Title: Righteousness, Revelations and Enigmas: Locked Up in Los Angeles
Author: Kaykyaka
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE and TNA characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.
Ratings: K+
Characters: Shawn, Cameron, Rebecca and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna Helmsley, Trish, Randy and Randy Orton Jr, Melina, Johnny and Romeo Hennigan, Jeff, Stephanie and Elizabeth Hardy, Angelo and Angela Jericho, Vince McMahon, Marion Cena, Brie and Justin Danner, Alannah Pirelli and Charlotte, Dan and Carla McCool.
Summary: With their friends on trial for attempted murder, Batista and CM Punk try to find Brie to testify against Jericho on their behalf. Will her testimony be enough to stop ATM, Shawn, Randy, Jeff and Joanie from going to prison for a crime they didn't commit?
Chapter Two – My So-Called Long Island Life
Glen Cove, Long Island, NY, Sunday December 5th 2021
Jeremy Dallas Dean lived in Glen Cove on Long Island with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Brian and Mary Dean. He went to school at Jefferson High and his best friend was a smart but unfunny boy called Fred Donohue. They'd been best friends since they were four years-old and everyone called Fred "Freddie" because it rhymed with Jeremy, sort of. They went to the same pre-school and lived in the same neighborhood with a girl called Megan Parker who was also best friends with Jeremy. So naturally when the now twelve year-old Jeremy Dallas Dean "woke" from his seven year coma two months ago, "Freddie" and Megan were the first two people to come around for a visit. They didn't seem to mind that Jeremy didn't remember them, or their parents or the numerous adventures they had as children before the coma. It wasn't that Jeremy couldn't remember them, their parents or the adventures they'd had. It was that Jeremy Dallas Dean was still in a coma and the twelve year-old Jeremy's body was currently being used by the disembodied spirit of a full grown Triple H.
As he stared at his reflection in the mirror, his firm facial features now soft and undeveloped looked back at him. His light brown eyes were now blue and his blond hair was now dark brown. His body was that of a teenage boy, the muscular physique that made The Game a household name was nowhere to be seen. And across his teeth lay a set of steel braces due to come off on his thirteenth birthday which was on April 1st, also Randy Orton's birthday and Jeremy was the same age as Randy Orton, Jr his son - RJO. So far The Game had endured a whole month of school, after school clubs, trips to the Big Apple, late dinners at "Freddie" and Megan's houses and trips out of town to see relatives who lived down in Texas. Tomorrow he'd be going back to school again, he'd caught up to "Freddie" and now was being skipped ahead in all his classes. The fact that Hunter had already finished school was a big help but nobody knew that because nobody knew who he really was. When the real Jeremy woke out of his coma, Hunter would have his own body back and Jeremy was gonna have grades he didn't earn and experiences he didn't experience. Hunter felt guilty like he was stealing the boy's life. Still, being alive made Jeremy's parents and friends so happy, how could the opposite be any better? Besides, Hunter wouldn't be borrowing the boy's body forever, just until the time came for him to rid the world of Jericho one more time. He couldn't see Shawn, Amy or Chyna; they were remanded without bail along with Randy, Trish and Jeff Hardy. The prosecution had convinced the judge that they were a flight risk and he was right because there was no doubt in Hunter's mind that given the opportunity they all would have gotten out of that jail a long time ago. The Deans wouldn't let Hunter see them but they held no ill will towards Hunter's real friends and family, they didn't know that they were his real friends and family either. After all the wonderful things Hunter told Jeremy's parents about them how could they? It was puzzling to them that their "son" could recall fantastic adventures involving "those wrestlers" but he couldn't remember a day before his fifth birthday. The time would come when Hunter would be able to explain everything to them but right now the only person he was interested in talking to was his daughter Aurora Rose Hardy who was paying him a visit right now.
"Hey Jeremy," she said flying through Jeremy's bedroom window.
"Don't call me that I'm your father for crying out loud," Hunter said as Aurora hugged him. They were more or less the same age group now only Aurora was three years older.
"How's school, still acing all your classes?" Aurora said.
"Yeah I was thinking of slowing down I don't want anyone to get suspicious," Hunter said.
"Suspicious of what, that young Jeremy Dean is really wrestling icon Triple H? Come on Daddy that'll never happen in a million years," Aurora said.
She sat down on Jeremy's bed and noticed that her father was quietly staring at his reflection in the mirror.
"How are you holding up?" she asked him.
"I feel like a fraud Ro-Ro," Hunter replied. "This kid has got a great life and the only reason I've got his life because mine is a total nightmare," Aurora nodded, she knew what her father meant.
"Your life may be a nightmare but I'm sleeping two rooms down from one," Aurora said, she was referring to living in the same house as Chris Jericho for the first time.
Hunter turned to face his daughter, his face serious now and it always was when it came to his daughters.
"If he ever puts one hand on you I wanna know about it right away understand?" he said sternly but it just ended up sounding cute because Jeremy Dean's voice hadn't quite broken yet.
"Aw that's cute Dad," Aurora said patting her father on the head and Triple H balked at the gesture.
"It's not cute I'm serious!" he said but Aurora didn't think so, instead she laughed at the idea of Jericho harming her.
