Wade Barrett Jr, the oldest Barrett brother, was a clone of his father, except he had his mothers eyes.
Not the shape or colour, which were his fathers, but his abilities. Wade had inheritied the full strength of Stars eyes, being the only other Misneach alive who could operate his Eye Powers with one eye. He alone was the only one of her sons to inherit her signature Puppet Eyes too. Otherwise, he had X-Ray Eyes, Mimic Eyes, Pain Eyes and Mood Eyes (the ability to play with the emotions of anyone he makes eye contact with).
Wade was Bad News Barrett to an absolute tee, except for one small difference, which he had also inherited from his mother – instead of money, Wade was obsessed with honey. His wife, Esmerelda, had even built him a bunker off their basement just so he could store the thousands of different jars of honey he had. Esmerelda was the daughter of Hazard, the Head of the Misneach Clan and loved her husband dearly. A constant bone of contention between them was that Wade wouldn't Imprint on her – to his credit, he did try, but his self-absorption and his love of honey (and his daughter) stood in the way.
Wade was also fiercely protective of his two brothers and of their friends. As the oldest of them all, Wade was their leader and mentor, often leading the group into a lot of trouble (another gift from his dear old mum). His best friend was Ace Gabriel, the oldest son of Beth Phoenix and Justin Gabriel. Ace tried to reign in some of Wades more evil tendancies, but often found himself going along with what his friend wanted anyway.
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Lawrence Knight was the older of the two Barrett twins, and considered himself the black sheep of the family. His hair was the colour of honey like his mother, and he wore it long, like his father used to. He was also the tallest of the three Barrett brothers, easily dwarfing his twin and barely making it past Wade.
Lawrence hated his family as much as he loved them. It rankled that he didn't get Puppet Eyes, instead having the nifty combination of X-Ray Eyes, Copy Eyes, Repeat Eyes (allowing him to see into the past), Future Eyes and Time Eyes (allowing him to manipulate the speed of time). It also angered him that he couldn't use one eye to activate his powers as his older brother could, he had to use both. It angered him how much he was like his father, how he looked like his father, how he acted like his father. He wished he could be more like his mother.
Maybe then his father would love him. Lawrence knew that the only reason Bad News Barrett gave a toss about his sons at all is because they were a part of Star, and she loved them dearly. He wanted his father to love him for who he was, not for who his mother was.
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Stu Sanders, the youngest and smallest Barrett twin, was Star to a tee. Sure, he might look like his father except for his short blonde hair, but every bit of him was Star.
It had caused his parents much anxiety at first, thinking that Stu might accidentally Imprint...until they found out that Stu was as devious as his mother, and had faked Imprinting on the next door neighbours daughter in order to get away with murder for two weeks as a child.
He had X-Ray Eyes, Copy Eyes, Image Eyes, Teleport Eyes and Disguise Eyes, which, along with his great-grandmothers ability to combine Eye Powers, allowed him to cause as much trouble as he liked. Like his brothers, he had a fond taste for honey (not quite as bad as Wade) and thought the world of his parents. He was also the leader of the new Unholy Trio, with Spike Gabriel (the youngest Gabriel son) and Malcolm Slater (the only son of Heath Slater).
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Wade "Bad News" Barrett had NOT aged well.
Being of the Clans, he was destined to live well into his mid one hundred and forties, however at fifty-nine he looked every year of eighty. Sure, he was still ripped and could easily beat down anyone he wanted, but his hair was gray and his face was wrinkled and scarred.
He smirked at his three sons, who stood before him.
"So what's your bad news NOW old man?" Wade glared at him.
Bad News smirk only broadened.
"You woke your mother up." He replied.
The three Barrett sons went pale. They loved their mother dearly, but they were also terrified of the powerful Misneach ninja.
Almost on cue, a young-looking lady leapt down from the top of the stairs and landed on the back of Bad News chair.
"I really wish you wouldn't Lucky, it's bad for the furniture." Bad News groaned.
Star had not aged a day since she'd left the WWE. Maybe a few light wrinkes around her eyes and mouth, but other than that she looked easily 22-23 years old. Not bad for a lady in her mid-fifties.
