Alright, my loves! Starting with this chapter, this story is now doubling as a follow up to "The Promise". If you haven't read that, and you really should, to quickly sum it up, John Cena met a girl in high school, they have never dated anyone else, and she disappeared for five years to have his son. A few months ago, they reunited. Sara and Caden belong to WWE'sFinestDiva2012, and are being used with permission!
January 7th, 2013 – Monday Night RAW in Tampa, FL
In the two weeks following the Christmas special, all changes were established in storyline. The alliance between Ted and McGuillicutty seemed the most out of left field, but they made it work. As long as everyone was happy, that was all that mattered to Abby. Most importantly, she was happy with her roster. She knew that she could have a lot of fun with this group of Superstars and Divas. Now it was just a matter of introducing the new members of the roster, and the party could really begin. Abby couldn't wait.
It was about an hour before the show was going to start and Missy was strolling through the halls like as if she owned the place. No one really argued with her. It was the same at every venue. Unless she went into the men's locker room or rest room, what would the point be? Missy knew enough to see her boundaries and heed to them. As she made her way down one of the corridors, everything was silent except for the sounds of muffled sobbing. She remained quiet, having been warned that other kids would be there that night, seeing as how a lot of the Superstars happened to live in Tampa, and some of them were quite shy. So she should approach with caution. Especially when it came to the younger kids. She wasn't looking forward to meeting some of the younger kids, but when she noticed that this young boy was crying, she knew that she had to stow away her attitude and put on the Rhodes charm. "Hey kid, did you lose your parents?" she said softly, slowly bringing a hand to his shoulder.
The boy jumped back, gasping softly before looking up to the person who had found him. "Missy?"
Missy smiled with a nod, almost recognizing his facial features right away. "Is your daddy one of the wrestlers, too?"
He smiled, his dimples showing off for the older girl. "I'm Caden Cena."
"You're John's son?" Missy blinked, though it became unmistakable as his dimples came into view.
Caden nodded, "I wandered off a little bit ago, but then I got lost."
Missy took his hand, helping him to his feet. "How about I help you find your daddy?"
Caden nodded once more as he wiped at his tears, letting Missy lead him away.
Ten minutes later they ran into Cody, just before getting to catering. "Well hey there, buddy. You gave your parents a scare. How are you doing?"
"Better now that Missy found me," Caden pouted. "I want my daddy."
Cody nodded with a smile, "I think that I know where he is. Let's go get him."
Caden nodded, holding out his other hand to Cody. "Do you think he's mad?"
"Of course not," Cody assured the small boy as he took his hand. "Even some of us grownups get lost in these arenas. It happens."
"You already know Caden, daddy?" Missy looked up at her father.
Cody smiled, nodding, "I met him about six months ago when his mom took him to RAW 1000."
"That episode was funny. I wish I could have been there," Missy pouted.
"Well, the 20th anniversary episode is next week. That one should be fun, as well," Cody offered to his daughter.
Just as Missy was about to respond, John walked up to them. "There you are, Caden."
"Daddy!" the young boy ran up to his father, jumping into his arms. "I'm sorry. I got lost, but Missy found me. I keep forgetting how big these places are."
John nodded, kissing his son's head before bending over and doing the same to Missy. He then looked over to Cody with a smirk. "Parenting, huh?"
Cody chuckled, sighing. "You're telling me. After just a few weeks with Missy, I have a new found respect for every parent I've ever met."
"Well, she is a special sort of handful," John smirked. "But she is related to Randy."
Missy rolled her eyes. "Watch it, Cena. I'm a heel, you know."
"I think that really just matters on who happens to be in the ring at the moment," John retorted, getting a tad childish in the moment.
Just then, a woman with golden brown hair walked up, sighing in relief. "Oh thank goodness."
"I'm OK, mommy," Caden grinned from his father's arms.
"Missy found him," John smiled. "She's really shaping up to be the leader of this generation."
"Wouldn't that indicate that she may be a Diva someday?" Cody's eyes went wide.
"Oh, like you're surprised," Missy rolled her eyes, taking a step toward the woman who Caden had just called Mommy. "Hello Caden's mom. I'm Missy Orton... err, well Rhodes," she giggled, holding her hand out to the woman.
The older woman smiled, shaking Missy's hand. "I'm Sara. I'm going to be marrying John here soon."
Missy nodded as Caden scratched his head. "You have two last names, Missy?"
John chuckled, "Missy's mom didn't do the same thing that yours did, buddy. So Missy's legal name is Orton, but she's been going by Rhodes ever since she first started coming to the ring."
"You haven't had the ring names discussion with him yet?" Missy smirked.
John shook his head, "the only one he knows is Kane, but he's afraid of him."
Missy smiled, patting Caden's back. "I was afraid of Glenn until I met him. He's actually a really cool guy." She then turned to Cody, "don't a lot of you live here in Tampa? Do you think anyone else brought their kids?"
Cody grinned at his daughter as the Cena family had began heading their own way. "Wanna head to catering to find out?"
Missy nodded eagerly, taking her father's hand and dragged him away into that direction. Just as they walked into the door, she looked up at him. "Uncle Ted's baby is probably too little to come to the show still, isn't he?"
Cody nodded as they looked up to see the Prime Time Players playing with a couple of boys who looked a tad younger than Missy. "Looks like we found some."
"I think that they're Titus's sons," Missy nodded. "They're cute," she smirked, knowing that it would get a reaction from her father.
