"The Authority and the S.H.I.E.-" oops, I mean "Atlantis and the S.H.I.E.L.D."

By Triple H a.k.a Daddy Hunter


A/N – This chapter may be a little confusing as it deals with the mystical side of things.

and we have special guest commentators at the end of the chapter - honestly, I don't know what they're doing here *sigh*


Hunter cleared his throat. "Once upon a time," He peeked at Randy and Batista, who were overcome with silent fits of laughter. Well Seth did say "story time." Shooting them a dark look briefly, he continued. "In the legendary city of Atlantis,"

Randy was still for moment as he mouthed the word "Atlantis" silently before turning around with his hand over his mouth, obviously trying hard not to laugh out loud.

Choosing to ignore him, Hunter went on. "There lived a great king,"

This time Batista openly laughed. The "great king" was definitely one half of the head of the Authority - The Game himself. Batista realized where Hunter was going with this - he was doing this fairytail style.

"And his very beautiful queen," Hunter smirked at Stephanie.

Stephanie shook her head and turned away but not before Hunter saw her blush a pretty shade of pink.

"They had six children: three daughters and three sons." Hunter said, briefly missing his girls but carried on. "The princes were in charge of the security on the island and dealt with injustices accordingly."

"These three princes are the S.H.I.E.L.D." Randy smiled at Dean.

The toddlers "Oooh."

"But one day, the king, in his great pride, punished the princes unfairly." He swallowed. "And the S.H.I.E.L.D. left the Autho- Atlantis."

A few birds chirped. All eyes were on Hunter as he took a deep breath before carrying on.

"The king is very sad. He was a horrible father, and now he realizes what he did was wrong. He thought the princes hated him because they started a big war." He remembered Extreme Rules. "But he knows his sons love him now." Hunter said softly. "All the king wants is for his sons to know how much he loves them too."

Stephanie smiled, touched by the story. She noticed Roman in deep thought and watched as light came into his eyes.

"If the great king is anything like you Dad," Roman said. "Then I'm sure the princes love him too."

"What are their names?" Seth asked, trying to balance standing on Hunter's leg. "The three princes, what are their names?"

"The eldest prince is Reigns," Randy said. "The second and awesome one is Ambrose,"

Batista laughed. "You can't have favourites, Randy!"

"They're not my sons," Randy reasoned. "So yes I can."

"You think the 'Ambrose' prince is awesome, Unca Randy?" Dean asked. "Then I think he's awesome too!"

Randy grinned and winked at him while Stephanie and Hunter laughed.

Seth slipped off his father's leg but stepped back on still holding on to Hunter. "And what's the youngest prince's name?"

"His name," Stephanie smiled picking up Seth and cuddling him. "My sweet little angel."

"Angel?" Dean laughed.

"Rollins," Batista chuckled. "His name is Rollins,"

"Yes, and the eldest prince, Reigns," Hunter smiled at Roman. "Is brave and strong. He won't just be great, but a magnificent champ- I mean king, one day."

"I'm changing my name," Dean declared. "I am Prince Dean Ambrose Helmsley the awesome one!"

Randy laughed and gave him a fist pound.

"Oooh, nice!" Seth said clapping. "Can I change my name too, Mama?"

Stephanie smiled. "To what, sweetheart?"

"Prince Seth Rollins Helmsley -"

"Angel!" Dean finished laughing.

"Dean," Hunter scolded.

"Sorry, Dad."

"Roman, do you want to change your name to?" Batista smiled.

"Do the great king and queen love Reigns even though he's...adopted?" Roman asked unexpectedly.

That's when it finally dawned on both Hunter and Stephanie: by now Seth and Dean thought they were their real parents – and it was a nice feeling. But the feeling was also mixed with concern – Roman knew he was 'adopted,' and he was unsure of his parents loving him or not. Maybe his head knew it – but his heart needed to understand. After all the past psychological and physical abuse Roman endured, Hunter was thankful he didn't run away already.

Hunter stood up while Stephanie put Seth down and they both approached Roman.

Roman looked up at the two adults: did he say something wrong?

