind to it. I would love to see your reviews. I am missing CM Punk big time so fanfiction kinda gets me through the absence