"I think that they're younger than you, Melissa June," Cody nudged his daughter.
"I know, but it was funny to see your face just then," she walked over to the tag team with a grin. "Aren't you guys on SmackDown?"
Titus looked up with a grin, "we are, but my boys wanted to meet you." He motioned to the twins, "this is Thad and Titus. Technically, they're both junior."
Missy nodded, "it's not like we're a whole different company now. There isn't any clauses in your contracts saying that you can't visit us on RAW."
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Early in the program, The Usos made their way out to the ring. They didn't know who they would be facing, so they waited in the ring as "Like Whoa" began to play. Abby walked out onto the stage, microphone in hand with a huge grin on her face. "How's everybody doing tonight? Do you like Monday Night RAW ran The Orton Way so far?" She waited for the cheering to die down. "Hey boys," she looked to the twin brothers in the ring with a grin. "I bet you'd like to know who you are facing tonight." She smiled as they nodded, getting ready for their opponents. "Well, here is the first invasion of the night. All the way from Detroit, Michigan. Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, The Motor City Machine Guns!" she pointed back to the curtain as the latest addition to the roster made their way out to the ring. Abby made her way backstage with a smile.
For the most part, the show was going to run itself, with Abby making various appearances here and there. They didn't want to go all out "Attitude Era" right off of the bat. That would be too much of a shock to the WWE Universe. Instead, they went with a more subtle route. Children could still watch the program, but it was intent for the more mature children. The matches were a tad more exciting and the language wasn't as cleaned up as it had been for years. Everyone was having fun, and the atmosphere was comfortable. Abby knew to start small, and that was exactly what she did.
After making sure there was fifteen minutes left in the program, Abby made her way down to the ring. There was a table with a velvet cloth over it in the center of the ring, under it was quite obviously a title belt, but there was no way to tell which one. As her music died out, she smiled. "Well, now that we've got everything else out of the way for the night, I'd like to call my Divas down to the ring." She smiled as AJ, Kaitlyn, Layla, Natalya, Cameron, and Naomi joined her in the ring. "Actually, there's more of you," Abby smirked. "Time for another invasion." She looked to the entrance as "Angel On My Shoulder" began to play. The crowd erupted as Angelina Love and Velvet Sky made their way down to the ring, joining the women already there. Abby smiled, counting out the women around here. "Okay, so there is eight of you here. How about we add two more?" She waited for a moment before signaling to start the music for the next two women about to join them. When "You Can Look, but You Can't Touch" began to play, the crowd got even louder than before as The Bella Twins made their way down the ramp. "All right," Abby looked around before grabbing the velvet cloth and revealing a new version of the Women's title, now with a purple and black striped belt, rather than the red one that everyone had gotten to know for years before. "That's right, I'm bringing it back. SmackDown can keep the butterfly belt! Since I have an even number of you, I'd like to have a tournament. Over the next couple of months, you will all compete against each other until we are down to just two. The final two will battle at WrestleMania for the right to be crowned the new first women's champion. How does that sound?" She smiled as the women in the ring applauded along with the audience. "Well there we have it! Good night, everybody!"
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January 8th, 2013
The next morning, Missy made her way into Ted's living room. Instead of getting a hotel, Abby, Cody, and Missy stayed with Ted and his wife, seeing as how they had two guest rooms fully set up. The nine year-old smiled brightly as she saw Ted's wife, Kristin, playing with their infant son, Tate. "Oh good, he's awake."
Kristin looked up with a smile, "morning, Missy. Did you sleep well?"
Missy nodded as she sat down with them. "Thank you for having us."
"I was just about to get him his breakfast. I'm sure he'd let you share his Cheerios," Kristin smiled as she got up, picking up her son and walking to the kitchen with Missy following them. She got Tate situated in his high chair as Missy sat down at the table in the chair closest to him.
"I see how it is," Ted chuckled as he walked into the room, watching his wife pull out the box of Cheerios and pouring some onto the tray of the high chair.
"Sorry babe," Kristin laughed as she got a bowl and spoon out for Missy. "Your son is a morning person. He's already got his workout in."
Missy giggled as she poured herself some cereal and closed the box. "Do you think that Tate is gonna wrestle with me someday?"
"You plan on wrestling?" Ted raised an eyebrow. "How does your dad feel about this?"
Missy shrugged, "he got a little pale when John and I joked about it last night. Apparently, I'm the leader of the next generation."
Ted nodded with a shrug, "well, at this point, you are definitely leading the way for all of the kids in your generation. I'm sure that you're grandpa would love to have you in NXT when you're old enough."
"When will I be old enough, Uncle Ted?" Missy tilted her head.
Before Ted got a chance to respond, Tate looked up, reaching his arms up. "Da! Da!" Ted smiled, walking over to his son's high chair and kissing the top of his head. "You can play with daddy after breakfast." He smiled as Tate pouted, crossing his arms. He shook his head, turning to Missy. "Well, I'm sure your parents will prefer if you wait until you finish high school, but we can always start you with the basics before then."
Missy nodded, "I guess that's reasonable. Do you think that you and my dad will still be wrestling when I get that old?"
"Hopefully," Ted nodded. "In ten years, I'll only be forty. There are a few guys in the company older than that right now."
"You're not actually encouraging her," Cody frowned as he walked into the room with a yawn.
"Need I remind you of Randy's story?" Ted smirked at his best friend.
Cody sighed, nodding. "Good point. I guess it helps that save for serious injury, we'll still be around when she's old enough."
