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"Where's he?" Dean questioned, his heart beating faster as the opportunity to save his friend presented in front of him.
"I.. I'm going to lead you. It isn't safe to mention it. Not while the Authority rats are all over the place." Seth explained, his eyes reflecting as much hope as his brother's. Dean nodded and Seth left.
•—•
As he had finally gotten his shower and changed to clean clothes he headed outside to Seth's rental car.
"Where are we going?" Dean asked as he got inside the car, throwing his bag on the backseat.
"Remember they caught me too? When you were at the hospital? I was at Triple H's baseman. I'm sure they have him there too." Seth said, looking deep into the street as the memories came back to him.
He had lost count on how many slaps had he receive just that night, hands and ankles handcuffed as Stephanie continuously kept on screaming things at him. But he stopped caring after Hunter came in to cause more harm.
"I'll make you pay for every single thing you've done!"
"You okay, man?" Dean inquired staring at Seth as he had been quiet most of the way. He talked a lot so it was easy to notice when he wasn't feeling okay.
"Yeah, don't worry. I'm sure we're near already." Seth mentioned, pressing on the gas. The streets were luckily empty as they tried to get to Roman.
•—•
Seth barely parked the car as both jumped out in search of any signs of Roman Reigns. The house seemed rather vacant.
Probably sleeping, Seth thought.
"May I help you?" A guardian asked, carefully eyeing both mysterious men.
"Do you know if Stephanie McMahon is home?" Seth asked, maybe he would recognize him and still think he was part of that dirty family.
"I'm afraid they no longer live here. Sorry." The man apologized.
•—•
"I can't believe you kidnapped, Roman." Triple H groaned, his hand over his forehead in disbelief. This was going too far for him, he understood the blackmail but not this. Stephanie had to explain this, the company could be compromised.
Even if he didn't seem like he cared about the company he did, and always had since the moment he stepped foot into the WWE.
"Why the hell did you do this?" He inquired with an angry tone.
"Well, this is justice." She began, "He made fun of the Authority; he used us to get the championship!" Stephanie growled crossing her arms over her chest.
"Yes, but we have boundaries. This can compromise the company. I thought you cared about it?" He said, annoyance and worry in his voice. He sat down trying to think this through.
"They won't sue us. They can't. We are doing the right thing. I mean, they took Seth from us along with the title and expect us to do nothing about it?" She explained, following Hunter and standing in front of him.
After a couple of minutes in silence, he nodded in agreement. He wasn't really into this idea but he had no choice. This was low and he knew it, Stephanie could scare him a lot.
•—•
Roman's eyes opened up, he felt dizzy and confused. He couldn't remember what had happened last night until he tried to move and couldn't. His eyes moving to the ropes around his torso and the handcuffs on his wrists, carving on his skin every time he tried to move his hands.
He lifted his gaze only to meet with Hunter's piercing one.
"Well, hello! You've finally woke up." Triple H mocked.
"What the heck is this? Let me go! I'm gonna fuck you up. Let me go, you coward!" He roared, trying with all his strength to break the ropes to no avail.
"You better shut your mouth or you're never getting to see your little friends ever again." Hunter threatened, his face just inches away from Roman's. If only Roman could just use his fist...
"Where are they? What have you done to them, you sick bastard?!" Roman's voice echoed hard on the walls, a large empty room and no signs of Dean or Seth.
Hunter opened his mouth to speak but he paused for a second, he knew exactly what to say.
"They're fine. Separated like always. I'm sure Seth's happy that you're finally restrained. After all, he thought this whole plan himself." Triple H assured. He was sure Roman hadn't entirely forgiven him, he saw it in his eyes when they cornered them in the hallway. Quickly turning to Seth, watching his every move, would he attack him too?
"Seth?" He muttered, his wild moving ceased. Staring at Triple H with wide blue eyes. There's no way Seth could go back to them, or is it?
"You heard me." Hunter smirked, "Now I'll leave you to think about it. See ya." He laughed, stepping out of the room slamming the door on his way.
Seth?!
Roman should know. He just didn't want to believe it, he wanted to think that Seth truly meant what he said, that he was sorry, that he wanted The Shield back together.
After seeing Roman's face go pale after Triple H lied about Seth being behind his kidnap, Stephanie remembered herself.
Being sabotaged by her own Father and not even her mother could do anything about it. The humiliation and sorrow she had to go through for her Father's selfish mind.
When Hunter mentioned the company would be compromised it, hit her. Maybe this was what she wanted, to embarrass her own Father. To finally get rid of him, she was unable to forget no matter how many millions, they weren't going to make her forget the abuse she went through for her Father.
Stephanie sat on her bed, thinking that maybe this wasn't the way.
