Title: ATM and the ARK Angels of DX: Aftershock
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, Kevin and Tristen Nash, Marion Cena, the Undertaker, Garrett Calloway, Batista, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Brie and Justin Danner, Alannah Pirelli and Charlotte, Dan and Carla McCool.
Summary: After the trial Jericho is loose and the Undertaker visits DX and tells them a dark secret about his son that puts Stephanie on edge. Meanwhile Rebecca Michelle is worried Cheyenne is going to do something stupid behind Shawn's back with Tristen Nash.
Chapter Six – City Break
Manhattan, NYC, New York 12pm
Carla McCool was on her way back to the office gulping down a strawberry ice drink on the way. It was still winter but it was summer for her; LC and Cameron had called and said that they wanted her to be maid of honor at their wedding which was back on as scheduled. Because of Chris Jericho the wedding had been put on hold, now he was gone there was nothing to interfere with something that should have happened years ago. So excited about the wedding was Carla that she didn't see the person standing in front of her and she crashed into them.
"Oh sorry I didn't see you there," Carla said to the tall, pale young man. She walked around him and kept on thinking about LC and Cameron's wedding when the stranger called out to her.
"You're Carla McCool aren't you?" he said and Carla turned back towards him.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" she said coming towards him and shaking her head not recognizing him.
"No but I'm sure you will, I'm going to LC and Cameron's wedding," the young man said.
Carla smiled, "You know LC and Cameron, well that explains it they must have told you about me," she said and she stretched out her hand for the man to shake, "Do you live in New York?"
The young man looked at Carla's outstretched hand not sure whether he should shake it.
"No I'm here on business," the young man replied and Carla took her hand back. "But I also wanted to see if I could get a gift for LC and Cameron while I was here,"
"Well I'm going back to work but if you want some tips I can give you some suggestions on what they might like," Carla said.
"Well I know LC plays guitar so I was thinking about getting her a new Fender and Cameron's very intelligent so I was thinking about getting him a world encyclopedia," the young man replied and Carla nodded impressed.
"Not bad, so I guess I'll see you at the wedding," Carla said and she was about to walk away when she realized she didn't get the young man's name. "I'm sorry I didn't get your name?"
The young man smiled, "I'm a friend of Chris Jericho's," he said and chills went down Carla's back at the mention of that name and she started to step back as Garrett Calloway stepped closer towards her. "I have a message for you from Jericho, he says he'll try his best to attend the wedding and that you, Charlotte and Dan should be seeing him real soon,"
Carla dropped her drink and it splashed up on her legs as it fell from her trembling hands and Garrett Calloway laughed. It was clear that Carla McCool didn't have a Gift like LC and Cameron so he had no reason to fear her. He took her hand and shook it, "It was nice to meet you," he said before walking away and Carla reached a trembling hand inside her clutch purse and pulled out her cell-phone.
"Dan I'm coming to your office, it's an emergency," she said leaving a message on Dan McCool's voicemail. She was expecting a delivery of cushions but that would have to wait until she told Dan about this strange looking kid who knew way too much about her family; its past, present and future. "Who the hell is Garrett Calloway?" she said to herself as she headed towards Dan's office on Wall Street, all she knew was that if he was talking to Chris Jericho the time for LC and Cameron to get married looked like it was about to get pushed back again.
Meanwhile in Long Island lunch was almost over at Glen Cove High and everyone was talking about one person, Aurora Rose who had transformed her appearance and she was now getting the attention of various different people. Beth Hardy had taken about sixteen pictures of Aurora in her new look, for the first time ever Aurora was showing her legs. She was wearing a long hot pink vest top and a matching black denim jacket and skirt. She had re-styled her hair so that it piled up high on top and cascaded down her back at the bottom and she was wearing pink lip gloss and she was smiling, a lot. Marion and the A Twins didn't know what to say when they saw her but to Beth the first question was obvious.
"Where did you get those clothes?" Beth asked as everyone came over to Aurora to pay her compliment after compliment.
"I raided my closet at home and found all these clothes in there," Aurora replied sitting next to the A Twins. "After I went home yesterday I just felt like I needed to change up my look,"
"And this has nothing to do with the fact that Steven's gonna be in Jamaica with us this weekend," Marion Cena said.
