Before their upcoming match with The Wyatts, Roman and Seth seem to see the biggest threat in Dean.
„I hope we can count on you, Dean. That rematch we have with The Wyatts on Raw is very important. If you plan to screw up again, just tell us now," Roman warned his teammate who was sitting on the chair and looking up at Roman in anger. He didn't know why they did not trust him. He was always there to help them. Didn't he prove to them that he was as much a part of The Shield as Roman and Seth? He saved their asses on Monday and stood by them on Friday as well, when he, together with Seth, dove on Bray's guards. He did what was expected from him. Why do Roman and Seth believe that he's going to turn his back on them then?
"Do you understand?" Seth yelled and spit on his face when he leaned in in order to be in the same level as Dean. "This is not a fucking game," he reminded Dean.
Dean craved for standing up to them but he kept being unusually quiet.
"Good," Roman concluded as he assumed that Dean understood what they were saying.
Seth, on the other hand, still did not believe him. "If you leave us alone on Monday or will not cooperate, there will be consequences," Seth warned him but in much calmer voice; still he sounded persuasive and he was frightening as hell. He has spent enough time with Dean so now he knew what worked best on him.
Dean still didn't say anything. He could easily oppose that but that would get him in yet another argument and he was tired of those. Moreover, even though he mastered the craft of speaking, Roman and Seth outnumbered him, therefore any debate he would get into could result in either losing or him storming out. When he didn't say anything, everybody seemed to calm down at least a little. Nobody was happy with the situation and Seth and Roman probably still didn't trust Dean but neither did he trust them. He was getting tired of their shit and they could clearly see it. Fortunately, the building hatred was mutual so that nobody could get grumpy about it. They all were grumpy though, but for different reasons.
"So what are we going to do about Wyatts?" Seth changed the topic but addressed the question to Roman only, leaving Dean out of the decision.
"I don't know," he replied and then he looked at Dean as if he presented a threat, or a walking time-bomb. He wished he could believe him and The Shield could really be a three-man unit in the upcoming match but it seemed like those days were over.
"We cannot let them win again," Seth noted the obvious. The last time they had a match with the so-called family, it ended disastrously for them. That could not happen again; otherwise it would really be over. If they weren't to unite for defeating-The-Wyatts purposes, they would fail to prove to everybody that they could still cooperate and bring some justice to the company.
There was a scenario in which Dean would keep his head calm and pulled himself together. In that case, they could work as a team which they were and destroy The Wyatt Family. But the thing with Dean was that he truly was unpredictable and more unreliable than not. For some reason, it might have been a good thing to have him on their side but with his complicated personality, he was as dangerous for The Shield as he was for The Wyatts. He was even possible to destroy himself without anybody else interacting.
"Dean?" Roman addressed him silently what interrupted his new-found inner peace but didn't take his self-control away.
Dean lifted his head up and was ready to listen to him.
"Can we count on you?" he asked hoping for the positive answer or at least a sign of agreement. They really needed him; they couldn't deal with their opponent on their own. They were The Shield after all; united fists were their well-known gesture and if they cannot work as a group, they cannot be one. If Dean indeed turns his back on the duo, there will be no Shield; it would be their end.
Everybody has noticed that the tension between Dean and Roman was rising but there was tension between Dean and Seth as well. If Seth was to choose side, he would pick Roman. He was much more easy-going, it wasn't painful to deal with him and there wasn't a massive ego surrounding him. Roman was confident but not cocky as Dean. Sometimes it seemed to Seth that Dean was acting like a jerk on purpose, to get rid of the other two and be alone. If that was the case, Dean's wish would come true soon. It was just a question of time before they disbanded.
Roman was still waiting for an answer from Dean, he wouldn't let it go and this time, he wouldn't even allow Dean to leave or pretend he did not hear his question. He stared into his eyes, being an authoritative parent who asks his child to behave and is ready to punish him in case he doesn't.
"Yes," Dean finally gave him an answer which Roman longed for.
Once again, Seth was doubtful about Dean's intentions and if it was up to him, he wouldn't let Dean get away with that short word. But Roman was different. He seemed to have a strategy which would help him keep the team together for as long as possible. The Wyatt Family was a short goal and more accomplishable one that the long one, to stay united until WrestleMania. That seemed like forever from now and he wouldn't dare to bet The Shield would still exist when the biggest pay-per-view of them all comes. But either way, Roman was the leader of the group now; and it was his task to do all he could to provide peaceful environment for his colleagues and himself to work in. Seth might be called the peacemaker of The Shield but Roman knew that his own personality was much more suitable for that position. In this war times only Roman's stamina could save them.