"We'll buy a new one, it's not like we lack money." Star pointed out. After leaving the WWE all those years ago as billionaires, Bad News and Star had helped a company called WCPW raise their wrestling promotion, Defiant Wrestling, to new heights. Bad News was the General Manager and Star was the CEO, and Defiant Wrestling was almost as powerful as the WWE was. The Barrett family certainly didn't lack money.
"I prefer NOT to be constantly replacing things that you break because you won't take a bit of care." Bad News frowned at her. Star grinned and kissed his cheek. The pair loved each other more than ever, although Star was still scared of her husbands temper!
"Anyway, might I ask what you three were doing up in the middle of the night right before a pay-per-view?" Star glared at her three sons, who gulped. "Wade, Relda's furious at you. You were supposed to escort her to a Clan meeting."
"There was an opportunity and..." Wade trailled off, knowing that if he told his mother that he'd been in an illegal street fight he'd be dead within seconds.
"You've been street fighting again." His father took care of that for him.
Star frowned at her oldest son.
"What?! Like you and Dad didn't fight illegally all over Europe!" Lawrence snapped.
"Things were different back then!" Bad News yelled. "We didn't have money, or power. I was living off being the second son of the Barrett Clan, and your mother..."
He didn't need to finish his sentence. The three boys knew that their mother had been sold to a paedophile as a baby, and had endured fifteen years of abuse. Star could never forget her childhood, no matter how hard she tried.
"Sorry Mum." Stu whispered.
"Every time you get caught you say you're sorry. Yet you keep going out." Star looked sadly at the boys, who looked guilty.
"I'm not sorry." Lawrence snapped suddenly. "What do YOU care anyway? We're either fighting for you in "legal" matches or fighting on the street, what difference does it make?!"
"Don't you DARE take that tone with your mother!" Bad News was on his feet in an instant.
"Of course, you don't care about us at all, it's all about your stupid wife." Lawrence pushed.
"WADE NO!" Star cried as Bad News lurched at his son, eyes almost silver.
"You take that back you little punk!" He growled, grabbing his son by the collar.
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME LITTLE!" Lawrence roared, and the fight was on.
"Am I really that bad when people call me the "L" word?" Star wondered as the two men wrestled.
"We all are Mum." Wade put an arm around his mother. "We'll get to bed. I'm sure Relda is DYING to rip into me."
"You're her responsibility now." Star told him. "So get out of my sight before I deck you."
"Yes Mum. Love you Mum." Wade gave his mother a quick peck on the cheek before scurrying outside to his own home down the lane.
"Wade, Lawrence, ENOUGH!" Star yelled. The two men ignored her. "Fine, have it your way. RAT, TIGER, MONKEY, DRAGON, SNAKE!"
Bad News was wise to his wifes tricks by this stage, and quickly got out of the way. Lawrence wasn't so lucky, and copped a full blast of Infinite Paralysis.
"Get your brother to bed. We'll deal with you in the morning." Star glared at Stu, who was trying to help his twin up.
"Yes Mum. Night Mum. Love you Mum!" Stu lifted up his brother and fled to their wing of Barrett Manor.
"Was that REALLY necessary?" Bad News raised an eyebrow at his wife.
"I don't know what it is between you two. He's your son." Star looked at her husband, who sighed.
"I know. He's just...difficult." Bad News hugged his wife. "I'm sorry."
"We'll figure something out." Star kissed the aged face that she loved now more than ever. "Actually, I think I might have the ticket."
"Oh?" Bad News led Star back to his chair, where she settled happily into his lap.
"John Cena contacted me. He's not happy with how the WWE has been run recently." Star started.
Bad News groaned.
"Oh come on now Wade, that was nearly thirty years ago." Star rolled her eyes. "Don't tell me you're STILL jealous."
"I'm not, honest, it's just I know he still loves you." Bad News pointed out.
"Even after he married Randy? C'mon Wade, you're being silly." Star laughed.
"Am not." Bad News grumbled.
"Anyway, you remember how he knocked Randy up? Their son is a few months younger than the twins. Felix Cena-Orton." Star continued. "They don't want him going to the WWE, so they wanted to know if he could come to us for training and perhaps sign with Defiant Wrestling."
"Of course he does. Anything to worm his way into our lives." Bad News pouted.
"WADE!" Star chided him. "Maybe we could put Felix under Lawrences wing? Give him something to focus on."