"He's afraid of me Daddy," she said, her green eyes sparkling with satisfaction. She pulled a long blond strand out of her face and pulled it behind her ear and it was then that Hunter realized what a striking resemblance Aurora had to him. Her mannerisms and the way she carried herself was him through and through. He came out of that thought though as her gesture had revealed the three stud earrings now piercing her upper lobe. Each stud represented one of the three adults she loved the most; an emerald green stud for her father Hunter, a diamond stud for her mother Stephanie and an purple amethyst stud for her father in Christ Jeff Hardy, the man with whom she shared supernatural Gifts from God and a home for the past thirteen years. The studs were Aurora's way of reminding herself that even though they were all apart they were all still close to her. Hunter didn't approve of the piercings but he approved of the gesture. "When Jericho sees me, he sees you. I am the only Helmsley in that household and he can't stand having me around but there's nothing he can do about it,"
"I gotta say you've been doing a pretty good job of restraining yourself. I know I couldn't control my rage if I was living in the same house as Chris Jericho," Hunter said and Aurora's eyes scanned over the pictures of Joanie, Shawn, Amy, LC, Cameron, Cheyenne, Rebecca Michelle, the Nash Family, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall and herself amongst pictures of his so-called relatives and friends.
"Do the Deans ever ask you why you have pictures of all of us in your bedroom?" Aurora asked him.
Hunter shrugged, "I guess they think its weird but they don't care, I just got out of a coma Ro-Ro, they're just glad to have Jeremy back," he said.
"Dad that was two months ago," Aurora said.
"Hello, I was in that coma for seven years!" Hunter said.
"Hello, that wasn't really you in that coma," Aurora replied.
"Hello!" Hunter replied and Aurora waited for him to say something.
"Yes?" she finally said when no answer came.
"There's nothing else to say," Hunter said and Aurora laughed.
"You may look like a twelve year-old but you're still my moron of a Dad," she said fondly.
"That's Cerebral Assassin and I love you too," Hunter said and he kissed Aurora on the head. He had to stand on tip-toes to do it though; she was three inches taller than him. "I just wish I was big and strong enough to protect you, Stephanie and the kids form that demonic jerk Jericho,"
"Dad I told you I don't need your protection," Aurora said. "He's scared of me,"
"Aurora I know how much you hate Chris Jericho and when you get upset, well we all know what happens then," Hunter said and Aurora looked at him strangely.
"What happens?" she asked and Hunter frowned at her.
"Hello your supernatural weather powers go wild!" he said.
"Sorry Dad I forgot who I was talking to for a moment there. You're really doing a good job of being Jeremy Dean, I thought how could you possibly know about my powers then I realized you're not actually a twelve year-old stranger," Aurora said and Hunter shook his head.
"Look it won't be long before Jericho drops his act and shows his true colors and then you'll show yours," he said.
"Dad look at me, I'm as calm as a mild autumn breeze, I'm not gonna let Jericho get to me," Aurora said.
Hunter was not convinced but his daughter didn't fly all the way over from North Carolina to argue. "Come on, let me introduce you to my "parents"," he said making air quotes with his hands.
"Okay," Aurora said jumping off of Jeremy's bed. "You know what Cameron says?"
"Not lately," Hunter replied as they headed to his bedroom door.
"He says the reason you're in Jeremy Dean's body is to give the Deans hope," Aurora said.
"I can believe that," Hunter said. The Deans smiled 24/7 and from what he'd been told before Jeremy "woke" from his coma, they had never been so happy.
"That's not all Cameron says," Aurora said.
"That Amazing kid never stops talking," Hunter said.
"He says being in the body of a twelve year-old boy is going to protect you from yourself, he says if you were the old Triple H you'd make things a lot worse," Aurora said and Hunter furrowed his brow and thought back to the time he threw an electric wheelchair through a restaurant window causing Jericho to lose his left eye and grow a decade long grudge against him and the ones he loved.
"The kid's got a point," he said knowing that he had let his anger get the best of him in the past. He hoped that he hadn't passed his temper onto Aurora. His anger wasn't like Shawn and Amy's Righteous Indignation; it was usually just the result of bad judgment.
"Hey guys Aurora's here," Hunter said coming into Jeremy's parents living room and they turned around to see a green eyed girl in a big grey jumper and blue jeans looking back at them.
"Oh right Stephanie McMahon's eldest daughter, Jeremy's told us all about you," Mrs. Dean said going over to Aurora.
"It's very nice to meet you Mrs. Dean," Aurora said politely.
"Is your father still missing?" Mary asked Aurora and she looked over at Hunter who pretended not to hear the question.
"Um no he's right here," Aurora said.
"Of course he is dear, he's in your heart," Mary Dean replied thinking that's what Aurora meant. To the world Triple H was missing and Jericho had done a pretty convincing job of persuading everyone that he had abandoned his family and friends in fear of going to prison for attempting to murder him.
"How is your mother coping with her husband coming back to her after all these years?" Mr. Dean asked Aurora. Aurora had to almost force her mouth into a smile and Hunter saw her hands clench at her sides and the color recede from her face before she answered the question.
"She's coping as-well as could be expected," she replied again politely and the Deans escorted her to the table for dinner.
"Come on son, help your mother bring out the food in the kitchen," Brian Dean said calling Hunter into the kitchen. Hunter shook his head as he walked up to the counter where the vegetables were waiting to be carried out to the dining table; things were gonna get worse he knew it and Aurora was in denial. She may have said that she was a mild breeze but inside Hunter knew his daughter was a brooding tornado. He'd have to tell LC to talk to her; she was her sister's keeper after all and since he was too small to do anything about it Hunter hoped LC would be able to prevent a storm he knew was coming.