Stephanie smiled gently and picked him up – with great difficulty (this toddler had muscles after all) so Hunter chuckled and took him instead. Stephanie affectionately brushed Roman's hair back with her hand and kissed him on his forehead.

"What do you think?" Hunter said softly.

Roman hid his face suddenly shy. "Yeah," he said slowly.

"Hey you," Stephanie teased and tickled him.

Roman laughed. "Dad, is the S.H.I.E.L.D...us?"

Seth and Dean looked from Roman to their father confused.

Hunter pursed his lips before slowly replying. "Yes."

Roman looked up at Hunter. He understood. Not everything made sense, but he knew.

Suddenly a stream of sunlight burst through the trees.

Hunter looked at Roman. The toddler, though had a lean face with biceps and a strong built, was still childlike. But when Hunter looked into the toddlers eyes, he was looking at a man. Roman Reigns stood tall and was actually smiling at him. Not grinning or smirking, but smiling.

A smile that was saying a thousand things:

"Dad! Guess what! Coach put me on the baseball team!"

"I won, Dad! I won!"

"Sorry for beating up Jim Wilkins. But he's the school bully, Mum! He was picking on Seth... thanks, Dad. I sure did teach him a lesson!"

"I'm sorry, Dad, I know I made a huge mistake. But I will fix it, I promise..."

"Hey Dad, there's this girl...I'm not sure how to..."

"I'm the World Heavyweight Champion..."

"Dad, I know I've been fooling around much. But I've decided to stay in WWE." He looked at Hunter's clothes and laughed. "I'll stick with wrestling though; suits aren't really my thing..."

"It's my big day, Dad...did you feel this nervous..."

"Dad! I got some great news! You're going to be a grandpa..."

"Hunter," Stephanie said, breaking into his thoughts.

Hunter blinked. The sky was orange as the sun was setting. Looking down he saw Roman fast asleep on his chest.

Seth and Dean were also asleep and being carried by Batista and Randy.

"We have to find a way to go home now," Stephanie said. "And just to let you know, I'm okay with it." She smiled. "If Roman and Dean and my little Sethi transform back, they'll still be there; we'll still see them."

Hunter nodded, still a little dazed from his vision. He was glad Stephanie understood; it wouldn't be so hard on her now when they transform back, which they have to. Hunter looked down again as he felt Roman started squirming in his arms.

"Looks like he's having a nightmare," Stephanie said her eyebrows narrowed in concern as she put a comforting hand on Roman's back.

Hunter looked around. The forest started getting dark again and there was movement coming from the darkness.

Hunter put the pieces together. This was some kind of memory or maybe Roman's mind. When the boys were alone it was dark and full of monsters, but when Hunter saved him and when Stephanie hugged him, the forest was bright and cheerful. But it never lasted: Roman was still afraid of the main monster: his step-father. Or the memory of him. No wonder the poor child could not sleep – he was plagued with nightmares. Roman fought hard against his fears – with the help of his parent's love – but this was too much to handle himself.

Laughter rang out and seemed to be coming from all directions just has the main monster Roman's so called step-father appeared from the trees.

"You," Hunter spat, his eyes burning with anger.

The Regal Assassin set his jaw. No more. Roman wasn't going to have any more nightmares. And Hunter was going to see to that. He was glad that he could at least chase his child's fears away the one way he knows how –brutal force.

"What you say you give me the boy and I'll let you go," the monster smirked.

"Hey! They are my boys! And I'm gonna beat the holy crap out of you!"

"I don't think so," the monster said in a low growl and disappeared through the trees again.

"Randy, Batista, find a way to get out of here." Hunter instructed, handing Batista the still sleeping little powerhouse. "You too, Stephanie."

"Wait, what are going to do?" Batista asked confused.

"I'm going for that scumbag who dared to hurt my son." Hunter said, dangerously.

"Let's leave it man," Randy said. "Tomorrow –I mean today's Payback. You have to compensate for the main event since the S.H.I.E.L.D. can't -"

Hunter's eyes flashed as he faced the Viper. "I don't care that today's Payback! I don't care that the WWE shares value drops because there's no main event! I don't care!" Hunter said breathing hard. "Nobody hurts my boys and gets away with it!"