"That takes care of Lawrence, but what about Wade and Stu? Wade loves getting into trouble, and Stu will do anything his brothers do." Bad News pointed out.
"Hopefully if Lawrence settles down, that will take care of Stu. I'm also going to put the Unholy Trio into the Tag Team Title hunt. That should keep them occupied." Star mused.
"And Wade? We thought marrying him to the Head Family of the Misneach Clan would keep him under control, but he's more like me than we thought." Bad News sighed.
"He's Esmereldas problem now. I'll have a chat to her." Star stretched with a yawn. "Your bloody children..."
"They're just as much yours as mine." Bad News chuckled. He gripped his Lucky Star tightly. "How about we get to bed, huh?"
"Uh-huh." Star rubbed her eyes. "HEY!"
Bad News had lifted her up in his arms again, and was going to carry her to bed whether she liked it or not.
"You'd think after all these years you'd get the memo that I can WALK!"
"I know you can. I just like annoying you."
"Put me down!"
"Not going to happen Lucky."
"WADE!"
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Next day, Stu Sanders sat with Spike Gabriel and Malcolm Slater near the pool. The Gabriels and the Slaters lived close by, so the new Unholy Trio were never far apart. All three were signed to Defiant Wrestling, and kept the crowds in stitches with their antics.
"So Mum's put us in the hunt for the Defiant Tag Titles." Stu was telling his two best friends. "And I have the perfect plan for us to snag them with hardly any effort at all."
"This is a bad idea." Spike piped up immediately.
"You haven't even heard it!" Stu looked upset.
"Fine. Proceed." Spike lounged about in the hammock.
"I was inspired by a few of my mothers plans-," Stu started.
"This is definitely a bad idea." Malcolm looked up at Spike.
"GUYS!" Stu pouted.
Meanwhile, up in the forest that sat at the back of the Barrett estate, Lawrence Knight was complaining bitterly to his friends, ZZ Jackson (son of Zeke), Timmy Bryan (son of Daniel) and Teddy Rhodes (son of Cody), who had his girlfriend Melody Fox (daughter of Alicia) in tow.
"You're SO lucky the Vipers haven't wiped the floor with you yet Rhodes. Your family are leeches if I've ever seen one." Timmy looked down his nose at Teddy, who smirked.
"The Rhodes happen to be good friends with the Ortons, and don't you forget it." Teddy cuddled Melody from behind.
"Speaking of the Ortons." Lawrence sighed, sitting up in a tree. "I've got to mentor Felix."
"John Cenas son?" ZZ blinked. "Well aren't YOU the lucky one!"
"Lucky's my mother." Lawrence said bitterly. "I'm supposed to meet him at the gym tonight."
"Go easy on him Lawrence, he's a good kid." Teddy said. "We went to school together."
"He's a lot like John, but you can definitely see the Viper influence. He's Randy's son too alright." Melody told them. "He's one of the few people I know who has total control of his demon."
Silence fell. All of them knew how Randys demon was causing havoc with his marriage, how poor John Cena had often been beaten black and blue by his possessed husband.
"Wonder how long that will last." Lawrence wondered, plucking an apple from the branch above him.
"It's like having another voice inside your head." Melody told them.
"Sounds like my fathers Imprint." Lawrence spat.
"You're too hung up on your father Lawrence. You're twenty-three years old, isn't it time you let it go?" Timmy pointed out.
Lawrence sighed.
Meanwhile, Wade Barrett Jr was being forced to scrub the floors of their small manor as punishment for the previous night.
"Love, really, I'm a BARRETT, can't we just hire someone to do it for us?" He groaned.
One flicker of his wifes Pain Eyes however was enough to get him scrubbing again. Esmerelda had the same eyes as her husband, something Star found extremely cute.
"Bloody woman." Wade muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!"
Wade grumbled as a small child knelt beside him, also trying her hardest to scrub the floors.
"I'll help you Daddy." Little Treelo said. Wade smiled at his beloved only child, and together the pair managed to make the floors shine!
And here is the long-awaited sequel to "We Are One"! I always liked the names of the characters Stu Bennett played before he became Wade Barrett, so I thought I'd show them some love here. As always, read, review, like, subscribe, eat, love, pray, ENJOY!