Angela Jericho nudged her brother, "Marion's jealous," she said and Marion was offended by AJ's remark.
"I am not," he said. "I got a date for the trip, we're doing the photo shoot together on Thursday. She just so happens to be from Jamaica,"
"Small world," Angelo said. "Wasn't that other girl interested in you from that photo shoot you had last week?"
"Yeah but I had to make a choice and I chose Anaia," Marion said watching Aurora as she played with her hair.
"You know the first thing I'm gonna do, no the first thing we're gonna do when we get back to Jamaica is?" Aurora said to Beth and Angela.
"What's that?" they asked her.
"We are very politely going to ask Brie Danner to dye our hair for us," Aurora said and Beth and Angela liked that idea.
"Anaia has nice hair maybe she could give you girls some tips," Marion Cena said.
"Yeah maybe we could give her a few tips as-well, like maybe where she could find a new boyfriend," Beth replied and everyone laughed.
"Guys you know the weirdest thing happened to us last night," AJ said and his sister shook her head.
"I don't know AJ maybe we shouldn't talk about this," she said.
"Talk about what?" Aurora asked applying another coat of lip gloss.
"Some guy came over to Uncle Dan and Aunt Charlotte's last night, he says he name was Garrett Calloway," AJ said and Aurora's face tightened at the mention of Garrett's name.
"What did he want?" she asked AJ.
"He wanted to see you," AJ replied.
"And what did you tell him?" Aurora replied.
"I didn't know where you were so I called Remi and then LC got on the phone and told me that Garrett Calloway had to get out of the house because he was dangerous," AJ said.
"So he left the house?" Aurora asked.
"Yeah he left but how did he know where we lived?" AJ said.
"What a creep, going over to Aunt Charlotte's and Uncle Dan's when he doesn't even know them, that's out of line," Beth said. "I think we should go see them Aurora, just to make sure they're okay."
"Let me talk to my sister first," Aurora said putting away her lip gloss. She really didn't want to go anywhere near New York City if Garrett Calloway was going to be there. Things were going so well with Steven she didn't want anything to ruin it.
Marion gave her a hug. "You okay?" he asked her and she nodded.
"Yeah I'll be fine I just wish I never knew Garrett Calloway, I wish he never came into my life," Aurora said and Beth and the A twins gathered around her.
"Well you've got us Aurora and we're not going anywhere so don't worry we're here for you," Angelo said and they all hugged Aurora and warmed up her heart before they went to their next class. The last thing they wanted was for it to grow cold again.
Over on the West Coast while Tamara Nash was getting her homework assignments from Waterside in Greenwich, Connecticut for her, Rebecca Michelle was hanging out with Batista and Romeo Perez Hennigan in the Henngian's home in Santa Monica. She was concerned about the confrontation she had with her sister Cheyenne in the Impact Zone yesterday but her brother Cameron had tasked her with the job of looking out for her sister while he focused on his wedding with LC. Romeo was also on assignment and while Victoria got his homework assignment from school for him, he thought about how he could best help Cheyenne along with Remi, who was originally assigned by Randy Orton to Aurora.
Remi decided that the first thing they needed to do was go to Cheyenne's old college professor and try to find out how she was before she decided to quit. His name was Peter Jensen and he was very supportive of Cheyenne and her incredible talent and he was very sad to see her go.
"Shouldn't you be in school?" Peter Jensen said to Rebecca Michelle and Romeo Hennigan.
"We'll ask the questions here," Rebecca replied and Batista laughed at the stunned expression on the professor's face at Rebecca's authoritative tone.
"Okay Ms. Rebecca Michelle what would you like to know?" Peter Jensen said.
"Do you remember the day my sister Cheyenne told you she was quitting college?" Rebecca asked the professor.
"Yes I was devastated. Cheyenne is one of the most talented musicians I have ever had the pleasure of teaching," Peter Jensen replied and Romeo could tell that the professor was telling the truth. "Her music left the instrument and resided in the heart and I thought she would only get better,"
"What reason did she give you for leaving?" Rebecca Michelle asked.
Peter Jensen shook his head as he recalled the words that Cheyenne spoke that day. "She said she just didn't want to do it anymore," he said with a huff.
"That doesn't really make any sense," Romeo Hennigan said to Rebecca who nodded.
