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"Jesus Christ." Complained Reigns. "I mean what the fuck could be wrong with this car?"
"I know right?" Concurred Seth Rollins. "Aren't rental companies supposed to care enough about their damn customers to keep these things working?
Dean Ambrose was looking around and not liking what he was seeing. They were in the middle of nowhere. Of course the car would break down here. Of course! "Let's try our phones again."
For the next ten minutes the three wrestlers tried their phones at various angles. There was absolutely no reception to be had. The frustrated cussing from each man was breathtaking.
"I truly did not think there were still places with no reception anymore! Mother fucker!" Said an angered Rollins.
"Well God dammit, what are we going to do? I don't remember seeing much civilization for hours." Replied Reigns.
"Seriously? Seriously?" Ambrose chimed in. "Nobody noticed a farm, or service station, or anything?"
Rollins and Reigns shook their heads.
"Well we are totally fucked then aren't we?" Dean surveyed the area again. " We're going to have to walk somewhere. What other choice do we have? Let's just head the way we were going."
The Shield members walked, and walked, and walked some more.
"Is this the God damned Twilight Zone?" Asked Dean. "I mean there isn't one fucking house? Not one fucking car has passed by?"
"Look at the road guys. It's just barely a dirt road. We are in bumfuck nowhere." Said Roman.
"It's gonna be dark soon." Warned Seth.
Dean thought he heard something coming from the surrounding woods. It sounded like whimpering, and it sounded human. "Hey." He whispered. "Do you guys hear that?"
The other two stopped behind Ambrose who was now standing still. They listened.
"Someone's crying in the woods." Said Rollins.
Reigns was thinking that this was pretty creepy, especially now that the sun was setting. Before he could comment, Dean started walking towards the noise. Seth looked at Roman and shrugged. They both began to follow Ambrose.
"Hello! Someone there?" Shouted Dean. "We need your help!"
"Psst." Seth pointed to the left. The men crept quietly towards the sounds. It now seemed like sobbing coming from more than one person.
There was a tall oak tree where the sobs seemed to be originating from. Seth motioned for the others to surround various sides of the tree.
What they saw, stopped them in their tracks.
A young woman who seemed to be dead was propped against the trunk of the tree. Two little girls were clutching her for dear life, and crying. One of the girls looked to be around 5 or 6. The other girl looked no more than 8. The Shield were actually speechless. The little ones looked half starved.
Roman was the first to act. He knelt down to check and see if there was any pulse on the woman. The girls shrunk away from him seemingly scared out of their wits.
"We aren't going to hurt you." Said Dean softly.
Reigns looked at his friends and shook his head to the negative. The woman was not alive.
Dean said to the girls. "Please come on over here and talk to us. C'mon. We aren't going to bite."
The girls would not let go.
"Is this your mommy?" Asked Rollins, and the older girl nodded her head.
"Please mommy wake up!" Shouted the littlest one. All three big, tough men felt their heartstrings being tugged.
Dean waved Seth over and away from the girls. "There must be a place somewhere near here where we can take the girls, and the body. I mean they came from somewhere right?"
"I'm with ya bud." Said Rollins. "Plus we have to get these girls some food."
They walked back over to Reigns. Dean told them he would carry the woman. Seth reached for the older girl. She fought him because she did not want to let go of her mother. "There, there." Cooed Rollins as he smoothed her hair gently. "We want to take you to some food. Okay?"
She kicked at him and screeched, "Noooo! Mommy noooo!", but was no match for the wrestler. He cradled her in his arms until she lost the strength to fight him anymore.
While that was happening, Roman smiled at the tinier one, and then offered his hand. She reluctantly took it. He wiped a few tears from her cheeks. He smiled at her warmly and asked, "What's your name?"
The girl sniffled and said, "Joy."
"That is a beautiful name Joy."
Joy pointed at the other girl and said, "Sister Hope."
"Well now, that's a nice name too." Said Rollins.
"Want a piggy back ride?" Asked Rollins. He got down lower, and Hope climbed up on his back, giving in.
Roman gathered Joy in his arms and was surprised that she wrapped her arms around his neck, then nestled her head in the crook of it.
Dean hoisted the dead woman up over his shoulders. She apparently had died very recently because her body was not stinking of rot, or anything.
The Superstars made their way out of the woods to the dirt road. They began walking in the direction they were before they stumbled upon the heart wrenching scene. The girls started to kick and scream. "Other wayyyyyyy!" yelled Joy.
Hope shouted in Seth's ear, " They'll get us! They'll punish us!"
"Girls!" Said Dean firmly. "Calm down. We aren't going to let anyone hurt you." He looked at the other Shield members, and the looks that they gave him showed that the words of the girls had alarmed them too. Who was going to punish them?
Unfortunately, they were about to find out.