"That was a hell of an idea!" Hunter exclaimed, pecking his wife's life. If they managed to get into Roman's mind so easily it was going to get more fun.
"Maybe this wasn't what I wanted.." Stephanie said, looking down on her hands.
"What are you talking about?" Hunter asked, she couldn't be backing up now.
"You wanted this. And if you think about it, Seth's to blame. If he really loved his friends he wouldn't have escaped, it is all his fault." Triple H added. Sometimes he had to remind her they were the good guys.
"Yes, of course.." She agreed, quite unsure but she knew Hunter had a point.
•—•
Roman looked down on the floor, he still needed time to think. How could Seth do this? Was Triple H telling the truth? But he would've sworn that Seth was honest. He saw him cry and Seth only does it when the emotions are too much for him, he knew he was strong so he believed him.
This was more bullshit from Triple H.
He grunted. Maybe that was what they wanted, to get him against his brothers, didn't they promise to destroy the Shield at any cost?
But what if it wasn't? He hated being in this state, specially feeling weak and unable to save himself. It was mentally wearing him down.
He laughed, a sad laugh, but it echoed back to him.
"What's so funny, Reigns?" Hunter groaned, his hands balled into tight fists. Roman stayed quiet, his eyes narrowing in Hunter's way.
"Answer me when I ask you something!" Triple H screamed, punching him hard enough to make the chair fall to a side along with Roman.
"Do you like the handcuffs Seth choose?" Stephanie said, getting inside the room.
"Shut up! It wasn't Seth!" Roman roared back, trying to stand up. Stupid ropes. This would go differently if he wasn't handcuffed.
"You think he wouldn't betray you once again? He did it once in front of the world, what makes you think he wouldn't do it again?" Stephanie explained, they'd get into his mind.
Again, silence. He didn't know what to think, could Stephanie be right or was this part of the kidnap?
Triple H walked towards Roman and decided to untie him, helping him stand up.
"Why don't you understand we're warning you? You should get revenge on him not on us." Hunter's voice was calm, almost convincing.
Roman doesn't know what overcame him, and he spit him. He wasn't even sure if Seth was innocent but he did it.
Hunter's face turned red, and he could hear his breathing become harsher. That was more than just bad news.
Stephanie received a message, telling her that Dean and Seth were looking for Roman. Which was obvious but they were really close.
Roman Reign's loud whine shook her back to reality, she also thinks she heard something snap. Her eyes looked to where the sound came from.
And she saw it. A wooden table broken in half, Roman's still body laying over the mess, a small pond of blood covering the concrete floor. Stephanie knew she had to stop this before Hunter lost it.
"Hunter!" She cried, running towards him. He turned around, wiping his forehead from sweat, with the back of his hand.
"This is enough! You're going to kill him and that's not part of the plan." She pleaded, holding his arm, trying to pull him with her, out of the room.
"Really? Because I thought you were the one saying he deserved to suffer the consequences for being so stupid and forgiving Seth." He replied, taking a deep breath before following his wife out of the room.
"I'm sure he believes that Seth did this already." She mentioned, closing the door behind them. Roman was far too unconscious anyway.
"You think so?" Hunter asked, chugging down the glass of water Stephanie gave him. She nodded.
"Well then, we'll release him tomorrow. He'll appear at Raw next week and let him use a microphone." He smirked, this would go just as they planned to.
•—•
"Do you have any idea where could he be?" Dean asked, messing his own hair with his hand.
Seth's mouth opened to speak but his phone ringing stopped the words from coming out of his mouth. He grunted as he read "Hunter" calling him, he accepted the call and put him on speaker.
"What do you want?" Seth roared through the phone.
"I've got a surprise for you two tomorrow." Hunter said, and both Seth and Dean could tell he was smirking.
Then Hunter hanged up.
A surprise?!
Seth turned on the car and drove back to the hotel. His mind trying to remember any secret place the Authority may have mentioned. He hit the steering wheel with his hand, frustrated. And Dean knew, so he didn't say anything.
"Maybe we should give them a little surprise as well." Dean spoke, breaking Seth from his thoughts.
"Like what?" He asked, turning briefly to take a look at Dean's face. A mischievous grin he'd seen before, it would be a great idea.
"You'll see. Let's get to the hotel, we gotta visit some friends." He said with a smile, which in return made Seth smile.
It was unbelievably great to know that he had this small family he could trust. If someone got into trouble they'd be there to help and to give everything for the others wellbeing.
Seth sighed. A happy sigh. He hadn't felt this way for a long time. And he was sure neither had his two brothers.
He hoped that Dean's idea would get him closer to Roman, they had to get him out.
A/N: Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoy. Reviews are really appreciated!
