Prologue: Enter the Sandman
Before the Shield's last match Against Evolution.
Dean stormed through the hotel, looking for his youngest brother and his only biological brother Seth. He was getting more and more angry as he looked. Since they got signed to the main roster and people started looking at Seth like a piece of meat, Dean had started being a little overly protective at times because of this. Seth had been named the architect of the Shield by WWE universe thanks to Cole, and Roman somehow became named the leader in front of the cameras, behind the scenes Dean was the plotter and defiantly the leader. He came up with the plans, Roman kept Dean stable enough to orchestrate his plans. Seth could do all the moves in the ring and look tough but back stage he just stuck to his brothers and close friends and oozed innocence at times. Some how Dean and Roman protected him and allowed him to stay innocent and childish at times. Normally, Like Jeff Hardy, innocence would put a target on a person's back for every dominate and top in the business. Wrestlers chewed innocents up and afterwards left them a crumbled broken shell of a man. Everyone though feared Roman and Dean enough to leave Seth alone.
Dean threw open the Shield hotel room and sees Seth curled up on the couch shaking. Roman followed Dean in ready to intervene if Dean flew at his brother. In FCW Roman came to know these two and at first he was interested in Dean but as he got to know Dean and Seth he began to think of them more as his brothers then a romantic interest. Dean needed the stabilizing force Roman provided and Seth couldn't always keep Dean stable. Mainly because, Seth being the little brother, sometimes Dean would just demanded respect and Seth would cave. Roman soon fit into the group as the force that if need by could take Dean down physically to make him listen. Somehow he became the older brother that they needed and his family adopted both men as well. His father met Seth and Dean and told Roman he had two new brothers after spending the day with them all. Roman also was one of the few that knew that Seth and Dean grew up in foster care. Their mother passed on in a car accident. Their father was unknown so they ended up in foster care. He also knew they lied about their ages to get into the WWE.
Roman leaned against the wall and watches as dean storms forward and grabs Seth by his shoulders and shakes him, "WERE WHERE YOU," He yells at the top of his lungs all the worry coming out in a rush.
Seth looks up at him with Tears in his eyes and then grabs Dean, hiding his face in his brother's chest, crying.
Dean blinks and wraps his arms around his brother and sits down holding him, "Seth.. whoa.. calm down."
Seth sobs out, "Hunter said I have to join the Authority."
Dean blinks in confusion, "Ok you need to start from the beginning."
Seth shakes his head and clings to Dean harder, "I'm not going."
Dean sighs and pulls Seth away gently and looks into his eyes, "You need to explain Seth. I can't fix things I don't know about."
Seth mumbles, "Hunter and Randy came up to me today.. when I went to the bathroom... they locked me in there. They said I was going to join the authority or .. we'd all lose our jobs."
Dean frowns and lets Seth hide in his shirt again. Randy had warned him what Hunter was planning, since Him and Randy started dating secretly. Randy had fed him information since. Roman and Seth knew about Randy but what they didn't know was Dean picked Seth to go to the authority when Randy told him about hunter planning on breaking up the shield. Dean picked Seth because the authority would protect Seth and him and Roman could handle anything the authority could do to them, he wasn't certain Seth could. Also they needed one of the brothers in the authority.
Dean looks at Seth, "You're going to do it."
Seth frowns at Dean and Roman doesn't look happy either.
Dean holds up his hand, "That gives Seth protection. Also it gives all of us a chance to break out as singles. We all know we couldn't stay a team forever. Seth this is your chance to have Hunter and Stephanie push you to the top."
Seth shakes his head and goes to talk but Dean holds up his hand, "you trust me right? Seth.. you're doing this."
Dean nods, "this give you a chance also.. to get to know our father Hunter."
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A/n This is continuing. The next couple chapters are setting this up so that everything is explained so this maybe a little Slow. Bare with me.