Hunter put his hand on each child's head before taking Stephanie into his arms once again. "I love you, and I want you to be safe. Go with Randy and Batista."

Stephanie could barely hold back her tears. "No! You can't-"

"It's not a request Stephanie," he said raising his voice a little. "Please, love I have to do this. For Roman's sake," he kissed her goodbye and immediately set off through the trees in the direction of the monster.

"Please be careful," Stephanie said as a tear ran down her cheek.

XXX

Hunter found Roman's monster of a so called step-father in no time and the two battled. Stephanie had secretly followed her husband and was now looking for a way to help him.

Roman had managed to give Evolution the slip too and followed his parents. He couldn't let them get hurt (especially his mother) after all they have done for him. Mother wasn't supposed to be here anyway – but she'll send Roman back if she knew he was here too. Roman silently cheered when Hunter had the upper hand, but stood up from his hiding place when the monster had control so he was ready for action if needed. But he was certain his Dad could handle it.

A swirling vortex appeared.

"What the heck is that?" Hunter growled, breathing heavily.

"That?" The monster laughed. "That is your demise. As soon as you fall through it –you die!"

The monster was about to throw Hunter in when Stephanie ran forward. "No!"

"Stephanie!" Hunter turned around shocked.

The monster sent her flying backwards like he did with Dean and Seth before. In a fit of rage Hunter Superman Punched him, knocking him out. Then he ran to his wife and gently lifted her up to a sitting position, checking if she was okay.

Roman got up to go see to his mother but stopped. The monster was moving. Roman looked back at Hunter. His Dad was thoroughly exhausted. He knew the monster's strength –it was Roman's fault in the first place. Roman had also figured out what this forest was, and why his dead step-father was alive here. The monster was positioned perfectly –right in front of the vortex. Roman swallowed hard. He knew what to do. Only he could stop the monster – he just needed his Dad's courage to do it. And that creep had the nerve to hurt my mum. He looked at his parents. It will be a great honor. He started running.

Hunter looked up as he felt a rushing wind - and just in time to see a black blur as Roman Reigns Helmsley, his son, speared the monster into the black hole.

"Roman!" Hunter shouted as the vortex exploded.

The scene whirled and the Helmsleys found themselves once again the middle of the ring at the arena.

XXX

"Hunter...what's wrong?" Batista asked gently, as he noticed his friend's still, glassy eyes.

Batista and Randy had also appeared in the ring, with Seth and Dean, just moments before.

Stephanie's head was buried in her husband's chest, crying softly.

Randy looked around them. "Where's Roman?"

Hunter knew what happened. He wanted to free Roman's heart and mind of that fear and sadness permanently. But instead Roman sacrificed himself for him and Stephanie. The forest was no longer, because the mind which created it was no longer.

"He's gone," Hunter barely whispered. "My son is dead."

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Want a tissue?

Sorry I don't have any.

I don't do funerals either.

Guess Roman's gone to hang out with God and all the cool people in heaven :)


Roman Reigns: First you turn me into a toddler. How humiliating. And now you went and killed me?

Dean Ambrose: and what's with all the hugging? I'm gona barf. You know what? I'm going to kill you!

Seth Rollins: I think the story is cute – wait, what the he** - why am I wearing a diaper?

Princess Aquilia: What are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be touring Europe or something?

Dean: Why did you turn us into toddlers? What kind of a crazy person does that?

Aquilia: Coming from a lunatic fringe I'll take that as a compliment. I could have made you something bad – like a monkey or baboon, you choose.

Roman: Calm down Dean. She's kidding, right Aquilia?

Aquilia (laughing): No. Dean, I like the toddler you. But you-you freaks me out –so go hang out in DeansDirtyDeeds profile page or something. I'm sure she'll love to have you...

Roman: I'm out of here too. Since you already killed me and all.

Seth: Me too. Sorry Aquilia, but the diaper thing, seriously? By the way I don't think you killed Roman. You don't do death – especially a child's!

Aquilia: Sharrup, Seth! You ruining the story!

Seth *laughs*


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