"No it didn't make any sense at all," Peter Jensen added. "I asked her to explain herself but she didn't say anything else she just said "I'm sorry" and she left, it was so unlike her,"
Rebecca knew it wasn't like Cheyenne to be so inarticulate and she suspected that it was because she wasn't leaving college because she wanted to; it was because Tristen was making her.
"Did my sister ever mention a person called Tristen Nash?" Rebecca asked Professor Jensen.
"No she didn't, the only person she ever spoke about to me was her father. She said she didn't want to let him down and I asked her how could she do that if she was doing so well and she said it made her happy that her father was proud of her," Peter Jensen said.
"One last question Professor, as good as my sister was at music did you ever get the impression that she enjoyed it?" Rebecca asked Mr. Jensen but he didn't say anything, he was thinking about the question very carefully.
"No I never did ask her that question, after all why would you do something so well if you didn't enjoy it?" Mr. Jensen asked.
Rebecca, Romeo and Batista ended up leaving Cheyenne's college with more questions than answers.
"Well you know what I think Remi?" Romeo said as Batista drove them downtown to get some lunch.
"What's that Romeo?" Remi asked her compadre in Christ.
"I think Cheyenne left college because her professor had the hots for her," Romeo said and Rebecca Michelle gasped.
"You think Professor Jensen tried to hit on my sister?" she said and Romeo nodded.
"No one takes that much interest in their student unless they like them romantically. I think he hit on her, she told Tristen and he told her to quit and the reason why she didn't tell your dad is because she was too afraid of what he might do to Professor Jensen if he found out, that's what I think happened Remi," Romeo said.
"If my dad found out that Cheyenne was being sexually harassed by her professor he'd burn the whole school down with Righteous Indignation," Remi said, she needed to confront Cheyenne and find out if Romeo was right and if he was, Cheyenne needed her support more than she realized.
"It sounds like you guys are really onto something," Batista said handing Remi and Romeo milkshakes before getting back into the car and heading to Samoa Joe's Dojo where Joe was waiting for them with his wife Victoria.
"Maybe the reason she decided to marry Tristen was because he made her feel safe when she was afraid," Romeo said. "I mean it all happened so quickly; she quit college, got engaged to Tristen and now she wants to go work for him in TNA. Sounds like she's in a hurry to get away from California,"
"I gotta talk to her before I go back to Connecticut," Remi said.
"No let me talk to her, I have a Gift for this sort of thing, you don't Remi," Romeo said.
"Fine, I'll leave my sister in your capable hands while I go back to the East Coast and check on AJ," Remi said.
"Wow you guys are busy," Batista said. "All this and homework too,"
"We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us Big Dave, having you drive us around in your gorgeous corvette is a definite plus," Remi said.
"I didn't think you cared anything about cars," Batista said.
"Are you kidding? RJ loves cars, he talks about them all the time, he says he's gonna buy me one for my fifteenth birthday so we can race each other," Remi said and Big Dave and Romeo exchanged glances.
"What are you gonna buy her Romeo?" Batista asked.
"Something that would make RJ jealous," Romeo said to himself and Batista laughed seeing how oblivious Rebecca was to the affections of the young man sitting next to her. With everything it sounded like Cheyenne had been through that was probably a good thing, the last think Shawn Michaels needed was for both his daughters to be caught up in drama with the opposite sex.
"So are you going to tell your father about Professor Jensen possibly scaring Cheyenne away from college?" Batista said to Remi.
"I gotta tell Cam first although if Romeo's right he probably already knows and if that's the case I'm gonna buy my sister a big, fat "I'm sorry" cake and wish her and Tristen all the best," Rebecca said. "All I want is for my sister to be happy and if Tristen makes her happy that's good enough for me,"
"What if Romeo's wrong and Cheyenne dropped out of college because Tristen told her to?" Batista asked.
"Then I'll buy Tristen a one-way ticket out of my sister's life forever and tell dad what he did; with Romeo's help I'll expose him for the conniving SOB he is," Rebecca said adamantly and Batista hoped for Tristen's sake that he wasn't the bad guy. "Only the best is good enough for my sister,"
Romeo nodded in agreement as Batista drove them to Samoa Joe's Dojo where they would continue to find out more information about Cheyenne and her increasingly notorious relationship with Tristen Nash.